Anya Lines

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No!

GLEB: Let me-

Thank you.

GLEB: What's your hurry?

I can't lose this job. They're not easy to come by. But thank you.

VLAD: At least they'll feed us in jail.

I'm looking for someone called Dmitry.

DMITRY: I'm Dmitry. What do you want?

I need exit papers and I was told you're the only person who can help me.

DMITRY: Exit papers are expensive.

I've saved a little money.

DMITRY: The right papers cost a lot.

I'm a hard worker. You'll get your money.

DMITRY: What do you do?

I'm a streetsweeper.

DMITRY: A streetsweeper!

In Odessa, I washed dishes. Before that, I worked at the hospital in Perm.

DMITRY: They're a long way from here.

I know. I walked it.

DMITRY: You walked here all the way from Perm?

I had no choice.

DMITRY: Who are you running from?

I'm running to someone. I don't know who they are but they're waiting for me in Paris.

DMITRY: She's crazy.

I'm not crazy! Why are you so unkind?

VLAD: We were hoping you'd be someone else.

Who?

VLAD: Someone who may not even exist.

I've been in this room before. There was a play. Everyone was beautifully dressed.

VLAD: This was the private theatre in Count Yusupov's Palace.

People were polite and kind.

VLAD: When did you eat last?

Afterwards, we danced. There was champagne. I stole a sip.

DMITRY: This isn't a soup kitchen, Vlad.

You seem to be a gentleman, even if your friend is not.

VLAD: Life hasn't been for my young friend.

Life has not been easy for anyone. Thank you.

VLAD. I'm Vlad. What's your name, dear?

I don't know.

VLAD: You don't know?

They gave me a name at the hospital, Anya. They told me I had amnesia. There was nothing they could do about it.

VLAD: Tell us what you do remember.

"THEY SAID I WAS FOUND

BY THE SIDE OF A ROAD"

DMITRY: Are you ready to become the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov?

I'm ready to find out who I am but I'm not going to lie to do it.

DMITRY: It won't be a lie. We're going to help you remember the truth.

I wish I had your confidence.

DMITRY: If the Dowager Empress recognizes you as her granddaughter, Vlad and I will get a small reward for our efforts and we'll all live happily ever after.

And if she calls me an impostor?

DMITRY: It will just be an honest mistake. Either way, it gets you to Paris and us out of Russia. Everybody wins.

How do you become the person you've forgotten you ever were?

VLAD & DMITRY: "YOU CAN LEARN TO DO IT TOO!"

You're the ones who don't stand straight.

VLAD: Who is your great-grandmother?

Queen Victoria.

VLAD: Great-great grandmother?

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

VLAD: Your best friend is...

My little brother, Alexei.

DMITRY: Wrong! Your best friend is-

I know who my best friend is!

DMITRY: What a temper.

I don't like being contradicted.

VLAD: Tres bien, mademoiselle, tres bien.

Merci, monsieur, merci.

VLAD: Vous parlez français?

Un peu.

GLEB: Counter-revolutionary behavior, some would say.

Why was I brought here?

GLEB: Anya? Am I right?

Yes.

GLEB: A friendly cup of tea will warm us both up.

What is the charge?

GLEB: You have a job, food on the table, your own place in the new order of things.

I'm very thankful.

GLEB: Which is why I'm warning you to leave your world of make-believe before it's too late.

I don't understand.

GLEB: If you really were who you're pretending to be, they would kill you without hesitation.

Everyone imagines being someone else. I'm no different. It's an innocent enough fantasy.

GLEB: My father was one of their guards.

I don't want to hear this.

GLEB: "A REVOLUTION IS A SIMPLE THING."

Thank you for your warning, comrade.

DRUNKS: "NOW HE'S DRINKING HIS VODKA IN HELL!"

They know where we're living. His name is Gleb.

DMITRY: Leave her alone!

Next time I won't go so easy!

DMITRY: Where did you learn that? You're good.

You want to see what else I can do? Come at me. I won't hurt you.

DMITRY: I believe you!

I didn't walk halfway across Russia without learning how to take care of myself. You've had it easy.

DMITRY: I don't really remember her.

Who raised you then?

DMITRY: "Bet you can see all the way to Finland from up there, Dima!"

Dima.

DMITRY: That's what he called me. There isn't a day I don't miss him.

So neither of us has a family.

DMITRY: You don't know that yet. The answer is in Paris. Now, tell me about her little dog.

His name was Toby.

DMITRY: Go on.

I loved him so much.

DMITRY: Don't stop.

I'm not as strong as you think I am!

DMITRY: Close your eyes.

Why?

DMITRY: Just do it. Put your hand out. Open. You've worked hard. You've earned it.

What is it?

DMITRY: A music box.

It's beautiful.

DMITRY: How did you do that? Anya?

"DANCING BEARS,

PAINTED WINGS,"

end of Once Upon A December

How soon do you think we can go? They're cancelling trains left and right. Here, I worked an extra shift this week. It's not much, but every little bit helps.

DMITRY: We're not even close, Anya.

What are you saying?

DMITRY: I thought I could get us out before they closed the borders for good.

You were the only hope I had.

DMITRY: There must be someone who can help you. I'm sorry.

I don't want your money.

DMITRY: It's your money.

It's our money. I trusted you.

DMITRY: I said I was sorry!

But I didn't trust you enough. Now you close your eyes.

DMITRY: What for?

You're the stubbornest person I ever met, almost as stubborn as me. Put your hand out. All right, open.

DMITRY: It's a diamond.

A nurse at the hospital found it sewn in my underclothes.

"SHE HID IT FOR ME

TILL THE DAY I COULD GO..."

DMITRY: You've had it all this time without telling me?

Yes.

DMITRY: Why?

It's the only thing I have. Without it, I have nothing.

DMITRY: How do you know I won't take it now and you'll never see me again?

I don't think you will.

DMITRY: She had it all along.

I didn't trust either of you with it.

VLAD: Done.

Hurry, there's a train at midnight from the Finland Station!

DMITRY: I'll fence the diamond. Where are you going?

They owe me a week's wages. Every ruble counts.

VLAD: You don't have to sound so damn happy about it.

How dare you smoke without my permission?

SMOKER: Who the hell do you think you are?

I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov.

DMITRY: Warn us next time before you do that!

I wanted to see what it felt like, saying I was her.

VLAD: She gave me a watch studded with diamonds.

Did you love her?

ANYA, VLAD, DMITRY & TRAIN RIDERS: "FROM THERE!"

We'll go from there!

DMITRY: We'll be safe soon.

That's what the soldiers said but they were pointing guns at us.

DMITRY: No one's pointing guns at you. You're taking this too far, Anya.

Not if I am really her!

Sssh, shhh, we're almost out of Russia. Once we cross the border, we're safe.

You put these ideas in my head and I'm beginning to think they might be true.

DMITRY: What are we going to do?

We're getting off.

VLAD: The train's moving again.

Unless you want to end up like Count Ipolitov. Jump!!

VLAD: The last time I was in Paris I was a young man. My waist was ike this.

Why have we stopped? I'm going to ask the driver what's wrong.

DMITRY: As usual, you don't know what you're talking about.

This is as far as he goes but we're almost there. From the top of the hill, he says you can just see Paris.

DMITRY: We made it!

Even when I was mad at you, I never doubted we would. Thank you, Dmitry.

VLAD: I'm going to try to find Lily. I'll start at the Neva Club.

"Considered the most beautiful bridge in Paris, the Alexander Bridge, was named for Tsar Alexandre III."

"PARIS HOLDS THE KEY TO MY HEART..."

OLGA, TATIANA, & MARIA: "AH...AH...AH...AH..."

Who are you? Every night you come.

ALEXEI: Can I tell you a secret? I'm going to die soon. We all are. Do you have a secret?

I don't know who I am.

TSAR, TSARINA, & CHILDREN: "ANYA! ANYA! ANYA!"

Papa!

DMITRY: Anya!

The voices keep coming back!

DMITRY: That's all they are. Voices. You're having a nightmare.

Stay with me, Dmitry, I'm frightened.

DMITRY: Is that better?

Who do you think I am, Dmitry?

DMITRY: If I were the Dowager Empress, I would want you to be Anastasia.

You would?

DMITRY: I would want her to be a beautiful, strong, intelligent young woman.

Is that what you think I am?

DMITRY: I do.

Thank you.

DMITRY: You're welcome.

I'd begun to wonder if you were ever going to pay me a compliment. Do you really think I might be her?

DMITRY: I want to believe you're the little girl I saw once many years ago.

I don't understand.

DMITRY:

"IN THAT CROWD OF THOUSANDS

I'D FIND HER

AGAIN."

You're making me feel I was there too.

DMITRY: Maybe you were. Make it part of your story.

"A PARADE"

DMITRY: I didn't tell you that.

You didn't have to. I remember.

LILY. Your Highness.

No, you mustn't.

DMITRY: We'll celebrate after on your grandfather's bridge.

I'm ready.