Maurits!
Mama!
Maurits!
Stay with me!
Mama!
"49 DAYS LATER"
Herman!
Come here, Herman!
Here!
All these specks will turn into frogs.
- What kind of bird is that? - Guess.
I made it up.
- Where do you live? - Nowhere.
What do you mean?
Bye, Maurits.
How did you know...?
Secret.
What's your name?
Mo --- niek...
Bye, Moniek.
No, that's not singing. That's noise. Noise!
Think of how God appeared to Elijah on Horeb...
First, there was a storm...
...splitting mountains and rocks asunder.
But Yahweh wasn't in the storm.
Then there was the earthquake.
But Yahweh wasn't in the earthquake, either.
Then followed thunder and lightening...
...and nor was He there.
And then...
A gentle breeze arose...
...and that soft breeze was like a deafening silence.
And that is what I want from you.
A deafening silence.
Young man!
You should never interrupt people who are pursuing the arts.
What did you say?
That you have to leave.
Ladies...
I know it's spring, but you have your whole life ahead of you.
One bar and start again. 1, 2, 3...
I'm hungry. What's for dinner?
Well? You like it?
It's OK.
Can you feel the tension?
The son...
...naked and vulnerable, yet self-assured...
...sitting in blossoming nature...
...watching me.
And the girl...
...with her eyes shut...
...waits for what will come.
- A new-born life. - At least Mama got me some dinner.
New love...
Well?
This... lift it...
Wow... it's OK.
Fine.
It's in the right position.
It's a boy...
We can't change that.
Come on. Come on.
Stop.
I want to make a deal with you. You come in on time like the rest.
I know you and your father...
- ...are having a rough time. - No, not hard at all.
Yes, you are.
No...
- Yes... - No.
Yes, you are!
What do you want to be when you grow up?
An explorer.
Please go...
Moniek, come see something beautiful.
Why call me Moniek?
Your name's Moniek.
You're stupid.
Bye, Maurits!
Charles Eight, filled with hate...
...wanted a girl to bait.
Are you coming?
Charles Nine, fed his kids a line...
Charles Ten, had a red pen.
You don't dare.
So what is it, then?
Secret!
Well?
Isn't it lovely?
- She's so sweet. - She's a he...
My mother had a horse, too.
She asked me this long ago...
I know you didn't want to celebrate your birthday, but...
Wow, what a beast...
You're in my light.
And this is...
from Mama.
She had...
Careful!
She bought it a long time ago.
She ordered it for you...
before she fell ill.
We're having macaroni later.
Big macaroni!
You're wearing shoes with jewels...
What are you doing?
- Were you startled? - No.
- Yes you were! - No.
You're rattling.
"NO TRESPASSING"
"PRIVATE WAY"
This fence shouldn't be here.
"NO TRESPASSING"!
I can do anything I like.
- You're on a painting. - What?
- Really, I saw you myself. - Where?
- At my father's place. - How could that be?
You need all sorts of things on an expedition. You never know.
You can do anything...
...open locks...
it's a dagger to stab people.
You can peel apples, and this...
You can open bottles, and it's a can opener.
Provisions.
Nothing special. It's all the same...
It looks like a fish eye in the water.
It's not to look through...
...but to burn.
If I can hold still long enough, I can burn a hole in my arm.
- Don't be silly. - It'll burn a hole in no time.
- How did you get that? - Don't touch!
Duck!
Why?
What's the matter?
- What's up? - My father...
Maurits!
- Is that your father? - Maurits!
I know you're here!
Shouldn't your father see us?
Maurits!
- No. - We're not doing anything?
Why shouldn't your father see us?
I should have gone with him this afternoon...
- To see my mother. - Your mother?
Is she in the hospital?
No...
...in the graveyard.
You don't want to see your mother?
No! She can come and see me!
How can she do that?
Take a good look at the fluff.
They look like...
...parachutes with bombs attached.
Blow... as hard as you can!
No, you won't live to be 100.
Not to 100 years old.
Look out!
- The bombs are exploding! - They're not!
Did you know: everything that dies in nature comes back?
All living things have energy.
- You know what energy is? - Of course I do!
Well, what is it?
I give up.
Energy is...
I know it really. I'm not stupid.
Energy exists forever and returns to nature...
...in the plants and animals...
or in the people.
"What have you been up to, for Christ's sake?"
Where were you all afternoon, for Christ's sake?
I waited for hours.
- Well? - I forgot.
"Forgot"?
"Forgot"!
You know I don't want to visit Mama alone!
Mama doesn't exist!
And I'll never go with you, ever!
Maurits!
Take your head out! Act normal!
Maurits! Mama does exist!
Here! I'm sure!
And here, too!
You can't desert me, Boy.
We have to help each other.
I don't need any help.
You do! And so do I!
And dry your face!
How do you know if a cow is a bull?
You just know.
What's that?
A boat or a bittern.
What's a bittern?
Let me look.
A bird... botauris stellaris...
Hard to see...
Sounds like a foghorn.
In emergencies, he straightens his neck.
Did you read that somewhere?
Look --- what's that?
Let's go look.
There's buried treasure here. People throw away lovely things.
Hey --- there's something shiny!
Look --- this was decapitated by four horses...
and it bled to death with no arms or legs.
Look!
Pity...
Pity --- it's broken.
It's lovely.
Joan of Arc burned at the stake.
She was innocent.
Don't throw it away --- it's a sin.
Here, it's for you.
Joan of Arc was very brave.
She was innocent.
In the end, she was taken prisoner.
- I'm sure she didn't feel the flames. - How do you know that?
She'd have suffocated in the smoke.
Just imagine what was left.
Her clothes burned.
But her flesh --- flesh doesn't burn.
Flesh goes red and black and shrivels up, but it doesn't burn.
- And bones don't burn at all. - Don't be silly.
Maurits, wait!
Moniek? What's left?
A blackened stake where she stood with her long hair...
...ash and bones of limbs and ribs.
Maurits!
Stop it!
And her skull must have been in there somewhere.
Stop it!
I know she didn't feel any pain, but...
You're crazy.
Don't dwell on these things --- it'll just make you sad.
I have to! And why are you crying?
Cow!
Come on, men!
Duck!
Were you laughing or crying?
Maurits! Stop it!
You have to imagine that it's real.
Otherwise we can't be friends.
Stop it. Let me go!
Moniek! Help!
Maurits!
Maurits... get out of here!
See what happens?
Fire under control.
Here, keep it.
I'll never do it again.
Moniek! I'll never do it again!
I'll never do it again.
Look here.
You promise?
If you don't stop it, I'll never go with you again.
What have you been up to?
You look terrible --- here!
Is it true that energy lives on after death?
I think so. Why do you ask?
What about Mama?
Yes...
I think so...
Mama had a horse, too, didn't she?
Yes, she did...
...when she was a little girl.
We have to get some dinner.
Good plan!
- How hungry are you? - Hundred? No, no...
- 145,000 times! - You're crazy.
Dad?
- Do some people not live anywhere? - What makes you wonder that?
You've met someone who lives nowhere?
Yeah.
- Or did you just make it up? - It must be nice living nowhere.
"I could be your man.
"You could be my woman.
"As we travel through time...
"Until we're old and gray.
"I write your name in my ring...
"You write my name in my ring...
"And the rest just passes us by.
"I could go my own way.
"You could go your way.
"But we're always led back together.
"I keep my passion for you.
"You feel a man, I feel a woman...
"And the rest just passes us by.
"I hold your hand.
"You hold my hand.
"As we walk side by side...
"Until we're old and gray.
"All my stories are for you.
"I'm your man, you're my woman...
"And the rest just passes us by."
Look --- isn't it lovely!
"Bathe at your own risk"!
I suppose they don't wash.
This water comes down from the mountains.
From the glaciers.
Snow melts, flows down the slopes...
and the boats' toilets discharge here.
There aren't any fish here.
Maurits?
What's that?
Where?
A pioneer...
stops at nothing.
- Moniek? He's full of water. - Are you starting again?
Lucky? Fido?
The corpse is in an advanced state of decay.
Why do you always do terrible things?
Maurits, stop it!
I never want to see you again!
Go back to your Mama!
Mama...
The first never works out. The second's fine.
What do you want on it?
Maurits!
Maurits? What's up? Open up the hatch!
Maurits!
Maurits?
Oh, no!
Mind your own business!
I'll never do it again. I'll never do it again...
Are you crazy?
Come on!
Let go of me!
Read you a story?
"The pale sun on Ahab's face whitened even more.
"'And I tell you,' he shouted to the crew...
"'I tell you and listen here. You, too, Starbuck..."
"'Moby Dick is more than a beast with a blind temper..."
"'The visible signs are only masks we have to break through.
"'That whale has incredible power...
"'hardened by unfathomable evil:
"'he is the vehicle of evil. He may be evil incarnate...'"
Moniek!
What... Where?
Medallion-iek... Medallion-iek.
Rattle... Rattle... Rattle...
Bloody mad...
Kick, hit...
Kick...
- Are you looking for this? - It's mine!
Sit down.
Here you are --- drink this!
"Look at the sea...
"And the land."
"Can't you see the resemblance...
"With something within you?"
"Because as the terrifying sea floods the Land..."
Strong winds, storm at sea...
While at the coast, storm winds gusting to 50 mph...
The water claims many victims.
- What are you up to? - My father always said:...
"You must be hardened by wind and weather."
- What did he say? - I'm going.
My father always said that. Stay here!
To me...
Moniek!
I promise!
Where are we going?
Everyone's asleep.
Everything has drowned!
Everything drowns.
What's that?
Are we going rowing?
Come on.
Oh, it's leaking.
Don't be afraid --- it's only rainwater.
I can't manage --- too much wind!
Stormy weather!
Don't! It's unlucky!
See?
I jumped onto the raft and we drifted away.
Everywhere I looked was water.
You had everything: compass, magnifying glass, and food.
You forgot blankets and it was cold and rainy.
One morning we woke up and the sun was shining.
We were very happy...
and you took off all your clothes...
and dived into the water from the mast.
When you wanted to get back to the boat, you couldn't.
You drifted away.
I was afraid.
You called: "See you latter."
And when you had almost drifted out of sight...
...fortunately I woke up.
Don't look.
Don't look or I can't do it.
- Let's go and see your mother. - No.
Yes, let's.
Where is she?
Come on.
I remember. It was the first time I saw you.
- I first saw you... - When?
When was it?
I'm sure I saw her.
I went there.
Are you crazy?
It's freezing. You're out in your pajamas again!
What can I do with you?
I went there...
I went to see Mama.
In the graveyard?
When?
Ice... Ice... Ice...
And there was ice...
What's that?
I'd thought you'd gone.
That's big.
- What is it? - Nothing, yet...
but it will be.
I have a lot to catch up with.
See you later.
Maurits, come on.
Can you feel the cold wind?
It's from the North Pole... Eskimos... Polar Bears...
Ice as far as the eye can see...
Are you afraid?
No.
Even the rivers are covered!
Come on, let's go.
Come on, Moniek!
Moniek, come on.
"BATHE AT YOUR OWN RISK"
I'm the first...
the only one...
to cross the river.
Dead...
Maurits?
Where have you been, for Christ's sake?
Where's everybody gone?
What's that?
Where are they?
What happened?
Dad?
She still exists, doesn't she?
Even though she's dead...?
And Mama, too?
Yes...
Mama, too.
I have to go and see.
"Too"?
Maurits?
Moniek?