So Long, Marianne (2024) s01e04 Episode Script
Oslo
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(Male Announcer
reads text on screen)
(Musical jingle)
(solemn music)
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(door creaking)
(door closes)
(machine beeping)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- [Axel] Mm.
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne sighs)
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(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
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(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
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(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
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speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne scoffs and
speaks Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Axel continues
speaking Norwegian)
(Patricia grunting)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- (speaking Norwegian), okay?
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- [Patricia] Where am I?
Why?
- No, easy, you have
to have this on.
You have to have this on.
(Marianne shouting)
It's good for you.
(door slamming)
(horn honking)
(intense music)
(phone ringing)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
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(water lapping)
(gentle music)
I loved you in the morning ♪
Our kisses deep and warm ♪
- [Marianne] (sighs) Jesus!
- [Leonard] I'm
out here, my love.
(Marianne sighs)
- [Marianne] What is
wrong with you people?
(baby cooing)
Shh.
- Who? Jews?
- No, men!
What the fuck is wrong with men?
- Well, how much
time do you have?
What happened?
(baby cooing)
- Shh.
First, um, watching
over the mistress
to the father of my baby.
And then he tells me that he
has transferred the ownership
to his car to me because he
owes the Greek government money.
Ugh.
And now I have to drive
the car back to Norway.
(Marianne sighs)
- Well, how long does
it take to drive there?
- Uh, two weeks.
- You know, two weeks
is really not very long.
I think we could do that.
Easy.
- Uh, we?
- I'm coming with
you, of course.
How much money do you have?
- Um, I have 200.
But why would you do that?
Why would, you don't have to
- Well, I am in love with you.
I have, um,
200 also.
I think 200 plus 200 is 400.
And, $400, that
should get us there
with gas and, and food, and
- You know, that would
only take us one way.
- Oh, no, but I'm
very good at oral sex.
That's the whole thing.
- Oh.
- It was part of the deal
that I'll be turning
tricks in the street,
which I was very good
at doing in Canada.
(bells tolling)
(plane roaring)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(pilot speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(pilot speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(soft music)
(soft music continues)
- Thank you.
- You alright?
(soft music)
Is there anything I can do?
- Get me out of here.
(engine turning)
(soft music)
(soft music continues)
- [Leonard] Okay, where are we?
- Well,
still in Albania,
I think.
There should be a village
a few miles ahead.
So maybe we can stop
and I can find a phone,
'cause they should
have landed by now.
I just need to
(phone ringing)
- [Ingeborg] Ihlen.
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(birds chirping)
- He's fine.
(soft music)
(Marianne sighs)
- And you?
- Um
I wanna get drunk.
- Great.
- Mm-hmm.
- I can help with that.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Hey, baby, baby,
don't you go ♪
You gonna leave me
with a (indistinct) ♪
- [Marianne] Okay, so it's
five more miles to the village.
- Alright, we'll drive into
town and find something to eat,
find some place to sleep.
- We can afford that?
- No.
- No.
- So we either, um,
eat at a restaurant,
get some nice food
and sleep in the car,
or we eat bread the
rest of our life
and we sleep in a motel.
- I vote for restaurant and car.
- Yes, ma'am.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music ends)
Thank you.
- Thank you.
(waitress speaking Albanian)
(Leonard speaking Albanian)
(waitress laughs)
- Did you finish yours already?
- [Marianne] Yeah.
- Wow, I think it's an aperitif.
- Well, you know, if
it was an aperitif,
they should have served it
before the food
came on the table.
I come from a very strict home,
and if they serve it after
the food, it's a shot.
- How strict is
your home really?
- I think I was
seven or something
and my mother wanted to
teach me table manners.
So she made me sit at the table
with our finest porcelain
plates under my arms
so that I wouldn't put my elbows
on the table while we ate.
It's true.
It's so strange, like,
I can't remember
the last time I just
sat like this
knowing that no one
is waiting for me.
(people chattering)
What was your mother like?
- Is, she's very much alive.
- [Marianne] Mm.
- Very unpredictable.
I wouldn't want to give
a, uh, paltry diagnosis,
but I think she is, um,
maybe, uh, manic depressive.
- What was that like?
- It was terrific.
Oh, it had its ups and downs.
- No.
No joking, just
what was that like?
- Well, she's a refugee.
So I think childhood
was very complicated.
The contradiction of Monday
mornings crying on the floor,
the fits, and Monday
evenings baking of a cake
was, was awfully confusing
for a young burgeoning man.
But I think every time
you walk in the door,
it's something different
so you learn to adapt.
You learn to read people.
You learn to, uh, adjust.
- [Marianne] Mm.
- No, I love her, it's great.
I'm not saying
anything poor of her.
- No.
- Just complex.
A lot of tears, a
lot of laughter.
- I don't really think
that I ever, you know,
had a home.
My only childhood memories
are from my grandmother.
My grandmother's house.
She was my favourite
person in the whole world.
And in my room, my favourite
drawer in the house
was her drawer with
all her old stuff.
And it was filled, you know,
with old ladies'
creams and jewellery
and it was like a treasure box.
And I, it all had the
smell of her perfume
of, of, in a different time.
I felt like a time traveller.
She made me a princess once.
Made a beautiful paper
crown and put it on my head,
and she said that only
the finest, purest soul
can be reached by the
speech of a golden tongue.
- I fit that description.
(Marianne chuckles)
- You think you do, don't you?
Yeah, quite golden.
- My superhero name.
- Oh, really?
- Yeah, they call me
The Golden Tongue.
(Marianne laughs)
- The stars look like they're
dancing to me right now, so
- They're washing
their hair in the rain.
My maternal grandfather
was named Rabbi Klinitsky-Klein.
He had a large
moustache like myself.
- Oh.
- And he was a very stiff man,
very unhappy fellow.
And he spent his life writing
in a 1,000-page thesaurus
for the Talmud.
The Talmud is a Jewish document.
And it doesn't mean
anything to you,
but that's about the most
Jewish thing you could ever do.
- But isn't it strange though
that you feel like you can
tell everything to one person
and then nothing to another?
You know, when I was
A long story short,
my father slapped me
and called me a whore.
Um, I left home and I
wandered around the night
and I ended up at my
grandmother's house in the city.
And she told me that, princess,
yes, she can't be a whore.
But a whore, she can be
a kind of a princess.
And after that, you know,
I wasn't scared of
going home and
- Mama, Miumiu, Mimi?
- Mommo.
- Mommo.
I think I would've
liked her a lot.
I would have dated her.
- You're Mr. Ladies Man.
- What did I do?
Why am I Mr. Ladies Man?
- Saw the way that you were
looking at that waitress,
the way she was
flirting with you.
- That's just my
bad impulse control.
- Right.
I think you should come here.
- Why?
I don't know.
- What is this?
- This is my bad
impulse control.
- [Leonard] What's
it telling you?
- It's telling me
that I should fuck
your brains out.
(Leonard panting)
(both panting)
(Marianne laughing)
(both grunting)
(Marianne laughing)
(Leonard groaning)
- Oh.
Good God!
- Oh, what happened?
- I, yeah, really
did cut myself.
You really almost
fucked my brains out.
- This is the worst
ground I've ever felt.
I'm so sorry, Leonard.
You okay?
- I really, really, really
would still like to
make love to you.
I'm just-
- I know.
- It's
- But not now, right?
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Come on, get it.
It's a beautiful morning.
(bright music)
How are you feeling?
- I'm all right, my
lips are a little
sore from kissing you all night.
Other than that, I'm alright.
- So are mine.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
(bright music continues)
(bright music continues)
(car engine rumbling)
(dog barking)
(officer speaking in German)
- Uh, yeah.
There you go.
- Are you American?
- Yeah.
Yeah, you?
- No, man, I'm Canadian.
- Right, well, that's
close enough, huh?
- No.
- Where are you guys headed?
- Uh, Norway.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I was actually stationed
up there for three months.
- Oh, no. What?
- Yeah.
It's beautiful up there.
- Thank you.
- Landscapes,
the fjords, the women.
- (laughs) Well,
thank you very much.
- I mean, everything's
perfect up there.
Well, except for the weather.
- Right.
- Yeah.
Alright, you guys are all set
if you just stick to the
west side of the city.
It's a little bit, uh,
tumultuous right now.
- Okay.
Thank you so much.
- [Officer] You're welcome.
(dog barks)
(car engine rumbling)
- I think he was
flirting with me.
- Oh, yeah?
Well, you're very beautiful.
(car engine rumbling)
Do you always drive
so recklessly?
- Uh, yes.
(car engine rumbling)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(doorbell jingles)
Okay, what are we getting?
- A German polse.
- Oh, polse.
(cashier speaking German)
(Marianne speaking German)
- Um
(doorbell jingles)
Okay.
(car whooshing)
(car engine rumbling)
- We have a little
bit more of Germany
and, and then after
Germany, we go into Denmark.
And then, um, I guess that
should lead into Sweden.
- If we find any of those.
- And then we're home
sweet home, Norway.
(upbeat music)
- Let's just find
a place to sleep.
- Oh, no, it's okay, I can, uh,
I can drive through the night.
- We can just, we, we'll,
we'll just find a motel.
- Okay. Why?
I mean, it's okay, I just
- I just, I just
don't know if I, uh,
want this to be over yet, so
- According to the
map, we're in Russia.
(Marianne laughs)
I'm eating Germany.
- (laughing) No.
I didn't know you had that
kind of greed in you though.
- Hold on.
- No.
- Then there's the ocean.
I have so much more to eat.
I loved you in the morning ♪
Our kisses deep and warm ♪
Your hair upon the pillow ♪
Like a sleepy golden storm ♪
Yes, many loved before us ♪
I know you're not new ♪
In city and in forest ♪
They smiled ♪
Like me and you ♪
- (laughing) Are you okay?
- [Leonard] Yeah, I'm alright.
- We made it out alive.
Your eyes are soft ♪
- I was sure that was it.
With sorrow ♪
Hey, that's no way ♪
To say goodbye ♪
Hydra is the one place
where I, when I arrived,
I didn't have any kind of
a culture shock, you know?
Like every cup that I saw, I,
I knew it'd fit in my hand.
And every table I leaned
on, it was the kind of table
that I always had
wanted to lean on.
A 25 cent jug of wine
was the kind of wine
that I'd always
wanted to be drinking.
- Oh, mostly because
of the price, I guess.
- Right, because of the price.
And then I met silly old you.
You went and ruined everything.
- I remember.
It was, um,
yeah, outside Kasikas
and you had that green
worn wool sweater and all-
- No, that's not when we met.
I meant-
- Yes.
- No, no, we'd met
when you were coming,
you were coming from the port
and you were carrying
too many groceries,
I could barely see your head.
- What?
- And yeah,
you had jugs of water
and you were coming up
and there was a, a,
a steed walking by
and it was making
a whistling sound,
and there was a cat purring,
like, like an angel
playing a string.
You know, like Babylon.
- No.
- And, uh,
and I saw you and the sun
was shining out from you,
and you were coming
from the monastery
and I thought,
"It's Jesus Christ,
the blonde, blue-eyed
Jesus Christ."
And you completely ignored me,
as I suppose, you
know, Jesus would.
- I, I don't remember.
- I know, you don't
remember, but I do.
- I would never ignore you.
- You did.
And I'll never forget.
Why did you come to Hydra?
- Why?
Well, I mean, I
It was, you know, Axel,
and I think when I met him,
he was just so different
from everyone and
everything I knew.
And then it turned out
it was all about him
and not about me
or us.
(gentle music)
You can play anything.
It doesn't even
have to be a song.
You can just
Whatever you feel like.
- My voice is very ragged.
I've been drinking and
my nails are dirty.
- Well, I think that's-
- And I'm ugly
and I'm hunchback.
- You're beautiful.
And that's-
- And I'm Jewish.
- All the ingredients you
need for a, to make a song.
- Okay.
- Yes.
It's perfect.
(gentle music)
Oh, the sisters of mercy ♪
They are not
departed or gone ♪
They are waitin' for me ♪
When I thought that
I just can't go on ♪
And they brought
me their comfort ♪
And later they
brought me this song ♪
- God, I like your body.
Well, I hope you
run into them ♪
You who've been
travelling so long ♪
(gentle music)
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Yes, you who must
leave everything ♪
That you cannot control ♪
It begins with your family ♪
And soon it comes
round to your soul ♪
Well, I've been
where you're hanging ♪
I think I can see
how you're pinned ♪
(gentle music)
When you're not feeling holy ♪
Your loneliness says
that you've sinned ♪
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
- Where are we?
- I'm not exactly sure.
I think we're
somewhere in Denmark.
We should be in Oslo
by tonight, though.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(Marianne panting)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(water lapping)
(gentle music continues)
- What kind of mother
would rather sleep in a car
than go home to her own child?
(gentle music)
Did you know that when I, um,
when I, after I had
given birth to him
and I, I left the clinic,
I just, I wanted to,
I wanted to leave him behind.
I wanted to leave
my own child behind
because I felt like
I wasn't ready.
And I, I wasn't ready.
But that was because
I knew that with Axel,
it was all just
ruined way, way before.
But I just,
I just pretended
and I just pretended
and I just pretended
because I knew
that I would have no husband
and I would have no father
for my child to be with,
and I just wanted to be me.
And the thing is that with you,
I feel like I am me.
And so I just don't wanna,
I, I don't know.
I don't know, I (sighs)
No one is born a mother.
Nobody.
(water lapping)
(gulls squawking)
- You're a fantastic mother.
I've seen you with him.
- I know I'm not.
- You're fantastic.
- I know I'm not.
- It's true.
- No.
- When you look at each
other, it's like, uh,
there's no sea,
there's no land,
there's nothing,
it's just the two of you.
(gulls squawking)
You see the birds?
They just fly without thinking.
That's you two.
The thing is, you and I
That car is a moon vessel,
you know, it's temporary.
That's why it works
'cause we know it's
not gonna last forever.
And so every minute
becomes valuable.
But
after a while,
you, you would miss,
you'd miss Axel
and you'd miss being a mother.
And you'd take it out on me.
I know that.
You'd think my stories
were old and worn.
Just like every
relationship ever.
I mean, that's the problem
with this kind of love
is that sooner or later the
other person becomes habit.
And I'm not being pedagogical.
I'm saying that
from my side of the
scene, where I am,
there's nothing more
pure, loving and large.
There's nothing more
special than what you have.
And we have a lot of things,
but we don't have that.
(gull squawking)
(water lapping)
- One more night.
- Oh, one more night's
not gonna do it.
Two more nights is
not gonna do it.
It's gonna go on and on
until it stops, you know?
- I will never grow
tired of your stories or
let you become a habit.
- It's a promise you can't make.
It's a promise I
can't make either.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
Going home to
fight what I can ♪
My heart's torn, it's
where the light is ♪
I'm feeling you in
everything I find ♪
What can I keep ♪
What can I leave behind ♪
(grim music)
(grim music continues)
- [Marianne] Hello.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Hi.
- Shh, shh, shh.
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Oh
- Yeah.
Yes, he's asleep.
The baby.
So yeah.
- This is, uh, Leonard.
- Hi.
- My mother.
- Hello.
- I've heard so much about you.
- Ingeborg.
- Yeah.
- I'm meeting a celebrity.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Yeah.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- [Leonard] I don't
know what this is.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(cutlery clinking)
(Leonard exhales)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Do you like it?
- It's like matzo
Matzo ball.
- Yeah, it's, uh
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Komle.
- It's Komle.
- Komle?
- Komle.
- Okay.
- [Marianne] Potato and, yeah.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Right, this is the best
meal we've had in a long time?
Mm.
- It's Norwegian.
- [Marianne] It's Norwegian.
Very Norwegian.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- [Marianne] Mm.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(cutlery clinking)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- You can say that.
- Yeah.
- Mother was just saying she
thinks you're a bit too skinny
and that you have to eat more,
so just the plates.
- Okay.
Sounds like my mother.
You know, Jesus, uh,
always said it's
more important, uh,
what comes out of your
mouth than what goes in it.
- Yeah.
- So.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Mother understands,
uh, English,
she just doesn't speak it.
- Oh, sorry.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- [Marianne] Yeah.
(cutlery clinking)
- Dear diary,
that
was a
car crash.
- [Marianne] Really?
- She
hates
me.
- No, she liked you.
She liked you.
- Oh, yeah, yeah,
she loves me.
- No.
- She hates me impossibly.
- Axel, he didn't even make it
through the hall downstairs.
You sat at her dinner table.
- I'm flattered.
- You should be.
- Oh, my goodness,
this is cracked.
- (gasps) Bad luck
for seven years.
- That's how I
always see myself.
- Broken?
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
Hey, that's no way ♪
To say goodbye ♪
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Eggs and omelette and bread,
that brings me right back home.
- Oh.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(baby cooing)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Hm?
- Oh, she asks
where are you from?
- I'm from Montreal.
Canada.
- Oh, Canada.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(baby cooing)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Yeah, um, his
family and relatives,
his mother are there and
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Oh, dead?
- Yeah.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Condolences.
- Oh, okay.
- Um, you, uh,
you work?
- Um, (clears throat)
yeah, I am, uh
- Leonard's a poet.
- No, I'm a writer.
Um, I've written, uh,
a few volumes of,
of poetry and, uh,
and I've just written,
written a novel.
I've written a few novels.
And one was uh,
uh, rejected,
uh, but another one,
uh, is coming out soon.
And, hopefully, you
know, in Norway.
And I'm, and I've been
writing some songs as well.
Uh
- The guitar.
- Leonard] [Yeah.
(baby cooing)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(door creaking)
- W-why didn't you just tell her
what I did before we got here?
- I didn't tell her
because I wanted her
to meet you first and,
and see what kind
of person you are
without just judging
you and what you do
based on her impression of Axel.
Leonard, please don't, don't
pay attention to my mother.
She's just very
insecure and that's-
- Well, your mother's
a lot of things,
I don't know if
insecure is one of them.
- It's just her
coping mechanism.
And when you've, if, if you
feel like she's judging you,
it's not you, it's
all, she's judging me
because she feels that I am
ruining and wasting my life.
- Oh, you're ruining wasting
your life with me, okay.
Very nice.
- No.
You know that's not
what I meant at all.
- Ah.
Alright, let's not
get nasty, okay?
Let's just, um,
I'll go for a walk.
- Mm, yeah, that's a great idea.
- Forgive me.
- Mm.
- Where did your mother,
uh, put my shoes?
- I don't know, they're
probably in the hall.
Go look.
(grim music)
(Marianne sighs)
(grim music)
(grim music continues)
(grim music continues)
(grim music continues)
(singers vocalising)
(singers continue vocalising)
(grim music)
(singers continue vocalising)
(singers continue vocalising)
(Marianne laughing)
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
(singers vocalising)
(singers continue vocalising)
- [Leonard] Irving, thank
you so much for the letter.
Great news about the book.
For the last two months, I
felt gradually more isolated
from the world and from myself.
So I can't say how much
it meant to me right now.
Unfortunately, we spent all
our money getting to Norway
and Marianne has her
son to take care of.
At the same time, of
course, I agree with you
that all the endless hours
of work I put into it
mustn't go to waste.
I don't know how much
longer I can take it.
(footsteps tapping)
(footsteps continue tapping)
- You know, actually I was
talking to her this morning
and, um, she did
say that we can,
we can stay as long as we like.
So, I was thinking maybe
I'll find a job and, uh,
- I was wondering
if there is anywhere else
we could stay, you
know, and sleep.
- We can sleep under a bridge
if that's what you want.
- No, just, um,
you know, a friend.
I thought you had
maybe a friend or
- All my friends have
families and kids.
And, I mean, you,
you could find a job
here as well, you know?
- And doing what?
- Journalist maybe.
- In Norwegian?
'Cause I'm so fantastic
at the language.
- Pretty good.
You can just stay in and
write, like you usually do,
and we will be out of your way.
(footsteps tapping)
Do you wanna come up or
- Yeah, I'll be in, I'm just,
I need to finish the cigarette.
(grim music)
(grim music continues)
(grim music continues)
- Is there really
anything left to cut off?
- Sorry?
- I mean, isn't that
the second time in a row
that you're shaving?
- [Leonard] No.
(baby cooing)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Like, you've been shaving
for what, half an hour now?
So you can just go for a walk
and it'll make you feel better.
- No, it's not, I, I
don't wanna offend her.
- Well, you won't offend her
because I'll just tell her
that you had an important
errand to go to.
It's fine, really.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(baby cooing)
(bird squawking)
(gentle music)
(footsteps tapping)
- Hey.
You look fantastic.
- Thank you.
You too.
- Oh.
Shouldn't light
the table on fire.
(Marianne laughs)
Where's little Micro?
Oh, hey.
(waiter speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Uh, my mother took
him to the park.
- Okay, the, the invitation
was for him as well.
- I know, but I
think my mother felt
that it was a little
bit inappropriate
to bring a child here,
because this place
here is quite, um,
it's an institution, really.
But you do know
that this place is
um, quite expensive.
- That's okay,
'cause Irving, um,
Irving's lent me a little money.
A wire came in today.
- Amazing.
- [Leonard] Yeah.
(light music)
- What?
- Hmm?
- Hmm?
- I love you.
- I love you too.
- I'm going to Canada.
- When?
- Just for a little while.
I, um,
my book has finally come out.
Uh, so they're, uh, you
know, paying my fare
and giving me the whole, uh,
star-spangled banner
treatment, uh,
if I go and I promote it.
So, um,
I figured I'll, uh, you know,
just go away for a little while
and make enough
money to send to, uh,
to you and, uh, little Micro,
and you, you all
can come to Montreal
and, um, come enjoy
the freezing cold.
- I mean, why can't you just,
why can't you just stay here
and you can find a job?
- Because that's not
I am, I'm, I'm not,
I'm not completely
well, you know,
I, I don't know if you
can see it in my eyes,
but, but
every time I shave,
it takes a lot of self-control.
- Please don't say that.
No.
I just, (sighs)
I just really don't
want you to leave.
Uh
- You won't like what
I become if I stay.
- So you're going home.
- I'm going to Montreal.
Home is, home is
wherever you are.
Marianne,
it's not the end, okay?
Look at me.
It's not the end.
- How do you know that?
Oh, why ♪
Why must I be the one ♪
To always be alone ♪
My love ♪
Always ♪
Why can't I be the one ♪
To believe ♪
That love will go ♪
That way ♪
(knuckles rapping)
So why ♪
Don't you take me along ♪
For the ride ♪
Oh, my love ♪
My love ♪
My love ♪
(Male Announcer
reads text on screen)
(Musical jingle)
(solemn music)
(solemn music continues)
(door creaking)
(door closes)
(machine beeping)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- [Axel] Mm.
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne sighs)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Axel continues
speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne scoffs and
speaks Norwegian)
(Axel speaking Norwegian)
(Axel continues
speaking Norwegian)
(Patricia grunting)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- (speaking Norwegian), okay?
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- [Patricia] Where am I?
Why?
- No, easy, you have
to have this on.
You have to have this on.
(Marianne shouting)
It's good for you.
(door slamming)
(horn honking)
(intense music)
(phone ringing)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music continues)
(water lapping)
(gentle music)
I loved you in the morning ♪
Our kisses deep and warm ♪
- [Marianne] (sighs) Jesus!
- [Leonard] I'm
out here, my love.
(Marianne sighs)
- [Marianne] What is
wrong with you people?
(baby cooing)
Shh.
- Who? Jews?
- No, men!
What the fuck is wrong with men?
- Well, how much
time do you have?
What happened?
(baby cooing)
- Shh.
First, um, watching
over the mistress
to the father of my baby.
And then he tells me that he
has transferred the ownership
to his car to me because he
owes the Greek government money.
Ugh.
And now I have to drive
the car back to Norway.
(Marianne sighs)
- Well, how long does
it take to drive there?
- Uh, two weeks.
- You know, two weeks
is really not very long.
I think we could do that.
Easy.
- Uh, we?
- I'm coming with
you, of course.
How much money do you have?
- Um, I have 200.
But why would you do that?
Why would, you don't have to
- Well, I am in love with you.
I have, um,
200 also.
I think 200 plus 200 is 400.
And, $400, that
should get us there
with gas and, and food, and
- You know, that would
only take us one way.
- Oh, no, but I'm
very good at oral sex.
That's the whole thing.
- Oh.
- It was part of the deal
that I'll be turning
tricks in the street,
which I was very good
at doing in Canada.
(bells tolling)
(plane roaring)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(pilot speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(pilot speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(soft music)
(soft music continues)
- Thank you.
- You alright?
(soft music)
Is there anything I can do?
- Get me out of here.
(engine turning)
(soft music)
(soft music continues)
- [Leonard] Okay, where are we?
- Well,
still in Albania,
I think.
There should be a village
a few miles ahead.
So maybe we can stop
and I can find a phone,
'cause they should
have landed by now.
I just need to
(phone ringing)
- [Ingeborg] Ihlen.
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(birds chirping)
- He's fine.
(soft music)
(Marianne sighs)
- And you?
- Um
I wanna get drunk.
- Great.
- Mm-hmm.
- I can help with that.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
Hey, baby, baby,
don't you go ♪
You gonna leave me
with a (indistinct) ♪
- [Marianne] Okay, so it's
five more miles to the village.
- Alright, we'll drive into
town and find something to eat,
find some place to sleep.
- We can afford that?
- No.
- No.
- So we either, um,
eat at a restaurant,
get some nice food
and sleep in the car,
or we eat bread the
rest of our life
and we sleep in a motel.
- I vote for restaurant and car.
- Yes, ma'am.
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music continues)
(upbeat music ends)
Thank you.
- Thank you.
(waitress speaking Albanian)
(Leonard speaking Albanian)
(waitress laughs)
- Did you finish yours already?
- [Marianne] Yeah.
- Wow, I think it's an aperitif.
- Well, you know, if
it was an aperitif,
they should have served it
before the food
came on the table.
I come from a very strict home,
and if they serve it after
the food, it's a shot.
- How strict is
your home really?
- I think I was
seven or something
and my mother wanted to
teach me table manners.
So she made me sit at the table
with our finest porcelain
plates under my arms
so that I wouldn't put my elbows
on the table while we ate.
It's true.
It's so strange, like,
I can't remember
the last time I just
sat like this
knowing that no one
is waiting for me.
(people chattering)
What was your mother like?
- Is, she's very much alive.
- [Marianne] Mm.
- Very unpredictable.
I wouldn't want to give
a, uh, paltry diagnosis,
but I think she is, um,
maybe, uh, manic depressive.
- What was that like?
- It was terrific.
Oh, it had its ups and downs.
- No.
No joking, just
what was that like?
- Well, she's a refugee.
So I think childhood
was very complicated.
The contradiction of Monday
mornings crying on the floor,
the fits, and Monday
evenings baking of a cake
was, was awfully confusing
for a young burgeoning man.
But I think every time
you walk in the door,
it's something different
so you learn to adapt.
You learn to read people.
You learn to, uh, adjust.
- [Marianne] Mm.
- No, I love her, it's great.
I'm not saying
anything poor of her.
- No.
- Just complex.
A lot of tears, a
lot of laughter.
- I don't really think
that I ever, you know,
had a home.
My only childhood memories
are from my grandmother.
My grandmother's house.
She was my favourite
person in the whole world.
And in my room, my favourite
drawer in the house
was her drawer with
all her old stuff.
And it was filled, you know,
with old ladies'
creams and jewellery
and it was like a treasure box.
And I, it all had the
smell of her perfume
of, of, in a different time.
I felt like a time traveller.
She made me a princess once.
Made a beautiful paper
crown and put it on my head,
and she said that only
the finest, purest soul
can be reached by the
speech of a golden tongue.
- I fit that description.
(Marianne chuckles)
- You think you do, don't you?
Yeah, quite golden.
- My superhero name.
- Oh, really?
- Yeah, they call me
The Golden Tongue.
(Marianne laughs)
- The stars look like they're
dancing to me right now, so
- They're washing
their hair in the rain.
My maternal grandfather
was named Rabbi Klinitsky-Klein.
He had a large
moustache like myself.
- Oh.
- And he was a very stiff man,
very unhappy fellow.
And he spent his life writing
in a 1,000-page thesaurus
for the Talmud.
The Talmud is a Jewish document.
And it doesn't mean
anything to you,
but that's about the most
Jewish thing you could ever do.
- But isn't it strange though
that you feel like you can
tell everything to one person
and then nothing to another?
You know, when I was
A long story short,
my father slapped me
and called me a whore.
Um, I left home and I
wandered around the night
and I ended up at my
grandmother's house in the city.
And she told me that, princess,
yes, she can't be a whore.
But a whore, she can be
a kind of a princess.
And after that, you know,
I wasn't scared of
going home and
- Mama, Miumiu, Mimi?
- Mommo.
- Mommo.
I think I would've
liked her a lot.
I would have dated her.
- You're Mr. Ladies Man.
- What did I do?
Why am I Mr. Ladies Man?
- Saw the way that you were
looking at that waitress,
the way she was
flirting with you.
- That's just my
bad impulse control.
- Right.
I think you should come here.
- Why?
I don't know.
- What is this?
- This is my bad
impulse control.
- [Leonard] What's
it telling you?
- It's telling me
that I should fuck
your brains out.
(Leonard panting)
(both panting)
(Marianne laughing)
(both grunting)
(Marianne laughing)
(Leonard groaning)
- Oh.
Good God!
- Oh, what happened?
- I, yeah, really
did cut myself.
You really almost
fucked my brains out.
- This is the worst
ground I've ever felt.
I'm so sorry, Leonard.
You okay?
- I really, really, really
would still like to
make love to you.
I'm just-
- I know.
- It's
- But not now, right?
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
Come on, get it.
It's a beautiful morning.
(bright music)
How are you feeling?
- I'm all right, my
lips are a little
sore from kissing you all night.
Other than that, I'm alright.
- So are mine.
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
(bright music continues)
(bright music continues)
(car engine rumbling)
(dog barking)
(officer speaking in German)
- Uh, yeah.
There you go.
- Are you American?
- Yeah.
Yeah, you?
- No, man, I'm Canadian.
- Right, well, that's
close enough, huh?
- No.
- Where are you guys headed?
- Uh, Norway.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I was actually stationed
up there for three months.
- Oh, no. What?
- Yeah.
It's beautiful up there.
- Thank you.
- Landscapes,
the fjords, the women.
- (laughs) Well,
thank you very much.
- I mean, everything's
perfect up there.
Well, except for the weather.
- Right.
- Yeah.
Alright, you guys are all set
if you just stick to the
west side of the city.
It's a little bit, uh,
tumultuous right now.
- Okay.
Thank you so much.
- [Officer] You're welcome.
(dog barks)
(car engine rumbling)
- I think he was
flirting with me.
- Oh, yeah?
Well, you're very beautiful.
(car engine rumbling)
Do you always drive
so recklessly?
- Uh, yes.
(car engine rumbling)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(doorbell jingles)
Okay, what are we getting?
- A German polse.
- Oh, polse.
(cashier speaking German)
(Marianne speaking German)
- Um
(doorbell jingles)
Okay.
(car whooshing)
(car engine rumbling)
- We have a little
bit more of Germany
and, and then after
Germany, we go into Denmark.
And then, um, I guess that
should lead into Sweden.
- If we find any of those.
- And then we're home
sweet home, Norway.
(upbeat music)
- Let's just find
a place to sleep.
- Oh, no, it's okay, I can, uh,
I can drive through the night.
- We can just, we, we'll,
we'll just find a motel.
- Okay. Why?
I mean, it's okay, I just
- I just, I just
don't know if I, uh,
want this to be over yet, so
- According to the
map, we're in Russia.
(Marianne laughs)
I'm eating Germany.
- (laughing) No.
I didn't know you had that
kind of greed in you though.
- Hold on.
- No.
- Then there's the ocean.
I have so much more to eat.
I loved you in the morning ♪
Our kisses deep and warm ♪
Your hair upon the pillow ♪
Like a sleepy golden storm ♪
Yes, many loved before us ♪
I know you're not new ♪
In city and in forest ♪
They smiled ♪
Like me and you ♪
- (laughing) Are you okay?
- [Leonard] Yeah, I'm alright.
- We made it out alive.
Your eyes are soft ♪
- I was sure that was it.
With sorrow ♪
Hey, that's no way ♪
To say goodbye ♪
Hydra is the one place
where I, when I arrived,
I didn't have any kind of
a culture shock, you know?
Like every cup that I saw, I,
I knew it'd fit in my hand.
And every table I leaned
on, it was the kind of table
that I always had
wanted to lean on.
A 25 cent jug of wine
was the kind of wine
that I'd always
wanted to be drinking.
- Oh, mostly because
of the price, I guess.
- Right, because of the price.
And then I met silly old you.
You went and ruined everything.
- I remember.
It was, um,
yeah, outside Kasikas
and you had that green
worn wool sweater and all-
- No, that's not when we met.
I meant-
- Yes.
- No, no, we'd met
when you were coming,
you were coming from the port
and you were carrying
too many groceries,
I could barely see your head.
- What?
- And yeah,
you had jugs of water
and you were coming up
and there was a, a,
a steed walking by
and it was making
a whistling sound,
and there was a cat purring,
like, like an angel
playing a string.
You know, like Babylon.
- No.
- And, uh,
and I saw you and the sun
was shining out from you,
and you were coming
from the monastery
and I thought,
"It's Jesus Christ,
the blonde, blue-eyed
Jesus Christ."
And you completely ignored me,
as I suppose, you
know, Jesus would.
- I, I don't remember.
- I know, you don't
remember, but I do.
- I would never ignore you.
- You did.
And I'll never forget.
Why did you come to Hydra?
- Why?
Well, I mean, I
It was, you know, Axel,
and I think when I met him,
he was just so different
from everyone and
everything I knew.
And then it turned out
it was all about him
and not about me
or us.
(gentle music)
You can play anything.
It doesn't even
have to be a song.
You can just
Whatever you feel like.
- My voice is very ragged.
I've been drinking and
my nails are dirty.
- Well, I think that's-
- And I'm ugly
and I'm hunchback.
- You're beautiful.
And that's-
- And I'm Jewish.
- All the ingredients you
need for a, to make a song.
- Okay.
- Yes.
It's perfect.
(gentle music)
Oh, the sisters of mercy ♪
They are not
departed or gone ♪
They are waitin' for me ♪
When I thought that
I just can't go on ♪
And they brought
me their comfort ♪
And later they
brought me this song ♪
- God, I like your body.
Well, I hope you
run into them ♪
You who've been
travelling so long ♪
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
Yes, you who must
leave everything ♪
That you cannot control ♪
It begins with your family ♪
And soon it comes
round to your soul ♪
Well, I've been
where you're hanging ♪
I think I can see
how you're pinned ♪
(gentle music)
When you're not feeling holy ♪
Your loneliness says
that you've sinned ♪
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
- Where are we?
- I'm not exactly sure.
I think we're
somewhere in Denmark.
We should be in Oslo
by tonight, though.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(Marianne panting)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(water lapping)
(gentle music continues)
- What kind of mother
would rather sleep in a car
than go home to her own child?
(gentle music)
Did you know that when I, um,
when I, after I had
given birth to him
and I, I left the clinic,
I just, I wanted to,
I wanted to leave him behind.
I wanted to leave
my own child behind
because I felt like
I wasn't ready.
And I, I wasn't ready.
But that was because
I knew that with Axel,
it was all just
ruined way, way before.
But I just,
I just pretended
and I just pretended
and I just pretended
because I knew
that I would have no husband
and I would have no father
for my child to be with,
and I just wanted to be me.
And the thing is that with you,
I feel like I am me.
And so I just don't wanna,
I, I don't know.
I don't know, I (sighs)
No one is born a mother.
Nobody.
(water lapping)
(gulls squawking)
- You're a fantastic mother.
I've seen you with him.
- I know I'm not.
- You're fantastic.
- I know I'm not.
- It's true.
- No.
- When you look at each
other, it's like, uh,
there's no sea,
there's no land,
there's nothing,
it's just the two of you.
(gulls squawking)
You see the birds?
They just fly without thinking.
That's you two.
The thing is, you and I
That car is a moon vessel,
you know, it's temporary.
That's why it works
'cause we know it's
not gonna last forever.
And so every minute
becomes valuable.
But
after a while,
you, you would miss,
you'd miss Axel
and you'd miss being a mother.
And you'd take it out on me.
I know that.
You'd think my stories
were old and worn.
Just like every
relationship ever.
I mean, that's the problem
with this kind of love
is that sooner or later the
other person becomes habit.
And I'm not being pedagogical.
I'm saying that
from my side of the
scene, where I am,
there's nothing more
pure, loving and large.
There's nothing more
special than what you have.
And we have a lot of things,
but we don't have that.
(gull squawking)
(water lapping)
- One more night.
- Oh, one more night's
not gonna do it.
Two more nights is
not gonna do it.
It's gonna go on and on
until it stops, you know?
- I will never grow
tired of your stories or
let you become a habit.
- It's a promise you can't make.
It's a promise I
can't make either.
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
Going home to
fight what I can ♪
My heart's torn, it's
where the light is ♪
I'm feeling you in
everything I find ♪
What can I keep ♪
What can I leave behind ♪
(grim music)
(grim music continues)
- [Marianne] Hello.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Hi.
- Shh, shh, shh.
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Oh
- Yeah.
Yes, he's asleep.
The baby.
So yeah.
- This is, uh, Leonard.
- Hi.
- My mother.
- Hello.
- I've heard so much about you.
- Ingeborg.
- Yeah.
- I'm meeting a celebrity.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Yeah.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- [Leonard] I don't
know what this is.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(cutlery clinking)
(Leonard exhales)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Do you like it?
- It's like matzo
Matzo ball.
- Yeah, it's, uh
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Komle.
- It's Komle.
- Komle?
- Komle.
- Okay.
- [Marianne] Potato and, yeah.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Right, this is the best
meal we've had in a long time?
Mm.
- It's Norwegian.
- [Marianne] It's Norwegian.
Very Norwegian.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- [Marianne] Mm.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(cutlery clinking)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- You can say that.
- Yeah.
- Mother was just saying she
thinks you're a bit too skinny
and that you have to eat more,
so just the plates.
- Okay.
Sounds like my mother.
You know, Jesus, uh,
always said it's
more important, uh,
what comes out of your
mouth than what goes in it.
- Yeah.
- So.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Mother understands,
uh, English,
she just doesn't speak it.
- Oh, sorry.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- [Marianne] Yeah.
(cutlery clinking)
- Dear diary,
that
was a
car crash.
- [Marianne] Really?
- She
hates
me.
- No, she liked you.
She liked you.
- Oh, yeah, yeah,
she loves me.
- No.
- She hates me impossibly.
- Axel, he didn't even make it
through the hall downstairs.
You sat at her dinner table.
- I'm flattered.
- You should be.
- Oh, my goodness,
this is cracked.
- (gasps) Bad luck
for seven years.
- That's how I
always see myself.
- Broken?
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
Hey, that's no way ♪
To say goodbye ♪
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Eggs and omelette and bread,
that brings me right back home.
- Oh.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(baby cooing)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Hm?
- Oh, she asks
where are you from?
- I'm from Montreal.
Canada.
- Oh, Canada.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(baby cooing)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Yeah, um, his
family and relatives,
his mother are there and
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Oh, dead?
- Yeah.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Condolences.
- Oh, okay.
- Um, you, uh,
you work?
- Um, (clears throat)
yeah, I am, uh
- Leonard's a poet.
- No, I'm a writer.
Um, I've written, uh,
a few volumes of,
of poetry and, uh,
and I've just written,
written a novel.
I've written a few novels.
And one was uh,
uh, rejected,
uh, but another one,
uh, is coming out soon.
And, hopefully, you
know, in Norway.
And I'm, and I've been
writing some songs as well.
Uh
- The guitar.
- Leonard] [Yeah.
(baby cooing)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(door creaking)
- W-why didn't you just tell her
what I did before we got here?
- I didn't tell her
because I wanted her
to meet you first and,
and see what kind
of person you are
without just judging
you and what you do
based on her impression of Axel.
Leonard, please don't, don't
pay attention to my mother.
She's just very
insecure and that's-
- Well, your mother's
a lot of things,
I don't know if
insecure is one of them.
- It's just her
coping mechanism.
And when you've, if, if you
feel like she's judging you,
it's not you, it's
all, she's judging me
because she feels that I am
ruining and wasting my life.
- Oh, you're ruining wasting
your life with me, okay.
Very nice.
- No.
You know that's not
what I meant at all.
- Ah.
Alright, let's not
get nasty, okay?
Let's just, um,
I'll go for a walk.
- Mm, yeah, that's a great idea.
- Forgive me.
- Mm.
- Where did your mother,
uh, put my shoes?
- I don't know, they're
probably in the hall.
Go look.
(grim music)
(Marianne sighs)
(grim music)
(grim music continues)
(grim music continues)
(grim music continues)
(singers vocalising)
(singers continue vocalising)
(grim music)
(singers continue vocalising)
(singers continue vocalising)
(Marianne laughing)
- Oh, yeah.
- Oh, yeah.
(singers vocalising)
(singers continue vocalising)
- [Leonard] Irving, thank
you so much for the letter.
Great news about the book.
For the last two months, I
felt gradually more isolated
from the world and from myself.
So I can't say how much
it meant to me right now.
Unfortunately, we spent all
our money getting to Norway
and Marianne has her
son to take care of.
At the same time, of
course, I agree with you
that all the endless hours
of work I put into it
mustn't go to waste.
I don't know how much
longer I can take it.
(footsteps tapping)
(footsteps continue tapping)
- You know, actually I was
talking to her this morning
and, um, she did
say that we can,
we can stay as long as we like.
So, I was thinking maybe
I'll find a job and, uh,
- I was wondering
if there is anywhere else
we could stay, you
know, and sleep.
- We can sleep under a bridge
if that's what you want.
- No, just, um,
you know, a friend.
I thought you had
maybe a friend or
- All my friends have
families and kids.
And, I mean, you,
you could find a job
here as well, you know?
- And doing what?
- Journalist maybe.
- In Norwegian?
'Cause I'm so fantastic
at the language.
- Pretty good.
You can just stay in and
write, like you usually do,
and we will be out of your way.
(footsteps tapping)
Do you wanna come up or
- Yeah, I'll be in, I'm just,
I need to finish the cigarette.
(grim music)
(grim music continues)
(grim music continues)
- Is there really
anything left to cut off?
- Sorry?
- I mean, isn't that
the second time in a row
that you're shaving?
- [Leonard] No.
(baby cooing)
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
- Like, you've been shaving
for what, half an hour now?
So you can just go for a walk
and it'll make you feel better.
- No, it's not, I, I
don't wanna offend her.
- Well, you won't offend her
because I'll just tell her
that you had an important
errand to go to.
It's fine, really.
(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
(baby cooing)
(bird squawking)
(gentle music)
(footsteps tapping)
- Hey.
You look fantastic.
- Thank you.
You too.
- Oh.
Shouldn't light
the table on fire.
(Marianne laughs)
Where's little Micro?
Oh, hey.
(waiter speaking Norwegian)
(Marianne speaking Norwegian)
- Uh, my mother took
him to the park.
- Okay, the, the invitation
was for him as well.
- I know, but I
think my mother felt
that it was a little
bit inappropriate
to bring a child here,
because this place
here is quite, um,
it's an institution, really.
But you do know
that this place is
um, quite expensive.
- That's okay,
'cause Irving, um,
Irving's lent me a little money.
A wire came in today.
- Amazing.
- [Leonard] Yeah.
(light music)
- What?
- Hmm?
- Hmm?
- I love you.
- I love you too.
- I'm going to Canada.
- When?
- Just for a little while.
I, um,
my book has finally come out.
Uh, so they're, uh, you
know, paying my fare
and giving me the whole, uh,
star-spangled banner
treatment, uh,
if I go and I promote it.
So, um,
I figured I'll, uh, you know,
just go away for a little while
and make enough
money to send to, uh,
to you and, uh, little Micro,
and you, you all
can come to Montreal
and, um, come enjoy
the freezing cold.
- I mean, why can't you just,
why can't you just stay here
and you can find a job?
- Because that's not
I am, I'm, I'm not,
I'm not completely
well, you know,
I, I don't know if you
can see it in my eyes,
but, but
every time I shave,
it takes a lot of self-control.
- Please don't say that.
No.
I just, (sighs)
I just really don't
want you to leave.
Uh
- You won't like what
I become if I stay.
- So you're going home.
- I'm going to Montreal.
Home is, home is
wherever you are.
Marianne,
it's not the end, okay?
Look at me.
It's not the end.
- How do you know that?
Oh, why ♪
Why must I be the one ♪
To always be alone ♪
My love ♪
Always ♪
Why can't I be the one ♪
To believe ♪
That love will go ♪
That way ♪
(knuckles rapping)
So why ♪
Don't you take me along ♪
For the ride ♪
Oh, my love ♪
My love ♪
My love ♪