"I think I'm cracking up, man." "It's like millions of fucking ants crawling right up to my forehead." "Something's gone wrong." "I don't get much sleep." "Before I couldn't get up, now I can't go to sleep." "Shit!" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Security cameras." "If I have them, they must have them too." "They were asking for trouble." "Fucking losers!" "I don't care what you did to those bastards." "They were dead meat, anyway." "They had something that belonged to me." "Didn't take nothing away from nobody!" "Think again." "You may come up with something." "Things're getting tough." "You have no idea how tough they're getting!" "You have a week to sort it out, so get off your ass!" "Boys!" "They're beating your girlfriends in the school yard right now." "Betty!" "Betty!" "That's me Hannie." "I used to know what I liked." "Now I'm sure about the things I hate:" "Slaveikov Square, flowers and the strike of the clock at 7. 30 p. m." "I had some corn between these two teeth, dude." "Get lost!" "Come on, dude, what kept you so long?" "We're dying for a drink!" "The class teacher asked me to fix her comp." "What could I do?" "OK!" "Let's get going." "We ran out of fags, too." "Go get a packet to make it up!" "I'm not a smoker!" "Exactly!" "...because this is what love's about." "I mean it!" " Wow!" " What?" " You have absolutely no..." " No what?" " Feeling!" " Resolve, romance?" "Even that if you wish!" "The moment I see him, the moment I meet him" "I'll get the message right away." "I know he will, too." "This is what love is about." "Things happen for a reason, y'know." "That's it." "You meet Mr. Right and..." "And?" "It's like a bolt out of the blue!" "Oh, yeah, really?" "I bet I'm gonna go on like a light bulb..." "I'm flashing on and off like a light bulb." "Oh, you bimbo!" "You have to look for Mr. Right!" "It's chemistry, you know!" "Stop whining, will ya!" "All right, but if you spot Mr. Right for me, give me a nudge in the ribs, will ya." "I may miss him." "Have you got any money?" "You want to borrow some again or what?" "Yep, until tomorrow." "Wait a sec!" "Tomorrow is?" "Let me see, the 16th..." "OK!" "What time?" "Well, around 7 p. m." "You know where the money is, don't ya?" " Bye, Space, and thanx!" " See ya!" "How much?" " Thirty." " OK." "By the way, Space, it's fifty bucks, actually." "No problem!" "I've been working my ass off and you... what?" "Bid farewell to the old one, dudes!" "I'm not gonna change mine for the world." "Keep it then, we gonna take the new ones, me and my brother." "Real cool, man, aren't they?" "!" "Attention!" "You are going over the speed limit!" "Attention!" "You are going over the speed limit!" "Yeah." "I got it!" "The lobby bar of the Olympic Plaza Hotel." "Couldn't you think of a less public place than a hotel?" "The mother fucker's been lying low for three months." "Now that I've cornered him," "I'm gonna fuck the daylights out of him." "If we start breathing down every deadbeat's back, there ain't be nobody to cough up in the end." "If I don't knock the stuffing out of this mother fucker now, things gonna get out of hand." "Chakara's damn right." "He can't fuck up with our dough." "Yeah, my brother's fucking right." "This ain't our territory." "We need to look around first when we get there." "No time to fuck around!" "Up yours, bastard!" "You're not allowed to pull over here." "Old Hit man Young Hit man" "No, two by two makes four grand altogether." "A grand per head, and another grand just in case, you know." "And where are we off to?" "We had to discuss the plan for the seaside trip." "I suggest that we..." "That's when he came out of the blue." "What is it now?" "Didn't you tell me to give you a poke in the ribs when..." "It's kind of fishy, isn't it?" "I mean it makes no sense, sitting silent just like that." "It's a kind of exercise for me." "I mean making a contact or starting a conversation." "I've prepared myself." "It's best to get to know each other first, then make some small talk, even introduce myself." "Hi, I'm Mihail." "Nice to meet you!" "You may not remember it." "It's just logical that you don't remember it at all." "They also call me Limkata, but it's even less likely to remember." "OK, guys, we had some nice talk, didn't we?" "I'm real happy coz it's been my first time and it worked." "Thanks." "I'm going now." "Bye!" "What was he trying to say?" "That his name was Mihail." "Limka!" "Mihail!" "I'm Hannie." "The other guys in there are Betty and Space" " Yavor, Yavor" " Space." "We hang out here on a beer on Wednesdays." "But lately it's been Wednesday every day, if you see what I mean." "Why don't you join us?" "I would..." "We'd all love to have you with us." "OK, Hannie." "That's how I first met Mihail, I mean Limkata." "He said he had a happy childhood, but the thing is he didn't seem to have any childhood memories." "He used to have difficulty communicating with other people." "Now he's better off, but still finds it hard to talk to strangers." "Well, he's not some kind of psycho or something but occasionally..." "He's a nice guy, anyway!" "I'm talking rubbish!" "Mihail, just answer the phone!" "There's nothing to be scared of." "It's me who's calling you." "When you pick up the phone, you'll hear my voice." "Well done, boy!" "Limkata underwent some activity therapy to overcome anxiety." "Activity 1:" "Pick up the phone." "Activity 2:" "Make a phone call." "Well done, Mihail!" "Activity 3:" "Start chatting strangers using simple questions." "Over time, he became more self-confident." "Activity 4:" "Make a social contact - a conversation, an acquaintance." "It was then that he bumped into us." "You don't like him, do you?" "I don't believe ya!" "OK, but earlier in the square - like Betty says..." "It hits you like a thunderbolt!" "And then suddenly you know that love has come to you!" "Mihail!" "Mihail!" "Her name's Nevena." "I saw pictures of her on his mobile phone the other day." "Not much to look at, y'know." "See ya!" "See ya?" "By the bench of the Slaveikovs at 7. 30 p. m.?" "But when and what day?" "Limkata didn't get it, he forgot to ask." "And ever since then he's been there at 7. 30 p. m. - day in, day out, with a bunch of flowers in his hands." "The delivery has arrived, guys." "Take care of it." "Have you filled out the order form yet?" "You're fucking late again." "I'll start cutting down on your money." "Boss!" "You'd better get changed before you get on the booze again." "Wanna have some?" "Watch out, this is some new stuff!" "The eggs, not there!" "Put them on the upper rack and make sure there are no cracks." "Put the cheese in the blue box, and the ham, down there." "It's country ham, isn't it?" "When on earth did that one marry?" "Bring Graciella over, will you!" "She loves watching this soap." "Oh, my little pussy..." "Aren't you going now?" "It's getting late!" "Don't you have some other business to mind?" "And don't forget to call the vet!" "Easy, girl!" "Easy, sweetheart!" "It was exactly then - while exchanging the contract papers, that the minister let out a fart." "That asshole farted when he bent over to sign the contract." "You should have seen the ambassador's face!" "And then what?" "What?" "The reporters were clapping and cheering wildly." "He was a real swine!" "Yes!" "And the parcel?" "Hi, I need to see ya." "Twenty-five." "Yes, twenty-five!" "OK." "Same place." "See ya." "Don't bother, I'll be fine by myself." "You are late again!" "My legs are already starting to swell." "The liturgy was really good, but chanting is definitely not the new priest's strong point." "A rock of a man and such a shrill voice." "Can't believe it!" "Oh, my legs!" "Oh, Lord, it's time I shuffled off my mortal coil." "We have to help him." "He can't go on like that forever!" "Yeah?" "Why not give him a good beating then?" "Or beat him even to death, if need be." "Up yours, bastard!" "You're not allowed to pull over here." "The plan's simple." "Kidnapping!" "That's it." "The Lady has two cats." "She lives alone." "Downstairs." "This loser seems to be some relation of hers." "He drives her to church, does the shopping for her, things like that." "They are away at least for an hour." "We gonna have plenty of time." "The Lady doesn't see or like people, but cats..." "She's nuts about her cats!" "They're the old Lady's whole life." "We kidnap the cats and go to the seaside right away." "We gonna pay you back first, of course!" "The ransom's two thousand - per cat." "She'll pay it up!" "She's rich!" "Smart, isn't it?" "We take the money, she takes her cats back, and everything's OK." "She does have money, believe me!" "We've been through each and every detail." "The window's open all the time." "Great!" "Oops, it's 8 p. m. already!" "I got carried away, sorry!" "Why did you do that?" "Did what?" "She was waiting for me!" "Nobody was waiting for you!" "Oh, yes, she was!" "It'll only do you good!" "You know perfectly well that she wasn't waiting for you." "Yes, she was!" "It's over now!" "Cut this crap!" "What's over?" "There's never been a beginning in the first place!" "It's all over now!" "Stop it, will ya!" "How long have been going out on that fucking date?" "!" "Every single day!" "Didn't you get it that she'd never turn up?" "!" "She was there today waiting for me!" "Complete idiot, no doubt!" "OK!" "Calm down, girl!" "She hardly ever remembers you." "Oh, yes, she does!" "She may live in another city, even another country..." "Forget about her, will ya!" "She was waiting for me today, I know, and I wasn't there!" "Are you nuts?" "What makes you think she ever turned up today?" "Because I didn't!" "You, dumbfuck!" "If only she was someone cute worth dating!" "I've had enough!" "Does anyone want beer?" "I do!" "OK, cut this illusion crap!" "What illusion?" "!" "It's you who's living in a fantasy world!" "Not me!" "I didn't quite get this!" "And this cat story of yours?" "The kidnapping?" "I have absolutely no illusions about it coz I will do it." "What's up, Betty?" "If I don't say it now, it may be too late." "I don't know if I should say it at all, but..." "Go ahead!" "OK, if you say so!" "Limka, actually it's 7.20." "I turned the clock ahead just in case you have hard feelings!" "You, bimbo!" "What the fuck are you doin'?" "Get lost, you old fart!" "Are you talkin' to me, asshole?" "You got a problem, man?" "!" "You are driving in the wrong direction." "Attention!" "You are going over the speed limit!" "Has he gone bananas or what?" "I got really pissed off now!" "I'm gonna knock your head off, man!" "He was a real swine!" "Yes!" "And the parcel?" "What're you waiting for?" "!" "You say he farted?" "He did?" "I got it." "OK!" "Speaking!" "You're in deep shit, my dear boy." "Your men are dead!" "Send someone to cover it up!" "What about the parcel?" "It's gone!" "You screwed it up, my dear boy!" "You really let us down." "I'm gonna fix it." "You have my word!" "That's the way it should be, my dear boy!" "Cheers to the whole bar!" "What or who are we drinking to?" "The wimps!" "And the losers, too!" "You didn't come to work last night?" "I was sick." "And your phone was dead, too?" "There was a problem, but the guys fixed it nicely." "I started wondering whether I needed a security chief at all." "I have to go out for a while." "If you leave now, don't bother to come back again!" "That's it!" "Get your monthly pay and go your own way!" "It's me." "You wanted to see me..." "I'll be there!" "They were asking for trouble." "Fucking losers!" "They had something that belonged to me." "Didn't take nothing away from nobody!" "Think again!" "You may come up with something." "Things are getting tough." "You have no idea how tough they're getting!" "You have a week to sort it out, so get off your ass!" "Trust me, Chakar!" "I didn't take nothing away!" "Sinatra, nobody calls me Chakar anymore!" "Yes!" "Bambi!" "Three beers." "Sorry, make them four!" "Love makes the world go round and that's it." "That's the truth!" "The truth is that you sometimes speak like an imbecile." "Got it?" "Complete nonsense!" "In labour is truth!" "I mean it's work that matters." "This is what sets man apart from the other species." "Rubbish!" "Don't birds work when they make their nests?" "Then what?" "Is it idleness that makes the world go round?" "Why not?" "OK!" "It's idleness and love then!" "Come on!" "Cut that love crap!" "If love made the world go round, you'd have been dead by now." "What do you know about love, you bimbo?" "A lot more than you!" "And stop playing it smart with me or else I'm gonna give you the thrashing you deserve!" " Oh, yeah!" "Wanna bet?" "Oh, come off it!" "Don't be a smart ass!" "The whole school knows when you last kissed a boy." "Have you forgotten?" "In ninth grade, the second term you kissed cross-eyed Dobri in the school toilets!" "And you?" "You haven't even read anything but your love horoscope since you were an eighth grader!" "To tell ya frankly, I feel kind of silly talking to you!" "I'd better keep my big mouth shut coz..." " Coz what?" " Coz..." "Coz what?" "And money?" "What's money then?" "It's just a means..." "Can't wait to go to the seaside!" "Me either." "But the whole gang - Nevena including, if need be." "At least some things do happen to you, don't they?" "Has the light bulb gone on?" "Oh, yeah, it has!" "I'm going on like a light bulb, flashing on and off." "I'm walking on a tight rope..." "Shit!" "These cat food dainties cost a fortune!" "OK, I'm done!" "I nested a camera to monitor the street." "You can see the picture here on the monitor." "Perfect view!" "We even have a zoom." "Great job, Space!" "It's real cool!" "We're now zooming in..." "I've never seen so much cash in my whole life!" "I have kind of a premonition about this." "Shut up!" "Why should he?" "!" "Superstitions are so cool!" "Not that I believe in..." "Keep quiet!" "Aren't we supposed to have a conversation, or what?" "Limka, you can't quit right now, dude, coz..." "Coz!" "Limka, Hannie's got a crush on you!" "Hey, dummy!" "Don't you listen to her crap!" "Why?" "It's awesome, if you ask me!" "All right, calm down!" "I know you have a crush on me!" "They're out!" "OK!" " The car is off now!" " OK!" "The window's open!" "Betty, come in, do you read me?" "Let us know when they get there." "Listen, guys!" "No time to fuck around." "I'm going in!" "Hold on!" "Wait for Betty before we start it off." "Why?" "They must be sitting in a traffic jam or something." "You're not chickening out, are you?" "It's not sensible!" "So you, too, shat in your pants, didn't you?" "Listen, I'm going on my own." "You stay put!" "But didn't we plan to...?" "No, it's gonna take too long!" "Betty, what's going on?" "Something's wrong here." "They haven't turned up yet." "Hannie, we must stick to the plan!" "Oh, give me a break, man!" "I'm going in!" "I have a premonition!" "Rubbish!" "Turn left in two hundred meters." "Did you take St George's icon?" "What icon?" "I told you a dozen times to take the icon!" "I want the priest to perform a sanctification ceremony!" "Shit!" "Something must have gone wrong!" "Why not do it some other time?" "Pussy - pussy..." "Come on, pussy!" "Come on, what are you fiddling around?" "!" "Hurry up!" "Don't get too smart with me, Space!" "Get off your ass over here and lend a hand if you're such a pro!" "Shit!" "Betty, what's going on?" "!" "I don't know where they are, Space, they're nowhere to be seen." "Space, Space, I got one!" "Easy, brute!" "Hannie, hurry up!" "Hannie, they are back!" "This old bag must have nerves of steel!" "Are you sure you wrote the phone number in the letter correctly?" "Space wrote it." "Ask him!" "Space never makes mistakes!" "I did not expect to talk to a young lady!" "Are my cats all right?" "Graciella hasn't been feeling well lately..." "The white one." "The other one's Victoria." "Did you feed them?" "When?" "I've never heard of such a cat food brand!" "You didn't overfeed them, did you?" "Oh, no!" "You know nothing about cats, so why do you steal them?" "Stealing, kidnapping - what's the difference?" "!" "Hi, aunt!" "I want you to give me a ride to the bank, and to one more place!" "I just want you to!" "That's all!" "OK, aunt!" "OK!" "My aunt has gone completely nuts!" "I didn't know you had any living relatives." "Nobody knows." "Go get some sleep." "You look like a wreck!" "Shit!" "What?" "We overslept!" "Get up, all of you!" "Hurry up!" "I left a present for you in the locker." "I don't like presents!" "No big deal, just a shirt." "You need one, anyway!" "Do you have anything for me?" "I told ya before." "I didn't take anything away from anybody!" "You don't seem to hear me, man?" "!" "Something to drink?" "No, thanks!" "And the gentlemen?" "Coffee?" "We'll call you if we want to order!" "I'll be around." "I gave you a week to fix it." "Where's the parcel?" "I don't know what you're talking about!" " You do!" " I don't!" "You're lying!" "Are you calling me a liar?" "!" "You know me best!" "You don't seem to understand, or what?" "You're on the hit list, man." "How's your aunt?" "Leave my aunt alone!" "She has nothing to do with it." "Leave her out of this shit!" "Who am I supposed to deal with?" "You?" "Do you have any money?" "We used to trust each other, Chakar!" "I told you not to call me Chakar!" "I've nothing else to tell ya!" "You have two days, man." "It's a no-win situation." "You can't sneak out!" "You're the sneaking expert!" "Even the brothers got it in the end!" "You all right?" "Take it!" "Come on!" "You owe money?" "I owe nothing!" "I have some stashed away." "About three thousand." "I want you to take it." "Give it all to them if need be, so they'd leave you alone!" "No, thank you, no need to." "But I heard that guy..." "That guy!" "We've been friends since childhood." "That's the way we talk." "Calm down!" "Everything's gonna be OK!" "No, it won't!" "I know!" "You know nothing, babe!" "Believe me, you know nothing!" "Everything's gonna be fine!" "I believe that's all I owe you." "Right?" "And that's my part of it!" "I never thought you'd pay me back!" "OK, I'm deleting everything." "The ride's on me then!" "What ride?" "We're going to the seaside, aren't we?" "!" "Ah, the seaside, yes." "Well, have a nice time!" "No!" "You're coming with us!" "No, I don't think I can..." "Didn't you get it after all?" "!" "This Nevena of yours will never turn up?" "She will!" "I think it's time we tied you again to that chair!" "Look, I think you stand a much better chance of bumping into her there, at the seaside." "Tell me what this parcel is, you mother fucker." "What is this parcel?" "Who took it away?" "Dumbfuck!" "You're a dead man!" "Branko, about tomorrow, pick me up later, say 10 or 10. 30 a. m." "Branko!" "Branko, are you there?" "Branko!" "Why are you staring at me?" "Grisha, tell us one of your stories." "You know I'm not allowed to." "I know you are not!" "All right, I'll tell you a story then." "Once upon a time, a servant was selling rugs in the street market of Bagdad." "Suddenly Death appeared out of nowhere, approached the servant, winked at him and then vanished into thin air." "After a while came the Master." "The servant told him about his unusual meeting." "He also said he was frightened to death and wanted to run away at once as far as Damascus." "The servant begged his Master for a horse." "His Master fulfilled his wish, and the servant galloped away to Damascus." "After a while Death appeared again and the master asked it:" ""Why have you frightened my servant?"" ""No, I had no intention to frighten him. ", said Death." ""I just came to remind him that we two had an appointment tomorrow evening in Damascus. "" "Best regards to the Hit men!" "Betty,..." "I wanted to tell you..." "I mean I never even mentioned it before, but this theory of yours, which I greatly appreciate, about meeting Mr or Mrs Right and that thunderbolt stuff, and discovering the love of your life without any warning..." "It's true, isn't it?" "Yes, no need to argue about it." "I think, however, that it happens - very rarely indeed, but it does that this special someone you've known for ages, really... and he, quite unexpectedly..." "and you, just like that..." "This is ridiculous!" "Are you hinting at something or what?" "Forget about it!" "You didn't get me right..." "I'm not going out on that date anymore..." "And you're coming with us, with me... to the seaside?" "Yes, but I have to go and tell her first." "That's only fair." "No!" "No!" "Not again!" "And stop distracting me right now!" "You didn't even give me a chance to pack my things..." "You're rich now!" "You can buy whatever you want!" "Oh, yes, rich indeed!" "With only a thousand to line my pocket!" "You're right, we should have asked for more, say eight grand." "The old granny would have paid it off, anyway." "Oh, yes, she would have!" "What difference does it make now?" "It's over!" "Even if we had stolen eighty thousand..." "We didn't steal it!" "But we didn't earn it either!" "Now what?" "Go on another hunt?" "This time for an old lady doting on four cats instead?" "What?" "Where's Limkata?" "When I want to have some rest, you come without notice." "And when I need you to help me, you're nowhere to be found!" "Now, aunt, listen to me carefully!" "Very carefully!" "How long for?" "A couple of weeks..." "I know you don't really care but I've had a hard time too." "I had to pay a ransom." "What?" "Good for you!" "At least you're listening to me." "What ransom?" "What do you mean what ransom?" "A ransom for the cats." "The cats?" "They've kidnapped my cats, those brats!" "I wonder what my little sweeties have been through." "Graciella, darling, let's go!" "It makes you wonder, doesn't it?" "It makes me wonder, too, what world we're living in!" "How dare he come here?" "!" "He has a parcel with him." "A parcel?" "Send him in!" "I'm gonna knock that bench off." "I really will!" "Hope everything's OK." "No, it is not, my dear boy!" "I've pinned my hopes on you but I've also made the wrong judgment." "That's no way to do business!" "That's no way to do business!" "After all I've done for you, do you think this is the right pay-off?" "." "Hi..." "It's me." "I can't speak right now!" "You let your buddy play with me smart because you're a jellyfish." "I didn't know..." "It's not your business to know!" "Your business is to act!" "What else do I need you for?" "It was an easy job I asked you to do and you screwed it up!" "That little son of a bitch has put my business in danger and you think that a slap in the face will do?" "!" "Leave it to me." "I'm gonna fix it for you!" "Hi..." "Hi, Silvia!" "Sorry about last night..." "I have to go away for a few days." "Silvia..." "I just called to say I'd miss you..." "I found a quick fix to your problem." "That buddy of yours, he's gone." "I cleaned up your mess." "No need to thank me!" "What?" "!" "My dear boy, the problem now is what to do with you!" "I helped you get out of the slums, I tutored your way up the ladder," "I taught you the tricks of the trade, and now you..." "To all children who have grown up in the time we call the transition period." "directed by Tsvetodar Markov written by Hristian Nochev based on a concept by Tsvetodar Markov director of photography Anton Bakarski edited by Nina Altuparmakova sound by Tsvetan Kadiiski Ivan Andreev costume design by Maria Mladenova music by OSTAVA Valeria Popova Silvia Gulubova" "CGI and digital mastering by Konstantin Borov co-produced by Dimitar Gochev Rosen Tsankov Dimitar Mitovski produced by Tsvetodar Markov"