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other. I want you and dad to know it.

I think I'm a one-woman man, mom.

Let's pretend I haven't

heard anything,

or otherwise we'll have

to take you to a loony bin.

- You'll have millions of those Katyas!

- Stop it, mom!

It's all your fault!

Yourjumps, your suits!

Roma, hi, sonny.

Stop your hysterics.

Leave him alone.

He fell in love.

Why panic?

Don't you know what today's

young people are like?

Young people are always the same.

Roma, what are you doing?

Working on my mathematics.

See?

One can get as much help from you

as milk from a he-goat.

Vera, first of all, don't touch him.

And who is she?

Can you imagine, mother, she's

the daughter of that Kostya's thing.

What Kostya's thing?

I don't remember such name.

Mother, it's not a name.

Remember that

mad love of Kostya?

That woman who

rejected him long ago.

- Lyusia?

- Yes!

If she called him now,

he wouldn't even think twice.

And the girl is no better than

her mother. Just as bad.

What do I do, mother?

Calm down, Vera.

You must show character and will.

They even make rivers flow back.

What love can there be at 1 7?

Who sent the telegram?

What difference does it make?

We got it over the phone.

I'm going to resign from work.

The doctor won't certify

a phone telegram.

What can we do?

Of course you have to resign.

And we'll live on the money

from your sick leaves?

Why aren't you saying anything?

Father is right, we should've

brought grandma here long ago.

- Can we bring her here now?

- What are you talking about?

No doctor will allow to move

a seriously sick patient.

I have to resign and go there.

You'll never get

such a job again.

To hell with this job!

How much time will it take?

A week? A month? Two months?

How can you count?

I have to count.

Before you decide anything,

I could go.

You?

What about your school?

Well, I could go

to school there for a while.

- It's impossible.

- Possible.

I'm willingly sacrificing myself.

It's all wrong.

It's all wrong.

Why doesn't your mother go?

She didn't work for a long time

because I was sick.

Then she was lucky

to get a job in her specialty.

Your grandmother,

is she really bad?

Pre-stroke condition. It's like

pre-infarction condition.

- What's worse?

- Both are pretty bad.

Katya, you try

to study a little, okay?

What for, Roma? What for?

Well, at least for me.

I'm living for you,

and you say 'study'.

Don't leave.

Katya, please don't suffer, okay?

I don't understand why we have

to suffer. What's the point?

Lovers were suffering

at all times.

That's a tradition with the Lord God.

Roma.

Let's die together.

I'm all for it.

Only in one hundred years.

I would agree even in 50.

It's not enough, old girl.

I still have so much to do.

Never mind.

If only I could always

hear your voice, like now.

Nothing easier. Want me to record

a whole cassette of me talking?

Yes, do it. You may say anything,

even a multiplication table.

Hello?

There's no such person here.

I've already told you that

several times, my dear.

Please don't call again.

No, you're not wrong,

this is our number.

Roma dear, here you are at last.

Yes, here I am.

Hi, grandma.

How are you?

How can I be, honey?

The doctor came, it's the same.

Anyone called from Moscow?

Your mother called yesterday.

She promised to come to relieve you.

- And no one else called?

- No, no one.

- Any letters?

- No.

She's already forgotten

your name, you can believe me.

All those loves of yours...

Just chimera, smoke.

- It's just a whim.

- Grandma.

How can you say that?

Katya, listen to

my multiplication table.

3 x 3 = 9.

3 x 6 = 18.

And that's terrific, because

after 18 we'll get married.

How about your wedding garb?

I suggest gray shorts,

a sleeveless T-shirt

and red sandals.

And this is my last word,

like 2 x 2 = 4.

Don't even think about staying

in the same grade for a second year,

or I'll have to marry

a girl without high-school education.

It wouldn't look prestigious

for me, an academician.

I love you,

my Mongol,

my blind girl.

Many kisses, my little one.

How lucky that you're little.

How unfortunate that you're little.

Don't worry, I'll be back soon.

Your Roman.

I write to him, I write every day.

And in each letter he asks

why I'm not writing.

What's happened, Romka?

- I'll go buy some cigarettes.

- You bought them already.

They may have good ones here.

If you say you can't live without me,

I'll come at once and for good.

I can live without you.

It's not true!

Oh God, it's true!

Then why are you crying?

I'm not crying.

Yes, you are.

I can feel it.

- Where are you calling from?

- It doesn't matter.

Are you alone?

She's watching the bags.

But it's not important.

Come on, tell me that I'm a fool,

that I made a mistake.

Tell me that you need me,

that you'll accept me as I am.

Why don't you say something?

Where is she... watching the bags?

At the airport.

What difference does it make?

Have a nice flight.

Never call me again!

All new, as you like it.

It's my weakness.

And who doesn't like it, the money?

You know

that I'm not mercenary.

We've known each other for

so many years, my friend.

But I've never

seen you in bed before.

I'm 10 years younger, but I'm

sickly, with legs like an elephant's.

I've always told you:

don't eat so much.

Look at me...

Not one extra pound.

And all your ailments come

from your getting married at 16.

It was so long ago.

Now I have two grandchildren.

And yours keeps running with bags

of groceries. Must be a good boy.

Here's another letter for him.

They keep coming and coming.

If only you knew what a terrible

trouble we're trying to save him from.

Who's that girl?

A fool, like you were at 16.

I'm lucky to have Roma here

when I'm sick.

I'd like to be sick like that.

Warm and comfortable.

What do the doctors say?

They ordered me to lie down.

And stay in bed.

All right, I got to go.

Lisa, take this coat for

your grandson. It's Roma's.

I meant to give it to you.

Oh, I feel so embarrassed.

Come on, we're like family.

You help us a lot.

When I get up, we'll do

a thorough cleaning here.

No problem,

I'm always ready to help.

Take some apples

for your boys.

Thank you, we've got them.

I understand it all,

but you have to finish school.

I'll finish it, I have no choice.

It's hard for you

to understand it now, but...

life is notjust loving.

If all you have is only love, you

know, it means you're poor.

Romka is a fool.

He's developed such a big sense of

duty that he can't carry it anymore.

I write him about it

in every letter.

My dear girl,

when you have a husband,

you'll understand how reliable

is a man with a sense of duty.

Nonsense.

I gave it a lot of thought.

They only bind a person with a duty.

But there must be something

that inspires a person...

to take care of the sick, feed

the old, look after the children.

Only love can inspire.

And what if you had

an unhappy love?

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