"B E S T I A R Y" "Body language can expose you much more than words." "For example, always trust the nonverbal display before the verbal." "For example if I sit down, wrap my feet around the chair, lock my elbows, cross my arms, pull my neck in," "I don't think I'd look very open, convincing and trusty." "On the contrary, this snooty posture, typical for lawyers and tax consultants, means "been there, done that"." "Here." "If your legs are spread apart, you're all sprawled, you're showing the world that you're not afraid." "A typical male posture." "The sensitive parts are not protected, as if flaunted." "An individual displays his vigor... and power." "Damn." "Excuse me, please." "Can I help you?" "I don't have time." "I have to return to the agency, and to the magazine and..." "I'm not asking you out but if you want some help." "I see, no, thanks." "Good luck then." "Come, get into the car." "No." "Thank you but it'd be odd." "You'll get soaked, do come in." "What's that?" "That was my dissertation." "What are you writing about?" "About Elfriede Jelinek." "She's an Austrian writer, maybe you've read her "Pianist"." "I know her." "She writes about peculiar relationships, right?" "What do you do?" "I work at the stock market." "Basically, I play." "You play?" "What with?" "With other people's money." "You're not afraid you'd lose?" "I am, I like it." "Don't you?" "Have you ever lost?" "Depends what losing means." "How long did you live in Austria?" "That's where I was born, brought up, where I studied." "Can I get you anything else?" "I'll have a coffee." "And you?" "A glass of water." "Alright." "My dad is Czech, he immigrated." "My mom is Austrian." "What do you consider defeat?" "Maybe if..." "If you want something so badly, and it doesn't work out." "That's not a defeat, that's life." "Hi." "What about me?" "Let's go." "So?" "She was her own nagging self." "Good old Helena Klimova." "Let's get a coffee." "I can't, really." "You're joking." "We've been waiting for you." "And tonight?" "I need to write." "Sorry." "Later!" "Slow down, girl." "Since then, I've met Alex several times." "Always in the day time, he was busy at night." "We'd talk about everything, from economy in Botswana to hereditary diseases but not once did he touch me." "How about a concert tonight?" "No." "That's too many people." "I'm not feeling well, and I have a bit of a headache." "I need to have a rest." "I'm going on holiday to Italy the day after tomorrow." "I see." "Well, enjoy." "Wanna come with me?" "Where?" "On holiday." "When?" "Day after tomorrow." "Wait, what do you mean?" "I just told you." "Do you want to go on holiday with me?" "To Italy, day after tomorrow." "That'd be odd." "Why?" "I'm busy in the magazine, at the agency... and the thesis." "And..." "I don't know you, I hardly know you at all." "I have a terrible swimsuit, and a totally terrible suitcase." "Can't help you with that." "You are basically going with a stranger." "You are insane." "Don't worry, grandma." "Thank you." "Can you close it?" "He's actually courteous, decent," "and he hasn't dared anything at all." "No?" "That's strange." "Those who don't dare are usually strange." "Be careful about that, you see?" "Alright, grandma." "And call us, and send a note." "Bye, grandma." "I'm not sure about the trip." "Although, maybe the best sex is with someone you don't know." "I'm not going to." "Hi, girls." "At least not right away." "I gotta get to know him first." "Knowing too much harms sex." "And talking too much, too." "Look, either you let him right away or not at all." "Come." "That's our place." "Come in." "That's it." "What?" "If you want to, your room is there, you can settle in." "I just have to arrange something, right?" "We'll go soon, yeah?" "To meet Daniel." "Daniel is my childhood friend." "Come play volleyball." "No, you go." "Alex was quite distant." "OK, another reason to be distant myself." "Wait." "Wait..." "You go to sleep." "I'll go for a walk." "He came back very late." "Wake up." "What is it?" "Come with me, outside." "What happened?" "Come, it's beautiful." "I'll show you something." "Wait." "Come." "Alright." "Good morning." "Hi." "There's nothing in here." "Shall we go shopping?" "I'll go alone." "Sometimes it's good." "I'll be back soon." "I see OK, then." "Alex was unpredictable." "But I decided it won't scare me off." "It won't spoil it for me." "I'll make sure this is going to last." "There's nothing weird, everything's fine, I'll go on." "I used to come here every year with my parents." "I love it." "What do your parents do?" "They both teach." "Psychology." "Not that it would show." "It's a beautiful place." "Here I made love for the first time." "I was 16, she was 25." "I don't need to know." "She worked for my parents." "Patricie was great." "Immediately, I took a dislike to Patricie." "I had no idea then what part she will play in my life." "Want some almonds?" "I love them." "What?" "Are you cold?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Why did you invite me here?" "It's nice to be with you." "Liar." "I'm not." "I used to when I was little." "In the church." "For the priest." "I'd always make up a sin, to make him feel useful." "Otherwise, I don't like lying." "It's nice to be with you." "I shouldn't have asked." "My mistake." "A doubt spoken out comes true." "Let's have a swim." "What?" "Alex, are you crazy?" "Now, at night?" "Why not?" "You're crazy." "ls it more dangerous at night?" "Sharks have a night shift?" "Very funny." "Come on!" "No!" "Give me your hand." "Please, Alex, let's go back." "But..." "I don't want to." "Why is fear worse at night?" "You don't know what's in there." "Please, let's go back, Alex." "Don't be scared." "You need to see the shark eating you?" "Don't!" "Are you crazy?" "Come." "Come on!" "I can't." "Come on, a bit further." "Were you scared?" "Hm." "I told you I like it." "Come." "Let's take it off." "I'm so cold." "Here, here." "What are you thinking of?" "What am I thinking of?" "Let's take this off, too." "What's gonna happen now?" "What would happen?" "Are you planning again?" "Are we gonna stay together?" "Stop planning." "What will be, will be." "Come here..." "I'll run a hot bath for you." "Alright." "Hold on." "On our last day, I wanted to be alone with him." "I felt my time was running out." "Are we gonna stay long?" "Come, I'll introduce you." "Our relationship was even more mysterious than before." "To me, he was impalpable." "Strange." "He'd only make love to me outdoors, on sharp rocks or in the wild sea." "At home, he never touched me." "Everybody was having fun but I kept thinking what's this all about." "What are you like, when you're natural?" "I'm always natural." "No, you're so considerate." "But that's normal, that's what people do." "I'd like to see you when you lose control." "I don't want to lose control." "Do you ever get wild?" "With you?" "No." "By yourself." "Sorry, I'll just take care of some business." "Hold on." "Cool, I'll walk around a bit." "Alex was postponing the moment he would be alone with me." "There you are." "I was looking for you." "You're playing chess?" "This is our last night." "It's almost two." "Wait, I'm concentrating." "Alex, we're home." "Come to bed." "My flight's in the morning." "I already called a taxi." "You are not going with me?" "I like you, very much, but I can't love you." "I'm sorry, I can't." "I understand." "I don't have the appeal." "I'm not enough for you." "No, that's not it." "What is it, then?" "I have to know." "ls there a problem?" "I can't be anybody's crutch." "I don't know how to be." "It bothers me that you expect it from me." "You expect something I can't give you." "I'm not the man you'd like." "I don't even like to be the man." "Sure, I get it, never mind." "Another disaster, right?" "I told you not to go." "You don't know your stuff with those guys." "Could you please teach me?" "Right, there's nothing like dad's school." "It's not about school, but talent." "Hi grandma, how are you?" "Good, thank you." "Family complete." "Hey, Lukas!" "Hey." "Hi, auntie." "I tell you what." "You need to be coy." "Ma, today it's boys who are coy." "Yeah?" "Protecting what?" "Their mental health." "A smart generation." "Unlike us." "Look, it's simple." "You need information." "When you buy a gerbil, you read about gerbils." "How to feed them, how often, how to litter them, when to let them in the run - if ever." "Never." "Well, the same with men." "Follow the instructions." "A few weeks had passed." "Somehow I still waited for Alex to call." "Sabina, it's nice you're calling but you know I'm expecting somebody else's call." "Karolinka, come." "Keep your hands in front of you!" "You'll get hurt!" "I still haven't learned to keep my hands in front of me." "I fall, not protecting myself at all." "I don't think she should go to kindergarten." "Why?" "She might get infantile." "She might even think you buy babies in a store." "My parents were very liberal and open." "Encyclopedias ruled." "Theoretically, I knew it all, just not much about life." "My first love was my classmate Ladya Kosta." "I think he loved me, too." "It ended with a concussion and a broken pinky." "How characteristic of the years to come." "Desperate I'll never find true love to offer it to," "I asked my cousin Zdenda to deflower me." "You must be nuts." "Why me?" "I'm your cousin." "And I don't love you." "Chicken." "Be glad you're still alive, the pervert almost drowned you." "He's the most interesting man I've ever met." "Get real, you sent me 50 texts that you feel like an idiot." "I'd like to take it back, I want it back." "You don't want him but some stupid romantic idea of him." "So what if I do?" "That's wrong." "You want it all." "Love, passion, intellect. 3 in 1." "But that's impossible." "Only a shampoo can be 3 in 1." "And also The Father, Son and The Holy Ghost." "Hello?" "You're not your usual self, Karolinka." "I'm not feeling that great." "There's an interesting trip for you." "To the Health Farm." "That will do you good." "One, two, let's go." "Skip, skip." "One, two." "We don't have sex anyway, so I don't care how fast his sperms are." "Good morning." "Hello." "I come from Harper's Bazar, to write an article about you." "We've been waiting for you." "And... gear for our clients." "I really need a coffee, could you please get me one?" "We do not drink coffee." "It's bad for your stomach and dehydrates your skin." "We live a healthy life." "I see." "Thank you." "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven." "Hop, left side," "V step, march forwards, turn, forwards." "One, two, three, hop." "Look at this spare tire." "I don't know what to do." "That's great, look at mine." "I want to eat and lie down." "Therefore, ladies, the monogamy of homo sapiens is an unnatural way to coexist." "In the past, these topics used to be taboo, but they were encrypted for example in folk songs." "There are symbols such as a horse in a song symbolizing penis," "and garden, grass or a meadow symbolizing female genitals." "Right, as in that:" "I'll hop on a horse." "I won't feed him, horses scare me, I am such a little one." "Eight white horses..." "That might be about group sex." "When I saddle them, I will call on you..." "Four horses in the yard but they neverplough..." "That would be a song about sexual abstinence." "What's up with her?" "She's weird." "Hurry up!" "Put her here." "Are you nuts?" "Don't booze and swim!" "Look at her." "Are you all right?" "Damn!" "Bloody woman, goddammit, get off the rails." "Can't you tell I have a problem, stop ringing!" "Turn around, do something." "The ringing doesn't help." "You're stressing me out." "Get it?" "Wait a moment." "They stole my car!" "Hello." "The car's OK." "Just needs less stress." "A new car?" "No, it's my parents'." "Anything else I can do?" "No school or agency?" "Can you spare some time?" "It was hard, Alex." "I was devastated." "But it's better now, I'll be alright." "Cool." "You look happy, maybe you finally enjoy being a man." "What?" "That lady on the bridge." "That's Patricie from Vienna." "I told you about her." "I miss you." "I still miss you." "I..." "I love you." "I would like to be with you, but I don't want just a flirt whenever you're in the mood." "I'm sorry, you haven't even mentioned a flirt, and I'm raving on about a relationship." "Sorry." "We can have a relationship, just not the one you want." "You're still a little girl who can't handle things." "You keep analyzing how it was, how it will be, should be." "Come on." "It would be great if we met later." "In 5 or 10 years." "In 5 or 10 years?" "I'm not interested." "Thanks, bye." "I've been waiting for 2 hours." "Where have you been?" "May I come in?" "See, I don't really like unexpected visitors." "Here, I bought something." "Pyjamas, blue would be better but..." "Slippers, so you know I'm serious." "With you." "As long as you're having fun." "And a little something for you." "I can't accept such a gift." "I wasn't allowed to do lots of things, either." "Many things were forbidden." "I went to a Jesuit school." "My mom's wish, you know." "Everything was taboo." "I had to overcome a lot." "You'll go and kneel in the corner." "You're the best, most handsome, cleverest guy ever." "Patricie, leave him alone." "You feel all sorry for him, eroding my authority." "I've always had a big wish." "To make love in a church." "Mom, please, please!" "To the movies?" "What film?" "Who with?" "With the boys and Hilde." "With that little flirt?" "No!" "No!" "Come, sweety." "Girls will be even more interested." "No, they will not." "They'll laugh at me." "They'll be crazy for you." "You are great, trust me." "Why in a church?" "It's exciting, because it's forbidden." "Can I ask you something?" "Anytime." "Tell me what do I do wrong?" "It was terrible, wasn't it?" "No, it was wonderful." "90% of our judgment of another person is gained within the initial 90 seconds." "Our first impression might be wrong." "It doesn't matter." "Let's work on it anyway." "Let's not give a defensive or even timid impression." "Let's not lock our legs, or cross our ankles like a shy inmate." "Let's sit up, no gap between our knees, knees always together." "The nape should be straight, the belly pulled in." "Alex hasn't called since, didn't pick up the phone, didn't answer my messages." "Alex, it's me." "Are you alright?" "I haven't heard from you for days." "What's up?" "Will I see you?" "Give me a call." "Bye." "The most important is self-confidence." "He hasn't called for 2 weeks." "Doesn't pick up the phone." "I don't know what to do." "Leave him alone." "You always get these impossible guys." "Should I call him?" "Do not, no way." "Hi." "Hey, Honzik." "Here are the tickets." "Give me mine, I have to do the interview with Ms Kubisova." "Thanks." "See you!" "We'll wait for you." "Good evening." "Your playbill, please." "Good evening, Sabina Hoffmanova." "Good evening, nice to meet you." "We're happy that you'd talk to us about your theater." "Alex, finally." "How are you?" "Row 10." "I'm alright." "What are you doing?" "Working." "When shall we meet?" "Soon." "When's that?" "In an hour at yours." "What?" "I'm sorry, Honza, but I have to go now." "But next time, for sure." "Say hello to Sabina." "You only want me 'cause you can't have me." "That's not true." "I love you." "Why are you so against being with me?" "Because I'm a loner." "Relationships scare me." "I worry about you already." "He's not some married man who is with his wife right now." "He's a real freak." "I'm not talking about him." "I can't hear you." "I don't want to." "Bye-bye." "Anything to drink?" "Glass of water?" "You keep fish?" "Yeah." "It's comforting." "Did you know some fish can keep changing their sex?" "I'd rather change the topic." "No, it's interesting." "The male lays the eggs himself and then he fertilizes them." "Smart boy." "Crucian carp, for example, uses other fishes' eggs." "He just fertilizes carp eggs and a crucian carp gets born." "Watch out for crucian carp." "Interesting." "All just crucian carps here, no proper carp." "ls this your parents?" "Yeah." "They still live in Austria?" "They separated long ago." "But they never got divorced, mom wouldn't get over it." "She never met anybody else?" "We never talk about this." "These things are taboo." "I see." "I was 7 when my parents told me where babies come from." "We talked about everything." "I told them about every suitor." "Every suitor?" "You never wanted to keep a secret?" "Secrets burn you." "They don't." "They feel warm." "I wanted to be a priest." "God, Alex, that would be a pity." "Mom wants grandchildren, so there." "Can I give you a key to here?" "You'll be the only one." "The idea of Alex as a priest wasn't so bad at all." "I'd have a partner, although a bit eccentric, who would stand by me, always forgive me and I'd never find him in another woman's bed." "You first." "Can I get you anything?" "Yes." "Alex!" "That's unbelievable." "It's been so long." "Hi, Tomas." "This is Tomas, an old friend from Vienna." "This is Karolina, a friend of mine." "Hi." "Hi, I'm Tomas." "Tomas is a great lawyer, if you ever need one." "Are you coming up?" "No, we'll go to a casino." "Since that night, Alex had been really nice." "Since that night, Tomas had been with us all the time." "We were an inseparable trio." "Male spiders have it much worse." "The female actually eats him after or during love making." "His lover becomes his grave." "Miserable death." "The evolution has made some spiders so small they are not worth the bite." "There is a way to survive." "The male has to bring a fly." "He must give her a present." "And while she is feasting, he can copulate in peace, and stay alive." "Good advice." "That's right." "Are you gonna leave again?" "Are you planning again?" "I tried not to ask like this but it just always slipped out." "I just wanted to know my time." "It made him grumpy." "His "I don't know" made me happy." ""I don't know" usually meant he would stay till morning." "This uncertainty is unbearable." "I need to know." "I need you to stop analyzing." "That would help me." "I don't want you to leave saying "I'll see you", and I don't know if it means tomorrow or in a week." "I'd better go, I have some business to do anyway." "It can't wait?" "Why?" "I don't want to argue." "I really don't get why can't we go anywhere, why can't you meet my friends?" "Why can't I, let's say, go shopping with you?" "Why can't you tell me where you are or when you're coming?" "Alex?" "What's happening?" "I've been waiting for 20 minutes." "I'm not feeling well, love." "I fell asleep." "I'm not coming." "Sorry." "I will call, OK?" "I see, alright." "Bye." "Here you go..." "And this." "Thank you, good-bye." "Good-bye." "Alex?" "Alex?" "Hi, Karolina." "I'm just..." "We'll just finish the game." "Karolina?" "Excuse me..." "Wait, where are you going?" "What happened?" "I'm not gonna wait for you." "Not any more." "Hi, it's me." "I just wanted to say good-bye." "We're moving to London next week, for good." "I would like to see you again." "Give me a call." "I love you." "Bye." "I didn't see him again." "I couldn't get over the idea that he lives with Tomas." "Then in a few months, I was in London shortly." "It's nice that you're here." "It's nice to see you again." "It seems like yesterday." "I miss you, Alex." "Still." "Maybe you should go back to work." "I don't really want to." "Shall we meet later?" "Well, maybe." "Would you have dinner with me?" "Yes." "I'll come pick you up." "Hi, it's me." "Hi, Alex." "I have to apologize, I can't go for dinner tonight." "What?" "You can't?" "I see, never mind, we can meet tomorrow." "That would be great." "Have a nice evening." "Hello?" "What are you doing here?" "I said I'm going jogging." "At this hour?" "It's raining." "I know." "Come here." "Alex, this isn't fair." "I have to go." "I know." "Tomas guards you so much?" "What?" "Nothing." "Let's go for dinner tomorrow." "Hi." "Come in." "I waited for 2 hours." "You don't pick up the phone." "Why are you doing this to me?" "Karolina." "This is Patricie." "Nice to meet you." "Welcome." "Hello." "I will fix some drinks." "Tell her to come in." "Where's Tomas?" "What's up with Tomas?" "You live together, don't you?" "That's crazy." "I live with her." "You live with her?" "You live with a woman?" "Why not with me?" "Why her?" "We've known each other so long." "She helped me a lot." "This is how you want it?" "It's complicated." "I don't know how I want it." "Let me know when you do." "Sorry to have bothered you." "Maybe I should stay, to be ready for Alex, in case he needs to go for a night jog again." "Patricie might kindly lend him to me." "Are you doing alright?" "Can I help you?" "Thank you, it's all right." "Enough." "I'll stop feeling sorry for myself." "I'll stop crying, I'll change." "Cheer up." "Yes." "Like a man." "Would you like to sit in the front?" "There are seats." "Come, it's more comfortable." "You'll have a drink, feel better." "No commitments at all." "Follow me, please." "I'll just play around." "And take what I can." "I'll clobber all men, and Alex the most." "No woman is born a beast, she has to become one." "Alex's prep school was great." "Here you go." "Thanks a lot." "Excuse me, please." "Of course." "Jesus Christ!" "I am so sorry." "That's OK, Bedrich." "So clumsy..." "Sorry about that." "Mr. minister." "God, I am so sorry." "I would like to invite you for that spilled glass." "Champagne would do no harm." "Have a seat." "You are such a funny guy." "Really." "That was very funny." "You can't... in public, like that." "Bedrich, watch her." "Come, miss, let's calm down." "Let go, I want Jarmil." "Wait for me!" "I have to go to the Parliament." "Bedrich will drive you home." "Let's meet another time." "Sure, sure." "It's all your own fault." "You always do the wrong thing." "It's easy to say, you're a man." "If I was a man..." "Wait, it's not about sex, it's about attitude." "OK, I will change my tactic." "First have good players, sweet." "Then start changing the tactic." "I'll change." "I'll be tough." "I'll walk all over them." "I'll be like them." "I'll be independent." "I'll show them, you know?" "Come on, why would you do something you can't do?" "Now you kick me when I'm down." "Drink this, you'll feel better." "If I was a man, I'd be a womanizer." "They're the best." "They know how to treat you, they're funny, they don't stink and you know how you stand." "Honza!" "Sabina told me you came to the airport yesterday." "Yeah, I did." "That's a shame we missed each other." "Yeah, what a shame." "Well, when are we gonna hang out?" "We've been saying this for half a year." "Never mind." "You're out of my head now." "Honza..." "Karolina, you're such a bitch." "I'm not a bitch." "I don't trust you." "You don't need a good guy." "Actually you do, more than anything, but you can't appreciate him." "Patricie is first class in bed, that's for sure." "What does that mean?" "Stupid question." "That makes you second class." "I don't think it's just that, there's more to it." "It's strange how dependent he's been on her." "I've told you from the start, beat it." "Bye, I'm off as well." "Excuse me." "Yes?" "Can you help me?" "Which one would work for a funeral?" "I like this one." "This one?" "Thank you." "Excuse me." "You have all these bags, do you want a lift?" "You're kind but unfortunately, I mean fortunately, I drive." "Are you in a hurry?" "Yes." "Good-bye." "Could I invite you for dinner?" "Then I would drive you to the 'fortunately' car." "I would like to invite you for some excellent sushi." "I lived in Japan for a while, I'm a sushi expert." "Or lovely tea, jasmine with ginseng flavour." "At home he only had rice and soy but I was interested." "I liked his long fingers." "Maybe a surgeon, gynecologist or a violin player." "What do you like to read?" "Me?" "I just finished Musil's "Man without qualities"." "Now I have Chalupecky's "Art Today" waiting for me." "By Jindrich?" "Excellent book." "Yes, fabulous." "I'll go strain the rice." "A woman's place." "Surely his wife." "A neat one." "Clever girl." "It's all neat." "Let's mess it up a bit." "It looks like a strictly non-smoking place." "Too bad I don't smoke, bit of smoke might be cool." "But the hostess might get very upset." "Do you play?" "Yes, in an orchestra." "The rice boiled to mush." "I could call her and ask innocently:" ""Your husband will soon take me to your bedroom." "After, can we smoke in bed?"" "You're not very romantic, are you?" "What?" "Nothing, never mind." "Have you ever been deeply in love?" "Have you?" "Not very lucky." "Well, Karli, some things in life hurt much more than a broken heart" "or similar disillusion." "Not even nice cigars or booze would make them go away." "Not even luke warm sex with a young blond Musil reader." "Who died, anyway?" "My wife." "I have to sweat it out." "Screw it." "I went a bit too far last night." "Don't put on so much weight!" "What?" "Then you need bigger T-shirt." "It is better small weight and more times, then it's firm and slim." "Thanks." "Do you think it's the same in life?" "Small load more often?" "Go, go, go." "Speed up." "What?" "You speed up." "Hi, Karolina, remember me?" "The Health Farm?" "Petr?" "Sabina, that's the guy who saved me at the pool." "Hey." "Hey." "Would you go for a coffee after the gym or..." "Yeah." "I'd like to see this exhibition, come along." "Sure." "All set." "Good." "I am in awe." "What?" "You were all shocked a minute ago." "Isn't it too much?" "Robbing Peter to pay Paul." "I need someone to practice the beast on." "Nice one." "It's a waste to practice on him." "I'd play him right away." "Sabina!" "You know, I'm with Olinka." "For 4 years now." "We grew up together, their cottage is next to ours, we spent summers together, and we're gonna get married." "Congratulations." "I'm looking forward to it." "I feel fine, it's cool." "Sure." "She's so nice, clever, you see." "Super." "Tolerant." "That's great." "But there's no spark anymore." "That's too bad." "I like you so much, really." "Thanks." "I don't want any disappointment." "Like this girl before Olinka." "She just messed me about." "I don't want such insecurity." "With Olinka I know." "Can I take you somewhere?" "I sell apartments and I want to show you one." "Olinka and I want to buy something like this." "Smaller." "But to finish what I told you about that insecurity." "With Olinka I just know what to expect." "I feel good about Olinka." "Me too." "Look." "Here - refrigerator." "It's got culmatic, SN-ST class." "Karolina, but I don't want to get seduced by you." "Am I seducing you?" "Calm down." "I can just go." "Wait." "Espresso Krups XP7 220." "The pump has 15 bars." "Adjustable dispensor." "You're so beautiful that..." "I want you, I want you so much, I dreamt about you." "Ouch." "I can't." "Well, I actually can but I gotta go." "I'm afraid that if I cheat on her once, I'll do it forever." "Sorry." "Hello." "Minister Dobry's office." "Good afternoon, sir." "Over there, please." "Hello, good to see you..." "You don't like the paté?" "I do, I do." "You have no social skills." "To pick at it and leave it." "You don't know what hunger is, do you?" "It's you who looks that." "Excuse me." "Here." "It's yummy." "I'm not saying it isn't." "All right." "Let's put it straight." "I'd like to get to know you." "You're interesting." "That's your second pill." "What are these for?" "For everything." "That one was for digestion, this one is for evacuation." "Back to our topic." "I like you." "You radiate something." "Tell me about yourself." "Do you ever get depressed?" "Sometimes." "Feeling empty." "Empty?" "Everybody has that." "Mine are real, particular, tangible." "Feeling full." "Full stomach?" "You just missed an opportunity to keep silent." "I'm full of tension, stress, overworked, tired, exhausted." "You wouldn't tell, but I'm a melancholic, a very sensitive guy." "I take things too seriously." "That's the privilege of us, tough men." "Madam, if you please." "Nice." "Right?" "Seat for a guest." "Hold on." "All right." "Hold on..." "Surprise." "I need a cuddle, baby." "I need a woman's warmth." "You are such a freak." "Come on, it's a joke." "I got it as a present on a diplomatic visit." "Alex?" "Hi, how are you?" "Hi, I'm fine, thank you." "Are you there?" "What?" "Yes, I am." "I'm going to Mexico for 3 weeks." "I will call when I come back." "I would like to see you." "Sure, if you want to, Alex." "Bye." "I sent him his beloved almonds, with a note:" ""Enjoy Mexico, sent a postcard."" "There was neither a postcard, nor a phone call." "We, us men, are open beings." "We come to you all bare." "All is displayed, all is shown." "You can see our tool and what do you offer?" "Darkness." "Chasm." "We dive into the unknown, into the malicious depths." "We offer bluntness, you offer sham and perfidy." "I don't offer anything." "You beast, will you ever warm up?" "Relax." "Stop it." "Look, Jarmil, when you talk, don't wave your arms so much, don't let them swing up and down." "That's not convincing." "You should come to one of our classes." "I'd teach you about body language." "Good." "I want to hear your body talking - here and now." "Stop it, I'm serious about nonverbal communication." "Alright." "Although we've had three of these courses already, but if it's gratis..." "Look at that." "Hi." "It's so nice you came." "Isn't he sweet?" "Petr and I wanted to ask you..." "We got together." "And we're leaving for 2 days." "Could you look after these?" "Yeah." "You don't mind?" "No." "Hey, lifeguard." "You're sweet." "Thank you." "You came to see Mr. Dobry?" "Yes." "Good afternoon." "I'm his office manager." "Hello." "Mr. Dobry is in a meeting." "Can you come another time?" "No." "But I can wait here if it's all right with you." "No." "It's not a waiting room." "You don't have an appointment." "Please, it's very important." "Very good meeting, gentlemen." "Thank you very much." "You are welcome." "Good-bye." "We shall consider it." "Thank you." "Good-bye." "Take care of these gentlemen." "I don't want to see anybody." "You have a visit." "Hi." "Come in at once." "Stay there." "Who is it?" "Well..." "Who is it?" "My friend's daughter." "I help her with her studies." "You can't act like my lover." "How should I act?" "Like your plumber?" "Don't try to be funny, kitty." "I'm sorry." "I just wanted to see you in action." "It's an office." "Sorry, I'm not having the best day." "Some nitwit takes me to task in the paper." "You can read it." "That scribbler." "I'll look at it later." "It's better if you go now." "OK." "Bye then." "Give me a call." "Go, go, go!" "Get into it!" "It's not a vacation!" "Go, go, go!" "Foul!" "Honza!" "What's up?" "Either ref it right or fuck it." "Moron!" "Goal!" "Come on, that's not our team." "Hi, Marek, come here." "Hi." "Let me introduce you." "Marek, Karolina." "Marek is the one with the farm." "Do you like soccer?" "Yeah, I root for a friend." "And do you like mowers?" "Have you got a collection you'd like to show me?" "Hi there." "Hi." "Hi, Karolina." "I had a little run, it took me a while." "I'll take a shower and come back soon." "You were great." "Thanks." "I sell agricultural machines." "Do you know any?" "None." "No?" "Mowers, threshers, spreaders, seeders, tow sprinklers, automatic sprinklers..." "And what agricultural machines do you like the best?" "Me?" "I guess the tow seeders." "And why is that?" "It's hot, why is the heater on?" "To make you red-hot, baby." "Jarmil, we'll never have an affair, is it so hard to get?" "It is hard but somewhere else." "Dammit." "What's up?" "What, it's Marika." "Marika who?" "Who?" "My daughter." "What are they doing?" "Is he kissing her?" "No." "Why are you hiding?" "Professional deformation." "Are they leaving?" "Yes, they are." "OK." "Let's go." "The secretary is your lover?" "No." "Come on now." "All right ex-lover." "Jarmil..." "What?" "Tell me, come on." "All right." "What can I do, she wants it all the time." "And you shouldn't wear such low-cuts." "It makes them all cheeky." "And you shouldn't eat so much." "I am so full." "So many calories - and I have no energy." "For stimulation." "Last week, we spent 13000 on food, do you believe it?" "Thirteen thousand." "God, that's immoral." "My sweet daughter." "Just in time, Marika." "Yes, I will come soon." "Soon." "Mom's at home?" "Just no yelping, girls." "Listen, drop that junkie." "He's what?" "A poet?" "I'll show you poet." "Dope today, heroin tomorrow." "Do you want to ruin me?" "Stick to Ludva." "He broke up with you?" "God, you're a dumbo." "I told you, you don't play them right." "How do I know?" "I have experience." "You have to be inaccessible." "Stand-offish." "Crack the whip!" "I don't want to see that cretin again, OK?" "What now?" "I promised you a new phone." "I know." "We'll see about that, Marika." "Bye." "See, we get stuffed and the girl doesn't get a new phone." "Hello." "What are you doing here?" "Waiting for you." "How did you know?" "A secret." "Sabina, right?" "I want to show you the farm." "What farm?" "My farm." "No, I'm not going anywhere." "Are you scared?" "Yes, I am." "Don't be, I won't hurt you." "I'm not scared of you." "I'm scared of myself." "Come." "All right." "Here we are." "That's Plug." "Do you want to pet her?" "No, thanks." "Follow me." "My chicks breathe fresh air and run around free." "I'll give you some eggs." "OK." "A hen is totally admirable." "You know the deal?" "No." "She copulates with several males but chooses only the sperm of the one she wants to conceive with." "When she has an intercourse with a male she doesn't like, she forces the sperm out." "It means hens are better off than women." "You think so?" "Let me show you something." "This is my favourite creature in the world." "My Beauty, my Princess." "The trouble is I can't find a partner for her." "Right?" "How did she become the nicest creature?" "She?" "Someone just doesn't have to prove anything." "Shall we go get some air?" "I don't want you, yet." "I'll wait until you're in love." "Why would you want that?" "I'll only be a burden." "I'll get insecure, I'll be jealous." "I'll make scenes." "Would you want that?" "You wouldn't get away with it." "First I'll teach you to love nature." "Come, let's feed rabbits." "Alright." "Careful." "Yuck." "I left the eggs with the cows." "Wait." "Thank you." "Melancholy is creeping all over me." "I am sad." "One tries hard and then, everything turns against him." "What an ungrateful world." "Toasts." "I feel good around you, Karolinka." "With you I don't need to work on votes or preferences," "I'm carefree as a child." "Darn it, when are you gonna let me have a chance?" "Don't be impatient." "Oh no!" "What is it now, Marika?" "Mom urgently needs the car?" "Tell her I will bring it." "In the evening." "Will you be there?" "With that economist?" "I thought he left you long before Ludva." "I don't want to see you with that sleazebag." "Why?" "He's too old for you." "Come on, he's a pervert." "How do I know?" "I can tell." "I know people, sweety." "I've got instincts." "That's it." "You're staying home tonight." "Women are killing me." "They are so demanding." "A phone, a car, a house." "You're the only one who doesn't want anything." "You actually save us money with those classes for free." "We can spend it elsewhere." "That always comes handy." "You're nice!" "You'll be even nicer when you give me a chance." "Can you understand it?" "That's actually wrong that he doesn't need to worry." "You have to make men worry for them to notice you." "Otherwise they forget." "Investing their energy actually brings them back." "A place becomes his own only if the man invests in it." "I agree." "I kept grandpa busy all the time." "Once you stop, he gets all scruffy." "I don't know how to do that." "I'll never learn." "You will." "Just as you learned to speak." "We finally found a match for Princess." "Really?" "Gorgeous bull." "Only he's in New Zealand." "Either I get his sperm sent or I book a plane." "Can bulls fly?" "Sure, why wouldn't they?" "Are you kidding me?" "I feel that you don't have the right connection to nature." "I have a great connection." "You have to want me." "And I have to feel it, you see?" "Because I am giving and you are taking." "Right?" "Come, Berushka." "You've slept for 12 hours." "You wouldn't wake up." "Berushka, what are you doing here?" "I haven't slept so well in a long time." "The air." "Great." "What's the time?" "Jesus, I have to call the magazine." "A night with Marek and all the nature did it." "Then I noticed that the pills I picked up yesterday were not my birth control but my grandma's sleeping pills." "Hello?" "Hi, Jarmil, it's me." "I really need help." "I got stuck with a flat tire." "Can you send your driver?" "No, I can't change it myself." "What?" "He's gone?" "Can you send somebody else?" "What?" "I know, a meeting, well sorry, don't be so s..." "Sure, give me a call." "Bye." "Hi." "Marek, please, I have a problem." "Could you..." "What?" "Your goat's in labour?" "Well, pray that I am not." "Honza, hi." "You're a real friend." "Thanks so much." "You don't like the fish?" "You only eat the side-dish?" "Thanks." "Thanks, Honza, you're a true friend." "You really don't like it?" "I do, but somehow I can't eat fish since this time" "I saw a film where a woman got raped with an eel." "Yuck." "Poor fish." "Could I watch the news?" "Sure." "I'll be there in a minute." "Ok." "Over there?" "This year's election campaign was exceedingly confrontational." "I'd rather it wasn't like that, but surely I'm not the only one to whom it comes to mind" "as the saying goes "Who sows the wind... "" "Honza, are you here?" "Karolinka, you don't pick up the phone." "Don't do this to me." "I was worried." "Svatushka is trouble enough." "Who's Svatushka?" "My other goat." "We were in labour all night, her uterus was distorted." "It was mad, I had to take her to the vet." "I just left there." "Can I have some?" "It's delicious." "I didn't know you can cook." "Did you have somebody over?" "Nobody." "And you held her little leg?" "Whose?" "The goat's?" "Sure, I held her leg." "Will you hold mine when I am in labour?" "Karolinka, I will hold your anything, anytime." "Sorry, I have to go get Svatushka and the baby." "Bye." "What's the baby's name?" "Honzik The Kid." "Boys, where's 26?" "Man, we're no fucking boys." "Bloody white collar." "Hey, pumpkin." "You don't answer the phone?" "I'm ill." "I would've helped you yesterday, right after the meeting with the premiere." "Bullshit." "You let me down when I needed you." "Do you know what premiere is?" "Do you know what need is?" "Who was here?" "Nobody." "But you made him nice food." "I've been sick for 2 days." "I'm overworked, oversensitive." "Get some time off, let's go somewhere." "Anonymously." "I'm sick and tired of people staring at me." "They all want something." "All those parasites." "I have no privacy." "Paparazzi everywhere." "Karolinka, promise you'll do that for me." "Otherwise..." "God, do you get it?" "Politics start to get on my tits." "What am I going to do?" "You spent too much time on the phone, too much blabber." "It rings once more and I'm throwing it away." "Marek!" "What are you doing?" "Are you crazy?" "Give it!" "No." "You are despotic." "Yes." "I like it." "You also try to tame me." "That's quite sexy, too." "Please, stop explaining all your feelings to me." "Doesn't hit the spot." "You never stop talking." "Before sex, after, talking from your sleep." "You only stay quiet having sex." "Well, you grind your teeth having sex." "That's not true." "And you roll your eyes up." "Get out." "I was always told it's a sexy look." "And you snort like a horse." "Like a horse, right?" "God, when can I finally be with somebody normal?" "Normal?" "Yeah, normal." "Stay still, stay." "That's wrong." "This is uncomfortable." "Isn't there lots of bacteria?" "Don't worry." "Minister Jarmil Dobry was taken to hospital, maybe a heart-attack." "Quickly, turn around." "Go!" "Hello, I'm Mr. Dobry's niece, may I?" "Thank you." "Wait a minute." "We met on the plane." "Alright." "Thank you." "Hello, how is he feeling?" "How did you get here?" "I heard it on radio." "How's he?" "How dare you come here?" "We've worked on our mutual relationship for years, and you just come, trying to ruin it?" "Get out, get out!" "What are you doing?" "I hope this is the last time!" "Remember what I said." "Don't let her in again." "You are Karolina?" "What was that?" "I'm Marika." "Dad told me about you." "How is he?" "I think he'll be alright." "That's the system in our family." "Mom is the wife, Alena is the lover, and you just don't fit." "A strange alien." "Nice watch you have." "Thanks." "Present from a man?" "From a friend." "A close friend?" "Used to be." "Did you love him?" "I guess so." "Can I look at it?" "Wait..." "How much did you love him?" "I don't want to talk about it." "A lot?" "Come on, leave it." "Was it passionate?" "Marek!" "Stop it." "Was it?" "Was it?" "Yes, it was." "You can't forget him?" "No, I can't." "What have you done?" "Don't ever do this again, don't ask me nor check on me." "Come here." "It's not nice when a woman sighs for her ex." "I don't." "You were the one sighing." "Come in, you'll get cold." "Hi." "Here." "List of lectures and text books you wanted." "You're a star." "Thank you." "I have tickets to a show tonight." "We could finally go out." "Super." "I'll go home and change and let's meet at 7." "OK." "It'll be nice." "See you." "Yes, it will." "I can park it." "Can I come in?" "What are you doing in Prague?" "I'm here because of you." "It's not fair to re-open a wound like this." "Look what happened." "I wanted to tell you something important." "I've tried a lot in my life." "But I've never been happy." "Maybe because I always refused ordinary life." "It seemed so... degrading." "I would like to have a family." "Good luck with that." "I would like to marry you." "I've had enough of this agony." "I can't take any more of your jokes." "It's not a joke, I'm serious." "Believe me." "Hi, Honza." "It's me." "Please, I have a problem." "I can't come." "I just can't." "I'm terrible, I know." "I'll call later and explain." "Please don't be angry." "Bye." "You're still here?" "It wasn't a dream?" "You're not leaving?" "You don't have to work, you don't have a headache?" "Do you still mean what you said before?" "Yes?" "Marek." "Where have you gone?" "Hi, I can't now, I'm busy." "What about the weekend?" "I can't." "I'll tell you later." "Sorry Marek, I really can't." "It's Tomas." "Hi, Tomas." "Please don't hang up." "Listen." "I'm downstairs, I have to talk to you." "Can you come down?" "No, I'm not coming." "Please." "What do you want?" "Can we go somewhere?" "No, tell me here and now." "OK, I'll be brief." "You know, Karolina, you are incredibly naive." "You don't get many things." "Alex doesn't care at all." "He just needs you right now." "He needs to get married, for his mother." "She's very ill and she longs for Alex settling down." "To do it, he needs a young, fertile woman." "That's neither me nor Patricie." "What are you saying?" "Alex just plays with all of us." "I don't believe you." "I just don't want either of us being taken advantage of." "We flew in together, you know?" "We rented a flat." "By the way, has he introduced you to his parents?" "No, they're not here." "They're coming tomorrow." "They've been here a few days." "Them and Patricie." "Not enough, yet?" "There's more." "Because of Alex, Patricie's always been single." "You know what their plan is?" "Together raising children you're going to give them." "Stop it!" "Come with me, then." "Let me go." "You'll be surprised." "What are you doing?" "Get in." "I'll drive you back." "Look, there they are." "Nice little family, with Patricie." "Come, I'll introduce you." "Leave me alone." "Hi, good evening." "Everything OK?" "Hold on, it'll be alright." "Push, push." "Hi." "What's up?" "Where have you been?" "What's wrong?" "Where are you going?" "I'm leaving." "Now?" "You're shaking." "My dress needs a little touch, and my soul a big one." "I finally got it." "This is not about me at all." "You're shaking, come here." "I'm done for good." "Come on." "Wait, tell me what happened." "What's wrong?" "Leave me alone." "I've always forgiven you but that's over now." "Your parents have been here for a week and you didn't bother introducing me to them." "They came today in the afternoon." "You'll always have Patricie and Tomas on your heels," "always behind my back." "Who told you all this bullshit?" "I love you." "I want to be with you." "I'd do anything for us to be together." "But I'm not tough enough." "Whatever I've done since we split up, it was a desperate attempt to forget, to free myself, to revenge." "Instead, it turned against me." "I have to end it inside of me." "It's gonna hurt," "but that's the only possible end of our relationship." "Good-bye, Alex." "A year has gone by." "My best friend Sabina happily married Petr." "Interesting, he never told her about Olinka." "Title "Couple of the Year" goes to the Dobrys." "Ex-minister Dobry got divorced and married Alena." "That's a good one." "Thank you." "Together they started an intellectual discussion club and became a favourite couple." "Get a bit closer, miss, hold her closer, sir." "Marek got the fertilizing bull from New Zealand and got together with Marika, Dobry's daughter." "I'll start to negotiate with the Leader of the victorious Party..." "Honzik became the PR in president's office." "Gentlemen, you just heard Mr. president speaking." "Any further questions?" "He's very good at it." "And he doesn't invite me to plays anymore." "Elfriede Jelinek got the Nobel Prize and my dissertation got published as a book." "I'm single." "Alex lives somewhere in Tibet and calls every day." "I don't care but he keeps calling, exactly at the time he said he would call."