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Closer to the Moon Page #6
I've already been
a party member.
Amazing! When?
From 1945 to last year.
Would you like to listen
to some music on the radio?
Since 1945?
But at the end of the war
the party
had less than 1000 members!
And 3 quarters
of them were Jews.
That's why they say the Jews
brought the Bolsheviks to power.
- Are you Jewish?
- Yes.
And the Bolsheviks kicked you
out of the party!
It's a bit
more complicated than that.
Uh, I wouldn't expect
it to be simple.
And did they cut
your hair like that too?
When the Rosenthal gang
attacked that bank car
the Voice of America
said they were all wearing
Patriot Guard uniforms.
And that car parked outside,
a Soviet-built Zis
if I'm not mistaken, copied
from the 1939 Packard model.
Does that belong
Don't worry,
I know how it works.
They won't do anything
before tomorrow morning.
It's only surveillance.
And tomorrow morning?
Tomorrow morning I surrender.
We're shooting the hold-up.
It's my big scene,
for crying out loud.
Ha!
We used some of these that day.
It is one of those.
You were there?
I was a waiter
in the canteen on the square.
We all thought
it was a real film shoot.
It was so exciting,
I decided to change my job there and then..
I'll-I'll leave you
to go and sleep.
I'll be downstairs
if you need anything.
Come over here.
- Come.
- Where?
I know we're skipping
the bits where we hold hands
walk in the park and recite
poems to each other.
But this is the last
chance I'll have.
No, no no. Please, please,
you-you'll regret it.
I smell.
Don't make any moves.
Just keep an eye on them.
Yes, sir.
I wasn't very good, was I?
No, you were great.
You were great.
But you were so quiet.
What?
That's just one of my quirks.
with the boys during the war.
I was already in the Resistance
and sometimes made love
in conditions that were, uh..
If I made the slightest sound,
it was..
any loud displays of pleasure.
I've never seen
you smoke before.
It's not my only first tonight.
Was that your first?
How did it happen?
No, no... the robbery, I mean.
Do you really
want me to tell you?
Oh!
1959 had got off
to a good start.
And I was back home again,
with my old friends
after 10 years away.
Oh.
Hey. This is where I live!
- Oh!
- Hey, really?
I had been sent
to Moscow on a scholarship
with a promising future
in political science.
Only it wasn't
so easy to be a student
and to bring up
a child at the same time
alone in a foreign country,
and without the father.
In the meantime,
the party had insisted
that Max acquire a marital
status worthy of his rank
and new social position.
My rebellious anti-bourgeois
ex-lover was now a married man.
Mirel?
Do you remember this gentleman?
See? He's forgotten you.
Are you a captain?
Colonel.
Your daddy's a colonel.
In the following weeks
Max started to take serious
charge of Mirel's education.
He was determined
to win him over.
Mirel Radoiu,
you're under arrest!
Hey, everybody,
I'm going to jail!
I wasn't too happy
with all that play-acting.
I would have preferred
to keep Mirel as far away
from the gang spirit
as possible.
You won't get anything from me.
Well, we'll see about that!
I'll never talk.
Well, when we get to the
rifle range, then you'll talk.
Yeah! Ha ha ha.
But I didn't stand a chance.
It was the most
fascinating world
anyone could offer
a 12-year-old boy.
Very good!
I hit 14 out of 20.
- Hey,
never point a loaded gun at daddy.
You never know when
you might need him.
Besides, he can still give
you a clip around the ear.
Do it again.
One evening,
Max invited us to his house.
He was the only one
to own a television.
Got everything?
Our guest today
astrophysicist
and space missions' expert.
- Good evening, comrade.
- Good evening.
You're an expert, give 'em hell.
Well, when Lunik 1 was launched
in January of this year
11.2 kilometers per second..
Per second! Just think!
Yeah, faster
than your police cars.
Which will carry
the, uh, Soviet banner
all the way to the shining
surface, uh, of the moon..
Dinner's ready!
Later, Sonia.
We're listening to Dumi now.
On September 14,
at precisely 7:
30 amMoscow time, uh, just east
of Damaris or Antartus..
Max, please, ask your
guests to come and sit down.
I don't want to have
to reheat dinner.
Yeah, be patient. Come and
listen to the man for a moment.
- Max, for the last time...
- Shh. God!
...to demonstrate
is not really
necessary to explode
a nuclear bomb on the surface
of the moon in order to..
Sonia..
Sonia, we were watching
the television.
It was our friend Dumi.
He was talking
about interesting things.
He was talking about
flying to the moon.
Now you're gonna
fly to the moon.
No! You, no, ah. No!
So, who's hungry?
The next day,
Max sent a copy of the divorce application
to his brother-in-law,
the minister.
It wasn't long
before he paid the price.
Very good.
Boris, sit down.
Talk to me.
Not here.
Word is, they're
going to boot you out.
Not right now, a few months..
Wait for you to finish up
I thought you deserved to know.
Do you know who they're
gonna get to replace me?
Yes.
You?
Yes.
Congratulations, Boris.
Word of advice, the bottom
left-hand drawer of the desk
it doesn't close properly.
What's that got to do with it?
The idea came on the night
of Dumi's 40th birthday.
We bought him
a little telescope.
Though Max was the one
playing with it.
Look at her.
What a beauty!
Reach out your hand
You poor romantic fool!
There's no place
for that kind of thinking
in our new society, Max.
Don't stare up at the moon,
but down, down at the people.
Look inside
the worker's paradise!
When I am in your arms..
Wow!
When we walk hand in hand
The world becomes
a wonderland
It's magic
How else can I explain..
Would you stop playing
with that thing for a moment
and come raise a glass to Dumi.
It's magic..
Our boys at work.
Anybody wanna come and see
the revolution in action?
Poor sap. You know him?
Uh. No, not really.
I mean, he's a drunk.
Always in the local bar.
A bit of a big mouth.
The magic..
It reminds me
of my first arrest.
I almost envy him.
away, I was thrilled.
Finally they knew who I was.
A heroic life awaited..
...investigation,
interrogation, detention..
Remember your first time?
"Shoot me now! Shoot me
right here on the street!"
- You were what? 14? 15?
- I was 16 actually.
Now are we gonna drink
to Dumi or not?
To the good old days!
The good old days.
Happy birthday.
Madam, may I have the pleasure?
he was a wonderful dancer.
Yes.
What do I tell myself..
40 years old.
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