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Yes, that should work.

Cut! Thank you, we got that scene.

Check the gate, also check the call sheet for tomorrow

then all meet on time, thanks for today.

Bye!

Bye, everyone.

I wish I could say something

to make it better, but I just...

Whatever problems you have are my fault.

And that is not okay.

I'm pathetic. - No.

Yes. - No.

You're honest.

You were always at your best when honest.

It's just too bad you lied so much.

Yeah. Okay.

I know you have seen me at my worst.

I sometimes think those who have seen us

at our shittiest, our most naked,

are the only ones we can come back to.

I can tell when you aren't happy.

What are you doing here?

You work 15 hours a day and live with your mother.

What?

What should I do? - Go back to Hydra.

I still have the house. You can borrow it.

I can't.

I can't go back there with a child.

Find a job, care for him... - I understand.

Was he happy there?

Were things better?

Then go back.

Leonard can come there.

Instead of you going to a city where you know no one.

I can come with you, if you want.

I have money from my book. I can pay. We can care for him together.

Hm?

Where is Patricia?

She's in a hospital.

In the States.

How is she?

She...

She...

She...

Part of her face and her arm was crushed.

She needs reconstructive surgery.

Yet here you are.

Trying to get me into bed.

Do you know what the difference is between you and Leonard?

He's responsible.

Get out!

Again.

Get out!

Come here!

I'm Canadian.

Come here!

Long live the friendship of the people!

Long live the friendship of the people!

He is alone. - Friendship!

Stay calm. - Long live the friendship of the people!

Long live the friendship of the people!

People! People! People!

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.

Look, nothing. Here.

You can check everywhere, I have nothing on me.

Please, let me go.

Come!

You, you stay here!

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.

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 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.

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.

Thank you.

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.

I know on the other side of the world.

But I want to bring her here.

What?

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.

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.

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

Hi!

Where's my daddy?

Leonard is on his way.

Look!

There's Leonard!

It's Leonard!

See who it is?

Hi.

Hi.

Hey.

Hi.

Wow.

Come on in. - Thank you!

Hold it for me?

Yeah. - Very good.

Are we going to live here?

Yes, we are. - It's lovely!

Do you want to look around?

Yeah, you can hop on the floor.

Leonard- - I got you flowers.

Roses are my favourite.

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-

Axel, would you like to jump?

Want to jump on the couch?

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.

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?

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 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.

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.

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?

It was very sweet.

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

He's a good guy. How are ya?

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.

If you're fed up with these people, let me know.

I know plenty of places where we can go dance, have fun...

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

- Oh, I'm sorry. - No, no, no. It's okay.

Listen up!

A brand new poem written by-

Okay, great.

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.

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.

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've fallen in love.

♪ Woman, you got me on the run ♪

- 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-

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...

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 ♪

No.

♪ Those are voices that get you through so we carry, yeah ♪

♪ Carry on ♪

We praise You, Eternal God, Sovereign of the universe,

who brings forth bread from the earth.

Amen.

Eat. - Thank you.

Want to taste?

Want to taste the soup?

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.

You were working.

At a, at a film studio.

And your father?

He died just before Axel was born.

Oh, I'm so sorry. - Yeah.

Mommy, can we leave?

No, we have to sit here a little longer.

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.

She's his mommy.

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.

It is, it's my favourite place.

Can we leave now?

No. Eat some more soup.

Do you want to eat like him?

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 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.

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.

Opa!

You must have your resume.

Your CV? Yes, of course.

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.

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 okay.

I love you.

You that I'm not gonna keep it if you don't want it.

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.

No, Axel!

You're being hopeless!

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.

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

you can at least look that for this one, okay?

Fuck off!

- 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.

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.

Hi.

It works underwater.

Can you show her what you did?

He touched the water.

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.

Leonard!

No!

It's okay. It's okay.

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.

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.

So I'm gonna go back to Hydra.

All right, let's go.

♪ Hey, baby, baby, don't you go ♪

Ready to go?

Be very careful.

Look at him!

Is it fun?

Marianne, Leonard, Axel!

Oh my goodness.

Well, we meet again.

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.

Piss off.

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

I want to go home.

I want to go home now. - Home?

Calm down. Come on, love.

Axel, you wanna dance?

I want to go home.

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.

We're going home.

This is what you wanted.

Axel, come on.