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For as long as I can remember,
my grandparents have told me stories about my birth,
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They tended to sugarcoat the unpleasant events In life,
Living an idealised reality was the only possibility.
In truth, the setbacks already began at my birth.
I was born into an Ingrian family by mistake,
Listen, young lady.
In the Soviet Union women give birth in silence.
When I say “hop", everybody pushes.
It's no use crying.
And... hop!
Yes, it's coming!
Good heavens, it's so small.
Listen...
Why is he so quiet?
He was born prematurely. He has no immune system.
His lungs aren't fully developed. Premature babies cry quietly.
Where are you taking him?
Mum! - Johanna!
They took my boy!
RECEPTION
Stop. It's for doctors and patients only.
Open the door!
Immediately!
Hurry!
Oh, come on. If he dies,
you don't have to be ashamed of a fatherless child.
You ingrate!
What? - Hey, don't start with this again.
You say all sorts of things when you feel emotional.
He doesn't look dead to me.
He looks like Lenin, sleeping in his sarcophagus.
Maybe his father was a relative of Lenin. - Väikki...
Are you drunk? - A bit.
This is an important day to be a bit drunk.
What do you mean there are no incubators?
My daughter is going to die. - Calm down...
Do something or I'll call the higher-ups!
We're short on incubators,
so we are forced to use your incubator.
My son has no immunity!
You have no right to do this. - Open the door immediately!
I'll contact the authorities!
Calm down!
Please...
I beg you, miss. Help us.
We have no time to lose. She's going to die.
Please behave yourselves. We shouldn't allow visitors in here.
And comrade, please don't contact the authorities.
Fine. - Thank you.
Look at that. A Soviet romance.
I don't know how to thank you.
Lidia Dzhoharevna Durdebayeva.
Johanna Väinovna Tarkkinen.
Now then, let's drink to love!
Tamerlan Ahmedovitch Durdebayev.
Véino Eerovitsch Tarkkinen.
To love! - To love.
From the comforting silence of the incubator
I landed between two warring women.
I instantly found myself between freedom and discipline.
Tarakanin!
Tarkkinen, Tarkkinen...
It says here that the child was due in January.
As you can clearly see, he was born in October.
And why does it say "unknown" under the father's name?
Well...
We don't know much about the father.
You can put "arsehole" in there for all I care.
You don't even have an apartment where to bring up the child.
The child should be taken by the Commission for Minors.
There's no need for that.
No need to call anyone.
Let's say he is Leninovitch, son of Lenin.
Lenin was the father of all Soviet children of single mothers.
So that's settled then.
I will also line you up for an apartment.
Thank you! - Thank you so much.
But it will take some time.
Five years, as the houses haven't been built yet.
Five years? - Five, maybe ten.
Your special relationship with Lenin won't help you there.
My student mother wanted to bring me up using experimental methods.
But Grandma wanted me to become a decent Homo Sovieflcus,
It was a battle of ideologies.
Oh, bloody hell!
SILENCE AT 11 PM
GOODBYE SOVIET UNION
My grandparents lived In a closed town.
The border guards not only kept foreigners out
but also local people in.
There you go.
This peculiar place was called Leningrad 3,
which wasn't even on the map.
There was a secret uranium plant in the town
that was never spoken at
Officially it was just a “fabric-dying plant“,
and ii was forbidden to swim in the sea.
The Soviet Union struggled with permanent shortage,
but in Leningrad 3, the only thing we lacked was freedom.
While Gorbachev's glasnost hit the rest of the Soviet Union,
Lenim'sm only got stronger in Leningrad 3.
This is my first childhood memory.
I still had my bangs,
so I was an easy target for the iota! kids.
Fortunately, Uncle Kolya taught them who I was related to,
Run, you little bastards!
At home we listened to the Finnish radio,
leaving the tap running because of KGB.
That is how we learned the truth about Chernobyl.
...the citizens of the nearby residential areas have been evacuated,
Uncle Kolya avoided being posted to ground zero
by going on sick leave.
Mother came to see me once a month,
She brought her boyfriends with her, but luckily also presents.
I vividly remember the day I got my first friend,
Crocodile Gena.
You didn't run out on your friend. Make room for me.
Crocodile Gena, play us the accordion.
Usually people had to wait for decades to get a private car,
but one of Mother's boyfriends gave me my very own Moskvitch.
Hey lad, stop! Call for backup!
Gena and I tried to drive to Tallinn with it to see my mother.
Comrade Tarkkinen, it's the militia You're expected at home.
Stop!
But all we could do was wait.
Stop!
Look at her. Such a weird hairdo and everything.
Came here empty-handed and with no boyfriend.
Quit being a fool!
Mum!
What did that border guard want?
He didn't like my badge.
What badge? What did it say?
“We oppose the Afghan war. " - You silly pheasant!
Have you told Grandma our secret?
Not yet, but I will.
Hands off!
Leave me be, this is important.
A small toast.
So they want to send you to Afghanistan, Kolya?
But you're limping.
You must break your other leg as well, then.
It's no use. A proper heart attack is what I need.
How's that for a toast, Véiné.
I have a present for you.
The boarder guard confiscated one,
but it's a good thing I have plenty of them left.
You can get punched in the face for that in here.
Don't touch.
Is Afghanistan as dangerous as Chernobyl? - No.
I'll take my magic suit with me. It will protect me.
You can even swim in Leningrad 3's waters with this.
Now you're telling stories. - Really?
Am I?
Damn it, Véikki. Are you taking pictures of the plant?
That's enough, Mum.
I'm taking Johannes with me.
Taking him where? - To Tallinn.
To Tallinn, huh? And where will you live?
In that horrible student hostel?
Why can't you get a normal hairdo and live a normal life.
Hairdo, hairdo... Leave my hair out of this!
Johannes is missing nothing here. All his friends are here...
Gena is coming with us. He's the only friend I have anyway.
What?
You want to leave Grandma after everything I've done for you?
Leave my child alone! Don't be such a pain in the neck.
I won't allow it. - You've ruined my life!
I'll swim to Tallinn if I have to.
Johannes!
Mum!
This is all your fault!
Out of the way, I'm a specialist.
He swallowed a lot of sea water.
We have a case of blue algae poisoning. Department 3.
Mum!
You're not allowed to take photos in here!
This is not blue algae poisoning. I demand an investigation!
Good day.
What's going on, comrades?
This woman was taking photos.
Right. Hand me the camera.
This place need some glasnost.
What Glasnost? Give me the camera.
Just settle down now.
Listen to your mother. - So, give me the camera.
You want the camera? You can have it!
Keep your hands off my boy!
Johannes, don't be afraid.
You were already in a sarcophagus when you were born.
Grandpa promises that everything will be ok.
Johannes, grab the crocodile's hand.
As my mother demanded an investigation into my poisoning,
the officials begun to doubt her ability to raise me.
I lost half my hair to the Soviet Union due to the radiation,
and my mother's haircut went through perestros'ka in KGB's hands.
Uncle Kolya was sent to Afghanistan,
and my grandparents lost their home.
Only my radioactive friend was left across the border.
CROCODILE GENA (1985-1988)
That's not how you tie a Young Pioneer's scarf.
You're not fit to raise the boy by yourself.
Especially in a place like this.
Demobilising the Soviet soldiers has proved difficult...
Any news (mm mm Kuhn?
"Some of them have had to remain in Afghanistan.
Our young soldiers WEI! be rewarded for their courage...
Listen, Väikki. Hasn't the boy suffered enough?
From now on, news about Afghanistan are off-limits.
And no beer in the morning.
You have to drive us to school.
Johanna Tarkkinen?
I've been expelled from the university.
We have to leave this place, too.
Johannes, you have to go. You're going to be late.
You are going to school and I am finishing my studies.
Johannes darling.
If life in Leningrad 3 was stuck in the 19505,
in my new surroundings the pulsating '805 was In full swing.
Attention. We will gather In the gym In a few moments.
Everything was different
And I mean everything!
Johannes Leninovitch Tarkkinen. Stop defacing the statue.
You guys catch that? - No.
Do you speak Estonian? You speak like some mongol.
You can't deface comrade Lenin like that.
Stop that.
Shut up, fatty.
You were born here yet can't even speak Estonian.
Goddamn idiots! Let me teach you some geography.
We are from Chechnya. We don't need to learn Estonian.
Estonians. Get away from there and fast.
Run, you cowards.
Thanks, you saved my skin. I owe you one.
No, you don't. Just ignore those karat Estonians.
This is for you. - Thank you.
What does karat mean?
It's Estonian for "damn". They keep saying it.
I'm Gennadi Tamerlanovitch Durdebayev.
This is my sister Vera.
Gennadi... Like Crocodile Gena?
Johannes Leninovitch Tarkkinen. - Leninovitch?
Was your father really Lenin?
Grandpa says that Lenin is the father of all fatherless children.
No wonder you got beaten up.
So you are not Estonian? - I'm Ingrian.
Ingrian? Never heard of it.
I got my ass kicked the very first day.
But my plastic crocodile friend was replaced bye real Gena
and his sister.
Vera seemed uncannily familial:
We had already met each other In the Incubator.
Come in.
This belongs to Tamerlan's navigator Timofeyev.
Three rooms. A shared kitchen.
Our part with Tamerlan is over there, also three rooms.
What do you saw Till my husband gets back from Afghanistan?
It's better than living in that overcrowded dorm.
Well, we got evicted from there as well.
In that case you should definitely move in here.
You helped me so much in the hospital.
Let me help you in turn.
My new life in Tallinn was like a dream.
As long as the owner of the apartment
would never come back from Afghanistan,
Vera's and Gena's mother had a hair salon in the basement.
and it's by-products were perfect props for our war games.
I always played the role an Afghan enemy,
but it gave me the perfect excuse to spend time with Vera.
let's show them the meaning of socialistic industry
That'll make them forget their religious imagery
Afghanistan
Unfortunately, Mother wasn't able to adjust to life under Grandma's rule,
Still no hair...
At first I thought it was hereditary,
but you have a thick, full hair.
Johannes had an accident.
That's what made him bald?
Poor boy...
Don't apply too much.
If only we had that Western stuff
that all the pros use, Johnson & Johnson.
I'm sure the result would be better.
Why so sad?
I have to find a job.
Otherwise we can't have a life. I constantly argue with my mum.
And soon your Tamerlan will be back home from the war.
Don't you understand?
The men will come back,
but not necessarily straight back to their wives.
When is Dad coming home then?
How should I know?
As a woman, my job is to wait. And yours too.
Good evening, comrades.
The following is an official announcement.
The Soviet Union has decided to pull Its troops from Afghanistan.
No Soviet soldiers will remain in Afghanistan...
Why are you listening to news about Afghanistan again?
Grandma is coming soon. You'll get us in trouble.
Have there been any news about uncle Kolya?
Johannes...
We won't hear of him on the radio
nor see him on the TV.
We should prepare for the worst:
we might never hear from him again.
This is not acceptable. - At least I'm helping Lidia.
Väikki! I told you not to listen to news about Afghanistan.
Look, he's not listening.
Switch to another channel.
...these people are real Finns
who were sent there during the Swedish reign,
They should now be allowed to move back to Finland,
Tarkkinen...
Have you heard the Finnish president's call
for all Ingrians to return home?
You wish to return as well?
I'm not leaving, I'm only getting a job.
I want to buy a flat.
What's wrong with the one you have now?
I don't own an apartment.
We're temporarily living in my friend's apartment.
Perhaps you are also to blame for your unemployment.
Secret object. Leningrad 3.
That's why you don't have an apartment. Look.
Radiation.
You wanted perestroika to come to Leningrad 3 as well.
And now it is everywhere.
But you want to run away to Finland.
Tell me why you want to leave. What's the problem?
Perhaps it was a mistake...
I mean with Glasnost.
Like I said, I need work.
I have to take care of my family.
Take it easy...
How much will you be paid each month?
I don't know...
A cleaning woman gets about five to ten thousand marks.
I can get you a permission to travel abroad.
Permission...
On the condition that you pay one quarter of your income to me.
Yes, of course, one quarter. I understand...
And you'll be behind the iron curtain.
You'll be there for two years.
Two years?
Therefore your son will stay here.
Why?
In that case I have to reconsider...
There's nothing to consider. Do you want to lose your son?
You understand?
Johannes, look at me.
I'll come back.
My mother promised to bring presents from West,
just as she did when she lived in Tallinn.
Johannes, you should really start talking now.
At least smile a little.
You're breaking Grandma's heart.
Leave the poor boy alone.
He needs time to think.
Are you smiling? - What are you doing?
It's called consoling, you idiot.
I'm the idiot? Let's see what happens when dad gets home.
What's the problem? - You're a girl and he's a boy.
Listen, little Crocodile Gena.
Johannes is a still a small boy and he needs consoling.
Now take your sister's hand.
Go ahead, Gennadi Tamerlanovitch!
Good. Now everyone's happy.
Freedom to Estonia, freedom to Estonia!
Other people wanted things to change, too.
But not all of them.
Line up.
Because of these demonstrations,
our lessons will be held in the gym.
Victory Day, May 9,
is the most important day of all.
Attention! Right face.
The Western states consider themselves freedom fighters, which is untrue.
In fact, the Soviet army liberated Europe
and its people from the concentration camps.
We can't forget this.
Johannes.
Johannes!
Perhaps you went too far, comrade Ivanova?
A 10-year-old has no reason to see dying people at a concentration camp.
Didn't you consider the effect such thing will have
on a small boy's mind?
Johannes's reaction is normal.
I'm more worried about the lack of reaction from the others.
Children this young are unable to handle such imagery.
There you go, an expert opinion.
What was it that scared you? Was it theJews and how they...
He doesn't understand.
Johannes, she asked what scared you the most in this film.
Was it the Jews?
Or what?
Mother.
Mother?
His mother works in Finland. Temporarily.
And she left her only child alone? - No, she didn't leave him...
But Johannes hasn't cried once since.
It's okay to cry if you want to. But if you can't,
then try to express your feelings through games.
Have you ever heard of special therapy dolls?
This here is your mother, and this one is you.
"I love you."
This part is ok.
Rub this to the back, both sides and temples.
Is your mother here?
Lidia...
Tamerlan was a brave soldier, the best father, a true comrade...
The Fatherland will never forget him.
We are mourning with you.
As navigator Timufeyev Viktor Ivanovitch had no relatives,
headquarters decided that you should have his remains.
Lidotshka, darling.
Calm down. I'll take Timofeyev.
Gennadi Tamerlanovitch. Look at me.
You are the head of the family now.
Straighten your back.
My dreams came true We got Timofeyev's flat.
However, Vera's tears feit like a high price for it.
What's that for?
Wrap it around your body and blow yourself up.
Are you mad? I'm not blowing myself up!
Coward. Are you scared of fireworks?
I won't allow my sister to play with a coward.
If I win this battle,
then Vera is mine.
Got it?
You've never won anything. You don't even know how to fight.
Gena, this is not Caucasus. I can choose who I play with.
Get off!
This is your last battle. From now on you play alone.
Leave him alone.
And the price only got higher.
Gena said you came up with this.
Howie Vera?
Answer me! Who came up with this idiotic game?
It wasn't me. It was Gena.
It was you. You wanted to impress Vera.
We'll talk about this at home.
Could you please go for a break? The finger will be okay.
Johannes.
Do you understand that you've ruined her life?
Who'd want her with only one eye?
I would.
My husband is dead.
My daughter might lose her eye.
What have I done to desewe this? - Lidia...
Gena plays war games because he is upset about his father's death.
Why on earth would Johannes wear an explosive belt?
That's a completely absurd idea.
Gena, look at me.
Are you sure that it was Johannes's idea?
That's it. I forbid you from playing together anymore.
And tomorrow I'll decide what to do with you.
Where did he get such an idea?
Johannes doesn't speak at all,
Your mother wants to talk to you.
This call is not free!
Johannes.
Listen to me.
Everything will be okay.
Mother loves you.
Väikki!
Look! The boy lost his marbles.
Calm down.
Johannes!
You must hurry to school.
For heaven's sake...
You have to be ready in two minutes.
Johannes.
Grandma said that you're old enough
to dress up yourself from now on.
Good news.
But Grandma will still tie your Young Pioneer's scarf.
Now here is the bad news.
Lidia wants us...
...to move away from here.
Stop sulking.
I have a real surprise for you this evening.
It will make you jump for joy.
Trust me.
Tarkkinen, late again?
From now on your place is at the back.
We're just watching a documentary about our city
where everything is wonderful.
Vera, I'm really sorry.
Get lost! - Gena.
Shove off! Don't you get it?
We can't play with you anymore!
You made those belts because you were jealous!
No, I didn't!
Everybody loves you yet nothing is enough.
Stay away from us!
Freedom to Estonia... Freedom to Estonia.
Children... Vera, Gena. Let's go home, quickly.
Take that damn monument down!
I would love to, but I'm not authorised to do so.
This is a school. We're not involved in politics in any way.
Not involved in politics, huh?
What are you doing?
Hey look, that's Lenin's relative!
That's Lenin's relative!
Where are your Chechen friends now?
Where's your grandfather?
Bloody hell.
We have to cut your hair again.
I'll cut it.
Johannes.
I must apologise, I drank myself into oblivion.
And because of me, Grandpa lost his sense of time.
Kolya, let's put on our hazmat suits.
Let's go to the school and tell who Johannes is related to.
Cheers, old men.
I'll be...
I know that I'm not really Lenin's son.
Look who's all grown up.
Makes a toast and drinks lemonade from a vodka bottle.
And doesn't believe our fairytales any more.
Johannes...
I'll ask you a personal question while the tap's running.
Grandpa says that you're interested in girls.
I'm not.
So you're interested in boys, then?
Then you must have the taps running all the time.
Hey,Johannes.
Now we'll teach you how to dance.
Väinö!
The first step in love is holding hands.
But before your first kiss, you should know how to dance.
But remember to be tender.
Yes, really tender.
Come on.
Come, come...
Surprise!
Kolya!
Good heavens! Where did you come from?
Dad?
What are you...?
What's happened to Johannes's hair?
This time I didn't come empty-handed.
Mother, you already argued enough on our way here.
Look who's come here to play a mother.
Johannes.
If you manage to get a banana in your mouth in the Soviet Union,
you eat it with your eyes closed.
Imagine we lived half our lives
before we got to taste this.
Don't worry. And don't worry about your hair.
It will grow back eventually.
This is you.
This is Johannes, and this is his family.
Nothing but dolls!
And Johannes hasn't smiled once since you left.
We'll make Johannes smile again.
And another doll!
Keep on digging.
Is this...?
It's Soviet Ken.
And they, Johannes, are your new friends.
They'll make Johannes happy again.
This is kurat, damn it.
Look.
Oh my.
Look how Gorbachev always sings the same song.
Mother's most amazing gift was a satellite dish,
which warmed the mighty heart of our small family.
Suddenlyl was the brightest star in our school,
Hello perestroika, democracy
Another country is free from dictatorship
Hello perestroika, hello happiness
The red flag no longer fills us with dread
The Soviet Union helped its brother nations,
so do we have the right to call them our occupiers?
Of course not.
Johannes Leninovitch Tarkkinen. Come here.
You look like a traffic light.
Dumle... Nazi chocolate.
Your mother brings you presents that a Soviet child does not need.
Please explain to your comrades
how the Western world makes you happy.
Imagine a world where people and robots live together.
And which has a whole mountain of Dumles in it.
And cities where people live in skyscrapers.
Ladies and gentlemen, our perfect plastic world
presents our sponsor Johnson &Johnson.
We are very worried about Johannes
and his troubling behaviour.
He used to be proud of his patronymic, Leninovitch,
but now he imagines that the West is a heaven on earth,
sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.
Johannes, come and sit down.
Do you think l'm a bad mother because I work in Finland?
Is my son a moron for dreaming of the wrong things?
This is not about ideology. - What then?
Here we have a complaint from Lidia Durder...
Durdebayeva. - Lidia is an illiterate from a backwater town!
Nevertheless, her complaint is on my desk
and she writes that your son has attacked her son.
It was Gena who attacked me!
Johannes, be quiet.
Johannes, would you want your mother to stay here
and not go to Finland?
What do you want?
To move to the West!
What are you writing there?
How dare you? - What are you doing?
THE BOY HAS NO FATHER...
How dare you. - Comrades, calm down.
Wait, miss. Think about what you're doing.
I warn you. We'll be forced to contact
the Commission for Minors.
I don't have much of a choice.
Johanna!
Wait.
Johanna!
Try knocking your own head!
I'll tell the officials that you are living here without a permit.
Wait, Lidia. - I'm fed up with this.
I would like to pay a few months' rent.
What? - In cash.
I don't need your charity. I get Tamerlan's pension and...
Are you serious?
The rouble is worthless.
It's as good as toilet paper.
But I will pay you.
In Western currency.
And as a bonus, a few bottles of Johnson &Johnson.
I want to apologise.
I'm sorry it wasn't me who lost the eye.
Fine.
But I still forbid our children from playing together.
How is your finger? Can you move it?
Everything is correct. One fourth of my salary.
That's what they all say, but you can't be too careful with money.
How much would it cost to take my son to Finland with me?
Could it be arranged somehow?
“Lapin Kulta."
Foams just like in the Western ads.
Tastes like capitalism, too.
I think it can be arranged.
But it will be a bit more expensive.
Twenty thousand.
Twenty thousand?
Finnish marks?
Well, not dollars of course.
I'm not a huge arsehole, just a small one.
Nothing was free in the Soviet Union,
particularly friendship.
Hi!
What the hell's that gadget on your balcony?
A satellite dish.
Do you use it to contact aliens or American spies?
Americans speak to me through thousands of channels.
Thousands?
And (in you SM have “me super Dumas?
Catch!
Are you an idiot? Can't you throw properly?
I have plenty of them, don't worry.
You can take what you want.
You need to peel it before eating.
Peel the rest yourself. - Okay.
You know, in the Soviet Union you eat bananas with your eyes closed.
I came here to watch TV, not sit around with my eyes closed.
Wow...
Vera would love that.
True.
Vera, listen...
I'm begging you.
Let's play together for one last time.
Oh, how cool.
It's not a Sky Dancer Barbie, but close enough.
But this is... - Soviet Ken, yes.
Let's play father and mother.
Vera and I slept during the day and played at night.
Not even Soviet propaganda could keep us awake.
Being sleepy we never noticed that the world around us
was changing quicker than ourselves,
Good day.
I am from the Commission for Minors.
Galina Arbusova.
Could we talk about Johannes?
Johannes's problems started immediately after his mother left.
Yes... what kind of problems?
He slept during classes throughout last semester.
Slept?
Has he been sleeping during the day on his summer holidays as well?
He runs through fields and meadows during the day.
Johannes?
Of course I sleep. What else would I be doing at night?
Yes, and he sleeps at night.
Well I'll be...
Lights and everything.
It's comrade Gorbachev himself.
Even dressed in his yellow sportswear.
And who is that doll? - This is my family.
This skinny Barbie is from the West.
And this meatball Gorbachev is from the East.
Your family, huh...
Poor child.
Okay then. Let's play together.
Good day, comrade Gorbachev.
Could comrade Gorbachev
introduce this American lady...
...to our Soviet country?
In the Soviet Union people have to queue everywhere.
Nobody has sneakers.
We only have one type of chocolate and beer.
Bananas are a luxury of the few,
and during the winter we only eat pickles.
Comrade Gorbachev!
How rude of you to talk like that about your home country.
You should be put under house arrest.
You didn't let me finish, comrade therapeutic doll.
We may have shortage of many things, but love is not one of them.
When you're in love, you need nothing but air to breath.
Well, that was nicely said.
What else does a Soviet person who's in love need?
Dear heavens, no. Nothing like that.
Look at me.
Before a kiss
you need to look a girl in the eye.
The eyes tell you if a girl wants to kiss you or not.
Otherwise you'll get a slap in the face.
You understand?
You are so sweet.
You have such a lovely boy. - Thank you.
Hello.
The boy is just in love.
And it's hard to sleep when you're in love.
I think that you should officially apply for
Johannes's legal custody.
Think about it.
Thank you for your hospitality.
See you.
Do you want to get Grandma and Grandad evicted?
Hi. - What's the situation?
Can we come? - Grandma knows about us.
Here, catch.
What is this?
I'm sorry, but the Dumles are finished.
I'll figure something out. - You'd better.
And you can have your crappy chocolate bar.
How are our children? - They fell asleep to the anthem.
I want to see them.
Hey, what are you doing? Get back.
Are you crazy? - Calm down, I'm just joking.
Gena is organising some sort of "military exercise".
I need to go, they're calling me.
See you tomorrow. - See you.
Even though the world around us had changed so much,
Vera and I frolicked around just like before.
We were sure that nothing would change between us.
Your finger is almost healed.
Can you see anything?
I can see something.
Ouch!
Take a look at this. My own troop carrier.
Death to Afghans!
Are you the two Afghan terrorists
these guys have been looking for all over the Soviet Union?
Don't be afraid. Hop on.
You can show us the way to Tallinn.
Come on, youngsters. Let's rejoice.
Hurray! Hurray!
Well, youngsters...
We have a slight problem.
We're out of gas, so the war ends here.
The battle was shorter than expected.
I propose a toast.
It is sad how everything ends without a battle.
The sun setting on the Soviet Union.
I think this is a perfect moment. - For what?
Johannes! What are you doing on a tank?
Where did you come from? - Be quiet.
You can't begin to understand what's going on.
Listen, not a single word in Russian now.
Are you Estonians or Russians? - We are Ingrians.
And a few Chechens in the backseat.
And you? - A Tatar.
What an international taxi you have.
See any Russian tanks on your way? - Only a small one.
And it had run out of gas.
You happen to have a can of gas in your trunk? - No.
Do you mind if I check?
Have a safe journey!
Where have you been?
Answer me! I already called the militia.
Have you been...
...playing war again?
March! Go to your room.
Right this instant!
I see you're unable to stick to what we agreed.
I want you gone by tomorrow morning.
Lidia...
Have you been watching the news lately?
What about it? - You may be the one who is thrown out.
When Estonia becomes independent,
drunk Soviet soldiers and their families will he the first to be thrown out.
Start packing. We'll leave for Finland in the morning.
You're grounded until then.
I don't want to go to the West!
The president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has been unseated.
...is going to impose a curfew on fire areas where resistance arises.
The streets of Moscow are full of tanks and crowds of people...
“Moscow is now filled with war equipment,
Various tanks and troop carriers have rolled into the city.
They are there to prevent any illegal activities.
Meanwhile, Yeltsin has declared the coup illegal.
The Soviet army already prepared for this show of force at Easter,
But {his is no drill. President Gorbachev has been overthrown,
the country is under martial law
and if is led by the Committee on the State of Emergency",
People are stunned by the presence of Me tanks,
and some people have blocked their path,.
We survived Lenin and Stalin.
And the Great Patriotic War.
We'll survive this as well.
What? Are you crazy?
A little. - Did you climb here?
You're crazy...
Where is Gena? - He's being punished.
Wonderful. Finally.
Give me a hand.
Vera, my mum wants to take me with her to the West.
May I have this dance?
Have you packed already?
Johannes?
You dance pretty well for a first-timer.
This is not my first time.
Uncle Kolya and Grandpa taught me.
I'm sorry, but I need to see both of your eyes.
Mum. Johannes has run away.
Where has he gone? - To Lidia's place.
Väikki!
You Estonians came to drive us out already?
Johannes is here. - How dare you!
Johannes, are you there? - Damn.
Johannes? Väikki, come on, will you!
Hurry, break the door open. - Let's not break anything.
Vera, open the door!
Johannes, listen to a specialist.
Listen to us. Open the door! A war is about to begin.
Congratulations. Soviet romance.
Congratulations. Good boy.
Get the hell out of here.
What now?
I didn't come empty-handed this time either.
I can't accept this. - Listen...
Let me play a millionaire for once.
Soon I'll be just a cleaning woman at a nursing home.
Although life in Finland was different
it became dear to me that people were the same everywhere.
Life remained pretty much the same.
If in the Soviet Union people had money but nothing to buy,
in the West it was the other way around.
Although I finally had my mother to myself,
after my first kiss I realised that I aiso needed a girlfriend.
IN MEMORY OF EERO “VÄIKKI” VIROLAINEN