[pop song playing on radio]
Don't argue like that.
You know in our country people die like flies,
and you're saying this one got healed? [chuckles]
There are no miracles here, Pavel.
He was healed.
[Kolya scoffs] Sure he was.
Are you sure he actually had it?
His cough zombie-like, eyes and shit?
All the primary symptoms including the eyes, yeah.
So what? You really think we'll find the medicine in Cherepovets?
The chief physician promised me. We used to work together.
We just need to get to the hospital.
[Kolya chuckles] God, you're funny. When did he promise you?
He might've changed his mind.
You see what's going on in our country?
It's going from bad to worse every goddamn day.
Nikolay Petrovich--
Hey, why "Nikolay Petrovich"? Didn't we have a deal?
Sorry, Uncle Kolya. Let me think a second.
I'm telling you, don't think or you'll get a bad headache. [chuckles]
You know what, why don't we drop by Ira Martynova?
Just for an hour.
You know that on her ass she had a birthmark?
It was even bright at night.
-Like a guiding star. [laughs] -[sighs]
Oh, where was that birthmark? Left? Or was it right?
Uncle Kolya, cut it out.
Ah, the right one! Yep, it was on the right one.
[Pavel sighs]
[machines beeping]
[eerie music playing]
Jesus!
I'll go check it out. Are you with me or will you wait here?
I didn't take the Hippocratic oath.
[Pavel] Uh-huh.
[glass crunching]
[loud clattering]
Slippery, this fucking floor! Okay.
[sighs]
He promised to help, you said?
[Pavel] What's this? "Your district will be evacuated."
[Kolya] What are we going around here for?
[Pavel] We're looking for a storage room.
Maybe we should drive there?
-[Kolya] Where? -[Pavel] Here's the address.
[light bulb shattering]
[Kolya] Hey, stop, stop! Hey, I said stop, you bastards!
I'll kick your ass, you fucking scumbags!
[breathing heavily]
Fuck! Fuck!
Pavel!
-You okay? -[Pavel] Yeah, I'm fine.
Who was that?
[Kolya] I don't know. Some junkies.
Ibuprofen.
Do we need ibuprofen?
We don't. Look for Evazine, Uncle Kolya.
-What the... -[Kolya] Evazine...
[pop song playing on radio]
[Kolya] Phew! Thank God we got the hell out of that shithole.
-Nikolay Petrovich. Sorry, Uncle Kolya. -Mmm-hmm.
Thank you for, uh, driving me there.
Nobody else would've agreed. I really appreciate it. Thank you.
You got it.
Okay, honestly, I said yes because...
I thought I'd swing around Ira Martynova's on the way and we'd fool around.
Then I realized that her husband was about to kick the bucket.
So I was like, "Maybe not such a great idea."
How many women have you had?
If you count all of them, starting from high school.
Two.
-Oh, yeah? Seriously? Just two? -Mmm.
[laughing]
That's hilarious.
I mean, I'd get it if you only had, like, one.
But two is like sitting on the fence. [scoffs]
I'm not into that... not into women.
They're complicated. [chuckles softly]
-I mean, I'm the complicated one. -[laughs]
Guess how many I've had. Go on, guess.
So?
Ten?
[chuckling] That's hilarious, Pavel.
Ten when I was in high school, my friend. [chuckling]
In total, I've had 99.
[scoffs]
I'm just one step away from a hundred.
As soon as I reach that landmark, I can definitely die in peace.
How come you're so picky, though? What, have you got some kind of problem?
The problem...
I just don't want to be with the woman who wants to be with me.
Oh? What are you saying? You know what I want to recommend to you?
Don't take it all too seriously.
And first of all, you must be fun, right?
[laughing]
Chicks love humor.
I'll keep it in mind, then.
You should.
-Oh, shit! -[tires screeching]
[Ira] Anton!
Anton! Anton! Jesus!
I told you not to go anywhere! It's a road with cars! Oh, goodness!
Who the fuck taught you to drive? You almost ran over my child.
Come on, he looks okay.
Come on, don't worry. Nothing happened.
At least you wouldn't have had to call an ambulance, so...
I mean, if we had hit your boy,
the rescue squad would've already been here.
It was a joke. I'm sorry. Any infected?
No.
Great. Uh, good to hear.
Uh...
All right.
-Uh, how about a candy? It's vitamin C. -[Ira] What do you say?
-Thank you. -You're welcome.
-[Ira] Oh, goodness. -I'm Pavel.
Ira.
Are you a doctor?
Come with us.
Come on.
Stay close to me, you got it?
[spits]
[sighs] Jeez.
[Pavel] Does it hurt?
-Not really. -[Pavel] Mmm-hmm.
What's this powder?
[Anya] She said it's some kind of antiseptic.
Who's "she"?
The vet.
[Pavel] Did the vet do the stitch, too?
No, I did that.
Professional work you've done. How did you learn?
I was improvising.
You have a good hand.
How's the healing going in general?
The pus is minimal.
We could drain it, but better not to. We'd infect it even more.
Keep disinfecting it whenever the stitches come apart until it dries up.
And loosen the bandage, too. It just gets wet underneath the wound.
I told you, I'm fine now.
I don't even have a fever. I can feel it.
But I can't prescribe any medicine. I just don't have any.
But in this case, the topical antibiotics are enough.
So I think it should be all good.
You shouldn't move around much, though.
[Anya] Hmm.
-Thank you. -[sighs]
Thank you.
What's your prescription?
Uh, my shrink gives me Xanax, Alprazolam--
I was talking about your eyesight.
Oh.
Negative four.
[Ira shushing]
-[Ira] Easy. -[Pavel] Ouch!
I'm sorry, I don't know why, I can't help it.
They keep closing on their own. I've never worn lenses.
Let's try again, doc.
-What about you? -I have a full stock. Stay still.
Keep them open. Don't blink.
Keep it, keep it. Keep them open. Yes, yes.
-I'm sorry, I'm afraid it won't work. -Oh, it will.
[romantic music playing]
Are you okay?
God, you're so beautiful.
[Ira] Well, it's not minus four, but...
it's better than nothing.
May I take a photo of you to remember?
What's keeping them back there?
[Marina] Leonid?
-[Leonid] Hmm? -Are you feeling okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
-Tell me. -[Leonid] What?
What happened back there?
[Leonid] Where?
In that house. Why did you get out of there so fast?
I told you.
[Polina] You said there were sick people.
Yes.
[Polina] That they took our food.
[Anya distorted] Shoot! Shoot!
[gun cocking]
-[Leonid] Mmm-hmm. -That you just got out of there.
What about the shot? Did you kill someone?
[gun firing]
Will you stop nagging me for God's sake?
[door slams]
[camera clicking]
What's the reason?
Why don't you stay?
I've gotta get going.
[door opens]
[Leonid] Hey, excuse me. Are we going or what?
I'd rather go before it gets too dark.
[Ira] Where are you going?
[Pavel] We need to get home to Vytegra. You?
We're going to Karelia.
Isn't it the same direction?
-No. We're going the opposite way. -[Kolya] Mmm.
See you next time, then. And, uh, good luck to you.
Sure.
[Ira chuckles softly]
Thank you.
No worries.
Goodbye.
Do you think...
this epidemic will be over soon? Do you?
I'm afraid it hasn't even started yet.
[sighs]
[Kolya] Goodbye. Seriously, "Goodbye"? Really?
You should've bowed as well.
What could I say, Kolya?
You should've said nothing.
That would at least be mysterious. How she looked at you...
Oh, did she?
-How? -[chuckling]
The way you know she likes you.
Although... how about Sergey, you know?
Aren't him and her--
The one with the stitches? He's the ex-husband.
Now he's with the ginger-haired bird.
And the squirt who jumped under our wheels, that's his son.
You follow?
[sighs] The slow one is his stepson.
Huh. How do you know all that?
Life experience. That's how I know all that.
And also the geezer was a talker.
Anyway, let's get going.
[folk song playing on radio]
-Want some? -Oh.
Thanks.
Mom, may I have one?
You don't deserve one.
[Anton] Why?
Because...
I'd specifically told you not to go on the road.
But, Mom, that's not fair.
Get used to it. Life is inherently unfair.
-Why not just give it to him? You see-- -Uh-uh.
-[Ira] Don't get in the way. -But he gave them to me!
[Ira] So what?
[Anton] Hey!
[crying]
Hey, I'm sorry. Anton, does it hurt? Let me see.
[Anton] You're a bitch!
-[continues crying] -[Boris] Anton, that's a very bad word.
You can't say that to anyone.
Especially to your mom.
Where on Earth did you hear that?
[Anton] Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!
[crying]
[Boris] Ira, stop!
[Leonid] Stop!
[Ira] Wait here.
-What is it? -A dead end, damn it.
[Ira] Shit.
How will we get over?
[Leonid] Stop. Be careful.
[tense music playing]
-[Anya] Careful. You shouldn't be out. -[Sergey] It's okay, I'm fine.
[Leonid] Good thing we weren't driving at night.
[Ira] Was it blasted?
[Sergey] What road are we gonna take now?
[Leonid] We have no other option but to go back.
Only through Vytegra.
I can't see. I'm practically driving blind.
Let's slow down, Uncle Kolya.
We're crawling as it is. We have to move faster.
Now, hold on, what's this? Can you see it?
[Pavel] Yeah. What is it?
[Kolya] Let's have a look.
EDEN KARAOKE CAFE
[Kolya] Let's go.
Maybe they'll give us a drink to warm us up.
-We don't know what's up the road. -[Pavel] Uh-huh.
[cheesy pop song playing faintly]
WELCOME
After you.
[song continues on speakers]
[song continues]
[song stops]
[exhales sharply]
[sighs]
[cheesy music resumes]
Good evening there.
May we stay here for a while?
Do you have a reservation?
Nikolay.
Natalie.
Is it really Natalie?
My passport's on the counter.
I'll take a look later.
[music continues]
[tires screeching]
Damn it.
[grunts] What's wrong with it?
Enough, enough. Don't burn the clutch out. I'll tow you out now.
Mom.
Mom?
Will you forgive me for what I said before?
I promise I'll be good from now on.
You did a bad thing. You have to mean what you say.
And don't even dare to cry.
Tears won't help you.
I don't want you to become a crybaby like your father.
[Leonid] All right?
Now, we'll carefully stretch the rope and pull you out.
Step aside, Boris. Don't get in the way.
[engine revving]
-Leonid, maybe we'd better get out. -Stay put.
[engine revving]
[rope stretching]
[rope snaps]
[Marina and Polina yelp]
[Leonid grunts and coughs]
-[Sergey] Leonid! You okay? -[Leonid] Yeah.
-[Sergey] You all right? -Are you okay?
-[Marina] Yes. -Watch out.
-[Leonid] Guys, take Marina! -[Misha] Something is leaking.
-[Leonid] What's leaking? -[Boris] The diesel's leaking.
[Leonid] Shit! The tank's punctured.
Whatever you have, bring it here. Jars or cans, hurry up.
Fuckin' shit!
Look. Ah, shit. Take it.
[panting]
That's it, guys. This is the fucking end.
We need to somehow manage to get it out of this ditch.
[both singing] ♪ We don't need many words ♪
♪ Let's drink to love, darling ♪
♪ Let's drink to love ♪
Check the lyrics! See?
♪ Even if you're without extra words ♪
No words...
♪ If you love me, darling ♪
♪ Let's drink to love! ♪
[Natalie laughing]
Great way to get stuck, right?
You're driving, you know?
She's a cook. She's been alone for a while.
When it started, everyone fled this town. And she's single.
-She had nowhere to go. [chuckles] -[Natalie laughing]
[Kolya chuckles] Oh!
-Let me fill up your glasses. -It's okay. Let me do it. I'll do it.
How would you like a feast, friends? Time of the plague. [chuckles]
I don't feel comfortable.
We're eating your food, ma'am.
Look, kid, don't whine like that. We only live once. Am I right? Yes?
-You're so right. -[Natalie chuckling]
-Let's make a toast. -Okay.
[Kolya] To new acquaintances.
[both chuckling]
I was literally going crazy. I haven't seen a living person for a week.
I thought maybe everyone died and I was left alone in the entire world.
And then here we are. Hmm.
[Natalie] Here we are, yeah.
-[Kolya] Here we are. -Here you are...
You can't do this to me, baby.
-Why is that? -I'm melting.
Time for us to go, Uncle Kolya. Let's try again to hit the road.
Pavel, we already tried. Look out the window.
All the roads are blocked. Look at all the snow. We can't go.
Come on, just relax. We'll get you there. Don't worry.
Where in the hell are you going anyway, sweetie? Just stay here.
He doesn't like it here?
Tell him that it's very good here with you.
-You know, he made... a promise. -[Natalie exclaims]
[Natalie] Who did you make a promise to?
Don't just sit there. Go head. Come on, show her.
His name is Petya. He's ten. I promised to bring him medicine.
-When did you talk to him last? -Two days ago.
-Then he must have already, you know-- -Yeah.
Anyway, I promised.
You're a good man, Pavel. You're sunshine, a real one.
Yeah, he is.
Though I'd make him shine a little less. Light burns out too quickly.
[Leonid] Go ahead.
Sergey, get behind the wheel. I'd hate for you to get stitched again.
-[Sergey] Yeah. -[Leonid] Go.
-[Boris] Let's do this. -[Leonid] Come on, grab hold.
[Leonid grunting]
[Ira coughs]
Dad!
Why have you got out? Get back in the car!
[Anton] But I wanna push the car, too.
-I don't care. -[Sergey] Let him just stand here.
Not a chance. I said you're grounded. Stay in the car.
[Sergey] For what?
For vitamin C.
-For vitamin C? -[Anton] Dad, can I ride with you?
Anton, if you're gonna ride anywhere, we should push the car first.
You just stay here, guarding Auntie Marina.
-Misha, use all your strength. -[Misha] Yes, sir.
[Leonid] Girls, everyone not pregnant, come on.
Let's go all at once.
Polina, why are you standing still? Come here! Go! Rock it, Sergey. Okay?
[Sergey] One, two...
-Three! -[all grunting]
[Leonid] Come on! Come on, push it!
[inaudible]
[Misha] Europe's last plague outbreak happened in Moscow
in the second half of the 18th century.
Within three years, from 50,000 to 100,000 people died. Every sixth resident.
Nobody knew what kind of disease it was or where it came from.
Can we start the engine and heat the car up a little bit?
I can't feel my feet at all.
[Leonid] Honey, you need to hold on. We're almost out of gas.
Hopefully it'll be warmer in the morning and we'll be able to dig Sergey out.
[Marina] We'll never make it till morning at this rate.
[Anya] Misha, you were telling us something?
Amid the 1771 outbreak, outbursts of mass protests erupted.
It became known as the Plague Riot.
The immediate cause of the uprising
was the ban of Moscow's Archbishop Ambrosius', um...
prayer services at the icon of Our Lady of Bogolyubovo.
He was trying to prevent mass gatherings that fostered the spread of the plague.
In the end, the crowd marauded the Chudov Monastery,
murdered the archbishop, and then...
started destroying quarantine outposts
and the houses of noblemen.
I wonder what's happening now in Moscow.
What's happening? The same thing is happening.
-[Ira] Somebody has to educate him. -[Sergey] Not like this.
[Ira] Well, then how? Like you do?
Let him do anything he wants.
[Boris] I'm going out for a smoke.
[Ira] We're out of cigarettes, remember?
-Ira, stop behaving like a-- -Like a what?
-Sergey, I don't need your instructions. -What do you need?
I need a good man for a start.
[sighs] Here we go again.
It's high time for you to understand to leave the past behind.
[scoffs] Who said I was talking about you and our past?
-She said you were a crybaby. -[Sergey chuckles]
I see you're a little sneak, too, are you?
You're disgusting.
-Ira, what are you doing now? -What, am I doing something wrong?
[Sergey] Anton, come here.
Stop bullying my son. He's not a punching bag.
Stop taking it out on him.
If you wanna have revenge, do it on me. Go ahead.
But leave the kid alone.
Think it was you I came back for? I don't give a shit about you.
[Anton] Dad, you're hurting me.
Sorry.
[breathing heavily]
[Leonid] Boris! Boris, come on!
-Come one, get up. Get up. -[grunts]
-[Boris] Hurry. -Take the rifle.
[Sergey] Anton, Ira, hide behind the Land Rover. Hurry!
-[Sergey] Anya, back off! -[Anya] Sergey!
Back off! I told you to back off!
[vehicle stops]
[car door opens]
Stay there!
Is he mute or what?
Apparently, yeah.
[rock music playing]
[rock music continues]
[Leonid] Looks like he's inviting us in the house.
[Anya] Yes, but it's very strange. We don't know him at all.
So what? I didn't know you, but I somehow got used to you. [chuckles]
-Well, let's go. What's wrong? -[Sergey] Let's go.
We didn't discuss anything,
but we don't have anything to give in return.
Only canned meat.
[Leonid] What? We have money.
We have money if you need some. [loudly] We have money! Money!
You have a cozy place.
Are you alone here? [shouting] Are you alone?
-He's not deaf, Dad. He's mute. -I know that. Just in case.
Where do we go?
All right.
[Anya] Thank you so much for having us, we were in trouble.
Do you clear the roads every day or...
[Leonid] This way?
[door opens]
[Sergey] Thank you.
[Sergey snoring]
[Misha mutters]
[Polina] Take off your clothes.
-[Misha] All of 'em? -Yes.
[sensual music playing]
[belt unbuckling]
[gasps] Uh...
Can I leave my socks on?
[sensual music continues]
-[music stops suddenly] -[yelping]
[Misha moans]
Did you just...
And you?
Inside?
Awesome.
Get dressed.
Uh, did you cum as well?
I did cum. It was amazing.
Thank you.
I was being sarcastic, Misha.
[Misha] Thank you, anyway.
You're welcome.
-[Pavel] Uncle Kolya. -[Kolya snoring]
Get up, let's go.
Nikolay Petrovich!
[Kolya gasping]
What?
Time to go.
My goodness! Someone's cleared the road.
[Pavel] Or...
maybe it's not as bad as we thought.
-Kolya! -[Pavel] Uncle Kolya, we must go.
We're going. Don't be a crybaby, please. Let me at least say goodbye.
Natalie, I'll be right back. I just need to take Pavel to the hospital.
You won't even notice.
So that's it? "Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am"?
Natalie, listen to me.
In Soviet times, I bought a lottery ticket every week for 30 years straight, okay?
Can you imagine? I never won anything. Whatever I did. [chuckles]
I didn't know that the Lord prepared such a big win for me in my old age.
-Am I the big win? -Of course, Natalie.
Why are you leaving me, then?
Natalie, you really have to believe me, I'll take this madman and I will be back.
[Anya gasps]
I just wanted to draw.
Not now.
You can't draw on this. I'll find something else for you.
Where is everyone?
[Anton] They're outside.
[Anya] Wait.
[Leonid] Take it.
You got it?
[Sergey] Enough.
[diesel splashing]
[Boris] Give it to me faster.
[Leonid] All right. Here you go.
[Boris] Mmm-hmm, that's it.
-I've got it. -[Leonid] You have it?
That's it. That's enough.
[Sergey] Yes, yes, yes.
-Yeah. Yeah, that's it. Enough. -[Leonid] Yeah.
What are you doing?
Anya, we have to leave. It's okay, we aren't taking much.
[Anya] Where's the host?
He left, Anya. Early this morning.
And were you even going to ask him?
[sighs] Anya, please, just... it's the right thing to do.
Sergey, I'm not surprised about this one, but you?
-[grunts] Listen... -[Leonid] You guys good?
Anya, you know... I'll explain, okay?
Anya, it's not your car, okay?
-Sergey, it's stealing. -[Leonid] Get her out of here.
[Leonid] What...
-[Sergey] Easy, easy, easy! -What are you doing? Are you nuts?
Stealing! Yes, stealing, of course we are!
What, you think it's worse than murder?
Why are you staring at me, blinking your eyes?
-What murder? -Give me a break! Like you're innocent!
[dramatic music playing]
Listen, Sergey, they attacked us. I mean, it was completely self-defense.
What? Self-defense, my ass!
-[Boris] Leonid! Leonid! -What "Leonid, Leonid"?
If she didn't have the rifle, she would've ripped open her throat.
-Are you nuts? -[Sergey] Shut up! Leave her alone.
If it wasn't for your bitch here, I'd smash your face in.
Look, we borrowed some of your gas.
We just need it to get going.
Or else we're stuck.
[door opens and closes]
[pop music playing on radio]
VYTEGRA
[yawns]
You see? I reached the milestone.
That's great.
Come on, it's all clear with me. What should we do about you?
Hold on. Look over there. What is this gathering?
I'm not sure I like it.
Hey, where are you going?
[Pavel] Wait, Uncle Kolya.
[Kolya] Pavel, where are you going?
-Hello, guys. What happened here? -[man] Hello.
-Will you let an ambulance through? -Where have you put the people?
Where is everyone?
We just got back, I don't know.
-We need to get to the hospital. -You don't know.
Where'd you take the people? They were here yesterday.
[Pavel] We just returned from Cherepovets.
-Let us through. I have medicine. -[man] Medicine? Call everyone here!
-[all clamoring] -[Pavel] Wait!
You don't know how to take it.
-You don't know the dosage. -[all clamoring]
Hey, get off! Get off! Bastards, get off my car!
[Pavel] Guys! Hold on!
[Kolya] I'm telling you to stay away from the car! Close the doors!
[all clamoring]
[Pavel] Let me get to the hospital, then you can come with your symptoms.
-Hold on, people! -[man] Fuck off!
Get your hands off the boxes, man!
I told you to get your hands off the boxes!
Guys, I see an ugly fight just up ahead. Looks like our doctor's there.
[Pavel] Drop it, you don't know the dosage.
[man] Fuck off, weirdo!
Hey, you!
-[all clamoring] -[Kolya] You're out of line!
[Pavel] You can't do this.
[man] Fuck off, asshole!
[man] Hit him!
[all clamoring]
[Kolya grunts]
[man] Hit him, hit him, hit him!
-[ears ringing] -[men yelling]
[gun firing]
[Ira] Back off, assholes!
-[gun firing] -[all] Come on, let's grab it! Go! Go!
[all clamoring]
-Uncle Kolya. Hey, Uncle Kolya. -[man] Let's go.
[gun firing]
[Ira] Back off!
[gun firing]
[man] Run, run, run! Go, go, go!
Uncle Kolya. Get up.
Come on, Uncle Kolya.
[Ira] Get up now. Get up and come with us. You can't help him.
-Uncle Kolya, stop it, get up! -[Ira] Take him!
-No, Uncle. -[Ira] Let's go, Pavel!
-[Pavel] Uncle Kolya, get up! -[Ira] Take him!
[Sergey] Come on, come on.
-[Ira] Get him in the car. -[Sergey] Let's go.
[dramatic music playing]
-[gun firing] -[Pavel] Get up! Get up, Uncle Kolya!
[Ira] Faster!
-[Sergey] Get to the car! Fast! -[Ira] Let's get out of here.
[Leonid] Come on, that's it.
[Ira] What's wrong with you?
-[Sergey] Come on, get in the car! -[Leonid] To your car! Go back!
[Pavel] Uncle Kolya.
[Ira] Quiet, quiet, quiet. Everything's all right.
-[Pavel] But why? -It's all right.
[Anton] Mom!
Mom!
[melancholy music playing]