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A Lenfilm Studios Production, USSR

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with the assistance of the
Union Of Soviet Film-Makers

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THE LONELY VOlCE OF MAN

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based on works by
Andrei Platonov

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Screenplay by
Yuri Arabov

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Directed by
Aleksandr Sokurov

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Director of Photography
Sergei Yurizditsky

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Consultants:

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Livia Zvonnikova and
Maria Platonova

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So what happened to the
capitalists and officers?

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Have they all been shot or
are there a few left?

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Practically none left.

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A whole class destroyed!

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l see. That's a huge job.

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The capitalists were no good, anyway.

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Quite useless.

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Just a big waste.

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Go to sleep.

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Good morning. You don't remember me?

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l haven't forgotten you.

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l'm glad. What's the point in forgetting?

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Where are you going, Lyuba?

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Home. l'm all alone now.

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My mother died 6 months ago.

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l'm a student at the Medical Academy.

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These shoes are too tight.

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When there was no food,
my brother ate with the solders.

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Then the Red Army went south,
and he left with them.

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He got used to their gruel,
and we had none at home.

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He'll be fine.

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You may stay and l'll sleep.

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l'm very hungry and l don't
want to think about food.

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Thank you.

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No more. l'm quite full.

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Why don't you marry the old woman, Dad?

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l want to visit often.

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lt won't do, Nikita.

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They've got those fine old armchairs.

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A carved cupboard.

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lt won't do. l'm not educated.

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What would she and l talk about?

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-- Lyuba! --

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Don't shout so. She's asleep.

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And who are you?

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This is Zhenya. Did you get
that histiology textbook?

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Get it? They just put me on
the waiting list.

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Well, l'll memorise a chapter
and then recite it to you.

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That sounds fine.
This is for you.

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Bye now.

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l'd better be going.

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You won't forget me now?

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You won't forget me?

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No. l've got nobody else to remember.

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Nikita, take me with you.

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l won't say anything, l'll just look.

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Some other time, Dad.

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lt must be something extraordinary.

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Hello. How are you?

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Oh, we're fine. l mean my father and l.

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l've brought you some food.
Please eat it.

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Thank you, l will.
Do sit down.

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You won't go to sleep now?

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No, l'll have had dinner.
l'll be full.

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Thank you, l've had enough.

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She's got relapsing fever.
She's going to die.

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And where's Zhenya?

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Too bad...

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Shall l sweep the floor?

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You might as well.

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You're not doing it right.

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The sides are uneven.

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Her belly will be sticking out.

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The lid won't fit.

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She didn't have a belly.
She was young.

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Thank God you didn't have
time to make it.

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l never saw her.

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What do you mean?

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Where did you go every night
if not to see her?

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lt's her friend.

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What? A friend?

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To hell with the friend!

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Let me do the sides for you.

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A friend! Why should you bother?

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-- Here. --

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Zhenya's dead. What shall l do?

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l'm going to live with you.

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What will you do?

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We'll just live together,
the way people do,

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and your pain will go.

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Let's wait a while, there's no hurry.

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-- Nikita! --

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Were you at all wounded in the war?

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-- No. --

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You've got a fever.

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Just stay in bed for now.

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You'll get better, if that's the Lord's will.

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You won't die unless He wants you to.

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You were in the war and didn't
even get wounded!

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l've been looking for you four days!

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l had trouble finding your house.

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What's wrong?

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Where does it hurt?

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lt must be the flu. l'll look after you.

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And even if it's typhus, you'll be alright.

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You went to a medical school,
you should know.

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Am l going to die?

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You'll get better.

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People die because they're
lonely and no one loves them.

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You've got me.

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Get the money ready.
lt's 2 rubles.

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-- Here. --

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-- l've got no change.
-- No change?

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You're the first this morning.

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l've already stamped his passport,

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but not yours.

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What shall we do?

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Wait till someone dies.

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l'll issue a certificate and you'll
get your change.

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We can't wait.

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Give us back our money. lt's all we have.

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Very well. l trust you.

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Pay me later.

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Now you are man and wife.

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Nikita Firsov and Lyubov Kuznetsova.

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-- Let's go.
-- Can we go now?

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You're funny.

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We've got to eat first...

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Sit down.

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Go ahead, eat.

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Wait. My heart's beating too hard.

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Shall l light the stove?

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No, l'm through studying.

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And it's our wedding day.

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Don't...

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Cheer up. Everything'll come right yet.

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We'll be fine.

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Did you have a secret wedding?

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Or did you do it Soviet style?

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There'll be time for a wedding.

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Let's make a little table and a chair.

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We may have kids soon.

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Let's do it just in case.

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What're you talkin about, a foundling?

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The Revolution is here to stay.
lt's a good time to have kids.

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They'll never be unhappy.

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But it's me - not you - who'll
have to bear them.

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lf it's so much pain, don't do it.

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Oh, l think l'll put up with it.

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Respectfully

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for Luka and Pelageya Zotov,

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November 19, 1902

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You should know...

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...if l'm going to die.

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Are you sure you want to do it?

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There's nothing there.

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Just a tight place.

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No. Death isn't a tight place.
Who gave you that idea?

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Frankly, l don't believe it exists at all.

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Then why're you doing it?

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lt's the wrong season too,
the water's icy cold.

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l'm not going in for a swim, am l?

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l want to experience death.

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l've always wondered - What's out there?
Where is it?

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lt's enough to drive one crazy.

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There's nothing out there, just blackness.

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Or maybe it's just like here.

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That would be rotten.

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lt's bad enough here. lf it's the same over
there -

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No, it can't be.

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lf it was bad over there,

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people wouldn't die. A man
seeks better pastures.

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That's true.

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Will a man do himself ill? Never!

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So why does nobody refuse to die?

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l think dying is like moving house.

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Only the place one goes to
is not under the sky.

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lt's like the bottom of a cool river.

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Much nicer, l think,

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than living in a village on the bank.

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Well, you can always try.

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Tell me afterwards.

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Now do it.

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Don't hustle me.

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lt's a serious business.

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Well, l just thought of something.

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The fish floats between life and death....

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That's why it's dumb. And its eyes
are without expression.

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Even a calf understands, but not a fish...

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The fish is a sacred being.

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lt knows the secret of death. Right?

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Bless you, saintly man.

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Tie up my feet, lest l swim.

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All right.

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But don't blame me later.

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l won't.

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Let's get it over with.

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Dmitry lvanovich!

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Answer me!

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Hey, don't lock up yet!

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Or do they steal things from here?

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-- Nikita? --

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l came here for some cereal.
lt's cheaper here.

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But the market's already closed.

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l guess l'll stay the night and
get some in the morning.

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And why're you here?

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No particular reason.
ls Lyuba alive?

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She threw herself into the river.

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A fisherman pulled her out.

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They got to work on her at once.

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She was in hospital for a while.

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ls she alive now?

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She hasn't died.

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She often bleeds from the mouth, though.

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Must've caught a bad cold when
she was drowning.

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She chose a bad time.
The water was icy.

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Do you have a place to sleep?

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You may lie on the sack.
l'll sleep on the ground.

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Why did she do it?

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She roamed up and down
the bank for a month.

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She thought you'd drowned and
your body would rise.

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She missed you badly.

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And you've been living here....

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lt's sad...

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l'll go and look her up.

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...We'll talk tomorrow.

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Lyuba! lt's me.

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You're not in pain?

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No, l don't feel anything.

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Are you all right now?
You're not sorry?

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l'm fine.

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l'm used to being happy with you.

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THE LONELY VOlCE OF MAN

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TATYANA GORYACHEVA
as Lyuba

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ANDREl GRADOV
as Nikita

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V. DEGTYAREV
as Nikita's father

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L. YAKOVLEVA
as Lyuba's mother

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N. KOCHEGAROV
as the registry clerk

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S. SHUKAlLO
as the young monk

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V. GLAD YSHEV
as the fisherman

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l. NEGANOV
as the market watchman

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The music of Penderecki,
Nussio and Burdov

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was heard in the film

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Sound Recordist
l. Zhuravleva

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Production Designers
V. Lebedev, L. Lochmele

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To the memory of
ANDREl TARKOVSKY

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this film is gratefully dedicated.