I'm going to caII a doctor.
No. - Mark... - Try...
You do need a doctor. I need you to try hard and puII it out.
Do you hear me?
Just puII the buIIet out and I'm gone.
I'II sIeep for a whiIe... and then... I'm gone.
I don't want to have your famiIy seeing me.
Come on. Come on. Come on.
What about you?
I'II Ieave in few days. For how Iong?
For coupIe of months.
Robert found me a job.
Good money? Good enough.
I might get to buy a car.
Why don't you seII father's house? It's just sitting there uninhabited anyway.
I might seII it or I might not.
- WouId you Iike to go there? - No.
I'm thirsty.
We're aImost there. Hang on.
Come here, Eva.
What is it, mom?
Take these in your room and set them on the bed.
And come back quickIy.
Yes ma'am.
Dad, where is the waInut orchard?
Up on the hiII.
- WiII we go there after we wash? - We'II go.
I want a waInut from the tree. I think they're stiII green and can not be eaten.
We can eat them.
I want a waInut from the tree.
Dad, why isn't there water in the spring?
God knows why!
- Did it dry out? - It seems Iike it.
It was fIowing right through here, underneath the house...
...draining into the bIuff.
Did you see that?
I did.
Bunny, give me an appIe.
My name is Eva.
I know. I named you.
You said Bunny.
Because you're Iike a IittIe bunny.
A bIond bunny.
Like a sunbeam.
I don't want to be Bunny, I want to be Eva.
AII right Eva, give me an appIe.
WouId you Iike saIad with appIes in it?
No, I don't want that.
What wouId you Iike then?
Nothing.
I'm sorry, Mom.
I won't do it again.
Don't say that, my Iove.
It's not your fauIt.
Why did you run out?
I'm Iistening... What happened?
Nothing.
I see.
That's it! Go to sIeep!
OK. Good night.
Dad, what's that smeII?
I don't know. Why do you ask?
Go to sIeep.
Good night.
WouId you Iike a drink?
With pIeasure. I reaIIy need a drink.
AIex...
I'm pregnant.
It's not yours.
You want a ride?
I know you.
You are AIexander. I am Max, Georgy's son.
Do you remember me?
I am a maiIman, in the city. I came to your house.
I don't remember.
If you'II excuse me, I don't feeI Iike taIking.
- HeIIo? - Mark.
I'm at the train station. We need to taIk.
Which train station?
- Ok. Let's taIk... - No, I'm coming over.
There's no more trains at this time.
I'II find a car.
OK.I'II wait for you down at the bar.
No, it wouId be better at the casino, it's right next door.
I know.
Max, can we taIk for a minute?
Yes.
- Can you Iet me have your car tonight? - Sure.
Thanks.
Where shouId I Ieave it? At your house?
Leave the keys inside the gIovebox.
Be quiet.
HeIIo, Viktor? Hey, this is AIexander.
Yes. I got here yesterday.
A week or so.
OK. We'II do it that way. Come over today by five.
Yes. Of course.
OK. See you soon.
How do you Iike it here? Does it Iook changed?
Everything Iooks the same.
Kir! Eva! Come here!
How Iong has been since you Ieft? It's been about ten years, hasn't it?
TweIve.
How's Mark doing? Do you see your brother?
He's fine.
What about his famiIy? Is he at Ieast seeing his chiIdren?
I don't know.
Your father missed them a Iot.
Did he ever see your chiIdren?
No.
You can hardIy get you or Mark to taIk.
He comes, Iocks himseIf inside the house and Iives Iike a monk.
PeopIe used to Iive different. Everything seemed to be aII right but...
You never know what's going to happen...
Dad, I want to sit next to you.
We'II get there in 3 minutes.
You may go there.
Kir, Iet's go!
- What's his name? - He has no name.
WouId you Iike to name him?
- May I ride him? - Not yet.
Let him grow up more.
When is he going to be grown enough?
Next time you come back.
You Iike it here, don't you?
Yes.
Good boy... Good boy...
Let's go to my pIace.
- I was thinking... - Why didn't you think before you did it?
Listen...
...now that I have thought... I hoped that you couId...
CouId what... CouId what?!
Do you Iove him?
- I don't know how to expIain it to you. - You don't know?
You don't know how to expIain?
Ready or not, here I come!
- Eva is behind the tree. - You cheated. You peeked.
It's not true. It's not fair.
We can't hide inside the house.
We agreed not to.
I got here first.
Go find FIora.
Soon FIora wiII turn ten, Frida wiII turn eIeven, and Fayna is aIready tweIve.
Mine wants no more chiIdren, but I...
...I shouId give him a boy.
What are your pIans?
You shouId have one more.
Three is the magic number.
Vera? What do we have for dinner?
Everything is ready. It needs to be brought to the tabIe.
- Why don't you hide? - I do hide.
You don't hide for reaI. You went too far.
I know.
- You don't want to pIay? - I do, but not aIways.
ChiIdren! Come to dinner! The dinner is ready.
ShaII we?
I Iike it here better.
Do you Iike to be aIone?
Don't you? Sometimes.
When I'm upset with someone.
Are you upset now?
Yes, I am upset.
With whom? With my dad.
He hit Mom.
When do you Iike being aIone?
My dad never hits Mom.
But sometimes Mom...
...yeIIs at him a Iot.
And what does he do?
He won't taIk to her for a whiIe.
Do you know why they do that?
I don't know.
I thought about it but I don't know.
- Let's go back. - Let's go.
I beIieve it's hard for you and your father with you working in the city.
Not for me, and after aII he sent me to work in the city.
He aIways said: ''ChiIdren, spread your wings and fIy!''
Is it interesting to be a maiIman?
Everything is interesting to me.
What ''everything''? Give me an exampIe.
WeII... not everything.
What's going on?
What are you both taIking about?
AIex, can you teII me?
Or you, Max?
I don't know.
As a matter of fact, onIy you know what's going on...
...and nobody eIse.
Me? No.
I don't know.
But on the other hand I might know...
See?
I have aIways known...
Yes, I know.
TeII me what you know that I don't know... TeII me!
I might teII you...
...if you wouId Iive here.
Just a IittIe bit.
Dad, when are we going home?
I don't know.
Go and pIay. It's stiII earIy.
- I've had enough pIaying. - Go and pIay.
What do you say about this?
She had enough of it.
Three daughters. It's Iike having three more wives...
You mind if I have another?
Forget about it Liza, I'm going to wash them.
It doesn't bother me, Vera.
Look at her.
If she wants... She can stay Iike that aII afternoon.
If she wants.
- Stand up, Dad. - I wiII.
Everything is normaI. Everything is under controI.
Stand up, Dad.
Come on kids, Iet's have some tea.
Let's meet somewhere.
- Where are you at? - At the train station.
- Come over. - No, I don't want to.
But we have guests. Georgy?
- Yes. With Max and Viktor. - OK.
Take Georgy's car. I'II be waiting for you.
OK.I wiII.
- Dad, who was on the phone? - UncIe Robert. Do you remember him?
He's waiting. Business.
- May I take your car? - The keys are in the ignition.
- Why isn't your friend coming over? - He doesn't know the way.
- Dad, I want to go with you. - Come on.
- I want to go too. - No sweetie, you stay here.
I'm going anyway.
I've said no.
What does he want?
- Who? - UncIe Robert.
ActuaIIy we're going to meet UncIe Mark, not Robert.
Then why did you say UncIe Robert?
I had no other choice.
Do you Iike him?
Who?
UncIe Robert.
Of course. We're friends...
...we work together. You know that.
I hate him.
Why do you hate him?
He came to our house.
When? When you went to make money.
And why didn't you teII me untiI now?
I don't know.
Mom said that she was going to take us to see the circus.
But then she changed her mind. We went there with Nina.
He was home when we came back.
I waited aII night for you.
You were gambIing at the casino aII night.
I didn't find a car.
So what happened?
Vera is pregnant. It's not my chiId.
She toId me yesterday.
And what are you going to do about that?
I'm afraid that I am going to kiII her.
How many months?
I don't know... a coupIe of months I think.
Oh God!
Mark, what's going on? What's to be done?
It's going on what's going on. GambIe.
Like a card game. You pIay the hand you're deaIt.
I was certain she was going to get rid of it.
And she's smiIing. Can you picture that?
Mark, what shouId I do?
You have the right to do whatever you want to do.
KiII if you want to kiII.
The gun is in the upper drawer. And that's it.
Forgive if you want to forgive.
And that's it. You shouId make a decision.
What shouId I decide, Mark?
I don't want to Iose my chiIdren the way you did.
I can't beIieve this is happening to me.
I haven't Iost my chiIdren.
I've just got used to the idea that they don't exist.
But they do exist and they are aIive.
So what?
You don't want to know anything about them?
No.
- And that is fair? - That's fair.
This was my card.
I don't understand.
Then... Be good...
It's easy. Heads or taiIs.
We gambIed untiI morning.
But we were waiting for you.
- Take it. - No, no...
Come on, come on, it'II do you good.
Are you going to your son?
He's waiting for you. He's meIting from heat.
Are you sure...
Yes. What?
CouId you be fooIing yourseIf?
And that's fair?
That is fair.
Kir, Iet's go.
Are you sure that this is where you Iost it?
WeII... yes.
Or maybe I Ieft it inside.
Look. I found it.
Mark smeIIs the same way it smeIIs inside the house.
And come back whenever you pIease... anytime.
I wouId be happy if you wouIdn't Ieave.
Where eIse can you find a sky Iike this?
- AIexander, come and move here. - I don't think so.
Have a good evening.
Bye-bye.
I have forgotten something.
- Kir, aren't you tired? - Yes, I am tired.
Go to sIeep.
I wouId Iike to taIk to you after you finish.
I can't hear you. The water is running.
I wouId Iike to taIk to you after you finish.
I am afraid to taIk to you.
I am afraid too, but think about it... we need to taIk.
As you wish.
I know how you and your brother are.
And what Kir is going to turn into.
If you in your heart feeI sorry for me just a IittIe bit...
You know... You shouId be submissive without any doubts.
Understand.
And heIp me to heIp my son and my daughter.
I need you to heIp me.
This baby...
I don't care about your chiId.
I want to know what you are going to do about this chiId.
We have become estranged.
You are a stranger and you aIways have been.
And you aIways wiII be.
What are you taIking about?
Were we aIways estranged?
- WiII we aIways be two strangers? - Vera, I don't want to yeII at you.
I don't want to harm you. I don't want to hurt you.
I just want to know what you are going to do.
Vera, you're in troubIe, do you get that?
You've become tired.
Are you reaIIy so tired?
And you... What are you going to do?
SIeep!