You Disappear (Du forsvinder)

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.

Shit! 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.