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0:00 Evening descends upon the city when a young man walks into a supermarket and standing by one of the shelves calls his wife who is clearly annoyed with her clueless husband. The guy tries to explain himself. He just accidentally mixed up the groceries. He's not trying to save money at her expense. And his PlayStation purchase has nothing to do with it. Besides, that money wouldn't have been enough for a vacation, not even to the Black Sea. And that trip he took, it was for work, not pleasure. Realizing he won't be able to change her mind, the guy hangs up and heads to the checkout where a shabby-looking man is first in line. The cashier tells him the total, but he's short 10 rubles. He tries to persuade the cashier to let him have the items for what he has, but she remains firm. The man then turns to the people in line, asking them to lend him the missing amount, reminding them that
0:46 the day of judgment awaits when everyone will have to remember the good deeds they did in this life. People react in different ways. One person even leaves the line altogether. The man turns to the young guy since he looks well off, but it's a woman standing behind him who pulls out a coin. The homeless man thanks her and says the angels won't forget her. Maybe this act will outweigh all her sins. Then he pulls 50 rubles from his pocket and hands them to the cashier, returning the coin to its owner. He places a 10 rubble coin on the counter and turning to the young man says it will come in handy when he remembers this moment. In hell, the homeless man leaves and the young man pays for his items. When the cashier asks for 10 rubles and change, he hands her the beggar's coin. He finishes paying and walks out to the empty parking lot, still on the phone with his wife. While putting the groceries into
1:31 the trunk, he once again tries to explain himself. Something about a business trip and a female colleague his wife is jealous of. Suddenly, he notices the same man from earlier sitting on the curb. He walks over and hands him back the coin. He doesn't want to keep what isn't his, but the man responds with a question. Is he afraid of the fiery gehenna where he might burn one day? and more importantly, does he believe in our Lord Jesus Christ? The guy admits that faith isn't really his thing and starts walking back to his car, but the homeless man follows. Now, he wants to know what the guy does believe in. The guy explains that he believes in facts and only in facts. Unexpectedly, the man launches into a monologue saying that in that case, the guy will just become worm food after death. Is that really the pinnacle of his life? The guy takes
2:16 offense and explains that he's a mathematician by training and believes in the exact sciences. Sure, becoming worm food isn't ideal, but it's a natural ending that awaits everyone. The man fires back. If he's not interested in anything right now, then he's already become worm food. But the guy insists the homeless man is much closer to that outcome because no one would call his lifestyle right. And since they're talking about it now, what's the meaning of life for someone like him? The homeless man stops. That's a very good question, he says. He even jokes about the worm food thing, but adds that the guy has already taken that spot. Getting curious, the young man accuses him of turning a serious conversation into a joke, and besides, his own views are based on scientific facts. He can't recall ever seeing solid proof of God's existence. Unexpectedly, the homeless
3:02 man replies that there is undeniable proof, but you can't convince someone who refuses to believe. Though clearly, the young man used to believe in something. This remark angers the guy. How would the homeless man know that? They've never even met before. But the man calmly says they've met more than once, which leaves the young guy confused and a bit unsettled. He's sure this is the first time he's ever seen this man. But the beggar insists it happened. Whether it was 100 or 200 years ago doesn't matter. What matters is that it happened because he is a rational man. The guy realizes the homeless man must be insane. Any moment now, he'll probably start rambling about the progress of science and other nonsense about the evolution of the human brain. Hearing the skepticism in the young man's voice, the homeless man stands up to leave. But the guy can't
3:50 stop himself. He calls the man a loafer, implying that such thoughts only come to those with too much idle time, so maybe he can rest on his way back. That simple phrase suddenly sets the homeless man off. He grabs the guy by the collar and yells, shouting that the man has no idea, no concept of when that way back will actually come. The guy struggles, breaking free from the man's grip. Then suddenly, the homeless man begins to cry. Bewildered, the guy has no idea what upset him so deeply. Feeling guilty, he tries to calm the man down, insisting he didn't mean anything by it, but the man can't stop crying because the young guy doesn't understand how many years he's been waiting for his moment. The guy asks him to explain why such strong emotions. Surely in a couple of years, he won't even remember this incident. And that's when the homeless man starts laughing through his tears.
4:36 The guy sits down beside him and tries to comfort him. After all, he's still young. His whole life is ahead of him. But just as he begins to speak, his phone rings again. It's his wife, furious at the delay. He promises to explain everything later, hangs up, and turns back to his strange companion, who has somehow produced a newspaper and is now leisurely reading it. The guy sits down again, relieved to see the homeless man no longer upset. And really, what's there to be upset about? Now's the perfect time to think about the future. A future that depends on no one but himself. Whatever weighs him down, he needs to let go of the past and build something new. Something he can start today by planning tomorrow's routine, adding a small habit each day. In response, the homeless man recalls a proverb. If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans for tomorrow. The
5:23 guy gets annoyed again with the God talk and demands solid, undeniable proof of his existence. And then the homeless man calmly states that he has met Jesus Christ. The guy freezes speechless, then asks again and again if he heard the name correctly. When the man confirms it, repeating it with ease, the guy realizes he was probably right all along. This man is just insane. But the homeless man quietly admits that he is the wandering Jew, the one who didn't let Jesus rest while he was carrying his cross. The guy is baffled. He's not wellversed in scripture and doesn't know that story. The man repeats, "He was the one who didn't let Christ pause for a moment when he passed by his house. It was he who told God that there would be time to rest on the way back." To which Jesus replied, "Then wait for me." And as strange as it sounds to the guy,
6:09 that's exactly what happened 2,000 years ago. At first, it was just as strange to him too, the man admits. But eventually, he got used to it. So for him, the existence of God isn't a belief. It's a fact. The guy says he wants to believe his story. The homeless man urges him to simply consider the possibility, and if he does, he'll see there's no real contradiction in what he's been told. The guy accepts the challenge, determined to find flaws and expose the lie. But looking at the man's face, something stops him. He decides not to waste his time and bids the homeless man farewell. He gets into his car, pulls out of the parking lot, but then a minute later returns. Opening the door, he calls out to the immortal man from the Bible and asks, "How many fingers am I holding up behind my back?" To which the homeless man replies, "I've seen Jesus Christ, not your fingers." The guy
6:55 then asks the man to give him some kind of proof that he's telling the truth. But the man replies that he has no idea how he could do that. He didn't save a piece of Christ clothing, and even if he had, how would he prove it's not just a scrap from his own pants? The guy walks outside trying to think of some way to verify the man's claims. After all, the wanderer might have kept something. A cup Christ drank from or a stone from beneath the cross. But the man just shakes his head. He only saw God for about 3 minutes. And what kind of fabric could survive 2,000 years? Listening to the man's words so calmly and reasonably spoken, the guy begins to entertain the possibility that he might be right. He asks him to tell something about God, something humanity doesn't yet know. But the man shakes his head again. What is there to tell about someone just like them? An ordinary person? That's all he
7:43 was, tired and worn out. And the man doesn't even remember his face. He had no idea at the time that this man would one day be God. Faces fade quickly, no matter how much they may come to mean. The guy asks him to tell the whole story in more detail. The man remembers Jesus was being led by soldiers past his house. He stopped to rest, but the man wouldn't let him lean on his wall. After all, Jesus had claimed to be the son of God, and back then, believers couldn't just trust anyone who said something like that. Besides, helping a condemned man could get you into trouble. People were genuinely outraged by his words. So, the man simply drove the Messiah away and told him he could rest on the way back. And Jesus said, "Then wait for me." But how could the man have known that he truly was the Lord? No one could have guessed. After hearing all this,
8:28 the guy honestly admits that it all sounds like nonsense or at best a well-crafted but completely unprovable tale. He offers to give the homeless man money if he confesses he's making it up. The man agrees. for money. He says he can say anything the guy wants, but the guy wants the truth, even if he's sure it can't be real. Still, a part of him is intrigued and he has one more question. Doesn't the man feel ashamed of how he behaved? The man admits he's thought about that for many years, but maybe it was God's plan. He's tried to atone. He even became a clergyman and served for a hundred years. That's not nothing, but no one came down from the heavens to hand him an indulgence. The guy suggests that maybe the service itself was divine providence. This idea baffles the man. Is he for or against the idea of God's existence? The guy
9:13 admits he's against it really, but he's just trying to explore the story as far as it can go. To this, the man counters, "If God's plan is to never show himself, then his existence becomes irrefutable." Over the years, the wanderer has been many things. He can't even remember all the professions. And truthfully, being immortal isn't that great. You still have to find food, search for warmth, and wait. Wait a long time, often in discomfort. People pass by again and again, while the one waiting has memorized every notice on the wall, every crack in the couch. After a while, you stop caring about who sat where, who skipped the line, or who had the comfiest seat. He just waits for the second coming or the end of the world. But no one knows when that will be. The guy doesn't get why he just waits. Why
9:59 not use immortality to experience everything? But the man replies, "Anyone can experience everything. Life's not as short as people think. Still, the guy argues ordinary people might be scared. The end could come at any moment. The man admits that he's scared, too. Even as an immortal, if someone bit off two of his fingers, he wouldn't die. He'd live on with three. And over 2,000 years, there were people who tried, but the fingers are still there, though the scars remain. But people are resilient creatures. The guy is more and more intrigued. What if a tank shell hit him in the head? Would he just be an immortal man without a head? But the wanderer assures him that won't happen simply because it can't. Why? He doesn't know. Early on, he tried to end it. He once hung from a branch for 2 weeks, his throat in burning agony until the branch
10:46 snapped. He broke the bones in his feet. In 1945, he was captured by the Nazis. He tried to shoot himself in the head. The bullet jammed. The barrel exploded. His hand was shredded with shrapnel. And he still has a scar under his chin. But it all healed, even the tendons. At first, his fingers didn't move at all. He lost a lot of blood and ended up in a field hospital with the other prisoners. He crossed into Russia from Poland about 40 years ago. The guy is stunned. He wouldn't have given the man more than 30 years. The homeless man reminds him that he didn't even spare him 10 rubles in the store. The guy quickly reaches into his pocket. The man accepts the money with gratitude, assuring him it will be remembered. But the guy isn't done. He keeps asking, "Maybe the wanderer has super superpowers." The man just laughs. He never forced the guy to hear this
11:33 story. He asked for it himself. Still, the guy doesn't believe him. Anyone could come up with a story like that. Beggars often say their documents were just stolen or that they're the illegitimate children of some celebrity. This man could be schizophrenic. Or maybe there's a hidden camera somewhere. But the wanderer points out that if he were making it up, wouldn't it have made more sense to choose something a bit more believable? As for the mentally ill, there are plenty of them these days. Yet very few end up in psych wards claiming to be immortal. He could have just said nothing. That's the difference between him and a madman. He knows where the line is. The one that crosses into the kind of information that makes people uneasy. That's why no doctor would ever suspect anything unless he wanted them to. The guy finds that unsettling. A normal person should be
12:18 disturbed by such thoughts. How is the wanderer so sure all these events really happened? He apologizes for being suspicious. He's just trying to believe the story somehow. The man nods. He gets it. He himself has wondered if he went mad. But the decades passed and he stayed the same. Nothing changed. He even carved marks into his skin. 920, 1,464, 1,812. But then he'd sit and wonder. Maybe he scratched those in yesterday and dated them as if they were 200 years old. How do you prove it to yourself? That's why he needs the guy's help. It's easier to figure things out together. The guy agrees and proposes a thought experiment. What if he were the one to shoot the wanderer in the head? Surprisingly, the man says, "Go ahead." And since there's no tank around, maybe a knife would do. But the guy refuses.
13:05 He's not about to explain to the police that the homeless man claimed to have seen Jesus and therefore wasn't supposed to die. The man shrugs. That's how it goes. So, the guy asks him to tell some historical fact, but the wanderer can't name anything extraordinary. Shepherds herded sheep. Fishermen fished. He can't tell people what they don't already know. After all, he learned most of it from books himself. The guy doesn't understand how someone can forget their own life story, but the wanderer asks him, "Does he remember where he was last August?" And that wasn't even a year ago. Through the centuries, the wanderer simply lived in different countries, though he was never much of a traveler. His soul may have wanted something new, but his body always needed warmth and a piece of bread. He moved from country to country, but there's nothing he can offer as proof. Neighbors didn't pay
13:50 much attention to him. There are always people who look younger, and he never stayed in one place for too long. He knows a lot of ancient languages, but most of them are considered dead now. And who could even verify them? Still, the guy is determined to find a hole in his story. But the man is more interested in something else. Who brought this guy to him? They didn't just start talking for no reason. The guy switches topics. What about space? The wanderer says he's seen many strange things, but never aliens. He's read about stars and galaxies and always wondered why with so many worlds, there's still no sign of other life. Maybe it's all just scenery, a backdrop for lifeless planets. The guy is once again amazed. This from a homeless man who probably drinks, but the wanderer assures him he simply had a lot of time to think, to read, to talk to people.
14:36 So, in 2,000 years, he's managed to go from a humble shepherd to a full-blown bum. The wanderer starts to leave, but the guy catches up again. He finds it odd that the allforgiving Jesus would curse someone, but the man doesn't see it as a curse. Christ didn't speak in anger or bitterness. The wanderer believes he cursed himself with his own words and God simply made them come true. If he'd said, "Let me become the richest man alive or let me find a beautiful wife." Then maybe that's what would have happened. After 2,000 years, he's come to one main conclusion. The real curse isn't the waiting. It's that he remained a stupid shepherd. A person who creates lives of life filled with spirit. But he never discovered any secrets. He never invented anything remarkable. The guy is baffled. How is it possible that the wanderer has
15:21 nothing to share with someone living 2,000 years later? Surely, he must have met Michelangelo or Nietz, but the man just shakes his head. The conclusions he reached were already wellknown to mankind. Maybe he did meet some geniuses, but how would he have known? And the portraits in books, they don't look anything like the real people. The guy asks the wanderer to at least tell him how people lived a thousand years ago, what they thought, what they believed in. But the man insists that people have always thought the same things that the earth is flat, that God sits above the clouds and watches every step. And now they believe God lives inside each person. So of course, he sees every step and judges just like a human would. Although people disagree on what's right and wrong, that must mean God cares about human actions just as much as humans themselves do. So if
16:06 there's God in everyone, then there must also be the devil. People know when they're doing good and when they're doing evil. In other words, God has a shape, the shape of human imagination. And if you think about it, a person always has a choice. Fate exists too, but it's something a person chooses for themselves. And at any given moment, they can stop choosing that fate and start choosing another. Now, the guy begins to wonder, maybe believers aren't such fools after all. But then, where do fanatics come from? That's not a sign of intelligence. Why kill people who don't share your faith? The wanderer explains that people should keep their opinions about others beliefs to themselves, but humans simply aren't built that way. It's always been like this. Someone finds something sacred. It gives their life meaning. Then they start comparing it with their neighbors primary organ.
16:52 And that's how fights begin. Suddenly, the guy's phone rings. He had completely forgotten about it. He apologizes to his wife, saying he just got caught up in conversation with an interesting person. She immediately assumes he means a woman and tells him she's already on her way. The homeless man advises him to get out from under her heel and asks what her worldview is. The guy says she believes in Christ. But now after this conversation, he realizes that disproving the existence of God is just as hard as proving it. To that, the wanderer says that if a person is happy, they shouldn't question it because it's faith that makes you happy. And if all the facts around you are depressing, maybe you are the depressing one. Now the guy grows curious. Why is this man a bum? The man confesses that he lives like someone preparing for a big exam.
17:37 Time stretches endlessly, but then the years rush by like seconds. Youth flies past, then suddenly it's over. You look in the mirror and see an old man and think, "How did that happen?" But the strangest part is you don't feel different. It's like some kind of awareness of impermanence, like sobering up a little more every year. The you from yesterday is already someone else. Even jokes hit different than they did 5 years ago. And in old age, you'll be someone else again. Still feeling like a boy. The guy doesn't want to talk about old age. He's afraid of it. Maybe that's why people invented religion to make it seem like something comes after death. Then he suddenly suspects the homeless man was just playing him. But the wanderer leaves that for him to decide. The guy starts tossing out theories about eternal youth. If the man really has lived 2,000 years, he must be
18:22 special. But the man denies it. He hasn't done anything special with his life. During the war, a Polish family hid him because he's a Jew. After that came the camps. The guy insists those times must have been harder than now. But the man disagrees. Even though the world's changing at breakneck speed, people don't change. They're like a river, always moving, swirling, changing, yet never the same river. Still, the path it flows through hasn't changed in a 100 years. And people are like droplets, new, different, but still the same water. The guy proposes a paradox of faith. Can God create a stone he himself can't lift? The wanderer calls it a paradox of the mind. If you're an atheist, all your understanding of the world comes straight to your head. The idea of God is in your head, too. So, the problem
19:07 lies in your mind. God in the head can't move a stone that's also in the head, but he'll do it when the time is right. The guy isn't satisfied with such answers. And then the man admits he also wants to know what a human being is for. What happens after death? What must we achieve in this life? And even though he has more time than anyone else, he still hasn't found the answer. Suddenly, the guy wonders, "Why did the man tell him all this?" The man just laughs. No one will believe him anyway. He suggests a thought. "What would you do if you lived a thousand years? He'd do exactly what he does now, just for a thousand years." The guy doesn't get it. How can someone live that long and not realize their purpose? The man size, if humans are God's creations, life must have meaning. But even he doesn't know what it is. He's never met anyone who truly fulfilled their potential. Even those
19:52 who made history seemed to die dissatisfied. Take Hitler. Even if he believed his own ideas, he didn't live out the spark inside him. He became a cartoon villain, not the soul he might have been. Maybe some sparks just can't survive in this world. But then, how do we know whether it's God or the devil whispering to us? And how can someone reach heaven if evil lives within them? The man says he's thought about that, too. Nearly every emotion boils down to either fear or love. The Bible says God is love. A person can feel which force dominates inside them. To enter heaven, they must choose God. Suddenly, the guy imagines, "What if this man is God?" But the wanderer laughs. He's just human. Though, like all people, he carries a piece of God, a spark of love. He doesn't know why fate left him alive.
20:40 Maybe he has a mission. The man shrugs. People are born and die. But some are just vessels for the idea of humanity. And that idea lives on as long as mankind exists. It waits for the end of the world, whether it wants to or not. So maybe the guy hasn't just met a man, but the very idea of humanity. The wanderer doesn't really see faces anymore. He sees versions of the same being. Tall, short, joyful, bitter, lazy, driven. Everyone thinks they're unique, but one by one, they're replaced. Year after year, century after century. Then the guy's phone rings. His wife has arrived. He tries to introduce her to the man who once saw Jesus. She thinks it's a mockery and starts yelling. As the guy defends him, another man appears, identical to the wanderer, and scolds him for skipping work.
21:26 Stunned, the guy watches them leave while his wife gets in the car and drives away. He sits behind the wheel, looks in the mirror, and sees Aa Suera staring back at him. A rather unexpected film for Russian cinema, one that dares to ask genuinely profound philosophical questions about existence, immortality, and human nature.
