Elzaro (1997) - full transcript
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Orbita-4 spaceship 1983
j a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
j a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
j who's in love j
don't feel like singing?
Unless I need to inform mission control
that you're not ready for landing.
= I'm fine.
Okay, then.
Maybe we can sing a song
that you actually like.
I didn't use to mind
listening to that song.
= oh?
But things changed.
Status, commander?
Systems stable, ready for un-docking.
Pressure readings are
within nominal limits.
Roger,
proceed according to schedule.
So here's the plan.
After we get out of recovery,
I'm going to go home.
Get to my apartment, kick off my shoes,
then I'm walking straight down the hallway
right to the bathroom in some hot water.
With just a little bit
of cold, just a bit.
- Yeah.
- And I'll climb in,
and god help anyone who interrupts me.
He will literally need
to step in save them.
And you?
I'm going to rostov.
What do you have there?
Someone.
Another girl, huh?
No surprise there.
All of them love you.
You are not going to tell me.
Temperature 23 degrees,
proceed to release the latches.
Copy that, commander.
= the latch is released.
Controlling departure from the station.
Initiating disengagement.
We now have un-docked successfully.
Copy.
So, as I said, I'll take a hot bath
and then get out and dry
off with a towel, a big one.
Then the Cologne, can't forget that.
My wife and I will dress
up real nice and finally,
I'll take her to the
to a concert and that's when
she'll sing just for me,
j a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
what's that?
Maybe it was the utility module.
= t don't see it.
- I'm checking out the window.
- Copy.
Stupid piece of junk.
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
Hold it steady.
You can do it.
How was that?
= konstantin.
Soviet Kazakhstan. 1983
Moscow.
Research institute of brain ams ussr
Are they coming?
Good evening.
Good evening.
Thank you, we can begin now.
There isn't much to be said here.
I propose we skip introductions
and get started with the interview.
= proceed.
Do you mind?
The sooner we finish with this review
the better it will be for
everyone, don't you think?
=I'm in no rush.
That's not the point.
We're not your enemies, tatyana.
We know your methods are different.
No one is accusing you
of knowingly attempting
to injure a patient.
But you must admit that
what you did was negligent.
If I was negligent it means
that I failed to carry out my job.
I did what was necessary.
And almost drowned your patient.
I temporarily cut off his oxygen supply.
He was not properly diagnosed.
The standard therapy was unsuccessful.
You held him under
water for nearly a minute.
The boy is 17.
His mother spent the last
two weeks complaining
to the health minister.
His mother is the problem.
He's experiencing psychogenic seizures
because she's too overprotective.
I've managed to block them,
but they're going to come back
if you don't prevent her from seeing him.
Ms. yurevna, nothing you say here
is going to change what happened
so let me be absolutely clear.
You have exactly two options left.
Either you admit that you were negligent
and accept our verdict to dismiss you,
or we will send your file
to the prosecutor's office.
I imagine they'd have much more to say.
I did what I know is right.
Tatyana
yurevna, may I have a word?
I already told you
everything in the inquiry.
I'm actually not from
the health ministry.
My name is semiradov.
I would like to get your
opinion on something.
To help you, or is
this for someone else?
I have a patient.
I'd like you to come
with me to examine him.
Then you'll have to bring him here
so I can look at him before
they dismiss me in the next two weeks.
Unfortunately, I cannot.
However, I believe this is
something you'll want to see.
= is this a choice or an order?
I don't believe in giving orders.
In my experience, intelligent people
are rarely motivated when they
are asked to follow a direct order.
Interesting.
That doesn't sound very Soviet.
I'm not much of a politician.
What we do is very similar.
I'm in charge of a type
of research institute.
I also have an interest
in neuropsychiatry.
This case is quite unusual,
but if it isn't to your
liking we can bring you back.
Oh, and as for the review
board, I took care of them.
You have my word.
How's the weather ahead?
In a crosswind.
The weather is clear.
Good.
Please help yourself.
When we arrive the cafeteria
likely won't have much to offer.
Unfortunately, when it comes to that
there's not much I can do.
If it's not classified,
is there a medical history?
We have yet to have
one prepared I'm afraid.
Does a not suffice?
I'm sure by now you've heard about
the landing of orbit four.
= t have.
We had to sanitize
what the media received.
We actually lost contact with
the crew before they landed.
It appears something went
wrong during reentry somehow.
The patient is the commanding officer,
konstantin veshnyakov.
We diagnosed him with amnesia.
Do you want me to sign the
nda now or after we land?
Nondisclosure agreement?
Putting your original
diagnoses of amnesia aside,
suppose this cosmonaut
of yours lost his mind.
That wouldn't be good.
I can't imagine the Soviet governments
want people to know that their
national hero went insane,
so what do I have to sign?
Soviet Kazakhstan
All-union scientific research institute
we already have access
to most of the facility,
but for now no one will question
you while you're with me.
Once you have security clearance
you may enter the restricted
areas on your own.
Focus on the sound of my voice.
With each count of the metronome,
you will feel a pleasant drowsiness
begin to settle over you.
One,
two.
A comforting warmth is now
spreading throughout your body.
Are they able to see us?
Three.
Tea, coffee?
Is there anything else you
like that I can get for you?
Four.
Tea if you would.
Five.
Let everything around you fade away.
You are back in space.
I am in space.
What do you see?
I see something large.
Dark blue?
A whale.
No.
Now try again.
Tell me your name and rank.
Robert duvall, d.
Field Marshall Robert d. Duvall.
= that's how this is?
In case it didn't work?
Commander veshnyakov.
We're clearly not going
to make any progress
if you don't want to work with me.
Dr. leonardovich, I don't mean to be.
Maybe it's because of my training
that I can't be hypnotized.
= that's bullshit.
I am reporting you.
Yan leonardovich rigel.
He's the research director
for our institute.
It's a pleasure.
A pleasure?
God damn it!
= colonel semiradov?
Tell me where averchenko is.
Let me go unless I'm
guilty and give me a trial.
Are you listening?
If you don't say anything
I'll stop eating.
What do you want me to do?
Mm, to begin with,
what is your first
impression of his condition?
What's this?
They found another one?
Are they really that desperate?
Good evening, I'm tatyana.
My evening's getting better.
Hey, colonel, it's about time.
Dr. rigel had me wanting to kill myself.
Do you want some tea?
= don't mind if I do.
You're new here aren't you?
I just arrived today.
They wanted another
opinion on your condition.
A toy?
Yes, it's mine.
I used to play with it.
It's a cosmonaut tradition
to take something personal
with you on each mission.
They let me keep it while I'm here.
Can you tell me what happened?
Again?
I began the usual launch preparations
and we left the station without incident.
We prepared for landing.
Beyond that I don't
remember how I got here.
I've already told them a dozen times.
Didn't they make you read it?
Not yet but I'll do it later.
Tatyana, please forgive me if I'm wrong,
but you don't make the decisions here.
= t don't.
Then you can't discharge me.
No, but it's possible I can help you.
Yes, you can.
Do me a favor.
My mother, give her a call
when you're done here.
360-7344.
Her name is Lydia.
Be sure to tell her that you
saw me and that I'm okay.
She'll want to know.
You really should just go home.
I feel totally fine.
In fact, better than ever.
If I can survive in space
then I'll manager here, too.
May I?
It was very nice to meet you.
Are you examining him or not?
I just did.
He has post-traumatic stress disorder
and tactile sensitivity in
his hands has diminished.
It's likely his peripheral nervous system
may be damaged as well.
But considering the way
that you're imprisoning
him against his will,
it's to be expected.
I suppose if we expected it,
we wouldn't put him in isolation.
Everyone plays their own games.
Is that all?
You promised I could leave.
There is others out
there that I could help.
= of course.
We will transport tomorrow.
Please show tatyana to her room.
The cafeteria serves three meals a day.
= there is no need.
I'll be leaving tomorrow.
Colonel semiradov hasn't
authorized your departure,
so you might be here for awhile.
Oh, he'll do it.
= grab those boards.
Try one here. - Who are they?
They're cleaners, cleaners.
Brought here for.
Room 108, at the end of the hall.
I can't get a room closer to the stairs?
It's what they gave you.
Operator.
= I'd like to make a call to Moscow.
Calls outside the base
cannot be made without
authorization from the colonel.
I see, thank you.
Thank you.
Go back to your post.
You're still awake, excellent.
Did you have dinner?
I'm not hungry.
How long has it been since you ate?
I don't know, four hours ago.
If you like, you can have a closer look.
What is it?
= t have no idea.
Only that it's not from earth.
- It lives in veshnyakov?
- Yes,
but it doesn't harm him.
He's healthier than ever.
The creature is able to come
and go from him as it pleases every night
exactly like you just saw.
He lets it?
He's completely unaware of it.
What?
Understand we still have
no idea how it happened.
Our men went into space alone
and they returned with this.
= and the other cosmonaut?
He died.
How?
= as a hero.
I told you this case was unusual.
My job was to find out how
this thing got here and
how to protect us from it,
but I need you to find a way
to separate this parasite from its host.
Otherwise, you can sign
the nondisclosure agreement
and go back home tomorrow.
I don't understand why
you're asking me to do this.
I'm not military.
I've never worked with
classified material.
Why me?
I heard about the boy.
The one that you almost drowned.
So you think I have the stomach?
Honestly, I don't
care about your process.
I believe that you can give me results.
Whatever it was you did in
order to save your patient,
you were the only one
to actually save him.
So, please, I want you to do it again.
You are a professional,
someone who can save a hero.
I need to see all footage
you have of the creature
and veshnyakov's account of the landing.
All of the notes and analysis
and two sessions a day,
an hour each.
After the
landing, veshnyakov was sent
to a rehabilitation facility.
On the first night the creature emerged
and attacked the medical technician.
We brought him here to
prevent it from escaping.
So far we have not found a
safe way to separate them.
It has formed some sort of paracytic bond
with veshnyakov's body.
When we tried to remove it,
his vital signs immediately
begin to deteriorate.
He seems to be like a
spacesuit for the creature,
protecting it from a hostile world.
At the same time it increases
veshnyakov's ability
to heal and regenerate.
He was seriously injured in the landing
but recovered in just two days.
The parasite takes up only 30 centimeters
while incubating inside of him.
He fits easily inside of
his esophagus and stomach,
increasing their size by only 30%.
When the creature leaves
his body each night,
he releases a toxin that relaxes
him, causing him to sleep.
It can increase its size by taking
in oxygen to approximately
1.5 meters in length.
He can then return after
releasing that oxygen.
The size of the head
constantly changes as well.
For now the creature can survive outside
of veshnyakov for almost two hours.
It regularly leaves his body
between 2:40 and 3:10 at night.
Parasite or symbiote?
That should be enough,
commander veshnyakov.
I can do more.
You were badly injured.
There's no need.
Take it easy, okay?
Besides, I barely believe it.
It's quite phenomenal you
can do this much already.
Have you noticed anything unusual?
= not much.
A little cough.
I guess I could've caught a cold.
Well, if it bothers you, tell rigel.
That's all.
Dismissed.
= you're still there.
Let's go.
I don't suppose you could tell me
where veshnyakov's son lives?
I believe he lived in rostov
before his mother died.
That's your only question so far?
Do you need a better look
at what we're dealing with?
What are you feeding it?
It eats what veshnyakov eats.
Let's make one thing clear, doctor.
I'm not here to take your job.
I don't want your nobel prize either.
You've seen the patient,
our analysis and ever inch
of footage we have.
If there's something you
think you still don't have,
you should ask colonel semiradov.
All right.
Is this the orphanage?
I'm looking for a young boy
it may be something else.
This again, huh?
Always where you shouldn't be.
Get down from there.
Keep this up and you'll hurt yourself.
What have I told margarite?
Nothing to say?
I asked you a question.
Go back to your room!
J I believe friends j
j can't advance off rockets j
j who lead us from one star to another j
don't like my singing?
I'm sorry, it's for them.
I bet you didn't know.
No one likes cosmonaut songs more
than jaded ground personnel.
We always sang different songs in space.
Which songs do you like?
Nothing special.
The melody's all that matters.
J a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
I can tell you're drawn to me, admit it.
You probably asked to come
here when you heard, right?
Actually I was brought here
to see if you'd lost your mind.
What did you say?
They think that you
killed your co-pilot.
What's she doing?
At some point during the landing,
something happened that caused
the death of commander averchenko,
or perhaps you killed him.
Colonel semiradov can't allow
a hero whose gone insane to walk
back into the world like nothing happened.
That's great.
You're saying I'm some sort of
insane murderer, is that it?
I'm sure you know that not everyone
who's crazy looks that way.
Listen, okay?
I know you're smarter than this.
I spent years preparing for this flight.
I know something went wrong
but I don't remember what.
And now, I'm stuck in this
cell behind armored glass.
Did they say why they're holding me here?
Will someone just tell me?
I'm not a spy or some kind of animal.
What then?
What do you mean?
I want to know, if none of
those things describe you,
what does?
Did you read my file?
I'm the Soviet's hero.
Do you really believe that?
You didn't survive tanks or grenades.
All you ever did was sit in a tin can
while the government took
care of everything for you.
You call that heroic?
What are you saying?
I read your file.
Why did you abandon your son?
Because I'm curious.
You never married the
child's mother did you?
After she died you could have adopted him,
but you wanted to go to space
so you could be a Soviet hero instead.
I guess an illegitimate child
would otherwise ruin
your perfect reputation.
That's why he's at the
orphanage near rostov.
Did I miss anything?
I grew up without a father.
Ti still became a hero.
Heroes don't abandon their child.
You know what, tatyana?
For awhile it was nice
to see a pretty face,
but from now on I think I'd
rather see that idiot, rigel.
Thank you for your time.
What the hell were you thinking?
What could you possibly
hope to accomplish?
You need to test his
endocrine profile right away.
= you heard her.
Yesterday I noticed his
reactions were unusually slow.
I believe that it's tied
to his hormone levels.
Severe psychological stress
releases adrenalin into
the bloodstream making it easier
to test how much is produced.
The results of those
tests can tell me a lot,
in particular what the
creature might be feeding on.
= and what does that do?
Our mission right now is
to remove the parasite,
not make guesses about how to feed it.
Colonel, if I may, I want you to order
that veshnyakov be transferred
to the medical unit during the day.
That way he can interact
with other civilians.
I think we'll start to see
a better clinical picture
if we allow him to live
a more normal life.
"I want you to order.”
What's this?
A reward for good behavior?
It was a
momentous day for a many who-
- don't you see?
I'm trying to help you.
The meeting with the
Cuban representatives
was held without any notable incidents.
In fact, they went on to express
their gratitude to general secretary
and chairman of the
presidium, Yuri androkov,
and the entire Soviet nation
for its immense hospitality.
The Soviet people are equally excited
to welcome our cosmonauts back
from their mission in orbit.
Kirill averchenko and
konstantin veshnyakov
are reported to have landed
safely back on earth.
These brave heroes are currently staying
in a rehabilitation center so they
can recover from their long stay
in space without gravity..
In approximately three weeks,
the world will be able to
welcome these great men home.
In national sporting,
the old union competition
between the countries
strongest skaters draws to a close
in this week.
Do you need something?
I wanted to apologize.
I said those things to upset you
so I could measure your hormone levels.
I'll leave you alone until our session.
See you then.
I didn't know about my son.
She never told me.
A week before I left,
they told me she had died
and that he didn't have
any other relatives.
He's in an orphanage.
Ti don't even know his name.
I thought, "when I get
back, I'll get him."
Maybe I didn't think at all.
Would you have done it any different?
= t don't know.
Ti don't have a son.
Why are you here, tatyana?
Ti know I don't have amnesia.
So, what do they want?
You can't say or you won't?
= t can't.
But I truly want to help you.
Do you really think you can?
See if you can move a bit closer.
Please try not to interrupt
me while I'm working.
You don't need to worry.
We can try one that doesn't
have auditory receptors.
Yes, but I do.
What are you doing?
Tatyana, what are you trying to do?
Why do I even bother with her?
Tatyana, what are you trying to do?
Will you just wait?
Well, if that's all we needed.
Lift the glass.
What?
Lift it up.
You're sure?
Yes,
no, we can't risk it.
We'll give you a suit.
Get her out of there, now!
Make sure-= movel
colonel!
We don't have much by way
of flower shops on base,
so I picked some for you.
How are you feeling?
Much better, thank you.
Well, what you did was very brave.
At least now we have a better idea
of how not to approach it.
I don't think veshnyakov is unconscious.
Okay, can you elaborate?
That toy is a reminder of the guilt
he feels about abandoning his son.
You mean that the creature now responds
to the toy because it has
some significant emotional
value to veshnyakov?
I believe the creature and veshnyakov
are now a single entity.
They share his mind.
It seems to dull his memories
and I think it impacts his
impersonal skills as well.
Every night it spends more
and more time exploring
outside of his body.
It won't be much longer before it shed
his body like a cocoon.
Something has to be done.
We need more resources.
We need to take him to Moscow.
Moscow?
There are many reasons why we decided
not to take him there already.
We know almost nothing
about this creature.
If you're right that it's some sort
of nymph that's going to continue to grow,
we don't know how much
bigger it's going to get.
It could be massive.
I've been asked to destroy this creature
should the risk grow to high.
And kill an innocent
person, a cosmonaut?
He's a hero of the Soviet-
as a hero,
he's prepared for the worst
and that includes self-sacrifice.
But everyday I send fake reports
to Moscow, all to save him.
I make things up.
What he eats, his vitals,
his mood, exercise.
If I don't, they will give
me the order to destroy him.
When they find out,
I'll be court marshaled.
I was hoping you could help us both.
You mind?
Dr. rigel?
What?
Aren't you concerned?
= a technical error?
Have you noticed that
veshnyakov's hormone levels
change radically from day to night?
At night they seem to get especially bad.
I'm trying to figure out
why that keeps happening.
I'm not an endocrinologist.
Do the work, figure it out.
You're editing the videotapes.
I know that it's eating more
than what veshnyakov eats.
What do you feed it?
Is it pigs?
If I'm supposed to investigate,
why is it you're hiding this from me?
What, you want more?
You want my advice?
You should go back to
Moscow while you still can.
Forget everything that you saw here.
The review board will destroy us.
Do you think the review
board cares about hypnosis?
I know why you're still here.
You want a nobel prize.
You won't get much further without me.
I'm willing to help you
but you need to give me
access to everything.
I don't have to tell colonel
semiradov about this.
You're serious?
Open the gates.
He's clear.
You get one chance at this.
The battery only lasts
for about 10 minutes.
Come on.
What do you want?
What's going on?
No!
Please, god!
Light.
Turn off the camera.
Yes, sir.
Before we brought him here,
the creature attacked a medic.
You saw it on the video.
What you don't see is veshnyakov's vitals.
He began to improve
significantly after the murder,
so we began feeding it whatever we could,
starting with lab rats.
We even tried pigs.
Finally, semiradov decided
to try a human, a convict.
Veshnyakov got better but you made
me start thinking about his hormones.
Did you see the way that it behaved?
It's not enough for it to kill.
It makes sure the victim can
see it so they're afraid.
The human brain releases
significant levels
of cortisol when a person is afraid
and on this planet when it comes to fear,
you can't do much better than people.
That's why it's so dangerous
because it's feeding on cortisol.
This discovery will change the world.
If we started to work together-
- rigel, you're letting people die.
= I'm not.
It's semiradov's idea.
Do you think I'm a monster?
You're no monster, you're a coward.
An adaptive and hearty specimen.
Go to... you can't stay
here any longer.
It's a terrible place.
They'll kill you.
Let's go.
I can't, I can't leave.
Go to.
Listen to me.
You're not a robot, you're a human being.
Don't you understand?
We have to go.
Good morning.
Morning.
I can't leave.
I have to stay here.
You know, I think I prefer war films.
The ones about spice.
Go to.
How 'bout you?
I thought you might like
some exercise this morning.
How 'bout a run?
Go to.
Wait.
Of course there's plenty of room to run.
Just move the TV back.
- We have clearance.
- We must go
to at once.
That tracksuit looks good on you.
Were you ever in track and field?
= no.
Maybe we should try it when I get out.
We can't compete professionally
but there is an amateur league.
I need to tell you something.
You brought something back
from space inside of you.
They're feeding it the convicts.
I can separate you but someone needs
to tell the government
what's going on here.
Do you hear me?
Are they watching you?
= not sure.
Is there a guard by your door at night?
= t don't know.
Find out and meet
me, one A.M., my block.
Sorry, doctor, I'm tired.
Good run.
Can't sleep either?
= you shouldn't be out here.
= t remember.
It's funny, right?
I can go to space, not the hallway.
That's irony.
Commander veshnyakov, do you think
there's anything there beyond the stars?
Like what?
Anything.
Don't you believe in god?
= t believe in what I see.
Ti didn't see god there.
You know what?
You should take a break.
They gave me a vcr.
We should watch a movie together.
It'll be fun.
I really can't.
= come on.
I mean it, I'm really not allowed.
Thanks to you the entire planet
can now breathe clean air again.
Come on.
What's wrong?
I won't leave you.
I am still alone.
That's not true.
I am alone.
I was created without a purpose.
- You scared me.
- Shh.
Shh.
It's so strange, seeing my whole life
laid out like this so clinically.
How much of this did you know?
= t am that creature.
Every time that it kills,
it's hunger,
every minute detail, it stays with me.
We experience it together.
If you knew why didn't you tell them?
What do you think?
If semiradov found out,
he would never let me go.
My co-pilot, averchenko.
You have to help me.
Two more weeks, that's all I need.
Just pretend nothing has changed.
Semiradov won't have a choice.
They'll send a review board
from Moscow and release us.
T don't want to vanish without a trace.
Not like him.
If we do nothing people
will keep on dying.
How can you stand it?
Ti can't.
What would you do instead?
Bash your own brains out?
Yes,
I'm not the one that decided
to start feeding it people.
You can't hold me responsible for that.
I haven't made it this far just
to die in the middle of nowhere.
T have a mother.
She lives alone.
I'm all she has.
I need to get my son.
I see why it chose you.
You'll say anything to
protect yourself.
So that's what you think.
1 see.
You're all the same.
Doctors like you sit
safe behind their desks.
I trained years for this flight.
I risked my life.
And when you don't like the
result you tell me I should die.
= it's dinner time.
Again?
What have I told you?
You can't do this.
Give it here.
Did you see?
Some kind of animal this one.
I don't recognize him.
What group is he in?
They are invalids.
You see his feet?
Could swear he's feral.
Look, he drew blood.
= colonel.
= dismissed.
Ms. yurevna, I apologize.
I wasn't upfront with you.
I should have told you
everything from the start.
Which part?
How you feed people to this creature?
We're in a race against
time to understand
this creature so that we might control it.
We've done our best to keep it alive,
even if our methods are unsavory.
You just see it as a weapon, that right?
Yes,
do you know why weapons
are so important to us?
Weapons bring peace.
The only way to win the conflict
is to wield the most
powerful weapon on the field.
I believe this creature is that weapon.
But you still feed it people.
People?
Sergei genediavich, born in 1952.
He was previously convicted
under multiple laws
for violent assault.
He raped and killed his neighbor.
She was a 12-year-old girl.
They are not people.
Real people sacrifice their lives
in Angola and Afghanistan.
Would it eat them?
When the authorities find out
they will court marshal you.
= hm.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
I'm sure that's inevitable.
But as doctors and soldiers,
sometimes we have to
make difficult decisions.
I hope the victory's worth the cost.
I assume responsibility,
and you do the same.
I won't just stand by.
Yes, yes you will.
Why don't you come see a feeding up close?
This time you won't have to
use binoculars from your car.
Colonel semiradov, I should have told
you about her before.
- Mm hm.
- But I think
she understands us better now.
Dr. rigel, how do you
manage to sleep at night?
Me?
I know that you let
her see how it feeds.
You disobeyed me.
Right here.
Stay down.
Just give me time.
We can find another way.
Time is not a luxury we have right now.
Open it.
Don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid.
It's me.
It's me.
J a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
J who's in love, who's in love [
J a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
it's adapted.
J who's in love, who's in love [
it can hear her now.
J who's in love that you know j
j and he'll cover your yard in flowers
j just for you j
J who's in love, who's in love,
who's in love with you now j
No!
Veshnyakov, can he control it?
= no.
Not yet.
I need results, tatyana.
Nothing will change
until we can control it,
but I doubt that's possible without you.
Perhaps you and I, we can
set our differences aside
and work together for the time being.
I will take responsibility.
You can tell Moscow that I forced you.
All I need is a few more weeks.
You agree?
= Dr. yurevna.
I found out why the creature
chose veshnyakov not averchenko.
There is tumor on his kidney,
early signs of cancer.
But he also developed Addison's disease.
It was undetected before he left
but the creature could tell.
Since it prevents his body
from producing certain hormones
such as cortisol, it
was unable to establish
a symbiotic bond with him.
I'll need metyrapone and trilostane.
= trilostane?
I can't do this procedure without you
and there isn't much time left.
Look here.
Do you see his tongue?
You're better than you think, a tumor.
If both of you escape,
tell them semiradov made me do it.
And if you don't, say I didn't know.
Thank you, rigel.
You've helped a lot.
Are you allergic to buspirone?
Me, I don't-
stop.
What are you doing?
You're going to have to decide.
Are you coming or not?
Keep an eye on the door.
We don't have much time so
you have to listen to me.
The review board isn't coming.
Semiradov isn't going to
let the creature leave.
I think I know how to separate you.
Why did you go in there?
I could have killed you.
Well, you didn't.
I guess you like me.
This is a mix of hormones.
They will mimic a condition
that stops you producing
cortisol, starving it.
After I inject this, the
creature will leave your body.
It won't survive for more than an hour,
but you will as long as I
get you to an emergency room.
But what if you're wrong?
What if it can survive now?
We'd just be releasing it.
We'll do it once we get away from here.
There won't be any people
and it's weaker in the light.
= no.
No.
We just have to get to a hospital.
I'll think of something.
We can do it.
= t can't.
T can't leave now.
T deserve to be here.
The creature won't do anything to me.
It literally saved me.
= that doesn't matter.
Just go.
= I'm not afraid.
But you should be.
I'm the one it chose.
It's not you.
It's my fault.
This is my punishment
because I left my son.
T chose the mission over him.
Ti deserve this.
Please go. = no.
Leosha.
What?
= his name's leosha Alexi romanov.
He's turning seven.
It's by the enclosure.
= you have to come with us.
They'll kill you.
I'll manage something.
Don't worry.
I'm an adaptive and hearty specimen.
Thank you.
This is rigel from base Alpha four.
I need you to connect me
to the operative on duty.
I have urgent information
to share with you.
What's this?
They're running,
veshnyakov and Dr. yurevna.
Send in the response team.
Do not fire on veshnyakov but she can die.
Stay where you are!
Veshnyakov step to the right and lay down.
Drop any weapons and keep your hands up.
= please don't shoot.
Open fire.
He had their cause of death
listed, killed in a fire.
Listen to me, both of
them were killed outright
and there were seven other
victims as well as the convicts.
Did you?
Did you complete the call to Moscow?
Ar.
Yan, you're no hero.
It really doesn't suit you.
No matter, I'll make your death quick.
Thank you for your years of service.
Go down that road.
Sir, no sign of them.
They couldn't have gotten far.
Syringe.
They must be back there.
Not yet.
= just do it.
Efervu, go cover the exits.
The rest of you, move in slowly.
Try not to startle them.
= come on.
Faster.
I think I hear something.
= get out of here.
Open fire!
Hold it men, get out of there!
Control!
If the fugitives come your way,
do whatever it takes to detain them.
Stop now!
Out of my way!
At ease.
= konstantin.
I'm sorry.
What are you doing?
Every minute you're getting worse.
You'll die without it.
But we have to go.
You reconsidered, Dr. yurevna.
I was wrong.
They can't be separated.
They're fully symbiotic now.
They'll die without each other.
I know, I know.
We all make mistakes.
But I promise, I won't let them die.
It's sad the same thing keeps happening.
You try your best to save everyone.
But it's impossible.
In the end, you always have to choose.
We did it.
There has to be another
way to separate you.
We'll go to Moscow.
It'll be okay.
= t know.
We'll find a way.
They already have.
Rostov-on-Don
Do I look like I've changed my mind?
It's like trying to stop
the sun from rising.
What do you even need them for?
Where do you plan to go?
Is there someone you want to see?
Go on.
At least stay inside the main complex
or you'll get me in trouble.
= hello.
Tatyana yurevna. = hello.
= I'm here for leosha romanov.
Look at you, making the best of it.
I've been working here for 20 years.
We all manage.
You will be just fine, boy.
I'm a girl.
My name is tatyana.
Are you leosha?
My name is Tanya.
= hello.
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Orbita-4 spaceship 1983
j a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
j a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
j who's in love j
don't feel like singing?
Unless I need to inform mission control
that you're not ready for landing.
= I'm fine.
Okay, then.
Maybe we can sing a song
that you actually like.
I didn't use to mind
listening to that song.
= oh?
But things changed.
Status, commander?
Systems stable, ready for un-docking.
Pressure readings are
within nominal limits.
Roger,
proceed according to schedule.
So here's the plan.
After we get out of recovery,
I'm going to go home.
Get to my apartment, kick off my shoes,
then I'm walking straight down the hallway
right to the bathroom in some hot water.
With just a little bit
of cold, just a bit.
- Yeah.
- And I'll climb in,
and god help anyone who interrupts me.
He will literally need
to step in save them.
And you?
I'm going to rostov.
What do you have there?
Someone.
Another girl, huh?
No surprise there.
All of them love you.
You are not going to tell me.
Temperature 23 degrees,
proceed to release the latches.
Copy that, commander.
= the latch is released.
Controlling departure from the station.
Initiating disengagement.
We now have un-docked successfully.
Copy.
So, as I said, I'll take a hot bath
and then get out and dry
off with a towel, a big one.
Then the Cologne, can't forget that.
My wife and I will dress
up real nice and finally,
I'll take her to the
to a concert and that's when
she'll sing just for me,
j a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
what's that?
Maybe it was the utility module.
= t don't see it.
- I'm checking out the window.
- Copy.
Stupid piece of junk.
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
Hold it steady.
You can do it.
How was that?
= konstantin.
Soviet Kazakhstan. 1983
Moscow.
Research institute of brain ams ussr
Are they coming?
Good evening.
Good evening.
Thank you, we can begin now.
There isn't much to be said here.
I propose we skip introductions
and get started with the interview.
= proceed.
Do you mind?
The sooner we finish with this review
the better it will be for
everyone, don't you think?
=I'm in no rush.
That's not the point.
We're not your enemies, tatyana.
We know your methods are different.
No one is accusing you
of knowingly attempting
to injure a patient.
But you must admit that
what you did was negligent.
If I was negligent it means
that I failed to carry out my job.
I did what was necessary.
And almost drowned your patient.
I temporarily cut off his oxygen supply.
He was not properly diagnosed.
The standard therapy was unsuccessful.
You held him under
water for nearly a minute.
The boy is 17.
His mother spent the last
two weeks complaining
to the health minister.
His mother is the problem.
He's experiencing psychogenic seizures
because she's too overprotective.
I've managed to block them,
but they're going to come back
if you don't prevent her from seeing him.
Ms. yurevna, nothing you say here
is going to change what happened
so let me be absolutely clear.
You have exactly two options left.
Either you admit that you were negligent
and accept our verdict to dismiss you,
or we will send your file
to the prosecutor's office.
I imagine they'd have much more to say.
I did what I know is right.
Tatyana
yurevna, may I have a word?
I already told you
everything in the inquiry.
I'm actually not from
the health ministry.
My name is semiradov.
I would like to get your
opinion on something.
To help you, or is
this for someone else?
I have a patient.
I'd like you to come
with me to examine him.
Then you'll have to bring him here
so I can look at him before
they dismiss me in the next two weeks.
Unfortunately, I cannot.
However, I believe this is
something you'll want to see.
= is this a choice or an order?
I don't believe in giving orders.
In my experience, intelligent people
are rarely motivated when they
are asked to follow a direct order.
Interesting.
That doesn't sound very Soviet.
I'm not much of a politician.
What we do is very similar.
I'm in charge of a type
of research institute.
I also have an interest
in neuropsychiatry.
This case is quite unusual,
but if it isn't to your
liking we can bring you back.
Oh, and as for the review
board, I took care of them.
You have my word.
How's the weather ahead?
In a crosswind.
The weather is clear.
Good.
Please help yourself.
When we arrive the cafeteria
likely won't have much to offer.
Unfortunately, when it comes to that
there's not much I can do.
If it's not classified,
is there a medical history?
We have yet to have
one prepared I'm afraid.
Does a not suffice?
I'm sure by now you've heard about
the landing of orbit four.
= t have.
We had to sanitize
what the media received.
We actually lost contact with
the crew before they landed.
It appears something went
wrong during reentry somehow.
The patient is the commanding officer,
konstantin veshnyakov.
We diagnosed him with amnesia.
Do you want me to sign the
nda now or after we land?
Nondisclosure agreement?
Putting your original
diagnoses of amnesia aside,
suppose this cosmonaut
of yours lost his mind.
That wouldn't be good.
I can't imagine the Soviet governments
want people to know that their
national hero went insane,
so what do I have to sign?
Soviet Kazakhstan
All-union scientific research institute
we already have access
to most of the facility,
but for now no one will question
you while you're with me.
Once you have security clearance
you may enter the restricted
areas on your own.
Focus on the sound of my voice.
With each count of the metronome,
you will feel a pleasant drowsiness
begin to settle over you.
One,
two.
A comforting warmth is now
spreading throughout your body.
Are they able to see us?
Three.
Tea, coffee?
Is there anything else you
like that I can get for you?
Four.
Tea if you would.
Five.
Let everything around you fade away.
You are back in space.
I am in space.
What do you see?
I see something large.
Dark blue?
A whale.
No.
Now try again.
Tell me your name and rank.
Robert duvall, d.
Field Marshall Robert d. Duvall.
= that's how this is?
In case it didn't work?
Commander veshnyakov.
We're clearly not going
to make any progress
if you don't want to work with me.
Dr. leonardovich, I don't mean to be.
Maybe it's because of my training
that I can't be hypnotized.
= that's bullshit.
I am reporting you.
Yan leonardovich rigel.
He's the research director
for our institute.
It's a pleasure.
A pleasure?
God damn it!
= colonel semiradov?
Tell me where averchenko is.
Let me go unless I'm
guilty and give me a trial.
Are you listening?
If you don't say anything
I'll stop eating.
What do you want me to do?
Mm, to begin with,
what is your first
impression of his condition?
What's this?
They found another one?
Are they really that desperate?
Good evening, I'm tatyana.
My evening's getting better.
Hey, colonel, it's about time.
Dr. rigel had me wanting to kill myself.
Do you want some tea?
= don't mind if I do.
You're new here aren't you?
I just arrived today.
They wanted another
opinion on your condition.
A toy?
Yes, it's mine.
I used to play with it.
It's a cosmonaut tradition
to take something personal
with you on each mission.
They let me keep it while I'm here.
Can you tell me what happened?
Again?
I began the usual launch preparations
and we left the station without incident.
We prepared for landing.
Beyond that I don't
remember how I got here.
I've already told them a dozen times.
Didn't they make you read it?
Not yet but I'll do it later.
Tatyana, please forgive me if I'm wrong,
but you don't make the decisions here.
= t don't.
Then you can't discharge me.
No, but it's possible I can help you.
Yes, you can.
Do me a favor.
My mother, give her a call
when you're done here.
360-7344.
Her name is Lydia.
Be sure to tell her that you
saw me and that I'm okay.
She'll want to know.
You really should just go home.
I feel totally fine.
In fact, better than ever.
If I can survive in space
then I'll manager here, too.
May I?
It was very nice to meet you.
Are you examining him or not?
I just did.
He has post-traumatic stress disorder
and tactile sensitivity in
his hands has diminished.
It's likely his peripheral nervous system
may be damaged as well.
But considering the way
that you're imprisoning
him against his will,
it's to be expected.
I suppose if we expected it,
we wouldn't put him in isolation.
Everyone plays their own games.
Is that all?
You promised I could leave.
There is others out
there that I could help.
= of course.
We will transport tomorrow.
Please show tatyana to her room.
The cafeteria serves three meals a day.
= there is no need.
I'll be leaving tomorrow.
Colonel semiradov hasn't
authorized your departure,
so you might be here for awhile.
Oh, he'll do it.
= grab those boards.
Try one here. - Who are they?
They're cleaners, cleaners.
Brought here for.
Room 108, at the end of the hall.
I can't get a room closer to the stairs?
It's what they gave you.
Operator.
= I'd like to make a call to Moscow.
Calls outside the base
cannot be made without
authorization from the colonel.
I see, thank you.
Thank you.
Go back to your post.
You're still awake, excellent.
Did you have dinner?
I'm not hungry.
How long has it been since you ate?
I don't know, four hours ago.
If you like, you can have a closer look.
What is it?
= t have no idea.
Only that it's not from earth.
- It lives in veshnyakov?
- Yes,
but it doesn't harm him.
He's healthier than ever.
The creature is able to come
and go from him as it pleases every night
exactly like you just saw.
He lets it?
He's completely unaware of it.
What?
Understand we still have
no idea how it happened.
Our men went into space alone
and they returned with this.
= and the other cosmonaut?
He died.
How?
= as a hero.
I told you this case was unusual.
My job was to find out how
this thing got here and
how to protect us from it,
but I need you to find a way
to separate this parasite from its host.
Otherwise, you can sign
the nondisclosure agreement
and go back home tomorrow.
I don't understand why
you're asking me to do this.
I'm not military.
I've never worked with
classified material.
Why me?
I heard about the boy.
The one that you almost drowned.
So you think I have the stomach?
Honestly, I don't
care about your process.
I believe that you can give me results.
Whatever it was you did in
order to save your patient,
you were the only one
to actually save him.
So, please, I want you to do it again.
You are a professional,
someone who can save a hero.
I need to see all footage
you have of the creature
and veshnyakov's account of the landing.
All of the notes and analysis
and two sessions a day,
an hour each.
After the
landing, veshnyakov was sent
to a rehabilitation facility.
On the first night the creature emerged
and attacked the medical technician.
We brought him here to
prevent it from escaping.
So far we have not found a
safe way to separate them.
It has formed some sort of paracytic bond
with veshnyakov's body.
When we tried to remove it,
his vital signs immediately
begin to deteriorate.
He seems to be like a
spacesuit for the creature,
protecting it from a hostile world.
At the same time it increases
veshnyakov's ability
to heal and regenerate.
He was seriously injured in the landing
but recovered in just two days.
The parasite takes up only 30 centimeters
while incubating inside of him.
He fits easily inside of
his esophagus and stomach,
increasing their size by only 30%.
When the creature leaves
his body each night,
he releases a toxin that relaxes
him, causing him to sleep.
It can increase its size by taking
in oxygen to approximately
1.5 meters in length.
He can then return after
releasing that oxygen.
The size of the head
constantly changes as well.
For now the creature can survive outside
of veshnyakov for almost two hours.
It regularly leaves his body
between 2:40 and 3:10 at night.
Parasite or symbiote?
That should be enough,
commander veshnyakov.
I can do more.
You were badly injured.
There's no need.
Take it easy, okay?
Besides, I barely believe it.
It's quite phenomenal you
can do this much already.
Have you noticed anything unusual?
= not much.
A little cough.
I guess I could've caught a cold.
Well, if it bothers you, tell rigel.
That's all.
Dismissed.
= you're still there.
Let's go.
I don't suppose you could tell me
where veshnyakov's son lives?
I believe he lived in rostov
before his mother died.
That's your only question so far?
Do you need a better look
at what we're dealing with?
What are you feeding it?
It eats what veshnyakov eats.
Let's make one thing clear, doctor.
I'm not here to take your job.
I don't want your nobel prize either.
You've seen the patient,
our analysis and ever inch
of footage we have.
If there's something you
think you still don't have,
you should ask colonel semiradov.
All right.
Is this the orphanage?
I'm looking for a young boy
it may be something else.
This again, huh?
Always where you shouldn't be.
Get down from there.
Keep this up and you'll hurt yourself.
What have I told margarite?
Nothing to say?
I asked you a question.
Go back to your room!
J I believe friends j
j can't advance off rockets j
j who lead us from one star to another j
don't like my singing?
I'm sorry, it's for them.
I bet you didn't know.
No one likes cosmonaut songs more
than jaded ground personnel.
We always sang different songs in space.
Which songs do you like?
Nothing special.
The melody's all that matters.
J a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
I can tell you're drawn to me, admit it.
You probably asked to come
here when you heard, right?
Actually I was brought here
to see if you'd lost your mind.
What did you say?
They think that you
killed your co-pilot.
What's she doing?
At some point during the landing,
something happened that caused
the death of commander averchenko,
or perhaps you killed him.
Colonel semiradov can't allow
a hero whose gone insane to walk
back into the world like nothing happened.
That's great.
You're saying I'm some sort of
insane murderer, is that it?
I'm sure you know that not everyone
who's crazy looks that way.
Listen, okay?
I know you're smarter than this.
I spent years preparing for this flight.
I know something went wrong
but I don't remember what.
And now, I'm stuck in this
cell behind armored glass.
Did they say why they're holding me here?
Will someone just tell me?
I'm not a spy or some kind of animal.
What then?
What do you mean?
I want to know, if none of
those things describe you,
what does?
Did you read my file?
I'm the Soviet's hero.
Do you really believe that?
You didn't survive tanks or grenades.
All you ever did was sit in a tin can
while the government took
care of everything for you.
You call that heroic?
What are you saying?
I read your file.
Why did you abandon your son?
Because I'm curious.
You never married the
child's mother did you?
After she died you could have adopted him,
but you wanted to go to space
so you could be a Soviet hero instead.
I guess an illegitimate child
would otherwise ruin
your perfect reputation.
That's why he's at the
orphanage near rostov.
Did I miss anything?
I grew up without a father.
Ti still became a hero.
Heroes don't abandon their child.
You know what, tatyana?
For awhile it was nice
to see a pretty face,
but from now on I think I'd
rather see that idiot, rigel.
Thank you for your time.
What the hell were you thinking?
What could you possibly
hope to accomplish?
You need to test his
endocrine profile right away.
= you heard her.
Yesterday I noticed his
reactions were unusually slow.
I believe that it's tied
to his hormone levels.
Severe psychological stress
releases adrenalin into
the bloodstream making it easier
to test how much is produced.
The results of those
tests can tell me a lot,
in particular what the
creature might be feeding on.
= and what does that do?
Our mission right now is
to remove the parasite,
not make guesses about how to feed it.
Colonel, if I may, I want you to order
that veshnyakov be transferred
to the medical unit during the day.
That way he can interact
with other civilians.
I think we'll start to see
a better clinical picture
if we allow him to live
a more normal life.
"I want you to order.”
What's this?
A reward for good behavior?
It was a
momentous day for a many who-
- don't you see?
I'm trying to help you.
The meeting with the
Cuban representatives
was held without any notable incidents.
In fact, they went on to express
their gratitude to general secretary
and chairman of the
presidium, Yuri androkov,
and the entire Soviet nation
for its immense hospitality.
The Soviet people are equally excited
to welcome our cosmonauts back
from their mission in orbit.
Kirill averchenko and
konstantin veshnyakov
are reported to have landed
safely back on earth.
These brave heroes are currently staying
in a rehabilitation center so they
can recover from their long stay
in space without gravity..
In approximately three weeks,
the world will be able to
welcome these great men home.
In national sporting,
the old union competition
between the countries
strongest skaters draws to a close
in this week.
Do you need something?
I wanted to apologize.
I said those things to upset you
so I could measure your hormone levels.
I'll leave you alone until our session.
See you then.
I didn't know about my son.
She never told me.
A week before I left,
they told me she had died
and that he didn't have
any other relatives.
He's in an orphanage.
Ti don't even know his name.
I thought, "when I get
back, I'll get him."
Maybe I didn't think at all.
Would you have done it any different?
= t don't know.
Ti don't have a son.
Why are you here, tatyana?
Ti know I don't have amnesia.
So, what do they want?
You can't say or you won't?
= t can't.
But I truly want to help you.
Do you really think you can?
See if you can move a bit closer.
Please try not to interrupt
me while I'm working.
You don't need to worry.
We can try one that doesn't
have auditory receptors.
Yes, but I do.
What are you doing?
Tatyana, what are you trying to do?
Why do I even bother with her?
Tatyana, what are you trying to do?
Will you just wait?
Well, if that's all we needed.
Lift the glass.
What?
Lift it up.
You're sure?
Yes,
no, we can't risk it.
We'll give you a suit.
Get her out of there, now!
Make sure-= movel
colonel!
We don't have much by way
of flower shops on base,
so I picked some for you.
How are you feeling?
Much better, thank you.
Well, what you did was very brave.
At least now we have a better idea
of how not to approach it.
I don't think veshnyakov is unconscious.
Okay, can you elaborate?
That toy is a reminder of the guilt
he feels about abandoning his son.
You mean that the creature now responds
to the toy because it has
some significant emotional
value to veshnyakov?
I believe the creature and veshnyakov
are now a single entity.
They share his mind.
It seems to dull his memories
and I think it impacts his
impersonal skills as well.
Every night it spends more
and more time exploring
outside of his body.
It won't be much longer before it shed
his body like a cocoon.
Something has to be done.
We need more resources.
We need to take him to Moscow.
Moscow?
There are many reasons why we decided
not to take him there already.
We know almost nothing
about this creature.
If you're right that it's some sort
of nymph that's going to continue to grow,
we don't know how much
bigger it's going to get.
It could be massive.
I've been asked to destroy this creature
should the risk grow to high.
And kill an innocent
person, a cosmonaut?
He's a hero of the Soviet-
as a hero,
he's prepared for the worst
and that includes self-sacrifice.
But everyday I send fake reports
to Moscow, all to save him.
I make things up.
What he eats, his vitals,
his mood, exercise.
If I don't, they will give
me the order to destroy him.
When they find out,
I'll be court marshaled.
I was hoping you could help us both.
You mind?
Dr. rigel?
What?
Aren't you concerned?
= a technical error?
Have you noticed that
veshnyakov's hormone levels
change radically from day to night?
At night they seem to get especially bad.
I'm trying to figure out
why that keeps happening.
I'm not an endocrinologist.
Do the work, figure it out.
You're editing the videotapes.
I know that it's eating more
than what veshnyakov eats.
What do you feed it?
Is it pigs?
If I'm supposed to investigate,
why is it you're hiding this from me?
What, you want more?
You want my advice?
You should go back to
Moscow while you still can.
Forget everything that you saw here.
The review board will destroy us.
Do you think the review
board cares about hypnosis?
I know why you're still here.
You want a nobel prize.
You won't get much further without me.
I'm willing to help you
but you need to give me
access to everything.
I don't have to tell colonel
semiradov about this.
You're serious?
Open the gates.
He's clear.
You get one chance at this.
The battery only lasts
for about 10 minutes.
Come on.
What do you want?
What's going on?
No!
Please, god!
Light.
Turn off the camera.
Yes, sir.
Before we brought him here,
the creature attacked a medic.
You saw it on the video.
What you don't see is veshnyakov's vitals.
He began to improve
significantly after the murder,
so we began feeding it whatever we could,
starting with lab rats.
We even tried pigs.
Finally, semiradov decided
to try a human, a convict.
Veshnyakov got better but you made
me start thinking about his hormones.
Did you see the way that it behaved?
It's not enough for it to kill.
It makes sure the victim can
see it so they're afraid.
The human brain releases
significant levels
of cortisol when a person is afraid
and on this planet when it comes to fear,
you can't do much better than people.
That's why it's so dangerous
because it's feeding on cortisol.
This discovery will change the world.
If we started to work together-
- rigel, you're letting people die.
= I'm not.
It's semiradov's idea.
Do you think I'm a monster?
You're no monster, you're a coward.
An adaptive and hearty specimen.
Go to... you can't stay
here any longer.
It's a terrible place.
They'll kill you.
Let's go.
I can't, I can't leave.
Go to.
Listen to me.
You're not a robot, you're a human being.
Don't you understand?
We have to go.
Good morning.
Morning.
I can't leave.
I have to stay here.
You know, I think I prefer war films.
The ones about spice.
Go to.
How 'bout you?
I thought you might like
some exercise this morning.
How 'bout a run?
Go to.
Wait.
Of course there's plenty of room to run.
Just move the TV back.
- We have clearance.
- We must go
to at once.
That tracksuit looks good on you.
Were you ever in track and field?
= no.
Maybe we should try it when I get out.
We can't compete professionally
but there is an amateur league.
I need to tell you something.
You brought something back
from space inside of you.
They're feeding it the convicts.
I can separate you but someone needs
to tell the government
what's going on here.
Do you hear me?
Are they watching you?
= not sure.
Is there a guard by your door at night?
= t don't know.
Find out and meet
me, one A.M., my block.
Sorry, doctor, I'm tired.
Good run.
Can't sleep either?
= you shouldn't be out here.
= t remember.
It's funny, right?
I can go to space, not the hallway.
That's irony.
Commander veshnyakov, do you think
there's anything there beyond the stars?
Like what?
Anything.
Don't you believe in god?
= t believe in what I see.
Ti didn't see god there.
You know what?
You should take a break.
They gave me a vcr.
We should watch a movie together.
It'll be fun.
I really can't.
= come on.
I mean it, I'm really not allowed.
Thanks to you the entire planet
can now breathe clean air again.
Come on.
What's wrong?
I won't leave you.
I am still alone.
That's not true.
I am alone.
I was created without a purpose.
- You scared me.
- Shh.
Shh.
It's so strange, seeing my whole life
laid out like this so clinically.
How much of this did you know?
= t am that creature.
Every time that it kills,
it's hunger,
every minute detail, it stays with me.
We experience it together.
If you knew why didn't you tell them?
What do you think?
If semiradov found out,
he would never let me go.
My co-pilot, averchenko.
You have to help me.
Two more weeks, that's all I need.
Just pretend nothing has changed.
Semiradov won't have a choice.
They'll send a review board
from Moscow and release us.
T don't want to vanish without a trace.
Not like him.
If we do nothing people
will keep on dying.
How can you stand it?
Ti can't.
What would you do instead?
Bash your own brains out?
Yes,
I'm not the one that decided
to start feeding it people.
You can't hold me responsible for that.
I haven't made it this far just
to die in the middle of nowhere.
T have a mother.
She lives alone.
I'm all she has.
I need to get my son.
I see why it chose you.
You'll say anything to
protect yourself.
So that's what you think.
1 see.
You're all the same.
Doctors like you sit
safe behind their desks.
I trained years for this flight.
I risked my life.
And when you don't like the
result you tell me I should die.
= it's dinner time.
Again?
What have I told you?
You can't do this.
Give it here.
Did you see?
Some kind of animal this one.
I don't recognize him.
What group is he in?
They are invalids.
You see his feet?
Could swear he's feral.
Look, he drew blood.
= colonel.
= dismissed.
Ms. yurevna, I apologize.
I wasn't upfront with you.
I should have told you
everything from the start.
Which part?
How you feed people to this creature?
We're in a race against
time to understand
this creature so that we might control it.
We've done our best to keep it alive,
even if our methods are unsavory.
You just see it as a weapon, that right?
Yes,
do you know why weapons
are so important to us?
Weapons bring peace.
The only way to win the conflict
is to wield the most
powerful weapon on the field.
I believe this creature is that weapon.
But you still feed it people.
People?
Sergei genediavich, born in 1952.
He was previously convicted
under multiple laws
for violent assault.
He raped and killed his neighbor.
She was a 12-year-old girl.
They are not people.
Real people sacrifice their lives
in Angola and Afghanistan.
Would it eat them?
When the authorities find out
they will court marshal you.
= hm.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
I'm sure that's inevitable.
But as doctors and soldiers,
sometimes we have to
make difficult decisions.
I hope the victory's worth the cost.
I assume responsibility,
and you do the same.
I won't just stand by.
Yes, yes you will.
Why don't you come see a feeding up close?
This time you won't have to
use binoculars from your car.
Colonel semiradov, I should have told
you about her before.
- Mm hm.
- But I think
she understands us better now.
Dr. rigel, how do you
manage to sleep at night?
Me?
I know that you let
her see how it feeds.
You disobeyed me.
Right here.
Stay down.
Just give me time.
We can find another way.
Time is not a luxury we have right now.
Open it.
Don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid.
It's me.
It's me.
J a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
J who's in love, who's in love [
J a million, million,
million Scarlet roses
j up above, up above,
up above you can see j
it's adapted.
J who's in love, who's in love [
it can hear her now.
J who's in love that you know j
j and he'll cover your yard in flowers
j just for you j
J who's in love, who's in love,
who's in love with you now j
No!
Veshnyakov, can he control it?
= no.
Not yet.
I need results, tatyana.
Nothing will change
until we can control it,
but I doubt that's possible without you.
Perhaps you and I, we can
set our differences aside
and work together for the time being.
I will take responsibility.
You can tell Moscow that I forced you.
All I need is a few more weeks.
You agree?
= Dr. yurevna.
I found out why the creature
chose veshnyakov not averchenko.
There is tumor on his kidney,
early signs of cancer.
But he also developed Addison's disease.
It was undetected before he left
but the creature could tell.
Since it prevents his body
from producing certain hormones
such as cortisol, it
was unable to establish
a symbiotic bond with him.
I'll need metyrapone and trilostane.
= trilostane?
I can't do this procedure without you
and there isn't much time left.
Look here.
Do you see his tongue?
You're better than you think, a tumor.
If both of you escape,
tell them semiradov made me do it.
And if you don't, say I didn't know.
Thank you, rigel.
You've helped a lot.
Are you allergic to buspirone?
Me, I don't-
stop.
What are you doing?
You're going to have to decide.
Are you coming or not?
Keep an eye on the door.
We don't have much time so
you have to listen to me.
The review board isn't coming.
Semiradov isn't going to
let the creature leave.
I think I know how to separate you.
Why did you go in there?
I could have killed you.
Well, you didn't.
I guess you like me.
This is a mix of hormones.
They will mimic a condition
that stops you producing
cortisol, starving it.
After I inject this, the
creature will leave your body.
It won't survive for more than an hour,
but you will as long as I
get you to an emergency room.
But what if you're wrong?
What if it can survive now?
We'd just be releasing it.
We'll do it once we get away from here.
There won't be any people
and it's weaker in the light.
= no.
No.
We just have to get to a hospital.
I'll think of something.
We can do it.
= t can't.
T can't leave now.
T deserve to be here.
The creature won't do anything to me.
It literally saved me.
= that doesn't matter.
Just go.
= I'm not afraid.
But you should be.
I'm the one it chose.
It's not you.
It's my fault.
This is my punishment
because I left my son.
T chose the mission over him.
Ti deserve this.
Please go. = no.
Leosha.
What?
= his name's leosha Alexi romanov.
He's turning seven.
It's by the enclosure.
= you have to come with us.
They'll kill you.
I'll manage something.
Don't worry.
I'm an adaptive and hearty specimen.
Thank you.
This is rigel from base Alpha four.
I need you to connect me
to the operative on duty.
I have urgent information
to share with you.
What's this?
They're running,
veshnyakov and Dr. yurevna.
Send in the response team.
Do not fire on veshnyakov but she can die.
Stay where you are!
Veshnyakov step to the right and lay down.
Drop any weapons and keep your hands up.
= please don't shoot.
Open fire.
He had their cause of death
listed, killed in a fire.
Listen to me, both of
them were killed outright
and there were seven other
victims as well as the convicts.
Did you?
Did you complete the call to Moscow?
Ar.
Yan, you're no hero.
It really doesn't suit you.
No matter, I'll make your death quick.
Thank you for your years of service.
Go down that road.
Sir, no sign of them.
They couldn't have gotten far.
Syringe.
They must be back there.
Not yet.
= just do it.
Efervu, go cover the exits.
The rest of you, move in slowly.
Try not to startle them.
= come on.
Faster.
I think I hear something.
= get out of here.
Open fire!
Hold it men, get out of there!
Control!
If the fugitives come your way,
do whatever it takes to detain them.
Stop now!
Out of my way!
At ease.
= konstantin.
I'm sorry.
What are you doing?
Every minute you're getting worse.
You'll die without it.
But we have to go.
You reconsidered, Dr. yurevna.
I was wrong.
They can't be separated.
They're fully symbiotic now.
They'll die without each other.
I know, I know.
We all make mistakes.
But I promise, I won't let them die.
It's sad the same thing keeps happening.
You try your best to save everyone.
But it's impossible.
In the end, you always have to choose.
We did it.
There has to be another
way to separate you.
We'll go to Moscow.
It'll be okay.
= t know.
We'll find a way.
They already have.
Rostov-on-Don
Do I look like I've changed my mind?
It's like trying to stop
the sun from rising.
What do you even need them for?
Where do you plan to go?
Is there someone you want to see?
Go on.
At least stay inside the main complex
or you'll get me in trouble.
= hello.
Tatyana yurevna. = hello.
= I'm here for leosha romanov.
Look at you, making the best of it.
I've been working here for 20 years.
We all manage.
You will be just fine, boy.
I'm a girl.
My name is tatyana.
Are you leosha?
My name is Tanya.
= hello.
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