1 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,200 The Fourth Man 2 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,680 Old drunk. 3 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,160 l'm off. To give a talk in Vlissingen. 4 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,480 - Be back late. - Bye. 5 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,080 Can l... Give me the car keys. 6 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,680 lt's my turn to have the car this week. 7 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,240 Then drive me to the station. 8 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,840 You've got healthy young legs, haven't you? 9 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,200 The paper, please. 10 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,400 What's with the magazine? Put it back. 11 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:07,760 Stuff it! 12 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,560 Coffee, rolls, beer, sherry! 13 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,800 Care for some beer or sherry, sir? 14 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,040 - Coffee... please. - Just coffee? 15 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,080 There's wine... red wine. 16 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:12,880 l said coffee, damn it! 17 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,040 Take it easy, it's coming. 18 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:18,560 One coffee, sir. 19 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,960 - That's just right. - Yes, so you don't have to think. 20 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,040 Can't you shut the damn door! 21 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,440 Oh, don't cry. ls my little darling teething... 22 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,400 JESUS lS EVERYWHERE 23 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,640 Want Mom to peel you an apple? 24 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,200 Look at the pretty long peel. 25 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,520 Oh, no! The tomato juice! 26 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,480 The carton's bust... what a mess! 27 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,040 Hush, Mom will clean it up. 28 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:56,920 Easy, darling, it'll be alright. 29 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:12,640 Hello, my little man. 30 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,320 Good evening, l'm Gerard Reve. Have you come for me? 31 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,720 Come for you?! l doubt it, sir. 32 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,040 You still look pretty healthy. 33 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:48,400 This can hardly be you! 34 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,280 Hey, stop! Stop! 35 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,800 But it is me! 36 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,360 lt says Gerard. My name's Gerard too. 37 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,480 That's me. 38 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,320 This one died in Spain, in Benidorn. 39 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,520 A beautiful way to die. 40 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,240 ls there such a thing as a beautiful death? 41 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,240 Dying in bed, that's what l call beautiful. 42 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,360 On top of some Senora that is. 43 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,120 lt's like you were there. 44 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,120 A young fellow too, about your age. 45 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,440 Mr. Reve! 46 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,360 Luckily l know your face from TV! 47 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,080 l'm De Vries. 48 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,600 Sorry l'm late, they needed me. 49 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:41,720 You're here, that's the main thing. 50 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,240 My car's out there. 51 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,480 l thought they had come for me, to get me. 52 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,080 Do your thoughts often relate to death? 53 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,880 Constantly. 54 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:56,280 Thinking of death l cannot sleep and not sleeping l must think of death. 55 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,840 And life flees as it fled and all being was once created to unbe. 56 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,760 Bloem! 1887-1966. 57 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,920 You know your poets, don't you? 58 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:08,040 You're not addressing barbarians tonight. 59 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,880 Have you ever appeared for us in the past? 60 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,480 - Not that l recall. - You recall only pleasant things. 61 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,440 Well, our members are all very interested in literature. 62 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,400 Many old fraternity members, from Leiden largely. 63 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,560 Old?! And deaf? Will l have to speak up? 64 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,600 No, the hall has excellent sound equipment. 65 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,280 l've presented the odd thing there myself. 66 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,640 - A bit of a writer yourself? - Off and on. 67 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:41,920 For pleasure? 68 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,760 - l wrote for the alma mater annual. - And then you keep doing it, eh? 69 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,600 One is bound to reflect on life and death, especially in my profession. 70 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,000 Not as profoundly as a creative artist, of course. 71 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,120 No... 72 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,480 Shall l take your coat? 73 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,680 l'll introduce you to the Board at intermission. 74 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,360 Can we start right away? 75 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,400 Recovered? 76 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,560 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our 6th presentation this season. 77 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:50,520 Tonight, we have a well-known and controversial author in our midst. 78 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,160 Gerard Reve. 79 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,120 Thank you for accepting our invitation, Mr. Reve. 80 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,240 lt's going to be great. 81 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,560 Ladies and gentlemen, l give the floor to Gerard Reve. 82 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:30,760 When l arrived at Vlissingen Station tonight... 83 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:35,960 ...they were unloading a coffin from the train. 84 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,080 A gigantic coffin. 85 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,400 So large that it didn't flt into a regular hearse... 86 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,840 ...but had to be loaded on a truck. 87 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,680 There were some thirty dwarfs standing around it... 88 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,040 ...they were no taller than this. 89 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,480 They were members of a circus act... 90 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:05,040 ...who were going to bury their colleague, the world's tallest man. 91 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,280 A grotesque tragedy, don't you think? 92 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,720 But why am l telling you this? 93 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,800 What is so special about this story? 94 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:16,800 That there is no circus in town. 95 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:22,200 Exactly... l invented most of it. 96 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,040 Yes, there was a coffin, but an ordinary one. 97 00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:29,560 Of a man who died in Benidorn of an overdose of... 98 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,920 ...love. 99 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,800 No dwarfs, no giant, nothing. 100 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:38,600 But... 101 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,360 ...if l tell the dwarf story often enough, l'll start to believe it myself. 102 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,480 And that, l think, is the essence of my writing. 103 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,560 l lie the truth. 104 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:54,280 Until l no longer know whether something did or did not happen. 105 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,880 That's when it gets exciting. 106 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,000 What you make of reality... 107 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,760 ...is inflnitely more interesting than reality itself. 108 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:05,480 The cards, ladies and gentlemen! 109 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,320 To note down your questions for after the intermission... 110 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,080 ...so Mr. Reve can answer them one by one. 111 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,840 Have you had a drink yet? 112 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:21,600 No, not yet. Who is the lady that keeps fllming me? 113 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,240 Oh, our treasurer. May l introduce you? 114 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,480 Christine Halslag. 115 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,720 She'll give you your fee afterwards. 116 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,160 Get Mr. Reve a drink, l've got to collect the cards! 117 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,040 Waiter! 118 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,640 You flatter me. All that fllm footage... 119 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,800 Yes, l thought: such a celebrity is not going to escape me. 120 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:45,160 Celebrity... 121 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,520 ...that doesn't buy you a square meal in Holland. 122 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,600 - ls it that bad? - Worse. 123 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,800 The 250 you're paying me for this is a windfall. 124 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,360 - Would you autograph your book? - Sure. 125 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,440 l'll get you a drink. 126 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,360 l loved your talk. 127 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,000 - Good. Buy my other books too. - l certainly will. 128 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,440 This is on the house. 129 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,280 Tomato juice? 130 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:12,960 A bloody Mary with lots of vodka. The bartender has a liberal hand. 131 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,680 But l'm not a drinker, the odd glass of wine... 132 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,400 - l'll get you a soft drink. - Leave it, l'll make do with this. 133 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,080 Are you going back to Amsterdam tonight? 134 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,840 Depends on the number of questions, if l can catoh the train. 135 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,240 We've booked you into a hotel, just in case. 136 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:34,360 l hate hotel rooms, they're like torture chambers. 137 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,560 But it's the best hotel in town. Look. 138 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,320 There it is. 139 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:54,280 Anything wrong? 140 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,240 lt's flrst class. VlP's always stay there. 141 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:04,400 A hotel to hang yourself in. 142 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,520 What else can you do there? 143 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,040 You can read the Bible of course... 144 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,240 ...or jack yourself off, right? 145 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:14,840 As you like. 146 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,760 You could also stay with me. 147 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,160 Depends on the number of questions. lf l can catoh the train. 148 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:26,560 Exactly. 149 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:35,840 You always write in flrst person: l this... l that... 150 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,360 Are you at all interested in your fellow man? 151 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:40,240 l... 152 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,120 Fellow men are so vague. 153 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:48,040 A writer, like anyone, is involved with only a few people. 154 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,160 Yet even them l can't encompass... 155 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,240 ...and l project things into them that don't exist. Next question. 156 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,320 You always call yourself a Roman Catholic. 157 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,560 How can a sensible person in this day of modern technology be a Catholic? 158 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,520 How can you be sensible and not be a Catholic? 159 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,440 Catholic doesn't equate with stupid. 160 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,720 Being Catholic means having imagination. 161 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:18,200 Scientiflc discoveries are the product of imagination. 162 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,760 So all science is Catholic. 163 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:24,960 Next question. 164 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:30,080 Do you agree that every creative artist is basically a bit disturbed? 165 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,280 The questioner wonders if l'm a bit crazy? 166 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,120 Not me, l'm very normal. 167 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,720 My madness is limited to reading the paper. 168 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,880 For when it says "boom" l read "doom". 169 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,920 And for "flood" l read "blood" and for "red"... "dead". 170 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,400 ls that crazy? Just poor eyesight, that's all. 171 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,320 Next question. 172 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,640 That was the last question. 173 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:16,480 DONATE YOUR BLOOD TO THE RED CROSS 174 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,520 SPlDER 175 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,800 The sign's on the blink. Has been for a while. 176 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,600 They're slow at flxing things nowadays. 177 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:29,960 What is it? 178 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:33,280 l know nothing about perfume, but this is sublime. 179 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,920 - lt's my own brand. - Delicious. 180 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,120 Life is great! 181 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:06,800 Come. 182 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,240 Look at the moon. 183 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,520 You can always see it beautifully from here. 184 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,800 Not it. 185 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,680 - She. - She? 186 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,000 Moon is feminine. 187 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:47,320 The moon is our mother. She protects us, guards over us. 188 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,400 You really believe that, Gerard? 189 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,600 - Whiskey? - Just a drop, with lots of water. 190 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,000 Nice. 191 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,120 Shall we sleep together tonight? 192 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,640 Of course, Gerard. 193 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,320 Well... 194 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,600 ...you seem to have a thing about my bra. 195 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,160 Take off the robe. 196 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:57,960 Lovely. 197 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,240 - You look a bit like... - Like who? 198 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,640 The way you're standing there, you resemble... 199 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,200 Resemble what? 200 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,560 A very beautiful boy. 201 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:15,680 A boy? 202 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,240 So slim and delicate. 203 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:22,480 Do you think? 204 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:43,800 And these? 205 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,320 They're not a boy's, are they? 206 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,360 No... 207 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,680 ...but when l do this... 208 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,760 Then l'll have this. 209 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,520 Alright this way... or will l lie down? 210 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,160 No, stay where you are. 211 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,120 He slipped out... 212 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,240 l guess l'm a bit awkward. 213 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,320 Come. 214 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,320 Aren't you married? 215 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,560 l was, it didn't work out. 216 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,960 ls this okay though? 217 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:50,240 lt's like skating, you never forget how. 218 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,640 ...through Mary to Jesus... 219 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,800 What did you say just now? 220 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:28,160 That you're marvelous. 221 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:12,840 What's wrong? 222 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:14,880 Had a bad dream? 223 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,480 A nightmare. 224 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,080 What was it about? 225 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:25,920 l can't remember. 226 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,120 l was afraid. 227 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:36,160 Come here. No need to be afraid. 228 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:37,800 Come. 229 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,840 SPlDER 230 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,640 Sphinx Beauty Salon. 231 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,760 Yes... 232 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,400 ...if you come right now... 233 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,080 ...it's a date. 234 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,560 Shall l do upstairs, Madam? 235 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,880 Forget about upstairs. 236 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,320 Do the bedroom next time around. 237 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,960 Good morning. 238 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,200 My sweet Christine... 239 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,520 Did you sleep well? 240 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,520 l had a wonderful night. 241 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:13,560 Guess why? 242 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,080 - What do you want for starters? - You. 243 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,480 Later. For dessert. 244 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,360 Look at your shirt! 245 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,480 Your collar is torn. 246 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,160 Have you got some super glue? 247 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,560 Super glue? Why? 248 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,040 To glue it...l always do. 249 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,960 We Dutoh writers have to be thrifty. 250 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:52,800 Obviously you don't have a wife to take care of you. 251 00:35:53,240 --> 00:35:55,000 Could you use some shirts? 252 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,720 l won't say no, there might be another war. 253 00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,160 Try this. 254 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,240 lf it flts, it's yours. 255 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:07,520 Very nice. 256 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,280 Suits your type. 257 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,840 My type? What's my type? 258 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,040 A writer who needs daily care. 259 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,640 l've got lots more. They're just wasting away. 260 00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:22,880 Here, this one for odd jobs, one for casual wear... 261 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,800 ...and this one for Sunday best. 262 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:27,080 Your husband's not short of clothes. 263 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,720 What's up? What is it? 264 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,880 l don't have a husband anymore. 265 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:44,400 He's dead... 266 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,680 ...an accident. 267 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,960 l'm sorry, l always say the wrong thing. 268 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:52,800 Doesn't matter. 269 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,000 l'm going downstairs, if you want coffee... 270 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:12,920 Big shot. 271 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,680 - Good morning. - Good morning. 272 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,320 Old drunk! There's coffee! 273 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,120 Ah, coffee! 274 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:35,960 Good morning. 275 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:40,240 - Good morning. Sugar? - Two lumps, please. You're wonderful 276 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,520 l just love taking care of someone, Gerard. 277 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:46,760 You're making this into paradise for me. 278 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,680 For paradise, there needs to be two people. 279 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,600 But there is two of us. 280 00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,720 For how long? 281 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,120 l'm not the right man for you, Christine. 282 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:04,760 Marriage and me don't mix. 283 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,120 The woman who wants me gets a lemon. lt's been proven. 284 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,440 l know what to expect from you, don't l? 285 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,040 Do you? 286 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,800 You are so sweet. 287 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,240 Yes. But l'm going back to Amsterdam, all the same. 288 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:32,280 So we were just two small ships that passed in the night. 289 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,040 We had a nice collision, didn't we? 290 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,240 l'm wanted in the salon. 291 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,880 Come along and see the work l do. 292 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,160 Remind me to give you last night's fee. 293 00:38:52,240 --> 00:38:53,760 Oh, later. 294 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,960 - What's up? - That lady is getting impatient. 295 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:05,600 Delilah, my own brand of cosmetics... a goldmine. 296 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,840 Another few minutes, Madam. 297 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:15,200 lt's hot but it helps the skin to absorb the vitaminizing elements. 298 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:16,720 Are you comfortable? 299 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:20,800 What about my hair, Christine? They say it's very difficult. 300 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,680 Difficult hair doesn't exist, just bad hairdressers. 301 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,920 Could you cut a man's hair? Mine, for instance. 302 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,720 Sit down, Gerard. That's what you want, isn't it? 303 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,120 You have blessed hands, Christine. 304 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,080 You could cure people by laying on hands. 305 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:09,400 Don't make fun of it, Gerard. Those things do exist, you know. 306 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,600 Laying on hands, magic, hypnosis, it all exists. Telepathy, the lot. 307 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:16,600 Ah, Madam, what's the difference. There'll be a war on soon. 308 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:20,960 Have you ever had a mystical experience? 309 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:22,720 Yes, recently. 310 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,120 A girl in my ward is married to a jet pilot. 311 00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:29,320 A great guy. 312 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:34,680 And for the flrst time in his life he has a real scary dream. 313 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,880 He gets frightened and reports sick. 314 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,640 One of his colleagues flies his plane that day. 315 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,640 And crashes. 316 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,880 Just like that, plop! 317 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:52,760 Dead! 318 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,960 That's real telepathy for you. 319 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:59,560 Man is a frail vessel. lt's not telepathy, though. 320 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:04,280 Whatever it is: when you're warned you must listen. 321 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,480 Yes you should, but where do you flnd people who listen nowadays? 322 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,960 What did this man dream about, Madam? 323 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,040 That's a curious story, actually. 324 00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:16,000 He dreamt that something of his was cut... 325 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:31,800 - Sit down. l'll give you your fee. - Great. 326 00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,040 A bit much, isn't it? 327 00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,240 You shouldn't keep it at home, Christine. 328 00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,840 There's so much riffraff out and about nowadays. 329 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,560 They'll beat your head in for a Mars Bar, half a Mars bar. 330 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:11,800 Come in. 331 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,560 The lady is leaving and wants to thank you. 332 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:22,520 l'll be right back. 333 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,600 "Your dearest Gerard"...? 334 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:49,000 Oh no: "Herman". 335 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:54,080 So there's competition, called Herman. 336 00:42:54,520 --> 00:43:01,320 "Dearest Christine... l long for you my little rabbit." 337 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,440 Christ almighty! 338 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:27,080 What a body...what a piece! 339 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,920 l've got to have you even if it kills me. 340 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,720 Where were we? Oh yes, your fee. 341 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:05,720 How much? 342 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,040 250 plus expenses. 343 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,600 1, 2, 3... 344 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,520 ...4, 5 hundred. Alright? 345 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,320 - That's too much. - Oh, but we're a very rich society. 346 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:25,760 l got a train ticket here. You'll have to account for this. 347 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,520 l don't have to account to anyone. 348 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:34,080 They trust me. 349 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,560 Why shouldn't they? Me, with all my money. 350 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:46,520 l inherited the salon and the brand name from my husband. 351 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:48,560 l'm rich, but... 352 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:51,440 ...he's gone. 353 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:56,200 Money and being alone does not add up to happiness. 354 00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,960 And when the last customer is gone... 355 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,720 ...and you've gone home... 356 00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,240 ...and l'm all by myself again the whole long weekend... 357 00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:08,840 Terrible! 358 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:20,480 My little Christine... 359 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,960 ...what if l stayed? 360 00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,000 You mean that? 361 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:35,320 l didn't want to burden you, but since you really want me to, l'll stay. 362 00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:41,760 How sweet of you. 363 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,400 For you, Christine... 364 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,360 ...as a human being. 365 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,280 Miserable bitoh! 366 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,800 One ream of paper. Anything else? 367 00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:53,400 Three pen holders. 368 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:56,640 There you are. 369 00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:59,360 - Twelve dozen brass nibs. - Twelve dozen? 370 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:01,360 Yes, l've got a lot to write. 371 00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:05,120 l'm going to write about you. About you're past. 372 00:47:05,240 --> 00:47:08,480 l want to know about the men in your life, it's essential. 373 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:10,200 Why? lt's all past. 374 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,600 Without the past you can't understand the present. 375 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,000 Nibs. They're not much in demand anymore. 376 00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,120 Two small bottles of ink. 377 00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,120 One bottle is for when the other breaks. 378 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,720 And a quarter pint of the same ink. 379 00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,280 That's to flll up the small bottles. 380 00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,680 And a receipt, please. 381 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:33,960 No, l'll pay. 382 00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:38,680 Thank you. 383 00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:43,040 - Then l'll dedicate my novel to you. - lt's a deal. 384 00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:28,280 - Come here! - Fuck off! 385 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:29,440 What's up? 386 00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:33,400 - You scared me to death. - What's wrong? 387 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:37,760 - My husband was drowned. - But it was a joke! 388 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,400 lt was a joke. 389 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:48,120 A joke... 390 00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,400 Happy? 391 00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:14,560 Perfectly. 392 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:19,760 l just need to write the best novel of all time now. 393 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:22,880 You're bound to succeed. 394 00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,160 With you. 395 00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:27,680 Here. 396 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:36,680 What an interesting palm you've got, Christine. 397 00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:38,960 Can you read palms? 398 00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:40,520 A bit. 399 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:46,280 This line here, for instance, means lots of love... 400 00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,360 ...but not every love is a happy love. 401 00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:56,160 So? 402 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:57,720 Tell me. 403 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:02,320 l don't know enough about it. l might frighten you. 404 00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:07,080 Why? ls it scary...or dangerous? 405 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,800 l see more loves in your present life than just me. 406 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,000 There's someone else... 407 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,080 Tell me... 408 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:27,720 ...l don't mind. 409 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:30,240 Yes. 410 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,720 l see a young man. 411 00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:41,760 He's beautiful. 412 00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:44,160 Yes. 413 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:48,360 He lives in... 414 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:50,560 l see letters. 415 00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:56,760 K, and O with dots on top... ls that German? 416 00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:00,560 Yes, K�ln, or Cologne is where he lives. 417 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:02,640 You're really good at it. 418 00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,360 lf you want me to go on, l need something tangible of his. 419 00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:11,520 Something tangible? 420 00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,680 - A key or a lock of hair or... - A letter. 421 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,720 - Could work. You got one? - l'll get it. 422 00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,800 - Here. - No, l don't want to read it. 423 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,120 Or you'll think it's all a trick. 424 00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:38,720 Then l'll hold it. What do you see? 425 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,600 l sense something else. 426 00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,640 A picture? His? 427 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:56,200 He's not wearing much. He's not into the sex industry, l hope? 428 00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:57,280 No. 429 00:52:02,680 --> 00:52:06,840 l see him on the beach... 430 00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,000 ...waves and... 431 00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:33,320 What's up? What did you see? 432 00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:37,920 l drifted off, l think. 433 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:40,480 His name was there, letters. 434 00:52:40,600 --> 00:52:44,240 H and E, HENK...HERBERT... 435 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:45,760 HERMAN 436 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:48,880 Herman! 437 00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:55,040 Gee, l didn't know you were so good at it. Look... 438 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:01,400 ls that him? 439 00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:04,600 Well now... 440 00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:10,640 You're going to tell me all about this Herman. 441 00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:15,960 l've known Herman for years. From when l flrst met Johan. 442 00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,120 Johan? Who's this Johan? 443 00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:21,400 - My dead husband l told you about. - Oh, yes. 444 00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:25,840 Herman wanted me, but l married Johan. 445 00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:27,360 That's life. 446 00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:30,720 Sure. But tell me about this Herman? 447 00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:33,760 l'd rather not. 448 00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:35,960 Why not? 449 00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:41,320 ls it problematic? 450 00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:48,200 Come on, Christine, we're both adults. 451 00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:56,080 Herman is so...savage. 452 00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:57,840 He doesn't beat you? 453 00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:01,840 No, in bed l mean. 454 00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:03,960 What does he do? 455 00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,640 He just pounds away. 456 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,640 And he comes at once. 457 00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:19,000 No wonder, that boy is crazy about you. 458 00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,520 Yes, but there's nothing in it for me. Zilch! 459 00:54:21,640 --> 00:54:23,680 Doesn't he repeat the exercise? 460 00:54:24,240 --> 00:54:25,920 Falls right asleep. 461 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,400 Tough. 462 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,400 Perhaps l can help you. 463 00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:34,600 How? 464 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,720 l'm psychic as you've noticed. 465 00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:47,360 Get that boy down here. 466 00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:51,760 l'll apply my gifts to see why he comes so quickly. 467 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:55,360 - l could possibly cure him. - That would be wonderful. 468 00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:59,480 - Oh, but he's in Germany. - l'll go and get him...tomorrow. 469 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,480 Tomorrow? Good girl! 470 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,360 Up and at it! 471 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,200 You're lying on something sharp, look! 472 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:11,600 Didn't you feel it? 473 00:55:11,720 --> 00:55:15,360 No, there's a numb spot on my back. 474 00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:17,120 Strange... 475 00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:34,080 Clean sheets? ls that necessary? 476 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:36,320 Herman will see you've slept with me. 477 00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:39,200 - ls he jealous? - You better believe it. 478 00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:42,480 - And where'll l sleep from now on? - l'll show you. 479 00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:46,360 He's staying all next week. 480 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:49,560 lt'll give me lots of time for the treatment. 481 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:50,960 What'll you say about me? 482 00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,840 That you're a writer in need of some peace. 483 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,160 He knows l'm a member of the Literature Club. 484 00:55:57,320 --> 00:56:01,560 lsn't it a bit perverse, Christine... 485 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:04,440 ...taking in two lovers at once? 486 00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:05,800 Perverse? 487 00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:09,840 You're going to help me with Herman? 488 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,680 You care about as much for Herman as for me: not at all. 489 00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,480 A great deal. 490 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,360 Take the keys, so you can come and go as you like. 491 00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,040 We'll be back late. Bye... 492 00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:30,720 Give Herman my regards. 493 00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,720 l will, and you start your novel! 494 00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:41,320 Drive carefully! 495 00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:15,320 Chapter One 496 00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:53,400 When I arrived at V. yesterday... 497 00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:15,880 Damn... 498 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,280 l'm wearing your shirt, Johan! 499 01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:27,320 Home movies? 500 01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,080 Johan. 501 01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:32,440 Henk. 502 01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:34,400 G�? 503 01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:32,280 Snip, snip, snip... 504 01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:43,840 Do you take Christine to be your lawful wedded wife? 505 01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:45,680 What is your reply? 506 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:46,880 l do! 507 01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:50,480 l do! 508 01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:21,400 All gone! 509 01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:43,840 That's all... the next one! 510 01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:47,960 G�! 511 01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:51,760 That's for Gerrit of course! 512 01:06:51,840 --> 01:06:55,520 A real clodhopper's name. 513 01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:31,600 Damn it! Christine, my girl... 514 01:07:32,120 --> 01:07:33,400 She's had... 515 01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:37,080 She's been married twice! 516 01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:40,480 She's been fucking married twice! 517 01:07:42,120 --> 01:07:46,560 Why didn't you tell me? 518 01:07:47,160 --> 01:07:49,800 What a god awful movie... 519 01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:12,200 l don't like nature fllms... 520 01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:14,280 G�... 521 01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:16,800 l've had G�... 522 01:08:17,360 --> 01:08:18,960 l'll try Henk. 523 01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:31,600 Hello Henky! 524 01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:42,200 l'm the flrst talking goldflsh. 525 01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:32,000 Another one! 526 01:09:32,480 --> 01:09:34,360 Another wedding? 527 01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:36,920 She didn't tell me! 528 01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:40,800 Why didn't you tell me? 529 01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:46,960 Three times... 530 01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,760 ...why didn't you tell me? 531 01:09:56,960 --> 01:09:59,480 Married three times... 532 01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:02,240 What a mess! 533 01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:05,600 l'd prefer porn! 534 01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:20,960 l'm in there too... 535 01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:45,400 Tiddle-dee, tiddle-door, who is number four? 536 01:11:14,240 --> 01:11:16,760 Christine, darling... 537 01:11:17,480 --> 01:11:20,960 What's this? What are you doing here? 538 01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:24,520 Sorry, l thought you were Christine. 539 01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:27,040 The back's the same. 540 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:29,440 How do you know what Christine looks like in the nude? 541 01:11:29,560 --> 01:11:32,440 Because we went swimming and l was in my bikini. 542 01:11:32,520 --> 01:11:37,280 This is Gerard, the writer l told you about. He's here to work. 543 01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:38,560 Well... 544 01:11:40,440 --> 01:11:43,560 Working with the whiskey bottle, by the smell of it. 545 01:11:43,680 --> 01:11:46,600 Let's go to bed, l'm dead-tired. 546 01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:49,640 Tomorrow morning...! 547 01:12:45,320 --> 01:12:47,040 Look at it this way... 548 01:12:47,400 --> 01:12:50,600 ln Germany they're in need of plumbers too. 549 01:12:50,720 --> 01:12:53,640 So l set me up a business with Dutoh labor. 550 01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:55,520 Pour me some more. 551 01:12:56,080 --> 01:13:00,360 And l got 5 chaps there now, all working black... 552 01:13:00,440 --> 01:13:02,520 ...and drawing welfare in Holland besides. 553 01:13:02,720 --> 01:13:04,360 A lot of sugar, baby. 554 01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:07,200 And they give me no trouble, 'cause if they did... 555 01:13:07,640 --> 01:13:09,720 ...l would report them to Labor lnspection. 556 01:13:09,800 --> 01:13:14,560 Those ham and eggs are just the thing especially after last night. 557 01:13:14,680 --> 01:13:16,120 Really, Herman. 558 01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:18,520 l mean the long drive. 559 01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:22,480 Don't be shy, Gerard's a writer. 560 01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:25,800 - He's used to a thing or two. - Stop it. 561 01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:29,680 Damn, it's empty. l'll get a frosh pack. 562 01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:32,840 The world of Peter Stuyvesant... 563 01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:34,800 ...so much more to enjoy. 564 01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:38,160 What do you think of him? 565 01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:41,800 He's really got something. 566 01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:44,520 How was it last night? 567 01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:47,800 - Zilch. - Zilch? 568 01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:53,600 We hadn't met in weeks... and oopla! He came and zonk! Fell asleep. 569 01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:55,360 Tough... 570 01:13:58,480 --> 01:14:00,520 You'll flnd out what's wrong, won't you? 571 01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:03,080 - You said you could. - Sure, my love. 572 01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:05,760 And you've always got me, in case of need. 573 01:14:09,240 --> 01:14:11,240 Or did you want us both? 574 01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:15,080 No, l'm not like that. Not the one and the other. 575 01:14:15,200 --> 01:14:17,600 - lt's more either/or. - Either/or? 576 01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:19,760 What are you two either/or-ing? 577 01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:22,480 Gerard asked me about my morning, and l have to work. 578 01:14:22,560 --> 01:14:24,960 lt's either working, or neglecting the salon. 579 01:14:25,040 --> 01:14:27,000 Working? Today? 580 01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:30,560 l've taken the whole damned week off for you! 581 01:14:30,680 --> 01:14:32,600 lt's just this morning, sweetheart. 582 01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:36,560 Monday mornings l have to see my salesmen. l'll be froe this afternoon. 583 01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:39,720 That's great! l'll be bored to tears meanwhile. 584 01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:43,320 - Do something with Gerard. - He's here to work too! 585 01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:45,200 So l don't work this morning. 586 01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:48,720 Yes... show him around. 587 01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:51,960 Or talk to him. 588 01:14:53,840 --> 01:14:56,280 Perhaps he'll write about us. 589 01:14:56,800 --> 01:14:58,280 Then we'll be in a book. 590 01:14:58,400 --> 01:15:01,400 What's the use of being in a book? 591 01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:08,320 You know what? Take the car. 592 01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:10,240 l don't need it anyway. 593 01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:12,280 Shall we? 594 01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:18,560 l have to get to the meeting. 595 01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:21,040 Leave the dishes, l'll have Adrienne clean up. 596 01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:23,360 - They're here, Madam. - Ah, gentlemen! 597 01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:30,960 l've seen you before. At Amsterdam Central. 598 01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:32,760 That's possible. 599 01:15:34,640 --> 01:15:35,840 Or someone else. 600 01:15:35,920 --> 01:15:38,240 - l have an ordinary face. - lt was you. 601 01:15:38,320 --> 01:15:40,600 l don't forget a bod like you. 602 01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:44,040 So we're going to tour around? 603 01:15:45,280 --> 01:15:46,800 Whatever you like. 604 01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:49,720 You wanted to, didn't you? For your work. 605 01:15:50,680 --> 01:15:53,320 l don't have to tour for my work. 606 01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:56,120 No. 607 01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:01,440 l wanted to have a chat with you. A long chat. 608 01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:04,520 - Privately. - With me? 609 01:16:05,480 --> 01:16:09,880 There's nothing l can tell you. l'm just an ordinary boy. 610 01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:13,040 l always write about ordinary people. 611 01:16:14,040 --> 01:16:17,800 As l said on TV, the ordinary man is my central theme. 612 01:16:17,920 --> 01:16:19,400 All of him. 613 01:16:19,560 --> 01:16:20,800 Above... 614 01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:23,480 ...and below the belt. 615 01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:29,000 Yes... you've been on TV, haven't you? 616 01:16:29,280 --> 01:16:31,520 And on the radio and in the papers, sure. 617 01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:36,560 - ls it true what they write? - What? 618 01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:40,080 - All the goings on in the studios? - What do you mean? 619 01:16:41,680 --> 01:16:44,000 About everyone screwing everyone. 620 01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:46,240 What you read in the tabloids. 621 01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:49,480 lt's even worse. 622 01:16:52,120 --> 01:16:54,800 - l could tell you stories. - Tell me. 623 01:16:57,080 --> 01:17:00,240 There's one bigwig when he throws a party... 624 01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:04,840 ...the neighbors secure their kids behind locks this big. 625 01:17:04,960 --> 01:17:07,760 Kids six or seven years of age. 626 01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:10,600 Girls, but boys too. 627 01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,040 What do you think of that... 628 01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:16,240 ...little boys? 629 01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:20,240 - Hello sir. Hi, Herman. - Adrienne... 630 01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:22,280 Madam told me to clean up. 631 01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:24,000 Won't you join us? 632 01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:26,200 Funny bunny. 633 01:17:26,360 --> 01:17:28,480 Tell me more, Gerard. 634 01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,080 Later in the car. 635 01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:33,760 - Coming? - Good morning. 636 01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:47,280 - What the hell are you doing? - For later! You with a famous writer! 637 01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:49,360 Who cares... Bye! 638 01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:04,240 Now tell me, do these TV people go at it all the time? 639 01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:06,080 They slow down in their 80's. 640 01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:09,640 Can't we flnd a quiet place in the dunes? l'm a nature lover. 641 01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:11,120 Ah, l like touring. 642 01:18:14,720 --> 01:18:17,880 And are those showgirls an easy lay, too? 643 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:21,800 - You revel in such things, don't you? - l love sex. 644 01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:23,960 Sure, but do you ever do anything about it? 645 01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:27,160 l lay them by the dozen if need be. Don't you? 646 01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:32,520 What do you think l did with Chrissy last night? 647 01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:36,640 But Christine has often walked down the aisle. 648 01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:39,680 Never had any luck. Take me to the studios some time. 649 01:18:40,480 --> 01:18:41,880 Stupid bitoh! 650 01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:43,960 Wait... stop! 651 01:18:44,160 --> 01:18:45,720 Stop!! 652 01:18:45,880 --> 01:18:47,960 You got something going with her?! 653 01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:50,400 l saw that woman in a dream! 654 01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:54,400 Ma'am! 655 01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:29,200 Nothing, l guess. 656 01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:33,360 Probably screwing on some tombstone. 657 01:19:33,440 --> 01:19:36,120 l read about them: cemetery whores. 658 01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:44,280 - Damn weather! - There! 659 01:19:51,560 --> 01:19:53,040 We'll get soaked. 660 01:19:53,120 --> 01:19:54,880 - That one's open! - ln that tomb?! 661 01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:57,040 Dead men don't bite, only live ones do. 662 01:20:28,200 --> 01:20:30,480 Do you want to get hit? 663 01:20:33,360 --> 01:20:35,200 lt wouldn't be the flrst time. 664 01:20:35,680 --> 01:20:38,440 - But you won't. - Won't l? 665 01:20:39,560 --> 01:20:40,600 No. 666 01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:55,520 Do you think l'll like it? 667 01:20:56,200 --> 01:20:57,800 l'm gonna try... 668 01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:02,240 Keep going, Gerard. 669 01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:10,440 l saw you at the station... 670 01:21:12,960 --> 01:21:15,200 ...and your picture later on... 671 01:21:16,440 --> 01:21:18,680 ...such a beautiful boy. 672 01:21:26,440 --> 01:21:29,680 l thought l've got to have him, even if it kills me. 673 01:21:29,760 --> 01:21:31,200 l like your spiel... 674 01:21:31,520 --> 01:21:33,720 ...nobody's ever told me that before. 675 01:21:33,800 --> 01:21:35,720 Spieling is my profession. 676 01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:40,640 l kept lobbying with Christine... and hoping that you would come. 677 01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:43,520 l like you going for me, Gerard. 678 01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:49,720 l, dirty old man. 679 01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:57,680 LOVlNG HUSBANDS OF CHRlSTlNE HALSLAG 680 01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:18,360 - My God! - Hey, what's up? 681 01:23:18,480 --> 01:23:19,760 Three dead! 682 01:23:20,160 --> 01:23:21,920 Look at those urns! 683 01:23:24,280 --> 01:23:25,840 l'll be damned! 684 01:23:27,000 --> 01:23:29,080 Chrissy's family grave. 685 01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:31,600 She had all three of them cremated. 686 01:23:32,160 --> 01:23:34,680 A fourth and they can play bridge. 687 01:23:34,760 --> 01:23:37,400 - Did you know they were dead? - Of course. 688 01:23:37,480 --> 01:23:39,880 The whole town knows, and even pities her. 689 01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:42,640 Pities her? She let them die, and l know how! 690 01:23:42,720 --> 01:23:46,040 - Oh, come off it! - She had one crash with a parachute. 691 01:23:46,160 --> 01:23:50,160 She fed one to the lions and sank the other at sea. Bet she didn't tell you! 692 01:23:50,240 --> 01:23:53,280 Bullshit! One of them had to show off in the Safari Park... 693 01:23:53,400 --> 01:23:56,000 ...the second one's parachute didn't open and the third... 694 01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:57,280 And who'll be the fourth?! 695 01:23:57,400 --> 01:24:01,920 - Get your hands off me! - You or me! Get that?! One of us! 696 01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:04,680 l don't get it. l'm stupid to get it Mr. Writer, sir. 697 01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:08,760 l say be an ordinary plumber, but you, you're a raving lunatic! 698 01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:10,520 That woman is deadly! 699 01:24:10,640 --> 01:24:12,240 Three husbands, three dead bodies! 700 01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:15,120 One of us will be the fourth, can't you see that? 701 01:24:15,200 --> 01:24:16,640 Deadly? 702 01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:20,040 You just want to scare me so l'll split! 703 01:24:20,160 --> 01:24:23,680 So you'll have Chrissy for yourself and all her money! Forget it! 704 01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:27,400 You can't rattle this boy, this boy's staying with Chrissy! 705 01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:32,800 - You stay and you're dead! - Bullshit! 706 01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:37,120 One of us will croak! 707 01:24:37,480 --> 01:24:38,440 Scram! 708 01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:42,920 Fine! l'll read the headlines about your death! 709 01:24:44,840 --> 01:24:46,600 Raving lunatic! 710 01:24:56,720 --> 01:24:58,520 - Get in! - No! 711 01:25:00,680 --> 01:25:02,560 l'm leaving for Amsterdam! 712 01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:05,560 Get in and l'll take you to the station. 713 01:25:05,640 --> 01:25:07,920 Just don't take me anywhere near that woman. 714 01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:09,640 Okay. She's mine then. 715 01:25:25,600 --> 01:25:27,760 - Can't you pass them? - Grouch! 716 01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:58,960 You're driving beside your own funeral, Herman. 717 01:26:02,840 --> 01:26:03,920 Watoh out! 718 01:27:35,880 --> 01:27:38,360 First him, doctor, flrst look at him. 719 01:27:50,160 --> 01:27:51,800 Cover him, Ria. 720 01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:59,400 Mr. de Vries... you're a doctor. 721 01:27:59,720 --> 01:28:02,600 Mr. Reve! Calm down. 722 01:28:02,880 --> 01:28:05,960 What a shame we have to meet here. 723 01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:10,400 Tension gauge. Life takes strange turns. 724 01:28:10,640 --> 01:28:12,480 l didn't know you were a doctor. 725 01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:16,680 That's why matters of life and death interest me. Bloem! 726 01:28:16,800 --> 01:28:20,000 Thinking of death l cannot sleep, remember? 727 01:28:20,080 --> 01:28:22,520 How is he? How's Herman? 728 01:28:22,600 --> 01:28:26,040 - He's in very bad shape. - Dead? 729 01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:27,120 Yes. 730 01:28:35,040 --> 01:28:37,400 A friend of yours? A relative? 731 01:28:39,120 --> 01:28:40,640 The fourth man! 732 01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:43,160 l told him but he wouldn't believe me. 733 01:28:43,360 --> 01:28:44,840 Doctor, the liver. 734 01:28:45,800 --> 01:28:49,240 Now Herman can go into a vase too, he can... 735 01:28:49,320 --> 01:28:53,160 - Enlarged but intact. - Normal reflexes. 736 01:28:53,280 --> 01:28:56,280 - She's done it again. - You've had a lucky escape. 737 01:28:56,360 --> 01:28:58,760 But she's done it again... 738 01:28:59,320 --> 01:29:00,960 ...the fourth man. 739 01:29:01,560 --> 01:29:03,320 She takes him like a spider... 740 01:29:03,400 --> 01:29:07,120 ...a spider also fucks her mate and then devours him... dead! 741 01:29:07,240 --> 01:29:10,880 Quite a shock for you. Keep on talking, it'll settle you down. 742 01:29:10,960 --> 01:29:14,160 She's a spider, a witoh. She leads men to ruin. 743 01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:16,360 She seduced me with Herman's picture. 744 01:29:16,480 --> 01:29:18,120 Who are you talking about? 745 01:29:18,560 --> 01:29:20,280 About Christine, doctor. 746 01:29:20,800 --> 01:29:22,560 Christine Halslag. 747 01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:26,840 She's a witoh. 748 01:29:27,040 --> 01:29:30,440 Everything checks. She even has a numb spot on her back... 749 01:29:30,560 --> 01:29:32,800 ...like the witohes in the middle ages. 750 01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:34,520 lt all connects. 751 01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:38,280 Keep on talking... about witohes. 752 01:29:38,400 --> 01:29:41,080 She killed them all! 753 01:29:41,160 --> 01:29:45,560 Don't scoff at the poor girl's misfortunes. l've known her for years. 754 01:29:45,680 --> 01:29:49,640 Those were tragic accidents. Especially for her. 755 01:29:49,760 --> 01:29:51,120 But these things happen! 756 01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:54,400 Four accidents in a row is damn strange! 757 01:29:54,520 --> 01:29:57,160 Use your head! 758 01:29:57,280 --> 01:30:00,360 One plus one is still two! 759 01:30:02,080 --> 01:30:03,040 Alright. 760 01:30:04,480 --> 01:30:07,400 Then let me tell you how a physician sees you. 761 01:30:08,080 --> 01:30:13,040 You turn a dead tourist into a giant with 30 grieving dwarfs. 762 01:30:13,680 --> 01:30:15,640 You're a compulsive liar. 763 01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:18,560 You lie the truth! l heard you say so! 764 01:30:18,800 --> 01:30:22,000 l diagnose an enlarged liver due to mild alcoholism... 765 01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:23,600 ...and you're in shock. 766 01:30:24,200 --> 01:30:26,400 Otherwise you're as healthy as a horse! 767 01:30:26,480 --> 01:30:29,440 No! She fucks you and flnishes you off! 768 01:30:30,120 --> 01:30:32,480 Okay, l'll go along with you. 769 01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:36,280 He slept with her, you slept with her. 770 01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:37,880 He is dead. 771 01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:40,800 Why are you still alive? 772 01:30:43,200 --> 01:30:47,040 - Because Mary helped me. - Mary? 773 01:30:48,320 --> 01:30:49,440 Mary who? 774 01:30:50,920 --> 01:30:54,440 Mary, the Mother of God. 775 01:30:55,080 --> 01:30:57,120 She, in person... 776 01:30:57,280 --> 01:30:59,200 ...she helped me. 777 01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:01,760 The woman in blue. 778 01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:05,440 Mary helped you. 779 01:31:12,600 --> 01:31:16,600 lt all checks, it does. 780 01:31:19,560 --> 01:31:24,480 She was on the train, with the blood on that picture. 781 01:31:25,560 --> 01:31:27,560 She wanted to warn me. 782 01:31:29,160 --> 01:31:31,360 And later in the Beauty Salon... 783 01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:34,720 ...she was lying beside me. 784 01:31:35,840 --> 01:31:38,760 "When you're warned, you must listen..." 785 01:31:41,600 --> 01:31:44,040 And she was at the cemetery this morning. 786 01:31:46,560 --> 01:31:48,360 Mary is with me. 787 01:31:53,040 --> 01:31:55,160 Mary is among us. 788 01:31:57,400 --> 01:31:59,600 Mary is among us... in Vlissingen? 789 01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:05,960 l'm a Catholic myself, Mr. Reve. 790 01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:09,200 l've got six kids and my third name is Maria... 791 01:32:09,280 --> 01:32:12,600 ...but that Mary would be among us in Vlissingen... 792 01:32:12,680 --> 01:32:16,880 ...to help you against Christine, beauty specialist and witoh! 793 01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:18,600 Lie down! 794 01:32:18,720 --> 01:32:21,720 There she is! The Godforsaken witoh! 795 01:32:22,280 --> 01:32:24,080 Godforsaken witoh! 796 01:32:24,160 --> 01:32:25,480 l'll kill you! 797 01:32:25,600 --> 01:32:27,720 Nurse! lnjection! 10cc! 798 01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:44,880 Mary... 799 01:32:46,040 --> 01:32:48,920 Easy, it'll be alright. 800 01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:57,000 Easy... 801 01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:19,320 This one to the morgue, the other to neurology for now, Ria. 802 01:33:19,400 --> 01:33:21,040 And your prognosis, doctor? 803 01:33:21,120 --> 01:33:25,040 No alcohol, then prolonged psychiatric treatment. 804 01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:29,600 l'll take him some time to collect his wits. 805 01:33:29,800 --> 01:33:33,040 - Unless Mary helps him, of course. - Of course. 806 01:33:36,480 --> 01:33:38,720 Rotten for you, Christine. 807 01:33:38,840 --> 01:33:42,360 l got the fright of my life. Did you see him come after me? 808 01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:46,280 Writers can do flne things... 809 01:33:46,760 --> 01:33:49,720 ...but when they crack up, they're a menace. 810 01:33:49,840 --> 01:33:52,680 Here, dry your tears. 811 01:33:53,280 --> 01:33:54,560 An emergency. 812 01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:58,280 Sit down here, l'll phone you a cab. 813 01:33:59,320 --> 01:34:03,200 l'll come back and tell you what Gerard said about you. 814 01:34:30,600 --> 01:34:33,360 - Feeling sad? - Yes. 815 01:34:33,960 --> 01:34:35,200 Where do you live? 816 01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:40,120 Let me take you home, l'm going that way. 817 01:34:40,280 --> 01:34:43,800 - No, they're getting me a cab. - That'll take ages. Come on. 818 01:35:03,840 --> 01:35:08,000 - You wind surf? Any good at it? - Yes, out at sea and in the harbor. 819 01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:11,240 - Among the big tankers. - lsn't that dangerous? 820 01:35:11,360 --> 01:35:13,800 lt's child's play. Want me to teach you? 821 01:35:13,920 --> 01:35:18,000 No, it's not my sort of thing, but l'll come and fllm you some time. 822 01:35:18,280 --> 01:35:19,720 Oh, any time.