"LAST STOP PARADISE" "If he reaches the woods, we've lost him." "So what?" "On the double!" "Run!" "Where are the others?" "Behind the tree." "No, they're hanging back." "Squad, halt!" "Here comes the helicopter!" "We've got him now." "Okay, we've got him." "What's he up to?" "He's 1 00 yards ahead." "Must be a peasant." "He's wading across." "Is he firing?" "I can see him." "On my left." "Give the order!" "He's making for the woods." "He's escaping!" "After him!" "Run!" "Hold your fire!" "Target heading for the woods." "There are cops in those woods." " There are what?" " police." "Where from?" "What call sign?" "No idea." "Different frequency." "Target in woods." "We'II lose him!" "Squad, spread out!" "Move it, you punks!" "He's there!" "Keep calm!" "Squad!" "Do you hear me?" "Police leaving the woods." "Heading towards you." "Understood?" "Shit!" "They're going to collide!" "Soldiers, beware!" "Police advancing on you!" "Get down!" "You hear me?" "Get down, dammit!" "Sir?" "He hit the colonel." "He fired and hit the colonel." "Cease firing!" "Cease firing, everyone!" "Finish him off." "Okay, we're done." "Heading for home." "Don't shoot!" "Lt. UIea, sir!" "I have two men hurt, one seriously." " How many?" " Two." "Same here." "Two men hurt, and not even a band-aid." "Like hit by hail." "Get a tarp!" "He didn't fire." "What?" "His gun's cold." "So who fired?" "holy shit." "What's your problem?" "Forget him." "He's not coming." "You reckon?" "Look at the time." "What you got here?" "Vodka." "The secret of my success." "What's your beauty treatment?" "Same thing." "Babies suckIe." "You know what they suckle?" "How old are you, puss?" " Guess." " 15." "older." "16." " older!" " 22." "Not that old!" "What do you do?" "Waitress at gill's, in Dudesti." "How about you?" "electronics graduate." "Dipshit!" "actually, I keep pigs." "I do, I swear." "It pays well." "Jesus, I always end up with bums or psychos." "Great elevator!" "relax, we'II ride the horse up." "I must be a born doofus." "We'II go slowly." "You ride up if you want." "I'm staying here." "How can I be so dumb?" "A guy asks me into his car and I reject him." "C'mon, puss." "I said I'm staying here." "My feet are agony." "My toes are bleeding!" "I wouldn't budge if you fucked me." "You should watch your mouth." "What if I scream the house down?" "I'II give you a kick in the puss to remember." "Don't play games with me, okay?" "Like I said, we ride up here." "Put me down." "I can manage by myself." "Giddap, NeIIie!" "No sweat." "I'm a mighty stallion." "We'II see about that later!" "What's your name?" "Norica, short for EIeonora." "Mitu, for Dimitri." "tell me, Norica." "Aren't you scared?" "Scared of what?" "I couId've brought you here to eat you." "I couId slice you up into pieces." "secretly." "Nobody saw you come in." "You'd be my winter food supply." "Pussy and brains in the freezer!" "If it's in the stars, what can I do?" "You slay me, Norica." "I once brought a Japanese girl here." "So it was you?" "Nobody believes me." "That's tasty." "It's salty." "Tasty." "Yes, it's tasty." "Got any left?" "Of the Japanese girl?" "Very little." "I need more fresh meat." "still not scared?" "Scared of what?" "What if I drop you?" "What's the problem?" "Cats land on their feet." "I'II be back to rub against your legs." "You're syphiIis-brained!" "We won't get far together." "Say, werewolf..." "If I flake out, you'II eat me." "Got any more booze?" "Pass the jar." "I'm sleepy." "What time is it?" "My watch is being fixed." "There's not much furniture." "Is it all being fixed?" "Good thing there's a mattress." "Yeah, good thing." "Who's that girl?" "Did I screw her or not?" "Morning, boss!" "Morning." "How do I Iook?" "Washed your panties?" "You'II catch cold." "No fear, boss." "I'm a tough cookie." "Give me that." "I'II fry us some food and then I'II go." "Where to?" "Work, of course!" "What work?" "old man gill's snack bar in Dudesti." "What do you want with old gill?" "A wedding ring, that's what." "I'm through with punks." "You don't say." "old gill!" "He's a family man." "He's getting divorced and marrying me this fall." "In church, and all." "unless you do!" "You're into..." "Marriage, yes!" "How about it?" "First we'II find you a room." "Thanks a fucking lot!" "Now that you've screwed me." "Did your mom teach you words like that?" " Got no mom." " Dad lets you smoke?" "No dad either, boss." "How about you?" "Can't you see I'm an orphan?" "I don't even know my name." "Don't you want to know it?" "Of course I do." "I just didn't dare to ask yet." "Watch your ass." "I'II ask you your name one day, I swear." "I can't wait to know more about this hero of the kitchen and bedroom who keeps me warm and gives me shoes and clothes and promises to find me a room!" "I'II make some scrambled eggs." "No cornstarch, no flour... no sugar, no rice..." "Nothing." "What's this?" "My opera glasses." "You're nuts!" "And this?" "walnut jam." "I Iove it." "crystallized." "I'II fix it for you." "Spare me." "pickled cabbage!" "Where's the fridge with the Jap?" "What Jap?" "Dearie me, boss!" "Leave some." "We'II cook it with fishbaIIs tonight." "Okay, boss." "I have to go see to the pigs." "Stay here and be good." "Don't let anyone in." "especially not the electricity guys." "They bang on the door." "Yes, boss!" "Don't "boss" me!" "My name's..." "Mitu." "I know." "Short for Dimitri." "You already said." "You forgot." "I'm Norica." "From EIeonora." "You forgot that too." "Like you forgot the Japanese girl." "You forgot everything." "I called you syphiIis-brained and nuts... and said we won't get far together." "Do you remember that?" "You scare me, Mitu." "You big dope!" "tell me, did you screw me last night or not?" "Remember?" "No," "I couldn't remember." "I was as drunk as a pig." "What else but a pig?" "There's nothing more like a man than a pig." "No animal is smarter than a pig." "When Christ cast Satan out of man he hid in a herd of pigs." "You scare me, Mitu." "All newborn animals are blind for a few days or a few weeks." "But pigs are born with a film on their eyes that dissolves in the first light of day." "Only piglets and children see right away." "Men and pigs are impatient." "They're driven by a sort of devilish curiosity." "They can't wait to see God's light." "Pigs are capable of killing their brother for a pumpkin skin." "Pigs are the brothers of Man." "Must be the electricity guys." "I won't let them in." "Our brother Nicu's here!" "Our brother from America!" "You stupid idiot!" "We wanted to surprise him, for fun." "Come on out." "I didn't mean to." "Come on, come out!" "It's me." "What the hell...?" "I bought this in New York." "Seven bucks." "We wanted to surprise you." "This twat spoiled everything." "Didn't mean to." "Why are you here?" "To see you!" "Hang on, I stink of pig." "still keeping pigs?" "It was Dad's choice." "Pigs for me, America for you." "Orphan, huh?" "Don't let's start." "I'm ready to forgive and forget." "Don't stir old shit." " We forget?" " That's right." "Bury the hatchet?" "Be a sport." "Okay." "But pigs have taught me this:" "Man's ancestors are pigs, not apes." "They're our brothers." "So hell, God bless you!" "We didn't expect you back till you got US citizenship." "I'II be able to travel more easily then." "Don't bother, we'II come to you!" "Lucky bastard." "I'II bring my wife, Norica." "They could deport me." " What for?" " Because." "Take it and leave me alone!" "So?" "Let's hear it!" "What's America like?" "I've seen a Iot of shit." "Like what?" "What did you see that we'II never see?" "You can see he's scared shitless." "Our Embassy guys are watching him." "little cretin!" "Leave us in peace!" "play with the bottles." "Drop them on the cars, okay?" "hold the story!" "What's going on here?" "Sit down." "Move over, cousin." "I need to wash." "feel free to pee." "Mitu is family." "You remember..." "Cristina." "She won the bronze in Tokyo." ""Cristina splits." We grew up together." "You didn't grow much!" "The Party pumped us full of testosterone!" "I Ieft FIorin and NeIu and went to hollywood." "You went to hollywood?" "I hung around the stars' houses, wishing the folks back home could see me." "I searched their garbage, picking out hunks of bread and bones." "I lived on their leftovers." "And plums." "I'd pick these huge, sweet plums." "And oranges." "They were in season." "Orchards full." "It was great summer weather." "Fantastic." "You were in hollywood?" "You bet!" "In the trash, did you see Ava Gardner's tampax?" "I sure did." "And swimming pools?" "I saw some of them, too." "I saw lots of things." "But you get homesick." "Like George CocirIatu." "He slashed his wrists." "Why didn't he come home?" "Oh, right." "silly me!" "You can't tell us." "I forgot." "It's a secret." "Bromide, quick!" "Bang a nail in my head!" "Quit pIayacting." "Nobody's watching." " Your brothers are..." " What?" "Cracked!" "The dwarf and his wife..." "They're in love." "She had her uterus sewn up to have a baby." "Idiot!" "Sit there and don't move!" "You hear me?" "Don't move!" "What's up?" "He smashed a windshield!" " They shouldn't park there." " Where, then?" "Parking lots, Iike in America!" "Nice work!" "How did you do it?" "Go on, encourage him to misbehave!" "He showed him how!" "Sit down and listen to Nicu." "What's it like, Nicu?" "tell us everything." "He's afraid we'II come and stay." "It's a new procedure." "They sewed up my uterus." " You saw the Statue of Liberty?" " It's big." "How big?" "Turn that thing off!" "How big is it?" "Like that building." "For the uterus, there's a technique in America..." "Shut up about your uterus!" "Keep talking." "In my 3 years in New York I've had ups and downs..." "I work in a Romanian restaurant, Leibovitch's." "He comes from near Arad." "I clean the dishes and the toilets too, if need be." "Mountains of plates." "I dream about them!" "The money's okay." "Last summer, I had enough to go to L.A." "and make up with FIorin and NeIu." "I'd have liked to stay longer, but I went back to New York to make money to see you." "Is it good there or not?" "well..." "Is it better than here or worse?" "Any place is cool if you are." "Here, there, same thing." "Might as well stay here!" "If you work it's like here." "If you toe the line it's like here." "If you keep quiet..." "Why keep quiet?" "Because!" "You have to speak well of everything, always!" "Just like here!" "Because they're listening!" "AII the time!" "Let go!" "What's with the fucking tie?" "Who do you think you are?" "Dimitri's got himself a honey!" "When's the wedding?" "You're all fired up and hot to trot." "We want a wedding!" "So tell us, Nicu." "When do you go back to America?" "In the fall?" "Tomorrow." "Hear that?" "His lordship leaves tomorrow." "He's been here a month, no news, never writes, went to America instead of me, and he's off tomorrow!" "Yeah." "Why not come to the airport?" "When did it arrive?" "No idea." "It was by the door this morning." "What do we do now?" "Tomorrow we put that punk on his plane." "And then?" "Then..." "I'II tell you." "Then I go back to gill." "I'II come with you." "You're crazy." "I'II be your cousin." "You're really crazy!" "Get this straight." "I'm marrying old gill in the fall." "Send the picture to Nicu." "It'II make the boy happy." "You still take pictures?" "I quit that, Dad." "You quit?" "You really are a good-for-nothing." "You want to drive?" "Better not." "I'm out of practice." "You could've been a driver." "Better than nothing." "Look at Nicu." "He's not a quitter." "He does his best." "He doesn't worry me." "Leibovitch's dishes." "What?" "I dare you to repeat that." "I said nothing, Dad." "You did." "You mumbled something." "Let Norica and me out after the lake." "Aren't you working?" "When does your shift start?" "At 2, right?" "No, at 3." "I always start at 3," "like I always tell you." "He's old." "We get tetchy and forgetful when we grow old." "We won't make it now, even for 3 p.m. It's too far." "We'II make it." "Why fret?" "I fret because you don't." "Let's all fret." "Fret, everybody!" "CosteI, fret!" "Let him be." "What's it to him what time I start?" "Who would want my job and wages?" "Nobody wants pig work." "I believe you." "You believe me?" "Okay, you're grown up." "I wash my hands." "You wash your hands?" "Stop the car!" "Be quiet." "Let him drive." "Stop the car!" "Let him drive." "Stop!" "Are you crazy?" "You want to kill us?" "Stop!" "Are you deaf?" "Stop!" "I warn you I'm syphiIis-brained!" "HaIfwit!" "You almost got us killed." "Remember when I applied for an exit visa?" "You came to the pig farm." "Remember?" "I was 16." "After my year in jail." "Quiet!" "Norica has to know everything." "You walled, "Retract your visa or I'm cooked!"" "Dad has hypertension!" "Remember, Dad?" "I stayed and kept pigs and now you insult me." "Shut up!" "I'm talking!" "After the revolution you fixed it for who to go to America?" "That fuckwit, still washing dishes five years later!" "Shut up!" "It's my turn to talk." "I've been drafted." "For two years, starting tomorrow." "In tanks." "Now you listen." "For four years you pulled strings to get me deferred." "I asked you for nothing." "No more pulling strings!" "I'm doing my time, even if it's hell." "I warn you." "No more strings, or I'II kill you." "Got that, Mom?" "I'II torch your house." "And no parcels!" "I'II feed them to the pigs!" "Move your ass." "Get out!" "Fuck you!" "I'm sick of you and your screwed-up family!" "This is where we split up." "Give me three and stop staring at me." " Come to a movie." " Scoot." "A weepy Indian movie." "Sandokan?" "Seen it." "No, a love story." "Drop dead." "Are you standing here all day?" "Nice going, gill." "I'm parched!" "They'II bankrupt me." "Chatterboxes!" "Long live gill the boss!" "Cheers, gill!" "Long live gill Trandafir!" "Where's your cab?" "Catching its breath." "We were both overheating." "Me too." "Give me one of those." "My two new young ones." "Got to watch them." "Her, especially!" "Am I right?" "She's so bashful." "She's only a kid but she knows what's coming in the fall if she's good." "My cousin." "He's been drafted." "What?" "He's my cousin, come to say good-bye before the army." "Come on over!" "Hi, Mr. gill." "Norica told me about you." "I'm her cousin." "I came to say good-bye before the army." "Sit down." "Have a beer." "Serve your cousin." "Two years?" "Where's that beer?" "Give him some meatballs." "God bless you." "May you live in peace." "Cheers, Mr. gill." "God save you and long life to you." "Happy wedding in the fall!" "Lots of fun with Norica!" "Lots of fun!" "Want a ride tonight?" " Want a ride?" " What?" "I'II take you on my bike." "You're so stupid." "It's not far." "Poor jerk!" "Stupid bitch." "I kiss your hands!" "God be with you!" "AII the best!" "You'II have things to discuss if he's leaving tomorrow." "Your last chance for a while." "Come on, sit down." "Were you really in jail?" "What for?" "Attempted rape." "A Japanese girl?" "No, a local chick." "She gave me the clap." "The syphilis came later?" "Cheers, gill!" "Cheers, everybody!" "Long live gill and us!" "Your credit's run out." "My welfare check's due Monday." "Give him a schnapps." "A vodka!" "To your health." "Schnapps will do." "God grant you a fine car." "The girl, you have already!" "You're a lucky man." "Luck is what we make it." "May you screw for a century!" "What's she like?" "Her pussy is like nothing I ever saw." "What else?" "You syphiIis-brained creep!" "Give me that!" "One, two, three, four!" "Dress ranks!" "Three by three!" "They're rookies." "They haven't a clue!" "Way to go, rookies!" "What's with them?" "You're gonna sweat instead of them." "They're vets, my brother said." "Big tanks!" "will we go in them?" "Shut up and keep your belly in!" "Squad, halt!" "Dress ranks!" "No smoking!" "Shake them up." "Yes sir." "Lie down." "Lie down!" "Are you deaf?" "civilian life is over." "Get that into your heads." "This is not a beer hall." "Here, we defend our country." "Whether we like it or not." "I'II soon have you in shape." "Attention!" "Am I seeing things?" "Tired, soldier?" "Sir..." "Shut up." "Come here." "You stink of booze, you louse." "What do we have here?" "You're either a faggot or a girl." "Quiet!" "Did I tell you to laugh?" "You're a disgrace." "Remove it before I rip your ear." "Understood?" "Lie down!" "Not you, him." "corporal, deal with him." "Stand up!" "Lie down." "Did I say lie down?" "I brought some meatballs." "I won't touch gill's food." "gill's or not, I swiped them for you." "In that case..." "careful, there's beer in the jar." "It's not allowed." "What's up with you?" "The bastards put bromide in my chow for a joke." "They say some meatballs are made of human flesh." "You don't care." "You're used to it." "So you came." "Of course." "You fought for me, didn't you?" "Does he still paw you?" "Why not?" "He's entitled to." "I'm gonna kill him." "Can't you ask your Dad to get you out?" "I have no Dad to ask, dummy." "So I have to wait 2 years?" "You wait for me." "Why should I?" "Because I say so." "I'II get out when I want." "That hurts." "calm down." "So, how's life?" "My boots are too tight." "I brought you walnut jam." "Your favorite." "Ants like it, too." "May I?" "We're being watched." "No, we're not." "Take them off." "Get real." "Take them off." "Ex-Rock are playing tonight." "I'm confined to barracks." "I'II go with the barbecue boy." "You do, I'II take him apart." "But if you're stuck here..." "We'II work something out." "Don't touch her!" "Shut up!" "Get your hands off her!" "Ex-Rock!" "Why do you give me shit, Cafanu?" "Why?" "tell me." "Move!" "Hop to it!" "Hup!" "Hup!" "Hup!" "Mask on!" "Gun up!" "That's it." "Pick 'em up, soldier!" "You kept pigs in civilian life so this is nothing new." "You'II keep pigs in the army, too." "Gun up!" "Keep it dry!" "What's wrong?" "Tired?" "Hup!" "Hup!" "Attention!" "I said attention!" "Mask on!" "See?" "If you give me shit again," "I'II give you shit." "Start again!" "Excuse me, sir." "I saw you go by." " You have a troublemaker?" " No, sir." "You confined him to barracks, though." "The police handed him over last night." " You put him in the pig trough." " I had to." "Under which rule?" "We've had one tragic death already." "An accident." "Let me finish." "Lieutenant, do you know how many soldiers are fit to hold a gun?" "Five percent." "Do you hear?" "Five percent!" "I don't know if that includes you and me." "I'II put him on my staff to keep an eye on him." "Cafanu's a lost cause, sir." "I give the orders here!" "Listen to me." "I knew his father." "He was a deputy minister." "When Cafanu was 16 he wanted to go to America." "His father begged him not to ruin his career." "So the "lost cause" stayed here to save his old man." "You see?" "Some water?" "No, thank you." "Reporting for duty, sir!" "You bastard!" "I thought it was the duty officer." "Look who's sitting pretty!" "How about that?" "Desk, phone, files..." "Sit down." "What a comeback!" "Now you're a bigshot!" "Here, have a drink." "Five star." "Poor colonel." "His doctor put him on the wagon." "So, you saw her?" " And?" " And what?" " How is she?" " Nice!" " The colonel will notice." " He's on the wagon." "I'II replace it with tea." "talk!" "And bromide, for his dick!" "Cut the crap and talk." "I'II trade for one of those pass forms." "They're blank." "Stamp it." "I'II fake the signature." "You're on." "Now talk!" " Brace yourself." " talk." " I warn you..." " talk!" "gill fucks her." "Hit me and I'II yell." "How do you know?" "They live together." "No more rolling in the hay." "He balls her in his bed." "They're engaged." "You're outclassed, pal." "gill's a boss." "tell the bitch to scram." "We'II go hump Bica PegIeg on Saturday and sign our names on her wooden leg." "Forget the bitch." "Wake up!" "She's nothing but a slut." "Let me go, sir." "I have a duty to perform." "Draft me again in a year." "I'II come, I swear." "Why not talk to your father about it?" "He could arrange it." "You know he'd be delighted." "I have no father, sir." "Nonsense." "I knew you as a boy." "It wasn't me, sir." "Have it your own way." "But one thing's for sure." "I can't help you." "I can't let you go." "Understood, sir." "I said strip!" "Shorts off!" "Shorts off, morons!" "Faster!" "Hop to it!" "Left about-face!" "What can I say?" "welcome?" ""badly come," more like." "We call this the Snakepit." "So many snakes," "God knows how they survive." "Let's get acquainted." "I am Captain Burci." "I have a giant dick to fuck you with." "Patan!" "18 months for desertion." "Secasiu!" "30 months for bayoneting a corporal." "Motoc!" "6 months for pilfering." "Dode!" " Homicide, 4 years." " accidental!" "I do the talking here." "Cafanu!" "30 months of punishment drill." "Poor schmuck." "Margarit!" "Armed desertion, 3 years." "Fuck you." "Cretan!" "stealing company stores." "Up your ass." "Tough guy, huh?" "Tattoos!" "Long hair, rings, earrings, baubles... down the john!" "ilies!" "assault on a superior." "Kiss my balls!" "You're IIies?" "Yes, sir." "I've seen you before, but where?" "How did you hit him?" "Like this?" "Get up." "Come here." "I am Captain Burci." "I shot a soldier dead." "One like this." "He refused to do a drill." "He dared, so I shot him." "Bang!" "Don't say I didn't warn you." "What's the problem, morons?" "Lt. Pricop says he doesn't need it yet." "Kiss my balls!" "He'II need it later." "Am I right?" " Yes, sir." " You see?" "So take it back to him." "Back already?" "I said come back later." "Capt. Burci said to leave it here." "I don't need it yet." "I don't want that stuff in my way." "Take it away!" "Understood?" "Do you fucking hear me?" "Do it!" "Attention!" "Stand back." "ilies is dead." "Kiss-My-BaIIs killed him." "Patan!" "Secasiu!" "Motoc!" "BeriIa!" "ilies!" "Let me give it to him." "ilies, you dumbass!" "Oh yeah, I forgot." "Nothing for me?" "Yeah, this." "There is this." "Words are cheap." "Mitu, listen carefully." "Get this into your head." "Don't expect me to come see you again." "Wherever you are, I don't want to know." "Don't come looking for me, with or without a tank." "Gili won't marry" ""a slut who screws around with louts. "" "He wants a stable marriage." "Me too." "I want a white wedding and I want to have a baby." "I'd have liked one with you but fate was against it." "I told you we wouldn't get far together." "And I called you syphilis-brained, remember?" "." "Say something." "Why don't you speak?" "The only thing you like is pigs." "You're only at ease with animals." "Best wishes." "Norica." "halt!" "Lieutenant!" "halt or I'II fire!" "I'II shoot you dead!" "I'II kill you!" " Shoot!" " Don't tempt me." "I will!" " Give me that." " It's my gun!" "Lieutenant!" "So, cousin?" "Brought your tank?" "It's jail for you this time!" "Suck, fucker!" "Suck!" "Morons." "Bunch of morons." " How many shots?" " Five." " 7 millimeter?" " Yes." "The idiot panicked and fired." "AII done." "Okay, put him on ice." "Any thoughts, colonel... about your innocent boy?" "My God, how could it happen?" "Step by step." "And we'II find him step by step." "Lift him up!" "Stick his arm in." "Hands off his ring!" "I don't understand." "It beats me." ""Private Dumitru."" "Must be food." "See!" "Cheese, canned sausage..." "SaIami." "Top quality!" "Want some?" "I'm so hungry I've forgotten my name!" "His mother sent him olives, too." "Not for you?" "There's no bread, but crackers." "A bottle like this gets you 3 days' detention." "Want some?" "No?" "Fine with me." "Cat's piss!" "And warm too!" "Not thirsty?" "I can explain." "I don't want to know!" "Don't say anything." "You could have sent a parcel." "Of what?" "walnut jam?" "Let's go." "Jump." "Go on!" "I can't." " Go on!" " I can't!" "I kiss your hands, Father." "Where have you come from?" "The wide world." "We want to pray." "Mass is over." "Not for Mass." "We've come to get married." "Leave this to me." "We want a proper wedding." "The traditional way." "Tradition is no laughing matter." "There are no weddings during Lent." "Then you must bring me papers from the town hall and pay a fee to help support the Church." "I'II pay." "I'II pay anything." "You are not properly dressed." "She should wear white." "Or were you married before?" "No, never." "You see?" "How can I crown her if she's not suitably clothed?" "Wait, Father." "I'II clothe her." "Now she's a real bride." "Isn't she beautiful?" "AII she needs now is the crown." "The crown is no problem." "But you need witnesses." "Who'II escort the bride?" "I will." "Then I can die." "The Lord..." "He'II understand." "Somebody must!" "I do!" "Don't make me." "Now I understand." "Forgive me." "Forgive me for ruining your life." "Forgive me, Lord." "Do as he says or he'II kill you." "Why would he kill me?" "For me." "Very well, my son." "I'II lend you a shirt." "Lord, wed thy servant EIeonora to thy servant Dimitri in the name of the Father, Son and holy Spirit." "Have a heart!" "I applied for a permit, I swear!" "Stop sniffIing." "Take what you want but let me be." "I have six mouths to feed." "If you wear it like this... it's a wedding band." "You're so serious!" "Come for a ride!" "May it bring luck to your pretty girl!" "Extortionists!" "little squirts!" "The whole world respects me!" "What are you saying?" "Now I'm respected!" "What?" "That is the world!" "You're insane!" "What's that?" "Sounds like a bumblebee." "You get off here." "Last stop!" "And you?" "Me?" "What do you think?" "Don't say that!" "We can jump and run." "You can, yes." "tell them I kidnapped you." "What about you?" "I'm better off alone." "buckle up!" "No time to lose." "Keep the harmonica." "I came back for you before." "So I'II be back again." "Be good." "tell them I kidnapped you, okay?" "Don't forget!" "Go." "We're slowing up." "I'm staying." "Do I have to push you?" " Go!" " I'm not going." "Go, go!" "I want to stay with you!" "I'm not going!" "curl up to break your fall." "Jump!" "I have to tell you." "Don't talk!" "Mitu, I missed my period." "Go!" "This is an Interior Ministry operation." "Engineers, this is an order." "Cut the engines and get out." "I repeat, this is an Interior Ministry operation." "The Interior Ministry." "Cafanu!" "Are you there, Cafanu?" "Where are you, Cafanu?" "We're here." "Are you there?" "I have 40 sharpshooters with me." "Trained manhunters, every one." "You want to play at soldiers with them?" "Don't do it, Cafanu!" "I'm not some half-assed civilian, some crummy snack bar owner that you can act tough with." "Cordon complete." "Hear that, Cafanu?" "You're surrounded." "The game is over and you lost." "It's closing time." "Answer, Cafanu!" "Give up." "Throw out your gun." "Come out with your hands on your head." "Your turn." "Pardon?" "Go and chat with him." "I don't understand." "You're his commanding officer." "You know him, we don't." "regulations, I'm afraid." "tell him to throw out his gun before I zap him." "You brought me here for this?" "You're his C.O. He'II obey you." "tell him he's young, life is worth living..." "Whatever you Iike." "Better go unarmed." "Let's not take all day." "He's in that car." "Go slowly with your hands in full view." "One more thing..." "Try not to stand in the window." "AII right, Cafanu." "col." "Vatacescu is coming to talk to you." "He has something to say." "Do you hear?" "Despite all you've done, the colonel is coming to talk to you." "Ready?" "Try not to disappoint us." "May I come in?" "It's Vatacescu." "Come in." "I'm unarmed." "Come in." "Got a light?" "I quit smoking." "Shut the door, please." "The door, yes." "So, sit down." "Vodka?" "I'm here to ask for your gun." "It's no use to you now." "It's not yours." "Someone has to account for it." " Then you'II go?" " Yes." " The masked guys too?" " Yes." "I'II be damned!" "I pictured something more dramatic." "This is how it is." "Come on, have some vodka." "AII right." "It burns!" " Out of practice." " Doctor's orders." "Your doctor drinks!" "Stop seeing him." "Good idea." "When you asked me to let you go, what was it for?" "You said you had a duty to perform." "I did?" "You'd just polished my boots." "How did I reply?" ""I can't help you."" "You're right to resent it." "I don't resent it." "My big regret is that if we'd discussed it..." "What did you want, in fact?" "To get married." "I see." "And?" "I got married." "Good old Mitu!" "Cheers, good luck..." "And death to the enemy." "How can we toast with one bottle?" "I didn't expect company." "You didn't think I'd come?" "It didn't occur to me." "would I abandon you?" "To the trumpet major?" ""This is an Interior Forces operation."" "Fire!" "Got a light?" "Are you insane?" "Eat shit!" "One day, all that will be gone." "AII gone." "Every last little bit." "I'm telling you." "Major Carp will be plain old Inspector Carp." "To hell with him." "No more majors in the police." "No more draftees." "No more soldiers?" "only professional ones." "They'II commute to barracks every day!" "No more pig troughs?" "If it's not in the contract, the soldiers won't stand for it!" "Where will you be?" "In retirement." "Taking it easy." "I'II go fishing." "Can you cook fish?" " Sure!" " You were a cook?" "Cook, pigman, soldier..." "Got a job?" "Yes, for a fish cook." "I'm not single." "True." "Bring her along." "I sure will." " No problem." " This is her." "She's pretty." "You bet." "She's my wife." "We're going to see my brother in America." "You know that bird?" "It's a finch." "A blue bird." "One night on the pig farm a sow had a litter of twelve." "They drove me crazy with their squealing, they were so scared and hungry." "I thought the walls would collapse!" "How did I quiet them?" "With vodka!" "I got them drunk so I couId sleep." "They suckIed that vodka like milk." "And so... they fell asleep." "Then there was a silence..." "like on the first day when the Spirit of God moved upon the waters." "Then I heard the bird." "The smell of pigs was so strong we could hardly breathe." "What was that bird doing there?" "You never saw it?" "I'm sorry I shot that sentry." "A poor guy like me." "He's recovering." "He'II live." "I didn't want to kill him, just take his gun." ""halt or I'II fire!"" " "Shoot!" - "I will!"" "I grabbed the gun..." "Get down!" "colonel?" "Morning, Ma'am." "Can I help you?" "Stop flirting, Grandpa!" "Come indoors!" "Go back to your hens!" "Is the church that way?" "The white church in the woods, yes." "Beyond the hill." "If you wait, Jorgu will take you there on his way to the fair." "There's a fair?" "Yes, every Sunday." "With carouseIs?" "Why, yes." "You want to ride on one?" "I'm done with carousels." "I want the baby baptized." "Isn't he rather old?" "I was sick and he was too small to travel." " Is it still the same priest?" " Yes." "You came all this way just for him?" "It's just an idea." "Can someone take me there?" "Jorgu!" "Come here!" "What's his name?" "Like his father." "Mitu Cafanu." " The Red Star player?" " No." "The second division team?" "Where did I see that name?" "In the papers." "You're muddling me." "I'II walk." "It's not far, is it?" "Where was it?" "It's on the tip of my tongue." "The Red Star player!" "The winger." "There were two of them, Canafu and Vatacescu." "That's it." "I remember." "subtitles by nigel PaImer" "Processed by C.M.C." " Paris"