FLIGHT
– Hello!
– Are you Valentin?
– I am Valentin. – Wonderful!
– Dear Valentin!
From the bottom of my heart
Allow me to wish you a happy birthday
and health... – You know...
– ...happiness, love! – ...It’s not...
– ...a clear sky above you, – It’s not my...
wonderful flowers, joy in your soul! – It’s not my birthday today!
– Why didn't you say so?
– I wanted to, I did!
– Was it so difficult to say that neither of you had a birthday here?
Instead of... all these tricks!
– I wanted to say it right away, but you started it yourself!
– Would you like a sweet?
– No, thank you!
– Valentin, so...
They call me Grigory Vasilich.
So, what are your plans?
Are you going to live here or get some treatment?
– To live. And you?
– Come on, legs, legs, okay!
– Thank you. – And I'm all right, I have socks, I'm warm.
Do you like flying?
On aviettes. On an aviette, it is kind of...
a flea, a small plane.
– I never flew on an aviette.
– Really?
– I flew only on regular planes.
– Regular, yes, regular — that's it...
An aviette, it's like, as if you were...
As if you were flying yourself!
– I'm afraid of them and I don’t understand at all
how those iron boxes take off.
– Like this? – Yes.
I don't understand.
– Well...
These "iron boxes" — they have an ideal.
An aspiration
to a perfect measure!
And thanks to this "aspiration",
they build planes.
And it takes off.
And the idea — it appeared because of this.
It appeared thanks to this
creature which you have flying on your jacket.
Right. – And how often do you fly?
– Often.
The sky gets weary by night, and I leave at dawn.
And the sky is just...
so clear and transparent.
I'll show you everything after lunch.
Okay!
– Bon appetit! – Thank you!
– Coocoo!
– Not allowed!
– What? – You are not allowed outside!
– What do you mean?
– You may not go outside!
– Why is that?
– You have dead hour after lunch.
– What "dead hour"?
– The hour when you have to sleep! – So what?
– You are not allowed outside!
– Okay, what's your name?
– Alexander Ivanych.
– Alexander Ivanych,
listen, Alexander Ivanych!
You are eating now, bon appetit to you,
and we've already eaten, and we'd like to
go out for a moment and get some fresh air.
Here is a sweet, would you like it?
Just a sweet, it's good with tea.
– I'm telling you: it's not allowed! – And for how long?
– Until the director's order is cancelled. – What order, about what?
– The order that there is no exit!
– And why? – Because of quarantine!
–Quarantine? – Yes.
You're not allowed outside maybe for a week or two, maybe even for a month.
– Finally, they took it away!
Took it away!
– There, look, the electricity box, see?
There's a fence right behind it, Mikhalych and I made a hole there.
This stairway leads
directly to the emergency exit.
The emergency exit is there, and in the evening, we need
to get the key.
– Can we just ask for it nicely?
– How can you do that?
Not a chance, what flights?… – I see.
– No way... – I see.
Well then, maybe we should just...
...wait? – No, no, tomorrow may not be tomorrow!
We definitely have to get the keys!
– Close the window! There is a strong draft in the corridor!
– This is actually our room!
– Listen, it’s not "your" room, we all live here after all!
Yes, it's not only your room, it's a communal room. And I feel a draft!
It's blowing through the crack under the door!
– Which crack?
– Here, under the door!
– Ah this one, this door? – Yes.
– This small crack, this small one? – Yes!
– And the draft is blowing through it into the corridor? – It is!
And I'm cold!
– Okay, here you go...
Why are you so sad, tell me, my dear friend.
Or was it darker that night?
Or the eyes which resemble the blue night...
– Look, I’ve remembered, I want to give you a present, there, in the room.
Look at him, huh?
He isn't even moving!
– What are you waiting for?
– I'm waiting for him to yield to the call of nature,
there's a toilet around the corner.
I won't have more than a minute. You are not going to shout, are you?
Come on!
– Ah, you're here! Just like a moth to a flame!
You need an injection, come here! – I don't need any injections!
Thanks for your concern, I refuse, I won't have an injection!
– You know, my shift is already over, so...
I've probably been fired, but I have to give you an injection anyway.
– Leave an old man alone!
Nobody will find out if you gave me an injection or not!
Please, leave me alone, I want, I want...
I'm not allowed outside, I'm not allowed anything,
At least I can sit here by myself, please, give an old man a little peace!
Just leave me alone for a little bit.
– And what’s wrong with my emotional health, according to the doctor?
– Emotionality should be moderate at your age.
– And what do you think about this "immoderacy" of mine?
– I stopped thinking a long time ago.
I do what they tell me, okay?
My shift is almost over, give me your arm!
– All right, I just... I’ll be quiet.
– I couldn’t do it. I didn't understand which key to take.
– Never mind!
He'll be asleep by nightfall anyway!
And you and I...
at dawn, calmly
will just leave without any keys.
I did promise you a present!
Just listen to what's inside!
So…
Hold it up to your ear.
And fall asleep!
– Oh, a shell, just like mine!
There's an airport nearby, and my home's right behind it.
Yes, my name is Grigory Vasilich.
– I'm Valentin.
– Valentin, who likes listening to shells!
So, you must also like flying on aviettes. Have you flown?
– No. – Would you like to try?
– I don't know. – Do you know...
how planes take off?
– Because they have an ideal. – No, not like that… an aspiration to an ideal measure.
And based on this aspiration, they build a plane,
and it takes off.
But tell me, where did the idea come from?
– A person looked at a bird. – Right!
After lunch I'll show you something.
– Now they won't let us go...
– Where? – Outside.
– Why?
– Well, because of the quarantine.
– How many times do I have to tell you, no smoking here!
Who do you think this sign is for?
Come out of there and go get your lunch! Everything will stink in the dining room.
– Hi! – Hi!
– Where is Igor?
I don't know. He left.
– For long?
– What? – Well, did he leave for long?
– How should I know!
– And this quarantine?
– What about it?
– Well, for how long? How much time?
– I don't know. A week or two.
–We can’t go outside at all? – No.
– But just to stand here... – It's not allowed, there’s a quarantine!
– So, here they have the top row.
The second one. The second row...
So you count from the right:
one, two, three – the third key.
This is the right one. This key is to the emergency exit.
– I got a prize: a wooden spoon, such a big one!
Like a punch bowl. I asked, "What should I do with it?"
They said, "Well, it’s just a souvenir, or you can pour kvass into it to drink."
– Music and dancing have been in my blood since I was born.
I lived on the factory premises, we had a club.
– I had a dog, it chewed this spoon up, I cried so much, tried to glue it together...
– Please, stay, for me, for 5 minutes! – I’m not supposed to leave my post there!
– For 10 minutes! You see, the birthday boy is very sick.
Oh! Now, E-2 E-4. Okay, I'm off!
The key… the flight!
– What are you doing here? – Аh... I'm looking for...
– What are you looking for?
– A thing. – What thing?
– Well... my own thing.
– What is this thing, and what's it supposed to do there?
Wait! – It just turned out, my thing...
– What are you doing here?
– Ridiculous circumstances leading to people vanishing. – What people?
– What are you looking for?
– Wait! – I have to give you an injection!
– What injection? – Wait!
– I warned you! – I don't need any injection!
– I won't let this go! – Okay.
– Yes, please. – Come here!
– No, no, no!
– You see, my shift is over in half an hour.
And if I don't give you an injection, I'll be sacked.
And it's very hard to find a job now, so...
Please, let's go to the room, and I'll give you...
– It's time! Time to go, Grigory Vasilich!
The key, the flight!
Look, Grigory Vasilich!
It's almost dawn.
Come on!
Yes, yes!