Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography
Animos Studio
present
Based on Konstantin Sergiyenko's story
"Goodbye, Ravine"
There was once a village here,
now there's a ravine.
Our ravine.
Comrades, I found it! I found it!
Hurrah!
Hurrah! Proud's found the Door!
The Door is the fulfillment of all wishes!
I'll soon be at the cottage again!
The Cottage!
Sunsets! Meatballs!
Sunrises! Meatballs!
Meatballs! Sunrises!
Show it.
Here. It's round.
You're an all-round fool.
Don't you smell the human scent?
The Dog Door is different.
If you find it, you'll know.
The Dog Door
Autumn came.
I was always surprised; it seemingly has no legs.
Yet it comes.
What's with your paw?
It's nothing.
When I suffered from a bad paw, they would give me a diagnosis,
and treat it with Visnevskiy's ointment.
Hello, Your Nobleness.
Hey. Why not come with me?
And I went.
My apologies. I don't live richly.
I liked his kennel right away.
No need to worry of scratching something.
"A hungry stomach is deaf to healing."
Eat and get well.
Bear it for a bit.
And it's done. Sleep. Rest.
And I fell asleep.
Door!
In truth, talking to cats is frowned upon.
But Yamamoto is smart.
And I don't care whose head contains the smarts.
Let it even be a cat's.
It hurts?
Honour is loftier than pain. The samurai code, my friend.
He was angry that I didn't catch a mouse. He insulted me!
I hit him with the Sword of the Paw.
He responded with the Sword of the Poker.
You did well. You know how to fend for yourself.
My title demands it.
Tell me, am I not too self-reliant?
You're right on target!
You don't need them, anyway.
True! I'll build myself a nest next to the gulls.
This is VERY convenient.
I'll take one gull per lunchtime.
Did you tell the gulls about this?
Don't be ridiculous!
What's the difference to them, a gull more or a gull less?
Foulmouth!
You just try to climb onto my balcony!
I'll tear you to pieces!
Determining the cause of failure is tantamount to triumphing over failure!
A lock! I need to lock the nest.
What do you need a lock for?
The nest doesn't even have a door.
An acute observation.
Everyone! I'll bite everyone! I'll tear you all to pieces!
Your Nobleness! Hello, hello.
I'm trully sorry. Pardon me.
Don't worry, it's nothing.
They fixed my paw; Yamamoto licked his own into health.
But our Lame... he's always lame.
Lame... we seem to be a pack here in this ravine.
But what's a pack for?
A pack?
Well, for a warm shoulder near you.
For barking at a stranger together... no, that's not it.
Each of us once had our own human...
Mine always knew when I needed to eat or take a walk.
Now I have a pack. I guess it's easier to forget together.
But I have nothing to forget.
What's it like to have "your own human"?
It's like... it's like you've found the Dog Door.
There is no Cat Door at all.
I had asked Yamamoto once.
A mouse. But you surely understand,
how easy it is for someone with my mastery of the martial arts...
to catch a mouse.
But this is somehow... slovenly.
And anyway, who has the right to order me around?
Off with you, "modest one"!
Doesn't it disgust you, Proud, to talk to that shifty cat?
None of your business!
You just try to climb onto my balcony!
You just try to burgle my apartment!
You just try to take me lightly!
You just try! I'll bite everyone! I'll tear you all to pieces!
Hey you, blabbermouth!
Come down, we'll talk.
Tear me to pieces. We'll see how you manage it.
I'll maim you! I'll gnash you!
I'll dismember you! I'll finish you!
I'll finish you! I'll finish you!
My dear, you need to take some anti-anxiety medicine.
This bazaar's empty. Let's leave, dogs.
Tawny! Hello!
But I have no snack for you today...
Well, let's walk at least.
He was wrong about the snack.
Walking together, for its own sake, is also wonderful.
My owner, also, didn't take a step without me.
He was the smartest man, and they called him "professor".
"Professor of Sour Soup"
When you laugh, you make me sad.
What you are about to see
I would not have mentioned at all,
but one can't omit a word from a song, even from the saddest.
Are you hungry?
I don't know.
Bring a bone.
Thank you.
Well, you know... goodbye.
Goodbye, Lame.
See you soon, Lame.
Don't be afraid, Lame. Die in peace.
Proud... Proud!
My ball is hidden near the spurge bush over there.
It's a good ball. Good as new, though it has a hole.
Take it for yourself.
All right.
Proud... put your ring on my nose.
It's beautiful...
Lame was someone I could talk to.
Sometimes you want to talk to someone.
Even... without any words.
Don't grieve, Black.
I'll take his place in the pack.
No! You're not a free dog, you're attached, just without a collar.
You're waiting to be chained!
Remember this, my human will never tie me up!
Let him go! Let him go or I'll bite you!
Black!
Black, Blackey, help us! They gave us meat, and then...
Black, they nearly suffocated me.
Tell him that he can't treat us this way. Tell him.
Why'd you climb in there? What did you take the meat for?
Here doggie. Come here, doggie.
Come here!
You jerk! You jerk! I'll bite you!
Don't cry, Wee. I won't let them hurt you.
Go away, Proud! Save yourself!
This is my dog. Let it go.
Yours? And where's the collar?
Here.
Take it.
I've seen bigger collars.
The ravine became empty,
and my soul too.
If you want, you can live with me.
Only I haven't decided myself yet, to stay or no-o-o-t...
Hey, hey, friend.
Wait up.
Why aren't you cursing?
I don't feel like it.
I... is it good down there?
It's fine. Go down, we'll take a walk.
I can't. My paws are good for nothing.
So that's how it is.
Hey, Tawny, tell me... what's it like to live as a free dog in the ravine?
There can be nothing better.
Your Nobleness.
Your Nobleness...
You ginger-head you...
Let's go home.
I never did find the Dog Door.
Well, as they say,
dog bless it.
Subtitles by Niffiwan.