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Strawberries and cream.

If you ask Agi, he'd tell you that eating strawberries

is the perfect way to avoid eating apples.

AGI AND EMMA

based on the novel by IGOR KOLAROV

introducing I STEFAN LAZAREVIC

Sound Design

Costume Design

Art Direction

So, that's how a 9-year-old boy looks like after moving 18 times

Written and Directed by MILUTIN PETROVIC

So, that's how a 9-year-old boy looks like after moving 18 times

Sometimes he really gets on my nerves.

Agi, Mom and Dad recently moved in to Oak Street.

Agi hates moving.

He developed a real taste in hating moving.

Some people like to move.

Some don't.

I think that moving makes you go crazy in three simple steps.

Three, more or less.

Mom and Dad work a lot.

Mom and Dad work a lot. they are hardly at home.

I really don't get them.

If I were them, I'd be with me all the time.

I can't understand what they do.

All they do is run around.

If Agi was them, all the work would've been done long ago.

For Agi, every change of place means the same.

He won't be seeing them in a totally new way.

Agi, my man! Look at you, you've grown so much!

Uncle likes his afternoon nap and drops by from time to time.

Uncle likes to say he is "so in".

In other words, one week looks one way, the next different.

How was school today, Agi?

The same, just like all other schools. -How do I look? -Great.

We're off to see The Magic Flute, we won't be long. Bye!

Just like all other schools I've been to.

Two plus two equals four. Rome was built by Romans.

Na outra lingua gato se fala diferente.

All the same. Only each day is more the same than before.

If I had a turtle in a bowl, that would be great.

In fact, Agi wouldn't know what to do with a turtle.

What a dump!

What a gross neighbourhood!

It would be great if a small tornado would pass this way.

All wiches you could think of have already been wished for.

Koliko je ura? -Ne vem, sem z lune, tam je vse drugace.

Ura je druga. Luna je naravni satelit Zemlje.

It revolves around the planet at a distance of 384 000 km.

You cannot see it by day. Somewhere there are the stars...

Ash SHAME“ Ash SHAME“!

Agi, loser!

Ash SHAME“!

You really are stupid! Stupid Agi!

Agi, my man! You've grown! You really grow! Keep growing!

You've changed a lot, you know that?

Agi felt... unchanged.

Don't you think Agi's strange? - In what way? -Don't know.

When we are at home, he just stares as if he needs something.

Agi's a big boy now. All he has to do is ask.

Excuse me, can you tell me where's Oak street? I'm lost.

You're going from school? Why your parents let you go

alone? .- It seems like they never have time for me.

Please, tell me where Oak st. is. I'll never bother you again.

I always quickly figure out where I live.

That child gets stranger every day.

Sometimes I feel like we rent a room to a stranger.

What a dump! Why do people build old houses like this?

It looks like an enchanted castle.

Anyone who lives there is not normal, that's for sure.

Prefect house for me.

Who could possibly live in a ruin like this?

Who's this? I mean... who is this? -I'm Emma.

My name is Agi.

Agi couldn't imagine that someone could live in this dump.

Spiders, ghosts, skeletons, mice. Yes, but, Emma?

Go and buy 10 eggs and cookies Want to see how tall I am.

Now you.

Three eggs... exactly.

Aren't you taller than me some 5-6 eggs.-You don't have a clue.

Hello! Agi! Please, hand me the pliers! Pliers! Fast!Thanks!

Why do you stand alone by your window so much?

I don't know. I haven't noticed.

You know how many dishes I can wash with water for one whale?

There are whales bigger than both of our houses together.

Emma-- can we go tomorrow to the movies? There is a movie.

After that, we'll go for a walk. - And talk about whales.

- And eat strawberry ice cream. - It's a deal.

Where are your Mom and Dad? - If you ask me, they are near by

You see them a lot?

Not really.

I can't say they make me or buy shoes for my birthday.

One day, you'll be old, like me. only on photos. Or in dreams.

Then, you'll see your parents starse le na slikah. Ali ko bos

- Emma? -Yes, Agi? -That's exactly how I see my parents now

- Agi, stupid! - Agi, stupid!

Listen to me carefully. Evil is such a drag.

How was school today?

Will Mom and Dad notice Agi if he demolishes the house?

You really are crazy. Let's find a bigger hammer.

Life is something you can't understand, at first.

It looks like I don't understand a single thing.

Like-- why does it rain? Why is my name Agi?Why's my uncle bald?

Who taught dolphins how to swim?

Agi is a skilled swimmer, he hasn't yet learnt how to swim

That doesn't bother him.

He just has to go once to the pool, with his parent.

In the meantime, Agi could play hide-and-seek.

Hide-and-seek, all by himself? They'll never find him!

Here I come!

Whatever...

Agi is a great searcher. He found himself in no time.

Ag“ W aka up!

Wake up from your dream!

Agi, can you hear me?

Get dressed, quickly!

Put something warm, or you'll end up like an iceberg.

I made a wonderful sauce,I won't waste it on supermarket fish.

Have you ever seen those fish? They seem... dead,

They have no charm or joy in their eyes. They are awkward.

- We're going fishing. -Have you caught anything?-Can't remember.

- Do we have a permit? - Permit? From your Dad? Mom?

Look at us. You're just a kid, and I am not far from that.

If we need a permit, then this world makes no sense at all!

From the very 1st day, I have a problem with the kids at school.

I wanted to come and talk with them, but I'd get confused.

They think somethings wrong with me.

Kids-- sometimes they can be so persistently childish.

Maybe they will ask to see our permit.

Sometimes it's good to fight. sometimes to leave bettlefield.

Agi dreamt of winter, and he was a bear.

Agi is a little sorry he woke up.

Agi's appetite is a gamble. You never know when he's hungry.

Agi! My man! Check this out! A chocolate.

You know, some exotic fruit, like mango, papaya!

My uncle can't resist the call of the living room sofa.

Agi, my man, you grow like they water you with magic.

Dear Emma, I'm on the stairs leading to the second floor.

I'll rest here for a while, then I'll go higher,to the attic

The attic is probably a scary place.

I don't scare easy. I guess that's OK. Or weird, at least.

I'll try to catch them, and then we'll all go and wash our feet.

I'll try to catch them, and then we'll all go and wash our feet.

Hygiene is very important.

There, you see-- I'm afraid of nothing.

Anyway, I'll figure out a good way to scare myself.

How are you? I miss you. I haven't seen you 3 times today

Ash SHAME“ Ash SHAME“!

AQi. genius! AQi. genius!

You look like you run a Group for Weird and Silly BirdsRigths

No, Agi! Like I run a Group for Very Sane Birds Rights,

and they have no intention of dying out or disappearing.

Agi-- I wanted to look like a knight.

When I was a kid, I wanted to become a knight.

All my friends wanted to become duchesses, or fashion designers,

or to travel around the world, or to be brilliant writers!

They would go mad just in time to get married and have kids.

My uncle, a piano tuner, used to say: "A knight is

a demanding profession! You are in a wrong era, honey"

My uncle was a wonderful person. I don know, maybe he was right.

- Dad-- - Not now, son, I'm busy.

Agi, my man! Look at it, a real babe.

And you? You shoot up. Your folks are here? Probably.

Who cares. I can overturn.Anyone who played Lara Croft knows that

Take care.

Uncle on a four wheeler? Now, really!

I just hope he doesn't sleep and drive. Not good for health.

Dad? -Not now. -Dad, the door. - Enough! Can't you see I'm busy?

Dear Emma.Today, I thought about weird things in life.

I realized everything is weird.

You, me-- ice-the moon, the poodle, the sandwich.

I wanted to think of something weird, too.

The best I could do, was to think of a two-bodied cat.

- You wouldn't believe what I saw - Better say something I could.

- I saw a two-bodied cat. - You're too young to lose sight.

Tell me, is a two-bodied cat something completely normal?

If not, my second option is a red horse with a green glow.

Dear Agi.

1st option, a cat would catch 2-headed mice in no time.

A red horse. Outstanding! In case of power blackout...

a dozen of these horses could light up the area. Emma.

P. S. I thought of something weird, too.

An umbrella you leave at home when you go out in the rain.

When I was a girl, I had a dog by the name of Bibi.

My Grandma used to call him Annoying Barking Bibi.

Every morning he jumped into my bed, waking me up.

- What happened to him? - He died. -I'm sorry.

Don't be silly, Agi. Pets die, just like their owners.

A few days after he died, I ordered him not to wake me up.

I really wanted to get some sleep.

I decided to engage in art photography.

I'll take pictures of people in silly poses.

But Emma, we are not people in a silly pose.

This is for the nicest photo of sea, lake and river contest.

There.

Before we start with the practice a theory overview!

There.

Easy.

You have different types of skaters. Firstm the Art type.

They jump and spin, and it makes you dizzy.

Then, the Hopeless Case type. They always fall.

They always drag a dozen of other skaters with them.

The thinkers. They skate slowly. By the wall, contemplating.

Let's go.

Emma, which type are you? - I'm a blend of all types.

Emma-- I just occupy space. I'm the Nuisance type.

I'm the one always standing still in the centre.

It's not easy for an Art type to hit a Nuisance in the air.

- It hurts. -Look at it this way. Hopeless es just love Nuisances.

When a Hopeless Case falls... ...he clings on to a Nuisance.

To escape the inescapable. - I was useless today on ice.

A sick Bibi could knock me down with a sneeze.

Don't be so down.

One can skate without moving.

- Agi, stupid! - Agi, stupid!

Hi, dear.

A parent meeting is tomorrow. - Fine. Eat something. Have to go

Dear Emma. Stop.

I have cried. Stop.

Don't you ever... ask about that.

Stop.

Agi. Stop.

Dear Agi. I love you non-stop. Emma.

You'll see him. He's ten feet tall.

Hurry up. boy!

What's up? This is my wife, she is your aunt.

- Look how grown he is. - I guess he has--

This is the sofa I was telling you about. The best nap!

It's not easy for young people like us.

Agi is skinny and the shortest kid in class.

The boys call him "Agi, stupid".

If they were smarter, they would've called him "bonsai".

Emma is OK. She's totally the way she should be.

If you could see the soul through a microscope,

the soul would have the face of Emma.

Agi! Hurry up, I have a surprise for you!

This monster followed me on my way home.

It probably thought it could charm its way to this old lady.

Come on, name him, Agi!

We'll call him...-Bibi Junior. - Bravo! Bibi will be delighted!

He must be all happy, sharpening his claws on a cloud.

What breed it is? -I don't know. There's too many of them.

If it matters, this is a Clever Toothpick, Southern subgroup.

I had a terrible fight with myself this morning.

I wanted to shave my beard, but the other Emma wouldn't let me!

But Emma,you don't have a beard. - The other Emma said that, too!

Who's side are you on? She said: why shave something non existing.

I said, it's an experiment. She: 'Experiment?! It's a circus! '

Then I said it all to her--

You underfed moth with hair curlers! You warn out fly!

She returned: You unreturned library book! A cow!

Underwater bike! I've had enough I couldn't stant it any more.

I couldn't argue any more with that impossible woman!

What is your problem? -Will you come to parent meeting?

Nobody ever wants to see my teachers.

- Excuse me, and you are...? - I am.

- I mean-- you came for-- - For Agi, of course.

Can't you see we look alike? I'm his sister.

Sister? -It's an enigma for our parents, too.

But, go on. I came here to listen. No to talk.

- Agi is sick? -I have fever. I have to stay in bed.

I looked all over for Bibi Jr. and noticed you weren't out.

- How about Bibi? - Vanished.

So small, and already knows how to run off.

Who is that big, scary armoured cruiser?

The one with moustache and rings around her eyes?

Mom and Dad hired a woman that makes me eat apples.

To make sure I take my medicine. I can't refuse her bad soups.

The world was naughty again.

But the day is so nice, I had to get you a present.

Super-something for super-Agi! Go ahead, open it.

Besides, I saw that you are doing great at school.

Wow, a great notebook.I'll start a diary. -Whatever you like.

Just like your two-bodied cat, you will live two lives.

I've noticed that you grow up differently from your friends.

I don't grow. I'm the smallest Wear the same shoes like before.

An Agi bigger some eight times, that would be one big Agi.

Dear diary, it's me-- Agi.

You'll know me-- I'm small, sick and love strawberries.

There's something else...

Gross! Like a jail.

If it wasn't for Emma, I would've ran away.

The biggest woman in the world could never catch me.

But if she did, she would make me eat a load of apples.

I would cry like eight Agis.

Dear Diary You'll know me...

the biggest woman makes me eat apples

Dad told Mom I look like I don't live in the real world.

I have no idea what does it mean.

Emma says, if everybody lived in the real one, it would be crowdy

If I were Emma, which world would be mine?

- What does it say? -36, 9. - You see, it's all right.

- Strawberries and cream. - Strawberries and cream!

If a prophet come here, he'd say it's the end of the world,

because you can eat strawberries throughout the year.

- What can you do? - I don't know, I forgot.

In fact, I forgot to remember that I forgot something.

Ah, yes! It's OK now.

- What have you forgotten? - I can't remember.

Ah, yes! Today is the 30200 day of my life.

It's not something to celebrate. But it's interesting.

What's this, young man? A stain?

It looks like a rhino lost in space.

- You're wrong, Agi. - I am?

This is not a stain on a shirt. But a shirt around your stain.

Lesson one: the first step is the hardest.

Real idlers shouldn't worry.

I'd like to point out Lesson two concerning your behaviour.

Don't be selfish. You should share idling with your friends.

Lesson three: an idler is never inactive.

Even when he has nothing to do, he'll do something.

Lesson four: beauty.

Who cannot admire the sunset is not worth being an idler.

Lesson five: an idler doesn't prefer the company of a yawner.

Yawners don't know how to idle, nor to work.

Lesson six, very important. Very important.

An idler is always kind and engages in sport.

As a professor, I prepare myself to run the marathon.

Let's go to Lesson seven.

An idler is a dreamer. He can boil an egg even on a cold stove

The last, but not the least lesson.

Even if you went over the top in idling, you can idle some more.

Agi please, practice this. I could test you.

Maybe.

Is it possible that you prepare for a marathon race?

The real silly thing is that I'll do it.

I'll tell you something, just between you and me.

I'll start the race from the finish line, not from the start.

I need to focus.

That's just the way I am.

I always go counter clockwise.

Always.

"Dear all" terrible handwriting. "Everything here is fine."

"I am having a good time."

I love my "in", illiterate uncle.

Why don't you look there?

For the money of this house, there you cannot buy a new one.

We could search for a condo, then.

To sell a house with a garden, just to buy a condo?

We never use garden. We could look for one with smaller garden

I like the idea. I'll check the Internet.

Larger house, larger credit.

That shouldn't be a problem, you got a better job now.

How many square meters?

Emma.

What is that? An airplane. I like them. I never flew one.

- Not that-- the hen. - The hen? Her name is Countess.

She's not an ordinary hen. Go ahead, meet her.

Pleased to meet you.

She managed to upset me three times this morning.

First she runs, then she falls asleep.

She can sleep for more than five hours.

If she keeps on like this, I'm taking her to a shrink.

Maybe she's miserable cause she is a chiken and cannot fly.

All right...

There's a beautiful view of the river, we'll use that.

Now, for a close-up.

Agi, you know what?

Your flying theory maybe true.

Maybe Countess finally made it.

Incredible.

- Where could she have flown? - Not a trace.

I must say, I miss her. But, maybe it's better this way.

I hope she's happy and she doesn't sleep so much anymore.

After all, she's a chicken.

When Countess is a chicken, she has to be a real countess.

Maybe she doesn't like our street. Agi, what's the matter?

Mom and Dad today talked about moving, again.

I have an amazing talent. Moving really gets on my nerves.

Every time I move, it turns out a real mess.

Would you like to go to the Wax Museum? -Yes!

We'll go tomorrow. Sundays are the best.

Tomorrow's not Sunday. Today's Tuesday, tomorrow's Wednesday.

Believe it or not, but for me, tomorrow is Sunday.

I'm so old, that days of the don't stand so steadily.

I guess you never wanted to build a model of a bus.

No-- buses are boring. -My watch broke. What's the time?

Look closer at your watch. The time is perfect.

We're here, Agi! The wax people live here.

Let's go.

Think they have Genghis-Khan? - I don't know, we'll see.

Emma-- there he is! Genghis-Khan!

If Genghis-Khan was alive, we'd be in big trouble!

But Emma-- there's no way these statues could be alive.

I know now. Thanks for a wonderful idea, Agi.

- Emma- -Hush! I'll need your help later.

- Agi, you grow at great speed! - Where is that beautiful aunt?

Agi, you see-- we split up.

A man must face some things in life-- reality-- whatever--

Uncle.

Uncle.

Maybe you're a ghost,and I'm the only one who knows about you.

I'm lonely, you know. I imagine people.

Uncle, my man!

L-- love-- my so in-- uncle.

My-- so in uncle-- loves-- motorcycles.

Motorcycles-- love no one. My uncle-- snores-- unhappily.

This is now a real adventure.

Your job is to bother the big guy. Ask him questions.

- What questions? - The ones you always ask.

Why don't you have a wax tank? Did Napoleon like his statue?

Could I buy an executioner? Do you accept cash?

Sir Emernius' uncle was a piano tuner.

He made a grave mistake saying that time of knights is over.

Emma is totally OK.

Even if Agi was really big, Emma would never bore him.

Agi didn't care at all about rules.

All he wanted was one, single friend.

Emma learned about life along with Agi.

She was just as she should be.

- Dear, is that you? - I'm home, Mom!

Let's have a talk.

Mom and I agreed. We'll move in two weeks.

Our new house is simply-- fantastic!

I'll arrange your school. You'll have a female teacher now.

What a nice boy.

He went straight away to pack his shoes.

Look at that price. - It's too expensive.

I'm not going anywhere!

I'm not going to the new house! I'm staying here!

You don't care for me. If you need me, I'll be in the attic!

I'm not leaving Emma!

Emma?

Who is Emma? -A nutcase from across the street.

She is not crazy. She's my only friend!

She is the most important person in the whole world!

Agi, we'll talk later. I'm busy now.

There's nothing to talk about!! I'm not going!! Period!!

Enough! Go to your room!

I said, go! Now!

Agi and Emma-- really.

This may sound weird. You may think I don't love you.

Don't argue with your parents. Just pack your things-- and go.

Things are generally confused and messed up.

Some things can break down completely.

The water leaks all over. That requires the tools and fixing.

Fixing.

Agi.

Agi, trust me.

There's so much fixing to do--

Agi felt stings in his chest. Like he swallowed a big engine.

He snores-- like a phantom.

Ag“.!

Agi, you spoiled brat!

Get down, now! There's so much fixing to do!

Hurry UP!

Emma!

You thought you get rid of me? I moved in the neighbourhood.

You know how hard it is to find these run-down places?

The Enchanted Castles you like so much?

And each time to be right across your new house?

Can you imagine what it takes?

It's not easy, even for someone like me.

The moving was such a bore, I had to do something about it.

I decided to write poetry.

I wrote a poem called The Bang.

I carefully planted The lily in a smaller pot

Then I took an empty pot Poor postman

I'll hit him in the head with it He is too grim. Not talkative.

Strawberries and cream--

Eating strawberries the perfect way to avoid eating apples.

THE END