I am from Titov Veles (Јас сум од Титов Велес)

We are three sisters.

Sapho Savica and me.

Sapho is the middle one.

She plays pro basketball. She has the latest fashion disease.

She goes from one man to another with one goal: To leave this cursed place

and get away for good.

I am Afrodita, the youngest.

I am 27 and I'm still a virgin.

Savica is the oldest.

She is 35 and she is not married yet.

For nine years now she has been on methadone therapy.

We live in Titov Veles.

Actually, it's just Veles now since Tito died.

There is a lead smelting factory in town built in the time of the Tito regime.

To be more precise, it was built in communist times.

The factory is located in the center of town and it is poisoning us all.

I live in a communty that's sowly dying

and the only thing I wonder is when my turn will come.

I AM FROM TITOV VELES

The factory is klling us.

The factory is klling us.

People!

People!

I have it all written here!

August 12, 2003. Lead dust is 200% over the limt.

This child had a tumor the size of a footbal in his stomach!

Look at him. Don't close your eyes.

Come down! Come down here.

Come down.

Afrodita, do you think it's an accident that you don't speak?

You think that's normal?

Afrodita.

Stupid junkie.

Come with me.

Hey you two! You can't do that. You need to sign her in.

Savica.

Our parents are not with us. Father died when mother left us.

My parents are from Lerin, a town in today's Greece.

After World War Two, they were kicked out of their home, allong with 75.000 other people.

They were sent by train to camps in Eastern Europe

then to the New World.

My father was sent to Romania, my mother to Czechoslovakia.

They were just kids back then.

Who will tell Afrodta? - You, of course.

Are you hungry? I have to sign you in if you're going to eat in the cantine.

Never mind, I have work.

The ony problem is that it sitnks.

I've worked there all my life. So has my brother and my brother-in-law

and with God willing, someday my child will work there.

Look at me. Do you see anythng wrong?

Is there somethng wrong with me? Of course not.

Just look at me.

All of that is just one big propaganda, the whole polution story.

It's a World Bank conspiracy just so that they could buy of the factory cheap.

Crooks! The whole state is full of them.

What are you staring at?

I don't know who's prettier, you or your sister.

Seven.

Eight.

Can you feel the baby? Any problems, headaches, whirliness? - No, no.

Does your doctor check your bood pressure reguarly? - Yes, everything's normal.

I wear it because,

I have to cover my ears.

When the wind stops, I take it off.

The other day I had a better one.

But everyone thought it was a lady's hat.

So I threw it out immediately,

right there in the garbage.

It was a good hat. But this one is also not so bad.

When did my mother stop loving my father?

What do you think, how much money do you think Tito and Yugoslavia got

for kicking us all out?

Alright, alright.

I am pregnant.

Move, I need to set the table.

Move so I can set the table.

Move your ass! l have no tme, my shift is starting.

Get up.

What are you, the Virgin Mary?

You have to eat.

Pregnant women need to eat for two.

Thank you.

Don't thank me.

I owe you.

Your sister is a very beautiful woman.

And you're like a doll.

Thank you anyway.

What, no goodbye kiss?

Until Saturday then?

See you then.

Daccord?

Why don't you give up, Sapho?

You'll never get the visa. - Well see about that.

Did she tell you the big news?

She told you didn't she?

He thinks Savica is a beauty.

Thank you Sapho! - And he wants her for a wife.

He's coming for lunch on Saturday.

He's not Aegean, but he'll do.

He's a bit older, but not bad looking.

Tell her how old he is.

He lves in a big mansion in the suburbs out of Skopje.

He is sixty, eh?

He is the new owner of the factory.

Tell her how old he is. - He is not 60, he is 45.

You know an awful lot about this man.

Of course I do Slavica, that's because I care.

Father woud have been proud! - I saw father today.

Of course, there is that small problem

with your...

With my...?

What?

With my what?

I'm not an addict.

I'm on therapy.

Did you tell him? - Of course not.

I am pregnant.

You will go to the doctor today, with Sapho.

They will do a pregnancy test.

And for Christ's sake, get dressed.

When was lttle, one the first vacations I can remember,

was when we were at sea.

On the train, a tall beautifull woman sat next to me and asked

what was my greatest wish.

I answered without hesitation.

To be a Pioneer and for Tito visit my home town.

The following year, Tito realy did vist Veles.

Stop kickng me. Dad, tell him to stop kicking me.

Just like when dad was alive.

I used to bring you and Sapho here every day.

You were too young, you probably don't remember.

You know,

it looks like this man is really interested in me.

He seems to be somebody really important.

I would get married without love.

I would even marry an old man, I would marry anyone, as long as...

I hope this is it.

I am still beautiful, aren't I?

Aren't I?

Look at me.

I said look at me.

I am sick of your mood swings.

Whats wrong now? Why can't you be happy for me?

And l wil have a child .

Did you go to the doctor?

Yes or no?

I can always tell when you are lying, and you are lying now.

You're as beautfu as a tear.

Wake up.

Wake up.

Wake up you loser.

Come here.

Dad taught us to get up at 7AM.

It's 7AM now. Get up.

Get up.

My medication.

Where is my medication?

Give me my medication! Get away from me.

Tell me loser.

Why don't you speak? Why?

What are you doing here? It's not your turn till Monday.

Come in.

Come in, I live alone.

Go in.

Do you want a drink?

Are you hungry?

Look, we have to be quick, I have to get back to work.

The toilet is over there. Go get ready.

There are no others like you and your sisters.

Realx.

He will come closer.

He will hold me tight and I will disappear in his arms.

Then, he will say "Stay with me forever.".

God damn it, if you're tense it will only hurt more.

Don't fight it.

Relax.

If you're tense, it will hurt more.

Are you okay?

Yes I am.

Today the couds floated down and caressed my cheeks.

Give it to me. Faster, faster.

Here, here.

I have to look good for him.

A lttle bit more.

Afrodita .

Give me a litte bit more.

I have to look good when he comes.

Please.

This is the last time, I swear.

I swear.

I look at you and I know all of your secrets,

all your weaknesses.

I look at you and I know.

No wonder I've deveoped

such resentment against mankind.

Fatty.

Wake up fatso.

Wake up Slavica.

You have to get up, Viktor is coming, get up.

Afrodita. Open the door.