Eastern Promises

He says, "Christmas." So I say to him...

The kid's 16.

He says, "But, Uncle, it's Christmas."

How much you taking off?

Uncle Azim...

This is him. The kid I am talking about.

He looks okay to me.

Ekrem, how you doing?

He looks okay, yeah,

but he won't do one lousy thing for me.

Here. Look, Ekrem.

Take this.

You see? We had a deal. Now he's backing out.

Azim, leave the kid alone.

It's obviously some psychological thing.

Take the fucking ustura and finish this Rus!

Please, I need help.

Do you need methadone?

For methadone, I need to see prescription.

Was she hemorrhaging when you found her?

Yes.

- Did you get a name? - No.

You're all right, sweetheart. Stay with us, all right?

Baby's in distress. Her stats are very poor.

Fetal heart rate's at 60, 58, 57 and free falling.

Speak to me.

Placental abruption. We need to get the baby out now.

I'm afraid we've lost the mother. Okay, enough.

Call it.

Unidentified woman died December the 20th, 23:13.

Baby girl born 20th of December, 23:14.

Did you sleep?

A bit.

Mum...

Mmm-hmm?

Are you okay?

Of course not. It's Christmas.

Anna, where did you get this?

It's your own fault for giving him something to play with.

Well, I can't read Russian, can I?

I told you, Uncle Stepan.

I found it in the handbag of the girl who died in my ward.

Do you always rob the bodies of the dead?

Yes, actually. We all do it.

It's one of the perks of working at the hospital.

Did you know that your daughter robs the bodies of the dead?

I'm looking for an address.

You have an uncle, Anna, who doesn't steal the things from the dead.

Not even their secrets.

Oh, don't go all momentous on us, Stepan. Lift your elbows.

You should put this into her coffin.

Bury her secrets with her bodies.

Body.

Singular.

My name is Tatiana.

My father died in the mines in my village,

so he was already buried when he died.

We were all buried there.

Buried under the soil of Russia.

That is why I left, to find a better life.

So...

You go pick up Azim and you bring him back here

- with his bitch of a wife. - Da, da. Okay.

Then I'll think of an excuse and we can get away.

Whoa.

Man, you're so fucking unbelievably disrespectful.

Hey, you got work to do.

- Oh, no. We are closed. - Yes, I know.

I'm a midwife.

Then unless one of my daughters is keeping something from me,

you have the wrong address.

I was hoping to speak to the manager.

Khitrova?

My dad was Russian.

- What was your father's first name? - Ivan.

Ivan? So you are Anna lvanovna.

Now come.

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

I must stir, I must stir, or the borscht dies in my hands.

Today, it is family. Here is my son, Kirill.

Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!

Come, come, come on. Hurry! Hurry!

More glasses for red over there.

My angels.

My angels, you must practice more.

You know, you must... You must make the wood cry. Show me.

This is an old card, from before the renovations.

But if she had worked here, I would remember her name.

Perhaps she ate here once.

Try it. Try.

Try this.

My God, that's amazing.

My dad made borscht just like that.

Anna, I'm so sorry I couldn't help. It is sad.

- Very sad. - It's all right.

I'll probably find out more once I get her diary translated.

Her diary?

Yeah. I found it in her bag.

Okay, Anna, this is how it will be.

You will bring the diary and I will translate it for you.

And if we get the names of any relatives,

I will call them myself.

- I can just get my uncle to translate... - And when you come,

I will make you some more borscht.

Like your papa used to make. So tomorrow? Shall we say 7:00?

Well, then it's settled. But, for now, you must forgive me.

Anna.

You always work at Trafalgar Hospital?

Yes. Always.

Yeah. That's good.

Nice bike.

Ural.

You don't see them anymore.

It was my dad's.

How much do you want for it?

It has sentimental value.

"Sentimental value." I've heard of that.

- Not staying for party? - No.

Nor me.

Chauffeurs don't get invited.

You want to go for a drink instead?

Anna, how is it that your boyfriend wasn't here to carve?

I don't live with Oliver anymore, Uncle Stepan.

I'm living back here for a bit.

For as long as you want.

I knew he would run away from you.

He didn't run away.

Christ, you make me sound like a burning building.

Black men always run away.

Oh, Stepan!

I'm not allowed to be honest?

He was a doctor, Stepan.

What has that got to do with anything?

It is not natural to mix race and race.

That's why your baby died inside you.

Oh, shut up, Stepan!

Anna, please...

You're just how he was, stupid, bloody, drunken Russians.

Hello.

Yeah. It's a panda.

Coast is clear? Yeah? What?

No, not "beach."

I sai id "coast."

It's an English expression, you fucking baboon.

It means... It means, there are no police?

You're sure? Good.

No. My father is not involved.

The driver stays down here.

Do you really think I do this kind of thing?

He is not a driver. He is the undertaker.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

I don't like him.

I have converted the upstairs rooms into a private social club.

Some gambling, some drinking,

smoking, food, dancing.

It has been the most surprising...

Hey.

Hey, Ekrem.

I got tickets, Azim.

It's with Chelsea.

They said there was no tickets.

But I got tickets for the Chelsea game.

Okay. Okay, okay. You go watch DVD now.

- Azim? - Yeah?

He knows to say he hasn't seen us, right?

He don't know anything.

He's been touched by the angels.

Yeah. It's him.

He was like a brother to me.

And now, he looks like a fucking ice cream.

Hey! Show some respect for a dead man.

Respect?

This is respect.

Okay, Kolya, he's all yours.

Show some respect.

Have you got hair dryer?

Have you finished cutting his hair?

I thought you might want 16.50 from his pocket.

Better burn wallet.

Okay.

Now I'm going to do his teeth and cut off his fingers.

You might want to leave room.

Aren't we going to weight him down or something?

No. If you want to dump body, this is best place.

The current will keep it down until past the barrier.

I am so excited this morning.

Yesterday a friend came back to our village

and he told us all about the places on the map that I look at,

Paris, Amsterdam, London. He's been there for real.

He says the future of everything was already happening at all those places.

Anna.

I wasn't expecting you so early.

Is that okay?

I copied the whole thing.

Where is the original?

Well, I was going to keep it.

Thought I might give it to Tatiana's daughter some day.

I will need my spectacles and a clear head.