"TELEWIZKA POLSKA presents a film from the TOR Studio from THE DECALOGUE cycle" "starring:" "THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT written by:" "To be opened after my death" "Anka, damn you!" "Stop it!" "Stop it, do you hear?" "Easter Monday!" " No!" " Open the door!" " No!" " I'm in a hurry." " You promise?" " Open, damn it!" " Easter Monday?" " No!" " Easter Monday?" " I won't have time to dry off..." "Well..." "Yes..." "Yes, it's me." "Just a moment." "Dad..." "I'll go to my room." " Did he hang up?" " Yes." "Did you hang up?" "He did." " And...?" " False alarm." "I got my period." " Thank God." " Should I come to the airport?" " What?" " My ticket..." " Scared?" " Would you believe me if I said no?" "I don't like you going away." "It's wet." " Bye, Dad." " Take care." "Anka..." " Pay for the rent and the phone." " And the bills?" "In the bureau drawer." "Dad!" "To be opened after my death" " Christian name?" " Anna." " Age?" " 20." " Are you a student?" " D.S. Third year." " Drama School." " I know." "My son wants to study there." "What were the exams?" "Prose, poetry, song..." " Which poem did you recite?" " Eliot's, Herbert's..." "He hasn't got a chance." " Problems with your sight?" " Yesterday I watched a plane." "I only saw a blurred shape." "And I only see the buses' numbers when they are close." "Read!" "F..." "A..." "T..." "H..." "E..." "R. Father." " You were guessing at the end?" " Yes." " And you speak English." " Yes." " Why did you choose these letters?" " It's an l.Q. test, too." "My father was on that plane." "What did I do?" "Did I hurt you?" "You're not the centre of the universe." "You're angry?" "I don't like father being away." "If you're sad or scared," "I can stay with you." "For my daughter, Anna" "Who's next?" " I guess it's me." " And me." "Come on..." "Closer..." ""Good night..." "No more games tonight." " Good night."" " You shrew!" "You love him." " What?" " You act like an offended princess." "Why should I love him?" "What's the implied meaning?" "Are you stupid?" "One can love anybody." " Why do I love him?" " Maybe because he stares at you?" " If you say so..." " Lay down on the table." "Forget about yourself and talk." " "Good night..."" " Fine." ""No more games tonight." "Let the angel of dreams tuck you in."" " Don't be shy!" " "Good night..." "Let your eyes rest after the tears." "Good night."" "Don't smile." "Face to face." " "Good night." - "Good night..."" " "Look..." - "Look at me once more..."" " "Let me kiss you." - "Let me kiss you." "Good night."" "You're not attentive." ""Let me kiss you..." "Good night."" " "Want to..." - "Want to call the servants?"" " "Let me kiss your breast." - "Good night." "I'm dressed."" ""Thus, saying good night, I wouldn't let you sleep."" "Now you look at me." "You're concentrated." "Take five." "Hi!" "I was in the neighbourhood." "He asked me to get some drawings." " Yes." " He told you?" "I'm in a hurry." " Great, thanks." " Adam..." "You've known my father all your life." " We studied together." " And my mother?" "I knew her." "Not too well." " What was she like?" " A lot like you." " Physically?" " That, too." "She had intuition." " Could she have had a secret?" " I don't know." " Something she wanted me to know." " She'd have told you." " She died when I was five days old." " True." "She'd have written a letter or..." "Sorry, I have to go." "I'll call in when Michal comes back." "Thanks." "Hi..." "Why are you here?" "They're nice." "Light." " Anything wrong?" " No." " At the school?" " No." "Then what is it?" ""My dear baby daughter..."" " What?" " "My dear baby daughter..."" ""I don't know what you look like." "I'm sure you're big and Michal is dead." "Now you're a tiny baby." "I saw you just once, because I'm dying." "I have to tell you something important." "Michal is not your father." "Doesn't matter who is." "I forgot myself and harm was done." "I know Michal will love you and you'll be happy with him." "I'm thinking about you, you reading this letter." "You have dark hair, right?" "Delicate hands and neck..." "I would like that Mother."" " Good afternoon." "Is Karek home?" " No." "But he'll be back." "Come in!" " He told you he wanted to marry me?" " Not directly." "But I guessed." "I can marry him straight away." " And your father?" " It doesn't matter." "He's not my father, really." " I've been looking for you." " I forgot the keys." "Our floor." "I'm sorry." "Good evening." " Going down?" " Yes." "You knew." " Good night." " Good night." "Tell me." "I guessed." " I brought you down." " No, we wanted that." " It's the basement." " Never mind." " Recognize your mother?" " Yes." "One of them can be your father." "And this?" "Hers." "Got it from the hospital." " When did you find out?" " I was never sure." " Just guessing." " You deceived me." "Never mattered to me." "You were my daughter." " You should have told me." " At first," "I planned to tell you when you were ten." "But you were too small." "Then, I waited until you were 15." "But then you were too big." " So, I put it in the envelope." " Just like that..." "I thought things would be the same." "You're lying." "You're lying!" "Look!" "There are two candles." "Mine  and yours." "Whose candle dies first, gets to ask a question." "Alright." "Draft." "Got a cigarette?" "You won." "Ask anything, I'll tell you." "Why did I read the letter?" "You wanted me to." "First time..." "I saw it when we were moving." "It fell out of the briefcase." " I was sixteen then." " Fifteen and a half." "Alright." "I put it back, but I knew it existed." "It was exciting: a secret to be revealed after your death." "You used to take it with you when you were travelling." " But not this time." " No." "You did it on purpose." "So, I took it." "I had it for three days." "After a week, I sat at the river and opened it." "This is an exhaustive answer." " Did you read it?" " No." "It wasn't too exhaustive." "They teach us at the school:" ""Think why you say things"." "What's the implied meaning." " Don't you want to know?" " No." "For a couple of years now I've known what's in the letter." "When I was with my first boyfriend, I felt I was cheating on somebody." "I was cheating on you." "I keep looking for another man." "But when a man touches me, I think of your hands." "When I'm with somebody, I'm really with..." "What should I call you?" "I don't know." "I'm Anka." "You're back!" "Welcome!" " How was it?" " Not bad." "I've copied the drawings and sent the copies." "Hi, Anka." " He said it was the draft." " Yes." " This is the one?" " Yes." "It's the same." "Thanks." " Does it help?" " Sure." "Look, Anka." "After a month." "Incredible?" "Touch it!" "Drinking together?" "Yes." "Anka..." "How's school?" "When's the graduation?" "In May." " And your dreams?" " Sorry." "Thanks, I'm going." "You have to unpack." "Thanks." " Go to him!" " He's gone." "I know." "Follow him by bus." "Or take a cab." "You don't want to talk to me." "I'm not listening!" "Leave me alone!" "Who are you afraid of?" "Me or yourself?" "You don't have to be afraid." "I'm getting married." " Answer it!" " It might be a lady." "Or Karek." "Hello..." "I don't know." "I was sleeping." "Call me tomorrow." " Does he know he's getting married?" " He doesn't." "But his mother knows." "Aren't you afraid?" "Want to talk?" "Really?" "You can run away, get married..." "It doesn't change a thing." "I told you the truth." "I've always felt guilty in bed." "Now I know why." " I was cheating on you." " It didn't feel like that to me." "Let's make a deal." "If I catch you lying, you'll tell me." "OK." "It was a lie." "It felt like that." "Yes." " It did to you?" " Yes." "You live your own life." "You're free." "And I pretend it's alright." "Even if you marry Karek," "I won't say no." "Though you'd like me to." "I have no right to forbid you anything." "If I forced you to do anything, I'd consider myself jealous." "Not the way a father is jealous of his daughter, but the way a man is jealous of a woman." "Get it?" "I never wanted it to be this way." " But it happened." " I don't get it." "Three years ago you caught me and Marcin in bed." " That's why you went away?" " Yes." "I kept looking for an excuse, too." ""Fathers don't like it when their daughters have sex..."" " I wasn't your daughter." " I don't know." "Your mother could be wrong." "Though they say a woman always knows." " But she could." " She couldn't." "Women do know." " How do you know?" " I just know." "Have you been pregnant?" "Yes." "When?" "Last year." "You know..." "I used to travel, spend the nights out." "I wanted something irreversible to happen." "I thought it would be the first time you made love, but no." "Now I dream about you having a baby." "That's why I had an abortion." "So you couldn't tell me "It's OK"." "And I didn't tell you." "Cause you'd say "It's alright, get rid of the baby..."," ""No problem"." "I don't want anything irreversible to happen." "Why do you need my baby?" "You want things settled without you." "The letter..." ""To be opened after my death."" "I'm putting it back." " It's yours." " I don't want it." "I don't want it." "I don't want it." "You used to touch my back, when I was crying." "Sometimes I would cry on purpose, to make you reach under my pajama." "It gave me a thrill." "You didn't want me to grow up." "You wanted me to be a baby." "You didn't let me wear a bra." "Before my first period, we went to the mountains." "To try and stop it." "You've never married." "I was afraid of the ladies." "That was unnecessary." "You've never married." "You've been waiting for me." "Haven't you?" "Yes." "It was bound to happen." "I'm not your daughter..." "And I'm a woman." "Want to touch me?" "Do you?" "Alright." "Then answer a question." "Just one." "Why did you want me to read the letter?" " I wanted the impossible." " You didn't know it's impossible." "I didn't." "That's why today I hit you for the first time." "Because you've read the letter." "Because I wanted you to." "Because of your mother..." "Because she didn't tell me." "Because I love you and you're not my daughter." "Because our lives could have been different." "And because of the old days." "Because of the days when you used to touch me." " "Sugar-made king..." - "Page made of dough..."" ""And a marzipan princess."" "Dad?" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Dad!" "Daddy!" "I lied to you." "I didn't read the letter." "Dad..." "I wrote it myself." "The letter you read." "I saw mother's handwriting and forged it." "What did she write?" "I don't know." " Where were you going to?" " To get some milk." "I know what to do with the letter." "That's the genuine one." "Will you help me?" "Yes." ""My darling daughter..."" ""I'd like to t... talk?" "Tell you!" "I'd like to tell you something im..." "Important." "Michal is n..." "Is not..."" "The rest is burnt." "cast:" "directed by:" "director of photography:" "music by:" "Subtitles:" "ITI Film Studio Text:" "Magda Balcerek"