a film by Anna Melikyan
Mermaid
It happened a long time ago
when I didn't even exist yet.
As my mother told me, at first I was a fish
and I was living in her belly
but then my father appeared and I became a human being.
This is their first date.
My father was a sailor on long voyages
or, as my mother said, very long voyages
That is why I never saw him,
but I was always waiting for him.
That is me, Alisa
The Beginning Alisa is 6 years, 3 months and 8 days
Hey grandma, how old were you when grandpa died?
Twenty five.
Did he love you very much?
Yes... He had bought me ice-cream every day
and presented me gold that your mother now hides somewhere.
Cool. But why didn't you marry someone else afterwards?
I was hoping he comes back.
But he died!
Yes... But maybe he'll come back?
A ship!
No... Your mother's coming.
I've told you a hundred times:
A ship - one whistle, mother - two whistles!
You haven't told me.
Have you asked for a day off on Wednesday?
Dream on.
No, mom, I'm serious.
You promised me.
Such things happen only once in a lifetime.
- Get away from me. - Mom, will you have a day off?
Yeah right. Who will earn your food then?
If I had a day off on each of your whims...
- It is not a whim. - What it is then?
What makes you think you'll be a ballet dancer?
There were no ballet dancers in our family
I danced well when I was young
Great, then you'll come with her on Wednesday.
No, I'm busy on Wednesday.
Then shut up, both of you.
One sits in her chair all day, dressed like a doll, now the other one... ballet dancer!
I work alone every day for you. And I get no thanks.
I am not a work horse.
The most important coach from Moscow will come
A man?
Mother, ballet and the signs of fate Alisa is 6 years, 5 months and 23 days
Mom, please be faster. We'll be late.
We won't be late.
I can't come dressed in some rags, right?
You are late.
What is your name, girl?
Alisa.
The girl is nice. But today the examination is over. Come back tomorrow.
I'm working tomorrow.
I want to be a ballet dancer... I want to be a ballet dancer...
So I didn't become a ballet dancer.
It wasn't my destiny.
Instead, my mother sent me to sing in a choir
because it was close to our home.
poster: "We make your dreams come true. With warranty."
- Hello. - Hello girl.
Hello.
Move faster!
How many times have I told you: don't go to the pier!
You're embarrassing me! You promised!
Mom... Have father come home?
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- Can I rent a room here? - Sure.
Thank you.
Come inside, don't stand on the wind.
Take it.
- Good girl. - Come inside.
- Come here. - Here?
- It's cold today, isn't it? - It's OK...
What are you doing here, daddy?
And what are you doing here?
I'm waiting for you. The ship has arrived.
- Are you a ballet dancer? - Yes.
Beautiful...
- Are you my daddy? - Yes.
Beautiful...
You traitor, you must die!
Alisa!
Help! Fire!
Alisa!
Leave the chair!
Leave it!
Take the granny!
Where should I put her?
Mom... When will daddy come?
What daddy, Alisa?
You don't have a daddy, no one will come.
But it's his diving suit. He should come for it.
What freaking diving suit?
Do you hear what I'm telling you? Daddy will not come.
I saw your daddy only once in my life. He doesn't even know you were born.
Your father is a bastard.
Why are you making my life harder? Don't wait for him. He will never come.
He will never come. He will never come.
When my daddy comes home, I'll tell him everything about you.
It's not true. It's not true. It's not true.
Ladies and gentlemen! The entrance to the end of light is restricted!
Eclipse will happen in 15 minutes local time.
The moon will eclipse the sun at 11:30 and then, possibly, the light will end.
Please remain calm.
You can buy tickets and binoculars in the ticket office.
Don't push one another, there's enough space for everybody.
Pregnant and hypertensive people should leave now.
Famous fashion designer Paco Rabanne officially stated that
because the end of light is approaching, he abandons his work and leaves Paris.
Go ahead, leave...
End of Light Alisa is 6 years, 8 months and 11 days
Ladies and gentlemen! The end of light has ended.
Please clear the square. That's all.
Go away.
One, two...
three, four...
five, six...
At the day of the eclipse
it was very hot.
The sun was very bright.
I was not waiting anyone anymore.
I counted to 20 and decided to remain mute.
Forever.
Why don't you talk, girl?
That's what I said. She's like this for two weeks already.
Since the eclipse. She doesn't talk.
Not a single word.
She'll recover.
When? She must return to the choir.
Solar eclipse is a very rare thing.
It may affect people in strange ways.
It's stress. It will go away.
The stress didn't go away.
I returned to the choir
because the doctor said creative work is good for recovering.
Nobody noticed my muteness in the choir
and the teacher even told my mother that I make good progress.
My mother continued to be angry
and I continued to be silent.
Children, this is a new girl, Alisa Titova.
She doesn't talk.
But she can read and write already.
Go on, first row, second desk.
They put a label on me and sent me to a special school.
As far as I know, it was the only strange effect of the eclipse in our town.
Big changes Alisa is 17 years, 2 months and 10 days
In our school I was an excellent student
and during these years I've learned one trick:
to grant one's wishes.
It's simple: you just need to want something very much,
and it comes true.
One, two, three, four, five
Give me back my gold. I can die anytime.
Our grandma is crazy. She speaks about some gold all the time.
Give me back my jewelry!
Let's go inside the house. We'll postpone our discussion for later, OK?
One, two, three, four, five
I want to go away. One, two, three, four. I want to go away.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten. I want to go away.
Number of victims of the natural disaster is still growing.
A state of emergency is declared along the whole coast.
Tornado took away everything from these people:
houses, living space, and, most important, relatives.
People can't find members of their families.
It's a huge disaster. Everything was taken away from us.
Where can we live now?
Whose fault is this? Tell me, whose fault is this?
This is my, Alisa Titova's, fault
I just wanted to leave this place very much.
I'm sorry.
I found it!
Grandma didn't even understand it's the last time she's wearing her jewelry.
And when mom brought train tickets,
grandma didn't know where the money had come from.
She just asked: where to?
Where to.
When people have no place to go, they go to Moscow.
Moscow Alisa is 17 years, 6 months and 3 days
OK. Almost like home.
poster: "It's good to be home"
Moscow laid down before me in all its might, beauty and abruptness.
Life has started to become better.
Ballet for everybody
I found job very quickly.
In Moscow it's very easy to find an interesting job where you don't have to talk.
In any great biography you can find a period when one worked as a waitress
or as a docker
It's a temporary stage in the coming of every person.
But in my case this stage was taking too long.
Anyway, there were no problems with job.
My mother had no problems too.
Mom found a job in a big supermarket, which was a huge career leap for her.
Fennel is very fresh here.
Here we have milk products, directly from the plant.
Confectionary, 15 types.
Grandma would like this place.
Here we have our own bakery.
We make fresh croissants every day.
Alisa, keep your back straight! You wanted to be a ballet dancer!
And you should use some make-up.
You're a girl! You shouldn't be so colorless.
Here we have fresh meat.
And a butcher of the highest qualification.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Yours? - Mine.
What is your name?
Job offer: cleaning lady
You're late.
Come back tomorrow, from 9 till 1.
Reference for applicants
My mom found an excellent job for me.
It's great I don't have to wash floors and lick envelopes anymore.
It's a good job. Easy one.
The only drawback is the wind from the bottom, and that it's not possible to read.
Otherwise it's fun. Watching the world from inside the cell phone.
Friends Alisa is 17 years, 9 months and 14 days
Hey, cell phone. Where did you buy these boots?
Got a light?
I see. My late husband didn't smoke too.
And? Has he died?
No, I left him.
Hey, cell phone, move a bit.
Do you know that if a pregnant woman often looks on a photo
of a beautiful woman, she'll give birth to a girl who will look similar to that woman.
Do you know why I am so beautiful?
My mother, when she was pregnant, stared at a photo of Madonna all the time.
That is why I am so beautiful.
Even though I failed to get a job in this building,
I was struck by a strong and sudden desire of learning.
There were two tests, both of them in written form.
It would be stupid not to try.
The tests were very simple,
but for some reason I couldn't find my name in the list of accepted students.
Why are you so sad? Did not attain the pass mark?
Don't be sad. This is a stupid university for Downs.
Yeah, just for me.
Girls do not need to study at all. Women are nymphs, their purpose is different.
One... two...
- three... four... - Why the heck do you need to study?
Let's go drink some beer instead.
One, two, three, four...
Why are you so silent? My name is Yura.
...I want to study, five, six, seven, eight, I want to study...
- I want to study. I want to study. - Have you fallen asleep?
Alisa Titova?
One of the accepted students
was, unfortunately, hit by a car.
Your mark is the highest of remaining candidates.
You will take his place. Do you understand?
I need to know what hospital he's got to.
He died.
Congratulations, Alisa Titova!
You are accepted into our university.
poster: "The winner takes it all"
I know.
You are lucky.
It's not true. It's not true.
It's not me.
poster: "Towards your desires"
posters: "Everything is in your hands", "Progress depends on you", "Engine of your desires"
poster: "Bravo"
t-shirt: "It's your choice"
It's not true. It's not true. It's not true.
poster: "Don't be afraid of your desires."
poster: "All colors of your desires"
That's the end. No more desires.
You are really nuts.
What can I tell you about cybersex,
being a man who had it many times?
Cybersex can never replace normal sex.
They provide different levels of sensations.
Cybersex doesn't provide any replacement for sounds of a girl caressed by you
or for a feeling of her nipples getting hard
or how she's trembling
It goes without saying.
By the way, after such a conversation, it's best to have real sex.
While vigor, and not only vigor, is up
And the mood is right.
Listen, I have no time to behave like a stupid romantic.
I could offer you a date and take you to an expensive restaurant
present you gifts on every occasion
meet your parents, make an impression of an intelligent boy on them
and some time later, when they go away on a trip,
you'll invite me home
to fuck like normal people.
Why should we waste so much time when we don't have any?
Let's begin now.
What do you think about blow jobs?
I like them.
Mom, look! The father has come.
Alisa! Why are you sitting on the rock?
I've told you many times: you should wear your knickers!
Do you hear me?
Alisa!
I'm calling you.
Alisa
Good morning, daughter!
Life of an Adult Alisa is 18 years, 00 months, 00 days
It's my first birthday in Moscow.
On a day like this you always expect something special to happen.
Ballet for everybody
A different life
Stretch out. Stand straight.
One, two, three, four
Move your hands down. Keep your back straight.
Jump
Happy Birthday, Alisa!
I don't like football.
I like ballet more.
But so it happened that on that day our team had lost the game again.
I think, to Japan.
Or maybe to China.
I don't remember.
Street disorder started when the team of Russia has lost one goal to the team of Japan
Football fans attacked the policemen who were standing on the square
Then they moved along Tverskaya street and Bolshaya Dmitrovka towards Tverskaya square.
Along their way they kept breaking windows in houses and shops
Police took no actions to stop them.
Do you want to die? Move somewhere closer to the crowd.
Hi mommy, it is me. Mom, I'm sorry I didn't call you earlier.
I'm at my girlfriend's house, we're writing an essay.
We need to finish it till tomorrow. So I'll stay here for the night, OK, mom?
Don't worry. Yes, I've had the dinner.
All right, mom, go to sleep, I'll call you tomorrow.
Kiss you. Bye.
Don't you want to say something?
Come here.
Come closer.
Lean over.
You drunk?
Good girl.
Passport.
Give me your passport.
You won't get any payment today.
Next month you work out the price of the costume.
Thank God, we have enough work.
Your passport will stay here with me.
If you want your passport back, bring me 1000 rubles.
If not - goodbye. Is that clear?
And don't you dare to say anything else!
Ragged goat!
Son of a bitch. Bastard.
Rotten motherfucker. Stinking asshole.
It's not fair, not fair!
It was an unexpected action, it was even shown on TV!
I was standing still, I didn't do anything!
I don't even like football.
Hey you, cell phone. Have you started smoking yet?
I recognized your feet.
Not feeling sleepy?
Me too.
Are you always so quiet?
Do you want to have some fun?
My doctor said that pregnant women should spend more time in places that smell good.
It develops child's sense of smell.
Catch it!
- Son of a bitch. - Get out!
Motherfucker! Purulent vampire!
- Kiss my mother! - Get out fast!
Get out yourself, shortie!
poster: "Everyone is fond of you"
Birthday girl! Come here!
Have you brought me ice-cream, Alisa?
Alisa, daughter. I congratulate you with attaining your majority.
Like they say...
Life is such a thing...
Anyway, I wish you happiness and health. Everything else can be bought!
For growth!
Are you out of your mind?
Love Alisa is 18 years, 00 months and 01 day
I was not expecting him.
He just came upon me in a most desperate moment.
He's got a large forehead
No, really. He's beautiful.
I wonder what's his name.
Sasha.
Alisa.
Nice.
To watch the world from inside the cell phone.
Yes, it's nice.
Sometimes I think
that inside every cell phone there is a small man
Maybe in the next life I'll become such a small cell phone man
Do you think we live multiple times?
Of course.
It sucks.
Are they all flying above us?
I can imagine how crowdy it's there.
I hate crowds.
Everything will be all right
Who are you?
Alisa.
Yesterday we jumped into the river together.
Where?
Into the Moscow river.
You jumped first, then I.
Well done.
Now go away.
My clothes are still getting dry.
And I need to go to work.
I can clean in here in the meantime.
Are you a cleaning lady?
No. I'm a ballet dancer.
OK, you can clean this place then.
Er...
I love you.
- Where? - What?
- Where is the fish? - I...
- Did you touch my fish? - Yes.
- Who do you think you are? - It's in the bathroom.
Who gave you permission to touch my fish?
Where the hell did you come from?
How could you touch my fish?
You put it in that glass, there was no space in it, and the water was muddy
Would you agree to live like that yourself? No plants, no stones, no seaweed
And the water was cold. Do you think you can just put it in the glass and that's enough?
Water should be warm, and the light should come from above.
No light for a long time can cause lead to a long-term stress.
Great... So my fish has got a depression.
Yes. It has feelings too, imagine that.
Besides, it's afraid of reflective bottom surface
What?
You could at least put some sand in there.
You will come twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Don't touch my fish.
Do you have references?
My grandma can recommend me.
I don't need your grandma.
You call yourself a cleaning lady!
I'm a ballet dancer.
Is that enough?
Lock the door afterwards.
Hurray!
Hi mom!
Yes?
- It's me! - You dialed wrong number.
I can't hear you. I'm hanging up.
Alexander Viktorovich, there're clients for you.
New York had been sold for 3 dollars, and it was an absolutely legal deal.
Since 1980 our agency has sold over 1 million land plots on the Moon
and more than 500,000 on Mars and Venus
We have not had a single legal problem in 20 years
Our customers are famous sportsmen, politicians,
actors, as well as owners of the largest banks, casinos and restaurants.
Gosha, let's buy one. And one for my mother.
You've made the right choice. Today we can offer you plots on the visible side of the Moon
near the Sea of Rains
It's a beautiful place, you can see the crater of Archimedes from there
Your plot will be right between Ronald Reagan's and Michael Tyson's.
I don't want to be near Tyson.
Do you expect to live there?
We have other good plots near Prince of Monaco's.
Who is Monaco?
Russel Crowe is not our customer yet, but I think it's a matter of time.
For now I can offer you these options.
A good place near the plot of Krasnodar area's governor
Note that you'll be not only the owner of the land, but also the owner of all minerals
I said you look like shit.
Your mug is too pale.
- You'll probably die soon. - What?
Now you talk like that!
I said you look bad.
And there's not enough spirituality on your face.
What?
Have you brought money?
Give me back my passport.
Give me back my money.
Give me my passport.
Give me my money!
Choke with them.
Hi.
I am the moon girl.
Hi! I am the moon girl!
Hi! I am the moon girl.
Hi. I am the moon girl.
Yeah, I'm watching it now.
Do you think they look like moon girls?
I don't know where, Kostya. I don't know.
I don't need many, I need one.
A single moon girl.
OK, let's try children.
poster: "It's good to be home."
Cow.
Mermaid Alisa is 18 years, 2 months and 13 days
poster: "A different life. How to change yourself in 4 weeks"
One, two...
three, four...
And when I saw you the first time,
I knew immediately that we'll be together.
You were so pitiful, so wet.
I wonder... What did you think when you saw me the first time?
Who are you?
Alisa.
What happened to your hair?
It's just paint.
Do you need money?
No, not from you.
Why?
It's not hard for me to work for you.
Either you work for money... or you're not here. Understood?
OK.
Actually I'm a ballet dancer.
I think you're a fool.
I'm sick of the red.
You just walk with me and move the cart.
You behave like a bitch.
Nothing else is possible with you.
Do you need me just for humiliation?
Who told you I need you at all?
In bed you talk differently
In bed, sure.
- What the heck, I want beer. - It has too many calories
Only the red, if you still haven't got it.
I'm sick of you.
Mom!
Have you washed the car?
I washed it yesterday. Do I have to wash it every day?
You remind me my last mother-in-law. He was just as hysterical.
- Why have you come? - For no particular reason.
Mom, I think I'm in love.
It's bad.
- Does he love you? - Yes.
Rita Alisa is 18 years, 2 months and 20 days
I watch the news all the time.
I like to keep myself informed.
Me too.
What games did you play when you were a child?
I sang in a choir
And we played in Difficult Cities
How is that?
It's when the cities have difficult names that no one can remember.
And you know them.
For example, do you know the capital of Brunei?
No.
Bandar Seri Begawan
- Where is that? - In Malaysia
Or Guangzhou, or Guayaquil
It's somewhere in Ecuador
Nice.
Why are you so green? It's not in fashion anymore.
I wanted one man to like me.
Have you succeeded?
You should charm him. Everybody does that today.
- How is that? - Very simple. Want to learn?
Take a cigarette, write your lover's name on it,
smoke it, and that's all. He's yours.
Let's do it together. I need it too.
- Right now? - Why wait?
- Rita. - Alisa.
Sasha
Alexander
You ready?
Oh, I can't.
Who can then? One cigarettes shortens life by 15 minutes.
- My life? - Whose else?
Then it's OK.
Wish Alisa is 18 years, 2 months and 21 days
Hey, ballet dancer.
Alisa.
What are you doing today?
- As usual. - Let's go drink some coffee.
So suddenly?
I watch the news all the time. I like to keep myself informed.
Doesn't smell at all.
Have you noticed that when people stumble or fall down, their faces become very childish?
Maybe it's because they stop lying.
What games did you play when you were a child?
I played in execution.
And we played in a game called "make a dead man laugh".
What is that?
It's very simple.
One person pretends to be dead, and the other one must make him laugh.
- Let's go. - Where?
Go on
Smile
Kolya
Do you hear me? It's an advertisement
You must smile
If you don't smile, they won't shoot
He'll do everything.
Nickolay, remember the ad of cheese!
Take my boy, he'll do everything right.
Your boy is too big.
- We have an agreement. - We have it too.
- We work in the ad agency. - We also work there.
Our ads are on 5 TV channels
- I never saw them. - That's a shame.
- Smile. Look at his teeth. - Your boy is too big.
Let's show Kolya how to smile.
I need to go to the toilet.
Kolya, please, smile.
- Look at his teeth. - Don't push your boy here, he's too big.
- It's not a problem, he'll sit down. - And mine will smile.
- We are waiting 3 hours for him to smile. - He'll smile now.
Alexander, I think it's not possible to shoot children in this country.
- Hi. - Hi.
Why don't you want to smile?
I can't.
Why?
I miss a tooth.
Alexander! Look at this!
She looks like a moon girl.
Maybe we need to paint everyone green? No, better not.
Volodya, turn the light.
You are lucky.
We should celebrate this.
First date Alisa is 18 years, 2 months and 21 days
So it's all being sold?
No, just the visible side.
But I don't understand. How can you sell something that you don't own?
- How can anyone own the Moon? - No one owns the Earth either.
But plots are being sold.
If no one owns something, then anyone can take it.
This is a big city, my dear.
People survive here according to their own talents and abilities
It's not important what you sell, socks, pants, or the Moon, you just need to sell.
Why would anyone want a plot on the Moon?
To have a place to run away to.
Do you have your own plot on the Moon?
I don't need to run away, it's bad enough here.
- Why? - Do you like it here?
I don't know, I haven't tried everything yet.
For example I never tried pineapples.
You're kidding.
Only from cans. Isn't it a shame?
That doesn't count.
I know. And besides,
I studied in a school for idiots
and I never danced in a ballet
and never ate pineapples. I'm nobody!
Nobody.
banner: "After all we're together"
banner: "Everything is in your hands"
Do you have pineapples?
We're sold out.
Do you have pineapples?
Only in cans.
Fruits, vegetables
Maybe we shouldn?t?
What dead man?
You told me about a dead man...
when one should make him laugh.
It's a game... to make a dead man laugh.
Want to play?
Lie down.
You should lie still like you're dead.
If you laugh, you lose.
- It doesn't count. - OK.
- I'm dead. - You sure?
Don't ask me, I told you I'm dead.
OK, last try.
You lost, it's my turn now.
Hold on, my girl.
I'm holding on 30 minutes already. Maybe that's enough?
You give up?
What a bitch!
Stop the car.
My heart is aching.
If a heart is aching,
it means a meteorite is approaching the Earth.
It's an omen.
This hat suits you.
It's father's.
Won't he look for it?
No. He died.
Do you miss him?
No... I have you now.
Do you want
I can make a wish and everything will be good for you
How is that?
I can make a wish
and everything will be all right. I can do it.
I hate that bitch.
Someday I'll make him eat this fish.
Imagine that!
I'm jealous of a man over a fish.
And he doesn't need anyone except of it.
I am just an empty space for him.
I hate it.
He can sit here and stare at it... the whole evening.
And don't you dare to say something to him.
We're dating for over a year, yet he's not offering me to move to his flat.
He says he needs time.
I can grow old while he makes up his mind.
By the way, do you know how to fry potatoes?
- Why? - His favorite food is fried potatoes.
His mother cooked it for him when he was a child.
So I said...
since we're serious... I said that I can make fucking great fried potatoes.
- So make it. - I can't.
Understand?
One could kill like that.
What about your cigarette? Did it work?
- Yes. - Mine worked too.
- Where are you going? - To work.
Rita! What are you doing here?
Traitor!
I wish you would die.
Asshole, cocksucker, retarded bastard, wanker, shitass, turd...
- Stop screaming, shabby stump - Look at yourself, you stupid nitwit
- I'll call the cops - I'll call the cops myself, you scum
- Don't touch the banner! It's my girl! - Shut up, filthy tramp!
- Get down from there, I said! - She's not a tramp, you're a tramp!
- Go walk somewhere! - You go walk somewhere, you motherfucker!
Traitors
I wish you would die, you traitors! All of you are the same!
I can grant wishes.
Do you want me to grant you a wish?
I can do that.
Tell me your what do you want.
A beer.
No, something serious?
Whiskey.
Chivas. 30 years old.
Once I was meeting a diplomat... he loved me so much.
He loved me to death. He took me to restaurants...
I ate caviar there... black caviar.
and washed it down with whiskey.
Yummy...
Moscow
poster: "Live magnificently!"
Don't postpone till tomorrow
Get yourself a pair
A beer.
No, vodka.
And two packs of condoms.
Is that all?
poster: It's so easy
And one chupa-chups.
Why chupa-chups?
For pleasure.
The lucky one. Is that you?
I'm not lucky.
I thought you don't talk.
- Why are you so green? - It's dye.
- Want some tea? - I haven't come here for tea.
What is that?
No, stop...
I can't like that.
Are you nuts?
What are you doing?
Don't cry.
Everything will be all right Alisa is 18 years, 2 months, 22 days
Look. A plane flies like a bird
I'm not talking with you.
No, I just want to know... Who is that girl in strange costumes?
She comes to your flat, opens your door with her own keys
she comes to your bedroom... Do you think it's normal?
- Let's not start... - I need an explanation.
I already said I don't know who is that.
- You want me to leave. - No.
- You don't even notice how you hurt me. - I don't hurt you.
What about yesterday? I called you, and you said "I'm busy, I'll call back"
I called you back, you didn't pick up the phone.
Yes, because I wasn't talking with you after that.
If you don't want to talk with me, then I don't want to talk with you.
- I want. - Then talk with me!
- You never talk with me! - I talk with you.
What do you think I'm doing now? I'm standing here and talking with you.
That's the end, I'm leaving.
Don't spoil my mood.
Hello, Rita, this is Alisa. Give me Sasha.
What means "give me"? Come and get him.
He's not "Sasha" for you. He's Alexander Viktorovich.
You're a maid. You should call him by full name.
He's not here. He left to the airport.
To fucking Volgograd.
To his next whore.
Airport...
Hello. Sasha? It's Alisa.
Hi, ballet dancer.
Yeah, it's me. How are you?
Bad. A lot of problems this morning.
- I'm flying away. - Flying away?
Yes, I'm leaving for 3 days. I left money for you on the table.
Money... Yeah, thanks. Is it possible for you not to go?
- Why shouldn't I go? - Because that's how it should be.
It's very important. Can you stay?
- Why? - Well, just not go, and that's all.
Alisa, the contract that I'm going to sign is very important
so there should be some very serious reason for me not to go.
- There are such reasons. - What reasons?
My grandma died.
What?
Please accept my condolences.
But... sorry, I've got a call on another line.
Yes, Alisa?
Grandmas, they always die sooner or later...
- I don't know how to condole. - No, you don't understand!
Grandma died, and I'm sitting here alone with her corpse.
I am afraid. You must come here.
Alisa! What can I do? Call your relatives, call an ambulance...
I can't come to you now, I have a plane in 1 hour.
- Where are you with that corpse? - In your house.
Holy fuck.
Today is my day, Tuesday, so I came to your house to clean, and then my grandma came
because we were going to go to ballet studio together, and she was sitting on a chair
and was waiting for me to finish, and then she felt sick, fell down, and died.
That is why you cannot fly, you must come home, it's very important.
Honestly.
Shit.
Yes, that's what I said too.
- Red laptop is vulgar. - And red car isn't?
- You did like it. - Red car is normal.
Why couldn't you at least once choose something of normal color?
Because I like this one. And shut up, I'm sick of you already.
- Fasten your belt and close your door. - Fuck off, my door is closed.
The light is on, meaning your door is not closed.
- Then get out and close it yourself. - If you fall out it won't be my fault.
- You always blame others. - Shut up, boy.
- Shut up yourself, and look on the road. - Fuck off
Now we return again to the most important news of the last hour.
Two planes crashed into one another at 11:30 Moscow time.
The first plane was flying from Moscow to Volgograd, there were 43 people on board,
35 passengers and 8 crew members.
On the second plane, which was flying from Sochi to Moscow,
there were 46 people: 38 passengers and 8 crew members.
Overall about 90 persons died, there are no survivors.
Yours?
Mine.
My daughter.
Looks just like you.
Just imagine that... You wouldn't be here now...
- We would be watching you on TV - Stop that already.
It's just a chance.
It's fucking fate.
What day of week is today?
- Saturday. - And she said Tuesday...
Who?
A girl who cleans my house called, said today is her day, Tuesday, and she...
her grandma died, she's sitting with a corpse. I came there and found no corpse and no grandma.
Wait... What grandma?
- A girl who cleans my flat called me - What girl?
- Is she from the agency? - No, she's from the sea.
What? You just take some strangers from the street?
Have you at least checked her passport?
- Address? Telephone? - No...
If something happens, where will you look for her?
Why should I look for her? On Tuesdays and Fridays she comes herself.
She'll rob you, then you'll know.
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poster: "You are special"
Such things often happen in megapolises.
In Moscow 2000 people die on the streets every year.
It's normal.
It's just fate...
No, really.
It often happens... in megapolises.
Sasha!
Are you looking for someone?
Yes...
For whom?
For you...
I've been looking for you.
I was worried. I was looking for you.
You could have called me.
I go home, turn on TV, and there's this news.
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