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FILM 14

Who was it that told me that any truth

has to be tested… by fire?

Have you tried starting your day some other way?

I have. It’s not for me.

Is the shower free? Yes! I’m the shower’s liberator!

Are you okay?

Yes!

Yes, I understand.

Rodion…

we need to go.

Do you feel it?

I love you.

In your opinion, when did Meglin start to cross boundaries?

You used “Meglin” and “boundaries” in the same sentence.

You don’t know him at all!

It’s you who didn’t know him!

Meglin, like many sociopaths,

knew how to manipulate people!

Perhaps you got caught up in his twisted logic.

A victim of Stockholm syndrome, if you will.

Judge for yourself.

Meglin did terrible, indescribable things.

And instead of sounding the alarm in time,

you give your approval.

Don’t you think that’s a testimony to your personal and professional decline?

You don’t think that you’ve crossed a line?

SERGIEVO-POSAD DISTRICT

Good afternoon.

It’s the second one this week.

The first was found day before yesterday on the Dolginsk highway.

Also a man.

Before he was set on fire,

the killer crucified him.

-Got an ID? -Not yet. We’re working on it.

He burned beautifully!

-Alive? -What?

I’m asking, were they burned alive?

The first one, yes.

The medical examiner needs time for this one.

Visually, he can’t tell.

I asked them not to touch anything till you took a look.

So we’ll take a look now.

Yes, of course.

Call me if you need me.

Let’s go.

Go have a smoke!

What do you see?

He approached this seriously. Chains and a lock.

He’s highly organized. It’s planned out to the smallest detail.

What else?

Do you see the phone? A remote fuse?

He walked away and made the call.

The vibration caused a spark.

-And the gas ignited. -But why so complicated?

Why is he setting them on fire?

Well… to hide the evidence, cover his tracks.

If he wanted to hide the evidence, he’d throw them in the river.

Use your head!

He doesn’t want to hide it. He wants to show it off.

Show it to who?

To all of us.

Why does he burn them?

When the facial muscles burn,

the mouth opens as if the person is screaming.

He wanted to watch from a distance, uninterrupted, so he used a fuse.

There you have it.

Here’s where he stood and watched.

He’s on sedatives right now.

Even if you wake him, he can’t talk.

Do you have something for him?

I brought him this.

Hello.

My name is Esenya. I’m an investigator.

I came here to talk to you.

All right, let me help you.

Your name is Olga.

Irina.

Ignatovich.

All right. Irina. How did you end up here?

We lived by the river…

with Valera.

I had two children.

I was so afraid they’d drown,

well… in the river.

I was so afraid.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

And they drowned.

Valera said I drowned them.

But I couldn’t have. They were my children.

Why are you called Olga Berestova?

I’m not allowed to…

I’m not allowed to talk about that.

-Who told you that? -Bergich.

And Andrei too.

I’m working with them. They know everything.

After…

my children drowned…

they-- they suggested I stay here forever.

In a private ward.

Why did they give you another name?

They said it’d be easier to forget this way.

I want to forget!

I want to forget!

To forget! Look. Is this Andrei?

Yes, that’s Andrei.

He’s just older.

The first victim was also undressed.

Why does he undress them?

A sexual motive?

They burn faster…

or cleaner somehow.

It’s more aesthetic.

He’s an aesthete?

Regarding this, yes.

Look how he arranged everything.

The site… is a picture.

What’s this?

It’s a piercing. The first victim had pierced ears.

Two earrings and one silver ring on his chest.

Stop. What?

Damn your mother!

Are they similar?

The pose.

Vitya Korsakov, a goth.

A sadomasochist and also a mosaic schizophrenic.

In 2008, he crucified his wife with her consent.

Well, as for consent… He worked on her for seven years.

She barely survived. He was found insane.

He was assigned to Bergich’s care.

One of our kind?

Is Bergich on duty?

Well, yes.

He was here for five years.

I released him in July.

He seemed stable to me.

You released him.

Of course. We aren’t a hotel.

No one visited him, showed interest in him?

No.

You can’t figure out who did this to him?

Do you have access to the archives? Yes. I do.

Esenya, give us a minute.

Give us a minute. Please.

How are you sleeping?

Are you trying to make me an offer?

I’m not sleeping.

Insomnia.

Does your head hurt? How’s your heart?

My head in the morning-- that’s a beautiful thing.

My heart…

If you’re over 40 and nothing hurts in the morning, then that means…

And I’m still alive.

Hallucinations?

I’d stay and gossip with you…

but we’re out of time.

That means yes.

You think that it’s you alone against the world.

You think that, if you stop, disaster waits.

You alone are saving the world…

from the looming darkness.

Rodion, do you understand what paraphrenia is?

You’re entering an acute phase.

Are you an idiot, or what?

You’d know better than me.

Fate has given you a chance, a unique chance.

You could live for years.

A normal life… with her.

You just have to drop work and stay with me.

For a couple of months.

And if I don’t…

how much time do I have?

Two weeks maximum.

Why are you panicking?

That’s loads of time.

We’ll manage to save the world.

Marusya.

-Marus! -Go on.

What’s with you? She’s a friend of mine. Can’t I talk to someone?

Are you going in yourself, or do you need help? Nikolai, go. I’ll visit you later.

Marusya!

-It’s for your sake. -I understand. Bye!

How is Pinochet? I mean Nikolai.

Fine. He’s made clear progress.

I think, next time, we won’t have to go about this so intensely.

I’ve already decreased his medications by half.

I’m going to release him tomorrow. I understand you’re…

with him all the time now.

Well, yeah.

He needs to take this.

Monitor him. Hourly.

Is it that bad?

We’re still fighting.

The most important thing is to not let time slip away.

All right.

Put pressure on him!

Make him drop everything and get well.

We’ll pull him through.

PRESCRIPTION

What are you doing here?

-Hello. -Were you going through my purse?

I think it was you who introduced the practice.

I came to get my things.

Maybe just this one night, let’s not get on each other’s nerves.

I want to sleep, truthfully.

I haven’t seen you in two weeks.

You ignore my calls.

I just want to know how you are.

I have that right.

Let’s have some tea.

I’ll brew it with herbs, just how you like it.

You need it now.

Those are strong medications. Is he getting worse?

Can he work at all in that state?

What do you care?

First, he’s my friend.

You hate him.

Hate and love are the same. Didn’t you know?

I’m not worried about him.

Well, not just him.

-Have you talked to him about treatment? -He can’t drop the case.

He doesn’t want to.

Being an adult, it’s…

It’s about being responsible--

to yourself and those who depend on you.

Are you suggesting that I medicate him against his will?

Do I understand you correctly?

If you have to.

Do you know what your problem is, Pop?

You always know what’s best for others.

-He’s not mentally stable. -He’s healthier than you.

Has it ever occurred to you that you’re a psycho,

with your mania to control everything?

I’m worried about you.

I’m trying to pull you out of the hole you’re digging yourself into.

Did you try to save Mama too? You were worried about her, right?

Then don’t worry about me. I want to stay alive!

Don’t you dare talk to me like that.

What’s he filled your head with?

I wanted to save her.

That worked out well.

I loved her.

Love and hate are the same thing. You said so yourself.

And I don’t know, Pop…

whether I love you or hate you.

Tell me.

What happened to my mother?

Why are you keeping that poor Ignatovich in the psych ward?

Who is Berestova?

What did Ognaryov find out?

If you lie to me about this, you’re lying to me about everything.

And I don’t know you at all.

You’ll never find out anything.

I don’t want to see you anymore…

never again in my life.

His system isn’t working! Meglin was her protector. Now he’s seriously ill.

I saw his medical history. There will be a crisis every day.

And then he’ll just start killing!

We need to make a decision.

He’s finished.

He’s a hero, a legend.

That doesn’t bother you?

On top of that, deep down, everyone approves of his methods.

They won’t forgive us for that.

But if, somehow, it were to turn out different…

I wouldn’t object.

Let’s go.

CASE CLOSED

CASE CLOSED

CASE CLOSED

An evening down memory lane?

Nostalgia. Something like that. Are you looking for something specific?

Stranglers.

The one on the bridge had a chain around his throat.

Maybe it’s nothing, but maybe it’s a clue.

You think he’s reenacting the crimes of his victims?

So the second one is also one of us?

Why would someone kill one of ours?

Come here.

You already understand everything.

You’re a smart girl. You just don’t tell anyone.

First he killed the teachers. Now he’s killing the students.

That’s it. Let’s go.

You drive. Stand there.

Here.

Look.

-Look for what? -I don’t know!

Something should be there.

ACCESS DENIED

Blocked.

Try Glukhoi.

Come in. Have a seat.

Give me the flash drive.

How is he? Bad.

Let me go.

You animal! Let me go!

Let me go!

Bastard!

Did you miss me?

I told you at the very beginning that I liked you, Meglin.

Seriously.

But you don’t go all the way. You don’t look within. And if you don’t know yourself, then what can you teach?

Take these two-- our kind.

You left them on the edge. You didn’t let them kill.

You tamed them, visited them, followed, and cared for them.

You think you saved them.

No. You made them miserable.

You made them hate who they are, because they were afraid to look within.

No matter. We’ll fix that.

Our kind-- actually, your kind-- will keep dying until you kill one of them.

Any of them. Your choice. As you say-- the scales.

So weigh the decision.

Either you kill one, or I’ll kill 10.

It’s that simple.

Sorry. I have to make a phone call.

Help me!

People!

Help me!

Kill, Meglin. Feed the beast.

You’re thinking, why?

Well, you should understand.

First, I get satisfaction in making your life hell.

Second, I’m helping you.

Do you know why they follow me?

Because I don’t lie like you do.

I don’t deceive people about who they really are.

You, Meglin, are a killer.

You’re not a hero, but a freak.

You’ll never be one of them-- normal.

They tolerate you while you kill for them.

Instead, kill for yourself.

Straightaway, it will become easier.

Make a decision, or I’ll strike closer.

You know the rules.

What do we know? There are two of them.

Not proven.

He’s not killing with his own hands. Well, or he wants us to think that.

Right now that’s not important at all. We need to understand his system.

He’s not killing for no reason.

There’s a reason for everything.

One more thing.

Glukhoi found a program on the flash drive

that determines the location of the computer, like a bug.

Closer.

Call Glukhoi, quickly.

Hello.

Come in.

Do you want some beer?

Come on, come on.

He needed Glukhoi, and we handed him over ourselves.

ESENYA

He’s not answering.

He’s here somewhere, watching us.

Look around. Find out where.

Look.

I’d pick the house across the street. The window facing us is open.

Let’s go.

What, you didn’t catch me, Meglin? Didn’t you want to?

In your heart, you know I’m right.

You’re swayed by moral prejudices, but…

That’s a coat off someone’s else’s back.

Take it off. Be yourself.

Don’t answer anymore.

We’ve missed the main thing! It’s under our noses!

Why and how does he kill?

This entire show-- the chains and the nudity-- who’s it for?

For him? For us? No.

It’s for the one he’s using to do the killing.

He said, “I tell the truth to the people you lie to.”

That means the killer is one of our own.

But he couldn’t just kill them. He executed them!

He was the executioner of executioners!

He felt sorry for them, but he got over that.

No. He burned them… alive.

Because they were screaming…

and they drowned out someone else’s screams.

I’m thinking…

how did Glukhoi let him in?

TIKHVINSKY DISTRICT

Hello, Kol.

Been out long?

Since yesterday.

I didn’t wait for you. We’re here now.

Are you going somewhere?

Why’d you do it, Kol?

Because it’s me! Me!

And you can’t change me, understand?

Why didn’t you come to me?

Because you lie, Meglin!

You said he wouldn’t scream, but he screamed.

I smothered him with electroshock and pills.

But he cried, calling my name!

“Kolya! Kolya! Kolya!”

Why are you staring at me?

I did the same as you! Yes, I killed them, but they were beasts!

Who’s worse off because of this?

They weren’t out killing. They were under control.

You can’t control that! Look at me, Meglin!

They would’ve killed, and you couldn’t have stopped them!

You’re one of us. You know what I’m talking about.

Meglin…

Let’s kill all those like us. We’ll do it together.

How about it?

I’m the same as you.

I catch people like you.

And you killed an innocent man.

Glukhoi wasn’t one of us.

His family was killed seven years ago. A wife and child.

I helped find the killer, then killed him. He started helping me.

He also wanted to cleanse the earth, but he wasn’t like you.

He was a good man.

You were just taken for a ride.

Help me take him down.

Cleanse the earth, Kolya.

Only fire… cleanses.

I’ll help you.

I’ll tell you who he is.

You have to help me too.

I’ll help you.

I’ll help you.

He’s calling me. He needs me.

Wait in the car.

You’re going to kill him, aren’t you?

Then he’s right. He’s won.

-Wait in the car. -It’s murder.

It’s not murder. It’s mercy.

One time, I woke up.

The telephone was in my bed.

He called me every night.

We talked for a long time-- two, three hours.

He knew how to listen.

He understood me, like you sometimes.

He told me what to do…

so that Vanya would stop screaming.

He said,

“Do you want to be like Meglin? Do you want me to help you?”

I said, “Of course I do. After all, he helped me.”

He gave me a location and a name.

-You saw him? -Yes.

-He works there. -Where?

For Bergich. He opened the doors for me at night.

When I returned in the morning,

I’d lie down and hear him close the door.

It’s so beautiful out.

Meglin, what do you think…

is there something after this?

Of course there is.

Yes.

Hello. It’s me.

He won’t talk to you.

Give him a message.

I’m a man of my word.

I promised I’d stop.

And we won’t!

Do you understand? Monster!

Now that’s a conversation.

-Don’t answer. -I’m turning it off.

It’s Lazarev.

Yes.

We got him! We found him!

We made a list of all the hospital employees.

There was an interesting detail.

This Leonid Ivanovich Skuteev, a janitor,

was on duty every time a murder was committed.

He was in our database.

He was never prosecuted, but there had been a few complaints.

That’s it for now.

I understand. Thanks.

POLICE

Let’s go, let’s go! Move!

Everyone on the ground! You can go.

Well, that’s it.

I could never admit that I was wrong.

And I won’t now.

All these years, I served the monsters…

that were mistaken for humans,

who, for all those years, tortured those unfortunates,

those who weren’t allowed to live their lives.

They call them psychos,

crazy,

immoral freaks.

But they’re a thousand times more genuine

smarter, and more compassionate than their captors.

I couldn’t give them freedom.

I’m guilty of that, but only before them.

You won’t catch me.

Process the scene.

Yes, hello.

“You won’t catch me.” We found him.

How? Wait.

We found out one of Bergich’s patients was setting people on fire.

Is that for sure?

From a list of employees,

they determined who let him out of the hospital on the night of the murders.

We wanted to take him, but he poisoned himself.

He left a video message.

-Congratulations. -Bye.

Yeah, take care.

Bye.

YOU WON’T CATCH ME

It’s all over.

Nothing is ever over.

I have one request.

Promise you’ll do it.

I promise.

When it starts…

no doctors…

no ambulances.

Just hold my hand.

Nothing is going to happen.

Tomorrow, you’re going under Bergich’s care.

You have to.

What do you think, had he decided everything by then?

I don’t know.

Go on.

Sit down.

I’ll stand.

I’ve been sitting for eight years.

Do you remember who put you here?

How is he?

You know how he is. He lives on the edge.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he runs out of luck soon.

He’s upset the wrong people.

This is an order for your transfer to a psychiatric hospital

for a routine examination.

ANOFRIEV ALEXEY NIKOLAEVICH

There’s better food, a private room…

walks in the park.

Do we understand each other?