"Dad, I told you to be ready for me." " My flight's not until six o'clock." "Toni's will be here before six." "I want to be there to meet him." "PLAYING SOLO" "Bye, Dad." "Hello." " Hi, where are you?" "I can't see you." "Can you see me?" "Where are you?" " I'm here." "Where?" "In Amsterdam." "But..." "What are you doing there?" "Why didn't you call me?" "Tony, hey." "I can't go on with this anymore." "I was leaving, when I suddenly realized I don't want this anymore." "I'm not getting anything out of this relationship." "I'm here, you're there." "We meet once or twice a month." "But Toni, we have such a great time when we're together." "And I can't move to Holland." "Not now." "Please." "You're not with me even though I live in Amsterdam." "You're with me because I live in Amsterdam." "You don't really want to be with me." "Or with anyone." "I'm still not sure whether you're a coward or fucking selfish." "I don't know you well enough to say." "Toni, forgive me." "Emma, there's nothing to forgive." "I just don't want this anymore." "Maria, hi." "Long time no see." "What a great surprise." "You look great." "Joel." " Yes?" "Sounds bad." "I'm pregnant." "It's not yours." "What's this?" " Socks." "Socks?" "All you've ever left at my place." "Probably by accident." "I just wanted to tell you, whatever this ever was, it's over." "I wish you all the best." "Sincerely." "A job." "You're interviewing this conductor guy, Joel Abrahamsson." "When?" " Now." "Maija got a "stomach flu", and Kari, he's no good with men." "So, get on with it." "I have the weekend off." " Some other time." "I have a personal life, you know." " Sure looks that way." "You crying?" " No." "I'm pissed off." "Hey, don't start opening up to me." " "Playboy or artist." "Sex symbol"." "You're kidding." "I haven't done any research." "I'm not going." "Yes, you are." "And it's going in the next issue." "We're going to press on Tuesday." "As you know." "Shit." "Hello." "Emma Huilu." "Hello." "Please sit down." "Can I get you something?" " No, thanks." "Can we just get started?" "Shit." "Sorry." "It died out." "Something dazzling you?" " Yes." "I wonder what?" " Are you really that tall?" "Excuse me?" " Are you really that tall?" "I thought all conductors were like midgets or pixies." "But not you?" "I believe not." "Not a midget or pixie, he believes." "You trying to maintain the myth of conductors as real ladies' men?" "Is it a myth?" "Let me tell you a secret:" "The papers make up these stories." "Sex competitions sell well." "Some reporters are real idiots." "Of course I don't mean you." " So these are lies." "You're not a playboy, you're not..." " What?" "A sexy guy?" "What was your instrument again?" " It's called the piano." "Do you prefer black keys to white ones?" "This is ridiculous." "You from a school paper?" "Take those glasses off when you talk to me." "Thank you." "And can you please take off your coat?" "Hey, you're..." " I was going to a very different type of meeting." "You were meeting someone at the airport who didn't show up." "He left you on the phone." "What a prick." "I flew in from Amsterdam today." "No?" " Yes." "Why did he leave you?" " That's a personal matter." "But you expect me to tell you all about my private life." "Because I don't know how to be with him." "Or with anyone." "And I'm not sure whether I'm a coward or fucking selfish." "That word sounds pretty shocking coming from a face like that." "Cool." "But shocking." "I was also left today." "No?" " Yeah." "Why?" " Because..." "The way my life is, I can't stay long in the same place." "No woman can put with seeing so seldom." "Or it would have to be a very special woman." "What do you find sexy?" "When someone asks a question and really wants to hear the answer." "Are you staying for the concert?" "Perhaps." "Want another cookie, dear Martta?" "In a moment, my son's going to take me to his concert." "I have to be ready for him." "He's a very busy man." "You know what conductors are like." "Is someone going to pick you up today, Martta?" "From Saturn, perhaps?" "Or Pluto?" "Are your visitors hostile or friendly today, Martta?" "Are they bringing higher intelligence or destructive radiation?" "You're a great old lady, Martta." "You'll take any kind of crap." "Right, Martta?" "That's enough, Lea." "Martta, time for your medication." "Isn't that your son, Lea?" "Get Jarmo:" "Jarmo, to the Sun Room:" "Calm down:" "A sedative for Abrahamsson:" "Bloody hell:" "Calm down, Lea:" "So I say to the guy, I'm not playing a piece of junk like that." "Mine was built in 1850." "Brilliant top notes and deeper bass than in a grand piano." "Excuse me." " That's Ok." "Yes." " Joel Abrahamsson?" "Yes." " I'm calling from the nursing home." "I'm sorry, but we need you to fetch your mother away from here." "Why?" "What happened?" "Lea was watching your concert on TV and she had a fit." "She broke several glasses and a wide-screen TV." "Seemed to think you had promised to fetch her for the concert." "No, dammit." "It wasn't anything definite." "I'm very sorry, but I'm off to Berlin in a few hours." "Any way you could postpone the trip?" " I can't." "Could you give me two more weeks?" "Hi." " Hi:" "So where's Toni?" " He couldn't make it." "Hey, I brought a little something for you guys." " A Tamagochi:" "A what?" " They still sell these things?" "Yeah." "They're a riot." "You have to feed them and let them pee." "And talk to them so they grow." "Hi, Late." "Where's Toni?" "You didn't bring him?" "Hey, Late." "Can you get me some more water." "Georg:" "Water, please:" "Toni left me today." "On the phone, at the airport." " We'll beat him up." "And then I met this other guy." " Where?" "At the airport, sort of." " And was he nice, sort of?" "Well, he was pretty sexy." "Out of town a lot." " Suits you well." "The airport's a perfect place for you to meet guys, isn't it?" "It is." "I never realized it before." "So what does this thing do?" "Careful, Late." "It might die." " It's a Tamagochi." "I totally agree." "One could get the impression that we're made for each other." "Except that I don't find you the least bit attractive." "From:" "The School Paper /Emma" "I forgot to ask what kind of music you like the best?" "I really want to hear the answer." "Emma, a package from Germany." "The most beautiful ones are always broken." "Joel Abrahamsson Thinks He's irresistible." "And he is." "Hi." " Hi." "Nice to see you." " Nice to see you." "You've grown a little." "I haven't been here in ages." "I love it here." "Kind of like being nowhere." "I hardly ever visit my father at my childhood home." "I don't like going there." "Childhood homes are tricky." "We even have ghosts here." "We had a ghost when I was a child." "You know that humans keep shedding these minuscule particles of fat?" "My mother was always waiting for my father by the window." "Always there, so long that her shape got stuck on the wall." "She waited for my father there even after she died." "She probably still does, under the new coat of paint and wallpaper." "Takes a lifetime." "Getting over childhood." "My mother raised me alone." "Way back when." "The village store fell silent when we walked in, people whispering." "Even today when I hear the word "bastard"" "I can feel the bruises on my knuckles." "The body's such a drag because it never forgets." "Do you promise?" "Even though I'm leaving tomorrow?" "He looks spastic." "Is he alright?" "Some artists' interpretation pushes through the whole body." "For example, they call Aleksandr Toradze the Piano Shot-Putter." "The way he goes at the piano." "That's yours." "Oh no." " Don't answer." "It's one of these." " What is it?" "It's awful." "You have to look after it, - it needs to pee, and it might die." "I've tried to get rid of it but..." "Oh no." "This needs to pee too." "Abrahamsson." "It's from the nursing home, just checking, - it's two o'clock, and we talked about one." "I'll be right there." "Sorry about the delay." "Where are the snacks?" "Was it your mom?" "She's always hated that nursing home." "What can I do?" "She can't find her way home, gets lost in the swamp." "She has to stay there." "I can't look after her." "Now I have to find a new place for her." "Why?" " Because it's not working." "Too bad." "The worst problem is the next few days." "I have to leave tonight." "Think you could help me?" " How?" "Keep my mother company for a couple of days." "It would be great." "You're so sweet and Mom would love you." " No." "It'd be cool." "It would make me feel much better." "Are you serious?" " Just two days, until I manage to hire a nurse." "Don't ask me that." "If you do, I'll say yes." "And I really don't want to." "Joel, what are you doing?" " I won't come out until you say yes." "Mom:" "Mom, this is Emma." "So you went and got me a nurse." "Nice to meet you." "I'm Emma Huilu, Joel's friend." "Mom, say hi to Emma." "Mother." "Ok, let's go." "Are you sure you'll be fine?" " Not at all." "Keep the doors locked, and you'll be fine." "Go, before I change my mind." "Mom, I'm leaving." "Mrs. Abrahamsson." "Mrs. Abrahamsson?" "I couldn't get the paper because there was an owl sitting there." "A giant owl sitting on top of the mailbox." "Eagle owl." " What?" "Eagle owl." "Largest species of owl in Europe." "Yeah, right." "What are you looking for?" "Lea, what are you looking for?" "I can find the teapot in my own house." "I just want to help." " I don't need your help." "But Joel does." " Joel." "Joel, doesn't need anything or anybody." "I raised him like an orangutan." "Four years of symbiosis, after that, the little ape's on its own." "He'll never need anyone again." "Here it is." "Except for copulation." "Lea:" "Where are you going?" "Lea:" "Hey, stop:" "Stop, don't go there:" "Lea, please." "Where are you?" "Shit:" "Thank God." "Don't ever do that again." "I'll do as I please in my own house." "Or would you get us firewood?" "I thought you ran away." "I wouldn't bother running away from a milksop like you." "They're expecting Mom at the nursing home tomorrow, 8 a.m." "If you can do me one more favor and drop her off there." "I have to go." "Emma, thank you so much." "Danke schön." "What now?" "Lea:" " What?" "There's no water." " The pipes must be frozen." "We'll have to call the janitor." "Where's the number?" "What janitor?" "In a house we fix things ourselves." "Oh, like how?" "Shit." "Shit." "Shit, shit." "Shit." "Shit shit." "Oh, damn." "Oh, we're not leaving?" "Hi." "I came to bring in a new resident, Lea Abrahamsson." "Social security number?" " Lea, can you..." "One moment." "Lea, what are you doing there?" "Come down at once:" "Go away:" " Lea, come down:" "I'm not going back to a nursing home." "What do you want me to do?" "Joel is away." "I can't look after you." "I'm a perfect stranger, I can't take responsibility of you." "My mother got cancer when I was five years old." "She was ill for fifteen years, I tried to take care of her, - do well in school, be good, get her medicine, check if she was alright." "And still she died." "I don't want to take care of anybody, I don't want the responsibility." "Because I can't save anybody." "Fine." "I couldn't care less." "You mustn't fall:" "I won't leave you here." "You promise?" "I promise." "I'll take you home and I'll..." "think of something." "Just please come down." "There you are." "Ok, let's get going." " Sorry." "She's not staying after all." "Sit." "Now draw." "You have called the Home Help Service." "All our lines are busy." "So I went hiking in the park last weekend." " Cool." "The squirrels were so cute." " Yeah." "Nature rules." "Squirrel." "Sciurus Vulgaris." "Spreads diseases like a rat." "Dreadful beast." "Eats the birds' eggs and babies." "Puff go the feathers." "It's a less known fact that a yolk is a runny, liquid fetus." "Samppa, we need to talk." "Oh?" " Yep." "What?" "Who's this?" " Some lunatic." "Where did you pop out of?" " Just took a little walk around." "Ok, out you go." " I will not." "Yes, get out." " Who do you think you are?" "You have to." " I'm not going:" "Ouch, shit." "Unbelievable:" "Did you see what the old bag did?" "Sorry." " Yeah, right." "Really, I'm so sorry." " Sure you are." "You had to do that?" "I refuse to live in a police state." "I'm an anarchist." "25 hours and 17 minutes to go." "Good morning." " Good morning." "Miss Suominen." " Emma Huilu." "Welcome." "It's so nice to meet you." "Lea is in her room." "I have to run." "I'm in an awful rush." "Thank you for coming." "My shift ends at 16.00 hours." " Huh?" "My shift ends at 16.00 hours." "Please be back at 15.55." "I thought you were staying until her son, Joel, returns?" "I arrive at 09.00 hours, and leave at 16.00 hours." "I can't get back that early." "You couldn't stay until seven?" " 09.00 hours to 16.00 hours." "We don't really live here." "Keep the change." "Hi." " Hi." "Hey, I'm in a bit of a hurry." " Wait." "So you tried to jump off a roof?" "You see that this is exactly why you are in a nursing home?" "Calm down." "Your face is all red." "Do you realize you could've died?" ":" "I wouldn't have regretted it a moment." "No, huh?" "What about the rest of us?" "What about me?" "How can you be so selfish?" " Me?" "Unbelievable how little you care." "Calm down." "You'll get a nosebleed." "You'll make a mess." "Nasty tendency." "Inherited it from your father." "I didn't inherit anything:" "A shit's worth of nothing:" "Oh, I stand corrected." "I did inherit something." "Fifty marks." " Let it be." "The one and only time I saw the guy was when I was ten." "I actually introduced myself." "Joel Abrahamsson, your son." "He slapped a fifty-mark bill in my hand." " That's enough:" "You've always been..." " Don't tell me what I've always been:" "You don't know how it feels:" "Fifty marks, goddamnit:" "How can you talk to your mother like that?" "You have somebody who remembers what you were like as a child." "I don't have anybody except myself who'd remember that when I was two " "I wanted to sleep with my coat and shoes on every night." "Not anyone." "Emma, hey." "Don't." "I'll call you." "And he was supposed to be so perfect for you." " He is." "But now he's gone." "This whole thing's just a bit too heavy for me." "So now you're back to the airport." " I guess so." "Georges:" "Hey, I want you to meet someone." "This is Marie." "She's Georges' sister." "She's helping us out for a couple of weeks." "She's actually a midwife but she's also the world's best cook." "Nice to meet you." "Thanks, but we're full." "My sister says congratulations." " Oh, what for?" "You have a goldfish in your bowl." "It's definitely a girl." "What is?" "Your child." "You're pregnant, and it's definitely a girl." "No, no." "I'm sure I'm not." "It happened very recently." "Goldfish." "I'm supposedly pregnant." "We had dinner at Late's restaurant." "The cook was a midwife and she said I was pregnant." "I said no way, but she said yes." "It'll show in the test in three weeks' time." "It can't be possible." " Of course not." "A woman would never get pregnant from having sex with a man." "Sorry." "For what?" "What are you sorry for?" "If I'm pregnant." " Don't apologize." "And hey, she said it's a girl." "My child will have a father from the day she's born." "No one will call her a bastard in school." "Well?" "Are we happy?" " Sure." "You can't return the baby like that parrot." " What parrot?" "The parrot you suddenly had to get." "You rolled yourself into a carpet and stayed there until I said yes." "You looked after it for three weeks." "There's still sacks of birdseed in the attic." "They took back the fencing set because it wasn't used." "I was ten." "There are also a violin and a transverse flute." "And a tambourine and maracas." "Worrywart." "One always keeps wishing that the next generation were wiser." "Where do these go?" "The micro into the kitchen, the shoes up into the empty room." "And your dad?" "What did he say about the baby?" "Something about having done very well as an opponent in Brighton - and that they've asked him to lecture all over the world." "Hi:" " Hi:" "Why is there no music?" "Baby needs to hear music." "Because I'm vacuuming." "These are my friends, Late, Janne and Mikki." "Hi." "I'm Janne." " Nice to meet you." "Only male friends?" "But no sex?" " Of course not." "The empress and her castrati." "The castrati make the best choirs." "Right." "No really, I'm glad you're here." " Ok, let's move on." "Get out of my room." " I have to vacuum in here." "Out of my room, Ursula." "The dust will spread from here." " I'll do it myself." "No:" "My vacuum cleaner's like my toothbrush." "I never lend it." "And my room is like my underpants." "I don't let anyone in there." "The room needs to be cleaned." "Take your toothbrush out of my underpants." "Now:" "Keep you underpants:" "I will." "You don't give orders here." " You can come into my underpants." "Anyone can get in there." "It's hardly a merit." "Can something fall from those trees?" " A spider might hop off, that's all." "Don't:" "Let's get out of here." "Joel, come and see." "Orchidea Samoensis." "Remember?" " Of course." "Man, it's ugly." "Like some bug." "You're not feeling well?" " Don't:" "I think you have a fever." " Stop it:" "No." "We're in the tropics." "He doesn't feel hot at all." "Yes, he does." " Hey:" "That's enough:" "Don't argue with me, Ursula." "He has a temperature, at least." "Let's take his temperature then." " We will." "As a child Joel wanted to have it taken from his butt." "I said only babies have it taken from the rectum." "To no use." "That's not true." "Still at the age of thirteen, always sticking his butt up." ""Mom, let's take it from the butt"." "We always did." "Pervert." " Wait till you have your own child." "Our child." "It'll be your baby even at the age of fifty." "The butt, the mouth or the armpit?" "We're not taking my temperature:" " But we need to know." "I wish you weren't leaving." " You knew about this." "But I wish you didn't have to." "I even have that checkup tomorrow." "Oh, right." "But it's only a three-day gig." "Call me after the checkup." "I have to call a cab." "The due date is August 10th." "Listen up, everyone, Samppa too." "The boys in repro are unhappy with your schedules." "You're always late." "You have the wildest excuses." "So from now on the repro deadlines must hold." "Exactly as agreed." "Whether you have problems with the family or..." "Hey sorry, I have to take this." "Sure." "Have a nice long chat." "I can't believe it." "She left." "She took the call." "What is it?" "I have to leave at once." "My sister fell and broke her wrist." "We agreed that I'd be late tonight." "Mr. Abrahamsson can't come." "His concert must have started already." "But I'm at a planning meeting." " Well, someone has to come:" "She's your responsibility, after all." "Mr Abrahamsson can't come, so you will have to." "Thank you." "She returns." "Let's give her a round of applause." "She is back." "Do sit down, we'll continue." " I have to go." "What?" ":" "Can you stop banging around?" "I'm trying to work." "Go ahead." "Do whatever you like." "No, I have to work now because I suddenly had to come here." "I'm this close to getting fired, so will you let me work now?" "What is so important?" "I have to find out everything about this artist for tomorrow." "And why is that?" " Because I'm interviewing him." "Before that I need to understand what kind of a person he is." "What he thinks, what he aims for, what he wants." "I need to read his interviews and study his works." "Sounds like a lot of trouble." " It is." "A lot of trouble to understand a total stranger." "Someone you will never meet again." "Who couldn't care less about you." "I get paid for it." "So." " What?" "Ask me what kind of a person I am." "What do I think?" "What do I want?" "I'll pay you." "Fancy that." "People only ask about me if they get paid." "Listen, Lea." "You don't act as if- you wanted someone to ask about you or talk to you." "On the contrary." "I'm afraid of you." "I feel like you hate me." "No, keep it." " I will not." "Go ahead, keep it." "I took it from your wallet." "Why are you so hostile towards me?" "You're having a baby." "My grandchild." "And then you'll break up with Joel and leave." "Most likely." "And I have an old heart." "I'm not thinking of going anywhere." "Abrahamsson Conquers Berlin" "You must miss Joel." "Hi." "What a day:" "Why don't you answer your phone:" " In the middle of a concert?" "Hey, excuse me." "I have to get this." "Hello?" ":" "Don't you see we had an emergency?" "I had to leave from a meeting - and I'm this close to getting fired." "I can't walk out of a concert every time she goes crazy." "She mustn't hear this:" "She's not crazy." "You know what she's done?" "A scrapbook of you." " No way." "All your tours are there." "And every single concert." "She's been following your life from the papers, even in the nursing home." "I really hope your child won't have to follow your life from a scrapbook." "So here's the equipment." "Feel free to try it out." "You must be new here?" " Yes." "Would you like to try this tire pillow?" "No, thanks." "We got off on an early start." "I just wanted to get a sense of something concrete - because it all feels so unreal." "I'm scared whether I'll know how to give birth." "I've read everything possible about it but..." "Nature will help, and we will also do our bit." "Never had one stay in there yet." " I'm sure not." "No nausea, that's great." "You're a natural child bearer." "And you're just the right age." "It's gonna plop out any minute." "I've stretched so much since my third child." "Those lips down there keep flopping when I walk." " Mine, too." "Did they cut your perineum?" " No, it ripped." "Zap." "How many stitches?" " Twelve." "And you?" "Six." "They cut it before it ripped." " That's good." "I feel wonderful now." "I'm so glad we came." "Hi:" "Oh my." "You're early." "I'll make the earlier bus." "Lea didn't eat much today." "No appetite, it seems." "Oh?" "Okay." "Bye:" " Bye." "Hello." "First part, from the beginning." "Bassoon and French horns, you need to play together." "Viola, cello, bass, sharper articulation." "It didn't go very well." " So conduct us better." "Excuse me?" " Conduct us better and we'll play better." "Ok." "And from the beginning." "Is it the music police?" "Good morning." "I mean good evening." "Are you still at the opera?" "Now?" "Why?" "Well, I'm going to sleep." "See you in the morning." "Bye." "What was that?" " Joel." "He has to stay at the opera to do some paperwork." "Why did you do that?" "Wake up, woman:" "Paperwork?" "Joel?" "If he says he has paperwork, he has paperwork." "What else could it be?" "Of course it is." "You were very good." "That's not what you said at first." " But you took it well." "We had this dreadful conductor in Carmen, came on the basis of a video." "Some serious authority issues." " No?" "The bad ones have them." "The good ones don't." "More champagne?" " Thanks, we're fine." "Of course." "And congratulations." "I heard the news, spreads pretty fast around here." "I've already congratulated the father." "So that's how things stand?" "A girl?" " Seems so." "How did you know?" "All the great lovers have girls." "What a shame." "You would have been great for our tour." "What tour?" "They're negotiating with Kyoto." "Shanghai and Singapore are sealed." "The conductor they had opted for was busy." "Now they want me." "So how long would you be there?" " Three, four weeks." "I don't think it's a very good idea:" "You won't even notice it." "I'll be back just in time for when you wake up from hibernation." "Listen to this. "Rubber Ducks Sail through Northwest Passage"." "Don't speak with your mouth full." ""Chinese cargo ship sunk in a storm in the Pacific in 1992." "The cargo consisted of running shoes and rubber ducks." "The first rubber ducks should reach the U.S. Coast any day now"." "Stop clinking that spoon:" ""The ducks reached Alaska in three years, - says marine researcher Ebbesmeyer."" ""Twice as fast as the surface water flow, so I named them Hyperducks"." ""He is also following the journey of 34000 drifting hockey gloves"." "Nothing." "They couldn't possibly swim here." " Why not?" "How would they get from Alaska to the Gulf of Finland?" "I don't know." "They're Hyperducks:" "Hi:" " Hi." "This is Larissa Lehtonen, first violin in our ensemble." "Hi." "Larissa." "Larissa is staying over tonight." "We'll go through her solo, and head to the airport together." "Oh right." "Wasn't this your last night at home?" "You don't mind?" " Of course not." "Ok, let's go inside." " Yes, please." "Careful, it's slippery." "Finnish, Russian, Estonian, French." "Four languages, like the four strings in the violin." "And a good ear for music." "Absolute pitch, pretty much." "Top rate." ""Drink today if you have wine, grieve tomorrow if there's grief"." "Yevgeny Yevtushenko." "Or what?" "Yeah well, I can't really have much wine." "When you're pregnant you have to drink tons of water." "Or you'll start to retain fluid, and you'll get all..." "God, I'm still hurting all over." "You could have shown me some mercy." "Well, you're here to practice, aren't you?" "I mean, the trip's worthwhile." "Joel's interpretation of our tune is mind blowing." "You have to have a very virile conductor, which Joel surely is." "Is he?" "You can't sleep?" "I never can before starting a tour." " Me neither." "You want some?" " Yes, please." "I'm having nightmares." "I think I'm getting sick." "Will you sleep next to me tonight?" "I'm scared." "You can't be serious:" "I should have my temperature taken." "From the butt?" "So, goodnight then." "Goodnight." "Stick it up your own butt:" " Ha, you're fine." "Get into your own bed, now:" "The taxi's here." "Bye." "I'll call you." "Thanks, Babushka." "You know, Lea, this is the last thing in the world I wanted." "To live in the middle of nowhere, and to be pregnant." "Or to even be with a guy." "I just ended up here somehow." "But now I've started to like this a lot, and I'm scared that - it'll be taken away from me." "I have two teachings in life." "Two very important ones." "One for men and one for women." "My advice for men is:" "Never cheat on your wife." "Live-in companions included, the mother of the child most certainly." "And my only advice to women is:" "When things seem hopeless, make a pancake." "Is that your only advice after seventy years of experience?" "It's an excellent piece of advice." "You start doing something, with a tangible result." "The room smells good and you get food to eat." "You feel better." "Where are the snacks?" "This jacket's getting too small." "Funny, but you probably don't remember it yourself." "When you were little, I'd say two or three - you always wanted to sleep with your coat and shoes on." "I never knew why." "Silly girl." "Thank you." "For what?" " It was nice of you to make that up." "I'm not nice." "I'm demented." "Hang that up for me." "Let's listen to the heart sound." "That's your colon." "Is this your first grandchild?" "Do you have other children?" "Yes, a son." " Actually..." "There." "This is Joel Abrahamsson..." " He's not answering." "Does he understand what he's missing?" "Unfortunately at this stage men don't understand a thing." "Emma:" "Come and see:" "There, straight ahead." "It can't be." " Could it?" "What else could they be?" "Hey:" " Yes?" "Let's e-mail that researcher." " Ebbesmeyer?" "Can we do that?" " Sure, we're his field researchers." "And he'll really get this message?" " Word for word." "I wish..." "I wish..." "Joel?" " I wish Joel could see this." "I'm so jetlagged." "Yesterday I went for breakfast in my bathrobe, and dinner was served." "Everyone sitting in their tuxedos, and me wearing my terrycloth stole." "I knew you'd laugh." "No one else found it very funny." "Lea, your oatmeal is ready:" "What have you guys been doing?" " Nothing special." "Found some Hyperducks." " What?" "And your mother forgot your name." " What?" "And I had my checkup and..." "We heard the baby's heartbeat." "So what did it sound like?" "Was it amazing?" "It can't be explained." "You should have been there." "I'm sorry if..." "Shit:" "Lea:" "What is it?" "A squirrel is stealing the tallow ball:" "What?" "The little birds' tallow ball." "Go to hell:" " Get the hell out of there:" "You've no business here:" " No business:" "Shame on you." "Shoo:" "Go to hell:" "Hi:" "Emma:" "Emma?" "Hi." "What do you think?" " Colorful, isn't it?" "It's a bit..." "loud." "Not exactly what I'd have chosen." "Oh?" "Should I have faxed you color samples?" "You have a camera phone." "It wouldn't have been very hard." "I can't reach you to tell you about the baby's heartbeat - so I didn't think you'd be interested in color samples." "What is it?" "It's moving." "There it is." "Shanghai really is the Paris of the East, like they say." "Not at all like the rest of China." "Stylish, European." "Yum, pancakes:" "Delicious:" " And healthy." "Made with breast mink." "What breast?" "Mine." "Women's hormonal systems differ greatly." "Some women produce very much mink in the early stages, like me." "I told the doctor and she said I should use it for cooking." "Nothing more nutritious in the world." " True." "Hey, it's not made with breast mink." "Go ahead." "What mink did you use then?" "Hello." " Hello." "Sorry." "There's nothing coming out:" "It was a joke." "Everything just seems all wrong." " You don't say." "We're like those kids who have that disease." "They look sixty years old - at the age of two." "All wrinkly, with osteoporosis and arthritis." "We've been together a few months, and we're having a 7-year crisis." "You haven't smiled at me like that ever since I brought you here." "Then you left, and I stayed here with Lea." "You never listen to a word I say nowadays." "You're not interested in what I do." "I'm a total outsider in this house." "You never ask me." "You just take care of everything." "Remodeling, breast mink pancakes." " Honey, - you can only be the leader where you're at, and you're never here." "Are you punishing me for something?" " What?" "It's like you enjoyed proving how insignificant I am:" "What would I be punishing you for?" "Have you done something?" "No." "Nothing:" "What?" ":" "Just work:" "My own work:" "I want more than anything for you to be here and decide about things." "But you have to want it, too." "You have to make that choice." "You can't live the way you do if you want to be here and decide." "Life changes." "And that's not such a bad thing." "We could be very happy here." "I never believed it but it's true." "I have to get some sleep." "Were celebrating the ending of the tour tomorrow." "The last concert." "I hear they're a couple." "Should we drink to Tappinen?" "Yes, here's to Tappinen." "Thank you:" "It was all wonderfully organized." "What a splendid tour." "Hey, I hate to remind you but..." "Picture Dublin, those shamrock hats." "But they did play quite well." "I'll leave in a few moments." "As soon as it's polite." "I have that interview and shoot in the morning." "I'll be waiting for you at home." "Okay." "Another round?" "Yes, how about shots?" "Whose round is it?" "What's wrong?" " Joel didn't come home last night:" "Surely he's not here in the yard?" " He didn't come home last night:" "He didn't come home:" "We want to capture the experience and charisma." "We're not going for that child genius thing." "Hey:" "Here you are:" "You'd left by the time I woke up." " I didn't want to wake you." "You look great." " I feel kind of stupid." "I didn't have time to do myself up." "My hair is a mess." "I'll be right back." "Excuse me." "Ok, so we're doing several spreads." "Joel, where have you been?" "Hi." "I didn't..." "I didn't call, it was so early by the time." "Joel, we need you over here:" " Yeah." "Where did you spend the night?" "Can you close your eyes?" "Answer me:" "Hey, Babushka:" "We should get started." " Yeah." "I really hoped this wouldn't happen." " It didn't." "Look up." "Watch my finger." "So what is this?" "Aren't we done?" "Fuck, you're a selfish man:" "How can you do this to me?" "You made me keep this baby." "You said it was fate, prima vista, all that crap - and I didn't believe you, but you made me believe:" "You promised:" "You said the child would have a father." "Stop, for heaven's sake." "Don't humiliate yourself any more." "Let it be:" "What?" " Let it be." "You're a civilian:" "You can't understand this:" "What civilian?" "Understand what?" " Joel." "Our relationship." "A life like this." " Will you stop it:" "Who do you think you are?" " Who do I think I am?" "I think you know perfectly well where Joel stayed last night." "Who do you think I am?" "I know what you are." "You're a hussy." " A what?" "You speak four languages and you don't know what a hussy is." "A greedy and bossy whore." "Look it up in the dictionary." "You're a greedy and bossy whore." "You come into a pregnant woman's home." "You come into the baby's home." "You come into the mother and grandmother's home." "That's what you are." "You eat out of the family silver and try to steal the baby's father, - a stupid, selfish man who lets it happen." "You lowlifes." "Keep that fifty-mark bill handy in your wallet." "You'll need it ten years from now, to pass on to the next generation." "I gave you one advice in life." "One:" "If you touch me, hussy, I'll crack your skull:" "Leave me alone." "Emma, listen, I'm sorry." "No:" "Leave me alone." "Don't ever call me again:" "Social security number?" "160435-0977." "Next of kin?" "Abrahamsson, Joel." "My son." "Any other children?" "Grandchildren?" "This is an amazing project." "The critics are drooling over it." "Joel?" " What?" "It might feel a bit hard now." "But everything will be alright?" " Yes." "I'm your friend." "We're not friends." "We've been pretending that we are but... it's been something entirely different." "It's fake." " What is fake?" "The way I live." "Women, one after the other." "New city, new woman, end of production, end of relationship." "A new woman I can't even tell apart from the last one." "That's what my life is like." "Was like." "Is like." "Is that what you think of me?" " No." "It's not what I think of you." "It's what I think of me." "I ruined everything." "I was just about to get something very..." "Very valuable and special and I..." "Joel." "Lost something?" "Do you know where Emma is?" " She just left." "You know where she went?" " She went home." "Do you know where she lives?" " Yes." "Well?" " I'm not going to tell you." "I really need to talk to her." "Hey, don't start opening up to me." "Good, he's leaving." "Thank you." "Stop:" "Drop me off here:" "Keep the change." "Emma:" "I'm so sorry." "I don't know what to do." "I screwed up really badly." "I was scared, but that's no excuse." " Yes, it is." "It's an excuse, but it doesn't change what happened." "I'd do anything to undo what happened." "If I could wipe it away." " You can't." "Sorry." "Sorry." "Forgive me." "I'd like to." "But I don't dare to." "I stopped being scared, and then you..." "And now I'm even more scared than before that I'll lose... what I love." "I love you, too." "I love you." "So, did you go to that mommy..." "clothing store?" "I did, yeah." " Great." "Look what they gave me." " Yes?" "This." ""Hey you, happy single mother:" "Join us on a tour of the Helsinki Fire Department." "Complimentary juice for the kids, drinks for the mothers." "Also meet handsome firemen:" "Happy Single Mothers Society"" "That's my future." "Can you believe it:?" "Also meet handsome firemen." "Hey Janne, can you get that?" " Sure thing." "Here." "A carpet roll." "Can't you pinheads comfort a girl when she's crying:" "You had to do it?" "Happy Mother's Day, you're listening to Voice." "If you're a mother, you can call and ask for a song - and if you're not, you probably have a mother." "Lea?" "Lea." "Stop that, Ursula:" "You know when I said I raised Joel like an orangutan " "I didn't do a very good job." "I know." "I'm glad you didn't." "Lea, do you know where we are now?" " Where?" "Home." "A place I've never been before." "It would be much nicer at home if you vacuumed my room sometimes." "Really?" "I thought you didn't let just anyone in there." "I don't." "I wonder what he's going to roll himself into." "Nothing." "He doesn't have to."