A White Day (Yryn Kyn)

-Hello! Where is Sergelyakhskaya 13? -Hello!

-Third house from here. -Thank you.

WHITE DAY

You seem like a good kid. What's your name, son?

Sariyal.

Sariyal? A good name.

I put you in front for a reason. You're part of the cabin crew now.

You keep talking like a radio so that I won't fall asleep.

If something happens it's all on you. Got it?

Lover-boy!

Checking out the hottie back there?

That's my boy!

The mirror is indispensible, huh?

Sariyal, you went to your grandma?

Yes. I came the day before yesterday.

So you're not a local.

He might be citified, but still ours. Often pays a visit.

Do you know his parents?

The mother is a poet. The father is a musician.

I don't know them.

And you, girl. Also a local?

No.

Studying?

Yes. I've got an internship.

Where do you study?

IMI.

What is that?

The Institute of Mathematics and Information.

There is such an institute?

Where are you from?

From Vilyuy.

Vilyuy. Seems you're far from home.

Vilyuy. It's a beautiful place...

How do you like our village?

It's all right.

Cheer up! Say something. Why are you so silent.

Who is that?

We should've picked her up!

There isn't any space. Are you blind or what?

We could've squeezed up. It was an elderly woman.

You want to offer her your seat?

I can stop. Relax!

Someone will get her. She won't die from cold.

Am I right?

What happened?

Looks like it died. Help me carry it away.

Yegor, wake up.

What happened?

No signal.

Where are we?

In the middle of the road.

Look, he can't even open the hood.

What? It won't open?

No way.

Thank you.

Isn't this your car?

I borrowed it from a friend.

It's impossible to drive this piece of shit.

I have a Toyota.

Why did you borrow it if you can't drive it?

Can you fix it up?

Don't freak out. Roads here are terrible.

It's dangerous to get stuck in this cold. We have to fix it.

I know. It's not really May...

So get to it. Faster.

All right, all right.

Can I have your hat? You've got your capuche.

Give it to me, please.

What kind of person are you?!

Here, take it.

He's very strange.

Hey. Turn it down.

Sariyal, give me your jacket.

Give me the jacket!

Are you good with cars like these? Come take a look.

Maybe we ran out of gas?

Gas, you say?

Ah, here it is. Let's try to get it started now.

Maybe we should kick-start it?

Kick-start?

There it is, under the seat. Should I give it a push?

Let's try.

Come on, push! It's coming!

What happened?

The battery died.

Calm down the baby!

Don't drag her into this.

Get moving. Go fix the car.

And give me back my hat!

Take it. Why are you blaming me for?

I didn't invent stupid cars like these!

You're the driver. We gave you money!

You're responsible for us all! Think of something.

Do you want us to freeze to death?

If something happens to the baby we'll sue you!

It's scary here. What are we going to do?

The tracks are right here! Many cars will drive by.

Just like you did. Drove by!

Give back the jacket.

Sasha!

Will you teach me?

I also want to play on the accordion.

Go ahead. Try.

A little more.

Push here, then here.

I have to repair it.

I wanted to set this accordion on fire.

Up to this moment I still don't like it.

Why?

I liked your voice when you sang your romantic songs...

How it sounded with the accordion.

It was so beautiful. It used to blow my mind.

But then I started to get jealous.

Do you know of whom?

The accordion.

You spent more time with it than with me.

You travelled with it in many places. Thousands of people saw you together.

But they haven't seen me close to you.

Sasha, you came home only to sleep. You fell asleep without embracing me.

I will burn it anyway. Because of it, I am brokenhearted.

What do you mean "brokenhearted"?!

Burn it, if you want to.

I really don't care. It won't change anything.

Sariyal will finish school this year.

He doesn't know what he will do after that.

When you ask, he answers with a joke that he will become a dancer.

I don't like it, but I understand. Mother is a poet, the father a musician.

Only shows on TV. And in the schools they don't have a single science group.

Young people are always under the influence: be like this, do like that.

I understand. There is no bigger egoist than an artistic person.

Sariyal. He has such a name that makes people brighten up.

Sorry, I won't drink. Wait for our son, I'm going to bed.

Get out. I see a fire there.

There are people. Look, over there!