"POLISH TELEVISION and ""OKO"" FILM STUDIO presents" "WITH PARTICIPATION" "a JACEK BROMSKI film ... Heaven as it is on Earth" "STORY" "WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN B Y" "MUSIC" "SOUND" "EDITING" "SET DESIGN" "EXECUTIVE PRODUCER" "PHOTOGRAPHY" "DIRECTED B Y" "I went around the fields and all the haystacks are done." "And not a drop of rain." "Just what I prayed for." "hall Mary, thank you." "It"s scary when things go well." "Our people are superstitious." "They sense trouble when things go too well, just to keep in balance." "please, HaiI Mary," "let it be like it was." "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit." "As usual?" "Cough it up, people!" "Again?" "We"ve already paid twice!" "The first time was to cross the border." "Then for the customs officers." "Now for the Poles." "Silly me, I already put my money away." "What are you staring at?" "Should I be staring?" "Time is money." "Listen, I "ll pay for you." "You can pay me back later." " Enough?" " Enough." "Thank you." "When is later?" "When we stop in the woods to take a leak." " Is this your first time?" " Yes." " What "re you selling?" " Everything." "Soft towels, meat grinders, plastic salt shakers ..." "Kids" stuff." "You"ll never make a bundle on that." "I used to sell towels, too." "I barely broke even." "But I switched quickly." "The sooner you switch, the better off you"ll be." "What "ve you got?" "I have my stuff on me." "There isn"t a customs officer that could take it away." "Duty free!" "I don"t know what you"ve got but it sure is well hidden." "The main thing is to know how to merchandise." "A man comes up, you"ve got to say:" """Good morning." "Do you want to take a look at these fishing rods?" "Real bamboo sticks." "They don"t make them like this in the West.""" "Mention the West a couple of times and they are sure to buy." "You can also say how civilized they are." "Poles like to hear that, too." "Just give "em that civilized nation crap." "Got it?" "The sooner you switch, the better." "Stop the bus!" "You hear me?" "!" "Follow us!" "Everyone." "The goods stay." "Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen." "Twenty dollars a head, is that clear?" "Start collecting!" "Get out your twenty dollars." "They aren"t kidding." "Why twenty?" "I t used to be fifteen." "Twenty dollars?" "What for?" "Why twenty dollars?" "Ready to set it on fire." "Everyone got it?" "!" "Pay up or it all burns." "But we"ll protect you if you pay." "Protect us?" "So that no one robs you, you fool." "We"ll be watching you." "Oh really?" "I can protect myself." "Twenty dollars!" "That "s my monthly salary!" "Sure, protect herself!" "The money!" "Comrades, that "s not the way!" "We are not comrades." "Call me ""sir""!" "Leave him alone." "I "ll pay!" "Here." "Take it." "One, two, three..." "Twohundred dollars!" "What a rich woman." "Now you can give it all." "Look!" "What a wreck." "You can smell gas a mile away." "The fuel pump must be broken." "It"s Ieaking gas." "Gas?" "This here is a diesel bus." "How can it be a diesel?" "It smells different." "Russian drivers fuel up on diesel and drink gas." "What"s with this one?" "Did she stowaway?" "Officers!" "Officers!" "Did you see that?" "They threw me out even though my ticket is valid." "We got robbed!" "They took all I had, two hundred American dollars." "will you take me to the nearest town?" "You see this bus stop?" "The BiaIystok bus comes by in an hour." "please, sir." " We can"t take passengers." " We would have to arrest you." "Go ahead and arrest me." "I have no money." "The robbers took it all!" "please, sir!" "What shall I do?" "The robbers ..." "The robbers!" "There they go!" "Did you see that?" "Doing 90 right through the village!" "Why are you so eager to catch them?" "They robbed the bus and have plenty of cash." "We"II give them a speeding ticket." "Go!" "Don"t look back!" "Don"t fool with the police!" "AII they want is a few bucks." "I"II scare them a little." "Shit!" "What is he doing?" "You idiot!" "What have you done?" "You killed them!" "What"re we gonna do now?" "!" "Get back in the car!" "You bastard!" "Go back to Ukraine!" "Get in!" "Sir, sir." "Officer!" "Are you all right?" "Richie?" "Jadzia!" "hello?" "Yes." "What?" "I was out in the yard." "AII right." "I"m coming!" "Do the cabbage for another hour." "You"re fat so it only takes you an hour." "I"m light as a feather!" "I"ve got my own chores to do!" "He had black hair." "He was wearing a brown leather jacket and black jeans." "He was really thin." "Georgian?" "No, he wasn"t Georgian." "He was Ukrainian." "I couId tell from his accent." "Georgian is a nickname." "Understand?" "He might be Ukrainian." "I don"t know." "The one who poured gas." "He was polish." "polish?" "Yes, polish." "What did he look like?" "I don"t know." "He was wearing a mask." "Shit!" "Here I"m within range again." "In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the holy Spirit." "Amen." "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven ..." "AII set." "Interesting how people take their time to sin." "They really enjoy every moment." "But the penance they do real quick." "This lady says that you"ve been attacked by a man called Georgian." "They threatened to set the bus on fire and they wanted a ransom." "Do you want to file a complaint?" "I know nothing." "What is it, are you crazy?" "They beat you up." "The driver hit the brakes and I bumped my nose." "I told you!" "They won"t testify!" " What about me?" " Your testimony is not enough." "Five witnesses will say Georgian was fishing." "For 70 years you got kicked in the ass and you still take it!" "Your whole nation likes to be getting it in the ass!" "What are you selling?" "What?" "!" " What is this?" "!" " StoIichnaya." "Where is your excise sticker?" "!" "Must have come off." "No, wait!" "Here it is." "Money?" "You"re trying to bribe me?" "I can"t read polish." "I thought this ... was the sticker." "I"m confiscating it." "You want a receipt?" " I don"t need one." " Good." "Anyway, I didn"t bring the receipts." "What"s this?" "Bring him here!" "What?" "What?" "people, people, where, what?" " Where did you get this?" " I bought it!" "Here?" "Which shop?" "!" "Not here." "In Radom." "Swear to God!" "In Radom!" "You worship God but read this?" "!" "You bought it at the station?" "Siemieniuk sold it to you?" "At the station, but in Radom." "I"II make you confess!" "Take him." "I"II charge Siemieniuk anyway!" "people!" "Then he took all my money away." "Praise be to God." "Now and forever." "You got robbed, poor kid?" "Georgian and his gang attacked a bus, father." " A polish bus?" " No, a Russian one." "So you"re Russian." "Where"s the prisoner?" "Locked up." "I have a problem, father ..." "There are always problems with prisoners." "The cell is occupied and I must keep the girl somewhere." "She is ready to testify against Georgian." "What do you have against Georgian?" "He doesn"t hurt our people." "This morning he shot down a police car." "Henry, you can"t lock her up." "She is only a witness." "Right." "I locked her passport in my desk." "I"m afraid she"II run if I let her go." "Think!" "They took all her money?" "Where can she run?" "To the Ponderosa?" "She is not Iike that, Henry." "I know people." "Otherwise I wouldn"t be a parish priest at such a young age." "Excuse me." "You know something, Henry?" "Take her to the organist"s." "Let her sleep in the guest room." "could she?" "Maybe he"II agree." "It"s his house." " This way." " Why is it so hot in here?" "I had them put more coal in the furnace for our African prisoner." "The third cell." "Why a priest?" "I don"t want a priest!" "I didn"t do anything!" "I don"t want to die!" "Sit down!" "calm down, son." "This isn"t Africa." "No one will hang you without a trial." "Then why a priest?" "It is good to confess, purify your soul." "You believe in God?" "AIIahu Akbar." "Is that what Mohammed taught you?" "You have your women cover up their faces but when you come here you stare at naked ass in public!" "Where did you buy the magazine?" "I swear I bought it in Radom." "You"d better tell the truth." "We were suspecting Siemieniuk all along of selling such things but we never caught him red handed." "The mayor and the town council prohibit the sales of such things." "Confess and your life is saved." "May my children never see their father again if I"m lying!" "I swear I bought it in Radom!" "What"s going to happen to me?" "After a while they"II let you go." "You"II put on some weight." "They feed you well here." "How are you, Witek?" "I am bringing a guest." "Good evening." "Father said to take her in for a couple of days." "She is our star witness." "Don"t let her out of sight." "She"s Russian." " You could profit a little." " Oh yeah?" "A little champagne and they"re more than willing!" " So this is the organist"s house." " Right ..." "The commissioner said it was the organist"s house." "That "s right." "So this is the organist "s house, right?" "I told you already." "And you live here?" "I do." "And where is the organist?" "He died." "How come?" "Five years ago." "What happened to him?" "Nothing." "He was old." "And you are the organist now?" " No." "I am the organist "s son." " You live here alone?" "Alone." "Alone in a big house like this?" "We all live ..." "in one room!" "That is me, my dad, my mom, my grandma, and my sister Lena." "And we always have lots of fun." "And your mom?" "Does she live here?" "Did she die, too?" "She left when I was little." "Why?" "Why did she leave?" "Dad said he was too old for her." "Why do you ask?" "Are you with the KGB or something?" "You are not asleep yet?" "Good." "Let "s work a little." " Tonight?" " There isn"t very much time left." "Come on!" "Good evening." "Go on, sit down!" "Witek writes music for our parish." "A composer?" "Well, he writes for the organ." "He knows the organ." "Wait!" "Put the dominant chord here." "Now try." "Good." "Write it down." "Here, you can use this." " What next?" " Like before." "Are you tired, my child?" "Go to sleep." "We"ll work a little more." "Good night." "Look here, at the music!" "After I write this I can leave, right?" "Just this piece and then I can go?" " I promised, didn"t I?" " Who will play the organ?" "Sister Martha can play it for a while." " Word of honor?" " Yes." "I "ll go now." "Work a little more on this chord." "I saw a garden like this in my dream and I danced in it." "I f the priest saw you dressed like this he would ..." "give you hell." "I f the priest could only see me in my dream, he really might." "VasiIisa is a cunning one." "And miserIy." "When I heard her cackle this morning" "I knew she would be hiding an egg from us." "How much is an egg on the market nowadays, Ratayova?" "25 groshes." "Here we are making a quarter, then." "A good way to start a day." "Joseph, take the animals to the feeder." "Be gentle." "A pig is God"s creature, too, you know." "You must learn if you want to keep the job!" "A pig well loved will grow tasty meat." "But if you shout and chase it with a fork, what happens then?" "I can tell a stressed out pig even in a sausage." "Praise be to God." "Now and forever, mayor." "You"ve brought your wife, mayor." "You want to discuss your daugther"s wedding ceremony?" "Yes, father." "We must order her wedding gown." "well, you explain it." "YoIka!" "Come here quickly!" "well, the point is, father ... that the gown must be ordered." "The mayor has said so already." "Yes, but ... the color." "will you give permission, father, to have a white gown with a veil?" "Otherwise the whole town will witness our shame!" "cool it, mother!" "Why should I refuse you a white gown and a veil, my child?" "I wouldn"t refuse it even to Mary MagdaIene." " God bless you, father." " No need." "Make sure your fiancee shows up for confession." "I haven"t seen him yet." "Go, you old bag!" "Bring him right over." "The trouble with this boy!" "He is an idle parasite!" "He won"t work!" "And now he"s knocked her up!" " Hurry up now!" " Right now?" "Yes, now." "Come on!" "What"s the matter?" "Come see the priest!" "As you wish." "The main thing is he wants to get married." "A bride with a swollen belly." "What a shame!" "No need to condemn him." "Young blood." "She"s not the first one to get married with a baby on the way." "But she managed to avoid the greatest sin of all." "She didn"t use contraceptives." "Why did you lock the door?" "Were you afraid of something?" "Why did you try to come in?" "I wanted to show you how to close the shutters." "I managed on my own." "You Russians are the smartest!" "You know who invented canned goods?" "The Russian inventor Push-tin!" "Did the priest allow her to wear a white gown?" "Sure he did." "Why wouldn"t he?" "For pregnant girls we have blue dresses." " The white must be altered." " So we"II have it altered." "Do you regret your sins?" "I can see no sincerity in your grief." "But I am not here to pass judgment." "Come!" "I"m giving you absolution." "As penance you will say Our Father three times a day." "Here"s a pager so I can make sure you"re doing your penance." "I will call you three times a day." "Then you will call the sacristy and say your prayer." "Now go see sister ciara and pay for the pager." "I have the impression you will use it for a Iong time." "See, it says Dior but our people can"t read." "They thought it was some kind of medicine." "I thought poles were more civilized." "We won"t have progress like here for another hundred years." "How much is it?" "A hundred twenty." "It"s two hundred in the shops." "A great bargain!" "tell your friends to give my money back!" "I don"t give a damn about your money." "And don"t even think about boarding my bus again!" "I f you don"t take me, I tell the police you"re collaborating with the thieves!" "Collaborating?" "Go to hell!" "I saw you speak to this guy!" "I spoke to this guy?" "You are antisocial." "You don"t know how to live among people!" "I t "s because of people like you that the Soviet Union fell apart!" "You"d better give me back my money." "What money?" " Is this your merchandise?" " Yes, it is!" " Sell it, then you"ll have money." " I want my money back!" "I "ll let you have money!" "What are you doing?" "!" "I "ll report you to the police!" "Better say nothing to the police." "Someone will always take your money." "That "s the lot of simple folk." " Who are you?" " A little pole." " What"s your symbol?" " The white eagle." " Where do you live?" " Among my own people." " And in what land?" " In poland." "I am having financial trouble, holy Virgin." "What a shame." "The roof is leaking and there is no money in the till." "people don"t give much during the Sunday mass, but they are poor." "The five hundred I got for the Iast year"s honey was spent on trees and tomato plants." "We must look after the household or who would feed us?" "What"s this now?" "Oh, and Witek ..." "He wants more paper ... for his music." "Are you mad?" "!" "The handsome bridegroom!" "What do you want now?" "She"s the youngest of us all and first to get married!" "Hanka, Iet it be." "She is pregnant so she gets married." "Any one of us could be pregnant." "We all slept with you." "only YoIka is wise enough to hook a husband with her belly." "She only plays naive." "Naive?" "The priest said in a sermon that condoms are sinful." "Stop acting, you bitch!" "Everyone knows that guys don"t like condoms." "Stop it!" "I"ve just been to confession." "SIavek, Iet"s go!" "Don"t look yet!" "Wait!" "Now!" "holy Mary!" "What is this?" " You like the way I Iook?" " I sure do." "I was shopping for a wedding gown." "So I bought it for our wedding night!" "YoIka, you look more naked now than when you are really naked." "Come, listen to how he kicks." "Does he kick?" "He kicks so hard they should put him on a soccer team." "Let"s work on him some more so he"s properly finished." "What is it!" "I have to make a phone call." "Go to daddy"s office." "There is a phone there." "He is out working." "No, he might come back all of a sudden." "I better go to the post office." "Praise be to God!" "Now and forever, amen." "Wait for me!" "please, father." "Let him return my passport and I"II go away." "My ticket is not valid." "And I"II never get my money back." "How are you going to leave if your ticket isn"t valid?" "I don"t know." "Women"s logic!" "I need you, understand?" "We"II catch Georgian and then you can go." "You"II catch a bee first!" "I"m just wasting my time." "Perhaps you could try to catch the polish man who was helping the Russians?" "How do you know there was a polish guy, father?" "Me?" "Oh, but you told me yourself, Henry!" "I said so too." "The one who was driving." "Have some cucumbers with honey." "Come, child!" "God had bees make honey to make life sweeter." "Father, I"ve got a headache." "I can"t work today." "What can one do with an aching head?" "I promised the mayor that you would play Ave Maria at his daughter"s wedding." "I can always play Gounod." "The council has paid for your studies and not to Gounod"s." "What town council?" "You wanted me to be the organist, just like my father!" "And what"s wrong with being an organist?" "I"II compose different music." "I"II leave here." "What"s the use of talking?" "You will stay or you will go but you must compose a hymn to praise the Virgin Mary." "But not today." "I have a headache." "And you bought the champagne to get rid of the headache?" "Champagne, Witek!" "Do you have no shame?" "Get a glass, Witek!" "We won"t drink alone." "He is gifted but he won"t stay put." "He"s barely back home from school and he wants to go away again." "I"m young!" "I won"t stay in this hole!" "I want to see the world!" "Better play, and you check his text." "I told you this chord is wrong here." "Do you hear what I hear?" "Maybe I had too much of this here champagne?" "Sing, child, sing!" "You must sing at the mayor"s daughter"s wedding." "That would be it!" "It will be the first performance of Witek"s music!" "The whole town will be there." "Sister Martha can"t sing compared to you." " Isn"t that so, Witek?" " Yes, she is slightly off key." "When is the wedding?" "I have to go back home." "As soon as the police catch Georgian." "That may take a while." "Our police rarely catch anyone." "What is it?" "Did we drink the whole bottle?" "How are we supposed to raise a toast to Virgin Mary?" "LaIande de pomerol 1 985." "For Easter." "And heavier wine for Christmas." "Chateau Margaux 1 990." "A good year." "Some say that Chateauneuf du Pape should be used for the mass, as it"s supposed to come from the pope"s vineyard." "But that"s a superstition." "However, today"s occasion ..." "I don"t know." "I am already a little ..." "Maybe some happier wine?" "Sancerre is the best I have it in white." "A cellar like this ..." "A cellar like this is like a treasure trove." "These are treasures!" "Did you think that Jesus turned water into some pissy old wine?" "I am sure he made good wine." "He wouldn"t have bothered otherwise." "Found it!" "The ungrateful thing!" "It"s all on account of the cocks from belarus." "Fix it Viennese style for me." " Funny side up?" " exactly!" " Did you study music at school?" " I did." "And singing?" "I did." "But they didn"t have dancing classes?" "No." "Wait, the police called." "They caught one of the robbers." "And?" "That"s him." "So you recognize him as one of the bandits?" "No." "But I recognized everyone else." "They are policemen." "I saw them here before." "What do you say to that?" "You can"t find people here at seven in the morning." "Beat it!" "Do you plead guilty?" "No." "You better admit it." "Better for whom?" "For you, maybe." "For me?" "I know you did it." "You better confess." "I confess I"II never go to confession again!" "There goes your witness!" "Do you fucking question my methods?" "!" "I didn"t do anything!" "Enough joking!" "tell me where to find Georgian or you"II go to jail!" "And you know what our jail is like?" "It"s a rathole." "I wouldn"t keep my sauerkraut in there." "I don"t know where he is." "I don"t know any Georgian." "Find out." "You have a day"s time." """A day"s time"" is incorrect." "But that"s the way we talk." "You say ""a roll of bread""?" "It"s the same thing!" "What do you want?" "I want you to give me my money back." "What money?" "My money!" "You didn"t recognize me!" "I did, only I didn"t tell." "My money would be lost if they locked you up." "If you give it back I won"t say a word." "I don"t have your money!" "No?" "!" "What about Georgian?" " I"II go to the police!" " AII right." "Just shut up." "When?" " Later." " Later when?" "Tomorrow." "Eat, my child." "You don"t know it but it"s our polish food." "people eat this all over the country." "Sour milk and potatoes are healthy after the wine one drinks at mass." "AII Christian food is healthy." "Is pork and cabbage unhealthy?" "Today people are crazy." "They don"t know what"s good." "They would only eat hamburgers." "This McDonaId wanted to open a restaurant but people didn"t let him." "The Town council decided that the Jews won"t turn our potatoes into French fries." "mcdonald ..." "He must be Scottish." "We have MacDonaId, too." "What did I say?" "Who is in charge of the bolsheviks?" "It"s not the Scots!" "Who do you think rules in Russia?" "Ratayova talks rubbish." "She never left this village." "I go to BiaIystok every year for my patron"s day!" "Every year!" "BiaIystok is hardly the world." "Why do you Iike the world so much?" "Disorder, morality turned upside down." "We don"t need the world, Witek." "It"s the world that needs us." "I need your advice, Virgin Mary." "I told the Choroszczuk men to fix the roof as penance after the father and the son got drunk and had a fight." "Winter is coming but no cash." "They are good people and they didn"t ask for money." "They would do it for your glory." "But now I think, Virgin Mary, that you might like it better if I paid them." "Is it right to ask for real work as penance?" "How long?" "As long as it takes." " Have you never gone fishing?" " Fuck fishing!" "Do you know the one about the goldfish and the Russian, the German and the pole?" " I do." " Which one?" "In each one the pole is the smart one." "I wonder why?" "I don"t know." "I guess it must be true." "It"s him!" "follow him but don"t let him see us." "What"s up?" "Go!" "Stupid me!" "You should have reminded me to put in some gas!" "Hi, there!" "Drink up." "GaIina!" "Bring some sausage!" "I"m not here to drink." "The police have got wind of us." "There is a Russian girl who"s testifying." "The commissioner said he would get you now." "Who is going to get me?" "Get ready to work!" "We need a driver!" "I can"t, I swear to God!" "My girl"s pregnant, I"m getting married, and it"s dangerous here!" "The girl will testify unless " "unless what?" "She wants her 200 dollars!" "Why does he want to leave?" "Where is he going to look for happiness?" "That"s the way things are." "A man must find out what he doesn"t know." "Witek is young and great things attract him." "Is that bad?" "If God had meant for man to be as big as this tower here" "He would have made him so." "But instead he made man a little bigger than a bee, to keep order where he can." "smell!" "And what?" "That smells good!" "Better than ours." "I know." "Russian folk are lazy and they never learned to make sausage." "We couldn"t celebrate Christmas without homemade ham." "It"s wrong to spoil God"s gifts." "Do you think he will really leave?" "Once the piece is composed?" "He will if he wants to." "And he won"t if he doesn"t want to." "Can"t he be made to stay?" "Our people obey better." "In proper polish you should say:" """our people obeys""." " Thank you." " please, taste our polish sausage." "Tasty." "Oh, it"s very tasty." "holy Mary!" "What happened to you?" "I spent my last night with friends." "Some friends you"ve got." "What happened?" "They said you got around a Iot." "So you had to defend my honor, right?" "Why, would there be less of me?" "And you got beat up." "Come on!" "I say, Iie down." "We"II make sure it heals." "In time for the wedding." "I don"t want him here, father!" "Keep back." "I don"t want any fighting." "He is threatening my son in law just before the wedding." "He says he"II lock him up!" "I had to do it." "He is a suspect!" "He"s been a suspect since he was born!" "So what?" "!" "Maybe you"re trying to scare him out of marriage?" "And leave my daughter with the baby?" "I can do it after the wedding!" "What a stubborn man!" "You want people to say the mayor"s daughter married a criminal?" "He might just be one!" "So what?" "Do you know how many women there are per one man in this town?" "One and a half!" "I know the statistics!" "One and a half!" "And I have two more daughters!" "Why don"t you offer them to God?" "Sister ciara and sister Martha could use the help." "We can turn them into nuns." "They"re about as fit to be nuns as this guy is to be a ballerina!" "What can I say?" "tell him to leave my boy in peace!" "I am not after him." "I want the Russians!" "You never chased them!" "Besides, they rob their own people!" "And who shot up my police car?" "Forget it." "I"II buy you a brand new car after the elections." "Is that so?" "What if you"re not elected?" "Not elected?" "Father, who are they going to elect, if not me?" "And I served only one term in office." "Let us leave this matter open." "There are two months before the election and I have no other candidate." "That"s it!" "The council would Iike to decorate you with the Order of St. michael." "Stop bothering me with your decorations!" "Am I a Christmas tree or what!" "We have another problem, but you can"t see it!" "If a stranger is doing harm to another stranger in our town, is this our worry or not?" "So far we didn"t interfere, and they didn"t want us to." "But evil is always evil and even if we are not harmed, our house suffers from this plague." "That is why you, Henry, should chase the bandits away." "And when you catch them I will come to your jail and talk to them." "See?" "I outsmarted VasyIissa." "Don"t hide!" "I can see you." "Come and sit down for a while." "Excuse me." "Don"t apologize." "I see you every morning." "Witek says dancing close to the church is wrong." "What"s wrong?" "If you dance and sing, you are joyous." "You are praising God." "It means you feel good here." "I do feel good here." "Then how about staying on?" "If you want to." "I mean ..." "You believe in God ..." "You are wearing a cross." "And God is love, everyone knows that." "Here"s Witek!" "Don"t forget to see SIiviak about the pagers." "I am running out and people sin more than ever." "AII right, I"II go there." "He caught you." "I said he would." "You know nothing." "You told me wrong." "You are so smart!" "Do you know who was the greatest mathematician?" "Who?" "The Soviet scholar, Pyeta Goras." " Praise be to God, VasiI." " Praise be to God." "If I wanted to marry a Russian" "Orthodox woman to a catholic man, when could I get your permission?" "Permission?" "In three weeks, I guess." "What?" "Three weeks?" "You must be crazy." "You call this ecumenism?" "I couId get it in three days." "Then do it." "And I will marry them in my church." "You are ever so cunning, VasiI." "Your church?" "One year passed and you can"t finish the repair works." "Are the collections so small or do you ... spend money in some other way?" "Lousy music!" "Anyone could write music like this!" " Do you want a beer?" " What?" " A beer?" "You want?" " No!" " Is Mr. SIiviak here?" " What?" " Is Mr. SIiviak here?" " Yes!" "tell him I want a word with him!" " This is Witek!" " Witek?" "Witek, this is Tanya!" " Tanya!" "What"s your name?" " Witek!" " This music sucks!" " The music is great!" "We were traveling together on the bus." "She had no money at all." "She was sitting next to me." "The priest needs some pagers." "Thank God!" "That will be the Iast of them." "I"II send them in the morning." "He told me to bring them tonight." "In that case I will fetch them now." "holy Mary, he really saved my ass with those pagers." "people warned me no one would buy them when mobile phones came in." "If it weren"t for the priest I would go bust." "Wait here." "And?" "I can see you"ve switched to the right kind of merchandise." "Are you mad?" "I came here with a friend." " Do you love him?" " well ... no." "I Iive in his house." " What?" " I am living with him!" "That "s whoring, too, but more monotonous." "I like something more interesting." "Commissioner?" "This is Witek." "I"m at the Ponderosa." "Yes!" "Another Russian girl who witnessed the robbery is here." "blond." "Hair combed straight back." "black vest." "Red skirt." "Low neckline." "What?" "It"s seven already." "I"m not going out at night!" "Tomorrow." "I am sure she"s there every day." "What?" "Tanya"s her name?" """Tanya"" means cheap, doesn"t it?" "What is this?" "You have dealings with whores?" "A policeman, a thief and a whore ride the same horse." "Here they are." "The last dozen, thank God." "Good night." " You kissed me in the car." " So?" "Do you know who was the smartest scholar?" "The polish philosopher Stupidski." "And do you know who founded the electric shaver?" "The Soviet scholar Lomonosov." "He found it in the garbage can of the US ambassador!" "Good hen!" "Show me where the egg is, VasiIissa." "Show me where it is." "Where is the egg?" "It"s all so stupid." "I am just sitting here waiting, and what for?" "The police will never catch Georgian, and even if they do, no one is going to give me my money back." "And nobody needs me here." "What about the priest?" "You are supposed to sing ""Ave Maria""." "Someone else can sing." "But I began to compose for you." "There are parts which sister Martha cannot sing." "Do you need me?" "well, of course I do." "I am creating here and I need you." "only for that?" "hello, Natasha." "You can call me Natasha if you Iike." "I am showing this to you before you make a proposal" "That will force me to arrest you." "But why show it to me at all?" "To show my good intentions." "I think you are waiting for me to show my good intentions now." "I have a kind heart." "Zbych!" "Give me the key." "I have to interrogate her." "Here." "You are employing Russian whores." "Watch your language, man." "I don"t employ whores and certainly not Russian ones." "What about that one?" "How should I know whether she is a whore?" "Go away!" "Go!" "If you employ Russian whores you must have Russian protectors." "Five hundred dollars a week." "That"s a fair price." "Where is she?" "She is being interrogated by the police." "You don"t know me, do you?" " You are seeing me for the first time?" " The very first time." "Write it down!" "Witness testimony:" "I haven"t seen" "Siemion Zacharovitch Yeshin ever before." "Sign it!" "There goes your witness." "I"II get you, Georgian!" "You have no proof." "If you lock me up you will just have to let me go." "This is for peddling your ass for free." "What did I tell you?" "You were supposed to get me Georgian, right?" "!" "Go to the girl and tell her Georgian will give her money back at the Ponderosa!" " Is that clear?" " clear." "Don"t let me repeat this or you won"t last until your wedding!" "What?" "Georgian will be at the Ponderosa with the money." "That"s all." " This message"s not for me, is it?" " Of course not." "It"s for this Russian broad." "Get lost!" "Georgian, remember me?" "Where is my money?" "What money?" "My money!" "There"s no money." "I "m drinking." "You"re drinking with my money!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Let her be!" "Witek, call the police!" "I "ll tell them all if you don"t pay me back!" "You will rot in prison!" "How much was there?" "200 dollars." "All right." "I "ll pay you back." " When?" " There, in the car." "Go get it!" "No!" "I "ll go with him ." "You watch the other guy!" "Go on now!" "Where"s the car?" "Drunken pig!" "Go!" "Forget it!" "I have no money!" "But if you report to the police again, I will have you stuffed." "My friends will get you if I don"t." "And if they don"t catch you they will get your family." "Is that clear?" "Georgian!" "Let her go!" "Drop the knife!" "You run!" "I haven"t done a thing!" "Freeze!" "Don"t you get it?" "What?" "!" "You tried to kill me!" "Give me the money!" "Now get the hell out!" "Get the fuck out of my town!" "Out!" "What should I do, Virgin Mary?" "It"s easier for you." "You are all charity and love." "I"m just a man, although I"m a priest." "You are the Queen of poland and it has gone to our people"s heads." "You are too kind!" "We teach them good and evil when they are little." "Sister ciara and sister Martha have all but lost their voices." """Love thy neighbor!" "Respect your fellow man!""" "And what of it?" "They hate the man from the next village!" "I beg you, Virgin Mary, to help me overcome my natural kindness." "God, if I am not strict with them they will go astray completely!" "You know why I called you, Henry?" "You shot at a man." "You could have killed him!" "A Russian thief!" "He attacked me!" "A man shooting at people can"t be commissioner in my town." "You are dismissed!" "only the regional commander can dismiss me and he gave me an award!" "I am in command here!" "I take all responsibility!" "You know that, Henry." "God is first, then me." "That"s why I must give you hard penance." "Was I supposed to let him kill me?" "Maybe you should have." "Maybe." "I don"t know, Henry." "What happened?" "Did I not sing well?" "Was it all right?" "Say something." "It"s my music." "When I heard it, it felt like it wasn"t mine." "It"s yours all right." "It"s very beautiful music." "Here." "The commissioner said to give it to you." "My money!" "So you are going to leave now?" "Sure I am." "But you could stay here ..." "Why?" "well ..." "I couId be composing for you." "And you would be singing." "only for that?" "only for that?" " No." "Not only that." " Then what?" "Witek!" "A man who writes music like this cannot be so stupid that he cannot utter three words." "I may not be stupid when it comes to music." "But life is more difficult." "Then play it." "What?" "Whatever you are trying to tell me." "Is there something the matter, Witek?" "There is." "I want to ask about a wedding service." "God help us." "How did that happen?" "You are asking me?" "I wanted to do it in a normal way." "You know, a man and a woman like ..." "But you couldn"t leave me in peace, kept watching over me!" "Like I don"t know what!" "And if a man is waiting and waiting, he has to fall in love!" "To faII in love ... or to love?" "To faII in love for now." "Love will come with time." "Maybe so." "But you should think it over." "Generations of poles have been fighting Russification so that you could marry a Russian?" "I can"t help it." "It"s your fault, father." "Anyway, times are different now." "Don"t you talk to me about the times." "The times are always different and the same." "So what"s the plan?" "You"re both going away?" "That"s the other problem." "She doesn"t want to leave." "That"s her condition." "So?" "Can we stay?" "This is your home, Witek." "This is your home." "The actors of BiaIystok Puppet Theater appeared on the screen for the first time."