"This film is dedicated to 900 million children worldwide helped by UNICEF, United Nations fund for children for childhood to be always the hope of our future." "Now that's love." "Cheater!" "Yesterday you told me you had two!" "Yesterday, no way!" "My dad brought the other one by night." "27." "What do you mean?" "27 lies in the week." "I know that your father didn't come for a lot of days." "If you came to fight me, then leave right now." "No, I did not come just to fight." "I want to tell you one thing." "Do you trust Germans?" "It depends." "Tommy, you're not the only one." "There is a German boy who has your same disease, "agambanesis"." "Agammaglobulinemia." "How many times must I repeat it to you?" "Come on, Tommy, don't be a nuisance, it is written here." "Albert Robert is two years old and suffering from birth "agami..."." "Well that." "A complete lack of "anticuepros" in his blood." "Antibodies, what's this "anticuepros"?" "Antibodies, yes." "What does it mean, antibodies?" "Come on, Larry, read to me if you want." "Else..." "A lack of defense against harmless germs so the person can get a deadly infection on the slightest contact with the outside world." "Nothing else?" "I've known that for ages." "Man, you're so smart!" "So you also know that his father built an aseptic room in his cottage, right?" "What does he do in that aseptic room in his cottage?" "Bah!" "At least he sees his parents every day." "Mine will come see me together, tomorrow." "Together?" "Yes, together." "28." "No, not another lie." "They said they're coming to see me together, and together means that: together." "Besides, mind your business." "No way, Burt!" "We don't agree at all." "Hi, Gwen." "Hello." "Look, these bands won't go well with these colors." "I told you, these ones." "Compare." "Don't overdo it, Gwen, I think there's not much difference." "What you are, myopic or astigmatic?" "Myopic." "Why?" "Well, we'll have to redo it from scratch." "Hi, Mary." "Let me see you." "How wonderful!" "You are really fine." "I feel heavy." "Hey, what do you think?" "She's right, Burt, you can see it one kilometer away." "Eddy, I'm serious." "Not that I have the eye of an eagle, but I don't see much difference." "Hi, Gwen." "Hi, Carol." "How are you?" "Okay." "And you?" "Brilliantly." "She's greatly." "And uneasy, too." "Sorry." "But you look much prettier than before." "And Mike, how is he?" "Fine." "Goodbye." "Gwen, is everything okay?" "Naturally, Eddy." "Poor girl." "Apparently the illness of her son has its origin in a female chromosome meaning from the mother." "Where the hell is Mike?" "Just left makeup." "He's coming." "As always." "Come on, opening." "Mike, the jacket." "Give it to me." "What are you doing there like a statue?" "Here is Mike, he just arrived." "But, have I ever failed to come?" "Mike, honey, you were never late so many consecutive days." "Well, who you thought it was?" "Tell the truth." "The ogre of Tom Thumb?" "The wolf of Riding Hood?" "The cat and the fox?" "Well, it's me, the same me." "Hello, children." "Here I am again with this fool with whom I must work." "I'm doing the best I can, Pip, I assure you." "Not enough, you must do a lot more." "And in your opinion, what should I do?" "Scratch my back, Mac." "Hey, I haven't scratched anyone's back in my life." "You get it?" "Now I realize why you haven't succeeded in life." "What could you know about life?" "Life hits where the tooth hurts." "No, it goes "the tongue hits where the tooth hurts."" "Just what I said." "Repeat it." "The tongue is the soul of trade." "And this is war." "War, war has broken out!" "How long until Christmas?" "A few days, Tommy." "Look, Teddy." "Up there is our friend." "Look there, in the window." "Don't you see?" "Tommy, hello!" "Hello!" "Come, you too greet him." "Raise your leg." "And say "Hello Tommy, when will you come play with us?"" "Hello, Larry." "Hi, Teddy." "Tomorrow I'll take you to see him." "Come on, grumpy." "Why do you want a divorce?" "Well, because..." "Gwen, answer." "Why do we want divorce, exactly?" "When something is over, it's over." "You heard it." "You also have a son, I think." "Yes, but there's no need to tell him." "You mean you won't tell him about your decision." "No." "Not now." "And you think he didn't notice anything." "So far, I don't think so." "That's my hope." "I don't think there'll be any problem." "Tommy is very smart." "And even if he realized, he would understand that this changes nothing between us." "I know from experience that isolation has made him more sensitive than other children." "And therefore his capacity to suffer must have increased." "Will he ever be able to lead a normal life?" "Judge, sir, doctors say that over time he will eventually develop the needed antibodies and then he will begin a normal life." "For now he must stay isolated." "What kind of family life has he now?" "I imagine you go see him frequently." "I do, I go every day." "My husband not so often, but Tommy understands." "I have a TV show and we always end up late." "As for mornings... on morning Tommy has its cure and we can't go in." "Summarizing," "Tommy knows that we love him." "The two of us." "And we will do whatever it takes to avoid him suffering from our separation." "Mr. Thompson, you can not imagine how many times" "I heard those words in this room." "It's okay this way?" "Perfect." "You're very clever, Tommy." "Maybe it unties on skating." "Most of all, don't be nervous." "What if I fall?" "Don't fall." "You told them to warn us upon arrival?" "Sure." "Are you sure your dad will come, too?" "Mind your business." "They will warn us, or not?" "Yes, yes, calm down." "There she is, Tommy." "She's coming." "Come on, get out, quickly." "10, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one." "Tommy, honey, you're great." "What about Dad?" "He said to give you a tight, tight embrace." "He's late." "Forgive him." "Tommy, won't you speak to me today, again?" "Why didn't he come with you?" "Honey, as I told you, he had and urgent call to Tv." "Didn't you watch his program last night?" "Tommy, slowly." "Tommy, be careful." "Have you hurt, Tommy?" "Don't do anything stupid, son, you're already a young man." "And you mustn't worry if sometime you don't see us together, Dad and me, or if dad doesn't come to see you for some days." "Nine days." "It's true, you're right." "But honey, he can't come to see you every day." "You can't cheat me." "I know everything." "What?" "That you and Dad are not going to live together." "No, Tommy, that's not true." "There is no reason to think those things." "Dad and I love each other as always." "What has got into your head?" "Have you seen how well I've learned to skate?" "But, don't you have to leave now?" "Do you want me to leave?" "Okay, Tommy, but first I want to talk to you about that." "Another day." "Can I give you a hug before I go?" "I'm already a young man." "Young men shake hands." "Fair ." "Goodbye, Mr. Tommy Thompson." "See you tomorrow." "Goodbye." "Hello." "Larry, where are you going?" "Shh, I'm playing nurse." "Tommy, guess what I brought you." "I bet you don't know what's in there." "Teddy!" "You brought Teddy to me." "Come out, come." "Teddy, jump." "Jump, jump." "Come on, jump." "Why doesn't he jump?" "He's moved." "Let me touch him." "Put your paw in this glove." "Don't take it off." "Hi, Teddy." "How are you?" "He doesn't have eyes?" "Course he has eyes." "One here and one there." "Can you bring him every day?" "Okay." "What do you feel when you touch him?" "Tell me." "What does it feel like?" "It's like touching hair." "But is it cold or hot?" "Just warm." "And when you hug him, is it like hugging your dad?" "Yes, just the same." "My father is full of hair." "Even in his ears, and around here." "Instead, my mother grows a mustache." "Damn beast, get out of here!" "Teddy, Teddy!" "Run, run!" "Larry, that beast is yours, right?" "Take him out right now." "If you didn't knit so much you'd catch us, fat girl!" "Larry!" "How are you?" "Beware, Pip, if I get angry you'll regret it." "When he's angered he's terrible." "The last time he messed the bed." "Damn liar!" ""Damn liar"." "Damn stubborn." "Damn ugly." "You know what?" "I'm ashamed of you." "So?" "Do you think I'm proud of you?" "You should be." "Why?" "Because I've tried to be a good father to you." "Oh yeah?" "What have you done for me?" "Well, you never lacked anything, I protected you..." "Even animals protect their offspring." "You think you've done something special?" "What the hell is he saying?" "You're just a hard head." "He's making it up." "I wouldn't want you to be my son." "I wouldn't want you even as confessor." "Since you don't understand me..." "I leave you." "What a shame." "So, when do you leave?" "If you put so much effort, right now." "And you will not see a hair of me, anymore." "He'll turn bald!" "Hey, my boy, if you want I'll give you a recipe." "Pip, I'm not willing to continue to endure your insults." "You understand?" "Weren't you leaving?" "What are you waiting for?" "But take the concorde so you'll fly up higher, farther and faster." "Speak." "Gwen?" "Hey, Eddy." "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "Thought you'd be working." "What I missed, working on Saturdays." "Sorry, I'm a little worried." "Why?" "This project of ours, do you think we'll get it?" "Of course." "You'll see how everything is sorted out by the end of January." "I wish." "What are you doing?" "Nothing, as I told you, I do nothing." "Having a coffee and reading a book." "And tonight, could we go out and have dinner together?" "You're very kind but tonight I don't want to go out." "So, another day?" "Okay, Eddy, leave it for another day." "As you wish." "Goodbye, Eddie, see you on Monday." "Bye." "And don't forget, starting today you can bring or send your songs here." "Great." "Jenny will select them and we'll air them." "Courage, Jenny, give the address to these kids." "If you recorded your songs on a tape, as Mike told you, you can send them by mail or bring them to" "BTS X building, on Badman 45." "You will find an office and two nice secretaries who are there just to collect your songs." "I repeat:" "BTS building." "OK, ending slide." "Good-bye, children." "See you tomorrow." "Goodbye, friends, goodbye!" "And remember:" "I'm watching you." "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!" "It sucks." "This Pip isn't working anymore." "It would come out much better if you stick to the script." "By God, Mike!" "Sorry, Jenny." "Hey, tonight let's celebrate." "What's to celebrate?" "What all your friends accuse you of: being the reason." "Mike, you know very well that I'm not to blame for your divorce." "And you tell me with that face?" "That face that may have been guilty, namely of how many divorces?" "Tell the truth." "Speak." "Hey, Tommy." "Didn't I wake you?" "No, I was't sleeping." "What have you dined tonight?" "The usual." "And you?" "We?" "Let's see..." "Stew, pork chops and apple pie." "Dad too?" "Course dad too." "The poor thing was so tired he fell asleep..." "Bet you don't know where?" "Guess." "In the kitchen." "He said to send you a big kiss." "Bring your cheek." "Received?" "And you let him sleep in the kitchen?" "No, later I'll awake him to go to bed." "Tommy, can you hear me?" "Yes, Mom, I hear." "Mom." "What?" "Forgive me about yesterday." "I wanted to give you a very, very tight hug, but..." "I know, honey, I know." "I also wanted to tell you something else." "That I love you." "And I love you, my son." "Good night." "Goodnight." "I have to change my makeup artist." "Since Jackie makeup me, I look like a 100 years old." "Damn, look what a mess!" "Mike, please, stay calm." "But I'm not nervous, on the contrary, I'm very, very calm." "I don't know why, but since you brought your stuff here you do nothing but scream and scold me." "Sorry, Jenny." "Come on, don't be like that." "I didn't want to yell at you." "Yes?" "Tell me." "Speak." "Speak!" "Who the hell is it?" "Cheer up that face." "Sorry, I didn't want..." "Jenny, let's not fight." "This is stupid." "Let's forget everything." "We'll have a drink..." "Fine." "Barking dog doesn't bite." "Understand it, it's Pip." "Pip?" "Yes, he's not funny to anyone." "We have to create something new." "Mike, you realize that you are Pip, right?" "Then explain to me, why you blame this poor dummy." "Right?" "Maybe he's right." "Perhaps you've aged and the kids don't like him as before." "Courage, Mike." "I give you a week's time to create a whole new thing." "You're very good with children." "Yes, those of others." "Gwen phoned me." "Before, I told you we thought of not telling Tommy about the divorce." "He's not stupid, he doesn't miss a thing." "Why don't you go visit him?" "I'll go." "On Christmas." "Not now." "I don't feel strong enough." "Why don't you take me to meet him?" "For sure we'd make good friends." "I mean it, Mike." "Let's visit him together." "What else would I like more, but I can't." "And I thought of it." "I was willing to take you on many times." "It's stronger than me." "Lately Tommy has become a man." "And that damn glass cage... where he must live is getting smaller and smaller for him." "Hey, if you want me to stay here, he will have to leave." "Please Nancy, keep it safe." "Hey, Larry, I'm looking for help." "Will you help me?" "Help you on what?" "First you promise, then I tell you." "You want money?" "No, my father and my mother..." "What?" "They split up." "Is that all?" "That's nothing." "I think you didn't understand, they no longer live together in the same house." "I understand, I understand." "They don't get along, they part, and each one leaves for his/her own house." "It's crystal clear!" "Larry, sometimes you seem a bit silly." "But why you take it so hard?" "You know how parents are." "Come on, if you pay attention to them you're wrecked, they're like kids." "All because of my father." "I'm sure he's left with another woman." "What's she like?" "Is she hot?" "When he comes I'll speak to him seriously." "Then send him a telegram." "I send you." "To see your father?" "To the woman!" "Me?" "What am I to do?" "Take a letter." "¿A letter, where?" "Nancy has it." "What's inside?" "A bomb?" "A tape and a cassette." "A cassette?" "Bah!" "Yes, I recorded a song." "Bah!" "You're crazy as a goat." "You bring it to her, and shut up." "What?" "Am I your bellboy?" "No, you're an idiot." "You spared a spank because you're in that cage, if not, I'll break your mouth." "Wait for me to come out and you'll get it." "Ugly, gap-thooted!" "What are you doing, Larry?" "Don't look yourself in the mirror so much." "You think you're a beauty?" "Are you, Kunta Kinte..." "Is this Tommy's letter?" "Yes." "Goodbye." "Good-bye, lovergirl." "Play the lame, Teddy." "What do you want?" "Will you drive us downtown?" "Both of you?" "Well, if you have such bad heart, let him follow us dragging his leg." "I have no bad heart." "Come up." "Teddy, pretend." "Go up." "The poor thing had a leg frazzled." "Luckily there are still good people, Jenny." "When you're on TV, it shows." "What happened to your dog?" "Can I know?" "He risked his life to save a girl who was drowning in the Thames." "That does not wash." "It's plain as the nose that you're friends with dogs." "And who are you?" "Another friend of dogs." "Of dogs and composers." "Of composers?" "Why?" "You don't like composers?" "If they're not dogs..." "For whoever wrote this, this is going to be a hit." "What is it?" "A song for your show." "Play it tomorrow, Jenny, please." "I don't know if I can." "It's not legal." "Come on, girl." "There is an office just for the songs." "Don't you know?" "I'd go there, but I have to take him to the vet." "Don't you see how the poor thing suffers?" "Come on, tell her." "Teddy!" "Listen to him." "When he does that it means that it hurts a lot." "Don't you understand the language of dogs?" "And how is the song like?" "It's great." "Hey, you think it's okay to skip those who came before you?" "Life is not always fair." "What a philosopher!" "And what do you know about life?" "Me, about life?" "A long while." "I'm almost eight years old." "We'll stay at Temple station." "The vet is there." "You play it tomorrow." "Right?" "First I'll listen to it, and assuming that I like it..." "You'll like it, you'll see." "Goodbye, nice girl." "Goodbye, imp." "Oh, man, you're null at limping." "Good thing the lady is half-witted, else we'd blundered." "Hello, kids." "Make room, Big-nose." "Hello, my friends." "Stop bothering me with your nonsense, damn rascal!" "Rascal, you!" "Sorry, I'll start again." "Don't pay attention to him." "He's a bit narrow-minded." "Let's see if we manage to carry through this show." "The broadcast today is dedicated to you and your songs." "So I'm narrow-minded?" "And you, blunder-guy..." "The first song Jenny selected between the many you have brought or sent is..." "An untitled song by an unnamed child." "How so unnamed?" "You're gross!" "By an unknown author." "He wouldn't tell me his name." "Like me, I won't tell my name even to blondes." "Maybe his name is Ludwig, or Mozart, and he was afraid of some of you recognizing him." "Shut up, comments come after." "Now we'll listen to the music." "The most important thing is the music." "Jenny..." "Heh!" "What do you know about music?" "You can't fool me!" "Let's hear that song." "Let's sleep!" "# It's Monday today # and my dad won't come." "# It's Tuesday now, # maybe he's at work." "# It's Wednesday # who knows if I'll see him today." "# It's Thursday already, # it's useless to wait." "# It's Friday today # and my heart feels # that my dad # that my dad will come running to me, # we'll be together and he'l hug me." "# You know, Dad, # today is Saturday already." "# I still wait." "# Maybe tomorrow you'll come. #" "It's nice, very nice." "Great, nameless child." "Here is a letter." "Can we read it?" "Read it." "No, you'd better read it yourself." "Mom!" "This song is dedicated to my father." "My father at this time must be very busy... because he never comes to see me, and I wonder if I've done something wrong." "How can I know if I have done something wrong if my father doesn't even phone me?" "Has he forgotten me?" "My dear..." "My dear nameless child," "I don't think your father forgot you." "How can you be forgotten?" "Noy even assuming that he was the busiest man on earth, not even having a stone instead of a heart or having left for Mars, he never might forget you." "Have a little patience, just a little." "Grant him at least... the chance of being forgiven." "He does not ask for anything else." "I know him." "Tommy, it's time to put on your pajamas." "No, I'll put them at seven." "But you always put them at six!" "Today I'll do otherwise." "I don't understand this whim, Tommy." "It's not a whim." "So what is it?" "It's not a whim." "Mike, I didn't expect you." "Hello, Maggie." "Tommy." "Hello Dad." "Come closer." "How are you, Dad?" "Sorry for the letter." "It was a little hard." "Ah, you brought Pip to me!" "I wanted to meet him from so long!" "He was looking forward to meeting you, too." "Hi, Tommy." "Boy, how nice you are!" "A lot nicer than this braggart told me, this ornery, lazy and useless Mike." "But since he keeps his felling to himself, he never talks to anyone." "He's stubborn, a donkey." "He'd rather be killed instead of confessing how he feels." "And you know why?" "Because he's afraid, afraid to tell people that he loves them a lot." "Yes, and especially how much he loves you, Tommy." "You see?" "Courage, courage, cowardly, say what you feel!" "Look at us straight in the eye and say that you love us, stubborn." "Come on." "No one can get his fellings out." "There's no way." "But I'll tell you, since I know him very well, Tommy." "He loves you very much." "It'd take many bags to hold his love, but he's always a mess with his head in the clouds, not even him knows his own feelings, and it looks like he doesn't love you." "Dad." "What?" "Dad, why you and Mom are going to part?" "You don't love each other anymore?" "Gwen, my love, it's not your fault." "You're not guilty of Tommy being born that way." "It's not your fault." "This damn guilt has wrecked our marriage." "You always behaved as if the problem did not exist." "Do you think you helped me?" "The many times I tried to help you, you rejected me." "It's useless to shut into yourself as you do." "Life must go on." "Don't you care about Tommy's life?" "What do you want me to do?" "I better tell you the whole truth, Tommy." "My dear, both Dad and I have tried once again because you made us realize how much you suffer with our separation." "Our goodwill has led us to fail, Tommy." "And the fault is mine, mine alone." "Dad has done the impossible, but it's me who fails to love him as I'd wish." "Mom, did the waiter recognize you?" "Mom!" "Did the waiter remember you?" "No, honey, the waiter was not the same." "Neither the bartender was the same." "Dad and I were not the same, either." "You were in the house by the river?" "No, no, we weren't there." "Why didn't you go there?" "Well, it's so far... also it was late." "For Christmas you have to go." "Tommy, you know dad and I no longer live in the same house, right?" "How come, aren't you afraid to be alone at night?" "No, because I'm not alone." "I feel like I have you and Dad." "You can love people a lot even if not living in the same house, Tommy." "So you're not going to try to stay together, you and Dad?" "Listen, Tommy, the most important thing in this world is friendship and now Dad and I are great friends." "As you and Larry are." "Now Pip is my best friend." "Oh?" "So he never leaves me." "What does he say?" "Good night, Gwendoline, good night," "Tommy and I want to be alone." "Okay." "Good night, Pip." "Good night, Tommy." "Good night, Gwendoline." "Bye." "It's easy, just press the green button." "The door opens and you hold it open with something." "What next?" "Nothing, I open this side and go out." "No, Tommy, that's very dangerous." "Dangerous my foot!" "Mind that you can die." "Only if I have bad luck and a microbe attacks me when I get out." "What if it attacks you?" "Doesn't change a thing, I'm rotting here." "But if you're finally discharged they can make you a room like that German's one at home." "What home?" "Don't you know that my dad and my mom no longer live together?" "It would be great, I could finally see the bears." "How do bears do?" "Com on, please." "It's long since you last imitated them." "But you have to help me." "Without you I'll never get out." "Are you going to risk your life just because your parents don't live together?" "I'm to blame for it, you get it?" "They parted because I was born this way." "Because I'm in here." "What nonsense!" "Maybe it's stupid but it's true." "Let me try, Larry." "I'm sick of hearing doctors:" ""It'd be a miracle for him to reach age 10."" "Let me out, Larry." "Let me try." "Okay, okay, Tommy." "How hard it was to convince you!" "Do it, now nobody sees you." "Go push the green button." "Quick!" "I can't, Tommy." "Forgive me." "Go away and don't come back!" "You're not a friend or anything!" "I'd say the most remarkable result is the intellectual development of the child." "Also in regards to physical development, I think the outcome is very good." "Get out!" "Get out of here, you bastards!" "What are you gossiping about me?" "Easy, Tommy, don't be angry." "Bye." "Shut up, Teddy." "You don't understand a thing." "Hello." "Hello." "All fine, Tommy?" "Goodbye." "Bye." "What are you doing, Gwen?" "Still working?" "I'm finishing." "What will you do on Christmas?" "Where are you going?" "I'll spend it with my son." "So..." "Merry Christmas, Gwen." "Oh, Eddy!" "Sorry I have nothing for you." "No matter." "Bye." "Thank you." "And Merry Christmas, Eddy." "Hey you!" "Where are you going?" "Where are you going so alone?" "I'm not alone." "Can't you see I'm with my dog?" "Are you angry, or something?" "Won't you tell Santa Claus?" "Yeah, yeah, Santa Claus..." "is it that you believe in Santa Claus?" "Sure." "You don't?" "Come on!" "How come?" "You mean I don't exist?" "You do, but if you remove that coat and that fake beard you wear, who are you?" "And who are you?" "What's your name?" "Let's see, what I can do to prove that Santa Claus exists?" "To leave me alone." "Well, whatever." "Bye." "Merry Christmas." "Hey." "What?" "If you're really Santa Claus, will you do me a big favor?" "Of course, yes." "Let's see, what is it?" "Can you save my best friend?" "What's wrong with him?" "He's badly, very badly." "But now I don't have time to explain everything." "It's a very complicated thing." "Would you save him, yes or no?" "So suddenly, I can't promise anything, but I'll try." "With all the forces I have at my disposal." "Thank you, Santa Claus." "Come, come and see." "You like our tree?" "Yes." "Here there are gifts for all children." "We agreed to date on Thursday." "You're free, right?" "Yes, yes, honey." "Bye." "Don't be afraid, Pip, now we'll take the bus and we'll go to our house at the riverside." "Mommy, no!" "Larry!" "Are you afraid of the bus?" "No way!" "Did you see how I breakout?" "I've seen, I've seen." "Teddy!" "Let me touch you." "Oh, you are so soft!" "Don't touch him, he's got fleas." "And put this on, else you'll get a cold." "I'm not cold, I put on a lot of jerseys." "Come on, put it on, to be on the safe side." "Come on, Teddy." "Here." "Dear Maggie, I'll spend Christmas with my mom and dad." "Then I'll come back and I promise I'll behave my best." "Merry Christmas, Maggie." "Tommy!" "Tommy, what's wrong?" "Tommy, how are you?" "Tommy!" "Larry, you never told me." "What?" "That this is so beautiful!" "Come on, let's see who wallows the most." "I can't, can't you see?" "What have you got there?" "Money." "Money?" "Here outside money is a must." "Without money you do nothing." "And where did you get it?" "I broke the piggybank." "Mine and my sister's." "Come on, let's see who runs faster." "Cheater, since you don't carry weight...!" "Don't I carry Pip?" "Come on." "Ready?" "At one, two, three." "# It's Monday today and my dad won't come. #" "I've been told that your son made it." "Yes, he made it." "And my good friend Jerry arranged it." "It'll make a nice Christmas gift." "Merry Christmas." "What's up?" "Something happened?" "No, no." "¡Tommy!" "What happened to him?" "Mrs. Thompson, stay here a sec." "No, no, let me!" "Tommy, Tommy!" "Please, we're looking everywhere." "Soon we'll find him." "Easy." "Here comes your husband." "Look." "Mike..." "Tommy...!" "I already know it." "Come, watch the orangutans." "Let's get out of here." "I want to go to my house at the riverside." "Wait!" "Where was the staff guarding him?" "Nurses, doctors, and you, where were you?" "And you, where were you, Mr. Thompson?" "Can it be that you didn't notice your child's frame of mind?" "Sorry, doctor." "Is there any chance to save him?" "I would like to say yes, but only a miracle can save him." "Of course!" "But how can he get there?" "I don't know, maybe Larry..." "I'm sure he's going there." "Gwen, notify the doctors, call an ambulance." "Yes, fine, but quick." "Tommy needs us mostly." "Your packages, Mrs. Thompson." "Thank you." "Hey, Larry, are you sure you take the bus here?" "Course I'm sure." "Which one goes to my house?" "If you want, we'll ask." "Come." "But are you sure?" "As sure as tonight is Christmas Eve." "Hey, Tommy, I think it's best to phone before." "You don't understand." "If I don't go, the two of them will never go." "Okay, let's ask." "When does the bus leave?" "Now." "Wait." "I'll go with you." "No, I have to go alone." "I'll accompany you, I won't let you go alone!" "Not even I can get so far on my own." "Let me go, you'll spoil everything!" "Okay, Tommy, then I have no choice but to go home." "Come on, Teddy, he doesn't want us." "Larry." "What do you want?" "Merry Christmas, Larry." "And you too, Teddy." "Who are you?" "I don't know you." "Watch this guy!" "Neither do us know you." "Right, Teddy?" "Who does he think he is?" "You can't hide it, you're ugly, dirty and gap-thooted." "Beauty isn't everything." "Look at Pip, he's not handsome at all, however he's very nice." "Larry, have you had other friends but me?" "Bah!" "Friends, friends, no." "Just acquaintances, they just hang around." "Johnny, Charlie, Betty,..." "¿Females too?" "Well, I even dated a girl." "How long?" "Four days." "What did you use to do?" "What grownups do, she walked me to buy milk,..." "So why did you part?" "She got measles and that separated us." "What a shame." "In time I'll look for another." "That one had crooked legs." "Poor thing." "Tommy, what do you feel?" "Nothing, my head is turning." "So many new things make me dizzy." "Could it be that you caught an "anticuepro"?" "Antibody is the correct word." "Don't play the wise doctor on me." "Hey, Teddy and I want to make you company, but I warn you that as we get to your house we'll fly off." "Thank you, Larry." "Surely you want to spend Christmas Eve with your mom and dad, too." "Bah!" "Don't be so sure." "My father and mother are always beating each other." "At Christmas too?" "For them, Christmas is a day like any other." "You know what my grandmother said?" "A Christmas is not Christmas without snow." "You'll see that at midnight it'll snow." "And even if Teddy and you are not by my side I'll think of you, as much as if you were by my side." "So Teddy and I can stay?" "No." "Sorry, Larry, but my dad and my mom need me a lot and they'd want to be alone with me." "Hey, you know where this house is?" "No." "Sorry, kid, I'm not from here." "Bye." "Tommy, can you go on?" "Yes, but you keep asking." "Sugar 04, listen to me." "I found the two children by the Nelson Bridge." "I'll pick them up and led them to the house by the river." "Over." "What I can do for you two, boys?" "Would you like a ride?" "Yes, but we are three, we are not two." "Surely the car broke, because they always come pick us up." "Oh yeah?" "Who?" "Our parents." "Every day they come for us." "Really?" "And how is it that I've never seen you around here?" "Well, must be because you are new." "Yes, of course, I only spent 22 years of service in this area..." "So they'll retire you soon, right?" "Yes, and they'll take you where they take all liars." "Where?" "To hell." "You take advantage because you're a big guy." "Are you okay?" "But can't this pileup go faster?" "Tommy, Tommy!" "Look." "Mom, Dad!" "Tommy!" "My son!" "Mom!" "Tommy!" "Dad!" "Thank you for everything." "You won't go?" "What am I to do there?" "Do you think what you've done is right?" "Come on, what have I done?" "Hey, if you love your friend as much as it seems you wouldn't have helped him escape from the hospital." "Shut up!" "Cops know nothing about life." "Come on, child, come on." "I'll walk you." "Who told you that I want to leave?" "I have to go home." "It's Christmas." "But it's not even snowing!" "What about you, what are you going to do, wait for it to snow?" "Just a little while, come on!" "How beautiful!" "That's fire?" "That's it, get by the fire." "Mom and Dad lighted it up for you." "Now we remove this... and put it there." "Bring your hands." "You see how it warms you up?" "I've never seen the fire." "Dad." "Speak, Tommy." "Isn't it true that we are so fine, all three together?" "Right, Mom?" "Sure." "We can't ask for more." "You, Mom, and me." "Tommy!" "Sit down." "What's wrong?" "It's nothing, don't worry, Mom." "I'm fine." "Maybe a little tired." "Mom!" "You're the prettiest thing I've ever touched." "Prettier than Teddy." "Isn't that right, Dad?" "Touch her, you too." "Isn't it nice to touch her?" "Yes." "And you too, Dad." "What strong hands!" "Love each other a lot, even if I'm not with you anymore." "Today I saw so many new things, I got scared." "That's why children have their dad and mom, so they'll embrace then when they're scared." "But you're not afraid now, right?" "No, because I am with you both." "Pip always told me so, he talked a lot about Dad and you." "Hey, where's Pip?" "I gave him to Larry." "He'll be fine with him and Teddy." "This was the best of my life, to meet you and touch you." "What a pity it is over!" "Tommy!" "Tommy!" "No, Tommy!"