freezer.
There's canned soup in the closet,
and applesauce for dessert.
- I'll wash the dishes.
- Good girl. Goodbye.
Smoking again before breakfast?
I told you not to do that.
Sit down and eat.
Take some bread. Don't rush.
Liuda, I promise you,
it's the last time.
I'll pay you back when I receive my
check. Please, another 5 rubles...
Do you want me to wipe your nose
too?
You don't believe me?
I can show you my bank book.
Where do you expect me to get money?
It doesn't grow on trees.
D'you think I like coming here?
It's because of my condition.
Your condition is called hangover.
It's no problem for me
to give up drinking!
I've been invited to be a coach
next year.
I'm going to be late, get out!
You're a bitch! What about everything
I bought you, have you forgotten?
You drank up everything you bought!
It was my money,
I had the right to drink!
I don't want to see you again!
We were divorced seven years ago!
Couldn't you just lend me
two or three rubles?
I really need it!
There! Take whatever I have. I'm
leaving me just 10 kopecks for bus.
You're an angel, Liuda.
I swear, I'll pay you back!
There's still a stain, look!
Some stains don't come out.
That'll teach you to be neater.
- There you are.
- Thank you.
You have a ticket?
Your package...
- Ticket please?
- It's a suit.
How interesting.
You've got it? Is it clean?
I've just chosen the most stunning
pair of shoes.
I want you to see them.
Do us a favor
and wrap it up once more.
I'm sorry, but there's a paper
shortage in the country.
Why is it that generals always have
the same kind of wife?
I would have made a perfect
general's wife!
For that you would have
to marry a lieutenant first
and for years move with him
from one small town to another.
In life, there's such a thing
as luck, you know.
That's why I buy a lottery ticket
every week.
You win yet?
Sure I did. I won a ruble twice.
It's the categorical imperative.
It was Kant who thought of it.
Mankind should work
for the maximum...
- That's Gourin.
- Where?
There must be a certificate
that goes with it.
How you doing? Want a drink?
- Want some vodka instead?
- Yeah, just a little.
Excuse me, are you Gourin?
Everything is okay.
To solve these problems
is yourjob.
You're being paid for it.
I don't want to hear
that something can't be done.
I'm interested in what you're doing
so that it will be done!
You were right to get tough with him.
Does the chief engineer have any
questions? The director?
What were the reasons
for missing last month's
established quotas?
We were short on tank trucks.
- Why did that happen?
- Because none were empty.
- What measures have been taken?
- We even called the minister.
Sergey Stepanovich, you will
personally look into this.
We have to determine a schedule
reducing future loading tie-ups.
The meeting is adjourned.
Could you tell everybody that this
afternoon meeting is being cancelled.
I'll have to be at the City Hall.
At last the municipality is taking
an interest in what we're doing.
We're holding on on sheer enthusiasm.
It's time the government thought
about solving this problem.
Do you know how many people
are suffering from Ioneliness?
Look at the numbers and you can see
how alarming it is!
In Moscow alone,
it's alarming!
Loneliness is the danger
facing us.
The birthrate goes down,
alcoholism's up!
From an economic point of view,
a single worker is inefficient.
He can't concentrate,
he's obsessed by his Ioneliness.
- I think it's open to discussion.
- All right. Let's discuss it.
The club was founded
only three years ago.
Is it a success? Have many lost souls
found one another thanks to you?
Yes, indeed! For this period
we married twelve couples.
Though marriage is not
our priority.
Don't think of us as a marriage
broker. We're a friendship club.
Today, Ionely souls don't know
how to meet one another.
People just watch television
and don't even know who