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FRONT FILM

OMEGA FILMS

with the support of Bulgarian National Film Centre

with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union

present

Monika Naydenova

Alexander Benev

Svetlana Yancheva

Ivaylo Hristov

Vassil Mihajlov

Stefan Mavrodijev

Ivan Barnev

Get in! We are off.

THIRST

How many?

1,120.

Why are you coming back?

If I�d done 4,000 steps a day,

I wouldn�t have had two heart attacks.

Run to run off the heart attack!

Go!

Aphrodite: 16 bottom and 16 top sheets. 32 pillow cases.

Royal Palace: 20 bottom and 20 tops. 40 pillow cases.

Golden Ring: 24 bottom and 24 tops. 48 pillow cases.

Thanks!

What happened? - Huh?

Shhh!

It�s not working!

How can it work when there�s no water!

Half the village is watering their gardens now. And we�re up high.

Go tell them to stop!

How can I tell them �Stop watering�?!

Just like that: �Stop watering for half an hour.�

Are you crazy, woman?!

I am crazy for agreeing to come and live on this stupid hill!

In case you don�t remember, this is your father�s house!

I don�t care if it�s my father�s, I care about washing those sheets,

if they�re not ready by 8 AM sharp, I don�t know what we�ll eat.

He doesn�t eat lard. He eats books.

I don't have books, I have a pig.

Eat in this life, read in the next!

What about the third life? - There is no third life.

That's right.

One life in this world, one in the other.

It�s the faucet, the water�s stopped again...

How long has your granddaughter been doing this?

She�s not my granddaughter.

She�s my daughter.

The water�s here.

How much will it cost?

80 bucks a meter.

If no water comes out, I�m not paying anything!

The pots have to be soaked in water,

or they�ll drink the plants� water.

I�ll kill you!

Come over here, you mangy rotten mutt!

Just wait till I get my hands on you.

I�ll kick your stupid thick skull!

Come here! Come here!

No! Not the sheets!

You knocked the wind out of me!

Get out of here! Mangy flea-bitten mutt!

Get out of here!

Get out of here!

Get out of here!

Oooof!

Come here, Mugly.

Did you hit Mugly?

Huh?

Did you hit the dog?

How do you know its name?

Because I named it.

What kind of a stupid name is that?

It�s not stupid. It�s a girl�s name.

If she gets the sheets dirty again,

I�ll break her legs!

And I�ll break yours!

Don�t look at me, Johnny, I�m naked and my feet are bare

come look at me, Johnny, and see what I�ve got... down there!

What are you doing?

There�s going to be a pool here.

A pool?

Uh-huh.

Are you kidding me?

Why would I kid you...

The diving-board will be right here.

Hey mom, imagine if instead of water, oil came out?

Yes, and the place would get packed with Arabs!

As if the folks here aren�t enough,

all we need are some Arabs...

What's that?

A stepcounter.

Oh no!

What?

You reset it!

Now my dad will never believe that I ran 4,000 steps!

Where are you going?

To get your steps back!

The electric meter is spinning like crazy!

Whirr, whirr, whirr!

Whirr.

And your drill uses a lot of electricity!

Take it out of my drilling bill.

Watch out you don�t end up having to pay me!

That lie has pretty legs, but they�re too short!

Now go do your 4,000 steps!

Come on, dad!

Get going!

Ow, ouch?

Let me see!

Hang on a sec!

Come here!

Every living soul runs away.

Sorry about earlier.

Here we have a... camel.

But with three humps.

It�s stretching its neck towards...

maybe water, maybe a swamp.

But the camel has to go through fire

to get to the water.

Or the swamp, whatever it is.

That camel must want a mud bath.

I don�t know, you�re the one who knows...

Go give the cup back.

Tell your dad to come eat...

We already ate!

Dig in my pocket, my hands are dirty!

How much did you leave? - Five.

Five, eat my cock alive!

God sent this drought

because people have gotten bad, bad, bad!

When they went to the moon and didn�t find God,

they thought he doesn�t exist!

What would you like, my child?

A bottle of vodka!

Aren�t you a little young for vodka, my child!

It�s for my dad, honey child.

Anything else?

Vodka kills braincells.

You must�ve had a lot of vodka...

Why?

�Cause you have no brains left!

Yeah, as if you do.

A buck a window.

If you hit it, you win, if you miss, you lose.

We each get three rocks.

And next time, don�t act so smart!

My mom�s gonna kill me...

Why?

Because of the two bucks.

You wanna make a bet!

About what?

For the two bucks.

I bet you can�t drink all this vodka.

Who says I can�t?

Fine.

Go ahead!

So far you�ve earned a buck.

Why are you like that? - Like what?

Mean.

Are you going to drink the vodka or not?

Come on. Take it.

Bad, very bad.

Here are the two bucks!

What two bucks? He�s delirious!

He�s drugged. Somebody drugged him!

He stinks of booze. What drugs?!

What happened, how did he get so drunk?

I don�t know, we split up in the village.

Why did you get the boy drunk?

Why do you do these things?

He hates me.

You�re bad, very bad.

I�m bad because I tell the truth. - You tell the truth?

Who do you think you are?

I�m your daughter.

Drink!

Are you giving me razor blades this time?

I eat razor blades for dessert.

How many?

Five.

Five, eat my cock alive!

Stop it! - What happened?

Did they hit you? Take a deep breath. Breathe!

Why are you fighting? Why are you fighting?

Come here!

My daughter�s causing trouble!

What did you do?

Let him tell you what he said to me!

What did you say to her? - I won�t say it.

What did he say to you?

I won�t say it.

What did you say to her?

If you tell them, I�ll kill you.

Who are you going to kill?

Stop it already!

Where is your dad?

He�s sick.

How long have you been helping your dad?

For three years, every summer.

Three years? - Uh-huh.

But you were just a kid back then...

You don�t look like your father.

True. I look like my mother.

But I barely remember her.

How come you don't remember your mother?

She was a Gypsy.

What do you mean, a Gypsy?

Just that... a Gypsy...

Go get dressed. This isn�t a fashion show.

But it�s hot...

Hot, yeah right.

What�s wrong with you?

Nothing's wrong with me.

You�re very strict with her. - True.

�Cause she�s like her mother.

In what sense?

Her mother was Russian.

I was working in Russia. She worked in the cafeteria.

We had a baby girl.

One day she went out on a fishing boat...

... and never came back.

So I took the kid and came back to Bulgaria.

What can I say - Russian women!

Why did you lie to me?

About what? - About your mother.

Why shouldn�t I lie to you?

You were begging for it...

Turn it on!

Snowflakes.

Turn it off!

Now you�re on TV!

Ladies and gentlemen! You will now hear...

an official statement from the speaker of Parliament!

My fellow countrymen!

I can assure you there is no drought and never will be!

Bravo!

You got on TV and immediately started talking nonsense!

That�s life!

Turn it on!

Go get your dad, or he�ll be there all night!

Go!

Come on, dad, let�s go!

I�m coming, my boy!

Give me the starting note!

The quiet blue Danube is bursting its banks!

Three, four!

Oof, you scared me to death!

Our roads are so bad.

And we live far from everthing.

My father built this house so he could breed sheep,

he had lots of sheep...

How many?

How should I know how many?

100? 200? 1000?

Well, I don't remember....

There were as many as there were.

Who cares about sheep?

Enough sheep already.

Our house still stinks.

It stinks?

It stinks. And when I say stinks, I mean stinks.

When I come in from outside, the stench just hits me. PU.

Now you got me thinking about sheep.

I�ll be counting sheep all night.

Why sheep, and not deer?

There aren�t many deer here.

No? Have you counted them all?

Maybe I have.

Yeah right, you have...

You�re talking nonesense.

What nonesense? - I don't know.

We almost killed ourselves in the dark, looking for you.

You�ve been smoking again!

I haven�t.

Yeah right!

It's none of your business!

Just give me 5 bucks less!

It�s not the same.

It�s one thing to ask for it, another for you to give it to me.

I see.

There�s no water.

Where�s the water?

Where�s the water?

We�re 15 meters down, only 2 more to go.

Two more?

Two meters. One day.

I don't have one day.

If there is no water, I can�t pay you.

You said 17 meters, but it could be 19, or 20.

How much longer do I have to wait?

If she said 17, then it�s 17.

What�s wrong with you?

With me?

Something is wrong with you.

Why?

You�re not fixing anything, so something is wrong with you.

How did you come up with that?

Check your blood pressure.

I did. - Check it again.

I�m fine.

Want me to check it for you?

I told you, I�m fine.

If you�re doing nothing, you�re not fine.

That�s how it was before both heart attacks.

God knows what he�s doing.

God?

Well, yes...

He decides who is born, who lives, who dies...

But you�re not a believer!

How do you know?

I know. You�ve told me.

And why do you believe me?

The water's back.

Mugly! Come here Mugly!

Mugly! Come here Mugly!

Good girl.

Mugly!

Mugly, come here!

Mugly! Mugly!

Mugly, come here!

Mugly!

Mugly, come here!

Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly! Come to me!

Mugly, come here!

Mugly!

Mugly! Come to me!

Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly! Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly! Come here!

Mugly, come here!

Mugly! Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly! - Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly!

Mugly-y-y! - Mugly-y-y!

We�re supposed to wash with that?

We need to put in pipes. Then the water will run clear.

What is that?!

What happened?

The dog is mine.

It�s my fault!

The dog is mine.

Enough of your �It�s mine! It�s mine!�

That dog was here before you came!

My son is mine, but I don�t go drowning him!

Did I say something funny?

You�re the only funny thing here - funny and ...

That�s enough now!

Bury it somewhere, since it�s hot.

We should put a cross on it.

No, we shouldn�t.

We have to put something on it.

Have you ever kissed anyone?

Kissing is a slobbery business.

Know what?

What?

I�d still give it a try.

Go ahead.

Ok, let�s!

Let�s!

You won�t regret it afterwards?

You�d better not regret it yourself.

Come on.

How come you�re all red?

It�s from the heat.

Got other jobs lined up?

Something will come up, we�re in season.

Go ahead, light up.

After the first heart attack, I quit drinking.

After the second, I quit smoking.

Why did God let me live?

God knows what he�s doing.

Do you believe in God?

I don�t know.

Neither do I.

I wonder if He knows that we don�t know?

It smells of petrol.

Didn�t get enough sleep, eh?

It�s from the heat!

The heat, yeah right. I can see it in your eyes.

They seem cloudy to me.

And I�m quite the weatherman, you know!

So what�s your forecast?

Rain.

It's leaking.

That petrol has ruined the garden!

As if all that mud wasn�t enough, now petrol, too...

Relax, I�ll fix it!

Let�s go say �bye� to the dog.

OK.

Come on, I�ll meet you there!

I�ll be there in a bit.

Come and fill the tank with sand...

Why sand?

Because of the petrol fumes, so it won�t explode.

I�ve gotta go. I�ve got a date.

Then go.

Pack your stuff and leave!

We�re leaving.

Want help?

I�ll be fine...

You�ve gotten all dirty.

What do you see?

A little girl.

No.

It�s your wife�s hair-clasp.

I found it in my dad�s pocket.

You�re the kindest man I�ve ever met.

Dad!!

The Girl Monika Naydenova

The Boy Alexander Benev

The Boy's Mother Svetlana Yancheva

The Boy's Father Ivaylo Hristov

The Girl's Father Vassil Mihajlov

The Shopkeeper Stefan Mavrodijev

The driver Ivan Barnev

Script: Svetoslav Ovcharov, Svetla Tsotsorkova, Ventsislav Vasilev

Director Svetla Tsotsorkova

Director Of Photography Vesselin Hristov

Production Designer Georgi Todorov - Jozy

Costume Designer Elena Stoyanova

Composer Hristo Namliev

Location Sound Mixer Momchil Bozhkov

Sound Designer Valeria Popova

Producers Nadejda Koseva, Svetla Tsotsorkova

Co-producer Svetoslav Ovcharov

International Sales ALPHA VIOLET