"A film made with the help of The National Center for Cinematography with support from" "and contributions from" "Quite thick this fog." "What do we do?" "It will soften." "Easy!" "They're not of concrete." "I just told you easier." "They're made of iron anyway." "Aluminium." "Same thing." "Did you say something?" "Give me a light." "You want to fly or to smoke?" "What happened?" "The Unsaved (at the sky's inner limit)" "Hey." " Hey." " What are you doing?" " I brought you a letter." " At this hour?" "You can only... fool around on the steps." "I'll give you one of my rooms for 30 lei an hour." "No thanks, Liuba." "There's no need." "Where have you been?" "With the guys." "I hope you didn't drink." "No." "Blow here." "Are you hungry?" "A bit." "I'll heat up some food." "Take a look at the balcony railing." " I don't want to be scared by Gasca again." " I'll check tomorrow." "Do you remember Vivi?" "Dad's co-worker?" "I met him today on the street." "He asked how we were." "And?" "I told him that you're looking for job, and he said he could help you." "I don't need his help." "You sure do." "Go to his office tomorrow morning." "Why can't you understand that I don't want to be a cop?" "You don't want to be anything." "But if the man said that.." "he can help you, you need to go." "No more." "Eat it." "It will go bad until tomorrow." "What's going on Buba?" "Are you an urban monk now?" "I just have some business here." "What kind business can you have?" "You should stay in the woods and pray for us." " I'm praying, I'm praying." " You are?" "Good day, Father." "He's old." "Let's go." " Hey man." " Cheers." "We though you weren't coming." " How couldn't we?" " Hey." "We brought you more this time." "And the carburator?" "Don't rush it." " We have everything." " How's Motanu?" "Well, he's waiting.." "for the trial." "We'll see." "He says he's got some ideas." "It might get an adjournment." "I hope he didn't squeal anything." "You know Motanu, he's not dumb." "If he snitches, you know what can happen?" "He'll be in trouble." "Don't worry." "I'll show you the stuff." "Very nice." "Good grass!" "We did our best." "And the carburator?" "Oh yeah!" "One moment." "Don't throw it." "Come in." "Good afternoon." "What is it?" "Can I speak with Mr. Vivi?" "About what?" "My mom met him yesterday and told me to come here." "Excuse me, Viorel." "I didn't recognize you." "Sit down." "Want a coffee?" "Yes." "Just like Costică, may he rest in peace." "And, from what I gathered, you need job?" "Say it, don't be shy with me." "Yes, I need one." "Did you finish the army?" "I thought so." "If your father was alive, you would've surely done it." "That means I can only give you a civillian job, right?" "I think you know better than me." "How's your mother?" "She's well." "Do you help her?" "I do." "Take care of her." "Very good woman." "Very nice." "Yes." "And?" "And who made him do it?" "Ok." "I'll be there in a few minutes." "You know the field next to the factory?" "Yes." "We'll meet there thursday at 5." "Until then I'll see what I can find for you." "50 envelopes, please." "Do you have "The Communist"?" "25?" "Hey." "Hey." "What are you hiding there?" "Envelopes." "You?" "Smoking." "And.." "are you bringing me a letter, Mr. postman?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "I'll be waiting." "Luca Aurel." "Columna 105." "Apartment 35." "One packet, 80 lei." " Virgil Patrascu, str." "Independentei.." " Slow down, I'm not a typewriter." "Write it yourself if you want." "I don't like to write." "Like I do.." "Three packets." "240 lei." "Marin" "Vit... zen.. tzat... hos." "It's pronounced "Vitsentzatos"." "Why?" "It's a Greek name." "Marin's also a Greek name?" "No, Marin is Moldovan." "But Vitsentzatos is Greek." "We are in Moldova and that's how we pronounce it." "Two packets." "Give them to Maria." "Hey Bica!" "Do you need some broken clocks?" "Since when are you so generous?" "Why don't you fix them?" "You can sell em' and make some money for your hang glider." "You have something on your nose." " Did I get it?" " Of course you didn't, it's snot." "Are you sleeping?" "No." "What's up?" "I heard you talking in the kitchen." "How did it go?" "As usual." "Do you need the money now?" "Look in the drawer." "Could you help me with those pipes tomorrow?" "Only in the afternoon." "I have some business in the morning." "Let's do 12 o'clock." "In the afternoon." "We also have to go to the prison to see Motanu'." "These are yours." "Leave it there." "We'll talk tomorrow." "Don't you want to see Motanu?" "I'll stay here." "I'll be fast." "What the fuck is he doing?" "What's the time?" "Twenty past 4." "Didn't he say 4?" "He's got work to do." "He's got work, my ass!" " Gâscă." " What?" "You know the guys we send the stuff to?" "A bit." "But do they know you?" "They can't know me." "Why?" "Afraid of the cops?" "A bit." "They can't do anything to us." "Motanu'.." "used to do the deals face-to-face." "And Maria?" "What about Maria?" "She went with him?" "Maria.." "Maria's a polesmoker." "Nothing more." "You came, boys?" "What are you smoking?" "Nothing you know of." "Give me one." "I can't, it's my last." " Take your money." " Don't be stingy!" "At least one drag." "Are you deaf?" "I told you no." "Miser!" "Give him a cigarette." "Nea Fane." "I'll be damned if this are filed properly." "Don't worry." "They're normal." "Normal?" "These two don't fit for sure." "You can work on them." "Why do you have hands?" "Didn't you say you want them at 4?" "You said 4, not me." "Did I tell you do them at 4?" "I have to work a week on these." "This one." "You want to fly with this clunker?" "This clunker can reach 80km/h on open road." "You want to steal it all?" "Want me to remove the motor here?" "It's a bit bright here." "That's what I thought as well." "If you smoke, I'm leaving." "Fine." "I'm going." "If you see someone, make a cuckoo sound." " What?" " Like a cuckoo." "I can't do that, I'll just whistle." "If you whistle, they'll know we're humans." "And they will think we're cuckoos otherwise?" "Just make a pigeon sound." "I can't do that either." "I don't even know it." "I'll make a crow sound." "Fine." "15 lei." "I.." "only have five." "Did you think it's free?" "‫I left my wallet home, I'll go and fetch it." ".Yeah, I know how you'll fetch it - .Don't worry Mrs. Geta, he'll bring it " " I know him." "He's a good lad." " Whatever you say, Maria." "I'll go home and bring it right away." "Gâscă." "Come here for a moment." "Make it quick." "Give me some money." "You're quite handsome." "It's too much." "Get a beer on me." "And..." "Go get it!" "What's with you, Viorel?" "I thought you forgot." "Excuse me." "No excuses, you're not at church." " You're Costică's son?" " I told you they look alike." "Cretu." "Viorel." "That bandy-legged Radu isn't coming." "I bet he'd be the first here if we played soccer." "Watch closely, you haven't seen anything like this." "This is the oina ball." "Oina is a symbol of the Moldavians." "It's also called "topca"." "And in some raions: "topa" or "suca"." "The player who throws the topca is called a "hălitor"." "Throwing the topca implies hitting it." "The topca is hit with the bat." "You hold your hands together." "Your legs are bent, your back is straight and your chest proud." "And here comes the shot." "Like this!" "You try it." "Take some distance from the topca." "A bit more." "A little bit higher." "Your knees bent a bit." "Your back straight." "Back straight!" "Your arm higher." "And the chest proud!" "And.. try.." "to hit it." "Right now." "Bravo!" " Out." " Isn't it fun?" "Not "out", "afara"!" "Go get the topca." "These guys don't give a damn about our topca." "I talked to the right person and got you a job in the canteen." "Can you cook?" "Only eggs and french fries." "You can't even cook, huh?" "What have you done until now with your life?" "At first you will peel potatoes, but you can become a cook if you're good." "Thank you." "Come to my office on Monday at 7:30." "I'll take you to the canteen." "Give me a light." "Let's do it some other time." "I'm very tired." "You'll be fine." "Come on." "You're the one who fell from the glider?" "Yes." "But I didn't fall from it, I crashed it," "Doesn't matter." "From what height?" "About 45 metres." "Does it hurt?" " Anything else hurts?" " No." "Stand up." "And what's this?" "A broken rib." "I can see that." "Since when do you have it?" "When I was young, I fell from a tree." "Go fetch the glider!" "Be silent while I examine you." "And the scar?" "A guy pulled a knife on me." "And I tried to dodge it." "You dodged it alright." "Get everything checked." "I'd be surprised if you're healthy." "Two more." "What happened?" "Wrong door?" "Then what's wrong?" "You came to bring me these?" "Only for this?" "Thank you." "They smell nice." "Now go home, ok?" "That's your home?" "Yeah." "Want a coffee?" "Should I come to you?" "Good morning." "Drink this." "Hey." "What's the time?" "It's 7:40." "I would've let you sleep some more, but I have to be at work at 8." "Remember climbing the ladder?" "You got on it and said that that's your home when I asked you." "Then you fell." "I got scared because weren't moving." " Need to use the toilet?" " Yes." "Remember what you said?" "You told me that you love me." "I hope the beer in you was speaking." "You look awful." "Let's get you washed up a bit." "It's broken." "You turn it on from here." "Watch carefully." "You cut it." "You insert here a bag of weed." "Get another kg of oranges and put this one at the bottom." "And bring it to Motanu." "No way I'm going to him." "I got nothing to do with him." "It's not about Motanu." "It's about a guy behind bars that needs your help." "I don't give a fuck about him." "So, if it was me, you wouldn't give a fuck?" "You know that's not true." "And there isn't even any weed left." "There is." "Under the bathtub, in my bath." "Has he any chance to get out?" "Don't know." "Depends on the prosecutor." "And if he's harsh?" "He's done for." "From 3 to 7." "Viorel" "Go to Motanu, I beg you." "Where have you been all night?" "At Bica." "We played some cards, drank some beer, and I stayed there because it was late." "And who is this Bica?" "A friend." "Works at the power plant." "Quite the friend..." "I don't understand how you manage to befriend all the lowlifes.." "You're 19 years old and doing nothing." "No job, no house, no nothing." "Calm down." "Vivi called and told me that you didn't go to the job he got for you." "I forgot." "Viorel," "If you don't find a job I can't let you stay in this house" "Not like that." "You can cut yourself." "Look at me." "Thanks." " You've been working here for long?" " No." "About 4 months." "How is it?" "Fine." "You like it?" "It's not about liking it." "I got used to it." " What was that for, Mr. Sandu?" " I think you know well." "You've only done these?" "How much do you want?" "Take these." "The cops should come in an hour and I'll be the one getting lambasted." "Why did he hit you?" "I was smoking." "I thought so." "What were you saying about that faucet?" "Don't like them?" "I'm waiting for you." "It's the last one." "They're too many anyway." "I promised someone who is in the hospital to bring some." "So we won't eat them all." "Who?" "A friend." "What happened to him?" "Someone battered him downstairs." "And quite brutally." "That's what he told me, I didn't see him yet." "And what does he do?" "I don't know." "Works somewhere at the station." "Got candles?" "Yeah." "Wait a moment." "Are you crazy?" " You know how good this is for transmission?" " And the sick?" "They'll wait." "I wasted a week here." "Hey Viorel." "Why are you here?" "I came for a friend." "This is your friend?" "Yes." "What happened?" "I was coming home on a late Thursday evening and some lad was waiting for me at the flat entrance." "Put me straight in the hospital." "Are you going to the oina game tonight?" "The doctor is waiting, Mr. Guminita." "I'm coming." "Go, go." " Everything's well at the canteen?" " Yes." " Get well soon." " Thanks." "Who's that?" "A friend of my dad." " Also a cop?" " Yeah." "What a grub!" "Look at Sandu." "He's just kissing their ass." "He's a good man." "Just don't snitch on me." "I didn't know you blaze.." "Where do you get it?" "I get it in the mail." "Who brings it?" "Don't know." "Doesn't it interest you?" "Last friday I got a real good one." "Sure you don't want a puff?" "Your full name is.." "Adi what?" "Negru, why?" "Just asking." "You look like someone." "Want to hear a joke about cooks?" "Yeah." "You know the difference between a cook and a donkey?" " What's the difference?" "" " None!" "Put out the cigarettes and get to work." "Too much salt?" "No." "They're very good." "Don't like potatoes?" "I do, but not all the time." "I'll make pilaf tomorrow." "You like pilaf?" "Yeah." "How's your friend doing?" "What friend?" "The policeman, who was in the hospital." "Why do you ask me so much about him?" "You're jealous?" "No." "Just asking.." "You're jealous." "Yeah, I am jealous." "Gâscă." "You brought them?" "Cheers." "Cheers." " Got a cigarette?" " No." "These are junk, Nea Fane." "Are you fucking with me?" "After I put my ass on the line.." "I provide you with pipes" "I unload them and you still give me crap." "I'm paying you, right?" ""Paying".." " You know how much they're worth with documents?" " How much?" "How much?" "Four times as much." "Might be, but you couldn't get a dime off of these." "Easier!" "Don't worry, it's aluminium." "Yeah, but I will fly with them!" "Hi Viorel." "Aren't you helping me?" "Ask Viorel, he'll do it for free." "I have to tell you something." "Me too." "Say it." "You first." "I got a job." "Where?" "At a canteen as an assistant cook." "What?" "You can't even make fried eggs." "I can't help you anymore." "With what?" " With everything." " You think you were helping me?" "Didn't you get paid?" "Such help." "Fine." "I'm getting out." "Do what you want." "But I think it's a dumb choice." "It's your call." "How much do you get paid?" "It's not about the money." "What's it about?" "About me doing something.." "serious." "Fine, if you think watching a fucking pot boil all day long is something serious." "You leave me when it's most difficult." "I'll help you but.." "only until you get well." "Now you pity me." " It's not about pity." " Then what's it about?" "We'll talk some other time" "I see you're not in a good mood." "Don't bring up that crap with me." " Say what you have to say.." " I have nothing else to say." "What did you want?" "Why the fuck didn't you go to Motanu?" "I forgot." "Yeah right." "I don't even give a single fuck about Motanu." "He can rot in jail for all I care." "No need for your care, he's getting out soon anyways." "How?" "With peace in his soul." "You can count beans in the canteen as much as you like." "We get mashed potatoes today." "Come in." "Hey Viorel." " Good day." " Aren't you at work?" "Or are we starving today?" "Can I sit down?" "Has something happened?" "You have Motanu in preventive arrest right?" "Preventive, unfortunately, for now." "And you have to release him." "Because you don't have enough evidence." "How do you know this?" "I know." "And?" "I'll tell you everything about Motanu." "Where he gets the weed, with whom he works," "who he gives it to." "I can give you everything." "Everything I know." "And from where do you know all this?" "I'm curious." "That's another story." "Fine, go on." "I can tell you all this but.." "under one condition." "What?" "Actually, two." "You never come to Maria again." "How did you find out about Maria and me?" "And the second condition:" "Motanu never gets out of prison." "Viorel" "I'm telling you that this Maria.." "is a skank that should be avoided at any cost." "If you knew how much she cried in front of me." "In that very same chair you're sitting." "To release him from remand, and free Motanu" "she's ready to do anything and I should come to her." "So what about Motanu?" "Are you sleeping?" "I talked with Vivi today." "And he said you're doing well at the canteen." "And I was gladdened." "Are you spying on me?" "Of course not." "I'm just worried." " You haven't been home for a few days and I thought.." " To call the police." "Don't get mad." "I won't." "Viorel" "Do you have someone?" "Why do you ask?" "Because I'm not a careless mother." "If you have a girlfriend don't be shy to tell me." "If you want to.." "You can bring her here on Sunday." "I'll make something tasty." "Let's go to sleep now." "Ok." "Be careful at work." "Are we out of the city?" "Yeah." "I think Motanu' squealed, that fucking bastard." "I'll rip his fucking balls off." "You're sure it's here?" "It's here." "Here they come." " How long will you stay in Transnistria?" " I don't know." "Sherghei said I'll go to Russia." "He needs a man there." " What about Motanu'?" " I'll deal with that." "You take good care of the glider." "I fixed the motor and propeller." " Should be normal." " Fine." "I'll look after it." "Stay here." "I can manage the slope." "Take care." "They can't do anything to you." " Don't forget the glider." " I won't." "Subtitles by Stefan for KG"