Ali and Nino Page #4

Sorry for interrupting.

Ali, when you talked to the high

commissioner, what did he say?

He said the Treaty of Versailles

is about to grant us full nationhood

and guarantee diplomatic recognition.

- Hmm.

- Thank you, darling.

- To independence.

- To independence.

They were not exaggerating

when they said 30,000 men.

No.

And I don't believe

they're here for their health.

They can't do anything.

The Treaty of Versailles says that...

By the look of them, I'd say not too many

of them have read the Treaty of Versailles.

No.

The Russians aren't going

to march here just like that.

Besides, they've just signed

a friendship treaty with us.

- Then why are they massing on the border?

- Maneuvers, they say.

Why have they chosen the closest possible

point to Baku for their maneuvers?

They can be here in three hours.

It's a bargaining ploy

to get us to lower the oil price.

I think they want it for free.

I'm happy. I'm happy.

I have a wonderful girl.

She is a good girl.

She is a good girl.

Now I'll live forever, yes?

- You'll give me one wish?

- Tell me.

- If I ask, you'll say yes?

- Depends.

I want you to come home to Tbilisi with us.

- No.

- But you have to.

I want you to tell your husband

to leave this place.

It's not safe.

This man Lenin said the revolution

will not survive without Baku oil.

They'll be coming for it.

Do you like it?

Come here. Oh.

- Ali Khan?

- Yes, Ilyas.

The Bolsheviks have crossed the border.

They've commandeered trains.

They're on their way to Baku.

- It's time to leave.

- All right.

We have to go.

Prime Minister.

I've just been informed

that the Bolsheviks are gaining on us.

We'll make sure you escape across the border.

We'll do whatever it takes to hold them off.

Sir.

Ilyas, I have known you for a very long time,

and you have proved your great courage.

I salute you.

May Allah be with you.

There's something I need to say to Ilyas.

Ilyas.

Nino, I'm going to stay with Ilyas

for a couple of days.

To help him.

No. No.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- I have to.

Ali...

don't we mean anything to you?

You mean everything.

Look what happened last time

we were separated.

It's not the same.

You're not traveling to a strange country.

You're going to your parents.

I have to do this, Nino.

It will be our baby's country

when she grows up.

It has to be defended.

I'll be with you on Friday.

Yeah.

On Friday.

And we'll go to Paris.

For that honeymoon.

And we'll have a house with a garden.

Yes.

And our next child will be a boy.

Good-bye.

Get down!

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