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Good morning, mum.

Good morning.

Where were you yesterday?

I was with Isidoros.

You?

You were dead, right?

Yes.

I was thinking of you.

Do you get along these days?

With Isidoros?

Yes.

Yeah...

Yesterday we hadn't broken up yet...

- Are you going to the factory? - Yes

I made some food. Put it in the oven for 45 minutes.

Goodbye.

Isidoros!

Congrats for retiring!

I missed you.

We apply the oil gently to the problem areas

Then use our fists in an upward, circular motion

And we finish with gentle strokes.

Very well.

Penelope.

- You wanna come to my house? - No.

Why?

I can't stand it.

You can't stand what?

Antonis, you are suffocating me.

Come on now...

Didn't we lose a day last time because you went out with your friends?

Where were you yesterday?

Where were you yesterday?

Anthony, don't look at me... Turn away...

Look away!

I want to be on my own.

Were you with him?

He's my husband.

You were with him again.

Didn't we agree?

I'm not allowed to talk to him today. You know that.

But you want to.

That's irrelevant.

Didn't we agree?

What?

I can't think of you with other men.

That's why we have to break up.

Already?

We're not together in the future, anyway.

- In the future, I'm thinking of you. - It's too much pressure.

We'll be together for a total of three months.

So what do we do now?

I want to be alone for a while.

In the future I'm thinking of you.

What do we do tomorrow?

What can we do?

Tomorrow I may be married...

Or we may not have met each other yet...

Good morning.

Present.

Everything okay?

Past.

Divorce?

Future...

Pregnant?

Present.

What is the purpose of your visit?

I'm here for work.

Do you have your work permit?

Thank you.

What is it that you do?

I'm a translator of silence, sir.

I see.

Do you have an official invitation?

It's in there.

I am invited by the Department of Social Integration

for people with disabilities.

You have to go through the monitoring test for Translators of Silence.

Okay.

She is 53 years old.

She is divorced.

She cooks by herself.

Her maximum weight in her adult life has been...

90 kilos...

her minimum 55.

Right.

That's ok, thank you.

As we have just said we call this phenomenon

"Arbitrary Time".

Even with your short experience you must have realised

that you can be 35 years old on one day...

65 years old the next day...

And 19 years old the day after.

The change of your age happens to all of you in parallel.

For example...

If you are 35 years old on one day

and 65 years old the day after

then all people have grown older by 30 years.

Any questions?

Yes.

When we learn the winning numbers for today's LOTTO

can we go back and play for them?

Well...

That wouldn't be very convenient

but even then you wouldn't win.

Why?

Because the winning numbers will never change

but also the winners will never change.

Whoever is the winner today

will simply play the winning numbers

at a date near and before today.

Now... days change at 5:00 am.

At that time everyone is sleeping.

We call this phase "The Big Sleep"

Something more important...

Please count your days

one by one as they go by...

You have to be aware about the total amount of the days

that you lived in Arbitrary Time.

Anna?

Anna. From Linear Time.

The translator of silence.

Ah, yes. You arrive today, right? Come in.

I'm Penelope.

I'm sorry, I completely forgot...

Is it April 15, 2023?

How was your journey?

Well, it's difficult to travel from Linear Time.

Full of checkpoints.

- Do you want to drink something? - I'm okay.

How are you, madam?

Good.

The day before yesterday I was 70 years old.

I had problems with the...

My veins? I don't know how you call them in English.

And yesterday I had to go to school.

It still hurts.

Anyway, welcome.

What is this?

- What? - These?

It's coupons.

You can use them to travel back to countries of Linear Time.

You just have to add money. A lot of money.

Really? So I can go back to my country?

Yes. Until recently the only way for a woman to travel to Linear Time

was to become a mother.

You go there to raise your child until it becomes five.

Now they have found a way even if you are not a mother

I don't know...

I think I like it here...

- Do you want to meet my brother? - Of course madam.

Okay, come.

- What is his name? - Thanassis.

He's in a very bad condition.

He doesn't even think...

What happened to him?

He lived for about two or three thousand days in Arbitrary Time.

Then he started walking forwards

and he would walk the same distance backwards.

Then, he started saying one thing...

and then he would negate it.

Meaning?

I'm going to the mini-market, I'm not going to the mini-market.

There are many people in Arbitrary Time that go through this.

We had to give him the serum and sit him on a wheelchair.

What does he say?

Does he speak?

I'm sorry madam...

What?

He doesn't speak.

He doesn't even think.

He's just...

watching porn.

Perhaps we should let him alone a bit.

I'll put the radio on. It calms him down.

Time forecast:

According to the Chronological Services Department

Time will be unstable this week

with time shifts ranging between 20 and 30 years.

Tomorrow, thunderstorms are expected to transport us

about 10 to 15 years into the future

while in the coming days Time will fluctuate

to around 15 years into the past from today.

Tomorrow, during our transport into the future

all citizens who find themselves dead are kindly requested

to wait for the day after tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow, civilians under 12 years old...

Hi.

Anna, this is my husband Isidor.

- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, sir.

Anna is the translator of silence, for Thanassis.

Well, does he say anything?

No.

He's just watching porn.

What's the date?

15th of April 2023.

We have a doctor's appointment today, right?

- Is that what the diary says? - Yes.

What are you doing?

We are switching clothes, from winter to summer clothes.

But tomorrow it may be winter again.

Yes, but today it's spring. It's a good time to switch them.

Okay, you know best. I'll go get ready.

We have to go to the doctor.

I'm pregnant...

But we haven't seen the child in the future.

Isidoros and Penelope Vatougiou?

Come with me.

Excuse me, do you know where we are going?

Follow me, please.

Excuse me, where are we going?

Where are we going?

I'm talking to you!

Why are we here?

- Why are you shouting? - Why did you call us here?

It has to do with why you haven't seen the child in the future.

We've asked you about this numerous times.

Did the baby die at birth?

Why have we not seen the child in the future?

It died at birth...

- Did the baby die at birth? - No, it didn't die at birth.

Excuse me, who are you?

It didn't die at birth.

Look here, we've had a really hard time with this matter.

We're going mad wondering if the baby died at birth.

Or if we gave it up for adoption

And you say nothing. You're torturing us!

You are a surrogate mother.

Meaning?

You agreed to be a surrogate

And gave up the child after birth.

You did not have a miscarriage and you did not give the baby up for adoption.

I'm Agent Petrondas, from the Ministry of Lost Time.

Nice to meet you.

You appeared in our records today

following a transfer to your bank account

by a certain Lakis Anagnostopoulos.

The payment was labelled as 'second installment for surrogacy'

3,000 euro.

Are we rich?

So you are saying we did it for money?

Who is this Lakis Anagnostopoulos?

Can we talk in my office, please?

No, tell us who Lakis Anagnostopoulos is.

He's the intended father.

Don't you know who Lakis Anagnostopoulos is?

No...

He works at the Ministry of Lost Time.

A high ranking official.

So he has the child in the future?

Yes.

At least in the future the child is alive.

- Can the surrogacy process be canceled? - No.

You went through the procedure of becoming a surrogate mother

You donated your eggs for In Vitro Fertilisation.

Here.

At least the child will not die.

Could it be that you wanted to be a surrogate mother...

instead of a proper mother?

I don't know...

I mean, I know I would prefer not to be a mother at all.

So you haven't changed your mind?

About what?

Wouldn't you want to be the mother for my child?

No.

Then why do we even bother?

Because now I'm pregnant. And this cannot change.

- Maybe it can... - Maybe it's better like this

since we will be divorced

Don't you want to know why?

I never said I don't want to know.

Then perhaps we should ask Anna about why we did this.

Why Anna?

Perhaps you did it for the money...

I did it...

Are you suggesting I make decisions by myself?

Tell me.

Tell you what?

Maybe we care for someone who wants to have children

And maybe later something changed my mind,

and I wanted to feel what motherhood is like.

We are idiots.

Idiots.

Shit.

Present.

Tired?

Present.

Sadness?

Past.

Sadness?

Present.

Ready?

Good evening. I'm Penelope.

Hello Penelope. Lakis Anagnostopoulos. It's a pleasure.

Nice to meet you.

Nice.

Nice...

How is the pregnancy going?

Fine...

- What would you like to drink? - I'm okay, thanks.

- Have something. - No, no I'm okay.

Have something!

I'm okay.

It was only two days ago that I got the call from the genetics center

telling me that I would become a father through surrogacy.

- When did you find out? - Yes... today.

I have financial issues, I have to take care of my brother

But I haven't yet lived the day that I decided to become a surrogate.

I'm sorry.

No, it's fine. Don't worry.

My wife and I... we hadn't thought about it.

In fact, we haven't lived the day we took the decision either.

The point is we thought the child would be born through IVF...

Not through a surrogate mother.

My wife tried IVF in the past

and had lived some days during which she was pregnant.

Did you lose the baby? Is that why you looked for a surrogate?

Yes, that's what happened.

Look, we don't want the child now.

What?

You haven't given birth yet, have you?

No, but that's irrelevant...

the child has already existed.

Yes, but we don't want it.

Listen, I've got some connections at the Ministry of Lost Time...

What does that have to do with anything?

It sure does. The Ministry of Lost Time helps you recover lost time

but it can also help you erase time...

To remember days, or forget days...

They can help us forget the child.

They can substitute the days in the future when the child is already with us

With days in which the child doesn't exist.

And for how many days can the Ministry do that?

Many...

For years?

For years.

So...

the child doesn't exist?

Yes.

Yes... But in order to ensure that the procedure follows the law

it's best if you have an abortion.

Did you receive the money?

Yes.

I'm sorry for this slight inconvenience...

But there is a 6,000 euro penalty for the abortion.

We'll pay for that, but as you may realise

we can't pay you the third installment.

But you will go on the trip.

What trip?

Surrogate mothers have the right to travel to Linear Time for a week

after giving birth.

You knew that, didn't you?

You may not give birth but we will arrange for the trip to happen anyway.

Wait a minute...

What you're saying doesn't add up.

The child has already existed, so how can it not have been born?

It doesn't make any sense.

Once the Ministry of Lost Time is involved

it doesn't have to make sense.

What did he say?

That they don't want the child.

What? Why?

Because it's from a surrogate mother.

- I have to have an abortion. - No!

That's what he said. And what do you mean 'they don't want it'?

He said he has connections at the Ministry of Lost Time,

that they can make you forget days...

But Lakis is going to pay a 6,000 euro penalty for the change.

So we can pay the penalty and keep the child?

I don't know.

Look, we don't know what will happen in the future

even if we haven't seen the child.

If you don't have an abortion we will pay the penalty

and see what happens.

And how are we going to pay 6,000?

I'll work.

Hi.

Hello.

- How are you? - Fine.

Thanassis is reading the news

From an old newspaper.

About an old war.

Did he say anything today?

No.

It's difficult when you know the future...

Angry?

Past.

Angry?

Past.

Love?

Divorce?

Soon...

Hate?

Future.

Hate?

I'm having an abortion.

What?

I am thinking about having an abortion.

That's not what you said yesterday.

- This isn't yesterday. - So?

I did it for the money.

For the money... As a job.

And now I want nothing.

Neither the money, nor motherhood. Nothing.

So, you'll have an abortion.

I said we'll have to think about abortion.

No!

- You think it's easy for me? - Then why are we even talking about it?

Because you are unbearable!

These are the days you are unbearable - you'll be like this for a long time.

And I'm tired of it...

I'm exhausted.

We barely speak anymore...

- I'm not keeping the baby. - We don't know what will happen.

You can't change anything.

I can't change anything but I want to try my best!

We have to fight today, anyway.

We can avoid it, you know.

We can just sit around in silence, being angry with each other...

I'll get a job. I'll go to Linear Time and get a job.

Idiot.

Present.

My dear Panagiotis...

- So it's today... - Yes...

- Hello Penelope. - Hello Yiannis.

- How are you? - Good...

We decided not to tell him.

We decided with the others not to tell him that he died.

Why?

Don't tell him tomorrow or whenever you see him.

It's best not to remind him of such a thing...

He's better off not thinking about it at all.

It will make him sad.

But he already knows that he dies young.

It's no good reminding him of it though, is it?

No good at all.

I'm going...

So you saw him in the coffin?

Yes.

Oh my...

I can't tell you.

Come on, tell me... Where were you yesterday?

That's out of the question, I can't tell you.

We have to stop seeing each other, you will get married.

Now I am not married. Now we are here.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

Where were you yesterday?

Yesterday was in the future.

Wait...

- How far ahead in the future? - 2037.

Shit.

I missed another day.

LOST DAYS LOST FEELINGS...

Hello.

Did you know that yesterday was the day of your funeral?

No, I didn't.

Yes.

Who was there?

All your friends, your sisters, your ex-wife...

Were they all okay?

Yes... Are you ready for your reactions?

So, remember: yesterday was your funeral. Ready?

Sad.

That was okay... But imagine... it's your funeral taking place.

Pensive.

Stern.

Mourning.

- Can I have the music for this one? - Sure.

Happy.

Good. You are still alive.

You did really well.

You won the cinema ticket.

There aren't that many screenings.

The next one is in three days from now.

Hey, Panayiotis. What's up?

All good, man. What's up?

Did he tell you anything?

Nah, nothing.

Pericles!

What about those paychecks?

What about them? Everyone gets paid at the end of the month.

Okay, but it hasn't been the end of the month in 300 days.

Let's see. They say Time will be unstable in the coming days.

Pericles, you have to pay the money you owe me, now.

You know what? It's about time you quit.

Ok.

Go fuck yourself, Pericles. I quit!

Hi!

This is Penelope.

This is my wife Georgia. Still.

She's very pretty.

You're not feeling well.

Look, we're not supposed to be meeting anyway.

Don't worry, you'll feel better soon.

Tell me what it is that you want.

We'd like to ask you to wait...

to not have the abortion...

until he decides.

Until we decide.

If you can.

If you can't, we understand.

We'll leave it up to you.

It's not our decision to make.

The decision is yours.

I have to go.

The last bus is leaving soon.

We can give you a lift. Right?

You don't have to.

I'll take the bus.

Good.

- We'll talk soon. - Goodnight.

We'll talk soon.

Sad

Pensive

Mourning

Happy

They told me to wait

until they decide.

- Then I will leave. - What?

I am forced to go.

Where?

Through the Ministry.

I am forced to leave, to work in Linear Time.

I'll bring money and I'll pay for the penalty...

- And you think they'll pay you? - Yeah, why?

I'll bring money back.

For how long?

One or two months.

Aren't you afraid of passing through the Ministry of Lost Time?

A little...

I went to your funeral two days ago.

I know...

Sad?

Past.

Sad?

Present.

Tired?

Present.

- Good afternoon. - Hello.

I have some really good news!

There's something I didn't tell you the other day

My wife and I have had some problems recently... in our relationship

We thought it was time to "shake things up" a bit

to end our relationship, I mean.

But - everything is good now!

We're back together again, so...

we are keeping the child!

- You're back together again? - Yes.

And you are keeping it?

Yes!

You haven't had the abortion yet, have you?

Good.

Good. So what do you think?

Isn't it great?

Can I see the child?

What?

You want to see the child?

It depends. We'll try.

We'll try.

You know that that's actually forbidden, right?

But we will try, why not?

Fine. Okay. We'll see.

I don't understand.

Do you have the child now, or not?

I mean in the future, does it live with you?

Yes, he lives with us. Why?

Because if he lives with you, then why all this fuss?

I should just give birth and be done with it.

Yes, but later we may not want it again.

What the fuck are you talking about?

Do you hear what you're saying?

I'm talking bullshit, right?

Weren't you just saying that you are keeping the child?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Forgive me.

I'm sorry, Penelope, really. I didn't mean to upset you.

And I'm not just saying it because you're pregnant.

This isn't about the baby. It's about you.

I don't want to upset you.

Here he is.

He's a nice kid. I think we'll keep him.

Excuse me, but I have to get ready for work.

Okay.

What are you doing, madam?

We will find a solution, madam.

The child is not destroyed because of his parents.

Do you know I can translate trees as well?

Yes.

I can translate both humans and trees.

Each tree constantly says a sentence.

This one says:

"As we reach the end...

we go to the beginning."

This one says:

"It is yours...

but it belongs to the world."

It's like they have signs on them.

And what does this one say?

"I pray unto you...

I pray until the dusk of names."

I will teach you how to translate trees.

Madam...

Thanassis speaks!

What does he say?

He is thinking of some people.

He talks to them.

He whispers:

"Sister"

My dearest...

it's been years since our divorce

and since you got lost at work

over there in Linear Time

I have no news about the child

I don't know if I will give birth

I still persevere

Have a nice evening!

Goodbye.

What happened to you?

What's wrong?

I'm looking for my husband.

He is lost...

in Linear Time.

Name and ID please?

Here it says that you give birth today.

I lost the baby... at birth.

How is that possible? The child exists...

- It exists? - Yes.

Under the name Aris Anagnostopoulos.

Aris...

Can I now travel to Linear Time?

My name is Isidoros.

You can call me Isi...

I'm Penelope.

What brings you to speed dating?

Are you married?

Yes.

What's your opinion about marriage?

I don't know.

I'm married, but...

we have divorced.

Do you have children?

You?

Yes.

One.

Did you give birth?

When?

Yesterday.

And the child?

I don't know.

Where have you been?

Divorce?

Future.

Child?

Future.

Sadness?

Past.

Sadness?

Future.

Love?

Past.

Love?

Future.

Love?