"The Cinematographic Studio of Bucharest presents" "'Meanders'" "written by Horia Lovinescu" "starring Margareta Pogonat and Mihai Paladescu" "Where did you come from?" "The train station." "Did you walk someone over there?" "I watched the trains depart." "Gelu... your son left you a letter." "What does it say?" "That he had enough, he wants something new." "And?" "He leaves." "Where?" "What would you like, coal or straws?" "You're dumb it burns." "You know who he looks like?" "Like you." "Come on!" "Listen, did anyone ever loved you?" "No, why do you ask?" "Just like that, did you love?" "Tell me." "Did anyone love you?" "I don't know." " Yes or no?" "No." "You're crying, look." "I laugh with one," "I laugh with one, and cry with the other." "Which one do I cry or laugh with?" "Tell me." "With this one..." " No." "How are you Gelu?" " I'm doing fine if you want to." "May I?" "Do you dance?" " Go ahead." "Thanks." "Why did you give the girl?" "Leave the nonsense, what's the matter?" "You look like a scarecrow." "I'm bored." "Where the hell are my ciggarettes...?" "That guy took them." "We sound like we're retiring, what's up with this funeral?" "Listen to me." "If you want to get rid of complexes, do something stupid." "That's an idea." "You're afraid of doing something stupid." "No, it just needs to be something very stupid." "Don't you have a pen?" "I want to kill him." "Hands up, put your hands up!" "Gelu?" "Yes." "Don't you have another weapon?" "Keep this one." "I'd like to know what's inside your head." "Say what?" " I'm just trying to understand." "What where you looking for?" " I don't know what I was looking for." "Did you know it was me?" " No." "Then why did you do it?" "I wanted to do something stupid." "You've achieved that." "He's a child," "where did he go?" "To the seaside." "Yes." "He's not a child anymore, hasn't been one in a long time now." "Do you remember back then, when you moved out of the house?" "I remember like it was yesterday." "How old are you?" " Ten." "Here you go." "Please." "You see what a big boy I have?" "I need to act like his mother too." "I'm glad to see you here," "I wasn't really expecting this." "I told Constantin that he should forget about your old differences." "You got yourself a slick apartment." "Is this an insinuation?" " Eh..." "I like it." "It is rather big for me and the kids, but they have no choice." "I find you are doing the host job." " Yes I am." "You changed a lot since I've last seen you." "You resemble an inspector from the station." "A university professor, a great home, a child without a mother." "When are you getting married?" "Why did you come?" " For you." "Again?" "I never joked around, and this time probably more than ever." "Long time since in Bucharest?" "About 2 months." "Here to stay?" " It depends." "And what's going on here, did you hit success again?" "He is moving in a new home." "The boss is busy, he couldn't come, it will be around two days." "Go figure." "So what kept you busy for that long on the building yard?" "Barracks." "Are we gonna' drink something?" " Yeah, she has a good wine." "And good relationships." "Do you work with Constantin?" "Not on preproduction." "Do you get along with him?" "I'm not really a threat for him so..." "But he does know how to organize his job." "Where are you working now?" " I'm on stand by for now." "You'd be very useful for me in Bucharest if you liked to come." "when can we talk?" "Your isolation has no artistic motivation." "It's an anachronical sign of bohemia, and it will stir away your talent." "Can't you understand that architecture is becoming more like a social artform?" "You are happy, at least your art is lasting." "Have you finished anything else?" "If I were only more balanced with a better understanding of harmony and the essence of the now..." "Nobody thinks of putting a moustache to Mona Lisa, but everybody believes they can change the walls according to their likings." "Are you always by yourself with the kid?" " Yes, he is a good child." "He is appropriate, we should take him with us." "Who else do you want to bring?" "You." "I'll be waiting downstairs, for now." "Be careful not to break them." "Do you want to play?" "No." "Daddy is here." "I'm all wet." "When was the last time you mopped the floor?" "I waited five years for you." "What is Constantin going to say when he finds out?" "Are you cold?" "Mhm." "There you where?" "I'm listening." "I'm afraid." "I'm crazy, I really am." "What will they say?" "OK." "And?" "What matters most is how the world sees you." "Never mind what others think of you." "The only opinion that matters is mine." "Nobody fully understands you." "And the stronger they love you the less they know about you." "You think you know me?" "Can I ask you something?" "But please be kind and answer me with honesty." "Yes." "Here's what it is about..." "I know you never loved me, and I think you still don't love me now." "Tell me, do you want me to leave?" "No." "Are you sure?" " Yes." "What for?" "Because I don't want you to leave." "Do you want to answer a question?" " No." "What do you want?" "I would like to be caressed." "Is it true that he ruined your career?" "Yes." "I'm tired." "Then good night." "I'm spoiled, I really am." "I'm hungry." "Do you have something to eat?" " No." "Tell me something nice." "Do you want me to talk about my past?" "What have you done?" "Sorry?" "Did he ask you if you have seen me?" "No, never." "Why?" "I don't know." "If he where to ask you, what would you tell him?" "It was raining that night ma'am." "It was raining, and we and we were meeting." "With every shadow that was closing in..." " Do you know it all?" "No." "I would see you," "I would only see you it was raining" "What are you doing?" " I'm building." "You made a temple." " No, a barrack." "It looks like a mausoleum." "That's right." "Let us enter." "Let us kneel." "I have never kneeled before." "Please." "Let me go." "It hurts." "Lift the board." "I don't want to." "Then go home." "You're crazy, you really are." "I love you too much that you shouldn't be." "What happened to your nose?" "I bumped into a door." "The poor door." "They didn't let me in." "Why?" "You are the most gullible woman I ever met, and I don't know why I love you." "Petru, do you know how old I am?" "It was a hasty decision of you to come here." "Is there anything near the window?" "I'm hungry." "I haven't looked." "I don't know what you believe about the idea of our happiness," "I for one see them pretty blurry." "Go home." "If you want something to wear you can find it in the dresser." "Open it." "Why do you talk like that?" "Do you know how to cook?" "No." "Then what can you do?" "Nothing." "Three, five, seven." "We also have a couple of empty bottles." "I forgot to leave the trumpet to the boy." "Raise your own domestic rabbit." "It needs to have a happy face, as if he himself begged to be slaughtered." "One little bunny, two little bunnies," "three little bunnies." "Posters again?" "There were some colours around here." "You've taken care of them." "They were around." "Yes, but not anymore." "The maintenance is cheap." "The tool of multiple uses." "You haven't done the dishes today." "No." "Bad, very bad." "You know I met him." "And?" "I know I could have use the situation to tell him one thing or two but..." "I couldn't think of it on time." "You should have told him something." "I told him he is a career chaser." "Why don't you take it easy?" "You can't continue living like that in this society." "The apple tree never questions itself about whether it's good or bad to make so many fruits, it bends under their heaviness." "No  I won't make any more houses." "Posters." "I'll do a thousand posters." "Do we have any more tomatoes?" " Mhm." "And peppers?" " Yes." "It's tasty." "Would you like some?" "The airport." " What?" "The sea swept it." "Petru, I'd like to see you build a house." "Me too." "Will you make them nice?" "In technicolor." "Why don't you see the professor?" "Why don't you trust anyone?" "I trust you." "What happened?" " He drowned." "Maybe he is happy now." "Why?" "He calmed down." "Is it hard living with me?" "Tell me." "Tell me please." "Yes, sometimes." "Sometimes it's hard." "Distressed." "Don't be to harsh." " That's what I am." "I can't take it like that, I can't understand you anymore." "Maybe it is better for you to leave, go back to him." "Let's go." "We were more formal." " More boring." "I almost took you for a student." "I started dancing like a housewife." " Why don't you teach him to?" "Well what do you know, what a surprise!" "I'm some sort of an intruder here, they brought me in." "I thought you were out of town." "I've been there to." "Where are you working?" "Is it you, Gelu?" "Yes." "An architect still?" "I'm trying to be." "Can't you see how high I climbed?" "How are you doing?" "All right." " All right?" "I'm tired." "Sure." "I forgot to tell you, if you didn't have left then," "I would have done something stupid, ask you to marry me." "Are you still building airports on sand?" " Citadels." "You know when we last clinked glasses?" "At the graduation." "Seven..." "Eight." "Eight years?" "Nowadays there's still some sort of graduates." "Don't blow the smoke in my face." "I have an emphysema." "You complain and admire yourself, you're looking for the students' admiration." "I tried to..." "Nonsense!" "You must try hundreds of times." "To whom?" "There will be a new contest this spring for some housing estates." "Why are you quiet?" "In five years you'll be searching your talent with a magnifying glass." "If I ever had one." "Take a seat," "I have no whiskey but I have wine and no sparkling water." "It sounds good." "Don't you box?" "It's a very smart sport." "I don't really have time." "Is she waiting for you?" "I came to talk about a quite serious matter." "You think we have something to talk about?" "You won the contest." " Did I?" "What are you saying?" "I can't understand a thing." "Cold cattle muscles, cold wine," "and cold blood." "You're hungry." " Very." "Did you come here to inform me?" "Yes." "Thank you." "You are pretty comfortable here." "It's just a personalized barrack." "You are humble." "May I tell you something from my stupid experience?" "There is nothing worse for a man than thinking that everything he achieves is great, and all that is bad come from other people who are stalking him." "I had some people stalking me to." "What can you do, such is life." "I must tell you something upsetting too." "Will you get mad?" "And now you want to tell me why you behaved like a pig in front of me." "I know you don't trust my work, but it is neccesary." "I am looking for something." "Why the long face?" "I'm waiting." "It's hard for me to talk." "But you have decided." "Tell me." "It's about Gelu." "What's the matter with him?" "Is something wrong?" "He admires you." "You took enough things from me." "Leave him to me." "The tears of repentance and endearing thoughts of king's son..." "He who was once mighty in hunting had startled me again with sorrow thoughts one by one I could imagine, so many dreams of my youthful existence," "together with the ongoing years have scattered in the midst of the desert." "while you are laughing flashing are the years passing by." "Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume labuntur anni" "False hunting treatise." "Never mind." "Life has a way of its own." "What is this?" "Restaurations." "The original construction was replaced with woodwork in the last century, and now we're putting back the original one made out of stone." "I find it funny." "We finished the monasteries last summer." "The rascal rout was sitting outside." "They did this for them." "You can only find this in Catalonia and southern France." "What is that?" "The outside frescoes." "Do you have a sin to confess?" "Don't you think?" "It has been more than a year since I've started searching for my balance through this." "It's true, sometimes I feel that I am... but it's more about the calmness of the mind and it's not even true." "I have never heard you talk that much." "What's the matter with you?" "Are you curious?" "Am I not allowed to be?" "Too late." "Would you like to visit?" "She is just passing by." "I understand." "The images of saints are real." "Only the devils remain anonymous." "I'm cold." "How is Gelu?" "He is studying, he is taking exams." "This woman has two left hands." "And what are you going to do now?" " I'm leaving." "On the 32 Bus?" " No, on foot." "Don't leave Anda." "I want to tell you something." "Dad doesn't want you to find out but  I thought it would be better to let you know." "You know what people were saying?" "That dad is a bad person." "It's his fault that Petru made rabbit posters." "One year, two years." "Don't be impertinent towards your father." "I haven't chosen him." "Dad, is it true that you tried to dispose of your friend?" "My friend..." "Your friend, my friend." "To this day I don't believe in his art." "Other don't believe in yours as well for a long time now." "Did you find it?" " No." "Would you like to eat?" "Yes." "Did you hurt yourself?" " A little bit." "Move." "Gelu is that you, what's up?" " Hello." "How's it going?" "Practical work?" " Mhm." "Is this the contest?" " Not that one." "Comrade Simian!" "Just a second." "I'm going. wait for me." "You know it's very nice." "very nice" "I admire you." "Incredible." "Thank you." "You are humble." "Not really." "I have grey hair and haven't finished a proper house" "Did my dad stop you?" "No." "I've heard he did." " You've heard wrong." "It's nice of you that you don't want to pull me down into this mess." "You're talking nonsense." "The truth is I don't know what to say." "What do you want?" "Can't you understand that it's very important for me to know everything." "You'll grow old fast." "Leave the jiggery-pokery." "He was a man without imagination and I had to much." "Something like you." "That's all." "Did he want to toss you aside?" "You are stupid." "I am smart." "very smart." "I wanted and made you say everything." "Watch out for the gentleman, because I'm smart." "very smart." "Who is he?" " The devil." "You think you're funny?" "No." "You know we're moving out tommorrow." "Am I late?" "Where have you been?" "I've been all over the place." "Are you limping?" "I said that dad did so much good to him that he got sick." "Who?" "Who... your Petru." "I went to see him." "How could you go and see him?" "On foot." "He said he's going to replace me." "I bought a board but cracked it on the way." "You are acting crazy." "No, I got it wrong." "Go and wash your face." "Right away." "What goes through your head?" "How to do the things you didn't dare to?" "I'll get a divorce." "From who?" " From him." "I took him as he is." "I got scared, I'm disgusted." "Dad plus me times dad minus me," "equals dad dad minus me me." "Such disgust." "Why are you disgusted?" "I don't know." "I mean I do, but don't want to tell you yet." "I'm going to bed." "This is unity." "It keeps on passing from one place to the other, transformation, transmutation." "Yes." "Unity is the time when... life gets a moral form, or a material one," "and, as the past transforms itself into the present, it reflects into the past." "Or reconfigures the future, the past, the present." "I am spiritualy full." "I read this somewhere." "As a matter a fact nobody gave you a good whooping when needed." "Your father works a lot, he works very much." "You fooled me." "No." "There are two beings in you as well." "one that is lying, and one that is being lied to." "Are you going by yourself?" "By myself." "I had to see you even here." "You assume why I came." "I assume." "Can I have a ciggarette?" "I didn't tell anything to Gelu." "I didn't tell him that I did a project on his liking, which he later destroyed in a meeting, where nobody knew what it was about." "I didn't tell him that I worked on advertisments for five years." "Rabbit advertisments." "One bunny, two bunnies." "All of this has gone." "That's the reason I didn't tell him a thing." "I'm sure you will understand." "Constantin wants to quit his job at the university, but he can't really live without it." "I know him." "I waited five years for my revenge, and now I don't really care anymore." "There is one thing I can't forgive him for." "He took you away from me." "He didn't took me away." "Tell him I don't have teaching skill." "I'm off to the seaside to sunbathe." "You know..." "I designed an airport." "A real one." "So I've heard." "Would you like me to walk with you?" "He is an admirable boy." "Because of him I really love Constantin." "A little." "It's his." "You forgot this at my place a long time ago..." "I'm glad to see you." "I haven't seen you in a while." "How are you doing?" "Good." "What happened?" "Your nose is bleeding." "I don't think so." "I must've been wrong." "Where did you sleep?" " On the beach." "Don't you have a cigarette?" "Absurd and dangerous, what did you want to prove?" "That your living on the edge?" "I didn't want to prove a thing." "I brought your pen." "You forgot about it." "Maybe you want to kill someone else." "Yes." "It's too late." "You said goodbye to your boyhood." " To my what?" "Your boyhood, tonight you said goodbye without even knowing it." "I'm a little scared." "What's next for me?" "Don't be afraid." "Always remember that truth, love and beauty are no lies." "Believe me, they exist." "I'll let you have the sun, the sand." "Would you like it?" "Are they yours?" " Yes!" "A film by Mircea Sãucan." "Subtitles by Alex Antohe@KG"