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Who?

We will. Who else?

Us?

Who else has any use

for a poor Chechen boy who

doesn't speak Russian

and was accused of killing his father?

Who's going to handle it?

Who needs him more than we do? Who?

I'm a cab driver. Not an investigator.

I gotta work.

I understand, of course, but...

...I don't know.

I don't know, I used to have contacts

in the prosecutor's office.

But that was 100 years ago,

when dad was alive.

And I'm supposed to go

to Japan for six months.

It's a complicated project.

It's not just me, understand.

I have 850 employees to think about.

What do you think?

That I'm going to work there,

while there's an innocent man

in prison who can't do anything?

The 21st, 22nd...

...and the 20, yes.

I for example have four operations

scheduled next week.

On the 21st, the 23rd,

and two on the 24th.

Should I cancel them all?

How can I?

OK, gentlemen.

Let's say, purely hypothetically,

that, say I could do it, but how?

It's a very serious job. I'd need...

I'd need a ton of time.

I'm producing a new reality show.

I'm working day and night.

The show's called "Planet Good."

It's...

OK, it's clear that we'd

all do it, but when?

A 3-month tour.

I'm already late, I'll have to catch up.

Listen, my dear, kind friends.

We've done a great thing.

We've liberated an innocent person.

One who's a stranger to us,

by the way.

We've fulfilled our duty as jurors.

The rest is up to other official organs.

Don't start an amateur investigation.

There are, after all, laws!

What is it? Have you all lost it?

Brave young pioneers.

You want to stick around till morning?

Come to your senses!

I have to be at the airport

in an hour and forty minutes.

My girlfriend's flying in from Dubai,

Julie.

She's 21. It's been 2 months.

Are you trying to ruin my life?

Are you out of your minds?

I started to work out

like an old fool.

She has tits like melons.

I haven't seen her for 2 months.

I'm in love, for the first time.

Six feet one.

Chocolate brown nipples. Like this.

Lips like Angelina Jolie. Green eyes...

Don't get me started on her ass,

I've gone on long enough.

They laugh at me at the cemetery.

I write poetry at work.

"Julie, darling, dear.

Free me from my fear.

You're all that I desire.

Wind, and rain...

...and fire."

And I have to bang her every half hour.

Why do I work out?

I can't sleep. Listen,

I've had wet dreams 3 nights in a row.

Like I was 15.

When did you last have one?

Television... Understand?

I'm sick of this meeting.

Let's do something.

- Calm down.

- Don't touch me.

- Let's make a decision.

- Drink.

Drink it yourself.

Don't touch me!

Let's do something.

What's so funny, eh?

See that pipe?

- What's that...

- No, do you see it?

- How many years?

- 40.

- How many more to come?

- 40.

Another 40.

And? What? What?

Everything's like that. Everything.

We come. We see. We judge.

We drink. We talk in circles.

That's all we do...

And everything's like that.

In other words,

I have a suggestion.

Let's be honest adults.

If even now,

after all my arguments,

you still vote to find

the kid not guilty

I'll join you. Sound good?

Wait a second. Wait. Wait.

And you'll definitely vote not guilty

if we all do?

I gave my word.

Well, you know, the word of an artist...

Fine.

Don't like the word of an artist,

I give you my word as an officer.

Ex-officer, right?

No such thing as a Russian ex-offi...

Let's vote. Who votes to find...

...the kid not guilty, raise your hand.

- We're voting for not guilty.

- Yes.

...10, 11...

...12.

"Not Guilty".

It's still a better place.

No, it hasn't worked out yet.

We'll talk.

Don't leave without me.

Would you recognize them?

Of course. I'll never forget them.

We'll find them.

We'll find them. I promise.

What was your father's name?

Ruslan.

- And your other one?

- Uncle Volodya.

My name's Nikolai.

Call me Uncle Nikolai.

If you want.

Let's get out of here. Let's go.

You can live with me.

So it's like this.

If you want to fly away, then fly.

The coast is clear.

If you want to stay, then stay.

But make the decision

all by yourself.

Nobody will do it for you.

It's been an honor.

"THE LAW IS ALL POWERFUL

AND CONSTAN:

BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE WHEN MERCY

HAS A GREATER FORCE THAN LAW"

B. TOSIA

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