WEBVTT 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:05.840 TTL Studio and Les Films du Rivage present 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.751 a Valery TODOROVSKY film 00:00:13.600 --> 00:00:17.434 KATlA lSMAlLOVA (MOSCOW NlGHTS) 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:22.708 A Russian-French coproduction 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:25.193 Committee for Cinematography of Russia 00:00:25.360 --> 00:00:27.032 National Center of Cinematography of France 00:00:27.200 --> 00:00:29.111 Russian State Tele- and Radio Company 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:32.800 Decar Film Company Lumiere, De lmage Ltd. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:36.992 in association with Gorky Film Studio 00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:03.715 "l'm dreaming," the thought pierced her mind. 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:06.355 And immediately: "No, it's not a dream. 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.358 That's what it will be tomorrow, in a month, forever." 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:13.274 She opened her eyes. Someone was knocking hard at the door. 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:15.074 What happens next? 00:01:15.360 --> 00:01:19.069 Be patient. Patience, my friend. Patience. 00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:22.630 You always stop at the most interesting. Mom, do you realize who you are? 00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:23.516 Well? 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:25.358 - You're a genius. - Really? 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:29.274 Do you understand with your women's chicken brains what you've written? 00:01:29.440 --> 00:01:32.193 This is your best, most terrific novel. 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.910 - lt's true. - l'm so tired, my friend. 00:01:35.080 --> 00:01:39.198 Of course, my little one, we're tired, we need a rest. 00:01:39.360 --> 00:01:43.797 My dear, my beloved woman, my delicate brilliant creature. 00:01:43.960 --> 00:01:45.916 The brilliant creature wants to go onto the grass. 00:01:46.080 --> 00:01:49.629 Only after you tell me who was knocking at the door. 00:01:49.800 --> 00:01:53.634 Oh God, it's not the end yet. Besides, everything depends on Katia. 00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:54.516 All right. 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.717 The sooner she deciphers my scrawl, 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:00.713 the sooner you know who knocked at the door. 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:05.076 By the way, Katia, you never told me how you like the novel. 00:02:05.240 --> 00:02:07.117 - You're my first reader. - Right. 00:02:07.320 --> 00:02:08.639 l don't know. 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:12.954 l couldn't get into it, because l was afraid of making mistakes. 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:16.193 That's it, to the dacha. We're all tired. Let's go to the dacha. 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:19.989 Let's take champagne, call the Gypsies. We'll have a ball. 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:22.435 Why are you still here? Go empty the fridge. 00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:26.991 Katia, please don't forget carbon paper and linens. 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:28.593 Don't forget the sour cream! 00:02:28.760 --> 00:02:33.550 That's all, we're off! Everybody hurry to the fresh air! 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.556 lngeborga DAPKUNAlTE 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:55.354 Alisa FRElNDLlKH 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.358 Vladimir MASHKOV 00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:04.115 Aleksandr FEKLlSTOV Yuri KUZNETSOV 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:08.989 Natalya SHCHUKlNA Avangard LEONTYEV 00:03:10.160 --> 00:03:11.912 Story by: 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.469 Marina SHEPTUNOVA Stanislav GOVORUKHlN 00:03:15.600 --> 00:03:17.716 Screenplay by Alla KRlNlTSYNA 00:03:17.880 --> 00:03:20.599 with the participation of Francois GUERlF, Cecile VARGAFTlNG 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:25.071 Cinematography by Sergei KOZLOV 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.675 Production Designer Aleksandr OSlPOV 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:37.554 Music by Leonid DESYATNlKOV 00:03:38.720 --> 00:03:41.280 English Subtitles by Tatiana Kameneva 00:03:55.200 --> 00:03:58.237 Producers: lgor TOLSTUNOV Marc RUSCART 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:02.278 Directed by Valery TODOROVSKY 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.593 Katia, slow down. Don't speed. There you go. 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:17.037 And remember, the most important thing is to keep a distance. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:21.835 Look out for a possible idiot in front of you, 00:04:22.320 --> 00:04:24.151 and a son of a bitch behind. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:29.076 You never know what they may be up to the next second. 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:31.077 Don't you remember how you yourself used to speed, dear mommy? 00:04:31.400 --> 00:04:32.435 Me! 00:04:34.200 --> 00:04:35.952 First, it was me. 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:40.110 And, second, l'm already an old, sick woman. And a grumbler. 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:42.157 l want to relax in a car. 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.195 Katia, l said, slow down! 00:05:09.960 --> 00:05:14.078 Oh God, how good it feels! 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:34.559 Mitya, you're disturbing me. 00:05:36.760 --> 00:05:38.671 Get away, please. 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.469 Will someone help me? Or am l supposed to rake away these debris alone? 00:05:43.640 --> 00:05:45.073 l'm coming! Coming. 00:05:50.960 --> 00:05:56.080 Please meet Katia, my typist, combining a job of being Mitya's wife. 00:05:57.040 --> 00:06:01.192 Yes, l can see you did a good job here. 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:03.868 l can't recognize my bed. 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:08.192 Katia dear, prepare my drops. l feel some heart pressure since the morning. 00:06:08.840 --> 00:06:11.593 A real museum piece. We need to enclose it with a string. 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:14.439 And a spring won't stick into my back any more. 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:18.798 - Yes. - Just great! Great! 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.797 How have you been doing here all this time? Were you bored? 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:24.916 - l was. - So you were! 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.513 At your age, to lock yourself up at the dacha, among the snow and bears... 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:33.116 Yes, alone and forgotten by everybody. l've read your books all through. 00:06:33.320 --> 00:06:36.312 And what do you think of them? Am l good at spreading my nets? 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:39.233 - Good. l'm ensnared from head to toe. - Really? 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:43.752 l wonder who else read my books together with you? 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.514 This will be a present for you, lrina Dmitriyevna. 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.076 Oh, l can't wait! 00:06:56.200 --> 00:06:57.519 Yes! 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:02.754 Taste disgusting? 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:20.792 Why didn't you take the tools away before our coming? 00:07:21.080 --> 00:07:24.436 As though you purposefully scattered rusted nails around for someone... 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.194 No one but you ran into it. 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.315 Even if there were no nails, you would have run into something. 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.040 Blow on it. Don't make an idiot out of me. 00:07:35.200 --> 00:07:37.475 You should apply plantain to it, and you'll be all right. 00:07:37.640 --> 00:07:39.119 The man has been working here. 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:41.908 And he will go on working to make your house look beautiful. 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:45.356 Besides, you may not know this, 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:48.876 but nails are absolutely indispensable 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:55.236 when you need to attach one board to another. 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.152 Am l right? 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:04.911 So don't be a bungler. You have to blame only yourself. 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:07.676 And thank God you're leaving. 00:08:07.840 --> 00:08:11.310 lt's high time, you've been too long here, harassing everybody like this. 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.030 That's the way we live, dear Sergei. 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.035 Each day, a new tragedy. 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:19.875 We're just little kids, really. 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:23.073 You'd better blow on it. Hold it. 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.352 Anyway, one shouldn't scatter nails about the floor. 00:08:26.520 --> 00:08:29.318 Everybody walks barefooted, and anyone may get hurt. 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:32.153 l promise l won't do it again. l'm sorry. 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.355 Hurry up, my friends. 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:05.720 Well, that's it. l got to go. 00:10:10.640 --> 00:10:12.119 Good evening. 00:10:13.640 --> 00:10:15.596 Sorry for scaring you. 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:18.597 Yes, you did. 00:10:19.880 --> 00:10:21.518 What are you writing? 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:25.393 l'm not writing, l'm typing. 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:28.918 So we two are doing the same thing. 00:10:31.560 --> 00:10:33.596 Do you type, too? 00:10:33.760 --> 00:10:37.833 No. l used to work at a shop repairing typewriters. 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.831 Oh, you know, this thing here... 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.877 When l raise it, it's all right. 00:10:48.040 --> 00:10:50.838 But when l lower it, sometimes the tape gets out, 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.355 and l have to fix it every time. 00:10:53.520 --> 00:10:54.635 Let me see. 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.639 This one here... Look here. You see? 00:10:59.800 --> 00:11:03.759 This part here, this little pin got broken. lt should be replaced. 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:04.637 Really? 00:11:04.800 --> 00:11:08.475 But it's an outdated part, it's not produced any more. 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.032 And what shall l do? 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:14.954 There's nothing to do. This typewriter's going to break down. 00:11:15.520 --> 00:11:19.513 Yes, it's a very old machine. lt's my mother's typewriter. 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:21.872 You need to buy a new one. 00:11:22.880 --> 00:11:27.908 But l'm used to it. l'm not sure l can type on a new one. 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:31.590 Then you have to change your occupation. 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:36.555 Can you do anything else? 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:41.910 - No. - Too bad. 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:49.752 Did you really believe me? 00:11:57.160 --> 00:12:00.232 l was kidding, l know nothing about typewrites. 00:12:01.160 --> 00:12:02.593 Absolutely. 00:12:06.520 --> 00:12:08.954 - lt's not funny. - Sorry. 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:17.077 Don't your fingers hurt after you've worked a lot? 00:12:17.280 --> 00:12:18.429 No. 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.076 Sometimes l have a backache. 00:12:24.160 --> 00:12:27.072 What do you do when you have a backache? 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:29.678 l lie down on the floor. 00:12:30.880 --> 00:12:32.108 The floor is flat and hard. 00:12:34.880 --> 00:12:36.632 And the back rests. 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:39.192 Sometimes l get tired, too. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:42.000 - From what? - From work. 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:45.234 And what do you do when you get tired? 00:12:45.400 --> 00:12:46.799 l won't tell you, because you'll laugh at me. 00:12:47.680 --> 00:12:49.113 So don't tell me. 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:52.709 - But you want to know. - No. 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:56.994 Ask me: ''What do you do when you get tired?'' 00:12:57.760 --> 00:13:00.558 - What do you do when you get tired? - l jump. 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.151 - Jump where? - On the spot. 00:13:08.280 --> 00:13:10.350 - Does it help? - Very much. 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:14.356 Do you type with all of your fingers? 00:13:14.520 --> 00:13:15.794 No. My mother taught me to type. 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:18.275 Now it's too late to relearn. 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:21.514 Can you type with your eyes closed? 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:23.915 - Of course l can. - Show me. 00:13:34.560 --> 00:13:36.949 Can you do an absolutely new text? 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.519 Of course l can. 00:13:40.160 --> 00:13:41.070 Go on, dictate. 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:42.559 - Close your eyes. - l did. 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.518 - l can see you're peeking. - l'm not. 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:47.638 l. W. 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:49.234 You can dictate faster. 00:13:49.400 --> 00:13:54.428 l will never scatter nails again. 00:15:40.560 --> 00:15:42.835 Ten rabbits? 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.348 Are they alive? 00:15:48.760 --> 00:15:51.513 But why? l remember what l promised. 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:53.438 l'll come by all means. 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:57.952 l'll come as soon as the rabbits are there. 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:03.230 All right. Everything's fine here. 00:16:03.880 --> 00:16:06.553 Mitya's on a business trip. l'm playing the fool, 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.995 and Katia's typing my novel. 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.635 Sergei is restoring the furniture. 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:18.112 You've never met Katia, by the way. But never mind, you will. 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.630 You'll come here and meet her. 00:16:20.880 --> 00:16:22.518 Come up here! 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:27.675 l wasn't speaking to you. All right, thank you, my dear. 00:16:29.040 --> 00:16:31.235 Well, the phone works fine. 00:16:31.640 --> 00:16:34.791 But l couldn't put through a call all night yesterday. 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.919 - What's up? - l don't know. 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.273 You look wonderful. You had a good sleep? 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.509 Yes. 00:16:49.520 --> 00:16:55.152 Oh, it takes so little for a woman to look good. 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:57.914 Just sending her husband on a business trip. 00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:59.115 Hi, hostesses. 00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:02.317 Come on, sit down and have coffee with us. 00:17:05.560 --> 00:17:08.393 By the way, Sergei, there was a call for you from a girl. 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:12.316 A very thin voice, carefully articulating her words. 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.199 Got very disappointed you weren't here. 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:17.078 That was my sister. 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:20.274 Sergei, you have nothing to be embarrassed about. 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:25.195 lt's so natural. lt would be strange if it were otherwise. 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:28.716 lt's not what you think. l'm a one woman's man. 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.309 When l fall in love, l don't notice anyone else. 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:34.995 Unbelievable! And who is that one woman? 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:38.596 - You don't know her. - Tell us and we'll know. 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:42.118 - ls she young? - Yes. 00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:44.438 Beautiful? 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:46.314 Very beautiful. 00:17:47.520 --> 00:17:50.830 How long have you known her? 00:17:51.320 --> 00:17:53.788 Not long, but l feel like l've known her all my life. 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.709 You know it's not the time that matters but the kinship of souls. 00:17:58.800 --> 00:18:02.679 We never knew that you were such a romantic man. 00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:06.439 So, when is the wedding? 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.150 l don't know. She's married, and has seven children. 00:18:12.560 --> 00:18:15.154 Excuse me, l have to work. 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:21.508 Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Fooling a poor, naive, silly woman. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:23.477 l almost believed you. 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.914 Who's there? 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:09.109 You scared me to death. l nearly lost my wits. Something's happened? 00:19:09.280 --> 00:19:12.113 Your gate was open. l thought something was wrong. 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:15.073 l'm so fainthearted. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:19.956 Well, come in, as long as you're here. 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:24.319 - l'll give you some tea. - No, it's late. l'd better go. 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:26.152 As you like. 00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:31.312 - Good night, Sergei. - Good night. 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:33.391 Thank you for worrying about us. 00:19:33.560 --> 00:19:35.118 Good night. 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:09.878 Don't take the linens to the nearest laundry, they keep it for 3 months. 00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:14.153 Give the editors the second copy, they can read it alright. 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:16.277 And tell them not to read it en masse, 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:19.113 or they'll be losing the pages one after another. 00:20:19.280 --> 00:20:20.713 - Do you hear me? - Yes, l do. 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:23.474 No, you are not listening, you'll muddle everything up. 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:26.677 - All right. - No, it's not all right. 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:30.917 And come back as soon as possible. You've got a lot of work to do. 00:20:31.320 --> 00:20:33.959 l can't understand what you're doing here all day through. 00:20:34.120 --> 00:20:37.635 You did only 12 pages yesterday. Why this stupid smile? 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:39.552 l'm in a good mood. 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:41.876 Why this good mood? 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:48.112 Let me give you a hand. 00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:43.554 Katia! Take a seat, dear. Sit down. 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:46.518 - Good afternoon. - We'll make you some coffee. 00:26:46.760 --> 00:26:47.795 Good afternoon. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:51.709 Well, how is lrina Dmitriyevna? 00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:53.354 She's fine, thank you. 00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:57.236 Tell her that we're dying from curiosity here. 00:26:57.560 --> 00:27:00.472 Do you know how the novel ends? 00:27:01.280 --> 00:27:05.068 lf you do, don't tell. Don't deprive us of the pleasure. 00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:07.875 Sveta dear, go bring some water. 00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:12.352 The restroom on our floor is closed, we have to go to another floor. 00:27:12.520 --> 00:27:14.238 You know... 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:17.709 This is going to be a real bomb. 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:19.916 The whole country will be weeping. 00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:22.271 l think l'd better go. 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:25.557 No. We love you so much, we won't let you go just like this. 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.676 What shall l tell lrina Dmitriyevna? 00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:32.277 Tell her that we can't wait for the finale. 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.316 All right. 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:35.710 Take care. Goodbye. 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:53.715 What's the matter, Katia? Where're the inserts? 00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:57.069 l asked you to pay special attention to them. 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:59.913 lt's no good at all. 00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:03.149 What are you thinking about, for god's sake? 00:28:03.760 --> 00:28:07.799 ln 5 days l have to submit the novel, and you have nothing ready yet. 00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:11.830 Yesterday you disappeared for a day, now you give me some slapdash work. 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.750 What's going on? 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.516 Nothing. 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:22.596 l ask you to retype this whole chapter and be more careful in the future. 00:30:03.520 --> 00:30:04.589 Katia? 00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.909 Katia! 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.709 Yes? 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:13.558 What is it there? 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.238 Nothing. l'm going to bed. 00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.549 Katia. 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:42.559 Good morning. 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:46.069 Sit down. 00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.314 Drink it. 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.479 Thank you. 00:31:58.280 --> 00:32:00.874 l think we shall do it like this. 00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:05.556 You'll go to the city now. l'll stay here. 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:08.117 Sergei will finish the repairs. 00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:11.116 Mitya will know nothing. 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:15.070 Anything can happen in life, and everything passes. 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:17.117 - No. - No what? 00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:18.793 l don't want to lie. 00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:21.312 l'll tell Mitya everything. 00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:24.516 Katia, come to your senses. 00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:27.389 Do you think it's serious? 00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:30.433 Do you really think it is serious? 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:34.875 To be able to live with an older woman, 00:32:35.040 --> 00:32:37.395 a man has to be a great aesthete. 00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:40.518 lt does happen, but very rarely. 00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:44.276 And all those boys here, they're just tasting. 00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:47.669 You know, like after eating sweets 00:32:47.840 --> 00:32:51.230 you sometimes feel like having smelling dried fish. 00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:54.478 You got to learn to treat them like an object. 00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:56.756 You got to learn to use them. 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.359 - Stop it! - l understand. 00:32:59.760 --> 00:33:01.876 Now l've finally understood you. 00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:03.348 What do you understand? 00:33:03.520 --> 00:33:07.798 What can you understand with your miserable brains of a typist? 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:09.393 You shouldn't have said this. 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:11.119 Who are you? 00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:13.397 Who are you in this house? You're nil. 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:14.834 An absolute nil. 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:19.630 You live at my expense, and you dare spreading your legs, you slut! 00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:21.153 l won't put up with it! 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:26.275 Get out! Get out of my house now, you bitch! You slut! 00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:30.831 Sergei dear, she's a whore. Don't you see? 00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:34.117 You think you were the only one she slept with? 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.799 Are you all right? 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:40.032 Katia, her medicine! 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.430 Hurry! 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:46.275 lrina Dmitriyevna. 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.316 C'mon, Katia! 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.833 lrina Dmitriyevna. 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.393 lrina Dmitriyevna, my dear. 00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:55.118 Katia, hurry up! 00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:57.157 lrina Dmitriyevna. 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:02.316 lrina Dmitriyevna, everything will be all right. Wait a minute. 00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:04.830 She's bringing it. 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.158 Now everything'll be all right. 00:34:24.080 --> 00:34:26.036 lt'll be all right now. 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.028 Katia! 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:42.150 lrina Dmitriyevna! 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:14.352 Goodbye. Thank you for coming. 00:35:59.080 --> 00:36:03.278 Have you noticed how little Mother has become? 00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:05.078 Mitya, it's enough for you. 00:36:07.080 --> 00:36:09.196 As little as a girl. 00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.878 Mitya, you have to get some sleep. 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:22.433 You can't understand what it means to lose your mother. 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:25.352 l understand. 00:36:27.240 --> 00:36:29.674 My mother died, too. Don't you remember? 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:35.710 But she was sick for a long time. 00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:40.638 And it was so long ago. 00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.713 Of course. 00:36:50.600 --> 00:36:52.192 You're so... 00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:56.156 You're so callous. 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:01.074 You have no feelings. 00:37:28.040 --> 00:37:30.156 - Good evening. - Good evening. 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.550 l know everything. What a loss. 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:35.911 l couldn't make it to the funeral. l came to offer my condolences. 00:37:36.080 --> 00:37:37.149 Thank you. 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.031 Katia, this is my mother's old friend. 00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:43.031 Yevgeny Petrovich Romanov, 00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:46.193 chief investigator of the District Prosecutor's office. 00:37:48.080 --> 00:37:51.038 We've met at last, dear Katia. 00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:55.471 l can't believe it. 00:37:55.840 --> 00:38:00.311 l spoke to her on the phone just recently, and now this stroke. 00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:03.234 - How did it happen? - l dunno, l was on a business trip. 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:08.030 l was typing on the veranda, then l wanted to check something with her. 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:12.319 At first l thought she was sleeping, but then... 00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:16.398 - Were you typing her last novel? - Yes. 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:21.558 Do you... Do you have an extra copy of it? 00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.988 lt wasn't finished yet. 00:38:23.160 --> 00:38:25.674 l'll read what there is. Do you mind? 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:27.751 Of course not. Katia, bring it. 00:38:29.520 --> 00:38:33.718 You know l was a great fan of your mother's talent. 00:38:34.520 --> 00:38:38.195 We used to discuss all kinds of interesting plots with her. 00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:40.637 l have an idea what the novel is about. 00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:43.556 lt's interesting what she's made of it. 00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:45.233 She's made a work of genius. 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:47.356 Yes. Thank you. 00:38:47.520 --> 00:38:50.114 - You're welcome. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 00:38:51.080 --> 00:38:53.719 - ls that all? - No. She'll type more. 00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:55.673 Well, it's okay. 00:38:56.800 --> 00:39:00.759 All right, take a rest. You've gone through difficult days. 00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:03.599 - Thank you. Goodbye. - Goodbye. 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:14.279 He discussed the plot with Mother. lt sounds ridiculous. 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.357 What on earth could they have in common? 00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:22.514 She went fishing with him. Must be some whim. 00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:28.117 Yes, there were people living, loving each other. 00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:35.470 But nothing is left now, just a photo. 00:39:35.720 --> 00:39:39.190 Sometimes it feels so terrifying, you live, you work, 00:39:39.560 --> 00:39:41.437 but what for? 00:39:48.600 --> 00:39:53.549 l'm just beginning to understand what you mean to me. 00:39:54.080 --> 00:39:55.479 How much you mean to me. 00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.877 How important you are to me. 00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:24.272 Mitya. Mitya, we need to talk. 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:28.469 Mitya. 00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:37.113 Mitya, l'm tired. 00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:16.395 l'm sorry l didn't have the time to thank you before. 00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:17.675 What for? 00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:22.316 You were running, organizing it all. l don't know how to do it. 00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:25.034 You shouldn't. l loved lrina Dmitriyevna. 00:41:25.520 --> 00:41:27.556 Then maybe you'll finish up with the furniture? 00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:30.996 l'd like to finish everything Mother wanted to do. 00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:32.832 Don't worry, we'll do it. 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:36.068 Thanks. 00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:45.912 l'll drop by later today. 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.469 Katia. 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:21.035 Katia. 00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:25.113 What's happened? 00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:31.714 Did you come to repair the furniture? 00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:34.558 l've come to see you. 00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:37.440 l know. l know everything. 00:44:39.600 --> 00:44:41.113 You slept with her. 00:44:41.720 --> 00:44:43.790 You slept with that old woman. 00:44:44.040 --> 00:44:45.598 What are you talking about? 00:44:47.560 --> 00:44:49.471 Yes! Yes! Yes! 00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:54.154 She was alive, and you came here every day. 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:56.595 Now she's gone, and you never appear. 00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:59.476 l thought it wasn't right. 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:12.355 You wouldn't have come... 00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:18.275 ...today either, if Mitya hadn't met you. 00:45:21.360 --> 00:45:22.349 Right? 00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:34.840 Well, that's it, now, now... 00:45:37.640 --> 00:45:38.755 Calm down. 00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:45.356 You know, l'll finish typing the novel 00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:48.036 and tell him everything. 00:45:49.080 --> 00:45:50.672 What the novel has to do with it? 00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:52.916 lt's important to him. 00:45:53.720 --> 00:45:55.517 How much have you got left? 00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:57.959 Just the ending. 00:45:58.640 --> 00:46:00.392 And what is the end? 00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:05.354 He's leaving, taking a train. 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:08.952 And there... 00:46:09.640 --> 00:46:12.313 Some thugs start a fight. 00:46:13.160 --> 00:46:15.116 - They kill him. - Oh, God. 00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:17.316 When she finds out, she goes mad. 00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:19.835 Don't go on, or l'll cry. 00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:25.398 Why can't it be done so that everything begins well, 00:46:26.520 --> 00:46:30.638 goes on even better and ends splendidly? 00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:36.709 You know, l believe that books should be written so 00:46:36.880 --> 00:46:39.678 that the last pages were left empty. 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:42.115 - What do you mean? - Just like that, with no text. 00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:45.229 lmagine, you go to a bookshop, 00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:50.110 buy a book, and quickly read it. 00:46:52.040 --> 00:46:54.031 And you add an ending to your liking. 00:46:54.200 --> 00:46:56.760 Why should anyone thrust something on me? 00:46:56.920 --> 00:46:59.070 Let the ending be whatever l like. 00:46:59.240 --> 00:47:00.832 lt's impossible. 00:47:01.000 --> 00:47:03.309 - Why not? - Because. 00:47:04.760 --> 00:47:05.909 Get up. 00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:08.075 Get up. 00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:22.954 l'm ready. 00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:25.429 Alright. 00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:31.798 So you say he got on a train, and was killed there. 00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:36.028 Write. 00:47:38.040 --> 00:47:39.678 That day 00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:43.874 he was supposed to leave by train. 00:47:45.520 --> 00:47:46.919 By train. 00:47:48.240 --> 00:47:50.913 But he didn't leave. And then... 00:49:08.600 --> 00:49:10.750 - Hi. - Hi. 00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:11.830 Where's Katia? 00:49:13.080 --> 00:49:14.308 ln the house. 00:49:16.080 --> 00:49:20.039 l can't concentrate. Misprinting all the way. 00:49:20.600 --> 00:49:22.591 My fingers feel wooden. 00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:43.876 Mitya dear, l'm so sorry. 00:49:44.640 --> 00:49:47.837 l had to tell you long ago, but... 00:49:48.640 --> 00:49:49.789 But l couldn't. 00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:53.153 Tell me what? 00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:57.468 This. 00:49:59.280 --> 00:50:02.238 - You see? - What am l supposed to see? 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:05.597 Alright, Katia, go make him coffee. The man is tired after the road. 00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:07.955 How can l? We drank all coffee yesterday. 00:50:08.120 --> 00:50:10.714 There's some in a tin in the cupboard. 00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:13.229 - Which tin? - With a colored label. 00:50:19.560 --> 00:50:22.279 lt's all so vulgar. 00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:25.798 So stupid. How can you? 00:50:28.120 --> 00:50:30.873 You've chosen just the right time, when my mother died. 00:50:31.040 --> 00:50:33.349 - Oh, Mitya. - Let him speak. 00:50:33.560 --> 00:50:35.278 Look, who are you? 00:50:36.160 --> 00:50:39.118 Don't you meddle in my relations with my wife! 00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:41.991 - She's no wife to you. - You see? 00:50:42.160 --> 00:50:43.673 See what? 00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:47.355 All l can see is that you slept with a carpenter. 00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:50.639 Of course, it's such an honor for our family. 00:50:52.600 --> 00:50:55.831 So what if he's a carpenter. 00:50:56.960 --> 00:50:58.678 But l love him. 00:50:59.680 --> 00:51:02.797 And l hate all your breed. 00:51:03.160 --> 00:51:05.549 And l hate your mommy, the writer. 00:51:05.720 --> 00:51:09.156 Don't touch my mother. She has died. Don't do it! 00:51:09.320 --> 00:51:10.912 Your mother didn't die. 00:51:12.080 --> 00:51:14.036 - l killed her. - What are you talking about?! 00:51:14.200 --> 00:51:17.158 l didn't give her the medicine when she was writhing there. 00:51:17.320 --> 00:51:20.073 Because l wanted her to die. 00:51:20.240 --> 00:51:23.516 - And she died. - Don't listen to her, she's lying. 00:51:23.680 --> 00:51:26.069 No, she isn't. She is not lying! 00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:29.795 Bastard! 00:53:29.400 --> 00:53:31.960 From Mrs. such-and-such, 00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:35.470 home address... 00:53:36.160 --> 00:53:38.469 Telephone number, occupation. 00:53:42.720 --> 00:53:44.358 - Typist. - Yes. 00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:50.709 Did you meet Mitya through lrina Dmitriyevna? 00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:51.989 Yes. 00:53:52.200 --> 00:53:53.758 She told me about that. 00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:56.354 Her novel was to be out then, she was in a great hurry, 00:53:56.520 --> 00:54:01.594 writing chapter after chapter, and Mitya brought them to your home, right? 00:54:01.920 --> 00:54:03.114 Right. 00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:08.313 By the way, she praised you, she said you typed very well. 00:54:08.840 --> 00:54:10.432 Maybe you'll help me? 00:54:15.160 --> 00:54:16.388 Thank you. 00:54:17.080 --> 00:54:18.399 Please. 00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:28.989 Well? 00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:32.589 Yes? 00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:35.269 My husband, such-and-such, 00:54:36.880 --> 00:54:38.836 is missing. 00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:41.516 The last time l saw him... 00:54:41.800 --> 00:54:44.314 The last time l saw him... 00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:48.158 l can't type so fast. Can you go slower? 00:54:48.520 --> 00:54:50.033 Don't be so nervous. 00:54:50.200 --> 00:54:53.272 - What if your wife... - l have no wife. 00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:56.794 The last time l saw him... 00:54:57.840 --> 00:55:00.115 Now continue by yourself. 00:55:03.240 --> 00:55:05.754 What was your relationship with Mitya? 00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:10.994 - A normal relationship. - l know it was normal. 00:55:11.240 --> 00:55:12.719 Then why ask? 00:55:13.040 --> 00:55:15.918 - Perhaps he was jealous. - Of whom? 00:55:16.080 --> 00:55:19.789 Or you were. Or someone else was jealous of your husband. 00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:23.430 Yevgeny Petrovich, please don't make us look so primitive. 00:55:23.600 --> 00:55:26.034 - Mitya has disappeared. - Yes. 00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:28.550 And l ask you to look into it. 00:55:28.720 --> 00:55:30.597 We'll look into it. We will. 00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:33.560 As for primitiveness, Katia, you are... 00:55:34.040 --> 00:55:37.874 Everyone is so complex now, just like characters in books. 00:55:39.360 --> 00:55:41.112 Want me to tell you a story? 00:55:43.680 --> 00:55:47.309 About two months... Don't type it, it's not for the record. 00:55:48.080 --> 00:55:52.039 About two months ago, a man killed an old woman with an axe. 00:55:52.680 --> 00:55:56.150 She used to sell him vodka at night, and then she didn't give it on credit. 00:55:56.360 --> 00:56:00.512 So he murdered her, took his vodka and went to drink it with friends. 00:56:00.760 --> 00:56:02.512 An electrician from a sanatorium. 00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:05.274 And no remorse, no pangs of conscience. 00:56:05.440 --> 00:56:08.193 He says she was idling her life away, her kind should be killed. 00:56:08.360 --> 00:56:09.156 So what? 00:56:11.080 --> 00:56:13.833 A nice woman, a librarian, 00:56:14.480 --> 00:56:17.677 fell in love with a policeman. 00:56:18.760 --> 00:56:20.079 And she loved him so much! 00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:24.276 She left home, her family and children. 00:56:24.560 --> 00:56:28.155 And he had an affair with her, and then dumped her, of course. 00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:30.311 And what do you think? 00:56:30.800 --> 00:56:33.712 She threw herself under a train. 00:56:33.880 --> 00:56:36.917 l don't understand why you're telling me all this. 00:56:37.080 --> 00:56:40.470 A girl got married. Everything was just great. 00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:42.796 A house, a wonderful husband. 00:56:42.960 --> 00:56:45.838 Only one hitch - her mother-in-law was a tyrant. 00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:47.319 What is there to do? 00:56:47.520 --> 00:56:51.752 Right. She jumped in the river from a precipice. 00:56:52.640 --> 00:56:56.792 So our life here is most interesting, dear Katia. 00:57:03.240 --> 00:57:04.309 Well? 00:57:07.400 --> 00:57:08.594 So what? 00:57:45.880 --> 00:57:50.317 - What did he say? - Nothing special. 00:57:51.200 --> 00:57:53.270 What do you mean, ''nothing special''? 00:57:53.640 --> 00:57:55.517 He made up a report. 00:57:55.920 --> 00:58:00.277 Distinctive marks, what he wore, when l saw him last. 00:58:00.640 --> 00:58:02.392 And so on, and so on. 00:58:02.800 --> 00:58:05.189 - What if they find him? - They won't. 00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:07.992 They'll look for him, and then will stop looking. 00:58:08.160 --> 00:58:10.116 You think they're fools? 00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:12.148 They are. 00:58:14.360 --> 00:58:17.318 ln any case, when lrina Dmitriyevna died, 00:58:17.480 --> 00:58:20.233 no one wanted to know why she died. 00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:23.278 - But she had a stroke. - Exactly. 00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:27.908 You didn't give her the medicine on purpose? 00:58:30.760 --> 00:58:32.955 Tell me, you deliberately didn't give her the medicine? 00:58:33.120 --> 00:58:34.553 Let's give them a lift. 00:58:34.920 --> 00:58:37.878 Drive on. Don't stop, drive on. 00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:46.710 Can you take us to the sanatorium? Oh, hi. 00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:48.632 Sure. Get in. 00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:50.998 No, thanks. We... 00:58:51.160 --> 00:58:53.230 - Get in. - Really? 00:58:59.720 --> 00:59:01.153 Get in, girls. 00:59:10.240 --> 00:59:11.719 What's wrong? 00:59:21.960 --> 00:59:25.316 The poor thing got car-sick. Such a poor girl. 00:59:25.520 --> 00:59:29.115 Mother-in-law died, husband's missing, and she was alright. Now she got sick. 00:59:29.280 --> 00:59:30.554 What the hell are you talking about? 00:59:30.720 --> 00:59:33.996 Oh, come on, perhaps she's pregnant. Right, Sergei? 00:59:34.240 --> 00:59:35.912 You'd better go and help her. 00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:38.752 Get out. Get out. 00:59:50.080 --> 00:59:51.559 What are people saying? 00:59:52.280 --> 00:59:54.032 Why? You scared? 00:59:54.840 --> 00:59:56.353 l'm not scared. 01:00:01.800 --> 01:00:03.518 Where have you been all this time? 01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:08.957 - Went to visit my mother. - Good. 01:00:10.720 --> 01:00:12.233 When did you come back? 01:00:12.800 --> 01:00:15.394 Why do you want to know? You've got a wife now. 01:00:17.520 --> 01:00:19.351 How's your pussy cat? 01:00:21.560 --> 01:00:22.913 She's doing fine. 01:00:23.120 --> 01:00:25.156 - Has she grown? - Yes. 01:00:27.120 --> 01:00:28.553 You live at the same place? 01:00:29.640 --> 01:00:30.436 No. 01:00:30.920 --> 01:00:32.069 Where? 01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:35.114 C'mon, where? 01:00:38.120 --> 01:00:39.917 Tell me the address. Quick. 01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:43.995 Come on. 01:01:10.280 --> 01:01:11.872 - l'll go. - Wait. 01:01:12.040 --> 01:01:13.553 l'll just talk to them. 01:02:08.280 --> 01:02:09.030 lt's time. 01:03:50.320 --> 01:03:51.912 That's it, l can't do it anymore. 01:04:57.720 --> 01:04:59.073 l want to sleep. 01:05:00.720 --> 01:05:02.392 Sleep. 01:05:30.520 --> 01:05:32.078 Come here. 01:05:44.560 --> 01:05:46.073 Kiss me. 01:05:53.640 --> 01:05:56.393 Go to sleep. Sleep. 01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:34.038 That day he was to leave for another city, but he didn't go. 01:06:34.200 --> 01:06:37.829 lnstead, they were drinking wine and made love. 01:06:38.000 --> 01:06:40.195 She was losing her mind in his embrace. 01:06:40.920 --> 01:06:43.878 Now she finally believed in her happiness. 01:06:44.040 --> 01:06:46.952 She knew that nothing could separate them. 01:06:47.120 --> 01:06:51.079 They were to live long, happy years together, 01:06:51.240 --> 01:06:54.198 waking up and going to sleep side by side, dividing everything... 01:06:54.360 --> 01:06:55.873 How do you like this ''dividing''? 01:06:56.080 --> 01:06:57.195 lnto equal parts. 01:06:57.520 --> 01:07:01.798 Can you tell me who wrote this? 01:07:02.160 --> 01:07:04.037 Can you tell me? 01:07:04.320 --> 01:07:05.514 l did. 01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:10.028 Why? 01:07:12.680 --> 01:07:15.877 Why are you rewriting lrina Dmitriyevna's novel? 01:07:17.360 --> 01:07:19.237 l think it's better this way. 01:07:21.440 --> 01:07:25.718 Katia, l understand that you're in grief. 01:07:28.360 --> 01:07:34.117 But you'd better bring us the original. 01:07:34.600 --> 01:07:37.160 And take this back, please. 01:07:37.360 --> 01:07:39.590 l thought it was more truthful. 01:07:39.880 --> 01:07:43.839 They wanted to be happy, and they've become happy. 01:07:45.760 --> 01:07:46.510 Do you understand? 01:07:46.680 --> 01:07:50.309 Of course. lf you want to be happy, be happy. 01:07:50.480 --> 01:07:53.517 - Everybody knows that. - See? So l'm right. 01:07:53.720 --> 01:07:55.756 Of course you're right. 01:07:55.920 --> 01:08:01.074 But our publishers want lrina Dmitriyevna's novel. 01:08:01.720 --> 01:08:03.039 Not yours. 01:08:06.280 --> 01:08:08.510 Then publish this gibberish. 01:08:11.800 --> 01:08:13.552 lt's not for you to judge. 01:08:14.360 --> 01:08:16.351 Yourjob is to type it grammatically correct. 01:08:16.960 --> 01:08:18.871 What can you understand? 01:08:20.560 --> 01:08:23.438 Just look at yourself. You look miserable. 01:08:23.720 --> 01:08:27.030 And you have no happiness because you don't believe in it. 01:08:27.280 --> 01:08:28.508 And l do. 01:08:29.960 --> 01:08:32.349 Why should l talk to you at all, you poor thing? 01:08:55.640 --> 01:08:56.709 Seryozha! 01:09:23.040 --> 01:09:24.189 Seryozha. 01:10:01.280 --> 01:10:03.032 Where have you been? 01:10:09.160 --> 01:10:10.388 l'm sorry. 01:10:18.240 --> 01:10:20.390 You've given me quite a scare, Katia. 01:10:20.960 --> 01:10:24.714 The car is left on the road, the house is wide open, you're lying on the floor. 01:10:25.960 --> 01:10:30.431 Yes, l got sick. lt's my back. 01:10:34.240 --> 01:10:36.071 l decided to pay you a visit 01:10:36.240 --> 01:10:39.152 and find out if there's something new in our case. 01:10:39.320 --> 01:10:42.437 No, nothing new. 01:10:46.920 --> 01:10:49.195 l took the novel with me. 01:10:49.920 --> 01:10:52.036 l wanted to discuss it with you. 01:10:53.760 --> 01:10:55.716 Have you already typed the ending? 01:10:59.800 --> 01:11:02.598 No. Oh, l don't remember. 01:11:02.800 --> 01:11:03.869 lt's alright, alright. 01:11:04.760 --> 01:11:06.432 Don't worry. 01:11:07.240 --> 01:11:11.597 You should take care of yourself. Shall l call the doctor? 01:11:24.840 --> 01:11:27.752 You know, l like your version better. 01:11:28.720 --> 01:11:31.837 The version of the ending you wrote. 01:11:36.200 --> 01:11:38.873 You've created quite a stir at the editorial office. 01:11:42.440 --> 01:11:46.115 All right, get well, Katia. l got to go. 01:11:47.840 --> 01:11:48.989 Don't go. 01:11:50.360 --> 01:11:51.873 l'm afraid. 01:11:53.640 --> 01:11:56.473 Don't be afraid, Katia. 01:11:57.200 --> 01:11:59.430 And don't give up. 01:11:59.680 --> 01:12:02.240 You must stand up for yourself. You must fight. 01:12:02.400 --> 01:12:03.355 What for? 01:12:03.640 --> 01:12:06.313 For living on. Aren't you interested in what happens next? 01:12:10.400 --> 01:12:11.594 l'm scared. 01:12:13.320 --> 01:12:15.038 Everything will be all right, Katia. 01:12:16.040 --> 01:12:17.837 Everything will be all right. 01:12:19.440 --> 01:12:20.919 l'm with you. 01:13:45.000 --> 01:13:47.673 Hi. Are you looking for Sergei? 01:13:48.080 --> 01:13:51.197 - He's left in the morning. - Left for where? 01:13:51.360 --> 01:13:53.794 The sanatorium here. lt's not far. 01:14:07.400 --> 01:14:10.233 Rails, rails, slates, slates, 01:14:10.800 --> 01:14:13.997 A train was going which was late. 01:14:15.040 --> 01:14:17.998 From the last car, the grain pours wide and far. 01:14:18.280 --> 01:14:22.831 Chickens came, began to peck, peck, peck. 01:14:23.560 --> 01:14:27.758 Cocks came, began to beck, beck, beck. 01:14:28.120 --> 01:14:31.317 A man came out, and swept all away, away. 01:14:32.040 --> 01:14:34.554 Put up a table and a typewriter, and began to type. 01:14:34.720 --> 01:14:39.350 l have bought for wife and daughter, dash, dot, dash, dot, 01:14:39.520 --> 01:14:43.399 the Ukrainian boots neat, dash, dot, dash, dot, 01:14:43.560 --> 01:14:44.595 to fit their... 01:14:44.760 --> 01:14:46.990 The typewriter again. 01:14:50.560 --> 01:14:54.951 l have bought for wife and daughter, dash, dot, dash, dot, 01:14:55.120 --> 01:14:58.829 the Ukrainian boots neat, dash, dot, dash, dot, 01:14:59.000 --> 01:15:01.798 to fit their feet... 01:15:06.680 --> 01:15:07.954 Seryozha. 01:15:12.440 --> 01:15:13.555 Seryozha. 01:15:14.960 --> 01:15:16.109 Seryozha. 01:15:21.360 --> 01:15:22.793 Seryozha, please don't. 01:15:30.520 --> 01:15:31.635 What is it? 01:15:38.280 --> 01:15:40.510 l don't know how to live without you. 01:15:40.920 --> 01:15:42.717 l'm dying without you. 01:15:45.560 --> 01:15:47.278 You want her? 01:15:50.120 --> 01:15:53.351 Live with her. Only don't leave me. 01:15:53.520 --> 01:15:55.078 What the hell are you talking about? 01:15:56.120 --> 01:15:57.951 l'm in your way, right? 01:16:01.960 --> 01:16:03.871 Then kill me. 01:16:07.160 --> 01:16:08.832 You know how to do it. 01:16:24.560 --> 01:16:25.310 Bitch! 01:16:45.240 --> 01:16:47.800 Could she really deliberately hide it? 01:17:00.560 --> 01:17:03.154 - Good evening. - Good evening. 01:17:06.360 --> 01:17:08.555 l'd like to talk to you. 01:17:09.200 --> 01:17:11.111 Come in, come in. 01:17:15.480 --> 01:17:17.152 This way, please. 01:17:19.000 --> 01:17:20.877 - Sit down right here. - Thank you. 01:17:23.440 --> 01:17:25.351 What to hold him? 01:17:27.560 --> 01:17:28.788 Here. 01:17:30.120 --> 01:17:31.633 Don't worry, he's very quiet. 01:17:35.560 --> 01:17:37.994 Well, what's happened? 01:17:38.440 --> 01:17:39.714 Nothing. 01:17:41.920 --> 01:17:44.718 How about some homemade brandy? 01:17:45.760 --> 01:17:48.149 lrina Dmitriyevna liked it very much. 01:17:48.880 --> 01:17:52.077 What a wonderful woman she was, a talented woman. 01:17:53.280 --> 01:17:55.794 You never knew what to expect from her. 01:17:56.120 --> 01:17:59.271 She told me once, ''Romanov, stop catching murderers. 01:17:59.440 --> 01:18:02.000 Let's breed rabbits together.'' 01:18:04.960 --> 01:18:05.995 Cheers. 01:18:13.720 --> 01:18:15.836 l loved lrina Dmitriyevna. 01:18:16.560 --> 01:18:17.879 Loved her very much. 01:18:19.560 --> 01:18:20.834 l know you were friends. 01:18:21.960 --> 01:18:25.350 We weren't friends. We were lovers. 01:18:26.360 --> 01:18:28.874 ltjust happened. l was younger than she. 01:18:30.400 --> 01:18:33.119 She used to laugh at me. She called me an aesthete. 01:18:33.640 --> 01:18:35.756 What kind of aesthete am l? l simply loved her. 01:18:36.520 --> 01:18:40.149 Let's drink to her and the two of us. 01:18:46.680 --> 01:18:48.477 l did buy the rabbits. 01:18:50.400 --> 01:18:52.277 But she didn't want to kill them. 01:18:52.440 --> 01:18:56.513 Why breed them then, l said. For their skins and meat. 01:18:56.680 --> 01:18:59.638 No, she said, we'll let them go to the woods, at large. 01:19:01.480 --> 01:19:04.916 Then one day she called me from the city, and said: 01:19:05.080 --> 01:19:07.799 '' l found a man who will kill them.'' 01:19:08.200 --> 01:19:10.998 She meant that restorer of hers. 01:19:12.200 --> 01:19:15.078 Sergei. He agreed to kill. 01:19:16.120 --> 01:19:17.269 No. 01:19:18.400 --> 01:19:19.515 He didn't kill. 01:19:22.000 --> 01:19:24.434 And who did? Who killed? 01:19:26.160 --> 01:19:27.354 l did. 01:19:28.960 --> 01:19:31.155 lt was me who didn't give her the medicine. 01:19:32.200 --> 01:19:34.156 lt was me who hit Mitya. 01:19:35.000 --> 01:19:36.228 Well, well. 01:19:39.080 --> 01:19:40.957 Put me in prison. 01:19:43.200 --> 01:19:44.349 Help me. 01:19:46.280 --> 01:19:50.432 l promised you, Katia, that l won't let anyone harm you. 01:19:50.840 --> 01:19:52.432 But l killed them. 01:19:55.480 --> 01:19:58.438 l don't have any evidence against you, my dear. 01:20:00.960 --> 01:20:02.916 And what shall l do? 01:20:03.720 --> 01:20:05.039 l don't know. 01:20:30.520 --> 01:20:34.274 We're late for the last train. We can go only tomorrow morning. 01:20:34.520 --> 01:20:36.988 - Let's stay here. - Don't touch it. 01:20:37.440 --> 01:20:38.714 Why? 01:20:39.680 --> 01:20:42.797 She must have left for the city. Will be back only in the morning. 01:20:42.960 --> 01:20:44.996 My landlady won't let me in anyway. 01:20:45.360 --> 01:20:46.873 Don't talk nonsense. 01:20:49.480 --> 01:20:51.072 Sure, stay here. 01:20:52.400 --> 01:20:54.038 There's enough room for everybody. 01:20:56.400 --> 01:20:59.870 Katia, l'm sorry. We came for my passport. We're leaving tomorrow. 01:21:00.440 --> 01:21:03.193 lt's in the upstairs room, on the bookshelf. 01:21:03.840 --> 01:21:06.479 - Will you have dinner? - No, we got to go. 01:21:06.880 --> 01:21:09.713 Are you going to drag this kid into the rain? 01:21:09.880 --> 01:21:12.872 - You have nowhere to sleep. - We'll think of something. 01:21:13.480 --> 01:21:14.799 You don't have to think of anything. 01:21:15.160 --> 01:21:16.957 Everything has been thought up for us already. 01:21:17.120 --> 01:21:20.999 We're going to eat now, and tomorrow morning l'll take you to the station. 01:21:24.680 --> 01:21:29.754 Come on, be simpler, my friends, be rough. 01:21:30.000 --> 01:21:31.274 This is life. 01:21:47.400 --> 01:21:49.231 Wait. 01:22:59.720 --> 01:23:01.153 Quiet, that's it. 01:23:02.320 --> 01:23:04.629 Silence. Let's sleep. 01:23:47.560 --> 01:23:48.913 Please. 01:23:49.880 --> 01:23:51.074 Thank you. 01:23:54.400 --> 01:23:55.276 And what's this? 01:23:56.360 --> 01:23:57.395 This? 01:23:59.000 --> 01:24:00.353 lt's a game. 01:24:01.680 --> 01:24:04.035 Looks so beautiful. May l? 01:24:04.480 --> 01:24:05.799 Sure. 01:24:09.440 --> 01:24:13.911 Katia, l wanted to tell you. You... 01:24:14.400 --> 01:24:19.679 lf you need anything, you know, massage, come to me in the sanatorium. 01:24:19.840 --> 01:24:22.308 Thank you. l'll sure come. 01:24:25.360 --> 01:24:29.239 We'll be gone only a week, and then you can come. 01:24:31.280 --> 01:24:34.875 My mother is so good, she understands everything. 01:24:38.840 --> 01:24:41.434 You know, any shots or sun lamp. 01:24:41.880 --> 01:24:45.236 - Just come and l'll do it. - Thanks, Sonya, l'm well. 01:24:48.360 --> 01:24:49.554 Let's go. 01:24:53.440 --> 01:24:54.634 Come on. 01:25:58.760 --> 01:26:02.355 - What's happened? - l think a tyre got flat. 01:26:03.480 --> 01:26:05.311 We can make it. We're almost there. 01:26:05.520 --> 01:26:08.193 Maybe we'll make it, but l have to look anyway. 01:26:15.800 --> 01:26:16.437 Wait. 01:26:19.800 --> 01:26:21.233 The rear one on the left. 01:26:43.560 --> 01:26:46.074 Oh boy, where're we going? 01:26:55.280 --> 01:26:56.633 Oh God! 01:28:47.160 --> 01:28:48.513 Cast: 01:28:48.680 --> 01:28:50.875 Katia - lngeborga DAPKUNAlTE 01:28:51.040 --> 01:28:53.713 lrina Dmitriyevna - Alisa FRElNDLlKH 01:28:53.880 --> 01:28:55.836 Sergei - Vladimir MASHKOV 01:28:56.000 --> 01:28:58.116 Mitya - Aleksandr FEKLlSTOV 01:28:58.280 --> 01:29:00.191 Romanov - Yuri KUZNETSOV 01:29:00.360 --> 01:29:02.316 Sonya - Natalya SHCHUKlNA 01:29:02.480 --> 01:29:04.755 Editor - Avangard LEONTYEV