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I'm sorry. Is this chair free?

Yeah, um... sure.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

Ah, whoo!

And please don't give her any apple juice before bedtime.

Apple juice, yes, yes. Like the other night.

Yeah, but no apple juice.

Yeah, it's too much sugar.

Okay, no.

- Hi-hi. - Hi, Ma.

- Ciao. - Ciao.

...cooking class.

Today we made ravioli with um,

I think there were bits of sausages inside it.

Well, you should come to the cooking class with us

maybe tomorrow,

because I believe that tomorrow they're making the gnocchi.

The ravioli that they tried to teach...

Oh, right.

I'm sorry to bother you during this very lovely dinner.

I just want to say two things. I hope we didn't wake you up,

because the noise you heard last night, the banging on the door,

Very quickly, that was me.

We couldn't find our way,

so we were very late here.

Ah-ah, sorry for that.

Ah, we don't know each other.

That's the way it goes on holidays.

But uh, you know, I want to meet you people,

because you look all so nice and beautiful.

And uh, I want to toast to you, guys. To Italy, of course.

To the food, of course. And to love.

Too love, salute!

Like a bunny... for kids?

Nah? Okay, well. Ciao.

Ciao.

It goes up and down, and up and down...

It's so hot, yeah. But you do it...

Hi! This is my husband, Bjørn.

Patrick, nice to meet you.

We met at the Villa?

Right.

- Hi. - Hi. Karin.

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Louise...

- Hello. - And this is Agnes.

And what's your name?

Abel has difficulties speaking.

So, if he feels some sort of pressure

he can get a little insecure.

- Ahh. - But there's no pressure at all.

And who is this?

Ninus.

Ninus?

Agnes just lost it, so Bjørn went to find it.

You went to find the rabbit?

Yes.

That's very heroic of you.

Thank you.

No, no. I'm serious... respect.

Well, thanks.

You're very welcome.

So, did you guys have lunch yet?

By the way, where are you guys from?

Holland, the southern part.

Yeah, countryside, it's a beautiful area.

Wow, I would just love to move outside the city

and be close to nature and all... Yeah.

Well, you should come and visit us.

- That would be great... - Lasagna Vegeteriana.

- Prego. - Ci, Vegetarian?

- Vegetarian. - Yes, thank you.

- Tagliatelle ai funghi. - Ci, grazia.

E pizza margherita.

So, you're a vegetarian?

Yeah, I eat fish, but yes, I'm a vegetarian.

That's so good. We could all learn from you.

Yeah, good for the environment, really.

Well... thank you...

E peposo.

Oh, Grazie Mille. Oh, I'm starving.

- It looks good. - Looks great.

Wow.

Well, I actually think that Dutch and Danish people

are very similar.

Yeah, so we're the same.

Well, in many ways I think so, actually.

It's uh, the same humor,

the same um, the same um... same culture.

Yeah, at least we have more in common with people from Holland,

than with the Swedish people.

I's so glad you say that.

Yeah?

Really. No, I had a Swedish colleague

when I worked for the Médecins Sans Frontières.

You're a doctor?

Yeah.

No, really. He was the most boring and political correct man

I've ever met in my entire life.

Really.

...you know saying weird stuff!

Like once we were in Greece, I was going with the cheering.

I was going... "Kalimera!"

Good morning!

"Dear Louise, Bjørn and Agnes. How are you?

We were just talking the other day

how nice it was spending time with you this summer.

And even though it's been a while,

we would love to invite you to come to visit us.

What do you say?"

"A weekend in the Dutch countryside.

Food, wine and long walks.

And, oh, by the way, Abel keeps mentioning Agnes. So funny.

He really misses her.

All the best from Abel, Patrick and Karin."

Yeah, you made it!

Finally, yes.

Yes, yes!

- Hey. - Hi.

So nice to see you again.

Hey, man.

What a beautiful place.

Thank you.

Oh no, you can leave them on. Or take them off.

Leave them on.

Or take them off.

Leaving 'em on, taking 'em off, whatever you want.

Thank you.

- Give me your coat. - Thank you.

Sorry for the mess.

Oh, it's nothing.

It's gonna get much worse. Come on!

So, come in.

Wow, very comfortable.

Yeah, that's the way we like it.

Oh, and we brought you something.

Oh!

It's a little souvenir from Denmark.

It's Louise who bought it, so...

Thank you.

Uh, where's Abel?

- Uh, downstairs maybe? - Oh.

He's been cooking all day. He's making Wild Boar.

Wow!

Come on. This is your room.

- Wow. - Ah, that's wonderful.

- Bjørn? - Yes.

- You want a beer? - Yeah.

I want to show you my pool.

- You have a pool? - Uh-huh.

Hi Abel.

Look, Agnes, we made you a little bed.

- Do you like it? - Yes, she likes it.

I forgot the presents. I'm so sorry.

No, it's fine.

Wow... it's coffee cups. That's sweet.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

And... a mermaid?

Yes, it's something that I think represents Denmark very well.

- It's The Little Mermaid. - Yeah.

I know it.

I've heard it's quite small and disappointing.

Well, actually there are some anecdotes about it

that are really nice.

Oh yeah, you know what is also nice?

- Louise... - Hmm?

This is for you.

Oh, no-no, that's fine...

I insist.

I insist.

No-no, I'll wait till...

- It's my favorite part. - Okay.

It's delicious. It's crispy and soft at the same time.

Yes.

Yeah.

- Hmm. - It's good, right?

Very good.

Oh, hi Abel.

But it is really lucky we've got the GPS,

because otherwise we'd have got lost like 20 times

I had it under control.

No, the GPS had.

I had.

It's frightening sometimes,

how we lose our ability to find our way through life.

Because we hand over the responsibility to technology.

That is so true.

I mean, people nowadays don't have a clue how to read a map.

I must admit that driving in a car like that,

with GPS and all these modern things, you...

I-I want to turn it off sometimes.

And, as you were saying, Patrick...

Is he all right?

No, no, he's fine. He's fine. He'll fall asleep in a minute.

He just does this sometimes. It's part of his disease.

Oh yeah, what is that?

Abel has what you call "congenital aglossia".

Meaning basically, he's born without a tongue.

Or... a much smaller tongue than you and me.

But is he in pain?

Oh no, no pain.

He just has a hard time making himself understandable.

Oh no, I understand everything he says.

Excuse me for just one second.

Um, Abel, do you think you could move away?

Uh, because Agnes really wants to try it.

Uh, excuse me?

Agnes really wants to try the slide.

And do you think it is possible

to ask Abel to move away just for one second?

So sorry about this.

No, it's okay, it's nothing.

Patrick, it's all right. He doesn't have to.

No, he wants to say "I apologize".

Yeah, he really wants to.

Sorry.

- I must have the recipe. - It's good, right?

It reminds me of what we call a Mazarin?

A Mazarin tart... a Danish thing.

Come here.

Hey, am I interrupting?

No-no, of course not.

Well Patrick and I would like to invite you to dinner tonight.

Oh, that's so nice of you.

Yeah, there's a nice restaurant with great local food

just up the road.

And we wouldn't want you to miss the opportunity

while you're here.

That sounds good.

Great.

Yes, perfect timing.

He doesn't speak any English.

And who is Muhajid?

He's the babysitter.

- The babysitter? - Yeah.

But the kids are going as well, right?

No, tonight is without kids. Didn't I tell you that?

Muhajid is so very good with children.

The whole neighborhood uses him and not only because he's cheap.

Hey guys!

Let's go!

Come on, let's move.

Patrick, are we at the restaurant soon?

We'll be there in a minute.

Uh, What is the "stamp pot"?

Oh, that's great. It's the house specialty... you should try it,

- Okay - It's good.

Yeah, and the "boerenkool"?

Boerenkool. Oh, that's also stamp pot, you'll love it.

It's delicious, they make it very well here.

And what is stamp pot?

Stamppot? Oh, that's typical Dutch. Very traditional.

Like potatoes and vegetables, you stamp it all together.

Steef! Let me take care of you guys. Okay?

Yeah, fine with me.

And remember, I'm a vegetarian.

I'm sorry?

Yes, I don't eat meat.

Oh, yes, yes. So good for the environment, yes.

But you eat fish, right?

Yes.

So you're not a vegetarian, you're a pescatarian.

Yes.

Yes, Steef?

Hmm?

And fish is not meat?

Of course, um, but it's better for the environment.

And the way the fishing industry works

and how we treat the oceans is not affecting the climate?

Well, I would like to propose a toast...

- Okay. - For uh,

- good times. - For good times.

We say proost.

- Proost. - Proost.

- Proost. - Proost.

Well, I just hate this...

This, um, this team building bullshit, you know.

Wow.

Someone had a really good time tonight.

You want us to chip in?

Oh, thanks man.

So the dinner is on us?

Oh, that's so kind. Thanks, man, thanks.

Ah.

Patrick, can you turn down the music a bit?

Patrick, the music, can you turn it down...

I love this song. This is a great song!

Turn down the fucking music.

Listen to it!

I'm so sorry, he's just so drunk. I'm truly sorry. Okay?

I truly apologize, I'm so sorry.

And ya!

- Patrick! - Just a little bit, please?

Just a little bit down.

Just a little bit.

- Okay, a little bit. - Yeah!

Yeah. Thank you.

Bjørn, Bjorn, Bjørn, Bjorn!

Bjørn.

We had some really lovely days here.

- Huh? - What's going on?

Well, uh, we have a situation here.

Someone left without saying goodbye.

No, as I was just trying to tell Patrick,

we had some really lovely days.

And then I ask again, why are you leaving...

We had some good days, it's just um...

there's just some things that...

that make us believe that it's best that we go home.

What are those things? I want to know.

- It's um, many things. - Such as?

It's just, um... such as...

Such as the bed for instance. It's really small, and uh,

and Agnes doesn't want to sleep on the floor,

so she comes in at night.

Okay, so with all of your respect...

First of all, I'm a vegetarian.

But all you've been doing since we got here was serving meat.

But we have all sorts of food. You can have a hagelslag

sandwich right now. I can make it for you.

No, thank you.

And last night at that restaurant or...

roadhouse or whatever that place was, it was...

it was very uncomfortable to drive.

And the music was so loud.

And you were drinking and driving.

And the way you were touching each other in front of us

that just made me so uncomfortable, I'm really sorry.

But it just um... so many things have felt so wrong.

I'm really sorry, but it's just how it is.

I'm in shock.

Can-can I say something?

Uh, first of all... Louise.

I am so sorry that we forgot that you were a vegetarian.

And if there are things you don't eat,

you just could have told us.

Right?

And our house is not huge,

so we cannot offer you a big luxury room

and a king-size bed, Bjørn. I'm sorry.

And I am truly sorry that Agnes doesn't feel comfortable

staying in Abel's room. But we thought it was only natural.

I mean, if you only knew how much Abel was looking forward to

sharing his toys in his room with Agnes.

And the roadhouse, as you call it...

the hugging and the dancing.

We were just having a fun evening. Guys, come on.

I mean, dancing and kissing the one you love.

What's the problem?

To me, it's crossing the line

when you pick up my daughter at night.

And then you take her into your bed,

where you slept next to her, naked.

Yeah but, where were you?

Louise, I mean, Agnes kept calling?

She was crying.

Where were you?

First of all there's nothing we can do now to change the way

you have felt during these past few days.

And it truly breaks my heart to hear

that you haven't enjoyed your stay.

It makes me wonder if maybe I've failed as a host.

No one is forcing you to stay.

But I really hope you do, 'cause today is gonna be a great day.

I promise you, today, it's gonna be great.

It's this scissor. It doesn't cut anything, it's so dull.

This is okay if I turn on the radio?

Yeah, of course.

You can turn it up if you like.

So, what kind of music do you like?

Ah, well...

yeah, I listen to, you know, all kinds.

Like uh... like pop and rock and, uh...

yeah, basically all kinds you know.

- And you? - Me too.

Pop, rock... funk.

Hmm.

I like music that I can sing along to. I like singing.

- Yeah, singing is good. - Yeah.

Actually, there's a lot of great Dutch music.

You want me to play you some?

Yeah yeah, please. I'd really like to hear some.

- You sure? - Yeah, really.

This is called "It Never Ends".

And who is it?

Trijntje Oosterhuis.

I think, this is how an angel sounds.

I really want to apologize for my behavior last night.

I'm sorry I made you feel so uncomfortable.

No, it's fine. Don't worry about it.

You know, sometimes I have this thing, right here.

And it's so powerful and wild.

And I like it. That's the weird part.

I really like it. You understand?

Yeah.

You do?

Totally.

Normally, I just uh...

just try to hold it down or...

keep it in chains.

Why?

I don't know why.

Too many rules, I guess...

- It's um... - It's what?

It's clau... Yeah, I don't know,

It's... claustrophobic, you know?

It's like I become this person I don't want to be.

Who is that person?

I don't know. It's... some guy.

Some normal guy who gets up in the morning and...

...takes his daughter to school and... goes to work.

Play a little squash once a week.

Have dinner with people I don't even like.

And I'm so tired of smiling all the time.

Come.

Come, I want to show you something.

- It's fantastic. - This is the life, huh?

Louise, thank you so much for helping out in the garden.

Oh, you're very welcome.

Um, they want to show a dance.

Oh, that's so nice. Maybe when we have coffee.

Agnes, can you set the table, please?

Ah!

Patrick, maybe you could take a look at her finger?

Sure.

It's good that we have a doctor in the house.

I'm not a doctor.

But didn't you say you were a doctor?

Did I? Oh, I lied.

- You lied? - Yeah.

Sometimes I get a little insecure when I meet new people.

He just wanted to make a good impression.

What do you work with then?

- I don't work. - No?

No, I'm unemployed.

I've never worked, I don't believe in working.

Uh.

Oh, that's wrong. It's the other way around.

Okay?

Sorry.

- Yes. - No, ow! Okay.

Yeah, I got this, thank you.

Who needs a doctor, right?

Yeah.

Bread? Yes.

You know, it's a shame

that Holland is not really being recognized

as a producer of fine and high quality cheese

like Italy or France for example.

Oh, here.

I mean, we are a cheese nation.

We export more cheese than any other country in the world,

besides Germany, of course.

But I sometimes feel...

that Dutch cheese is not getting the respect it deserves.

Everyone should come with Bjørn and me to the market

and try some of Johan's cheese.

Then they will give Dutch cheese the respect it deserves.

Johan said it himself.

Forget Stilton, forget Gorgonzola.

Dutch cheese, Dutch cheese is the number one, right?

- Bjørn. - Hmm?

The cheese at the market, it was good, right?

- It was fantastic. - It was number one.

Johan said it himself, cheers!

Cheers.

Stop telling my daughter what to do.

It's not up to you to tell my daughter what to do, okay?

Okay, relax. I'm sorry.

Sorry about that.

- No, it's okay. - Okay?

One, two, three, four.

It's okay. They're both really good.

Yes, but he has no rhythm. And he's messing up the routine.

No, but they are just kids.

Yes, but if he wants to reach his potential,

he has to concentrate, right? Right.

Okay, one more time.

No, she has to stay because it's a duet.

No, she doesn't want to.

No, she has to stay.

She doesn't want to dance anymore.

Uh, what's the problem?

You cannot... he's only a child for Christ's sake.

I mean, what the hell is wrong with you?

Can't you see he's crying? He's in pain?

You can't talk to him that way. What is wrong with you?

Oh my god, what's wrong?

Because we do things differently?

This is not about doing things differently.

It's not about that.

No! This is about doing what is right.

This is really... to do what is right for you.

Like showing your son some love when he is crying

instead of shouting at him.

Yeah, and Patrick, what the fuck?

Why can't you just let him dance?

Oh, that wasn't dancing.

Yeah, but you threw a cup at him!

Sorry, but I can't listen to you talk to him that way.

You threw a cup at the wall!

Okay, stop this please. Please stop it.

Bjørn, can you please take her inside?

I don't want her to see me like this.

Okay, let's go.

Hello?

Hello!?

Hello!?

Louise?

Louise!?

Louise!?

Agnes!?

Agnes!?

Louise!?

Agnes!

Hey Bjørn.

Thanks for the call.

I'm glad you agreed to meet us up on the road.

Thanks for helping us out. It's very nice of you.

Of course, hmm.

Get in the car.

Please don't hurt us. Please don't hurt my family.

We just want to go home.

Hey, it's okay. Relax.

As long as you do as we say, it's gonna be fine.

Do you know when we will be back at the house?

It won't be long now.

Is Abel alone at the house?

No, Muhajid is looking after him.

He was up early anyway, so...

Are we there soon?

Be quiet.

Excuse me?

Will you be quiet, please?

Can you tell us when we'll be back at the house?

Shhhhhh.

We're going to your house, right?

Now you have to tell us what's going on...

Shut up. Shut the fuck up.

Don't talk to my family like...

Louise, please let go of her.

Louise...

You will let go, yes.

- No. - You will, you will.

Why are you doing this?

Because you let me.

Take off your clothes.