"Rozwoj Film Productions in coproduction with DeLord, Syrena Films, Pawel Sala" "and the Polish Film Institute present a film inspired by true events" "starring" "director of photography edited by art director" "sound by original score by coproducers" "executive producer producer" "written and directed by" "Mother Teresa of Cats" " Police!" " Get on the ground!" "Sit up!" "It's just a game, Junior!" "Artur..." "What?" " The cats are screwed." " Quiet." "I won." "I went easy on you." "I won." "I could have won, but I wanted you to win." " I was the first to" " Shut the fuck up." " I had 75 frags." " You killed her." "Admit it." "Get this nutcase off me or I'm filing a complaint!" "Shut your trap." "No one cares what scum like you has to say, got it?" "Leave him alone!" "Get him out of the van." "Leave my brother alone!" "Fascists!" "Can mom fly?" "1 DAY EARLIER Jadzia, why would you ask that?" "I saw her flying in the trees." "She was looking at me." "No dear, your mom can't fly." "She's gone somewhere." "Jadzia..." " You're not going to school today, OK?" " But Jadzia wants to go to school." "The teacher and the other kids are going to be waiting for Jadzia." "How about you sit here and write in your diary?" "Hello, I'm calling again." "About the missing woman?" "It's you, right?" "And you are her relative?" "You could put it that way." "What can I say?" "I'm sorry to keep calling you, but we don't know what to do." "The task force has completed the procedure." "We have no leads." "You just have to be patient." "But it's been five days!" "Try placing an ad in the paper with a picture." "Maybe someone has seen her?" "I already have." "And what happened?" "Nothing." "You have to wait and pray." "I'll give you prayer!" "Tell me what happened." "I went to the train station to look for Teresa." "What happened?" "Don't let her come in here." "Jadzia... 2 DAYS EARLIER Shove me." "Come on, shove me." "What for?" "Try to shove me hard." "See?" "Someone tries to tip you over." "He wants to push you off balance, but you don't let him." "You can't let him." "Did everyone hear that?" "Let's go, practice in pairs." " Jacek, is mind control possible?" " Are you thinking of Artur?" " Do you know anything about that?" " Teresa mentioned it once." " He claims he can evoke dreams." " Nonsense." "Artur needs help." "I don't get him." " He doesn't get himself." " Did Teresa say anything else?" "Good, good, except you need to stand closer together." "A quick shove, and back off." "Last time I saw her, he was all she talked about." "She was completely devastated." "She wanted to leave them, but she didn't have the courage." "No..." "She would have given me some sign if she was going to leave." "Nothing?" "And Artur took Marcin and vanished into thin air." "What about Hubert?" "They have to work this out on their own." "Sometimes they even looked like they loved each other." "Artur doesn't know the meaning of the word." "Excuse me!" "What's going on over there?" "We need to follow some basic rules!" " Good morning." " Did you sleep well?" " I did." "Shouldn't you be at school, Junior?" "He's been sick a lot lately, so mom let take some time off." "You've lost weight." " How's your mom feeling?" " Mom's fine." "She didn't want to come with you?" "She couldn't make it." "She's been really busy lately." "Pity." "Come on, let's have breakfast." " We're not hungry." " Come on!" "Hold on!" "The key stays at the reception desk!" "Give me the spare to #61." "I'll clean up here." "Thanks." "3 DAYS EARLIER" "Nothing happened, right?" "We'll go back one day and everything will be like it used to." "Stop it." "Are you crazy?" "Calm down." "Artur..." "Are there going to be any games?" " What kind of games?" " Counter Strike." "You want to play terrorist or anti-terrorist?" " You kidding?" "Terrorist." " We'll figure something out." "Hello." "Hello." "Why, hello boys!" "What's gotten into you?" " Where's your mother?" " She didn't call?" " No..." " She probably forgot." " But she always calls." " She's really busy." "Alright." "I won't leave you out on the street." "6 and 1!" "That's a 7 for good luck." "Go wash up." "Leave it open." "What is this?" "Answer me!" "What does it look like?" " You were supposed to get rid of it." " I was going to." "Too late." " Stop crying." " I'm not crying." "I'm going to have to punish you." "4 DAYS EARLIER" " Hello." " Hello." "Have you seen our mom?" "How should I know?" "All the people that pass by here..." "Please try to remember." "I think she might have been here in the morning." "She bought something." " Did she say anything?" " Same thing she always does." "Something about cats." "She was in a hurry to get to work." "Your mother's quite an elegant lady." " She hasn't been home for a few days." " Did you call her cell phone?" "It goes straight to voice mail." "I could swear I saw her somewhere." "Maybe that was yesterday..." "I guess we'll go look for her." "Goodbye." " What the hell is wrong with you?" " What?" " Why did you even open your mouth?" " OK, I'll stay quiet." "5 DAYS EARLIER" "Keeping any secrets?" "Doesn't everyone in this house?" "Your mother, too?" "Do you know anything about her?" "I heard you were mean to her and she couldn't take it anymore." "You would have to ask her about that." "That's not very nice." "Remember, you only have one mother." "Cute kitties." " They're not ours." " They're our mom's cats." "You can file a missing person's report after 24 hours." "That's my point." "6 DAYS EARLIER" "Missing..." " What did she do for a living?" " She was an insurance saleswoman." "Perhaps she had a large amount of money on her?" "No, she just carried contracts." " Did she have any enemies?" " I don't know..." "Jadzia, wait." "Wait here, OK?" "Artur..." "I don't know." " Who is Artur?" " Her son." " And you are her daughter?" " Her friend." "I live with them." "What about her kids?" "Artur took his younger brother to look for her." "The girl is staying with me." " And the father?" " He moved out." "What about you?" "What?" "Why?" "Teresa made me promise." "If anything happened..." "If what happened?" "7 DAYS EARLIER" "Hello?" "Yes." "Teresa hasn't come home." "Maybe she had to stay late." "This late?" "Has she been over at your place?" "No, she hasn't been here." "What am I supposed to do?" "I don't know." "Why don't you ask the boys?" "I'm sure they know something." "They've locked themselves in their room and won't come out." "He was probably giving her attitude, they got into an argument and..." "Artur?" "Who else?" "No, I would have heard something." "Did you call any of her friends?" "She hasn't been seeing anyone lately." "Hold on, I'll call you back." " Artur!" "I just want to talk to you!" " What?" "Did you get into an argument with your mom?" " What are you talking about?" " Tell me the truth." "You got into an argument with your mom and she took off?" " Get out, we're cleaning up in here." " Why don't you call the police?" "Me?" "Why me?" " You are her son, aren't you?" " You call her." "What is it dear?" " I'm scared." " Did you have a bad dream?" "2 WEEKS EARLIER" "We don't have enough bags." "I told you we should have saved the plastic bags." "They always come in handy." "Look." " She did it again." " Oh..." "Throw that in washer, dear." "Leave it, I'll do it." "Go on, you're going to be late." "You came such a long way to study something so impractical." "They promised to let me record the Lutoslawski Forum." "Promises, promises..." "No one cares about Lutoslawski anymore." "I used to be ambitious, too." "Where did that ever get me?" "Oh come on, you're doing fine." "Sometimes I wish I could just be alone with my cats." "Cats won't replace your family." "Of course they won't." "But I won't throw them out onto the streets, either." "Teresa, they're just cats." "Look at them." "Rubbing up against me." "Just begging for attention." "Go, Teresa." "You're going to be late." "Pick it up." "Hello?" " Silence?" " They hung up." "Artur." " He'll call you on your cell phone." " He won't call me." "They should be back by now, shouldn't they?" "No, they're not coming back." "Artur lied." "I don't even know where they are or what they're doing." "Why did you let them go?" "Do you know what would have happened if I hadn't let them?" "You can't even imagine." "But I can." "Bye." "Hello?" "Where are you?" "Come back right now!" "You hear me?" "Marcin is supposed to be in school." "You can do what you want with your life but you're not going to mess up his." "The cats are screwed." "You're a sick bastard!" "What is it?" "Nothing." "Look." "She's going to drop her shit." " What?" " She's going to faceplant." " What are you devil worshipers staring at?" " Leave them." " You got a problem?" " It's not worth it." " How did you know?" " Know what?" " That they're satanists." " I just did." "Tycjan!" " Is he alive?" " No." " He went to see the angels?" " There's no such thing as angels!" "Jadzia!" "I'm sorry." "Can you read minds?" "You know what's going to happen?" "Do you know what I'm thinking about?" "Marcin isn't doing well." "3 WEEKS EARLIER" " Yes, I know." " He barely even shows up." "Take a look." "And even when he does show up, it's as if he were absent." "Of course." "Artur." "Who?" "My older son." "It all started so suddenly." "70% absence." "He has excuses for all of them." "That's the thing." "Is this your signature?" "Yes." " Why are you doing this?" " What?" "Why are you covering for him?" "What do you expect me to do?" "That's something you should know." " I'm going away." " Go ahead." "4 WEEKS EARLIER" " I'm taking Marcin with me." " No." "Marcin is coming with me." "Go where you want, but you're going alone." "Cats aren't the only ones who have accidents." "Leave the animal alone." "What did he ever do to you?" " The cats are screwed." " Watch your language." "Leave him alone." "I'm not going to hurt him." "What else do you want?" "Money." " I need money for the trip." " But I don't have any." "Leave the kid." " The kid's coming with me." " You're not taking him." "We'll see about that." "You'll get the money, just leave him alone." "Or what?" "Marcin!" "What?" "Listen, son." "Listen." "Marcin." "God help me." "God forgot about us, mom." "She's not picking up." "I'll text her." "I see you've started praying." "What do you want?" "How did you know?" "What good is that going to do you?" "What?" "Where are you?" "I don't need your prayer." "Why don't you pray for our father?" "Where are you?" "Marcin is supposed to be in school." "Foot massage?" "Jacek!" "What's this?" "Some new way to relax?" "No, I'm on my way back from a pilgrimage." "You?" "!" ""God save Poland..."" " Well, go on." "How was it?" " You don't want to know." "Why, did something happen?" "Do you read those women's rags sometimes?" "Of course!" "How could I miss them?" "They're an endless source of knowledge." "They write these unbelievable, made-up stories." "Unbelievable?" "If people read them, they must believe them." "But no-one believes that stuff." "Unless they experience something like that themselves." "What?" "How is it possible that some people can take over your mind take over your actions?" "You mean who?" "It's insane, isn't it?" "Tycjan, my little furball." "5 WEEKS EARLIER" " What's wrong with him?" " Tycjan is sick." " Did you take him to the vet?" " Yes." "It's hopeless." "Tycjan." "Kitty." "Hello." "Wake up." "Pussycat." "Tycjan." "Come on, say something." "Girls!" "It's a miracle!" "He's up again." "It worked." "What worked?" "6 WEEKS EARLIER" "Aren't you coming in?" "Hello dad." "Hello." "Why did you come here?" "We need money." "Money." "What for?" "We need to go shopping." "Clothes, notebooks, textbooks." " We've got to have some money, dad." " Don't you brainwash my son." "I don't have any money, son." "I gave it all to your mom." " Bullshit." " I don't have anything." "You're a veteran." "You must have some money." "Alright, here you go." "There's no card." " Where's the debit card?" " I don't have a debit account." " You had one." " I had one, but I don't anymore." "You had a ton of money." "Where the hell is the money?" "What did you do with the money, you idiot?" "You loser." "They're going to put you away." "They're going to take you to court for molesting me and Junior." "You understand?" "We're going to the police." "Son..." "Don't call me son." "Oh, you're here." " It's really late." " I lost track of time." "What are you doing here?" "You know that I have a job." "You sell life insurance to the homeless?" "Will you walk me home?" " Is that it?" " Yes." "What's going on?" "He should be here." " Then why don't you check?" " No, I don't want to." "What's going on?" "Where's Hubert?" "He's not here." "Is he seeing someone?" "It's not like that." "OK then..." " Wait." "Don't leave yet." " What good can I do here?" "Why don't you talk to Artur?" " I don't know if he's home." " He's home." "Hi." "Well look at that." "I was coming to see you and you showed up." "I wanted to have a chat with you." " At this hour?" " We ran into each other." " Oh you ran into each other?" " Yes." " I'm the expert on coincidences here." " So why don't we talk?" " We are talking." " Then why don't you put something on?" "What for?" "What's going on?" "Nothing." "Everything's fine and dandy." "Cut the act." "Tell me what you did that made your father move out." "He left to cheat on you with his whore." "You lie!" "You did something to him." "What did you do to him?" "Stop accusing me!" " Look at yourself!" " I'm not accusing you." " I just want to know." " You want to know everything, don't you?" " Leave me alone." " That's your mother you're talking to." "And that's the whole problem." "The problem?" "Then why don't we talk about your problem?" "You don't respect our lives." "I just wanted us to be a normal family." "A normal family?" "A normal family!" "No one here is normal." " You're a bad influence on your brother." " Someone has to bring him up." " If my father won't then I will." " Why not your father?" "Him?" "That pussy?" "That retard?" "Him?" " All he can do is abuse the kid." " What are you talking about?" "You don't believe me?" "You don't believe me?" "Then you might like to know that it's not just mental abuse." " He abuses us sexually." " And that's why he's going to do time." "That's not true." "You don't give a shit about us." "You don't care about us at all." "Jacek." "It's not true." "None of it is true." "7 WEEKS EARLIER" "Have you been eating at all?" "A bit, here and there." "Why do you do this?" "Sausage." "Your favorite." "Do you have bread?" "I do." "We need you, Hubert." "You seem to be doing OK." "We need you." "I need you." "Close the door." "Come home." "I gave a stipend for Mass." "What for?" "For us." "Jesus Christ." "You're just like Artur." "I'll have all the papers with me." "8 WEEKS EARLIER" "OK." "No?" "Alright." "Maybe some other time then." "I'll call you." "Thank you." "I got that bitch." "Don't talk like that, please." "Don't talk like that about anyone." "Jadzia, let go of that." "Go." "She wanted to take control of me." "Do you know what kind of psychic power that is?" " Was I supposed to let some broad" " Stop it." "Hello." "I'm calling from the insurance company." "We were scheduled..." "Yes, of course, tomorrow's fine." "Alright." "Goodbye." "Look." "Your ring saved me." "I don't even want to hear about it." "Of course." "What do you care?" "What?" "Let me see the ring." " You like it?" " Yeah." "It's pretty cool." "Catch." "You little prick!" "You wanted to get me, didn't you?" "Give it back." "9 WEEKS EARLIER" "What is it?" "You should mind your own business." " What?" " Stop snooping around." "I'm not snooping around." "You're barging into our lives." "What are you talking about?" "You're ruining everything." " Teresa is my friend." " Find a new friend." " Or what?" " Are you going to throw me out?" " You'll leave by yourself." " That's what you think?" " We'll see." "Get out." "I have a recording session to prepare for." "Sick bastard!" " Hi." " How did you get in here?" "The normal way." " Outsiders aren't allowed in here." " We're not outsiders." "You're not allowed to be here at this hour." "Fine, we're leaving." "Take it." "Bye, dad." "Bye." "10 WEEKS EARLIER" "You're home." " What's the matter?" " How was it?" "My spine." "Everything hurts." "I don't feel like living anymore." "Did something happen?" "I'm exhausted." "Know what?" "I've learned to channel energy." "No." "If it's something to do with dreams, then I don't want it." "I'll channel my energy into you and you'll feel better." "Stop it." "I don't feel anything." "Please." "Calm down." "You'll feel it in a second, mother." "Stop that." "Something's wrong." "It's because of that slut." "She's up to something." "She's filling me up with bad energy." "What's going on?" "That woman is a demon." "She wants to take control of me." "She's sucking out all my good energy." "I need to defend myself." "I need to fight her." "I need to protect myself." "I need an amulet." "I need protection." "I need a signet." "I need a silver signet." "What for?" "I need to defend myself from her." "I need some kind of protection." "3 MONTHS EARLIER" "I got the heebie-jeebies." "He got sleep." " What do we do now?" " Nothing." "He's not going to give us any more trouble." "Will you give me sleep, too?" "If I feel like it." "Artur..." "How do you do it?" "The normal way." "Come on, tell me." "Please." "Stop nagging." "You're sleeping over there." "Come here, sweetheart, let me help you." "What's this?" "Oh well." "I'll just have to be late." "It's OK, I can take her." "Jadzia, don't you remember?" " We took baths last night." " But Jadzia got dirty." "What are you talking about?" "You got dirty in your sleep?" "Isn't Marcin going?" "Marcin?" "The door must have gotten stuck." "Artur!" "I'm going to miss my train to Lodz." "They put locks on the doors." " What?" " We should do the same thing." " Why are you ironing that?" " Teresa, where is her blouse?" "Thanks." " What's with the locks?" " I need some peace and quiet." " What are you doing in there?" " Meditating." "Am I not allowed to do that?" " Leave the boy alone." " Marcin needs to be in school." "Do you understand?" "Hubert." " Hubert, do something about it." " What?" ""What."" "I've got a client." "Would you take Jadzia to school?" "I told you I would." "Come on dear." "Hubert." "Have something to eat." "See you." "You attacked Marcin at night." "You are a demon that is sucking the energy out of us." "Get out of our house." "Don't touch that!" "Going out on a new mission?" "Check it out." "Cool." "Could you describe this violence?" "Otherwise I can't help you." "I can write you a prescription for a sedative or I can call an ambulance." "OK then." "Let's try it this way." "I'll do the talking, and you just nod or shake your head." "Alright?" "4 MONTHS EARILER" "My mom didn't say anything about that." "I called." "I'm a cousin of your aunt's," " from Przysucha." " I don't know her." "You don't remember?" "It's a small town." "You even came to see me perform at the House of Dance." "I don't remember." "Well..." "How about I wait inside?" "I don't know..." "The cats are pretty messy." "That's OK, I like cats." "I don't." "The cats are screwed." "Ewa?" " Teresa, hi." " Why are you out here?" " There's no-one upstairs?" " Don't worry about it." "You must be freezing." "Come upstairs." " Are you tired?" " No, not really." "That must have been terrible." "The bus was so late." "Can you imagine?" "What the hell is this?" "Ewa is going to take Jadzia's room." "You invite strangers to live here without even telling us?" "She's no stranger." "She'll help us with Jadzia." "Someone in this house is redundant." "5 MONTHS EARLIER" " What's he doing here?" " What does it look like he's doing?" "So this is what you do at work?" "He's not bothering anyone." "Shouldn't you be in school?" "I'm going later." " I don't want to see him around here." " But he's not doing anything." "You're scaring away my customers." "What a bastard!" "I'm not giving you a penny, pal." "Take your money and shove it." " How about I call the cops?" " What?" "Are you going to tell them all about your creative accounting?" "Leave." " Get out of here." " Let's go." " You could have taken all of the money." " Don't tell me what to do." " We would have got to play longer." " We'll play more later." "6 MONTHS EARLIER" "What?" "Want some salt?" "Why aren't you eating?" "That's not funny." "Look out dad." "It's a sniper." "Cut it out." "Hubert." "You happy?" "You want to set all of that off?" "Sure." "But not all at once." "It's good luck." "All that luck." "We're going to have a blast!" "Jadzia's scared." "We're going home." " What are you doing?" " What?" "You want to blow your head off?" "What, you want Marcin to do it?" "Come here Marcin." "I'll show you how it's done." "Don't you be such a suck up." "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!" "Happy New Year!" "7 MONTHS EARLIER" "Krysia?" "You're still here?" "You were supposed to be home." "What's going on?" "I'm smoking." " Who's running the motel?" " What motel?" " Tell me what's the matter?" " It sucks." "Bad." "It's going to be alright." "It's going to be alright." "How's your aunt?" "She's been released." "I came to pick up her stuff." "Please put this dress on her." "There are shoes in there, too." "Yes, ma'am." "How much is this going to cost?" "Hubert, I'll pay for it." "Just make sure everything gets done, OK?" " Why me?" " I have a class." "I told you." " But it's your aunt." " Our aunt." "I have to get to base." "May I?" "Open or closed casket?" "Who would want to look at her in this state?" "What?" "What is it?" "You could have brought her back to life." "You can do that." "Mom would have been happy." "You too?" "Get back here, Tycjan!" "I'm not going to chase you around." "Hubert?" "You smoke?" "Why aren't you on base?" "I don't work there anymore." "Since when?" " And you didn't tell me?" " What was I supposed to tell you?" " We would have figured something out." " I've got it all worked out." " What?" " At a school." "You're going to teach?" "I'm going to be a janitor." "You?" "Tycjan." "If you're done, we're going home." "Hello." " You're not coming in?" " No..." "Well I have to go." "Hello." " My husband is second lieutenant" " I know." "Unfortunately." "I would like to speak to his commander." "I can't let you onto the base." "Those are the rules." "But I just want to talk to him." "I don't even know if the commander's available." "Well, then why don't you call him and ask?" "I don't know if he's on base." "Then I'll wait." " Hello, madam." " Hello." "I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but you know the rules." " Your husband doesn't work here anymore..." " Why?" " Why what?" " Why doesn't he work here anymore?" "He didn't tell you?" "Were there layoffs?" "He's been in combat, decorated, awarded medals." "No, no." " That's not all." " Then what else?" "We offered to transfer him to the civil service, but he refused." "You wanted to humiliate him?" "It was the best solution for him." "The best?" " And who do you think he is now?" " It was the best solution for him." "It was a real war over there." "Wars change people." "Sometimes badly." "And now..." "You must forgive me, madam." "Goodbye." "8 MONTHS EARLIER" "Let him go." "They'll make a man out of him." "He's not cut out for it." "How would you know?" "You were gone for so long." " I can tell." " You can't tell anything." "The boy's changed." "Too much." "Hubert, give him a chance." "He's your son." "You want him to shoot someone?" "You came back, nothing happened to you." "And you even made some money." " But I didn't study black magic." " It's a normal university major." "Parapsychology?" "I'm not paying for that!" "Is she asleep?" " Is she dead?" " How should I know?" " Can you bring her back to life?" " Stop it!" "You said you had powers." "That's what I said." "You said you could bring a cat back to life." "I can." " Then do it." " What for?" "So she can live." " What for?" " Mom would want it." "Mommy, mommy." "You're such a momma's boy." " Hello boys!" " Hello." " Hello." " It's so good to see a familiar face." " What are you doing here?" " I play games." "Wanna play?" "Come on, we've got to go." " Say hi to your mom!" "Is she working?" " I'm sorry, we have to run." "9 MONTHS EARLIER" "I broke a record today." "You can put your mother in the Guinness Book of World Records." "Marcin." "Are you boys home?" "Malinowski, Adam." "Artur." " Are you going to be a warrior?" " Of course." " Dad said you're not cut out for it." " He doesn't know shit." " Are they going to give you a rifle?" " Of course." " You'll let me shoot it, right?" " You're too young." "Are you fucking nuts?" "Whatever." "Dad will give me his." "He doesn't have one." "They didn't give him one." " But they'll give you one?" " Sure they will." " Then dad's in for a big surprise." " Damn right he is." " Bielicki, Artur." " Here." " We're still going to fight." " You think you can fight me?" "You bet I can." " Would you shoot me?" " You have two lives left." "No, I mean in real life." "Would you shoot me?" "You're kidding me." "Chakra." " What?" " Chakra." "You see it?" "If you walk up to it, it fills you up with energy and you become invincible." " Will you take me there?" " Where?" "To that chakra." "Would you kill me?" " Another stray?" " Give it a rest." "You know what she's been through?" "She still frightened." " Fucking toxoplasmosis" " How can you say that?" "I was walking past the garden plots and I heard her whimpering." "Everyone around must have heard it." "Not one person stopped to help her." "Everyone knew what would happen." "What, was I supposed to just leave her there?" "What happened?" "I went up to the bushes and saw that all her kittens had their necks snapped." "She saw everything." "She saw someone murder her kittens." "They murder someone everyday." "You're just saying that because you didn't see the kittens." "If you had seen them, you wouldn't be saying that." "I saw her crouching there in the bushes so I started calling her:" "Nesca, Nesca." " How did you know her name?" " I didn't, but I saw her there all black with those shiny eyes." "Poor thing." "She's still horrified by what happened to her children." "Look at her trembling." "We have to give her a lot of peace and warmth" " and one day she'll get better." " What if she doesn't?" "Then we'll do to her what they did to her kids." "How can you joke about that?" "It's not funny." "Hubert?" "Say something to him." "Cats have a tough life." "I'll go get you something." "No, don't trouble yourself." "10 MONTHS EARLIER" " Wouldn't you like something to drink?" " I don't need anything anymore." "Don't say things like that." "Mom..." "She talks as if I gave birth to her." "Teresa!" " You're here?" " Did you come to see me?" "What are you doing here?" "You know." "Things happen." "Screw it." " Did something happen?" " No." "Don't worry about it." "I'm just here for observation." "Screw it." " God, Krysia." " I'm telling you, it's nothing." "What are you doing here?" "My aunt." "The aunt that's your mother?" "Is something wrong with her?" "I'm just going down to the kiosk, I'll be right back." "Tell me, how are your children doing?" "Has Jadzia started talking?" "I heard Hubert came back safely." "Are you happy?" "Yes." "I'll be right back." "What happened?" "All that money." "Those thieves." "What?" "Nothing." " Did you get mugged?" " No, it's my fault." "I gave them 200 and they gave me change for 100." "I didn't notice." " They ripped you off." " No, it's my fault." "I should have been more careful." "Why do I even carry that much cash with me?" "Where was this?" "If I were careful, this wouldn't have happened." "Don't cry." "It's nothing." "11 MONTHS EARLIER" "Just pay it out." "Do you understand?" "Give me back my money." " What are you doing?" " I just said that I want my money." " I can't." " Why not?" "I can't just pay it out." "I need to buy back the units." "It could take a few days." "For them to go down to zero, right?" "I told you to invest in commodity funds." "But I did invest in commodity funds." "Long-term commodity funds." "Who could have known that the Americans would put hedge funds on the market and suck it dry?" "Listen." "You're going to pay out my money, and I'm just going to go home." "You don't understand, do you?" "They're very aggressive investors." "It's hard to beat them." "They're barely legal." "That's all there is." "OK." "That's all that's left." "OK, I'll take it." "You should wait." "At least until you recoup your losses." " The stocks are going to go back up." " Just pay it out." "We just need to deduct the commission." " You signed the contract." " Pay it out." "You shouldn't be doing this." "Should you?" "Tell me something about it." "There's nothing you'd want to hear." "12 MONTHS EARLIER" "Here, I'll help you." "Here, Jadzia." "Careful, you'll poke your eye out." " Here, I'll help you." " What about yours?" "He already scarfed it down." "Artur, ask those gentlemen to take a picture." "You ask them." "Picture!" "Excuse me." "Would you take picture of us?" "Leave him." "He can take the metro home." "13 MONTHS EARLIER" "Jadzia, it's daddy." "Give it to him." " Do you have a rifle?" " How was your trip?" " It was OK." " Was the flight long?" " It wasn't too long." " Got any grenades?" " Dad?" "How many enemies did you kill?" " Leave your dad alone." "Enemies?" "Hezbollah?" "Al Qaeda?" "Hamas?" "Stop it." "But he must have killed someone." " He wasn't killing innocent people." " Your dad didn't go there to kill people." " No one?" " You must have killed someone, dad." "Stop it!" "Did you know that Jadzia's talking very well now?" "Jadzia, say something." "Say that thing you say so well." "Don't be shy!" "Give daddy a kiss." " Why are you so serious?" " Sorry." "Goodbye to you, oh land of mirth" "Death beckons me to join the earth." "Life's torn thread I cannot save" "Chased by death into my grave." "The clock strikes one." "Artur." "You said that when we got there, everything would be alright." "That nothing bad would happen." "When we got to the chakras." "Artur." "Junior, what the fuck are you talking about?" "Goodbye to you parents dearest." "My friends, my blood and my nearest." "I thank you all for your charms." "And shrug away any harms." "The clock strikes two." "Gate." "Move it." "Goodbye to you my dearest friends." "In the grave my time here ends." "On my eyes falls darkness deep shrouding me in endless sleep." "The clock strikes three." "Head down." "Artur, don't let them." "Close the door."