extraordinary foresight.
I am currently
reworking my report...
...and you know, it's getting
better and better.
Glad to hear it,
comrade Novoseltsev.
Do you like picking mushrooms?
What?
M-mushrooms.
Birch mushrooms.
Aspen mushrooms.
Mushed... mushrooms.
Not interested.
My most sincere condolences.
Picking mushrooms is amazing.
Take stump mushrooms,.
They grow on stumps.
If you find a good stump...
...you can gather a nice pile
of stumps... mushrooms.
Aspen mushrooms,
they grow... under aspens.
Under birches.
Under... spruce... -es.
In dry summers, they like it where
it's wet... in hollows.
You find a hollow, and... there...
picking them, one by one.
You're a great expert in mushrooms,
comrade Novoseltsev.
In mushrooms, yes.
My name is Anatoly Efremovich.
I will remember it.
Would that be all?
No. Yes.
You may go,
comrade Novoseltsev.
Why haven't you offered her
a cocktail?
She doesn't drink.
And what were you doing?
What were you talking about?
Mushrooms.
Why mushrooms?
What else, Yura?
Snakes?
I tried to court her...
I just don't know how.
Last woman I courted was
my wife. 12 year ago.
I must have lost the knack.
Did she understand
you were courting her?
I think not.
Yura, have you been
to a striptease show?
- Never.
- And honestly?
- Why would I need that?
- I would certainly go.
Comrades, Swiss cheese,
Greek olives. You are welcome.
- Do you want to be a senior
statistician all your life? - No.
Can't you think of something
else but courting?
When I see her, my legs sprawl.
Don't stand. Sit down.
I don't know what to talk about.
Talk about something intellectual.
She's a clever aunt.
Intellectual? Damn...
I can... intellectual.
Only, she wouldn't understand.
I will go refresh myself
and start casting pearls.
Yuri Grigorievich! Why don't you
invite me to dance?
I'm inviting you, Olga Petrovna.
After I asked you myself.
Do you remember how we skipped
the finance lecture and went to a cafe?
You made a grand order, and
then you didn't have enough money.
I do remember.
Listen, this Bublikov,
is he from the Catering Department?
- Yes. He is the Head.
- What kind of a man is he.
- Career-seeker.
Won't your wife be jealous?
- Of whom?
- Of me.
Sure will.
Do you remember
how we went kissing to Kuntsevo?
It's not a forest any more,
it's a city.
I do remember.
What can you say about
that Borovskikh?
A swell guy.
You know, I am dancing
with you now...
...and it is as if
no time has passed.
Well, off I go.
Step on the intellect, Tolya.
It's me again.
Haven't we said good-bye already?
That's right. Then let's say hello
again... shall we?
Hello, Ludmila Prokofievna.
Good evening.
May I have a seat?
Suit yourself.
Yes. Well. Thanks.
Aren't you bored,
Ludmila Prokofievna?
No. I am used to being alone.
So I am never bored.
So, I may go, right?
You may stay.
You are not disturbing me.
A cigarette, a match, a matchbox?
Thank you.
And I, if you please...
Cognac, whiskey,
gin, tonic, vodka?
We've agreed I do not drink.
Damn, right! Something happened
to my memory...
What's in the papers?
So far so good.
Why are we sitting here silent,
as if we have nothing to talk about?
Let's talk.
We have talked
about the report...
You are not interested
in mushrooms, are you?
You're right.
Berries?
Not interested either?
Only in jam.
And verses, in poetry?
How do you treat them?
With respect.
Excellent!
Let's talk about poetry.
You know, when I was young, I wrote
verses myself. Didn't you?
No, I had no talent.
Neither had I.
I will read you a little bit,
and you will see for yourself.
Maybe we shouldn't
run the risk?
Why? Let's try.
I would like to make a favorable
impression upon you.
You have already.
I would like to make it stronger.
Some of earlier verses.
In everything I seek to grasp
The fundamental:
The daily choice, the daily task,
The sentimental.
In your early years you