
The Abandoned
about her parents.
such a pretty Russian name like Milla
between the ones
But she told me the past
best forgotten.
It was in her nature to grow away
from the motherland,
just as it was in my nature
to grow away from her.
Sometimes I wish
I could go back myself,
to warn her that it wouldn't
be so easy, so simple...
that just because you're through
with your past
doesn't always mean
your past is ever
really through with you.
Yeah, what time is it over there?
No.
That's fine.
No. No, not yet.
Yeah, is Emily there?
Put her on, please.
Hey, sweetheart.
Yeah, Russia's...
Russia's beautiful...
kind of.
I'm... Well, I don't now just yet.
A couple of days.
What do you mean?
What, with Alex?
I thought...
No, I thought you weren't
seeing him anymore.
No, I don't have an...
I don't have an issue with him.
It's just...
Can you let me finish? Okay?
I don't have an issue with him.
It's just that I don't
want him staying over.
No, I don't care
what you guys do
in your own time,
just not in my house.
Hey, mind your language!
Yeah, because he's five
Well, of course it's my business.
I'm your mother.
Yeah, l...
Can you just let me finish?
Emily?
Shit.
Mr. Misharin?
- I'm, uh, Marie...
It's nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, finally.
Make yourself at home.
Tea?
No, thanks.
- You produce movies, don't you?
- Yeah.
Big movies?
Well, probably big here.
You should see my daughter.
She's very pretty, you know?
Good for the movies.
I'm sure she's great.
You don't sound very American.
I was born in Russia,
raised in England,
and divorced in the States.
But your roots are here,
aren't they?
At least what's left of them.
Your mother's death certificate.
Can you read Russian?
No.
Her name was Olga.
Olga Kaidanovsky.
Apparently, she was murdered
just after you were born.
I tried to dig up everything I could,
as you requested.
No.
And my father?
Any brothers or sisters?
Sorry, no.
Just the property you mentioned
on the phone, right?
Yeah, the Kaidanovsky place.
Now it belongs to you.
Look, I appreciate your efforts
on my behalf,
but it's been 40 years.
Forty-two.
Forty-one, if you insist on accuracy.
till my birthday.
Yeah, so...
this is a present for you now.
Well...
Sign here, please.
Look, I didn't come
all the way out here
for the real estate, Mr. Misharin.
I've spent half my life
knee-deep in bureaucracy
trying to find my parents.
but no one ever told me
a damn thing.
It was like
they never existed.
Our country has been
through a lot, Ms. Jones.
Governments change.
Things gets lost.
Sometimes people get lost.
So how did you find me?
I got your phone
from the Moscow office.
Took me six months.
You know, adoption was
a tricky business in the '60s.
Please.
I'm sorry.
I just... I don't...
I don't understand you.
You'll find this town
is not much good for postcards.
I didn't hear you pull up.
You must be Anatoliy.
You said 8:
00 on the phone.Right.
I can pay you now if you want.
It's impossible to go at night.
They think we'll die out there.
But I'd rather be dead
than live like them.
Is everyone is this country so friendly?
What?
Do you know anything
about my mother's place?
Kaidanovsky Farm.
They call it "The Island".
The only way to get there
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