TELEWIZJA POLSKA presents
a film in the DECALOGUE series
Romek.
- What do you want to know? - The truth.
- Are you sure? - Yes.
That's why I chose you.
How many woman, girls, floozies, whatever,
have you had in your life?
Eight, nine... Maybe fifteen...
That's enough.
I've been married for ten years and...
That's enough, too.
Are you positive that I can never again...
The results are classic. So are the symptoms.
Got a nice wife?
Very nice.
Get divorced.
DECALOGUE NINE
Screenplay
Romek!
I heard the car.
Come on.
You didn't want to see me.
I did.
You're soaked.
Not curious why I went to Kraków?
You have friends there.
Just one.
I'd rather hear about Zagreb.
I gave a couple of lectures.
Scrubbed in on a few operations.
Did three myself. Got paid for them.
By the time I left, the money was worth half of what they'd paid me.
Are you tired?
No.
Hanka, darling, listen...
Please, not now.
Tell me.
Tell me everything. I'm not afraid any longer.
In Kraków, I saw Mikolaj.
An old friend. I've told you about him.
- The bastard. I remember. - Yes.
He examined me and ran some tests.
Then told me point-blank...
...there's no hope, either now or later.
Never.
I don't believe it.
These are facts.
Do you love me?
Do you love me or don't you?
You love me, but you're afraid to say yes.
Love isn't about gymnastics in bed.
It's that, too.
That's biology.
Love's located in the heart, not between the legs.
What matters is what there is, not what there isn't.
- You're a young woman and... - I'll get by.
You'll have to find somebody...
if you haven't already.
No.
I haven't.
There are things which are better left unsaid.
They're not.
You've been honest with me.
You've said we can't make love.
That's the medical verdict. But I've said...
...I want to be with you...
in spite of that,
and that I love you.
Can I hold you?
Tight, OK?
Are you asleep?
No.
We never wanted to have children.
No, we didn't.
Maybe it would be easier if we had?
Maybe...
- Good morning. Want a hand? - I'd be grateful.
May I?
It's not healthy.
- It won't kill me. - Maybe not.
The Chief of Surgery says you're being stubborn.
Really? It's so simple.
The thing is...
...I have a voice.
- Voice? - I sing.
My mother has ambitions for me.
But I have a bad heart and I'm not allowed to sing.
But my mother wants me to.
What do you sing?
- Bach or Mahler. Know them? - Yes. I do.
Van den Budenmayer, too?
No.
It's difficult and I sing it.
My mother dreams of me becoming famous.
For that I need surgery.
She wants it done by the Chief
or, better still, by you.
And what do you want?
I want to live. I don't have to sing.
And I'm afraid.
I guess the Chief asked you to calm me down
and say there was no risk there.
Tell me there isn't.
It's not that simple.
Such operations are performed to res...
Only as a last resort. If there's no other way.
But in my case there is, right?
Frankly, yes.
It depends on how much one needs.
Mother wants me to have it all, but I only need...
that much.
Hello?
Could I speak to Hanka?
- Hello? - She's not in.
I thought she would be home.
- Can I take a message? - I'll call back.
What's that?
Van den Budenmayer.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Beautiful.
I've heard it before.
There was a call for you.
Who was it?
Very beautiful...
I bought you something. Want to try it on?
It's for you.
Hello?
Hello, Hanka! You're back at last!
Hanka?
I wanted to see you.
- You were supposed to be home at 4:00. - All right.
All right. I'll be there.
Yes. That'll be better.
I see. Yes.
Of course, OK.
Hello?
- Can you hear me? - Hello, Mum!
When are your flights?
Thursdays and Saturdays.
- Good. Get me that shawl and umbrella. - All right.
Please come in.
I thought about you.
After our talk yesterday I bought a record.
- What record? Van den Budenmayer? - Yes.
In Dutch. Superb.
Remember anything?
Very beautiful.
It's a shame you won't sing.
Mother thinks so too.
She's right.
What did you dream of at my age?
Of being a surgeon.
Not of having a home, a family...
...children?
Never thought about it.
MARIUSZ ZAWIDZKI, PHYSICS, 6TH SEMESTER
223-40.
I completely forgot!
I have to collect Mother's shawl and umbrella.
And the plane's taking off soon.
You can't buy shawls there?
- You know her. She prefers hers. - When's the flight?
Just after twelve.
The surgery's in the afternoon. I'm free for an hour. I can go round.
Bless you.
Give me the key.
The umbrella's hanging by the door.
The shawl's a black one.
- It's in the bedroom wardrobe. - I'll find it.
- Hello? - It's me.
Hi!
Don't call me at home if it's not necessary.
- Something wrong? - No, nothing.
- Here's better. - Between ten and six?
Between ten and six. Eight on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- OK. Been round to your mother's? - When?
I wrote you a card. I wrote that I love you and would be there today.
What kind of card?
A card with the Pope.
- When did you send it? - After our last meeting.
Hello?
Could I speak to Mariusz Zawidzki?
Mariusz! For you again!
Hello?
Hello!
Hanka here. Are you there?
Yes.
Why was the line busy?
You must have misdialled.
Hurry up. Don't poke around in her things. She doesn't like it.
Hi. Thank you.
I should just make it. I'll be off at six.
Take the car.
- Won't you need it? - It's no problem.
Great. I'll collect you.
At nine. Will that be convenient?
Any mail at mother's?
I didn't look. You should have told me to.
It didn't occur to me.
Romek!
The registration book.
In the glove compartment.
See you later.
Romek?
I can't sleep.
Tell me...
You were good at physics.
How did that formula go?
The weight lost by a body...
floating in a fluid...
I forgot the rest.
Apparently lost.
Equals the weight of the water displaced by that body.
Something like that.
I think...
You had a rough day?
- An operation? - Yes.
- Somebody died on you? - Yes.
Don't do that!
- Who was the patient? - Don't touch me!
I'm sorry.
- Hello? - It's me.
- Good morning. - I have to see you.
- You've been refusing me all week. - But now I want to.
- I want you. - Is Thursday OK?
- Any day's OK. - Thursday at six.
- Is something wrong? - At six.
Romek!
Are you there?
Yes.
Don't bother. I don't have much time.
I missed you.
No!
- Anything you say. - Not now. Or ever.
This is the last time.
That's what I wanted to tell you.
Hanka!
Go now.
We don't have to make love but don't kick me out.
I'm not kicking you out but go now.
I love you.
- We never talked of that. - No.
And we won't now.
He's found out?
We won't talk of him either.
He hasn't found out and he won't.
Do up your jacket and go.
You look good.
Go now!
Come out of there!
Come out!
Why did you do this?
To see us bouncing about on the bed?
You should've come a week ago.
You'd have got an eyeful.
I did come.
What?
I sat on the stairs and listened.
Get it.
If you'd be willing to marry me...
I mean, get divorced and marry me...
Romek!
Hold me.
I can't.
Hold me!
Please!
You can't leave me just because...
Because I went to bed with... I didn't know...
I know you but I didn't think...
I didn't realise it could hurt you that much.
- I've no right to be jealous. - Yes, you do.
- I can't expect... - You can.
You were right about something else.
Nothing should ever be left unsaid.
From now on I'll always tell you the truth.
I made a key.
You'll never have to hide in wardrobes again.
We ought to adopt a child. You were right.
We have to get away from each other for a while.
Yes.
All right. Take a holiday.
I'll see a lawyer to find out about adoption.
You take the holiday.
- I don't want that physics student... - Yes.
They're not too small?
They're my wife's.
Could you tell me...
What's the price of a ticket to Melbourne?
Go away!
I just want to know the fare.
Janusz.
My colleague will attend to you. It's his area.
How can I help you?
A girl's much easier than a boy.
The lawyer said there's total discretion.
How long does it take?
A couple of months with a girl.
But you need a sterility certificate.
From Mikolaj.
Romek!
- You want to do this? - Yes.
- Shall I call every day from Zakopane? - No.
- But you trust me? - Yes.
How do you feel?
I hate you.
- But you agreed. - Against my will.
Something wrong?
Not yet. But I know I'm a different person.
Who are you?
I want to sing. And to be heard by lots of people.
Hello?
Good evening.
Could I speak to Mariusz?
- He's out. Who's speaking? - A friend from Physics.
My son's gone on a skiing trip to Zakopane.
Attention, please. Tickets for today have been sold out.
We don't sell tickets in advance.
The office opens at 7:30. Come again tomorrow.
Two for 10:30.
What are you doing here?
I was told you'd gone away skiing. I guessed that you'd gone to Zakopane.
And here I am.
Hanka.
I've just remembered! Take it!
I've just remembered!
Hospital?
Hanka Nycz here. Is my husband there?
No. He said he wouldn't be in today.
Hello?
Would you do me a favour?
If he calls again tell him I'm catching the first bus to Warsaw.
I'll be back tonight.
- Hello? - OK!
- I got it. I'll tell him! - Thank you.
- Might I use it again? - It'll take just a minute.
Here. By the petrol station.
Perfect. Just what I was looking for.
Ticket, please.
I haven't. This is an emergency.
Romek!
Yes. Where?
Thank you.
Can you hear me?
You wife's not in Zakopane.
She left for Warsaw this morning.
30-56-36.
Hello?
Hanka?
You're there.
Oh God, you're there!
I'm here.
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