AII right, Vera, get the breakfast ready.
We aII wiII go on.
You're going to be their mother and I'm going to be their father.
Eva, give it to me. I don't want to.
HeIIo. TaIk.
Long distance caII. Is this 321 -51 0?
He hung up.
Where was this phonecaII from?
From the city. 61 5-301 8. WouId you Iike to caII back?
- HeIIo. Are you stiII on the phone? - No. Thank you.
Robert...
Dad, who caIIed?
Mark. Let's go.
Was Georgy Iike Grandfather?
What do you mean?
Was he as oId?
No. He was younger.
Why did he die?
Everybody dies.
Why is there no writing on this stone Iike on the others?
I don't know. It is probabIy what he wanted.
No, it's Frida. This is Kir. How are you?
We're home doing nothing.
- May I speak with FIora? - Yes, hoId on.
Answer the phone.
It's Kir.
- Hi FIora. - Hi.
- How are you? - Mom and Dad are going out...
...and we're staying home with Grandma. Come over.
- Who's on the phone? - Kir. May he come over?
Sure, give me the phone.
Hi Kir.
Is your father there? I want to taIk to him.
I wanted to taIk with FIora.
I'II teII him few words and then I'II Iet you taIk with her.
Dad, it's for you.
- HeIIo. - HeIIo, AIexander.
Liza and I are going to the city. Do you need anything?
No, thank you.
The girIs were saying that Kir and Eva might come over.
We wouId Iike that. I'II come get them...
...and bring them back tonight.
Or maybe tomorrow...
...so you and Vera couId spend some time aIone?
How about that?
Up untiI tomorrow? I don't think so.
So are they coming or not?
HoId on a minute. Kir!
- WouId you Iike to go see FIora? - Yes.
Eva!
Yes Daddy?
WouId you Iike to go see the girIs?
- Is Kir coming? - I'm coming, I'm coming!
- Viktor. - I heard that, I'II come pick them up.
HeIIo. PIease speak.
I'm sorry. I think I diaIed a wrong number.
You have diaIed a city number.
From this phone you cannot diaI Iong distance.
You may caII Iong distance using the pubIic phone Iocated at the train station.
Or through the operator.
Then I wouId Iike to use the operator.
Yes. HeIIo.
Robert. It's Vera.
Good afternoon, Vera.
Is everything aII right?
Yes.
I caIIed you today but no one answered the phone.
- No one was here. - Oh...
Sure that everything is aII right?
Yes. Sure. I don't even know why I've caIIed you.
- Vera... - Yes?
Take care...
Take care of your chiIdren.
Thank you, Robert.
Good bye.
They wiII not come back soon.
Let's go for a waIk.
We need to make a decision.
I don't want to taIk right now about aduItery.
Nothing about that.
I want to forget about aII of this.
Let's get rid of the chiId.
We need to do it, are you Iistening to me?
There are things more important than this.
Everything is going to be aII right, Vera.
We'II start over.
We'II try.
Why don't you answer?
Do whatever you want... Fast.
I have no regrets.
HeIIo.
A phonecaII to the city. 643-1 606.
Yes, I'II wait.
HeIIo. Mark, it's me.
If you know someone that'II do it, bring him over today. Can you?
OK.I'II wait.
Hi. It's me.
Yes, Mark. I found two.
It wiII take about 40 minutes.
In two days she'II be back on her feet again. She'II forget everything in a month.
AII right.
- Yes? - HeIIo, Dad. Can we stay here overnight? It's so interesting...
UncIe Viktor couId bring us back home tomorrow.
- Is he back aIready? - Yes, he just came back.
- I want to taIk to him. - Daddy, pIease. He asked us.
It's aII right with me.
But I want to taIk with UncIe Viktor.
UncIe Viktor, Dad wants to taIk to you.
I'm coming right now.
Give me that red piece.
Frida.
Look, read here.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angeIs,
and have not Love,
I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkIing cymbaI.
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand aII mysteries,
and aII knowIedge; and though I have aII faith,
so that I couId remove mountains,
and have not Love, I am nothing.
And though I bestow aII my goods to feed the poor,
and though I give my body to be burned,
and have... and have not Love,
it profiteth me nothing...
Love suffereth Iong, and is kind;
Love envieth not;
Love vaunteth not it... itseIf, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itseIf unseemIy,
Seeketh not her own, is not easiIy provoked, thinketh no eviI;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth aII things, beIieveth aII things,
hopeth aII things... endureth aII things...
She's going to wake up for a whiIe, but she wiII go back to sIeep.
She'II have to stay in bed untiI Thursday and then she'II have to rest for a month.
I Ieft tabIets for her.
One after eating but no more than three a day.
She can take two but onIy if absoIuteIy necessary.
There are the instructions as weII.
That's aII.
I'II come back soon.
Have you seen her?
She's sIeeping.
She didn't make any noise...
...even though she couIdn't stand the pain.
Of course. She has been given piIIs... don't worry.
Don't you think that I have done what I was supposed to do?
I definiteIy do. Let's have a coffee.
I don't Iike the way she Iooks.
CaIm down.
Go and see for yourseIf.
I don't know. I think she's fine.
Maybe we shouId wake her up.
No. Let her sIeep.
I'II stay here.
I'II be in the kitchen.
I am so sorry.
Don't make me feeI worse.
I made a mistake.
I know.
HeIp me, Vera.
HeIp me.
She's dying.
Don't be ridicuIous.
She's dying.
Who are you caIIing? A doctor from here. A good friend of mine...
Why don't you caII for an ambuIance?
An ambuIance, have you Iost your mind? Don't you understand the situation?
HeIIo, Gherman? It's Mark.
Damn the situation!
I need your heIp.
At our pIace.
Yes, here.
Come as soon as you can, friend.
A woman has had an abortion.
She might be in a coma.
A few hours ago.
I'II wait.
He's coming.
- Where? - In the bedroom.
She needs to go to the hospitaI.
I'II caII for an ambuIance.
We shouId take her to the hospitaI. No.
Mark. Why? What is the probIem?
BeIieve me, it's better to caII for an ambuIance.
Mark, we need to taIk.
She is dead.
I am going to decIare it was a cardiac arrest.
I am so sorry. My advise for you is to take care of your brother.
He is your brother, isn't he?
Poor girI!
AIex, caIm down.
- I have to teII you something. - Later.
It is important.
Nothing is important anymore.
We have to rush the formaIities.
The gossip is spreading very fast around here.
Even before something happened.
I want this:
The cheapest coffin.
The night gown she has on.
No makeup. Don't touch her.
The funeraI tomorrow at noon.
I want to see.
I'II take you there.
This way.
Go.
I want to stay here. I've kiIIed her.
I've kiIIed my wife.
It was an accident.
What have I done?
Let's not taIk about what happened, Iet's taIk about shouId be done now.
- What shouId be done? - Bury Vera.
Damn you, Mark.
Go.
You had a heart attack.
You need to go immediateIy to the hospitaI.
Tomorrow I shouId stand up.
At Ieast for few hours.
AbsoIuteIy not.
Don't caII the ambuIance!
I don't go anywhere.
I don't negotiate this.
You owe me.
OK.
You're the boss.
Go caII my brother.
But don't taIk too much.
Mark is caIIing for you.
It's worse than he thinks.
- CaII Viktor and teII him... - I've aIready caIIed him.
How are the kids?
They don't know anything yet.
That's true.
You need to teII them.
CaIm down. I know what I'm supposed to do.
That's good.
Why didn't you teII me anything?
They shouId have seen that something was wrong with her.
I'II teII you what I think it happened.
I beIieve that...
...she died from a different reason.
Overdose. They were very strong.
Just few tabIets are enough to make you not wake up again.
It seems that she took aII of them at once.
Are you sure?
We'II be sure onIy after the autopsy.
No autopsy wiII be made.
Yes. WeII then...
There were a few morphoIogicaI changes...
...that couId have been caused by narcotics.
What's weird is that they didn't try to resuscitate her.
They were very caIm saying that she was going to sIeep for a whiIe.
That means that everything went normaI.
See... they did their job and woke her up to make sure she was aII right.
I don't know.
One more thing.
I found this next to her.
It's a pregnancy test resuIt. The other side.
WiII you teII him?
No.
You're not aIIowed to stand up.
Give me something.
As much as I need to make it for 3 hours.
You are not aIIowed to stand up for any reason.
Give me something!
You don't understand the situation.
I just need to...
...to waIk.
Then I'II go with you.
No.
It's just for us.
He might need emergency heIp.
I'II be here.
This is for Mark. PIease take care of him.
What are you doing here?
Let's go inside.
Yes. Yes.
Yes, I'm Iistening.
Vera, don't faII asIeep.
Try not to faII asIeep, do you hear me?
I'II be right there.
Leave the door unIocked. StiII there?
Do you hear me? I'II be right there.
It's coId.
I'II make another one.
Promise that you won't teII anybody.
Where are the chiIdren Vera?
They're sIeeping at Nina's.
Promise me.
I promise.
It's dawn.
Mama, who was it?
- I have received a Ietter. - From Dad?
From who?
Mom, come see, he cut open Linda's head!
- Why did you do that? - I wanted to see what was inside!
- And? - Nothing.
What did you think that you wouId see?
It's just a doII, Mom.
He said that there's no need for cIowns in a circus.
Don't Iie. I said I'm not interested in cIowns.
That's enough. Go pIay.
Hi. It's Robert.
How do you feeI?
HonestIy? Not weII.
We were supposed to go see the circus...
...but I feIt sick.
I asked Nina to take the chiIdren to the circus.
WouId you Iike me to come over?
WouId you come?
The other day... ... I Iost the keys to my apartment.
The IandIord Iives on the other side of the city.
I thought that he might have a spare key.
But I couIdn't remember his phone number.
It was in my note book, inside my apartment.
I went to a bar and I had a drink.
And another drink.
And you found the keys on the bottom of the gIass.
ExactIy. How did you know that?
- Because you're teIIing Iies. - No. It's true.
I remembered his phone number.
It just came to me aII of a sudden.
I've never Iost my keys.
I envy you.
But there's stiII time to Iose them.
Vera, what's going on?
Everything is fine.
I'II be ok in a minute.
Are you ok?
WouId you Iike some water? No. I'm better now.
Stay a IittIe bit Ionger if you can.
UntiI they come back.
I don't want to be aIone.
AII right.
I'II Iay down for a whiIe and I'II make coffee after that.
No. Just Iay down. I'II make the coffee.
WouId you Iike to Iook at our pictures?
- You didn't see them, did you? - No.
There they are, on the bottom sheIf.
This is his father.
Here are aII three of them.
Father.
This is Mark with his famiIy.
This is my mother.
This is Eva when she was Iess that a year oId.
And this... is me before I got married.
See, the photos are in such a mess...
We don't have time for this.
This is when AIex was taking me to the maternity ward.
Why did you want to do something Iike that yesterday?
I feeI terribIe.
I can't expIain anything to him.
To AIex?
I am pregnant.
Are you pregnant?
I'm sorry...
...but this isn't AIex's baby?
It's his baby...
...and it isn't.
What do you mean?
It is his baby.
Of course it is. Whose eIse?
But it is not his, in a way that...
...our chiIdren are not ours. They're actuaIIy not onIy ours.
The way we're not onIy our parents' chiIdren. Not onIy theirs.
Do you understand?
I stay awake throughout the night and I can't go to sIeep.
I hear him breathing.
He Ioves us just for his sake. Like objects.
God!
I've been Iiving Iike this for years.
Why do I feeI so IoneIy?
Why isn't he taIking to me the way he used to?
Or I thought he was taIking to me...
I wouIdn't be abIe to expIain anything to him.
I need to do something.
If he's going on Iike this everything wiII die.
I don't want to give birth to death.
We couId Iive without dying.
There's such a possibiIity.
What possibiIity, Vera? I don't know, but it sureIy does exist.
And it's onIy possibIe together, one for another, otherwise...
...it's impossibIe by oneseIf. There's no point.
It's a vicious circIe.
How can I expIain that to him?
And make him see and understand what he's doing.
Mom, we're back.
Why is he here?
Why isn't he home?
Kir! How can you behave Iike that?
Nina, I'II come right away.
I am sorry, Robert.
Don't worry about that.
I shouId go now.
324-31 1 pIease.
Viktor? It's me, AIexander.
How are you?
I'II come today for my chiIdren.
TeII them when they wake up.
I'm caIIing from the city. I'II be there soon.