So Long, Marianne (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

1
(Male Announcer
reads text on screen)
(Musical jingle)
(director speaks in
foreign language)
(bell rings)
(clapperboard thuds)
(director speaks in
foreign language)
(colleague and Marianne
speaking in foreign language)
(match strikes)
(Axel speaking in
foreign language)
(Axel continues speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne and Axel speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel chuckles)
(Axel speaking in
foreign language)
(Axel continues speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel speaking in
foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel speaking in
foreign language)
(Axel continues speaking
in foreign language)
Hm?
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel speaking in
foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel speaking in
foreign language)
(Axel continues speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne continues speaking
in foreign language)
(gun clicking)
(wildlife chirping)
(hand thudding)
(soldier speaking
in foreign language)
(hand thudding)
(door creaking)
(soldier speaking
in foreign language)
- I'm Canadian.
(soldier speaking
in foreign language)
(Leonard speaking
in foreign language)
(soldier and Leonard
speaking in foreign language)
(Leonard speaking
in foreign language)
Canadian!
- [Reporter] 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.
Look, nothing. Here.
You can check everywhere,
I have nothing on me.
Please, let me go.
(guns banging)
(explosions booming)
(soldiers shouting)
(soldier speaking
in foreign language)
(soldiers shouting)
(guns banging)
(explosion booms)
(upbeat rock music)
(dog barking)
(jet engine roaring)
(upbeat rock music)
(upbeat rock music continues)
(upbeat rock music continues)
(upbeat rock music continues)
- Lenny, Lenny.
- Nice to meet you.
Leonard Cohen, prisoner of war.
- (chuckles) 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.
- [Consulate] Come on, get out.
- I felt like I was
Upton Sinclair, you know,
being summoned for
a private mission.
- [Consulate] 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.
(birds chirping)
- I called her and the
next day I was arrested.
Hey. Hey. (groans)
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.
- [Irving] (chuckles)
Quite the story, Lenny.
- So anyhow, I'm still broke.
What's, what's going
on with our scripts?
- They 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 down,
we made it very, very
good. What a waste of time.
- Too clever for
our beloved CBC.
Doobie dooby doo bee.
- Now I have to get
a real proper job.
- You got a job.
You're a poet, okay?
- That only pays me
in disappointment.
(soft romantic music)
(Leonard sighs)
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, you're
reminded it's 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.
(soft romantic music)
Merci.
- Eat.
Is this what my life is
gonna look like? Hmm?
Spending my golden years
taking care of my father
and my grownup 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.
- [Marsha] 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?
- We hadn't worked out
the living arrangements.
I can leave her in the garden,
in the park if you'd like.
(pages rustling)
- 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.
- Good. Do, do you want
to take these with you?
- Oh no. You give it to
a friend you don't like.
(door thuds)
(mailbox thuds)
- "All I need is my woman
and her son." (chuckles)
Hey.
(plane engines roaring)
(Axel Jr. speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(travellers chattering)
(soft music)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne chuckles)
Hi.
(Axel Jr. laughs)
(soft music continues)
Hey.
(soft music continues)
(soft music continues)
Hi.
Wow.
- Come on in.
- Thank you!
- Hold it for me?
- Yeah.
- Very good.
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel Jr. and Marianne
speaking in foreign language)
- [Leonard] Yeah, you
can hop on the floor.
- Leonard-
- I got you flowers.
- Roses are my favourite.
- [Leonard] Bottled 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-
- [Leonard] Axel,
would you like to jump?
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
- It's very bouncy.
Very good.
Come on, mom.
- [Marianne] (laughs) Wow,
this is certainly not Norway.
- Welcome to Montreal.
- Oh, wow.
(upbeat music)
(Axel Jr. laughs)
(guests laughing)
- Marianne, this
is Robert Hershorn.
He is one of the great tightrope
acrobats of the century.
- Am I?
- What?
- Yeah, he's a great artist.
- I love this guy.
- A really great artist.
I have a brilliant
group of friends.
- Yeah, you do.
- What does that say about me?
- [Robert] One day you're gonna
be brilliant, don't worry.
(glass shattering)
- Oh.
- Oh shit.
- Oh God.
- This is how as
Jews we celebrate.
Sorry, one-
- Do you need something?
- This is Derek May, by the way.
- Oh, hello.
- He's a great filmmaker
and I love him very much.
- Hello.
- It's so nice to meet you.
- Yeah.
- No, I have to say we,
we've been looking
forward to seeing you.
- Have we?
I can't remember saying that.
(Derek chuckles)
- 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, 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, how's your French?
- I mean, it's
not, not great. No.
- (chuckles) That's gonna
make it kind of hard for you.
I'm sorry, I wish I had
better news for you.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Oh, hi.
- You guys having a
nice conversation?
- [Derek] It was very sweet.
- It's good to see you man.
- Good to see you.
- He's a good guy. How are ya?
- [Robert] Hey, everyone.
- All right.
- 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.
- Okay. Wow.
- Have a glass of wine.
- Yes, please.
Thank you so much.
- This is Armand.
- Hi.
- Jeremy.
And this is Suzanne.
- So nice to meet you.
- Poet and dancer.
- Wow. Amazing.
(Suzanne speaking
in foreign language)
- I'm sorry, I don't, my
French is not really
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- No, no, no. It's okay.
(guests chattering)
- [Irving] Listen up! (laughs)
A brand new poem written by-
- Okay, great.
(friends laughing)
- Oh!
- Thank you, actually this
is, this is the, oh, no,
actually I like to, I
like to sit right here.
I like the broken glass here.
- [Irving] Music off.
Thank you.
- Okay.
Come, my brothers,
let us govern Canada.
Let us find our serious heads.
Let us dump asbestos
on the White House.
(friends laughing)
And let us unite
church and state.
Let us teach sex in the home.
(friends cheering)
To parents.
Let us threaten to join the USA
and pull out at the last moment.
(friends laughing)
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.
(friends cheer and applaud)
(glass clinks)
Let us drink all night
until we've fallen in love.
Woman, you got me on the run ♪
(friends chattering
and laughing)
- 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.
- Okay, I'll retire now.
- Did you have an okay time?
- Mm-hmm.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah, your friends
are really nice and-
- [Leonard] 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,
but it's nothing compared
to meeting my mother.
She's um
- [Marianne] 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-hmm.
- Hmm.
How?
- I missed you so much.
I love you.
Oh yeah ♪
If you just look around ♪
You're reminded
it's the sound ♪
Voices carry, yeah, carry on ♪
'Cause all the while ♪
- [Marianne] (laughs) No.
Those are voices that get
you through so we carry, yeah ♪
Carry on ♪
(match striking)
(match striking)
(no audio)
(Leonard speaking
in foreign language)
Amen.
- Eat.
- Thank you.
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
- So, Leonard tells me you
are close to your mother.
- Well, I, I lived
with her in Oslo
and she also helped me
out a lot with Axel.
- So you are close.
- Mm-hmm.
- [Marsha] You were working.
- At a, at a film studio.
- [Marsha] And your father?
- He died just
before Axel was born.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
- Yeah.
(Axel Jr. and Marianne
speaking in foreign language)
- 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.
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language),
- It's difficult
to believe, right?
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 you can't
wait to go back to Hydra.
- Yes, I got Leonard's letters.
Sounds just beautiful there.
- [Marianne] It is,
it's my favourite place.
(father slurping)
(Axel Jr. speaking
in foreign language)
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(Axel Jr. slurping)
- [Marsha] Like papa.
- [Marianne] 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
macabrea and scary but,
you know, most of the world
looks at Jews as vermin.
And Westmount, this is
one of the few places
where it connects you to
your country, my Judaism.
You know, I got you a gift, but-
- Hmm?
- 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.
(soft music)
(soft music continues)
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.
(soft music continues)
- [Leonard] Looks
very good on you.
- Thank you.
(soft music continues)
(Marianne laughing)
Opa!
(Axel Jr. laughing)
(vehicle horns honking)
(footsteps thudding)
(employer speaking
in foreign language)
Your CV?
- Bien, sir.
(customers chattering)
- 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'm, I'm from Norway, so.
- And you have your
working permit?
- Mm, yeah-
- You need an ICCRC?
- Of course, I know.
It's just, you know, 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.
(audience applauds)
- I'll read one more before
you die of exhaustion.
(audience laughs)
Are there any
adulterers in the crowd?
(audience laughs)
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.
(audience applauds)
(patrons chattering)
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.
(no audio)
(no audio)
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.
(soft music)
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 okay.
(soft music continues)
- I love you.
- You that I'm not gonna
keep it if you don't want it.
(soft music continues)
- Well, that's
gonna be a problem.
- Why?
- Because you can't,
the bloodline, dear.
Leonard is Jewish royalty.
Marsha would kill him,
or herself, or you,
before that happens.
I love seeing how Leonard
is the kids though.
Irving has teenage
kids with his wife.
- I thought, I thought
that you were his?
- Oh, we are.
- Okay.
- 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 a way.
It's an outdated
worldview, isn't it?
Maybe we need to
be more expansive
in our definition of love.
I don't know, Irving
has other lovers.
- Yeah.
- To you and me, darling.
We are all fuckers, and fucked.
- True.
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(panting) 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'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
that 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.
- Okay.
- 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, okay?
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.
Okay, 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, 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.
(Leonard stomping)
And you know what, if
you don't want a child,
you can at least look
that for this one, okay?
Fuck off!
(foot thuds)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)
- Hi.
- Hello.
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.
(no audio)
(no audio)
- 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 why?
- Look around you. Look at us.
Look at who we are.
I am sorry.
(footsteps thudding)
(Axel Jr. playing)
(water splashing)
(typewriter clicking)
- Hi.
(Axel and Leonard shouting)
It works underwater.
Can you show her what you did?
He touched the water.
(water splashing)
(Axel Jr. speaking
in foreign language)
- What are you saying?
- Axel?
- Do you need anything?
- Just little bit more sleep.
- Sure.
Okay. I'm coming.
Do you need some hot chocolate?
- You're the best,
thank you so much.
(tense music)
(tense music continues)
(Marianne panting)
Leonard!
No!
- It's okay. It's okay.
(heart monitor flatlining)
(infant crying)
(infant continues crying)
(Leonard sighs)
- I'm so sorry.
- Yeah.
- How do you feel now?
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 anymore, you know,
I've tried everything.
I'm a has been who's never been.
And I should be more for you.
I keep putting up
with me and I am,
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 go live
in a cardboard box.
- I don't wanna
live in the house.
I don't wanna live in Montreal.
(no audio)
- Why?
- 'Cause 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's
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.
(sighs) So I'm gonna
go back to Hydra.
(no audio)
(Leonard sighs)
- All right, let's go.
(upbeat music)
(Marianne laughs)
(Axel Jr. laughs)
Hey, baby, baby,
don't you go ♪
- Ready to go?
Be very careful.
- Marianne, Leonard, Axel!
(locals cheering)
- Oh my goodness.
(upbeat music continues)
Well, we meet again. (chuckles)
No matter what we do,
we just keep meeting
the same people
just 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.
(lively music)
- [Local] Piss off.
- I don't know if you
know, the seat is taken.
(Axel Jr. speaking
in foreign language)
- Calm down. Come on, love.
- [Leonard] Axel,
you wanna dance?
(Axel Jr. speaking
in foreign language)
- I got it.
- It's our first
night here, okay.
He can, he can just
sleep with my arms.
- He's exhausted and
we'll, we'll go home.
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
- This is what you wanted.
(Marianne speaking
in foreign language)
(lively music)
(gentle music)
(gentle music continues)
(gentle music continues)