Viktoria (2014) - full transcript
Dreaming of the West, Boryana is determined not to have a child in communist Bulgaria. Nonetheless, her daughter Viktoria enters the world in 1979, curiously missing a belly button, and is declared the country's Baby of the Decade. Pampered by her mother state until the age of nine, Viktoria's decade of notoriety comes crashing down with the rest of European communism. But can political collapse and the hardship of new times finally bring Viktoria and her reluctant mother closer together?
The Cold War structures still exist,
there is still a threat of war.
The process of creating a united World,
of maturation of Socialism
within the belly of Capitalism,
are not yet irreversible.
Dear comrades, we are convinced that the
policy of the Soviet Union is correct.
10 years before the collapse of communism
I'll place a dividing wall in the middle.
Thus the baby will be in our half...
What baby?
Let's choose a name for the baby.
Venice is 900 km away.
Then, we board a ship..
And then you can have a baby.
And what about your mom?
Whose mom?
This is a party member, not a mom.
Venice is 1254, not 900 km away.
And, you're late for work again..
I want a baby girl!
Lie down.
Slide down.
Relax.
Congratulations. You're thirteen
weeks pregnat.
3 месеца по-късно, ден на труда
I've arranged everything.
You're leaving on Friday.
Last time, a pregnant woman
gave us big trouble.
Her water broke and...
they caught the entire group.
Bad timing..
But you're a doctor, you can handle it.
Come on, go!
Why are you telling me this now, man?
If not now, when?
Retard...
What happened with the baby?
The baby died.
When?
Fetch me some ethanol and
cotton swabs...
When are we leaving?
You have to be more careful.
We'll leave after you give birth.
Boryana?
Boryana, open the door!
Are we out of milk?
How much milk did you pour
in your coffee?
Come on...
I'm asking you how much?
Breathe and push!
Once again!
Push!
Relax your head back nd
take a breath!
Don't breathe out, breathe in!
Push, we're helping you!
Good, good... Close your mouth and push!
One more time!
Push once more!
Breathe, don't push, breathe!
It's a boy...
Done, here it is! Relax, lie down.
Please, come in, Comrade Zhivkov.
They were born a couple of minutes
apart, Comrade Zhivkov.
She is in excellent health but
she doesn't have a belly-button,
while Stefcho has an inborn
malformation of the right foot.
Viktoria - Socialist Bulgaria's
of the decade!
anniversary of the socialist revolution
Dear comrades, today, on this significant
date in the history of Bulgaria,
namely the 9th of September,
the Day of our Victory,
we are closer than ever to
the bright Socialist future!
Thank you.
This wonderful baby - Viktoris
fuels our hope for a brighter future.
For a new kind of man, stronger, harmonious, detached from the past,
while in touch with the future...
When pregnant women will be
working for the well-being of society,
while their embryos grow and
turn into babies somewhere else
now that it's become clear that we
no longer need umbilical cords!
Thank you. Let's proceed!
[Viktoria Hospital]
I hereby most solemnly announce,
that there will be a bonus for Viktoria...
And a new, airy Socialist apartment,
soon to be completed!
And, sinсе Socialism is just to all,
this comrade here, and her crippled child,
too, will be granted a new apartment
from our Mother, the Party.
Comrade Zhivkov...
Congratulations to the mother!
If I may ask...
Could you please give me
the bonus in cash?
Don't cry, my child..
Come here, baby...
Don't, baby...
Your mother will be helping us
with the baby.
I forbid this woman to see the child,
to enter my house...
and come near me.
She should have taken care of me
when she had the chance.
I was given a job at the Party's clinic.
You, at the People's Library.
And they'll figure out why Viktoria
has no belly-button.
That's enough...
Listening...
- Two birds want to fly away...
Understood...
- Will you do something about it?
We are expecting you..
I've mailed you the nitroglycerin
recipes. They'll last you six months...
And don't worry if I don't
call for some time...
And take care, okay?
Viktoria... Viktoria...
Wake up sweety.
Are you two insane?
My birthday is on September 9,
the Victory Day, not today...
Get out.
Hello...
- Yes.
These two keep telling me that
I was bom today, not on the 9th.
Tell them you weren't...
- I told them.
Tell them again.
- No, you tell them...
No, you!
- You!
You... You.
What are you up to?
- Ruling the country, what else...
What will you buy me for the 9th?
- It's a secret...
I need to go, my child...
- Okay... Bye.
Dear viewers, the Pioneer organization ranks will be joined today
by Socialist Bulgaria's Baby of the Decade Viktoria Angelova, and Stefcho Georgiev,
born a couple of minutes apart. Live from Bulgaria Hall.
Bravo!
My stomach aches, comrade..
Cripple, you're dying!
See that ugly wound you've got here!
It's a belly-button..
With sausage?
Friday's chutney with cheese!
Well, what is that ugly hole?
- A belly-button, not a hole...
Hello?
- It's all over, my child...
here is my Godfather?
Are you deaf? I'm asking you where Comrade Zhivkov is.
Dear comrades, we are about to discuss an issue,
that is extremely important for the Party and for the country.
In a letter to the Politburo, Comrade Todor Zhivkov asked
to be relieved as a General Secretary of the Central Committee,
a Politburo member and a Chairman of the State Council.
We are granting Comrade Todor Zhivkov's request to be removed
as General Secretary and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party,
and expressing our deep gratitude for the many years of service
to the Party and the people.
We propose that the National Assembly meets his request.
Sofia, рго-d era *’c rally
Forty five years [of Communism] are enough, enough, the time is ours...
SDS! [Union of Democratic Forces]
Victory!
Let's leave this place...
The three of us could start a new life.
You're a bit late.
For the Orthodox Bulgarian Nation and for our democracy, to the Lord we pray...
Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom comes... Thy will be done, On Earth as it is in Heaven.
Where have you been
Where have you been?
While you're having fun, your child is burning up with fever.
Does the word "mother" mean anything to you? Motherly instinct?
That's why she has no belly-button,
not because of the pile of nasty things you did to get rid of her...
The way I got rid of all your babies before her...
Are you angry with me?
Why don't you hit me and call me a cripple anymore?
Happy now, cripple?
Dear viewers, we are interrupting the programme with exclusive news.
Today, at 4PM, a group of 3-4 persons began destroying
tables and chairs that were in front of the south entrance
of the Party Headquarters..
The first more serious fire appeared at about 9PM,
after the preselected rooms were set ablaze.
Opposition sympathizers threw rocks and burning newspapers,
until the intervention of the police...
More details in our Central News Broadcast.
Hello.
Don't worry... Turn off the TV... Take a nitroglycerine pill and go to bed...
Calm down, please...
Come on, take a seat.
Bring the cake.
Cheers!
Come here, baby.
I heard you wanted to emigrate.. How can I help?
Help Boryana, if she wants.
Viktoria and I are staying home.
Your mother called...
She isn't well.
Come on in.
Who are you?
If you want to live in my house, you'll no Ion er bring any milk for me.
When the two of us are home, you'll keep to your room, I'll stay in mine...
ou won't be talking to me and I won't be bothering you..
Mother?
People don't need bread where I live... They eat pasta.
Everything is different...
Only the fog is the same...
We went on a school trip to Venice...
Everybody fell asleep on the train.
I was worried we might miss Venice...
Then the train entered a cloud of fog. You could see nothing...
Then, from the fog, a gondola materialized...
A man propelled it with an oar...
When the fog dispersed I saw water...
Sea reaching as far as the horizon...
Then we arrived. It turned out Venice was the end of the line...
I bought a poster from there.
What's this?
Why don't you go drink your milk some place else?
ay I see your poster from Venice?
On January 18, 1990, an arrest warrant was issued for Todor Zhivkov.
In July, 1990, the remand was replaced with house arrest.
On 25 February, 1991, a trial was initiated for illegal distribution
of apartments, cars and money.
On September 4, 1992, the Supreme Court found him guilty and sentenced him
to 7 years in prison and to return 7 million leva to the state. In January this year...
Stefcho!
Now you will be able to bear children.
Bye.
What a sweet child she was.
With big, sad eyes...
Yeah, she looks really kind.
I never heard her voice, one could forget there was a child in the house..
It is easier to love your grandchildren...
Why?
Someone else takes care of them and you can enjoy them growing up.
Did you hug her the way you're hugging me?
I hugged her, of course I did! Like any mother would...
Don't worry, of course you did..
Bring me the scissors.
Change the water...
"It's only 1254 km to Venice."
Viktoria
there is still a threat of war.
The process of creating a united World,
of maturation of Socialism
within the belly of Capitalism,
are not yet irreversible.
Dear comrades, we are convinced that the
policy of the Soviet Union is correct.
10 years before the collapse of communism
I'll place a dividing wall in the middle.
Thus the baby will be in our half...
What baby?
Let's choose a name for the baby.
Venice is 900 km away.
Then, we board a ship..
And then you can have a baby.
And what about your mom?
Whose mom?
This is a party member, not a mom.
Venice is 1254, not 900 km away.
And, you're late for work again..
I want a baby girl!
Lie down.
Slide down.
Relax.
Congratulations. You're thirteen
weeks pregnat.
3 месеца по-късно, ден на труда
I've arranged everything.
You're leaving on Friday.
Last time, a pregnant woman
gave us big trouble.
Her water broke and...
they caught the entire group.
Bad timing..
But you're a doctor, you can handle it.
Come on, go!
Why are you telling me this now, man?
If not now, when?
Retard...
What happened with the baby?
The baby died.
When?
Fetch me some ethanol and
cotton swabs...
When are we leaving?
You have to be more careful.
We'll leave after you give birth.
Boryana?
Boryana, open the door!
Are we out of milk?
How much milk did you pour
in your coffee?
Come on...
I'm asking you how much?
Breathe and push!
Once again!
Push!
Relax your head back nd
take a breath!
Don't breathe out, breathe in!
Push, we're helping you!
Good, good... Close your mouth and push!
One more time!
Push once more!
Breathe, don't push, breathe!
It's a boy...
Done, here it is! Relax, lie down.
Please, come in, Comrade Zhivkov.
They were born a couple of minutes
apart, Comrade Zhivkov.
She is in excellent health but
she doesn't have a belly-button,
while Stefcho has an inborn
malformation of the right foot.
Viktoria - Socialist Bulgaria's
of the decade!
anniversary of the socialist revolution
Dear comrades, today, on this significant
date in the history of Bulgaria,
namely the 9th of September,
the Day of our Victory,
we are closer than ever to
the bright Socialist future!
Thank you.
This wonderful baby - Viktoris
fuels our hope for a brighter future.
For a new kind of man, stronger, harmonious, detached from the past,
while in touch with the future...
When pregnant women will be
working for the well-being of society,
while their embryos grow and
turn into babies somewhere else
now that it's become clear that we
no longer need umbilical cords!
Thank you. Let's proceed!
[Viktoria Hospital]
I hereby most solemnly announce,
that there will be a bonus for Viktoria...
And a new, airy Socialist apartment,
soon to be completed!
And, sinсе Socialism is just to all,
this comrade here, and her crippled child,
too, will be granted a new apartment
from our Mother, the Party.
Comrade Zhivkov...
Congratulations to the mother!
If I may ask...
Could you please give me
the bonus in cash?
Don't cry, my child..
Come here, baby...
Don't, baby...
Your mother will be helping us
with the baby.
I forbid this woman to see the child,
to enter my house...
and come near me.
She should have taken care of me
when she had the chance.
I was given a job at the Party's clinic.
You, at the People's Library.
And they'll figure out why Viktoria
has no belly-button.
That's enough...
Listening...
- Two birds want to fly away...
Understood...
- Will you do something about it?
We are expecting you..
I've mailed you the nitroglycerin
recipes. They'll last you six months...
And don't worry if I don't
call for some time...
And take care, okay?
Viktoria... Viktoria...
Wake up sweety.
Are you two insane?
My birthday is on September 9,
the Victory Day, not today...
Get out.
Hello...
- Yes.
These two keep telling me that
I was bom today, not on the 9th.
Tell them you weren't...
- I told them.
Tell them again.
- No, you tell them...
No, you!
- You!
You... You.
What are you up to?
- Ruling the country, what else...
What will you buy me for the 9th?
- It's a secret...
I need to go, my child...
- Okay... Bye.
Dear viewers, the Pioneer organization ranks will be joined today
by Socialist Bulgaria's Baby of the Decade Viktoria Angelova, and Stefcho Georgiev,
born a couple of minutes apart. Live from Bulgaria Hall.
Bravo!
My stomach aches, comrade..
Cripple, you're dying!
See that ugly wound you've got here!
It's a belly-button..
With sausage?
Friday's chutney with cheese!
Well, what is that ugly hole?
- A belly-button, not a hole...
Hello?
- It's all over, my child...
here is my Godfather?
Are you deaf? I'm asking you where Comrade Zhivkov is.
Dear comrades, we are about to discuss an issue,
that is extremely important for the Party and for the country.
In a letter to the Politburo, Comrade Todor Zhivkov asked
to be relieved as a General Secretary of the Central Committee,
a Politburo member and a Chairman of the State Council.
We are granting Comrade Todor Zhivkov's request to be removed
as General Secretary and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party,
and expressing our deep gratitude for the many years of service
to the Party and the people.
We propose that the National Assembly meets his request.
Sofia, рго-d era *’c rally
Forty five years [of Communism] are enough, enough, the time is ours...
SDS! [Union of Democratic Forces]
Victory!
Let's leave this place...
The three of us could start a new life.
You're a bit late.
For the Orthodox Bulgarian Nation and for our democracy, to the Lord we pray...
Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom comes... Thy will be done, On Earth as it is in Heaven.
Where have you been
Where have you been?
While you're having fun, your child is burning up with fever.
Does the word "mother" mean anything to you? Motherly instinct?
That's why she has no belly-button,
not because of the pile of nasty things you did to get rid of her...
The way I got rid of all your babies before her...
Are you angry with me?
Why don't you hit me and call me a cripple anymore?
Happy now, cripple?
Dear viewers, we are interrupting the programme with exclusive news.
Today, at 4PM, a group of 3-4 persons began destroying
tables and chairs that were in front of the south entrance
of the Party Headquarters..
The first more serious fire appeared at about 9PM,
after the preselected rooms were set ablaze.
Opposition sympathizers threw rocks and burning newspapers,
until the intervention of the police...
More details in our Central News Broadcast.
Hello.
Don't worry... Turn off the TV... Take a nitroglycerine pill and go to bed...
Calm down, please...
Come on, take a seat.
Bring the cake.
Cheers!
Come here, baby.
I heard you wanted to emigrate.. How can I help?
Help Boryana, if she wants.
Viktoria and I are staying home.
Your mother called...
She isn't well.
Come on in.
Who are you?
If you want to live in my house, you'll no Ion er bring any milk for me.
When the two of us are home, you'll keep to your room, I'll stay in mine...
ou won't be talking to me and I won't be bothering you..
Mother?
People don't need bread where I live... They eat pasta.
Everything is different...
Only the fog is the same...
We went on a school trip to Venice...
Everybody fell asleep on the train.
I was worried we might miss Venice...
Then the train entered a cloud of fog. You could see nothing...
Then, from the fog, a gondola materialized...
A man propelled it with an oar...
When the fog dispersed I saw water...
Sea reaching as far as the horizon...
Then we arrived. It turned out Venice was the end of the line...
I bought a poster from there.
What's this?
Why don't you go drink your milk some place else?
ay I see your poster from Venice?
On January 18, 1990, an arrest warrant was issued for Todor Zhivkov.
In July, 1990, the remand was replaced with house arrest.
On 25 February, 1991, a trial was initiated for illegal distribution
of apartments, cars and money.
On September 4, 1992, the Supreme Court found him guilty and sentenced him
to 7 years in prison and to return 7 million leva to the state. In January this year...
Stefcho!
Now you will be able to bear children.
Bye.
What a sweet child she was.
With big, sad eyes...
Yeah, she looks really kind.
I never heard her voice, one could forget there was a child in the house..
It is easier to love your grandchildren...
Why?
Someone else takes care of them and you can enjoy them growing up.
Did you hug her the way you're hugging me?
I hugged her, of course I did! Like any mother would...
Don't worry, of course you did..
Bring me the scissors.
Change the water...
"It's only 1254 km to Venice."
Viktoria