1 00:00:06,917 --> 00:00:11,750 Production company Valery Todarovsky 2 00:00:13,709 --> 00:00:16,959 Russia 1 3 00:00:20,625 --> 00:00:27,375 Cinema Fond 4 00:00:28,834 --> 00:00:32,084 Presents 5 00:03:29,834 --> 00:03:31,584 Mom, promise that you’ll buy me rollerskates. 6 00:03:31,625 --> 00:03:33,459 You promised to buy them for me, remember? 7 00:03:33,625 --> 00:03:35,584 Yes, I’ll buy them for you. I’ll buy them. 8 00:03:36,709 --> 00:03:38,750 Tanya, I told you to wear the other underwear. 9 00:03:39,542 --> 00:03:42,167 These make your legs look a couple of centimeters shorter. 10 00:03:45,834 --> 00:03:48,209 Karinachka, my sweetheart, how did it go? 11 00:03:48,334 --> 00:03:52,084 - Everything’s fine, don’t worry. - Good? Everything alright? 12 00:03:53,042 --> 00:03:54,042 My sunshine. 13 00:04:02,459 --> 00:04:05,125 Mama, mama, they complimented me! 14 00:04:05,417 --> 00:04:07,959 Good girl! I told you! 15 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:11,209 You’re such a good girl! 16 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,459 Let me have twenty rubles for beer. 17 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:20,209 Yulia! 18 00:04:21,334 --> 00:04:24,417 Come on, give me twenty rubles, I'll pay you back, honestly. 19 00:04:40,959 --> 00:04:42,125 Hold on, stop. 20 00:04:46,959 --> 00:04:47,959 Look. 21 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:55,875 Is that really you? 22 00:04:57,125 --> 00:04:58,875 The Bolshoi Theater, 1972. 23 00:05:00,375 --> 00:05:02,542 I was so great on that stage, Yulia… 24 00:05:03,709 --> 00:05:05,709 I was so great on that stage… 25 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:13,500 Oooh! 26 00:05:15,792 --> 00:05:19,625 Vlady Pototsky! 27 00:05:20,625 --> 00:05:23,292 - I thought you were dead! - Galina Mikhailovna, how wonderful! 28 00:05:23,709 --> 00:05:25,917 At least someone from the old days. 29 00:05:26,042 --> 00:05:28,167 Oooh, what cheap rotgut you drink, Vlady! 30 00:05:28,375 --> 00:05:31,459 I brought this girl with me, to enroll in the academy. 31 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:34,875 You were so great as Albert! 32 00:05:35,209 --> 00:05:37,959 Just because they wouldn't let you go on tour to New York 33 00:05:37,959 --> 00:05:40,250 was no reason to drink your life away. 34 00:05:41,084 --> 00:05:42,417 You weakling. 35 00:05:43,167 --> 00:05:45,084 The Bolshoi held you high in its arms. 36 00:05:45,125 --> 00:05:48,167 I brought this girl to enroll in the academy. Please, just take a look. 37 00:05:48,209 --> 00:05:52,792 Oh, how you lived on that stage! How alive you were! 38 00:05:52,875 --> 00:05:55,209 I had no fear of descending into that grave with you. 39 00:05:55,250 --> 00:05:57,000 And who do we have now? 40 00:05:57,167 --> 00:06:01,542 Talentless hacks. There's no one for me to even die with. 41 00:06:01,584 --> 00:06:04,250 This girl is heaven sent! See for yourself. 42 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:07,209 Galina Mikhailovna, please! Her name is Yulia. 43 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,167 - Why is she so gangly? - She's not gangly, she's tall! 44 00:06:10,375 --> 00:06:12,709 She might grow a tiny little bit, but that's it! Her mother's small. 45 00:06:12,834 --> 00:06:14,750 The important thing - she's got a tremendous leap! 46 00:06:14,959 --> 00:06:18,375 - Really tremendous?! - Tremendous, believe me! 47 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:21,000 Just take a look, please. With her, you won't be afraid to die. 48 00:06:21,667 --> 00:06:22,625 Go! 49 00:06:26,417 --> 00:06:27,750 This is Yulia. 50 00:06:30,584 --> 00:06:33,667 She missed the first two rounds of auditions, 51 00:06:34,042 --> 00:06:36,834 but she can show us everything right here and now. 52 00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:42,375 Thank you, Mitya, thank you. 53 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:56,375 - Does Yulia have a last name? - Olshanskaya. 54 00:06:56,875 --> 00:07:01,959 Yulia Olshanskaya, please take off your pants. 55 00:07:13,792 --> 00:07:17,834 Yulia Olshanskaya performing, Vladimir Ivanovich Pototsky, tutor. 56 00:07:17,875 --> 00:07:19,292 Stop! 57 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:32,167 Hey, watch your hands! 58 00:07:32,417 --> 00:07:33,875 Don't start any trouble! 59 00:07:35,084 --> 00:07:37,500 How do you intend to work in the theater? 60 00:07:40,167 --> 00:07:42,125 Not in my underwear, that's for sure. 61 00:07:43,667 --> 00:07:46,584 You think we're here to look at your underwear? 62 00:07:47,917 --> 00:07:49,792 You're in your underwear, my dear, 63 00:07:50,084 --> 00:07:53,459 so that we could see all your shortcomings. 64 00:07:53,834 --> 00:07:55,917 Your large frame, for example. 65 00:07:57,250 --> 00:08:00,959 With age, your hips will become even wider. 66 00:08:01,250 --> 00:08:03,334 Meaning, I'll have a big ass? 67 00:08:04,959 --> 00:08:08,625 And you got huge hands, like a man! 68 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:11,709 And somehow you've managed to dance. 69 00:08:18,417 --> 00:08:22,042 Zhanachka, ask the next one to come in. 70 00:08:23,292 --> 00:08:26,750 Galina Mikhailovna, how old is she? 71 00:08:27,042 --> 00:08:28,375 Dance! 72 00:08:30,417 --> 00:08:32,709 Galina Mikhailovna, we have the next one. 73 00:08:32,792 --> 00:08:34,125 Dance! Come on! 74 00:09:58,542 --> 00:10:03,209 If I made it in - stick out your tongue, if not - pucker your lips. 75 00:10:24,334 --> 00:10:25,334 Ooo! 76 00:10:26,042 --> 00:10:29,000 Never drink champagne. Champagne weakens your legs. 77 00:10:29,584 --> 00:10:32,000 If you're gonna drink, drink only cognac, understand? 78 00:10:32,750 --> 00:10:36,000 That's enough for a return ticket, economy class. 79 00:10:36,792 --> 00:10:38,959 I have to start saving up. 80 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,250 And calm my mother, okay? 81 00:10:45,917 --> 00:10:46,959 I'll calm her down. 82 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:50,459 Dear parents, here's the list of accepted students. 83 00:10:54,584 --> 00:10:57,042 Hurrah! 84 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,875 THE BOLSHOI 85 00:11:12,917 --> 00:11:18,500 And-one, and-two, and-three. 86 00:11:19,667 --> 00:11:21,167 What's this? 87 00:11:21,584 --> 00:11:23,209 What's this? 88 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:25,709 Don't you have legs? 89 00:11:28,584 --> 00:11:32,667 If you didn't have them, one could at least pity you. 90 00:11:33,834 --> 00:11:37,750 Filled this place up through the want-ads. 91 00:11:38,542 --> 00:11:41,875 You, step to the center bars. 92 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:44,042 So! 93 00:11:44,875 --> 00:11:49,375 And-one, and-two, and-three. 94 00:11:51,750 --> 00:11:55,750 And we hold the pearl stance. 95 00:11:56,792 --> 00:11:57,459 There. 96 00:11:59,459 --> 00:12:01,792 Embracing the cloud, hugging the cloud, there. 97 00:12:06,709 --> 00:12:08,334 Leg from the hip, 98 00:12:09,334 --> 00:12:14,417 from the hip, Katya. Starting from the hip! 99 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:16,542 I said from the hip. 100 00:12:19,292 --> 00:12:21,792 What? What? What? 101 00:12:22,959 --> 00:12:23,959 What? 102 00:12:24,167 --> 00:12:28,167 Did we come here to cry or to serve in the ballet, huh? 103 00:12:28,834 --> 00:12:31,625 - Katya! - Her name is Tanya! 104 00:12:33,292 --> 00:12:36,917 - What's the difference? - A freaking big one! 105 00:12:37,250 --> 00:12:41,750 You're nobody in ballet until you've proven otherwise. 106 00:12:41,792 --> 00:12:44,625 I don't need it, it's her stupid legs that need it. 107 00:12:46,125 --> 00:12:46,667 So! 108 00:12:47,792 --> 00:12:51,084 You'll do the tendu until class is over. 109 00:12:52,250 --> 00:12:54,584 No-name fools! 110 00:13:05,334 --> 00:13:08,750 Come on, let's have the tendu, 111 00:13:09,209 --> 00:13:11,667 tendu, no, tendu! 112 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:15,625 Pour le piere, pour le piere! 113 00:13:15,667 --> 00:13:19,084 I've had it! I don't know any these words! 114 00:13:20,625 --> 00:13:24,209 When will you know them? When you retire? 115 00:14:18,834 --> 00:14:20,667 And what are you doing here? 116 00:14:21,334 --> 00:14:25,667 I come here to talk to my mom, so that nobody else could hear me. 117 00:14:25,834 --> 00:14:26,500 Mmm... 118 00:14:27,792 --> 00:14:29,292 Me, too, with my dad. 119 00:14:32,292 --> 00:14:36,042 Listen, Yulia, stand over here, please. 120 00:14:36,584 --> 00:14:37,584 Why? 121 00:14:38,334 --> 00:14:40,084 You'll find out right now. 122 00:14:46,167 --> 00:14:48,875 Look, here, this is pour le piere. 123 00:14:49,292 --> 00:14:52,417 It's translated as push. Repeat it. 124 00:14:54,167 --> 00:14:56,834 This is pour le piere - push. 125 00:14:57,500 --> 00:15:00,542 Correct. Now you can repeat it with your arms and your legs. 126 00:15:01,917 --> 00:15:04,209 And-one, and-two. 127 00:15:04,542 --> 00:15:06,459 Аnd-one, and... 128 00:15:07,667 --> 00:15:08,667 Soon. 129 00:15:09,125 --> 00:15:10,125 Ok! 130 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,084 Girls, why are there so many of you here? 131 00:15:13,417 --> 00:15:17,959 Did you place any bets? You didn't! Let's clear some space. 132 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:18,792 Tanya, Mya! 133 00:15:18,792 --> 00:15:21,125 More, Karina, come on, don’t half-ass it! 134 00:15:24,417 --> 00:15:25,834 Kids! Come on, come on. 135 00:15:25,875 --> 00:15:28,167 Sit closer, make some more space. 136 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,750 Galina Mikhailovna! I'm not arguing with you! 137 00:15:34,292 --> 00:15:38,334 Olshanskaya has a splendid leap, simply splendid! 138 00:15:38,917 --> 00:15:41,417 Yes, she's artistic! 139 00:15:42,792 --> 00:15:45,167 But there are nuances. 140 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,792 Anyone else? Who's next, who's next? 141 00:15:54,459 --> 00:15:56,000 - 300 on Karina. - On who? 142 00:15:56,125 --> 00:15:57,792 - 300 on Karina. - 500 on Olshanskaya. 143 00:15:57,834 --> 00:15:59,834 Hold on, I can't keep up! Wait! 144 00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:01,459 - 250 on Olshanskaya. - Olshanskaya - 500! 145 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,459 - I can't keep up. Girls, hold on. - Come on, write it down, 250 on Karina. 146 00:16:04,459 --> 00:16:08,292 Everything okay? Come on, get ready! That’s it! Come on! 147 00:16:10,709 --> 00:16:12,375 So, Kurnikova, you scared? 148 00:16:13,584 --> 00:16:15,750 Of whom? A drunken you? 149 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,334 Will you even be able to stand up on your legs? 150 00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:19,959 Do you doubt it? 151 00:16:21,542 --> 00:16:23,334 You haven't seen yourself from the side. 152 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,292 Karina's got the arms. 153 00:16:28,417 --> 00:16:30,917 Karina's got the legs. 154 00:16:31,625 --> 00:16:35,000 And most importantly, Karina's got the balance. 155 00:16:36,209 --> 00:16:37,834 Karina has the nuances. 156 00:16:38,542 --> 00:16:40,334 But Olshanskaya is Aurora. 157 00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:46,042 She's truly joyful when she's running through the palace, 158 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:49,584 and not just jumping around on balanced legs. 159 00:16:51,167 --> 00:16:52,584 Hey, what are you doing? 160 00:16:52,625 --> 00:16:55,084 Get out of here! Go back! 161 00:16:55,125 --> 00:16:58,917 Go, go! You can come in. Get out! Out! 162 00:16:59,209 --> 00:17:03,292 Let me through. Tanya, finish it up, we're starting! 163 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:06,792 Antsiferov, I don't understand, who are you betting on? 164 00:17:09,375 --> 00:17:10,500 On Karina. 165 00:17:12,334 --> 00:17:14,667 - How much? - Yes, on Karina - 150. 166 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:19,500 That’s it! All bets are down. 167 00:17:19,542 --> 00:17:21,292 Come on, let’s begin! 168 00:17:22,084 --> 00:17:23,750 Okay, attention! Quiet! 169 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:26,584 Everyone get up and move away! 170 00:17:27,042 --> 00:17:28,750 Girls, you ready? 171 00:17:29,125 --> 00:17:30,625 Ready. 172 00:17:38,334 --> 00:17:39,667 Let's go! 173 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,834 - Olshanskaya! Olshanskaya! - Come on, Karina! 174 00:17:44,084 --> 00:17:48,209 Karina! Karina! Karina! Karina! 175 00:17:58,750 --> 00:18:00,167 Come on, Karina! 176 00:18:14,375 --> 00:18:17,667 Give me a last name, please. 177 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,750 I have to prepare a diet. 178 00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:22,459 Did you determine who your lead is? 179 00:18:23,375 --> 00:18:26,209 Or we can be starving two girls, if you want. 180 00:18:29,250 --> 00:18:32,375 - Come on! - Come on! Karina! 181 00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:07,584 Okay! 182 00:19:09,084 --> 00:19:13,500 Fine, we'll leave the question of Aurora until after the dress rehearsal. 183 00:19:14,125 --> 00:19:17,000 We need to see them both on stage. 184 00:19:18,334 --> 00:19:22,709 Get them both ready. It won't kill them. 185 00:20:16,959 --> 00:20:18,292 Put it down. 186 00:20:20,042 --> 00:20:21,542 You’re a ballerina 187 00:20:22,667 --> 00:20:24,500 and you’re acting like a bum. 188 00:20:26,167 --> 00:20:29,125 Why don’t you go scavenge from the other tables, too. 189 00:20:29,792 --> 00:20:33,042 I will! I’m starving. 190 00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:37,209 You’ve got it good here, but no one’s giving me any food. 191 00:20:39,292 --> 00:20:42,625 - You know how to wash floors? - What’s there to know? 192 00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:45,250 What! 193 00:20:47,709 --> 00:20:50,000 This is some freaking museum you got here. 194 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:52,917 And where do you live? 195 00:20:53,125 --> 00:20:54,625 I live right here. 196 00:20:56,292 --> 00:21:01,250 I’m sort of an antique, myself. 197 00:21:04,125 --> 00:21:08,959 I’ll pay you every Thursday. That okay with you? 198 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:10,834 Yes. 199 00:21:14,709 --> 00:21:17,584 You gonna tell anyone that you’re cleaning here? 200 00:21:18,917 --> 00:21:21,084 - Nope. - Too proud! 201 00:21:21,292 --> 00:21:22,625 Good. 202 00:21:23,292 --> 00:21:26,792 Maybe you’ll make something of yourself, yet. 203 00:21:40,042 --> 00:21:41,375 Who’s there? 204 00:21:43,375 --> 00:21:45,917 You’re… who’s in here? 205 00:21:57,959 --> 00:21:59,834 Galina Mikhailovna, what’s wrong? 206 00:22:01,917 --> 00:22:03,792 Galina Mikhailovna, what’s with you? 207 00:22:10,750 --> 00:22:12,500 Where am I? 208 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:15,375 Galina Mikhailovna, you’re at home! 209 00:22:15,625 --> 00:22:17,500 What’s with you? 210 00:22:20,417 --> 00:22:23,084 Here, take a look, 211 00:22:23,167 --> 00:22:25,750 that’s you – when you were younger. Picasso drew it. 212 00:22:25,917 --> 00:22:28,542 You told me about it yourself earlier today! 213 00:22:28,584 --> 00:22:31,000 Take a look. That’s you – when you were younger. 214 00:22:32,042 --> 00:22:33,375 Unbelievable! 215 00:22:34,459 --> 00:22:39,834 Listen, maybe we should call for an ambulance or speak to someone? 216 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:42,542 No! It’s not necessary. 217 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:48,000 I’m just… 218 00:22:49,084 --> 00:22:52,125 sometimes my memory fails me. 219 00:22:53,167 --> 00:22:59,667 It’s a disease. I forget what it’s called. 220 00:23:03,959 --> 00:23:08,667 Swear to me that you won’t say a word to anyone about it. 221 00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:10,209 To nobody! 222 00:23:11,125 --> 00:23:12,459 I promise. 223 00:23:13,667 --> 00:23:17,625 Otherwise, I’ll have to leave the academy. 224 00:23:18,334 --> 00:23:21,042 If you don’t keep my secret safe. 225 00:23:22,042 --> 00:23:24,375 I swear! Don’cha worry about it! 226 00:23:24,542 --> 00:23:26,209 And enough with your “cha’s”! 227 00:23:26,667 --> 00:23:28,917 What is this “cha”, “cha”? 228 00:23:29,917 --> 00:23:32,125 There’s no “cha”! 229 00:24:27,875 --> 00:24:29,375 Lena. 230 00:24:30,750 --> 00:24:32,667 - Lena, right? - Yes. 231 00:24:33,042 --> 00:24:34,375 I remember. 232 00:24:36,084 --> 00:24:37,417 I remember. 233 00:24:43,542 --> 00:24:46,375 - Krasnorutskaya. - Oh, yeah. 234 00:24:47,084 --> 00:24:49,959 She’s got horrendous feet. 235 00:24:54,250 --> 00:24:55,875 And this one? 236 00:24:57,042 --> 00:24:58,667 That’s the good one, 237 00:24:59,125 --> 00:25:01,459 I remember her well. 238 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:05,125 Aaaaa... That’s Krasnorutskaya! 239 00:25:05,292 --> 00:25:07,875 Krasnorutskaya was right before this one. 240 00:25:08,209 --> 00:25:10,667 That’s it, Yulia, I’m tired. 241 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:13,209 - Galina Mikhailovna. Сome on. - No. 242 00:25:13,667 --> 00:25:17,709 - There are only two left. - That’s it, my dear. 243 00:25:18,125 --> 00:25:19,459 Oh, well… 244 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:23,792 - But, that’s Karina. - Karina! 245 00:25:24,459 --> 00:25:29,209 - Kurnikova! - You see, you could do it! 246 00:25:31,334 --> 00:25:33,584 You’re such a pain in the ass, Olshanskaya. 247 00:25:35,209 --> 00:25:38,125 Galina Mikhailovna, there’s only one left, I swear! 248 00:25:38,292 --> 00:25:40,334 The last one. 249 00:25:42,750 --> 00:25:44,459 I can’t remember. 250 00:25:45,542 --> 00:25:48,334 - I just can’t remember. - What do you mean? 251 00:25:48,709 --> 00:25:51,084 That’s Tanya Yefremova. 252 00:25:51,792 --> 00:25:55,459 Oh, yeah. The hell with her. 253 00:25:56,959 --> 00:25:58,292 Here… 254 00:26:02,125 --> 00:26:03,792 You like? 255 00:26:05,334 --> 00:26:06,667 Very much. 256 00:26:09,584 --> 00:26:11,375 Take them! My gift to you! 257 00:26:12,917 --> 00:26:16,292 They’re real antiques! Diamonds, sapphires. 258 00:26:16,334 --> 00:26:19,209 You could buy a car with them. 259 00:26:19,209 --> 00:26:21,167 But don’t you sell them! 260 00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:24,042 I danced in them as Odetta. 261 00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:29,125 Wear them when you dance at the Bolshoi. 262 00:26:30,292 --> 00:26:32,459 You understand? 263 00:26:52,334 --> 00:26:55,250 Olshanskaya, what’cha got there? 264 00:26:55,292 --> 00:26:58,000 It’s nothing. What? 265 00:26:58,875 --> 00:27:00,792 Go back to sleep! 266 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,667 I don’t want to dance with Antoine Duvale! 267 00:27:11,875 --> 00:27:14,542 I don’t like the way he prepared his part. 268 00:27:16,209 --> 00:27:19,542 And anyways, I don’t feel well today. 269 00:27:21,667 --> 00:27:23,834 I won’t be able to dance Kitri today. 270 00:27:24,584 --> 00:27:27,500 Yes! And reschedule my rehearsals! 271 00:27:29,084 --> 00:27:33,334 Did you hear me? I said reschedule my rehearsals! 272 00:27:34,750 --> 00:27:37,834 - Yulia, you coming? - Yes, Karina, I’ll be right along! 273 00:27:37,959 --> 00:27:39,292 Okay. 274 00:27:42,334 --> 00:27:44,500 Yefremova, Tatyana. 275 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,042 Artistic, but terrible feet. 276 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:51,542 Hips are a nightmare. 277 00:27:52,542 --> 00:27:55,167 She’ll spread out and won’t be able to dance. 278 00:27:56,750 --> 00:27:59,417 I recommend expelling her. 279 00:28:00,250 --> 00:28:02,959 Okay. Karina Kurnikova. 280 00:28:04,459 --> 00:28:07,625 I recommend advancing her to the next level. 281 00:28:11,167 --> 00:28:15,417 Yulia Olshanskaya. She was accepted with probationary status. 282 00:28:17,959 --> 00:28:21,709 I recommend advancing her to the next level. 283 00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:31,167 Please, don’t expel me, I’m begging you! 284 00:28:31,417 --> 00:28:36,584 What am I going to tell my parents? Please don’t expel me, please don’t! 285 00:28:36,917 --> 00:28:40,417 I’ll get rid of the hips and get my feet done! Please! 286 00:28:40,542 --> 00:28:44,292 So, now you’ll say that I’m a monster! 287 00:28:44,667 --> 00:28:45,542 Well? 288 00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:50,584 There has to be somebody for us to teach, so, go ahead and let her remain, 289 00:28:50,834 --> 00:28:53,875 - if you want, on probationary status. - Tanya, get up! 290 00:28:54,209 --> 00:28:55,875 No need to cry. 291 00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:57,542 Come over here. 292 00:29:00,750 --> 00:29:04,042 Your parents have to understand 293 00:29:04,834 --> 00:29:07,917 that we’re expelling you because this is ballet! 294 00:29:09,042 --> 00:29:13,042 Wouldn’t you, yourself, want to go to the Bolshoi 295 00:29:13,042 --> 00:29:16,667 and see beautiful ballerinas. 296 00:29:17,417 --> 00:29:20,584 Right? So, there’s no point in crying. 297 00:29:23,917 --> 00:29:26,667 We’re letting you advance to the next class. 298 00:29:26,834 --> 00:29:28,209 On probation. 299 00:29:29,542 --> 00:29:30,875 Sit down. 300 00:29:31,084 --> 00:29:32,417 Thank you. 301 00:29:33,417 --> 00:29:37,375 Galina Mikhailovna, what are you looking for over there? 302 00:29:37,542 --> 00:29:39,375 We’re in the middle of evaluations. 303 00:29:39,417 --> 00:29:41,375 My earrings are missing! 304 00:29:43,167 --> 00:29:44,625 Hmm... 305 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:49,459 They cost a fortune! 306 00:29:50,292 --> 00:29:53,750 - Galina Mikhailovna… - “Galina Mikhailovna” what? 307 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:55,792 There are thieves in the academy. 308 00:29:55,917 --> 00:29:59,209 And you know it. And everyone knows it too! 309 00:29:59,792 --> 00:30:02,292 They steal here. But these earrings – 310 00:30:03,375 --> 00:30:05,625 they're not some cell phone! 311 00:30:20,584 --> 00:30:23,250 Yulia, show us your hands. 312 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,209 Don’t hide them behind your back. Show them to us. 313 00:30:32,667 --> 00:30:36,042 I want you to say it outloud. 314 00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:38,500 This is disgusting, Olshanskaya! 315 00:30:39,167 --> 00:30:40,709 This is a crime! 316 00:30:41,375 --> 00:30:45,042 And I want you to say this outloud. 317 00:30:49,792 --> 00:30:55,459 Only when you acknowledge it, can you repent. 318 00:30:56,959 --> 00:30:59,667 Look your classmates in the eye. 319 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:03,875 You’re expelled, obviously! 320 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:10,625 But I want you to feel ashamed before you’re expelled. 321 00:31:12,375 --> 00:31:14,000 I didn’t steal them. 322 00:31:14,375 --> 00:31:17,667 - What? - I didn’t steal those earrings. 323 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:22,709 - What nerve! - That’s enough, Lyudmila Sergeyevna. 324 00:31:23,917 --> 00:31:27,792 You at least understand that you’re a liar and a thief? 325 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:29,209 Enough! 326 00:31:31,167 --> 00:31:35,375 You have until tonight to clear out your things from the academy. 327 00:31:35,667 --> 00:31:37,959 You’re expelled! 328 00:32:07,334 --> 00:32:08,667 Yulia. 329 00:32:13,334 --> 00:32:14,667 Yulia. 330 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,334 Yulia. 331 00:32:21,209 --> 00:32:22,542 Yulia. 332 00:32:25,709 --> 00:32:27,750 Forgive me. 333 00:32:29,875 --> 00:32:31,209 Forgive me! 334 00:32:33,792 --> 00:32:36,125 Don’t come near me, you old witch! 335 00:32:36,334 --> 00:32:39,292 Get out of here! Get out! I hate you! 336 00:32:39,334 --> 00:32:42,209 Hate you! I want you to die! 337 00:33:04,959 --> 00:33:06,709 Why are you always here? 338 00:33:14,334 --> 00:33:17,209 Come on, Antsifirov, behave yourself… 339 00:33:17,292 --> 00:33:20,167 get away from here, it’s my bed. 340 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,459 Mitya, Antsifirov, you’re a real pain in the ass. 341 00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:46,084 Well, i think... 342 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:50,334 Well, maybe, yes, well, if completely, of course. 343 00:33:53,125 --> 00:33:54,459 Run-run... 344 00:33:55,459 --> 00:33:56,792 Excuse me. 345 00:33:56,959 --> 00:33:59,375 - I think it’s all bunch of fairytales. - No, wait. 346 00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,834 What fairytales, what miracles? Everyone in the Academy knows it. 347 00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:05,834 No, of course they’re fairytales. It's just not realistic to jump like that. 348 00:34:05,875 --> 00:34:09,417 Yes, even Amirkhan said it. I really think that she could’ve jumped 349 00:34:09,417 --> 00:34:12,459 - from one building rooftop to another. - Olshanskaya, I need to talk to you. 350 00:34:12,459 --> 00:34:15,084 - Could she have really made that jump? - You need a balloon for that. 351 00:34:15,125 --> 00:34:16,584 What is she, a hot air balloon or something? 352 00:34:16,834 --> 00:34:19,042 - It’s impossible. - The splits, over one eighty. 353 00:34:19,584 --> 00:34:21,584 - What’s with you? - A hundred and eighty don’t matter here. 354 00:34:21,667 --> 00:34:25,375 Think of what kind of legs and thighs you would need, it’s impossible. 355 00:34:25,417 --> 00:34:27,292 - Excuse me. - What’s with you, Antsifirov? 356 00:34:27,375 --> 00:34:30,209 Нold on. Excuse me, pardon me. 357 00:34:35,125 --> 00:34:35,542 So? 358 00:34:37,750 --> 00:34:39,084 No, forget it. 359 00:34:39,792 --> 00:34:41,625 What's up with you? Say what you wanted to say. 360 00:34:43,167 --> 00:34:46,750 Well, I kind’a wanted to admit that I’m in love. 361 00:34:50,834 --> 00:34:53,167 So, I’m in love… 362 00:34:53,584 --> 00:34:57,209 Well, maybe not in love, I don’t know. 363 00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:01,042 Okay, so I’m in love. 364 00:35:01,042 --> 00:35:03,584 That’s why I can’t do any lifts with Karina. 365 00:35:03,917 --> 00:35:06,917 With you I could do it like this…or like that. 366 00:35:11,417 --> 00:35:12,084 Well! 367 00:35:12,125 --> 00:35:15,209 This whole thing’s insane, this ballet! 368 00:35:15,542 --> 00:35:19,125 Don’t you think it’s insane? You drag a woman in a circle, 369 00:35:19,459 --> 00:35:22,125 run around like a fool, jumping, all out of breath – 370 00:35:22,292 --> 00:35:24,834 and it’s all supposed to express love! 371 00:35:25,167 --> 00:35:29,125 I hate the ballet! No, that’s it for me! 372 00:35:29,167 --> 00:35:32,292 I’ll graduate from the academy, hand diploma to mother and that’s fucking it! 373 00:35:32,292 --> 00:35:34,584 Gonna become a policeman, like a regular guy. 374 00:35:38,209 --> 00:35:40,250 No-no, forget about it! 375 00:35:42,584 --> 00:35:45,084 You’re not talking about me by any chance? 376 00:35:46,084 --> 00:35:47,584 - No. - No? 377 00:35:48,584 --> 00:35:50,959 From a distance it looked like it was about me. 378 00:35:52,834 --> 00:35:55,125 - Why are you laughing? - It’s nothing. 379 00:35:55,959 --> 00:35:57,875 Well, what? 380 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,084 All that stuff is just fairy tales. 381 00:36:36,167 --> 00:36:38,667 She didn't jump, it's unrealistic. 382 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,417 How about you, Antsifirov? 383 00:36:45,042 --> 00:36:46,709 Go and try it. 384 00:36:47,084 --> 00:36:49,750 - Come on, Antsifirov, you're the man. - No, it's not eighteen floors… 385 00:36:49,792 --> 00:36:51,250 - Karina, don't. - Come on. Go try it. 386 00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:53,500 Leave me alone, Karina! Stupid. 387 00:36:53,917 --> 00:36:55,750 Well... why no?... 388 00:36:55,792 --> 00:36:58,042 …if only the roof was a little longer… 389 00:36:58,084 --> 00:36:59,917 .. why no? 390 00:37:02,209 --> 00:37:03,459 No, no, dont't jump... 391 00:37:03,542 --> 00:37:06,542 Listen, Mitya, so... 392 00:37:07,625 --> 00:37:10,084 Is it possible to fall in love with me? 393 00:37:11,167 --> 00:37:11,667 Hey! 394 00:37:13,250 --> 00:37:17,417 Why are you asking me? How can I answer you, I'm already in love. 395 00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:27,792 - Well, guys do talk about you in class. - Yeah? 396 00:37:28,250 --> 00:37:29,584 Who specifically? 397 00:37:30,125 --> 00:37:32,459 Listen, Olshanskaya, I don't have time for you right now. 398 00:37:32,459 --> 00:37:34,459 How should I know who loves you? 399 00:37:54,542 --> 00:37:56,334 Yulia, what are you doing? 400 00:38:06,084 --> 00:38:08,000 She's really getting undressed, or what? 401 00:38:08,417 --> 00:38:11,167 - Why is she doing that? - You planning to go for a swim? 402 00:38:12,125 --> 00:38:14,834 - You screwing around out or what? - It's not funny, Yulia. 403 00:38:14,834 --> 00:38:17,000 Put your clothes back on, you'll freeze. 404 00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,459 Check it out, she's really undressing. 405 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:21,834 Get dressed, Olshanskaya, it's cold. 406 00:38:22,542 --> 00:38:24,417 What are you trying do, Yulia? 407 00:38:25,334 --> 00:38:28,417 - Is she really serious? - That's enough, Yulia! It's not funny. 408 00:38:28,459 --> 00:38:30,334 - In all seriousness, come on! - Yulia, stop it. 409 00:38:30,584 --> 00:38:32,792 - Where are you going? - What’s with you, Yulia? Are you crazy? 410 00:38:32,834 --> 00:38:35,250 No, really, Yulia! What are you doing? 411 00:38:37,042 --> 00:38:37,834 Yulia! 412 00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:39,209 Stop! 413 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:48,209 - Stupid! - Nah, it's unrealistic. 414 00:38:49,959 --> 00:38:53,084 No one's ever jumped from here, guys, that's for sure. 415 00:38:55,209 --> 00:38:56,209 Stupid! 416 00:38:59,167 --> 00:39:01,292 What are you staring at? 417 00:39:03,125 --> 00:39:06,917 It's totally unrealistic. 418 00:39:53,417 --> 00:39:55,417 Oh, stop! 419 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:02,500 Can't you pick her up normally, Antsifirov? 420 00:40:03,584 --> 00:40:08,459 What is the pas de deux? Pas de deux means “wedding night.” 421 00:40:09,917 --> 00:40:11,250 Come on! 422 00:40:57,709 --> 00:40:59,875 No! No! No! No! 423 00:41:01,834 --> 00:41:05,167 Olshanskaya, what's with the face, huh? 424 00:41:05,875 --> 00:41:06,500 Huh?? 425 00:41:07,334 --> 00:41:12,250 Did you forget that you're a princess and that you're in love, huh? 426 00:41:13,084 --> 00:41:16,667 What's this? Face of stone with a stoned expression. 427 00:41:18,625 --> 00:41:22,417 - Ah, I think, after Classics we could… - Uh-ha, good. 428 00:41:22,667 --> 00:41:24,459 Don't forget the shampoo. 429 00:41:40,334 --> 00:41:41,709 Yulia? 430 00:41:44,875 --> 00:41:46,459 - Yulia? - Huh? 431 00:41:49,750 --> 00:41:54,250 Listen, I wanted to ask you something. 432 00:41:56,459 --> 00:41:59,625 What do you think, you're still a virgin? 433 00:42:06,334 --> 00:42:08,167 Well, yeah, I guess so. 434 00:42:10,709 --> 00:42:12,334 Or maybe not anymore. 435 00:42:13,042 --> 00:42:15,292 Did you hear what Krasnorutskaya said yesterday? 436 00:42:17,084 --> 00:42:22,000 Turns out we've torn everything down there long ago 437 00:42:22,417 --> 00:42:23,875 with those stretches from hell. 438 00:42:25,125 --> 00:42:28,584 And during second year, Krasnorutskaya said that kissing 439 00:42:28,792 --> 00:42:30,750 makes hair grow above your lips. 440 00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:39,292 You think that's true? 441 00:42:40,209 --> 00:42:41,542 I don't know. 442 00:42:43,334 --> 00:42:45,167 It's horrible, if it's true. 443 00:42:45,709 --> 00:42:50,834 I mean, I'd rather it be a man than some grand batement. 444 00:42:51,459 --> 00:42:53,500 What difference does it make here? 445 00:42:53,875 --> 00:42:56,959 And the worst thing is, she says, after you have sex 446 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,125 your dancing gets a lot worse. 447 00:43:01,584 --> 00:43:06,084 Yeah? Why don't you also say that Lopatkina and Zakharova don't have sex. 448 00:43:07,625 --> 00:43:09,292 This is all crazy talk. 449 00:43:10,375 --> 00:43:11,917 I don't believe it. 450 00:43:17,292 --> 00:43:21,209 Oh, and that reminds me, I wanted to tell you that the reason 451 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,417 Mitya keeps dropping you whenever he holds you up 452 00:43:24,792 --> 00:43:26,709 is because he's in love with you. 453 00:43:28,084 --> 00:43:30,084 He says that he can't bear to touch you. 454 00:43:31,584 --> 00:43:34,459 Me - he can, but not you. 455 00:43:39,209 --> 00:43:41,000 Thanks for telling me this. 456 00:43:44,292 --> 00:43:47,542 My God! This is a Picasso! 457 00:43:50,292 --> 00:43:52,334 And that's you, Galina Mikhailovna! 458 00:43:52,792 --> 00:43:54,125 Yes. 459 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,750 What an amazing portrait. 460 00:43:58,167 --> 00:43:59,167 Wonderful. 461 00:44:00,209 --> 00:44:01,709 Really wonderful. 462 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:06,542 Excuse me, and you are? 463 00:44:06,792 --> 00:44:09,084 Karina Kurnikova's mother. 464 00:44:14,084 --> 00:44:17,834 I'm here specifically regarding the graduation show. 465 00:44:20,209 --> 00:44:24,625 We, the parents' committee, wanted to suggest to you… 466 00:44:27,125 --> 00:44:30,000 well, we actually have a lot of different ideas, 467 00:44:30,042 --> 00:44:35,042 but there is one it's kind of crazy, to be honest. 468 00:44:35,750 --> 00:44:36,750 huh? 469 00:44:39,417 --> 00:44:43,000 Forgive me, who are you again? 470 00:44:44,542 --> 00:44:47,042 Karina Kurnikova's mother. 471 00:44:49,875 --> 00:44:50,125 ok! 472 00:44:50,167 --> 00:44:53,334 Galina Mikhailovna, let's first have a smoke. 473 00:44:53,542 --> 00:44:56,834 - You do smoke, right? - Trying to quit, 474 00:44:57,334 --> 00:44:58,875 so, don't tempt me. 475 00:45:00,167 --> 00:45:01,542 I'm sorry. 476 00:45:03,584 --> 00:45:07,667 Galina Mikhailovna, could you at least tell me something. 477 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,667 My daughter won't tell me anything, but I worry. 478 00:45:10,709 --> 00:45:13,750 I am a mother, afterall. And I don't know anything. 479 00:45:14,042 --> 00:45:16,917 How is she doing in class, 480 00:45:16,917 --> 00:45:20,125 what she's up to, I don't know anything. 481 00:45:20,500 --> 00:45:24,084 Tell me at least something, in secret. 482 00:45:24,250 --> 00:45:27,000 For example, are they gonna give her the part of Aurora? 483 00:45:27,375 --> 00:45:28,500 Aurora? 484 00:45:31,625 --> 00:45:33,542 Well, since you're here, 485 00:45:34,625 --> 00:45:37,542 you'll have to forgive me, but I've never seen you before. 486 00:45:37,875 --> 00:45:41,709 I understand that it costs a lot of money 487 00:45:42,459 --> 00:45:45,167 to travel here from your, God, what's it called, 488 00:45:45,417 --> 00:45:48,917 your Shakhtinsk. 489 00:45:49,209 --> 00:45:50,417 But for the past eight years. 490 00:45:50,584 --> 00:45:53,875 In eight years you could've at least made one call to her teacher 491 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:57,584 to ask how is Yulia, how's she doing? 492 00:45:57,959 --> 00:46:03,375 Do you even understand that your daughter will be a great ballerina, 493 00:46:03,417 --> 00:46:05,292 do you realize it? 494 00:46:06,667 --> 00:46:09,334 You come to me just now? 495 00:46:10,125 --> 00:46:12,125 Do you even know my name? 496 00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:16,125 I've been working with your daughter since she was ten years old. 497 00:46:16,417 --> 00:46:16,709 huh! 498 00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:19,875 Will they give the part of Aurora to Olshanskaya? 499 00:46:20,959 --> 00:46:26,292 I won't tell this to Yulia, 500 00:46:27,917 --> 00:46:30,417 but I will tell you - 501 00:46:30,834 --> 00:46:35,459 they'll give the part of Aurora to Olshanskaya, and you are scum. 502 00:46:45,792 --> 00:46:48,542 Yulia, is that you? 503 00:48:25,417 --> 00:48:26,750 Wait… 504 00:48:26,875 --> 00:48:27,542 Stop... 505 00:48:52,375 --> 00:48:54,584 So, what's gonna happen to her now? 506 00:48:55,500 --> 00:48:56,875 Will she and that boy go to jail? 507 00:48:57,250 --> 00:49:00,292 No way. Will execute them both immediately! 508 00:49:00,375 --> 00:49:02,417 I'm sick of dealing with her, this is her third arrest. 509 00:49:03,459 --> 00:49:05,917 I'll stick her in juvenile hall, number twenty one. 510 00:49:06,292 --> 00:49:08,667 Someone has to teach her how to behave! 511 00:49:08,709 --> 00:49:11,209 Wait! Please, wait. 512 00:49:12,209 --> 00:49:13,542 One second. 513 00:49:17,875 --> 00:49:20,792 Maybe it's art? As an option. 514 00:49:21,042 --> 00:49:23,167 And I'll withdraw the complaint. 515 00:49:24,250 --> 00:49:27,875 You shouldn't have! That was totally unnecessary. 516 00:49:39,250 --> 00:49:42,334 Olshanskaya! You wanna go to juvenile hall? 517 00:49:42,875 --> 00:49:44,209 Start clapping! 518 00:49:54,584 --> 00:49:57,500 The father is a coal miner, with ten years of Distinguished Service awards. 519 00:49:57,542 --> 00:50:00,667 The mother is a senior assembly packer. 520 00:50:00,709 --> 00:50:02,792 And the daughter? A thief! 521 00:50:02,792 --> 00:50:06,250 Masha! Why are you like this? She didn't steal, she danced! 522 00:50:06,250 --> 00:50:07,750 Go on, praise her! 523 00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:25,334 Good girl. 524 00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:31,500 You see, Masha. Come on, Yulia! 525 00:50:31,959 --> 00:50:35,042 - Now you'll study the ballet! - What for? 526 00:50:58,750 --> 00:51:02,625 Come on, get up. This is called a training bar. 527 00:51:03,542 --> 00:51:05,209 What kind of training bar is that? 528 00:51:05,709 --> 00:51:07,209 And what do you think it is? 529 00:51:10,042 --> 00:51:12,042 Why start right off with the training bar? 530 00:51:12,125 --> 00:51:14,959 - Where do you want to start off? - Right here, in the middle. 531 00:51:15,417 --> 00:51:17,875 I'm supposed to dance, right? Or what? 532 00:51:18,750 --> 00:51:22,167 I can dance on my hands! Or I'll jump maybe? 533 00:51:24,750 --> 00:51:28,250 I'll teach you a little later. Hold on! 534 00:51:36,709 --> 00:51:37,500 Ah! 535 00:51:38,750 --> 00:51:41,000 Now this is called the first position. 536 00:51:42,209 --> 00:51:43,917 Come on, turn your feet… 537 00:51:45,834 --> 00:51:47,625 Turn your feet. 538 00:51:48,417 --> 00:51:49,750 It hurts! 539 00:51:50,584 --> 00:51:56,417 Really? But when a bunch of drunks at the bus stop throw you some applause 540 00:51:56,417 --> 00:51:58,250 that makes you think that you’re a great dancer, huh? 541 00:51:58,292 --> 00:52:00,375 I said rotate your leg! 542 00:52:01,542 --> 00:52:04,125 Don’t be stubborn! You can do everything! 543 00:52:04,875 --> 00:52:06,209 Knees together! 544 00:52:06,459 --> 00:52:09,292 Juvenile Hall would've been more freaking humane! 545 00:52:13,042 --> 00:52:15,875 Go ahead, then. Go to your Juvenile Hall! 546 00:52:32,459 --> 00:52:36,667 And-one, and-two, and-three. 547 00:52:36,917 --> 00:52:38,000 Plier! 548 00:52:38,625 --> 00:52:40,875 Deeper plier! 549 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,667 Alonge! 550 00:52:44,334 --> 00:52:47,500 Galina Mikhailovna, is my arm normal? 551 00:52:47,750 --> 00:52:49,792 - Huh? - Is my arm normal? 552 00:52:49,792 --> 00:52:51,875 It's normal, Katya. 553 00:52:52,375 --> 00:52:55,042 Full leg extension, Krasnorutskaya. 554 00:52:57,917 --> 00:52:58,584 Well? 555 00:53:01,875 --> 00:53:05,334 And what about you? You think you're superstars? 556 00:53:10,875 --> 00:53:14,375 And-one, and-two, and-three. 557 00:53:32,459 --> 00:53:36,792 My stars, how can I get as skinny as you, huh? 558 00:53:39,209 --> 00:53:40,209 huh... 559 00:53:43,792 --> 00:53:46,042 Yulia, 560 00:53:47,875 --> 00:53:49,792 how about… 561 00:53:51,167 --> 00:53:51,500 Hmm... 562 00:53:52,292 --> 00:53:54,250 What? How we love it? 563 00:53:54,459 --> 00:53:56,250 - Come on. - May I? 564 00:53:56,875 --> 00:53:59,125 - Why not? - Let's go. 565 00:53:59,750 --> 00:54:02,875 Karina's not coming with us - she's a coward. 566 00:54:03,584 --> 00:54:04,917 You guys are sick. 567 00:54:09,084 --> 00:54:09,750 So... 568 00:54:11,500 --> 00:54:13,292 - You ready? Come on… - Come on. 569 00:54:21,250 --> 00:54:22,125 Forward! 570 00:54:23,542 --> 00:54:24,375 Fast! 571 00:54:39,042 --> 00:54:40,667 Good girl! Good girl! 572 00:54:41,750 --> 00:54:45,292 Careful here, careful, downshift and turn. 573 00:54:46,042 --> 00:54:47,959 Here... here... here... 574 00:54:57,417 --> 00:54:59,417 You guys didn't have a car back in Shakhtinsk, did you? 575 00:54:59,584 --> 00:55:01,417 Of course not, how could we? 576 00:55:03,042 --> 00:55:05,209 Listen, is your mother planning on coming to graduation? 577 00:55:05,709 --> 00:55:08,084 No, aunt Vera, how could she afford it? 578 00:55:08,250 --> 00:55:10,209 Vanya's in seventh grade right now, 579 00:55:10,417 --> 00:55:12,250 and mother wrote that the school's 580 00:55:12,250 --> 00:55:14,500 squeezing money from her like milk from a cow. 581 00:55:14,792 --> 00:55:16,584 She bought him some running shoes at the beginning of summer, 582 00:55:16,584 --> 00:55:18,334 by the end of summer they're already too small for him. 583 00:55:18,459 --> 00:55:21,459 The twins just started first grade and they're constantly sick. 584 00:55:22,375 --> 00:55:25,459 But, it's alright, I'll stay strong and as soon as I make it to the Bolshoi, 585 00:55:25,959 --> 00:55:27,417 I'll get them all out of there. 586 00:55:27,667 --> 00:55:30,209 Listen, Yulia, how about I give you some money? 587 00:55:30,834 --> 00:55:33,167 Stop it, I'm telling you all this just because. 588 00:55:33,167 --> 00:55:35,292 I see. Well, I'm the same - 589 00:55:35,334 --> 00:55:37,125 I wouldn't take it for nothing. 590 00:55:38,250 --> 00:55:42,917 So, then, what can we do here... then, let me pay you for something. 591 00:55:43,042 --> 00:55:45,667 You do something, and I'll pay you for it. You'd earn it. 592 00:55:45,667 --> 00:55:47,750 That means you worked for it - that's a normal thing. 593 00:55:47,875 --> 00:55:49,875 And you can send the money to your mother. 594 00:55:49,917 --> 00:55:51,959 Oh, come on, stop it! What could I ever do for you? 595 00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:53,000 I don’t know. 596 00:55:53,792 --> 00:55:55,792 I don’t know, honestly. 597 00:55:56,209 --> 00:55:58,750 I don't know for example, the part of Aurora. 598 00:55:59,042 --> 00:56:00,625 We'd be more than glad to help out. 599 00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:02,834 What do you mean by “the part of Aurora?” 600 00:56:02,875 --> 00:56:07,125 Well… you'll decline the part of Aurora for the graduation performance. 601 00:56:14,167 --> 00:56:15,834 Are you out of your mind? 602 00:56:19,875 --> 00:56:23,584 You must be shitting me! 603 00:56:30,334 --> 00:56:32,167 Karina, come out! 604 00:56:32,542 --> 00:56:34,334 Let's go, Karina darling. 605 00:56:37,084 --> 00:56:38,250 Come out! 606 00:56:45,542 --> 00:56:46,875 My fiancés. 607 00:56:48,750 --> 00:56:50,250 What? All of them? 608 00:56:50,750 --> 00:56:56,417 All of them. Dad's got a ton of money, and you say - Mitya. 609 00:56:57,959 --> 00:56:59,292 What about you? 610 00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:01,792 What about me? 611 00:57:06,459 --> 00:57:07,584 No. 612 00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:11,834 My body is strictly for ballet. 613 00:57:16,875 --> 00:57:20,209 Actually, I've decided that I will never have anyone. 614 00:57:21,584 --> 00:57:22,917 I swear. 615 00:57:24,750 --> 00:57:28,209 I only sense my body like this, look: 616 00:57:28,750 --> 00:57:34,250 leg, lift, arm and arabesque… 617 00:57:34,834 --> 00:57:36,417 And then what? 618 00:57:37,792 --> 00:57:40,292 - What do you mean “what”? - There's your leg, 619 00:57:40,625 --> 00:57:43,084 and there's your lift, and then what? 620 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:54,209 Leg, lift… and who the fuck needs your arabesque? 621 00:57:55,167 --> 00:57:56,709 We're just stating facts here! 622 00:57:57,250 --> 00:58:01,209 And that fucking second position, who needs all that? 623 00:58:01,917 --> 00:58:04,750 What?! Is life gonna stop without it? 624 00:58:06,459 --> 00:58:07,959 Why are you so worked up? 625 00:58:08,959 --> 00:58:11,125 I'm not forcing you to do the same thing as same. 626 00:58:13,459 --> 00:58:16,584 - Go screw yourselves, all of you! - Olshanskaya? 627 00:58:17,500 --> 00:58:19,167 Why are you like this? 628 00:59:05,750 --> 00:59:09,709 The next stations is Moscow 629 00:59:27,667 --> 00:59:32,417 No, it wasn't because of grande batement, afterall. 630 00:59:41,584 --> 00:59:44,542 - What did you say? - Nothing important. 631 00:59:45,084 --> 00:59:47,125 No, seriously, what did you say? 632 00:59:52,167 --> 00:59:54,750 Fine, it doesn't matter. 633 00:59:55,875 --> 00:59:57,459 I don't really care. 634 01:00:49,792 --> 01:00:51,417 Put your hand on my breast. 635 01:00:54,459 --> 01:00:56,375 Olshanskaya, told you, huh? 636 01:00:57,542 --> 01:00:59,250 Are you teasing me? 637 01:01:03,792 --> 01:01:05,125 Now lower. 638 01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:19,584 Mitya. 639 01:01:21,959 --> 01:01:24,209 I like you, 640 01:01:25,250 --> 01:01:27,167 more than anyone else, really, 641 01:01:28,625 --> 01:01:31,292 but let's wait until after the graduation performance. 642 01:01:33,042 --> 01:01:35,000 My head is full of other things right now. 643 01:01:35,167 --> 01:01:37,917 I can't think of anything except for the part. 644 01:01:38,959 --> 01:01:41,250 We'll do it after, okay? 645 01:01:42,709 --> 01:01:44,584 After graduation. 646 01:01:45,542 --> 01:01:47,709 Just don't drop me, please! 647 01:02:41,417 --> 01:02:43,667 Don't get up, rest. 648 01:02:55,084 --> 01:02:55,750 Well? 649 01:02:57,334 --> 01:03:00,250 I don't know his number, Galina Mikhailovna, honestly. 650 01:03:01,875 --> 01:03:03,209 It's some boy, 651 01:03:04,500 --> 01:03:06,292 I don't even know his name. 652 01:03:08,125 --> 01:03:09,417 Call… 653 01:03:10,709 --> 01:03:12,084 some boy. 654 01:03:13,959 --> 01:03:15,334 Get changed. 655 01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:31,417 Galina Mikhailovna, so who is our Aurora? I still don’t understand. 656 01:04:32,542 --> 01:04:36,042 We’ll soon decide… just wait. 657 01:04:45,375 --> 01:04:46,084 Well? 658 01:04:48,042 --> 01:04:51,750 I keep calling, but the phone is turned off. 659 01:04:53,334 --> 01:04:54,500 Call again! 660 01:04:54,625 --> 01:04:58,292 Keep on calling while you stretch. 661 01:04:59,750 --> 01:05:01,125 Call, call, call! 662 01:05:01,625 --> 01:05:03,500 What a little bitch! 663 01:05:12,959 --> 01:05:13,917 Please. 664 01:05:16,917 --> 01:05:19,959 Let's see what awaits us. 665 01:05:20,417 --> 01:05:22,917 The kids all prepared. 666 01:05:23,459 --> 01:05:27,042 They should do fine. 667 01:05:28,417 --> 01:05:29,000 Let's see. 668 01:06:58,584 --> 01:07:02,375 Take off the costume! Don't just stand there, take off the costume! 669 01:07:34,375 --> 01:07:36,375 Zhana, stop! Stop! 670 01:07:37,500 --> 01:07:41,792 Olshanskaya, what's going on? 671 01:07:42,667 --> 01:07:44,500 Get the hell off the stage! 672 01:07:48,334 --> 01:07:51,042 Zhana, I told you to stop! 673 01:07:51,334 --> 01:07:54,125 Have all of you gone insane? 674 01:08:07,375 --> 01:08:08,959 This is an outrage! 675 01:08:09,417 --> 01:08:14,584 You're all totally out of control! Out of control! What is this? 676 01:08:15,334 --> 01:08:18,834 That's it! Consider the rehearsal over! 677 01:09:43,917 --> 01:09:45,417 I have a problem. 678 01:09:47,334 --> 01:09:52,042 I want the best student that I ever had 679 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:57,334 to dance the main part in the graduation show. 680 01:09:58,334 --> 01:09:59,667 And those scumbags... 681 01:10:02,750 --> 01:10:06,209 They keep torturing me and won't let me. 682 01:10:07,834 --> 01:10:11,042 That's not a problem, Galina Mikhailovna! 683 01:10:12,417 --> 01:10:16,042 - What is your student's name? - Yulia Olshanskaya. 684 01:10:23,125 --> 01:10:25,834 Is there anything else I can do for you? 685 01:10:26,459 --> 01:10:27,542 No. 686 01:10:28,417 --> 01:10:29,959 Some tea, at least? 687 01:10:32,084 --> 01:10:36,542 I love men who don't hold a grudge. Thank you. 688 01:10:36,750 --> 01:10:38,584 Are you're joking, Galya?! 689 01:10:39,209 --> 01:10:42,542 You were the best thing to happen in my life! 690 01:11:01,334 --> 01:11:04,834 Galina Mikhailovna, how could you do this? 691 01:11:07,209 --> 01:11:07,750 Stop! 692 01:11:08,584 --> 01:11:10,709 Everyone, please get out! 693 01:11:22,875 --> 01:11:24,584 What's the meaning of this? 694 01:11:25,500 --> 01:11:28,167 Olshanskaya doesn't show up for the dress rehearsal 695 01:11:28,209 --> 01:11:30,167 and you're putting her into the show? 696 01:11:31,625 --> 01:11:33,959 I've dealt with you like a human being. 697 01:11:34,667 --> 01:11:37,334 I let you finish the course. 698 01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,584 I let you stage the graduation ballet performance with the class. 699 01:11:42,417 --> 01:11:47,292 Let Olshanskaya stay in the Academy after the story with earrings. 700 01:11:47,459 --> 01:11:49,875 And your memory lapses? 701 01:11:50,542 --> 01:11:54,500 I also covered up for you, and didn't tell anyone. 702 01:11:56,250 --> 01:12:00,959 And for your part, you promised me not to get involved 703 01:12:01,584 --> 01:12:03,250 in the life of the Academy, 704 01:12:05,584 --> 01:12:08,167 to leave with honors, 705 01:12:09,500 --> 01:12:11,542 that was the agreement! 706 01:12:11,875 --> 01:12:13,625 That's what we agreed on. 707 01:12:14,084 --> 01:12:15,584 Did you forget that? 708 01:12:16,625 --> 01:12:17,959 I forgot. 709 01:12:20,209 --> 01:12:23,459 Forgive me, Ludmila Sergeyevna, 710 01:12:23,500 --> 01:12:26,792 forgive me, for God's sake, you must understand that I didn't do it on purpose. 711 01:12:27,125 --> 01:12:31,250 Actually, I'm very grateful to you for everything. 712 01:12:31,750 --> 01:12:34,959 But, believe me, 713 01:12:34,959 --> 01:12:39,042 if I was of sound mind I would never have broken 714 01:12:39,792 --> 01:12:41,125 our agreement. 715 01:12:41,667 --> 01:12:43,000 So, I forgot. 716 01:12:44,417 --> 01:12:47,917 I forgot.That's it, I'm a total cuckoo. 717 01:12:48,375 --> 01:12:52,084 It's time. Time for the trash heap. 718 01:12:53,209 --> 01:12:55,792 Time for the trash heap, and that's all. 719 01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,167 I'm so tired of you, Galya. 720 01:13:01,459 --> 01:13:04,542 Your longest lasting husband was with you for how long? 721 01:13:05,500 --> 01:13:07,042 Three years? 722 01:13:08,084 --> 01:13:12,000 And I've been with you for thirty years at the same Аcademy! 723 01:13:12,167 --> 01:13:13,959 Thirty years! 724 01:13:15,709 --> 01:13:20,584 Your Olshanskaya can go ahead and dance. Let anyone be Aurora! 725 01:13:21,334 --> 01:13:23,709 Just hurry up and leave, Galya! 726 01:13:24,542 --> 01:13:26,500 Hurry up and leave! 727 01:13:34,459 --> 01:13:35,792 And Galya… 728 01:13:36,584 --> 01:13:40,584 just admit that you never jumped from rooftop to rooftop! 729 01:13:42,125 --> 01:13:43,459 I did jump. 730 01:13:45,959 --> 01:13:50,167 Shit, they ran the corps de ballet ragged with rehearsals. 731 01:14:13,500 --> 01:14:18,542 Girls, did you hear that they only confirmed one week of vacation for us? 732 01:14:18,875 --> 01:14:21,709 - Let's go and complain! - Listen, Lena, get out of here, okay? 733 01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:27,000 Just get yourself breast reduction surgery, Yefremova. 734 01:14:27,292 --> 01:14:31,625 - Why are you getting so steamed up? - You owe me a grand, by the way, Lena. 735 01:14:33,084 --> 01:14:34,750 Don't you remember? 736 01:14:35,084 --> 01:14:38,417 I bet on Olshanskaya, to get the part of Aurora. Lena, you hear me? 737 01:14:39,125 --> 01:14:43,584 Krasnorutskaya, stop! Where are you going! Wait up, let’s talk! 738 01:14:55,334 --> 01:14:56,000 Yulia. 739 01:14:56,500 --> 01:14:56,917 Huh? 740 01:14:57,584 --> 01:14:59,000 Congratulations! 741 01:15:01,667 --> 01:15:02,875 Thanks. 742 01:15:24,334 --> 01:15:25,792 Yefremova, 743 01:15:27,459 --> 01:15:28,750 what's this? 744 01:15:29,834 --> 01:15:31,000 My breasts! 745 01:15:32,292 --> 01:15:33,625 And they're huge! 746 01:15:34,709 --> 01:15:37,000 And it hurts me to keep them tightly wrapped up. 747 01:15:38,584 --> 01:15:40,084 Here's my notice. 748 01:15:41,792 --> 01:15:46,917 I'm asking to be removed by my own huge request. 749 01:16:13,334 --> 01:16:16,917 “And you, my dearest, for your cheating May you shake with fever! 750 01:16:16,917 --> 01:16:19,959 - For fourteen weeks... - Four times a day... 751 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:23,917 Heating up, heating up, Bathtub in the garden! 752 01:16:23,959 --> 01:16:27,834 Getting married, getting married, My dearest mother… 753 01:16:28,250 --> 01:16:28,959 Yulia! 754 01:16:30,500 --> 01:16:31,292 Сome on! 755 01:16:36,375 --> 01:16:37,000 So 756 01:16:37,500 --> 01:16:39,500 Such a beauty queen. 757 01:16:39,792 --> 01:16:42,500 - It really goes with you, mom! - Anyone ask you? 758 01:16:43,375 --> 01:16:45,667 - Are you nuts or what? - What's with you, Masha? 759 01:16:45,709 --> 01:16:49,042 They finally paid us for the last six months. Can't I buy you some presents? 760 01:16:49,042 --> 01:16:52,084 When’s the next time you’re gonna be paid, did you think about that? 761 01:16:52,917 --> 01:16:56,959 And he’s passing out presents! Don't sit on the cold floor, Vanya! 762 01:16:57,917 --> 01:17:01,292 How am I supposed to feed you, you think about that? 763 01:17:01,334 --> 01:17:03,750 Why the fuck do I need this fur coat of yours?! 764 01:17:03,792 --> 01:17:07,750 Vanya look at this ballerina that papa got me! 765 01:17:30,125 --> 01:17:33,042 Come on! Run. 766 01:18:26,709 --> 01:18:28,209 Lady, who are you? 767 01:18:29,917 --> 01:18:32,375 - Oh, you're Misha? - No, I'm Lyosha. 768 01:18:32,750 --> 01:18:34,084 I'm Misha. 769 01:18:36,250 --> 01:18:39,667 And I'm your sister! Here's some presents! 770 01:18:39,875 --> 01:18:42,209 - Wow! - Thanks! 771 01:18:56,750 --> 01:18:58,084 Yulia! 772 01:19:04,375 --> 01:19:06,417 I'm cooking some borscht for you. 773 01:19:06,875 --> 01:19:09,917 Without meat, water-based, with only cabbage. 774 01:19:12,584 --> 01:19:16,917 Аnd Vanya's out with his friends again, as always, god knows where. 775 01:19:19,459 --> 01:19:21,250 I forgot to buy the bread. 776 01:19:22,042 --> 01:19:23,375 - That's it, crash! - Block it! 777 01:19:23,375 --> 01:19:25,375 That's it, someone's getting a free kick! 778 01:19:25,542 --> 01:19:28,000 Hey, you, move aside! Gonna knock you over right now! 779 01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:30,250 - There's a good boy! - I'll be first! 780 01:19:31,375 --> 01:19:32,709 - You're in last place! - Come on! 781 01:19:32,709 --> 01:19:34,459 - Go back! - Yulia! 782 01:19:34,500 --> 01:19:36,334 - Come to the table! - You're in last place! 783 01:19:36,542 --> 01:19:39,000 I got lucky with them, they're so nice! 784 01:19:39,250 --> 01:19:41,875 Got tons of money, but still act like normal people. 785 01:19:42,917 --> 01:19:47,209 Wish I could cook and clean for them for the rest of my life. 786 01:19:50,084 --> 01:19:52,167 It's wonderful! And they're so respectful: 787 01:19:52,792 --> 01:19:55,084 “Maria, will you wash the windows?” 788 01:19:56,542 --> 01:19:58,042 Mama, what's this? 789 01:20:04,125 --> 01:20:05,875 Just slice off from the corner. 790 01:20:07,709 --> 01:20:11,209 - Is this their leftovers? - What they didn't finish from dinner. 791 01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:15,834 Mom, don't do this in front of Vanya and the twins. 792 01:20:17,250 --> 01:20:18,042 What? 793 01:20:18,834 --> 01:20:20,584 Don't eat food that's been bitten! 794 01:20:23,125 --> 01:20:26,542 See that, Vanya? The ballet's in town! 795 01:20:27,584 --> 01:20:29,542 Don't eat what's been bitten. 796 01:20:30,334 --> 01:20:32,334 Moscow, you ashamed of us? 797 01:20:32,417 --> 01:20:33,792 Mom, that's it! 798 01:20:37,667 --> 01:20:42,292 You should ask me how we've lived here for the past eight years without you, 799 01:20:42,334 --> 01:20:44,459 while you were over there swinging your legs? 800 01:20:47,209 --> 01:20:49,917 You're a dancer in your Moscow? 801 01:20:50,584 --> 01:20:52,250 Then, keep dancing! 802 01:20:52,792 --> 01:20:54,625 But don't teach me how to live! 803 01:20:56,292 --> 01:21:00,542 After your father got killed, they gave me a color television 804 01:21:00,959 --> 01:21:02,292 and sent me on my way! 805 01:21:02,667 --> 01:21:04,500 Mom, that's it, enough! Seriously! 806 01:21:06,750 --> 01:21:08,334 Your father would let you get away with everything, 807 01:21:08,375 --> 01:21:11,209 - that's why you grew up so selfish! - Why are you bringing up dad here? 808 01:21:11,542 --> 01:21:14,459 Because! He left me! 809 01:21:15,042 --> 01:21:16,542 With Vanya and a huge belly! 810 01:21:17,209 --> 01:21:20,417 And this one runs off to dance without even mourning! 811 01:21:20,417 --> 01:21:21,917 - Mom! - You hear this, Vanya? 812 01:21:22,625 --> 01:21:25,417 Collected her things and says she's leaving! 813 01:21:25,875 --> 01:21:27,667 Such a leap I got me! 814 01:21:28,667 --> 01:21:30,709 But they're letting me dance as Aurora! 815 01:21:31,667 --> 01:21:34,792 Your daughter will be standing on stage at the Bolshoi theater! 816 01:21:34,834 --> 01:21:36,959 They couldn't find anyone better, huh? 817 01:21:43,542 --> 01:21:45,084 What, you taking off today? 818 01:21:45,542 --> 01:21:47,084 You said you're gonna stay for a week. 819 01:21:48,417 --> 01:21:50,125 Yeah, I got some things, Vanya. I need to go back. 820 01:21:50,459 --> 01:21:53,250 Yeah, sure! No need to acquit yourself! 821 01:21:54,250 --> 01:21:55,875 I'd bail on her, too, if I could. 822 01:21:56,375 --> 01:21:59,042 Just keeps needling me, and never does anything good. 823 01:22:00,459 --> 01:22:04,459 You should… Don't be rude to mother, and help her out. 824 01:22:09,709 --> 01:22:11,167 I don't remember him at all! 825 01:22:13,125 --> 01:22:14,625 What was he like, at least? 826 01:22:30,584 --> 01:22:32,750 - Hello! Hello! - Yes, hello! 827 01:22:41,250 --> 01:22:43,000 Well... 828 01:22:45,125 --> 01:22:48,084 Kurnikova's pretty good. 829 01:22:49,834 --> 01:22:51,917 Yes, Olshanskaya, 830 01:22:54,209 --> 01:22:55,542 Godspeed. 831 01:22:57,667 --> 01:22:58,959 Godspeed! 832 01:23:00,125 --> 01:23:02,084 Boych will be in the audience. 833 01:23:02,417 --> 01:23:04,000 It's time to change. 834 01:23:12,250 --> 01:23:16,000 Kurnikova, get undressed! 835 01:23:17,834 --> 01:23:18,709 What? 836 01:23:20,042 --> 01:23:23,500 Or get dressed! You're dancing today! 837 01:23:26,167 --> 01:23:27,709 Are you out of your mind? 838 01:23:29,375 --> 01:23:31,334 Today, you're dancing as Aurora! 839 01:23:35,542 --> 01:23:36,917 What is this nonsense? 840 01:23:38,417 --> 01:23:40,000 Of course, that's your business! 841 01:23:40,750 --> 01:23:42,709 But, I will not be dancing today, is that clear? 842 01:23:42,792 --> 01:23:43,417 Yulia! 843 01:23:44,625 --> 01:23:45,625 Yulia! 844 01:24:42,584 --> 01:24:44,917 What? Karina won't be watching the show with us? 845 01:24:47,667 --> 01:24:50,042 No, she won't be watching. 846 01:25:09,750 --> 01:25:13,375 Hello. I want to wire this to Shakhtinsk with notification of receipt. 847 01:26:46,250 --> 01:26:48,125 - Hello! - Hello! 848 01:27:20,125 --> 01:27:22,875 Galina Mikhailovna, good morning! 849 01:27:34,125 --> 01:27:35,625 Galina Mikhailovna! 850 01:28:48,125 --> 01:28:53,334 I told you to change your underwear, do shame me! 851 01:28:53,334 --> 01:28:54,792 Oh, just keep laying down. 852 01:28:55,084 --> 01:28:58,500 My God! I’m so fed up with all of you! 853 01:29:00,792 --> 01:29:04,584 I'm so fed up living amongst you! 854 01:29:05,084 --> 01:29:10,875 You don't even see anything around you! 855 01:29:10,917 --> 01:29:12,250 Nothing! 856 01:29:12,709 --> 01:29:16,209 - For you, there's only television… - Is there money for tickets? 857 01:29:19,459 --> 01:29:21,792 Money, food, clothes. 858 01:29:22,459 --> 01:29:25,542 TV, money, food, clothes. 859 01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:31,875 Go on, keep on sitting here in your own shit and… 860 01:29:32,750 --> 01:29:34,375 ...and keep warm. 861 01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:39,125 And you're freezing around here, is that it? 862 01:29:39,709 --> 01:29:43,375 I've asked you to change your underwear, don't shame me. 863 01:29:44,084 --> 01:29:46,000 Everything around here is so tasteless. 864 01:29:46,709 --> 01:29:50,167 And you going on a drunken binge once again, that doesn't shame you? 865 01:29:52,750 --> 01:29:56,042 How else could one live with you, huh? 866 01:30:02,375 --> 01:30:04,209 And what are you doing here? 867 01:30:07,292 --> 01:30:09,542 I'm asking you, what are you doing here? 868 01:30:11,667 --> 01:30:13,917 What, you ready to go to Moscow? 869 01:30:17,667 --> 01:30:20,209 Your place is in juvenile hall, not in Moscow. 870 01:30:20,959 --> 01:30:22,250 Bullshitter! 871 01:30:22,667 --> 01:30:24,125 Get outta here! 872 01:30:27,375 --> 01:30:29,084 Get the hell outta here! 873 01:30:40,875 --> 01:30:43,000 What? I can walk normally. 874 01:30:56,250 --> 01:31:01,250 So, whatever's left after the tickets, don't spend it right away, you understand? 875 01:31:05,542 --> 01:31:07,792 Promise me one thing - 876 01:31:08,750 --> 01:31:10,959 never come back here. 877 01:31:13,792 --> 01:31:14,625 Go. 878 01:31:31,792 --> 01:31:36,417 I came to Moscow from Shakhtinsk and enrolled in the Academy 879 01:31:36,667 --> 01:31:39,334 in a class taught by Galina Mikhailovna Beletskaya. 880 01:31:40,167 --> 01:31:42,792 And now I serve in the Bolshoi Theater. 881 01:31:43,417 --> 01:31:46,084 I've always dreamed of dancing in Swan Lake. 882 01:31:47,334 --> 01:31:50,000 Everyone knows how much talent and work one must invest 883 01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:54,834 in order to dance in such a… dance in the Bolshoi Theater. 884 01:31:54,959 --> 01:31:55,375 Yes! 885 01:31:55,750 --> 01:31:58,459 And although I'm only an artist in the corps de ballet, 886 01:31:58,667 --> 01:32:00,292 I'm the third swan! 887 01:32:00,750 --> 01:32:02,459 I'm not a prima and not a soloist. 888 01:32:02,709 --> 01:32:04,167 I enter in the second row, 889 01:32:04,334 --> 01:32:06,959 and no one in the audience will probably recognize me, 890 01:32:07,500 --> 01:32:10,375 but for me it's a great honor to dance on the same stage 891 01:32:10,875 --> 01:32:13,500 as Karina Kurnikova and Antoine Duval. 892 01:32:14,417 --> 01:32:15,709 I'm… 893 01:32:16,667 --> 01:32:20,584 I'm very happy to have my name included in the Swan Lake program. 894 01:32:21,209 --> 01:32:22,250 Thank you. 895 01:32:23,042 --> 01:32:25,375 Thank you. I'm proud of you, 896 01:32:26,375 --> 01:32:28,084 Yulia Olshanskaya. 897 01:32:29,500 --> 01:32:31,459 Antoine Duval is already on his way here 898 01:32:31,542 --> 01:32:33,000 and will arrive at any minute. 899 01:32:33,584 --> 01:32:37,459 In the meantime, the troop's creative director, 900 01:32:37,625 --> 01:32:39,292 Oleg Nikolayevich Boych, will say a few words. 901 01:32:39,625 --> 01:32:42,750 As you probably know, Antoine Duval is finishing his ballet career 902 01:32:42,750 --> 01:32:47,084 and the shows at the Bolshoi are his farewell performances. 903 01:32:47,667 --> 01:32:51,375 Therefore, why not make an exception, break with tradition. 904 01:32:52,417 --> 01:32:55,542 You heard what was said by the members of the corps de ballet, 905 01:32:55,584 --> 01:32:59,792 what was said by the makeup artists? Then, what about your questions? 906 01:33:00,334 --> 01:33:02,875 Yes, a French artist in Swan Lake, but if you'll excuse me… 907 01:33:02,917 --> 01:33:04,584 Yulia, where are you going? 908 01:33:04,584 --> 01:33:08,292 Swan Lake remains a ballet set to the music of Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. 909 01:33:08,500 --> 01:33:10,959 Tanya, watch, she'll touch her ear. 910 01:33:11,459 --> 01:33:14,417 And the main role of the white swan will be performed by... 911 01:33:14,459 --> 01:33:16,334 So, sweet and shy. 912 01:33:16,334 --> 01:33:22,167 …of Russian and world ballet, Karina Kurnikova. 913 01:33:22,167 --> 01:33:23,375 Now she'll turn to her profile. 914 01:33:23,417 --> 01:33:26,709 ...You all know her well. 915 01:33:26,709 --> 01:33:30,500 That's right, beautiful neck, have to show it. 916 01:33:33,709 --> 01:33:35,209 Now she'll smile… 917 01:33:37,459 --> 01:33:39,667 ...how simple and approachable. 918 01:33:40,084 --> 01:33:41,750 - Cut it out, Mitya. - Okay, 919 01:33:41,792 --> 01:33:44,875 but I told you I know her - 920 01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:46,542 she's a machine. 921 01:34:04,959 --> 01:34:07,625 Hello, Olshanskaya! Listen, that was a awesome speech. 922 01:34:08,334 --> 01:34:11,042 Where did you disappear to? Get back over here, 923 01:34:11,084 --> 01:34:12,917 Antione Duval will be here right now. 924 01:34:13,584 --> 01:34:16,125 I'm drinking to you, Tanya. 925 01:34:16,459 --> 01:34:18,375 Didn't you want to work at the Bolshoi? 926 01:34:19,042 --> 01:34:21,417 And you're working there, Tanya, in wardrobe. 927 01:34:23,334 --> 01:34:25,750 So, here's to your chest and to you. 928 01:34:26,500 --> 01:34:29,667 The chest? Makes me sad. 929 01:34:30,209 --> 01:34:31,750 Too big for ballet, and… 930 01:34:32,042 --> 01:34:33,375 and so-so for life. 931 01:34:33,709 --> 01:34:34,459 Cognac? 932 01:34:43,459 --> 01:34:44,459 Why not? 933 01:34:46,959 --> 01:34:48,792 Holy shit! 934 01:34:49,584 --> 01:34:51,292 Antoine Duval? 935 01:34:52,959 --> 01:34:55,084 Do you know where I first saw you? 936 01:34:55,792 --> 01:34:57,167 At the Bolshoi. 937 01:34:58,834 --> 01:35:00,875 You were dancing in the Nutcracker 938 01:35:01,167 --> 01:35:03,167 and I was backstage, next to you. 939 01:35:04,125 --> 01:35:05,750 You were sort of my prince... 940 01:35:05,750 --> 01:35:07,542 I even wanted to marry you. 941 01:35:09,542 --> 01:35:14,209 Slow down. I don't understand Russian speaking that quick. 942 01:35:16,125 --> 01:35:21,459 By the way, everybody's waiting for you. 943 01:35:21,459 --> 01:35:23,750 At the press conference. 944 01:35:26,084 --> 01:35:29,750 Listen, can you help me to escape from here? 945 01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:41,417 Do you dance in Swan Lake? Because I don't remember you. 946 01:35:43,209 --> 01:35:45,417 Yeah, well, Beletskaya always remembered me. 947 01:35:46,459 --> 01:35:47,459 Beletskaya 948 01:35:48,625 --> 01:35:52,292 She was sick. Totally losing her memory. 949 01:35:52,917 --> 01:35:55,250 She didn't remember even Karina. 950 01:35:56,625 --> 01:36:00,959 She even left me her earrings, which she wore when she danced Swan Lake. 951 01:36:03,500 --> 01:36:04,792 You don't understand. 952 01:36:05,334 --> 01:36:08,167 When time goes by, and nothing is happening. 953 01:36:09,084 --> 01:36:09,834 You fool! 954 01:36:10,209 --> 01:36:11,875 What do you know about time? 955 01:36:11,875 --> 01:36:12,875 Nothing 956 01:36:15,292 --> 01:36:19,792 I'm 40, and I can see that I'm using my germs one millimeter after the other. 957 01:36:19,792 --> 01:36:25,625 Today's one, tomorrow it will be two, and there's nothing I can do. Nothing. 958 01:36:27,500 --> 01:36:34,917 And you wonder if it's difficult to quit ballet? It's not difficult, almost impossible. 959 01:36:39,209 --> 01:36:43,500 And the journalist. What will you do after your retirement? 960 01:36:43,500 --> 01:36:45,209 Will you be a teacher? 961 01:36:46,125 --> 01:36:49,292 Teach who? Dumb people like you? 962 01:36:49,834 --> 01:36:56,042 Needs to drink to be able to dance? Come on, what a future. 963 01:36:56,709 --> 01:36:58,792 I wish I could be at your place. 964 01:36:59,292 --> 01:37:00,167 You understand? 965 01:37:01,750 --> 01:37:03,417 No, I don't understand! 966 01:37:06,792 --> 01:37:09,834 Why are you so upset?! You've achieved everything! 967 01:37:41,792 --> 01:37:44,292 What’s with you, Yulia? Are you drunk? 968 01:37:48,625 --> 01:37:51,625 Listen! I was just thinking. 969 01:37:52,542 --> 01:37:54,250 I’m gonna move to Moscow. 970 01:37:54,834 --> 01:37:55,459 Why not? 971 01:37:57,167 --> 01:37:58,042 Seriously! 972 01:37:58,959 --> 01:38:00,667 The fuck do I need this Shakhtinsky Institute for? 973 01:38:01,125 --> 01:38:03,417 And everyone’s just waiting for you there with open arms? 974 01:38:04,042 --> 01:38:06,875 Why don’t you come down from the clouds. 975 01:38:07,459 --> 01:38:10,834 Geniuses like you come here by the trainload! 976 01:38:12,084 --> 01:38:13,375 I know what I’m talking about! 977 01:38:14,417 --> 01:38:15,959 You’re just going to ruin your life. 978 01:38:20,709 --> 01:38:22,375 But you yourself went, Yulia! 979 01:38:23,709 --> 01:38:26,334 And got accepted! You’re renting an apartment in Moscow 980 01:38:26,375 --> 01:38:28,584 and dancing on the Bolshoi stage! 981 01:38:29,209 --> 01:38:31,209 And you know how proud mother is of you? 982 01:38:31,292 --> 01:38:33,792 She’s been talking about you to the entire city… 983 01:38:35,625 --> 01:38:36,625 Yulia! 984 01:38:46,500 --> 01:38:50,750 And développé...all the way! 985 01:38:52,875 --> 01:38:55,292 Stretch your standing legs. 986 01:38:59,584 --> 01:39:05,000 Ok give more space...to your neck and chin. 987 01:39:09,750 --> 01:39:10,750 Mind the shoulder 988 01:39:13,042 --> 01:39:15,959 Adagio 989 01:39:18,084 --> 01:39:19,792 And Arabesque. 990 01:39:20,750 --> 01:39:29,542 And one, développé. Two, three, and four. 991 01:39:30,167 --> 01:39:32,875 All the way with the foot please. 992 01:39:34,709 --> 01:39:37,292 Three and Four 993 01:39:37,709 --> 01:39:38,709 Mind the finger. 994 01:39:41,750 --> 01:39:47,292 Two, three, adagio 995 01:39:48,834 --> 01:39:52,000 It seems somebody has been drinking yesterday. 996 01:39:52,000 --> 01:39:53,000 I was 997 01:39:54,250 --> 01:39:57,000 Don't you know that you shouldn't drink before the class. 998 01:39:58,125 --> 01:40:01,542 I'm sorry, I had to. With one man. 999 01:40:01,875 --> 01:40:04,750 I couldn't say no, he was very upset. 1000 01:40:05,417 --> 01:40:06,625 Are you sure you can work? 1001 01:40:07,875 --> 01:40:09,959 I'm standing and working. 1002 01:40:10,125 --> 01:40:13,042 So you are shaking like that every time you're dancing. 1003 01:40:13,417 --> 01:40:15,584 I think you should quit. 1004 01:40:15,625 --> 01:40:16,625 Tony stop 1005 01:40:18,292 --> 01:40:23,459 Yulka is a great Ballerina, she used to dance abroad at academy. 1006 01:40:24,625 --> 01:40:28,250 Oh really? Ok bring the bow away please. Show me. 1007 01:40:29,792 --> 01:40:35,667 Ok, we're gonna do the first entrance of sleeping beauty. Ok. 1008 01:41:00,209 --> 01:41:03,250 Ok ok, stop it stop it. Thank you maestro. 1009 01:41:07,584 --> 01:41:11,459 Well apparently you've been waiting to long in the call to ballet. 1010 01:41:12,292 --> 01:41:14,875 It seems to be too late for you now. 1011 01:41:17,042 --> 01:41:19,167 He should go screw himself, that old fart. 1012 01:41:19,750 --> 01:41:22,709 You're still cool, Yulia. 1013 01:41:23,334 --> 01:41:26,500 - No. - Yes, you're very cool, you hear me? 1014 01:41:28,500 --> 01:41:31,625 And why are you being so nosy, Krasnorutskaya? 1015 01:41:32,125 --> 01:41:33,750 Go on, get outta here! 1016 01:41:37,292 --> 01:41:39,417 Remember the situation with the earrings? 1017 01:41:40,542 --> 01:41:42,125 That was me who ratted you out. 1018 01:41:42,625 --> 01:41:43,959 I know that. 1019 01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:46,542 Please, forgive me. 1020 01:41:47,542 --> 01:41:51,000 - That stuff doesn't matter anymore Tanya! - What do you mean it doesn't matter? 1021 01:41:51,709 --> 01:41:54,167 Just imagine, you could've been expelled! 1022 01:41:54,709 --> 01:41:57,250 And you're the coolest! 1023 01:41:57,500 --> 01:42:00,667 You're the best fucking ballerina, Olshanskaya! 1024 01:42:11,250 --> 01:42:13,084 And how would you know, you fool? 1025 01:43:42,875 --> 01:43:47,209 Karina stop stop stop stop. 1026 01:43:47,209 --> 01:43:49,417 Don't spread your leg like that. 1027 01:43:49,417 --> 01:43:52,125 I complete you I already told you that. 1028 01:43:52,125 --> 01:43:53,084 I'm sorry 1029 01:43:56,334 --> 01:44:01,167 No it's me I'm sorry. I shouldn't have drank yesterday. 1030 01:44:02,167 --> 01:44:04,375 Let's do it again? 1031 01:44:06,334 --> 01:44:10,000 No that's enough for today, I'm tired. 1032 01:44:24,500 --> 01:44:25,834 Girls, quiet, please! 1033 01:44:26,250 --> 01:44:28,209 Line up in two columns for the waltz. 1034 01:44:32,709 --> 01:44:34,250 Like that, good. 1035 01:44:35,334 --> 01:44:36,334 Arms lower. 1036 01:44:36,500 --> 01:44:39,709 Frame tilted. Make sure your lifts don't droop down. 1037 01:44:40,375 --> 01:44:43,209 Inhale at the start. And… 1038 01:44:48,875 --> 01:44:51,625 Olshanskaya, lower arabesque. 1039 01:44:52,292 --> 01:44:54,292 Lower arabesque, Olshanskaya! 1040 01:44:55,209 --> 01:44:57,750 Lower arabesque, Olshanskaya! 1041 01:44:59,959 --> 01:45:02,000 Okay, arm-in-arm. 1042 01:45:02,042 --> 01:45:03,375 Okay. 1043 01:45:05,125 --> 01:45:06,542 Tilt your frame. 1044 01:45:07,417 --> 01:45:08,375 Okay. 1045 01:45:09,625 --> 01:45:11,542 Lower sissonne, Olshanskaya! 1046 01:45:13,042 --> 01:45:15,709 Lower sissonne, Olshanskaya! 1047 01:45:16,584 --> 01:45:19,917 I can't jump any lower! That's the kind of jump I got! 1048 01:45:21,500 --> 01:45:22,417 Stop! 1049 01:45:24,125 --> 01:45:25,625 Get the hell out! 1050 01:45:28,417 --> 01:45:30,292 From the second phrase, girls, please. 1051 01:45:31,750 --> 01:45:34,459 If you'd be so kind. Go on. 1052 01:45:44,375 --> 01:45:49,792 That's beautiful right there. Yes, bravo. 1053 01:46:06,625 --> 01:46:07,625 Bravo 1054 01:46:15,417 --> 01:46:17,792 Attention! Right here is the fifth position. 1055 01:47:58,334 --> 01:48:00,250 I can't believe it, Olshanskaya. 1056 01:48:00,875 --> 01:48:01,792 What do you mean? 1057 01:48:02,292 --> 01:48:06,209 You're the backup for Odetta in Swan Lake. 1058 01:48:06,750 --> 01:48:09,167 Yefremova, these are four premier shows! 1059 01:48:09,750 --> 01:48:12,917 It's obvious that Karina will dance in all of them. 1060 01:48:13,459 --> 01:48:18,167 Well, show or no show, but it's the same dress rehearsal for all. 1061 01:48:38,417 --> 01:48:39,834 You fucked him. 1062 01:48:42,042 --> 01:48:43,667 The whole theater knows already. 1063 01:48:44,709 --> 01:48:46,625 That's why he put you in as the backup. 1064 01:48:46,750 --> 01:48:49,125 Well, Olshanskaya finally used her brain. 1065 01:48:50,334 --> 01:48:52,042 Get the hell out, Yefremova! 1066 01:48:53,667 --> 01:48:55,709 Take a hike! Is that clear? 1067 01:48:57,167 --> 01:48:59,459 Go mend some holes, seamstress! 1068 01:49:01,292 --> 01:49:03,000 Honestly, Tanya, you better go. 1069 01:49:03,709 --> 01:49:07,125 Go screw yourselves, you fucking primas! 1070 01:49:11,584 --> 01:49:15,750 You should've at least asked me before you started yelling. 1071 01:49:16,417 --> 01:49:17,875 - Yes, after the press-conference I… - Are you aware 1072 01:49:17,917 --> 01:49:19,667 that he's got someone like you in every city? 1073 01:49:21,084 --> 01:49:23,292 He won't let a single chorus girl go by. 1074 01:49:24,792 --> 01:49:26,625 He even slept with Krasnorutskaya. 1075 01:49:27,500 --> 01:49:30,209 And he's got a wife and two kids in America. 1076 01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:32,334 Aren't you at all disgusted by this? 1077 01:49:32,667 --> 01:49:34,292 What are you, jealous? 1078 01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:38,542 - Yeah, you're in love! - No, I'm not in love. 1079 01:49:38,542 --> 01:49:39,875 Kurnikova! 1080 01:49:41,084 --> 01:49:44,667 But you're right, actually. There's no fucking way you're in love. 1081 01:49:46,750 --> 01:49:50,042 When you're really in love, you don't give a shit about the wife, 1082 01:49:50,084 --> 01:49:51,709 and about the two kids… 1083 01:49:53,584 --> 01:49:55,167 Remember when I had Kirill? 1084 01:49:56,334 --> 01:49:59,209 I took him by the hand and walked out of the subway. 1085 01:49:59,709 --> 01:50:04,000 And I didn't give a shit if he's sleeping with some Krasnorutskaya. 1086 01:50:05,334 --> 01:50:07,375 You're giving me yourself as an example? 1087 01:50:09,584 --> 01:50:12,792 I'm the prima here, not you! 1088 01:50:14,417 --> 01:50:17,959 I was the best in class and you're coming for the third tour 1089 01:50:18,917 --> 01:50:21,875 from your backwoods Shakhtinsk! 1090 01:50:23,875 --> 01:50:26,375 It was with me that Mitya wanted to dance Sleeping Beauty, 1091 01:50:26,959 --> 01:50:29,500 he bet on me. You didn't know? 1092 01:50:32,334 --> 01:50:36,834 I'm the one who keeps dragging you to all these press-conferences. 1093 01:50:39,250 --> 01:50:41,667 It was I who lost her virginity to those stretches. 1094 01:50:42,209 --> 01:50:44,209 And not to some Kirill on the subway! 1095 01:50:45,750 --> 01:50:48,250 It was I who danced as Aurora during graduation. 1096 01:50:49,292 --> 01:50:51,292 Just come to terms with it, Olshanskaya! 1097 01:50:52,500 --> 01:50:55,542 You danced as Aurora because your mother paid me off. 1098 01:50:57,667 --> 01:50:59,750 And I took the money. 1099 01:51:00,625 --> 01:51:04,167 And then I went to the rooftop and jumped, just as Beletskaya did. 1100 01:53:10,625 --> 01:53:12,959 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 1101 01:53:15,292 --> 01:53:21,125 Listen, think about how whenever you do this little pique… 1102 01:53:21,167 --> 01:53:25,042 you have to keep them crossed appropriately. 1103 01:53:26,209 --> 01:53:27,750 The rest is fine. 1104 01:53:28,209 --> 01:53:32,709 Also, I forgot to tell you... 1105 01:53:44,625 --> 01:53:45,625 Hurry! Hurry! 1106 01:53:47,917 --> 01:53:49,959 Look at this Christmas Tree! 1107 01:53:51,959 --> 01:53:53,000 This is much better. 1108 01:53:55,500 --> 01:53:59,667 And so, here we are, ended up together…Oy! 1109 01:54:07,125 --> 01:54:09,000 Why are you lagging? 1110 01:54:09,500 --> 01:54:11,084 You’re holding everyone up. 1111 01:54:11,250 --> 01:54:13,334 - What’s your name? - Yulia. 1112 01:54:14,417 --> 01:54:17,000 Give me your hand, Yulia. Let's go together! 1113 01:54:24,417 --> 01:54:26,084 - You like? - Uh-ha. 1114 01:54:36,084 --> 01:54:39,542 - And do you know who staged it? - Yes. Marius Petipa. 1115 01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:41,500 Good girl. 1116 01:54:42,209 --> 01:54:43,750 And…do you know the year? 1117 01:54:44,250 --> 01:54:47,750 Yes. 1892. 1118 01:54:48,250 --> 01:54:51,292 Did you know that Antione Duvale will be dancing? 1119 01:54:51,334 --> 01:54:52,834 Yes, I know. 1120 01:55:43,667 --> 01:55:45,375 And where's Olshanskaya? 1121 01:55:48,834 --> 01:55:52,250 I don't know. Karina, have you seen Olshanskaya? 1122 01:55:55,167 --> 01:55:56,084 No. 1123 01:56:12,042 --> 01:56:14,209 Little girl, what are you doing here? 1124 01:57:05,000 --> 01:57:06,667 Olshanskaya, what are you doing? 1125 01:57:06,667 --> 01:57:08,834 I’ve been searching for you in the entire theater! 1126 01:58:27,917 --> 01:58:31,375 Antoine, this happens. A dancer broke a leg. 1127 01:58:33,375 --> 01:58:39,167 He said it happens, a dancer can break their leg. 1128 01:58:40,917 --> 01:58:44,834 She really can't dance? Call her again. 1129 01:58:51,667 --> 01:58:53,917 It switched off. 1130 01:59:00,209 --> 01:59:02,667 That's it, I'm canceling the show! 1131 01:59:04,250 --> 01:59:06,625 He will cancel, the performance. 1132 01:59:12,584 --> 01:59:14,375 Did you warm up? 1133 01:59:14,750 --> 01:59:15,750 Yes 1134 01:59:16,959 --> 01:59:17,917 What did he say? 1135 01:59:21,125 --> 01:59:22,459 I'm not ready. 1136 01:59:23,125 --> 01:59:24,167 She will do it. 1137 01:59:25,667 --> 01:59:27,167 I won't dance! 1138 01:59:28,750 --> 01:59:30,209 Antoine, this is not serious. 1139 01:59:34,000 --> 01:59:37,584 This is my performance. I will take responsibility of it. 1140 01:59:37,584 --> 01:59:38,959 She will dance 1141 01:59:43,292 --> 01:59:44,750 What did he say? 1142 01:59:49,292 --> 01:59:52,292 So, why are we still sitting? 1143 01:59:54,959 --> 01:59:56,292 Tanya, I can't. 1144 01:59:59,792 --> 02:00:01,459 I can't go out there, I'm not ready! 1145 02:00:03,417 --> 02:00:05,667 Fairy tales don't happen to someone like me. 1146 02:00:05,709 --> 02:00:07,250 Forget about fairy tales, Olshanskaya! 1147 02:00:08,000 --> 02:00:11,334 Right now you'll dance the lead and then return to the chorus. 1148 02:00:12,375 --> 02:00:14,584 You think they'll keep you in the main cast? 1149 02:00:14,917 --> 02:00:16,334 Don't even dream about it! 1150 02:00:17,084 --> 02:00:20,750 You're gonna have to work like a dog once again, just like back in Аcademy. 1151 02:00:21,167 --> 02:00:22,792 And it's not a fact that you'll make it. 1152 02:00:24,084 --> 02:00:26,167 Karina's giving you back your chance. 1153 02:00:31,959 --> 02:00:34,125 And, you know, it's no fairy tale for her, either. 1154 02:00:35,292 --> 02:00:38,417 Antoine's gonna go back to his wife, and Karina will remain back here. 1155 02:01:34,959 --> 02:01:39,834 You know, I remember the first time I came on to ride the Bolshoi. 1156 02:01:41,000 --> 02:01:43,125 I was dancing Nutcracker. 1157 02:01:43,584 --> 02:01:47,625 I was young and I wanted everything to be perfect. 1158 02:01:49,125 --> 02:01:56,542 I was so stressed at the beginning of the perforemance that I barely couldn't dance. Until.. 1159 02:01:57,042 --> 02:02:04,167 Until this little girl, in the wings. She must have been 10 years old. 1160 02:02:04,792 --> 02:02:12,084 She pointed at me like that. She had such eyes full of dreams and delight. 1161 02:02:12,084 --> 02:02:14,959 She gave me the strength and confidence to go on. 1162 02:02:15,875 --> 02:02:16,875 So I danced for her. 1163 02:02:18,750 --> 02:02:23,209 Maybe you should think who you're dancing for 1164 02:02:23,792 --> 02:02:27,417 Ready? Let's go. 1165 02:06:33,292 --> 02:06:41,417 The Bolshoi