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Working-class pals Teresa and Elaine go out for an evening of drinking in Liverpool, England, and meet Soviet sailors Sergei and Peter. Teresa is fine with enjoying a night of sex alone, as is Sergei. Elaine, however, wants love and a life that's far away from a dead-end existence in a grimy port city. She believes she's found her soul mate in Peter. Elaine and Peter spend the night talking and part in the morning with a pledge that they will reunite some day. Blocked at every turn, Elaine's desperate communication with the Soviet president gives the movie its title.