White Palms (2006) - full transcript
Having suffered as a boy under a brutal Communist-era coach, champion Hungarian gymnast Miklos moves to Canada years later in search of a new start - only to find himself unwittingly perpetuating the very same cycle of abuse among his own pupils.
Animals!
Line up!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
I can't hear you!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
I can't hear you!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
I can't hear anything.
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
Rotate!
Let's go, faster!
Up!
Move it!
Let's go! Don't stop!
Switch!
Rotation exercises. Again!
Keep the pace!
What are you doing?
Up, up, up!
F?nyi bring the bench!
Move it, move it!
Legs up!
Good.
Up! Good! Up!
Up, up!
Quickly! Up on the apparatus!
Tighten your knees.
Move! What are you doing?
Up! That's it, come on!
Slowly!
Need a slap for spinning?
Quicker!
Switch! Hurry up!
Legs straight!
Enough!
Dong?!
Clean it up.
Hold your legs!
Turn better than that!
There, that's it!
Don't wriggle!
Run properly
or I'll kick your ass!
Come on, faster!
Stand straight. Don't fall!
Good!
See that? That's a back-flip!
Next!
Hold your legs. That's it!
What's that? Do it again!
You're as stiff as a whore.
Get your balls down
or I'll cut them off!
Ropes!
What the hell's going on up there?
Admiring the view, ?rd?g?
Touch that damn leather
or I'll flatten you.
The leather's at the end of the rope!
Playing games with me?
What're you doing?
?rd?g!
What are you doing?
Are you deaf?
Can't you hear me shouting?
Line up!
Summer has flown, far it has gone.
Over, all over and l still question why.
You left and in my pain l do cry.
Almost true love and nearly desire.
Here for a moment but then to retire.
Nearly success, one step to the sky.
The mist of our dreams,
you ripped it apart.
All over l know, it's back to the start.
Summer is past, oh how it did fly
Over, all over, and l still question why.
... and I'm standing there, naked,
in the middle of the room, with my
back to the entrance, and this nun comes in.
And then I says to her, you'd better get out,
'cause I'm gonna lay such a big fart
even I'm gonna be sorry.
- Now Imre, listen!
- Know what I mean?
- This here... this is the gold sheIf.
- This is serious stuff.
Gold Team Champio...
City Team Championships...
- Nice.
- City Team, City Team...
Pioneers championship,
and this is from the Nationals.
- At Kiskunhalas, Youth Division II.
- Oh! Congratulations!
- Cheers!
- Cheers!
Come quickly, introduce yourself
to the gentleman! Come on!
- I am Mikl?s Dong?.
- What a big boy you are!
- I hear you do gymnastics.
- Yes.
- You know how to do a handstand?
- He learned that when he was six.
Come on, show us a back-flip!
Hey, come on... Didn't you hear what
your mother said! Come on... move back!
A back-flip, one-two! Forget the sweater
now! Quickly! - I wasn't serious.
Let's see a back-flip! Yes. Rela... !
Don't make us ask twice!
Let's go! Show us one quickly!
One-two!
Well fuck me!
- That's really something!
- Come on, let's see you climb up the wall!
Come on, climb up on the wall!
Let's go, hurry up!
- Come on, look at what he can do.
- Up on the wall?
Let's go! Forget the socks!
Up on the wall, quickly! Watch this!
Up you go!
Well goddamn me to hell!
Just like a little monkey!
- He can climb anything.
- Let me show you something even better.
Come on, kid! Come on!
Show Uncle Imre your room!
Medals.
About two or three hundred.
Seventy-five gold medals altogether and
I don't even know how many certificates.
How can anyone possibly get
so many medals?
Strength. Muscle, strength. Hard muscles.
Come, Imre brother, drink! Come on!
This way. He's talented at everything.
Here you go.
If you tell him to swim, he swims,
if you say tennis, he plays tennis.
- He has a biceps like a half brick.
- Come over here my son and
show Uncle Imre your muscles. Come on.
Hey!
Mikl?s.
Son! Your mother is talking to you.
Show Uncle Imre your muscles!
- He doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.
- Sure he does. He's just shy. Get undressed!
- Mikl?s!
- That's alright.
I told you to do something.
There you go! Feel that!
There's your hard muscle. Go on, touch it.
His legs are just amazing too.
Take your pants off!
Let's go... hurry up son!
Hey!
Take those pants off! Let's go!
What's that?
What happened to your leg?
What's wrong?
I just wanted to turn the light on.
What's with you?
He's got a guilty conscience.
Hey, what happened to your leg?
Coach Feri hit me with the sword.
What sword?
What do you mean he hit you?
What did you do?
I don't know. - What do you mean
you don't know? What did you do?
- Nothing.
- What's this sword you're talking about?
You probably did something. He wouldn't
have hit you for nothing. What did you do?
Nothing.
- What did you do?
- Quit asking him what he did!
- What did you do?
- I stood on the line.
- Don't lie. I asked you what you did!
- I stood on the line.
- The line?
- You did something stupid.
What did you do? - You were
doing something bad again, right?
- What did you do?
- I threw something.
- What did you throw?
- At the girls.
The girls? What?
What did you throw at the girls?
Hm?
What did you throw at the girls?
- A knife.
- I think I'd better be going now.
- Please Imre don't go yet.
- No, so sudden?
- Stay! Take some pastry!
- I don't want any pastry, thank you.
I'm really sorry, P?ter my friend,
but I really don't want anything.
Don't go! So unexpectedly...
We are happy that you visited us.
The kid will show you something...
Have you seen my coat, Peter?
- Happy holydays! Good afternoon!
- Happy holydays! All the best.
Good. We'll talk about everything
at the office on Monday.
We are happy that you visited us.
Bye.
Don't you catch cold now!
Don't catch cold!
Just to remind you,
you could pay attention to the kid.
It's kids like that who grow up to be criminals.
Happy holidays!
It's none of his business.
Thinks he knows it all!
Who asked you?
None of his business...
Thinks he's so smart...
Gentlemen!
The sports physician...
complained to me
that you people are in bad shape.
He also said...
that some people told him practice
was too hard.
Let's make one thing clear.
Today, everyone will suffer
because of one person.
But first, let's see who the traitor is.
You?
- You?
- No.
Who was it?
Was it you?
Dong?, curtain!
Ladies!
This gentleman betrayed us!
Bend over!
Grab your ankles!
Pardon the disturbance!
Have a nice day, ladies!
Come on!
Dong?, curtain!
For the children's sake I would like to ask
our dear parents to wait outside in the hallway.
The hallway, please. Thank you
Boys,
please line up at the vault!
Today we will learn
how to do a handspring.
Good, good. It was nice, my son.
Go on like this.
Good. You have to stick, son.
That's two points off at a competition.
Fantastic!
Good.
Bravo, son!
J?zsi, a very good exercise.
Congratulations! Very good.
No problem. Let's try again.
Come on!
What's wrong son?
I'm here to help you.
Come on, let's try it again.
Come on.
Come here, son!
Listen up, you little piece of shit!
You know that, you're the only one here
who could become a real gymnast.
You know you have to do
this jump tomorrow? Yes?
Yes.
And you know what will happen
if you don't do it? Yes? - Yes.
Then keep that in mind.
Get lost!
- What are you doing?
- I'm going to have a bath.
- When did you get home?
- A while ago.
Why didn't you say hello?
I did say hello.
Hurry up then.
It's late.
Bakos!
Here!
- B?thory!
- Here!
- Buday!
- Here!
Dombordi!
- Here!
- Domokos!
- Here!
- Dong?!
Dong?!
Dong?!
Dong?! What are you doing?
Are you sleeping?
What's here? A hotel?
What's this? A hotel?
The competition is tomorrow
and you're sleeping?
Out chasing whores at night
and not sleeping?
Then you drop off
in the middle of a fucking exercise!
What are you doing?
Let it go!
Can you listen to me?
Let it go! Let it go!
Who do you think you are?
Hey, hey, hey, hey! Stop it!
Stop!
What's wrong with you?
Are you crazy?
Good afternoon! Hello!
Excuse me!
Hello!
Excuse me! Good day.
Is this where they train gymnasts?
Ah, yes, yes, gymnasts, gymnasts.
We're from the Aur?ra Circus.
Ah, yes, the Au?ra!
Yes, yes, come, right this way.
Ah, no, no, no, your shoes!
Take your shoes off, please.
That's right.
Well then?
How can I help you?
- We'd like to take a look at the boys.
- Ah, yes, sure, sure, go ahead.
Line up!
- Here they are.
- Thank you.
All first-class gymnasts, gentlemen.
I am very proud of them.
All of them have won national gold medals
in their age group.
And the team won a silver medal
at the Junior Olympics.
Can any of them do the Gienger
with a full twist?
Three of them know how Ginger.
Let's see...
This one.
...and this one...
...and this one here.
We'd like to have a look.
Well, how should I put it...
what exactly are you gentlemen interested in?
One of our trapeze artists is injured and
we would like to have a boy
fill in at tonight's performance.
No, I'm very sorry, but it's impossible.
We have a competition tomorrow.
These boys mean everything to me.
There used to be 40,
now there are only these 6.
Gymnasts are sensitive creatures.
Any small injury will wipe them out.
We can't take chances.
We'd like to see them anyway.
I'm sorry, it's impossible.
These are professional secrets.
But wait! The youth competition is tomorrow.
You can have a look at them there.
That'll be too late.
Thank you. Good bye!
- I'm very sorry.
- Goodbye.
Well, gentlemen, that's just the way it is.
I'm sorry if I disappointed you.
Thank you. Goodbye.
Just one more thing.
These boys are gymnasts, asshole.
Not circus clowns.
Hey! This is not a circus!
Hey!
They are not monkeys!
They're gymnasts!
You idiot!
Dong?!
Where were we?
Grab your ankles!
Come on!
Grab your ankles!
What did I say?
I said grab your ankles!
Dong?!
You are not going anywhere!
Dong?, did you lose your mind?
What happened to you?
You damned!
Where do you think you're going?
Come here! Fuck!
You think that...
You know what that means?
- It means that...
- I don't believe this. Fuck!
Your muscle fibers hardened
and stunted your growth!
You belong to...
Your mother!
You hear?
You belong with the gymnasts!
You prick!
- How old are you?
- Sixteen.
- Sixteen?
- Yes.
- And you can do Gienger?
- Yes.
With full twist?
Yes.
Artyom, come here!
- Can you do the Gienger?
- I can.
A triple?
Yes.
And the suppl??
- Yes.
- Fine.
Have you been on a trapeze before?
No.
lt is our sad duty to inform you that...
I read that this is going to be
your last competition.
That's right.
But it'll also be my first world competition.
Then why do you want to quit?
Well, this will actually be a comeback for me,
because I quit years ago to become a coach...
... so this is one last opportunity for me
to prove that I really am a gymnast.
If I'm correct, your prot?g? will also be
entering the World Championships.
What can you tell me about him?
All I found out was that
he's only nineteen years old.
Yes. He is a very very clever,
intelligent gymnast...
I think Canada has all its hope invested in him.
But it does seem a little strange to me,
because you will be competing
against each other.
Yes, it is strange.
But that's how it happened.
I assume you would like to win.
I don't want to win,
but I hate losing.
Good luck, good luck.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Let's have a big round of applause
for the participants of the Debrecen
Gymnastics World Championships!
Put down that damned camera.
You don't even know what you are recording.
We would like to ask the competitors
to step up to their starting apparatus.
Pay attention, because he's telling you
what you'll have to do!
You'll have four jumps. First round:
a straight body somersault.
A stretched-body somersault. Above
the trapeze. That's number 2. Okay?
Number 3 is a simple suppl?. No problem.
Yes?
Then you stand out again.
And start the fourth from there.
That's a Gienger with a full twist.
Understand? Yes?
Remember, you'll always get
the trapeze in your hand,
but you only jump
when he gives you the signal.
He'll clap.
That's when you start. Watch him!
Relax.
You're in good hands! Don't worry!
A beautifully executed, elegant jump.
Bravo!
The judges award Kyle Manjak's routine
a 9.65.
which means, Ladies and Gentlemen, that
he enters the finals in fourth place.
His coach, Mikl?s Dong? ranks second,
only a few thousandths behind
the Romanian world champion Dragulescu.
A fantastic achievement.
Here's the contract.
Read it over!
Hold on. Wait, wait, wait.
What's this, without net?
- That's what's in the program.
- No way!
It's what we advertised.
That is his business, not yours.
No.
He won't do anything.
You want to or no?
No.
That's his decision, not yours.
No. I not do.
Everyone comes see.
The death twist without safety net.
I bought this show,
and it what everyone come to see.
The audience want see
death twist without net,
They don't get it,
they don't come any more to circus.
And circus is over. Dead.
We go to cemetery, to cry.
Without net.
Now it's good. Here.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Let me welcome you to the finals of the
2002 Gymnastics World Championships
hosted by the city of Debrecen.
Tonight, the world's best eight vault
specialists will go head to head for the gold.
The judges have cast lots to determine
the order of the competition.
First up: Robert Conte of Argentina.
Second up: P?ter Pusk?s of Hungary.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The most spectacular moments
of the evening are coming up.
A show that all of Europe
is watching with amazement
Our third competitor is
Marcello Palacio of Argentina.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Please give a round of applause to...
The fourth competitor is
Fabian Hamb?chen of Germany.
On the trapeze the Flying Brushnikin.
Fifth up is Brennan McCarton of Canada.
The sixth competitor tonight is
Marian Dragulescu of Romania.
Seventh up: Kyle Manjak of Canada.
And last but not least,
eighth up is Mikl?s Dong? of Hungary.
Each competitor vaults twice.
The final result will be
an average of the two attempts.
First up: Robert Conte of Argentina.
Let me in, excuse me!
Let me in! Could you move over
a little to the side, please?!
So many mistakes...
as always with the vault...
The next competitor is
Marian Dragulescu of Romania.
Our next competitor is
Kyle Manjak of Canada.
In preparation
Mikl?s Dong? from Hungary.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Kyle Manjak's score has put him in the lead.
Next up:
Mikl?s Dong? of Hungary.
Perfectly executed vault.
Mikl?s Dong? earned
9.875 points for his first vault.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Silence please!
In a few moments
you will be witness to a performance
unrivaled in the entire world.
This combination is extremely complex.
The acrobats themselves call it:
The Death Twist.
Say it!
Say it!
Dear audience!
Silence please!
Now you will see:
death twist without safety net.
On the trapeze:
Arkadij Brushnikin!
Ladies and gentlemen,
this year's world champion in vault is:
Kyle Manjak of Canada.
Line up!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
I can't hear you!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
I can't hear you!
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
I can't hear anything.
Good afternoon!
And a fine day to you, Coach Feri!
Rotate!
Let's go, faster!
Up!
Move it!
Let's go! Don't stop!
Switch!
Rotation exercises. Again!
Keep the pace!
What are you doing?
Up, up, up!
F?nyi bring the bench!
Move it, move it!
Legs up!
Good.
Up! Good! Up!
Up, up!
Quickly! Up on the apparatus!
Tighten your knees.
Move! What are you doing?
Up! That's it, come on!
Slowly!
Need a slap for spinning?
Quicker!
Switch! Hurry up!
Legs straight!
Enough!
Dong?!
Clean it up.
Hold your legs!
Turn better than that!
There, that's it!
Don't wriggle!
Run properly
or I'll kick your ass!
Come on, faster!
Stand straight. Don't fall!
Good!
See that? That's a back-flip!
Next!
Hold your legs. That's it!
What's that? Do it again!
You're as stiff as a whore.
Get your balls down
or I'll cut them off!
Ropes!
What the hell's going on up there?
Admiring the view, ?rd?g?
Touch that damn leather
or I'll flatten you.
The leather's at the end of the rope!
Playing games with me?
What're you doing?
?rd?g!
What are you doing?
Are you deaf?
Can't you hear me shouting?
Line up!
Summer has flown, far it has gone.
Over, all over and l still question why.
You left and in my pain l do cry.
Almost true love and nearly desire.
Here for a moment but then to retire.
Nearly success, one step to the sky.
The mist of our dreams,
you ripped it apart.
All over l know, it's back to the start.
Summer is past, oh how it did fly
Over, all over, and l still question why.
... and I'm standing there, naked,
in the middle of the room, with my
back to the entrance, and this nun comes in.
And then I says to her, you'd better get out,
'cause I'm gonna lay such a big fart
even I'm gonna be sorry.
- Now Imre, listen!
- Know what I mean?
- This here... this is the gold sheIf.
- This is serious stuff.
Gold Team Champio...
City Team Championships...
- Nice.
- City Team, City Team...
Pioneers championship,
and this is from the Nationals.
- At Kiskunhalas, Youth Division II.
- Oh! Congratulations!
- Cheers!
- Cheers!
Come quickly, introduce yourself
to the gentleman! Come on!
- I am Mikl?s Dong?.
- What a big boy you are!
- I hear you do gymnastics.
- Yes.
- You know how to do a handstand?
- He learned that when he was six.
Come on, show us a back-flip!
Hey, come on... Didn't you hear what
your mother said! Come on... move back!
A back-flip, one-two! Forget the sweater
now! Quickly! - I wasn't serious.
Let's see a back-flip! Yes. Rela... !
Don't make us ask twice!
Let's go! Show us one quickly!
One-two!
Well fuck me!
- That's really something!
- Come on, let's see you climb up the wall!
Come on, climb up on the wall!
Let's go, hurry up!
- Come on, look at what he can do.
- Up on the wall?
Let's go! Forget the socks!
Up on the wall, quickly! Watch this!
Up you go!
Well goddamn me to hell!
Just like a little monkey!
- He can climb anything.
- Let me show you something even better.
Come on, kid! Come on!
Show Uncle Imre your room!
Medals.
About two or three hundred.
Seventy-five gold medals altogether and
I don't even know how many certificates.
How can anyone possibly get
so many medals?
Strength. Muscle, strength. Hard muscles.
Come, Imre brother, drink! Come on!
This way. He's talented at everything.
Here you go.
If you tell him to swim, he swims,
if you say tennis, he plays tennis.
- He has a biceps like a half brick.
- Come over here my son and
show Uncle Imre your muscles. Come on.
Hey!
Mikl?s.
Son! Your mother is talking to you.
Show Uncle Imre your muscles!
- He doesn't have to if he doesn't want to.
- Sure he does. He's just shy. Get undressed!
- Mikl?s!
- That's alright.
I told you to do something.
There you go! Feel that!
There's your hard muscle. Go on, touch it.
His legs are just amazing too.
Take your pants off!
Let's go... hurry up son!
Hey!
Take those pants off! Let's go!
What's that?
What happened to your leg?
What's wrong?
I just wanted to turn the light on.
What's with you?
He's got a guilty conscience.
Hey, what happened to your leg?
Coach Feri hit me with the sword.
What sword?
What do you mean he hit you?
What did you do?
I don't know. - What do you mean
you don't know? What did you do?
- Nothing.
- What's this sword you're talking about?
You probably did something. He wouldn't
have hit you for nothing. What did you do?
Nothing.
- What did you do?
- Quit asking him what he did!
- What did you do?
- I stood on the line.
- Don't lie. I asked you what you did!
- I stood on the line.
- The line?
- You did something stupid.
What did you do? - You were
doing something bad again, right?
- What did you do?
- I threw something.
- What did you throw?
- At the girls.
The girls? What?
What did you throw at the girls?
Hm?
What did you throw at the girls?
- A knife.
- I think I'd better be going now.
- Please Imre don't go yet.
- No, so sudden?
- Stay! Take some pastry!
- I don't want any pastry, thank you.
I'm really sorry, P?ter my friend,
but I really don't want anything.
Don't go! So unexpectedly...
We are happy that you visited us.
The kid will show you something...
Have you seen my coat, Peter?
- Happy holydays! Good afternoon!
- Happy holydays! All the best.
Good. We'll talk about everything
at the office on Monday.
We are happy that you visited us.
Bye.
Don't you catch cold now!
Don't catch cold!
Just to remind you,
you could pay attention to the kid.
It's kids like that who grow up to be criminals.
Happy holidays!
It's none of his business.
Thinks he knows it all!
Who asked you?
None of his business...
Thinks he's so smart...
Gentlemen!
The sports physician...
complained to me
that you people are in bad shape.
He also said...
that some people told him practice
was too hard.
Let's make one thing clear.
Today, everyone will suffer
because of one person.
But first, let's see who the traitor is.
You?
- You?
- No.
Who was it?
Was it you?
Dong?, curtain!
Ladies!
This gentleman betrayed us!
Bend over!
Grab your ankles!
Pardon the disturbance!
Have a nice day, ladies!
Come on!
Dong?, curtain!
For the children's sake I would like to ask
our dear parents to wait outside in the hallway.
The hallway, please. Thank you
Boys,
please line up at the vault!
Today we will learn
how to do a handspring.
Good, good. It was nice, my son.
Go on like this.
Good. You have to stick, son.
That's two points off at a competition.
Fantastic!
Good.
Bravo, son!
J?zsi, a very good exercise.
Congratulations! Very good.
No problem. Let's try again.
Come on!
What's wrong son?
I'm here to help you.
Come on, let's try it again.
Come on.
Come here, son!
Listen up, you little piece of shit!
You know that, you're the only one here
who could become a real gymnast.
You know you have to do
this jump tomorrow? Yes?
Yes.
And you know what will happen
if you don't do it? Yes? - Yes.
Then keep that in mind.
Get lost!
- What are you doing?
- I'm going to have a bath.
- When did you get home?
- A while ago.
Why didn't you say hello?
I did say hello.
Hurry up then.
It's late.
Bakos!
Here!
- B?thory!
- Here!
- Buday!
- Here!
Dombordi!
- Here!
- Domokos!
- Here!
- Dong?!
Dong?!
Dong?!
Dong?! What are you doing?
Are you sleeping?
What's here? A hotel?
What's this? A hotel?
The competition is tomorrow
and you're sleeping?
Out chasing whores at night
and not sleeping?
Then you drop off
in the middle of a fucking exercise!
What are you doing?
Let it go!
Can you listen to me?
Let it go! Let it go!
Who do you think you are?
Hey, hey, hey, hey! Stop it!
Stop!
What's wrong with you?
Are you crazy?
Good afternoon! Hello!
Excuse me!
Hello!
Excuse me! Good day.
Is this where they train gymnasts?
Ah, yes, yes, gymnasts, gymnasts.
We're from the Aur?ra Circus.
Ah, yes, the Au?ra!
Yes, yes, come, right this way.
Ah, no, no, no, your shoes!
Take your shoes off, please.
That's right.
Well then?
How can I help you?
- We'd like to take a look at the boys.
- Ah, yes, sure, sure, go ahead.
Line up!
- Here they are.
- Thank you.
All first-class gymnasts, gentlemen.
I am very proud of them.
All of them have won national gold medals
in their age group.
And the team won a silver medal
at the Junior Olympics.
Can any of them do the Gienger
with a full twist?
Three of them know how Ginger.
Let's see...
This one.
...and this one...
...and this one here.
We'd like to have a look.
Well, how should I put it...
what exactly are you gentlemen interested in?
One of our trapeze artists is injured and
we would like to have a boy
fill in at tonight's performance.
No, I'm very sorry, but it's impossible.
We have a competition tomorrow.
These boys mean everything to me.
There used to be 40,
now there are only these 6.
Gymnasts are sensitive creatures.
Any small injury will wipe them out.
We can't take chances.
We'd like to see them anyway.
I'm sorry, it's impossible.
These are professional secrets.
But wait! The youth competition is tomorrow.
You can have a look at them there.
That'll be too late.
Thank you. Good bye!
- I'm very sorry.
- Goodbye.
Well, gentlemen, that's just the way it is.
I'm sorry if I disappointed you.
Thank you. Goodbye.
Just one more thing.
These boys are gymnasts, asshole.
Not circus clowns.
Hey! This is not a circus!
Hey!
They are not monkeys!
They're gymnasts!
You idiot!
Dong?!
Where were we?
Grab your ankles!
Come on!
Grab your ankles!
What did I say?
I said grab your ankles!
Dong?!
You are not going anywhere!
Dong?, did you lose your mind?
What happened to you?
You damned!
Where do you think you're going?
Come here! Fuck!
You think that...
You know what that means?
- It means that...
- I don't believe this. Fuck!
Your muscle fibers hardened
and stunted your growth!
You belong to...
Your mother!
You hear?
You belong with the gymnasts!
You prick!
- How old are you?
- Sixteen.
- Sixteen?
- Yes.
- And you can do Gienger?
- Yes.
With full twist?
Yes.
Artyom, come here!
- Can you do the Gienger?
- I can.
A triple?
Yes.
And the suppl??
- Yes.
- Fine.
Have you been on a trapeze before?
No.
lt is our sad duty to inform you that...
I read that this is going to be
your last competition.
That's right.
But it'll also be my first world competition.
Then why do you want to quit?
Well, this will actually be a comeback for me,
because I quit years ago to become a coach...
... so this is one last opportunity for me
to prove that I really am a gymnast.
If I'm correct, your prot?g? will also be
entering the World Championships.
What can you tell me about him?
All I found out was that
he's only nineteen years old.
Yes. He is a very very clever,
intelligent gymnast...
I think Canada has all its hope invested in him.
But it does seem a little strange to me,
because you will be competing
against each other.
Yes, it is strange.
But that's how it happened.
I assume you would like to win.
I don't want to win,
but I hate losing.
Good luck, good luck.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Let's have a big round of applause
for the participants of the Debrecen
Gymnastics World Championships!
Put down that damned camera.
You don't even know what you are recording.
We would like to ask the competitors
to step up to their starting apparatus.
Pay attention, because he's telling you
what you'll have to do!
You'll have four jumps. First round:
a straight body somersault.
A stretched-body somersault. Above
the trapeze. That's number 2. Okay?
Number 3 is a simple suppl?. No problem.
Yes?
Then you stand out again.
And start the fourth from there.
That's a Gienger with a full twist.
Understand? Yes?
Remember, you'll always get
the trapeze in your hand,
but you only jump
when he gives you the signal.
He'll clap.
That's when you start. Watch him!
Relax.
You're in good hands! Don't worry!
A beautifully executed, elegant jump.
Bravo!
The judges award Kyle Manjak's routine
a 9.65.
which means, Ladies and Gentlemen, that
he enters the finals in fourth place.
His coach, Mikl?s Dong? ranks second,
only a few thousandths behind
the Romanian world champion Dragulescu.
A fantastic achievement.
Here's the contract.
Read it over!
Hold on. Wait, wait, wait.
What's this, without net?
- That's what's in the program.
- No way!
It's what we advertised.
That is his business, not yours.
No.
He won't do anything.
You want to or no?
No.
That's his decision, not yours.
No. I not do.
Everyone comes see.
The death twist without safety net.
I bought this show,
and it what everyone come to see.
The audience want see
death twist without net,
They don't get it,
they don't come any more to circus.
And circus is over. Dead.
We go to cemetery, to cry.
Without net.
Now it's good. Here.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Let me welcome you to the finals of the
2002 Gymnastics World Championships
hosted by the city of Debrecen.
Tonight, the world's best eight vault
specialists will go head to head for the gold.
The judges have cast lots to determine
the order of the competition.
First up: Robert Conte of Argentina.
Second up: P?ter Pusk?s of Hungary.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
The most spectacular moments
of the evening are coming up.
A show that all of Europe
is watching with amazement
Our third competitor is
Marcello Palacio of Argentina.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Please give a round of applause to...
The fourth competitor is
Fabian Hamb?chen of Germany.
On the trapeze the Flying Brushnikin.
Fifth up is Brennan McCarton of Canada.
The sixth competitor tonight is
Marian Dragulescu of Romania.
Seventh up: Kyle Manjak of Canada.
And last but not least,
eighth up is Mikl?s Dong? of Hungary.
Each competitor vaults twice.
The final result will be
an average of the two attempts.
First up: Robert Conte of Argentina.
Let me in, excuse me!
Let me in! Could you move over
a little to the side, please?!
So many mistakes...
as always with the vault...
The next competitor is
Marian Dragulescu of Romania.
Our next competitor is
Kyle Manjak of Canada.
In preparation
Mikl?s Dong? from Hungary.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Kyle Manjak's score has put him in the lead.
Next up:
Mikl?s Dong? of Hungary.
Perfectly executed vault.
Mikl?s Dong? earned
9.875 points for his first vault.
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Silence please!
In a few moments
you will be witness to a performance
unrivaled in the entire world.
This combination is extremely complex.
The acrobats themselves call it:
The Death Twist.
Say it!
Say it!
Dear audience!
Silence please!
Now you will see:
death twist without safety net.
On the trapeze:
Arkadij Brushnikin!
Ladies and gentlemen,
this year's world champion in vault is:
Kyle Manjak of Canada.