"Did you buy any new magazines?" "I don't know where they go." "Nope." "Siv Mellander, here because of genital itching." "There must be some mistake." "Diagnosis: chlamydia." "There must be some mistake." "Diagnosis: chlamydia." "Who gave me that?" "Stop doing that all the time!" "So, you've heard?" "Keep the mast in check." "Come on." "The bar is raised." "Cut it out!" "I'm pregnant again." "Let's not become like your parents." "I'm pregnant again." "Let's not become like your parents." "Which week?" "Thirteen, almost fourteen." "It should be fine this time." "Are you going somewhere?" "My book club." ""Without it, they die." "As do we."" "Please, I can't." "I've had so many examinations today." "Examinations!" "Maybe I should dye my hair." "That'd make me look more alert." "Or maybe buy a few new records." "Or maybe buy a few new records." "Sony Rollins, that's a bit speedier." "Or..." "I don't know." "I guess I just have to fight through it." "I guess I just have to fight through it." "Camilla Blom's tests came back yesterday." "It was cancer." "And rather advanced." "She had surgery scheduled right away." "They'll take out both ovaries." "She asked if I thought she should remove the uterus, just in case." "And I said that if it she were my wife, I would recommend it." "And I said that if it she were my wife, I would recommend it." "I'm going to play tennis with Dad on Tuesday." "His partner passed away." "It's good for you to get a little exercise." "It's good for you to get a little exercise." "I'm having lunch with Lisa today." "Do you want to come with me?" "No." "I'm meeting Eva in the city, so that won't work." "No." "I'm meeting Eva in the city, so that won't work." "Is it time?" "Yes." "Is it time?" "Yes." "Oh, look how ragged that tree looks." "I'll cut it back this weekend." "Very good." "I've been thinking of asking you to refill that all week." "Very good." "I've been thinking of asking you to refill that all week." "Hi." "Hi, Marie." "Thanks for letting me come on short notice." "No problem." "Come on in, let's get a look at you." "No problem." "Come on in, let's get a look at you." "I heard you lost some more blood." "Yes, that is a little worrying." "Try to relax." "Unfortunately, I can't see a living foetus." "Unfortunately, I can't see a living foetus." "Just an empty ovarian follicle." "But I'm 13 weeks." "I thought..." "I just did a pregnancy test." "But I'm 13 weeks." "I thought..." "I just did a pregnancy test." "Yes." "But sometimes, no foetus forms." "The body's pregnancy hormones give a positive result on the test." "It can take some time before the remains are rejected and you bleed." "It can take some time before the remains are rejected and you bleed." "I know this is really difficult." "It just feels so hopeless." "This time I really thought..." "Get dressed and we'll talk a little bit ." "Marie Stråhle. 730810-1 441 ." "Marie Stråhle. 730810-1 441 ." "Follow-up appointment." "Bleeding during pregnancy." "Ultrasound found no foetus." "Ultrasound found no foetus." "Spontaneous abortion in week 13." "The patient has had previous miscarriages." "One in week 7 and one in week 8." "And has undergone fertility testing where nothing notable was found." "And has undergone fertility testing where nothing notable was found." "Husband's sperm has not been tested." "Sperm test therefore recommended." "And I was so happy about this." "Stop it!" "Can't you let me be sad?" "But I'm sad too, you have to understand that." "But I'm sad too, you have to understand that." "Mom, I'm the one, who had the miscarriage, not you." "Yes." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "It's just that I'm..." "Is there anything I can do...?" "Do you need anything?" "Do you need anything?" "No, I just want to be alone before Tomas gets here." "Rest a little." "Keep going." "Good." "Push forward." "One, two, three, four, five, six." "One, two, three, four, five, six." "I give in!" "Think of the Japanese soldiers who hid for years in the jungle after WW II was over." "They didn't surrender until 1967." "after WW II was over." "They didn't surrender until 1967." "That's what I call perseverance." "Yes but they were brainwashed." " Hi, honey." "You played well." "Thank you very much." "Coming to lunch with us, Granddad?" "No, I have a meeting." "Coming to lunch with us, Granddad?" "No, I have a meeting." "Henning, next time I play you." "I'm in amazing shape, so watch out." "See you later." " Bye, sweetie." "Bye." "See you later." " Bye, sweetie." "Bye." "Heading for the shower?" "Yes." "Hello." "Oh, hello!" "I've just come from the baby store across the way." "I've just come from the baby store across the way." "I'm sorry about Marie." "Oh, no." "Why did I bring that up?" "It's primarily Marie's problem, which is the way it should be." "Actually, I have a question for you." "Can you always be sure a miscarriage is truly a miscarriage?" "I ask because I read about a case where there was one broken twin where there was one broken twin came out, but not the other one, who grew up healthy and fine." "That sounds strange." "Indeed." "And so I wondered" "Indeed." "And so I wondered how much can you really trust one of these ultrasounds?" "Could there be a healthy twin in the uterus" "Could there be a healthy twin in the uterus but that it's somehow hiding in there?" "Well..." "Ultrasound combined with test results can be trusted definitively." "Ultrasound combined with test results can be trusted definitively." "Please excuse me, Siv." "I'm in a bit of a hurry." "I have patients waiting." "Good bye." "Hi." "This one, please." "Hi." "This one, please." "Just one more little question." "They really want to try again." "When can they start having sexual intercourse?" "They should wait through one menstruation first." "And then..." "...try to bounce back emotionally." "Okay." "Thanks, I understand." "You might feel something now." "Okay." "I should have also bought that Chet Baker CD "Get Back" too." "The only one I don't have." "No teeth and still he can blow like a god." "Try to relax." "I should have become a musician instead." "What a life." "Touring." "Almost done." "I just need to take a Pap smear as well." "I wonder where Louise is off to?" "She's been gone nearly three hours." "I think I want some coffee." "I need something sweet." "Oops." "A fuse must have blown." "Should I get down?" "No, stay where you are." "I need to take one more smear." "Let me just find a fuse." "It's dark in here." "You're late." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Hi." "Hello." "I'm Louise Widell and I'm the nurse here." "Do you know where the fuses are?" "No." "Maybe in the cleaning closet?" "I'm sorry, we'll soon have the lights on again." "I'll just look in here." "It must have been a power failure." "Let's see now." "There." "Now you're done." "That was a bit of an adventure." "It's good to have it over with." "You won't need to come back for a while." "Was there a lot of traffic?" "Hello?" "What did you say?" "Was there traffic?" "You were late." "Yes, it was terrible at Allén." "Allén?" "Weren't you going to see Eva?" "Bye now." "Bye." "Thank you for today." "Yes, but then Eva was late and then everything got late so we met on Avenyn instead." "How is Lisa doing?" "She seems happy." "She's got a new guy, evidently." "We'll see how long this one lasts." "It would be fun if we ever got to meet any of them." "Are you going to hold that paper all day?" "No." "We need to order more KY jelly." "Can you remember that?" "Sure." "How are you feeling?" "It doesn't hurt so much any more." "But I did take a pill." "You'll see." "We'll have our baby in the end." "Oh, I forgot!" "I have something for you." "I actually have a little something for you, too." "Nothing fancy." "Is that for me?" "How sweet of you." "No, this is too much." "Nothing is too much for you." "How nice." "Unbelievably beautiful." "It must have cost a fortune." "You are worth everything after all you have been through." "I felt so sorry for you when I left this morning." "You are so kind." "Thank you." "So what did you have for me?" "That wasn't exactly a present." "So, what was it?" "It's just a tube." "A whole subway, or...?" "What the hell is this?" "Henning said that it could be good if you'd leave a sperm sample." "Why?" "I've already been checked." "He said it should be fresh or within an hour." "And if you do that, you should hold it under your arm to keep it warm." "There's nothing wrong with me." "No one in my family has defects like that, so it's just pointless." "Besides, it's demeaning to fiddle with that like some mad masturbator." "Why would it be more demeaning for you?" "To jack off into a tube?" "But can't you do this for me so we can even have a child?" "And think of everything I've been through, all the tests I've had." "It's a question of integrity as well." "I don't want to be doing unnatural things." "If it happens, it happens." "Or it doesn't." "It's not the end of the world." "Yes, it is." "To raise a child is the most important thing you can do." "Even my parents would go through IFV if they had needed it." "Stop." "I don't want to hear what your perfect parents would or wouldn't do." "We are our own family." "No, we aren't." "Not until we've had a baby." "You are completely obsessed." "I need some air." "Tomas!" "Hello." "Hi." "How's Marie?" "A little better." "But she's sad." "And you?" "I'm okay." "And yourself?" "Not great." "I heard you have a radon allergy." "No, no." "Between the two of us, I've made a mistake." "What are you talking about?" "I slept with an old friend." "I've done everything I can to get Siv to forgive me." "She thinks I can live in the shed for a while." "Is there anything I can do for you?" "No." "And you're busy enough." "I think it'll be okay for you, too." "I need to speak with you." "I've been to the doctor and have had a bit of bad news." "A tumor in the colon." "Here it is." "I need an operation but I've looked at coloncancer.nu on the computer and most people live through it." "I don't know what to say." "I just thought that you should know." "One tragedy after another." "It'll be okay." "I'll stay out here in the shed." "Yes." "Maybe that's for the best." "Until the operation." "That would be most peaceful for both of us." "Daddy's getting curious." "He wants to meet you." "The important thing is you and me, right?" "Can't they wait a bit?" "And I don't know if I want to be doing small talk with parents." "I don't think you would be bored." "No, but come on." "What do you mean?" "My mom and you are really a lot alike." "Your Mom?" "Yes." "She likes literature, like you." "And Dad is cool." "Everyone loves him." "Yeah, yeah." "We can wait a little." "Do it later." "I think we should go home and examine each other instead." "The literature ladies are at my house tonight so it'll be a quickie." "Don't you ever get enough?" "Not of you." "Are you using Lisa's clothes now?" "No." "Lena Lenström was stitched back up wrong after the birth." "A piece was dangling and they've stitched too far." "Do you know what they said at the hospital?" "If she absolutely wanted to, they could fix it." "If they'd done that to a man's penis, fixing it would be a given." "Henning." "I need to ask you something." "Ask, honey." "No, it's nothing." "We'll talk another time." "I have to leave now." "Say hi from me." "Siv." "What book did you choose?" "I read a very interesting book." "A non-fiction book." "I see." "You may not all know it yet, but I've just recently lost a grandchild." "That's tragic." "I had no idea." "And you are up to coming here?" "Really?" "Poor dear, that must be..." "And it's not the first time." "I've lost three of them." "My God, that's just horrible!" "Or more like two, actually." "One could have been a delayed menstrual period." "They aren't sure because my daughter has irregular cycles." "Anyway, I have a very good book for anyone who is grieving." ""To Lose a Child", by Signe Larsson." "I read that a miscarriage is more common than we think   and extremely sad for those who are affected." "Do you need help?" "Yes, please." "Hi!" "Hi." "What have you bought now?" "A television." "It's going into Sture's shed." "Can you bring the antenna as well?" "Thanks." "Wait...there." "Are they putting a TV room in the shed?" "No, Sture's moved in here." "He's allergic to something in the house." "A seaman loves the ocean light but even more his woman's thigh" "Fight, might, sight, right..." "I can't believe it's this hard." "Your beautiful arched brows..." "Your beautiful arched brows" "Are as like waves against the clouds" "Great picture." "Bonobo monkeys in the southern Congo solve disputes with sex." "The males have huge testicles but the female usually takes the sexual initiative." "She attracts the male with her special mating cries." "Among Bonobo monkeys in central Congo it's common for two females to bring each other to orgasm." "I have to get home." "I have a bit of work to do." "Goodbye." "Bye, now." "...a new male will then approach the female to remove the previous male's sperm..." ""Rose is a rose is a rose..."" ""...is a rose." Gertrude Stein." "She was so far ahead of her time." "She supported artists like Picasso and Matisse before they were famous." "Long before all the others." "She had parties in her apartment on the rue de Fleurus in Paris." "That's where the modern artists and authors of the time met up." ""When Alice B. Toklas first met Gertrude Stein in 1 907-"" ""-she heard bells ringing."" ""It was a sign that she'd met a genius, she said."" ""From that moment, they were always together."" ""They had inherited money and knew how to live well."" ""Take trips in the Ford, wear outfits from Balmain-"" ""-buy the occasional painting and eat well."" "That sounds like you with your delicacies." "And you have expensive clothes too." "Yes." "Yes, you're right." "And she loves dogs as well, like I do." "Are you up to more?" "Yes, continue, please." "I would like to read a few lines about the dog Basket." "It's so crazy and made me laugh." "My dog Lady is a little mischieveous." "This is from a letter she wrote to her father about the new Poodle which she bought after the first one had died." ""New Basket eats our tissues and runs around the terrace like mad-"" ""-to make them come out the other end."" ""Sometimes they get stuck..."" ""...and have to be pulled..."" ""...and all these intimate details we hereby tell Daddy Woojums."" "Aren't they incredibly charming?" "I'm thinking of getting a large male Poodle." "You think I'm crazy now?" "No." "I don't think that's crazy." "No, that's...very nice." "Very nice." "Thank you so much, Kristina." "You are welcome." "What do you say?" "Shall we take a little break?" "I've actually baked a small cake for you." "If you want it." "Nice." "Thank you." "How is Sture feeling?" "It's not so good." "I've been thinking that maybe he could move back into the house again." "He deserves to feel like he does." "If you take him back, you say it's okay to jump into other beds." "You don't know that." "He'll repeat it before you know it." "No." "Let him suffer and see that there are consequences for his actions." "Well, hello!" "I saw the light on." "Don't have time for this during work hours." "But you seem to be doing well." "I see all the ladies running in and out of here all day long." "Those were the days, huh?" "Is that you?" "Yup." "Didn't recognize you with the goatee." "That's what we looked like." "Savages." "Dad forced me to cut it off when I started medical schooling." "Really, how?" "He held me down and cut it." "Damn, that's just mean." "Did you want something special?" "No, just to talk a bit." "Excuse me, I've had a few." "The girls are at the reading circle again." "I don't get the weird stuff they read." "Louise seems to enjoy it, at least." "They make it hard for themselves." "A few days ago, Kristina was reading this really thick space book." "It was called "Breakfast on a Strange Planet"." "What a title." "I took a peek, but it's not for me." "Louise fought with that one, too." "But it's good that they have something to do in the evenings." "So this is what it's like to be a dame staring at the ceiling." "What the hell is that?" "A seagull." "I know it's a seagull, but why the hell is it hanging here?" "It's been there since my Dad had his practice here." "Seriously?" "Don't you get a little horny sometimes?" "No." "A little?" "No, definitely not." "I could get a hard on here." "If it was Kristina who was laying here." "You know what I think, Henning?" "No?" "I think the women...they want older guys like you and me." "Someone who can give them a good old fashioned rogering." "Boy, am I running off at the mouth." "I don't feel too good, to be honest." "Is it something specific?" "No, it's mostly Kristina." "I'm a little worried about her." "My good old girl isn't herself." "In what way?" "Maybe it's not that bad." "Every marriage has ups and downs." "Mostly downs at this age." "No, I can't sit here and depress you with my problems." "But you don't have any pain pills laying around, do you?" "An Alvedon, you mean?" "No, no, no." "Something stronger." "The boom mast hit my head." "Oh, okay." "I didn't want to ask, but you look like you got walloped but good." "Yeah, it hurts like hell." "I can't sleep at night." "Take one as needed." "At most, two in one day." "These are strong, so you really shouldn't drive." "Of course." "You're a good neighbor, Henning." "I won't bother you any more so you can be in peace with the ladies." "You devil, Henning." "It was nice to get some company." "I wanted to talk with you about a book I read by Nelson Ahlgren." "Sure." "Stay a bit and we can chat a little." "Are you coming?" "No, we're going to talk a bit." "Okay." "Bye." "Goodbye." "What a lot of cackling." "Now it's just my favorite hen here." "Maybe we should make some little chickens." "I don't think I have any eggs." "You'll need a younger hen for that." "You taste so good." "Oh, typical!" "Oh." "Hi." "I'm sorry." "I just came back for my bag." "I'm sorry." "Oh, shit!" "Bye!" "Thanks for the ride." "Are you still here?" "I thought you might want to talk." "Hop in." "Kristina!" "Wait." "Just let me move this ham." "Oh, this is so embarrassing." "We're both women." "We shouldn't be ashamed in front of each other." "It looked lovely, what you were doing." "I wish I could experience something like that." "I'm really jealous of you." "He can be a little self-centered but he's caring when it counts." "In all honesty, I've never felt much with Ulf." "I don't even know if I'm put together right." "Have you never felt anything when you did it yourself?" "Done what?" "Oh, right." "No, I don't know." "I don't do that very often." "You should." "Look at the hotel that Gio Ponti designed in Sorrento." "We should go there." "Are you done sulking?" "No." "You're being very cuddly." "You feel okay down there now?" "Yes, it does." "Wow, those are nice." "Are they new?" "Yes." "Calvin Klein." "Aren't they nice?" "Wait a second." "We have to use this so I don't get an infection." "I haven't used one of those since I was 20." "No." "But you have to relax now." "A gynecologist from Marseille." "Hi." "I'm going to lay down." "I'm really tired." "Did you have a good time?" "Goodnight." "Goodnight." "I'll be in shortly." "I think the magazines disappeared again." "What magazines?" "Porn magazines." "Oh." "Well, we'll just buy new ones." "I can take it off myself." "I'll throw it away." "I'm showering anyway." "I feel a little sticky." "But we used the condom." "Yes, but I still want the shower." "Hi." "I'm sorry to bother you so late at night." "It's okay, I was still up." "You said it should be fresh, but Tomas is so stressed, he can't do it." "No, I understand." "He can do it at home..." "We want this done as fast a possible." "Do you have the time?" "I think Tomas really should be here." "But I can say that it really doesn't look that good." "It doesn't?" "How..." "In this sample, the sperm is pretty much useless." "But let's take another sample." "You and Tomas should come by during the day and we'll discuss how to go on from here." "Marie?" "Marie?" "What are you doing?" "Has something happened?" "Honey, does it hurt?" "Why didn't you wake me up?" "Your sperm." "It's nearly worthless." "What?" "Henning just tested it." "I took the condom to him." "How the hell can you do that?" "Don't you think I have feelings?" "Yes, yes." "I'm sorry." "Sorry?" "You damned..." "I just..." "I thought you might be embarrassed to deliver it yourself." "Give it up." "I don't want to mess with this." "Get that through your head!" "Is that the menu for the regatta?" "No, I'm working on what the Poodle should be called." "Gertrude and Alice had a dog called Basket." "It's just mad to buy a new dog because of some old ladies in a book." "Come on, Kristina." "You barely have time to take care of Lady." "Lady..." "She isn't just mine, either." "You were the one who wanted..." "I've thought of something." "Instead of arguing every night, I'll start sleeping in the reading room." "This takes so much energy that could be better used elsewhere." "What the hell are you wearing?" "Jesus Christ..." "You're not in very good shape." "How's the work going, your dissertation on uterine collapse?" "Are you ever going to finish it?" "It's on the back burner." "I'm busy with my patients these days." "I finished mine in a year." "A record." "With a wife and child to support." "And I worked overtime at the lab." "Energy and will!" "As long as you have that..." "Yes, I know." "You've said that a few times." "How's Lisa doing?" "Why should I answer his impersonal questions?" "Can't the man just die soon?" "He looks healthier than ever." "So much shit inside and still he's as chipper as a lark." "It's enough to make you vomit." "We've never said a kind word to each other." "He's still my Dad." "But all we talk about is work." "Hey?" "Are you sleeping?" "No." "I asked how Lisa's doing." "Very well." "She's at the top of her year." "She's got the heritage." "That was a joke." "Time for me to hop in the shower." "Greta's waiting with lunch." "And how is Louise, by the way?" "I never see her these days." "She's good, thanks." "She's part of a reading circle." "She's busy." "Yup, Louise is a fine woman." "You were lucky there." "Bye, see you." "No more questions?" "Then we'll go in to the holiest of holies." "Selma's bedroom, where she often sat and wrote in her bed." "Selma like to sit in here, write and enjoy the view." "As you can see, she placed the bed so she could see out." "It's said that she wrote all of "Gösta Berling's Saga" right here." "Any questions before we move on?" "Do you think it's right that I should pay the cleaning bill for the cover?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "You don't know what I mean?" "I see." "This guide has slept with my husband on this bed." "And now she seems to think that I should pay for her having rolled around and made a mess." "That's enough." "Watch I don't scratch your eyes out." "Don't stand there grinning." "She might sleep with your man, too." "This whore has unnatural desires." "She'll pounce on a retiree with cancer." "Sture is a grown man, for god's sake!" "He takes responsibility for himself." "Shut up!" "You think you're something special?" "Giving honest people veneral diseases." "That's nothing to be proud of, I would think." "And you are the worst guide I have ever met." "Everything you've said is pointless." "Get out of here before I call security." "Excuse me." "That was strong, Siv." "You were strong as an ox!" "You can come in now." "No." "I don't want to." "You might want to come back another day." "I know how hard this can be." "I'll go and talk to Tomas." "In your place, I'd try to get him into family therapy for this." "It's easier to reach each other with a third person around." "I'll try, but it won't be easy." "Lars Linde." "He's good." "I know many who have gone and are happy." "Yes." "Thank you!" "Bye." "Goodbye." "What happened?" "He doesn't want to." "When Lisa was little." "That was the best time of our lives." "I realize that now." "Maybe we should have more before it's too late." "No, don't complain." "We have Lisa, at least." "I wonder if we'll meet her new boyfriend soon." "A dinner, perhaps." "No, too old-fashioned." "And you never know if they're careful." "I wish I'd had siblings." "Maybe I do without knowing it." "That wouldn't surprise me." "Lisbon." "That will be nice, I think." "Subtitles:" "Debi Vaught PrimeText International, 2007"