Mimino (1977)

Aleksey Alekseev: Prosecutor

Quotes 

• Mimino's lawyer : Please tell us, did the defendant have a personal hatred toward the plaintiff?

  Rubik Khachikyan : Yes, he did. He said to me, "I feel so much hatred toward the plaintiff that I can't even eat."

  Prosecutor : But the defendant claims he never knew Papishvili before!

  Rubik Khachikyan : [looks at Mimino who shakes his head negatively]  Why would he know him from before? When we first walked in, Valiko told me, "Listen," he said, "who is this defendant, where did he go, I see him for the first time ever," that's what he said to me.

• Prosecutor : So, you're telling us that the defendant did not hurt the plaintiff?

  Rubik Khachikyan : Of course he didn't. When that guy locked himself up in the bathroom, Valiko could not break the door.

  Prosecutor : So he did try to break the door?

  Rubik Khachikyan : [scared that he said something he shouldn't have]  Why would he?

  Prosecutor : Didn't you just say so yourself?

  Rubik Khachikyan : [becomes very nervous]  Listen, I don't speak Russian that well. When he locked himself up in the bathroom, Valiko knocked on the door and said that he has to go too. You're asking such questions that I don't feel comfortable answering them.