Yes... I mean, thank you. I mean... good day
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Hodel:
We have an old custom here! A boy talks respectfully to a girl. But, of course, that is too traditional for an advanced thinker like you. Perchik:
Our traditions! Nothing must change. Everything is perfect, exactly the way it is! Hodel:
We like our ways. Perchik:
Our ways are changing all over but here! Do you know that in the city, boys and girls can be affectionate - without the permission of a matchmaker? They hold hands together. They even dance together! New dances - like this! [grabs her hands and starts dancing] Perchik:
I learned it in Kiev! Do you like it? Hodel:
[startled]
It's very nice... [they dance a few more steps and then stop still holding hands] Hodel:
There... we've just changed an old custom. Hodel:
Yes... I mean, thank you. I mean... good day
We have an old custom here! A boy talks respectfully to a girl. But, of course, that is too traditional for an advanced thinker like you. Perchik:
Our traditions! Nothing must change. Everything is perfect, exactly the way it is! Hodel:
We like our ways. Perchik:
Our ways are changing all over but here! Do you know that in the city, boys and girls can be affectionate - without the permission of a matchmaker? They hold hands together. They even dance together! New dances - like this! [grabs her hands and starts dancing] Perchik:
I learned it in Kiev! Do you like it? Hodel:
[startled]
It's very nice... [they dance a few more steps and then stop still holding hands] Hodel:
There... we've just changed an old custom. Hodel:
Yes... I mean, thank you. I mean... good day
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I have something to tell you
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I have something to tell you Yente was here
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I saw her
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If they agree on a match it will be too late for us
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But I have found someone who will sell me his used sewing machine
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In a few weeks I'll be able to buy it
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Then your father It might be too late
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Movie Summary
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a Jewish peasant with traditional values contends with marrying off three of his daughters with modern romantic ideals while growing anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Actors
Hodel
Perchik
