"It's high time that I closed up." "I have to remain invisible." "Even if people know they're renting the house for one or two weeks they have to be able to pretend it's their house." "Otherwise they won't be happy here." "Where shall I put the guestbook?" "I'll put this feather that I found at the edge of the forest at a new page so the book opens there." "As long as they write something." "It's so sad if they don't." "# fierce as the ocean # tiny as the grains of sand # take me on the wind" "# I left my traces on the land # vulnerable as a child" "# that is how I felt # detached from the ground # beached like a wreck # but here I'll fight myself free # until the storm will blow over again # the storm that rages inside me # so that I can go on" "# and continue # oh oh and continue" "# I lost track of since when" "# I no longer function as I used to # since I no longer find peace" "# I'm on fire but I feel washed out" "ISLAND GUESTS # so that I can go on" "# here I'll fight myself free" "# the storm that rages inside me # here I'll fight myself free" "# until the storm blows over again # the storm that rages inside me # so that I can go on" "# oh oh and continue # oh oh and continue" "They have house rules here, Chiel." "I know." "Don't leave food behind in the refrigerator." "Oh, sorry." "And items that break down must be replaced." "Close the doors and the windows." "This is it." "Peekaboo!" "Hey!" "That's nice." "Where's Floris?" "Where is he?" "Peekaboo!" "Oh, there he is." "That's nice." "Where is he now?" "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Peekaboo!" "There he is." "Yes." "You do that well." "Give mummy a kiss." "Give her a kiss." "Time to sleep." "Bye, sweetheart." "Have a good sleep." "Sorry." "It's alright." "I'd like to read a bit." "Have you got that book?" "Didn't you take it to Berlin?" "'The Never Ending Story'." "My father gave it to me for my birthday." "No, I don't have it anymore." "You don't have it anymore?" "I gave it away." "You gave it away?" "Yes, I gave it away." "You gave it to her." "You're kidding." "My father gave it to me..." "He wrote in it." "'For Dana who turned 30 and gave me my first grandson.'" "You knew that, didn't you?" "No, I didn't." "I thought it was just a book." "What does it matter?" "I wanted to give her something and I had that book in my bag." "So I gave it to her." "You're such an asshole." "What do you want from me?" "What do you want?" "I've said sorry a thousand times." "A thousand times." "Did you write anything in it?" "'Thanks for services rendered'?" "I can't wait until we have a holiday." "Isn't it nice to work?" "Lovely." "It's going to be very busy today." "Oh." "Daddy?" "Daddy?" "How do birds stay up in the air?" "Hush, darling." "Daddy has to work." "Daddy wants to go on holiday, but the drop ceilings don't want to go." "Daddy works so you can go on holiday." "Ok, then." "I'll go get something to drink." "What do you want?" "I want a coke." "You can't get coke." "It's unhealthy." "In the morning it's ok." "Can't he stop with that stupid game?" "Orders 85 and 86 are ready for pickup." "4.75, please." "Can I get 3 coke and a beer?" "A can?" "Yes." "How much is that?" "6.50, please." "6.50?" "Yes." "Excuse me." "Did I just hear my phone ring?" "We've done a lot of cycling and walking." "Duinroos is fantastic!" "It was wonderful." "A sunny holiday." "Bye, Klaas and Wilma." "No, don't touch it." "Everything will be alright." "Bye, Willem." "Sorry, sorry... mummy's so bad." "And daddy's sweet and Floris is sweet..." "Oh... oh, darling... yes." "Simone?" "Yes, I'm here." "Guys..." "Excuse me..." "Follow daddy." "Excuse me." "Come, come... stay with daddy." "I'm not going in there." "They don't even have room for luggage." "I'm not going in there." "Look what still has to go in." "Maybe if we pack it tight..." "You can go." "Alright." "We'll take a cab." "Is there a cab here?" "Oh, a cab!" "Yes..." "Hello!" "Great holiday." "I'm really enjoying myself." "Now what?" "Daddy, daddy..." "look!" "Oh, no." "Out of the question." "Just enjoy the landscape, Nils." "Which landscape?" "Sometimes I wish my ears were the walls and my eyes were the windows." "Then I could see and hear what the houses see and hear." "Dana... that was someone who wrote in the guestbook." "Someone so pale who stands behind the window like that, has a lot to write." "I can see that." "They could just as well hang up a sign." "'Break in here!" "'" "Such beautiful dunes." "Yes, such beautiful dunes." "Such beautiful dunes." "Bla bla bla." "Better?" "What a pile of junk." "Come on, Nils, please." "Nils." "Hey, Bert." "What?" "When?" "One moment." "They already called." "Did someone touch my phone?" "All I want is that we have a holiday." "And?" "What did you say?" "Who?" "Yes." "No, it's clear." "It's not my decision." "They didn't even tell me, but it's clear." "Yes." "Bye, Bert." "Do you know who will be Commercial Director?" "Dennis Bokhoven." "He's been with the company for a year." "He's still wet behind the ears." "Isn't that unbelievable?" "But you didn't want that job at all." "You'd have to go abroad and all that." "You didn't want that." "Also because of the children, right?" "Nils!" "Nils!" "Daddy, can I come with you?" "Daddy wants to be alone for a bit." "Dana!" "Dana!" "Dana." "What do you want?" "Open up." "I got groceries and I have a surprise for you." "I found the book." "It was waiting for you at the library." "My father's book?" "Yes, exactly the same book." "Same story, same edition, everything the same." "It was stupid of me." "I told you." "What more do you want?" "What's her name?" "She knows my name too." "Alright." "No, never mind." "I want you to go." "And take your child with you." "What can I say, Floris?" "Never cheat." "Not even once." "Hey." "Hey, hello." "Oh, look." "Look." "Daddy's a really good cook." "Do you see that?" "Give daddy a kiss." "What did she look like?" "Dana, please." "You can tell me what she looked like." "Blonde or brunette?" "Redhead?" "Thin, fat?" "Was she anything like me?" "Or very different from me?" "You can tell me something at least, can't you?" "This one's for Josje..." "I don't have to drop by every day." "But I like to see them enjoy the silence of the night." "And the peace and quiet of the island." "Would they feel it that someone's keeping an eye on them?" "I hope not." "You should allow people their freedom." "Well... congratulations, Mr Commercial Director." "Well done." "You came in through the backdoor and a year later you're the boss." "Excuse me." "If you ever need to know anything about drop ceilings or installations you can always call me." "I know everything." "Dennis Bokhoven." "They want the X factor, right?" "And commercial intuition." "You've got it all!" "Let me tell you what you've got." "You're a lucky bastard, Dennis Bok... ouch... damn..." "Dennis Bokhoven!" "Yes, yes!" "Hi, darling." "I heard you whistling downstairs." "Oh." "It sounded so sweet." "Wait..." "Come here." "Ouch." "Hello." "Hello." "Are you also in need of a warm day?" "Yes." "My name's Simone." "Dana." "Do you come here often?" "No, this is the first time." "My husband arranged it." "And you?" "I've been here often with the children." "It's my husband's first time." "He loves it." "It's really perfect." "The quiet and all the nature." "Yes." "If only we had good weather..." "The weather bureau said we'd have some nice days." "You can give it to me." "I'm on my way to the bottle disposal." "That's very friendly." "Have a nice day." "Bye." "Good morning." "Hi." "Where's daddy?" "He's having a shower." "Did you wash your hair?" "There was no shampoo." "I got everything out of the toilet bag." "There was only hair dye." "What is it?" "What is it?" "Your hair..." "I'll keep it like this." "I like it." "Look, daddy:" "I've got a drawing for you." "Oh, beautiful." "You understand daddy, don't you?" "Your poor daddy." "Look what Floris and I got for you on the beach." "That's beautiful." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "Shall we look for another one?" "Thanks, darling." "Find another one!" "I'd like to go home again." "I mean to the cottage." "Alright, you go ahead." "I'll get some groceries." "No, I'll get the groceries with you." "That's ok too." "Or, you know what..." "I'll go home after all." "As you wish, sweetheart." "'As you wish, sweetheart." "As you wish, sweetheart!" "'" "You can go home or you can come get the groceries." "Why is everything suddenly alright with you?" "And why are you laughing so stupidly?" "Because I'm enjoying all this." "Floris, the holiday cottage, you." "Have we got everything?" "Want some port?" "You always love port." "Chiel, you don't love port." "But you love port, don't you?" "So let's get some port." "I don't want any port." "Alright, no port." "Do you want something else?" "No." "Yes, yes?" "Hey Floris, hey Floris." "Chiel, you don't need to..." "The tomatoes haven't been weighed." "I'll do it." "Let me." "No, let me do it." "I can walk too." "Honey, let me." "Chiel!" "Stop it, please." "Stop trying to make up!" "I don't want you like this." "I don't want you like this!" "Asshole!" "Shall I weigh the tomatoes for you?" "It'll be alright." "It'll really be alright." "Sorry." "It's ok." "Can I ask you something?" "Yes." "Would you take our picture?" "Yes, of course." "Push that." "Yes." "Here comes." "Wait." "Here you are." "Thank you." "Did you manage with the shell?" "Can we take a picture of you too?" "Yes." "But why don't you start for yourself?" "As if I haven't thought about that." "I've already been a manufacturer of aluminium strips... in my mind." "It's not as easy as you think." "Hey, Dana." "Are you leaving already?" "What a shame." "I thought: it's a waste to throw it out." "Yes, we can use it." "Thank you." "Have a good trip." "All the best." "Thank you." "Have fun." "Bye." "Bye." "Bye." "Do they think we're poor or something?" "They left the top window open." "I'm glad I noticed." "Some people are more fussy in their holiday cottage than at home." "As if they think someone's watching them." "Oh that's a shame." "Oh well." "And ten... there you go." "So your parents aren't going to their eternal holiday house?" "They can't make it, but it has been paid for." "So we could go if we want to." "Oh." "Walter, Willemijn, a new colleague of yours." "Bye." "Hi." "Walter." "Tom." "Hi." "Willemijn." "Tom." "Got some experience, Tom?" "I worked in a pub for two years." "A pub?" "A pub or a Grand Café?" "That's quite a difference." "A pub." "A pub?" "Remember, Wim?" "You and me in 'De Spiegel'." "Now that was a pub." "I thought the pub was alright." "Ok." "I'm assuming you brought work clothes?" "You can get changed there and start selling fries." "Ok." "Want a fry?" "Can I have one?" "Please." "Can I have some mayo?" "Nice guy..." "plenty of nice guys for you." "Will you be like this all holiday?" "Oh, sorry..." "Never mind." "Have fun." "We'll manage, I think." "Have a good trip." "Bye." "Say something." "Hello." "Hello." "Would it ruin your view if I hung up my laundry here?" "No, go right ahead." "It's lovely here on the island." "There's nothing to do here, but that's what I love." "Was I such a good girl too?" "Even better." "When I'd look after you for a day, I'd have to teach you bad stuff." "Pushing in at the fair, for instance." "Your mother hated that." "Hello." "Hello." "Max, don't play football here." "You'll break a window." "Imagine that." "Hello." "Hello." "Hi." "Hi." "The previous people left this behind, but we have no use for it." "Maybe something for you?" "Thank you." "It's high tide tomorrow morning at eight already." "So if you want to swim, you'll have to go early." "But at low tide, the beach is beautiful too, of course." "Are you enjoying yourself here?" "I'm cooking, so if you don't mind..." "Excuse me, of course." "Bye." "Sanne?" "Sanne?" "Is everything alright?" "Since when?" "A couple of weeks." "How many weeks?" "Sanne, you can tell me." "That's what I'm for." "Almost seven." "But I just had a bad fall." "Maybe I lost it." "Because of the fall?" "No." "There are much better ways than jumping off the stairs." "I didn't jump off the stairs." "I fell." "But I'm still alive." "Yes." "What will you do about it?" "It's this big now." "Think about it for a while." "We still have time." "Not much, but still." "Now play that ball." "Good." "De Visser..." "They didn't execute that well." "Hartlander..." "He came towards the goal post." "Van den Ouweland, Ax..." "Did you like it, Nils?" "The pancakes?" "It's not very good without treacle." "De Graafschap deserved it..." "Get desert." "Hartlander... well done by Ax fools Rover, gets past him thinks about it, does it himself..." "via Ten Rouwelaar Hartlander should have passed that ball..." "Made it myself." "With Roos." "Yuck... what's in it?" "It's got cream berries." "Cranberries." "Sorry, but I don't like that." "Now what?" "How long will this continue?" "This is a holiday house." "You should relax here." "But nobody has been unhappier than us here." "Oh, don't you like it?" "Don't you like how I am?" "I didn't say that..." "I have bad news for you:" "This is how I am." "No, leave them right here." "Stay here!" "So you can see what a loser your father is." "Your father's name is Nils and he's a big loser." "He's got no energy, no ambition, no nothing." "He could start his own business, but he doesn't have the guts." "It's so bad that when his boss dumps a turd on Nils' head, Nils will say thank you, boss." "Why are you laughing?" "He can't do anything." "Nothing at all." "What's your father capable of, Roos?" "Max, what am I capable of?" "Well?" "Nothing." "I can't do anything." "Except one thing." "There's one thing that loser Nils can do." "And he happens to be very good at it." "Do you know what it is, Simone?" "Do you know what your Nils thinks he's good at?" "He thinks he can do his best." "His best." "Just his best." "And in the end, that's just not good enough." "And then things become really hard and a wave comes and it takes your father away and swim as he may it takes him away to I don't know where." "Because he can't save himself." "He can only do his best." "Come on, darling." "Who's saying this?" "And you... you don't lift a finger to help me." "What is this?" "And what about the children?" "They have to go to bed." "Simone?" "And the dishes?" "You can't use dad's computer." "He said I could." "He said so himself." "Roos, aren't you in bed yet?" "Dad said it was alright." "To bed, guys." "Hurry." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." "Wim." "Yes?" "You should do something about your hair." "I will, after the holiday." "I'm saying it for your sake." "You're walking around with it." "Tom, where will you spend your holiday?" "On the island." "And... do you have a place to stay?" "I've got a little nylon tent and I'll find a spot in the dunes." "I always do." "Too much hassle for me." "It's fun, you know." "Our little house has an extra room." "So if you want..." "Right, Walter?" "Yes, of course." "Sorry." "Excuse me." "Are you coming, Simone?" "Excuse me." "Can we get past?" "I'm sorry." "Come." "Come, let's stay together." "Sorry, we're in a hurry." "Excuse me." "Yes, I'm trying." "Fascinating, isn't it?" "Yes, charming." "All those seabirds, seagulls and grebes." "Crazy idea: if your child had been born, we might have been friends." "You're not going to make me feel guilty." "I didn't have your friend removed." "Sorry." "Chrisje..." "Are you coming?" "Nice name, Chrisje." "You can use it for a boy or a girl." "Chrisje." "Shall I call it Chrisje?" "You take it so lightly." "Don't you have any plan for your life?" "How do you imagine it?" "How long have you known Sjoerd?" "Ten weeks?" "What a basis to send a child into the world." "If I had thought like that, what would my life have been like?" "I wouldn't have been here enjoying nature." "If my mother hadn't had me, I wouldn't have been here enjoying nature." "I'll stay out of it from now on." "That would be best." "Don't do it." "You shouldn't do it." "Don't think I regret it." "Not for one moment." "I'm 43." "It's all too late now." "Finished." "Done." "I think it's still possible." "Find a guy and have a baby." "What is it to you?" "'Have a child.' You're a child yourself." "Use your brain for a change." "Finished?" "Bye." "Sanne." "Wim, is this it?" "Yes, that one." "Our cottage." "That one boy, he seems a bit lost." "As if he always wants to keep an eye on two sides." "And the other boy and that girl..." "I wonder what their names are." "Last year we had a couple of around 50." "He did exercises every evening in front of the cottage." "But no name." "Nice holiday thanks to Duinroos 2." "We're completely relaxed." "Nils, Roos, Max and Simone." "Funny." "What?" "We'll never know who they are." "No." "Wim?" "Yes." "Where can I have a shower?" "There, that door." "Tom?" "Your things are up here." "Nice room." "Yes." "You have a great view from here." "Look at those dunes." "It always relaxes me." "Yes, beautiful." "I always came here with my parents." "I always slept there." "I always built huts there." "And my parents slept here." "This bed's like a seesaw." "When it sees here, it saws there." "A spring mattress?" "Something like that." "We should try it for fun." "Uncomfortable, isn't it?" "You could put wooden boards under it." "Then I'd really feel like I was in a coffin." "Don't you need a shower?" "No, I'll shower tonight." "The water's very nice." "I'll sleep in there." "Your bag... my bag." "How does it work?" "With a tube." "They stretch everything a bit and..." "And do they throw it out or burn it?" "You don't want to know all that." "Just get it over and done with." "They always make it sound as if you're removing an entire child." "Don't look at it that way." "Look at that colour." "Yes, beautiful." "You're beautiful, Wim." "What a bore he is." "What?" "Tom." "Look... unbelievable." "With his birdies and..." "I wish he'd leave." "Dear Wim, what's wrong with you today?" "Don't fall in love with him." "Don't." "Promise?" "I don't fall in love anymore." "Not with someone who doesn't want me." "Yes, yes." "And a bit this way." "What are you preparing?" "Tandoori chicken." "Can I taste?" "Yes." "Nice." "Where did you learn to cook like that?" "I'm just improvising a bit." "Nice." "Isn't it, Walter?" "Wonderful." "Thank you." "Look what I found on the beach today." "It's Hebrew." "What would it mean?" "Oranges from Jaffa or avocados from Haifa." "Or the Ten Commandments?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Thou shalt not steal." "Thou shalt not..." "Do the dishes." "Thou shalt do the dishes." "Yes, thou shalt help me clean up." "It's 'Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, goat, wife'." "I really see it everywhere." "In this little shell, in the moisture stains on the kitchen floor." "In the curtains." "Don't you see it?" "That big head with the curled up little body." "And those little arms and the thumb in its mouth." "It's not just in my belly." "It's everywhere in me." "Also in my head." "I can't pretend it's not there and I can't have it removed either." "I don't understand how anyone can do that." "You know what you should do?" "Leave me alone." "Keep your hands off that scarf." "Well, goodnight." "Do you want another drink?" "Are you in love with her?" "I've overestimated myself a bit." "I shouldn't have come." "Wim's a special woman." "Willemijn!" "Wim, my Wim." "Women aren't our possession, ok?" "Haven't been for ages." "Willemijn and I sleep in the same bed and that's it." "You already told me that." "In one of those angels' beds." "Angels' bed." "Have you ever seen angels make love?" "Have you seen them have sex or procreate or mate of fuck or whatever you want to call it?" "No, me neither." "Fucking isn't erotic." "It's sweat, juices and raw meat." "And that's it." "Have you ever seen a painting with people who are fucking?" "No, that doesn't work." "It's horrific." "What?" "Well, I like to fuck." "Yes." "But do you think Willemijn wants to get involved with me?" "You're a disgusting little man, Tom." "Working your way in on the sly." "I don't know why but it's mainly the women who write in the guestbook." "I can see that." "It seems like a law of nature." "I shouldn't expect too much." "As long as they write something, so their faces get names." "You don't look in love at all." "People who are in love, float." "I thought it would go away if I didn't talk about it." "Wim?" "If you'd get involved with that Tom, it wouldn't be short-lived, would it?" "I've never had a longer relationship than one month." "Except with me?" "Yes, alright, with you." "I found it." "Beautiful." "How can a birdie come out of such a small hole?" "It was sucked out by a bird of prey." "You're very sensitive suddenly." "Everything has to be cute." "No more cruelty." "Everything normal." "What are your plans for today?" "Go for a beach walk, I thought." "And you, Tom?" "I was going for a walk along the ocean." "No, I'll do it." "You go." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "We could also..." "Just go." "Have fun." "When I started cleaning here ten years ago the guestbook was already there." "It won't ever be full, I think." "Not during my lifetime." "At least, I don't hope so." "It would be so empty to have a new book with all blank pages." "As if you end up on an island where no one lives or has lived." "A sandbar."