The Commune Page #4

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Sorry.

Come in then.

Remember to take off your shoes

and wipe them as well.

Well, just turn out the light

and start undressing.

- How long is the Pol Pot portrait?

- A little long.

How long have I got, 15 seconds?

It's Anna's birthday today.

Hurray, it is today.

Now listen up

because we want to drink for you.

I bet you do!

- Overwhelming. When am I going on?

- Yes, overwhelming.

- How old are you?

- Congratulations.

You don't look your age. You have

great connective tissue and a tight ass.

I reached menopause when I was 43.

Consider yourself lucky.

About the Pol Pot portrait...

- Eight...

- Ready.

... seven, six -

- five, four, three -

- two, one.

This is the news.

Good evening.

Let's see what you got me.

Wow, it's beautiful.

Your idea, Kirsten?

We just wanted to make sure

you were being treated to a nice party.

I can see you're drawing a crowd...

Congratulations.

Congratulations...

Hi.

The others are waiting to congratulate

you at home. Maybe I'll see you there.

No, let's spend some time together

just the three of us.

How is my husband doing?

I haven't seen you in weeks.

- You look tired.

- I'm fine.

We're living at the school.

It's tough.

Sure. Of course.

But I... well...

I miss you.

I really do,

and I know I shouldn't say it.

- But I do.

- It's okay to say it.

I can't imagine life

without the two of you -

- but I know it won't work.

I need to find a new place to live.

You and I have a daughter.

She's over there.

I'm pretty confused.

I think you should do

what you have to do.

Whatever feels right for you.

Things come in phases. You don't know

what the coming months will bring.

I know, but we can't live

on the floor in a school under a desk.

Hey, we did that,

and it was pretty romantic.

- It was an apartment, at least.

- Yeah, what did your brother call it?

We have to find a place to live.

I really do love her.

Can't she... stay at our place

for a while?

Sure, I guess...

Nah... Well, maybe...

No, I don't know.

- Mads and Kirsten live like that.

- True.

- She can't live with us.

- Well, live...

At the moment we're all somehow

living together anyway.

There should be room for you too.

That's what it's all about.

Bring her,

and we'll work something out.

Freja.

We're leaving now.

- What about Dad?

- He's coming too, I think.

- Get my cigarettes.

- What's the agenda?

How are we doing?

Allon, how are we?

I... I have one small problem.

Some of my stuff has gone missing.

What's missing?

My brown jacket.

- And my LP with French chansons.

- No way.

- And my guitar case.

- Right.

- What do you think happened to it?

- What happened?

You burnt it all, Ole.

You're an arsehole.

When stuff is just lying around,

it must be because people don't need it,

so it gets burnt.

I'll enter that Allon is doing fine

seeing as he hasn't got other problems.

- No, no problems.

- Anna?

Anna!

House meeting!

The beer account's gone haywire.

- People forget to tick off.

- We've gone over it.

- It's in the red.

- Didn't you tick off for me yesterday?

- Yes.

- One? It ought to be right. I had one.

I'm pretty sure I remember to tick off.

Hello.

The fact remains that more beers

are drunk than are ticked off.

- It's simply not okay.

- Hello.

- Hi. This is Emma.

- Hi.

- Wow! I like you already.

- Hi, I'm Ditte.

Hi. Emma.

She's pretty.

Steffen.

- Nice to meet you.

- You too.

- What the...?!

- Allon.

- You look like a French romantic movie.

- One that you can't watch, Allon.

We're having a house meeting.

I'm Ole, the leader of the pack.

- I'm sort of a chieftain...

- Just get on with it, Ole.

- We're discussing the beer account.

- I'm Mona.

- I suggest a beer amnesty.

- What?

A beer amnesty. This one time,

the house fund covers the deficit.

So us who don't drink beer have to pay

because you can't tick off?

It's gone bananas.

I vote...

Alright. I'll scrap the old account,

and we'll start a new one Monday.

- That's how we do it.

- Remember to tick off, okay?

Yeah, it ends here.

- Next item... is you, Emma.

- Yes.

Erik and you have been a couple

for a while now -

- and Erik wants you

to move into the commune.

So, Emma...

Who are you?

Me?

I'm... Oh, this is hard.

Yeah.

I don't know.

- How old are you?

- I'm 24.

Alright!

I took Erik's course

on rational architecture.

Risky business, it seems.

It's a very interesting course.

Are you only here for Erik's sake?

Or does the whole idea of living

in a commune appeal to you?

Well, it is Erik I fell in love with...

Sorry. I just had to get ready.

Hi.

Hi. I've been looking forward

to meeting you.

Me too.

Anna, we've been over the beer account,

and that went well.

No, it didn't.

There's this interesting suggestion

about Emma moving in -

- and Steffen has the dishwasher item.

Have you got any items?

- No.

- Fine. The judgment of the Court is...

- She's moving in?

- Yes.

- Oh.

- We've been over that, Anna.

It was your idea. I made it clear

that it was on the agenda today.

I didn't understand it like that.

I just said she could stay for a while.

But it sounds interesting.

Isn't this what you suggested?

Yes, maybe it is.

Sorry, I've just been so busy.

- Sorry, Emma.

- It's okay.

Look, I don't think we should vote

on a potential housemate -

- if we don't all have

the same prerequisites.

It's okay. It's just me.

I didn't know it was now.

It sounds like Erik told you,

but you didn't quite take it in.

No, that's not how it sounds to me.

Well, that is the case, okay?

Let's move on.

Maybe Anna doesn't want to understand.

- It's a difficult situation.

- What are you trying to say?

It can be difficult.

Is it just me or...?

- I don't understand.

- He thinks it's difficult.

- I'm going to get some beers.

- Do we proceed with this item?

- Vote?

- Aren't we voting on Emma moving in?

- No, let's vote on whether to vote.

- Yeah. Good idea.

All in favour of continuing the

discussion and proceeding to vote?

Good.

We'll continue this

somewhat difficult discussion -

- before we take the final vote.

I thought you'd had that talk already.

I'll leave you then.

You're not making it difficult.

It's the situation. Stay.

It was nice to meet you, but I think

you should discuss this without me.

I'll see you out.

- Bye.

- Bye.

Bye, Emma.

Her leaving is definitely

a negative in my book.

- It's a plus in mine. Very dignified.

- What did you say?

This is how I see it.

Emma's part of Erik now -

- and Erik's an inseparable part

of this house.

If we deny that, we're betraying

the very idea of living in a commune.

- I think she's nice.

- And you know her really well now, Ole.

In a way, it would be easier

if it were a new person -

- who moved in with two strange women.

- I'd be fine with that.

- Sure.

In theory I'd be fine with it too.

But...

Anna... When I see you like this,

it's just too painful.

I'm willing to give it a shot. I think

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