You Disappear

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Could you go a bit faster?

Faster? You want me to speed up?

Frederik...

Frederik, slow down.

It's not funny any more.

Relax, Mom, it's fine.

No. It's not!

He can't go so fast on this road...

Frederik.

Slow down. I don't like it.

Sh*t! Frederik, stop the car now!

Dad. Stop! Stop!

What the hell got into you?

Driving like a maniac!

You're always on my back! Always!

I drive too fast, I'm too happy

at the wrong moments, I sleep too much!

What are we supposed to do now?

Maybe we can call someone.

Let's see.

We'll be okay.

Frederik!

Dad!

Dad!

People ask me how well

I know my husband.

But what makes us who we are?

Are we shaped by the judgmental

eyes of others?

Or are only we responsible for the

person we become?

Are we just a patchwork of misconstrued

experiences and washed-out memories?

Don't we have free will?

Is our destiny in our DNA?

In the chemistry of our brain?

In the Saws of nature?

Does the state of our brain determine

who we are at any given time?

And only that?

Then how come we have such a

strong sense of who we are?

That our experiences and

memories are true?

Good morning.

Good morning.

Please be seated.

The case before us today is that of the

prosecution versus Frederik Halling.

Is that you?

Yes... Yes.

Well, that's not the way to do it!

You seem to have forgotten

how to sing along.

Fortunately the fall break is over.

There's no need to be upset about that.

At all.

On the contrary,

it's a privilege,

to reap the fruits of the

tree of knowledge.

We've been banished from Paradise

anyway, so why not fill up our minds?

At our school, you can learn

how to sit on a chair.

Carl, come on. Get those dog turds down!

Frederik Halling is charged with

gross embezzlement

according to section 278-1, 3

of the criminal code,

with a claim for incarceration.

As principal of Saxtorph Private School

he has procured an unlawful economic gain

and used funds entrusted to him to the

amount of no less than 12 million kroner

The money was spent on

non-school related activities,

inflicting a loss on the school

and procuring a gain for himself.

Thanks.

Hello.

Hello.

I'm Dr. Gonzalez. Hi.

Hello.

Hi.

Frederik has been scanned.

I'm very sorry.

A fractured skull?

Yes, he has a tumor

in his brain. I'm sorry.

Will it paralyze him, the fracture?

The fracture?

Will he be able to speak?

There is no fracture.

But you just said that there

was a fracture.

He has a tumor in his brain.

It has caused an epileptic fit

that made him fall.

Luckily he has no serious trauma

to the head... Okay?

But you just said

there was a fracture.

I heard you. When I asked you,

you said yes.

He has a tumor in his brain?

Yes, that is correct.

We have transferred him to

the Neurological Ward.

Experts are looking at him now.

I'm sorry.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

"'Do you love me?'

I whisper.

Because I want reassurance every day.

'I love you more than ever.'

She says gently every day.

'But you don't see me.'

I say as loud as my voice can carry.

'Yes, ' she says.

'No, not properly, ' I say.

'You don't understand.

What you see isn't me at all.'

'Oh yes, ' she cries.

'It is you. It is you.'

'Then let it be me, ' I say.

Every day."

Matilde, sit down.

Is that Frederik they're taking away?

Why are they taking him away?

What do they want with him?

My client admits that he is to blame for

the loss of said amount.

However, it was not his intention to

break the law and so he pleads not guilty.

My client was of unsound mind

at the time of the crime.

He had a condition comparable

to insanity.

A condition that no longer

affects him, however.

On these grounds,

my client pleads not guilty.

Mom, it's Dad.

Hi!

Hi Dad.

Hi, hi.

Hi.

Hi, Dad.

My, what a scare.

Thank God it's over now.

It's over?

Yes. It's over now.

They're going to give me some medicine

and discharge me tomorrow

Good.

You can go back to the hotel.

That's great!

Yes.

Jesus Christ!

How can it have gone on for so long?

Incredible.

How hard can it be to put

two and two together?

It's not.

What's going on?

The school is bankrupt.

It's all over. Happy now?

Happy?

Frederik doesn't bring home 12 million

kroner without you benefiting from it.

12 million?

12 million. Yes.

He has had the school guarantee loans

for at least 12 million.

But he can't do that.

If anyone can, he sure as hell can!

But he's ill.

This dates back more than a year.

But it can't be him.

It must be someone else, Laust.

It's a misunderstanding.

No, it isn't, and you damn well know.

This condition you were in,

please try to describe it.

I wasn't aware it was a condition.

Were you as conscious of your actions

as you are rig ht now?

I remember everything from the period.

You do?

Yes.

But you saw nothing wrong in investing

the school's money without their consent?

I didn't think I was doing anything

wrong. I think...

It's a big decision that you

should have discussed...

I think I thought I'd keep it a secret

in order to surprise Laust.

You wanted to surprise him?

Yes, and make him happy.

Yes.

To make him...

When you... I just want to get this right.

When you did the transfer, which you now

know was wrong, but didn't then,

what was your motivation?

I seems strange to me as well.

I understand why you...

I can't...

I think the excitement was to see

if I would succeed.

Hold on a minute. Excitement?

To see whether this investment...

So you were driven by excitement?

An adrenaline rush?

My goal was to find money

for the new wing.

I was acting in the best interest

of the school.

Frederik has been scanned and a tumor has

been found in his brain.

Frederik we will administer an

adrenoconical hormone,

that will reduce the swellings

in your brain.

And then some medication

against epilepsy, as well.

So you won't risk having anymore fits.

Okay?

You should go home to Denmark

as soon as possible.

They should be able to operate as soon

as the swellings are down.

Is it cancer?

No. It is almost certainly not cancer.

Good.

The most typical symptom of the strain of

the orbitofrontal area of the brain,

is that your husband may lose all

interest in you and how you are feeling.

Yeah, he could find it harder to restrain

his primitive impulses.

He could erupt in sudden bursts of anger.

Or no...

And definitely he will deny any

suggestion of illness.

But judging from the size of the tumor...

You know all about these symptoms,

don't you?

Bernard Bergmann speaking.

It's Mia Halling from last Thursday.

Okay.

I don't know any other lawyers.

I hope it's okay to call?

Of course.

My husband has been charged

with embezzlement.

The police just took him away.

I don't know what to do.

Fm sorry to hear that.

I don't know what to do.

Do the charges hold up?

Absolutely not.

Or... I don't know anything.

8 don't know what to do.

Has he got a criminal record?

No.

Well, that's good.

Yes, that's good.

Your husband has the right to have a

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