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written by Horia Lovinescu
Where did you come from?
The train station.
Did you walk someone over there?
I watched the trains depart.
GeluâŚ
your son left you a letter.
What does it say?
That he had enough,
he wants something new.
And?
He's leaving.
Where?
What would you like, coal or straws?
You're so dumb, it burns.
You know who he looks like?
Like you.
Come on!
Listen,
did anyone ever love you?
No, why do you ask?
Just because,
Did she love you?
Tell me.
Did anyone love you?
- I don't know. - Yes or no?
No.
You're crying.
Look!
I'm laughing with one,
and crying 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?
- Want to dance? - Go ahead.
Thanks.
Why did you give up the girl?
Forget the nonsense:
what's the matter?
You look like a scarecrow.
I'm bored.
Where the hell are my cigarettes...?
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? - Why?
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 it like it was a dream.
- How old are you? - Ten.
Here you go.
Please.
You see what a big boy I raised?
I need to act like his mother too.
I'm glad to see you here,
I wasn't really expecting it.
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 it will mean obligations too.
- I see you are doing the host's job. - Yes, I am.
You changed a lot since I've last seen you.
You look like an inspector from the dwellings-department.
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 less than ever.
How long have you been in Bucharest?
About 2 months.
- Here to stay? - It depends.
And what's going on here, a new success?
He is moving
in a new home.
The master is busy, he couldn't come, it will last for two days.
Go figure.
So what kept you busy for that long on the building site?
Barracks.
- Are we gonna drink something? - Yeah, she has a good wine.
And good connections.
Do you work with Constantin?
Not on conception work.
Do you get along with him?
I'm not really a rival to him so...
But he does know how to organize his job.
- Where are you working now? - I'm on a rest for now.
You'd be very useful to us in Bucharest, if you'd like to come.
When can we talk?
Your isolation has no artistic motivation.
It's an anachronic sign of bohemia, and it will stir away your talent.
Can't you understand that architecture is becoming more like a social art form?
You are happy, at least your art is long-lasting.
Have you worked on something of late?
If I were only more balanced
with a better understanding of harmony and the essence of the now...
Nobody thinks of putting a moustache on 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 seems able, we should take him with us.
Who else do you want to bring?
You.
I'll be waiting downstairs. 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 will Constantin say...
...when he finds out?
Are you cold?
Mhm.
So this is where you were hiding!
I'm listening.
I'm afraid.
I'm crazy, I really am.
What will they say?
OK. So?
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 knows you.
And the stronger they love you, the less they know 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 he ruined your career?
Yes.
I'm sleepy.
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've been seeing 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 the whole song?
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, barracks.
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 to not be crazy.
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 a mink fur, you can find it in the dresser.
Open it!
Why do you talk like that?
Can you cook?
No.
Then what can you do?
Nothing.
Three, five, seven.
We also have a couple of empty bottles.
I forgot to give the trumpet to the boy.
Breed your own domestic rabbits!
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 crayons 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 used the occasion to turn the other cheek 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 doesn't ask itself 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 make 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 a house built by you.
Me too.
Will you make them nice?
In Technicolor.
Why don't you see the professor?
Why don't you trust anyone?
I don't trust you.
- What happened? - He drowned.
Maybe he's happier 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 too harsh. - That's what I am.
I can't take go on like that, I can't understand you anymore.
Maybe it is better for you to leave,
to go back to him.
Let's go.
- We were more formal. - More bored.
I almost took you for a student.
- I started dancing like a housewife. - Why don't you teach him too?
Well, what do you know? What a surprise!
I'm some sort of an intruder here. They brought me along.
I thought you were out of the capital.
I've been there to.
Where are you working?
Is it you, Gelu?
Yes.
An architect still?
Try!
Can't you see how high I climbed?
How are you?
- Fine - Fine?
I'm tired.
Sure.
I forgot to tell you:
if you hadn't left then,
I would have done something stupid, to ask you to marry me.
- Still building airports on sand? - Citadels.
Do you know when we last clinked glasses?
At graduation.
Seven...
Eight.
Eight years?
Nowadays I'm still some sort of graduate.
Don't blow the smoke in my face. I have an emphysema.
You pity and admire yourself, you're looking for...
...the students' admiration.
I tried to...
Nonsense! You must try a hundred times.
With who?
There will be a new contest this autumn for some housing estates.
Why are you quiet?
In five years you'll be searching for your talent with a magnifying glass.
If I ever had one.
Oh, a visit! Take a seat,
I have no whiskey, but I have wine, without any sparkling water.
Sounds good.
Don't you box?
It's a very smart sport.
I don't really have time.
Is Anda 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 fillet,
cold wine,
and cold blood.
- You're hungry. - Very.
Did you come here to inform me?
Yes.
Thank you.
You have quite the original set-up here!
It's just a personalized barracks.
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 comes from other people
who are stalking him.
I had some people stalking me too.
You can't do anything about it... That's life.
I must tell you something upsetting too.
Do you mind?
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 necessary. I am looking for something.
Why the long face?
I'm waiting.
It's hard for me to talk.
You seemed determined.
Tell me!
It's about Gelu.
What about him?
Is something wrong?
He admires you.
You took enough things from me.
Don't take him too.
The tears of repentance and endearing thoughts of the king's son...
He who was once lucky 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 fleeing,
flashing are the years passing by.
Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume labuntur anni
False hunting treaty.
Never mind.
Life solves everything.
What is this?
Restorations.
The original construction was replaced with woodwork in the last century,
and now
we're putting back the original one
made of stone.
I find it funny.
We finished the monasteries last summer.
The rascal rout was sitting outside.
They did these miracles for them.
You can only find this in Catalonia and southern France.
What exactly?
The outside frescoes.
Do you have a sin to confess?
Are you working?
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 peace 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 faces of the saints are real.
Only the devils remain anonymous.
I'm cold.
How is Gelu?
He is studying,
He's got an exam coming up.
This woman has two left hands.
- And what are you going to do now? - I'm leaving.
- With the bus number 32? - 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.
Do you know what people say?
That dad is a bad person.
It's his fault 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.
Others don't believe in yours either, for a long time now.
- Did you find him? - No.
Would you like to eat?
Yes.
- Did you hurt yourself? - A little bit.
Here he is.
- Gelu is that you? What's up? - Hello.
How's it going?
- Practical work? - Mhm.
- Is this what you used to win the contest? - No, something else.
Comrade Simian!
Just a second.
I'm going. Wait for me.
It's very nice.
Very nice
I admire you.
Incredible.
Thank you.
You are humble.
Not really.
I have gray hair and I haven't finished a proper house.
Did my dad stop you?
No.
- I heard he did. - You 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 too much of it.
Sorta like you.
That's all.
Did he want to toss you aside?
You are a fool.
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 tomorrow.
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.
- Divorce who? - Him.
People insist so much on heredity,
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 means.
It keeps on passing from one place to the other. Transformation. Self-transmutation.
Yes.
Unity is also the way...
life sometimes gets a moral form, other times a material one.
And, as the past transforms itself into the present,
it reflects into the past.
Or foreshadows the future,
also the past,
and the present.
I am spiritually 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 fools, and one that is being fooled.
Are you going by yourself?
By myself.
I had to see you, even here.
You suspect why I came.
I do.
Can I have a cigarette?
I didn't say anything to Gelu.
I didn't tell him that I did a project of 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 advertisements for five years.
Rabbit advertisements.
One little bunny,
two little bunnies.
All of this is in the past.
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:
that he took you away from me.
He didn't take me away.
Tell him I don't have any teaching skills.
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 see you off?
Gelu is a good 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?
Fine.
What happened? Your nose is bleeding.
I don't think so.
I must be wrong.
- Where did you sleep? - On the beach.
Don't you have a cigarette?
Absurd and dangerous,
what did you want to prove? That you're living on the edge?
I didn't want to prove a thing.
I brought your pen.
You forgot it.
Maybe you want to kill someone else.
Yes.
Too late.
- You said goodbye to your boyhood. - To my what?
To your boyhood. Tonight you said goodbye without even knowing it.
I'm a little scared.
What's in store for me?
Don't be afraid.
Know that truth, love and beauty are no lies.
Believe me, they exist.
I'll let you have the sun, the sand, instead. Do you want them?
- Are they yours? - Yes!
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