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Following Ceausescu's order, the Romanian authorities tried to activate

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a birth rate growth plan. Thus, in 1966, following law 770, abortion was banned.

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The Lost Year 1986

Stenograph of the Communist Board

of The Romanian Communist Party, from May 1st 1986:

Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu: "Comrades, I called for this meeting

to talk about the accident at the Chernobyl Soviet nuclear power plant.

Starting tonight, a bad situation has been created for our country.

By changing wind direction, radiations have risen in different areas".

Comrade Ion Ursu:

"After midnight of April 30, the radiation measurement stations

have informed that global beta radiation levels have grown in our country.

Thus, in Iasi, there were values of 54 581 Pico Curie/m per day,

20 467 Pico Curie/m per day in Suceava and

11 461 Pico Curie/m per day in Targu Mures".

Comrade teacher! Wait a second!

What's up, uncle Vasile? Is something wrong?

No, nothing's wrong.

Is comrade doctor over to your place?

No, she went to the village with the kids to get some ducks.

- Oh, that's fine. - I'm off.

Off to where? Wait! Come here! I want to tell you something.

Something I found out. Come closer!

They said on radio "Free Europe" that because of the Chernobyl explosion,

people's flesh is falling out and eyes change their color

and kids are born limbless.

It's worse than war.

Uncle Vasile, that's nonsense made up by the Soviets.

But ma'am... the army's on the streets in Bucharest, with gas masks on.

I really don't know what to say.

Let the chips fall where they may.

Did they say anything about Ceausescu?

Do you think Gorbachev talks to him?

We're lucky the radiation reached the West,

otherwise who knows what might've happened to us?

- So what did they say? - What's to say? It's a catastrophe!

In Chernobyl, because of this invisible enemy,

radiation, hundreds of Soviet soldiers died,

sent to put out the fire. The people around were moved 3-4 days later.

- What caught fire? - A nuclear reactor. Number 4.

So did the radiation reach us too?

Of course, but we simpletons didn't find out.

These Russians are poisoning us. They're killing us.

- Yeah, yeah... - Listen, Uncle Vasile...

- You went to war, right? - Yeah, sure.

- Be honest! - Yeah...

Is it really worse?

Ma'am, in war you see the bomb and duck.

But here, this air we're breathing is poisoning us.

It's killing us! It's putting us 6 feet under, I'm telling you.

And did Gorbachev say anything to the foreigners?

Not up to this point, but he has to,

cause those global militias know something,

but don't have the whole picture. He must say something!

- Listen... - What?

Can you give me some honey?

No, I don't have any left, ma'am. Our bees died, poisoned.

And even if I did have any left, I wouldn't've offered it to you.

Yeah, like you said: some bees have two or three heads...

It's because of the cloud!

You can't even tell the good clouds from the irradiated ones.

Go home! Don't stay outside,

'cause this cloud gets you dizzy, with its radiation.

- So it's true... - Yes.

- If the Westerners say so... - They do, yes.

- Do you still sell milk? - No, I don't. I sold the cow.

Even the mayor stopped buying it, 'cause he said it's sour.

Oh, one more thing: when you get home, undress and burn your clothes!

They're full of radiation. You've been in those clothes since this morning.

- Go on, run home! - I'm off.

- Go! Bye! Be careful not to slip! - I'm off.

What was that twat thinking?

- She told you the milk was poisoned! - I thought you wanted to drink it.

Mom!

You damn fool! I told you the Party Committee told me everything's poisoned

and you start washing clothes?

Leave me be! Free Europe radio says clothes retain radiation.

I had to wash them!

You left them outside, like the fool you are! And talk in a lower voice, damn it,

or the neighbors will hear. When did you listen to Free Europe?

Well, mom, they sent a good casting bath tub from the factory,

and your son still didn't install it!

Stop turning my words like you do so well

and tell me when you listened to that radio!

It's exactly the way you brought him up: to not do any housework,

but I have to take care of everyone night and day!

A nice bath is all I want.

You know very well how much I worked to get this position.

Yeah, you do. And you had 2 kids and that crazy mother of yours.

I took care of all of you.

Yes, 'cause the salary comes from you.

I don't even know what that boat thing is all about.

- Only God knows. - Stop patronizing me!

Don't forget I made you a respectable comrade!

Otherwise you would've ended up a drunken whore.

Grandma, what's radio Free Europe?

What did I tell repeatedly? All we talk about is a secret.

Now tell me: what's a secret?

A secret is...

It's when the Militia mustn't know about it.

- But mom isn't the Militia... - Shut up!

- You're like your mother! - All our neighbors look like you.

Even uncle Vasile said so, and he says he doesn't believe in anything.

- He told me that... - He said he didn't believe in...

Get inside the house! Go!

Yeah, that's it, mom! Educate them! Tell them what Free Europe is!

Shut the hell up! You'll get us all locked up. Get inside the house!

Get on the bed!

- Go and get some water! - We only have soda.

Bring water from the hallway!

She's waking up. Come on!

Come on! Get up!

Get up on the bed! Upsy daisy!

Oh, she's so heavy!

Lean back so I can get you on the bed.

Give me that pillow too!

Gabriel, bring a pillow from the other room to put under her legs.

Yeah...

You have low blood pressure, but it's normal for your condition.

Get up a bit!

Come on!

You two leave!

I got a bit sick, that's all.

Ana Maria!

Bring mommy a towel and a bowl!

I won't do such a thing.

Tell Ionela to go home!

It'll get dark soon.

Mom, I'm hungry.

Mom'll make some polenta and get you some wurst.

I want to eat, too.

You'll get fat. You won't fit in that uniform anymore.

We'll use you as a fryer at the cooperative.

Leave her be! She's just a kid.

What do you want mommy to cook for you?

I don't want anything.

Yeah, stuff her up!

Make her stodgy!

She'll be the fattest girl at the parade next year.

- Can't you see her big fat legs? - Come now, mom!

Then all the people from the village and the party will say

"look how fat the comrade captain's kids are!

He's feeding them Western food!".

Why do you insist on it?

Can't you see she's all skinny?

You two, scram!

You twat! If you don't get rid of this kid today, you'll disgrace us all.

Come to your senses!

Just yesterday a woman came to the clinic

with her kid's milk teeth all blackened up.

Another one had a stillborn child.

And when the radiation measurement people came to the grave of the stillborn,

they found an even higher level of radiation.

Yeah...

If it really was that bad, would Ceausescu and the Militia sit around

doing nothing so long?

You just want to scare me.

You're ashamed I'll have a baby at my age.

And you're still worried about what the village people will say.

That's all you knew all your lives:

what will the village say?

Not what the Militia or the Communist Party

will say, but what the village people will.

I brought you some more iodine pills.

They sent a small number of pills again.

You're to give them to the kids in the morning and also take them yourself.

Where did you store that cornmeal?

In the pantry.

You know, I'll get you in trouble more if I get rid of it.

I'll go for a checkup tomorrow.

I updated your medical file.

And also... Yannis knows and he actually wants to have this child.

Yes, you damn twat!

We've talked about it for a few weeks now.

It's no problem, he'll forget until he'll come back home.

It's a child!

I just don't want to, okay?

I don't want to and that's that!

Hey, Irina, listen to me! I've heard and seen a lot in my time.

What will the world say when you'll go to the Army Day celebration

with 2 smart and beautiful, holding a handicapped child in your arms?

What will the comrade school principal say when I signed for you

for all those months, saying you're not pregnant?

But we're a few kilometers away from the explosion...

Do you really think that...?

You're forcing me to bribe the Militia again.

Do you think you're the only woman on earth who's doing it?

So we'd better risk going to jail, right?

Well, my conscience won't let me do it.

Conscience?! What's that?

Did those priests fill your head with nonsense again?

If I'm a doctor and I'm with you...

You're not like those others who do it by sticking knitting needles

or throwing themselves from the wardrobe to be free.

She's coming.

Screw that gate and get on with it!

But comrade... it won't close. You haven't oiled it in a while.

And what do you want, to anoint her now!? Move already!

Ana Maria, open up!

Ana Maria, open up!

Ana Maria, if you don't open this door,

I'll tell your mom and dad what you've done!

But I didn't do anything wrong!

You know very well what you've hid under my bed.

- I'll go and open the door. - No, wait!

Forget about her!

Let her go home!

Ana Maria, open up already!

- Ana, wait! - Leave me alone, mom!

Do you want me to make a fool out of you in front of everybody? Open up!

Mommy's girl, what happened?

Whatever it was, you know mommy won't beat or scold you.

Come, listen to mommy!

You damn stupid child! Open this door!

Comrade doctor, I'll leave. What will the neighbors think goes on in here?

I don't want to write statements to the Militia again.

Stay here or I'll report you myself to the Militia!

I'll put you myself in jail! Just stay here!

See, mom? She'll be told on too. What should I do?

Open up! Open up, I tell you! Open!

That's enough, grandma! That's enough!

Shut up! Shut up!

- You're coming with me! - Shut up!

Don't ever touch my child again!

That's why God gave us kids.

- I'll tell you what your daughter did. - No, grandma, please!

It's because of the way you raised her!

No, grandma, you promised you won't tell!

The fool got her period and didn't tell anybody.

'Cause you educated her to be sloppy, I found

under my bed some socks of hers with dry blood.

Ana Maria, all girls spill blood each month

and it's not something to be ashamed of!

Mommy's baby!

Tell me, baby!

It's a normal thing, baby!

There, there, baby. You're becoming a woman now.

There, there, my little baby...

So when will I become a man?

You're already a man. You're my man.

I told her to keep it a secret, but grandma keeps telling on people.

- There, there... - What will dad say?

There, there... My little baby, he will rejoice...

His beautiful baby girl is becoming a woman.

There, there, baby, stop crying!

Now he'll take better care of you.

So what's there left for me to do?

You'll take care of me.

I miss dad.

Go, go, so she won't hurt you too.

Bring some blankets to cover the windows!

People from the street can see everything through this curtain.

With hammer and nails!

Help her!

So... what's the word on radiation?

They didn't say anything about it on the news.

Well, today I was late... And Comrade doctor didn't know about this either.

I sent a newborn today to Budimex Hospital in Bucharest

with an ambulance and Militia escort.

Oh, no!

Did Mrs. comrade Andronache give birth?

Yes, at 10:40 AM.

She gave birth to a boy with bone malformation.

His plexus was on the outside, like this.

I'm so sorry for that woman...

No worries, comrade! She's young and she can make another one.

Were there... Were there many cases like this?

Comrade Colonel told me they picked others too

from Moldova, Bucovina and Tulcea,

but they don't know how many exactly.

What malformation was it exactly?

Well, how can I put it so the comrade teacher will understand my words also?

It was a monster. May God protect you from knowing such a thing, comrade!

A child with 3 toes, a head this big and his chest sticking out like this.

A monster. I almost dropped him went I got him out.

What did Mr. comrade Andronache say?

What could he say?

The placenta was barely out, and he beat the crap out of her,

even though she was all bloody.

For a man with his position... It was such a disgrace!

Oh, how awful!

Well...

He came from Bucharest to see his child,

'cause that's where he was sent for work,

but they sent the child away instead...

They'll send away the child so they'll do test on him.

What a catastrophe! I don't even want to think about it.

- I'll go and wash this bowl. - No, don't! At this hour?

You're throwing it in there anyway.

Comrade...

I have to go back to the clinic.

Did you forget something there?

Yes, the anesthetic.

Do we still have any?

Don't worry, you'll do it without one.

She won't endure it.

Don't worry, she's an old goat now, she'll endure it.

Come on!

Come on, Irina, don't be afraid, it's not the end of the world!

It'll hurt a little and then it'll be over and you'll thank me you're free of it.

Come on!

Climb up here, on the table!

That's it.

Yeah.

What pregnancy month are you in?

3, 4 or 5. I don't remember.

3! You said it was 3.

It's past the fourth month.

It'll be close, but I'll work.

Get on with it! I have stuff to do at home.

I'm in 4.

The 4th month.

Comrade, I won't commit a murder like that.

I'll kill the baby, but her along with it.

You didn't tell me it's so far ahead. She's almost in her 5th month.

You damn twat! If I tell you to get it out, you'll do it,

even if she's in the 7th month!

Comrade, we'll both go to jail!

You're taking out now, don't you understand? No!

Comrade, I'll kill her and the baby too! You'll leave behind 2 motherless kids.

You damn twat!

I'd rather go to jail than have my son be in

the same situation as Andronache, understand?

Let her die if she wanted kids in her forties!

Comrade doctor, please turn me over to the Militia,

but don't force me to do this!

You'll get it out now, like I tell you to!

- Comrade, she's almost in her 5th... - Shut up!

- Comrade! - Shut up when I tell you!

Go the hell home! I curse you to die in pain!

I curse you to not die! Scram, you twerps!

You murderers!

You ruined my youth.

You ruined my life, you animal!

Ionela, come here!

Take this!

Pour yourself a glass of plum brandy too.

Come on!

Why do you torment me so, mom?

What did I ever do to you?

Hey, Irina, my girl...

My little girl...

You never loved me, mom. You never did.

I don't understand why you hate me so much.

You know I have your best interests at heart.

This child is not good for the both of you.

You have a certain age, Yannis going to retire soon,

and you two'll have a toddler...

And also those malformation cases lately...

Comrade doctor's right on this one.

Ever since those damn radiations, it's torture having a child.

Why won't anyone understand me?

Our child won't be a monster. He'll be healthy.

And we'll take care of him. And Yannis really wants to have this child, mom.

Yannis isn't here. He's off to sea! It's different there.

Nature's different, clouds are different. We're here, living in the Russians' side.

Whatever will happen, we'll take good care of him.

You silly girl! How can you think you can care for a handicapped kid?

I'm an old woman.

Yannis only comes once in 6 months for 2 weeks.

How do you think you'll take care of handicapped kid?

He won't be like that.

He won't be like that.

Irina, mommy's girl...

I'll tell you what:

I had an abortion, too.

Well, I was younger than you.

It happened immediately after Yannis' father died.

How was I to have a child, all alone?

Raise two children on my own...

So I took it out of me.

Does Nene know?

No.

Only my damn mother-in-law knows and she didn't call a doctor.

I bled for 5 days in a row, and she still wouldn't call a doctor.

She brought in a veterinarian.

He's the one who saved me.

He gave me an antibiotic for horses?

No one knew anything about me for 5 days.

Poor Yannis would come to my door and cry.

He was just a kid, he didn't understand what went on.

But I don't want to do it.

I can't do it.

I'm not like you.

No, you're exactly like me. You're strong,

you're beautiful and smart!

You're a better mom to Gabriel than I was to Yannis.

I don't know why you're complaining so much, 'cause you'll have it anyway.

You'll raise a handicapped kid. Now it's too late to fix it.

What's the matter, comrade?

You manned-up from drinking one glass of brandy?

If I say she'll do it, then she'll do it!

Comrade teacher!

Comrade teacher!

I heard today on the radio that in the Black Sea,

a ship sunk and it was from The Romanian Socialist Republic.

Who's that?

- It's Vasile. - What does he want?

I don't know. Go and see!

No, you go, or we'll all get in trouble.

Go already!

Are you afraid, Ionela?

Then why did you accept to do it, Ionela?

Ma'am!

Ma'am!

Yes, comrade. What do you want?

Bread... Isn't comrade teacher here?

How long where you listening?

Listen to what? You know I can't hear...

How long where you listening?

I can't hear anything anymore, comrade.

- I can't hear anything from then... - Tell me!

I can't hear anything from that explosion...

Stop playing the fool and tell me!

Tell you what if I didn't hear anything?

Is he dead?

- Tell me if he's dead! - Who?

It sunk, didn't it?

- Calm down! - It sunk and you knew!

- Know what? - Didn't you hear what he said?

A ship sank. You already knew, right?

Stop it! Who sank? I don't know anything about it. Stop! Get inside!

Be honest! Vasile, tell me all you know!

Loneliness is not good for a woman. I'll leave. But it's not good at all.

- I'll pray to God. - Irina!

Get out of my way!

Vasile, take all of it and tell me what you know!

- The talked about it at Free Europe. - Oh, no!

- At the radio, comrade. - Tell me!

I just heard a ship from the Romanian Socialist Republic sank. That's all.

What the hell's going on here?

What's my home become? Did you turn it to a grocery shop, mom?

Lower your voice or the neighbors will hear.

I don't give a damn if they do. Can't you see they're all here?

Is this a garage sale?

What's up with you? What's that bike doing in the middle of the yard?

What are you doing here, Vasile?

Well, just walking, 'cause I'm all alone...

Where are the kids?

Oh, and just look at that tub! I left it there and it's still there.

It's incredible! You won't get a thing from me this time.

Now tell me: what the hell are they conspiring about now?

Don't you know I'm hard of hearing?

Yeah, I know, but tell me, it won't reach the Communist party.

What did she say now?

Mom...

Lower your voice! Where do you think you are?

- Move over! - Lower your voice!

Move over, mom!

You got a house at the end of the earth and now you won't even let me get in it?

Move over, woman, damn it! Do I have to...?

You won't get a thing from me this time. Go home!

Yes, sir!

The gate's not oiled and the tub's still there...

- Go home! - Yes, I'm leaving.

Damn this life!

Get out!

Get your things and get out of my house!

Get out, I tell you!

She locked your kids?!

- Daddy! - Daddy!

You came home! I felt you were coming.

- You conquered the sea! - I did. The hell with it!

Let's see what dad brought you.

Were you good little kids?

- Yes! - Yes!

Mom, don't leave! We have to talk about something,

For you...

A train set.

And for my princess...

- Ionela, go! - Thank you, daddy!

Good night!

Chocolate and a train set? Dad, I'll become a train operator for sure!

Daddy, look! It's so beautiful!

- Do you like it? - Yes.

Where will she wear that dress to?

Shut up!

- Did you take good care of the girls? - It was really hard.

See how hard it is?

I have to deal with it every day.

Attend to mom. Grandpa upset her again.

I would've got here sooner, but they

stopped me at the border for an inspection.

To see we're not irradiated.

Isn't it stupid?

This radiation business.

At what border?

Here, in Focsani, at the border between Moldavia and Wallachia.

Go and get some food!

Bring me a plumb brandy glass also!

Look, I got you a broche from Istanbul.

I thought you'll wear it at the christening, but...

Oh, it's so beautiful!

You shouldn't've spent foreign money on this western crap..

Oh, it's no trouble, 'cause you have enough foreign money saved up.

For hard times.

I hope you didn't spend it all.

- Mom knows what she's doing. - Yeah, buy your mother everything!

Did you know I raise these kids just on my salary and the state portion?

You barely got here and it's "mother this, mother that".

What?

Go ahead and eat!

Or am I not a good cook, like your mother?

When should I have time to cook? You're here today and gone tomorrow.

You eat this cold swill!

Mom, sit down!

Sit down! I give the orders in my home.

If my wife says this is what I deserve to eat,

then that's exactly what I'll eat.

What was it? A boy or a girl?

- Is this how you treat your husband? - Get out of my house!

Get out or I'll slap you! Get the hell out!

Get out and take the kids with you!

Let's go! Move!

Kids, come to daddy!

Daddy's tired now and must go sleep, ok?

But in the morning we'll play ball and eat chocolate and ice cream, ok?

- Chocolate and ice cream?! - Attend to mom, don't leave her.

You'd better show him your report cards.

Grandma's right.

Since the radiation cloud came, she's the one who deserves all this.

Here! Take these!

It's dark outside.

And don't talk that way! She's your grandma

and she's right about the school grades.

Come on!

Come on! You too.

What the hell?

The wind moved the antenna again.

What are you doing there? Get down from there!

Irina, I'm talking to you! Get down from there or you'll fall.

Can't you hear what I'm saying?

Well, when I tell you to get down from there...

Move over! Let me do it!

Move over! Let me do it!

- Move over and let me do it! - I can handle it on my own!

Who the hell put them up there?

Vasile? Mom? Or you? Who the hell did it?

I told you...

Let me take a look!

You're fine.

May I kiss your hand?

Leave me alone! It's late.

Really? If you'd told me that 20 years ago, I'd've thought about it, but now...

Why?

What was it, you twerp? A boy or a girl?

What the hell was it? You took out a child! An innocent soul!

You bitch! You did what the people and mom said,

because you can't think on your own.

You're a murderer!

You bitch!

Irina, where did you put the wires for the electric fuses?

Don't worry about it!

They cut of the electricity.

What's that?

There'll be no more electricity until tomorrow.

Is there light when you go on the sea?

Yes.

And Istanbul...

How's there?

Is it like...

Like in the postcards? Full of color and light?

Yes, it's as beautiful as it is in postcards, with a lot of light.

The people seem to be different too.

They seem to think and walk faster...

Tell me more!

Tell me more about Istanbul!

High palm trees on the street,

the smell of oranges everywhere,

and the sea all around.

Come now, forgive me...

Come now, forgive me...

I forgive you.

Look at Vasile!

You barely got home and he's acting like the master of the house.

- Do you know Vasile says? - No.

He says: This God you all don't believe in

protects us

and we don't have any radiation in our yard.

- He really says that? - Mhm.

Yeah.

And do you believe him?

Yes, I believe him.

Why wouldn't I believe him?

He cares for you very much.

He says you're like a hermit, out there on the sea.

That you're closer to God than any of us here, on land.

Maybe it's true.

I don't know.

Why are you getting dressed?

Where are you going?

Do you really have the heart to leave me alone with 2 kids?

Do you really have the heart to leave 2 motherless kids behind?

Can you at least tell me if it was a boy or a girl?

A boy or a girl? What was it?

I must leave.

If I don't, you, the kids and mom will have a hard time.

Why?

I want to give birth to this kid.

What?

I don't know why, I feel that...

Irina, what kid? What're you talking about?

I can feel we're going to have a boy.

I almost threw him out if you hadn't shown up.

I never know when you come home...

I must leave, 'cause the Militia are on their way.

Your mother reported I wasn't pregnant. They'll take us both.

Irina, wait! I will not let you leave.

I'll go to my mom, until I give birth.

I miss my mom.

I miss dad too.

Wait! What's with you? Why do you want to leave? Listen to me!

Come here! Listen!

Tell Marcela I died.

Tell her I vanished. No, tell her I went abroad. Yeah, that's it.

No, no! Listen to me! Look at me!

- Look at me! - No, you listen to me!

Do you want this child or not?

- Tell me! Do you? - Of course I do.

Romanian News

There's a beginning in this end.

'Timisoara' is now the Romanian town pronounced all over the globe.

The people of Timisoara are on the street to

remind Romanians and world public opinion...

You know about the dramatic events that happened in the last 2-3 days,

mostly in Timisoara.

I said 'mostly' because... Info that we'll talk about in this broadcast...

Afterwards, by morning, a lot of Romanians joined the Hungarians

that surrounded the church.

...So that a student meeting transformed into an autonomous protest.

From this moment on, we have Timisoara's testimony...

DDA, a German news agency, had the first information on Saturday's protest.

...that last night the army surrounded Timisoara.

The news is based on eye-witness testimonies.

"Budapest" radio station... that medical staff use military cars for transport.

To people traveling back to Romania, FDI said

the Militia used water cannons on protesters.

A Czechoslovak citizen saw tanks and blocked streets.

Associated Press announced last night

that when the Securitate tried to step in...

the whole town appeared to be on the street.

By 2 PM, big groups of soldiers were blocking

the access to the main intersections...

Why are you crying?

I'm not crying.

It's over. He's dead. You're free.

Ana, baby,

no one's free in this country.

So what's freedom then, mom?

- Are you copying me? - No, I'm asking you.

Why?

You're pulling my hair...

Because you and dad...

- Say something! - No, I won't.

Because me and your dad what?

Please stop stomping your feet!

You already have your freedom. Dad with the sea and you with Teo.

Where were you?

I'm sorry, baby, I had no other choice.

What are you doing?

I'm looking out the window.

- Stop stomping your feet! - I don't want to stop.

Please take Teo in your arms. He's your brother.

It's "Teo"!

His name is Teodor.

It's Teo! That's what grandma called him.

Fine, it's Teo! Now hold him!

I don't want to!

Ana Maria, if you don't stop right now, we'll never get there, understand?

We'll lose that damn ship!

Ana!

Ana Maria, stop!

Ana Maria!

Ana, wait!

- Get back in the car! - I don't want to!

Do what I tell you! Damn kid! Get back in the car!

I don't want to!

Get back there! Go!

You're just like her! You're a monster!

No, you're just like her! You're a perfect copy...

On yesterday's press conference, chancellor Kohl said that

there is information protests were held in several Romanian cities,

adding that the police and the army are on alert.

Furthermore, TAS Agency, quoting the Hungarian press agency today at noon...

Let me get you a scarf!

I already have the Pionier (communist youth) one on. Won't that do?

- Are you pulling my leg? - No, you're tall enough.

- You've gotten so cheeky! - I learnt from the best.

You've inherited the worst from your grandma!

I would've inherited the same from you if you stayed with us.

- Ana, what's up with you? - No, what's up with you?

You want to stop dad and leave again, right?

Don't you know I can't light the fire and I can't wash? Who'll do the cooking?

Who'll carry the water? Who'll drive me to the parade?

Your dad and...

And who else? Grandpa's dead. You know I found her that way.

There, there, Ana. It's ok. Breathe!

Breathe! It's ok, mommy's here.

Yeah, but you want to leave again.

No.

You don't love us anymore...

Mommy's baby, I'm here.

...A few thousand people. Protests continue on Saturday and Sunday.

The special forces of the Securitate, militia and army have stepped in,

initially with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bats.

Warning shots were fired.

The protesters then went to the County Party building,

requesting to meet with the new secretary, Radu Balan.

Ilie Matei, the ex-prime-secretary of Timisoara,

seems to also be in Timisoara.

Baby, don't you know love never goes away?

Don't you know it never misbehaves?

It doesn't ignite with anger, my baby!

Love bears all, believes all and forgives all.

But I want your love.

And all I want is that we meet on time with your dad.

We'll see what we'll do after that.

Forgive me, mom! I missed you.

Last one to the car is a wuss!

Do these pillars support a bridge?

Yes, my baby. They support a bridge.

Don't worry, mom, I'll get the village priest

and give him my allowance and my piggy bank.

I'll handle the bread and I also have some napkins left in the closet.

We still have candles. Daddy bought them from Istanbul.

Don't worry, mom, we'll get through this.

A film dedicated to our parents and all those who are still

victims of communism, fear and the Chernobyl explosion.