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interested in knowing who the mother is.

Go and introduce yourself.

How old daughter?

Will be 1 2 in two weeks.

November?

Yes, her birthday's in November.

Diffiicult age.

She similar?

Does she resemble me? Not really.

Your wife?

No, she looks more like me.

And is just as stubborn.

And she gets her own way.

The latest thing is:

she wants to get pierced.

One of those rings through her navel.

Excuse me, she 12.

That's what I said too.

Not good.

Not good?

Not.

You show me your house?

Thanks.

Big house,

nice.

Almost too big for the three of us.

Daughter here?

No, no.

They're both visiting Grandma.

Can I work here?

Cleaning.

I clean windows like crystal.

Everything's clean here,

more than clean.

I babysitting?

No need...

Kristina's old enough.

Nice to have you here.

Room up there?

Yes, room up there.

But fiirst I want to show you something.

Where?

Come.

Don't be afraid.

This way.

Let there be light.

That's it.

Thanks to you.

Really. You gave me the idea.

It's done nearly 400,000 km.

The cylinder head needs fiixing,

the rear wheel bearings and

a few other minor things.

But this summer I'm hitting the road again.

What do you say?

Have you got a license?

Motorcycle.

Always too dangerous for me.

Daughter?

Yes, Kristina's mittens.

Can I have?

Sure.

Yes?

Thanks.

I meet daughter?

Sure, if you want to.

I come tomorrow?

As you like.

I wait here?

Yes?

I clean good, anything.

I do everything.

Just be here.

Later.

Later.

To the hotel maybe?

I have a few euros.

For the trip.

That's her, my daughter.

Kristina.

No Kristina.

Name Aida.

Birthday name:
Aida, Aida Malkovic.

Birthday:
September, not November.

Lena.

There's nothing between me and Lisa.

Hey Marija, what about the bath?

Granny's waiting.

Do you expect me to bathe her?

-That's a good idea.

Where's Senada?

First you keep on at me to hire her,

and now?

I don't get it.

Get it now?

No advertising, please.

I talk.

We don't need anything.

Nix, nix selling.

Just talk.

I really don't have time now, thanks.

Name...

I told you already: no time!

Me mother, Aida.

Here you go.

-Thanks.

See you tomorrow.

-Bye.

Marlies,

could you give her this?

If she stops in again.

They told us the parents had died

in the war.

Probably dead, understand?

I was dead.

Now alive again.

I've come to thank you for help Aida.

Thanks.

You care good for my daughter.

Thanks.

I with Aida...

go home, to Bosnia.

You can't do that.

I mother Aida.

But we raised her.

She doesn't know about you.

I'm now Kristina's mama.

Nix Kristina,

name Aida.

Birthday September, 12.

For years I drove her to the clinic,

I was there.

I was there for her.

I thank.

I see her?

She's at school.

I wait?

-She'll be home late today.

Here.

It's from Mr. Heinle.

...I apologize for hurting you.

Lars

Senada, wait.

Let's talk like normal people.

The most important thing then

was her survival.

I looked for her, for years.

I love my daughter as much as you do.

You're no father.

You're nothing,

nothing.

This man's word is worth nothing.

You should have seen how she runs

her hand through her hair.

Who?

How she talks,

her movements.

Her eyes.

Kristina's hands -

identical.

Do you know what the worst thing is?

This Senada - that's Kristina in 20 years.

Perhaps...

we should...

Someday Kristina will fiind out

about her anyway.

Now might be better.

It will only get more diffiicult to tell her,

"That's your real mother."

I'm her real mother.

Yes.

Of course.

I mean her biological mother.

I didn't give out your address.

-You're just lying to cover yourself.

I can only negotiate...

-Our agreement...

specifiies that the adoptive parents

remain anonymous no matter what.

And the adoptive parents are obliged...

to inform the child in due time

about its true descent.

Were we supposed to tell a 3-year-old

that her parents died in the war?

Kristina is 1 2.

There is imminent danger here.

You've acted illegally. And that,

Ms Jandrasko, will have consequences.

We had agreed that you wouldn't go there.

Not near the girl.

You've gotten yourself

in a diffiicult situation,

understand?

And me too.

For you simple,

Aida not your child.

The courts here always decide

for the child's welfare.

My proposal:

You go back to Bosnia...

and I'll try...

to arrange things with the parents

so that in two years...

Two years?

Yes.

By then we'll have everything ready.

You mustn't endanger this process.

Excuse me, I am danger?

Ms. Heinle threatens...

to have you deported.

If you get within 3kms of her house.

Do you want to wait until

she's 18 to get to know her?

Three kilometers?

Senada, I'm sorry.

You got my letter?

I want you bring my daughter.

I must see again.

Impossible...

There's no way.

There is way.

Not behind my wife's back.

Or...

That woman broke

into a government offiice,

she stole a PC.

Most likely she's in the country illegally.

She's capable of anything.

But don't worry:

My law degree wasn't a total waste.

I've gone over the court decisions.

She doesn't stand a chance

of getting Kristina back.

The woman went through a lot in the war,

Jandrasko said.

What woman?

You don't know her.

The court always decides

for the welfare of the child.

She'll be back.

I have her address.

All it takes is one call to the police.

Where is she?

There,

the one crossing the line.

Blue, number 8.

The one getting so excited.

Will you pick me up tomorrow?

-Yes, tomorrow. Bye.

I didn't say anything.

She doesn't know who she's meeting.

I thought you should have it before the game.

-Great, Mama.

What are you doing here?

Get lost.

I'll call the police.

Get out of here.

I don't want to see you anymore.

Kristina doesn't need you.

It's time you understood that.

Hey, did you ever ask

how I felt all those years?

I thought Aida was dead.

I wanted to get her to safety.

I didn't give Aida up for adoption.

I wanted her to survive.

We were surrounded.

Then we found a bus

and painted a red cross on it...

so the kids wouldn't get shot at.

I told the driver Aida was sick,

so he would take her out for treatment.

At that moment I'd have signed anything

to save her.

When I said goodbye,

I didn't think...

she'd ever see her papa alive again.

Understand?

It was war.

It was war, Senada.

Constant shelling, day and night.

It got more horrible day by day.

We were surrounded.

Nobody got out.

The children?

What to do with them?

Is this the register, what's this?

Everything's in order.

I told you Senada Malkovic

doesn't live here.

Wanker,

Iet go of me.

Sh*t...

Toni, what's going on?

After liberation,

I saw the burnt-out LASER-BUS...

outside Brcko.

I thought...

I thought...

this is the end of my life.

I understand that feeling.

Tony, what's going on?

Beat it.

Before you showed up here,

we lived in peace.

Go, piss off.

Back to where you came from.

I'm so sorry.

He's such a hothead,

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