#BringBackAlice (2023): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript
[faint, echoing scream]
[echoing laughter]
[person] Ala!
[breathing rapidly]
[doorbell rings]
An officer claims he saw Alicja a
couple of miles away last night.
With that man.
The kid from the hospital?
Yes, his sister went missing
the same day as Alicja.
He's convinced the two
cases are connected.
They aren't, in my opinion.
Do you know that man?
No, I don't know him.
Maybe you just don't remember.
Is this an interrogation?
[woman] No. Alicja isn't
suspected of anything.
[Sabina] She was here all night.
I understand she needs
peace and time now,
but, in order to close the case, I
must get a full report from Alicja.
Oh, I've got one more question.
A favor to ask, actually.
My eldest daughter won't forgive
me if I leave without an autograph.
Would you be so kind?
Her name is Lena.
Thanks, I'll score some points.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Goodbye.
- Let Bielecka go.
- Really?
We got no evidence on theft,
but we can nail him for
possession of a stolen car.
If he knows anything, he's
no use to us behind bars.
So you think she's lying.
[car doors open]
[car door closes]
[buzzer rings]
I'm always hungry after
a night in the slammer.
Hop on.
- How did you know where I was?
- Your mom told me.
Were you at my place?
She's rather touchy-feely.
Like all drunks, they're
rather touchy-feely.
She said that your sister's
been sending postcards.
They're not from her.
- How can you be sure?
- You don't believe me either?
I know my sister.
Wera on a pilgrimage?
Writing postcards?
No way.
Alicja doesn't know her.
I would've known that.
We all have our secrets.
Judging by her behavior last
night, she's got more than most.
You saw Alicja?
Next time with mayo.
[girl laughing]
[faint, echoing
techno music playing]
[woman] Happy birthday, Alicja.
[chuckling]
The first day without our
name in the headlines.
The media loves
missing teenagers.
I got a tip from the attorney general
that Maslak is our whistleblower.
- [Dad] What did he dig up?
- [Luka] Our Lviv branch.
We face torture from the
investigative committee.
- Holy shit.
- What is it?
- I need to talk to you.
- [Dad] What is it, son?
Mikey's nervous
about college, right?
[Dad] You're kidding. Come here!
Oh, Mikey.
Why are you panicking?
Mikey, we have all the best
admission strategy counselors.
- [Luka] Hi, Paula.
- [Dad] You'll give me heart attack!
Why did I buy you a new phone?
Where were you all night?
- Tripping balls and fucking randos.
- Well, that's great to hear!
I don't make money screwing people
like some in this household.
Impropriety is a hereditary
trait, don't you think?
- Paula!
- [Luka] Leave it, Dad.
She's just trying
to wind you up.
Mikey will talk to her.
[Dad] Go. We have
things to discuss.
[hip hop music playing]
I know you spy on cheerleaders in
the locker-room, but your own sister?
Whether you like it or not,
you're a part of this family.
Like I had a choice.
You know what's ironic?
I'm the only one who's
done nothing wrong.
[hip hop music playing]
ALICJA STEC: YOU THERE?
- [cell phone vibrating]
- [breathing rapidly]
[Tomek] I guess I
should thank you.
What for?
You didn't tell the
cops I kidnapped you.
- Why?
- I have my reasons.
I think I know one of them.
Really?
I'm so handsome that
no one can resist me.
- I haven't noticed that.
- Must be because of your PTSD.
I'm sorry about your sister.
Hello? You still there?
- [Piotr] Ala!
- Alicja!
- [Piotr] We're running late!
- [Alicja] I'm coming.
[foghorn blares]
[upbeat music playing on radio]
I can come in with you.
I'll be fine.
[approaching footfalls]
[Alicja] Funny...
You never think of your friends'
parents as having lives.
They do.
[door opens]
DIPLOMA
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory-2
in clinical and
non-clinical diagnosis.
Sounds like a subject
for the finals.
- Pity I won't take them this year.
- Probably not.
Sit down, please.
Do you mind if I record
our conversation?
Sometimes I need
help remembering.
[recorder humming]
- What is it like to be Alicja Stec?
- I don't know.
- She still feels so far away.
- What do you mean by that?
Everyone wants me to
be like I was before.
But I don't know myself now.
I'd kill for a
cigarette right now.
Here you are.
My parents don't know I smoke.
Do you always do everything
your parents want you to do?
And sometimes what my friends
or followers want me to.
What would happen if
you stopped doing that?
- Maybe I'd be myself again.
- And who's that?
Now I feel like a victim.
I used to be strong...
distinctive.
I used to know myself.
Now I feel like a butterfly
folding back into a pupa.
I'd just like to...
I just want to be...
An 18-year-old woman who
is in control of her life.
Thank you.
What for?
For asking how I feel, ma'am.
Call me Milena.
[hip hop music playing]
- [Monika] Hey!
- Hey.
I was analyzing Kavafis
for the mock final exam when
I realized life's too short.
Finals are around the corner and
I won't learn anything anyway.
- So why don't I call Michał to see...
- I can't see you tonight.
Sure, USA versus Europe,
a different league.
I'm seeing Alicja.
I don't want to lie to you.
And you didn't think to tell me?
It was you who said we should
pretend it's like it used to be.
- Give her my love. Bye.
- Mon?
JANEK: ALA HAD
THERAPY WITH MY MOM.
LET'S MEET
We're back!
- Oh, hi!
- Hi.
Hi!
- How was college?
- Fine...
Szurowski lectured me
on how to run my course.
- Classic mansplaining?
- Yes.
- Maybe he wanted to help.
- No thanks to such help.
- I love you, Mom.
- I love you too.
Milena is really good.
[doorbell ringing]
Hi.
Good afternoon.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You look beautiful.
- Hi, Michał.
- Good afternoon.
I won't be late.
- Are you going out?
- She is. I agreed.
- Well, sure.
- Don't worry, Dad.
This time I'll return.
[Sabina] Do you
think it's too early?
[Piotr] I think you're right.
The sooner we get back
to normal, the better.
MISSING: ALICJA STEC
Let's throw a surprise birthday
party with her friends.
Mm. Okay.
So? Dinner?
A walk? Maybe both?
I guess I'd love
to see everyone.
- We're still friends, aren't we?
- Are you really ready for this?
I am. You're not my dad, okay?
All right. New plan.
[shudders]
[lively pop music playing]
- [Patryk] I'm not posing.
- Sure, you're not.
- Anyone got a smoke? I got nothing.
- I got some.
No cigs, no weed...
Stop fixating on weed and think.
What has she told Janek's mom?
Client confidentiality.
She'd never tell me.
Dude, have you never
stolen your mom's notes?
- Get to it. Make yourself useful.
- [Monika] It's not a joke.
Ala's been missing for a
year. God knows what happened.
Everything fell
apart. My life too.
Oh, really? I thought
your love life improved.
This is serious.
We have to talk to Ala before
it all fucking collapses...
- Holy fuck.
- Ala!
How you've changed!
- Her head is still fucked up.
- Stop it.
- Hey.
- Hi.
She asked me to bring her
here. I couldn't stop her.
Mon.
- I'm so glad you're here.
- I'm happy too.
Hi, Janek.
- Is everything okay?
- Janek.
What's going on, Janek?
It's me. I'm back.
- I'm sorry.
- For what?
No need to remind you what
we do on such occasions.
Janek, let's go to the
bar. Let's go, Mikey.
Janek gets teary watching
Normal People, so...
- What the fuck was that?
- Calm down.
Come here.
- Let's catch up on last year, right?
- Our top ten!
[in English] Top Ten of last
year of Batory High School.
- Number ten.
- What can it be? At ten?
- The pregnancy epidemic.
- G-G-G-Gorczynska!
Gorczynska among the five new
moms. Gorczynska. Who else?
- Hoffmann!
- Ziolko.
[voices muted]
[muted shouting]
You okay, Ala?
Can I toast to happy returns?
- To re-returns!
- Let's celebrate!
- Sorry.
- Into the water?
Let's go!
[excited screams]
Alicja! What's wrong?
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
It's so beautiful here.
[Michał] On May 7, 2021...
we were all at the club.
We stayed on the dancefloor
until about 11:20 p.m.
Around that time, we
noticed Alicja was gone.
We thought she went home.
We looked everywhere,
but she left no trace.
We haven't seen her since.
[Monika, sobbing] Next...
Next week, she would have
celebrated her birthday.
We love you! Come back to us!
We love you! Come back to us!
Anyone who shares information
on Alicja's whereabouts
will receive a reward.
Contact our info line.
530-038-618. Thank you.
[woman 1] And this
is the last one?
[woman 2] That's right.
That's the last one.
We also have photos
from that period.
- These are only a couple months old.
- [woman 1] Aha. And that one?
Tomek! Come here. Come,
we're talking about Weronika.
Leave us alone, Mom.
You suddenly
remembered my sister?
It's been clear for a year that
those postcards aren't from her.
Did you contact Alicja Stec?
You could share some leads if
you're investigating on your own.
Goodbye.
Maybe we should collaborate
on this particular case.
I'll think about it.
[Alicja] I saw my
friends last night.
- [Milena] How was it?
- A fucking disaster.
- I can't take it anymore.
- What exactly?
I have to know what
happened that night.
Fragments of memories
are coming back.
Of what memories? What memories?
[distant shouting]
Michał!
I can't put them together yet,
but sometimes I wish
I remembered nothing.
Are you ready to testify?
I am.
- [lively classical music playing]
- [woman] Keep your chin up.
Relevé, down, two pirouettes.
Hold there, stay balanced,
Maja. Heads up high, girls.
TOMEK: STAY IN THAT POSITION
- I said I'd see you after class.
- Aw. "Good morning" would do.
You should find a less
punctual boyfriend.
- You're not my boyfriend.
- Oh, right. So, we won't screw again?
I said you're not my boyfriend.
Sex is a different thing.
Got some nice rides here.
- Are you fucking crazy?
- Relax.
Fuck!
Hi! Have you seen my brother?
- No.
- I must give him the keys.
And I know you
have practice soon.
- No! In two days. Today's an off day.
- He said it was today.
- Here they are.
- Thanks!
Are you fucking nuts?
You turn me on even more
when you're mad like this.
This isn't about Alicja, right?
It never was. It was
always about Wera.
For now it's about Paula.
"Rebels love the hardest," right?
MICHAL, PATRYK, PAULA, JANEK:
ALA'S BDAY PARTY,
2NITE AT 8, HER PLACE
JANEK: COMING!
- Hi.
- Hey!
- You look snatched.
- Do I?
Mm-hm.
Seeing you all felt strange.
Everyone's changed.
The world can't just stop,
because one girl went missing.
Ala, our world did stop.
You held us together.
All right. Let's
try something on.
Let's try something on.
Why not this? [gasps] Oops!
What do you think? [giggling]
- Mmm. I'm not sure.
- Go on. Try it on.
Come on. Let's go!
ALICJA'S DAD: HOW IS IT
GOING? HOUSE IS ALMOST READY.
ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN!
How are things with
you and Michał?
ALICJA'S DAD: THANKS FOR
HELPING WITH THE PARTY
Have you boned yet?
What? With my parents around?
That would be the
fastest sex in the world.
Every five minutes, Mom checks
my room to see if I'm alive.
[chuckles]
[cheering]
[Patryk] Surprise!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday, sweetie.
- Thank you, Mom!
- Did you plan this?
- Your dad's idea.
- Happy birthday, sweetie.
- Thank you!
- Have fun.
- Exactly! Don't blow the house up!
[squeals excitedly]
[in English] Let's
get the party started!
[hip hop music playing]
I guess you won't invite me in.
She doesn't remember
anything, Tomek.
Let it go.
[Paula chuckles]
Bye-bye, ballerina.
[hip hop music playing]
- Jeez! What's in it?
- Thanks.
I got to keep up with Mon.
Where's mine?
- Fuck, I'll go back...
- No, chill.
- I'll get it myself.
- [Michał] You sure?
- Who wants to shotgun?
- [Paula] I need one.
- [Michał] You, Junior?
- [Monika] Back to the game, guys!
[mimics propeller spinning]
[Patryk] The lucky one
sniffs the whole line!
[Paula] Classic!
- Truth or dare?
- Truth.
The most exciting thing
you did this year, in bed.
Besides masturbation.
I solved difficult
trigonometric equations.
- Come on!
- So you didn't fuck all year.
- [Patryk] Well, this is awkward.
- [Paula] Sorry, Ala.
[chuckling] No worries. It's not the only
thing I missed out on this past year.
[music switches
to slow pop music]
Remember that tune?
The queen is officially back.
[breathing rapidly]
[sliding door shuts]
Where are you going?
I can't do this.
I can't be here.
I thought things
might have changed.
But she's still the center
of the fucking world.
It's her birthday.
You know what I mean.
- All the more reason you should stay.
- Stop it.
If any good came out
of her disappearance...
it's that you're not
in her shadow anymore.
You're not Ala's little
Mon anymore. You're Monika.
I should be glad she's
back, I am. It's just...
I know. We were better
off without her.
- What if she remembers?
- We'll make sure no one believes her.
[sliding door closes]
[footfalls on stairs]
Why didn't you
report me missing?
- [Paula] We did.
- The next morning.
I'd already been gone for hours.
[Michał] We didn't think
you were in danger.
We didn't want to make a scene.
You always do what you want.
- We thought you ghosted us.
- [Patryk] You were so wasted.
Didn't you look for me? Why
didn't you take me home?
- We did.
- We never stopped searching.
It was awful for us.
- Fuck, Mon!
- Ala!
[receding footfalls]
[hard pat]
Ala is going to
the cops tomorrow.
- I heard my mom talking.
- Fuck, you're only telling us now!
- Does she remember anything?
- I don't know.
I only know she's going
to the precinct at 11:30.
Splendid, you fucking genius.
Well, why didn't you
report it to the police?
You're right. We lied to you.
That night. You
were off your head.
You lost your shit. We
couldn't calm you down.
And you ran off.
We were all high too. I
just thought you'd come up.
Then a day goes by, a
week and a month and...
[chuckles]
I shouldn't have left you alone.
I'm sorry. My fault.
It's all my fault.
[both moaning faintly]
[both moaning]
[ecstatic moaning]
[ecstatic gasping]
[muffled screaming]
Is everything okay, Michał?
She's in her room.
She seems a bit overwhelmed.
- We should get going.
- Right...
- Okay?
- Let's go.
- Good night.
- Good night.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
- What if she remembers?
- We'll make sure no one believes her.
I'm sorry.
Where did you go last night?
I overdid it. I had to go home.
Uh...
How'd it go with Alicja?
[exhales deeply] Don't
know. Not too well, I guess.
I have to go to practice.
Are you ready?
POLICE
[Janek] Ala is going
to the cops tomorrow.
She's going to the
precinct at 11:30.
Get a grip, Mon!
[woman] May 21st, 2022.
In attendance Alicja Stec,
Detective Marta Werner
and Sergeant Laura Bartos.
Thank you for
coming. Can we begin?
Yes, we can.
So Alicja, what exactly happened
on the night of May 7th last year?
I was at a party, with
my friends, at a club.
We were celebrating the end... well,
the near end of the school year.
We arrived by motorboat.
- Ala.
- Hi!
Michał joined us later.
- Who came with you?
- Mon, Janek, Patryk and Paula.
- Did you take any drugs?
Yes.
[Marta] Is everything
all right, Alicja?
What happened at the party?
Did you meet anyone there?
I can't remember.
Look at the photos. They
might jog your memory.
[giggling]
Michał! Help!
[echoing screaming]
[woman] Ala...
[Marta] My apologies.
This is a different case. It
must have gotten here by mistake.
Do you know that girl?
I've never seen her before.
But she looks very nice.
Bring me everything we've
got on Weronika Bielecka.
Sure.
- [Michał] Has she texted you back yet?
- [Monika] Still nothing.
But we're still here.
That's a good sign.
Right?
Oh, fuck.
Hey.
I know I was fucked up and you
didn't want to get me in trouble.
In your shoes, I'd have
done the same thing.
Michał explained everything.
I'm sorry.
[both giggle]
Let's drink!
Whoo!
[screaming]
[screaming]
THOUGHT YOU COULD
USE THESE. DAD.
Hello, dear ones.
It's really me.
You haven't heard
from me in a while
but I've watched all
your great videos.
You guys are incredible.
It's going to take me two
years to open all the presents!
Where have I been? Everywhere.
MISSING ALICJA STEC
Nowhere.
You know as much as I do.
What matters is I'm here now...
and from now on I'm going to tell
you the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
about this fucked up world.
We can't change what's gone...
so why waste the precious
time we've been given?
From now on, the
past is dead to me.
I'm going to focus
only on what's ahead.
I'm back for good.
[echoing laughter]
[person] Ala!
[breathing rapidly]
[doorbell rings]
An officer claims he saw Alicja a
couple of miles away last night.
With that man.
The kid from the hospital?
Yes, his sister went missing
the same day as Alicja.
He's convinced the two
cases are connected.
They aren't, in my opinion.
Do you know that man?
No, I don't know him.
Maybe you just don't remember.
Is this an interrogation?
[woman] No. Alicja isn't
suspected of anything.
[Sabina] She was here all night.
I understand she needs
peace and time now,
but, in order to close the case, I
must get a full report from Alicja.
Oh, I've got one more question.
A favor to ask, actually.
My eldest daughter won't forgive
me if I leave without an autograph.
Would you be so kind?
Her name is Lena.
Thanks, I'll score some points.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Goodbye.
- Let Bielecka go.
- Really?
We got no evidence on theft,
but we can nail him for
possession of a stolen car.
If he knows anything, he's
no use to us behind bars.
So you think she's lying.
[car doors open]
[car door closes]
[buzzer rings]
I'm always hungry after
a night in the slammer.
Hop on.
- How did you know where I was?
- Your mom told me.
Were you at my place?
She's rather touchy-feely.
Like all drunks, they're
rather touchy-feely.
She said that your sister's
been sending postcards.
They're not from her.
- How can you be sure?
- You don't believe me either?
I know my sister.
Wera on a pilgrimage?
Writing postcards?
No way.
Alicja doesn't know her.
I would've known that.
We all have our secrets.
Judging by her behavior last
night, she's got more than most.
You saw Alicja?
Next time with mayo.
[girl laughing]
[faint, echoing
techno music playing]
[woman] Happy birthday, Alicja.
[chuckling]
The first day without our
name in the headlines.
The media loves
missing teenagers.
I got a tip from the attorney general
that Maslak is our whistleblower.
- [Dad] What did he dig up?
- [Luka] Our Lviv branch.
We face torture from the
investigative committee.
- Holy shit.
- What is it?
- I need to talk to you.
- [Dad] What is it, son?
Mikey's nervous
about college, right?
[Dad] You're kidding. Come here!
Oh, Mikey.
Why are you panicking?
Mikey, we have all the best
admission strategy counselors.
- [Luka] Hi, Paula.
- [Dad] You'll give me heart attack!
Why did I buy you a new phone?
Where were you all night?
- Tripping balls and fucking randos.
- Well, that's great to hear!
I don't make money screwing people
like some in this household.
Impropriety is a hereditary
trait, don't you think?
- Paula!
- [Luka] Leave it, Dad.
She's just trying
to wind you up.
Mikey will talk to her.
[Dad] Go. We have
things to discuss.
[hip hop music playing]
I know you spy on cheerleaders in
the locker-room, but your own sister?
Whether you like it or not,
you're a part of this family.
Like I had a choice.
You know what's ironic?
I'm the only one who's
done nothing wrong.
[hip hop music playing]
ALICJA STEC: YOU THERE?
- [cell phone vibrating]
- [breathing rapidly]
[Tomek] I guess I
should thank you.
What for?
You didn't tell the
cops I kidnapped you.
- Why?
- I have my reasons.
I think I know one of them.
Really?
I'm so handsome that
no one can resist me.
- I haven't noticed that.
- Must be because of your PTSD.
I'm sorry about your sister.
Hello? You still there?
- [Piotr] Ala!
- Alicja!
- [Piotr] We're running late!
- [Alicja] I'm coming.
[foghorn blares]
[upbeat music playing on radio]
I can come in with you.
I'll be fine.
[approaching footfalls]
[Alicja] Funny...
You never think of your friends'
parents as having lives.
They do.
[door opens]
DIPLOMA
Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory-2
in clinical and
non-clinical diagnosis.
Sounds like a subject
for the finals.
- Pity I won't take them this year.
- Probably not.
Sit down, please.
Do you mind if I record
our conversation?
Sometimes I need
help remembering.
[recorder humming]
- What is it like to be Alicja Stec?
- I don't know.
- She still feels so far away.
- What do you mean by that?
Everyone wants me to
be like I was before.
But I don't know myself now.
I'd kill for a
cigarette right now.
Here you are.
My parents don't know I smoke.
Do you always do everything
your parents want you to do?
And sometimes what my friends
or followers want me to.
What would happen if
you stopped doing that?
- Maybe I'd be myself again.
- And who's that?
Now I feel like a victim.
I used to be strong...
distinctive.
I used to know myself.
Now I feel like a butterfly
folding back into a pupa.
I'd just like to...
I just want to be...
An 18-year-old woman who
is in control of her life.
Thank you.
What for?
For asking how I feel, ma'am.
Call me Milena.
[hip hop music playing]
- [Monika] Hey!
- Hey.
I was analyzing Kavafis
for the mock final exam when
I realized life's too short.
Finals are around the corner and
I won't learn anything anyway.
- So why don't I call Michał to see...
- I can't see you tonight.
Sure, USA versus Europe,
a different league.
I'm seeing Alicja.
I don't want to lie to you.
And you didn't think to tell me?
It was you who said we should
pretend it's like it used to be.
- Give her my love. Bye.
- Mon?
JANEK: ALA HAD
THERAPY WITH MY MOM.
LET'S MEET
We're back!
- Oh, hi!
- Hi.
Hi!
- How was college?
- Fine...
Szurowski lectured me
on how to run my course.
- Classic mansplaining?
- Yes.
- Maybe he wanted to help.
- No thanks to such help.
- I love you, Mom.
- I love you too.
Milena is really good.
[doorbell ringing]
Hi.
Good afternoon.
- Hi.
- Hi.
You look beautiful.
- Hi, Michał.
- Good afternoon.
I won't be late.
- Are you going out?
- She is. I agreed.
- Well, sure.
- Don't worry, Dad.
This time I'll return.
[Sabina] Do you
think it's too early?
[Piotr] I think you're right.
The sooner we get back
to normal, the better.
MISSING: ALICJA STEC
Let's throw a surprise birthday
party with her friends.
Mm. Okay.
So? Dinner?
A walk? Maybe both?
I guess I'd love
to see everyone.
- We're still friends, aren't we?
- Are you really ready for this?
I am. You're not my dad, okay?
All right. New plan.
[shudders]
[lively pop music playing]
- [Patryk] I'm not posing.
- Sure, you're not.
- Anyone got a smoke? I got nothing.
- I got some.
No cigs, no weed...
Stop fixating on weed and think.
What has she told Janek's mom?
Client confidentiality.
She'd never tell me.
Dude, have you never
stolen your mom's notes?
- Get to it. Make yourself useful.
- [Monika] It's not a joke.
Ala's been missing for a
year. God knows what happened.
Everything fell
apart. My life too.
Oh, really? I thought
your love life improved.
This is serious.
We have to talk to Ala before
it all fucking collapses...
- Holy fuck.
- Ala!
How you've changed!
- Her head is still fucked up.
- Stop it.
- Hey.
- Hi.
She asked me to bring her
here. I couldn't stop her.
Mon.
- I'm so glad you're here.
- I'm happy too.
Hi, Janek.
- Is everything okay?
- Janek.
What's going on, Janek?
It's me. I'm back.
- I'm sorry.
- For what?
No need to remind you what
we do on such occasions.
Janek, let's go to the
bar. Let's go, Mikey.
Janek gets teary watching
Normal People, so...
- What the fuck was that?
- Calm down.
Come here.
- Let's catch up on last year, right?
- Our top ten!
[in English] Top Ten of last
year of Batory High School.
- Number ten.
- What can it be? At ten?
- The pregnancy epidemic.
- G-G-G-Gorczynska!
Gorczynska among the five new
moms. Gorczynska. Who else?
- Hoffmann!
- Ziolko.
[voices muted]
[muted shouting]
You okay, Ala?
Can I toast to happy returns?
- To re-returns!
- Let's celebrate!
- Sorry.
- Into the water?
Let's go!
[excited screams]
Alicja! What's wrong?
- What's going on?
- Nothing.
It's so beautiful here.
[Michał] On May 7, 2021...
we were all at the club.
We stayed on the dancefloor
until about 11:20 p.m.
Around that time, we
noticed Alicja was gone.
We thought she went home.
We looked everywhere,
but she left no trace.
We haven't seen her since.
[Monika, sobbing] Next...
Next week, she would have
celebrated her birthday.
We love you! Come back to us!
We love you! Come back to us!
Anyone who shares information
on Alicja's whereabouts
will receive a reward.
Contact our info line.
530-038-618. Thank you.
[woman 1] And this
is the last one?
[woman 2] That's right.
That's the last one.
We also have photos
from that period.
- These are only a couple months old.
- [woman 1] Aha. And that one?
Tomek! Come here. Come,
we're talking about Weronika.
Leave us alone, Mom.
You suddenly
remembered my sister?
It's been clear for a year that
those postcards aren't from her.
Did you contact Alicja Stec?
You could share some leads if
you're investigating on your own.
Goodbye.
Maybe we should collaborate
on this particular case.
I'll think about it.
[Alicja] I saw my
friends last night.
- [Milena] How was it?
- A fucking disaster.
- I can't take it anymore.
- What exactly?
I have to know what
happened that night.
Fragments of memories
are coming back.
Of what memories? What memories?
[distant shouting]
Michał!
I can't put them together yet,
but sometimes I wish
I remembered nothing.
Are you ready to testify?
I am.
- [lively classical music playing]
- [woman] Keep your chin up.
Relevé, down, two pirouettes.
Hold there, stay balanced,
Maja. Heads up high, girls.
TOMEK: STAY IN THAT POSITION
- I said I'd see you after class.
- Aw. "Good morning" would do.
You should find a less
punctual boyfriend.
- You're not my boyfriend.
- Oh, right. So, we won't screw again?
I said you're not my boyfriend.
Sex is a different thing.
Got some nice rides here.
- Are you fucking crazy?
- Relax.
Fuck!
Hi! Have you seen my brother?
- No.
- I must give him the keys.
And I know you
have practice soon.
- No! In two days. Today's an off day.
- He said it was today.
- Here they are.
- Thanks!
Are you fucking nuts?
You turn me on even more
when you're mad like this.
This isn't about Alicja, right?
It never was. It was
always about Wera.
For now it's about Paula.
"Rebels love the hardest," right?
MICHAL, PATRYK, PAULA, JANEK:
ALA'S BDAY PARTY,
2NITE AT 8, HER PLACE
JANEK: COMING!
- Hi.
- Hey!
- You look snatched.
- Do I?
Mm-hm.
Seeing you all felt strange.
Everyone's changed.
The world can't just stop,
because one girl went missing.
Ala, our world did stop.
You held us together.
All right. Let's
try something on.
Let's try something on.
Why not this? [gasps] Oops!
What do you think? [giggling]
- Mmm. I'm not sure.
- Go on. Try it on.
Come on. Let's go!
ALICJA'S DAD: HOW IS IT
GOING? HOUSE IS ALMOST READY.
ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN!
How are things with
you and Michał?
ALICJA'S DAD: THANKS FOR
HELPING WITH THE PARTY
Have you boned yet?
What? With my parents around?
That would be the
fastest sex in the world.
Every five minutes, Mom checks
my room to see if I'm alive.
[chuckles]
[cheering]
[Patryk] Surprise!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday, sweetie.
- Thank you, Mom!
- Did you plan this?
- Your dad's idea.
- Happy birthday, sweetie.
- Thank you!
- Have fun.
- Exactly! Don't blow the house up!
[squeals excitedly]
[in English] Let's
get the party started!
[hip hop music playing]
I guess you won't invite me in.
She doesn't remember
anything, Tomek.
Let it go.
[Paula chuckles]
Bye-bye, ballerina.
[hip hop music playing]
- Jeez! What's in it?
- Thanks.
I got to keep up with Mon.
Where's mine?
- Fuck, I'll go back...
- No, chill.
- I'll get it myself.
- [Michał] You sure?
- Who wants to shotgun?
- [Paula] I need one.
- [Michał] You, Junior?
- [Monika] Back to the game, guys!
[mimics propeller spinning]
[Patryk] The lucky one
sniffs the whole line!
[Paula] Classic!
- Truth or dare?
- Truth.
The most exciting thing
you did this year, in bed.
Besides masturbation.
I solved difficult
trigonometric equations.
- Come on!
- So you didn't fuck all year.
- [Patryk] Well, this is awkward.
- [Paula] Sorry, Ala.
[chuckling] No worries. It's not the only
thing I missed out on this past year.
[music switches
to slow pop music]
Remember that tune?
The queen is officially back.
[breathing rapidly]
[sliding door shuts]
Where are you going?
I can't do this.
I can't be here.
I thought things
might have changed.
But she's still the center
of the fucking world.
It's her birthday.
You know what I mean.
- All the more reason you should stay.
- Stop it.
If any good came out
of her disappearance...
it's that you're not
in her shadow anymore.
You're not Ala's little
Mon anymore. You're Monika.
I should be glad she's
back, I am. It's just...
I know. We were better
off without her.
- What if she remembers?
- We'll make sure no one believes her.
[sliding door closes]
[footfalls on stairs]
Why didn't you
report me missing?
- [Paula] We did.
- The next morning.
I'd already been gone for hours.
[Michał] We didn't think
you were in danger.
We didn't want to make a scene.
You always do what you want.
- We thought you ghosted us.
- [Patryk] You were so wasted.
Didn't you look for me? Why
didn't you take me home?
- We did.
- We never stopped searching.
It was awful for us.
- Fuck, Mon!
- Ala!
[receding footfalls]
[hard pat]
Ala is going to
the cops tomorrow.
- I heard my mom talking.
- Fuck, you're only telling us now!
- Does she remember anything?
- I don't know.
I only know she's going
to the precinct at 11:30.
Splendid, you fucking genius.
Well, why didn't you
report it to the police?
You're right. We lied to you.
That night. You
were off your head.
You lost your shit. We
couldn't calm you down.
And you ran off.
We were all high too. I
just thought you'd come up.
Then a day goes by, a
week and a month and...
[chuckles]
I shouldn't have left you alone.
I'm sorry. My fault.
It's all my fault.
[both moaning faintly]
[both moaning]
[ecstatic moaning]
[ecstatic gasping]
[muffled screaming]
Is everything okay, Michał?
She's in her room.
She seems a bit overwhelmed.
- We should get going.
- Right...
- Okay?
- Let's go.
- Good night.
- Good night.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
- What if she remembers?
- We'll make sure no one believes her.
I'm sorry.
Where did you go last night?
I overdid it. I had to go home.
Uh...
How'd it go with Alicja?
[exhales deeply] Don't
know. Not too well, I guess.
I have to go to practice.
Are you ready?
POLICE
[Janek] Ala is going
to the cops tomorrow.
She's going to the
precinct at 11:30.
Get a grip, Mon!
[woman] May 21st, 2022.
In attendance Alicja Stec,
Detective Marta Werner
and Sergeant Laura Bartos.
Thank you for
coming. Can we begin?
Yes, we can.
So Alicja, what exactly happened
on the night of May 7th last year?
I was at a party, with
my friends, at a club.
We were celebrating the end... well,
the near end of the school year.
We arrived by motorboat.
- Ala.
- Hi!
Michał joined us later.
- Who came with you?
- Mon, Janek, Patryk and Paula.
- Did you take any drugs?
Yes.
[Marta] Is everything
all right, Alicja?
What happened at the party?
Did you meet anyone there?
I can't remember.
Look at the photos. They
might jog your memory.
[giggling]
Michał! Help!
[echoing screaming]
[woman] Ala...
[Marta] My apologies.
This is a different case. It
must have gotten here by mistake.
Do you know that girl?
I've never seen her before.
But she looks very nice.
Bring me everything we've
got on Weronika Bielecka.
Sure.
- [Michał] Has she texted you back yet?
- [Monika] Still nothing.
But we're still here.
That's a good sign.
Right?
Oh, fuck.
Hey.
I know I was fucked up and you
didn't want to get me in trouble.
In your shoes, I'd have
done the same thing.
Michał explained everything.
I'm sorry.
[both giggle]
Let's drink!
Whoo!
[screaming]
[screaming]
THOUGHT YOU COULD
USE THESE. DAD.
Hello, dear ones.
It's really me.
You haven't heard
from me in a while
but I've watched all
your great videos.
You guys are incredible.
It's going to take me two
years to open all the presents!
Where have I been? Everywhere.
MISSING ALICJA STEC
Nowhere.
You know as much as I do.
What matters is I'm here now...
and from now on I'm going to tell
you the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
about this fucked up world.
We can't change what's gone...
so why waste the precious
time we've been given?
From now on, the
past is dead to me.
I'm going to focus
only on what's ahead.
I'm back for good.