The Banishment Page #4

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I've never lost my keys.

I envy you.

But there's still

time to lose them.

Vera, what's going on?

Everything is fine.

I'll be ok in a minute.

Are you ok?

Would you like some water?

No. I'm better now.

Stay a little bit longer if you can.

Until they come back.

I don't want to be alone.

All right.

I'll lay down for a while

and I'll make coffee after that.

No. Just lay down.

I'll make the coffee.

Would you like to

look at our pictures?

- You didn't see them, did you?

- No.

There they are,

on the bottom shelf.

This is his father.

Here are all three of them.

Father...

...Alex...

...and Mark.

This is Mark with his family.

This is my mother.

This is Eva when she

was less that a year old.

And this... is me before

I got married.

See, the photos are in such a mess...

We don't have time for this.

This is when Alex was taking

me to the maternity ward.

Why did you want to do

something like that yesterday?

I feel terrible.

I can't explain anything to him.

To Alex?

I am pregnant.

Are you pregnant?

I'm sorry...

...but this isn't Alex's baby?

It's his baby...

...and it isn't.

What do you mean?

It is his baby.

Of course it is. Whose else?

But it is not his, in a way that...

...our children are not ours.

They're actually not only ours.

The way we're not only our

parents' children. Not only theirs.

Do you understand?

I stay awake throughout the night

and I can't go to sleep.

I hear him breathing.

He loves us just for his sake.

Like objects.

God!

I've been living like this for years.

Why do I feel so lonely?

Why isn't he talking to

me the way he used to?

Or I thought he was talking to me...

I wouldn't be able to

explain anything to him.

I need to do something.

If he's going on like

this everything will die.

I don't want to give

birth to death.

We could live without dying.

There's such a possibility.

What possibility, Vera?

I don't know, but it surely does exist.

And it's only possible together,

one for another, otherwise...

...it's impossible by oneself.

There's no point.

It's a vicious circle.

How can I explain that to him?

And make him see and understand

what he's doing.

Mom, we're back.

Why is he here?

Why isn't he home?

Kir! How can you behave like that?

Nina, I'll come right away.

I am sorry, Robert.

Don't worry about that.

I should go now.

Viktor? It's me, Alexander.

How are you?

I'll come today for my children.

Tell them when they wake up.

I'm calling from the city.

I'll be there soon.

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