"New People Film Company" "with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of Russia" "Afonya..." "Presents" "Afonya..." "Afonya." "A film by Sergey Mokritskiy" "Don't be afraid." "I'll be there for you." "PROTEST DAY" "One..." "Two..." "Anatoliy Kot as Afanasiy" "Three..." "Four" "Five..." "Six..." "Seven." "Four..." "Five..." "Six..." "Seven." "Three..." "Four..." "Five..." "Six..." "Seven..." "Meet Alexandra Marinina." "Marina Alexeyeva is her true name." "She is a Police Lieutenant Colonel." "She published 40 detective novels." "Her works have been translated and published in 25 countries." "5 TV series were based on her books." "Alexandra Marinina is called Queen of Detective Stories." "Marinina thinks a detective novel is a convenient enough genre to tell any kind of a story ranging from a love drama to a historical or philosophic tale." "'A detective story is my canvas..." "Hands up." "Hands up!" "Why were you looking for me'!" "I wanted to check your reaction time." "I am all alone." "I quit a long time ago." "The Rogue took everyone out." "I got crippled." "Kill him!" "I developed a plan." "You will like your partner." "Good morning." "Do you want me to call the cops'!" "Wait." "Where are you going?" "Listen." "Why do you start your punching exactly when I want to work?" "I do intellectual work." "And I need silence." "I am working, you know." "And I live..." "Hello, Afanasiy Petrovich." "Coming." "Hello, Afanasiy Petrovich." "Can you turn down the music?" "Why do you keep it on when you are in the bathroom?" "Your music won't bother me." "But yours bothers me." "I am working." "I don't take off running to work in the morning like you do." "Do you think I owe you something because of that'!" "You work in the subway." "And I work at home." "Do you get it'!" "Or did you decide to bug the bastard?" "Rejoice, you just did." "You can keep setting your electric trains in motion." "Careful!" "Doors are closing." "Moron." "The Chinese are all to blame." "You never listen to me." "And you should." "Look what these slant-eyed contrived." "Can you see it?" "They do it on purpose." "You know why'!" "Look here." "The elastic constricts the leg." "The blood is congested." "And three months later - bang!" "And the foot is gone." "Bang!" "And the knee is gone." "Bang!" "And the thigh is gone." "But they won't make it." "We'll see who wins." "I got it." "They want to exhaust us this way." "I spent the night thinking." "And I came up with something." "Look here." "Take it." "Look here." "It used to be a killer sock." "And here is what we do with it." "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "And now ifs a healthy sock." "Should I report it?" "And patent my know-how'!" "Remember our last job" "But the Rogue is well-protected." "What about Operation Penthouse?" "I am tired of playing a whore." "(speaking Kirghiz)" "Please give them this lesson." "Their teacher fell ill." "Here is the register." " Hello." " Hello." "Hello." "Take your seats." "Sofia, bring me the register." "The topic of today's lesson is Sergey Yesenin." "I hope you heard the name." "You can read his bio anywhere." "The textbook included." "Sergey Yesenin was born on September 21, 1895 in the Ryazan Province." "When he was two he was fostered out to his well-to-do grandfather who had three sons." "They were grown-up." "And they were bachelors." "Yesenin spent his childhood with them." "Yesenin got limited education." "He studied 'on brass money." "In 1909 he graduated from the fourth class of the Konstantinov school." "Then he got a diploma of a Spas-Klepikov teachers' school." "It made him a teacher of a grammar school." "In 1912 when he was 11 Yesenin came to Moscow." "He started in a bookstore." "Later he worked in the Sytin print shop." "All these dates and facts have got nothing to do with Yesenin's gift." "He was a natural-horn poet." "He could find the best metaphors." "Just listen." "Enough making boast of the humility of your mugs." "Take it no matter if you like it or not." "It's good when the dusk teases us" "Thrashing our fat asses With a bloody broom of dawn." "May I ask you something?" "What is 'a bloody broom of dawn"!" "Is it a scarlet cannon against the dusky sky!" "And..." "Why 'enough making boast of the humility of your mugs"!" "You don't get it, do you'!" "And it's good." "And here is the metaphor at its best." "Sergey Yesenin. 1913." "'Mares' Ships'" "It's not a part of the curriculum." "But you must read it." "Listen to it." "When a wolf is howling at a star The clouds have nibbled the sky." "The mares' bellies cut open." "The black sails of ravens." "The persona sees the carcass of a mare and ravens ?" "apping their wings above it." "And these wings are black sails of mares' ships." "It's Apocalypse." "It's a very hard characterization." "Yesenin often incurred reproaches for excessive complexity and obscurity of his metaphors." "But poetry is no detective story." "You enjoy it through thoughtful reading and meditation." "Arthur Rimbaud called poetry 'hallucination of words." "Please, don't go away." "Wait." "Will you please help me'!" "Will you please help me'!" "No." "No?" "why?" "I stand for equal rights of men and women." "  Really?" " Women have got their rights." "Enjoy." "Are you handicapped?" " I am sorry." " Why handicapped?" " I am sorry." " Why handicapped?" "Grab your stuff and go." "You are not handicapped, are you?" "Hear me'!" "I do." "You are handicapped." "You need to see a doctor." "Let's work." "Start shooting." "Hello." "We've got a party here today." " Lots of prizes." "Want one'!" " I do." "You'll have to take part in the competition and recite a poem." " It's a kid's poem." "  Wonderful." "Our Tanya is crying hard." "She dropped a ball down in the river." "Calm down, Tanya, don't cry." "It's our neighbor's ball anyway." " Excuse me." "  Yes?" " May I also recite a poem'!" " Sure." "Please go ahead." "When a wolf is howling at a star, The clouds have nibbled the sky." "The mares' bellies cut open." "The black sails of ravens." "Whom will I praise In this mad glow of corpses'!" "Look, the woman has got the third eye Hatching from her navel." "It got out looking like the Moon, Searching for fleshy bones..." "I am sorry, we've got a party." "And your poem is very sad." "This is why you won't win the prize." "Congratulations and thank you." "It was a wonderful poem." "Thanks again." "Camera, stop." "The Rogue." "Time to settle the score." "Here you go." "Take this one too." "This one?" "Take it too." "It's the same one." "Take it." "It's the same one too." " Take it." " Mom." "I did not finish my lesson today" "I think I will quit the job at school." "  Do you think I can..." " What is it?" "What date is today!" " Where were you looking?" " I will throw it away." "Too late." "The money is gone now." "Where and why?" "No one knows." "You're exactly like your father." "He stood foolishly smiling while they sold him short weight." "Take it." "  Let me eat it." " Are you crazy?" "Too late." "Everything is too late now." "You know I don't feel sorry for you at all." "Mom, please don't start it." "I don't." "I feel sorry for your Alyona." "I feel sorry for your son Zhenya." "But not for you." "Take it." "What'!" "Can't you see?" "The bananas are rotten." "Why did you buy them?" "Mom." "They got frost-bitten." "Yeah, it's always the same with you." "Frost-bitten in winter, heat-rotten in summer." "Why did you buy so much'!" "I don't need that much." "Don't spend your money on me." "Give it to your wife or son." "I don't need anything." "Re-unite with your family." "Please." " Give it another try." "  We already did." "We can't live together." "OK." "For the sake of your son." "Can you do it for Zhenya?" "I already did it for Zhenya." "It makes him feel worse." "I saw Elsa in my dream again." "Why did you forbid me to marry her'!" "Everything would have been different now." "Do you keep working?" "  Yes." " Show me." "You are just pawns in somebody ease's game." "The general set you up." "I will pay you triple for his life." "It's horror of horrors." "Just horrible." "You must be self-rigorous." "Why do you want these cliches?" "Yeah." "You're an Agatha Christie like I am a Maradona." "Thanks, Mom." "I know it's bad." "OK." "I will try to talk to Alyona today." "Bye." "Don't forget you've got a medical appointment too." "Oh my God." "I often hate her." "If you marry Elsa, I am going to die." "And it will be your fault." "Hm';" "And what about this one'!" "You will always be my little baby." "I am ready to kill her when she says that." "And then I feel sorry I have left her alone there." "I used to fear she would die." "Now I fear I will die before her." "And I won't live a day on my own." "Without her protection." "I did every little thing to meet her expectations." "And she never forgave my quitting the postgrad school." "I became a teacher not a professor." "A simple teacher at school." "And I thought it was honorable." "I understand." "You're irritable and exhausted." "You suffer from insomnia and even aggression sometimes." "You need to show your worth anew." "You need to be re-born independent of your own mother." "Are sure the drugs won't help'!" " They won't." " To make it a little easier for me'!" " No." " Just a little bit'!" "A friend of mine told me you gave him a drug against epilepsy." "And it helped him." "He could sleep." "Thorazine." "Proved effective." "Can I go to the 11th ?" "oor now?" " Yes." "Please go." "Why are you so twitchy?" " Relax." " Listen." "Do you think..." "I have to stand at attention" " when you bring your dog?" " Stop yelling." "He'll get irritated." "Pull him away from me." "Relax, Freddie." "Next time..." "Freddie, don't!" "He is a piece of shit." "Jerk..." " Hi." " Yeah." "Sure." "I'll be there soon." " Hey dad!" " Hey." "Yeah." "Like..." "Have you got the TV set on'!" "You're watching it too." "See you." "OK." " Zhenya, dear." " Yeah?" "There is food in the fridge." "I'll he back in the morning." "But not too early." "There are some sweet cushions on the table to go with the tea." "Chocolate ones." "Mom bought you." "Chocolate cushions." "Here you go." "Yeah, cushions." "Chocolate." "Cushions for supper?" "Are you nuts'!" "I am getting married." " You found some jerk'!" " I did." "LS it him?" "Kirill?" "I wish it were." "I don't think he will even remember me." "By the way, my jerk studied with us too." "He is a well-known novelist." " Dostoyevsky, by any chance?" "  Talk to your son." "He failed his English test." "Let's do it." "Let's study some English." " What's wrong with you, dad'!" " Come on." "Let's conjugate the verb 'to be'." "  Zhenya, let"s do it." " Get away from me." "I said let's do it." " To be." " So what'!" "So what'!" "11" " ...am..." " ...am..." " lam." " lam." " Next'?" " What next'!" "You." "You are." " You." "You are." " Come on." " Wait, I'll say it." " You don't say anything." "What is it'!" " You're pissing me off." " I am pissing you off?" "You spent 7 years studying English." "At school and language courses." " It's like talking to a brick wall." " Here we go again." "Stop it." "Tell me." "What are we conjugating?" "What do you mean?" "A word." " What word'!" " What word'!" " Just a regular word." " It's a verb, isn't it?" "  It is." " Here we go." "It's a verb." "What verb is it'!" "Come on." "  An auxiliary verb?" " Why auxiliary, Zhenya?" " OK." "Moving on." "To..." " Am?" "Why 'am', Zhenya?" "To he or not to be." "To be..." "You haven't heard that one, have you?" "  Translate it." " Easy." "I was or I wasn't." "Why 'I was or I wasn't'?" "To be or not to be." "Fuck it, Zhenya, you don't want to know a thing!" "I was or I wasn't." "Mission not accomplished." "It's the price set for your life." "Why did you betray us'!" "I think..." "I will earn this money." "We say 'no' to election rigging." "I have been done." "I am no opposition." "I am a citizen of my country." "Bandar-logs against Colonel Lieutenant Kaa!" "In several months you will see a great leader." "Why?" "Because he will turn up." "It's gonna be a new spring..." "People." "Let's be kind and use our head." "Or else we're done." "People are not very reliable." "We're choosing new concepts here." "He is a protege of the global cabal and not a Russian patriot." "Go away!" "Go away!" "God have mercy upon us!" "God have mercy upon us!" "God, bless our works and bless our public gathering." "Save and protect us." "Amen." "There is a certain orbit." "The orbit of the past, the present and the future." "A professor told us to look up to the West." "To the East." "Naturally it triggered artificial fission of the fundamental particle of space, time and energy." "And then there are space strings, gluons." "And I see it all." "Glory to Russia!" "Glory to Russia!" "Glory to Russia!" "Hurray!" " Hurray!" " Hurray!" "Take it easy." "I am telling the truth." "Pops." "Did you hear anything about the axis of police?" "We're genuine amphorae." "What did you eat today!" " I can't eat later..." " You knew you would go to a doctor." "Open your mouth wider." "You suffer from excessive attrition of teeth." "You're eating yourself." "Did anyone tell you that you grate your teeth at night'!" "No, but I know I clench my teeth." "You've got helminthes." "You need to take a feces analysis in Room 17." "Lower your pants a hit more." "That's OK." "Relax the muscles." "Good." "Yeah, yeah." "Even more." "That lady is there." "She is asking about her husband." "Will you see her'!" "No, no." "No, I can't." " Nonna lvanovna..." " What are you doing?" "Nonna lvanovna, you're my only hope." "Relax your muscles." "It worked last time." "I am begging you." "Please see him." "Urinary difficulties again?" "Don't be shy." "Tell her." "Difficulties." "I can't finish it" " Wait there." "I'll see you." "  Thank you." "All right." "What are you doing here'!" "Did you vote today!" " I did." " Did you?" "Easy, easy." "For whom'!" "Against all of them." "Does it hurt'!" "Good." "Pain is leaving you." "It goes into the tree." "It goes into the sky." "It goes into the water." "Good." "A tree produces a branch" "The branch produces ?" "owers." "Be patient." "Good." "Good." "You need to be patient." "How are you doing?" "How am I doing?" "I ruined my life." "I left my first and only love because that's what my mom wanted." "Then I married a woman I did not love." "Because I wanted to escape my mom." "My son is the only person I love." "But he has to grow up in the hell of our unsuccessful life." "You're asking me how I am doing?" "I failed all around." "I accomplished nothing in my life." "I am devastated." "I am just exhausted." "I don't see any future for myself." "And I am not that old." "I need to take a break." "Otherwise I am going to die." "I don't hear anything." "Just some noise." "Some noise." "The pain has left you." "No more pain." "The pain has left you." "No more pain." "Think something good." "Think about the sun." "Think about a girl." "Stay here for 20 minutes." "Good." "This beach is meant for people not dogs!" "(gibbering)" "Get out of here!" "Get out!" "Elsa..." "Don't leave me." "I think I am dying." " You will not die." " Promise?" "I promise." "We'll be together forever now." "Together?" "But you cannot disturb me before lunch." "I agree." "You have to learn some cooking." "And don't talk when I am working." "I will be mute as a fish." "And I hate anyone watching TV series when I am around." "I don't watch them." "I want perfect order at home." "And no dust." "I love scrubbing and scouring." "I also love the integrity of the Russian language." " I hate butchering the language." "  So do I." "I think we have to punish those" " who accent words wrong." " You are right." "All those who accent words wrong." " Yes, yes." "They deserve severe punishment" "You'll enjoy peace of mind with me by your side." "By my side'!" "But I never could find the time or place for women in my life." "I don't make any claims." "I am just your dream." "  Are you?" " I am something you want." "But..." "Where are you going?" " I..." " Don't he afraid." "I am nothing more than your dream." "I am something you want." "Stay with me." "You left me once." "I am something you want." "Stay with me." "Stay with me." "What's wrong with you?" "Feeling bad'!" "  Here is a pill." " Yeah, give him a pill." " We need to call an ambulance." " Probably you are right." "Will you give me a hand'!" "He is so young." "Oh my God." " Hello." " Dispatcher Kharitonova." " Can you send me an ambulance?" " What's wrong with you?" "I don't know." "Something wrong with my heart." " Your family name?" " Derkach." "Afanasiy Petrovich." " Dirkach." " Derkach with an 'e'." "Afanasiy Petrovich." " Your home address'!" " 13, Borby Square." " Apartment number'!" " 72." " 12." "Please don't close the door." "  Fine." "Your call received." "Wait for the doctor." "Take it." "Take it." "Keep knocking." "What time is it now?" " 7-30." "That was me." "I called you." "Elsa..." "Take it." "Take it." "Derkach..." "Written and Directed by Sergey Mokritskiy" "Based on the original script by Marek Koterski to his film "Dzien Swira"" "Director of Photography Ivan Malyutin" "Production Designer Yuri Grigorovich" "Music by Alexander Manotskov" "Produced by Natalia Mokritskaya" "Produced by Ulyana Savelyeva." "Co-produced by Mila Rozanova." "Film "Dzien Swira" is directed by Marek Koterski and produced by Zebra Film Studio."