1 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,960 Sometimes, 2 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:08,000 at the entrance... 3 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,520 of a road, 4 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,040 someone 5 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,680 turned towards the sky 6 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,520 a profile of the face, 7 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:31,720 with a frightened and shining eye, 8 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:39,720 and listened to the roar of space. 9 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,200 Ladies and Gentlemen! 10 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,560 What is your offer... 11 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:45,160 How much do you offer for the remains of twin quail eggs... 12 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,120 of supernatural dimensions... 13 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,160 laid during the Solar Eclipse... 14 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:57,680 of May 12, 1706? 15 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Is there an offer for these? 16 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:15,400 Or for the three petrified ribs of a Siren... 17 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,200 together with his hands, 18 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:24,240 found in the Royal Menagerie of Fredensborg... 19 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:30,640 on September 27, 1674. 20 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:42,240 Or for an Iron Harpoon... struck by lightning! 21 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:49,520 Or for the Warm Blood of Bees! 22 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:54,480 O for the Hour of your Death! 23 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,840 There is no reason to hesitate! 24 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,880 Who offers? 25 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,700 Chimney sweep! Chimney sweep! 26 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,680 Chimney sweep!... Cleaning!... Cleaning! 27 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,560 I auctioned off "Dead Seasons"! 28 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,720 A fake of "Dead Seasons"! 29 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:06,520 I placed lots in the 'Regions of the Great Heresy' 30 00:07:07,944 --> 00:07:13,544 And I slipped Apocrypha between the pages. 31 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:20,480 Even a false thirteenth month! 32 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,840 I am your "dealer" – your "hitter", 33 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,880 your "peddler" 34 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,040 and... your "Auctioneer"! 35 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,880 Lot 47... 36 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,320 For sale at public auction! 37 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,800 An extraordinary object rare as it seems, 38 00:08:13,024 --> 00:08:14,924 from what they tell me, 39 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:20,080 "bear fruit" at this very hour. 40 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,440 Sinisterly called 41 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,080 "Plastic for the Sepulcher of a Dead Retina", 42 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:34,760 it is a singularly decrepit but ornate wooden box, 43 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,640 which has the appearance of a miniature funerary piece of furniture, 44 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,640 with a cleverly hidden secret drawer 45 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:51,120 which would contain the deceased retina of its original owner. 46 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,320 To penetrate the outer lining of the box 47 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,480 there are seven randomly positioned lenses, 48 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:02,480 with tiny adjustable screws. 49 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:05,880 Each lens captures a fragment 50 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,680 of one of the seven final images 51 00:09:10,104 --> 00:09:12,604 that that eye contemplated. 52 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,200 And if positioned correctly, once a year, 53 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,000 on November 19th, 54 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:27,480 the sun's rays align until they hit the dead retina, 55 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:29,360 so as to liquefy it, 56 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:35,160 anointing each of the seven images 57 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,720 and putting them in motion. 58 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,560 Ah! What a stroke of luck! 59 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,000 Ladies and Gentlemen! 60 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:03,120 Does this object have something to tell us? 61 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:09,320 This very thin cross section it is perhaps a meteorological storm 62 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:13,120 of some unknown month... 63 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,520 ...surrounding some fictitious event? 64 00:10:19,544 --> 00:10:29,344 Or is it just a sick mirage projected through a field of radiation? 65 00:10:30,607 --> 00:10:37,487 A center that can never be reached? 66 00:10:37,567 --> 00:10:44,327 A maze of slamming doors? 67 00:12:05,287 --> 00:12:08,087 The journey was long. 68 00:12:08,567 --> 00:12:16,087 The train, which ran only once a week on that forgotten line, 69 00:12:16,167 --> 00:12:20,127 it carried no more than a few passengers. 70 00:12:20,207 --> 00:12:24,687 Never before had I seen such archaic carriages; 71 00:12:25,087 --> 00:12:28,367 withdrawn from the other lines long before, 72 00:12:28,447 --> 00:12:34,607 they were as large as living rooms, dark and full of niches. 73 00:12:35,607 --> 00:12:41,007 The corridors passed through empty compartments at various angles; 74 00:12:41,087 --> 00:12:46,327 labyrinthine and cold, 75 00:12:46,407 --> 00:12:50,807 they gave off an air of something strange... 76 00:12:50,887 --> 00:12:54,287 ...almost terrifying. 77 00:12:55,167 --> 00:12:59,727 I wandered from carriage to carriage... 78 00:13:01,007 --> 00:13:04,447 ...from carriage to carriage... 79 00:13:09,967 --> 00:13:14,767 I wandered from carriage to carriage... 80 00:14:30,847 --> 00:14:32,007 Father! 81 00:14:34,527 --> 00:14:36,407 It's you? 82 00:15:07,567 --> 00:15:09,447 We're almost there, sir. 83 00:15:54,807 --> 00:16:01,007 Gentlemen! I think we forgot to send a carriage to the station. 84 00:16:01,087 --> 00:16:04,767 Yes... to welcome our guest. 85 00:16:04,847 --> 00:16:07,327 Who among you has forgotten? 86 00:16:17,807 --> 00:16:19,927 Now look at this! 87 00:17:42,727 --> 00:17:44,407 TODAY TO ME – TOMORROW TO YOU 88 00:20:05,767 --> 00:20:08,527 I've come a long way... 89 00:20:08,607 --> 00:20:13,887 I booked a room here via telegram... 90 00:20:13,967 --> 00:20:16,767 I booked via telegram... 91 00:20:16,847 --> 00:20:20,927 Who... should I talk to... about this? 92 00:20:21,007 --> 00:20:23,367 Who should I talk to? 93 00:21:36,967 --> 00:21:38,007 DOCTOR GOTTARD'S OFFICE 94 00:22:18,007 --> 00:22:22,687 Used chalk for rent. 95 00:23:13,967 --> 00:23:15,647 I've come a long way. 96 00:23:16,207 --> 00:23:19,567 I booked a room... Who should I talk to? 97 00:23:19,647 --> 00:23:22,247 You wait in the restaurant... everyone is asleep now. 98 00:23:22,327 --> 00:23:24,207 When the Doctor gets up, I will announce it. 99 00:23:24,287 --> 00:23:28,687 Is everyone asleep now? But it's day, not night. 100 00:23:31,047 --> 00:23:34,567 Here everyone sleeps all the time. 101 00:23:37,647 --> 00:23:40,527 Besides, it's always night here. 102 00:27:00,567 --> 00:27:03,127 J... O... Z... E... F...!!! 103 00:27:17,887 --> 00:27:20,647 J... O... Z... E... F...!!! 104 00:27:23,247 --> 00:27:25,847 J... O... Z... E... F...!!! 105 00:27:26,727 --> 00:27:29,527 J... O... Z... E... F...!!! 106 00:28:11,767 --> 00:28:14,527 They sent me to look for you! 107 00:28:31,767 --> 00:28:34,687 DOCTOR GOTTARD'S OFFICE 108 00:29:21,847 --> 00:29:25,447 We received your telegram yesterday. 109 00:29:25,527 --> 00:29:28,447 We sent our carriage to the station, 110 00:29:28,527 --> 00:29:31,247 but you must have arrived on another train. 111 00:29:31,327 --> 00:29:36,087 Unfortunately the train connections are not very good. 112 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:49,807 Are you okay? 113 00:29:51,287 --> 00:29:53,607 Is my father still alive? 114 00:29:53,687 --> 00:29:56,167 Yes, certainly... 115 00:29:58,527 --> 00:30:02,407 ...that is, within the limits imposed by the situation. 116 00:30:03,407 --> 00:30:04,767 Yes... 117 00:30:07,607 --> 00:30:12,607 You know as well as I do that, from the point of view of your home, 118 00:30:12,687 --> 00:30:15,207 from your country's perspective, 119 00:30:15,287 --> 00:30:19,247 your father is dead. It cannot be remedied. 120 00:30:19,327 --> 00:30:23,327 That death casts a certain shadow. 121 00:30:23,407 --> 00:30:25,087 But does my father know? 122 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:27,287 Don't worry. 123 00:30:27,367 --> 00:30:31,847 None of our patients know or can imagine it. 124 00:30:31,927 --> 00:30:37,487 The secret is that we turned back the clock. 125 00:30:40,167 --> 00:30:42,927 Here we are always late... 126 00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:45,127 of a certain interval. 127 00:30:45,207 --> 00:30:47,007 Interval? 128 00:30:51,007 --> 00:30:55,687 Yes. Of a certain amount of time the duration of which we cannot define. 129 00:30:55,767 --> 00:30:59,207 The whole thing is a matter of simple relativity. 130 00:30:59,287 --> 00:31:04,607 Here the death of your father, 131 00:31:04,687 --> 00:31:08,927 the death that has already overtaken him in your country, 132 00:31:09,007 --> 00:31:10,167 it hasn't happened yet. 133 00:31:11,487 --> 00:31:15,087 But you probably want to see your father? 134 00:31:15,167 --> 00:31:17,487 I will show you the way. 135 00:31:18,967 --> 00:31:20,767 Your father is in here. 136 00:31:21,687 --> 00:31:24,047 - Here? - Interval. 137 00:31:24,527 --> 00:31:26,047 Interval. 138 00:31:55,087 --> 00:31:56,647 Go! Go! 139 00:32:34,447 --> 00:32:38,127 A prefabricated wooden city 140 00:32:38,207 --> 00:32:40,927 purchased from a Jewish merchant, 141 00:32:41,007 --> 00:32:45,607 complete with working theater and only one seat. 142 00:32:45,687 --> 00:32:49,207 With limited vision. 143 00:32:50,047 --> 00:32:52,927 Your father is in here. 144 00:32:54,127 --> 00:32:56,887 Your father is in here. 145 00:32:58,047 --> 00:33:01,167 Your father is in here. 146 00:33:37,167 --> 00:33:38,767 Father? 147 00:33:42,127 --> 00:33:44,127 Is it you, Father? 148 00:35:23,327 --> 00:35:25,567 - Are you dreaming? - Obviously. 149 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:30,847 Now... 150 00:35:33,071 --> 00:35:34,471 … you are Papageno! 151 00:35:38,207 --> 00:35:40,567 Night at the Opera. 152 00:35:50,327 --> 00:35:52,087 Got something? 153 00:35:53,087 --> 00:35:56,927 But now you probably want to see your father. 154 00:35:57,007 --> 00:35:59,087 I'll take you there. 155 00:36:42,807 --> 00:36:44,527 Father! 156 00:37:07,917 --> 00:37:14,877 Phylloscopus borealis... Scansores... Pluvialis dominica... 157 00:37:16,597 --> 00:37:26,717 Aegypius monachus... Parus cyanus... Limosa lapponica... 158 00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:11,957 Aquila adalberti... 159 00:42:12,037 --> 00:42:16,917 Martinica Gallinula... 160 00:42:18,557 --> 00:42:22,237 Puffinus mauretanicus... 161 00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:22,197 You know where to start. 162 00:44:27,917 --> 00:44:29,557 Yes... Yes... Buildings on Fire! 163 00:45:52,117 --> 00:45:55,997 Wakes up! Get up! 164 00:45:56,877 --> 00:45:59,757 Wakes up! Get up! 165 00:46:02,357 --> 00:46:06,237 Come on, get on your feet! Move! 166 00:46:06,317 --> 00:46:08,317 Wakes up! Get up! 167 00:48:26,677 --> 00:48:29,197 J... O... Z... E... F...!!! 168 00:54:09,957 --> 00:54:11,637 A procession? 169 00:55:42,037 --> 00:55:44,997 WHOSE? 170 00:55:47,757 --> 00:55:49,677 OUR? 171 00:55:51,637 --> 00:55:53,837 YOURS? 172 00:55:55,557 --> 00:55:58,197 MY? 173 00:56:31,877 --> 00:56:35,517 Look! Your father became a Saint! 174 00:56:36,077 --> 00:56:37,157 Look! 175 00:57:45,117 --> 00:57:46,837 So it is, 176 00:57:46,917 --> 00:57:48,197 so it happened, 177 00:57:48,717 --> 00:57:51,757 unprepared and unfinished, 178 00:57:52,517 --> 00:57:56,397 in an accidental point of time and space, 179 00:57:56,477 --> 00:57:58,237 without a balance of accounts, 180 00:57:58,317 --> 00:58:00,877 without reaching any goal, 181 00:58:01,877 --> 00:58:03,757 like in the middle of a sentence, 182 00:58:04,397 --> 00:58:06,797 without a full stop or an exclamation point, 183 00:58:06,877 --> 00:58:10,077 without judgment... or the wrath of God, 184 00:58:10,597 --> 00:58:18,077 the earth had to meet its end, simply and irrevocably. 185 00:58:53,957 --> 00:58:56,517 No need to hesitate! 186 00:59:52,037 --> 00:59:57,117 Here's your moment! The hour of your death! 187 01:00:05,397 --> 01:00:08,277 He's coming... open the door! 188 01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:57,600 Stage 7a... 7a... 189 01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,000 Is it you, Father? 190 01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:15,920 Father? 191 01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:28,760 Once again. 192 01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:32,120 Once again. 193 01:03:33,360 --> 01:03:35,200 Once again. 194 01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:09,720 Just beyond the toll booths, the map of the region it becomes anonymous and cosmic. 195 01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:14,440 Above that thin and remote strip of land, 196 01:06:14,520 --> 01:06:21,200 a deeper and vaster sky opened up than elsewhere, 197 01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:27,440 full of unfinished frescoes and violent ascents. 198 01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:36,720 Where other cities were transformed in economics and statistics, 199 01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:40,920 our city was regressing towards essence. 200 01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:43,440 Nothing happens here by chance, 201 01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:49,040 nothing happens without a deep reason and premeditation. 202 01:06:49,120 --> 01:06:54,600 Here the events are not ephemeral surface ghosts; 203 01:06:54,680 --> 01:07:00,320 they have roots sunk deep into the essence of things. 204 01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:03,360 Here decisions are made all the time, 205 01:07:03,440 --> 01:07:06,720 setting precedents once and for all. 206 01:07:07,044 --> 01:07:12,544 Everything that happens here happens only once and is irrevocable. 207 01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:24,640 Through the window, the great valley filled with dark rustling forests, 208 01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:29,680 on which the walls of the Sanatorium stood out white, 209 01:07:29,760 --> 01:07:33,160 it moved and rotated slowly once again. 210 01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:38,400 Since then I have been traveling continuously. 211 01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:42,120 I made that train my home.