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Trying to make a fool of me?

I'm sorry, I know it wasn't right.

Are you some nutcase?

- It was you who asked.

- I'm sorry.

Look, something wrong with me?

No, of course not.

Filip!

How did you know?

Don't you remember?

I brought you here once.

You said it was magical.

Those are places one goes back to.

- Have you seen Hanka?

- Yes.

Well?

You'll have to search for her

as she searched for you.

Where?

Everywhere, at college, in hospital.

Your doctor friend is very sick.

Visit him as soon as you get back.

He's in his own ward?

You'd be there too after a night

out in this cold.

If you survived.

I know.

Did you think of others?

Who?

Me, Hanka...

I expect I would have.

When? In hell?

What else could you expect?

Who are they for?

Who are the flowers for?

For you.

A proposal? An apology?

The former.

Too late. Past the expiry date.

You're married?

Almost.

There's someone else.

I don't believe you.

If you've no faith, that's your problem.

I followed your advice.

Hey, presto?

No need for it to drag out

as it did with you.

It can be simple.

No, it can't.

- Yes, it can.

- I don't believe you.

Why not?

Because I know you.

You do?

You don't know yourself.

Wishful thinking.

It's easy to spoil, harder to create.

Things are spoiled quickly.

I expect your mother told you that.

I hardly remember her.

I know.

Trying to play it for pity?

We've been there.

I know, everything's been.

We must make a fresh start.

- From zero.

- I don't want to.

Not true, that well I do know you.

Let's give ourselves one more chance.

Each to himself?

Or each to the other?

Before you give me that chance...

I made a mistake, I want to tell you

about it.

No, confess to someone else.

I've had a taste of hell,

these last few days.

I saw that what mattered above all

was our ordinary daily life.

Nowhere to sleep again?

Been promoted?

Today I'm in charge.

Want to spend the night?

Not today.

You need anyone to help here

with bandaging, injections etc.?

I'm a medical student. I could

help out once a week.

Twice, even.

Talk to the warden.

You need anyone like that?

I suppose so.

So far I've been doing it.

We could take turns.

I'm leaving.

- For good?

- We'll see.

Don't tell anyone, only the warden

knows because he's a priest.

I'm going to join the Order of St. John.

I'll do nursing and catch up

with the schooling I missed.

They promised to help.

Talk to the warden.

You can take my place.

As you'll take mine?

Where?

In a monastery.

I don't understand.

What's there to understand?

Our heads can't take in everything.

But it's all right.

I rang

to ask for Father Marek.

He's away.

They don't know where.

They could have found out.

He might have come to Warsaw.

He knows I'm here, so maybe

he came.

Perhaps he didn't want to wake me.

He belongs to the Cracow diocese,

so he'd have no business here.

He might have been invited to

the premiere of that film.

They're keen to have the support

of the Church.

- When was the premiere?

- Yesterday, I read about it.

Will you go and see it?

Yes.

You want us to tell you about

the scenes shot in France?

Not necessarily.

What about you?

Nothing.

What do you mean, nothing?

I wonder...

if you could water the flowers

in my apartment?

You can keep the keys.

When the place is sold

they'll change the lock.

Make use of it while you can.

Pass me my briefcase.

Better go now.

Go on.

Say something.

What for?

It's better without words.

With you it's not better at all.

We have the keys.

What of it?

You want me to say, I love you?

Some time it should be said

- I'll say it.

- When

Today.

Then say it now.

It'll sound foolish.

Never mind.

Stop it, I didn't hear you.

Shall we go for a swim?

In a moment.

First he has something important

to say.

- I didn't hear, once more.

- No, I said it.

What do you want?

What now?

Maybe I'll not be back tonight.

I won't have to climb

any mountains?

No.

No?

I said no!

Are you alive?

Have you had bad news?

No, there's no change.

I was so frightened.

Is this our wedding?

Almost.

Yes, our marriage vows,

made to ourselves.

Come on, 'I Filip, take you, Hanka... '

- What about confession?

- Have we done wrong?

In theory, we have.

And in practice?

You've given us an important gift.

Really? You're serious?

Never anything else.

Then I don't suppose...

I shall sell the apartment.

I've written a letter.

You can go on staying there.

Sell my car...

It'll cover the tax.

Because it's a gift.

But you must live somewhere.

No.

Where I'm going a square metre

is quite enough.

I've made up my mind.

There's absolutely no problem.

But you're feeling better.

I must tell you what happened...

when Chekhov died in Germany.

He asked for a glass of champagne,

drank it

and said Ich sterbe.

Because this was Germany.

Then he turned to the wall

and died.

Forgive me if I'm impertinent,

but I believe this matters...

and so it's my duty to ask you.

Perhaps you wish to be reconciled

to God and confess?

I am reconciled.

Should I call someone?

My confessor was here.

Was I awake or dreaming?

But he came.

What's the difference,

since these dreams are sent by God?

My dear young friends,

Now I say:

Ich sterbe.

Dr Berg, a valued colleague,

bequeathed his body to science.

Let me remind you of the proper

respect due to his mortal remains.

We can start.

Who'll volunteer to make

the first cut?

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