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- About what?

You called about his liver?

Boghean called me yesterday.

Even better. Ask Bulai.

He can help.

What can he do about this?

Want me to call him?

I'll do it.

Hello, sir! How are you doing?

Also busy.

My daughter's doing her final exams.

Yes, thank you.

I have news.

Good news, hopefully.

My friend put in a word

about the transplant.

And we're hoping...

for a positive answer.

It might take a while.

They need a donor first...

Of course we'll let you know,

the good Lord willing.

I have a question, sir.

Could you help Dr. Aldea?

He has a problem.

His daughter narrowly escaped

being raped right by the school.

So she couldn't focus too well

for the written Romanian test today.

She's very good,

she got a scholarship to Cambridge...

But it depends on her results.

He's here with me,

he can tell you more.

Have a good day.

He'll wait for you at 6,

in his office.

Romeo, it's for your child!

Write down his number.

- A bit more?

- I don't drink often.

- A bit more?

- I don't drink often.

Me, I haven't touched alcohol

for exactly a year and 6 months!

But it's too late.

My liver still won't regenerate.

And your test results?

Bad. I haven't done any recently.

Got scared.

You should do them.

Let's get you admitted

for tests tomorrow.

If you say so.

A liver could show up any day,

but if you're not ready...

You've convinced me!

See how easy it was?

Tell me straight:

Is it a difficult operation?

Yes. The body needs

to accept the foreign organ.

In other words,

the first 24 hours are crucial.

Don't scare me.

I won't, but you have responsibilities,

a family...

You need to know the situation

before surgery.

Oh, you're the kind of doctor

who tells his patient the truth.

In your case, yes.

In my mother's case, it's pointless.

- What's wrong with her?

- Nothing.

But at her age...

So how long do you think

we'll wait for the healthy organ?

It can take years,

or it can happen very quickly.

It depends on donors...

I see.

In any case, I'm ready.

I have my testament, the money...

Money won't be an issue.

Come on, doctor,

don't tell me you live off your salary!

That's not it.

I hope you don't think you owe me

for helping your daughter.

You can't compare a man's life

with some exam. An exam...

I've called Serban,

the exam board chief.

He understood the situation.

He's a nice man, you know...

He came to me once with a problem.

His wife was fired

from the town hall.

They cut jobs

while she was pregnant.

I got her back in.

He's been very grateful to me

ever since.

Who'll take you on again at 43?

People should help each other.

My position won me many enemies,

but also many friends!

Could I have another drop?

Good, isn't it?

Is something wrong?

No. Why?

You're here? At this hour?

I wanted to say sorry for earlier.

The neighbors are watching.

So what?

How's Eliza?

Not good.

She didn't do well.

- On her test?

- Yes.

I'm sorry.

Yes.

I wanted to ask you.

Could they let her write

a bit more once the 3 hours are up?

Not really.

I see.

Well, then I don't know.

We'll see.

'Ms is Mam.

Dr. Aldea, who operated on Mum...

Hello, Matei.

Matei, will you take that mask off?

Let him be.

I'll be going.

Bye, Matei.

Do you mind that I introduced you?

No, why should I?

You didn't want to meet him.

You didn't want it.

But now I thought you should meet.

So we've met.

I have to go.

Go, then.

The light attracts the moths.

Don't worry.

- Do you want some cake?

- No, thanks.

Homemade, by my wife.

I've bothered you enough already.

It happens.

Happy birthday to your wife.

I'll tell her.

- Can I get you a chair?

- Don't bother.

Forgive me for this morning.

If I seemed a bit aggressive...

Don't worry.

Now, how may I help you?

Mr. Bulai described the situation,

I believe.

Yes, he did.

What grade does the girl need?

She needs a final average of 9

to get the scholarship.

And on the Romanian test?

We estimate an 8 at most.

Have you spoken to anybody?

For the Romanian test? No.

Could we change anything?

It might be a bit late now.

There are teachers

from different schools.

I'm very sorry to involve you.

It's very unpleasant.

Such things happen.

What are her grades in maths?

Her final average

at the end of high school is 9.6.

That's good.

So she could get 10 in the exam.

I think so, yes.

I don't know one of the grading teachers.

The other one was a colleague.

A decent man.

But we need both of them.

I don't know how such things work.

They must give similar grades. If not,

the paper goes to another committee.

- It's better not to.

- I see.

So what's best?

I'll see in the morning

or I'll try taking the paper

to another teacher.

But that's a bit more complicated.

Is that the only way?

Do you know of any other?

Please tell me what I have to do.

- How much I should pay.

- Nothing.

Mr. Bulai helped me,

I help you, that's all.

I'll be greatly in your debt.

Could I compensate you somehow...

Don't worry about it, it's fine.

Just make sure the girl

marks her paper clearly.

I need to talk to her?

Yes. She must mark the paper.

If we miss it, it's over.

I see.

All she has to do is cross out

3 words on the first page, bottom line.

The last 3 words.

Just like this.

- Understood?

- Yes.

OK. Well, thank you.

I'll go. I've disturbed

your wife's birthday long enough.

Doctor, if you have any doubts,

say so now.

This can only work on trust.

I don't want to end up in the news.

Neither do you.

That won't happen.

One more thing:

I'm doing this for the girl.

She shouldn't pay

because we can't handle our criminals.

But I don't do such things.

This house and all you see here

was earned honestly.

I'm sure.

I don't do such things.

I don't doubt it.

I'll see you out.

Some cake?

No, thank you.

Once she starts on this path,

there's no going back.

You can't just shake it off,

say it's OK and move on.

You know in your heart of hearts

that it's not right.

That's not the path

I want Eliza to take in life.

I'm sure you don't either.

If there was any other way,

I wouldn't even think about it.

She shouldn't be doing this.

Magda.

We raised her knowing

she'd leave here.

What if she misses this chance?

She can't handle life here.

She'll learn.

We were just as unprepared

at her age. We handled it.

Did we?

How did we handle it?

By doing things

we wanted her not to do?

But how could she start off in life

with this burden on her shoulders?

What burden, Magda?

This exam's just a formality.

Everyone cheats in their final exam.

I didn't cheat.

Fine, Magda, you didn't.

Anyway, this exam

makes no difference in the end.

Even what they studied in school

is useless.

All that counts is getting

to a normal world.

How you get there matters too.

It's not fair to-

Being attacked in broad daylight

in a crowded place, is that fair?

You want her to live here?

- It was an accident.

- No, it wasn't!

You ended up in some library

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