Child 44 Page #3

Alexei, why did you...

That's fine. That's okay. All right.

Please, give me five minutes because...

- You know the rules, Leo.

- Please, five minutes.

Just get dressed. You have two minutes.

Want five.

You f***ing dog!

Don't you f***ing touch her.

- I will put him through the f***ing window.

- It's fine. It's fine.

- Jesus.

- Let her be.

Here.

- No! No, Leo! No, Leo!

- Where are you taking her?

No, Leo!

Raisa?

- Raisa, are you there?

- Yes.

- Did they hurt you?

- No.

Good.

Do exactly as they say. Raisa?

You must not be scared. All right?

I understand. Let go of me!

Let go of me! I understand.

Come here. It's okay, it's okay.

- She is pregnant!

- What are they doing?

It's all right. This is where

we wait for the truck, okay?

Look, you see?

This is where the truck comes.

They pick us up. They take us away.

Do you understand?

- But where are we going?

- I don't know.

It's okay. She's pregnant. Da?

She's pregnant.

Leo, where are we going?

Where are we going?

I thought you'd like to see the place

one last time.

I'm sentimental like that.

Raisa. Raisa. Raisa.

You're going to Volsk,

which, from what I've heard,

is pretty much the a**hole

of the earth, and join the Militsia.

You know, all he had to do

was to denounce you,

and in a year the whole building

would be kissing his ass.

It was the only option.

But you won't listen.

Enjoy your new life.

You know, this whole thing

was just a test of blind obedience.

You should have given me up.

That's what wives are for.

What are you waiting for?

I only heard three days ago

you were coming.

It's unusual.

Because I made no requests

for additional men.

And I'm a little confused

about the orders.

The Militsia is a significant demotion

for a man of your stature.

We go where we are needed.

Do you know what I heard?

I heard they made you take off

a dozen stolen watches

before they handed you that flag.

There are no advantages

to being in Militsia.

Once an apartment is found,

you will be assigned.

But it's a very long waiting list.

You start tomorrow.

The bar doesn't give credit.

Toilet is down the hall.

Comrade Director, Raisa Demidova.

I have been assigned here.

Would you be so kind

to show me to my classroom?

Fine.

Here is your classroom.

If we need you for anything else,

we will tell you.

Demidov.

Varlam, wait! Varlam!

- Goodbye, General Nesterov.

- Goodbye, Varlam.

Let's go, Varlam.

It's tragic.

But even the party can't be responsible

for the acts of a mental defective.

Your rank is in my hands, you see.

Yes, sir.

We are here.

It's a boy.

He was found naked.

They say he looks like he was tortured.

I have two kids myself.

It makes me sick.

It's been here a while.

What's a while?

Week. Two.

It could be anyone from the orphanage.

Perhaps he has a twin.

A brother would be good

for identification.

Excuse me, General.

How old is he, about eight?

Eight years old?

He has blood in his eyes.

See? Is blood.

Hemorrhaging.

You see it in strangulations.

But look at his neck.

He has no track marks on his throat.

So, what else can cause that?

You also see it in drownings.

Drowning. Yes.

Do you see any water around here?

About 6 kilometers east.

The river in Tobol.

6 kilometers.

So, a drowned boy walks 6 kilometers?

This is little boy.

Look, you see this cut here?

It seems purposeful, no?

They are. Someone knew their anatomy.

Organs have been removed.

And so you say organs have been

removed from this child's body?

So it's what? We look for butcher?

- We look for a hunter?

- More like a surgeon.

More like surgeon?

More like a surgeon.

Will you excuse us?

Why are you here?

A child was murdered in Moscow...

- What are you doing here?

- Water came out of his mouth.

- Same as this child!

- Are you still working for the MGB?

- No, I'm not MGB.

- I think you are.

Why are you here? Why are these children

so important to Moscow?

Believe me, these children

are not important to Moscow.

Whatever it is

you've been sent here to do...

remember, you are not in Moscow anymore.

Here, we have an arrangement.

If you do anything to endanger my team.

If you report anything

which undermines my authority.

If you portray my officers

as incompetent.

If you do any of these things...

I will kill you myself.

General Nesterov!

He has identification papers.

Isaac Rudensky.

From the Gorsky School in Oblast X.

Where exactly is Oblast X?

50 kilometers east.

Seven stations down the line.

General, if he came by train,

maybe the ticket master

will recall seeing him with someone.

Perhaps.

Where's the ticket master?

Aleksander. He's over there.

Aleksander,

when you found the body last night,

you were taking a walk, you say?

What's wrong?

What? Are you okay?

Or perhaps you were...

doing something else?

Get in.

Now.

- Yes?

- Put her on the phone.

Yes?

So, Raisa, I've been thinking.

Vasili.

You're getting a very bad deal here.

You know?

I mean, for all these years,

good little mousewife and...

look at where you find yourself.

Vasili, you know me.

What have I done?

My point exactly.

So here's what I propose.

These guys will put you

on the next train to Moscow,

and you can have your old job back.

I will personally find you

a nice little place to live.

Assuming, of course, you wouldn't rather

move into your old apartment...

with me.

Leave Leo.

Come on, Raisa, you never fooled me.

All you ever wanted from him

was his head in a basket.

No.

No?

No.

Okay. In that case...

You see that bald guy in a blue suit?

Yes.

You know what would be really nice?

No.

Give him the phone.

Wh... what?

Give him the phone.

Raisa?

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

- Away.

- Away?

- Yes.

- Listen to me, listen to me.

Whatever you feel about me,

whatever is going on,

whatever you are thinking,

we are here now. That is it.

This is where we find ourselves.

There is nothing that we can do about this.

I would rather spend a lifetime

in a shithole like this with you

than spend one minute

in Moscow without you.

Say that to someone

who doesn't know you.

What are you gonna do without papers?

Did you forget something?

- Yes, you forget these?

- Give me my papers.

You know what happens to a woman

like you without papers?

She gets stopped. She gets arrested.

She gets questioned.

Then guess what happens.

Give me my papers.

Don't you ever do that again.

Ever. Do you...

So I'm your prisoner now?

Like everybody else?

You want to kill me?

You had your chance in Moscow.

The dinner we had with your parents.

I heard you when I came in the hallway.

Your beloved father

was pretty convincing.

"Four lives against one." I just

stood there hearing him over and over.

"Four lives against one.

Four lives against one."

What about four lives against two?

Would you be so quick

to kill your own child?

What do you mean by that?

What are you saying?

Raisa, what do you mean by this?

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