"Shall we start?" "It's the start of a film" "Composed" "Of seven stories" "An epilogue" "And a prologue" "Let's begin!" "Bring the champagne!" "Get moving!" "This film is dedicated to:" "Alexander Kerkov (1901 -1990)" "He wanted to conquer Europe and the world by his music" "But he stayed back home." "JAZZ KERKOFF" "FANCY BALL NO masks REQUIRED" "BEARS MONKEYS TURKEYS DONKEYS" "BELLS AND COWBELLS COME TO THE BALL" "AND FEEL LIFE IS TALL!" "DANCING SEASON OPENING" "CLOSING TIME:" "WHEN PIGS GO UP THE MULBERRY TREE" "JAZZ KERKOV VENETIAN NIGHT" "KERKOV COUNTY GIGS" "ROCINANTE BUS TRANSPORT" "START:" "AT COME END:" "AT WILL" "Hi, mum." "No, I'm not in Vienna." "I am in Graz." "We had a matinee." "Tonight we have a very important gala in Vienna." "Eggs, cheese, salami... they did." "I'm trying to save but you want me to call every day." "It's difficult." "No, I'm not in a sweat suit," "I'm in tails." "No time to change..." "Say it again!" "A son?" "The driver?" "I'll tell him right away!" "Driver, you have a son." "The drinks are on you!" "Teddy" " Timpanist starring:" "Krustjo Lafazanov" "I have a son!" "The Maestro - conductor, composer, film director starring:" "Itzhak Finzi" "Who'll drive us to Vienna now?" "The Driver starring:" "Georgi Mamalev" "I will." "I was an APC driver in the Army." "Nonsense!" "I will drive!" "Maria" " Current lover of The Maestro starring:" "Zhanet Ivanova" "It's dangerous!" " Give me the keys!" "No, you shouldn't!" "Elena" " Ex-lover of The Maestro starring" " Stefania Koleva" "Maestro, the keys!" "The Cousin starring:" "Dido Machev" "The Diva - old time lover of The Maestro starring:" "Sasha Filipova" "Fly by Rocinante" "A musical film with elements of Grand Opera and silent movies" "Rocinante - motor coach starring:" "PAZ model 1952" "He's taken my seat." "And he's sleeping..." "Shall I stand all the way to Vienna?" "Sit up front with Maria." " I'm not insane." "This is the Maestro's seat!" "We're gona be late once again." "I have to listen to their stupid stories for a zillionth time." "Now I'll tell you how Teddy entered the competition at the Opera House and..." "Sure he was with Mum!" "Exam committee" "Miracles just nod his way" "In Sofla he stayed to play" "Just for winning top award" "Beat his drumm just like a board." "Big city, big drum, big beat," "Other talents he would meet!" "For his village far away" "Didn't let his spirit play." "Teddy scorned artistic slant," "Off he drove in his Trabant.." "Shu!" "This is not a Kosturitsa film!" "Mimi, come here!" "Get!" "Good girl." "Spin it out, with more feeling!" "I want to..." "I want to hear the flute!" "I have never tied my mother on the Trabant." "I know, I know..." "First and foremost..." "I can never lift her up." "Let me tell you how Teddy was slapped by Maria three times." "He was new to the orchestra and had no clue who she was or the games with the Maestro." "We had a gig at a funeral..." "Not a funeral, it was a wedding!" "We do weddings, they do funerals!" "The door!" "The door!" "Stop the tram!" "Don't dare touch it!" "I'll break your skull!" "Leave me my cucumbers!" "Catch him!" "Be careful..." "Don't bang on it." "Easy, chum, we do them pianos every day..." "Be careful!" " Shall I play some scales?" "No, please!" "You hooligans!" "Keep quiet, you hooligans!" "Ha-ha!" "Vefy funny!" "Talent in abundance here - Best musicians of the year," "Busking is their recent passion" "Mixed with old Vienna fashion." "In the circus lots of times" "They did all the festive chimes." "I dedicate this number to my faithful wife!" "Beware!" "These are terrible meat-eating bears!" "We keep them in timber cages because they eat iron!" "Mothers, don't let your babies..." "wander!" "Together forever." "I'll get you now, you slut!" "Open up!" "Open up, I say." "Why is the door locked?" " In case someone..." "What is this shoe?" " Just a shoe..." "Get back here, short stuff!" "Small fly!" "Your husband is a real sucker!" "Should've given you a thrashing, not chased clowns in the arena!" "With men I am in luck, they come to me to..." "Old hag!" " Life is short, art is eternal..." "With him driving, it sure is!" "How come you're here, brother?" "You haven't called me "brother"" "since we were kids." " Beat it!" "I can't." "It's raining." "Do your thing, don't mind me..." "Beat it!" "Half an hour!" "Hand me my raincoat." "It's cold in this rain..." "Not again, you sucker!" "Maestro!" " We were gathering mushrooms..." "Come in!" "We're deep in mud!" "The river's up." " Your eyebrows!" "We'll rot here for at least two days!" "Mum and me were stuck here last year for a whole week." "I have a friend in crop dusting, we won't starve." "And with the mushrooms to boot!" "The red wine, the parsley," "the pan, the oil and the mushrooms cutting onions, remember this, to look at them important is," "let the tears freely mingle, their salts becoming single." "Red wine, red wine..." "Put the mushrooms finely chopped in the pan with butter popped." "Sprinkle then the parsley cut, throw the cat out of the hut." "Red wine..." "Now you all release the tension, all you need is pay attention." "Feel the flavour, you are smart, that's the recipe for art!" "Don't forget and don't be mad, to the mushrooms you should add lots of love and lots of wine if you want a dish divine." "Very nice mushrooms..." "You get the tastiest mushrooms..." " If they are not poisonous!" "If they're picked by me..." " If they're cooked by you!" "I give you the Maestro!" "For all the raging storms we are stocked well..." "Last year Mum and I..." " Enough of her." "Shoo!" "Let her stay!" " But she eats the mushrooms!" "Mum told me..." " Stop with your mum!" "We know all about her!" " ...that the Roman emperors used cats as test rabbits." "They gave the mushrooms to them before eating." "To the rabbits?" " No, to the cats." "And if the cats dropped off, they didn't touch the mushrooms." "That's all we need right now..." "The Diva to come knocking!" "No way!" " Teddy, go see who's knocking!" "There's nobody out there..." "And the electricity's gone!" "What's up?" " The cat." "What about it?" " The mushrooms!" "What about them?" " Foaming..." "She's dying!" "The cat kicked the bucket!" "Who picked the mushrooms?" " That Renaissance lunatic!" "Do you feel sick?" "He wants to be a genius - conducting, composing..." "Now he wants to direct a film!" "You think you are Da Vinci?" "Leave it!" "Nobody will come in this weather." "Don't talk like that, brother!" " Your brother ain't!" "Mum raised us both from peanuts..." "It's you she raised with a spoon in your mouth:" ""Put on your hat, your coat, let me wash your knickers."" "Mind your language!" " Should I?" "Sucker!" "No..." " No what?" "No signal!" " How come?" "Don't do this, Lord!" "Do you know what a great work will not see the light of day?" "But we had a good song!" " Shut up, sucker!" "One more lunatic!" "Kittens!" "Kittens!" "What kittens?" "Two female and three male." "And the electricity is back!" " Let me have a look!" "And the cat has littered!" "The tire, the back tire!" "Wake up the driver!" "No sweat!" "Weren't you the APC driver, help him with the tyre!" "I could be of great help!" "First the bolts we will unscrew" "Then we use a jack or two.." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Come on, time is running fast..." "That's enough!" "Just look, he's so nice and charming!" "Try first gear..." "It's not working!" "Look at the road from time to time!" "You slut, just let me catch you with this pygmy again.." "And you can think of bears only!" "Be careful not to drop a flowerpot on me!" "No sweat, look at that beauty!" "Real lambs!" "What is this?" "A python, noble animal!" "If you know what animals people live with..." " Keep it away!" "Look at that." "This is the Big Bear and this - the Little Bear." "Easy, I'll calm her down..." "Let's do it quick!" "You take them out," "I'll bring the car." "Cousin!" "A bad egg Cousin really was shaved the bear trainer close" "cruelly the bears treated, always lied and often cheated." "He seduced the trainer's wife.." "What a thing a bear is!" "You hum something, she hums it back and does it even better than you, to boot!" "That's Mother Nature..." "Where are we taking them?" "I bought them from him." "He had no money to feed them." "Why at night, then, like thieves?" " So he wouldn't back up." "Not that I gave him any money..." "An Englishman is here to hunt bears." "He's been here for 10 days, and not a bear in sight." "He's paying 10 000 per bear." " 10 000 what?" "Pounds." " Turkish?" "No, British!" "Oops, Sterling..." " Oops..." "The park ranger promised me half of it if I bring a bear." "And we'll split it like brothers?" "We ain't brothers, only cousins." "What's your speed?" "The meter hand fell..." " You watch the road," "I'll look for it." " What's going to happen to the bears?" " You heard there's an ambush." "They'll shoot them." " You mean shoot them dead?" "Bang bang!" "And spread them in front of the fireplace..." "No way!" "Scram!" "Leave..." "Shoo!" "The other way!" "This goes to the ranger's cabin." "Where are the bears?" " ln the forest." "Where?" " ln the forest." "If I smack you, you'll see!" "How could you let them go?" "Bears belong to the forest, not to an English fireplace!" "I'll break your..." " Do not fight!" "You, dullard!" "I saved you from that village..." "I found you the job in the orchestra..." "And the cub?" " What cub?" "The little cub!" "I'll tell you..." "If it wasn't for mum..." "Let's see you, now." "You know you're deeply in love?" "!" " I do..." "He is very handsome and smart, whiskers and all, a wonder!" "A strawberry!" "Sweetie, have a strawberry!" "Yes, time is unforgiving..." "How charming she was!" "She was so beautiful!" "The affection, the thrills!" "She lead me to the big stage." "Many, many years ago... 23 seasons later" "On the next day..." "There should be a way out!" "Put your hand on the ball" "I see unhappy love" "If you want to bring back your love you'll have to bring back your youth" "They've made a mistake with my date of birth" "It's impossible!" "It's possible..." "If the police permits it as easily" "It's never that easy" "The only thing left to adjust is the birth certificate" "Father!" "I've seen the world but never have I heard anyone to toll bells like..." "You!" "I've never heard them ring" "How come?" "The bells up there make an awfull din, my head is ringing and I can't hear a thing" "as if someone else is leading my hand." "You remember us singing together when I was little?" "Well... this was your first public performance." "Let's sing that song again!" "So what?" "Forging documents?" "You are now 20 years younger, and you can't retire." "How long till you retire?" "A Diva is a Diva even at 100." "Well, you're almost there." "And then?" "Creeping on crutches to the stage?" "Don't call now!" "We're shooting a picture." "Cut!" "The dentures!" "She swallowed them..." "Let the granny go!" "No, don't!" "She'll get hurt!" "Come here, you oaf!" "What do you want?" "Back to the coffin!" "Take this donkey off the set!" " Which one?" "Both of them!" "Let's hear them bells!" "Where are they..." "Father!" "Father?" "Are you alright?" "Why did they stop?" "Did I say to?" "Did I say cut?" "Father, this film is all about your bells!" "Everybody's talking about you and the music you make." "I have never heard it." "It cannot be heard!" "The Lord leads my hand!" "You will hear them." "They will be recorded." "You'll hear the sounds you made with your hands all those years." "Get up now!" "A little to the left!" " lt says "right" in the book." "No, right." "Right!" "Why don't you shut up?" "No, back again!" "Just a breath!" "That's it!" "Come on, Father!" "Silence!" "Silence!" "Silence!" "Quiet on the set!" "Camera!" " Not rolling!" "Help!" "Oh, my God." "The Father's on the run!" " Camera reload!" "New roll!" "Silence, please." " New roll." "No, I won't do this film!" "Let's pull together, people!" "Let's wrap it!" "It's almost done!" "This isn't my only work!" "This is our collective work!" "We want to enrich the classics with our crotchety, tough, ancient roots!" "Yes!" " You keep quiet!" "Look," "Europe needs us!" "Picture's up!" "Shall I hear the bells?" "You recorded them?" "Right?" "I have never heard them!" "There is music in them!" "Silence!" "Now - the bells!" "Just listen!" "Action!" "What happened?" "!" "The bells!" "I lived to hear them!" "Good luck!" "I have a son!"