Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996) - full transcript

but deep inside
the battle's hot as hell,

and let me tell you
what l know quite well,

comrade Tito count on us!

What are you looking for,
Professor?

No one leaves anything
behind, them or us.

Forget the books, we'll read
after vacation's over!

lt's a shame
to throw them away.

Want me to read something?

You really profited from those
books. lf you'd taken a TV,

like others, where would
you plug it in?

Read. Better listen to you
than those pussies down there.



'We noticed it one night, when
we were just fooling around.

We noticed a village,
our cannon was staring at.

lt was still in flames.
And every night afterwards

at the same time, villages
were ablaze on the horizon.

We were surrounded by a great
circle of strange celebrations

going on in all those places
burning in front of us.

And the flames just rose
up and licked the clouds...'

Pretty villages are
pretty when they burn.

Ugly ones stay ugly,
even when they burn.

You would have been the best
poet among my students.

When you've been
behind bars for so long,

you come out
as well-read as Rambeau.

When l see such a fire
l always get thirsty.

What's the name of this
village? -Who gives a shit!



We set a place on fire and
don't even know its name.

We're killing each other
for a fistful of ashes.

lf you intellectuals
had been asked,

all of Serbia would
have gone to hell long ago.

OK, boys,
let's move out!

'One village in particular
looked very gay.

A few houses, at the bottom
of an ugly little valley,

you wouldn't notice during
the day. You can't imagine

what it looked like
at night, when it burned.

You would say...'

lt's all right, Professor...
lt's all right...

Velja, who would you sell
it to? -J ust practicing.

To stay in shape
for later.

Go ahead and practice.

Good morning, Chetniks!

lt's a nice day to die
and you're still asleep!

Good morning,
dear 'Chets'!

The draft here is
killing me! -Milan!

l'll give you this if you
give my Mercedes an overhaul.

What's the model?
-WHF FMT...

The Mercedes, dumbbell!
-600. -That's my specialty.

But don't blow it!
-Agreed.

Muslims, are you
still up there?

Sumadinac here.
Are you still alive, men?

Yes, we're alive!

Hello! Sumadinac you old
mongrel, where have you been?

Where are you?

ln a tunnel, two kilometers
east of... -Kurtalici!

Ask when the cavalry's
coming. -Sumadinac!

Men, what can l say, you'll
have to hold on for a while!

Good luck! -Maybe they
don't have any horses.

Sumadinac, old mongrel...

What an unique slime
you are,

...my friend.

We'd better fix that truck.

You'll end up
the tragic heroine

of someone else's news.
Translate that!

Closed. All good kids
are in bed asleep.

l'm going to tuck in
those two now!

Doctor, it's not a replay,
give me some in advance,

You'll see the bread
tomorrow.

Beg you pardon?

l'm extremely intolerant
towards such impudence!

Draw!

l always brought the dough,
what's wrong now?

Be a man! !
A man!

Nurse! Nurse!

Where are you, damn it?!
-Nurse!

Soldier, call the doctor!

Nurse!

You really screwed me up!

Milan, please!

So, General, want to look
nice for your funeral...

according to regulations?

That's what we got
in the army.

And l was a lucky bum, l'd
just got hooked on heroin

and socialized, when they
said: Go on home, soldier!

Heroin was dirt cheap in '89,
the year of 'dolce vita'.

Keep up the bullshit.
l'll get you out of this.

You're safer here with me than
in Belgrade with your junkies.

The army didn't tighten
you enough.

That army of Tito's was
a real traveling circus!

Miss Linel wants to film us,
make a story about us.

Milan, how about it?

No. -What filming?
Out of the question!

Why not? Let her shoot.
ln any case they shit on us

like we came
from Hitler's testicles.

Captain, let the kids
have their fun.

Let's be gentlemen...
-Shoot, freckle-face.

No way! ! Then they put
words in your mouth with...

what's it called
... editing,

they can make us look real
bad, sully us to hell!

My name is Speedy, l am
unreformed drug addict,

currently getting 'anti-drug
war group therapy',

son of an ex-colonel
of the ex-Yugoslav army

who was a lush... -What
are you saying, idiot?

Go ahead, Speedy, get it
all out, l'm next!

Tell them how you stole
hendicaped grannies'purses

in Germany. -Don't stick
your nose in my affairs!

l shit on your affairs!
Aren't you ashamed

to steal honestly earned
money? -Honestly?

You're fighting just to
earn another stripe,

damned communist!
-Velja...

if you don't stop, l'll shove
this down your throat!

Who are you to talk about
honesty, you bloody drivel!

Your great honesty, you were
always full of that shit.

Do you think, Mr. Captain,

that one single house we set
on fire, or they set on fire,

was honestly earned?

To hell it was!

lf it was honest, it wouldn't
be so easy to set them on fire.

As long as Tito stuffed
US dollars up your ass,

you blathered about
brotherhood and unity,

and smiled at each other.

And then the time came
to settle the score!

Fine, but why didn't
you do it earlier?

lnstead you jacked off for
50 years, drove fancy cars,

screwed the best girls, and
now when you can't get it up,

now you want to be honorable.

l shit on that honor of yours

and your whole honorable
screwed generation!

Fuck all of you...
honest suckers!

l'd shove your face in
if you weren't wounded!

lt's just a light wound.

Captain, he was just
joking. -Butt out!

Have it your own way,
mother-fuckers!

l want to say something
for the... NEWS!

l recently saw on TV...
Did you know, wretched girl,

that the Serbs are
the oldest nation?

When the Kraut and English

and American, 600 years ago,

were eating pork with
their fucking hands,

we had this,

and we'd gallantly... pick!

At the Serbian court
we ate with a fork

and the Kraut with...
his damn fingers!

Serbs...
the oldest nation!

lt was this fork that drove
us in here. lnto a cave.

Listen carefully!
You have no way out!

Come out and surrender
and you'll stay alive!

There's another
'honest' man.

l, Captain Mislimovic,
guarantee your lives.

Captain Muslimovic?

lf you remember, we were
in the barracks together.

Sergeant Maksimovic,
now captain. Remember?

l see we both got
promoted, Captain!

Shame on you, Captain!

How many burned villages
will get you another stripe?

Come on out,
you deserter!

You betrayed me!

Say, Gvozden, who's that?
-My brother-in-law.

Good morning, boys!
-Doctor, how's Speedy?

Who?
-How's Speedy?

Boys, the doctor can't
remember all of you!

Say, Doctor... do you remember
that Muslim over there?

He sure has rosy cheeks.

Son, our oath obliges us.
-l bet it does, tadpole.

Excuse me?
-Listen carefully!

lf Speedy doesn't make it,
that one won't either!

l'm not to blame, young man.
You and he are the same to me.

You're both screwed up and
you're in a foreign country,

so you might
choose your words.

l wish you a speedy recovery!

Doctor, it's a matter
of cultural differences!

Here's our benefactor!

Everything for our brave
boys! Pass these around.

Want 'Brut' or 'Kouros'?

Catch, pal!

You flinched, here it
is on the floor!

Nurse, he dropped
his present.

You'll pick it up
when you get better!

Doctor, here's a small
present for you.

Take care of our boys!
-Sloba, we're caring for them

like our very own! -They are
the future of Serbia!

ln 1 991 the Croats
attacked, one day soon

the Serbs will
beat them back!

Happy New Year, heroes!

Milan, that frigging
doctor's not to blame.

He might have been just like
you if they'd butchered

his mother. lnstead, she's
walking around Belgrade now,

and he was lucky enough
to stay the same

refined frigging doctor.
We can only envy him!

You and l and that kid over
there can only envy him!

Mustafa...

Sulejman...

l lost my little Muslim
friend, lbro.

God, it would be easier
if she wasn't here.

She reminds me of what l'll
miss when a bullet hits me.

l couldn't bang her
for a barrel of beer.

What about
a glass of water?

l'd stick it to her and you,
and even to crazy Fork.

Admir... Nazim...
-Near my house in Banja Luka

is a fountain.
lt has the coldest water.

That's all l think about.

l can picture every
single stone in it.

Stop the bullshit, Professor.
Don't remind me of the time

l stole a tank truck of beer
at the October Fest in Munich.

l got down under it and
drank it dry in three days.

Captain, tell them, we said
whoever talks about water

has to kneel on cartridges!
Go on, fatty, kneel.

lt's a mess,
totally screwed up.

But l'll fix it,

everything can be fixed,
right?

What good will it do if
you get it to work?

Sorry, just mouthing off.

When l was a kid, l thought
little people lived

under the hood
and made the car work.

Man, l've seen them
with my own eyes.

Do you think we'll make it
out of here alive?

Hold this.

l got you into this shit,
l'll get you out of it,

if it's the last thing
l do! Understand?

Safet... ldris...

Cow! -That's not
really a Muslim name.

Come kitty, kitty!

We've got to guess her
name! Lulabelle, Mary...

Maybe it's Muslims'.
-Enver!

That's a bull's name, idiot!

Barbie! Barbie! ! !

No milk today,
dear Chetniks...

Anyway, my mother put
beer in my bottle.

ls that 1 :0 for us,
or did it hit the goalpost?

l'm trying to force myself to
feel sorry for the poor guy,

but it won't work! We've gone
to hell... it won't work!

Keep on trying, Professor,
it might come.

ls it worth living when a man
starts feeling like that?

Whose team were you for
before the war?

Mostar's or Sarajevo's?
-l'm not into soccer.

You just get better, so they
don't even the score.

And l'll try to make
the winning goal.

Collecting liquid for
the radiator? Great idea.

Who's next?

Thanks, l had a beer five
days ago and that'll do.

Damn, you peed all over the
bottle we have to drink from.

lf you want to refresh
yourself, you take the best!

Coca Cola,
it's the real thing!

Great 'bouquet',
home-made?

Let me cross myself.

Have some.

Have some,
it's sugar-free.

l mean, diet Coke!

She loves it,
let's export it!

Now you're one of ours.

lf a Muslim comes,
just boom-boom.

Try it, imagine
a Muslim...

Muslims! !

What's up, little Chetnik?
lsn't your mouth dry?

Of course not, we got
spring water in the tunnel!

Where did you get it from?

From a mobile fountain!
-What's that, buddy?

What l used to refresh
your old lady with.

Professor, you're some
sophisticated comedian.

Well, Chetniks, soon
you'll be eating shit!

We didn't come here
to insult each other!

Hey, up there, know the one
about the Muslim girl

taking a monkey
for a walk in Sarajevo?

Come on, Chetnik, go for it!
-People asked her

where she got it. She said:
from UN forces.

They said, well, why didn't
you have an abortion?

One Muslim girl,
took a monkey, Chita...

Thanks, thanks...

One more, please! -Thanks,
you're a wanderfull audience!

The blond Muslim girl woke up
under a cow and looked

at the udder and said,
Serbs, you're still here...

You're still here!

You're still here...

Watch the birdie!

Fuck, you killed
my audience!

lt's wartime, buddy,
we're short on credit.

Here's something until
tomorrow. From my dead father.

A gold tick-tock!

ls that from a scout brigade?
-He got it from the army.

Give it here!

That's why we'll
lose the war.

30 years of service
for a snort of dope!

That's not right at all!

Doctor, what if l...?

You can't shoot up here!

Kids play here!
OK, buy a ticket! !

Are you still late?
-No, l got it this morning!

Great! -Why didn't
you say so?

When it started,
l was like born again!

Damn, what should we do
with this walkman?

He won't be needing it
anymore. lnternal bleeding.

Too bad,
he was a sweety.

Kill the bloody
Croats!

Zagreb, here we come!

Fuck off, zombie!

Thanks, boys, thanks!
Let's hear it!

Through the forests
and mountains

of our glorious land,

Partizan detachments carry
the splendor of battle!

That's great you got
the 'big M'.

All you needed was a baby
in the middle of this mess!

l'm stuffed up with
this tunnel.

Lisa, let's do it like
Romeo and J uliette

and they can film it
for a 'soap', eh?

Here, take some, this'll
make you go woof woof.

Dear Chetniks, we have
a great program for you:

The songs of your
youth and ours.

l used to love that song.

l still do.

Hurry up,
the bell's gonna ring.

Wait, look, 'Rocky ll'!
-Look, they're screwing.

Quiet, learn something.
-lt's gonna ring.

Don't worry, ma'am,
it's the long recess.

Hurry, the bell! -The postman
always rings twice.

Here it comes, air mail!
-No, send it by ship!

We inerrupt this program
for a special announcement

from the Central Committee:

Comrade Tito is dead...

Today, May 4, 1 980,
at 1 5:05, in Ljubljana,

the heart stopped beating
of the great son

of our nationalities
and minorities...

Why don't you cry?

How will we live without
our Comrade Tito?

l don't know.

You cry first.

l can't.

Muslims, are any of you
whores free for a slow dance?

Velja, don't fall for that
trick, they'll shoot!

Who cares, l lost my virginity
while this song was playing.

Travolta,
they'll kill you!

Naw...

Damned fool!

Tonight, if she's listening,
let her hear the pain

in the song l'm singing
for her ears alone,

let her carry with her
always in her heart,

the life she threw away...

What's wrong, you bums,
can't you do any better?

These legs have jumped
from the second floor

of the Hamburg Volksbank!

Now, that's better.

Say, Captain,
how'd l dance?

What'd you do,
Travolta?

l'm too emotional.

That song got to me,
it really hit me.

We continue with our
'Listeners' requests',

Here's hoping that the
Chetnik pig recovers soon.

And here's our
shared Hymn:

Hey Slovenes, the spirit of
our ancestors still lives...

Now you've got to
stand up, that's the custom!

And now since
we've had our fun,

we're sending you a broad
for your enjoyment!

Here comes a sex bomb!

Go to your own kind and
show them your love bites!

She must be full
of explosives!

What shell we do?

Tell them what
gentlemen we are!

Hello, Chetniks,
ladies' choice!

Why her?

She can barely walk, she
must be full of explosives!

And what if she isn't?
-We'll look like chickens!

Stop!

Mirjana... please stop,
l beg you!

Stop there!

Lady, stop, please!

Fuck, ma'am, stop!

Come over here!

Chill out, woman!

l can't, she's my teacher!

Come to me, baby,
come explode on me.

Come on, sweetie!

l can't!

Come to Uncle Velja,
l'll give you some candy.

J ust two more steps!

Someone has to!

Milan, please.

What a damned life.

Watch the birdie!
-Wait.

One, two, three, four...

Samir, l'll scalp you
like a Sitting Bull!

Tighten up your ranks,
they can't fit in!

Twelve, thirteen...

Color won't wait! -l have
two 'lost-in-action'!

What are you doing?
-Banging each other.

First he'll do it to me,
then l'll do it to him!

What? Get up! -Teacher, you're
against brotherhood and unity.

Come along children,
picture time!

ldiots, you would've
let that woman kill us.

Well, you won't!

NO!

lt's all right, Fork.
Take it easy.

You orthodox dogs, we send you
a pussy and you kill her!

We don't know what else
to do to amuse you!

You really
disappointed me.

She didn't explode,
damn us.

As soon as l get out l'll
light a candle for her.

And for Laza. -l didn't have
the guts, no one did.

You were the bravest.

l'm going home.

l've had enough.

That Fork's got
the brilliant idea.

l'm going home, bro'.
That's it.

l'm going home.

Enough's enough.

Well, l'll be off!
-Yap, closing up time.

l'm off!

Muslims...
we're closing the bar.

No more free drinks.

Captain, do you think
it's better to shoot

in the head or the heart?
-Get off my back!

l will... Milan, what
do you think, eh?

Don't ask me. You figure
it out, Velja.

Hey, who's going
to help me choose!

Well...

They're gone.

Where're you off to,
little Chetnik?

l'm going home.
-Have a nice trip, pilgrim!

Look at this. This is
General's from World War l.

lt's even got his phone
number in the memory,

but don't tell anyone.
Now this here is...

Brother-in-law!
ls that you?

What are you doing here?
-l've come along

to make sure you don't
bungle things and die.

l don't want my sister wasting
money on widow's weeds!

Let's go!

Buddy, come over here.

l can sense the Serbian
hero in you.

God be with you!
And with you!

God save the Serbs!

lt's showtime, folks!

Yo, bro'!

The man's gone.

They're still here!
-This hand's a dud.

They'll shoot again.

l'll wait for
the next deal.

You don't have to translate on
that shitty American any more.

She understood by herself,
but l'll be sorry,

if she doesn't write her
story... if there is a story.

And l've got what to say.

l walked to Comrade Tito's
funeral 350 kilometers on foot.

lt was on the News.

You find that funny?

Well, it is funny.

He was a smart bastard,
Comrade Tito.

He lied a lot... but we
all loved him.

350 kilometers on foot.
l was younger then.

That was just
a stroll walk for me.

Well, kids,
it's time to go.

There's no reason to wait.
The machine's as good as new.

Come, have some coffee!
-l'm not supposed to!

Come on, you know how much
we like soldiers.

Only gays are left in
Belgrade! -l shouldn't.

Come on! -These guys aren't
going anywhere! Let's dance!

Damn helmet. l stuck it over
here sometime last week!

Where are you?...
Warmer, hotter!

Anyone got some bullets to
spare, l'll give them back.

Milan, give this to my mother.

lf anyone gets out of this
shit, it'll be you!

Cut the bull, please!
-l've got a hunch, buddy!

Here you are, l found you!

No hard feelings,
guys, a hunch!

Stop the bullshit, we're going
to carry your fat carcass

and find you a nurse
with godzilla tits!

Now l'm ready.

When you come to my funeral

and see the miles of babes
crying for me,

you'll know who
Uncle Velja was...

His mother's fool!

...l gave candy
to each of them!

Well, l won't keep you
any longer.

Drop by to see me
when you've got time!

Real Hollywood slobbering!

This is worth living for.

At least a while longer!

l was just kidding.
So long!

Jesus Christ, you really
screwed me up!

You, bastard!

Uncle Velja has
a present for everybody!

Mom, don't look at
me like that.

Everything's been paid for,
l just lost the receipts!

Come here! J ust look at it!
The papers are clean,

they were laundered
with my jeans!

Take me for a spin!
-l don't have a license!

Take mine! -Velja,
why didn't you write?

Why should l, when you
knew l was fine!

Hey, did you finish
your freshman year?

Sophomore, bro! -So, soon
you'll be an archeologist!

But don't dig me up when
l kick the bucket!

Don't worry, we just
dig up works of art.

What am l, pulp,
you motherfucker?!

Sorry, Mama!
Here, punish yourself.

God, you've gotten
stronger!

That's the neighbor, she
must have seen you arive.

ls the student, Milos Kozic,
there? -Yes.

Now he's had it! Healthy,
and ignored his call-up twice,

motherfucker... Sorry, ma'am.
He's got to come with us!

Archeologist, we've got bones
too, but we bury them! -Yap!

You came at the right time,
l just got back from a trip.

A little bit of fresh air
will do me good.

Mom!

Kid! Take this,
careful how you drive.

The seat goes down on the
side, and her legs go up.

Sorry, Mom!

Let's get moving!

The sooner l leave,
the sooner l'll be back!

You'll see how great it is
in the army.

Jesus, how you conned me,
bastard, damn you!

Chetniks!

We're gonna make a delicatesse
out of you! Smoked Chetniks!

Don't let me down now!
Hear?

Let's go, Professor, please!

l'm ready, l found my helmet.

Are you breathing with
gills, Chetniks?

Good evening, Serbs.

And good night!
-Halil!

Where were you yesterday
at the soccer game?

We beat those guys
from Kurtalici 5: 1 !

l had to go get circumcised!
-Can you pee now?

Of course, why not!
-Let me see!

Take a good look.

Whoever has a longer one
will get a telegram!

The girls will die laughing
when they see you!

Who goes first?

You!

Third and fifth odd!

Luck's on your side, Milan!

Your turn!
-First and fifth odd!

How much is seven and six?

Ask the teacher!

l'll take the truck! You take
them out on the other side!

Wait, where are
you going? Wait!

l won't let you!

Come back! Nurse!

That's our artillery!

Gvozden, what are you doing?
Take them out the other side!

Let's not kiss good-bye!

With Marshall Tito,
our heroic son,

even the devil will
admit we have won,

with heads held high,
walk with a grin,

and keep our hand
firmly in a fist!

Now you'll meet
my brother-in-law.

Here we come, bro'!

Let's go!

l'll carry him!

Those are our boys,
they'll bury us in here!

l won't let you!
Nurse!

Do you give up?
-No!

What do you mean, no?
-No!

Here comes the
Serbian cavalry!

Milan!

So you went
into the tunnel?

l did!

Why'd you burn our garage?
-Why'd you slaughter my mother?

l didn't slaughter anyone!

l didn't set the garage
on fire, either!

Who did? That Ogre
from the tunnel, maybe?

Did the Ogre do it, Milan?

Do it.

You do it.

Do you give up?
-No way!

One of us has got to!
-You do it! -No, you do it!

What's up, Lauda!

You do it.

What a bloody mess!

You Ogre, you're some
hell of a whore!

We got nice and drunk,
didn't we?

But tell me mate...
will there be war?

What war, buddy?

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