Moscow On The Hudson Page #6

- You defected.

Yes. You are kind

to share your home with me.

Hope you didn't come for a job.

I haven't had one for eight years.

Welcome to the U.S.A.

Honey, you don't look so well.

Let's sit him down. You look peaky.

You can just lay down right here.

Lionel, get his feet up, honey.

Lionel, man in store give me card.

"Orlando Ramirez." Sounds like

a Cuban ambulance chaser to me.

Get his f***ing feet off my couch.

Hush, Grandpa!

Good night, my American family.

I'm going to help you with everything.

Everything. Always.

It is very important to know

that you have a friend in Orlando Ramirez.

- Thank you.

- You don't have to thank me.

You have to pay me.

That's the way capitalism works.

One hand helps the other.

I have $120 and one pair of blue jeans.

My fee for helping you

with immigration matters is cut and dry.

- May I call you Vladimir?

- Of course.

Orlando. That is a musical name.

My father was called Orlando.

He rolled the finest cigars in Havana.

Orlando "el Rey," they called him.

Orlando "the King."

Then Castro came along

and my father was on his ass.

Castro is a great man.

He's a bullshit artist who has been taken in

by Russian bullshit artists.

I'm not political.

- We had to get our asses out of Cuba.

- Defect?

No.

We took a life raft to Miami Beach, Florida.

The only way to fly, let me tell you.

It was almost 20 years ago.

- I told you about eggs and onions.

- I want to go shopping later.

- I want to get something for the kids.

- We don't have any kids.

Jack's kids.

He wants some scuba gear for the kids.

Some vacation. They said this place

was sunny. This isn't sun.

You get better sun on our roof.

We're not wasting $10 on that lotion.

There's the boy.

Ask him for a couple of rum and Cokes

and beach towels.

Give me two Cuba Libres

and a couple of beach towels.

Here, come on, make it snappy.

Talking to them is like talking to a wall.

Well, here I am.

It hasn't been easy,

but you can do anything in this country.

Where are you going?

You passed Chambers Street twice already.

Sorry, sir. I think Chambers Street here,

but Chambers is over there.

Drive a cab in Korea if you don't know

one street from the other.

Mr. Ivanoff, this is only stage one.

You will be interviewed again

to determine your status.

Until then, you'll need a work permit.

Make sure the man understands

all of this, Mr. R.

I understand. When for next interview?

In one month, we'll give an advisory

opinion if asylum should be granted.

Don't worry, you'll get it.

- In a year, you can petition for citizenship.

- I must wait for one year?

Do you know how many people

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