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I'm scared.
I've never been to space before.

2
00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,070
No one has ever been to space.

3
00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:20,326
You were able to scavenge
and survive the streets of Kirov.

4
00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:23,376
We need dogs like you to go into space...

5
00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:25,164
Tasha, I just want to tell you...

6
00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:34,512
Tashenka, I just want to tell you that...
that I...

7
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Natalya, I...

8
00:19:40,262 --> 00:19:42,722
Tashenka, hi.

9
00:19:43,390 --> 00:19:45,350
<i>It's early. The children are still asleep.</i>

10
00:19:45,434 --> 00:19:48,524
I know. I purposefully...
I just wanted to...

11
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tell you something.

12
00:19:53,650 --> 00:19:59,950
Listen, I’ve been thinking...
and it’s important that I tell you

13
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that when I came back after Mom died,
I know I promised to stay,

14
00:20:05,621 --> 00:20:11,291
but instead,
I sent you to Kazan and took off.

15
00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:16,047
I want you to know that I loved you then.
That I still love you--

16
00:20:16,131 --> 00:20:17,261
<i>You shouldn’t.</i>

17
00:20:17,341 --> 00:20:21,141
Tasha, let me finish.
This isn’t easy for me.

18
00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:25,220
I know I’ve done wrong by you...

19
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but on the other hand,

20
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the country needed astronauts, you know?

21
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<i>The motherland.</i>

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The motherland, yes. The motherland.

23
00:20:35,275 --> 00:20:36,735
<i>Papa, papa.</i>

24
00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:41,198
<i>Time has not stood still.</i>

25
00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:44,491
<i>I'm not that hurt little girl anymore.</i>

26
00:20:46,536 --> 00:20:50,826
<i>God bless you on your journey,</i>
<i>but Uncle Lev and Aunt Masha raised me.</i>

27
00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:53,246
<i>They became my parents, and you...</i>

28
00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:55,712
<i>you forgot about me a long time ago.</i>

29
00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:57,591
<i>And I forgot about you too.</i>

30
00:20:57,673 --> 00:21:01,093
Tasha, I understand
that you’re still angry,

31
00:21:01,176 --> 00:21:02,836
and you have every right to be.

32
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:07,018
What choice did I have?
The situation was different.

33
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,559
<i>I really have to go. The kids</i>
<i>will be up soon, and I need to be there.</i>

34
00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:12,896
<i>Merry Christmas, Papa.</i>

35
00:21:13,855 --> 00:21:15,765
Yes, merry Christmas.

36
00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:19,893
Wow...

37
00:34:19,974 --> 00:34:21,354
You've really improved!

38
00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:23,144
<i>He's grown up, the little thing.</i>

39
00:34:24,604 --> 00:34:26,234
<i>Show her the other one.</i>

40
00:34:26,314 --> 00:34:27,404
Do you have more?

41
00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,071
Wow.

42
00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:32,822
Bring it closer so I can see it.

43
00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,454
<i>Closer, closer.</i>

44
00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:35,870
<i>Too close!</i> <i>Too close!</i>

45
00:34:35,948 --> 00:34:37,028
I can see it.

46
00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:40,833
<i>I miss you so much.</i>

47
00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:43,502
-Mom is thinking about you.
<i>-I love you.</i>

48
00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:44,751
<i>Boys should be strong.</i>

49
00:34:45,374 --> 00:34:46,504
<i>Yeah, be strong.</i>

50
00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:50,128
Keep drawing.

51
00:34:54,884 --> 00:34:56,554
If you stay,

52
00:34:57,095 --> 00:35:00,635
you will grow tired of begging for scraps
and shaming your mother.

53
00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:08,819
In space, you will be a great dog,
respected by the motherland.

54
00:35:10,274 --> 00:35:12,194
Understood, Comrade Rocket Scientist!

55
00:35:26,082 --> 00:35:28,962
Sashenka, I must fly away. I must.

56
00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:31,002
For you.

57
00:35:31,087 --> 00:35:34,007
For our country. For humanity.

58
00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:38,180
Papa, don't go.
Papa, don’t fly away.

59
00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:54,490
When Tishka went into space,

60
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the world started to dream again.

61
00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:00,317
If they were sad or scared

62
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or alone, they would look up to the sky
and see Tishka,

63
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and be reminded
of everything that is possible.

64
00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:11,464
And in his footsteps,
people went to space too.

65
00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:14,554
He had never dreamed of going to space.

66
00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:18,131
But fate intervened.

67
00:36:18,968 --> 00:36:22,848
And once he got there,
he could not go back.

68
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He left a puppy on Earth,

69
00:36:26,934 --> 00:36:28,644
his beloved Sashenka.

70
00:36:29,645 --> 00:36:30,645
Now...

71
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,320
Tishka circles the Moon.

72
00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:42,155
He’s looking out the porthole, thinking...

73
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"Everything would have been so much easier

74
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if I had been someone else,

75
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if I could be an Earth dog."

76
00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:55,673
But what could Tishka do?

77
00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:58,222
Tishka is not an Earth dog.

78
00:36:58,299 --> 00:36:59,299
Tishka...

79
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is a space dog.

80
00:37:08,935 --> 00:37:11,725
<i>Let’s hear it for Grandpa! He did so well!</i>

81
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Aw, my beauties, my loves!

82
00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:22,155
<i>See you soon.</i>

83
00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:24,083
<i>-Bye.</i>
<i>-Bye-bye, Grandpa.</i>

84
00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:26,238
<i>-Bye-bye.</i>
<i>-Okay, good night.</i>

85
00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:28,367
<i>Kisses, kisses.</i>

86
00:37:28,454 --> 00:37:30,834
<i>Okay, hurry up, y'all. Time for bed!</i>
<i>Brush your teeth!</i>

87
00:37:31,999 --> 00:37:33,829
Tasha, wait, I...

88
00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:38,915
You were right.

89
00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:43,722
You were absolutely right.
It wasn’t for our country.

90
00:37:44,178 --> 00:37:46,428
It wasn’t for the motherland. All that...

91
00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:51,019
It’s all a lie.

92
00:37:52,311 --> 00:37:57,441
When I returned home after Mom died,

93
00:37:58,276 --> 00:38:01,646
everything was different,

94
00:38:01,737 --> 00:38:08,157
alien, someone else’s.

95
00:38:10,871 --> 00:38:12,251
And...

96
00:38:14,166 --> 00:38:15,956
I would drop you off at school...

97
00:38:17,628 --> 00:38:20,668
and then I would go get
a bottle of vodka...

98
00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:23,341
and drink...

99
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and think about ways to die.

100
00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:34,345
In the end, I understood.

101
00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:39,978
You would be better off
with Aunt Masha in Kazan.

102
00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:44,737
And I... I would be better off up here.

103
00:38:46,073 --> 00:38:47,623
So, there you have it.

104
00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,656
I’m sorry, my little star.

105
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,080
I’m sorry for ruining everything.

106
00:38:57,251 --> 00:38:58,841
I ruined everything.

107
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Forgive me.

108
00:39:06,594 --> 00:39:08,144
<i>I don’t know how.</i>

109
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<i>I'm glad you found your home.</i>

110
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Forgive me.

111
00:39:16,062 --> 00:39:17,692
<i>I don’t know how to forgive you.</i>

112
00:39:19,648 --> 00:39:21,188
<i>I don’t know how...</i>

113
00:39:28,908 --> 00:39:30,028
<i>Goodbye, Papa.</i>

114
00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:33,249
Goodbye.

115
00:47:20,170 --> 00:47:21,510
To our health!

116
00:47:30,639 --> 00:47:32,099
Oh, it went down good!

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Astronauts!

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Cheers!