"That's it for tonight, then." "We'd better get a bit of sleep before tonight." "See you at seven." "Bo ..." "Sweet dreams." " You, too." "Regner Grasten Film presents" "Christian Kampmann LOST generations a film by CHARLOTTE SACHS BOSTRUP" "Part 1 1954-1968" "Karen rang from college   to ask if she could bring a friend home." "I couldn't refuse, could I?" " Golly, no." "But what difference will it make?" "It will distract all the attention from Bo, and it's his party." "And the seating plan ..." "I expect she's merely fallen in love at last." "But it's s unlike her." "she hates the limelight." "Like me." " Not like her dad, that's for sure." "No ..." "Now's she getting on, apart from that?" "Don't ask me!" "We talked about it at Christmas but we could tell she'd rather not." "We mustn't push her." "Now all you need is a nice girl for Bo." "But he's got Lise!" " Lise?" "I hope she's coming tonight?" "Gosh!" "The time!" "Don't be late!" "You know what Mogens is like!" "I most certainly do." "Bye, Tilde" "Go and have your bath." " I came down for the paper." "It's in the pantry." "Has Maj come home?" "No." "How is it going?" " Fine, thanks." "They kl delicious." "What are they?" " Fragile." "They're fragile" "They want you to inspect the cakes." "Rune, I'm rearranging the seating." " OK, if you can't be bothered ..." "Out of my way!" " Watch where you're going!" "Maj, is that you?" "Where have you been?" "Nowhere." "You might have phoned." " Sorry." "I forgot." "The photographer will be here at 7.30." "I'll be ready in time, mum." " Karen is bringing somebody." "Promise you'll be nice." " All right, all right." "I was telling Jes that you've plenty of time to change." "Bartoed is coming at 7.30 to take your photographs." "It's so rare for all five of you to be in ne place." "Thank you, Karlsen." "Jes is in the guest room, if you don't mind." "No." "I have put ut a couple of towels for Jes." "I'm sure you'll both want a wash before dinner." "Quite." "Very nice, I must say." "Decent conditions." "What do you mean?" "ls the chauffeur a company employee?" "I don't know." "Yes, of course he is." "So does your father only do the driving in his time ff?" "My father doesn't drive at all." "He always says   he is too busy to learn." "Stare away." " Are you almost done?" "Why?" " What's it to you?" "Cut it out!" " Let me see!" "Let go!" " I'll tell mummy." "May I have it back, please?" "Get out of my bathroom!" "Marianne!" "You do look gorgeous!" " Hello, Mogens." "Beauty and youth!" " Hello, Dad." "Hello, Erik." "How did your exam go?" "Oh, pretty well." "When do you graduate?" " In two years." "I suppose business deals do come quicker than degrees." "Shall we have a drink?" " I'll just pop upstairs first." "I forgot something." "No, you're not coming in." " Oh, yes, I am!" "No!" " Marianne, stop it, damn it!" "Do you really have to stay?" "Yes." " Stand over there, then." "Look the other way." "Should we really tell them tonight?" " Yes; while they're all here." "But we're not married." "Jørgen, come along!" "You know how cross Mogens gets when people are late." "Yes, it'd be a catastrophe if we were guilty of that." "If you'd rather tell them on your own?" "And perhaps just your father first?" "That'd be all right by me." "I'd never dream of telling them anything on my own." "I'll tell them both with you beside me ..." "Mm?" "The next generation of Gregersens." "Shall we go in?" "Turtle!" "Nothing like a good bowl of soup!" "Shall we toast our young high school grads?" "Cheers!" "Well done!" "Cheers, everybody!" "Well done, both of you." "I'm not going to high school." "You can be a junior teacher instead." "That'd be a real admission of failure!" "I'm going to teach junior school." "Jes, how old are you?" " Nineteen." "So Karen's four years older than you!" " That will do, Maj." "Bo, we have many reasons to celebrate you today." "In case anybody hasn't heard, I am proud to say   that Bo had the second best grades in the school!" "And Lise, my daughter-in-law to be, I hope  pipped Bo at the post to gain the very best grades in the school." "Well done indeed." "Bo, with a girl like Lise beside you you won't go far wrong." "So shall we congratulate our young graduates?" "Long live Lise and Bo!" "Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!" "Cheers!" "Mum and dad ..." "Yes, what do you want to tell us?" "Mum and Dad ..." "Thank you fr being the way you are." "It is thanks to you that things have gone so well for me; thank you." "Cheers ..." "Nicely put, my by." "Thank you." " Ah, the roast!" "Pertest!" "Read anything interesting lately?" " How about you, Rune?" "Speak for yourself!" " I've read Soya." "Seventeen." "You've read that?" " It's a classic." "Karen, have you read it?" " No, I really haven't." "It sounds like a perfume." "Chanel No. 5;" "Soya No. 17." "Channel certainly smells nicer." " Have you read it, Mogens?" "Yes. lt didn't take long." " And?" "Well, human beings do have other organs, too." "Have they?" "Thank you, Miss Madsen." "We can pass it round." "Now you'll have to make it up with Miss Madsen." "Why?" " You know how difficult she gets." "Did Mogens upset her?" "Maj mentioned that awful book." "At least we didn't mention the royal family." "No, that would have been disgraceful." "Like many hardworking people   our splendid Miss Madsen is royalist to the extreme." "One day she served beef patties ... yes, note the menu   to the old king and queen." "They were visiting locally." "Her reward was the following royal pronouncement:" ""No, thanks, I don't want to have any more!"" "My father once helped to receive the king and queen ... the current ones." "How very interesting!" " Their train stopped at his station." "The station where he works." "The functionaries all lined up." "Dad was the eleventh in line   after the station master." "This taste of everlasting life with which the monarchy blesses us ..." "If we remain a monarchy till we get a queen " " I wonder what it will mean for the position of women?" "Just what don't women have access to today?" "Oh, there must be something ..." "Men can't have babies, Marianne." "No, but they might help to look after them." "Why?" "And don't men take gd care of us women?" "Thank you." "One always wants to help one's loved ones; simple as that." "Well, I'm never going to get married." " No." "Young men don't marry willingly these days,   and that's the truth!" "Yes, men flit from flower to flower till they've had enough." "Or just can't be bothered to move on." "Oh, Karen!" "Karen!" "What came over her?" "ls your family like this, too?" " How do you mean?" "Kind of ... coarse." "No, we don't talk much." "People are pretty quiet back home." "They think before they speak." "I didn't tell mum you were coming till today." "But you asked me to come weeks ag!" "It was just   that every time I tried to phone to tell her   my heart started racing and so I kept putting it off." "But why?" "Change really upsets my mother." "Are you angry with me?" "No, of course not." "No." "Thank you." "Show my husband ..." "If it tastes as good as it looks ..." "That's always the problem." " lt like's so enchantingly virginal." "Until it's tasted the knife." "Thank you, Miss Madsen." "I'd like to say something." " So we had understand." "Marianne and I, we ..." "No, you ..." "We are going to have a baby." "Ah!" "No!" " My goodness gracious me!" "This calls for champagne." "Bo, will you fetch my jewel box from my bedroom?" "Thank you." "What about that toast, then?" "Remember your manners, sn." "We'll wait for Lise, all right?" "Let us raise our glasses to Marianne and Erik   and hope that they have the loveliest baby in the world." "Cheers!" " To all three of them!" "Shall we?" "Thank you." " lt was a lovely dinner." "Thank you fr asking me." "It was lovely." "Goodbye ..." " Goodbye." "Thank you ..." "Bo, aren't you going to walk Lise home?" "Thank you." "Let's not write to each other over the summer." "Don't ask why." "Just say "yes" or "no"." "Yes ..." "Yes." "I'll see you home." " No, no need." "Please send a cab to the Gregersen residence." "Into town." "Thank you." "What can I do for you?" "A cold Tuborg, please." " A cold Tuborg." "Four fifty." "Thank you." "Well then?" "I'm not sure I follow you ..." " Do you come here often?" "Where?" " That pub." "No, I've never been there before." "In fact I wasn't there just now." "Oh?" "You're one of those people   who can be somewhere without going there." "I wish I could do that." "The name's Fritjof." "What's yours?" "Erik." "Do you go to other places like that?" " No." "I certainly do not." "Not at all?" " No, and I've never been there." "Nor have I had a drink." " You must be thirsty, then." "Yes, and nw ..." "everywhere else is shut." "My place isn't shut." "Cheers, Erik." "Do you drink much beer?" " No, not really." "I had a bit at all the graduation parties." "But I don't drink much." "Nor do you look as if you drink much." "I have the dd beer as a night cap." "So do I." "And at supper I share ne with my wife." "What do you do?" " I'm in insurance." "Hand in Hand  Co." "Do you have a girlfriend?" " No." "Not at all?" "No." "On the contrary, perhaps?" " That depends what you mean." "What do you mean?" "No ..." "I don't know." "Of course we don't know ourselves at your age." "It takes time." "Especially in some cases." "I've felt for a lng time that I was waiting for something." "For what?" "For ..." "To find myself." "I think." "And?" "I think I need the lavatory." "Second on the right." "Next to the kitchen." "Well then ..." "I suppose you'll be off home?" "Yes, or I expect my parents will start worrying." "Take care then, Erik." "My name isn't Erik." "I know that!" "My name is Bo." "Give me a bell." "It took all night but it was worth it." "A girl." "I know, I know, it was tough." "It is tough when you've never had a baby before." "But I think we'll be having a couple more." "Yes, of course I will." "Will you telephone the others, Dad?" "Goodbye." "The teacher training college." "May I speak to Jes Nielsen?" " Ne isn't here at the moment." "Will you tell him Karen phoned?" " Karen?" "Yes." " All right." "Was there anything else?" "I phoned the other day, too." "Did he get my message?" "I didn't know." "I expect so." " Goodbye, then." "Goodbye." "Go to see him." "And admit that I fancy him?" "Tell mum and dad you'd like to visit granny and granddad." "What shall I tell Jes?" " You're seeing relatives." "You were in the area." "I don't know ... it seems odd." "He'll be pleased to see you." "You think so?" " Of curse he will." "Bo, if you hadn't been my brother I'd rather have had you." "You're kinder than Jes and much nicer." "You're more fun, too." "But Jes is Jes." " He most certainly is." "I know it sounds silly." "But if I have Jes's baby   will you be its godfather?" "Mmm." "I wish I could believe it'll work out." "I don't think my life will be a success." "That's nonsense, Karen." "Yours will." "And Maj's will." "And Erik's is already." "But mine won't." "Like lots of other people's." "It's just that nobody ever thinks ... it will apply to them." "Hello." " Excuse me?" "Yes?" "Can you tell me where Jes's room is?" "Jes Nielsen." " Oh, yes." "I'll show you." "Yes?" " Jes, you've a posh visitor." "Oh?" "You?" "Hello." "Hello." "You might have phoned." "What's the matter?" " Nothing." "It's lovely to see you." "Do you mean it?" "Jes ..." "Wait ..." "No!" "You don't know how much I love you." "But nt yet." "We'll have tea." "Hello, people." "What, no chairs?" "Are you too posh to sit on the kitchen counter?" "Would somebody pass the teapot?" " I'll be mother." "Jes?" "Why haven't you ever mentioned her?" "Are you dating?" "We'll go for a walk." "Have a nice walk." "When I was an au pair in London   I had an unpleasant experience." "The man of the house forced me to sleep with him." "The swine!" "Now you know." "And it's up to you whether you think it matters." "Karen ..." "Perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea if we got engaged." "What do you say?" "Do you mean it?" "Which day do you get back from Rome?" "Next Sunday." "The hotel phone number is in the bureau." "What'd you say if Rune and I nipped off to Paris?" "As long as I don'to have to pay!" "Oh, Mogens!" "Take good care of each other!" "You, too." " Goodbye." "What made you say that?" " He said we could go, didn't he?" "Yes." "I'll race you." " You twit!" "Miss Madsen ..." "Did mum tell you   that me and Rune are going away for a day trow?" "We what?" " How much is in the Bridge kitty?" "75 kroner, I suppose." "That's not nearly enough to go to Paris." "We'll sell the George Jensen stuff in Paris." "And make it look like a burglary?" " No need." "Nobody'll miss it." "There's no bathroom." "No, but there's a double bed." "We'll go straight ut." "Sir?" " Two ..." "Coca Colas." "No, two glasses of white wine." " Very well." "Coca Cola?" "You can't read French papers." " Oh, shut up!" "This is for Mademoiselle." "This afternoon we'll split up." "You make us sound like an old married couple." "Do I?" "Off you go!" "I want to be alone." " Take it easy!" "Go in!" "A man at the café asked me to sleep with him." "Oh, no, he didn't." " Oh, yes, he did." "He said "Tu veut cucher avec moi?"" "In France they say "vous"." "You don't believe me." "You drunken pig!" "Undo me." "Drink this." "it'll help." "Give me a drop more." "What are you up to?" "Nothing." "You look like mum." "May I?" "What?" " You know." "You can try." " Maybe you didn't think I can?" "Feel!" "If I say "uch" you must pull it out at once." "And you must pull it ut before the sperm comes." "Right." "Try now." "Wait ... lt feels weird." "What are you doing?" " I want to see your sperm." "God!" "Was that all?" "That was that." "Yes." "Good night." " Good night." "Do you feel guilty?" " I don't know." "I don't." "I never do." "I bought you a present." "It's beautiful." "But I can't keep it." "Why on earth not?" " They'd ask where I got it." "Can't you just say you bought it?" "I've never been interested in antiques." "Not until now." "It really is beautiful." "Ever thought of making a career of it?" "Yes." "But my father has decided I am to read law and take over the firm." "You must go away." "Far away." "Or you'll end up like me, with a secret you can't reveal." "Dad will be furious if I go away." " I'll miss our theater visits." "Right ... sweet dreams, Tjumse." "Won't you come in fr a drink?" "I feel like company, Bo." " Yes." "Keep the change." " Thanks." "Where is Jørgen?" " At the cottage." "He runs off whenever he gets the chance." "You're a darling." "Put it on the table." "I don't know what to do about poor Jørgen." "I'm sure you do your best." " Like heck I do!" "But it's him or me." "I don't understand." "The fact is, I've only ever loved one person." "I have given him all my love." "And all he wants is a fraction." "isn't it killingly funny?" "But you just said ..." "I didn't mean him." "Don't play the innocent!" "I'm not." "You know what I'm trying to tell you." "Your father and me." " My father and you, what?" "All right, we'll go on pretending." "It's probably for the best." "You and dad, you ..." " Yes." "Me and dad." "Does mum know?" "No." "Mum knows nothing." " What about Jørgen?" "Jørgen has known for years." " What does he think of dad?" "Jørgen respects your father;" "he's his employer, too." "What's that meant to mean?" " Your father is rich." "He has great influence and power." " Aha." ""Aha", says the young man who is far above mere money." "But that's easy to be when you've oodles of it." "Know what, darling?" "It's been fun but now I am tired." "Will you turn the lights out when you go?" "And Bo?" "If you keep up the act   so will I; with regard to one thing and the other." "The other what?" " All right, we won't mention it." "Your father doesn't know about you either, does he?" "Sweet dreams." "I really don't feel like it tonight." " Come on, Jørgen, now we're here." "Let me see your tie ..." "You're the first to arrive." " As always." "Mogens, you're all scratchy!" "Didn't you shave today?" "Yes, this morning." "But once isn't always enough." "Nice to see you!" " Thank you." "My lovely god son, who's about to leave us!" "It's nice to see you." " You, too." "Hello, Bo." " Hello, Jørgen." "He's ended up in business after all." "This isn't an end, it's a beginning." "And business ..." "Well ..." "I really ought to approve." "But what you buy and sell des matter." "Does it?" " Yes; some things I won't touch." "Old junk, fr example." " Now you worry me!" "Jørgen, shall we have a drink?" " No, thanks, I'm nt quite well." "Nonsense!" "You can always force a drink down you." "Bo, we are gathered here today to say goodbye to you." "It is no secret that I'd hoped you would join the firm." "But you said "No, thank you very much"." "Erik is going to teach at high school." "And Karen ..." "Well, Jes mentioned a wedding and an apartment." "Moving to Jutland!" "How low can you step?" "Antiques, Bo!" "Abroad, too!" "All I can do is hope that one day you change your mind." "You can always come home again." "Anyway, let us give three cheers fr Bo and his future "overthere"." "Three cheers for Bo!" "Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!" "Cheers." "Will you call me a cab?" " We can't go home yet." "Have some more white wine." "it'll do you good." "You're leaving tomorrow?" "When is your plane?" " I have to be there by 7 a.m." "What's the matter?" "Jørgen?" "What the devil are you doing?" "Jørgen?" "God!" "No!" "Give me that cushion." "ls anybody calling an ambulance?" "He'll make it." "12 years later" "Hello, Darling!" "Hello, Mummy." " Welcome home!" "I am so pleased to see you!" "Did you have a good flight?" "Yes, a lovely flight." "Oh, good." " Keep the change." "Shall we go inside?" " Thanks ever so for your letter." "It arrived this morning." "You must be hungry." "Miss Madsen!" "Couldn't you sleep?" " I've been reading." "Did I wake you up?" " I always wake up at this time." "I have trouble going back to sleep." "Have some beer." "Your father should see me nw!" "I haven't touched beer fr years." "Have you tried sleeping pills?" "No; that's a slippery slope." "Tjumse tries new pills all the time." "But she herself admits it's a bit too much." "Why not see a specialist?" "I don't need a specialist." "I need your father." "And I have got him, you think?" "Not really." "Not any longer." "He keeps me at a distance." "Physically, too." "Worst of all, he pretends that I am the one who wants it that way." "I expect he's just run down." " No." "If only I felt he was happy." " He seems happy." "Happy with me, too?" " Yes." "Of course." "Yes, perhaps." "I'm sure it'll pass." "Yes." "Fritjof?" "I got your letter." "Don't you recognize me?" "It's you!" " Yes." "I thought I'd look in on you." "Il must say!" "What a surprise!" "Thank you." "How are you?" "I'll be out of here sn." "I've thought about you a lot." "Careful!" "Somebody might come in!" "Well ..." " lt was nice seeing you." "You, too." "Goodbye, Fritjof." "Goodbye, Bo." "Whiskey?" "Goodness me!" "You amaze me ..." "So does your taste in interior decorating." "What had you imagined?" " I don't know." "Your taste seems more robust and down-to-earth than I'd expected." "Why shouldn't I be robust and down-to-earth?" "Yes ..." "How long have you been married?" " 12 years this summer." "Are you happy?" "You and your wife?" " Yes." "I am very fond of Marianne." "Why don't you stick to her, then?" " I always have done." "But?" "There is in but." "Perhaps you had better go." "Listen ..." "Now I've met you." "And I really, really like you." "I had no idea this would happen." "Did you?" " No." "Susanne, turn down that noise!" " What?" "Turn down that bloody noise, damn it!" "Dad!" "Look!" " Yes, that's great." "Look at it!" "It's great." "It really is." "Who is it?" " You and mum." "Me, Louise, and Susanne." "Are you and mum going to get a divorce?" "No." "Why do you ask?" " Because Dorthe's mum and dad are." "Well ... that's because they can't sort things out as well as us." "OK." " Fine." "Now daddy's gt to finish this." "Dad?" "Mum says I can't wear long trousers on New Year's Eve." "Can't you talk to her about it?" " No, Daddy!" "Please!" "Louise, talk to mummy about it!" " No!" "Louise, go and talk to mummy." "Off you go!" "Not now, Darling." "Am I disturbing you?" " No." "Your mother sends her love." " Oh?" "Bo has come home ... he'll be there on New Year's Eve as well." "Oh?" "I thought Denmark was much too familiar and provincial for him." "You sound a bit envious." " You bet I am!" "He dashes around the world:" "Paris, London ..." "He lives in New York   living the life of Riley while I'm a wretched high school teacher." "Now and then I just need to be alone." "What do you mean?" "Having a sabbatical; going to Morocco for a month or two." "I need to feel life for myself." "I'm not growing." "You're not growing?" "How do you mean?" "You know ... growing." "I'd like a Hof, please." "That will be six fifty." "Thanks." "Hello." " Hello." "Haven't we met before?" "I ..." "I don't think so." "No, it'd be strange if we had." "I don't live here." "In Denmark I mean." "No, I realize nobody actually lives in this bar." "Where ... where do you live?" "I live in New York ." "I'm just visiting." "How fascinating!" "I don't think we've seen each other before." "It's the first time I've been here." "Somewhere else, then." " Oh, I doubt it." "I certainly haven't seen you." "Well, now you have." "Bo." "Jakob." "Do your parents live here alone?" " We'd better keep our vices down." "Jakob, bring your coat with you if you don't mind." "It suits me fine, really." " What do you mean?" "We can't drag him to Copenhagen." "We'll stay at home." " We can't!" "What would mum say?" "And Bo will be there." " I don't care what your mother says." "Or if Bo's there." "I'm staying and so can Clara if she likes." "I do." " Maybe he'll feel better." "If so we'll go to the party down the LS club." "LS?" " The Left-wing Socialists." "Aren't you a People's Socialist?" " Are you on another planet?" "At the meeting last night " " Sonja from the commune said she wanted to start a feminist group." "But they need a workshop." "How about our basement?" "You don't want a bunch of women tie-dyeing in our basement!" "Why not?" " It's our bx room!" "We could sell all our junk." "Or put it into the boiler room." "I just don't get it." "Other girls are desperate to express themselves   but you want limitations and restrictions." "If this place isn't a massive limitation ... lt is our home." "What are you doing?" " Egon needs to go to bed." "And then I'm going to pack." "Maj!" " Hi, Bo!" "How lovely to see you!" "How you've grown!" "You look fantastic." "ls this the latest fashion?" " No; my tailor is just so bossy." "I'm going to wear this dress fr a party at the Stock Exchange." "Oh?" "Who's taking you?" " Somebody you don't know." "Somebody who needs a lady on his arm." "I hear you're going to stay in Denmark?" "Why?" "What do you think?" "Congratulations." " It's early days yet." "But thanks." "ls he cute?" "What does he do?" "He's a lawyer." " Oh, good taste!" "By the way, Maj, I need a place tomorrow afternoon." "Just say the word." "Thanks." "Just look at Karen!" " Yes." "She looks so dowdy." "Provincial dowdy." "Hi, Bo!" " Rune!" "Welcome home, cowboy." " Thanks." "This is Britta." " I can pronounce my name, thanks." "Hi, Britta." "I'm Bo." "Rune's brother, believe it or nt." "You do make a delightful couple." "Thanks." "Same to you!" "A green tux!" " Bottle-green." "Shit!" "ls that really all the rage in the US?" "Yes, every color and religion in one harmonious melting pot." "And come evening, out comes the bottle-green." "Why can't you just talk properly to us?" "Come on, let's have a drink!" "Hi, Karen." "Do you think I'm cold and conceited?" "No." "Won't you come in?" "Does anybody have any funny or ... good new year's resolutions?" "What about you?" " Loads, loads." "I have, as a matter of fact." "I've signed up for a "sensicourse"." "Oh?" "Fascinating." " Oh?" "Have you?" "A "sensicourse"?" "!" "What is that?" "It develops your sensitivity." "I must admit I didn't know that much abut it." "We'll try to break down various barriers   that prevent us from making contact with one another." "It's just middle-class massage." "Not to mention masturbation." " Goodness!" "What does that mean?" " Nothing, Darling." "Masturbation is what we talked about the other day." "It's when you rub your slit." " Dad hasn't got a slit." "What Britta means is that it's like rubbing your slit or your willy." "Any more resolutions?" "Yes." " What's yours, Darling?" "I'm going to try to discover what's right and what isn't." ""Right"?" " The truth." "How things hang together." " The truth?" "A very interesting thing to study ... and difficult." "If you want to hear about "sensitraining" " " I wrote a feature on it last month." "All you print is recipes." " Do you ever read my magazine?" "No." " Take our December issue." "We dealt with free abortion, psychotic kids, toxins ind foods,   infidelity, the pill, and lesbianism." "These articles are just a pretext, a sham." "You criticize us for what we don't write?" "You con your readers into thinking they're reading objective facts." "You feed them   your own ridiculous prejudices." "Quite!" " Oh, you've studied the matter?" "Yes." "I am at university." " How odd!" "In the 1950s young people were more cautious than ever." "But the youth of today dash from one extreme to the other,   yelling for everything to be different than it ever has been   or ever will be." ""Risks being", you mean." "You say you're fighting for freedom." "ls "freedom" trying to achieve the impossible by force?" "You've no idea what we're trying to achieve or what we want." "Have you?" "Eh?" "No, I thought nt." "How nice that we can talk to one another!" "Well ... "sensitraining" ..." "I admit I don't know much about it." "But it's abut breaking down the barriers   that prevent us from making contact with one another." "It's every Tuesday." "Happy New Year!" "There is champagne in the living room." "Happy New Year, Daddy!" " May I have your attention?" "Let's say Happy New Year to Miss Madsen and Mrs Hvidt." "And thank you for our lovely dinner." "Cheers and Happy New Year!" "Happy New Year!" " Happy New Year, both of you." "And now fr our snack." " About time, too!" "I thought slavery was abolished centuries ago." "Happy New Year, Erik." " Yes, Happy New Year." "Susanne's pretty bright, isn't she?" " A bit too bright, sometimes." "The only thing I miss is not having children." "Snack time." "Where shall I sit?" "Britta's in there." "We're going home." "ls she all right?" " She always gets migraine here." "I don't understand why coming here torments you so much." "We can't talk about anything." "Not without mum going rigid with fear   and dad getting that icy look in his eye." "The System rears its ugly head." " Are you and Britta so sensitive?" "I only come for mum's sake." " That's fine, too, Rune." "But the way you behave means she suffers the most." "You've become a real little lick spittle." "A good thing you've other siblings ..." "Come on, we're leaving." " Yes." "I need a photographer this instant." " Poul will be free at 4." "Too late." " Will you proof this?" "Put it on my desk." " The editor says it's urgent." "Tough." "I haven't got time now." "Maj Gregersen from Ladies' Own is here." "Hello there!" "Sixten Terne." " Maj Gregersen." "What would you like to drink?" " The same as you." "You're quite sure?" " Mmm." "What else are you sure of?" "Terne, Sixten, Baron." "Owns his own shipping line." "On the boards of various companies." "Abode?" "His company headquarters." "Anyone can take notes from Who's Who." "Magazine cuttings show him in the company of tanned blondes   verging on the age of consent." "So the evidence is that Sixten Terne lives for his job   and what men call pussy." "And that's not in Who's Who." "I assume you haven't read our mag before." "You'll be in the February issue." "I was wondering how many hours we'd need to talk together?" "So was I." "What about your sister and the apartment?" "She won't be back for two days." "Nice-looking kids!" " From my high school graduation." "Have you ever had an experience in life that made you miss the boat?" "I's sorry." "I'm sorry." "What's wrong, Jakob?" "Jakob?" "I am married." "I have just had my third child." "What's she like?" " Helle?" "She's sweet." "Bright." "So you are happy together?" "Yes, we are very happy." "So what's missing?" "Somebody like you." "Eat up, Darling." " I haven't got any milk." "Here's some." "That "sensicourse" ..." "I think I'll go tonight as well." "You're really into it, aren't you?" " I'm quite passive there, actually." "Actually I'm not, or I'd put on a stone or two, you'd see." "Would I?" "What?" " See." "See what?" " Yes, that's the question." "I could do with a quiet evening anyway." "Let's go to the pictures on Friday!" "We'll see." " No!" "I want a date!" "OK ..." "let's say Friday." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Erik, I've got something to say." " Oh, dear!" "Listen!" "If we're to see each other in the next few days   it'll have to be Friday." "Friday?" " Yes." "Friday, yes." "Let's say Friday." "I'll bring supper." " I'll bring a bottle." "OK." "Listen, though ..." "You must promise me one thing." "OK?" "You mustn't break our dates." "I won't be able to go to the pictures after all." "Our group is having problems." "May I ask you something?" "Do you want a divorce?" "No!" "Are you mad?" " Oh, you don't want to, then." "No, I didn't." "But your "sensitraining" is one big sham." "I didn't know it would happen." "But it did." " Yes, it did." "It has nothing to do with you and me." "It's like tasting a delicious ..." " Don't compare it to food." "I've been a bastard." "I'm sure you're really nice to her." "You're actually really nice to me, too." "You sound as if it's no problem at all?" "ls it?" "She's good company;" "but nothing compared to us ..." "Stop comparing." "Sorry." "ls she prettier than me?" "No." "Nor is she better in bed." "Please won't you change your date on Friday?" "Mum has asked us to supper." "All right." "But I don't want to change it to Saturday." "I don't think the kids would like that, either." "How about Sunday?" "Isn't that too close to Tuesday?" " You and she know best, Darling." "Hello, Tjumse!" "I happened to be passing ..." " Lovely to see you." "What a splendid shop!" " Yes, we're ding well." "Would you like a cup of coffee or a soda or anything?" "A glass of the "anything", please." "How are you and your lawyer?" " We're fine, thanks." "Are you going to watch your dad on TV?" "That was the idea." " lt beats me why he agreed to it." "He probably fancies a change." " You bet he does." "What's the matter?" "He's dumped me." "I'm too old." " Dumped you?" "I suspect he only kept coming round for his sausage and mash." "Sausage and mash?" " And stewed cabbage." "Your mother can't stand it." "I simply don't know what to do." "Damn it, Tjumse." "A good thing we met." "I'd given up hope of meeting anyone I could be bothered with." "You weren't exactly resigned when you came to interview me." "I was making an effort." "What's the time?" "A quarter past six." "I'm meeting dad at Radio House in 45 minutes." "Maj ..." "Come here." "Are you sure you haven't changed your mind?" "Yes." "Are you happy, Maj?" "I mean ... apart from work?" "Can't you tell?" " indeed I can." "I'll tell you about it afterwards." "Look forward to it!" "Secrets!" "I think this is it." "Good evening, Mr. Gregersen." "We appreciate your giving up your time to appear on our programme." "Tonight we look at the world of finance." "You own and run two industrial companies." "Do you have other interests?" " Had you any in mind?" "Property?" " Well, I own my own house." "According to a recent newspaper article   an increasing number of people are buying up slum tenements   in Copenhagen." "Are you one of them?" "I refuse to have coffee while we're watching television." "Why?" "People can't watch anything serious without slurping something or other." "Um ..." "How much do you make from such loans?" "I couldn't say." " Why not?" "I can't." " Might it harm you to tell us?" "How does your father make his money?" "I don't know." " Hasn't he ever said?" "He ... never felt like talking shop when he got home from work." "Obviously." "You are really naive." " Why is that naive?" "He just didn't feel like ..." "Isn't it the case that you provide loans at extortionate interest rates?" "I have no desire to comment." "But that is usury." "What are you implying?" " Do you recognize this advert?" "LOANS" "So this was your intention in asking me here?" "ls that why you have been quizzing me on every detail of my business?" "Do you recognize it?" " I didn't place it." "But one of your employees did?" "I'd be happy to answer a few more relevant questions." "Mr. Gregersen, as one of our leading businessmen   have you ever regretted any of your decisions?" "I've no reason to regret anything at all." "Of curse there are things I'd have wanted differently." "Oh?" "We spend our adulthood forging careers, marriages, children." "But they aren't necessarily what makes us happy." "Would somebody turn it off?" "Where are you going?" "Granny?" "Thank you fr coming." "Let's get out of here." "The shares your dad gave you when we gt married ..." "What's the dividend on them?" "Enough to pay the mortgage." "Isn't that nice?" "No." "We must get rid of them." "I'll work more hours and we'll sell the car." "There is nothing wrong with shares." " That damned well depends." "They're my shares." " That may well be." "But one's convictions have to harmonize with the way one lives." "I've never seen you lot so quiet." "Good evening, Mogens." " Talk abut lousy journalism!" "And one can't do a thing!" "We were on our way home." "Yes, the children are tired." " Come along, Darling." "Goodnight, Granny." "Come on, Louise." "I'll fix us a snack." " No, Bo, I'll do it." "I will." "Oh, stuff it!" "Tjumse?" "Come and join us." "Would you like a beer?" " Are you trying to shut my mouth?" "Usury!" "You can also add adultery." "He's married." "He's not only a usurer but an adulterer." "He asked if you'd got enough out of your life." "You told him one always missed out on something." "I don't remember." "I was preparing for the next blow beneath the belt." "Well, I remember." "Do you, Tilde?" "And I thought,   "which of us has been able to live up to his expectations?"" "Try some of Mrs Hvidt's liver paste." "Tilde, the only thing I fancy is a plate of sausage and mash." "I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you." "Oh ... but a schnapps might help to chase my beer down." "ls that wise?" "Trying to satisfy your needs is wise, isn't it, Mogens?" "Thank you, my boy." "Cheers!" "To you, sweet Tilde, fr your celebrated husband." "And Bo ..." "Have you told mummy?" "No!" "No, I thought not!" "Do you need some fresh air?" " I don't need air." "I need a lie-down." "Come on." " What are you doing?" "To our bedroom." " She can't attempt the stairs." "I never attempt anything." "It happens by itself." "Leave us alone!" "Tjumse ..." "I don't want to talk about it." "No." " It's me." "Bo." "Not now." "Interval" "Part 2 1968-197 4" "Hey!" "We're going to get drunk." " And merry." "You know your mum's coming, don't you?" "No, I'd completely forgotten." "Do you regret staying in?" "I don't regret anything at all." "Søren, come quick!" "Mum and dad are bonking!" "Quick!" "Mum and dad are bonking!" " I'll give you a bunk in the head!" "Are you fighting?" " No, just for fun." "Help me, Søren!" "Dad, it's granny." "Dad, it's granny." "Are you going out to a meeting?" " No, I'm not." "Supper time." "Susanne, will you pop upstairs?" "I'll call you when we eat." "Is something the matter?" "Your mum wants to talk to us." "Your father has had another woman." "What?" "I don't know how long it's been going on ..." "But since you were young." "I don't get any of this." "What are you telling us?" "It's Tjumse." "How much is there to it?" "You can't calculate that sort of thing." "Oh, I think you can." "After all, you were the one he stayed with all those years." "I can't look at it that way." "Erik has also got another woman." "Do I seem particularly unhappy because of it?" "Can I get down?" " No." "No friends now, it's late." " And don't talk in the doorway." "Hello." "It's a lady." "Hello." "Hello, how lovely!" "This is Kirsten, one of my friends ... or colleagues   from high school." "Hello." " Hello." "Have you had supper?" " No, but that's all right, thanks." "A little fruit salad?" "You can manage that." "I'm just going   to powder my nose." "Damn it!" "Come on, darling ..." "Kirsten would really love to see the house." "So she can help me put the kids to bed." "Come along, Louise." " I don't want to go to bed." "Will you read me a story, then?" " Yes." "I've got homework to do." "It's her." "Isn't it?" "Yes." "Do you know her, too?" " Yes, Darling, I do." "Where is your mother?" " She's gone home." "Won't you stay?" "We could have a Cognac or something?" "No, thanks, I must be getting home." "I happened to be passing ..." "It was nice to meet you." "Same here." "Goodbye." "See her out, then!" " Yes ..." "Darling." "That went all right." "Will I see you tomorrow?" "We can't go on like this." "We won't, either, will we?" "The very fact that you have been here ..." "What difference does that make?" " Now we all know each other." "Tomorrow?" "I was so proud of you this evening." "And so turned on by you." "Was it very unpleasant?" "Yes." "For her." "She is good at controlling herself." " Not when she's alone with me." "She wants you to chose." "She knows as well as you who the choice will be." "But she knows yew need somebody else than me." "And that gives her hope." "That's understandable." "So you think I should break up with her now?" "That's damned well up to you." "Yes, of course it is." "I'm sorry." "By the way, we've found a house." " On the waterfront." "That was a must." "How about you?" "Have you had a good holiday?" "Perhaps you'd like me to tell them?" "Very well." "Mum and I have decided to live apart." "Without applying for a divorce for the time being." "We are more interested in the practicalities than the legalities." "But what about the house?" " I think mum'd like to sell." "Mum, this is our home!" "Yes." "Well, I'd better be ff." " I'll give you a lift." "Phone me if you want to talk." "Or I could drive you up to town." "No, you must get back to your husband." "I'll be all right." "Take care, now." "Hi there!" "Thanks for helping with the kids." "Shall I take him now?" "What is it?" "Nothing. it's just mum and dad." "They've split up." "Your dad's in a panic." "It's closing time." "Not that the shop was ever open." "It's tough on mum." "All she's got is dad and that huge house." "Men think women are all emotion." "But they're much more rational than men." "How would you know?" " From me." "Mum." " Hello, Rune." "I thought I heard somebody." "Hello." "Is mum in?" "She is asleep." "She is not well." "Dr. Grytz has given her an injection." "Where is mum?" "Stop sulking!" "Nobody's died." "We'll just be visiting two homes instead of ne; is that so awful?" "A pity Karen doesn't live a bit closer." "What the hell do you mean?" " Isn't she the most like mum?" "Maj ..." "For goodness' sake ..." "Sometimes I feel I've lived all wrong." "Everyone feels like that, Mum." "I don't think so." "They just seemed so carefree." "Carefree?" "Uncaring, more like." "You spoil me, Karen." "You are the spitting image of your mum, blindly serving her husband." "As if what matters most is that there's no dust anywhere   and three vegetables for supper!" "At least you are frank." "Mst women struggle to escape from the role of housewife." "I don't go ut to work." "I just want you to get the most ut of life ... and enrich our lives." "Is there anything wrong with making an effort?" "It's no good." "What do you mean?" " Us ..." "I can't go on." "I only have one life and I intend to live it." "I don't want to just ..." "I can't ..." "What's the matter?" "You think everything's so great." "But we see everything differently, even the things we share." "You mean I prevent you from living the way you'd like?" "I know it sounds really awful." "It upsets me as much as you." " Let's talk it over, then." "I should have got you int the things I'm into." "By force if necessary." "Then we'd have shared that." " But I'd like to ..." "I'd like to be with you, Jes." "There's nothing I'd rather do." "It's no good, Karen." "Not now." "Is it that Sonja girl?" "It has nothing to do with anyone else." "It's to do with another way of living, another life." "Which you can only live without me?" " Yes." "Don't you love me any more?" " Of curse I do." "And so what?" "So everything." "Isn't it pretty vital?" " We can love so many things." "I love you." "If you leave me I don't know what I'll do." "You mustn't leave me." "Easy, now ..." "I love you." "Take it easy ... let's sleep on it fr now, eh?" "You won't leave me, will you?" " Not right now." "I don't want to be just another stimulating substance   and that's what you're trying to turn me into." "You just want me to add excitement to your life." "And everything I give you gets passed on to someone else." "And anything I get from you comes second-hand." "I can't swap dicks, can I?" "You see?" "That is all you think of." "The difference between me and a prostitute, right?" "With me it's free of charge." "It doesn't cost you anything." "Open your legs." " What?" "Open your legs!" "Ouch, Erik ..." "I'm sorry." "It's never felt so good before." "Hey ..." "I'm pregnant." "What?" "Perhaps I should have an abortion after all." "What do you want to do?" "What do you want?" "What you want." "Doesn't a child need a father at home?" "You won't have to cope alone." "Oh, I will." "In practice." " Nonsense!" "Don't be silly!" "How often will you come round?" "How would the child feel?" "The child would have to be told the truth; and is the truth so bad?" "I am not feeling too well." "Erik, won't you stay?" "Just tonight?" " I can't." "Isn't Marianne away right nw?" " Susanne can't baby-sit all night." "Can you take me with you, then?" "Don't you think they'd find it a bit weird?" "Who?" " The children, of curse." "So my child is the only one who should know the truth?" "It must be kept from yours?" " They must be told the right way." "You think what you've done'll make me leave Marianne and the kids?" ""What I've done"?" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "I'm trying to see if it's visible." " If what's visible?" "How much of a bastard you are." "Honestly!" "Oh, no!" "Damn it, Kirsten!" "Stop it!" "Kirsten ..." "No!" "Kirsten!" "What the hell have you done?" "Miss Juel needs a couple of weeks with nothing to worry her." "She thinks the best thing would be to relax at home with you." "Is that possible?" " Yes ... for a couple of days." "But no longer than that." "I am ..." "I am married." "I have a wife and children." "I'd like to talk to Miss Juel on her own." "Hello?" " it's me." "What now?" "Nw are things?" "Fine. it's a bit strange." "I've never been on my own fr so long." "Are you on your way?" "Kirsten tried to kill herself." "I am in hospital with her." "I see." "And ..." "She is ... going to have a baby." "You mean you are both going to have a baby." "The doctor says she needs a day or two with nothing to worry abut." "Yes. "Nothing to worry about" ... With you fr company?" "Yes, actually." " Erik, listen." "We can't go on like this." "Oh, no!" "Don't you start too!" "I'll send Susanne up with the kids and I'll come in a day or two." "Goodbye, love." "I'll phone later." "Goodbye." "She wants me to choose." "Understandably." "You two should form a committee, you understand each other so well." "You'd love that, eh?" "A little harem!" "Neither of you is going to force me to choose." "That's what you'd rather, isn't it?" " You know what I'd rather." "And is it so unreasonable?" "You think things are reasonable if they satisfy your needs." "Hi, Granny!" " How lovely to see you!" "Shall I carry your bag?" " Thanks for the ride." "Have you and Jes any plans for the summer?" "Not yet." "Maj sends her love." "She says you're all welcome to use their place in Copenhagen." "I'll think about it." "Perhaps Jes has other ideas?" "I don't know, Mum." "We'll see." "Jes doesn't live here any more." "I beg your pardon?" " Not at the moment, at any rate." "But Karen!" "What can we do to help you?" " Who?" "Your dad and I; who else?" "Nothing." "I'll manage." "I've coped so far." "Is he sending you money?" " Yes." "Enough?" "Almost." "Where is he living?" "In a commune." "So ... there isn't another woman?" " No, I don't think so." "How often does he come to see you?" " He came on Egon's birthday." "But that was over a month ago." "Why did it happen?" " I don't know, Mum." "Karen, be honest;" "we must get to the bottom of this." "I think a divorce would be best." "I'll cope." "The best way you can help is by being cheerful." "How do you expect me to be cheerful?" "Won't it help to see me cheerful?" "I see you are desperately unhappy." "I am not unhappy." "Darling ..." "Honestly, Erik!" "You'll have to make up your mind." "This very second?" " Yes." "It's rather inconsiderate towards her, but if it's necessary to you ..." "What is it?" "It's no good." "I can't go on." "Didn't you hear what I just said?" " If I don't do this I'll disappear." "I've practically disappeared already." " You told me to choose and I did." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying goodbye." "You just made me say goodbye to her." " We're not happy together." "Not any longer." "How can I put things right?" "You can't." "It's too late." "But I love you!" "I can't manage without you!" "What about the kids?" "Let's behave like adults." " I wish I were dead." "Don't be more of a wimp than you are already." "Come on." " Don't you love me any more?" "Yes." "But I hope I'll stop it soon." "May I get down?" " No, wait a moment, Susanne." "Don't take my comic." " Why not?" "Leave it!" " Søren, sit down, Darling." "it's my comic." "There's something we're going to have to talk about." "Something dad and I have decided." "About us?" "And your dad and me." "What?" "We've decided it'd be best if we lived in different places." "Like lots of other people do." "Why?" "Don't you like us, Dad?" " Of curse dad likes you." "I like dad, to." "But we need to live apart." "Dad promised it'd never happen." " Dad'll come to see us." "It's not the same." " No." "I'm not saying it is." "Don't be sad." "We'll manage." "What's the reason?" "That it is necessary." "Why?" "Are you going to get divorced ... without knowing why?" "Are you moving in with her?" "You are a bastard." "Susanne!" " Erik, she'll come back." "Susanne!" "You can borrow it anyway." "Give it back!" "it's mine!" " Stop it!" "Clara!" "Stop it!" "Mum!" "Mum!" " Where did she hit you?" "What are you playing at, Clara?" " Clara hit him." "OK, let mummy see!" "You should take better care of your children." "Clara, come inside!" "Why did you hit Kim?" "I don't bloody well know." "Because he's stupid." "I don't want you swearing." "It doesn't sound nice." "You think I want to talk all posh like you?" "I speak quite normally." " You think you're special." "We'll get to get to the bottom of this or you can just stay indoors." "You can't stop me from going out." " You bet I can." "Like heck!" "How?" "I'll lock you in your room." " I'll climb out of the window." "I'm sorry, Darling, I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, Darling." "I'm sorry." "I love you." "You know that." "Does dad, too?" " Yes." "So it's just you he doesn't like." "Manhattan Art ..." "It's me;" "Jakob." "Hi." "Jakob." "Bo ..." "I have told Helle about us." "She would like to meet you." "Hello there." "I'm Helle." "How nice of you to come!" "Shall I hang your coat up?" "Who are you?" "Someone from work?" "No, not exactly ..." " it's rather complicated, Bertil." "Ditte and Bertil, will you lay the table?" "I'll see if Emilie has gone to sleep." "Would you like a drink?" " Yes, please." "I suddenly realized it was the right moment; and Helle was fantastic." "That's good, really good." " We talked about it all night." "I'm so happy you didn't refuse to come." "Here, Darling." "Helle wants to sell it all and install foam rubber cushions and ..." "I just want something more light and airy." "But the dining table ..." " Isn't he conservative?" "He certainly is." " You're ganging up on me." "I should have known it!" "I'll get that, and check the roast." "Shall we sit down, Bo?" " Yes, let's." "I hear you met abroad?" "And ..." " Yes, that's what happened." "When he told me   I was really scared and really hurt." "Understandably." "I mean, I can't change things." "He is what he is, and you seem to ..." "I bet you're talking abut me." "Who was that on the phone?" " Just my father." "I couldn't work out what he wanted." "To talk to his son, perhaps?" "I think the roast is nearly done." "I'll check it out." "Shall I pick you up from work?" "We could go out, the two of us." "The three of us." "It'd be cool." "I'm not in the mood." " Come on, Darling!" "You want to come ut with daddy, eh, son?" "So what if I'm childish?" "It'll be good fr the kid!" "Is that what you think?" "You 've gone all bourgeois since you became a civil servant." "I'll pick you up from the office and we'll go out to eat." "I don't think I've the time." " 4 o'clock." "OK?" "Hi!" "ls she in?" " Just a moment." "Rune is here." "You may go on in." "Look at this!" "What is it?" "You're not usually so slow on the uptake." "There's so much I'm usually nt." "What's this?" " Look at it!" "Can't it wait?" "Can't you picture it?" "Isn't it sweet?" "How abut sitting down for a moment?" "I'm moving out." "The baby will live with me." "I've had an apartment since last month." "This evening I'll come for my clothes." "How often will the baby see his dad?" "For the first couple of years not at all; then we'll see." "You must be mad!" "There's got to be a law about it!" "It's best for the child this way." " Sure!" "Being cooped up in an apartment all day while mum's out to work!" "How could you afford an apartment?" "Your father." " My father?" "It's his grandchild, after all." "You wanted to talk about the shop?" " Yes." "Frankly ..." "I have almost no money left." "What do you intend to do about it?" " I intend to try to borrow more." "From me again?" " Yes ... yes, perhaps." "This shop was a dead loss right from the start, and you knew it." "I don't know what your plans are." "But I'd like more time of my own." "So perhaps you could take over the agency that I run." "It'd give you some satisfaction to earn your own money." "I hear there are other reasons why you've stayed in Denmark so long." "Yes ..." "By the way, I've met a woman." "I think you know her ..." "Tina Borg, the actress." "Tina Borg?" " Yes." "Congratulations." "She's lovely." "I'm glad you can see it to." " Of course I can." "We're going to live together." " Does mum know?" "Yes." "And what abut Tjumse?" " I've lost touch with her." "She'll read abut it in the gutter press, I'm sure." "Do you see your father at all?" " Yes." "Give him my regards." " I will." "Is he happy?" " Yes, as a matter of fact he is." "He's met somebody else." " I bet he meets loads of them." "He's living with this one." " Oh." "Oh?" "How exciting, eh?" "Yes." "Well, there you go." "Is it anyone we know?" " Yes, as a matter of fact." "It's Tina Borg ... The actress." "Oh, Tina Borg?" "I thought I'd tell you before you saw it in the papers." "I don't mind at all." "The older men get, the younger their women have to be, right?" "Your dad always said   that God never intended women to live so ing as they do nowadays." "How is your mother?" " She's actually very well." "Yes, the worst is over, I believe." "She's asked herself over here tonight." "Bo, will you give me the jar of pills?" "The little one?" "I'm a bit tipsy, you see, so I'll need a sleep before she comes." "And you never know how hard it will be to get to sleep." "Come here." "I am so happy that you wanted to come to see me." "Because you are the sweetest person I've ever met." "Bo!" "There are two kinds of people in the world." "The ones who get what they want;" "and the rest of us." "It sounds a bit too simple." "It is only when you're young that you think life is complicated." "Good night." "Good night." "It's ages since anyone tucked me up." "Sweet dreams!" " Take care, Bo." "Hello?" "Tjumse?" "Tjumse?" "Tjumse!" "Tjumse!" "There." "Let's take this off ..." "We can't go to the pictures anyway." " Your mum's coming to baby-sit." "Go on your own." "I'm staying here." "Why are you being so hysterical?" "Marianne phoned." "Aha ... so what?" "She's invited us to that commune of hers ... the whole family." "That'll be nice." " Nice?" "Playing happy families?" "You were thrilled when Marianne moved into the country." "You felt you'd have me to yourself." "Well, you've got me to yourself." "We only see them a couple of times a year, and they're my kids, to." "And what abut me?" "Am I meant to stare at you and Marianne kissing and cuddling?" "She makes me sick." "I knew you'd do that." "You're so bloody clever, yes." "I've been a bad girl, haven't I?" " Yes." "Come here." "Manhattan Arts, Bo Gregersen speaking." "It's me." "Jakob." " Bring a bottle of wine over." "Jakob, are you there?" "It's a mess." "I forgot we were having people to dinner." "My in-laws." "And my mother-in-law's sister and her husband ..." "Are you there?" " Yes." "Why didn't you say so before?" " I had forgotten all about it." "You know how difficult things are for me." "I'm really sorry." "Forgive me." "I love you, too." "Is anyone in?" "The rest of the family?" "Helle's out with Ditte." "Bertil's at his piano lesson." "Emile's here reading her comics." "Reading?" " Well, looking." "She can read a bit, though." "Bertil taught her." "Jakob hasn't come back, then?" " Who?" "Jakob?" "No." "I'll wait inside, OK?" "We're not to talk to each other and I'm not to see you, is that it?" "Is it?" "Jakob, I love you." "What am I to do?" "Find somebody else." " I can't." "Do you want to destroy yourself?" " Without you I want nothing." "Oh, please!" "You might at least close the door!" "You need some water." " I'm not having any of that." "We've known each other for six years." "That should be enough to understand one simple fact." "And accept it." " Accept it?" "Accept that you don't love me?" " That I love Helle." "Oh, OK." "So you stopped being gay just like that?" "No, no, no." "How do you satisfy your insatiable desire, then?" "There are places." "If you'd done likewise things wouldn't have got this far." "Goodbye." "You look so smart!" "Do you like working for dad?" "I live well." "Maybe it's not what I dreamed of when the world was wide pen." "How about you and ..." " You mean Jakob?" "We don't see much of each other any more." "Well, that's enough about me." "Is he nice?" "How old is he?" "He is eight years older than me." "And he's nice." "His name is Tage." " Yes?" "I thought you'd bought a new dress." " I have." "Can't you see?" "You must have ne just like it in the cupboard, then." "The important thing is that it's new." "Can't you see that?" "She can't go on a date in stuff she's worn before." "What's the time?" " Half past six." "Oh, dear!" "I'd better hurry." "Goodbye." "I promise I won't be back too late." "You don't need to make promises." " Yes, I do." "Why?" " Because I want to." "Goodbye." " 'Bye." "We've been out five times now so you deserve a little thing ..." "I don't know what to say." "Aren't you going to put it on?" "What are your feelings?" "For me, I mean?" "They are genuine." "They are good." "Same here." "You look lovely." "Thank you." "No ..." "I don't like it, Tage." "I don't ..." "Tage, I don't like it." "Stop it!" "No!" "Let go!" "Stop it!" "Come, my pretty." "Have a whisky." "I'd better be getting on home." " No, not so soon!" "How old are your children?" " 15 and 12 1l2." "Have they ever been to Legoland?" "No, I don't think so." "Shall we go next spring?" " Yes, maybe." "Lovely girl!" " Please will you call me a cab?" "You're drinking?" "Clara, darling, come and sit down." " You're drunk." "You promised not to any more." " I'm not drinking." "It's just a little glass;" "things didn't go well tonight." "What happened?" "Some people have different ideas   about the way men and women should relate to each other." "How do you mean?" "Sexually." "Oh." " Tage likes doing certain things." "What?" "!" "He really hurt me." "How can you go along with stuff like that?" "All you are is a drunken whore." " What are you saying to me?" "I'm going to live with dad." "What happened?" "I feel so weird." " Weird?" "Like the other day when I was out shopping." "I got on an escalator." "And I felt bits of all the people I passed flowing into me." "And at the same time it was as if   my soul or whatever you want to call it   was seeping quietly ut of me." "And then it came." "What did?" "The fear, damn it!" "I've given it a name." "In some mysterious way   I actually feel it helps." "I call it "the little whites"." "It's actually like having friends to talk to." "The Little Whites." "Ask Dr. Grytz fr some pills." "Yes." "Maybe that's all I need." "Or maybe I should throw a party." "Good evening!" "Well, what do you think?" "I don't know what to say." "No ..." "We've thought of every detail." "Trendy!" "Really trendy!" "Thank you." "You, too." "Come along, mum." "You might as well get it over with." "Coming?" "Dad?" "Oh?" "Hello, Darling." " Hello, Mogens." "This is Tina." "Tina Borg." "Hello." " Hello." "Cheers." " Cheers, Mogens." "I see you asked Jørgen." " Yes." "I'll go and find Sixten." "Poor Maj." "Why on earth?" " She isn't happy." "Do we really have to stay?" " Why can't you have some fun?" "Because it isn't fun." "Why did you wave at her?" " Because she waved at me." "Darling, for heaven's sake!" "Who is she?" " I don't know." "Why did you wave to her if you don't know her?" "Shall we dance?" "..." "Don't worry, I'll take good care of your wife." "Such an enchanting partner!" "Where have we met before?" "We danced together." "Cheek to cheek, even." "That sounds a bit old-fashioned." "A hideous phrase." "Where, though?" "At my high school graduation party." "When we all jumped into the swimming pool with our clothes on." "Oh, yes!" "You look completely ..." "Completely what?" " Different." "Am I to take that as a compliment?" " You bet!" "Rune!" "Long time no see!" "Oh, not that old cliché." " Oh, sorry." "You're far too much of a free thinker to say ordinary things to." "Let's make you presentable." "Carpets on the walls?" "It's Air Travel style." " I see." "You should have come earlier." "Mum and dad said hello." "We had a cosy little moment." "It was absolutely painless." " I expect it was." "Why do you say that?" "Stop being so hostile, Maj." "I'm just honest; but that's something you've never admitted." "Honest!" "And you still never feel guilty?" "Maybe you think I've reason to?" "Do you?" "Yes." "Quite honestly." "For God's sake!" " Damn it, Maj!" "How can you stand yourself?" "Look around you!" "You and I are not si different as you think and maybe hope." "You bloody bet we are." "I'm not out to spoil anything for anyone." "Can you say the same of you?" "Take whatever you want." "There's enough to choose among." "So I see." "Is your wife the jealous type?" " Not at all." "You're lucky." "And you're beautiful." "Jørgen, my old buddy!" "Let's have some fun!" "Come and dance!" ""I traveled over land and sea And an old man came to me ..."" "Is he on drugs?" ""I belong in Moneyland, in Moneyland, in Moneyland ..."" "Come on, Jørgen!" ""I traveled over land and sea ..."" "Stop it, you clown!" "It isn't funny." "I know you flower power types." "Always on about peace and freedom and free arsewipes." "Are you a perv or something?" " Not as far as I know." "But to the abnormal everything seems normal." "Is that why you like being pissed on?" "Well, that's up to you." "But how dare you assume that your guests want the same treatment?" "You're being pissed on." "The lot of you." "Stop ..." " Beat it, you faggot." "They've been abusing you lot for years." "Jørgen, we'll get you a cab." " That would be wise." "Of your whole family I can stand you the least." "You're the most conceited person imaginable." "And the one with the least reason to be." "That's what the whole family is like." "So airy and ironic." "Nothing matters, does it?" "You're experts at floating on the surface, not giving a damn." "Do you know him?" "The great company owner and director." "Do you know how he's spent his life?" "Picking up other human beings and using them." "Tjumse ... remember her?" "Do you remember her, you bastard?" "You killed her." " Jørgen, stop it." "You killed her." "Is he badly hurt?" " I don't know yet." "What a screw-up!" "I worked so hard on this party!" "The ambulance is coming." "Will you say a few words, dad?" " Yes." "May I have your attention?" "Fortunately no serious harm has been done." "But if anybody from the newspapers   tries to talk to any of you   make sure you tell them the truth." "And the truth is that nothing happened." "That is all I have to say." "Don't go!" "Sup will be served in a moment, so you mustn't go!" "Was it good?" " You all ask the same question." "Well, I've never asked you before." "No." "Were you in doubt?" "No." "You've no reason to be, either." "You'd better go downstairs first." "I'll need a shower." "Don't worry, I'll do that." "If anyone wants champagne ..." "What the hell has happened?" "Where is everyone?" "Hey, what happened?" "Nothing happened." "Jørgen ..." "Jørgen walked into the plate glass window." "There was a bit of glass." "Broken glass." "And he cut himself." "Nothing happened." "He shouldn't drink so much." "Soup is served." "How splendid!" "Turtle ... a useful little creature." "Go on, say it, Dad." "Of curse." "I'd hate to disappoint anyone." "There is nothing   like a good bowl of sup." "You can always come to live here with me and Egon." "I'm fine at dad's." "Yes." "You know I love you." "Yes." "I suddenly felt it was so long since I'd said so." "Hello!" "So your holiday is over, eh?" " Yes, it is." "Where are Susanne and Egon?" " They went down to the beach." "Shall I make some tea?" "We'll wait, then." "Will you sit down fr a moment, Darling?" "I always wondered whether my mother loved me." "I'm sure she tried to show it but it was never enough." "You mustn't be angry with me." " I'm not." "Thank you." "There's nothing to say thank you for." "Aren't people meant to be able to forgive each other?" "Smoking?" "Yuck." "Will you come to the station to say goodbye?" "Is something up?" "Aren't you going to tell her?" "What is it?" " Won't you?" "Egon has met someone." " Oh?" "He is 31 ." " You're seeing a man of 31?" "Egon, you're 13." " I'll be 14 next month." "What difference does it make?" " He's really nice." "We have a great time together." "But you wouldn't understand." "I've never been so happy." "Have you told mum?" " Are you nuts?" "it'd kill her." "You'll have to talk to somebody." " Why not talk to Bo?" "Why should I?" "He's no different to the rest of them." "They pretend to understand but they don't." "What about Marianne?" " You can't tell her everything." "She's not as liberated as she thinks." "Sometimes I just get so scared." "English subtitles Jonathan Sydenham"