Burn Country Page #6

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It's an honor to be invited,

don't you think?

Sorry, I...

Get off the property.

Dmitri.

You should see your face.

Dmitri Sokurov?

Yes, sir.

What can I do for you?

You the Afghan pushed

the little guy off his bike?

That's my sole heir, sir.

So far, anyways.

What the hell?

I need to talk to you.

Well, that's great.

I need to talk to you, too.

Don't go cross-checking

my kid into ditches.

Let's go talk about this

somewhere privately, huh?

These people don't need

to hear our petty sh*t.

- Hey.

- Oh, stop it.

Why the hell is everybody

so serious?

Come on.

Come on.

Money? That's what

you want, yeah?

- What's happening here?

- Oh, that's Ingrid.

Sister-in-law.

Why don't you say hello to...

Sorry, what is it?

From Afghanistan.

Can you beat it?

My uncle fought over there.

Called it a war

for a piece of sh*t.

He didn't feel like

he could speak his mind

for most of his life,

but let me tell you,

when he finally did,

it was like the dam broke.

Where is Lindsay?

I'm going to give you

100 just to be safe.

I haven't bought

a mailbox in years,

so what do I know?

Do you hear me?

Did I hear you?

If he has debts,

I will help pay.

I have money from back home,

money I make

as journalist, okay?

Yeah.

I don't want that.

Oh, come on, sir.

Typical immigrant, right?

All earnest f***ing pride.

I want to go home.

Oh, shut up!

I can't... I can't deal

with you right now!

Don't talk to her like that.

Is this your house?

Huh?

Do... do you know Ingrid?

Because if you knew Ingrid...

I know Lindsay...

You know what? You know what?

You know what?

See, Ingrid was in a fire

with my brother,

and ever since then

she's been a little bit...

But you can't condescend.

Let's go.

Go, go, go and see what's

going on up there, huh?

I don't... I don't have

the stomach for it.

But that f***ing midwife,

let me tell you, she's good.

I know that Lindsay...

He ran down

one of your men, yes?

Killed him?

Finished him off

with a rock, I think?

Maybe he meant to do this

thing, maybe he didn't.

I don't know.

But he was afraid.

I see it in him, believe me.

He was afraid when he did it,

and he was afraid when he ran.

I know this.

And when his truck went in

the water, he wasn't in it.

So, where is he?

You tell me.

Why do you care?

I owe him.

He needs me.

Where is he?

I'm sorry.

Nobody f***ing needs you.

Where is he?

Why should anybody

tell you anything?

Is he dead?

Dmitri!

Is he?

You need to calm down,

Afghanistan.

Everybody dies, right?

Everybody dies.

Oh, man.

You... you should see

your face.

Don't worry about it, bro.

You're right about most of it.

And Lindsay will have to pay

for what he did to beaux.

But you don't really know us,

do you?

We take care of our own.

And here, everything

is always forgiven.

Now would be a good time

for you to leave.

Lindsay.

Hey, foreign correspondent.

What are you doing here, man?

Uh...

I had to go away

for a little while.

But, uh, Dmitri said

I could come back.

I came back.

Hey, it's all right, you know?

Yeah, yeah,

it's going to be fine.

I just got to...

You know, I just got

to help him out a little bit.

But he said...

You know, he said

everything's going to be fine.

Why?

What?

Why'd you do it?

Ah...

He was hassling me, man.

Okay?

And he wasn't going to stop.

No one's going to make him stop.

And he deserved it, right?

He deserved it.

You know that.

Hey, hey, hey.

You ain't going

to tell anyone, right?

Huh?

You won't tell anybody.

You can't tell.

So beautiful, huh?

Little baby.

Didn't wake you, did I?

Lindsay's back in town.

He killed that man.

Yeah.

Knowing it doesn't help,

does it?

They're on their way now

to lock him up.

Goddamn fool.

There's nothing.

It's called a time capsule.

He made it in school

when he was...

I don't know, 11?

We're out of coffee.

Finally got ahold of him

last night.

He just got back to Kabul

from who knows where.

Oh, I get so excited.

I think talking to him's

going to make me feel better.

I could have sworn I remembered

exactly where it was.

I wanted to find what he used

to think was worth saving.

I guess we both made a meal

of things last night, yeah?

Isn't very good, is it?

I love this song.

Come here.

Come.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Gloria, please.

Gloria, please.

Gloria.

Feel your feet

on the ground, hmm?

Shh.

Gloria.

Gabe.

Osman.

I didn't think you'd be up, man.

Couldn't sleep,

so I went for a walk.

Where are you?

Kuru village.

Up at that spot you showed me.

Not sure I'll ever

make it down, though.

Come on in, you guys!

Water's great!

Never again!

Gabe.

Yeah?

I wish I was there

with you, man.

Just for a second.

Can you hear it?

I can hear it.

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