DAU. Three Days (2020) - full transcript

Hello?

Yes?

Yes

Is she at the Institute?

Near the pillars
on the road. Fine

How are you?

Fine

Let me take that

Thanks

Doesn't this feel like a pebbled beach?

No, not really



No

Is it this way?

Straight on

What language are you speaking?

Greek

- Hello
- Hello

Come in

Hello, comrades

Who are you?

- She doesn't speak Russian
- She doesn't?

I can translate

Sit down

Who is she?

She is



an old friend

a great actress

Sorry, I should speak Russian

She's my old friend,
a famous actress

She acts in the theatre

and...

She came to visit you?

Yes

Does she speak English?

- Do you speak English?
- Yes

- Yes
- In that case

we have an English version

You have to sign this

Since you're at our institution

we are obliged to question you

And you must sign this

I won't translate this

How long are you here for?

Depends?

For a couple of days

It doesn't matter how many days

I'll just say this, then you translate

The lady

must be with you at all times

while at the Institute

Wherever she goes,
it's restricted access

She has to understand
our institute is top secret

Whatever happens,
you must stay by me

Have you read it carefully?

Have you read carefully?

- Yes.
- Have you read it carefully?

You don't have any questions?

Do you have any questions?

I don't think so

It's a bit untidy

I have

sacked the housemaid

Where's your family?

- They're away
- Away?

I sent them on a holiday
to Crimea

This is your house

- Shall I show you around?
- Yes, I'd like that

I was holding an audition here

for a new maid

I had a horrible old lady
who made nasty food

I want a young one
stroking my hair and reading Pushkin

The decoration is awful,
my wife did this

The wallpaper and these curtains.
It used to be nicer

This is my wife's room

I brought this mirror from Petrograd

It was made by

Constructivists

Mirror all around.
A very nice piece of work

You don't live together?

I'll come to that

Do you all live and work here?

It's for well-earned scientists.

This is my son's room

Dionysis

- What's his name?
- Dionysis. Denis

He plays here

Toys

Little toys

This is a whirligig

Do you know how to play it?

Why is there a second bed?

For the nanny

A little girl

This is

where my wife sleeps

What is the room downstairs for?

Her belongings

Something to drink?

We have wine, very good
Armenian cognac

- Let me help you
- Thanks

Let me put your coat here

Shall we

I thought I'd meet
your wife and son

Right

It's good to see you, I'm very glad

You haven't changed at all

- That's not true
- You haven't

- No, I have
- No

Let's go

I found some food

You can still find food,
even at night

This is my friend and colleague

Scientist Alexey

No, you, you tell me

This is my wife Nora.
And my child

She's beautiful. And your son too

How old is he?

- Seven years old
- And here?

There he's three

two, two and a half

Do you want to be alone?

Yes

See you in the morning

You haven't changed.
Your hair's just a bit grey

What did I look like?

Tell me about yourself

What exactly?

What's been going on
all these years?

- Did you get married?
- No

Why?

I never found anyone
I wanted to be with

Someone you could
share your life with?

Someone I could
share my life with

It's always a gamble

I never believed I could
share my life with Nora

We were different, but back then
being different was exciting

It felt like exploring a new continent

Like trying new fruits

It was very tempting

I fell in love

Life continued. One day
she got pregnant

I got married

Did you have affairs?

A lot

The agreement was
I bring the girls home

- Who?
- The girls

- What?
- I brought them here

I wanted to have an open marriage

so I could meet

other girls

with different flavors and feelings
I wanted to enrich my experience

she would have the right to do the same.

And we would continue to love each other

This is impossible in a relationship

Why?

Because it is

This is your opinion

Yes

I thought its possible

This is cold. You wait

Now the hot one
is getting hotter

so you minimise the hot

You sound like a scientist

Don't sit here. Pull this

Where do I sit? Over there?

Careful, very hot water might come first

- So I sit there
- Check it first

Then move under it

To turn the water on again

you wait

you check it, then you move

Now turn it off

You want to try?
I've already set it up

- Turn it off
- It's not a drought

They have many rivers here

I can't stand the sound of running water

It's a result of living in Greece

- I can't stand it
- Grow up

When you go

back to Greece

If at some point

you go to Constantinople

I will give you

the address of where I was born

Where were you born?

I want you to see it

In my dreams, you have lived there

It might not matter to you

You might not notice it.
There may be many like it

The address might not exist anymore

Someday we will meet
in Constantinople again

When I went to other lands

Searching for my true
homeland, the land

of dreams and memories

I got scared when I realised that

my first homeland

had forgotten me

Like on a long journey,
when the coach stops

so you can pee

When you get out

you find a magical world

You talk to fairies,
and when you go back

to get the others to come and see

they've all gone,
and left you behind

All my dreams take place

in the house where I was born

Every experience

I've had

takes me back there

Like we've strayed from our path

and we're trying to find
the Golden Fleece

The golden rule

that will lead us back to that coach

But the coach has gone

They waited only 15-20 minutes

Like friends, relatives, lovers

promised us eternal love

Soon, they're gone

Love affairs are nice,
but we have things to do

It's called being an adult

I'm an "anti-adult"

I'm not a kid,
I'm an "anti-adult"

It's a great blessing
playing spin-the-bottle

And kissing an innocent
girl for the first time

It's a real blessing.
Like getting butterflies

But you have to go back to it

without bitterness, without pain

That's being an adult

- Go back to where?
- Go back there

without bitterness, without pain

You have to let yourself do this

I think

you're happy with your life

Yes

I am

Are you happy?

Sometimes

Is that when something
good happens

or do you wake up happy?

It bursts out of you by itself

That's real happiness

When it jumps out of you

I've felt like that

This sounds cliched

but I've felt it over
really small things

Really small

There are no small things. If they
have this effect, they're big

I've felt it

Even in this dramatic
political situation

I can feel happy

I can

You feel happy because
you're used to feeling bad

Our conversations come
from a biological perspective

You're used to feeling very bad

At some time

when its over you are happy

yes you fell like a human.

When they stop torturing you

Then it starts again

I wonder who's torturing you

- I don't know
- Who?

You talk of torture

But I was lying on that sofa

and that girl was
reading Pushkin to me

I wonder what would
happen if you ever

had an equal relationship
with someone

I'd like that

Sure

It's 4.30 in the morning

You're on Greek time

No, Moscow time

It's 5.30

Really?

That's Greek time

Mine says 4.30

Greek time is 4.30,
Moscow time is 5.30

Is my watch on Greek time?

- Sorry
- What?

Sorry that ruined your mood,
I'm an adult now

You shouldn't have told me

I'm growing up

Stating the harsh truth

You can take the suitcase

- Do you have a toothbrush?
- I do

- Try our Soviet toothpaste?
- I have everything

- Do you?
- Of course

It's dawn already?

- It really is!
- It gets light very early here

Why? How?

It is 5.30

Right

Fine

What a wonderful morning!

May I go out?

Incredible!

Incredible!
Just incredible!

- Is this all your balcony?
- Yes

That's where you'll sleep

You'll be naked. I'll come
and look in at you

Do you really have to do that

to see me naked?

You know scientists
are working now?

- Right now?
- Right now

Hello? What's going on?
We're waiting

Yes

Are there no more candidates?

Group the candidates
and send them here

We need to prepare
the clothes for them

How many do we have?

One, two, three,
that's enough

- Four?
- And one is there.

Go in

- Hello
- Hello

Please sit down

Thank you

- Shall I get you a glass?
- No

Right then

Thank you

Light the candles, Lyosha

Girls, housemaids

We can talk about poems,

about dreams, about love

Lyosha

Take the girls to change

Into the things you've chosen?

Choose the right colour
for each one

Alright

I don't like mosquitos

A person who can

feel and give love...

Dau

Do they need slippers?

No

It's a bit

unusual, isn't it?

Hold your fingers like this

This is your symbol

And Nastya

You will have this.
Just hold it

- Alright
- During the test

Let's start with the Pushkin

Read it out

A small excerpt from here

"Russian, Russian, why, oh why

Not knowing where thy heart did lie

Did I give myself up to thee for good?

Not long upon thy breast

Did this maiden rest
her dream-filled head

And, yes, at fate's behest

Few joyful nights were
granted her in bed

Will they ever again come back?

Is it true that joy is gone for good?

Oh, prisoner, thou surely could

Have tricked my youth
and my lack

Of experience, by pitying me

And feigning kindness silently

I would have eased
thy doleful plight

With tender care that
knows no end

I would have watched over
thee through the night

Guarding the sleep of
my anguished friend"

Let's have a small revolution

Redecorate

I will give you grades

I told them to redecorate,

take out everything we have in the fridge,

everything that's good

What do you think
of the blonde?

Does she read Pushkin better?

She has better perception

- What?
- Yes, better perception

I agree

Anya, there's too much here

The architecture of the table is bad

Move the horse and screen

Make a cosy area in this house

Nastya

Don't take just two things

Sorry

Anya

we need a
quick implementation

of fantasy and imagination

More poetry

Nastya, where's your imagination?

- You have to fly
- I'd love too

I'm giving you a chance
to make me happy

There's no youthfulness

Girls should be running around
with grapes

making decisions

She has the right idea
running around the rooms,

finding ways to make
the house more beautiful

The roosters
should go in the kitchen

They come and the
whole house changes

That's the revolution

Don't be shocked, the
girls are doing nothing wrong

Did I say anything?

Now we're talking!

Your herbs are no good

Get rid of them if they're so bad

Bravo

Pronto

We've got a bit
of life going now, Dau

- Can you feel it?
- Yes, of course

Now this statue doesn't fit in

You need to put it
at the very top

so that everything
moves towards it

Maria

lie down if you want

I can give you a massage

I don't want a massage

Come on, don't be so

What?

It's lovely having these
girls running around

It's a circus

What's wrong with that?

Should it be a mausoleum?

Why ask me?
I didn't say anything

Excuse me

It's true that

joy is gone for good

All the same, girls

Hang on

I don't like the horse being there

The horse?

He should be

one of our guests

Let's move him closer

Try sit on him
and you will understand him

- Have you sat on him?
- Sure

It's the first thing
every guest does

It's a tradition

- Well?
- It's cold

Cold

Let's move it

Let's turn him around

So that he faces us

There we go

Why am I doing it alone?

Towards you, girls

Further

- Are we sitting him
- At the table

Interesting

Let's try

Here we go

Why don't you sit down?

It's true that

Joy is gone for good

Joy is gone for good

The other way round

It's true that

joy is gone for good

Can I ask, who's going to eat?

I'm not

Let's drink to joy

Somebody hasn't got a glass

No, it's not gone for good

Katya, get yourself a glass

We are drinking to joy!

What's your toast?

Dau, to you

Any questions? You, me? Fine

- Thanks
- To Dau

Now they're learning

Maria

Dau it's getting late

should we see the girls out?

- They need to get home
- Very well

- Go and get changed. Thanks
- Thanks, girls

Sorry

What for?

It's late

Not at all

Did I upset you with the girls?

You haven't upset me,

I'm concerned you are so miserable.

Bye

Do you want to be auditioned too?

Do you think
the girls liked it?

Did you like it?

Why wouldn't I?

- You did
- I did

I made them work

Indeed

They did their job.
The horse was moved

The horse and the sofa

All done

The vases have gone

This is great. Trifonov put it there

Why did you invite me here?

Don't you know?

You're putting me in
a difficult position

You know

Because you're my soulmate

Whatever happens,
you're my soulmate

Why didn't you show me then?

I did

Dau, you didn't.
You ran away

Back then

was the hardest time of my life

Truly

I mean

it was like the whole universe

that was full of colour,
taste, texture

darkened and became
covered in the thick frost

that still covers it

Within one minute

my whole youth fell apart inside me

all my plans and dreams

everything

became a lie

You're not to blame

I felt guilty about you

You were

perfect

But fate

tore me to pieces
and kept me down

What fate?
I don't understand

I don't understand

It doesn't mean
I didn't love you

I never felt you didn't love me

I always loved you

Even if 25 years have passed

You must feel it

And you know I always
was and will be ready

to face

indifference on your part

and criticism

I deserve it

Nevertheless

I want you to know

Back then, you wrote me a letter

I mentioned this yesterday

In the letter you wrote

"Whatever happens

whatever comes

I will always dream about you"

Do you remember?

Many times I have felt

as though I wrote that letter

Because

the great secret was

deep inside we are the same

Deep inside

we're made for each other

I don't know when
you realised that

It was obvious from
the very first moment

Of course

There were

very hard

moments

when

I was sure

you would never want to
see me again in your life

There would never
be anyone in my life?

...never want to see ME again

I did feel like that at first

I remember

I can feel that

because we're made for each other

The funny thing is, I feel for you

I've never understood anyone
the way I understand you

So I can't be angry with you

- Because we're the same
- Maybe

I don't know why, but
I really understand you

So

- I understand you too
- Completely

I understand you too

I can't be angry with you

I love you

I respect you so much

I forgive you

I forgive you, really

You're a better version of me

You're the only man
I could let be free

You haven't even taught me
tango or chess

What do you want,
chess or tango?

Tango!

Let's teach you

The main thing is

to feel

your partner

You follow my legs

Like this

I step with my right,
you with your left

And back

- The other leg
- Left

We turn, with the other leg

The other leg!

We turn again

That's it. First lesson

- Shall we go upstairs?
- Yes

Let's go?

You've really changed

Maybe that's because
I'm here for three days only

After three days,
the beast will reawaken

I locked it

You've locked it away

- Cheers
- Cheers

Do you feel like you've changed?

- No
- No?

Maybe you've changed
so you think I have

Maybe I have

I'd like to explain

my point of view
so you understand me

What you said before about how

when someone tries to
get close I run away

It's

partially true

But it's not to protect myself

I'm not afraid of being approached

or of being hurt

by the love of the other person

It's not that I don't
want to accept it

I'm afraid

I'm afraid of a commitment where

notions are materialized

I've always been preoccupied
with such notions

I'm afraid of losing this
erotic stream in me

I'm a great admirer of emotions

To an extreme level

I could even sacrifice

life itself for emotions

That's like if you visit

the Louvre and you see
a beautiful painting

and you're an admirer,
but you didn't create it

You see the painting,
but not every day

So it doesn't lose its magic

I agree distance is good

But that's not the problem

We lived far apart

That wasn't the problem

It was something else

Other problems

Explain

- Hi
- Hi

Hello

Nice to meet you too

You're back?

- When did you get back?
- Just now

- How is it there?
- Sunny

Sorry, I didn't know she
was coming. Sit down

Sit with us. Have a drink

Why is it so messy?

I'll tell you later

But she doesn't understand

She doesn't understand anything

It's not important

I want to change our maid

We need renewal in our life

I gave her some days off

Two or three days

And I was looking for alternatives

A separate maid for you

You mean one each?

Why do you need a maid?

To play football with

To play football?

Why not?

How was it there?

Good. The child is staying for now

I thought so.
Why did you come back?

I missed you

And you?

I missed you too

Good

The horse is running in
a different direction

It's at the table

You were clearly missing someone

I've forgotten her name

I said you were missing someone

so you got the horse to join

She says

we must have been lonely
so we got the horse

Who is Maria?

What is she doing
in our institute?

Maria is a famous actress

She's a guest

She's my - she's from Greece

An old acquaintance

I've never heard of her

Did she become
famous recently?

She has been for a while

We were friends even
before you and I met

I was eighteen, twenty

Very well

- Is she staying with us?
- Yes

- Did you show her our son?
- Yes

Tell her it's beautiful

How does she like our institute?

Ask her, please

- How are you finding the Institute?
- Very impressive

Very impressive

What impresses her the most?

What's impressed you?

- I was
- Maybe that hammer over there?

In Athens, in Greece in general

we don't have buildings as big

as grand

Everything is smaller

The buildings aren't
as big in Athens

Were you on holiday?

- Were you on holiday?
- Yes

Did you enjoy it?

Did you enjoy it?

Yes, but I missed the whole
family being together

Yes, but she missed the family

And your son?

- And the child?
- He missed it too

He likes it when his
daddy washes him

But his daddy wasn't there

She says that

he likes daddy to give him baths,
but daddy wasn't there

Do you have a family?

She doesn't

What?

They're on a trip. The theatre

It's a cultural exchange

She said no

I realise she's here alone,
I meant in general

No

She has a brother

You didn't know I'd be here?

You translate that

She believes

you didn't know

Maria would be here

That Maria would be here?

- That she was coming
- I didn't

Should I have known?

Should she have?

Is it something special?

- Is it something special?
- No, but

I am staying in your house

It's nothing special,
but she's staying here

so maybe you should have known

But I didn't

What does she live for?

That's a stupid question

- Why?
- "What do you live for?"

She can tell me that herself

It's my opinion

What's the meaning of your life?

What do I live for?

Certainly not for a child

Certainly not for children

Obviously

I don't have any particular purpose

I just try to

live every moment I'm given

There's no specific

reason she lives for

She just tries to live
every day she's given

I don't have any expectations

She has no expectations

Not even any dreams?

You have no dreams?

I do, I want to be healthy

and for the people I love
to be healthy too

Her dream is to be healthy

and for all those she
loves to be healthy too

I don't really believe that

What do you dream of?

What do you dream of?

I always dream of being free

And when I'm free I
dream of not being free

She dreams of being free

and when she's free she
dreams of being committed

A vicious circle

It seems like an honest answer,
but not for HER

That's a good answer

not just from you, but in general

Does she need a family?

Do you want a family?

Ideally, yes

In an ideal sense, yes

What's an "ideal sense"?

- What is...
- "Ideally?"

Where there's love

respect

communication

when people are willing
to solve their problems

But that's unusual

I've never come across it

So I'd rather be alone and free

So

She needs respect

love, good communication

People must want to
solve their problems

But she's never seen

a family like that

so she prefers to be alone

Maria, do we seem
like a couple to you?

Ask her, please

What do you think, Maria

Are we

a couple?

Do we look like a couple?

Be honest

Say yes, of course you do

Be honest

Tell her to say what she feels

Say what you feel

You look like a couple

- Really?
- Really

- Did she say yes?
- Yes, we do

That's what she said?

I told you the truth

It doesn't mean a good couple

We know good and bad don't exist

There's no such thing

- Can I ask you one question?
- Of course

Do you think Maria and I

look like a couple?

Hypothetically

See what I have to live with?

- Every day
- What happened?

I asked her to be honest

"Could Maria and I have been a couple?"

- What?
- That's what I asked

Why did you do that?

She has no right to get
involved in my life

It's her life too

It's her house too

Why did you ask her that?

We have the same rights

If she asks that,
I can ask too

I'm tired of hiding things

That was brutal

She comes home and
sees another woman

she had no idea she would meet

You have no right
to do that to her

Under any circumstances.
You're completely wrong

I can answer

Don't, I'm a bad person,
a barbarian

No. It's possible

It's possible

Translate, there are three
people in this conversation

She believes it's possible

I doubt Maria did all this

Who else was here?

Trifonov and I had

Why did you do that?

I mean it

Tell her we're very open here

She mustn't get upset

Say it was me, I asked first

You say it, I can't translate that

- Try
- I can't remember any English

Please, tell me what she's saying

She says, it's fine,
we're very open

We say what we think

we agreed on that before

That was the contract we
signed to live together

Tell her I really like her

I'm not part of this contract

It's between you two.
Tell her that

I'm not part of it

What?

Maria isn't part of it

We can say what we
like to each other

But she isn't part of

that agreement to speak openly

In short, I'm a bad person

No, it's me

Listen Nora

- I'll stop now
- Thanks

Sorry

Anyway

How do you say "champagne"?

You have no right
to torture her like that

No right at all

You could cancel that contract
if you wanted

- I did
- You didn't

You continue a situation
that leads nowhere

you tyrannize yourself
and this woman too

She's blameless

We agreed we have
no relationship

- Don't tyrannize her
- How do I?

It's inexcusable

- I don't tyrannize her
- You do!

I give her a home, respect,
anything I can

I don't tyrannize her

She had nowhere to go and
nothing to do. I took her in

- I did what I could
- But you can't

- be a dictator
- How am I?

Why did you ask her that?

What was the point?

We're not a couple.
What was the point?

We were a couple 25 years ago

You've spent your whole life with her

- You have a child
- But why did she ask that?

- Why?
- I don't know

It was a question for you two

In the end, she came home
and found another woman

I doubt that was very pleasant

You shouldn't be using me

- I'm not
- You are

Is that why you invited me?

That's disgraceful

- A mistake
- That's not why

Don't use me in this
quarrel with your wife

Don't ever do it again

- You're wrong
- I'm wrong?

I made you some tea,
in case you want it

Two, right?

One will be enough

Can we behave until I leave?

- Dau?
- I didn't do anything

- Fine
- Everyone has their own truth

She has to understand that

It's easy to play

- the role
- Of a victim

You used me,
so I got angry

Do you understand me?

I asked if we
looked like a couple

For what reason?

There was no reason to say it

Why did she ask that?

I don't know

I don't care about her,
I care about you

Let's behave. This is
difficult and now I'm involved

Help me

Don't make it worse

It's good Maria came

She's a special person

- What?
- She says it's good you came

You're a truly special person

What's this

Thank you

There's "no why", right?

I can't fix it

it's all tangled up

It always rains here

I don't feel very good

I don't know what's wrong

I feel dizzy

I think I'm going to do
some work in the Institute

- Let her sleep in my room
- Alright

What?

You know,
I don't think I'll be able to sleep

There is some work
I would like to finish

I'm in the mood for this

I'll go to the Institute now

No need to move downstairs,
you can have my room

Are you leaving?

Will you be back tomorrow at all?

What?

If you need to go,
then go

Wait, Dau

There's something stuck
to your back. There