(bright music) (film reel ticking)
(somber music)
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
CINEMA FUND
MINISTRY OF CULTURE - CINEMA FUND
NMG STUDIOS
STS
(spacecraft creaking)
ORBITA-4 SPACESHIP 1983
♪ A million, million, million scarlet roses
♪ Up above, up above, up above you can see ♪
♪ A million, million, million scarlet roses
♪ Up above, up above, up above you can see ♪
♪ Who's in love ♪
- Don't feel like singing?
Unless I need to inform Mission Control
that you're not ready for landing.
- I'm fine.
- Okay, then.
Maybe we can sing a song that you actually like.
- I didn't use to mind listening to that song.
- Oh?
- But things changed.
(Konstantin laughs) (Kirill laughs)
- [Mission Control] Status, Commander?
- Systems stable, ready for un-docking.
Pressure readings are within nominal limits.
- [Mission Control] Roger, proceed according to schedule.
- So here's the plan.
After we get out of recovery, I'm going to go home.
Get to my apartment, kick off my shoes,
then I'm walking straight down the hallway
right to the bathroom in some hot water.
(Konstantin chuckles)
With just a little bit of cold, just a bit.
- Yeah. - And I'll climb in (sighs),
and God help anyone who interrupts me.
He will literally need to step in save them.
(Konstantin sighs)
And you?
- I'm going to Rostov.
- What do you have there?
- Someone.
- Another girl, huh?
No surprise there.
All of them love you.
(Konstantin sighs)
You are not going to tell me.
- Temperature 23 degrees, proceed to release the latches.
- [Mission Control] Copy that, Commander.
(latches clanging)
- The latch is released.
Controlling departure from the station.
Initiating disengagement.
(Konstantin sighs)
We now have un-docked successfully.
- [Mission Control] Copy.
- So, as I said, I'll take a hot bath
and then get out and dry off with a towel, a big one.
Then the cologne, can't forget that.
My wife and I will dress up real nice and finally,
I'll take her to the (speaking in foreign language)
to a concert and that's when she'll sing just for me,
♪ A million, million, million scarlet roses
(object clangs) (alarm beeping)
- What's that?
- Maybe it was the utility module.
(alarms beeping)
- I don't see it.
- I'm checking out the window. - Copy.
Stupid piece of junk.
Come on, come on, come on, come on!
(air whooshing)
- Hold it steady.
You can do it.
(air whooshing) (Konstantin sighs)
(Konstantin groans)
(Konstantin sighs)
How was that?
(Konstantin laughs) (Kirill laughs)
(footsteps thudding)
- Konstantin.
(Kirill breathing shakily)
(footsteps thudding) (ominous music)
(hooves clomping) (horse whinnying)
SOVIET KAZAKHSTAN. 1983
(wind whistling)
(pensive music) (lantern creaking)
(Konstantin sputtering) (eerie music)
(Konstantin gasping) (music continues)
(heels clacking)
MOSCOW. RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BRAIN AMS USSR
- Are they coming?
- Good evening.
- [Men] Good evening.
- Thank you, we can begin now.
(button clicks)
(recorder whirring)
There isn't much to be said here.
I propose we skip introductions
and get started with the interview.
- Proceed.
- Do you mind?
The sooner we finish with this review
the better it will be for everyone, don't you think?
- I'm in no rush.
- That's not the point.
We're not your enemies, Tatyana.
We know your methods are different.
No one is accusing you of knowingly attempting
to injure a patient.
But you must admit that what you did was negligent.
- If I was negligent it means
that I failed to carry out my job.
I did what was necessary.
- And almost drowned your patient.
- I temporarily cut off his oxygen supply.
He was not properly diagnosed.
The standard therapy was unsuccessful.
- You held him under water for nearly a minute.
The boy is 17.
His mother spent the last two weeks complaining
to the health minister.
- His mother is the problem.
He's experiencing psychogenic seizures
because she's too overprotective.
I've managed to block them,
but they're going to come back
if you don't prevent her from seeing him.
- Ms. Yurevna, nothing you say here
is going to change what happened
so let me be absolutely clear.
You have exactly two options left.
Either you admit that you were negligent
and accept our verdict to dismiss you,
or we will send your file to the prosecutor's office.
I imagine they'd have much more to say.
- I did what I know is right.
(pensive music)
(rain pattering)
- [Colonel Semiradov] Tatyana Yurevna, may I have a word?
- I already told you everything in the inquiry.
- I'm actually not from the Health Ministry.
My name is Semiradov.
I would like to get your opinion on something.
- To help you, or is this for someone else?
- I have a patient.
I'd like you to come with me to examine him.
- Then you'll have to bring him here
so I can look at him before
they dismiss me in the next two weeks.
- Unfortunately, I cannot.
However, I believe this is something you'll want to see.
- Is this a choice or an order?
- I don't believe in giving orders.
In my experience, intelligent people
are rarely motivated when they
are asked to follow a direct order.
- Interesting.
That doesn't sound very Soviet.
- I'm not much of a politician.
What we do is very similar.
I'm in charge of a type of research institute.
I also have an interest in neuropsychiatry.
This case is quite unusual,
but if it isn't to your liking we can bring you back.
Oh, and as for the review board, I took care of them.
You have my word.
(rain pattering)
(helicopter engine whirring)
- [Pilot] How's the weather ahead?
- [Flight Control] In a crosswind.
The weather is clear.
- [Pilot] Good.
- Please help yourself.
When we arrive the cafeteria
likely won't have much to offer.
Unfortunately, when it comes to that
there's not much I can do.
- If it's not classified, is there a medical history?
- We have yet to have one prepared I'm afraid.
Does a (indistinct) not suffice?
I'm sure by now you've heard about
the landing of Orbit Four.
- I have.
- We had to sanitize what the media received.
We actually lost contact with the crew before they landed.
It appears something went wrong during reentry somehow.
The patient is the commanding officer,
Konstantin Veshnyakov.
We diagnosed him with amnesia.
(thunder rumbling) (pensive music)
- Do you want me to sign the NDA now or after we land?
- Nondisclosure agreement?
- Putting your original diagnoses of amnesia aside,
suppose this cosmonaut of yours lost his mind.
That wouldn't be good.
I can't imagine the Soviet governments
want people to know that their national hero went insane,
so what do I have to sign?
(helicopter engine whirring)
SOVIET KAZAKHSTAN
(dramatic music)
(indistinct)
(music continues)
(alarm blares) (dog barking)
(music continues) (door slams)
ALL-UNION SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- We already have access to most of the facility,
but for now no one will question
you while you're with me.
Once you have security clearance
you may enter the restricted areas on your own.
(pensive music)
(doors creaking) (music continues)
(metronome ticking)
- Focus on the sound of my voice.
With each count of the metronome,
you will feel a pleasant drowsiness
begin to settle over you.
One,
two.
A comforting warmth is now spreading throughout your body.
- Are they able to see us?
(control panel beeping)
- [Yan] Three.
- [Colonel Semiradov] Tea, coffee?
Is there anything else you like that I can get for you?
- [Yan] Four.
- Tea if you would.
- [Yan] Five.
Let everything around you fade away.
You are back in space.
- I am in space.
- What do you see?
- I see something large.
Dark blue?
(eerie music) (metronome ticking)
A whale.
No.
- Now try again.
Tell me your name and rank.
- Robert Duvall, D.
Field Marshall Robert D. Duvall.
- That's how this is?
(metronome ticking)
In case it didn't work?
Commander Veshnyakov.
We're clearly not going to make any progress
if you don't want to work with me.
(Konstantin coughs)
(Konstantin grunts)
- Dr. Leonardovich, I don't mean to be.
Maybe it's because of my training
that I can't be hypnotized.
- That's bullshit.
- I am reporting you.
(door latches)
- Yan Leonardovich Rigel.
He's the research director for our institute.
- [Tatyana] It's a pleasure.
- A pleasure?
(sighs) God damn it!
(Yan huffs)
- Colonel Semiradov?
Tell me where Averchenko is.
Let me go unless I'm guilty and give me a trial.
Are you listening?
If you don't say anything I'll stop eating.
- What do you want me to do?
- Mm, to begin with,
what is your first impression of his condition?
(files rustling)
(doors latching)
- [Konstantin] What's this?
They found another one?
Are they really that desperate?
- Good evening, I'm Tatyana.
- [Konstantin] (smirks) My evening's getting better.
(Konstantin knocking)
Hey, Colonel, it's about time.
Dr. Rigel had me wanting to kill myself.
(pen scribbling)
- Do you want some tea?
- Don't mind if I do.
(cup scraping)
(Konstantin sighs)
You're new here aren't you?
- I just arrived today.
They wanted another opinion on your condition.
A toy?
- Yes, it's mine.
I used to play with it.
It's a cosmonaut tradition to take something personal
with you on each mission.
They let me keep it while I'm here.
- Can you tell me what happened?
- Again?
(Konstantin smirks)
I began the usual launch preparations
and we left the station without incident.
We prepared for landing.
Beyond that I don't remember how I got here.
I've already told them a dozen times.
Didn't they make you read it?
- Not yet but I'll do it later.
(Konstantin exhales)
- Tatyana, please forgive me if I'm wrong,
but you don't make the decisions here.
-I don't.
- Then you can't discharge me.
- No, but it's possible I can help you.
- Yes, you can.
Do me a favor.
My mother, give her a call when you're done here.
360-7344.
Her name is Lydia.
Be sure to tell her that you saw me and that I'm okay.
She'll want to know.
(eerie music)
(chuckles) Okay, then.
You really should just go home.
I feel totally fine.
In fact, better than ever.
If I can survive in space then I'll manager here, too.
(Konstantin chuckles)
(Konstantin slurps) (cup thuds)
(files thudding) (pensive music)
- May I?
It was very nice to meet you.
(eerie music)
(Tatyana knocks)
(doors clanging)
- [Yan] Are you examining him or not?
- I just did.
(Yan gasps) (tea splashing)
He has post-traumatic stress disorder
and tactile sensitivity in his hands has diminished.
It's likely his peripheral nervous system
may be damaged as well.
But considering the way
that you're imprisoning him against his will,
(chuckles) it's to be expected.
- I suppose if we expected it,
we wouldn't put him in isolation.
- Everyone plays their own games.
Is that all?
You promised I could leave.
There is others out there that I could help.
- Of course.
We will transport tomorrow.
Please show Tatyana to her room.
(pensive music) (Konstantin exhales)
- The cafeteria serves three meals a day.
- There is no need.
I'll be leaving tomorrow.
- Colonel Semiradov hasn't authorized your departure,
so you might be here for awhile.
- Oh, he'll do it.
(dog barking)
- Grab those boards.
Try one here. - Who are they?
- They're cleaners, cleaners.
Brought here for (indistinct).
(pensive music) (boards clattering)
Room 108, at the end of the hall.
- I can't get a room closer to the stairs?
- It's what they gave you.
(eerie music)
(keys clinking) (music continues)
- [Operator] Operator.
- I'd like to make a call to Moscow.
- [Operator] Calls outside the base
cannot be made without authorization from the Colonel.
- I see, thank you.
(receiver clatters)
(static crackling)
(button clicking) (pensive music)
(shower water splashing) (music continues)
(Tatyana whimpers)
(tap water splashing) (music continues)
(Tatyana sighing)
(Tatyana panting)
(pensive music) (dog barking)
Thank you.
(Tatyana gasping)
(pensive music) (dog barking)
- Go back to your post.
(pensive music) (dog barking)
(footsteps thudding)
(Colonel knocking)
- You're still awake, excellent.
(dramatic music)
Did you have dinner?
- [Tatyana] I'm not hungry.
- How long has it been since you ate?
- I don't know, four hours ago.
(watch ticking) (control panel beeping)
(levers clicking)
(door whirring)
(locks clanging)
(toy chiming)
(Konstantin sputtering)
(knuckles cracking)
(Konstantin gasping) (dramatic music)
(Konstantin coughing)
(pensive music) (Konstantin choking)
(Konstantin gasping)
(pensive music) (creature slithering)
(Tatyana gasping)
- If you like, you can have a closer look.
(doors clanging)
(Tatyana panting)
(Tatyana gasps)
(creature chittering)
(Tatyana gasps)
(creature chittering) (dramatic music)
(creature shrieks) (Tatyana gasps)
(creature chittering) (pensive music)
(Tatyana gasping)
- What is it?
- I have no idea.
Only that it's not from Earth.
- It lives in Veshnyakov? - Yes,
but it doesn't harm him.
He's healthier than ever.
The creature is able to come
and go from him as it pleases every night
exactly like you just saw.
- He lets it?
- He's completely unaware of it.
- What?
- Understand we still have no idea how it happened.
Our men went into space alone and they returned with this.
- And the other cosmonaut?
- He died.
- How?
- As a hero.
I told you this case was unusual.
(Colonel Semiradov sighs)
My job was to find out how
this thing got here and how to protect us from it,
but I need you to find a way
to separate this parasite from its host.
Otherwise, you can sign the nondisclosure agreement
and go back home tomorrow.
- I don't understand why you're asking me to do this.
I'm not military.
I've never worked with classified material.
Why me?
- I heard about the boy.
The one that you almost drowned.
- So you think I have the stomach?
- (sighs) Honestly, I don't care about your process.
I believe that you can give me results.
Whatever it was you did in order to save your patient,
you were the only one to actually save him.
So, please, I want you to do it again.
You are a professional, someone who can save a hero.
- I need to see all footage you have of the creature
and Veshnyakov's account of the landing.
All of the notes and analysis and two sessions a day,
an hour each.
(pensive music)
- [Colonel Semiradov] After the landing, Veshnyakov was sent
to a rehabilitation facility.
On the first night the creature emerged
and attacked the medical technician.
We brought him here to prevent it from escaping.
So far we have not found a safe way to separate them.
It has formed some sort of paracytic bond
with Veshnyakov's body.
When we tried to remove it,
his vital signs immediately begin to deteriorate.
He seems to be like a spacesuit for the creature,
protecting it from a hostile world.
At the same time it increases Veshnyakov's ability
to heal and regenerate.
He was seriously injured in the landing
but recovered in just two days.
The parasite takes up only 30 centimeters
while incubating inside of him.
He fits easily inside of his esophagus and stomach,
increasing their size by only 30%.
When the creature leaves his body each night,
he releases a toxin that relaxes him, causing him to sleep.
It can increase its size by taking
in oxygen to approximately 1.5 meters in length.
He can then return after releasing that oxygen.
The size of the head constantly changes as well.
For now the creature can survive outside
of Veshnyakov for almost two hours.
It regularly leaves his body between 2:40 and 3:10 at night.
(pensive music)
PARASITE OR SYMBIOTE?
- That should be enough, Commander Veshnyakov.
- (sighs) I can do more.
- You were badly injured.
There's no need.
Take it easy, okay?
Besides, I barely believe it.
It's quite phenomenal you can do this much already.
Have you noticed anything unusual?
- Not much.
A little cough.
I guess I could've caught a cold.
- Well, if it bothers you, tell Rigel.
That's all.
Dismissed.
- You're still there.
Let's go.
(Konstantin sputtering) (machine humming)
- I don't suppose you could tell me
where Veshnyakov's son lives?
I believe he lived in Rostov before his mother died.
- That's your only question so far?
Do you need a better look at what we're dealing with?
- What are you feeding it?
(drawer clangs)
- It eats what Veshnyakov eats.
- Let's make one thing clear, Doctor.
I'm not here to take your job.
I don't want your Nobel Prize either.
(Yan sighs)
- You've seen the patient, our analysis and ever inch
of footage we have.
If there's something you think you still don't have,
you should ask Colonel Semiradov.
(Tatyana chuckles)
- All right.
(dial spinning)
Is this the orphanage?
I'm looking for a young boy
whose last name might be Veshnyakov.
It may be something else.
(pensive music)
(child gasping) (soft music)
- This again, huh?
Always where you shouldn't be.
Get down from there.
Keep this up and you'll hurt yourself.
What have I told Margarite?
Do you know what she's going to do?
Nothing to say?
I asked you a question.
Go back to your room!
(soft music)
(door clanging)
♪ I believe friends ♪
♪ Can't advance off rockets ♪
♪ Who lead us from one star to another
- Don't like my singing?
I'm sorry, it's for them (sighs).
I bet you didn't know.
No one likes cosmonaut songs more
than jaded ground personnel.
We always sang different songs in space.
- Which songs do you like?
- Nothing special.
The melody's all that matters.
♪ A million, million, million scarlet roses
I can tell you're drawn to me, admit it.
You probably asked to come here when you heard, right?
- Actually I was brought here
to see if you'd lost your mind.
- What did you say?
- They think that you killed your co-pilot.
- What's she doing?
- At some point during the landing,
something happened that caused
the death of Commander Averchenko,
or perhaps you killed him.
Colonel Semiradov can't allow
a hero whose gone insane to walk
back into the world like nothing happened.
- (sighs) That's great.
You're saying I'm some sort of insane murderer, is that it?
- I'm sure you know that not everyone
who's crazy looks that way.
- Listen, okay?
I know you're smarter than this.
I spent years preparing for this flight.
I know something went wrong but I don't remember what.
And now, I'm stuck in this cell behind armored glass.
Did they say why they're holding me here?
Will someone just tell me?
I'm not a spy or some kind of animal.
- What then?
- What do you mean?
- I want to know, if none of those things describe you,
what does?
- Did you read my file?
I'm the Soviet's hero.
(Tatyana smirks)
- Do you really believe that?
You didn't survive tanks or grenades.
All you ever did was sit in a tin can
while the government took care of everything for you.
You call that heroic?
- What are you saying?
- I read your file.
Why did you abandon your son?
Because I'm curious.
You never married the child's mother did you?
After she died you could have adopted him,
but you wanted to go to space
so you could be a Soviet hero instead.
I guess an illegitimate child
would otherwise ruin your perfect reputation.
That's why he's at the orphanage near Rostov.
Did I miss anything?
- I grew up without a father.
I still became a hero.
- Heroes don't abandon their child.
(Konstantin sighs) (pensive music)
- You know what, Tatyana?
For awhile it was nice to see a pretty face,
but from now on I think I'd rather see that idiot, Rigel.
Thank you for your time.
(pensive music)
(lock clicking)
(music continues)
- What the hell were you thinking?
What could you possibly hope to accomplish?
- You need to test his endocrine profile right away.
- You heard her.
- Yesterday I noticed his reactions were unusually slow.
I believe that it's tied to his hormone levels.
Severe psychological stress releases adrenalin into
the bloodstream making it easier
to test how much is produced.
The results of those tests can tell me a lot,
in particular what the creature might be feeding on.
- And what does that do?
Our mission right now is to remove the parasite,
not make guesses about how to feed it.
- Colonel, if I may, I want you to order
that Veshnyakov be transferred
to the medical unit during the day.
That way he can interact with other civilians.
I think we'll start to see a better clinical picture
if we allow him to live a more normal life.
- (chuckles) "I want you to order."
(pensive music) (clock ticking)
(door clangs)
(music continues)
- What's this?
A reward for good behavior?
(Konstantin sighs)
(pensive music)
(static crackling) (buttons clicking)
(fingers tapping)
(curtain rungs rattling)
- [Reporter] It was a momentous day for a many who-
- [Woman] Don't you see?
I'm trying to help you.
- The meeting with the Cuban representatives
was held without any notable incidents.
In fact, they went on to express
their gratitude to General Secretary
and Chairman of the presidium, Yuri Androkov,
and the entire Soviet nation for its immense hospitality.
The Soviet people are equally excited
to welcome our cosmonauts back
from their mission in orbit.
Kirill Averchenko and Konstantin Veshnyakov
are reported to have landed safely back on Earth.
These brave heroes are currently staying
in a rehabilitation center so they
can recover from their long stay
in space without gravity. (Konstantin exhales shakily).
In approximately three weeks,
the world will be able to welcome these great men home.
- [Reporter] In national sporting,
the old union competition
between the countries (Tatyana knocking)
strongest skaters draws to a close
in (speaking in foreign language) this week.
(cord clanging) (TV switch clicks)
(Konstantin sighs)
- Do you need something?
- I wanted to apologize.
I said those things to upset you
so I could measure your hormone levels.
I'll leave you alone until our session.
See you then.
- I didn't know about my son.
She never told me.
A week before I left, they told me she had died
and that he didn't have any other relatives.
He's in an orphanage.
I don't even know his name.
I thought, "When I get back, I'll get him."
Maybe I didn't think at all.
Would you have done it any different?
-I don't know.
I don't have a son.
- Why are you here, Tatyana?
I know I don't have amnesia.
So, what do they want?
You can't say or you won't?
-I can't.
But I truly want to help you.
- Do you really think you can?
(pensive music)
(machines humming)
(doors clanging)
- [Yan] See if you can move a bit closer.
- Please try not to interrupt me while I'm working.
- [Yan] You don't need to worry.
We can try one that doesn't have auditory receptors.
- Yes, but I do.
(fingers tapping)
(creature slithering)
- What are you doing?
(creature slithering) (pensive music)
(creature chittering) (music continues)
Tatyana, what are you trying to do?
(feedback screeching)
Why do I even bother with her?
Tatyana, what are you trying to do?
- Will you just wait?
(toy chiming)
(creature chittering)
- Well, if that's all we needed.
- [Tatyana] Lift the glass.
- What?
- Lift it up.
- You're sure?
- Yes.
- No, we can't risk it.
- We'll give you a suit.
(pensive music) (Tatyana panting)
(levers clanging)
(doors whirring) (dramatic music)
(Tatyana panting)
(toy chiming)
(creature chittering)
(creature slithering) (toy chiming)
(Tatyana panting)
(creature chittering) (toy chiming)
(Tatyana thuds)
(pensive music)
(creature chittering) (pensive music)
(creature shrieks) (Tatyana screams)
- Get her out of there, now!
(creature shrieking) (Tatyana sobbing)
(dramatic music) (alarm blaring)
(door latches)
- Make sure- - Move!
- [Yan] Colonel!
(creature shrieking) (men chattering)
(dramatic music)
(pensive music)
(electricity crackling) (metal creaking)
(creature slithering) (dramatic music)
(creature chittering)
- We don't have much by way of flower shops on base,
so I picked some for you.
How are you feeling?
- Much better, thank you.
- Well, what you did was very brave.
At least now we have a better idea
of how not to approach it.
- I don't think Veshnyakov is unconscious.
- Okay, can you elaborate?
- That toy is a reminder of the guilt
he feels about abandoning his son.
- You mean that the creature now responds
to the toy because it has
some significant emotional value to Veshnyakov?
- I believe the creature and Veshnyakov
are now a single entity.
They share his mind.
It seems to dull his memories
and I think it impacts his impersonal skills as well.
Every night it spends more
and more time exploring outside of his body.
It won't be much longer before it shed
his body like a cocoon.
Something has to be done.
We need more resources.
We need to take him to Moscow.
- Moscow?
There are many reasons why we decided
not to take him there already.
We know almost nothing about this creature.
If you're right that it's some sort
of nymph that's going to continue to grow,
we don't know how much bigger it's going to get.
It could be massive.
I've been asked to destroy this creature
should the risk grow to high.
- And kill an innocent person, a cosmonaut?
He's a hero of the Soviet- - As a hero,
he's prepared for the worst
and that includes self-sacrifice.
But everyday I send fake reports to Moscow, all to save him.
I make things up.
What he eats, his vitals, his mood, exercise.
None of it's real.
If I don't, they will give me the order to destroy him.
When they find out, I'll be court marshaled.
I was hoping you could help us both.
(pensive music)
(machine humming)
(creature chittering) (Tatyana screaming)
(button clicks)
- You mind?
(TV rewinding)
(creature chittering) (Tatyana screaming)
(TV rewinding)
(creature chittering)
(button clicks)
Dr. Rigel?
- [Yan] What?
- Aren't you concerned?
(creature chittering)
(button clicks)
- A technical error?
(machine humming)
- Have you noticed that Veshnyakov's hormone levels
change radically from day to night?
At night they seem to get especially bad.
I'm trying to figure out why that keeps happening.
- I'm not an endocrinologist.
Do the work, figure it out.
- You're editing the videotapes.
I know that it's eating more than what Veshnyakov eats.
What do you feed it?
Is it pigs?
If I'm supposed to investigate,
why is it you're hiding this from me?
- What, you want more?
You want my advice?
You should go back to Moscow while you still can.
Forget everything that you saw here.
The review board will destroy us.
- Do you think the review board cares about hypnosis?
I know why you're still here.
You want a Nobel Prize.
You won't get much further without me.
I'm willing to help you
but you need to give me access to everything.
I don't have to tell Colonel Semiradov about this.
(machine humming)
(dramatic music)
You're serious?
(dramatic music)
- [Yan] Open the gates.
- He's clear.
(pensive music) (engine rumbling)
(lock clicking) (pensive music)
(brakes squealing)
- [Yan] You get one chance at this.
The battery only lasts for about 10 minutes.
(door slams)
(camera humming)
(metal clanging)
- [Guard] Come on.
- What do you want?
What's going on?
(prisoner gasping)
(gate clanging) (prisoner gasping)
No!
Please, God!
(prisoner gasping)
(camera whirring)
- Light.
(alarm blares)
(prisoner gasping) (camera whirring)
(dramatic music) (prisoner gasping)
(creature slithering)
(gate clanging)
(creature chittering)
(Tatyana panting)
(prisoner groaning) (creature chittering)
(creature shrieking)
(blood gushing)
(Tatyana gagging)
(camera ticking)
Turn off the camera.
- [Man] Yes, sir.
(Tatyana gagging)
(Tatyana vomits)
(rain pattering) (engine rumbling)
(brakes squealing)
- Before we brought him here,
the creature attacked a medic.
You saw it on the video.
What you don't see is Veshnyakov's vitals.
He began to improve significantly after the murder,
so we began feeding it whatever we could,
starting with lab rats.
We even tried pigs.
Finally, Semiradov decided to try a human, a convict.
Veshnyakov got better but you made
me start thinking about his hormones.
Did you see the way that it behaved?
It's not enough for it to kill.
It makes sure the victim can see it so they're afraid.
The human brain releases significant levels
of cortisol when a person is afraid
and on this planet when it comes to fear,
you can't do much better than people.
That's why it's so dangerous
because it's feeding on cortisol.
This discovery will change the world.
If we started to work together-
- Rigel, you're letting people die.
- I'm not.
It's Semiradov's idea.
Do you think I'm a monster?
- You're no monster, you're a coward.
An adaptive and hearty specimen.
(rain pattering)
(car door slams)
- Go to- - You can't stay
here any longer.
It's a terrible place.
They'll kill you.
Let's go.
- [Woman] I can't, I can't leave.
- [Man] Go to (indistinct).
- [Woman] Listen to me.
You're not a robot, you're a human being.
Don't you understand?
We have to go.
(Konstantin sighs)
- Good morning.
- Morning.
- [Woman] I can't leave.
I have to stay here.
- You know, I think I prefer war films.
The ones about spice.
- [Man] Go to (indistinct).
- How 'bout you?
- I thought you might like some exercise this morning.
How 'bout a run?
- [Man] Go to (indistinct).
- [Woman] Wait.
- Of course there's plenty of room to run.
Just move the TV back.
- We have clearance. - We must go
to (indistinct) at once.
(door latches)
(Tatyana panting)
- That tracksuit looks good on you.
Were you ever in track and field?
- No.
- Maybe we should try it when I get out.
We can't compete professionally
but there is an amateur league.
- I need to tell you something.
You brought something back from space inside of you.
They're feeding it the convicts.
I can separate you but someone needs
to tell the government what's going on here.
(pensive music) (both panting)
Do you hear me?
- Are they watching you?
- Not sure.
- Is there a guard by your door at night?
-I don't know.
- Find out and meet me, one a.m., my block.
Sorry, Doctor, I'm tired.
Good run.
(pensive music)
(Konstantin exhales) (music continues)
(Konstantin choking)
(spoon tapping)
Can't sleep either?
(woman gasps)
- You shouldn't be out here.
- I remember.
It's funny, right?
I can go to space, not the hallway.
That's irony.
- Commander Veshnyakov, do you think
there's anything there beyond the stars?
- Like what?
- Anything.
Don't you believe in God?
(Konstantin sighs)
- I believe in what I see.
I didn't see God there.
You know what?
You should take a break.
They gave me a VCR.
We should watch a movie together.
It'll be fun.
- I really can't.
- Come on.
- I mean it, I'm really not allowed.
- [Man] Thanks to you the entire planet
can now breathe clean air again.
Come on.
(gentle music) (man coughing)
What's wrong?
I won't leave you.
- [Woman] I am still alone.
- [Man] That's not true.
- [Woman] I am alone.
I was created without a purpose.
(TV clicks)
(screwdriver clattering) (pensive music)
- You scared me. - Shh.
(pensive music)
Shh.
(music continues)
(paper rustling) (static crackling)
(pensive music)
(door creaking) (electricity humming)
(Tatyana panting)
(door hissing) (electricity humming)
It's so strange, seeing my whole life
laid out like this so clinically.
- How much of this did you know?
- I am that creature.
Every time that it kills,
it's hunger,
every minute detail, it stays with me.
We experience it together.
- If you knew why didn't you tell them?
- What do you think?
If Semiradov found out,
he would never let me go.
(curtain rungs clattering)
(monitor beeping) (oxygen hissing)
My co-pilot, Averchenko.
You have to help me.
Two more weeks, that's all I need.
Just pretend nothing has changed.
Semiradov won't have a choice.
They'll send a review board from Moscow and release us.
I don't want to vanish without a trace.
Not like him.
- If we do nothing people will keep on dying.
How can you stand it?
I can't.
(Tatyana gasps) (pensive music)
- What would you do instead?
Bash your own brains out?
- Yes.
- I'm not the one that decided to start feeding it people.
You can't hold me responsible for that.
I haven't made it this far just
to die in the middle of nowhere.
I have a mother.
She lives alone.
I'm all she has.
I need to get my son.
- I see why it chose you.
You'll say anything to protect yourself (gasps).
- So that's what you think.
I see.
You're all the same.
Doctors like you sit safe behind their desks.
I trained years for this flight.
I risked my life.
And when you don't like the result you tell me I should die.
(pensive music) (Tatyana panting)
- It's dinner time.
(somber music)
(child panting)
(stool thuds) (child gasps)
(somber music)
- Again?
What have I told you?
You can't do this.
Give it here.
(woman grunts)
Did you see?
Some kind of animal this one.
- [Man] I don't recognize him.
What group is he in?
- They are invalids.
You see his feet?
Could swear he's feral.
Look, he drew blood.
(dog barking)
- Colonel.
- Dismissed.
(door latches)
Ms. Yurevna, I apologize.
I wasn't upfront with you.
I should have told you everything from the start.
- Which part?
How you feed people to this creature?
- We're in a race against time to understand
this creature so that we might control it.
We've done our best to keep it alive,
even if our methods are unsavory.
- You just see it as a weapon, that right?
- Yes.
Do you know why weapons are so important to us?
Weapons bring peace.
The only way to win the conflict
is to wield the most powerful weapon on the field.
I believe this creature is that weapon.
- But you still feed it people.
- People?
Sergei Genediavich, born in 1952,
He was previously convicted under multiple laws
for violent assault.
He raped and killed his neighbor.
She was a 12-year-old girl.
They are not people.
Real people sacrifice their lives
in Angola and Afghanistan.
Would it eat them?
- When the authorities find out they will court marshal you.
- Hm.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes.
I'm sure that's inevitable.
But as doctors and soldiers,
sometimes we have to make difficult decisions.
I hope the victory's worth the cost.
I assume responsibility,
and you do the same.
- I won't just stand by.
- Yes, yes you will.
Why don't you come see a feeding up close?
This time you won't have to use binoculars from your car.
(pensive music)
(Konstantin grunts) (music continues)
- Colonel Semiradov, I should have told
you about her before.
- Mm hm. - But I think
she understands us better now.
- Dr. Rigel, how do you manage to sleep at night?
- Me?
- I know that you let her see how it feeds.
You disobeyed me.
(pensive music)
- [Man] Right here.
Stay down.
(prisoner grunting) (creature slithering)
(creature shrieking) (pensive music)
(gate clanging)
(prisoners gasping)
(pensive music) (creature shrieking)
- Just give me time.
We can find another way.
- Time is not a luxury we have right now.
(creature chittering) (prisoner gasping)
- [Tatyana] Open it.
(pensive music) (creature chittering)
Don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid (panting).
(creature chittering)
It's me (panting).
It's me.
(creature chittering) (pensive music)
(creature shrieks)
♪ A million, million, million scarlet roses
(creature chittering)
♪ Up above, up above, up above you can see ♪
(creature slithering)
♪ Who's in love, who's in love
(prisoner gasping)
♪ A million, million, million scarlet roses
♪ Up above, up above, up above you can see ♪
- It's adapted.
♪ Who's in love, who's in love
It can hear her now.
♪ Who's in love that you know
♪ And he'll cover your yard in flowers ♪
♪ Just for you ♪
(gentle music) (prisoner gasping)
♪ Who's in love, who's in love, who's in love with you now ;
(prisoner grunting)
(gate clanging)
(creature shrieking) (dramatic music)
(prisoner gasping)
- No!
(man groaning) (creature shrieking)
(dramatic music)
(music fades)
(Tatyana whimpering)
- Veshnyakov, can he control it?
- No.
Not yet.
(Colonel Semiradov sighs)
- I need results, Tatyana.
Nothing will change until we can control it,
but I doubt that's possible without you.
Perhaps you and I, we can set our differences aside
and work together for the time being.
I will take responsibility.
You can tell Moscow that I forced you.
All I need is a few more weeks.
You agree?
(keyboard keys clacking) (monitor beeping)
- Dr. Yurevna.
- I found out why the creature
chose Veshnyakov not Averchenko.
There is tumor on his kidney, early signs of cancer.
But he also developed Addison's disease.
It was undetected before he left
but the creature could tell.
Since it prevents his body from producing certain hormones
such as cortisol, it was unable to establish
a symbiotic bond with him.
Come over here.
(oxygen hissing) (monitor beeping)
I'll need metyrapone and trilostane.
(Tatyana speaking in foreign language)
- Trilostane?
(Tatyana speaking in foreign language)
(Yan speaking in foreign language)
- I can't do this procedure without you
and there isn't much time left.
Look here.
Do you see his tongue?
You're better than you think, a tumor.
(pensive music) (oxygen hissing)
(papers rustling)
- If both of you escape,
tell them Semiradov made me do it.
And if you don't, say I didn't know.
- Thank you, Rigel.
You've helped a lot.
Are you allergic to buspirone?
- Me, I don't (gasps)-
(syringe thuds)
(guard grunting)
Stop.
- [Yan] What are you doing?
- You're going to have to decide.
Are you coming or not?
(dramatic music)
Keep an eye on the door.
(Tatyana panting)
We don't have much time so you have to listen to me.
The review board isn't coming.
Semiradov isn't going to let the creature leave.
I think I know how to separate you.
- Why did you go in there?
I could have killed you.
- Well, you didn't.
I guess you like me.
This is a mix of hormones.
They will mimic a condition
that stops you producing cortisol, starving it.
After I inject this, the creature will leave your body.
It won't survive for more than an hour,
but you will as long as I get you to an emergency room.
- But what if you're wrong?
What if it can survive now?
We'd just be releasing it.
- We'll do it once we get away from here.
There won't be any people and it's weaker in the light.
- No.
(pensive music)
No.
- We just have to get to a hospital.
I'll think of something.
We can do it.
-I can't.
I can't leave now.
I deserve to be here.
The creature won't do anything to me.
It literally saved me.
- That doesn't matter.
(pensive music)
Just go.
(dramatic music) (Konstantin gasping)
- I'm not afraid.
- But you should be.
I'm the one it chose.
- It's not you.
(music continues) (Konstantin gasping)
- It's my fault.
This is my punishment because I left my son.
I chose the mission over him.
I deserve this.
Please go. - No.
Leosha.
- [Konstantin] What?
- His name's Leosha Alexi Romanov.
(Konstantin panting)
He's turning seven.
(gentle music) (Konstantin panting)
(pensive music)
(dramatic music)
- It's by the enclosure.
- You have to come with us.
They'll kill you.
- I'll manage something.
Don't worry.
I'm an adaptive and hearty specimen.
(pensive music)
- Thank you.
(dramatic music)
(Yan exhales)
(table screeching) (pensive music)
(dial spinning)
- This is Rigel from Base Alpha Four.
I need you to connect me to the operative on duty.
I have urgent information to share with you.
(dramatic music)
- [Colonel Semiradov] What's this?
- [Guard] They're running, Veshnyakov and Dr. Yurevna.
- Send in the response team.
Do not fire on Veshnyakov but she can die.
(dramatic music) (gate clanging)
- [Guard] Stay where you are!
(guns cocking) (pensive music)
Veshnyakov step to the right and lay down.
Drop any weapons and keep your hands up.
(dramatic music)
- Please don't shoot.
- Open fire.
(shots firing)
- He had their cause of death listed, killed in a fire.
(handle rattling)
(fist pounding)
Listen to me, both of them were killed outright
and there were seven other victims as well as the convicts.
(handle clattering)
(door creaking) (pensive music)
- Did you?
Did you complete the call to Moscow?
Ah.
Yan, you're no hero.
It really doesn't suit you.
No matter, I'll make your death quick.
Thank you for your years of service.
(shots firing) (pensive music)
(Tatyana panting) (music continues)
- [Guard] Go down that road.
- [Guard] Sir, no sign of them.
- [Guard] They couldn't have gotten far.
- Syringe.
- [Guard] They must be back there.
- [Tatyana] Not yet.
- Just do it.
- [Guard] Efervu, go cover the exits.
(dramatic music)
The rest of you, move in slowly.
Try not to startle them.
- Come on.
Faster.
(dramatic music)
(Konstantin groaning)
- [Guard] I think I hear something.
(Konstantin gasps)
(creature slithering)
(creature shrieking) (dramatic music)
(Tatyana gasping)
- Get out of here.
- [Guards] Open fire! (shots firing)
(Konstantin screaming)
(shots firing) (guards yelling)
- [Command] Hold it men, get out of there!
(shots firing) (dramatic music)
(gas hissing) (men yelling)
- [Guard] Control!
(men yelling) (creature shrieking)
(engine rumbling)
(pensive music) (keyboard keys clacking)
(engine rumbling) (dramatic music)
- [Colonel Semiradov] If the fugitives come your way,
do whatever it takes to detain them.
(dramatic music)
- Stop now!
- Out of my way!
(shots firing) (dramatic music)
- At ease.
(weapons cocking) (water pattering)
(creature slithering) (shell casings clattering)
(creature chittering) (pensive music)
(gas hissing)
(creature shrieks)
(shots firing)
(engine rumbling)
(Semiradov grunting) (creature chittering)
(shots firing)
(Konstantin vomits) (engine rumbling)
(Konstantin gasping) (Tatyana panting)
- Konstantin.
I'm sorry.
- [Konstantin] What are you doing?
- Every minute you're getting worse.
You'll die without it.
- But we have to go.
(Tatyana panting) (Konstantin grunting)
(solemn music) (Konstantin gasping)
(engine rumbling)
(somber music)
(music builds) (Konstantin gasping)
- You reconsidered, Dr. Yurevna.
- I was wrong.
They can't be separated.
They're fully symbiotic now.
They'll die without each other.
- I know, I know.
We all make mistakes.
(gun thuds)
But I promise, I won't let them die.
(dramatic music)
It's sad the same thing keeps happening.
You try your best to save everyone.
But it's impossible.
In the end, you always have to choose.
(Tatyana groaning) (dramatic music)
(Konstantin gasping) (dramatic music)
(creature chittering)
(shots firing) (dramatic music)
(Konstantin yells) (creature shrieks)
(Semiradov thuds)
(wind whistling)
(Tatyana gasping) (creature chittering)
(creature shrieks)
(creature slithering) (Konstantin choking)
(Konstantin gasping) (gentle music)
- We did it.
(gentle music)
There has to be another way to separate you.
We'll go to Moscow.
It'll be okay.
- I know.
- We'll find a way.
(solemn music)
- They already have.
(solemn music)
(shot firing) (Tatyana gasps)
(somber music)
(engine rumbling) (buss hissing)
ROSTOV-ON-DON
(doors clanging)
- Do I look like I've changed my mind?
(child crying)
It's like trying to stop the sun from rising.
What do you even need them for?
Where do you plan to go?
Is there someone you want to see?
(children crying)
(woman sighs)
(door creaking)
(gentle music)
Go on.
At least stay inside the main complex
or you'll get me in trouble.
(gentle music)
(door clangs) (music continues)
- Hello.
Tatyana Yurevna. - Hello.
- I'm here for Leosha Romanov.
(gentle music)
- Look at you, making the best of it.
I've been working here for 20 years.
We all manage.
You will be just fine, boy.
- I'm a girl.
My name is Tatyana.
(gentle music)
- Are you Leosha?
(door latches)
My name is Tanya.
- Hello.
(gentle music)
SPUTNIK (dramatic music)
DIRECTED BY EGOR ABRAMENKO
OKSANA AKINSHINA
PYOTR FYODOROV
FYODOR BONDARCHUK
ANTON VASILIEV
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MAXIM ZHUKOV
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MAKE-UP ARTISTS VALERIYA NIKULINA, ALINA NAZAROVA
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(pensive music)
(soft music)