"Produced by" "Starring" "Written by" "Music" "Costume designer" "Sound" "Production designer" "Edited by" "Production" "Director of photography" "THE HONEYMOON" "THE HONEYMOON" "How's the little one?" "Hi, Lubosek!" "Dad..." "Which one?" "Dang it..." "Great, the lens fell out." "Where's my dad?" "Wonderful..." "We have to find an optician." "Yeah?" "Are you coming back?" "A lens fell out and broke." "We'll be right back." "Go on, I'll wait." "You don't have to;" "I'll catch up." "Hi, can I help you?" "lt came loose and my lens fell out." "Let me see." "Leave them till tomorrow;" "I'll lend you a pair." "How many diopters?" "Two." "Trythese." "They'll be readytomorrow." "Thanks." "Bye." "Goodbye." "Bye." "...so we mayjoyously celebrate the day they begin their new life together." "Let us help them with our prayers, ourfriendship, and our love." "Love is patient and kind;" "Love does not envy or boast;" "it is not arrogant or rude." "It does not insist on its own way;" "it is not irritable or resentful;" "It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth." "Love bears all things, believes and hopes all things, endures all things." "Love neverends." "As for prophecies, they will pass away;" "as for tongues, they will cease;" "as for knowledge, it will pass away." "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face." "Here we go..." "That's better." "Here we go..." "Thanks." "No problem." "So, is it over?" "l think it's just beginning." "I'm the bride's sister." "Who do you know?" "The groom or Tereza?" "Kind of both." "And how do you know them?" "Wanna go back in?" "I can hold the baby." "No thanks, it's not worth it." "Therefore, the man leaves his parents andjoins his wife and they will be as one person." "They are no longer two, but one." "I, Radim, give my self to you, Tereza, and accept you as my wife." "I promise to keep you in love, respect, and fidelity, to have and to hold for better or forworse till death do us part." "With God's blessing." "Amen." "Hey, daddy..." "Baby needed a change." "We literally shit throughout yoursister-in-law's wedding." "Howcould you poop in church?" "Groom, bride, mom, dad!" "All together for a photo." "Everyone smile..." "That's right!" "Perfect!" "I can't see the bride..." "Oh, my god!" "Now look this way..." "This way!" "Thank you." "Bye!" "Bye!" "Here?" "Yes, there!" "Wait!" "Squeeze together!" "Okay..." "Great, I got it." "Thanks!" "Now everyone into the house." "It's on its way!" "Gents, howabout a digestive to start things off?" "Cheers." "Cheers." "Howdo you like it?" "Huh?" "Ow, stop it!" "It hurts!" "Okay, let's go outside!" "Everybody, let's go!" "All toasts in the garden." "Let's go!" "Let's drink to the newly weds' health and happiness." "Long live Tereza and Radim!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "Yeah!" "Here, let me smell it." "That's it..." "It's excellent." "Let me see..." "Good." "Let's go." "Justa sec." "Jan, try our kolachky." "They look great." "Ouch!" "Knock it off!" "Like some coffee?" "Thanks, Maruska, maybe later." "They're reallyfantastic." "Ivana baked them." "They're just normal wedding kolachky." "Are you a friend of Radim's?" "Ivana, you obviously baked them with love." "You feel good about Radim, don'tyou?" "You bet I do." "Hard to imagine the Radim I knew as a father." "But today when I saw Dominik..." "Howold is he?" "13." "l betyou're looking forward to more grandkids. -l sure am." "Howare we doing here?" "Need any help?" "Not at all." "Howare you here?" "What do you mean?" "Who broughtyou?" "Jirka and Dása." "Jolanka, go playwith the girls." "Jan, come play with us." "Well, okay." "is the baby asleep?" "How's it going, Madam?" "Good." "So far so good." "Radim?" "Mmm?" "He's here." "Who?" "That guy at the church who took our picture." "What?" "How'd he get here?" "l don't know howor why, but he's sitting in the kitchen calling my mother by name." "Do you know him?" "Did you invite him?" "No, of course not." "He's calling yourmotherby name?" "Yep." "That's ridiculous." "Something wrong?" "No." "Need help with anything?" "No, thanks." "Howdo you like the wine?" "lt's great." "Míla, zip up your fly!" "The Pinot is okay but the Chardonnay is nice and dry." "l like dry wine." "You chose well." "Míla, zip up yourfly..." "Sorry." "Well?" "Should I kick him out?" "l don't want to make a scene." "I just don't know what he wants." "He says he knew you atschool." "l don't remember him at all." "We fired up the grill." "Maybe he's from a loweryear." "He'sjusta wedding crasher;" "let's let it go." "Need any help?" "No, thanks." "It's really something." "What a haul!" "What do you mean?" "You, of course." "Where do the wedding presents go?" "ln the house." "On the pool table." "Dearfriends, I'd like to welcome everyone." "And even though I'm no poet I prepared a little something." "Tereza and Radim, now you have fulfilled yourdream." "You now belong to one another, to love and cherish - but no other." "Hands and hearts will intertwine as you help extend ourline." "A little girl would sure be swell but I hope his name's Karel." "Tereza, you swan so white, care for Radim every night so he'll choose your garden spot and refuse to slip the knot." "Although rainbows arch overhead sometimes life is full of dread." "But if love is made to last your hearts are bound for everfast." "May happiness always await our kids whom now we celebrate." "And now, Mr. Matre D', serve the goose, yourspecialty." "DearTereza, my doll, dearTereza, my maid." "They took yourtoys away and made you a lady today." "DearTereza, dearmaid, time to let down yourbraid." "Cut it, Radim, cut the linden." "Cut it, Radim, cut it down." "Tereza said when she is wed she'd like a cradle bright and new a linden cradle made byyou." "She's just like Nastassja Kinski!" "What?" "Remember, Radim?" "Nastassja Kinski..." "What's yourname anyway?" "Jan Benda." "Remember?" "Wait, don't tell me you don't rememberJan Benda." "Sure, I do." "Well, Radim was our idol." "We thoughtyou were so awesome, and you loved Nastassja Kinski." "Wheneverwe found herpicture in a magazine, we'd bring it to you." "How people change overthe years, eh?" "I know whyyou don't recognize me;" "I look completely different now." "Butyou haven't changed at all." "It hit me as soon as you and Dominik came to fix his glasses." "is Dominik yourson?" "No. I'm not the first but I will be the last." "It was an amazing coincidence." "After I saw you I just ran outside." "You had such a beautiful ceremony." "I'm sorry..." "I don'twant to hold things up." "You can't hold things up because I'm starving and the soup's getting cold." "Well then, enjoy!" "Now we know he can 'cause Radim is the man." "Now we know he can 'cause Radim is the man." "Tereza is his new bride, she'll keep him always by herside." "Now we know he can 'cause Radim is the man." "Hi, Nastassja!" "Why's yourhead on backwards?" "That's great!" "Yum, Yum!" "l don'twant it, I don't want it!" "Oh, you don'twant it?" "No!" "I don'twant it!" "Ask please, please!" "Aaaah!" "That's really great!" "Give me all yourforks!" "We love you!" "Ask please!" "Say thank you!" "We'll save you." "You're doing it wrong!" "All wrong!" "Interesting person, your friend." "And he's keeping the kids occupied." "Here's to grandkids, Radim." "We have high hopes for you;" "the whole family, not just Tereza:" "Me, Tereza's mom, everyone." "Cheers!" "Myfirst son-in-law is a nice guy, but he's kind of a ninny." "At least Renata is a practical woman." "Renata is four years younger than Tereza but she was always a step ahead." "She graduated first, got a job first, got married first, had kids first..." "Everything she touched turned to gold." "Maybe that's why I have a softspotfor Tereza." "It was hard after that mess with her first marriage." "Right afterthe wedding, thatjerkfound anotherwoman and got her pregnant." "Tereza was in shock." "They'd been togethersince 15." "Well, she swallowed some pills and was unconscious for a day." "I almost lost her." "That was the hardest day of my life." "Wow, I didn't know. I knew they split up rightafterthe wedding but she never mentioned this." "How could we imagine she'd try to take her life because of some jerk?" "She became depressed and insisted she was bad luck." "She said it was fate's judgment." "We worked hard to snap her out of it." "You can't imagine my joy at seeing her happy." "You still may not think so but life is pretty damn long and lots ofthings can happen to a person." "Be careful, Radim." "Ifyou hurt Tereza and I'm still alive I'll make sure you regret it." "Just like the first guy." "But I believe everything will be fine." "Well, Radim, here's to trust." "I hope I can still go to hookers." "Sure, if I go along." "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "I wanta turn!" "What are you doing?" "Hey, you're fucking kidding me!" "He got in myway." "Take care of him..." "Jan, why aren't you playing soccer?" "l'm not dressed for it." "Oh, come on." "Actually, I'd ruin the game. I'm terrible atsports." "See?" "He's dicking around again." "Come on!" "Play, Míla." "Come on, let's go!" "He's going after me!" "Nice..." "You call this a game?" "Dammit, this isn't how to play!" "Like a refill?" "Yeah." "You're not playing fair, man!" "lt's a deadly game." "That was a fucking obvious foul!" "Look at Míla." "It's crazy how he gets so mad." "Get up!" "Oh, man..." "You saw it." "He got me here!" "It's a penalty!" "You act like it's something new." "Ow!" "Goddamn-fucking-son-of-a-bitch!" "Umm, maybe I shouldn't push my luck but we haven't been properly introduced." "No problem. I'm Renata." "Jan." "Isn't itstrange that Radim can't rememberyou were friends atschool?" "l rememberhim so well." "So you were friends?" "Ask him." "l'm asking you." "Let's say we're old acquaintances." "Acquaintances don't attend each other's weddings, do they?" "I think friends go to weddings, or people who share a connection." "Connections, bonds..." "That's true." "Like today in the church." "The ceremony..." "Wasn't it a little ridiculous?" "All that conjuring, promising, oath taking..." "It's all such a risk." "Sometimes I think marriage as an institution should be done away with." "It's a relic." "Maybe it should be renewable like a driver's license." "Forcing two people who are actually strangers to live togetherforever is like putting two newborns in a box and letting them fuse together." "You create a miserable monster- Siamese twins." "And childhood: it's an absolute mystery." "Everything is inside us at birth:" "evil, envy, cruelty..." "is it innate or are we a blank slate?" "Are we predators or do we become predators?" "Maybe baby Hitler pulled a toy duck and was surrounded by love." "Mengele was an educated man from a good family." "Stalin... I really think that's all stupid crap." "You reap whatyou raise." "Murderers and sadists have adoring mothers, sisters, and wives." "Where does all that love go?" "Or what does it become?" "Or is it in our genes?" "Parents should know each otherwell, but how?" "Kids arrive before they reach such an understanding - then it's too late." "Thinking about it gives you goose bumps, doesn't it?" "l think we could talk about something else." "Why?" "Just because." "I'd rather just get another bottle." "Ow!" "Stop it!" "Not much fun, is it?" "Let me go!" "Are you okay?" "Not veryfun, is it?" "Uncle..." "Ow!" "Know where my mom is?" "lt hurts..." "What's wrong?" "What?" "Are you Filip's mom?" "Yeah." "I'm really sorry." "We were playing a dumb game - bagman - and I squeezed Filip a little hard." "I'm sorry." "Does it hurt?" "ltwasn't a game." "Don't be mad, kid." "He tortured me, mom." "Whyare you lying?" "l'm not!" "You're the adult;" "you should know better." "Sorry." "Filip, you need to knock it off." "I've really had enough!" "But... I told you to behave yourself." "You're a guest." "But..." "No, if you keep inventing..." "Anything wrong?" "l just don't know what to do with him." "That stranger puta bag on my head!" "I had a bag on my head too." "Actually, you promised to show me..." "The pond." "Yep, let's go." "Are you coming with us?" "He did squeeze me!" "So?" "Are you a girl?" "lt hurt!" "Stop arguing with me." "Kids, we're going to see the pond." "You know how it rains cheese?" "Hey, a cat!" "I took a picture of it!" "He's just weird." "Oh, relax." "Hey, it's my wedding." "Someone must've invited him." "No one did." "Radim doesn't rememberhim atall." "He came on his own." "I don't know what he wants and I don't want to know. I want him gone." "He gives me the creeps, like he's some kind ofthreat." "Mainlyfor Radim." "Why?" "Don't tell me you didn't notice." "What?" "His gestures, speech, movements..." "What do you mean?" "He's queer." "Oh..." "What does that matter?" "A former admirer- but not yours." "What are you doing here?" "Looking." "At what?" "Right now at you." "This isn't funny anymore." "No one knows you." "Radim doesn't rememberyou atall." "No one invited you, and I'd like you to please leave." "Did you hear me?" "Or should I call Radim?" "Something happened you should know about." "Yes, a mistake happened: you showed up." "Your departure will fix it." "Can we talk?" "There's nothing to talk about." "You have no idea." "I'm not the one you don't know." "You know what?" "Just get out of here!" "No, not till you open my present." "Okay?" "Don't ruin it for her." "You should leave if my sister asks you to." "Radim!" "Anything wrong?" "No, it's okay." "Come on, kids, let's go inside." "Jan Benda, huh?" "What is all this?" "Quite a coincidence." "What do you want from me?" "Nothing from you." "As faras I know it had nothing to do with you, and it was a long time ago." "To me itseems like yesterday." "Hey, I'm sorry, but you should go." "You're not sorry, you're scared." "Yeah?" "Of you?" "I haaaave an ideeeeaaaa!" "You should leave." "Goose!" "Goose!" "Goose, goose!" "Come on, guys!" "Have you seen Tereza?" "Have you seen Tereza?" "Wanta beer?" "Or will you switch to red wine like us?" "Have you seen that Jan Benda?" "Yeah, at the pond." "But he didn't swim." "Must be on his period." "Yeah..." "Cheers." "Cheers." "Seen Tereza?" "No. ls he sleeping?" "I think so." "Tereza?" "What's wrong?" "What is it?" "Why did he do it?" "Why did who do what?" "He gave us this as a present." "What is it?" "What do you think?" "It has his name and date of death 15 years ago. I don't understand..." "What the hell is this?" "Radim, what was between you?" "What?" "Tereza, you can't be serious." "l don't know..." "He's not here because of me." "It's gone farenough!" "Whatare you going to do?" "l'm gonna take care of it." "Gojoin the others." "l can't." "Don'tfreak out." "I said I'll take care of it and I will." "You don't know what he'll do." "He's crazy." "Calm down, nothing's wrong." "No one will ruin the evening for you, I promise." "I'll be right back." "Go on, get in!" "Yourbus is coming." "Can I get in back?" "No,just get in." "I only have 1,000 crown bill..." "Auntie, where's Uncle Jan going?" "It's late, he had to go home." "What's this about, Ales?" "What's with the urn?" "Who's urn was it?" "Who's do you think?" "What happened to him?" "You already know." "No, I don't." "Ofcourse you do." "Who else but you and me?" "We know." "l don't know, goddammit!" "What the hell happened?" "You already know." "No, I fucking don't!" "Where the hell are you going?" "Yes, you do!" "No, I fucking don't!" "Motherfucker!" "What're you doing, you shit!" "Where the hell are you going, Ales?" "Hey, this is nice." "Look how you're walking." "lt's still shaking like crazy." "You're shaking!" "You can't tell atall. -lt's for long-distance." "Ow, what're you doing?" "Don't worry, it all looks good." "And this is really beautiful." "Like how they're throwing rice;" "it's fantastic." "That's me!" "That's me!" "I was wondering what crap she had in her head; she had some..." "He actually likes ita lot!" "Filip!" "l can do that!" "No, you can't..." "Yes, I can!" "Ow, leave me alone!" "Hey, they're going in the house." "She's gotta stick out her tongue..." "Well?" "What?" "It's fine." "ls he gone?" "Yeah." "I drove him to the bus stop." "Everything is okay." "Yeah?" "Ofcourse." "Hey, isn't it ourwedding?" "Should we celebrate?" "Youth neverwill return however hard we yearn," "of all life'sjoys ourgreatest concern." "Youth neverwill return, whateverwe earn," "one day it's gone and we neverlearn." "Play on!" "Whyaren't they playing?" "We're playing!" "Girls, run and play." "And you go drink some water." "Where?" "The pond?" "My little white wine" "from my love so fine." "Your blessings give as long as I live, my little white wine." "Girls!" "Girls, gimme that!" "Good night!" "Good night!" "Musicians!" "Guys!" "See you later, good night!" "Bye!" "See ya!" "Bye!" "See ya!" "Thanks!" "Drive safe!" "Goodbye!" "Bye-bye." "Mom, have you seen Míla?" "No." "Radim?" "Yeah?" "What's wrong?" "Míla." "Oh, god..." "Renata, he's here." "Get up." "Careful!" "What're you doing, Míla?" "Come on." "Careful, careful..." "Hold on." "God, this is terrible." "Go on!" "Take Lubos and sleep in ourroom." "You'll neverget to sleep here." "That's ridiculous." "It's your wedding night." "Well..." "You'rejust at the beginning and everything's flooded with light" "until death do you part." "Just go to sleep." "I don't want to sleep." "Tereza is getting married today." "Howcan you be so wrong aboutanother person?" "Stop talking crap, Míla." "You'll sleep it off." "You can'tsleep this off!" "Good god!" "See what you've done?" "Peekaboo at daddy!" "Knock it off!" "You screwed up your sister-in-law's wedding!" "I'm smashed!" "Hello?" "Hello!" "I don't even recognize him." "How could this happen?" "He'll be sorry in the morning and he won't even remember." "We'll make him some coffee and won't say a word. lt's no big deal." "This is dad's fault." "It's like he's smothering him." "Dad means well." "Like that psycho said:" "marriage is like being locked in a box..." "Don't remind me..." "But that's exactly it." "It's like Míla grew out of my head and togetherwe're a monster." "Come on, Míla is basically a kind and selfless person." "His sweat is even different, I can smell it." "He neversweat like that before." "Come on... lt's like he reeks offear." ""Anything happening?"" "Friday evening he crawls in bed and asks:" "Anything happening?" "What's he supposed to say?" "He shouldn'tsay anything." "It's completely normal; you're both worn out." "Just don't let him talk." "I'll just lie on my back and let "something" happen." "That's really gross." "But he takes care of you, so..." "He studies wine handbooks because of dad." "God, how I hate that snobby crap about tannins, acidity, and bouquet." "Who's he trying to kid?" "Know what he bought?" "No." "A decanter." "He can barelytell red wine from white - and that's before he's sloshed." "Whatelse should he talk about with dad?" "Picking mushrooms?" "And now he walks a meter behind me..." "He didn't used to." "Why does he walk a meter behind me now?" "On some Tuesday, tryasking him if "anything's happening."" "lt's time to go to Radim." "ln the attic?" "Yeah." "Night." "Night." "Anything happening?" "What's that?" "What?" "Did I do that?" "l don't know." "I probably scratched myself straightening up in here." "Come off it, you were fighting." "No..." "l was just fulfilling your wish." "But I didn't tell you to fight him." "He's gone, isn't he?" "So let it go." "Who was he?" "What did he want from you?" "l don't know." "He was always a jerk, always turning up where he wasn't wanted." "Nobody wanted to talk to him." "Such a sad case." "You didn't recognize him?" "Notatall." "He really changed but he was always a freak." "Always drawing attention to himself;" "he even ate worms just for kicks." "God, now I might start feeling sorry for him." "Why did he come to our wedding?" "l can't imagine." "I forgot to ask him." "A crow came flying, landed on a limb." "Another came flying, landed next to him." "A third came flying, landed straight and strong." "Afourth came flying and sang us a song." "Come on, crow, fly to me;" "I am making something for tea." "A little for the birdie, a little for the cat, crow bird, crow bird, come pit-a-pat." "But it's not a crow, it's a blackbird" "because it has a yellow..." "Beak." "Afour-spot ladybug, a two-spot ladybug, a giant ladybug," "a 14-spotted ladybug, and one with one, two, three..." "Seven." "Seven spots." "This blue one has 14." "Good morning." "Hi, auntie." "What are you doing, Jolanka?" "Looking at this book aboutanimals." "Whyaren'tyou sleeping?" "A bird woke me up and then I had to pee." "Go back to bed; it's still really early." "Jan knows all the animals in the whole world." "Jolanka, go back to bed." "We'll look at it later." "Jolanka, be real quiet so you don't wake anyone." "What do you want?" "l have to tell you something." "But I don't want to hearit." "How did you get in?" "Itwas unlocked." "l'm calling the police." "You can - but please don't." "Give me ten minutes." "Are we going to stand?" "I loved him like no one else in the world." "Radim?" "No, Jan Benda." "Jan Benda?" "But you're Jan Benda." "That's what it was like..." "We were like one, Jan and I." "One soul." "He was the most beautiful, tender being - my other half." "Togetherwe made one person;" "we were complete." "Understand?" "And what happened to him?" "They killed him." "Who?" "Danek, Pospísil, and mainly RadimWerner." "Radim..." "And I'm supposed to believe you?" "I don't even know who you are." "It's enough that you know the victim and his killers:" "Danek and Pospisil, but mainlyWerner;" "the othersjustwent along." "He always had some "great idea" for escaping the boredom." "Butyou know that." "My name is Ales Klíma." "What happened?" "When and where?" "Where: the boys boarding school in Bukovany." "Aselective school - as they kept reminding us." "What others would have given to study there." "The offspring of musicians and actors went to conservatories;" "filmmakers went to Bukovany." "It might surprise you howthe kids were marked by their parents' profession, standing, and ambitions." "Or howthe school was filled with conceited, self-centered, bored, and frustrated assholes" "raised with an absolutely undeserved feeling ofexceptionalness." "Ofcourse, noteveryone was like that." "There were also sensitive, artistic souls, and those who'd inherited some talent or at least enthusiasm." "But most didn't plan on fulfilling theirfamous parents' ambitions." "Fine, but can we..." "Ofcourse." "Then there were those who were different." "Maybe they didn't play soccer- that was a big mistake." "Or maybe they read strange and difficult books - or read atall." "Or maybe theywent to mass at the nearby church." "Or maybe theysimply missed theirparents." "They arrived at age 14 when theywere still children." "Ormaybe they were simply different." "They didn't talk about girls." "They didn't talk endlessly aboutwomen's pussies." "Every scaron a tree trunk in the school park or crack between the mattresses had that one single significance." "It was as if a huge cosmic cunt floated over the whole damned school." "What's this got to do with Radim?" "He left the school as faras I know." "Why did he leave?" "He didn't like it;" "he wanted to go somewhere else." "And whatyou're describing happens whereverteenagers live together." "You love him." "You know who Radim loved then?" "Nastassja Kinski." "Have you seen any of hermovies?" "She made wonderful, famous films with Wenders and Polanski." "But she was also in the ridiculous horror flick Cat People." "In it, Nastassja changes into a panther who sometimes bites her lovers." "Radim found a picture of her from the film, an artistic nude, and taped it above his bed." "And in a funny way, he wanted us to share his "feelings" for her." "He wanted us to worship her." "He was creative about it- appropriate for an artistic school." "From a makeup artist, he got a wig, lipstick, and eye shadow for Jan." "From then on Jan had to become the feline goddess" "Nastassja Kinski." "They called it "taming."" "What do cats live on?" "They lap up "milk."" "We don't cats like?" "Getting pulled bythe "tail."" "What do cats love?" "Catching "cocks."" "So manywonderful and original ideas - where did theyall come from?" "I guess theythought Nastassja the Cat had nine lives." "Jan and I took refuge in each other." "We went for walks in the empty park." "Togetherwe shared another world free of brutality and sexual innuendo, free ofsenseless bashing and bullying thateveryone ignored." "But he wouldn'teven tell me what happened after lights out in the room he shared with Danek, Pospísil, and mainly the eternally laughing,jolly, playful, and resourceful RadimWerner." "What did they do to him?" "Whateveryou can imagine." "Why did he put up with it?" ""Professor, yesterday I had to suck off the son ofthe film production boss." ""And if I hesitate they make me chew up and swallow worms." ""Orl can wipe shit on myself from the janitor's cat" ""you see, they give me a choice." ""l have to walk with my penis stuck behind my legs," ""wearing a wig so I'll look like a girl, meowing and purring." ""And if I refuse I getan ice cold shower" ""and my ass whipped with a rubberhose."" "They called it a grubbing." ""Orl have to let them piss on me." ""Don't be mad at me, Prof. Blind-As-a-Bat," ""Mr. Chickenshit Teacher, Mr. Ever-Drunk Principal." ""l'm terribly sorry." "Good night."" "How did you find out?" "I didn't for a long time." "I just thought he took the bullying harder than the other new kids." "What would've happened if he told on them?" "He revealed it to me gradually as we got closer, a drop ata time." "I discovered bruises and scars on his body." "Finally he told me everything they made him do." "We were like two people in a trap, condemned to death, holding each other like passengers in a falling airplane." "We cried a lot." "Our kisses always tasted salty." "Why didn't you do anything?" "l did." "I reported everything but I left him out of it." "ln myversion everything happened to me." "So you lied." "Jan would've rather died than talk about it." "l didn't care what people thought." "But they must have investigated..." "Theyswept it underthe carpet." "They were expelled for repeated violation of school rules." "All the parents were advised to transfertheirsons to otherschools." "You said they killed him." "That's true." "We went back home - me to Beroun, Jan to Prague." "He studied photography at graphic design school; he had talent." "We wrote each otherevery week, visited each other." "Finally he wrote me a letter asking me to forgive him." "He said he loved me more than himself..." "And then he jumped from the 8th floor apartment he shared with his mother." "Itwas less than a yearafter his final role as Nastassja Kinski." "Hey, girls!" "Time for your grubbing." "Doesn't Tereza want breakfast?" "She's not feeling well." "How's your exhumation going?" "The mummy is on the move." "I chilled some grand cru slivovitz." "Like some Míla?" "For your other leg..." "Forgive a pig if you can." "What did I do last night?" "You really want to know?" "Yeah." "I'm sleeping and suddenly I feel some caressing underthe comforter." "Excellent, I think, life isn't overyet." "I look and it's none otherthan Míla." "Do you always have tojoke?" "lt's lovelyto have such a keen son-in-law." "Míla, like some coffee?" "Stick the coffee you know where." "Up yourass." "Sshh..." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Morning." "Are you pregnant?" "Dad!" "Mint tea?" "No, thanks." "is there any beer?" "How do you feel?" "Fine." "We need to go shopping for bread and coffee." "Dad, we also have to pick up my glasses." "Right." "Would you mind stopping by?" "No problem." "Got the receipt?" "Sure, I'll give you some money as well." "Tereza?" "Goodjob, little Karel will learn to swim!" "Ah, dad already took off the ribbons." "He's a clever guy." "Your Highness..." "Thank you, my son." "Drive carefully." "Sure thing." "Should I go with you?" "l can handle it." "Okay, we'll meet back here." "Like the photos?" "Yeah." "Did you take them?" "No, a friend did long ago." "I'm here for my glasses." "They're ready." "Are you interested in photography?" "Some." "What do you shoot?" "People?" "Nature, animals..." "What kind of camera do you have?" "Just this digital one, but I'd like to learn to shootfilm." "I have lots ofgreatshots upstairs." "You can take a look if you have time." "Sure." "l'll just lock up so no one sneaks in." "Why didn't you go with Dominik to pick up his glasses?" "Well, yourparents offered." "Wasn't that okay?" "They didn't offer, you asked." "God, so I asked." "They were going anyway, so what?" "Right..." "What do you mean "right"?" "What's wrong with that?" "l'd have gone myself if you'd asked." "And stop drinking, Tereza." "Orwhat?" "Are you gonna hit me?" "Torture me?" "What are you saying?" "Should I rub shit on myself?" "Don't be gross." "Oh, right, you need an audience for that." "Otherwise, it'sjust too boring." "You saw how he behaved." "He's a total psycho." "I don't know what he was after, but is that howa normal person acts?" "You knew immediatelywhy he was here. -l didn't know at all!" "You're afraid of him and you didn't go with Dominik" "because you don'twant to see him." "Tereza, believe me, I barely knew him." "I don't know why he was here." "We hated each other- it happens." "Why?" "He was a rat." "Who did he rat on?" "You?" "Notjust me." "So he's the reason you leftschool." "No one wanted anything to do with eitherofthem; theywere weird." "He and Benda were two fucking outcasts." "What was so weird about them?" "They thought they were better." "They looked down on everyone." "They said such cleverthings and acted like we were idiots." "And then things were missing." "Theystole something from you?" "Notjustfrom me, lots ofthings." "Everyone was accusing each other till we found out it was those two fags." "What things?" "Some valuable stuff." "Camera filters, film cassettes..." "Can you blame the guys forgetting even?" "How?" "With ourhands." "Oh, right, they got a "grubbing."" "A grubbing." "Yep, a grubbing." "I admit it wasn't right, even cowardly, but they deserved it." "Whatexactly did it entail?" "A grubbing?" "Theyjust gota beating." "No, tell me exactly what it was." "My god!" "Two guys grabbed him and hejust got his ass beat." "Just, huh?" "Just?" "A hose on his bare body in the shower- "just" that?" "Hey, we were kids." "I know itstinks of bullying but... I suppose I should be ashamed now but they deserved it." "Theywere a couple ofthieves!" "And afterwe got even they wentand squealed on us." "Do you know the shit we were in?" "We all gotexpelled, dammit!" "Isn't that punishmentenough?" "Why'd you tell me you left school because you thought it was stupid." "Because it wasn't important. I haven't asked you about some things either." "Like what?" "Like about yourfirst marriage and taking all those pills." "So daddy informed you?" "Yes, he did." "You could've asked me!" "Right..." "Stop fucking drinking!" "You're hurting ourbaby!" "Well, maybe I don't wanta baby with someone I don'teven know!" "Goddammit, Tereza!" "I did lots of stupid things, got in lots ofshit!" "I had no instinct for self-preservation." "I acted like an idiot, but I was 17!" "But I'm 35 now, someone completely different." "You change during that time:" "that Radim is a complete stranger to me." "I don't know him, I don't understand him." "Fine, I'm ashamed of him if that's what you want to hear!" "But I won't answer for him anymore, you hear me?" "I won't." "You surprise me." "No, you surprise me!" "You don't trust me?" "You don't know me?" "Do you really think I'd torture someone?" "I just know what happened to that boy." "What do you mean?" "He couldn't go on living." "He wrote a letter then jumped out a window- because of what you all did." "Hejumped out a window?" "Yes, because of you." "Nonsense!" "I saysomeonejumped out a window because of you, and you say nonsense?" "Howthe fuck because of me?" "He killed himself because of you." "Thatjust shows whata psycho he was." "Gets whipped andjumps outa window?" "This one's a psycho, that one's a psycho..." "I must be one too!" "Yes, you are!" "You're blaming me for something I had nothing to do with." "I wasn'teven there, and I just found outabout itfrom you." "Whatshould I do now?" "Apologize to his mother?" "Because heremotionally unstable faggot of a son went crazy 20 years ago?" "You can't be serious." "You all killed him..." "Bullshit, it's notfucking true!" "You know it's the truth!" "What do you know about it?" "Were you there?" "Did you know those boys?" "No, youjust letyourself be fooled by a fucking faggotfreak who made it up." "Tereza..." "l also talked with Jan about..." "Jan, huh?" "Jan's supposed to be fucking dead!" "Was it telepathy?" "Did you talk to his spirit?" "Huh?" "No, I'll tell you who you talked to." "You talked to that prick Ales Klíma " "the goddamn dick-sucker who fed you all these lies!" "What has thatasshole done to us?" "I look atyourpicture." "You're wearing my shirt, sitting against an apple tree." "I took the picture on our first trip, the first time we got away from them." "This month I've looked at that picture more than ever before." "Anxiety comes with darkness, so I keep the lights on and keep looking." "Yourface is so peaceful." "I desperatelyseek such peace in myself." "I call out for it, I pray for it, but I know I won't find it." "Remember when we finally got away?" "But the fear was always with us." "How often did you turn around even though we were long gone?" "Have you learned to stop checking yourshoes before putting them on, to stop looking into yourglass before you drink, to stop checking your bed before you lie down?" "Have you been able to forget?" "We're gone from there, but I still sleep with a belt cinched so tightly so that no one can pull off my pajamas in mysleep." "I keep looking at my hands, scrubbing them overand over and smelling them, but I can still smell that stench." "I'll neverget rid of it." "I'll neversleep in the dark." "I'll neverswim." "I'll never let anyone touch me." "I carrya knife but I'm always afraid." "I hate him and I hate myself." "Formyweakness." "Formy cold hands." "Forsleeping with my eyes half open." "Formy cold sweats." "Forthe nausea I feel whenever I hear men talking together." "For retching at the smell of body odor." "For not defending myself against them." "Ales, I look at your face, I look at you, at my only anchoring this world and I beg that it's strong enough to hold me here." "Forgive me if I fail." "Tereza, this isjust a piece of paper." "is my name mentioned?" "is Radim Werner written there?" "I can write you dozens of letters like this." "I also wrote a letter like that once." "Tereza, I'm not lying to you." "I've neverlied to you." "And I'm not lying now." "Please believe me." "is everything okay?" "Yeah?" "Let's go. lf he wentahead we'll meet him on the way." "ls this you?" "Yeah..." "How old are these pictures?" "Almost 20 years." "I'd like to be a photographertoo." "Does yourfriend still take pictures?" "No, he's dead." "That's too bad." "Hey, I just thought of something..." "This is his camera." "Can I see it?" "It's a classic." "He shot all these pictures with it." "lt's great." "You can borrow it." "Butwe don'teven know each other." "What do you mean?" "I was just at your dad's wedding." "I'm Dominik." "l'll leave my camera as collateral." "Okay, then we're even." "Let me show you something." "My enlarger..." "You can make pictures here whenever you want." "Developer, fixer..." "That's for developing." "This is for drying..." "That'd be great but I have to ask my dad." "No problem, Radim and I are old acquaintances." "I have to go." "Do you know how to load the film?" "Now, now..." "Howdo you feel, Míla?" "5% better." "Hey, grandma and grandpa are back." "Hi." "Hi." "ls Dominik here?" "What?" "He went with you to get his glasses." "I sent him to the optical shop." "You let him go alone?" "Come on, he's 13." "After he didn't come back, I went to look and it was closed." "I figured he headed home." "Well, but he's not here." "How was it closed?" "Are you calling him?" "is it ringing?" "Come with me." "You think that homo would do something to him?" "Let's go!" "Wait up!" "What do you want?" "Where's Dominik?" "Dominik?" "Are you saying he wasn't here?" "He took his glasses and left." "He didn't make it home." "Where is he?" "That's what we're asking, you fag!" "Back off!" "Where's the boy?" "Where's the boy?" "l don't know." "Get out!" "Get out ofthere!" "Where's the boy?" "What're you going to do to me?" "Where's Dominik?" "l don't know." "He took his glasses and left." "He said his grandpa was waiting." "Howdo you know that?" "You talked about it?" "No..." "I don't know..." "We talked a little, then he had to go because his grandpa was waiting." "His grandpa waited but he nevercame!" "Was he up here?" "No one's allowed." "What?" "What're you looking at?" "Nothing." "What's in the closet?" "He's lying. I can see it in his eyes." "l can explain: he was here..." "Hey!" "What're you gonna explain?" "We talked about photographs." "About these photographs?" "No, about pictures of nature..." "Where's my son?" "Answer me!" "l don't know." "l don't know!" "Where is he?" "Think you'll make fools of us, huh?" "Where's my son?" "l'll tell you the truth!" "Where's my son, you bastard?" "Son of a bitch!" "That's enough..." "That's enough!" "Where is he, you fucker?" "Here I am!" "Ofcourse he's overjoyed the boy turned up." "Hey, I can't really talk right now." "I'll call you." "Bye." "Breathe!" "Breathe, goddammit!" "Goddammit, breathe!" "He's dead, man." "Shut up!" "Please, breathe!" "You killed him." "l was trying to stop you..." "Come on, fucking come on!" "You killed him." "This is fucked up..." "Sorry..." "Sor..." ".."