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Closer to the Moon Page #7
I can't believe it.
You should be writing
your memoirs.
Well, screw you.
You're a fine one to talk!
Prattling on like
some old grandma.
Tell me this, if you're so
nostalgic for the struggle
why aren't you still
out there fighting? Eh?
On what front are we
supposed to fight?
We won, remember?
What would we have done
20 years ago?
Blown up a railway?
Well, that's no good anymore.
That would just feed their
propaganda machine.
Hmm.
Exactly.
Did any of you ever
consider the really hard stuff?
- Like family? Kids?
- Oh.
Come on. Don't be serious.
Sorry, ridiculous idea.
We'd have to hit them
where it hurts.
Show them what fools they are.
And blow up
the People's Congress.
We live in
a crime-free society, right?
No more murderers,
robbers, thieves.
Communism means...
There's nothing worth stealing.
- Yeah.
- No.
Communism means
the right of the people
to walk down the streets
without fear of being robbed.
So what? We should all become
purses snatchers?
No, no, no!
Come on, you think
too small, Yorgu.
Let's hold up the greengrocers.
- Eh, what? Greengrocers?
- Greengrocers.
Did he just say Greengrocers?
- Uh, jewelers then?
- Boys!
Boys! You really
have no class, do you?
You want crime?
Rob a bank.
Which one then?
Well, we only have one,
The National Bank of Romania.
But if you have
another suggestion..
Big man, you're a genius.
I was thinking the Socialist Art Museum,
but a bank..
I don't know.
So we rob the National Bank.
- What the hell does that prove?
- Well, don't you see?
Bank robberies are one
of the evils of capitalism.
They don't happen here.
They can't happen here.
Everyone knows that.
But if they did..
If the impossible happened
in the middle
of all this progress and plenty,
you know what
I might just sit up in my factory and say,
hang on a minute!
It's a bit subtle, isn't it?
Anyway, what do we do
with the money?
Nothing.
Uh, spend it, keep it,
give it to you.
Max, you're a cop.
I mean, seriously, what are the
chances of actually pulling it off?
Almost zero.
You see, I do love
the word almost.
What?
A minute ago, he was talking about
how much he missed being arrested.
Yeah, but nowadays
it's different.
Nowadays if they collar you,
it's good night for 40 years.
So what?
The going got tough and now you want out?
Max, please. I am an old man,
let's not forget.
I'm not really built
for prison food anymore.
So the answer is,
steal over a 100,000.
How is that the answer?
Because thefts of over a 100,000
is punishable by death.
No long prison sentence,
just the bullet in the head.
Well, this is great news, Max.
So not less than 100,000.
It's all or nothing.
Yeah, we'd have to
really humiliate them.
Do it in public,
in front of an audience.
In that case, don't attack
the bank headquarters.
Attack the van that delivers
money to the branches.
- Ah.
- Hmm.
And you said she was stupid.
And if you want a crowd,
you've got to make a show.
We all wanted to become
movie stars, remember?
You are an angel!
Come here, while I kiss you!
We all laid it on thick.
We were showing off like kids.
We hadn't felt so good
together in a long time.
But after a while,
one of us was actually
taking it all seriously.
We need to do it,
while I'm still head of the department.
That way I can smuggle out weapons,
false papers, everything we need.
Whoa, Max, Max, don't tell
Of course I'm serious,
aren't you?
No, Max. We're joking.
Who's joking?
It's a brilliant idea!
Maximillian,
but you just told us
it comes with a guaranteed
death sentence.
So what?
It's worth it!
Say the Nazis had
caught us in '44
do you think we'd
have got out alive?
Did that stop us? No.
And you know what?
If we plan this right,
we've actually got
a 5 to 10 percent chance
of getting away with it.
Oh, great odds.
What's the matter with you?
You looking forward to your retirement?
This isn't even
Russian Roulette.
It's Bolshevik Roulette,
with all 6 bullets in the barrel.
It's about risk.
Guys, come on,
you used to love taking risks!
It's suicide.
We might as well all
just jump off the roof.
That's not a bad idea.
But it's a short flight.
I was just suggesting
Max, are you finished?
Then let's move on
to some serious...
I...think I'd be up for it.
What?
That is, I'd go along with Max.
- You're joking.
- Of course he's not.
You ever heard him joke before?
Dumi, don't encourage him.
No, listen, when they
cancelled my research grant
in the Soviet Union,
I almost slit my wrists.
Yeah, and you know what
I probably should have done it.
Because instead I'm just being
interviewed
have been helping organize.
And you know why they cut
your grant, don't you, Dumi?
But at least they're not
putting us in the ovens anymore.
Not yet they're not.
Look it's Dumi's birthday.
He's 40 years old.
I hope he won't be angry with me
if I don't wish him a long life.
20 years ago,
how many of us thought
we'd live into our 40's?
The sheer idea of a long life
back then was a kind of betrayal.
Razvan, what's your best memory
in the last 10 years?
Or can you think of one good
thing since the end of the war?
The day Stalin died?
Oh, shut up.
What else is there for us?
If we pull it off, great.
We're laughing, at them.
If we get caught, sure,
it's the end of the show.
But what an ending?
Who'll drink to that with me?
Purely for the sake
of team spirit.
I'm sorry, I can't play
death with you.
I have your child to raise.
Over the next few days,
things started to move fast.
Write a declaration that
you are so-and-so taxi driver
of such-and-such
a cab, model and number.
Put down the exact details
of where and when
your car was stolen.
Max Rosenthal in a park?
Knock me down with a feather.
It's better if we keep
them here.
My place is too risky.
for her stuff
and rifling through everything.
Max. I... I'll store them
here for you.
But don't count
on me for anything else.
What do you mean?
everything from a distance.
I've been thinking it over,
and you see..
I'm a historian.
I'm curious about what's gotta
happen in the years ahead.
I want to be alive to see it.
I'll tell you what's
gonna happen.
Nothing.
You're gonna carry on teaching
until you wanna shoot yourself,
that's what's gonna happen.
So make your choice.
Now or later?
Hey, I'm only joking, big man.
Of course if you want out,
you're free to go.
I'm sorry, Max.
How dare you?
Don't get hysterical.
He came here begging
me to count him in.
Of course I said no.
Where is he?
Mirel!
He's locked himself
in the bathroom.
He doesn't want to talk to you.
How did he find out about
the plan? Did you tell him?
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