place.
He goes everywhere
with her.
He came to ours'
on the New Year Eve.
And made a scene. He said:
I wished to take away his flat.
Why would I want his flat?
Look at my gorgeous flat.
Did he have this woman
before Vera's death?
Before...
Why?
My little son... My pride.
It needs a copper coin.
- Where on Earth can I get one?
- I've got one.
It used to be a regular
two-bedroom flat.
It was my husband's idea.
What a sauna!
Just a place for Granny
to warm her bones.
- Granny?
- She's outside in the car.
Have you brought her
to me?
Leonid and your father
refused to take her in.
Oh, but I can't either.
Why?
I'm leaving... to the dentist.
But you'll be back?
We have no spare room:
Where shall I put her?
In the drawing room.
- Here we receive people we need.
- What?
People you need, eh?
But when Granny was selling
her house
was she a person
you needed then?
- Why are you like that?
- And why are you like that?
You are not at all
sorry for her, are you?
- I 'am' sorry, but...
- But what?
See, men come here,
they drink here,
they talk loudly.
She'll only feel worse here.
Then you should tell these men
not to come here.
Then my husband
will throw me out.
Who are you
in this house then?
- Just a nobody!
- What does it mean - a nobody?
It means what it means!
To be a somebody one needs
to have something.
And I'm good only
to serve him cabbage soup.
What am I supposed to think of?
You are smart and strong.
Think of something.
Am I to take her to Tolik's?
He'll take her in.
She'll be fine there.
Believe me,
she'll be fine there.
Good thinking.
Tolik is a refugee,
he enjoys no rights at all.
He'll be the first to be thrown
out, together with Granny.
I can't take her in.
Kill me -
I can't!
So.
You will take her
to Tolik yourself.
I'm not made of iron too.
I have to go out and look her
in the eye every time.
Let's do it together.
Granny...
My little daughter,
my sweetheart is no more!
Granny, calm down.
We'll go to Tolik.
You'll be better off there.
Don't cry, Granny.
Tolik will take you in.
All will be fine.
I'm not crying.
Not crying...
But how is Olenka?
Oh, Granny.
Your great granddaughter
is as before... In shock.
You know, Lisa,
Tolik's house was bombed.
Very many people got killed.
Both Chechens and Russians.
For Olya's birthday
We baked a sweety pie
As wide as that
As narrow as that
As tall as that
As low as that
Sweetie pie, sweetie pie
Chose the one who you love
Yes, of course
I love you all
But Mom and Daddy best of all
Now we blow the candles out.
Take a deep breath
and blow like the wind...
Ten candles means you are
ten years old today.
Our Mommy is clever,
a strong fine girl!
She has blown the candles
out, but not all.
And we shall put out
the rest of them.
Let's take a really
deep breath...
Deeper, Olenka, deeper.
Let's do it together
with Daddy.
Do you accept guests?
Most welcome.
It is Olya's birthday today.
My congratulations!
Lisa, meet Masha.
More surprises coming.
Granny is come.
Granny? Where is Granny?
In the car at your door.
I dreamt of eggs
which means guests.
Masha said: Who can come?
And look,
here she has come, our granny.
Welcome the guests.
Welcome the guests.
Can she at least hear?
She can hear and understand.
But she can't speak.
Lisa, you defend people
in Chechnya, don't you?
Olya is a victim of this war.
So help her.
Get her into a hospital,
still better in Moscow.
Olya, it is your great
grandmother.
Do you remember Granny?
How she taught you reading,
counting,
reciting different verses.
There goes a bull-calf
On the see-saw board
'Oh, I shall have a fall,'
he says
She was not even five then.
She can't remember.
I shouldn't have let her go
to Chechnya.
Come and sit next to me.
We were all growing up
and playing together.
I remember them
as little ones.
They followed Granny everywhere
like tails.
Leonid was our neighbor.
We loved her