Sunshine Page #11

But there are

He turned down anyone

who came to him for help.

He advised people being

investigated to commit suicide.

He was scared stiff.

He was a country boy in a big city.

He's happy to have

an a**hole that works.

- What about his racist speeches?

- Tricked into it.

Look, we don't want to hurt

genuine talent.

It's enough to scare them.

In the end,

they'll work with us.

It's the dilettantes

we want to grab by the balls.

Most of the real

fascist writers are unreadable.

The fascists who've come over to

our side. Do we just let them go?

Every new regime

demands betrayal.

Until it consolidates

its power,

it uses traitors

and then gets rid of them.

What is the matter?

I'm just thinking

about my father.

Don't be impatient.

dd [Choir, Orchestra]

dd [Continues]

dd

[Crowd Chanting]

Stalin! Stalin!

[Continues Chanting]

[Stops Chanting]

My dear comrades,

I have been given the honor of

speaking on behalf of those of us...

who have been decorated

on this special day:

Comrade Stalin's birthday.

We express our profound

gratitude to Comrade Stalin...

for eliminating fascism

from the face of the Earth...

and freeing our land

from the Nazi's rule of evil.

Comrade Stalin...

Comrade Stalin

has shown us the way.

It is our duty

to carry on his struggle,

to find all fascist cowards wherever

they're hiding and destroy them.

I offer...

I offer our eternal gratitude

to Comrade Stalin...

who leads us into tomorrow

where all men will be equal,

where exploitation and humiliation

will be unknown...

in the world of Communism!

Turn the light.

[Movie Camera Whirring]

Congratulation,

Comrade Major.

- Thank you.

- [Camera Whirring]

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

Come over here, Ivan.

I want to introduce you

to a couple of foot soldiers.

This is Comrade Major Sors.

Take a good look at him,

Comrades.

One day soon, you're all gonna be

terrified of him.

- Right, Ivan?

- [Man Laughing]

Any children yet?

Anybody who can make such

stirring speeches should procreate.

[Men Laughing]

Why do you look so unhappy?

Everyone here adores you.

- I'm not unhappy.

- Look in there.

It looks like a sad man to me.

- Something's the matter.

- Nothing's the matter.

Fine, but I won't waste my time

flattering you like everybody else.

Even the Comrade General said

you'll be a minister soon.

Right.

- Sorry if I'm annoying you.

- You're not.

- But I would love to talk sometime.

- I have time.

- When?

- Now.

Oh, I can't now. I'm just leaving.

My children are alone.

I could walk you home.

So the sad man wants to escape...

and needs someone

to show him the back stairs?

I have to go.

Don't you like

to be kissed?

[Moaning]

I can't do this.

I have a family. What am l...

I'm sorry.

Good morning, Comrade.

I saw you and Carole Kovacs slip out

of the opera together last night.

I should warn you,

she's definitely spoken for.

Fatherly advice.

She told me she had a husband

and two children.

Her husband blew up

Gestapo headquarters in Paris.

He's one of the heroes

of the French Resistance.

You don't want to make

an enemy of him.

Her husband belongs to

the Comrade General's circle.

Life is full of surprises,

isn't it?

Back to work.

I saw your light was on.

I request permission to enter,

Comrade Major.

Granted...

Comrade Major.

[Laughs]

I just came

to say good night.

Good night.

[Locks Door]

[Moaning]

[Groaning]

[Panting]

Am I the first?

Yes.

What have you been doing

since you started shaving?

I was in a camp.

I think you might be the first man

I could really fall in love with.

What about your husband?

Mmm...

I admire him.

During the war, in the Resistance,

he made me feel safe.

- He's a very brave man.

- But you don't love him?

I do, but...

I think I married him because

I knew he would protect me.

- They were terrible times.

- He doesn't protect you now?

I don't know.

[Laughs]

We were in Paris during the war.

It was different.

We all had the same aim.

Since we've been back,

I don't know.

- Everything's changed here.

- Was it better in Paris?

Shh.

[Valerie] It belonged

to your great-great-grandfather,

- our grandfather, Aaron.

- dd [Chiming]

Perhaps you'll give it

to your own child someday.

dd [Chiming Continues]

So beautiful.

[Gustave] This fish

is beautifully prepared, Kato.

The thing I most missed

in my exile was your cooking.

Gustave,

are you flirting with Kato?

Look who's jealous. Why did you

marry Ignatz instead of me?

Because you were

far too crazy, my dear.

- The way your breasts bounced.

- [Valerie Laughs]

- They don't bounce any longer.

- [Laughing]

- Your grandmother was a beauty.

- She still is.

[Laughing] Are you worried

I might seduce your grandmother?

- I might seduce your grandmother?

- [Laughing]

Nothing would surprise me

in this family.

[Continues Laughing]

[Sighs] Wasn't it wonderful

growing up in this house, Gustave?

The most wonderful thing was

waiting... to be touched by you;

day after day,

year in, year out.

No one can take

that memory away from me.

- Now the only thing missing...

- Is a "Taste of Sunshine."

- Was it really that good?

- [Both] Gorgeous!

- Did it make you drunk?

- [Valerie] Oh, a little drunk.

A little drunk

and a lot happier.

I found an empty bottle

the other day.

As soon as we find the recipe,

Kato and I will brew up a batch.

- Look, there's a drop in there.

- Oh.

Mmm. Mmm.

I got it.

My God, what a wonderful taste

in such a tiny drop.

Oh, let me see.

Oh! It's delicious!

- Like some?

- [Chuckling]

[All Laughing]

You know,

I had a dream last night.

I dreamt that the courtyard

was filled with flowers,

and you know what that dream means.

It means someone

in this house is in love.

dd [Piano]

dd [Continues]

dd [Continues]

dd

dd [Continues]

dd

Oh, you must learn

how to play the piano.

How am I going

to do that? When?

Your uncle and I

can teach you after work.

Gustave on Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays.

And I on Tuesdays,

Thursdays and Saturdays.

No lessons

on Sundays?

What am I going to do

with so much free time?

But you cannot live

without being able to play music.

[Men Shouting]

[Continue Shouting]

[Firing Weapons]

[Machine Gun Firing]

[Animal Squeals]

[Groans]

[Men Continue Shouting]

- [Animal Squealing]

- Die, you son of a b*tch.

[Bell Ringing]

[Brakes Screeching]

[Gasping]

[Moaning]

[Both Panting]

I don't care about my work

or my husband, nothing but you.

Leave him.

We'll live together.

- You're not serious.

- We can get our own place.

You don't know my husband.

He would find us and shoot us.

- We're grown up, love each other.

- And I love my children.

He would never let me

take them with me,

and I could never

leave them.

It's easy for you.

You're just you.

You could change your mind and

leave me after a couple of months.

How do you know?

How do you know? [Sighs]

How do you know what we have

together isn't just...

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