1 00:00:05,180 --> 00:00:06,880 it's Christmas, so what? 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,720 who is happy and why? 3 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:12,000 does skiing make you happy? 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,640 Christmas is as good as it gets 5 00:00:14,740 --> 00:00:16,460 snow and sleet, and sip and slush 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,620 so we look forward till it is over 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,180 everything goes down the hill at breakneck speed 8 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:28,320 and soon the Christmas pixie is starting to die out, so march 9 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:30,200 it's pure therapy 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,140 it's mass hysteria 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,660 we are so sad to mention it, but... 12 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:39,280 now it's Christmas in the treadmill again 13 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:42,140 it's Christmas, X-M-A-S 14 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:43,940 God, how commercial it is 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,100 soon, the air will be filled with fraud and trickery 16 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:51,900 Christmas is, as you know, always is an inconvenience 17 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:55,280 because it sets the most extreme demands, 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,100 but in a time when no one really knows what they want 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,580 it is the last straw we can cling to 20 00:01:03,739 --> 00:01:07,480 has it first gotten through your joyous child-like mind, 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,920 you'll be mindlessly joyously sick, 22 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:14,400 then it's Christmas in the treadmill yet again. 23 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:18,400 CHRISTMAS IN THE OLD THREADMILL. 24 00:01:27,580 --> 00:01:31,060 mother is in the kitchen 25 00:01:31,060 --> 00:01:33,980 now she has to treat... 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,320 Powdered sugar! We must remember Powdered sugar! 27 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:39,120 And soft nougat. Berit. 28 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:41,760 Wake up! And figs and dates. 29 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,140 Now, don't panic. 30 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,740 Pow..der... su... 31 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,560 ... gar... I wonder how Gerry really is. 32 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,680 And crunch. 33 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,260 And sweets. And then just a little goodies. 34 00:02:03,180 --> 00:02:05,660 Pooh, that staircase. It will soon kill me. 35 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,180 I think it's something with the terror of heights. 36 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,460 It is good that you don't live in... 37 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,180 Good morning, Flemming. 38 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:19,000 Isn't it pretty, huh? 39 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Our hotel is located here. 40 00:02:21,460 --> 00:02:24,600 Then we just have to swoosh down here. 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,120 Right down to the restaurant. 42 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,920 Yes, it is right next to the hospital. Flemming. 43 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,720 Flemming, what's wrong? 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,800 It was you who wanted to go on that skiing holiday. 45 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:38,500 No, Berit. I won't do it. 46 00:02:38,660 --> 00:02:40,000 It is far too dangerous. 47 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,580 Who says you can even buy marzipan down there? 48 00:02:43,260 --> 00:02:45,600 Berit, can't we just have Christmas at home? 49 00:02:45,740 --> 00:02:47,020 Just like all the other idiots. 50 00:02:52,380 --> 00:02:54,620 Flemming, look around. 51 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:57,800 Can you see the two of us sitting here 52 00:02:57,940 --> 00:02:59,520 and getting bored at 11 years in a row? 53 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:01,420 Bound on hand and foot. 54 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,960 Buried alive in sweets and soft gifts. 55 00:03:06,020 --> 00:03:08,600 Unwaveringly bound behind walls 56 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,720 of baked goods and brown sauce. 57 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:13,540 After all, that's not what we want. 58 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:16,920 - Isn't it? What do we want, then? - Yes, quite honestly. 59 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:21,120 We want to unfold. We want new impulses. 60 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:25,320 We want air under the wings, lose 10 kilos, 61 00:03:25,420 --> 00:03:29,720 and meet new people with big brown eyes. 62 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,040 Berit, do you realize how late you eat in France? 63 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:36,240 And what about the children? 64 00:03:38,060 --> 00:03:39,740 - The children? - Yes, Kim and Louise. 65 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,080 Yes, at 7 and 9 years old respectively. 66 00:03:42,300 --> 00:03:45,280 - Them, your mother can look after. - My mother? 67 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:46,900 Yes, you know her there, the little 68 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,800 foodie with the fingers and the yellow peas. 69 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:52,520 Well, well, couldn't she look after me? 70 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:53,920 And then the children come could along? 71 00:03:54,260 --> 00:03:56,960 No, Flemming, I said. 72 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,380 There are certain things in a relationship that you can only do when you are together. 73 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,460 Yes, in a French luxury hotel, in front of 74 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,260 the fireplace with a pastis and an accordion. 75 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,760 Oh, Flemming, why do we never speak together? 76 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,840 Yes, for God's sake, the mouth doesn't stand still on us. 77 00:04:15,339 --> 00:04:19,450 42 km southeast of Mont Blanc is 78 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:22,260 a small hotel with a large restaurant, 79 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,980 and there you can satisfy your urge for adventure 80 00:04:26,180 --> 00:04:29,720 and get release for ones temper 81 00:04:30,060 --> 00:04:33,520 in the hotel's salon stands a sprightly garçon 82 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,740 with a bottle of marcord and a cup of foliot. 83 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:40,320 - do you remember why we got married? - Nah. 84 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:44,600 then it is now that we go up into a lift and have some spice 85 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,910 Yes, pardon me for going to work, 86 00:05:13,070 --> 00:05:14,590 despite forgetting my lunchbox on Thursday. 87 00:05:14,770 --> 00:05:16,630 But you understand, I just have to stop by the workshop and pick 88 00:05:16,630 --> 00:05:19,910 up those ski holiday tickets that are in the glove compartment. 89 00:05:20,830 --> 00:05:23,190 You can kind of see it in him. 90 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:25,510 He looks dangerous. 91 00:05:26,170 --> 00:05:28,550 I think he is anonymous. 92 00:05:29,490 --> 00:05:32,630 After all, they always are, the perpetrators. 93 00:05:34,150 --> 00:05:36,330 And then that disguise. 94 00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:39,490 Had it been horn-rimmed glasses. 95 00:05:39,810 --> 00:05:41,290 Nah, nah, nah. 96 00:05:41,630 --> 00:05:43,610 Those are ski goggles. 97 00:05:44,890 --> 00:05:47,270 He's probably on his way out of the country. 98 00:05:48,250 --> 00:05:51,690 I think that's evident, with that lunch box. 99 00:05:52,030 --> 00:05:53,630 Lunch box? Where? 100 00:05:54,510 --> 00:05:58,970 - (BOMB) - ("BOMB UNDER THE SYSTEM") 101 00:06:09,150 --> 00:06:10,730 Yes, hello? 102 00:06:10,890 --> 00:06:12,490 Is it the nearest police station? 103 00:06:13,070 --> 00:06:16,230 Yes, i just wanted to say, that he ran that way. 104 00:06:18,150 --> 00:06:21,370 Now it's just little things like that, like the Frenchmen. 105 00:06:21,470 --> 00:06:22,850 There I stand, completely off. 106 00:06:24,710 --> 00:06:28,750 What to do with all their proposals and vile offers. 107 00:06:29,190 --> 00:06:32,230 I mean, it can be a lot of fun while it lasts. 108 00:06:32,390 --> 00:06:34,890 But you know how they become once they are married. 109 00:06:35,030 --> 00:06:37,730 - They simply become insatiable. - Do they really? 110 00:06:39,870 --> 00:06:41,290 What about him Flemming? 111 00:06:41,310 --> 00:06:42,950 Is he still in the panic age? 112 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:45,110 He almost always have been. 113 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:48,130 But he's been very nice the last few days, anyway. 114 00:06:48,230 --> 00:06:50,810 But it's probably just some Christmas spirit. 115 00:06:51,070 --> 00:06:52,170 Oh, I wonder though. 116 00:06:52,530 --> 00:06:54,530 It's probably just an amount of sexual anxiety. 117 00:06:55,810 --> 00:06:57,810 Or maybe it's something with his secretary. 118 00:06:58,110 --> 00:07:00,570 Yeah, yeah, it always is, you. 119 00:07:00,570 --> 00:07:02,150 I know it. 120 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:04,430 And you know how they turn out. 121 00:07:04,570 --> 00:07:07,610 They avoid everything to go on a skiing holiday with one. 122 00:07:07,870 --> 00:07:11,530 But there you simply have to cut through. 123 00:07:11,770 --> 00:07:13,070 And slam the table. 124 00:07:13,290 --> 00:07:14,830 And get a new hairstyle. 125 00:07:15,090 --> 00:07:17,410 And some smarter clothes. Because you know what they have to? 126 00:07:17,550 --> 00:07:18,930 They must stimulate us. 127 00:07:20,250 --> 00:07:22,590 Do you know what you need, little Andersen? 128 00:07:23,230 --> 00:07:25,390 You need something uplifting. 129 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,000 Oh God, turn off that crap! 130 00:07:52,660 --> 00:07:54,760 Sorry, Ruth. It's my nerves. 131 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,560 I just can't handle any more shocks today. 132 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:58,860 Oh God, what is that? 133 00:07:59,180 --> 00:08:01,500 It's a small gift. 134 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:04,760 I thought that when you all were 135 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,500 now going to Val d'Isère, then... 136 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:12,420 Your hotel is all the way up there. 137 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,520 And then you just have to throw yourself 138 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:18,620 completely unrestrained downwards. 139 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,340 Oh God, how beautiful it is. 140 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,540 Yes, it was bought without glasses, so... 141 00:08:31,620 --> 00:08:34,799 Think, I think it looks like rice porridge. 142 00:08:36,740 --> 00:08:37,780 Oh my god. 143 00:08:38,340 --> 00:08:40,860 Well, Flemming, though. 144 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:43,980 Yes, it can be exchanged. 145 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:46,180 Well, it's not just rice porridge. 146 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:47,980 It is also a dilemma. 147 00:08:48,540 --> 00:08:50,840 Why does everything have to be so complicated? 148 00:08:51,180 --> 00:08:53,400 Nah, that's also true. 149 00:08:53,660 --> 00:08:56,080 Why can't two people who love each other just 150 00:08:56,180 --> 00:08:58,780 bake some fried twists and make some vanilla wreaths 151 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,860 and let themselves enjoy it once a year? 152 00:09:01,180 --> 00:09:03,160 Yes, as long as it's 153 00:09:03,550 --> 00:09:07,160 homemade, I'm all in for the worst. 154 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,020 Well, what's the matter with you? 155 00:09:10,140 --> 00:09:11,700 I'm getting really worried. 156 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,640 After all, you have also become so pale, hollow-chinned, and neglected. 157 00:09:16,220 --> 00:09:18,300 Hope you don't lack sugar. 158 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,500 You should try one of them here. 159 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,780 Yes, no one sees it. 160 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:30,860 - It should just be the public sector. - The public sector? 161 00:09:31,180 --> 00:09:35,520 - It was strange, I wonder where she is? - Could have just left a message? 162 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,360 It could be that she is at the workshop. 163 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,360 "I'M AT THE WORKSHOP!" 164 00:09:41,540 --> 00:09:44,800 Is she at the workshop? I have to get down there! 165 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,460 If it'll be the last thing I do. 166 00:09:59,780 --> 00:10:01,800 What the hell is wrong with it? 167 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,280 What are you looking at, man? 168 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,260 Have you never seen a car radio before? 169 00:10:06,460 --> 00:10:08,840 What are you even doing here? 170 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:13,320 - I'm looking for my car. - Your car, man? 171 00:10:13,820 --> 00:10:15,020 Gotta be funny, man? 172 00:10:15,020 --> 00:10:17,620 Gotta be naughty, man? Who do you think you are, man? 173 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,920 Michelin man, man? 174 00:10:21,780 --> 00:10:22,500 My car! 175 00:10:22,620 --> 00:10:24,380 The hell to how people are driving now, man. 176 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,920 What was the name, man? 177 00:10:26,180 --> 00:10:27,840 - Flemming. It's about... - Flemming? 178 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,360 Is it with or without VAT, man? 179 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:32,300 It's going to be high, huh? 180 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:33,880 It's gonna be an expensive round, man. 181 00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:35,840 What do we say to Friday in 8 days, man? 182 00:10:35,980 --> 00:10:37,460 Yes, or just a time in April, old one. 183 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,320 - Hello? - What's up now, man? 184 00:10:40,660 --> 00:10:42,500 I just had to get something in the glove compartment. 185 00:10:42,740 --> 00:10:44,840 In the glove compartment, man? Is this what you mean, man? 186 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,300 It will be just 100 crowns, man. 187 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:50,640 - 100 crowns for what? - To open it, man. 188 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:53,180 - And because it's empty, man. - Is it empty? 189 00:10:53,380 --> 00:10:55,080 What has become of my tickets to Val d'Isère? 190 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,960 I've handed them in, man. 191 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,820 - Handed them in? To whom? - To her over there, man. 192 00:11:01,380 --> 00:11:02,920 The public Sector. 193 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:06,140 Yes, and that should 194 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,740 even out with the daycare home. 195 00:11:41,860 --> 00:11:43,800 Hello, love. 196 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:47,660 Welcome home. 197 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,240 What do you want, I just say. 198 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,320 Entree. 199 00:11:52,820 --> 00:11:53,960 The newspaper. 200 00:11:54,820 --> 00:11:57,520 Here you go; all extravagant. 201 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:58,960 New deluxe hairdo. 202 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,840 And hooting stuff. 203 00:12:01,380 --> 00:12:03,760 I have 204 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,160 lip fromage, 205 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:07,860 Wax for skis. 206 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,840 And gift Michelin. 207 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:11,780 And not enough with only that. 208 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,760 Look at the French kitchen. 209 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:18,180 So what do you say? 210 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:20,840 Berit... 211 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:24,460 There is something called force majeure. Yes, and a difficult high-cut. 212 00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:26,880 - And hors d'oeuvres. - And cousin complete. 213 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,400 And Béarnaise sauce. 214 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,360 - And wine. - And natural disasters. 215 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,120 Natural disasters? 216 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,780 You know very well that one accident rarely comes alone. 217 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,480 And there is, after all, something called in want and need. 218 00:12:37,540 --> 00:12:39,360 And I have never lacked the desire. 219 00:12:39,460 --> 00:12:40,900 When the need is greatest. 220 00:12:41,420 --> 00:12:43,860 My God, that mountain, it's going nowhere. 221 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,720 A year fro or to. And you're still young. 222 00:12:46,860 --> 00:12:49,560 And that little hair, we can also enjoy here at home. 223 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,420 Berit, what kind of society do we live in? 224 00:12:53,420 --> 00:12:56,280 Yeah, I really don't know. But it can also be completely irrelevant when 225 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:58,380 - we only have to be here for one more week. - Berit! 226 00:12:58,460 --> 00:13:01,420 Shut up, how many sights they have. 227 00:13:02,820 --> 00:13:05,260 Berit! The whole house is surrounded. 228 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:06,640 The battle is lost. The race is driven. 229 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:08,740 The game is out. It's Monday night. 230 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,740 And the neighbors are having a party. 231 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,060 You just have to see. This is just the bare essentials. 232 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,180 If we have to stay at home anyway. 233 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,960 And I have a few here. 234 00:13:21,060 --> 00:13:24,260 I had to see. Just like that. 235 00:13:24,580 --> 00:13:26,300 Just to mark. 236 00:13:28,740 --> 00:13:31,400 Berit, are you an atheist? 237 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,740 Flemming, look at me. Look how calm I am. 238 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,260 I'm blank, but composed. I simply refuse to stir up. 239 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,200 Flemming, what are you trying to tell me? 240 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:53,320 Berit. Those tickets, you understand? 241 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,320 ... I couldn't help it... Av! 242 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,960 Uha! Then it was Christmas, after all. 243 00:14:08,620 --> 00:14:09,780 You know what? 244 00:14:09,860 --> 00:14:11,940 Don't you think we'll have to wait 245 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:13,460 and see time for tomorrow? 246 00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:22,460 --- Subtitles by Essery. 2025. ---