"(Radio) Hey Denmark!" "What's going on with you?" "!" "I miss you, I want you back like in the old days" "I want you to be like in the old days when a bird was free and you meant what you said." "Hey Denmark!" "We're here." "Hello, my name is Asbjorn Jensen, I am going to be operated." "Yes, where?" "In the colon." "I meant what department?" "Yes, of course." "It's gastro-eh-log-uh" "Just a moment." "Hello!" "Hello." "(Nurse) Asbjorn Jensen" "Ah yes, Asbjorn." "How are we feeling today, Asbjorn?" "I can't complain." "Hello." "I'm Marta." " Hi Marta." "Just lie down on the bed over there." "Lay on your side and turn your butt towards me." "As you've told your doctor, you have a boil in your rectum." "So now I'll take a look at it." "Just relax." " Yeah, thanks..." "We're done now." "We're going to do a colonoscopy, just to be safe" "And then we'll cut off the boil." "Oh, that sounds fine." "That colonoscopy wasn't too bad, was it?" "Who painted that pig?" " What?" "The pig, has it always been there?" "I think so." "It doesn't smile but it's content." "Don't you think so, Marta?" "Calm." "The smile is wonderfully ambiguous." "Like Mona Lisa, don't you think?" "I know, I know, it's just a stupid pig..." "Hi Asbjorn." "Good evening." "Okay, Asbjorn, listen." "We've examined you, and in addition to the boil, we've also found quite a few polyps." "What does that mean?" "Most polyps are benign.." " But..?" "But they can also be malignant..." "Are you saying I have cancer?" "No reason to take any chances, so we're gonna operate on you tomorrow and keep you here a few days, until we get the results from the biopsy." "So I'm not going home tomorrow." "No." "So do you want to contact your relatives?" "I think I want to be alone." "You and I are in the same business, Asbjorn." "Needle and thread." "You're a tailor, right?" "I used to be." " That's what I mean, colleagues." "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow." "I could contact your relatives for you." "If you give me their contact info." " No, thank you." "This isn't funny." "Good thing I have you." "That was fast, Asbjorn!" "The pig?" "Where's the pig?" "Don't concern yourself with that, Asbjorn." "You've just been in surgery." "I want to know where it is!" "The doctor will be around in an hour." "You can talk to him about it then." "Visiting hours are over." "I'm Asbjorn Jensen." "I've just had surgery in my bottom." "What is wrong with you?" "Hello Asbjorn!" "The operation went as planned and now we're just waiting on the biopsy." "How is your stool?" "How would I know?" "It's important." "We need to keep an eye on it." "May I have a look?" "You have 14 stitches up there." "14 stitches!" "Yeah, so it'll probably hurt a bit." " That's a lot..." "It looks fine." "You'll have a wheelchair to get around in." "And it's important we keep the stomach going." "The stool has to be loose, so to speak." "I understand." "Alright, so everything is good..." "No." "No, it isn't." "I am very upset." "Oh yes, the nurse told me you are dissatisfied about a painting." "I'm not dissatisfied." "I am miserable." "Are you interested in art?" "No." "Yes." "I don't know." "It may sound sentimental to you, but I had grown to like that pig." "Well, you'll probably be discharged tomorrow, so don't you think you can do without the pig until then?" "No, I can't." "I need it, you understand?" "I want that pig to be put back where it was." "Okay." "Marta, could you see about that?" " Yes." "Good morning!" "Well, that one isn't very pretty, is it!" "Why is the pig not back?" "How difficult can it be?" "Don't be so loud." "Aslam is sleeping." "Who?" "Your friend over there." "That isn't my friend." " Aslam has an operation today." "What do I care!" "His family asked for the pig to be taken down." "What!" "?" "They're muslims." "So what?" "They have that thing about pigs, you know." "Marta, I'm gonna need you to do two things." "First of all, get that terrible painting down." "And then I need to borrow a phone." "You can borrow mine." "Hi, Mona, it's me." "Asbjorn, your father." "Hey, I came as fast as I could." "I had an idiot client who suddenly told me he is guilty and did kill his friend." "Oh, that's good." "That he killed his friend?" " No, that he confessed." "I'm a lawyer, dad, not a priest." "Why the hell haven't you told me you were in the hospital having surgery?" "I didn't know how bad it was." "I spoke to the nurse." "How are you?" "I need a lawyer." " What?" "You need a lawyer?" "When I came here, there was a painting of a pig over there." "Now the hospital has taken it down." "And now I need you to get them to put it back." "A pig?" " A pig, yeah." "They took it down because of that other guy." "So I want you to take on the case." "There is no case, Dad." "It's a principle!" "I want it back up." "I don't complain, but no..." "That pig..." "It's my guarding angel." "Have you become superstitious?" "And in the meantime, please put this up over there." "What's that?" " It's a pig dammit." "?" "That's great." "Thanks!" "People my age, when they go to the hospital, they don't go back." "You have to help me." "Dammit, dad, get it into your head." "There is no case!" "Okay, now we have a case." "Excuse me." "Excuse me!" "Yes?" "What did you just do?" "I removed the drawing." "Yes, I saw." "Why did you do that?" "That was in consideration of my father." "Well, I have to ask you to put that drawing back." "In consideration of my father." "My father is very ill." "He's had several surgeries." "My father is also very ill, but I don't go around taking pictures down, do I?" "Can't we have respect for each other?" "Of course." "And what kind of respect are you showing my father?" "What do you mean?" "I'm saying, what kind of respect are you showing my father?" "I have to get back to family now." "It's a very difficult time for us right now." "It's also a difficult time for my father." "He's just had a tumor removed from his rectum!" "A boil." " He has cancer!" "Maybe" "I'm truly sorry, Sir." "I have to go now." "Well..." "UGH!" "I was only trying to help." "Okay, dad, I'll..." "Aslam!" " Why are you saying Aslam?" "Please remove that screen." "We must discuss this like sensible people." "Remove the screen!" "Dad, he's sleeping" " I am not going to take this!" "Dad, aren't you overreacting now?" "Come on now." "Is something wrong?" "I want you to wake up the guy next to me." "I have to talk to him." "Asbjorn, I can't." "He's been under narcosis and won't wake up for a couple of hours." "Then I want to talk to the hospital director." "When that son gets back I demand the director to be present." "Okay, I'll see what I can do." " Thank you." "The hospital director, Dad?" "Really?" "Hello, my name is Agnete Benson." "I've heard you want to talk to me?" "Yes." "I accuse the hospital of discriminating against my father." "Asbjorn Jensen, hello." "You remove paintings to accommodate some people and that way you are bothering others." "Bothering?" "!" "I don't understand that at all." "I'm Hammid." "I'm Aslam's son." "Thank you for everything you've done for my father." "We are very grateful." "Mona Hof, I represent my father." "You have to understand that we consider that drawing unpleasant." "Who are "we"?" " Us!" "And you just remove anything you consider unpleasant?" "I don't understand." "Well, why should your unpleasantness matter more than other people's happiness?" "But you'll have to agree with me that a bare wall is the best for everybody." "No, I won't." "So we just have to live with your unpleasantness?" "!" "Yes." "That's the price of living in a modern civilised society." "But then it isn't a civilised society!" " Yes, it is." "And indulgence is the glue that holds a civilised society together." "Okay, but then why won't you indulge us?" "Then what would be next?" " Next?" "What about all the pigs on the fields, will they have to stay in the stables?" "And what about on Christmas, what should we do with the pigs made of marzipan?" "Sorry, but it was just funny." "Right now, I feel I am being very respectful!" "This is a hospital." "The only thing that matters is that people get well." "Exactly!" "And my father needs that damn pig to get well." "That pig is his guardian angel." "Don't you understand that this is offensive to us?" "!" "Don't you understand that some things are holy to us?" "!" "Stop this!" "Please leave." "What's going on?" "They're arguing over a drawing..." "of a pig." "Oh yes, the pig, right." "Asbjorn, I have good news." "You're being discharged tomorrow." "Our tests didn't show anything bad." "You're well." "Nothing malignant?" " Nope, nothing." "I don't have cancer!" "Marta, please get this under control." "Okay, visiting time is over." "You'll have to leave." "Do you want me to stay?" "No, please go." "You have so much to look after." "Then I'll be back tomorrow to pick you up." " I'll look forward to that." "Congratulations, you're healthy." "So you say you have to accept everything, even the offensive things?" "Yes, if you appreciate freedom of speech, you have to." "But what about our feelings?" "(Aslam) Glaucoma." "Sorry?" "I was in surgery for glaucoma" "(video skips here) No." "No?" "I am still blind." "I am sorry." "Will you do me a favour?" "Of course." "Tell me what I can't see." "Of course!" "My name is Asbjorn." "Hello Asbjorn." "My name is Aslam."