"Cinematography Department of Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation" "Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine" "Nikola-Film Studio" "Odessa Cinema Studio" "Producer Igor KALYONOV" "Co-producer Anna CHMIL present a Kira MURATOVA film" "CHEKHOVIAN MOTIFS" "My wet one!" "Well, come on." "Nicht schiessen." "Well..." "There we go." "I love a thunderstorm in early May." "Well?" "Let's have a shot." "Eggs, milk." "Schnell, granny, schnell." "Setzen Sie bitte." "Abgemacht." "Kindersurprise." "Good boy." "Well?" "Just a little bit?" "Want to speak to the big uncle here?" "What?" "When will you build the barn?" "What barn?" "Lt'll be a shop!" " No, a barn!" " Not a barn, a shop!" " A barn!" " It'll be a shop." "No, a barn!" "No, a shop!" "No, a barn!" "Feed for animals - dogs, cats, parrots." "Kitekat." " It's our yard." " So what?" "It's your yard, but it'll still be a shop." "You've only got an elder brother, right?" "No sister, eh?" "Call your sister!" " It's our yard." " How old are you, Kitekat?" "And I've got a sister!" "How old?" "Twelve." "No good then." "She's big." "Got a cousin a bit older?" "Doesn't matter how big she is." "You liar!" "You all lie!" "It's a barn!" "A barn!" "You'll see, we'll build a shop, if you don't bring an elder cousin!" "You'll see, we'll build a shop, if you don't bring an elder cousin!" "You'll see, we'll build a shop, if you don't bring an elder cousin!" "You'll see, we'll build a shop, if you don't bring an elder cousin!" "The duck laid golden eggs." "In each egg there were two hundred birdies." "And they didn't know who took it." "But it was kamikaze." "He went into the street and said, "Give me back my duck."" ""Hey, Kamikaze!" And gave him a kick: "That's my duck."" ""I found it first." "Give back the duck, Kamikaze." "I found it first and now it's mine." "I found it and it's mine." "Hey, Kamikaze, I'll hurt you so bad, you'll go flying!"" "This is no kind of weather." "I don't know what it is." "No weather last year, and a year before." "Want drought, you get rain." "Want rain, you get drought." "Laborers work two hours, and you pay for a full day." "This is unheard of!" "They're going to give up work now!" "Arbeiten, come on!" "Schnell, man, tie the end!" "Nice." "Handsome." "Handsome." "I'm nice, nice." "Handsome man..." "Handsome man..." "Nice." "Handsome." "Our Father, we vest our hopes in You and you give sustenance in thanks," "You open Your gracious arms and fulfill every animal, primitive wish." "Lord, have mercy on us, have mercy on us, have mercy on us." "Bless us Your servants to eat and drink." "Let us eat our fill and glorify Your holy name for now and forevermore." "Amen." "Our Father in heaven," "Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come." "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." "Give us day by day our daily bread." "And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who's indebted to us." "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." "For your kingdom and power and glory are eternal." "Amen." "I should leave on the evening train." "What?" "I should leave on the evening train." "I have to - already missed two weeks." "Lectures have started." "The barn's as good as finished." "The barn's as good as finished." "Thanks, Mom, I remember." "Go and may God be with you." "We'll finish the barn somehow." "He needs money." "Well, you can't go anywhere without money." "If you need it, you can have it now." "One can't live a day without money." " You can live one day." " Two!" " You can live three." " Four." " Five." " Six." " Seven." " Eight." " Nine." " Ten." "Eleven." "How much do you need?" "Well, the ticket costs..." "I know how much the ticket costs." "Here, for the ticket." "Keep the change." " Buy some pies for the trip." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." " Thank you." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." " Thank you." " Thank you." "Last year I didn't find..." "Last year I didn't find work straight away." "I don't know if..." "Last year I didn't find work straight away." "I don't know about this year, how fast I will find some work." "I would like to ask for a little money, please, for textbooks and food." "That'll be enough." "Take it." "Thank you." "I should perhaps also ask..." "for books, for rent." "But why waste my breath?" " Thank you." " Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "A thousand thank yous." "You should give him a little for shoes." "He can't go in those rags." "He can take my old ones." "They're as good as new." "His size has changed." "His feet have grown - they grow!" "For trousers then." "It's shameful to look at him." "They're okay for digging in the dirt, but not for walking on asphalt, or going on the tram, so people won't move to another seat, the way he says they do." "I don't like to hear it." "His letters sound optimistic, but he says it when he comes home." "Remember someone said: "You should brush your teeth, young man."" "Not teeth, shoes." " You should wash your hair!" " And you should wash your feet!" "Give him some for trousers." "It's shameful!" "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed." "It's not like the old days." "I tell you, at least buy him a sweater." "It's shameful." "He's not little." "He's ashamed." "I tell you, do I not?" "A sweater at least!" "Aren't you listening?" "Or are you pretending?" "I'm telling you!" "And you don't listen." "Just pretending." "A sweater at least." "It's shameful." "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed." "It's not like the old days." "I tell you, at least buy him a sweater." "Shameful to look at him." "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed." "Buy him a sweater at least." "Shameful to look." "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed." "It's not like the old days." "Porridge, porridge, television, porridge, porridge." " Baits, baits..." " Porridge, porridge, television..." "Baits, baits, baits, baits." "Porridge, porridge, television..." "Buy him a sweater at least." "Shameful to look at him." "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed to walk about undressed." "It's not like the old days." "I tell you, buy him a sweater at least." "Shameful to look." "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed to walk about undressed." "It's not like the old days!" "I tell you, buy him a sweater at least." "Shameful to look at him." "He's not little anymore." "He's ashamed to walk about undressed!" "Jean, take off the glasses, you're tearing my tights." "My glasses." "Rob me, rob me." "Take everything." "Every stitch." " Squeeze it out." " Petya studies well." "Strangle me." "Varya's an A student." "The barn's built." "It's not a barn, it's a shop." "I only wanted..." "I didn't want anything." "I just wanted to say..." "I'm not saying anything." "I'm silent." "I want peace and quiet, no one should take offence." "I tried, I try, but nothing works out!" "I'm not to blame." "Well, I am to blame." "I can't manage." "All so unexpected." "You want the best, but it all goes wrong of a sudden!" "It's not a barn, it's a shop." " It's a barn!" " It's a shop!" "It's a barn, not shop!" "It's a shop, not barn!" " It's a barn!" " It's a shop!" "It's a barn, not shop!" "That's it, I've calmed down." "Let it be a barn." "Let it be a shop." "I agree to anything." " It's a barn!" " It's a shop!" "My lovely!" "You're my fluffy!" "My purry-wurry!" "Don't be scared, we're not shouting at you." "We're shouting at each other." "My little one, my fluffy one." "Where're your children?" "They were drowned, weren't they?" "But you'll have more children." "I won't drown them, I won't." "I won't." "Forgive me." "I ask you to stop, because I..." "I ask you to stop." "Listen to me!" "The price for feed is about to go up." "Listen to me!" "The price for feed is about to go up." "And the silo ditch isn't ready." "Only three workers left, they're carpenters." "And carpenters won't dig ditches." "Carpenters don't dig ditches." "All my team's gone to the mill, you know that." "And the neighbor would've taken those three, if I didn't spread a rumor that they're ex-cons." "Even I believed it." "I thought, "Why are such pros working for such poor pay?"" "They were lucky with the weather, though." "I pay for a day and they work two hours, and I pay for a full working day." "Yes, yes, but I wanted a serious talk." "Aren't I talking seriously?" "But I wanted a serious talk with you." " Keep quiet!" " But I..." "listen to me!" "Keep quiet when I'm talking!" "I can say what I want and you be quiet!" "You be quiet when I talk!" "I say what I want." "Understand, sponger?" "I earned money at your age." "You scoundrel, you know how much you cost me?" "Silence!" "I'll throw you out!" "Throw you out!" "You said study is sacred." "Keep quiet, too!" "You eat, you drink, and you want money on top!" "Sew yourselves new boots and uniforms!" " Buy tuxedos and sneakers!" " And velvet bath robes!" "And all kind of lace underwear which is so necessary for living." "And when you sew and buy all that and when the money's finished, when you're out of money, when you don't have a kopeck anymore, then sell everything, sell the cattle and eat it up," "and sell the house and eat it up, and sell the land and eat it up." "And then go begging, in the rain, under an umbrella, or on the tram, or on the bus, and tell the passengers you need the money for an operation!" "It's a magnetic storm." "Don't you see that I'm not used to these scenes anymore?" "I could stand those scenes before, but now I can't!" "Or that you're from a madhouse!" "Silence!" "You're to blame for all this!" "Magnetic storms play on people's nerves." "You brought him up like this, teacher!" "You brought them all up like this!" "You brought him up like this!" "He doesn't respect us." "Doesn't respect me." "Doesn't respect you." "He doesn't earn money." "He doesn't pray, he doesn't go to church!" "He believes, he goes to church." "There're ten of you and one of me!" "I'll drive you all out!" "And where'll we go?" "Get packed and be ready to go!" "Your accusations are revolting to me." "I want nothing from you!" "I'd sooner die of starvation than eat one more of your potatoes!" " You hear?" "I want nothing!" " Wait... wait..." " I'd sooner die!" " Ballet..." "Beautiful..." "I love..." "To love..." "To watch..." "Beautiful..." "Here, take it, take back your filthy money!" "Ballet..." "Beautiful..." "To watch..." "Ballet..." "To watch..." "Beautiful..." "When will you stop these performances?" "Our family meals are just an anachronism." "I tell you, our family meals are just an anachronism." "Petya, don't swear, please." "Varya, an A student!" ""Anachronism" is an empty form, which has lost its content." " You're so clever, Petya." " But malicious, Petya, malicious." "It's easy for us to talk, but Father works hard to get that money." "You should better buy Varya a foreign dictionary, Mother." " Oh yes, where is it?" " The dictionary?" "The blue thick one?" "Under my commode, holding the thing up." "If I pull it out, everything will collapse." "We should buy a new commode." "Varya, gather up the dishes and wash them." "I don't want to." "Before, you'd say, "I'll wash them later."" "Or, "I'll finish reading, then wash up."" "Or you'd say, "Mom, I'm tired and sleepy." "A bit later, in ten minutes."" "What? "Dad, send me some money"?" "Am I right, Pyotr?" "Our days go by and melt into dark." "And nothing will make them return." "But, nearing me, again will they spark," "That day and that night and that fern." "Sounds emerge that were hidden deep," "A light thread of music extending." "Revived are the days once-forgotten." "Far, faraway we'll be taken by spring," "When suddenly, amid silence," "From the window it would sing." "And we are again in a magic land," "And our horizons as bright as ever." "And back to me my childhood is sent," "Forever, forever, forever." "Oh, how wondrous is the blossom of spring!" "Quietly flows the day's radiance." "The world is once more discovered." "Far, faraway we'll be taken by spring," "When suddenly, amid silence," "From the window it would sing." "You should sell this bike for scrap." "Yes, it's junk!" "Lmagine if you went to town on foot." "With a staff in your hand." "Here, lighten up." "Can't you see I'm busy?" "Lmagine going to town on foot, a staff in your hand, a sack over your shoulder." "You're in torn boots." "Not even a hat on your head." "In short, not even a hat." "You're walking and walking..." "Fields and woods..." "Fields and woods..." "Snow falling..." "Everything white... pure white..." "Freezing cold." "And finally you drop down dead." "You!" "And there's a report in the papers:" "At some place and at some time, a student died of hunger." "Imagine how Father would suffer." "Or you're still alive, shuffling along." "And he's running after you." "Father." "He's begging you to come back and take the money." "You pay him no attention, don't even turn to look." "So off you go..." "Fields and woods..." "Fields and woods..." "In the forest there's a hut." "You stand under the window." "There's a light in it." "You ask to stay the night." "They let you in and you see..." "In short, they're Mafia bandits." "Or rather..." "You go into a big house, a villa, you know." "They give you drink and food, play the piano for you." "Their daughter, a beautiful millionairess, falls for you." "She's a bit eccentric." "Yes, eccentric." "And she says: "I love you and want to marry you."" "And then I appear and say:" ""Miss, he's my brother, he's really not much to look at!"" "Why do we need another barn?" "!" "Why?" "A year doesn't pass without him putting up some barn or outhouse." "Not because he has to, but so he can run around piles ofjunk all day complaining about the expenses." "It would be good if, to spite Father, you poison yourself, or drown, or shoot yourself, or something." "And leave a little note behind." "Help!" "I'm sorry." "Will you take me to town, please?" "A tractor goes in the field, Peace and justice we will build." "Listen, take me to town, orjust to the station." "To the town - no." "To the station - no." "To the church - yes, if you show me the way." "I'll show you!" "The steering wheel's not in your way?" "No, thank you." "Oh!" "I'm sorry." "Those rich people are so weird, eh?" "Getting married in some backwater church, eh?" "It's a bit, er..." " Exotic." " Exotic, yes!" "And a bit, er..." " Erotic." " No, it's a bit, er..." " Romantic." " Oh, romantic!" "Peace and justice we will build." "Are you rich?" "Yes." "I missed that church, now I'm circling, wandering round." "You show me the way and then, after the wedding," "I'll take you to the station, or maybe to town." "Remind me though, or I'll forget." "I'm extremely, extremely grateful." "I like you." "I like you very much." "You, er... remind me of, er... remind me of Lomonosov - all in rags and heading to town." "Yes, yes, I'm an impoverished student." "The church is that way, there!" "There!" "There's the church!" "I see." "Oh, what a wedding, wedding, wedding, all that dance and singing!" "What food they served!" "What wine they gave us!" "I drank and drank and..." "Here I am!" "I'm simply there!" "Already there!" "Already there!" "But not a word." "Keep mum, my fool!" "The Lord's servant Pyotr marries the Lord's servant Vera." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "The Lord's servant Pyotr marries the Lord's servant Vera." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "The Lord's servant Pyotr marries the Lord's servant Vera." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "The Lord's servant Vera marries the Lord's servant Pyotr." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "The Lord's servant Vera marries the Lord's servant Pyotr." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "The Lord's servant Vera marries the Lord's servant Pyotr." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." " Say "Amen"." " Amen." "Let us pray." "O Lord, have mercy." "Our Lord, who appeared before the Patriarch Abraham and sent a bride to Isaac and betrothed Rebecca with his water-bearer." "You bless the betrothal of Your servants Pyotr and Vera and are a witness to their marriage vows." "I confirm, with Your permission, this holy bond, because You created man and woman and You send the wife to the man for the good and continuation of mankind." "You, who sent our fathers," "Your servants, the truth as Your inheritance and hope." "Take care of Your servants Pyotr and Vera and confirm their betrothal in good faith and unity and truth and love." "You, our Lord, taught us to betroth and to confirm all." "The power was given to Joseph in Egypt as a ring." "Daniel gained renown in Babylon as a ring." "Let the ring be the truth of Tamar." "Our Heavenly Father, be gracious to Your son as a ring." "Put the ring in His palm and we shall sacrifice a calf to You and rejoice." "It was Your hand that armed Moses in the Red Sea, the heaven and earth were created by Your word and Your hand blesses Your servants with Your almighty word and Your noble power." "And You, Our Lord, bless with Your hand this arrangement, with Your heavenly blessing and let Your angel stand before them for all their lives." "Bless and sanctify them, and we shall glorify You, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, now and forever and ever." "Forgive us, Lord, with all Your grace, we beg of You." "Don't buzz like a bee, David dear." "And you don't turn your back on the altar." "It's not the custom." "The girl's buzzing like a bee, not me." "David, where do you think you are?" "Behave yourself!" "You'll get deported from our country." "What's that?" "We also pray for mercy, life, peace, good health, to be saved, the forgiving of the sins of Your servants, Pyotr and Vera." "As You, Our Lord, art merciful and loving." "We pray to the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, now and forever and ever." "Glory to You, Our Lord, glory to You." "Follow me." "Blessed are those who fear God, those who follow Him." "Bring forth the fruits of Your labor." "The blessed will prosper." "Your wife will be fruitful like the vine within your home." "Your children will be like olive plants all around your table." "Let it be blessed so." "Let man fear God." "The Lord shall bless you from Zion and you shall see Jerusalem, for all your life, and your sons and peace in Israel." "Do you wish, Pyotr, to take Vera, who you see before you now, as your wife?" "Speak: "Yes I do, Honest Father."" "Yes I do, Honest Father." "Did you promise to marry any other?" "Yes." "I mean no..." "Honest Father." "Do you wish, Vera, to take Pyotr, who you see before you now, as your husband?" "Yes I do, Honest Father." "Did you promise to marry any other?" "No, I didn't, Honest Father." "I didn't." "Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, now and forever and ever." "Let us pray together to God." "I don't understand why they let hysterical types in." "Let us pray to Our Lord of the higher world and the saving of our souls." "Praise be to God!" "Praise be!" "Lord, remember to care for their parents who raised them:" "For the prayers of parents are the foundation of the home." "Also remember to care for Your servants who are to marry and rejoice." "Take care of Your servants Pyotr and Vera and bless them." "Let them be fruitful, having offspring and unity in their souls and bodies." "Raise them up as the cedar of Lebanon, as the flowering vine, let them have child and prosperity, to serve You in their deeds." "And let their sons see their own sons like the young olive plants around their table." "Let those who have pleased You shine as the heavenly bodies in the sky." "The power, honor and worshipfulness are Yours, and of the Father and of the Holy Ghost, for now and forever and ever." "Let us pray to Our Lord." "Don't push around, woman." "Are you crazy?" "You're in the church!" "Quiet... quiet..." "What do you think you're doing?" "!" "Take her away, she's crazy!" "Take her away!" "Oh God!" "She's gone crazy!" "She's gone." "The Lord's..." "The Lord's servant Pyotr is betrothed to the Lord's servant Vera, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "Thank you." "The Lord's servant Vera is betrothed to the Lord's servant Pyotr, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "Amen." "Oh Our Lord, I betroth them in glory and honor!" "Oh Our Lord, I betroth them in glory and honor!" "Oh Our Lord, I betroth them in glory and honor!" "I could do with a smoke." "Patience." "Vera looks so sweet today." "I love just looking at her." "And she's not scared." "She's used to it - second time round." "Yes, yes, that's true." "I still wish her all the best though." "She has a good heart." "I don't think you can get through here." "And he's simply shining." "Who?" "The bridegroom." "He's just shining." "Yes, he seems genuine, but a bit nervous." "That's natural in his position." "You're crushing my head with the crown." "How can I?" "I'm holding it three centimeters from your head." " You're crushing it." " I am not." " You are." " Am not." "How do I look?" "You got a mirror?" "Got a mirror..." "Have you got a mirror?" " What?" " Just what I thought." "You have a plain, uninteresting face." "Although it's a little pale, but that's normal for a blond with blue eyes." "There're a lot of people no better than me." "And you're one of them." "Yes yes yes yes yes..." "Hold the crown higher, you're crushing me." "Nonsense!" "I said you're crushing me." "And I said I am not." " You are." " Am not." "Are you arguing?" " He's crushing me." " Quiet!" "The governor's here." " Where?" " On the right, near the choir." "Next to Altukhov." "As if he's here unofficially." "Ah, yes, I see." "He's chatting with Mashenka Ganzen." "She's his passion." "One shouldn't use crude language in church." "Beautiful!" " Now they'll put the crowns on." " They did it already." "Watch, David." "It must be interesting for you as a foreigner." "Don't be too familiar!" "It's not David, it's David Israelevich." "He's an all-powerful person." "Come on, what can he do?" "Oh, David Yefraimovich can buy, sell, pawn..." "Re-buy, resell, re-pawn, bribe, sell off, ruin, bankrupt." "Bankrupt." "Bankrupt, destroy, sell off and again..." "Let us hear the wisdom of the Holy Gospels." "Peace onto all." "Read from the Apostle St. John." "Glory to You, Our Lord!" "Glory to You!" "On the third..." "On the third day..." "On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there." "Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding." "And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him:" ""They have no wine..."" "I don't understand!" "I don't understand!" "Well, we couldn't see that coming." "I told you to get married in town." "You can't say it was my fault." " Will it be over soon?" " I don't know." "I'm not versed in these matters." "I guess it'll be over soon." " It'll be over soon." " They'll have to lead you around." "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" "Someone crushed?" "You feeling bad?" " Who groaned?" " Don't know." " Are you all right?" " I'm okay." "Look, there she goes again!" "Something's moving there, some covered-up woman moving about." "The other one was covered up, too." " Who?" " Tatiana." " Which one?" " Repina." "Hold the crown higher." "Good afternoon." "Say something to her." "That we're being wed." " At least say hello." " Who to?" "I live indulging in all sorts of illusions, due to problems with my sight, stomach and brain." "I live indulging in all sorts of illusions, due to problems with my sight, stomach and brain." "We're being wed here, so you keep quiet." " And you too." " Me?" "Stop groaning." "We're being wed here." " So you keep quiet." " Yes, yes." "And you keep quiet." "No one's groaning." "You're imagining it." " You imagined it." " Your imagination." "Imagined it?" "You mean nobody groaned?" "No, nobody groaned." "Maybe a little bit." "It's just some people can't behave, that's all." "What's going on?" "For heaven's sake!" "They could at least open a door." "We're dying of heat." "The public is totally misbehaving." "We'll have to go for a smoke." "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Not a word." "I'll be silent too, be silent, will be silent, dumb as a fish." "I'm dumb as a fish." "It's all unnatural." "The deceased has appeared." "A challenge to the laws of nature." "Good Lord!" "What?" "What?" "What?" "They're taking her, and she resists." "They took her behind the column." "Whom?" "What column?" "The one who's crying." "You can't get away from those women." "They should sit at home and cry there." "Last night one got poisoned again." " Female doctor." " Doctor of Sciences." "Doctoress." " Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" " Quiet!" "Quiet!" " Quiet, quiet..." " Quiet, quiet..." "Withdrew into herself and dozed off there." "What's going on?" "!" "A smoke, a smoke, a smoke." "Last night some woman poisoned herself again." "Last night some woman poisoned herself again." "Yes, some woman." "Not a wife of a doctor, she herself is a doctor." "What do you mean, "you heard"?" "You heard it on television?" "At the market?" "They're rumors, gossip, myths." "First some girls, allegedly, jumped out of a window, then some doctoress seemed to poison herself, now a Tatiana Repina." "That's the same person - Tatiana Repina, the actress." "It's not important, the same person or two persons." "That's feminisms." "All those menopauses, burning yourself, bombs." "They don't want to get treatment, they think they're normal." "Normal!" "Like me!" "The Health Ministry says smoking is particularly dangerous on church territory." "Oh!" "Lomonosov!" "Go in and pray." "Wasn't Lomonosov called Pyotr?" " It's all because of Tatiana." " What Tatiana?" " The one he was..." "His partner." " That was poisoned." " Totally?" " Totally poisoned." "Totally poisoned." "She died." " His mistress." " Everybody knew that." " She poisoned herself." " And died." "Just had an autopsy." "Poisoning." " And?" " Buried." " And him?" " Gets married right away." "To prove he's not involved." "On the one hand, not involved." "On the other, he needs money." " Nonsense." " An invention." "Who's he got to prove anything to?" "Is there any legal evidence?" " She's a consenting adult." " Was a consenting adult." "If you need money, you get married quietly at a registry, not in a church." "He wants to attract attention, he's an artiste." "Otherwise, people would forget him quickly." "One gets poisoned, he marries another, - very interesting for the public." "After that you can sing a whole year, even without a voice." " And pack the house." " And everyone's happy." "On the one hand, to prove he's not involved in the poisoning, on the other, to pack the house, and thirdly, for money." "No, it doesn't gel." "They're just rumors." "It gels perfectly - on the one hand, on the other and on the third." "It's an interesting mix-up." "On the one hand, a cover up, on the other, advertising." "The bride's pretty." "Good thing too - pretty, got big buns, and the money, and she loves him." "And she's alive." "And some doctoress..." "Or in a hotel..." "That's what they say at the medical center." "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "Quiet!" "It's not a bee, it's a mosquito." "Is killing a mosquito in a church a big sin?" "Do you have mosquitoes in churches?" "What's the incense for then?" "Mixing apples and oranges." "Thanks to that Repina, it's the fourth poisoning." "Can you explain, my good man, those poisonings?" " Nothing other than psychosis." " Copy-cats, you think?" ""Those that talk in church are sent calamities,"" "said the Reverend Amvrosy Optinsky." " Suicide's catching." " Yes." "Silence!" "Stop walking!" "That Repina spoilt the air with her suicide, created a certain atmosphere." "All women are hooked now on having been offended." "Even in church the air's been spoilt." "Can you feel the tension?" ""Those that talk in church are sent calamities,"" "said the Reverend Amvrosy Optinsky." "And those transsexuals..." "So many psychos!" "Terrible!" "All men are like that, because they can't love, they love neither women, nor children." "Don't shout, please." "Stop shouting and groaning." "For the Lord is merciful and loves Man, and we pray to the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, now and forever and ever." " Kotelnikov!" " What?" "Nothing." "Heavens!" "Tatiana is here." "Going through multiplication tables calms me." "Everyday goings calm me." "You've gone mad." "You've gone mad." "Mad!" "Sick!" "You've gone mad." "You've gone mad." "The covered woman is her." "I recognized her." "I saw her." "Not a bit like her." "Just covered up, too." "Stop whispering, it's improper." "Everyone's looking at you." "For God's sake, I can barely stand." "It's her." " It's not her." " It's her." " No, it's not." " It is." "Not her." "And let's settle it - I'm not crushing you." " You are." " All right, I am, but it's not her." "Who's that?" "Please, do not talk." "You're impeding our completion of the mystery." "Stand quietly and pray to God." "One must have a fear of God." "Tell the guards not to let anyone in." "Let who in?" "Everyone's here already." "The church is packed." "Shut up." "Tatiana's here." "I saw and understood at once." "I finally understood." "You're raving." "She's at the cemetery." "I should diet and walk more." "This whole optical-gastro-cerebral thing tricks the eye." "That's all I need!" "Pyotr, what's wrong?" "Are you feeling sick?" "I feel fine." "The covered woman is her." "We're guilty, she's groaning." "I'm telling myself that I imagined it." "Do you see her?" "Now she's with us, behind you." "Don't look around." "Kotelnikov is crushing me with the crown." "You mustn't look around." "Don't look around." "I might start crying." "Don't scare me." "If I hold back the tears, I might sneeze." "Is it all right?" " Bless you." " Bless you." "Bless you, Vera." "Vera looks as pale as death." "She seems to have tears in her eyes." "And him..." "Take a look." "I told her about his affair with Tatiana." "May she rest in peace." "But there could be excesses." "People like to blow these things up." "They just love to torment each other." "Should've gone to some backwoods village." "This is a backwoods village." "Yes, you're right." "So, it doesn't matter that a poor woman poisons herself?" "No one cares?" "We have to ask Father Ivan to hurry." "She looks bad." "She could collapse any minute." "Go and hurry him." "What are you waiting for?" "I've almost gone already." "Be patient, Vera." "Like me." "Soon the service will be over and we'll go." "It's her..." "Her." "More and more I believe in the theory of optical illusions arising as the result of illness in the eyes, brain and stomach." "I've got strained tendons too." "What do you think?" "We pray that the Christian outcome of our lives be painless, not shameful and peaceful, and that we get a benevolent answer in the day of Christjudgement." "We, who asked for a unity of faith and the Eucharist of the Holy Ghost, will give to the Lord ourselves, each other and our lives." "Our Lord, punish us not for calling You Our Heavenly Father." "Excuse me, excuse me." "May I go through?" "I told them: "The fact that a poor woman poisons herself - nobody cares about that?"" "Right." "Make way, guys." "I want to get on my knees." "Pray, Lord, for Your deceased servant Tatiana and forgive her sins, willful or otherwise." "Forgive us and have mercy." "Hallowed be Your name," "Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." "Give us day by day our daily bread." "And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who's indebted to us." "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." "For You are the Kingdom, the power and the glory, now and forever and ever." "Amen." "I'll take over." "Something has gotten into our bridegroom." "Look at him shivering." "He took the covered woman for Tatiana." "He's hallucinating." "Should be careful he doesn't pull some trick." " No, he's not the kind." " He's having a hard time, isn't he?" "For You are the Kingdom, the power and the glory of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, now and forever and ever." "Peace to all." "Let us bow." "Glory to You, Lord!" "Glory to You!" "Let us pray to the Lord." "O Lord, have mercy." "O Lord, who created the entire universe with His power and decorated the crown of all that created by Him." "Give Your spiritual blessing to those being married." "Allow Your name to be blessed and let the Kingdom of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost be renowned now and forever and ever." "They'll be leading them now." "Did they do an autopsy on the doctoress?" "No." "They say her husband dumped her." "And Sabinin, the groom, he dumped Tatiana Repina, too." "Is it true?" "Ah, she was a great actress!" "Yes, I remember the autopsy." "In the name of the Father." "Amen." "In the name of the Son." "Amen." "In the name of the Holy Ghost." "Let me in!" "What's wrong?" "What is it?" "What is it?" "Fan him!" "Fan him!" "Let me do it." "Petya, what's wrong?" "Everything is all right!" "Petya!" "Somebody, help!" "Petya!" "Fan him!" "Help!" "Calm down." "It portends death." "Death." "Or rain." "Strong as an ox." "He'll be fine." "You should..." "Take the candle!" "You should drink it all." " The towel." " Here." "The towel." "Join your hands." "The cross." "Ready." " Not too tight?" " No." "Isaiah, rejoice!" "Holy martyrs!" "Apostles!" "The Gospels!" "How long it all's taking!" "So long, long, long." "Yes, high time they let their souls repent." "I can't breathe." "I'm going." "No, you can't, you won't get through." "Wait, it'll soon be over." "Let the groom be great like Abraham and blessed like Isaac and as fruitful as Jacob, living in peace and acting in the truth of the Lord's Commandments," "and let the bride be as great as Sarah and as joyful as Rebecca and as fruitful as Rachel, carrying her husband and keeping the law, for the Lord wished it so." "Give me your candles." "Wisdom." "Glory to You, Christ the Lord, Our Saviour." "Glory to You!" "Christ, Our True Lord, who showed the honesty of His marriage by coming to Cane of Galilee and praying to His Mother, the Apostle of all the Holies, the Holy God of kings crowned by God," "the apostles of Constantine and Helen, the Holy Martyr Prokopius and all other saints, forgive and save us, for You are kind and a lover of Man." "Give, Our Lord, prosperity and peace, health and freedom and sustenance in all, in marrying Pyotr and Vera." "Save them for a long life." "Wife, kiss your husband." "Congratulations!" "Congratulations!" "Thank you." "Congratulations!" "Congratulations!" "From the heart." "Congratulations!" "Congratulations!" "Let me congratulate you!" "Bye!" "Goodbye, lovely creature!" "Congratulations on your matrimony, as they say." "That drag is over." "Goodbye, baby!" " Congratulations!" "Forgive me." " It's all right." "My darling, congratulations!" " Forgive me, Vera." " Be happy!" "I am happy!" "I'm happy anyway!" "Because I love him!" "Oh, I love it when someone loves somebody." "Vera, my dear, nobody loves anybody!" "Except me!" "Forgive me." "Now we'll go to the cemetery." "Right now, you and I will go to the cemetery." "Right now we'll go to the cemetery, you and I." "You've gone mad again." "What are we going to do there?" "Please, let's go!" "Please!" "You have to go home with your bride, madman!" "I don't give a damn about all that!" "A thousand curses!" "I'm going for a funeral service." "Yes, I've gone mad." "I nearly died." "Oh, Kotelnikov!" "I saw her, saw, saw, saw her!" "She's at the cemetery." "I need a rest, a change of scenery." "Are you going to rest at the cemetery?" "What?" "I'm saying she's dead." "Dead!" "I was at the funeral." "I was gone." "That's why all those doubts." "I was on tour." "She's no more?" "Where is she?" "I was on tour." "Where's she?" "I feel nervous without her." "There's some anxiety, terrible and yet incomprehensibly beautiful and precious for me." "Kiss your wife." "Are we going?" "Come on!" "Died-shmied - doesn't matter, as long as you're healthy." "Oh, how wondrous is the blossom of spring!" "Quietly flows the day's radiance." "The world is once more discovered." "Far, faraway we'll be taken by spring" "When suddenly, amid silence," "From the window it would sing." "So many people!" "Shouting, making noise, groaning." "Yes, an expensive wedding." "They live well." "But for nothing." " What?" " This wedding." "Every day we marry, we christen, we bury, and all for nothing." "Well, what do you expect?" "Nothing." "All for nothing." "Singing and burning incense and reciting." "But God doesn't hear." "I've been serving here 40 years and God hasn't heard once." "All for nothing!" "Too much philosophizing spins the head." "Today we buried someone, now a wedding, tomorrow a christening, and no end in sight." "And who needs all this?" "No one." "It's all for nothing." "What do they call a dowry nowadays?" "By what term?" "Why change such a precise word?" " I think he got a good dowry." " Of course." "That's our life." "Once I was engaged too, then married, and I took the so-called dowry." "But all is forgotten in the merry-go-round of time." "Yes." "Well, Father Nikolai?" " I thought you'd left, Father Nikolai." " Not yet." " And you, Father Ivan." " No." "Thought you had." "Let's go and have some tea." "No, thank you, Father Archpriest." "I have to write a report." "Well, you know best." "By the way, Father Nikolai, you didn't give me the book to read from in time, and didn't open it, and mixed up the prayer twice." "Forgive me, please." "Any good news about a new shower?" "Will we get one?" "Yes, you'll get everything." "Lucky you remembered, or we'd have gone." "Isn't it working?" "Oh God, what is it?" "!" " What's wrong?" " What is it?" "Who is it?" "Let me go!" "Come on, let me go!" "Why are you rushing so?" "I'm a friend of Tatiana Repina." "I poisoned myself..." "Out of hate." "Save me!" "I..." "He offended..." "It hurts so much..." "Why is he happy?" "Oh, Lord!" "Save me!" "From hate, everybody should poison themselves!" "She's in a grave, and he..." "He offended God in a woman!" "A woman died!" "Save me!" "Where are they?" "Where's the groom?" "Where's the bride?" "Locked me in!" "Where's the wedding?" " Aren't you ashamed, Marisha?" " I'm not ashamed, daddy!" "Locked me in!" "Animals!" "Cunning bitches!" "Leave me alone!" "Go!" "Go!" "We need to call a doctor." " Where's the groom?" "And the wedding?" " Aren't you ashamed, Marisha?" "I'm not ashamed, daddy!" "Locked me in!" "Cunning bitches!" "Go!" "Leave me alone!" "Go." "Go." "Go!" "It's a PR for you, daddy" "You're like my sister." "I'm not like anyone." "Not in looks." "She..." "She's 13 and tubby." "She's a terrorist, an over-thrower, just like you." "Do you live here or in town?" "I haven't got a telephone." "I'm off home then." "Mom!" "What?" "Nothing." "Hi." "Oh, the elder son's come back!" "Rain's coming again." "So, you've changed your mind about leaving today?" "I'm very sorry about everything." "My fault." "Forgive me." "Children, time for bed!" "Go, make beds." "Must go and make beds." "Everything's fine." "Fine." "Children, time for bed!" "Children, time for bed!" "But so long as we started talking about all this..." "So long as we started talking about all this..." "Listen, we need to have a serious talk." "Yes, a serious talk." "I've always respected you and never dared to talk to you this way." "But your behavior, your last act..." "We never sit at the table without you kicking up a fuss." "Your bread sticks in our throats." "There's nothing more offensive, more humiliating than begrudging a crust of bread." "Yes, you're a father, but nobody, neither God nor nature, gave you the right to so cruelly" "offend and take your mood out on weaker people." "You've tormented and worn mother out, my sister is hopelessly downtrodden, and I... and I..." "It's not your business to teach me!" "No." "It's my business!" "Mine!" "You can humiliate me as much as you want, but please, leave mother in peace!" "I won't allow you to torment mother!" "You're spoiled, spoiled, because nobody has dared stand up to you." "They've trembled before you, gone mute, but that's finished!" "You're a crude, ill-mannered man!" "You're crude, see?" "Crude, heavy, indifferent." "You're crude, you see?" "And it's ridiculous to blame time!" "Saying the times are hard!" "The times are always the same!" "The times are always hard!" "All people are different!" "And nobody can stand you!" "They can!" "Silence!" "Alright!" "You don't like to hear the truth?" "Great!" "Alright!" "Start shouting!" "Great!" "Throw things!" "Throw them!" "You have no idea how to do it?" "I'll show you!" "A one, and a two!" "Can't see?" "Come closer!" "A one!" "And a two!" "And again!" "It's your fault!" "You brought him up this way!" "I don't wish to live in this house anymore!" "I don't want to live with you anymore!" "You hear?" "!" " What, your dad sent you money?" " He did!" "Alright, goodbye." "Everything will be fine." " Bye." " Bye." " Goodbye!" " Goodbye, write to us!" "Go away, if you're leaving." "Unlucky with the weather." "Goodbye, I'm going." "Goodbye." "The money's on the round table." "Starring" "SERGEY BEKHTEREV" "NATALYA BUZKO" "JEAN DANIEL" "OLGA KONSKAYA" "FILIPP PANOV" "SERGEY POPOV" "With" "NINA RUSLANOVA" "GEORGY DELIYEV" "VLADIMIR KOMAROV" "UTA KILTER" "ALEXANDER BASHIROV" "Written by KIRA MURATOVA and YEVGENY GOLUBENKO" "Based on ANTON CHEKHOV's texts" "Directed by KIRA MURATOVA" "Director of Photography VALERY MAKHNEV" "Production Designer YEVGENY GOLUBENKO" "Editor VALENTINA OLEYNIK" "Costume Designer RUSLAN KHVOSTOV" "Makeup VICTORIA KURNOSENKO" "Sound YEFIM TURETSKY" "Music by VALENTIN SILVESTROV"