don't have any friends.
Why don't you have friends,
Elena?
Do you?
As a matter of fact, yes.
That's just because you're
American.
Around here, we don't do that.
What nonsense you're saying!
Don't you know how many friends
I have?
I know. That's why I said it.
She's so difficult lately.
Adolescence, you know.
Comrades! Comrades! Ladies and
Gentlemen!
Sasha Greenberg is not the only
old friend we are greeting today
after years of separation!
There is another person, well
known to most of you here,
whom we haven't seen in just as
many years as Sasha.
Friends, let us drink to the
ever beautiful Helen of Troy!
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Excuse me, are you... Helen
Preston?
Yes, yes I am.
You called... Asked me to
come... Here I am.
I am Sasha Greenberg.
Of course! Of course! You're
the famous Greenberg!
Famous? How?
The first physicist refusenik.
The freedom fighter.
So, you came over from America
on an exchange program?
Citizen, you are violating laws
here.
Let's see your pass!
You've been fired from this
institute.
You should've turned in your
pass a long time ago.
I'll be leaving in a few
minutes.
What few minutes?
Chromov, Come on, take his other
arm!
Sasha!
This is a serious offense.
This is a scientific facility, we
have classified information here.
Lucky for us, a comrade called
and informed us.
Otherwise, we'd be taking the
heat for this.
Is that the spy?
Let's have him!
Sasha, I will be behind you.
You're Greenberg?
I am.
You can go.
Why was I detained?
Why don't you ask your buddies
at the institute.
Suddenly, there's this racket -
spy, spy, spy!
The director of the institute
says "he's no spy".
So go on, get out of here before
someone else gives an opinion!
Oh, thank God, it's you!
I called the embassy, I called
Gross.
I guess Gross he must have got
through to them. Thanks.
Did you know this could happen
if you showed up?
I didn't entirely discount the
possibility.
So why did you come?
You asked me to.
Until the end of last century,
Moscow was a completely unique city.
All green and white, yellow and
gold.
Hills were covered with gardens,
white and yellow mansions
and palaces with green roofs
drowning in the gardens,
golden domes crowning churches
and cathedrals..
So, you were saying that your
experiments support my hypothesis?
Now, if gamma is less than one
you must increase the mass by a
factor of two.
Right. But gamma is more than
one in this case.
Can we see your house from here?
My house? Ah, it's over there.
You see the yellow high-rises
right behind there.
Let's go there?
God, I've never felt so happy.
Happy Birthday!
You gonna let me in?
Of course... Come in, I didn't
invite anyone.
Didn't plan anything.
Thanks for remembering.
You're not supposed to invite
anyone.
A birthday party should only be
for those who remember.
You think anyone remembers me
now?
We'll see about that.
(door bell)
You see! And you said no one
would remember!
Oh, Sasha! Happy birthday!
(singing)
Sasha, I want to make a toast!
I'd like to talk to you in
private.
Right now? OK, go ahead.
I want to make a toast!
Where's Natasha?
Where's Helen of Troy?
I'll get them.
I want to tell you I'm in love
with Sasha.
I want everything to be in the
open between us.
Wonderful! Why tell me, of all
people?
Because I thought you were
together.
Sasha and I are old friends.
If you mean sex, then, yes, we
did sleep together... once.
You have my permission.
Even if I were in love with him,
maybe even he with me,
I would still tell you to go
ahead.
Why?
Because Sasha's destiny is not
with me.
There is nothing I can do to
help him, but you can.
What about you?
Don't you wanna leave?
No, It's very hard for a woman to
attain any sort of position in science.
I've achieved a lot here and
Gross appreciates me.
And anyway where would I go?
For what?
Where the hell did everybody go?
I want to make a toast already.
(singing)
Your