Educazione siberiana (2013)

Arnas Fedaravicius: Kolyma

Quotes 

• Kolyma : Once, when I was 4, I won the record for beatings. My father beat me for half an hour, and I didn't cry. Not once.

  Xenya : Why?

  Kolyma : Why what?

  Xenya : Why did not you cry?

  Kolyma : Because men don't cry.

  Xenya : Oh. Poor men. It is good to cry.

  Kolyma : Are you happy when you cry?

  Xenya : That is too hard a question. This is what I think. I think... that you do not cry, but I do not read. And that is worse than crying.

  Kolyma : What do you mean, you don't read?

  Xenya : Xenya does not know how to read. Poor Xenya.

• Kolyma : You know something, Sargent? The first job I ever had was playing... dead.

• Kolyma : We take only what is fair.

  [throws some money back at their victim] 

  Gagarin : Fair? And what exactly is fair, Kolyma? There is no such thing as fair.

• Captive Soldier : [about his leader]  You'll never catch him, because Allah is on his side.

  Kolyma : That's funny, 'cause I'm pretty sure He's on my side. God helps one side sometimes, and sometimes He helps the other. What matters is being on the right side at the right moment.

• [last lines] 

  Kolyma : Dear Mama, you were right. Some choices don't allow you to turn back. And now, I can never come home again. I think of you often. Take care of your self. I have decided to follow the sun, and will go west. I'm not sure what my future holds, but I can tattoo, use a knife, and shoot a gun. Don't worry about me, I was taught to respect life, and I know how to.