A Dangerous Method Page #7
"But a man like you,
who behaves quite abnormally"...
"and then stands there
shouting at the top of his voice"...
"how normal he is, does give
considerable cause for concern".
"For a long time now, our relationship
has been hanging by a thread".
"And a thread, moreover, mostly consisting
of past disappointments".
"We have nothing to lose
by cutting it".
"You will be the best judge
of what this moment means to you".
"The rest is silence".
So good to have met you
at last, Dr. Spielrein.
We did meet once before,
when I was your husband's patient.
I think you're right.
Your children are glorious.
Thank you.
You must let us know
when yours arrives.
- I expect you want a boy.
- No.
No, my husband and I both think
we would prefer a girl.
Really?
I wish you could help him.
Why?
What's the matter?
He's not himself.
He's very confused
and bogged down with his book.
He's not sleeping.
He's not taking on any new patients.
He still hasn't recovered from the violence
of his break, with Professor Freud.
What you're describing
is very unlike my memory of him.
If you were staying in town, I'd try
to persuade him to let you analyze him.
I know he... always set
great store by your opinion.
You are taking patients now?
I've... pretty much decided
to specialize in child psychology.
I'm not sure if it's a...
I haven't...
discussed it with him, but...
You better go and talk to him.
No one can help him more than you.
I hope you're right.
Your children are beautiful.
So you're married.
Yes.
He's a doctor?
Yes.
His name is Pavel Scheftel.
Russian.
Yes, a Russian Jew.
What's he like?
Kind.
Good...
good.
Are you all right?
Yes.
I haven't been sleeping very well and
I keep having this apocalyptic dream.
A terrible flood
from the North Sea to the Alps.
Houses washed away.
Thousands of floating corpses.
Eventually it comes crashing...
into the lake in a great tidal wave.
And by this time, the water...
roaring down,
like some vast avalanche...
has turned to blood.
The blood of Europe.
What do you think it means?
Have no idea.
Unless it's about to happen.
What're your plans?
We've been thinking
of going back to Russia.
As long as you leave Vienna.
I spoke to him last week.
I can't believe...
- there's nothing to be done.
- There's nothing to be done.
The day he refused to discuss
a dream with me on the grounds...
that it might risk his authority,
I should've known.
After that,
for me, he had no authority.
It was a blow, when I discovered
you'd chosen his side.
It's not a question of sides.
I have to work in the direction my instinct
tells me intelligence is the right one.
Don't forget,
you cured me with his method.
What he'll never accept is that
what we understand has got us nowhere.
We have to go into uncharted territory.
We have to go back...
to the sources of everything we believe.
I don't want to just
open a door...
and show the patient his illness,
squatting there like a toad.
I want to try and find a way,
to help the patient reinvent himself.
To send him off on a journey
at the end of which is waiting...
the person he was always
intended to be.
It's no good, making yourself ill
in the process.
Only the wounded physician
can hope to heal.
I'm told you have a new mistress.
Is that right?
What's her name?
Toni.
Is she like me?
No.
She's an ex-patient?
- Yes.
- Jewish?
Half Jewish.
Training to be an analyst?
Yes.
But she's not like me?
Of course she makes me think of you.
How do you make it work?
I don't know.
Emma, as you've seen,
is the foundation of my house.
Toni is the perfume in the air.
My love for you was the most
important thing in my life.
For better or worse...
made me understand who I am.
This should be mine.
Yes.
Sometimes you have to do
something unforgivable...
just to be able to go on living.
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