All language subtitles for Treasure.2024.1080p.WEBRip.DDP5.1.x265-GP-M-Eng

(ENDEARING MUSIC PLAYING)

(AIRPLANE FLYING)

(CHILD SHOUTS, GIGGLES)

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON PA SYSTEM)

(HAPPY CHATTERING)

Excuse me, did you just
land from New York...

(SPEAKING POLISH)

Okay, I don't
speak... All right.

(MAN EXCLAIMS, CHUCKLES)

(CONVERSING IN POLISH)

For fuck's sake.

Ruthie. I'm so
glad to see you.

Dad, what happened?

There was problem
with my suitcase.

And nice man, he sticked...

No, not here with your suitcase.

In New York, at
the airport, Dad.

I went to McDonald's
for the hunger.

- Oh, my...
- I'm sorry

I missed the flight, Ruthie,

but this I bought
for you, pumpkin.

"One Armed Alibi."

Oh, my fucking God.

So, you went to
the bookstore, too?

You really painted
the town red, Dad.

What? You love the reading.

RUTH: Never disappear again.

Ruthie. I am here.

People who disappear
are not here.

RUTH: Do you think there's
toilets on the train?

I have to pee so bad.

RUTH'S DAD: Of course.

Who would go on a
train without toilet?

(TRAIN HORN BLARES)

What?

Th-There are taxicabs
in front of airport.

And?

And the train is slow.

We won't get to
hotel before evening.

Dad, I paid for the tickets.

I've spent money
on these tickets.

And the bathroom,
on Polish trains,

they're not so good,
Ruthie, trust me.

(MAN SPEAKS POLISH)

Two minutes, okay? Don't move.

Pumpkin. Where would I go?

RUTH: There you go.

(SPEAKING POLISH)

What?

(SPEAKING POLISH)

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(SIGHS)

Did you see where he went?

(SPEAKING POLISH)

No, thank you.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

RUTH: I asked you
not to move, Dad.

This is getting off to
kind of a rough start.

Ruthie, I want you to
meet my friend, Stefan.

- Yeah, hello.
- He is driver.

The best driver in Warsaw.

(IN POLISH) My
daughter. From New York.

Very smart.

STEFAN: (IN ENGLISH) My
pleasure to drive you.

Welcome.

(ENDEARING MUSIC PLAYING)

(STEFAN AND RUTH'S DAD
CONVERSING IN POLISH)

What are you two talking about?

RUTH'S DAD: German
engineering.

So, Ruthie, what are our plans?

Well, we'll visit Lódz to see
where you and Mom grew up.

So, we take a train
from Warsaw to Lódz

in the morning. And
I hope you'll come.

Yeah, but Stefan can
take us there for $30.

He asked for 50, but
I said $30 or nothing.

That's true.

But, Dad, I already
bought train tickets.

I don't know if you, like,
think I'm made of money.

Why you ask such
crazy questions?

What's wrong with
riding Mercedes?

I thought you hated Mercedes.

No, I never said that.

I said I hate the
Germans, not Mercedes.

(ENDEARING MUSIC PLAYING)

(IN POLISH) This is a
very beautiful hotel.

(IN ENGLISH) Beautiful place.

RUTH: Yeah, I know.

I've been waiting here for you.

(IN POLISH) My
daughter always stays

in such exquisite hotels.

Your daughter has
exquisite taste.

She will be staying
on the third floor

and your room is 508,
on the fifth floor.

Breakfast is in the restaurant
from seven to ten o'clock.

Uh... (SIGHS)

Sorry, I have to ask
you to change rooms.

We need two rooms
close together.

I'm sorry, that's not possible.

All the rooms are booked.

(IN ENGLISH) What's wrong?

Eh...

(IN POLISH) Does this help?

(IN ENGLISH) Yes,

this is very good
room for my daughter.

This is our Marilyn
Suite. My favorite.

What was wrong
with my other room?

Nothing, Ruthie. I
just thought our...

our rooms should be closer
together, that's all.

This is a special
daughter-father trip, no?

Here.

Thank you, sir.

It is nothing.

RUTH: What are you doing?

You're handing out
ridiculous amounts of cash.

I want to show that
my daughter is rich.

Dad, I'm not rich.

It was actually very hard
for me to pay for this trip.

And I budgeted it
very carefully.

Now you're throwing
it into total chaos.

I want to make sure that
they treat us properly

and show respect.

- (SIGHS)
- Don't say anything.

I not say a word.

Hmm, what is this?

Please, Dad, I'm
just really tired.

I need to go to sleep.

Listen, I'm so
happy you made it,

that we're together.

But I just need to have
a good night's sleep.

And tomorrow morning,

I'll turn my frown
upside down or whatever.

I understand. Tight sleep.

You too.

And, Ruthie, erm,
lock the door, yes?

Okay.

Now.

Okay.

Thank you, pumpkin.

- (DOOR CLOSES)
- (SIGHS)

(EXHALES)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(DOG YAPPING IN DISTANCE)

(TUTS)

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

RUTH: "Certainly the
Jew is a human being.

"But then the louse
is a living thing too.

"Only not a pleasant one.

"So, we are not obliged to
keep it and let it prosper,

"but our duty is rather
to exterminate it.

"Likewise the Jew."

- (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
- (INHALES DEEPLY)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

(BOTTLES CLINK)

(SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Why do you do this
to yourself, Ruthie?

It is food for birds.

I worry about you.

I called Garth when...

You called Garth?

Yes. I called Garth when I
was waiting in the airport.

Dad, enough, okay?

At least wait until noon

to tell me that
my life is a joke

and remind me about
my ex-husband.

Okay.

So, let's see. "Our
Roots. Heritage tours."

"Set out on an unforgettable
journey through Poland,

"the country that was once home

"to the largest Jewish
population in Europe.

"Saturday, Kraków.

"After breakfast, we depart
for Auschwitz-Birkenau."

What Jew

goes to Poland as a tourist?

I never asked you to come.

You know, I was totally
fine doing this on my own.

How could I let my daughter
travel to Poland on her own?

No, this is... this
is too dangerous.

So, what are we doing
today? Remind me.

Well, we're going to
take the train to Lódz,

so I can see where you grew up.

Yes. Yes, that is right.

So, have you, you know,
packed your luggage?

Or that Frankenstein thing

that you're calling a
suitcase these days?

You know, I, um... I
need to make a call.

Okay.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING
AND LAUGHING)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

(RUTH'S DAD SPEAKING POLISH)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

That was Magda.

RUTH: Who's Magda?

What? Stefan's wife.

(IN POLISH) Ladies,
you look beautiful.

Overly beautiful!

(IN ENGLISH) What?

One of these ladies is going
to be Miss Poland tonight.

It is exciting.

Can we go?

Sit down. Stefan will
not be here till 10:00.

Stefan?

Ruthie, our driver. Stefan.

I have booked him
for the whole trip.

Magda send you her
warmest greetings.

I'm sure she does.

Should we get you a new
coat? You must be freezing.

Ah... This is the
country of my birth.

I was made for cold.

MAN: Mr. Rothwax.

Ah, Stefek.

(ALL GREETING IN POLISH)

(LIGHT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC CONTINUES ON STEREO)

Where are we going?

Lódz is in the other direction.

Today, Stefan shows you

the Warszawa ghetto
wall from your brochure.

RUTH: But I don't want to go
to the Warsaw ghetto wall.

You traveled all the way
to the Washington D.C.

just to see one brick of
that wall in the museum,

remember?

Well, today, I show you
many bricks, not just one.

Today, I show you the wall.

I'd like to go to Lódz,
please, Stefan. Thank you.

No, to the ghetto.

She doesn't know what
she wants. Trust me.

I know exactly what I want.

Look for bricks.

Either bricks stacked

or bricks in a pile on
top of other bricks.

This doesn't look like
the Warsaw ghetto, Dad.

- Eh?
- Let's get back in the car.

It must be here somewhere.

The city you are looking
for does not exit anymore.

Exist?

Ah, yes.

The Germans.

The city... They
razed to the ground.

On this side of Vistula,
not one house was left.

Look. There. That must be it.

RUTH: Are you sure?

MR. ROTHWAX: Here.

(GRUNTS) Oh.

(CHUCKLES) Now, Stefan.

I want you to take a photo
of me with my daughter

in front of the wall.

(IN POLISH) But this
isn't the Ghetto Wall.

What?

This is not a memorial.

There is no inscription or sign.

A memorial must have that.

(IN ENGLISH) What's he saying?

Eh, n-nothing. He...

He thinks perhaps it is
not a very good background

for a picture. I-I-I
think he's wrong.

I really don't think this is it.

Ruthie, a wall is a wall.

This is true.

Say

the cheese.

- Cheese.
- The cheese.

- (CAMERA CLICKS)
- Yes, very nice.

So... Ah, maybe to
museum of Chopin we go.

It is interesting.

Chopin Museum. That
is very good idea.

I'd really like to
drive to Lódz now.

- STEFAN: Cheese.
- (CAMERA CLICKS)

It is beautiful photograph.

MAN: (IN POLISH) Your
hot dogs are ready!

I'm coming!

Huh.

(IN ENGLISH) Chopin's
mother did live here

for more than one decade.

She was born in Warsaw
in September 1782.

She lived a very happy life
and died at the age of 79.

Well, good for Chopin's mom.

Ruthie, what is there not to
like about Chopin's mother?

This isn't about
Chopin's mother, okay?

This is about you completely
derailing this trip,

since you decided to come.

I had a very specific list of
things that I wanted to see.

The house of Chopin?
Not on that list.

Okay? So I'm going to
go to Lódz by myself.

You can stay here if
you like it so much.

- Stefan.
- Mm?

(IN POLISH) Change of plans.
We are driving to Lódz.

(GENTLE CLASSICAL
MUSIC PLAYING)

STEFAN: (IN ENGLISH)
This is Lódz.

RUTH: This is
where you grew up?

Yes.

It once was nice.

STEFAN: This is true.

MR. ROTHWAX: You
would have liked it.

(IN POLISH) Look
at this factory.

RUTH: (IN ENGLISH) What is it?

MR. ROTHWAX: It
is our factory.

Or was.

Stop the car, I want to see.

MR. ROTHWAX: There's
nothing to see.

Stefan, stop the car.
Please stop the car.

This belonged to us?

MR. ROTHWAX: Yes.

But what did it do?
Like, what did it make?

Cotton.

It was your super grandfather
who started it all.

It was a good business.
One to be proud of.

You should have seen
it back then, Ruthie.

We had 40 people
working with us.

RUTH: Why have you never
told me about this?

MAN: (IN POLISH)
Can I help you?

No, thank you.

Are you authorized to be here?

My family used to
own this factory.

- Before the war.
- I only work here.

I don't want any trouble.

(IN ENGLISH) Let's
go to the hotel.

(IN POLISH) Have a good day.

(IN ENGLISH) I wish
I could speak Polish.

(CHUCKLES) Why?

So that we could talk more, Dad.

We talk always. What...

What is there else to say?

- Don't you want a picture?
- Not here. No.

Or just... You could
stay and show me...

Ruthie, you do your thing.
Er, there's no rush.

Yes, take no rush, Ruthie.

(IN POLISH) Did you come
to reclaim your property?

MR. ROTHWAX: No, I
would never do that.

STEFAN: Mm.

Your daughter and grandchildren?

Yes.

MR. ROTHWAX: (IN ENGLISH)
You are a lucky guy.

(IN POLISH) Yes.
I know, trust me.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

(IN ENGLISH) Welcome in Lódz.

Okay. Thank you. Bye.

You're not staying?

No, I sleep with
my wife's mother.

What?

This is Poland.
It saves money.

So I wish you both nice night.

RUTH: Bye.

So, what is your
name, young man?

I'm Tadeusz.

My name is Edek Rothwax.

- Oh.
- Dad.

And this is my daughter.
Very famous in New York.

- Oh, yes?
- I'm not. I'm a journalist.

Yes, for the rich
and the famous.

I talked to a few famous people.

That does not make me famous.

Yes, to the Rolling Stones.

- The Rolling Stones?
- Yeah.

So perhaps I could
get your autograph.

That would be a real
waste of paper, Tadeusz.

And the rooms, Mr. Rothwax?

We want them close together,
right next to each other.

RECEPTIONIST: Of
course. I understand.

This trip, this is a special
daughter-father trip.

It's father-daughter, Dad.

Says who?

I put you first.
It is kind, no?

Yes, sir, very kind.

This is for you.
And this is for you.

Enjoy.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(RUTH MUMBLES)

Dad, can you knock?
I'm not decent.

Decent? How?

Like, not naked?

Yeah, that would be decent.

The hotel has given us
really good rooms, no?

Plus, you have a balcony.

(DOOR OPENS)

(WIND WHISTLING)

We really need to
get you a new coat.

This is fine. Does its job.

Kind of doesn't. It makes you
look like a street person.

That is not true.
I am handsome.

Okay.

EDEK: This is
Piotrkowska Street.

When your mother
and I was young,

it used to be full of
people this time of night.

So many young and
excited people.

(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

There was such happiness...

such hope.

I miss your mom.

I know you do. So do I.

It's been a year now.

I miss her very much.

I wish she was here with us.

She would not have come.

She would be horrified to know
we are here, back in Poland.

Well, I'm excited to be here
to see where you grew up.

It's why we're here. It's...

It's why I'm here.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

"The best and easiest thing

"would be to give people
enough food options.

"But that's not possible.

"One must be clear.
There are two ways.

"We condemn the Jews in the
ghetto to starvation or...

"we shoot them."

(REPORTER ON TV
SPEAKING POLISH)

(MUFFLED TV CHATTER)

(MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

(MAN ON TV SPEAKING POLISH)

Bravo!

(IN ENGLISH) Five,
six, seven, eight.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON TV)

Five, six, seven, eight.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(BUGS PATTERING)

- (SWITCH CLICKS)
- (PATTERING STOPS)

RECEPTIONIST: Recepcja.

Hi, can I cancel
the wake-up call

for room 252, please?

- Why?
- Because I'm already awake.

(LIVE AND LET DIE
PLAYS) ♪ Not even MCs ♪

♪ You, he, she, and even I ♪

♪ Should live and let live ♪

♪ Or live and let die ♪

♪ Live and let die ♪

(CAR HORN BLARES)

(DOG BARKING)

(PANTING)

♪ You're wastin' time ♪

♪ Tryin' to change
the mind of those ♪

♪ Whose souls are
full of holes ♪

♪ I do unto others... ♪

(MEN SPEAKS POLISH)

I am sorry.

♪ Life ain't nothin' but
death without money ♪

♪ My way of thinkin'
is one-track ♪

♪ My method of
convincin', combat ♪

♪ Success is a mission ♪

♪ It's there for anyone
who wants to do better... ♪

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(WOMAN SPEAKING POLISH)

RUTH: Hello.

American?

Yeah. Do you know, um...

No, thank you.

- (SPEAKS POLISH)
- Maybe...

Oh, no, no, no. I'm
a vegetarian. Vege...

- (BABY CRYING)
- Vegetarian? Just vegetables.

(SPEAKING POLISH)

Okay.

Uh...

Okay. This is
everything I have.

But, um, you can keep
this. I don't need it.

The money is a gift,
so if you want...

I don't... No... I don't...

(WOMAN SPEAKS POLISH)

Okay. Okay. I don't...

But it's... No more. No more.

Okay. Thank you. Thank
you. No, thank you. Yep.

- (CONTINUES SPEAKING POLISH)
- No, thank you.

EDEK: What are you doing?

I went for a run.

With those?

I bought them on the way.

But why?

I don't know. Um, I'll
give them to Stefan.

But what would Stefan want

with an iron and
an old toothbrush?

Just let me shower.

You look tired, even
after the shower.

(SARCASTICALLY) Thanks,
Dad. Always a pleasure.

You look shocking, Ruth.

Shocking?

Oh, my God, Dad.
That's a new one.

I'm going to use it on you
when you least expect it.

I think I'm just tired.
I didn't sleep that much.

No, me neither.

Do you think you were...

nervous about being in Lódz?

No, I don't think so.

I couldn't sleep because

the bed was so lumpy.

It went up in the middle
and down at both sides.

Such a bed is...

is good for the sex, you know,

- but not for the sleeping.
- (CHUCKLING)

Dad, don't.

But it's just normal what I say.

Well, it's not a normal
thing to say to your child.

And anyway, "normal" people
are always the most insane.

What about you,
Ruthie, and the sex?

When did you last have the sex?

Dad, I'm not answering
that question.

In fact, I'm going to
pretend you never asked it.

Okay.

Sheesh.

This should be
Gubernatorska Street,

but it is not.

It's been more than 40 years
since you've been here, Dad.

Things have changed.

Nothing has changed. It's
just the street names.

There.

That is your mom's
old apartment.

That, right there?

It's like a daycare
center now or something.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

I often would stand right here.

I would beg your mom
to come out with me.

Oh, she was such a
lovely, lovely girl.

Dad?

Hmm?

- Are you okay?
- (BELL RINGS)

- (CHILDREN SCREAM)
- Of course, pumpkin.

(CHILDREN LAUGHING AND
CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

What do you think?
Should we go in there?

No, let's go, eh?

There it is.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

- (CAMERA CLICKS)
- This one?

Yeah, on the second floor.

- Should we go in?
- No, no, no, no. This...

There's nothing to see that
you can't see from here.

Okay, I'll go look around.

EDEK: Ruthie, let's...

- let's go back down, eh?
- No.

(SIGHS)

Wait outside, okay? I'll
be there in a minute.

(WINGS FLUTTERING)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

- (STAIRS CREAK)
- (GASPS)

(WHISPERING) Dad, is this it?

Yes. It was ours.

RUTH: Who does
it belong to now?

EDEK: I don't know.

What are you doing?

I told you, okay?
This is why I'm here.

- I want to see it.
- (MUFFLED THUD)

Are you mad?

Let's get out of here.

- Someone's coming.
- Oh, my God.

Hello. Dzień dobry.
Me llamo Ruth.

I'd like to see your apartment.

(EDEK CLEARS THROAT)

(IN POLISH) Good morning.
I'm sorry to bother you.

I'm Edek Rothwax. This
is my daughter, Ruth.

Antoni Ulicz. What
can I do for you?

I lived here many years ago.

I grew up in this
apartment. Before the war.

I was hoping to show my daughter

where I grew up, where
I spent my childhood.

(DOOR THUDS)

(IN ENGLISH) What
are you doing?

What you taught me. I want
him to show us respect.

ANTONI: (IN POLISH) Irena,
my dear, we have visitors!

(DOOR CLOSES)

My daughter Irena
and my grandchildren.

Unfortunately the baby is sick.

No wonder, in this old building.

Everything is broken,
the drafts are brutal.

Make yourselves at home, please.

(IN ENGLISH) Which
room was yours?

It was through there.

(BABY CRYING)

(WHISPERS) Do you think
it's okay if I look around?

No, Ruthie. Of course not.

(ANTONI SPEAKING POLISH)

Mr. Ulicz?

May I use your toilet?

- Toaleta?
- Ah.

(IN POLISH) Of course.
It's on your right.

Irena, boil some
water for the tea.

EDEK: It's alright.
We'll just be a minute.

ANTONI: Please. I insist.

Come and take a seat.

IRENA: Will you
take the apartment?

(IN ENGLISH) Jesus.

(IN POLISH) My parents are
old, this is all we have.

My sick grandmother can't leave.

(IN ENGLISH) I'm
sorry, I don't...

I don't speak Polish.

Your baby is very beautiful.

Big beauty.

IRENA: Please.

(IN POLISH) Do not
take our home from us.

(IN ENGLISH) I'm sorry,
I don't understand.

(KETTLE WHISTLING)

(IN POLISH) Alright,
as you can see,

people stopped paying
the rent for years.

Please take a seat.

Excuse me, the tea
is nearly ready.

(EDEK CHUCKLES)

EDEK: What is your name?

(CHILD GIGGLES)

(IN ENGLISH) Ask them
when they moved in.

What difference does it make?

It makes a
difference. Ask him.

Fine, but only for you.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(IN POLISH) Mr. Ulicz,
when did you move in here?

My father was assigned
it around 1940.

(IN ENGLISH) They
moved here in 1940.

And what year were
you kicked out?

1940.

Bardzo dobry.

Were any personal items
left in the apartment?

Mr. Ulicz... (CLEARS THROAT)

(IN POLISH) Do you know if
there were any personal items

left in this apartment?

There was nothing here.

Not that I know of.

(IN ENGLISH) He says
there was nothing.

(GRUNTS)

(GASPS SOFTLY)

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

No.

- No.
- RUTH: Dad?

Dad, what's wrong?

This was our couch.

RUTH: What?

This is... This is our couch.

So this guy's a fucking liar.

Ruthie, turn it down.

ANTONI: (IN POLISH) Let me
get my sister from upstairs.

She knows more than I do.

She looks after the house
and will be back at 3.

I'm sure she will talk
to you if you are polite.

Listen, let me
make myself clear.

I'm not interested

in reclaiming this building.

I live in New York, on the
other side of the world.

What use would I have for this?

What I am interested
in, however,

are the items that were here.

Any sort of personal items...

When we moved into
the apartment...

it was empty.

And so was the entire building.

Stay a little longer.

We will make you another
tea and we can talk.

(IN ENGLISH) What did she say?

(SIGHS)

She said the
apartment was empty.

Yeah, but that's bullshit.
They have our couch.

Yes, I know.

And, er, you see that bowl?

That silver bowl?

RUTH: Yeah.

It is my mother's.

That's it. I'm buying it.

No, you are not.
That is ridiculous.

It is just a dish.

You can buy dish in store.

Yeah, but I don't want
to buy a dish in a store.

I don't even want a dish.

- I want this dish.
- (SIGHS)

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

EDEK: That teapot
belonged to my mother.

And those cups and
the sugar bowl.

And even the spoons.

I remember my mother
pouring tea from that pot.

Many, many times.

(SPEAKING POLISH)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(FOOTSTEPS)

RUTH: Dad.

If they have the dish
and they have the teapot,

they probably have other stuff.

And I'm not going to stop

until I figure
out what was ours.

Okay? They probably walked in

minutes after you
were forced out.

They don't even care.
They're selfish liars.

(WINDOW OPENS)

ANTONI: (IN POLISH) This
doesn't belong to you.

This is our home now.

And I asked you to be polite.

(IN ENGLISH) What is it?

He says that he
wants more money.

Fine, then I'll pay him.

After all, I'm so rich.

Oh, my God. I've
created a monster.

(DOG BARKS)

RUTH: But why do
we have to leave?

We're just getting
to the bottom...

We have seen all
there was to see.

I told you there
was no more to see.

RUTH: It's not fair.

They had your china and
the couch was there.

There's probably other stuff,

you know, letters,
pictures, family stuff.

Let's go back.

Ruthie. I show you the house,
but it is not enough for you.

What are you looking for?

I don't know. To
see where I'm from.

To get a piece of it, maybe.

You come from America.

That is your piece.

STEFAN: (IN POLISH)
The cemetery?

EDEK: Yes. The cemetery.

RUTH: (IN ENGLISH)
Can you read them?

EDEK: Oh, it's in
mostly Hebrew. I can't.

RUTH: Okay, I'm
trying to be careful.

I don't want to step on...

- (WINGS FLUTTERING)
- (BIRD SCREECHING)

This is us?

Fania, Henia. 1908, 1904.

Who are these people?

(CAMERA CLICKS)

These people? They were...

They were dead long
before I was even born.

Don't you think this
should be your job?

Cleaning shit from
the gravestones?

No, showing me Poland, you know,

"Oh, this is synagogue.
I often came here

"with your grandmother
and super grandfather.

"Here is grave that hold
your super grandfather."

I do not speak in such a way.

My English is much more good.

Ruthie, stop this.

We don't have...

a family plot.

My dead are in Auschwitz.

(EDEK GRUNTS)

Ruthie.

I've decided I cannot go
to Auschwitz with you.

I... I will stay at the hotel.

Is that okay with you?

Yeah, it's okay, Dad.

I understand.

Thank you.

(IN POLISH) Goodnight.

RECEPTIONIST: (IN ENGLISH)
I wish you a good...

EDEK: Whatever.

He seems like he is not himself.

RUTH: It was an
exhausting day.

Okay.

Um, would you be able to
organize a translator?

Of course. We got the
finest translator.

Okay. Um, for
tomorrow morning?

Oh. That could be
not possible, but...

- Tadzio?
- TADEUSZ: Tak?

(IN POLISH) Come
here a second.

I'm coming.

(IN ENGLISH) He's
not translator,

but very good
student of English.

Okay.

(IN POLISH) Could
you translate

for Ms. Rothwax tomorrow?

- (IN ENGLISH) Yes, of course.
- 9:00 a.m.?

- Perfect.
- In the lobby?

Yes. With a pleasure.

Okay. Thank you. Great.

Thank you. See you tomorrow.

(PEOPLE WHOOPING AND
CHATTERING IN DISTANCE)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(WOMAN LAUGHING)

Have you changed your clothes?

Of course.

Are you sure? 'Cause
that's not really, like,

the impression you're giving.

You still have yolk on
your sweater from Warsaw.

That's a very old yolk.

Oh, that's what that is.

Dad, come on.

What difference does it make?

I want you to feel good.

I feel fine.

Plus, I know I look great.

Yeah, you look great.

Really. I am happy, Ruthie.

Simple. Thank you.

- No, thanks.
- No, my daughter

does not do coffee.
Just tea and shit.

Of course.

And what about you, mm?

You are 32 and alone.

Thirty-six.

What?

I said I'm 36.

Thirty-six.

It is not normal to
be alone when young.

To not have partner.

(SIGHS) You are lonely.

I'm not lonely.

I'm single. I'm alone.
But I'm not lonely.

Why did you leave Garth?

Everything was fine
before Mom died.

I didn't leave him.

We broke up, like
most couples do.

I could introduce
you to 50 women

who are living like me.

I don't want to meet them.

(SIGHS)

To leave a man like
Garth is not normal.

What did I say about
the word "normal"?

There are people that are normal

and there are people
that are not so normal.

Do you ever remember
Mom getting angry at me?

You know, Mom. She
was so precise.

You know, she would

fold and iron sheets and
towels and washcloths.

I mean, she even
ironed my underwear.

She had those perfectly
organized cabinets, you know.

Order was everything to her.

And you two never
talked about the past.

You never talked about
the barracks or the lice

or the bunks or the
smell of burning flesh.

But Mom couldn't hide it
with her little smile.

She woke up every
single night screaming.

I would lie there in bed
listening to her screaming.

From the moment I was born,

I knew something terrible
had happened to you.

I just didn't dare
ask you about it.

Is that normal to you?

WOMAN: Good morning.

My best wishes to
you for the day.

WOMAN 2: Good morning.

EDEK: Dzień dobry.

(IN POLISH) I wish
you beautiful ladies

a pleasant day.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Thank you. Nice to meet you.

The pleasure is all mine.

- (BOTH CHUCKLING)
- (IN ENGLISH) Sorry.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I told you I am looking good.

You know what, Dad?
I'll see you later.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Thank you again
for coming with me.

Oh, thank you again for the job.

- And the autograph, of course.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

(DOOR OPENS)

- Ah, pani Rothwax.
- (BABY SHOUTING)

Uh...

(IN POLISH) Good
day, Mr. Ulicz.

I'm Tadeusz, Ms.
Rothwax's translator.

ANTONI: Tak, tak.

Please, come in.

(BABY CRYING)

TADEUSZ: Uh...

Ms. Rothwax wonders if...

you would agree to sell

some of your possessions,
as souvenirs.

Of course.

(IN ENGLISH) Okay.

ANTONI: (IN POLISH)
Please, come in.

RUTH: (IN ENGLISH) Wow. They
were really expecting us.

Yeah.

Um...

Can you ask him
how much he wants

for all of these things?

TADEUSZ: (IN POLISH) How
much do you want for the set?

Please name a price.

And not in zlotys.
Only dollars.

Uh-huh.

(IN ENGLISH) He wants
you to make an offer,

but I think it would be
better if he suggests a price.

Okay, well, I'm not just
going to throw numbers out.

That's bad deal making, so...

Mm-hmm.

(IN POLISH) How much do
you want for all of them?

Silver.

Porcelain.

(IN ENGLISH) Okay,
you can tell him

I'll give him 25 for the bowl,

uh, and another 25
for the tea set.

Yeah, but it's far too much.

I don't want to play games.
I don't want to bargain.

These things are
important to me.

(IN POLISH) Fifty dollars
for the bowl and the tea set.

Oh, nie.

(IN ENGLISH) Okay.
Well, you can tell him

that's my final price.

And if he doesn't
agree, we're leaving.

(IN POLISH) Fifty for all,
or the lady will be leaving.

Okay. Very well.

(IN ENGLISH) He
said it's okay?

- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.

Irenko.

TADEUSZ: Dzień dobry.

(IN POLISH) Please
wrap them up.

Does she want to see more?

(IN ENGLISH) He asked me
if you want to see more.

RUTH: Wow.

How much does he want for it?

(IN POLISH) How
much do you want?

Based on the previous
price that we agreed,

for the silver bowl
and the tea set...

I figure the set is
worth 500 dollars.

How much? 500?

(IN ENGLISH) What?

He said 500 for the set.
Based on your previous price.

(IN POLISH) She doesn't have
to take it. I don't care.

TADEUSZ: You're making it
more difficult than it is.

ANTONI: There is nothing
too difficult going on here.

Are you proud of
what you're doing?

- (CHINA SET RATTLES)
- Young man,

I wish I could
afford to be proud.

Przepraszam.

(IN ENGLISH) I
could try more to,

I don't know, lower the price.

It's too late. He can
tell how badly I want it.

Just tell him to wrap
it up. I'll take it.

(IN POLISH) Okay, Ms.
Rothwax will take it.

A coat? What would
she do with a coat?

It's her grandfather's coat.

(IN ENGLISH) This coat...

That belonged to
your grandfather.

(IN POLISH) You see? I.R.

Israel Rothwax.
That was his name.

(IN ENGLISH) I'll
take it. I'll take it.

(SOFT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

$500 is a lot of money.

I know, but it was worth it.

Maybe. (GRUNTS)

But now you can invite
the Rolling Stones

for tea and coffee, actually.

(LAUGHS) I don't think
they're going to come.

You never will know.

I guess I never will
know. (CHUCKLES)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

- (SINGING IN POLISH)
- (PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(SONG ENDS)

(SPEAKING POLISH)

(EDEK SPEAKING POLISH)

EDEK: Bravo.

Wow.

What is happening?

My daughter is eating
something with no seeds.

Dad, sit down.

You're looking better
already, pumpkin.

Guess what?

Hmm?

I went back and got your china.

What?

I went back and
bought your china.

And it was all there.

Everything. The
teapot, the plates,

the cups, the
saucers, all of it.

- Ruth...
- I know it's a lot of stuff,

but I'll get a second suitcase.

I'll pack it all up.
It's going to be...

Why did you do this?

Those people, Ruth,

they could have hurt you.

I'm fine. I'm tough.

Did you go alone?

No, I went with Tadeusz.
He was my translator.

Are you mad?

To go alone with a Polish man?

Don't you know what
happened to Szimek

when he went back?

Don't you know what
happened in Kielce in 1946?

Jews were murdered

when they went back
to their old houses.

Dad, I think you should relax.

Relax?

I can't relax.

Why do you think I
came here with you?

You have no idea...

how... (SIGHS)

And all for some stupid teapot?

It's not a stupid teapot, okay?

It's yours, which
means it's mine.

Which means it's important.

How much? How much
did they make you pay?

Listen, I got what I wanted.

- (SIGHS)
- You have no idea

how much this means to me, Dad.

Before this, we had nothing.
Nothing from your past.

And now you have a teapot.

No, Dad, I have your teapot.

But... (SIGHS)

What are you going to
do with your teapot

and all the china?

They are meant for a
family. And then you...

You have no family.

You have no children.
You have nobody.

That's not nice.

Tomorrow, I go with
you to Auschwitz.

Because, clearly, you have
none of the common sense.

(SNIFFS)

(KNOCKING)

Dad?

Dad, are you awake? I have
something I want to show you.

Dad?

(LIVELY CHATTERING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

EDEK: ♪ La la la la la la! ♪

- ♪ Life is life ♪
- (CROWD CLAPS AND SINGS ALONG)

♪ La la la la la la! Whoo! ♪

♪ When we all give the power ♪

♪ We all give the best ♪

♪ Every minute of an hour,
don't think about the rest ♪

♪ When everyone
gives everything ♪

♪ And every song
everybody sings ♪

♪ Life is life ♪

(CROWD CHEERS AND APPLAUDS)

Well, the talented
Szimek, everyone.

Oh, my daughter. Come,
sing on stage, Ruthie.

Don't do this.
Please don't do this.

Ruthie, Ruthie,
Ruthie. (LAUGHS)

(SOFT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(SINGING SENTIMENTAL SONG)

Your father has told
us so much about you.

My name is Zofia.
So nice to meet you.

EDEK: And this is her
beautiful friend...

Karolina Jędrzejewiczowa.

- Nice to meet you.
- Me too.

ZOFIA: Your father tells us
you are a famous journalist.

He loves to say that.

Um, I'm not famous, I'm
a journalist, but...

Never mind.

ZOFIA: Let me find
you another plate.

(ORDERING IN POLISH)

No, it's okay. I actually...
I don't eat after 7:00 p.m.

I'm trying to retrain
my metabolism.

EDEK: I should say that
my daughter doesn't eat.

What do you mean? She
looks like she eats.

That's because I do
eat. I eat a lot.

EDEK: Yeah, but only seeds.

She's rich, but she eat
like a peasant woman.

I think you look very beautiful.

To me, a beautiful woman

must be strong and
take up the space.

Thank you.

She is beautiful. And famous.

So are you two from here?

We are only here on business.

We are Polish-English
interpreters.

Today, we interpreted for
a company here in Lódz.

Yes. They wish to trade
jams, sweets and chocolates

with the United States.

Chocolate. Now, this I love.

- Really? So do I.
- Mm-hmm.

(BOTH LAUGH)

KAROLINA: Cigarette?

Yes. God. Thank you.

KAROLINA: Your father tells
us you planned the trip.

Yes, he was just saying

how much he's enjoying
his time with you.

Really? Enjoyment
is not the word

I would have applied to his
experience of this trip.

I am with you, so, yes,
I always enjoy you.

(SENTIMENTAL SONG
CONTINUES PLAYING)

(SPITS)

(SONG ENDS)

(SPEAKING POLISH)

Okay. So, you got
more belongings?

- My friend? Don't ask.
- (CHUCKLES)

Okay.

- Oops.
- Go ahead.

Sorry.

Goodbye, Mr. Rothwax.

Goodbye, Tadeusz. Thank you.

Pleasure. And I wish
you all the best.

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

Do widzenia.

(CROW CAWS)

Ruthie, try.

Mm. Stefan make this
soup especially for you.

STEFAN: Zero calorie.
This is true.

Thank you, Stefan. Mmm.

You really made this for me?

No, Magda's mother.

It is a soup especially
for people who do not eat.

EDEK: Mm.

(CHOPIN'S NOCTURNE
OP. 9 NO. 2 PLAYING)

(CHOPIN'S NOCTURNE OP. 9
NO. 2 CONTINUES PLAYING)

(LAUGHTER)

(CAR DOOR SLIDES SHUT)

Where are we?

EDEK: We are in Kraków. We
have arrived at the hotel.

RUTH: Why didn't
you wake me up?

Well, you are awake now, yes?

(CAR DOORS OPENING)

STEFAN: You're welcome.

(GENTLE MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

Good evening. Hello. Welcome.

So, you're here to visit
the Auschwitz Museum?

Um... It's not a museum.

The Museum of Modern
Art is a museum.

The Guggenheim
Museum is a museum.

Even in the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in Cleveland,

that's a museum. But
Auschwitz is a death camp.

Of course. My apologies.

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

EDEK: Oh, look. It
must be in the stars.

Are they following us?

ZOFIA: How are you?

Dobrze, dobrze, dobrze.

Hello. Hello.

- Hello.
- Hello.

(SINGING IN POLISH)

You are not married?

Me? No. No. No.

She was, once.

It was just so that he
could get a Green Card.

Doesn't really count.

This is not true. It
was love and marriage.

And to a wonderful man. Here.

His name is Garth.

Why do you have a
photo of my ex-husband?

EDEK: Ruthie, please.
Garth is my friend.

Of course I have his photo.

Don't you keep photos
of your friends?

I don't keep photos
of my ex-husband.

- And there.
- There's more?

ZOFIA: He's very
handsome. EDEK: Mm.

KAROLINA: He's gorgeous.
Like a movie star.

Yeah, it's true.

Garth is a wonderful
man. One in a million.

He loved Ruthie for
the woman she is.

What happened? You
two look so happy...

She just divorced Garth

because he wanted
family and children.

He wanted a good
life for my daughter.

It's not what happened.

Well, it... It is
what happened. Yeah.

He wanted happiness, you see?

Yes. Who doesn't?

Ruthie.

She prefers men who
do not like her.

Who ignore her calls.

If someone loves her,

it makes her nervous, anxious.

So, she runs away.

She runs away from
the one who loves her

and from the one
whom she loves too.

What?

Nothing. I'm just
surprised. (CHUCKLES)

Surprised by what?

That was actually very astute

for a man who refuses
to get a therapist.

Why would I see therapist?
I have no problems.

Me, I'm the same. No
problems. (CHUCKLES)

So you don't want children?

Well, I would like
grandchildren, yes.

That thing that you do,

I did that when I
was younger, too.

Don't worry, it will change.

KAROLINA: "Don't
worry." (CHUCKLES)

But you don't have
any children, Zofia.

Yes, but that was my choice.

And you? You have been
divorced four times?

Five. And that
was my choice too.

You are only afraid
of someone loving you

if you are not used to be loved.

Edek. Did you tell her

how much you loved her
when she was a child?

Of... Of course I did.

Did you?

How do you two know each other?

Oh. (CHUCKLES)

- Stefan is my good friend.
- Yeah.

How long have you
known each other?

- Oh, five...
- Four.

- Four days. Yes.
- (ZOFIA LAUGHS)

- We meet at airport.
- Mm-hmm.

- KAROLINA: Oh.
- Mm.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DIALING)

(LINE RINGS)

MAN: Hello?

Hello?

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(SNIFFLES)

(PENSIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING)

Are you nervous?

No. Why should I be nervous?

I... I don't know. Because...

There's nothing they
can do to me here now.

(IN POLISH) Are
you coming, Stefek?

Me? No.

I don't like going to the camps.

I'll wait for you.

EDEK: (IN ENGLISH)
It's gone. The smell.

I thought the smell
would never go away.

Come on, Dad, we're late.

Late for what?

Um, for our guide.

Guide? I don't need no guide.

I could walk about here
with my eyes closed.

I know you could,
but I didn't know

if you were coming with
me, so I got a guide.

- If it's too much...
- No, it's all right.

We can cancel if it's too much.

No. No. No.

Er... Who knows?

Maybe we learn
something from this...

- Rothwax?
- Guide.

Hi. Yeah, that's us.

Good morning. My name
is Małgorzata Nowak,

and I will be your tour
guide this morning.

Hi, I'm Ruth, and this
is Edek, my father.

Oh, good morning, Mr. Rothwax.

It's an honor to be
your guide today.

Would it be possible
to have a...

a coffee before we begin?

Um... You can have a
coffee in the museum.

A museum? It's not a
museum, it's a death camp.

Sorry, Miss Rothwax,

I didn't want to upset
you with my words.

What difference does it make?
It's still the same place.

GUIDE: Survivors
have the privilege

of driving into Birkenau.
Everybody else must walk.

That's something, at least.

Auschwitz-Birkenau

was started to build by
the German in autumn 1941.

Until 1944,

Jews in kettle cars
were transported

from all over German-occupied
Europe to the gas chambers.

Of 1.3 million
people sent here,

1.1 million murdered.

Everything at this place was
built for only one reason,

to murder.

(SIGHS)

Those not gased were
murdered via starvation,

disease, individual executions

or beatings by the German SS.

And I will show you now

one of these places where
the train were unloaded was.

There.

Inside the camp.

No, no, no, the...

The place where the
train did arrive and stop

was not inside.

It was over there.

Come, I'll show you.

GUIDE: Then you must have
arrived before May 1944?

RUTH: Yeah. From
the Lódz ghetto.

Boże. Yeah. This... This is...

This is where they
push my family out.

This is where your mom
and I were separated.

There were too many
trains, you know.

And all of them were
completely full.

We waited one night and
one day in our train.

(TRAIN CHUGGING)

(GASPS)

Here. Here. This...

- (DISTANT RADIO CHATTER)
- (DOG BARKS)

This is... Here.

- (MAN SHOUTING IN GERMAN)
- Here.

The... The rails.

Here is where your mom
and I were separated.

(MAN SHOUTS IN
GERMAN DISTANTLY)

Here.

This is where I had to
say goodbye to my family.

Your mom was sent to
other part of the camp,

but I stayed here
in... in Birkenau.

All the children from my family

- went with the women. Yes.
- (BABY CRYING DISTANTLY)

GUIDE: Were there
any other survivors?

In my father's family? Uh...

No. Um, my mother. But
she's gone now, so...

No, it's just... just him.

(MUTTERING) This I remember.

We stood with piss and shit
to our ankles for two days.

(HUFFS) All these trains.

RUTH: Dad.

Dad, I'm so sorry about
the train tickets.

I wasn't thinking.
It was like...

I was just trying so
hard to be efficient

and get the trip
handled. And I...

I guess sometimes
I get so caught up

in just trying to get
things done that I...

Please, pumpkin.

(SIGHS) I just wanted
to ride Mercedes.

It's... They're
better, that's all.

Here. This was my barracks.

It is burned down. Only
the chimney is left.

(GRUNTS)

Come. Come.

Come in. I insist.

Here... Here was the...
the wooden doors.

They had big holes in them.

In the winter, the man
who sleep near the doors,

in the morning, he
was usually dead.

I... I slept
over... over there.

I was lucky I was not so
near the doors, you know.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

I slept in the middle.

Nobody wanted to
sleep in the middle.

You could get crushed.

(EXHALES)

(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)

What's it like being here?

It's okay, Ruthie.

I'm lucky. I'm alive.

- (EDEK EXHALES)
- (CAMERA CLICKS)

But why you take that
many photographs?

Who should look at them?

I will.

Why do they keep
all this? Hmm?

Who wants to see it?

GUIDE: Since the fall
of the Wall, there are

thousands of visitors
from all over the world.

So it will be never forgotten.

In 1979, it was named
World Heritage...

A wall is a wall. (SIGHS)

EDEK: But I don't want to stay
here for a thousand years.

Ruthie, come on.

It's cold. Come.

Let's go and have that coffee.

(IN POLISH) No, wait.

(EDEK GRUNTS)

(ENGINE STARTS)

FILM - THE CHILDREN
OF AUSCHWITZ

(EDEK SIGHS)

(IN ENGLISH) You
just can't get enough

of all this disaster, can you?

Not a nice postcard to
get through the mail,

do you think?

No, I guess not.

Can I have one?

Sure, if you want one.

Thank you. I will
send to Garth.

Dad?

What? He should
see my old home.

(RUTH CHUCKLES)

RECEPTIONIST: And
how was the museum?

Edek? Edek.

Oh, my God. We have stalkers.

EDEK: That's not nice, Ruthie.

They're not
stalkers. They're...

We were just talking about you.

- How are you?
- Ah.

Me? I'm fine. We went
to the death camps.

ZOFIA: Edek, I'm so
sorry to hear that.

KAROLINA: Can we
buy you a drink?

A drink with two
beautiful ladies?

- (CHUCKLES) We would love to.
- Proszę.

Ruthie.

I'm just beat, Dad.

I'm going to stay here and read.

Ah, yes, I bought her
a book in New York.

Really? How sweet of you.

(LAUGHING)

(IN GERMAN) And
then... Wait for it.

He was standing there...

And I just thought,
what was that?

And he was doing...

- No!
- (LAUGHING BOISTEROUSLY)

Really? In front of everyone?

Yes, unbelievable. I was
as if struck by lightning!

(IN ENGLISH) What is so funny?
What is so fucking funny?

(LAUGHING QUIETER)

WOMAN: Shh, shh.

(SOFT BALLAD MUSIC PLAYING)

ZOFIA: Edek?

(IN POLISH) Shall we dance?

(CHUCKLES) Of course.

(MAN SINGING BALLAD SONG)

(EDEK SIGHS)

(BALLAD SONG
CONTINUES PLAYING)

I am sorry today
was tough on you.

Yes. But it's okay.

(BALLAD SONG
CONTINUES PLAYING)

- (MUSIC STOPS)
- (ALARM WAILING)

(DOOR OPENS)

Fire!

(IN ENGLISH) We have to go.
You have to go too, miss.

Don't take anything,
please, right now.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

You have to come out. Come on.

(DOOR SHUTS)

(INSTRUCTING IN POLISH)

Dad? Dad!

- We have to go right now.
- Dad!

Nobody's there. We
have to go. Please.

(PORTER INSTRUCTING IN POLISH)

(GUESTS CHATTERING
AND LAUGHING)

RUTH: Have you seen my father?

Have you?

Have you seen my...
Have you seen my father?

- Mr. Rothwax?
- No. No.

Mr. Edek Rothwax?

Sorry.

- Stefan?
- Ruthie?

RUTH: Have you seen my dad?

Uh, no, I have not.
But don't worry.

Certainly... Look, there.

- There he is.
- Dad.

- Hey. (CHUCKLES)
- RUTH: Dad.

(EDEK LAUGHING)

RUTH: I thought you'd
been burned alive.

Oh.

Don't worry, darling. It's
just Polish fire alarms.

Don't touch me.

RECEPTIONIST:
Please, everybody.

I'm very, very sorry, but
this is just a false alarm.

We apologize very much
for this inconvenience.

Please help yourself
to a free vodka.

- Please. I'm so sorry.
- (GUESTS CHEERING)

Maybe you should
have one, darling.

It might be good
for you. You...

You seem to be
having the stress.

Stop.

EDEK: Stop what, pumpkin?

And don't fucking call
me that, by the way.

Pumpkin is not a
nice nickname, okay?

There's plenty of
nicer nicknames

like "darling" or "sweetheart"
or "petal" or "doll."

A pumpkin is a fat,
leaky, orange mess.

EDEK: Come on. Ruthie.

(SULLEN MUSIC PLAYING)

- Na zdrowie.
- ALL: Na zdrowie.

- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
- EDEK: Ruth.

Open the door. I
think we should talk.

(TEARFULLY) I don't
think there's anything

for us to talk about.

We've honestly gone our whole
lives not talking about it.

So why don't we just
not talk about it,

and not talk about it
till we're both dead?

What... What are you doing?

Honestly, my stupidest idea

in a lifetime of
fairly stupid ideas.

EDEK: Ruthie.

RUTH: I'm leaving.

I'm going back to
New York today.

What?

My life has unraveled
since we lost mom.

But you can just
stay and, you know,

start a life of drunken
revelry with Zofia

for all I care.

You act like you're
this family man

and you want a grandkid

and you brag about
how famous I am.

We used to be a family,

and then it was just you and me.

And now I'm realizing
it's just me.

I'm alone.

Eh?

I got you a winter coat.

Oh, my...

This... This...

This is my father's coat.

Yeah. It's all the
same to you, right?

A wall is a wall.
A coat is a coat.

This...

(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(SOBBING SOFTLY)

(WISTFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

(SNIFFLES)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

- Papa.
- (LUGGAGE THUDS)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

- (LAUGHTER)
- (MUSIC PLAYING)

Ruthie?

Are you okay?

Can you drive me to
the airport, Stefan?

Has something happened?

It's time for me to
go back to New York.

But Edek?

Gonna go alone.

Just like I probably
should have come alone.

(STEFAN SIGHS)

Okay. Give me a
minute to get ready.

KAROLINA: Take a seat.

No, thank you.

KAROLINA: Take a seat.

(WOMAN AND MAN
SPEAKING POLISH)

I take it this has
to do with Zofia.

No.

She told me you're upset.

I'm not upset. I'm exhausted.

Here.

Thank you.

What you and your
father do this trip,

it is not easy.

Yeah, but he could at least try.

KAROLINA: He's trying.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Okay. Thank you, Stefan.

EDEK: I'm sorry.

- RUTH: Whatever.
- Whatever?

I'm sorry for having
the sex with Zofia.

Besides just being generally
gross to contemplate,

it... it felt wrong.

To Mom. And we're
already here without her.

But it shouldn't.

We... We are all adults here.

Of course, all adults here.

At Mom's funeral...

do you remember what you said?

You said, let us not cry.

That Mom wouldn't
want us to cry.

And so I didn't cry.

We didn't cry, Dad.

EDEK: Tsk.

Yes.

I know, pumpkin.

But you can cry

if you want to.
It's... It's all right.

STEFAN: Edek?

You know what? You can...

have sex with whoever you want.

I mean, after all, it...

it is normal.

Yes, it is normal.

Unless you like
the not normal sex.

- And that's okay, too. Ruthie.
- (CHUCKLES) Dad.

(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)

ZOFIA: Goodbye, Ruthie.

It was a pleasure to meet you.

You are a brave girl.
And a beautiful girl.

I'm more like a, uh,
rapidly aging woman,

but thank you, Zofia.

STEFAN: Do widzenia.

Stefan, there is
something I have to do.

We do not go to
airport. Not yet.

We will need shovel.

- Shovel.
- Łopata.

Mm-hmm.

And I think we should
stop for Tadeusz.

We will need young blood.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

STEFAN: Edek?

- Okay.
- Right.

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

STEFAN: (IN POLISH) I will
have an eye at the entrance.

EDEK: Hey.

(CLANKING)

Nie. Nie, nie.

Tutaj, tutaj.

Tutaj.

Tak. Tak.

Nie. Nie, nie.

RUTH: (IN ENGLISH) What are
we digging for? Treasure?

EDEK: Tutaj.

Are we allowed to do that?

This is our house, our building.

We can do what we like.

(ANTONI'S SISTER
SPEAKING POLISH)

(URGING IN POLISH)

(IN POLISH) If you want
to dig, then you must pay.

(IN ENGLISH) I'm not
paying you no shit.

My daughter already
paid you too much.

And I lied. She is not rich.

No, I'm not.

And you know what? You
can fuck right off.

(IN POLISH) Is it okay, Dad?

TADEUSZ: Mr. Rothwax?

EDEK: Tak.

(ANTONI'S SISTER AND
ANTONI SPEAKING POLISH)

(EDEK CHUCKLES)

(IN ENGLISH) I, too,
have a present for you.

The day they took
us away from here,

the day the Germans forced
us into the ghetto...

my father and I
buried that here.

It has papers in it.

You can now reclaim this house.

And there is paperwork, too,
for the other buildings,

the factories.

ANTONI: (IN POLISH) Please.

You cannot take
our home from us.

Please, my friend.

That is for her
to decide. Not me.

(IN ENGLISH)
Kuchnia is kitchen.

And then this.

I mean, I can't read
Polish, so you have to...

- Ah, this...
- tell me what that is.

This is what gives us
the rights, the... the...

How do you say? The deeds?

Wow.

Yes, it's very legal
with the stamps.

(CHUCKLES)

What are these?

Oh, my...

This is my mother and father.

He's wearing the coat.

There.

There he is. And that's me.

- (CHUCKLING)
- You're so small.

- EDEK: Ugly little rat.
- (BOTH LAUGH)

This one, I... I
took this photo.

It was the day of Fela's
wedding anniversary.

- I remember.
- Who... Who is Fela?

My sister. She was...

my sister.

I didn't... I didn't
know you had a sister.

I loved her.

Very much.

We were so close.

There she is. Look.

She was so clever
and so beautiful.

And she wrote beautifully.
Just like you.

Like you, Ruthie.

Liebala and Hanka.

They were Fela's daughters.

These are your cousins, Ruthie.

Don't you think they look
a little bit like me?

I always thought so, yes.

RUTH: (TEARFULLY) Why did
you never tell me, Dad?

EDEK: (TEARFULLY)
Because... (SIGHS)

It's not easy

to have a child who looks like

a child who is dead.

And it is not easy...

to tell them how very
much you love her.

- (SOBS)
- Oh, Dad.

EDEK: Yes. Very much.

I'm so sorry, Ruthie.

- No, Dad.
- Yes.

- No.
- I... I...

I never trusted your strength.

(EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING)

We are very, very strong, Dad.

Where... Where we all lived...

This now...

This house is all yours.

If you want it.

Well...

A house is just a house, right?

Or maybe not.

I belong with you. You
know, we belong together.

In New York. Where
you made our family.

Yes. Yes,

we are New Yorkers.

Edek.

Chruściki.

- Oh. (CHUCKLES)
- EDEK: Oh.

From my wife.

- Thank you, Stefan.
- EDEK: Mmm.

Ah, careful though, because...

Mm. There are 14 egg yolks.

Lots of butter and sour cream.

Well, my mother, I remember
when she made Chruściki,

she did roll out the
dough, very thin.

And she did fold it
over, and then...

- she fried it in oil.
- (GIGGLING)

Ah. Enjoy.

(IN POLISH) It's
very good, Stefan.

EDEK: Mmm.

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(IN ENGLISH) Thank you
for everything, Stefan.

- Thank you, Ruthie.
- Mm.

I will not forget
you, my friend.

I have pictures of
you for my wallet.

- Thank you.
- Stefan.

You have been such
a good friend to us.

Thank you. Thank
you very much.

It was my pleasure.

Truly.

RUTH: So, you're
excited to get back?

EDEK: Yes. I'm
excited to see Garth

and tell him all
about our adventures

from daughter-father trip.

RUTH: Maybe you can
say hi to him for me.

EDEK: To Garth? Of course.

RUTH: I mean, just
as long as you don't,

like, make too big
a deal about it.

Me, make deal? Never.

(CHUCKLES)

Ruthie?

Yeah?

I think it was a good idea

to bring home my
mother's old teapot. No?

No.

No, yes or no, no?

RUTH: No, yes, Dad.
Always no, yes.

(RUTH CHUCKLES)

(PENSIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING)

EDEK: So, did you...
did you finish the book?

RUTH: Oh, I've been
kind of distracted,

but I'll get to it on the plane.

EDEK: This is good news.

After you, I shall read.

His missing arm,
this I must know.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON PA SYSTEM)

(PENSIVE MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING)

(MUSIC FADES OUT)

(INHERITANCE PLAYING)
♪ I think I knew ♪

♪ Before you told me ♪

♪ What I had inherited ♪

♪ I got it from you ♪

♪ The way that I dodged love
and find it embarrassing ♪

♪ I think I knew ♪

♪ I got it from you ♪

♪ I had a feeling
I wasn't dreaming ♪

♪ That you bit back
truths too big to hide ♪

♪ I had a feeling
that I inherited ♪

♪ More than your smile ♪

♪ I think I guessed ♪

♪ Before you'd slipped out
The pain knocks you out ♪

♪ Get it off your chest ♪

♪ To strengthen our blood ♪

♪ You couldn't help
but pass down ♪

♪ I had a feeling
I wasn't dreaming ♪

♪ That you bit back
truths too big to hide ♪

♪ I had a feeling
that I inherited ♪

♪ More than your smile ♪

♪ Look at me, will you? ♪

♪ It didn't build you ♪

♪ You rose from its grave ♪

♪ And it tried to fill you ♪

♪ But it couldn't kill you ♪

♪ So look what it did ♪

♪ I had a feeling
I wasn't dreaming ♪

♪ That you bit back
truths too big to hide ♪

♪ I had a feeling
I had a feeling ♪

♪ Hadn't I dig up
what you kept inside ♪

♪ I had a feeling
I wasn't dreaming ♪

♪ That you bit back
truths too big to hide ♪

♪ I had a feeling
that I inherited ♪

♪ More than your smile ♪

(SONG ENDS)

(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)