"There are number of questions but I've only taken the children because in their case what I mean is so unanswerably clear." "What's your name?" "Sandic Milica." "What does your mom do?" "She works as a cleaner at the Hotel Serbia, together with Aunt Djurdjica." "Your mother's sister?" "No." "But I love her the most since she lets me play in the rooms." "Your dad?" "Dad..." "You mean the one who came yesterday to inform on me?" "He's not my real dad." "It doesn't matter." "He's a bricklayer." "Do you have other relatives?" "Aunt Jelena." "She's a whore." "She works at the same hotel." "Do your mom and dad look after you?" "Yes, they do." "Always." "Mom and Dad are away all day long." "So, I can do whatever I want." "But I mostly hang around with Peca." "3 dinars. 3 dinars." "I stole my mom's electric iron." "Then, I sold it." "Then, I wanted to rob Mr Sreja of his gun and holster." "But I couldn't." "And..." "I once beat the living daylights out of one Zorica for stealing a melon." "What are we to do with you, Sandic Milica?" "Yesterday, I was doing the laundry, so I couldn't..." "Milica?" "When are we going to Lipnica?" " Never!" "Are you angry at me?" "Alright, Milica." "Do you love your mother, being so hard-working?" "Good morning!" " Good morning." " How are you?" "Aunt Jelena!" "Aunt Jelena!" "Come, come!" "I love my mother a lot." "A lot!" "I'd die without my mom." "What will you do when you grow up?" "Well, until I grow up, I'll be looking after my baby brother." "Then, once I make a lot of money, I'll take them out of here." "My mom, my dad..." "And my baby brother." "Where to, my child?" "Out of here." "We're the last ones." "Everyone got evicted." " What of your dad?" "He loves me so much." "He never beats me." "Look!" "He always buys me something nice." "Good." "What are we to do with you, Milica?" "Milena!" "I'm fed up with calling you." "Why are you asking me that?" "I'm happy here." "Wait!" "That's my ball!" "We're leaving." "Aunt Djurdjica, my dad is not my dad." "Who told you that?" "Stop talking nonsense." "But where's that one who was my first dad?" "The one who stayed at this hotel." "What?" "He just got my mom pregnant then he left." "If only my mom had a photograph of him." "Or a letter." "Let go of it, Milica." "I no longer know who my dad is." "Was my dad handsome?" " He was." "Handsome or gorgeous?" " Gorgeous." "Let's go." " Did he pay her for something?" "Let's go, boy." "My mom said he left for..." "What's the place?" "She's hiding it from me." "So, she says that my dad... went somewhere, I don't know where..." "I always forget it." "Come on!" "Let go of it." "What do you want from me?" "In America?" "What?" "Let's go." "Did you hear me?" "Pretty, pretty boy!" "Come on, let's go." "We have to go." "Leave that here." "Let go of it, Milica!" "Come on!" "Milica, come here!" "If he loved me, he'd show up sometime." "He'd hold me in his arms and say:" ""How are you, Milica, my dearest?"" "You've a mom." "A mom and a dad." "You've got everything you need." "Wow!" "I have to know." "There's a man..." "He looks like my Dad." "As if he were living here." "A hotel guy." "He dropped by a few times." "He's handsome." "He's got a nice car." "That Peugeot." "Well-dressed." "Who are you talking about?" "About him." "Let me!" "Let me!" "Why do you hate so much your grandmother in Lipnica?" "Because she sent my mom to an institution after the war." "Later, my mom escaped and gave birth to me." "What of your dad?" " The real one?" " Yes." "He is..." "Aunt Djurdjica says... that he was handsome." "So handsome." "He was... a salesman." "Milica, what's wrong?" "Why so quiet?" "They started scolding me again." "They say I'm naughty." "They beat me." "My mom let me to go to Lipnica with you." "Have you ever travelled by chaise?" "No, I haven't." "Why are you asking?" "No reason." "One day, I'll run away to America and I'll grow up into a tall and pretty woman." "Then, I'll buy a big, red cabriolet." "And a big, cute puppy." "And then, when I get back from America..." "I'll be driving round our house." "And everyone will notice me!" "And everyone will shout:" ""Here comes our Lilika!"" "I won't be looking at anyone." "And the wind will blow my hair like this." "When my mom was a little girl, her dad was a partisan." "Then, the chetniks came to Lipnica and they slaughtered my granny." "Then, the Germans came." "They set Lipnica on fire." "And all of this was burning..." "like this!" "Burned down by the Germans." "Then, everyone ran to the forest." "All the people!" "Germans were chasing after them with dogs." "They were throwing bombs." "I'll get you!" "You'll ruin that lovely suit." "You know, I forgot everything you told me." "I too forget everything." "I don't care." "Leave it to me." "I do remember when I stole 2 left slippers at the market." "I wanted to exchange one left for one right but I got arrested." "Then, you came again and you were sad." "You were just looking at me like this..." "And you asked me:" ""What do you need those smelly slippers for?"" "I kept quiet." "I do remember that." "All right?" " All right." "Thank you." "Milica..." "Tell me..." "When you were little..." "Did you ever sleep together with your mom?" "You mean, in bed?" "I didn't." "Sometimes, I'd wake up and get scared, shouting:" ""Mom, get that man out of my bed!" "I want to sleep with you."" "How silly of me!" "I'd better tell you more about Lipnica." "One day, a plane killed one of our goats, and my mom's mom died." "Her brother got lost." "What of your mom's dad?" "Your grandfather." "He was a partisan, right?" "My grandfather was killed." "And so, my mom was left all alone." "Lilika!" "That's Mr Sreja." "And your mother, Ms Smiljka." "Ms Smiljka's going grey." "And her tits hang like this." "There she is, swaying round the room." "Well, it's not interesting anymore." "I'm not a little girl." "Idiot!" "It made me feel a bit sick." "Get off me!" "Catch me if you can!" "Catch me!" "There you are!" "I can see you." "Peca..." "You've just kissed me." "Good morning." "You came." "Just a moment." "Is there no other solution?" " Well..." "I see you too grew fond of her." " Yes." "Please, wait in the staff room." " Thank you." "Sit." "Sandic Milica?" "She's doing the laundry." " Shame on you, Popovic!" "She's not there." "She ran off." "Banana." "Apple." "You paid too." "Those who haven't paid, can't get in!" "Get lost!" "Hands off!" "She's so vile." " She'll come begging on her knees." "Well, then..." "What woman has..." "And what man has." "And how they do it." "I saw Peca's mom doing it." "Who's Peca?" "My "Keka."" "He's 16." "Really?" "He kissed and pinched me once in the dark." "What do you say?" "Kissing and pinching?" "He wanted to put his hand down there, shouting: "Come on, Lilika!" "Come on!"" "I swear I could've killed him I ran off." "He thinks I'm a fool." "But, you said you love Peca?" "You're such a liar." "Such a liar." " I'm not!" "I swear!" "Move away!" "As if you all will be better off!" "Sure!" "I hate whores who pretend to be nice." "What?" "They'll send you to an institution and you'll be nice yourself." "Hello." "Sit." "Get ready." "Step forward, Nada." "Write down the exercise." "The use of double fractions in addition." "I'm not a liar, I swear." "I never loved Peca." "That's something different." "I loved other men." "But I no longer remember." "I was a little girl then." "I once went to Lipnica with a man." "You've no idea what Lipnica is like." "Beautiful." "So beautiful." "We were driving in a chaise." "I like driving in a chaise the most." "The horses were running..." "Running and running..." "Then, he asked me:" ""Are you scared?"" "I said I wasn't." "I was happy." "Then, he asked me again:" ""Why are looking at me like that?"" "I replied: "No reason"." "I wanted to ask him:" ""Do you have children?"" "That was the best day of my life." "Peca, you're always smoking." "You never do anything." "You spent two years in the institution." "If only they'd taught you to speak." "You were picking corn there and you only learnt to smoke." "You could be speaking properly." "Only if you wanted to." "Tip out that water." "Come on!" "Peca!" "What's your name?" "Say it if you know." " Keka!" "Dear Peca!" "Hold this." "You don't even know your own name." "Keka." "Say "Milica"." "Lilika." "You know..." "I like being called that." "Eh, Keka..." "You're like other men." "You only look at women and spy through a keyhole." "That's why they beat you." "You only wait for a chance to push me in the dark and pinch me." "Beat it!" "Come on, you whore!" "Who are you to tell me that?" "You take me for a fool?" "Guys!" "Once a whore, always a whore!" "I know that." "Beat it!" "Stay away from me!" "Come." "Look." "I've been stealing again." "I'll leave one for my baby brother." "He's been sick." "If they take me back to the institution, will you run off with me?" "Then, I'll let you kiss me with your tongue, like a grown-up." "You don't love me at all." "We don't know what to do with you, my child." "I don't want to be taken there." "I'm happy here." "They say you've been stealing." "And they want to take you to the institution." "Don't let me go, mommy." "Don't let me go." "I love you." "Please, tell Dad that I'll be good." "Every day." "You keep on promising." "Peca, listen!" "Get out of my sight!" "Get lost!" "Come here." "Did you hear me?" "Sit!" "I can't be responsible for this child." "They won't send her to the institution." "And you gave your mother's and brother's life for this country..." "What were you doing at the construction site?" " I love that place." "We got drunk once." "Were you drinking too?" "Once, I got so drunk because we mixed wine and raki." "I was drunk the most and Laza." "I wanted to escape in a dustcart and Laza took me home." "My dad tied me to the bed with a belt." "With his fist, he squeezed my mouth." "Like this!" "He was beating me with a stick and I couldn't even scream or cry anymore." "There was no one to protect me anymore." "My mom is a whore." "Come on, Mica!" "What's with you today?" "Aunt Jelena!" "Can I sleep at your place tonight?" "You can." "Why are you whispering?" "No reason." "Let me!" "You're pretty but they say you're a whore." "Sorry?" "I can't hear you!" "All the men look at you." "Mr Mladen and Mr Andra too." "You know who else?" "That Peca guy." "Sleep." "Keep on sleeping." "Mica, go home." "It's dawn already." "Aunt Jelena, I can't sleep." "Did my mom tell you anything about me?" "Where they want to take me to." "She didn't." "She didn't?" "What do you mean?" "Everyone's asking me "what are we to do with you, Sandic Milica?"" "What are you going to do now?" "My mom has bandy legs and rotten teeth." "So, she can't even be a whore." "That's why she gets angry when Dad tells her that." "Stop!" "Why are you beating me, Dad?" "Stop, I tell you!" "You want to steal?" "Play hooky from school?" "You want to go to Lipnica?" "New Belgrade?" "Dad..." " What is it?" "Why does Dad beat me every day?" "Every day!" "Damn you!" "Playing hooky from school?" "Don't!" " Stop, I tell you!" "Please, forgive her." "Alright!" "Alright!" "I won't." "Good heavens!" "She should be in an institution." "In jail." "Peca, I'm gonna beat your brains out too." "You damn brat!" "Don't cry, Mom." "Don't." "Will you ever be a good girl like other girls?" "I will, Mom!" "I will!" "Every day!" "Every day!" "What shall we do with you, Sandic Milica?" "You know, I was doing the laundry again." "I'm not sure anymore whether I was doing the laundry..." "Or not." "Be quiet!" "Be quiet!" "Get ready." "Go home!" "Bye." "You've got a new dress." "I know." "They'll come for me tomorrow." "Have they already come?" " Yes." "I pretended I didn't know anything." "And I wanted to be happy." "I see that you want to love me like you love other children." "But you can't." "Aunt Jelena!" "They've come!" "Come, Aunt Jelena!" "Stop, Milica!" "What's with you?" "Stop, Mica!" "Stop!" "Don't be afraid, Mica." "Wait, Milica!" "Listen to me!" "What's with you?" "Don't be afraid, for God's sake!" "Aunt Jelena." "They've come for me." "You aren't going to take me to the institution?" "Please, don't." "How will I do without my little brother?" "Don't be afraid." "They're coming back!" "Don't let me go!" "Don't let me go!" "I love my mom so much!" "Goodbye now." "Lilika is going to die." "Nothing is coming up." "And I'm so happy that I've lived." "You know, Peca." "They'll take Lilika to an institution." "And Lilika will be gone." "They'll take me to an institution!" "No!" "That car..." "You know very well how life is there." "That man who drove me to Lipnica..." "That's a whore!" "The biggest one." "Rhore!" "Rhore!" "Stop, Peca!" "Wait, I'll show you!" "Rhore?" "Rhore?" "Who's "rhore"?" "You call your mother a "rhore"?" "Peca, son!" "Have you gone crazy?" "How dare you say that to your mother?" "My God!" "Wait!" "Wait, I tell you!" "Wait, I tell you!" "Wait, I tell you!" "And with your trousers on!" "Get back, you devil!" "Peca!" "Get back!" "You'll drown!" "Idiot!" "What the heck are you doing here?" "Buzz off!" "Do you want me to hug you?" "What are you doing?" "Don't do it." "They'll send you to an institution again." "Don't." "Run, Peca!" "Stop!" "Get him!" "Peca, don't let them catch you!" "What are we to do with you?" "...Sandic Milica." "Come along!" "So, I couldn't run or cry." "Nobody could protect me anymore." "Was it homework?" "It's not nice." " Read it." "Mom too was educated in the institution." "She didn't like it so she escaped." "Now, she works as a cleaner at our hotel." "It's called "Serbia"." "And all the women here are cleaners or..." "Wait!" "That's my ball!" "That's my ball!" "I loved life so much." "Then, I said..." "I don't mind if I die." "I just want my little brother to get well." "Let's go." "You shouldn't have been stealing." "Am I right?" " I know, but..." "I was always hungry." "Take this report to the commissioner." "I started to steal a lot." "And..." "And..." "I robbed my Mom of 6 former dinars." "And... 50 more and... 36 and 187 former dinars." "What did you get for that money?" "I spent all the money on pears." "I hid one in the bathroom." "Waiting for my Mom to leave to give it to my little brother." "What happened last night with Peca?" "I stole 3 lemons, then, 2 more for my little brother and an apple." "That's all I know." "Report from the grocery." " That's alright." "Ah, yes!" "The grocer was looking at me so I got scared." "Shall I tell you about school?" "Once at school, I stole a pencil from a girl called Nevenka Novakovic." "They made a search." " They didn't catch you?" "Almost." "I hid it." "I sold it to Mr Andra." "He steals too." "Miss Persa as well." "I saw her." "I bought pears." "They were awful!" "I took money from Aunt Jelena's topcoat." "Tell us, Milica, what did you do with that money?" "I went to the children's restaurant." "I was eating salami and rolls." "It's a restaurant for children." "I didn't like it." "I stole an iron's cord from Miss Lepa." "It was old and no one wanted to buy it." "I threw it in the bin." "And..." "One evening, something white on the clothes line." "Three little diapers." "I threw them away too." "I stole more things but I don't recall now." "You stole two slippers at a market." "The thick ones?" "First, I took one..." "Then, the other." "Then I noticed they were both left." "There's more." "Yes, yes!" "I wanted to exchange one left for a right slipper." "That day, I saw you for the first time." "He came up to me and he was sad." "He asked me: "What do you need those smelly slippers for?"" "I kept quiet." "Then, this lady asked me:" ""So young and already stealing?" "Don't you feel ashamed?" I replied no." "Sir, you too asked me once." ""Don't you feel ashamed?" I said no." "Do you remember?" "My mom came running, pulling her hair out and screaming:" ""Ow, ow, ow." "I gave my life for my child and this is how she repays me" ""Ow, ow, ow, ow." "I won't pull it through."" "And I felt so ashamed." "Because of her." "Because of everything." "Wait for me." "Shall we?" "Here you are." " Thank you." "You stay." "It's nice in here." "What a shame!" "I could've worn that little dress of mine." "That green and yellow dress with tiny flowers on it." "Let me!" "I wish my Mom and Dad would hold me by the hand and take me to Zemun." "To that institution which is not an institution." "But a jail for children." "I'm not scared anymore." "I just feel so ashamed." "English subtitles:" "Corvusalbus, KG"