THE LIAR
Isn't life a disappointment?
No, but it' s on dangerous ground
I have a feeling that something will happen today
Why? -I can't wait any longer
What could happen then? -I don't know
I don't either. -I suppose it doesn't matter
MAIN CHARACTERS
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A packet of Colt, please. -5,80
Have you heard of the man I found in a gutter?
He was run over by a bus in the rush hour
Or would you believe in my honesty, -
if I told you that you make me despise my whole former Iife?
I've been Iiving Iike a rabbit with rabies
Do I have to hang myself in your eyelashes, -
so that you could see me?
Where shall we go in the evening? -I'll go home
Whose home? -Mine
But whose own? -My husband's and mine
How sad
When are you going to divorce him? -Never
Did you know the woman, who cut her husband into pieces -
and put him in cement? She Ioved her husband, too
Two cold beers, please
Could I have seen your face in a magazine?
I haven't been in any magazine yet
You have classic features, -
I'd Iike to take photos of you and show them to a friend, -
he works for a big magazine
Are you an artist, too?
Maybe, -
but my art can't compete with your eyes
You must be crazy. -I don't care
Here you are. 6.30 marks
I was on my way to the bank, -
but when I saw you, I forgot all about it...
Could you pay for these, then we can go together...
How was this year for you? -Should I know you?
Absolutely. I would Iike you to. What's your phone number?
When did you Iose your virginity?
Hey, how are you Ville. -I'm okay
Give me a mark
Thanks. -Take care
Hey, you there! The ticket!
Sava. -Sava bien
I've fallen in Iove. -In what?
In one girl,
even the stray dogs go to the other side of the street, -
when they see her, just out of pure respect
When did she Iose her virginity?
I don't know. She disappeared, when I tried to ask her
Is she rich? -I think so, apparently she goes to work
You wouldn't be a great Ioss to the world
Thanks a Iot!
Do you think that Iove is just eroticism -
or even Iess?
I'm fed up with this discussion, and with sheepish young Iovers
Bridegroom, Iend me ten marks
I fell in Iove when I was two. I ran away with my nurse
Before that I read her "Refugees" by Linnankoski
Your conception hasn't reached universal dimensions
Conceptions of what? -Of the nature of the woman
Bridegroom, Iend me ten marks
You're a deeply inhuman being, Juuso
If a person can be inhuman, then it's congenital in my case
Ville, wait a minute. -Hey, I was just Iooking for you
And I've been Iooking for you for almost 3 weeks
Once I saw you on a street corner but you disappeared. -I'm sorry
When I got there, you were gone. The street was empty
I haven't been out much Iately. My mother has been ill. -Really?
I've been with her almost all the time, -
Except during the day, when I go to work
Where do you work?
In the Ministry of Justice -That's great
In the institute they were asking about our research
I hope you haven't forgotten it. Not at all, on the contrary
I've often been thinking of its problematic...
You see, on the basis of the results of our interviews -
it's easy to prove our basic assertion
People's happiness isn't an abstract thing
It depends on certain social commitments
That's true, but it's impossible to see -
the difference between identity and dissimilarity. -What do you mean?
It's impossible to see, if Iove -
between the sexes is enjoyment of identity in dissimilarity, -
or enjoyment of dissimilarity in identity -Your dialectics are absurd
Your problem is that you can't distinguish -
the dialectics of thought from the dialectics of facts
You are a problem yourself
Heads. -Tails
Our definition of happiness confuses -
the progression towards positivism
May I read your introduction to the premises of happiness some day
Yes, but the article isn't finished yet
I haven't been able to get the original source I need
AII my money's been spent on mother's medical treatment
I'm sorry about your mother. -That's okay
Everybody has his mother to bear
I don't have much money now, but I could Iend you the price of the book
Could you?
Here you are. -Good
I'II just pop to the men's room and then we can start working
What's your name? -Tuula
That doesn't give you the right to do a thing Iike that
Life is too short to be ruined. If a man Ioses -
his self respect he might as well shoot himself
I'm not a man
No, you are a madonna, and madonnas are not of this world
A person is what he pretends to be, that's why you have to be careful
What does my work have to do with you, you don't even know me?
We can get to know each other Iater...
the most important thing is that I don't want my girlfriend to be a toy
Was that a marriage proposal?
We'II go out tomorrow, before that you'II resign
I can take care of both of us. -Oh really
We'II meet tomorrow at 6 o'clock.
I'II go now. Don't kiss me today
See for yourself, there's nothing
Is Kari there?
No? Is he dead?
In the army?
I knew he was dead
Is Jukka there?
Who are you then?
Marja-Leena. A beautiful name.
As a child I had a dog that was called Marja-Leena
Don't worry, it died
Lend me 500 instead, -
I'II pay you back without your noticing
At Ieast you've got a reason to see me
I believe you're as pretty as your voice
Oh, but I shouldn't really, as I'm already in Iove
Hi, do you have any money?
No, I haven't Ieft you
I didn't call you because of the money, you know that
I want to find myself, -
I've got Iost in the market of Iies
Yes, in a Iine of customers
How can you Iive without money? Why don't you go to work? Bye
Yes, I had a good time.
Nice company
Yes, I would like to go next weekend, too
Oh yes, I'll remember
Okay, good, that' s fine
Hello
How is the biggest next Finnish working class writer?
Things are not going well
I'm in trouble
Me too
So you have come for money. Can't you get it from anyone else?
You are the only one I dare to ask. -You should go to work
That's why I came here. -To get a job?
Your job isn't good enough for me
I came for money, as you quickly understood
I need it to get a job
I've got a post as a research assistant
We're doing a research on people's happiness
It's a chance of a Iifetime... but there's a slight problem
I Iost the recorder which I interviewed people with
The people are very sad. -Stick to the point
The recorder costs 7 200 and I have to pay today, -
or I'II Iose the job
I have saved 6 500 marks for my trip around the world
I have to use that now, but I still need 500
You are the only person that I trust more than myself
Okay, is 100 enough? -You don't trust me
Don't hurt people's feelings
Happiness is an important thing
When could you pay me back? -Before the revolution
I can't wait so Iong
You really have style
And you are slothful and cold. Full of big words, small thoughts
Good evening. -Good evening
You ought to be more smartly dressed, -
hair, jacket and trousers
But I have hair, jacket and trousers, everything in the right place
But not smartly. -Not smartly?
What about now?
Excellent wine, isn't it? -What do you do for Iiving?
I'm writing my first novel and Ioving you
Full-time?
I have time to Iove you only in the day time, because I write at nights
You don't get any money for it. -You just smiled at me
In fact, I don't do anything, because there isn't anything worth doing
Isn't there? -Don't you accept Iazy men?
Yes, if they are naturally Iazy. -Let's talk about you instead
What is there to talk about?
My garter was undone
I believe that your biography could become a classic
Why? you don't even know me
You remind me of a girl...
I Iived at that time in Warsaw, working as a sandblaster
We were deeply in Iove
We wanted to get married, but a week before the wedding -
Nadia was run over by an underground train
I was very upset then and asked myself -
why was I punished with this Iife
I can never forget her, except maybe, for you
Do you believe in that story yourself?
Not always, but today I'd Iike to believe in it. -Why?
I'd Iike to choose sadness instead of emptiness, -
but I always have to choose emptiness
I think I feel sorry for you. -I Iove you too
What's the matter with you?
It's that pain of existence, -
to be born under the threat of the bomb, you know
You're a Iittle naive, aren't you?
That's true, of course, the worst thing is to know it oneself. Let's go
Thank you. -You're welcome
Thanks...
Wait a minute
The fact that you generally talk about Bergson -
when we speak of Chandler, it' s almost -
as if you claimed
that Hitchcock is a Brechtian film maker
And so he is. Notice, -
that Chandler is originally a product of European culture, -
and that only in the States he was able to combine these two -
main strands of western civilization. Just Iike Hemingway
There I'd agree only in so far as -
the relationship between Hemingway and Chandler is concerned, -
but it can't be explained by any French philosophy
The promised Iand for existentialism is France, isn't it Ville?
I would claim -
that the promised Iand for modern existentialism is Finland
You may be right, but... -I'm afraid I'm always right
Ville has a maximum amount of intelligence -In any case, there is -
an interesting relationship between Bergson, Proust, Chandler and Camus
Hey, don't drink any more. You'II die, if you drink so much
I know that, I was born dead
Hey
I didn't have time to clean, I've been writing all the day
What have you accomplished? -Nothing special
You were so much on my mind that I couldn't concentrate
Don't kiss me or you'II get pregnant
When will you bring the rest of your stuff here?
There's no room for all my books
Can we afford to go and have a few beers today?
Yes, but can't we go to the movies instead?
I've seen all the films in town, -
they're all the same
Ville. -Yes, my darling?
There's a job for a stock-room man in the company -
and I could talk to them, if you, maybe, could go there...
The necessity to eat doesn't justify prostituting the acts
I've been working all the time. -Me too, and I get paid for it
Let's buy a couple of manly cutlets -
and 2 meters of sausage. -What?
I want meat!
I thought of buying some cucumber and tomatoes -
and making a good salad
I want black coffee and cutlets and a couple of cheap sausages
You are crazy! -As you like it, baby
Could you, please, take my things separately
I'd Iike to open an account. My social security number is 040407/6A
We don't have customer accounts
Maybe I ought to go to the bank
Take this as security, it's worth at Ieast 100 marks, -
I bought it myself
What was your name? -Ville AIfa
Where is your wife? -She Ieft
Sad. -It doesn't matter. Life must go on in any case
Is the devil a woman? -The creature is nothing but a nuisance
Yeah, a person is always alone in the end
Why not...
When did you... Iose your virginity?
This reminds me of a girl
I Iived in Paris at that time and I was awfully in Iove with Lola
But as it so often happens, -
fate separated us in a very cruel way
Did you Iove her as much as Nadia?
Yes, but in another way
Your honesty always surprises me, -
but there's no crazy glow in your relations with women, -
because they are unrealistic, unlike mine
Yes, you must understand that I'm the most miserable of all creatures
Even the angleworms are ashamed of me
As a child I already knew that I never ought to have been born, -
but I wasn't given a chance to choose
There is no Buenos Aires. -T ake the trash out, please!
There you see, I'm no-good and I don't have the right
to drag you with me along the endless chain of talking -
and rotting
But don't be worried of me, because now I really have found, -
I swear it, I have found a good job. -Don't tell lies to me
Believe me! I've decided to repair to a monastery to cultivate the land
There I can't cause -
any harm to other people and nobody has to feel sorry for me.
You aren't working. You don't even want to study
You don't have any hobbies. Your only hobby is to go to pubs
It's impossible even to talk to you
You're at your best when you've passed out
You don't see anything, you don't hear anything
Get away...
You could make something of yourself, really
Get Iost!
One whisky, please
Hello. -Hey, how are you doing
Could you, please, buy me a whisky. I really need it, -
my brother died this morning
No, not Harri!
I just spoke to him yesterday
Their office is being renovated, and as Harri was going to work, -
a man fell from the scaffolding on top of him
His neck was broken and he died immediately. -Oh my God!
No, such things cannot happen
They do. Could you buy me a whisky?
Yes, of course. Hey, one whisky, please
And what happened to the man?
Nothing serious, he broke his Ieg and banged his head
Ville, my God, I'm sorry
Can I, could I help you somehow?
I don't need anything any more. If you could Iend me a hundred or two, -
so that I could buy a suit for the funeral, -
you will be there, too, won't you, I'II Iet you know
Hey, Iisten, I have 300, take this, -
but call me tomorrow and tell me more about it
Oh boy. What a thing to happen!
I suppose I won't be needed here anymore
S. Tarkkonen www.futurefilm.fi http://www.opensubtitles.org/