Possession

You can't just say you don't know. That's what you said on the phone.

When will you know?

I... don't know.

Do you want me to spend the night somewhere else?

In a hotel or something?

Do you want us to meet later on? We can talk more calmly. Do you...

Do you need more time?

What...? What do you need?

What has happened?

Bob knows that you are coming back today.

Well, I can...

I can pick him up after school and take him...

to the zoo or something.

Come and admire him.

Nee-Na, nee-Na, nee-Na.

Nee-Na, nee-Na.

Maybe all couples go through this.

Yeah.

One mustn't be afraid.

No.

One must speak honestly.

Is that difficult?

Is it difficult?

I haven't been much help but I've finished that job now - it's over.

Maybe I was asking for too much.

I was the one who had the right to ask.

I know.

No, you don't.

Who was I doing it for, after all?

Were you unfaithful to me?

The truth is not really.

Were you?

No.

There's always someone else when these things happen.

Not in this case.

All right, well...

What's happening to us is just...

It's just natural. Feelings...

change.

But without you I wouldn't feel anything at all.

What do you feel now?

Are you really interested?

No.

There you are, you see. It's the same with me.

I don't even want you now.

- What time did you meet him? - 8:30.

- Where? - In the park.

- Was he willing? - Yes, verbally.

Did you sense or detect weariness in him?

No. A correct appraisal of the realities.

- Is it making him bitter? - No. Greedy.

But you felt his power?

You mean did I feel fear?

No because that would have prevented me answering all your questions.

- How many vials did he take with him? - Two

What procedure have you devised for contacting him again?

It's all in my report.

I suggest it's more economical to fill in my successor.

We don't feel there is a need for a successor.

I've completed my job.

Brilliantly. That's why we want to rehire you.

It's out of the question.

And what would be the reason for your refusal?

Family.

- Couldn't we be of some help there? - No.

Wouldn't it be advisable for you to reconsider?

I'm unable to do that.

Would you be unable for a long time?

I hope not.

Aren't you allowing feelings to prevent you from answering your own questions?

Exactly why I advise you to hire my successor.

Good.

Any questions?

No.

Does our subject still wear pink socks?

Anna?

It's me.

It's Anna?

I am downtown.

Why downtown? I've been waiting all day.

I need some time to think.

What do you mean "to think"? Think about what?

To think about me.

Wh... Wh... Where are you?

When will you...?

- Hello? - Margie, this is Mark.

Now, I know there's no sympathy between us and it's...

hard for me to ask you for help but...

you're her only friend. Now, just tell me the truth.

She has somebody?

She wished you'd say or do something. Something to reinstall you.

You know, a magic wave of the wand.

You arrived sooner than expected, Mark.

Yes, sure, this is all my fault. Now, how long has this been going on?

Quite long.

Who is he?

Oh, Mark! I don't...

Your wife keeps her own secrets.

Margie...

I don't have a magic wand. I don't intend to hang on.

But make her talk to me. It'll be the way that she wants.

But this is not...

proper.

Please.

Yes?

We're over, Mark.

You have someone.

Yes.

- For a long time? - Does it matter?

Yes.

Yes.

Do you...

sleep with him?

Yes.

- Do you like it? - Yes.

More than with me?

Yes.

I see.

How do you intend to live now?

- We have to discuss it. - Now.

As you want.

Half an hour at the Cafe Einstein.

I'm too far for half an hour.

Are you calling from there?

Yes.

Is he listening?

No.

But he is there.

Yes.

Would 800 a month for Bob be enough?

I suppose.

Will you move in with him or keep the apartment?

I'll keep it if you allow me to.

I've decided not to see Bob.

- At all? - At all.

How can you say that?

He's going to be fucked up enough as it is.

I don't want to fuck him up even more by playing Sunday Daddy.

- What were you to him anyway? - Precisely.

But...

He knows you. He's yours. He needs...

A real father full time?

Well, I thought I could be, coming home from the war, so to speak.

You say it's better with him than with me.

I get bored of it.

Tell me.

I think what you want to do to Bob is...

Inhuman? So what you're doing must be human.

- How long is it going to last? - I don't know.

One week? Two weeks?

And how do you dispose of ideas like honesty and loyalty?

If I could only believe that it happened cleanly at first sight.

Okay, if it makes things easier,

I was in his bed the first night I met him, if you have to know.

What do you expect of me? Look what you're doing.

No one is good or bad

but if you want, I am the bad one

and if I knew he existed in this world, I would have never had Bob with you.

Get out!

Get out! Get out!

- Erm... - Hallo?

Hallo? Hallo?

Ma, ma, ma.

How... How long have I...?

How long have I been here?

Three weeks, sir.

What happened? It's Daddy.

Mummy said she would be right back but she never came.

Then Margie called and told me to be brave

Because she had broke her leg and she had to have the cast put on.

You've been alone for a long time?

Look, I got a new boat.

Did you get it from Mummy?

No. From Uncle Heinrich.

Long ago?

Yes.

Yesterday?

No. Before you were coming back from far away.

Okay, little piggy.

Come on, let's get out of this mess.

How did you make such a mess?

This is not always like this, Mark. Usually I'm on time.

I'm not interested.

I came to tell you that I can't live without you

and I'm ready to understand whatever there is

but it doesn't look like it makes much sense.

- You can't take Bob away from me. - I'm not trying.

You can continue to visit whenever you want, but I'm taking over here.

Anna, is there anything I can do?

- You could just... - Yes?

- I must... - Yes?

I must...

You must restore order. You must leave him.

You will call him. You will say it is over.

Now, I don't care if you tell him you love him

but he's not your family - your family is here.

You must call him now.

- But I can't on the phone. - I don't trust you.

- I have to tell him face to face. - I don't trust you.

On the phone.