"Is it far?" " A little bit yet." "That was that vacation ..." " And no one fell in love with you." "You're sitting on my half." "Mom, she's sitting on my half!" "What did you do, Frida?" " Nothing." "I just pinched her." " Oh, stop it." "Listen, have we parked for the night?" "FRIDA" " STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART" "Mom, listen to this:" ""No other human venture is begun with such high hopes, - and yet so often in vain, as a love relationship."" ""... and yet so often in vain, as a love relationship."" "This is deadly serious!" " Mom." "There is only one way to avoid a failed relationship - and that is to find out why it fails - and study the nature of love in depth."" "Reading in the car, makes me sick." " Well, then don't read." "Do we have a flat?" " I wish you'd had a man." "Yes, they've got an incredibly good bouncing ability." "Here's one." "He prefers a blend of Samantha Fox and Mother Theresa." "No age preference." "It's in the Lonely Hearts column" "Or this one:" ""Lonely but not alone."" "No, I still remember the last few." " That column is so vulgar." "Poor suitors, frightened by Frida." " Your glasses are disgusting." "Where is the spare tyre?" "Have we ever had a flat before?" " Nonetheless a silly thing to do!" "Silly?" " We needed the space for luggage." "Mom?" " Yes, hurry up." "So, you've gotten tits!" "Cool." "Okay." "Raymond?" " Yes, that's his name." "I borrowed his soccer socks." " You didn't wear them, did you?" "'Course I did." "So, you swapped his toe-stink with him, then." "Did you neck?" " We snuck out at night." "What did your mom think?" " She thinks I'm innocent." "Well, I am in a way." "You should have seen him." "He whammed that ball smack in to the goal." "The best." "Maradona." " Who's that?" "Oh, it's the biology room." " That's just great." "I'll take the blame if you calm down." "What I demand is ..." " Respect." "Respect." "I'm sorry we're a bit late." "Do you mind?" "And the reason for your tardiness?" "Me." "We lost track of time." "It's my fault." "Right?" "I'll take the blame." "Very well." "And what was your name?" " Frida." "Frida." " Frida Bakke Thomsen." "You'll be this year's scapegoat." "Can you do that?" "On such a slender foundation?" "I refuse." "Kristian!" "With a basic notion of ..." "Respect." "Is that respect?" "Using a scapegoat?" "Respect without love is tyranny!" " What was that?" "What was that guy's name again?" " Raymond?" "No ..." " We're going to write to each other." "The guy who wrote that stuff:" ""I love, you love." All that crap." "Crap?" "It's Erich Fromm." "Erich with a CH." "Right." "That's one of the books I'll leave out." "Erich with a "CH"." "Crumb." " Fromm, you idiot." "Hi." " Hi." "Crummy like the inside of a rubber boot at a 104 degrees Fahrenheit." "Talking about a book I'm reading." " What book is that?" "No ..." " It's about love." "By H.C. Dumb, and you have a piano lesson to go to." "Did you see how great he looked?" "With that gorgeous tan?" "Two weeks and it will all be washed off and floating around in the sewer." "You're so grotesque." "Have you ever considered another instrument, Frida?" "Don't you have a school band?" " A school band?" "No." "No ..." " We don't have a band." "Why, hello Andreas, dear." "It's been quite a while." "This is Andreas." "Hi." " Hi." "Shall we start?" "Goodbye ..." " Goodbye." "Goodbye ..." "I guess you learnt a lot today." "I think I'll have one with jelly." "Hey." "Jelly." " Jelly." "Oh, pretty please ..." " You can't have candy on credit." "You can't, can you?" " But I must have it." "Can't you just write soap?" " No, I have to write candy." "Put it on Kaisa's bill, then." " No." "We can't keep this candy reward system up." "From now on you wait for free." "I'll settle for the same as your piano teacher gets." "Are we friends, or what?" " The school itinerary is free." "Simultaneous capacity?" " Doing several things at once." "She's reading that dirty column again." "Stop it, you nerd!" " There's a letter from your dad." "Good grief." "He must be mad." "He's getting married." "To a coloured woman." "A coloured lady from America who teaches at the same college as him." "Otherwise, he's fine." "That's easy for him to say." "A complete stranger." "I bet he hasn't told her what an awful place Norway is ..." "With black skin." "Poor thing." "What if they have a baby, Kaisa?" "Mulattos are awfully good-looking." "They'll be better looking than us." "They're coming to Norway in three weeks." "That's soon." " Vulgar, perhaps." "Mom." "Say something." "Does it make you sad?" " No." "We were divorced a long time ago." "Jerk." "Where's mom?" " Gone to bed." "She wanted some peace." "She's heartbroken." " Come on." "It's true." "All because of dad." " Why don't you help her, then?" "At least by butting out if she finds a new boyfriend." "He wasn't her type." "You didn't like him either." "But there was no need to terrorize him." "That wasn't terror, or should I show patience with idiots?" "Patience!" "It's easy for you to blame me." "You didn't have to do a thing." "She's had another man since then." " No?" "When?" "Some time ago." " Who?" "Why didn't anyone tell me?" " Guess." "So it's my fault?" ""Modern man has become alienated from himself."" ""He's lost all contact with his fellow man and nature."" "Poor mankind." ""I don't think you'll be disappointed." "Batman."" ""Spunky sixty-year old." "Kind, but not rich."" "Poor things." "Hey." "Hi." " Can't you sleep?" "Yes." "What about you?" "Don't be sad." "He's just a jerk." "Come on." "Two caring children." " Is that you?" "Yes." "Two caring children who can take care of themselves." "Caring children who can take care of themselves?" "Lousy sentence." "Peaceful, then?" "Helpful?" "Well-mannered, kind ..." ""Two kind children who can take care of themselves."" ""I have many interests but not enough time."" ""I hope that'll change when we meet." "Key words :" "Red wine and nature."" "And it begins." ""Is there anybody out there?"" "Yes isn't it poetic?" "You'd better tuck in your tits." " Did you hear that from your dad?" "Who do you think you are?" "God?" "So you can boss everybody around?" "Are all men as vulgar as you?" " Here comes Martin." "Weren't they dating last year?" "Stop it." "Don't!" "No ..." "Martin!" "Hi." " Hi." "Come down here." "I don't like him." "Come here with you!" "It's time for diving practice." "Swimmers must leave the pool." "Come on!" "How do they dare do that?" "I thought, he'd hit the board." " Here comes another one." "Imagine him doing a belly flop from up here." "Cool." "Very cool." " Can you dive from there, Martin?" "Yes." "Then do it." " It's not that hard." "He'll do it for a kiss from Frida." "Get out of the pool." "Damn it!" "You idiot." "Would you have kissed him?" " Camilla the Cow is in paradise." "Alone with him." "And they're almost naked." "Frida?" "Does he love you?" "Hi, Frida, I thought we agreed that you'd come straight home?" "I'm not running a hotel here." " So I noticed." "Start by vacuuming the living room." " But I have to practice my piano." "Piano?" "Great, Frida." "But not until you've vacuumed." "Daddy?" "Daddy?" "Hello, it's Frida." "It's about mom." "I think she regrets that you got divorced." " Look, Frida ..." " She's flipped." " It's night here." "We're sleeping." " So she's in bed with you?" "But Frida ..." "I want to place an ad." "Please stop, it sounds awful." "I just wanted to learn a song." "So that I at least can play one." "Has anyone called?" " I'm only learning one." "Frida!" "Ellinor told me to disconnect it." "It helps my concentration." " You could always let it ring." "Mom said you should do the vacuuming." "Hello?" " HI, it's mom." "It's for me." " Have you done the vacuuming?" " Tough luck!" "I promise to do it." "Mom, I do much more for you than you'll ever know." "Like what?" "I do things for your sake." "More important things." "What?" "Things you need." "You may not even be aware of them yourself." "Please don't do that." "Hello." ""I love you."" "No ..." ""I dream about you every night."" ""Your Frida."" "What are you doing?" " Nothing." "I give them points." " Neat." "Who's Andreas?" "I met him at Ellinor's." " Mom, guess why she's practicing?" ""P.S. As for soccer I still have a lot to learn."" "What was that guy's name again?" " Have you gone senile or what?" "Martin?" "Raymond?" " Who cares about Raymond?" "Then who?" "Andreas?" " Dumb." "Fromm." " "Love thy neighbour as thyself."" "Fromm didn't say that." " But he meant it." "You mean you're my neighbour?" " For instance." "Take a look at yourself." "You're thin and ugly." "Dad said he turned out all right." "He hasn't got the world's best genes." "So who is Andreas?" "What?" " I thought piano was a girl's sport." "Right, it is." "A student of Ellinor Svendsen's?" "The one who looked like a pudding?" "Well, merry Christmas to you." " So good looking, gliding right in." "He's full of female hormones" " Just because he's good looking?" "You need a girlfriend." "Badly." "But you're my girlfriend, little frog." "It's you who need a girlfriend." "You've never even kissed." "We kissed as kids." " Certain things I'd rather forget." "Raymond, Martin, Andreas?" "You can't have three at once." "No problem." "They satisfy three different needs." "I dream about Raymond, long for Andreas, and see Martin every day." "I've got simultaneous capacity." " I bet Dumb wouldn't accept that." "Tell me, mom." " Love is... hard work." "You and Fromm agree about that, and you're both wrong." "It would be different now, if you got a man." "Do you have a man?" " I told you, no." "I kind of grasp it better, now." "Great, Frida, but please don't gobble them all up." "But it's true." " Fine, fine, fine." "Love is hard work in case you didn't know!" "Frida ..." " You're not the only man alive." "How long are you going to keep on with this, Allison?" " Frida!" " What does love mean to you, dad?" "Answer me." "Something like:" ""A piercing feeling of weakness."" ""I'm caught between fear and virginal joy."" ""The fulfilment of dreams."" "It doesn't have to be so complicated." "It can be quite simple." "What does love mean to you?" " It means..." "Go on." " It's something to do with Dumb?" "Fromm!" "You'd better leave now." "You have nothing to say about love?" "Why did God give me everything and you nothing at all?" "You'd better see a psychiatrist." "You must learn to be more profound." "You don't have any passion." "What can I do about that?" "I think I'll have to leave." "Sorry." "Mom do you think she's had an accident?" "Stop it, will you?" " When should she have been home?" "She could have called." "Mom, listen to this well-known psychiatrist:" ""The child has to grow up and leave its mother's womb and breast."" ""Only this way will it gain its independence." Right?" "She knows she can't do this!" "Oh, thank God!" "Mom I called several times!" " You did not!" "Smell if she's been smoking or drinking." "Mom, you're being overprotective." " You rode a motor bike!" "Don't be hysterical." " Mom hates motor bikes." "You're being hysterical." " Tell the dragon to calm down." "Look he drives like a god!" " No!" "You can't just say no." " You know what she means." "If he doesn't love her because she can't ride with him, - then he doesn't love her at all." "Kaisa, consider it a way of testing his love for you." ""Am I my brother's keeper?" "Those who love will answer yes."" ""My brother's life concerns me, too."" ""He who loves feels as responsible for his fellow man as for himself."" "Hi." "Hi." "What are you doing here?" " My mother works here." "At the paper?" "That's what I call fate." "What about you?" " I just happened by, sort of." "Watch out." "Do you want it?" "Thanks." "You can put it in your hair." "What are you laughing at?" "Are you monogamous?" "I don't know." "What does it mean?" "Movable?" "No!" "I know, it's what animals are." "Exactly, like swans." "They mate for life." "What's the word for movable?" " Migratory bird." "No... it's mobile." "I might make a film some day." " Can I play the lead?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "Frida, you were to prepare a poem." "P-O-E-M." "Poem." "Frida?" "Yes?" " You were to prepare a poem." "I think she's trying to find one." " No, I'm not." "Hang on a sec." ""Waiting."" " Come up here." ""Waiting." "My beloved is not there."" ""I am not dancing with him."" ""With my beloved I dance... naked."" ""Because I want to be close to him in happiness, desire and shame."" ""My beloved is not here." "It's not him I'm kissing."" ""What is he waiting for?" "What is he thinking?"" ""Look, my mouth is dark with desire."" ""My beloved comes and goes - and maybe he'll enter my gate and my..." "loins."" "Thank you, that's enough." "Sit down." "Why did you choose this poem?" " I'm very fascinated by love." "It's true." "Agape, for instance." "What is agape?" " Pure love." "This poem has an agapian dimension." "Thank you." "What's that, Crumb?" " Fromm, you clown." "Quiet!" "I just said one shouldn't behave like a clown." "If you had a bit more agape you wouldn't have such a temper." "I did my geography." " That is for tomorrow." "But I did it for today." "There are things he has to get used to, if he wants me." "But he didn't choose you." "He chose to be a teacher so he'll just have to take what he gets." "It's naive of him to think he could go through life without pain." "I want two with jelly today." "One for geography and one for piano." "Not today." "Martin is taking me." "Will he do your homework, too?" " No, that's your job." "I can come pick you up." " No." "Call me." " But I think your phone is broken." "Hi." "See you." "Shall I try it again?" " I would rather you played at home." "Just the part I can't do." "It's this part." "I've got lots of time." "Do you have more students after me?" "That's all for today." " Right afterwards?" "Hi." " Andreas, come on in." "I'm sorry... but I'm just so thirsty." "I get so incredibly thirsty." "Here." "Well, Andreas." "Here we go again." "Thank you." "Mom, can you take it?" " I've got my hands full." "Frida, you have the potatoes." "The potatoes!" "Superglue." "Keep away!" " That's vandalism, Mom!" "Frida!" "Mom, she..." "Mom..." "Hey?" "Where are you going?" "Mom." "So long." " No!" "She's 13." "I've been much too lenient with her." "So put an end to it." "You should have seen her when her dad wrote he was getting married." "To a girl from over there?" "Bente!" "There's one good thing about mom going out." "We can eat in front of the TV." "Hey." "Read this." ""Key words:" "Red wine and nature."" "Right." "Out there in the world." "The things that people do!" "Fools." "Maybe we should help mom." "You and I." " Come off it!" "Yes?" "Key words:" "Red wine and nature." "Box number 1322." "Red wine." "And nature." " Right." "Here we are." "Here you go." " Thanks." "It is my car." "Did you try all the doors?" "I'll have to call for help again." "Hey, look." "Great!" "Thanks a lot." "Can I do anything in return?" "Offer you something?" "An ice cream or a cookie?" "Do you want a lift home?" "You're even clumsier than my mom." "With cars." "She's clumsy?" " Very." "Where do you live?" " Well, where do you live?" "In Professor Dahl's street." " That's not far from me." "Is that a typewriter?" " More or less." "It's my office." "What do you do?" " Write." "Read and teach." "All of that?" "You must be good at expressing yourself, then." "I guess so." "If you feel you're indebted to me, then maybe there is something..." "Yes?" "Will you help me write something?" "Karl P. Johansen." "Just you?" "Do you live by yourself?" "Yes." "Is it messy?" " No." "Or don't you really mind?" " No." "Coffee?" "Let's make it a rose." "The Vigeland Monolith!" "That's a perfect spot for a rendezvous." "Very discreet among all the tourists." ""A rose." "In order for me to recognize you, carry a rose!" "We'll settle for these three guys." "Are you sure your mother wants a partner?" "Wants?" "She needs it." "Are they divorced?" "Men and women..." "They just don't understand each other." "It's no use." "My dad is marrying a black woman who doesn't even speak Norwegian." "At least they won't understand that they don't understand each other." "Are you always this gloomy?" "It's a kind of punishment." "Love between man and woman is a punishment." "You're mad." "Love between man and woman is a joy." "It's a reminder that life is foolish and comical." "Worst of all is when they hold hands." "Have you ever considered entering a monastery?" "You could be a saint." "Yes." "There was an order of monks who thought that mankind was a mistake." "The only way to correct that mistake was to stop mating." "Gnosticism?" "Listen." ""Do not slumber or fall asleep."" ""Never forget the mission God gave you."" "God?" "Do you believe in God?" "Well ..." ""Do not love sweet-smelling garlands."" "Did you write that?" " Not this." "But..." "Look." " Poems?" ""Dear Raymond." "I saw Maradona on TV."" ""Then we were watching TV at the same time, only in different places."" ""I've gotten to know a guy." "His name is Karl." "But don't be jealous."" ""He writes poems and doesn't believe in love between man and woman."" "Frida." "Hi." "Hi." "If you're busy I can wait a while." "Not at all." "These are the King's horses." "Are those the King's flies, too?" "Is it always this quiet here?" "Here you go." "Can I kiss you?" "No." " Why not?" "I don't know." "If you dive." "Maybe." "Is Frida ready?" " She's already left." "That's smart." "Hi." "This way she can take her pick." "What are you doing here?" "I just wanted to check up on you." " Me ...?" "Certain people..." "Well, you never know." "You know men can be dangerous." "You're a man too, aren't you?" "They're perfectly normal lovesick individuals." "Remember they were newborn once, too." "There's another one." "Imagine him as newborn, with umbilical cord and all." "Go to the gate." "Go on." "You could've struck up a conversation." "About what?" " About anything." "Religion." "As interested in monks as you are." "He's not that good-looking." "Is it a matter of good looks?" "No, but he had hair on the photo." "You shouldn't pretend to have more hair than you actually have." "He's handsome." "Go on." " Sorry." "Do you want my mom to miss out on him?" "I'll go." "You can film us." " No way." "I'd rather go, then." "But please don't be too obvious." "Nice day, huh?" "Very nice." "Do you have a light?" "Sorry, I don't smoke." "I teach at the university." "Comparative religion." "I'm particularly interested in a certain Christian movement which..." "I'm sorry." "This can hardly interest you." "Somebody's filming us." " No, you think so?" "How about you?" "What do you do?" "Me?" "I'm in the insurance business." "And that's good?" " Good?" "I mean, do you think it's a good way to... cope?" "Karl !" "Excuse me." "Come on." "That's my sister." "Was she good-looking?" " Do you think I'm good-looking?" "You're tall, dark..." "And interesting." "But there are other women." " No, not for me." "It was her or no one." "You're doomed to be unhappy, then." "If you're stubborn and yet give up." "If I were you I wouldn't have stopped phoning her." "You could borrow something from her." "A book, perhaps." "She's got two children." " Kind of complicated." "Have you considered bribing them?" "I saw you." "With a man, Frida." " So what?" "He was grown up." "What's up?" "Have you got a problem?" "No." "By the way, I've got you on film." "On the motorbike." "We'll talk about it tomorrow, okay?" "Look, mom." "Just a moment." "I told you to stop doing that." "I'm careful with the camera." " So long, then." "Look." "I'm serious." " So am I." "Who's that?" " No one." "Where do you know him from?" " Nowhere." "Do you know him?" " No, he just passed by." "You can't go around filming passers-by!" "If you know what I mean, Fromm." "What's this poor youth to do?" "Should she carry on the project or give up?" ""He who gives up is a shit."" "Couldn't you give me a sure sign?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Frida can you hear me?" "Is there anybody there?" "Hello?" "Thanks." "Hi." "Let's see." " I take good care of my mom, right?" "Yes." "Sure." "So she liked him the best, huh?" "What has he got that I haven't?" "I guess he's a bit more... casual." "When?" "All the time." " When are they going to meet?" "Oh, right." "Next Saturday." "Did you call your beloved yet?" "No." "Only Adam and Eve on one day?" " I guess he had some time to spare." "What did he create then?" " The kangaroo." "He liked it a lot." "He just sat there gazing at it and suddenly it was the seventh day." "The day of rest." " No time left." "Not until then did he realize that Adam and Eve weren't such a success." "By then it was too late." " So it's up to us, then?" "Yes, and that's the problem." " I thought God was perfect." "Frida, gods fall in several categories." "So long." "Karl, if all else fails, we'll go to Australia, right?" "Hi." "Want to go swimming?" "Do you want to go swimming?" " Isn't it closed now?" "Yes." "There's a guard dog." " Here, boy." "Here ..." "No ..." "No ..." "I'm doing it." "The dive." "No, don't." "If this floats, you mustn't do it." "Then it's not meant to be." "But it's a cork!" "Oh Lord, bless Martin so he doesn't make an ass of himself." "I'm going to write a book." " Weren't you making a film?" "No, I'm going to write a book." "About love and God." "Do you believe in God?" "Can you explain the cork for instance?" "Mom?" "Something's up with Frida." "It's as if she's hiding something." " Don't you have any secrets?" "No, what do you mean?" " Well, you tell me..." "Hello?" " Bente, it's me." "Are you alone?" "Well it's a bit inconvenient right now." "Can I call you back?" " Sure." "Bye." ""Dear Raymond." "I have to admit I've lost all interest in soccer."" ""So long, Frida."" "Hi." " Hi." "How about skipping school together?" " Perhaps." "We've got domestic science." "Frida, hurry up." " Yes!" "Just thought I'd tell you." " A barbecue." "Martin's invited." " So am I." "Camilla?" " Yes." "It's really pretty." "You can't go." " But I will." "Traitor!" "I don't want to go to their lousy barbecue, anyway." "No matter what." "No way." "Camilla's in trouble." " She got caught smoking." "You're invited if you take the blame." "You always get in trouble anyway." " I'll bet." "The rules clearly state:" "No smoking in the school yard." "Camilla." "You surprise me." "You really surprise me." "I'm going to have to notify your parents." "It wasn't her." "Do you really think little pussy-wussy smokes?" "She dare not even breathe around common people." "So she won't get the air they used into her velvet lungs." "That's enough." "Camilla !" " It was me." "I said my name was Camilla." "But I regret that now." "When is Martin coming?" " Now." "Kristian?" "You look a little pale." "Do you have a fever?" "Fever?" "No." "What's your problem?" " Can I go out like this?" "No way." "Does Frida live here?" " Yes." "Could we talk to her?" " Who is it?" "Hi." " Hi." "Who is it?" " We're here for the Nordic Cup." "She doesn't know what it is." " This is Geir-Ove, my team pal." "Kristian." " We're neighbours." "He was just about to leave." "He just came to borrow something." "Come in." "I'll just get what you came for." "Stay here." "It's the sugar." "His dad needs it for his coffee." "Make sure Martin doesn't ring the doorbell." "You have to, don't you see?" "Nordic Cup?" " It's a big football tournament." "One of the biggest." "Nordic Cup." "We're not playing until tomorrow." "We thought we'd visit the palace." "The palace?" " The palace?" "Maybe." "Or Akershus Castle... maybe." "Or something else." "We could always do something else." "I'd like to talk to you in private, Raymond." "I'll just go to..." "Where's the loo?" "Hi." " Frida's got company." "I think it's over between us." "You and me." "I thought we could go see the castle or palace, or have you seen them?" "Yes." "You've got something on your noodle." "He was here." " Friend in need." "What did you say?" "I broke up." " What?" "I broke you up." "Dinner's served." "This garden is just as tiny and ugly as you." "It was just ..." "Here you go." "Easy now." "Hi." " Hi." "Hi, Frida." "And thanks a lot." "Closer." "Now smile." "It's your birthday." "Camilla, smile." "This looks very good." "Wait." "Okay." "We are going to dance." " Oh, no!" "Kiss me." " You must be crazy." "If not I'll say you wet your bed." " I'm not." "Prove it when I start the rumor." "Oh no." "It's from school." "But it wasn't me." "Can't we just open it and settle it ourselves?" "I never open other people's letters." "That's illegal." "Anyway, I'll like to quit school." " Tell her the whole story." "Not yet." "Not until the Lonely Hearts guy has been to see her." "This Saturday, right?" "I just need some extra time." "Return to sender." "Go on." "Don't think you're better off than me." "The sea, Frida." "The sea, death and love." "That's what it's all about." ""He who gives up is a shit."" "Worst of all is when they hold hands." "It makes me sick." "I wonder how much God decides." "Whether he's even concerned." "I'll go to bed with a fever." " Mom, where's my walkman?" " Frida?" "Frida?" "What's that you're eating?" " Hearts." "Artichoke hearts." "So you feel better, then?" " Do I look it?" "Since it's Saturday tomorrow." " Saturday?" "You know, the weekend." "I thought it might affect your illness." "Mom." "You do feel really motherly love for me, don't you?" "Mom, listen :" ""I believe and trust in her love."" ""No matter if I'm poor and weak."" ""No matter how much I've sinned, she'll always love me."" "Hey." "See you in a couple of hours." ""She won't prefer another child to me." "She'll help and forgive me."" "Bye." " Bye." "I had to tell her about the candy." "She settled her account today." "Today?" "Do you want something?" "I'LL RETURN LATER TODAY." "SKAR." "Frida!" "Come on out!" "Open that door." "You've been very stupid." "What are you playing at?" "If that's your teacher, you'd better come out and explain yourself!" "Hi." "Bente Bakke Thomsen?" " Yes, it's me." "I'm awfully sorry." "Come in." "For me?" "It's not very original." "But it's hard to find something suitable." "Well, I never. . !" "Thank you." "Won't you come in?" "What a fine looking instrument." "I'm very fond of music myself." "This is not a thing I do every day." " I certainly hope not." "I'm terrible sorry." " But you mustn't be." "Let's just say it's an experiment." "Nothing ventured, nothing won!" "That's true." "A waffle?" " It looks delicious." "It's all Frida's doing." "She must have a bad conscience." "Coffee?" "Have there always been problems?" " No..." "In what way?" "From the very first day." "This year." "Is it an age problem, maybe?" "Age problem?" "No, I wouldn't call it a problem." "No?" "I must say I take it very seriously." "From what I read in your letter, it's bound to have consequences." "I just don't know in what way." " Consequences. .?" "Don't you know how others handle this kind of thing?" "No." "Maybe we shouldn't get too heated up about it, then." "Can't we just go a bit slow, see what happens ...?" "Play it by ear, I mean." "Feel things out for a while." "I won't let her lock herself up." " Lock herself up?" "Frida." "She's locked herself in her room." "Frida?" " Yes, Frida." "Couldn't we ask her to come out?" "Have you had Kaisa, too?" "Kaisa?" "No." "She's three years older." "You might have had her, too." ""Had her"?" "What do you mean, "had her"?" "No, no." "I'm not very experienced at this, - if you know what I mean?" "Really?" "That isn't our teacher." "Frida." "Frida!" "What is going on?" " Nothing." "I've had enough." "I want an explanation." "Excuse me..." "Frida!" "Look, who are you?" " Who am I?" "Well, I'm the one who..." "It's me who ..." "Hey." "Are you crying?" "It's raining." "Do you think I should see a psychiatrist?" "I'm serious." "It was a catastrophe." "And Martin..." "You know what happened?" "No one's ever had it like this." " Sure they have." "This is the end." " The final curtain, you mean?" "Frida ..." " Love is foolish and seductive." "I give up." "It happens quickly, Frida." "That's just the way it is." "You quickly take a fall." "That's partly why we're alive." "I think..." "Karl, can I stay here?" "You're all I've got." "But if you hear anything, please call me." "Thank you." "She's really out to lunch." " Lunch?" "Kaisa..." " Relax." "Where shall we look?" "Just drive around." "See you." "I miss you." "Does she know about us?" " She was asleep." "She doesn't know anything." "I didn't know anything." "Everything's okay, Kaisa." "Frida is at Karl's house." "This is Karl." "Go on up to bed." " Hi." "She really wanted you to find a man." "I doubt it." " It's true." "How well do you know each other?" " I don't know." "We've talked about God and love." "And about going to Australia." " That's more than we ever did." "Mom?" "You're crazy." "Do you think so?" "Get it off." " It's thanks to me you can wear it." "Thanks a lot." " It's vulgar." "Suddenly you can go." "Camping!" "On a motorbike." "What if you get pregnant?" " Gee, I hadn't thought about that." "Or turn into an alcoholic." "And what'll poor dad say if you're not here when he comes?" "With his new black wife." " You're a funnier child than I was." "Frida?" "Give me the helmet." "And my sunglasses!" "Hello." "Frida ..." "She's too much." "Frida." "I've invited Karl for dinner." "We're having strawberries for dessert." "Did you do something?" "What's wrong now, Frida?" " Mom, get my glasses." "My sunglasses." " Not now, Kaisa." "I have to go now!" " Please!" "She probably hasn't got them." " Okay, I'll get bugs in my eyes!" "Bugs... tough luck." "Frida?" "I know what you're up to and I just can't take it." "Frida, Bente and I have known each other for a long time." "I don't care." "I think she's got the love blues." "Maybe if that wasn't the case..." "No ..." "I like her." "Sorry, Fromm, we're through." ""We've looked at the theoretical side of the art of loving - and now face a far more difficult problem."" ""That is how to practise the art of loving."" ""I'm afraid that whoever reads this last chapter will be disappointed."" "You're so right!" "Come on." "I'll drive you to the airport." "All right, I'll go by myself." "Do you want to say hello?" "Frida?" "Frida?" " Is mom there?" "No." "Hey, you." "Frida." "Dad, why couldn't she come?" "Sometimes, it just doesn't work out." "Frida... my little girl." "Doesn't it ever work out?" "Are you really that unhappy?" " Doesn't it ever work out?" "Yes, it does." "This is Karl Johansen." "I'm not In so leave a message after the beep." "I have something to tell you." "Not that I thought I would." "But I changed my mind." "You're still one of my favourite people." "Love Frida." "You just can't give up on love, Dad." "Hi." " Hi." "Hi." " Hi." "Where are you going?" "I'm just taking her home." "Mom." "Did Karl ring?" "He'll ring soon." "If you want, we can ask him over for dinner." "Martin!" "Hi." " Hi." "I was just wondering if you wanted to skip school with me."