will send inspectors. You
understand what I mean?
ARTEMIEV
Here is a map. Show it to this man
from the top – Elkin. Tell him it’s
(MORE)
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ARTEMIEV (CONT’D)
just a copy and I have the original.
You made a duplicate, when you
went to explore with me, and you
do not know how to find it.
ARTEMIEV hands YURSKY a piece of paper.
ARTEMIEV
By the way, we have new people on
our team. Guess who? Kovalev!
YURSKY
I know. I was surprised myself.
ARTEMIEV
Severkov told me to take him with us.
EXT. VILLAGE ROAD – RUSSIA – LATE EVENING
A luxurious SUV drives down a dusty road at a full speed.
ERNEST KOVALEV – is in the front seat on the passenger side.
Behind the wheel – GARIK, a roguish type of person.
In the back seat – NASTYA, MISHA SAMOCHVALOV AND ELKIN.
The SUV is followed by Artemiev’s old car.
Abruptly the SUV stops in front of the impregnable walls of a dark wood.
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Geologists gets out
ARTEMIEV
Let’s halt. We will leave tomorrow
morning.
They make a fire and eat a canned dinner. YURSKY pitches a tent.
KOVALEV
Garik and I will sleep in the car.
ARTEMIEV
Let’s decide who’s going to be on
duty tonight.
KOVALEV
Yursky. Look, he’s not tired.
NASTYA
I will replace him after two hours.
KOVALEV gives her an angry look
YURSKY returns to the fire and, taking a can with meat, sits
opposite NASTYA. They look at each other for sometime.
NASTYA smiles.
YURSKY withdraws his eyes
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INT. ARTEMIEV’S TENT – NIGHT
ARTEMIEV continues reading a mysterious diary of a convict