"With support of" "A film by Jan Høebejk and Petr Jarchovský" "UP AND DOWN" "Starring" "Story by" "Screenplay by" "Executive Producers" "Co-produced" "Production Designer" "Costume Designer" "Sound engineer" "Film Editor" "Music by" "Director of Photography" "Produced by" "Directed by" " I'd never eat a rat." "  A mink is not a rat." " A mouse is a mouse, and I don't eat it, man." " How do you know?" " I pay attention, man, and I don't eat mouse." "  Okay, did you ever eat horse salami?" "  Sure." " They call it horse, but where would they get all those horses?" "  So they make horse salami out of mice?" "  No, out of mink." " The Chinese eat anything that moves:" "Monkeys, snakes, bugs..." "When you order kung pao, you don't know for shit what it is." " Like, one time I ate a bat." "  Bull." "  No, really." " Me and Blanka were in Bangkok once, and there was this stand." " Charcoal, a grill..." "Kind of a Thai hotdog stand." " And they were frying something, like squab or quail, and, man, it smelled so good." " It was dipped in some kind of bubbly batter." " So we each ordered one, and they wrapped it in a leaf." " And while I'm eating the guy grabs more out of the fridge." " Gutted, skinned bats:" "Plop into the batter, then into the oil..." " I'm gonna barf..." " Sorry." " We almost lost it too." " Man, you shoulda seen Blanka." " You can never be sure what it is when it's fried in batter." " How'd it taste?" " Kind of like Kentucky Fried Chicken." "  Evening, Czech customs." " What are you carrying?" "  Furniture." " Can I see the registration?" " Let's have a look." " Drive on." " Thank you." " Breclav" " Czech Republic" "So fucking luck!" " We're so fucking lucky!" " I thought we were history." " Know what I thought?" " That a person takes risks like this so he can visit Thailand and eat deep-fried bat." " Isn't that weird?" " Come on!" " Come on!" " Come on!" " I'm in your face, spook!" " Get it?" " The police!" " Go, man, go!" " You screwed up." " Hey, hold on." " What?" "  Where're you taking it?" "  Should I leave it in the woods?" " I told you to get them all out." "  Don't fuck with me, man." "  You don't fuck with me." "  What're you trying to prove?" "  You'd pitch the kid in a ditch?" "  I can't believe it." "  He's got no chance anyway." "  Know what trouble you're in?" "  Me?" " This is our problem." " If the cops stop us, we're screwed." " You almost barf over fried bats but you can stomach this!" " Look how he's looking around." " Okay then, we'll take him to the Red Cross." " Or we can call People in Need." " We are in need." " Fuck!" " This is a one-way ticket to the joint." " I don't know about you, but I do help people in need." "  You're losing it." "  They pay me and I help save their necks." " My conscience is clear." " So pull out a tit and feed the kid." " PAWN SHOP" "This is the last time, man." " He knows is it." " Bullshit." " He'll go screw his grandma and come back later." " What was that supposed to mean, man?" " Yes, sir, I understand?" "" Or was that"Kiss my ass"?"" " You better watch it, asshole!" " Eman, he knows it's the last time." " This is our territory." " Right, you little prick?" " How much do I get?" " The radio only works in the car you ripped it off from, so I'll give you 20... 80 for this, and 200 for the phones." " That's 300..." "Here's 200, now beat it." " Anybody got an uncle in the States they wanna call?" " All I got's a brother in jail and he don't pick up." " Hey, stick it in the handsfree." "  B ra here... what's your name?" "  Hi, I'm Luboš." "  Hi, Luboš." "  And I'm Eman." " Lád'a here too." " Eman's got a fantastic routine." " B ra baby, Eman can suck himself off." " Does that spark your fantasy?" " I fucking told you to fuck off!" " This is sales tax, man." " Dork!" " Those junkie's are nothing but trouble." "  Can you hold on a sec?" "  Leave it alone!" "  Hey, my mom's here." "  Maybe she'll learn something." " Hi." " We got a problem..." " What the..." " It's cool." " Got any formula?" " Know anybody who'd like to buy a baby?" " Stop!" " Get away from it!" " I..." "I..." "Stop yelling at her." "  What's going on here?" "  She was taking the carriage." " Were you trying to steal this baby?" " You take the baby, and you come with me." " And the rest of you go back to enjoying yourselves." " Dammit, why did you do it?" " Franta, I just wanted to get him under cover." " But that woman gave me this job." " It was raining." " Mila, you're lying and you know it." "  Sorry." " I won't do it again." "  Well, I hope not." " Scat!" " Hey, I can't see." " Look, there's Poborský, your namesake." " Did you see that?" " Impossible!" " See that?" " Franta, are you going to eat?" " Yeah." "  Should I heat up the soup?" "  Yeah." " Fine..." "What's the matter?" " Nothing..." "What would be the matter?" " Your voice is kinda funny." "  Funny how?" "  I don't know..." "Different." " Are you okay?" "  Want a roll or bread?" "  Idiot!" " He was off sides!" " Clear off sides..." "No bread..." " Where are you sitting?" "  Across from you." " Gonna watch me eat?" "  You never watch me eat." "  I want to today." " You know how ugly I eat." " You're gonna be sick." " Franta, I have to talk to you." "  Can't it wait till I eat?" "  Fine, it'll wait." " I'm really gonna start eating." " You're crying..." " I told you so." "  Eat!" " Franta..." "I need a baby." " I'll die if I don't get a baby." " I'll do something and they'll arrest me." " Something will happen to somebody." " You want me to turn off the TV, don't you?" " No, I don't." " You know you can't have a baby." " And we can't adopt one because I got a record." " I'm such an idiot!" " Such a stupid fucking jerk!" " It's soccer's fault." " If I wasn't a fan I wouldn't have no record." " But I can't even be a real fan!" " Germany's off limits, Italy too." " And do you know why?" " Because of the Colonel." " He always gets me in deep shit." " Gets me drunk and shouts:" "Hit 'em, hit 'em hard!" " So I do it because I'm seeing red." " I'm such a stupid jerk." " The police won't even hire me." " So I gotta work security, catching kids swiping gum from candy stores." " How can you stand to be with me, watching me eat like a pig?" " And you sit there crying because we can't adopt a baby boy, a little champ..." "Can you forgive me, Mila?" " Can you?" " Life is so fucked up!" " How can I not be a fan when life is so fucked?" " I'll tell you something?" " There ain't no God." " Can't be when you can't have no kids." " And every goddamn Gypsy spook's got ten." " There ain't no God." " That's why I'm a fan." " Mila..." "You're not gonna leave me, are you?" " Goal." " Oto..." "Today we shall discuss a fascinating topic:" "Migration, emigration, immigration." " Each of you here knows at least one family which includes an emigrant." " In The Children of Herakles, Euripides wrote about emigrants, and that theme runs through human history like a leitmotif." " We've called the police and they'll organize a search." " You shouldn't give up hope." " Hi!" " Hello, mom?" " What...?" " A tumor caused the attack, but it isn't malignant." "" We can monitor it;" it's possible to live with." " Later... we can operate... to remove the tumor." " But I'll be honest with you:" "It's quite risky." " He might not survive." " Where is he?" "  We'll see in the morning." "  Did he say anything?" " He wants to divorce Vìra." " Who's Vìra?" "  And to talk to Martin." "  Who's Martin?" " Your brother." " Why didn't you ever tell me?" " I feel like an outsider." " Am I really your daughter?" "  Where does my brother live?" "  Sorry, I don't know." " He and your dad don't speak." " Never even write at Christmas." " I really don't know where he is." " I haven't seen him for 20 years." " Do you know him?" " Oh, my god!" " You look just like your father." " What're you trying to do to me?" " Nice shoes." "  Know what they cost me?" "  I don't know... five bucks?" " Only 200 crowns at the Vietnamese market." " Welcome home." "  Which way are you taking us?" "  The normal way, to Žižkov." " Stop!" " Pull over!" " That's the standard charge." " And the standard charge for robbery is 3 to 5 years." "  And that's what you'll get." "  Mom, please..." "I bet they call you Jack, eh?" " Jack the Rip-off." " The neighbors are a nightmare, but the view is a dream." "  A picture of dad?" "  Only because you took it." " At the Film Academy, remember?" " Do you still take pictures?" "  I took shots of you, too." "  I don't look at myself anymore." "( Russian:)" "Mom, I has something..." " Have something." "... have something for you from Australia." "  A present?" "( Russian:)" "A presence." "  A present..." " Close your eyes." " Oh, I love presents!" " The ones you sent when the Commies were here smelled so unusual." " I always smelled them first." " Open!" " Give me that wig!" " I don't recognize you!" " Hey!" " Hi, mom!" "  What lovely kitsch." "  Are you still a collector?" " Now it's my turn." " Take a look at this." " What a bargain!" " The sauerkraut." " I'm burning it." " Help yourself:" "Pork, dumplings, and sauerkraut." " No burgers here!" " Maybe it'll sound a bit silly but I don't eat meat." " Are you trying to piss me off?" "  Are you Muslim or what?" "  No..." "Think of it like I'm on a diet." " It looks ridiculous." " Are we Russians?" " Eating only cabbage?" " Have a dumpling." " Have at least one for your elderly mother." " Okay, fine..." " How about some gravy?" "  No, no gravy!" " Just a little..." "At least you still drink beer." " It's good, mom." " Really it is." " If you go with me I'll have another dumpling." " Okay, two." " I'd even gladly eat a piece of meat." " Just come with me." " You'll know what to say." " Your dad wants to see you, not me." " And what about Hanka?" "  She won't be there, eh?" "  Yeah, sure..." "Little Hanka..." "When your dad kicks the bucket maybe you'll get a chance for a 'second serve'." "  What's that supposed to mean?" "  You know what it means." " Goddammit, do you even realize what you're saying?" " I didn't mean it like that." " I've been out of it since you came." " I didn't mean it." " Sit down." " I'm really sorry." " I'll go with you to see him." " We'll go there together." " Hear that?" "  What?" "  It's calling us." " Don't you hear it?" " It misses us:" "I wants to be inside you..." " You don't hear it?" "  No." " Downstairs at the pub a cool one is calling to us..." " Chestnuts bloom on Sundays." "  And are roasted?" "  In the fall." " Hello, I'm Mila Kovaè." " I'm Milan." " No names, man!" " The money first." "  Is he hungry?" "  I think he pissed himself." " Come here..." "Has he got a name?" " Don't know." " You'll be called Franta, after your father." " And you wanted to leave him in the woods." " Such a good deed." " I'm completely overcome." "  Mila!" "  Hi." "  I'm home." " Wow, it's all spruced up here." " Franta!" " Where's the cat?" "  At my mom's." "  You got rid of the cat?" " It stank here, and all that hair." " That was sudden." " What was that?" " It was Franta." " Me?" "  You got something to tell me?" "  No, to show you..." "What have you done?" " It's not like you think." " I'm on probation and you pull a stunt like this?" " You stole a baby!" " I didn't steal him, I bought him." " At a boutique?" " Or was it the deli?" "!" "  My god, they'll lock us up!" "  No, he's ours, believe me." " I withdrew our savings and bought him." " His parents died, some refugees." " They found him in a trashcan." " No one wanted him, so I bought him." " Come have a look at him..." "Daddy." " You think you can just keep him?" " No one will find out." "  You'll never go outside?" "  Not at first, no." " What if he gets sick?" " He's mine and no one can take him!" " You aren't even happy." " Yes, I am." " Don't you even want to see him?" " My god, he's black!" " Just dark..." " and he'll lighten up some." "  How?" " Michael Jackson spent millions trying to lighten up!" " Don't shout." "  Know what his name is?" "  Ronaldo!" " Dad looks as festive as if this were a normal family reunion." " If he gets out of line I'm leaving." " Of course." "  Why that terrible wig?" "  I wanted to be prettier." " They're here." " Well... go let them in." " I can't." " They've never seen me before." " Oto!" " Relax, little ones..." "Everything will be just fine." " I'll let them in." " Hi, dad." " Welcome, Martin." " Hi, Vìra..." "Welcome." " Come on in." " We live downstairs again." " We got the house back." " Yeah?" " Who did?" " Come in, come right in..." "Of course:" "The Commies left and we got the house back." " You remember Hanka of course." "  Hi, Hanka." "  Hi, Martin." " Thank you." " Nice to see you again." "  And this is Lenka." "  I'm your sister." "  Your brother." "  Pleased to make your acquaintance." "  We could be less formal." "  I was thinking of your mom." "  I'm the wife." "  Mom!" " Pretty, very pretty." "  Shall we sit?" "  Great." " My legs swell up like tree trunks." " Would you like wine, or coffee, or refreshments?" "  I still can't believe you're here." "  I'll take a beer." " Is that a problem?" " You know wine gives me heartburn." " White wine." " We don't drink beer much..." "But I got some for the plumber." " Oto, is there any beer left?" " I'll go see..." "You have lovely new hair." " When do you go under the knife?" " You look just fine." " Appearances can be deceiving." " Please sit..." "Martin..." "Thanks." " Just a touch more..." "Well, Oto, what have you been doing the past 20 years?" "  It wasn't always easy." "  Oto was ousted from the university." " I taught at an elementary school for a while." " When a man has support he can overcome anything." " Oto is like a phoenix..." "Always rising from the scorched earth around him, with fluffy new feathers, right?" " Guess who was in one of my civics classes?" " Lenin." "  Who?" "  No, really." " Although fired from the faculty for political reasons," "I taught civics that's the first paradox." " And the second paradox?" " I taught civics to Lenin!" " Alive?" " Is it really that serious?" " Dad, do you always have to be so funny?" " Wait, the main paradox is coming!" " I'm not sure if this is the best time for jokes." " Paradox number three:" "He was as black as coal!" " He was a little boy from Angola or Zaire, the son of a diplomat." " His last name was Omembe but his first name was Lenin." " It was an old family tradition to name firstborn sons after great shamans and spiritual fathers." " So I taught Lenin Omembe." " And it wasn't easy:" "Where's your homework, Lenin?" " Be quiet, Lenin!" " A colleague wrote in the class register:" "Today Lenin ran around class knocking over chairs." " Then she had to erase it." " I wonder where Lenin is these days." " What about you?" " Still translating?" " Sometimes, but I'm usually enjoying my well-deserved rest while the Gypsy tenants are kicking up a racket." "  What about you?" " How's life?" "  I can't complain." " I do what I like and it pays the bills." " Do you still take pictures?" " You never believed I could make a living at it." " That's true." " But you stuck to your guns." " I guess I take after you." "  And your wife?" " What's her name?" "  Peggy." " Like in the Buddy Holly song." " Oh, mom, cut it out." " Oh, I'd love some pickled herring..." "But I know there isn't any." "  Any kids?" " Am I a grandfather?" "  You've been one for 12 years." "  And what is it?" "  A boy..." "Duke." " Duke?" " You know, like Duke Kahanamoku." "  Who's that?" "  He's a surfing guru." " I've never even seen a picture of his wife or kid." " The cobbler's kids go barefoot, eh?" " So you make a living with your camera?" " Why keep asking when he already said so?" " He's no X-ray technician either." " A real photojournalist who sells pictures to famous magazines." "  Don't exaggerate." "  Don't you want to be proud of him?" " Where's your camera?" " We could have taken a group picture." " Real photographers can sniff out newsworthy occasions like this." " I guess you're surprised I made it." " No, I..." "Well..." "A little." " By the way, Peggy says hello to everyone." " We say hello too." " A big hello to the hardworking girl from her mother-in-law." " We'll have to kick the bucket before she comes." " Business takes a backseat to a death in the family." " Or a wedding..." " And Peggy... is nice?" "  Sure she is." " She's not capable of any shenanigans, any surprises..." "A person has to get burned a couple of times before he knows what's good for him." " If it's not too late." "  And what do you do, Hanka?" "  I graduated in sociology." "  Now I work at a refugee center." "  Refugees, eh?" " We help refugees and immigrants, and all other people in need." " And we take humanitarian aid to crisis areas like" "Chechnya, Afghanistan, Bosnia..." "Gypsytown and Gypsyville too?" " I'd like to request aid too, miss." " I'm also a person in need." " I also feel threatened, day in and day out." " Žižkov used to be a decent place to live in Prague." " But now?" " Everywhere you look there's nothing but soot." " Nothing but immigrants from Slovakia and Romania and other armpits of the world." " Nothing but Gypsies." " I've got nothing against them but it's hard to sleep at night." " Could you help me?" " Maybe a small contribution?" " Something for sleeping pills, or maybe a trained pit bull?" " In my apartment building I'm the ethnic minority." " You're welcome to visit, miss, but I must warn you:" "After 9 pm I open the door to no one." "  I wonder if your humanitarian organization..." " Mom, please supports only the influx, or can a person in need like me count on a little organized outflow?" " Is there a dam in the works?" "  Let's please change the subject." "  Why?" " I'd like to change the subject!" " So talk then!" " Well..." "Lenka is a dancer." " Did I say something inappropriate?" " I apologize." " We're just having a chat, right?" " Wouldn't you like to dance for us?" " Mom, I'm an immigrant too." " But you fit in nicely, don't you?" " You assimilated..." "So much so you won't even eat pork and dumplings!" "  What do you take pictures of?" "  I really don't very much." " I have a small shop in Brisbane where I rent surfboards." " Sometimes I take pictures, and occasionally even sell one to a magazine." " I lived here before you did." " I know how nice and quiet it is." " Try living where I do for a couple of days." " Who will help me?" " And all this time I've owned half a villa." " That's what I call masochism." " Anyway..." "We met today for a specific reason." " Oto...?" " Vìra, I'd like us to get a divorce." " I didn't say anything that bad, did I?" " I've got nothing against the Vietnamese." " They're quiet, hardworking, and I overlook their tax evasion because they sell cheap clothes." " Dad's not asking about that." " It's true that our marriage no longer fulfills its social function..." "But why now?" " You haven't cared for 20 years." "  I may not be here in a year." "  Me either." " I'd like to marry Hanka." "  What?" "  Lovely!" " Finally got her wish." " She's surprised." " You plan this all out and now is when you tell me?" " Why not?" " I think it's excellent timing." " I'm beginning to like this." "  There's a bit left." "  I'll bring you another." "  No more." " It gives me gas." "  Right." " Let me ask you this:" "Where do I fit in?" " Twenty years ago a person solved things impulsively." " Plus, I left when the Commies were still lounging around down here with no intention of leaving." " But I've got to think about the future." " You get sick and you never know when." " I'm not going to be left old and alone." " And no one's going to make an Australian out of me." " You can't expect that of an old Russian translator with a substantial Czech beer habit." " No one can." "  Vìra, if it's about money..." " We've agreed to buy you out." " We've agreed?" " Well, that's not exactly true." " Because I, Vìra Horecká, don't agree!" " Can you tell me why?" " A senile whim." "  Why are you acting like this?" "  Ashamed of me, huh?" " What are you trying to prove?" " This is exactly his style!" " Sitting around the table drinking expensive wine." " Screw that!" " No one ever thinks about me?" " Never!" " You emigrated and he left me for her." " It was you who convinced me to go." " I know you're right." " I won't let him get to me." " And since you're right, you can agree to the divorce." "" Rise above it;" I'm asking you, please." " For 20 years you've only sent Christmas cards." " I'm allowed to behave oddly." " And don't ask any favors of me." "  Let me go!" "  I won't!" "  I have to pee." "  The bathroom's inside." " I will not sit on the same seat she does." " I've always been on your side." " I hated dad for what he did." " I knew I could make it with your help, with your objectivity and humor." " That's how I remembered you." " Why are you trying to punish someone after all this time?" " Do you know who you're taking revenge on?" " On someone who might be dead tomorrow." " What happened to you, mom?" " If you don't go back in there you're going to lose me, too." " Suit yourself." " Where were you when I was changing?" " Swimming in the ocean on the other side of the world." "  Are you serious?" "  Leave me alone!" " Leave me alone..." "Don't change him yet:" "He's "got Pampers on; but feed him."" " I'm going shopping." " If I leave him in front of the store somebody might steal him." " Bye." " We're breaking free, dribbling down field... putting on the moves, zigzagging... and the toe kick, now a header..." "Sleepy-bye time, Franta, and not a peep!" " Sleepy-bye!" " Hey there, Colonel!" " What a surprise..." "I'm back, dude." " What the fuck's up with you?" " I guess it's true then." " The guys say you're hiding from your old friends." " No, not me..." "You do seem kinda put out." " Gonna invite me in, or what?" " Sparta Praha!" " The champs!" " Me and the guys were wondering if you're even a fan anymore." "  What?" "  Are you still a fan?" "" Course I am;" what else would I do?" " That ain't enough, son." " I wanna hear it:" ""-"Fuck yes, I'm a fan!""" "  I'm a fan..." "Can't you feel the difference?" "" Between"I'm a fan"and" Fuck yes, I'm a fan!" "  I'm a fan... fuck." "  You're out of practice." "  Mila's coming back in a sec." "  That's okay." "  We weren't expecting visitors." "  I'm a visitor?" " Man, I'm the one who got you together." " Who introduced you?" " I'm almost like your priest." " Okay, don't get so excited." " Come on in the kitchen." " You gonna watch TV?" " That's right." " What's wrong?" " It's broken." " Fuck!" "  What's wrong with it?" "  It shuts off." " What was that?" " What?" "  You didn't hear it?" "  Hear what?" " Some whining." " Uh..." "my son's sleeping in there." " Oh, sorry, and here I am..." "Since when you got a son?" "  Quite a while now." "  Quite a while?" " Well, fuck me!" " And you didn't even come for a drink with the guys?" " You got a boy, reinforcements!" " Now the line won't die out." " I'm touched." " What lungs!" " A pureblooded Czech mastiff." " Go Sparta!" " Sorry..." "Hey, can I see him?" "  He should sleep now." "  But he's awake." " I could sing him a lullaby." "  You know lullabies?" "  Or maybe the National Anthem." " I don't think we should scare him." " What's up with you, dude?" " Who fucking gave your life meaning?" " I'm like your father." " I have a fucking right to see our son!" "  What is it?" "  My son." " That's your son?" " Did you screw a chocolate bar?" "" I screwed no one;" he's mine and Mila's." " What the hell, man?" " Sure, Mila is Balkan, but she's white as milk." " And you're kind of a Negroid, but still white." " So what's this?" " We adopted him." " And now he's ours." "  Gross!" " Tell me I'm dreaming." "  You're not." " You're saying that you, a true Spartan, a pureblooded Czech, my son almost..." "You stuck a nigger cuckoo in your nest?" " Don't talk about him like that." " His name is Franta." " That thing's named Franta?" " Are you nuts?" " I thought you'd be the next leader, but this is betrayal." " Do you know what the guys are gonna say?" " Your name is mud!" " You've spit on everything I devoted my life to, the reason I was just rotting in jail!" " How could you do this to me?" " Get away from the crib or I'll slam you!" " What?" " What did you say?" "  You got germs." "  At least we'll save on gas." "" Your soccer days are over;" finished!" " Think about this:" "Know what a cuckoo does?" " It shits in another bird's nest." " It eats up everything and hounds the parents to death." " Then it lay its eggs somewhere else." " That'll happen to you." " It takes off and takes you down with it." " You don't understand nothing." " Can't you see it, man?" " All this all this belongs to the spooks and the slants." " Fine." " I won't take it from them." " That's how the cards were dealt." " But who can blame me if I want this little country for me and my white kids?" " But I guess you don't understand that." " A time will come when you'll beg us to take you back." " But screw that, man!" " You'll be alone..." "with your nigger cuckoo." " Read this:" "Get it?" " You're deleted, man!" "  Hi, professor." " How are you?" "  Fine, thank you." "  We thought you'd forgotten us." "  Ah, you're from the ministry." "  We have to go." " Goodbye." "  Goodnight." " Rest and the medication help." "  I wanted to thank you." "  For what?" " Personally and for Oto." " Why?" "  Because you stayed." "  But I didn't." " You're the one who stayed." "  You don't regret it, do you?" "  No." " Not a minute of it." " But... now I'm afraid." "  I don't want to be left alone." "  But you won't be alone." " You have a beautiful daughter, and dad will be fine." " What about you, huh?" "  Tell me about yourself." "  What can I say?" " I didn't finish school." "" I set up a small studio;" I shot weddings, kids, dogs..." "Then I started shooting the ocean, the waves." " But you know the rest." " It's ancient history anyway." " I was completely alone there." " I hadn't learned the language because you already knew it." " I just kept waiting for you and I didn't know what to do." " I didn't know..." "what was keeping you." " Then you with my father, and you had a baby, my sister." " But it's ancient history now." "  How long have you been here?" "  I'm just looking in the fridge." " He's sleeping..." "Keeping a vigil, Oto?" "  Feeling better?" "  Much better." " Come in, Martin, sit with me." " Would you like some tea?" " Sure." " I have something for you." " I didn't throw away a thing." " Are you sure about that?" " You can take it home if you want." " To mom's or to Queensland?" "  Are you happy?" "  What do you think?" " If I tell you I am..." "will you even believe it?" " I think I passed muster, but it wasn't easy." " I can imagine." "  Hardly." "  Oh, but I can." " I know it was hard." " Washing dishes, years of miserable work at a photo lab, having to go into debt, pushing a portfolio no one appreciated." " I followed your every step, until I lost track of you." " But selling those boards explains it all." " You must have suffered." " What a letdown, eh?" " Listening to your snoops reporting back about the mess-ups and failures of your only son," "when he could have made something of himself here." " You know that's not true." " It's good that you left, that you didn't rot away here like the rest of us." " I'm not complaining." " Are you angry that I took an interest in you?" " That I wanted to know how you were?" " I just found out about it..." "I really couldn't care less." " I really couldn't." " Here's milk and sugar." " I'll go lie down." " What's the matter?" " I have to pee." " So the detainees tried to rob you in that they tried to steal your cellphone?" " But you and the other witnesses detained them?" "" Over 5,000 it's a felony;" under 5,000 a misdemeanor." "  The phone cost 10,000." "  A new one does." "  What would it cost used?" "  About 4,500." " So is that a felony?" " No, it's not." " So they get off as usual!" " I must be dreaming." " I caught the crooks red-handed, we risked bringing them here, you write a report, and they can walk?" " We understand, but imagine doing this day in and day out." "  Nothing surprises us anymore." "  Well, it still surprises me." "  Go check on them." "  Man, why me again?" " Take their clothes." " Let them be naked if they want!" "  Your turn's next." "  Yeah, yeah..." "You wanna strip?" " Go ahead." " But I'm taking your clothes." " Don't fucking touch them!" " He's got a right to his stuff." " It's fucking freezing!" " We protest this harassment." "  Stop fooling around with us." "  Fuck that!" " We'll get pneumonia." " He's naked, man!" " This is harassment, man." " Har-ass-ment!" " Har-ass-ment!" " We know our rights, pig, and we got a right to a snack, and to some tea or coffee, man!" "  We been rotting here like dicks for 4 hours. -  5 hours, man." " Yeah, 5 hours, man, without goddamn fucking water, man!" " Fork over our stuff, man." " Oh, shit, I think it's broken." " I saw it, man." " That's police brutality!" "  This is a police state!" "  I need an X-ray." "  Call a doctor" "Hang your shorts over that camera again and you're screwed." " What, man?" " Is that any fucking way to behave?" " Fucking listen to how you talk to us!" "  I must've misunderstood you." "  We want some tea!" "  With lemon!" " And honey!" " What're you doing?" " What do you think?" "  Are there any lemons?" "  In the drawer." " The gentlemen requested honey as well." " They can forget it." " The law gives them the right to tea and lemon." " But no honey." " There are limits." "  You take it to them." "  No, you." "  I'm making it." " We'll play rock, paper, scissors for it." " Hu-man rights!" " Hu-man rights!" " I'd like to welcome our guests here today." " The professor is a member of the National League for Democracy." " The military junta sentenced him to forced labor." " After 12 years, while working in the border region, he escaped into territory controlled by Burmese student opposition groups, and from there to Thailand." " Marek Vítek, Czech Television." " Professor, how did you escape unarmed from the prison camp, and then survive all alone in the jungle for several months?" " Petra Binder, Frankfurter Rundschau." " How did you make a living in Germany?" "  When's your flight?" "  Next week." " Can't you stay?" " The date still isn't set for the operation." "  I can't." "  Hey, bro, couldn't you be my dad?" " What?" "  How old are you?" "  18." "  Then I can't be, sis." " Hey, I got something for you." " Mom, your hands are greasy." "  You have to give me one." "  Oh, they're beautiful." "  Your jacket fell." "  Thanks." "  Those guys are thieves." "  What?" " He said they're thieves." "  What's wrong?" "  They stole my wallet." " Please, help!" " Thieves..." "Catch them!" " Turn out your pockets." "  Why should I?" "  Quit pretending." "  Turn out your pockets!" "  Stop it, mom!" " If he didn't do it he can prove it." " It's too late." " They work as a team." " They pass it from hand to hand, and if you catch one he says, I don't have anything." "  Anyone could have it..." " And you do nothing?" " If I went after them I could end up with a knife in my back." " And this?" " It's obvious..." " You lost them." "  They vanished." " Hey, slow down!" " Slow?" " Like how you were running?" "" Just relax; we'll clear this up."" " Damn straight!" " At the police station." " But I'm like a policeman." " You just pimp for those assholes while masquerading as a cop." " Hands off!" " Give me my hat!" " You hands off." " Give me that nightstick." "  Give it back!" "  Cut it out." "  We're going to the police!" "  Let's go." " Get your hands off me!" " Come on!" "  How much?" "  Where?" " In the wallet, or was it a cellphone?" " Are you messing with me?" " What're you fucking trying to pull, man?" " Was he chasing me, man?" " No, he was chasing you." "  Shut up, man!" "  You shut up!" "  I got nothing." "  Cut the shit!" " Show what's in your pockets..." "I try to help people just like you." " You should be ashamed of a mentality that would steal from people who are trying to help you." " People like you only care about their own kind." " For you this town is a just a hunting ground." " I'm such an ass for trying to do anything." "  Enough already, mom, please." "  What do you mean?" " Don't you see what's going on here?" " They ripped off your brother!" " Everybody knows it's happening, but they just whisper in your ear and do nothing." " I swear to you, I'm not lifting another finger for anyone!" "  I was running." "  Sure you were." "  I wanted to catch them." "  Sure you did." "  Why didn't you?" "  They split up." "  Sure they did..." " That's enough!" "  He was covering for them." "  That's hard to prove." "  I know that!" "  Exactly!" "  I'm at the police." "  Sure, make a call." "  It's my wife." " Relax, Mila, I didn't "do anything;" "I'm a witness."" " How long will you be?" " I don't really know, but I'm helping them, see?" " Should I hide Franta?" " I'll take him to my mom's." "  Don't hide him anywhere." "  I say he's in on it." " Just calm down, Mila!" " I'll just be running along, okay?" " Just sit down so we can write this up." " Check this out." " I'm at your disposal." " Where are you right now?" " Žižkov?" " Go to 12 Nejedlého St., home of Franta Fikes." " Hello." "  May we come in?" "  What's going on?" " We'd just like to ask you some questions." " That's not ours..." "Mr. Fikes, I see you have a record and are on probation." " What's that got to do with this?" " Why don't you tell us?" " Thank you." " We won't trouble you any longer." " I try to help people, not steal from them!" " Am I some thief?" " I've been clean a long time." " I'm trying to make up for what I done." " It's not my fault you don't want me." " I always wanted to be one of you!" " Since I can't be..." "I do as best as I can." " I try to help people as best as I can!" " I don't even watch soccer no more, to keep out of trouble!" "" He really is a good guy;" I feel bad now." " We'll wait till morning, till he simmers down." " Sign here." " We'll let you know." " Australia...?" "  How do you like it here?" "  You mean, like, right here?" "  Where was it?" "  In your bag." "  What should I do now?" "  Have a drink, but let's split." " I feel really stupid, officer..." "Tell him I'm really sorry." " Well, thank you." " Goodbye." " That was so dumb." " Forget about it." " Hey, what was my mom like?" "  What do you mean?" "  Come on, tell me." " She was great..." "But then she picked up my father." " My father too." " But if she hadn't..." "I wouldn't be here." "  I didn't say a thing." "  Are we gonna talk or drink?" " You people really can drink." " Terrible!" " But I really don't mind." " Lád'a, you sell it for 2000 and you only gave me 500 for it." "  Well, someone ripped him off." "  Maybe it was a mistake." " You took off, so I thought they made you." " Man, this place is played out." " Prague 2 is all Chinese dives and the slants got it covered." " Albanians got the train station, Arabs got Wenceslas Square..." "Makes you scared to stick your nose outside..." "Lád'a, what does a giant panda eat?" " Little pandas." " Pandas eat bamboo, man." " See them yellow pigs, man?" " Someday, man, it's all gonna be theirs." " We'll all be yellow, man, and slant-eyed." " They ain't Vietnamese, man." " Chinese?" " Gotta watch out for Chinks." " They stick together." " Bullshit, man, they're tourists." " See the camera?" " Japs." " Come on." " I'll take the guy." " Just a moment..." "Hey there, you yellow runt..." "Put that camera on the ground nice and slow." " Do it!" " The bag, too." " Unless you both want your nuts cut off." "  He don't understand, man..." " Bet he does now..." "What the fuck was that?" " Police!" " Police!" " Please, don't take my baby." " You can't do this to me." " He's mine, understand?" " He's not yours and you know it." " His parents are dead." " He'd have died if I didn't take care of him." " He's mine and you have no right to take him." " Can you imagine what his mother's been going through?" " I'm his mother!" " For two months she thought her baby was dead." " How do you know he's hers?" " The evidence we've collected proves it." " You hear that?" " I'd give him everything..." "Everything..." "What'll his mother give him?" " Sleeping pills so they can beg at the train station." " They're right, Mila." " Imagine being his mom." " We thought she wasn't alive, but now..." "Don't touch me!" " This is your fault!" " You criminal!" " You loser!" " I hate you!" " I want my baby..." "One month later" "Goddammit, you bit me." " Who the hell do you think you are?" " Think I'm paying you 1000 crowns to bite my dick?" " That was a completely normal "blow job; no one ever complains."" " Oh, right!" " Guys pay you to bite their dicks?" " Hey, if you didn't like it that's your problem." "  Hand over my money now." "  I don't strip for free." " This is the last time I'm telling you:" "Give me my money." " Franta!" "  Give me my money, you bitch!" "  Franta, where are you!" " Franta!" " Dammit, Franta, where are you!" " This prick almost killed me..." "You hit her, huh?" " You hit a girl?" " You won't say anything, will you?" " I really like this job." " Quiet." " Want some coffee?" " I'll go get some..." "Like some help?" " Hot chocolate, please." " Thank you, you're very kind." " Can I help you drink it?" " How did it happen?" " Well..." "We were leaving the movies, and it was dark and there was this ditch, and when I fell I tried to grab hold with my hands..." "Can I have some more?" " Sparta!" " Sparta!" " Sparta Praha olé!" " Sparta Praha olé!" " Black motherfucker!" " End the game!" " End the game!" " End the game!" " Subtitled by John Brent FILMPRINT s.r.o."