Elling Page #4

- I wouldn't say many...

Do you think he likes me?

No, Reidun Nordsletten.

Kjell Bjarne loves you.

What am I saying?

It's one thing to break boundaries,

another to blow your life to pieces.

- Has he said that?

- No. But I know Kjell Bjarne.

You must leave now. Kjell Bjarne

may be back any second.

- Is he that jealous?

- It's best not to challenge him.

Thank you.

Sh*t... I like you.

What kind of stew did you get?

Nothing happened, Kjell Bjarne.

We just talked.

Are you crazy?

She wanted to talk about you.

She loves you, Kjell Bjarne!

- Hello?

- Hi, Elling here.

Hi. Yes, likewise.

Fine, thank you. Fine. How about you?

Really? Let me know if I can help in any way.

Yes, I see. Six...

Elling, I didn't mean to scare you.

Was it true...

You wait here, Kjell Bjarne.

Elling!

Is it true that Reidun...

It's true. She loves you.

And I told her you loved her too.

- Are you spying on me?

- No, but where are you going?

I can take care of myself.

I'm just visiting a friend.

A drinking buddy. He needed me to

do some shopping.

Elling and Kjell Bjarne. Oslo's

new rescue team.

Pregnant or elderly, call day or night!

Jrgensen?

Alfons Jrgensen?

It's me. Elling.

Here I sit, like another idiot.

- Have you broken something?

- I hope not.

- This is Kjell Bjarne. He... -Hi.

- You can't walk on this foot.

- But I have to go to the bathroom.

- Where's the can?

- Down there.

No, Kjell Bjarne...

There he goes again. Kjell Bjarne seems

to carry every person he meets.

Strange.

Why all these damn books?

- How is he?

- He's on the can.

Thank you. Did you remember

to buy beer?

Oh no. Are they still out there?

Holy sh*t, what a beauty!

I sprained my ankle

chasing them away.

A '59 Buick Century Hardtop?

- '58. We bought it in '62.

- Is it yours?

I haven't driven it since my wife died.

I just hope they don't ruin it.

- I can bring her back to life.

- My wife?

- The Buick.

- You can try. I fear it's too late.

Holy sh*t!

Eva died in '79, and so did the car.

My mother died two years

and six months ago.

- Where did you get all these books?

- They just came flying.

- A lot of poetry.

- You can borrow whatever you want.

I'll make her run if it's the last thing I do.

So I hear. It's just an old car.

- It's gorgeous!

- More so than Reidun Nordsletten?

You should focus on Reidun,

not that car.

My entire life I have respected the efforts

of the labor movement.

Idleness has always been my worst enemy.

I am a man of many projects.

If you keep that up, you will get sick.

I can't take it anymore!

You aren't getting any

more clearheaded.

- Help me, Elling!

- Do something to impress her.

But I don't know what to say to her!

Let go, Kjell Bjarne! This isn't food.

- Are you sick, Kjell Bjarne?

- No.

He was crazy, but now he is hamstrung.

Won't even play Parcheesi.

- Are you feeling unwell?

- No.

- What's the matter?

- Kjell Bjarne is in love.

- No, I'm not!

- You are.

- You've got a girlfriend?

- Yes, and she's about to have a baby.

- No.

- Yes.

- Really?

- Yes, Frank.

That's great! Congratulations.

But you can't just lie here.

You have to invite her to dinner,

to a movie, something.

- You have anything going on, prude?

- Yes, Frank.

That's nice.

I did it, Elling! I did it, and it was done!

- Did what?

- Invited her out!

Good for you.

Kjell Bjarne? Hi.

- Thanks for the invitation.

- Don't thank me. Thank Kjell Bjarne.

- No. Thank Elling!

- Whatever. But what time?

- Reidun wants to know when.

- Didn't you give her a time?

- How about now?

- Can I get my jacket?

- Have fun.

- Elling!

- Wait, Elling!

- I have a meeting.

Kjell Bjarne?

- What are you doing?

- Checking the expiration date.

See, the date varies. This one

says 2003, this one 2005.

- So?

- Maybe 2003 is a better vintage.

- Are you buying one, or not?

- Do you have cigars?

No one knows it yet, but the city

has a new poet:
The Sauerkraut Poet.

The enigmatic "E" strikes again.

You don't smoke.

- Have you had a good time?

- I showed her the Buick.

- What a great car!

- Reidun washed his whole apartment.

His foot is a lot better.

Do you have a light?

You're trying to take over

my friend Alfons Jrgensen!

Pretending he's your friend...

- I wasn't pretending anything!

- He feels pressured.

Let me just find the right wrench...

The next day it was like they had

known each other forever.

Coffee, boys!

At least I have my poems to myself.

- He'll never get it to start.

- Sure I will.

- Sure he will.

- If so, we'll all go for a drive.

A drive? Do you mean...?

He means a drive. Where you drive

around in a car until you stop!

We can go to my cabin. I haven't

been there for years.

We've been invited to his

cabin, Kjell Bjarne!

- Cabin?

- If Frank lets us.

- It's none of his business.

- Who is Frank?

- Nobody.

- I'll talk to him. You just argue.

You stay out of this! It's time we cut

Frank Aasli down to size!

I won't let the welfare state stop me.

Why can't I go to someone's cabin?

I have never been to a cabin in my life.

Never!

Does that welfare rat get to

decide what I can and cannot do?

You talk to Frank.

Tell him to call me.

Coffee, boys.

Alfons Jrgensen? You're hanging

out with intelligentsia.

What's wrong with him,

since you know him?

He has published books of poems.

He was quite famous.

Why didn't you say you

were a mechanic?

Nobody ever asked.

- You guys better behave.

- Now, Frank...

On your cabin trip.

- It's like a ballroom in here.

- Americans are generous people.

Tonight I'm going to walk along

the shore like a sober Ulf Lundell.

Good no one's been drinking.

Is it because I finally am getting out?

They're after me, the driver, not you.

So I'm not interesting, just

because I'm in the back seat?

The police abducted me

from my apartment!

Just a routine check.

License and registration please.

Out for a drive?

Nice set of wheels.

Kjell Bjarne fixed it up.

- Buick Century, right?

- A '58 Buick Century Hardtop.

Why does everyone know what this car is called?

It's a 6-liter engine. A V-8.

And check out this carburetor.

It's hard to find original parts.

Over there is the power steering.

- I see that the tefting is loose.

- Tefting? That's the radiator hose.

Where I come from,

we call it the "tefting".

- You'll break it.

- It's loose.

It's supposed to be!

This is beautiful!

As long as the tenants haven't

burned up the furniture.

- I have a boat. Can you sail, Elling?

- Elling's an old sailor.

Ask him about the Caribbean, Alf.

Or his mercenary career in Bosnia.

- Where should I sleep, Alf?

- Wherever. I have three bedrooms.

- We can stay in here, Kjell Bjarne.

- Here's our room, Kjell Bjarne.

You realize that's not possible.

This is none of your business.

This is sick.

How dare you even consider it?

You're going to crush the baby.

Are you willing to become a

murderer just to get some kinky sex?

You won't need a sleeping bag.

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