"A LOOP" "Screenplay:" "Dialogues:" "Directed by:" "Photography:" "Music:" "Sound:" "Starring:" "Also:" "Eight." "Krystyna?" "I wanted to see you again." "I'll go there later." "I brought you papers." "Coffee." "Have a coffee." "Get busy, Kuba." "And stop worrying." "I knew you'd come." "You always come when I think about you." "I was so scared I decided to take the next train." "Yes." "Has this woman been here today?" " What woman?" " The cleaner." "Could she have done it?" " Krystyna." " Perhaps we're not fair." "She couldn't have stolen it." "Then who?" "We looked everywhere." "Kuba, please, you deal with it." "I can't do it." "Say nothing, just ask her not to come anymore." "Yes." "Krystyna..." " l want to tell you..." " Don't say anything." "It doesn't matter." " Krystyna..." " We'll leave this city." "Tomorrow." "Everything will change, you'll see." "We'll live together." "You'll only be with me." "Away from the city, the people, from it all." " Nothing bad will happen." " When are you back?" "After 5 p.m. I'll be here at six." "It's only a few hours." "I'll wait at home, it's just that... lt's frightening to think it's such a long time." "People will phone." "Somebody called at night." "I'm scared." "I wish it was over." "You have to stay here and wait." "And you can't do what you're thinking about." "I know, but I wish it was six." "Kuba, you know I love you." "I can't bear what's happening to you." "It will end." "It's got to!" "We can't go on like this." "I can't." "You have to understand!" "Don't think about it." "I'll come at 6 o'clock." "We'll go there together." "May I?" "Please." "You had a good time yesterday, mister." "Done. I repaired it here, only the stain remained." "No problem." "I can't pay you today." "I've no... lt's been paid." "The lady paid yesterday." " Thank you." " You're welcome." "Not much to do now." "You're not going out?" "No." "I want to be at home." "The weather's so bad..." "Believe you me, Mister Kubus, I couldn't cope without it." "But that's no good." "When you think about it, you've got to let it go." "Like I did." "Listen:" "you're wasting your health." "I'll never stop drinking unless I stop thinking about it." "It'll be over at six." "I just can't do what I want." "I have to wait." "Krystyna comes at six, we'll go to the doctor." "She'll get the pills." "They wouldn't give them to me." "She'll be giving them to me." "She'll start to treat me." "It'll help, right?" " Helps some people." " lt will help me." "Will people forget if I stop drinking for a year?" "It takes even less than a year." "Very well, I won't drink for a year and I won't crave for it anymore." "I'll start afresh, won't I?" "Yes." "I won't take any more of your time." "Good bye." " Recognise me?" " Sure." "Horrible day." "Looks like rain." " Was it raining at night?" " l don't know, I wasn't out." "You weren't out?" "You stayed home?" " l was home." " lmpossible!" " You didn't drink?" " No!" " You're joking." " Promise." "I decided to try again." "Either it works, or it doesn't." "But it should work, eh?" " lt should." " Right." "Some people make it, so maybe I will, too." "Krystyna comes at six, we'll see the doctor." "I'll stop drinking!" "After a year people will forget I drunk." "Won't they?" "Yes." "All the best, then." "See you, Kuba." "See you." "is that you?" "Am I bloody happy to hear it!" "What happened?" "Janek told me you're giving up drinking." "Yes, that's true." "You know how difficult things got." "I haven't got friends anymore." " Everybody left me." " My God, am I glad!" "You're going to get those pills with Krystyna?" " Yes, we decided to go." " All right." "She's great, she loves you so much." "She's left you so many times, and... always came back." "Many women wouldn't take it." "How good you finally saw sense." "Krystyna is such a brave lady." "I won't keep you." "Good luck!" " And see you!" " See you." "And what's the name of the pills you're getting?" "Antabus." "Antabus?" "Antabus." "Antabus." "Auto-bus." "I have to remember." "Bye." "Bottles!" "What do you want?" "I brought money." "That's all I managed to borrow." "Close the door." "What a draft!" "I know it's a loss." "You said it was a souvenir, you couldn't buy it now." "I did not take it, but I'll pay." "Just don't sue me, please!" "Leave me!" "Now!" "Do you understand?" "You see, I can't afford to pay it all at once, but I'll try to bring more next month." "Although I didn't take it, sir." "Please, leave me alone, OK?" "Don't come here any more." "Do you understand?" " Going to work?" " No, I took a day off." "I must see to something." "Who are you kidding?" "I had a few drinks, too." "Brother in law came." "He had a bottle, I had a bottle... and you know..." "City's in bloom, we're in the gutter." " You know my brother." " No, I can't remember." "He surely knows you!" "He drove you many times." "How do you mean, you don't?" "He's this guy..." "He is always asking me about you!" "He likes you." "He's in a wheelchair." "Hell of a guy!" "Down to earth, been through a lot..." "We could go for one, if you want." "No, I've no time." "You know how it is..." "We, drinking guys, must stick together." "You got so pale!" "Or am I seeing things..." " No, you are pale." " l'm not well." "Sour milk helps after a binge." "Hair of the dog, eat something warm." "Pickle juice helps." "I may have some at home." "No, thanks." "I'm in a hurry." "Good bye!" "Look!" "Plastered so early." "I know him." "He lives here, in the tailor's house." " Drunkard." " lt's like he lives on a grave." "Why are we sober, then?" "Watch it!" "Learn to walk in the street!" "Kuba?" " How are you?" " Morning." "You've no idea how happy I am." " About?" " l've seen Wladek." ""You heard?" "'" he says." "'"What about?"" "He goes:" ""You know who called me?" "Kazio!" "And you know what?" "Thought I'd die!" "'"" "'"Well, tell me."" ""He stopped drinking!"" "Kazio saw him." "'"Will he make it?" "'"" ""Why wouldn't he?" l said." "That shut him up!" "You'll make it, right?" " Yes, I will." " That's my man!" "The first few days are bad." "Remember poor Edzio?" "What a character he was." "Remember?" "Tall, slim, poured many glasses at one go." "That was drinking, eh?" "You offended his wife." "She got flirty and you went:" ""Shut up, you redhead idiot!" "'" What a punch up." "Then he slapped you, it all ended at the police." "Remember?" "Those were the days." "What?" "Can you tell me what time it is?" "What time?" "Of course!" "One moment." " Almost eleven." " Thank you." "Yes." "And then you got sacked, right?" " That's when it was." " Are you sure?" "I seem to remember." "I don't." "I can't remember a thing." "I don't want to remember!" "Hey, what's wrong?" "Well." "All the best, then." "Regards to Krystyna." "Things she has to go though." " What's the name of the pills?" " Pills?" " The ones you'll get." " l don't know." "A bus, finally." "Good bye!" "I may pop in later, we could talk." "Bye!" "It's not over yet, sir." "I know." " What happened?" " An accident." " Whatever happened?" " Accident, accident!" " He was drunk." " Really?" "Drivers drink a lot." "There's no punishment!" " Drunk, was he?" " How can I tell?" "I was just passing, like you." "Seven hours." "I must wait seven more hours." "Just a few moments." "Then we'll go there and I won't be scared of time anymore." "I will not drink even if I wake up late at night." "Or when I won't be able to sleep." "When I'll dream about walking through empty streets." "It's so easy to drink then, but I won't anymore." "And if I shall go back to anything, I'll go back to life." "I'll be among people." "That is a lot." "It must all change today." "It's past noon." "See, Miss Zosia?" "It got better now." "Look at the clouds." "It'll rain all day." "Why, you're going somewhere?" "Stop bothering me, get on with it." "Guests start turning up." "Miss Zosia?" "Coffee, please." "A large one." "Right." ""Love is red." "We sing it from the stars, like from the score." "Why do we need phones?" "Get the scissors, cut the line.'"" "That's not right!" "Listen carefully:" "you should play when you hear" ""Get the scissors, cut the line."" "There." "That fast." "We made a decision." ""Our work is our testimony."" "What?" "You shoud wear it on your neck." " Wear what?" " City is full of people like me." " We have them, too." " Where?" "Over the counter:" ""Our work is our testimony."" ""Bringing vodka in - forbidden!"" " lt's behind you, too." " Thank you." "DOGS NOT ALLOWED!" "Pretty sings." "We had one more." "The '"dogs" one is different." "This drunkard, Lewandowski the painter, broke it." "What a laugh!" "You know Lewandowski?" "He's loud!" "He almost scared the guests away." "Get away from here, now!" "Get away from the signs!" "What's wrong?" "A headache." "After yestarday." "Look!" "That's how it should be." ""Get the scrissors, cut the line.'"" "Hell with that '"Telephone'"!" "OK..." "Sit down!" "Let's try something else." "What have we got..." "Maybe:" ""lt's got to be wonderful"." "There." "is that you?" "Fancy the meeting!" " You're as pretty as back then." " You're as nice as always." "How do you know?" "You haven't seen me for a long time." "Some people can resist things that would turn others bitter." "Naturally." ""To be with you is wonderful, To be - just the two of us..."" "I'm glad we've met." "Really." "You have no idea how happy I am." "I am happy, too." "When have we seen each other last?" "Long time ago." "Maybe 7 years." " And then you left." " l had to." " Do you still live there?" " l do, but things have changed." "Would you want to go back?" "You know, it's hard to tell." "But I felt good in there sometimes." "I don't want to go there, find out it won't be back." "Has the old church been rebuilt?" "Partially." "Will you sit here?" "May I?" "Of course." "How are you?" "Tell me." "I work, I live." "Everything's fine." "Remember..." "Remember anything of those days?" " Everything." " Me?" " That, too." " Good." "I want you to remember me." "Women need that." "But I doubt you remember it all." "I surely do." "Ask about anything." "The night you walked me home after a movie." " There were many nights." " But only one like that." "Yes." "That's when it was... I remember." "You said a poem." "Remember?" "I didn't believe it then." ""l know how much of deadly crop death gets." "Death, unforgiving..." "How quickly we forget, how little love mourns us.'"" "Why remember that?" "It's so kitch!" "Yes, but don't stop." "I want to remember it all." "I hate my memories, but I want to remember that." "We were young, we didn't know what to talk about by the river." "At night." "Today we wouldn't talk at all." "It doesn't matter." "I lived on a little street, with trees on both sides." "You liked to sing, but you were out of tune." "You were 21." "Go on." "What happened?" "What happened?" "Time." "Yes." "Did you know I got married?" "I shouldn't be saying it." "It won't be back, there is no help." "You can't start your life again." "I realised I don't love my husband." "I don't know why I haven't left him." "Can I tell you something funny?" "I loved you back then." "I thought about you a lot." "Maybe we should have waited." "Why haven't you told me?" " Back then?" " Back then." "Can I have a cigarette?" "Why do you smoke horrible cigarettes?" "I got used to it." "Why do you smoke?" "You didn't, before." "Have I changed a lot?" " You're interesting." " You're wrong." "Only young people are." "Later you only repeat experiences of others." " Why cling to that?" " l loved." "You said nothing." "If you said a word, all would be different." "I was scared." "Afraid of what people said." "I regret it." " What did they warn you of?" " Vodka." "They said you drunk a lot, you'd become a drunkard." "It frightened me." "I've bad memories." "Father destroyed my mother's life." "She waited for him, he promised to change." "He got home drunk." "Why do I tell you that?" "You'll never understand." "I only wanted to tell you I loved you back then." "I really regret we're not together." "You don't have to remember that, it will be easier." "Forget about it." "Regret nothing." "I ruined my own life." "I feel sick whenever he gets close to me." "I cheat on him every second Sunday." "If he even guessed that." "Sad, docile idiot." "Why do I live if I don't love?" "Pretty story." "I heard many stories like that." ""They loved each other, they met years later, she was a hooker, he was a thief."" "I don't give a damn!" "I want no memories!" "I want no regrets!" "No things left behind!" "Kuba." "You sick?" "That's the one who had a go at us earlier." "He's drunk." "You slave 1 5 hours a day, he rolls from bar to bar." " Damn him." " Wait!" "I'll tell him!" "You scum!" "What is it?" "Nothing to eat, no clothes?" " Talking to me, thug?" " Getting into a fight?" "Take me, go on." "I don't care." " Come on." " Leave him." "It's the drunkard's fault!" "He attacked my friend." "God be my witness!" "Let's go for a walk." "Move it!" "You, too." "Early start today." "Only half past two." "Damn, it's late again." "Don't lean against it." "Your ids." " l'll explain..." " lD!" "You'll talk later." "Name?" "Drunkard." " Family name?" " Drunkard." "Profession?" "Drunkard?" "Yes." "Nice." "Your Id says your name is Kowalski." "I used to be Kowalski, but it was a long time ago." "There are thousands of Kowalskis." "Sometimes the name is Kwiatkowski or Piotrowski, or..." " But it doesn't matter." " Ever done time?" "No." "You will do now." "Fought in the street." "Fancy that - in broad daylight!" "They were just playing." "He was obnoxious." "Number 3, right?" "Yes." "Used to be number 1 ?" "As usual, citizen Rybicki." "Get your clothes off." "Get undressed!" "I knew it will come to this, sergeant." "I always get number 3." "Well..." "What was I to do?" "My wife has just died." "So can I be drunk or not?" "Calm yourself down, Rybicki." "Last time you were mourning your daughter." "He had a wake for his wife, too." "It's a terrible year for him." "Get undressed!" "My belt, too?" "Of course!" "You know good old number 3, you go to sleep with no belt on." "A belt could be dangerous." "What would your wife's grave do if you made a loop?" "Who would attend to it?" "Yes." "My good luck with women got me in trouble." " Shoe laces, too?" " No, shoe laces stay." "I will not die in number 3, sergeant, will I?" "Never." "He's signing "Andalucia'"." "As usual." "He'll have a fit now." " ls he bound?" " Yes, hands and feet." "Should we call an ambulance?" "As if they picked every drunkard in town!" "Damn it!" "Handcuffs, police stations, fines... lt won't help." "I was a guerilla in the war." "I thought once it was over, you'd live differently." "I never thought I would be a police sergeant taking your belts away." "Go to hell!" "All of you!" "There goes." "If only he would shut it." " Where have you got drunk?" " l am not drunk." "Nobody's drunk. lt was me, I hit that man." "What was it about?" " Nothing." " So why did you hit him?" "I got upset." "I could keep you here, that would teach you." "But I don't want you here." "You'll probably make up now." "That's how it goes." "You're free." "What time is it?" "We have a while, let's get a drink." "I think you have guts." " What time is it?" " 3:25 p.m." " You coming?" " No, I've no time." "Don't bear a grudge." "I don't." "To hell with it all!" " Where's the nearest bar?" " An Eagle, round the corner." "Where?" "There." "Not far." "A large one." " A snack?" " Yes, please." "Herring?" " Beer?" " OK." "We've only got stout, no other beer." "We get beer at 5 p.m., and now it's... only 3:30 p.m." " Give me the stout!" " What's the hurry?" " Thin or thick glass?" " Doesn't matter." " l'm not a drunkard." " Clients have their whims." "Some folk won't drink out of a thick glass, no matter what." " What else?" " Just this." "Then, home." "That's it." "Or perhaps..." "Give me one more, right away." "One more." " Quite a drinker, are you?" " Will you drink with me?" "Happy to." "But I've nothing." "My treat." " l don't know you." " l know you." " Me?" " Yes." "You're Kowalski." "That's wrong, my name is..." "Does it matter?" "What is my name..." "Everybody knows us." "We're humans." "That's a noble thing." "Two vodkas!" "That'll be six." "Right. I am ready." "All the best!" "The best!" "Put the light on, dear." "And over the tables." "Gentlemen are waiting." "One more." "One more!" "When you say "8'", I'll take my life today." "Eight." "Let's drink!" "You know what?" "Let's drink Bruderschaft." "I had a hard life, believe you me." "I like men like you." "OK?" " l am Kuba." " l am Wladek." "Order vodka, Wladek." "On me." "Two vodkas!" "Hurry up, we're late for school." "Drink." "An everyday sort of a day." "Everyday gloomy day." "Tap is leaking, it's foggy outside." "Raindrops beat against dirty windows, a neighbour plays a piano out of tune." "Tell me, girl, Why aren't you here?" "To hell with it!" "I like songs like that." "A gloomy day, only vodka will let you forget." "You play well." "I really like songs like that." " Shall I play '"Francois'"?" " No, I hate waltzes." " "Tamara'"?" " What else can you play?" " l can explain dreams." " Hear that, Wladek?" "He understands dreams." "I had a weird one." "If you could explain it..." "You only have a dream like it once." "Tell, tell, tell..." "A squeeze box player will tell you." "It was a weird dream." "I dreamt..." "That I was a drunkard, my name was Kowalski, I had a telephone at home." "You see?" "I dreamt I wanted to forget about drinking." "Leave people I drunk with, bars, memories." "It happens in dreams, right?" "But in a dream..." "You can't get away." "And that's the worst." "Exhausting dream." "I dreamt of much more:" "land - strange, difficult, hard land." "A country where you have to work hard, have so much hope, so much heart." "That's my nightmare." "Horrible." "Just a dream, eh?" "lmpossible in real life." "Life isn't that hard, right?" " You don't need bad dreams." " What can I do... to forget?" "Get a vodka." "It will all pass." "Everything does." "No worse dream than a life." "That passes, too." "Sorry, I have to play, clients are waiting." "Beer!" "Make a space!" "5 o'clock." "Are you sick?" "Feeling bad?" "I never felt that well." "Wladek." "What do the nice folk do at 5 o'clock?" "Go home, work," " read, play with kids." " No matter, my man." "What do good folk do at 5 o'clock?" "Good folk at 5 o'clock drink straight vodka." "With a red label, at the Eagle." "The Eagle." "Babe!" "Two vodkas here." "Just a moment." "They used to have a poster here:" "'"Have no worries - the Police watches over you!"" "I can't remember the picture." "Pour these vodkas, will you?" "How do you know?" "I've drunk here for years." "I've seen many people in here." "You've no idea." "Yes or no, boss?" "Anything good came out of it?" "Not everything has to end well." "That would be boring." "Yes or no?" "Men, men..." "Who are you?" "A little Pole." "Seriously:" "who are you?" "Who I was." " You're pissed." " Doesn't matter." "I am your dear friend from the Eagle." " Why do you drink?" " lt doesn't matter." "We, drinkers, know it doesn't matter - why." "Maybe I'm lonely." "Or a hooker I can't live without cheated on me?" "No matter." "There's no such bad luck, no loneliness, no woman, for whom it is worth to drink." "But only those know it, who lost all to drinking." "Those who have to drink." "Those who start drinking have no idea." "Vodka is the truth one always understands when it's too late." "I had a bad day." "A bad day in town." "But it is over." "I have one more hope I hold on to." "Let's drink, Wladek!" "Yup... lt's good that you have hope." "I've no hope." "I don't believe there's a way out of this hell." "It's nothing." "I started just like that boy." "Love, betrayal." "All sorts of shit." "I used to be the best saxophone player in the country." "Saxophone player?" "You?" "A saxophone player?" "You don't look like it." "That's who I was." "Don't you believe me?" "Nobody played here like I did." "So what?" "Nothing." "And what?" "Nothing, too." "Why do you tell me that, then?" "I'm not telling you, I'm speaking." "Speak." "What is the end?" "The end is important." "The point, you see?" "I'm not the best player anymore." "That'll do." "If everybody told their stupid life story so quickly it'd be much better" "but if you want to tell me your story, go ahead." "Go on, I like wise life stories." "It's a short one." " l loved..." " Now that's a novelty!" "She left me, and now" "I am no longer the best saxophone player in town." "This town... hasn't got one decent saxophone player." "They're all poor." "Screw it, screw it!" "No need to buy a brewery if you want one beer." "It'll all pass like a bad dream." "Seriously." "Gienek!" "Go after them!" "Even if he gets his girl, his luck will run out, unless he stops to drink." "Silly little lady will follow him, get him out of bars or friends' homes." "How do you know that?" "It always comes to that if a woman looks after a drunkard she loves." "I had a woman who loved me once." " And?" " Hospital... I went there because of her." "And?" "Go away!" "She left." "Finally, she went to hell." "And never came back." "She was a good woman." "All's lost." "All's lost?" "Whoever drinks, will drink." "It's a game with no end." "Now - pills, vitamins, conversing with doctors, who could maybe treat horses." "Then... a madhouse." "A white room you can not leave." "Four walls and you, and your memories, hangovers." "You can cry, beat your head against the wall, curse, pray, but you will not get the key." "You're stuck in a room." "Memories, memories, memories - day and night, day and night." "At night you receive visits of different people but" "when you reach out there's nothing there." "and you are alone again." "When the doctors come, you beg them to let you out." "Stop!" " You kiss their hands." " Stop!" "But beg you can." "Scream day and night..." "You can swear on your knees you've changed." "And you've strong will." "They'll check your pulse and leave." " But people do get out!" " Yes." "But only to return." "You lie!" "I was there." "And I will be." "Rooms with no door handles, yet again." "Finally, the day will come when I won't need or feel anything... I will turn into a pile of rotten meat." "But before that happens, there's still many, many..." "Gienek!" "Calm down, gentlemen." "Nothing's happened." "Poldek, play a song:" "'"A day for a day"!" "Hell with him." "Check his pockets." "Nothing so far." "Damn!" "If you've no money, go to church, not to a bar." "And?" "Got it." " Enough?" " Think so." "What else have you got?" "I don't know." "Have a look." "Stolen?" "No, he doesn't look it." "It's not worth much, but can get us in trouble." "Let's leave him." "He'll be back." "is anyone coming?" "I'll treat him, all right!" "That'll get him home." "Damn, it's going to rain again." "Go away!" "Mister Kubus, don't you know me?" "I'm Kostek." "Had too much." "Have a drag." "It'll help." "Where... are they?" "Went away." "I know you." "You're Kostek." "Exactly." "Come, I'll get you home." "is that you?" "I waited for you a long time." "Give me the key." "Go to your room!" "I'll be there." "Please." "I drunk... I'll wipe you hands," "I drunk... get you a coffee." "I drunk..." "Have I slept long?" "Just a moment." "Drink, it's hot." " You want to know?" " No." "They phoned first thing." "I had to leave." "I'll go now." "You're leaving?" "I'm going." "I'll come in the morning." "First thing." "What time?" " What time?" " At eight." "And?" "You'll get treatment!" "Krystyna!" "It won't help." " We'll try." " How long?" "Until the end." "That's no good." "Go away!" "Go and don't come back." "Pity is a bad feeling, Krystyna." "Kuba, listen to me:" "I'll come here at 8 o'clock." "I'll ring three times, that's when you'll open." "If anybody else turns up, don't open." "When you first came here, you sounded different." "Looked different." "It'll never come back." "Don't open and remember:" "three times." "Krystyna!" " Don't go, I'm scared." " You know I have to." "Sleep well, Kuba." "Until tomorrow." "There you are, slut." "Good day to you." "Yes?" " Kuba?" " Yes." "Kuba, Kuba..." "That's, that's..." "We talked yesterday, you said: enough." "That's it: enough." "And in the evening I heard they saw you drunk, rolling in the street." "We want to help you, We all want to help you." "We want to save you, save your talent, your love." "And you drink again." "Tough, you can't be trusted, drunkards can not." "Don't be angry at me, who else would tell you the truth?" "See... I was so sure about you." "What does that make me?" "What?" "Doesn't matter." "I'm only sorry the picture's broken." "It's a pity." "I knew you would come." "You always do when I'd rather not think about you." "You know... that my life turns to hell," "addiction to endless waiting." "Poisoning every moment of my solitude." "You don't know vodka." "Don't know." "Don't know." "Don't know that horrible feeling." "That fear that chokes your brain." "When I think that all's not lost, that I can go back, start afresh... I know I'm crumbling down." "I walked into a void." "I'm weak." "Damn weak." "I'll never be able to fight the world." "Squash obstacles, work, love, live..." "Live a pure life." "I need to leave." "Leave memories." "Leave the fools who lost track of time and only regulate their watches." "Good you're here with me now." "You know... I have to go there." "I'll never have to fear questions or words." "Never be frightened of time." "I'll go there and the world will cease to exist." "It has to be." "Eight." "THE END" "Subtitles:" "Master Film Text:" "Anna Miescicka"