The Great Water (Големата вода)

Get out! Get out of the way!

- I have his coat. - Open the door!

Get out of the way! Get out!

I told you, I have his coat.

Yes, sir. I'll report.

Come on, get out of the way! Get back!

- Hey, get lost! Fuck off! - Easy, easy.

Get back! Get out of the way!

Easy, easy!

There isn't enough room for everyone!

- I'm a doctor! - What's the matter with you?

- Easy, Rose! Give me that! - Be quiet!

Use the stairway!

Nurse!

You can't get away from me!

We caught the rabbit!

ELECT LEM NIKODINOSKI FOR A SAFE FUTURE

Damn, damn me.

It seems like a thousand years have passed since then.

My name is Lem, Lem Nikodinoski.

When I was 12 I signed my name "M."

I couldn't remember the letter "L."

It reminded me of something very bad.

Comrade soldier, whom should I call?

Comrade soldier, whom should I call?

How should I know?

Call whomever you want. Just be quick.

It was the summer of 1945,

the first summer after the war.

We were a bunch of hungry, dirty children without a home.

Branded orphans and hunted like wild animals.

Hunted by soldiers and all sorts of do-gooders.

Ariton is coming!

What did you say, you louse?

Get up!

- Stand straight, bastard! - Swine!

To your left!

To your right!

My command applies to the first company only. Attention!

Attention! That means you should get in line.

Do you see this line?

I don't.

You say you don't? Don't you see how long it is?

Straight as an arrow! Do you see it now?

- Well... - Well, what?

Comrade... Let's plant flowers.

Don't you see it?

What are you looking at? Get lost.

- I see it. - What did you say?

- I see it! - Good.

Only our enemies can't see it.

Comrade Warden, we have a new child. Lem Nikodinoski.

Yes, Comrade Warden.

Metodija.

Complete the admittance procedure for the new one.

Come on, hurry up!

Some unknown genius from the local government

had the bright idea to turn the abandoned factory

into an orphanage.

At that time there were orphanages for the children of fallen veterans,

but our orphanage was an orphanage for fallen enemies' children.

Children of the wealthy, the traitors, the collaborators.

They had all sorts of names for our dead parents.

Get undressed!

Damn me.

This... this was a dungeon.

A dungeon.

Pick them up.

That's my grandmother's cross. God rest her soul.

The underpants too.

The underpants!

A BED FOR THE NEWLY ADMITTED

Get up, come on!

Come on, make your bed!

Get up!

Get up!

What gave birth to you? Hurry up! I'll teach you, swine!

Get up, get up!

Come on, what are you waiting for?

Clean them!

Running in place!

Running in place!

Salute the flag!

On the double.

Stop!

Side circles! Take the initial position for the exercise!

And one, two...

For being late, 20 extra sit-ups!

I'm talking to you, boy! Don't turn your head away!

For the lack of hygiene, 10 additional laps around the yard!

This is your place, monkey!

Stop!

Jumping and kneeling!

We were surrounded by wall on all sides.

One thousand steps high, two thousand steps wide.

A mountain of rock.

Damn me, life was so far away from this place.

Do your exercise!

I was a scared little mouse.

Don't laugh, big ears!

I was lonely.

Klimovski! For disturbing the harmony, three more laps.

Faster! Hurry up, you slime! Hurry! Hurry up!

You'll sing, kitty.

Three! Klimovski, stop! Run to the classroom!

The new kid, seven more laps.

Don't shorten the laps, motherfucker! Circle wide!

Damn me.

Everyone in the orphanage knew something was going to happen.

You had to check in at the gate.

I want to see the warden, Comrade Ariton.

I'm Comrade Olivera Strezovska, Deputy Warden.

Lenche, get back to your place!

Comrade Petkova, get back to your place! Immediately!

Get back in line!

Comrade Warden, I have orders.

We caught the child with the monks. The peasants reported him.

They say the child is a devil's seed.

Complete the admittance procedure for the new one!

Isaac. His name was Isaac Keyten.

Damn me.

I've asked myself a thousand times

what was his power? He had something in him.

How shall I put it? He radiated with some strange light.

Lem Nikodinoski!

Listen carefully. We eliminated these "plus" signs long ago.

Once and forever, and until further notice!

Damn me, we have fought a bloody fight against those lies.

I personally...

A bloody fight.

Is there anyone here who believes in the Lord?

A great hero of the century.

Someone else?

I...

...believed.

Before.

All right, wise guys.

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that the Lord exists.

Can He, after you kneel and pray to Him at night,

complete your math homework for you?

Can He?

Can He? Come on! Believe in work, not prayer!

No.

Of course He can't.

Let's see what you know about religion. Metodija.

- Religion is the masses' opium. - Exactly. Sit down. Spasko.

Priests are traitors who suck the blood of the working class!

Klimovski!

Our village priest was a womanizer and a thief.

Sit down.

We don't punish because of religious feelings.

But our friends have done wrong to the collective.

One night in the yard without any sleep.

If I could only hear his voice.

If he would just speak to me. Look at me.

What surname is that, Keyten?

My Granny told me the Turkish name for the devil was "sheytan."

Get up!

The punishment is over.

The Earth...

The Earth...

The Earth...

The Earth...

The sun...

The Earth... No, the sun revolves around the Earth.

I'm certain about it, yes. That's right.

Good, I see that you've learned. Keep on learning.

It's not correct! The Earth moves around the sun!

You're lying! You just want to spoil my grade!

Comrade Copernicus proved it in the 16th century.

Who is that Comrade Copernicus? Teacher said the sun revolves...

I dreamt of getting close to him.

But he didn't even notice me for days.

Take a break!

The youth, the pride and the future of our people,

The youth, the pride and the future of our people,

have all the conditions for cultural and political learning.

- This is not edible. - You won't eat it? Give it to me.

Our youngest, the pioneers, enthusiastically manifest that.

They see the great love and care of our Party and our government.

Cheese.

In clubs, through practical chores, the pioneers easily cope

with school work and gain greater skill and knowledge.

Tonight, I'll take you to a secret place.

Finally, I asked him if he wanted us to be friends.

There was no answer.

"It doesn't have to be now. Later is okay too", I said.

Yet he kept silent.

My nightmare in those days was called Lenche.

Lenche Petkova.

I kept sticking to them like a leach.

I was as jealous as a young bride.

"Why are you following me?" He asked.

Are you angry at me?

Friendship is to be earned.

I didn't understand what that meant then,

but I remembered those words for the rest of my life.

Comrade Strezovska's shorts!

That day Comrade Olivera

was left without the one thing most holy to her in her life.