Red-light Poet
There are words and words.
Water is "aqua" in Latin.
Water is also "flowing" and "rocking"...
... and "splashing".
K-5...
See You Later Alligator by Bill Hayley.
C-7...
Bye Bye Love by the Everly Brothers.
Eddie Constantine doesn't drink water.
Eddie drinks whisky...
"It's time for my medicine," he always says in the film.
Medicine means whisky, when Eddie says it.
You have to know that.
He'll be a singer when he grows up. Just like Sam Cooke.
That's just undercoat. A dream.
A love that is mutual...
... is just as dangerous as unrequited love.
Eddie Constantine uses other weird words.
He calls a beautiful woman "mon sucre".
Ma petite soeur...
Sometimes he says "une salade..."
But when Eddie says that you shouldn't think of salad.
When Eddie says "une salade", that always means trouble.
A tot of Wild Turkey, and fast.
Hey, big boy...
Will you say it, or shall I?
"Okay, I'll say it."
Okay, I'll say it.
You'll pay...
... then you'll leave...
... and I never want to see you here again.
If love is mutual...
... then we get cocooned. If it's not...
... then we enter battle.
Thank you.
Cider... - I still have some.
You don't have to drink it, you know.
So why should I take it?
Some words sound as beautiful as music.
Even if you don't know them, you understand.
Just like a song in a foreign language.
You don't understand, but you feel what it's all about.
You have a lot to learn about running a bar.
Why should I?
How will you ever run the bar?
Me?!
You'll find out...
... what a lovely job it is.
Room 9...
Good luck, mate...
Water! - Okay...
Stella, come on.
Goodnight, grandma. - Sleep well, Tarzan.
It's not like here...
It never rains and everyone has a swimming pool.
Your mother too? - You bet.
Jacob says... - Huh! Jacob!
You listen to Jacob?
He buggers chickens...
Your mother's beautiful...
She's awfully famous in Hollywood.
People fight for her autograph.
"Ma petite soeur"... - I'm not your sister!
When's she coming back?
It's difficult to say...
You never know how long it takes shooting a film...
And now the swan...
Look who's here...
Look at him.
It's no use...
The seagull flies...
It screeches too...
It claws its way into the wind...
And sometimes it's not white but red.
It claws red at the sky...
I just called...
The nurse says she's a lot better.
You want to play soccer on Nieuwmarkt?
Go to the playground.
A hand, there in the water!
A hand, a real one!
All the children are in the playground.
It floated up and under the bridge...
If you're bored, you might as well sort bottles.
Go with Dot to the brass band. Maybe you can join in.
He has to register first.
I'll give you some money...
... and you can join up. - I get a suit like that?
Never mind.
We don't want you anyway.
Red, redder, reddest...
Redder than red, he claws past the sky.
Hey darling...
... can you run an errand for me?
And a pack of condoms.
No, a big packet.
What's all this?
IN... OUT
Still doing nothing?
Listen here...
Look...
Here I write the time they go in and the time they come out.
I can work out who's in shortest and longest.
One man came out after 23'47"!
But he was on crutches.
At the end of the day, I can work out how many customers...
...and how long they were inside...
...and the average time.
Do they pay Ans by the minute? - You go and sort bottles.
That was quick!
Did you hear, boss?
Bottles!
In a minute.
Bottles... berries...
High time for the medicine...
Eddie gets violent!
Adieu, Siem, it's all over!
You win, Eddie.
Christ, shot in the belly...
Constant!
Dries... why does Siem mind...
... if Ans does it with men who don't pay.
Then she'd do it for fun. - And that's forbidden?
But Ans doesn't want to.
Siem is the only man she loves.
That's true love.
True love.
And Siem doesn't mind her doing it with other men.
As long as they pay.
Siem is the kind of guy who'd marry a big woman...
... in case he became an invalid.
Then she could push his wheelchair.
Listen, Constant, I have a simple job.
Never up early, clean hands, suits to the cleaners...
There's only one thing I have to do...
... and that's keep business and pleasure separate.
She loves me.
Amor vincit omnia...
You were at grammar school, weren't you?
Love conquerors everything...
Where did you learn Latin?
In jail. You have time for the strangest things.
Ans doesn't mind?
As much as I would mind cycling to work at 6:30 in the morning.
You have to rub it off well.
Not with big sweeps...
Take it easy, for the best result.
It's shiny!
Do you love Ans too? - You sound like my probation officer.
Of course I love her.
Lovely, eh? I bought it yesterday.
How can you be sure?
How do you know you love her, and she loves you?
You just do. You know grandma loves you, don't you?
And your mother... she loves you too.
You have to shake it.
Two steaks...
... so no chops...
Are you listening? And heart for the dog. Chopped.
You wrote it down wrong. Chopped is with a "C".
He always knows better.
Make sure you bring the right things.
It's a past participle...
Make sure I don't turn you into one.
Yes...
No, Louis, I can't come. I'm on bar duty.
I sacked her yesterday.
BARMAlD WANTED
Do me a favour... put 100 on Speedy Simon.
Speedy Simon in the third race.
Eddie strikes again...
Where's the boy gone?
He's gone to that bloody bridge again.
He's not like the other kids.
It's just his age.
As long as he doesn't follow his mother.
Got you, Eddie.
What's wrong with the brass band, apart from their monkey suits?
She'll stop my pocket money if I don't join.
Une salade!
You know who that is?
One of our greatest poets: Lichthart.
I read something by him in jail.
Not bad.
What were you inside for? - L'amour...
I sat there for 11 months because of a woman.
Dries said you set fire to a house in Apeldoorn.
It was Arnhem, that's where she lived.
She finished it and I wanted to see her.
I had to see her and...
... her father and brothers kicked me downstairs.
And then you...
He often walks round here. - Here?
Maybe he's thinking up a poem right now.
Here she comes.
Caught anything?
A bream and nearly a huge pike...
Where's that photo of your mother?
Where is it?
The photo of your mother?
You don't dare show me?
This is your mother?
It's cut out of Panorama.
Give it back.
Hey, dozy. You haven't even got any bait.
I know.
That's silly.
You're just as crazy as the rest of your family.
Where was she, your mother?
Go on, say it!
In Hollywood, California. - You're lying!
Where? - ln Hollywood!
Go on, say it!
I know.
I know anyway!
Hollywood, California! - She's in the mad house.
Why did Jacob hit you? - I don't know.
You should have kneed him. - He's much stronger.
Go to the cellar, get a chair leg and hit him with that.
When you're running the bar, you can't let people hit you.
I don't want the bloody bar!
I'll do something quite different. - What would that be, boss?
I'm going...
She had a bad night. She kept everyone awake screaming.
We had to isolate her.
You should come back some other time.
Take her hand.
Come on in, boy. You'll get soaking wet.
Constant...
Come with me...
Is it my fault?
It's me, isn't it?
Of course it isn't.
No one can do anything about it.
She is ill.
But she'll soon be better.
It's really for your birthday.
It's for your room.
Which room?
Dries is going to renovate the attic and paint it.
I want blue walls, Dries!
Forget it, they'll be white. - No, blue!
Bright blue!
Who do I have to see about the job? - My grandma.
She'll be back from bingo any time. - Can I wait here?
I come from Opwoud...
... a village near Hoorn...
I was starting at a studio today...
... but the place has gone bankrupt.
So now I need anotherjob...
... and a room.
Is she leaving?
No, she's filling in for an hour. The other waitress was sacked.
Hand in the till.
I never worked behind a bar before.
Don't say that in a minute. - No?
Look, I won that.
It'll be nice in your room.
I saw that sign in your window.
Have you worked in a bar before?
Yes, in a manner of...
Yes or no? - Yes...
Take off your coat.
Get out of here.
You need to put on some weight.
How old are you? - 20.
That's too young for a place like this. Sorry.
She can try, can't she?
When can you start? - Now...
Very well. Let's see for a few days.
I have to get used to this tap.
The latest film by Eddie Constantine is at the Rex.
She can really dance, can't she Dot?
Shall we go on Sunday?
It's called "Eddie Wins Out". - Okay...
Did you know that Muis sleeps in the room opposite me?
You told me 100 times.
I thought you liked Eddie Constantine.
What was it called? - Eddie Wins Out!
Hello, I'm Muis. - Pleased to meet you.
Say hello to your Mum.
How long are you staying, Mum?
Two days...
I have to go back on Monday.
You like the colour?
Lovely...
The blue is very original.
Dot! Dot!
My Mum!
She's staying the night.
She's even prettier than on the photo.
When did she come to live here?
Last year.
That's a nice song.
It's the Twist.
The what? - The dance.
You never heard of the Twist? - No.
Pretend to put a cigarette out with your foot...
... and dry your back with a towel.
Constant, I didn't know you could twist so well.
Better than Chubby Checker!
I taught my mother too.
She is nice, isn't she?
Mum?
Mum!
Mum, don't!
Stop it!
Constant...
Well?
No good, eh?
What's the time?
You are 2 minutes and 21 seconds late.
Come on...
Thanks for your poem. lt's lovely.
It's not finished yet. It can get even better.