Original subtitles

The Green-Film Cinema Company Production

Masha ñ Olga Lomonosova

Alexei ñ Yevgeniy Pronin

Misha ñ Alexei Myshinskiy

Olya ñ Natalya Burmistrova

Maria Pavlovna ñ Ekaterina Vasylyeva

Matvey Markovitch ñ Boris Smolkin

Created by Natalya Portnova

Directed by Alexei Prazdnikov

Music by Leonid Inovlotskiy

Who is that little one here? Get up, sonny. Get up!

Director of Photography ñ Andrei Vorobyov

Mishul, get up. Otherwise you'll be late for school. Get up!

How many lessons do you have?

Six.

Mum, will you be seeing me off till the university?

Enter the university first.

I will.

That's it. Bye.

Bye, mum!

MASHA

The Laboratory

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hello, Katherine!

Hello.

Good morning.

We have an emergency!

Whatís happened?

One of the vaccinated mice disappeared!

Katya found it out today. Can you imagine?

She numbered them yesterday in the evening,

came to the office today and saw that one of the mice

was not here! And they are all with mutations!

Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 5 are here. And number 3 is absent.

Shall the entire institute crawl to look for the mouse?

Will it be fun, Katya?

YeahÖ it will.

Donít distract me for some time.

I have two more diploma works to finish.

What about the mouse?

Vera Ivanovna, there were four mice.

Check the register. Iíve put all the data down.

Right. There were four mice.

Little bitch! You were so serious! So I believed you!

Why did you put a ì5î at it?

Itís cool.

Did you hear? She thinks itís cool!

Masha, do they pay a lot for these diploma works?

They donít pay a lot. Itís good that they pay something at all.

I could write diploma works tooÖ if I knew how to use the PC.

Learn, then.

Hello.

Hello. Here you go. Read it before submitting,

Thanks. I will if I have time. Good bye!

Good luck!

Lady? Lady? Itís your turn. Are you going?

You want to sleep during the day, donít you?

I do.

Do you see dreams?

No. I donít really sleep. Iím just lying with my eyes shut.

When white nights start Iíll stop sleeping all together.

Itís all right. Weíll find the reason of your worries

and eliminate it. Then youíll have normal sleep again.

Please put one leg on another.

Change the leg. Do you work a lot?

Yes, I do.

Is your job bad? Bad colleagues? Bad boss?

No, I have a good job.

Please stand up, stretch out your arms and close your eyes.

Does your husband drink?

No.

He doesnít drink, does he?

I have no husband. Weíre divorced.

Please touch the end of your nose with your right hand.

Have you divorced recently?

Thirteen years ago.

Do you have a lover?

No.

A gynecologist would say that this is bad

but Iíd say that itís good. No lover means no problems.

Sit down, please. Watch the hammer.

Do you live in a communal flat? Have you got some neighbors?

No, I live separately.

Do you have children?

Yes, a son.

How old is he?

He graduates from school this year.

Why didnít you tell me about that at once?

ìHe graduates from school this year!î

Medicine has no treatment against it.

My niece entered the institute last year.

I couldnít bring my sister back to life for three months.

And you have a son! Heíll be called up in another year, wonít he?

Itís even worse. If he fails to enter the institute

heíll go to the army this very year.

He went to school when he was eightÖ he was sick a lot.

How terrible!

This is a receipt for good sleeping pills. Before taking them

read the instruction carefully. And donít abuse!

Yes?

Hello, Maya Borisovna.

Hello, Maria Mikhailovna. Misha, whatís the problem?

The answer seems to be wrong.

Misha! Go home. Check the sum and do it again.

I will.

Wait for me outside.

OK. Good bye, Maya Borisovna.

Good bye, Misha.

Thank you. I feel uncomfortable.

Youíre bringing him up on your own.

Itís all right. I work.

Do you have somebody at the biology faculty to help you?

Yes. There is one professor thereÖ

I was his student myself. My hopes are with him.

Donít count on one university. Send his papers

to other higher educational establishments too.

All right. I worry for the mathematics.

He will pass the Russian language exam

but as for the mathematicsÖ

Donít worry. Iíve been working with him for a year.

Iím sure heíll pass it if he concentrates.

Matvey MarkovitchÖ

Hello.

Please come to my office after the lessons.

Sure, sure.

Hello.

Hello. Why are you so relaxed?

She is the deputy dean. She is interested in me.

But she is not my type of a woman. Plus she is too old for me.

You are soÖ

Yes. I decided to retire. Students irritate me.

They make my blood pressure soar. I canít use the PC properly.

This Wednesday my colleagues from the faculty

will celebrate my retirement. Weíll have a little banquet.

What about my Misha? How will he enter without you?

Iíve forgotten to say.

We have a vacancy within the evening education program.

I talked to the administration.

If they like you, you can take this position.

Thank you. Will I have many lessons?

Iím pulling wires for her,

and she is asking about the quantity of lessons!

But I have diplomas, students and MishaÖ IÖ

Try harder! Take some vitamins!

I think we wonít wait for anyone else.

Is the entire class present?

Those who are late will knock.

All right.

My name is Maria Mikhailovna. Iím the senior research scientist

of the Institute of the Biological Synthesis.

Iím the candidate of sciences.

Iíll read lectures and seminars on the topic

of ìReplication of Deoxyribonucleic Acidsì or,

simply speaking, the chemistry of heredity.

Where did you hide? Here, here, hereÖ

Have you done all your homework?

Yes I did. Here you go. Both variants are correct.

Misha, this is a book from the eighth grade.

I canít do it. Iím tired and I want to sleep.

Youíre not tired to prey for devils in the computer

though, are you? Misha, Iím tired too.

Who needs to enter the institute ñ you or me?

How many times shall I ask about that?

This is it. I wonít work with you anymore.

But Mum!

What ñ mum? I canít catch your everywhere

to make your study!

Iíll do it tomorrow in the morning.

Iím just tired and I want to sleep now.

All right. Wash your face and go to bed.

I have another diploma work to finish.

Here you go. This is for the graduation ball.

Hand it over to Maya Borisovna tomorrow.

All right.

Hello, Olya? This is me, hi. How is mum?

Iím at the pharmacy. Shall I buy something?

Nothing? All right. Iíll come soon. Yes. Hello.

Good afternoon.

Here you go.

They are potent. Do you know that?

I do.

I took one of these pills once after the exam.

I wanted to have proper sleep. I slept for 15 hours.

My mother couldnít wake me up.

Read the instruction.

I will. Thank you.

Here you go. Your soup.

Thank you.

Mummy?

Eat, eat!

How is it?

Bon appetite!

Thank you.

Is Mishka studying?

He is. Iím telling him to study all the timeÖ

ìotherwise you wonít enter the universityî.

The armyÖ What does he know about that?

He is but a child! I donít even want to talk about that!

You better tell me about you. How are you?

How is your heart?

Weíre moving to the summer cottage this Friday.

Iíve already rented a van.

Two!

Do you need some help?

Weíll manage. The guys with the van promised

to take everything out and then bring everything in carefully.

Did you notice that I only remember about men

when I need to carry something heavy?

I donít encounter them in other situations.

The shop assistants are all females,

mumís doctors are females,

only women work in the bureau

and all orders for translations are also given by women.

Maybe theyíre in the underground?

No. Mostly women too.

Where do they spend time between youth and old age?

I donít know. But definitely not with us.

Want some more?

No, thanks. If I eat some more Iíll fall asleep.

I still have two lectures to read tonight.

What do you need that university for?

How will Mishka enter it otherwise?

I hoped for Markovitch but he has retired.

Forget about everything and go to the summer cottage with us!

Iíll come to you for the weekendÖ to sleep.

Please call me when you get to schoolÖ

and call me when you come back home too.

Did you take the sandwiches?

No.

Soup is in the fridgeÖ together with meat and pasta.

Please warm the food up. Donít eat it cold. Is it a deal?

Itís a deal.

Have you packed everything?

Yes. Donít worry.

All right. Iíll come back tomorrow.

Please concentrate and behave like an adult. Go!

Bye!

Bye!

The pillsÖ

Whatís happened?

Iíve forgotten my algebra textbook. Itís on my table.

I asked you whether you took everything, didnít I?

Is it the one?

It is.

Good bye.

Bye!

WellÖ

The walletÖ

When is the electric train?

I wish we could go to the Crimea!

When were we there last time, mum?

During the May holidays.

Yes. Right. Itís so good there!

Masha? Your phone is ringing.

I meant to switch it off.

It must be Mishka.

No. I told him to call you. Who might that be?

Itís Markovitch!

Donít answer!

Itís impolite.

Give me the phone. Let me talk to him.

All right.

Hello. No, this is not Masha.

This is her friend Olya Bogatiryova.

We used to study together.

Do you remember me, Matvey Markovitch?

Hello. How are you? He remembers!

No, I donít work in science. I failed to become a researcher.

Yes, you predicted so. Masha canít answer.

She hasÖ pulpitis. Pulpitis! Yes. She is with the dentist.

Sheíll call you back. Has something happened?

What is crawling? Naked women are crawling around him!

Where did they crawl from?

Where are they crawling to?

He says there are lots of them. He canít stop them!

Maybe he has alcoholic mania.

No. He doesnít drink.

I see. Switch it off. Just pull the plug out of the socket.

Itís all right, nothing will happen.

You must have caught some virus.

Of course it might be contagious to others.

Iíll tell Masha about your call and sheíll call you back.

Good luck! He has Internet nowÖ together with naked women.

Of course theyíll crawl all about if one opens a relevant page.

He is learning how to use the InternetÖ old libertine!

Here you go!

She is only so brave with you, Mashenka!

Mum! Marusenka? Shall we have a walk?

Iím sorry, dear. Iíll go to sleep. I have great pills.

I donít know how long Iíll sleep with them.

Wonít your sleep be lethargic?

Weíll see tomorrow.

Show me those pills!

What a foolÖ

Youíve forgotten then, havenít you?

Donít worry. The air is so fresh here. Youíll sleep like a baby

Mum, is it very bad?

Iíll bring your drops in a moment. One second! MummyÖ

Are you sleeping? One moment.

Iím sorry, Mum is unwell. Here we goÖ

Have you called the ambulance?

The ambulanceÖ Right. The ambulanceÖ

Let me call it.

Please help me.

Hello? Lady, we need an ambulance.

The RazlivÖ Tell her the address.

The addressÖ Hello.

You need to go along the Primorsk RoadÖ

There will be a descent there.

Then go to the Otdykha StreetÖ

The Second Birch AlleyÖ

The addressÖ the exact address isÖ

House number 3.

Here we go.

Around the cornerÖ

Yes, Iíll meet the ambulance. Weíre waiting.

Drink some water.

Go and meet the doctors.

Yes.

I wonít go. Iím afraid.

Donít cry.

MummyÖ

What took you so long? Where is the doctor?

Here is the doctor.

Iím the doctor.

What?

Did you give the address?

No.

This is not the Second Birch Alley.

This is the Otdykha Street.

We have been going in circles for 20 minutes.

Buy the GPS navigator if you donít know the streets.

The patient is there.

Donít you teach me!

Come in.

She had infrequent pulse and low blood pressure.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

90/50. I measured it.

Letís see.

How old is your mum?

She is seventy.

How do you feel at the moment?

What took them so long?

They got lost. Letís go to the kitchen. Iíll brew you some tea.

No, IÖ

Her pulse is very weak. Are you a doctor?

No, Iím a biologist.

I see. Sveta, magnesium.

All right, Alexei Gennadyevitch.

Does your mum have a heart stimulator?

No. She is afraid of the narcosis.

The doctor offered us to implant it but she wonít agree.

Drink it.

She has to be fully examined.

One shall implant a heart stimulator

when one suffers from such symptoms.

Sveta, are you ready?

Doctor, please donít leave!

Donít worry.

We will wait for the medicine to take effect.

Thank you!

Here you go. Drink it. Come! Come, come, follow me!

Be patient.

Donít worry.

Everything seems dark before my eyesÖ

Donít worry. Your mum will be better now.

Let me feel your pulse.

What for?

I donít know whom to rescue.

Sveta? Come here for a second.

Give her a sedative.

You scared everybody.

The medicine will take effect in a moment.

Thank you.

Youíre such a young doctor.

Iím young, arenít I?

No, Iím old. Iím 34. Iím 16 years older than you.

Youíre 18, right?

Five times 18. Olechka?

She went out to breathe some fresh air.

Sheíll come back soon.

Wonít she catch a cold?

No. She put warm clothes on. Donít worry.

You have great daughters.

Sveta? Please take this.

Iíll be on duty tomorrow too. So call in case of need.

Thank you very much. I think we owe you something.

No, nothing. Moreover we were late.

I just thought that if youíre working in the vicinity

you should know every corner.

We have only one ambulance for the entire Razliv.

This territory is larger than Luxembourg.

Donít get angry. Olga told the address.

You could see what state she is in.

Yes. Itís all right. Sheíll sleep and get better.

Good bye.

Good bye to you too.

Iíve forgotten to say. My friend is a brilliant surgeon.

He implants heart stimulators. May he call you?

Yes, of course.

Heíll tell you what itís all about.

Maybe youíll manage to talk your mum into it.

Very good.

This is my phone number and this one is Olyaís.

Heíll call and say that he is my friend. My name is Alexei.

Iím Masha.

Nice to meet you.

Good bye.

Good luck.

Maria Pavlovna, what did you stand up for?

Whatís the matter with Olya?

She is sleeping. The doctor gave her an injection.

An injection?

Yes.

Why?

She worried so much that she almost lost her conscience.

He gave her a sedative. Please get up and letís go to bed!

Was it really a sedative?

I swear. It was Seduxen. Letís go!

Why did you do it? What did you get up for?

Be careful.

The doctor was very nice.

Just a boy.

Did you notice how he was looking at you?

I didn't. How did you manage to notice anything?

I did!

Poor girlÖ

She was put to sleep!

Hello?

Who? Oh, AlexeiÖ Hello. Thank you, mum is fine.

Olya slept almost till three today. Thank you.

No, your friend hasnít called yet. A vacation? I see.

Itís all right. Sure you may call me.

No, I still donít know what Iím going to do this Tuesday.

Yes. Fine. Good bye.

Alarm clock.

Thank you.

Poor girl! Youíre changing your jobs according to the alarm!

Youíll start preparing for your lectures now, wonít you?

No. I have a dinner today.

Do you know what it is?

What is it?

Itís an annotation to a heart stimulator.

With it your mum will be able

to go up to the fifth floor without being short-winded.

Thank you. Iíll hand it over to Olya and her mum.

Weíre not sisters. Weíve been friends since the instituteÖ

for almost 20 years.

I donít have friends from the institute. They allÖ dispersed.

Do you live in the country?

No, I live in the centre but I work in the country.

You see, every third call in Petersburg is to a homeless.

Our help is nothing more than taking those unfortunate people

to some free clinic. I go to the country to treat people.

Where do you work?

In a laboratoryÖ plus in a university andÖ at home.

I have a son. He will graduate school this year.

The laboratory, university, sonÖ Where is time for personal life?

I have none.

This is wrong.

It might be wrong butÖ it just happened so.

I have too many duties.

I see. Let meÖ help you with something.

How?

Do you have a car?

No. I use buses.

Do you live far away?

At the Rzhevka.

Do you want me to be your driver?

Are you joking?

No, Iím absolutely serious. Iíll pick you up in the morning

to take to the centre and then meet you

at the university in the evening.

Look, what do you need it for?

Masha, how do I explain that to you? Consider it an impulse.

Rayskiy! Take your paper away.

Why?

I read this work in the Web a week ago.

I beg you not to download papers from the Web.

Take at least several works

and compile them so that one could read them.

All right.

Is it a deal?

Yes!

Did you decide to start right now?

Yes. Here you go!

Alexei, stop playing fool!

I am serious.

I'm an adult woman. I have a son.

I have loads of work. Don't you understand?

No. What is there to understand?

This is ridiculous.

You donít even look like a doctor at the moment!

Do I look better this way? This car looks better than it moves.

Masha, Iím a serious person. Iím a doctor

and Iíve been earning for the living since I was 17.

Maybe I donít look imposing.

But youíre not too imposing yourself.

How old are you? 39? 38?

Iím 38. And Iím 34.

Do you think that a difference of four years

gives you the right to consider yourself an adult woman

and me ñ a young idiot?

No, but itís just thatÖ

Forget about ìjustsî.

To hell with conditionality! Letís get informal.

All right, letís get informal.

Get in. Iíll take you home.

YouÖ forgot your hat.

When shall I come to pick you up in the morning?

No, donít come in the morning. I told you.

I see my son off to school.

All right. Then see you in the eveningÖ

same time as tonight. Good night.

Good bye.

Yeah!

Mum, why did you come so early?

Is that the way youíre studying?

I have a five minute break.

I know your five minute breaks.

Mum, Iíve been waiting for you.

How was your day?

As usual.

Do you like teaching?

I donít know. I donít think so.

Look, I canít talk to you about that becauseÖ

I donít know you at all. You donít know me too.

I donít understand why you need it.

Youíre working night shifts. You have to sleep well.

You have a familyÖ I donít know. Parents, friendsÖ

What nonsense it really is to meet me every evening!

Have anybody ever told you that youíre a bore?

No. Iím just an adult woman.

Here we go again. You have a big son, donít you?

I do.

Then you should understand how men work.

They only do what they want.

What does that mean?

It means that if I want to see you

then I want to see you without any explanations.

Where are we going?

To a restaurant. Youíre hungry, arenít you?

No. I canít. I shall go home. My son is at home andÖ

Do you have some cooked food at home?

I do.

When he gets hungry heíll take a full plate,

sit by the TV-set and eat.

He wonít warm it up.

Of course he wonít! Itís because cold food is tastier.

You donít understand a thingÖ mummy!

Here you go. Your order will be ready in ten minutes.

Good.

Letís get acquainted.

Letís do it!

Are you married?

What a good question for the start!

Iím not. But Iíve been married twice.

Were you?

You know, that is not too much in the medicine world.

My friend from the instituteÖ a neurosurgeonÖ

has married for the fifth time.

How did he do it?

It was easy. He married a surgery nurse.

When she got pregnant she stayed at home.

He continued to work 24/7. He got a new surgery nurse.

Then a new baby. And it went in a circle.

Was it the same with you?

Almost. But without children. AndÖ

Öthere were fewer circles.

One has to withstand pressure in the hospital all the time.

Thatís why I donít work there. I hate aggressive women.

Is it different in the ambulances?

People working in ambulances are calmer. Where is your husband?

I donít know. I havenít seen him for about 14 years.

Doesnít he come at all?

At all.

What about your parentsÖ brothers or sisters?

My parents died. I have a son and Olya with her mum.

It means youíre all alone.

It means I am. But Iíve gotten used to that.

Iím sorry butÖ this is absolutely impossible.

Why? Is it because youíre an adult woman?

No, itís just thatÖ

This is all nonsense.

Havenít you realized that Iím very persistent?

I have. But Iím not happy about that.

Youíll have to accept it. See you!

Katya, stop torturing mice!

Hello? Yes, Matvey Markovitch. Sorry, my dear.

I was at the dentistís. What did the doctor say?

What pills? Yes, Iím putting it down.

All right, Iíll bring them today. In the afternoon.

Yes, Iím sorry. Vera Ivanovna, Iíll leave for an hour. Is it OK?

OK.

Are you busy? Shall I take you somewhere?

My professor fell ill and asked me to bring him some medicines.

Iíve bought themÖ and some juice.

What kind of medicines?

Nothing serious. Itís not urgent.

Come in.

Here you goÖ

MashaÖ

LookÖ

I know. Youíre an adult woman.

No, I justÖ I didnít have affairs for a long time

and I don't remember how to do it.

I donít remember about it myself.

We shall base on theory. Iím a doctor. Youíre a biologist.

We know something about physiology.

Youíll answer later.

Do you like my collection?

Iíve been collecting cars since childhood.

Do I look older this way?

Are these photos from places you visited?

I'm just going to go there. These are my dreams.

I'll tell you about them later.

Iím being late. Iím sorry.

Let me help you.

Shall I give you a lift?

No. Iíll get there faster by metro.

Hello.

Hello.

Sorry for being late. Sit down.

Mum?

Weíre like students.

Mum?

Why are you holding a knife?

I thoughtÖ

Alexei.

This is my son Misha.

Nice to meet you.

Hello.

Letís go. Good bye.

See you.

Where are you going so early?

Itís all right.

Itís not all right. Weíll go together.

I have an early class.

You donít have an early class.

I do have it.

Misha!

I actually expected you to come yesterday.

The doctor called me to ask

whether I was taking the medicines.

I told him that my student was to bring them.

But she didnít do that.

YeahÖ Everybody needed me when I was young.

But nobody needs me now when Iím old.

Iíll make you some mushroom soup. Do you like it?

How will you cook it? I donít have any mushrooms.

Iíve bought all ingredients.

Thank you. Thank you. I havenít eaten mushroom soup for ages.

I was calling you thinking that maybe something had happened.

There are moments in life when I canít answer the phone.

Iím going.

Masha? Wait. Sit down.

I bought something for you.

Look and try them on.

How do you know my size?

I chose them by sight. Here are some moreÖ

Lesha, stop it. Why wouldÖ

ÖAnd some more.

How could you buy shoes for a stranger

without trying them on?

Itís a scientific hit-and-miss method.

Try them on, donít be shy.

Well?

They are all so beautiful!

Then we shall take all of them!

No! That would be too expensive.

It would be expensive for a stranger.

But there is nothing I wouldnít do to please you.

Thank you.

Itís my duty tonight. Will you miss me?

Iíll call you and check it.

Have a good day.

Maybe she wonít come.

Shall we leave?

I think we shall go to the deanís office.

Sit down. Whatís the matter, students? The professorÖ

Hello.

Youíre being late. I warned you that you wonít be able

to have two jobs. This is the result. Go and work. Study, study!

Have you taken your passport?

I have.

And a pen?

Yes.

A second pen?

I havenít forgotten it.

Donít forget to switch the phone off.

Or better not take it at all or they might scold you.

If I donít take it how will I call you after the exam?

Good boy! Call me. Iíll be waiting.

And you know what? The main thing is not to worry.

All right. The guys said that the exam was not too difficultÖ

the guys who wrote it last year.

Answer. It must be your handsome guy calling.

Donít pay attention.

Go! You have who to talk to now.

Whatís the matter? Mashenka, smile!

I beg your pardon. I can only think about Misha

at the moment. It must be Misha.

Oh, God! Yes, Maya Borisovna. At all? God!

Maybe he is feeling unwell? What, then?

What do we do now? Yes, of course. Yes. Good bye.

Whom are you calling?

Misha.

Whatís wrong with him?

He wonít answer now.

He failed at the examÖ

Why?

How do I know?

Itís all easy. He wants to attract some attention.

This is not the right way!

Why not? Itís very effective.

Now youíll forget about everything

and prepare him to the next exams.

He could act in a different way and fall ill.

But this place is already taken by your professor.

Stop it! It was not my choice to be a single mother.

Iím responsible for this little person!

Your little person has grown up.

He has grown up but he is not an adult.

Then give him an opportunity to become an adult.

Itís easy for you to say so!

Masha, Iím an inexperienced father. Iím not a parent at all.

I was a boy once myself. I understand him very well.

If he did something wrong he should realize it himself

and correct his mistakes. Calm down. Everything will be fine.

Letís go to my place.

I canít.

Of course you canít spend the night at my place

because you have a son! I canít go to your place either

because you have a son. I have night shifts

and you have 33 jobs. One can only have sex in between work

in movies. Itís not as good in real life.

The impulse is over.

Sorry for being late. Jams are all over the city.

This is for you.

To bid farewell?

No. You wonít get off me so easily. I just thoughtÖ

it would be better for us to live together.

How?

TogetherÖ like a family.

I understand that youíre tearing between all of us now.

Oh, God, LeshaÖ

It wonít be easy to live together too.

But Iíll talk to Misha. Iíll explain everything to him.

I love you, Masha.

Misha? Donít pretend to be sleeping.

Why did you fail at the exam?

I wonít discuss it! I was studying for the entire year!

And I got the same mark as people who were doing nothing!

It means Iím an idiot! Why toil, then?

I want to date girls, drink beer and entertain myself tooÖ

and not study that nonsense! Iím sick and tired of it!

Wait. Is dating girls and drinking beer all that you dream about?

Yes! What do you like more ñ

sitting in a laboratory or hanging out with a man?

How are you talking to me?

I donít care!

Hostess, weíre done.

Hello.

Hello, Maria Pavlovna.

Why did you come back?

Itís calmer here.

Yes. It isÖ in general. I started to worry too much there.

Stop making things up, mummy!

Itís me who started to worry a lot.

No, itís my fault.

Mum!

I should have kept silence more. Mum!

Mum!

Stop! Iíve forgotten to pay the loaders. What a fool!

Theyíre sitting outside waiting for me.

Iíll be back in a moment.

What did you say, Maria Pavlovna?

I had heartache again. Olya called the ambulance.

I refused to go to the hospital.

I said that I better die at homeÖ

I mean in the summer cottage. So she stopped sleeping.

She is wandering about at nights

listening whether Iím still breathing.

Do you feel better here?

Olya says ambulance will come faster here and save me.

Iím like some sacred cow.

Everybody shall save me for some reason.

You know what? Letís implant a heart stimulator.

And everything will change at once.

MashaÖ someday everything will change once and for all.

Thatís all!

Did you pay?

Hand it over to mum, please.

The doctor proposed to me.

What doctor?

The one who came to us.

Marusya!

Did you notice how he was looking at her?

Marusya? What are you thinking about?

Donít think! Marry him!

No, Marusenka. You shall think and not marry him.

Why, mum, why?

Olya!

He is a handsome man, a doctor!

So what? He is good enough to be a friend

but not good enough to be a husband. Iím sorry, Masha.

But itís always two plus one. Itís either youíre with a man

and the child is on his own or youíre with the child

and a man is on his own. Then the one who is on his ownÖ leaves.

Musya? Mishka will leave sooner or later.

Yes. But let him do it himself, without Masha pushing him.

Mum!

Olya!

Romantics, loveÖ itís happiness!

Hello, Misha. How are you?

Iíll spend the night at Auntie Olyaís place today.

Donít be rude. Please do your homework.

All right, Iíll call you tomorrow.

Shall I help you?

No, Iíll manage. Meat shall be cooked by a man.

You promised to tell me about your dream.

My dream is to travel all over Europe by car.

Iím working on itineraries, gather information in the Internet,

collect photos. I know that the day will come

when I forget about everything and go

and go until I reach the Atlantic Ocean.

Why didnít you go?

I had nobody to take with. The car trip is like mountains.

You canít go with just everybody.

Moreover itís a dream. I donít want anybody to spoil it.

Would you go with me?

The problem is that you wonít go with me.

Misha? What are you doing there? Smoking?

Who are you?

Who am I? Who are you? Iím mum!

Where is Misha? Misha!

Mum, why didnít you call?

Why arenít you in school?

I slept over.

Who is that?

My acquaintance.

Fool! Bring me my clothes!

Bring her clothes and get her out of our house! Do you get me?

I do.

NowÖ gather all the butts and bottles and air the room.

Do you understand? And I want to never see it here again!

I got you.

No, noÖ

Show me yours.

Iíd do them in color.

Stop it!

Maria Mikhailovna, hello.

Good morning.

Hello.

Weíre drinking tea.

She is upset with something,

Vera Ivanovna, can you go to the director

and ask him to give us some new task?

Weíve completed this one, havenít we?

Open your notebooks and complete the scheme.

Iíll be back in 15 minutes and check it.

At last!

Iím not free yet. I have to collect the works.

All right, Iíll wait some more.

Donít.

We wonít see each other again. I canít ruin my life. Iím sorry.

Did I ruin your life? How did I ruin it? How?

Maybe it didnít hold together well enough?

Maybe. But it still held together.

All right. Sorry for causing inconveniences.

I thought it would be for the better.

But I must have done something wrong.

Listen to me! Youíll spoil your sonís life.

And youíll spoil your own life too.

Heíll leave you when he grows up.

And youíll stay alone. Farewell!

I forgot to sign the work!

Good bye.

Your mum has nothing to do with it.

Iíve come to you. Letís have man-to-man talk.

I told you I wonít interfere.

Youíre so selfish!

If you love mum think about her and not about yourself.

This is my house too! I live here!

Donít I have a right not to want somebody else to live here?

Or let it be this way. This is your half and this is my half.

And Iíll bring whoever I want to there! Did you get it, mum?

Did you buy him drinks?

No, everything is under control. We drank some wine.

We had man-to-man talk. Is that right, Misha?

It is.

I found a bouquet I gave you.

Letís dot all the ìiîs.

What ìiîs? Who are you?

I didn't call for you! Mum, tell him to leave!

Lesha, go! Lesha, I beg you - leave!

Then I'm leaving!

God, why did you come into my life?

Good Bye, School!

Maya Borisovna, are the results of the literature exams known?

No, they are not. Just the Russian language and mathematics.

Watch the situation on our web-site.

Maria Mikhaylovna, I canít do anything.

"He spoilt his work on purpose. He put down wrong answers; "

he didnít answer some questions,

he chose all the variants in some cases!

He failed, didnít he?

He didnít even try to pass!

Can he try again?

Only next year. Maybe he fell in love?

Such things happen to teenagers when they fall in love.

What difference does it make?

Right,

Maria Mikhaylovna, donít get so upset.

Weíll prepare and pass well next year.

We wonít. The army!

Hello? Yes.

Lesha, I asked you to never call me again.

I canít talk anymore. Sorry.

Larisa Petrovna, Iíve come to you.

Yes?

This is my statement.

What is it about?

Iím resigning. Thatís too much for me.

How interesting! What about your son?

Wonít he be entering?

He changed his mind.

What a pity!

All right. Iíll sign it.

Why didnít you go to the graduation ball?

I didnít feel like going, so I decided not to go.

What do you mean ñ you felt like not going?

What did I pay so much money for?

You shouldnít have.

What do you mean ñ you shouldnít have?

Itís your graduation ball! 11 years in that bloody school!

Oh, GodÖ

I spared no efforts for that school and your studies and youÖ

MumÖ

You spoilt everything! Do you know what army is?

You donít understand what it is!

Mum!

Youíre a fool!

Mum!

YouÖ Arenít you ashamed? God! I wasted all my life on you

and youÖ Donít you feel any shame? I donít deserve it!

Andryusha!

Kostya! Sonny!

Please write!

Be careful there, honey!

Have a good trip!

Hello?

Hello, Masha? Mum is very bad.

She canít breathe at all. Where shall I take her ñ

to the hospital that is nearby or to the one that is good?

What if they donít help her?

Donít worry. Iíll call you back.

Yes.

Hello?

Yes, Masha.

Lesha, this is me. Olyaís mum is very bad.

What clinic shall she take her to?

I see. Take her to the Third Clinic.

My friend is a surgeon there.

Iíll meet you in the reception hall.

Emergency Ward

Doctor? What?

Everything is fine.

The main thing now is to keep to the regime.

She shall not lie down, she shall move.

If the dynamics is positive

you may go to the summer cottage and walk there.

Thank you, thank you!

Youíre welcome.

Thanks God!

Where is Misha?

He is in the armyÖ. Nearby.

What does he write?

All the boys are from Petersburg. The unit seems to be good.

He is learning to drive and is happy about it.

You see? Everything is fine.

Yes.

Was he interested in cars before?

I donít know. I donít think so. I visited him last week.

How is he?

He has grown up. He is smoking.

Thank you. Iíll go.

Masha, wait! Wait!

I know that I spoilt everything.

Iím thinking about it all the time.

No. It just happened so. You were right.

It didnít hold together well.

Or maybe it was just the wrong time.

Iím sorry. Iím very tired. Iíll go.

Iíll give you a lift.

No. Iíll take a taxi.

All right.

Where are your cars?

I sold them.

Where is the map?

I threw it away. These dreams were foolish.

One canít get away from this whirl of life.

You get thrown out of it sometimes.

MashaÖ

Statement. Please accept my resignationÖ

Europe

Mashenka? Mashenka, look!

Iím already walking! Who could have thought?

Masha? What are you doing here

in the middle of the working day? Whatís happened?

I have a vacation.

So youíll stay with us for long, wonít you?

Forever.

Hurray!

Military Correspondence

A visitor to you.

Hello, soldier.

Hello.

Here you go. I brought you some food and cigarettes.

Thank you. Itís like in a pioneer camp.

Right.

What year?

The year of the Olympics. 1980.

Cool! Can I see the engine?

All right, Iíll show you.

Cool! Mum sent you, didnít she?

No. Your mum wonít answer the phone.

I came to your place. A broken key sticks out of the lock.

Yes. She said there were some problems.

I changed the lock. Take the key.

Thanks. How did you find me?

Your letter was in the postbox.

Mum is with Auntie OlyaÖ in her summer cottage.

How is the service going?

Itís fine. Iím all right.

Good. Call me in case of need.

OK. If you go to mum tell her hello from me.

I will. Good luck to you.

Thanks.

Youíre great!

Youíre too.

Autumn is back again. And in some places itís eternal summer.

In heaven.

Olya? Iíll walk to the bay and back.

Masha?

I called you. You wouldnít answer.

I changed my number.

You broke all the connections, didnít you?

Just the most unnecessary ones.

I meant to call you for days.

I brought you the keys. You changed the lock in your door.

You may come back home.

Itís against my plans. I've arranged one trip.

Look at the itinerary,

I missed you.

Will you go with me?

Will you go with me?