Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Page #3

---

- You play for Moscow now?

- That's right.

I think we should all drink a toast

to the great hockey player Gourin.

Just one glass toasting yourself.

No. Thank you for your kind words,

but really I'm in training,

and I don't like the stuff anyway.

- Have you been long at the TV?

- Two years now.

- It must be very interesting!

- Yes, very.

Someday television

will change our lives.

We'll never go to the movies,

and theatre and literature will die.

We'll only be interested in

television.

Don't you think you're getting

carried away?

Theatre, I agree, isn't going to last

long, but really, movies, books...

Just wait twenty years and you'll

see.

Well, in twenty years everything

will be completely changed.

It isn't all that much, twenty years.

In twenty years I'll be old.

Believe me, at forty you'll think

that your life just begins.

At forty? You're joking!

If God really created us all,

he should be generous

and give us at least a thimbleful

of hope.

Where did you graduate from?

We don't have any special school

for television yet.

Seryozha, you're like a bear.

Well, what do you think of Sweden?

We just looked out a bus window.

We're still at the beginning of TV,

but it already represents the future.

- Have you been to a studio?

- No, I've never been there.

- Want to visit?

- Oh yes, can I?

I can arrange it.

Washington says we're a bust,

Treats us just like old dust.

But in space we're the first.

With green envy they can burst.

An old house on the block

Was dynamited at one o'clock.

And instead the new one fell,

The old one is holding well.

An old man in a restaurant

Ate a very, very lot.

Now his rent is paid well for,

It's a cemetery plot.

Oh look! It's Katerina!

That's her all right!

She really looks pretty, doesn't she?

It's funny, but for sisters you're

not much alike.

- You mean I'm not pretty?

- It's not that...

You're so different.

A loving son to his dear dad

Gave a lottery ticket.

Father won a car, no buts,

And the son is going nuts.

Don't do that again,

and I mean it, Seryozha.

Why not?

You're famous, and girls

just throw themselves at you.

- I'm not that kind of girl.

- Who cares if I'm famous.

My coach also says that I'm not

like everybody else.

And I've only had one girlfriend

in my entire life.

So you've got one...

It was when I was still in school.

Don't do that.

It might make no difference to you,

but I'm the kind who takes it

seriously.

So am I.

Vitya, will you stop pounding,

please.

That's Rudy when he was one year

old. And that's his father.

Our place is small, isn't it?

- I think your apartment's lovely.

- You're just being nice.

Rudy told me about your apartment.

It seems it's gorgeous.

Yes, it's not bad.

Vitya, stop pounding the piano!

And here we all are on vacation.

Your family must go to the Crimea,

right?

The Crimea's cold this year,

isn't it?

Cold? Somewhat, yes...

Not really cold I mean.

- But it isn't summer either.

- Right.

Mother, you haven't stopped talking

to Katia. Please, dinner is ready.

- Vitya, sit down.

- Vitya, sit there, will you?

Would you like some salad?

And cold tongue with a cream sauce.

- You want some champagne, mom?

- Yes, please.

Vitya, we bought some soda for you.

Well then, as they say, here's

to friendship!

And who knows where friendship

will lead you.

Vitya, don't eat like a pig.

Use the knife you're supposed to.

I forgot, which one?

Oh, we went through that this

morning. What will our guest think?

- Let me offer you some sturgeon.

- No!

I'm allergic to sturgeon.

- It gives me cramps.

- Oh! You don't say!

And besides, I already ate a big

meal today. I really can't eat.

Good you're here. You can give me

a hand.

We've just got a telegram. Our hosts

will be here the day after tomorrow.

That's what I call being polite.

They warn you in advance.

- What are we going to do?

- I've got everything worked out.

Seryozha, good that you've called.

Yes, sure I'll see you tonight.

It's something else.

They're going to cut off my phone.

They said it's because of

the government's needs.

From now on I'll be calling you.

See you tonight then.

That's it, I'm fed up with this

endless lying.

When Rudy comes here tomorrow,

I'm going to tell him.

Don't even think of it!

If you do, Seryozha will find out.

Well, I don't care about that!

No, Katia, you'll ruin everything.

This champagne is so heady.

The aristocrats used to drink it.

- To you.

- And to you.

- Shall we dance?

- All right.

The light hurts my eyes.

No, don't, Rudy! Please don't...

- Goodbye.

- So you're moving out, Katia?

- And who's going to walk Tchapa?

- Aunt Rita.

We'll be back here someday.

Rudy said that in the West

they celebrate special events

in restaurants.

They have all gone crazy over there.

What kind of food can you get

in a restaurant?

You got to have a television.

Absolutely. When the furniture's

paid up we're going to buy a TV set.

Tonia, you'd better start with

the television set.

Because the television is

the future of mankind.

I just love your dill pickles.

I can't stop eating them.

That's Misha who makes them.

I never knew that you liked

dill pickles.

I do now.

Are you trying to tell us something?

Tell me how it happened.

- I don't know what you mean.

- I mean are you pregnant?

- Yes.

- When did it happen?

- While we were living there.

- That was three months ago!

- Does he know?

- No.

- Why didn't you tell him?

- Because he'd learn the other lies.

I've gotten myself into trouble,

that's all.

First you have to make him marry

you, then you tell him everything.

If he loves you, he'll forgive you.

No, a lie is no way to start

a family.

I hate to do it.

Kiss the bride!

Leave me alone.

And may you have a happy and long

life and many children! A kiss!

We have to do something, girls.

Mikhalych has been asking for you.

He says it's important.

This girl has a promising future.

She's as good as any engineer.

The kerchief must go.

Would you mind walking a little?

The lady's a director.

You're going to be on television.

But I can't. There's too much work

to do on the fourth shift.

I think she'll do very nicely.

Would you mind saying a few

words?

I don't know what to say.

I've written down the answers

to the questions that Liudochka

here will be asking.

- Please learn your lines.

- Get ready.

Are you sick?

Yes, I'm sick.

I can't go through with this.

Stop this nonsense.

The whole country will be watching,

people will be writing to you.

You take this tool and start

working.

Rudy, are you ready to begin?

Let's get going!

Katia Tikhomirova

is the only girl at this factory

who is working as a mechanic.

Have a look at the complex machine

that Katia has started to work on.

Katia can solve any problem here,

isn't that right?

Well, I think I can.

You were hired as an operator,

weren't you?

But you wanted to do more

creative work, right?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes