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MAN: Sometimes I admit to
myself that it's possible

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I will never be able
to finish my life's work.

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My one and only book.

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And that in the end,
without her...

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[#]

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...there will be nothing.

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And I will die alone.

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[CRYING]

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What are you doing here,
Coane Dominic?

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I have a migraine.

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I thought a walk might help.

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But in your pajamas
on Christmas Eve?

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Don't catch cold. Look.

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At the first opportunity,
I'll...

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What do you do
at the first opportunity?

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DOMINIC: At the first
opportunity, I have to-- I have--

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It's in the drawer.

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I-- I have saved--
I saved it for--

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At the first opportunity,
I will open the blue envelope.

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Not here in Piatra Neamt
where everyone knows me,

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but somewhere far away.

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Bucharest perhaps.

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At Easter.

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[#]

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[BELL TOLLING]

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[HORN HONKING]

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[THUNDER CRASHES]

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Universul.

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Universul.

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BOY: Special Easter
edition. Universul.

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War clouds over Romania.

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[THUNDER RUMBLING]

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WOMAN:
Oh, it's pouring.

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Universul.

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WOMAN: He was struck by lightning.

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WOMAN 2:
Call an ambulance.

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WOMAN 3:
Call for some help.

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WOMAN 4: Look, who knows
what sins he has committed

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that God would strike him
on Easter.

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They say whoever dies during
Easter goes straight to heaven.

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[#]

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WOMAN:
Dominic.

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DOMINIC:
Oh...

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I will wish you.
You know what I mean. I mean...

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I will love you
until the day I die.

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MAN:
The eye seems intact,

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but I don't know
if he is blind or not.

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I don't even know
if he's conscious,

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if he hears or
if he understands what he hears.

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If you understand what I say,
squeeze my finger.

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I'm Dr. Roman Stanciulescu.

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I'm here to help you.

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Good.

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We wish to find out
your age.

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For every 10 years,
squeeze my finger once.

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Ten.

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Twenty.
Twenty.

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Thirty.

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Forty.
Forty.

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Fifty.
Fifty.

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Sixty.
Sixty.

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Seventy.
WOMAN: Seventy.

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Seventy years old.

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MAN: Seventy. I would
have thought less.

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Well, in this larval state,

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it's hard to estimate.

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[#]

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WOMAN: I've never
met anyone like you.

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You want to know
absolutely everything.

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Laura, try to imagine

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conceiving a passion
for something,

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having one desire,
dedicating your life to it

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and then failing.

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I am 26.

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I have no accomplishments,

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I've made no discoveries.

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I'm a failure.

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ROMAN:
Do you have a wife?

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MAN: No.
WOMAN: - No.

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MAN:
Nephew?

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Yes.
- Nephew.

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Nephew.
- Do you want us

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to inform your nephew
about your condition?

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No.

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Let us know the first letter
of your name. Continue.

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I am going to say
the alphabet.

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A, B, C, D...

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D.
- D.

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He doesn't live
in Bucharest.

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He has only one relative,
a distant one,

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and he has no wife.

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Thank you.

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He'll accept any test,

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no matter how dangerous
or painful,

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to verify whether
the optic nerve was damaged.

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That's interesting.

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[#]

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[GIGGLING]

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How old did you say he was?

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Seventy.

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He's hiding his age.

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He's a young man
in the prime of his life.

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MAN:
I didn't come here...

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I came here for an education.
MAN 2: - Come.

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What did you think
about the lecture?

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MAN: Professor Matei
is getting senile.

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He told us the same thing
three or four times.

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MAN 2: I didn't
notice. I was asleep.

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Let's go get
something to eat.

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DOMINIC:
Is it true?

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LAURA:
Failure, success.

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Such extremes, Dominic.

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You yourself taught me
about Chandrakirti.

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The concept of tetralemma logic,
the four possibilities.

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What you say is so,
or it is not so,

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it's also so
and not so combined, heh,

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or it's neither so
nor not so combined.

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[GASPS] DOMINIC: You know,

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I've never told you this,

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but Dr. Chavannes' lecture
in Paris...

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I waited to see him.

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I was hoping that he would
accept me as a student.

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And he told me that if I didn't
master Chinese, Sanskrit,

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Tibetan and Japanese,

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I would never become
a great Orientalist.

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But didn't you tell him

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you wanted to study
only the Chinese language?

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I did.

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I told him that
I'd been studying Chinese

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for six months,
six hours a day.

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He stepped up
to the blackboard.

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He wrote
some 20 characters on it,

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and he asked me
to pronounce them

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one by one
and then translate the passage.

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In order to master Chinese,

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one must have
the memory of Mandarin.

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Photographic memory.

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A memory of a Mandarin.

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[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

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MAN: I remember hearing
about another case,

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a priest hit by lightning.

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Burned over his whole body

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and would survive
many years afterwards.

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True, he was left
blind and mute,

145
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as our man is also probably.

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Don't talk so loud.
Maybe he can hear you.

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I want him to hear me.

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Let's see how he'll react.
Maybe he isn't mute at all.

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No!
[YELPS]

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00:12:29,881 --> 00:12:35,220
Not mute! Not mute!

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Try to pronounce any word,
anything.

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Blue envelope.

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WOMAN:
Blue envelope.

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00:12:48,278 --> 00:12:49,487
Envelope...

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00:12:49,487 --> 00:12:52,073
[GROANING]

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00:12:52,075 --> 00:12:54,285
MAN: The teeth,
they're barely holding.

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00:12:54,285 --> 00:12:56,954
Call the dentist right now
and see if the x-rays are ready.

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00:13:05,423 --> 00:13:06,632
What's next?

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00:13:06,633 --> 00:13:09,386
"Romania may be forced
to negotiate with Hitler."

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00:13:09,386 --> 00:13:12,222
France is abandoning us
to the Nazis.

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00:13:12,223 --> 00:13:14,517
He is right.

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His x-rays have come in.

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00:13:16,103 --> 00:13:18,063
You really should
take a look at them.

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00:13:18,063 --> 00:13:23,527
The roots are healthy, but they
are being pushed up by new ones.

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00:13:27,450 --> 00:13:29,994
So we feel you're out
of danger.

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00:13:32,623 --> 00:13:35,292
Only now do you begin
to become an interesting case.

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You understand why,
don't you?

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The way the lightning
struck you,

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you had to have been killed
on the spot,

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or else to have died
of asphyxiation.

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00:13:45,889 --> 00:13:49,434
At best you'd
be left paralyzed,

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mute or blind.

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00:13:58,319 --> 00:14:02,031
You are lucky,
I'll give you that.

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00:14:04,911 --> 00:14:06,370
Yes.

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00:14:06,371 --> 00:14:09,708
We had ordered a set of dentures
to allow you to eat

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and above all,
to speak normally.

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00:14:13,337 --> 00:14:16,590
But the x-rays show
that, uh,

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a new set of teeth
are ready to appear.

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00:14:21,973 --> 00:14:24,058
It's impossible.

180
00:14:24,059 --> 00:14:27,145
Yes. It's simply impossible.

181
00:14:28,856 --> 00:14:31,650
And yet the x-rays are clear.

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00:14:33,695 --> 00:14:35,363
You are getting new teeth.

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00:14:37,407 --> 00:14:40,869
This is no longer a case
of a living dead man,

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but of something else.

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00:14:42,664 --> 00:14:46,042
What, exactly,

186
00:14:46,043 --> 00:14:47,878
we still don't know.

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00:14:47,878 --> 00:14:51,298
Your recovery is amazing.

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00:14:52,884 --> 00:14:55,720
[MOANING]

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00:14:55,722 --> 00:14:57,932
I don't want to tire you out.

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00:14:57,933 --> 00:15:00,352
Get some rest.
I'll be back tomorrow.

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00:15:04,482 --> 00:15:07,193
[BELLS TOLLING]

192
00:15:07,193 --> 00:15:09,779
News stories
and feature articles

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00:15:09,779 --> 00:15:12,824
are starting to appear
in different papers,

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00:15:12,825 --> 00:15:15,995
the majority of them absurd,
ridiculous.

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00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:20,959
What are you doing?

196
00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,181
New teeth!

197
00:15:34,017 --> 00:15:38,855
But you must help us
understand this.

198
00:15:38,856 --> 00:15:42,067
We have to know more about you,
who you are,

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00:15:42,068 --> 00:15:43,361
what your profession is.

200
00:15:43,361 --> 00:15:46,114
What's your real age?

201
00:15:46,114 --> 00:15:48,783
Please cooperate
a little more.

202
00:15:51,204 --> 00:15:53,665
Were you so stubborn
when you were young?

203
00:15:56,627 --> 00:15:58,420
Always.

204
00:15:58,421 --> 00:16:01,174
MAN: What is this you
insist on writing, young man?

205
00:16:01,174 --> 00:16:06,137
Well, I've almost finished
with antiquity, the Middle Ages.

206
00:16:06,139 --> 00:16:10,477
But the most exciting part,
the origins.

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00:16:10,477 --> 00:16:12,479
The origins of language, of--

208
00:16:12,479 --> 00:16:14,356
But when will
you finish it, Dominic?

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00:16:14,357 --> 00:16:16,859
He needs 10 lifetimes
to do it all.

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00:16:16,859 --> 00:16:19,695
DOMINIC: The origins of
language, human consciousness,

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00:16:19,696 --> 00:16:21,573
even the idea
of time itself.

212
00:16:21,573 --> 00:16:24,367
This would call for years
of research.

213
00:16:24,369 --> 00:16:26,955
And what with the inexperience
of our provincial...

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00:16:26,955 --> 00:16:29,082
[BELLS TOLLING]
...librarians.

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00:16:29,083 --> 00:16:31,544
I'm terribly sorry,
professor.

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00:16:33,170 --> 00:16:37,466
I have an appointment.
I really must run.

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00:16:37,467 --> 00:16:39,719
[#]

218
00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,432
He's brilliant. Brilliant. But--

219
00:16:45,519 --> 00:16:49,648
Laura, I'm so sorry.
I completely forgot.

220
00:16:49,649 --> 00:16:51,359
We have to talk,
Dominic.

221
00:16:51,359 --> 00:16:52,985
It's very important
for both of us,

222
00:16:52,986 --> 00:16:55,196
and I can't hide it
any longer.

223
00:16:55,196 --> 00:16:56,864
Of course.

224
00:16:56,865 --> 00:16:59,367
It's snowing. Should we go
to the Caf� Select?

225
00:16:59,369 --> 00:17:03,832
No. And please don't interrupt.
It's not what you think.

226
00:17:13,718 --> 00:17:17,180
I feel that you aren't mine,

227
00:17:17,182 --> 00:17:19,392
that you are never here with me.

228
00:17:19,393 --> 00:17:22,646
That you--
That you live in another time.

229
00:17:25,107 --> 00:17:26,984
I'm not thinking
of your research,

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00:17:26,984 --> 00:17:29,862
which in spite of what
you believe, does interest me.

231
00:17:29,863 --> 00:17:32,032
I wanted to help you
with that.

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00:17:32,032 --> 00:17:35,285
But you keep yourself shut away
in an alien world,

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one I can't enter.

234
00:17:39,083 --> 00:17:41,877
So for my sake and for yours,

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00:17:41,877 --> 00:17:44,796
we should break
our engagement and separate.

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00:17:44,797 --> 00:17:46,382
No.

237
00:17:46,382 --> 00:17:47,424
Laura, no.

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00:17:47,425 --> 00:17:50,219
We are still young.

239
00:17:50,220 --> 00:17:52,389
We both love life.

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00:17:55,602 --> 00:17:58,188
You will have more time
for your research.

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00:18:00,566 --> 00:18:01,483
You'll see later.

242
00:18:03,611 --> 00:18:05,529
[#]

243
00:18:30,894 --> 00:18:32,854
[GROANING]

244
00:18:37,151 --> 00:18:38,610
Tell the professor
what he wants to know.

245
00:18:40,906 --> 00:18:43,075
Tell him you need
a new identity.

246
00:18:51,085 --> 00:18:53,796
All right, you can go.
I'll be here all afternoon.

247
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:05,352
I understand
that you are willing

248
00:19:05,352 --> 00:19:07,270
to speak to me candidly.

249
00:19:10,024 --> 00:19:12,318
You don't have to make
a great effort.

250
00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:15,696
The words you cannot pronounce,
you can write.

251
00:19:22,456 --> 00:19:23,665
My name...

252
00:19:25,543 --> 00:19:27,670
is Dominic Matei.

253
00:19:30,298 --> 00:19:33,551
On January the 8th...

254
00:19:33,552 --> 00:19:36,179
I reached the age of 70.

255
00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:38,390
I am a teacher
in Piatra Neamt.

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00:19:38,391 --> 00:19:43,021
I live on Strada Episcopiei
at Number 18.

257
00:19:43,022 --> 00:19:44,857
It is my house.

258
00:19:46,567 --> 00:19:49,862
It contains a library of...

259
00:19:51,072 --> 00:19:54,867
some 8,000 volumes...

260
00:19:58,373 --> 00:20:00,834
which I have willed
to the lyc�e.

261
00:20:06,091 --> 00:20:08,885
You're 70 years old?

262
00:20:12,974 --> 00:20:14,559
[CHUCKLES]

263
00:20:14,559 --> 00:20:15,643
Extraordinary.

264
00:20:17,730 --> 00:20:19,189
If...

265
00:20:19,190 --> 00:20:22,193
If you require further proof,
I can tell you the...

266
00:20:22,193 --> 00:20:25,988
titles of the books
on my desk or any other...

267
00:20:25,989 --> 00:20:29,951
There's an album
of photographs somewhere?

268
00:20:29,953 --> 00:20:34,291
More precisely, with pictures
of you when you were young?

269
00:20:34,291 --> 00:20:37,836
And some, uh, clothing?

270
00:20:37,837 --> 00:20:41,215
I implore you
to be very, very discreet.

271
00:20:41,216 --> 00:20:43,093
Agents from the Secret Service,

272
00:20:43,093 --> 00:20:45,303
they'll never believe
I'm past 70

273
00:20:45,304 --> 00:20:49,934
and therefore they'll never
believe I am who I say I am.

274
00:20:49,935 --> 00:20:52,980
Of course.
We'll be very careful.

275
00:20:52,980 --> 00:20:56,150
Anything can happen
if you're interrogated by them.

276
00:20:56,150 --> 00:20:57,943
I won't let that happen.

277
00:20:57,944 --> 00:20:59,987
It's true, though,

278
00:20:59,988 --> 00:21:02,365
these are difficult times
in Romania.

279
00:21:05,704 --> 00:21:06,663
In truth...

280
00:21:10,793 --> 00:21:13,045
I came here with the intention
of committing suicide.

281
00:21:14,964 --> 00:21:18,634
I had saved an envelope
with enough strychnine in it

282
00:21:18,635 --> 00:21:20,512
to end my empty life.

283
00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:24,558
Please...

284
00:21:24,559 --> 00:21:26,769
could you find me
a fictitious identity?

285
00:21:28,647 --> 00:21:30,941
That's not a problem.

286
00:21:30,942 --> 00:21:35,655
When your beard comes off,
you'll look like a man of 35,

287
00:21:35,655 --> 00:21:39,242
or, um, 40, at most.

288
00:21:44,041 --> 00:21:45,834
[#]
[SHUTTERS CREAK]

289
00:21:48,713 --> 00:21:49,672
WOMAN:
Don't worry.

290
00:21:50,715 --> 00:21:52,133
[HUMMING]

291
00:21:58,517 --> 00:22:01,687
You're handsome
without the beard, you know?

292
00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:03,730
[#]

293
00:22:05,775 --> 00:22:07,151
I have your jacket.

294
00:22:14,326 --> 00:22:18,747
If you like, you can take me
to the movies sometime.

295
00:22:19,917 --> 00:22:20,500
[CLEARS THROAT]

296
00:22:25,006 --> 00:22:27,508
The sleeves are
too short.

297
00:22:27,509 --> 00:22:28,760
And the tie is no good.

298
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,845
They look like
an old man's clothes.

299
00:22:33,475 --> 00:22:34,350
[LAUGHS]

300
00:22:38,773 --> 00:22:40,191
[BARKING]

301
00:22:47,282 --> 00:22:48,700
Go with him.

302
00:22:56,627 --> 00:22:58,045
I've seen that car before.

303
00:22:59,589 --> 00:23:00,798
Last night in my dream.

304
00:23:02,509 --> 00:23:05,595
Some people might say
that's a bad omen.

305
00:23:05,596 --> 00:23:07,306
I'm not superstitious.

306
00:23:09,017 --> 00:23:10,310
They're waiting for us.

307
00:23:11,353 --> 00:23:13,355
[#]

308
00:23:15,399 --> 00:23:16,400
[HORN HONKING]

309
00:23:48,606 --> 00:23:49,315
Professor.

310
00:23:56,156 --> 00:23:57,699
Welcome. Thank you, doctor.

311
00:24:04,083 --> 00:24:05,793
There's wild roses
somewhere.

312
00:24:13,385 --> 00:24:16,847
ROMAN: I want you to note down
all that passes through your mind.

313
00:24:20,227 --> 00:24:23,313
All the books you've read,
all the languages you know,

314
00:24:23,314 --> 00:24:27,360
everything, all the memories,
no matter how insignificant.

315
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,195
If you aren't in the mood
to write,

316
00:24:29,195 --> 00:24:31,238
or if you have
too much to say,

317
00:24:31,239 --> 00:24:32,365
use this device.

318
00:24:38,290 --> 00:24:41,251
German, I'm sorry to say.

319
00:24:42,753 --> 00:24:43,670
A wire recorder.

320
00:24:50,471 --> 00:24:51,263
How do I operate this?

321
00:24:52,848 --> 00:24:54,099
[VOICE SQUEAKING]

322
00:24:55,686 --> 00:24:57,646
[BOTH LAUGH]

323
00:24:57,646 --> 00:24:59,606
DOMINIC [ON TAPE]:
How do I operate this?

324
00:24:59,607 --> 00:25:01,108
[#]

325
00:25:37,902 --> 00:25:39,320
My memory...

326
00:25:43,158 --> 00:25:44,659
My memory is unbelievable.

327
00:25:48,248 --> 00:25:50,166
[SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

328
00:26:00,053 --> 00:26:02,096
[SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

329
00:26:11,109 --> 00:26:13,111
[SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

330
00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:25,917
ROMAN:
I have a surprise for you.

331
00:26:25,918 --> 00:26:27,836
Soon you'll receive
all the things

332
00:26:27,837 --> 00:26:30,840
from your home
in Piatra Neamt:

333
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,509
your reference books,
dictionaries,

334
00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:35,095
personal belongings.

335
00:26:35,095 --> 00:26:36,805
[#]

336
00:26:40,561 --> 00:26:41,603
Ah.

337
00:26:43,814 --> 00:26:46,108
The watch she gave me.

338
00:26:46,109 --> 00:26:49,904
ROMAN: I've brought
your family album.

339
00:26:49,905 --> 00:26:53,659
The one with your pictures
from lyc�e and the university.

340
00:26:59,291 --> 00:27:01,042
What are you thinking?

341
00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:06,048
What kind of memories?

342
00:27:11,055 --> 00:27:13,682
What kind of associations?

343
00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:32,621
When I look
at that photograph,

344
00:27:35,543 --> 00:27:38,588
I sense the heat

345
00:27:38,588 --> 00:27:40,631
of that morning.

346
00:27:50,686 --> 00:27:52,938
The fragrance of the oleander.

347
00:27:57,402 --> 00:27:59,445
Laura's scent.

348
00:28:00,697 --> 00:28:02,031
Soap...

349
00:28:02,032 --> 00:28:05,494
on her skin.

350
00:28:05,494 --> 00:28:07,496
It's unforgettable.

351
00:28:21,305 --> 00:28:24,224
She married someone else,
you know.

352
00:28:25,853 --> 00:28:29,273
And a year later
she died in childbirth.

353
00:28:34,905 --> 00:28:37,282
[SIGHS]

354
00:28:37,282 --> 00:28:38,658
It was awful.

355
00:28:38,659 --> 00:28:43,414
It's a kind of hypermnesia
with lateral effects.

356
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,002
It's...

357
00:28:47,003 --> 00:28:48,754
too much,

358
00:28:50,048 --> 00:28:50,631
and it's useless.

359
00:28:52,551 --> 00:28:53,885
It seems useless

360
00:28:53,885 --> 00:28:58,056
because we don't know yet
what to do with it,

361
00:28:58,057 --> 00:29:01,310
with this fantastic

362
00:29:01,312 --> 00:29:03,773
recovery of memory.

363
00:29:05,149 --> 00:29:06,275
It's useless.

364
00:29:06,275 --> 00:29:07,734
Soon it will be learned

365
00:29:07,735 --> 00:29:09,069
that someone,

366
00:29:09,070 --> 00:29:12,740
an old man of unknown origin,
was struck by lightning

367
00:29:12,741 --> 00:29:13,908
and after 10 weeks

368
00:29:13,909 --> 00:29:17,246
appeared perfectly healthy
and young again.

369
00:29:21,711 --> 00:29:25,548
Let's hope the rest
will not be found out.

370
00:29:27,509 --> 00:29:29,094
[THUNDER CRACKING]

371
00:29:48,492 --> 00:29:51,453
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

372
00:29:51,454 --> 00:29:55,166
MAN: The anterior-posterior
diameter, 19 centimeters.

373
00:29:57,378 --> 00:29:59,505
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

374
00:29:59,505 --> 00:30:02,716
The height of the face,
12 centimeters.

375
00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:11,644
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

376
00:30:11,645 --> 00:30:13,980
MAN: And the length of
the nose, 6 centimeters.

377
00:30:13,981 --> 00:30:19,153
[IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE] The sexual
organs look like those of a man of 40.

378
00:30:19,154 --> 00:30:21,239
They are fully functional.

379
00:30:21,239 --> 00:30:24,534
My opinion: the patient
is clinically youthful.

380
00:30:28,666 --> 00:30:30,751
[IN ENGLISH]
I warned you there would be

381
00:30:30,751 --> 00:30:33,670
a sort of international
consultation.

382
00:30:33,671 --> 00:30:34,838
They had to see firsthand.

383
00:30:34,839 --> 00:30:36,340
They couldn't believe
the reports

384
00:30:36,341 --> 00:30:39,094
I published
in La Presse M�dicale.

385
00:30:39,094 --> 00:30:42,347
Well, I wasn't expecting
such questions.

386
00:30:42,348 --> 00:30:45,059
Especially since I was still
in the hospital and had no way

387
00:30:45,059 --> 00:30:49,564
of confirming or ruling out
sexual possibilities.

388
00:30:49,565 --> 00:30:51,734
Excuse me.

389
00:30:51,734 --> 00:30:56,072
ROMAN: In your notebooks,
you speak of erotic dreams.

390
00:30:56,073 --> 00:30:58,367
Are you sure they were dreams?

391
00:31:00,077 --> 00:31:02,454
I don't know.

392
00:31:02,455 --> 00:31:06,042
But if I've confused erotic
dreams with real experiences,

393
00:31:06,043 --> 00:31:08,212
my life is far more interesting
than I'd imagined.

394
00:31:08,212 --> 00:31:09,213
Good,

395
00:31:09,214 --> 00:31:11,967
we value this information.

396
00:31:11,967 --> 00:31:13,218
Thank you.

397
00:31:16,013 --> 00:31:19,058
But in the case
of the young lady in Room 6,

398
00:31:19,058 --> 00:31:21,811
my friend,

399
00:31:21,812 --> 00:31:26,066
that woman was imposed on us
by the Secret Service.

400
00:31:30,405 --> 00:31:33,575
What young lady in Room 6?

401
00:31:33,575 --> 00:31:35,076
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKER]

402
00:32:06,281 --> 00:32:08,158
Have we met
somewhere before?

403
00:32:11,162 --> 00:32:12,747
Of course we've met before.

404
00:32:14,834 --> 00:32:16,752
Several times, in fact.

405
00:32:20,882 --> 00:32:23,259
I am impressed.
You are very discreet.

406
00:32:24,970 --> 00:32:26,221
Where?

407
00:32:27,264 --> 00:32:29,224
And when?

408
00:32:30,643 --> 00:32:33,729
Most recently,
last night in Room 6.

409
00:32:37,193 --> 00:32:39,236
Your room is next door.

410
00:32:48,331 --> 00:32:49,999
[#]

411
00:32:54,923 --> 00:32:56,841
[SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

412
00:33:40,727 --> 00:33:42,437
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKER]

413
00:33:50,697 --> 00:33:52,448
[WOMAN SINGING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

414
00:34:32,246 --> 00:34:34,248
MAN:
Open up!

415
00:34:35,876 --> 00:34:37,711
MAN 2:
Second floor is clear.

416
00:34:37,712 --> 00:34:39,213
[#]

417
00:34:48,140 --> 00:34:50,309
MAN 3: Sir...
MAN 4: - Over here.

418
00:34:50,309 --> 00:34:52,686
MAN 5: Over here or there?
MAN 6: - Hey, get out of the car.

419
00:34:52,688 --> 00:34:55,107
MAN 7: Hey, you, stop
the car. Stop the car.

420
00:34:55,108 --> 00:34:56,651
[MEN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

421
00:34:59,404 --> 00:35:01,322
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKER]

422
00:35:30,942 --> 00:35:32,819
[#]

423
00:35:50,423 --> 00:35:52,675
THE DOUBLE:
Don't worry.

424
00:35:52,676 --> 00:35:55,137
It had to happen
like this,

425
00:35:55,137 --> 00:35:57,681
for you to be confused
with others,

426
00:35:57,681 --> 00:36:01,935
for people to think you can't
distinguish dream from reality.

427
00:36:01,936 --> 00:36:04,146
Who is taking care of me?

428
00:36:04,148 --> 00:36:07,610
Did you think all you've gone
through is due to chance?

429
00:36:07,610 --> 00:36:09,487
Who is watching over me?

430
00:36:09,488 --> 00:36:12,741
It doesn't matter now.
You'll find out later.

431
00:36:12,741 --> 00:36:15,410
Besides, you've guessed
some of it already.

432
00:36:15,411 --> 00:36:18,164
Otherwise, why haven't you
told the professor

433
00:36:18,164 --> 00:36:22,126
about...
certain dreams like this?

434
00:36:22,128 --> 00:36:23,462
Stop.

435
00:36:23,463 --> 00:36:27,634
If you know
someone else exists,

436
00:36:27,634 --> 00:36:30,887
why have you never
referred to it?

437
00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:32,347
I must not think,
I must not think,

438
00:36:32,348 --> 00:36:34,266
I must not think
of anything.

439
00:36:34,267 --> 00:36:37,103
I must not think,
I must not think of anything.

440
00:36:37,103 --> 00:36:40,064
I must not think,
I must not think of anything.

441
00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:41,984
I must not think,
I must not think...

442
00:36:58,963 --> 00:37:00,464
THE DOUBLE:
Yes.

443
00:37:00,465 --> 00:37:06,138
You learn more quickly,
more profoundly, in sleep.

444
00:37:06,138 --> 00:37:08,599
You told the professor
that in sleep

445
00:37:08,599 --> 00:37:11,226
you continued your studies
of the daytime.

446
00:37:11,227 --> 00:37:16,149
Little by little, you discovered
you'd mastered Chinese,

447
00:37:16,150 --> 00:37:20,488
just as later, you discovered
you'd mastered other languages.

448
00:37:23,325 --> 00:37:26,036
I'm beginning to understand
what's happening to me.

449
00:37:26,037 --> 00:37:27,371
Yes.

450
00:37:27,371 --> 00:37:29,540
Good.

451
00:37:31,752 --> 00:37:34,755
The enormous concentration

452
00:37:34,756 --> 00:37:39,386
of electricity that exploded
directly above me

453
00:37:40,679 --> 00:37:43,390
regenerated me and...

454
00:37:45,226 --> 00:37:48,771
amplified fabulously
all my mental faculties.

455
00:37:48,773 --> 00:37:53,194
But this electrical discharge
also made possible

456
00:37:53,194 --> 00:37:56,906
the emergence of a new
personality, a sort of...

457
00:37:58,200 --> 00:37:59,284
double.

458
00:37:59,285 --> 00:38:01,245
Yes.

459
00:38:02,705 --> 00:38:04,707
The formula of the double

460
00:38:04,707 --> 00:38:08,377
is...correct and useful.

461
00:38:08,379 --> 00:38:11,215
But don't be in a hurry
to tell the professor.

462
00:38:23,898 --> 00:38:24,648
[BLOWS]

463
00:38:26,943 --> 00:38:30,154
[#]

464
00:38:34,827 --> 00:38:37,121
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

465
00:38:46,049 --> 00:38:48,760
MAN:
So, what I can say?

466
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:49,927
A man was about to

467
00:38:49,928 --> 00:38:52,263
cross the street.

468
00:38:52,264 --> 00:38:55,267
He was 70 or 80 years old.

469
00:38:55,268 --> 00:38:56,644
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

470
00:39:04,279 --> 00:39:06,489
The young lady
in Room 6

471
00:39:06,490 --> 00:39:09,451
disappeared
two days ago.

472
00:39:18,963 --> 00:39:22,717
Your companion of a night,
or several.

473
00:39:22,718 --> 00:39:25,888
DOMINIC: I'm afraid it was several.

474
00:39:25,888 --> 00:39:28,307
WOMAN [IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]:
Do you love me?

475
00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:34,188
Yes, more than I could
have imagined.

476
00:39:34,190 --> 00:39:35,608
[GRUNTS]

477
00:39:35,608 --> 00:39:39,570
Tell me how you desire me,
how you long for me.

478
00:39:39,571 --> 00:39:43,950
You are my dream
and my goddess.

479
00:39:43,951 --> 00:39:46,537
ROMAN [IN ENGLISH]:
She recorded all your conversations

480
00:39:46,537 --> 00:39:48,998
and transmitted them
to the Gestapo.

481
00:39:48,998 --> 00:39:51,083
And when she asked you
questions

482
00:39:51,085 --> 00:39:53,879
in Russian, Polish
or German,

483
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,592
you replied without difficulty
in all those languages.

484
00:40:00,012 --> 00:40:04,892
It's probable that after
listening to the recordings,

485
00:40:04,892 --> 00:40:10,064
someone high up in the Reich
decided to kidnap you.

486
00:40:11,359 --> 00:40:13,694
Kidnap me?

487
00:40:13,695 --> 00:40:14,737
You have become

488
00:40:14,738 --> 00:40:17,616
the most valuable human specimen

489
00:40:17,616 --> 00:40:21,537
existing today
on the face of the earth.

490
00:40:21,537 --> 00:40:23,956
Come, have your chicken.

491
00:40:26,209 --> 00:40:28,544
All the medical schools
in the world

492
00:40:28,546 --> 00:40:30,881
would like to study you.

493
00:40:30,882 --> 00:40:33,885
As a sort of guinea pig.
MAN: - Professor.

494
00:40:33,886 --> 00:40:36,764
We are doing all we can
to prevent that.

495
00:40:36,764 --> 00:40:38,724
Professor, ahem,

496
00:40:38,724 --> 00:40:40,309
in your office,
you must come.

497
00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:42,395
Please, professor,
immediately.

498
00:40:42,395 --> 00:40:45,732
[MUTTERING IN GERMAN]

499
00:40:45,733 --> 00:40:47,234
[CLEARS THROAT]

500
00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:55,494
We are disturbed over your level
of cooperation, Herr Professor.

501
00:40:55,494 --> 00:40:58,497
As you see, your government
has instructed you

502
00:40:58,498 --> 00:41:00,124
to relinquish
the patient

503
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:03,170
and all relevant files
to our custody.

504
00:41:08,802 --> 00:41:13,765
I'm sorry, I cannot
comply with this one.

505
00:41:13,766 --> 00:41:16,268
"Cannot comply"?

506
00:41:16,269 --> 00:41:18,938
I will not turn over
the patient himself.

507
00:41:18,939 --> 00:41:20,440
As his doctor,

508
00:41:20,441 --> 00:41:24,695
his condition won't allow
transfer at this time.

509
00:41:30,870 --> 00:41:33,956
I'll return
with a German doctor.

510
00:41:33,957 --> 00:41:35,458
[#]

511
00:41:47,890 --> 00:41:49,141
THE DOUBLE:
Good.

512
00:41:49,142 --> 00:41:51,603
You're behaving as you should

513
00:41:51,603 --> 00:41:55,023
in order to create
the necessary confusion.

514
00:41:56,901 --> 00:41:59,445
The double.

515
00:41:59,446 --> 00:42:02,991
He always answers the questions
I'm ready to ask.

516
00:42:02,992 --> 00:42:04,785
Like a true
guardian angel.

517
00:42:04,785 --> 00:42:09,123
Now that's a correct
and useful formula.

518
00:42:09,124 --> 00:42:10,792
Are there others?

519
00:42:10,792 --> 00:42:12,377
Many.

520
00:42:12,378 --> 00:42:14,338
For example?

521
00:42:14,339 --> 00:42:19,428
Along with angels and guardian
angels, there are powers:

522
00:42:19,428 --> 00:42:21,513
Archangels,

523
00:42:21,514 --> 00:42:24,475
seraphim, cherubim.

524
00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:28,354
Intermediary beings
par excellence.

525
00:42:28,355 --> 00:42:30,148
Intermediary
between consciousness

526
00:42:30,149 --> 00:42:33,068
and unconsciousness?

527
00:42:33,069 --> 00:42:34,528
Well, of course.

528
00:42:36,031 --> 00:42:38,700
But also between
nature and man,

529
00:42:38,701 --> 00:42:41,620
man and the divine,

530
00:42:41,621 --> 00:42:45,708
reason and Eros.

531
00:42:45,709 --> 00:42:48,336
Feminine and masculine,

532
00:42:48,338 --> 00:42:50,507
darkness and light,

533
00:42:50,507 --> 00:42:52,384
matter and spirit.

534
00:42:52,384 --> 00:42:53,927
[SIGHS]

535
00:42:55,554 --> 00:42:58,432
So it's come back
to my old passion again:

536
00:42:59,892 --> 00:43:03,229
philosophy of religion.

537
00:43:03,230 --> 00:43:05,857
Yes,

538
00:43:05,859 --> 00:43:08,278
for you it will always
come back to that.

539
00:43:10,906 --> 00:43:13,408
But I can't believe
in the objective reality

540
00:43:13,409 --> 00:43:16,328
of the person
with whom I'm conversing. I--

541
00:43:17,747 --> 00:43:21,542
I can only think of him
as my double.

542
00:43:21,543 --> 00:43:24,254
Well, in a sense,

543
00:43:24,255 --> 00:43:26,507
that's what he is, but...

544
00:43:28,260 --> 00:43:32,097
that doesn't mean
he doesn't exist

545
00:43:32,098 --> 00:43:34,809
in an objective way
independently.

546
00:43:34,809 --> 00:43:36,852
Oh, I'd like to be convinced,
but--

547
00:43:36,853 --> 00:43:41,775
In metaphysical controversies,
empirical proofs

548
00:43:41,776 --> 00:43:44,320
lose their value, but...

549
00:43:48,951 --> 00:43:52,204
wouldn't you enjoy receiving

550
00:43:52,205 --> 00:43:55,375
a few fresh roses

551
00:43:55,375 --> 00:43:57,168
picked from the garden?

552
00:43:57,169 --> 00:43:59,463
I've always liked roses.

553
00:43:59,464 --> 00:44:01,799
Well, where would you like me
to put them?

554
00:44:03,802 --> 00:44:06,805
Not in the vase,
at any rate.

555
00:44:09,225 --> 00:44:12,311
One right here

556
00:44:12,312 --> 00:44:13,855
in my hand...

557
00:44:16,109 --> 00:44:19,612
as I'm holding it now, open.

558
00:44:19,613 --> 00:44:21,364
[#]

559
00:44:29,165 --> 00:44:31,250
And another on my knee?

560
00:44:37,843 --> 00:44:39,761
The third rose.

561
00:44:39,762 --> 00:44:42,473
Where do you want me
to put the third rose?

562
00:44:44,016 --> 00:44:45,809
Let's see.

563
00:44:49,189 --> 00:44:52,442
Things are more serious
than we thought.

564
00:44:52,444 --> 00:44:56,949
We know now why the Gestapo
will try anything,

565
00:44:56,949 --> 00:44:59,326
anything, in order to get
their hands on you.

566
00:45:01,412 --> 00:45:02,579
Why?

567
00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:06,000
Among the intimates
of Goebbels,

568
00:45:06,001 --> 00:45:09,046
there is an enigmatic
and ambiguous person,

569
00:45:09,047 --> 00:45:12,050
a certain Dr. Josef Rudolf.

570
00:45:12,050 --> 00:45:14,636
[CAMERA CLICKS]

571
00:45:14,636 --> 00:45:16,304
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

572
00:45:16,305 --> 00:45:19,892
Dr. Rudolf believes that
electrocution by a current

573
00:45:19,892 --> 00:45:21,894
of at least a million volts

574
00:45:21,895 --> 00:45:24,230
could produce
a radical mutation

575
00:45:24,231 --> 00:45:26,233
of the human species.

576
00:45:29,363 --> 00:45:30,739
Word of these experiments

577
00:45:30,739 --> 00:45:33,742
has reached the ear
of Adolf Hitler,

578
00:45:33,742 --> 00:45:37,412
who has become personally
interested in your case.

579
00:45:37,413 --> 00:45:39,415
[MEN SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

580
00:45:39,416 --> 00:45:42,919
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

581
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,714
[IN GERMAN] Attention!
The experiment begins!

582
00:45:47,843 --> 00:45:49,761
[MEN SHOUTING]

583
00:46:08,951 --> 00:46:13,456
[IN ENGLISH] They want
us to lend you to them

584
00:46:13,456 --> 00:46:16,000
for a period of time.

585
00:46:16,001 --> 00:46:18,462
God help me.

586
00:46:18,463 --> 00:46:19,380
Time, Dominic,

587
00:46:20,966 --> 00:46:24,011
we are running out of time.

588
00:46:24,011 --> 00:46:26,472
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

589
00:46:26,472 --> 00:46:28,349
[MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN
OVER PA]

590
00:46:34,106 --> 00:46:36,775
MAN [IN GERMAN]: Austrian-Swiss
border. Passport control.

591
00:46:36,776 --> 00:46:40,738
Please disembark
with all luggage.

592
00:46:48,665 --> 00:46:52,419
[MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN
OVER PA]

593
00:46:55,090 --> 00:46:56,174
[SPEAKING IN GERMAN]

594
00:46:56,174 --> 00:46:57,049
[SPEAKS IN GERMAN]

595
00:47:05,852 --> 00:47:07,687
[TRAIN CHUGGING]
[BELL DINGING]

596
00:47:13,195 --> 00:47:17,658
[MAN SPEAKING IN GERMAN
OVER PA]

597
00:47:24,666 --> 00:47:27,419
An order has just come in
from Vienna

598
00:47:27,419 --> 00:47:31,924
that certain nationals
will be detained.

599
00:47:31,925 --> 00:47:35,345
But why? I have
a valid passport and visa.

600
00:47:35,346 --> 00:47:36,805
Please take a step back.

601
00:47:43,230 --> 00:47:44,815
[WHISTLE BLOWS]

602
00:47:48,695 --> 00:47:50,613
[CHATTERING IN GERMAN]

603
00:48:03,797 --> 00:48:06,007
Go on!

604
00:48:06,007 --> 00:48:09,928
My cooperation with the Nazis
is only symbolic.

605
00:48:09,929 --> 00:48:10,596
Go ahead.

606
00:48:12,890 --> 00:48:14,099
DOMINIC:
Thank you.

607
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:15,768
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]

608
00:48:15,768 --> 00:48:17,561
[#]

609
00:48:47,473 --> 00:48:48,682
DOMINIC [IN ENGLISH]:
Geneva.

610
00:48:48,683 --> 00:48:51,978
1941, May the 7th.

611
00:48:51,978 --> 00:48:54,814
Dominic Matei, dictation.

612
00:49:02,074 --> 00:49:04,910
The documents in the Geneva
safety-deposit box

613
00:49:04,911 --> 00:49:08,206
summarize my life,
which was profoundly changed

614
00:49:08,206 --> 00:49:10,291
in the spring of 1938,

615
00:49:10,292 --> 00:49:12,544
in front of the Gara de Nord
railway station

616
00:49:12,544 --> 00:49:13,878
in Bucharest.

617
00:49:13,879 --> 00:49:15,380
My first experiences

618
00:49:15,382 --> 00:49:19,303
were described and analyzed
by Professor Roman Stanciulescu,

619
00:49:19,303 --> 00:49:23,098
in reports which were
confiscated by the Nazis.

620
00:49:23,099 --> 00:49:26,018
[WHIRRING]

621
00:49:26,019 --> 00:49:28,021
[#]

622
00:49:28,021 --> 00:49:30,523
DOMINIC:
The war rages around me.

623
00:49:30,524 --> 00:49:33,360
I am a fugitive
in neutral Switzerland,

624
00:49:33,361 --> 00:49:34,820
encircled by the Axis powers.

625
00:49:40,745 --> 00:49:44,123
My Romanian homeland has
made a pact with the devil,

626
00:49:44,124 --> 00:49:45,959
Adolf Hitler,

627
00:49:45,959 --> 00:49:48,420
and may soon be under siege.

628
00:49:49,798 --> 00:49:52,300
[GUNSHOT]

629
00:49:52,301 --> 00:49:54,219
I've lost contact
with my dear friend,

630
00:49:54,219 --> 00:49:55,887
Professor Stanciulescu,

631
00:49:55,888 --> 00:49:57,097
which could mean
that he's been killed.

632
00:50:00,476 --> 00:50:02,269
[CAMERA CLICKING]

633
00:50:07,277 --> 00:50:08,778
I live in fear,

634
00:50:08,779 --> 00:50:11,323
dreading what awaits
in the alleyways.

635
00:50:11,323 --> 00:50:13,575
Eluding capture by my wits,

636
00:50:13,576 --> 00:50:16,078
moving from hotel
to rooming house,

637
00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:18,039
always working on my book.

638
00:50:19,124 --> 00:50:20,792
[GUNSHOT]

639
00:50:20,792 --> 00:50:23,336
November the 30th, 1941.

640
00:50:23,337 --> 00:50:28,092
Zurich. Dominic Matei.

641
00:50:28,093 --> 00:50:29,636
I have explained
in portfolio B

642
00:50:29,637 --> 00:50:31,597
how I instinctually
found the talent

643
00:50:31,597 --> 00:50:34,308
to preserve myself.

644
00:50:34,309 --> 00:50:36,269
Living like a secret agent,

645
00:50:36,269 --> 00:50:39,731
I discovered abilities
to forge documents,

646
00:50:39,731 --> 00:50:42,525
change addresses
and prepare disguises.

647
00:50:42,527 --> 00:50:43,736
[GUNSHOT]

648
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,622
Shortly before he disappeared,
Professor Stanciulescu

649
00:50:52,622 --> 00:50:55,375
arranged a bank account
for me in Geneva

650
00:50:55,375 --> 00:50:57,293
under the name
of William Pedersen.

651
00:50:59,046 --> 00:51:01,590
Now, without him,
these funds will be depleted.

652
00:51:01,591 --> 00:51:03,843
Oh, good morning,
Mr. Pedersen.

653
00:51:03,844 --> 00:51:06,555
And I will have
to find other means.

654
00:51:06,555 --> 00:51:07,514
[GUNSHOT]

655
00:51:08,975 --> 00:51:12,395
February the 20th, 1942.

656
00:51:12,395 --> 00:51:14,230
Bern.

657
00:51:14,231 --> 00:51:18,152
I must face the undeniable
and chilling truth,

658
00:51:18,153 --> 00:51:19,696
that I am a mutant.

659
00:51:19,696 --> 00:51:23,158
Like a character
in a science-fiction novel,

660
00:51:23,159 --> 00:51:26,454
I am a strange superman
of the future.

661
00:51:28,164 --> 00:51:33,044
I have access to knowledge
unavailable to mankind.

662
00:51:33,045 --> 00:51:36,006
Powers I don't fully
understand.

663
00:51:38,385 --> 00:51:41,012
[GUNSHOT]

664
00:51:41,013 --> 00:51:45,267
Despite this, I try to behave
as an ordinary intellectual,

665
00:51:45,268 --> 00:51:47,478
working to complete my book,

666
00:51:47,479 --> 00:51:49,689
documenting the origin
of language

667
00:51:49,690 --> 00:51:51,859
and human consciousness.

668
00:51:51,859 --> 00:51:55,863
I began to realize that
with any text I had before me,

669
00:51:55,864 --> 00:51:58,033
if I wanted to know
the content,

670
00:51:58,033 --> 00:52:01,536
I simply...knew it.

671
00:52:03,915 --> 00:52:06,417
[GUNSHOT]

672
00:52:06,418 --> 00:52:10,130
Lake Campione.
October the 23rd, 1942.

673
00:52:14,136 --> 00:52:17,473
I found I could augment
my income.

674
00:52:17,473 --> 00:52:21,018
Winning just enough
not to arouse suspicion.

675
00:52:21,019 --> 00:52:23,688
No more bets.

676
00:52:23,688 --> 00:52:27,233
Nothing is as it seems,
I am the proof of that.

677
00:52:27,234 --> 00:52:28,777
We've got a winner.

678
00:52:28,779 --> 00:52:30,322
MAN:
Dominic Matei?

679
00:52:30,322 --> 00:52:32,699
Dominic Matei.

680
00:52:32,700 --> 00:52:35,119
I trust no one.

681
00:52:36,579 --> 00:52:38,164
Look at these.

682
00:52:38,164 --> 00:52:40,416
See? These were taken
at the clinic

683
00:52:40,417 --> 00:52:43,295
of Dr. Stanciulescu...

684
00:52:43,295 --> 00:52:46,590
in 1938.

685
00:52:46,591 --> 00:52:50,678
And to think, 10 months ago,
on January 8th,

686
00:52:50,679 --> 00:52:52,055
you turned 74 years old.

687
00:52:54,183 --> 00:52:55,267
CROUPIER:
Eleven again.

688
00:52:55,268 --> 00:52:56,686
You're trying
to look older too.

689
00:52:56,686 --> 00:52:58,646
Those glasses aren't
even prescription.

690
00:53:01,817 --> 00:53:05,195
I still don't-- Thank you.
I still don't know

691
00:53:05,197 --> 00:53:07,115
with whom I have the pleasure
to be speaking.

692
00:53:07,116 --> 00:53:09,243
Ted Jones, Jr.

693
00:53:09,243 --> 00:53:12,288
I'm a correspondent
for LIFE magazine.

694
00:53:12,288 --> 00:53:14,540
Listen.

695
00:53:14,541 --> 00:53:17,586
Switzerland is entirely
surrounded by the Axis powers.

696
00:53:17,586 --> 00:53:20,631
I'm cashing out.
Thank you.

697
00:53:20,632 --> 00:53:23,093
I'm on special assignment
for the United States.

698
00:53:23,093 --> 00:53:26,096
I really think you're
confusing me with someone else.

699
00:53:26,097 --> 00:53:28,808
We can protect your identity,
completely.

700
00:53:28,808 --> 00:53:31,644
I have a very powerful
organization behind me.

701
00:53:31,645 --> 00:53:34,815
I know I can be
of some service to you.

702
00:53:34,815 --> 00:53:36,984
We can pay you, or we can make

703
00:53:36,984 --> 00:53:39,236
some arrangements for you,
anything that might help you.

704
00:53:46,996 --> 00:53:48,581
You know,
your English is perfect,

705
00:53:48,581 --> 00:53:50,833
but you're not saying anything.

706
00:53:54,922 --> 00:53:57,299
I'm afraid I must remain
neutral in all of this.

707
00:53:57,301 --> 00:53:58,677
Now, if you'll excuse me.

708
00:54:00,346 --> 00:54:03,140
If someone were to tell me
that there exist among us

709
00:54:03,141 --> 00:54:07,979
authentic magicians, saints,
bodhisattvas,

710
00:54:07,979 --> 00:54:11,190
or anyone endowed
with miraculous powers,

711
00:54:11,191 --> 00:54:12,650
I would believe them.

712
00:54:12,651 --> 00:54:16,530
In a certain sense,
what you say is true.

713
00:54:16,532 --> 00:54:18,575
But you've attained
the freedom to accept

714
00:54:18,576 --> 00:54:20,035
or reject
these new conditions

715
00:54:20,036 --> 00:54:24,874
to use them to finish
your life's work, or not.

716
00:54:24,875 --> 00:54:27,044
Have you decided?

717
00:54:29,004 --> 00:54:31,923
To use them for good

718
00:54:31,925 --> 00:54:33,510
or for evil.

719
00:54:33,510 --> 00:54:35,971
Have you decided?

720
00:54:52,074 --> 00:54:54,451
[PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC]

721
00:54:54,452 --> 00:54:56,412
[CHATTERING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

722
00:54:56,412 --> 00:54:57,830
Despite my precautions,

723
00:54:57,831 --> 00:54:59,624
I was afraid
I would inadvertently

724
00:54:59,624 --> 00:55:02,460
give myself away
conversing with professors

725
00:55:02,461 --> 00:55:04,630
and colleagues
at the university.

726
00:55:04,630 --> 00:55:07,925
I knew more than any of them
and understood things

727
00:55:07,926 --> 00:55:10,095
they never even
suspected existed.

728
00:55:26,407 --> 00:55:27,783
I know you're
a good friend

729
00:55:27,783 --> 00:55:29,701
of the Romanian
Professor Stanciulescu.

730
00:55:29,702 --> 00:55:34,332
I'm very sorry. I heard he died
in a plane crash, an accident.

731
00:55:34,332 --> 00:55:38,294
But we can talk about this
when my friend gets here.

732
00:55:38,295 --> 00:55:40,255
I told him to come at 9:00.

733
00:55:40,256 --> 00:55:42,174
Your friend?

734
00:55:42,175 --> 00:55:44,636
Dr. Monroe.

735
00:55:44,637 --> 00:55:47,765
The director of an important
gerontology foundation.

736
00:55:49,601 --> 00:55:53,271
He's Swiss, like me.

737
00:55:56,191 --> 00:55:57,734
[WHISPERING]
Like you.

738
00:56:04,452 --> 00:56:06,203
You know,
I do have a name.

739
00:56:07,413 --> 00:56:09,790
Would you like to know it?

740
00:56:21,013 --> 00:56:21,972
Be careful.

741
00:56:25,477 --> 00:56:27,437
He knows who you are.

742
00:56:27,437 --> 00:56:31,066
Hello, I'm Dr. Monroe.

743
00:56:31,066 --> 00:56:32,734
Head of the foundation
investigating

744
00:56:32,735 --> 00:56:34,236
the materials
of Professor Stanciulescu.

745
00:56:37,908 --> 00:56:40,619
I'm afraid I have no idea
to what you're referring.

746
00:56:40,620 --> 00:56:42,997
The belief that youth and life

747
00:56:42,997 --> 00:56:45,166
can be prolonged in any way
other than by the purely

748
00:56:45,167 --> 00:56:46,501
biochemical ones.

749
00:56:46,501 --> 00:56:47,460
You do know
what I'm referring to?

750
00:56:49,505 --> 00:56:50,839
No, I'm sorry.

751
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:53,885
Methods proposed
by that Nazi, Dr. Rudolf.

752
00:56:53,886 --> 00:56:59,225
Electrocution by means
of a million or more volts.

753
00:56:59,225 --> 00:57:00,768
Insane.

754
00:57:00,769 --> 00:57:04,022
Fortunately, I believe
that method was never tried.

755
00:57:04,022 --> 00:57:06,900
But our informants said
that Professor Stanciulescu

756
00:57:06,901 --> 00:57:10,238
had worked with a somewhat
analogous case of rejuvenation

757
00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:12,157
induced by a bolt
of lightning.

758
00:57:15,620 --> 00:57:18,331
We know who you are,
Mr. Dominic Matei.

759
00:57:20,167 --> 00:57:23,045
Now, I have a prior engagement,
I really must run.

760
00:57:23,045 --> 00:57:25,172
I'm terribly sorry.
- I know.

761
00:57:25,172 --> 00:57:28,175
Perhaps we could have dinner.
Later tonight?

762
00:57:28,177 --> 00:57:29,887
[#]

763
00:57:49,327 --> 00:57:51,954
MONROE:
Mr. Matei?

764
00:57:51,955 --> 00:57:54,040
What do we do with time?

765
00:57:58,295 --> 00:58:00,589
That question,
"what do we do with time"

766
00:58:00,589 --> 00:58:06,262
expresses the supreme ambiguity
of the human condition.

767
00:58:06,263 --> 00:58:09,099
I have no idea
what you're talking about.

768
00:58:09,100 --> 00:58:12,061
An opportunity has been
given to us.

769
00:58:13,981 --> 00:58:15,983
We, the human race.

770
00:58:17,693 --> 00:58:18,902
"We"?

771
00:58:20,989 --> 00:58:21,781
No.

772
00:58:32,628 --> 00:58:35,714
You and I both know
what is coming:

773
00:58:35,715 --> 00:58:38,468
atomic warfare,
cataclysmic destruction.

774
00:58:38,469 --> 00:58:40,679
But unlike the others,

775
00:58:40,679 --> 00:58:45,142
I'm trying to find a meaning
to this impending catastrophe.

776
00:58:45,143 --> 00:58:47,353
Think of me as the last
European optimist.

777
00:58:47,354 --> 00:58:49,940
This can be our life's work.

778
00:58:49,940 --> 00:58:51,441
Please.

779
00:58:55,072 --> 00:58:58,951
There are a few of us who since
1938 have known that you exist.

780
00:59:01,037 --> 00:59:03,164
The fact that you appeared
all of a sudden

781
00:59:03,164 --> 00:59:05,374
means that you have
a special mission

782
00:59:05,375 --> 00:59:08,670
and that you possess means
of knowledge much superior

783
00:59:08,671 --> 00:59:10,548
to those available to us.

784
00:59:10,548 --> 00:59:11,924
You are gravely mistaken.

785
00:59:14,887 --> 00:59:19,058
What is indispensable
to a truly human existence?

786
00:59:19,058 --> 00:59:20,935
For instance,

787
00:59:20,935 --> 00:59:26,691
the Occidental artistic
treasury, music and poetry,

788
00:59:26,692 --> 00:59:29,945
but also a part
of classic philosophy,

789
00:59:29,946 --> 00:59:34,826
and above all, science.

790
00:59:34,827 --> 00:59:36,829
Post-historic man
will be allergic to science

791
00:59:36,829 --> 00:59:38,414
for at least
one or two centuries.

792
00:59:38,415 --> 00:59:42,669
No, always science.

793
00:59:42,669 --> 00:59:45,380
Science above all.
WOMAN: Dominic.

794
00:59:45,381 --> 00:59:46,924
I'm surprised at you.

795
00:59:46,924 --> 00:59:49,301
Dominic, don't believe
anything he says.

796
00:59:49,303 --> 00:59:50,304
[IN GERMAN]
Shut up!

797
00:59:50,304 --> 00:59:52,431
I will tell him the truth.

798
00:59:52,431 --> 00:59:54,766
[IN ENGLISH] Come, Dominic,
join me in this work.

799
00:59:54,767 --> 00:59:56,602
He is Dr. Josef Rudolf,

800
00:59:56,603 --> 00:59:58,563
Hitler's most
dedicated scientist.

801
01:00:00,941 --> 01:00:02,484
Adolf Hitler?

802
01:00:06,365 --> 01:00:08,450
If you actually knew him...

803
01:00:10,286 --> 01:00:12,997
If you had ever been with him,
in his presence...

804
01:00:14,749 --> 01:00:16,459
If I could describe it to you...

805
01:00:18,462 --> 01:00:20,756
Well, uh,

806
01:00:20,756 --> 01:00:22,090
you will meet him soon enough.

807
01:00:28,474 --> 01:00:30,559
No! The Gestapo
had Stanciulescu killed

808
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:31,811
and Rudolf was the one--
Traitor!

809
01:00:33,146 --> 01:00:34,522
[RUDOLF SPEAKS IN GERMAN]

810
01:00:34,523 --> 01:00:36,483
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

811
01:00:36,483 --> 01:00:38,985
You have no choice
in the matter.

812
01:00:38,986 --> 01:00:40,529
WOMAN:
Dominic.

813
01:00:40,531 --> 01:00:45,828
[IN GERMAN] You were
the honey in my dreams.

814
01:00:45,828 --> 01:00:48,497
WOMAN [IN ENGLISH]:
Forgive me. Please, forgive me.

815
01:00:48,498 --> 01:00:49,499
[WOMAN SPEAKS IN GERMAN]

816
01:00:52,419 --> 01:00:55,005
It's true what he says.

817
01:00:56,632 --> 01:00:58,425
You really have no choice
in the matter.

818
01:01:03,725 --> 01:01:05,018
[PANTING]

819
01:01:20,411 --> 01:01:22,454
[RUDOLF GRUNTING]

820
01:01:38,391 --> 01:01:39,225
[RUDOLF YELLS]

821
01:01:39,225 --> 01:01:41,185
[GUNSHOT]

822
01:01:41,186 --> 01:01:42,312
[BODY COLLAPSES]

823
01:01:48,361 --> 01:01:51,155
[#]

824
01:01:51,156 --> 01:01:52,532
[GUNSHOT]

825
01:01:53,534 --> 01:01:54,409
[GUNSHOT]

826
01:01:55,828 --> 01:01:56,495
[GUNSHOT]

827
01:01:58,957 --> 01:02:00,083
[BOMB WHISTLING]

828
01:02:00,083 --> 01:02:02,669
[GUNSHOTS]

829
01:02:02,669 --> 01:02:03,670
[BOMB WHISTLING]

830
01:02:03,671 --> 01:02:05,798
[GUNSHOTS]

831
01:02:08,426 --> 01:02:09,468
[BOMB WHISTLING]

832
01:02:13,224 --> 01:02:17,687
DOMINIC:
Geneva 1955, 20th of August,

833
01:02:17,687 --> 01:02:20,189
about 10:31 a.m.
Dominic Matei.

834
01:02:20,190 --> 01:02:24,111
I've decided to stop
making notes in English

835
01:02:24,111 --> 01:02:26,238
and instead to use
an artificial language

836
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:27,950
of my own invention.

837
01:02:27,950 --> 01:02:32,621
[IN NEW LANGUAGE] Now I can
describe paradoxical situations

838
01:02:32,622 --> 01:02:36,292
impossible to express
in any existing language.

839
01:02:36,293 --> 01:02:38,587
This will permit me
to reveal facts

840
01:02:38,587 --> 01:02:42,007
I have not dared
to confess in writing.

841
01:02:42,008 --> 01:02:44,510
This language will
only be deciphered

842
01:02:44,512 --> 01:02:47,807
by means
of a perfected computer.

843
01:02:47,807 --> 01:02:51,227
So my testimony is addressed
to the future,

844
01:02:51,227 --> 01:02:54,230
let us say in the year 2010.

845
01:02:54,231 --> 01:02:56,024
But to whom?

846
01:02:56,025 --> 01:02:58,611
The coming nuclear wars

847
01:02:58,611 --> 01:03:01,322
will destroy many civilizations.

848
01:03:01,323 --> 01:03:04,534
Undoubtedly, this will unleash

849
01:03:04,535 --> 01:03:10,374
a wave of deep pessimism,
historically unprecedented.

850
01:03:10,375 --> 01:03:13,169
A general despondency.

851
01:03:13,170 --> 01:03:16,507
My testimony,
deciphered in the future,

852
01:03:16,507 --> 01:03:19,343
could counter the despair

853
01:03:19,345 --> 01:03:22,181
because it shows
the potential of humanity:

854
01:03:22,181 --> 01:03:24,099
a species superior
to Homo sapiens,

855
01:03:24,100 --> 01:03:27,729
born in a far-off future.

856
01:03:27,729 --> 01:03:30,523
This depends
on the preservation

857
01:03:30,524 --> 01:03:33,944
of the material
in the safe-deposit box.

858
01:03:33,945 --> 01:03:37,699
I don't know how
this will be assured.

859
01:03:37,700 --> 01:03:39,743
[THUNDER RUMBLING]

860
01:03:41,746 --> 01:03:44,916
[ON TAPE] But I do not
doubt that the material

861
01:03:44,916 --> 01:03:48,294
will be preserved.

862
01:03:50,214 --> 01:03:53,717
Otherwise,

863
01:03:53,718 --> 01:03:55,303
my life would have
no meaning.

864
01:04:01,519 --> 01:04:02,311
[HORN HONKING]

865
01:04:06,567 --> 01:04:07,734
WOMAN [IN ENGLISH]:
Hello!

866
01:04:07,735 --> 01:04:09,904
[HORN HONKING]

867
01:04:09,904 --> 01:04:11,530
Excuse me,

868
01:04:11,531 --> 01:04:13,574
what's the best way
up to the top?

869
01:04:13,576 --> 01:04:15,161
[#]

870
01:04:22,252 --> 01:04:23,670
Is it Laura?

871
01:04:23,671 --> 01:04:26,298
She's afraid of curvy roads.

872
01:04:26,299 --> 01:04:28,468
I really don't think
you should go on.

873
01:04:28,468 --> 01:04:30,094
There's a storm coming in.

874
01:04:30,096 --> 01:04:35,185
We're used to mountain storms.
And anyway, we can't wait.

875
01:04:35,185 --> 01:04:36,603
It is.

876
01:04:41,066 --> 01:04:43,485
Our vacation will
be over in a few days.

877
01:04:43,486 --> 01:04:44,487
Maybe I can help.

878
01:04:48,701 --> 01:04:49,827
That's it.

879
01:04:51,996 --> 01:04:53,330
That's it.

880
01:04:54,791 --> 01:04:58,461
I'm Veronica.
What's your name?

881
01:04:58,462 --> 01:04:59,588
Dominic.

882
01:04:59,588 --> 01:05:01,882
With her,
you use your real name.

883
01:05:05,471 --> 01:05:06,054
VERONICA:
Thank you.

884
01:05:13,730 --> 01:05:15,148
Be careful.

885
01:05:15,149 --> 01:05:16,608
VERONICA:
Goodbye, Dominic.

886
01:05:19,570 --> 01:05:21,822
DOMINIC:
I can only guess what happened.

887
01:05:21,823 --> 01:05:23,741
When the big storm broke out,

888
01:05:23,743 --> 01:05:25,036
they were probably
on the road

889
01:05:25,036 --> 01:05:26,662
that runs under
the mountain wall,

890
01:05:26,663 --> 01:05:28,873
where most
of the lightning struck.

891
01:05:28,874 --> 01:05:31,335
I'm afraid they could have
been buried in a rockslide

892
01:05:31,335 --> 01:05:34,380
or a close strike of lightning
can cause a heart attack.

893
01:05:37,341 --> 01:05:38,342
Your name?

894
01:05:38,343 --> 01:05:40,595
Martin Audricourt.

895
01:05:43,808 --> 01:05:44,308
Passport, please.

896
01:05:51,859 --> 01:05:55,029
You know, I can always
go in a taxi by myself.

897
01:05:56,906 --> 01:05:59,492
If I need help, I'll call
from the first service station.

898
01:06:10,715 --> 01:06:13,885
DOMINIC: I don't think they could
have had time to reach the shelter.

899
01:06:13,885 --> 01:06:16,054
They could have taken refuge

900
01:06:16,055 --> 01:06:18,390
in one of the crevices
in the wall.

901
01:06:20,769 --> 01:06:22,354
Oh, there's their car.

902
01:06:25,733 --> 01:06:27,276
There's a woman
over here.

903
01:06:41,752 --> 01:06:43,170
She's dead.

904
01:06:52,598 --> 01:06:56,644
VERONICA:
Om, shanti

905
01:06:56,645 --> 01:06:58,939
Shanti

906
01:06:58,939 --> 01:07:00,273
[GASPS]

907
01:07:00,274 --> 01:07:01,608
Veronica?

908
01:07:01,609 --> 01:07:02,610
[WHIMPERING]

909
01:07:02,610 --> 01:07:05,529
What happened?
Are you all right?

910
01:07:07,657 --> 01:07:10,451
[CHANTING IN SANSKRIT]

911
01:07:10,453 --> 01:07:11,036
Sanskrit.

912
01:07:13,832 --> 01:07:15,291
How can it be?

913
01:07:19,129 --> 01:07:21,047
[CHANTING IN SANSKRIT]

914
01:07:38,819 --> 01:07:41,530
[#]

915
01:07:45,662 --> 01:07:46,955
[VERONICA YELLING]

916
01:07:46,955 --> 01:07:49,165
[DOMINIC SPEAKING
IN SANSKRIT]

917
01:07:52,002 --> 01:07:55,005
She's had a shock.
She's suffering from amnesia.

918
01:07:55,005 --> 01:07:57,466
What language is that?
What is she speaking?

919
01:07:57,467 --> 01:08:01,179
It's an Indian language,
I think.

920
01:08:01,180 --> 01:08:07,186
Her papers identify her
as Veronica Buehler, age 25.

921
01:08:07,187 --> 01:08:08,772
Occupation: school teacher.

922
01:08:08,772 --> 01:08:11,525
Living in Liestal,
Canton B�le-Campagne.

923
01:08:11,525 --> 01:08:13,360
Excuse me.
- Please.

924
01:08:13,361 --> 01:08:15,863
You're the only one
who can calm her

925
01:08:15,863 --> 01:08:18,741
and speak her language,
Mr...?

926
01:08:18,743 --> 01:08:20,119
Audricourt.

927
01:08:20,119 --> 01:08:21,620
I'm a student of linguistics.

928
01:08:39,809 --> 01:08:42,228
[IN SANSKRIT]
Greetings.

929
01:08:42,229 --> 01:08:44,731
Greetings.

930
01:08:45,900 --> 01:08:48,194
What is your name?

931
01:08:52,866 --> 01:08:57,120
It is a pleasure
to make your acquaintance.

932
01:09:00,292 --> 01:09:02,961
My name is Rupini.

933
01:09:06,257 --> 01:09:07,299
[IN ENGLISH]
Thank you.

934
01:09:13,141 --> 01:09:14,600
Good morning.

935
01:09:17,896 --> 01:09:20,106
What can you tell us,
Mr. Audricourt?

936
01:09:32,789 --> 01:09:34,958
The young woman believes

937
01:09:34,958 --> 01:09:37,293
she is living
in northeastern India

938
01:09:37,294 --> 01:09:38,253
14 centuries ago.

939
01:09:40,339 --> 01:09:41,882
She feels
that she has spent

940
01:09:41,883 --> 01:09:46,262
several months
in a cave meditating.

941
01:09:48,182 --> 01:09:50,809
Now, this is where she was
when a big storm broke out

942
01:09:50,810 --> 01:09:54,731
and she saw lightning strike
above her on the mountain.

943
01:09:54,732 --> 01:09:59,821
Many large rocks were dislodged,
blocking the mouth of the cave.

944
01:10:02,699 --> 01:10:03,825
Is that all?

945
01:10:03,826 --> 01:10:06,787
She asserts her name
is Rupini,

946
01:10:08,665 --> 01:10:11,334
daughter of Nagabhatta,

947
01:10:11,335 --> 01:10:15,297
descended from one of the first
families to convert to Buddhism.

948
01:10:17,175 --> 01:10:23,432
She became a disciple
of the philosopher Chandrakirti,

949
01:10:23,433 --> 01:10:28,438
which is why she was in the cave
copying down his works.

950
01:10:28,438 --> 01:10:29,981
I see.

951
01:10:32,068 --> 01:10:35,071
Would you mind if I discuss this
a moment with my colleagues?

952
01:10:37,031 --> 01:10:37,573
Not at all.

953
01:10:43,707 --> 01:10:45,667
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

954
01:10:52,967 --> 01:10:53,592
[COUGHS]

955
01:10:56,556 --> 01:10:59,350
We will invite
some doctors from, uh,

956
01:10:59,350 --> 01:11:02,311
Zurich, Basel and Geneva
to come to see her.

957
01:11:03,814 --> 01:11:05,232
I...

958
01:11:05,232 --> 01:11:07,567
If I might make a suggestion?

959
01:11:07,568 --> 01:11:09,236
Yes.

960
01:11:09,237 --> 01:11:12,240
Perhaps some experts from
the Oriental Institute in Rome

961
01:11:12,240 --> 01:11:13,741
might be necessary.

962
01:11:13,742 --> 01:11:17,120
Necessary for what?

963
01:11:17,122 --> 01:11:20,917
Well, to confirm
if what she's saying is fact.

964
01:11:22,086 --> 01:11:23,712
Fact?

965
01:11:23,712 --> 01:11:24,796
Exactly.

966
01:11:31,513 --> 01:11:33,890
[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]

967
01:11:33,892 --> 01:11:36,269
[IN ITALIAN] I present to
you Professor Giuseppe Tucci

968
01:11:36,269 --> 01:11:37,895
from the Oriental Institute
in Rome.

969
01:11:37,896 --> 01:11:39,731
I am Blasi, his assistant.

970
01:11:39,732 --> 01:11:42,610
[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]

971
01:11:42,610 --> 01:11:45,071
[IN ENGLISH] Professor
Tucci, it's an honor.

972
01:11:53,582 --> 01:11:57,127
Before we begin,
who wrote the telegram

973
01:11:57,127 --> 01:11:58,962
that included
some of the particulars?

974
01:11:58,963 --> 01:12:01,132
I did, professor.

975
01:12:01,132 --> 01:12:02,633
You're a Sanskritist?

976
01:12:02,634 --> 01:12:05,303
Not exactly. Excuse me.

977
01:12:05,303 --> 01:12:07,638
Uh, but I have an interest
in Oriental studies.

978
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:10,434
I came only because
of your report.

979
01:12:10,435 --> 01:12:11,811
Thank you.

980
01:12:11,812 --> 01:12:14,231
[IN ITALIAN]
You did well.

981
01:12:21,531 --> 01:12:23,700
[IN SANSKRIT]
Well-being, your ladyship.

982
01:12:23,700 --> 01:12:24,867
Well-being, your ladyship.

983
01:12:27,205 --> 01:12:29,582
Welcome to both of you.

984
01:12:32,044 --> 01:12:34,630
Where am I?

985
01:12:34,630 --> 01:12:38,592
Why doesn't anybody
understand me?

986
01:12:41,137 --> 01:12:48,895
As in dreams, the mind presents
the appearance of duality.

987
01:12:48,897 --> 01:12:51,900
[IN ENGLISH] We've had some of her
remarks translated into English.

988
01:12:53,861 --> 01:12:58,199
The young woman's knowledge
of Madhyamika philosophy

989
01:12:58,200 --> 01:13:01,662
and her master, Chandrakirti,
is convincing.

990
01:13:03,164 --> 01:13:05,625
The discussion only became
delicate whenever Rupini

991
01:13:05,626 --> 01:13:11,215
asked what had happened to her,
where she was

992
01:13:11,215 --> 01:13:13,258
and why no one understood her.

993
01:13:13,259 --> 01:13:15,219
What did you tell her,
professor?

994
01:13:15,220 --> 01:13:17,389
[IN ITALIAN] I always
begin by reminding of maya.

995
01:13:17,390 --> 01:13:19,559
[CHUCKLES]
The cosmic illusion.

996
01:13:19,559 --> 01:13:22,061
TUCCI:
The great witch.

997
01:13:22,062 --> 01:13:24,272
[IN ENGLISH] Actually it's
not a dream, I told her,

998
01:13:24,273 --> 01:13:25,440
but it takes part

999
01:13:25,441 --> 01:13:28,027
in the illusory nature
of dreaming,

1000
01:13:28,027 --> 01:13:33,282
because it is the future,
therefore, of time.

1001
01:13:33,283 --> 01:13:37,245
Now, time is
par excellence unreal.

1002
01:13:37,247 --> 01:13:39,457
I don't believe
I convinced her.

1003
01:13:39,458 --> 01:13:40,667
But fortunately, she's, uh,

1004
01:13:40,667 --> 01:13:42,585
enthusiastic about logic
and dialectics,

1005
01:13:42,586 --> 01:13:44,588
and that's mainly
what we discussed.

1006
01:13:44,588 --> 01:13:46,047
MAN [IN ITALIAN]:
Uh, professor,

1007
01:13:46,048 --> 01:13:49,843
could all this possibly be...?

1008
01:13:49,844 --> 01:13:52,430
How shall I say?

1009
01:13:52,431 --> 01:13:53,932
[IN ENGLISH]
Fact?

1010
01:13:53,933 --> 01:13:56,018
"Fact"?

1011
01:13:58,272 --> 01:13:59,773
Mmm.

1012
01:13:59,773 --> 01:14:01,650
I would suggest
a journey to India,

1013
01:14:01,650 --> 01:14:04,403
more precisely to the province
of Uttar Pradesh,

1014
01:14:04,404 --> 01:14:08,575
to the caves where Rupini
claims to have meditated.

1015
01:14:08,575 --> 01:14:11,912
I should think
the Oriental Institute of Rome,

1016
01:14:11,913 --> 01:14:15,750
of which I am president,
would sponsor the expedition.

1017
01:14:15,751 --> 01:14:16,835
And, young man,

1018
01:14:16,835 --> 01:14:19,629
I think you should
accompany us to India.

1019
01:14:19,630 --> 01:14:21,381
I'd be delighted,
professor.

1020
01:14:21,382 --> 01:14:22,967
[SPEAKS IN ITALIAN]

1021
01:14:22,967 --> 01:14:25,594
It's been understood she will
be put into a deep sleep

1022
01:14:25,595 --> 01:14:26,888
before leaving the clinic

1023
01:14:26,888 --> 01:14:28,473
and will continue
to sleep

1024
01:14:28,474 --> 01:14:31,393
until we reach the vicinity
of the caves.

1025
01:14:32,479 --> 01:14:34,397
[#]

1026
01:14:47,956 --> 01:14:49,040
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

1027
01:15:03,016 --> 01:15:04,100
[TIRES SCREECH]

1028
01:15:14,529 --> 01:15:16,030
[CHATTERING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1029
01:15:16,030 --> 01:15:17,615
MAN:
Start rolling. Rolling!

1030
01:15:17,616 --> 01:15:18,909
Tucci! Tucci, look here!

1031
01:15:18,909 --> 01:15:19,993
[MAN SPEAKS
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1032
01:15:40,435 --> 01:15:41,936
[#]

1033
01:15:57,122 --> 01:15:59,457
We are very close
to the frontier of Nepal.

1034
01:15:59,458 --> 01:16:01,752
According to Rupini's account,

1035
01:16:01,752 --> 01:16:04,213
this is where we'll find the
cave where she would meditate.

1036
01:16:15,477 --> 01:16:18,355
[CAMERA WHIRRING]

1037
01:16:21,609 --> 01:16:23,736
[GOATS BLEATING]

1038
01:16:28,950 --> 01:16:31,703
We are very fortunate in having
a pandit from Gorakhpur

1039
01:16:31,705 --> 01:16:34,082
familiar with
the Madhyamika philosophy.

1040
01:16:34,082 --> 01:16:35,959
He'll be at her side
when she awakens.

1041
01:16:35,959 --> 01:16:38,920
[CAMERA WHIRRING]

1042
01:16:43,176 --> 01:16:44,886
[SPEAKING IN SANSKRIT]

1043
01:16:47,973 --> 01:16:49,558
Everyone,
hide themselves.

1044
01:16:49,559 --> 01:16:50,893
[SPEAKS IN ITALIAN]

1045
01:16:52,354 --> 01:16:53,480
[SPEAKS IN ITALIAN]

1046
01:16:53,480 --> 01:16:56,233
[CAMERA WHIRRING]

1047
01:17:06,413 --> 01:17:08,790
[IN SANSKRIT]
No form,

1048
01:17:08,790 --> 01:17:11,417
no feeling,

1049
01:17:11,418 --> 01:17:12,669
no thought,

1050
01:17:12,670 --> 01:17:15,256
no choice,

1051
01:17:16,966 --> 01:17:18,759
no consciousness.

1052
01:17:23,683 --> 01:17:26,185
Gone, gone,

1053
01:17:26,186 --> 01:17:28,897
gone beyond,
completely gone.

1054
01:17:30,190 --> 01:17:32,233
Enlightenment.

1055
01:17:32,234 --> 01:17:33,568
So be it.

1056
01:17:34,612 --> 01:17:35,654
Welcome.

1057
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:50,714
Why did it take you so long?

1058
01:17:50,715 --> 01:17:53,217
I was already here.

1059
01:18:01,186 --> 01:18:03,104
[BELLS JINGLING]
[GOATS BLEATING]

1060
01:18:15,994 --> 01:18:17,495
[#]

1061
01:18:19,917 --> 01:18:23,921
I know this place.

1062
01:18:44,612 --> 01:18:46,614
[IN ENGLISH]
Stay back. Hide yourself.

1063
01:18:54,207 --> 01:18:55,666
[IN SANSKRIT]
Over here!

1064
01:19:15,774 --> 01:19:17,108
Ah!

1065
01:19:17,109 --> 01:19:19,194
[YELLS]

1066
01:19:19,195 --> 01:19:20,738
[IN ENGLISH]
Oh, God.

1067
01:19:20,738 --> 01:19:21,780
Are you all right?

1068
01:19:31,961 --> 01:19:33,796
DOMINIC:
Just be still. Lay still.

1069
01:19:35,131 --> 01:19:36,507
Just rest.

1070
01:19:36,507 --> 01:19:37,841
Veronica.

1071
01:19:39,469 --> 01:19:41,387
TUCCI [IN ITALIAN]:
She recognized it.

1072
01:19:41,388 --> 01:19:43,849
This is the cave!

1073
01:19:43,849 --> 01:19:45,350
But the entrance is blocked.

1074
01:19:45,352 --> 01:19:47,062
[CAMERA WHIRRING]

1075
01:20:05,125 --> 01:20:06,876
[#]

1076
01:20:12,884 --> 01:20:14,927
[SPEAKING IN SANSKRIT]

1077
01:21:04,278 --> 01:21:08,282
[IN ENGLISH] I don't think
you'll be needing me for a while.

1078
01:21:19,171 --> 01:21:20,630
[CROWD CHATTERING]

1079
01:21:24,344 --> 01:21:25,345
[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

1080
01:21:32,688 --> 01:21:34,439
WOMAN:
She is awake,

1081
01:21:34,440 --> 01:21:36,650
but she has not
opened her eyes.

1082
01:21:44,451 --> 01:21:46,077
[IN SANSKRIT]
Greetings.

1083
01:21:50,626 --> 01:21:54,088
How are you feeling, Rupini?

1084
01:22:00,887 --> 01:22:05,016
[IN ENGLISH] Didn't we--? Didn't
we ask directions of you today?

1085
01:22:07,938 --> 01:22:09,856
My name is Veronica Buehler,

1086
01:22:09,857 --> 01:22:12,526
and I speak three languages:

1087
01:22:12,527 --> 01:22:15,113
German, French and English.

1088
01:22:15,113 --> 01:22:18,283
TUCCI: Have you ever tried to
learn any Oriental language?

1089
01:22:18,283 --> 01:22:19,450
Never.

1090
01:22:19,451 --> 01:22:21,912
TUCCI:
Or have you ever read anything

1091
01:22:21,912 --> 01:22:23,872
about India
or Indian culture?

1092
01:22:23,874 --> 01:22:25,709
Some popular books.

1093
01:22:25,709 --> 01:22:26,876
TUCCI:
Like?

1094
01:22:26,877 --> 01:22:29,796
Heh. Rudyard Kipling,
I think?

1095
01:22:29,797 --> 01:22:31,090
The Jungle Book.

1096
01:22:31,090 --> 01:22:32,675
[CROWD LAUGHS]
Have you ever heard

1097
01:22:32,675 --> 01:22:35,010
the name Rupini?

1098
01:22:35,011 --> 01:22:36,721
No.

1099
01:22:36,722 --> 01:22:38,765
TUCCI:
In an earlier existence,

1100
01:22:38,766 --> 01:22:41,435
Veronica Buehler
had been Rupini.

1101
01:22:41,436 --> 01:22:45,732
I would say, for the vast
majority of the Orientalists,

1102
01:22:45,733 --> 01:22:51,072
a clear example of
the transmigration of the soul.

1103
01:22:51,072 --> 01:22:53,241
And, young man, your opinion?

1104
01:22:53,241 --> 01:22:55,535
As a neophyte Orientalist,

1105
01:22:55,536 --> 01:22:57,913
I can only cite some classical
Indian conceptions,

1106
01:22:57,913 --> 01:23:01,208
from Upanishads
to Gautama Buddha.

1107
01:23:01,210 --> 01:23:04,213
BLASI: Excuse me. It is
precisely in the Upanishads

1108
01:23:04,213 --> 01:23:07,341
in the Brhadaranyaka
and Chandogya Upanishads

1109
01:23:07,342 --> 01:23:10,679
that one can find this belief
for the first time.

1110
01:23:10,679 --> 01:23:12,556
This is karma, isn't it?

1111
01:23:12,556 --> 01:23:14,516
VERONICA:
But it's hard for me to believe

1112
01:23:14,516 --> 01:23:16,142
that I ever existed before.

1113
01:23:16,144 --> 01:23:18,104
How did you say?

1114
01:23:18,105 --> 01:23:19,731
Metempsychosis.

1115
01:23:19,732 --> 01:23:22,193
Metempsychosis.
- Mm-hm.

1116
01:23:22,193 --> 01:23:24,153
That absolutely
doesn't make sense to me.

1117
01:23:26,448 --> 01:23:27,949
Maybe...

1118
01:23:27,949 --> 01:23:29,534
What?

1119
01:23:29,534 --> 01:23:32,453
Maybe I was possessed
by an evil spirit.

1120
01:23:32,454 --> 01:23:34,456
Well...

1121
01:23:34,458 --> 01:23:36,084
VERONICA:
They never leave us alone.

1122
01:23:36,085 --> 01:23:39,004
[CAMERA CLICKS]
It's all so confusing.

1123
01:23:39,005 --> 01:23:41,132
I'm afraid
I'm going crazy.

1124
01:23:41,132 --> 01:23:42,925
[CAMERA CLICKING]

1125
01:23:45,262 --> 01:23:46,721
[CROWD CHATTERING]

1126
01:23:51,603 --> 01:23:54,439
Hello, Miss Veronica,
just an interview.

1127
01:23:54,440 --> 01:23:56,817
That's enough. Let's go.

1128
01:23:56,817 --> 01:23:58,110
DOMINIC:
Taxi!

1129
01:24:02,908 --> 01:24:04,659
Just drive, drive anywhere.

1130
01:24:04,660 --> 01:24:05,911
[DOMINIC & VERONICA LAUGH]

1131
01:24:41,203 --> 01:24:44,665
I-- I think
we should get away. I...

1132
01:24:46,377 --> 01:24:49,296
I think we should go somewhere.
We should be alone.

1133
01:24:49,297 --> 01:24:51,090
We should go to, uh,
somewhere beautiful,

1134
01:24:51,090 --> 01:24:51,965
a Mediterranean island.

1135
01:24:54,219 --> 01:24:57,222
Dominic, that would make me
very, very happy.

1136
01:24:57,222 --> 01:24:59,140
[#]

1137
01:25:10,280 --> 01:25:12,240
[BIRDS CAWING]

1138
01:25:21,460 --> 01:25:22,961
[CRICKET CHIRPING]

1139
01:25:45,613 --> 01:25:47,907
[BIRD SQUAWKING]

1140
01:25:47,908 --> 01:25:50,577
VERONICA:
Look, that bird.

1141
01:25:50,577 --> 01:25:52,996
What kind of birds
do they have in Malta?

1142
01:25:52,997 --> 01:25:54,623
DOMINIC:
That's a Maltese falcon.

1143
01:25:54,625 --> 01:25:55,417
[VERONICA CHUCKLES]

1144
01:26:14,315 --> 01:26:16,025
[IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
Welcome.

1145
01:26:16,025 --> 01:26:18,277
[IN ENGLISH]
Thank you.

1146
01:26:24,368 --> 01:26:26,119
No, that's fine.
Thank you.

1147
01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:27,496
Thank you.

1148
01:26:33,587 --> 01:26:35,088
Thanks very much.

1149
01:26:39,052 --> 01:26:40,845
Finally alone.

1150
01:26:46,686 --> 01:26:49,439
Dominic,
it's beautiful here.

1151
01:26:49,440 --> 01:26:50,858
Yes, it is.

1152
01:27:01,078 --> 01:27:03,997
When I first opened my eyes
and saw you...

1153
01:27:07,503 --> 01:27:10,714
I confess I was thinking,

1154
01:27:10,715 --> 01:27:15,386
if I were three
or four years older and...

1155
01:27:18,557 --> 01:27:20,392
if he were
to ask me to marry him...

1156
01:27:24,732 --> 01:27:26,400
I would say yes.

1157
01:27:27,401 --> 01:27:30,028
[#]

1158
01:27:38,247 --> 01:27:39,456
Veronica.

1159
01:27:55,226 --> 01:27:56,977
DOMINIC:
My love.

1160
01:27:56,978 --> 01:27:59,105
Is it true?

1161
01:28:08,283 --> 01:28:09,576
Yes.

1162
01:28:19,130 --> 01:28:20,965
I've always loved you.

1163
01:28:49,874 --> 01:28:50,541
Veronica?

1164
01:29:03,307 --> 01:29:05,601
[MUTTERS]

1165
01:29:05,601 --> 01:29:08,062
[CLEARS THROAT]

1166
01:29:08,063 --> 01:29:12,568
[SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1167
01:29:38,265 --> 01:29:39,307
Do you understand it?

1168
01:29:41,477 --> 01:29:43,604
I don't know this language.

1169
01:29:45,691 --> 01:29:49,486
Ancient... Beyond...

1170
01:29:49,487 --> 01:29:50,988
Why else did you have
to know her?

1171
01:29:56,078 --> 01:29:59,999
[CONTINUES
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1172
01:30:12,973 --> 01:30:14,933
[PANTING]

1173
01:30:16,561 --> 01:30:17,436
[GROANING]

1174
01:30:22,985 --> 01:30:24,444
[CLEARS THROAT]

1175
01:30:26,740 --> 01:30:27,782
[CLEARS THROAT]

1176
01:30:29,326 --> 01:30:33,580
[SCREAMS]

1177
01:30:36,168 --> 01:30:38,420
[#]

1178
01:30:41,215 --> 01:30:42,966
[PANTING]

1179
01:30:50,142 --> 01:30:51,351
Veronica?

1180
01:30:56,359 --> 01:30:57,360
Veronica...

1181
01:30:57,360 --> 01:30:57,860
[HISSING]

1182
01:31:05,327 --> 01:31:06,328
[GRUNTS]

1183
01:31:13,629 --> 01:31:14,755
It's all right.

1184
01:31:14,755 --> 01:31:16,840
That's all right.
It's all right.

1185
01:31:16,841 --> 01:31:19,510
I've got you.
I've got you.

1186
01:31:19,511 --> 01:31:21,805
I've got you, darling.
[SNIFFLES]

1187
01:31:21,805 --> 01:31:24,558
I've got you, Laura.

1188
01:31:24,558 --> 01:31:27,519
[WHIMPERS]
It's all right.

1189
01:31:27,520 --> 01:31:29,397
I've got you.

1190
01:31:29,398 --> 01:31:32,401
I've got you, darling.
I've got you, Laura.

1191
01:31:35,905 --> 01:31:38,324
I love you, darling.

1192
01:31:38,325 --> 01:31:39,910
I love you.

1193
01:31:49,380 --> 01:31:52,883
[VERONICA SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1194
01:32:05,691 --> 01:32:08,777
[TAPE REWINDING]

1195
01:32:11,823 --> 01:32:14,868
[VERONICA SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1196
01:32:31,597 --> 01:32:32,389
[TAPE CLICKS OFF]

1197
01:32:44,821 --> 01:32:46,614
Was that Rupini's voice?

1198
01:32:46,615 --> 01:32:48,950
Mm-hm. Yes.

1199
01:32:48,951 --> 01:32:51,120
She's moving back in time

1200
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:54,832
from Sanskrit
to earlier languages.

1201
01:32:54,832 --> 01:32:56,250
That was Egyptian.

1202
01:33:02,467 --> 01:33:05,178
Perhaps you'll take us back
to a time before history.

1203
01:33:07,389 --> 01:33:09,516
The origins of language,

1204
01:33:09,517 --> 01:33:13,229
which is where I've always
wanted to go, but I never could.

1205
01:33:13,229 --> 01:33:15,815
But it's helping me
finish my work.

1206
01:33:15,816 --> 01:33:16,733
Good.

1207
01:33:18,403 --> 01:33:20,697
Good. I want to help you.

1208
01:33:20,697 --> 01:33:21,489
You know, I'm...

1209
01:33:23,909 --> 01:33:27,621
I'm 88 years old, really.

1210
01:33:27,621 --> 01:33:29,206
[#]

1211
01:33:29,207 --> 01:33:30,708
[CHUCKLES]

1212
01:33:33,087 --> 01:33:36,048
If I added up all the years
Rupini lived,

1213
01:33:36,049 --> 01:33:36,924
I'd be older than you.

1214
01:33:38,969 --> 01:33:39,719
Well, then let's go dancing.

1215
01:33:45,518 --> 01:33:47,019
[FIREWORKS POPPING]

1216
01:33:50,900 --> 01:33:52,193
[LAUGHTER]

1217
01:33:58,200 --> 01:34:00,327
[CROWD CHATTERING]

1218
01:34:00,327 --> 01:34:02,245
[BAND PLAYING MELLOW MUSIC]

1219
01:34:11,799 --> 01:34:12,800
DOMINIC:
Thank you.

1220
01:34:27,276 --> 01:34:28,819
[LAUGHING]

1221
01:34:32,240 --> 01:34:33,741
I don't think
we'll be recognized,

1222
01:34:33,742 --> 01:34:36,244
even with our pictures
in all those magazines.

1223
01:34:36,245 --> 01:34:40,332
Well, our pictures
are still appearing.

1224
01:34:40,333 --> 01:34:41,459
Let me see.

1225
01:34:55,142 --> 01:34:56,935
[#]

1226
01:35:00,566 --> 01:35:01,525
What's the matter?

1227
01:35:09,451 --> 01:35:12,370
I feel tired all the time,

1228
01:35:12,371 --> 01:35:15,499
and I don't understand why.

1229
01:35:15,500 --> 01:35:20,255
Something is happening
inside me. I can feel it.

1230
01:35:20,256 --> 01:35:21,799
THE DOUBLE:
And she's right.

1231
01:35:21,800 --> 01:35:24,761
The paramediumistic ecstasies
have exhausted her.

1232
01:35:28,307 --> 01:35:30,934
[CORK POPS]

1233
01:35:30,935 --> 01:35:32,436
MAN:
Champagne?

1234
01:35:38,403 --> 01:35:39,737
[MAN SPEAKS
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1235
01:36:14,362 --> 01:36:16,322
[#]

1236
01:36:22,747 --> 01:36:24,415
[CLOCK TICKING]

1237
01:37:10,178 --> 01:37:11,512
Veronica?

1238
01:37:19,814 --> 01:37:21,440
Veronica!

1239
01:37:32,538 --> 01:37:34,540
[SHOUTS
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1240
01:37:41,716 --> 01:37:45,136
No! Veronica, don't!

1241
01:37:47,139 --> 01:37:48,598
Veronica!

1242
01:37:49,809 --> 01:37:50,518
I was so worried!

1243
01:37:52,603 --> 01:37:54,021
What is it?

1244
01:37:54,022 --> 01:37:55,899
It was a dream.

1245
01:37:55,900 --> 01:37:58,986
A bad dream.

1246
01:37:58,987 --> 01:38:01,448
What was--? What was it?

1247
01:38:03,992 --> 01:38:07,287
I was somewhere beside a river,
and someone,

1248
01:38:07,288 --> 01:38:09,582
a stranger with a head
like a dog,

1249
01:38:09,582 --> 01:38:11,250
was coming toward me.

1250
01:38:11,251 --> 01:38:14,004
And in his hand, he--
He had...

1251
01:38:16,508 --> 01:38:18,218
Explain it to me!

1252
01:38:18,218 --> 01:38:21,012
I want to know
what Rupini knows.

1253
01:38:21,013 --> 01:38:24,683
She knows things
that we don't understand yet.

1254
01:38:24,683 --> 01:38:26,643
No. Let me--

1255
01:38:26,644 --> 01:38:28,854
No, no!

1256
01:38:28,855 --> 01:38:30,231
Don't ever leave me.

1257
01:38:30,231 --> 01:38:31,524
I'll never leave you.

1258
01:38:31,526 --> 01:38:33,653
Don't ever leave me.
I'll never leave you.

1259
01:38:33,653 --> 01:38:36,114
Don't ever leave me.

1260
01:38:36,114 --> 01:38:37,198
I'll never leave you.

1261
01:38:44,874 --> 01:38:46,208
[MOANING SOFTLY]

1262
01:38:59,058 --> 01:39:00,976
[#]

1263
01:39:11,239 --> 01:39:13,157
[GROWLING]

1264
01:39:23,253 --> 01:39:25,004
Veronica.
[MOANS]

1265
01:39:33,182 --> 01:39:37,019
The stranger in your dream
was probably Shiva.

1266
01:39:39,939 --> 01:39:42,483
And in his hand, a skull.

1267
01:39:44,612 --> 01:39:49,325
For Shiva is both creator
and destroyer combined.

1268
01:39:56,501 --> 01:39:58,002
[#]

1269
01:40:32,252 --> 01:40:33,253
[SIGHS]

1270
01:40:44,225 --> 01:40:45,226
Dominic?

1271
01:40:45,226 --> 01:40:46,727
There's someone
who looks like you

1272
01:40:46,727 --> 01:40:48,854
spying on us.

1273
01:40:48,855 --> 01:40:50,148
I didn't notice anyone.

1274
01:40:50,148 --> 01:40:51,858
By the gate.

1275
01:40:51,859 --> 01:40:52,901
Come and look.

1276
01:41:03,247 --> 01:41:04,122
There's no one there.

1277
01:41:13,385 --> 01:41:15,345
Maybe I was mistaken.

1278
01:41:17,806 --> 01:41:20,809
You've been in the sun too long.
Let's go inside.

1279
01:41:43,753 --> 01:41:47,590
DOMINIC:
I'm 88 years old, really.

1280
01:41:52,389 --> 01:41:54,099
[INSECTS BUZZING]

1281
01:41:54,100 --> 01:41:55,351
[PANTING]

1282
01:42:13,122 --> 01:42:14,498
[MOANS]

1283
01:42:33,938 --> 01:42:36,565
THE DOUBLE: She's in a
hyper-suggestive state.

1284
01:42:38,361 --> 01:42:39,570
Tell her you love her.

1285
01:42:41,907 --> 01:42:43,366
Tell her that you've
always loved her.

1286
01:42:46,871 --> 01:42:48,289
I love you.

1287
01:42:50,917 --> 01:42:52,835
I've always loved you.

1288
01:42:58,343 --> 01:43:00,553
[SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1289
01:43:05,142 --> 01:43:06,351
That's Sumerian.

1290
01:43:07,520 --> 01:43:10,189
[SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1291
01:43:16,281 --> 01:43:17,782
No, it's Babylonian.

1292
01:43:17,783 --> 01:43:20,702
[SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1293
01:43:28,879 --> 01:43:30,630
[VERONICA SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1294
01:43:33,593 --> 01:43:36,220
DOMINIC:
After Egyptian and Babylonian,

1295
01:43:36,221 --> 01:43:39,015
there followed probably
a sample of proto-Elamite

1296
01:43:39,016 --> 01:43:41,351
and one of Sumerian.

1297
01:43:41,352 --> 01:43:44,730
She is descending
deeper and deeper

1298
01:43:44,731 --> 01:43:46,065
into the past.

1299
01:43:46,066 --> 01:43:48,360
But how far back will she go?

1300
01:43:48,361 --> 01:43:51,572
Your life's work will
finally have what was missing.

1301
01:43:54,034 --> 01:43:56,077
DOMINIC:
Every night for two weeks,

1302
01:43:56,078 --> 01:43:59,623
Veronica went
further back in time.

1303
01:43:59,624 --> 01:44:01,417
Through unknown languages...

1304
01:44:06,090 --> 01:44:08,008
unwritten history.

1305
01:44:19,105 --> 01:44:21,482
Getting closer...

1306
01:44:21,483 --> 01:44:23,026
and closer...

1307
01:44:23,027 --> 01:44:27,365
to the inarticulate moment...

1308
01:44:27,366 --> 01:44:29,076
of the beginning.

1309
01:44:29,076 --> 01:44:30,702
[#]

1310
01:44:39,296 --> 01:44:41,715
DOMINIC:
But at what cost?

1311
01:44:44,010 --> 01:44:45,303
MAN:
Madam is not suffering

1312
01:44:45,304 --> 01:44:47,389
from anything,
anything at all.

1313
01:44:47,389 --> 01:44:48,682
Are you sure, doctor?

1314
01:44:48,682 --> 01:44:51,643
Yes. I've prescribed
a series of shots

1315
01:44:51,644 --> 01:44:54,313
with vitamins and minerals.

1316
01:44:54,314 --> 01:44:56,316
Perhaps it's...

1317
01:44:56,316 --> 01:44:58,985
the nervous condition

1318
01:44:58,987 --> 01:45:01,489
that precedes menopause

1319
01:45:01,490 --> 01:45:03,867
in certain women.

1320
01:45:03,867 --> 01:45:07,496
Well, just how old do you
take her to be, doctor?

1321
01:45:07,496 --> 01:45:09,790
Late 40s, more or less.

1322
01:45:11,459 --> 01:45:12,543
She's 25.

1323
01:45:33,111 --> 01:45:34,195
Where have all
the mirrors gone?

1324
01:45:42,622 --> 01:45:44,499
Bring one to me.

1325
01:45:46,167 --> 01:45:48,461
Veronica, you're not well.

1326
01:45:49,755 --> 01:45:52,424
Bring a mirror to me,
Dominic, please.

1327
01:45:55,929 --> 01:45:56,721
Maybe that one.

1328
01:45:59,892 --> 01:46:01,602
[#]

1329
01:46:36,728 --> 01:46:38,146
[SIGHS]

1330
01:46:44,612 --> 01:46:45,988
[WHIMPERS]

1331
01:46:49,284 --> 01:46:50,743
[VERONICA SOBS]

1332
01:46:55,083 --> 01:46:56,125
[SOBBING]

1333
01:47:00,464 --> 01:47:01,882
[SNIFFLES]

1334
01:47:06,096 --> 01:47:07,389
[WHIMPERING]

1335
01:47:17,276 --> 01:47:21,322
I should have understood this
from the beginning.

1336
01:47:21,323 --> 01:47:22,824
One more regression,

1337
01:47:22,824 --> 01:47:24,993
she'll reach
the protolanguage.

1338
01:47:24,994 --> 01:47:27,246
Your life's work
will be complete.

1339
01:47:29,791 --> 01:47:31,250
You know I'm right.

1340
01:47:50,315 --> 01:47:51,357
VERONICA:
Dominic?

1341
01:47:54,279 --> 01:47:55,572
Dominic?

1342
01:47:57,240 --> 01:47:58,449
[#]

1343
01:48:02,705 --> 01:48:03,998
Look.

1344
01:48:10,214 --> 01:48:11,799
Come sit with me.

1345
01:48:14,928 --> 01:48:15,637
Come sit with me.

1346
01:48:22,061 --> 01:48:23,354
Veronica.

1347
01:48:23,354 --> 01:48:25,314
Veronica, I'm to blame for this.
No, it's me.

1348
01:48:25,315 --> 01:48:27,317
Listen to me. Listen to me
and don't interrupt.

1349
01:48:27,317 --> 01:48:29,903
Please, listen.
[SOBS]

1350
01:48:29,905 --> 01:48:31,031
Listen to me.

1351
01:48:32,324 --> 01:48:33,742
If I continue to live with you,

1352
01:48:33,742 --> 01:48:35,410
by autumn
you will have perished.

1353
01:48:35,411 --> 01:48:36,954
I can't tell you more.

1354
01:48:36,954 --> 01:48:39,373
But I assure you,

1355
01:48:39,374 --> 01:48:42,335
in reality, you haven't aged.

1356
01:48:42,335 --> 01:48:44,003
The moment I disappear
from your life,

1357
01:48:44,004 --> 01:48:45,839
your youth and your beauty
will return.

1358
01:48:45,839 --> 01:48:49,926
Don't leave me, Dominic.
Please, don't leave me.

1359
01:48:49,928 --> 01:48:52,097
I was doomed to lose everything
that I love.

1360
01:48:52,097 --> 01:48:54,683
But I'd rather lose you young
and beautiful, the way you were,

1361
01:48:54,684 --> 01:48:58,813
the way you will be again
without me,

1362
01:48:58,813 --> 01:49:00,481
than to watch you perish
in my arms.

1363
01:49:00,482 --> 01:49:04,444
You promised me
you would never leave me.

1364
01:49:04,446 --> 01:49:08,825
I am going to leave you.

1365
01:49:08,826 --> 01:49:12,830
If you leave me,
I will die without you.

1366
01:49:12,830 --> 01:49:14,289
If in a few months,

1367
01:49:14,290 --> 01:49:17,293
you don't find yourself
as you were last autumn,

1368
01:49:17,294 --> 01:49:18,545
I'll come back.

1369
01:49:18,545 --> 01:49:21,214
The minute I receive
your telegram, I'll come back.

1370
01:49:21,215 --> 01:49:23,717
Three or four months,
just wait--

1371
01:49:29,308 --> 01:49:30,225
Somewhere...

1372
01:49:32,979 --> 01:49:34,730
far away from me.

1373
01:49:38,819 --> 01:49:42,030
Don't leave me.
Please. Please.

1374
01:49:43,659 --> 01:49:45,536
[#]

1375
01:50:02,181 --> 01:50:03,390
[SOBBING]

1376
01:50:14,069 --> 01:50:15,195
[SOBS, SNIFFLES]

1377
01:50:15,197 --> 01:50:17,366
Dominic.

1378
01:50:17,366 --> 01:50:18,283
Dominic.

1379
01:50:31,340 --> 01:50:33,258
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

1380
01:50:37,306 --> 01:50:40,935
[BELL CHIMING]

1381
01:50:40,935 --> 01:50:42,353
WOMAN [OVER PA]:
The 3:10 train

1382
01:50:42,353 --> 01:50:45,398
from Bucuresti to Iasi
will depart in five minutes.

1383
01:50:45,398 --> 01:50:48,234
[CHILDREN GIGGLING]

1384
01:50:48,235 --> 01:50:50,070
The 3:10 train
from Bucuresti to Iasi

1385
01:50:50,071 --> 01:50:51,739
will depart in five minutes.

1386
01:50:55,160 --> 01:50:56,786
[BELL CHIMING]

1387
01:51:00,959 --> 01:51:02,085
[LAUGHING, SHOUTING]

1388
01:51:03,754 --> 01:51:04,755
[DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE]

1389
01:51:09,428 --> 01:51:10,429
Good evening.

1390
01:51:12,723 --> 01:51:13,765
Audricourt.

1391
01:51:13,766 --> 01:51:15,434
Sign here, please.

1392
01:51:15,434 --> 01:51:16,768
Thank you.

1393
01:51:20,440 --> 01:51:22,483
On the second floor, Room 19.

1394
01:51:22,484 --> 01:51:23,485
Thank you.

1395
01:51:23,485 --> 01:51:24,861
By the way,

1396
01:51:24,862 --> 01:51:26,822
do you know if the Caf� Select
still exists?

1397
01:51:26,823 --> 01:51:29,284
How could it not exist?
It's an historic monument.

1398
01:51:29,285 --> 01:51:30,870
Of course.

1399
01:51:30,870 --> 01:51:34,499
Have you heard
of Professor Dominic Matei?

1400
01:51:34,499 --> 01:51:36,125
You know,
I was born here.

1401
01:51:36,126 --> 01:51:38,920
Then you know that
he frequented Caf� Select

1402
01:51:38,920 --> 01:51:42,507
the whole time he was
professor here in Piatra Neamt.

1403
01:51:42,508 --> 01:51:43,509
That's right.

1404
01:51:43,510 --> 01:51:45,595
Here's your key.

1405
01:51:45,596 --> 01:51:46,597
[BELL DINGS]

1406
01:51:46,597 --> 01:51:48,307
Nineteen?

1407
01:51:48,307 --> 01:51:49,391
The second floor.

1408
01:51:49,392 --> 01:51:50,518
All right.

1409
01:51:50,518 --> 01:51:52,311
[GROANS]

1410
01:51:52,312 --> 01:51:53,980
Welcome home.

1411
01:51:53,980 --> 01:51:54,981
[SIGHS]

1412
01:52:01,198 --> 01:52:02,824
Caf� Select.

1413
01:52:06,954 --> 01:52:07,913
[SIGHS]

1414
01:52:12,043 --> 01:52:13,502
[SNIFFS]

1415
01:52:20,596 --> 01:52:21,597
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]

1416
01:52:25,351 --> 01:52:27,061
[MAN SINGING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE OVER RADIO]

1417
01:52:31,274 --> 01:52:32,108
[GRUNTS]

1418
01:52:33,861 --> 01:52:35,696
[#]

1419
01:52:41,203 --> 01:52:42,329
[CROWD CHATTERING]

1420
01:52:42,330 --> 01:52:43,205
GIRL:
Maman.

1421
01:52:44,582 --> 01:52:46,542
Maman.

1422
01:52:46,543 --> 01:52:47,544
[CAMERA CLICKS]

1423
01:52:47,544 --> 01:52:48,294
BOY:
Maman.

1424
01:52:49,463 --> 01:52:52,090
Maman.

1425
01:52:52,091 --> 01:52:54,927
[BOY SPEAKS IN FRENCH]

1426
01:52:54,928 --> 01:52:56,054
[VERONICA SPEAKS IN FRENCH]

1427
01:52:58,307 --> 01:52:59,099
[SIGHS]

1428
01:53:04,898 --> 01:53:06,065
[SNIFFLES]

1429
01:53:17,955 --> 01:53:20,416
DOMINIC: "Good and
evil lose their meaning,

1430
01:53:20,416 --> 01:53:22,167
"and in the absolute

1431
01:53:22,168 --> 01:53:26,005
being coincides
with nonbeing."

1432
01:53:26,006 --> 01:53:27,382
Yes, but what no one dares
to say

1433
01:53:27,383 --> 01:53:29,468
is that in the horizon
of these philosophies,

1434
01:53:29,469 --> 01:53:30,595
atomic wars must be,

1435
01:53:30,596 --> 01:53:32,097
if not justified,
at least accepted.

1436
01:53:32,097 --> 01:53:33,765
No, I reject that.

1437
01:53:33,766 --> 01:53:36,268
True meaning of nuclear
catastrophe can only be this:

1438
01:53:36,269 --> 01:53:38,438
The mutation
of the human species,

1439
01:53:38,438 --> 01:53:39,939
and the arrival
of the new man.

1440
01:53:39,940 --> 01:53:41,066
Yes, but atomic wars

1441
01:53:41,066 --> 01:53:44,403
will destroy populations,
civilizations.

1442
01:53:44,403 --> 01:53:46,989
That is the price to be paid.

1443
01:53:46,990 --> 01:53:49,117
How can you even say that?

1444
01:53:49,118 --> 01:53:51,787
The resulting electromagnetic
pulse will create

1445
01:53:51,787 --> 01:53:54,039
an unlimited potential
for post-historic man.

1446
01:53:54,040 --> 01:53:55,791
Yes, but it could go
the other way

1447
01:53:55,792 --> 01:53:57,669
and provoke a regression
in the species.

1448
01:53:57,669 --> 01:53:59,921
All that matters is knowledge

1449
01:53:59,922 --> 01:54:01,840
and the perfection
of the human being.

1450
01:54:01,840 --> 01:54:05,427
So you're saying that the end
justifies the means?

1451
01:54:05,429 --> 01:54:08,140
There is no other way.

1452
01:54:08,140 --> 01:54:10,434
Just as there was no other way
for Veronica, just aging

1453
01:54:10,435 --> 01:54:11,978
and suffering and then death.

1454
01:54:11,978 --> 01:54:13,980
There was no other way.

1455
01:54:13,980 --> 01:54:16,107
That's why you've never
finished your book,

1456
01:54:16,108 --> 01:54:18,110
why you'll always be a failure.

1457
01:54:18,110 --> 01:54:18,985
No.

1458
01:54:22,366 --> 01:54:24,409
THE DOUBLE:
Dominic, what have you done?

1459
01:54:24,410 --> 01:54:25,953
[GASPING]

1460
01:54:25,953 --> 01:54:27,037
Oh, Dominic.

1461
01:54:27,038 --> 01:54:30,041
Save me.
Save me, Dominic.

1462
01:54:32,419 --> 01:54:34,170
Dominic, what have you done?

1463
01:54:34,171 --> 01:54:35,505
What have you done?

1464
01:54:35,506 --> 01:54:37,508
[PANTING]

1465
01:54:37,508 --> 01:54:39,468
[THE DOUBLE SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1466
01:54:56,448 --> 01:54:57,365
[SIGHS]

1467
01:55:05,166 --> 01:55:06,584
[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]

1468
01:55:11,382 --> 01:55:12,508
[SNIFFS]

1469
01:55:17,389 --> 01:55:18,556
[CHUCKLES]

1470
01:55:20,560 --> 01:55:22,687
[#]

1471
01:55:26,400 --> 01:55:27,150
[EXHALES]

1472
01:56:09,785 --> 01:56:11,828
And the third rose?

1473
01:56:13,790 --> 01:56:14,916
[SIGHS]

1474
01:56:17,669 --> 01:56:20,296
[WHISPERS] Where shall
I put the third rose?

1475
01:56:20,297 --> 01:56:21,381
[SNIFFLES]

1476
01:56:23,801 --> 01:56:25,886
[WHISPERS]
Oh, where shall I put it?

1477
01:56:36,900 --> 01:56:38,985
[#]

1478
01:56:38,986 --> 01:56:40,445
[DOOR CREAKING]

1479
01:57:18,617 --> 01:57:19,367
[SIGHS]

1480
01:57:51,739 --> 01:57:53,324
MAN:
Dominic?

1481
01:57:56,537 --> 01:57:57,830
Dominic Matei?

1482
01:58:00,667 --> 01:58:04,296
Cuconul Dominic Matei?

1483
01:58:07,299 --> 01:58:09,301
Is it you?

1484
01:58:14,267 --> 01:58:16,102
Praise God,

1485
01:58:16,102 --> 01:58:18,437
you've returned.

1486
01:58:18,438 --> 01:58:21,566
Dr. Neculache, look.
He's back.

1487
01:58:23,777 --> 01:58:27,322
Cuconul Dominic is here.

1488
01:58:27,323 --> 01:58:28,574
DOMINIC:
In other words,

1489
01:58:28,575 --> 01:58:30,827
the story begins
all over again.

1490
01:58:30,828 --> 01:58:32,746
Old friend.

1491
01:58:32,747 --> 01:58:34,123
Dominic?

1492
01:58:34,123 --> 01:58:35,833
Look, it's you.
- I'm dreaming.

1493
01:58:35,834 --> 01:58:37,544
I am dreaming.

1494
01:58:37,544 --> 01:58:38,837
When I wake up,

1495
01:58:38,837 --> 01:58:42,758
it will seem like
I've just begun to dream indeed.

1496
01:58:42,758 --> 01:58:44,301
It's like, uh,

1497
01:58:44,302 --> 01:58:48,473
the story of Chuang-tzu
and the butterfly.

1498
01:58:48,474 --> 01:58:50,976
The story of Chuang-tzu
and the butterfly?

1499
01:58:50,977 --> 01:58:51,769
[SIGHING]
Yes.

1500
01:58:54,022 --> 01:58:58,068
A king who was dreaming
that he was a butterfly

1501
01:58:58,068 --> 01:59:00,320
that dreamed he was a king,

1502
01:59:00,321 --> 01:59:02,156
who was dreaming
he was a butterfly.

1503
01:59:02,156 --> 01:59:04,950
I know very well
that I'm--

1504
01:59:04,952 --> 01:59:06,203
I'm dreaming,

1505
01:59:06,203 --> 01:59:09,289
and in a minute or two
I will wake up.

1506
01:59:09,290 --> 01:59:11,959
You are awake, Cucoane Dominic,

1507
01:59:11,960 --> 01:59:13,503
but you are tired.

1508
01:59:13,503 --> 01:59:16,339
In fact, you look very tired.

1509
01:59:16,340 --> 01:59:17,341
All right.

1510
01:59:17,341 --> 01:59:21,095
Between December the 20th, 1938,

1511
01:59:21,096 --> 01:59:23,181
and this evening,
many things have happened.

1512
01:59:23,182 --> 01:59:26,101
That is when it is happening,
Cucoane Dominic.

1513
01:59:26,102 --> 01:59:28,771
This is December 20th, 1938.

1514
01:59:28,772 --> 01:59:31,024
I don't dare tell you

1515
01:59:31,024 --> 01:59:33,026
what year we are
really living in,

1516
01:59:33,027 --> 01:59:36,155
we who are outside this dream.

1517
01:59:36,155 --> 01:59:39,450
I know that if I were to make
the effort, I would wake up.

1518
01:59:39,451 --> 01:59:41,828
You are not dreaming,
Coane Dominic.

1519
01:59:41,829 --> 01:59:44,123
You're here with us,
your friends.

1520
01:59:44,123 --> 01:59:46,292
You're at the Caf� Select.

1521
01:59:46,293 --> 01:59:48,962
This is what we imagined
would happen.

1522
01:59:48,962 --> 01:59:51,631
When Conul Dominic
comes to his senses,

1523
01:59:51,632 --> 01:59:55,386
when he recovers,
you'll see.

1524
01:59:55,387 --> 01:59:57,806
He'll go straight
to the Caf� Select.

1525
01:59:57,807 --> 01:59:59,308
[SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

1526
01:59:59,308 --> 02:00:00,684
But if I'm not dreaming,

1527
02:00:00,685 --> 02:00:03,730
then you'd know about...

1528
02:00:03,730 --> 02:00:05,899
Hiroshima.

1529
02:00:05,899 --> 02:00:08,234
Of the hydrogen bomb,

1530
02:00:08,235 --> 02:00:09,528
of Neil Armstrong,

1531
02:00:09,528 --> 02:00:13,282
the astronaut who landed

1532
02:00:13,283 --> 02:00:14,784
and walked on the moon...

1533
02:00:14,785 --> 02:00:15,869
[SNORTS]

1534
02:00:15,870 --> 02:00:16,996
...last summer in July.

1535
02:00:18,831 --> 02:00:20,332
MAN:
Dominic!

1536
02:00:21,793 --> 02:00:23,962
Dominic, it's true.

1537
02:00:23,962 --> 02:00:27,173
You've come back.

1538
02:00:27,174 --> 02:00:29,259
Welcome.

1539
02:00:29,260 --> 02:00:31,178
[MAN SINGING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE OVER RADIO]

1540
02:00:39,397 --> 02:00:40,982
You look good.

1541
02:00:40,983 --> 02:00:44,194
Welcome, old friend.

1542
02:00:44,195 --> 02:00:48,282
It's like that story of, uh,
the Chinese philosopher,

1543
02:00:48,283 --> 02:00:50,577
you know, the one
I've told you about many times.

1544
02:00:50,578 --> 02:00:52,163
Which Chinese philosopher?

1545
02:00:52,163 --> 02:00:55,750
The name escapes me now.

1546
02:00:55,750 --> 02:00:57,460
The one with the butterfly.

1547
02:01:01,090 --> 02:01:03,008
Well, it's too long to repeat.

1548
02:01:03,008 --> 02:01:05,761
I'll call for a sleigh
to take you home.

1549
02:01:05,762 --> 02:01:07,347
I don't need a sleigh.

1550
02:01:09,308 --> 02:01:10,851
I'm going on foot.

1551
02:01:14,481 --> 02:01:18,193
The next time
the problem arises,

1552
02:01:18,193 --> 02:01:19,235
I shall know how to answer.

1553
02:01:22,114 --> 02:01:24,408
What problem, dear Dominic?

1554
02:01:30,291 --> 02:01:33,377
The problem which worries
all of us.

1555
02:01:37,675 --> 02:01:39,677
[GASPS]
Dominic?

1556
02:01:39,677 --> 02:01:41,512
Is it your teeth?

1557
02:01:41,513 --> 02:01:43,473
Is it your teeth? Dominic?

1558
02:02:00,703 --> 02:02:02,913
Should I lock up
the door?

1559
02:02:02,914 --> 02:02:05,375
The guest in Room 19
hasn't come back yet.

1560
02:02:05,375 --> 02:02:07,043
He went to the Caf� Select.

1561
02:02:07,043 --> 02:02:08,294
I'll call.

1562
02:02:11,382 --> 02:02:13,801
Yes, he came here.

1563
02:02:13,801 --> 02:02:15,803
He went into the backroom.

1564
02:02:15,803 --> 02:02:17,513
Uh, no one was there,

1565
02:02:17,515 --> 02:02:19,266
so he stayed only
a few minutes

1566
02:02:19,267 --> 02:02:21,644
and left without
saying good night.

1567
02:02:21,644 --> 02:02:24,271
He was, uh, holding
his hand to his mouth.

1568
02:02:33,199 --> 02:02:34,408
[BIRD SQUAWKING]

1569
02:02:51,764 --> 02:02:53,724
[#]

1570
02:03:38,485 --> 02:03:40,153
VERONICA:
And the third?

1571
02:03:42,573 --> 02:03:44,158
Where do you want me to put

1572
02:03:44,159 --> 02:03:46,828
the third rose?