Dzien Matki (2023) Movie Script
[radio beeping]
[long beep]
[male host] It's just gone past...
midnight at Radio Province.
Today is Mother's Day.
A holiday celebrated in honor
of the most important women in our lives.
The origins of this special day
can be traced back
to Ancient Greece and Rome.
In 17th century England it was known
as "Mothering Sunday." Traditionally...
[man] Hey, doll!
[host] ...bring gifts...
- [man] Where are you going?
- [host] ...mainly flowers and candy.
And now a beautiful song
from Radio Province to all moms.
[male crooner] Mom
It's sad and strange out there
DEATH TO THE ENEMIES OF THE HOMELAND
The trees that grow here are different
Nobody seems to know what silence is
[clerk sniffles] Beer?
Mom
- Three?
- Six.
Don't think I'm complaining
[clerk sighs]
But I miss...
[man] You're quite a babe.
Your hair is nice. [sniffles]
Is it curly only up here? [laughs]
- Leave her alone!
- [man 2] Hey, shut it!
Calm! Why are you so twitchy?
- [young woman] Keep your hands off!
- [man 2 laughs]
- Relax, babe.
- [woman clears throat]
[clears throat]
Gentlemen...
Leave the ladies alone.
This isn't right, gentlemen.
[man 2] What? Did you hear that?
[man] Don't drop your beers!
Hey, Mommy!
[man 2] And now what?
You've ruined the fun!
We came here to enjoy ourselves.
[man 3] Yeah!
[man 2] Yo, Momma!
I'm talking to you!
[man 3] Nice butt, but turn around!
- So, what now?
- I'm not on my own.
Can you count?
What's the distance between us?
Two and a half?
Two meters thirty?
[rain intensifies]
So?
- [thunder rolls]
- Goodbye?
Two meters twenty.
[thunder rolls]
[woman grunts]
[man] What the hell?
[clerk] Ms. Nina!
Don't cross the line, like the last time!
- [Nina grunts]
- [moans]
[man 2] Hey!
[electronic techno music playing]
Come on, go!
Go get her! Come on!
[grunts in effort]
- [Nina grunts]
- [screams]
[man screams]
[man 2 roars]
[Nina's roar echoes]
[male voice] Final round.
[men moaning in pain]
[man screams]
[Nina grunts]
[man 4 moans]
[men moaning in pain]
[Nina yells in pain]
[Nina grunts]
[Nina grunts]
- [Nina moans in pain]
- [sirens heard in the distance]
[sirens approaching]
- [man 2] Come on!
- [man 3] Let's get out of here!
- [man 3] Go!
- [man 2] Come on!
[man 3] Get up.
[thunder rolls]
[wolf howling in the distance]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[moans in pain]
- [can rattles]
- [thunder rolls]
[breathes deeply, exhales]
[sirens blaring in the distance]
[can opens]
[exhales]
[breathes deeply, exhales]
[suspenseful electronic music starts]
[techno music intensifies]
THURSDAY
MOTHER'S DAY
MOTHER'S DAY
[machine whirring]
[engine whirring]
[metal creaking]
[metal creaks]
[metal creaks]
[engine powering down]
[exhales]
S'up!
- S'up.
- S'up.
And see ya.
[man clears throat]
[both clearing throat]
[sighs]
Soz, I was supposed to be back earlier.
And soz for going out in the morning.
Soz, but it's not about that.
- Aw!
- [woman chuckles]
[woman giggles]
- [man] Happy birthday!
- Thanks!
[computer beeps and chirps]
[zooming]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
There was a barrel at the Kandahar base.
A metal barrel,
partially buried in the ground.
- And on return from patrol...
- Which you never did, as office staff.
And on return from patrol,
you had to aim at the barrel
and pull the trigger.
Do you know why?
[man] For safety, just in case.
So, you didn't blow anyone's brains out.
You don't pay attention?
Somebody pays
for someone else's stupidity.
Are you done?
[blows nose loudly]
[sniffles] You lose focus
when you're close.
He's my kid.
- Same thing every year. He's happy.
- They're spoiling him.
Great! Fantastic. Kids should be spoiled.
[exhales]
It's good to meet up, right?
Once in a while.
[chuckles]
Everything's fine.
[engine splatters]
- [man sighs]
- [engine splatters]
[engine splatters]
[engine starts]
[man panting]
- [grunts, yells]
- [glass breaking]
[man moans]
[man coughs and moans]
[continues moaning]
[Nina] Where are the candles?
- [sighs]
- Where are the flowers?
[sighs]
Not giving a damn about the fallen
is the firm's standard.
You came up with the legend,
now you have it.
Put it down.
Do you enjoy bullying me like that?
Yeah.
[grunts]
How's life?
Peachy, thank you.
At least someone's is.
R.I.P. MAJOR NINA NOWAK
[man chuckles]
BORN 07.12.1980
DIED 21.09.2005
FALLEN IN DEFENSE OF HER HOMELAND
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SATURDAY CHILLAX WITH THE FAMILY
PARENTS FOLKSSTILLGOTI[inhales]
[car approaching]
[engine powers down]
[young man moans]
- Come here, little shit!
- What's going on?
Fuck!
[thug grunts in pain]
[thug 2] Let go!
Come here!
[dog barking in the distance]
WARSAW RAILWAY STATION
Get him!
[engine revving]
[man] Move it, move it, move it!
[metal clatters]
[alarm chimes faintly]
[alarm chimes faintly]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes loudly]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm continues]
[container drops]
- [metal clatters]
- [alarm chimes]
Z.MALECKI1998
HE NEVER CAME BACK HOME
ZDZISIEK123
ANYONE IN TOUCH WITH HIM?
ASIA.WAWA
ME NEITHER...
ANKA WWA.28 FUCK
ZIELONY GRZYB 2912
IS HE MISSING?!
PAN SAMOCHODZIK
HE'S GONE
PIOTREK.1966
DIDN'T COME BACK
[panting]
Pay up, pay up, pay up!
[whiny] Where's my alimony?
No alimony?
Zosia won't visit you. Pay, pay, pay, pay!
Alimony, alimony, alimony, alimony,...
[car alarm chirps]
[gasps]
[man] Maybe it's a prank?
Maybe they had a fight?
You know how it is with teenagers.
[clears throat]
You have friends in police.
[man laughs]
[laughing] I can't interfere
with the investigation.
Get some intel.
Maybe he got drunk with friends,
and he's afraid to go home?
Maybe he's already at home?
Just don't go there.
Stay away from them.
[car door closes]
[car alarm chirps]
This is unbelievable.
Three hours to file a report.
You can find a missing person
in three hours. That's just...
At least they're looking for him.
There's nothing more we can do.
I think I'm going mad.
No, no, no.
[sighs]
POLICE
[panting]
[man mumbles over radio]
[siren blares]
This is Max's phone.
The kidnappers left a recording.
It hasn't been recorded in evidence yet,
so don't be too long.
LAST RECORDING
[Duan in Serbian] I am Duan Dragan,
son of Spiridon Dragan.
He was killed by Nina Nowak, aka Kikimora.
This is my revenge on her.
I can't kill her,
so I will kill her son.
You won't find him.
Blood for blood.
Life for life.
How does he know?
- You've leaked again?
- Even if we did, nobody knows.
With each new minister comes purge.
This hasn't changed since your times.
- Anything else?
- Come on, I don't know.
[grunts]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing continues]
It's my daughter.
[phone chimes]
[exhales]
Like regime, like ambassador...
And this particular regime
doesn't look good.
Our intelligence hypothesis
has been confirmed.
Madam diplomat is in the laundry business.
The laundry service
is located in her embassy
and accepts dirt from Polish clients.
These clients have very dirty hands.
And they're involved
in very dirty business.
This is...
[clears throat]
[in Russian] Beauty...
She ships dirty cash to her lovely country
in diplomatic transports,
injects it into
the local banking system and...
[nose blowing loudly]
And then withdraws clean cash on our side.
The regime takes thirty percent.
Who orders the laundering?
We know that too.
Volto, Voltmeter.
Aka Little Bitter.
Son of the well-known Big Bitter,
thanks to his son,
currently held in an underground cell.
[grunts]
The palace coup is a recent development.
Voltmeter is a nutjob...
on the top of this shit pyramid.
Below him there's...
Titus, aka Titus Konopka.
He runs the human trafficking department.
Next in line is...
Baton.
Aka Ivo Jarecki.
He runs the meth,
pookie, crystal department.
It's completely outrageous
that these scoundrels
are financing a regime,
that bludgeons, tortures,
and kills its own citizens.
We'll shut down this enterprise.
And lock up these sons of bitches.
[Max grunts, crashes]
WARSAW CITY MONITORING SYSTEM
[engine starts]
[thug] Okay, take him.
[van doors open on tape]
[breathes deeply]
[man] Move it, move it, move it!
YUM-YUM
They're Voltmeter's men.
Drugs, racketeering, human trafficking.
He keeps a tight grip
on everything illegal in this city.
- Where is he?
- Nobody knows.
But even if he got an order to kidnap Max,
he didn't do it. It was his apes.
- Don't get mixed up in this.
- Where are his apes?
YUM-YUM
[men chattering]
[man] For me,
the current situation is dope.
We were just errand boys to the old man.
"Break this guy's leg."
"Kidnap that guy's chick."
"Throw him out the fucking window."
Great fucking prospects.
And with Volto?
No more petty shit.
Promotion... We'll be VIPs!
But it's kinda wack
to decapitate your old man
and put his head in a jar...
You didn't know?
He keeps it on a shelf at home.
[all laugh]
[hip hop music playing]
[man 2] Baton?
He came back light.
Light?
- Why?
- He says the client changed his mind.
[hookah water bubble]
[gulps]
[yells]
[panting]
There are no
dry runs at Yum-Yum.
Whoever does dry runs is...
a dick.
And a dick deserves...
a massage.
[moans in pain]
Come here.
[Nina clears throat]
[whistles]
Where's the boy?
Where's the boy?
Ma'am...
If a man says...
he doesn't beat women, he's a chauvinist.
But all of us believe in gender equality.
[inhales quickly]
[Baton grunts in pain]
[Nina grunts]
[shouts]
[Nina grunts]
[yells]
[man yells]
[screams]
[screams]
[screams]
- [metal clanks]
- [Nina grunts]
[gasps, coughs]
[coughs]
[Nina yells in pain]
[man screams in pain]
[screams in pain]
[screams]
[man moaning faintly]
[man whimpers]
[man moaning]
Where's the boy?
At Titus' place. He's got him, Ma'am.
We just plucked him off the street.
[man yelps]
Where's Titus?
[gasps]
- [bone cracks]
- [groans]
- [tires screech]
- [car horns]
They didn't perforate...
[Titus] Mm.
Overtime to clean up this fuck-up.
At least the cash is right.
[distorted] Let's go. Move it!
Keep going.
[Volto] You know what, Daddy?
I think that it's possible to make moola...
and have a good time.
I'm having a good time, Daddy.
I'm having a blast, Daddy.
Daddy, I am...
totally losing myself in this fun.
[smacks lips]
Dad, hello?
Dad!
Ahh... Uh-uh-uh-uh.
Uh?
Even now you won't look at me.
[man] Volto.
Duan Dragan is calling.
Daddy, watch how to do
international business.
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh...
No, no, no, no.
Don't say anything now, my dear.
Be quiet.
Dad...
Moshi-Moshi.
This is the Polish Postal Service.
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] Has the package arrived?
The package arrived.
It's waiting at the pick-up point.
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] My courier will arrive
in two days.
He will collect the package.
[Volto] When can we expect
the second installment?
[Nina grunting]
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] The courier
will bring the money.
[game swords swooshing]
[auto translator] He'll give it to you
if the package is intact.
May I ask what you're going to do
with the package?
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[Nina roars]
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] We will open it
and take everything out.
Is there a problem?
Not at all!
I recommend myself for the future.
Bye-bye!
[woman moaning]
[techno music playing]
[music volume increases]
[breathes heavily]
[muffled mumble]
[Nina grunts]
[phone keys beeping]
[electronic dance music playing]
Moshi-Moshi.
[music stops]
[breathes heavily]
[breathing intensifies]
[grunts]
[grunting in effort]
[grunts in effort]
[mumbles]
[moans in effort]
[muffled scream]
[Volto] One skirt did this?
[Titus] We were surprised, too!
Boss, she got helluva beating!
Everything's under control!
[loud electronic frequency shrieks]
- [high-pitched tone tinging]
- [moaning]
[whispering] That's bad.
Really bad.
Your pop used to say that sometimes.
But the business...
went well.
[tone continues]
[exhales]
[tone fades]
[Max] Who were those people?
Who are you?
You ask too many questions.
- I don't understand!
- Do you want to go home or not?
Then listen to me! Okay?
Do what I say.
The less you know, the better.
[breaks screeching]
- Calm down.
- [grunts]
Calm down!
[groans]
If they see us, we're dead!
They'll kill you!
And me.
And if they kill me,
no one will help you.
Okay?
[Max] Mm-hmm.
Come.
[door closes]
[door lock clattering]
[sarcastically] Fucking awesome pad.
It's safe.
[breathes deeply]
We had gotten a job.
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An important job!
From an important client.
This job
was supposed to pave the way for us
to new markets.
We were going to expand
internationally!
And create a strong national brand
respected around the world.
But we won't.
Maybe we should catch them?
You know where they are?
Yes?
Exactly.
Do you know who'll have to find out?
[whispering] Let me enlighten you.
Come here.
Come.
[Titus pants]
- [electricity crackling]
- [Titus groans]
[crackling continues]
[moans]
[breathes heavily]
[moaning loudly]
[Volto moans loudly]
[moaning]
[Volto sighs]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[sighing]
Moola.
Is CCTV up and running?
The cameras.
What?
Video-fucking-recorder.
Oh. Yeah!
- Is it working?
- It's working. [sniffling]
We're not telling the client
about this mess.
How will we find the kid?
[electronic frequency whirring]
[groans]
[exhales]
Dial the Witch.
We have to call the Witch.
[phone keys beeping]
Well?
[sniffles]
[in Russian] A woman?
Just one?
All of them?
And the money?
How much?
[exclaims in anger]
Send over whatever's left.
No, for fuck's sake!
With a messenger pigeon.
It's not good that your other ventures
interfere with ours.
I'm not your intelligence agency.
It's not the first time.
Do we understand each other?
Good.
[sighs heavily]
What a mess.
Son!
[exhales]
Mm.
[computer chimes]
PLAYBACK
[keyboard keys click]
[coughing]
Kikimora?
Alive?
[sighs]
Spies still at work?
Mm.
I want them to find her.
[Witch sniffles]
What a mess.
[dial tone rings]
[breathes heavily]
[Max] Do you need help?
We had first aid classes at school.
[microwave dings]
I'd like to call them.
Calm them down.
They'll trace the call.
And they'll find us.
Why did they kidnap me?
For ransom?
You know, don't you?
- For fuck's sake!
- Hey!
Hey what?
Hey what?
- Do you talk back to you parents too?
- No. We don't keep secrets.
- Eat up.
- [scoffs] I don't eat meat.
If you went to university here...
you could always live with me.
[Zosia] Mm-hmm.
[dishes clank]
- [water running]
- There are good schools here.
Or we could find you a studio apartment.
How about we cut your mother's head off
and make broth.
It wouldn't taste good, Daddy.
[water shuts off]
[sighs]
Listen.
I don't want to impose on you,
but wouldn't it be nice to see each other?
You can visit us.
But it's a really long flight.
Hmm?
[phone buzzes]
They're here.
Uh...
When will you be back?
[Zosia] I'll be better off there.
Bye, Daddy.
Bye.
[girls chattering]
It's really lovely.
Just lovely.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Not lovely.
Not lovely! Not lovely! Not lovely!
Fuck!
[screams in anger]
[cell phone rings]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing stops]
[Nina] Call them.
Who's them?
His parents. Calm them down.
Is he with you?
What do you think?
Dragan won't let you off.
Neither will Voltmeter.
They won't find us.
You'll run for the rest of your life?
Where are you?
[sighs] At my place.
- There?
- Here. Call them.
[exhales]
- [cell phone beeps]
- [dial tone rings]
[clears throat]
Hello?
[Nina sighs]
[cell phone buzzing]
[cell phone buzzing]
Yes?
[whispering] Everything will be okay.
Trust me.
- How long did you talk?
- What?
- [yelling] How long?
- What's your problem?
No! Stop it! What are you doing?
Give it back. You're fucking crazy!
[shouting] Why am I here?
Why the fuck am I here?
Open the door!
[kicking door]
Give me the key! Just give it!
You're a lunatic!
Help! Help!
Open the door!
Help!
Open the door!
Help!
[Max sobs]
[banging on door]
[whispering] Open the door.
I knew your father.
I knew your real father.
What?
He didn't die in an accident.
Your parents didn't die in an accident.
They killed us, one by one.
They killed him.
They wanted to kill me, so I disappeared.
[Max] No, no!
[charge explodes]
- [shots stop]
- [single shot fired]
[muffled metal clanking]
- [Nina grunts]
- [gasps in pain]
[gun fires]
[Nina] Max?
- Max!
- [faintly] Yeah?
[Nina] Stay there!
Don't move!
- [thugs clamoring]
- [bullets ricocheting]
[gun firing]
[grunts]
[moans]
[gun firing]
- [gun firing]
- [bullets ricocheting]
[gun firing]
[screaming]
[screams in fear]
- [object impacting]
- [thug] Well? Where is she?
[thug] Does it hurt?
Take me to the hospital.
[shotgun fires]
[men chattering]
Fuck.
[thug, whispering] Come. Be quiet.
- [Nina grunts]
- [moans in pain]
[yells]
[Nina yells in pain]
- [man grunts]
- [Nina yells]
[bones crack]
[thugs moan in pain]
[thug screams]
[thug gasps]
- [bones crack]
- [screams]
[gasping for air]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[electricity crackles]
[shouts battle cry]
- [electricity crackles]
- [screams]
- [screams]
- [metal clanks]
[electricity crackles]
[Nina grunts, screams]
[Volto moans]
[pants]
[electricity crackles]
[Nina yells]
[electricity crackles]
[grunting]
[laughing hysterically]
[screams]
[shouting] So strong!
So stubborn!
Now what? Now what?
[electricity crackling]
[grunts]
How's that for you?
How is it?
[grunts]
- [electricity crackles]
- [grunting]
[both grunting in effort]
[Volto gasping]
[Nina moaning in effort]
[Volto groans in effort]
[chocking]
[Nina grunts in effort]
[grunts in effort]
[both moaning in effort]
[yells]
[both scream]
[panting]
[keypad beeping]
[keypad chimes]
POLICE
[engine starts]
[cell phone keys dialing]
[sighs]
[phone rings]
[exhales]
[exhales]
[in Russian] What a mess.
[sighs]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[breathing heavily]
[moans]
[whimpers]
[whimpers]
[metal clanking]
[sighs]
[metal clanks]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
Is he back?
Who are you?
It's me.
He's my boy.
Hello! Hello!
[spray bottle spraying]
Calm down. It's an antiseptic.
Please don't move, Ma'am.
All done.
Who messed...
you up like this?
- Is he back?
- Why did you come here?
What do you want?
Where is he?
- I'm calling the police.
- That won't help!
It'll make things worse.
[exhales]
[exhales]
[knocking on door]
[Witch clears throat over phone]
[in Russian] Is that you?
Kikimora?
Beauty...
How's your knee?
[in Russian] They gave me a new one.
How are you?
I hear you've lost your son.
Don't worry, we've found him.
Say something.
It's your mom.
[Max] How are the folks?
They're fine.
What should I tell her?
Whatever you want.
Go fuck yourself.
[in Russian] You can tell
he's yours right away. [chuckles]
If you hurt him, I'll kill you.
[laughing, in Russian]
You've already tried, twice.
Where is he?
[coughs]
[in Russian] And that's your task.
You'll know where he is
after you've done one thing for me.
Got it?
I'm here.
[in Russian] We're a poor country.
Now poorer because to you.
What task?
[in Russian] Making sure
we don't get any poorer.
Your people took Volto's goods.
[in Russian] He was an idiot,
but a useful one.
So...
you will recover everything from them.
You have five hours.
We'll call you.
I'll bring him back.
- [man clears throat]
- Shh...
[man clears throat]
Queen to D4.
Knight to F6.
[Max] Check.
[cop] Impossible. It can't be done.
You said that
when I removed Saddam's bomb.
Ten people?
The money is locked
at the Police Headquarters.
There are 150 armed officers
in that building.
You want to kill them all? Civilians?
- I won't kill anyone.
- Really?
What will you do?
- You'll let me in.
- [chuckles]
[laughs]
You know people!
[laughing]
[sniffles]
You know what she's capable of.
I'll get you the blueprints.
That's it.
Give me an hour.
How did they find us so fast?
[engine starts]
[engine revving]
[car approaching]
[engine powering down]
[car doors open, close]
[footsteps approaching]
[blows nose loudly]
[continues to blow nose]
[sighs]
Who came up with this plan, you or me?
[female cop sighs]
Here go my fucking hybrid nails.
Let's go.
[mumbles]
[cop] Bring her up!
[female cop grunts]
[van door closes]
[female cop grunts]
There was no Duan Dragan, right?
There was.
[in Serbian, mimicking] I am Duan Dragan,
son of Spiridon Dragan.
[laughing]
Do you know what you'll do with the money?
I'll take my fiance on vacation.
For a month or two.
Somewhere warm.
[urinating]
Borneo! Have you ever been to Borneo?
Maybe we'll get married there?
[gun fires]
[gun fires]
[whimpering]
[engine starts]
[crying in fear]
[crying in fear] No!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no1
Stop! Oh! I'm sorry!
[crying in fear] No, no, no, no!
[yelling]
[yelling]
[cop panting]
[coughing]
[in Russian] Is that all?
Mm.
- Wait!
- Mm.
[in Russian] What do you want?
To let them go?
[grunts]
[in Russian] What a mess.
Tsk.
- [engine revving]
- [Nina yells]
[screaming]
[high-pitched tone tinging]
[muffled sigh]
- [tone fades]
- [grunting]
[pants]
[groans]
[moans]
[panting]
[cop groaning, laughing]
[panting]
[cop grunting, laughing]
[cop laughing]
[laughing]
[chuckling]
[cop laughs]
[panting, laughing]
[gun clicks]
- [gun fires]
- [grunts]
[gun firing]
[both grunt in effort]
[cop yells in effort]
Why did you it?
[cop whimpering]
Why?
Anything for my kid!
- Anything?
- Yes, anything. Anything.
- Anything?
- Anything...
[whimpering] Anything. Yes, anything!
[sobbing] You'd do anything for Max.
I'd do anything for Zosia.
[sobbing]
[whimpering]
- [gun cocks]
- [whimpering]
[sobbing] I needed that money.
Don't do it, please!
[sobbing]
[shuddering]
Get it? I really needed the money.
[siren wailing in the distance]
[siren wailing]
Will I see you again?
That's up to you.
Bye then.
- Bye.
- [gate opens]
[woman] Son!
[sobbing]
[woman laughing]
[sobbing]
[Max] Hi.
Hi.
Your kitchens are really tiny.
Tell me about him.
About both of you.
[doorbell buzzes]
- [woman] You got into some serious shit.
- Hi, Mom.
Everyone knows about you.
Both of you.
Things are about to go down.
You're fucking lucky I'm here.
MOTHER'S DAY
[gun fires]
[gun fires]
[cop] Right.
Yeah.
[giggles]
[grunts on tape]
That's right.
She was a liability
to our intelligence operations.
[gun fires]
[cop laughs on tape]
[man] Police! On the ground!
[laughs]
It's not me. Not me.
[sneezes] Fuck!
[blows nose loudly]
That was very
uncool.
May I call my daughter?
[electronic music playing]
Subtitle translation by: Maja Konkolewska
[long beep]
[male host] It's just gone past...
midnight at Radio Province.
Today is Mother's Day.
A holiday celebrated in honor
of the most important women in our lives.
The origins of this special day
can be traced back
to Ancient Greece and Rome.
In 17th century England it was known
as "Mothering Sunday." Traditionally...
[man] Hey, doll!
[host] ...bring gifts...
- [man] Where are you going?
- [host] ...mainly flowers and candy.
And now a beautiful song
from Radio Province to all moms.
[male crooner] Mom
It's sad and strange out there
DEATH TO THE ENEMIES OF THE HOMELAND
The trees that grow here are different
Nobody seems to know what silence is
[clerk sniffles] Beer?
Mom
- Three?
- Six.
Don't think I'm complaining
[clerk sighs]
But I miss...
[man] You're quite a babe.
Your hair is nice. [sniffles]
Is it curly only up here? [laughs]
- Leave her alone!
- [man 2] Hey, shut it!
Calm! Why are you so twitchy?
- [young woman] Keep your hands off!
- [man 2 laughs]
- Relax, babe.
- [woman clears throat]
[clears throat]
Gentlemen...
Leave the ladies alone.
This isn't right, gentlemen.
[man 2] What? Did you hear that?
[man] Don't drop your beers!
Hey, Mommy!
[man 2] And now what?
You've ruined the fun!
We came here to enjoy ourselves.
[man 3] Yeah!
[man 2] Yo, Momma!
I'm talking to you!
[man 3] Nice butt, but turn around!
- So, what now?
- I'm not on my own.
Can you count?
What's the distance between us?
Two and a half?
Two meters thirty?
[rain intensifies]
So?
- [thunder rolls]
- Goodbye?
Two meters twenty.
[thunder rolls]
[woman grunts]
[man] What the hell?
[clerk] Ms. Nina!
Don't cross the line, like the last time!
- [Nina grunts]
- [moans]
[man 2] Hey!
[electronic techno music playing]
Come on, go!
Go get her! Come on!
[grunts in effort]
- [Nina grunts]
- [screams]
[man screams]
[man 2 roars]
[Nina's roar echoes]
[male voice] Final round.
[men moaning in pain]
[man screams]
[Nina grunts]
[man 4 moans]
[men moaning in pain]
[Nina yells in pain]
[Nina grunts]
[Nina grunts]
- [Nina moans in pain]
- [sirens heard in the distance]
[sirens approaching]
- [man 2] Come on!
- [man 3] Let's get out of here!
- [man 3] Go!
- [man 2] Come on!
[man 3] Get up.
[thunder rolls]
[wolf howling in the distance]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[moans in pain]
- [can rattles]
- [thunder rolls]
[breathes deeply, exhales]
[sirens blaring in the distance]
[can opens]
[exhales]
[breathes deeply, exhales]
[suspenseful electronic music starts]
[techno music intensifies]
THURSDAY
MOTHER'S DAY
MOTHER'S DAY
[machine whirring]
[engine whirring]
[metal creaking]
[metal creaks]
[metal creaks]
[engine powering down]
[exhales]
S'up!
- S'up.
- S'up.
And see ya.
[man clears throat]
[both clearing throat]
[sighs]
Soz, I was supposed to be back earlier.
And soz for going out in the morning.
Soz, but it's not about that.
- Aw!
- [woman chuckles]
[woman giggles]
- [man] Happy birthday!
- Thanks!
[computer beeps and chirps]
[zooming]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
There was a barrel at the Kandahar base.
A metal barrel,
partially buried in the ground.
- And on return from patrol...
- Which you never did, as office staff.
And on return from patrol,
you had to aim at the barrel
and pull the trigger.
Do you know why?
[man] For safety, just in case.
So, you didn't blow anyone's brains out.
You don't pay attention?
Somebody pays
for someone else's stupidity.
Are you done?
[blows nose loudly]
[sniffles] You lose focus
when you're close.
He's my kid.
- Same thing every year. He's happy.
- They're spoiling him.
Great! Fantastic. Kids should be spoiled.
[exhales]
It's good to meet up, right?
Once in a while.
[chuckles]
Everything's fine.
[engine splatters]
- [man sighs]
- [engine splatters]
[engine splatters]
[engine starts]
[man panting]
- [grunts, yells]
- [glass breaking]
[man moans]
[man coughs and moans]
[continues moaning]
[Nina] Where are the candles?
- [sighs]
- Where are the flowers?
[sighs]
Not giving a damn about the fallen
is the firm's standard.
You came up with the legend,
now you have it.
Put it down.
Do you enjoy bullying me like that?
Yeah.
[grunts]
How's life?
Peachy, thank you.
At least someone's is.
R.I.P. MAJOR NINA NOWAK
[man chuckles]
BORN 07.12.1980
DIED 21.09.2005
FALLEN IN DEFENSE OF HER HOMELAND
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
[mouse clicks]
SATURDAY CHILLAX WITH THE FAMILY
PARENTS FOLKSSTILLGOTI[inhales]
[car approaching]
[engine powers down]
[young man moans]
- Come here, little shit!
- What's going on?
Fuck!
[thug grunts in pain]
[thug 2] Let go!
Come here!
[dog barking in the distance]
WARSAW RAILWAY STATION
Get him!
[engine revving]
[man] Move it, move it, move it!
[metal clatters]
[alarm chimes faintly]
[alarm chimes faintly]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes loudly]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm chimes]
[alarm continues]
[container drops]
- [metal clatters]
- [alarm chimes]
Z.MALECKI1998
HE NEVER CAME BACK HOME
ZDZISIEK123
ANYONE IN TOUCH WITH HIM?
ASIA.WAWA
ME NEITHER...
ANKA WWA.28 FUCK
ZIELONY GRZYB 2912
IS HE MISSING?!
PAN SAMOCHODZIK
HE'S GONE
PIOTREK.1966
DIDN'T COME BACK
[panting]
Pay up, pay up, pay up!
[whiny] Where's my alimony?
No alimony?
Zosia won't visit you. Pay, pay, pay, pay!
Alimony, alimony, alimony, alimony,...
[car alarm chirps]
[gasps]
[man] Maybe it's a prank?
Maybe they had a fight?
You know how it is with teenagers.
[clears throat]
You have friends in police.
[man laughs]
[laughing] I can't interfere
with the investigation.
Get some intel.
Maybe he got drunk with friends,
and he's afraid to go home?
Maybe he's already at home?
Just don't go there.
Stay away from them.
[car door closes]
[car alarm chirps]
This is unbelievable.
Three hours to file a report.
You can find a missing person
in three hours. That's just...
At least they're looking for him.
There's nothing more we can do.
I think I'm going mad.
No, no, no.
[sighs]
POLICE
[panting]
[man mumbles over radio]
[siren blares]
This is Max's phone.
The kidnappers left a recording.
It hasn't been recorded in evidence yet,
so don't be too long.
LAST RECORDING
[Duan in Serbian] I am Duan Dragan,
son of Spiridon Dragan.
He was killed by Nina Nowak, aka Kikimora.
This is my revenge on her.
I can't kill her,
so I will kill her son.
You won't find him.
Blood for blood.
Life for life.
How does he know?
- You've leaked again?
- Even if we did, nobody knows.
With each new minister comes purge.
This hasn't changed since your times.
- Anything else?
- Come on, I don't know.
[grunts]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing continues]
It's my daughter.
[phone chimes]
[exhales]
Like regime, like ambassador...
And this particular regime
doesn't look good.
Our intelligence hypothesis
has been confirmed.
Madam diplomat is in the laundry business.
The laundry service
is located in her embassy
and accepts dirt from Polish clients.
These clients have very dirty hands.
And they're involved
in very dirty business.
This is...
[clears throat]
[in Russian] Beauty...
She ships dirty cash to her lovely country
in diplomatic transports,
injects it into
the local banking system and...
[nose blowing loudly]
And then withdraws clean cash on our side.
The regime takes thirty percent.
Who orders the laundering?
We know that too.
Volto, Voltmeter.
Aka Little Bitter.
Son of the well-known Big Bitter,
thanks to his son,
currently held in an underground cell.
[grunts]
The palace coup is a recent development.
Voltmeter is a nutjob...
on the top of this shit pyramid.
Below him there's...
Titus, aka Titus Konopka.
He runs the human trafficking department.
Next in line is...
Baton.
Aka Ivo Jarecki.
He runs the meth,
pookie, crystal department.
It's completely outrageous
that these scoundrels
are financing a regime,
that bludgeons, tortures,
and kills its own citizens.
We'll shut down this enterprise.
And lock up these sons of bitches.
[Max grunts, crashes]
WARSAW CITY MONITORING SYSTEM
[engine starts]
[thug] Okay, take him.
[van doors open on tape]
[breathes deeply]
[man] Move it, move it, move it!
YUM-YUM
They're Voltmeter's men.
Drugs, racketeering, human trafficking.
He keeps a tight grip
on everything illegal in this city.
- Where is he?
- Nobody knows.
But even if he got an order to kidnap Max,
he didn't do it. It was his apes.
- Don't get mixed up in this.
- Where are his apes?
YUM-YUM
[men chattering]
[man] For me,
the current situation is dope.
We were just errand boys to the old man.
"Break this guy's leg."
"Kidnap that guy's chick."
"Throw him out the fucking window."
Great fucking prospects.
And with Volto?
No more petty shit.
Promotion... We'll be VIPs!
But it's kinda wack
to decapitate your old man
and put his head in a jar...
You didn't know?
He keeps it on a shelf at home.
[all laugh]
[hip hop music playing]
[man 2] Baton?
He came back light.
Light?
- Why?
- He says the client changed his mind.
[hookah water bubble]
[gulps]
[yells]
[panting]
There are no
dry runs at Yum-Yum.
Whoever does dry runs is...
a dick.
And a dick deserves...
a massage.
[moans in pain]
Come here.
[Nina clears throat]
[whistles]
Where's the boy?
Where's the boy?
Ma'am...
If a man says...
he doesn't beat women, he's a chauvinist.
But all of us believe in gender equality.
[inhales quickly]
[Baton grunts in pain]
[Nina grunts]
[shouts]
[Nina grunts]
[yells]
[man yells]
[screams]
[screams]
[screams]
- [metal clanks]
- [Nina grunts]
[gasps, coughs]
[coughs]
[Nina yells in pain]
[man screams in pain]
[screams in pain]
[screams]
[man moaning faintly]
[man whimpers]
[man moaning]
Where's the boy?
At Titus' place. He's got him, Ma'am.
We just plucked him off the street.
[man yelps]
Where's Titus?
[gasps]
- [bone cracks]
- [groans]
- [tires screech]
- [car horns]
They didn't perforate...
[Titus] Mm.
Overtime to clean up this fuck-up.
At least the cash is right.
[distorted] Let's go. Move it!
Keep going.
[Volto] You know what, Daddy?
I think that it's possible to make moola...
and have a good time.
I'm having a good time, Daddy.
I'm having a blast, Daddy.
Daddy, I am...
totally losing myself in this fun.
[smacks lips]
Dad, hello?
Dad!
Ahh... Uh-uh-uh-uh.
Uh?
Even now you won't look at me.
[man] Volto.
Duan Dragan is calling.
Daddy, watch how to do
international business.
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh...
No, no, no, no.
Don't say anything now, my dear.
Be quiet.
Dad...
Moshi-Moshi.
This is the Polish Postal Service.
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] Has the package arrived?
The package arrived.
It's waiting at the pick-up point.
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] My courier will arrive
in two days.
He will collect the package.
[Volto] When can we expect
the second installment?
[Nina grunting]
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] The courier
will bring the money.
[game swords swooshing]
[auto translator] He'll give it to you
if the package is intact.
May I ask what you're going to do
with the package?
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[Nina roars]
[Duan speaking Serbian over phone]
[auto translator] We will open it
and take everything out.
Is there a problem?
Not at all!
I recommend myself for the future.
Bye-bye!
[woman moaning]
[techno music playing]
[music volume increases]
[breathes heavily]
[muffled mumble]
[Nina grunts]
[phone keys beeping]
[electronic dance music playing]
Moshi-Moshi.
[music stops]
[breathes heavily]
[breathing intensifies]
[grunts]
[grunting in effort]
[grunts in effort]
[mumbles]
[moans in effort]
[muffled scream]
[Volto] One skirt did this?
[Titus] We were surprised, too!
Boss, she got helluva beating!
Everything's under control!
[loud electronic frequency shrieks]
- [high-pitched tone tinging]
- [moaning]
[whispering] That's bad.
Really bad.
Your pop used to say that sometimes.
But the business...
went well.
[tone continues]
[exhales]
[tone fades]
[Max] Who were those people?
Who are you?
You ask too many questions.
- I don't understand!
- Do you want to go home or not?
Then listen to me! Okay?
Do what I say.
The less you know, the better.
[breaks screeching]
- Calm down.
- [grunts]
Calm down!
[groans]
If they see us, we're dead!
They'll kill you!
And me.
And if they kill me,
no one will help you.
Okay?
[Max] Mm-hmm.
Come.
[door closes]
[door lock clattering]
[sarcastically] Fucking awesome pad.
It's safe.
[breathes deeply]
We had gotten a job.
APPRECIATE AND RESPECT HARD WORKERS
An important job!
From an important client.
This job
was supposed to pave the way for us
to new markets.
We were going to expand
internationally!
And create a strong national brand
respected around the world.
But we won't.
Maybe we should catch them?
You know where they are?
Yes?
Exactly.
Do you know who'll have to find out?
[whispering] Let me enlighten you.
Come here.
Come.
[Titus pants]
- [electricity crackling]
- [Titus groans]
[crackling continues]
[moans]
[breathes heavily]
[moaning loudly]
[Volto moans loudly]
[moaning]
[Volto sighs]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[sighing]
Moola.
Is CCTV up and running?
The cameras.
What?
Video-fucking-recorder.
Oh. Yeah!
- Is it working?
- It's working. [sniffling]
We're not telling the client
about this mess.
How will we find the kid?
[electronic frequency whirring]
[groans]
[exhales]
Dial the Witch.
We have to call the Witch.
[phone keys beeping]
Well?
[sniffles]
[in Russian] A woman?
Just one?
All of them?
And the money?
How much?
[exclaims in anger]
Send over whatever's left.
No, for fuck's sake!
With a messenger pigeon.
It's not good that your other ventures
interfere with ours.
I'm not your intelligence agency.
It's not the first time.
Do we understand each other?
Good.
[sighs heavily]
What a mess.
Son!
[exhales]
Mm.
[computer chimes]
PLAYBACK
[keyboard keys click]
[coughing]
Kikimora?
Alive?
[sighs]
Spies still at work?
Mm.
I want them to find her.
[Witch sniffles]
What a mess.
[dial tone rings]
[breathes heavily]
[Max] Do you need help?
We had first aid classes at school.
[microwave dings]
I'd like to call them.
Calm them down.
They'll trace the call.
And they'll find us.
Why did they kidnap me?
For ransom?
You know, don't you?
- For fuck's sake!
- Hey!
Hey what?
Hey what?
- Do you talk back to you parents too?
- No. We don't keep secrets.
- Eat up.
- [scoffs] I don't eat meat.
If you went to university here...
you could always live with me.
[Zosia] Mm-hmm.
[dishes clank]
- [water running]
- There are good schools here.
Or we could find you a studio apartment.
How about we cut your mother's head off
and make broth.
It wouldn't taste good, Daddy.
[water shuts off]
[sighs]
Listen.
I don't want to impose on you,
but wouldn't it be nice to see each other?
You can visit us.
But it's a really long flight.
Hmm?
[phone buzzes]
They're here.
Uh...
When will you be back?
[Zosia] I'll be better off there.
Bye, Daddy.
Bye.
[girls chattering]
It's really lovely.
Just lovely.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Not lovely.
Not lovely! Not lovely! Not lovely!
Fuck!
[screams in anger]
[cell phone rings]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing stops]
[Nina] Call them.
Who's them?
His parents. Calm them down.
Is he with you?
What do you think?
Dragan won't let you off.
Neither will Voltmeter.
They won't find us.
You'll run for the rest of your life?
Where are you?
[sighs] At my place.
- There?
- Here. Call them.
[exhales]
- [cell phone beeps]
- [dial tone rings]
[clears throat]
Hello?
[Nina sighs]
[cell phone buzzing]
[cell phone buzzing]
Yes?
[whispering] Everything will be okay.
Trust me.
- How long did you talk?
- What?
- [yelling] How long?
- What's your problem?
No! Stop it! What are you doing?
Give it back. You're fucking crazy!
[shouting] Why am I here?
Why the fuck am I here?
Open the door!
[kicking door]
Give me the key! Just give it!
You're a lunatic!
Help! Help!
Open the door!
Help!
Open the door!
Help!
[Max sobs]
[banging on door]
[whispering] Open the door.
I knew your father.
I knew your real father.
What?
He didn't die in an accident.
Your parents didn't die in an accident.
They killed us, one by one.
They killed him.
They wanted to kill me, so I disappeared.
[Max] No, no!
[charge explodes]
- [shots stop]
- [single shot fired]
[muffled metal clanking]
- [Nina grunts]
- [gasps in pain]
[gun fires]
[Nina] Max?
- Max!
- [faintly] Yeah?
[Nina] Stay there!
Don't move!
- [thugs clamoring]
- [bullets ricocheting]
[gun firing]
[grunts]
[moans]
[gun firing]
- [gun firing]
- [bullets ricocheting]
[gun firing]
[screaming]
[screams in fear]
- [object impacting]
- [thug] Well? Where is she?
[thug] Does it hurt?
Take me to the hospital.
[shotgun fires]
[men chattering]
Fuck.
[thug, whispering] Come. Be quiet.
- [Nina grunts]
- [moans in pain]
[yells]
[Nina yells in pain]
- [man grunts]
- [Nina yells]
[bones crack]
[thugs moan in pain]
[thug screams]
[thug gasps]
- [bones crack]
- [screams]
[gasping for air]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[electricity crackles]
[shouts battle cry]
- [electricity crackles]
- [screams]
- [screams]
- [metal clanks]
[electricity crackles]
[Nina grunts, screams]
[Volto moans]
[pants]
[electricity crackles]
[Nina yells]
[electricity crackles]
[grunting]
[laughing hysterically]
[screams]
[shouting] So strong!
So stubborn!
Now what? Now what?
[electricity crackling]
[grunts]
How's that for you?
How is it?
[grunts]
- [electricity crackles]
- [grunting]
[both grunting in effort]
[Volto gasping]
[Nina moaning in effort]
[Volto groans in effort]
[chocking]
[Nina grunts in effort]
[grunts in effort]
[both moaning in effort]
[yells]
[both scream]
[panting]
[keypad beeping]
[keypad chimes]
POLICE
[engine starts]
[cell phone keys dialing]
[sighs]
[phone rings]
[exhales]
[exhales]
[in Russian] What a mess.
[sighs]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[breathing heavily]
[moans]
[whimpers]
[whimpers]
[metal clanking]
[sighs]
[metal clanks]
[breathing heavily]
[gasps]
Is he back?
Who are you?
It's me.
He's my boy.
Hello! Hello!
[spray bottle spraying]
Calm down. It's an antiseptic.
Please don't move, Ma'am.
All done.
Who messed...
you up like this?
- Is he back?
- Why did you come here?
What do you want?
Where is he?
- I'm calling the police.
- That won't help!
It'll make things worse.
[exhales]
[exhales]
[knocking on door]
[Witch clears throat over phone]
[in Russian] Is that you?
Kikimora?
Beauty...
How's your knee?
[in Russian] They gave me a new one.
How are you?
I hear you've lost your son.
Don't worry, we've found him.
Say something.
It's your mom.
[Max] How are the folks?
They're fine.
What should I tell her?
Whatever you want.
Go fuck yourself.
[in Russian] You can tell
he's yours right away. [chuckles]
If you hurt him, I'll kill you.
[laughing, in Russian]
You've already tried, twice.
Where is he?
[coughs]
[in Russian] And that's your task.
You'll know where he is
after you've done one thing for me.
Got it?
I'm here.
[in Russian] We're a poor country.
Now poorer because to you.
What task?
[in Russian] Making sure
we don't get any poorer.
Your people took Volto's goods.
[in Russian] He was an idiot,
but a useful one.
So...
you will recover everything from them.
You have five hours.
We'll call you.
I'll bring him back.
- [man clears throat]
- Shh...
[man clears throat]
Queen to D4.
Knight to F6.
[Max] Check.
[cop] Impossible. It can't be done.
You said that
when I removed Saddam's bomb.
Ten people?
The money is locked
at the Police Headquarters.
There are 150 armed officers
in that building.
You want to kill them all? Civilians?
- I won't kill anyone.
- Really?
What will you do?
- You'll let me in.
- [chuckles]
[laughs]
You know people!
[laughing]
[sniffles]
You know what she's capable of.
I'll get you the blueprints.
That's it.
Give me an hour.
How did they find us so fast?
[engine starts]
[engine revving]
[car approaching]
[engine powering down]
[car doors open, close]
[footsteps approaching]
[blows nose loudly]
[continues to blow nose]
[sighs]
Who came up with this plan, you or me?
[female cop sighs]
Here go my fucking hybrid nails.
Let's go.
[mumbles]
[cop] Bring her up!
[female cop grunts]
[van door closes]
[female cop grunts]
There was no Duan Dragan, right?
There was.
[in Serbian, mimicking] I am Duan Dragan,
son of Spiridon Dragan.
[laughing]
Do you know what you'll do with the money?
I'll take my fiance on vacation.
For a month or two.
Somewhere warm.
[urinating]
Borneo! Have you ever been to Borneo?
Maybe we'll get married there?
[gun fires]
[gun fires]
[whimpering]
[engine starts]
[crying in fear]
[crying in fear] No!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no1
Stop! Oh! I'm sorry!
[crying in fear] No, no, no, no!
[yelling]
[yelling]
[cop panting]
[coughing]
[in Russian] Is that all?
Mm.
- Wait!
- Mm.
[in Russian] What do you want?
To let them go?
[grunts]
[in Russian] What a mess.
Tsk.
- [engine revving]
- [Nina yells]
[screaming]
[high-pitched tone tinging]
[muffled sigh]
- [tone fades]
- [grunting]
[pants]
[groans]
[moans]
[panting]
[cop groaning, laughing]
[panting]
[cop grunting, laughing]
[cop laughing]
[laughing]
[chuckling]
[cop laughs]
[panting, laughing]
[gun clicks]
- [gun fires]
- [grunts]
[gun firing]
[both grunt in effort]
[cop yells in effort]
Why did you it?
[cop whimpering]
Why?
Anything for my kid!
- Anything?
- Yes, anything. Anything.
- Anything?
- Anything...
[whimpering] Anything. Yes, anything!
[sobbing] You'd do anything for Max.
I'd do anything for Zosia.
[sobbing]
[whimpering]
- [gun cocks]
- [whimpering]
[sobbing] I needed that money.
Don't do it, please!
[sobbing]
[shuddering]
Get it? I really needed the money.
[siren wailing in the distance]
[siren wailing]
Will I see you again?
That's up to you.
Bye then.
- Bye.
- [gate opens]
[woman] Son!
[sobbing]
[woman laughing]
[sobbing]
[Max] Hi.
Hi.
Your kitchens are really tiny.
Tell me about him.
About both of you.
[doorbell buzzes]
- [woman] You got into some serious shit.
- Hi, Mom.
Everyone knows about you.
Both of you.
Things are about to go down.
You're fucking lucky I'm here.
MOTHER'S DAY
[gun fires]
[gun fires]
[cop] Right.
Yeah.
[giggles]
[grunts on tape]
That's right.
She was a liability
to our intelligence operations.
[gun fires]
[cop laughs on tape]
[man] Police! On the ground!
[laughs]
It's not me. Not me.
[sneezes] Fuck!
[blows nose loudly]
That was very
uncool.
May I call my daughter?
[electronic music playing]
Subtitle translation by: Maja Konkolewska