""Monologue"" "Writer Yevgeni Gabrilovich" "Director Ilya Averbakh" "Director of photography Dmitri Meskhiyev" "Production designer Marina Azizyan" "Music" " Oleg Karavajchuk Sound" " Eduard Vanunts" "Editor Yevgenia Makhankova" "Costume designer I. Sharshilina" "Production manager Aleksandr Arshansky" "Cast" "Mikhail Gluzsky" " Professor Sretensky" "Margarita Terekhova" " Tasya, his daughter Marina Neyolova" " Nina, his granddaughter" "Stanislav Lyubshin - Konstantin "Samson" Kotikov" "How did you sleep today, Elza Ivanovna?" "Enough!" "I see anxiety on your face." " I leave you on Monday!" " Dare I ask, where?" "On the tram driver courses." "You don't overcome it, dear Elza Ivanovna." "Please don't worry about me." " I don't want to die as a maid." " Tasty." "I see that you've slept bad tonight, Elsa Ivanovna." "Why?" " Do you again have a knee pain?" " Yes." "Pain." "In the knee." "I thought a lot about your pains, Elsa Ivanovna." " And my conclusion is..." " What?" ".. that I can congratulate you!" "In old age everybody has... .. about five servings of Illness." "And you should triumph... .. if the knee pain is counted" "But you're healthy." "It's the worst fear." "I have everything ahead." " Who sent it?" " a Polish colleague." "He is a first-rate chemist." "But understands nothing in tin soldiers." "Maybe I'm a worse chemist." "But I'm an expert in tin soldiers." "Everybody should be keen on something." "Or he is a radish but not a human." "Passion moves the world, dear Elsa Ivanovna." "It demolishes kingdoms, It forces a man... .. to tear his clothes apart to cling to a woman!" "Excuse me." "To whom are you?" "To you." "I'm Tasya." "I will live here." "Mom said you'll prepare me for the entrance exams." "Mom said you're still not married." "Is it true?" "Good morning." "Listen Dad, it's a nice room." "If scrub it away, clean out... .. throw away all that trash." "It isn't trash." "They are belongings of my parents." "My childhood." "Have you lived here all your life?" "Yes." "As a schoolboy, a student, an assistant professor,.." ".. as a professor." "At first I lived with parents." "And when they pass out... .. I lived alone." "Do you live in all three rooms?" "No, I occupy only those two." "There isn't everything in due." "But it's the family nest warmed up by people in it... .. who eat, sleep..." ".. and breath." "Who seek to understand the core of facts... .. and sometimes even catches it." "You talk so funny." "What's this?" "This is... .. a curtain." "Fabulous fabrics." "Can I make something of it?" "Yes." "I'll even send a peace to mom!" "How does she live with the husband?" "Who?" "Your mom." "Quite well." "But she pleases him too much." "Such treatment never ends well." "You're so wise!" "I just know the life." "Congratulations!" "A rare person can be proud of it." "Tell me how you met the mom." "It was 12 years before the war." "I was a scientist already." "And she was just a student." "I was extremely smart." "And she was... .. ordinary." "I read books with admiration or contempt." "And she did... .. ordinarily." "She had the only advantage of me." "I did adore her and she did not." "But this advantage is quite significant." "How did you divorce?" "It was simply." "In a year after the marriage you were born." "And one year later your mother moved with you to her mother." "She never returned here and never brought you." "You both are crazy!" "You and mom." "You had to live together... .. and with me." "Married, divorced..." "Why?" "Did she write to you?" "Only once." "She wrote... .. she'd met a man and wants to be with him till the grave." "She asked to divorce,.." ".. forgive and forget her." "Have you forgiven?" "I have." "Dad!" "Let's take a picture." "Dad!" "Please!" "Pass the ball!" ".." "You fool!" ".." "Tolya, go forward!" ".." "Here was my school." "And in this little park..." "What's up?" "Why are you always thinking?" "You shouldn't think so hard!" "It causes wrinkles." "Dear friends, thank you all... .. who've come to our modest holiday." "I say "our"... .. because round digits of my age... .. is divided in halves easily." "And the second half - 25 years - passed... .. or I would say "ran away" before your eyes... .. in our common efforts, with good and bad luck." "Speakers before me were mention... .. that I've devoted my life to science." "That's right!" "But should I do that?" "It's the question... .. that's important in the jubilee." "We all know for sure... .. that a scientist as well as an artist must be..." ".. a little crazy." "He as well as an artist must break logic,.." ".. tear it!" "The rule "twice two makes four" is only for scholars!" "So I didn't dare this." "Or wasn't able." "I didn't crazy enough to become truly a man of science." "There are scientists who break through walls." "And those who clean up debris a century after." "I'm from the second." "From the cleaners." "So can I be called a scientist, dear friends?" "Are you from Leningrad?" "Why do you ask?" "No." "From Moscow?" "From Odessa?" "From Wrangel Island?" "Where's Tasya?" "Isn't she with you?" "I've been looking for her for an hour." "She's disappeared!" "She will return... for sure." " She just found an admirer." " What kind of admirer?" "I don't know where my daughter is... .. and you tell nonsense." "Thank you!" "I'm waiting for you though my working time is over." " I've cooked the festive dinner." " What kind of admirer?" "What kind of damned admirer?" "Finally!" "Where have you been?" " What's up?" " Don't you know?" "It's 1 a. m.!" "Where have you been?" " Don't shout." "I just walked." " With whom?" "With a first-class guy." "Hairy head." "His name is Kostya or Samson." " They don't like you." " Who?" "Your colleagues." "They say you're dry old stick." "Taisia!" "My words may be tactless... .. or rude." "But you're a grown-up girl." "You should be careful!" "How can I explain?" " A grown up girl must be..." " My dear... .. I know everything about grown-up girls." "I know everything at all!" "Don't worry." "I'm not a half-baked." "Let me kiss you." "Congratulations and let it be peace!" ""Boarding on train no. 35 to Omsk continues..."" "Don't be so depressed." "Failed exam isn't big deal." "I will return next year." "Sure." "But I'm so used to you." "It will be empty at home." "I'm used to you too." "Let's be sad only a little." "Wait a minute." "Stay here." ""The railway station has a mother-and-child room..."" "How did you sleep, the quietest Elsa Ivanovna?" "I leave you on Monday." "Dare I ask where?" "To be a saleswoman in a grocery store." "You can't be a salesperson." "You've announced many times... .. that your knees aren't healthy." "Salesperson stands all day long on feet." " You'll disgrace yourself." " Don't worry." "I don't want to die as a maid!" "I want to live!" "Excellent, sweet Elsa Ivanovna!" "But what means "to live"?" " One writer said..." " Don't fool me by writers." "Eat faster and with bread." "I'm in a hurry!" "Soon I'll meet the manager." " Dad..." " Oh my God!" " My God!" " Hello daddy." "Come in my bird." "How did you get?" ".." "Why?" ".." "Wait a second." "I'll bring some lunch." "I'm not hungry." "I ate in the train." "Take it, my dear." "I left my husband." "I need to feed and bath Ninotchka." "Sit here." "But what happened?" "Take it... eat." "All these years you've written to me only twice." "But wrote that your life is perfect." "I don't love him anymore." "And what do you plan?" "I love another man." "I'm going to marry him, he is an engineer from Orel." "Don't you mind the first one is the father of your child?" "Sure the new love isn't bad." "But you leave the girl without father." "Daddy, don't worry." "Everything will be fine." "He is a good man." "And kind." "He has a good job." "He'll be a foreman soon." "Watch the milk!" "Everything will be wonderful!" "Never say me your old-aged words!" "You're right." "Words are aging as humans... .. and dying." "Listen to me now." "Ninotchka will live here." " Here?" " For a while." " Till things will come to normal." " Excuse me?" "She is grown-up." "It's easy." "I'm working." "Who will take care of her?" "Elsa Ivanovna." "Or you'll find a nanny." "It isn't easy." "Daddy, my dear!" "Everybody finds." "Ask somebody." "Be a practical man at last!" "That's decided." "It's your grandpa, your dearest... .. kindest grandpa." "You'll live with him for a while." "My God, she's crying!" "Don't be so naive!" "All the babies cry." "Hush, dear." "Can I talk with Academician Sretensky?" "Yes, you can." "But I'm extremely busy." "The matter is urgent." "My name is Konstantin Kotikov." " I'm PhD from biochemical department." " Glad to see you." "But I'm really busy, colleague." "Today is granddaughter's birthday." "Congratulations!" "It's the matter of great importance." "I need only 5 minutes." "Please!" "So?" ".." "3 years ago... .. I found in one old journal the article." "You published it right after the graduation." "And?" "It described the principle... .. of synthesis of new protein." "It was absolutely crazy idea." "You've gotten protein from brain cells." " Continue please." " You could be new Einstein." "If you hadn't abandoned it for trifles!" "Grandpa, are you going?" "Leave us alone!" "I'm coming." "Of course, I'd like to be Einstein." "But today there are a lot of books on the subject!" "Such drugs are available in retail stores." "Who will say a toast?" "Nobody?" "I knew it!" " Let's drink for Nina." " Wait, I want the toast!" "I want hear about me." "Ratsky, say the toast." "Ratsky, be so kind." " I don't like to tell toasts." " Do you often do it?" "Sometimes." "Nina..." "I know Nina from the first grade." " Toasts are obsolete but you force me." " Nobody forces you!" " When she called me..." " Who is "she"?" "Ratsky, it was a cruel mistake." "Sit down." "You allow me to say nothing." "Children are cruel people." "I wish Nina never to make errors... .. except in written tests." "You then predicted all about this protein... .. stabilizing brain functions." "You overtook the science for 50 years!" "Since then the science overtook me." "By no means!" "Only now your ideas glimmer in minds." "It's your scheme with my corrections." "I remember the time when we started the first grade." "I remember that day very well." "Feeling of sunlight." " Chirping of sparrows." " Murmur of brook!" "Breath of wind!" " Yes." " Continue!" "Sparrows chirped, bunches of rowan waved." " Was raining." " Wanderer looked for shelter." ""I met you and the past..."" "Then I met Nina first time and fell in love." "I fell in love at 7, at 10 I fell out." "You can't make that protein... .. pure enough." "Then it was impossible." "You held in hand the regulation of brain cells and gave up!" "I don't understand it!" "I counted all." "The scheme is flawless." "You should give up the nonsense that you do all your life... .. and begin a real work." "Too late." "I'm not Hercules and I know it." "You're Hercules!" "You're Hercules who fights flies... .. because of having a skilled hand in it." "It's too late, my friend." "Where is Nina?" "How long can she walk?" "Daddy!" "You look old-aged." " Daddy!" " I'll be right back." "How is your husband?" "I left him." "I didn't write about it... .. in order not to upset you." "I had another man." "But I left him too." "It's so wonderful... .. to have an old Dad who forgives everything." "Everything here is unchanged, even wallpapers." "It's the home of my parents." "My roots are here." "Nobody can live without roots." "It's no more important." "I will go nowhere anymore." " Where is Ninotchka?" " I don't know." "Today is her birthday." "I was in such a hurry." "She ran away with friends and didn't return yet." "I worry a lot." "No reason for it." "The bus couldn't have hit them all at once." "Daughter!" "You're totally grown-up!" "Good evening." "You're so cute!" "Just copy of you." "She's cold and rude." "You've brought her badly." "Grandpa, will she live with us?" "Probably." "She is your mother." "It means a lot." "She is in a difficult situation." "It means a lot too." "Let her live." "Grandpa, I think I'm in love." "Is it Dima?" "No!" "He's nice but such a child." "Do you know what he's said today?" " What?" " He wants to marry me." " Dima!" " Why not." "No way!" "I liked him for a while, but it passed quickly." "And then.." "What?" "Nothing important." "Just life is very good." "Life is wonderful... .. if not to spoil it." "Not to spoil." "That's the snag." "Having fun?" "Can I sit with you a little?" "Good night." "Doesn't she want to see me?" "She just wants to sleep." "She is very tired." "You know..." "One man today said... .. that I lived my life for nothing." "You've stroken me." "Did someone offend you?" "Are you displeased by something?" "No." "You've devoted life to the Institute, You're world-famous." "And suddenly you're leaving it!" "Excuse me, but it's childish." "Listen to me carefully!" "It will take a little time." " Has Academician Sretensky come back?" " Not yet." "I'll wait." "Listen..." "I know you." "Really?" "I came to pass exams." "You had bushy hair and name Samson." "Do you remember how we walked at white nights?" "And kissed, kissed..." "So funny!" "You know... .. I fell in love with you." "And very much." "It's funny." "I'm an old man." "Old people sleep badly." "You think a lot if sleeping badly." "And I thought that the force of habit is terrible." "You roll as a metal ball in a magnetic field... .. unable to deviate." " I'll try to do it." " What?" "To deviate from magnetic field." "I'm still looking for a right man." "Looking, looking..." "Do you love her?" " Whom?" " Your wife." "Very much." " Who's she, what's she doing?" " Who?" "Your wife!" "She is a Minister." "If I can have an opinion... .. as your old friend..." ".. I respect women as managers... .. but they are poor wives." "Why?" "Private life is too important for a woman... .. to waste energy on meetings." "You need another woman." " Do you think so?" " I'm sure." "As far as I know chemistry... .. You wish to calm humankind." "It's an interesting idea." "It isn't funny." "It isn't the matter of "calming of humankind"." "I know that drugs can't calm humankind." "My idea radically differs from existing remedies." "I'm going to regulate the brain activity directly... .. stabilize it, bring to balance, to harmony." "In solemn tones... .. I wish to devote the rest of my life... .. to researching of this probem." "I need only a small group." "You'll get all you need." "Research as much as you like, but be the head of the Institute too." "I can't!" "I have to concentrate on one problem... .. to avoid routine... to be a maniac, to cry of despair and to scream with delight!" "It's incompatible with management job." "I'm an idealist." "I'm an incorrigible idealist." "I believe I'll find the man who needs me." "What can he talk about over 4 hours?" "Is it possible to chatter so long?" "!" " Has Samson gone?" " Yes." "He waited for you, worried." "Daddy!" "What's the matter?" " I'm so alone, it's so scary." " But I'm with you." "I can't speak colorfully." "But I'm happy and proud..." ".. to be a part of your family." "Illuminated by the genius..." "Who is..." "He is very shy." "Speak, Vadik!" "I respect his name... .. from student days." "He is a symbol of honesty... .. loyalty to the ideals." "Stop mumbling, you're in the family." "I'm a silent person." "I can't... .. express colorfully everything... .. that I feel now... when..." "But I..." "Well I..." "To the newlyweds!" "Poor rabbit." "22th series is down the drain!" "Extremely bad." "Real thinker is never happy, dear Samson." "If everything in work is very good... .. scientist must go to his office... .. lock the door..." ".. sit at a desk and think... .. isn't there some hitch?" "I can't understand are you serious or joking." "My wife said the same just before divorce." "She said... .. she never knew when I was serious." "I understood it and became serious." "I'm ready to sweat here 1000 years but I'm furious!" "When we struggle and toss our minds... .. herds of our colleagues publish books... .. and sings like larks in total bliss." "I would like to crash them!" "You should be more tolerant, dear Samson." "It's the first rule of nobleman." "Strike, crash and destroy these larks!" "They are dangerous for socialism!" "Finally the wife leaved me... .. and found another husband." "Although I'm a philosopher and he's an accountant... .. she is happy with him but not with me." "It annoyed me a lot all my life." "Yes, it was all my life." "But it's totally inappropriate." "A person shouldn't drag offences through life... .. as well as claims to relatives... memories, dead hopes... .. and recipes how to live." "The Academic council will destroy us." "You can't defend even by abuse!" "My dear, note to yourself." " Abuse isn't the best way to the truth." " You bet!" "You will defend instead of attacking." "You'll show your politeness and then will give up our work." "Yes, I'll renounce if they prove that I'm wrong." "Who?" "They are half-competent!" "You're wrong." "They're competent and very clever people." "My congratulations!" "You hurry too much... .. to be Copernicus." "That's no good at all!" "Why not!" "I want to be Copernicus... .. as soon as possible." "You will soon run away and return in Head's chair." "I'm surprised with your patience." "But I don't give up your idea." "Copernicus must burn!" "But remember that... .. the idea is just a child." "It may grow up in Goethe or in a mediocre person." " Or in nothing." " Return to the head's chair." "Go away." "I'm a proletarian since 15 years old." "I don't give up!" "I think we have been confused in the last series." "And I think I know where." "Where?" " Grandpa, is it you?" " Me." "Why don't you sleep so late?" "I'm in love!" " Seriously?" " Seriously!" "He's a doctor, he knows you as a huge scientist." "Really?" "Thank him." "It's astonishing how we've met." "A lot of coincidence." "Yore don't believe in fate." "But it's fate." "He's an adult." "28-year-old." "He wants to marry me." " Why are you silent?" " I'm thinking." "Don't be so sad." "Everything will be fine." "We will live together." "I can't live without you." " We'll leave this home to them." " To whom?" "To mom and her husband." "Grandpa..." "Have you..." "Have you ever loved so much..." ".. that everything is..!" "I don't remember." "Will you give me an advise or not?" "It's only a rumor... .. that old people know all the answers." "I'll tell you the same I've told to your mother... .. at the same age." "Be careful." " Grandpa, I'm not my mother." " Be careful!" "It's silly advice, but that's it." "And it's the only good one for you." "And remember." "I give it to you because I've lived a long life." "And you're the most loved and closest person for me." "Grandpa!" "Dear!" "What's up with you?" "Everything will be fine." "We'll live together." "I will be clever, will be studying." "All is in due!" "We can depart!" "Hurry up, we're waiting for you." " Drive and come back later." " Sail." "Yes, sail." "But you wanted to see Peterhof." "Now I don't." "Bring me an ice-cream." "What kind?" "Brown, with nuts." "Where is Nina?" "She promised to be at 8 p. m." "but now is 11." "You allow her too much." "She's become even ruder." "Something is unusual." "She is in love!" "Did she tell you that?" "No." "It's mother's instinct." "She's imprudent and insolent." "It isn't her guilt, she has grown without mother's care." "Who's to blame?" "Me!" "All is my fault!" "Look how skinny he is." "All through damned work." "Haven't you finished it yet?" "Countless corrections." "For everybody." "And he corrects." "Finally!" "Where have you been?" "I've bathed." " Alone?" " Of course not." "With whom?" "Are you interested?" "With the beloved!" "What does it mean?" "Just shut up." "Grandpa, let her shut up!" "How dare you!" "I'm your mother!" "Are you?" "Listen mom..." "Go to your room and take your husband." "Why are you keeping silence?" " I don't." " You are!" "Tell her change the tone." "It was so quiet without you!" " Let's go to our room." " Sit down!" " You like it!" " Calm down." "You're happy when she's rude." "You like everything in her... .. even the fact she has a lover!" " You're ridiculous!" " Don't shout at grandpa!" " People are laughing at you." " Do you think so?" "I know it!" "You've left a chair for such a nonsense." "Do you know what are they saying about you?" "That you've spent yourself and Samson fools you." "You're nobody in science." "It's the opinion of young people." "Confirm it!" "Don't be so nervous." "You were a respected person and became nobody!" "What for?" "Typical intellectual!" "Have you finished?" "I'm an intellectual for sure." "And your grandfather was." "I'm one of those..." "russian intellectuals." "And as an intellectual I say I love you very much!" "But if you or your husband meddle in my life and work... .. I'll turn you out of the house!" "Remember it!" "Go to your room now." "Good night." "Good night." "Let's go, Vadik." "You've gotten in such a family!" "Tell me." "Is it true?" "What?" "About the lover." "Not yet." "But be ready for that." "Here have been expressed a lot... .. of opposite opinions... .. about the work of Sretensky's group." "But the main conclusion remains unchanged." "We conclude that... .. after several years the group gets nothing." "The work doesn't have prospects, and is useful to suspend it." "As a chairman of the commission... .. I can add only one remark." "It concerns our common anxiety... .. about the future of Academician Sretensky." "His sudden and strange move... .. from clear and concrete tasks of our institute... .. to uncertain and to be honest fantastic problem..." ".. utterly worries his friends and colleagues." "We warned and begged Academitian Sretensky." "But he insisted." "It's painful to admit but Academician Sretensky... .. who's done so much for the country... .. is losing his influence and authority." "Can we watch it indifferently?" "No!" "We can't!" "I want to mention... .. the role of PhD Kotikov." "It's the evil spirit of Academician Sretensky." "I can't understand where he is from?" "He is rude and violent... .. willful and ignorant." "Who is he?" "I know Sretensky, but I don't know Kotikov!" "And I don't know you!" " Can I accompany you?" " No, I'm going shopping." "Let's go together." "And to the dentist." "I can wait for you." "No, I'll go alone." "In conclusion." "The arguments of the commission... .. aren't convincing for me." "I ensure in our way even more." "Thank you for the appreciation of my previous works." "But it's obvious... .. that there is the inertia of praising and admiration." "A scientist is no longer worth a penny." "But eulogies once started... .. continue and continue." "So I subtract 80% of praises... .. which has been said..." ".. in an attempt to bring me back to the previous tasks." "I can't do it even if I could!" "I simply no longer see it." "I've discovered another side of myself." "I've become another person." "I have other eyes and ears!" "I know my old age... .. suitable not for the life but for farewell to it." "Don't talk so!" "Don't interrupt!" " Shut up!" " Shut up yourself!" "In conclusion I'll say... .. about citizen Kotikov." "I've never met a person... .. more devoted to the science... .. and more promising in it." "Of course Vadik is a good and decent man." "But frankly speaking he is a bit boring." "He's good but banal." "I want wild feelings sometimes." "Passion." "Spices." "I met such a man once." "I was crazy about him." " They say more men, less love." " Nonsense." "We met in the Crimea." "I was looking at the waves." "He sat beside... .. and looked at me." "Everything happened in a second." "My god, it was so amazing!" "Have you ever loved, Elsa Ivanovna?" "No." "But I heard about so much, that I know everything." "What should we do?" "Close the group... .. and ask Academician Sretensky to return..." ".. to his wonderful previous work." "Or should we trust to his responsibility... .. intuition and imagination." "Can we agree with a simple idea... .. that not only we care..." ".. about soviet science?" "But soviet scientist Sretensky does the same." "And he tries to prove it... .. in a new though obscure work." "But obscure ideas can become... .. very important tomorrow." "And ideas looking important today... .. can turn into mist." "It's late now, let's decide." "What are you doing here?" "I'm walking." "Let's walk." " How long are you waiting?" " Not too long." " Are you cold?" " No." "I know where you were." " With a schoolmate." " It isn't true." "What's wrong with you?" "Please don't make a scene!" "And remember!" "I love him." "Do you understand?" "It's impossible!" "He's an idiot and a womanizer!" "Leave me, please." "I don't want to see you anymore." " At all?" " Yes, at all." "I'll kill him!" "Go home." "Please." "Please!" "I'm glad so much to see you." "I have an offer." "I have a reason for celebration." "Let's go on a spree!" "Let's go to the theatre or to the circus!" "Actually..." "You can congratulate me!" "We've obtained the damned stuff." " Is it true?" " Yes!" " My pleasure!" " It's something incredible." "Stunning discovery." " Congratulations!" " Such an old man!" "Such a fellow!" " It isn't so difficult." " What?" "To be a hero." "Grandpa." "It's happened." "What?" "We've decided to marry." "I'll move to him but then..." "..we'll join you." " Well..." "Thank you for informing." "It must have happened." "Sooner or later." "It happens with everyone." "Grandpa, I love you so much." "There are no people like you." "Everybody here agrees, that your discovery represents... .. a completely new approach... .. to the regulation of human emotions." " Are you satisfied with it?" " Of course!" "The work isn't accomplished." "We need a few more years." " Do you have a hobby?" " No." "I play with toy soldiers." "Mostly with made of tin." "What do you feel about young people?" "I like them a lot." " And their behavior?" " I like everything... .. behavior, habits, fashions." "What kind of people do you dislike?" "Hard-hearted and vain." "I hate insolents, bootlickers and pushers." "Are you upset with the morality of modern women?" "On the contrary!" "How can you explain for women's magazine... .. the difference... .. between usual relaxants and your protein?" "We've had nobody relaxed yet." "That's the difference." "Our protein isn't the the panacea." "Our work isn't finished." "But the idea is important." "The principle, the approach... .. or more precisely the method to approach." "Details are meaningless to the ladies." "But is the final victory coming?" " Of course!" " I hope!" "At last the man will live in tranquility... .. free from anxiety... .. irrational fear and tension." "And nightmares." "It's impossible to calm the world with drugs... .. where the bombs blast... .. the guns fire and the social battles boil." "Where some people choke of wealth." "But other ones die of hunger." "What should we do?" "Change the world probably." "Admit it, my friend... .. fame is a lovely thing and you're mad about it!" "You're shining as a pancake covered by butter!" "It's you who's shining as a pancake!" "Why not!" "I like praises... .. and enthusiastic looks." "I was born for applause." "It's my dream from childhood." "It breaks my head." "How to sit how to stay." "You've deserved it." "People must know your name, age... .. when you go to sleep." "You're always hiding." "Where?" "Be with me!" "Yes." "From where?" "Read it, please!" "Thank you." " What's happened?" " Nina is ill." "I must immediately go home." " What's happened?" " He's left her." " Who?" " That one." "Her doctor." "How?" "Does she?" ".." "Everyone knew it." "Except you." "I knew it would end that way." "That promiscuity!" "Kisses in front of everybody!" "Is she suffering?" "Very much!" "She's locked in your room and admits nobody." " Only Elsa Ivanovna." " She talks nothing." "How about your speech?" "Kotikov is there." "Who is it?" "Ah, yes..." "My God, you're here." "Let's go!" "Grandpa is here." "What's the matter, grandchild?" "Darling!" "Precious!" "I know consolations are ridiculous." "But believe there is an eternal true." "I understand your pain and fear." "Everything will pass away... .. disappear without a trace." "Grandpa, you needn't..." ".. to console me." "I will be fine soon." "Poor baby!" "What can I do?" "Say something!" "I'll give you a gift I've brought." "It's for you." "Thank you." "Dad!" "You have to talk with him." " With whom?" " With that man." "His name is Oleg." "I know the address." "What can I say to him?" "You'll find the words." "Tell him that's the shame to quarrel before the wedding." "Threaten him at last!" "Yes, yes." "Of course." "Sometimes a meaningless quarrel poisons." "If something real was between you... .. you could make the first step." "The man should be generous." "It isn't a quarrel." "I love another woman." "I don't know what to do." "You're a wise old man." "Learn me!" "Probably... .. You're right." "You have to understand." "I thought..." " I can't..." " I probably..." " I can't lie." " I shouldn't have come." "But I couldn't understand the point." "I'm sorry for this tactless visit!" "Old people are often silly in such matters!" "Look what I have for you!" "Grandpa." "Is it true?" "What?" "Mom said... .. that you was there." "Dear..." "Try to understand." "Perhaps I've made a foolish thing." "But I thought... .. it was just a quarrel." "Then it's true!" "I trusted you!" "But you..." "You're like them!" "I don't want to see you!" "Go away!" "I don't want to see you!" "You're alike!" "You understand nothing!" "Good evening." " Good evening." " Do you remember me?" " Yes." " We were 14-year-old." " Yes." " We kissed..." "I remember..." "Everything." "My God!" "How many years have passed." "How did you live?" "You live so long." "Have you ever been happy?" "You know..." "It's perhaps the most difficult question." "Have I been happy?" "Sometimes." "At work." "Have you loved many people?" "A few." "But nobody loved me." "Why?" "Maybe I loved them too much." "I was the most kind, light-hearted husband." "But my wife said I was bad and careless." "I was a tender and kind father." "But my daughter said... .. I was indifferent." "I loved my granddaughter... .. desperately and immeasurably." "But she said... .. I betrayed her." "And she sent me away." "I'm lonely now." "I always recalled you." "I came and sat here." "I couldn't stop loving you." "I had children, grandchildren and even a great grandson." "But I loved you like then." "Where are you?" "Where?" "Where can I find you?" "I don't know." "Where am I?" "I don't know." "Grandpa!" "Where've you been?" " I was walking." " I've told you terrible things!" " I'm so sorry!" " Yes, yes." " Only don't go away!" " No." "I won't!" " Don't go!" " I won't." " Don't go away." "Never." " I won't." "Never!" "Everything will pass, won't it?" "Of course, it'll pass." "There isn't the pain that can't pass." "It would be impossible to live without it." "You'll explain me everything." "Everything, my darling." "All I can explain... .. I'll explain." "The end"