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don't tell her it's me,

but can I speak to Grandma?

Emma,

can I speak to Grandma?

She's not here.

No fibbing, Emma.

Fibbing is bad.

Bye, Grandpa, you'd better not call anymore.

Re:
Wide-screen television

and misleading the consumer

Right. Shall we pick the "B"?

"B." The "B."

The "B" for number three.

Brederode on position one.

"Broodrooster. "

- All right. Broodrooster.

- All right. That's our answer.

Let's see if it's correct.

And then there's that nice...

Problems?

Yes.

I have to get to the next village.

Hop on.

All right. See you later.

Well.

Do you have a bus card?

No, I don't.

- Can I pay like this?

- Sure.

I'm lucky you just came by.

- Once every three hours.

- You're kidding.

I feel like I'm skipping class

on a day like this.

I hope you don't mind

that I'm talking to you.

No, absolutely not.

I'm on my way to see my mother.

- She is 92.

- Oh, my.

She's not doing so well, actually.

Really?

If I'm lucky she has a good day

and recognizes me.

Where does your mother live?

In Jisp.

In a nursing home.

She's lived in Jisp her whole life.

She'd like to take her last breath there,

as she says herself.

- Jisp is nice.

- Oh, yes, it is.

A nice place.

I was born and raised there.

Still in old style.

Being born in Jisp

is the best thing that ever happened to me.

It shapes your life, doesn't it?

Exactly. You're right.

Your stop.

Oh, it is.

All best for your mother.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely, Mr. J. Voerman

From:
John Voerman, Middelhovenstraat 11

1088 VN Amsterdam. Re: Wide-screen

Good morning.

Morning.

What can I do for you?

I'm here to see Mr. Wesselinck

at Sound and Vision.

Do you have an appointment?

I'd like to give him something.

How foolish of me.

Very foolish.

I'm nothing without my driver, Jan.

I'm much obliged. Thank you.

It's nothing.

How is your mother doing, if I may ask?

Not so well.

She should actually be in the hospital.

But she doesn't want to leave.

She keeps calling me Wouter.

That's my brother's name.

He's been dead 16 years.

Excuse me, but this is important.

There's news from New Delhi.

We've found a date, at the end of the month.

We can combine it

with Kuala Lumpur on the 30th.

That's fine. Very well.

I'm keeping you.

I have something for you.

Just a little something. A joke.

Our Japanese business relations love it.

Maybe your wife will like it.

Here you go. As a token

of appreciation for what you've done.

That was nothing, really. Thank you.

I don't even know your name.

How impolite of me.

John.

- Lf I ever have to take the bus again to Jisp...

- John Voerman.

John Voerman, right.

Maybe we'll see each other again.

Yes.

That would be nice.

Rembrandttoren.

Hello. Voerman.

Is this Mr. Voerman?

Yes, it is.

Hello, this is Berith Stijfhoorn from SBS 6.

You're live on the air at the moment.

I understand you've taken people hostage.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

Could you explain

what you are trying to accomplish?

I can't explain. I just told the police that.

But at 11:
00,

Mr. Wesselinck, top executive at Philips,

will hold a press conference.

Right here. Make sure you're there.

What is your relation to Mr. Wesselinck?

He is my friend. Sorry.

- Yes, who is it?

- The window-cleaner. I forgot my buckets.

Thank you.

Hi, Elly.

John.

Can I come in?

Why are you here?

Can I come in, please?

- Just five minutes.

- No.

Go away, please.

Elly,

did I ever hit you?

Please.

Answer me.

I want you to leave.

Answer me.

No, you haven't.

Have I ever failed you?

Have you ever been without money?

I slept beside you for 34 years.

I couldn't breathe without you.

I know.

Then why?

Are you afraid of me?

Yes, I am.

Now?

Yes.

But why?

I don't understand you anymore.

You think too much.

You don't know when to stop.

I saw Wesselinck this afternoon.

Gerard Wesselinck,

a Philips top executive.

He even

gave me a present for you.

It's for you.

I don't accept this.

Listen, John.

Don't make this harder than it already is.

Where's Mr. Leeuwenkamp?

He is sick. Listen.

Thirty-six years on a bus is not nothing.

We all know that here.

John.

John.

Most guys don't make it that long.

Thirty-six years.

You're a very good bus driver.

You are. You've done excellent work.

You have nothing to be ashamed of.

- It will be good for you to take this deal!

- I'm going on.

I've got one.

I had Laurien buy me a bus card.

My very first one.

Before, when those things

weren't around yet,

you had more of a conversation with people.

You had to count,

give them money back.

It's not very efficient, takes too much time.

Yes, but

the contact was nice.

Contact, yes.

Now I stamped your card

and didn't even notice it was you.

You have a point there.

Life changes.

Could I ask you something?

Of course.

At Philips you're responsible

for sound and vision, right?

Everything that produces sound and vision.

I thought

maybe you have read my letters

about wide-screen TVs.

Letters.

We have a special department

for customers' letters.

The CC department.

Customer Contact, I know.

In general,

those letters don't reach the management.

What is it you have to write

to get through to the management?

Good question.

Sometimes we get letters

with useful suggestions.

Those letters are set aside.

So it's just positive letters.

I didn't say that.

My stomach is rumbling.

I haven't had much

for breakfast this morning.

Where do you have lunch

when you're working?

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Mr. Wesselinck.

Gerard.

Gerard.

I wrote you letters about wide-screen TVs

and you know it.

Why do you think so?

You know my letters.

If you only knew the amount

of memos and reports I see daily.

Do you know my letters?

There's a possibility...

I say, there's a possibility

I might have seen them.

That...

That briefcase...

You left it on purpose.

What?

A briefcase like that, come on.

You don't just forget.

I've had this bag for 37 years now.

I've never left it anywhere.

Not everyone is the same.

People make mistakes.

That briefcase,

your briefcase,

was open.

Two locks.

Two possible combinations,

but the briefcase was open.

Very careless of me.

What's the name of the nursing home

in Jisp? Might that be

the Lichtkring?

Yes.

It's the Lichtkring.

There is no nursing home

by that name in Jisp.

Then I must be mistaken.

People make mistakes.

- Hello?

- This is Mr. De Waal.

Is this Mr. Voerman?

Yes, Voerman. Voerman.

We've located Mr. Wesselinck,

but he's in Eindhoven.

Now listen here, Mr. De Waal.

Mr. Wesselinck

has not been in Eindhoven for four years.

Do you know where he is?

Mr. Wesselinck?

He's there. Right there.

In his new tower. There he is.

And if he's not here before 11:00,

you will have

some deaths on your hands.

Understood?

- The "D" for number eight.

- The "D" for eight.

On position six.

Woede...

What comes before it?

We have 30 seconds left, right?

- Boete... Boetedoening.

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