Afonya Page #4

and accord, and not abuse each other

for trifling causes.

Give you an example.

There's this guy Vasya Solovyev -

our tasksetter.

Him and I spent 2 hours standing

in line to buy fresh bloodworm.

We finally got it, prepared it, -

and she threw it out into the sewer.

Who, Solovyev?

The bloodworm.

Broke our fishing rods too.

No.

I tell you, we haven't achieved

all-round sociability.

Tired, Afonya?

Yes.

- Hello, children.

- Hello, father.

Do you do your homework?

They do.

You have to study. You can't get

nowhere without education today.

There you go.

- Borschov! Drop by the office.

- What?

Vladimir Nikolayevich wants to see you.

What for?

There's been a report from

the militia.

You're charged with organizing

a fight in a dance hall.

When do you have the time for

all this, Borschov?

Jumping into fountains, fighting

in dance halls?

Comrades,

does anyone have questions

to Borschov?

Show some initiative, comrades.

We're wasting our own time.

- Your turn to make a speech.

- Comrades! On what topic?

- Pipes.

- Comrades!

For 3 months 1-inch pipes have been

lying useless in the yard,

and Voronkov doesn't give a damn.

And it's winter soon.

Get your sleigh ready in

the summer...

- Where would I get the workers?

- Voronkov!

Don't sidetrack the meeting!

What do you suggest on the Borschov

case?

Now about Borschov.

What about Borschov?

I think he deserves an honorable

mention.

- Afonya? Whatever for?

- For a noble attitude to women.

Vladimir Ivanovich, let's not keep

the meeting waiting!

Borschov? Maybe an honorable

mention?

A mention?

What for?

Comrades! This way we won't

be through until next morning.

It's such a trifling issue,

and we are wasting so much time.

Go ahead, Vostryakova.

And no more jokes.

I'm not in the mood.

What is happening with us?

Our comrade is going downhill,

and we are laughing.

Goes downhill? He goes dancing!

- You see what I mean.

- Quiet!

Quiet, comrades! Go on, Lyudmila

Ivanovna.

- Go on!

- What?

- Suggest a community sanction.

- What for?

We have to respond to the signal.

That's the thing. No one really

cares what happens to Borschov.

We all want to run home to watch TV.

Meanwhile, before our very eyes,

a working man is turning into

a hooligan and a drunkard.

- He's a disgrace to look at.

- Don't look.

I can't avoid it. Yesterday

he left the scene of an accident.

without water. He left ruthlessly.

I didn't sign up for working

overtime.

All you can think of -

is get a tip from the tenant

and get stoned.

You're a Neanderthal man!

- A who?

- A Neanderthal!

I'm Fantomas.

Borschov!

Can you prove by facts that Borschov

accepted cash from tenants?

What other facts do you need?

Look at him scoffing at us!

Satisfied, as fat as butter,

the world-beater!

I don't need to sit on a diet.

I'm not eager to get married.

At 42.

What?

Really now...

What shall we do with you,

Borschov?

I suggest we give Borschov

the sack.

For what?

For everything.

Because of your likes normal people

can't live in peace.

My sister's husband Fedul,

your pal, squandered away all

his dough on booze.

He beats up his wife, his son.

Yet you still want to make a man

out of him.

I suggest that we fire Borshov.

Which way is better: like this,

or like this?

Don't crumple it. Claudia brought

it from Riga for me.

Hey there! Nice weather, ein't it?

Why're you so jolly today?

No special reason.

I've been promoted to a management

position.

I'm away on fieldworks.

Hello.

- Is the tenant home?

- He went away on fieldworks.

- Long ago?

- That's right.

I saw him in the window just now.

Oh really? That's strange.

Perhaps he slipped past me

unnoticed. Come in.

Oh, you've come back then!

I've been in the kitchen.

Must've missed you.

Afanasy, when did you come back?

- Yesterday.

- Really?

Excuse me.

Well, Borschov, so you've decided

to keep your head down?

Why? I simply decided

to take a break.

- Don't I have the right?

- Of course you do.

- Made in Leningrad?

- Saratov.

Look at that. They've finally

mastered the tricks of the trade.

- Taking a break, eh?

- That's right, sir.

My woman sais:
Go up to Afonya,

talk to him.

After today's meeting he's bound

to go on drinking bout.

So you've come to lecture me?

Why lecture? Thought I'd drop by

for no reason.

Don't you have a TV set?

Nope. No radio either. And I don't

subscribe to newspapers.

- That's my boy, a hero.

- No, you are the heroes.

Demoted a 4th degree mechanic to

an odd-jobber, and are happy now.

Nobody's happy.

You've got to understand:

the people want to help you.

Help me? Why does everyone

want to help me?

I don't barge into people's lives,

I let everyone live.

I won't care if they walk on their

heads.

- They do just that.

- So what do I care?

Care for some macaroni with

cheese?

No, thank you, I've already

had dinner.

- How about some tea?

- That I might.

Thank you.

You know what's your worst

quality, Borschov?

You are indifferent.

What's so bad about that?

I'm indifferent. Kolya here

is henpecked.

You are beetle-browed.

We are all different. So what?

I read in a book,

that you shouldn't as much fear

traitors and murderers, -

because all they can do is betray

or kill, -

as those indifferent.

It's with their silent connivance

that all crimes are committed.

Same old story. What do all of you

want from me?

Am I any worse than all the rest?

Don't others take tips or drink?

Do all of them have wings?

Why don't you leave the others

alone? Think about yourself.

Look at yourself!

Comrade, you are wrong there.

Every individual first of all

has to think about the society,

and only then - about himself

and his place in it.

Your philosophy will lead us

nowhere.

This is what I say, Borschov.

In building 4 you had replaced

a Finnish sink

with a rusty old one.

If by tomorrow you won't put it

back in place,- you will be fired.

All philosophy aside.

A. N. Borschov? Hello.

Hello.

You are a magician, A. N. Borschov.

- Ellen, what floor?

- 7.

Lena, do you have the keys?

Yes. Ivan, I want you to meet

A. N. Borschov in person.

Oh, Gena the Crocodile!

Nice to meet you. Orlov.

- Borschov.

- Look at the sink he brought us.

Wonderful. How much do

we owe you?

A.N. Borschov works for free.

He's an altruist.

Altruists can do with money too.

They have wives too. That enough?

- Do we go or don't we, bros?

- We sure do.

There's some more. And we'll

install it tomorrow, right?

I'll be working at home. Thank you.

Good bye.

Why isn't brother Borschov joining

us? A. N. Borschov, come on in.

He's got work to do. Good bye,

Gena the Crocodile.

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

You stop leaning on your dove!

Oh my dove, oh my dove,

I'm so terribly in love!

There you go, my friend.

One more time, mother!

Up!

Cut the yelling, cut the scolding,

I won't hide and I won't run,

I am young, my heart is yearning,

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