[ Choir singing ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
[ Speaking Turkish ] Armenians report to the square immediately!
What are you doing? Get away from my trunk.
[ Thudding ]
There's a boy missing --
I'm a Turk. You have no right touching my things!
[ Rattling ]
[ Woman singing ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Never lose your smile, Garo.
No matter what happens in life,
you must always keep your beautiful smile.
Now, fly away little stork.
Carry us with you in your heart...
...and one day, you will return home.
[ Speaking Turkish ] Get everything on the cart now!
[ Thudding ]
[ Music playing ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Music stops ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
[ Speaking Russian ] DMITRI: Stop here.
SONA: So, we'll meet you at the restaurant later, then?
DMITRI: Hold on...
Look, what I said about your sister earlier...
...I didn't mean it as an insult.
She's a "Salted Armenian."
That's just what they say about all Armenians.
Of course, dear.
VANYA: Why are those men watching us?
SONA: Papa just wants to make sure we're safe, dear.
[ Imitating gun firing ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Vanya, come back here.
[ Door opens ]
[ People shouting ]
Where are you, Vanya!
[ Speaking Russian ] Help!
[ Speaking Russian ] Armenia is a crazy place, so stay alert while we're here.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Over here!
[ Speaking Armenian ] CHARLIE: Here! Here!
[ People shouting ]
[ Car door clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hold on!
[ Whistles ]
[ Car door clangs ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Speaking Russian ] Get off of him, you idiots! He was trying to help me.
Ah!
"The American"
[ Speaking Armenian ] I'm so sorry, my husband's men ripped your jacket.
[ Speaking Armenian ] No, no. Don't be sorry.
- Hold on... - Here.
Oh. [ Chuckles ]
I am happy... your... worm is alright.
Worm?
Vanya... your worm?
Do you mean "son?"
Excuse me.
"Vordi" means son. Okay.
Are you Englishman?
No. American. Amerikatsi.
Charlie Bakhchinyan.
From Poughkeepsie, New York.
Nice to meet you, Charlie.
Sona.
Nice to meet you, too, Sona.
You know, you're the first person I've met from here
who speaks any English.
Mm, little, little.
I school, teach here before married.
CHARLIE: Ah.
Why you here?
I'm repatriating.
One of the "Nourags".
And you've come here with your family?
CHARLIE: No, no, just me.
My wife passed away a few years ago.
God rest her soul.
So, I said, "What the heck."
Might as well head back to the homeland and learn
about my Armenian roots.
Start over, you know?
[ Speaking Russian ] You invited this American here?
[ Speaking Russian ] Yes.
He practically saved our son's life, dear.
It's the least we can do.
CHARLIE: Sona!
That's him.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hello.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Thank you... for the invitation.
Well done!
Um, this is my husband Dmitry.
My husband wants to thank you.
-Oh. -I will translate.
[ Speaking Russian ] Comrade Bakhchinyan...
On behalf of Sona,
on behalf of Ivan, on behalf of the Communist Party...
...and all peoples of the Soviet Union,
I would like to extend
my sincere gratitude for your heroic actions.
If it was not for your bravery,
Ivan might have been gravely injured...
...you have preserved his happy Soviet childhood.
And so, I would like to welcome you to Soviet Armenia.
We appreciate your desire to participate
in our worker's revolution,
which spreads across the world,
and pushing back against the bourgeoisie
and tyranny of the West.
Thank you.
[ Pouring ]
Oh, boy, that smells terrific.
[ Speaking Russian ] Charlie came to join our great country...
...to work. To help rebuild Armenia.
He is very anxious to have a good job
like the Party promised the Repatriates.
[ Speaking Russian ] Vanya, eat, boy. You need to eat.
My husband asks about your family in Pou-- Poughkee--
-CHARLIE: Poughkeepsie. -Poughkeepsie.
There you go.
Uh, no -- no immediate family to speak of back in the U.S.
I was actually born in Armenia, in the old country.
Where?
CHARLIE: Somewhere near Lake Van I think.
See, when I was about 4 years old, some Turkish soldiers,
they came into the village and, well, let's just say
I was lucky to escape.
And the rest of family?
They, uh, well, who knows.
Maybe some of them survived, too, God willing.
What's the name of village you're born?
You know, I wish I could remember.
I just can't recall much from back then.
Oh, uh, but there's this song
that my grandmother used to sing to me.
I was thinking if I could just remember what it was called,
then maybe I could track down what region it came from.
Maybe you might recognize it.
It, uh, goes...
[ Vocalizing ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Vocalizing ]
No?
I'm sorry. I don't know this song.
I wish I knew it.
CHARLIE: That's all right.
At least I'm back in the homeland and meeting
nice people like you.
[ Speaking Russian ] Please, eat... Go on.
Thank you, Dmitry. Thank you very much.
[ Speaking Russian ] Tell him, I will help find him a good job.
My husband said he will help you with your job here.
Really? Thank you very much.
[ Speaking Russian ] What about housing, or anything else?
And something else to make your new home in Armenia
more satisfactory.
Well, now that you mention it.
The housing situation for the repatriates,
it's not exactly what they promised us.
I find you good home.
[ Pounding ]
CHARLIE: Okay, okay.
[ Clangs ]
Is this about the housing situation?
[ Intense music playing ]
[ Intense music continues ]
[ Car door clangs ]
There's been a mistake.
Fellas, I think there's been some kind of mistake.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Ah, Amerikatsi.
But we've already got a full house.
No, I need him. Put him upstairs in the storage room.
The icebox?
He won't be staying with us long.
[ Choir singing dramatically ]
[ Door clangs ]
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Is there someone I could talk to?
Maybe, uh -- maybe I could make a phone call.
[ Door clangs ]
[ Clattering ]
[ Thudding ]
[ Wind whistling ]
[ Speaking Russian ] You are an American spy
sent to spread counter-revolutionary propaganda
to the Soviet people.
[ Speaking Russian ] You must write everything down.
I don't speak Russian. Um...
[ Speaking Armenian ] Armenian... little...
We could try that.
[ Speaking Russian ] Comrade Poghosian, you studied English at school.
Explain to this American idiot what has been said to him.
You...
Confess, confess.
Confess? Confess? For what? What did I do?
[ Speaking Armenian ] What is he accused of?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Public displays of religious propaganda.
[ Speaking Russian ] And Cosmopolitanism.
Cosmopolitanism? Did she say cosmopolitanism?
What the heck is that?
[ Speaking Armenian ] It is a crime here to glorify materialism!
It is a crime to worship things foreign,
to idolize the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy!
[ Speaking Russian ] And he was seen in public wearing a very fancy tie.
Tell the American idiot that!
You have...
Tie, tie.
Tie, tie, you have a tie.
Yes, I have ties. I have lots of ties.
Okay. I get it. How many? Ask them how many.
[ Speaking Armenian ] How many?
[ Speaking Russian ] Five years. Five years.
Plus five more for his public displays of religion.
-10. -10?
You want 10 ties?
Alright, listen. Tell them I will give them every
single tie I brought to Armenia as long as they let me go.
[ Speaking Russian ] What did he say?
Go on, tell them.
[ Speaking Armenian ] He says that if you let him go,
then he will give...
every single Armenian in the country... a tie.
[ Smacks ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] To poison their minds
with your vile anti-communist values!?
[ Telephone rings ]
[ Speaking Russian ] Hello?
[ Speaking Russian ] Let me speak to Babloyan.
[ Speaking Russian ] Hello?
Yes, Comrade Commander!
Did Comrade Sargisyan receive my "overseas present?"
- Yes, the American is with us. - Are you processing him?
Yes, Comrade Commander. Filling quotas is always good.
I would recommend this filthy Capitalist instigator
receive the most severe of punishments.
No, no, don't kill him...
If word got out it could damage
the Party's initiative to recruit more Repatriates.
Scare him a little, then send him on his way.
Sorry, Comr-- What... last thing... said?
...send him...way.
Yes, Comrade Commander.
[ Speaking Russian ] What did he say?
He said to scare him, and then...
...send him far away.
"Siberia"
[ Women singing in native language ]
Whoa, hey, what?
I thought you just wanted my ties.
Now it's my suit, too?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Don't worry, Mr. Charlie Chaplin...
You'll get your belongings back when you go...
It's Bakhchinyan, not Chaplin.
[ Speaking Armenian ] ...most of them.
And I'm Armenian, by the way.
[ Speaking Armenian ] I am... I am very, very Armenian.
[ Speaking Russian ] And I'm Alexander Pushkin.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey. Excuse me. Um...
[ Speaking Armenian ] I... go.
I'm leaving, right?
[ Speaking Armenian ] In a little.
- What? - You, guest.
Little? Okay. Alright.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Then you go to your new home.
That's a nice lamp, by the way. I have one just like it.
[ Women singing in native language ]
It's a good thing this is temporary because, you know...
This is temporary, right?
Do you think I could clean up a little?
[ Door clangs ]
[ Clangs ]
Hi. Uh, do you think I could talk to the warden?
Uh, this cell is -- it's pretty cold at night.
And -- hi.
There are blankets, but the blankets are really --
Oh, thank you. Oh. Oh.
Um, do you think you could...
[ Clangs ]
[ Door clangs ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
Oh, thank you. Uh, so this means I'm leaving then, yeah?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Get over there.
Okay. I don't know if this is my -- It's okay.
[ Man singing continues ]
[ Bird squawking ]
Wow, look at you.
[ Speaking Russian ] Everyone line up!
- [ Speaking Armenian ] Quickly! - [ Speaking Armenian ] Hurry up!
Now listen up to what I'm saying...
Soon trucks will be here
and take you to the train station.
You have a long trip ahead of you.
Station? Did he say station?
Aren't we going back to the city?
No, no, not go back to city.
[ Speaking Armenian ] The trip will take three weeks...
...during which time, you will all behave yourselves.
No funny business...
That's three weeks. Where the hell are we going?
That where we're going, to hell.
We're going to hell?
-Siberia? -Hey!
Uh...sorry. Excuse me.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hold on.
Charlie Chaplin? What do you want, my little "brother?"
Look, I made a deal with a kind of scary lady in there.
I told her I was gonna give her 10 ties, right?
10 ties. 10 ties. Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]
You deal, 10 years.
10 years?
10 years.
-[ Laughs ] -10 years Siberia?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Ten years hard labor.
You already signed a confession in triplicate.
The documents have already been sent to Moscow.
[ Laughing ]
There's nothing you can do about it now.
[ Laughter ]
[ Loud thud ]
What was that?
[ Loud thud ]
[ Rattling, rumbling ]
Earthquake!
[ Music playing ]
[ Thud ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Loud thud ]
[ Indistinct shouting continues ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Get down, you idiot! Get down!
[ Loud thud ]
[ Rumbling stops ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] The walls are down! C'mon guys!
[ Speaking Russian ] Stop or you will be shot!
- [ Speaking Russian ] Stop them! Stop! - [ Speaking Russian ] C'mon! Run!
Respectfully, Comrade Commander, that would be impossible.
[ Speaking Russian ] Our native Armenian prisoners are too dangerous and lazy.
Then keep some of repatriates meant for Siberia.
Have them fix it.
There is a lot of damage here. Not just the wall.
Repairs will take a very long time.
Keep them all then.
Work them to death if you have to...
It's not like Siberia would be any different.
Keep the American as well?
[ Door opens ]
I said keep all of them!
Yes, Comrade Commander.
Is that the Warden?
Ask him about Tigran.
Oh, and how is Tigran, my brother-in-law?
How is he working out as a guard?
Ah, Tigran!
Tigran is doing just fine. Nice and safe, up in a tower.
Very good.
[ Disconnects telephone ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Now that you're going to be my permanent guest...
We must make sure you feel like a real Armenian "Brother."
I came to this country to meet real Armenians.
You guys, you're nothing but a bunch of Soviet puppets.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Ah, don't say that...
[ Door closes ]
10 years.
Very, very, very long time.
- [ Speaking Armenian ] Is today Friday? - [ Speaking Armenian ] Yes.
Did you know, Mr. Charlie Chaplin...
...that Friday at my prison is "Ponchik day?"
What is it called in English?
Doughnut?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Yes, Ponchik is doughnut.
Doughnut?
Charlie.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Meet Ponchik.
[ Clangs ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Groans ]
[ Coughs ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Groans ]
[ Laughs ]
[ In Russian ] "Necktie for the dumb American"
[ Guard laughing ]
No!
[ Laughing ]
[ Pounding ]
You can't do this to me! I'm an American!
[ Speaking Armenian ] I thought you were an Armenian?
No. Yes.
[ Speaking Armenian ] I... am not Armenian! I am not Armenian!
Let us know if you need help putting on your new tie.
No!
[ Pounds on door ]
[ Light switches clanging ]
[ Water dripping ]
[ Indistinct talking ]
[ Woman singing ]
[ Rumbling ]
[ Speaking Turkish ] Get everything on the cart now!
[ Thuds ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
[ Gunshot, screaming ]
[ Dog barking ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Fly away, my little stork.
[ Rumbling ]
[ Gunshot, gasps ]
[ Clanging ]
[ Indistinct talking ]
[ Dog barking ]
[ Indistinct talking continues ]
[ Dog barking ]
[ Thud ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Tapping ]
[ Dramatical music playing ]
[ Drawer slides ]
Thank you very much. Bye-bye.
[ Dramatical music continues ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Cart rattles ]
[ Dramatical music continues ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] What do you know about building walls, Ackbar?
You need real stone, not this "stuff."
[ Indistinct shouting ]
You wanted to see real Armenians?
There you go.
That's us.
[ Dramatical music continues ]
[ Bell tolls in distance ]
[ Rattling ]
[ Door clangs ]
Mr. Chaplin.
[ Speaking Armenian ] It's Friday...
Time for Ponchik.
"Ponchik"
[ Music playing, man singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] "You look at us with kind eyes,"
"dear Stalin, dear Stalin..."
"You provide for the sake of the earth."
"dear Stalin, dear Stalin..."
Would you mind if we switch?
I have something important to get --
Me, you...
[ Door clangs ]
[ Gentle music playing ]
[ Gentle music continues ]
[ Indistinct talking in distance ]
[ Gentle music continues ]
[ Man indistinct singing in distance ]
[ Man indistinct singing in distance continues ]
[ Thud ]
[ Door clangs ]
[ Playful music playing ]
[ Playful music continues ]
No, no, no, no, no, no!
[ Clatters ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Clatters ]
[ Laughs ]
[ Indistinct talking in distance ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Playful music playing ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Speaking Russian ] First group of prisoners from cells 2, 4, 6 and 8!
Repatriates will work on the main wall.
[ Playful music continues ]
You'll be preparing new stones for the prison,
as well as for the town.
So, you have lots to do!
Lots of work to be done!
[ Woman indistinct singing in distance ]
Move, you sleepy flies!
[ Clanging in background ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] GUARD: What are you waiting for, take it... move it! Work!
[ Clangs ]
Wait there.
Those men aren't real Armenians.
Sold their souls to Satan... Papa Stalin.
Scumbags.
Okay, go.
[ Speaking Russian ] What a disgrace.
Button that button!
[ Indistinct shouting in background ]
[ Sorrowful music palying ]
[ Sorrowful music continues ]
[ Birds clacking ]
[ Indistinct announcement in distance ]
[ Indistinct announcement in distance continues ]
[ Upbeat music plays, man singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Russian ] With feeling!
Healthy body, healthy mind.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Armenia was the first Christian nation.
Does anyone care today?
No.
Who invented wine? And beer?
Again, the Armenians.
Does anyone say "Thank you" to Armenia?
No. And they never will.
[ Speaking Russian ] Okay, fasten it.
[ Birds clacking ]
Go away, varmint! Shoo!
[ Whistling melody ]
You recognize that song?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Get in there.
[ Whistling ]
[ Door clangs, locks ]
[ Playful music playing ]
[ Whistling ]
[ Playful music continues ]
Oh. It's time.
[ Playful music continues ]
[ Playful music stops ]
[ Door clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hello!
Today I want Bonchik!
Enough, get over here!
[ Speaking Russian ] When we go back to Armenia...
...of course, once the new baby is old enough...
...we'll have to see my parents my sister...
...and our American friend.
I wonder how he's doing.
You did find him a job, as you promised?
Yes, dear. A very respectable one.
That's wonderful.
Where?
A factory job. The brandy factory, up on the hill there.
That's wonderful.
[ Sighs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hang on.
What the hell...
Listen, tell your boss to stop sending me scraps.
I could pay half as much for crap
like this on the black market.
- [ Speaking Russian ] A lot of cucumbers again. - [ Speaking Russian ] Tell him no more pickles!
[ Speaking Armenian ] We'll give them to the guards.
Disgusting.
[ Speaking Russian ] Give them to the prisoners.
[ Speaking Armenian ] What is this?
Stockings.
Socks for dames.
Oh.
Interesting.
CHARLIE: I had a pretty good day today.
Did some work on the wall.
It was fun. You know.
They are nice flowers.
Oh, blue, of course.
We use them to make water color.
Oh, come on.
If you don't let him buy paints, how else is he gonna get paints?
Especially blue.
Blue is the hardest color to find in nature.
Ah. [ Laughs ]
Alright. It's gonna work.
[ Thunder rumbles, rain falling ]
[ Thunder crashes ]
[ Women singing in native language ]
Okay, another toast.
Alright, first toast is, uh...
guest of honor.
Second is, uh, women. Women in the room.
And the mountain. Right.
To the mountain. To...
Ararat.
Mount Ararat.
Now I've just got to find something blue.
This guy.
[ Sneezes ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Listen to what I'm telling you...
Mix garlic, black pepper, pickled Herring juice, vodka--
and drink until you pass out.
Melikov.
Find a good, strong replacement for Ponchik.
[ Blowing ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Ararat! Good job, good job.
[ Clangs ]
[ Match strikes ]
[ Bell tolling ]
[ Blows ]
[ Indistinct talking in distance ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
[ Wind howling ]
Please don't.
Don't. No.
[ Speaking Russian ] Just because the town doesn't want stones,
doesn't mean you don't still work.
There's plenty to do here!
Come on now back to the wall!
The cold is good for you...
Move it, move it...
Lively!
[ Dogs barking ]
Go in the living room. Go, go, go, go, go.
It's on the base. She left it on the base.
No, mm.
It is on the angel.
The key is right there.
It's on the vase.
It's on the angel vase right in front of you.
It's right there. See? See it? See it?
See -- yeah.
Oh, come -- Oh!
[ Clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] ...excuse me...
I want... give message... you help?
Best to pass notes in the yard.
No! No... not prisoner.
Guard.
Guard in the sky.
What... what do you want?
Cigarettes.
How many?
Guard... big... in sky.
Tigran?
Used to be an artist?
Yes, yes... Tigran!
Yes... I give.
Thank you.
[ Wind howling ]
[ Crowd chattering ]
[ Speaking Russian ] What's going on here?
Why aren't you working?
- [ Speaking Armenian ] It's freezing out there. - [ Speaking Armenian ] You're crazy.
Okay, here we go.
Not too drunk.
At least not yet.
And...
Ah.
What is that?
Are those...
Pickles?
[ Gasps ]
It's the note!
What the...
No!
Oh, my --
[ Clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Pickles?
Yes! This is how I get it to him.
The pickle juice ruined my picture!
I need more... paper. I want to write another note.
Yes, of course. Do you have cigarettes?
You take all...
You took 'em all.
No bribe... no paper.
[ Clangs ]
[ Speaking Russian ] Stop!
Stop!
Get him --
[ Speaking Armenian ] You see, Ponchik...
I told you the garlic and pepper would do the trick.
[ Spits, groans ]
Okay.
Come on. Think angel.
Think angel, think angel, think angel.
Think angel. Think angel.
Come on. You got it.
Ah.
Yes. Yes.
Yes. Angel.
It's right there. Think angel. Think angel.
Think.
You've got it. You've got it.
Yes. Yes. You got it.
Angel.
Yes. Yes.
[ Laughs ]
Yes!
[ Shouting ]
Ah. [ Laughs ]
Ah.
[ Laughing ]
[ Match strikes ]
[ Blows ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Clattering ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] The oldest observatory in the world
was created by Armenians... "Carahunge."
Europe, Paris -- their famous cafes... Armenians opened them.
Who translated the Bible into Chinese?... An Armenian.
The color of your famous dollar bill,
who do you think invented that? Again, an Armenian!
[ Clangs ]
Hang on...
Butter.
Did you?
Me? No, not me.
Who?
You figure it out.
[ Clangs ]
[ Scraping ]
[ Groans ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] From your artist friend.
[ Up-tempo music playing ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] No, Comrade. Take the rest of the day off.
No ponchik for Charlie today.
So, anyways, this is Ava Gardner.
Alright, alright.
Who's betting? How about you, blue man?
You going for the big man, or you going for the geezer?
I got five to one on kid Ron for the game.
Three to one he wins the series. What do you think?
You in? You in? Alright.
What about you, Mr. Green.
Oh, you're going for the geezer.
The neighbor whose name I don't know yet.
Alright, here we go. Yah!
[ Man singing in native language ]
Don't do it. Don't fall for it.
Oh!
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Cheering ]
[ Speaking Russian ] Hey! No dancing!
[ Blows ]
[ Bottle clanging ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Rug-weaving was created by the Armenians.
The oldest rug was woven by Armenians
500 years before Christ.
What are you up to?
[ Gasps ]
Ooh!
This is gonna be good.
That's why you're all decked out.
[ Chuckles ]
Um...
Alright, boys and girls, we got heck of a show tonight.
Five to one he wins her back.
Three to one he blows it in the first five minutes.
Who's in? Huh? How about you, blue man?
You in? 5,000. Take our own scores.
Mr. Green's betting he blows it. How about you, Mary?
You're betting on love? I like that.
Okay. Here we go.
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Indistinct talking in distance ]
[ Indistinct argument ]
Let it go.
I know you're angry. Just let it go.
This isn't about the painting. It's about you.
You're not gonna get another chance. This is it.
You need to open up to her, tell her how you really feel.
Just talk to her. Trust me.
I can see you better than you.
[ Indistinct talking ]
It's a boy! Hey!
Congratulations!
[ Speaking Russian ] Stop here.
So... I think tonight...
Yes, of course, dear.
You have important business so cannot come
to my smelly sister Ruzan's party.
It's not that I don't...
You have quotas to meet. Everyone understands, dear.
[ Speaking Russian ] Yeah, okay...
...it looks like a wall.
How's my brother-in-law Tigran doing?
Tigran is making a fine guard.
Used to be a respected artist.
Until he got stupid and the Party censored him.
What was his offense?
Painting pictures of churches.
Terrible.
He's lucky he wasn't sent to Siberia for that.
He's lucky he married to the sister-in-law
of a Party member.
Yes, of course.
And I believe they had a son recently.
A nephew for you. Congratulations.
Yes. Thank you.
They're having a party for it tonight.
Some kind of barbaric Armenian ritual.
Something about teeth. Do you know this?
Yes, an Atamhatik party.
What is that?
May I offer you some Armenian Cognac?
Armenian Cognac is a favorite of Churchhill.
That prisoner...
Why does he look familiar?
Oh, yes. Charlie. The American.
American?
Right, the American.
What's he doing here?
Well, he confessed.
And then you ordered him to be sent to Siberia.
I did?
Yes.
Right. Well, then why is he not in Siberia?
Well, then you said to keep him.
I never said "keep him."
You just said that I said Siberia!
And whenever I say Siberia, I mean Siberia!
Damn it...
I told my wife...
It's a long story.
You just have to get rid of him.
The sooner the better... for you.
Yes, Comrade Commander. Right away.
- [ Speaking Russian ] Line up! - [ Speaking Armenian ] All Repatriates, line up!
All Repatriates over here! Hurry up!
Faster, faster, faster!
[ Speaking Armenian ] Moscow has approved all the work you have done here.
But now, the State is in need of workers elsewhere.
The following prisoners will prepare
to be transported first thing tomorrow to Siberia.
Excuse me.
- Get back in line. - We won't go.
- Get back in line now, you idiot! - This is our home.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Get back in line.
[ Grunts ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Tatulian, Poghosian...
Go help him pack for his trip.
[ Thud ]
[ Door clangs ]
[ Music playing ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Door clangs ]
"Tigran"
[ Speaking Russian ] No food for Charlie tonight.
- But... - No.
[ Clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Special delivery for you.
You know who it's from.
This is from me.
I'm sorry.
[ Clangs ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Chuckles ]
Toast.
First toast, first toast. Uh...guest of honor.
[ Pouring ]
Guest of honor.
[ Music playing in background ]
Charlie.
[ Laughter ]
[ Glasses clink ]
Shh. Shh.
[ Speaking Armenian ] To all Armenians scattered across the earth...
...who can see past the walls that separate us...
...and create a new Armenia.
May we build upon our smiles...
...instead of tears.
[ Glasses clink ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Speaking Russian ] Repatriates heading to Siberia wait by the gate.
Bus arrives in 20 minutes.
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Russian ] Vanya, stay away from that gate.
[ Speaking Russian ] A little something for your trip back to Moscow.
The best of the worst...
...for your private viewing.
I should hope there is no more of this Ava Gardner...
...and her filthy "bikini."
[ Gun clicking ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Good morning, friend.
[ Pounding ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] What are you banging on the gate for!
[ Speaking Armenian ] I'm trying to get rid of the damn stork!
Well, leave them alone,
they've been here longer than you!
[ Speaking Armenian ] Oh God.
[ Speaking Armenian ] This damn thing...
Oh, excuse me, I...
Can I help you?
Sorry, no...
Okay.
[ Speaking Russian ] ...and so that's when the Armenian
tells the bodyguard--
I swear, I wasn't making jokes about Armenians.
The American.
Did you put him here?
I...
Look, he's an American spy.
He came here to spread Capitalism--
to spread counter-revolutionary propaganda.
He was wearing a polka dot tie!
Pardon me, but Cosmopolitanism
is an official crime instated by the Politburo.
And he confessed.
He signed all the papers -- in triplicate.
And it has all been sent to Moscow.
Sona. Sona!
- Where are you going? - Sona, wait!
What are they doing standing there? Stop her!
[ Speaking Armenian ] Pogosian, don't hold the door for her--stop her!
[ Speaking Armenian ] Madam, you can't be out here.
[ Speaking Russian ] Take your hands off me.
[ Woman singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hello, Sona.
How have you been?
[ Speaking Armenian ] I...
...I'm so sorry.
Forgive me.
That song of yours...
[ Vocalizing melody ]
...Gorani.
Gorani?
[ Speaking Armenian ] Gorani is the name of the song.
Gorani!
The one your grandmother would sing to you...
I heard it last night. My brother in law is a...
...an artist.
He told me that Gorani is a folksong
from the Taron region.
Taron...
Maybe that is where you came from.
Yes.
Did he tell you what the song is about?
[ Speaking Russian ] Sona!
[ Speaking Armenian ] Gorani is a bird.
Like this one.
Thank you.
[ Speaking Russian ] Sona, I swear I didn't know that it would end up like this.
Then make it right.
He signed a confession. There are records.
Even if I had the authority to pardon him,
it would look very suspicious.
It would be reported back to Moscow.
Think about us -- our children.
I won't stand by and let you send him off to die.
Sona...
Excuse me, Comrade Commander...
Something of the utmost importance
has just occurred to me, which may interest you.
[ Woman singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Prisoners!
Our very observant Commander Petrov
has just pointed out to me...
...the rooftop of our prison is still badly damaged.
It is an embarrassment to the entire country.
Therefore...
The People's Republic no longer
requires your assistance in Siberia.
[ Applause ]
We will work to get you an early release.
[ Speaking Armenian ] You have all been granted permission to stay in Armenia.
[ Speaking Russian ] We are leaving in five minutes, with or without you.
[ Speaking Russian ] Melikov!
Don't think I haven't noticed
how slack things have gotten around here!
- Quotas are not being filled! - What a mess!
[ Music playing ]
[ Whistling ]
[ Man chanting in native language ]
[ Door clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] It's your lucky day. Ponchilk time.
Alright, let's get this over with so we can finish the week.
[ Speaking Russian ] Ponchik is sick again... I sent him home.
Karoyan...
Go get our backup.
[ Door closes ]
[ Music playing ]
Finally.
Come in, come in.
Nice of you to join us.
[ Door closes ]
Alright, Tigran. Let's get going.
You know what to do.
The sooner we start, the sooner we finish.
Did you forget what to do?
What's the matter with you?
[ Smacks ]
It's an order.
Do it.
Is our great artist worried
about bruising his delicate hands again?
You swore an oath to the Party
that you would never paint again.
If the Central Committee were to find out...
...if someone were to inform them...
...not even your sister-in-law Sona could save you.
And so...
Either you beat this Akhbar rat...
Or I make a call...
...and your little boy will grow up without his papa.
Don't hold back.
[ Blows landing ]
Harder.
Harder!
Hit him!
[ Door clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Poor American.
[ Door closes, locks ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Crickets chirping ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Bells tolling ]
[ Indistinctive announcement from speaker ]
[ Speaking Russian ] The Central Committee of the Communist Party...
...and the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R...
...announce with deep grief to the Party and all workers...
...that after a serious illness, the death of...
the Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist party...
...Josef Vissarionvich Stalin.
[ Music playing ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Imitating gunfire ]
Ah!
Ha!
[ Imitating gunfire ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Speaking Russian ] His petition for release has finally been approved.
The American?
He only needs one more signature...
...yours.
Vanya, they say that in an Armenian household...
...it's the man who always has the last word.
Do you know what that word is?
"Yes, dear."
[ Door clangs ]
[ Speaking Armenian ] Turns out you have influential friends.
You've been pardoned.
And an Exit Visa.
Signed by the Soviet authorities.
[ Speaking Armenian ] Hm, they pardoned you...
Well...
Best of luck, Mr. Charlie Chaplin.
Safe travels back to your America.
Go, go... back to your imperialistic country.
[ Speaking Russian ] Get out.
[ Door clangs ]
[ Music playing ]
[ Man chanting in native language ]
[ Music playing ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Door creaks ]
[ Clangs ]
[ Door clangs ]
[ Rain falling ]
[ Door creaks ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Knock on door ]
[ Man singing in native language ]
[ Choir singing in native language ]
[ Singing in native language ]
[ Classical music playing ]
[ Singing in native language ]
[ Traditional music plays ]
[ Singing in native language ]