Topi (2021): Season 1, Episode 2 - Ischeznovenie - full transcript
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MARSHES
Evanescence
Dan, what's with you?
You're bleeding.
— What is it?
— I'm fine.
Fine.
I hit my head, it was spinning.
So, what's the plan, commandante?
No plan.
Where'd your butler get to. Just left us.
He's no more mine than yours.
I've never seen him before.
— Maybe he went to get help?
— M-hm.
Ok, wow.
Where'd you pick up the skill?
School of life.
Dad had an Opel.
Mine just drank himself blind whenever.
Shall we push?
That's it.
Busted.
Dug in completely.
A tractor might do it.
Morons and roads.
Can you hear that?
— Hey! Yo!
— Stop!
Comrades!
What the hell is going on around here?
'tis but an adventure.
Nirvana has to be earned.
Jesus said, there's no high without suffering.
Well, thank you…
Cause, those guys are ready to eat me alive, you know.
Don't worry about it.
They're just getting hungry.
It's nothing personal.
Nothing dampens your spirits, I see.
This trip is a substitute for my honeymoon.
Ain't no cunt is gonna ruin it for me.
Where're you going?
To solve the fucking problem, man.
Way to fucking go, man.
Where would I put ya, darling.
Come on, pull over!
Fucking shit!
Dude, I'm so sorry, but I am desperate.
By the way, I'm not one of those.
Can you help?
Well, why the hell not. Jump in!
What's your name, darling?
Yekaterina, a woman in dire need.
Well, this can be fixed, no doubt.
What'ya hauling?
Cargo 200.
Fucking hell, man…
They don't bite.
Here we are…
Thanks.
Voila.
Hi.
Hey there.
We've got ourselves in a bit of trouble.
Need to get the car out of the sand.
Trying to go across, were ya?
Yeah.
To that monastery of yours
Saviour's Chase, past the village of Marshes.
So what happened anyway?
Hi.
Hey there.
A truck came out in front,
barely avoided a head-on.
It sank proper.
How much?
A grand's enough?
And here I was hoping for true love.
Payment's more reliable.
Where has all the romance gone nowadays?
So, is there any life around here at all?
Don't know about all, but I'm just swell.
Driving around, collecting grannies.
It's harvest time for them.
They've been told not to keep working astoop,
but they're stubborn.
So, they've harvest, and I've got harvest.
You've got oil business in Moscow,
and what's left to do here in Russia:
fell trees or dig graves.
Of course, there's also moonlighting at the combine.
But I've chosen the cushy option.
Me too.
Yeah, you look the type.
So, as you pass Marshes, keep going
for a few clicks and there's your Saviour's Chase.
The road is decent, I drove there,
when it's not washed out.
Just go easy on the breaks, or you'll strike bottom.
Thank you, Harty.
— Ah, come on…
— You're the man!
Good bye, beautiful.
You guys take care of the lass.
She's at least one living person out of you lot.
— Thanks.
— Bye.
Hey, you ok?
I'm fine.
I am dancing just for you
I can see you have a fever
I can see you have a fever
body fever just like mine
I am dancing just for you
I can see you have a fever
I can see you have a fever
body fever just like mine
Take all of mine. Take this whole heart of mine
Find heart of mine. In this chest, heart of mine
A riddle for piper. Where is heart of mine
A diamond to steal and to see that my heart is
is barren and cold
My heart is as barren and as cold as an icicle
Let's move it, I say.
The guy was weird.
Maybe the wolves got him already.
Agreed.
We're just gonna abandon him then?
Fuck, we've sat here through half
of the day already, how much longer?
Well, it's his car after all.
It's his all right, no one's keeping it.
We'll just drive up to the monastery,
there's signal at least, call him, explain.
What if he's hurt?
Went for a tow car and fell somewhere?
Kat, what's with the drama all of a sudden?
I say we go.
I don't want to sleep out here.
Well, yeah, I could eat also.
Look, he's local after all, he'll figure it out.
I say we vote on it.
Who's for driving off?
Just so you know, this is inhumane.
Well, I agree.
Your special opinions are noted,
next stop - sacred springs spa.
Is it just me, or have we come to the wrong place?
It seems like an ambush to me.
Seems like paranoia to me!
Well, we've all had different lives.
Well, you hold the fort then, I'm off to the spa.
I'll stay... on guard.
Where's the reception then?
Wow!
...flashlights.
There.
Have one.
Sony?
Max?
Had a booking for four people.
Also, wanted to ask for a prayer service.
I've read, you make miracles here.
We're from Moscow.
Asshole!
Shit, you hit me!
Did I actually frighten you?
Shit, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, my bad.
MERCY on me LORD...
in his cunning tempting us all
BEGONE... punish evil... abandoned... with lies
What did you want with her?
What's she done to you?
Silent…
Denis?
What's up?
My head's splitting…
You've got migraine or what?
Wait.
Some pain killers and Phenobarbital straight up.
For faster effect.
There, you'll feel better soon.
Why are you all wet?
We need to dry you out, it's cold here,
you'll catch some nastiness.
My mom has migraines all the time.
I get them too sometimes.
It's not a migraine,
It's a tumour.
Fuck. How old are you?
Thirty.
Hey, it's going to be ok,
you'll make it.
I had my pills with me.
Fucking lost them on the train.
Here, you can have mine.
I've got loads of them.
Such a cosy little suite you've got here.
What are you up to here?
Couldn't find a rubber?
Should've asked me.
Keep it for yourself!
What's up?
Head's acting up.
Yeah, you're not the only one, it seems.
So, hey...
It's a bummer, looks like. Sorry, guys
Yeah...
It didn't say on the internet
that it was abandoned.
The website is fine, I mean.
Well, let's get going then.
Got to get to that Mudyuga while the daylight lasts.
Where's Sonya?
Sony, we're leaving.
Commandante, what's up?
No idea, man.
Well, it sounds like the fuel is gone.
The meter's on full.
Nah, it's all dry.
We're out of gas, that's for sure
The buoy just got stuck, probably.
What a fucking awesome trip this is getting to be.
Feels like a bad place.
Yeah, the Russian Village is all but extinct.
At least you can film horror movies here.
The scene is set.
Good afternoon.
Hello!
What?
Completely ignored.
There, smoking chimney.
Oh, so there is some life still after all.
Come on, come. Come.
Lassies, maybe one of you should knock.
Good afternoon.
Оh! Hello.
— Hello.
— Hi.
We're muscovites, tourists,
our car broke down.
Would you let us in for the night?
Do you need help?
Wait out here.
I'll go ask me old man.
Come in.
Take your shoes off.
Well…
— I'll take a thousand for the night.
— Аha.
— For everyone.
— Great.
— Denny, Denny, Denny...
— Huh?
— Moneys…
— One sec.
How long you wanted to stay for?
We would just get some gas.
Well, ask around on the morrow then,
no one'll let you in today apart from me anyways.
My name is Ana Petrovna.
Nice to meet you, Ana Petrovna.
Or you can call me grandma Noora.
This is nice!
Dig in.
Why would you come all the way out here for?
We wanted to stay at your monastery, but it's shut.
How's it shut?
I went there the other day, father Eli was there.
Don't know about staying though, he is there alone.
Why do you want the monastery?
Has somebody died?
No... no. No one's died.
Well, thank Heavens then.
And I've just fired up the steam house.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come.
Why're y'all so serious, let's go
sauna, steam out proper,
all together, like Estonians.
Come. Come on, Denny.
Sony, why the cold shoulder?
I'm sorry.
— All good?
— Aha.
Clean body,
pure soul.
Pleasant steam to you.
Why have I come here at all?
Everything seems upside down.
But I definitely couldn't stay at home any longer.
— Did you run away?
— Aha.
Lived in a tomb as if. Thought I'd suffocate.
I felt like if I don't run away right now,
that's it, it's forever.
This can be cured.
Have you read about serfdom law?
That's pretty much how we have it.
For girls, obviously.
You've got your father and brothers herding you,
and the only way out is marriage.
You look like a pioneer in that.
Pioneer's rump, pensioner's front.
I just can't be bothered to get rid of it.
Why? Keep it, it looks good on you.
My boyfriend gave it to me...
My ex.
And my boyfriend…
So then, lassies, you've
figured out which one's having me today?
Gimme a ciggie.
You're welcome!
Minx.
I haven't even bathed yet.
Well, go on, go on.
And you should go, Max, go.
Who's gonna fuck then?
If there's no love, what's the point then?
Just having sex?
I don't get it.
How can one live without love?
Everything's meaningless without it.
You know?
Well, if you put it that way,
I've probably never loved at all.
It's actually kind of awesome here.
Proper log cabin, garden, steam bath.
A true Russian fairy tale.
Look...
about what you saw on the train,
it's just for protection, please, don't get any ideas.
I didn't think anything of it.
I mean, I can see you're all right.
All right, but not quite…
I don't want to be a wench.
Just want to be human.
Well, I don't know. I've no issues with that.
Why would you...
You're gonna get back to the 21-st century,
and I'll head for the 19-th,
if I return at all.
By the way, you were saying
something about your boyfriend?
Never mind.
You coming?
Nah, I'll lie about some more.
Come, follow me a spell.
You can spread out in here.
On the floor?
— Well, where else? Yes.
— Well, yeah.
Cause the old man is ill, see.
— Hear him?
— Yeah.
— And no raising ruckus at night!
— Silence.
Grandma Noora was a dish.
What's this now?
Cutting us out all the time, the Herods.
The whole village at once.
They've marked our Marshes as uninhabited.
Sometimes they forget and then this again.
Here, hold these.
Give here.
Sleep tight.
Maman
No network.
You can select different network in setings
Hey, muscovites! Wake up! Potatoes are served.
You sure can sleep, I tell ya!
And where's your other one,
with the yellow scarf?
Kat!
Katya!
Look around, maybe she just went for a walk.
We'll look all right.
Let me and Dan go alone,
you stay home for now, ok?
— Seriously?
— Yeah.
Is that because you two are mighty men
and we're just dumb broads?
Look, maybe you really should stay here for now,
wouldn't want anything happening to you two as well.
Ok, we need a system:
we'll start at the front end of the village there
and go around in a row.
Hey, look.
Gramps, gramps,
our girlfriend went missing around here,
pretty like, have you seen her?
Can you hear me, gramps?
Gramps is out cold, come on.
Katya! Kat!
Anyone in?
Nah, looks like nobody there.
Hello.
Grandma!
Good day to you.
Where'd this come from?
Dan.
Bullshit, man.
Look at this.
Grandma, what's this?
What is this?
I fell into such deep slumber as soon as I lay down.
Should've waited for her.
But if something were to happen to her,
she would scream, right?
I've a feeling, she lives, simply lost is all.
So easy to get lost in our woods,
you have to know them.
My Venyamin, before he got worse,
atimes would go to pick mushrooms
and get lost.
Would roam till sunset, wouldn't be back till dusk.
Thank you.
— For you?
— No, thank you.
The land's crooked here.
What's wrong with him?
He's weak, won't get up, holding on by a miracle.
The doctors wouldn't give as long,
he's my eagle.
And always has been.
— We were both good-lookers back in the day.
— I can believe that.
No need to believe, I've photos to show.
Listen, I didn't want to broach this topic
around the girls.
Why? Got a leak already?
— What leak?
— Just kidding.
No.
At the train station, you remember
the kiosk was covered in leaflets:
gone missing, never came home.
— So…
— There's something going on
in these Marshes of yours. Where've you brought us?
Look, how was I supposed to know any of that?
I went online, found a pretty monastery,
found a train and that's that.
She's not here, let's keep going.
What are we sitting around here for?
Don't you want to go search for Katya?
He was in love with me since school.
He told me: we'll be together for life.
There he is.
I'll come back to you from anywhere.
Didn't get to marry in time,
he got mustered into navy,
there he is, handsome.
Father said: it's not worth the wait,
we'll find someone better.
I didn't care for looking.
It found me instead: as I went over to town,
three of them grabbed me,
forced unto me…
Militia didn't even look for them,
one of them was somebody's son higher up.
I only thought of one thing,
so that Venny would forgive me.
He came back, proposed straight away.
I burst to tears, And he says:
No matter,
No matter, he says,
you're not at fault and there is naught
to forgive you for. It's them I shan't forgive.
So we got married.
And he found them,
two of them
and ended them.
Got ten years for it.
There he is head shaved, see? Said: wait for me.
I have waited ten more years.
Waited, refused all others.
Have you got kids?
We have a son.
Vitalik.
He's in that Moscow of yours, you know.
Drink up, girls, drink up, these herbs
I gathered myself, very good for you.
Vitalik here, still a toddler.
Bit grown up here, look.
Why won't you go live with him?
Oh, he's calling us over, of course.
But where would I leave for.
Here I am all - the landlady.
And Venny is better here.
The herbs are healthy, give you strength.
Come now, drink up,
you need to gain strength. Drink up, lovelies.
The priest disappeared from the church.
Now Katya is missing, you feel me?
Yeah! I feel you all right.
We need to get the hell out of here.
As soon as possible.
Where are you off to now in a hurry?
A person is missing whom you brought up here.
I didn't bring her, she came of her own will.
So what, we're just going to leave here
and not give a fuck about what happened?
Well, no. We'll find her and skedaddle.
Don't you care about what's
going on here at all, man?
Nothing is going on here, mate.
Lookie here. Militia. Let's report.
Yeah right. What are you going to report?
They'll just suck cash out of us.
My militia takes care of themselves.
Well, obviously, it's best to do nothing at all.
Come on, we'll drain some gas too. Come.
What if the master took him?
Hey! So there's life after all.
And we thought it's like Mars.
What's all this now?
Hope I'm not interrupting?
We came to see you, comrade major.
— He's a captain.
— Comrade captain.
What do you want?
Gimme...
Well, we were passing by here...
on tour, so to speak. From Moscow
Could you introduce yourself, please?
As regulations oblige.
Kozlov M.A. So what do you want?
We've got a... person gone missing. Today
Can we try and catch the hot trail?
Basically, we just wanted to file a report
and declare her missing, if possible?
She's just someone we know.
Sure, go on then.
But make sure the paper is nice and soft.
Like loo roll? What do you mean exactly?
I mean that by law
until three days have passed,
a person is not considered missing.
So get some sun tan, fellas,
and come find me in three days.
The whole area around here
is two thousand squares, you'll find her.
— Well, aren't you a smart-ass, captain?
— Hey now, easy, easy…
How about you say it again
for the camera, comrade captain!
Become a YouTube star!
Are you going to educate me, snotty nose?
This someone you know
will come back a hundred times over.
Oh yeah? And if she doesn't?
You've got scores of people disappearing here.
None of your business that.
I'm a reporter! It's neither mine nor yours,
it's a matter for the State!
Well I am the State around here,
got it, you pussy?
— Oh, yeah?
— Yeah!
Right, that's enough, guys. Brake.
Brake. Comrade captain,
Can we perhaps come to an arrangement?
Get my cap.
If you see him, let me know.
And be careful with him.
Come now.
Stop by... If you need anything.
Ana Petrovna,
why did you ask if somebody has died,
when we spoke of the monastery…
The monastery is famed for it among locals.
The dead are prayed for here.
How are they prayed for?
Someone you knew died?
My sister died, whole blood, elder.
Crashed on a motorbike.
Dear, oh, dear, such woe...
You need to see father Eli.
Let me take you there?
I don't want to.
Go, silly, just go,
don't argue. He'll teach you.
He will teach you how to beg.
I don't want to beg for anything.
Then why have you come?
There.
I keep throwing hints at you.
The police is not a charitable organisation, fellas.
I've got mouths to feed…
A tourist's breakfast?
I don't drink, comrade captain.
No, thanks.
How about lending us some gas,
for an extra fee, so to speak?
As you can see, we're a bit stranded here.
That's for another time, fellas.
Barely got enough to cover the bottom.
Maybe I'll get a canister later
from Mudyuga…
Say, mister, why is your
vehicle not repainted?
The organisation has been renamed.
Fuck it.
Doesn't change a thing.
So, maybe you can, you know, give
the order, conduct proper search?
Nah. There'd be too many to give, mind you.
Not enough givers.
Don't you fret,
we'll find her without the order.
Searched the woods yet?
— Not yet.
— No.
There.
That's the first stop always.
There's nowhere else to get to, but woods.
— Have you got more people?
— Have we?
We have.
Don't stand around. Let's go.
MILITIA
Katya!
Katya!
What's a young lady like you looking for here?
Moscow's dating doesn't appeal?
I came for the monastery,
they say it's a sacred place.
Right, sacred...
Miraculous supposedly.
Oh yeah, sure.
Miracles are abound here
a whole shit tonne of them.
Pharaoh scumbag.
Come on, man.
I fucking hate them, bloody hyenas.
Give them a finger, they'll go for the arm.
Drop it, he's just a cop.
What did you think of her though?
— Who?
— Well, that girl in there.
How old was she, fifteen?
No, come on, she's sixteen at least.
Are you mister Humbert now?
Come on, man.. stop it.
Katya!
Listen, there were some weird sounds
behind the door, remember?
— As if somebody's moaning.
— What kind of sounds? What are you on about?
Have you seen her shoulders?
Such candour in her, freshness even.
Not like these hard-boiled Moscow chicks.
I haven't felt like this since
the school days discos.
What is that?
The search is over.
MARSHES
Evanescence
Dan, what's with you?
You're bleeding.
— What is it?
— I'm fine.
Fine.
I hit my head, it was spinning.
So, what's the plan, commandante?
No plan.
Where'd your butler get to. Just left us.
He's no more mine than yours.
I've never seen him before.
— Maybe he went to get help?
— M-hm.
Ok, wow.
Where'd you pick up the skill?
School of life.
Dad had an Opel.
Mine just drank himself blind whenever.
Shall we push?
That's it.
Busted.
Dug in completely.
A tractor might do it.
Morons and roads.
Can you hear that?
— Hey! Yo!
— Stop!
Comrades!
What the hell is going on around here?
'tis but an adventure.
Nirvana has to be earned.
Jesus said, there's no high without suffering.
Well, thank you…
Cause, those guys are ready to eat me alive, you know.
Don't worry about it.
They're just getting hungry.
It's nothing personal.
Nothing dampens your spirits, I see.
This trip is a substitute for my honeymoon.
Ain't no cunt is gonna ruin it for me.
Where're you going?
To solve the fucking problem, man.
Way to fucking go, man.
Where would I put ya, darling.
Come on, pull over!
Fucking shit!
Dude, I'm so sorry, but I am desperate.
By the way, I'm not one of those.
Can you help?
Well, why the hell not. Jump in!
What's your name, darling?
Yekaterina, a woman in dire need.
Well, this can be fixed, no doubt.
What'ya hauling?
Cargo 200.
Fucking hell, man…
They don't bite.
Here we are…
Thanks.
Voila.
Hi.
Hey there.
We've got ourselves in a bit of trouble.
Need to get the car out of the sand.
Trying to go across, were ya?
Yeah.
To that monastery of yours
Saviour's Chase, past the village of Marshes.
So what happened anyway?
Hi.
Hey there.
A truck came out in front,
barely avoided a head-on.
It sank proper.
How much?
A grand's enough?
And here I was hoping for true love.
Payment's more reliable.
Where has all the romance gone nowadays?
So, is there any life around here at all?
Don't know about all, but I'm just swell.
Driving around, collecting grannies.
It's harvest time for them.
They've been told not to keep working astoop,
but they're stubborn.
So, they've harvest, and I've got harvest.
You've got oil business in Moscow,
and what's left to do here in Russia:
fell trees or dig graves.
Of course, there's also moonlighting at the combine.
But I've chosen the cushy option.
Me too.
Yeah, you look the type.
So, as you pass Marshes, keep going
for a few clicks and there's your Saviour's Chase.
The road is decent, I drove there,
when it's not washed out.
Just go easy on the breaks, or you'll strike bottom.
Thank you, Harty.
— Ah, come on…
— You're the man!
Good bye, beautiful.
You guys take care of the lass.
She's at least one living person out of you lot.
— Thanks.
— Bye.
Hey, you ok?
I'm fine.
I am dancing just for you
I can see you have a fever
I can see you have a fever
body fever just like mine
I am dancing just for you
I can see you have a fever
I can see you have a fever
body fever just like mine
Take all of mine. Take this whole heart of mine
Find heart of mine. In this chest, heart of mine
A riddle for piper. Where is heart of mine
A diamond to steal and to see that my heart is
is barren and cold
My heart is as barren and as cold as an icicle
Let's move it, I say.
The guy was weird.
Maybe the wolves got him already.
Agreed.
We're just gonna abandon him then?
Fuck, we've sat here through half
of the day already, how much longer?
Well, it's his car after all.
It's his all right, no one's keeping it.
We'll just drive up to the monastery,
there's signal at least, call him, explain.
What if he's hurt?
Went for a tow car and fell somewhere?
Kat, what's with the drama all of a sudden?
I say we go.
I don't want to sleep out here.
Well, yeah, I could eat also.
Look, he's local after all, he'll figure it out.
I say we vote on it.
Who's for driving off?
Just so you know, this is inhumane.
Well, I agree.
Your special opinions are noted,
next stop - sacred springs spa.
Is it just me, or have we come to the wrong place?
It seems like an ambush to me.
Seems like paranoia to me!
Well, we've all had different lives.
Well, you hold the fort then, I'm off to the spa.
I'll stay... on guard.
Where's the reception then?
Wow!
...flashlights.
There.
Have one.
Sony?
Max?
Had a booking for four people.
Also, wanted to ask for a prayer service.
I've read, you make miracles here.
We're from Moscow.
Asshole!
Shit, you hit me!
Did I actually frighten you?
Shit, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to, my bad.
MERCY on me LORD...
in his cunning tempting us all
BEGONE... punish evil... abandoned... with lies
What did you want with her?
What's she done to you?
Silent…
Denis?
What's up?
My head's splitting…
You've got migraine or what?
Wait.
Some pain killers and Phenobarbital straight up.
For faster effect.
There, you'll feel better soon.
Why are you all wet?
We need to dry you out, it's cold here,
you'll catch some nastiness.
My mom has migraines all the time.
I get them too sometimes.
It's not a migraine,
It's a tumour.
Fuck. How old are you?
Thirty.
Hey, it's going to be ok,
you'll make it.
I had my pills with me.
Fucking lost them on the train.
Here, you can have mine.
I've got loads of them.
Such a cosy little suite you've got here.
What are you up to here?
Couldn't find a rubber?
Should've asked me.
Keep it for yourself!
What's up?
Head's acting up.
Yeah, you're not the only one, it seems.
So, hey...
It's a bummer, looks like. Sorry, guys
Yeah...
It didn't say on the internet
that it was abandoned.
The website is fine, I mean.
Well, let's get going then.
Got to get to that Mudyuga while the daylight lasts.
Where's Sonya?
Sony, we're leaving.
Commandante, what's up?
No idea, man.
Well, it sounds like the fuel is gone.
The meter's on full.
Nah, it's all dry.
We're out of gas, that's for sure
The buoy just got stuck, probably.
What a fucking awesome trip this is getting to be.
Feels like a bad place.
Yeah, the Russian Village is all but extinct.
At least you can film horror movies here.
The scene is set.
Good afternoon.
Hello!
What?
Completely ignored.
There, smoking chimney.
Oh, so there is some life still after all.
Come on, come. Come.
Lassies, maybe one of you should knock.
Good afternoon.
Оh! Hello.
— Hello.
— Hi.
We're muscovites, tourists,
our car broke down.
Would you let us in for the night?
Do you need help?
Wait out here.
I'll go ask me old man.
Come in.
Take your shoes off.
Well…
— I'll take a thousand for the night.
— Аha.
— For everyone.
— Great.
— Denny, Denny, Denny...
— Huh?
— Moneys…
— One sec.
How long you wanted to stay for?
We would just get some gas.
Well, ask around on the morrow then,
no one'll let you in today apart from me anyways.
My name is Ana Petrovna.
Nice to meet you, Ana Petrovna.
Or you can call me grandma Noora.
This is nice!
Dig in.
Why would you come all the way out here for?
We wanted to stay at your monastery, but it's shut.
How's it shut?
I went there the other day, father Eli was there.
Don't know about staying though, he is there alone.
Why do you want the monastery?
Has somebody died?
No... no. No one's died.
Well, thank Heavens then.
And I've just fired up the steam house.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come.
Why're y'all so serious, let's go
sauna, steam out proper,
all together, like Estonians.
Come. Come on, Denny.
Sony, why the cold shoulder?
I'm sorry.
— All good?
— Aha.
Clean body,
pure soul.
Pleasant steam to you.
Why have I come here at all?
Everything seems upside down.
But I definitely couldn't stay at home any longer.
— Did you run away?
— Aha.
Lived in a tomb as if. Thought I'd suffocate.
I felt like if I don't run away right now,
that's it, it's forever.
This can be cured.
Have you read about serfdom law?
That's pretty much how we have it.
For girls, obviously.
You've got your father and brothers herding you,
and the only way out is marriage.
You look like a pioneer in that.
Pioneer's rump, pensioner's front.
I just can't be bothered to get rid of it.
Why? Keep it, it looks good on you.
My boyfriend gave it to me...
My ex.
And my boyfriend…
So then, lassies, you've
figured out which one's having me today?
Gimme a ciggie.
You're welcome!
Minx.
I haven't even bathed yet.
Well, go on, go on.
And you should go, Max, go.
Who's gonna fuck then?
If there's no love, what's the point then?
Just having sex?
I don't get it.
How can one live without love?
Everything's meaningless without it.
You know?
Well, if you put it that way,
I've probably never loved at all.
It's actually kind of awesome here.
Proper log cabin, garden, steam bath.
A true Russian fairy tale.
Look...
about what you saw on the train,
it's just for protection, please, don't get any ideas.
I didn't think anything of it.
I mean, I can see you're all right.
All right, but not quite…
I don't want to be a wench.
Just want to be human.
Well, I don't know. I've no issues with that.
Why would you...
You're gonna get back to the 21-st century,
and I'll head for the 19-th,
if I return at all.
By the way, you were saying
something about your boyfriend?
Never mind.
You coming?
Nah, I'll lie about some more.
Come, follow me a spell.
You can spread out in here.
On the floor?
— Well, where else? Yes.
— Well, yeah.
Cause the old man is ill, see.
— Hear him?
— Yeah.
— And no raising ruckus at night!
— Silence.
Grandma Noora was a dish.
What's this now?
Cutting us out all the time, the Herods.
The whole village at once.
They've marked our Marshes as uninhabited.
Sometimes they forget and then this again.
Here, hold these.
Give here.
Sleep tight.
Maman
No network.
You can select different network in setings
Hey, muscovites! Wake up! Potatoes are served.
You sure can sleep, I tell ya!
And where's your other one,
with the yellow scarf?
Kat!
Katya!
Look around, maybe she just went for a walk.
We'll look all right.
Let me and Dan go alone,
you stay home for now, ok?
— Seriously?
— Yeah.
Is that because you two are mighty men
and we're just dumb broads?
Look, maybe you really should stay here for now,
wouldn't want anything happening to you two as well.
Ok, we need a system:
we'll start at the front end of the village there
and go around in a row.
Hey, look.
Gramps, gramps,
our girlfriend went missing around here,
pretty like, have you seen her?
Can you hear me, gramps?
Gramps is out cold, come on.
Katya! Kat!
Anyone in?
Nah, looks like nobody there.
Hello.
Grandma!
Good day to you.
Where'd this come from?
Dan.
Bullshit, man.
Look at this.
Grandma, what's this?
What is this?
I fell into such deep slumber as soon as I lay down.
Should've waited for her.
But if something were to happen to her,
she would scream, right?
I've a feeling, she lives, simply lost is all.
So easy to get lost in our woods,
you have to know them.
My Venyamin, before he got worse,
atimes would go to pick mushrooms
and get lost.
Would roam till sunset, wouldn't be back till dusk.
Thank you.
— For you?
— No, thank you.
The land's crooked here.
What's wrong with him?
He's weak, won't get up, holding on by a miracle.
The doctors wouldn't give as long,
he's my eagle.
And always has been.
— We were both good-lookers back in the day.
— I can believe that.
No need to believe, I've photos to show.
Listen, I didn't want to broach this topic
around the girls.
Why? Got a leak already?
— What leak?
— Just kidding.
No.
At the train station, you remember
the kiosk was covered in leaflets:
gone missing, never came home.
— So…
— There's something going on
in these Marshes of yours. Where've you brought us?
Look, how was I supposed to know any of that?
I went online, found a pretty monastery,
found a train and that's that.
She's not here, let's keep going.
What are we sitting around here for?
Don't you want to go search for Katya?
He was in love with me since school.
He told me: we'll be together for life.
There he is.
I'll come back to you from anywhere.
Didn't get to marry in time,
he got mustered into navy,
there he is, handsome.
Father said: it's not worth the wait,
we'll find someone better.
I didn't care for looking.
It found me instead: as I went over to town,
three of them grabbed me,
forced unto me…
Militia didn't even look for them,
one of them was somebody's son higher up.
I only thought of one thing,
so that Venny would forgive me.
He came back, proposed straight away.
I burst to tears, And he says:
No matter,
No matter, he says,
you're not at fault and there is naught
to forgive you for. It's them I shan't forgive.
So we got married.
And he found them,
two of them
and ended them.
Got ten years for it.
There he is head shaved, see? Said: wait for me.
I have waited ten more years.
Waited, refused all others.
Have you got kids?
We have a son.
Vitalik.
He's in that Moscow of yours, you know.
Drink up, girls, drink up, these herbs
I gathered myself, very good for you.
Vitalik here, still a toddler.
Bit grown up here, look.
Why won't you go live with him?
Oh, he's calling us over, of course.
But where would I leave for.
Here I am all - the landlady.
And Venny is better here.
The herbs are healthy, give you strength.
Come now, drink up,
you need to gain strength. Drink up, lovelies.
The priest disappeared from the church.
Now Katya is missing, you feel me?
Yeah! I feel you all right.
We need to get the hell out of here.
As soon as possible.
Where are you off to now in a hurry?
A person is missing whom you brought up here.
I didn't bring her, she came of her own will.
So what, we're just going to leave here
and not give a fuck about what happened?
Well, no. We'll find her and skedaddle.
Don't you care about what's
going on here at all, man?
Nothing is going on here, mate.
Lookie here. Militia. Let's report.
Yeah right. What are you going to report?
They'll just suck cash out of us.
My militia takes care of themselves.
Well, obviously, it's best to do nothing at all.
Come on, we'll drain some gas too. Come.
What if the master took him?
Hey! So there's life after all.
And we thought it's like Mars.
What's all this now?
Hope I'm not interrupting?
We came to see you, comrade major.
— He's a captain.
— Comrade captain.
What do you want?
Gimme...
Well, we were passing by here...
on tour, so to speak. From Moscow
Could you introduce yourself, please?
As regulations oblige.
Kozlov M.A. So what do you want?
We've got a... person gone missing. Today
Can we try and catch the hot trail?
Basically, we just wanted to file a report
and declare her missing, if possible?
She's just someone we know.
Sure, go on then.
But make sure the paper is nice and soft.
Like loo roll? What do you mean exactly?
I mean that by law
until three days have passed,
a person is not considered missing.
So get some sun tan, fellas,
and come find me in three days.
The whole area around here
is two thousand squares, you'll find her.
— Well, aren't you a smart-ass, captain?
— Hey now, easy, easy…
How about you say it again
for the camera, comrade captain!
Become a YouTube star!
Are you going to educate me, snotty nose?
This someone you know
will come back a hundred times over.
Oh yeah? And if she doesn't?
You've got scores of people disappearing here.
None of your business that.
I'm a reporter! It's neither mine nor yours,
it's a matter for the State!
Well I am the State around here,
got it, you pussy?
— Oh, yeah?
— Yeah!
Right, that's enough, guys. Brake.
Brake. Comrade captain,
Can we perhaps come to an arrangement?
Get my cap.
If you see him, let me know.
And be careful with him.
Come now.
Stop by... If you need anything.
Ana Petrovna,
why did you ask if somebody has died,
when we spoke of the monastery…
The monastery is famed for it among locals.
The dead are prayed for here.
How are they prayed for?
Someone you knew died?
My sister died, whole blood, elder.
Crashed on a motorbike.
Dear, oh, dear, such woe...
You need to see father Eli.
Let me take you there?
I don't want to.
Go, silly, just go,
don't argue. He'll teach you.
He will teach you how to beg.
I don't want to beg for anything.
Then why have you come?
There.
I keep throwing hints at you.
The police is not a charitable organisation, fellas.
I've got mouths to feed…
A tourist's breakfast?
I don't drink, comrade captain.
No, thanks.
How about lending us some gas,
for an extra fee, so to speak?
As you can see, we're a bit stranded here.
That's for another time, fellas.
Barely got enough to cover the bottom.
Maybe I'll get a canister later
from Mudyuga…
Say, mister, why is your
vehicle not repainted?
The organisation has been renamed.
Fuck it.
Doesn't change a thing.
So, maybe you can, you know, give
the order, conduct proper search?
Nah. There'd be too many to give, mind you.
Not enough givers.
Don't you fret,
we'll find her without the order.
Searched the woods yet?
— Not yet.
— No.
There.
That's the first stop always.
There's nowhere else to get to, but woods.
— Have you got more people?
— Have we?
We have.
Don't stand around. Let's go.
MILITIA
Katya!
Katya!
What's a young lady like you looking for here?
Moscow's dating doesn't appeal?
I came for the monastery,
they say it's a sacred place.
Right, sacred...
Miraculous supposedly.
Oh yeah, sure.
Miracles are abound here
a whole shit tonne of them.
Pharaoh scumbag.
Come on, man.
I fucking hate them, bloody hyenas.
Give them a finger, they'll go for the arm.
Drop it, he's just a cop.
What did you think of her though?
— Who?
— Well, that girl in there.
How old was she, fifteen?
No, come on, she's sixteen at least.
Are you mister Humbert now?
Come on, man.. stop it.
Katya!
Listen, there were some weird sounds
behind the door, remember?
— As if somebody's moaning.
— What kind of sounds? What are you on about?
Have you seen her shoulders?
Such candour in her, freshness even.
Not like these hard-boiled Moscow chicks.
I haven't felt like this since
the school days discos.
What is that?
The search is over.