"GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens" " I'll leave you the books." " I've no time to read." "It's is a good way to spend time." " Ready?" " Yes." " Take care!" " Take care yourself!" "When you buy a phone, send the number." "And buy new clothes!" "Don't forget my face-cream." "You got the page?" "For dry skin!" " Everything will be fine." " Really?" "Don't worry!" "Take care of yourself and I'll fix the rest." "Don't forget me!" "See you outside." "Good luck outside, Mihalopoulos." "Here you are." "A beautiful day to come out." "STRELLA" "I'm looking for Leonidas Mihalopoulos." "No, I don't have the address." "How many are registered in Athens?" "No, give me all the names." "What was that number?" "6094..." "Sony Mr..." "Do you have a light?" "You saved my life." "Do you live here?" "For a few days." " You're leaving now?" " I'm back in the evening." "My name is Stella." "My friends call me Strella." "They think I'm a bit crazy." "Yorgos." " Keep the lighter." " Thank you!" "Bye." "TRIPOLIS [City in Southern Greece]" " Good morning!" " Good morning!" "An iced coffee with sugar." "Yorgos?" "How are you, Antonis?" "You've changed, you son of a bitch!" "Your prison sentence is over?" " It's over!" "What should I wish for you?" "A good civil life?" "How many years is it since?" "15?" "15 years, 4 months and 8 days." "It's a whole life!" "Medium sugar, right?" "Where do you live now?" " In Athens." "Planning to move back here?" " No." "I think I'll sell my house." "That's why I came." "Think I'll find a buyer?" " Certainly." "The house is in a good area." "Very few things have changed in our village." "It's better now." "Many tourists thanks to the Eco-Park." "Eco-Park?" "Eco-my ass!" "They bought five ducks and offer canoe - cayaking." "Really?" "I renovated my father's cafe." "I spent a lot of money." "It looks nice." "I have large crowds in the evening." "Lot's of young people as well." " Does Leonidas come here at all?" " Leonidas?" " Your son?" " Yeah, mate!" "I lost contact with him and hoped he'd be here, from time to time." "When your mother-in-law died, he left and never came back." "How old was he back then?" "13, 14?" "Tough kid!" "He couldn't fit in here." "You lost contact with him, no?" "Why don't you ask Kouloukousis?" "He'll know something." "Kouloukousis?" "The cop, who supported the dictatorship?" " Is he still alive?" " You bet he's alive." "He's retired of course, but still involved in everything." "By the way, he wants to buy a place here." " I wish he'd..." " You stay here tonight?" "No, I'll take a look at the house and then back to Athens." "A light once more?" "Do you ever have a light yourself?" "Not when I'm lonely." "May I offer you a whisky?" "Why not?" "You've got large windows." "It's a front room, that's why." "Don't stand there, sit down." " There's no ice." "Yiassou [Cheers]" " Cheers." " Where did you go?" " To my village." "Is it long ago since your last visit?" "Several years." "Why?" "Where were you?" "Traveling abroad." " Are you a sailor?" " Yes." "I used to date a sailor." " And you...?" " I'm not a sailor!" "Really?" " Do you live here?" " I'm not that crazy yet!" "I live at my home." "Alone." "I've a customer who comes every weekend." " He left this morning." " So why don't you go home?" "I lost sense of time." "I don't know." "Are you hungry?" "I've got potato-chips." "Eat!" "What are you looking at?" "Tell me... you are...?" "Are you a real...?" "Transsexual...but I haven't been operated yet." " Do you have a problem with that?" " Who?" "Me?" "No." "What's wrong?" " Ah, the financial settlement..." " No, it's not that." " Good morning?" " Is it really good?" "I've never slept good in this hotel." " And you?" "Did you sleep well?" " Fine!" "I had a dream too." "Really?" "A nice dream?" "I saw a squirrel." "A squirrel?" "So you had a nightmare." "No silly." "What was this squirrel doing?" "Nothing." "It was sitting there." "Come, I'll buy you coffee." "Boy, that's impossible." "I'm awfully late." "Are you staying here?" "We'll see." " I'm off now." " Wait, I'm getting dressed." "Honey, that's impossible." "I'll leave the key at the reception." " Just close the door, when you leave." " That's all then?" " Your telephone number?" " Write it down." "Yes?" "It's me, honey." "I'm 22, 1.68 m tall, brunette with large tits." "Yeah, it's in the ad as well." "Yeah honey, it's 50 Euro." "Anything else costs extra." "Are you top or bottom?" "What?" "What shall we do?" "We shall bake a cheese-pie!" "Fuck off asshole!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up, you bitch!" " What?" "What?" " Get up Miss Piggy!" "Are you mad?" "Wake me up like this!" "People shouldn't sleep at this hour!" "Damn bitch." "So early in the morning!" "Get up bitch..." "Now!" " Miss Brothel!" " Fuck off, grotesque bitch." "I was away for two days and you wrecked the flat." "Fuck you!" "Useless bitch!" "And I thought you wanna be a lady...!" "Is this my reward for buying you coffee?" "Buy?" "You mean steal it." "Why did you dump the pizza?" "It's from the day before yesterday." "So what?" "It looks fine." " Darling?" "My honey!" " Cut it." "I'm not in the mood!" " I have work to do." " Work?" "This shit?" "That shitty chandelier!" "Did you find it in the trash?" " Yes." " Where else?" " It looks even worse than your hair." " Fuck you!" "Okay, who'll do your hair, now that I'm leaving?" "I said I don't want drugs in this house!" "Otherwise go live with your mom!" "Give me a break, girl." "Fuck!" "I forgot my mother..." " I should have sent her money." " Yeah, the good son so she won't miss her dope!" "What can I do Stella?" "I just think of my little sister." "Does she ever think of you?" "Families!" "The scourge of the tranny." "We are not like you, the rest of us!" "All alone." "Don't say that!" "I've got you and you count for ten families at least." "But what can I do?" "I like you." "MyhoneI MY hive}, " " I've a question?" " What?" "How was this client from Agrinio?" "Any good?" "He was okay." "May I please speak with Leonidas Mihalopoulos?" "What time is he back?" "Oh, you're his mother?" "May I please speak with Leonidas?" "Yeah, Mihalopoulos!" "No?" "Wrong number." "OK" "Hello?" "Yorgos who?" "Ah, it's you!" "We can't meet tonight." "Can't you come to the club where I sing?" " Girl, my spotlight!" " I talk on the phone!" "At "Koukles", at midnight." "Bye!" "KOUKLES [The Dolls] [club in Athens, with dragshows]" "[Drag Artist as Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and ex Minister of Culture]" "[Strella as Maria Callas, Greek opera singer]" " It's an old building..." " It was a "dello"." " A what?" " A brothel, dear!" "It was run by a whore called Zanel." "She got old and retired." "I rent it." "It's a ruin but I want to tum it into a palace." "This is it." "It's a pigsty, but..." " I like it." " I'm glad you like it." "This must be the long freight train go by." "I don't like trains passing by." "I hear them still, but I'm used to it." "Have a seat, dear!" "Where did you learn to play Maria Callas?" "At Girls' College!" "What a question!" "People said I looked like her, ...then I saw her on TV and was lost." "A Grand Dame!" "She lost her voice within ten years." "She exhausted herself." "I do too but I've nothing to lose" "You've a beautiful voice!" "Come on..." "I may have her madness though." " You feel bad after two drinks?" " Three." "But I'm not used to it." " Did you drink a lot before?" " Yeah!" " Now, tell me something?" " What?" " What do you find in me, an old man?" " Old man, how come?" "I just fancy older men." "I feel safe next to them." "I like your hands." "I like that your ears tum red when I talk to you..." "like now." " Hey!" " OK then..." "What do you like with me?" "I like your legs." " I like your breasts." " They coasted me a fortune!" "And you playing Callas, as well." " What's wrong?" " Nothing." " No kisses, right?" " No, it's not that." "Then what?" " Good morning!" " Good morning!" "What time did you get up?" "Early." "I don't sleep much nowadays." "There's filter coffee ready, and instant coffee." "What are you doing?" " Installing the chandelier." " Let me do it." "Don't worry, drink your coffee." "I've worked as an electrician." " It is my hobby!" " What!" "Electric installations?" "I'm very good in fixing things." "I even make a little cash on it." "I work mostly for trannies, though!" "Where did you learn it?" "Not in school." "I taught myself!" "Where else?" "I'm a natural talent!" " You have too many talents!" " True, isn't it?" "Tell me something..." "Are you married?" "I was..." "Can you pass me the phone, please?" "Hi?" "Yeah honey, I remember you." "Submission costs 70 Euro." "Okay, I'm busy now..." "Call me after 5 pm." "Yes darling." "Kisses." "Bye." "What's Submission?" "Submission is anal but he's too embarrassed to use the word." "Yeah, new stuff for me!" "Do you practice it often?" " What?" "Submission?" " No girl, that work!" "I used to." "But now, just to keep the house in order." "The work exhausts me!" "And you, when will you sail again?" "Probably never!" " How come?" " I'll change my life." "Really?" "What will your new life be?" "We'll see." "Start again as an electrician maybe." "Great!" "We could be partners." "Please switch on the light, behind the door." "Do you like it?" "I found it in the garbage and repaired it." " You're handy!" " In so many different ways!" "Honey, I must go, I promised to fix a friend's TV." "I understand." "Do I have time for a shower?" "Sure..." "Look, if you want, you can stay here for a few days so you won't pay that rat hole of a hotel." " Looking for something?" " No, nothing..." " ls a Mihalopoulos living here?" " Yes, Leonidas." "The uppermost bell, no name." "But he's not home right now." "What do you want?" "Nothing, I'm just a friend, I'll call him up." "He usually comes after 5 pm." "Mary" "Why are shouting?" "I only have cancer, I'm not deaf!" "I'm sorry, I should have called in advance." "You're too late." "The reality show's over." " I've no excuse!" " You are a monster!" "I'm indeed a monster but look what I brought you!" "I forgive you everything!" "What fails your crap TV?" "No idea!" "The same shit again." "Where's Vilma?" "Out shopping" "Where did you disappear?" "I hope you none of your crazy stunts." " No, I met a guy..." " Really...?" " Is he over 70?" " He's 48!" " Married?" " No!" " A huge faggot then!" " A little, yes..." "He's a sailor." "And what happened to the other guy?" "I asked you something!" "I hope you didn't search for him!" "No dear!" "Be careful or you'll get trouble." "Hear me?" "You've grown up!" "You aren't a child any more!" "If you continue to burden yourself like this, you'll fail." "You will inherit this apartment and nothing else." "Frau Vilma will get the little money I've left." "Enjoy your golden years, girl!" "You're 25 years old..." "Back then, if I had realised it," "I could be a millionaire now, like... what's her name again?" " Angelopoulos." " Exactly!" "At least I had Anestis..." "God Bless His Soul!" "He's my hero." "It's smelling smoke." "She's got a cigarette again!" "Mary, didn't I tell you not to smoke here?" "Watch out, Gestapo is here!" "Girl, Strella was smoking, not me." "Who?" "Ah Strella my little girl, how are you?" " Fine!" " Fixing this crap TV again?" " What can I do?" "Staying for lunch?" "It's string beans." " That food is torture." " You'll eat and enjoy it!" "Heard from Toula, the plumber?" " Nope!" " I'll make coffee..." " I want coffee too." " You can have my pussy!" "Mary, I can't understand why you don't buy a new TV?" "I can't afford one." "I must think of my funeral." "I fix it but I don't promise anything." "We will kick the bucket together." "Are you in pain?" " Did you bring the patches?" " Yes." "Give me one." "That's what I like now." "God bless Yannis, my doctor." "Not how he is now..." "What a cute guy he was." "Why dear?" "He appears great to me now." "You're just an Old Daddy Lover!" " Such a huge dick he had!" " Really?" " Look at this, girl." " That's absolutely divine!" "I never saw it before!" "When I was wearing it back in '75 traffic stopped in Athens." "Anestis loved it most." "I want to have it on at my funeral." "Does it still fit?" "Currently yes." "Are there any roses in that color?" "I guess so." "Only my face shall be visible..." "in alabaster..." "like a doll." "My body is covered with flowers." " You do my make-up!" " We agreed already." "Most important is... that Anestis picture is there." " Enough now, I know it all!" "I can't hear it any more." "We've much time left." " Strella, come and get a coffee..." " My chance for a smoke!" "Come on!" "Did you bring the pills?" "The morphine patches as well." "She got one already." "Good girl." "Last night was a nightmare again." "She was in terrible pain." "She said nothing, but I knew it." "I hope the doctor gave you enough." "Three packages." "More next week." "God bless the doctor!" "One patch at a time." "Three would kill her!" "And... just let her smoke." "Alright." " Girl, your implants look perfect!" " They do, don't they?" "Really." "They don't look like airbags!" " Oooff, get lost!" " What tits!" "(sings a love song about a girl with curly hair)" "What are you doing?" " A lamp." "Not only you have talents." " Let me see..." " It's for you." " Thanks!" "I also bought you something." "Oh honey, come on!" "Relax." "I got it at half price from my friend Bebe." "She kept it for her man but he dumped her and left." "Try it on!" "It looks great on you!" "Happy Birthday!" "Happy Birthday!" "May you grow beautifully old!" "So we all can say here's a crazy bitch!" "Leonidas!" "Hi Leonidas!" "Don't forget your bag, man!" " Are you ready with the shower?" " Yes, why?" "When you come out, keep your eyes closed." "Okay!" " Don't open them until I tell you." " Okay." "Open them!" "Stay there!" "Remove the towel!" "Remove it!" "Hello?" "Hey buddy!" "How are you?" "I'm fine." "I'm at the bus station." "I'm going to the village to sell my house." "Yeah, I'm fine!" "Don't worry." "Tell me about you." "Have you received the face cream?" "What are you planning now?" "He'll live in Athens." "Hmmm, Athens is a wild place." "Of course, there..." "he can start a new life." "You still have many years left, right?" "Well, do you agree with the price?" "Look, I want this piece of land for my grandchildren." "I'll tear down the house and built a summer house instead." "So they can come from the city." "The house is in a good area...and since you're in trouble..." "I won't negotiate the price." " Fine then!" "Let's shake hands!" "Come on!" "Antonis, bring some shots!" " Cheers!" " To your health!" "To your new life!" " Are the papers ready?" " Yes!" " Do you have a lawyer?" " I'll find one." "Mrs. Eleni's son is a lawyer in Tripolis." "Remember him?" "He's young but a good kid." "He'll do a good job." "He was also a friend of your son..." "What about your son?" "Seen him lately?" "He's in Athens..." " Have you seen each other?" " No, not yet..." "The twists of life..." "He became a policeman." "A cop...!" "Leonidas?" "Are you sure?" "Is that a fact?" "Yes." "Why?" "Well, here in the village, people tell another story." "But if you say so..." "I hope you're right." "What other story?" "Forget it." "Bullshit!" "Village gossip..." "What gossip?" "Speak up man!" "Antonis, what's he talking about?" "People say they've seen him working as a whore in Athens." "What?" "They say he's not a man any more..." "You know how they call them nowadays...transvestites..." " Yorgos wait, man!" " Leave me alone!" "Get lost!" "You scared me." "What are you doing here in the dark?" " I thought you'd come later." " We finished early." "Everything okay?" " Okay." " Agreed on the sale?" "These high heels kill me." "I took Mary to the hospital today." "The doctor examined her." "He wanted to hospitalize her but she didn't want." "She wants to die at home" "She wants her funeral exactly as she has planned it." "Of course we used a double dose of morphine." "Fuck it!" "How long have you known her?" "Since when I was 14." "She raised me." " And before that?" " Before what?" " Where were you?" " In my village." "Which village?" "I thought we won't discuss our past." " Aren't you hungry?" " No, I'm not!" "Will you tell me?" " Tell what?" " Where you lived before Mary?" " Does it matter?" " It does, that's why I ask!" " Why?" " I wanna know." "Where are you born?" " In a village." " Which village?" "Near Tripolis." "And?" "My mother died when I was five." "My grandmother raised me..." "My mother's mother." "My father never lived with us." "Whenever he came he was drunk." "He came to eat and sleep and then leave in the morning." "Where's he now?" "I wish I knew..." "Probably in prison." "When I was nine, he killed my uncle." "The brother of my mother." "A handsome boy, he was only 17." "He was sentenced to many years in prison." "Do you want hear how it happened?" "I had just come home from school and was all alone, then my uncle came home." "My uncle adored me." "I was his favourite." "We started playing and fooling around..." "Nothing serious." "Children stuff..." "We undressed and rubbed each other." "Suddenly my father came in." "Bad luck!" "He saw us..." "and freaked out." "Then he started hitting my uncle." "Was hitting him hard." "Then he took an iron bar and smashed the boy's head." "As I ran away, he also hit me in the leg." "It was like a horror film." "Havoc!" "Blood everywhere." "Then he took me to the hospital for a check." "He left me there and turned himself in." "During the trial, he never told the real reason for the murder." "He wanted to save me from the village gossip." "Nonsense!" "He got many years in prison." "I never saw him since." "When my granny died, I left the village the very same day" "I was 14 when I came to Athens" "Yorgos?" "Yorgos?" "Yes?" " Why are you crying, my friend?" " My mother died..." "Two days ago, but they found her only today because the baby cried so loud." " Drugs, right?" " Yes..." "What will you do now?" "I'll take the night train to Thessaloniki." "Stella dear, can you lend me some money?" "Come here in 20 minutes." "Will you come in?" "What happened?" "Tell me." "I lied." "I'm not a sailor." "I was in prison." "Fifteen years!" "Understand?" "I'm him!" "Do you understand that?" "Fuck, I'm going crazy!" " Are you laughing?" " What else can I do, Yorgos?" " I'm leaving now." " Again?" "I walked around all night." "I'm losing my mind!" "Have you realized what we did?" "Damn it!" "When granny died, I tried to find you and tell everything." "And then I postponed it, because..." "It's Alex..." "he won't stay long." "I'm not well..." "Have a seat!" "Hey Yorgos." "How are you?" " Did Strella tell you?" " I haven't said anything." "My mother died." "Her health wasn't good lately." "I always told myself, I must visit her!" "But behaving like a pussy, I never managed!" "I just left her alone..." "Rather ask yourself who left whom?" "Come on now!" "There's a baby involved, Strella." "What will happen to the baby?" "They'll it in an orphanage or give it to my crazy aunt." "What's all this stuff in your travel bag?" "My clothes for the funeral, from Costas' brother." "What should I wear?" "Man's clothes, no?" "Of course!" "I'll wear my sneakers, trousers and the tight shirt that we snatched from Zara's... remember?" "Do you have an extra bag?" "I'll bring it back." "In my room, under the wardrobe." "Yes..." "Thank you!" "His mother was a whore and a drug addict too." " I must go now." " Wait, I want to talk to you." "Strella, dear..." "I'll take this bag..." "or is it too queer?" "I'll take back my caps, the one I lent you, remember?" "I wanna hide my hair with it." "I'm leaving now..." "I'll have to stay until the 9th day ritual." "Here's the money." "Strella, now you are the only one that I have in this world." " I'll return the favour." " You've done already." " I'll keep in touch." " Alright...go now..." "Bye Yorgos!" "I need a drink." " Were you aware of it?" " I didn't mean it..." "Damn it!" "Do you understand what you did?" "I only wanted to see you." "I couldn't just show up." " You..." " I knew all about you!" "When you were transferred, the day of your release..." " How that?" " Mary knew a cop." "I waited all those years." "And when you got out, I'd follow you, just to see you." " Believe me!" " Believe what?" "I had waited outside the prison since dawn." "I followed you by foot, then by taxi and followed your bus." "I got a room at your hotel and I waited again..." "I couldn't sleep all night." "I was thinking and waiting..." "In the morning I heard your door, and got out." "Do you have a light?" "I had nothing to lose." "I'd see you and that's it, I thought." "Then I stayed, to see you once more." "But then I lost control..." "surrendered." "That's how I am..." "Blame it on my life style..." "You were just another stranger and I liked you..." " And you had to fuck me?" " It just happened..." " We wanted each other." " What are you saying?" " You started..." " But I didn't know!" " So what?" " Damn!" "I'm your father!" "You were a total stranger!" "I didn't know you." " Are you insane?" " I wanted you like you wanted me." " I am your father!" " But you didn't know it!" " You knew!" " I didn't think of it!" "Actually, we are two strangers!" "Look at me!" "Do I look like your son Leonidas?" "God damn it!" "I don't know anything any more!" "You do know!" "We both know..." " You're a sick woman!" " No, I didn't want to lose you!" "And I don't wanna lose now." "Please, don't leave!" "We'll work it out!" "Now, I can die in peace." "I've seen it all..." "With your own father?" "There are so many other men..." "We agreed that you meet him, but...fuck him..." "Poor man, does he really deserve this?" " Isn't he going insane?" " No..." "What got into you?" "Did you want revenge?" " I said no!" " If you say it..." "And how is it going now?" " I hope you aren't..." " No!" " Do you still fancy him?" " I don't know..." "What can I say?" "What does he say?" "We don't talk about the subject." "What is there to talk about?" "We'll see how it goes." "You're a crazy bitch." "Do you really want to live together with him?" "Live together where?" "How?" "As father and daughter?" "As a couple?" "Or what?" "I don't know." "You do know..." "Very well indeed!" "What can I tell you?" "Anestis and I also..." "Anestis was my uncle...but my uncle only." "Not my father!" "I couldn't even remember his face!" "What's the difference?" "He's still your father!" "I don't know!" "Do what you want!" "But be prepared for all the consequences." " How do you mean?" " Are you serious?" " It's a hubris." " It is what?" "Hubris, girl!" "Hubris, as our ancient Greek sisters used to say!" " Who?" " Our ancient Greek sisters!" "Like Sophocles, Euripides..." "[Ancient Greek writers - both men!" "]" "Were they trannies as well?" "Don't make fun of me!" "It is a taboo, my child!" "Don't you get it?" "Oh, I'm dating my father, we're having fun, eventually we'll get married and have a child too." "Thank God you're transsexual!" "It can't happen, baby!" " They don't stay unpunished." " What do you mean?" " How can you endure it?" " We love each other!" " What kind of love?" " Does it matter?" "What do you think?" "I don't know!" "Give me a morphine patch!" " Haven't you had one already?" " One more." "In the drawer." " May I put it on?" " No." "What can I say...?" "I hope you'll find out..." "If you really love each other it's the only thing that matters." "This is something totally new..." "Anyway, you're completely crazy!" "Oh God, times are changing so fast, right?" "Pity, I won't be around to catch up..." " When will you be back?" " I don't know." " I'll go to the Club after the show." " But you don't singing tonight?" "I'll fix the lights." "Whom are you seeing tonight?" "I don't know." "Someone from the ad." "I don't want you to go!" "I don't like it!" "Yorgos, it's only work." "We discussed it already." "Didn't we?" "Things have changed now!" "I have to pay my rent and phone bills." "In two days I'll sell that piece of land..." "Really?" "Finally the cop will buy it?" "See how things change..." "The morning that I left our village I promised myself I'd never return." "I kept my promise!" " What's this?" " The key to the house." "Many times I thought I should throw it away." "But I kept it..." "I guess now it's time..." "Fuck this zipper!" "Can you please fasten the zippier?" "Damn it!" "I ate too much, I'm a fat whore!" "Today and tomorrow I'll fast." "Hello?" "Hi honey!" "Yeah, as we said." "At 10 pm." "At my place it's not possible..." "It costs 70 Euro..." "No, I can't earlier..." "Okay, at 10 pm..." "Bye!" " How long will this bullshit last?" " What bullshit?" "This brothel!" "Tell me what you want and we'll end here!" " What should I say?" " What you want from me!" "Damn it!" "What am I doing here?" "Be your asshole pimp?" " Yorgos, calm down." " Calm down?" " I was in prison!" " It hurts!" " I did 15 years!" " So what?" " I went to prison for you!" " Did I ask you to smash his head?" "What did you do, asshole!" " He was only 17!" " You were only 9 and he fucked you!" " Were you jealous?" " What did you say, filthy bugger?" "He never fucked me!" "I wish he had!" "You're the fucker!" "You left us." "You don't know what I went through!" " I was in prison!" " You were never at home!" "Not before either!" "And now?" "Do you punish me?" "I paid my debts!" "And you?" "Whoring around!" "Yeah, motherfucker!" "And now I'm fucking you!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Please dad!" "Stop!" "Now I don't need a father or a pimp any more." "Is that clear?" "Hello?" "What?" "When?" "Give me alight..." " She did it herself, right?" " All the morphine patches." "I thought so..." " What will you do now?" " What can I do?" "Find an apartment." "Stay there, at home." "And if you find a lover, live there with him." " The house deserves some happiness" " Thanks honey!" "And you?" "I've no idea." "I fucked up my life..." "Mary used to say you're insane, but also the strongest of us!" "Who is there?" "Hello?" "Here you are, motherfucker!" "I curse the womb that gave you life!" "Yeah, I'm busy right now." "I must hang up now." "Come at 7 pm..." "Okay at 9 pm..." "Okay." "I'll hang up now..." "Bye!" "Sorry!" " Have you called me?" " Yes, why?" "Nothing, just asking..." "Do you live alone?" "Yes." "I mean no... with my mom, but..." "she's away for the weekend." "Eh, would you like a drink?" "No, thanks!" "I don't drink..." "Want a line?" " I don't do drugs." " I insist!" "It's super!" "You kiss on the mouth?" "It depends!" "Is this enough?" "Put some more." "Wait." "Gently!" "Hey, come on, not so fast..." "We have time!" "That's good!" "Well, now you do a line!" "Perfect!" "Come on." "Hurry up!" "Go to hell!" "[sings a Christmas song]" " Look." "A Christmas Tree!" " Where did you find it?" "I stole it at a Christmas market." "Nobody suspects a lady with a child!" "And..." "lights too!" "Is it not enough that you turned the house into a kinder garden?" " It's Christmas, honey!" " Yeah, I didn't notice!" "Okay, put it in your sister's comer." "Fuck, it's 4 pm..." "I should be in prison by now." "What?" "I can visit Costas for the first time." "I take cosmetics and razor blades." "Damn it!" "In this house we can't avoid prisons!" "Take the baby with you." "Strella, it's two hours." "Enough time for make-up and decorate the tree." "I decorate your tree?" "Strella, please." "I only ask one little favour!" " One?" "My condition was not to burden me with the baby!" "Strella please." "Transgender Goddess will reward you." "Transgender Goddess is on vacation!" "Or rather, she's in prison!" "Hello darling." "I'll sing Callas for you!" "Ah, what happened?" "Stop crying." "Quiet now." "It's over now..." "No one would blame me if I threw you out of the window." "Calm down." "Bitch, I said no ketchup for her." "It's not good!" " She likes it." " So what?" "We don't give babies what they like." "She can't get anything she likes." " What should I do then?" " Sing to her." "It makes her eat." "Whereveryoulook,youreyes are like fire" "'I'm all alone and my heart is crying." "You are in my dreams..." "'I can only blame Love for what's happening to me'" " Is this garbage?" " No!" " Are you sure?" " It's just not working." " Honey, it works perfectly." " Really?" "Hello?" "Hey honey!" "Have we met before?" "Where?" "In Thessaloniki?" "What do you want?" "Honey, it's 100 Euro." "Anything else costs extra." "Plaza Hotel?" "Go!" "You must go!" "OK, I'll be there at 8pm." "Room 309." " Don't forget it!" " Okay, at 8pm." "I'll be there." "Bye!" "Inevitable." "The Plaza." "A real upper class hotel!" "Hi!" "Hi Strella!" "An eye for an eye, right?" "First, you stalk me and now this?" " I wanted to see you." " Do we need this charade?" "Apparently it's our family tradition." " It's nice here, isn't it?" " It's expensive." "You didn't have to pay that much." "I use also cheaper hotels." "I know..." "Athens..." " I thought I should leave the city." " But you can't find worse, eh?" "Exactly!" "You are very beautiful!" "You lost weight too!" "Really?" " May I offer you a drink?" " I don't think I'll stay." "Just 10 minutes." "To your health!" " You look good too." " I'm fine." "Better than before." "How come?" "What has changed?" "I missed you!" "How did you miss me, Yorgos?" "I missed everything." "And that made you change?" "Yes!" " And I found something..." " What?" "Something I lost as a child." " A toy." " Where did you find it?" "In our house?" "Yes." "I thought my old man threw it away." "But he kept it, the old wanker!" "He said I waste my time." "I was seven." "There're chips, if you want." "I missed you too." "I'm not only insane but an idiot as well!" "I tried to connect two wires without switching off the power." " But you made it." " Yes." "Luckily we didn't bum out." "May I say something?" "I believe that I'm a very lucky man." "What?" "Lucky to have a child like this?" "Yes." "You made me love you in every possible way a father can love his child." "Strella, I don't want to lose you!" "I don't want to lose you either!" "I just don't know how to keep you." "And if I can do it." "You know what?" "All those years in prison, and before, when you were a child, and the remaining years, are just a moment." "It's done!" "I'm sure!" "Why don't we leave it for another 10 minutes?" "Until I've dressed." "Of course." " I'll get dressed now." " Okay girl, see you!" "Yorgos, the baby's tipping the tree." "Relax honey, it's almost ready." "Look here, I fix it." " Yorgos, where're the drinks?" " In the fridge or under the sink" "I want one too!" "Yes?" "Come up!" "Your cellmate." "I'd appreciate some extra help." "Hi!" "HappyNewYear!" " Happy New Year!" "Sony I'm late but Yuri got out." "My Ukrainian friend, you know." "Hi Yorgos!" "I invited him too." "Do you mind?" "No dear, Yuri is welcome in our club." "That's nice of you!" " Is this the cake?" " Yes, but the road was too bumpy." " Only for the cake?" " I'll fix it again." "You're good at it!" "Do you need to fix these toys now?" "The last one." "Do I look good or should I change my dress?" "You look gorgeous." "Yuri comes also." " IS he gay?" " Apparently." " Are they together?" " No, honey." "Where did you find the dress, girl?" " My mother's!" "Isn't it perfect?" " Great!" " Girls, the doorbell!" " I'll answer it!" "I'll fix my wig." "May I help with the icing?" " Go ahead!" " Thank you!" "I like your hair." " I do it myself." " Really?" "And next year I'll start at a hair-dressing school." "Super!" "Hi." "Happy New Year!" " Yuri!" "Is this Yuri?" "My cousin Sasha worked in a nightclub at Glyfada..." "I also worked too..." "It was super..." "I sold pills..." "Viagra, Ecstasy, Coke..." "Really?" "All of them?" "Then I said I should go back to prison." "Go back to prison?" "Why dear?" "Did you like it that much?" "I laid the little one." "Great." "Go on, dear..." "Now I'm fixing the papers to go to Paris." "Paris, Place Pigalle, Leticia Casta, L'amour." "L'amour toujoursl" "What's he talking about?" "I've no idea but I love it!" "Go on." "[speaking Russian]" "[Strella:] What is he talking about?" "He says he'll fix his papers to visit his uncle in Paris." "No, he'll stay here with us!" " Where did you learn Russian?" " In prison..." " A toast to the prison." " Cheers!" " Are you alright?" " I'm fine!" "[Greek song: "A woman's way" I "Mia Ghyneka" by Kety Grey]" "Hi people, we're about to enter the New Year." "Tum off the lights!" " Happy New Year!" " All the best!" "My love!" "Yuri, I wanna kiss you too." "Excuse me!" " Honey, I wanna kiss Yuri too!" " Happy New Year!" "All the Best!" " Alex, come and help me!" " I must look after the baby first..." "It's okay!" "I'll go!" "[Lyrics: "A Woman's Way"] 'Wondering why you should love somebody who hurt you Only a woman can give you a reply a woman who has loved so much that she gave her life as a gift to the man that her soul has chosen..." "The cake." "Hurray!" "So this is how you put it back in shape?" "The cake's just fine!" " Yorgos, come for the cake!" " Wait a minute..." "Original subtitles:" "Yavass" " Athens Oct. 2010" "BIG THANKS to Club Koukles in Athens" "Revision 8" " Authoring:" "The Huge Animal From The North"