Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020) - full transcript

Once upon a time,

there was a witch

who lived at the border

of our world

and the world of the dead.

She would abduct children

by sending

her faithful servants,

the Navs,

merciless half-birds,

half-humans.

The Navs lured the children

to the witch's den

where she devoured their souls.

Parents forgot their children

as if they had never existed.

But one boy

with a pure and bright soul

managed to defeat the witch

and imprison her

in the world of the dead.

However,

the witch didn't give up.

She began to look for someone

who could help her get back.

Someone whose pure soul

would become darker than night,

who could cross the borders

of the worlds.

Someone

who had already been dead once.

Time passed,

and the memories of that witch

remained only in fairy tales.

People call her...

Yaga.

Egor,

why are you so late?

Is everything okay?

Mom, let's go home.

You've grown up so fast, baby.

Remember how we used to play

together?

I'm going to need your help.

This is very important.

- You'll help me return.

- Return from where?

Mom... you're...

You mean, I'm dead?

Egor, you've been screaming.

Was it another nightmare?

Did they not teach you

to knock?

What nonsense do you read

before bed?

- That's why you have nightmares.

- Hey, don't touch it!

Baby,

I don't like moving either.

Julia, I'm not a baby.

Do you think I don't know

what it's like to be a new kid?

New school, new friends, new...

You should go.

Your daughter's up.

Come here.

Here. Put it up there.

Okay.

Just so it

doesn't catch the eye, okay?

Are you hiring a nanny?

Uh-huh.

- But you didn't want to.

- Sometimes you have to concede.

We'll keep an eye on the nanny.

Why does she need a nanny

if she doesn't have a job?

You're not mature enough

to criticize your mother.

Huh?

She's not my mother.

Sit down and have breakfast.

I made it for you.

I'll eat at school.

What's wrong with him now?

Oh, you know, puberty.

Don't you think

it's been a while?

- Aah!

- What happened?

Ah, it shocked me.

What a morning.

Great, now it's not working.

Alexey, I can't

take it anymore.

I can't handle it.

We've always managed.

We'll make it this time too.

Eva, what time is

my piano lesson today?

Your piano teacher

will be waiting for you

at eight pm.

Thank you, Eva.

Hey, what are you muttering?

Where are you going?

He asked you a question.

What? Is it beneath you

to talk to normal people?

By normal you mean yourself?

Give me the phone.

If you ask politely.

Maybe I will.

Are you out of your mind, freak?

What are you staring at?

Give it to me!

He's retarded!

- Don't be stupid.

- Give him the phone.

Here you go.

I could have handled it.

The hell you come from?

Ready for some of this, idiot?

You're in trouble!

Are you gonna piss yourself?

Huh?

Run home to mommy,

sissy.

Get up, loser!

Leave him alone.

Hey, guys, break it up!

Let's get outta here.

See you soon, freaks.

Hey! Wait up.

Hi.

You didn't have to.

Neighbors should

help each other out.

Wow!

Is it really yours?

- It is.

- Then why didn't you use it?

Because you got in the way.

Wait!

What is your name?

Some people call me Dashka.

- And others?

- Dania!

I thought we had an agreement.

No boyfriends.

- Now go home.

- Yes, Mom.

I'm Egor, by the way.

Dania...

She could

fall out of the chair.

It's not a good idea

to put her there on her own.

I didn't put her there.

Egor, why did you

put her there?

Have you got nothing

better to do?

- She was there when I came in.

- That's enough.

Have you met already?

This is our new nanny, Tatyana.

She'll be looking after Varya.

- And you too, while she's at it.

- Mm-hm.

Well, I don't need

looking after.

Egor, don't be rude.

He'll get used to me

being around.

I always find a way

to get through to kids.

Always.

Didn't your mother tell you

it's very rude to spy on people?

- She's not my mother.

- You think you're special?

You think you sense things

that other people don't?

You'll grow out of it.

If you ever grow up, that is.

Anyone home?

- Hello.

- Hello.

Uh... where's Julia?

She's with the little one

while I'm cleaning.

Uh...

- Is everything all right?

- Everything's wonderful.

I'm sorry, we've never really

had a nanny before.

There's a first time for

everything, Alexey.

What's up?

How's school?

Have you made any new friends?

- Uh-huh.

- Uh-huh?

What's with the face? Huh?

I fell down.

Fell down?

Real men don't fall down.

Real men must stand on

their feet.

It's a cliché, Dad.

Real men must protect

those who are dear to them.

What about you? Do you protect

those who are dear to you?

Of course.

But a weird nanny in our house

seems normal to you?

Let me decide what's normal

in my own house, okay?

Fine!

Come back here,

we're not finished.

Egor!

Cut it out!

Are you listening to me?

When your mother died,

I almost lost my mind.

But you survived,

so stop whining, okay?

Egor! Egor!

Hey man, give the ball back.

Let's go.

Ow!

I swear I saw her.

Let me

show you again.

Here, look.

There's nothing in there.

You watch too much basketball

before bed.

It causes a lot of anxiety.

You, on the other hand,

have no worries.

Stop it!

Mom would believe me.

Julia, a moment, please?

Egor, listen. I'm sick and tired

of your drama.

I get it, but Mom is dead.

It's time to forget her.

Forget?

Protect those who are

dear to you, or forget?

It's easier to forget,

I guess.

As if she's never existed.

Fine.

If we can't settle this

as friends,

we'll do it the hard way.

The hell is wrong with you?

Who's going to pay for

the damaged goods? Me?

I've been paying for you

my whole life.

You get money from state.

What?

They pay me nothing!

Nobody needs you.

Neither the state nor

your mother.

I'm the one suffering.

Mm-hm.

Yeah, right.

You suffered a lot...

That's for unloading.

You haven't earned it yet.

Now run to your idiot friends.

Don't come home before 10.

I'm having visitors.

This is my salary... bitch.

What are you staring at?

We're not in a circus.

We have some business to do.

According to Wikipedia,

Claude Debussy

was a French composer,

a leading representative of...

Did you know that being

online for a long time

makes you lose touch with

the real world?

What?

- Nice try.

- Hold on!

Why are you always running

somewhere?

I'm not running, I'm walking.

Why are you serious?

If you were a little nicer,

maybe you'd have some friends.

You'd have some if you learned

some better jokes.

You'd better run.

- Hey! Get over here! Come on!

- Hurry!

Stop! Come here!

There they are!

They went that way!

Stop! Stop!

Guys, help!

Wow.

What is this place?

I don't know.

Come in, quick.

The forest is no place

for kids.

If I see you again,

I'll tear your head off.

Shit yourself?

Where'd you go?

My mom says

he's an artifact hunter.

He looks for World War II

weapons in the forest.

He also killed his wife.

It's better

not to mess with him.

Weapons, huh?

What is this?

It looks like

a furnace.

My grandma used to say these

were used for burning people...

alive.

She also said...

that after their death,

their souls stayed somewhere

near.

Sometimes they'll quietly call

you by your name.

But if you turn around,

they'll steal your face.

Egor.

Help me get out of here.

Did you hear that?

No.

Boo! Got you.

I'm just kidding.

Varya? Varya?

- Hey!

- I guess it's an echo.

Echo!

See?

There's nothing in there.

What is it?

We should get home.

Dad? Julia?

- Maybe your camera's acting up.

- Maybe.

This has already happened once.

She's so tiny.

That's weird.

Shall I stay and

wait here with you?

Your piano lesson

will begin in 10 minutes.

That's okay, I'll be fine.

Thank you.

Varya's gone missing.

Her stuff's is gone.

Who's gone where?

Sit down and have breakfast.

Egor, we still haven't brought

all the stuff from the old

apartment.

Sit. What's the matter?

Your daughter has

gone missing. She took her.

Look. This isn't funny

anymore. Sit and calm down.

Egor, what are you doing?

Here, look!

Wow. Right.

Egor...

What? We have to do something!

You guys are idiots!

Egor, calm down.

You've forgotten her

just like you forgot my mom!

- Alexey! Alexey, don't!

- Come over here.

- Let me go!

- What are you doing?

Leave me alone!

Stop! Alexey,

what are you doing?

- Stay out of it!

- Enough already!

Stay here and think

for a while.

If you do this again,

I swear, I'll throw you

out of this house.

[Hey, can we talk?

I need your help.]

[I'll meet you on the playground

in 20 minutes.]

[Okay.]

Where do you think

you're going?

- I'll be back soon.

- Are you meeting that boy?

He's nice.

One girl once ran away

with a nice boy.

He kept on telling her

how beautiful she was.

But in the end, the girl

was left with a daughter

and an old piano

nobody wanted.

Beauty is dangerous.

Never trust a man.

Mom...

Am I paying your teacher

for nothing?

Get to your exercises.

I hope

I wasn't too hard on him.

You did everything right.

Children need to know

their place.

He's a smart kid. Why would he

dream up an imaginary sister?

I don't know.

Maybe he wants a little sister?

Not now, Alexey.

Were you serious when you said

you would throw him out?

Don't worry about it.

Okay?

Children... should never forget

their place.

I can't play anymore,

I'm tired.

Don't let me down.

You'll get there eventually.

Dania.

Mom?

If you let him out,

you'll seriously regret it.

Dasha! Dasha!

Dasha, wait! Dasha!

What's the matter?

Dasha! Wait, please.

She'll come back.

She'll come back.

She'll come back.

- Wake up!

- She'll come back.

She'll come back.

She'll come back!

Dasha, wake up!

Dasha!

Dania!

Egor? What has happened?

- She took Varya...

- Who are you talking about?

You don't remember her either.

You hear that?

No.

It's so quiet.

Hey, moron.

You and I aren't done.

Just go in and

see if anyone's inside.

And then I want you

to open the door. You hear me?

Why do you need the can?

You think you're the smartest?

Don't touch me.

- Hey, get off her!

- Stay out of it.

Wow.

Now what?

- You think you're so brave?

- Put the knife away.

I'll go inside.

Guys, you have to see this.

Has he been spying on us?

Freaking maniac...

Eva, call the police.

Have you lost your mind?

We'll get arrested for

breaking into a house.

This is our nanny.

My piano teacher.

Hm. She's hot.

Don't worry, it's Micha.

Hello.

It's you again.

I already warned y...

I could've handled it.

Who is she?

Do you know her?

The lights.

Turn off the lights, kids.

Are you deaf?

We asked you a question.

Answer it.

That's my wife.

She died after

our daughter disappeared.

Died? He killed her, bro.

Everyone knows that.

Has your daughter

gone missing?

Kids have been disappearing

for a while,

but nobody remembers them.

It seems that even their parents

don't need them.

Tell us what you know.

One day I woke up

with a feeling

that I had lost something.

Something important.

But I couldn't remember

what it was.

There was

a single candle burning.

And whenever I looked at it,

I somehow recalled

this old dream

that I had almost forgotten.

A dream about my baby.

Electricity.

That's how I knew

that evil had come to the city.

Every time a child disappeared,

there had been power cut

in the area.

I began following the kids

and taking pictures of them.

If a kid suddenly

disappeared from a photo,

it meant everyone had

forgotten them.

That's how I could track

how many children were missing.

I've been trying to find my

daughter for many years.

But I haven't succeeded.

I moved here, to the forest.

But I haven't found

anything here

except red threads.

Wow. But who would want

children to be forgotten?

Who's taking them away?

Someone they trust.

Someone who can

easily enter their houses.

Are you saying that your wife

comes

and takes children

to the forest?

That's not her.

Eva, did you get that?

Woman. Steal.

Children. Forest.

Your description matches

a Slavic demon

who lives on the border

between the living and the dead.

Baba Yaga.

Eva, are you serious?

I wouldn't joke

about this.

What about this place?

Have you been there?

Many times.

It's an abandoned power station.

You won't find anything there.

It doesn't work.

Believe me, it does.

We should have

untied him.

We'll do it

on the way back.

Hey! Do you really believe him?

The guy's crazy,

but you seem sane.

What do you want?

I'm going to get my sister back.

Do you understand?

We don't need you at all.

You can go if you want.

I don't need you either.

Okay, let's go.

Are you coming?

You'll forget everything.

Where did

these ropes come from?

They lead to the hut.

- Wow, that's huge.

- Shhh!

Hey, chill.

It looks so old.

I'll be quick.

Be careful.

Don't get electrocuted, dumbass.

Hey, guys, I found

something weird in here!

Egor!

- Don't go in there.

- Coward!

I haven't seen you

in a while.

I've been busy

You miss me?

I don't want you to leave

ever again.

How could you let him go?

When the boy comes back...

I'll kill him.

And I'll be always with you.

Are you okay?

What happened?

1 actually don't know.

1 blacked out.

Me too.

Get up.

Hey!

I thought you came here

to look for your sister.

Is there actually a sister?

Cut it out, Anton.

Maybe there really isn't

a sister.

Are you jealous?

Why did you take her

to the forest?

Did you want

some privacy?

It's none of your business.

I didn't drag either

of you here.

But you asked us

to follow you.

You know what?

I'm sick of you both.

Dasha!

Dasha!

Dasha!

Wait!

No sister, no girlfriend, huh?

Screw you!

You're really mental.

Varya.

Mom! Are you at home?

Mom?

Dad, are you at home?

Hey!

Julia, look.

Julia! Julia!

When the boy...

Alexey, what's wrong?

Eva,

please talk to me.

Good evening!

How are you?

I'm lonely, hurt and scared.

Your request "I'm scared"

matches

"death," "fear," "horror"...

- "death," "fear"...

- Eva, what's going on?

..."'fear", "horror"...

- "death," "fear"...

- Eva?

..."dying of loneliness".

- Dasha?

- What's happening?

We're not at home.

It's not our world.

I know where my sister is.

Nobody needs you.

They will forget you.

Last time,

I saw something in here.

Here.

Who are you?

You have a very distinct smell.

- And who are you?

- Shh!

Hush, baby. Don't cry!

Varya.

My sister.

- She's so tiny.

- Hello.

She cried so loudly

in the witch's den.

What witch?

Is it her? The witch?

Nobody's ever seen the witch.

She can't leave her den.

There are scary invisible birds

who bring children to her.

Who are they?

They're called the Navs.

They're the ones

who help the witch.

They can sense

the smell of memories

just like predators sense blood.

It's important to hold on

to your brightest memory.

We remain alive as long as

we're remembered.

Once we're forgotten,

we disappear.

What?

Look at me.

You're being forgotten.

We should get back

to the furnace.

Don't do it. You can't go out.

If you go out at night

the Navs wills catch you.

Hide!

Don't leave the shelter.

The cloak will hide your smell.

Hush, Varya.

Hey, where are you going?

Hey!

Help!

Shh, quiet.

Don't scream.

Hey, bro.

Stay still. She's waking up.

We've gotta get home.

Take the blanket.

What for?

So they don't sense our smell.

Egor!

Shh. Stop.

Help me return.

What is it?

There's nobody there.

Mom?

Shh!

Boy.

The more you struggle,

the tighter they're

going to wrap around you.

We can escape while the witch

isn't hungry.

There's nobody there.

Let's go!

Mom is calling.

Mom!

Mom!

- Egor! Wait! Stop!

- Mom!

Egor?

Varya.

This isn't

your first time here, is it?

I've escaped from here

many times.

While the witch is eating,

the others can break away.

- Are you okay?

- Don't ask.

We've got to get

to the furnace.

There's no passage

there, I've tried it many times.

We should go back to my house.

Wait!

Please, come with us.

Your dad... is waiting for you.

We can make it.

Guys, we have to go.

I told you,

there's no way back.

No.

There must be a way out.

That's impossible.

Unless you...

already died once.

You're the one

the witch is looking for.

The candle went out.

He forgot me.

Let's go! Hurry!

Please, hold on

to your brightest memory.

This thing will come back.

What are we gonna do?

Listen, we'll come up with

something, okay?

Dad? Julia?

Who are you?

What are you doing here?

You don't belong here.

Get the hell out of my house!

Out!

Mom!

Was that you

who broke my window?

I saw your daughter.

What daughter?

If I see you again...

Get out!

Who are you, little boy?

How did you get in here?

Why are you crying?

I think I know you.

And one more thing,

but it's a secret.

Every night I have this dream

about a little crying girl.

And then I wake up.

Am I crazy?

You can hear her?

Julia, this is very serious.

If you remember her,

it means she's still alive.

Her name is Varya.

Remember?

My little Varya.

Julia, I have to go.

Please, please, think of Varya.

Varya...

Real men must protect those

who are dear to them.

Dad! Please, stop.

It's me.

Let him go!

Run, Egor, I can handle him.

Alexey, remember,

this is your son!

I don't understand

what's going on.

Everyone's forgotten us.

So what?

You're forgotten,

but I haven't been noticed

my whole life.

I don't see any difference.

You're being a wimp.

I'm sure

your sister's still alive.

We'll come back for her and

destroy the furnace,

so then kids

won't disappear anymore.

We need to figure out

how to kill Baba Yaga.

What about

the good, old fashioned way?

We'll burn the witch!

I'll teach you to break

into my property.

Remember your daughter.

We need your help.

You must remember.

Have you seen her?

Have you seen my daughter?

Yes.

There's a passage

in the furnace.

But she's gone.

I'm sorry.

She didn't make it.

I would feel it if she died.

It's true, she's gone.

I saw it.

She's alive!

Where's the passage?

Let's go.

Stay here.

If I don't come back,

burn everything down.

We'll all go. Together.

Sweetheart.

Come to me.

Sweetheart.

Egor, what took you so long?

It can't be true.

You're not real.

Sweetie,

you're so special.

You can cross the borders

of the worlds.

Now I know it.

We can leave

this place together.

No.

Your friends

have forgotten you.

Your father, too.

But I love you.

Get rid of the girl.

Give her life to me,

so we can be together again.

I don't want to.

You're not my mother.

My mother is dead!

What's happening?

Tanya, remember me!

Our daughter, Tanya!

We can save her.

She promised

to bring her back...

if I brought her the boy.

Help me

return to your world.

Or die.

He has parents who

love him too.

Like you loved our daughter.

Don't you remember?

He has parents too.

Real men must protect those

who are dear to them.

No one

will remember you.

No. We remember each other.

- Hey! Over here!

- Come get us!

You're the one

they'll forget!

Alexey, look.

Wait, give it to me.

That's enough,

put it back.

- Oh, come on.

- Right, enough.

Guys, stop it.

Let's take a photo.

Aren't you afraid

your friend will come out?

I have you by my side.

Would you like to

join us?

One, two, three.

What's wrong?

She can never be killed.

She'll always come back.

Shhh!