Original subtitles

[gentle piano music]

[Serghei speaking Romanian]

[Alexandru speaking Romanian]

[Serghei speaking Romanian]

[Izabela speaking Romanian]

[Alexandru speaking Romanian]

[conversation continues indistinctly]

[speaking Romanian]

[Nikolai sighs]

[gentle piano music]

[bells chime]

[tense music]

[indistinct chatter]

[speaking Romanian]

[arguing in Romanian]

[bells chime]

-[loud rumble] -[excited chatter]

[gunfire]

[explosions]

[screaming]

-[shouting in Romanian] -Nikolai!

[Alexandru] Milos! Milos!

[all shouting in Romanian]

[Izabela] Nikolai! Milos!

-[Alexandru] Milos! -[Izabela] Nikolai! Nikolai!

Milos! Milos! [shouting in Romanian]

[gentle piano music]

[explosions]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[Nikolai groaning]

[groaning]

[Milos] Nikolai!

[muffled screaming, gunfire]

[Milos speaking]

[dramatic music]

[gasping, choking]

[explosion]

[whooshing]

[Mork on TV] I thought you told me laughing was good.

[Mindy on TV] Laughing is good, but in this case I might hurt the guy's feelings.

[tense music]

[high-pitched whine]

[Serghei] Nikolai.

[laughter on television]

[Mork] Watch this! I'll handle it!

-[Mork] Excuse me, sir. -[man] Oh, hi.

[door opens, closes]

[Mork] Well, hair today, gone tomorrow.

[siren wails]

[tires screech]

[concerned chatter]

[somber music]

[siren wailing]

[dramatic music]

[somber music]

[labored breathing]

[Ramones' "Sheena is a Punk Rocker"]

♪ Well, the kids are all Hopped up and ready to go ♪

♪ They're ready to go now ♪

♪ They got their surfboards ♪

♪ And they're going to The discotheque a-go-go ♪

♪ But she just couldn't stay ♪

[muffled voices]

♪ She had to break away ♪

♪ Well New York City Really has it all ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker ♪

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker ♪

♪ Sheena is A punk rocker now ♪

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker ♪

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker ♪

♪ Sheena is A punk rocker now ♪

♪ Well, she's a punk rock ♪

♪ A punk rocker ♪

♪ Punk-punk, a punk rocker ♪

♪ Punk-punk, a punk rocker ♪

♪ Punk-punk ♪

[loud thud]

[muffled voices]

-[woman screams] -[speaking Romanian]

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker ♪

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker ♪

♪ Sheena is A punk rocker now ♪

♪ Sheena is a punk rocker now ♪

[wind whistling]

[panting]

[tense music]

[whooshing]

[Nikolai groans]

[groaning]

[grunts]

[gasps softly]

[exhales deeply]

Ah.

[chuckles]

[The Sonics' "Strychnine"]

♪ Some folks like water ♪

♪ Some folks like wine ♪

♪ But I like the taste ♪

♪ Of straight strychnine ♪

♪ Hey, hey you may Think it's funny ♪

♪ That I like this stuff ♪

♪ But once you've tried it ♪

♪ You can't get enough ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Wine is red, hey ♪

♪ Poison is blue ♪

♪ Strychnine is good ♪

♪ For what's ailin' you ♪

[crunching]

[glass crunching]

[suspenseful music]

[loud thud]

[floorboard creaking]

[door creaking]

[door creaking]

[floorboard creaking]

[bottles clink]

[man groans]

-[gasps] -[glass shatters]

[man gasping]

[Wesley in English] You already took...

took everything.

[in English] What-- What-- What happened to you?

They left me to die.

Who?

[groans]

[rasping breaths]

[speaking Romanian]

[somber music]

[Wesley groaning]

-[Wesley groaning] -[indistinct chatter]

[groaning continues]

Please, please don't. Please.

Please, please, I can help you.

I can get you out of here, out of the country.

Ah, I swear!

I can take you with me to Canada.

That's where I'm from.

[in English] How?

My dad's a businessman, okay? He's rich.

He made a plan for me to escape when the borders closed,

but I was robbed, hurt, and I missed the connection,

but I still have contact with the smugglers.

Contrabandisti.

Okay, I can tell them I have friends.

We can all leave together and...

and my dad will reward you once I'm... I'm home.

You can be rich too.

[in English] Okay, you give me the name of the Contrabandisti,

and I will see if you tell the truth.

-Yes? -Yes.

Yes. Thank you.

[speaking Romanian]

[exhales]

What did he say?

[in English] He say if are trouble, he kill you.

[groans]

Okay.

-[Wesley] Okay. -[Nikolai] Let's go.

-[both straining] -[Wesley] Okay, oi, fuck.

I just, uh... I just need a minute.

I'm sorry.

[groans, breathing heavily]

-[panting] -[unzips bag]

This yours?

[chuckles]

No, it's, uh...

it's the family's I was staying with.

The little girl's.

Maybe it means we have luckier days ahead.

Some people think goldfish bring good fortune.

A fish?

No.

Yeah.

Hey, maybe it already has.

[zips bag]

I'm Wesley, by the way.

Nikolai.

Thank you.

Nikolai, you-- You saved my life.

[gentle music]

[upbeat music playing]

[speaking Romanian]

[Serghei clears throat]

[in English] Risky Business.

[speaking Romanian]

[grunts]

[gentle piano music]

[sighs]

[tense music]

Milos?

Milos.

[somber music]

Nikolai.

[speaking Romanian]

[playing piano]

[Wesley] Are you okay?

What are you doing?

Piano's out of tune. Thought I could fix it for you.

No, no, no, no, no. Don't touch it.

Don't touch it! Stop!

[single piano note]

Fuck, stop.

Did you travel again?

Bad dream.

Does it hurt?

When you do it?

[sighs]

What are you writing?

Nothing, I--

I haven't heard from my family since the border closed.

I write letters home even though I can't send them.

I'm sorry about yours.

About your family.

My--

My uncle say I'm Moroi.

A ghost.

He-- He think--

He think I die in church

and my spirit

is trapped between heaven and hell.

I tried to find my way to my family,

but this is as...

as close as I can get.

You don't look dead to me.

What do you think it is?

I-- I think I just want to see them again.

[clears throat softly]

[somber music]

When people don't understand something,

they tend to make up stories to help.

Like that goldfish.

It can only comprehend what's in its bowl.

That's its whole world.

Maybe you need to get out of your bowl.

See that this isn't all there is.

Yes, you-- You put the nail in my head.

What?

The--

You put the nail in my head.

Oh, no, it's-- [chuckles]

"You hit the nail on the head."

Like, "You hit the point exactly."

Yes, but you-- You do not hit the point.

You hit the head.

You-- You know what?

You're right, that works too.

-[both chuckle] -Yes, of course it work.

-Nail in my head. -Nail in your head.

[both laugh]

[floorboards creak]

[tense music]

[soft creaking]

[DJ speaking Romanian on radio]

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

[Black Flag's "Rise Above"]

♪ Jealous cowards ♪

[both singing along] ♪ Try to control ♪

♪ Rise above We gotta rise above ♪

♪ They distort what we say ♪

♪ Rise above We're gonna rise above ♪

♪ Try and stop what we do ♪

♪ Rise above We're gonna rise above ♪

♪ When they can't Do it themselves ♪

♪ Rise above We're gonna rise above ♪

♪ We are tired of your abuse ♪

♪ Try to stop us ♪

♪ It's no use ♪

[Serghei speaking Romanian]

♪ Society's arms of control ♪

♪ Rise above We're gonna rise above ♪

[music stops]

Ah.

[Wesley in English] I saw the Ramones in Toronto in '83.

No way, no way. How was it?

Yeah, wild. Joey Ramone is a legend.

Ce misto. That is so cool.

Hey, you ever think you could travel there?

With what you can do,

like see the Ramones in Toronto

and the Clash in Tokyo in the same day.

Uh... no.

I already told you, it doesn't work like that.

I am-- I am tied to my home.

I only come here.

Yeah, for now, but...

what if you could do more?

See more?

Nikolai, you are not a ghost.

You're alive.

For whatever reason, you're still here.

And my dad, he has connections, friends who could help you.

[uneasy music]

Shit, Nikolai, if I didn't have something your uncle wanted,

I'd be dead.

Hey, all I'm saying is you have more power than you think.

-[plane engine hums] -[distant explosion]

[indistinct shouting]

[gunfire]

Is that close?

Uh, no, we are good.

[speaking Romanian]

[in English, then Romanian] No, no, no. No.

[in English] No, no.

[breathes deeply]

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

[gentle music]

[both speaking Romanian]

[bells chime]

[Milos] Nikolai.

[gunfire]

[indistinct shouting]

[breathing heavily]

[tense music]

Nikolai...

[gasping]

[explosion]

-[in English] Shit. -[high-pitched ringing]

[Wesley] Nikolai.

Are you okay?

Hey.

Nikolai, just take slow, deep breaths.

[breathes deeply]

Your hand, squeeze it into a fist.

Okay, do what I do.

[both breathing deeply)

-There you go. -[sniffles]

What happened?

[breathes deeply, sniffles]

They're dead

because of me.

[sniffles]

This trick you learn,

you learn from sister?

From her asthma attack?

You read my letters.

I--

I didn't trust you.

[sniffles]

[sighs]

Your sister, how old?

Seven.

An adult seven.

[chuckles]

My dad, he's a good man, but...

he's hard on her.

Cruel sometimes.

He blames her for my mom.

My mom, she died giving birth, so...

It's not fair.

He knows that, but he's still...

I don't know.

I try to think of my sister as a gift my mom left me.

It's stupid, I know.

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no.

Not stupid.

What happened to you...

Maybe it's not a curse.

[door slams]

[speaking Romanian]

-[in English] Hey, take it easy. -You, be quiet.

[speaking Romanian]

[stammers]

Shh.

[sniffs]

[dogs barking distantly]

[tense music]

[both panting]

[sighs]

[cigarette case snaps shut]

[gentle music]

[murmurs]

[distant emergency sirens]

[in English] He shouldn't be this late.

Something's wrong.

[tense music]

It's all gone.

[speaking Romanian]

-[heavy thud] -[groans]

[grunts]

[groaning]

[spits]

[engine turns off]

-[in English] What's going on? -Shh, shh.

-[whispering] -[angry chatter outside]

-[gunshot] -[man groans]

[man speaking Romanian]

[dramatic music]

[Wesley in English] You'll be okay.

[woman muttering in Romanian]

[speaking Romanian]

[soldier shouting in Romanian]

[gunshot]

[guns cocking]

[in English] Tell my sister I love her.

[intense music]

-[all groaning] -[whooshing]

[both breathing heavily]

Nikolai.

[gasping]

Wesley.

[gunshot]

[tense music]

[speaking Romanian]

[thudding, glass shattering]

[choking]

[grunts]

[rumbling]

[Serghei groaning]

[groans, coughs]

[squelching]

[intense music]

[rumbling fades]

[gentle music]

[clatters]

[birds chirp distantly]

[breathes deeply]

[dramatic music]

[rumbling]

[gentle music]

[muffled shouting]

[sniffling]

[crying]

[knocking]

Nikolai.

Yes.

Thank you for Wesley's letters.

It is an honor to finally meet you.

Um, he said you can help me?

I've never tasted anything so good.

Thank you.

Wesley wrote a lot about you and your ability.

Elaine, you're interrupting.

I'm sorry, Father.

Dinner only when you finish practice.

Can you show me what you can do?

Um...

It doesn't--

It doesn't work like that.

Wesley alluded to the pain it has brought you.

Perhaps I can help you control it if we figure out the variables.

No, no, no, I-- I do not want to control it.

I want to get rid of it.

[tense music]

This-- This thing took...

everyone I love.

I'm sorry, this was a mistake.

Nikolai, you came here for help.

Is it that you think you don't deserve it?

Trust me.

I know that feeling well.

Or perhaps it is that you're afraid to put your trust in me.

We don't know each other,

but you will quickly see that I do not make promises I cannot keep.

I'm not sure how much I'll be able to help.

If there are others like you we can find,

or if there are experts that can guide us,

but I'm willing to try.

You're special, Nikolai.

It might be worth understanding why.

Regardless,

you have a home here if you want it.

And for what it is worth,

I believe Wesley would want you to stay.

I'll give you some time to consider.

[Debussy's "Clair De Lune" playing on piano]

[music stops]

Don't hover. Father says it's impolite.

You-- You're friends with my brother?

I have to get it right first.

Sit.

"Clair De Lune"?

Do you know it?

Yes.

I'm gonna start from the beginning.

[music fades]

[tense music]

[ventilator hissing]

[Elaine] So you do listen to my messages.

I've missed you.

I find that hard to believe.

He's getting worse.

Not taking any food.

There isn't much time left.

My presentation to the investors is in a week.

If I can't show them a breakthrough,

we'll lose everything Dad worked for.

Everything we've worked for.

Your last test killed a man.

-Nikolai-- -If she's not ready,

you'll kill her too.

And embarrass us.

Then make her ready.

Isn't that what you're doing?

I'll give you more Factor.

Whatever you need.

We're in this together, brother.

[gentle music]

[sighs]

Thank you.

Give us a moment.

Of course.

He always liked you best.

[gentle music]