Someone You Love

Synopsis: World famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob is based in Los Angeles. He is a very successful man who has burned a lot of bridges. He lives and breathes music and very little else. When Thomas travels back to Denmark to record a new album with his regular producer, Molly Moe, his grown-up daughter, Julie, shows up with his 11 year-old grandson, Noa, whom Thomas has never met. Soon - and much against his will - Thomas is forced to take care of Noa. Against all odds the two of them slowly begin to connect through music. Then disaster strikes forcing Thomas to realize, that he now has to make a choice that will change his life forever.
Genre: Drama
  3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Year:
2014
95 min
23 Views


SOMEONE YOU LOVE

Thank you?

Living room

and piano there.

Kitchen there.

Your room here.

We have a great night

planned for you.

A lot of wonderful people will stop

by, among others a huge star:

Singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob

straight from his home in LA.

He'll sing for us.

You're rich, you're famous,

and you're clean again...

...and you're back here

to record new songs.

I'm here because my producer...

...wants to be in Denmark.

Her name is Molly Moe.

You can see her here.

And she's always with you

when you're recording.

I'd be helpless without her.

She creates order

in my chaos.

I can come up with 10,000 ideas

for songs and music...

...but I wouldn't be able to put

a single song together without her.

She's vital to me.

Molly.

I was thinking

Can you continue forever to write...

...songs of painful love without

all the booze, divorces and drugs?

We agreed to talk about music and not

drugs, alcohol and divorce and crap.

I'm sick of it.

I can be unpredictable that way.

So can I.

Okay.

I'll go sing now.

So we saw you on TV.

Noa thinks it's cool that you're his

grandad. And he plays the guitar, too.

You're recording a CD?

Yes.

We start tomorrow.

Did you come straight

from LA or...?

So you're a bit jet-lagged...?

A bit.

And no wife these days?

No, and I thank

the gods for that.

Well, you have Kate.

If you want Thomas to autograph

your CDs, you should go get them.

Noa...

I'll ask you right out. You can say no.

Can you lend me some money?

I bought a new apartment, and there's

just been tons of stuff to handle.

How much?

60,000 kroner.

Yes...

We'll write an IOU, uhm

Talk to Kate.

Give her your account number...

My boss says I'll be

made partner in 2-3 years.

Damn it...

Not again.

What is this...

What is this?

Mom!

Mom!

Wipe your cheek.

I have all your CDs.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay...

Write

"To Noa from Grandad. "

I just sign my name.

Why aren't you

staying in a hotel?

I like being alone.

How old were you when you learned

to play the guitar?

I started out on the piano.

With my dad. He played in church.

The organ.

Is he dead?

Not that I know of.

Lucky you, huh, Noa?

I think it's about time

I start preparing for tomorrow.

Don't forget to

thank Thomas.

Thank you.

Okay well, thank you, Thomas.

Thomas, hi!

Molly.

You look great.

You look like crap.

I can't wait!

How about mandolins?

I've had a thing about them lately.

It would sound awesome.

I think I'll leave it out.

You can't know that yet.

It's a duet...

Hi.

What are you doing here?

My mom's in the bathroom.

Hi. Sorry, but your Filipino said

it was okay to wait for you here.

We need to talk.

Close the door, please.

I should've called but...

No, no, stop.

Be quiet and listen to me.

You can't come and go as you wish.

Or tell me to close doors.

What What do you want?

More money?

Well?

My boss sent me home

on sick leave.

I have to go to rehab for 6 weeks

starting tomorrow morning.

Otherwise I'll be fired.

It's company policy.

Okay.

Good.

Noa gets up on his own in the morning,

and he does his homework.

Wait...

He doesn't have a dad and...

Hey!

I'm working in the studio.

But they'll fire me.

I'm working.

Okay. So what exactly

do you propose I do?

What can I do?

I'm working...

My mom's dead.

I have no one else.

Don't you have a

friend or something?

I'm working in the studio.

I'm recording. We're...

I can't.

No way.

F***.

Thanks.

No, no, wait!

You must have...

Thomas is in charge now.

Do as he says.

I'm just stressed, okay?

I'm going to a place to relax.

I love you so very,

very much.

It's okay, Mom.

Ear!

Eat, gorgeous boy!

Why don't you eat meat?

Meat is a disaster

for the human race.

It will be the end of us.

I like meat.

Normally my mom's not

that stressed out.

She just got promoted,

and we bought a big apartment.

And I got an iPhone.

She's not stressed.

She's on drugs.

Coke.

She smokes joints

and eats pills, too.

They'll keep her for 6 weeks,

and then she'll come home.

They keep her there?

They have to.

It makes you crazy.

You want to leave.

But you have to stay.

She's a good mom.

Yes just eat your meat.

Good night.

Please leave the lights on.

There.

And another thing...

I left my English books at home.

They're in one of the boxes.

We'll go get them tomorrow.

Okay?

Where do you sleep?

What?

Where do you sleep?

I sleep right down the hall.

Please leave it open.

It's the red buildings.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

Jesus.

Mom?

I'm fine.

Are you crying?

Hello?

Mom?

I can't hear you!

Mom?

I think she hung up.

When can I visit her?

She needs to be left alone.

Doesn't she want

me to come?

Can't you go do something?

Why don't you do something?

Why are you just standing here?

Why aren't you

playing your guitar?

- I don't feel like it.

- I'm trying to work here.

I don't feel like it.

My old man he

drank like a pig.

He danced or fought.

He was violent. He used to hit me.

Do you know what I did?

I listened to music.

I listened to Son House.

And it all went away.

Who's Son House?

It's...

Never mind.

He was a musician.

He was my negro god.

Fantastic.

He played poorly.

But it had something.

I play poorly, too.

Well, so did he. But that's not the

You don't understand.

That's not the point.

It should be...

Go play your guitar.

It's the only thing that...

It's out of tune.

How did you learn to play?

From a DVD that

came with the guitar.

What chords do you know?

G.

And...

C.

And D7.

No minor chords?

A minor.

See?

1st fret.

The B string.

And A minor.

Try to find a rhythm.

Feel a flow.

We threw out the guitar DVD.

It wasn't any good.

Okay.

And I've learned new chords.

A minor, D minor and E minor.

Great, sweetie.

And I'm learning

the barre chords.

Oh? Soon you'll

play a whole song.

Yes.

Don't go out too far.

No, no.

Thanks.

Would you like another one?

Yes, please.

Here you go.

Thank you.

I hate it here.

I can't even go downtown without

being chaperoned by two drug addicts.

You just have to

get through it.

They have a family program.

Therapy with the relatives.

They say we should ask our relatives

if they want to take part in it.

I mean, who do I ask?

My dead mother? Huh?

Should I give

her a quick call?

Where were you?

Where was I...?

When I was little...

Did you ever think about me?

Sure...

You never thought about me.

Listen...

We won't get a new

happy childhood back.

Now is now.

One day at a time.

One day at a time.

That's how it is for me, too.

I never asked to

be your daughter.

I never asked to be your dad.

That's it!

I'm gonna get you!

Nah, I'm too old.

Good morning! She's here!

The one that's your daughter!

Come.

What happened?

I just feel miserable.

You bailed.

I'm the worst mom...

I should be looking after Noa.

He's my little boy.

I can't stay there.

I can't do it anymore.

I miss Noa so much.

We need our life back!

I want to go home!

I get so angry

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Kim Fupz Aakeson

Kim Fupz Aakeson (born 12 September 1958) is a Danish writer, illustrator and screenwriter. more…

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