FILM 13
All animals are pack animals.
And a loner has a whole pack within him.
No signs of a struggle.
They just took her down and butchered her.
It’s the fifth one.
You study serial killings.
Can you tell me why they do it?
-Well, the motives are different. -There’s only two.
Power and lust. Everything boils down to these two. What’s this? We haven’t touched anything yet.
Good job.
Could you get us some coffee, Captain?
What?
Where am I going to get you coffee here?
You’re a detective. Search.
Do you have to do that all the time?
-It’s easier this way. What do you see? -She came here on her own.
She brought shoes.
CASTING CALL PASS
She changed shoes and clothes and folded her things neatly.
Don’t be shy. Look closer!
She shaved.
Makeup, hairstyle.
Manicure.
She was ready. Only for what?
Red Lucky Advertising Agency.
The TV show A Star is Born.
Pass to the studio. Pass to the studio.
An actress or a model.
Only what’s she doing here?
What makes people victims? Hope, again.
What do you see?
Don’t use your eyes. Use your instinct! Tap into your instinct.
What do you feel?
-Answer me a simple question. -What?
Why did you kill her?
You aren’t ready.
Yes?
Okay, I’ll tell him.
Bergich called.
He said your evaluations came back, and he wants to see you.
Have you been examined?
How come you didn’t tell me?
Do you feel it?
I love you.
There’s some confusion here about these materials.
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION CONCLUSIONS
Will you help explain?
What is it?
Here are two medical conclusions about Meglin.
Four months apart.
One is in June when, as I understand it, you started your training.
The second is in October.
They’re completely different.
Is it a mistake?
What’s funny?
Nothing. I just remembered a saying.
Do you know what a miracle is?
What?
God’s mistake.
Happy birthday!
Congratulations, Daughter.
Thanks, Pop.
I decided to drop by.
I never know when I’ll see you.
Sasha said you’re having dinner with friends tonight.
What else did Sasha say?
You’re being that way for no reason. He’s a good guy.
-He worries about you. -Can he stop worrying about me?
-Am I giving him any reason to? -I didn’t come here to argue with you.
I thought you needed this right away.
That’s really nice of you.
I needed it. Thank you.
Do you want to go home afterwards? We could leave in the morning.
Pop.
I understand. I understand.
All right. I’ll see how things go. I’ll call you.
Okay.
-Well, bye. -Bye.
I have to go.
MARINA VASILEVA - ACTRESS, MODEL
Hello. I looked up your pretty girl.
Lately, she was looking for happiness at the Ordynka production center.
Photo shoots, advertising, and selling herself.
Write down the address.
A strange tradition.
Birthdays?
You acknowledge these markers… on the road to what?
But still you count them and rejoice as they fly by into the abyss.
As usual, you have a lust for life.
Am I right in taking that as congratulations?
Thank you.
This evening, I’m having some friends over at a restaurant on the riverside.
Maybe you can drop by.
You know I…
don’t really like people.
And they feel the same about me, so…
I’ve had more than enough of you.
Can we look at this girl?
I wouldn’t suggest you work with this girl.
Why? She’s beautiful.
Well, yes.
But she’s hard to deal with.
-How do you mean? -She thinks very highly of herself.
There was some work that involved nudity. She agreed at first.
And then said, “No, I can’t go.”
And I had everything ready. My client was there.
Basically, she screwed me over.
It was good that I found a girl at the last minute.
I just went to the café and…
Will you two be together?
What?
Will you be looking together, as usual?
Looking together as usual, yes.
Girls.
When she kills them, how come they don’t fight back?
Well, shall we? Yes?
-What’s your name? -Svetlana.
Svetlana. Undress, Svetlana.
Is this a casting for a TV series?
Of course. For a series. You’ll play a victim.
Undress.
Sit on the stool. Relax.
Go ahead. Relax everything.
Close your eyes.
The role is like this.
Relax.
Do you understand now?
Which channel is this for?
For the biggest, honey.
Do you like how you’re spending your birthday?
With you, on the job-- can’t think of anything better.
Hello, girls!
-Hello. -What, are you on a casting call?
Yeah, and you?
Yeah, I do casting calls.
-No way. -Yeah. Fashion, advertising-- all of it.
I’m a photographer.
-Yeah? Can I have your card? -I don’t give out cards.
Then the calls will never stop.
Let’s do this. I’ll take your picture,
and then when I need something in your look, I’ll give you a call
Agreed?
Let’s take a selfie.
Here we go!
Boobies!
Awesome.
Vanya!
Girls, write your numbers down for me, okay?
I told you not to drink.
-Anya, it was just a little. -Do you need it for courage?
Today is your turn. Are you ready?
Who are you?
-Anya, you don’t have to. -I’m asking you, who are you?
-A predator. -One more time!
I’m a predator.
-One more time! -I’m a predator.
Don’t scream. Don’t go crazy. It’s my birthday.
Well… Can you tell me, simply?
MEDICAL CONCLUSIONS
I just didn’t want to get your hopes up earlier.
But you have a positive outlook!
And what does that mean?
It means we underestimated you.
Your body is a lot stronger than I thought.
And if you take a leave of absence now,
then we can fight for you.
You have a chance!
And if I don’t take one?
It’s seems like an obvious choice!
But apparently not!
It’s either the beginning of your recovery…
or the beginning of the end.
You should believe that everything is possible in your case.
-What’d he say? -I’ll live.
For a while.
Mishanya!
Kolya!
-Why are you here? -A case, Kol. A case.
You brought your wife? She’s beautiful.
Listen, can I talk to you for a minute?
You can talk in front of her.
Have me released.
Talk with Bergich.
I can’t. You know that.
Mishan.
The doctor wanted to use electroshock.
I’m starting to lose my memory. I’m forgetting my own name.
I’m sorry.
I can’t. Mishanya!
Mishanya!
Is there really no other way?
In the ’80s, Pleshakov was in charge of the Moscow region.
Maybe you’ve heard of Lesnik?
Yes, I read his case. He abducted children.
Near the road by the Young Pioneer camps.
He led them into the woods and kept them at his house with toys.
He taunted them, raped them, then killed them.
Pinochet was 12 years old. His brother was seven.
Lesnik held them for three weeks.
His brother immediately broke down.
But Pinochet kept thinking and watched. He’s an intelligent guy.
He stole some change and pried the nails out of a window.
When Lesnik fell asleep-- passed out drunk--
he took his brother and climbed out.
If Lesnik had woken up, of course, he would’ve caught them.
So Kolya did it right.
He locked the doors and windows and burned the house down.
And then?
He didn’t know that his brother had gone back for a toy.
Then he said he heard a child scream,
but he was sure that his brother was waiting in the woods.
When he realized what happened, he lost his mind.
Severe psychosis.
He spent 20 years in a psych ward on drugs.
They let him out.
He heard crying. Vanya was calling him.
First quietly, then louder.
Kolya! Kolya!
When the cries became unbearable,
he burned down a house.
He chose somewhere on the outskirts of the city or out in the country.
He burned up an old woman on social security.
I barely pulled Pinochet away from the crowd.
When he realized what he’d done, he tried to kill himself.
They resuscitated him.
He spent three years on powerful psychotropic drugs.
They gave him electroshock.
Now every year…
he spends a month with Bergich.
Electroshock and psychotropics.
Otherwise, he’ll burn down another house.
ISTRA SCHOOL No. 202
We studied together at the pedagogical institute.
Then she left to conquer the capital.
I always knew she wouldn’t stay here long.
-Everyone knew. -Why?
Well, you saw how she looks.
Do you want me to show you a graduation photo?
-We’d love that. -One second.
Here you go.
Do you see how pretty she is?
She always stuck out.
The prettiest girl in school and in the class.
She was Miss City.
We were all jealous of her.
Who’s this girl here?
With the harelip.
That’s Anya Sviridova.
And she doesn’t have a harelip. It’s a scar.
-Her father hit her. -For what?
Anya liked a boy named Vadim.
They always made fun of Anya a little. She was strange.
But the girls paid a lot of attention to Vadim.
He actually got together with Marinka.
I’ve already forgotten what happened to them.
Basically, Vadim dumped Anya, and she beat him up.
Can you imagine?
The guy was an athlete.
All in all, her dad took her out of school,
and she came back with her lip like that.
How could we meet with her father? Do you have his address?
He was killed six years ago when we were still in first year.
-What happened? -He was stabbed.
At night in the entryway.
They say it was his own people who ordered it.
Was he a crook, or what?
I don’t know. That’s what people say.
How do you not know this? You were her friend.
She didn’t have any friends.
Everyone was afraid of her.
She was always either at home or with her younger brother.
They left together after their dad was buried.
Where did they go? They didn’t say.
Well… No one cared.
Do you happen to have a picture of her brother?
Vanya?
Hold on. One second.
There you go.
“You’re no king. You’re God.”
-I just want to give a toast. -Go ahead.
Can you turn the music down? What’s with you, brother?
Are you the brains here, or what?
-Relax! -You relax!
My dear,
sweet, beloved… Esenka!
What can you wish a person who has everything?
I’m talking about myself, in case you didn’t get it.
No, I got it immediately.
If…
If I’m going to be serious, then… You are the best,
the most… talented,
the most uncompromising.
I love you, and I wish you--
Nice, but too long, my young man. I wish you’d read this book.
I don’t know what it’s about, but it matches your dress.
Happy birthday.
Well, my legal scholars,
-shall we drink? -Yes! Drink!
Hooray! Happy Birthday!
Where are you going? Are you coming back?
Occupied. Did you want to say something?
-Yeah, we did. -Well, say it.
I’m already nervous. My doctors said I shouldn’t get excited.
Give me a cigarette.
Tell me, what is she to you?
Well? Another girl who fell for a higher-up?
So…
You seriously think that if I left, she’d suddenly be yours?
-Well… -Well, what?
Not right away.
Hey, brother! Who needs to relax?
Zhen!
Calm down!
Let go! I said let go!
That’s enough!
“He looked into her soulful eyes,
grabbed her waist and whispered in her ear,
‘Roxanna, you are so amazingly good that, compared to you,
any star is just a dim beacon in the misty horizon.’
But she was silent, because she was a statue in a garden.
And then he touched her pale hand,
pressed his whole body against her hand and cried.”
Yeah. What nonsense.
He looked into her soulful eyes and grabbed her by the waist.
I agree. Everything is much simpler.
Why?
What do you mean “why”?
Why right now?
Do you regret it?
No.
But what changed? You knew that I…
Why did you wait so long?
I thought that I still had time.
And now? I’ll be quick.
BELOVED MOTHER AND WIFE VERA STEKLOVA
Did something happen?
I’m trying to understand it all.
Are you doing this to spite me?
Are you trying to prove something to me?
You know, Pop…
I quit waiting for your understanding a long time ago.
But here you’ve simply outdone yourself.
I’m never coming back.
That’s it. I’m done.
Why did she suddenly change her signature?
Because it’s not her.
Vanya did it.
He was nervous.
A lot of blows, but not very effective.
But why does she want Vanya to start killing?
Power and lust. What do you know about her?
Her mother died early on.
Her father raised her up by himself as if she were a boy.
Why are you blubbering?
Because of Dimka Nikiforov again.
You didn’t fight back?
But, Pop!
Why didn’t you fight back?
Here, stab it.
I won’t!
-I said stab it! -I don’t want to.
-Stab it. -I’m scared.
Stab it!
I said stab it!
He had a dangerous job. He knew he could be killed at any time.
Are they ready?
Don’t wait up for me today. Feed Vanya and go to bed.
Understand?
Van!
Get a needle and thread.
Hurry! Come on.
Go to bed.
Then, at some point, she was overcome by a shock.
A boy rejected her and ridiculed her.
She blamed her pretty friend and wanted to kill her.
-Her father stopped her. -Here!
Do you understand me?
-I said, do you understand me? -I’ll kill her.
I’ll kill people like her. Don’t you do that?
Or can you only do it for money but not for that?
Anya, you’re frightening.
Men will be dumping you as long as you live.
But you can’t kill people over that.
-Do you understand, Daughter? -No.
Stupid fool!
He locked her up and beat her.
She made peace.
For the time being, for appearances.
Go on, go on.
She waited for the right moment to kill him.
Because he’d grown weak.
And Vanya? He helped her.
Or saw he everything and didn’t intervene.
I’m also sure she blackmailed him.
They moved to the big city. It’s easier to disappear there.
A specific type of victim developed-- beautiful, young.
Everything she wasn’t.
A beast will run toward a good hunter.
Why’d she make Vanya do it this time?
She was binding him with blood.
Now you’re ready.
Can I get a glass of dry white wine?
Hello.
Can I get a cappuccino, please?
Going to a casting?
Yes.
And you?
I’m a photographer.
-Yeah? -I take glamour shots.
Cool.
Listen, we have a problem. A model fell sick.
Really?
Look, would you want to fill in?
The location has been picked.
Everything is confirmed, but there’s no model.
-You really fit the type. -Thanks so much. I’d love to.
-I really like your fur coat. -Thanks. I’d love to.
-Seriously? -What’s the style of the shoot?
It’s a little bit industrial.
My favorite style. Yeah.
Thanks for the offer. When?
Right now.
-We already have the studio rented. -Right now?
-All right. -Hold on. One second. Excuse me.
I need to take this call.
Yes? She fits.
Okay.
-Well, can we go? -Okay.
-I’ll pay. -Thanks.
Thanks.
All right, bye.
Where’s the car, in the parking lot?
No. It’s coming now.
-Hello. -This is my assistant, Anya.
Nice to meet you.
-Well, shall we go? -Where are we going? Where’s the session?
In a great place. You’ll love it. Let’s go.
Get in.
Guy, I need your phone.
-Do you want to make a call? -No, I want to play.
-Yes. -Track her. Where is she?
-Get me the location now. -I’ll figure it out.
I’m waiting.
Don’t stand around. Let’s go.
How do you like the industrial setting?
-It’s cool. -Go on.
Get undressed.
Put on the blindfold.
We’ll take a few shots of you in the blindfold first.
Put down the knife, or I’ll kill him.
-Kill him. -What, Anya?
Anya!
Anya, let’s let her go, please. Let’s do as she says.
I’m asking you, Anya!
You little bitch, do you think she’s smarter than me?
I’ll show you who’s smarter.
You’re finished.
You’re going down.
-You need help. -Yeah?
I’ll help you.
Just do what I say, all right?
I’m not normal, right?
I’m 100 times times smarter than all of you.
You’re just a stupid girl! You’re a clump of cells!
Van, get around her!
Van!
Fuck you!
Van!
Van, get around her! Van!
Vanya, don’t. She’s played you.
-Shut up, bitch! Vanya! -That’s it!
I’m not doing what you want anymore! I’m sick of you!
Anya!
Let her go! Anya, that’s enough! Anya!
Anya! Anya, that’s enough! I’m begging you.
Anya, what are you doing?
Anya, you don’t have to! Anya, please!
Anya!
POLICE
You look nice.
Let’s go.
I understand you exactly.
The essence of Meglin’s method consists of establishing, let’s say,
close emotional ties with the killer.
Among other things.
And he chose you…
because of some special sensitivity in this area?
I’ll ask you to rephrase your question more precisely. You’re a professional.
Did Meglin consider you more psychologically inclined
to understand the motives of serial killers?
Why else would he have wasted time on me?
-He absolutely believed it. -And what about you?
I’m asking you not to do this! I’m begging you!
Please don’t do this!
I’ll do anything for you! Anything!
I’m asking you, please! Don’t kill me!
My mother is sick! I’m begging you!
Don’t kill me!
Don’t! Don’t kill me!
I’m begging you! I’m begging!
Don’t do it. You don’t have to.
Don’t leave! Don’t leave, you bastard!
You bastard! You animal!
Don’t kill me!
Stop! Stop!
I’m asking you not to! No! No! No!
SCENIC ROUTE