All language subtitles for Gump.2021.DUBBED.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-English

[sentimental piano music
playing]

My name's Gump
and I used to be a stray dog.

Every dog is a stray dog until

the moment he finds
his happiness

and happiness can only be
found with a human being.

My story is about looking for
this kind of canine happiness,

about the journey
to find the right person.

It's about the strength and
steadfastness

that can be found in every
single dog.

I also want this story to
open your eyes,

because what man can break
in a dog's heart,

only man can mend again.

[music fades]

The dog that taught
people how to live.

-[thunder rumbles]
-[rain patters]

[yelp]

[Gump] I felt something evil

the night they took
us from our mother,

because before a dog
opens his eyes,

he opens his muzzle.

The thing all around us
was full of darkness.

I had to get out of it
to be able to breathe.

[puppy whines]

[puppies whimper]

-[puppies yelp]
-[heartbeat thumps]

-[puppies barking]
-[melancholic piano music]

[Gump] My brother had gone
completely still.

He had suffocated.

We had choked him to death.

His fur was like a
rug, cold and dead.

My sister next to me was shaking
and then just whined faintly.

Why were we in that bag in the
trash can in the first place?

Why?

I realized that "why" was
a human word

that only people know
the answer to.

[bottles rattle]

[ethereal orchestral
music playing]

[puppy barks]

[laughs]

[puppy barks]

[Gump] Back then I had no idea

that this person would
change my entire life.

That he'd become my life.

That first look,

that first smell is never
forgotten in any dog's life.

[gentle piano music playing]

Humans talk to each
other with their eyes

and this person saw in my eyes

that we would not leave
our brother there like that.

That man had a good heart,

but didn't know
much about puppies,

because these brown sticks
that you call sausages...

they didn't stay
inside me very long.

[Gump farts]

And then a woman came along
with a very strong scent.

-[man] Good morning.
-[woman] Good morning.

It was like a bucket
of limp flowers in murky water.

Oh, he really stinks.

Is he sick or something?

Uh, he kind of pooped himself.

All right.

[Gump] You people live
in a world of constant exchange.

You swap paper for food
and basically everything else

on a daily basis,

and it feels to me that,
sometimes, even for yourselves.

Well, it's true, boy. You stink.

And why's that? Tell me.

Even the tiniest bit of luck
I come across has to be small,

and full of shit.

All right. Phew.

[Gump] But we dogs don't waste
time exchanging things.

When we make a choice,
we don't change our minds later.

[gentle, whimsical
piano music playing]

[birds singing]

A strange woman suddenly
put me in water.

That did not make me happy.

I thought I was a goner.

I stank like a pile of
lilies of the valley now.

I liked the way I smelled
before.

[animal bleats]

[puppy barks]

This is how I lived with my
new family for many days,

days full of light,

that turned into darkness
after a few quick blinks.

It felt like my body grew
every single night

and I'd wake up
stronger every morning.

[cheerful orchestral
music playing]

[yawns]

Where do you go
every night, boy?

The woman who lived with us
was called Veronika...

You should wash
yourself as well.

My boiler still
has hot water.

...and her dog's name
was Lily of the Valley.

First, I'll go to the gallery.

Her hands always
smelled of fish cakes,

so I started to call her
"Veronika Fish-Cakes."

And this guy, Fred, smelled a
little bit like goat droppings,

so I called him "Fred
Goatdroppings."

[sentimental guitar
music playing]

[laughs]

Whoop-la. [laughs]

This is a brush
I use for scrubbing my back.

I've got coffee ready!

She's been very nice to me
since I found you. [chuckles]

I wish I'd met you earlier.

Excuse me?

-I mean the boy here. [chuckles]
-Oh.

[crickets chirp]

One night, I started to feel

like this trailer park, full
of trailers, was my home now,

that I belonged here and that I
liked having the open sky above.

Well. [chuckles]

Come along. Come on.

[grunts] Let's go.

[chuckling] That's a good boy,
such a good boy.

The head is a magical
place for us dogs.

When we let a human
being touch our head,

it signifies the beginning
of a journey into our hearts.

The other place is right
by the base of the tail.

Somehow, it connects
to the eyes,

because when somebody
starts scratching me there,

my eyes close.

But the belly isn't
too bad either.

When we show you our bellies
when we lie on our back,

it means that we trust you
completely,

or we're getting there.

[hums]

Bom, bom. [howls]

Red light, you sit.

Okay.

And green light,

you lie down.

Lie down, okay.

And red light,

sit.

[sentimental rock music playing]

[growls]

We used to laugh every day and
I hoped it would never change.

[music stops]

[Fred] Now look at that, my
friend. This is the world.

What a sight, huh? [chuckles]

That's why I call it a gallery.

The best time is early in
the morning.

There isn't
a living soul here.

Everything wakes up.
Birds wake up, the smells, too.

Sometimes I'm so
concentrated on it,

I dive into it all,

that I completely forget
where I am. [chuckles]

-[Gump whines]
-And that's so beautiful.

Look, Freddie,

even though people wanted
to get rid of them,

these two beautiful dog souls
have found each other.

Isn't it beautiful?

I wonder what they're
talking about.

[chuckles]

You've never actually told me

the story of how you
found your girl.

Well, a crazy day.

It all started when
I missed the bus,

so I chose to walk
through the park

and suddenly, I heard
something just ahead.

It was like a baby
toy whistling.

It was so terribly faint.

And then I saw

a small, frightened
creature in the bushes

and I realized
that there was a

reason why I'd missed
the bus that day.

Freddie, I know in my heart

that this poor little doggie
summoned me into her life.

Did you try to find out
who she belonged to?

At least I'm sure that this boy
of mine didn't run away

from anyone who cared.

Dogs don't know
how to lock themselves in bags.

[Veronika] No, I didn't
try to find out.

I was afraid that they
might take her from me.

But I'm sure she didn't
have a good life.

We can never know for sure

what the poor thing
went through.

Dogs don't tell people
anything about other people,

but they do talk to each other.

-[dogs barking]
-[tense, gloomy music playing]

[door squeaks]

Every time that Lily
of the Valley

felt joy in this dark world,

it soon turned to pain.

[tense music builds]

Wait for me! Stop!

Come back! Stop! You hear me?

She just knew she had
to keep running...

Come back!

...even through a wall.

At that moment,

I realized how brave this
little dog grandmother was

and what surprised me was that,

after all the things
she'd lived through,

she still liked people.

-[music stops]
-[Fred] Come here.

I really wonder what
Dasha will think about

that new mutt of
yours. [laughs]

[Fred] What should she
think of him?

She'll just love
him. You'll see.

When she sees how much I love
him, she'll love him too.

Well, then we're talking
about a different Dasha.

[laughs]

I'm telling you
she'll love this dog!

Yeah.

What are you babbling about?

Look how great and
sweet and cute he is.

Do you think Dasha will be
pleased that you have a dog now?

What are you all talking about?

She's not here yet.

I'll think about it
when she comes.

But I won't talk about it
with you anymore.

[Fred] Hi.

Hello.

-What are you doing here?
-Well... [grunts]

Dasha's supposed to
be back today.

Dasha?

Oh dear.

[playful, whimsical
music playing]

-Hi.
-Hello.

Can I leave him with you today
just for a little while?

Dasha's coming back from the
hospital, you know.

You want to go to your auntie?

Freddie, that woman will
destroy you one day.

Just tell her you like the
little one and that's it!

I can't do that all of a
sudden, you know.

Do it for me, please.

-Give him here.
-Okay.

All right.

No,

I have to tell her little
by little, piece by piece.

-Strategically, you know.
-I see.

But how can you tell her little
by little that you have a dog?

[chuckles]

Come on, you know Dasha, right?

I sure do. [sighs]

[whimsical piano music]

He's a coward.

-[goat bleats]
-Yeah.

Come on, lazybones. Come on.

[strains]

[sighs]

Come here. Here.

-[sighs]
-[frogs croaking]

-[thunder faintly rumbles]
-[dramatic music playing]

When it started to rain,

it reminded me of the day when
we ended up in the trash can.

That memory is still inside me
somewhere. I'm not sure where.

I wish I could find that memory
and chew it up.

I don't want it
in my head.

[man shouts] What you
doing there?

And then a big guy in black
approached us.

The closer he got,
the stronger I felt

that it was me who had to
protect Fish-Cakes

and Lily of
the Valley.

-[thunder booms]
-[Gump whines]

Freddie, I'm... I'm so sorry.

The man stopped beating him
only when he stopped moving.

I didn't know what to do. I
was so afraid.

-He was a maniac.
-[Gump whines]

Darling, please
forgive me. Please.

Uh, let's take him
to the vet, then.

[vet] Well, it's

a concussion, that's for sure.

And this poor fellow
is bruised badly all over.

Who did it to him?

Was it you, mister?

-Me?
-Yeah.

Oh, doctor, he's like my...
he's like my family.

Well, he'll need a... a lot of
stitches...

and

it won't be, uh, very cheap, I'm
afraid.

I've got the money.

He deserves the
best possible care.

[woman] Where?

What vet?

Where did he find the money?

What vet is it? Where is it?

This is completely out of the
question.

What?

I can't believe it.
This can't be happening!

We've got nothing to eat

and you're spending
money on a dog?

How much was it?
How much did it cost, huh?

You should have left him there.

What the hell went
through your mind?

It was all the money you had!
There's absolutely nothing left!

I could never leave him there.
He was going to die.

-He's become my best friend.
-Your best friend?

Are you seriously telling me
that a mutt is your best friend?

-Are you out of your mind?
-We've been happy together.

Dashenka!

Well, you've successfully
managed to piss me off!

But I thought that maybe,

you know, we would
bring him up together.

Yeah, no thanks.

Bringing you up is hard enough,
because you're incorrigible.

Dasha, please, I beg you.
I'll earn it back, the money.

"I'll earn it back.
I'll earn it back."

So far you haven't
earned a single cent.

All you have
is the pocket money I give you,

so I won't hold my breath.

I should have stayed in the
hospital.

That's right, in the hospital.
I should have died there!

Dasha, don't say that!

Please, don't say that!

Dasha...

Dasha!

I was really looking forward
to seeing you!

-Give me a break.
-Come here.

Too bad she didn't stay there,
right?

Come on, that's it. Up we go.

Okay.

Lily of the Valley, come on.
Let's go home.

Come here!

Come here!

[whimsical string music playing]

I don't know how to tell you
this, buddy,

but it looks like...

looks like I won't be able to
keep you.

Dasha made it very clear to me
that if I decide to keep you,

she's going to leave me

and I probably won't

be able to survive that.

You see,

when my wife kicked me out,
I ended up on the street...

so I just wandered around.

[sighs]

If I hadn't met Dasha,
I wouldn't be alive now.

Dashenka... She made me feel
like I still belonged somewhere.

That I'm still a man who
somebody needs.

Oh, why am I even explaining
this to you?

You can't understand me anyway.

And that's when I think it
happened.

We were just staring
at each other

and Fred suddenly realized I
could understand

every single word.

Go.

[sighs]

And stay outside.

You can't win love by
force or fear.

Love is something pure,
cheerful and free.

But human love is
not like dog love

with only one path
leading to the heart.

[birds singing]

[sighs]

-[sighs]
-[wistful music playing]

Oh, you make it so hard for me.

I didn't sleep a wink all night.

I just can't say...

goodbye to you, you see?

You see, nobody has loved me
like you do in my entire life.

Nobody.

I know that you're a dog, my
friend,

but to me you're simply

human.

You're human to me.

-[Gump whines]
-[chuckles softly]

[inhales]

[sighs]

I really don't like it when one
so dear to my heart is sad.

It makes me feel sad, too.

But it occurred to me
at that moment

that my brave "Goatdroppings"

was ready to leave
everything behind...

Come on, let's go.

...just to be able
to stay with me.

Fred, where are you going?

Stop! Fred, come back!

-Let's go.
-Jesus, Freddie.

Freddie, stop.

-Frederick.
-Don't call me Frederick!

I'm sorry.

Freddie... [kisses]

I didn't mean it like that.

You know I love you.

I can no longer live without
you.

But this boy...

he's staying with us, you hear?

But I knew that if she
had a dog's tail,

he would have acted differently,
contrary to her words.

Of course he will.

[sentimental piano music
playing]

All right, then.

Come here. Come
here. Get up here.

Oh, what a starlight you are!

[slurring] Dear friends,
I just want to say,

Dashenka and I are so happy,

because we now have a boy
together, our boy.

So here's to our boy.

Here's to his health and beauty.

Long live our boy!

[Fred] One day he'll graduate
and become a college student

and then even the president!

[sings tunelessly] A dog jumped
Over a long, green...

meadow

[man sings drunkenly] And
then...

...then a hunter, ho!
Came behind him, right on up

-[man laughs drunkenly]
-[Fred] Ho!

And one day our boy will be a
doctor

or an engineer.

Here's to our little boy.

[sings] A small sausage was
eaten by a naughty little dog

Oh, my love!

So the cook then took
a wooden mallet

And hit him right
on the head

-Let me silence you with a kiss.
-[chuckles]

[man] All the dogs wept for him

They dug a little grave...

[Fred] Wait a second, wait.
We're really happy.

Well, the happiest
in the world!

Veronika?

-Well?
-We're happy.

-You've been blessed.
-[Dasha slurs] Right?

Do you think there's anyone up
there...

for me?

-Oh my God, why choose me?
-[man] So here's to your boy!

[Gump] When it was dark,
I was already very tired.

I don't even remember what show
was on in the sky that night.

[tense, melancholic
music playing]

[Dasha] Come on, come on!

[Gump whines faintly]

-[whispers] Come on, hurry up!
-I'm coming.

-[Dasha mumbles]
-[man grunts]

Move it!

Come on, faster!

-[metal creaks]
-Get on with it!

[man grunts] All right.

[Gump whimpers]

[Dasha] Shut it!

[music builds]

[Gump whimpers]

I could feel myself getting
further and further away

from my home,

and I was scared
I'd never see Freddie again.

He was my dad...

-Freddie, dear!
-...my master.

And if I could, I'd
sacrifice my life

for a single moment with him.

Come on, coffee's ready!
It'll do you some good.

Where's our boy?

Come on, I made you some eggs.

Is he with Veronika?

You were so happy yesterday.
Look at you now!

I had a lot of work to do, let
alone taking care of the dog.

Stop it, will you?

Hey, boy! Come here!

-Stop shouting!
-Hey!

[shushes] You'll wake everyone
up.

But it's not right. He always
wakes me up.

He says hello to
me until I get up.

Sit down.

Something must have
happened to him.

I'm sure he will come
back on his own.

He's probably exploring
around here somewhere.

Come on, what could happen to
him?

Come on, Freddie!

Eat!

I can't eat.

-[train rumbles]
-[gloomy music playing]

[Fred] Hey, boy!

Hey, boy!

Not everybody...

We can't just all go together.
We have to split up.

Hey, boy!

You're all still together!

Hey, boy!

[music builds]

[brakes squeal]

[Gump whines]

[Gump] The only thing I knew
was that I had to keep running,

like Lily of the Valley,

keep running in order
to save my life.

[music fades]

I see you're looking for him
real hard.

He's probably run away to find
some bitch.

Of course. And took his blanket
too.

So you've got it all figured
out, huh?

What did you do to him, you
witch?

Careful where you step
or you'll trip over.

[melancholic music playing]

I ran along that path, because
every path must lead somewhere

and if I ran along them all,

I'd definitely come
across the one that leads home.

-[crickets chirping]
-[birds singing]

Excuse me a moment.

Tuli, wake up.

-What happened?
-It's not my fault, you know.

-I know it's not.
-She made me.

-Who made you?
-Her!

[melancholic music continues]

I didn't know which way to run,

but deep down I felt that
this was the right way.

[whines]

[whines]

[pants]

[music fades]

Look at that. I didn't even name
him.

Oh, my dear boy.

When I found him, I didn't
know what to do with him

and now I don't know
what to do without him.

[emotional music playing]

[birds singing]

Each trash can probably belongs
to a different stray dog

and these two belonged to Max.

He was a punk of sorts,

someone who doesn't
think much of people.

I liked his name,

the fact that he had one
in the first place.

He was interested in my name,
too.

I told him it was
still waiting for me,

but I wouldn't
tell him where.

I was scared that he might
want to run there too.

Max saw how beaten-up I was,

but I didn't want to tell him
who'd done it to me.

I didn't want him to think
too badly of men.

What can I do? It's a principle
of mine.

He told me to be careful around
people

and cautioned me
about my dependence on them.

Max knew a dachshund
whose human friend had died.

His master had been the only
thing he had ever believed in.

He was his god,

and when that god died

and the dog realized
that he'd never see him again,

his pain was so unbearable
that he decided to go

and look for him
beyond the rainbow bridge.

They found him the following
day, dead as a doornail.

No one knew how it had happened,

but he'd probably found
his master that night.

I asked Max what the rainbow
bridge was.

I told him I would go
back and forth

across it and even
further still,

and that I didn't care
how far it was.

If it was true that every dog
really finds his master there,

then I must go too.

But Max told me I was still

too young for the
rainbow bridge,

and that I wouldn't come
across it until later,

and that the bridge is not in
this world,

and that my Freddie
is not there yet either.

He said it was a place where
my soul would go after I die.

And then I realized that the
rainbow bridge was just a road

to my heaven.

[light, cheerful music playing]

[music builds]

Max said he'd take me to a girl,

to Kate.

She takes care of other
beaten-up dogs

like myself.

My fur was full of
fleas and ticks.

They were all over me
like little stowaways.

Max, who did you bring to me?

Hi, who are you? Show me.

What have you got here?

Oh God, this doesn't
look good at all.

We will take you to
the vet, all right?

It was my first time in a moving
car.

It felt like I was
running this fast myself,

although I could probably
never quite manage that.

I started to enjoy the feeling.

[sentimental guitar music]

[silent]

A bit of cream...
Show me the belly, come on.

Her hands smelled like
meadow flowers...

All right. Good boy, yes.

...so I started to call
her Kate-Meadow.

[whimsical piano music]

[plays emotional tune]

[abruptly stops]

-[emotional tune resumes]
-Come here! Come here! Good boy!

There you go. Sit down.

We'll take a picture of
you for the papers

so that your owner
can find you.

Stay still!

Stay still!

You're so smart, aren't you?

What a good boy!

[rooster crows]

All that peace and quiet
was always punctuated

by the sounds of the forest.

I was like a real wild animal.
Like a hunter who doesn't hunt.

One day, on our way back,

we saw a huge, stinking pile of
manure.

Pedigree or not,

those females had
a bit of a mongrel in them, too.

[bell tolls]

It was a carefree time
and I regained my strength.

But then something stirred in my
heart,

something stronger
than this bit of dog luck.

My Freddie's waiting for me
out there somewhere.

[piano tune playing]

-Here's to music.
-[all] To music.

[Gump whines]

I knew I had to go.

A dog can say thanks
only with love

and that's what I felt
for the whole place.

I'll always think of them,

even on my way to
that rainbow bridge.

I know I'll think about them

even in heaven.

I was very hungry,

but I had Freddie in my head,
so there was no time to starve.

I have to run, follow my muzzle.

All right, I have to rest now.

I remembered Veronika
Fish-Cakes,

who'd put her hand on my head...

and started to pet me
when I was just a puppy.

[melancholic cello melody
playing]

[birds singing]

It was the moment just before
sunrise when I woke up.

I enjoyed the sunrise

and then I set out on my way
again.

I had gone some distance
when I smelled it:

flesh and blood.

I inhaled the scent deeply.

A small, run-over hare
who did not have a good morning.

Ah, this is bad, really bad.

Strange.

If he was running
across the field,

I might have chased
him for a while,

but I felt sorry for him,
seeing him like this.

So I started telling him the
story about the rainbow bridge,

the one that Max had taught me

and I felt that he suddenly
stopped being afraid of death.

I stayed there next to him
until I felt that he was gone.

That story yesterday...

about your dog...

it really affected me, really
moved me.

Father, I know it may sound
like blasphemy,

but for me he's not just a dog.

He's like my relative,
a brother or even a son.

[sighs] Is it a sin?

Where there is love, my friend,
there is no place for blasphemy.

No place for blasphemy.

Uh, you know

that sometimes even a dog

can do more for us
than our immediate family.

Have a look at our beautiful
organ.

What do you say to that?

They taught us at school
that the organ is like a woman.

It can be amazing, but also,

it can be pretty fake too.

No.

To us, they taught something a
little different, my friend.

When you touch an organ,
my friend, like this,

you immediately know whether
it is amazing or pretty fake.

But with some people,

you may never find out at all,
my dear friend.

[dreamy piano music playing]

[rooster crows]

Ah, another trash can.

It's sad how much food
you people throw away.

So many animals have to
die unnecessarily,

and you only take one
bite of their flesh.

If you don't like it,
you just throw it out.

Come here, little guy. Okay.

Oh, I got lost in
thought for a while

and now they're trying
to catch me again.

-Open the trunk.
-Got it.

[grunts] All right, up we go.
Good boy.

Okay, easy does it. There you
go.

-Okay
-Careful.

They took me to a shelter
and quarantined me.

It's a hospital for lost dogs.

They put stray dogs here till

people find out who
they belong to.

[woman] Good boy.

This one cried every night, ever
since they brought her here.

Her name was Mia.

She wouldn't talk to a single
dog,

but it was said that the man she
lived with wouldn't feed her

and that he made a living
by selling her little pups.

She could only hunt rats in a
shed where she stayed in winter.

She couldn't keep
one of the puppies warm enough

and it's now fighting for its
life.

She experienced the same
thing as Lily of the Valley,

so maybe they know each other.

[woman] We have to take her
to the vet for a shot.

[woman 2] Come on.
Okay, come on.

Look, she's exhausted.

Okay, go on.

[woman] It's gonna
be fine, come on.

We have to go
see the doctor.

These dog factories for
puppies...

How much sadness
their mothers must experience.

[woman] Good girl, come here.

[woman 2] It didn't
hurt, did it?

Okay, take the leash off.

-I will. All right.
-Good girl. Yeah.

[dog barks]

Take a look at this big boy.
He's kind of a tough guy!

He seems so strange to me. He's
so different from the others.

When he looks at me,
I feel like he understands me.

What shall we call him?

Hm,

I'd call him

Forrest Gump.

Oh, that's way too long.
Just call him Gump.

-Gump?
-Okay, then. Gump.

-What is that? Is that my name?
-Gumpie.

Was it waiting for me here?
Here in this shelter?

Oh, by the way, guys,

I heard that Mia's puppy has,
uh, crossed the rainbow bridge.

Mia must never learn about this.

[woman 2] Damn!

But maybe she can feel it

and that's why she's crying in
pain.

[melancholic piano music
playing]

Yeah, this girl is going to
save her. I can feel it.

Only people can take happiness
away from dogs

and only people can give it
back to them again.

[woman] Little Mia.

My quarantine was over now
and I was amongst those

who waited in the pen for their
masters.

But dogs never know

that their masters have left
them forever.

So, they just naively wait for
them there until the very end.

At the end of the row,
there was a single doghouse.

It housed Ron,

a huge Kangal that people used
for fights

while betting how fast he'd kill

the poor dog they had
thrown in with him.

He was lost in himself.

A huge, bearded man
would take him for walks.

Nobody else could hold him on a
leash.

If this dog shows up here by any
chance,

would you please leave a message
for me over at the vicarage?

-All right.
-Thank you.

-We'll see.
-I really appreciate it.

Come on, I'll show you one
more dog. Who knows,

maybe you will like him.

He's such a fast dog, you know?

Always running and chasing cars,

but nobody ever stopped.

Someone kicked him
out of the car, I guess.

His name is Melichar.

-All right, Melichar.
-[chuckles]

You really look just like him,
don't you, little one?

Come here.

I would take you right away.
[chuckles]

But I have to find
my boy, you know.

There's no more
room in my heart.

I'm so sorry.

You see, my little guy,
I can feel he's looking for me.

We have to find each other.

Buy something nice for him.

[laughs] Thank you so much,
thank you.

We were often disturbed
by the legs behind the fence.

Everyone started barking,
because they thought

their master was coming to
collect them.

But no old master ever came for
anyone,

so we just waited for new people

to come and choose
us from the pens.

He's a bit different.

We found him next to some trash
can.

It's as if he's still
looking for someone.

Isn't that right, Gump?

-So this is Gump?
-Yeah.

Gump, come here.

This is Naty. It's short for
Natalie.

[chuckles] I think he likes your
smell.

Her hands smelled like

those little strawberries
in the forest,

so I named her Naty-Strawberry.

All the dogs here thought
she was one of their own.

And she'd managed to
bring many of them

from the edge of the rainbow
bridge back to life.

We went out together a few times

and then she took my leash off
behind the shelter.

I'd have never run away from
Naty.

I'd have never left her there
alone.

One time we met Ron

and when he saw us,

he wanted to fight, fight to the
death.

-[dramatic music playing]
-[snarls]

And as his teeth were all around
us,

he bit Naty as well.

When they took me
back to the shelter,

they put me
next to Ron.

It wasn't the dog I used to
know,

the killer who the whole world
feared.

I felt something completely
different from Ron now,

as if that last
experience had put him

back on the path to
being a normal dog.

He could do nothing at all
but kill dogs back then.

People praised him for that
and he did it for them.

[plays bright melody]

Every time I heard footsteps
behind the fence,

I got up, all eager to see
who would open the gate.

And then I saw her,

the most beautiful girl
with tousled hair in the world.

Gumpie, come here!

Come!

Come here.

I'm sorry, Gumpie, that I
haven't been here for so long.

I had to stay in the hospital
for a while.

I told them it didn't hurt,
but they wouldn't listen to me.

You were so brave, Gumpie.
You're my hero, now and forever.

But I knew that my hero
was this little human girl

who seemed to be afraid
of nothing in this world.

I'm sorry, Gumpie,
I still have some work to do.

Naty said something to Ron,
but I didn't hear what it was.

She must have told him
something very important,

because ever since that moment,

Ron never attacked
another dog again.

There you go. I got you.

There you are.

You're gonna be fine.

I saved you. Huh? [laughs]

[whimsical piano music playing]

DOG AND CAT SHELTER

He looks like a teddy dog.

-[chuckles]
-Looks more like a goat.

I didn't know what to
think, but my tail...

my tail was afraid.

Go on and see. He's so cute.

Gumpie, you're so lucky too.

Well, I'll miss you, you smart
dog you.

Come on. You're going there
just for a few days.

It's just a little test

and we'll come and have a look
at you in no time.

And don't lose your scarf.
It really suits you. Come on.

[dog barks]

It'll be great.

You'll have a huge garden there
just for yourself, right?

And this beautiful, big
family...

Could you wait for half an hour?

A girl really wants to say
goodbye to him.

They're really close.

Yeah, we'll wait outside.

But nobody asks a dog
for his opinion.

Not every home is better
than this barred shed here

with a backyard
full of forgotten dog lives.

One can easily trust another
person who doesn't stink,

but smiles and owns a car.

It's that girl.

I had no time to say goodbye
to any of my friends,

-Naty included.
-Probably.

So off I went and I didn't know
where to.

They put me in the same place
as in Katy's car,

but right after we
left the shelter,

the guy threw me in the trunk.

[melancholic cello music ]

That's my stuffed animal.

Here's the big garden.

If anyone comes here,
bite him wherever you want.

Come here, come.

Come.

Up you go.

Whoops, all right.

All right.

A dog reads smells like words in
a book

and the dog that was
here before me

had written down his
whole life story,

as if he was still lying here

and telling me the
tale in my ear:

a distressed life on a chain,

waiting for the end to come.

[quiet, dispirited music
playing]

[foreboding music playing]

Every single hair in
that shed told me

how my own life would
end up, too.

Fortunately, my heart
was still full,

which really helped
me keep going.

I often saw Freddie and Naty in
my head,

all those beings living in my
heart.

"See you soon," I'd tell them.

I won't stay here
chained like this.

I will not wait here
for my rainbow bridge.

The woman from the shelter
stopped by again

with that girl.

They don't believe he ran away
from you.

I don't care what they believe.

Look at him.

If anyone sees how you treat
him, we will have to move out.

Leaving a dog in
a state like this

just because of some
potential burglars?

We can't even take him to the
vet. He knows you already.

He's micro-chipped.
They'll all know he's mine.

Jesus, look at his neck.

The chain has grown into
his skin. It's disgusting.

-Yuck.
-[scoffs]

Listen, get rid of him. Get rid
of him.

[mournful music playing]

So, my dear boy. [chuckles]

I'm sure you're having
a great time.

Hm.

A nice garden.

[Fred] You can go
wherever you want.

A dog bed in the hall,

another one in the living room.

You can even go into the
bedroom. [chuckles]

Everybody loves you.

They keep petting you and you
sleep.

You eat very well,

twice a day, in the
morning, in the evening...

maybe something extra.
[chuckles]

Just in case you're hungry.

[Gump whines]

[music becomes foreboding]

[Gump whimpers]

[Gump] Why can't I bite him now?

Why?

Who put it into my head that I
can't?

It would have saved my life,
but I couldn't do it.

And then I felt
his fat fingers

searching for something
under my skin.

[Gump whimpers]

He belongs to a bastard
from the village.

They locked him up later
and he left him there like this.

I saw the poor thing running
around. He's aggressive, though.

He's killed a few animals.

So you're a killer, are you?

He's in a bad state.

-Must have been through a lot.
-Well...

That man was really bad to him.

He tortured and beat him.

The whole village knew it,
but nobody did anything.

You know, doctor...

I don't want him to feel any
pain anymore.

I'll pay for the injection
and I'll bury him myself.

-It's gonna cost you 600.
-Of course.

But we'll take care
of the whole thing ourselves.

Is that so?

That's very kind of you.

[melancholic piano music
playing]

Oh, and his name was Gump.

You can write it on his sack,

so he doesn't go to heaven
without a name.

-Thank you, goodbye.
-Goodbye.

Why are you looking at me?

Do you want to tell me
something?

Don't worry,

it's not gonna hurt anymore.

Suddenly,

I felt that little bit of
strength which was still in me

start to fade.

You're gonna be all right, Gump.
We'll manage, brave boy.

I don't think Gump
is an actual killer, doctor.

Seemed like that man
was really suspicious.

I'm sure it was that guy
who did it to him.

[dog whines]

-Okay, okay, okay.
-[emotional music playing]

There were more dogs
that people found too old,

too sick or too stinky at the
vet clinic.

People didn't want them anymore.

But the dogs still
just talked about

how great it was with
those people

and how they miss them,
the people that hurt them.

Dog souls are not only
full of endless love for people,

but also full of endless
naivety.

Come in.

For dogs like myself,

who were supposed to be
in heaven already,

different rules apply.

A certain Dita used
to come to us.

She'd pay for vials called
"life"

and she kept looking for people

who would take care
of some old, broken-down dogs.

[doorbell rings]

[barks]

-Hello.
-Hi.

But I felt so silly around her
from the very beginning.

Is that how you welcome a
visitor, Bella?

Her painted hands kept stroking
my head

and in her eyes I saw something
I'd seen only in animals before:

pain and fear of people
as if she wasn't human at all,

as if she was a dog like me.

[woman] What is it, Bella?

Gump?

Gumpie. Gumpie!

Do you want to come to me?

All right, then. Come up.

You don't have to tell me twice
to jump onto a bed.

It's one of the good
things about dogs.

-Good dog.
-You show him a duvet,

he acts like he's been doing
it since he was a puppy.

This is fun, isn't it?

Her feet smelled like biscuits
for people,

so I started to call her
Christine-Biscuit.

[sprightly music playing]

I need to get to work.

Be good, okay?

This female dog was called Bella

and before Biscuit adopted her,

she'd lived without human love,
locked up in an old building.

She was a bit jealous of me,

as she thought I was after her
home at Biscuit's place,

but I didn't want that at all.

My home was with Freddie.
That calmed her down.

-[door slams]
-[Bella whines]

Gump?

I've been nervous all day,

but it was completely
unnecessary.

[sentimental guitar music
playing]

When man laughs, his dog laughs
with him

with his whole body.

He bends his hind legs so much

that his butt
touches the ground,

bulges out his eyes
and pulls out his tongue,

and starts running like crazy
until absolute exhaustion.

Freddie! Freddie!

I've found him! I've found your
dog!

I'm calling. I'm calling.

Here, here, let me
do it. I'll try.

[groans] Well, it's busy now.

I'll keep trying.

That shiny thing that makes
voices,

how often it made Biscuit
unhappy.

Dogs really hate it when the

person they're
connected to cries.

-It makes them suffer too.
-I'm happy you're here.

It's worse than being cut
by a sharp knife.

I don't know what I'd do without
you two.

[banging]

[dramatic music playing]

Bella, come, hurry up.

Come on.

I could smell him even through
the door.

I remembered that smell from
Freddie.

That smell when one drinks so
much

that one starts smelling
like the drink itself.

[muffled struggling]

If he kills her, it'll
be my fault.

So I went against everything

that I'd been taught and
trained to do my entire life.

If my own life had
been at stake,

I don't think I could
have done it,

but my person's life
means so much more to me.

I don't know what happened,

but my mouth was suddenly full
of that man's blood.

Gump, you shouldn't have done
that.

He's gonna kill you.

[sighs]

Yeah, you can't stay here now.

[melancholic music playing]

So, my brother doesn't want you,
Gump.

I've never asked him for
anything.

But what do we do now?

We should probably call Dita.
What do you think, puppy?

I had really rather not.

All right, let's do it anyway.

I'll take him just for a few
days.

I'm too busy. I don't have
time to look after a mutt.

He's a good guy. You don't have
to be scared of him.

He's just a bit lost, you see?

He's got his work
and cares about nothing else.

Gumpie,

teach my brother how to live.

[sighs]

All right.

Fine.

[sighs]

[Gump barks]

I didn't understand
this person's life at all.

He'd shut himself in
this glass shed

as if he'd tied a
chain to himself.

He didn't laugh.
He wasn't happy.

He didn't notice the world
around him.

You can't fool around like this.

His life was like this
apartment,

cold and empty.

It makes me nervous.

I can't work like that. Get it?

[gentle, cheerful music playing]

All right, come here.

Stay. Stay.

Gump.

Come here, come.

Come on, move it.

Well, I'm ready, okay?

What should I tell
people at work?

That you refused to go the
bathroom?

I'm begging you,
choose a nice spot there, huh?

Perfect.

Thanks.

I've met a lot of dogs
who were once fun and relaxed,

but who became cold and boring

after living with such a wet
blanket for some time.

But I've met more of those

who've managed to set
their masters free,

get him out of his shed,

and they even managed to take

that chain of unimportant
worries off him.

Dogs hate being alone.

It depresses them.

Waiting for the loneliness to
end is the fate of all dogs,

but every time this man came
back,

let me call him Nut
for he ate almost nothing else,

that loneliness was still there.

[gentle, cheerful music
continues]

But when you live with a person,

you either start changing,

according to the
rules of his world,

or you change
his world for him.

So I started showing
Nut all the things

that he just couldn't see.

Here.

[Fred] I'm so sorry, Father,
for waking you up so early,

but I had no other way.

It's kind of you to take me
there.

Thank you so much. I really
appreciate it.

Thank you.

Okay, here we go.
Let's try it again. Stop.

We'll go for a walk, Gump.

Okay? Go.

-[emotional rock music playing]
-Hey, hold on Gump! Wait!

Gump! Gump, hold on!

Gump, wait a minute! Please!

[mouthing]

[Nut] A friend.

It's a friend!

-Okay, have a nice day.
-Bye.

Goodbye.

Why are dogs so addicted to
human love?

Why do we need so badly
to give them our love?

And as I was asking myself
that question, I realized why.

We're here to protect people,

but not in the way some
of you may think,

not just to protect
your backyard or garden.

We mainly protect your heart

and show you that love is the
only possession in this world

that cannot be stolen.

We show you the only meaningful
thing on this planet.

-[Fred] Good morning.
-Good morning.

We're here because of your ad.

Have you by any chance seen this
dog?

-[sniffles]
-[gentle music playing]

I'm so sorry. [sobs]

[sighs]

Come. Come.

You people are like actors.

That's something
we've got in common.

-Good afternoon.
-Good afternoon.

I think he liked her.

-Good afternoon.
-Hello.

I don't want to boast,

but she was interested in me
more than in Nuttie,

and he knew it.

What a nice coincidence, right?

Running into each
other all the time.

He wanted to use me for bait
like a worm on a fishing hook.

Man is able to do such
incredible things,

as opposed to animals.

He can fly without wings,
put life or death inside vials,

he can make almost anything,

but all this knowledge somehow
stirs his head up so much

that he forgets
even the simplest,

and most ordinary things.

[sentimental piano music]

Come here, come on.

[sighs] You haven't been here
for a long time.

My Kuba passed away.

You've got to make a quick
decision. They're in demand now.

It's been one phone-call after
another since the morning.

Um...

And what about someone
who's not in demand?

Melichar is a loser
of some sorts.

Okay, I'll have a look at him.

Fine.

[dogs barking]

He's over there at the back.

Come here, don't be shy.

-Melichar.
-Melichar?

[chuckles] Melichar.

You're really nice, actually.

He really is. He's just been
unlucky.

-[sentimental music playing]
-Okay, you've got to wait.

-Hi.
-Hi!

-[chuckles]
-Gump.

Hey look, I've got
a little something for you.

-[gasps]
-Right here.

He's so cute. Oh, my God.

Hey! Come here.

[cat meows]

[grunts]

Oh no! [yells]

[grunts]

[gentle piano music playing]

So that's been my life so far.

I don't know
where my dog roads take me next,

but I know one thing for sure.

I'll find Freddie one day.

I don't know if in this world
or beyond the rainbow bridge,

but I will.

I also wanted to share my story
with you

and show you how what
to you would seem

like one ordinary canine life

might be extraordinary
for the dog in question.

We feel love in the
same way you do,

and we need it as
much as you do.

[emotional rock music playing]

[gasps]

No way!

-Hi there, sis.
- Hey, when can I come for Gump?

Hang on, just a second.
[chuckles]

You don't have to hurry.

Gump is kind of nice. I think
I can handle him for a while.

I got contacted by a girl
who knows Gump's old owners.

Wait.

Hold on.

Where are they from?

From Velvary, the
local vicarage.

From so far away?

I don't understand
how he managed to run that far.

[sighs]

Let them come for him then.
Why should you take him there?

-I can't reach them.
-[sighs] All right, I see.

-See you later.
-Bye.

Bye.

[sighs]

[chuckles]

Don't worry. Soon, you're gonna
be with your family, buddy.

Look.

I've never noticed this heart
shape on the side before.

How can that be?

[chuckles] Yeah.

You've been giving me your heart
all this time, haven't you?

[gentle music playing]

And I kept praying that someone
would come looking for you.

I guess it's too late to repay
you now.

-[mouthing]
-[emotional music]

[organ picks up melody]

[music stops]

Hey, boy!

My little boy! [laughs]

[music resumes and swells]

Every end is
the beginning of something new,

as a matter of fact.

Every dog's life changes and
flies by much faster than yours.

I've been lucky.

I've found my human,

but there are a lot of dogs,
a lot of Gumps,

who are still waiting
in the shelter for their human

in order to give him
their whole world.

Give them a chance
to teach you how to live.