"SECURITY WARD" "WITH ..." "A FILM BY ARNLJOT BERG" "FOR MERETE" "He's been playing all day." " Has he?" " Yes, and that's not allowed." "They should post the rules on the wall for everyone to read." "Then we would all know what to do." "You should have been here, when we had seven radios,   and there was a skating international." "Lousy service at this hotel." "Too late in the morning." "Too early in the evening." "Saltpetre in the food and cold coffee." "No respect." "Is this the welfare state?" "I'll write to the papers when I get out." "And do a drawing." "Gentlemen, when I was at Bellevue,   one of the more fashionable sanatoriums in New York..." "Strictly upperclass." " They have good food on the ships." " You should know." "You've been at sea so much lately." "Shut it." "Maybe you could finish that, so we can eat on time for once." "Alright, lads." "Dinner's on." "Are you going to join us at the table for once?" "Oh no." "I was up walking last night,   and that was just about all my legs could handle." "You don't say." "And I couldn't sleep either." "Why don't you eat something today?" "Just a little." "No?" "Do you want some coffee?" "Three lumps of sugar, right?" "I've got it now." "Two with sausage, Hamlet?" "There's plenty here." " And one with caraway cheese." " Caraway cheese and Björnson." "Norway in Brooklyn." "How we ate caraway cheese and longed for spring in Oslo." "They've forgotten the cheese again." "Two with sausage and one with caraway cheese without caraway." "No one considers me." "But then I don't bother anyone." "He's not the only one who's ill." "Right away, mate." "Really quickly now, Mate Sørgaard." "Try and be careful." "The sandwiches were bone dry yesterday." "Maybe we could have something different?" "Pork or veal." "Next year, we'll be serving just the cold cuts." "And a cup of coffee, Hamlet?" "Something to keep you awake, as the bride said on the wedding night." "No?" "No." "Is it good, your marmalade?" "Paulus is talking to you, Playboy." "I only asked, if your marmalade was any good." "It's quite alright." "Maybe that's why I'm eating it." "I thought that English marmalade was good." "Actually, I prefer the lime one, or the dark one from Cooper." "I can't recall its name." "It's quite good." "It's always nice to eat something sweet." "Would you have liked to taste my marmalade, Paulus?" " Too bad, I just ate the last bit." " I think the food here is good." "Nice and tasty at every meal." " At least somebody's happy." " The bread and the coffee are fine." "But dinner and the cold cuts are awful." "When I was in the military, we had better cold cuts." "It was nice." "In Stavanger, they gave us fresh fruit in the morning." "Apples, bananas, oranges." "Never grapefruit or carrots." "The military had better cold cuts." "Or at least more to choose from." "And there was yoghurt for breakfast." "They don't give you yoghurt here." "Coffee, Hamlet?" "Andalusian mountain mocha   with sour cream in little embossed cups on the silken carpet." "And in the distance, the sound of the guide-camel's bell in the caravan." "Exactly." "That's the way it was at our place as well." "With a bit of cake and margarine and treacle." "Yes..." " You're late." " It was a mess." "He was completely dead, and then they got going on him." "They can resurrect anyone." " Clothes?" " None." "He must have been going at it with someone." "New guy?" "Didn't you guess?" "Anne-Sofie moved Meyer down into the corner." "They start next to the loo." "Everyone begins there." "You'd think they were lugging bricks." " Coffee, Strømfelt?" " What?" "No, thank you." " Can't you finish eating first?" " What's wrong with him?" "He's probably eaten something that didn't agree with him." "Why is he here?" "It's weird." "Taking your own life." "Taking your life just like that." "Why don't you talk about something else?" "When I was at Kysthospitalet ..." "Know anybody, who's tried to off themselves?" "Really tried?" "It's not good." "It really isn't good." "Okay, finish eating now." "Let those who want to get some sleep." "It's all a big drama the first time." "A broken heart." "A lonely night in deserted streets." "A goodbye note for someone, who isn't waiting and won't read it." "Five sticks of dynamite in the mouth and a short fuse." "Then it's over and out." "Then there's the gun to the head." "Hands on the parapet." "And then pills." "If you have some." "Inconvenient way of communicating." " Nobody listens." " Stop it, you two." "Knudsen, those biscuits of yours." "Could I have one without marmalade?" "Alright." "I wonder if it's the same ones, that we had in Stavanger on Sundays." "Anyone else want one?" "What's his name?" "He'll introduce himself when he wakes up." "And a drop of coffee." "I'm fond of coffee after breakfast." "Save some for me." "Sorry, my friend." "Too late." " I can get some from the kitchen." " No, it's alright." "When Paulus' been provided for, everyone's been provided for." "When Paulus' had enough, everyone's had enough." "Amen." "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8." "1 ..." "How are we today, then?" "I think, we're fine." " No." " Sure we're fine." "Calm and well-adjusted." "A perfect match for a hypertension ward." "Nice skin tone." "Clear eyes." "Eating well?" "Digestion is normal?" "Let me take your pulse." "Dear me." "Emotional distress." " Missing someone?" " Terribly." " Is it me?" " The emptiness is unbearable." "The walls in my apartment scream at me,   while I sit there hoping you'll come back." "The only thing left is the little passport photo over your bed." "And the pullover left on the chair." "The slowly fading scent of Eau Sauvage." "How long will you keep me here talking, dear?" "What about her?" "She's sort of the chamberlain's wife." " How grand." " Yes." "And the one who brought the toiletries?" "She from Drammen." "You're in Drammen quite often." "Yes, you could say that." "Quite often." "Ah, well." "Do you think, I'll set something on fire now?" " No." " Look." "Great shape." "And I'm going out." "Mum will have to say I'm well, or else I'll fall behind in school." "That's for sure." "You remember that workshop, I was talking about?" "After eight months of work, I sold everything before it was ready." "I had to hire another man to help me and her." "Transporting things." "Then what?" "One Friday he went and bought some booze." "I see." "Is everything alright between you and the boy?" "He's my boy, too." "He's crying about having a drunk for a dad." "Harry?" "They don't let you out until moss is growing on you." " Can you lend me five kroner?" " No." "You must be insane." "I'm having Mons call my mum, so I get some myself." " Can I ask you something?" " Yes." "Look at me." "Look straight at me." "Do you think, that when I get out...?" "Yes, Tor?" "Do you think, you could fall in love with me?" "I mean really fall in love,   so that you'd sleep with me." "Maybe." "And me who hadn't drunk anything but half a bottle for eight months." "No." "It's hard work to have fun." "You two look like uncollected orders." "What can I do for you?" " Eh ..." " Well, Harry?" " Could you ring my mum?" " And say what?" "Ask her if she's coming today, and to bring some smokes." "And my slippers." "And I don't have any socks." "That's easily fixed." "You haven't gone to bed?" "I won't wake you tomorrow, you know." "You haven't showered today either." "This place is a mess." " Where have you been?" " Out." "Out?" "Where?" "Been drinking beer again?" " I'd like some supper." " I don't feel like cooking supper." "Take ten kroner from my wallet when you leave tomorrow." "No more than ten and leave quietly." "I need to sleep in the morning." "I've got a job, you know." "Is this what you call prompt?" "Welcome anyway." "I'm Mons." " Did you talk to him?" " He said he you had an agreement." " I just thought..." " Get a smoke from one of the others." "If you show your face around here again, you'll get smacked." "Smacked properly, you thief." "Don't think the others won't find out what type of person you are." "So quiet." "Has somebody died?" "We didn't want to start singing until you came." "Then sing." "This is the slightly more refined ward." "Don't listen to him." "This is our winter residence." "In the summer we act as scarecrows at the road side." "Shut it." "The neighbours are staring." "You know how they are." "But you don't care if people find out, what you're like." "You just keep on going." "Some day the police will be here." "The child and I will be so ashamed, and then we'll leave you." "Then you can just sit here with your pills   and the Bible and your dirty magazines." "Here's one, who's not too keen to say hello." "This one isn't shy." "And no one wants to say hello to me." "Damn." "We need a ladder or a newspaper." "A long newspaper." "Look, we'll smoke it out." "I've got prostate trouble,   heart disease,   the beginnings of a cataract, a side effect of the pleurisy." "On Ward 4 they said they'd never seen such rheumatism." "And the varicose veins." "Was that necessary?" "Damn that compassion." "Shall we go?" "And then there are the nerves." "But ..." "It's a mistake that I'm in here." "They said I had nothing to do on a psychiatric ward." "When the doctor comes, I'll remind him of our agreement." "What are you saying?" "It's a mistake that I'm here." "The doctor's made a mistake." "The doctor's..." "You don't know how horrible they can be when they get stroppy." "I'm here because I taught the family to play Ludo." "Vestfold's here because he refuses to wear galoshes." "Is that a welfare state?" "I'm only asking." "Over and out, I say." "Over and out." "Damn bitch." "You don't understand anything !" "Stop that infernal, bloody whining!" " Not the T.V., Kåre." " It's over and out." "See you." "Under the third bush to the right." "Never mind the panties." "I want to talk to you." " Strømfelt?" " Did you want something?" "I don't have any money for tobacco until the welfare check arrives." "That's not my problem, Meyer." "I'm very strict on petty loans." "Sorry." "No." "Does anyone want to play cards?" "Listen." "Bridge, whist, pinocle, poker." "Canasta, casino, rummy." "Tor, come here, and we'll play Old Maid." "Yes." "Hello." "Unfortunate business, that." "Very unfortunate." "Hello." "What's the story here?" "This is going well, I see." "Hello, young man." "Meyer, is your throat doing better?" "Glad to hear that, Beyer." "No, Meyer." "A little more talkative today?" "No?" "Peace and quiet and rest is good for them." "And here's the mate." "Steady as she goes?" "Let's see." "You've slept well, I see." "Very good." "It goes to show, how much a man can take." "Interesting, Schauman." "I'll get back to you." "Let's see." "I think you should speak to a socialworker." "Unfortunate story." "Mostly for my wife and me." "Hello, Mr. Actor." "You're gathering strength for new challenges." "Good." "Let's see." "Interesting line of work." "Spreading the joy." "Once I wanted to be an actor,   but I never acted on it." "Hello, Mr. Knudsen." "You've made yourself at home here." "Thank you." "The same to you." "Keep your chin up, Mr. Knudsen." "Thank you." "Be nice to Nurse Bitten." "She's new here." "What are you reading?" "Do you like being here?" " I see things." " See things?" " Things other people don't see." " Like what?" "Like birds and towers." "Old ladies." "When I see things I forget about everything else." " What are you seeing now?" " Not you, Paulus." "All wrapped up." "One would think you were cooking potatoes in there." "Do you like pop music?" "When I see things I hear pop music." "You know, like ..." "I'm not crazy." "I just see things." "Are we doing any better?" "You'll probably feel better tomorrow after another night's sleep." "It's good to sleep." "People are nice here." "No one makes a mess." "Like the 20 cigarettes." "I was going to replace them." "Everybody knew my welfare check was coming." "No one here thinks you're a thief." "Exactly." "So I hope the doctor will let me stay." "My name is Ludvig Strømfelt." "Can I help you with anything?" "Maybe you want to borrow a magazine or a newspaper." "No?" "It's best to air the place out, Harry." "Yes, it's pretty stuffy in here, I think." " Let's get some fresh air in here." " That's okay by me." "Fresh air?" "In here?" "Ridiculous." "There's lots of fresh air in here." "And nice and warm." "My arthritis can't tolerate draughts." "And it's not allowed to air out." "Where does it say that?" "Could you please show me where it says that?" "And whose rules say that?" "When one is in the hospital, people think ..." "Think what, Paulus?" "Think what?" "Go to hell!" "When religious people curse,   things are really getting bad." "I know why you got fired at Gulbrandsen's." " Where?" " Gulbrandsen's." "You've been in jail." "Not where you were anyway." "This is exactly what we didn't want." "We've talked about this, Paulus." "Who we are on the outside doesn't matter." "Help me with the juice, Bitten." "None of you consider what Bitten might be thinking." "She wanted to care for sick people, not 50-year-old babies." "This is pretty bad." "Oh, hell." "What's a poor man to do?" "It was so stupid." "Like with those cigarettes." "And everybody knew he'd nicked them somewhere." "His suitcase was full of cigarettes." "And his coat pockets." "There were a lot of pockets in that coat." "Let me tell you something." "I know something about you." "There's a dark man, who thinks about you." "You'll get married soon." "Who would I be marrying?" "Me." "I forgot." "When did you propose?" "Last night in the hospital park." "With millions of big city lights shimmering around us." "You have a bad memory." "It was on my sofa at home." "You were a little drunk." "You fell asleep afterwards." "You snored." "She re-upholstered the couch." "We're saving up for a new TV." "The old one died on us." "You've been gone a long time." "Do you want some juice?" "You think you're at a hotel?" "Shall I unpack your dinner jacket, while you take a dip in the pool?" "Crap!" "Nice?" "Sure." "We have one, two, three, four alcoholics,   one religious drug addict,   maybe one more alcoholic,   an attempted suicide, and maybe one more, " " and there's the guy who stabbed his mum and torched her house." "Such wonderful people." "Kristiansen, could you come over here?" "What do you think he wants Junior for?" "Could you tell me that?" "That old pig." "That stupid girl, Bitten, doesn't see it." "If only Karlsen were here now." "Or Mons." "Don't say anything to anyone." "About the cigarettes." "You understand, right?" "Yes." "Swine." "But nobody does anything." "Oh no." "Everyone minds his own business and sometimes not even that." "Anyone can do anything here!" "Do what, Paulus?" "Hurt Junior!" "But, Paulus..." "It was only when I deserved it." "When I had..." "You know..." " Dad was very strict about that." " Parents are so wise." "We have to forgive them." " Was it cold outside?" " It was alright." " If only one had a girl." " Yes, if only one had a girl." "A nice, big dairy for me." "Two for me, please." "A big, black one, and a small yellow one." "One of those with a squeaky little voice." "It's not crosswise down there as they say." "And for you, Mr. actor?" "Get me one as well." "Are you sure, you want a girl?" "Are there other, better things on offer?" "I once had a girl in the front hall." "Cost me 5 kroner." "That was a lot of money." "At that time, I mean." "She was naked under her coat." "Tits and all." " The whole way." " These things happen." "Stop babbling." "Let's play some cards until Mons gets here." "Sure it's the ladies that interest you, Strømfelt?" "Any more comments, and I'll punch you." "Over and out." " Idiot." " Good-for-nothing !" "Kristiansen." "You can play, Magnus." "That's not the problem." "Yes." "I have a patient here..." "Alright." "Yes, hello." "Yes." "Yes, yes." "Yes, I ..." "I understand, but things will look better, when you're admitted." "Right, we'll see you in a fortnight." "A fortnight." "Sure." "You're welcome." "Like I said, Magnus." "That's not the problem." "You must comprehend, what's happening to you." "My father was a minister." "That was a long time ago." "He's buried at Tromøen." "I would like to visit his grave,   if only it would be sunny and not so windy." "It's so windy." "Dad's an engineer, and so will I be." "Dad says, I'll never make it, but he'll see." "Society has rules, and you've broken those rules." "This business with Karin." "That can't happen." "Did I tell you, that I'm going to start at the Advertising College?" "It went so well." "They saw my sketches, and then I was in." "I walked into the headmaster's office." "He turned the pages and nodded." ""You can start on Monday." "You're the sort of person we're looking for."" ""Go see our cashier, and remember to pay tuition in advance."" ""Monday, 9. 15 sharp."" "But then all that messy business happened." "What if we let you out, and you stay at home,   and everything is the way it was before." "Do you think you can manage?" "No doctor can save you from a court case." "Have you been to Port Arthur?" "At Galveston." " Why would I?" " Lots of ladies there." "I knew a lady there." "Laura was her name." "Laura with the laughing face." "She did it for love." " Hers was cross-wise." " The first mate said :" ""If you do her, I'll give you continuous off-duty watches."" "I did it." "But I don't remember what became of those off-duty watches." "I don't remember." "It's funny." "I remember her room and the pie we ate." "But what happened to those off-duty watches..." "I don't remember." " Any kids?" " In a sense." ""In a sense." You can't have kids in a sense." "Kids are the same as wives and friends." "You have them and one day they're gone." "What confuses me is the way you just let things roll over you." " Do you have any pictures?" " No." "I think I'll read a little." "I used to take a lot of walks." "I liked it." "I slept a few hours every night, and then I took a walk." "All around the forest." "There is not a single spot, that I don't know." "Not a single spot." "First, it was just me." "Then it was me and Kjellemann." "You've been a good spouse." "A good wife." "And a good mother to Kjellemann." "I lead the way and, pardon my French,   he followed me around, up my arse." "We liked the area around Sandungen the best." "I taught him how to make a fire and hunt birds." "To fend for himself." "Kjellemann fends for himself." "He fends for himself." "He's an engineer in a large plumbing company." "He's busy, and they pay him well." "Too bad he doesn't visit often." "What's that to you?" "Are you sure, your kids are really yours?" "That day we'll leave you, and you can just sit there   with your pills, the Bible and your dirty magazines." "Sørgaard, why do try to fool us into thinking, you're not a drug addict?" "After all these years." "Nurse." "Please come here, nurse." " What is it, Sørgaard?" " Incredible pain again." "Just like the last time." "Could you talk to the doctor about it?" "I guess I could try working on a big farm   with lots of animals." "After all the potatoes they had me working on at the alcohol ward." "Have you had shock therapy?" "Was it horrible?" " No worse than most things." " They didn't ask me if I wanted it." "You get to stay longer, if you get shock therapy, right?" "You're sleeping well, your appetite's up, digestion is normal." "You've been here longer than we agreed." "Every day you stay here, another person has to wait to get in." "You know, it wasn't true." "I didn't have a Chinese servant to clean my house and wash my clothes." "I was that servant myself." "We all dream about giving up living, but if you're so tired of living,   then you must be incredibly clumsy." "Using a blunt razor blade." "I just sit here listening." ""What can I do, doctor?"" ""You're a doctor." "Help me." Doctor?" "Me?" "It's nonsense." "I'm just a man in a white coat." "Arm strap, arm strap, foot strap, foot strap, chest strap,   strait-jacket." "Why do they make the packets so small?" "They could make them a little bigger, couldn't they?" " What are you talking about?" " The packets are too small." "Ah, yes." "Do you know why they make them so small?" "Ah, yes." "Good food here." "Not as good as the psychiatric ward." "But it's better than in Stavanger." "This is the only place where the cauliflower comes by the underground." "At Bellevue there was food á la carte." "You could pick and choose." "Chicken noodle soup." "Eggs Benedict." "T-Bone with a tossed salad and a baked potato." "Long Island duckling with orange sauce." "Maryland Turkey with chestnut stuffing." "The stuff they give you on the alcohol ward isn't bad." "It's out in the country somewhere." "You'll never go there." "The Oppstad Corrections Facility." "You know the place?" "Oh no." "They were planning a pink ward for pill-poppers, but..." "I heard about bit." "They decided against it, because they only wanted men there." "Because of the cold." "All fine facilities care for their regular clientele." "Finish eating, Meyer." "Christ." "Not today either." "Carry on like this, and we'll airmail you home." "They throw away so much food at sea." "I've seen them throw away 40 fried eggs in the Gulf." "Every day for a week." "The steward said : "Fry them to order."" "The sailors' representative said :" ""Eggs for everyone."" "Then he was left behind in Veracruz." "Yes?" "Yes ..." "Then they made the eggs to order." "Hello." "Why is it called a corrections facility?" "They send you there, if you're a drunk and don't have any money." "It's a dreadful place." "It's a place to be avoided." "Isn't that right, Knudsen?" "You steer clear of those places." "Corrections facilities?" "Obviously." " Is this worth discussing?" " Did you need to say something?" "The little people get sent there, while the big shots rest up   between a girl's thighs in Mallorca." "I never thought about it, but you're probably right." "Rich people can do what they want without causing a scandal." " Well, I'm here anyway." " But you are rich, right?" "Rich?" "Maybe." "Whatever that means." " What's it like being rich?" " It varies." "Yes, but what's it like?" "I'd like to be rich." " What car do you drive?" " You go on holiday when you want." "He arrives in the office when he feels like it." "He eats bread with dairy butter and salted sausage." "And he drinks all day." "And only brand bottles." "Whisky and cognac." "Bacardi-rum and good gin." " Leave Knudsen alone." " It's alright, Strømfelt." "You don't know what it's like to be rich." "We hardly belong to the same species." "I rode the white stallion." "Feel free to envy me." "The gifted young man, who never danced with the ugly girls." "Who had the things, you always wanted." "Here's your chance." "What would you like to be envious of me for?" "The big green car I drive with one eye on the odometer,   and one on the roadside so as to avoid hitchhikers." "Or the big house I had built,   so my children could grow up in a light and open atmosphere." "You should see my clothes." "Shirts from Macy's in London." "Shoes from that place in Florence that also caters to the Kennedys." "And my tailor-made suits." "Go on then." "Get angry." "Knudsen,   your life is like the girls in Tønsberg." "First it's silk, then it's muslin, and then it's silk,   but underneath it all, we're all the same." "Oh no, life wasn't good." "But I liked a lot of the amenities." "But money does comfort you, Knudsen." "Think where either one of us might be if we had had your opportunities." "If you had had my opportunities,   you'd be standing here instead of sitting there." "Knudsen, I still think you drink." "No one can understand what you understand without booze." " What's the best?" " Brandy's the best." " When's it the best?" " Every time." " What's your drink?" " Gin and coke." " You?" " A dry champagne." "In chilled glasses." "How fancy." "What about you, emissary?" " Dubonnet." " I'd have guessed communion wine." " Hamlet?" " Bourbon on the rocks." "Large glass." " Just as good." "Old-timer?" " Irish coffee." " But don't bother with the coffee." " Junior, what about you?" "Coffee liqueur." "That's what my father drinks." "What about you, sailor?" "I don't care as long as there's plenty of it." " Give me barrels of the stuff." " Easy now." " We're only joking." " Sod off." "You don't know the thirst." "Some of us know a lot more than we care to." "Don't touch me, you drunk!" "And here's the smiling, self-righteous one." "Alright, now take it easy, Vestfold." "Get me a glass of juice." "If you get into Heaven, the rest of us will leave." "Hello." "Here I am." "Good morning." "Nice of you to come visit." "I was afraid I would be late, but I had to do some shopping." "Dad !" "Control yourself, boy." "How are you feeling today?" "You look better than last time." "Here's some candy for doing your chores." "Although you haven't actually done them yet." "This is an advance." "The kids are fine." "They're at my parents' today." "Jakob slept in our bed last night." "When we got up he asked if he could sleep there permanently." "You know how kids are." "Aren't you going to unwrap the flowers?" "I'll do that later on." "You're probably not doing your homework, Aud." "Who are your boyfriends these days, by the way?" "Don't get all worked up now, dad." "I don't have time for anything other than homework." "Really?" "You look like you have." " How's it going in the basement?" " It's quite alright, Tor." "Hello, Magnus." "How are you?" "Did you talk to the doctor?" "What did he say?" "I know you saw him, because I talked to him." "But he doesn't tell me anything." "And they haven't given you a private room." "Teddy bear!" "Ludvig." "Hello." "It's nice to see you so... well." "I brought some magazines." "Thank you, my dear friend." "Please." "Sit down." "It's so nice of you to visit." "One gets hungry for attention hidden all away in here." "American magazines." "I feel at home now." " What about the rent?" " I don't give a damn." "We've been living there for 1 7 years." "They can't just evict us." "All this ridiculous talk about marijuana, hashish, drug addiction   and bad nerves." "Everybody knows, you've had an upset stomach since you were a child." "Us friends must stick together." "We've only got each other." "And we know each other well enough to know we can trust each other." "I'm so glad you say that." " What is it?" " I thought my son was coming." " Did you ring him?" " He said he was busy." " Don't you remember, Meyer?" " No, I don't." "Are you expecting anyone?" "Expecting anyone?" "Me?" "No." "Haven't they taken that awful guitar away from you?" "And they think, they can make you well again." "You need peace and quiet." "If my buddies came here, they wouldn't let them out again." "We had meatballs and compote today." "I was outside for almost 45 minutes." " How are you doing today?" " Good." "Nurse, how is Magnus doing?" "The doctors won't tell me anything." "Per said something about the maid's room." "Not that little rat hole." "No private entrance or anything." "It's just not good enough." "Isn't it nice, that Aud and Anders came to see you, too?" "That's the least one could expect from one's children." " Kristiansen, seaman?" " Back there." "Hello." "Nice to see you again." "You, too." "I brought you some tobacco." "And some seaman's literature." ""Shanghaied in Shanghai." Very exciting and realistic." "Thank you." "I guess you would know, having been there." "Hello, Kåre." " Is that you?" " Yes." " I thought mum was coming." " She's busy at the store." "She asked me to give you this." "What about the slippers and the cash?" "And the socks?" "She asked me to bring this for her." "I walk by the store every day." " Have you heard from Kjellemann?" " He rang." "I told him, we were doing great." "That's nice." "It's good to know, that he's well." " Have you fixed up the flat?" " Yes, it's really nice." "It's just too bad about the TV." "It's not so bad." "We only ever watched the "Sports Revue"." "It's just easier to get divorced than to talk it out." "Been to any good parties?" " No." "Lise likes to go to the cinema." " Oh yes." "You're with Lise now." "Yes." "We're just two good friends, who've had a falling-out." "As a hospital visitor one gets acquainted with interesting people." "So far, it's mostly been cancer patients and geriatric patients." " I don't know what's wrong with you." " No." "But it has something to do with the nerves." " No." " No?" "It's that dreadful thirst." "It's horrible." "Our mother bathed us in lake water." "It's been there since then." "The thirst, I mean." "You're quite the humorist." "More witty, I'd say." " What about your dreams?" " They give me something to sleep on." "We all get something to sleep on." "You talk like you're the same as these people." " I'll go now." " Don't touch the guitar, please." "Us hospital visitors feel it's our job   to be there for people, who are alone." " I'm happy that you are here." " Aren't you?" "Could you do me a favour?" "Could you smuggle me in some brandy from time to time?" "I could do some bootlegging, and we could split the profit." "I'm not going back to that job." "I'm going to school." " But your mum said..." " What did she say?" "If things get bad, go to Social Security." "It'll be nicer for you when you get home." "The balcony will be sunny." "Then it's nice to live in the city." "You must apply for a pension." "You're an ol... mature man." "You're entitled to some golden years." "Everybody knows you can't get into Advertising College." "You can go now." "Tell mum I'm not her little puppet." " Dad!" " Control yourself, boy!" "Don't worry." "They'll come visit another time." "Here are some magazines." "You can have them if you want." "I'll see you tomorrow." " Are you off soon?" " Yes." "Soon." " Maybe you're not happy about it." " Maybe not." "Maybe that's exactly what it is." "You know this one, don't you?" "Where do you think I learned it?" "Someone hid the cards on themselves out in the bathroom." "When they found them, we had to play chess without pieces or a board." "It can be done." "They're a bit bad-tempered,   but not more so than usual on a Saturday." " Anything I should know?" " No." "And Mons will be here soon." "I'll see you Monday." "Bye for now." "Let's see what we'll enjoy this evening." "Isn't this nice?" "Come on." "Life isn't as grim as it seems to you." "Can't you just be normal for once?" "Listen up, fellows." "The lady wants us to play the happy game." "Don't you want to play the happy game?" "Don't you?" "Quiet!" "It says in the rules..." "Do you know the one about the man who saw his big opportunity?" "Afterwards, he didn't want to see anything else,   so he slit his throat with his mother's bread knife." "There's salmon, roast pork and apple pie   for us boy scouts." " Stop it." " Everybody likes it that way." "There's chocolate down there." "Anything you want?" "You can't just do what you want." "You really can't." "There have to be rules." "And regulations for your varicose veins." "The prostate, pleurisy and heartburn, right?" "We should have some regulations up on the wall." " You drive me insane." " You've always been insane." "No, you're not insane, Paulus." "It's the rest of us." "Sure we are." "It's sort of a gift." "Let's not forget that, when we get out of here." "I've learned a lot here." "About myself and what surrounds me." "Reality is myself, and I need to be true to myself." "I know I'm utterly alone." "I feel sorry for you, Playboy." "And for the rest of us." "I feel sorry for you, Playboy." "And for the rest of us." "Mankind is pitiful, as Mr. Strindberg puts it." "Pitiful?" "Yes." "But the way you twist and turn, you'll end up ass backwards." "Sometimes, I hate people like you." "That's a tragedy." "I'm starting to like you." "Do you need help?" "Let's get some therapy." "Group is in session." "Move that chair." "Sit down." "Don't be so shy." "Let's do something, which is popular in the States." "It's called "psycho-drama"." "When crazies like us play ourselves,   we'll get so well, that they could use us as doctors." "Right, Hamlet?" "Take this patient here." "He's 25 years and 7 months old." "A good, steady job, a wife and three fat kids." "And he has a bit on the side at his cousin's place in Ulfsrud." "His name is Johnny, and he has a problem." "Tell us about your problem, Johnny." "Don't say, you haven't got any problems." "Everybody has problems." "Which one is yours?" " Problem?" "Me?" " Yes, you." "Don't you have one?" "Are you insane?" "You wouldn't be here, if you didn't have any problems." "Then I'll have to say it." "Johnny has an alcohol addiction." "Let me ask you man to man." "Why does Johnny drink?" "Doesn't anybody know why Johnny drinks?" "Try to put yourselves in his position, so you can help him." " Why Johnny drinks?" " Exactly." " Because I'm a bastard." " A person in trouble." "A huge bastard." "That's exactly why, boys." "Because he's a bastard, he drinks." "We'll act out one of the situations, that cause Johnny to drink   and brings out the evil and irresponsible side of him." "Who should play his wife?" "Yes." "You're new here." "Larsen, right?" "You are Johnny's wife." "Right here." "Johnny comes home to the lover's nest, drunk as ever." "What happens then?" "We'll learn about ourselves by watching them in private." "Go ahead, Johnny and his wife." "Her name's Aud." "I'm Aud." "That's me." "And I'm at home in our little love-nest." "Here's the window with four flowerpots." "Flowers outside, a red corner sofa." "Bought just last year." "Oh, joy." "Will you hold this?" "I need to prepare myself for this." "Aud." "It's after midnight, when Johnny comes stumbling home   from a restaurant with a liquor license   and a trip out to his bit of crumpet at Ulfsrud." "So, there you are." "There you are." "Drunk again." "And you've been throwing up." "This is the usual scene in thousands of homes, when dad comes home." " What happens next?" " Money!" "Where's your pay check?" "Have you spent it all on drink?" "Are you listening, you wretch?" " Here's your money, you harpy." " Harpy?" "What do you think?" "Does it look real?" "Isn't it human to be this way?" " Carry on." " Harpy!" "I say... 40, 50, 60." "I'm stuck with the kids and the bills." "70, 71, 72 kroner." "Did you manage to spend 400 kroner on drink in one night?" "I work my fingers to the bones, and this is the thanks I get. 72 kroner." "For milk and bread and clothes for Per and Poul." "You left here looking nice and clean,   and you come back looking like hell." "Shut up." "These are my clothes." "And you think this is a nice home?" "It smells like piss and dirty diapers." "Kids screaming and women's gossip." "Is that what I have to hurry home to?" "Look around, you old bag." "Is this what you call a happy, little home?" "Tattered socks on the stove." "Four days worth of unwashed dishes." "And a dirty girdle on the T.V. Is that what you call happiness?" " Don't you love me anymore?" " No, I don't!" "Hit her." "Hit her." "Hit her hard." "Don't you see, what I mean?" "The method works." "Harry's so moved by the situation,   that he sees what we don't see, without seeing it." "What made you react so strongly?" "Was it something special that provoked you?" " What would you have done, Harry?" " Killed her." "That's a very violent reaction." "Everybody wants to kill their mother, right?" "You'll have to discuss that with your therapist." "Let's move on." " Think about what works for us." " What works for us?" "Works?" "Us?" "Dirty talk and a bit of a cuddle with the right hand on a breast." " Is that what you call love?" " You can't be offensive." "Please don't offend the group." "surabaya, Johnny warum bist du so roh?" "surabaya, Johnny mein Gott, ich liebe dich so" "Hold on." "Can anybody tell me, what's going on with the Johnnies now?" "What about you, Mr. CEO?" "How does this compare   to your shattered life?" "Well ..." "Apart from the girdle on the T.V..." "And you, Meyer,   with your own very special experience." "What do you think?" "They acted very well." "And you?" "All women are scum." "And all men are scum." "That's one take on it." "It's very interesting." "As a trained doctor, I would say..." "It would have to be..." "You're all dying to know." "I would say,   that there are mistakes made on both sides." "On both sides." "Not bad, Larsen." "Not bad at all." "Now that we've seen how he's bossed around,   we know why he drinks." "Because of his wife's unfortunate psychology,   his problem arises." "His drinking problem." "Nobody here has a problem like that, eh?" "There's one who doesn't speak." "And one who admits his problem." "How do we help him with his problem?" "Hello and welcome." "Nice to see you." "What's troubling you?" "You drink too much, Bishop." " That's what's troubling you." " Get away from me!" " I'm not well." " Yes, that's why you're here." "Why do you drink so much?" "Interesting case." "Very interesting." "He doesn't like us." "He doesn't like doctors." "Doesn't accept that doctors have troubles, too." " Forgets they're people, too." " They're almost like the rest of us." "Now you are here, you need to let us help you." "And in order to help you, we need to know the symptoms." " Cheap." " Bad tempered." " Believes in God." " And smells bad." "Okay, that's enough theatre for today." "Let's give them their evening pills." "Then they'll calm down." "This was stupid." "Really stupid." "But don't worry about us." "We're fine." "We're just a bit funny upstairs." "Sørgaard, don't take it personally." "People need to be cruel from time to time,   because we feel bad." "Shut up!" "That's the only right one has." "To shut up." "And tell the others to shut up." "I have nothing to give this pointlessly cruel world   but my own limitless love of it." "Jean Renoir." "Translation:" "Jesper Buhl Scandinavian Text Service 2009"