"Looks nice." "I would wear one like that if I wasn't the mayor." "The mayor has decided to give us an additional 75,000 kroner grant." "How do they imagine we can integrate 28 inclusion children for 75,000?" "The others think you are strange." "And you know what, that is not OK." "This is also your school." "So now we'll create a place for you." "Right, Helle?" "Yes." "Do you miss Rasmus?" "As a manager, I mean." "A good night out?" "You don't want to talk." "Perhaps you are a good listener?" "See you." "Jeppe, if it doesn't work out, you can move back home." "Right?" "You'll miss me." "What's up, Rita?" "Kareem." "Helle asked us to tidy up the room." "Someone from the city administration is coming over to see it." "What?" "Yes, that was what Helle said." "Someone from the city administration is coming." "Yes?" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Did a pupil enrich your life with school art?" "It's from my sponsor child." "He is from Ghana." "There you go, little Gottfried." "Thanks a lot." "I hear we have an important visit today." "Important visit?" "Someone from the city is supposed to visit us and see how the basement works." "Helle, he is... on his way." "He's early, don't you think?" "Yes, that's right." "The manager for Children and Youths will drop by." "Nothing special." "Just a routine visit." "Just a routine visit?" "He wants to see how we've spent the grant." "Don't you have a class to attend, Rita?" "Shouldn't I participate?" "I thought it would be better with a more official meeting." "I see." "So you'll meet with him?" "Yes." "It just so happens that the basement is my project, right?" "So I'd actually like to be present." "Just to make sure the right things are said." "Well, I'm pretty sure I can handle that." "I thought the two of us had decided to trust each other." "Rita, trust me when I tell you it's not a good idea." "And why not?" "Hello." "Hi." "Hi." "Hi." "Yes, well, all of the..." "How many, 28?" "28, yes." "Inclusion children, we have, deal with social or psychological problems." "Hi, Asger." "They can come here and take a break when they need it." "Alone or with an educator." "Sure, but the whole idea was to include them in the regular classes." "But they can't be in the regular classes all the time." "Some need peace and quiet, others need to let off steam." "It's a class for children with special needs." "If these children don't feel included, then they really are excluded." "This is our experiment to show them that this is also their school." "You're disturbing." "Put on your headphones, Asger." "Asger has been in special schools most of his life." "If there are too many people or voices around him he is stressed." "His OCD flares up and he becomes aggressive." "He can come down here and take a break when he needs to." "Does it work, then?" "Yes, well, Asger is the child here with most challenges, but he has improved." "The other pupils are making great progress." "Kareem is almost normal by now." "Relax." "Alright, well..." "Thank you." "Do they intend to close it?" "Relax." "It's my ex." "He is here to see how we're spending the grant." "The grant." "I think it went really well." "When Rasmus heard how the students have improved, it was clear that he found it to be a very exciting initiative." "Right, Rita?" "Absolutely." "Good." "Now that we're talking about inclusion children, we've received yet another complaint about Asger from 4B." "Usually we wouldn't discuss it in this forum, but it is the eighth complaint so far this school year." "Let me guess." "It's made by parents who don't understand why their little angel should be disturbed by Asger because he's different." "Perhaps it's time we took it seriously." "We do take it seriously." "Asger can go to the basement when it all becomes too much in class." "He could complete school without too many bruises." "But that requires that the parents display a bit of solidarity." "Mette, back me up a little." "It's wonderful that he's improved somewhat." "But it might not be enough." "He is uncontrollable." "He is aggressive." "He shits in the closets, Rita." "He's got a lot of problems, I know." "That's why he doesn't need a new big issue to deal with." "Who made the complaint?" "I can talk to them." "Who is it?" "It's us." "We also have a child in that class, Rita." "Hey, Mette, Jannik." "Wait." "Rita, you also have to listen to us." "Asger has a lot of issues." "I know." "Things are getting better." "We don't agree." "Things aren't going well." "Better, I said." "No." "All Asger needs is quiet, a stable environment." "Peace and a stable environment." "It's a school!" "So what?" "Not everyone has your take on Asger." "My take?" "I pull him out of the classroom and take him with me to the basement." "What will happen when he's 14 and is too old to be taken anywhere?" "Aren't we supposed to show solidarity in school." "You must agree on that, as teachers?" "As a teacher, I think you're right." "As parents, we agree with the others who complained." "Your classes are alright, but what about all the other classes?" "Hey, hey!" "Can't we..." "Can't we at least give it a try?" "See if it works that he can go down there occasionally?" "Please." "Come on." "Say yes." "Please, Mette, Jannik?" "Alright." "OK." "Thanks." "Hi, girls." "Go to the classroom." "I'll be there in a minute." "Alright." "OK." "Uh, friendship." "What is friendship?" "I'd like to answer." "To me, it's something you share with another person you trust." "Someone you can talk to." "Someone you like to laugh and cry with." "Someone you can share a meal with." "But also someone you can be really mad at." "For instance, if he suddenly gives a collection of scrap pictures to someone called Lotte, whom he is clearly in love with..." "But what is friendship to you?" "I'd like you to do a short presentation." "You can create a poster, a play, or something else." "It's up to you." "About friendship." "Now, if you could get together and work on it in groups of four." "Is it supposed to be this one?" "Yes." "Hey, Sophie, come here." "Yes, alright." "OK." "Can you see what just happened?" "You've put yourselves in groups with others just like you." "Why does that happen?" "Why aren't you a little more curious and think perhaps I should work with someone new?" "Why don't you mix more?" "Yes." "Because it's more fun to be with someone you have something in common with." "Sure." "But perhaps you have more in common with the others than you think." "So please try and regroup." "I'll write something on the board in the meantime." "Like that." "You are sitting in the exact same groups, only you've changed seats." "OK, guys." "Quiet." "This is important." "It's not important." "It's boring." "Life isn't always a One Direction concert, Mathilde." "Sometimes you are a little bored." "Good." "Stay quiet like that." "Turn your snouts this way." "So, the Vikings traveled from Iceland via Greenland." "Some actually say that they reached..." "Ali." "Did the Vikings reach Ali?" "Come up here." "Mobile away, please." "Thanks." "Sit down." "OK, Mathilde." "Mathilde." "Hey, Asger." "Calm down, calm down." "Relax." "Let's go outside." "You can begin working on your assignments." "Easy now, Asger." "Calm down now, alright?" "Asger?" "Asger?" "Come on." "Asger, come here." "Now." "Look at me, will you?" "Breathe." "Take a deep breath and fill your stomach." "Like that." "Rita, Asger has had a fit." "He smashed everything up." "My goodness." "Did he hit you?" "Can I take a look?" "It's OK." "No, you need to get some ice on that." "What happened?" "We were working, then Kareem started boxing." "Suddenly Asger went all crazy and shouted that it was his place and that we should sit down and be quiet" "Oh, my God." "Hi, Rita." "Hi, Tilde." "Hi, honey." "What are you drawing?" "An elephant." "I'll just have a chat with Rita, OK?" "I'm really sorry, Rita." "Don't be." "He likes you, but you can't keep an eye on him all the time." "You also have to teach." "He isn't the worst case I've experienced." "Yes, he is." "He just needs a stable environment." "And he can get that here." "The space Asger destroyed was an attempt to provide a space for the inclusion children." "A place of their own here." "He's talked about it." "What happens now?" "I don't know." "He was happier before." "When he was in the special education school." "Would he rather be there?" "He's not happy here." "He spoils it for all the others." "The city won't pay for his place in the special school." "I can't afford to myself." "I guess that's just the way it is." "I don't think I can accept that." "No, well, I guess you have to." "I have." "When will it be fixed?" "I don't know." "They will fix it, right?" "I don't know." "It really did work down here." "Until one of them ruined it all." "We need a new grant." "And then how long till he tears it all apart again?" "We have to report it." "It's vandalism." "If we report it to the SSP, Helle, Asger will go somewhere he needn't be." "And you know that, Helle." "His mother said that he was doing better in the school where he was before." "It was smaller, he had a personal educator who worked with him." "That's a political decision." "We have to take care of Asger one way or another." "And then the others have to do without the basement." "I'll have a chat with Rasmus." "Rita, I don't think that's a great idea" "I can convince him." "Rita..." "He didn't come here to see how the money was spent." "He came to see how I was doing." "Asger needs help." "That space needs to be up and running." "I'll convince Rasmus to give us the money." "Hi." "Ruth, right?" "Rita." "Yeah." "Sorry." "I meet so many people in this job." "What are you doing here?" "I'm here to say hi to a friend." "You have friends in the city administration" "I'm sure I have both friends and enemies." "See you." "Alice is very concerned with the school as an inclusive place." "A place for all children." "Even the difficult ones." "And that's a really great idea, Rasmus, which I basically agree with." "But we have one boy in school who ruins something that works for everyone else." "That's no good for Asger, who ought to be somewhere else, and no good for the other children" "I succeeded in including." "Yes." "It's 75,000 to rebuild the room." "Sure." "Until Aslak destroys it again." "Asger." "Asger, yes." "That's why we have to get him back to the special school." "It must be possible for the city to pay it." "His mother can't afford to." "Nor can we." "You can always find the extra money some place, right?" "Rita..." "OK." "Yeah..." "Yeah." "How long has this been going on?" "Probably around a month after our break-up." "A couple of weeks, then?" "Yes." "Yes." "OK." "Yes." "But regarding the money..." "Yes." "Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do." "No." "No." "See you." "Certainly." "Alright, everybody, listen up." "I think you presented some very, very nice stories about friendship." "Or, that is, but also..." "What I mean to say is," "I think perhaps it was a shame that you didn't mix with each other more." "So I've planned a joint dinner together Thursday, for you and your parents and me." "We'll spend some time getting to know each other better." "Please ask your parents to sign up for the dinner on the intranet, and here's an invitation." "And a menu." "So they can see what we're having." "It's going to be so lovely." "And... swap." "A really great part." "It's Hjørdis." "Yes, hello." "Yes..." "Yes, of course." "Do you think that's necessary?" "Yes." "Well, alright then, we'll do that." "Right." "I'll send out a message." "Bye." "What now?" "Some of the parents have created an organizing committee for the joint dinner." "Now they want us to meet." "Well." "That's probably fine." "Yes." "That's probably fine." "So, Helm's Deep." "Good morning, Birgit." "Good morning, Rita." "Morning." "Good morning, Rita." "Good morning." "We should have told you about it." "It's alright, Helle." "Are you sure?" "Trust me." "I'm just so pleased with the way we cooperate now." "I'd hate to risk that." "I'm happy for you." "Thank you." "What are you happy about?" "It's Helle, she has a new boyfriend." "Really, do you?" "Yes." "Who?" "It's Rasmus." "Rasmus, Rasmus..." "Your Rasmus?" "No, it's Helle's Rasmus." "Is it new?" "No, actually he's moved in with me." "OK." "We've talked about inviting you over." "That sounds nice." "It could be a way to start a new chapter." "OK." "As long as there's free food, and I don't have to do anything." "Why not?" "I promise you that, Rita." "Super." "That was nice of her." "I was hoping for a chance to spend an evening boosting Helle's confidence." "Then my life would be complete." "Good morning." "What do you mean?" "She wants to show how happy they are, so I don't steal Rasmus back." "I bloody hope there's alcohol." "Good afternoon, everybody." "I hear an organizing committee has been created to decide on the menu." "Yes, without asking the other parents." "Yes." "I heard it from Agnete." "Others would like to be heard on this matter." "Let me just rewind here." "What is the problem with the menu?" "There's no problem." "But some would like to ensure that what we serve is organic." "And vegetarian." "Perhaps not vegetarian." "Boys that age need to eat meat." "What about the girls?" "They need meat, too." "We can have a couple of veggie dishes." "We still need to discuss the communication between parents." "It's wrong to serve meat to children." "Animals are like people in a way." "Well, not real..." "Figuratively, Hjørdis." "Yes?" "If we're making special dishes, can't we have some with halal meat?" "If we're serving halal, we need kosher as well." "We shouldn't be serving meat at all." "It's a terrible signal to send." "I'll try to consider all of your requests." "Of course there should be meat." "Halal is fine with me." "How about sushi?" "It needs to be with brown rice, no tuna." "We still have a fundamental problem." "That's your problem." "It's my child who is invited to this event." "We can talk about that some other time." "Right now, we decide on the menu." "I suggest we create a Facebook group." "It would ease communication." "What about us who are not on Facebook?" "We can create a website instead." "What's wrong with the intranet?" "It doesn't work." "It's down every other minute." "There's a reason we're here." "It's not the intranet." "It really doesn't work." "We should be proactive." "We can't trust you at all." "We need something that..." "And that's exactly why I took the initiative, right?" "Hi." "What's going on?" "They don't understand the friend concept." "At least you know where the kids get it from." "Should I talk to them?" "Here you go." "It's leftovers from the staff room." "That might cheer you up." "Cake always helps." "Cake always helps!" "Thanks!" "You're welcome." "You are a self-absorbed male chauvinist." "That's a great idea." "We're sitting here discussing it." "I think we should do it so that..." "Since you can't agree, I have a solution." "And the solution is cake." "Cake is the solution to everything." "Tomorrow night we all meet here, and everybody will bring a cake." "And then you show your children how to behave." "Even towards people you disagree with." "Anybody have a problem with that?" "I'll bring coffee." "And tea." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "See you tomorrow." "Yes, see you tomorrow." "Yes, sorry." "Thanks for the talk." "Do you mind shutting the door behind you?" "Thanks." "A small stick?" "Perhaps later." "A little something for the ladies." "Thanks." "It's so good." "You almost can't taste it's organic." "Cheers, cheers." "Cheers." "I see you are allowed to hang your masks on the wall here." "Yes." "I think they are intriguing." "I used them as cigarette holders." "Actually a pack of 20 fits right into the mouth of the guy in the middle." "How clever..." "Oh, what perfect timing!" "He is always on time." "So he is." "Who is it?" "Oliver." "A good friend of ours." "A really nice guy." "Tada!" "Good evening, everybody." "Oliver." "Great to see you." "Sit down." "Yes, meet Rita." "Oliver." "My name is Rita." "We need a glass for Oliver, dear." "Yes, we do." "Perhaps later." "Nice stones, huh?" "Did you find them yourselves?" "What?" "We were talking about your stones." "Oh, yeah." "Here you go." "Thanks." "Anybody want more?" "Yes, please." "Alright, then, we'd like to bid you welcome to our home." "Yes." "Cheers." "Cheers." "It's not just about sustainability..." "I was thinking about it in relation to the things we do." "With those things in mind, we want to implement... the products." "Hi." "Hi." "My name is Rita." "Have we met before?" "It's just because you've set me up on a blind date." "And if you knew me at all, you'd know that that is a really bad idea." "It's not a blind date, you know." "Oliver was just invited... too." "And if I really wanted to be set up with someone, which I'm don't, it shouldn't be with the driest man on Earth." "He's not that dry." "I could dehumidify my cellar with him." "No, just go back in." "I'd like to help." "I mean it, just go back in." "Are you afraid of what Helle would think?" "No." "Helle and I trust each other." "Definitely." "Why is she so eager to show me your new perfect life together, then?" "Is that what you think this is?" "Well, it is." "She's afraid you aren't over me." "That's why she's setting me up with the biscuit." "The biscuit... is a really nice mutual friend." "And a nice guy." "And Helle is not intimidated by you." "She knows I've chosen to be with her." "Definitely." "If you really must know, Rita, I was the one who wanted to invite you over." "Jeppe has moved away, and you're by yourself." "Honestly it doesn't look like you're doing so well." "That's her opinion as well." "If you've invited me over because you pity me, I feel like hitting someone." "No, we want to help you." "Thanks." "Rita." "Rita ..." "Please don't." "Stay here for at least half an hour." "Things are going so well between you and Helle now." "No reason to ruin that." "Look what Rasmus told me to open." "A little late for shopping." "I'm just out for a walk." "Just out for a walk." "You know... to think about things." "I see a lot of middle aged Danish ladies walking around thinking about things." "You don't look like them." "How do I look, then?" "Like a fucked up type, looking for someone just as fucked up." "If only there was one." "If there was one..." "what should he do to you then?" "Whatever he wants." "Take me from behind." "Like this." "It would be really nice now, if you'd wipe that smile off your face." "Why?" "I'm happy." "It was nice." "It wasn't that nice." "Why did you come back, then?" "Are you that desperate?" "It'd be cool if you stopped behaving like such an immigrant cliché." "Why?" "Don't you like it like that?" "To get it hard by a Paki and then go home and cry yourself to sleep." "I know it doesn't measure up with your "I'm a gangster," "I have my own shop and sell bling" life." "But I'd better go, right?" "Don't say something you'll regret later." "What I'm saying, I know I won't regret later." "Bye." "Are you ready, everybody?" "Yes." "Now!" "Yes." "Come on." "How about that?" "What's going on here?" "Hey, hey, hey, Marvin, stop it." "What the hell are you doing?" "What does it matter?" "Asger destroyed it all." "So you'd better smash it completely?" "Will it make it any worse?" "No." "You aren't going to fix it, are you?" "You said this was our place." "Yes." "You also said we belonged here." "Listen up, will you?" "I do understand." "You are angry, you feel like smashing up everything." "You're so good at reading us, Rita." "Now I really feel understood." "Yes, Sasja." "How great that you can tell me off." "But that is what you're doing." "Yes." "And it feels damn good, so why shouldn't we?" "Because..." "Because, I don't know." "But you aren't the only ones who are really mad." "I'm actually also pissed off." "I'm pissed off because the bitchy mayor is going to ruin what we've been building up." "And I'm pissed off because I can't help you, Sasja, you won't allow me to." "And then I can't do it." "And I'm pissed off because I came so close to helping all of you, and now I can't." "Doesn't it feel good?" "No." "You're right." "This is your space." "You can do whatever you want with it." "I mean that." "You can do whatever you want with it." "Can we speak for a couple of minutes?" "Yes." " Yes." "I'm sorry about the basement, Rita." "It really was such a great idea." "We are sorry for Asger, but he ruins everything for all the other children." "Yeah, I don't know what to do." "Couldn't you talk to Rasmus about it?" "Look, we're talking about a couple of thousands a month, then Asger will be able to go back to the special ed school." "Alice has made it clear to Rasmus that the city wants an inclusive school." "Yes." "Yes." "Yes." "Yes." "There must be another way to show solidarity." "I think I know how." "A regular contribution each month from teachers and educators." "It's my greatest defeat as an educator, but it's the best for Asger and all of us." "Will he then send us drawings and such?" "Don't count on it." "Would it be alright to send him Christmas presents?" "As many as you'd like." "Jannik?" "Yes." "Where will he go?" "To a lovely farm in the countryside, where he can romp in the grass." "Thanks." "If all contribute, we can pay his mother's share for a place at the old school." "Now, you aren't pressuring them, are you?" "No, no." "So far, everyone has paid voluntarily." "That's all fine, but it only solves one of our problems." "We still have a smashed up basement and no money to fix it." "I'll tell them later." "Good." "You too." "Have a nice evening." "Likewise." "Hi." "Are you ready for your dinner?" "Well, we're having cake." "Sure." "Thanks." "Hey, do you want to join us?" "No." "Enjoy." "I'm sorry." "I've talked to Helle, and there's no money right now." "We have to make do without the space." "Come on." "What's going on here?" "You said that we could do whatever we wanted to." "So we went to the recycling center." "You can find everything there." "And we've asked our parents if they'd come and help us redecorate tonight." "Painting and stuff." "My mom is coming." "And my brother." "If that's alright?" "It's your space." "Right?" "Hi." "Hi." "Welcome." "It's through the classroom and to the left." "Good to see you again." "Hi." "Looking good." "Hi." "Hi." "For the ones going to the basement, it's down by the end of the hall." "By the end of the hall and to the left." "In the basement, to the right." "Hi, Rita." "Hi, Tilde." "Do you think this will be useful at all?" "We can use everything." "Thanks." "You're welcome." "Good to see you here." "Great to be here." "Be careful." "Hi." "Welcome." "Thanks." "What do you think, Rita?" "It looks good, huh?" "See how many have come to help." "And my brother is coming, too." "He said he would get us a new computer." "OK." "There he is." "Are you here?" "Did you get everything?" "Yes." "This is my big brother, Said." "Hi." "Was it Rita?" "Hi." "Yup." "Let me take this." "Cool!" "You're not bringing stolen goods to our school?" "Just say "no, thanks"." "I thought so." "Is this a problem?" "Not at all." "And we agree to forget what happened?" "Yes." "Definitely." "Is that your hand on my ass?" "Just say "no, thanks"." "I thought so." "Hi, Rita." "Why is your hair so messy?" "I've just had cake." "And soon Asger will be in a nice place." "I guess all is well, then." "Right?" "Yes." "All is well, then."