Witja, Witja, Witja!
Is Polish Ambassador relaxing here instead of preparing for a conference?
It’s participants are relaxing as well.
My old friend, Mr. Leszczynshki. Wiktor, Polish Ambassador in Uruguay.
Sit down.
So what? Will you have time to talk with me?
Of course, that's the sole purpose I came here. You know what I think about the congresses.
They're planning something for me for the last day, but the rest of my time is for you.
What about today?
Today...
Do you still play tennis?
I'm too old for that.
He's the first person in Poland who played tennis using both hands. What a cross he had!
Come to support me today, I'm playing a match.
With whom?
You know that Italian Ambassador’s wife, it's someone from her companionship.
No.
I’m done with that.
The Russian Minister tells me that he lost every tennis game with you in Warsaw.
We were both 20 years younger.
And, please. Sit down.
And I used to show off a lot.
- Did Helena cheer you? - This was before we got married.
Helena was always on the look-out.
I remember. Helena told me about a Russian guy, it must have been Oleg.
What did she say?
I remember her say... She was completely sure he'll never make a career.
But he did.
She thought he was a misfit?
No, she said he was more interested in women than in politics.
Women... He was interested in one woman, in Helena. And politics.
He cheered our underground.
When was that?
When you were free and busy making a fortune.
We were fighting for freedom and we didn't know...
...what money was about.
I host so I have to buy him a drink. Are you staying here for long?
I'll have an airplane in one and half an hour.
So we are going to meet in Montevideo?
Now don't tell me you came here only for me.
No, I had some consular business to do here. I hoped I would spend a couple of hours with you though.
Witja.
Don't be angry at me, we'll meet in Montevideo. Forgive me.
Listen.
Here's $ 100.
If any of those girls wanted to escape...
...then help her. - Fine.
What do you think? Why none of them came? Were they afraid?
- Did he scare them or what? - I think that they were lying about...
...being put pressure onto and they simply wanted to stay here.
Just like you. - No.
Nobody puts pressure on me. I think I... I like what I am doing and they even pay me for it.
What happened?
I am going to be late for the airplane!
We’ll try to do something about it.
Mr Amb... Mr Ambassador.
- I wanted to explain myself. - Has Minister gone?
Yes, counsellor took him to the hotel.
- Mr Minister asked you to... - I know, I know, I know!
- Are you by car? - No.
- Let's catch a taxi. - To the residence?
No, to the hotel.
Mr Minister, Mr Ambassador.
Why are you behaving in such a foolish way?
I couldn’t be waiting for you because my airplane was late and you forbid all incoming connections to your room at the reception?
I only asked them not to put connections through from Warsaw.
You thought it was because of you?
I wouldn’t even think of it.
How's our Russian friend?
He host a tennis game with somebody from the general staff.
I think it's not just an accident.
What about you? What did you do?
Me? Nothing. It's your level.
I’m going to see him again bunt it's going to be already after everything.
I’m going to be here for only one day!
You expect me to do things that are impossible!
How am I supposed to unscrew things that you should have been working on for months?
So let us tell you that we have actually been working on them!
We've already got the initials but there's no signature.
What if they don't sign it? Polish press has already applauded the whole thing.
I don't know. You cannot rely on anybody nowadays.
Wait a moment. What are you trying to say? That you cannot rely on me?
If you didn't make it to the airport, then yes.
What could those guys be thinking of me now?
Mr Ambassador didn't trouble himself to come to the airport?
Still, I can see that your employees make up this dishonour in a very courageous manner.
Let me tell you something. We're both in a political service.
Our unusual undue familiarity doesn't matter any more.
Work is work, my dear.
I'll be waiting for you tomorrow.
Find me somebody who is responsible for the orders.
How am I supposed to do that?
Maybe we should see one of them at the break?
- Maybe... This is not a way to settle anything! - Of course it's not.
That's why you’re going to arrange a meeting for us at the Embassy or at the hotel.
Up to you.
Listen. No one does it this way, it's inappropriate.
You cannot make an appointment for the same day without any warning!
What you demand from me is absolutely unprofessional.
Don't teach me what is and what is not professional, Wiktor. Just do what I asked you to do, all right?
I can't do it by myself.
I’ll call Luciana, he’ll set up a meeting right away.
[A speech is being given, phone calling]
Okay.
- You’re going to buy a huge bouquet... - Aha.
...and take it to that Italian Ambassador’s residence, having attached my card to it first.
Right away. And you’re to be back here as soon as possible. Do you have the money?
All right, the money will be waiting for you at the Embassy. Go.
Waldenmar? Listen, Rodrigo's going to be at the Embassy soon. Give him the money.
From the cashbox. Make out a bill and sign it with my name.
What girl?
All right. Put her discreetly in the car...
...and come here at the lunch break.
Great. Thank you for setting up the meeting but it's not needed any more.
Call it off or meet him on your own.
I talked to the Defence Minister himself.
Seems that nothing has changed and that they are going to sign the contract.
That's great but what will he think of me?
You can't behave like that! Talk to him, even pro forma.
I’m not going to do it because of the form. If I talked to the superior...
...and he acknowledged everything, then I cannot meet with his subordinate now.
You will meet with him.
- Fine, but what am I supposed to say? - I don't know.
Think of something. Offer him something.
Tell him I had to leave earlier.
In return you don't have to see me to the airport. For this time only, of course.
Agreed. Thank you very much.
I'd like to talk with you about one more thing before I go.
It's quite a delicate issue. I have a feeling that something’s wrong with the security at the Embassy.
- Of course, that's just a suspicion. - I’m not the right person to talk about that.
You do know it has to be done through official channels, right?
- You’re the girl from Ukraine. - Yes.
But my mom was Polish.
And? Do you have the passport? Did they give you it back?
Yes.
- Ukraine has its diplomatic post in Buenos. - And you think they're going to send her a ticket here?
Here's my card...
...pay for her ticket with it.
- You can sign for me, can't you? - What if they asK for my identity card?
All right, let's do it different way. Here's my...
...Phone number. Take the money from the cash dispenser.
I’m going to the Embassy, so I can give you a lift.
What about me?
- You’re going by the next airplane. - But I don't have the money, I really don't.
That's why we're going to give you the money.
When you earn it you’ll send it back to me.
I don't know when I’ll be able to do that, since me and my mother have no money...
I guess never.
Kiss the priest on the hand, not me.
Please excuse Minister for not being able to meet you here.
On his behalf I would like to invite you to our country...
...and decorate you with a medal by the way.
Does it satisfy you?
I usually do not run away when people want to decorate me but I reckon it's a bit too early.
Mr Minister wants to apologize for his absence, he had to leave earlier.
He left a small gift for you as a thanks for your kindness.
So, gentlemen. What phase are we at?
What are we going to do?
I think... We both think we need to buy the building.
Not for a price the house-owner wants us to pay, I hope.
We don't have any other choice.
So you claim we can afford overpaying?
Somebody is responsible for such a state. And we need to point him!
I know that there was a consent, a written consent for this expansion...
...but somebody has lately removed it from the file binder.
If we had it in our hands then there would be no problem.
We would have left the building in a state in which it is right now...
...and we would have rented ourselves a new place.
How do you know that there was a written consent?
How do I know that? There are witnesses.
Just one. A secretary. And she was in a conflict with former Ambassador.
She was even reprimanded upon his proposal.
By the way. A reprimand came for Mr Consul for that coffin.
- Great. - Besides, secretary is not Polish...
...so, you know, we cannot trust her if she issues a statement against Polish citizens.
She issued a statement against Polish people but, at the same time, in the interest of Republic of Poland.
And that's the only thing you should be looking after at the moment.
Mr Ambassador. I am not going to tolerate such remarks...
Good bye.
I would like to talk to you privately.
What do you mean "privately"? On the phone?
Please, please. Take a seat.
I would like to ask about the thing you mentioned to the Minister.
You feel some sort of an unrest...
...and you are haunted by thought that something could be wrong with the internal security.
I’m just afraid that a person from my personnel might have been recruited by foreign intelligence.
Who do you suspect?
I have an impression that you are not asking for the names, but for the intelligence.
Well, I suspect the Russian.
Generally speaking... in your life... are you often filled with suspicions?
Are you asking what I fill?
I fill my dog's, Hipolit's, bowl with food.
- You are joking... - Just the opposite.
I just think that your mission is over.
No, not yet. At least I will have to stay here for a couple of more days.
Oh. So stay.
I was not asking about you two but about your mission.
If I understand it correctly, it's over.
But if you want to stay at the Embassy then do not hesitate to do so.
Actually... I don't care.
The only thing left I can do is to hang myself.
Do you often have such thoughts?
From time to time. But I’m not going to confide to you.
- Good bye. - I was just heaving.
I’m not leaving because of you.
It's about my dog!
Everything is arranged. Tomorrow afternoon, Russian Vice Minister.
What about the dog?
He was vomiting.
He must have eaten something, he vomited with a back gunk.
Just in case, I gave him a lot of milk, he drank everything and has slept since then.
- Did that residence fax come? - Yes.
Just a moment ago. Well, maybe half an hour ago.
I put it on your desk.
Show me where it's laying.
Here it is.
- Didn’t you touch anything in here? - No, why?
Is something missing?
- Why are your hands dirty? - I'm sorry.
I didn’t manage to wash them.
- What is it, Mrs? - I was cleaning after your dog.
So now you are calling me Mrs?
Oh, it was just an accident.
What are you duplicating?
- Is it some sort of a publication for your underground? - No, we don’t work underground.
I’m a member of a charity foundation, in Poland, for handicapped children.
I find materials for them here and send to them. They may be useful for them.
You know what...
I did not expect you to work for a foundation.
I’ve always thought that there are people rotten to the core. It turns out I was wrong.
You know what? Those inspectors claim we do not care about savings at the Embassy.
- How many copies do you have in here? - Twenty.
So why don’t we do it on a different basis from now on? Let's order Oksama...
...to set up a journal and keep the keys...
...and if anyone wanted to duplicate anything he would have to write an entry to the journal with...
- What do you think? - Great idea.
I’ll start doing so.
I’m leaving now.
Please duplicate these papers for me before you go and put them into the file binder.
Oh! And please remember to note who duplicates what.
And how many times they do it, above all.
Maybe this way you will learn to save the paper.
What an irony of fate.
That congress was supposed to take place earlier, exactly one month ago.
I don’t know why they delayed it.
What would happen if we met there altogether: Me, you and Helena?
We would probably be reaching the old times.
We will be reaching them today as well.
If Helena was here with us, our meeting would not have ended up with reminiscences.
What would it have ended up with, then?
Maybe we would have learnt something about us. Something, we do not know yet.
About you, about us and you two.
If we were here altogether...
...we would have learnt something about us that we hadn’t known before?
I guess so.
interesting.
Listen...
I still don’t know something...
When you were with us back then in Warsaw as a soviet diplomat, when you sympathized with the underground...
...were you really honest?
I mean, did you pretend to be honest and then informed on people?
Or maybe you did not pretend but still informed? Or maybe you did not inform on them at all?
You had to inform on them because it was in the interest of your country.
So:. Can you answer me by simply saying: Yes or no?
I only want to know that.
I could tell you that. But I won’t.
You know...
There is a saying in the Gospel...
..."so that your speech shall simple stay".
Yes means yes, no means no.
And you recently said that you have started to recognize the Gospel again.
How can one not recognize something that he has seen throughout his life?
I didn’t know the Gospel but I discovered it by myself, later on.
You?
Yes, I did. Why are you so surprised?
I simply can't believe that.
You don’t believe that I discovered the Gospel by myself?
Yes.
Don’t you feel that what you are saying offends me?
Forgive me, I cannot stop the feeling that it's not a real conversion.
Just an idea for life that comes and goes.
And that’s what you think, a catholic?
You approach God with your brains. We, the Orthodox, try to approach him with everything...
...but brains.
It's hard for me to believe that your words are honest.
Don’t tell me you drink that.
You know what, I brought you a present.
I ordered a print, especially for you.
But after what you had told me, I’m not going to give you it.
As you wish.
Up to now we figured that there’s no agreement in terms of the past. What now?
Do we have an agreement in terms of the present? Negative on that.
Why?
You’re trying to steal the helicopter sale contract from us.
We, from you?
What are you talking about?
Yes, I have the impression that your kind compatriot, my worker...
is helping you in these exertions.
What would we need her for? We don’t need any help.
- Are you sure about that? - Absolutely.
Firstly,
we're better than you.
Secondly, it is you who steals our licences, not the other way.
Thirdly, your Vice Minister arranges things with people...
...who only dream of medals.
We work at the bottom, silently, calmly and very efficiently.
You simply give provisions to people.
- I do? - Yes.
I didn’t say that.
Did anyone forbid you to do so?
Rules
What?
Rules.
- [In Polish] Rules? - [In Russian] Yes.
Goddamn you.
What a metamorphosis.
20 years ago, when we really obeyed the rules...
...you used to call us in a disdainful way: "Stinking Soviets".
Now that everything’s changed and, just like the whole world, you have no rules...
...you suddenly start speaking of them.
And because of those rules you’re going to fuck up the business not only of yours, but of your country.
You’ve got a point on that.
That’s not really right.
Don’t you pee, because of rules, as well? Where do you do that in here?
You mean, where’s the toilet?
Turn heft and then right.
Thank you.
Did you know that fishes never sleep?
That’s why I raise them.
Every time I wake up, they are always watchful.
I’m afraid of sleeping.
It's the death's brother.
That's our real existence.
Nicely said, I’ve read that somewhere.
Excellence, you’ve been rummaging through my jacket.
Just admit that.
Yes, I have.
Now that’s funny.
Every Pole, including you, suspects every Russian, including me...
that he’s a swindler, liar and that he informs on people...
...while he himself calmly rummages through the pockets of someone’s jacket...
...with completely clear conscience.
And all of that organically joins in one man. In you.
Forgive me.
You provoked me.
Did you have a romance with Helena?
It depends on what you consider a romance.
Don't tell me, I don't want to know.
You’re lying, you’re desperate to find it out but you’re afraid.
You’re afraid of something that cannot be fixed and that has no further course.
That’s why I am not going to tell you anything.
Are you leaving tomorrow?
Yes.
Oh my. I didn’t make it to bid farewell to our guest.
It doesn't matter.
Wait here, I’m going to the Embassy.
I’ll be right back.
I’d like to talk with you for a moment when I return.
I’ve had a very serious suspicion for a very long time.
Now I have the evidence for the fact that you have been working for the intelligence of a foreign country...
...and that you were recruited.
- Me? - Yes, you.
How would you explain the fact that you were making double duplications?
- How many duplications did I ask you to make? One. - And I did.
No, no, no. No. You are lying.
You were making two duplications. instead of putting the second one to the file cabinet, you took it.
I checked that.
No, it's not like that. Everything’s different.
Mrs Oksama.
I am about to call the Security Service in Warsaw...
...because I have serious suspicions that you were informing your government about our commercial secrets.
Yes. And we're going to lose our helicopter sale contract thanks to you.
This means that you’re going to go to jail.
And your husband can forget about his political career.
No!
It's not like that.
Were you making double duplications?
- Yes, I were. - Were you rummaging through the papers in my drawer?
I know you were...
...as the drawers were signed.
Unfortunately, I set up a trap for you.
And that vomiting of my dog you mentioned and that you had to clean after him...
...was just a contrivance.
No. No, no, you got it all wrong. I’ll explain everything.
- What is there left for explaining? - A lot.
Listen to me.
Waldek brought me here from Moscow after he had finished his studies.
We got married and he let my parents move in here. They live in his house at the countryside.
They take care of our children and the household. Our whole life depends on him now.
Yes. And you ruined his life.
I didn’t do anything, I was just connecting the materials.
Every time he signed something for you, receipts,
invoices for payments, all sorts of papers.
Who knows if he’s not going to find me boring after 10 years.
He's going to be at the age when men think not with their heads but with what they have underneath their pants.
Maybe he comes up with an idea of getting rid of us.
I was connecting this in order to protect my family and have something against him.
Are you planning to... use it against him?
Only if he intends to harm us.
Does he know about this?
No way... But I know he would understand me if he found out.
He studied with us so he knows how difficult life can be.
I beg you, don’t bring an action against me.
I can do everything for you.
Everything.
What do you mean by saying: Everything?
Don’t you understand??!
I have to go to the vet. Didn’t you do anything to him?
No. I swear I did not.
Tell me now what you are going to do with me.
I don’t know. I don’t know, I’ll think about it on the way.
He would live a month, two months more. It's a cancer.
You’re telling me he could live with this...
Yes but if we put him to sleep now, he wouldn't be suffering anymore.
The most difficult thing for a dog is awareness of the fact that he is about to die at the vet's.
You brought him today for the examinations, he does not suspect anything.
It's going to be better both for him and for you.
All that awaits him is suffering.
Is his life worth extending?
Put him to sleep.
What evil have you done in your life, my poor friend?
There’s nothing heft now but death.
Oh, you bit the postman.
You ate Helena’s gloves.
I guess it's nothing and that they’re going to take you without any problem in that...
...hand of eternal hunt of yours, huh?
Hipolit?
It's done... He's no longer with us.
I need to talk with you.
We've already called the taxi, we're about to go to the hotel.
I’d like to thank you for your hosting but we no longer can live under the same roof.
Tomorrow morning I’m going to submit...
...I’m going to submit an application for dismissal from the institution.
You’re always suspecting us of something.
I don’t know, I think you would even suspect God of the worst...
The worst things. Excuse me... Excuse me.
But I never... I don’t get it!
You were an ideal for me! I believed...
...I believed... I don’t get it! Explain that to me!
I... I can understand that you don’t have your own life.
You lost it... and now all you... all you do is draining it from us!
Why do you humiliate us!?
Why do you treat us like shit??!
What have I done to you? What have I done to you??! Answer me!
And Oksama??!
What has she done to you??!
I know you know that!
I know how she... turns you on!
What, am I wrong? See, you’re not even trying to defend yourself!
Am I wrong??!. I’m asking you.
I’m asking you!!
Alcoholic! Swine, pervert.
And it's not only our opinion.
Those guys from Warsaw were sent because somebody informed on you that you suffer from mental problems.
One of them is a psychologist.
He asked us questions about you...
He asked us many times about you but we never deceived you.
It's the cab.
Leave your hotel address.
You’re on duty so all formalities need to be obeyed.
Oh! By the way, you were...
...suspecting Oksama of cooperating with the Russian government.
A fax from Warsaw just came...
...that the helicopter contract was taken by the Italian government.
Helena?
So you did came.
Excellency?
- Nothing’s changed in his room. - Okay.
Bottles are untouched.
The bed is made.
Listen, I think we should call the Russian...
...and ask that Minister of theirs.
He talked with him for a long time yesterday. Maybe he could suggest something.
Has he arrived?
Not yet.
How could he disappear? Where has he gone? People don't disappear.
We're waiting for him.
I’m already hate for my airplane.
When he returns, please give him this photo scrap.
I’ll hand it over to him.
From what I have observed...
...Mr Ambassador had some problems.
Emotional problems.
There’s always somebody on duty at the headquarters... What do you think?
It's high-time we called them...
He's there!
Is everything all right? Is everything fine?
Mr. Ambassador. You really gave us a reason to feel anxious for you.
Excellency, you cannot behave like that!
I have performed a burial ceremony.
I heard...
...music of the spheres.
I’ll try to write it down. Do not try to disturb me.