"LENFILM" "Produced by Igor KALYONOV, Vasili KARLOVSKY" "Written by Yevgeny KOZLOVSKY" "Cinematography" " Dan SHMELYOV, Pavel LEBESHEV" "Production Designers" " Yevgeny GUKOV, Boris POROSHIN" "Original music by Eduard ARTEMYEV" "Present" "Here's our convent." "Ladies and gentleman, we're approaching one of the women's convents of Russia, where, according to our sources, the central figure of the trial process," "held in Hamburg last year and followed with big interest by the entire Germany, is now staying under the name of nun Kseniya." "Why bang on the door?" "The convent authorities are unavailable anyways." "Ladies and gentlemen, wait." "Maria, send Nadezhda here, quick." "One moment, ladies and gentlemen." "Please, no videotaping or taking pictures here." "I'm sorry, but our guests are wrong." "We have no sister Kseniya in our convent now." "Nor ever had before." "Or any other sister under whatever other name who'd look like the girl on this photo." "Alexander ABDULOV" "Olga PONIZOVA" "In a Viktor SERGEYEV film" "SIN." "A Story of Passion" "Quiet, gals, quiet." "Vasya, come on!" "Get the Gypsies here, I wanna go solo!" "Hey, you, what about love, huh?" "What?" "Do you hear me?" "You, fucking bumpkin!" "Why did you bring me here?" "Damn you, fucking creep!" "Nina, where are you going?" "Nina, you gone nuts or something?" "Do you know the time?" "The bus to Petersburg is long gone." "By morning he'll get better." "Or will pass away..." "To another world." "Clad in a white cloak with a blood-red lining, shuffling his feet like all cavalrymen do, on early morning of the 14-th day of the spring month of Nisan Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea, entered" "the covered colonnade between the two wings of the Palace of Herod the Great." "Pontius Pilate, Pontius Pilate, Pontius Pilate..." "One ticket to Petersburg." "You can't smoke here, young lady." "Oh, my God." "Don't pronounce God's name in vain." "Are you a priest or something?" "I'm set to get baptized too." "On TV they keep luring into doing this." " I'm a hiero-monk." " Hiero what?" "A monk?" "You mean, you can't ..." "You know what I mean?" "You're are not allowed to do this?" "Why are you averting your eyes, huh?" "Scared to yield to temptation or not allowed even to look?" "Poor guy!" "If I were not permitted to do this or got sick with some disease, you know," "I'd rather die right away than live such a life." "God save me from this misery." "And the moment you're coming... you feel like the sky is opening up and light is pouring on you and there's neither death... nor Ioneliness in this world." "You mean, you're a virgin, huh?" "Attention please!" "Passengers are invited to board the bus going from Novgorod to Saint Petersburg at terminal # 1 ." "It departs from Novgorod at 1 :45." "Stop the bus if you're asked." "Be polite, dude." "The rest stay calm in your seats." "Here you are, Father." "Your stop." "Get off the bus." "And don't make any noise." "Folks are sleeping here." "Let's go." "Hey, you, dirty fauns!" "I bet they'll kill him!" "Where are you going, stupid?" "Stay out of this." "He just disguises as a monk." "Fuck you!" "Stop the bus!" "Stop the fucking bus, I say!" "Good riddance!" "Are you nuts or what?" "What the hell are you doing?" " Let's get out of here." " What?" "Has she done you any wrong?" "Let's go." "You'll regret it." "Remember my words." "Hey, monk!" "Are you okay, monk?" "Monk!" "Can you hear me?" "Alive?" "Great." "Look, hang on there, and I'll go get a car." "To Petersburg, to Rzhevka." "It's an emergency." " Rzhevka?" "Where is it?" " I'll show you." "Hop in." "I'm not... alone." "I won't let you drive away." "We'll die here." "I swear." "Fucking faun!" "The guy feels really bad." "What if he dies?" "Okay, go as far as the first post on your way." "I'll remember your car plate." "He'll die!" "First you get totally wasted and then... 20 grand, and no bargaining." "Where the hell shall I get these fucking 20 grand for you?" "You mean you wanna get a free ride?" "Okay, how about this?" "Will it do?" "Are they worth 20 grand?" "Lay off." "I'll pay when we get there." "So how do you prefer it?" " Or?" " Right, " or" ." "Let's go." " What?" " Nothing." "Pull down your pants." "The pants were not part of our deal." "Shit!" " Got a rubber?" " What?" "A rubber, called a condom." "Never used them in my life." "So what will you say, Father Sergey?" "Let's do some math, huh?" "After all, you went to college, right?" "In all, 6 guys." "Three got 8-year terms." "Two - 7 years, and one - 5-years." "So what's the total?" "I'm speaking to you, SOB." "Three guys got 8-year terms, two - 7-year terms and one - a 5-year term." "As I see, you're good at math." "If we deduct retirement and preschool years, this makes one whole life." "And one guy has never returned at all." "This makes two lives already." "Come on..." "You could help, by the way." "Dream on." "I won't drop everything and rush to help you." "I'll manage myself." "You're sleeping, right?" "What if I kiss you while you're sleeping?" "You're not your own master while you're sleeping." "And if your God resents it, he can wake you up." "This is not my fault that I've fallen for you." "I'm a real bad girl." "Right." "I think, if there's really a God somewhere up there," "I'll be burning in Hell." "That's okay." "I don't mind this." "Not enough room in Heaven for all." "But don't you worry." "I bet you'll go to Heaven, 'cause you're sleeping now." "Let go." "Stay away from me, please." "I beg you, stay away." "What's up?" "What wrong have I done to you?" "Go away." "Please, go away." "Go away, for God's sake." "Forgive me." "May God save you!" "He didn't give me his address, you know." "And I even don't know his name." "I got no idea of what suit are the priests," "I've never read cards for priests." "He's not a priest, he's a monk." "It means he's not married then." "So he must be clubs." "Here we are." "On his mind he got you, along with some secret interest of his." "He's sick at heart." "And ahead of him - a long way to some far-off places." "Now let's see what we got for him - a jack with a message." "You with your love." "Look, this is his mother." "That's her who's actually spoiling everything." "Luska, tell me, please." "Do these cards give just a general idea or what?" "Meaning?" "I mean, can they explain this?" "The other day I was going home by subway." "There were lots of people." "And quite unexpectedly I see him on the opposite platform." "I called him: " Hey, monk, monk!"" "But he was gone." "Like vanished through thin air." "Can your cards say if I really saw him or not?" "'Cause if I did see him" "I'm not gonna seek him anymore." "If he doesn't want it, it's up to him." "Here you are." "There isn't any other monastery around here." "Hope you'll find him." "Good luck." "But you're kinda crazy, you know." "Look, maybe you'll go with me?" "Have I ever let you down and refused to do what you asked me to?" "Look, this is totally different." " To go to these priests..." "No way." " Are you afraid?" "It's just so disgusting!" "That's it." "They look so unreal to me, especially now." "So here's my tip - don't go there either." "Nina, check it out." "A rainbow." "This is a sign." "A rainbow in the sky brings happiness." "Say " hi" for me to the redhead." "In a sailor's striped vest." " Hi." " Hi." "Look..." "Excuse me, are you ..." " Are you a monk?" " I'm a novice." "And what's this?" "A calotte." "Is this all you wanted to know?" "No, I wanted to ask where monks reside here?" "Looking for a certain person?" "No." "Just asking." "That's it." "Here's the entrance office." "Excuse me." "Hey, where do you think are you going?" "Hi." " Hi." " You mean I can't go there?" "Why?" "You can." "Tomorrow." "From 9 a.m. till 6 p. m." "Too late now." "I've come all the way from Petersburg!" "From Petersburg!" "We have visitors from more far-away places here." "Actually I don't need to go there at all." "I'm just looking for a monk." "Great." "Come tomorrow then." "And what's you monk's name?" " Don't know." " And his rank?" "No clue either." "Right..." "Oh, you know, the other day he got beaten up." "Really bad." "You mean Agafan?" "You should've said so in the first place." "What's his name?" "Father Agafangel." "Agafangel." "Wait." "He's serving a burial service over an elderly monk in the cathedral." "Our elderly monk Filaret has passed away." "Will it be long?" "About two hours." "An elderly monk, you know." "Hi." " Hi." " I'm Nina." "Will you get in trouble because I'm here?" "No, I won't ." "What do you want, Nina?" "Wanted to ask you to forgive me." "And this." "You left it behind." "Keep it." " I can't wear it now." " Why not?" "This is an amethyst, it symbolizes chastity." "So you've really never had it before?" "With no one?" "But we had nothing with you anyway." "This is what you think." "I'm really stupid to have come here." "You're all under observation here." "This is no jail." "I can go anywhere from here if I feel like it." "I got it." "You'll never see me again." "Never." "Nina." "You're by far worse than demons themselves, Father Agafangel, for demons win victories over us." "Nil of Sorsk." " The elderly monk." " What?" "He's my confessor." "You mean you told him all about us?" "I can't tell him anything." "I can't ." "That's it." "And I got no one to share it with." "My parents got killed." "Were looking for oil in Africa." "I wasn't even 6 back then." "There's a dead man." "A dead man." "So what?" "Better watch out for the living ones." "You'll never forgive yourself." "I've forgiven myself so many things already." "It has stopped raining." "I gotta go." "Oh, Lord, forgive me..." "Please, forgive me, my Lord..." "Forgive me..." "Nina!" "Nina!" "Nina!" "I'll write to you!" "Where will you write?" "You even don't know my name." "Sergey Lanskoy." "You pretend you don't care that your father's family goes back 400 years and you're the only one left to continue your family line." "You're also pretending you don't care about my family line, which is even older." "You're going out of your way to make me feel guilty." "And you're ready to sleep around with every filthy, drunk, cheap whore." "You're ready to go to any extremes not to take this black rag off and live like your pedigree obliges you to do." "Okay, marry her." "Go marry her, you stupid fool." "Crap on us all and marry her." "You can move to Hamburg." "And live there at Otto's place." "Hey, your monk is gone, you know." " Where?" " Don't know." "Maybe, to see his mom." "He was summoned there." " And where does his mother live?" " Don't know." "Here, wait." " For me?" " No, for him." "From his mother." "There's her address here too." "Who knows, maybe you'll be lucky and track him down." "Thank you." "Here we are." "So we've finally met." "Heading to Petersburg?" "Can I give you a ride?" "No, thanks." "I'd better take a bus." "So Sergey has run away." "Do you know where by any chance?" "You must know." "You copied the address, didn't you?" "If we search you, we'll find it." " Will we find it, Kolya?" " No problem." "Bad news is I don't think... you'll find him there." "This is his mom's address." "We went to school together, you know." "So I know his mom's address, too." "And he knows that I know it." "Understand?" "Okay, listen carefully, young lady." "Though, I don't think you'll see him." "But if you do, pass him the word- we'll get him by all means." "We were supposed to meet today, but he hasn't turned up." "So he signed his own death sentence." "Tell him this." "Go." "You're Seryozha's mother." "Right." "Hello." "Hello." "Alright, come with me." "Why are standing there?" "Come on in." "Actually, you're lucky that you found me in town." "In summertime Otto and I usually move to live in the country dacha." "Oh, shit!" "Just look at it!" "I've broken it." "It's so cramped here." "Otto's favorite cup." "I'm sure he'll kick up a really big row now!" "Right..." "That's okay." "No big deal." "The work by the great Russian painter Ivanov." "If you have time, you're welcome to join us." "You can take a local train home afterwards." "Is Seryozha there?" " Where " there" ?" " In the country dacha?" "No, Seryozha is in Jerusalem, sweetie, and from what I know he's going to stay there long." "And I guess you're his scandalous love, right?" "I think so." "Are you pregnant?" "Yes." "No, I'm kidding." "Okay, we'll figure it out there." " What's your name?" " Nina." "Nina." "Okay, let's go." "Grab your bags, Nina." "This is all my fault." "Right." "Solely my fault." "But later, when he was made a monk, he said he'd forgiven me." "But trust me he hasn't forgiven me." "No." "He hasn't forgiven me." "And after that trial!" "His buddies brought him there against his will and filled him with booze." "His father and I were right in the middle of our divorce back then." "And he was really upset about this." "I completely neglected everything - our country dacha, my son." "And he was so much suffering." "Let's drink." "Want another one?" "No, thank you." "And I'll have one more." "So what happened then?" "They had a girl with them." "She jumped out of the window." "It's my understanding that if you're so prudish and innocent, why did you come here?" "So she threw herself out of window, she was totally naked." "Got cut all over." "Imagine - winter, freezing cold." "She went to the woods." "Said something to someone." "She had her leg amputated." " You shouldn't show on yourself." " Why?" "My granny says this is a bad sign." "Who?" "My granny!" "So what happened then?" "Did Seryozha rat on them all?" "Why are you saying this?" "Sounds really disgusting." "Where did you hear such awful words - "ratted on them" ?" "He was really shocked." "It's all my fault." "Do you understand this?" "Time to go to bed, honey." "Fuck you." "I can see through you." "You want to put me to bed and then..." "Am I right?" " Better say honestly." " I love Seryozha." "Seryozha..." "Okay, let's go." "Let's go, honey." "The guest room is upstairs." "Feel at home." "Alright, he's in Jerusalem." "So what?" "I'll go to Jerusalem, too." "Jerusalem..." "Jerusalem..." "I'll pay for two economy class tickets to Tel-Aviv." "This will cover two economy class tickets." "And return tickets, too." "Two weeks, 300 Deutsch marks a day." "Two weeks will be enough, right?" "You see, honey... we come from a very old and noble family." "And I don't want our family lineage to be discontinued because of me." "If you manage to bring Seryozha back here, you'll be more to me than just my daughter-in-law." "Now I'm going back to St. Petersburg." "And you're are going with me." "You'll have your photo taken for your passport." "You'll wait till the photos are ready." "And then you'll bring them to me to the bureau at this address." "Do you have enough cash on you?" "Cash?" "I'm really well-heeled!" "Great." "Bye, honey." "Nina, my dear, listen to me." "I can't figure why, but they denied you a foreign passport." "Yes." "But don't you worry, please." "I didn't call you earlier, as I was trying to find out why." "Listen to me carefully." "Actually, this happened for the first time over a 8-year period." "Okay, calm down." "Go take a pencil." "Got it?" "Write it down." "Write." "Nikolai Arsenyevich Lanskoy." "Yes." "203-83-89." "Right, he is Seryozha's father." "Works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." "No, not here." "In Moscow." "You're to go there by all means." "And now go hail a taxi and come to my place." "Quick." "Yes." "Yes." "I'll provide you with cash." "I got you a dress." "Right." "I know that you should look really gorgeous in Moscow." "Okay, do it." "Quick." "You're gonna need all this, you know." "And now promise you'll get a taxi right away." "Because I'm telling you to do so - right away." "And come over here." "Do you promise?" "Okay." "There's a good girl." " Okay, let's have a talk." " Good day." "The problem is I can't help you with your documents." "And to be honest with you, I'm not the one who can help you with this." "Actually I did all I could to prevent you from crossing the border of this country." "And in the future I'll be persisting in doing this, too." "Though he was in hysterics, and it looked more like a boy's fling, but many years ago Sergey chose what I think is" "one of the best available careers." "And as his father," "I considered it my duty to help him not to screw it up." "When there started that scandal in the monastery," "I pulled all possible strings to send Sergey away, to our Russian Orthodox Church mission in Jerusalem." "Don't stare at me like this." "Save your hatred." "Sergey asked me about it himself." "That was his choice to run away from you." "And I just helped him." "Excuse me, I guess I was wrong in saying so." "Not from you, but from himself." "And now I understand him." "But face it, it'll be really silly to chase him now..." "Yes, you're right." "I'm sure this is not your fault." "And I'm ready to make up for your failure in any possible way." "I'm going to Barvikha now." "If you are free, you could go with me." " And we could discuss..." " I don't have any time." "I need to find a way to get this passport." "Think about my proposal." "You got my phone number." "Believe me, Paris, London," "Hamburg, at least, are no worse than Jerusalem." "I beg you pardon for bringing it up, but do you remember sending me to Petersburg to meet your niece there?" "So when I was right out of Novgorod, this slut gave me a real good blowjob." "For fucking 20 grand." "Look, I'm sorry." "You're Sergey's father after all." "But still, do you know who you are?" "You're a fucking faun." "An old, stinking fucking faun." "40 dollars. 45!" "45 dollars." "Thank you. 45 dollars - one!" " 45 dollars..." " 50!" "50 dollars - one!" "50 dollars - two!" " 55!" " 55 dollars!" "55 dollars!" "The birthday guy's left cuff link!" "They included me in the group of pilgrims going to Jerusalem!" "55 dollars!" "Had to make up a story of a miraculous healing and that I'd taken vows." "55 dollars - two." "55 dollars - three!" "Sold!" "They don't care." "Their primary concern is to get currency in cash." "How much?" "The next lot at our auction is the birthday guy's right cuff link." "4525." "Deutsche marks?" "Dollars." "55 dollars." "55 dollars - one." "55 dollars - two." "My answer is " no" ." "200% above - is an absolutely no way." "Too much." "Totally against my rules." "So you say " no" ?" "The birthday guy's tie. 5 thousand, in rubles." "5,500." "Mister Zauer, 5,500." "5.500 - one." "6,000!" "6,000 in rubles." "6,000 - one." "6,100." "What if I put you in the auction?" "Who knows, maybe you'll raise the cash you need." "The starting bid will be 3,500." "Dollars?" "Sure." "Face it, the price is too high." "On Reeperbahn you wouldn't get more than 200 Deutsche marks." "But all the guys here are big gamblers." "They don't know the real value of money yet." "And what am I supposed to do with the one who buys me?" "6,200 - three." "Sold!" "If anyone buys you." "I can only promise this definitely isn't going to be me." "And that you'll get the total sum of money." "So what will you say?" "A deal?" "Okay." "Lot #6 at our auction is the birthday guy's girlfriend." "Young lady, on the podium, please." "Here you go." "Light on the young lady, please." "Bravo!" "Starting bid - 3,500." "Dollars." "Would be fine if she got undressed." "To see the merchandise better." "Cut it." "No gross remarks here." "I was just kidding." "4,000." "4,000 - one." "4,000 - two." "4,250." "4,500." "Mister Slanimsky bids 4,500 - one!" "4,600." "5,000." "5,000 - one." "5,000 - two." "Five... thousand." "5,500." "6,000." "Mister Slanimsky bids 6,000 - one." "6,000 - two." "6,000 dollars." "Three!" "Sold!" "Wait." "Money." "Here you go." "Mister Karpov donates all this money for charity." "As of now all this money goes to Mister Karpov's ex-girlfriend." "Can it be so that I cost all this money?" "Not you, me." "It's me who costs all this money." "What are you going to do with me?" "Live." "And what if you don't like me?" "I'll sell you over." "Or better kill." "Attention please!" "Aeroflot flight #41 is boarding now." "Passengers are requested to get aboard through gate 1 1 ." "Flight 299 from Moscow has just arrived." "Thank you." "This is our bus." "Bags to the baggage compartment, please." "Here you go." "Here you go." "Get settled, please." "Here... you go." "Welcome to the Holy Land." "I'm a monk, serving with the Russian Orthodox Church mission." "My name is Agafangel." "I'll be accompanying you throughout your pilgrimage." "Now we're all going to the hotel, and you'll have some free time." "And then we'll go to the Holy Sepulcher." "And at night..." "At night we'll attend the midnight vigil in the temple." "Sorry." "What?" "Do you know him?" "Who?" "You know who." "You better stop it!" "I'm warning you!" "This is none of your business." "Stop eyeing him, whore!" "Forgive me, my Lord." "We're here, in this holy place." "Christ went through pain and suffering on the crucifixion day here." "Oh my..." "Cover yourself, whore!" "Sister..." "What, Father?" "Cover yourself, please." "Sorry." "Forgive me, my Lord." "I love you more than my life." "Go back to the hotel." "Sergey." "Here." "Why would I lie?" "I would've never left Russia." "But they were five." "Seryozha!" "My Madame, her grown-up girl, her daughter's husband, their kids, grandkids." "So, naturally, this all overweighed." "I was aware I would be needing some source to draw inspiration from." "And I'm sure it can be found..." "only in Russia." "So I guess, in spring for sure." "I just..." "Right." "And then we'll see." "You know Sartre wrote a funny play, named "The Condemned of Altona" ." "And what's " Altona" ?" "It's in Germany, a port outside Hamburg." "One gentleman said that I'll hardly cost more than 200 Deutsche marks on Reeperbahn in Hamburg." "Do you know what's Reeperbahn?" "And this gentleman is Otto, right?" "It is like Saint-Denis in Paris." "The street of the most ancient female profession." "You know, your gentleman was totally wrong." "Ladies like you never go to Reeperbahn Street." "I asked you:" "Was it Otto?" "Answer me." "Thanks." "Does it matter whether it was Otto or not..." "Now I got it." "It was mom and Otto who sent you here, to bring me back to life." "What a fool I was to be taken in by you..." " Am I right?" " No, honey, I've come on my own." "On your own." "Excuse me, where did you get all this money to come here on your own?" "Earned it on our own Reeperbahn, by the National Hotel." "Did you see a movie named " Intergirl" ?" "Oh, yeah." "They don't play such kinda movies in the monastery." "By the way, I recognized you." "You played in the " Three Fat Men" ." "Right... people still remember it." "Fucking faun." "Who?" "Why " fucking" for God's sake?" "'Cause he's a creep." "Bye." ""Fucking faun" ..." "Real weird neologism." "Look, what are you waiting for?" "Run after her." "Excuse me." "And don't fight anymore!" "This is the Mount of Olives." "And over there is the Garden of Gethsemane." "Do you see it?" "Fantastic." "And do you see those domes over there?" "This the Church of Mary Magdalene." "And this is... the Church of the Holy Sepulcher." "Clad a in white cloak with a blood-red lining shuffling his feet like all cavalrymen do, on early morning of the 14th day of the spring month of Nisan..." "Just look at you!" "You bet." "And I've never been to the sea before." "And my folks took me every summer to Gurzuf." "Look, if you want, we can go to Hamburg." "Why do you think I want to go to Hamburg?" "And if they had really sent me here, would I have told you first thing when I saw you that you shouldn't go back there, huh?" "To hell with them." "I don't care if they will kill me." "You want to make me a widow?" " Planning on getting married?" " And will you marry me?" "Seryozha, honey..." "Go!" ".." "Go, I say!" "Down on your knees, bitch." "Come on, do it." "What?" "It's okay to do it with a driver, but you can't do it with me?" "Come on!" "Please, forgive me." "Forgive me." "I don't know what's come over me." "I love you." "Forgive me." "Please." "How much?" " Are you Russian?" " Right." "Let's step out of here, okay?" "As I can see, you need a job, right?" "Maybe we better go back to Russia?" "You hate me?" "Seryozha, honey, where's your cassock?" "In the closet." "Why?" "I'll make myself a dress." "Alright, I got no money!" "I'm a beggar!" "Alright, alright, alright..." "Nothing!" "Not even a permit for residence!" "Calm down, honey, come!" "I'm sure everything will work out fine." "I love you so much." "Yes, I do." "You're lying to me." "You're not a night shift nurse." "You go to Reeperbahn Street." "Look, what makes you think so?" "What's been going on in your head?" "If you ever lie to me," "I'll kill you." "Creep!" "I want to tell you something." "Before death." "Before whose death?" "Look, I did warn you." "Right, now I understand." "If you wish, I can help you." "You wanted to tell me how I seduced you and made a loose guy out of you, how because of me you broke up with God," "how I dirtied and sullied your divinely pure love, you wanted to tell me about the disgusting vessel of sin into which I turned my own body?" "You are a fucking faun, Seryozha, honey." "That's all I can say." "I've never thought you can shoot at a human being." "I..." "A dead man." "So what?" "Better watch out for the living ones." "Clad in a white cloak with a blood-red lining," "shuffling his feet like all cavalrymen do, on the 14th day" "of the spring month of Nisan... the Procurator of Judea entered..." "Sorry, I couldn't come earlier." "Here." "Pray for the dead." "Thank you." "In yesterday's paper." "Yabov brought it." "They've blown it up out of all proportions." ""Dostoyevsky-Style Murder." "Russians open fire in downtown Hamburg"" "Here, listen." ""The lawyer claims his defendant's actions didn't exceed the boundaries of legitimate self-defense."" "What fucking self-defense are you talking about?" "Five bullets." "And all lethal." "Take peacefully the unavoidable, don't let hatred in your souls." "I..." "God will forgive all." "Hi." "SIN" "Also starring:" "Olga ANTONOVA Boris KLYUYEV" "Vladimir SOSHALSKY Konstantin ZAKLINSKY" "Georgy MARTIROSYAN Nina RUSLANOVA" "Andrei URGANT Valentin NIKULIN" "English Subtitles by Galina BARDINA"