Original subtitles

[woman speaking indistinctly]

Get on your knees! Get down on your knees!

[yelling continues indistinctly]

[all singing]

Are you coming?

[screams]

[woman] Shame, guilt, shyness and fear.

At this moment, we're treating people with OCS, tremor and Parkinson's

with a push of the stimulator's button that manages

the electrodes in the brain.

There's not a treatment in health care

that works faster than deep brain stimulation.

Which one of you...

- takes a pill from time to time? - [students laugh]

Ecstasy, MDMA? Be honest.

[chuckles] Then you must know the hangover after it wears off.

The feeling of guilt and shame.

There are people who feel like that every day.

Say we can help those people with those feelings.

A normal life for everybody, thanks to DBS.

A question.

Um, I'm Rosa, first-year medicine.

I was wondering,

what is the target group for this treatment?

Who do you think it applies to?

The people who need it.

[students chuckle]

Um, why do you ask?

Because...

the techniques you use are pretty expensive.

Just for rich people.

The rest have to do it with another pill, right?

- [chuckles] - I don't think it's relevant now.

No, it's a good question. DBS, as it is now, is expensive.

But...

to be honest, I'd rather experiment on people with a golden watch

than patients who've already lost everything...

Rosa.

That's it.

You'll want to know who can intern with her.

The fortunate ones,

who were invited to intern at the Hoogh Institute,

- are Vera Carvalio... - [girl] Yes!

- [boy] That's great. - ...Derk-Jan van der Voort,

Hendrik Dreesman, Arnold van Swieten,

and the last one and the only first-year student is...

Fleur Borms.

Congratulations to these five.

[applause]

Ms. De Hoogh has invited the five selected interns to attend the reception.

Thanks.

[smooth jazz playing over speakers]

Mom?

Dad?

[seagulls cawing]

Shh!

[dad] I'll see you tomorrow morning.

[door closes]

We eat in an hour.

[doorbell rings]

Next semester we get macro-economics, probability and statistics.

- Will you join us? - We don't have enough.

I actually want to eat out.

I was wondering if you'd like to come with me.

You can tell I can't leave.

Come on, you haven't seen each other in ages.

- We can do it another time. - Just go with Jacob.

I've cooked.

Just go.

I'll manage.

Okay.

- Have fun. Bye. - Thank you. Bye.

[door closes]

[Jacob] Does she take her medication?

They gave her side-effects, so she has Zyprexa now, but...

it's a very strong drug. I think she has to take Clozapine.

What?

You sound like a doctor.

I work very hard.

And what about...

moving out?

Leave the city.

Leave Amsterdam.

And go where? Everything that matters to me is here.

Just your parents, right?

I thought we were best friends.

We are, aren't we?

Then what is this?

Is it a farewell dinner?

You're gone for three months,

you don't answer my texts, where are you when I need you?

I'm always there for you, but I can relax with other people.

I'll explain it in the cab, okay?

- Okay... - Um, can we please pay?

[man] That table has paid for you, sir.

- What? Who are they? - Hm?

I'll explain it in the cab.

Let's just... Rosa, no.

Roos, Roos.

Here we go.

What's your problem?

Leave Jacob alone, okay?

[girl] Jacob?

- You heard me. - You mean, our novice student.

Which association are you?

Aren't you part of a student association?

Yes.

- And you? - What do you think?

- [girl] What do you study? - Medicine.

- Who are you? - [girl] Where will you study?

Marije.

I'd like to know.

- UBC, Johns Hopkins, Cambridge? - Amsterdam.

- That's good enough for some people. - Not for you?

- I have ambitions. - Carmen.

Don't listen to her. They disappear well enough.

Right, and that's why we're leaving. Right, Jacob?

[Jacob] I was about to take Rosa home in a cab.

[boy] What are you talking about? You're coming with us.

Come, I'll take you home.

No, I'm curious.

- [tires screech] - [horn honks]

Can we please go?

- I don't want you... - To meet your new friends?

Too late.

[boy] There they are.

Our great-great-grandfathers.

[Jacob] Are they?

[boy] Which ones were yours, Marije?

[Marije] The ones in the middle.

The one on the right is Carmen's. Right, Car?

Rembrandt only got 3200 euros for it.

[Carmen] The Swan.

It's the symbol for Johan de Witt.

The viceroy of the Golden Age.

Killed by the people.

I love her stand.

The strength she emits.

You're not a normal student association, are you?

I've never seen Jacob this tense.

We're a society.

What kind of society?

For rich students?

Not necessarily.

For people with potential.

And what do I have to do to join?

[Carmen] The egg.

Holland.

The people which the swan protects from the dog.

- The enemy. - And I must be the egg.

[scoffs softly]

Those are your words.

I didn't think you'd want to join, Rosa.

[footsteps approaching]

I don't know, you're not telling me anything.

They're here.

Okay, Rosa.

Nice to meet you.

Safe trip.

Did you have fun?

Yes.

Jacob is sweet.

Thank you, Rosa.

For what?

Everything.

I'll manage myself.

[breathing heavily]

[chains clinking softly]

[gasps]

[keypad beeping]

[line ringing]

[man on phone, distorted] Rosa Steenwijk, at 1800 hours today,

you'll be picked up at the following location:

the library of the university.

At the invitation of

the Ares Society.

[line disconnects]

[mom speaks indistinctly]

Roos?

How'd it go last night with Mama?

Fine.

The neighbor said she was shouting all evening on the balcony.

Where were you?

With Jacob.

You can't just leave.

Right.

Listen...

I have the night shift this week.

I'll be here.

This was her second attack this week.

We really have to be there for her.

I'll be here.

You walk around with a lot of guilt and can't function well in society.

Next, we're talking about a disorder

when the disease takes over two years and the symptoms don't go away.

This patient... A question?

Yes. Isn't this all on the blackboard, too?

That's correct.

So, we can download this information from the server?

Yes, that's correct. I'm here to explain it. Okay.

The part of the brain that gets very active in patients who are depressed

- is the subgenual area. - [Rosa clears throat]

Then why am I here?

[students chuckle]

Don't you like the way I teach, Ms. Steenwijk?

Definitely.

- I'd like to know more about... - Do you want to do it?

No. I simply want to be challenged.

Apparently, you can't.

[girl] Ooh!

It might be childish, but since she wants a challenge, you'll all write an essay.

- An essay by the end of next week... - Thanks a lot.

...based on my slides, which are, of course, all on the server.

Jacob!

How was it?

Didn't you stay?

What do you mean?

It was weird yesterday, wasn't it?

I have to get to class.

Just tell me.

Give me an answer.

- I'm asking you something. - Yes.

Hey, I'm not kidding. It was weird.

Dining in the Rijksmuseum?

And Carmen, what the hell?

What was that? Who are your new friends?

They aren't friends. It's...

The Ares Society.

Let it go.

Jacob Wessels...

Roos, let it go. It's just stupid frat nonsense.

Stop asking questions.

I just want to...

Stay out of it, for your own sake. Okay?

Nobody tells me what I can or can't do.

It's... I...

Calm down, have a seat.

[sighs]

[breathing deeply]

Please.

I'm begging you.

Let it go.

[keypad beeping]

[line ringing]

[man, distorted] Rosa...

- Hello? - Stay put.

If you're still interested.

[line disconnects]

[buzzing]

- [girl] Ahem. - [gasps]

- Hey. - Hey.

You're still here.

Yes.

I had to stay if I was interested.

Okay, cut the mysterious nonsense.

For real.

Are you a choir that likes to visit museums?

[chuckles softly]

[Rosa] What?

- What's Ares? - [laughing]

What?

You know what?

- Never mind. - Rosa...

have a seat.

Did you never wonder how it was possible...

that a small country like the Netherlands...

became so rich and powerful?

Rosa...

what do you want?

I'm working so hard.

I always try to go all the way.

But...

I just don't know what I'm doing it for.

My father raised me to be a hard worker, but...

for what?

There has to be more than this.

What do you want?

To win.

And I know I can.

I have to be sure you can handle this.

I have to be sure that you're willing to give it your all.

Are you sure you want this?

Joyce...

Joyce!

Joyce, can you hear me?

Joyce! Where's Rosa?

[buzzing]

[girls whimpering]

[breathing heavily]

[gasps softly]

[all breathing heavily]

[panting]

[breathing heavily]

[somber music playing]

Subtitle translation by Willem Siers