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TV CHANNEL RUSSIA

KINOGRAD 21 PRODUCTION COMPANY

KARINA ANDOLENKO

PAVEL PRILUCHNY

ANASTASIA ZADOROZHNAYA VLADIMIR ZHEREBTSOV

ALEXANDR TUTIN YELENA STAROSTINA

SERGEY SHNYREV LUIZA MOSENDZ

KSENIYA BURAVSKAYA GALINA PETROVA

VALERIA KOZHEVNIKOVA PAVEL KHARLANCHUK

IN THE FILM BY KAREN OGANESYAN

RUSSIAN BEAUTY

WRITTEN BY GANNA SLUTSKY

CAMERA DIRECTORS ANDREY GURKIN, NIKOLAY SMIRNOV

MUSIC BY ANNA KHITRIK

PRODUCTION DESIGNER IGOR KHRUTSKY

EDITORS OLGA PROSHKINA, YURY DYDYCHKO

CASTING BY ALINA KHABIBULLINA

COSTUMES BY LYUDMILA GAINTSEVA, ANNA PODGORNAYA-KACHANKO

MAKEUP BY YELENA UGNACHEVA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER YURY KOSTOV

PRODUCERS DANIIL GETMANSKY VALERY SMETSKOY

PRODUCERS YEKATERINA YEFANOVA ALEXANDR BURAVSKY

EPISODE 2

Ira! Hello, Ira!

Hi, what are you doing here?

I’m waiting for you.

- For me? - Yes...

Marianna told me, you’re the boss here,

in charge of everything.

I am... In a way.

Can you help me get a job?

I would be grateful.

Okay, come on.

- He’s with me. - Good morning.

I’m with her.

Yes, sure. Of course.

We’ll discuss it in the evening.

I’ll call you.

Hello, Yura.

This is Valery. He’s a starting journalist.

Hello.

Valery will be working with us.

So put him in the picture, please. Tell him what’s what.

- Education? - None.

- Recommendations? - Yes!

You work in a different department, actually. The international one.

And we dig through tons of rubbish here to find good materials.

Yes...

I’m not afraid of work.

Give me a task, I’ll prove it.

Now hot issues are in demand, revealing social stigma.

Currency traders, profiteers, idlers...

- I’ll write it down... - ...fops, devotees.

A report on them may get in one of the issues.

Of course it will get in one of the issues.

Ira, will they then take me on the staff?

At once.

A daughter of an editor-in-chief is not the editor-in-chief.

So, he’ll be a stringer for a while and then we’ll see what he’s like.

By the way, here comes the editor-in-chief.

Irina Vladimirovna.

Valery Zubov.

- He’s a starting journalist. - Hello. Okay, let’s go.

Yura.

So, you’ve got it.

Let’s go. We should go to the meeting.

Yura, do you have a food stamp?

Come on, give it all, don’t be greedy...

You can cut it yourself, I hope?

Thank you.

Marianna, the heroine’s lack of logic in this episode...

I beg your pardon...

- Hi, Felix... - Hello.

- Just a moment. - Yes...

Marianna, sorry.

Speak.

I want to ask you to forgive me.

Okay.

I want us to remain friends, you see.

I don’t understand.

We had been together for two years. You dumped me.

I forgave you everything.

I forgave your affairs all the time.

I thought, we’d get married anyway.

I didn’t tell you we’d get married.

You slept with me.

You came to me at the filming.

I had an abortion.

You know, I don’t want to speak with you about it.

It’s a forbidden trick.

You didn’t even talk with me. About that abortion.

You mean, if I’d had that baby, you wouldn’t have left me?

Now it’s too late to...

Nobody knows.

Anyway, that’s not what I’d like to talk about.

Did you talk to your aunt?

Yes.

And?

She is mad at you.

Look, I must finish that book about your aunt.

Tell me,

how is your new one better than me?

You’re better.

Introduce me to her.

We’ll have to be friends anyway. Won’t we?

Are you kidding? Seriously...

Friend.

Marianna.

- Hi. - Hi.

Are you now in the movies too?

Let me introduce you.

My past.

My present.

Maybe, your future too.

So, is it settled?

We’ll be waiting for your visit.

Bye, Felix.

Goodbye.

And what’s the title of the movie?

‘Love at War’

I haven’t seen it.

Do you want a Polish t-shirt?

No.

A lady handbag, beaded, Burberry?

No, leave me alone.

What are you selling?

Let me see. Come on, show me.

Are you nuts? Hide it.

Such things are not sold here.

There are other places for it.

Can you give me the address?

I can.

Our Father, which art in heaven! Hallowed be thy Name,

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

in earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive them that trespass against us;

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, he power, and the glory,

For ever and ever. Amen.

Did you see it?

Our answer to Paris. So what?

Open your eyes.

Look at the picture.

It’s impossible...

It’s impossible.

Oh, hello.

Thank you.

Is it the first time?

Yes...

Gek.

Valery.

Why are you meeting together here and not in the churches?

It’s quieter here.

Goodbye...

In a church, someone wearing stars on the shoulder straps

watches everyone who puts a candle.

And what are you doing here?

I work here as a watchman. I have nowhere to live anyway.

I left the institute, it distracted me too much.

From what?

From my book. I’m writing a novel.

Well...

About what?

Let me not speak about it.

You see, when I start to retell it, all this seems wrong.

And I start panic that I may be writing rubbish.

I see.

Look,

as I see, you know everything here.

So?

Can you help me with job?

I must find a job. Any job. Really.

My daughter is growing up and I even cannot give money for her needs.

- And what about the wife? - The wife is okay.

She has a new husband. A good one.

So what?

Can you help?

Maybe, I can.

Sorry.

Will you sell it?

Whew...

I will.

Excuse me, who is in charge here?

Elena Vadimovna.

Here’s her office.

What’s up with you?

We are punished.

What do you want?

I want to talk to this girl.

Who are you? And who let you in?

Just a second.

So, you are a journalist.

- And why do you need her? - I want to interview her.

Don’t you think, it’s more appropriate to interview a boss, not an employee?

By the way, this is our leading designer.

Venya.

- Hello. - This is also a good candidate.

- Oh, that’s me. - Yes, of course.

But, you see, it’s a new trend in journalism.

A view from inside. The administration insists.

Do you know her address or how to find her?

I don’t know. She is a new member.

You may find her address in the HR department.

- Which is... - On the second floor.

Room 201.

And... I’ll come back to you to speak about...

We’ll have an interview.

- It’s a good coat. - Thank you. I’ll be back soon!

It’s crazy.

She just comes to the runway and newspapers instantly come after her.

Venya, let’s go. We have a lot of work.

Isn't it enough?

You shouldn’t have thrown the dress on the floor.

Venya, let’s go!

The bell!

- Hello. - Hello.

- Does Katya Panova live here? - Ring 4 times.

Don’t you hear...

Calm down, lady.

It’s an inspection.

Take me to her without fuss.

There.

Bonjour, madame.

YOU!

How did you find me?

I’m a professional.

Why are you leering?

I would never believe that one could wash a curtain-rod so gracefully.

Wouldn't you like to help?

To hold you?

Take the water away.

Sure.

Merci

Great!

Hello, comrades...

Well.

Are you smoking?

Smoking is bad for your health, comrades.

What the hell.

I’ll teach you how to smoke.

I’ve told you not to smoke in the kitchen.

You have a cheerful place here.

I’m so glad I found you.

Why did you look for me?

I missed you.

I thought about you. I couldn’t sleep.

I don’t want all this stuff. I came here to work.

We can only be friends.

Friends...

Would you like me to introduce you to my friends?

- Do you want to invite them here? - No. We’ll pay a visit.

Without invitation.

They are always glad to see me.

Who are they?

They are my ex-girlfriend and her aunt.

Your ex-who?

Ex-girlfriend and her aunt.

Her aunt is my friend.

And the ex-girlfriend is just an ex-girlfriend.

She is also my friend now.

It’s so complicated in Moscow.

Although it doesn’t matter. I’m not going anyway.

I have nothing to wear.

No problem.

Vera Ivanovna, are we waiting for somebody?

Yes, we are.

Come on, uncle Stepa, come on.

If it were not for you, I would have never come.

I know.

And what’s the cause?

My housewarming.

Come on, uncle Stepa, take a seat. Talk to Valera, you’ll like him.

Valera, where does this abundance come from?

I got rich suddenly.

And why are we drinking?

We are drinking to us.

What do you mean, to us?

Stepa!

Okay, let’s drink to you, hoping for a toast in response.

Valera is a jack-of-all-trades.

He repaired everything here literally during one day.

- Yes. - Vera Ivanovna, I’m a man.

Сuique suum.

What?

To each their own.

I have a gift for you. Stepan Arkadievich...

- Give me the plate. - ... I found it...

- No, no, no. - Please, try it on.

I’m not taking anything from you. No.

Uncle Stepa, stop being stubborn, get up.

You should try it, come on.

Just like a new one.

One arm...

Well...

Oh... Excellent...

- Just for you. - I’m not a clown.

However, leave it for yourself.

In our crazy country this color is likely to become a norm one day.

It’s Felix!

I’ll open the door.

What is he doing here?

None of your business.

Please.

Come on, eat. Is it tasty?

Felix, when will we continue the work on the book?

When it’s convenient for you.

Katya, please, did Sandro Botticelli paint his Venus from you?

No, only Goncharov did.

He rented a cottage in our village.

Stepan Arkadievich,

Katerina is really a beautiful girl.

You make her feel awkward.

Take a snack.

Who do you think you are?

You are just a tenant, not the host.

Fancy that!

First he plays around with Marianna, now he’s flirting with Katya.

Stepa, please.

I see, you’re having an affair.

I see, you are having an unceremonious competition.

Let’s drink to our meeting, Katya?

Sorry, I don’t drink.

Great.

Then let’s drink to dumplings from Valera.

A great toast.

My God, the time, the youth!

Stepa, Stepa!

What Stepa, Stepa?

Girls used to go to nunneries after their break-up with beloved ones,

tried to poison themselves, God forbid. And now!

She is sitting with her new boyfriend.

Stepa, Marianna’s and anybody else’s private life is of no concern to us.

Uncle Stepa, maybe you should stop, really.

You.

I grew you up.

I saw the acting talent in you, and you...

Thank you for a treat.

I’m an outsider at this feast of life.

Stepa...

Nothing changes.

He’ll go to his room and suffer that he said what he shouldn’t have.

I’ll go and calm him down.

- Vera Ivanovna, maybe, me? - I’ll do it myself.

Well...

Katya, have some potatoes.

Thank you very much.

Come on, don’t be shy.

Do you smoke?

I do.

Let’s have a smoke.

- I’ll go with you! - Stay here.

Now, muscovite on a Moskvitch car...

If you sell it, tell me.

Sure, Valera.

- I think, I’ll sit. - Of course.

You are a sharp boy, Valera.

Very sharp.

Well, not everybody is lucky to have such parents.

Now, you’ll wake everybody up.

Did you think there in your one-horse town

that the hope of the Soviet cinema will cherish you in her bosom?

I also get upset when somebody sleeps with my women.

You want them to always love you, remember you and suffer for you!

Valera, Valera.

Let’s go.

- Let’s go, come on. - Ah, let’s go.

It’s time.

Let’s go.

Pretty...

Oh, as I see, you’ve paled up.

Did you think we’d fight because of you?

See.

I think, it’s time for us to go.

Come again.

Goodbye.

Sure.

A good couple, aren’t they?

Thank you for a great evening.

Maybe...

- You have very interesting friends. - Maybe, you could invite me for tea...

No, I was told, I shouldn’t bring guests.

Can we go to my place then?

What?

I’ll come tomorrow.

Bye.

Good night.

Great likeness.

It’s for you.

A present.

Thank you!

It’s a trifle.

I hope, I won’t distract you.

No.

Will it take long?

Just a little.

Kiss me...

We went apart half way, We parted before parting,

We thought, there would be no pain In the last fatal ‘farewell’.

Sorry. Continue.

But I cannot even cry. I beg for one thing, write to me...

These letters will be dear and sacred for me

As flowers from the grave. From the grave of my heart.

So beautiful...

Go on, please.

Who is it?

Who is there so early?

Don’t get up.

Let Shagin open and...

Kiss me.

Hello, who do you want?

My husband.

What husband?

You’ve come to a wrong address.

Why, no. It fits.

The street, the house. Valera sent it to me when he settled.

Valera?

Is Valera your husband?

Yes.

And you are an actress, aren’t you? I recognized you.

Yes, an actress... Come in.

Come there.

It’s nice here.

So many books.

I’m sorry I came without notification.

I’ve totally forgotten.

Home pies. I baked them myself.

Please help yourself!

For you, they are warm.

His feet are always cold.

Show me your room.

Next time.

Now I should go to work.

Thank you.

Goodbye. Hope to see you soon.

Soon the whole collective farm will come here.

- And I... - Not a word!

What?

I forgot my mittens. I’ll do it myself!

Take care of him, please.

He is very good.

And he loves me so much.

You are beautiful.

Wait a moment.

That’s for you. As a memory.

By the way, your pies are wonderful.

Valera! Maybe, we could return home.

We don’t need Moscow, we could live well,

you could return to the garage.

We have a kid, mom helps us.

We’ve decided it all.

Have you seen my icon?

What icon?

Mom’s icon, it remained after grandma.

- You know, like... - I haven’t seen it.

We’ll be late for the train.

Haven’t you? It was like...

- Do you remember... - Stop chatting.

My friend, where is our hen?

May I?

Look, I just...

Well, to the most beautiful girl in Moscow.

Thank you but I don’t eat sweets. I’m on a diet.

It’s a pity.

Didn’t your parents teach you that you should give flowers to girls?

They did.

But I thought that flowers are too common, so I decided...

- Well, the lollipop. - Pity.

I see.

Actually, I have different views with my parents.

- Aren't they similar? - No.

- About everything? - Well, nearly.

What about you?

Everything is fine. We perfectly understand each other.

Great. Look, are you sure you don’t want it?

- No. - Hey boy, that’s for you.

Thank you!

- Come on, or we’ll be late. - Late for what?

Why is it so quiet here?

Lunch time.

Why do you always lie?

I don’t lie.

I just didn’t tell that I was married.

You should have said you were married.

I had no time.

Yes, I’m married. And I have a son.

But that doesn’t change my attitude to you.

Why do you want me?

What do you mean, why?

- I adore you. - Adore?

Okay, keep adoring.

Valera, what are you doing?! What if they see us, are you crazy?

- But it’s lunch time! - What do you mean, lunch time?

- Lunch time, lunch time... - Crazy. Put on your clothes.

You are crazy! Stop it...

Good morning.

You know, you are very much like my mom.

Why do your parents avoid meeting me?

You know...

My mother thinks that I do it to irritate my father, that it is not serious.

Anyway, it’s time that you come to live to me.

To you? Who am I to you without official registration?

Okay.

Tomorrow we are going to the Registration Office.

I don’t want to.

What do you mean, you don’t want to?

I mean what I say.

We are not going to get married until you introduce me to your parents.

I promise, I’ll take care of everything.

When?

Today.

You’ll kiss me when you do it.

- Okay, what is it here. - How long should I stand like that?

As long as I need it. Mila, don’t start it.

Venya, maybe shall we lower the arm-hole?

Maybe. But just a bit.

Irina Semenovna, I don’t like Zhanna’s back

Here.

Hello everyone!

Dina, at last!

Dina! How’s your leg?

The rumors of my death are very much exaggerated.

I’ll bring your dress.

And this substitute who took my place, is she still here?

Hello.

Dina, that’s yours. Here.

I think, it’s too wide in the hips.

Maybe, you should give it to this hayseed girl?

Here.

Oh, a pin has dropped.

Nice to meet you.

Dina!

Are you going to work or chatter today?

Dina, take the dress and go change.

Please, take the dress and go change. Yes.

So?

So what? You are standing and waiting! Fashion needs sacrifice.

- Did it hurt? - No, not really.

It’s okay. Get used to it.

It’s not just my opinion.

It’s also the opinion of our administration.

Hello, comrades. Excuse me.

What the hell, who let you in?

Sergey Lvovich, you forget whose son I am. We should talk.

We’ll talk at home. I have a meeting.

You always have a meeting. It’s urgent. Personal. I’ll wait in the hall.

Speak but be quick.

Dad, I want you and mom to meet my future wife.

Are you talking about that country girl again?

How can a man be such an idiot nearly at thirty!

Don’t you understand that she only wants to quickly get married and live off you!

I insist.

Look, I’ve never selected women for you, you did it perfectly well.

But as for the lawful wife, I’ll approve her myself.

What’s this wording about? Approve.

You are not at a meeting.

You may live with those approved ones in your office.

- On the table. - Now, shut up!

I’m meeting a foreign delegation in the airport in an hour and a half,

-... you are ruining all my plans. - So what?

Okay.

Tonight I’ll be waiting for you two.

At home. But that doesn’t mean anything.

Dad, I promise, next time I’ll make an appointment with you

- ... one month in advance. - Okay, go now.

Thank you.

Hush, girls, she is coming.

- Hello! - Hello.

Hello.

Take a seat.

- Are you hungry? - Oh, thanks. No. Venya forbids.

Oh, yes, it’s like him.

Katya, the girls said, you’d met our Dina.

Yes.

A nice girl.

Yes. Dina is... that kind of girl.

But for comrade Shnyrev behind her...

This shorty wouldn’t be here at all.

Who is Shnyrev?

Well... It’s her... sponsor.

He’s more than a sponsor. He decides who of us goes abroad.

Anyway, you should keep away from people like her.

That’s right.

The pin is nothing. There used to be much worse things.

What kind of things?

Like sawing through heels so that you break your leg.

Did it happen here?

It surely did.

Why do you think Irina Semenovna walks with a stick?

Did she walk on the runway too?

Katya, she was on the runway when you crawled under the table.

Hello, girls.

Hello, Dina.

Katya.

Katya...

Dina, how did you twist your ankle?

Maybe, when you were getting out of a black car?

Oh, yes, a wooer...

... a new one.

Yes girls, envy me. I’m getting married soon.

- Oh, really? - Congratulations.

Katya, are you married?

I’m getting married soon too.

Expensive...

Who’s the man?

He’s a journalist.

I see.

Felix Krutsky.

Krutsky? Son of the Krutsky?

- Sergey Lvovich? - No way!

Yes.

Did he offer you to marry him straight away?

Yes, why?

It’s a funny family.

I know that Krutsky the elder had an affair with a woman

who was a City Committee secretary.

Dina! You know too much.

Girls,

I’ve heard that woman, the City Committee secretary,

is married to another State Security officer.

His name is... I think, it’s Shnyrev.

Yes, it’s Shnyrev.

My father’s parents didn’t accept the revolution.

They left the country forever.

And dad and aunt Vera, his sister, stayed here.

Both fought with the whites and after the war dad made a military career

and the aunt had a party career.

Then dad married mom, I was born, and then it all started.

In 1940, when I was two, dad was accused of being a German intelligence spy,

arrested and executed, mom was sentenced to 10 years in the camp, she died there.

And I was to be given to an orphanage.

Aunt Vera saved me.

She gave me that second name, Nechaeva.

Well...

They could write a book about it, couldn’t they?

It’s being written already.

Katya, where do you work?

I work in a fashion house as a model.

It’s a good job. It must be difficult?

Serezha!

No, not really.

What do your parents do?

What... They are farmers.

My mother works as a shop assistant and my father is a disabled war veteran,

he mostly stays at home and does housework.

Katya, excuse me, are you the only child in the family?

No. She has a younger sister.

And I wish you would stop the interrogation now. Let her eat.

Of course, Felix. Katya, have some salad.

Is it okay to address you informal way?

Let’s drink to our acquaintance.

What, are you going to keep silent?

They didn’t like me.

What makes you think so?

Look, I’m a country girl but I can differ politeness from sympathy.

- Is it so important for you? - Yes.

You may think me old-fashioned

but I don’t want us to get married if your parents don’t bless us.

So, they will bless us.

- I’m serious. - So am I.

- No, you are not. - I absolutely am.

Absolutely not.

Cannot sleep?

Yeah.

So, what do you think? She’s a nice girl.

She is. Nice. I have eyes too.

I know. You were watching her the whole evening.

Well, you all should be watched closely.

So, didn’t you like her?

Why, I’ve said, she’s a nice girl. But nothing more.

Our son didn’t give any reasons why she’s better than other.

But he asked her to marry him.

And he gave her the ring which we wanted to give to Marianna.

Yes. It’s rather awkward.

Well, I made a phone call to Goskino,

Marianna will be engaged for two years now.

I feel sorry for Marianna. She is a nice girl.

- You think everybody is nice. - Serezha, say what you want,

but if Felix doesn’t get married now, he will never get married.

I agree, it’s time for him to settle down.

But to be bound with that country girl...

Well, you married me when my father was in prison.

Everybody objected then.

They asked you not to cast in your lot with me.

But it was absolutely different.

Why?

I was crazily in love with you. I didn’t want to think of anything else.

Serezha, let us not interfere with them. Promise me.

I’ll think about it.

- Good morning. - Good afternoon.

Oh, I’m lucky to meet you.

The boss was looking for you, he said, next week you are flying to Burjuno

to cover the congress of the Communist Party.

It’s my father... teaching me a lesson?

- Is it hot there? - You are used to it.

Here is the vaccination list. Start preparing documents.

What if I catch plague?

You are the plague.

Remember to come to da...

to Vladimir Nikolaevich and start getting ready to an interview

at the party commission.

Okay.

Come to the car, please.

You know, I often argue with my son but I love him very much.

I never wanted a second child because I knew I could never love him so much.

I admit,

I wasn’t a very faithful husband, but for a man it’s like sports, self-affirmation.

But the family hearth depends on the woman’s faithfulness.

When a man cheats, it’s a game.

When a woman cheats, it’s the end.

Do you understand it?

Why are you telling me that?

I love him. I don’t want anybody but Felix.

Now you don’t. But in a year or two.

I was against you first.

Then I saw you and gave up.

If I were younger, I would have stolen you from my son.

Are you kidding?

Of course, I am.

Honestly, I don’t like your job. You should think about changing it.

But I love my job.

You’d better love Felix.

To cut it short.

If you compromise him and our family, I’ll destroy you. Okay?

Hello.

It’s for you.

You are not inventive.

And now?

I have just talked to your father.

And?

He is against our marriage.

Here. Let’s go to him.

- Felix! - Come on.

- Felix! - What?!

Felix, it was a joke.

What did he say?

He said he would organize the wedding himself

and expects us to give him a lot of grandchildren.

But have you really believed?

No. I’ve realized at once that it was a joke.

Of course, you did.

- I realized at once that it was a joke! - Don’t lie! You didn’t realize anything.

- If you could have seen your own face! - Haven’t I seen my own face?

- Of course, I have seen it. - You didn’t realize anything!

- Eat. - You eat.

It was a great joke, wasn’t it?