Easy, easy!
Solzhenitsyn. August 1914.
Who are you?
Excuse me.
KGB
STAR MEDIA PRESENTS
Sergey Makovetsky
Mikhail Porechenkov
Maria Shukshina
Daria Mikhailova
Yulia Peresild
Yevgenia Simonova
Vladimir Simonov, Igor Chernevich, Vladimir Afanasiev
In Trouble in Store
Script by Vladislav Romanov and Yevgenii Latii
With the participation of Sergey Ashkenazi
Production Director: Sergey Ashkenazi
Director of Photography: Vladimir Klimov R.G.C.
Music by Aleksey Ashkenazi
Production Designer: Iraida Shultz Costume Designer: Regina Khomskaya
Makeup Artist: Olga Matveichuk
Editing Directors: Olga Grinshpun and Ekaterna Kirillova
Sound Producer: Pavel Podlesny Casting Director: Tatiana Statzman
Executive Producer: Andrey Anokhin
Producers: Vitalii Bordachev and Vlad Ryashin
I think you know why I’m here.
Now I’d like to know who you are. I know your last name, Platonov.
What about your given name?
Can I see your ID?
Platonov, Anton. College student?
Institute of the Press and Printing Arts, School of Journalism.
Sounds good. The rest doesn’t.
How could you? You’re studying an ideology-related subject,
and still you read prohibited books!
Moreover, those published abroad. Who gave it to you?
I see you’re not going to cooperate.
Then you’ll have to come with me, citizen Platonov.
Wait! Maybe we could do something about it. Please!
What do you mean?
I would be very grateful to you.
Are you trying to bribe me?
No, just to show my gratitude.
How?
You can buy yourself a present with the money I give you.
Just say how much.
A present? So I’ll give you the number, and you…
Interesting. OK.
Let’s say… 4,000 rubles.
Just a minute.
I can’t believe it! They make him work nights,
risking his life, and pay him as if he were a mere engineer.
Mom, come on. What risk? Liosha doesn’t work in the police.
Exactly. The man solves problems on the state level,
and he still has to bring seedlings to his dacha by train.
What seedlings are you talking about?
Aren’t you the one who always admires my cucumbers?
“Zinaida Trofimovna, can I have one more with my vodka?”
Can’t you drive me in your Black Maria once in a blue moon?
Mom, they transport convicts in Volgas now.
I don’t mind a Volga! Three trips would be enough.
How are you going to take Tonia to doctors
when she has a baby? You can’t afford going by cab.
Mom, why do you think the baby will need doctors?
How many healthy kids have you seen?
Here.
How do I know that this will stay between us?
I swear I won’t tell anyone.
The money isn’t yours. What if your parents notice?
I live with my mom.
I’ll tell her my friend lost his money on gambling
and I lend him money because they threatened to kill him.
I’ll think of something. Mom will understand.
Good.
And next time don’t be so stupid.
Read at home under blanket, not in a streetcar.
Masha!
Masha! Masha! Masha!
Hello. Institute? Russian Language Department, please.
The have already left?
Thank you.
The usual. Sasha?
Check it if you doubt me.
Of course not. Wait in the reception room.
Hello.
We’re not doing so good, Georgy.
The receipts are going down.
Probably you work not as well as you used to, Valentin.
Even better! It’s all because of these thieves.
They are your thieves. You let them go out of hand.
So don’t complain.
Shalom, Georgy.
Shalom.
Who cursed the Jews and made them live in Russia, I wonder.
Your God, Misha.
Was it any better for you guys in Egypt?
Send the guys in.
Let’s drink, guys. To all the best.
What’s up with Anilina?
Everything will be OK. You can get the invoices from Zoya.
She’s Vera’s replacement. Interim, I hope.
Tell me about turning surplus into money.
Who would they bribe?
I don’t know that.
I’ve told you everything I know. I don’t have anything to add,
except that Georgy is an honest man. A good man.
These are only words.
The fridge story is only the first link in a long chain.
I need the whole chain, do you understand that?
Have you ever bribed anyone?
At a hospital, the airport?
I’m not going to punish you for this.
I know not everything is fine with the system. So?
Of course I did. My elder child was sick with false croup.
He was dying, and there were no beds in the hospital.
How did you do it? Tell me.
I put money in an envelope.
‒ An envelope? ‒ Yes.
Just like the envelopes Berkutov used?
He didn’t do it! I haven’t seen anything.
I’m telling the truth.
OK.
Let’s write it down.
Are you going to let me out of here?
I’ll report to the bosses, and they’ll make a decision.
There’s one more problem, though.
Your husband says you and he purchased currency together.
This means complicity.
This isn’t true!
We’ll sort it out, I promise.
You were asking me these questions today
and you knew all the time you weren’t going to release me.
This is mean!
Mean? Finding out the truth is mean? Do I have to pity you?
Why? You have parents; you have a husband
who, it seems, has no pity for you.
What have you given me? Nothing.
Are you OK?
Mom, what are you doing at home?
I’m starting late today. Are you OK?
Mom, I took your money without permission.
What?
From the box.
Why? Why didn’t you ask first?
It just happened.
What happened?
Tell me!
A friend of mine has a gambling debt.
He had to pay 4,000, otherwise they would kill him.
I knew where you keep money, so I lent it to him.
He said he’d pay it back soon,
but I’ll return it even sooner. I’ll work as a loader…
I thought it was something terrible!
Are you sure he didn’t lie to you?
Maybe he made it all up to coax money from you.
No, he’s OK. It’s just that he mixed up with the wrong guys.
If I didn’t help him I’d have regretted it all my life.
Anton, tell me the truth. Is it you who was gambling?
Is it you?
You know I don’t play cards. I’m telling you the truth.
He cried so hard, and I thought…
I had no right to do it, had I?
Of course you hadn’t. Well, too late for this now.
Saving a man’s life is important, too.
You don’t feel sorry?
I mean, not too sorry about this money?
I promise I’ll give it back.
It’s OK. I was going to buy you a used car with it.
Now we’ll have to wait. Maybe it’s for the best.
There are so many accidents these days. Let’s make a deal.
You don’t take money without asking me first.
I give you everything you need, and even more.
As for the rest, let me handle it myself. OK?
Sure. I swear!
Well?
OK.
OK? You listen to this engine!
It’s music!
Its mileage is only 372.
It’s like distance from my door to Vinnytsia, that’s all.
Look! 372 miles. Nobody ever messed with the meter.
No cheating here. You can take it to the bank.
OK.
Look here. Do you see this beauty?
Right.
One, two…
Three, four.
Where did you get it? Did your in-laws cough it up?
Who else?
Good for you.
Why are you in such hurry to sell it?
My friend bought himself a Volga.
And all his money is tied up in building a new house.
So I lend him some.
You have to help people, that’s how it works.
So you’re giving him money.
What?
Are you giving him money?
No, I took Volga from him.
I don’t get it.
I’ll add to this money some of my own,
and you owe me some, too. So, the Volga is as good as mine.
That’s the way to deal with your friends.
Come on. My friend is too mean to part with his own shit.
How about we celebrate our deal? Care for a drink?
No. I’m driving, you forgot?
Right.
I can’t give you more, Gurgen Ashotovich.
1300 pounds of the best tenderloin. What else do you want?
Great. You gave the Beijing restaurant twice as much,
and I pay you no less; even more, counting the sturgeon.
Why?
Calm down.
We’ve been dealing with Beijing much longer than with you.
Their turnover is bigger. As for the sturgeon,
you pay exactly the same price as the others.
I feel bad about it, Georgy.
Why won’t you let me pay for all this?
Shut up. I told you it’s a wedding present.
Hello, Georgy Petrovich.
You look great.
Thank you, guys. I’ll join you in a minute.
Liusia will let you in.
Korney, forget about money. Kolia?
Help him to unload all this at his place.
OK.
Hello, my friend.
Hi. Come in. Come on! I need to work.
Branch directors are coming one after the other.
And everybody needs something. Bye, Korney.
Bye.
Let’s go.
I’m doing all I can for them!
Come on, Zoya Sergeyevna. Here.
What would we do without you!
Don’t exaggerate. But the surplus has its limits, too.
Of course.
Let us decide who we give it, how much and for what price.
Yes.
Destroy the invoices as soon as you reach the restaurant.
The second we come there!
Do you think Anilina knows more?
I doubt it. Everything leads to Platonova.
She was senior merchandiser at the catering bureau.
She still deals with it, in spite of her promotion.
So, she knows the scheme inside out.
How do you think it works?
It’s old as the hills. Selling the surplus,
double-entry bookkeeping. They invented it in Ancient Rome.
Yes, the idea isn’t something new, but the details are.
Especially with aces like Berkutov.
No, we need a confession here.
Platonova?
No way. She’s too smart.
Besides, rumor is she’s fooling around with Berkutov.
She won’t give him up.
Yes, she’s a hard nut to crack. She needs special approach.
And we will find it together, Gena.
You can’t find approach to your own wife.
Shut up. At least I’m not divorced yet.
That’s right: yet.
Comrade Captain! I could kill you for this.
They’d put you in jail.
One more thing.
Kultakov from the City Committee got a warning
to stay away from Berkutov.
The old man shit his pants.
He says there is mole around and wants us to find him.
Where are we going to look for him?
I don’t know.
You’re not the mole, are you? Me neither.
Shirshov?
No, he lacks imagination for this.
He’s a rotten man, though.
No. Neither he, nor Kapustin know much about Anilina.
It must be somebody who has contacts in the Committee.
Tonia? Antonina!
What?
Come outside.
Why?
Just come out, please.
What’s wrong? I was doing the laundry.
Don’t you see anything?
Nothing.
Open your eyes!
The bathroom is occupied, your mom wants to take a shower,
and you’re messing with me here!
What bathroom? Look! I’ve bought a car.
What car?
Come on!
Get in it.
Are you serious?
Hop in, silly!
Careful.
Where did you get the money?
Tonia. Stop asking questions. Can you just be happy for us?
You always wanted a car. Now you have it.
I’ll teach you how to drive after the baby is born.
Where did you get the money?
I bought it on the installment plan.
Honestly!
My friend owes me a favor, so he sold it to me.
I’ll pay him back gradually.
Mom will be happy.
That’s all that matters.
Thanks a lot.
Georgy, I’m so glad to see you. Lidia!
Congratulations.
Thanks.
On a night like this one wants to be around one’s friends.
You have plenty of them, Misha.
There’s no such thing as too many friends.
After the movie we’ll go out for a dinner.
This is for you.
Come on.
He reminds me of Gerard Philipe.
Right.
Captain Afanasiev,
Department Against Misappropriation of Socialist Property.
I’ll be right back. I need to make a call.
That’s you, bastard! Do you remember me?
I was doing my job. Five exposures a day.
You’ve ruined my life.
They would have fired me if I didn’t. I have family.
Please leave me alone!
So I’m not a person for you, I’m a fifth exposure.
I’ll kill you if I ever see you again.
To hell with this job. I called you at home and at work,
and then I understood you didn’t want to talk to me.
Did you go to your mom’s?
Yes.
You could come there, too. Or at least call.
I was going to. I even picked up the receiver…
You know they don’t like me.
Why would they?
Because their daughter is alone even on her birthday?
Masha. Please, don’t torture me. What about sailors’ wives?
They wait for their husbands for 6 months.
And the astronauts?
Why astronauts?
I’ve been waiting for you all evening.
Then I spent all night crying at Mom’s.
You know what the worst thing is? I don’t trust you.
Not trusting people is my job.
I don’t even trust myself anymore.
Masha. Forgive me. Please. I love you.
You love me, too.
Do you forgive me?
Yes.
What’s this?
Don’t you see? It’s a German Mercedes.
I see. Hot stuff!
It’s Berkutov’s car. The Yeliseyevsky store director?
Why is it here?
It’s for sale.
Here? In the food store? Why?
He doesn’t need it anymore.
Are you awake?
I woke up suddenly.
Are you OK?
Yes. I had a bad dream. Go back to sleep, Lidia.
Do you like my eyeshades? They’re French!
Not bad.
A bit too much for work, I must say.
You mean, too much for my age?
You prefer her image of a modest housemaid?
God gracious! I wish I didn’t say anything.
You can paint yourself with whatever you want.
I don’t know anything about these things.
Yes, you do.
She tried to force her headscarf on me yesterday. Escada’s.
She said he had a spare one. Why would she do this?
Well, maybe she wants to be your friend.
I think she wants you to see me with this scarf
and think about her. I know you’re having an affair.
What? Zoya is my colleague, a reliable assistant.
Right. Tried and true.
We have to go.
You go. I’ll come later.
What do you mean? We’re having rounds.
Go on rounds with her. I’m tired of this drama.
I don’t feel very well.
Then you have to call a doctor,
otherwise they’ll fine you for absence at work.
Just go.
You forgot your cigarettes.
Right. Thanks.
‒ Hello, Georgy Petrovich. ‒ Hello.
‒ Hi. ‒ Hello.
Have you ever suffered persecution mania?
I still do.
Who is persecuting you?
You do.
Liusia, please.
You asked me. Your mail is on your desk.
Thanks.
What the hell?
I didn’t think you’d be so offended. I won’t bother you again. Sorry.
Kostia?
Yes.
Why didn’t you tell me? Why didn’t you talk to me?
I don’t know. I was going to.
Mom told me everything.
And?
I didn’t say anything, and I didn’t fight with her, either.
She’s a good person. Everybody makes mistakes.
Some are, unfortunately, impossible to redeem.
Unfortunately, that’s true.
‒ Why did you grab me like that? ‒ I’m sorry.
No, it,s OK, but… Is somebody after you?
It’s just my nerves. Forget it.
So, I have a son.
If you don’t mind.
I don’t. Let’s go to my office.
OK.
You aren’t eating anything.
I’m not hungry, Georgy Petrovich.
I remember you when you were this big!
I’m your father, not Georgy Petrovich. Do you understand me?
Yes. Father.
Yes, Nikolay Petrovich. Is it urgent?
OK, I’ll be there.
We need to get to know each other, catch up. We will.
Don’t blame your mother. It was a harsh time.
Where is it?
Some husband I am!
My wife has a birthday, and I’ve lost her present.
You think it’s funny?
No.
I don’t like your beard.
I’m not the only bearded man in our trade.
There was another one.
Who?
Well, that’s another thing. Here it is.
Do you like it?
It’s OK.
My wife won’t like it, of course. She doesn’t know anything about it.
But I can make good photos with it.
I have some ideas regarding our mole.
Anton!
What are you doing here? You have broken my veto. Why?
I don’t know. I wanted to see you. Do you want me to go?
Yes. The sooner the better.
I don’t want my parents to see you here.
OK. I brought your book.
You didn’t have to. You could give it to me in the city.
Why are you doing this?
What — this? Forcing myself on you?
What if my husband was here?
But he’s not.
How do you know?
I feel it.
You’re too arrogant, young man.
Why are you interfering with somebody else else’s life?
Don’t be a child, Anton. Give me the book and go.
Won’t you at least walk me to the station?
I’m sorry for yanking you out like this, but this is more serious than I thought.
They aren’t going to release Anilina.
They are pressing her to testify against you.
And through you they want to get to us.
Don’t panic though.
We are not that easy to swallow.
We’ve got Arimin off the hook. His case is closed.
We’ll rescue you, too. Be very careful, though.
Tell your clients to cool down and calculate every step.
It’s OK. The war was scarier than this.
How about mail delivery?
Do it only for us and nobody else.
Kostikov will tell you what to do next.
I’m sick of this Chernyshevsky and his soul searching.
Life goes by!
A treasured soul, like a pot of gold Isn’t something that everyone’s got. Right?
Right. Why have you been so sad lately?
Sad?
Yes. I can see that you are.
You don’t love your husband, do you?
I told you to stay away from this!
It’s my husband, my family, my personal life.
Is that clear?
You are my personal life, don’t you see?
Go.
I love you.
Just go.
I LOVE YOU
Is he there?
Did he send for you?
Am urgent call.
May I come in, Comrade General?
Permission to speak, sir!
Speak.
But if it will take long, let’s better leave it for later.
I’ve been called to Lubianka.
We found documents regarding Moscow’s high authorities.
They contain grave facts, discrediting them.
Hush! Do you have them?
Yes, sir. In this folder.
‒ Close the door. ‒ Yes, sir.
Goddamn it. Interesting.
But I don’t have time to look through them now.
I’ll do it first thing when I’m back from Lubianka. Come on.
I can’t afford being late.
Is it really that serious?
I don’t dare even to comment on this.
I’ll be out for a couple hours.
Reschedule all meetings for after lunch. Let’s go.
Here are your tickets to the show. Director’s suite.
Ushakov sent them this morning.
What’s up, Georgy Petrovich? Will they let Vera go?
I visited her kids yesterday, brought them some food.
They were so quiet and sad.
They know that their parents were arrested.
Vera’s mother spilled the beans.
It’s impossible to hide such things. I’m so sorry for them.
No good news so far.
Starshinov says the investigation is underway.
Let’s hope everything will be fine.
You’re so sad today. What’s going on?
Will you have a drink with me?
If you want.
I do. I want many things, but I can’t have them.
You used to have everything you wanted. It was so nice.
I’m tired of having no privacy, of Lidia’s jealousy.
I’m tired of feeling like a criminal, at home and at work.
Come on. You’re a good man. I don’t want anything from you.
Good is a word with many meanings.
Suppose somebody shoots an old lady from 100 yards.
One can call him a good shot.
Where is Lidia?
She’s sick. Seriously, everything is wrong.
With Vera, and other things, too.
Your Liusia is getting nervous.
Not a minute of peace for me.
Since when do you lock the door?
Lidia, hi!
Hi.
Georgy Petrovich said you were sick.
I’ve recovered already. And just in time.
Women.
Weird. There are 16 in the box, and the invoice says 22.
Have you checked the rest?
It never happened before. I didn’t even notice.
Who would dare to mess with Georgy Petrovich.
Valentin, I need to talk to Lidia. Give us a minute.
Lidia, what are you doing?
There’s nothing going on between me and Zoya.
Why did you drink cognac with her behind the locked door?
Come on. I know you.
Exactly! That’s my alibi. Why would I risk it at work
if there were something between us?
Smart people sometimes do stupid things.
I swear on your health…
Swear on your own!
You’re right. I swear on my health. Starshinov upset me.
They are not letting Vera out, and they are digging something up on me.
I felt that. Is it dangerous?
Not yet. The protection works, but…
Don’t rely on this protection too much.
They won’t spare you if they are driven into a corner.
Blind trust is stupid.
But you have to trust me.
How can I?
I know she’s been hitting on you for a while.
Is it my fault? Anyway, you’re exaggerating.
Fire her.
Forget it.
Every trusted person is worth their weight in gold now.
Besides, she knows too much. What are the grounds, anyway?
Your jealousy? You are jealous of every woman,
including Niura the cleaning lady.
That’s who I’m going to fire, by the way.
She’s a gossip and a bad worker.
I know this move. Sweet-talking me and changing the subject.
OK, go. A leopard can’t change its spots.
Put more Russian cheese on display.
Freeze! Hands on the desk!
I was looking for a letter! The General gave me an order.
We’ll see about that.