Southern Comfort (The Luckyphant)
Hello!
- Open up! - Hello.
- Anybody out there? - Yes, here!
- Here! - Ida?
Unlock! I want in!
- You may not come in. - Yes, I may!
- I have the right! - No, not yet, Ida...
But I have always been a good girl, very good.
Yes, yes, of course you have.
Then, may I come in?
You shall not be a good girl, you shall be happy.
I was happy! It's true!
You could have been much happier.
I wan't to come in!
If you don't unlock...
Mother loved me, at least a little.
How else would I've been happy?
I hear you are angry.
You're the one who could have helped me with father.
"Bongo-bongo"
And our journey.
Mother really wanted to be sure.
She says...
It was because they were getting a divorce.
She said so all the time: "I'll travel alone."
But she got worse anyway, but father will never know.
Grandma?
This is Ida. Could you come?
Mother is sick again.
Father comes later.
They're both coming.
Yes, okay. Bye-bye!
Ida, next time mother gets sick, could you call me straight away?
Could you promise me that?
We want her to get better.
Do you promise to call me? Honestly?
- Yes. - Good!
Ida, you can tell your mother I've poured her a bath.
Skrubsak! You frightened me!
I'll kill you, with my claws!
Oh, and what is this? Has the beast eaten a snake?
Are you nuts? It's my penis!
So? Oh, but... Yes, how nice.
That you're glad, I mean.
"My ship went down, but destiny had mercy"
"Finally saved, and my 'luckyphant' " (luck I found).
"Luckyphant?"
What the hell is a "luckyphant?"
It's an elephant!
"My ship went down, but destiny had mercy"
"Finally saved, and my 'sillyphant.' "
A tiger!
Thanks, father! Now I'm a tiger man!
That's nice, Skrubsak. As long as you're glad.
Just like his father. Come, I'll help you.
This thing... I'll fix that.
Ida...
Won't you open your gift, too?
I won't.
It's only some... "bonga-bonga"
Have you found a place to live?
Yes, we found a big and well-lit apartment.
So, now we're neighbors to the Eiffel Tower.
Then you must be happy.
Yes, of course we are.
- Cheers! - Cheers!
And have a nice trip.
Cheers!
Next time you get drunk, Ida promised to call me immediately.
Now it's enough!
Or you'll lose your children.
Pull yourself together.
It could have been you two who were moving to Paris.
Do something, something healthy.
Or something else. Eat carrots.
Why isn't it you who can put on an itty-bitty smile.
What does a smile mean? Just sorrows.
Ida?
You two shouldn't be talking about your father.
At least not while your mother can hear you.
She just gets sad. Okay?
Here's something -
- that isn't "bonga-bonga."
Thanks, grandma!
That's him.
Do you know what?
I've found a job.
I will start working soon. Then I can make some money.
And then us three will go on vacation!
Vacation! Vacation!
- I think it's dark! - Dark? Let there be light!
We're going on vacation! We're going on vacation!
We're starting over.
I remember this kind. Good for eating.
Ida, can you put Skrubsak to bed?
I'll just...
Are you pulling your hair out?
Yes, or I can't sleep.
Can't you just think about something nice?
Aren't you happy about your gift?
No...
It's the same with father, I wish he was happy.
Mother doesn't want to talk about him.
Father is forbidden, or mother will be sad.
And she shouldn't be.
- Can't you show me? - Okay.
One for you and one for me.
Do we have a deal?
But Ida, weren't they very expensive?
Yes, but I got 100 crowns from grandma.
Let's put them on, shall we?
- I want that one! - No, I want it.
Oh, no!
I can't reach them!
Can't you try? You've got longer legs than I.
This is disgusting, Klara. Have you seen this?
Don't expect much, Ida, it's sewer pipes.
You don't want to put your nose in there.
There... A bit further. No! Almost.
Eww! Shit! I lost my shoe.
Perhaps you get it all up with the other shoe?
And a little bit further.
Klara! The earrings.
They're gone!
Oh, no. Now the other shoe is gone, too.
I'm so cold!
- You can borrow my boots. - Yes, please!
It's Skrubsak.
What's with him?
You'd better not come inside, I'm going to bed.
But Ida! What about me?
I have no shoes! Ida!
Skrubsak!
Why aren't you at the day-care center?
I'm upset 'cos mother said she'd wash my tiger outfit.
Mother!
You have to wash my tiger outfit.
Mother?
Wake up!
She's dead!
Ida, mother is dead!
No, she's not dead. She just went into herself.
Where did she go?
I don't know.
When does she come back?
Impossible to know.
What if we watch her until she comes back?
So she doesn't want to go into herself.
Won't work.
But you will see, when she comes back -
- she'll be glad.
And she'll smile.
Just like father.
Yes... Come, Skrubsak.
It's in pieces.
My tiger.
Have you talked to mother about father again?
So, that's why
Who are you calling?
Grandma. We will call, right?
Ida.
We need to talk.
Come...
Come here!
Your cigarette is broken.
There's something I want to -
Stop that!
If you call grandma -
- she will call the hospital -
- and my illness will be known.
And you two will be sent to an orphanage.
But I didn't call.
You may never call.
No one must know.
Or I'll lose the both of you.
It's our secret.
That only we know.
We shall never be separated.
You'll watch Skrubsak, and I... will watch my work.
Look! I can, too.
Let go!
Remember, you can never tell anyone.
No! You can't bite on the toothbrush!
When you brush, I can't hear.
I only said that you can never tell anyone about mother's illness.
Or we will end up in an orphanage.
Then we will have neither father nor mother.
Then no one will watch us.
And that's why we won't tell anyone.
Can you show me?
Yes, but I just want to --- (Pepi said: Can't understand what the little dude says)
That's not it.
They'll soon be friends.
They're helping each other.
Just ordinary people.
They're exactly like us.
Hello, this is Ida.
"I want to talk to your mother."
Mother isn't home, she's at work.
"You think that?"
"If she isn't here tomorrow, you can tell her she's fired."
But she will be there.
She was taking care of something for our trip.
She's coming now.
Mother, wake up!
What is it, Ida?
Your wallet. I need your purse, now!
My purse? Why?
Because!
Just take it.
Come on, Skrubsak.
It's late, you have to get up!
Come on.
I don't want to go to the day-care center.
You have to, or I can't to go to school.
I'm sick. I have an ache on my head.
It's called "a headache"
No, for me it's "on," in my hair.
If I don't go to school they will call and find out about mother.
There is no food so you have to eat at the day-care center.
No, I have to eat now, or I'll starve.
I want something to eat!
Food!
- Can't you please put on your clothes. - No!
Can't you at least spread them over you?
No! I don't want any clothes on!
I can't push you anymore.
Can't you walk a little?
I can't, you didn't feed me, and put those on me, I'm cold.
That's not... not good.
No, it's good.
What are you looking for?
Nothing...
Ida, have you seen my purse?
No...
- Shouldn't you be at work? - Mind your own business!
But don't you have use for the money?
Have you been shopping?
So it's you who took my money?
Hand it over!
- I had to take it. - Hand it over!
You gave it to me!
Where have you put it?
Stop it!
Do you steal from your own mother?
They are mine...
Stop, stop crying.
Then, finally...
When we can do that trip you will be glad again.
I'll just buy these bottles and then I'll quit.
I took the bottles.
Those I found in the cupboard, I've hidden them in the basement.
You really frightened me.
My darling girl.
- Where are they? - Under the stairs.
Where are the bottles, Ida?
Ida. Ida!
Unlock!
Unlock this damn door!
It's terrible when she screams all the time.
I can hear her all the time.
Is there something you want?
Are you thirsty?
What shall mother do when I'm sick?
She's at work.
So she can make some money for our vacation.
"Thailand - The Land of Smiles"
Ida.
Ida! Wake up!
Wake up!
Hello? Hi, grandma.
No, I'm sick.
Ida will do that, 'cos mother is sick.
No, Ida is sleeping.
I know mother is sleeping.
Will you come now?
Are you crazy?
Now we have to go to the orphanage!
Idiot!
When grandma comes you'll be okay!
And mother is at work, you follow?
I want to go to father.
You want, and want.
I want to go to father!
You can't go.
Yes, I can!
- No! - Yes!
Shut up!
No, I won't!
You can't go to father, do you understand?
Idiot!
I'll take your present.
Take it, damn it!
- Mother? - Ida.
Mother?
Grandma is coming.
Skrubsak has told.
What's with the key? What are you doing, mother?
I don't want to go to the orphanage.
I want to be with you.
You will stop drinking, or I'll take the key!
Mother, do you promise? If you love me, you promise.
Do you love me, mother? Grandma will come, do you love me?
I love you, Ida.
Ida, our trip. The three of us will go...
All three, you hear?
Are you happy now?
Ida, what are you doing?
What happens here?
You feel warm.
What has happened?
They're gone.
Orphanage...
Help...
Mother, help me!
How do you treat your own children?
- Now I'm calling! - No!
Yes, Ida, right away!
NO!
Ida, stay here!
Don't torture yourself.
Hurry after Ida, and comfort her!
Pull yourself together!
I want to come in!
- Go back. - Never! Not while she drinks!
- She doesn't love me! - Yes.
Ida!
Go now, Ida, she doesn't drink anymore.
I don't believe that.
Yes, she'll do anything to get you back.
She doesn't.
Go back now.
Never! I can go round the back instead.
I couldn't get in.
No, because in reality you don't want to come in.
Your mother has stopped drinking, and you love each other.
I want to come in!
But Ida. I can show you. Do you want to see?
Ida!
If you go inside...
You will never get out again.
Never...
Mother?
No, let me go!
I will never drink again. Never again.
I promise you, I'll never drink again.
Mother, I have missed you.
Come.
Look, Ida. Now we're the same.
You can wake up now.
Mother?
Mother? Are you really resting now?
You can be sure of it.
Let me see. Hi, mother.
- Are you in there? - You bet!
I was never alone down there.
It has something to do with love.
Always.
You don't decide those things.
But you really should.