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and illnesses,

particularly infections

and contagious diseases.

Translated and certified.

A verification that you have

no criminal record.

Translated and certified.

Should you have a criminal record,

you'll need all the documents

pertaining to your release.

Translated and certified.

And an official declaration

from a psychiatrist

that you are fit to return to society.

Translated and certified.

Next!

Something to drink, too?

Can I have a Coke?

- Yeah?

- Good evening, kind sir.

May I have a large popcorn and

2 Cokes from your finest vintage?

- I was only kidding.

- Anything else?

No, just a large popcorn

and 2 small Cokes.

What? 500?

Uh-huh.

- I've got some money...

- No, it's alright.

I'll pay for mine.

No, I'm not thirsty.

You're still 100 short.

Hi, Zro.

I wanna ask something.

What?

You said something last week.

You got a relative in the ministry.

Not mine, he's my girlfriend's uncle.

Why?

I want to apply for citizenship.

I don't have half the papers I need,

so...

I need some help.

Listen, Atti.

I don't really know the dude.

But Uncle Miki ain't cheap.

I need any help I can get.

Okay, I'll ask him.

See you later.

- Zsolti!

- Atti! What's up?

- I want to ask you for something.

- What do you need?

- A loan.

- A-ha!

Just call me Uncle Miki.

Nice photo.

It seems there's about 50,000 missing.

I know. It's all I could get.

Well...

it's not enough to grease the wheels.

To set them in motion.

I thought I could maybe

work off the rest.

Doing what?

Taking out the trash?

Mowing the lawn?

I doubt it.

Please.

I need your help.

I'd do anything to get

this thing moving.

Well...

I'll see what I can do.

Should I call you?

I'd like to look into every home

to see what everyone wishes

for the new year.

Can I wish for anything?

Freedom all over the world.

And peace. The kind of peace

where we can raise our children

to become decent adults.

We interrupt this broadcast

for breaking news.

Nicolae Ceausescu is dead.

Sentenced by a military tribunal,

the ruthless dictator who styled himself

the Genius of the Carpathians

was executed at 2:50 p.m.

Ruling the nation with an iron fist,

he believed his glory would be immortal.

He had the blood of thousands

of innocent people on his hands.

It had to happen like this.

It was the only way it could end.

We drank a toast at work.

- Really?

- Oh, yes.

Now that the final bastion of

Stalinist dictatorship

has fallen in Europe,

I truly believe that

we will have more freedom.

Economically, it will be

dreadfully hard,

but it will be different

to cope with our troubles

knowing we can breathe freely...

UNCLE MIKI:

738-8518

How many times did I tell him?

Did you see?

We'll have 16 fifty-fifty spritzers

in 8 glasses and skip the soda water.

Did you see his face?

Uncle Miki!

I'll catch up in a minute.

Are you following me?

No. I called you,

but I couldn't get through.

So you come to my workplace?

I'm sorry, but I really need

those papers.

- Who the f*** do you think you are?

- No one. But you said you'd help.

I advanced the matter,

I don't know what to say.

- They didn't contact you?

- Who?

Follow me again

and I'll have you deported!

Understood?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I brought you these.

- Thank you.

Come in.

Sorry.

Attila says...

we could go to...

his hometown this summer.

And then drive south...

to the Black Sea.

That's a very long way.

Transylvania is far enough,

but the Black Sea is much farther.

And how do you intend to travel?

Do you have a car, Attila?

No, ma'am.

Not at the moment.

But I'll buy one

when I've saved up enough.

Playing ice hockey?

And your parents?

Are they still over there?

My parents weren't really around.

- How's that?

- Mother!

It's alright.

I barely knew my mother.

She abandoned us quite soon.

And my father...

We had an interesting relationship.

My grandmother raised me

until she died.

Then until I was drafted,

I was in an institution.

And now I'm here.

May I have a little more apple juice?

Our daughter is a smart,

beautiful, and dear girl.

She'll be graduating soon.

She has a bright future.

She has every opportunity to be

successful in life.

And you...

What can you offer her?

A Romanian.

With no papers, no plans,

no money, and no future.

I'm Hungarian.

If you say so.

How did you sleep?

The neighbors were acting up.

Most of them lose it after a while.

4 concrete walls,

some rats and roaches.

It's not a very heartening prospect.

When they realize that's all there is,

they generally flip out.

Or hang themselves.

Everyone needs to find a hobby.

True?

Precisely.

That's just what I tell everyone

who sits in that chair.

There are countless opportunities

to learn a trade in here.

There's ceramics.

Pottery or whatever they call it.

Right. I can just see myself

selling little jugs at a fair

after I get out of here.

If you get out.

Why do you think learning a trade

is such a bad thing?

Some people create things.

What have you ever done?

Nothing but take what others made.

I believe there are two types of people.

One creates, the other destroys.

We both know

which category you fall into.

What I did, I did well.

POST OFFICE:

- Here you are.

- Thank you. Goodbye.

Too high. No good. Ugly.

Good, very lovely!

Sh*t.

This is a robbery.

No joke, this is an armed robbery.

Come on...

What...?

I don't f***ing believe this.

Move it! Gimme the cash!

Get in there.

For God's sake, get in there!

You said 100,000.

Here's the rest.

It ought to be enough

to grease the wheels now.

I thought it'd only be a matter of time

before you showed up.

Stubborn Transylvanian.

Congratulations.

You're now a Hungarian citizen.

Don't mention it.

- Is the tank full?

- It sure is.

Drive carefully!

- What is it?

- Just a minute, okay?

- Hi.

- Hi.

You look good.

Thanks.

Who's that?

A classmate.

Why do you care?

I haven't seen you for months.

You disappeared.

I wasn't sure you wanted to see me.

Just because my parents are jerks,

doesn't mean you should be one!

What is it?

Open it.

It's beautiful.

Did you rob a bank?

- Hi, guys!

- You sly fox.

You became a prostitute?

How many clicks did you suck to buy that?

Bear skins, my friends.

Bear skins.

You buy them back home

and sell them here at a 1000% markup.

- How much do you get for a skin?

- Depends how big the bear is.

Right.

I'm going back soon.

Want me to bring you one?

Bring me a bear.

- I'll have a ride like that.

- Yeah, right.

- This must cost a fortune.

- Didn't you like it?

No, it was delicious.

But this place is expensive.

Where did you get all this money?

You know what?

I'd rather not know.

Bear skins. Import and sales.

I bring them from home

and I sell them here.

Bear skins?

Bear skins.

Your smile's fake.

You must've been a naughty kid.

It goes fast, doesn't it?

- So then you started planning the next robbery.

- Yes.

It went smooth. They gave me the cash.

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