All language subtitles for Gump.Uma.Licao.de.Vida.2021.1080p.WEB-DL.x264.DUAL

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 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.

I felt something evil
the night they took us from our mum.

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.

My brother below me
was completely rigid.

He suffocated.

We 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 dustbin
in the first place?

Why?

I realized that “why“
was a human word

that only people know the answer to.

Back then I had no idea that this
person would change my whole life.

That he’ll become “my life“.

That first look, that first smell

is never forgotten in any
dog’s life.

People talk to humans with
their eyes.

And this person saw in my eyes

that we couldn’t 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

didn’t stay inside me very long.

PUPPIES FOR SALE FOR ANYTHING

Then a woman came along
and with her a very strong scent.

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

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

Oh dear, he stinks.

Isn’t he ill?

Well, he’s pooped a bit.

Alright.

You people live in the 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.

Yes, it’s true, boy, you stink.

Why’s that? Tell me.

Even that tiny bit of luck I come
across has to be small

and full of shit.

Alright. Phew.

But we dogs don’t waste time
exchanging things.

When we make a choice,
we don’t change our mind later.

A strange woman suddenly put me
in water, and all the comfort was gone.

I thought I was a goner.

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

The previous smell
was actually better.

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

Days full of light which turns into
darkness after a few quick blinks.

It felt like my body grew
every single night

and I’d wake up stronger
every morning.

Where do you go each night, man?

The woman who lived with us
was called Veronika.

You should wash yourself as well.
I’ve got hot water in the boiler.

And her dog’s name
was Lilly-of-the-valley.

I’ll go to the gallery first.

Her hands smelled of fish cakes,

so I started to call her
Veronika Fishie.

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

so I named him Fred Goatdropping.

Whoop-la.

This is a brush for scrubbing myself.

Coffee’s ready!

She’s been very nice to me
since I found you.

I wish I’d met you earlier.

I beg your pardon?

-I mean the boy here.
-I see.

One night I sort of felt

that this carpark full of wheel-less
cars is my home.

That I belong here
and that I like the open sky above.

Well.

Come along.

Come on, come here.

The head is a magical place for us.

When we let a human being
touch our head,

it signifies the beginning of
a journey to our heart.

The other place is at the end
of the tail near the bum.

It’s somehow interconnected
with the eyes.

Because when somebody starts
scratching me there, my eyes close.

But the belly isn’t bad either.

When we show the belly lying
on our back,

one is either in our heart completely,
or very close to it.

Bum, bum.

Red light,

you sit.

Okay.

Green light,

you lie down.

Lie down, okay.
Red light,

you sit.

We used to laugh every day
and I prayed it’d never change.

You see, dear friend? This is the world.
What a sight, isn’t it?

That’s why I call it a gallery.

The best time’s early in the morning,
there’s not a living soul here.

Everything wakes up,
birds wake up, scents too.

Sometimes I think so much
and dive into it all

that I completely forget
why I came here.

And that’s so beautiful.

Look, Freddie,
how those two beautiful dog souls

people wanted to get rid of
have found each other.

Isn't it beautiful?

I wonder what they're talking about.

You’ve never told me
how you found your girl.

Well, it was a silly day.

I even missed the bus,
so I walked through the park.

And suddenly I heard something.

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.

Freddie, I’m sure that this poor little
doggie summoned me into her life.

Did you try to find out
who she belonged to?

I'm at least sure that this boy
of mine didn't run away from anyone.

-Dogs don’t lock themselves in bags.
-No, I didn’t try to find out.

I was afraid that they might
take her from me.

But she surely didn’t have a good life.

We'll never know
what the poor thing went through.

Dogs don't tell people anything
about people,

but they talk to each other.

Every time Lilly-of-the-valley was happy
about something in this dark world,

it soon turned into pain.

Wait for me! Stop!
Come back! Stop!

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.

Come here.

I wonder what Dasha
will think about that new mutt.

What should she think about him?
She'll just love him.

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

We’re talking about
a different Dasha then.

-I'm telling you she'll love him!
-Yeah.

What are you blabbing about?
Look how great and cute he is.

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

What’re you all talking about?
She’s not here yet.

I’ll think about it
when she comes back.

But I won’t confide in you lot.

Hello.

Hi.

-What are you doing here?
-Well…

Dasha’s supposed to be back today.

Dasha. Oh dear.

-Hello.
-Hello.

Can I leave him with you today?

Dasha’s coming back from
the hospital, you see?

Will you 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.

Do it for me, please.

-Give him here.
-Alright then.

I have to tell her little by little,
strategically, you know.

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

Come on, you know Dasha, don’t you?

I do.

He’s a coward.

Yeah.

Come on, lazybones.

Come here.

When it started to rain,
it reminded me of the day

when we ended up in the dustbin.

It’s still inside me somewhere,
but I don’t really know where.

I wish I could find that memory and
chew it up, I don't want it in my head.

What’re 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
Fishie and Lily-of-the-valley.

Freddie, I’m so sorry.

The man stopped beating him
only when he stopped moving.

I didn’t know what to do,
he was a maniac.

Darling, please forgive me.
Please.

Let’s take him to the vet.

Well, it’s concussion for sure.

And he’s really badly bruised.

Who did it to him?
Was that you?

-Me?
-Yeah.

Doctor, he’s like my family.

He’ll need a lot of stitches.

And it won’t be cheap.

I’ve got money.

He deserves the best care possible.

PRIVATE VETERINARY CLINIC

Where?

At what vet?
Where did he find the money?

What vet is it?
Where is it?

This is out of the question. What?

I can’t believe it, I must be dreaming!

We’ve got nothing to eat and we’re
supposed to spend money on a dog?

How much did it cost?
How much did it cost?

Why didn’t you leave him there?

It was all the money you had!

I could never leave him there.
He's my best friend.

Who is your best friend?

A mutt? Are you nuts?

-We’ve been happy together, Dashenka.
-Don't make me mad!

But I thought we would
bring him up together.

No, bringing you up is hard enough,
because you’re uneducable.

Dasha, please,
I'll earn the money back.

What will you earn?
You haven't earned a penny so far.

You’ve just saved it
from the pocket money I used to give you.

I should have stayed in the hospital.
I should have died there!

Dasha, don't say that!
Do not say that, Dasha.

Dasha!
I was really looking forward to you!

Come here.

Too bad she didn't stay there, right?
Come on, alright.

Okay.

Lily-of-the-valley,
come on, let's go home.

Boy!

Come here!

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

But it looks like I can't keep you.

Dasha made it clear to me
that if I do,

she will leave me.

And I probably
wouldn't survive that anymore.

You see,

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

So I just wandered around.

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

Dashenka made me feel
like I still belonged somewhere.

That I'm still a man
who somebody needs.

Why am I even explaining this to you?

You can’t understand me anyway.

And that's when I think
it actually happened.

We were just staring at each other.

And Fred suddenly realized I could
understand every single word.

Go now.

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.

Oh boy, 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?

Nobody has loved me more than you
do in my entire life.

Nobody.

I know that you’re a dog, my friend.

But to me, you’re

human.

My dear human being.

I really don't like it
when the person of my heart is sad.

It makes me feel sad, too.
But it occurred to me at that moment

that my brave Goatdropping
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 so sorry.

Freddie,

I didn’t mean it like that.

You know I love you.

I can no longer live without you.

But this boy will stay with us,
I'm telling you!

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

he would have acted differently,
contrary to her words.

Of course he will.

Alright then.

Come here.
What starlight you are!

Dear friends,

Dashenka and I are so happy
because we have a boy together.

Our boy.

So here’s to the boy,
here’s to his health and beauty.

-Here’s to him!
-Long live our boy.

One day he will graduate
and become a college student.

And then even the president!

A dog jumped over oat

and a green meadow too.

A hunter behind him

with a feather or two.

And our boy will be a doctor
or an engineer.

If it doesn't rain, we won't get wet.

Cheers to our boy.

A small sausage eaten by a doggie.

Mum!

And the cook hit him with
a wooden mallet.

Let me silence you with a kiss.

All the doggies wept.

Digging a grave for him.

Wait.
We are really happy.

-Well, the happiest in the world!
-Veronica.

-Right?
-We’re happy.

-You’ve been blessed.
-Right.

Do you think there’s anyone up there?
For me?

Jesus Christ, why me?

So here’s to your boy!

When it was dark,
I was already very tired.

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

Come on!

-Come on, hurry up!
-Oh.

Move it!

Faster!

-Get on with it!
-Alright.

Shut it!

My home at Freddie’s place kept running
away from me under my paws

and I was scared
I’d never see him again.

Freddie!

He was my dad, my God.

And if I could, I’d sacrifice my life
for a single moment with him.

Come on, coffee’s ready!
It will do you good.

-Where's our boy?
-Come on, I made you some eggs.

Isn't he with Veronica?

You should’ve seen yourself yesterday.
Look at yourself now!

I had a lot of work with you,
let alone taking care of the dog.

Stop it, will you?
Boy! Laddie!

Stop shouting!
Hush, you’ll wake everyone up.

It’s impossible.
He wakes me up every morning,

he says hi to me.

-Sit down.
-Something must have happened to him.

Come on, what could happen to him?

He will come back on his own. And if not,
he must be around here somewhere.

Come on, eat!

Eat!

I can’t eat.

Boy!

Boy!

But not everybody!

We can’t all go together.
We’ve got to split up.

Boy!

You’re all together again.
Boy!

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.

-I see you’re looking for him so hard.
-He’s run away to a bitch anyway.

Sure, and took his blanket with him.

You're kind of smart, aren't you?

-What did you do to him, you bitch?
-Jesus, give me a break.

Watch your step or you’ll trip over.

I have to run along this path, because
every path must lead somewhere.

And if I run along them all,
I’ll definitely

come across the one that leads home.

Wait a minute.

-Tuli, wake up. What happened?
-It’s not my fault.

-I know it’s not.
-She…

-Who?
-Her!

I didn't know which way to run,

but deep down I felt
it was the right way.

See, I didn’t even give him
a proper name.

Oh, 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.

Each dustbin probably belongs to
another 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.

That’s a principle of mine.

He told me to be careful around people.
And about my dependence on them.

Max knew a dachshund
whose human friend had died.

His master was the only thing
in this world he ever believed in.

He was his god.

And when that god died

and the dog realized
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,
as dead as a doornail on the street.

No one knew how it happened to him,

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 every dog really finds his
master there, I need to go that way.

But Max told me I was still too young
for the rainbow bridge,

and that I wouldn’t cross it
until much 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.

CAUTION - WATCH FOR TRAINS

Max said he’d take me to a girl.

To Kate. She takes care of
equally beaten-up dogs

like myself.

My fur was full of fleas and ticks.

They were hidden inside me
all this time like stowaways.

Max, who did you bring to me?
Hi, who are you? Show me.

What have you got here?

Jesus, this doesn't look good at all.
We'll take you to the doctor, alright?

It was my first time in a moving car.

It felt like I was running this
fast myself,

although I could never manage that.

And I started to enjoy the feeling.

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

Her hands smelled
like meadow flowers.

So I started to call her Kate Meadow.

Alright.

Come here! Come here!
Good boy!

Sit down, we'll take a picture of you
for the papers

so that your master can find you.

Stay!

Stay!

You’re so smart.

Good boy!

All that peace and quiet was always
disturbed 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.

Well, pedigree or not,

those dog girls had a bit
of a mongrel in them, too.

It was a carefree time
which gave me a lot of strength.

But then something stirred in my heart.

Something stronger than
this piece of dog luck.

My Freddie’s waiting for me
somewhere.

-Cheers to your beautiful music.
-To music.

So I couldn't stay there.

A dog can say thanks only with love.

And that’s what I felt
for the whole place.

I will 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 for starvation.

I have to run, follow my muzzle.

Alright, calm down.

I remembered Veronica Fishie,

who’d put her hand on my head

and start petting me
when I was a puppy.

It was the moment
before heaven ignites. I woke up.

I waited a while
for the light above my head

and then set out again.

I covered some distance

and then I smelled it.

Flesh and blood.
I inhaled the scent deep within.

A small run-over hare
who didn’t have a good morning.

This is bad, really bad.

Strange, if he was running across
the field, I might chase him for a while,

but I felt sorry for 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.

We lay there next to each other
for a while

and then I felt he wasn't there anymore.

That yesterday's story

about the dog,

it really, really moved me.

Father, I know
it may sound like blasphemy,

but for me it's not just a dog.

He’s like my relative,
a brother or a son.

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

This is not blasphemy.

You know,

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 pretty fake.

Well, they taught us something
little different.

When you touch an organ,

you immediately know
whether it is amazing or fake.

But with some people you may never
find out.

Oh, another dustbin.

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.

Oh, I got lost in thought for a while
and they’re trying to catch me again.

-Open the boot.
-Sure.

Alright, good boy.

Careful.
Fine.

-Watch out.
-Alright.

They took me to a shelter
and quarantined me.

It’s a hospital for dog souls.

They put stray dogs there
before people find out who they are.

This one cried every night.
Ever since they brought her here.

Her name was Mia.
She didn't talk to any 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 children.

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

She didn’t make one of
the puppies warm enough

and it’s now fighting for its life.

She experienced the same thing
like Lily-of-the-valley,

so maybe they know each other.

We have to take her
to the vet for a jab.

Come here, Millie.

Come, we have to see the doctor.

Those dog factories for puppies.

How much sadness their mums
must experience.

Good girl, come here.

It didn’t hurt, did it?
Take the leash off.

I will. Alright. Good girl.

I WILL WAIT IN THE SQUARE AT 12 P.M.
EVERY DAY. I WILL GIVE ANYTHING.

PRINTING HOUSE

This new one is kind of headstrong,
isn't he?

He seems so strange to me,
he’s so different from the others.

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

What shall we call him?

I’d call him Forrest Gump.

It’s too long.
Just Gump then.

Gump?

Alright, Gump.

What is it?
Is that my name?

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

Mia’s puppy has crossed
the rainbow bridge by the way.

Mia must never learn this.

Damn!

But maybe she can feel it.
And she's just crying with pain.

Yeah, this girl will save her,
I can feel it.

Only man can take happiness
away from dogs,

and only man can give it back
to them again.

Little Mia.

My quarantine was over
and now 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.

With Ron living in it.

A huge kangal that people used
for fights while betting

how fast he’d kill the poor dog
they had thrown to him.

He was lost in himself.

A huge, bearded man
would take him for walks.

Nobody else could hold him
on the leash.

If this dog showed up here by
any chance,

please leave a message for me
at the vicarage.

-Alright.
-Thank you.

-We'll see.
-Goodbye.

Come on, I'll show you one more
dog, you will like him.

He's such a tramp, too.
He kept running around here after cars,

but nobody ever stopped.

Someone threw him out of the car,
I guess. His name is Melichar.

Alright, Melichar.

You really look like him.
Come here.

I’d take you at once.

But I have to find my boy, you know,
there’s no more room in my heart,

you see.

I can feel he’s looking for me too,
you know.

We have to find each other.

Buy something nice for him.

Thank you, thanks.

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.

We just waited for new people

to choose us from the pens.

He’s a bit different,
we caught him next to some dustbins.

It’s as if he’s still looking for someone.
Is that right, Gump?

-So this is Gump?
-Yeah.

Gump, come here.

This is Naty. Natalia, you know?

He likes your smell, I suppose.

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.

We met Ron once.

And when he saw us,

he wanted to fight,
fight to the death.

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
of 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.

Every time I heard footsteps
behind the fence, I started,

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 here.

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

I had to stay in hospital for a while.

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

You were so brave, Gumpie.
You are my hero.

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 though,

because ever since that moment
Ron never attacked another dog again.

Alright.

Well, it’s fine now.

Alright, you’ve been rescued.

DOG & CAT SHELTER

He looks like a teddy dog.

More like a goat.

I didn't know what to think.
But my tail, my tail was afraid.

Come on, he’s so cute.

Gumpie, so you’re lucky too.
I’ll miss your smart head so much.

You're going there just for a few days,
it’s just a 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.

You’ll have a huge garden just
for yourself.

And this beautiful, big family.

Could you wait for half an hour?
A girl wants to say goodbye to him.

Yeah, we'll wait outside.

But nobody asks the 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.

That must be the girl over there.

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

Probably.

So off I went and didn't know where.

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

but right behind the shelter,
the guy threw me in the trunk.

-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.

Whoop-la. Alright.

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.

Every single hair in that shed told me
how my own was supposed to end, too.

Fortunately, my heart is still so full.
It really helps me now.

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 won't wait here
for my rainbow bridge.

The woman from the shelter stopped
by again. Even with that girl.

They don’t believe that
he ran away from you.

I don't care what they believe.

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

Another 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, the chain has grown into
his skin, it’s disgusting.

Yuck.

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

Alright, dear boy,

I’m sure you’re having a blast.

A nice garden.

You can go wherever you want.

A dog bed in the hall,
another one in the living room.

And you can even go to the bedroom.

Everybody loves you.

They keep stroking you,
and you sleep.

And eat so well. Twice a day,
in the morning, in the evening,

and perhaps something extra
just in case you were hungry.

Why can’t I bite him now?
Why not?

Who put it in 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.

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 the village.

He’s aggressive though,
he’s killed a few animals.

So you’re a killer, aren’t you?

He’s in a bad state,
he must have been through a lot.

Well, that man was really bad
to him.

He tortured him, 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’ll be 600 crowns.
-Sure.

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

Really?

Alright, how kind of you.

Oh, and his name was Gump.

You can write it on his sack, so he
doesn’t go to heaven without a name.

-Thanks, bye.
-Bye.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Do you want to tell me something?

Don’t worry.

It won’t hurt anymore.

Suddenly I felt how that little bit of
power which was still in me

started to wane.

You’ll be alright, Gump.
We’ll manage, brave boy.

I don’t think Gump is an actual killer.
That man was really suspicious.

I’m sure it was him
who did it to him.

Okay, okay, okay.

There were more dogs

that people found too old, too sick
or too stinky at the vet clinic.

They didn’t want them anymore.

But the dogs still just talk 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.

This is your new mistress.

A certain Dita used to come to us,
she’d pay for vials called “Life“

and kept looking for people

who could take care of our broken souls.

-Hi.
-Hello.

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.

What is it, baby?

Gump?

Gump!

Do you want to come to me?
Alright, come.

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

That’s a great advantage of a dog.

Once you show him a duvet,

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

Her feet smelled like biscuits
for people.

So I started to call her
Christine Biscuit.

I’m going to work.

Be good.

This dog girl 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.

Gump?

I’ve been nervous all day,
but it was completely unnecessary.

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!

I’ve found him!

-I’m calling.
-I’ll try it.

Well, it’s busy.

I’ll keep trying.

This shining plate from which
voices can be heard

often made Biscuit unhappy.

Dogs really hate it when the person
they’re connected to cries.

It makes them suffer too.

It’s worse than a sharp knife
running through your skin.

You’re both my darlings.
I don’t know what I’d do without you.

Bella, come, hurry up.

I could smell him even from
behind the door.

I remembered that smell from Freddie,

when one drinks so much that one
starts smelling like that drink itself.

If he kills her, it’ll be my fault.

So I stood against my soul for the
very first time,

against something that had been
forbidden within my whole being.

If my own life had been at stake,
I wouldn’t 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 guy’s blood.

Gump, you shouldn’t have.

He’s gonna kill you now.

You can’t stay here.

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, right?

I don’t really want to though.

Alright, 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 boy,
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.

Gump,

teach my brother how to live.

Alright.

Fine.

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

He’d shut himself in this glass shed
and 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, do you understand?

Alright, come here.

Stay.

Gump.

Come here, come.

Move it.

I’m ready.

What should I tell the people at work?
That I had to wait for your pellet?

Choose a spur-stone, please.

Perfect.

Thanks.

I’ve met a lot of once cool
and relaxed dogs

who became cold and boring

after living with such a wet blanket
for some time.

But I’ve met more of those

who managed to set their master
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 is the fate of all dogs,
waiting for the loneliness to end,

but every time this boy came back,

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

that loneliness was still there.

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 he couldn’t see.

Here.

I’m so sorry, Father,
for waking you up so early,

but I can’t get through.

It’s so kind of you to take me there.
Thank you very much.

Okay, let’s try it.
We’ll go for a walk, Gump.

Wait, Gump! Gump!

Gump!

Gump, wait! Please!

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 to give them
our love so much?

And as I was asking myself
this question, I did realize why.

We are here to protect people. But not
in the way some of you may think,

not because we don’t want your
bike to be stolen from the 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.

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

We’re here because of your ad.

Do you know this dog?

I’m so sorry.

Come.

You people are like actors.
That’s something we’ve got in common.

Good afternoon.

I think he liked her.

-Hello.
-Hi.

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 so much

that he forgets even the simplest
and most ordinary things.

Come here, come.

-You haven’t been here for a long time.
-My Kuba is dead.

You’ve got to make a quick decision,
they’re in demand now.

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

And what about someone who’s
not in demand?

-Melichar, he’s a loser of sorts.
-Okay, I’ll have a look at him.

Fine.

He’s over there at the back.

Come, show yourself.

-Melichar.
-Melichar? Melichar?

-You’re really nice, actually.
-He is, he’s just unlucky.

Okay, you’ve got to wait.

-Hi.
-Hello.

-Gump.
-I’ve got something for you here.

Gee, he’s so cute. Jesus.
Hi! Come here.

Oh dear!

So this has 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 show you
with my story

how one ordinary canine life
for you, people,

may be so extraordinary for the dog
in question.

We feel love in the same way you do,
and we need it as much as you do.

Christ alive!

-Hi, sis.
-When can I come for Gump?

Hang on,
you don’t have to hurry.

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

A girl who knows the people who
owned Gump has got in touch.

What? Wait.

And where are they from?

-From Velvary, the local vicarage.
-From so far away?

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

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

-I can’t reach them.
-Alright, I see.

-See you later.
-Bye.

Bye.

You’ll soon be with your family, mate.

I see.

I’ve never noticed this heart of yours
on the side before.

How is that possible?

Yeah.

You’ve been giving me
your heart all this time,

and I kept praying
someone would come for you.

I guess it’s too late now
to repay you for all that.

Boy!

My boy!

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 man.

But there’re a lot of dogs,
a lot of Gumps,

who are still waiting in the shelter
for their man

in order to give him
their whole world.

Give them a chance to teach you
how to live.

GUMP 1 IS
A PUREBRED JACK RUSSELL TERRIER

BEARING THE SAME NAME
AS THE HERO OF THE FILM - GUMP.

GUMP 2 WAS RESCUED
FROM VERY BAD CONDITIONS.

HIS NAME IN REAL LIFE IS MARVEL.

GUMP 3 WAS TAKEN FROM A SHELTER

AS A NEGLECTED
AND UNWANTED PUPPY.

GUMP 4 WAS RESCUED FROM
VERY BAD CONDITIONS AS A PUPPY.

VERONIKA “FISHIE“ HÁJKOVÁ FOUND HIM
WHEN HE WAS ON OFFER FOR ADOPTION

AND SENT HIS PHOTO TO FILIP ROŽEK, WHO
WAS WRITING THE GUMP BOOK AT THE TIME.

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

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

LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY USED TO SERVE
AS A PUPPY-BREEDING MACHINE

UNTIL THE MOMENT
SHE WAS THROWN IN A DITCH.

MAX LIVED IN A SHELTER IN MĚLNÍK
FOR TWO YEARS,

NOBODY WANTED HIM
BECAUSE OF HIS UNDERBITE.

DORKA WAS BORN WITH ONE BLUE EYE,
WHICH NEARLY COST HER HER LIFE.

SHE WAS SAVED BY
KATE “MEADOW“ ZIKMUNDOVÁ

FROM THE ANIMAL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION.

MIA WAS RESCUED AFTER BEING
BADLY TREATED BY PEOPLE

WHO HAD LEFT HER IN THE STREET
WITH HER NEWBORN PUPPIES

IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY.

I know that you’re a dog, my friend.
But to me you’re my dear human being.

MÍŠA IS A KANGAL SHEPHERD DOG ONCE
TRAINED FOR DOG FIGHTS IN GERMANY

AND THEN ABANDONED IN A CZECH FOREST
AS A USELESS VETERAN.

TERINKA, CALLED BELLA IN THE FILM,
WAS LEFT ALL ALONE IN A HOUSE AS A PUPPY.

TOBY, AN UNWANTED PUPPY
THROWN OUT OF THE CAR.

THE CIMPA FAMILY FROM TÁBOR FELL IN LOVE
WITH HIM IN THE BOUCHALKA SHELTER.

“I ENJOY MY LIFE WITH A DOG“
IS AN ORGANIZATION

THAT SEES ANIMALS
AS PEOPLE’S CLOSEST FRIENDS.

PLEASE HELP US BRING ALL THOSE
WHO NEED IT BACK TO LIFE.

ALL THE ANIMAL SCENES IN THE GUMP FILM
WERE SCRIPTED IN SUCH A WAY

THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY
NATURAL FOR THE ANIMALS.

ALL THE SAD SCENES IN WHICH GUMP WAS
EITHER BEATEN-UP OR TRAPPED IN A BAG

WERE THE WORK OF MAKEUP
AND SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTISTS.