"Put it down." "Put it down." "Hello." " Hello." "My name is Lazar." " My name is Lazar." "Lazar." "And yours?" " And yours. and yours?" "What's your name?" " Name. name." "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "She's your daughter?" "What are you doing here?" "It was empty." "So they let us stay here." "An old woman lived here and when she died..." "My mother." "I am sorry." "I will sleep in my little room tonight." "Tomorrow..." "I'll see." " All right." "Take all that out of here." "Come on!" "I mean." "Look at all that junk!" "Take this." "I didn't expect you." "I came for the money you owe me." "All right." "I need some time." "You had ten years." "Look. man..." "Okay. ifs not new." "But the engine's overhauled." "It has new tires and all." "What do you say?" "Just 'til I come up with some money." "We're going for a drive." "Come on. sit down." "You're back. neighbor?" " Yes." "They're moving out?" "They're moving out." " Thank God." "Come on, now, come on." "I will. honey." "Easy." "COITIG OH HOW." "HOW." "First this way. you know?" "What's up?" "What brings you here?" "Come here." "We have no place to go." "Come here." "Jovana." "Come here. honey." "Nobody!" "Come to Mommy." " Good afternoon." "Good afternoon." "Thais my girl." "It looks like we have no place to go." "We'll try to put two more beds." "To put the bed." " We will." "It looks like they're gonna make all us refugees go back to Bosnia." "But you'll stay here for now." "I'll go get our things." " Should I help you?" "Let's go." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Come on." "No. nothing." "It's all right." "Jovana. let's go." "Give me your hand." "Let's go." "Let's go." " Come on. let's go." "I'm a waitress in train station bar." "You know?" "When I get my next pay check." "We'll talk about the rent." "No charge. no charge." "Mommy coming." "Go home." "Mommy coming." "Go home. yes." " Mommy." "Mommy coming." "We're going home." " Going home." "Mommy coming." "When you finish the lunch, take back my moths-Vs china." "And everything else you took." "Mommy." "When she gets frightened." "She goes into the bathroom." "I just wanted a glass of water." "I'll bring it to you." "Here you are." "Do you have a little mirror by any chance?" "A mirror." "A little mirror. to look at." "You don't have a mirror. do you?" "You know what a mirror is?" " Of course. of course." "You should take a look at yourself." "I don't have it." " You don't." "Can I get a cup of coffee?" " Of course." "When are you off?" " Not until three o'clock." "If you don't mind." "I can wait for you." "I don't mind." "How much sugar?" "No sugar." "Hold on. baby!" "Whds this guy?" "Leave me alone." "Calm down. please" "I've brought a sandwich." " I'm not hungry." "Here comes Lazar." " Lazar. drive." "Let's go for a drive." "Good morning." "Let's go for a drive." "Let's go for a drive." "Leg here." "Hand here." "Gimme five." "Gimme five." " Gimme five." ""Dinamo". go. go. go!" ""Dinamo". go. go. go!" "Look what uncle Lazar bought." "A present." "Nice?" "And look at this." "A lipstick." "The weirdest thing is." "When she was little." "Everything seemed to be quite normal." "I mean. she didn't look sick." "Oh. no..." "Then she had some sudden outbursts of fury and after that. nothing." "She just sits. absentmindedly." "She didn't play with children." "For a while I thought that she's deaf. that she cant hear." "Whatever I asked her..." "nothing." "I took her to see some doctors." "They examined her for days." "Look... a key." "And what did the doctors say?" " What could they say?" "Incurable." "That's what they said." "What do you mean. incurable?" "It can't be incurable." "It can. it's such an illness." "Autism." "The hardest thing is that there is nothing you can do about it." "Nothing." "Why not?" "I don't understand it." "You can do something about everything." "Look. there is more." "Jovana." "I don't know." "Take it." " There isnt any." "Sometimes. when the two of us go to bed in the evening" "I think:" "From tomorrow my Jovana will be like everybody else." "I envy her so much sometimes." "Come here." "Jovana." "Look." "What's this. honey?" "What's this?" " Wings." "Shall we try the wings?" "Come here. darling." "Let me see you." "Why are you crying?" "Don't cry." "Hello." "Don't cry." "Why are you crying?" "We go. we go." "We go home." "We go." "We go home." "What do you want?" " I came to see Jovana." "I'm glad that you came." "So. now you have the opportunity to see what we are doing here." "I'd prefer. if it's possible." "That you don't say I was here." "That you don't tell them that I..." "You know?" "An old legend says." "That fairies stole human children and left theirs instead." "Autistic children really don't seem to be from this world." "They have no interest in other people." "They don't care about our rules of behavior." "Many of them can't speak." "Or. if they speak." "Their speech is distinctively changed." "They speak in third person or..." "You saw." "Jovana has echolalia." "That's the repetition of words." "Of whole sentences." "Which she hears. and then later often repeats in inappropriate situations." "Just yesterday I wanted to..." "I was playing with her and I asked her." ""Look me in the eyes"." "I said." "She looked me in the eyes so distinctly that I thought" "she was so close to open up and be normal." "I mean. that she passes to this side and be..." "I understand how you feel." "Everybody reacts that way." "This disorder is hard to explain." "Ifs unexplored." "Who knows. some day a miracle might happen." "I can't understand it." "How some things can't be helped?" "Can't be influenced somehow." "Can't be changed?" "You know. in us too." "So-called healthy people." "We often recognize some autistic behaviors." "Sometimes whole societies." "Not just individuals." "Start to panic from the fear of losing coherency." "From inner disorder." "And what's the matter with you?" " Beg your pardon?" "If you have a problem." "Which you'd like to discuss." "I am ready." "Sorry." "I didn't come because of me." "Lam..." "I know." "I understand." "It seemed to me that you might also have a need to talk with me about something." "What do you want?" "A bar used to be here." ""The Powder Keg"." "Ten years ago a man was murdered here." "Ten years ago!" "Longtime!" "Do you need something else?" " Nothing. nothing." "I don't need anything." "Blue." " Yes. blue." "Red." "Come on. red." "Bravo." "And now. the flowers." "Here are the flowers." "The flowers are falling." "The flowers are falling." "The flowers are falling." "The flowers are falling." " The flowers." "The flower are falling." "Look how they're falling." "Where are you." "Jovana?" "Where are you...?" "I'm going to cry now." "Come on. little scissors." "Little scissors. scissors." "I'm going to cry now." "I'm going to cry." "Youre cutting my hair." "I'm going to cry." "I'm going to cry." "You've cut my hair off." "The flowers are falling." "Look. the flowers are falling." "We're playing. we're playing." "Come on. put away that stuff." "Jovana. where to now?" "Hey. wake up." "Let's clear the table." "The flowers are falling." "Good day. aunt Anna." "Aunt Anna. good day." "You remember..." "I'm Lazar" "I killed your son Milan." "If you will and if you can. forgive me." "Jump down!" "Come on!" "Look." "Im going to throw it now." "Throw it." "Come on. look me in the eyes." "You will look me in the eyes." "Won't you?" "Come on. look me in the eyes." "Look me in the eyes." "You're like some little bear." "Bear cub. you know?" "Who fell into deep winter sleep and you just need someone to wake you up. you know?" "Come on. wake up." "Jovana." " Wake up." "Wake up." " Wake up." "Wake up. wake up." "I'm going to give you a stone to throw it now." "Come on. slowly. slowly." "I'll give you a stone now." "Give me your little hand." "Here is a little stone." "Take it." "Happy birthday to you" "Happy birthday. dear Jovana" " Happy birthday. dear Jovana" "Happy birthday w you." "Come on. blow." "Come on." "Bravo!" "Pour." " Come on. pour." "Look at me." "Cheers!" "Let's touch glasses." "Wait. wait..." "Cheers. honey." "Cut the cake." "You cut the cake, let's hear the recitation." "Come on. the recitation." "The recitation!" "How does it go? "Snow"." "Let's hear it." ""Snow ." "Jovana. come here." " "Snow"." "Pour. pour." "Come here." " No. the recitation first." "Tell him how you feel." "It's snowing." "Come on." "The morning awakes me." "Snow whispers on the window." "It's cold. those hands..." " ..." "lure me." "O. ifs snowing." "O. ifs snowing." "It's snowing outside." "Shoes are creaking." "It covered the whole porch..." "For children..." " ...to hide." "Bravo." "Jovana." "Bravo." "Jovana." "You see that she can learn?" "You see?" "Uncle Lazar will feed you." " Please. let her do it herself." "Come on. you do it." " That's right." "Thank you." "Are you all right?" "Yes." "I came out to smoke a cigarette." "Don't be so formal. please." "What's with you?" "I got fired." "It wasn't much of a job." "Better than nothing." "Are you cold?" "No." "You don't have a meter?" "No." "How much I owe you?" "Whatever." "Thank you." "The boss is not here." "I'll wait." " He won't come today. and tomorrow either." "I'll wait." "I'll wait." ""L" for lion." "That's right." "And this?" " "M" for meadow." "We write. we write." "What letter is this?" ""K" for key." "Good day." " Good day." "What do you say." "Jovana." " Good day." "That's right." "Tell me. whafs "G" for?" "Hey. girl. "G"?" " Girl." "That's right." "This?" " "D" for duck." "Good." ""P" for puppy." " Right." "What is this?" "Don't be afraid." "I didn't steal it." "A man paid me back a debt from ten years ago." "Thank you." "Thank you. really..." "but I can'tl" "Go now. go. now. go..." "Leave me." "You are afflicted!" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "Let me go. please." "Cross yourself." "Take the little rope." "Pull it a little." "Pull..." "Bravo. bravo!" "And finished. finished." "Pull harder. pull." "Open your eyes. wake up." "Wake up. my girl." "Wake up. sweet little girl." "Come on." "Ifs already happening..." "Open your eyes." "Wake up." "Wake up. wake up." " Wake up. wake up." "Wake up. wake up." "Bravo. bravo!" "Wake up." " Wake up." "Bravo. bravo!" "Wake up." "Bravo!" "Is there any chance?" " It's already happening." "Open your eyes." "Wake up." "Wake up." "Spread your arms. fly." "You have no right to do this." "No right at all." "I didn't mean any harm." " Did you ask me to take her there?" "Did I know. did you have my permission maybe?" "One should try everything." " What have I done my whole life?" "I didn't try anything. did I?" "Thousands of places." "With thousands of people." "Here with her. alone." "This is her. this is her life." "And nothing can change that." "I gave birth to her." "And I love her for what she is." "I'm not ashamed of my child." " I didn't mean you should..." "They haven't seen me for ten years." "Come on. open up!" "And herds the welcome brandy!" "Sister-in-law. cheers!" "Jovana. cheers!" " Cheersl" "When we were kids." "Lazar and I." "We used to sneak out for two or three days." "We spend the night on a farm, and everyone-E: alarmed at home." "My Lazar. there are no more farms." "Everything's changed." "You haven't changed a bit." "Why don't you come back here?" "There is enough room for all." "There is work for you." "No one wants to work." "No one." "The house. the land... falling apart." "I don't know." "I'll think about it." "Come on. blow. blow!" "Come on now..." "Three. four." "Cheers. cheers!" "They are good." "In my family everyone plays some instrument." "Really?" " Just me..." "You're playing. honey." "Tell me. what were you playing?" "Dress. dress." " Did you see how nice the dress is?" "Nice... and ribbon." " It has a ribbon too. yes." "Auntie?" "Yes. honey?" " She is crazy." "Jovana. lets dance." "She's my angel!" "My angel. my little girl!" "Come on. play a waltz." "Wake up." "Jovana!" "Wake up..." "Is she asleep?" "Why did you say Jovana is your little girl?" "Isn't she?" "It's not easy. you know?" "Her father went away when we found out she was sick." "He couldn't..." "When the war broke out." "Jovana and I left home." "And there my brother was killed." "My mother died shortly after." "The house was burned down." "When I set off with Jovana." "I thought..." "Nothing." "Now we are here." "I was drafted as soon as the war started." "By force." "They pushed me into the heaviest fights." "We conquered village by village." "House by house." "One day we sneak up to a village." "There is no one there. no guards." "I suppose they thought they were safe." "We enter the village and hear someone singing in one house." "We sneak under the window and look inside." "Ten. fifteen people are sitting around the table singing." "On the table there is roasted meat. vine." "The people are cheerful." "As tough they are celebrating something." "I still hear that song." "It haunts me." "Our men smash the windows with Kalashnikovs." "Fire a burst and kill them all." "It didn't last ten seconds." "Then we all step inside." "My guys push the dead guys from the table onto the floor." "They take their places at the table and start to eat." "Roast lamb. vine. blood. everything..." "somehow mixed up." "I almost throw up." "But I manage to restrain myself..." "I hear a dog whining." "We had this dog." "Ari." "He was with us in every action." "I look. he is under the table and he is sniffing around a head covered with blood." "And he is whining. whining..." "Our commander stands up." "Smashes the head with his Kalashnikov's butt." "But he didn't smash it at once." "He had to hit it a few times." "The head finally split up." "The brain spilled out and Ari began to eat the human brain voraciously." "Then "New up." "Our men are all laughing and yelling:" "wimp. wimp!" "I ran away the same night." "I deserted." "I threw away my Kalashnikov." "But kept the revolver. just in case." "If they catch me." "Ours or theirs. no matter." "To make my own destiny." "I ran away home." "I hid during the day." "Went out during the night." "I was drinking 'til I became unconscious." "Completely mad." "It was so hard for me." "And then. one night." "Having lost my mind..." "I killed my best friend... in a meaningless bar fight." "Milan." "His name was Milan." "You know?" "And then." "Ten years in prison." "That's it." "Come here." "All right. let me go." "Let me go." "I'll let you go if you sing me a song." "Come on." "Show me Where the Danube kisses the sky" "Why are We so far away now." "Why" "Wake me up." "5 hate these nights so much" "Let your desire for me be like an angel's touch." "Bravo. bravo!" "Soldiers." "Fairytale. where is it..." "You're drawing trees in bloom again?" "You're drawing trees in bloom." "You cant sleep. can you?" "I cant sleep either." "I was ten years in jail." "Jail. that's prison." "Ten years." "A lifetime." "My life was a strange one." "I haven't had a decent conversation for ten years." "Don't misunderstand me. but..." "I haven't been with a woman for ten years." "And just when I thought it was all over." "That I had no future." "That it was the end... msomething wonderful happened to me." "I fell in love." "I fell in love with your mother." "We're going to live together now." "You know?" "Distinguished parents." "Cousins and friends." "I'm glad to see so many of you here." "Our little company has prepared for you their own version of the Shakespeare's famous play "Midsummer Nighfs Dream"." "Enjoy the results of our year-long efforts." "What thou see 's?" "when thou Wake Do It for thy true-love rake." "In the eye that shall appear When thou vvakest." "It is thy dear." "Now. fair Hxppofyra." "Our nuptial hour draws on space." "Four days will quickly steep themselves In night." "Go." "Philostrate." "Stir up the Athenian youth to merrimehts." "Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth." "Happy be Theseus." "Our renowned duke." "Thanks. good Egeus." "Whats the news With thee?" "Full of vexar/on come I." "With complaint." "This man hath consent to marry her." "Hermia." "What you..." "What say you." "Hermia?" "Demetrius is a worthy gentleman." " So is Lysander." "If you yield not to your father's choice..." "The unvvished yoke my sow consents not to give sovereignty." "You have her father's love." "Demetrius. let me have Hermie 's." "With duty and desire We follow you." "There. gentle Hermie." "May I marry thee." "And In the wood." "There WIN I stay for thee." "In that same place thou hast appointed me." "To-morrow truly will I meet with thee." "Look. here comes Helena." " God speed fair Helena.' Whither away?" "Call you me fair?" "Thar fair again unsay." "Demetrius loves you fair:" "O happy fair.'" "I frown upon him." "Yer he loves me still." "The more I love." "The more he harerh me." "And thence from Athens turn away our eyes..." "Farewell. sweet playfellow." "Pray thou for us." "And good fuck grant thee thy Demetrius." "Helena. adieu; as you on him." "Demetrius dote on you?" "How happy some o'er other-some can be?" "Oh. how sweet she is!" "The flowers are falling." "The flowers are falling." "The flowers are falling." "Hello!" "Where are you. punk?" "Where to. punk?" "What do you mean." "Am I the best lawyer in town?" "Hey. pal. my car broke down." " Im off duty." "Come on." "What do you mean. off duty?" "Of course I'm not the best." "But I'm the most successful." "I'm going home." "I've checked your file." "The judge is Rosandich." "We've shared chambers." "Yes. he's my man." "I've checked out your prosecuting attorney." "He employs three other lawyers." "We have to get one of them to defend you." "That's just a formality." "That's right." "Don't worry. you're in the clear." "Sleep tight." "Did I figure it all out'?" "You have the judge and the prosecuting attorney." "You won't have a criminal record." "Come on. punk!" "Later. sucker!" "Where are you driving. pal?" "I said I'm going home." " What home. punk?" "Wait. hold on." "Where are you from?" "Youre a refugee?" "You motherfuckers." "You polluted this town!" "What?" "What's up?" "Get out." " What do you mean. get out. punk?" "Out." "I've remembered your number!" "You're a dead man!" "A dead man!" "Show me Where the Danube kisses the sky" "Why are We so far away now." "Why" "Sit down. sit down." "What are you doing here?" " Well. youre not at work." "I'm not working anymore." "I've stopped drinking." "Fine." " I thought..." "Don't..." "Come on. sit down." " No. wait." "Everything's all right." "Please." "It's all right." "Let me go!" "Neighbor. what have you done?" "Jovana!" "Strong." "Like this. like this." "Like that. like this." "Police..." "Call Mommy." "Call Mommy. call Mommy." "Call Mommy." "This is it." "There is nothing wrong with your head or mine." "The problem is that The Brain fell apart." "The Brain." "That controls all things." "The Brain." "You don't understand." "I don't understand either." "Here's Mommy." "Call Mommy. call Mommy..." "Jovana!" "Jovana!" "Don't leave me alone..."