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We have to wait for Filippa.
Watch it brother.
It’s terrible, right?
Yes, you have to shave it off.
Shave off that fluff.
Melvin is coming today and you look like a stooner from the 70's...
-Why do you name someone Melvin? -I don’t know.
Can you step out of here, I’m going to check up on Filippa.
-Can I borrow one of you razors then? -Yes.
Bro, dad has finished the editing of his latest film. Is this from the film?
-Hi, dad. -Hello, is everything all right?
-Yes, we’ll be there soon. -Good, I’m making a moose pot rost... Do you still eat meat?
-Yes. -Well, you are warmly welcome, this will be great.
-Dad, today you really have to behave yourself. -What?
-You promised. -Off course, we will behave.
-Just act normal and don’t argue about things. -This will be perfect.
-Do you promise? -Yes I promise.
-You promise? -Yes, off course.
-Good, bye. -See you soon, bye.
Our sister has a boyfriend now… maybe she has sex on regular basis.
What the ***-- well that might be the case, Zach.
And they have probably done it in this bed already.
You were supposed to shave?
Come on, come on.
-Cut that off. -Come on, here you go.
Are you *** insane? Get going.
-Go and shave now you freak. -I’ll do that.
Hello, Dad. We are here now.
-Hey, Henrik. -Hey, sis.
-Hello, Staffan. -Melvin.
-Dad. -How are you? Pretty as always… and this is?
-Melvin. -My father, Daniel.
-I making an pot rost. Is that a problem? -No, not at all. It sounds tasty.
-You’re not vegetarian, are you? -No.
Okay, I got to finish up in the kitchen. Henrik, be a host.
Where is Zacharias?
Get back in there.
He’s in there.
-Was that Zacharias? -Yes, my youngest brother.
He’s shaving off his whiskers.
He even put on a tie… a proper lad indeed.
-Be a host already. -Sorry… come with me.
-How are you? -Fine, and you?
Nice that everybody is here.
-Do you recognize him? -Off course.
-He’s good friends with Stellan Skarsgård. -Daniel Kärna; actor and director.
He’s directed four films himself; Shattered glass, 93… Charlotte and Death, 97 and Revenge of the soul, and Revenge of the flesh, but that hasn’t been released yet.
I was the first assistant director.
-So this is where you ended up, Melvin? -Yes, it’s where I was stationed.
-I like your paintings. -Thanks.
-I’m interested in art. -Nobody pays any attention to them… this one I did about twenty years ago.
-Come and lay the table. -What? -Lay the table.
-Thanks.
-I’ve missed you. -Thanks.
Help yourselves.
-Wine, Melvin? -Yes, please.
Welcome everyone. Let’s toast together.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
A day like this calls for a stiff drink.
-Do you cook yourself, Filippa? -Yes, but only when mom is working overtime.
-Say what? -When mom is working overtime.
-What is she doing nowadays? -She still works at the hospital.
-Is that often? -No, not really.
What kind of guy are you Melvin?
Well, I’m twenty-two years old. My dad is a carpenter and my mom is a kindergarten teacher. I have two younger brothers…
Are you employed?
Not at the moment. I’m trying to find a job, but it’s hard.
-What about the job you applied for last week? -I never heard back from them.
It’s hard.
I’m going to a workshop in...
The boys are talking.
-Three weeks. -Can’t you tag along then?
That was what I was thinking… you can come along. It’s not only employed salesmen.
-Sure. -I’ll give you a call.
Does your family spend a lot of time together?
-Sort of, but it’s hard because everyone has their own lives... -When do you see each other?
On different holidays, like Christmas and Easter.
It’s nice to hear that some families get along. Nice for you, it’s unusual nowadays.
We have had some complications with your mothers. We’ve had some hard times…
...that’s why we made a new start.
-Staffan? -Absolutly.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
-Welcome. -Thank you… I’m glad I could come.
Dad.
Mel Gibson is a great director, he knows exactly how to create a tight tension. The blood isn’t my point, it’s the flow of the emotions. Sure it’s about Jesus, but it’s also about us, about humanity…
You can see that clearly in my work. The same theme and intensity, the need to portray humanity is in everything I accomplished.
Can I have some more wine?
-Zacharias, you wierdo. Are you making anything out of your life? -I wrote a book.
What are you doing? You seem so shady shady that I suspect you are on drugs. Do you use drugs, hash and stuff?
-Of course he doesn’t, dad. -He shows up looking like a stoner.
-What do you want me to say? -Say something so that I can tell you’re alive, speak to me.
-What’s the book about? -Yeah, what’s the book about?
-Do you really want to know that? -Yes, otherwise I wouldn’t have asked… stupid question.
-It’s about a father and his sons—- -You don’t have to tell us.
Melvin you said something before—-
-That’s not for you to decide… if he should tell or not. -But if he doesn’t want to he doesn’t need to tell.
So you’re calling the shots now? Show up here and talk, isn’t that his thing being a salesman?
-You have turned into an alcoholic. -What the *** do you mean?
-Daddy, calm down. -Shut up.
What did you say to me, that I’m an alcoholic?
Get your head out of the clouds god damn it. I’m tired of you. “you have become an alcoholic”. What do you mean?
Sit down.
-Nice atmosphere, dad. -Whose fault is that, mine?
-You drink too-- -I’m in control and we have to work together.
-Calm down. -I was asking Zacharias what the book was about.
-***, nice atmosphere. I think you are behaving really bad, I want you to know that.
-Melvin, maybe you don’t know this, but Staffan’s mother—- -Why are you talking about her?
Is not the same as Filippas mother. Maria, you have already met, but Staffan’s mother is called Basia. Staffan, when you were three years old… Basia was having an affair.
I don’t want to sit here and listen to your ***.
-Fine, just leave. Move back to *** Gothenburg. -You had promised to behave.
-Dad, I’m staying two more weeks with mother. -You should stay here.
-No, I mean it. -Don’t be silly, you should stay here.
-No, please. -This is too much for me.
-I’m sorry. -Please, Henrik.
-You have had way too much to drink. -Shut up!
-Henrik, don’t leave. -Just leave us.
-Nice to meet you , Melvin. -Same here.
-Don’t leave, Henrik. -Nice, dad.
-Filippa, life is hard. -We are leaving.
Are you sure? Yes.
-Already? -You made a promise.
Filippa…