"THE TIME OF MIRACLES" "Dedicated to those who weren't innocent" "Bethany Village, Yugoslavia 1945" "Where the hell do you think you're going, blind man?" "We're putting the fire out, comrade!" "If you didn't get here on time, our school would be burnt." "Enough, old man." "Where's your brother?" "Pump the water!" "Lazar!" "Lazar!" "Get out, for God's sake!" "Wait!" "Teacher!" "I'm fine." "We'll build a new beautiful school." "For now, they'll learn under a tree." "I won't allow it." "Where should they go?" "In the mountains, like you?" "No, where they were taught lies until now." "Open up, priest!" "Open up!" "No one's here, comrade Nikodim." "Go!" "Luka!" "Hey, Luka!" "Priest!" " Don't Luka!" " Let me go." " They are crazy!" " Let me go!" "What do you want?" "We're taking your church." "One can't take what belongs to God." "There's no God anymore." "Open up the church or we'll open it." "Come on, the school's burnt down." "You deserved it." "HE who doesn't exist set it on fire." "It was burnt by the enemies of the revolution, like you." "That's right!" "We don't have a place to teach." "What you're teaching them, it's better that way." "Give us the key or we'll break down the door." "Take it easy." "We'll persuade him." "Break it down, you evildoers!" "You don't know better." "Drive on." "Break it down!" "Dear God!" "Dear God!" "Antichrists!" "Step away from the altar, damn you!" "Don't touch it." "Go!" "What are you waiting for?" "Mara!" "Take it easy." "What are you doing?" "Let me go!" "Let me go, you antichrists!" "Antichrists!" "I'll let him out when he cools down." "I don't want to see him near OUR school." "Understood?" "I promised you a school, Lazar." "Here it is." "This is still a church as far as I can see." "A church?" "We used to say that we were going to build a new world." "Didn't we?" "We did." "But first we were going to tear down the old one." "Weren't we?" "Weren't we?" "Yes, but not everything, Nikodim." "Everything, Lazar." "Everything." "Let's begin, Lazar, for God's sake." "Don't jerk around with me." "What are you waiting for?" "Go get some paint." "We can't do everything for you." "And you?" "Get the paint." "I'm blind, comrade Ozren." "And you?" "All right." "You'll paint and you'll give him instructions." "We call it community." "That's right!" "Let's hear a song!" "Together we sing" "To the glory of the working class" "Long life to the workers..." "Is something wrong again, old man?" "I'm supposed to call the children to school tomorrow." "How?" "With a church bell?" "People will think there's a fire again." "You once told me:" ""The old world's on fire, a new one's being born."" "A new one, a better one, a more generous one." "We saw the new world." "Let's see if it's going to be a better one." "You're a great reactionary, John." "Yes, you are." "And your Lazar is..." "Should I take you to a hospital?" "I'm fine." " But you hit your head." " You both did, but not today." "Uncle John, you don't understand anything." "Yes I do, you're third on the list." "I have to teach tomorrow morning." "I'll go to bed." "Wake me up, I don't want to be late." "Maria..." "Will you visit your mother?" "You're going to her place?" "I'm taking her some food." "How is she?" "If you come with me, you'll see." "I'm leaving for town tomorrow." "Why did you go out?" "You're enough for her." "Yes, when you're away." "Thank you for taking care of her." "You're taking care of my brother." "You should talk with Lazar." "He can barely stand up and wants to teach tomorrow!" "He's really crazy about those children." "What about you?" "What are you crazy about?" "Everybody knows what." "Will you stop being like that?" "It's how you wanted it." "The revolution wanted it like that." "Now you have it." "You have all you wanted." "I don't." "What do you need me for?" "The revolution doesn't last forever, Marta." "Yours is everlasting." "If the teacher asks, say you came alone." "Go on." "Sit down." "Death to fascism, comrades!" "Death to fascism," "Iiberty to people!" "Amen." "Who knows... what communism is?" "Marko?" "Communism is when I have something to eat." "Just that?" "Every day." "Just you?" "Just me." "Comrade teacher, communism is when we all have enough food." "That's right, Darinka." "Communism is justice." "And what's justice?" "When we all have enough food every day!" "That's right." "Is there communism anywhere in the world?" "Yes." "Where, Peter?" "With the rich." "And why is that?" "They have enough to eat every day." "Now we will sing." "You start, Darinka." "(The Internationale)" "God is coming back." "Don't let anyone in." "Stop, people!" "Stop!" "Where are you going?" "It's a miracle!" "We're going to pray to God." " There's no God!" " God came back!" "Stop!" "Get back!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Get back!" "There's no God." "There are no miracles." "Then why did the icons appear?" "Just one." "We didn't paint it right." "The paint was watery." "We'll paint it all over again!" "Is that you?" "It's me." "Come closer." "What's with the frescoes?" "We painted over them twice, but they keep reappearing." "You didn't prepare the paint right." "It's possible." "We painted them for the third time." "So far they didn't reappear." "Is the church... clean now?" "It's white." "I don't know if it's clean." "He's going to the hospital tomorrow no matter what." "He won't hear of it." "He'll only go if Nikodim tells him so." "He'll tell him when he comes back." "When we tell him, he doesn't listen." "But for Nikodim, he'd jump into a shit hole." " Nikodim's his friend." " Friend?" "What about priest Luka?" "He was locked up because he defended his church." "But he was let out when he cooled down." "My child, one is cool only in his grave." "Come on." "That's it." "Stop!" "Get out!" "Get out!" "I said go away!" "Go away, or I'll scream!" "Go!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Who are you?" "Where are you from?" "Are you hungry?" "Come with me." "Come in." "This is my sister, Marta." "This is uncle John." "He lives with us." "Wait a minute." "We know who I am!" "Who's he?" "I don't know." "What do you mean?" "I found him in the stable." "He's hungry..." "But he wasn't born in the stable." "He must've come from somewhere." "Who are you, my friend?" "Leave him alone." "Nikodim said we shouldn't have strangers here." "It's our house, not Nikodim's." "Now everything is Nikodim's." "Listen, young man," "I don't mean to be rude." "The war is over, but there are still bandits in the mountains." "What do you have in that bag?" "I didn't ask you, but him." "He has a tongue too." "It seems he hasn't." "Come, young man, sit down." "These are hard times, we don't have much." "But we'll share what's on the table." "How long have you been mute?" "You weren't born like that." "Where will we put him?" "Where he was before." "Before?" "We can't put him in the stable." "We can and we will." "Wait!" "Take this." "Don't be afraid!" "Don't be afraid." "Lazar!" "Who is it?" "Ozren." " What do you want?" " I need to see the teacher." "Don't yell, you fool." "Lazar is sick." "He'll get well when he hears about this." " Hear what?" " The pictures appeared again." " Put more, old man!" " It's impossible." "Is it?" "It's possible!" "What do you say about the church?" "Sabotage!" "For you it's a sabotage when it rains." "And for you it's a miracle!" "It's not a miracle, but it must be some devil's doing." "That's why we arrested that devil." "Which one?" "There are many." "The lime seller." "Did he confess?" "Evildoers don't confess." "You see, that's a miracle for me." " Comrade Nikodim!" " What is it?" "I'm coming from the church." "It won't work." "We paint over and over, but they reappear." "Do you happen to believe in miracles too?" "Not in miracles, but he must believe his own eyes." "God be with you." "Our Lazar died." "Yes, we heard." "Come on, priest, give him the last rites." "Let Nikodim and his men give him the last rites." "Don't be like that." "How will he meet the Lord?" "He'll deal with it." "Shut up, woman." "My brother died." "Maria!" " How dare you bring him here?" " I didn't." " You didn't?" " He came by himself." "What are you doing here?" "What are you doing?" "Get out of here!" "Out!" "You only bring misfortune!" "Go away!" "Go away!" "What are you doing, people?" "My God!" "What happened?" "You're alive!" "It's a miracle." "Lazar!" "What's the matter with you?" " Where are you going?" " To church." "This is a school." "A church has icons in it!" "We painted over them!" "But they came back." "Lazar came back too." "Listen!" "I don't know about Lazar, but you won't come back alive if you move one step!" "Stop, people!" "This is a school." "Wait!" "Stop!" "What's wrong with you?" "Stop!" "Go on, go back to your homes!" "Get out... or I'll kill you all." "Kill us, Ozren, there is someone who will revive us." "Help me, God!" "Thank you for bringing my brother back." "I don't think it's smart to celebrate, Marta." "Ask Lazar." "He wanted it." "To celebrate the resurrection?" "He's not upstairs." "He's by the hearth." "What is he doing there?" "I don't know." "He won't go upstairs at any price." "And how is he?" "I don't know that either." "He sits in the dark, silent." "Why in the dark?" "He says the light bothers him." "Why are you looking at me?" "Are you ill?" "I'm alive." "You don't seem to be happy." "Are you?" "I would be, if people wouldn't keep saying... that the miracle-maker will bring other dead to life." "Those we killed in the war too?" "Does that scare you?" "What's the matter with you?" "Don't worry." "He'll revive our people too, so we'll kill each other all over again." "Are you linked with that man?" "Without him, I'd be in a coffin now." "You'd be in a coffin, but alive, not dead." "Do you think you were dead and then resurrected?" "A reasonable man cannot believe such a thing." "But as long as there are false saviors, some will believe it." "What saviors?" "We went to Sunday school together." " You know what Christ did." " Healed the blind and the mute." "Like those false healers, who deceive people." "And bring back to life?" "The enemies of the revolution stop at nothing." "No living man can believe that." " But the villagers believe." " Believe what?" "That God came back to Bethany." "And you?" "Do you believe?" "I don't know." "I don't know anything anymore." "Then, who knows?" "You." "You closed my eyes." "You know." "You and maybe that man." "Who's that man?" "I told you, I don't know." " Who knows?" " Nobody." "Maria found him in the stable." "He only spent the night there." "Old man?" "How would I know?" "Why do you ask?" "All kinds of bandits roam around deceiving people." "It's not the first time." "Since the beginning of time people were deceived." "I'm serious!" "Who's that man?" "I told you, I don't know." "I don't know." "Some bum." "He's not a bum." "Then what is he?" "Would a bum do what he has done?" "What has he done?" "He brought our Lazar back." "What does this miracle-maker of yours look like?" "He's handsome." ""He's handsome"..." "I told you, people, he's tired." "Why tired?" "He spent the whole day lying on the hearse." "Mikael sent me to ask you something." "Ask." "He's very sick and he's worried." "Worried about what?" "How is it over there?" "He shouldn't worry." "He'll see." "Come on, you should go." "Harder, harder!" "What did Nikodim say about all this?" "About what?" " About what happened." " What happened?" "What happened, John?" "I don't know." "You made my coffin and you don't know?" "Go to hell, old man!" "All of you!" "You don't know how it is to be dead!" "Do you know now?" "Do you know now?" "I thought I knew you." "You were like a son to me." "Death changes people!" "No, my son..." "Death corrupts them." " Where is he?" " Who?" "The one who revived your brother." "You must know where he is." " Where is he?" " I don't know!" "Let go of me!" "Luka!" " How did he pull that off?" " What?" "That so called resurrection." "You don't believe Lazar was resurrected?" "There's no resurrection until The Last Judgment." "Unless their revolution... is The Last Judgment." "To be honest with you, brother Lazar, I was mistaken." "Now I see that you're also against them." "Confess!" "I don't know." "What are you doing?" "Get out!" "Who gave you permission, you fuckers?" "They did this on their own!" "They'll pay for this!" "Does it hurt?" "After that, nothing hurts." "After what?" " What did those punks want?" " For me to confess." "Confess what?" "That I wasn't dead when he resurrected me." "I know you weren't." "But the stupid villagers believe that you were." "They have to, they witnessed it." "And you?" "I don't have to." "I was not a witness." "You see... so much trouble... and struggle... to make the world more righteous, reasonable, better... all in vain." "Why in vain?" "You see yourself." "Religion teaches that there is resurrection." "And what do we say?" "We say that there isn't." " There isn't." " No?" "No." "Then why aren't you in the grave?" " Because I wasn't dead!" " OK, don't get angry." "Don't get angry." " I just had that impression." " What impression?" "As if you weren't quite sure." "Nonsense!" "Of course I wasn't dead." "Of course you weren't." "You just seemed to be dead." "I asked the hospital, it's called..." " Catalepsy." " Right." "So... you and I know... that it was catalepsy." "The damned villagers don't." "Those who light candles around the church!" "Let's go." "You see, we're educated people, we believe in reason." "But the dead are raising from their graves, which they haven't done in the darkest of times." "Now every one can say that we're wrong." "If we're not right about one thing, why trust us about anything?" "When people stop believing in us, they'll stop believing in the revolution." "They'll despise everything we stand for, the whole fucking better future." "You caused us much trouble with that second life of yours." "I didn't ask to be revived." "I know that." "But that doesn't help us now." "Sit down." "What if I confess publicly that I wasn't dead?" "Who would believe you?" "They all saw you lying on the hearse." "I personally closed your eyes." "But was I dead?" "Who the hell knows, Lazar?" "I thought you were." "And not just me." "John and your sisters, we all thought you were dead." "We were wrong." "It was a mistake." "What about burying me alive?" "That's not important now." "What's important... is that you weren't dead, when everyone believes you were." "And you?" "And you?" "It's not important what I believe." "I'm not important." "Of course you're not." "You and I, we're not important." "Only the revolution is." "Have a drink." "Should I leave Bethany for some time?" "And when you come back, people will say," ""He was resurrected by a miracle-maker."" "I may never come back." "Where ever you go, they'll say," ""This is Lazar." ""A miracle-maker brought him back from the dead."" "What should I do, Nikodim?" "I don't know." "I only know that we're in deep shit because of you." "I should've just stayed dead." "And in the grave." "What did you say?" "I wish I was in the grave." "What?" "Comrade, you're wanted in the village." "What happened?" "Your mother is not well." "Mom, I brought you a radio." ""What is it?"" "A radio is... a miracle." "A radio, is a real miracle." "You'll hear little people singing, a whole chorus." "But not yet." "When the electricity... comes to the whole village." "And that's not... easy business." "I feel lonely, Mom." "What's important is that you get well." "You'll get out of bed and I'll come back." "Everything will be like before." "Just sleep." "They're asking you to help them too." " Let's go, priest." " I'm not finished yet." "You won't be." "Come on." "What's with you, woman?" "Come on, priest!" "What's with all of you?" "What is he waiting for?" "For your father to die." "How could he resurrect him if he's not dead?" "You fool!" "He might make him get well." "Ask him if he could heal him, if it's quicker." "They're asking if you could lay your hand on him." "Open up in the name of the people!" "Open up in the name of God!" "Shut up, priest!" "So... your miracle-maker revived him?" "My father didn't die." "Comrade Ozren, there's no one here!" "Priest, could it really be..." "What?" "That God who raises the dead?" "As a priest I should be the first to know." "I will break every bone in his body when I find him." "Do you know who He is?" "Do you know who you are?" "They're looking for you." "They think that you resurrected my brother, that you're Him." "You have to go away." "Can you go back to where you came from?" "You can't stay here." "They'll find you." "Go." "Hello, Marta." "I brought this for Lazar." "Sign here." "Come in!" "Comrade Nikodim, comrade Marta is here to see you." "Let her in." "You wanted to see me." "Sit down." "The accused, do you understand the charges against you?" "I do." "How do you plea?" "Guilty." "Do you confess that you mixed milk with the paint so that the icons would appear again?" "I did." "Traitor!" "People, wait." "I prepared the paint." "He was sick." "Shut up!" "Do you confess that you weren't dead when the false miracle-maker revived you?" "I confess." "That you conspired with him to deceive people?" "I confess." "Traitor!" "So, there was no resurrection." "No." "It was a false resurrection." "And there is no resurrection from the dead?" "No." "And there is no God?" "No." "Down with the non-believer!" "Why did you do that?" "Why did you deceive people?" "Because I hated them." "But you fought for the people... for the revolution." "I just pretended." "I always hated them." "I was always the enemy." "Traitor!" "Death to the traitor!" "Death!" "Death!" "Down with the traitor!" "Death!" "Even now I hate them!" "I hate you!" "I hate you all with all my heart!" "I hate you!" "We'll have a quarry here." "All that stone and people don't have roofs over their heads." "Electrification is also important." "Schools are the most important." "You should build a school." "We'll regenerate the village completely." "It's a shame I won't be here to see it." "We're here." " What is it?" " It's dark." "I thought light bothers you." "Not anymore." "Honestly, Lazar, were you dead?" "Honestly, Nikodim, I don't know." "Order arms!" "Arms ready!" " Aim!" " Wait, Sinisa." "Order arms!" "Put the fire out." "You put it out, John." "You're the head of the house now." "Put it out." "What are you doing?" "Leave that!" "What's the matter with you?" " Let go!" " That's people's property!" " I am the people!" " What people?" "You're a whore!" "Oh, Lord, help me." "Help me, Lord." "Call him!" "Call Lazar." "Come on!" "Come out, Lazar!" "Call Lazar!" "Come out, Lazar!" "Calm down, people!" "Let that poor man be!" "Get lost, priest!" "You devils!" "Come out, Lazar!" "Guess who hit you, Lord!" "Come out, Lazar!" "Our people know what a dead man is." "You were lying..." "like a real corpse." "It wasn't hard, I already was a corpse." "I'll drive you to the crossroads, your family is there." "Here are your papers." "First it was a false resurrection, then a false execution." "Now I have to live with a false name and you'll continue lying to people that I'm dead." "The storm is coming." "We better get going." "Is there anything that's real?" "Yes." "What you hear." "The drunken lot!" "They'll kill that young man." "Nobody knows him or where he's from." "Nobody's looking for him." "There's no hope for him to go back." " Who says so?" " Experience." "Do you think he's the only one?" "The roads are full of drifters like him." "Let's go, Lazar." "I think it's for the best!" " The best, for whom?" " For everybody." "For you, your family, for me, for the revolution." "You'll allow this?" " I don't even know about that!" " But I know!" " Know what'll happen if they see you?" " They'll leave the man alone." "They'll believe that he resurrected you again!" "Maybe he did, Nikodim!" "It's Lazar!" "He came out!" "Screenplay by Borislav Pekic and Goran Paskaljevic" "Produced and directed by Goran Paskaljevic" "Subtitling Titra Film Paris"