"Subtitles by Oliver Sanderson and Oskar" "Welcome to the Verhaegens." "This is my mom, of course." "My dear mom." "That's me." "And dad, he's earning the money." "We're trying to, eh." "Dad's a broker." "Hopefully you can take over the office in time." "I'm probably doing something in television, eh dad." "Television, theater or lawyer, I believe." "He can explain things well, that's also a possibility." "Or an actor." "I actually have many options, eh." "Welcome with us in the circus." "This is my lounge and my mom does admin stuff for the circus here." "And this is my room, me and my brother." "My brother sleeps above, and I sleep here on the couch, but it opens out into a sofa bed." "I have to make it every evening before I go to bed." "This is my room, here's my bed and my little mini living room." "My mate, Lewis." "My bathroom." "Here's mom's..." "You don't need to show that." "Oh yes." "Her clothes, which take up a part of my bathroom." "I eat here and we also prepare the food and stuff." "They spend all week at boarding school, so they're only at home for two days." "From the moment they come home actually..." "Allee, can you just go to the checkout?" "Can you just sit at the music here?" "And yes, that's not fun and we also have to do" "And yes, it's not fun but we must also do it, and we don't find it fun either, but really can't do otherwise." "My private collection." "Many people may think I'm a terrorist." "I've stopped it, because I'm aganst weapons." "Really." "It's a bit in the garden if there's something to aim at." "If you start playing at a higher level, then the balls go much harder, with more power and when you get it in your face, then your eye socket can break, which can be dangerous." "I would like for Nano, and Sebastian for that matter, certainly learn something in the circus, especially learning an act, so that they later have a little job security." "They can of course choose whatever profession thet want." "But if they lose their job, as many people nowadays have, a good artist will always work." "The other also?" "Tea time." "Gaetan also des a good impression of Austin Powers." "If I'm going to talk Limburg, we can now sit down if you know what I mean." "If you want to talk a little Dutch, you may also do that, you know." "Shall we just speak Dutch?" "Yes, good." "West Flemish, I can talk if you want." "We often go to the sea, we often go to Knokke." "All young." "That means you're not." "We're a very good match, actually." "We are pretty much of the same caliber, both silly clowns." "we really don't eat regularly." "Yes, we're going to change that." "As when our sons switch, that it's like ordinary everyday life, then he won't suffer with it." "But there's also only fried food and they know very well, the way to the fried foods, so..." "If it is open, they go almost every day." "That's not good." "He always makes the kitchen very dirty, but I've learned to not intervene, to let him do it and then afterwards we clean up." "Dammit." "Nice hand, eh, nice." "Tart." "Fun, fun, fun." "Tasty, Gaetan." "If people for example could live on one square centimeter," "I'd also like to experience what it's like to be so small." "Because we now have a great House with tv, things, everything, but then I still sometimes want feel what it's like not to have all this, and to live in very small house." "I am very curious about what the family will be like, of course." "Yes, Yes." "I find that a little exciting, really." "So we are going to spread them around about the tart." "That's a bit much, eh mom." "No, it's good." "Now I hope they don't have ten children, otherwise your tart will be too small." "This goes in for about half an hour." "And then we do the topping." "Good bye." "Be good, eh." "Of course." "Good bye, Seba." "The tart." "For the mother." "Or for the kids there." "Have a nice trip, eh Gaetan." "Have a good time, eh." "Yes, good bye." "Have fun, eh." "Bye." "Bye." "I think we're in the countryside." "Can that be?" "I hear other cars passing by, so I don't think we're in the countryside." "We're more likely in a city." "A circus." "And a caravan." "No." "You're kidding." "In a circus, yes, yes." "Honey, ocharm." "I've spoiled my children quite a bit, I must say." "I still have a cushion, if you want." "Sleep well, dear." "Good morning, welcome." "Good morning." "And what's your name?" "Maximiliano." "What a beautiful name." "Thank you." "I'm Sylvie, Gaetan's mother." "Hello." "Good day." "Where would I find my mom, for the next three days..." "I'm your mom." "Really?" "Ah, that's good." "That's cool." "I'll come out." "And what's your name?" "Gaetan." "I even baked a tart for you, it's cherry tart." "As thanks, because I can stay overnight with you." "And have you seen where you've arrived?" "A circus." "Divine, eh." "Boy." "Is that good?" "Yes, that's very good." "Shall I give you a guided tour?" "First of all, we're going to put the tart away." "Handsome guest, eh." "I'm also pleased that he's not too old, so I can still mother him a little." "That is our Tommetje, here." "We have a friend visiting." "That's soft." "And where are you from, Maximiliano?" "My mom has a circus and my dad's in America, in Las Vegas." "Wow." "So our Gaetan is in a circus." "That's quite something for him." "Wow, that's great." "Hello." "And this is Sebastian." "Hi Sebastian." "This is my second son." "He's 12." "Let's see your room." "This is the bedroom." "Here you can sleep." "I can remove that and make a very large bed there." "Who sleeps there?" "Do you sleep there?" "Yes." "Here you are." "Boy, he has a nice room." "This is Gaetan's room." "Yes." "He's just had a new bed, so I think that you'll sleep well." "A little dog." "A puppy." "So, now you have a friend for tonight." "It's strange that I now have such a small room." "And then two in that small room, which I find quite..." "My brother and I are normally apart, each in our own large room." "And, yes, this will be a great adjustment." "I thought of preparing something that's easy to do." "Chicken fillets." "Do you like that?" "I don't know if you know this system, this way." "I'm sure you can do that." "Oh, that's difficult." "Shall I..." "Oh, I'll do it, as I can do it faster." "Then you can cut the chicken." "Even though it's not always easy, but he tries hard however, he really does his best." "If you like, you can wash your hands, because you be handling the chicken." "A towel." "Here are all the caravans of the artists." "They all speak Flemish or..." "No." "English." "English I can speak fluently." "Yes, fluent." "I'm not really fluentt, but a little English." "Don't you have to knock?" "I have already knocked." "Hello Tamara, this is my new brother." "Pleased to meet you." "We'll give a little kiss." "Where do you come from?" "Van Antwerp, Berchem." "Yes." "Do you also do an act?" "No." "I do the catering." "Ah, yes." "I also sometimes, like to do that." "If I should do this my whole life" "Of course, I wouldn't know any different, and I would just find this normal." "But if I should switch, not for three days, but for my whole life, that I surely wouldn't mind." "Is that good?" "That's perfect." "What for instance you can do is salt the chicken." "Maybe you want to wash your hands, because you've just handled the chicken." "Wash them only briefly." "I'd like to know what's happening there." "Yes, I'm also very curious." "Hello, good evening." "Good day, and you're called?" "Gaetan." "Ah, voilà." "Welcome." "And where are you from?" "From Antwerp." "Is it better over there than here or you should just be still?" "I haven't been here long enough for it to become commonplace." "It's another world into which you've arrived." "Certainly." "But you should know:" "This is a small, limited sphere, where we live, so..." "But that will work, eh." "Enjoy it, anyway." "What?" "Enjoy the days you're here." "Thank you." "Jantje?" "Can I see the new son?" "Hello, sir." "Pleased to meet you." "This is Maximiliano." "And that's papa Jan." "The dad is also a very nice." "He said right away his new son which made me feel good." "Have you been cooking?" "That looks good, eh, it smells good." "You don't know yet where Maximiliano lives, eh." "No, I don'tt." "My mom, my grandmother actually, is the founder of the circus and my mom works there now," "So your son is at the circus," "Wow." "Great, eh." "Three days in the circus." "Yes, that's a big surprise." "Wow." "And that's something for him, eh." "Is that every holiday that you guys are touring around?" "That's always." "Weekend, holidays." "Do you find that cool?" "Or do you get tired of it?" "Sometimes, yes." "At the moment." "Yes, it's ok." "Last year we did the summer and it was cold and..." "And they were one day pitches, so you come to a place, you must build everything up, then dismantle it and go to another place," "Assembly, dismantling, then again to a different place." "Eventually you have something like:" "Now it is enough here." "After a few days..." "Now that's enough." "Gaetan always wants work." "Sometimes he gets on people's nerves." "He's busy, yes, but with us it's always busy, so we're just that." "With us it is always hectic, anyway we have a hectic life." "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls." "All are welcome here in the circus of Rose-Marie Malter." "That was incredible, she was so twisted, I'm thought she'd break her back." "That was incredible." "I've seen things that I really thought:" "This is trickery, but I've seen it all here behind the scenes." "And it's all real with those people who..." "But yes, those people have been doing it all their life." "A large table, cozy with candles." "That's also something new, because with us we must be fast, fast food, fast, fast food, because my mom must still work quickly, and then usually only me and my brother sit to eat something, so..." "Ah, it is a break, I'm just gonna go see, eh." "You go to the front and hand out trays to people." "Yes, or hotdog or something as well?" "No, he'll do that." "Here you go." "Maybe I can do that?" "Ok." "Pancakes anyone?" "Anything else?" "They're the best, you know." "She makes them always, they're the best." "I like to do that, some people need convincing." "Pancakes for anyone?" "One?" "I'm also happy to stand behind a bar." "I find playing barman very cool." "To you." "Maximiliano, on your cooking." "Thank you." "You're already part of the family, eh." "Yes." "It's very easy to just fit in, in this house." "And who knows, maybe mom can also try to agree a time... eh?" "For example, one time together to eat." "Why not?" "My mom wouldn't do so immediately." "She doesn't really have much time." "You know what I like to eat?" "Cake." "You can bake a cake here every day." "Tomorrow I shall make a chocolate cake." "See you feel like taking part, something in the show?" "Sure." "Something with laughs." "Yes, something funny." "Only I have..." "We have something." "I've discussed something with the clown that we want to practise tomorrow." "Boy, oh boy." "Cool." "But you don't want to just sit there?" "No, certainly not." "Then as a comedian, right?" "I think that's just cool." "I'm going in my room again to show what's there." "There is even a bathroom with even a toilet, so I will just show you." "A bath, a towel is all ready and stuff." "Voilà." "Then here what there is still all on his cabinet." "Look at that." "Ai, ai, ai." "Where have I ended up?" "At school I am training as an actor." "Yes?" "You want to be an actor?" "Also." "What else?" "And also a lawyer and amateur chef and..." "Already know what you want to do?" "Yes, when I'm eighteen." "I'll come and work here in the circus." "But you aren't working at all." "A number do." "Yes, then you should start, eh." "Yes. sst." "And then when I'm eighteen, maybe wait a while, and then I go to America and become an actor." "His dad works..." "Lives and works in America. he's an American." "In Las Vegas." "Yes, he now works in Las Vegas, but he also works at the circus." "And what does he do?" "He does the flying trapeze." "I don't know how that's for him, without dad." "I think it's a little weird." "I think I'm going to see how that will be without having a dad." "Yes?" "Maximiliano, I found something." "I looked it up on the internet, and I've found the history of your circus." "And I see it's from 1970, that it all started." "That's already 40 years, now." "I'll certainly keep this." "We'll frame it with your photo, eh." "I'll take a nice picture of you tomorrow to go with it, eh." "And then we'll say to people who come here:" "We've had Maximiliano here with us." "Poop scooping." "Yes, but tit's not only that, eh." "One also takes care of combing, washing the legs and everything." "The stable is always cleaned up, morning, afternoon and evening." "And so it is always clean." "It's also cleaner to work." "Like you here for example..." "I cook at home, I like cooking, I cook a lot." "And when I'm done, it's all there." "And what do you do?" "Then I clean up, eh." "You can hardly ask your mom or dad to clean up for you." "No, but sometimes I forget, they call me, and they say:" "Come." "I do think they're right." "Sure, that's true." "I made the mess." "My idea about circus circus artists in the past was actually that they had a good life, that they simply had to act and stuff." "But now I've found that it's not as easy as it looked." "It's not like at home, eh." "At home I also do some things, but obviously not this, eh." "I'll say good night you too, eh." "Night, Sylvie. night, mom." "Night, darling." "Are you getting into bed?" "Yes." "Do you want that with you?" "Yes, here." "Well, there you are." "Close to me." "Well, that's good." "Say, and a good large bed, eh." "So you can really stretch out." "Sleep well, darling." "Until tomorrow, eh." "Until tomorrow." "So about 9 o'clock I'll come and give you a wake up call." "That doesn't fit." "Nano goes blissfully sleeping, I think, in my bed." "I sleep great every night, hey, heavenly." "I have here another pillow, if you want." "Ok, Have fun, sleep well, dear." "If you want some more light, you can adjust that one." "Ah, can you move?" "Yes, you can put it a bit higher up." "I'll do it for you." "That's better, eh." "Ok" "Thank you." "Have fun." "Good night, eh." "Good night." "I thought you went to sleep with the horses." "Ah, you thought that?" "That's also a possibility, eh." "You could do it, eh." "Still, I'd rather stay here." "I've thought a few times today to my real Mom." "I don't really miss her yet, but I think that will come." "I think that's going to happen." "Now I go to sleep." "Together with my puppy." "In a very large bed, Look." "Nice and warm, with everything I need." "Good night." "Good morning." "Did you sleep well?" "No." "A lot of wind." "Ah, scardy-pants." "Of course, normally in my bed, there it is dark." "We're used to having noises around us." "We can adapt to any situation." "Cold, hot." "Wherever we are, we're still at home." "Ah, because you're home, in your house." "Sure, we take our house with us." "And we feel more at home in our caravan than in our home." "Because I have a House and if I'm there with the children, then I'm not alone." "But one day when I'm alone, I again longed to go to the circus." "Did you sleep well?" "Was it a big bed?" "Yes, a very large bed." "Pretend you're at home, you know, eh." "Can I have some juice?" "Absolutely." "There we are." "I do that with our boys too." "A glass and pour..." "I'm liket that." "I rather spoil my children a little, I must say." "No, but it is true that the boys are with us yet also quite independent." "We've also worked to their plan to do that also a little pull and not always hold their hand." "Guillaume is naturally independent than Gaetan." "Gaetan is a bit chaotic and that I should make more, we should always point out the time, he forgets everything else and..." "That's a bit of a downside to Gaetan, but that's also an advantage that he's always so cheerful and good natured." "Do you want more to drink, Maximiliano?" "Yes, a little bit." "This is a complete list of everything that has to do with light, for example..." "Number eleven." "Eleven." "Yes, it's here." "There." "Then that light shines." "Ah yes." "Cool." "Three, S, eleven." "Hopla." "Actually, to be honest, I prefer to stand in the spotlight, than that of operations, so to speak." "Guillaume." "Look what a hefty guy." "Wow, say." "That's different from Gaetan, you know." "This is the stick and this is the bottle." "I try to balance the bottle on the stick." "In the hole there, yes." "Do you understand?" "First try and then it falls." "Then you say:" "It's harder than I thought." "And then you concentrate and then..." "And then:" "Voilà." "And then applause." "If people applaud, you say:" "Okay, bye." "But you must act, pretend it's very difficult." "You have to exaggerate." "Okay, I'm coming." "This bottle to balance on this stick." "Not doing so." "You must be sure of your piece." "For example:" "I want the best." "This is very difficult." "Do not try this at home." "You don't look, you know where it is." "You must do this:" "Boom." "Very simple." "And then you do..." "Do you understand?" "Therefore you must practice." "People think that clowning is easy, but it really isn't easy." "If your audience doesn't laugh once or if they don't find it funny, then..." "Yes, you can't control this." "You are powerless, eh." "If they don't laugh, Then you leave the stage with such a face." "That's..." "That's not easy." "These are the leg guards, so that you may later..." "You can unzip those pants at the bottom." "Without changing into shorts." "You can just keep those pants and then you do your zips down, and then you have your leg protectors." "And now you're ready." "Ok, see you later." "See you later." "Have fun, eh." "Bye, Mom." "Everybody's watching me." "That's because you're so small." "Okay, concentration." "Bye Bye." "A real showman, eh." "Hello." "We are hockey stars." "Everyone take a ball and stand against the wall." "And then..." "We're going to just quietly dribble to the other side." "Maximiliano, good for your ball." "Try occasionally looking up." "You can really do it at your leisure." "That's just to get into it." "Okay, go on, guys." "I first thought:" "That looks easy, but that wasn't at all." "Go," "Stop." "And if that's still two hours, it would still be very tiring." "What do you think, Maximiliano?" "It is actually harder than I thought." "It is not easy and yes, it takes some getting used to." "These are really long days." "Really." "Constantly, constantly doing things." "Concentration." "I'm still very happy if I go back tomorrow and sleep in my own bed." "Do yo want to see that?" "Yes." "Can we order a pancake, please?" "I don't believe it." "You have a good nose for a clown." "It's quite big." "Don't close your lips now." "Ok." "No..." "No, not your tongue." "Okay." "Now close your mouth." "And now swallow it." "Come on." "Yes, you did it on purpose." "No." "Yes." "No, not really." "See you." "I'd loved to have had my mom, dad and brother here." "They won't come and see, regrettable that now, but yes..." "Extra slow." "I think that he's really lucky with such a mom, because not all mothers are so concerned." "If it was my family, I'd never want to exchange it with anyone." "Are you ready?" "Then we'll call Guillaume and his dad." "Hallo, hello." "You're saying hello to Thomas again." "Too bad there is no room in my suitcase, otherwise I might take you with me." "That we would not want to hear." "We can't blame you, though." "I really enjoyed meeting you." "I found you a quite robust and terrific guest." "And I hope that you arrange with our Gaetan to do it again, and that you can be good friends." "Why not, eh?" "You have already heard, but not seen him, eh." "I'm going to call his mom and ask that they come to the show." "Hello?" "Yes, hello." "Am I speaking with Gaetan's dad?" "Yes." "Hello, hello." "I have a question for you." "Do you want to come and see the show?" "Then you can see him yourself at work." "Yes." "Quite eager, even." "But he knows of nothing, eh." "But you'd have to leave now." "I'm almost starting the engine." "I'll be there directly." "They'd almost left already." "Voilà, okay." "We'll go with you." "Then we're not going home yet." "Oh, yes." "Do you have the big shoes?" "Yes." "Don't worry." "He's like what everyone everywhere to hunt and comfortable to set up." "Here." "Yeah, okay." "I put everything there." "Everyone must act now, so it should now all go smoothly." "Everyone puts his things ready." "He makes the clown a little nervous." "Where can I put this?" "Sit down, and stay put." "Sit down and relax." "That's not my place." "Breathe." "Yeah, okay." "That's good." "It's last minute, but the circus is like this." "We always..." "Because we do it live every day in the ring and that's difficult." "Do you still want to go, later?" "Maybe." "I'm going to do something in theater." "But not here." "Ah, that is not you." "No, I don't do it to come here to work." "That's good." "ust go to the competition." "Here we have someone with us." "Hello." "Nice to meet you." "That's another brother, presumably." "Gaetan and my, how did it go?" "Fine." "He didn't send you crazy?" "No." "He's made everyone crazy." "Is that true?" "Now you see things disappear, and other things reappear." "and that will happen because..." "No." "Shut up." "Do you want to leave?" "That won't work." "You can't do that." "Do you want to see that?" "Yes." "Okay." "With this stick, and this bottle, I'm going to balance it." "Okay?" "It's not easy, eh." "It's a very difficult trick." "Don't do this at home." "Okay?" "Okay." "A small setback, but it will succeed." "Look." "Thank you." "Scandalous." "Was it good?" "Was it good?" "Did you laugh?" "Yes, yes." "And we hope you return next time to see in the circus of Rose-Marie Malter." "Goodbye, all." "And now he stays here with us." "No." "No, why not?" "We get him back." "Can you also take me?" "From time to time we get you ok." "Do you want to have a hotdog?" "Can we order a pancake, please?" "You're kidding." "Son. son, son." "Great." "Beautifully done." "You're already a star." "Hi, darling." "We've seen your act." "We watched you." "You didn't see us." "They were only a few meters away and I didn't even see them." "I was so busy with my act." "I was so focused on my act," "I just..." "Yes, I didn't see them." "Here, this is Maximiliano." "Voilà." "Did you see it?" "It was good." "When I saw Gaetan, that was him:" "This is what he looked like." "I've slept in his room and so, I've actually lived his life for three day, while I did not know who he was." "I didn't know that you came." "And what did you think of it?" "We loved it." "I thought for sure that the Coke bottle wasn't going to stand up, but it was also a trick, right?" "But that was after cheating, of course." "I thought you had practiced it." "You did that very well." "Maximiliano is that a new trick or is that something in existance that he has taken over?" "That already existed, yes." "And you've taken it over." "I knew what was happening, actually." "I'll buy something for you now." "I'll buy something." "Do you want to have a hotdog?" "Yes, I'm very hungry." "Come here, little lady." "Little lady?" "Yes, I'm almost as large." "Here, he comes too, though." "I feel at home, but I would gladly go back." "They may..." "I would want to stay there a month, then here and so on." "Really, you were a nice boy." "You were a very cool mom." "And you're always welcome." "You know that." "I will certainly leave with regret in my heart." "Yes, no, it's just been such a great experience." "I just want that this doesn't end." "I want to do a show, to go on again." "Yes, this is my room." "I have a large mirror, because I like to see myself." "Everybody loves me." "Welcome to Kortemark." "Yes, you're the greatest." "Fist." "No."