"Budapest Filmstudio presents" ""I only love fairy-tales Because your eyes so tell-tale." "Only because, Only because of your eyes," "Those wonderful eyes of yours. "" " Hello Igo!" " Good evening." " Good evening." " Good evening." " Sorry for being late." " You can never be late here." "I've got a new song." "I'll hum it to you." "Let's learn it together." "A PRICELESS DAY" " Hungarian film" "I'll pick a bunch of roses" "For the breaking up festival" "And say good-bye to our teacher" "With the scent of red roses..." " Hello, Iren." " Hello, Anna." "So you are the one." "Yes." "For four years..." "I wouldn't like us to be embarrassed." "I'm not embarrassed." "Who told you?" "Lots of people." " Attila, too?" " Yes." "The only honest thing he ever did." "He told me yesterday." "What now?" "We'll have to find a solution." " I've just dropped in for a few minutes." " That's good." "There's trouble." " What?" " She died." " Auntie?" " Just now." "Don't be an idiot." "The mess you always get into." " She isn't dead." " But she is." "Don't get hysterical, she's still breathing." "I'll call an ambulance." "They've already been here." "I mean the doctor has." "He told me." "To hell with them." "Look, she's breathing." "It doesn't matter." "It will be over in an hour." "They said it's certain." "This is the end." " Sure?" " Yes." " When are the coming to take her?" " Soon." "I don't want you to go off your head here." "That puts the lid on it." "Don't look at her." " Did you have a nice time in the mountains?" " Yes." "We'll all die like this." "The ambulance will come..." "To think that I love you and it will be over, that now we're sitting here and it'll be over, it's maddening." " Are you very upset?" " It's good to have you here." " I mean the abortion." " That was all right." "I left on the same day." "No bleeding, nothing." "It would've been nice to have a child but it doesn't matter now." "How can you say such a thing?" "None of your business." "Believe me, I know how you are feeling." "Don't think I don't know." "Someone's dying here, you're nervous." "You're talking wildly." "You think that if our baby had been born, it would also die like Auntie Etelka." "But we will still have children." "We can't miss the possibility just because you are in a mess." " We won't have any." " Of course, we will." "We will." "But not now." "We'll wait a little until things get settled." "To have a child now would be simply madness, absolute madness." "I've already got two kids." "However much I'd like to, we mustn't be reckless." "Besides, things are on the move." "I told Anna about you and me." "Things are beginning to move." "Aunt Etelka is dying, the flat will be yours." "It's not big but it's a base." "It's too small for a child and the two of us, but it's a beginning." "Are you listening?" " I wish they were coming." " Who?" "The hearse or the ambulance or the doctor." "I don't know." "Sorry, but I have to go." "Don't be angry." "Please." "I'm not angry." "Go." "Listen," "I really would like to stay if I could." " Believe me, I'd like to." " I believe you." "You are fantastic, you women." "How strong you are." "You've already calmed down." "Did I tell you about my mother and that winter coat?" "Yes, the appraiser." " I often think of it these days." " All right then." " Hi." " Hi." "Hello." "What's up?" "Is she dead?" "Yes." "I must phone, sorry." "Anna?" "Iren Zemann speaking." "I'm sorry to bother you." "I'd like to talk to Attila." "No, this won't happen again." "Yes." "Me." "I've come to the kindergarten, I can't bear it at home." "I'd like you to go to the flat." "Someone has to be there when they take her away." "I don't care about Anna now." "Fine." "Bad luck for Sarah that the skirts are getting longer..." "Excuse me." "Hello, I'm Hevesi." "I'm here about a matter concerning you." " Attila?" " He's gone." "He'll be back soon." "Let's postpone the topic until then and pretend this was a chance meeting." "I'm afraid there's no wine left, but there will be..." "Here." "Let's look into each other's eyes." "Haha, a drop." "Well, I feel great." "We can chat about anything." "Put my wits to the test, please." "Such an opportunity is rare in life." "We mustn't miss it Madam." "It's a good thing and why should we miss a good thing?" "I'm just talking, that's all." "I've heard much to your credit." "Attila never stopped praising you." "You aren't just a fancy, a whim." "You aren't a passing adventure." "I know it from experience." "I, too, had a great girl in my life but she died." "I met Attila the day after she died." "September 2, 1954." "I was dead drunk." "I'd skipped the labour safety course." "That's understandable, isn't it?" "We had a few drinks with Attila." "I didn't even know his name." "He was a clerk at the company where I used to be a foreman." "And then, bang, he disappeared." "In the clink." "For two years." "Those were hard times." "Want a bite?" "Do you?" "Didn't Attila tell you about the jam we were in?" "No?" "Because of his wife." "He's changed for the worse since his wedding." "Hi." "At last." "Hi." "Did you introduce yourself?" "We've got over everything, my dear Attila." " And what do you think?" " We haven't talked about it yet." "There's some hope for a flat?" "A bit of pressure will be needed, of course." " When did they take her away?" " An hour ago." " Poor little old woman." " And?" "And what?" "Everything's settled." "Here are the papers." "These things were on her." "Shouldn't we go to some place more pleasant?" " Wait a little." " All right." "We can't live here." "Neither you, not I, nor the two of us." "Bandi thinks we ought to change this flat." " With his?" " No, but through him." "The point is that it would be a change of flats only on paper." "It doesn't matter what you call it, change or sale." " The important thing is the money." " But I haven't got any money." "You haven't." "You do have a few little things." "A car, a flat without a bathroom, but a flat nevertheless, you've got Attila, your friends..." "My head is going to burst." "Let's do something, otherwise we'll grow old like this." "Couldn't we discuss it tomorrow?" "You've been drinking." "This was a warning." "You don't know why." "The cuckoo will be your fate." "Cuckoo Street." "I believe in fate." "More clearly, please." "Mr. Hevesi?" "Good morning." "I'm Iren Zemann." "Remember?" "Hello." "Attila?" "He's fine." "Listen, you've really got me thinking about that free-hold flat." "It's been on my mind ever since." "We ought to discuss it in detail." " All right, but where is Attila?" " He's working." "Why?" "Nothing." "I was just asking." "Couldn't he have come here, too?" "No." "This is my business." "Attila said that I could trust you." "You are friends, aren't you?" " He shouldn't be sending me messages." " Please!" "Attila came to see me after a few years though he knew where I lived." "I don't mind being invited by a fair-weather friend but I won't swallow this." "You've misunderstood me." "Attila is busy." "And I was too impatient." " Is yours an affair of long standing?" " Yes." "That's why I want a flat so bad." "Does Attila want it, too?" "Is that flat available or isn't it?" "Cuckoo street is." "But I want to state that I don't trade flats." "I'm busy working." " Good." "How much do you want?" " Nothing." "Keep that in mind once and for all." " I'm sorry." " Gabi!" "There is a tiny two-room flat in Cuckoo street." "The builders backed out." "The flat is almost ready, you could move in this year." "Gabi!" "Go and have a look at it." "The rest is up to the lawyers, not me." "This is Iren, come and kiss her hand." "What are you waiting for?" "A friend of mine." "Take the lady to Cuckoo street and show her Muzsai's flat." " Good bye." " Good bye." " I must say, you are a lucky girl." " Why?" " Because of Cuckoo street?" " You'll love it." "This is a priceless day for you." "That fool Hevesi rang me up." "He said that we should have a drink together." "He thinks that he has special rights now that he's getting you a flat." "He can take offence." "He can think me a liar when I tell him that I'm busy." "Why do you start partisan actions behind my back?" "Can't you believe me when I tell you that life is..." "I can't even write my name down properly." "Hello." "However, he got us a flat." "Don't you understand?" " Where the hell are you going?" " I'm sorry I have to leave." " We'll meet at the sports centre." "Bye." " You can't fucking do that." "I've asked you not to come here." "This is my second job." "They can kick me out whenever they want to." "I've already seen it." "42 square metres and a view!" "You must come with me immediately." "We'll have a look at it together." "It's fantastic!" "The whole world is fantastic!" "Don't give me that about a flat!" "Do you know how much such a luxury free-hold flat costs?" "500000 Forints." "The bank grants me a loan of 200000." "Aunt Etelka's flat is also worth something, not as much as I need, though." " Please, believe me!" " Look out!" "I'll sell the car if need be." "How much can you contribute?" " That doesn't depend on me at all." " Who does it depend on?" "The circumstances." "If I leave my family, we have to divide everything." "But I think all that will happen in a more distant future than your housing problem, right?" "If I steal 5000 from Anna, she may notice it." "All I can do is ask her." "Do, Attila!" "Aren't you going too far, Iren?" "Don't lose your head." "You are world famous for your composure." " Ask her, Attila!" " Take care." "I know it's awkward, but tell Anna, it's the chance of a lifetime." "What if I do ask her?" "Do you think it'll cost as much as they say now?" "In a year's time they'll ask for another 100000." "There are millions of similar cases." "Get going, you bloody fool." "Get on with it!" "You know that I have premonitions of everything." "Now I know there won't be another opportunity like this." " So I won't let it go." " Don't." "If I get this flat I won't ask anything more from life." "Don't you see that Hevesi has a fictitious flat built for himself?" "He sells it to trustworthy people." "And you are trustworthy, of course, because you belong to me." " And what's wrong with that?" " He isn't doing it for the love of us." " And what have you got to do with him?" " Nothing on earth, except for the jail." "Hello." "Mr. Manager, your sandwich." "Now." "I hear, yesterday you skipped one reel in "A Very Moral Night"." "Good afternoon, Mr. Manager." "I was working overtime and I still am." "And I won't come in Saturday night." "What about Viktor?" "Viktor is working at the Bastion and will stay there, clear?" "They do the night performance in the Red Star, too." "You'll have to project this film yourself if business is so important." "I'm a bombed out wreck." "Understand?" "Projectionists rule, damn their blockheads." "One day I'll go crazy." "That's how things are going everywhere." "And you, you think you're in America." "Hevesi was your idea You started it all." "Are you going to take over at last or have you got a few more tricks left?" " All right, I'm here." " Hello." "Attila, do come to Cuckoo street." "You must have a look, too." "I haven't got the time, darling." "Can't you see?" "You ought to see it." "Sweetheart, Attila." "I'm hooked in, see?" "I'd like to do it with you there, where we'll live together." "But not here!" "You know what?" "Like in old times." "No one will see us here." "There isn't even a night watchman there." "I know there isn't." "I don't want to do it just anywhere." "Only there." "Why, isn't it me you want?" "Isn't it me you love?" "Watch out." "My zip!" "I don't care what you do, I won't." "Not here." "Only there." "It was your idea." "I can't leave here before the lesson is over." "Fuck it." "Damn." "Calm down!" "I'm Laszlo Laszlo, Etel's brother." "I've come for the inheritance." "Aunt Etelka didn't have any relatives." "Here." "My identity card." "I'm Etel's brother." "I know you had a contract with her as her supporter, for which I and my whole family are very grateful to you." "Here are my men." "I don't want to keep them waiting, time is money." "I could have a go at the flat, too, because your claim to it is legally a bit shaky." "I will not dwell on that." "This is Iren Zemann's flat, it was allocated to her legally." "Get out." "I don't see why the tone of our conversation should deteriorate." "Poor Etel liked to save money." "You see, we called her Etel." "Money was her specialty." "There has to be money somewhere." "Attila..." "Where's the cash?" " Auntie Etelka never had a penny." " Strumpet." "TV." "Carpet." "The other carpet." "Good day, I' Mrs. Rakonczay." " Are we disturbing?" " I'm Iren Zemann." "My husband." "My daughter." " We've been informed by Mr. Forro..." " Mr. Hevesi." " I mean by Mr. Hevesi about this flat." " Have a look round, please." "The walls are cracked." "Is the building sinking or do they crack by themselves?" " No, the building is not sinking." " The painting has to be redone." " Mummy, please, don't..." " The bathroom?" "There isn't a bathroom." "I suppose Mr. Hevesi told you." "We'll have it examined whether a bathroom can be installed." " Excuse me." " How do you heat the place?" " We?" "Here?" "There's gas heating." " That's not very suitable." "Why, did you think this was a palace?" "Between a palace and this place there are a few transitions." "Let's talk openly, this isn't the kind of flat I had in mind for my daughter." "But as you can see the matter is rather urgent." "That's the way it is nowadays." "First the child and then the rest." "They'll have to accept what they get." "We are humans, we live on one another." "If our lawyer has no objections then... 150000." "We'll deposit the sum with the lawyer." "You will immediately use as your home address that of the Rakonczay's place." "Mrs. Rakonczay will use your address as her domicile." "You'll make a contract, have the duties assessed by the authorities and then you'll hand in the contract to the council." "Mrs. Rakonczay has deposited 150000 Forints, which will be at your disposal as soon as the council has sanctioned the exchange of flats." "Now, what about the freehold flat in Cuckoo street?" " Well, I went to see the flat." " Mrs. Muzsai's." "Yes?" " Does it suit you?" " Yes." "You'll have to pay 500000 Forints." "The bank will grant you 230000 and you'll get 150000 for the old flat." "Yes." "Well, as regards the money..." "I know." "Mr. Hevesi told me." "We'll request the freeholders meeting to grant you extension on the down payment on the plot." "The question is what about the remaining 80000?" "Well, Attila, what's your opinion?" "Your ideas?" "I told Iren too, that I..." " Have you got children?" " No, I haven't." "Are you healthy?" "Me?" "Why?" "Promise the state two children and the bank will grant you 60000." "Yes, but, you see, we aren't husband and wife yet." "Get married." "After all, that's what you want, isn't it?" " Well, he is married." " Pity." "This would've been the obvious solution." "It's the last moment for you anyway." "What?" "I mean the age limit fixed by the bank." "In any case divorce proceedings can be speeded up." "I know it's a must." "I know very well." "I also know that it's urgent." "Okay." " Hello." " Good afternoon." "Even so, I won't be blackmailed." "I'm not blackmailing you." "Why do you say I'm blackmailing you?" "I'm not." "Listen, Atti, it's none of my business but that's really a bit off." "All right." "Still, a family can't be liquidated as easily as all that." "But just think that this will be our home." "Ours." "Why should this flat be our home?" "We'll find another one." "But I want this one." "Quiet!" "I know what to do." "There is a solution." "The heart is one thing, business is another." "This is business." "I've got an idea." "Man is a flighty, light-minded nobody." "How I like being drunk." "Na, in der Josephstadt." "Zwei Herzen in Dreivierteltakt." "Doctor Zhivago." "Suliko." "Betty, don't cry, my darling Betty." "In vain do you have a palace in Buda." " Listen to me, my sweet baby." " You wicked one." "There will be yet money in our bags, Tobacco in our pockets..." " What's the matter now?" " Nothing." "Tell me if there's something up." "Don't dish up some excuse in the last moment." " If you let me down, I'll kill you." " You needn't be afraid." "You're the one who has a reason to be afraid." "I can easily find someone to replace you if you want to back out." " But if you are in on it stay put." " I told you I was in on it." "Do you want me to thank you?" "It's you who are doing me a favour." "You!" "Stop this, will you!" "Man is flighty, light-minded nobody, what a great thing it is to be a man." "Man is a grain of dust no one can see, but only this grain can be a man." " So let's discuss things in detail." " Fire away, Gabi." "I'll marry you if I get 10000 Forints." "I need the money urgently." " Ten thousand?" " Five thousand." " Why are you interfering?" " Just because." "This side of the matter is no business of yours." "I also think that ten is too much." "Okay, then let's leave this point open." "The most important thing is that I need a registered residence in Budapest." "Now." "Can't be done." "Why not?" "Don't be afraid, he won't move in with you." "I'll vouch for it." "He'll go where I let him go." "And the exchange?" "Yes, but you see, I'm involved in a bogus exchange of flats." "My partners will occupy my flat." "But I'll move into their flat only on paper, so I can't have you registered there." "Only after the exchange has been officially sanctioned only then can you register yourself with the police." " How soon will that be?" " This year." "At once." "In no time." "Right after the wedding." "All right." "And now the money." "5000 is the limit." "Sure?" "Put yourself in my place." " I'm giving you my name." " So am I." "As I said, I vouch for the boy." "Whatever happens, the responsibility is mine." "All right, let it be five." "Half of it before and half after the wedding." " Good." " Good." "A smashing watch." " Are you selling it?" " Never." "It's a keepsake." "It's digital." "I hear you're building a freehold flat." "The old lady died." "Aunt Etelka." "And you got married, didn't you?" "Yes." "What is he?" "A builder." "And?" "And what?" "Everything okay?" "Moderately." "Same with me." "The children?" "The little one has got a temperature." "But it's nothing, just the usual thing." "Didn't Attila tell you?" "He did." "He always does." "He loves them." "I know." "Now you're in possession of the flat, I think." "The rest is up to the two of you." " Well, yes." " Attila I'd like to tell you something, or rather ask for something." " So would I." "Iren!" " I'm inaugurating it." " Cheers." " Cheers." " Listen, let's go out for a man-to-man talk." " That's the point." "Hand me the briefcase." "My dear Andris," "I'd like you..." "Hold it for a moment." "...to accept this from us." "I hope you know I didn't do it for this." "Of course, I know." "Still..." "Do you know what I've been thinking of?" "That it's possible that I did you an ill turn." "You?" "You of all people?" "What are your plans, dear pal?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, how are matters standing?" "What now?" "I've been drinking for three days." "I'm done for." "That's why I'm asking you." "What do we live for?" "I don't see what you're driving at." "You know very well." "Do you love this woman?" "Don't answer me if you don't want to." "I'm only asking because I'm asking myself." "My first wife was like a dream." "I left her because of the present one." "And do you think I made it?" "I've got someone now too." "A divorced woman." "We've got to watch our step." "I got her a flat, but that's not why she's sticking with me, no," "she has a crush on me." "So what are we?" "Animals?" "What's your opinion?" "I don't yet know." "And the children?" "I'm fed up with this situation." "I've grown out of it." "I like to be comfortable." "I like Sundays." "Well, that's the point, dear friend." "That's why you shouldn't be grateful to me." "Are you crazy?" "No." "I did you the worst possible turn." "You know, don't you that I could've made three times as much money on this business and even then I would be very modest?" "You're different." "You are a special case for me." "Now go in to the slut." "I'm sure she is waiting for you to lay her." "How can you?" "I've been very delicate." "Like Brussels lace." " Well, bye." " Bye." "Good bye." "Is there a pub where we could have something to eat?" " I don't like Hevesi any ore." " Why not?" "He always smacks the air when I hold out my cheek to him." "That should be the least of your worries, Hevesi smacking the air." "At last you've got your flat and you've settled in." "Why are you saying I've settled in?" "Why don't you say we've settled in?" "What are you driving at?" "Why should I say we, when it's you who have settled in?" "Because this will be our common home, won't it?" "Why go on like this now?" "Just when we could at last celebrate?" "When we could be happy." "All right, I didn't want to press you." "You've got the flat, the rest will come." "You didn't want to press me, but you're oozing pressure." " I knew it." "Anna told me, too." " Did you talk to Anna?" "Why, is it forbidden?" "How much did he ask for?" "Who?" "Who?" "Hevesi." "Just the amount we had ready for him." " Hungry?" " No." " Shall we go to the restaurant?" " I must go." "But you'll have a cup of tea, won't you?" "The second part more clearly, please." " Good afternoon." " Good afternoon." "Who do you want?" " My wife." " That's me." "Come on in, have a cup of tea." "You see, I warned you." "But he won't get a penny out of us." " We ought to tell Hevesi." " Hevesi!" "A fat lot he cares, Hevesi." " Good afternoon." " What do we owe the honour?" "Excuse me for disturbing you." "I'd like to ask you a favour." " You got the second half, too, didn't you?" " Yes, but..." "We've nothing to do with each other any more, clear?" " It's Iren I'd like to..." " Forget Iren!" "Only through me!" "Understand?" " What's that all about?" " Nothing." "Please, would you lend me your car for just one day?" "I'll pay for it." "The petrol, too." "I can't tell you how important it is for me." " Out of the question!" " When will you bring it back?" "Tomorrow morning." "I'm sorry, I couldn't find anybody else." "It's vital." "Just for a day." " To Szeged and back." " Never mind where." " Don't be cross with me." " Here's the papers and the key." " Thank you." " Are you out of your mind?" " I want to..." " Just a mo." "Sorry." " I want to..." " Where's the car?" " Here." "In Budapest." " Where in Budapest?" "Look, let me tell you that..." "Why wasn't it in front of the house nine days ago as you promised?" "You should know that I reported you to the police." " Did you really?" " Yes." "I went in and reported it." "Where's the car?" "At a garage." "It'll be ready tomorrow." " What's the matter with it?" " It'll be ready tomorrow." "Nothing serious." "Is that why you didn't bring it back?" "You see, I got mixed up in something." "It could get me into terrible trouble." "That's why I went to Szeged." "I'm scared, I can't help it." "I wanted to make some money and it came to this." "I've already had trouble with the police." "You've got me into a scrape by reporting me." "What did you expect?" "I don't want my parents to know about it." "I didn't report you, don't be scared." "A made-up story?" "No." "They said it wasn't a criminal offence." "You are my husband." "Are you a criminal?" "No." "I did some business with my lodger, but it's over." "When are you bringing the car?" "About 7." "Don't bring it here." "Take it to the flat." "It will be there." "I've moved out of my digs." "Couldn't I move in with you for a few days?" "Just until I find something else." "You'll understand why I don't want to remain there." "Do you really mean it?" "And Attila?" "Talk to him." "But I don't want it, either." "You are open till 5 today, aren't you?" "It's Christmas, sir." "I'd like to get home before the angels." " But we can finish our rum, can't we?" " 95." "This Christmas business is a great plague." "You don't know how it is." "Of course, it's pleasure as well." "I'll drop in on Aunt Margit, my father's ex mistress." "We're friends." "Won't your hubby be impatient?" "If you had a little time now, you could come up." "I could send him away." "You know that's no problem." "Thanks for the scarf." "Hell!" "Happy Christmas." "Take this with you." "I'm not sure we'll meet next Christmas." "It was full of cyclamens." "Full to the brim." "It was a birthday present from your father." "And lots of lovely compliments, I'm sure." "He was a great man for words." "He talked well." "And he talked a lot, he almost gabbled." "I often didn't even pay attention to what he was saying but I loved to listen to him." "Very much." " What's up with you?" " I got myself a flat." "That's a great thing nowadays." "Your father had three flats." "I found out after many years that he had a rented room somewhere where he could be alone." "So he lived in many places." "He didn't like any of them but he had his privacy." "To you he was certainly a different man." "You bet!" "He was ashamed of his spectacles." "Otherwise he was a handsome man." "He had the gift of the gab, too." "But when he was peering at a picture postcard and said," ""A pretty girl", well, he was ridiculous." "He always wore his spectacles at home." "I suppose at home he was different." "That was his Sunday self." "That's what he told me once:" "This is my Sunday self." "Come on." "Fill it up." "Hello." "Happy Christmas." "The same to you." "Alone, like this?" "No one around?" "Attila is with his family." "How long is he going to procrastinate?" "What does he intend to do?" "What do I owe the honour to, Mr. Hevesi?" "To yourself, only to yourself." "What do you mean?" "Has Gabi moved in here yet?" "Do you live together?" "He'll be here for a few days only." "He'll move out next week." "I'll throw him out if you like." "I know how to handle him." "I can manage myself, too." " Well?" " What?" " Are we going to drink this champagne?" " I'm sorry, Mr. Hevesi, I'm awfully tired." "I don't mind if you lie down a bit." "And your family?" "I have nobody if you wan to know." "Just like you, Iren." " Let's put together what we have." " Sorry." "I love you, Iren, let's go in." " Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr. Hevesi." " Just a little." "Maybe I did the wrong thing, but I'm serious about it." " Don't hurt me, please." " I'm sorry." "Good bye." "Damn." "From Gabi." "Father, Mother!" "Good evening." "I'm Ignac Csoban." "Hello." "My wife." "Let me have a look at you." "My little daughter-in-law." "A pretty blonde." " Gabi always liked blondes." " Come on, Iren." "Leave her alone, Mum." "She's ill." "Leave her alone." "Be quiet." " Come on, Iren." "That's right." " I'm glad my dear, but at first I was angry." "What an idea!" "A wedding without the parents present?" "I thought perhaps the baby came earlier than the priest." " But why should we interfere?" " Good." "That's good." " I made some meat-soup." " Meatsoup will do her good." "That's very good." "Come on, look at me, let me see you." "Just as I imagined." "Mothers don't really like their daughters-in-law." " Drink, mum." "Merry Christmas." " But you are very nice." "You fool." " Gabi." "Where did you put the basket?" " There, by the door." "Sorry." "Are your parents alive, my dear?" "Dad died in 1958." "Poor mum couldn't cope alone, so she married a childhood friend." "Their marriage was a failure." "It's hard to get used to another man." "That must have been their problem." "Possibly." "Somehow Mum has never had luck with her husbands." "They were ill suited to her." "I don't like her present husband." "I left home when he moved in." "Just like your sister." "My husband and I met when my sister brought him home from a ball." "He was so drunk that he couldn't find his way home." "I was pissed." "We poured soda water over him to bring him to." "He sat up in the puddle and said, "I'm Ignac Csoban"." "I used to be a sodaman during the war." "After the war I used a motorbike." "Mother was a widow then." "Now I'm a pensioner but I still miss my bike." " Have some strudel, it's good, too." " No, thank you." "I don't like sweets." "I don't like them, either, but I have to eat." "Because they are made for me." "You shouldn't be complaining all the time." "Why not?" "We aren't among strangers." "Happy Christmas." "I've managed to get away for a moment." "How does that rhyme go?" "We are the three Magi, I am..." "Atti, dear." "The situation is that..." " Our best man." " I'm Ignac Csoban." " Petho." " Welcome." " My father-in-law." "Come on in." " Get a glass, quick!" " My mother-in-law." " Mrs. Csoban." " Petho." "Help yourself." "Have some strudel." "Help yourself, Attila, go ahead." "Well, I'm off." "What's the hurry?" "Attila has a family." "His kids are waiting for him." " He just dropped in to wish us a Happy Christmas." " Iren!" " Back!" " Iren!" "A family, yes, that's different." "Come on, my dear." "We've got this for Gabi, but we told him he would get it only if he spends it on something sensible." "Well, founding a family is sensible." "Here. 150000 Forints." "I entrust it to you." "I hope he won't get mixed up in anything with you around." "Drink!" "Want some?" "How long are they staying?" " Do they want to move in here?" " They're leaving in the morning." "Calm down." "Where did you put my money?" "It's in the kitchen." "In the dotted mug." "Is it a personal account?" "Yes, for "Our Gabor"." "Our Gabor." "Fine." "Everything's okay." "Everything's in order." "If you only knew how grateful I am to you." "I'll pay off everybody." "I'll get out of this jam." "I can wind up all my assets." "Aren't you asleep yet?" "Gabor, go to bed." "Your father wants to rest." "Nothing doing." "I can't help it." "I'll attend university." "An evening or a correspondence course." "It's the degree that counts." "They treat you accordingly." "I'll calm down." "My nerves are in a state." "One can't go on like this for long." "The world won't put up with you being different from the others." "One day you get struck on the head if you don't join the others in the grinding mill," "I've learnt that much." "They are superior in numbers." " Who?" " The decent ones, like you and they." "It's nicely worked out." "Good night." " Good night." " This is madness." "He'll come out again." "He always does." "When are you going away?" "Next week I'll be shown something." " Only shown?" " Yes." "Don't worry." "I'll accept any dog-hole." "You ought to talk to Hevesi." "He might help you." "Hevesi?" "He's regularly in the soup." "It's a miracle that he's at large." "So I thought." "Do you like him?" "Ask me another." "I like him." "He brought me up to Budapest." "He trained me." "He took a lot of trouble to have me finish technical school." "Drink, here are the glasses, too." "Thank you." " Your health." " Here's to us." "Bye." " Do you know that we are Serbs?" " Really?" "Why are you living alone?" "A juicy bit like you?" " I'm not living alone." " Mr. Petho?" "Attila?" "That's all right." "Quite all right." "Know when he's coming here?" "Only after I've left." " Do keep still." " Come now." "I know those guys around 45." "They're rakes." "Go away." "And my present?" "We have Christmas only once a year." "I won't." "Another time." "But I swear I would like to stay." "You'd be better off with me." " What makes you think so?" "Did you figure it out?" " I did." "Yes." "I'll throw him out if that's what you want." "Tell me to get rid of him and it's done." "Don't." "This is madness." "Foolish girl." "Of course I love you." "No one can love you more." "And you go and put up a parasite." "You have a first class flat and you got yourself in debt for 30 years." "So what's the good of it?" "Have the police take away the scoundrel." "This marriage brought me 60000 Forints and a flat." "And you agreed to it." "I agreed to the marriage but I didn't agree to have to paw you in dark doorways." "Isn't there anything between you?" "Why, he respects me." "Living together is a great temptation." "Listen, couldn't we go to your place all the same?" "What are you doing?" "You'll do some inhaling." " What?" " Inhaling." "To cure your cold." "Haven't you got some Vitamin C or Polybe?" "That's what we use at home." "This is much better." "What the hell is in it?" "Chamomile." " Must there be that too?" " Yes." "Otherwise it's not worth a rap." "The steam alone is nothing." "Breathe deep." "You come here too, or I won't do it." "Of course you will." "Oh dear, what a little boy you are." "Do you mind?" "Not at all." "Come on." "When are you going to vacate the place?" " Oh, you are here?" " I think that is obvious." "Look, Gabi, this is going too far." "What?" "Bathing is a natural human need." " A must." " You drunken cad, get out of here at once, understand?" "Sponging is over." "Go and squeeze your Mummy or someone else." "You needn't jump." "Watch out or I'll call the police." "After all I have a right to stay in my wife's flat, haven't I?" "Hey, let go of me or I'll knock your brains out." "Let go of me." "Damn you." "Iren!" "Let go." "If I catch you here once again, I'll cut you to pieces, you vermin." "It won't close." "Let me say no more about Andras Hevesi." "As you know, he's suspended." "Mr. Hevesi's case is not the main point now." "The mass media have reported that the material prices in the building industry went up by 10-30%%%." "Thus in order to finish the construction work, all of you have to pay 550 Forints per square metre within a week." "There is nothing I could say in this matter." "This is a circumstance which we couldn't have reckoned with." "How much?" "It makes no difference." "I have nothing." "Look, Gabi, go away at last." "Go away, please." "I'm fed up with you." "All right, I understand." "I'd very much like to lend you the money but I'm left without a penny." "Say what you will." "Go away." "I'm not asking you for money." "All right." "Your friend is a fucker." "Let's eat something." "I'll open a tin." "Aren't you hungry?" "I want to be frank with you." "I wouldn't give you money even if I had some." "We used to square accounts to the penny with your father as well." "It was my wish, because money corrupts everything, friendship, love, everything." "And what if there's a hitch?" "Should I take you to court?" "Hello." "Nice of you to have come." "Come on." "My father." " Good evening." " And my brother." "I'm Otto." "I'd like to talk to you." "Not here." "Come to the bathroom." "Come on." "Don't be scared." "There's always someone standing here." "You see, this is a co-tenancy." "Well, what's up?" " Is he ill?" " Oh no." "The thing is that my new flat..." "Money?" "A rum, please." "Do you recognize me?" " No?" " She doesn't recognize me." "Don't you believe I can play it?" "Don't you believe I can play it?" "What do you mean it's worth more?" "You should have thought it over then." "Go to a shop, tell them you find the coat too expensive, they should refund you 300 Forints." "Do you really mean it?" "Are you quite right in your head?" " This flat is really worth more." " It isn't." "But even if it is you just go to hell." "Go and blackmail other people." "This is not fair." "You were playing up with Hevesi." "Throw out this hysterical woman or I won't answer for myself." "Don't upset my wife because her milk will dry up." "This flat is ours now." "Go and look for your memories elsewhere." "Good evening." "I'm looking for Mr. Hevesi." "What do you want?" "I want to talk to you." "So I guessed." " It's very important." " I know." "I thought you'd be running around with the rise in building materials." "But I wouldn't have thought you'd come here, too." "Attila?" "Where could I talk to you?" "Here." " How much money have you got?" " Mobile?" "120000." "How much of it could you lend me?" "Nothing." "You didn't understand me." "I'm willing to go to the utmost." "I see." "How far?" "What's the utmost according to you?" "Well..." "This is like a dream." "I'm going to tell Attila." "And don't you try to deny it." "This is all I wanted." "I'm walking beside the ball." "Oh, this ball is too quick." "Stop, balll Stopl" "Wonderfull Wonderfull" "Oh dear, it's rolling away..." "Hello." "Hello." "Hello." "Excuse me for coming here." "...the Soviet Union, however, is not a card." "It can't be played out." "It is willing to have dealings, but irresponsible acts are not..." "Come." " This music suits the situation." " And how." "Strangers in the night." "Let's have another drink." " All right, but it's on me." " Makes no difference." "Excuse me..." "Are we perhaps foolish now?" "And my mother told me, I shouldn't leave the children out." "I asked her, of what?" "But pray, what shouldn't I leave the children out of, when both my husband and I love them so much." "If we were to divorce, one of us would always be where they are, just to be with them." "Of course Attila loves the children." "But to remain together just because of that!" "When I first heard about you and him, I thought that it was a good thing." "The blame wouldn't be mine, at least for once." "But it is bad, too, you know how one feels." "But for the two of us things worked out like that, true?" "What's the matter?" "What's the matter?" "What's the matter?" "I'm in high spirits, that's all." "Listen!" "What does it depend on?" "What puts you in high spirits?" "We ought to find out." "Men don't like that." " Our backbiting them." " Makes them neurotic." "What's that in your hand?" "Plasticine." "I would have resigned myself to the whole thing." "I would have put up with things going on like this." "With Atti going to you, then coming back to me, with the whole to and fro." "What's more, I thought that for me it was good." "This?" "Everything changed because of you." "At first everybody pitied me." "My father-in-law wept, he was so ashamed." "He took care of the children to make it possible for me to relax away from home." "Then Attila, too, got awfully nice." "And I was cruel to him." "That's nothing." "Then I bought dresses." "And so on." "And did you find someone?" "I still have someone." "What's he like?" "I think he is a very nice person." "He lives alone." "And accepts the children." "And the whole situation." "He's got a bachelor's flat." "Beautifully furnished." "How long has he been living alone?" "Wait a bit." "5 years. 5." "He does his laundry, he potters about." "He drinks and reads a lot." "He does both things in the evening, because he can read even when he's tipsy." "And there are three kinds of lights in his bathroom." "Well, at the first hearing, the chap sounds a bit dangerous." "Why?" "Because he's got his own habits?" "It doesn't mean I couldn't adapt myself." "How long?" "Aren't you afraid?" "I am." "A little." "But not too much." "Does Attila know?" "No." "But I'm going to tell him today." "Till now I haven't told him because I was afraid." "Attila keeps telling me that he would like me to have someone, but I know it's not true, because he would make a scandal if he found out about it." "At first he would make a scandal, then he would calm down." "He can't say anything, can he?" "Besides, if he moved in with you, there wouldn't be any housing problem." "We would have two flats and could exchange them for a third one." "Poor Attila." "He only gets what he deserves." "You would deserve something better wouldn't you?" "Do you think so?" "Come on, tell me, now that we are by ourselves." "I believe so." "Why are you so hard on Attila?" "He's built that way and that's that." "I know." "But it's better if you hear it from me." "It's over between us." "For good." "So things have become chaotic again." "And I simply can't sort them out for myself." "I'm not in the best shape, either." "I wouldn't say so, looking at you." "It's different from what I thought." "I need another 30000 for it." "Couldn't we have another drink?" "Rum." "Tea-rum." "My husband left it here." " When did he move out?" " I don't know." "Not long ago." "It's good." "The rum." "It bursts into the blood sugar." "How do you know?" "From my father." "Know what's good?" "So very good?" "That we don't hate each other." "Why should we?" "Why should I hate you?" "I of all people?" "I feel like I was sitting in a train." "I'm drunk as an owl." "As if I were sitting in a train." "And Attila would be waving at the station." "And the children, too." "It's a good little train." "Nice and fast." "Now what's so touching about it?" "Your saying good bye to them or your going away?" "Both." "One should go on a journey." "Far away." "Perhaps the two of us together." "That would be good." "That would be good." "Are you asleep?" "What did you say?" "Are you asleep?" "I can't hear you." "I can only hear that I'm eating." "Where, in your ear?" "Yes, quite inside my head." "It's very interesting, listen to it." "You!" "I say, do you want to stay?" "Good." "That's very good." "I'm going to stay." " Which way are you going?" " I'll take the red seven." " And I the metro." " Is it running already?" "I'll have to change to the twelve." "I don't want to go by taxi." "I can lend you money if you haven't any on you." "A hundred more or less makes no difference to me now." "No, thanks." "I've got that much, it's just that I prefer going by bus." "Even so, I'll get home before the children wake up." "Director of photography:" "Lajos Koltai" "Directed by:" "Peter Gothar"