DAU. Katya Tanya (2020) - full transcript

Here, we do have Dostoyevsky

Wait, no, it's "The
Brothers Karamazov"

- I've been meaning to read that
- I need to register you then

- Of course
- Are you registered?

Your full name?

Aleksandr Ivanovich

- Ivanovich
- Ivanovich

The date is 29.10.1942

- I used to dream of other things.
- What things?

They were naive
childish dreams

About things that
were light, pure, kind...



About...

"Farewell. God knows
when we shall meet again"

"There's a faint, cold fear
coursing through my veins"

"It's almost freezing
up the heat of life"

"I'll call them back
again to comfort me"

"Nurse. What is she
going to do here?"

"My dismal scene I needs
must act alone. Come, vial"

"What if this mixture
do not work at all?"

"Shall I be married then
tomorrow morning?"

"No, no: this shall forbid it:
lie thou there"

"What if it be a poison,
which the friar"

"Subtly hath ministred
to have me dead"

"Lest in this marriage he
should be dishounour'd"

"Because he married
me before to Romeo?"



"I fear it is: and yet,
methinks, it should not"

"For he hath still been
tried a holy man"

"How if, when I am laid into the tomb..."

- Alright then, just make any move
- Any move?

Let's go with that

You have to do something

But I understand that move.
If I do what you tell me...

No, I'm not forcing you

- What's important is...
- What's important?

It's important to make
a choice and evaluate...

The consequences, for example

- Does this only apply to chess?
- To everything

It's a general principle

Let's go like this

Where's the Big Dipper?

And there are stars
we never see...

You can only see them
from the other side

Sometimes what we see is actually an explosion
that happened a few million years ago

Yes, I know

So what we're looking at could be
from the distant past

- So we're watching the past?
- We're watching the past. Yes, exactly

Beautiful, isn't it?

See you tomorrow

See you in the morning?

See you

I'll see you off

with my eyes

Alright

When you're constantly
getting news about people

Friends or friends being killed

While you're sitting here doing calculations...

You don't want it any more.
All you want is to grab a gun and go

Stay here

The war won't last forever.
The war can't last forever

What does last forever?

Love

"Shall I not then be
stifled in the vault"

"To whose foul mouth no
healthsome air breathes in"

"And there die strangled
ere my Romeo comes?"

"Or, if I live, is it
not very like"

"The horrible conceit
of death and night"

"Together with the
terror of the place"

"As in a vault, an
ancient receptacle"

"Where, for these many
hundred years, the bones"

"Of all my buried
ancestors are packed"

"Where bloody Tybalt,
yet but green in earth"

"Lies festering in his shroud:
where, as they say"

"At some hours in
the night spirits resort"

My first meeting

I'm looking forward to it

Katya

Come outside, let's go for a walk

There's a dry flower
in the vase

Why am I carrying it?
What's the reason?

Can you walk up the stairs please

How are you getting on?

- How am I getting on?
- Yes

It varies

- Meaning?
- Life can vary a lot

I can't say I live in a certain way.
What do you mean?

Are you happy?

- That means no
- Sometimes

- I see
- I can't say I'm happy all the time

Someone who was happy
would reply straight away

I believe there is no happiness without
suffering and misfortune

One thing

There must always be something
acting as a counterweight

Are you prone to
falling in love?

No

No?

- And have you ever loved?
- Yes

Loved or were in love?

Loved

And do you like the
state of being in love?

Yes

- More than anything in the world?
- More than anything in the world

So you are prone
to falling in love

No

It seems to me that

it's a severe case
of inspiration

That's what being in love is

Because the most incredible
moment is the search

- Of course
- The most incredible moment

is not when you're making
love with a man you like

It's when you're preparing
to go on a date

Yes. Prob... Well...

- I don't know
- That's why I'm a theorist, you see?

Yes

I'm waiting for
a miracle to happen

The French poet Stephane
Mallarme once said...

He said: "Come
here, my friend"

"I'll show you what hell is"

"Boredom, that's what hell is"

Good evening

What a beautiful wife I have

No checks?

Vasya is also teaching
me how to play chess

Is he?

Lena and I played

Why were you held up at work?
What were you discussing so long?

Dima suggested it.
Very interesting

You're finally home

We'll discuss it tomorrow.
Come tomorrow.

Shall I heat up something
for you to eat?

You hungry? Shall I heat it up?

Let's try, Dad

Just a second

Let's choose
who takes what

Let's flip a coin

Lena's the umpire and a learner

Do you need this, Vasya?

- I can't...
- It's alright

Let's flip a coin

No, we won't be
flipping anything

Lena, who are you helping?

No one

Katya is really interesting girl.
There is something about her

I think she's too thin

I'm not talking about sex.
I mean in conversation, dialogue

There's something...
You should talk to her

I'd rather

talk to you

Yes, of course.
But she's not like the others

[Let's think about this...]

Really

And he still covered our backs

He's from the nobility

He remains an intellectual at heart

But we don't like intellectuals

- Come on
- Yes

- Let's do it like this
- Go on then

Move your feet left and right

From the left?

I see

And back again?

Controllable choas is
what you're used to

And you think that
you're in control of it

But uncontrollable chaos

is when your body
rejects it

It's like...

Katya

You can't control chaos,
it just swallows you up

"Artillerymen,
the Motherland calls to us"

I either have to replace
the ribbon or repair it

Because it...

It doesn't type?

It types the first line and then
just blocks the letters

So you can see where things are,
what's not in the library, what we have

That will never be possible

You'll only know what's
not in the Library

Never?
When I first started

I used to specify
where the books were

May I?

So the next day...

Tango?

Are you a scumbag, or do you
just look like one in these glasses?

May I try them on?

Do I look like a scumbag?

A little bit

Katya, do I look like a scumbag?

- Like who?
- A scumbag

- Because of the glasses
- Can I be honest?

- Shall I tell you honestly?
- Of course, Katya dear

Exactly. To talent

Talented people don't know
how talented they are

Come through.
Don't take your shoes off

I won't

Hello. Come through, Katya dear

This is Katya. This is my mother,
Valeria Matveevna

This is Nora, Dau's wife

We've met

- What's happened?
- Nothing. Why?

Why are you so gloomy?

- Not gloomy, just quiet
- No

We were just
waiting for you

- Shall we eat?
- Are you hungry?

- I wouldn't mind
- Are you going to eat?

Yes please. If there's any watermelon
left from yesterday that would be great

No, there's no watermelon

I don't know how
to work the tap

Yes? Let's try then

Just a bit of salt

Salt? Just a second,
I'll bring it

You need salt, yes?

- Here you are, Nora
- If possible, yes

Lena

Sit next to me

- Alright
- Lena, have a seat

Will you sit here?

What do you want to drink?

I'm having lemonade

You're in check

- Lena, where did Granny go?
[- I'm here]

Why are you sitting there?
Come join us

- Let me get you a chair
- I don't need a chair

All the chairs are there

Vasya, how are you doing?
Have you beaten Dad yet?

The game's in full swing

So where did you find Katya?

In this life

- No, I mean...
- At the Institute, or just now?

Now, at the Institute

In D1

What were you doing there, Katya?

Nothing, we were just sitting there

talking to our physicists

- Was it interesting?
- Yes

What kind of subjects are
you interested in?

Various subjects

- I don't understand
- You don't?

- Katya is...
- Eternal subjects

The subjects of art, of love

Art of love? In physics?

Love and art are everywhere

Otherwise

there wouldn't be...

- I wonder if...
- People don't tend to do

what's not supported by an emotion

If it can't be expressed emotionally

True. And who...

That's why I'm so happy to see
their love for what they do

It's good to see

- True
- Even though I myself

have nothing to do with physics

- Vasya
- It's alright

We're almost equal.
I'm only winning by one pawn

- Thank you, Lena dear
- Dad, Vasya

Why are you standing over there, Gran?
Why don't you sit somewhere

- Come join us, Mum
- Yes, coming

Are you setting it up again?

- Katya dear
- Yes?

- Have you eaten?
- I will eat

- You will, or you still are?
- I will have more later

Time to retreat

- What's the matter?
- I don't feel comfortable

Why?

She's your wife, and I...

So what?

When I got married

I told her

I told her: you know,
I don't want to do it

Not unless I remain free.
I really do love her

- I know
- We're very close

You know, I can't close my
heart and stop falling in love

Excuse me, guys, but

let's go in at least

Why don't you make up your mind

No, I'm going

- Let me talk to her
- No, let's go home, you can talk there

- Shall we, Katya?
- No

- Goodbye
- You know what?

You don't have to come

But you must listen to me

I think it's only polite

I can listen to you here

Katya, let's just go in

Seriously. Let's go in
and you'll just finish the conversation

Then Dau will see you off

Standing here, outside
is just not right

- Why not?
- For one thing, there are cars driving around

and we are standing in the road

Shall we go in?

Nora, could you chuck
me my cigarettes?

Dau, I have cigarettes

You know what?

It's very hard for me to
have this conversation

I find it hard too

Because

on the one hand

dreams should remain dreams

On the other hand,
you can't be...

How can I put it?

You can't be

a coward

But if you start a revolution
you have to stay very alert

to make sure you
don't end up with

a totalitarian set-up
like you were fighting before

See what I mean?

If we, you and I...

If I weren't married

and you became my wife

and we had children

there's a chance
that we could

start that revolution
and stay in love

for the rest of our lives

We would never look
at another man

or woman, and would never
dream of anything else

because this would
shine so bright...

It's a possibility

We're always hoping for this

But mostly

what we observe
shows us the opposite

that people want change

There's a scientist who says
we change so quickly

that we should change
our names every week

Where is my youth?

If dreams can
never come true

at least they're a recipe
for happiness

To be a clairvoyant of dreams

- Excuse me
- Sure

I thought I'd bring
you some wine

- Thank you, Nora dear
- Thank you

Here's your cognac

No thanks you, darling.
I'd like some tea

And some wine for you.
I'll leave you the bottle

Thank you

Do you want tea?

- Yes. Would you like some, Katya?
- No

I'm going for a walk

- Are you waiting for something?
- No

I was smoking

Do you have any more smokes?

Yes, of course

Shall we go and sit down somewhere?

Listen, Katya

You are unlike any of the girls
my Dau was interested in before

What I wanted to talk
to you about was...

It really hurts me

Do you want to
try it with him?

Thanks

I can't promise anything

He's a complex person

Honestly, I just...

You're just curious,
aren't you?

You want to see what'll
to happen next

You just can't leave it

I keep thinking about him,
that's why...

That's why I talk to him

and spend time with him

sometimes

But

when I come to work I think
I might see him in the evening

I keep thinking about it

Are you sure you need this?

How do I know?

If you don't know yet

I'd like to ask you to leave it

If I could leave it
I would have done it back there

Back then, the day we first met

But I didn't leave it

I just saved your life

- And mine
- Yours?

Oh, mine?
And yours then. Ours

I really like your hands

Where are you going?

I'm falling

If only you knew how much

I longed for this moment.
To be with you

- Lydia
- Yes?

Have you eaten?

- Perhaps you'd like some borscht too?
- I'm not hungry, Nora

- There is no air in here
- Air? Yes, no air...

Why do I want both to reject you

and let you in.
Why?

Dear friend

Hello

Hello. How are you?

Fine

- Could I..?
- Whatever you need

I'll take care
of everything

- Do you know Katya?
- Yes

Head of the library?

- Yes
- It is very nice to meet you

- Likewise
- Yes

Katya, one second

I have a big problem

and I need your help

My pleasure

Except, I don't know,
I feel little awkward

[A delicate issue?]

[Very]

Slava

Get up

Get dressed

One, two, three, four

five, six, seven, eight

nine, ten, eleven, twelve

thirteen, fourteen
fifteen, sixteen

seventeen, eighteen
nineteen, twenty

Ready or not, here I come

Not here

There is no one here

Well

No, there's no...

Right

We found Grandma

Why did you meow?
That's no fun

Scared?

Show me your knickers

Why?

Why not?

You're not afraid
to show me your soul

Knickers are less intimate
than the soul

Actually

The time probably
hasn't come yet

The time when you can say,
I am going to live

At the moment you are
waiting and watching

You're not fully involved in it,
you're just an observer

Because you are afraid

You know

every step in life is wrong

But at a distance

at a point where different things cross

it can seem right

And vice versa

Everything's right here

but at a distance it's wrong

Save my life

- Hello
- Hello

We're playing lazybones

Hello, we're playing lazybones

- Hello
- Who did you bring?

- You lose
- Why?

Because you blinked

Hi Katya

Vasya is going to finish the last line
and then we'll read our masterpiece

Dad

It doesn't matter if we're
watching or not. Keep writing

Just don't make
any comments, Lena

- What do you mean, comments?
- About what Vasya is writing

Come here, come to me

How are you doing?
Not tired, are you?

- No
- Great

See, it's better to have
lots of different games

- Right, Lena?
- Yes

- Would you like some Borjomi, Katya?
- No thanks

Dad, you won't be able to fold it

Wait, I'm just thinking how to

What?

One moment.
This is an interesting set-up

One moment

Look, how beautiful.
What is it?

- We tried
- Looks like buckwheat with chicken

- That's it
- Delicious

Right, we have no time for this now

- One moment. Yes, Dau?
- Come on, sit down

- Here. Read it again if you like
- Can I talk to you?

Yes, alright

- Dau, come with me a second
- Would you like some champagne?

- I've already had some wine
- Wine?

- Red?
- I think it's best not to mix them

Very well. Lyosha

One moment, Nora,
I'll open it for you now

So?

You can talk and open
it at the same time

Yes, I can talk and
open it at the same time

Pass me the corkscrew, please

Nora, can we talk
for a second?

Yes

Here's the cockscrew

There

Here

- Can I say something?
- Yes

I want to sleep with Katya

How about the three
of us together?

- But where will I sleep?
- Together

We'll just sleep. Nothing else

You'll stay won't you?

Does it bother you?

Let's have a try

If you don't want to, just say

But I know that you want to

I want her to be near me

And I want you to be near me

I will be

And what does Katya want?

She won't agree to it

She might

- We'll have to ask here
- Shall we bet on it? Fifty rubles

I put a hundred on her agreeing

I put a hundred on
her not agreeing. Let's go

That one was a 1947 edition

I'm afraid this might
be later, you know

Let's try to find it,
unless it's been edited out

- Lyosha, what are you looking for?
- There was a wonderful sentence

Very funny

One moment. If
it's here I'll find it

Lyosha, can we talk while
you're looking for it?

Yes, talk amongst
yourselves while I look for it

Go on, talk

- It's impossible
- Katya?

We have Alexey's permission. Yes?

Do you want to stay here
to sleep with us today?

To sleep in our bed, the
three of us together

Do you want to?

Why not?

Maybe you shouldn't actually

Why? Are you scared?

You scared of your own suggestion?

- No, no. Very well
- No

Did you expect me to
say "no" and run away?

- Wonderful. Great
- Good

Katya, sorry, do you mind
if Dau and I have a quick word?

- Go ahead, of course
- Thanks

Perhaps someone else could
spend the night wih us too

Something's not right here

Who knows who better

- Yes, Mum?
- You know

I expect we'll head
off to bed now

You're off to bed? Well, sure,
the children are tired

Just let them play for a bit

because the children definitely
won't sleep with this music on

They can listen for a bit
and then head off to bed

Just look how handsome you are

- Almost like Apollo
- My God. Like Apollo

Why are you hiding?

- Am I undressed? Am I?
- One second.Yes you are

- Well that's that
- Ah, that's how it is? Very well

Lyosha, wait. Katya and I
will only undress to a Pushkin poem

Yes, Pushkin

- It can't be any other way
- Alright

Wait, are you going to
undress at the same time?

- Don't start yet, Lyosha
- Yes, I know. I'll undress

One moment

One second. We didn't agree
that you would watch us

- Turn around
- Ah, so that's how it is

Precisely

Wait, I'll just find
what I want

"We must also remember these, for example,
The former poet, old Panzebitter"

"Our right and honest priest,
And the merchant Ritter"

"Rezanov, the great Russian confectioner"

"All Orthodox Christians
from the city of St Peter"

"The late Jupiter"

"We must remember, we really must"

"The Moscow Poet Veliashev"

"His Excellency, General Ivashev"

"And your cousin
and my cousin in general"

"Walter Scott Masalsky, Don Miguel"

Dau's hungry.
What about you?

- Yes, that's be nice
- We have...

Perfect

- I must have gotten it wrong
- Me too

Yes, well, what do you know

I don't understand. I did my courses,
I served at the Front

I don't understand how it is.
You're the Intelligentsia

That girl in Kharkov
was a prostitute, that's obvious

You're a nobleman
How many children do you have?

A lot

- Really?
- Several villages worth

[- You do look like Lenin a bit
- I have blue eyes]

[You do look like Lenin]

[That's what saved you]

[I knew straight away]

[- Not that I...
- It does save me]

[You know]

[I bet my father
worked for your estate]

To Marshal Voroshilov

Better, to the Defenders of Leningrad

and the Defenders of Leningrad

No, Russia was full of
roads and fools

Really?

Yes

You should all have been
Defenders of Leningrad

with the exception of Karamzin

Even the blind had fought

You are always escaping.
Aren't you?

What is it, Katya dear?

- You don't want me, do you?
- I do

I don't see that

- What do you mean, I don't?
- You don't

You men. Look at what
science does to you, just look

No fighting

- Go away, Lyosha
- Go?

- It hurts
- It hurts?

Again with the crying?

- Stop it
- Bring me some water. That's it, enough

Go away. I'm going to kill you.
Just go away

Go away

I knew there would be
moments like these

But I didn't think
it would be you

Perhaps you're hoping to trample
on every single one of my dreams

Is that what you want?

And then you came

Like an angel into that world

to save me

when my dreams

were dying

What happened to my dreams

that were gently trying
to sleep in your shell?

What happened?

Please leave

Farewell, dear Katya

Farewell

Farewell

How are you preparing
for death?

Do you think it's a gift
or a release?

Tanya

What does death mean to you?

Death? Liberation

From what?

From everything

And what do you want to liberate
yourself from? Your daughter?

I'm talking about what you
actually have in your life

Ephemeral love?

Is that what you want to
liberate yourself from?

Tanya

What I actually have

I would never define
it as ephemeral love

- Alright
- If it's not reciprocal, it doesn't mean

Did you do anything
to make it reciprocal?

Did you use your imagination?

Your female intuition?

It's no way to live

That's not a decision in favour of
living a wholehearted, fully-fledged life

To be happy for just
a few days

Am I wrong?

I wonder whether there are
people who are always happy

Are you ever happy?

- I can be happy
- I want to know what you

No, I can be happy.
Are you ever happy?

Yes

"Dressed for the road, the Tsar departed,
The Tsarina, tender-hearted"

"At the window sat alone,
Wishing he would hurry home"

"Day and night she sat and waited,
Gazing till her dedicated"

"eyes grew weak from overstrain
Gazing at the empty plain"

"One fond glance at him she darted,
Gasped for joy with thin lips parted"

"Then fell back upon her bed
And by prayer-time was lying dead"

"Long the Tsar sat lonely, brooding
But he, too, was only human"

"Tears for one sad year he shed
And then another woman wed"

"She, if one be strictly truthful
Was born a Tsarina youthful"

"Slim, tall, fair to look upon,
Clever, witty and so on"

"But she was... sur"

"surly"

"Stubborn, haughty, wilful, jealous"

"Only with this looking-glass would she
In a pleasant humour be"

"Many times a day she'd greet it
And..."

And... I have forgotten

What a memory

Tatyana, what a wonderful
child you have

- Mummy, will you tell me the story?
- Of course

And you'll take me to the zoo?

- And to the zoo
- You'll even buy me ice-cream?

- Yes
- You'll definitely tell me a story?

- Well, let's go
- Good-bye, Comrade Masha

Say goodbye to Katya

Goodbye

See you. Here you go

Good-bye Alexander Viktorovich

Let's go

Let's go, let's go

- Katya, dear
- Yes?

Have you got something to read
I could borrow?

Mum, I remember you promised to
tell me one more fairytale

Let me think what the fairytale
could be about

- What fairytale would you like?
- Any

- Doesn't matter which one?
- No

- Let's sit down
- Who should it be about?

I don't know

Are you warm enough?

- How about
- Do you need the bathroom?

- No
- Sure?

Come on, tell me a story

- What about those arms?
- About the arms?

Who do you think
could have three arms?

- You don't know?
- An octopus has eight

I don't know

Let's try to describe these arms.
What are they like?

- They're big
- Big

What else?

- Loving
- Loving hands?

Well, I guess so, since
he's holding something so tight

- They love it, right?
- Right

- They love it, right?
- Right

The hammer, the brain and the sickle

- Hello
- Hello

Hello

- Who's home?
- Kaledin and I

Hello

- Is everything alright?
- Yes, of course

- Alexey Yurevich decided to have a drink
- In solitude?

Trifonov's here

Calm down, why are you
reacting like this?

Calm down, relax

Look at you breathe

What?

I don't understand

Get out of here,
do you think I want to talk to you?

I don't know what you want,
you don't tell me anything

You've said nothing,
and I'm trying to understand

you keep avoiding me

When you're silent,
I try to understand you through your eyes

Judging by your actions,
I must have misunderstood

You did

You see

What do you want,
can't you tell me?

I want nothing from you,
get out

- Nothing?
- Just go

Are you absolutely sure?

Yes

One hundred percent?

Don't confuse your desires with
reality, now get out

Go away, this is my bedroom,
I'm telling you to go away

Alright

Well then

Otherwise. Go, just go

Otherwise what?

Otherwise I'll go.
Just leave

If I'm not wanted
I won't insist

Alright, great

Tanya

Would you like your child

to live the same way you do?

- No
- Then how?

What do you want
her to change?

Shall I say the first thing?
So she has no guilt

- Yes
- The second?

- For her to love a real person
- Yes

But what's stopping you
from doing that now?

And being an example to her

so that later, when she grows up,
you can talk to her

but based on reality rather
than imaginary life and fairy tales

You know, when I read fairytales to
my daughter, it feels like I deceive her

When I separated from my husband

at the beginning they saw
each other often

Later he started
a new family

Another child came along

I feel so guilty towards her

You are not guilty

She has you

I'm not enough for her

She barely sees me

Recently she was drawing

my portrait

and was asking her grandma

what colour my hair was

I feel like you understand me

You're beautiful

I'll fall in love with you

How about we

Calm down

I'm scared

Katya, Katya

What now?

We have an orange.
Ever tried tea with orange?

We have a lemon

There's the lemon

Do you want attention?

What do you want?
I don't understand

Katya

I don't think you're
hearing me

You're right,
what then?

What did you say
that I didn't hear?

Did you say "Hello, Katya"
the next day?

I didn't hear that?

Did you say anything
to me the next day?

Or do I just look like a...

What do you think I look like?

Like a piece of
tissue or something?

Why did you come and cry?
"Thank you, thank you"

And the next day
I don't exist

It's that easy

And again you're silent

I want to be alone, alright?

I see

How are things?

Why are you so upset?

Everything's fine

It's spring

Let's drink to love

It seems the weather has
turned for the better

I saw three stars

- To love?
- To love

To love

I don't write poems, Kaledin

Whenever I write poems I ...

I may be a clown but

not always

"We'll drink the maiden's rosy breath"

"Filled, perhaps,
with plague and death"

[He was complaining
they took his lab assistant]

Our staff aren't blind

They see, they hear,
they know things

We're already
dealing with Katya

But what shall we do with you?

What do you think, Tanya?

What about me and Katya?

You and Katya

have a very good, if slightly
unconventional relationship

It's known as "Lesbianism"

What?

People took you
away from the table

You're trying to vulgarise it

- I'm doing what?
- Vulgarising it

You're saying this to me?

- Love is...
- I'm the Party member

Head of the First Department,
and you tell me I'm vulgarising something

I'm trying to put
everything right

and you're telling me
I'm vulgarising it

- This is hopeless. Thick as a brick
- "I don't understand"

Is something wrong with you?
Why are you smiling?

I think the first thing to be done
is to shame you in public

Pasha, we have to save her

Save her from what?

- From this sexual delinquency
- Look at the way she's acting

She's beaming from happiness,
grinning from ear to ear

What do you mean, save her?

She's good now, she's all
sorted. Right, Tanya?

Everything's fine?

We're happy to be in
a lesbian relationship?

And we don't care what
those around us think

Am I right? Am I?

Is that the way you see it?

It's depravity

You're vulgarising it, Pasha

Shall I give her one, after all?

Shall I box her ears? How's
your head, strong enough?

Who dominates in
your relationship?

Is it Tanya or you?

Let me tell you what a
female penal colony is

It's a world that's been

turned inside out

lesbian relationships, they've
been made the norm there

Even if you don't consider
yourself a criminal

I'll prove otherwise in just a few minutes.
You understand?

What are you, Katya? Go
on, tell us, be honest

A dyke or a decent Soviet woman?

Fucking bitch

Proud, are we?

What's the matter, Katya?

What a curious reaction she has

Such a great day, isn't it?

The greatest day ever

What did she do,
what do you think?

- I don't know
- What would you do?

If you were a little star
living so far away

Look, how beautiful she is.
You'd live up there, high up in the sky

- I'd fall down
- You would fall, wouldn't you?

So she decided to fall down too

She thought that somebody would surely
notice her when she was falling

That's what happened,
can you imagine?

First she thought about it for a long time,
then suddenly she jumped from the sky

While she was flying, we saw
a beautiful bright trail

It looked like sparkles

You know, even passers-by
paid attention to it

Would you notice that?
Of course you would

Look, are there any shooting stars?

Because it's April

- Do you know when stars start to fall?
- When?

In the summer

You can see them
very clearly in August

A meteor shower

So the star jumped

She fell down and
of course she broke to pieces

But at that moment
she was noticed

She was very happy

What do you think?
Is it a sad or a happy story?

- A happy one
- Why?

Because a dream came true

Do you think happiness exists?

When I was little,
I would always wait for it

And I thought when I'd grow up

I'd be very happy

Naive childish dreams