"So where do you study?" "Who told you I study?" "That's how you introduced yourselves..." "...when we met." "They're the students." "Kostya studies at the Institute of Fish... in the Caviar Department." "And Styopa..." "...who drinks vodka non-stop," " he's in the Circus Institute." "You're joking!" " It's true." " As what?" " A clown." "Cool!" "And what do you do?" "Me?" "Yeah." "I work at the Red Partisan Factory." "Really?" "Yeah." "You don't look it." "Why didn't you apply?" "They'd never take me." "Why?" "I'm a democrat and a dissident." "They've got a record on me." "Wow." "I've never seen a democrat or dissident." "Here I am." "Let's go in there." "No, Kostya!" "Come one. I wanna tell you something." "No, no, no, no." "Take it easy." "Come on." "No... no..." "Let's sit down." "Yeah..." "It's kind of getting late really late..." "Why're you drinking so much?" "You'll kill the vodka." "Listen, go get some more." "I'll give you 5 rubles..." "...for some vodka and a taxi." "You go if you need some." " Can I have a word?" " Sure." "Listen, man, you're acting weird." "It's like this." "You studied math, right?" "2 chicks, 2 rooms." "What's the result?" "What?" "Time you took off, that's what." "Why me?" "Who picked them up at the cafe?" "Me." "Who's been dancing and making out with her?" "Me!" "So now I'll dance and make out with her," " and you can take off." "Whatever..." "THE VANISHED EMPIRE" "After Lenin's arrival in Samara, a group of Marxists quickly gathered round him." "Even then, he made quite an impression with his knowledge of Marxism." "In 1895 he united all the Petersburg groups into the Union for the Liberation of the Working Classes." "There were about 20 of them at the time." "What's going on!" "I'm talking to you, young man!" "Who me?" "Yes, you!" "Why are you making noise?" "Stand up." "What's your name?" "Mine?" "I remember mine." "Find out from other students exactly what kind of professor I am and whether it's easy to pass my exams." "Narbekov..." "Narbekov..." "Well, Narbekov, I'm giving you your first and final warning." "The history of the Communist Party is no laughing matter." "Got it?" "Yes." "Sit down and take notes." "I'm telling very important..." "...and very interesting things." "Under Vladimir Lenin's leadership..." "The Union for the Liberation of the Working Classes was the first in Russia to bring about the unification of socialism..." "...with workers' movements" "In 1895, Lenin was arrested by the Tsarist authorities." "Even in prison he continued his revolutionary work." "In Prison, Vladimir Lenin helped..." "...the Union with his pamphlets and leaflets." "In prison, he wrote his pamphlet "On Strikes."" "Hey, Styopa." "You see the girl in the white sweater?" "Yeah, why?" "You know her?" "Haven't seen her before." "All I know is her last name's Beletskaya." "Thus the worker Babushkin, who remembered Lenin's lectures to the workers..." "What's her name?" "Lida, I think." "You think, or it's Lida?" "Gotta know for sure." "Find out for yourself." "Who's whispering over there?" "You again, Narbekov?" "You, next to him, stand up." "What's your name?" "Molodtsov." "I'm warning you, this is a bad start Narbekov and Molodtsov." "Keep it in mind." "Sit down." "And you, Narbekov, repeat my last sentence." "Stand up please." "Um..." "So this worker remembered how Lenin read a lecture. in his free time from the revolutionary struggle." "Narbekov what was the worker's name?" "Dedushkin!" "Dedushkin!" "It was Dedushkin!" "What did you say?" "It was Dedushkin." "Leave immediately, Narbekov..." "Your jokes won't work here!" "A lecture on the history of the Party is no place for such farces!" "You know man, you've gotta look closely at the stitching so they don't rip you off." "Come closer, Styopa, you gotta know these things." "You see?" "Not a stitch out of place." "A true sign it's not homemade." "Fit well, don't they?" "Real Wranglers!" "I'd buy a pair." "How much were they?" "70." "70?" "You won't find cheaper anywhere." "Yeah, sure." "How do I get that kind of cash?" "I don't know, sell something." "What can I sell?" "I got nothing." "You got books at home." "Sell them at a second hand place." "They pay cash." "I go there, sometimes." "Enough for jeans?" "If they're good books, you're set." "Will you take me next time you go?" "Of course." "No question." "Hi." "Hi." "Stop, miss!" "You're breaking the law!" "Did I scare you, Lida?" "It's Lyuda, not Lida." "Sorry..." "It's nothing, you got mixed up." "Let's be friends." "We're in the same class, right?" "All right." "Let me make up for it and invite you to a movie." "I'm not sure..." "Which?" "They're showing "Back to the Future" at the Art Theatre." "All the girls are crazy for it, but you can't get tickets." "I have." "Look." "What d'you say?" "Let's go." "All right." "Hi!" "Hi!" "When did you transfer?" "Not long ago." "Dad got an apartment in Moscow and I transferred." "Are you from Moscow?" "Yeah." "Born here?" "Yeah." "Wow!" "Check it out..." "Do you have a spare ticket?" "No, we don't." "This footage was shot on the day of the military coup in Santiago, Chile" "The rebels quickly consolidated power... and began their fascist terror." "They broke into the Lamanade palace..." "...and used traitorous force with" "President Salvador Allende." "here was a protest at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute... against the crime of the Chilean warmongers." "Our people express their solidarity and support for the Chilean patriots fighting for freedom and approve of the government's... decision to break off diplomatic ties because of the bloody junta in Chile." "Thank you." "This is where l live." "I see." "Do you want to come in?" "Ok." "Let's go!" "Wow!" "Great books!" "My parents collect them." "Cool." " You know how much Bulgakov costs on the black market?" " No." " A hundred rubles!" " Get out of here!" "I had Kafka too, but I swapped it for a ticket to French Film Week." " Lyuda!" " Yeah!" " Let's set the table." " Ok." "Help me here..." "And your parents, Sergey?" "What do they do?" "My mom's an historian." "Dad too." "They studied together at Moscow University." "He hasn't lived with us in 8 years." "He's got another family in Novosibirsk." "We don't talk much." "My grandfather's academician Pavel Okhotsky." " He's your grandfather?" " Yes." "I've heard of him." "He's a famous archeologist, Asian specialist." " Mom!" " Can I borrow your Bulgakov?" "l haven't read "Master and Margarita."." "Of course." " Take it." " Thank you." "Now, let's eat." "Ok." "Nice view, huh?" "All right." "You don't like it?" "I love to stand by the window at night... big buildings, lights..." "You can see the University from our building." "What kind of music do you like?" "The Beatles?" "Of course." "I've got an English copy of "Abbey Road." You want me to bring it over and play it?" "Yeah, bring it over." "How about the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple?" "I don't know them so well." "Hard to find." "When's your birthday?" "November 20th." "I turned 18." "Yeah. I did three months ago." "Wow!" "Did you haul off the whole collection?" "l didn't know which ones to grab." "Whatever, let's go..." "Hold on." "Why?" "Look them over." "What for?" "Pick the best." "They do it there." "What, you can't take a quick look?" "All right." ""Field-Surgeon's Medical Guide,"" "not bad!" "Gary Zikhrovsky, "India Dries Its Tears."" "Great!" "What do you think they'll give me?" "You'll get 25, no prob." "Hey, you read all this stuff?" "Parents do." "Started the Indian one." "And how was it?" "Interesting." "Go ahead." "Why?" "Beginner's luck." "I'll give you 4.20." "That's it?" "No." "Only for Gladkov's "Cement" and Shaginyan's "Water Project."" "What, you don't want the rest?" "No, we don't." "What have you got, young man?" "Hello." "Hello." "We can't take this, there's a library stamp." "4 rubles for this one..." "Take this one to the Foreign Language shop, but I'm not sure they'll take it." "Got one more." "1 10 rubles." "Where's our copy of "Peoples of the World"?" "It was right here!" "How would I know?" "l know." "You're taking your grandfather's books and selling them in second-hand shops!" "l do not!" "What's up with you?" "!" "I've had my suspicions!" "The book disappears and you get new jeans and a jacket you come home drunk all the time and leave restaurant receipts in your room." "Following in your father's footsteps?" "Leave him out of it!" "Think I don't know anything?" "What do you know?" "Your trips to the south, a certain Felix..." "Shut up!" "You don't know a goddamm thing." "Empty your pockets." "But I was just..." "Do I have to search you?" "I'm waiting!" "There you go." "I'll give this money to your grandfather." "It's his, after all." "And you can read "Snow White"!" "What the hell do you want?" "l was just... a question about literature... just opened the door..." "Mom... I should let you have it." "Hey, man!" "Hey." "Why'd you call?" "I need some cash, 100" "70." "What for?" "A new Stones or Pink Floyd record, my mom took my cash." "Listen, man, I barely got hold of new guitar." "Hey, we put together a group:" ""Red Trousers." What d'you think?" "Let me..." "You know Voloknitsky?" "Well?" "A god on the guitar." "Schultz has drums." "Got an amp and a place." "We got it made." "Who's gonna play?" "Voloknitsky's lead." "Vashurin's rhythm, Schultz the drums, and I'll play bass." "Aces high!" "Can I buy you a beer?" "Let's go." "Hey, can you play?" "Anyone can!" "You don't know how!" "I've been playing 2 days!" "2 and a half, counting this morning." "Wow, check it out." "We'll get in somehow." "Where the fuck are you going?" "Just having a look!" "Look from the back of the line!" "All right!" "Go pump each other for beer!" "Asshole!" "Fucking bums!" "Hey, man, listen, one of my classmates has Pink Floyd." "You wanna borrow it and tape it?" "No, I wanna give it to someone." "Who?" "This girl" "Who?" "Maybe she'd like this magazine?" "Here's the latest of "Jolie Berger,"" "it's yours for a buck." "You outta your fucking mind?" "Don't want her to have it?" "Keep it yourself!" "I'm telling you I'm broke!" "Whatever." "I'll sell it to Schultz." "Yeah, sell it to him." "No more beer!" "What can you do, real Soviet Service?" "The American barbarians are sowing death and destruction in Vietnam." "Grandfather, it's for you." "Who needs me?" "Tell them I'm dead." "He's dead." "They wanna know when..." "Tell them 2 weeks ago." "2 weeks ago," "good-bye." "Well done." "Sergey, make me some tea." "I'm not Sergey, I'm Misha." "You look like Sergey." "Hello, yes... good day." "Not at all, he likes making a joke from time to time." "I'll get him." "Dad!" "Enough fooling around!" "Dad!" "Pick up the phone!" "Yes?" "Hello?" "No, I can't come, I'm ill." "Misha, why are you playing tricks?" "!" "I wasn't, he was!" "He has no idea." "Give me some hot tea before I croak." "I'm late!" "Please!" "Before I die!" "Sergey!" "Make him tea and stick around today, huh?" "Don't go anywhere." "There's nowhere to go!" "All the better!" "Granddad, I've wanted to ask you something." "Go ahead." "Is that old woman one of your relatives?" "You knew Agatha Christie?" "Very well." "I took the photo myself!" "Her husband was an archeologist..." "And we'd often meet in London and India." "I'll be!" "Yeah!" "You know, Sergey, Larisa just gave me this money." "What do I need it for?" "Here, take it. I gave Misha some for a football match." "You do what you like." "I know what for." "Thanks a bunch, Granddad!" "Hey guys!" "I need a record:" "Pink Floyd, "Dark Side of the Moon." Can you help out?" "What do you want?" "We're just hanging out." "Records...!" "Don't play with me." "Think I'm a punk?" "If you don't have it, tell me who does. I need it." "No one's playing with you." "See that guy there?" "He was, like, doing business." "Go ask him." "What're you waiting for?" "Go and see." "They said you had "Dark Side of the Moon."" "I don't deal in contraband." "What do you have?" "You want Tukhmanov? "My Address is the USSR." l got an extra." "1 from Mom, 1 from Dad." "I'll cut you a deal..." "No thanks." "Give it to your Granny." "Hey, dude, you want the Stones?" "What you got?" "Take it easy." "I got "Goat's Head Soup."" "Wow!" "The latest." "It only came out in August." "Easy. I told you I had it." "You want it?" "How much?" "80." "Pricey." "What'd you think?" "A month ago it was 20." "I'll give it to you for 80." "I need the cash bad. I can't go lower." "I don't have 80." "How much you got?" "l got 70." "70!" "What were you thinking, dude?" "It's a new record, English pressing..." "Wait..." "70!" "What the fu... I got 5 more rubles. 75 in all." "This way." "Show it to me." "Here record company," "brand new, see for yourself." "Let me have a look." "Go ahead." "The label, cover, everything's ok," "Edik!" "The cops!" "Where?" "!" "Over there, crawling through the bushes." "Fucking hell!" "Gonna take it?" "Don't waste time, you can see what's happening..." "They'll run us all off, and no one'll get anything more than a beating." "Ok!" "I'll take it!" "Gimme the cash there..." "Listen, this ruble's so torn up..." "...no one'll take it." "I don't have another kopeck." "I'll take your fucking torn ruble..." "Get outta here!" "Goddammed black marketeers!" "Hi!" "Hi!" "Happy birthday!" "Thank you, Sergey!" "Why didn't you want to come this evening, with the other guests?" "You know... all your relatives'll come, and what'll we talk about?" "It's better to be alone with you, celebrate together." "Let's go to my room." "This is for you." "What is it?" "The latest Stones record." "Came out 3 months ago." "Sergey!" "It must've been expensive." "Don't think about it..." "I didn't know what to get you, really, you got all these nice books..." "What's this?" "Are they playing Tchaikovsky?" "That asshole Edik ripped me off..." "You know, I really do like Tchaikovsky." "Even more than the Stones!" "Really!" "It's really a great gift!" "." "Thank you!" "See the bass player?" "Yeah." "He's my friend, Kostya Denisov." "We were in school together." "Cool!" "They play well, don't they?" "Yeah, great." "Thank you all!" "We'll take a 15 minute break." "Hi!" "Hey, man!" "This is Lyuda." "Kostya, nice to meet you." "Excuse me, listen..." "Lyuda, we won't be long." "Not long at all." "We'll be right back." "Hey, guys!" "Hi!" "Hey, man!" "Come with us." "Where to?" "Come with us." "You know Schultz?" "He's first-rate." "He shot down a Phantom in Vietnam." "How?" "Anti-aircraft gun... blew him away..." "What's that?" "Don't be a jerk..." "Here, man..." "Don't want to." "Go on, try it." "I'm no junkie." "And we are?" "We'll have a great time." "l already am!" "To hell with you!" "Sergey, here." "I'm off." "He won't tell?" "No, he's one of us." "Look..." "How is it?" "All right." "All right means bad..." "Take a deeper drag, breathe in." "Got it?" "Hey, dudes..." "Look..." "An eagle's flapping its wings... I don't see anything." "I see it, Schultz." "Only it's not an eagle, but some kind of spider..." "Are you assholes out of your fucking minds?" "The whole hall reeks!" "We'll all get busted, goddammit!" "Put it out now!" "Let's get on stage..." "Get lost..." "Scumbags!" "As never before Soviet international policy has increased the nation's authority around the world" "True to the Leninist principles of socialism and peace..." "Soviet foreign policy has created the right conditions for peaceful labor at home." "Our policy is aimed at strengthening and developing socialism worldwide, and the unity of anti-imperialist powers." "Find a moment of happiness" "Hi!" "Hey!" "Where'd she come from?" "Why don't I know her?" "Good looking, right?" "Thank you!" "Bet you I can pick her up..." "Yeah, right, bright eyes." "If I do pick her up..." "I'll buy you a beer!" "Czech!" "Like the one your father bought at the gourmet place and guards with his life." "OK!" "And what if you lose?" "I'll take you to a restaurant." "Your choice." "And what about Lyudmila?" "She's sick..." "Deal?" "Deal!" "Go on!" "Hello." "Hello." "I heard you're our new Old Church Slavonic instructor." "I got a ton of questions..." "Do I really look like an OCS language instructor?" "Yes." "I'm not an instructor." "Then what are you?" "A first-year student." "So we're in the same class?" "So we are." "So, we'll be friends?" "So we will." "What's your name?" "Katya." "Mine's Sergei." "Where'd you come from?" "I transferred from correspondence classes." "A good decision." "We have fun here." "Wanna sit together?" "Ok..." "The topic of today's lecture is epic poetry." "The traditional heroic poem is one of the Russian people's most significant contributions an expression of high moral quality." "An acknowledgement of great courage... of the insurmountable vital stregnth of our people permeates the whole epoch." "It found its brightest representation... in the images of great warriors, in their determination, their bravery" "Let's go!" "in their indominable strength and heroic feats." "The decisive meaning for our study.." "of the recognition of our people's invincibility." "was the defiance of our people in the age of feudalism..." "...against Steppe-dwellers, reaching its greatest conflict in the epoch of the Tatar-Mongolian Yolk." "Resistence to the Tatar invasion is the source ...of these heroic poems." "Tsar Kalin wanted to destroy Kiev, to slaughter its inhabitants." "to burn God's churches..." "Move your foot!" "I came to make up." "I didn't argue with you..." "I just don't want to see you." "Nice!" "My father bought it recently--almost new, it used to be a diplomat's." "You know how they get taken care of." "Luxury, man!" "This is no cheap Zhiguli!" "Your parents are out of town right?" "l know a place to go." "Let's got to two places." "At your service." "To our institute?" "Then to Frunzenskaya?" "No prob." "Dammit!" "Sorry, out of practice." "Dad only lets me drive in the country." "Do you have a license?" "Don't offend me." "We're off!" "Sergey, why're we going back to the institute?" "I had a fight with Lyuda." "Got it." "You wanted her to see you pull up in a limo." "Good idea." "I'll tell you this, though women are the most unpredictable creatures." "Stop the car!" "What's up?" "Turn around, quick!" "Where is she?" "There she is!" "Are you all right, granny?" "Yes, I'm alive." "These dandies ran over an old lady!" "Keep quiet, Miss Witness!" "It's not your grandmother, so don't judge us!" "She's my grandmother!" "We've come to take her home!" "Have a seat, granny." "Don't threaten us!" "She's our grandmother!" "Get away from the car!" "And by the way, grannykins, you have ruined someone's happiness." "They thought we were dandies and cheap punks." "Forgive me please." "All right." "Where to?" "Marina Grove." "I'm off!" "Everything all right?" "It's fine." "Ok..." "Where're you going?" "l have a meeting." "At the institute?" "Yes." "Grandad, I have a favor to ask." "What kind of favor?" "Would you phone Galina Alexandrovna?" "Who?" "Well, Galina Alexandrovna Galinovich." "What for?" "She works at the Academy of Sciences." "You want to get into the Academy of Sciences?" "There are enough asses there without you." "I need two theatre tickets." "What's the problem?" "Go buy them at the box office." "You don't get it, Grandad." "Well, explain it to me." "You see, there's this theatre called Taganka." "It's impossible to get tickets." "But she could, and wouldn't refuse you." "You bet your life she wouldn't!" "Why so interested in the theatre?" "I had an argument with this girl..." "It happens 50 years ago I also had an argument with a girl." "It seemed she preferred another..." "And we had to settle it with a duel." "A duel?" "Yes, with swords, out in the country." "Where'd you get the swords." "It wasn't a problem back then." "Who won?" "You need to ask... I knocked the sword out of the bastard's hand" "...we were separated, and I didn't stab him." "And if you hadn't been?" "I'd have killed him." "What about the tickets?" "What tickets?" "I'm telling you, I want to invite this girl to the theatre." "Oh yes, that's right." "What's her name?" "Lyuda." "Lyuda..." "My first love was also called Lyudmila." "Hand me the phone once I read her the poetry of Gumliev all through the night it was a wonderful night there was fighting in the distance, people ran by holding rifles and shouting, and none of it disturbed us." "Hello, my dear Galina Alexandrovna..." "Yes, it's me..." "I'm well, thank you just fine... I have an enormous favor to ask." "My grandson Sergey asked me to help him get in to the Taganka Theatre..." "The worker Babushkin, the worker Dedushkin." "We have to know all that too?" "Up to 85." "God, that's so much!" "It'd be more fun to go to the movies." "Hi!" "Hi!" "Listen, the Dean's Office is looking for you" "What for?" "To send you to a student conference in Berlin, probably." "Why me?" "Who wrote the paper on the unemployed in England?" "l did." "So what." "Well, go on and find out." "They said it's urgent." "Berlin, conference... what the hell..." "What's he making round with you for?" "He's not "making round" ..." "we have shared interests." "What kind of shared interests?" "None of your business." "Whatever. lf you knew what I brought, you'd kiss me 30 times." "Gonna go for it?" "What for?" "Agreed?" "Cut it out, tell me what you came to say..." "What's this?" "Two tickets to Vyssostsky's ." "Oh!" "Kiss me!" "We didn't agree on the lips." "One... two... three four... five..." "When do you leave?" "What trip?" "I'll let you have it." "They probably didn't take him." "Probably." "Five... five..." "SIX!" "Mom!" "What do you want?" "Nothing big..." "Can you tie a necktie?" "No." "Your father did." "He did it for everyone." "Where're you off to?" "To the theatre this evening." "Put on your white polo sweater." "It goes well on you." "Go get it and I'll iron it." "Sit next to me." "Listen, if anything happens to me, you'll be the most important person in the family." "What can happen?" "Anything... maybe I'll get married, leave you guys..." "Very funny." "This is what you wanted to tell me?" "No, I just want you to promise you'll never abandon your grandfather and Misha." "In what sense?" "I'm being straight." "No matter what happens." "What's up?" "Nothing." "Just promise me." "I promise, if that's what you want" "Forgive me, Mom." "For what?" "For what I said..." "About you and Dad." "Don't think about it." "What a strange bird." "You father found that while excavating Ancient Khorezm...and gave it to me." "You know, Ancient Khorezm was the City of the Winds..." "...a vanished empire" "your Grandfather discovered it." "Beautiful." "Yes.." "Yes..." "Hello?" "Kostya, hi." "Ok... yeah, sure... 20 minutes in the courtyard.." "I'll stop by for Styopa." "See you." "Hey!" "Hi!" "I see you guys're my real friends." "You came right away." "Here's what's up: we're going over to Voloknitsky's and bash his mug in." "Why, I don't get it..." "That sleazeball got a new bassist." "Tikhushnik, a talentless scumbag." "So get your guitar and forget it." "So who's gonna spit in his vile mug?" "Sergey!" "I need some insurance!" "Everyone's against me there, even Schultz!" "We're going over his place, then?" "No, to the club where they practice." "You're not making sense." "They got a new guitarist, what's the big deal?" "Chicken, are you?" "If you guys needed me, it'd be no questions asked!" "I'm ready!" "I'm ready too, only.." "What ?" "Go home!" "Run to Mommy!" "Don Esteban...?" "Next time you come to me for help...!" "I'm going!" "Forward!" "Still here!" "Still haven't snuck off, the punks!" "You hear it?" "Listen..." "this is the wailing they call songs!" "Voloknitsky, shut up!" "Our ears'll..." "...fall off!" "What're you doing here?" "Want your guitar?" "Take it!" "Viktor, hand him his guitar." "I'll get a new one next month!" "No, you shit, you're not getting off that easy!" "I'm gonna knock your glasses to the back of your head!" "Oh yeah?" "Yeah!" "Don't kid around, dickhead!" "Beat the shit out of Schultz!" "Stop fucking around now!" "Get outta here!" "Everyone!" "I've totally lost patience!" "Well done, Styopa!" "You smashed his guitar--it's over!" "We put an end to their sham show!" "Am I ok here?" "Just fine." "You got a scratch on your face." "It's nothing." "Let's celebrate the wake of the !" "Ok, but I gotta be at the theatre by 7 pm." "We got tons of time!" "Let's have some fun." "Let's go!" "Let's go!" ".." "Let's go!" ".." "Voloknitsky ran up and gave me one in the chest right away!" "Yeah, I saw it..." "l didn't lose it at all, grabbed him and tossed him 5 meters!" "You did well, too, but what's up with this" "?" "Did you even see him?" "They were lucky the director showed up." "Got any cash?" "Yeah, got my stipend." "l see." "You got a car, right?" "You study for free at a great place?" "What the hell more do you need?" "I want freedom, man." "I wanna go where l want, see what I want, read what I want." "All you do is I want, I want, I want..." "We only live once!" "And what've you seen?" "It's you who had too much of a good thing in England and Austria." "For no reason!" "I live here!" "It's good here!" "Even without a car or a dacha." "Cut it out..." "You're wrong, Styopa, it's better over there." "They're on to something." "We've got it good, though." "Enough chatter, let's go hook up." "let's go hook up." "I'm not going anywhere." "I'm going home." "What's your name?" "Lyuda." "Lyuda?" "What happened, man?" "l totally forgot about the theatre." "Oh, yeah!" "The theatre!" "Grab a taxi, you'll make it." "Nah I'm not going anywhere..." "I'm drunk as a skunk." "How come you're not sleeping?" "They took Mom to the hospital." "So, how's Misha?" "He's good." "They got a football tournament at school." "And your Grandfather?" "Grumbles, as usual." "And when's your research trip?" "In June, on the 25th." "Where're you going?" "To Vladimir province." "It's nice there." "Sergey, give me a cigarette." "Huh?" "Give me a cigarette." "I know you've got some." "Come on, already!" "You don't smoke..." "l used to, in college...." "Light a match..." "Is it allowed?" "No." "No, it's not, but I want one all the same." "Light a match." "Your Father liked it when I smoked." "He said I looked like an American actress," "only I don't remember which one." "don't remember" "Why'd you quit?" "It's bad for you." "You go, Sergey, I'll be out this week." "Leave me your cigarettes and matches." "Go on." "Go on." "Sergey!" "Later." "Go on." "Go..." "So you sing, Narbekov?" "I do, Lidiya Petrovna." "What else can a poor boy do?" "And did you go on an expedition today?" "Of course!" "Should've seen us!" "You know, Lidia Petrovna, 90% of today's limericks and rhyming slang is made up of uncensored swearing." "A terribly ill-educated people." "Dense..." "Why bring up the people Narbekov?" "Everyone finds his own interests." "Odd woman..." "Hey!" "Don't get carried away!" "We've gotta hold up till evening!" "I'm Kolya." "I'm Sergey." "I'm Sergey." "And that's Yasha..a regular guy..." "Yeah, right." "Just Yasha." "What d'you guys say, let's go hang out at the club. I heard some hot chicks came with you." "Let's go." "Why'd you come here, anyway?" "Research trip." "To do what?" "Gather potatoes?" "Whatever!" "No, study folklore, limericks..." "Limericks?" "We know plenty of them." "Hi!" "Hi!" "Hi!" "Hi!" "How is it here?" "It's fun, dancing..." "Let's dance?" "What's wrong?" "Later!" "Let's dance..." "So how are you?" "Not bad." "You?" "All right, too." "Listen..." "What?" "Let's go somewhere..." "Where to?" "l don't know... somewhere else..." "No, Sergey..." "You don't love me anymore?" "I don't know..." "As you like..." "Can I bum a smoke?" "Ever been to the Black Sea?" "No, never..." "Wanna go with me?" "When?" "Tomorrow." "All right, let's go... why not." "What've I done?" "Why are you being this way with me?" "Here's enough for the return ticket and the room... have fun." "You miss your little daddy's girlie?" "Like she can't find another one, too?" "She won't wait long..." "Shut your mouth!" "You jerk!" "Kostya Denisov, I'll be damned..." "Sergey!" "Hey, man!" "Hi!" "Have a seat!" "Let's have a drink!" "What brings you here?" "Taking a break, skipped my research trip." "Good for you!" "Tanya, this is my best friend, Sergey." "Sergey, this is Tanya." "Nice to meet you." "Glad I ran into you." "It's so boring here." "Where're you staying?" "l took a room not far from here." "And you?" "I'm at the resort and with Tanya." "To our meeting!" "Sergey, can I have a quick word?" "Sure." "Excuse us, Tanya." "You got any cash?" "Like 15 rubles, why?" "I got only one." "Lend me some?" "That's all you took to the restaurant?" "It's the girl." "She goes back to Moscow today, I thought, a bottle of Georgian wine, and she keeps ordering..." "And you arrive like a miracle." "How're you?" "I'm OK." "Hey, what's going on?" "So what's up?" "Is she your girl, friend?" "Yes." "Sorry." "We thought she was alone." "What the fuck are you doing here?" "Get lost!" "Take it easy!" "Guys!" "Cut it out!" "Stop!" "Kostya!" "Kostya, stop!" "Cut it out!" "We're out of cash, Officer." "Take this." "What is it?" "A real Panasonic from Japan." "Behave yourself..." "You'll get 10 rubles for it." "It was bought in Japan!" "Go on, get outta here..." "Shall we take a dip?" "At this hour?" "Yeah, why not?" "All right." "You got a return ticket?" "No." "And no money." "How're you gonna get back?" "Dealing in watches." "There's a shortage here." "Listen, Sergey." "What do you think we'll be doing in 30 years?" "You'll be the ambassador to Great Britain." "And I'll be a provincial schoolteacher." "Well, that wouldn't be so bad." "But I mean..." "What?" "Ahh..." "I don't know..." "Listen, Kostya." "I've decided to get married." "I'll be!" "To who?" "To Lyuda Beletskaya." "Remember her?" "I do..." "You're serious?" "As cancer." "She expecting?" "No, it's not that." "Well, congrats, then!" "Maybe I'll get married, too." "What do you think of Tanya?" "She's super!" "Her father's the Minister of Education... a five-room apartment in downtown Moscow..." "studied ballet and judo." "How's that for a fiancé?" "Great!" "It's settled." "What?" "Let's get married together." "Hi, Lyuda." "Hi." "How're you?" "I'm ok." "Did you go anywhere on holiday?" "Near Leningrad, with my parents." "l was in Georgia." "l see." "We should get together." "We really should." "I'm at a payphone downstairs." "I'll be right out." "Hi." "Hi." "You've changed." "No, just a new hairdo." "Where do you wanna talk?" "Here." "Ok, here." "Or we could go somewhere, to a caf?" "maybe?" "You didn't use to invite me to cafés." "You remember how we last parted?" "I do. I remember it all." "You do." "Well... marry me!" "Sergey, there's something I need to tell you." "I'm expecting." "What?" "I'm pregnant." "In my second month." "Who is he?" "Do I know him?" "You know him very well." "It's Styopa." "Styopa I see..." "You hurt me, Sergey. I was in bad shape." "Do you love him?" "I think I do." "You know he's not like you guys think he is..." "You guys." "All right, then." "See you." "Well, Narbekov, let's talk about your expulsion." "We've no need of drunks and brawlers at our institute." "What are you going to do now, if I may ask?" "I'll join the army, as per the Soviet constitution and fulfill my patriotic duty." "I'll put it down." "You can go." "Stay healthy!" "And you don't get sick." "I see you're a boor to boot." "That's how I was raised." "Hi, Sergey." "Hi, Sergey." "Hey." "How're things?" "Ok." "Ok... ok." "You're not yourself.. has anything happened?" "You know, Kostya, my mom's really sick." "With what?" "Stomach cancer." "She doesn't know." "Her doctors told me this morning." "Listen, Sergey, can we get her medicine, a good hospital?" "I'll tell my Dad." "No need, Kostya." "My grandfather's arranged a good hospital and medicine for her." "Listen," "Styopa called me up." "They're getting married on the 10th, I don't know why he wants me as best man." "Really?" "The 10th?" "The 10th?" "." "Yeah. I say, what're you doing?" "You and Sergey are friends." "So he gets all flustered, then he says, I've loved her since 1st grade." "It was love at first sight, blah-blah-blah, she fell in love with me." "Liar." "Who could love him..." "Have you seen him, by the way?" "Turned out to be a bigger fucker than Voloknitsky." "Hey, Voloknitsky got two-weeks in jail." "No, Sergey, I won't go and sit at the same table as them." "Yeah..." "I'm off." "See you." "Hi Sergey?" "What brings you here?" "Decided to take a break from work?" "Yeah." "Moscow still in one piece?" "I guess." "Here's your tea." "Oh!" "Hi Sergey!" "Hi Klava." "When's Larisa getting out of the hospital?" "It's time I went home. I need to clean my room and get ready for winter." "Why stick around here?" "In Moscow l won't come over." "You can look after yourselves." "Stay well." "Get some rest." "Stay well." "Get some rest." "What rest!" "I'm going to make jam!" "Sergey, you go get the sugar," "I'm no spring chicken." "You know how Chingis-Khan took Khorzem?" "His soldiers filled the canals that went into the city." "That simple." "Come over here, Sergey." "Well, has she died?" "Make a trip to.." "..my City of the Winds for me and Larisa." "Really." "The sunsets there are very beautiful." "Misha!" "Are you going to practice today?" "Uh-huh, around 6." "I've got a favor." "Well." "Get on bus 144 and go to Tyoply Stan." "Here's the address." "Who do you need?" "Lyuda." "Lyuda!" "What!" "A visitor for you!" "Who?" "Some kid." "What kid?" "Lyuda!" "Hello." "Hello." "Sergey asked me to bring this." "What is it?" "Our Mother's." "And Sergey asked me to congratulate you." "Me too." "Thank you." "How is your Mom?" "She died." "Excuse me, where's the bus station?" "There, around the corner and to the right." "Thank you." "Hello." "Hello." "Can you take me to the City of the Winds?" "Where?" "City of the Winds?" "Do you know how far that is?" "200 kilometers!" "There and back--400 kilometers!" "No, no one'll take you." "Don't even think of it!" "Thank you." "Take care." "Hello." "Hello." "Will you take me to the City of the Winds?" "No way!" "..." "Uh-uh." "I need to go to the City of the Winds." "I'll pay." "Where're you from, friend?" "Moscow." "That's a nice jacket." "Brand-name?" "Yes." "Super Rifle." "It's nice..." "let me have it?" "Add 20 rubles and we're off." "That'll work." "Let's go." "Sergey?" "Excuse me, who?" "You don't recognize me?" "No." "You don't recognize me?" "Or is it..." "I'm telling you I don't know you." "You've made a mistake." "It's Styopa!" "Oh my God!" "Stepan!" "Sergey, have I changed that much?" "I thought you didn't want to recognize me." "Think of how much time has passed.." "Think about it, 30 years..." "Even more!" "How are you?" "l live in Finland," "5 years already." "Work for a company, my daughter's at school." "I got married a second time." "Lyuda and I lasted a year." "How're you?" "I work as a translator, from Farsi." "From what?" "From Persian." "You know Persian?" "Yeah. I graduated from the Institute of Eastern Languages." "Good for you!" "How's Kostya?" "He died." "I'll be... what of?" "Drinking." "He never made it in this life." "Strange." "It seemed he'd really make it." "Guess it just seemed so." "Yes" "You miss the past?" "God no!" "Our address is the Soviet Union, and what's this?" "Where's Moscow?" "I don't recognize a thing." "It's foreign, kind of evil here." "What's left?" "The tomb at Daniilovsky Monastery?" "I'm doing well, everything's ok, man!" "Hello?" "Ok, I'm on my way..." "Sorry, I gotta go." "The wife." "We're boarding." "Sergey, you're not still angry with me?" "No, Styopa." "See you..." "You remember Kostya's car?" "The Tatra?" "Yeah!" "Who could forget it..." "l saw one recently in Helsinki!" "Get outta here!"