"Stariy Gorod Cognac" "Bogvud kino" "Slovo Productions sponsored by Cinematography Department of the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation" "Elena Iatsura, Sergei Melkumov present" "Renata Litvinova" "Maksim Sukhanov" "Svetlana Svetlichnaya" "Viktor Sukhorukov and Konstantin Khabenskiy in a movie by Renata Litvinova" "The Goddess:" "How I Fell in Love" "Faina's dream, the first one." "Date: 5th." "How did you find me after all?" "You've never been here." "You see, I'm..." "You know..." "Renting the apartment, living downtown." "I'm still single though." "Just like you always wanted." "You're getting old!" "Well yes, I am." "Just talk to me, please." "I miss you so much." "I can barely stay awake." "Can we talk later?" "You... never had the time for me." "Ah, it's our neighbor's rooster." "You... don't be afraid." "Oh my god." "Hey, lady!" "Shall I bring you something?" "Soup maybe?" "Yes." "Do you want me to warm it up?" "Yes." "Here, eat." "I was asked to tell you that I'm delighted." "I'm your Messenger now." "You've never seen me in your dreams before, you know?" "Now I've been entrusted to..." "We know that you have power." "Stay strong, Faina." "You have to." "You have to." "I'm... proud of you, my little girl." "Can I eat now?" "Sure, go on." "Cinematography:" "Vladislav Opeliants" "Production Design:" "Ekaterina Zaletaeva" "Costumes:" "Natalya Ivanova" "Makeup:" "Valeriya Nikulina" "Montage:" "Marina Vasilyeva" "Music by Igor Vdovin, Nick Cave, Zemfira Ramazanova" "Soundman:" "Konstantin Zarin" "Producer assistants:" "Rosa Rafikova, Andrey Chvatkov" "Producers:" "Elena Iatsura, Sergei Melkumov, Renata Litvinova" "Script  directed by:" "Renata Litvinova" "She'd been away for like 5 minutes." "She forgot her ball while playing outside." "And we sent her back to find it." "We'd been very strict parents to our little girl, you know." "A year has passed..." "Well..." "Have a drink, please, Viktor Illiazarovich." "She must have been running around, looking for it." "She was afraid to return home without it, wasn't she?" "What's about your wife?" "Women are stronger, they live longer." "They recover faster." "Yesterday she said:" ""Let's have a new girl..." "Traitor"." "Well..." "That's not true." "And this is where I've got you, citizen Investigator." "You just..." "Stopped looking for her." "Because you know you will never find her." "That's not true!" "The investigation made good progress last year." "Speaking about your wife, let her give birth to another child." "So that it will be kidnapped again, you'll get another case and I'll be looking into your bitter cold eyes once again." " Bitter cold?" " Bitter cold, yes." " The case is..." " The case is murder." "Don't be afraid to repeat that to me." "Just... don't lie to me." "Instead I'm telling you, she's alive." "There's plenty of indirect evidence that proves the murder has not been carried out." "So what has been carried out?" "Is it something even worse?" "No, the murder has not been carried out." " And the girl is alive." " Done now?" "We're being summoned." "Your Nikolai guy..." "He is avoiding me." "I'll be leaving soon." "Let me sit here 5 more seconds." "It's hard to just stand up and go." "Is it aching?" "Do you smoke?" "Don't smoke." "Next day. 7th." "So..." "How are you, madam?" "Won't they give me my clothes back?" "If by any chance you left it on the bridge..." "We haven't found anything there." "But I folded it all in a nice little stack!" "All of it!" "Even panties  bra!" "Well, we found nothing on the bridge." "Would you like me to call your mother, madam?" "Boyfriend, or doctor instead?" "God, why?" "I made it to the shore, didn't I?" "Well..." "The river is muddy, you know?" "You fell from a high place, got hit and stuff." "There's a bruise on your cheek, see?" "It didn't hurt it all!" "What's all the fuss about?" "I shouldn't have taken my panties off." "Why on Earth did I pull them off?" "Maybe you were trying to buy some time, you didn't want to..." "Nah, of course I wanted to die!" "I wanted to die so badly." "Tell me!" "Are you in love with someone?" "No, love is an alien feeling to me." "You know..." "There is no way one can get out of this river." "Policemen tried to throw me a rope..." "But those walls..." "Ah!" "So slippery, decorated with stone." "And down in the river was me:" "absolutely naked!" "I get it." "Oh wow!" "Hey, go away!" "Shoo!" "Oh wow." "Like a dog, showing off his prey." "What a mess!" "You haven't left." "Why?" "I haven't told you about a calamity I brought upon my neighbors from upstairs." " A calamity?" " I was driving my car in reverse and I hit their doggie." "White lap-doggie." " I didn't want to!" " When did it happen?" "Yesterday?" "No, a long time ago, about a year and a half ago." "It was the real calamity." " She couldn't stop crying!" " You mean the doggie?" "No, neighbor's wife, Yelena." "They are both doctors." "They have no children, only this shaggy doggie." "And I killed it." "How did they feel about it?" "Come on!" "Hear me out!" "Talk to me, won't you?" "When something happened to my daughter, I kept on visiting different places, atoning for my mistakes." "I apologized to many..." "Even at my old job, even they pardoned me, so I went to the couple." "I presented them with a puppy of the same breed." "White one." "I went upstairs, they were just leaving the elevator." "So the whole talk happened in the hall." "My wife heard all of it, unfortunately." "The woman says," ""Imagine that I, on my part, have brought a great evil upon you."" "I was on my hunkers, holding the doggie, so that it wouldn't run away." "And I looked up at her kneeling over me." ""So, you've imagined that... evil." "I now beg your pardon, on my part."" "Her spouse took my side, "He is in a lot of pain as it is."" "She replied," ""Indeed he is."" "She patted me on the head, god knows why." "She looked at her hand and said," ""You are losing your hair, see?"" "You probably want to ask me if that's a good ending?" "It isn't." "She said, "It would be better if you'd keep the doggie."" "And then she said," ""Because you're lonely now, just like us."" "Why are you sitting here, Alya?" " I was just following you." " Why are following me?" "I stood by the window watching you leave the porch and slowly going away." "And I thought," "'He might not return at all.'" "'Just like our little girl.'" "So I followed you standing guard." "I don't want to make the same mistake twice." " You are mine, aren't you?" " I am yours." "Sure." "You're just sitting right next to me..." "That makes me happy." "Almost happy." "I've never loved you so much." "And you?" "Next day. 9th." " Hi!" " Hi!" " You asked me to come." " I did." " So what's happened?" " Nothing." "Just wanted to see you." " So..." "It's time to go." "Bye." " Bye." " Fanya!" " Fanya!" "Fanya, please!" "Faina's 2nd dream, reconstructed" "Listen." "People here dream of getting acquainted with you." " Yes!" " They are showing their respect to you." "Yes!" "Yes!" "They asked me to tell you that you shouldn't be afraid to die." "Yes, yes, yes!" "Give it a drink, kitty!" "Calm down, calm down." "Drink it." "Give it a drink already, my kitty." " To die?" " Don't be afraid to." "You have to." " You have to." " You should do so!" "You should do so!" "So, Mikhail Konstantinovich, what's the deal?" "You're so intelligent, a world renowned professor." "How low have you fallen?" "Can you move here, please?" "I feel good here, thanks." "So..." "How low have you fallen?" "Being caught... during the police drug raid on the market?" "Shouldn't you sit here?" "No, I like it here." "...So I left my car and entered that market." "I haven't been to a market for like 15 years." "Same goes for subway." "Not even once." "Nah, I did once, in the university." "Now I don't have those things..." "How do we call them?" "Fur inside..." "Warm shoosies." "Do you mean, you have no winter shoes?" "Indeed I have no winter shoes." "I have no memory of this feeling of cold feet either." "For a long time I haven't been walking over mud, ice-covered pavements..." "Over footpaths." "I have no memories of these things." "At all." "Listen, when they found you on the market, your hands were wounded." "Ah, those questions of yours..." "Are you intentionally blaming me?" "Time to go home." "What a nice mirror you have here!" "Wow!" "Hasn't been stolen yet." "Yes, it survived somehow, you see." "It's a rare one." "Incredible one." "Well, in what way?" "It's so kind..." "It makes me look so skinny, not fatter at all." "Won't you sell it to me?" "So, you have a keen interest in mirrors, don't you?" "Yes, I'm collecting them." "Buying for my personal needs." "Sometimes stealing, if they're not on sale." "It's sad, you won't sell it to me." "I'm going home." "What?" "You forgot your pass!" "Mister!" "Oh god." "Mikhail Konstantinovich, you forgot your pass." "Fanya!" " Eh?" " Hi." " Hi." " I came back." "From..?" " Well..." "I'll be here." "Somewhere." "If you need me." " Okay." " He's a good man, Nikolai." " Is he?" "You don't appreciate him though." "We never appreciate..." "You should change your... bandages." "The wounds stopped healing, yes." "Drug wounds at least heal." "Yeah, I know, creative people and stuff." "Ok, it's time to go." "Ok." "What are these injections then, if they aren't drugs?" "Yeah..." "And she's pure blonde!" "Winked at me leaving the pavillion." "And I thought, 'I'm single now too.' So I came closer." "She had this green leather jacket on." "Hey, professor!" "They let you go away again?" "Hey, do you have children?" "No." " A wife maybe?" " No, no wife." "Well..." "You'd better never see me again." "So..." "What was it all about?" "Lost the train of thought because of that professor." "What a weirdo!" "Mikhail Konstantinovich!" "That's bad." "Nice needle, pretty thin one." "Mikhail Konstantinovich!" "What do you want?" "Evening." "Same day." "Lena!" "Lena!" "It's me, open the door." "Who are you?" "Hello, I'm a police officer." "I want to ask a few questions." "What are you talking about?" "We're investigating the case of a kidnapped girl." "Has she ever been to your place?" "You haven't found her, have you?" "Pavel?" "Good evening." " What took you so long?" " Hello." "I ran at full speed." "I'm a police officer." "I want to ask a few questions." "What's happened?" "Tell me, are there only the two of you living in this apartment?" "Only us." " And no one is living with you at the moment." " Sure, no one." "And you had this lap-dog of yours..." "It was hit by a car." "More than a year has passed." "They keep snitching on us, don't they?" "Well, these grannies don't have much to do." "So they snitch and snitch." "I can't remember the exact place..." "But we've met before for sure." "Do you have a husband?" "I have a very nice husband indeed." "I'll be going I suppose." "Thank you very much." "Goodbye." "Have a good time." "You too." "Kolya!" "I'm 100% sure they have someone living there, in place of a dog." "I myself heard some noises coming out." "Come soon," "I'm waiting for you in the cafeteria near the highway." "Kat'ka!" "A drink, sweetie?" "Bring me some warm soup and a cup of coffee." "Don't you forget." "I must be working in 10 days." "It won't be easy for you." "Only in 10 days!" " It's bad." " I wouldn't have told you otherwise." "That's why I'm telling you." "Let's talk, shan't we?" "That's my sister," "I signed all I have to her." "My dowry, my apartment." "My untouched dowry!" "My mother's bedclothes..." "It's so beautiful, you know!" "With all those, like, roses and stripes..." " She doesn't want me to die." " I don't want to." "She loves me so much!" "And I love her as much!" "The cafeteria closes in the morning and we go home together." "Won't you drink with us?" "We'll take you home afterwards, so there'll be no consequences." "Won't you drink?" " Thanks." " Can I?" "Not yet, we still have some left." "Shall we begin?" "Okay, let's have a drink." "My name is Botya." " Faina." " And I'm Kilya." "Okay, let me make a toast." "So..." "To the Sun-forgotten paradise!" "Isn't it a nice toast?" " Well, it's quite nice, yes." " It's nice." "Okay." "Fanya!" "Let's go..." "May I?" "May I have your soup?" "Of course you can, it's our soup!" "Kolya!" "They have the girl, for certain." "I almost feel she's alive." "She's there for certain." "Oh, Fanya." "Gray curtains, red curtains, whatever." "I need facts!" "Facts!" "Fanya, we have no facts." "But I know this for certain!" "She's certainly there!" "See these 3 windows of their apartment?" "Yeah, I do." "Do you love me?" "You don't love me." "They've sent you to spy on me." "You don't know it, but they've sent you." "Well, we've all been sent to spy on each other." "Your voice is so cold, why?" "It makes me feel pain." " And you?" "Do you love me?" " Yes!" "Like you did on the first day?" "Or even more?" "Or less?" "Are you mine?" "I'm yours." "I'm yours till death do us part, and even after." "Wait, wait a little." "In two days you'll mop the floors, put on your brocade dress." "I'll turn our favorite music on, we'll let the girl visit her punished father." "And while she'll be running down the stairs, we'll make it in time." "We'll be together." "Faina's 3rd dream, reconstructed" "Who are you, gentleman?" "Who are you, gentleman?" "They are showing their respect to you." "They even let you use their rooftop." "I'm scared though, mother." "I don't want to die." "Don't be afraid." "There's nothing to be scared of." "Oh!" "Miracle is our only hope." "If we can somehow invent a reason to enter the apartment..." "Window lights are off." "A female in a man's suit, rushing in your direction." "Yeah, we see her." "Hello." "Do you even know her?" "Or what?" "Can I share something weird with you?" "Go on, please." "I saw this woman on the rooftop minutes ago." "In my dream." "And she was dead." "Two of them, going down the stairs." "A male and a female." "Description matches." "The female is limping." "Oh god, where the hell are they going?" "The surveillance is off, Faina." "Come on, we have to talk." " Hi, Kolya!" " Hi." "Do you have a lock pick?" "Do you?" "Do you know these... you know, the tricks?" "We could be late." "Oh, dear Faina Mikhailovna..." "What if she's there?" "Don't even start in on me, Yaguarov!" "Please don't." "Oh god, how many times do I have to tell her?" "My surname is Yegorov!" "How did she even make it to law enforcement?" "What's the deal?" "'What's the deal'?" "She's insane, that's what the deal is." "How did you make it?" "Are you sane?" "Bloody thing." "How do they manage to put a key in there?" "Vera?" "Is this you, Vera?" "Go home, quickly." "Do you want to vanish like that girl downstairs?" "A remarkable door..." "It's impossible." "It's like laser polished." "I do know there's somebody in the apartment." "God, please do something!" "Oh God!" "Please do something at last!" "Won't you do something?" "God, please." "Oh God, please do!" "Alya!" "Alya!" "Alya!" "Alya!" "Morning." "Date: 12th." " Hallo?" " Faina!" "I'm calling you!" "These neighbors from upstairs!" "Doctor couple!" "I ruined their dog, remember?" "We're going to break their front door." "They are flooding me." "The water's been pouring down for like three hours." "Hot water!" " And they are not home still!" " Wonderful." " I'm leaving home in a minute." " Faina..." "And..." "Go!" "And..." "Go!" "Stay here, all of you." "Let no one inside." " What about me?" " You can't." "Go home now." "Stand guard at the door." "Let no one in." "But they are flooding my apartment!" "They call themselves doctors?" "It stinks!" "Flies everywhere." "Oh man." "The handle fell out." "And you know it's a sign, do you?" "You shouldn't go in there." "That's what it means." "It means you shouldn't go in there." "Go on, step aside." "There's someone inside, Faina Mikhailovna." "I've heard it." "Girl!" "Don't be scared." "Girl, come on." "Girl!" "She's there." "Move neighbors out, everyone out, ...even father." " Whose father?" " Girl's father." " You mean this Illiazarovich?" " Yeah." " She's alive?" "!" "Everything's been cleared by the staircase." "It's clean there." "The neighbors has been moved out for now." "Novikov, Kirilov and their guys are in the apartment." "More of our guys are sitting in the café." "Neighbors told us, they loved each other so much." "They never parted ways, were jealous for one another, and spied on each other." "We found only a man's frock, a brocade dress, and a tape with only one tune in the closet." "We also found the last will, signed in favor of the girl." "They're apologizing to the girl in the will for punishing her father." "It goes like, 'punished for being heartless'." "It means they avenged that doggie of theirs, didn't they?" "Well, they wanted to set her free." "It goes, 'we'll release her before dying'." "Were they preparing to die?" "Oh god." "Haven't they told you?" "Told what?" "They left Yegorov guarding the hall in the morning, and then he went missing." "What do you mean 'went missing'?" "In what sense?" "He like... disappeared." "There was only... his tie left in the pavillion." " Did he even have his tie on today?" " He didn't, and that's strange." "I'm fed up with this Yaguarov." "We'll find him anyways." "Faina Mikhailovna!" "Be right back." "And I think..." "Should I tear it away, this thing?" "Sit down." "Don't smoke." "You shouldn't." "And I don't." "Well, almost." "Hey, uhm..." "You get so little sleep, and you don't get old at all." "All women are aging, even my mom." "But you don't." "You have to eat very little..." "I keep a bottle of cognac hidden under the bed at home." "So I come home, fresh nightwear, you know..." "I go to bed, fall asleep, if Heavenly powers don't mess with me." "Well, I'll die from a heart attack for sure." "And you, what do you think?" "No, I..." "I'll take a bullet." "And I want to be in a white shirt, so the blood would show through it." "Oh, you're so young." "You see blood as something romantic." "No, it's death that I feel romantic about." "So, will you be sent to Heaven?" "What do you think?" "I've sure sinned a lot." "You have to earn Heaven, right." "However..." "However why should one?" "Heaven without you is impossible." "So weird..." "Who is it?" "It's them, isn't it?" "It's them." "They are going down the roof." "Oh god!" "Mother..." "We should have dinner first, my beloved one." "Stop it, stop it." "Stop it, alright?" " Say it..." " I love you." " Till the grave?" " And even after." "Who's there?" "Stand still." "You're under arrest." "Date: 13th." "Her last day at work." "Fanya!" "Polosuyev showed up." "He's holding a woman hostage." "For almost 5 hours now." "Said he won't talk to anyone except you." "How do you know him?" "We did like... what we had to." "Caught, arrested, detained him." "Nothing unusual." "But he's not like that." "It's not him." "Why in the world would I lie to you?" "The guys saw him showing her in the window." "There's a knife stuck in her chest." "But she's alive, relieved even." "She can walk." "Come on, come here." "There." " Hi!" " Hi!" "Polosuyev!" "Polosuyev!" "I've come." "I've come." "You called for me, Polosuyev, so I've come." "I've come." "You're too late." "Oh god why..." "Shoes off." "Go on, take them off." "Shoes off." "Hey lady!" "I'm a police officer." "I'll be right back." "There he is!" "What do you want, Polosuyev?" "What are doing?" "I look at you and..." "How long has it been?" "A year passed, yes." "Still those god forsaken clothes, instant coffee, cheap sausages." "That dumb rug above the bed." "Worn out slippers in the hall." "The lavatory pan's broken down." "No, no..." "It... happened long ago." "Inside my purse... pre-counted coins in one fold," "a bit more in another one." "A couple of papers." "Counting everything because of poverty." "But..." "But the youth is gone!" "This body knew nothing, never had a fine meal," "a good sleep, nor a good sunbath." "Only freezing, walking" "in the rain feeling cold." "They're going to break down the door." "God, how to live without doors?" "Impossible." "Impossible." "Without doors." "You're evil." "You're so evil!" "We don't need anyone." "You're so cold!" "You're so cold!" "Hey!" "Find me apartment, please." "Okay?" " Find an apartment for sure." "Okay?" " Okay." "Because... how to live?" " Sure." " Without doors." "How to live?" "Find an apartment for sure." "Okay?" "Because..." "How to live without doors?" "Impossible." "Find an apartment for sure." "Okay?" "Because..." "How to live without doors?" "Impossible." " Lady!" " I'm coming." " It's an SOS!" " I'm coming." "SOS!" "SOS!" "Won't you help me?" "Won't you help me pull it out?" "So..." "The knife's not getting warmer inside." "Thanks, you helped me a lot." " You know it wasn't him?" " Who was it?" "A guy near kebab kiosk hit me, and then this man took me home." "He's a nice man." "So kind." "I fell in love with him." "I'm feeling terrible." "It's sad he's gone." "I need you." "Did you pull the knife out?" "I did." "I suspend you." "Okay." "Much beloved Fanya" "The last time we see her" "Hitler kaput!" "Hi!" "Hi!" "So what are you doing here..." "Nikolai?" "Me?" "I'm taking a walk." "Are you?" "Ended up here somehow." "I went for a walk, ended up here." "Were you going by foot?" "It takes more than a day to reach your place by foot." "Well, no..." "I walk fast." "Do you have any cigarettes?" "Well, yes, I bought some." "So how is our department doing?" "Investigating crimes, aren't they?" "What about your dear Yaguarov?" "Dear?" "Why would he be?" "Can you imagine?" "I wanted to go to the seaside." "And I bought the airplane tickets." "I thought he's leaving at 1 AM." "And he left at 1 PM, you know?" "This never happened to me before." "How did I manage to conduct investigations?" "Hey, let me cook something for you." "Won't you eat something?" "You're hungry, aren't you?" "I keep remembering that doctor couple." "Why did they kill themselves?" "What were they doing there?" "Oh, this sadness..." "Let me tell you what happened to me today!" "I woke up at 3 AM today, near our 'Dieta' store downstairs." "So I'm standing on the stairs, by the doors, holding a granny's string-bag." "Like I was waiting for the store to open." "I looked at my watch:" "it was 3 AM." "Well, your watch could be wrong." "Maybe it's stopped." "No!" "Across the road on a lamppost... there was an electric clock." "It also had 3 AM on it." "Well..." "It's okay." "Do you think so?" "Well, I also think so." "And you see I somehow don't drink." "I don't drink really." "And I'm not my granny, who could rush outside and stand in line, like in old times." "It's like, I don't know what it's like!" "Tell me." "Just tell me..." "'I love you'." "Please!" "Please do!" "Would you start crying, when I die?" "Would you start crying, when I die?" "Would you start crying, when I die?" "I miss you so much." "Drink." " More?" " More." " More." " Enough." "Enough or there won't be enough left for her." "Wow," "I saw you out of the car." "Wow." "Good morning." "Good morning, Mikhail Konstantinovich." "You just keep eating." "So... did I disturb you?" "You didn't." "How could you?" "Please, keep eating." "Hey!" "Come here." " What's your name?" " Lora." " And my name is Valera." " Where are you from?" "From there." "I'm lonely." "So am I. I'm very lonely." "Is it tasty?" "Well, it said it was the soup of the day, and I ordered it, like an idiot." "You can keep eating, you can." "You know..." "Only cognac isn't shit-poisoned here." "How are your wounds?" "They aren't healing." "It's bad." "Oh god!" "Is he gone?" "Is he gone?" "He is, it's safe, he is." "Uh..." "It's an employee." "He's leaving." "Nice guy." "I'm on his side, by all means." "He has to go to work." "He'll be leaving soon anyway." "Don't you need to?" "It's like you know..." "I'm suspended." "I've read about it." "And uhm..." "I'm happy about it." "Sitting here, drinking." "How are your wounds?" "Wounds aren't healing." "Don't finish it, leave me a sip." "What should one leave here?" "Well..." "Won't you stop by my place?" "I'm treating." "Cognac, I bet?" "Well, I don't know." "The 15th." "Evening." "At Professor's." "Hello there." "Hello." "Mikhail Konstantinovich" " ...has asked me to wipe you." " Wipe me?" "Yes, to wipe you." "Look how... how scruffy you are now!" "So unkempt." "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Where did he find you?" "Don't you want to call anyone?" "No." "And nobody is worried about you." "No, thanks." "You're so mean!" "You don't even realize it!" "You don't love anyone, that's it." "Okay then, let me make a call." "Kolya!" "Kolya!" "Well, I'm fine." "I'm at one of our suspect's." "You've seen him." "I'm fine, totally fine." "Bye then!" "Many kisses." "One more thing." "Don't ask any questions about her." " About who?" " About his ex." "What happened to her?" "He loved her so much, then she..." "She died." "And what did she do to herself?" "She took poison." "She was so beautiful, lying in the coffin." "Like she's alive." "Mikhail Konstantinovich also asked to give this to you." "Did all of these belong to her?" "Faina's 4th dream (about her mother), reconstructed" "Why are you lying here, Mom?" "Because he's an old man!" "Do you want me to have a life like yours?" "What if?" "My life was much better than many." "I've been to resorts seven times!" "In Hurzuf, Anapa..." "I've spent my whole life with the same man." "And you..." "And you're hanging out with bald cuckolds!" "Please, leave me alone now." "I remember you bathing me in the river using cheap soap." "Good times!" "So..." "When you're ready to leave..." "The driver is ready to pick you up." "So how old are you?" "I'm forty years old." "It's not very warm here actually." "But it's cold." "What are you doing to yourself here?" "That's how I meet her." "Yeah, that's what I was told." "But she's dead." "And I die too, and we meet." "How do you come back to life afterwards?" "I have means." "Do you?" "That's not a drug, so... they don't heal." "I don't have much time left." "One or two times at best." "Then I won't be able to come back." "I'm so..." "So lonely in fact." "Doesn't matter if I'm alive or not – only Kolya will notice." "And even he'll stop suffering and marry another girl eventually." "Days and nights..." "I've spent days and nights longing to find the elixir of life and the elixir of death." "Then, as it goes, 'first pour the elixir of death, then the elixir of life' –" "and she comes back to life, my beloved one." "Where else could I search for her?" "My beloved one, to make her come back." "You never address her by her name." "How could she ever have one?" "When she's all that exists." "Listen to me." "It's not a coincidence." "You were sent to my precinct on that day." "You were sent to me in the café today." "Let me explain it..." "Well, you must share your medicine with me." "I'll find them all there." "These doctors, Polosuyev and his hostage." "It's my fault that they are gone." "I have to get them back, and my mother asked me." "What exactly?" "She asks me every time she visits me." " Asks what?" " Well..." "To die." "Okay, I'm helping you." "But you owe me." "What do I owe you?" "Love." "Love." "That's the price." "Falling in love with you?" "Why love?" "Isn't there anything more precious?" "Life perhaps?" "Well, life... means nothing." "Love will absolve you." "You won't be alone there." "I'll catch up with you." "Why?" "Don't die." "Okay, I agree." "Mother has warned me." "And I..." "I'll fight to get you back." "That's the difference, see?" "Can you fail to succeed?" "What are you doing?" "I'm..." "leaving only three doses." " Nobody else should try it." " No one else is eager to try, you know." " Sorry." " Do you think so?" "Your Kolya will be there anytime soon." "Let's not tempt him." "So..." "Shall we begin?" "Pull down the curtains." "Fix them with pins." "It's all familiar to you." "And you have to mop the floors." "You should go change and... and... you know..." "Put on make-up." "Aren't the uglies let in?" "Exactly." "Well..." "It's that... modern one." "Where did you even find it?" "Take it away." "This one is nice." "And this is a tired mirror." "This one is not precise enough, no." "No, this is useless." "And this..." "Is this one defective?" "No, this one is good." "Keep it." "Wonderful." " Sleep is forbidden." " Oh, sure." "You have to stay strong." "Strong." "Take it." "It makes you feel awake." " Drink it?" " All of it." "Okay, okay." "And this one is... to wash it down." "I can't take it anymore." " But you should." " Ah, the last one." " Yes, the last one." " Is this vodka?" "Well, yes." "Thanks." "You have to stay awake." "You have to stay strong." "Now my vision is clear, thank you." "It's painful." "I told you, it's not a drug." "It's time to go." "Do I have to get up?" "I'm trying to." "Okay." "You have no time." "They'll start searching for you soon." "Your Doppelganger will definitely replace you." "However it won't be able to last long." "A day at max, not longer." " It's painful." " Haven't I told you it's not a drug?" "Can I take my logbook with me?" "I'll..." " ...put down things in it." " What for?" "I need to." "And what about..." " Is it windy there?" " Not as windy." "Is it cold there?" "Can I take my coat?" "Remember!" "You should be back by 5." "It's time." "You should go." "Look!" "I'm looking." " She's coming." " Who?" "Your Doppelganger." "I love you so much." "I will do anything for you." "I love you so much." "I'll accomplish any task for you." "I love you so much, Faina." "I'll do anything in your honor." "Thank you very much." "Looks like you don't know a thing." "You have to say the last words to make me strong." " Ah, sure, the last words." " From the deepest of your heart." "Because I'll be waiting for you." "I'm not asking for love, only words." "And I'm going to tell you..." "I'll definitely come back," "I'll find these doctors." "That may actually be my destiny anyways." "I'll realize the meaning, as my mother asked." "And I never loved anyone, and in the name of love even the dead come back." "Correct." "Date: the last one." "Farewell Faina!" "You evoke memories in me when we talk." "Okay, you should go now." "You have to go there." "Listen to me, mother." "Mother..." "Listen to me." "I remember the scent of your red dress, as you laid down..." "I remember the scent..." "On the wall... of your red dress, as you laid down..." "I remember the warmth of your hand..." "I remember... the warmth of your hand..." "Through all these sad songs, I remember your voice." "But I won't talk to you, I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry, I can't talk to you now." "Only higher motives I have." "Faina!" "Faina!" "Faina!" "Look at the floor." "I'm in the logbook." "Look at the floor." "I'm the Face." "Case # 57" "Welcome to the world of the dead." "Don't make a fuss, they won't let you leave anyways." "They let only the living leave." "Find the window." "Do you see it?" "There are lots of birds flying outside." "Go to it." " Jump." " It's so high!" "You can barely see the ground because of the birds." "Get out of the window." "There's no ground here, only sky from both sides." "The rain is pouring from the lower one, the upper one is for the birds." "Jump, you have to jump." "No one has ever fallen to death onto the sky." "Go on, jump." "She's probably the best one among all of the insane." "She made it." "How are you?" "Call me when you need me, please." "I'm tying the other end to myself." "Just call me." "We did prepare to die." "Don't you think we had been slacking off." "There was a pit ready, a crucifix over the river." "I want to say it, 'I love you'." "But I have no one to say this to." "I love them at the beginning, right from the start." "But they visit me only when they're drunk." "He hits her, chases her down, hits again." "She's breaking away, crying..." "And then they kiss." "Basically, they do all the stuff I despise." "I thought she'd never die." "And if she dies," "I'd be ready." "I didn't make it in time though." "I cut a lock of her hair, gave her a kiss on the forehead..." "She was all dead." "Is she here?" "No!" "No!" "We don't know her." "Who's that?" "Nikolai?" "No, no." "They are offering caviar." "Fresh caviar." "We don't need it." "We don't." "What an idiot!" "Bring me the ampoule." "Please, don't..." "Don't..." "What's the time?" "Did you start crying, when I died?" "Would you start crying, when I die?" "Wouldn't you start crying when I die?" "This is Morse code!" "And that's me sending the message!" "Take me back!" "Take me back!" "We thought you were dead." "Go away, please." "Leave me." " Give that to me!" " Go away!" " I said, go away!" " Go away!" "Why the hell... didn't you call me?" "Why should I?" "You hunchbacked idiot!" "All these mirrors..." "What did she use them for?" "What was she reflecting in them?" "What do you think?" "Is she even alive?" "How do you feel?" "What do you think?" "What should I think?" "Same as before." "I can't stand the urge to drink." "Let's drink a bit, we can seal this up afterwards." "Yeah, we have to." "Even though I've sworn I'd stop for a month." "Who did you swear to?" "To myself." "So I'm going to ask her," "'Where have you been?" "'" "You never loved me, that's the thing." "Well, love is something like..." "It's not meat... it's something bloody." "I get to kiss here." "I very rarely kissed in real life." "Why do you keep dying out, my dear?" "Come on, promise it." "I know you can." "Promise me something good, will you?" "Will I stay lonely, unloved, and unhappy forever?" "Will men keep leaving beloved me for their hateful wives?" "Please." "Please." "Please." "I'm the hit of YOUR times!" "I'm the star!" "I'm the hit of your times!" "I miss you so much." "I want to hold your hand and kiss it." "I miss you so much." "Heart pounding so hard that it seems I will not live to see the morning." "Yes, I don't think I can even make it through the night, less so reach you." "You're the one and only of all the men I've met." "I didn't know who they all were, swarming all around, who are they?" "Someone's smaller, perhaps bigger representatives." "I seem to forget how to breathe without you." "Of course, this is painful, but it is the heart, the poor, loving, trembling heart, it is also yours." "Hey, lady!" "Lady!" "What's the time?" "It's almost 5." "The meaning of life exists." "It's love." "You have to go." " Lady, what's the time?" " It's 5 now." "My body was found at 5 AM, the 25th, at the river boat station." "My hands were covered with needle wounds, and my death was caused by cardiac arrest." "As I've predicted." "They found a logbook in my hands." "A face was painted on one of the pages, and the question about the meaning of my life was written on another one." "While the rest of the page was covered with the answer." "And it was only one word:" "love." "All." "The meaning exists: it's love." "Love." "Hello, mom" "Bad news" "Hero will die" "In the beginning of the story" "And I'll inherit" "His doubts" "I will write a poem" "About him" "Love as an accidental death" "Hello, mom" "Again not very" "So hard to be" "A good daughter" "Your postcards" "I still receive" "Please tell him" "How I miss you" "Love as an accidental death" "Sexually transmitted diseases" "Endless dreary nights" "The phone call as an injection of morphine" "How do I recognize you among others?" "It will happen after" "If this 'after' happens" "I breathe in your circumstances to" "Exhale and wake up near..."