♪ That I remember well, when I was a boy, ♪
♪ I loved the girls for 3 days, I missed them ♪
♪ I was going downhill, people could see me ♪
♪ And my pride stood in the way and kissed me ♪
♪ I was going downhill, people could see me ♪
♪ And my pride stood in the way and kissed me ♪
[atmospheric music]
[checkout]
Sixty-three, seven-seven bucks,
Seventy eight,
[ticking of the pendulum clock]
[censer sound]
[priest] Pray that Smaranda's sins will
be forgiven, voluntary and involuntary,
And in the rest of her soul to hope,
For what we are before we are, we shall be after death,
The soul, alone, leaves the boundaries of this world and goes,
according to the holy commandment, towards the illuminated abode,
abode without pain and sorrow,
[teacher] Amen!
[priest] We gathered here today to commemorate the servant of God Smaranda,
at the parastatus for 40 days
on the very day her soul goes to judgment,
We pray for her, that her soul may
go before the Lord with our plus,,,
Get the spindle out of there!
,,,of prayer and charity,
Through parastas we remember the passion of Christ,
Who made "the beginning of the resurrection of them that are asleep,"
Christ redeemed us
from under the slavery of sin, of hell,
and death,
The thief on the cross opened heaven to us,
for he was the first man whom Christ saved at the very moment of death,
The thief at the last moment repented, felt sorry,
and passed beyond that wall of which we fear,
He thought there was something beyond,
That if until the last moment you say "Well, I'm glad I killed,
that I stole, that I sinned and I have no remorse,,,"
you don't even want to believe that there is something beyond!
Smaranda was a good man,
about whom I never heard a bad word in all her fleeting life,
Good, generous and forgiving, so be she remembered!
God's peace be with her! Amen!
Emil, have you prepared the icon?
Icon of the Mother of God!
By the soul of the deceased!
[man] Didn't even buy an icon!
[priest] Emiliane!
Do you know what this tradition of the hut is?
Why is the cage made of wheat or chives?
[Emil] I don't know, father,
[priest] Because the grain of wheat multiplies,
When you put it in the ground, one ear comes out that has
others, and each grain of wheat is the soul of a man on earth,
[Emil] Yes, yes, yes,,,
[priest] Do you hear? But where did you get these candles? From the supermarket?
[Emil] Where did I also find, father,,,
[priest] Do you know that they do not respect the technological process preserved by the church?
[Emil] Oh, yes! I did not know!
[priest] Stop by the service too! Confess again!
That these things will one day turn against you,
[horn sound]
- [woman 1] May the dust be easy! - [woman 2] God rest her!
[man] Stupid!
[the horn continues]
[man] It's Bulgarian, You know what it means?
[engine starts noisily]
[radio program in French]
[radio] This is the prayer of the mind,
[radio] When we begin to pray with the tongue, the mind will seek to understand what,,,
[the pendulum clock is ticking]
[birds chirping]
- The tinkerer! - What the?
Let's put the tinsel on the table! At least today!
And where do you want me to bring you tinsel?
It's in your kitchen, in the middle drawer, behind the meat grinder,
[creaking from the cradle]
You made fun of the parastatus,
Why? That I forgot the cage?
That's right, you didn't forget! You didn't want to do it!
I don't know,,, Do you think that a kilo of chives with sugar and nuts redeems your sins?
It is about the blessing that the father must give,,,
There is no, well, God!
You cannot be discussed!
I can't believe it, because I know for sure! That man is matter,
If the biological activity is gone from it, it's gone, It becomes dead matter,
What a revival, I don't know what?
These are the tricks of the pops,
Look what it is, I leave with a dying tongue:
I don't need you to give me any alms, ever,
And if there is?
If there is, I will go to him
and I will ask him to leave you on earth longer because you are a good man,
Yes with you? That you are the problem:
you don't confess, you don't share, you don't do any of these laws,,,
What will they choose about you?
I'm going to stick my head in a wall, people say!
Look, I lost my appetite too,
You think it's not difficult for me?
You didn't even bring mourners!
Now everyone knows that Moros walk on Cemetery Hill as if they were at home,
- Believe it or not, they are still walking, you know, - You checked this!
Come, let me show you:
this pint of beer,,,
… is the grave,
Yes?
Now, if I take brandy,,,
Let's take this coffee, let's say it's a dark horse:
I make the horse jump over the grave,
Now, if it sizzles - growls, it doesn't want to pass,
that means there it is, the showing,
Understand?
[man at the bar] You were lucky with Smaranda, decent woman!
These are not stories, these with moroi!
[foreboding sound]
[the pendulum clock is ticking]
[radio in the background]
- Stop adding so much sugar! - It's bitter!
Don't drink it!
You just know how much Smaranda liked it!
If it's bitter, don't drink it!
Bitter, bitter…,,
Bitter!
Add another teaspoon!
Spoon, spoon, spoon,,,
Here's a teaspoon,
God, how Smaranda set,,, how Smaranda set the village on fire when she brought this custom:
Coffee with sherbet at 5 o'clock!
His mother brought him! Greek customs from Calafat,,,
[radio off]
Now, seriously speaking
you have to eat too,
You can't live on just,,, coffee and sherbet,
[owl sound]
[creaking from the cradle]
[shaver]
If you don't like soup I can make other dishes, Just tell me,
The soup is good, She is good,
But put tarragon on it,
Smaranda was putting,
He didn't put,
You don't remember,
- He didn't put, - Put
He didn't put,
Put
Good,
put
Let me…let me, don't be scared,
- What code do you have? - 4242,
It's 3! 4342!
- And how much do you want to take out? - I want to get them all out,
- You mean? - Eight million, the pension,,,
- Well, why do you want to take them out? - To keep them at home,
Stop taking them all out, Or you know what? Take them out! So…
Better hit 100,
Stay calm, sir, no one is stealing you! What do you have?
[Emil inhales]
Take his blood, let's do the tests!
Doctor, actually it's not about me,
Well, how do you want it?
Shall I consult you and diagnose for someone else?
Oh, no, no, but we have to do something to help him,
- Who? - Titi! My friend,
What are you doing? Put them back!
- Come here, - Well, he doesn't really leave the house,
You know, I tried to put them in… all kinds of nitrates and antioxidants…
and other things in the food,,, yes, he doesn't want to eat!
Get this dude over here at the dispensary, okay?
Yes Yes,
Receive, They are made by me,
- You know it's not good, - Know,
Inhale, exhale…
I said inspire!
Breathe in, Dad!
Breath in breath out…
You're fine, trust me, But you have to eat, otherwise you get anemic!
Health!
Here's some mild anti-depressants and something to whet your appetite,
More vitamins,
However, so that I can stay calm, Titi should make a group,
- What you? (CT) - Computer tomography,
I give him a referral and put him on the waiting list at the Insurance House,
- Shouldn't we take some blood? - We also take blood,
Yes, what I want to know is why that breathing sounds harder,
And does it cost?!
Cost, But if we take it through the Health Center, it's free, But let's go!
- Well, when should I take him? - In six months, when they have money,
Isn't six months too long?
Now, he can do it next week, without the Insurance House, directly,
- But that costs,,, - How much?
It still costs about two thousand!
I put him on hold and he does it when it's his turn, for 2 lei,
- Didn't you say it was free? - It's free, but,,,
to find an activity, a hobby,
- Meaning that? - I do not know, What does he like to do?
Do you still have any of those cigarettes?
- Yes, - Give me one too,
Welcome,
You don't even care!
It holds me in the head of the chest,
What was the prescription for?
For nerves,
You are mad!
It's for appetite!
He told me to eat!
[foreboding sound]
What are you doing here sir? This is where it goes!
[saleswoman] Thank you very much, have a nice day!
Hello!
[buyer] I want two donuts too,
[saleswoman] Good day, thank you very much!
- 800! - Hello!
I was thinking about more,
These are very old,
The silver is not of good quality,
But what does silver have?
You cleaned it with baking soda!
Well of course I cleaned it! It's normal,
Hello!
Two plain, no sugar, please,
- Thank you! - And I! A good day!
And that's cleaned up!
1,100!
And the frame?
1,200!
Good …
- Okay, thank you!
Stuffed Goose,,,
,,, 4 kilograms of chestnuts,,,
Braised lamb with garlic,,,
[closet door creaked]
[Emil] Come to the table!
- [Titi] I ate an apple, - [Emil] This is not food,
[radio in the background]
Take this pill too! From the doctor,
Hold on! Hold on! So…
[radio off]
Take with water,
Look, tarragon,
And fix this chair too,
Smaranda liked him,
- But what do you need it for? - Well, isn't it a pity for him?
Many people in the village have things made by you,
Do you think anyone still remembers?
Eh, I do!
Look, you should do some cleaning around here too,
what is this
It is mine,
Is it a lady's?
Smaranda still used it when she went to the village,
He kept it to me because it was easier,
Smaranda didn't know how to ride a bike!
How not to? I learned it!
Titi,
you are talking nonsense!
I have pictures,
We're looking for the pictures, maybe we'll find it,
Maybe I messed them up, but they're here,
No no no…
maybe Smaranda rode a bicycle, but I forgot,
Smaranda from where it is,,,
,,, but let's leave her alone!
Do you know where Smaranda is!
Did you put on a suit?
Or do you want to give them?
How do I give them? That they are my funeral clothes,
Do you want to be buried in two suits?
None of them are good,
The black one, with the white shirt and matching shoes, is a bit big,
Well, I think so too: aren't you looking at yourself?
- How are you? - It's big because I took it big,
But this brown one, which was small, now comes as cast,
I've been to two weddings with him and he doesn't even know himself, he's like new,
Only the brown shoes broke in the sole,
But I have new brown sandals,
What do you want?
To die and,,, and let anyone come and dress me as he wants? Not!
I have to think about all this stuff myself,
That if you don't take care of yourself, no one will!
You find yourself being sold your good clothes and buried in your bare skin!
Come on, don't bury your bum in your bare skin!
Why don't I think of this?
Because you are going to live a hundred years and you have plenty of time,
Only for me, the clock stopped!
Is that so?
Yes, That's right, It feels, That's what it feels like!
It feels like hell!
It feels when you get bloated after beans, That's what it feels like, Everything is in the belly,
Only you will never feel it because you don't eat,
Look, I've got a list here of everything you need to do when I'm gone,
I mean I will be,,, but I won't be,
Who you should bring, how things should be arranged in the casket,
Don't forget to put a spindle in my coffin!
Because I'm not going to come back from the other world
and bother people around here,
You can find the spindle in the shed,
Put two, let it be!
You don't understand, do you?
Smaranda is there,
on the armchair!
Eh, acu'-acu' it's not!
Anyway, only I see it, because I was born on Saturday,
You didn't do the parastas properly, you didn't bring mourners,
- I did everything I had to! - And you didn't put a spindle in the coffin!
From parastas onwards it appears to me every morning,
Well, if you don't do all these things, the
defunct, as the priest said, doesn't pass the wall,
Pass the wall, don't pass the wall,,, there is no wall!
Isn't it a shame to bury us at a distance?
Come on, Titi, come on,,,
you have such a good eternal place, at the edge of the cemetery, overlooking the water,
Yes, me, but when it rains that place floods, the dead man sits in the water,,,
and i don't even know how to swim,
We've been next to each other all our lives,,,
You have an eternal place there near Smaranda,
- Yes, but it's his brother's, - And where is he now?
In a jar, in Germany, 5 kilos,
When it burns you, that's all that's left: 5 kilos!
Well see …
And you want that place?
♪ All the girls from now on don't call me Costica ♪
♪ They stop and ask me: "What are you doing, little one?" ♪
♪ I tell them I'm doing well and I'm healthy ♪
♪ They say I'm old and not handsome anymore, ♪
♪ I tell them I'm doing well and I'm healthy ♪
♪ They say I'm old and not handsome anymore, ♪
What did you do, me? Come here! what is it
[lament]
You are good for nothing, Come here!
Now I know you're afraid to be alone cuckoo
but you get used to it, leave it,
What are you talking nonsense, me?
Then why do I see her?
- Why do I see her? - Because you were born on Saturday, Of that!
And you,,,
you guys see a lot!
Something is holding me here in my chest,
Alas, alas, you are hard!
Mr, Udrescu: chest, abdomen - perfectly healthy!
That's not possible!
I do not believe!
Go home in peace!
I'm not helping you anymore,
You climb alone!
What do these doctors know?
I had a cousin who at the age of 25 said: "I die in the fall",
And the doctors are the same: that he has nothing, that he is perfectly healthy,
And in the fall he was dead and buried,
Here, on this bridge,,, an aunt from my mother's side, from Galati,
who married young, but her husband had one before,,,
- If you don't shut up,,, - That's it, shut up, I was silent!
Her husband regretted it after that, Pity the child!
- Stay here! - I don't say a word! Ready!
[the engine does not start]
Nineta, from Transylvania, second cousin, how happy she was at Christmas!
He said let's do this another time,,,
Father's grandfather, man in power,
He went to the bathroom and when he came back, that's all he said: He's keeping me here! Neither one nor two…
The whole village had gathered,
They couldn't believe it: you say he was cursed,
- Until you shut up, we're not leaving here! - Done! I was silent!
Earring, you know it, commute to town,
one evening he got home and felt sick,
His wife, make him a quick coffee until help comes,
He remained in the armchair,,,
Here you stay!
You don't even have a damn!
When the storks come you will get rid of me, I'm going!
- You know? - Know!
Look, Viorica, Uncle Octav's wife,
they had that house, up on the hill, in a corner of the garden a big bush of water lilies,
Viorica collected them all in a bouquet and brought them to her mother,
It was the last bouquet he gave to someone,,,
Come come! Come over!
Come, come, come!
- Stay! Stay! - Leave it, it's waiting for us!
Come on, easy, Give it back!
Easy easy, So! Easy, Easy! Like so!
Easy, so, easy, So, So,
Smaranda told me to stop thinking about the child!
He's talking to you now, huh?
That she is not sorry, that is, she was sorry then, at first,
That she also wanted a house full of children,,,
but if it wasn't meant to be, it wasn't,
Maybe it was her fault that she didn't stay put,,,
Riding a bike all day…
How can you talk like that?
You just know how it happened,
He got hurt!!
- I kiss your hand, miss! - Mr, Daravaț, have you brought a new project?
Mr, Mayor is not here, but you can leave him with me,
No, ma'am, I'd like you to help me take down a stork's nest,
You know I've been coming to the same place for 40 years,
They make a lot of noise, they are dirty and their droppings are acidic,
Mr, Daravaț, they are birds! what would you like To go to the toilet and flush too?
Miss, I can no longer feel the pleasure of an open window,
Last year I had a cough for two months,
At night I can no longer sleep because of their clattering,
Look, I made a letter here for the mayor,
- Since when do you say this nest appeared? - Aaaah, for 40 years!
And Mr, Daravaț, so far it hasn't bothered you?
But it doesn't matter what happened until now!
What is important is what will happen from now on!
You know that the town hall is obliged to ensure the peace of the citizens,
And this nest is big, it's heavy,
it's up and I can't get it down by myself,
Well that's it, you're not even allowed to take it down,
Why shouldn't I be allowed? He's in my backyard! I mean Titi's,
The most important normative act regarding the protection of nature
is GEO 57/2007, approved with amendments and additions by Law 49/2011
which transposes the "Birds and habitats" directives of the EC,
In this normative act, the following is provided for in article 33, paragraph 2:
"For all species of birds it is prohibited:
the intentional damage, destruction or
collection of nests and eggs from nature,"
[electric saw sound]
[atmospheric music]
[foreboding sound]
[atmospheric music]
[foreboding sound]
What's wrong with the stork?
What harm did he do to you?
[bartender] Leave the stork where the Lord gave, because it is a sign of well-being!
It's up to me to comb it,,,! What welfare?
Look at Titi!
his pension is not enough to buy his medicine,,,
and worked all his life,
If he doesn't think!
The bird in the weft is a good sign,
Good sign?
When the stork came that year
Smaranda lost her pregnancy,,,
- If this is a good sign,,, - [bartender] She would have had her sins too!
- Emile! - Long live Mr, Engineer!
Mr, Daravat, I don't know what you wanted to achieve with this, but you achieved it,
I hope you can rest easy and sleep well now
that you have put so many people on the road,
- Kind of ironic! - The order to move the nest!
Engineer, it needs to be moved up to 600 meters from
here, on a power pole and out of people's yards,
I saw here, at the end of the street, a good pole,
Published in the Official Gazette,
Signed by the Minister of the Environment, Forests and Waters,
If I was in my right mind, I wouldn't do this job,
If you walk to the stork's nest,
the bird sets your house on fire!
That's clear!
Mr, Engineer, you better tell me when we start this road?
We have time, Mr, Emil, No one rushes us, we do it,
On va tous dormir mieux,
[electric grinder]
Turpitude,
[car engine]
To turpitude,
Ignominie d'une personne ou d'une chose,
Turpitude,
No smoking here!
But can a beer be drunk?
[man 1] Are you okay with someone tearing down your house?
[bartender] Yes, indeed:
how would someone come and say they moved your house to the head of the village?
[man 2] This is also where they will come, because he has a memory,
[bartender] That's it! That he has a memory!
They'll come, they'll see that you've ruined their nest, and they'll move somewhere else,
[man 3] A whole series of bad things will come,,,
[bartender] A whole string of bad luck is going to come all over the village!
You have no idea what you've done! You have no idea!
You've worked all your life in the city and you come here to make the law for us!
Mata you are smart and we are stupid,
Put that carburettor on,,, you're ruining the table!
Let us die fools!
[radio]
[radio off]
- You know what I liked to do when I was little? - To play football!
I was walking in the fields and looking for anthills,
From those big, red…
I used to catch crickets and throw them over the gills,,,
The crickets, dazed, did not jump,
And then the ants camped on them,
I mean they were feeding!
To live you must eat,
They were harassing him,
I told this to Smaranda, And she, like, don't tell anyone,
let it be our secret,
He was our secret for 30 years, until he died,
What more secret is this?!
Slow down, me, Titi, me! That you will drown,
[unlocked door]
Smaranda said so:
Now I give them to you!
It's the things you throw away from life!
Because that's what you knew how to do:
throw away everything she cared about the most!!
[the pendulum clock is ticking]
When it doesn't suit you, run away! You don't want to talk to me!
What are you doing here, me?
Don't listen to anyone! If you don't like something, leave,,,
Get out, get out, don't let me see you in this house! Get out!
Look, look, I'm curious,
Get out of my sight!
I want to see if you can suffer
as Smaranda suffered when you slapped her!!
If he wanted to leave, he could leave very simply, get a divorce,
But he didn't divorce, Why?
Here in the village? In the mouth of the world?
Get out, me, so I don't see you spinning around,,,
- Leave me alone! -,,,in this shitty chair,
- Leave me alone! - Get down! Get down! Get down!
I know very well that you are pretending! Down with you!
Leave me alone, I said!
can't you hear Down!!
If you want to know, her bus accident was no accident…
He is tired of this life…
[Titi wails]
[atmospheric music]
[dogs barking in the distance]
[classical music on the radio]
[the door creaked]
[atmospheric music]
[slammed by the door]
[radio off]
[the music stops]
[owl sound]
[crow sound]
Luck!!
Come on, good luck!
[atmospheric music]
[rooster song]
Listen, bro, I'll give you some more bread, But the rest,,,
It's not a store!
Did you see that the storks made a new nest?
- Where did they go? - I also crossed myself when I saw him!
I turned around and took the small road,
[church bell]
Parent!
[church bell]
- You have no faith, Titi Udrescu? - Yes, father,
Do you believe that God made the world the way it is?
I believe, father!
Do you believe that Jesus Christ rose on the third day after death?
I believe, father,
You think that God is sitting in a chair and saying:
you more to the left, you more to the right?
Do you think that's how God judges?
Do you think that God is one of these who sits to account?
I don't know, father,
Well see!?
[hammered]
[man 1] Today you are, tomorrow you are gone,
[man 2] Is it true that Smaranda took her days?
[bartender] Makes sense! That's why it's so bad now!
[man 3] We better dig her up again, burn her heart and drink her ashes with water,
[bartender] It's not worth it, man, You're going to jail!
[man 3] Those over the hill did that, a year ago
and no one went to prison,
- Popa and the authorities covered up - [bartender] You don't mess with our popa!
[man 1] These are not superstitions, with undead,
[bartender] A few days ago I saw one from the Old Hermitage
on Cemetery Hill,
Dead for a year and you say he went out to scythe,
[man 1] What do you mow now in the spring?
♪ Mother, where are you going? ♪
♪ Mother, where did you go? ♪
♪ Gheorghiță came to see you,,, ♪
♪ Adeluta also came from France, ♪
♪ Adeluta is a doctor, a mother, in France, ♪
Take that candle from there, you're burning the tablecloth!
♪ Oh, mother, where are you now? ♪
♪ Don't you see how fate is? ♪
♪ This is the world, mother, ♪
♪ Today you are here, tomorrow you are there, today here, tomorrow there,,, ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, what mourning and what sadness, death took him in an instant,,, ♪
But even so we find relief, that life was good with Titi,,,
Even death was kind to Titi!
He had an easy and smooth death, in his sleep, he didn't even feel it,
- What, has the poppa come? - Grandma didn't come,
When the grandmother comes, tell her that I was a good man,
that I made memories, that I helped people,
that I helped the Cooperative, That's important, right?
- That they are true things, - ♪ Mother, Titi was a good man, ♪
♪ he was a good man, he helped everyone, including the Cooperative, ♪
♪ he helped everyone, he was good to everyone,,, ♪
♪ And he gave alms,,, ♪
♪ He made memories, he did everything, ♪
♪ He gave alms cows and calves and sheep to everyone,,, ♪
[atmospheric music]
- You will live 100 years! - Yes, you know!
Look how you look at 80!
Very good!
[woman] Listen, mother…
If you do parastas, you must also give alms!
Normal,
[woman] So we can choose what to take from the house,
Yes, but only after he passes, the priest passes and blesses,
Look, I found this shawl,
Where did you find it?
It was over there,
Not there, because I put it right!
Why take it if you keep giving it?
But why should you take Smaranda's shawl?
It's not Smaranda's shawl, what is she looking for in Titi!?
You also know that it belongs to the Greek woman,
- It's not Smaranda's! -,,, that he was with Titi! You told me!
Then I'll take it!
This shawl is not for sale!
- Well why not? - Aren't you going to take him to the pit with you?
Well, that's why I don't give it because I don't go to the pit!
- Come on, give it to me! - You've done your homework - you're going!
I'm not giving this shawl away!
[man] Who finds out that he is moroi, an oak hair beats in his heart!
Some cut them in two with a scythe,
They gas them and burn them,
[woman] Better put pebbles in her eyes, ears,
nose and mouth and under her fingernails,
So that it bears some fruit,
And then you burn them!
Have you heard of Pawlonia?
some trees,
which grow 10 meters in five years,
But do you know what they are used for?
For pricks!
To the boats,
[man 1] Look, nee Emile, this is how a parastas is made!
Titi will not end up like your motherfucker!
[Emil] Mind your own business!
[man 1] He wasn't even from the place, To have stayed with her, there!
Don't respect tradition!
[Emil] You made fun of the fool of Titi!
But if you think this helps…
[man 2] Shall we burn his heart?
[Emil] Let me decide!
[owl sound]
[lament]
[Emil] What are you doing here?
[Titi] Leave her alone, at least now! Leave her alone!
Leave her alone, I said!
Let her!
[whining and panting]
Leave her alone!
[Emil] Let me go!
leave me
It's my fault too,
All this…
they are nonsense,,,
[the engine does not start]
[creaking from the cradle]
[Titi] You know he would do anything for you,
but you started to make his life miserable with that child!
And she used to come and complain to me, because she didn't have anyone,
[Emil] What secrets did Smaranda have with you?
He didn't talk to anyone, not even his mother,
[Titi] She would come and tell me because I knew how to listen to her!
[Emil] This village only talks nonsense, And you have become sclerotic and you go after them,
[Titi] You knew everything, but you pretended not to see,
[Emil] Hey, leave me alone!
What a God!!
[the engine does not start]
[creaking from the cradle]
My wife has never cheated on me,
Never!
You also see Mitrofan passing through the village, And that one has been dead for 3 years,
Hear!
♪ Virgin, virgin I wish I had you ♪
♪ I wouldn't give you to any girl and I'd keep you! ♪
♪ What a good boy he was, well married ♪
♪ I would give a lot, God, to be a boy again, ♪
♪ What a good boy he was, well married ♪
♪ I would give a lot, God, to be a boy again, ♪
Let me be!