star media presents ekaterina astakhova ivan stebunov alexander davidov mikhail zhigalov yuriy moseyvhuk, alexandra platonova natalia vasko, stanislav boklan alina grosu, irina mak, sergey melnik directed by anatoliy grigoryev
created by natalia shimboretskaya music by daniil yudelevitch director of photography –arunas baraznauskas, r.g.g. art director – lyudmila malyshko sound producer – valentin tymoshenko executive producer – dmitriy olenitch produced by galinabalan-timkina and vlad ryashin a bird in a cage episode 2
come in! i came to pick up my son. may i see your id? deputy lanskaya. please accompany citizenesslanskaya to the prisoner’s ward. open it! mother… no one expectedit would end up like this. it’s my fault. let’s go. you must see a doctor.
defense subpoenas a witness,ternova stephania anatolievna. witness ternova, can you tell uswho stroke the first blow in a fight? witness, did you see whowas the first to strike? i don’t know. i didn’tsee. excuse me, i can’t! stesha! stesha! excuse me! based on the forgoing, in accordancewith the criminal procedure code of the russian federation, the courtheld that smolov egor fyodorovitch is found guilty of committing a crimeas outlined by the article №105 part 1
of the criminal code of the russianfederation for a deliberate murder. what does it mean? …and imposed penalty of7 years of imprisonment. what does it mean — deliberate murder?! egor is not guilty!here’s the real violator! they were going to thewedding! he started a fight! she bribed the judges! egor isnot guilty! they love each other! are you out of your mind?! let him go! – make it fast, boris.– okay.
holy father, i am guilty. god, forgive me! help me to returnto the path of righteousness. help me, father! idon’t know what to do. please do not leave mealone. i am so guilty! what will i do? stesha? can i be of any help? i don’t think so. hello! excuse me do youknow where stesha is?
i don’t know, borya. boris, i want her tostay away from our family. take care of this if you respect me. excuse me… no. why are you crying? desolation is sin, and so is despair. father, what should i do? correct the wrong and acceptwhat you cannot change.
stesha? stesha? oh my god… “i will be waiting for you.here’s my address. boris.†thank you. why is there need tomeet lavrin in person? what, he’s heavily guarded? he’s a very importantperson on the art market. he may have in possession an icon. this icon is very importantfor me. it belongs to my family.
it’s an icon of stephanida from damask. you see, eduard platonovitchdoesn’t like hearing such claims. does eduard platonovich like money? i will pay generously. hello, aunt polya. how is egor? he’s in prison because of you! could you give me the address? you want to send hima letter, is that so? go away! i don’t want to see you!
you betrayed such a nice guy! and now you’re left all alone.your letters won’t help it. better do something worthyso that he forgave you. – yes, that’s right!– excuse me… would you like to go for a walk? i’ve got no time for this, natasha. – here’s your bill.– thank you. is that your gratitude? ifound the right person for you… natasha, thank you very much.
borya, we only meet for business.we should forget the old insults. let’s say, you never went to ozersk,and nothing bad happened there. borya, please. i can’t forget it, natasha.i’ve got to go. are you doing this for her? so whereis she, your love from the countryside? why is she not coming?i guess she doesn’t need you. farewell, natasha. thanks again! – grandpa?– hmm? i need money for a trip. can you help?
for a trip? of course, anything you need. you know where the money is. one moment… grandpa! i’m so confused. i seeeverything differently in my dreams. as if there was no chase, no fight. but when i wake upthe reality strikes me. one moment, i’ll be back. here, boris left this for you. he’s waiting on you. no, grandpa, no! his brotherwas killed because of me.
– his mother hates me — for a reason!– don’t blame yourself, stesha! egor got into prison because of me, too. stop it! i’m even guiltier than you. if i were around thiswouldn’t have happened. but i was lured away! i left everything and wentto moscow to investigate. this is the result of my wrongdoing.i should have thought better. i can’t bring back to life borya’s brother.i need to right the wrong for egor. egor did it by his own will. he should blame himself.
he’s been judged fairly. grandpa, how can i live with it? it’s difficult, but you’llget over it. live your life. – hello!– hi! – we’ve got the deal.– thank you very much. okay, good luck! – hello!– are you boris lanskoy? – yes. but you’re not lavrin.– i know. get in the car. – well, thanks…– get in!
hello? alla sergeevna, borya was taken! you said you’re my wife? they wouldn’t let me in otherwise. hello. i brought you some food, and some money. here it is. take it please. egor, i am very guilty. forgive me please… forgive me… since you said you’re my wife…
don’t do it! no! – would you like a menu?– no. thank you for this meeting. when such a beautiful woman asks… you agreed not because i’m beautiful,but because you know who i am. your people took away my son. excuse me it was a bit of a mistake. but you have to understand: yourson made some ungrounded allegations. he accused me of having inpossession a stolen icon.
this icon has been my familyrelic since a long time. we greatly appreciateour family history. this is why boris is trying to find it. what do i have to do with it? this icon got lost in 1989. it hasn’t been seen ever since. nobody knows where it is.i don’t know either. you can take you son away. excuse me.
are you out of your mind?! mother, you don’t have to supervise me. i do as i please! i gave you and gleb enough freedom.you went to ozersk, and what happened? these people may hurtyou. they won’t hesitate! boris, boris, you’re my only son. i won’t let you hurt yourself. promise me that you’dforget that girl from ozersk. she already inflicted us so much pain.
you came for my forgiveness? i’m not a god you know. i’m a prisoner. and you’re my wife. wipe out the blood! convoy! the meeting is over. – beautiful, isn’t it?– yes, it is. petya, i don’t wantanyone to lay claim on it. no one will ever findout that you have it. do you know her story?
she was defending christians,especially someone called viktor. there were many attempts to killhim, but he survived all the attacks. miracle! stephanida was a wife ofone of the persecutors. she intervened. but the other persecutors tiedher by the legs to the tops of 2 palm trees. and let go. do you understand me, petya? i understand you fullwell, eduard platonovitch.
don’t even worry. good. happy new year! grandpa, howdid the criminals find out about the icon? someone from our villagemust have told them. grandpa? i asked you something. don’t you know what happenedbecause of this investigation? the life itself is telling you, “stop, don’t go any further!live your life peacefullyâ€.
should i forget whatpeople say about my father? no, grandpa! i will find out the truth. why are you tormenting me? i didn’t say you shouldforget. just for the time being. if some new evidence resurfacesi will be the first to react! this smell… my head started spinning. yes, yes, i see. looks like you wantto give me a grandson. grandpa! oh!
easy! it’s a wonderful thing. grandpa, i didn’t tell you this. egor… i understand. i fully understand you. what will we do now? give birth to the child.don’t listen to anyone. you’ll have a baby — no matter what! you’ll give birth to a nicelittle boy. he will make you happy. they told me! viktor andreevich! hello, my dear!
i decided to pay youa visit for christmas. good to see you, borya! how is stesha? where is she now? well, she is… viktor andreevich, in fact,i came to see her. no, borya. no. you see, she’sgot a different life now. you shouldn’t come here anymore. she’s as good as married. is she married though?
she’s going to have a baby. grandpa, i’m not sure i couldsurvive 9 months like this! congratulations! here are some vitamins. stesha! borya! stesha! stesha, calm down. – mom?– yes, borya? borya, where have you been?look who’s visiting.
– hi, borya!– hello, natasha. merry christmas! same to you! go get redressed and join us. okay. natasha, you are my only hope. move! hello, egor! are you hurt? egor, please stop. i wantto tell you something.
egor, don’t do it! i’mgoing to have a baby! egor, we will have a baby. make an abortion. i’m not going to be a father.i’m not sure it’s my child anyway. don’t you know i’ve neverbeen with anyone but you? if you cheat on me i willkill you! both of you. make an abortion! what’s the baby’s fault? i will give birth. if youdon’t marry me, i’ll survive!
now you want to marry me? screw you! the meeting is over! stesha, wait a minute, my dear! stesha, we visited egor… i will give birth anyway! of course you should give birth.he didn’t mean what he said. now everything will be differently. when he sees a child,especially if it’s a boy, he will forgive you everything.
come visit us, stesha.we are a family now. go visit egor.he’s waiting for you impatiently. why did you call me? – hi.– hi. my son won’t be a bastard.we’re getting married. why are you silent?you changed your mind? come on, guys! we’ve goteverything ready for you! just put your signatures! – where should i put my signature?– it’s highlighted.
my congratulations to the newlyweds! put it closer. yes, like that. – look how pretty it is!– yes, it’s beautiful. put it over there! i can’t believe it. how is this possible for such abeautiful baby to suddenly appear in the world? you’re so warm. put it over here! stesha, may i hold him?please, let me hold him.
stesha, i’ll be verycareful. it’s your aunty nina. you’re so tiny! pasha, take a look! stesha, why did you giveher a baby? step aside! aunt polya, let mehold him for a minute. no, you do it all wrong. polya, you are such a killjoy! he’s so pretty! denisegorovich — after my father! our father found some moneyfor a lawyer from moscow. stesha, he will persuade thejury that egor was defending you.
– riaght? right!– let’s go already! let’s go, baby! you will beliving with your granny now. stesha, why did you decide tomove to your mother-in-law’s? – it’s egor’s decision.– i see. his decisions are not to be discussed. let’s go! – grandpa, let’s go!– i’ll catch up with you. you are going to livewith your grandmother, yes? – thanks. hi!– hi!
– how is he?– he’s growing by an hour. look at this strongman! good boy! stesha, i’ve got something to tell you.i found out something. since egor’s case is beingrevised, we’re going through all the evidence again. it became clear that gleb wasstabbed with the same knife that was identifiedin your parents’ case. i don’t understand. – is it really the same knife?– it is. the wounds are identical.
according to egor,it’s his father’s knife. so, what does it mean? fyodor denisovitch had hispart in my parents’ murder? i didn’t tell anyone yet.you’re the first to know. thank you, pasha! stesha, i can go with you if you want. thank you, i’ll go alone. look after denis! something happened?
wake up, fyodor denisovitch, wake up! – wake up!– what happened? where from did you get the knifewith which my parents were killed? – what knife?– were you at one with them? who are they? what are their names? i’m going to police. stop. vanya ivanov and peter shmakov. they are my army buddies. they emerged out of the blue.
stay where you are! i didn’t know they stole my knife. nadya! they killed your parents with it. i came too late. i didn’tsee how it happened. but they used my knifefor the dirty work. i got scared and hid the knife —in order to escape allegations. why did you hide the truth? the murderers would have beenput to prison long time ago.
i can’t prove it were they. besides, i thought yourfather had his part in it. i did what was best for your father. do you have their addresses? what will it change? give me their addresses! here they are. turn it over. you can go to police ortell your grandfather.
but what will it change? you won’t bring yourparents back to life. your grandfather may suffera strike after you tell him. besides, we’re family now. stesha, we all dependon you now. don’t do it. it’s your luck that grandpadoesn’t know anything. he would have torn you to pieces! everything is fine, my dear! i’m with you. the situation is disputable.
the outcome depends entirely on you. what do you want me to do? you have to confirm that borisand gleb lanskoy provoked egor. they offended himwith words and actions. and most importantly, that hehad to defend himself at the civil registry office. but it’s not true. i can’t do this.it’s not true. well, if you want your sonto grow up without a father… listen, everyone saw that egorwas the first to start a fight.
how about that? your words are theonly ones that matter. stesha, boris stopped you on your way. it’s his fault. citizeness ternova, do youconfirm that egor smolov could regard your tripto moscow as abduction? yes. do you confirm that he usedknife to protect you and himself from lanskoy brothers?
yes, i confirm it. thank you very much! hisprison time has been halved! – give him to me.– he’s sleeping. you’ve done a great job!you are a real professional. you are the best! stesha! borya, let’s go! stesha, go thank the lawyer. – thank you.– it’s my job. thank you for the son,and for saving my father.
i appreciate. my son… thank you! where are you going? come back! 3 years later… mother, i’m thirsty! i don’t have any drinkswith me. go to your grandpa! be careful! he’s already 3. it’s hard tobelieve! i wish i had a kid.
we keep trying, but… we’ve been to many sorcerersand doctors, we prayed a lot — but nothing helps. – nina…– it’s okay. when will egor return? sometime this month. aren’t you scared? youhaven’t lived together before. borya… – hello, stesha.– hello, borya. look what borya brought.
i’m not an expert, but… i triedto follow the canonic rules. thank you for the icon, borya. this work can’t be called anicon, but it’s very beautiful. – mother!– denis! it’s my fault. i won’t forgive myself! okay, calm down! we’re at thehospital, everything will be fine. take a seat. calm down, okay? – how is he?– nothing dangerous. he’s got poisoned,received internal burns.
we’ve cleaned up his intestines.now he needs to sleep. – don’t disturb him.– of course. as a father, you must keepeverything under control in your house. little kids are curious. thank you. everything is fine now. borya, forgive me thosewords at the court hearing. it’s okay, stesha, i understand. i belied you. you were saving your family.
how is your investigation, any progress? i’ve got an address of one of the suspects. i won’t tell my grandpaanything. he shouldn’t worry. do you want me to checkit? or we can go together. no, no need. it’s familybusiness. i’ll go alone. i see. it’s okay, my dear. what’s up? now open the door, putit inside and close it. what should you say? bon appetit!
my dear, i must leave for a few days.you should listen to granny. – promise?– i promise. good boy! – see you soon!– good luck! where are you going? grandpa asked me to go tosome place and take a look at the icons. i’ll be back in a few days.see you soon! bye, baby! bye!
she’s lying, i feel it.she’s playing with fire. you think so? i have no doubts. borya? i couldn’t let you go alone. this is the place where my husband works. vanya, come here! – what the hell do you need?– come here! those people came in business.
who are they? what’s their business? – good evening!– hi! fyodor smolov gave us your address. – who?– fyodor smolov, your army friend. i don’t remember him. in summer, 1989, you cameto ozersk, is this right? – try to remember.– no. on that night one icon was stolen.do you know anything about it? are you interested in icons?
some people are ready topay generously for this icon. that’s enough! get back to work! give me a minute! come tomorrow morningwhen my shift is over. – i might remember something.– please do. till tomorrow. – okay, let’s go.– good bye! petya, some people areasking about your icon. i don’t know who they are.they offered money for it.
no, no, i didn’t say a word. but i need money. okay, i’ll be waiting. – don’t you think he might run away?– no, he’s got nowhere to go. well… – thank you.– thank you. – have a good night.– good night to you also. bye! i love you. it was love at first sight. when i first saw you — that was it for me.
same happened to me whenyou tried to steal my bike. hi! is it you? i didn’t expect you that early. hello, buddy! haven’tseen you for a while. who were those people? some pricks. they werelooking for the icon. – did you bring the money?– yes sure. – here you are.– that’s nice! thank you. where are you?
i’m in molochansk,investigating my parents’ death. – why did you go there?– i had to. what does it mean? who are you with? i’m alone. what does it mean? are youwith him? i know it, you bitch! are you with him? answer me,slut! you are with that asshole! what are you doing? freeze! freeze! we’ve never had any accidents before.
the police will investigate. what happened? he must have been drunk.got cut by a spinning blade. really? i don’t believe in such coincidences. get me to the trainstation. i must go home. i thought we’ve madea decision last night. i need you, stesha. borya, please. you know i’m not alone.
i’ve got a son, and a husband. and you’ve got a wife. get me to the train station. borya! where have you been? hello, natasha. your phone doesn’t answer, borya! we should split, natasha. borya, are you kidding? we have a family. i love you.
i never loved you. i always loved anotherwoman. forgive me. this marriage is a mistake. forgive me, natasha! i hate her! i hate her! i hate her…