"NlKOLA-FlLM FORA-FlLM" "Committee on Cinematography of the Russian Federation Government in association with "Lenfilm" Studio Igor KALYONOV ANDREl RAZUMOVSKY" "yuri ROMANENKO present a DMlTRY ASTRAKHAN film" "Metal Works" "Hey, Granddad, what's the matter?" "Go on, Savelyich!" " Go where?" " This way." "Where else?" "This way?" "No need for me to go there." "No, guys, I don't want to go there." "I'm retired as of this day." "Make way!" "Are you crazy?" "For 40 years I've dreamt of this morning when I reach that damned thing and stop, then turn and go back." "Thank God I've lived to see this day." "Every day, like some cattle, turning my lathe on in the morning, turning it off in the evening..." "That's it." "What are you staring at?" "Feel envious?" "You all are going there and I..." "You see that?" "I am going now to take a tram, an absolutely empty tram." "It's packed full when coming in, but from here I can take any seat, front or back." "I'll sit comfortably, looking out the window." "I've never before ridden in an empty tram." "Hold him. lt's his heart." "First aid post?" "Send a doctor to the gate." "A man isn't feeling well." "I'm not going there, I don't want to." "I've slaved away my share." "That's it." "everything will BE ALL right" " They'll serve in Russia." " Only in Russia?" "They won't be sent to hot spots?" " No, they won't." " They won't?" "Kolia, what if they kill you?" "Hot spots are all over nowadays." " They're fighting everywhere, Kolia..." " Everything will be all right." "What's the matter with you, sis?" "I'm no sis to you, Kolia!" "I..." "I love you, Kolia." "I've been in love with you since I was a child." "I've been loving you all my life, Kolia!" "Get in the trucks!" "Greetings to you, Kolia." "We have received your letter." "We all read it." "We're happy that everything's all right with you." "We hope it'll always be this way." "Kolia, I'm taking choreography lessons at the House of Culture." "And English lessons too, at the free of charge courses." "Father teaches me to play the piano." "It's fun to try everything, isn't it?" "Your mother and my father live very well." "He organized a folk instrument orchestra at our dormitory." "He doesn't drink as much as before, your mother won't let him." "He says: "l'm the director of amateur talent activities, I'm an artistic person, I need to let the steam off!"" "Can you imagine?" "Our guys love to play with Father, they respect him." "I'm thinking of you all the time." "I'm imagining you've come back home, walking down the corridor." "I run out, but there's no one there." "I mean, someone's always hanging about the dormitory, but not you." "Remember how we went to the movies having only one ticket?" "You hid me under your raincoat, so little I was." "I don't know why I remembered that." "Andrei Samsonov drinks just awful!" "But sometimes he's sober during the day." "Then he plays with Petya." "He really loves his son." "But every night he gets drunk almost to death." "Tamara yells at him, scolds him, even beats him, but he doesn't care." ""We're the commandos", that's all he says." "And Petya has grown up, he already knows the letters, I taught him." "And we play checkers with him." "You write that your service goes well." "That the boys are good, that you have warm, friendly relations." "It's great, Kolia." "They say the soldiers' friendship lasts for life." "Vladimir Petrovich can't forget his wife." "It's been 14 years since she went to buy bread and never returned." "People saw a middle-aged woman collapse by the bread shop and carried away by an ambulance, but where to, nobody knows." "He himself can't walk after he fell from a cliff while mountain-climbing." "His wife had disappeared, and they never had children." "He hasn't walked since he fell down the precipice 20 years ago." "We all take care of him, he's so old and lonely." "Kolia, don't be angry with me, but you made 12 mistakes in your last letter." ""Domitory"." "Shame on you!" "And Vera is still waiting for her Sergey." "Remember I wrote that he confided in her he dreamed of becoming a great singer, like Elvis Presley?" "Vera laughed at him, and he got hurt and said:" ""l love you and I'll do everything so that you don't laugh at me." "I'll become famous, and in a year, exactly on May 12, I'll come for you in a white Mercedes." "And he left, taking nothing with him, just his guitar." "And two months later, in Moscow he entered an amateur talent competition, they noticed him, selected him, and now Sergey sings on radio and television almost every day, and he has records and performs at stadiums." "Girls at his concerts go crazy over him." "Vera came to her senses, cries all the time and waits for his letters, but he doesn't write and, sure thing, he won't come to her on May 12." "Everyone laughs at her, it serves her right: she shouldn't have mocked him." "And Vera, stupid thing, still hopes that Sergey will come back to her." "I do well in school, I get no Cs." "Perhaps I'll go on studying after school." "Don't call me 'sis'." "Although my father and your mother live together, I'm not your sister!" "If you write it again, I'll get mad at you!" "Kolia, dear, I think about you every day." "Come back soon, please." "Yours, Olia." "Oh, Kolia..." "Kolia!" "Kolia!" "Kolia!" "The sharp taste of another life" "Kolia, I've been waiting for you, waiting each day." "I propose a toast to our dear Kolia and to his coming back." " Where's Kolia?" " Chasing girls, after two years..." "Everything here is as it used to be." "Vera's waiting for her Sergey." "The granddad's wife has never been found." "Father drinks a bit less." "I finished school last spring." "Got only two Bs." "Can you believe it?" "I've passed a preliminary test and will now study at the preparatory courses absolutely free." "School of Economics!" "The most in' thing: business, marketing!" "But if I don't pass tomorrow's exam, I won't be able to study free." "Kolia, are you not interested?" "Yes, I am, Olia, I was just thinking... I guess you didn't like it, I mean this..." "What are you saying, silly?" "The girls told me it's always scary the first time." "But it didn't hurt at all, just a little bit." " And Vera is waiting, stupid!" " Shut up!" "We are the commandos!" "I remember we went to dance, three of us, and a whole gang of 15 against us." "Well, I knocked down one right away..." "Have you done your homework, sonny?" "What homework?" "He doesn't go to school yet, you drunken idiot." "First thing tomorrow morning." "You have your courses at night?" "Tomorrow morning we'll go to a registry office with an application." " We'll have kids." " No." " Not yet." " You don't want them?" "Well, if we do it..." "Three days later, you know, this thing..." "Then we will have kids." "But not today." " Vasya!" " Just a sec." " Vasya!" " George Gershwin." "Stand right here and remember, at a rehearsal it should be like during a concert, that's the law." "Vasya, you're the band's trademark." "George Gershwin." "Strike it up!" " Aria..." " Aria." "From the opera "Porgy and Bess"." "Great." "One-two-three and..." "Where's Kolia?" "He went to meet Olia after her courses." "Katya, I've got three tickets for the ballet the day after tomorrow." "The Maryinsky Theatre will play here." "Go with Olga, she likes it." "But she's got her courses." "All right, I'll give them to the Samsonovs." "One of the most prominent businessmen, General Director of the Astron Co." "Konstantin Smirnov, has arrived in our city." "He launches the construction of one of the largest amusement parks, the so-called Russian Disneyland." "Funny." "Konstantin Smirnov." "I knew one, too." "Had the same name." "How long ago was it?" ".." "About twenty years ago." "He climbed up into my room by a fire escape, knocking on this window." "How I loved him!" "But I married Kolia's father and dumped Kostya." "He cried so." "And he left for l don't know where." "I wonder where he is now." "I guess he took to drink." "I thought I'd never pass it." "Thank God everything is all right." " What is this?" " l don't know." " Let's see." " Okay." " Who's that?" " A Nobel Prize winner." "How old is he?" "Twenty?" "!" "His father is a millionaire, Konstantin Smirnov." "He sent his son to study in America, in Princeton." "And two years later the boy turned out a genius." "He and his father arrived today." "All right, let's go home." "A Nobel Prize winner at 20!" "That's whom you should have married." "Yes, the boy is a genius." "The lights in the theatre, Petya, are slowly going out." "And there, Petya..." "There appears a resplendent conductor... ln a black tail-coat." "Yes, Petya... I tell you, the ballet is a dream come true." "When is this performance?" "This?" "The day after tomorrow, in the morning." "You'll go there with the child." "You will go too." "We're given three tickets." "We'll all go, like a civilized family." "At least you won't get drunk early in the morning." "And what was after that?" "After that the King of the Mice himself appears." "Dad!" "Hi." "Dad, let's go to Aunt Katya." "Bye, Petya." "The day after tomorrow you'll see everything. lt's fantastic." "Blockhead!" "Whom are you going to marry?" "You should've chosen a city girl." "And what good is she?" "Don't dare shout at her!" "We've filed an application and need her father's consent, she's a minor." "You filed it, you'll take it back." " Have you given your consent?" " l don't know anything." "No." "What are you doing?" "!" "Calm down, Katya." "Think about your children!" "You'll be rotting in that dormitory all your life." "Don't argue with me!" "Kostya." "There we go." "Hi." "How are you, Katya?" "How are you doing?" "Well..." "You've changed the wallpaper." "The old one was with flowers." " Blue cornflowers." " Cornflowers, right, right." "Kostya!" "Cornflowers, cornflowers!" "How are you?" "Well?" "Excuse me, it's an old habit." "Come on, Katya, will you introduce us?" " This is my husband." " Semyon Petrovich Tuzov." "Well, not exactly husband, but..." "Konstantin Vassilievich Smirnov." "And this is my son." "Son." "Well, it's great." "We have to celebrate." "Come in, guys." "Come on in, say hello." " Hello." " Hello." "My son." "Pyotr Konstantinovich." "A student." "A mathematician." "Look." "It's him, the one at the university." "Petya." "Olia." "Kolia." "You've got a big son, looks like his father." "Yes, he does." "And where's his father?" "I left him six months later." "He was a pain in the ass." "Didn't want anything." "And how are you doing?" "My wife had died when Pyotr wasn't yet three. I raised him alone." " And these idiots are getting married." " Really?" "When is the wedding?" "In three months." " Why wait so long?" " There's a queue at the registry." "No, three months, that's too long." "What about tomorrow?" "No, tomorrow we have a presentation." "Then the day after tomorrow." "All right?" "No, wait, Kostya, we've got nothing ready yet." "Uncle Vova, we need to arrange a wedding the day after tomorrow." " Right here, Vassilich?" " Yes, a ball for the whole dormitory." " ls it a district registry office?" " Yes, it is." " Your name?" " Nikolai Orlov." "Nikolai Orlov." "Got it." "Now hold this." "Right." "Oho!" "Yes." "Please." "Great, thanks." "Now look here." "Attention!" "This is for the designer, to choose the right style." "Katya, the wedding is on me." "Why?" "We can manage ourselves." "No." "Can I make a present in the name of an old friendship?" "Katya, where are the newlyweds going to live?" "I'd like to know that too." "Ask them." " Uncle Vova." " What is it, Vassilich?" "We need an apartment." "The day after tomorrow?" "Yes." "We'll celebrate here, then the newlyweds will go home." "Look, Vassilich, Ohira is here." "A distinguished representative of Japan's business community, the millionaire Nakayama Ohira, has arrived in our country." "During Mr. Ohira's meeting with the president of Russia, they discussed the prospects of further development and strengthening the economic ties between the two countries." "Tomorrow he will pay us a visit." "What does he need that Disneyland for?" "It's just to make contact." "I think he'll ask for oil." "And I'm not going to give it to him." "Actually, he wanted tanks." "Well, I've got as many tanks as he wants." "What about oil, Dad?" "Oil too." "Kostya, what does it mean?" "Who are you now?" "Did you hear that Disneyland is going to be built here?" "So Konstantin Smirnov and the Astron Company, that's you?" "That's me." "Come tomorrow at 8 p.m. for the celebration." "There're lots of invitations here, enough for all." "Bring your friends." " Ladies..." " And gentlemen." "Thank you." "Let's all sit down and..." "Let me put it down." "Come here." "Kolia!" "Olia!" "Semyon, don't be shy, come here." "Katya, come here." "Look at this invitation." "Katya, Petya, Uncle Vova, sit down." "Fill the glasses." "Fill them up." "It's so hot here." "I forgot to introduce to you Uncle Vova." "He's the chief of my security service." "Help yourselves!" "What are you afraid of?" "I need to see the warden!" "Let me through!" "Comrade warden, it's simply outrageous!" "What is it?" "What?" "What?" "I came here on business, on an important, top-secret matter." "And they not only have shoved me into that hole instead of a hotel, they have stolen my Finnish raincoat with a warm lining!" "I demand that you take some measures." "I'm not the police." " You're a warden, so you must..." " Listen, pal." "I'll teach you what to do." "You say it's a Finnish raincoat?" "Yes, Finnish." "Then you just raise your hand." "Not this way." "Higher, higher." "Right." "And now you drop it abruptly and say:" ""Well, screw that raincoat!"" "Well, scr..." "You're mocking at me!" "I'm going to report to your superiors, let them know what's going on here!" "It's so humiliating." "That's our old joke, Katya must remember." "He does remember!" "Katya, what's your son going to do?" "How are you going to make a living for your family?" "I don't know yet." "First I'll go back to the works and then I'll see." "Before taking a hasty decision, come and see me tomorrow morning." "Hotel "lntourist", Suite 2." "Here it is, life is in full swing." "Do you remember this one?" "You're standing by a parapet," "With a proud look about you." "How could I everjust imagine" "That I'll fall for a silly girl like you." "And I wish that again ln our cozy little home" "We had loads of fun," "We had loads of wine." "And that only you" "Sat beside me at table," "And that all your great love" "Should be only mine." "On a bench in the city garden" "You're being kissed by someone else." "No letters you write, so be it..." " Did you hurt yourself bad?" " No, not bad." "Apply a fork to it." "You can't hurt your head, right?" " Why not?" " Because you're a scientist." "Sometimes I can." " For how long should I apply it?" " The longer the better." "Hey, Petya, what happened there?" "We dropped a fork." "Yes, it's me." "All right." "Here, take it." " We have to go." " Where?" "To the City Hall." "They're waiting for us." "All right, guys, see you tomorrow." "We'll sit and discuss everything." "Bye." "Drop by sometime." "I live in Room 5, Olia in Room 1 7." "We can sit in either one." "Tomorrow at 7 we expect you at the presentation." "We'll send a car." "There we go." "Comrade warden, are they the Mafia?" "Come on, eat, eat." "Thanks." "A cool man." "Promised an apartment." "Just like that." "Tomorrow we'll go and talk with him." "O my life, O my lot, Like a dream coming true." "I'll come out on a clear spot, And I'll shoot an arrow..." "Grandpa got a letter from his wife." "He is crying." "And so, dear Volodya, I was paralyzed for 15 years." "I couldn't talk." "I had left then with no documents, but they didn't seem to look for them." "And not long ago a doctor came to see me, though not exactly a doctor..." "He passed his hands over me and my speech had returned." "So I can dictate this letter to you." "Volodya, my darling, are you alive?" "Who is looking after you?" "Do you still remember me, your Natasha?" "Remember how we two carried our school flag during a demonstration?" "This is the flag." "How we kissed under the stairs?" "Yes, we kissed!" "Do you remember how young we were, Volodya?" "If only I could see you once before dying, but I guess it's impossible." "You don't walk and I'm bedridden." "Write me a letter at least, if you're still alive." "If you can't write yourself, ask someone to do it for you." "And if he's dead, whoever reads this, write to me and I'll cry over him." "Volodya, my only one, remember me well." "Your wife..." "Natasha." "Look, guys, please take me to her." "Here is the address." "Take me to my Natasha, please." "Please, guys!" "A nursing home in the country." "I know it." "When I worked as a trucker, I passed it many times." "It is right on our road, a big white house." "About 200 kilometers." "Shall we hire a truck?" "Hitch a ride, pay the driver some bread." "Who will take him on, all alone?" "I wouldn't do it even for a million." "What if he dies on the road?" "At least two men must go with him." "Lift him, then take him off, and look after him over there." "Who will want to busy oneself with him at that home?" "No way they will." "At best, an adventure for a whole week." "Look, Grandpa dear." "In six weeks Mishka and I will go on leave, we'll think of something." "Be patient, Grandpa, you've waited long enough." "They may not live that long." "I would go, if not for the wedding." "But what can I do alone?" " Let's go." " Come on." "I'll arrange it with Vitya." "We'll load the old man on and go." "All right, men, that's what we'll do." "We'll have the wedding and then go." " We'll pay for the gas." " Sure, great." "Don't tell the old man yet, or he'll get overexcited." " Tell him when everything is set." " Right." "Let's go to my room." " Tamara!" " Oh, thanks." "Shall we?" "My bride..." "Kolia, I can't do it so quickly." "Besides, we shouldn't before the wedding, should we?" "It's hard to please you, old chap." ""Well... it's not bad... maybe..."" "What do you want?" "What does he want?" "The whole world is open before you, as they say." "I need to study." "To become what?" "Well?" "What?" "Maybe a mathematician?" "No, I'm kidding." "Do you have a dream?" "Perhaps you had a dream as a boy?" "Come on, can you remember?" "It's time, Vassilich." "They're waiting at City Hall." "City Hall." "Oh, God!" "We went there yesterday." "It's never enough for them." "Uncle Vova, do you have a dream?" "I had one. I wanted to be a boxing world champion." " You became one, didn't you?" " Yes, I did." "So I say, why should I have a dream now?" "All I want is just live quietly." "Wait, Konstantin Vassilievich." "Why?" "What should I dream of?" "You're giving me an apartment." "Tomorrow I'm getting married." "I'll get a job." "What else do I need?" "So excuse me, but thank you very much." "Let's go." "Excuse us, please." "Goodbye." "Come in!" "Why knock?" "Where's the front?" "Where's the back?" "No one can tell." "Look." "Turn away now!" "You should have knocked, idiot!" " l knocked." " Turn away!" "I'm sorry." "You said "come in", so I did. I did knock." "I thought it was Lyuda." "Oh God, how awful!" "Your father has gone over the top..." "They took my father and Aunt Katya to order special delicacies." "Brought me so many dresses, for the wedding and other things." "I don't know which one to choose." "And no one's here to advise me." "Lyuda hasn't come yet, and everybody else is at work." "You can look now." "What do you think?" "It's wrinkled a bit here." "Well?" "Great." "Do they wear this in America?" "I don't know, I didn't see." "Look, why did you come?" "You invited me yesterday, so I came." "Right." "Kolia went to apply for a job." "Too bad, isn't it?" "I came to see you." "Why?" "To help you choose a dress." "As a matter of fact, I'm getting married tomorrow." "It's all thanks to your dad." "That's tomorrow." "You are not getting married today, are you?" "No, I am not." "Well, then... undress." "Are you nuts or what?" "Don't we have to choose a dress?" "I'll turn away." "Let's do it." "Did you get your Nobel Prize for being so cheeky?" "As a matter of fact, yes." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "You're so beautiful. I've never seen such a beautiful girl before." " So what does it mean?" " Whatever you like." " You can do everything, right?" " Everything." "Great, gre... ln that case, I want, please, a black limo, a white limo..." " A villa." " All right." "No, not here. ln California." "Yes..." "And... that's all for now." "I already have all this." "Shall we go?" " Where?" " To California, to our villa." " And what shall we do at that villa?" " We'll live there." " What do you mean?" " Till death do us part." "And we'll die on the same day, right?" "Sure." "So we're going to the villa, right?" "We're having a musical party at our villa in California." "The cream of society is there." "Dear guests!" "Ladies and gentlemen!" "We are very glad to see you." "Say hello to the guests." "Mister, you look very nice today." "Did you invite him here?" "Dear, your dress is wonderful." "Look at the diamonds on that sourpuss." "And what do I have?" "Just plain Christian Dior!" "Mr. President!" "Come in, please." "Relax, relax." "Don't stand like a dolt!" "I'm the Nobel Prize winner's wife and who are you?" "Mr. President, sorry, sit down." "Why didn't you clear that mess?" "Sorry, Mr. President, my husband is a mathematician." "He's crazy!" "Get out of here." "Perhaps a drink?" "And I'm going to play the piano." "How come you know English so well?" "My father, God rest his soul, had tortured us with education." "What do you mean, "God rest his soul"?" "Only yesterday I..." "This is Andrei's monologue from "The Three Sisters" by Chekhov." "Right." "Father taught me music, the rest I learned myself." "I mean, gymnastics, dancing, English." " Listen." " What?" "Are we in America, in California?" " Yes." " Then it should be..." "Mr. President, I've been all over the world, but nowhere have I met such a wonderful, beautiful girl." "I brought her from Russia." "And what's most important, she loves me." "Does she love me?" "She loves me." "May I?" " What is this?" " A musical party." "What about Mr. President?" "Look, he's already drunk, he doesn't understand anything." "What?" " Do you hear it?" " No." " You hear it, don't you?" " What?" " Do you hear?" " No." " He's crying." " Who?" "Our son." "He's still a baby." "Olia..." "I understand everything, but... I want you to give a musical party at our villa in California." "Go away." "I'm sorry." "The winner of the Year's Best Song Competition, as judged by ourjury, is a wonderful musician, a unique singer and a great guy," "Sergey Karelov!" "His song "l'm Coming to You"" "has remained at the top place in our hit parade for over two months!" "Are you watching, Vera?" "Where are you going, Vera?" "Quiet!" "Look..." "What date is today?" " What?" "is it today?" " Yes." "But he is over there." "This is the recording of the Year's Best Singer Awards ceremony." "To present the Golden Disc, here's Miss Television, Masha Savelyeva!" "Sergey's enthusiastic fans welcome their idol with a standing ovation." "Vera, everything will be all right, he'll come." "Today isn't over yet." "If he had promised, he will come." "Vera, everything will be all right." "What a wonderful couple they are, and who knows what Masha and Sergey's meeting may lead to." "Perhaps that's the beginning of a great love affair?" "Let's give him a big hand, friends!" "Sergey Karelov!" "Keep an eye on her all the time. I know, I tried to poison myself twice." "Let's go and see how millionaires amuse themselves." "Kolia, you're something!" "How do I look?" "Turn around. ls there a label?" "Just look at his tie!" "Don't touch it with your hands!" "Can we go too?" "We also got tickets." "I'm not going." " What's the matter, Olia?" " Nothing." " Something happened?" " No, I just don't want to." "It's not nice." "He invited you, bought you a dress, and you're not going." "There'll be free drinks galore." "Semyon, I'm warning you." "Did anything happen?" " All right, let's go, sure." " Of course we'll go." "Katya, everything will be all right." "A presentation. lt's interesting." "Get rolling!" "You'll be given a crown and you'll name the queen of tonight's party." "By the way, here's Masha Savelyeva, this year's Miss Television." " Meet Masha, please." " lt's me." " Ohira is here." " Got it." "Vassilich, Ohira has arrived." "Dear friends!" "We have here today one of the most influential Japanese businessmen," "Mr. Nakayama Ohira." "Let's welcome our dear guest!" "Dear friends, very soon, thanks to the common efforts of Mr. Smirnov and Mr. Ohira, a fairy-tale park will be built here." "We have to name the queen of our celebration." "And to do it we invite an outstanding scientist of our century, the Nobel Prize winner Pyotr Smirnov!" "Please, Pyotr Konstantinovich." "Well, who is she, that lucky person?" "Who will be the queen of our party?" "She is..." "She is..." "Pyotr Konstantinovich..." "She is Ma... sha..." "Right!" "These are some intrigues." "The queen has been elected!" "And what is the name of our queen?" "Olia." "Our queen's name is Olia!" "Let's welcome the queen of our party, ladies and gentlemen!" "And now, dear friends, the main reason we've gathered here tonight." "Please, ladies and gentlemen!" "Your applause!" "I'm very glad." "Champagne from the queen's hands!" "Yes, it's super!" "A photo with the queen!" "And now enjoy yourselves, ladies and gentlemen!" "You pulled quite a trick, Petya, making Olia a queen!" "It was a riot." " l'll go and look for my father." " Come back soon, we'll drink to it." "Miss Television." "Kolia, I'll go look for father." "I must have gone crazy!" "What am I doing?" "!" "I love you!" " lt can't be." " lt can, as you see." " No, it can't." " Everything will be all right." "No, it won't." "You'll see." "Petya, what am I to do if I'm in love with you too?" "What am I to do?" "Go away, I'm asking you nicely." " Well, I'm sorry." " Kolia, don't..." "Kolia!" "Let him go, I can manage myself." "Idiot, your head is one in a million." "What are you doing?" "And you, my dears, do you realize who you were entrusted with?" "The queen and her bridegroom, please come to the center stage." "The queen and her bridegroom, come to the center stage, please." "Grab your bride and let's go." " Go to hell, all of you!" " That's not the way to do it." "Your mother, her father, all your friends, why punish them?" "Let's go, you'll sort it out later." "Sorry, but I myself taught Petya how to fight." "You must understand..." "Dear friends, you're looking at the bride and the groom." "They will be wedded tomorrow." "Let's wish them a long and happy family life!" "And these are the keys to their new apartment." "And to take your bride to the registry office..." "There you go!" " Can you drive a car?" " l can." "They taught me in the army." "Great." "And now make a run of honor!" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "All right, let's get out of here." "We'll talk with no one around, not to be a laughingstock." "Let's welcome them, ladies and gentlemen!" "Bravo!" "So you thought about everything, right?" "He's educated and rich, and I'm just a workman, right?" "Well, run to him, put it out for him!" "He'll pay you in hard currency." "And he may even marry you and take you to America." "Go!" "Yes, I will!" "Some commando you are, you can't even fight!" "What on earth can you do?" "Go, have a ride!" "Isn't it nice to have everything freebie?" "In a new suit." "Are you going to take off your pants too?" "Kolia!" "Are you crazy?" "What are you doing?" "!" "Kolia, dear, forgive me..." "Kolia, forgive me, I love only you, I do, really." "When he started badgering me in the park, I didn't know what to do." "I lost my head, Kolia." "What do I need him for, Kolia?" "I felt awkward, he's our host's son." "He grabbed me, and there you came." "What do I need him for?" "Forget what I said." "I love you." "I waited for you two years, Kolia." " All right, stop it." " Kolia, my dear... I shouldn't have said those things either..." " Lay off, Grishka." " He's not here..." "How was the party?" " How are our millionaires?" " Get lost." "Mishka!" "Grishka!" "Come here." "Karelov hasn't showed up." "Sergey Karelov hasn't come to Vera." " You forgot what day is today?" " Oh, yes!" "Vera!" "He's here!" "He's here!" "Hurry!" "Sergey has arrived in a white Mercedes, just as he had promised!" "Come out!" "Karelov is here!" "Come out and meet him!" "This way, guys!" "Sergey Karelov is here!" "Run, quick!" "There he is, your Karelov!" "Here I am!" "Where are you, my darling?" "I've come to you, I'm back!" "Till death do us part!" "Come to me!" "Here's your white Mercedes!" "Are you off your rocker?" "Why aren't you coming?" "Hurry!" "Hey, what are you doing?" "Kolia, wait, we were just kidding." "Kolia, don't..." "Come on, Kolia, cool off..." "Vera, it was just a joke." "Stop crying, Vera." "Vera, come on, forget it, it's no big deal." "Vera must be so happy." "Nobody believed, but she waited." " Yes, it's like a miracle." " lsn't it, Kolia?" "Are you going to the mountains, Granddad?" "Kolia, let's go to my room." "Leave the child alone, idiot." "You can't stand on your feet." "Petya, be careful, go away." "Got soused again, bastard." "Get up!" "Tomorrow we're going to see the ballet." "It will have a wicked fairy and a good fairy, and the King of the Mice, he's very scary..." "Don't cry, Mommy, please." "Everything will be all right tomorrow." "Don't cry, please." " Tamara, shall I give you a hand?" " No, I'll manage him myself." "Don't forget, tomorrow is our wedding." "Let's go to my room." "Are you afraid?" "That I mightjump out the window or hang myself?" "Stop it, Kolia, forget everything." "Let's go." "Kolia, come on, enough of that bullshit..." "Wait, men." "Wait." "We've got a case of vodka..." "Let's go and celebrate." "My last day as a bachelor." "We'll have a stag party." "What an idiotic dress she's got on." "Did you see that dress, Uncle Vova?" "Got all dressed up, stupid woman." "Semyon!" "Semyon, get up!" "And the husband she's got, did you see him?" "She got what she wanted." "The warden." "Do you need help?" "Shall I give you a ride home?" "Yes." "Get up." "I'm not a millionaire, but I'm an honest man." "We know how they come by those riches." "You're ashamed of me, but you shouldn't be." "Vassilich, raise your hand." " What?" " Raise your hand." "And say: "Well, scr..."" "The great composer Dmitry Shostakovich, when he heard me play, he told me:" ""Semyon, there're two of us musicians - you and me."" "Dump him here." "He was touched to tears when he heard me play, the composer Shostakovich!" "Are you alone?" " Where's your hubby?" " Sleeping." "I left him in the janitor's room." "He snores when drunk." "Katya." "You're such a fool, Katya." "And I'm a fool, too." "Katya." "Katya..." "Come on, guys, bring him in." "We're sorry, Olia, we just wanted to have a couple of drinks." "But he went gulping down one after another, like a mad dog on the loose." "This is for him to have in the morning." "Sorry." "We're so sorry." "Katya." "Please come with me." "Let's leave right now." "Where would you like to go?" "Canary Islands," "Tahiti, the Moon, whatever." "Do you want to go to the Moon?" "I can do it." "A little extra effort, and I'll do it." "Oh, you don't even know how I love you." "You were my first one, remember?" "You were the first one and you remained the only one." "It's too late, Kostya." "How can I go?" " Why is it too late?" " All is too late." "Besides, I don't deserve Canary lslands. I don't deserve you." "All right, Katya, but what am I to do?" "What am I to do?" "Find yourself someone young and beautiful." "Let's go, Katya." "Let's go." "We feel so good being together." "It's dark now, Kostya, but soon it'll be dawn." "And I'll have to look you in the eye." "I won't be able to." "And you'll remember your hurt and won't be able to forgive me." "It's too late, nothing can be brought back." "Katya, open up." "Katya!" "Katya!" "Katya!" "Katya!" "Katya, dear." "Katya, open up." "Katya!" "Please open up, Katya!" "Good morning, Katya dear!" "I got carried away yesterday." "Please forgive me." "My precious one!" "Wait." "Here." " Great!" " Semyon, play for me." "Don't worry, Katya." "What do you want me to play?" "The one we sang at the table yesterday." "You're standing by a parapet?" "Got it." " Can you play it?" " Don't forget, I'm..." " Play, Semyon." " Got it." "I'll never let you go again." "I'll never let you go, do you hear?" "Petya." "He's going to die without me." "He already tried to kill himself." "Petya, kiss me." "Hold me, I'm so scared." "Don't forget me, Petya." " Olia, perhaps..." " Please, don't come near me." "I beg you, go away." "Or I'll go crazy, Petya!" "Olia!" "Kolia!" " Did I go wild yesterday?" " No, everything was fine." "Everything was all right." "Here, have a drink." "O my life, O my lot, like a dream..." "So we're getting married, right?" "Sure we're getting married, Kolia." "Get up and get dressed. lt's time." "I'll come out on a clear spot and I'll shoot an arrow." "Fly, my arrow..." "Here, your suit." "No." " What do you mean, no?" " l don't need that stuff." "I'll put on my uniform." "You also wear something of your own." "Sure, that's right." "I would have sent that free grub back, too." "If it were not for the guys who expect it." "Grandpa, are you all set?" "Don't leave yet, all right?" "We're going to the theatre." "Wait, I'll come back and tell you about it." "I'll wait." "Those are our seats." "Go and sit down." " Dad, I can't see anything." " Never mind, you'll see it." " But I can't see anything!" " Shut up." "Don't yell at the child." "Put him on your knees." "No, this way I won't see anything either." "Let's go home." " Petya, calm down." " l can't see, Dad." " Let's go, Petya." " Dad, I can't see." " Where are you going, Andrei?" " Follow me." "Sit down." " Great!" " Well, how is it?" " ls it all right?" " You'll see everything from here." "You can't sit here, we have a delegation coming." "He's a little boy." "He can't see from there." "May he watch from here?" " Our seats are way back." " You crazy?" "A delegation's coming." " lt's his first time at the theatre." " Vacate the box." "They'll be here any moment now." "They asked to start without them." "We'll stand in the corner." "I'm calling the manager." "Let's go, Andrei." " Let him watch." " You've gone crazy." "Don't you understand Russian?" "Vacate the box immediately." "Let him watch." "He's just a little boy." "I'm calling the police." "I'm calling the police." "Just a minute." " l tried to explain it to them..." " l see how you tried to explain." "Let's go, Andrei." "There's going to be a scandal." "Shut up!" "This way." "There he is." "Are you nuts, man?" "Didn't they tell you to take your child and get out of here?" "Look, guys, let him watch." "He's just a little boy, guys." "What are you doing?" "Let go of him!" "Andrei!" "I told them he's a little boy!" "Andrei... lt's all right..." "So beautiful here." "This one, with a tie." "Let go of him!" "Let go!" "Andrei!" "We'll remove the boy right away." "It's a little boy." "They're beating up his father." "Some theatre outing..." "Great!" "Tell Mr. Ohira that I'm offering my deepest apologies to him and to the boy's family for the actions of those idiots." "What harm could the child do to you?" "Wait, I'm going to deal with you!" "A bad omen." "Kolia, my dear..." "Everything will be all right." "Please." "That's where we live." "Look, how beautiful it is here!" "And our house is right there." "It was so awesome, so beautiful!" "It was a fairy tale, Grandpa." "Only dad fell from the stairs." "Chief, do you have another one?" "Grandpa, you're taking the flag too?" "Look, maybe you'll wait?" "Uncle Misha and Uncle Grisha did promise you." "Don't worry, Petya, everything will be all right." "Mr. Ohira wants to know how much your husband drinks." "Would you like him to give up drinking?" "Him?" "To give up?" "I don't know to what god I should pray." "He'll never give up." "What?" "You're not going to drink anymore." "You won't be able to." "You have a son, you love him, you have to raise him." "Mr. Ohira could give you money, but money brings no happiness if it's not earned honestly." "Everything will be all right." "Granddad, come join us!" "My daughter is getting married!" "That's it!" "Kolia, meet a real Japanese." "He's such a great guy!" "Grandpa, look." "Look!" "His wife disappeared 15 years ago." "And now he decided to go to her." "He can't walk, so he's chosen this way." "Way to go, Granddad!" "Mr. Ohira is afraid that the truck might stop." "Listen carefully, all units... lt's time to kick the habit, I'm seeing things already." "Cut it out, don't get it into your head, it's all bullshit." "Don't brake, I said!" "Don't you dare braking!" "Don't brake!" "Your granddad is all right, and you?" "You knew it and didn't say anything!" "Shall we go?" "I'm inviting you." "We have to celebrate." "Go and take her from him, instead of whimpering." "I can't!" "Did you think about the girl?" "She's in love with you, too." "You see, the world is made up of clever, stupid, strong, weak men, of those who can change their life and those going with the flow." "I could, and you could." "As for Kolia, he's got no dream." "He hasn't earned that girl." "Can one earn happiness?" "One can, and one must." "Do you understand?" "Why do you think she loves you?" "For your pretty eyes?" "Not only for that." "And not for your dad's money." "Otherwise she wouldn't have left you this morning." "But because it's interesting for her to be with you." "You're a personality, you fly much higher than he." "I'm not trying to overpraise you, that's how it is." "The fact she gave up a Nobel Prize winner means she's a decent person." " You lose her, you won't find another." " You have to decide yourself, Petya." "I know." "Decide for yourself, it's your life." "Go talk to Kolia." "He must understand." "She's waiting." "They've made 120 kilometers." "What is it?" "I don't even want it." "Mr. Ohira invites you and your family to come to Japan." "Mr. Ohira will cover all the expenses." "If we have time, we'll come." "Come here." "Let's all welcome Pyotr Konstantinovich." "Welcome!" "I came to congratulate you." "Sorry, I forgot the flowers." "Forget the flowers..." "Please, a plate and a fork, quick." "Why didn't Konstantin Vassilievich come?" "He's busy." "He's sending his congratulations." "Quiet!" "Pyotr Konstantinovich, your toast." "Penalty drink." "I wish you happiness." "To you, Olia." "And to you, Kolia." "Kiss the bride." "Kiss the bride!" "Kiss the bride!" "Two, three, four, five, six, seven!" "And now for our dear guest!" ".." "Excuse me, I have to go." "Give our regards to Konstantin Vassilievich." "All the best to you." "Petya!" "Let's go and see our dear guest off." "We'll be right back." "Petya, give me the keys to the car." "Come here!" "Come, come." "Please." "Olia, please." "Come on, I'm not blind." "You love him, not me." "I'll be all right, don't worry." "Goodbye, sis." " Go." " What about them?" "Them?" "I'll take care of them." "Go before I changed my mind." "Kolia, I'm not going anywhere." "Please, Kolia, I'm not going." " Petya, take her away." " l can't do it this way, Kolia." "But I can." "Don't worry about me." "Everything will be all right." "I'll get a job. ln the morning I'll go to the works, in the evening home." "I'll marry some girl." "On weekends I'll go fishing or picking mushrooms." "You'll be better off with Petya." "You'll have a different life." "Go." "Wait." "To the apartment." "To the car." "Tell your father I don't need them." "Go." "Sorry." "Greetings to you, sis." "Sorry for not writing for so long." "Everything is all right with us." "I've got my formerjob at the works." "They pay me well, enough for a living." "My mother and your father are doing well." "He almost doesn't drink." "He's planning to visit you in America, he showed me the ticket you sent." "Mother doesn't want to go with him, she almost had her ticket torn." "She's still mad at you, she can't forgive you. I think she's wrong." "Sergey Karelov is on tour all the time." "Vera is with him." "She's already been to 12 countries." "She writes to her friends that she's tired of ever being on the road." "But what can she do if that's Sergey's work." "Samsonov hasn't had a drink since that time." "Recently they returned from Japan, visiting Mr. Ohira." "They're telling us some amazing things." "Petya will go to school in the fall." "And Mr. Ohira sent his doctor, who had cured Andrei of drinking, to Granddad Vova at the nursing home." "That doctor has put both Granddad and his wife back on their feet." "It was shown on television about a dozen times." "Granddad decided to stay with his Natasha at the nursing home." "They were given a room where they live now." "I often think about you, Olia." "How are you doing in America?" "Sometimes I'm imagining such things about you and Petya, it's just a riot." "Get out of there!" "Good people, help!" "I thought I married a rich and clever man, but he started drinking." " Spent all his Nobel Prize on drink." " l did." "He was expelled from Princeton, turned out from America..." "Olia, raise your hand and say:" "screw Princeton!" "Help us." "You see, Kolia, how my life has turned out." "What a fool I was!" "Yes, you're such a fool!" "Help, Kolia..." "Of course, it's all nonsense." "I know that you're doing great." "What silly things can come to one's head sometimes." "And once I thought I saw you at the gate waiting for me." " Kolia, are you asleep or what?" " What's the matter, Kolia?" " Let's go." " Come on, Kolia, let's go." "I saw your Petya on TV." "He was here for some symposium." "Of course, you couldn't come with him, now that you're 7 months pregnant." "Take care of yourself." "And don't worry about me." "Don't worry, sis!" "Everything will be all right, you'll see." "Everything will be all right." "Written by Oleg DANlLOV" "Directed by Dmitry ASTRAKHAN" "Director of Photography Yuri VORONTSOV" "Music by Alexander PANTYKlN Song by Vadim PUGACH" "Production Designer Sergey KOKOVKlN" "Cast:" "Kolia - ANATOLY ZHURAVLYOV" "Olia - Olga PONlZOVA" "Petya - Mark GORONOK" "Smirnov - Alexander ZBRUYEV" "Aunt Katya - Irina MAZURKEVlCH" "Tuzov - Valentin BUKlN" "Mikhail ULYANOV as Granddad"