Office Romance (1977)

Liya Akhedzhakova: Secretarsha Verochka

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• Kalugina : What are you doing?

  Verochka : Uhm, I'm considering these boots, Lyudmila Prokofyevna. Do you like them?

  Kalugina : They are very flaunty, I would not buy them. And in your place, I would concentrate on my job, and shop for boots after work.

  [exits] 

  Verochka : Meaning, good boots, I should take them.

• Verochka's husband : I've realized why we keep fighting. We need a baby.

  Verochka : [on the phone at work]  You want a baby?

  Verochka's husband : Yes, and as soon as possible.

  Verochka : I... I can't right now.

• Shura : [collecting money for a birthday present]  50 copecks!

  Verochka : Again?

  Shura : When you're fifty, we'll collect for you too!

  Verochka : I won't live that long. I have an unhealthy job.

• Verochka : Does your cousin have beautiful legs?

  Kalugina : Well, it's just... usual legs. Within a norm.

  Verochka : Bad legs should be hidden.

  Kalugina : Where?

  Verochka : Under a long skirt.

• Verochka : It's footwear which represents the woman.

  Kalugina : Oh, really?

  Verochka : Today high-heeled creepers with straps are fashionable.

  Kalugina : Creepers? I don't understand.

  Verochka : Creepers are shoes. Or simply footwear.

  Kalugina : I see.

• Kalugina : I need your advice.

  Verochka : You want some more personal data?

  Kalugina : Well, no... You know... I mean... what people wear nowadays?

  Verochka : What do you mean?

  Kalugina : I mean, what is fashionable?

  Verochka : Why you of all people... I'm sorry.

  Kalugina : It's all right. A relative of mine came from a little town, and she's interested.

  Verochka : I see.

• Verochka : A woman should have mystery about her. Your chin raised, your eyes lowered... here, all relaxed. Your shoulders pulled back. You move freely, from your hip. A springy relaxed style of a panther prepared for a leap. Men are just crazy about such women.

  Kalugina : Is it possible to master this kind of gait?

  Verochka : Even a hare can be taught to smoke. Nothing is impossible in this world...

• Verochka : You're a woman, not a ramrod!

• Kalugina : What is a blazer?

  Verochka : A club coat.

  Kalugina : You mean, for clubs?

  Verochka : For clubs, too.

• Verochka : How can you know a business woman from a real woman?

  Kalugina : How?

  Verochka : By the way she walks.

• Verochka : My God, you look vulgar. You waggle your hips like you know what.

• Verochka : That girl was his wife, a mother of their two children. And then she walked out on him.

  Kalugina : How could she ever leave her children. She's a mother!

  Verochka : A mother? Novoseltsev was the one who was a mother. A quiet, soft and harmless person. You will never hear a rude word from him.

  Kalugina : A harmless person, eh...

  Verochka : Novoseltsev, you are done for. Meany was asking questions about you. She is studying your personal file.

  Novoseltsev : She'll sack me.

  Verochka : For what?

  Novoseltsev : Hooliganism.

• Verochka : You should declare a war to thick eyebrows!

  Kalugina : A war? In what way?

  Verochka : You should pluck them and thin them out.

  Kalugina : With what?

  Verochka : Well, with a ruling pen.

  Kalugina : Ah, I see. My God, it'll hurt!

  Verochka : Bear with it. You're a woman. Eyebrows should be thin like a thread, raised in a surprise.

  Kalugina : Like your eyebrows?

  Verochka : Well, even I am not the best example.

  Kalugina : Plucking is only possible under anesthesia.

• Verochka : She's a step away from pension, but she wants an adventure, eh. And this is what I call a sexual revolution! Can you imagine this? She must have gone bonkers.

• Samokhvalov : Verochka. You know about everything here. What's going on with Lyudmila Prokofievna?

  Verochka : Don't you know? She has an affair with Novoseltsev.

  Samokhvalov : Ah, an office romance, eh.