The Banishment Page #3

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All right.

- Yes?

- Hello, Dad.

Can we stay here overnight?

It's so interesting...

Uncle Viktor could bring

us back home tomorrow.

- Is he back already?

- Yes, he just came back.

- I want to talk to him.

- Daddy, please. He asked us.

It's all right with me.

But I want to talk

with Uncle Viktor.

Uncle Viktor, Dad wants to

talk to you.

I'm coming right now.

Give me that red piece.

Frida.

Look, read here.

Though I speak with the tongues

of men and of angels,

and have not Love,

I am become as sounding brass,

or a tinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy,

and understand all mysteries,

and all knowledge; and though

I have all faith,

so that I could remove mountains,

and have not Love, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods

to feed the poor,

and though I give my body to be burned,

and have... and have not Love,

it profiteth me nothing...

Love suffereth long,

and is kind;

Love envieth not;

Love vaunteth not it... itself,

is not puffed up,

Doth not behave itself unseemly,

Seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked,

thinketh no evil;

Rejoiceth not in iniquity,

but rejoiceth in the truth;

Beareth all things, believeth all things,

hopeth all things... endureth all things...

She's going to wake up for a while,

but she will go back to sleep.

She'll have to stay in bed until Thursday

and then she'll have to rest for a month.

I left tablets for her.

One after eating but

no more than three a day.

She can take two but only

if absolutely necessary.

There are the instructions as well.

That's all.

I'll come back soon.

Have you seen her?

She's sleeping.

She didn't make any noise...

...even though she couldn't

stand the pain.

Of course. She has

been given pills... don't worry.

Don't you think that I have done

what I was supposed to do?

I definitely do.

Let's have a coffee.

I don't like the way she looks.

Calm down.

Go and see for yourself.

I don't know. I think she's fine.

Maybe we should wake her up.

No. Let her sleep.

I'll stay here.

I'll be in the kitchen.

I am so sorry.

Don't make me feel worse.

I made a mistake.

I know.

Help me, Vera.

Help me.

She's dying.

Don't be ridiculous.

She's dying.

Who are you calling?

A doctor from here.

A good friend of mine...

Why don't you call

for an ambulance?

Have you lost your mind?

Don't you understand the situation?

Hello, Gherman?

It's Mark.

Damn the situation!

I need your help.

At our place.

Yes, here.

Come as soon as you can, friend.

A woman has had an abortion.

She might be in a coma.

A few hours ago.

I'll wait.

He's coming.

- Where?

- In the bedroom.

She needs to go to the hospital.

I'll call for an ambulance.

We should take her

to the hospital.

No. Mark.

Why? What is the problem?

Believe me, it's better

to call for an ambulance.

Mark, we need to talk.

She is dead.

I am going to declare

it was a cardiac arrest.

I am so sorry.

My advise for you is to

take care of your brother.

He is your brother, isn't he?

Poor girl!

Alex, calm down.

- I have to tell you something.

- Later.

It is important.

Nothing is important anymore.

We have to rush the formalities.

The gossip is spreading

very fast around here.

Even before something happened.

I want this:

The cheapest coffin.

The night gown

she has on.

No makeup.

Don't touch her.

The funeral

tomorrow at noon.

I want to see.

I'll take you there.

This way.

Go.

I want to stay here.

I've killed her.

I've killed my wife.

It was an accident.

What have I done?

Let's not talk about what happened,

let's talk about should be done now.

- What should be done?

- Bury Vera.

Damn you, Mark.

Go.

Tomorrow I should stand up.

At least for few hours.

Absolutely not.

Don't call the ambulance!

I don't go anywhere.

I don't negotiate this.

You owe me.

OK.

You're the boss.

Go call my brother.

But don't talk too much.

Mark is calling for you.

It's worse than he thinks.

- Call Viktor and tell him...

- I've already called him.

How are the kids?

They don't know anything yet.

That's true.

You need to tell them.

Calm down.

I know what I'm supposed to do.

That's good.

Why didn't you tell me anything?

They should have seen that

something was wrong with her.

I'll tell you what I think happened.

I believe that...

...she died from a different reason.

Overdose.

They were very strong.

Just few tablets are enough

to make you not wake up again.

It seems that she took

all of them at once.

Are you sure?

We'll be sure only

after the autopsy.

No autopsy will be made.

Yes. Well then...

There were a few morphological changes...

...that could have been

caused by narcotics.

What's weird is that they

didn't try to resuscitate her.

They were very calm saying that

she was going to sleep for a while.

That means that everything went normal.

See... they did their job and woke her up

to make sure she was all right.

I don't know.

One more thing.

I found this next to her.

It's a pregnancy test result.

The other side.

Will you tell him?

No.

You're not allowed to stand up.

Give me something.

As much as I need to

make it for 3 hours.

You are not allowed to

stand up for any reason.

Give me something!

You don't understand the situation.

I just need to...

...to walk.

Then I'll go with you.

No.

It's just for us.

He might need emergency help.

I'll be here.

This is for Mark.

Please take care of him.

What are you doing here?

Let's go inside.

Yes. Yes.

Yes, I'm listening.

Vera, don't fall asleep.

Try not to fall asleep,

do you hear me?

I'll be right there.

Leave the door unlocked. Still there?

Do you hear me? I'll be right there.

It's cold.

I'll make another one.

Promise that you won't tell anybody.

Where are the children Vera?

They're sleeping at Nina's.

Promise me.

I promise.

It's dawn.

Mama, who was it?

- I have received a letter.

- From Dad?

From who?

Mom, come see,

he cut open Linda's head!

- Why did you do that?

- I wanted to see what was inside!

- And?

- Nothing.

What did you think

that you would see?

It's just a doll, Mom.

He said that there's no

need for clowns in a circus.

Don't lie. I said I'm not

interested in clowns.

That's enough. Go play.

Hi. It's Robert.

How do you feel?

Honestly? Not well.

We were supposed to

go see the circus...

...but I felt sick.

I asked Nina to take

the children to the circus.

Would you like me to come over?

Would you come?

The other day...

...I lost the keys to my apartment.

The landlord lives on

the other side of the city.

I thought that he might

have a spare key.

But I couldn't remember

his phone number.

It was in my note book,

inside my apartment.

I went to a bar and I had a drink.

And another drink.

And you found the keys

on the bottom of the glass.

Exactly.

How did you know that?

- Because you're telling lies.

- No. It's true.

I remembered his phone number.

It just came to me

all of a sudden.

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