1 00:00:00,875 --> 00:00:05,875 Film company “New projects” 2 00:00:12,333 --> 00:00:17,333 Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation 3 00:00:26,125 --> 00:00:30,982 “Varlam Tikhonovich felt like he was in prison. Maybe not in the worst of his life..." 4 00:00:31,041 --> 00:00:34,041 “Maybe even the best.” 5 00:00:34,386 --> 00:00:39,500 “They had diagnosed him with senile dementia, but all that time he had been conscious..." 6 00:00:39,625 --> 00:00:42,625 From the testimony about the last years of life 7 00:00:42,708 --> 00:00:47,859 by Varlam Shalamov (1907-1982), Soviet poet and writer, 8 00:00:47,916 --> 00:00:55,182 author of the cycle: «The Tales of Kolyma», inspired by the past twenty years in concentration camps and in exile. 9 00:01:07,375 --> 00:01:11,833 Sententia (Sentence) 10 00:01:15,371 --> 00:01:20,263 We dedicate this film to the memory of Varlam Tikhonovič Shalamov 11 00:01:26,791 --> 00:01:29,000 My language, 12 00:01:29,083 --> 00:01:31,680 the rough language of the deposits, 13 00:01:31,750 --> 00:01:33,921 She was poor. 14 00:01:34,754 --> 00:01:36,352 Appeal, 15 00:01:37,208 --> 00:01:39,417 workplace, 16 00:01:40,582 --> 00:01:42,138 lunch, 17 00:01:43,029 --> 00:01:45,277 end of work 18 00:01:46,125 --> 00:01:47,799 sleep. 19 00:01:48,464 --> 00:01:50,353 It's cold 20 00:01:51,082 --> 00:01:53,081 it's raining... 21 00:01:53,666 --> 00:01:55,795 Cold soup, 22 00:01:56,266 --> 00:01:58,330 hot soup... 23 00:01:58,583 --> 00:02:00,063 Bread, 24 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:02,012 ration, 25 00:02:02,302 --> 00:02:04,797 Leave me a drag. 26 00:02:05,259 --> 00:02:09,184 Half of these words they were curses. 27 00:02:10,963 --> 00:02:13,801 But I wasn't looking for other words. 28 00:02:15,625 --> 00:02:17,629 I was happy 29 00:02:18,572 --> 00:02:22,350 that you don't have to search who knows what other words... 30 00:02:23,557 --> 00:02:25,819 I was scared, 31 00:02:27,291 --> 00:02:29,384 I was amazed... 32 00:02:30,768 --> 00:02:33,045 when in my brain... 33 00:02:33,833 --> 00:02:35,310 yes right here... 34 00:02:36,227 --> 00:02:38,417 a word was born... 35 00:02:39,740 --> 00:02:43,250 completely unsuitable for the tajga 36 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:45,672 one word... 37 00:02:46,762 --> 00:02:49,763 which I myself did not understand... 38 00:02:51,045 --> 00:02:53,762 I shouted this word, 39 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:56,709 after I stood up on the bench... 40 00:02:57,541 --> 00:02:59,925 turning to the sky, to infinity... 41 00:03:01,370 --> 00:03:04,161 Sentence! 42 00:03:06,398 --> 00:03:09,833 Sentence! 43 00:05:00,416 --> 00:05:02,343 So? 44 00:05:04,426 --> 00:05:07,280 They are coming. 45 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,459 Let's play cards. 46 00:08:14,750 --> 00:08:19,099 What day is it today? 47 00:08:23,955 --> 00:08:26,309 Don't start. 48 00:08:29,988 --> 00:08:32,720 Come on, tell me something. 49 00:08:34,801 --> 00:08:39,333 Something like what? I wouldn't even know. 50 00:08:40,209 --> 00:08:42,458 What are you thinking? 51 00:08:42,923 --> 00:08:44,291 To nothing. 52 00:08:44,583 --> 00:08:47,583 - At all? - For nothing. 53 00:08:47,833 --> 00:08:49,637 You're just blinking. 54 00:08:51,833 --> 00:08:53,517 I blink. 55 00:08:57,250 --> 00:09:02,680 You're hiding something. You're pretending. 56 00:09:03,208 --> 00:09:06,006 You wear a mask. 57 00:09:07,916 --> 00:09:11,083 - You're making expressions. - Hide what? 58 00:09:11,166 --> 00:09:15,262 What... I see you inside, you know. 59 00:09:25,801 --> 00:09:29,096 - Do you like the weather? - To me? 60 00:09:29,611 --> 00:09:33,012 Well, yes. Is there anyone else here? 61 00:09:33,083 --> 00:09:36,680 Can't you see it yourself? 62 00:09:36,850 --> 00:09:41,632 - Just answer, do you like it or not? - I don't want to answer. 63 00:09:42,083 --> 00:09:47,108 - Why not? - I don't want to talk. 64 00:09:55,333 --> 00:09:59,013 - Listen... - Yes. Tell me. 65 00:10:00,839 --> 00:10:03,480 I want to tell you something. 66 00:10:03,833 --> 00:10:05,850 Try to understand me. 67 00:10:08,500 --> 00:10:11,125 I want you to listen to me. 68 00:10:11,666 --> 00:10:15,718 Listen to me... hear what I say... 69 00:10:16,083 --> 00:10:19,291 I want you to try to understand. 70 00:10:22,031 --> 00:10:24,355 What I mean is... 71 00:10:29,875 --> 00:10:32,029 It's this... 72 00:10:33,929 --> 00:10:36,477 Here's what... 73 00:10:42,852 --> 00:10:44,834 What I'm saying. 74 00:10:46,091 --> 00:10:48,291 You understand, right? 75 00:10:49,791 --> 00:10:54,353 If you don't calm down, I will bury you alive in the earth. 76 00:10:55,166 --> 00:11:00,101 I'll bury you alive in the ground, I hate you, you bastard. 77 00:11:00,897 --> 00:11:10,041 If you don't calm down, I'll bury you alive, you bastard. I hate you. 78 00:11:10,975 --> 00:11:14,428 If you don't calm down, I will bury you alive. 79 00:11:14,958 --> 00:11:20,518 I'll bury you alive, you bastard. 80 00:11:20,916 --> 00:11:27,094 I'll bury you alive, you bastard. I hate you. 81 00:11:32,166 --> 00:11:38,890 I'll bury you alive, you bastard, I hate you... 82 00:15:55,112 --> 00:15:57,036 Are you waiting for someone? 83 00:15:58,562 --> 00:16:03,136 - No. - Who should we wait for? 84 00:16:06,125 --> 00:16:07,708 Did you mistake me for someone else? 85 00:16:07,791 --> 00:16:09,476 No. 86 00:16:10,569 --> 00:16:13,961 It's just a coincidence. 87 00:16:42,625 --> 00:16:44,345 Are you here alone? 88 00:16:46,208 --> 00:16:47,882 Yes. 89 00:16:51,529 --> 00:16:53,424 And where are the others? 90 00:16:55,375 --> 00:16:57,498 They sleep. 91 00:17:01,609 --> 00:17:03,769 And why aren't you sleeping? 92 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,055 We can't sleep. 93 00:21:31,458 --> 00:21:34,014 Now he will live with you. 94 00:22:01,333 --> 00:22:03,089 So... 95 00:22:05,333 --> 00:22:07,052 What? 96 00:22:07,625 --> 00:22:09,512 Ask him. 97 00:22:10,447 --> 00:22:13,000 Ask what? 98 00:22:13,083 --> 00:22:15,796 Why don't you sit down? 99 00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:22,107 I'm wondering. 100 00:22:22,354 --> 00:22:25,861 I wanted to ask you. 101 00:22:35,345 --> 00:22:39,677 I wanted to ask you... 102 00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:43,588 Because... 103 00:22:44,666 --> 00:22:47,523 don't you sit down? 104 00:22:48,750 --> 00:22:51,147 You should ask him. 105 00:23:28,291 --> 00:23:30,632 Let's go. 106 00:23:33,458 --> 00:23:35,221 Let's go. 107 00:23:46,791 --> 00:23:48,348 Sit down. 108 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:08,850 But if... 109 00:24:11,221 --> 00:24:13,218 Suppose... 110 00:24:17,458 --> 00:24:19,808 Imagine. 111 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:25,720 What if he really came? 112 00:24:26,958 --> 00:24:29,045 And you were already gone. 113 00:24:31,346 --> 00:24:33,726 Just imagine. 114 00:24:34,844 --> 00:24:37,306 You were waiting for it. 115 00:24:38,375 --> 00:24:40,308 He has arrived. 116 00:24:40,776 --> 00:24:42,806 But you were gone. 117 00:24:45,375 --> 00:24:47,467 What would happen? 118 00:24:48,394 --> 00:24:53,717 What will happen? With this meeting. 119 00:24:54,791 --> 00:24:57,174 You were waiting for it. 120 00:24:57,583 --> 00:25:00,017 You have waited a long time. 121 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:03,043 Then you left. 122 00:25:03,804 --> 00:25:05,958 And he arrived. 123 00:25:06,495 --> 00:25:09,431 And by chance he met 124 00:25:11,375 --> 00:25:13,430 me. 125 00:25:17,820 --> 00:25:21,844 And suddenly, in a single instant, like a flash, everything changes. 126 00:25:22,261 --> 00:25:24,094 All. 127 00:25:24,893 --> 00:25:28,301 Everything that had happened before it was a deception. 128 00:25:29,208 --> 00:25:31,301 It was a mirage. 129 00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:35,799 Only now everything became clear. 130 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:43,708 I don't want to and can't lie to myself anymore nor to anyone else. 131 00:25:44,500 --> 00:25:46,351 I understand. 132 00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:49,933 This is what I want. 133 00:25:52,458 --> 00:25:54,922 This is me. 134 00:25:57,314 --> 00:25:59,892 It's something completely different. 135 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:06,680 So think about it. 136 00:26:11,626 --> 00:26:14,808 You will never meet him again, 137 00:26:17,083 --> 00:26:20,184 if you leave? 138 00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:26,714 Not another word. 139 00:27:31,498 --> 00:27:34,672 No other words. 140 00:27:39,327 --> 00:27:41,508 Repeat. 141 00:27:42,958 --> 00:27:48,250 Ne-ssu-na... al-tra... pa-ro-la... 142 00:27:48,416 --> 00:27:50,385 Repeat. 143 00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:57,875 Ne-ssu-na... al-tra... pa-ro-la... 144 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,013 Stronger. 145 00:28:07,100 --> 00:28:10,005 Once again. 146 00:28:17,939 --> 00:28:20,291 Stronger. 147 00:28:31,708 --> 00:28:34,629 I am your defender. 148 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:52,098 Non-ssu-na... other... 149 00:31:01,758 --> 00:31:04,758 It looks like it's here. 150 00:31:28,583 --> 00:31:29,548 Who is? 151 00:31:29,833 --> 00:31:35,172 Larisa Vladimirovna, sorry to bother you. We are here to talk about Varlam Tichonovič Šalamov. 152 00:31:40,895 --> 00:31:42,678 Larisa Vladimirovna... 153 00:31:53,666 --> 00:31:55,458 Wait a minute. 154 00:31:55,541 --> 00:31:57,726 Who are you? 155 00:32:04,670 --> 00:32:06,468 Excuse me again. 156 00:32:07,147 --> 00:32:13,471 The fact is that Varlam Tichonovič may have left his manuscripts to Larisa Vladimirovna. 157 00:32:14,275 --> 00:32:18,856 And maybe even some tape recordings with his stories. 158 00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:23,176 What? 159 00:32:25,064 --> 00:32:29,059 Varlam... Tikhonovič Shalamov. 160 00:32:29,399 --> 00:32:31,316 And who would that be? 161 00:32:32,791 --> 00:32:40,395 Look, I understand that all this seems very strange, but he can't imagine how important it is. 162 00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:46,261 Varlam Shalamov is, without exaggeration, a great world-famous writer. 163 00:32:46,625 --> 00:32:50,225 It is quite possible that his tales have been entrusted to whom we are looking for. 164 00:32:54,130 --> 00:32:56,767 My mother barely read books. 165 00:32:57,958 --> 00:33:01,300 And you talk about friendship with a writer. 166 00:33:03,997 --> 00:33:06,766 His works were prohibited. 167 00:33:06,833 --> 00:33:11,583 He hid them with friends and acquaintances. The ones he trusted, of course. 168 00:33:11,666 --> 00:33:15,770 He left some addresses. That's how we got to her. 169 00:33:16,583 --> 00:33:19,764 We want to collect everything we can to write a book. 170 00:33:26,516 --> 00:33:29,008 Come in. 171 00:33:31,291 --> 00:33:34,135 I'll try to find them. 172 00:33:48,041 --> 00:33:49,719 Sit down. 173 00:36:19,521 --> 00:36:21,495 What is this? 174 00:36:29,811 --> 00:36:31,842 This is a dwarf pine. 175 00:36:33,893 --> 00:36:36,111 From the far North. 176 00:36:39,424 --> 00:36:41,433 It's a sign of spring, 177 00:36:44,041 --> 00:36:47,041 an evergreen. 178 00:36:51,215 --> 00:36:55,142 It was used... to treat vitamin deficiencies. 179 00:36:55,541 --> 00:36:56,502 In some places... 180 00:37:00,784 --> 00:37:05,112 The prisoners collected dwarf pine needles, they piled them up... 181 00:37:05,666 --> 00:37:07,708 and they boiled them. 182 00:37:08,139 --> 00:37:10,507 A stinky slime, 183 00:37:11,027 --> 00:37:12,220 dense... 184 00:37:13,125 --> 00:37:16,125 dark yellow colour. 185 00:37:17,807 --> 00:37:21,765 And then they were forced to drink or eat it... 186 00:37:22,791 --> 00:37:25,204 every day before lunch. 187 00:37:26,958 --> 00:37:30,247 If they didn't eat it or drink it... 188 00:37:30,344 --> 00:37:32,520 he was not given lunch. 189 00:37:34,583 --> 00:37:37,000 They made sure they did. 190 00:37:38,416 --> 00:37:40,794 But the dwarf pine does not have healing properties. 191 00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:43,261 He never had any. 192 00:37:44,051 --> 00:37:46,784 It does not contain any vitamins. 193 00:37:49,759 --> 00:37:53,386 And the fact is, all the prisoners... 194 00:37:55,138 --> 00:37:57,990 they knew it well. 195 00:38:05,375 --> 00:38:07,887 Shalamov was imprisoned for twenty years, 196 00:38:07,916 --> 00:38:09,041 ¸ 197 00:38:09,416 --> 00:38:12,416 and ate this concoction for a long time. 198 00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:20,019 Finally they officially recognized which was a falsehood. 199 00:38:20,936 --> 00:38:23,064 Many years later. 200 00:38:24,708 --> 00:38:26,768 After the war. 201 00:38:35,527 --> 00:38:38,433 I think I remember it. 202 00:38:44,708 --> 00:38:47,092 Who is Nyusha? 203 00:38:55,869 --> 00:38:58,566 That's what my mother called me. 204 00:40:56,791 --> 00:40:58,966 Please go away. 205 00:40:59,669 --> 00:41:01,833 I beg you. 206 00:41:02,552 --> 00:41:05,107 You've already gone too far. 207 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,254 If you come back, 208 00:41:09,162 --> 00:41:14,333 it will be bad, not only for you, 209 00:41:14,771 --> 00:41:16,980 but also for him. 210 00:41:53,958 --> 00:41:56,634 I'll stay here the whole time 211 00:41:57,250 --> 00:42:00,009 which I deem necessary. 212 00:42:01,916 --> 00:42:03,964 Your documents. 213 00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:19,632 - And who is this? - Andrey Samson Bebesko. And who are you? 214 00:42:20,666 --> 00:42:23,512 - Samson and then? - Bebesko. 215 00:42:26,392 --> 00:42:30,190 - What kind of surname is this? - Exists. 216 00:42:59,466 --> 00:43:01,250 Andrew. 217 00:43:04,319 --> 00:43:06,775 You can go. 218 00:43:07,875 --> 00:43:09,971 I'm coming with you. 219 00:43:17,839 --> 00:43:19,762 Andryusha... 220 00:43:21,083 --> 00:43:22,731 go away. 221 00:43:24,058 --> 00:43:28,045 Anatoly Sergeyevich, please take your hand away. 222 00:43:32,791 --> 00:43:35,263 So, shall we go? 223 00:44:20,875 --> 00:44:23,875 Varlam... it's me, Tolya. 224 00:44:29,125 --> 00:44:32,015 It's me, Tolya. 225 00:45:10,765 --> 00:45:13,765 Come here. 226 00:45:20,212 --> 00:45:27,669 - Who is this? - It's Andrey. He's a friend. 227 00:46:28,041 --> 00:46:30,549 What... what is... 228 00:46:33,104 --> 00:46:35,936 This is your book. 229 00:46:47,213 --> 00:46:50,060 Everything we have collected. 230 00:46:54,625 --> 00:46:56,810 It will be printed. 231 00:47:51,625 --> 00:47:53,263 As? 232 00:48:00,478 --> 00:48:02,765 I can't understand. 233 00:48:05,708 --> 00:48:09,046 Money... Where... 234 00:48:09,708 --> 00:48:15,016 Varlam Tikhonovich, come with us to the shower. Let's go. 235 00:52:32,500 --> 00:52:34,861 Varlam Tikhonovich, 236 00:52:37,250 --> 00:52:40,594 we can... continue? 237 00:53:20,845 --> 00:53:26,683 “A handful of precious rhymes is ready for your arrival,” 238 00:53:27,711 --> 00:53:33,848 “with my dry mouth every word was whispered.” 239 00:53:34,556 --> 00:53:40,135 - Every... - Word has been whispered... 240 00:53:40,849 --> 00:53:46,924 “With my dry mouth every word was whispered.” 241 00:53:48,666 --> 00:53:50,209 Word? 242 00:53:51,875 --> 00:53:54,841 Word. 243 00:53:57,175 --> 00:53:59,201 Varlam Tikhonovich, 244 00:54:00,208 --> 00:54:02,182 don't you feel well? 245 00:54:07,593 --> 00:54:10,351 Maybe that's enough for today? 246 00:54:38,875 --> 00:54:45,256 “A handful of precious rhymes is ready for your arrival” 247 00:54:45,833 --> 00:54:52,000 “with my dry mouth every word was whispered.” 248 00:54:56,625 --> 00:54:58,276 ...ile... 249 00:54:58,458 --> 00:55:01,458 Ile? The beginning of “difficult”? 250 00:55:03,541 --> 00:55:05,892 Thin... 251 00:55:06,250 --> 00:55:09,428 Every word was whispered with a thin? 252 00:55:12,875 --> 00:55:17,099 - ...thin thread... - Thin? 253 00:55:19,208 --> 00:55:21,833 Thin... 254 00:55:21,958 --> 00:55:28,101 “every word was whispered in a thin thread..." 255 00:55:43,336 --> 00:55:45,463 Varlam Tikhonovich... 256 00:55:48,500 --> 00:55:50,440 Varlam Tikhonovich. 257 00:56:06,041 --> 00:56:08,849 A rag. Wet a rag! 258 00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:16,927 Breathe, breathe, breathe! 259 00:56:48,375 --> 00:56:51,017 Take a sip of water. Take a sip. 260 00:57:02,232 --> 00:57:03,969 How is it going? 261 00:57:05,983 --> 00:57:10,973 Did you... shit your pants? 262 00:57:31,235 --> 00:57:35,316 Varlam Tikhonovich, you cannot... he doesn't have to force himself. 263 00:58:02,125 --> 00:58:09,052 “A handful of precious rhymes is ready for your arrival” 264 00:58:09,625 --> 00:58:16,789 “with my dry mouth every word was whispered.” 265 00:58:19,249 --> 00:58:20,875 Subtle. 266 00:58:23,250 --> 00:58:27,166 - They flow... - They flow. 267 00:58:27,833 --> 00:58:29,397 They flow. 268 00:58:35,098 --> 00:58:37,416 In your palms... 269 00:58:37,541 --> 00:58:42,757 In a thin thread they flow. In your palms? In your palms. 270 00:58:45,250 --> 00:58:46,708 Life... 271 00:58:47,583 --> 00:58:49,036 “Life” 272 00:58:49,750 --> 00:58:51,069 Tenacity... 273 00:58:51,358 --> 00:58:57,125 Life, tenacity flow in a thin thread... 274 00:58:57,958 --> 00:58:59,529 Palm trees. 275 00:59:02,041 --> 00:59:05,072 “In your palms” 276 00:59:05,796 --> 00:59:09,260 - Tenacity... - Tenacity. 277 00:59:11,416 --> 00:59:18,000 - Tenacity and work... - “Tenacity and work” 278 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:23,175 The one that will never sink... 279 00:59:23,541 --> 00:59:27,142 “Never will it sink” 280 00:59:39,458 --> 00:59:41,513 Let's repeat... 281 00:59:43,524 --> 00:59:45,836 Let's repeat again. 282 00:59:48,459 --> 00:59:54,351 “In a thin thread they flow in your palms" 283 01:00:13,180 --> 01:00:26,308 “In the resounding quiet you enter, like a breath,” 284 01:00:28,375 --> 01:00:41,506 “and to my half sleep give a memory.” 285 01:00:44,004 --> 01:00:50,041 “Your touch on my numb skin" 286 01:00:50,807 --> 01:00:58,000 “drive away my oblivion, awakens my memory.” 287 01:00:58,131 --> 01:01:13,136 “A handful of precious rhymes is ready for your arrival,” 288 01:01:13,625 --> 01:01:26,097 “with my dry mouth every word was whispered.” 289 01:01:30,958 --> 01:01:43,361 “In a thin thread they flow in your palms:” 290 01:01:44,214 --> 01:02:09,317 “life, tenacity and work, the one that will never sink.” 291 01:02:09,938 --> 01:02:16,064 The one that will never sink. 292 01:02:21,376 --> 01:02:27,101 “That will never sink.” 293 01:08:13,291 --> 01:08:16,227 ...leave me a drag. 294 01:08:18,299 --> 01:08:23,305 Half of these words were expletives. 295 01:08:25,583 --> 01:08:29,258 But I wasn't looking for other words. 296 01:08:30,125 --> 01:08:38,226 I was happy I didn't have to search who knows what other words... 297 01:08:40,416 --> 01:08:43,502 I was scared, 298 01:08:44,166 --> 01:08:47,008 I was amazed... 299 01:08:48,535 --> 01:08:53,721 when in my brain... yes right here... 300 01:08:54,063 --> 01:08:57,183 a word was born... 301 01:08:57,889 --> 01:09:01,513 completely unsuitable for the tajga 302 01:09:02,083 --> 01:09:03,958 one word... 303 01:09:04,587 --> 01:09:08,427 which I myself did not understand... 304 01:09:10,541 --> 01:09:16,881 I shouted this word, after standing up on the bench... 305 01:09:18,318 --> 01:09:21,698 turning to the sky, to infinity... 306 01:09:23,710 --> 01:09:27,166 Sentence! 307 01:09:28,750 --> 01:09:30,800 Sen... 308 01:09:42,083 --> 01:09:43,708 How is he? 309 01:09:47,708 --> 01:09:49,541 He was diagnosed 310 01:09:49,541 --> 01:09:51,416 dementia. 311 01:09:52,041 --> 01:09:54,125 He will be hospitalized. 312 01:10:04,375 --> 01:10:06,250 I'm afraid to leave. 313 01:10:13,666 --> 01:10:15,458 Suzanne, 314 01:10:20,458 --> 01:10:23,291 do you take this book? 315 01:12:11,833 --> 01:12:14,489 What place is this? 316 01:12:21,768 --> 01:12:23,708 It's quiet here. 317 01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:41,976 Nobody comes. 318 01:12:43,598 --> 01:12:46,182 And why do you come here? 319 01:12:49,291 --> 01:12:53,881 - You will laugh. - Tell me. 320 01:12:57,916 --> 01:13:00,599 I've always dreamed of coming here, 321 01:13:03,041 --> 01:13:05,810 and meet a woman. 322 01:13:09,945 --> 01:13:13,416 See, you're smiling. 323 01:13:13,500 --> 01:13:16,561 You wanted me to smile. 324 01:13:25,916 --> 01:13:29,137 Why are you looking at me like that? 325 01:13:52,333 --> 01:13:56,425 And why do you want to meet her here. 326 01:14:00,342 --> 01:14:03,027 This woman? 327 01:14:21,026 --> 01:14:23,589 I was about ten years old. 328 01:14:23,933 --> 01:14:26,270 I kept repeating to myself: 329 01:14:26,644 --> 01:14:32,796 Samson Bebesko, Samson Bebesko. It had to mean something, right? 330 01:14:33,125 --> 01:14:35,000 Who is? 331 01:14:40,673 --> 01:14:42,433 It's me. 332 01:14:46,583 --> 01:14:50,567 Then it's night. A path. 333 01:14:50,750 --> 01:14:55,553 I walk along the path. The river flows, the crickets sing. 334 01:14:55,838 --> 01:15:00,050 I walk and think: it would be nice to meet a woman here. 335 01:15:00,561 --> 01:15:07,545 And so I walk along the path. I hear the crackling of the branches, the rustling of the leaves. 336 01:15:08,772 --> 01:15:15,770 You know, I'm dreaming. I'm literally crying. 337 01:15:16,375 --> 01:15:22,665 Suddenly I hear footsteps, and I was just thinking about the woman. 338 01:15:23,586 --> 01:15:29,400 I was in incredible anticipation. 339 01:15:30,887 --> 01:15:37,217 We will meet now. 340 01:15:37,591 --> 01:15:48,264 Suddenly I see a shadow approaching. Something black, huge. Mi spavento. 341 01:15:48,833 --> 01:15:55,342 I run back, scream and call for help. And I think: who the hell is this woman. 342 01:15:55,821 --> 01:16:01,006 I turn around... And do you know what I see? 343 01:16:03,038 --> 01:16:04,934 A beaver. 344 01:16:07,916 --> 01:16:09,683 Are there beavers here? 345 01:16:10,160 --> 01:16:11,926 There was one. 346 01:16:19,658 --> 01:16:22,057 I've never seen them. 347 01:16:31,875 --> 01:16:33,758 There was a spider 348 01:16:34,958 --> 01:16:36,932 on the tree. 349 01:16:38,125 --> 01:16:41,173 I thought he was dead, 350 01:16:42,083 --> 01:16:43,725 I touched it, 351 01:16:44,787 --> 01:16:47,266 and it moved. 352 01:16:57,541 --> 01:17:00,440 That's how I ended up here. 353 01:17:32,595 --> 01:17:35,004 And have you met her? 354 01:17:36,916 --> 01:17:38,935 Not at that moment. 355 01:17:40,708 --> 01:17:42,769 Well, in general? 356 01:17:45,041 --> 01:17:47,045 Tu sei la prima. 357 01:17:49,591 --> 01:17:52,257 But you haven't met me. 358 01:17:52,958 --> 01:17:55,724 We came here together. 359 01:17:58,314 --> 01:18:00,928 We met before. 360 01:19:14,625 --> 01:19:18,041 But to the dead, really 361 01:19:18,389 --> 01:19:21,236 Is their blanket cold? 362 01:19:21,635 --> 01:19:23,833 Perhaps we are to blame for staining 363 01:19:24,191 --> 01:19:26,583 honor and name? 364 01:19:27,053 --> 01:19:30,011 Every story of ours it's a pile of misfortunes 365 01:19:30,472 --> 01:19:33,083 left for centuries, 366 01:19:33,622 --> 01:19:36,458 like a fragile, labile trace 367 01:19:36,717 --> 01:19:38,970 on the desert sands. 368 01:19:39,292 --> 01:19:42,625 That someone's experience, 369 01:19:43,364 --> 01:19:46,083 someone's sign 370 01:19:46,375 --> 01:19:49,083 has shone along the way, 371 01:19:49,390 --> 01:19:51,547 like a flag among dull rocks. 372 01:20:18,250 --> 01:20:21,348 But to the dead, really 373 01:20:21,771 --> 01:20:24,208 Is their blanket cold? 374 01:20:24,562 --> 01:20:26,875 Perhaps we are to blame for staining 375 01:20:27,055 --> 01:20:29,431 honor and name? 376 01:20:29,599 --> 01:20:32,599 Every story of ours it's a pile of misfortunes 377 01:20:32,968 --> 01:20:35,666 left for centuries, 378 01:20:36,101 --> 01:20:39,000 like a fragile, labile trace 379 01:20:39,306 --> 01:20:41,375 on the desert sands. 380 01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:45,041 That someone's experience, 381 01:20:45,588 --> 01:20:48,406 someone's sign 382 01:20:48,881 --> 01:20:51,881 has shone along the way, 383 01:20:52,208 --> 01:20:54,716 like a flag among dull rocks. 384 01:21:33,268 --> 01:21:36,458 We decided to make this film, 385 01:21:36,604 --> 01:21:39,604 in memory of Varlam Tikhonovič Shalamov. 386 01:37:10,458 --> 01:37:14,916 Sententia (Sentence) 387 01:37:16,208 --> 01:37:22,333 VARLAM TICHONOVIČ ŠALAMOV Aleksandr Ryazantsev 388 01:37:22,875 --> 01:37:26,243 ANATOLIY -Fyodor Lavrov ANDREY -Pavel Tabakov 389 01:37:26,291 --> 01:37:29,250 NASTAS'YA -Alyona Konstantinova SYUZANNA -Miriam Sekhon 390 01:37:29,333 --> 01:37:32,291 VSEVOLOD -Sergey Marin CARETAKER -Yuliya Marchenko 391 01:37:32,375 --> 01:37:35,333 VLADIMIR -Valeriy Zhuko GRIGORIY -Ivan Krasko 392 01:37:35,416 --> 01:37:37,166 LARISA -Liliya Belikova NYUSHA -Magdalina Koshcheeva 393 01:37:37,875 --> 01:37:40,958 SCREENPLAY AND DIRECTION Dmitriy Rudakov 394 01:37:45,957 --> 01:37:52,956 Italian version: Esprit 09/2025 Translation Assistant: Antonina Yezerska 395 01:39:52,250 --> 01:39:58,291 The film uses a fragment of the story by Varlam Tikhonovič Šalamov «Sentence» (1965) from the second cycle of stories "The Left Bank". 396 01:39:58,416 --> 01:40:04,458 And his poems: «Into the resounding silence you enter like a breath...» "But is their blanket really cold for the dead?" 397 01:40:11,125 --> 01:40:15,666 END