To Love a Narcissist (2025) Movie Script
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[tentative music playing]
[Charlotte] Oh, sorry.
No, can you just--
No, no, no, no.
Can you just, uh...
Just for now, can you just
put it in this corner?
Sorry.
[metal clattering]
Excuse me, can I just ask you
just to hold--
-hold that while I get the--
-[removal man 2] I'm sorry,
missus.
We can't do that.
We have to just drop and leave.
Great and it's miss, actually,
but thank you.
Do you mind--
I'll just get that for you.
Thank you. It's not--
It's just that I can't see.
-No, go higher.
-Yeah.
-Is that straight?
-Yeah, yeah.
Hang on.
-Right. Thank you.
-Lovely.
[Charlotte] Right, um...
Just through here.
I've run out of stuff to move,
so I'll just...
-You have a nice house.
-Thank you.
It's quite big
for one person, isn't it?
Well, when the kids come,
when they're not
with their dads, it'll get
pretty-- pretty busy then.
Just put that there. Thank you.
Divorce, is it?
-Sorry?
-Oh, sorry. Don't mind me.
No, it's fine. Uh, almost.
-Third one this week.
-Third what?
Severance moves, we call them.
Oh, great, maybe we just
don't need men anymore.
-I'll take that.
-Is that right?
Well, you shouldn't be
on your own for too long.
I thought you were
just moving furniture.
Right you are.
[footsteps receding]
[restless piano instrumental
[door latch clicking]
[Charlotte]
Do you know what I mean?
Right, so, first things first.
-[door slams shut]
-[Roberto] This is nice.
[Charlotte] The boiler.
[chuckles]
Hang on.
Um...
-Hey?
-[faint rattling]
-[switch clicks]
-[electricity buzzing]
-Are you any good at electrics?
-Er...
-I'll stick to the boiler.
-[Charlotte laughs]
Over there?
-In here?
-Yeah.
Did you actually know
anything about boilers?
-There you go.
-[boiler buzzing faintly]
It's just some water pressure.
Are you kidding?
Is this what you do,
is this the, um,
going-on-a-date boiler trick?
Oh yeah, works every time.
Is this one of your tricks?
Get someone in
to fix the boiler?
Oh yeah, no, no, no, um,
I-- I, um, don't usually get,
um, a guy
to play with my boiler.
We just usually go
straight to bed.
[Roberto chuckles] Oh, okay.
[Charlotte] Look, I'm joking,
I've only just moved in.
-You're my first.
-I'm honored.
Why did you
nearly leave me earlier?
I just thought you looked...
uncomfortable.
Or, like,
you didn't want to be there.
I told you,
I'm not used to this stuff.
I only just started dating.
Well, to be honest with you,
when I...
did get up to leave, I...
-What?
-...felt sorry for you.
-[Charlotte chuckling]
-I got in.
You got in.
I did.
Suddenly
it all feels quite formal.
[Roberto hums in agreement]
How do we change that?
Are you going to kiss me?
You want me to kiss you?
[Charlotte chuckles softly]
Come over here.
-What?
-[Charlotte chuckling] Nothing.
-I'm nervous.
- I know.
[Roberto chuckles]
-Okay, loosen a bit.
-Alright.
How's that?
-You ready?
-Yeah.
[door clicks open]
-Here he is.
-[Billy] Hiya.
[Charlotte] Oh, dear. Come on.
How are you feeling?
-Not very good.
-Oh, no.
Shoes off, please, Eddie.
Come on.
[Eddie murmurs indistinctly]
-Where's Jessie?
-She's staying at Teresa's.
She said, can you
pick her up at 11-ish?
Right. Shoes off, please, love.
-[Eddie] Oh, yeah.
-Look, Billy, it's my weekend,
so you should really
have asked me.
Yeah, but she really
wanted to go, so...
I didn't see that
there was any harm.
I left it in the drive.
-Did you fill it with petrol?
-Yeah, a quarter of a tank,
same as when I picked it up.
Why don't you just fill it
to the top next time?
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
So, tell me, when did you start
feeling poorly?
Right at the beginning
of the day in the first lesson.
Come here.
Shoes off, please, Billy.
So, when did you start
feeling poorly?
[Eddie]
Right in the first lesson.
[Charlotte] Oh, no.
-Did they give you any medicine,
any [indistinct], or anything?
-[Eddie] No.
-[Charlotte] Have you been sick?
-[Eddie] No.
Okay, [indistinct]
-[Eddie] [indistinct]
-[Charlotte] Yeah.
So, why couldn't you
pick him up earlier?
Because I had a meeting,
I couldn't get out of it.
Looks good, flat.
Look, I had a meeting as well.
And school
called me on your time.
OK, well,
if they can't get hold of me,
they're probably
going to try to get hold of you,
because you're his mum.
Here's his clothes.
Right, so you've--
you've not cleaned them?
They're fine.
I mean, he's only going to wear
them again, I'd say, so...
Have you even
heard yourself sometimes?
This is your time, okay?
And if you can't do it,
you need to find someone
-who can help you.
-Yeah, I'm trying.
It's not my problem anymore,
and now I've got to go
and wash these.
-[Billy] Okay.
-Mum, my tummy's really sore.
Okay, darling,
I'm going to get you a snack.
[Eddie] No, it's not that, Mum.
[Charlotte] Listen, love,
just put the TV on for a bit.
Don't distract yourself.
[Eddie] All right.
So, the school said that
maybe we should get in touch
with the doctor,
just to check that he's okay.
Yeah, that sounds right.
And-- and did you?
[indistinct chatter over TV]
No, because I thought
we should talk about it.
Well, you need
to take the initiative,
because we're not
together anymore.
Maybe you need
to get a babysitter.
Okay, so I should ask
a stranger before I ask his mum.
Would we be even having this
conversation if I was a man?
No, I suppose not.
Look, it just doesn't look good.
When the school call me
on your time...
it makes me look bad,
I don't like it.
All right, well,
maybe it's Eddie and Jessie
that want to see you more
than the school.
Maybe you should take your
own responsibility, your duties.
When it's my time,
I am fully there for the kids.
[Eddie] Mum.
Just a sec, babe.
They're not dogs, Charlotte.
No, but you act
like one sometimes.
Is that where we're going?
Can I swap next Wednesday?
[indistinct chatter over TV]
Next Wednesday?
You dating?
I am, actually.
Yeah, I take it.
-[Charlotte] How about you?
-[Billy sighs]
Not ready.
Well, you were very ready
when we were together.
Hardly.
[indistinct shouting over TV]
[floor cracks]
[indistinct
conversation over TV]
[loud clattering]
[street din]
[bar din]
Thank you.
[rap music playing over speaker]
In fact, can I get
another one of those?
I've got somebody coming.
Thanks.
[glass clicking]
Sorry, can I get another one?
[street din]
-[door creaks open]
-[footsteps approaching]
-[Carlotte] Hi.
-Hey.
-How are you doing?
-Well...
-[Charlotte chuckles]
-It's good to see you.
Nice to see you.
-Charlotte laughing]
-[indistinct]
-How did you get here?
-I cycled, actually.
[Charlotte grunts]
-Can I get that for you?
-Absolutely.
[quiet background chatter]
-[Charlotte sighs]
-Have some wine.
[Charlotte laughing]
Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Yeah.
Oh, now that's better.
That's delicious.
-Can I try some?
-Please.
[indistinct chattering]
-Hm.
-[Charlotte laughing]
Quite strong.
So what's your story, then?
Um...
Where do you want to start?
-[loud chattering]
-What's really...
[Charlotte laughing]
...funny is the fact that I know
that I can't really
touch you, obviously,
because you're made of,
like, you know...
It makes me want
to really touch you more.
[Charlotte giggling]
[street din]
I was going to say that I think
I was like that at first,
but I was never like that.
When I was done, I was done.
It was over. It was finished.
I was like, "Whatever."
I feel like that.
You sound like you've got a good
relationship with your ex.
Not really.
But you worked
things out and this...
Um...
[laughter in the background]
There's no love lost,
I wouldn't say we were friends,
but it's been quite formal,
quite technical
in how we've worked it out.
And that suits me.
-You are fine.
-[Charlotte chuckling]
[loud chattering]
[street din]
Sometimes I feel
like a teenage kid.
That's a good thing, isn't it?
Since I met you.
[Charlotte snorts]
-What does that mean?
-[siren wailing]
[Roberto sighs] I don't know.
I was lonely for a while.
I don't know
what I'm talking about.
I feel like
we've found each other.
We have?
It feels right, doesn't it?
Definitely
through my red wine, anyway.
I've only just met, you now...
and I like getting up
in the morning.
Good.
How is this going to end?
Why would you say that?
[Roberto chuckles]
I mean, this is great, isn't it?
I think. I feel like it is.
But...
Well, you know.
Come here.
-You're [indistinct].
-I know you do. I know.
I know.
It's-- No, it's just too...
it's strange.
Is that your bike?
It certainly is.
Let's go for a ride.
-What, now?
-Mm-hmm.
Well...
-Really?
-Come on, let's go.
Give me your keys.
[Roberto groans]
So-- I'm so sorry. So sorry.
-Just--
-[Charlotte snickering]
-Just go. Let's go.
-[both chuckling]
[Roberto laughing] Let's go.
I can't find my keys.
-[Roberto exclaims]
-Oh, my God.
[Roberto] Oh, my God!
[Roberto groaning]
I can't believe this.
Whoo-hoo!
Absolutely not. No.
Is Richard there?
Great.
Can I speak to him just for...
Thank you.
Hi, Richard.
Really well. How are you?
Oh, you lucky thing. [chuckles]
Well, it's quite late here.
Yeah.
Okay, so I was saying
that I would not go below 75%.
That's true.
[phone buzzing]
Yeah. Yeah.
Richard,
I'm really, really sorry.
Can I just take five?
Yeah. Okay.
Billy.
Hi.
Hi, darling.
That's really great.
That's wonderful. Yeah. Yeah.
And was that at school?
Oh, really?
Well done.
Darling, can we talk
about this tomorrow?
Yeah.
Good night, sweetheart.
I love you, too.
Will you put Daddy on for me?
Yeah. Can you do that?
All right.
Night-night, sweetheart. Bye.
Billy, I'm at work.
No. What I want to know is--
Do I call you--
Right. Fine. Bye.
Hi, Richard.
Yeah. No. Everything's great.
So I would like
to finalize on that...
Yeah. On that number. No less.
-Agreed.
-[phone buzzing]
OK. Thank you very much.
All right.
Have a great day. Bye.
[phone keeps buzzing]
[phone keeps buzzing]
Hello?
[laughing]
Why do you always say that?
Oh, I don't know. Um...
See, that puts pressure on me.
Because now I can't concentrate.
I just want
to run out and see you.
I can't do that. It's too late.
Have you booked it? Already?
Okay. I'll see you then.
[tense music building]
Come at nine.
[chuckling]
[]
[music fades]
[door phone buzzing]
-Hello?
-[Lucy] Charlotte, it's me.
What are you doing here?
Well, I've come to see...
Are you going to let me in?
It's freezing.
You can't come in. Because...
What? Buzz me in.
[door buzzing]
For fuck sake.
What are you doing here?
I've come to see you.
Are you on your own?
-Yeah. The kids aren't here.
-I know. I spoke to Billy.
What do you mean
you spoke to Billy?
He called me and I wanted
to see if he was all right.
Why did you talk to Billy?
He wants Mum to go away
with him and the kids.
She's not going, is she?
I don't know.
Why are you all
still talking to Billy?
-You look well.
-Thank you.
This is nice. Big.
It's peaceful.
You wouldn't think it
from the outside.
-And clean.
-The kids aren't here
and I've got bits to do.
So it's not really a great time.
I bought you a teapot.
Why?
To make tea.
-Can I have an nosey?
-Well, it's not...
I'm not...
Mum keeps asking how you are.
How the kids are.
I've been meaning to call her,
actually, all week, but...
-I think she needs some money.
-Right.
[scoffs softly]
I don't know how you do it.
You're not the only one
on your own, Charlotte.
He's looking after
your children.
Our kids.
Lucy.
We had those kids together.
Oh, come on. You know what I
mean.
You know what would be nice?
Just once.
If you...
Mum and Dad...
just took my side.
Oh. It's not about sides.
It's about
looking after everybody.
Not just you.
You know, the kids.
What about us?
We haven't seen you.
And... [scoffs]
Just because you've divorced
Billy because of a,
I don't know, a text message,
it doesn't mean we have to.
Well, we can't.
A text message? Honestly?
He didn't even do
anything wrong, Charlotte.
How can you sit there
and say that?
You don't even have
a fucking clue what he did.
-All right, all right.
-And actually, I'm doing
fucking Billy a favour
by not telling you
because maybe you'd never
want to speak to him again.
Well, we don't know
because we don't see you.
You know, this thing you do,
this isolating?
Do you know the person
it punishes the most in the end?
-You.
-I don't feel hurt.
-I feel really happy.
-Well, what about the kids?
-They're happy.
-Are they?
-Yeah, they are.
-Yeah.
We're all happier.
We're all better.
-And you can't stand it.
-Me?
Yeah, me and the kids.
And we're not part of that.
We're not your family.
-It's not normal.
-No, you-- Yes, you--
We know you're seeing someone.
It's only been three months,
but I'm not judging.
-This is why you're here?
Yeah, I am seeing someone.
-No, it's not.
-I've come to see you but...
-And he's lovely.
And he's nice to me.
And he's kind.
And we have really great sex.
And you hate it.
-Oh, God.
-You don't want me to be happy.
Honestly, that's in your head.
-But it's not.
-It is.
Honest to God, Lucy,
I can sit here
very easily and talk about
all your shit points.
You're the one who's moved,
not giving me your address.
How fucked up is that?
Billy hasn't cut us off.
You know what?
He's not even family.
Why don't you take
your poxy teapot
and ask your best mate Billy
to make you a cup of tea?
[somber music playing]
[]
[Roberto] That was fun.
[Charlotte]
Do you feel all right to drive?
Yeah, I do too.
Break dancing, then?
[Roberto]
Kept it with me for a few years.
I could see.
-You cleared the room.
-[Roberto chuckling]
Formed a circle.
You were very fit, actually,
when you did that.
I did. I thought,
"Yeah, he's fit."
You did-- You were fit.
-Oh, really?
-Yeah.
All right.
I didn't know you could do that.
It's good. I like surprises.
I like men to surprise me.
-I know you do.
-What?
Surprises.
I've got to keep thinking
on my feet for you, haven't I?
Yeah.
Go on, give us a kiss.
I'm not kissing you.
We need to concentrate.
-Oh, my God.
-What's the matter with you?
We took the wrong turn.
We're all right.
We're going home.
That house. That house.
That. That.
Do you know what I mean?
We should definitely,
like, get something like that.
We could all live there.
Me, you, the kids.
It's the future, isn't it?
Do you know what I mean?
It's not that
I like it because it's huge.
I just like the house.
What do you think?
-[Roberto] Yeah, I like it.
-We could get married.
-[Roberto laughs]
-Should we?
Are we talking about
marriage already?
[Charlotte huffs]
Yeah, maybe.
[Charlotte]
I actually retract my offer.
-Maybe one day.
-Listen, listen.
[Charlotte singing]
Ain't gonna cut it for me
Tell me what do you want to do
when you grow up, then?
Well, you can't be
a painter and decorator
for all your life, surely.
What's wrong
with a painter and decorator?
Are you serious?
Are you serious?
Well, don't you want to be,
like, a CEO or...
-CEO?
-Yeah.
I'm the CEO of my own painting
and decorating company.
I'm serious.
What are you talking about?
How much have you had to drink?
Have you had anything else?
Well, if I had, I definitely
wouldn't be telling you.
Not what you're like.
You want to be a CEO?
Is that what you need?
It's good to have a goal.
Isn't this a goal?
I think Nikki fancied you.
I don't think so.
She's your friend.
She wouldn't do that, surely.
-You're quite flirty with her.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-Because I was talking to her,
-I was flirty with her.
-[Charlotte chuckles]
-You know what I'm saying.
-I don't think so.
-I don't mind that.
-What? What do you mean?
I wasn't flirting with her.
She was-- I was being nice.
-That's fine. It's nice for her.
-What do you mean
you don't mind?
-I'm not going to be
flirting with your friend.
-It's nice for her.
[Roberto laughing]
Where are you tonight?
Are you-- Are you all right?
You think I'd be flirting
with your friends
as if I'd flirt with anyone now.
You're so serious.
You're quite straight.
You're quite serious,
but you know what?
It's adorable, actually.
It is. It is adorable.
You're adorable.
[Roberto] I need
to get you home on the sofa.
-I love you.
-I know you do.
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[plastic rustling]
[Charlotte clears her throat
[Charlotte clears her throat
I might have to
shoot off in a bit.
What's going on?
You're upset.
I'm not.
Listen, if you're going to
ask me questions about...
things, I'll be honest with you.
If you don't want me
to be honest with you,
don't ask me.
It's before I met you.
Before we got together.
I don't understand.
As soon as I mentioned...
you went quiet.
Did you sleep with him?
Yeah.
Wow.
Are you telling me
that since you separated
you haven't slept
with anyone before me?
Why would I do that?
I was getting over a marriage...
that... I was fucking sad about.
[sighs]
Why would you...
open yourself up like that?
I don't get it.
Because...
that's where I was.
-Did you love him?
-No.
Wow.
So you're married
for 17 years...
you come out,
you've got two children
and you just decide to sleep
with a couple of guys.
-I don't get it.
-Because that's what
I wanted to do.
I wanted to have sex.
Jesus Christ, you make me sick.
You have no idea
about my relationship.
You have no idea.
I was with someone for 17 years.
If I want to come out of that
and go and sleep with
whoever I want to sleep with,
it has got fuck
all to do with you.
I'm not allowed
to feel sad or jealous?
You can feel whatever you want,
but don't judge me.
Why would you--
I'm not-- You're judging me.
-I'm not judging you. How? How?
-You're judging me
for feeling these feelings.
I don't know anything
about your relationship.
I don't know what happened,
why it broke down,
why you had to be on your own
and be celibate for two years.
That is your story.
This is my story.
You're judging me
for having feelings about
how I feel that you were
with two other men before me.
-I thought
we had something here.
-Exactly. Let's--
[Charlotte] Let's focus
on that word "before you."
That is the key word. Before.
Not whilst I'm with you. Before.
And it makes me feel cheap
and it makes me feel dirty.
And I do not need your judgment.
-You're so puritanical.
What the fuck's wrong with you?
-No.
I'm just...
-struggling with it.
-[Charlotte] You know what?
I actually think
this is misogynistic.
You don't like the idea
of a woman wanting to have sex?
What century are you in?
[sighs deeply
and chuckles softly]
Sorry, I just,
I find this actually...
[chuckles]
It's so misogynistic.
-It's--
-You're upsetting me.
I want you to go.
-You want me to go?
-I do, actually.
Because I've got feelings?
That all of a sudden
this isn't special...
-Okay.
-...that I'm one of those guys.
-Right.
-And one of those swipes.
Fuck off. I want you to go.
-You want me to go?
-I really do
want you to go, yeah.
Swipes?
I don't even know what this is.
Number three.
[chuckles]
[street din]
[door phone buzzing]
[door phone buzzing]
Hello?
[Roberto] Hey. It's me.
I thought
I told you to stay away.
I know. I tried.
Can I come up for a minute?
The kids are going to be here
soon and I just...
Look, I won't be long.
I promise.
I've got a proposition for you.
[buzzing]
[keys jingling]
I can't believe
you've come back.
I'm sorry.
Can I come in?
-It's really nice to see you.
-You always say that.
It's true.
We're in a bit of shit.
We can't keep doing this.
No.
[soft, gentle music building]
-You should go.
-Wait.
-[Charlotte sighs]
-I don't like being without you.
Listen to me.
I don't think
I can be without you.
[]
-I missed this so much.
-Stop. No.
What is it?
I'm not good for you.
Be good for me, then?
[]
I missed you. [Roberto sighs]
Take it off.
[]
[music fades]
[birds chirping in the distance]
[phone buzzing]
-Hello?
-[Eddie] Mum?
Hello, baby.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
Yeah.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
Of course I have.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Yep.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
No, we don't-- We don't--
We don't need to go there.
I will. I'm going to
see you in a minute anyway.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Yep.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
No, we're going to have pasta.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Alright.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
Okay.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Alright. Yep.
-[Eddie] I love you, Mum.
-I love you more.
[sighs]
[exhales sharply]
They're on the way.
Okay.
So what's your proposition?
[romantic piano instrumental]
So, in here...
at the entrance front bathroom.
Welcome.
And here...
you have the bedroom
and the kitchen, of course.
Oh, here you have
the bottle of wine you ordered.
It's from Verona.
It's very good.
Thank you.
And you have everything
you need for breakfast.
And I show you the balcony.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah. You can use
the pool till 7:00 p.m.
And then breakfast is from
7:00 till 11:00 in the morning.
And you can use the restaurant
for everything you need.
Snacks and drinks at the pool.
-Just ask. Okay?
-Thank you.
Enjoy. Have a nice day.
[indistinct]
Okay, so for whatever you need,
-just call me
for information about the lake.
-Okay.
[speaking in Italian]
[all chuckling]
[speaking in Italian]
[Roberto] Ah, okay.
[conversation continues
in Italian]
[conversation continues
in Italian]
She's nice.
Wow.
Hey, you're a decorator, right?
You must be doing all right.
-Are you happy?
-I thought you were
going to take me to Brighton.
[Roberto scoffs]
Everyone goes to Brighton.
I wasn't going to come,
you know.
I know that.
I'm glad you did.
It's lovely.
[birds chirping]
[flourish piano instrumental]
[]
[]
-[music fades]
-[waves flapping gently]
You look relaxed.
Mm.
I'm relaxed when you're relaxed.
You're a terrible distraction,
do you know that?
From what?
For my actual, real life.
Maybe this is your
actual, real life.
[Charlotte laughing] Maybe.
-It's very beautiful.
-[Stella] Yeah, that's true.
I think we should go over there.
That's Punta San Virgilio.
For me, it's the best
place on the lake.
-Oh, yeah, that looks beautiful.
-Yeah.
-Your English is so good.
-Thank you.
-And you drive a boat.
-Yeah, I try.
It's not that hard as it looks.
-What's your name?
-Stella.
Is-- is that an Italian name?
[Stella] Well, that means star.
My father gave me that name
because of a myth on the lake.
-Hmm.
-Yeah.
If you want, I'll show you.
-Yeah.
-Let's go.
[boat engine rumbling]
[indistinct]
[Stella]
So, that's Stella, the rock.
And in front of Stella,
there's San Virgilio.
San Virgilio was a bishop.
He fell in love with this
beautiful woman called Stella.
But she refused him
and he wanted to kill her.
-Of course.
-[Stella] Every time.
[Stella chuckles]
And so, Stella turned
into a rock to escape from him.
And if you see,
in front of the rock,
there's the statue
of San Virgilio.
And you can't come in
the middle between them
because
it's a little bit dangerous.
[soothing music playing]
[]
[]
-We're going into
the red light district now.
-I feel like I'm about 15.
[Charlotte sighs]
What am I going to do with you?
[street din]
[speaking in Italian]
[Roberto speaking in Italian]
Who's that?
Uh, no ones.
[Charolotte sighs]
Oh, man.
They actually close this place.
Don't you phone and check?
Who am I going to phone?
Well, oh, go online.
Why don't you check
what time it closed?
You come all the way here
when it's shut.
I would just
never have done that.
-It's right there, Charlotte.
-It's so...
I just would never do that.
Really?
Alright, I'm sorry.
I should have called.
Who was it?
-Do you want to check my phone?
-No, I don't.
-I just asked you--
-Do you want to just check?
-I just asked--
-Well stop to--
That's the Romeo and Juliet
balcony right there.
I can see.
It's really beautiful.
Maybe we can come back
when it's open,
but there's no point
in doing this here, now.
-It's shut.
-Why do you always
have to do this?
Hey.
Just asked who it was.
[Charlotte] You know what?
I just want to go back.
[Roberto sighs]
Let's just go, shall we?
[restless piano instrumental]
[music fades]
What is it that you hope
to achieve by coming here?
[Charlotte exhales]
Um, I think we...
feel that
it's not going to work out.
[Dr. Khalaf]
What's not going to work out?
Us.
Okay.
Just to clarify, um...
what is it
that brings you here today?
Roberto, it would be good
to bring you into
the conversation at this point.
Perhaps you'd like to share...
your reasons for coming here?
[Roberto clears his throat]
Um...
I've had s--
I've had some arguments.
I think I've fallen
in love with Charlotte.
[Charlotte chuckles]
[Charlotte] Sorry.
-[Roberto exhales sharply]
-[Dr. Khalaf] Go on.
I'm having some issues
with some of my thoughts
about Charlotte and...
her past, some of her lifestyle.
What are they?
In the year that Charlotte
split up from her husband...
she told me she's had a lot of
dates and a lot of sex.
And so now I feel like...
this is not special anymore
and I'm just part of some...
equation.
[Dr. Khalaf] But we're
talking about a period of time
before Charlotte met you, so...
I know.
I mean, it's just sex.
Everybody does it.
-Do they?
-Yeah.
Well, let's come back to that.
Roberto, it would be good
if you just elaborated
a little bit on what about that
is a problem for you.
I think it happened
while she was still married.
And now I don't feel safe...
because if she can do it then,
she can do it now.
So...
I want to run, but I can't.
It's like some
precious man-child.
[Dr. Khalaf]
I think it might be helpful
at this stage for both of you
to be able to speak freely
without judgment and labelling.
Yeah, it's fine, um, but...
what about my experience?
Well, I'd love
to hear your experience.
Well, my experience
is I don't know why I came.
-[Dr. Khalaf] Well...
-Wait.
That's what we're here
to find out.
Um...
why don't you tell us a bit
about why you're here?
[Charlotte clears her throat]
I came for him.
[Dr. Khalaf] That's an
interesting choice of word.
However, what I would
really like to know
is why you came here.
[Charlotte sighs]
I keep asking him to leave
and he comes back.
[Dr. Khalaf]
And why do you ask him to leave?
I don't know,
which is why I'm here.
You're the therapist.
You tell me.
[Dr. Khalaf]
Roberto obviously has
very strong feelings about you.
Why are you here, Charlotte?
I hate this. I actually...
hate it. Um...
I think...
I feel...
scared...
[Dr. Khalaf] of...
getting hurt.
And...
probably I...
I have feelings for him, too.
[street din]
[dog barking]
[indistinct shouting]
[faint clattering]
[door shuts close]
Charlotte.
Charlotte.
Wow, you look amazing.
You're late.
Yeah, I'm sorry. I stopped
at Santino's on the way.
He needed something.
So I just dropped it off
and, um...
I'm sorry I'm a bit late.
Fine. An hour late? [scoffs]
Not really.
Like half an hour.
Well, you've got me there
for eight and it's eight.
We'll make it.
Charlotte,
I'm really sorry, okay?
Santino, he needed me
and I needed
to bring him something.
He's going through
some stuff at the moment.
I didn't think
it would take longer, you know.
So you couldn't text me
or call me or...
just let me know
that you're going to be late.
I just have to wait for you?
Just-- there was no time.
I did this really quickly.
I'm here now.
We're going to make it.
I hope
that we are going to make it.
Okay, I feel like you're pushing
for an argument right now.
I'm not, I'm just pushing for
a little bit of fucking respect.
-I left my phone in the car.
-This...
Charlotte, my son needed me.
-I was being a father.
-You're an asshole.
Don't say that.
-You're never
without your phone, ever.
-I'm not lying.
You would never leave
your phone in the car.
I left the phone
in the car for two minutes.
Okay. We're late, but don't lie.
Okay, I feel like
I'm going crazy.
I'm a bit late. I'm sorry.
I was dealing with my son.
I wasn't out with my friends.
Don't be like this, Charlotte.
I haven't done anything wrong.
I stopped off for my son.
He didn't want me to--
So when you're with me,
as soon as your son calls,
you answer every single time.
Whenever you're with him,
you never, ever answer my call.
That's not true.
We could go
together and see him.
Okay, that's going to happen
when he's ready.
You've met my kids.
They love you.
I know.
Yet I'm your
dirty little secret.
-Oh, come on.
-I am.
No, listen. He's 16.
He makes his own decisions.
I can't force him.
I did what a father should do.
I went to see him.
-You'd do the same.
-No.
-If your kids call, you're not--
-I've opened up my life to you.
Once you have me,
you don't want me.
-What are you talking about?
-It's all a game.
Once I'm here,
then you've got me.
You don't want me.
You just put me
on the fucking back burner.
I don't even want to go.
Please don't do this, Charlotte.
I feel like I just want
a night on my own, you know?
Please don't do this.
Let's go out.
Have a nice night.
They're waiting for us.
Look, I got you something.
-[paper rustling]
-[Roberto sighs]
That's why I'm a bit late.
I know
it's your birthday next week,
and I wanted to get you
something real quick.
You see, there is a smile there.
-I'm smiling
because you said real quick.
-You see? Here.
It's the cheesiest card
in the petrol station.
Wow, you're making me feel
so special tonight.
[laughs]
It gets better than that.
I promise.
And the reason you're late
is because you're getting
the card for me
from the petrol station.
No, I was with Santino.
He needed something.
-I don't need to repeat myself.
-[Charlotte clears throat]
Hey, look, it's a cheesy card.
I'm sorry, but...
"I love you."
I am trying.
You're a difficult person to
please you are.
Straight to recycling.
Lets go out
and have a good time.
-You're hard work sometimes.
-[Charlotte scoffs]
-[Charlotte]
Takes one to know one.
-[Roberto] Hey.
Can [indistinct] a minute?
Come on.
Look at me.
[unsettling music playing]
I bought you a card
from a petrol station.
[Charlotte laughing]
-Been eating crisps?
-Yeah.
-Hot and vinegar?
-Yeah.
-Preffer cheese and onion.
-[Charlotte laughing]
[]
We're going to be dead late.
Let's go.
-I was just thinking--
-No
[indistinct chatter]
-[Roberto groans]
-[Charlotte laughing]
[overlapping chatter]
You're getting weak.
-Just a tiny little--
-[indistinct].
-Yeah.
-[Charlotte laughing]
[Charlotte sighs]
Let me get you a cup of tea.
No, come back.
It was fun.
It was a fun night.
Can I exchange you
when you get old?
Oh, really?
What for?
A car. [laughs]
Who's going to push you around
when I get old?
Yeah, you can.
Hello, love eyes.
Do you want sex?
Maybe.
Okay.
Well.
I think we can lead up to it.
You're going to have
to dance for me first.
[laughs]
Do you want me to dance for you?
-I saw your breakdancing moves.
-Mm-hmm.
-Like a performing clown.
-[phone buzzing]
-Is that my phone?
-Wait.
My phone.
Who's that at this time?
-Blocked. [laughs]
-Blocked?
What are you blocking
someone for?
-[Charlotte clears throat]
-Who are you blocking
at this time?
-It doesn't matter.
-Oh, really.
Mm-hmm.
I'm curious now.
Why?
Who are you blocking
at this time?
[laughing] Let's get back to us.
You're going to
block me one day?
-Maybe.
-Yeah?
Who did you block?
Hmm?
Dance for me.
-Who was it?
-Go on.
-Please.
-You want me to dance?
-Yeah.
-You want me to dance?
-I do.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-You want to dance with me?
-No, I want to see you dance.
-Oh, really?
I saw your breakdancing. You've
got moves.
Oh, really? And I broke a leg.
-[Charlotte laughs]
-I'm going to dance.
-Are you?
-Yeah.
-Really?
-You ready?
-Oh.
-You ready?
Come on, let me-- let...
let me [indistinct].
["Girlfriend" by MELA playing]
You need a stage?
Are you stripping?
I feel like a suburban
Chippendale.
[Charlotte laughing]
[Charlotte laughing, cheering]
[chanting] Fit, fit, fit, fit!
You're so out of this world
Is God in your pocket
-It's your turn.
-No way. [laughs]
I can't look away from you
What if we, oh, what if we
Made up our own rules
We got nothing,
We got nothing
We got nothing to lose
Meet me on your lips, yes
Kiss my smile, stay a while
All these emotions when
I'm front row to your eyes
Oh, who am I, who am I
I don't know, but who am I
Meet me on your lips, yes
Kiss my smile, stay a while
All these emotions when
I'm front row to your eyes
Oh, who am I, who am I
I don't know, but who am I
You could make
a girlfriend out of me
-[birds chirping]
-[wind howling]
[footsteps thudding]
[light switch clicks]
[road din]
[engine revving]
[footsteps approaching]
[door clicks open]
You didn't lock the door.
Did you have a nice night?
We...
we didn't say that we were going
to see each other tonight.
It's four o'clock
in the morning,
I was worried about you.
You could have called me,
I would have picked you up.
What, are you my dad?
You turned
your blue tics off tonight.
Wh-- Sorry, what?
[laughs nervously]
After I messaged you,
you turned your blue tics off.
Yeah, I mean...
so...
you don't worry about me
if I didn't get back
to you right away.
Good idea.
I'll do the same.
[scoffs]
I'm going to have a bath.
Okay.
[door clicks closed]
[water pattering]
[door shuts closed]
[keys jangling]
[lock clicks closed]
[door clicks closed]
[keypad clattering]
[dramatic music playing]
[]
[knocking on door]
Who let you in?
The boss next door.
-You spoke to next door?
-Yeah.
Just come in.
You can't just turn up.
[Charlotte sighs]
I got this for you
because I didn't get a chance
to get something
whilst I was away.
What are you doing here?
You can't just send me a text
whilst I'm away saying that.
Then expect me not to show up.
There's never an easy way
with any of this, but...
Look, we've been here before.
-[Charlotte sighs]
-I know you're angry.
-I'm not angry.
-Let's just take some time
to talk about this.
I'm not angry. I'm not angry.
Every time you're angry,
you finish it.
And then I come back.
This time you made me suffer.
Okay? I suffered.
I was away with my son,
and I needed
to be there for him.
And you decided to do
whatever it is you do
and make me feel bad about it.
And expect me to hate you.
I release you.
-You are free.
-[laughs] You...
Can you even hear
yourself speak sometimes?
I don't know
what you want from me.
This is all too intense.
I can't do it.
I don't want to do it.
It doesn't make me happy.
It doesn't make you happy.
-You say that.
-I want you to be happy.
I hope you find happiness
doing other things
with other people
that make you happy.
But it's not me.
I don't want your flowers.
I don't want you to be here.
I want you to go. It's over.
We've done this
before, Charlotte.
-I know we have.
-Look at me.
-I know we have.
-I...
You need to just step back,
take some time.
-Okay.
-And go, and just--
-Okay, all right.
-Listen, this is a--
-I came back so we can spend
some time together.
-I know.
-Can I have
a glass of water, please?
-No.
It's not that easy to leave.
Charlotte, I love you.
You know that.
Why do you do this
to me every time?
Look, I know
you've invested so much in this.
I know you have.
Well, what did you
expect me to do?
-Not invest in a relationship?
-But you don't invest.
Do you want to know the truth?
You don't.
You want to dip in and out.
You're always there
for someone else.
You're running around.
"I've got to do this.
I've got to do that."
Well, go and do it.
Whatever I do
is never right for you.
If I do that, it's wrong.
You ask me to do that,
it's wrong.
-What do you want from me?
-Because it doesn't work.
This doesn't work.
Look at our text messages.
Look at it all.
-It only doesn't work because
you don't want it to work...
-Because of me. All right.
...and then you want it to work
because you want to be
in control of it.
All right, if it doesn't work
because of me,
do not be with me.
Don't be with me. Why are you
doing this to yourself?
-I feel like
you want me to fight for you.
-Why are you doing this?
-And I will fight for you.
-I don't want you
to fight for me,
and I don't want to make a scene
because I don't want
anyone to hear it,
and it just goes on
and on and on and on.
-Get your hands off me.
-Charlotte, Charlotte,
Charlotte, please wait.
Talk to me.
We love each other.
We love each other.
You're just in a mood with me,
and I understand.
I'm not in a mood.
I'm not in a mood.
Listen, I want this
to be really clear,
and I don't want us
to keep doing this again, right?
-Stop it. Stop it.
Just calm down.
-It is over.
-I don't want your flowers.
-I just want a glass of water.
-I don't want you here.
-I want us
to calm down and talk.
Go and get
a glass of water somewhere else.
It is done. You went, fine.
If that's what
you need to do, go.
You can't do this
to me like this.
-I feel sick.
-I feel sick.
When I needed you most,
Charlotte,
you shut yourself off.
-Yeah, because I can't be there.
-What are you doing?
We've spent a year together.
You can't just end this
like this.
You know you don't want this.
Charlotte.
What happened at the weekend?
[object thudding]
What did you do at the weekend?
-I didn't do anything
at the weekend.
-You did something.
Okay, yeah, I did something.
I think I fucked somebody else.
I think, you know,
because you think I'm a slut.
Does that make it
easier for you?
Yeah, I did something else...
with someone,
with whatever you want to think.
This is the problem.
I am tainted always by you.
I know it's your birthday.
I know it's your birthday.
I know we have plans.
I know this isn't the best day.
I know.
There's never a right time.
But it's over.
Please don't text me.
Just give me your keys.
-Did you go with someone else?
-Oh, my God.
Why did you do that, baby?
You did it out of spite,
didn't you?
You did it out of spite.
Just give me the keys, please.
Just go.
I'll give you
the fucking keys, all right.
[Charlotte sighs]
You went with someone else.
-There's something--
-You went with someone else
to fucking get back at me.
Is that what you fucking
brought me here to do, huh?
To hurt me out of spite?
Are you happy now?
If you don't take
your fucking hands off me,
I will fucking call
the police, okay?
I want you to go.
I want you
to get out of my fucking life.
I never want to see
your face again.
-Go.
-No.
-Go now. Go now.
-You knew what you were doing.
You knew what you were doing
because all you had to do
was hurt me
and you've done it now.
And actually, I never want
to see your fucking face again.
-[Roberto spits]
-Hmm. Nice.
-You made me sick.
-Take your poxy flower. Take it.
-Take it. Take it.
-You know
what I'll do with your flower?
-Take it. Take it.
-You know
what I'll do with your flower?
-Take it.
-Keep it
where it fucking belongs.
-[vase shattering]
-There.
-[door shuts closed]
-[lock click closed]
[sighs]
[front door shuts closed]
-[phone ringing]
-Hello?
[road din]
[keys jangling]
[doorbell buzzing]
[phone ringing]
[automatic voice]
Calls to this number
are barred from your phone.
I'm sorry. Goodbye.
[doorbell buzzing]
[somber music playing]
[Dr. Khalaf] It seems
that there's a lot of anxiety
about the idea of intimacy...
for you.
Getting close to someone else,
to know someone else,
and to be known,
primarily to be known
by someone else.
Does that create
its own element of fear?
It might be useful
for you to think about
what it is about...
being close
to someone else that...
triggers you
or frightens you in some way.
Being close to another
person...
seems to bring...
a notion of a risk.
I mean, I fully understand
that there's a desire
to protect your children.
Obviously.
I mean, do you worry that if...
you allow someone else
into your life,
you allow yourself
to get close to someone...
that you want
to push them away...
to keep them away?
[]
Maybe.
[road din]
Yeah. [laughs]
Because you're, like, tiny.
-Thank you?
-In a nice way. I like it.
-You know, in the best possible.
-Thank you.
You're welcome.
That was a compliment, yeah.
And you're...
very tall.
I am, thank you.
I guess
all Americans come that way.
Yeah, you know how we do.
[Luca laughs]
Hmm.
So I was...
going over our chat.
Oh, yeah. The chat, yeah.
Which is...
you know, I really...
kind of appreciate
connecting with someone
that, you know,
who actually wants to chat.
It's kind of rare
on one of those things.
-You do this a lot?
-No, no, no, no.
No. [laughs]
You know, like I said,
you know, in the chat,
I have-- this is my third date
since me
and my partner split up...
about three months ago.
Yeah, this is me
trying to get back on the scene.
What happened?
Oh, wow.
We're going to talk about that.
-[laughs] No, why not?
-Straight up. No, it's cool.
Yeah, I respect that.
That's great.
It's-- Yeah.
Honesty, best policy.
Yeah, I guess
she kind of got spooked.
Yeah, she--
Tell you what happened.
She first said
that she felt like
I didn't need her anymore.
Yeah. Which is super weird.
Because, like,
a couple of days before that...
we both said
this was the closest we'd...
felt like being a couple.
Yeah.
So I guess
she kind of freaked out.
[chuckles] And, you know,
she went into this
sort of self-protection thing.
Which is what I tell myself
to help me sleep at night.
To justify the fact that
she started seeing other guys.
-Oh.
-Yeah.
Yeah. So... [laughs]
Yeah.
So my instincts
and senses about that stuff
is all, you know,
all over the place.
Hmm.
Yeah, it kind of
felt like a power move.
Yeah, rather than...
rather than something that
she kind of really wanted to do.
I don't know.
Does that make sense?
Still seem
really upset about it.
Shouldn't I be?
I mean, wouldn't you be?
Sometimes I think
it's best just to put it clean.
-Yeah?
-Um...
move those feelings
into a part of your brain
that you don't need
to deal with.
Okay. Okay.
And how the hell
do you do that? [laughs]
By being here with me.
-[Charlotte laughs]
-Okay. I like that.
What about you?
Um...
no drama.
I, um...
He loved me.
I didn't love him.
And here I am.
Wow. I mean, that is chilling.
[laughs] I mean,
like some serial killers.
Um, how long were you together?
-About a year.
-About a--
That is a significant
chunk of time.
Not in the grand
scheme of things.
The grand scheme of things.
I like that outlook.
Such a philosophy. [chuckles]
And, you know...
how was it in the end?
It wasn't as clean as usual.
-As usual?
-Well...
we got there in the end.
Okay. And now...
what are you looking for?
I'll know when I find it.
Hey.
Are you okay?
I need to go home.
Oh.
-I'm sorry. I, um--
-No, don't apologise.
No, I'm-- it's just
that my boiler...
-is broke.
-Sure.
And I, um--
my kids
are coming back tomorrow.
So we need hot water.
And I need to get it fixed.
And I've had
a really great night, and--
You know,
this might sound really weird
because this has been, like...
short and sweet like yourself.
I was just--
I was just thinking,
I'd really like
to see you again.
And I was wondering...
how that sounded to you,
you know,
in the grand scheme of things.
What are you like with boilers?
Uh...
I can take a look.
Come on.
[unsettling music playing]
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[]
[]
[tentative music playing]
[Charlotte] Oh, sorry.
No, can you just--
No, no, no, no.
Can you just, uh...
Just for now, can you just
put it in this corner?
Sorry.
[metal clattering]
Excuse me, can I just ask you
just to hold--
-hold that while I get the--
-[removal man 2] I'm sorry,
missus.
We can't do that.
We have to just drop and leave.
Great and it's miss, actually,
but thank you.
Do you mind--
I'll just get that for you.
Thank you. It's not--
It's just that I can't see.
-No, go higher.
-Yeah.
-Is that straight?
-Yeah, yeah.
Hang on.
-Right. Thank you.
-Lovely.
[Charlotte] Right, um...
Just through here.
I've run out of stuff to move,
so I'll just...
-You have a nice house.
-Thank you.
It's quite big
for one person, isn't it?
Well, when the kids come,
when they're not
with their dads, it'll get
pretty-- pretty busy then.
Just put that there. Thank you.
Divorce, is it?
-Sorry?
-Oh, sorry. Don't mind me.
No, it's fine. Uh, almost.
-Third one this week.
-Third what?
Severance moves, we call them.
Oh, great, maybe we just
don't need men anymore.
-I'll take that.
-Is that right?
Well, you shouldn't be
on your own for too long.
I thought you were
just moving furniture.
Right you are.
[footsteps receding]
[restless piano instrumental
[door latch clicking]
[Charlotte]
Do you know what I mean?
Right, so, first things first.
-[door slams shut]
-[Roberto] This is nice.
[Charlotte] The boiler.
[chuckles]
Hang on.
Um...
-Hey?
-[faint rattling]
-[switch clicks]
-[electricity buzzing]
-Are you any good at electrics?
-Er...
-I'll stick to the boiler.
-[Charlotte laughs]
Over there?
-In here?
-Yeah.
Did you actually know
anything about boilers?
-There you go.
-[boiler buzzing faintly]
It's just some water pressure.
Are you kidding?
Is this what you do,
is this the, um,
going-on-a-date boiler trick?
Oh yeah, works every time.
Is this one of your tricks?
Get someone in
to fix the boiler?
Oh yeah, no, no, no, um,
I-- I, um, don't usually get,
um, a guy
to play with my boiler.
We just usually go
straight to bed.
[Roberto chuckles] Oh, okay.
[Charlotte] Look, I'm joking,
I've only just moved in.
-You're my first.
-I'm honored.
Why did you
nearly leave me earlier?
I just thought you looked...
uncomfortable.
Or, like,
you didn't want to be there.
I told you,
I'm not used to this stuff.
I only just started dating.
Well, to be honest with you,
when I...
did get up to leave, I...
-What?
-...felt sorry for you.
-[Charlotte chuckling]
-I got in.
You got in.
I did.
Suddenly
it all feels quite formal.
[Roberto hums in agreement]
How do we change that?
Are you going to kiss me?
You want me to kiss you?
[Charlotte chuckles softly]
Come over here.
-What?
-[Charlotte chuckling] Nothing.
-I'm nervous.
- I know.
[Roberto chuckles]
-Okay, loosen a bit.
-Alright.
How's that?
-You ready?
-Yeah.
[door clicks open]
-Here he is.
-[Billy] Hiya.
[Charlotte] Oh, dear. Come on.
How are you feeling?
-Not very good.
-Oh, no.
Shoes off, please, Eddie.
Come on.
[Eddie murmurs indistinctly]
-Where's Jessie?
-She's staying at Teresa's.
She said, can you
pick her up at 11-ish?
Right. Shoes off, please, love.
-[Eddie] Oh, yeah.
-Look, Billy, it's my weekend,
so you should really
have asked me.
Yeah, but she really
wanted to go, so...
I didn't see that
there was any harm.
I left it in the drive.
-Did you fill it with petrol?
-Yeah, a quarter of a tank,
same as when I picked it up.
Why don't you just fill it
to the top next time?
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
So, tell me, when did you start
feeling poorly?
Right at the beginning
of the day in the first lesson.
Come here.
Shoes off, please, Billy.
So, when did you start
feeling poorly?
[Eddie]
Right in the first lesson.
[Charlotte] Oh, no.
-Did they give you any medicine,
any [indistinct], or anything?
-[Eddie] No.
-[Charlotte] Have you been sick?
-[Eddie] No.
Okay, [indistinct]
-[Eddie] [indistinct]
-[Charlotte] Yeah.
So, why couldn't you
pick him up earlier?
Because I had a meeting,
I couldn't get out of it.
Looks good, flat.
Look, I had a meeting as well.
And school
called me on your time.
OK, well,
if they can't get hold of me,
they're probably
going to try to get hold of you,
because you're his mum.
Here's his clothes.
Right, so you've--
you've not cleaned them?
They're fine.
I mean, he's only going to wear
them again, I'd say, so...
Have you even
heard yourself sometimes?
This is your time, okay?
And if you can't do it,
you need to find someone
-who can help you.
-Yeah, I'm trying.
It's not my problem anymore,
and now I've got to go
and wash these.
-[Billy] Okay.
-Mum, my tummy's really sore.
Okay, darling,
I'm going to get you a snack.
[Eddie] No, it's not that, Mum.
[Charlotte] Listen, love,
just put the TV on for a bit.
Don't distract yourself.
[Eddie] All right.
So, the school said that
maybe we should get in touch
with the doctor,
just to check that he's okay.
Yeah, that sounds right.
And-- and did you?
[indistinct chatter over TV]
No, because I thought
we should talk about it.
Well, you need
to take the initiative,
because we're not
together anymore.
Maybe you need
to get a babysitter.
Okay, so I should ask
a stranger before I ask his mum.
Would we be even having this
conversation if I was a man?
No, I suppose not.
Look, it just doesn't look good.
When the school call me
on your time...
it makes me look bad,
I don't like it.
All right, well,
maybe it's Eddie and Jessie
that want to see you more
than the school.
Maybe you should take your
own responsibility, your duties.
When it's my time,
I am fully there for the kids.
[Eddie] Mum.
Just a sec, babe.
They're not dogs, Charlotte.
No, but you act
like one sometimes.
Is that where we're going?
Can I swap next Wednesday?
[indistinct chatter over TV]
Next Wednesday?
You dating?
I am, actually.
Yeah, I take it.
-[Charlotte] How about you?
-[Billy sighs]
Not ready.
Well, you were very ready
when we were together.
Hardly.
[indistinct shouting over TV]
[floor cracks]
[indistinct
conversation over TV]
[loud clattering]
[street din]
[bar din]
Thank you.
[rap music playing over speaker]
In fact, can I get
another one of those?
I've got somebody coming.
Thanks.
[glass clicking]
Sorry, can I get another one?
[street din]
-[door creaks open]
-[footsteps approaching]
-[Carlotte] Hi.
-Hey.
-How are you doing?
-Well...
-[Charlotte chuckles]
-It's good to see you.
Nice to see you.
-Charlotte laughing]
-[indistinct]
-How did you get here?
-I cycled, actually.
[Charlotte grunts]
-Can I get that for you?
-Absolutely.
[quiet background chatter]
-[Charlotte sighs]
-Have some wine.
[Charlotte laughing]
Thank you.
-Thank you.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Yeah.
Oh, now that's better.
That's delicious.
-Can I try some?
-Please.
[indistinct chattering]
-Hm.
-[Charlotte laughing]
Quite strong.
So what's your story, then?
Um...
Where do you want to start?
-[loud chattering]
-What's really...
[Charlotte laughing]
...funny is the fact that I know
that I can't really
touch you, obviously,
because you're made of,
like, you know...
It makes me want
to really touch you more.
[Charlotte giggling]
[street din]
I was going to say that I think
I was like that at first,
but I was never like that.
When I was done, I was done.
It was over. It was finished.
I was like, "Whatever."
I feel like that.
You sound like you've got a good
relationship with your ex.
Not really.
But you worked
things out and this...
Um...
[laughter in the background]
There's no love lost,
I wouldn't say we were friends,
but it's been quite formal,
quite technical
in how we've worked it out.
And that suits me.
-You are fine.
-[Charlotte chuckling]
[loud chattering]
[street din]
Sometimes I feel
like a teenage kid.
That's a good thing, isn't it?
Since I met you.
[Charlotte snorts]
-What does that mean?
-[siren wailing]
[Roberto sighs] I don't know.
I was lonely for a while.
I don't know
what I'm talking about.
I feel like
we've found each other.
We have?
It feels right, doesn't it?
Definitely
through my red wine, anyway.
I've only just met, you now...
and I like getting up
in the morning.
Good.
How is this going to end?
Why would you say that?
[Roberto chuckles]
I mean, this is great, isn't it?
I think. I feel like it is.
But...
Well, you know.
Come here.
-You're [indistinct].
-I know you do. I know.
I know.
It's-- No, it's just too...
it's strange.
Is that your bike?
It certainly is.
Let's go for a ride.
-What, now?
-Mm-hmm.
Well...
-Really?
-Come on, let's go.
Give me your keys.
[Roberto groans]
So-- I'm so sorry. So sorry.
-Just--
-[Charlotte snickering]
-Just go. Let's go.
-[both chuckling]
[Roberto laughing] Let's go.
I can't find my keys.
-[Roberto exclaims]
-Oh, my God.
[Roberto] Oh, my God!
[Roberto groaning]
I can't believe this.
Whoo-hoo!
Absolutely not. No.
Is Richard there?
Great.
Can I speak to him just for...
Thank you.
Hi, Richard.
Really well. How are you?
Oh, you lucky thing. [chuckles]
Well, it's quite late here.
Yeah.
Okay, so I was saying
that I would not go below 75%.
That's true.
[phone buzzing]
Yeah. Yeah.
Richard,
I'm really, really sorry.
Can I just take five?
Yeah. Okay.
Billy.
Hi.
Hi, darling.
That's really great.
That's wonderful. Yeah. Yeah.
And was that at school?
Oh, really?
Well done.
Darling, can we talk
about this tomorrow?
Yeah.
Good night, sweetheart.
I love you, too.
Will you put Daddy on for me?
Yeah. Can you do that?
All right.
Night-night, sweetheart. Bye.
Billy, I'm at work.
No. What I want to know is--
Do I call you--
Right. Fine. Bye.
Hi, Richard.
Yeah. No. Everything's great.
So I would like
to finalize on that...
Yeah. On that number. No less.
-Agreed.
-[phone buzzing]
OK. Thank you very much.
All right.
Have a great day. Bye.
[phone keeps buzzing]
[phone keeps buzzing]
Hello?
[laughing]
Why do you always say that?
Oh, I don't know. Um...
See, that puts pressure on me.
Because now I can't concentrate.
I just want
to run out and see you.
I can't do that. It's too late.
Have you booked it? Already?
Okay. I'll see you then.
[tense music building]
Come at nine.
[chuckling]
[]
[music fades]
[door phone buzzing]
-Hello?
-[Lucy] Charlotte, it's me.
What are you doing here?
Well, I've come to see...
Are you going to let me in?
It's freezing.
You can't come in. Because...
What? Buzz me in.
[door buzzing]
For fuck sake.
What are you doing here?
I've come to see you.
Are you on your own?
-Yeah. The kids aren't here.
-I know. I spoke to Billy.
What do you mean
you spoke to Billy?
He called me and I wanted
to see if he was all right.
Why did you talk to Billy?
He wants Mum to go away
with him and the kids.
She's not going, is she?
I don't know.
Why are you all
still talking to Billy?
-You look well.
-Thank you.
This is nice. Big.
It's peaceful.
You wouldn't think it
from the outside.
-And clean.
-The kids aren't here
and I've got bits to do.
So it's not really a great time.
I bought you a teapot.
Why?
To make tea.
-Can I have an nosey?
-Well, it's not...
I'm not...
Mum keeps asking how you are.
How the kids are.
I've been meaning to call her,
actually, all week, but...
-I think she needs some money.
-Right.
[scoffs softly]
I don't know how you do it.
You're not the only one
on your own, Charlotte.
He's looking after
your children.
Our kids.
Lucy.
We had those kids together.
Oh, come on. You know what I
mean.
You know what would be nice?
Just once.
If you...
Mum and Dad...
just took my side.
Oh. It's not about sides.
It's about
looking after everybody.
Not just you.
You know, the kids.
What about us?
We haven't seen you.
And... [scoffs]
Just because you've divorced
Billy because of a,
I don't know, a text message,
it doesn't mean we have to.
Well, we can't.
A text message? Honestly?
He didn't even do
anything wrong, Charlotte.
How can you sit there
and say that?
You don't even have
a fucking clue what he did.
-All right, all right.
-And actually, I'm doing
fucking Billy a favour
by not telling you
because maybe you'd never
want to speak to him again.
Well, we don't know
because we don't see you.
You know, this thing you do,
this isolating?
Do you know the person
it punishes the most in the end?
-You.
-I don't feel hurt.
-I feel really happy.
-Well, what about the kids?
-They're happy.
-Are they?
-Yeah, they are.
-Yeah.
We're all happier.
We're all better.
-And you can't stand it.
-Me?
Yeah, me and the kids.
And we're not part of that.
We're not your family.
-It's not normal.
-No, you-- Yes, you--
We know you're seeing someone.
It's only been three months,
but I'm not judging.
-This is why you're here?
Yeah, I am seeing someone.
-No, it's not.
-I've come to see you but...
-And he's lovely.
And he's nice to me.
And he's kind.
And we have really great sex.
And you hate it.
-Oh, God.
-You don't want me to be happy.
Honestly, that's in your head.
-But it's not.
-It is.
Honest to God, Lucy,
I can sit here
very easily and talk about
all your shit points.
You're the one who's moved,
not giving me your address.
How fucked up is that?
Billy hasn't cut us off.
You know what?
He's not even family.
Why don't you take
your poxy teapot
and ask your best mate Billy
to make you a cup of tea?
[somber music playing]
[]
[Roberto] That was fun.
[Charlotte]
Do you feel all right to drive?
Yeah, I do too.
Break dancing, then?
[Roberto]
Kept it with me for a few years.
I could see.
-You cleared the room.
-[Roberto chuckling]
Formed a circle.
You were very fit, actually,
when you did that.
I did. I thought,
"Yeah, he's fit."
You did-- You were fit.
-Oh, really?
-Yeah.
All right.
I didn't know you could do that.
It's good. I like surprises.
I like men to surprise me.
-I know you do.
-What?
Surprises.
I've got to keep thinking
on my feet for you, haven't I?
Yeah.
Go on, give us a kiss.
I'm not kissing you.
We need to concentrate.
-Oh, my God.
-What's the matter with you?
We took the wrong turn.
We're all right.
We're going home.
That house. That house.
That. That.
Do you know what I mean?
We should definitely,
like, get something like that.
We could all live there.
Me, you, the kids.
It's the future, isn't it?
Do you know what I mean?
It's not that
I like it because it's huge.
I just like the house.
What do you think?
-[Roberto] Yeah, I like it.
-We could get married.
-[Roberto laughs]
-Should we?
Are we talking about
marriage already?
[Charlotte huffs]
Yeah, maybe.
[Charlotte]
I actually retract my offer.
-Maybe one day.
-Listen, listen.
[Charlotte singing]
Ain't gonna cut it for me
Tell me what do you want to do
when you grow up, then?
Well, you can't be
a painter and decorator
for all your life, surely.
What's wrong
with a painter and decorator?
Are you serious?
Are you serious?
Well, don't you want to be,
like, a CEO or...
-CEO?
-Yeah.
I'm the CEO of my own painting
and decorating company.
I'm serious.
What are you talking about?
How much have you had to drink?
Have you had anything else?
Well, if I had, I definitely
wouldn't be telling you.
Not what you're like.
You want to be a CEO?
Is that what you need?
It's good to have a goal.
Isn't this a goal?
I think Nikki fancied you.
I don't think so.
She's your friend.
She wouldn't do that, surely.
-You're quite flirty with her.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-Because I was talking to her,
-I was flirty with her.
-[Charlotte chuckles]
-You know what I'm saying.
-I don't think so.
-I don't mind that.
-What? What do you mean?
I wasn't flirting with her.
She was-- I was being nice.
-That's fine. It's nice for her.
-What do you mean
you don't mind?
-I'm not going to be
flirting with your friend.
-It's nice for her.
[Roberto laughing]
Where are you tonight?
Are you-- Are you all right?
You think I'd be flirting
with your friends
as if I'd flirt with anyone now.
You're so serious.
You're quite straight.
You're quite serious,
but you know what?
It's adorable, actually.
It is. It is adorable.
You're adorable.
[Roberto] I need
to get you home on the sofa.
-I love you.
-I know you do.
[]
[plastic rustling]
[Charlotte clears her throat
[Charlotte clears her throat
I might have to
shoot off in a bit.
What's going on?
You're upset.
I'm not.
Listen, if you're going to
ask me questions about...
things, I'll be honest with you.
If you don't want me
to be honest with you,
don't ask me.
It's before I met you.
Before we got together.
I don't understand.
As soon as I mentioned...
you went quiet.
Did you sleep with him?
Yeah.
Wow.
Are you telling me
that since you separated
you haven't slept
with anyone before me?
Why would I do that?
I was getting over a marriage...
that... I was fucking sad about.
[sighs]
Why would you...
open yourself up like that?
I don't get it.
Because...
that's where I was.
-Did you love him?
-No.
Wow.
So you're married
for 17 years...
you come out,
you've got two children
and you just decide to sleep
with a couple of guys.
-I don't get it.
-Because that's what
I wanted to do.
I wanted to have sex.
Jesus Christ, you make me sick.
You have no idea
about my relationship.
You have no idea.
I was with someone for 17 years.
If I want to come out of that
and go and sleep with
whoever I want to sleep with,
it has got fuck
all to do with you.
I'm not allowed
to feel sad or jealous?
You can feel whatever you want,
but don't judge me.
Why would you--
I'm not-- You're judging me.
-I'm not judging you. How? How?
-You're judging me
for feeling these feelings.
I don't know anything
about your relationship.
I don't know what happened,
why it broke down,
why you had to be on your own
and be celibate for two years.
That is your story.
This is my story.
You're judging me
for having feelings about
how I feel that you were
with two other men before me.
-I thought
we had something here.
-Exactly. Let's--
[Charlotte] Let's focus
on that word "before you."
That is the key word. Before.
Not whilst I'm with you. Before.
And it makes me feel cheap
and it makes me feel dirty.
And I do not need your judgment.
-You're so puritanical.
What the fuck's wrong with you?
-No.
I'm just...
-struggling with it.
-[Charlotte] You know what?
I actually think
this is misogynistic.
You don't like the idea
of a woman wanting to have sex?
What century are you in?
[sighs deeply
and chuckles softly]
Sorry, I just,
I find this actually...
[chuckles]
It's so misogynistic.
-It's--
-You're upsetting me.
I want you to go.
-You want me to go?
-I do, actually.
Because I've got feelings?
That all of a sudden
this isn't special...
-Okay.
-...that I'm one of those guys.
-Right.
-And one of those swipes.
Fuck off. I want you to go.
-You want me to go?
-I really do
want you to go, yeah.
Swipes?
I don't even know what this is.
Number three.
[chuckles]
[street din]
[door phone buzzing]
[door phone buzzing]
Hello?
[Roberto] Hey. It's me.
I thought
I told you to stay away.
I know. I tried.
Can I come up for a minute?
The kids are going to be here
soon and I just...
Look, I won't be long.
I promise.
I've got a proposition for you.
[buzzing]
[keys jingling]
I can't believe
you've come back.
I'm sorry.
Can I come in?
-It's really nice to see you.
-You always say that.
It's true.
We're in a bit of shit.
We can't keep doing this.
No.
[soft, gentle music building]
-You should go.
-Wait.
-[Charlotte sighs]
-I don't like being without you.
Listen to me.
I don't think
I can be without you.
[]
-I missed this so much.
-Stop. No.
What is it?
I'm not good for you.
Be good for me, then?
[]
I missed you. [Roberto sighs]
Take it off.
[]
[music fades]
[birds chirping in the distance]
[phone buzzing]
-Hello?
-[Eddie] Mum?
Hello, baby.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
Yeah.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
Of course I have.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Yep.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
No, we don't-- We don't--
We don't need to go there.
I will. I'm going to
see you in a minute anyway.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Yep.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
No, we're going to have pasta.
[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Alright.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
Okay.
-[Eddie] [inaudible]
-Alright. Yep.
-[Eddie] I love you, Mum.
-I love you more.
[sighs]
[exhales sharply]
They're on the way.
Okay.
So what's your proposition?
[romantic piano instrumental]
So, in here...
at the entrance front bathroom.
Welcome.
And here...
you have the bedroom
and the kitchen, of course.
Oh, here you have
the bottle of wine you ordered.
It's from Verona.
It's very good.
Thank you.
And you have everything
you need for breakfast.
And I show you the balcony.
Wow.
Wow.
Yeah. You can use
the pool till 7:00 p.m.
And then breakfast is from
7:00 till 11:00 in the morning.
And you can use the restaurant
for everything you need.
Snacks and drinks at the pool.
-Just ask. Okay?
-Thank you.
Enjoy. Have a nice day.
[indistinct]
Okay, so for whatever you need,
-just call me
for information about the lake.
-Okay.
[speaking in Italian]
[all chuckling]
[speaking in Italian]
[Roberto] Ah, okay.
[conversation continues
in Italian]
[conversation continues
in Italian]
She's nice.
Wow.
Hey, you're a decorator, right?
You must be doing all right.
-Are you happy?
-I thought you were
going to take me to Brighton.
[Roberto scoffs]
Everyone goes to Brighton.
I wasn't going to come,
you know.
I know that.
I'm glad you did.
It's lovely.
[birds chirping]
[flourish piano instrumental]
[]
[]
-[music fades]
-[waves flapping gently]
You look relaxed.
Mm.
I'm relaxed when you're relaxed.
You're a terrible distraction,
do you know that?
From what?
For my actual, real life.
Maybe this is your
actual, real life.
[Charlotte laughing] Maybe.
-It's very beautiful.
-[Stella] Yeah, that's true.
I think we should go over there.
That's Punta San Virgilio.
For me, it's the best
place on the lake.
-Oh, yeah, that looks beautiful.
-Yeah.
-Your English is so good.
-Thank you.
-And you drive a boat.
-Yeah, I try.
It's not that hard as it looks.
-What's your name?
-Stella.
Is-- is that an Italian name?
[Stella] Well, that means star.
My father gave me that name
because of a myth on the lake.
-Hmm.
-Yeah.
If you want, I'll show you.
-Yeah.
-Let's go.
[boat engine rumbling]
[indistinct]
[Stella]
So, that's Stella, the rock.
And in front of Stella,
there's San Virgilio.
San Virgilio was a bishop.
He fell in love with this
beautiful woman called Stella.
But she refused him
and he wanted to kill her.
-Of course.
-[Stella] Every time.
[Stella chuckles]
And so, Stella turned
into a rock to escape from him.
And if you see,
in front of the rock,
there's the statue
of San Virgilio.
And you can't come in
the middle between them
because
it's a little bit dangerous.
[soothing music playing]
[]
[]
-We're going into
the red light district now.
-I feel like I'm about 15.
[Charlotte sighs]
What am I going to do with you?
[street din]
[speaking in Italian]
[Roberto speaking in Italian]
Who's that?
Uh, no ones.
[Charolotte sighs]
Oh, man.
They actually close this place.
Don't you phone and check?
Who am I going to phone?
Well, oh, go online.
Why don't you check
what time it closed?
You come all the way here
when it's shut.
I would just
never have done that.
-It's right there, Charlotte.
-It's so...
I just would never do that.
Really?
Alright, I'm sorry.
I should have called.
Who was it?
-Do you want to check my phone?
-No, I don't.
-I just asked you--
-Do you want to just check?
-I just asked--
-Well stop to--
That's the Romeo and Juliet
balcony right there.
I can see.
It's really beautiful.
Maybe we can come back
when it's open,
but there's no point
in doing this here, now.
-It's shut.
-Why do you always
have to do this?
Hey.
Just asked who it was.
[Charlotte] You know what?
I just want to go back.
[Roberto sighs]
Let's just go, shall we?
[restless piano instrumental]
[music fades]
What is it that you hope
to achieve by coming here?
[Charlotte exhales]
Um, I think we...
feel that
it's not going to work out.
[Dr. Khalaf]
What's not going to work out?
Us.
Okay.
Just to clarify, um...
what is it
that brings you here today?
Roberto, it would be good
to bring you into
the conversation at this point.
Perhaps you'd like to share...
your reasons for coming here?
[Roberto clears his throat]
Um...
I've had s--
I've had some arguments.
I think I've fallen
in love with Charlotte.
[Charlotte chuckles]
[Charlotte] Sorry.
-[Roberto exhales sharply]
-[Dr. Khalaf] Go on.
I'm having some issues
with some of my thoughts
about Charlotte and...
her past, some of her lifestyle.
What are they?
In the year that Charlotte
split up from her husband...
she told me she's had a lot of
dates and a lot of sex.
And so now I feel like...
this is not special anymore
and I'm just part of some...
equation.
[Dr. Khalaf] But we're
talking about a period of time
before Charlotte met you, so...
I know.
I mean, it's just sex.
Everybody does it.
-Do they?
-Yeah.
Well, let's come back to that.
Roberto, it would be good
if you just elaborated
a little bit on what about that
is a problem for you.
I think it happened
while she was still married.
And now I don't feel safe...
because if she can do it then,
she can do it now.
So...
I want to run, but I can't.
It's like some
precious man-child.
[Dr. Khalaf]
I think it might be helpful
at this stage for both of you
to be able to speak freely
without judgment and labelling.
Yeah, it's fine, um, but...
what about my experience?
Well, I'd love
to hear your experience.
Well, my experience
is I don't know why I came.
-[Dr. Khalaf] Well...
-Wait.
That's what we're here
to find out.
Um...
why don't you tell us a bit
about why you're here?
[Charlotte clears her throat]
I came for him.
[Dr. Khalaf] That's an
interesting choice of word.
However, what I would
really like to know
is why you came here.
[Charlotte sighs]
I keep asking him to leave
and he comes back.
[Dr. Khalaf]
And why do you ask him to leave?
I don't know,
which is why I'm here.
You're the therapist.
You tell me.
[Dr. Khalaf]
Roberto obviously has
very strong feelings about you.
Why are you here, Charlotte?
I hate this. I actually...
hate it. Um...
I think...
I feel...
scared...
[Dr. Khalaf] of...
getting hurt.
And...
probably I...
I have feelings for him, too.
[street din]
[dog barking]
[indistinct shouting]
[faint clattering]
[door shuts close]
Charlotte.
Charlotte.
Wow, you look amazing.
You're late.
Yeah, I'm sorry. I stopped
at Santino's on the way.
He needed something.
So I just dropped it off
and, um...
I'm sorry I'm a bit late.
Fine. An hour late? [scoffs]
Not really.
Like half an hour.
Well, you've got me there
for eight and it's eight.
We'll make it.
Charlotte,
I'm really sorry, okay?
Santino, he needed me
and I needed
to bring him something.
He's going through
some stuff at the moment.
I didn't think
it would take longer, you know.
So you couldn't text me
or call me or...
just let me know
that you're going to be late.
I just have to wait for you?
Just-- there was no time.
I did this really quickly.
I'm here now.
We're going to make it.
I hope
that we are going to make it.
Okay, I feel like you're pushing
for an argument right now.
I'm not, I'm just pushing for
a little bit of fucking respect.
-I left my phone in the car.
-This...
Charlotte, my son needed me.
-I was being a father.
-You're an asshole.
Don't say that.
-You're never
without your phone, ever.
-I'm not lying.
You would never leave
your phone in the car.
I left the phone
in the car for two minutes.
Okay. We're late, but don't lie.
Okay, I feel like
I'm going crazy.
I'm a bit late. I'm sorry.
I was dealing with my son.
I wasn't out with my friends.
Don't be like this, Charlotte.
I haven't done anything wrong.
I stopped off for my son.
He didn't want me to--
So when you're with me,
as soon as your son calls,
you answer every single time.
Whenever you're with him,
you never, ever answer my call.
That's not true.
We could go
together and see him.
Okay, that's going to happen
when he's ready.
You've met my kids.
They love you.
I know.
Yet I'm your
dirty little secret.
-Oh, come on.
-I am.
No, listen. He's 16.
He makes his own decisions.
I can't force him.
I did what a father should do.
I went to see him.
-You'd do the same.
-No.
-If your kids call, you're not--
-I've opened up my life to you.
Once you have me,
you don't want me.
-What are you talking about?
-It's all a game.
Once I'm here,
then you've got me.
You don't want me.
You just put me
on the fucking back burner.
I don't even want to go.
Please don't do this, Charlotte.
I feel like I just want
a night on my own, you know?
Please don't do this.
Let's go out.
Have a nice night.
They're waiting for us.
Look, I got you something.
-[paper rustling]
-[Roberto sighs]
That's why I'm a bit late.
I know
it's your birthday next week,
and I wanted to get you
something real quick.
You see, there is a smile there.
-I'm smiling
because you said real quick.
-You see? Here.
It's the cheesiest card
in the petrol station.
Wow, you're making me feel
so special tonight.
[laughs]
It gets better than that.
I promise.
And the reason you're late
is because you're getting
the card for me
from the petrol station.
No, I was with Santino.
He needed something.
-I don't need to repeat myself.
-[Charlotte clears throat]
Hey, look, it's a cheesy card.
I'm sorry, but...
"I love you."
I am trying.
You're a difficult person to
please you are.
Straight to recycling.
Lets go out
and have a good time.
-You're hard work sometimes.
-[Charlotte scoffs]
-[Charlotte]
Takes one to know one.
-[Roberto] Hey.
Can [indistinct] a minute?
Come on.
Look at me.
[unsettling music playing]
I bought you a card
from a petrol station.
[Charlotte laughing]
-Been eating crisps?
-Yeah.
-Hot and vinegar?
-Yeah.
-Preffer cheese and onion.
-[Charlotte laughing]
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We're going to be dead late.
Let's go.
-I was just thinking--
-No
[indistinct chatter]
-[Roberto groans]
-[Charlotte laughing]
[overlapping chatter]
You're getting weak.
-Just a tiny little--
-[indistinct].
-Yeah.
-[Charlotte laughing]
[Charlotte sighs]
Let me get you a cup of tea.
No, come back.
It was fun.
It was a fun night.
Can I exchange you
when you get old?
Oh, really?
What for?
A car. [laughs]
Who's going to push you around
when I get old?
Yeah, you can.
Hello, love eyes.
Do you want sex?
Maybe.
Okay.
Well.
I think we can lead up to it.
You're going to have
to dance for me first.
[laughs]
Do you want me to dance for you?
-I saw your breakdancing moves.
-Mm-hmm.
-Like a performing clown.
-[phone buzzing]
-Is that my phone?
-Wait.
My phone.
Who's that at this time?
-Blocked. [laughs]
-Blocked?
What are you blocking
someone for?
-[Charlotte clears throat]
-Who are you blocking
at this time?
-It doesn't matter.
-Oh, really.
Mm-hmm.
I'm curious now.
Why?
Who are you blocking
at this time?
[laughing] Let's get back to us.
You're going to
block me one day?
-Maybe.
-Yeah?
Who did you block?
Hmm?
Dance for me.
-Who was it?
-Go on.
-Please.
-You want me to dance?
-Yeah.
-You want me to dance?
-I do.
-Really?
-Yeah.
-You want to dance with me?
-No, I want to see you dance.
-Oh, really?
I saw your breakdancing. You've
got moves.
Oh, really? And I broke a leg.
-[Charlotte laughs]
-I'm going to dance.
-Are you?
-Yeah.
-Really?
-You ready?
-Oh.
-You ready?
Come on, let me-- let...
let me [indistinct].
["Girlfriend" by MELA playing]
You need a stage?
Are you stripping?
I feel like a suburban
Chippendale.
[Charlotte laughing]
[Charlotte laughing, cheering]
[chanting] Fit, fit, fit, fit!
You're so out of this world
Is God in your pocket
-It's your turn.
-No way. [laughs]
I can't look away from you
What if we, oh, what if we
Made up our own rules
We got nothing,
We got nothing
We got nothing to lose
Meet me on your lips, yes
Kiss my smile, stay a while
All these emotions when
I'm front row to your eyes
Oh, who am I, who am I
I don't know, but who am I
Meet me on your lips, yes
Kiss my smile, stay a while
All these emotions when
I'm front row to your eyes
Oh, who am I, who am I
I don't know, but who am I
You could make
a girlfriend out of me
-[birds chirping]
-[wind howling]
[footsteps thudding]
[light switch clicks]
[road din]
[engine revving]
[footsteps approaching]
[door clicks open]
You didn't lock the door.
Did you have a nice night?
We...
we didn't say that we were going
to see each other tonight.
It's four o'clock
in the morning,
I was worried about you.
You could have called me,
I would have picked you up.
What, are you my dad?
You turned
your blue tics off tonight.
Wh-- Sorry, what?
[laughs nervously]
After I messaged you,
you turned your blue tics off.
Yeah, I mean...
so...
you don't worry about me
if I didn't get back
to you right away.
Good idea.
I'll do the same.
[scoffs]
I'm going to have a bath.
Okay.
[door clicks closed]
[water pattering]
[door shuts closed]
[keys jangling]
[lock clicks closed]
[door clicks closed]
[keypad clattering]
[dramatic music playing]
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[knocking on door]
Who let you in?
The boss next door.
-You spoke to next door?
-Yeah.
Just come in.
You can't just turn up.
[Charlotte sighs]
I got this for you
because I didn't get a chance
to get something
whilst I was away.
What are you doing here?
You can't just send me a text
whilst I'm away saying that.
Then expect me not to show up.
There's never an easy way
with any of this, but...
Look, we've been here before.
-[Charlotte sighs]
-I know you're angry.
-I'm not angry.
-Let's just take some time
to talk about this.
I'm not angry. I'm not angry.
Every time you're angry,
you finish it.
And then I come back.
This time you made me suffer.
Okay? I suffered.
I was away with my son,
and I needed
to be there for him.
And you decided to do
whatever it is you do
and make me feel bad about it.
And expect me to hate you.
I release you.
-You are free.
-[laughs] You...
Can you even hear
yourself speak sometimes?
I don't know
what you want from me.
This is all too intense.
I can't do it.
I don't want to do it.
It doesn't make me happy.
It doesn't make you happy.
-You say that.
-I want you to be happy.
I hope you find happiness
doing other things
with other people
that make you happy.
But it's not me.
I don't want your flowers.
I don't want you to be here.
I want you to go. It's over.
We've done this
before, Charlotte.
-I know we have.
-Look at me.
-I know we have.
-I...
You need to just step back,
take some time.
-Okay.
-And go, and just--
-Okay, all right.
-Listen, this is a--
-I came back so we can spend
some time together.
-I know.
-Can I have
a glass of water, please?
-No.
It's not that easy to leave.
Charlotte, I love you.
You know that.
Why do you do this
to me every time?
Look, I know
you've invested so much in this.
I know you have.
Well, what did you
expect me to do?
-Not invest in a relationship?
-But you don't invest.
Do you want to know the truth?
You don't.
You want to dip in and out.
You're always there
for someone else.
You're running around.
"I've got to do this.
I've got to do that."
Well, go and do it.
Whatever I do
is never right for you.
If I do that, it's wrong.
You ask me to do that,
it's wrong.
-What do you want from me?
-Because it doesn't work.
This doesn't work.
Look at our text messages.
Look at it all.
-It only doesn't work because
you don't want it to work...
-Because of me. All right.
...and then you want it to work
because you want to be
in control of it.
All right, if it doesn't work
because of me,
do not be with me.
Don't be with me. Why are you
doing this to yourself?
-I feel like
you want me to fight for you.
-Why are you doing this?
-And I will fight for you.
-I don't want you
to fight for me,
and I don't want to make a scene
because I don't want
anyone to hear it,
and it just goes on
and on and on and on.
-Get your hands off me.
-Charlotte, Charlotte,
Charlotte, please wait.
Talk to me.
We love each other.
We love each other.
You're just in a mood with me,
and I understand.
I'm not in a mood.
I'm not in a mood.
Listen, I want this
to be really clear,
and I don't want us
to keep doing this again, right?
-Stop it. Stop it.
Just calm down.
-It is over.
-I don't want your flowers.
-I just want a glass of water.
-I don't want you here.
-I want us
to calm down and talk.
Go and get
a glass of water somewhere else.
It is done. You went, fine.
If that's what
you need to do, go.
You can't do this
to me like this.
-I feel sick.
-I feel sick.
When I needed you most,
Charlotte,
you shut yourself off.
-Yeah, because I can't be there.
-What are you doing?
We've spent a year together.
You can't just end this
like this.
You know you don't want this.
Charlotte.
What happened at the weekend?
[object thudding]
What did you do at the weekend?
-I didn't do anything
at the weekend.
-You did something.
Okay, yeah, I did something.
I think I fucked somebody else.
I think, you know,
because you think I'm a slut.
Does that make it
easier for you?
Yeah, I did something else...
with someone,
with whatever you want to think.
This is the problem.
I am tainted always by you.
I know it's your birthday.
I know it's your birthday.
I know we have plans.
I know this isn't the best day.
I know.
There's never a right time.
But it's over.
Please don't text me.
Just give me your keys.
-Did you go with someone else?
-Oh, my God.
Why did you do that, baby?
You did it out of spite,
didn't you?
You did it out of spite.
Just give me the keys, please.
Just go.
I'll give you
the fucking keys, all right.
[Charlotte sighs]
You went with someone else.
-There's something--
-You went with someone else
to fucking get back at me.
Is that what you fucking
brought me here to do, huh?
To hurt me out of spite?
Are you happy now?
If you don't take
your fucking hands off me,
I will fucking call
the police, okay?
I want you to go.
I want you
to get out of my fucking life.
I never want to see
your face again.
-Go.
-No.
-Go now. Go now.
-You knew what you were doing.
You knew what you were doing
because all you had to do
was hurt me
and you've done it now.
And actually, I never want
to see your fucking face again.
-[Roberto spits]
-Hmm. Nice.
-You made me sick.
-Take your poxy flower. Take it.
-Take it. Take it.
-You know
what I'll do with your flower?
-Take it. Take it.
-You know
what I'll do with your flower?
-Take it.
-Keep it
where it fucking belongs.
-[vase shattering]
-There.
-[door shuts closed]
-[lock click closed]
[sighs]
[front door shuts closed]
-[phone ringing]
-Hello?
[road din]
[keys jangling]
[doorbell buzzing]
[phone ringing]
[automatic voice]
Calls to this number
are barred from your phone.
I'm sorry. Goodbye.
[doorbell buzzing]
[somber music playing]
[Dr. Khalaf] It seems
that there's a lot of anxiety
about the idea of intimacy...
for you.
Getting close to someone else,
to know someone else,
and to be known,
primarily to be known
by someone else.
Does that create
its own element of fear?
It might be useful
for you to think about
what it is about...
being close
to someone else that...
triggers you
or frightens you in some way.
Being close to another
person...
seems to bring...
a notion of a risk.
I mean, I fully understand
that there's a desire
to protect your children.
Obviously.
I mean, do you worry that if...
you allow someone else
into your life,
you allow yourself
to get close to someone...
that you want
to push them away...
to keep them away?
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Maybe.
[road din]
Yeah. [laughs]
Because you're, like, tiny.
-Thank you?
-In a nice way. I like it.
-You know, in the best possible.
-Thank you.
You're welcome.
That was a compliment, yeah.
And you're...
very tall.
I am, thank you.
I guess
all Americans come that way.
Yeah, you know how we do.
[Luca laughs]
Hmm.
So I was...
going over our chat.
Oh, yeah. The chat, yeah.
Which is...
you know, I really...
kind of appreciate
connecting with someone
that, you know,
who actually wants to chat.
It's kind of rare
on one of those things.
-You do this a lot?
-No, no, no, no.
No. [laughs]
You know, like I said,
you know, in the chat,
I have-- this is my third date
since me
and my partner split up...
about three months ago.
Yeah, this is me
trying to get back on the scene.
What happened?
Oh, wow.
We're going to talk about that.
-[laughs] No, why not?
-Straight up. No, it's cool.
Yeah, I respect that.
That's great.
It's-- Yeah.
Honesty, best policy.
Yeah, I guess
she kind of got spooked.
Yeah, she--
Tell you what happened.
She first said
that she felt like
I didn't need her anymore.
Yeah. Which is super weird.
Because, like,
a couple of days before that...
we both said
this was the closest we'd...
felt like being a couple.
Yeah.
So I guess
she kind of freaked out.
[chuckles] And, you know,
she went into this
sort of self-protection thing.
Which is what I tell myself
to help me sleep at night.
To justify the fact that
she started seeing other guys.
-Oh.
-Yeah.
Yeah. So... [laughs]
Yeah.
So my instincts
and senses about that stuff
is all, you know,
all over the place.
Hmm.
Yeah, it kind of
felt like a power move.
Yeah, rather than...
rather than something that
she kind of really wanted to do.
I don't know.
Does that make sense?
Still seem
really upset about it.
Shouldn't I be?
I mean, wouldn't you be?
Sometimes I think
it's best just to put it clean.
-Yeah?
-Um...
move those feelings
into a part of your brain
that you don't need
to deal with.
Okay. Okay.
And how the hell
do you do that? [laughs]
By being here with me.
-[Charlotte laughs]
-Okay. I like that.
What about you?
Um...
no drama.
I, um...
He loved me.
I didn't love him.
And here I am.
Wow. I mean, that is chilling.
[laughs] I mean,
like some serial killers.
Um, how long were you together?
-About a year.
-About a--
That is a significant
chunk of time.
Not in the grand
scheme of things.
The grand scheme of things.
I like that outlook.
Such a philosophy. [chuckles]
And, you know...
how was it in the end?
It wasn't as clean as usual.
-As usual?
-Well...
we got there in the end.
Okay. And now...
what are you looking for?
I'll know when I find it.
Hey.
Are you okay?
I need to go home.
Oh.
-I'm sorry. I, um--
-No, don't apologise.
No, I'm-- it's just
that my boiler...
-is broke.
-Sure.
And I, um--
my kids
are coming back tomorrow.
So we need hot water.
And I need to get it fixed.
And I've had
a really great night, and--
You know,
this might sound really weird
because this has been, like...
short and sweet like yourself.
I was just--
I was just thinking,
I'd really like
to see you again.
And I was wondering...
how that sounded to you,
you know,
in the grand scheme of things.
What are you like with boilers?
Uh...
I can take a look.
Come on.
[unsettling music playing]
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