"This student of God is a real student of love!" "You may not believe me but this is my first time with a theology student." "Tasty chick..." "Look at that." "All those couples rocking the boat." "That's not a boat, it's the ark." "I suppose you know all about Noah." "Why didn't that prick let any damned singles on his ark?" "He left hundreds of giraffes to drown just because he already had a couple." "He ruined history, because only sugary couples count." "My best friends have fallen victim giving up their wonderful life as free birds to get bored with their old hens in some stupid cage." "They never go out." "They rave on about graduation and careers." "Or the pinnacle of misery getting married!" "And they breed those awful kids!" "If you're going out, take out the trash." "That was close." "Always out by 7, never breakfast with a one-night stand .because you might get caught in a relationship." "The whole house thinks that way." "You have to be single or you can't live here." "It's unanimous!" "Law Faculty" "My best friend Ben lives upstairs." "Relationships make him vomit." "But we are both born seducers." "We're going to start a chic restaurant where you can party the night away." "But first - graduation." "And when Ben has graduated in economics, then he'll..." "What..." "Ah, fuck!" " Likewise." "Who are you and what's all this?" " lf Ben's right, you must be Thijs." "Yes." " I'm Susan." "No flowers to welcome me?" "Where's Ben?" "How did you get in?" "You can forget that." "No shacking up in this house." "Ben knows that." "No pets allowed..." "Get lost." "Give me the key." "Ben didn't say you were such a woman hater." "I love women... ..but not to live with." "I see you've met?" "What happened to your principles?" "You thought that Susan and I...?" "Come on!" "Just imagine!" "She's getting my room." "Will you help me move out?" "Why didn't I know?" "Where are you going?" " We have to talk." "About us." "What?" "It's like this." "How shall I put this?" "Ben?" "I'm leaving, for good." "For someone else?" "You're not in love?" "It's not you..." "People change..." "I haven't changed." "We can still be friends." "So that's it?" "All over?" "Talita!" "I love her, I can't help it." "Whose limo?" " My beloved's father." "Forget it!" "Listen!" "Thijs!" "Can Talita come to dinner?" "You can meet." "Congratulations." "Hi Lim..." " Thijs!" "Congratulations, Mr Ben." "Why all the congratulations?" "Talita and me..." "Me and Talita..." "Beer?" "That's the same..." "What is?" ""Me and Talita" is the same as..." "Christ, Ben!" "Talita and me are getting married!" "It's out and I'm still alive!" "That's why I couldn't say I was moving." "Oh Thijs... thanks for understanding." "If you could feel what I'm feeling." "I'm getting married." "Ben's getting married!" " Married?" "To have and to hold..." "You are so..." "Really... what about you?" "Just like that?" " Why didn't he ask us?" "He didn't want us to ruin his love." "We have to talk to him, before it's too late." " lt already is." "The wedding's planned." "He's already moved in with her." " On her parents' estate." "Kiss, sweetie..." "I love you too..." "I see you already told them?" "Talita is coming by cab right now." "Allow me to introduce..." " Hi Talita!" "We'll miss Ben, but apparently we..." " This is Susan, she gets my room." "I couldn't tell you without giving away the wedding." "And you didn't want us to ruin it." "Very sensible!" "You're welcome, girl." "I can vote twice!" "I'm in a minority group." "Most people don't realise." "And this is Stef." "My big buddy." "Hello everyone." "Big star..." "To our new housemate." "Leave some for Talita." " She should come earlier." "She may be caught in traffic." " She can try the snack bar." "You try the snack bar!" "Afternoon!" "My loving housemates." "She's right upstairs." "Come on, anyway, she has yokel Stef." "As if you cared." "Mineral water for me with ice." "And lemon." "I have to work tomorrow." " Work?" "!" "Where?" " Cable company." "Manager..." "What about our restaurant, Ben?" "You manage, I cook?" "Nice bar talk..." "I have responsibilities." "If I'd known, I could have taken that job with HGM." "But then you'd need to graduate and not in a bar." "And you've only cursed them." "I studied economics for 5 years." " 8 years." "And you gave up in the third." " Fourth." "We were to save for that restaurant." "A beer less." "You saved anything?" "If we give the bank a good plan..." "...they'll roll out the red carpet." "Well, borrow it from your father in law!" "Who cares!" "Just don't think I'll be best man!" "Another water on the rocks?" "Or do you have to get home to Talita?" "4 euro, Thijs..." " Put it on my tab." "You still owe 80." "Then it'll be 84." "We're not a charity." "If you want dinner tomorrow you owe me 5 euro." "What else do you do, apart from cook?" "Study?" "Work?" "I'm still studying." "Law..." "And you?" "What do you study?" "I just got back from Australia." "I worked for a year in a home for maladjusted kids." "I work in a home here now." "Isn't that...?" "Sorry." "What will you do when you graduate?" "I was going to start a restaurant with Ben." "You miss him?" " Like a hole in the head." "And he wants me to be best man." "Your best friend is always best man." "And signs for his doom?" "Another one?" "Any more house rules?" "No hard drugs?" "But that's logical." "And if you bring someone home they have to be out by dawn or 7 am." "Apart from that, we're easy." "And you, do you always stick to it?" "Of course." "Drugs are evil." "Oh yeah." "One more rule... lf you're "pumping", keep the noise down." "We disturbed you?" "Like a fire alarm and the ceiling isn't fireproof." "Sorry, goodnight." "And hands out of the sheets!" "FOR SALE" "A 250,000 euro loan?" "Including building work and furnishings." "You have catering experience?" "I'm a regular customer." "And I and I cook my famous menu royale for 8 people every week for just 5 euro." "You have a guarantor who'll pay up if your plan fails?" " Fails?" "My restaurant will be a hit." "And your current income?" "Wait a sec!" "Can I put this in your fridge?" "What are you doing?" "You look fraught." "The wedding's off?" "You'll be lucky!" "I'm in deep shit." "Talita's mother wants horse-drawn coaches and a brass band!" " Where are we going?" "They want to meet the best man." "We're going to lunch." "Calm down." "It's the most beautiful day of my life, whatever you think." "You have to help me." "Or we'll all have to wear tuxedos!" "You too!" "There are more Rotary guests than our friends." "She wants the invitations on damask napkins with a golden coat of arms!" "She's your mother in law, Ben!" "Congrats!" "Help, save me!" "You have to organise the party." "I told you it would end in tears!" "It's so tiring, always being right." "But I love Talita!" "Then why marry her!" "Idiot!" " Do me a favour and wear this." "Forget it." "What's it like..." "Can I call you Thijs?" "What's it like working for HGM?" "Thijs is starting after the summer." "You hear that, Walter?" "Are you married?" "Engaged?" "Going steady?" "I wonder every night: who is the right one?" "You might meet the right one at our wedding." "They say weddings breed weddings." "Thijs is studying too hard." "To pay for that he organises parties." "So he has little time to relax." "No social life." " And he's a great cook!" "My husband used to work so hard." "But I managed to snare him." "Didn't I, Walter?" "I bet your friend's wedding surprised you." " You can say that again." "But he was sold on it when he saw Talita." "With all your experience and name, we thought it would be excellent... ..when our prospective son-in-law suggested you be MC." "It has to be the best wedding ever." "First the church then the reception the dinner and the party here." "We move around in coaches with horses with pink ribbons..." "And invitations on gold damask, I hope!" "There'll be about 500 guests, all in tuxedos..." "Maybe 750, darling!" "And the staff uniforms have to match the chosen colour!" "And the dinner will be a variation on your menu royale!" "The very idea!" "And then: dansant!" "Doortje forgot to invite the English Garden club to her daughter's wedding!" "Really!" "I mean to say!" "Frits' student friends, but no coaches!" "Doortje is a little, you know..." "Cheap?" "That's the word!" "If Doortje is cheap, what kind of sum did you have in mind?" "If you compare it with Doortje's shoestring thing then I think we need about 250,000, darling!" "Euro or still guilders?" "You always told me the euro was as worthless as the guilder when it was abolished." "And that you misled everyone!" "250,000 euro for a wedding?" "You have no idea!" " Your daughter's wedding!" "Not with the Dow Jones at this level!" "My shares have dropped 79.9%!" "Could you discuss this without us?" "You can be so insensitive!" "I didn't mean it, darling!" "Don't worry, darling!" "Mrs Bekooy, we'll sort out the budget." "But as MC, alongside your attractive suggestions I suggest a flock of pheasants to decorate the lawn." "That gives the entourage such a 'je ne sais quoi'!" "Walter!" "Mr Bekooy..." "I wanted to ask..." "I just ran through your wife's desires for the wedding..." "I can imagine, in view of the recession and the stock-market crash..." "I don't think the party needs to cost 250,000 euro." "She's been looking forward to the wedding since Talita was born." "Ben has a high opinion of you." "Can I trust you?" "Ben knows best." "One thing you have over my intended son-in-law is that you study hard, will have a good job..." "What is your proposal?" "I have to work out the details..." "I think I can do it for less than 150,000 without reducing the party to a farce." "Euros or guilders?" "I gather you wouldn't give me a loan because of my creditworthiness?" "As this is no longer a problem we can carry on." "SOLD" "Nice colour..." "Have a fun night?" "I worked late." "A rose from the kids." " That late?" "I feel like a beer." "One of the girls, Charly, had a nightmare." "What about you?" " I couldn't sleep." "The wedding." "Fancy a drink somewhere?" "Everything is shut." "I know a place." "Amazing!" "How did you do it?" "Borrowed from the bank." "They're enthusiastic." "I'll pay it back in 6 months." "To your new restaurant." "If I have time, I'll help." "Bring a few of your kids." "Work experience..." "And to get us in the mood this is lounge music..." "Nice girl, night before last." "Like a fire alarm and the ceiling isn't fireproof." "You seemed to be busy too." "Yes, sorry..." "Did the music help against the pumping?" "It was quite a nice number." "Stef and I were at primary school together." "His parents lived next-door." "They had a rose nursery and Stef took over." "Sex with your ex?" "How long was your longest relationship?" " Over two years." "Anya." "I was 17." "She went to study in England." "I stayed here." "Then Helen... 18 months, I think." "And there was Gwen." "She was great in bed." "So creative!" "That's why so many men can't cope with me." "These days I don't want any hassles." "Only one night stands." "Recently I had one two nights in a row." "I didn't recognise her the second time." "And here we'll build the music stage." "Rock, funk, maybe a DJ in the lounge." "Brass bands do have strange names these days." "And the cocktail bar here." "And our yellow  white tents there for the exotic cuisine, champagne..." "With a uniformed servant by each tent?" "Superb!" "With gold braid and white gloves..." "No!" "Gold gloves!" "My friend Doortje will end up mad with jealousy in a sanatorium." "Please don't forget the happy couple." "All that crap about gold braid!" "I have to keep your mother-in-law happy." "I'll drive and show you the church of the Happy Virgin Mary." "I hate Virgins!" "When the coach arrives with the happy couple..." "Let the priest stick to Latin, then I won't understand." "A priest is just an ordinary bore wearing a nightdress." "Men who don't do it with women can hardly be ordinary." "Don't tell Sigmund." "I have a confession." "Tell me, my son, your confession." "It's all safe within the walls of this, God's house." "I love my fiancé but my mother-in-law!" "Honour thy in-laws as they do thee or some such." "To please them, I took that fucking job." "I spend all fucking day in that fucking office!" "So why do it?" "Talita's parents love a son-in-law with a steady job." "Why not be honest?" "Why not say:" ""Get lost, let us live our lives!"" "Talita couldn't do it, so nor can I." "Talita is their everything." "When you're married, you'll go your own way anyway." "100 euro and 5 Hail Maries." "How can you do it to this?" "What do you play?" "Today's RB is useless." "I sometimes play Marvin Gaye!" "Who's Marvin Gaye?" "The sexiest soul voice of all time." "Sexual Healing?" "Try singing it?" "Anita, Carlos Peggy and Charly..." "And Wesley." "What a mess." "Wait till it's finished." "Nice you're here." "You can start with..." "Nice?" "What do you pay?" "Well?" "3 euro an hour." "Okay, eh... 5 euro?" "Crook!" " Slave driver!" "They pay more in jail!" "8 euro, that's the limit." "Seven!" "That dark girl... the pretty one..." "Charly..." "She's so quiet." "Her father left when she was 3." "Her mother got a new boyfriend who moved in..." "He wanted the mother, but not the girl." "In her foster home, she caused a fuss and wasn't put up for adoption." "Why do people like that have children?" "I try to put them back in touch." "But Charly isn't interested." "I bet." "It is her mother." "I think it would be good for Charly." "She's no sweetie but she needs someone to love her." "...who listens to her." "Isn't she lovely?" "And I fancied a crown up here, it's so..." " Mum!" "I'm no Princess!" "Is the Crown Prince invited?" "Would he come?" "You're having me on!" "I have to go and have lunch with Doortje." "You can still back out..." "Don't worry..." "It'll be a great party!" "For you and for your parents too." "Bring Susan sometime." "She does things for other people." "You think I'm a spoilt rich girl?" "Indeed!" "You look like a princess now!" "But... lt looks really sexy!" "Thijs!" " Yes?" "This is Boely!" "He came for the tables." "What a horny place!" "You came to help?" "Cool..." "You have beer?" "Next week." "And you can sleep when it gets late with someone." "I can work here as waitress." "You're a little young." "NoNoach is a dumb name." "I want some fun." "Coming?" "Us?" "Susan's on duty." "You know what?" "I'll take you home." "To the home." "I live there, it's home." "Won't be long!" "Is Susan your girl?" " A friend." "Are you in love with her?" "We're just housemates." "She has a boyfriend." "You have a boyfriend?" "One of the boys in the home?" "Those babies?" "They can't even change their own nappies." "You don't want to return to your mother?" "What do you know about her?" "She's a bitch!" "How about a movie some time?" "Fine." ""Friday 9 pm - bitch mother"" " I can make it Friday. 9 pm?" "Okay." "Will you come and help?" "The home might have to close." "Why?" " No money." "They can't even afford Susan." "That's awful." "What'll happen to you?" "You don't want to know." "We'll kick shit!" "But I could come and live with you." "We'll see if you're such a good cook!" "Maybe it'll work out." "Good luck." "Coward!" "From Hansje..." "So much for those house rules..." "How come the girls fall for you?" "Sometimes they seduce me." " Sure!" "Ben was good at that." "We had a trick at school." "If you liked someone and they were in a narrow kitchen or doorway..." "First time you walk past cool and don't look!" "Second time, you "accidentally" knock their drink." ""Oh sorry I'll get you a new one," you'd say..." "Then you could stick around." "Then you wait for a suitable moment, until someone passes to put my hand against the wall..." "Now she's trapped, but not too obviously." "If she doesn't walk away, then I put my foot there and touch your knee and thigh..." "I agreed with Ben that he had to pass so I had to move aside to let him by and come closer..." "And I was usually sorted for the evening." "End of course." "One for the road?" "The best man keeps them." "Take these." "What's this?" " Because I love you." "Prick!" "Susan..." "She's not my fiancé!" "Take care of her." "Or are you still afraid of commitment?" "Her home might close and she hasn't mentioned it." "Quit griping, woman!" "Look after the rings." "I LOVE YOU TOO!" "I don't know where Charly is." " Kids..." "I'll try and call." "Charly's disappeared." "I looked everywhere." "Shit!" "Prick!" "Charly?" "Charly?" "There she is!" "Jealous bitch!" "It's my fault." "I forgot..." "I'm sorry." " Get lost!" "Everyone deserts me." "My mother, you!" "There's no one..." "No one..." "That's not true, Charly." "You know Susan cares about you." "And so do I." "I got drunk and forgot." "But I still care." "Hey, Charly..." "I can imagine that it's all a crock of shit." "You owe me 16 euro!" "Is she asleep?" "I hope I didn't ruin your wild night?" "The night is young." "Sorry about everything." "I didn't know she had a date with her mother." "I didn't know you had one with her." "Why do I have to hear from Charly that the home might shut?" "Why d'you think I called Charly's mum?" "She kicked the guy out." "She might go back to her mum when the home closes." "What will you do?" "I don't know." "My last boss, in Sydney is very enthusiastic." "They want me back for good." "I can start next week." "What would you do?" "Gee..." "I don't know." "You want to?" "Give me one reason to stay." "Does Charly know?" "And the others?" "No, it would worry them." "Well?" "Well, we'll miss you." "But we'll get over it." "It'll fade." "Good weather there." "Maybe you can't cope with the sun or the heat?" "Maybe you like our wet winters?" "Cycling in the rain, our petty minds..." "Yes or no?" "You're acting strange." "You think it works?" "Idiot!" "I'm sorry..." "Evert!" "Walter?" "I didn't know you played golf?" "It doesn't deserve the name." "I'm no good so I do it in secret." "Don't tell anyone or I'll invest elsewhere." "How's your protégé's restaurant?" "Restaurant?" " Thijs was his name?" "He's doing my daughter's wedding so I opened an account for him." "That's why we gave him a loan for the restaurant." "Nonoach... an original name." "Loan?" " It's opening this week." "You must know." "Welcome to the kitchen of NoNoach!" "You cook with your feelings." "My feeling gives a perfect taste!" "Congratulations, Thijs." "Congratulations..." "Oh, it's you!" "Is Susan coming?" "Well?" "Where's Talita?" "Where's Talita?" "Hypocritical bastard!" "She's with her mother, who's lying in a sanatorium." "You're drunk." "Let's go outside." "How did you pay for this place?" "My father-in-law's money!" "What makes you think that?" "I borrowed it!" "By misusing my ex-girlfriend's father's money!" "Someone who trusted you!" "You organised the wedding to get the loan!" "I really messed up." "I have nothing." "I lost everything." "Not everything..." "CHILDREN'S HOME IN FINANCIAL PROBLEMS" "I WON'T DESERT YOU." "I LOVE YOU." "THIJS" "Can I talk to you?" "Get lost or else!" " Just 5 minutes!" "I'm warning you!" " Okay, 10!" "You're right, I misused you." "But I'll do anything to make up." "Get lost or I'll call the police." "Have you broken anything?" "I'm glad you have time for me." "I have a proposition." "Not for me, but for your daughter, your wife!" "I won't fall for it again!" "My wife's in hospital thanks to you." "At least tell me where Ben is!" " He's just as unreliable as you!" "Looking for someone?" "Mrs Bekooy..." "It's not visiting time." " I'm Thijs van Schooten, a family friend." "Mr Van Schooten, please leave now." "If I ever see you again, I'll not be held responsible!" "What are you doing here?" "Where's Susan?" "No idea." "Ben can have her room now my father kicked him out." "Didn't she say anything?" "Where's Ben?" " What do you care?" "Talita, your wedding!" "I want to ask Ben to ask you to ask your father if the party..." " Ask him yourself." "Ben, sorry!" " Get lost!" "They won't listen." "How can I make up if no one listens to my plan?" "You have five minutes." "CHILDREN'S HOME IN FINANCIAL PROBLEMS" "Charly!" "Charly?" "Where's Susan?" "What's up?" "Are you mad?" " No:" "laughing!" "Okay?" "Charly." " I won't tell you where she is." "She doesn't work here." "What d'you want?" "Has Susan been here?" "No..." "Get in and listen." "Well, Mrs Bekooy..." "Time for your daily drive." "Get a move on, Walter!" "Oh!" "The Van Eeghen family!" "Look, the Bonfrères!" "Doortje!" "The English Garden Club!" "Hello Evert!" "Look Walter, your student club!" "Heard nothing?" "No one knows where she is." "Her parents, Stef, the kids." "No one." "They say." "Has our man of the world been caught by Noah?" "Just try and get through your wedding night in one piece!" "Are you coming?" "We have come together here on this happy day to celebrate the wonderful moment when two people who love each other want to bind themselves for life." "Let us sing..." "SUSAN FLYING TO AUSTRALIA AT 2 PM" "Passport and boarding card..." "I don't have any." "My wife's leaving for Sydney without knowing." "I mean..." "It's an emergency, she can't fly." " She can't fly?" "She has a fear of flying." "Like Erica Jong." "She doesn't know?" "I only just got the results of the test." "A fear of flying test?" "Why didn't she wait for it?" "It's a pregnancy test..." "We want to have..." "And this was a side effect." "If she flies, it'll go wrong!" "It'll spurt out!" "The jet!" "You don't want that." "I have to warn her." "Could you wait there?" "Passengers on flight 4611 to Sydney please help me find my love." "She's the most beautiful girl in the world..." "She's wearing a jacket with a kangaroo on it." "Susan, can you hear me?" "I don't know why you're going without saying goodbye." "I understand you not trusting me." "When we first kissed and I pushed you away and wouldn't admit I was crazy about you." "But when we first slept together and I looked at you, I knew you are the love of my life." "I love you with all my heart." "Please don't go, Susan..." "I wish my boyfriend was this romantic." "Shit!" "SAVE THE CHILDREN'S HOME" "OPEN YOUR WALLETS" "That's 200 euro!" " 200 euro for this mess with this rabble?" "Let's go." "I won't pay." "Mr De Bonfrère, you'll take your girl to dinner?" "It's a very... exquisite menu royale." "She's my wife." "MasterCard, American Express..." " Or Visa!" "Hurry up with the onions..." "Lovely and thin..." "We have ten minutes!" "I think that in such hard times with economic recession and starvation we should keep the party sober." "Benefit parties with coaches, pheasants all around and lackeys with golden sashes..." "It's so wrong!" "Stop interrupting, Walter!" "Anita, bring a knife!" "You can serve the cake!" "With the bride and groom!" "Dear friends, family, inhabitants of the home." "I want to thank you for attending our wedding." "But the home still hasn't been saved." "What Talita means is you didn't come in half a car." "So these children will come round with lists to be sponsors." "Please open your heart and add your name." "Well done, man..." "Klaas Jan, it's tax deductible, cheapskate." "Klaas Jan, why didn't we give such a lovely party with such lovely kids!" "And because we saved so much money by toning down the party I have decided to pay the rest of what the home needs with this cheque." "So the children's home is saved!" "Well done!" "If I survive my wedding night, we'll fly to Sydney." "BEN  TALITA GOOD LUCK" "Have a good trip and be happy for ever!" "That Noah really wasn't far off the mark." "When that flood came, he had to choose." "The ark was too small for all the animals." "But he didn't like letting all those animals drown." "So he only chose couples he could see really loved each other." "You know why?" "subtitles adapted for DVD by i-FRAME, The Netherlands"