Autumn Marathon
1979 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 3,846 VOTES · DIR. Georgiy Daneliya
Overview
Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin, who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature, is cheating on his wife. Buzykin's main problem is that he's a kind man with a weak character. The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inconvincing, but he never has the courage to tell her the truth. His lover, Alla, is aware of his family life, but gets offended when, for example, he cannot meet her so that he doesn't come home late, or when he doesn't want to go home in a new jacket she gives him to avoid having to explain to his wife. Alla and Nina, Andrei's wife, both leave him, forgive him, and return to him at the same time, and Andrei continues with this kind of life, full of suffering and deceit. Finally, both women are so fed up with his lies that they don't believe him even when he is telling the truth...
Dialogue Timeline — 829 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:01 MOSFILM
00:05:19 - What do you call them? - "Khvorost".
00:07:51 Andrei, perhaps you have work too?
00:11:21 She's not here, they sent her home. She had chest pains.
00:15:38 I'll have to work day and night.
00:18:45 - You know Danish too? - Not much. My language is English.
00:21:43 That's all! Go now.
00:27:24 It's not true. I need you. Lena does. Your work needs you.
00:32:03 I decided we needed new wallpaper.
00:35:09 Goodbye!
00:38:04 This one? Call the police.
00:41:04 - Ptashuk. - Nice to meet you. I'm Bouzykine.
00:44:32 Who does better translations? Me or Shitova?
00:49:09 This is Mr. Hansen, professor from Denmark.
00:52:19 No, that won't do.
00:55:42 Bouzykine! I had it retyped. Now it's okay.
00:58:51 - We can't stop now. - No, pals, I'm going back.
01:01:55 Or I'll throw myself out of the window.
01:05:32 You can begin.
01:09:29 How do you do. May I?
01:12:03 Would you please make it fast? I've got a taxi waiting.
01:15:43 - Nina! - Don't you touch me!
01:19:11 I'll do make-up work later on.
01:24:45 Yes!