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I'm Canadian.

Canadian!

'Protected by bombers and artillery,

'150 parachutists and 1,500 men attacked us.

'They had been thoroughly trained in American Army bases.'

Man, I'm just a journalist.

Hermano, I'm Canadian.

I'm not American, Canadian.

What do you need?

I don't have anything. I-I have nothing on me.

I have nothing. Check me. Nothing.

You can check everywhere, I have nothing on me.

Please, let me go. I-I...

Lenny, Lenny.

Nice to meet you. Leonard Cohen, prisoner of war.

How you doing?

Welcome.

So, tell me, you got arrested?

Twice, I got arrested. Aren't you proud of me?

I'm very proud.

You always thought I was too metropolitan as a little boy.

Now I got arrested. Yeah.

Man, I really thought Havana was going to be

this very vibrant energy,

and I was going to write about it and portray it but...

It was that for a moment,

because the Canadian consulate came to me

and said I had to walk with them.

Come on, get out.

'I felt like I was Upton Sinclair,

'you know, being summoned for a private mission.'

Oh, Mr Cohen.

And they needed their five-foot, 100-pound Jew

to save them on an undercover operation.

Thanks for coming. Um...

..your mother called.

What?

You should call her.

I called her, and the next day, I was arrested.

Hey. Hey!

I kept saying, "I'm not American, I'm Canadian.

"I'm your friend, we're everybody's friends."

So I got to the airport,

and they assumed that my Canadian passport was fake,

and they arrested me again.

No.

It's all true.

Quite the story, Lenny.

So, anyhow, I'm still broke.

What's... What's going on with our scripts?

They, uh...

called me one day and say, "We're sorry, but we need to pass."

I think the scripts were too intelligent for 'em.

They were too good... We dumbed it down.

We made it very, very good.

What a waste of time. Too clever for our beloved CBC.

Doobie-doobie-doo-bee.

Now I have to get a real proper job.

You've got a job.

You're a poet, OK?

That only pays me in disappointment.

'Voices Carry' by Rozzi

? Help me

? Help me, baby, yeah

? Help me, Lord... ?

'Darling Mu...

'your telegram was very beautiful, as are all your letters.

'Tonight, Montreal is still under snow,

'and the trees outside my window are black.

'In one of the Victorian houses nearby,

'I think Jesus is about to be born.

'I know you'll be great in whatever you do.

'I wish I could tell you to come,

'but I can't unless I can take care of you and the child.

'I don't want you to ever go through the experience

'of being left alone on an island again.'

? Look around Your reminder is the sound... ?

'There's beautiful music playing on the record player,

'and I'm right there with her making music out of everything.

'I'm full of religion.

'Before you know it, we'll all be back together again.'

All my love, Leonard.

Merci.

Eat.

Is this what my life is gonna look like? Hm?

Spending my golden years

taking care of my father and my grown-up son.

I just want you to be happy.

Oh, you got the wrong guy, then.

Leonard, there are plenty of nice Jewish girls who like you.

I know that, but I have a girl.

I know. On the other side of the world.

But I want to bring her here.

Quoi?

You met her in a place where none of you had a history, my boy.

You could be whoever you wanted. You know, I...

I'm not sure she would be happy here.

Well, she'd be with me.

She'd be with a Cohen.

Now you want to marry her.

I did not say I wanted to marry her.

Well, you're bringing her here, you want to live with her?

Well, we hadn't worked out the living arrangements.

I can leave her in the garden, in the park, if you'd like.

These are really good, Mr Cohen.

They would fit right in at the Montreal Gazette.

So, are you saying I have the job?

You have the job, Mr Cohen. Oh, terrific.

Thanks a lot. I really must go.

I'm so sorry, I'm very late for something. Great.

Do... Do you want to take these with you?

Oh, no. You give it to a friend you don't like.

"All I need is my woman and her son."

Hey.

Hi.

Wow. Come on in. Thank you!

Wanna hold it for me? Yeah. Very good.

Oi!

Yeah, you can hop on the floor.

Leonard... I got you flowers.

Roses are my favourite.

Bottle of wine in the fridge for the child.

I missed you so much.

I can't believe you exist. You're here!

Make yourself at home, and you can take things

and break them if you like, and kick things, and...

and you can jump up and down if you like.

Right, I think someone is... Axel, would you like to jump?

It's very bouncy.

Very good.

Come on, Mom.

Wow, this is certainly not Norway.

Welcome to Montreal. Oh, wow!

Marianne, this is Robert Hershorn. Hello!

He is one of the great, uh... tightrope acrobats of the century.

Am I? What? Yeah, he's a great artist.

I love this guy. He's a really great artist.

I have a brilliant group of friends.

Yeah, you do. What does that say about me?

One day, you're gonna be brilliant, don't worry.

Oh!

Oh, shit. Oh, God.

This is how, as Jews, we celebrate. Sorry, one...

Do you... Do you need something?

Uh, this is Derek May, by the way.

Oh, hello. He's a great film-maker,

and I love him very much.

Hello. Hello!

It is so nice to meet you. Yeah.

No, I have to say, we've been looking forward to seeing you.

Have we? I can't remember saying that.

Don't mind Kitty, she's a little, you know...

She believes that Lenny's in love with her

and she loves Lenny.

You know, I think we're all in love with Lenny in here, so...

So, what are your plans in Montreal?

I think, you know, just find my footing

and hopefully get a job, you know? That would be great.

And how's your French?

I mean, it's, uh... n-not great. No.

Oh, that's gonna make it kind of hard for you.

I'm sorry, I wish I had better news for you. Yeah.

Hi. Hello. Oh, hi.

You guys having a nice conversation? It was, uh, very sweet.

It's good to see you, man. Good to see you.

He's a good guy. How are ya? Everything OK...?

Hey, everyone! You look great.

Thank you. Everyone, let's raise our glass

to Canada's next winner of the Governor General's Award.

This is... Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Hi, I'm Aviva, Irving's wife.

OK. Wow. Have a glass of wine.

Yes, please. Thank you so much.

This is Armand... Oh, hi.

..Jeremy, and this is Suzanne.

Bonjour. So nice to meet you. Poet, dancer.

Wow. Amazing.

I'm sorry, I don't... My French is not really...

Oh! Oh, sorry. No, no, no. It's OK.

..I'd gotten a hunchback, after all this time.

IRVING: Listen up!

A brand-new poem written by...

Oh! OK, great.

Oh!

Thank you, actually, this is the...

Oh, no, actually, I'd like to sit right here.

I like the broken glass here.

Music off.

Thank you. OK.

Come, my brothers

Let us govern Canada

Let us find our serious heads

Let us dump asbestos On the White House...

And let us unite church and state

Let us teach sex in the home...

To parents...

Let us threaten to join the USA

And pull out at the last moment...

- My brothers, come... - Yes.

Our serious heads Are waiting for us somewhere

Let us put them on very quickly

Let us maintain a stony silence

On the St Lawrence Seaway.

Let us drink all night until we fall on the ground.

No more cleaning. It's so messy.

I know, but there's a tradition where I throw one party a year,

and then you leave the mess like that

for the rest of the year. OK, I'll retire now.

Did you have an OK time?

Mm-hm. Are you sure?

Yeah, your friends are really nice and...

They're very interested in themselves.

Yeah.

They like talking about their own brilliance all the time.

I suppose I do, too.

Yeah, I mean, just a little bit.

Hi.

I know it's a lot...

..to meet everyone all at once.

Yeah.

But it's nothing compared to meeting my mother.

She's, um...

What? She's what?

You don't wanna meet her.

You met my mother,

so that means that if you can handle mine, then...

I can handle yours.

Show me.

You want me to show you? Mm-hm. Hmm.

How?

I missed you so much.

I love you.

? Oh, yeah

? If you just look around

? Your reminder is the sound

? Voices carry

? Yeah, carry on

? Cos all the while... ?

No!

? Those are voices That get you through

? So we carry, yeah

? Carry on. ?

Eat. Thank you.

So...

Leonard tells me you are close to your mother.

Um, well, I...

I lived with her in Oslo,

and she also helped me out a lot with Axel.

So you are close. Mm-hm.

You were working. Uh, at a film studio.

And your father?

He died just before Axel was born.

Oh, I'm so sorry. Yeah.

What's he saying?

Um, he was...

he was just asking if this is your mother.

I know, I don't look old enough.

That man, he's my little boy.

Hm?

Does he speak English? Any French?

No, not... I mean, he's, um...

starting to understand some English, but...

Oh, make sure to teach him. He'll struggle without it.

And French. Yes.

He actually knows a little bit of Greek,

when we were in Hydra,

so I think he can't wait to go back to Hydra.

Yes, I got Leonard's letters.

Sounds just beautiful there.

It is. It's my favourite place.

Like papa.

You know...

I kind of liked her.

She's nice. She's nice?

I just maybe wouldn't hire her as my interior designer but...

Yeah. I know as an outsider,

you can walk in and see all the pious art,

and it can look a bit macabre and scary but...

..you know, most of the world looks at Jews as vermin.

And in Westmount, this is one of the few places

where it connects you to your country, my Judaism. Mm-hm.

You know, I got you a gift, but... Hm?

Um...

I've suddenly gotten very shy giving this to you.

Oh! It's this. Very silly.

I can run in the other direction

if you don't like it. No.

It's beautiful.

I thought it was the two of us.

Which one are you?

I'm the ballerina, of course. Of course.

I love it.

Looks very good on you.

Thank you.

Your CV? Oui, bien sur.

So, you have no experience with working in a store?

I was helping out in a grocery store a little bit

back home in Norway, which is...

I-I'm from Norway, so...

And you have your working permit?

Mm, yeah...

You need an ICCRC.

Of course, I know. Um, it's just...

If I start working for you, then maybe it's easier to apply for one.

No?

Look, I'm... I've been to seven places already,

and I am a really good, hard worker.

I have a little son at home.

I mean, do you have children?

No.

Thank you.

I'll read one more before you die of exhaustion.

Are there any adulterers in the crowd?

This is called Prayer For Messiah.

His blood on my arm Is warm as a bird

His heart in my hand As heavy as land

His eyes through my eyes Shine brighter than love

Oh, send out the raven Ahead of the dove

Oh, send out the raven Ahead of the dove

Oh, sing from your chains Where you're chained in a cave

Your eyes through my eyes Shine brighter than love

Your blood in my ballad Collapses the grave.

If you'd like shots, put it on his tab.

Hi, I remember you.

- You've been to a few of these. - Yeah.

A few of them. Very good.

What?

Nothing.

Let me guess, is it my mother?

Is it your mother?

Is it anybody's mother?

Um... kind of.

Well, it's just that I'm... I'm pregnant.

So, this is, you know...

kind of the part where you say something.

Like what? I don't know.

Just something to make me feel like it's OK.

I love you.

You know that I'm...

..not gonna keep it if you don't want it.

Well, that's gonna be a problem.

Uh, why?

Because you can't continue the bloodline, dear.

Leonard is Jewish royalty.

Marsha would kill him,

or herself, or you, before that happens.

I love seeing how Leonard is with kids, though.

Mm.

Irving has teenage kids with his wife.

I thought... I thought that you were his?

Oh, we are. OK.

I mean, she's not his WIFE, wife.

I mean, well, they're still married,

but they're not.

Yeah.

I'm certain it's all different in Norway.

It's an outdated worldview, isn't it?

Maybe we need to be more expansive

in our definition of love.

Mm.

I don't know.

Irving has other lovers.

Oh.

Yeah.

To you and me, darling.

We are all fuckers...

..and fucked.

True.

I don't really feel so well right now.

What?

I have to work.

It's too much. It's too much?

I have to go. Yeah. Oh, it's too much for you?

If the phone rings while I'm gone, don't answer it.

It's my mother, and I have a deadline tomorrow, so I can't.

It's funny that you talk about a deadline,

because I also have a deadline you just seem to constantly ignore,

which is that we have to figure out

whether we're gonna keep this baby or not, so, you know,

do you wanna put some work into that or just no?

We've already talked about this. We had this discussion.

Leonard, we did not have this discussion.

You just mumbled some silly words to me

and told me it was up to me.

So, no, we have not had this discussion.

OK. So can we have the discussion now or...?

I love you. I love you.

Leonard, I don't know if I made it clear to you,

but I want to have your baby, OK?

So can you just tell me if you want me to murder this thing

that's inside of me or not, just give me an answer.

I don't feel like starting a war with you right now.

Can you just give me an answer?

Don't find your way out of this, I'm sick of it.

I love you, but not that.

I've given you my answer.

OK? That's my answer.

And is that because you don't want a child

or because you don't want a child with me?

I'm... I'm not going to play this game with you.

I-I... It's end of discussion. I have to write.

I have to write.

You can do as you like, I can't control you,

but I've already told my position.

And is this because of your mother or because of you?

What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

I mean, you can't have a child that's not Jewish.

We're insulting each other's families now?

Oh, you're going after my religion. Well, it's true, isn't it?

Oh! Oh, I've never seen that before.

That's your answer to everything, isn't it?

No, no, no, no.

You do not get to leave this time.

You do not get to be the one to walk away.

And you know what, if you don't want a child,

you can at least look after this one, OK?

Fuck off!

Hi.

Hello.

Um... Where is your boy?

Leonard told me that you were sick,

so I brought some things.

Come in. Thank you.

Some soup.

I'll just put it right here.

And then this here is the real magic,

it's elderberry tea.

My grandmother used to make it to me when I was sick,

and it always worked.

I don't want you to get ill.

Well, you know what? I am a Viking, and we never get ill.

But... I do know that it's a horrible feeling

to be sick and all by yourself.

Would you like to have a seat, and I can bring the tea?

Thank you.

Tastes awful.

Yes, I know.

He gave that to you?

Do you know what it is?

Um... no, no.

It's a tradition.

Young men give them to their first love.

Why don't you like me? What?

You heard what I said.

It's not about you.

I like you.

You are perfect.

A strong, wonderful young woman.

You married young.

You had a child with a man that wasn't a mensch,

but you fought, and you got back up.

You are smart and beautiful and thoughtful.

Then what?

Look around you.

Look at us.

Look at who we are.

I am sorry.

Oh!

Hi.

Wah! Wah!

Ay-ay-ay!

It works underwater.

Can you show her what you did? He touched the warship.

What are you saying?

Axel?

Do you need anything? Just little bit more sleep.

Sure.

OK, I'm coming. I'll give you some hot chocolate.

You're the best, thank you so much.

Leonard!

No!

It's OK. It's OK.

- I'm so sorry. - Yeah.

How do you feel now?

Um, Axel's with Aviva.

Oh, thank you. They're having a good time.

I didn't get that award, by the way.

I don't know what to do any more.

You know, I've tried everything. I'm...

I'm a has-been who's never been.

And I should be more for you.

You keep putting up with me, and I, um...

Luckily, we got that grant.

Hmm? For $1,000.

So we can keep living in the... the house for at least a month

before we gotta go live in a cardboard box.

I don't wanna live in the house.

I don't wanna live in Montreal.

Why?

Because I don't know you here.

You have your whole world that you belong to, and...

..I don't belong here.

We spend every waking moment together.

We don't.

Yes, we're maybe in the same room

or in the same bed or at the same party, but...

we're not TOGETHER together.

And I have really tried,

but you're just not the you that I know when we're here.

Who am I, then?

You're this person who pretends.

I mean, I just lost a child, our child.

And you dare talk to me about losing some fucking award

and being a has-been who's never...?

I mean...

try to imagine what it is like to be me next to you.

It's like I'm nothing.

I love you.

But, no.

I can't do this to myself

because there's no us, and it's only you.

So I'm gonna go back to Hydra.

All right, let's go.

Ready to go? Be very careful.

Marianne! Leonard, Axel!

Oh, my goodness!

Well, we meet again.

That's the way we do, we just keep meeting the same people

just over and over and over and over and over again.

It's just the same conversation, isn't it? It's just...

It's not the same. What?

The island.

They despise us here.

Piss off.

I don't know if you know, this seat is taken.

Calm down. Come on, love.

Axel, you wanna dance?

Hiya! OK, yeah.

I got it. It's our first night here, OK?

He can just sleep with my arms.

He's exhausted, and we'll...

we'll go home.

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