Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Page #7

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of the opinion

that you have to know a man well

to marry him,

and that takes time.

Right, to marry a person

after only a two-day acquaintance

is a very thoughtless act.

It's best to wait about a week.

So you can let me know

next Wednesday.

There's a good way for us

to get to know one another.

I invite you and your mother

for a Sunday picnic in the country.

Well, goodbye, it's been a pleasure.

Don't show me out. I know the way.

- What does he do?

- Tool and die maker.

- Where did you find him?

- In the train.

I didn't know you were cruising

for men in trains.

I'm a little surprised.

Not half as surprised as I am,

though.

Why aren't you dressed yet?

We had a date. Did you forget?

- Forget what?

- Our picnic!

Mother, you gotta get up!

- What's going on?

- The picnic.

For goodness sake, it's Sunday.

Let me sleep.

You can sleep in the fresh air.

We're being late.

We can give you a hand with that.

No, no, women aren't allowed

to make shashlik.

Go and sit down.

- Relax.

- Thank you.

Here, chef, take this.

Go to sleep now.

Friends! It's a special toast that

I've the pleasure to propose today.

This is a special occasion -

the birthday

of our dear friend Gosha.

- What birthday?

- You didn't tell them?

It's no big deal.

Oh, he's a very humble kind of guy.

I don't think I have to remind you

of the outstanding virtues

of our extraordinary friend.

Yes, you do.

Is there somebody who doesn't know

how talented and clever you are?

I don't know anything.

In that case, I propose a toast

in honor of his hands.

At first glance they're

average human hands,

but all that is just an illusion.

Actually, they're golden hands.

We're in the presence, my friends,

of Master Tool and Die Maker!

In our Institute there are

scientists and Ph. D's

who could have retired

ten years ago

without anyone ever noticing

that they have gone.

But when Gosha was out last year

and hospitalized,

I beg your pardon, ladies,

for getting rather personal,

only they removed his appendix,

well, then half of the lab

stopped dead.

As for me, if I received a doctorate,

at least 70 percent of it comes

from the apparatus that Gosha

invented.

And I'm sure

that my opinion is shared

by the majority of my fellow workers

at our scientific institute.

To your hands, my dear friend!

- Happy birthday, Gosha!

- To your hands of gold!

Well, did you like my toast?

Have you got a Ph.D.?

Isn't it obvious?

- What is the world up to?

- It's winter again.

- Winter, you think?

- Yes, it's winter, I reckon.

Your cozy, drowsy homes

me beckon

To come and forever in there

remain.

- Then what's to happen?

- Then January comes.

- January, you believe?

- Yes, I believe so.

I have been reading that white book

since I began to grow,

This time-old primer

with pictures of snow-covered stumps.

- What'll be the outcome?

- April will dawn.

- April, you sure?

- Yes, I am sure.

I definitely heard,

and it wasn't some allure,

the sound of a reed-pipe

on the neighborhood lawn.

What's the conclusion?

That we go on living

And make summer dresses

from gauzy cotton.

You think there'll be chance

for us to put them on?

Just make them,

that's what I believe in!

We should be prepared,

for however strong may be the blizzards

Their bondage is bound

to come to an end...

I feel bad about your birthday.

We owe you a present.

You've got a lot of time

before December comes along.

My birthday is the 23rd of December.

- And what was today?

- It was an exhibition.

I was a total stranger to you,

wasn't I?

Not any more because my friends

told you everything.

What about all these scientists

and Ph.D.'s?

All the rest was real, the friends,

the scientists, the shashlik.

I'm what they said I'm.

Although they put it on a little

thick, exaggerated.

Well, we'll find out in a couple

of years.

That's good. I was afraid that

what they said would give you

an inferiority complex.

I felt something like that.

Though, I do think that in a family

the man should be superior.

When the woman has a larger salary

or a position of superiority,

the marriage can't work.

- Are you serious?

- Absolutely.

I've seen enough of this already.

How much are you making?

Don't worry, I earn much more

than your mother does.

We should be prepared, for

however strong may be the blizzards,

Their bondage is bound

to come to an end!

So allow me, Miss,

to offer my hand

For a dance at this

New Year Ball of the Wizards.

The moon is a sphere

with a candle inside,

The carnival figures

around us bend.

A waltz has begun,

so give me your hand

And go left-right,

left-right, left-right!

Andrei, how's this?

- Is it all right?

- It's fine.

Don't worry, our director

is always on time.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

I'll be ready in two minutes.

We can start when you want to.

Excuse me, but haven't we met before?

Have I ever filmed you here?

No, I think you're wrong.

Have you ever spent

your vacations at Sochi?

Most people have spent a vacation

at Sochi sometime.

I forgot to introduce myself.

My name is Rodion Rachkov.

It's a name you hardly hear

in Russia these days.

Yes, when I was young,

foreign names were more common.

Edward, Robert, Rudolph...

The French delegation just called.

They'll be here in half an hour.

Thank you.

Katerina?

Have I changed all that much?

No. It's just I'm surprised...

So many years have passed...

I never thought you'd become

a director.

I've only been a director

for three months.

Shall we begin?

I'm really very busy.

All right, sure.

We're ready to go here.

Go ahead, please.

Good afternoon, ladies and

gentlemen!

The men in the audience are free

to do whatever they want to.

Our products are primarily

of interest to women.

When I think of what

I might've missed,

if I had decided to sleep over

at Tonia's that night.

Or if I had taken another train.

I was thinking the same thing.

How come you never did get

married?

I was waiting for you.

But there was a man in your life?

Once...

But now it seems like it happened

to someone else.

Are there any snapshots of you

as a kid?

Yeah, a couple.

You must've been funny looking.

- You must show them to me later.

- Okay.

- I warn you, I snore.

- So what?

I'll whisper in your ear "shsh"

and you'll be quiet.

There's another thing.

I can't stop tossing and turning.

I'll take you in my arms

to make you stop.

Good idea, let's try.

Oh, my God! I didn't see

what time it was!

Alexandra'll be home any minute!

So early?

Put the sheets in the closet!

The pillows, too.

- There're glasses in there.

- Put them in the bottom drawer.

Who was the idiot

who invented this contraption?

Why are you sitting in the dark?

Cause we're watching television.

Hello.

So what? Would you please

stop bothering me!

No! I have no desire to meet you.

She's not your daughter.

Born at the end of July, yes.

You've been counting.

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