"There." "Now let's check your blood pressure." "Is this really necessary?" "Necessary?" "It depends who you ask." " Your wife thinks it is." " My girlfriend." "I know it's high." "What's the point in measuring it?" "Dag ..." " How long have I known you?" " Five-six years." "And every time we have met, I have done you a favor." "I have come here to see you." "Now give me your arm." " Why?" "We know it's high." " I want to find out how high." " What's it worth to you?" " Forget it." " 200 Imovane." " Not a chance." "100 Imovane." "10 Imovane." "Period." "50 Imovane and a pack of codeine pills." "20 Imovane and one codeine pill." " A suppository." " Is that all you have?" "Fine!" "That's usually enough." "Holy shit, is that ever hight!" " I know." " Incredible!" "I told you it was high." ""God doesn't exist," father said." "Especially not in there." "Yes, I understand." "How fast can you get here?" "I'm at work." "I'll come as soon as I can." " You want me to plug it in?" " No, thank you." "That was uncalled for." "He had already hung up." " This is unacceptable!" " We only have two more deliveries." " We'll be gone in a week." " I have a funeral to attend." "And this is no place to be pregnant." "I'm out on parole!" "And that guy has to go." "Now." "He's my brother." "In Serbia we take care of our own." "Want me to tell your parole agent you raped our handicapped sister?" "You'll be back in jail in no time." " Your sister begged me for it." " She can only move her eyes." " You were supposed to be a young boy!" " Stop sounding like a Catholic priest." "Get your suit on." "Don't you have a funeral to attend?" "What should I wear?" "You?" "You aren't coming." "Yes I am." "Or else our whole story will go to hell." "Dammit!" "Could you repeat that, Reidar?" "She's a copy." "What Reidar means is, he doesn't think I am me." "She is a copy." " You mean literally?" " Yes." "She looks just like my Sofie, but it isn't her." "Reidar has Capgras syndrome." "Know what that is?" "When you hold a delusion that a close family member   has been replaced by an identical-looking replica." " I'm right here." " You both are." "All three of you." "But why come to me?" "Capgras is clearly a disorder." "There are no drugs that work." "This is our last chance." "But Sofie, who is sitting right here ..." "That isn't Sofie." "This woman sitting next to you." "If she is a copy,   why are you here?" "In your twisted mind, she isn't your wife." "Exactly." "But she thinks she is." "So?" "I want to sleep with her." "And I want to sleep with you." "It's been so long!" "But we can't." "Don't you get it?" "I'm a married man." "But you're married to me, Reidar!" "See?" "So basically you're just horny." "Actually, it's admirable." "That he doesn't want to be unfaithful." "I'm not crazy." "She is a copy." "When did you see her last?" "Six months ago." "But we call each other." "Our psychologist discourages it,   but we call each other 2-3 times a week." "So you haven't seen your wife in six months?" "I hate to be blunt, Reidar." "But she no longer loves you." "Yes, I do!" "And if she no longer loves you,   why not nail this lady instead?" "What amazing luck!" "Just after being abandoned, the woman of your dreams shows up again!" "The next time you call Reidar, Sofie,   cut to the chase and break up with him." "What's the worst thing your wife could tell you?" " She would never be mean." " Hypothetically." " It wouldn't happen." " Try." "That she had been unfaithful." "And who's the worst person she could cheat on you with?" "My brother, maybe." "Voilà!" "Like Arthur Miller said:" ""Betrayal is the only truth that sticks."" "See you next Tuesday?" "Ever had one of those days that starts out good,   but after a couple of seconds a rock hits you in the stomach?" "And you think:" ""Yep, this is my life."" "And then you get furious." "Absolutely." "More before." "Not so much now." "Today is one of those days." "But since there's nothing I hate more than whining ..." "Fuck it!" "This?" "I can handle this on my own." "You don't think it's a little soon to make that decision now?" "We're way beyond puppy love." "It's all about   cooperating." "Being a team." "It's fine that we don't have sex three times a week." "But then he'd better be a damn good friend." "I've had my fair share of partners and expectations." "It rarely turns out as planned." "But what do I know?" "I had a kid with a transsexual hippie from Goa." "So Leon's father, or mother, is ..." "Yup." "So the funeral today isn't just an old friend." "It's Leon's other parent, yes." "Are you okay?" "Yes." "I am." "It took her a year to die." "So I had time for a proper goodbye." "It may be a cliché, but I'm glad her suffering is over." "There was nothing beautiful about the way she died." "It was   a long, screaming battle till the bitter end." "I went through that with my sister." "It's important to stay happy while we're still alive." "Yeah." "Speaking of that, what do you want?" "Tea, coffee, wine?" "It's after eleven, so wine sounds great." "Counting the days ..." "This may be inappropriate,   but I have to ask:" "What's it like to have sex with a transvestite?" "It is ..." "Kind of like a threesome with one person." "Malin ..." "I'm having lunch, Dag." "Why not just a hint of normalcy?" "This is just the beginning, Dag." "Wait till you see the end result." "I can't deal with this now." "I have a funeral." "OK, boys, let's wrap things up." "And get dressed." " How much did this cost?" " The materials are expensive." "But they were willing to undress for a beer." "Mom taught me to always use the day-worker center." "I know that this madness you call writing has been lucrative." "But please save these Mötley-Crüe escapades for your days off." "Dag, I'm doing all this for you." "Right." "I have to go, fortunately." "Eva's waiting." " I'll continue here." " I was afraid of that." "Nice curtains, huh?" "Christ!" " Do you want me to plug it in?" " No!" "Please, no." "What is it with you and appliances?" " Hi." " Hello there, hi, hi." " You OK?" " I was about to ask you that." " I'm fine." "No problem." " So that phone crisis is over?" "Yeah, I just spilled some coffee on my suit." " I see." " Is Eva in the car?" "Yeah." "I wanted to make sure you weren't knee deep in vaginas." "Nope, not me." "So ..." "Are you sure everything's OK?" "I've known you for 30 years." "Do you want me to plug it in?" "You remember Dorina?" " You were going to avoid Serbs!" " Yeah, I know." "I'm just looking after her." "Comforting her?" "So she's here?" "Yeah." "And it turns out she has a car." "So we'll take that." " You could have called." " Yeah." "How about that boy you were supposed to help?" " The boy at the welfare office." " Yes, right." "He's a boy." "He's fine." "Fine." "OK." "See you at church." ""It was like saying goodbye to a statue."" ""After a while I left the field hospital,   and returned to my hotel in the rain."" "The end." "Thank you." "Thank you, Ernst." "It's so damned unfair." "It makes me so angry." "You can't prepare yourself for something like this." "I wish I had the words to comfort you, Ernst." "I wish I could say something that would make you feel better." "And I wish that you didn't have to see me in so much pain." "Most of all I wish I'd let myself love." "Really." "Without being afraid." "And above all, I wish I'd met you way before I did." "There's something " " I need you to do for me." "Anything." "Promise me   that you'll enjoy life." "That you won't rush through it." "And promise me that you'll find someone." "That when you're with them, you don't have to pretend to be someone else." "Just like you did for me." "Brilliant one." "I know you're out there somewhere." "You probably think it's weird for me to say that." "But it makes me feel a little better." "And it makes it feel like " " I can still talk to you." "But I know that you are dead and I am alive." "Could you throw that in the trash?" "We're a little early." " Are you OK?" " Sure." "It's surreal, going straight from a pregnancy to a funeral." "An entire life span in a matter of hours." "I can imagine." "How is that going, by the way?" "She isn't going to file charges, if that's what you mean." "You're the best." "You should find some more clients, make a career of it." " No way!" " Why not?" "I love the power plant." "I do." "People can work 50 years at a factory   because it doesn't define them." "Work is work, life is life." "Your job is your life." "The power plant is something old and real." "Like this car." "I think I'd be the same, no matter what job I had." "I don't doubt it." "I've promised to see her a couple more times." "And that's that." "She's a nice lady." "Thank you!" " You don't have to be mad." " Just don't speak." " Silence is golden." " I should be mad." "You're supposed to give me "emotional guidance"." "Not bring me to the funeral of some transsexual from Ibiza." "Goa!" "She was from Goa." "And Jouanita was a great woman." "Why did you choose me to be your mentor?" "One:" "Because you owe my cousin Mia nine month of child support." "Two:" "When I got pregnant, Social Services insisted I get a mentor." "And three:" "You have a nice apartment." "And now I have to meet someone at that Esso station up ahead." " Christ!" " It's just a package for my cousins." " I'm on parole!" " It will take 30 seconds." "As long as it took you to screw my sister." "Haven't you punished me enough for that?" "I'm your Sword of Damocles, Benedikt." "The worst type." "The type you want to sleep with." "Stop it." "Please, stop." "What the hell was that?" "Stop the car!" "It's a badger." " Where are you going?" " To get the jack." "But it's still alive!" " I was going to fix that." " You can't kill it!" "What else can we do?" "We hit it." " Bring it to a vet!" " Huh?" "What if you got hit, and they went to get a jack?" "It's a badger!" "Badgers get run over!" "I have to be at that funeral in 20 minutes." "At best it will end up paralyzed." "Like my sister?" "Oh, Christ." "Your sister is a horny, paralyzed whore!" " I didn't hear you." " Come on." "Hurry." "Get back in the car." " Ridiculous." " It's still alive." "I've lived with a handicapped person." "Their will to live is strong." "What is that?" "No, not that bag!" "Not that bag!" "Don't inhale." "It's real strong." "And addictive." "Real strong?" "Hi." "Hi." " My condolences." " Thank you." "Hi." " How are you doing?" " Fine." "Just trying to do what's best for Leon." "But I think he'll be fine." "He viewed her more as a strange babysitter." "How about you?" "I only think about her every few seconds." "But I'll be fine." "Thanks for coming." "And Benedikt?" "He's on his way." "We have a drug-crazed badger in my car." "At least he isn't paralyzed anymore." " What will I tell my cousins?" " I'm sure they'll understand." "No, they won't." "This is my livelihood." "How else could I afford to keep my sister alive?" "Whatever." "We have a funeral in ten minutes." "We have to get it out." "Ready?" "Come on." "Now!"