"I wasn't paying attention." "So I noticed." "Normally you'd offer a person a drink now." "Don't worry about it." "Come on." "It'll be nice." "So my name is Lex." "Ankie." "He really isn't going to do it, is he?" "Do you want to be a woman or not?" "Not." "Shit." "I thought so." "We should have checked." "Yeah, should have." "Now he tells me." "Can't we just use what we shot last winter?" "Then we only have him considering a sex change." "That's no documentary." "Where are you going?" "Hey, Kim." "You don't get it, do you?" "If this fails, they'll never back me again." "Forget the funds, forget the networks." "I'm totally screwed." "All because of that coward." "You'd like to castrate him yourself, right?" "There's only one solution." "The same as in Afghanistan." "No way." "I'm never doing that again." "But it worked, didn't it?" "I mean, you have no other choice." "I don't often go out to dinner with guys." "You don't?" "Neither do I, with guys." "I haven't been seeing anyone for a while." "But then you start thinking:" "Wouldn't it be nice if..." "Thomas, can I get a napkin?" "And another pot of tea, please." "Sorry." "We could have tea at my place." "I have lots of different kinds." "Do you drink a lot of tea?" "Yes, lots." "More than coffee, actually." "Much more." "And you?" "Yeah, I'm a real tea person." "So am I." "I have lots of different kinds." "I said that already, didn't I?" "That's okay." "Plus I always repeat myself." "I simply forget I've already said it." "I really like your old records." "Yeah, I just love the covers." "Yeah, so do I." "Yeah?" "And I really prefer older music." "Because it's not as expensive." "Do you like me?" "Yes." "You do?" "I like you too." "Hadn't you noticed?" "Well, you were stroking your hair a lot." "They say girls do that when they like you." "Or they have dandruff." "Right." "If you suddenly kiss a girl like that, she'll start screaming." "Are you going to scream?" "Baby." "So the camel farmer is a woman now?" "Yes, no more dick and a hole instead." "You don't want to hear that, do you?" "Did you miss me?" "Yes, I did." "Got any more?" "Yes, next to the mirror." "Youssef?" "Yes?" "Whose is this?" "You weren't here." "You were far away." "So what?" "You could have slept with a cameraman." "I have a camerawoman." "It happened only once." "How could you?" "Because of circumstances." "Actually, it happened only once-and-a-half." "Was she Dutch or Moroccan?" "Luxembourg, actually." "You're so funny." "Seriously." "From Clervaux, Northern Luxembourg." "She's a dental assistant..." "I don't want to know." "near the..." "Shut up." "Hobbemakade." "You asked." "Get out." "Baby." "Haven't you heard of a slip-up?" "So there." "A bullshit expression invented by men." "Oh, so women never cheat?" "Only if they're unhappy." "That has nothing to do with it for a man." "Or very little." "Nothing at all, really." "This place is like an animal shelter." "That's where they come from." "All of them." "How sweet." "Sweet?" "Someone has to take care of them, so why not me?" "Tired?" "Not really." "I just find it a bit strange." "What?" "This." "Do you think I just jump into bed with everybody?" "No, of course not." "I only do it with a few girls." "And she took that?" "Sure, why not?" "You really believe that?" "You're screwing it up already." "Really, that bullshit of yours." "Already." "You're gonna blow it." "Otherwise it becomes a real relationship, you know." "And what's wrong with that?" "You and I have a relationship." "You have one with Mom and Dad." "With the dentist." "Pien and I also have a relationship." "But that doesn't mean there is no one else." "So you just lie about it?" "It's not lying." "Not at all." "You just shouldn't talk about it." "Why on earth would you?" "Sweetheart." "And it's really selfish of you, you know?" "To burden her with it just to clear your conscience." "Ciao, bella." "Sam." "So what's this I hear?" "Going steady?" "Tell me, have you slept with her yet?" "None of your business." "You're in love." "Cut it out." "You're really in love." "She's been approved." "Do I need your approval?" "Of course not." "As long as she's good to you." "She is." "Come, let's go to sleep." "Good night." "Kiss?" "Hey, a hair." "You ought to remove it." "Why should I?" "It will look funny on the beach." "A single hair." "It feels very different from these." "Stop that." "Just scratch my back." "I'm not really into backs." "So do it for me." "What time do you have to get up?" "Eight o'clock." "I have to work." "What have you got there?" "Standard printing paper, can't you see?" "Well, I don't think you're standard at all." "These boobs seem quite exceptional." "I'm busy." "Why don't you make yourself useful?" "What's more useful than looking at a beautiful woman?" "Beautiful?" "Beauty is relative." "That's enough." "You're doing this all wrong, Petra." "She started a philosophical discussion." "We don't want that." "You've made it clear that he can come back in five minutes with his dirty talk." "But now you're making him stay." "That way you'll never get rid of him." "And you know it." "You see?" "Lex, that was pretty good." "But lay it on a bit this time." "All clear?" "Any questions?" "What have you got there?" "Just give him a shove, push him away." "Pushing is fine, alright." "Come on, do it again." "Isn't it great?" "For less than 600 dollars." "I'm pretty sure Ikea sells them for half as much." "Nice to be home again." "As long as you're happy, darling." "Now this I missed." "What?" "That camel milk was so disgusting." "So stay at home for a while." "That's not up to me, honey." "Isn't it?" "Kim wants to make another film." "What about?" "Confused pygmy paedophiles?" "I've missed you so much." "A transsexual desert nomad has only two options." "Either he emigrates or he stays in his tent with his camels." "He chose the latter." "You didn't film the operation itself, right?" "No, too graphic." "Too much like reality TV." "It's about the decision, and the courage to make it." "It's a bit Like the ending of 'Team Taliban'." "That nihilistic, empty image." "Yes, exactly." "The courage of those women to play football despite the Taliban." "And I felt the image of that one woman was stronger than the whole team." "Yes, and I guess it worked." "Yes." "By the way, I have this idea." "I want to do another film about courage." "So it'll be a trilogy." "About extramarital affairs." "The courage to cheat?" "No." "The courage a man needs to remain monogamous." "To overcome his fear of commitment." "I see." "And who would it be about?" "Lex Jacobus de Goey, do you take Anke Brigitta Baake to be your wife... to have and hold in sickness and health?" "I do." "As a registrar of the city of Amsterdam I hereby pronounce you..." "Sir, Madam, I'm not finished yet." "This is a typical case of loss of decorum." "It's important to make the newlyweds aware of their surroundings again." "By making a joke, for example." "I know it's a serious matter, but you could use a bit more humour." "It's not a funeral." "Okay, more humour." "Can I try it again?" "Go ahead." "Excuse me, but if you're ready, we'll do it again." "I thought it was cool." "But is it always like that?" "Well, normally you just pretend." "Oh, I thought it was pretty..." "Usually I don't use my tongue." "He's still here." "Who?" "Wouter, this is Lex." "Lex, Wouter." "It got kind of late." "We were at it all night." "I'll be gone in a sec." "Don't worry." "Did you go out last night?" "Something like that." "How's he doing?" "Is he..." "Lex is okay." "Did you find it last night?" "No, we set it free." "This one was injured, so we took it home." "But we freed sixty others." "She looks like she's quite a character." "She does do weird stuff, day and night." "She's not a hooker, is she?" "I can't talk about it here, but it's just like her." "I'm happy for you." "You deserve it." "You guys want coffee?" "Sure." "Simone?" "Please." "How are you holding up?" "Okay." "It's only a problem when everyone's smoking." "But you've kept it up?" "Swear?" "Yep." "Three and a half months." "Only two and a half left to go." "We're out of milk." "Lex, do you take milk?" "I can easily do without." "How did you get this?" "A friend of my brother's." "He guards houses against squatters." "He arranged it for me." "It's a bit of a mess." "I'm at your place all the time, so this tends to get neglected." "So it's my fault that you don't clean?" "That's not what I mean." "I just don't get around to it." "I'm too busy." "Your wedding present." "I forgot." "Ankie the Frog." "That's me." "Every time you look at it, you'll see me." "If we ever really get married, I'll give you a gold one." "I'm not the marrying type." "I'll change you yet." "So, what if I sleep over now and again?" "Yeah, nice." "Can I have a drawer for some of my things?" "Yeah, sure." "You don't have curtains, do you?" "You think a drawer is a bit stifling?" "I didn't say she couldn't have one." "Have you told her about that idiotic bet?" "Ankie, if I don't smoke for 6 months, I can sleep with my friend Simone." "And then there's this other girl, Sam, who stays over sometimes." "Isn't that great?" "Sooner or later I'll tell her." "Sam's just a friend." "If she falls for that, she's as crazy as you." "Imagine your brother doing that." "Where is he anyway?" "Foppe, where is my husband?" "I would love to have children with her." "I'm ready for it." "Being pregnant ruins your figure." "And it always looks so shabby, all those children." "Other people's children are shabby, not your own." "Thank God I haven't had to go through that." "But how are you getting on?" "Pretty good, actually." "As long as your sister doesn't immediately drag her away to Timbuktu." "Maybe it helps that she's gone a lot." "You think so?" "But you can overdo it, obviously." "And how are things sexually?" "In a traditional society it takes an almost superhuman courage... to decide to undergo a gender change." "Tareq... now Fatima, had that courage." "She knows it will be tough." "But she's willing to face that challenge." "Courage is universal, as is the right to live your life as you choose." "Whatever the price you may have to pay for that right." "It was a bit like the previous one." "You think so?" "Yes, it was..." "Congratulations." "Confronting, touching and on schedule." "Really?" "This time I really felt..." "I'll see you later, okay?" "But you're right, there is a link with that other film." "That had to do with those women's courage to play football." "This is Ankie, Lex's new girlfriend." "But meanwhile he sleeps around." "He's perfect." "And they're brothers." "I might not get honest answers." "Don't worry." "He's very open about such things." "What about Nico?" "Is he honest too?" "Yes, of course." "To me, sex is a form of intimacy, to be shared with just one person." "A condition for intimacy is that it's between two people." "Not between two people and then a slew of others." "That's not intimacy." "Do you look at other women?" "Look?" "Of course." "It would be strange if I didn't." "To me women are a thing of beauty." "And I look at them the way I look... at a water bird or something." "So why does it end with looking?" "Because that other part is taken, so to speak." "Could you describe monogamy in one sentence?" "Sharing." "Absolutely." "Sharing." "Like I have this bet with this girl." "If I don't smoke for 6 months I can sleep with her." "The bet was from way before I knew Ankie, so I don't think it really counts." "Look." "Ankie is number one." "Far behind there is a number two, three, four..." "Doesn't growing up mean making choices?" "Life is not about making compulsive choices." "That's a Vogue slogan." "That's why so many women go through life making radical decisions." "Whereas life requires adjustments." "You have to go with the flow." "Life is like a dresser full of china, not meant for barging through with an axe." "But you have to make choices." "Shouldn't you be faithful to her?" "Yes, but that doesn't mean I can't be faithful to those other girls." "So you just tell her everything?" "I'm not going to lie to her." "Wonderful to finally meet you." "Hello, sweetheart." "Come aboard." "Pretty girl." "My little princess, Dad." "Sweetheart, please be careful." "Do you really think it's smart to be seen as the ultimate polygamist?" "She may start thinking you sleep around." "So?" "I'm not in favour of monogamy." "Why not?" "It's about being spiritually faithful." "If she sleeps with someone else, it's fine." "Didn't you two use to do that as well?" "That was different." "Very different." "Different how?" "You and Nico were still very young." "Now and then we'd go..." "Remember?" "We'd go to those key-swapping parties." "Excuse me?" "You tell him." "Every couple would toss their keys into a hat." "The men would sleep with the woman whose key they drew." "And if you disliked the man you'd drawn?" "That would sometimes happen." "John, Fat John." "But that was all in the game." "And you're telling me to get a steady relationship?" "Yes, we are." "These are strange times." "So different." "We could fuck without risking death." "Listen to your mother." "If you sleep with another guy you'll use a condom, right?" "Your fear of commitment acting up, hon?" "Seriously." "I am serious." "Here, I'm just reading something about it." "Did you know fear of commitment goes hand in hand with fear of abandonment?" "Whatever." "But suppose you meet someone, or I do, would you have safe sex?" "Cut it out." "I don't sleep with other guys." "No, but what if?" "I don't have the urge." "You shouldn't either." "I don't." "Not at all." "But there's always a possibility, in theory." "I don't get you." "I only know guys that are very jealous." "I'm not that primitive." "You're not?" "Not even a little bit?" "Alright then, a little bit." "That's so mean." "Frightening how young terror begins." "Shit." "Hey, Yous." "I think I'm going to get a hotdog." "Bought a plant?" "No, I've had it for ages." "I'm taking it sightseeing." "Everything alright?" "Fine." "What are you up to?" "Busy, busy." "Ritual slaughtering, illegal restaurant business." "And other than that?" "What do you want to hear?" "Is that your new girlfriend?" "No, I've known her for ages." "My bike is new." "So my bike and plant are new, the girl is not." "Shall we go?" "Yeah, we're going for a bike ride." "Have fun." "Thanks." "Bye." "Dirty child molester." "You shouldn't have been so clingy." "Let them be and they won't cheat." "But you don't listen." "What should I have done?" "Say:" "Come on in, girls?" "You're too desperate." "Make new friends, call Mom and Dad." "You're just so limited." "You're unlimited in your whoredom." "Have sex with Nico again and I'll kill you." "Okay, bye." "I had a great time." "You think it's normal to just lie in bed with him?" "He has a girlfriend." "Don't you feel guilty?" "No." "Could you incorporate the question in your answer?" "Sorry." "No, I don't feel guilty towards Ankie." "I don't fancy Lex." "He's too childish." "But you do have a relationship." "Yes, and it goes back a long time." "But it's not sexual." "So what is it?" "A click." "But not a man-woman click, more like a person-to-person click." "And it has never been sexual?" "What is sexual?" "No, never." "Except for that one time." "When?" "In Greece." "Right." "Jesus, that was like five years ago." "We had drunk and smoked too much." "I don't recall what happened." "Quite a lot happened." "Guess it didn't leave an impression." "So it hasn't always been purely platonic?" "No, but that didn't mean much." "Is this the idea, that you're going to follow my every move from now on?" "Yes." "I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know in advance." "Why?" "You have nothing to hide, do you?" "No, but now you're involving Sam without asking her." "It's okay, I like it." "Finally someone's interested in me." "I'm glad you dropped by." "Really glad." "It was about time." "How old is he now?" "Three, four months?" "Five." "Don't you want to have children?" "Not yet." "No?" "No, I'm happy like this." "So is that it?" "It's really quite simple." "If you do a thing like that, all trust is gone." "An affair is the beginning of the end." "Suppose your girlfriend is abroad and a nice woman wants to sleep with you?" "Nothing will happen." "Suppose she won't find out." "If my wife should have an affair while she was abroad..." "It would kill me." "That's why I don't do it either." "What I have with others is ten times less than what I have with Ankie." "Is the sex not as good?" "Generally I don't sleep with other girls." "Look, if this is my sex life... then this is for Ankie." "And this tiny bit is for the rest of the world... represented these days by a select group of female friends." "Isn't that tiny bit more exciting than the big part?" "No." "Well, sometimes it is." "Can you leave out that last bit, after I say 'no'?" "The young one is a real charlatan." "He does the naughtiest things." "Well, it makes for an interesting story." "A real bad guy." "I think it's interesting to expose his act, to reveal what's really going on." "I thought your film was going to be about struggle and fear of commitment." "Well, I kind of work in stages." "And you can't manipulate those stages, they're autonomous." "I don't really know how to define it, but I'm looking for layers in the structure." "I see." "And are you making progress?" "Do you happen to have lubricants?" "What?" "Lubricating oil." "Well, we have olive oil." "Can you show me?" "Sure." "This is a stick-up." "Everyone on the floor." "Now." "Where's the cash register?" "I'll blow your fucking head off, you lesbian whore." "There it is." "Over there." "Very good." "What you did was very good." "Always try to direct them to the cash register as soon as you can." "All he wants is the money." "Lesbian whore?" "Sorry." "Nothing personal." "Yeah, 'cause I'm no lesbian." "But she said she's a whore?" "That's what she said." "And you didn't do her up against the wall, like a real man?" "Why would I?" "Boy oh boy." "Don't you ever have that spring feeling?" "That feeling of 'Let's eat pancakes'?" "Are you a couple?" "Excuse me?" "Are you together?" "No, why?" "Good." "I've just been dumped by my girlfriend, and I decided to be straight tonight." "Well, that can be arranged." "I was actually thinking of him." "He's spoken for." "Hi, my name is Suus." "Suus." "Hi, I'm Lex." "So..." "You've been dumped?" "The missus wasn't sure anymore, needed more space, blah blah." "Oh well." "Women." "Perhaps she'll change her mind." "No, she was very clear about it." "Yes, she's been dumped and wants to become straight tonight." "Exactly." "That's pretty extreme." "Very." "You're driving me crazy." "I'm going home." "Talk to you later." "Alright." "I'll also be going soon." "And now we are gonna have a drink together." "Lex, there's a woman in my bed." "What?" "There's a woman in my bed." "That's Suus." "She got dumped by her girlfriend and..." "Do you see this question mark?" "Yes." "I just felt sorry for her." "She'd been dumped and was drunk..." "Who is that bitch?" "Jesus, Lex." "First you don't want to fuck and now you make all this noise." "That's Ankie, my girlfriend." "Cute, isn't she?" "She doesn't feel the need to sleep around, she says." "Some women are like that." "It's not just a woman thing, Lex." "Some people are like that." "I'm like that, actually." "Congratulations." "Thanks, sweetie." "I thought it might be useful." "You can always change them." "No, I love them." "Are you Ankie?" "I'm Sam." "It's so nice to finally meet you." "Lex is always talking about you." "Funny, he never talks about you." "Why do you say that?" "That's not true." "Ankie darling, how good to see you." "You're late." "Hold on." "Nice dress." "I have a surprise." "What is it?" "Close your eyes." "Go on." "May I look?" "Almost." "Okay, go ahead." "They're yours for one minute." "Lex?" "Yes?" "Sam and Simone, right?" "Yes?" "They're very pretty girls, right?" "Extremely pretty." "Why?" "I just wondered if you think so as well." "Yeah..." "Sure." "But you're the prettiest." "Not really." "Yes, you really are." "I love you so much." "So you totally agree with this?" "Yes." "If I can contribute to his health, it wouldn't be right to refuse." "Lex is just a sweetie." "Sweeter than your boyfriend?" "My boyfriend is my boyfriend for a reason." "And what does he think of the bet?" "He doesn't know." "There's no reason to upset him." "Last year I had an affair with my boss." "Slut." "I knew it wouldn't last long, so I didn't tell him about that either." "You're gonna cut this bit out, right?" "I don't think so." "Great." "Like I have been waiting for my tits to be immortalized." "But it's fun." "There, that's Sam." "For her next of kin." "Why would I ever want my breasts next to another girl's on your altar?" "Well, because it's fun." "Lex, I want you to tell me something." "What's that?" "I want you to tell me that you love me." "And that those other girls mean nothing to you." "But honey, that I love you should be obvious by now." "I love you." "Very much, even." "I swear, on you." "You don't swear you love someone on that same person." "So I'll swear on Sam." "And that those other girls mean nothing to you?" "I can't say that." "It's not true." "I can say you're number one." "Well, say it then." "Ankie, you're number one." "By far." "You're the most special girl on earth." "The most beautiful?" "Absolutely." "The sexiest?" "Of course." "The sweetest?" "By far the sweetest, the funniest... and the hottest." "Really." "Okay." "Let's go look for elves." "I promised Sam to go to the beach with her and play football." "But I don't know how to play football." "Then we'll teach you." "Just go with her." "I'll do something else." "I'll cancel Sam." "Don't bother." "I want to go to look for elves with you." "Don't bother." "Go to the beach with Sam." "What's his name?" "Egbert-Jan." "What?" "Sounds a bit posh." "Well, he is, kind of." "He used to be a frat boy." "Did he lose weight?" "No, F-R-A-T, from fraternity." "But I like him." "I don't doubt that." "I'm happy for you." "Thanks." "Shall we go eat something?" "Can't we order something here?" "Let's get take-out near your place, Lie in bed and watch TV." "No, I have to get up early." "I'll sleep through it." "I'd rather you went home." "Is he coming over?" "No." "I don't know." "But I don't think I can do that to him, you understand?" "No." "You're jealous." "Not at all." "Yes, you are." "I'm the least jealous man in Holland." "You're only tolerant if it doesn't hurt you." "Ankie can cheat, as long as she comes back to you." "I can have men, as long as they're not in your way." "You see?" "You're jealous." "I'm not." "Jesus, don't be so childish." "This once I'm drawing the line." "You're being childish." "No." "I thought you'd be happy for me." "After I met Ankie we kept sleeping together." "Now some stranger comes into her life and suddenly that's all over." "Maybe we should leave Sam out." "She doesn't add anything to the film." "We'll focus on Simone." "She's just as slutty as my sister." "You're talking about a friend of mine." "You have too many 'friends'." "That's no good for the film, all those characters." "Then you shouldn't have asked me." "I just want to warn against an a-sexual society." "That is bad for art, culture, the economy and for the Dutch national football team." "It's my film." "How do you think I feel?" "I lost my girl, because of one stupid little affair." "I don't know." "I don't want to be hurt again." "That won't happen, I promise." "At some point everyone has to grow up." "Let this be the reason for me to grow up." "Let you be the reason." "He has really changed." "He's so much more mature." "I'm happy for you." "Let's hope this time it will last." "But how is your film getting along?" "Are you making progress?" "It's turning into a psychological analysis." "It's all coming together." "And is it heading anywhere?" "Yes, definitely." "Can you tell me where?" "Roughly?" "Hey, sexy Lexie." "Excuse me?" "I said, sexy Lexie." "So I heard it right." "Suppose you're waiting for the tram." "No, thanks." "You don't ask the person next to you:" "May I put my toe up your nose?" "You may put your toe inside me." "And other things too." "Really?" "Yes." "I'm not putting anything anywhere except inside Ankie." "So what is permitted?" "Flirting?" "Well, a bit of foreplay is okay." "Just no French kissing... and nothing below the belt." "So..." "No way, Jose." "I'm not into foreplay." "It only serves to start up my engine." "After that I really wanna get laid." "That's what you have Nico for." "Stop, Kim." "He's not falling for it." "And now he also mentions Nico." "And I can't get him to smoke either." "For fuck's sake." "Stupid bitch." "After that I really wanna get laid." "That's what you have ... for." "Stop it, Kim." "He's not falling for it." "And now he also mentions..." "What's she saying?" "The sound faded for a moment." "Well, this was to be expected." "I'd have done the same thing." "This is a typical case of:" "What now?" "This film is cursed." "You think so?" "If this had worked, Ankie would have dumped him." "If you're making a film about cheating... you need at least one shot of someone cheating." "You can't do that." "Not to him, Ankie, Nico or me." "Come on." "You're going too far." "I've had it." "You're on your own now." "Do you guys really think this will help?" "Every little bit helps, and you know it." "The main criterion for intelligence is compassion." "So a hunter is as dumb as a pig." "Mind what you're doing." "You really don't give a shit, do you?" "Stay out of it, this is personal." "If you think you're all that matters, why don't you go home?" "Have you never slept with Wouter?" "I can't hear you, I'm cooking." "What was that?" "Have you never slept with Wouter?" "No, why?" "I think he fancies you." "Could be." "You've never slept with him?" "Should I have?" "I just think it's kind of sad." "Sad?" "He's had a girlfriend for years." "Still, you're always doing things together." "Frustrating, to like a girl and never sleep with her." "There are hundreds of men I know that I've never slept with." "I think it's sad." "Should I sleep with him because of that?" "You really are insane." "That's not what I mean." "I mean, it's your body." "I almost feel like doing it, just to see how you'd react." "I always let other kids play with my toys as long as I got them back undamaged." "I want to break up." "Why?" "Because you're the world's vaguest." "Because you made a bet with a girl that you could screw her if you didn't smoke." "Because you see too many girls as it is." "Because you say it's okay if your girlfriend sleeps around." "Which is so degrading for a woman." "Et cetera, et cetera." "I can't blame her." "You're just a macho." "Not at all." "I'm not jealous, possessive..." "Worse, you think you're above all that." "Like a sultan lending his harem to his subjects." "Men and women happen to relate in a particular way." "What you want is just not realistic." "And there you are, heartbroken and depressed." "Do you enjoy sermonizing someone in my state?" "No, I don't." "But I do it because you're such a fool." "Because some Mr. Nice Guy will come along... and run off into the sunset with her." "And he'll have every right to." "It's your own fault." "Open up." "I brought Egbert-Jan along." "I want to introduce you." "Don't worry about it." "Bitches enough." "All over the place." "You fall over them." "When it was over between me and..." "Marie Claire, that whore... that very same day I met this creature and forgot all about her." "Thanks to those incredible breasts." "There you have them, by the way." "How nice that you still have them." "They're from a long time ago." "Come on, Sam." "They're always here." "My God." "They're really yours." "Doesn't that one hair on her nipple bother you?" "I think it's gross." "But she doesn't wanna pluck it." "It's one of a nasty hair." "So different from her pubic hair." "That's much coarser." "Especially these last few weeks." "Sam, you have a new shampoo?" "How could you share your intimacies with others?" "I don't." "Who else do you sleep with?" "No one." "Lex and I are just friends." "Keep your hands off me." "Thanks a lot, Lex." "You too." "Come by again soon, and bring that asshole as well." "You poor thing, your heart really is broken." "Who knows, it might work out again." "The two of us also broke up once." "This is structural." "That doesn't mean a thing." "In the beginning I was sure Simone was cheating on me." "That she slept with her boss." "But at some point you realize it's just in your head, that it's your own insecurity." "How are you?" "Fine." "And you?" "I'm alright." "Actually I'm not." "Because of me and all that?" "We broke up for no reason." "Not being jealous doesn't mean I don't love you." "We feel differently about that, which is why it will never work." "However much we loved each other." "I still love you, and you still love me." "If I love someone, there's no one else." "You sound like a women's magazine." "Remarks like that don't do any good." "I don't read those stupid magazines." "I called because I still have some socks and underwear at your place." "Can I get them back?" "Sure." "Why do you say that?" "I have to go." "Drop them off at Nico's." "I'll pick them up." "Well, bye, Ankie." "I love you." "Bye, Lex." "I can't help it, Lex." "But I miss you both." "That's impossible." "You either miss her or me." "Impossible?" "Only according to the pope." "You're being a hypocrite." "You're behaving like a jerk, and I really don't need that." "I am happy with myself." "'I am happy with myself.' That's woman talk." "You disappoint me." "I don't need this." "Go find another victim." "This is getting out of hand." "To be slightly late is acceptable." "But you should have a first cut by now." "This film has to be aired too." "It'll work out." "Yeah, but when?" "You and your trilogy." "What are you doing here?" "You've got to help me." "Do I now?" "No, I mean:" "Would you please help me?" "You'll be my best friend." "With your boyfriend or your film?" "With Lex." "Not again." "I hate those double-faced tricks." "Look who's talking." "Shall I tell Pien how double-faced you really are?" "Blackmailing your own sister?" "A drowning cunt will clutch at a straw." "He won't listen to me." "He'll ask me where I get the nerve." "Go tell him your sob stories." "Just talk to him." "I need one scene." "Stop whining and get a life." "As if anyone is waiting for another shitty film about relationships." "I've ordered some tea." "How dare you even ask me to come?" "The film wasn't going anywhere, so I asked my sister for help." "Documentaries often require you to..." "Screw people?" "No, make adjustments." "Go with the flow." "I thought this film was supposed to be a registration of how Nico and I think." "Yes." "Maybe I was forcing it too much." "That polygamy is outdated and so on." "But now you can say whatever you want." "I don't believe you." "I'm really in trouble, Lex." "Without you, once again I have no ending." "What do you mean?" "You've made two films already." "Remember the camel farmer?" "He didn't get a sex change." "What?" "He suddenly changed his mind." "So then I took a shot of Pien from behind." "It looked pretty real." "And that other film, that woman playing football?" "That was Pien as well." "Those stupid bitches didn't want to play anymore." "And you got an award for it?" "Yes." "That's why I got a grant, but it's almost gone now." "I have to finish this film." "You've got to help me." "You're really out of your mind." "Why on earth would I help someone who takes everyone for a ride?" "Because all of this just happened to me too." "My boyfriend had an affair." "I wanted to prove that's not necessary." "That you should dare to love one person." "Sorry." "But we're back together again." "Well..." "Could you stop that, please?" "I could cry too." "Why?" "It's over." "Really?" "Not surprising, considering your attitude." "What's wrong with my attitude?" "Does letting her be prove I don't love her?" "It proves you want to sleep around." "Not at all." "On the contrary." "I let her be because I love her." "You sleep with other girls." "Don't you see it makes her insecure?" "Everyone's insecure." "Including me." "And that bet about not smoking for six months?" "That's just a game." "I may light one up just before it's time." "That bet had already been made." "When you started seeing Ankie you didn't retract it." "No." "I wish I'd brought my camera." "I want a relationship between two free people." "Free in every respect." "Free to sleep around?" "You really don't get it." "It has nothing to do with sex." "The point is that you're equal." "Ankie is the best thing that's ever happened to me." "But I don't want to possess her." "And I don't want to be her property either." "If that makes me heartless in other people's eyes, so be it." "That's how I think, even if the whole fucking world disagrees." "I think it's right." "Maybe you're just not made for a relationship." "At least you shouldn't have mentioned those other girls." "I didn't want to lie to her." "I have to go." "I'll call you." "Good luck with your broken heart." "You too." "Mine isn't broken anymore." "Right, forgot about that." "Were you still in bed?" "No." "Good morning." "Is that the dental assistant from Luxembourg?" "No, she is a city councillor for the Greens in Amstelveen." "For the Greens?" "I voted for them." "You guys want coffee?" "Yes?" "My girlfriend." "Boy oh boy, you've been so stupid." "All that bullshit of yours all the time." "Remember what I told you at the start?" "I do." "You should have made it clear to her that she's the one." "Lie to her, pretend Sam and Simone don't exist?" "Exactly." "Well, I won't." "Are you really that stupid?" "If you truly love her, go to her now." "Tell her she's the only one, now and forever." "That's how it works." "There's no other way." "Gentlemen, do you have a moment?" "I have some news." "I'm pregnant." "I'm pregnant." "I was in the neighbourhood..." "I was about to..." "I can't sleep." "I haven't been able to for a long time." "Sorry, I don't mean to..." "I don't know if this is a good idea." "No." "Go on inside." "It's late, and you're right." "It was a dumb idea." "Well, there comes a moment when you start to realize things." "Like what?" "If you don't just want to be my number one, but my number one and only..." "I'll settle for that." "You'll settle for that?" "No, that sounds too negative." "I mean..." "I'll go for it." "What am I supposed to say to this?" "Aren't you happy?" "Yes, very." "In theory." "Well..." "Do you want me, for lack of a better description?" "Yes." "So should we make it official now?" "Yes." "We discover new things about each other every day." "It's like opening a drawer and finding a surprise inside." "I love Ankie as never before and see only one future, with her." "And I can say with absolute certainty:" "This is my girl, this is my lady." "For a person, or rather for a man in modern western society... to overcome his fear of commitment requires an almost superhuman courage." "Lex, formerly a confirmed polygamist, had that courage." "He knows it will be tough." "But he's willing to face that challenge." "Courage is universal and so is the right to live your life as you choose." "Whatever the price you may have to pay for that right." "Don't tell anyone." "Of course not."