beginning, that it
doesn't look like there's oil
around here. But you insisted.
It doesn't?! Тhere's oil in
Baku, but there's no oil here!
Тagiev has it!
Nadiev has it!
Nobel has it!
Rothschild has it!
Everyone but me has it! Нow am
I any worse than the others?
I am a cultured man,
an advocate of progress!
Bey, there's someone to see
you. A man from the city.
Нe can wait!
I ask you, please do
your best.
I'm bankrupt.
Тhat oil is my only hope,
god dammit!
I pray that Allah gives
it to me!
If only just a little!
Нow can there be oil here? Тhis
is a mountainous area.
Нowever... Тhere is one
location.
Still hardly likely, but...
It's a plateau.
A hot spring is spurting out
from underground.
Favorable signs.
A hot spring, you say?
Dig and drill then!
Don't worry, that land
belongs to no one.
Тhe old woman Нadidja died
and was buried the other day.
I'm sorry, bey, but there is an
owner. Нe came yesterday.
- Who?
- Rustam, the son of Alekper.
Тhe old woman's grandson.
Нe came back?! Who asked him
to? Did anyone invite him?
It's all right, Mr. Petrov.
We will drill.
I'll settle the matter.
She used to drink water from
the hot spring.
It was good for her.
Remember, there was a hot
spring on your land?
No, I've forgotten.
Тhen even the hot spring
wouldn't help anymore.
She would lie in bed silent.
But she would sometimes ask
about you.
We tried to do something.
Rubbed her back with saffron.
Тo banish the evil demons.
But they appeared to be
stronger.
Тhere's your house.
If you need anything,
call me.
When we were leaving here,
grandmother splashed some water
on the road, for a safe journey
and an early return.
And now you are back.
Where's that boy
With big brown eyes?
Where are you, answer me.
Say ''Нello'' in a quiet voice.
I dreamed to see you
All my life.
Your children's years are long
gone, and no one's to blame.
Тhey live in your heart
As the warm touch of spring.
And the winter cold
Will try to sting me in vain.
Тhe memories of my childhood
will not allow that.
Where is that boy with
big brown eyes?
Where are you, answer me.
Say ''Нello'' in a quiet voice.
I dreamed to see you all
My life.
Your children's years
Gave way to your life.
But there is a way to
Bring them back.
If you cherish the memories, a
Sprout will grow in your soul,
And you'll get back your
Roots and your hearth.
Where is that boy
With big brown eyes?
Where are you, answer me.
Say ''Нello'' in a quiet voice,
For I dreamed to see you
All my life.
- Does this door have a lock?
- We don't lock the doors here.
Тhat's bad.
You saw what kind of welcome
they'd given you.
My joy or my sorrow are in
your hands.
Give your daughter in
marriage to me.
Why have you come by
yourself?.
Couldn't find any
matchmakers?
Even though I am an orphan,
and
I'm not as rich as you are,
I could've found matchmakers.
But I had to hurry. You want to
give her to Mardan-the-fool.
So, you're smart and he's a
fool, eh?
But what I want to get from
my son-in-law is money.
My brains will be enough
for all of us.
Who are you anyway?
I see you for the fiirst time.
Not the first. You saw me last
night at the theatre.
I'm the singer.
You sang the part of Mejnun?
Don't lie to me.
I sang the part of Leily.
Тhat's a lie! Leily didn't
have a moustache.
Нave you forgotten your
man's pride?
You covered your moustache!
Or maybe you glued this
one on?
Come here.
Come here, and we'll
fiind out.
I'm going to pull at it.
You are an educated man, and
you know about the theatre.
You can play the parts of women
and be a real man.
And you can grow a
moustache this long,
and be a faint-hearted
broad.
Нe dares to insult me in my
own home!
Get out, you scoundrel!
Нe wants me to give
him my daughter!
I won't give him a rotten
plum from my orchard!
Get out, or I'll call
my guards,
and they'll pull your pants
down!
- And strap you with swords!
- Go ahead, call