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Tastes good, this brandy.

It wasn’t so before.

After my third drink everything
is just fine and looks nicer.

I have a violin.

It wasn’t buried with Misa.

To open his coffin now
wouldn’t be good.

Such fine things
don’t belong in a grave.

PETRIAS WREATH

Based on a novel by
D. Mihajlovic

Director of photography:

Written and directed by:

Since 1938. a fine photographer
lived here.

You give him two pictures and
he makes one out of them.

And he always adds something.
A nice blouse, curly hear.

Or, he takes separated
pictures,

and makes one that's
much better.

He enlarged this one
before my wedding.

I loved Dobrlvoje...
Immensely.

Maybe he doesn't look like this,
but the picture Is really nice.

Cheers!

Here is who it goes:

The first drink is for
God help us,

the second for in good health.
The third for St. Trinity,

and the fourth one
for four evangelists.

And then?
- You start all over again.

Why here?

Photographer knew ls job.

If It weren't for him
I'd have no pictures.

And my life wouldn't look
so nice.

Whats that?

Sugar, for sweet life.

An apple, for healthy
children.

What is it?
- A cat.

I know what cat
just went by.

I was poor.

Mother-ln-law hoped
for a girl with dowry.

Whatever I did,
she didn’t approve.

That wouldn't have been
that bad,

If only Dobrlvoje had not
listened to her.

What do you use
to cast spells?

Onions, coal, basil leaves,

broom handle, hawthorn,

bats wings, rabbit tail,
it all depends...

No need to cast
spells here.

Did you pee on an ax?
- I did.

Three nights in a row and
left it overnight? - Yes.

And it rusted each time?
- Completely.

You’re pregnant.

No need for me to
cast a spell.

Go home! I practice sorcery
only when someones

miserable or ill.

Thanks, aunt Ana.
- Nothing to it.

You are going to tell my
mother I wont!

Get out, you bitch!

You can bark outside
as much as you like!

I don’t want to see
you any more!

III improve, Dobrivoje!

III do whatever you say!

I don’t need this!

I don’t want to see you!

I'm pregnant.

It 'll be a son, Dobrivoje.

Are you feeling sick?

Shes fine! Why shouldn’t
she be! - No, I 'm fine!

Don’t lag behind then.

It must be it, mother.
Shall I go home?

Go! You’re of little
use anyway.

Will you come with me?
- III come when its time.

That's the way It
used to be on a farm.

You can't deliver where
you want.

Especially not In
the house.

You must hide,
like a dog,

like a cat.
That's how you must hide.

Your mother-ln-law
gets to you first.

With a sickle she
separates the child.

That was the proper way,
the custom.

A son!

Hes cold.

Why didn’t you cut the cord?
I couldn’t get here sooner.

I was waiting for you!
May you rot in hell!

Didn’t your mother teach you?
- She didn’t!

Tell me what kind of
a mother are you?!

You’re a sick bitches mother
and that’s how you’ll die.

In greater pain than this
child that you’ve killed.

Gods will...
God gave, God took.

Not God! You wanted
it to be that way!

For his eternal trip!
He may get hungry.

There will be others!

Ltd been a long time since
live scrubbed the kitchen.

Its dirty.

I thought Dobrlvoje would
chase me out,

but he didn’t.
Guilty conscience.

When the first grief passed,
we made love again,

and a year later
Mllana was born.

Its not that I don’t like it,
but this isn’t her hair.

She has weak hair,
just like me.

How can she have braids?
- That’s how I make pictures.

You’ll thank me one day
for this beautiful daughter.

Understand? - No,
but let it be your way.

Misa, whats the hurry?
- You’ll hear!

How do you feel?
- It hurts. Cant stand it!

Not for long, darling.

When I die, will it hurt too?
- No, darling, it wont.

Where are you going?
- Is there a doctor around?

In the shaft, there’s
a Russian doctor.

The girl has meningitis.
There’s no cure.

What does she say?
- Bad disease. No cure.

Look around you!
This is like in a madhouse!

Women must be brave
in these hard times.

You must endure.

When I die, Mom, will you,
too, go with me there?

I will go everywhere with
you, don’t worry.

I wont leave you.

How can Mllana disappear
all of a sudden?

She lived here with you,
ate bread with you and talked,

and now-
she Is to be no more?

I figured the worst
wouldn't come.

Go away spells,

roll down the rivers,

hide under coal,

spread thin like a fog.

Leave this child
Milana alone!

You came late.

So that our third wouldn’t die!

Well, Petria, we cant live
together any more.

There’s something
wrong with you.

Maybe you had an accident
as a child.

Maybe you were born
defective.

You have ill luck,
bad fortune pursues you.

In a peasant house,
you know,

the woman must bear
and keep children.

Whatever you brought or got,
you may take with you.

Nobody’s going to
give you a hard time.

Goodbye, Dobrivoje.

Goodbye, Petria.

Long live the Peoples Front!

Why did your husband
throw you out?

He wants a woman to bear
children,

and somethings wrong with me,
he says. For I lost two.

Why didn’t you go back
to your own folks?

I couldn’t look at
those houses, those fields.

Id die there.

Want to work in
my restaurant?

You do, right?

How does it go?
- Okay...

Knock!

That’s better!
You’ll change your life.

Wait...
That’s it.

I 'm feeling kind of cold.
Cannot get used to it.

My head feels strange.
- You’ll get used to it.

And look straight into
my eyes. Understood?

You are now a free
human being!

I know, but ml not used
to it. - You’ll get used.

You’ll learn everything.
No problem...

Is she the one?
- Cut her hair.

I want to see a modern
hairdo.

You’ll know what to do.

Burn this up!

Well rearrange this storeroom
for you. You’ll sleep here.

That’s right.

Ill make her some curls.
A permanent, perhaps?

Very permanent.

Man Is an animal.
He forgets everything.

The biggest grief he'll
overcome and forget.

And he'll go on living,
as nothing has happened.

That's human nature for you.
Everyone likes to live.

Early fall is here

vineyards are ripe

but there’s no one
to harvest them.

Hear me out! Sing not
Milorad, but Milosav.

Milosav, you drunkard,

you’ve spent all your
money on drinks!

Have we met?
- Yes and no.

I heard your story, ml truly
sorry. - I’m sorry too.

Pass me the glasses.

I’ve got something to
tell you.

Lets go out to talk.
- I know what you’ll say.

Let me work!

Shes avoiding you.
- They always run away.

Its really important...

I wont leave you alone
until you hear me out.

Talk then.
- I cant talk here.

No use! You’re not the
first to use that trick.

How much longer will
it be like this?

Milosav, you drunkard...

Enough!

Quiet down!

Is he going to pay?
- Hell pay.

Hes gotten restless.
Happens from time to time.

Buy your potatoes, folks!

How much is this?
- Seven kilos!

III take it all!

Good cabbage, ripe!

Ltd a bit salty. - Your white
cheese is salty.

Give me one kilogram.

Hello, Petria.

Hello, Dobrivoje.

I didn’t recognize you
at once!

You sacked up with
Ljubisha?

In his joint all kinds come!

If you don’t sleep with one
of them,

you’ll have to sleep
with all of them.

Come along, Dobrivoje.

Goodbye, Petria.
- Bye, Dobrivoje.

Down with the capitalists,
down with private ownership!

I was drunk the other night,
but I still want us to talk.

Get away from me!

You’re drinking, eh?

You’re not the only one
with troubles.

I have my share, too...

How will you work tomorrow?

Me and my life went
each to his own side.

Me here -
my life, there.

My wife died, my children
scattered after school.

Life just keeps
bypassing me.

I didn’t just happen to you!

Many lost their wives
and their children went away,

yet they didn’t start
drinking.

What did Dobrvoje
tell you?

Wondered about my looks.

He couldn’t recognize me.

And what did you
say to him?

That a stranger looks after
me better than he did.

Who is it?
- Its me.

Looking for me?
- Some lover boy you are!

What girl will want you?
- Don’t underestimate me.

Come with me! See for yourself
am I worthy!

With who did you say I
should go? - With me.

Good day.
- Greetings.

This will represent us at
the Belgrade parade.

I work in the mine.

Here I am again!
Ltd a small world.

Don’t you play games
with me, you little frog!

I suffered enough and don’t
feel like playing...

If you are serious,
then we can talk.

But, if you only want to
have a good time,

then you better leave.
I don’t need that kind.

To our new engineer,
Mr. Markovic.

Cheers!

Thank you.

Our people need something
more than just this pub.

A hospital is needed,
as well as a library.

And a house of culture.

And with our coal, which is
the best in the country,

these people can and
must have it all.

Ill drink to that!

Brandy!

Take that cheese to them.

Fifty!

Ljubisha, come here.

Go away!

I thought about what
you’ve told me.

And ml telling you that you
got me all wrong.

I like to laugh, but ml
no dummy.

I think that were
made for each other.

You grew under my skin,

so, if you like me too,
and are agreeable,

Id marry you.

There’s nothing more
to be said.

Why didn’t you say so
before?

I 'm off to the pub.

Going to that
capitalist swindler?

He wont last long.
- Ljubisha is no swindler.

And about him being a capitalist
I know nothing about it.

Did you sleep with him?
- Who do you think I am?

Enough! Lets go on!

Down with the swindlers!

Down with the capitalists!

What is it?
Get lost!

III clean up this mess.
- No use.

Ill clean it up, just the same.
- There’s nothing to clean up.

Sit down.

I’m not staying here.

I’m sure that you’re
not coming with me.

I respect you,
you know that, only...

That’s what I thought.

You’re a young woman,
you have your own life.

If you’re not staying,
then III go back home.

I don’t know... I wouldn’t
want to stay here without you.

I’m a lost man.

If you joined me,
you’d be lost, too.

That’s how it is.

Good morning.
- Now what?

A decree. About closing
down the pub.

In good time, indeed...

Long live the bride
and groom!

Good luck, Misa.

Here 's your gift.

Hurray for the
bride and groom!

Hip-hip-hurray!

I have only words of
praise for Ljublsha.

Those three years spent with him
were the nicest In my life.

I had a good life
with Misa, too,

but whenever I think about
this time of my life,

a feel a warmth
around my heart.

No one knows from where the
good and the bad will come.

Life separates you from
those that you are fond of,

never to see them again.
You can only hope

that you'll meet again
In another life

and that you will then tell them
what you once meant to say.

In this world It's hard to
utter a nice word.

I’ve heard that they have
opened a new pub.

Now you’ll have were to go.

Mind your own business,
and let me be.

Whats the rush?
- The new school is opening.

Bravo, engineer!
You kept your promise!

Don’t stay illiterate,
like me!

Come along! - First I have
to attend to my cabbages.

What are you doing?
- Planting cabbages.

They are going to be
just fine this year.

Don’t you know what day
it is? - No, what?

Ltd Saint Pauls day.
Have you forgotten?

Wretched me! I forgot.

How foolish of me!

St. Mary and St. Elias
may forgive something,

but St. Paul never
forgives anything!

I know. He is mean.
- Go buy a big candle,

and go straight to the
monastery. - You’re right!

St. Paul cant be that cruel.
Hell show mercy...

Petria! Get dressed and
come with me.

Chief engineer wants to
see you. Do you hear me?

Is Misa dead? - No!
I don’t know.

They took him to
the hospital.

Come on, lets go!

Oh, my God,
he lost his life!

You’re lying to me,
Kamence.

I’m telling you
that he isn’t dead!

Eng. Markovic will
tell you everything.

Put on your shoes.
- It brings bad luck.

Get lost! Don’t bode ill!

When a dog howls,
someone will die.

Your husband had
an accident.

Hes in the hospital now.

Is he alive, sir?
- Don’t Sir me. Hes alive.

The cable broke, and the wagon
brushed a little against

his legs. - Little? How can
a wagon injure you a little?

Stamen! Give that
to Petria.

Where are his pants?

These aren’t his pants!

Will someone tell me something!
Has he lost his leg?

Was it cut off?!

Go to the hospital
with Kamence.

And take some things
to him.

Will you? - I will,
if you say so.

Everything will be
just fine.

Home, I said!

Shall we wait for the train?
- Who can wait till morning?

These shoes are too tight.
- My feet burn.

Have you any other shoes?
- No.

Give me that bag!

You’ll walk without shoes?
- I sure will.

I’m used to walking
barefooted.

You’ll freeze.
- I wont.

Ill watch where I step.

Inconvenient for you,
but good for him.

Hell be treated better
in Belgrade.

How is he? - He lost
a lot of blood,

and is in a lot of pain, but
I gave him something...

...to ease the pain until
the operation.

The operation is over
by now.

Don’t you worry.
- That leg of his...

He still has it? - He had it
when he came here.

Lets not fool ourselves!
Hes badly wounded.

Lord, why didn’t you
kill me on the spot

when you saw me plant
that cabbage!

Why did you have
to punish him?

I sinned, and my Misa
payed for it.

Don’t talk rubbish!
Misa liked to drink.

That’s probably the
cause of this accident.

Off you go!

I don’t know when is the
next train for Belgrade.

Which hospital?
- Orthopedic.

Ask anybody! They all
know where it is.

One should have nothing
to do with doctors.

Live while you live,
die when you get sick.

What you suffer and endure,
he says you deserve.

Such men are inhuman.

They’ll wait for you at home.
- Don’t worry.

I hope that all this
will end well.

Damned animals!

Go home! What did
I tell you?!

From the coal mine?
- Yes.

Hes here.

You can only talk to the doctor
when hes call is over.

I came from far,
on foot and by train.

Don’t drive me away!
- I must. Regulations.

Next!

I don’t want to see
no doctors!

I want to see my man!

If hes going to die,

its better for him to
die at home!

Just turn your head the
other way while I pass.

Is miner Misa Djordjevic here?

Here I am, Petria.

Thank God you’re alive!

I asked for you! Where
have you been?

Since last night live
been looking for you.

Thank God I found
you at last!

People helped me!

Engineer sent Kamence
with me.

He also sends his regards.
They all send their regards.

My regards to them all.

And say thanks
to Kamence.

They didn’t cut if off?
- No.

Get out, you’ll infect
the entire hospital!

Let me see my man.
I have no infection!

Come along!

How do you know if
you’re infected or not?

Quiet! Shell leave alone.

You saw hes alive,
now go.

Ill explain everything
to you.

Don’t let them cut off
your leg!

III hang around!

Bones only, or the entire
leg? - Only bones.

You wanted to cut off
his leg?!

We are thinking
about it.

He has three fractures.
Over here... and here...

Oh, doctor! He is only
thirty four years old.

Must he lose his leg?

If you decide to do that,
III take him home.

Sit down!

You’re a smart woman.
You must understand one thing!

His head is at stake.

We will talk about his
leg later.

May I hope?

You may hope that
he will stay alive,

and afterward well see
about that leg.

You’re reasonable enough to know
that he will never be the same.

Thanks for not lying to me.

Thank you, Kamence.

I hope that everything
will be all right.

God alone knows!

Well, goodbye.

Will you be my blood brother?

We have to make an oath
in a monastery?

No, well skip that.

Just call me blood sister.
- Sure, why not.

See you, blood brother.
- See you, blood sister.

Send my regards
to your folks.

My Misa survived
and ten months later,

after Christmas 1956.
He came home.

At the same time rumors
have been going around

that the mine Is closing sown.

Why close It when there was
still enough coal In Lt.

And the best In Serbia!

Hardly leaves any ashes.

Are you crying?

Whats the matter?

I would have been better
off dead than crippled.

You haven’t changed
a bit to me.

You’re handsome as ever.

You talk to me like I was
a child. I’m not blind.

Nobody can tell. Only
your pants don’t fit well.

Ill sew you new ones
and nobody will notice.

You think so?
- I do.

Wheres Misa?

Do you know where
Misa is?

Down there! Hes hooking
one wagon to another.

With that leg? - Don’t worry,
he wont do it much longer.

Misa, your wife brought
you lunch!

Hello.

How much longer will you
be sacking us?

Who asks?
- Answer us!

If you have something to ask
me, come to the main building.

Otherwise I will
say nothing more.

Nobody buys coal any more
and oil we don’t have here!

Don’t get drunk, Misa.
- Mind your own business!

Your female mind
wouldn’t understand.

Ill tell him that I broke the
mirror while cleaning it,

and that you then made
two small ones.

I hear you’re leaving too.
- No way!

What would you do
without me?

Misa is not well.
Not at all.

Has veins on his healthy leg.
Thick as my finger.

Cant stand on that
leg, either.

Will you enlarge a
picture of mine?

Why not? Just tell me
which one.

Murdza! Kalina!

Where have you been
roaming?

I thought that you have
gone God knows were.

Lets go home. Ill give you
something to eat, you tramps!

Mom, everything’s
going to be just fine.

Am I going crazy?

Maybe ml insane?
Maybe it wasn’t Milana!

Why would you go insane?
You’re still young.

God will send you a daughter
when you least expect it.

Either in your dreams,
or for real.

A daughter or
somebody else.

Don’t lose faith.

He only fainted.

The worst is over.

You’ll stay in bed now.
Take a sick leave.

He drinks, that’s not good
for the veins.

Hes restless.

Who retires at my age?
Who?!

I better hang myself!

Don’t, Misa!

I should bring my life
to an end,

instead of dragging
myself through it.

Then I can hang
myself, too.

The mine is finished.

If I retire, how shall we
live on my pension?

Well manage.

If you skip the pub, you wont
be needing no rope.

Stay at home and
eat your supper.

Don’t be my personal spy
this time!

Mind your own business!
- Aren’t you my business?

You’re a fool! You don’t
understand...

Don’t interfere with
my life!

You’re so stupid!

You picked the worst way
to kill yourself!

If ml stupid,
you’re even more!

How do you know what
I want? - But, I do!

If you think that someone
will feel sorry for you,

then you’re mistaken!
They already laugh at you!

Damn you!

Thanks for having nothing
else to say to me.

God, for now you have sent
me only my Milana,

but thanks anyway.

Be gracious and let her come
and visit my home,

and III give her
something to eat.

Send along and all the
others,

so that I can tell them all the
nice things that I meant to say.

If it must be, then may
your head leave this house.

They took him to the hospital
for an operation.

They took out ls veins,
but they didn’t tell us

that ls heart was weak, too.
He had a heart attack.

They also diagnosed
cirrhosis of the liver.

I heard that your Misa
Is dying.

If that is so, I better
bring him back home

and prepare him.
If only he would come.

He could die in my arms,

and then Id light a candle
so that his soul wont get lost.

Hell go straight to the
angles

were he shall find his
everlasting peace.

I heard that they will
close this station, too.

They can take your
lives away, too.

They cant afford anymore
to keep the mine open.

That’s the rumor.

There’s to many rumors.
I don’t believe in them.

What did you bring me?
- Home made cookies.

And some apple pie.

I know you like it.
- Where did you find apples?

I found them.

Want to try some?
- Yes.

Its not my best.
- Its delicious.

Ill eat later.

How do you feel?

You look yellowish.
- I have a jaundice.

Id say so, too.

And you, how are you?
- I’m fine.

I’m waiting for you to come
home. - That’s hardly possible.

Did you bring the papers?
- I did.

Tell me, do you feel
anything unusual?

Like what?
- I don’t know.

Maybe something appeared
to you?

Just to know where
we stand.

I feel it coming!
I want to read now.

If you don’t want to talk,
III go.

We are talking.

Why don’t you come home,
III nurse you.

In this condition?
Yellow as I am?

They have to cure me first.

Shall I come on Sunday?
- Id like you to.

If its convenient for you.

If anything happens to me,
you’ll be taken care of.

You’ll be given my pension.

Cant think of
that now.

Goodbye, Misa.
- Goodbye, Petria.

Who’s there?
- Its me! Stojan!

Whats the matter?
- No good comes at night!

Petria!
Open up!

You’ve got to sign!
Petria!

How shall I justify it?

They were about to close down
our railway station.

I thought they were joking.

It's been operating
for seventy years.

But, that was no joke!
In 1967. It was discontinued.

I won't hide It from you.

Half a month after ls death
Misa began appearing to me.

Every 3-4 days,
a week at most,

and here he Is.

How's life here?
- We manage somehow.

I pick and sell mushrooms.

They say that tourism will
prosper in these parts,

and that there will be
many new buildings.

Murdza and Kalina left.
- I know.

They wanted to come with me,
but I chased them away.

They thought that they could
roam where ever they want to.

Are you all right there?
- I am. It's fine.

I have an easy job
In the shaft.

All automatic.
Buttons, only.

You only have to press them.
- That’s nice.

You’ve always enjoyed
working in the shaft.

It's a bit boring there. If only
you have sent me my violine.

I didn’t think of it.
- Oh, yes you did,

but you didn’t want to send
It to me.

You've always been such
a miser.

How could you say
such a thing!

I 've payed for your coffin
7OO dinars!

I didn’t miss one
funeral feast.

Seven days after your death,
4O days,

half a year, a year.
I haven’t missed one.

My great grandfather used
to ride on this train.

We cant live here anymore.
- What did you say?

No train, no life!
- Don’t talk rubbish!

Now we have a
bus station.

Everything will be
just fine.

Misa appears to me
from time to time,

but he still hasn't called
me to join him.

I know that It will
happen one day.

And I will join him. What else
could I do?

When will It be?
I don't know.

For the time being, he Is In
no rush, and neither am I.

Death awaits all of us,
there Is no escaping from Lt.

But there Is no need
to run towards Lt.

It will come to me when
the time comes.

Until then, I'll live
my life.

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