"I'll be late." "You know I have to be on that lunch every sunday." " Sweet provincial idyll." "That's the only thing I do for my father." " And you don't even doing that right." "Vida, please don't." " Hurry up, you'll be late." "Father of the family should be punctual and dignified." "SUNDAY LUNCH" "Hurry up, madam Gasic." "You know this is the only day when we have lunch together." "Who wears this kind of tie these days?" " Don't bother me, madam Gasic." "You know I can't show up as punk, or whatever is the name of that." "Sunday lunch was always sanctity in this family." "And it will be, as long as I live." "Are we going to have lunch?" "He is probably still in the hospital." "Sometimes there are surgeries on sunday, if there's an emergency." "Doctor's call is hard and noble." "I was in active service as a doctor for 40 years." "But I was never late for sunday lunch." "Never." "Only a few times during the war." "But, that was war." "This is worse than war, sir." "I bring and remove soup for five times." " Thank you." "Your son is still not here." "This is really too much!" "I can't go on like this anymore." "You've already started." "I had an emergency." "Very complicated case." "In fact, a car crash." "Difficult fracture with internal bleeding." " I told them, that's to be a doctor." " You weren't at the clinic at all!" "What do you mean I weren't?" " I was there just before." "Why?" "What were you doing here?" " Because I'm sick of your lies!" "Sofia, don't start again, please." "I had an emergency case." "What is the meaning of that stalking?" " Don't go on, how are you not ashamed?" "Sofia, control yourself, at least now!" " Don't in front of the children." "You can continue as far as I'm concerned." "Explain where were you." "Let everyone hear!" "Hello, yes?" "It's you comrade Meskovic." "Yes, he just arrived from the hospital." "You're surprised me very nicely." "We haven't..." "Sunday lunch." "This afternoon?" "When?" "I'll be there for sure." "Where are they?" "My dear son..." "Yes?" "One moment please." "Doctor, it's for you." "Yes?" "Internal bleeding." "Transfusion." "Alright prepare everything for surgery, I'll be right there!" "I have to go to the hospital urgently." " Internal bleeding." "Park my car." "Doctor Kovac to report to ICU." "Good day." "I heard it's bad to say 'thanks' to a doctor, because he can't say 'anytime.'" "Doctor, I wanted to remind you..." " Later, Krstic." "I meant, because I'm leaving tomorrow." " Alright." " He's ready for surgery doctor." "You got me up from my sunday lunch for this?" "You could've done this yourself!" "I though, just in case." " Come on." "Finish this, Petar." "It's done, all good." "It's me." "You're not asleep?" "You sound sleepy." "Or is that maybe..." "I'm calling from the hospital, Petar called me for some surgery." "No, no." "It doesn't matter." "Alright, we'll talk again." "You're on call tonight?" "Bye then." "Nurse Mira to report to admit!" "You again, Krstic." " I wanted to remind you doctor, you promised you'll surely come." "In your famous spa?" " You'll be our guest, as long as you like." "And our spa isn't spa, it's heaven." "We have everything there." "Fruska Gora, then pools, then... you know." " I know Krstic, but I'm very busy." "I'll try to go on some weekend." " What weekend doctor?" "Ten days at least!" "A month if you want!" "Please, get my car." " Right away." "Come in." "Hello?" " I had to hang up, you husband came in." "Meskovic called me." "I'm going to see him." "I won't be there long." "You want some ice?" " Thank you." "Cheers." " Welcome!" "How is your family?" "Wife and mister doctor?" "Old doctor, he's hanging in there." "These days a man can find the time for his father." "Listen, Arandjelovic, I'll get straight to the point." "You know we need reliable people here." "Come on, take that drink." "You see I had conversations these days with comrades about some staff issues." "Preliminary, we talked about your clinical center." "We wouldn't like that director position remains open for much longer." "I was thinking what person could meet such complex, political and professional requirements." "I thought of you." "However, final word will say comrade Jerkovic, who isn't in Belgrade right now." "Thank you for your thoughts." " I consider you as my friend." "You're a man who can be reliable." "But never mind, let's drink." "Who is it?" " Vida, open, it's me." "Do you know what time is it?" "Go back to the place you were until now!" "Vida, wait, I'll explain." " I've had enough of your explanations!" "Don't make scandals!" "Fine, but let me in." "Dusan, please calm down and sit here." "I'm going to bring you some coffee." "Look at yourself!" "And please stop acting like a great lover." "I don't want coffee, I want champagne!" "I haven't told you the most important thing." "I'll became director of clinical center." "Do you have champagne?" " I do, but it got warm." "And the dinner I prepared for you is cold." "I'll have to throw it in the trash so Petar doesn't see it when he comes home." "These are the most important and the most beautiful moments in my life." "After all these years of work, for the first time I'm going to get a big acknowledgment from this society." "You know what Dusan?" "You go back to your little wife, children, daddy, and build your career there, along with Meskovic and the others." "And please, leave me alone!" "Dusan!" "So, champagne didn't get warm." "Of course it didn't." " And the dinner isn't cold?" "It's cold." "Cheers, clinical center director." "Listen, we'll go to the mountain." "Completely free." "Without wife, without husband." "On romantic Fruska Gora." "Cheers!" "Good morning mister doctor." "Do you want coffee?" " Thank you, I just had it." "And?" "Did you have a good time?" " So-so." "Yes, yes, alright." "You just keep up with that." "And I'll continue to take care of your shirts, your father, your children." "And I'll be happy that I got a great chance to sacrifice everything for mister doctor." "My profession, my life." "Is that right?" "While mister doctor continues to fuck his sluts!" "You planned that great, mister doctor!" "Great!" "Bravo!" "Sofia, I was at Meskovic." "You know I was at Meskovic!" "I'll become a director of clinical center." "Marko, how does it look like?" " Great!" "Wrap the coat please." " Alright." "I'll go to college then, you?" " Maybe I'll go to Vida in a museum for coffee." "I haven't seen her for a long time." "It's that..." "I closed myself too much." "I lost contacts with my friends, because I was waiting your father." "You had another argument with him this morning?" " It was nothing." "Give me the bag." "And hurry up so you don't miss the class." "Go ahead, mom, it looks great on you." " Bye." " Bye." "Sofia!" " Like you saw a ghoul!" "No wonder, after all that time I went out among people." "You won't serve me coffee?" "Like I told you, I simply don't know what to do." "I lost my nerves completely." "I know that he was after all kind of sluts since forever, but..." "To lose his head this much..." "He came one night at 4 and tells me he was at Meskovic's mansion the whole time." "He swore they got drunk." "Tomorrow, he's calm as a cucumber, but what's the use?" "How are you and Petar?" "Don't tell me he started too?" "You should come to us sometime." "Dusan is going to some spa at Fruska Gora," "I don't know why that all of the sudden." "Grandpa is going with him." "When he hear he's going to a spa, he begged and Dusan didn't have a choice." "Come." "I'll be alone so we'll talk nicely." "Alright?" "We're almost there?" "What was that saying?" "'Fruska Gora, such a nice place, I often came back to your trace.'" "We used to come here, your late mother and me." "She liked to make paintings of landscapes." "I and carried easel and canvases." "You know dear, it's nice of you to bring your old father with you." "It'll be nice." "We'll have a good time." "Of course we will." "You know, thing I love the most fried catfish with boiled potato." "And Karlovac Riesling." "But Riesling has to be cold, otherwise it's not good." "I have a little surprise for you." "I brought my chess set with me!" "I know, you overcome me as a surgeon." "But in chess, you're not my match there." "Not yet, I won't give up that easily." "We'll have a good rest." "'Fruska Gora, such a nice place," "I often came back to your trace.'" "It was like that, was it?" "Doctor, I'm so happy!" "Welcome, welcome!" " Hello." "Is this your father?" " Yes." "Welcome!" "Marko Arandjelovic, retired surgeon." " I'm honored!" "Please, come in." " Thank you." "You heard how doctor patched me?" "He assembled me from pieces." "He patched me like that, what was his name..." "Frankenstein!" "I heard." " I'll show you, it's great!" "Come in." "Medicine is teaching us that after a long journey, best thing is to take a nap." "Am I right, son?" "Son?" "Look at this photography." "Your mom." "Year was 1927, in Vienna." "She was a beautiful woman, yes." "Beautiful woman." "Medicine is teaching us, that patients with hear trouble shouldn't smoke." "Is that right?" "You look like you're waiting for something." "No dad, I'm looking at these hills." "I'm resting." "You're nervous, you're very nervous." "I understand your youth." "But, you know about that golden rule in life, named moderation!" "I'm going to stretch my legs a bit." "Go son, go." "But don't stay long." " Don't worry dad." "And check about that catfish for dinner." "'Beautiful girl, crying on the open sea, has noticed a prince." "He was galloping on proud-spirited white horse." "He hurried his horse in the waves, flies over to the beautiful girl, he drew his shining steel sword to cut dragon's chain." ""If you don't cut it in one swing, said Jovancica, we're doomed." "The dragon will take me to his castle, and we'll never see each other again."" "You're sleeping, honey?" "Please, look after her." " Yes, madam." "I'm inviting you to a party." "I'll pick you up, mom, get dressed." "I hope it's cold." " Like a snake, sir!" " That's good, that's the way it should be!" "Because, if Riesling isn't cold, it's absolutely no good." "Bon appetite." " But potatoes have to be hot." "Yes, of course." "Where are you going?" " I forgot to wash my hands." " But it'll get cold." "You eat." "As soon as my father falls asleep, I'll come to your room." "I hope you're satisfied, sir doctor." " Frankenstein?" "Please, join me." " Thank you, but I have to monitor this place, I'll come later." "Bon appetite, sir doctor." " Thank you." "Did you wash your hands, son?" " Yes." "Medicine is teaching us that we shouldn't eat anything with dirty hands." "Am I right?" "Are you nervous, my son?" "We're not going to eat catfish when we're nervous, are we?" "You shouldn't torture your organism." "if you want long and happy life." "And we all want that, won't we?" "It was pleasant dad, it's time to get some rest." "Come on." "No, tonight I drink with my son!" "Girl!" "Another Riesling, but a cold one!" " Like a snake, sir." "Dad..." "Don't bring it." " When I say it, it's going to be done!" "Another Riesling." " Right away, sir." "What's the matter with you?" "Oh, please, sir..." "Krstic!" "Sit down." " Thank you." "Here you go." "Cheers and welcome." "So they call me in the committee." "Secretary told me: 'Comrade, pardon my language, are you screwing the staff?" "'" "And I told him: 'Damn it, is this a monastery or hotel and medical institution?" "'" "It's not it's my first time!" "Our people, may be a little rude sometimes, but it's very merry at the same time." "And medicine is teaching us" "That good mood is a foundation of good health." "Isn't it?" "I could've drink more, but since my motto is moderation" "I stopped my self in the middle of my good mood." "I admit it, but I'm serious." "You look like you didn't enjoy." "Maybe you didn't like the company of our nice host." "That childish rudeness in our people never bothered me." "And you?" "I'm tired, dad." "Get rest son, get rest." "After all, that's why we came." "Lovely night." "Magical night on Fruska Gora." "On nights like this, your late mother and I used to sit on the terrace until dawn." "We talked and talked for hours and hours." "Shall we, dad?" " What?" " To sleep, I'm tired." "It's late." " You go to sleep, I'll go soon." "You'll sleep with your clothes on?" " What?" "Even when you were a child, it happened that you fall asleep in your clothes." "Then late mother had to change your clothes while you were asleep." "You're surprised me very pleasantly in my old days, my son." "Crow, applause." "Sasa, something slow please." "Jelena, shall we?" "Your man is busy." " Why not?" "What?" "You wanted to fuck?" "You'll have to find some other slut!" "I don't know what happened." "Out of nowhere he wanted to come back." "We had a great time." "I haven't eat such good catfish since before the war." "Welcome, dad." " Sofia." "Did you have a good time, doctor?" "It seems someone had a nice party here last night!" "I told you many times, I don't my house to be..." " I had a birthday, if you don't mind." "Happy birthday, son." " Thank you." "Hello?" "One moment." "Comrade Meskovic's office, they were looking for you yesterday." "Hello?" "I understand." "How did that happen now?" "I simply don't know..." "Alright, of course." "Thank you, Bogdan." "Thank you, I'll call you." "This is the thing." "Meskovic and his men want to appoint me to director of clinical center." "I told you that." "However, Jerkovic doesn't know me, so there are complications now." "So they want to sort that out." "So Meskovic thinks, since Jerkovic is organizing a hunt, that I should go there to be introduced." "With my wife, of course." "We'll get a formal invitation." " So you sold yourself to the politicians." "You know what?" "Until you start earning money you have no rights!" "Good afternoon." "Good afternoon!" "What did you bring me?" "Vida!" "Vida, stop!" "Vida!" "Vida!" "Vida!" "Why are you making a fool of yourself?" " I can't find you for days." "What do you want?" " Come down, we can't talk like this." "Dusan, leave me alone already." " Tell me what happened all of a sudden?" "You're complicating too much, you're messing up my life." "Listen, I'm willing to marry you." "That's your problem, I'm not." "I love my husband." "Go!" "Confess." "What?" " That you love me very much." " I confess." "Sandra honey, it's time for bed." "Good night!" " Good night." "Dusan, what is happening with us?" "Say something." "How can we go on like this?" "Nadica, do you have something to drink?" " I think there's whiskey from Stanimirovic." "Pour some for me." "Do you want some, doctor?" " No, thank you." "Pour yourself." " Thanks, but I have to go to ICU, I'm late." "Go Nadica, go." "Excuse for meddling, but aren't you drinking too much lately?" "And you're on call today." " You think I won't be able to operate?" "I call you if I get a complicated case." " I don't understand why are you angry." "I didn't mean any harm." " I know, I'm sorry." "I don't feel so good." "I lost my continuity somewhere." "Maybe you should get away for a few days, to get some rest." "Vida is taking me to Fruska Gora for the weekend." "Fruska Gora?" " Yes." "You know, we're in a good relationship again." "Like we came back to each other after so many years." "I don't eve know how did that happen." "Listen, why don't you and Sofia come with us?" "We'll have a great time." "Me and Sofia." " Yes." "We haven't seen each other for a long time." "I can't, I'm going hunting." " Hunting?" "You never hunted as far as I know." " You have to start some time." "Who are you going with?" " With Jerkovic and Meskovic." "You're now in a high society." "My son said that differently." "He said:" "'You sold yourself to the politicians.'" "So you think like him?" "I think we need you more as a surgeon than as a clinical center director." "You young ones can butcher." "I'm sick of everything." "Say hello to Vida." "Did I wake you up?" " You didn't, Nadica." "Come on, sit, have a drink." "I could use one right now." "Cheers!" "It's good, real nice." "ICU is taken care of, I gave transfusion in 5," "I think there won't be troubles tonight." "The best breasts of clinical center." " Excuse me?" "Did you have anything with Petar?" "You can tell me." "I think he had the hots for me, for a while." "And?" " And what?" "And?" " I haven't slept with him." "Why?" "I don't like men like that." "He's sentimental, flabby kind." "And he likes to sophistry." "We walked in Karadjordje's Park once." "He likes to walk and talk very much." "Why do you ask?" "Cheers." "Good drink, huh?" "Why are you wearing that hat now?" "It's night." "Are the rumors around the clinical center true?" "What?" " That you have nothing under your uniform." "Do you want to check?" "Yes." "He tells me that I sold myself to the politicians..." "Damn him!" "Say, does tie goes with hunting suit?" "You know what Petar said to all that?" "That same thing, but wrapped a bit." "Mister surgeon, with gentle soul and shaky little hands." "I'm carrying him on his back my whole life." "Say, I'll go without a tie." "And I have to tell you, I won't suffer from mediocrity terror anymore." "Do I have to shoot." " No, Arandjelovic, it's not mandatory." "I'm avoiding that as much as I can." "Madam, I hope you're not bored." "It'll be over soon." "He doesn't have the nerves to hunt for a long time." "Give me, give me." "Bring it, bring it!" "Give, give, give!" "Bring it!" "Now is a good time for your first spontaneous contact." "Come." "You come too, impression will be better." "Excuse me, comrade Jerkovic, I wanted to use this little break to introduce comrade Arandjelovic and his wife." "He's our famous surgeon." "I heard, I heard." "Nice to meet you." "It's good, we established first contact." "Let's follow them." "Let's go." "Endure for a little more." "Is that all?" " Yes." " And others?" "Fly?" "Torture is over, madam." "Now you'll see how venison is nice when it's smoking on the table." "Give me the keys." " Why?" "Give me the car keys!" " We have to have lunch with them." "Give me the keys!" "What was that, Arandjelovic?" "I hope that comrade Jerkovic didn't notice that." "So I tell you comrade Jerkovic, considering the state of our health services which is in unenviable situation I'd say." " Screw the health service, comrade Meskovic!" "Can you sing properly?" "Can you sing?" " Excuse me?" " Can you sing?" "Then let's go!" "When I was a young hunter, there was a girl who loved me!" "So this is rehabilitation room?" "We're expecting expanding of capacities in about 14,5%." "Also we're planing increasing efficiency of curing, in average of 4,8%." "I have to say, in our center, self-management is immaculately!" "There was troubles, but with some help from comrades, we overcome that." "We except to be approved for money to bye new machines from Great Britain." "In that case, increasing efficiency of curing would be 6,1%." "We're expecting big support from you, comrade Jerkovic." "First of all I want to say that our self-managing health care is improving." "From ZUR, certain improvements were made meaning strengthening self-managing administration of work," "which gives strong believes in global perspective of our goals." "Statistical data regarding increasing percentage curing about which comrade director Arandjelovic told me many things," "are waking certain optimism and trust in workers in our health system." "We expect from our self-management workers more efforts in that way, so the increasing percentage of curing could rise from our general social needs." "Director, again, I wish you all the best!" " Thank you." "I'm sorry that Meskovic and Vida aren't here." "I know that Meskovic is in the foreign exchange reserves commission but why Vida isn't here?" " I told you she has a headache." "Listen, I have to tell you something Dusan." "I talked with Meskovic about getting that electronic equipment." "You talked with Meskovic?" " You suggested that I be the president of that commission." "I didn't know you know Meskovic and that you're making arrangements." "We've met in the meantime." "Is that so?" " Yes." "It's said that we should stop negotiations with Maxwell." "I'll go to London and make contacts with another company." "What are those deals behind my back?" " I don't know who was doing what behind back." "You'll know that better." "I'm only telling you comrade Meskovic's stance and I take you think he's authoritative enough for you" "You know what, Petar?" "You were like my son." " Like your son?" "You better not start, Dusan." " As a director, I won't allow that!" "Explain that to Meskovic." "He appointed you, isn't he?" "Good night." "I raise this glass, in my son's honor!" "Now I can die in peace when I saw you crowned with earned glory and success," "I was always saying there's justice on this world." "And that the true values always go up on the surface." "Madam Gasic!" "Please come here." "Take grandpa upstairs." "Feed the dog so he can bite you!" "Did you hear him?" "I don't care about your shit!" "Big money is in question here, woman!" "That gentle Petar, sensitive intellectual," "I made him out of nothing!" " So you thought is' fine if you fuck his wife!" "Excuse me?" " You can't be excused, you've made a big mess, my friend." "You though I don't know about you and Vida?" "And Petar too?" "Not to mention Meskovic." "I can just say that for a charmer, like you see yourself, you're very naive." "You came." " Just for a short time." " What's that mean?" "Nothing, I'll move in with Jelena." " Don't be rude!" "What Jelena?" "My chick." "Her folks are going to Zimbabwe for 4 years, she'll be alone in the house." "Maybe I'll get a job, or we'll rent 3 or 4 rooms, we'll see." "You decided to get married?" " No, why?" "Do you always marry a chick when you go to her?" "What?" " Should repeat that?" "Sofia?" "And you?" " Unfortunately, I'm staying." "I didn't mean that." " Would you like me to go too?" "I wanted to say, you're looking peacefully how your son is leaving." " I'm not looking, but I just think it'll be better for him there." "I even envy him." "Don't fight because of me, you have enough of your reasons." "The time has come that I go and start my own life." "Little different from this one, I hope." "Bye." "I'll call you." "This is prof. dr." "Arandjelovic, clinical center director." " Nice to meet you." "This is Mima, she's a doctor." "A young doctor, but that's her advantage." "Mima, wait for me over there, I'll have a drink with doctor." " Alright." "Isn't she lovely?" "Bogdan, I wanted to talk to you about that damn equipment that we have to import." "Let's not talk about that now." "It's best you look at that thing as over." "You're a surgeon, a good one." "Stick to that." "Leave the equipment issues to more competent people." "I know, but I'm the director." " Don't be stubborn, Arandjelovic, you're a gentleman!" "Two whiskeys." "Here you go." "Dear friend, I wanted to discuss another matter with you." "You're an intelligent man, you you guess it's about this lovely girl." " Yes." "Her last name is Petrovic." "I heard." " Petrovic." "I heard you, but I don't understand." "That job offer that's open is not finished?" " Yes." " Well, she applied." "Mima is very lovely creature, isn't she?" "And also, I heard you know about those things." "Does she have a specialization?" " Of course not, she just graduated." "You know that job offer requires specialization." " You're such a stiff!" "We'll send her in Switzerland for her specialization, we have to give her a job now." "She speaks languages, we'll send here there and that's it." "You know that specialization is required." "I don't know how to do that." "That's your problem, Arandjelovic." "Find a way." "If you're capable to perform director duty!" "Two whiskeys!" "Will sir Meskovic be back?" " No, it's for me." "What do you want?" "Vida, I've decided to leave everything, and to leave everything and to with you." "It's over, Dusan." "Go home." "I made mistakes, but everything can be fixed." "I think I can start a new life with you." "I'm not alone, please leave." "Who is here now when your husband is in London?" "I'm here, Arandjelovic!" "If you allow." "Hello dad." " Hello son." "Where is Sofia?" "She went somewhere with the child." "Shall we eat, son?" "Shame, they've missed a fine lunch." "We're left alone." "They'll be back, don't worry son." "You came back too." "They have to place to go anyway." "THE END" "Translated by Inglourious @KG"