Breaking the Waves Page #5

Your husband's dead.

You know very well

why I don't move.

I don't move

because of you.

A woman has to choose

for herself, Bess.

She has to have

a mind of her own.

Now, what you're doing is making

things worse. it's nonsense.

His head's full of scars.

He's up to his eyeballs in drugs.

He doesn't know

what he's saying.

And he doesn't know.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Am I going to go to hell?

Whom do you want to save...

yourself or Jan?

Bess.

It's been a long time...

most unlike you.

I must warn you that

the Lord looks with anger...

...upon those who fail him.

You've got to lend me

something to wear.

A good shot.

All right.

All right.

Hello.

Good shot.

How much, darling?

1, 2, 3, up.

Ok. Good.

Thank you.

I can't hear the blood pressure.

The blood pressure.

We have a fibrillation.

Clear.

Still no change.

Ok. Clear.

Clear again, please.

Go on.

Clear, please.

Yes!

Oh, yes!

All right.

Good work.

Good work.

It's ok?

Hi, Bess.

Bess...

Bess, I think it's time

we had a little chat.

I love you no matter

what is in your head.

So you didn't

have to give Jan...

...electric shock treatment

when his heart stopped...

...in the operation yesterday?

No, we didn't.

It was a perfectly

simple operation.

As you know. Well,

I shouldn't have to say that.

You know that very well.

I want a word with

Bess on her own.

Thank you, Dorothy.

I'm not going to ask you

what you've been getting up to...

...because I don't want

to hear you lie to me,...

...but as long as you are

living under my roof,...

...you are to behave

like a decent human being.

I have never lied to you.

Do you understand me?

Yes, mother.

This is very painful for me.

Your grandfather can no longer

Hold his hand over you

with the elders.

I don't think you realize

what that means.

Have you any idea

what it's like to be cast out?

You will have nothing, Bess.

I've known strong men and women...

...wither away

after being cast out.

Now, you are not strong.

You're a feeble girl.

It would kill you, Bess.

I've said enough.

Bess. Bess.

Can you come down

a minute, love?

Dr. Richardson is here.

Hi, Bess.

Hello.

How are you?

Can we sit down?

Uh-huh.

Bess...

I think...I think

you've got yourself...

...involved in something...

...which is

out of your control.

Have I?

Come on, Bess.

You're not a kid anymore.

Look, for Christ's sake,...

...he's forcing you

to get screwed...

...by every Tom,

Dick, and Harry.

It's just not you.

I don't make love with them.

I make love with Jan...

...and I save him

from dying.

Well, I'm sorry,

but you know,

To me, he seems more

like a dirty old man...

...who wants to play

the peeping Tom.

Sometimes...

I don't even have

to tell him about it.

Jan and me...

We have a spiritual contact.

God gives everyone

something to be good at.

I've always been stupid...

But I'm good at this.

God gives everyone a talent.

And what's Jan's talent?

He is...

He's a great lover.

Well, what's...

what's mine, then?

I don't know.

Haven't you found it yet?

I see.

And what's your talent,

then, Bess? Because, um...

Oh, surely it can't

be being screwed...

...by men you've never seen before.

I can believe.

Are you angry now?

Yes, I am!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, I'm angry...

...because you can't see that

he's messing you about.

He's the one who's sick.

Look, what he's doing

to you is sick,

and it's getting

sicker and sicker.

He's becoming more

and more of a danger to you

the more the fluid

rises in his...

...listen to me,

for god's sake!

Do you always get so involved...

...in your patients'

problems, Dr. Richardson?

Listen to me, Bess.

I care for you.

I love you, Bess.

You're very special.

Will you move

your hands, please?

Certainly.

Dodo.

Will you show

Dr. Richardson out, please?

W...what's going to

happen now, Bess?

Um, has he told you any more...

...of the thoughts he's had?

Any more services

for you to perform?

Don't come here again.

Oh, he has, has he? And what's

it going to be this time?

What are you going to give him

to slobber over this time?

Dear father, what's going on?

Father, where are you?

That boy scared me.

Hello.

Can you take me

out to the ships?

Can't take you out there.

The other girls

wouldn't like it.

But they can't

do all the ships.

They don't have time.

Maybe not.

What about the big one?

I don't go out

to that one anymore.

Girls won't go aboard.

Well, then you can

take me. No harm done.

How are you feeling, Jan?

Well, I've felt better.

Yeah. Yeah.

Unfortunately, the periods...

...in which we can

get through to you...

...have lately

become very rare.

I'll have to send you

back to Glasgow...

...for a while, I'm afraid.

I don't want any more...

...operations.

Of course,

it's entirely up to you,...

...but...

I have to say that your

condition's unlikely to improve...

...without surgery.

Well, if you've made

your mind up on that point,

Um, maybe it's time

to consider other matters.

I mean, we should start thinking

about other people than just you.

Bess.

I'm glad you understand

what I'm driving at.

Your...your condition's been-

it's been very hard on her.

And I can't judge why,

but she's suffering...

...from delusions

regarding your condition.

I have to be blunt.

I don't think that

seeing you is good for her.

I guess not.

I am convinced

that the best thing

...we can do for her right now...

is to admit her again.

Get her away?

Yes.

As far away as possible.

Think that's necessary?

Listen, if you

don't want surgery,

...the indications are that we

will enter a prolonged period...

...in which you will be more and

more affected by your condition.

The poorlier you are, the more

detrimental your influence on Bess.

I've drawn up some papers giving

me the authority to detain her...

...under the provisions

of the mental health act.

I'll need your consent.

You're going to section Bess?

It's the only way

I can get her treated.

Tell me, Dr. Richardson, does...

...does this mean I will

never see her again?

To be realistic, yes.

It's just there at the bottom.

You said you wanted to help her.

Come on, Jan.

If you've been bad

Lord, I bet you have

And you've not been hit

You've not been hit

by flying lead

You'd better

close your eyes

You'd better

bow your head

Wait for the ricochet

Ooh ooh ooh

Ooh ooh ooh

Ooh ooh ooh ooh

How do I get back?

I'll keep an eye out for you.

Hello.

What do you want?

I want that you do it

with the sailor and I watch.

Ok.

It's all right.

It's ok.

All right.

Come here, you.

No!

There we go, eh?

Yeah. That's better.

Come on down.

Yeah.

You like it like this, eh?

Oh, please.

can I go home now?

No. No. Can I

go home now?

Please, I don't want...

Stay still.

No. Please.

No. No. Please.

Please.

Stay still, I said.

Stay still, I said.

Stay still, I said.

No.

Aah!

B*tch!

I'm going to shoot you.

You will, huh?

I'm going to shoot you.

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