THE SIGNAL
I didn't buckle up.
Measure it.
- It's all packed up in the back. - Not a single bar, man.
- I'm leaving on Monday. - You'll be home on Sunday.
We said we were done, okay?
You got it?
- Those were my potatoes. - Chill out.
I haven't even packed my books.
So give me a definite no.
No.
Cops!
- Something wrong? - No, we were just wondering
if there was a pub around here where we could get some lunch...
Take the main road, there's a gas station and a roadhouse.
Excuse me.
So I guess it's some hick town, eh?
I assume your papers are in order.
Of course.
Let's start with the lights then.
Must you always fuckin' smoke?
Yup.
Here.
Let me lose my voice if there aren't two pussies in this town.
Why did you ask me if I wanted to go anyway?
You could've said yes, couldn't you?
If you didn't stop they wouldn't take our papers.
- They may take, but must return. - And return that grand back too?
Chill out, cuz. You are so uptight.
- Relax. Breathe. - Don't touch me!
You fuckin' piss me off.
Who are those idiots?
I hate when we agree on something
and then you do the exact opposite. You don't give a shit what I think.
Yes, I do.
- What if I say I won't do it? - Go ahead say it.
- What's wrong with it today? - The dishwasher dulls the glass.
Stop complaining, you're not in Prague. We all like it.
The only one who likes it is you, Mayor.
- You don't drink enough. - You don't draw enough.
So lower my rent and I'll draw more!
Over in the other village they have a patio and even cook.
It's always full. And there are ten fewer houses.
But they're not on the hill, Karel.
Sell me your half of the pub, I'll hire you and you can chill out!
I'd rather burn it down!
In case you lose the matches.
You won't take it down, it's plastered on.
It's our mayor back when he was a speedway racer.
He's been the king here so long that he's soaked into the wall.
Karel, say one word and you can be mayor yourself.
- And what would you do, Jirka? - Don't bother.
Good evening. Attention please.
- Guys, quiet! - Thank you very much.
Let me introduce myself and my colleague here.
My name is Filip Zachr and here kicking up his heels is
my colleague Nosex.
We're engineers. We work for NBWS,
National Broadcast Wave Split and Monitoring
which carries out signal localization
for international cell phone network providers.
One of the providers is looking to place their transmitter
somewhere in the vicinity of your village.
It only spoils the landscape. All those antennas, right?
We of course acknowledge all these objections
but one also must consider the advantages of wireless connection,
such as speed, internet access and eventually digital TV.
We've already got TV, right?
- What will the village get from it? - As a matter of fact, nothing.
According to the law we need your permission
to allow us to walk on your property.
- So you'll just trample the grass. - Excuse me, what's your name?
- Why? - So we know whose property we don't have access to.
Milan, it's Milan Pajdalík.
Please take Mr. Pajdalík off the list.
After evaluating the results, one place will be recommended.
The contract with the owner will specify the amount paid on the lease.
What lease?
The owner will get a monthly or yearly,
depends on the contract,
payment for the land he provided for building the transmitter.
And how much would it be?
Well, partner, we've come to the rental agreement, your turn.
According to Articles 151n - 151p, on easements,
the rent is from three to five grand a month, depending on the site.
- Euros of course. - Are you nuts?
It's more than a hundred grand...
Thank you for your attention. We'll start monitoring tomorrow.
- Just do it. Screw the grass. - Guys, you can stay at my place.
Why pay for a hotel in town? You'll save time in the morning.
- No thanks, the company covers it. - I have rooms in the back!
- I have five cabins in my garden. - Wait!
Let's put them up at the city hall. There is a sofa bed.
Let's go, Gentlemen.
Hey, Engineer, come here.
Stop by my place for breakfast. You won't be sorry.
Man, five thousand Euros. You're a total nut.
If there are any scratches, they'll kill me at school.
- You could have put a cap there, no? - What do you think they'll do?
Call the cops because they'll realize we've bamboozled them.
I was pissed, okay.
Great.
You're fuckin' up my vocal chords, you know that?
Let's spit then.
You hear it?
What?
The silence.
- Dad sends you... - Come in.
Hey, Engineer, let the young lady in, ok? Don't make her stand there.
Dad is sending you something to drink and eat tonight.
That's nice. Who is your dad?
He works in Mr. Pilka's pub. I mean in our pub.
- His name is Staněk. - I see, Staněk...
- Are you from Prague? - No.
Of course we are. Take a seat.
Here.
How old are you?
- Fifteen? - I'll tell mom we won't make it.
Sixteen?
Mom, I know what time my plane leaves.
In the Highlands.
I am.
Yes, I do.
I'll buy it at the airport.
It's not to spite you, we just happened to get another job.
Yes, apples.
I don't have a rash. Filip doesn't have one either...
Okay. Mom, I'm sorry, I have to go, there are people waiting.
I'm sorry too.
I said it wasn't to spite you.
Hello, Mom!
- Go ahead. - I don't want to use it...
I'm sorry, I just wanted to tell you that it steals coins.
- See. - Thank you very much.
I heard you're going to monitor the signal strength here.
That's right. Good night.
I'm sorry to bother you
but it doesn't happen often that someone like you comes here.
I can see that.
What type of multiple access scheme are you implementing?
Time division or code division? Or something completely new?
You know what it's about?
No. I just know what I've read in a magazine.
Stop by sometime. I live at the other end,
below the orchard.
I'd like to learn something.
If you don't mind. Good night.
I apologize. My colleague is a little... hot-tempered.
And you?
What's up? We're leaving.
You can't be scared of some old fart.
He knew the different types of MA schemes.
You know why that chick came?
Because they ate it up. You're a genius, Kája.
When he sees our meter he will know that we're measuring shit.
And why should he see it?
The strategy is still the same. Select, bang, split. SBS.
I hope you have enough hair for it.
No fruits or vegetables. It just rots in the car.
We take only smoked meat, jams...
and honey.
Mom was really upset.
No wonder. We promised her we'd come.
Sorry, I have to announce it before people go to town.
Dear fellow villagers, this is a municipal announcement.
Today between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. a bookmobile will be at the pub.
Anyone who has taken out any books has until 3 p.m.
Old Šimková is selling cocker spaniel puppies.
They have no pedigree certificates and she wants five hundred.
A dumpster for bio-waste will come on Saturday so don't burn it,
wait till Saturday so we can breathe here.
She's teasing us.
Thank you for your attention and have a good day.
Electricity is in the front hall, so I apologize if it takes longer.
I hate wall plugs. They disturb the space.
So you are an engineer?
- Electrical. - I prefer particle physics
but people are not really into it; it's too small for them.
Going to the root is like digging a grave. You must overcome the fear.
I know that quote about the grave. But I don't recall its origin.
- You also got it in a magazine? - No...
ACCELERATORS, A JOURNEY BEYOND THE BORDERS
You built the first accelerator in this country!
Didn't work.
Josef Prokeš, Associate Professor! But they sold the idea to Canada.
Because the party and the government didn't have it on their agenda.
But we'd figure it out if we had the same conditions as Canada.
I got a research fellowship in CERN I'm flying to Geneva on Monday.
- I thought you'd graduated. - I'm getting... my PhD.
Are you ready for it?
I got a research grant. For the best project.
If you accelerate a particle and its energy increases many times...
...its potential weight increases
and it can set off a nuclear reaction
which enables us to study the most elementary parts of the nucleus.
- And? - And?
There are hadrons, quarks, neutria and strings there.
- And then? - Then, then...
Then the science has to prove it.
So far they're only hypotheses, like the Higgs boson.
You'd flunk my exam.
Why would I flunk? Because I know more than you?
Thank you for coming.
I didn't mean to offend you.
The smallest particle in this world is the idea of it.
The dairy works on 60%. So far.
The locals sell the milk in Austria.
I've offered them a share but nobody can count here.
In the barn will be a straw chopper. I want to make pellets.
- You mentioned breakfast last night. - Are you hungry?
- Why aren't you at home? - Your mother wanted to take a bath.
- Milan could do that! - Are you serious?
Come here, I'll introduce you.
Why don't you put on some better shoes? Where are you going?
This is my wife.
- Filip. Hello. - Pilková.
Make us something to eat. And coffee. We'll be in my office.
Thank you.
A city girl...
Go ahead.
Renewable resources, that's the future.
If I press the pellets, the whole village will profit from it.
No, thank you. Drinking is bad for my voice.
I'll employ at least five or ten people...
I don't understand why you invited me here.
In order to press the pellets, I need to build an oast house.
That's an investment.
I'll get a quarter from local funds,
something from the Ministry of Regional Development.
- And then a loan, right? - You're very sharp.
I thought we'd have to get a pizza.
Thank you. You're very nice.
No, no. Put it here. Go ahead.
Help yourself. Tomatoes...
Come join us for a moment.
This is my son. Right?
One day he'll be the boss here.
You know what, give him a bun. Show him how fast he can eat.
He can eat a bun in five minutes. And he has only three teeth.
Show us your teeth, come on, your teeth.
Excuse me, the engineer has the other engineer here.
Why are you knocking on the glass? It'll be all smudged.
Do I have to repeat myself all the time?
Well, we have to go monitor.
Thank you very much for treating me and about that oast house...
- I'll think about it. - That's nice of you.
- G'bye. - G'bye.
I'm having a small party at the pub. Why don't you two come?
I'd be really happy if you did. The Austrians will be there too.
Great. We'll come.
Asshole.
But you invited him.
I did.
If it works out, I'll make you another one.
Right, boy? You'll have a little brother.
God, love me like I love human stupidity!
He lectured in Paris.
In Oslo.
I guess he wasn't that smart if he didn't stay there.
He did his research here. And then the Commies removed him.
They didn't want him to let the world know
that they stole and sold his knowhow.
By the way, that hick wants to build an oast house for several million
and needs to pay off the loan.
The deal was we don't take money.
- You set the rules. - So I revoke them. Come here.
Did you smoke?
I was nervous.
This is what you wanted?
You know how he treats his wife?
Like a cow that gives him calves.
I wouldn't have a problem taking a hundred grand from such a jerk.
- But that's a crime, right? - Jeez, Kája.
You know how much a chorus signer makes? Fifteen grand before taxes.
Well, did you find it?
- What? - The signal of course.
I see. Kinda.
My colleague is working on it.
- He can tell by the resonance. - I see.
All this is Mato's, the bus driver.
Did you go down by the stream?
I have a little grove there, birch trees. You can't miss it.
But they could be cut down.
Do you want some mushrooms? I can pick some.
No, thank you, we're busy.
Okay then. Go all the way down to the water, and you'll see. Bye.
HAPPY 50TH, PILKA
Two, four, six, eight. Twelve!
Grandpa had twelve tables here.
How did he get it so full?
I told you put the knives in flat.
I didn't notice it, I'm sorry.
It could've happened to me too.
You're so sad.
Why should I be sad, we're doing well, right?
I'll sell the pub to Pilka and that's it. We'll move into town.
But you wanted to have the pub like grandpa.
Grandpa...
Last night I sold fifteen beers. They don't wanna deliver anymore.
Because you are too nice and everybody takes advantage of you.
Twelve tables...
It was supposed to be a prank! But this is theft.
Come in the water, come on!
- You know what you're doing? - Me?
I'm going home.
- How many do you have? - Exactly ten.
The same year of manufacture, the same factory, like virgins.
When they're fifty, they'll be classics.
Then I'll sell them in Austria, I already have a buyer.
I wanted to conserve cars
but my old lady says that it takes too much space.
- And are they all...? - From the first kick-start.
I used to work as a mechanic at a speedway.
If you let it cool down, it makes a stain.
Thank you for the ride.
Wait, Mr. Engineer...
I don't want keep you...
It's not about me.
When these girls ripen, I'll be loaded.
But if you're still not sure which place is right for your antenna,
the village could provide one.
Look, there are so many things falling apart here.
I don't want someone with the most money to seize control.
I want this village to blossom, to flourish.
We have a partner village in the Tyrol and you'd be surprised;
it's like a cute little garden, a paradise.
We need new sidewalks and also a sweetshop.
Everybody in the Tyrol meets in a sweetshop.
They also have a library and stationary bikes.
You know what I mean?
You think we do it for money?
You know how much we make? You don't. So multiply it by three.
Pilka doesn't need money. My dad won't get out of debt without it.
Jeez, I'm telling you we don't care about the money.
Just the opposite, I think it's much nicer
when people are honest,
when they are close.
And smell nice...
Happy?
Better then ripping people's hair out.
So you'll give it to my dad?
We'll think about it.
First just the two of us, and then I'll interpret it for my colleague.
- What's your problem, man? - Save something for later.
- Am I interrupting something? - You are, man.
- Couldn't you wait? - When she knocks your teeth out?
What do you mean? She's hot, I almost did her.
I can smash your face in too.
- You're jealous. - Of what?
Of me! You were always jealous.
Even your mom says it, that's why she doesn't like me.
She doesn't like you because you told her she's a witch.
Well, she is a witch.
So you like that chick, eh? You want her, huh?
- Did you run out of air? - My vocal chords, man.
Now you'll sing only female parts.
I'll really hit you if you don't let go.
Are you crazy, or what?
I just don't want you to promise her something.
You really tore it, man.
- Do, Re, Mi... - You said only money, right?
Now the money's okay, eh? Stealing, eh?
Come look at it.
- Yuck. It's fine. - And in the back? - Nothing.
So you agree with taking the money?
You know that for a long time I thought you were gay?
I am not!
"I am not!"
So you don't wanna check out her boobs?
No.
"No."
- No! - "No!"
Hi!
Servus.
Alles gute!
Weitermachen, ja?
For this I'm really gonna report you, Prokeš.
This is too much.
I can take a lot but when it comes to village matters...
- I'm gonna do it. - See this monument?
Commemorating the local builders? The Bolsheviks?
That's not why you should piss on it.
I'll piss on it as long as it stands here.
- It's a historic site. - Since it has your old men's names?
What did they build? I'd be ashamed!
This monument will stay here! It's on every map.
Or give me a hundred thousand and I'll have your name chiseled on it.
As long as I am a mayor here, this monument will stay.
They have one in Austria too. All lit up.
It's our tradition.
I can't go on.
Finished. Three-fifteen.
So I guess this year I'll be cleaned out by my guy again.
- A deduction from my income, Boss. - Next!
Time it, Mayor!
Let's go.
Five!
- Dad, don't be nuts. You've asthma. - Ten!
Stop! Twenty-two.
- You want that chick or not? - Leave me alone, okay?
- Thanks. - Bon appétit.
Thank you.
- This is what you wear to a party? - The horseradish is on the table.
- See him? - Relax. Maybe he lives here.
We're here looking for the right spot for a transmitter.
No one's gonna try to swipe those five grand from Pajda? No?
Nobody? It's yours then.
One round on me for everyone.
Hold on! Here the engineer wants to try it.
- Right? Give it to me. - What are you doing?
He is the best horseradish grater I know.
But careful, it's Chinese horseradish. Extra strong.
- That only cheers up the champion. - I don't wanna do it.
- She's waiting for it, man. - I don't wanna do it!
So say a definite no!
Think about how you don't need any oxygen.
One minute!
Two minutes!
Three-fifteen!
Four-twenty!
Mayor, are you timing it?
Five!
You can stop now.
Six!
Karel, another fifty!
Come here, come on!
So you're monitoring something here.
We're scouting locations for building GSM transmitters.
Why didn't you say something? I would advise you.
We didn't want any fuss around it. It's about money.
Your questions were different too.
I have a meadow here, my old man's. Before the village, on the left.
- We're monitoring everywhere. - That's good.
I wouldn't wanna get involved.
You're lucky our computer at the station got busted.
Thank you.
- We'll monitor it in the morning. - Okay, go ahead.
Maybe you should get it stitched.
I wouldn't have time to get it taken out anyway.
Why? Are you gonna die?
- I'm going to Switzerland on Monday. - Really?
To Geneva. They have the second fastest accelerator in the world.
Great conditions, better than the Canadians.
Do you like physics?
Not really.
I go to a nursing school and help my dad here.
He does everything alone.
That's so nice of you.
Mr. Engineer, so it won't be so bad, eh?
It's torn. Might need stitches.
- Come dance with me. - I have to help my dad.
I'll buy another keg if you really tire me out.
That's what will help Staněk the most.
And we can think about the rent.
I'll come.
Good girl.
- Take it. - It's yours.
It's for the keg. If you don't go there.
I'll give it to Dad.
Twenty grand is a pretty good offer, right?
It's not even a third of a month's rent, so I don't know.
Take him home. It's late. Why don't you take him home?
- Your mom will take him. - Mom will pick a ticket now.
We won't close before three. You can come back.
Lída, smile at me.
Smile.
Since I don't have anything I could offer Mr. Pilka,
I will redeem with a song.
I can kinda sing.
- Do you hear it? - Yup.
He could be a superstar.
I am sure he will be.
Wait...
It's hot.
He's good in whatever.
Except math...
As a little girl I sat here
even a whole afternoon sometimes and waited for her to call.
- Who? - My mom.
She doesn't live here with you?
Dad said he talks to her often and I thought on the phone.
Wanna come up?
Wait.
Can you slap me?
Why?
I quit smoking pot.
Want some help?
It's light.
You sing nice.
- I know. - Lída!
Take the ham too.
They won't eat it anyway. It's a waste to leave it there.
- What's wrong? - Nothing.
So why are you staring at me like that?
- Do you wanna walk with me? - You know how busy I am?
You know how much he asked for? He wants 70 grand.
I gotta bring it down by half.
I'm gonna go home. I don't feel well.
Okay, we'll clean up tomorrow. Staněk can fuckin' wait.
- I'll come as soon as I can. - Bye.
- Will you give me a hand? - Sure.
Seventy thousand?
This is CERN. The European laboratory for particle physics.
This is where I'll be for the next six months.
Twenty-seven kilometers of electromagnetic field.
Once we were on a school trip at a brewery in Humpolec.
They had pipes like this there too.
And huge vats.
It's the smallest reactor in the world.
Twenty cubic centimeters.
It's not that little.
I'm sorry, I have trouble concentrating.
So think about something else.
What are you thinking about?
If the guys from the city shave all over.
- Let's move on! - Wait!
It's that engineer, right? He's shaving, his willy.
- What's all over? - Well, all over.
- Wait. What are you doing? - What do you think I'm doing?
- Are you sure? - Pretty sure.
Wait, you have to unhook it.
- You'll break my arm. - Jeez. Just don't bring up physics.
You know you kind of remind me of an atomic nucleus?
Everything about you is somehow charged and connected.
- Come here. - Wait, the pants.
Stop it.
I really don't care that you are older. I really don't mind.
I don't want to sleep with you.
I see.
Wait...
Come to me.
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Get out of here.
I refuse to breathe it.
So don't breathe.
Get up.
We have company coming.
- Who? - The sponsor.
Of this.
But she has a child.
Dude, a woman with a child is the best kind.
She wants nothing from you.
Just an orgasm.
It's been a really good year.
If I drum into their heads that
they look like an atomic nucleus I wouldn't get laid once.
I remember the audio play about Unscrewy.
They played it last night on all the post speakers.
Fuck...
I told them that in the evening we'll announce whose land we chose.
That jerk from the farm will give me 70 grand. You get it?
Did you really hear everything?
Don't worry about it. We'll take the money and run. SBS, okay?
- I have a date. - Forget it.
You know the rules? No contacts.
I hope you didn't give her your number?
This is from that old fart.
Fuck! Those bastards.
Chill, chill!
Wait! Take it off!
No, man. From the other side. Say nothing about the van.
Let's just drop it. We'll find some tires and split.
- I don't care about the money. - Seventy grand in ten minutes!
- You wanna leave it here? - I've had a great time here.
If I don't open, then no money, okay?
- Well? Should I open it? - No.
I'm sorry about the mess. We partied last night.
Thanks to you, of course.
I don't care.
I wanted to invite you for lunch but my wife is sick.
We've measured a sufficient charge on your land so there's no problem.
I want to believe that this will fix it once and for good.
May I ask you what's wrong with your wife?
This is all I found.
- How much do I owe you? - That's okay. Hold on...
My father-in-law painted it. Supposedly it has historic value.
It'll make me happy.
- How much do I owe you? - Nothing, it's okay.
- It has a tread. You can toss it. - Thank you.
G'bye.
Mr. Engineer!
May I?
- What is it? - It goes with it.
Thank you.
Mr. Engineer! I heard you need some tires.
I'll make you an offer, Mr. Engineer.
- I couldn't make in the morning. - That's okay.
Here, this is the rent money we pay Pilka.
Take it and give that transmitter to my dad.
I don't want it.
- Did Pilka overpay me? - No, nobody would overpay you.
So you just did it for that?
Of course not. Did you?
Yes.
Switzerland is full of girls.
Move it.
Stop it. Come here. Come on.
- Did I say something? - You're not saying anything.
You never say anything. How can I know what you like?
You should know by now what I don't like.
I'm sorry,
I'm an idiot.
I wanted everything to be nice again.
I needed you so much last night.
Your hair's greasy.
Too much happened last night, you know.
The booze, those bastards...
Don't worry, everything will cool down again.
Then I'll buy you a car.
You wanted a car, right?
- The boy's crying. - Wait.
You'll go see your mom again. You'll go anywhere you want.
Don't go anywhere with that. People won't understand.
Ninety-one, ninety-two...
Ninety-six grand, plus the gold, and the picture,
plus this and twenty cubic meters of wood from the mayor.
You know how much we could have made if we took money everywhere?
And you know how much we can make next year?
- I have to talk to him. - Forget it.
- Everyone's eating now. Let's go. - 30 minutes.
Why, man? Do you realize we're loaded?
Fifteen minutes!
- You must publish it. - The Science Academy rejected it.
Science fiction is supposedly not my field of expertise.
You're the first person who read it without any prejudice.
- When did they turn it down? - Thirty years ago.
Some parts I rewrote as they wanted but the comrades rejected it anyway.
When you said that the smallest particle is the idea of it,
I thought it was stupid, I'm sorry, but it's true.
I thought you were some old fart who was out of it.
But this is the hypothesis and the way to an answer. A new course.
- Where are the tires? - Fifteen minutes, eh?
- Fifteen minutes! - I'm sorry...
I loaded it all up, took a nap since the boy's taking his time...
- That's impossible. - That's what it is, all right!
Come on, let's go over the hill.
- What about the car? It has plates. - Not anymore.
The car is registered to the band. I'll say it got stolen.
- That cop won't report it. - He'll give them our description.
You're flying away and I'm gonna be on a tour.
I'm not going back to that pub, okay?
We collected over a hundred grand. People kill for less.
It was that jerk from the farm.
We'll give it back.
Right. We'll say we're sorry we screwed you over
but now, when we see that you're really upset,
- we'll give it all back to you. - Right.
But I'm not gonna give them anything, you get it?
They're dirty, not us. We are their conscience.
Wait, let me think...
What an idiot! Kája!
Come here!
- We're splitting it 50/50? - We'll go there tonight...
- Great! Shall we take our rope? - We're their conscience.
You think they'll admit that they bribed us?
- In front of each other? - It's how you think, not them.
Don't yell. They're more scared than us. They fear each other
and together they fear Pilka. Opposite poles. Magnets.
What are you talking about?
How did you get that idea? The rule of three?
- Let's say Pilka won. - I see. And?
- The rest will get compensation. - What compensation?
Nothing. We'll split at night. We'll have ten hours to disappear.
You are really naive, man. You think they'll let us go?
They stole the tires in 50 seconds. You know what a lynch is?
First we have to get out of this municipal cage. Let's go!
Where?
To your Einstein. He's the only one who didn't give us any money.
How much did he give you?
- Four. - Four thousand?
What does he think he can get for four thousand?
You're gonna give it back to him, now.
He wants me to publish his theory under my name.
I mean I want it.
Where are you taking your bags? I hope you're not running away.
Mr. Prokeš has invited us to stay with him.
You can still use the office.
My colleague and the associate professor kind of know each other.
- Associate professor? - At Prague Technical University.
Old Prokeš?
- Teaching how to wreck a house. - Nuclear physics.
Okay, whatever. The meeting is at seven.
- We got a deal, right? - Of course. - Watch out!
Hi, Karel.
- Hi, Karel. - Hey.
- Hello. - Thanks.
What do you want?
I don't buy girls.
Kája, wait.
Do you like mustard?
Give me your number.
I can't.
- You're disgusting. - No, wait. I'll explain it.
- I can't because of my job. - Enough of this disgrace.
Good evening.
Well, we conducted the expert monitoring
in your village...
We conducted the expert monitoring of selected locations
and compared the results with the client's requirements.
The results are shown on the chart.
We are pleased to declare
that your village meets
the required limits in several locations.
- What does it mean? - It means
that all measured values are over the required minimum level
and it would be possible to build the transmitter on those properties.
- You mean on all of them? - Exactly.
And don't you think that on some properties,
perhaps like the municipal one, the signal is better?
Sir, this is not cheese. The signal is simple here.
And it's everywhere.
- We gave you what you wanted. - You gave them something?
- I mean accommodation and stuff... - Come on.
Isn't it a strange coincidence?
What do you do
when everyone thinks the transmitter should be on his property?
In such situations we leave the decision up to the locals.
No, you have to decide it.
Wait! He is right, no?
It's our business.
We can discuss the possible compensation with the others.
I mean if you understand... But leave your decision for tomorrow.
No, we'll decide it right now!
Let's decide by a lottery. I suggest social security or house numbers.
But that's not objective. Mato here is a magician.
- I'll keep an eye on it. - Do you have a plot below the woods?
- That has nothing to do with it. - It has a lot to do with it.
What about that dump, Mayor? Tear the slips with the names.
Mato, show him that trick with the numbers.
No paper slips.
- What are you doing? - I'll return the money.
- I'm tired of it. - You can't do that, man.
- I would like to apologize... - The Královka!
- It's objective, the Královka! - It's objective nonsense.
- No one has a bike anymore. - What about the mayor?
Forget it!
- Those bikes are worthless. - But one day they won't be.
The engine that stands still is dead anyway.
What is Královka?
A ruin. We used to have a hill climb race there.
As late as 1993. Starting at the monument.
The tradition is important for the village, right, Mayor?
Next year you'll invite the Austrians.
- You think so? - Of course.
Come on, Mayor! It won't hurt you.
OK, but the paper will have a photo.
And if you lay it down, you'll pay to fix it.
- You enjoy the show, eh? - The decision is up to you.
- You'll have to live with it. - I like it.
Karel...
Whatever.
Let's go across the orchard.
Relax, everybody will be gone tomorrow.
I guess you don't have a car, do you?
What for?
Can I ask you something?
Why didn't you leave back then? Kája told me you're a wiz.
Because what's essential I discovered here.
That the outlets don't go on the wall?
No, I found humility in the face of what we can't change.
Is Filip here?
Yup.
- That bastard. - You don't know him.
You know I don't miss it.
Take me away.
We didn't even have...
I'm not ready to take care of anyone.
You think I'm that stupid?
I just want you to give me a ride.
I didn't see my folks for three years. He won't let me go anywhere.
Will you take us?
Nobody will take the road further than the turn!
The bikes don't have plates.
The rules are the same.
Take any road but don't break my bikes.
All the way up to the castle, there you'll get stamped and return.
The one who first shows Prokeš the stamp, wins.
Who will start it?
Where did you get it?
I have a permit for it, it's clean like yours.
Fire into the air.
Damn guys, don't crank it up so much, it's not a Honda.
Be gentle and change the gear on time.
Stop.
Look...
- We can't steal it. - We stole much more, no?
We'll leave it at the train station, we'll just borrow it.
- I'll drive. - Why, you got the license?
I have a technical degree.
A technical degree?
You can't even kick-start it. Let me drive.
- No gas. - Great.
Let's push it then.
Prokeš didn't mention this hill.
Last time he was on this road, he was busted by the secret police.
Put it on the stand, guys. You'll scratch it, damn it.
- Is anyone here? - I need a stamp.
I'm from a tourist club. If you mean the company stamp.
- No, the summit stamp. Come on! - Let's go.
- What's the problem? - It's an event, so he doesn't work.
- Hey, respect, okay? - So move your ass or else...
Or what? I know who you are. Here the darky drives the bus.
- What did you say? - I'll charge you for that.
- Why? Does he drive the bus? Yes. - What the hell are you doing?
- Careful with the toy soldiers. - Rank how everyone arrived.
- Who was first? - Why are you horning in?
- He was first at the stamp. - But my bike was first.
- What are you doing? - Screw you!
We have rules.
Stop it. Jeez, stop it!
You know what they're building outside?
We're all idiots!
Houses!
What's up?
Look cool. We just went for a ride into town.
On the mayor's bike?
Leave it to me.
- Don't stare at them, man. - That cop is there too.
- Let's run across the field. - Calm down, let's not panic.
What can they do to us? We're all just people, right?
We can strike a deal.
A bus!
Wave, wave!
Wait!
They'll take what's theirs and it'll be fine.
What do you want for four grand? Gratitude?
- They'll never let us go. - Jeez, stop it.
What would they do to us? They've nothing on us and they know it.
They won't rub it in.
I was supposed to be at CERN on Monday.
Okay, we've had some fun, good laughs
and now it's time to straighten some things out.
- We didn't do anything. - Of course not.
- You just don't have a license plate. - Because it was snitched.
I wouldn't bring up stealing.
Look, you borrowed something from the guys here.
- Let's call it a prank. - A prank.
- And now you want to return it, eh? - So take it! - Shut up!
- It's in the laptop case. - Shut up.
- It can't be. - Am I not being clear?
You fuckin' Samaritan chicken. Whom did you give to? That girl?
- Who had it with him all night? - For getting laid once in your life.
- Guys, stop it! - Let him go. - You bastard!
My parents were right. You're a retard with a saintly mother.
- Leave my mom out of it. - Stop it!
I should have known right away. I will fuckin' kill you.
- Come on, do it. - Put it away.
Let them sort it out by themselves. It'll save us work. Come on. Here!
You're a bully too who can only beat his wife when he fucks her.
Come on, Karel, leave him alone.
Come here!
Let go of him, Karel.
I'll give it back to you when you cool down.
Enough! Leave him alone, Karel!
- Fuckin' leave me alone. - Calm down.
They robbed us and you let it happen, as always.
- Where is it? - Ask him.
I don't know. It was there.
Lock them up in the pub. I'll call a meeting of the village board.
Let's go!
- You too. - Calm down! Come on, move it.
You make me sick. Sick!
Next time save yourself the trouble.
Would you shoot me?
My throat's starting to hurt. That's fucked up.
If my vocal chords swell up, I can forget the tour.
You fuckhead.
So a projector, laptop and a meter.
I guess it's worth sixty, seventy thousand.
What we are doing is stealing.
- And what did they do? - We were stupid.
This is ridiculous!
You circle around it like a vulture and wait for it to die.
You know very well that we can't let them go.
So we should bury them in the dirt? You watch too much TV.
- I'd at least save the little guy... - Nobody wants to hurt them.
What are you doing?
The village will keep it and everybody will benefit from it.
Especially you, huh? I put in seventy grand.
- You asshole. - What, me?
- What if I gave seventy grand too? - Where would you get it?
- Me too. - We all gave them seventy.
Right, all of you...
- Olala. Veronika. - Idiots!
Come on, put it away.
This is so embarrassing.
It's not mine.
I hate purple. You should know that.
Does he wear it?
- Shouldn't you go there? - No.
I don't get involved in quarrels, that's what lawyers are for.
Guys, we have elections in six months.
The district might send an audit here, a lot of people will come.
I suggest we leave them there till morning and then let them go.
Who agrees raise your hand.
Okay, done.
Kája!
Kája.
Let's go.
- Do you have a pen? - A pen?
- You must leave. Pilka is crazy. - What about Filip?
Forget him. He would do the same.
Take it to the car.
It'll be good for watching soccer.
Or the news...
You can't grow it but you can smoke it.
Guys, let's forget the sidewalk, no one will use it anyway.
Let's buy a projector for the village.
For education activities, like they have in the Tyrol.
Buy me new chairs. I'll paint the place in the fall.
Dry!
The last keg is downstairs where that bastard is. I can make tea.
Tea? It's the end of the world.
We'll drink tea.
- Someone's septic tank burst. - It's a shotgun. - It was a shot.
- What are you doing? - Leave me alone!
Back up.
I'm cleaning up this town. From the parasites and dirt.
Karel, give me that gun!
I said, stay away from me.
Karel!
- Do something! - He's dead. - That's fuckin' good.
Asshole.
- Hey! - Fuckin' asshole!
Asshole!
You are such an idiot. You know what you've done?
- This is gonna affect all of us! - No way. I just drive a bus.
Let me get the other one too! I'll kill him and no one will know.
Karel is right. What else can we do?
He should shoot him too.
We'll dump them in the sewer system and they'll just be water.
That's crazy.
Give me that gun.
- Karel, wait! - Let me in there.
- Open it. - Here.
Come on!
- I am gonna report it. - Wait!
- Mato, you go there. - Me? - Go in there.
- Why me? - As a Gypsy you don't mind blood.
- Where did you get that? - Here, let me open it.
Shit.
I guess you won't come see me, huh?
So we'll meet in Prague. When you get to school.
By then you will be with anorexic Swiss chick.
Fuck the Swiss chicks.
He'd shoot me like a pig.
We'll have a cell phone signal here next month so you can call me.
- Okay. - Okay.
Let's go. Move.
What are you doing?
Let me drive or I'll burn it.
You'll do what I tell you to, okay?
She's coming with us.
It might have stayed open. The doorframe is buckled.
It's all wet in there.
Karel, stop it. What are you doing? Stop it.
Get the car!
Don't go anywhere. It's enough.
Let's go to bed.
- When did he take it? - I don't know. He's a genius.
He's a bastard.
What was it?
- Go, come on, go! - Don't touch me.
What an idiot!
- We'll make it, come on! - We won't. - Yes we will.
Don't go there.
Go.
Guys, look at the monument.
Let's go, it's time! Let's go.
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