Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Page #5

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pair of shoes.

I want you to see them.

Do us a favor

and wrap it up once more.

I'm sorry, but there's a paper

shortage in the country.

Why is it that generals always have

the same kind of wife?

I would have made a perfect

general's wife!

For that you would have

to marry a lieutenant first

and for years move with him

from one small town to another.

In life, there's such a thing

as luck, you know.

That's why I buy a lottery ticket

every week.

You win yet?

Sure I did. I won a ruble twice.

It's the categorical imperative.

It was Kant who thought of it.

Mankind should work

for the maximum...

- That's Gourin.

- Where?

There must be a certificate

that goes with it.

How you doing? Want a drink?

- Want some vodka instead?

- Yeah, just a little.

Excuse me, are you Gourin?

Everything is okay.

To solve these problems

is yourjob.

You're being paid for it.

I don't want to hear

that something can't be done.

I'm interested in what you're doing

so that it will be done!

You were right to get tough with him.

Does the chief engineer have any

questions? The director?

What were the reasons

for missing last month's

established quotas?

We were short on tank trucks.

- Why did that happen?

- Because none were empty.

- What measures have been taken?

- We even called the minister.

Sergey Stepanovich, you will

personally look into this.

We have to determine a schedule

reducing future loading tie-ups.

The meeting is adjourned.

Could you tell everybody that this

afternoon meeting is being cancelled.

I'll have to be at the City Hall.

At last the municipality is taking

an interest in what we're doing.

We're holding on on sheer enthusiasm.

It's time the government thought

about solving this problem.

Do you know how many people

are suffering from loneliness?

Look at the numbers and you can see

how alarming it is!

In Moscow alone,

it's alarming!

Loneliness is the danger

facing us.

The birthrate goes down,

alcoholism's up!

From an economic point of view,

a single worker is inefficient.

He can't concentrate,

he's obsessed by his loneliness.

- I think it's open to discussion.

- All right. Let's discuss it.

The club was founded

only three years ago.

Is it a success? Have many lost souls

found one another thanks to you?

Yes, indeed! For this period

we married twelve couples.

Though marriage is not

our priority.

Don't think of us as a marriage

broker. We're a friendship club.

Today, lonely souls don't know

how to meet one another.

People just watch television

and don't even know who lives next door.

Among those who got married,

two were living

in the very same apartment

building.

They wouldn't have met one another,

it was only because of our club.

And that's what you call

urbanization!

I came to enroll in the club.

I'm sorry, but our enrollment for

unmarried women is closed.

We'll start recruiting women

at the beginning of next year.

But you're still accepting men?

Yes, single men can join up.

Why, isn't it unfair?

We already have two single women

for every single man.

Couldn't you make an exception?

Listen, call me at the beginning

of next year.

I see. Goodbye. Don't call us,

we'll call you.

You can see what's going on.

You at the municipality do nothing

but talk

when you should be helping us.

How can we help?

We're short of funds,

we're short of men!

You know as well as I do

that in Moscow

there're five single women

for every forty-year-old bachelor.

But we can't abandon those

who need us!

How lucky I found you!

Someone put me in the old group,

where all the women are grandmothers.

Well, you're not exactly

a spring chicken, either.

I don't feel like hanging

around old women.

All right, I'll have you

transferred to the younger group,

from 35 to 50 years old.

Couldn't you make it younger

than that?

There's only the group from 25

to 30, and you've got arthritis.

You can't dance with them, so don't

come complaining to me again.

I give you my word, I won't.

All right, I'll put you

in the youngest group.

Only don't say you haven't been

warned.

And you, please, drop in Thursday.

You'll fill in our test forms,

and then we'll send you an invitation.

- Thank you. Good afternoon.

- See you Thursday.

How about that? Chief engineer

in a factory and he comes to us.

They suffer more than the others.

But you should see the ladies.

Gorgeous human beings!

Well-bred, intelligent

and pretty too!

You wonder what do men want.

It's a mystery.

Of course, that's not a problem

for you there, at the City Hall.

Why do you say that?

I'm single, too.

Come on.

Well, if even at the City Hall...

Look, I might be able

to help you.

There's a man I set aside.

He's a chief executive.

And only fifty-three.

Thank you very much.

I can cope myself.

Your rear suspension is squeaking.

And I thought

I was just imagining it.

You ought to get it fixed soon

before it gets worse.

All right, I will.

Where are we going?

We're going to my place.

No, I'm not going to your place!

Don't get nervous. My wife and

daughter are still on vacation.

No, we shouldn't do that!

I want you to see how I live.

Please, say yes!

There's nothing in the fridge, but

I brought some apples from the south.

We haven't seen one another for ages!

The last time I saw you,

it must of been the 20th of June.

The eighteenth.

I'm always afraid that I'll call

my wife by your name.

I guess it's because I think of you

every minute.

No, not here, I don't want to.

I missed you so much!

That must be my mother-in-law!

- I'll go and look in the eye-hole.

- No, don't move.

- Does she have a key?

- No.

Calm down then.

It's all my fault.

I called her from the airport.

Now she'll have something

to tell my wife.

You can say you were sleeping.

I think she's gone.

Apparently.

I think I'd better be going too.

You said you had the whole

evening free.

I have a lot of work to do

for the office.

I meant it when I said

how much I missed you.

You're upset because of what

happened.

You think I'm foolish.

Come on, it could've happened

to anyone.

- Will you give me a call tonight?

- Yes, of course.

No, wait.

Don't forget, call me tonight.

Is something wrong?

Yes, something's wrong.

Oh, flowers? Where did you get 'em?

A man gave them to me.

When are you gonna get rid

of that piece ofjunk?

If you take care of a car

it can last a hundred years.

You've led a perfectly honest

sort of life,

and what d'ya got to show for it,

just a couple of hairs on your head.

Baldness is in style nowadays.

- Is that in style too?

- That happens when you're nervous.

What a surprise!

It's great to see you!

How did you know we were here?

I didn't find any of you home,

so I figured you were in the country.

I came to say goodbye.

I've decided to go home.

I've hung around Moscow for too long.

I owe you money. I'll send it

when I get my first paycheck.

Are there a lot of people under you?

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