"Previously" "You know we make sausages for the fair each year." "There's deer in them." "It has a tracker in its ear." "There are satellites up there." "They're tracking us in Brussels." "We're in deep shit." "I won't risk my career for a stupid deer." "Forget it." "It's over." "Wilfried, don't." " I was never here." "Uncle Maurice is right?" " Uncle Maurice." "You won't get away with this." " I can explain everything." "Get that animal out of here." "Get rid of it." "Chop it up, grind it." "Are you on drugs?" "Can I rely on you to take steps?" "Rest assured, sir." "We take our job seriously." "A final check tomorrow?" " Of course." "You will be surprised." "Go back to the police and say you made a mistake." "Tell them you lied." "I'm sorry." "Sometimes people make things up because they think that it's better." "Arrest me." "I'm turning myself in." "I'm not a deer." "Go on, kill me then." "Wilfried?" "Maurice?" "Flesh and Bone 7" "Come on." "Go on, come out of the bushes, all of you." "Come on, kill me then." "What's the value of human life in the end?" "What's wrong?" "Scared I'll tear your heads off?" "Cowards." " André, I'm here alone, I swear." "Well, don't you have to notify the police you found me?" "Or are you here to gloat about your victory?" "You're loving this." "You've been waiting years to do the dirty on me." "Are you happy now?" "Dirty bastard." "Come here." "You dirty bastard." "No, André." "Don't." "No, my neck..." "No, my foot, don't." "André, can't we be reasonable?" "As if you're so reasonable." "That deer didn't interest you." "You wanted to get me." "Happy that you can squeal on me?" " I'll drop the complaint, I swear." "That's why I came here." "To tell you I'm dropping the complaint." "André, let's be reasonable." "My ear." "My ear." "Your ear?" "André?" "Hey, where's the butcher?" "We won't see him anytime soon." " Is he on holiday?" "You could say that, yes." " He's got a taste for it now." "To the seaside a while ago." "And now he's gone again." "It's only logical." "He has a successor now." "I wish I had someone to take over the business." "I would take advantage of it." " Be happy you don't." "Spare yourself the disappointment." "Nowadays..." "I have someone like that at the station." "He's driving me crazy." "He has no instinct for it." "He hasn't got what it takes." "But he wants to climb the ladder." "He wants to prove himself at any cost." "There's no talking to him." " That's why you're so thirsty." "Very thirsty." "Where did André go to?" "To the Black Forest." " A walking holiday." "I think he'll put in quite some miles, yes." "What's up?" " Try to sleep a bit." "Yes, you do the same, Mum." " Yes." "I can't sleep." "When I close my eyes, I see André standing in the woods." "I don't know..." " Come here, you." "Is that the deer's ear?" " On top of it all." "It had a tracker in its ear." "You know what that means, don't you?" "Those green guys have to meddle with everything." "That poor deer can't just run where it likes." "No, it has to be tracked." "Controlled." "Why don't they put it in a pen then?" "But that's not allowed." "Deceiving people, you're good at that." "A tracker in its ear?" " To trace it through satellites." "Watching it behind a computer." "Where is it?" "There, it's jumping a ditch." "Unbelievable." "So you claim there's a tracker in the ear." "Satellites make contact with it to be able to track that deer?" " On a computer in Brussels." "In Brussels?" " Yes." "That's an incredible story." "But in fact that's very good news, André." "Complaint or no complaint, they would have found out what happened to it." "They don't know it was me." " I'm not so sure about that." "I do know." " Hold on." "Why are you moving about?" "Yes, of course, so they won't think in Brussels..." "Yes." "Yes, of course." "That's why you're still here." "What do you think I'm doing?" "Do you think I'm an idiot?" "I thought about it." "You're not the only one who can think." "So how long did you plan to run about here and flap that ear about?" "None of your business." "I'll flap it as long as I like." "In the middle of the night?" " Don't butt in." "There's no need now." "They sleep now, they're crepuscular animals." "That deer would be lying in the bushes now, but hey, I won't butt in." "What made you change your mind about the complaint?" "Gerda." " Our Gerda?" "I can't go home until I drop the complaint." "She even mentioned divorce." "You live and learn." "It took her long enough." "I never expected that from Gerda." "André, can I have a sip as well?" "So I won't be so cold." "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree with André." "From the first day Gerda brought Maurice home, it went badly." "Dad and I never understood what Gerda saw in Maurice." "But we couldn't talk to her about it." "She would immediately fly off the handle." "No, she couldn't take that." "Do you remember when Dad had Maurice unload the slaughterhouse truck?" "Oh yes..." "What happened again?" "They hadn't been together long." "The truck came with the pigs." "And Dad, André and the man from the slaughterhouse had agreed to say they all had back trouble." "Supposedly." ""My future son-in-law will do it."" "Maurice turned as white as a sheet." "He didn't dare refuse, he wanted to prove himself." "He took the pig from the hook." "He was sweating like a pig and he was drifting about until..." "He fell down, and the pig fell on his head." "Well, all over him, really." "And Dad and André were laughing their heads off." "And Gerda was furious." "Furious." "We didn't see Maurice for three weeks." "There, there, dear." "There, there." "A last one?" "The very last one?" " You won't get anything more." "Julia, I don't understand how you can be so harsh to me." "You won't get anything more." "You've had enough." "Enough?" "When is it ever enough?" "Come on, Wilfried." "Do I have to call the police?" "Go on, call them." "But I don't know if I'll answer." "Can't I relax for a bit?" " Go and relax in your bed." "You don't love me." "You don't love me, just like André." "He doesn't love me either." "Why wouldn't André love you?" "I'm the biggest asshole I know." "Yes?" " Anke, it's me." "Rudy." "Can we talk for a moment, please?" "Sorry I woke you up." "I know you're angry." "This time it's really not my fault." "Let me explain." "You can always explain everything afterwards." "I'm sick and tired of it." "I mean, come on." "Again." "Unbelievable." "All of a sudden, the police come to the shop." "You know nothing." "A deer?" "And who's walking in with a deer?" " I know it looks strange." "It's a long story." " A story." "You and your stories." "You always try to talk your way out of it." "Like with JB." "You just can't be trusted." "You're constantly lying." "I can't stand it." "Besides, I..." " Shut up and listen to me." "No, listen, André." "I have never been accepted by the family." "From the very first, I've tried to be accepted, but somehow..." "No." " You looked down on Dad and me." "That's how it was." " I entered a completely new society." "The way you people treat each other, that low, almost vulgar manner..." "Father Maurice is lecturing again." "So I'm a priest now?" " A treacherous, hypocritical priest." "Do you know what you are?" "A money-grabber." "That's the pot calling the kettle black." "So Dad can't make sausages." "And if the police or health inspectors find about the deer they'll shut down the butcher's." "Granny is devastated." "She's had enough." "She wants to close down the butcher's." "Close it down?" " We have our backs against the wall." "Granny's just had enough." "She can't take it anymore." "Everything is such a mess." "And what do you want?" " I want the butcher's." "And I want you." "Me?" "Yes." "You really are the love of my life." "How often have you said that to somebody?" "Never." "Don't lie to me." " I wouldn't dare." "Mike won't want to." "He wants to ride the race badly this year." "I can't do that to him." "Then you'll have to do it yourself." "I'll help you wherever I can." "But I can't bone a carcass." "That's why I want Mike there." " Then you don't have a choice." "Just go there and wake him up?" "Come on, we'll get him." " He won't want to do it." "No, Rudy." " Mike, I can't do it on my own." "You can ride a bike your whole life." " Yes, Anke, but..." "You'll have plenty of time when you're unemployed." "Unemployed?" "If we leave Rudy hanging, it's all over for us too." "You do realize that, don't you?" "The butcher's is finished." "You control you own future, and ours at the same time." "There's something else you should know about the sausages." "So that's it." "I've always wondered what André put in those sausages." "Of course." "Now that I know..." "A deer, damn it." "That's really..." "That's illegal." " I know." "So who is in the loop about this?" "Dad, Mum, Granny, Wilfried" "And you." "Let's get started then." "No, Liliane." "Don't." "Joepie?" "Where did you come from?" "Good boy." "Maurice?" "Here you go." " Thanks." "I'm listening." "I've thought about it very deeply and..." "I made the whole thing up." "Made it up, yes." "Sometimes people make up things because they think that it's better." "I shouldn't have done it but there you go." "My apologies and..." "That's all." " Hold on a minute." "Mr Debrabandere, it's not that easy." "You filed an official complaint." " I know." "Now I'm telling you it was false." "Don't you see?" "So you can destroy it, rip it to shreds and throw it away." "It's not that easy." "Your complaint is in the system now." "In the system?" "And you can't revoke it?" "Impossible." "But you'll have to." "It didn't happen, don't you understand?" "I made it up." "I can take a statement saying your previous statement was false." "But that's highly unlikely and there could be consequences." "Consequences?" "Well, anyway, it needs to be done." "Mr Debrabandere, are you being pressured?" "Is someone blackmailing or threatening you?" "I made this decision on my own." "And freely." " But you did go to the woods?" "When?" " Yesterday." "Yes." " You didn't see your brother-in-law?" "No, I didn't see my brother-in-law." "And you didn't see a dead stag?" " No..." "It was a doe, by the way." "That I didn't see there." "Okay, let's get it paper then." "Right, then you can put it in the system." "That's taken care of then." "Then the whole matter is behind us." "Is Rudy downstairs?" " Not that I know of." "There will be sausages this year, Liliane." "Rest assured." "The real ones." "The real deal from Vangenechten." "Why are you sighing so?" " It's a special day today, Mum." "The bicycle race." "Since when are you nervous about that?" "I'm a mechanic." "Mike's." "A mechanic?" "Rudy is..." "Rudy is making the sausages." "Together with Mike and Anke." "Do they know how to?" "There's deer in them." " How do you know?" "That's our secret, isn't it?" "The family secret." "But..." "I know nothing." "Rudy, what will we tell people?" "They'll ask where André is." "When the sausages are ready, I'll go get him." "But he can't leave." "Mum, we'll figure it out, but he's coming home today." "Why didn't you wake me up last night?" "We could have talked about it." "I could have helped you, but no, you got Anke and Mike involved." "It's been a family thing for years." "If André hears about this..." "Are you looking for me?" "I think so." "Are you all right?" "Maurice was at the police station." " To tell you where I am?" "No, to drop his complaint." "Sorry, André, that I just..." "I shouldn't have done it." "I'm sorry." "Just drop it." " No, I really surprised myself." "That's just not done." "Not to your best friend." "That's why I came here, to..." "God damn it." "Asshole." "Bloody hell." "Come on, follow me." "Come on." "No, hold on." "That fucking show-off." "I'm getting sick of that boy." " Are you playing me, Wilfried?" "Not at all." "I did everything I could to stop Maurice's complaint, but..." "But that's the new guy." "You know, the ambitious type." "I'm afraid he's on to us." "Come on, I'll take care of all this." "Where is that deer?" " Rudy picked it up yesterday." "I told him to get rid of it." " In what way?" "And the tracker?" "Go on, give me that." " Now what?" "I suppose you were looking for me?" "Come on, start driving." "Put your gun on the dashboard." " What's the meaning of this?" "Just do as I tell you." " What's gotten into you, Wilfried?" "Come on, go and keep them company." "Hurry up, get into the meadow." "Here, take this." " What's that?" "Damn it, Wilfried." "Put that in that cow's arse." " Pardon?" "In that cow's arse." " Calm down." "I will..." "Easy." "Hurry up." "Hello." "Yvonne?" "Look who's here, Joepie." "I haven't seen him for a while." "André, you're looking tired." "Have you been making sausages all night?" "It's an enormous job each year, isn't it?" "André?" "Well, André, we thought..." "Well, Rudy..." "And Anke too." "I couldn't say no, André." "Besides..." "He'll be furious." "It'll be all right." "It won't be too bad." "Would you like to taste it?" "Mike and Anke will keep their mouths shut." "I'm sure of it." "Very tasty." "Good job, son." "Now the fair can start." "Well, Anke." " Well, Liliane." "Liliane, where are the aprons?" " In the workshop." "Why?" "Yes, why?" " Because we're helping you out." "You can take care of André, so he can face the customers later on." "Come on." " But, Gerda..." "His face! "But, Gerda..."" "For the first time in my life I was really scared." "I thought the butcher's was finished for sure." "I won't tell you what went through my mind." "Imagine Rudy hadn't been here." "What then?" "Well, then..." " We can all be proud of him." "Very proud." "And I think you and Maurice have learned your lesson." "Something like this can never happen again." "But..." " I said no, didn't I?" "But tell Maurice the same thing, will you?" "I will, yes." " I'm just saying." "Are you coming down later on?" " I'll wait and see." "First, a nap." "Okay then." "Go and wash." "You stink." "It's no use, Luc." "I'm too tired." "And I didn't train enough." "No, it's no use." "So then I'm not a mechanic either?" "You did ask me." " I know, Luc." "But what if I end up being last again?" "I will be the fattest one." "They'll laugh at me." "They won't laugh at you." "I'll make sure of that." "I don't know, Luc." "I really don't know." "For me, the fair doesn't start until I've had a sausage." "That's just me." "And nobody knows what he puts in there." "It's like Coca Cola." "Nobody knows the recipe." "Except for a select few." "Otherwise they wouldn't know." "Say, do you know everything that's in those sausages?" "Here you go." "There." " Pass me a towel, darling." "Come here, you." "There you are." " Don't we have to help downstairs?" "There's enough people there." "Shouldn't you lie down for a bit?" "You won't stick it out." "It's going to be a long day." "I know." " They won't miss you downstairs." "Why don't you go to bed for a while." " Sure?" "Okay, but..." "Not on my own." "Come on, let's go to bed." " Come on, André." "What?" " This isn't the time." "There's enough people downstairs." "Come on." "Look at that." "A couple, then?" "That's big news." "That surprises me." "Well, no..." "I suspected something was happening." " You don't say, Herman." "Yes, indeed." "Lately, I've noticed Anke's eyes shining." "But I'm very happy for you both." " You're next." "Well..." "I don't know." "Well, yes." "Why not?" "It's what's inside that matters." " True, Rudy." "Bur by the time you've explained that, the night is over." "Laughing is important." "I'm one in a million, right?" "I'm a joker." "Remember this, Joepie?" "Well, I'm curious." "And remember, the last shall be first." "Hey, it's just a joke, Mike." "Just a joke." "Can I get another one?" "This one is burnt." "Are we being difficult?" " Maurice." "I'm being told all contestants have to come to the starting point." "We'll start in a few minutes." "Thanks, Luc." "I won't need it." " No, eat it now." "What?" " Eat it now." "Eat it." "No, eat it all." "Right now." " Why?" "Now, Mike." "Hurry up." " Okay, Luc." "Come on, Joepie." "Ladies and gentlemen, it's been only fifteen minutes, but already there's some agitation in the pack." "The leader is Mike Heylen, number 52, it says in my notes." "What's up with him?" " He's way too intense." "I told you he would surprise us." "I knew." "I know him well enough." "What's up?" " No, nothing." "Here you go." "Thanks and goodbye." " Thanks." "Bye." "Who would have thought it, Gerda?" "I have to say, I like it." "I should come over here more often." "Yes, but you should know..." " I will listen to you." "You're the spitting image of Dad." " Who, me?" "It's become more clear every year." "And what about me?" "Who do I take after, you think?" "Honestly, I haven't got a clue." "No, me neither." "Maybe I'm the milkman's daughter." "He only came in to exchange his loose change." "How about those cyclists outside?" "It's Mike." "Mike." "Ladies and gentlemen, it's almost time for the final." "You have to turn them, or they'll burn." "And it's still Mike Heylen leading the pack..." "And?" " You don't have to worry anymore." "It's all taken care of." "Thanks a lot." "How did you do it?" "One day, I'll tell you." "And it's still Mike Heylen who has a small lead on Bart Driessen, Frank Schrijvers and Hans Verbruggen." "But they're closing in." "Mike Heylen has only a small lead left." "This is the final battle." "These are the final kilometres." "Frank Schrijvers tries to close the gap." "He's closing in on Mike Heylen." "Who will win this?" "Mike Heylen." "No, it's Frank Schrijvers." "Ladies and gentlemen, Frank Schrijvers will win." "No." "Yes." "No." "Yes." "Yes, it's Mike Heylen who snatches the victory." "Boy, you're quite the cyclist, aren't you?" "Aren't you thirsty?" "I'm sure each of you will be satisfied with this arrangement." "Apart from that, I hope the upheaval in the family will settle down." "Don't ever forget you're a Vangenechten." "The real deal from Vangenechten." "That's it." "I'll get the rest of the documents from the other room." "I'll be right back." "No, Gerda." "We don't need to stand for this." "You will regret this, all of you."