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- You could drive a bit faster. - Should I give it some gas?
Frederik...
Can you slow down a bit? It's not funny anymore.
- Frederik. - It's not that bad, Mom.
It is! You can't drive this fast on this road.
Frederik, slow down. I don't like this.
Damn it! Can you stop the car?
Dad, stop! Stop!
What the hell were you thinking? You're crazy!
You always have a go at me. I drive too fast.
I'm happy at the wrong time. I sleep too much.
Well, what should we do now?
Is there someone we can call?
We'll figure it out.
- Frederik? - Dad!
Dad!
People ask me how well I know my husband.
But what makes us who we are?
Is it others' judgmental looks that shape us?
Or is it our own responsibility to become who we are?
Are we just a patchwork of misinterpreted experiences
and distorted memories?
Don't we have free will?
Is our fate in our DNA? In our brain's chemistry?
In the laws of nature?
Are we just the state of our brain at a given time?
And nothing more?
Then why do we have such a strong sense of self?
A sense that what we experience and remember is true?
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Please be seated.
Today we are trying the prosecution against Frederik Halling.
- Is that you? - Yes.
Well, that's not how it's done.
You've forgotten how to sing along.
But luckily, the fall break is over.
It's nothing to be sad about.
On the contrary, it's a privilege...
to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
We've been banished from Paradise, but let's fill our minds.
Here, you can learn how to sit on a chair.
Carl, come on. Take down the dog shit!
Frederik Halling has been charged with gross embezzlement
according to paragraph 278. Motion for a prison sentence.
He received unjust enrichment as principal of Saxtorph Private School.
He's used entrusted funds for no less than 12 million kroner
on irrelevant expenses. The school has suffered losses
and he has profited. Thank you.
- Hello. - Hello.
- I'm Dr. Gonzales. - Hello.
Frederik has been scanned. I'm very sorry.
- A fractured skull? - Yes, he...
He has a tumor in his brain. I'm sorry.
- Will the fracture paralyze him? - The fracture?
- Will he be able to speak? - There's no fracture.
- You said there was a fracture. - He has a tumor in his brain.
It caused an epileptic fit, which made him fall.
Luckily, he has no serious trauma to the head.
But you said it was a fracture. When I asked, you said yes.
- He has a tumor in his brain? - Yes, that's correct.
We have transferred him to the neurological ward.
Experts are looking at him now.
- I'm sorry. - Thank you.
"'Do you love me?' I whisper.
'I want to know every day.'
'I love you more than ever,' she says softly, every day.
'But you don't see me,' I say as loudly as possible.
'Yes,' she says. 'No, not really,' I say.
'You don't understand. What you see is not me at all.'
'Yes,' she says, crying. 'It's you. It's you.'
'Well, then let it be me,' I say.
'Every day.'"
- Mathilde, sit down. - Isn't that Frederik?
Why are they taking him?
What do they want?
My client admits that it's his fault the sum is missing.
But it was not his intent to break the law. He pleads innocent.
At the time of the crime, my client was of unsound mind.
He suffered from a condition, which must be equated with mental illness.
However, he's no longer affected by the condition.
My client motions for acquittal from punishment and other sanctions.
Mom, it's dad.
- Hi, Dad. - Hi. Hello.
Please.
Hi.
- Hi, Dad. - Holy shit, huh?
- It was a bit of a shock. - Yes.
- Luckily, it's over now. - Is it over?
Yes. They'll give me some medicine and discharge me tomorrow.
- Go back to the hotel. - That's amazing.
I can't believe it's been going on for so long.
It can't be hard to put two and two together.
- What's going on? - The school's gone bankrupt.
- It's all over. Are you happy now? - Happy?
Frederik can't take 12 million without you benefitting from it.
Frederik made the school liable for 12 million in loans.
- He can't do that. - If anyone can do it, it's him.
- But he's not well. - It's been going on for over a year.
But it can't be him. Laust, it's a misunderstanding.
It's not a misunderstanding. You know that very well.
The state you were in at the time, could you describe it?
I didn't experience it as a state.
Were you aware of your actions?
I remember everything from that time.
You do? Didn't it seem wrong
to invest the school's money without consent?
I didn't think about if I was doing anything wrong.
- It was... - But it's a big decision.
I think I decided to not say anything
because I wanted to surprise Laust.
- You wanted to surprise him? - Yes, to make him happy.
I need to try to understand. When you transferred the money,
which you see was wrong now, but you didn't see that then...
- What was your motive? - It's a bit strange to me too.
I understand that you... I also can't...
I think it was exciting that it could work.
- It was exciting? - If this was the investment...
So, you were driven by excitement? Adrenalin. Some kind of rush?
I wanted to get money for the extension.
I had the school's best in mind.
Frederik has been scanned. A tumor has been found in his brain.
You'll get an adrenocortical hormone to reduce the swelling in your brain
and medication against epilepsy, so you're not at risk of more fits.
You should go home to Denmark as soon as possible.
They'll be able to operate once the swelling goes down.
Is it cancer?
- It's almost certainly not cancer. - Good.
The most typical symptom
of the strain of the orbitofrontal area is
that your husband may lose interest in you and how you're feeling.
He may find it harder to restrain his primitive impulses.
He could erupt in...
sudden bursts of anger.
He'll definitely deny any suggestion of illness.
But judging by the size of the tumor...
You know all about these symptoms, don't you?
Bernard Bergman.
It's Mia Halling from Thursday.
I don't know any other lawyers. Is it all right that I called?
Of course.
My husband's been charged with embezzlement.
The police just left with him. I don't know what to do.
I'm sorry to hear that.
I don't know what to do.
Is there a reason?
No, not at all.
Well, I don't know. I don't know anything anymore.
I don't know what to do.
Does he have a criminal record?
- No, absolutely not. - That's good.
Yes, that's good.
Your husband is entitled to a lawyer during the interrogation.
I can go there right now, if you like?
Thank you. His name is Frederik Halling.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Right, time to get up. - What? No!
How long have you been the principal of Saxtorph Private School?
I've been the principal for ten years.
- Were you happy to be in charge? - Yes, I liked being there.
Well, have you noticed changes to your behavior these past months?
For example, I can see now...
My private phone calls have increased compared to my work-related calls.
So, there's a shift in the balance between his private life and work.
Have you noticed anything else?
My budget for clothes has increased significantly.
I mean, it's...
So, possible personality changes and a lack of impulse control.
Hello. It's good to see you.
Hello. Hi.
Frederik, we need to talk.
Yes.
Summer vacation is over.
Perhaps you should start a bit later or take a break.
- So we're sure you're well. - What?
If there's even the slightest risk that your illness may cause you
to make bad decisions, we think it's for the best.
I don't make bad decisions.
But just in case, to be sure you're completely well.
But I'm fine. Are you banning me from the school?
No, listen. You'll regret it if you make the wrong choices.
I don't make wrong choices. Are you banning me from the school?
- You keep going on about it. - Don't so aggressive.
Niklas?
There you are. Where've you been? Why aren't you picking up?
Just get lost, all right?
- We need to talk about this. - You've got to be kidding.
Have you thought about me? You keep doing sick things.
- Of course, I think about you. - No, you don't.
- I haven't done anything. - I've never been able to trust you.
You're drinking yourself to death. What's wrong with you?
Don't talk to me like that. Don't say that!
What kind of mom are you?
You can trust me. Come on.
No, don't! Why are you yelling in my face?
Come on, sweetie. I know it's hard.
- Go away. - Come on.
Come here.
Laust Saxtorph, you're chairman of the school board.
How long have you known Frederik Halling?
A long time. Ever since the board hired him.
And all those years, I thought I knew who he was.
In the time preceding Frederik's tumor diagnosis,
did you notice any changes in his behavior or personality?
I didn't notice anything.
- Did you know he was sick? - Yes, but...
He told me that he was fine, so I let him continue as principal.
He's... He was like a son to me.
Can you carry on, Laust?
Frederik! What you've done is unforgivable!
Are you trying to tell me that a damn tumor is the reason
that you've ruined my school, my life and my wife's life?
Frederik. Frederik?
Frederik? Have you really borrowed money from the school?
- Well? - I'm asleep.
Have you borrowed money from the school's account?
I've invested the school's money.
Why didn't you tell anyone? Why didn't you tell Laust?
The price of copper dropped, so I started investing in sugar.
Why would you do that? You know nothing about investing.
Liability and forged signatures, Frederik...
This is Mia. She's new to the support group.
Her husband has a tumor in the orbitofrontal cortex.
- And this is... - Bernard Bergman, defense lawyer.
My wife has brain damage. She struggles with bodily functions.
We had a car accident five years ago.
- This is Andrea. - Hi. Andrea, biochemist.
My husband fell while mountain climbing.
Was it a year and a half ago?
He's in a wheelchair and has speech impediments.
I can't even imagine how you cope.
It's very impressive. And year after year...
What you endure is a lot harder than what I do.
I don't think I should be here.
- I think I should go. - Not at all.
My husband is still the man I've always loved.
He's got the same smile and the same interests.
He's only got a few physical challenges.
Your situation is much harder.
With your husband, you don't know who you're sacrificing yourself for.
I find it comforting to understand that we're a biological system.
- A biological system? - Yes.
I'm more of a biological system than a soul with free will.
It helps me get through depressing times.
- What do you mean? - I say to myself,
it's a hormonal change. Specific brain cells are active now.
That's why I'm depressed.
You go for a jog, get a rush of endorphins and feel happy.
It passes.
We're not to blame for the situation.
I'm sorry. I'm not sure what happened.
In the support group for family members, we read a lot.
About our partners' illnesses, but also other brain research.
We're blind two hours a day because of a process
known as saccadic suppression.
The brain sorts visual impressions when we move our eyes.
Otherwise, we'd feel seasick.
We feel like we see everything because our brains fill the gaps
with predictions of what we should see.
What if we were one of those couples that...
Think about something.
Should I? Fine, I'm thinking about something.
Here? Now? No...
If the brain's predictions clash with the situation,
we may make bad decisions at critical moments.
Then, we're completely surprised. Not because we missed anything.
But simply because the brain didn't predict the situation correctly.
What am I thinking about?
- Strawberries. - Berries?
Strawberries. No, I wasn't thinking about that.
Pol Pot.
Pol Pot? Why were you thinking about him?
The tallest dwarf in the world.
Why were you thinking about Pol Pot?
First, you thought about sex. Then, you thought about Pol Pot.
- Why did you think of him? - How strange.
Mia Halling, you've been called to testify,
but as the defendant's wife, you're not obliged to testify.
- Would you like to testify? - Yes.
- Please go ahead. - Thank you.
Mia, now that we're discussing your husband's personality changes,
it would be good to hear how he was when you met him.
He was absolutely amazing.
Frederik was the kind of person people talked about.
He was going to be a principal, like his father.
So, he got the job at Saxtorph?
When he was 35, he was headhunted to be the principal of Saxtorph.
That's young for a principal.
How did it affect your daily life?
- What do you mean? - It sounds stressful.
Did he get irritable or have mood swings?
I think most people would have under that kind of pressure.
So, he had mood swings before the tumor affected him.
Frederik sacrificed everything for the school. The whole family did.
Bernard and Lærke were in a coma for several days.
Everyone thought they were going to die.
It's Mom. Look who I brought with me.
Ninus Karlsen. I thought you'd like that.
We'll lose consciousness if there's a lack of brain activity.
Unconsciousness makes the brain get stuck in the same pathways.
For a patient in a coma to wake up,
the brain must look for new possible pathways.
Don't be scared.
In our consciousness, the idea of a fixed self is created.
Brain damage doesn't make us a faulty version of ourselves.
It's just another self, which our brain creates.
First, it was Gitte. Now it's Dorthe.
I can... I don't understand. I can't explain.
Is it serious?
No.
How serious is it? Is it more serious than us?
- Is it? - No.
- What should I tell Niklas? - Niklas?
Should I say his dad came home stinking of Dorthe on the board?
- Should I say that? - Mia, stop it.
We're not...
We can't drag Niklas into it. Is that what you want?
Stop. Is that what you want? Listen to me. Stop it!
Is that what you want? Fine.
Niklas? Come down here.
Let's have the talk now.
- Pack your things. - Mia.
You'll be gone before Niklas wakes up tomorrow.
Mia, have you noticed changes in your husband
that you believe are due to the tumor?
Yes. Three years ago, he started...
to come home at a normal time, which was very unusual.
But slowing down when you've got a demanding job sounds
very wise to me. That doesn't require a brain tumor.
No, but he didn't hang around at the school every night.
He started having dinner at home and...
We renovated the entire house together.
The bathroom and... The result was very nice.
We did what other couples do together.
Yes.
That sounds very normal,
but did you feel like they were changes?
Yes.
They were actually our best years.
He changed for the better. Those were three good years.
Bernard's brain injury changed his hormonal composition.
It made him a different man.
He overproduced the fidelity hormone oxytocin,
which is otherwise limited in men.
Lærke, we were in a car crash. Do you remember?
Hey... You'll recover.
Lærke...
I love you.
What did you say? You can talk.
I love you.
Frederik's infidelity pulled the rug out from under me.
Maybe I couldn't live without him.
Mom? Come on. Come on, Mom.
What's going on?
Once you've stored an experience,
you'll eventually change your memory of it.
Every time you remember it, you modify the memory.
So, the experience of true memories is arguably an illusion.
Frederik moved back home.
Perhaps to take care of Niklas.
Perhaps to take care of me.
But were there other indications
that the tumor started to affect him three years ago?
When you read about
tumors like that, symptoms and...
It can affect people's sexuality.
And I...
Three years ago, I discovered that Frederik was having an affair.
All right.
How was it connected to his illness?
I'm sure he would never have had an affair with that woman
if he'd been well.
But your husband also had an affair seven years ago.
How is the one three years ago different from the other one?
Well...
I remember that he was so indifferent when I confronted him.
Infidelity is rarely something that people will happily admit.
No, but that's not what I mean. He...
He was detached in a strange way.
- That you didn't recognize? - He wasn't himself at all.
When Frederik was well, he didn't behave like that.
Hi, Lærke!
Can you help me unpack the refrigerated goods quickly?
Only 5 percent of our brain is used to create our consciousness,
which shapes our subjective experience of life.
No, go to the refrigerator.
The brain selects a few of the impressions we're bombarded with.
They're combined with relevant memories, emotions and ideas.
Then, our consciousness creates a reasonable experience.
- Those bags. - Yes.
Put the new food at the back, so it doesn't get mixed up.
The new food at the back.
It takes milliseconds to register a sensory impression,
but half a second to create a conscious experience
that's in a comprehensible context.
That's why we automatically drop a hot pot lid.
Only when the lid hits the floor, we realize we've burnt ourselves.
Our consciousness is delayed in relation to the present.
No, put the new ones at the back.
So they don't get mixed up with the old. At the back, here.
Bernard, you're persevering. You're going round and round.
- Stop it! - Frederik!
I think I'll kidnap you.
- Where to? - Down here. Come on.
Mia Halling, has Frederik made incomprehensible choices?
Has he become more inflexible and adamant about his decisions?
Well... The earliest thing I can think of
is probably our wedding anniversary, three and a half years ago.
He bought me a cheese as a gift.
He was adamant, like you said, when he said
that it was a nice, romantic gift.
It's a weird anniversary gift, isn't it? A cheese?
I thought he started to make bad decisions more often.
- Why didn't you react? - I think I just denied it.
Yet, you can pinpoint the time when Frederik started to change.
Yes, I think...
It felt like I was the one who was changing.
That I no longer admired him so unrealistically.
We rarely experience and interpret things the same way.
When your brain experiences a sensation, associations are made
based on what's already stored in the brain.
It creates an understanding of the experience in us.
But because what we have stored is individual,
the associations and, therefore, the interpretation is individual.
What's going on in your head?
What are you thinking about?
- Nothing. - Nothing?
Aren't you thinking about anything?
Is it just empty?
Look, you're beautiful.
Doesn't it wake memories?
Is it completely empty?
There's nothing.
It's just completely empty.
Yes...
Associations of sensory experiences aren't only linked to memories,
but also to things we've imagined.
What we imagine can change our experience of what happens.
Our actions and choices aren't free.
The brain uses stored knowledge to steer us towards
what's best for our survival.
The half a second an impulse takes to reach our consciousness
is unconscious brain activity.
It dictates what reaches our consciousness
and what we do with it.
Our choices are determined before we think we've chosen.
Spinoza thought the only difference between humans and rocks
rolling down a hill is that only humans believe
that they control their own fate.
Mia Halling, what about his emotional life?
Have his emotions changed?
Has he been in the same, monotone mood?
Or the opposite, has he had sudden eruptions of emotion?
In the last few years before surgery,
he was angry, or upset in a way that I haven't seen before.
And... I enjoyed that too.
He didn't hide his feelings from me. He let me in.
In your opinion, has Frederik been more easily distracted
by immediate desires and impulses?
Yes, he's reacted more impulsively than he normally would a few times.
Were you surprised when he bought a Mercedes-Benz?
It's hard to tell. His former self just developed.
He was impulsive before the tumor,
or when he'd clearly become a different person.
Our eyes only register.
We see with the brain. Our brain creates what we see.
I mean, what things look like to us.
It's the same with hearing, touch, smell and taste.
So everything we know, feel and remember,
the experience of what we see,
is the result of a subjective mental process.
We are our brains. We're just what's in it,
how it's influenced externally
and its predisposition to guide us through life.
Lærke, what's wrong?
Aren't you happy that your friends are coming today?
No.
- Should I put on some music? - No. I don't want to.
I don't want to.
Bernard, it's too much.
Does it feel good?
It's so good!
You see? She's exhausted.
What is it?
Isn't it better that they see her like this?
Niklas? Come downstairs.
- What? - What's this?
- It's for dad's speakers. - It's the school's. Do you steal now?
You didn't tell dad off when he stole 12 million.
- It's not even for me. - Dad is very sick.
My frontal lobes don't work either. I'm a teenager.
Yes, God knows.
- Be considerate of my brain. - I always am.
That's what you think.
My capability to plan and impulse control aren't like adults'.
- What are you on about? - You printed it out.
When you're 15, you're as intelligent as an adult.
But some parts of the brain aren't done until you're 20.
- The same areas as dad. - You can drop that.
You can't live like that.
So, you're not responsible because your brain isn't fully developed?
We can't live like that. Society would be in complete chaos.
- Hi, Niklas. - Hi.
Thank you for coming. I'll ask you some questions now.
Do you think that Frederik has changed?
When I read about lack of impulse control, I understood what it meant.
- Could you share an example? - He didn't behave like an adult.
For example, I was going to see a friend who's a girl.
Mom and dad went outside to welcome her first.
When I got out, dad stood there, saying disgusting things to her.
And he didn't do that before he was ill?
I understand.
Have you noticed any other changes?
He was never at home before. And he was always stressed.
Then, three years ago...
That's when he became fun to be with.
He was fun...?
We did silly things.
We made fires and watched Formula 1 together.
Why do you think there's a connection to his illness?
I mean...
The tumor made him... It gave him a teenage brain.
- A teenage brain? - Just like mine.
We were like... We were like friends.
Before he was just a man who worked and argued with my mom.
That's all he was.
It's so lovely to see you all here.
I have something very interesting... You can go first.
Thank you for coming to my house.
I brought this.
It's Pac-Man, Pac-Man and Pac-Man.
Yes, but how many triangles are there?
- Good question. - One, two... There's at least two.
- Three. - There are no triangles.
Our brain puts together the fragments into a whole,
but it doesn't exist.
It's an illusion.
Our brain makes us think there's a triangle, but there isn't.
- Oh, my God, yes. - Yes. Isn't it...
It's our ability to create coherence based on fragments
that makes us believe we have free will.
We don't experience the processes before thoughts and decisions.
Therefore, we think we're choosing more freely than we actually are.
We convince ourselves that we have free will,
but our brain creates imaginary connections.
It happens very fast, like when we saw Kanizsa's triangle.
- It's incredibly fascinating. - Pass it on.
I feel like we don't make choices at all.
It's been seven years since they found Katrine's tumor
and we found out that she needed surgery by her left temple.
Right by one of the brain's language centers.
The night before the surgery, we both knew
that she may never be able to talk again.
We held each other before we went to sleep.
Suddenly, she lifted her head and said,
"I might never be able to tell you that I love you again."
And then she said...
"If I can never tell you again,
will you always remember that I told you tonight?"
"Yes," I replied.
Just breathe, nice and easy. That's great.
Are you getting tired, Frederik?
Then you can say good night to your wife.
Good night, Mia.
- You can say good night to him now. - Good night.
Take some deep breaths. We'll give you the anesthetic.
Yes, that's great.
He's asleep.
We'll take good care of him.
I love you.
Hi, Dad.
Frederik, don't pull that.
Brain surgeon Jan Sittelman, what did you remove from the defendant?
I've brought you a picture of the surgery itself.
This is Frederik's brain.
Here's the meningioma before we removed it.
Meningiomas grow from the meninges,
which are around the brain.
The brain is intact, but it's under pressure from the meningioma.
Can you say anything more concrete about
how the tumor, or the meningioma, affected the defendant?
What makes that harder to answer is
that the brain can compensate for damages.
The brain is a vast network. Other parts of it can take over.
So, even if you could figure out
when the tumor emerged, you can't put an exact date
on when it actually began to affect him?
No, that's right.
If you look at the CT scan, can you determine exactly
what symptoms he would have?
- Yes or no? - No, not exactly.
So, symptoms can't be determined based on a tumor's location or size?
Frederik, have you had a higher sex drive than usual?
Frederik?
I think we have a normal sex life, for a married couple.
What do you mean?
- We don't have sex. - That's not true.
We don't. We lost the spark when we had Niklas.
We didn't.
We're just too busy and tired in the evenings.
What I asked was, have you had a higher sex drive than usual?
What does "usual" mean? Our sex life ended a long time ago.
That's not true. I've done the best I could.
It's because you smother everything with your perfectionism.
Then you could have kept seeing your fuck buddies.
Yes, I could have.
When he came home from hospital, he tried to rape me.
- That's not true. - Yes, it is.
I mean, I kissed him and all of a sudden...
he was obsessively humping me.
I didn't recognize him. He was like a horny wild dog.
That feeling of...
Frederik, what do you think when you hear what Mia's saying?
I mean... We're husband and wife.
I think we'll manage. Don't you think so?
I think I know what we both need right now.
- Stop. Stop. - Come on.
- Stop. - Come on. Come on!
- Stop it! - Come on!
- You want to. Come on. - No!
- You want to. - Don't wake up Niklas.
- Mom? - Go to your room!
What's going on?
- What are you doing to Mom? - It's all right, Niklas.
Stop!
I'm sorry.
You're not supposed to say sorry. You just wanted to protect me.
Isn't that right?
Go to your room.
Mia?
Mia, come here. Mia? Come here.
What happens to the brain's balance when it's disrupted by a tumor?
The basal drive of the brain ensures that we maintain homeostasis.
Equilibrium in an organism. It's too strong to control.
If the drive we need to make sure we keep breathing
gets connected with the need to wash your hands, like with OCD,
it's easy to see how misconnections in the brain
can pull you in the wrong direction.
If the defendant's impulse control is thrown off balance,
could that make him invest money like an OCD patient,
who has to wash his hands all the time?
The brain is a network of billions of communicating neurons.
If parts of the network fail, and the balance is easily disrupted,
then, it's not strange
that a tumor can make people behave abnormally.
A tumor can make people behave abnormally?
Yes.
Then you became the principal of Saxtorph Private School.
Here are some pictures that you probably recognize.
When you became principal,
you probably didn't have access to the school's accounts.
How did you get access?
I bought these chairs online. They're 12 Wegner chairs that I...
I mean... I bought most of it online.
I had the highest bid for two days and thought,
"No one's bidding on them. Amazing."
An hour before the auction's end, another bid came in.
I'd really like to move on to the accounts.
- It's Mia. - Hi. It's Bernard.
Hi.
I need to tell you that
a valuer will come on Thursday.
The school's getting all of Frederik's things
and half of your shared belongings.
I know, it's... It's awful.
Yes.
I'll be there, but you also need to be there.
I don't even know if Frederik will ever be himself again.
The doctors say he's getting better, initially,
but they don't know how well he'll get.
He's a completely different person. I'm actually afraid of him.
Mia, I know you'll manage the meeting with the valuer.
How do you know that?
It's easier than taking care of a sick husband.
And you're amazing at that.
Thank you.
I'm having a glass of wine.
Lærke's asleep.
Are you also having a glass of wine?
Shall we toast?
Yes, that's a good idea.
Cheers.
You're really being put to the test.
I... You've never considered leaving your husband.
That's amazing.
Yes...
I think that's what... It's what I noticed first about you.
Your loyalty.
I also think that how you support your wife
and that you're always by her side is really lovely.
Well, once you've made the choice, then that's how it is.
Yes, that's... That's what I'm thinking too.
We're similar in that way, our loyalty.
Not many people would be as loyal as we are.
That's what I think.
Are you laughing at me?
- What happened? - I don't know.
Let's talk about free will. Can a tumor disrupt our free will?
Well, that's a good question. Do we have free will?
Who decides why we make the choices we make? Who are you?
In essence, we and our brains consist
of millions of neurons that communicate.
It's pure chemistry.
We follow the laws of nature. Everything is predetermined.
It's the law of cause and effect.
It's a matter of interpretation. It's quite deterministic to think
that you are who you are. That's basically nonsense.
You're not the person you were ten years ago.
Physically,
almost every cell in your body has been replaced several times.
Intellectually, you're not the same. Your brain has changed.
While we've been here, our brains have created a lot of new synapses.
Just in the time we've been here, new synapses have been made?
That's how quickly we and our brains change?
So, we're pure chemistry. We change.
But is our chemistry or our free will in charge?
It's all us. They're not in opposition.
I just want to ask, if it's pure chemistry,
is the defendant responsible for his actions
if they're based on his chemistry, not his free will?
You could say that volition is chemistry.
If the chemistry is affected,
what we call volition is also affected.
Do you feel that your partner has become more or less dominant?
- She decides everything. - Like what?
If I can drive. I can't.
I can't go online. I can't go shopping.
I can't even have money. I can't even call anyone.
Why does she forbid things like that?
I've asked her. She says, "You don't understand. You're sick."
Don't you feel sick?
Do I seem sick? What would you say if people said you were sick?
- How does it affect you? - It makes me furious.
It's infuriating. I'm the principal of a school.
I have to listen to her all the time. "It's because you're sick."
Amazing furniture. Will you bring some?
Yes, the ones we can.
This chair, have you had it valued?
No, it's not a famous architect. It's Pierre Paulin. Oyster Chair.
But, as you can see, all the receipts are in my name.
We need to talk about distribution.
If you shared Frederik's salary on things like design furniture,
Saxtorph Private School is entitled to half of what you've gained.
I've bought the furniture myself over many years.
My client is entitled to half, if Frederik's money paid for them.
You can't.
Let's do this later, all right?
Yes.
Oh, yes...
- Did you do this yourself? - Yes.
We did it together, Frederik and I, so...
The price just dropped by a couple of hundred thousand.
But it was only two years ago. It's new.
Things like bathrooms should be done by professionals.
It's meant to be straight.
Can any of it be kept as it is, and then rip out the rest?
Yes, maybe.
Just go. I'll stay for a while.
- All right. You'll stay a while? - Yes.
The will of nature...
Chief physician Herdis Lebech. Tell me about your diagnosis.
Tell me what symptoms you saw.
Yes.
We observed a lack of endurance.
Emotional lability, when you suddenly get mad or sad.
One moment, do you mean mood swings?
- Is that it? - Yes, you could say so.
The defendant suffered from that early on,
before a tumor could have affected him.
Irritability. He's also had aggressive outbursts.
- Impulsive behavior. - Egoistic, risky behavior.
Have we heard about the things before the tumor? Yes.
Perseverance, getting caught in a topic
and not being able to move on.
- He's had that too. - So you're...
- Sorry? - I'm sorry. Please, continue.
And finally, changed sexual behavior.
Like hypersexuality, hyposexuality or perversions.
- Could it lead to infidelity? - Yes.
He had an affair seven years ago.
Could it have had something to do with the tumor?
- No, that's too long ago. - That's too long ago?
How can you know that the defendant hasn't had these personality traits
before the tumor? Evidence suggests that he did.
It can't be evaluated without an examination prior to his illness.
We can't know if he was like that before the tumor.
So, it's unclear whether the tumor is the cause of the symptoms?
Ten of hearts.
- That'll cost you 500 kroner. - No!
That's all I have.
Thank you.
Why are you drawing from that pile again?
It's the highest profit. I don't want to sit here all day.
Three of spades.
Three of spades... That gives you 100 kroner.
- Queen of clubs. - Yes, 1000 kroner from you.
- Can I just draw one more? - The test is over, really.
Would you like some white wine? It's good to see you.
- Did your mom make it? - All of it.
- Hi. - Thank you for having us.
Yes, of course. Hi.
Have you been at the day center? What did you do today?
You know what? I don't remember.
"You know what?" is a good pression. Language is full of pressions.
- Oh, expression. - Expression. It's expressions.
Thank you.
- There's pie and small... - That's mozzarella.
Can you just...
It's two. There usually isn't. It's unusual.
Frederik? Do you think Bernard's any good?
With regards to...?
Do you think he'll get you acquitted? Can you get him acquitted?
If he is, it's the will of nature.
We hope the prosecutor will agree to a psychiatric assessment.
That's the plan.
Fingers crossed.
It's like everyone in prison in the country.
They're...
mentally ill, the whole bunch.
It was only 400 years ago that people thought
that most mentally ill people had made a pact with the devil.
So, they were burned alive while the entire village watched.
Because they were mentally ill. Now you can't burn people.
You can't put them in prison just because they're mentally ill.
With this kind of illness, my question is...
Shouldn't Frederik have understood that he wasn't well
and told the board?
No. Denial of the illness is one of the symptoms, so he couldn't.
But Frederik must have understood the consequences of his actions
- and stopped? - No.
The illness made him unable to understand
or think about the consequences of his actions, so he couldn't.
So, the tumor made him unable to act responsibly?
Yes.
How is Frederik now? Is he well?
All the tests show that Frederik's concentration,
theory of mind and organizational skills are above average.
He's called schools and asked if they need a substitute,
but without much success.
So, right now, Frederik is well?
Yes, I think so. Yes.
I'm betraying my husband.
But I'm a brain. A brain is fat and synapses.
I'm a biological system, and so are you.
Yes, but he's sick.
The processes began millions of years ago.
Right? It's predetermined.
Yes, but you're betraying your wife.
Yes...
But if it happens, it's the will of nature.
There's nothing stronger than the laws of nature. Right?
No.
We aren't to blame.
We don't have a choice.
No.
Guilt free.
You've got the result from the psychiatric assessment.
- What does it say? - Let's see...
"Frederik Halling suffers from an organic mental disorder
caused by a brain tumor."
All right.
"Frederik Halling is presumed to have been insane
at the time when the illegal transactions were made."
Congratulations.
- Thank you. - Hi. Just put it there.
You must say hello to
my lawyer Bernard and my wife Mia.
Hello. I'm Khayatt. Welcome to Ådalsparken.
Yes.
Good.
- Damn. - Frederik, can you give me a hand?
- Can you help me? - With what?
- With raking. - I just need to pee.
Niklas, can you help, so it gets done?
Don't you think Dad seems better?
What do you mean? He needs to pee, sleep, watch TV...
His impulse control is much better.
- Don't you think so? - No, not at all.
Mom, can't you see that dad is getting better?
Let's see how well he gets.
We've reached the prosecution's closing arguments.
- Please. - Thank you, Chairman.
I've met the defendant today and seen a very dedicated person
who's done a lot of good for others as a principal.
But at the same time, I think it was on purpose and with intent that
he committed gross embezzlement against the school he worked for.
He's claimed he embezzled due to the tumor.
They've tried to prove it with vague testimonies
from his frail wife and self-sacrificing son.
But more importantly, there are transactions
that point out the defendant as guilty.
Considering the complexity of the crime, there's no doubt
that the defendant didn't embezzle without premeditation.
- You can't hear anything. - It's on "phono".
"Porno"? Freddy, no one sells pornography here, right?
- Hey! - Good job! Here we go.
Freddy, I think you have a visitor.
- Hi. - Is this where you are?
Do you want a record?
No, can I talk to you?
So...
The prosecutor thinks the psychiatric assessment was ill-informed.
What does that mean?
There'll be a delay. He wants it sent to the Medico-Legal Council.
All right... The Medico-Legal Council...?
There's nothing higher up in the Danish system.
The Medico-Legal Council want to evaluate the assessment.
Can they disagree that I was insane when the crime was committed?
We'll have to cross our fingers that they agree.
- Do you understand? - Yeah.
- Is Mia at home? - Yes.
I'll drive over and tell her. Good luck.
Freddy, what do you say about a permanent job here at the store?
No, it's going to be so hard. How will you live without this house?
Well, let's sell all of it.
Then, we can buy a boat and sail around the world.
Henning, stop going on about sailing around the world.
You'll never actually do it.
We've got it all planned. We'll start in the Caribbean and sail south.
I know exactly what you'll say now. Before you come over, Mia says,
"Please, don't let Henning talk about sailing around the world."
- What are you saying? - What? Why are you so pissed off?
- I'm telling you the truth. - Our dream is to see the world.
I don't want to hear about it until I get a postcard from Fiji.
- Until then, shut up! - He can't help it.
- What? - He says one thing and does another.
In the brain, the impulse becomes an action in an area
that doesn't determine what we do.
Any damage to the frontal lobes weakens that connection.
There's just no neural connection between words and action.
Are you saying I have a brain injury?
She said I have a brain injury.
That's not what she's saying. She's saying you're stupid.
Let's have some wine.
Frederik shouldn't drink more wine.
- I'll get some wine. - I'll join you.
It's lovely to see that Frederik is well again.
Well? What do you mean?
Yes, well. That's more important than that you're moving.
Yes, but he's not well at all. He's far from well.
Before Frederik got sick, he wasn't like that at all.
I don't know how to tell you this, but...
Maybe Frederik wasn't the perfect man you remember.
All right?
- You don't understand. - I'm just trying to help.
I know you're trying, but you don't understand.
- I wanted to do you a favor. - You don't understand, all right?
Moreover, his close friend, Chairman Laust Saxtorph,
hasn't noticed the defendant change in the time preceding prosecution.
Finally, and most importantly,
the highest authority, the Medico-Legal Council concluded
that he was not more mentally unstable
than he was aware of the consequences.
Therefore, it was premeditated.
There are aggravating circumstances due to the large amount of money.
It's also aggravating that he's abused his senior position.
I don't see any reason for a conditional sentence.
As the embezzled sum is 12 million kroner,
the defendant should be sentenced to three years and six months.
"The Medico-Legal Council does not find that Frederik Halling
was mentally unstable when the crime was committed.
He was aware of the consequences of his actions.
Therefore, he is responsible."
The Medico-Legal Council disagrees with the psychiatric assessment.
I don't understand. According to...
They say that your mental capacity was limited,
but that you were well enough to resist egoistic impulses.
This isn't a sentence.
What if they're wrong? They could've made a mistake.
If they've made a mistake we can get in touch with them
and say that they've missed something.
But then we need to present new evidence that they haven't seen.
But I've told them everything.
Is there someone you've worked closely with that we could interview?
Someone who could confirm that your behavior has changed.
No, I mean...
Well, there are three secretaries at the office, but...
But they all work for Laust. We won't get anything from them.
- What if I talk to Laust? - No, you can't.
You don't have to pretend to understand me.
I understand you.
Aren't you well enough now to know that your empathy is impaired?
- But I'm trying to understand you. - You can't, due to your brain.
- I feel like I understand you. - You're supposed to say that.
- I understand you. - Illness insight, Frederik.
I understand you.
You keep saying the same thing, over and over again.
You're persevering. You're not well.
Why aren't you with Bernard?
If I didn't exist, you could be happy together.
- Don't say that. - Yeah, but it's...
You suit each other. It's obvious. You really suit each other.
It's not just... It's a fact.
I understand if you don't want to have sex with me again.
I really understand that. I think you have to leave me.
I drag you down.
We'll talk about it later.
We'll talk about it later? You've made up your mind.
You've decided to leave me.
I can... I haven't... I can't rewind the past.
I'm sorry for what I...
If I'm sick, I'm sick, but I don't feel sick.
This really isn't the time. We're moving and... I'm sorry.
Does the counsel for the defense want to make a closing argument?
Today we have examined someone's life
when it was turned upside down by a brain tumor.
The defendant's personality changed, as did his ability to make decisions.
I argue that today we have proven
that the defendant's own will and ability to act with ill intent
were completely incapacitated.
The surgeon made it perfectly clear
that there's been a tumor in the defendant's brain.
Wife, son and chief physician of the psychiatric ward
described personality changes, which he couldn't control.
Yes, the defendant's actions have damaged the school severely.
But did he have a choice while the tumor affected his brain?
Hi.
I was in the area. It's good to see you.
Well?
Our life is completely different now.
We've moved.
We've lost our pensions, the car, my furniture and everything.
I trusted Frederik more than anyone else.
So did I. We didn't know something was wrong with him.
Then one day he goes to the bank...
and swindles 850,000 from the school.
We've had a nice time, drinking coffee,
talking about the school's future, while he takes 850,000 from us.
He knew it would ruin the school. What was he thinking?
He was a different person. He was sick.
But now the tumor's gone and he's making good progress.
We felt sorry for you. He couldn't be at home with you.
- No, I know. - He said he was bored.
- There was no give-and-take. - No, but that changed.
The last years before his diagnosis, he wanted to be at home with me.
It was the suicide...
He wanted to be at home with you to protect you.
- What suicide? - Your suicide attempt in the kitchen.
Don't you remember? Three years ago, in the kitchen.
- I haven't tried to commit suicide. - But everyone knew about it.
Does everyone think I tried to commit suicide?
The pills... They were all over the floor.
- There were no pills. - But... Mia, goddamn it.
There were no pills. There were no pills at all, Laust.
Can't you come and help?
Can't you take this? Thank you very much.
It must be awful to not be able to enjoy music.
I'd give anything for that.
There must be something wrong with the speakers.
It was just noise without context. It wasn't melodies.
Should I take it?
People completely underestimate hearing.
I don't understand people who spend money on a nice home.
Expensive houses, but they don't buy good speakers.
The focus is on appearances.
No one even notices that the sound in their sound system is bad.
Have you thought about using tape drives?
It's a tough choice.
I might regret it.
The chief physician of the psychiatric ward explained
that the known symptoms of the diagnosis
include impaired impulse control.
No, the defendant didn't have a choice.
He did precisely what the tumor made him do.
The question is, did the defendant do what he did
exclusively because of the brain tumor?
Is it then fair to punish him now, when the tumor has been removed?
No, Frederik Halling should be acquitted,
according to paragraph 16.
People who, at the time of the offense,
are incapacitated due to insanity should not be punished.
Now, I will leave the matter to you. Thank you.
We shall decide on the verdict and deliver it later in this trial.
I expect the verdict to be delivered in an hour.
Khayatt is awesome. He sells old LPs.
- You help him, right? - Yes.
Your dad shouldn't sell old junk.
- He's a principal, not one of them. - He just wants to help.
When I had my stomach pumped... What did you tell people?
- You mean the thing with Dorthe? - No. What did you say happened?
- That you'd had too much to drink. - You said I took pills.
- That I tried to kill myself. - That's not true at all.
Even though that was the case.
That's why I came home. To take care of you.
Is that why you worked less?
- Is that why you changed? - I don't know if I changed.
So now you didn't change because of the tumor?
I think tomorrow will be a tough day in court.
I did it because I love you.
Because of love? You're so pathetic.
All right.
Then I'm pathetic. Right, I'm pathetic.
From the Greek "pathetikos", which means sensitive and passionate.
It's the same relationship that we have, I think.
I'm sensitive and passionate about you. I am.
I'm having an affair with Bernard.
I can't be with you anymore.
Are you having an affair with Bernard?
- Our... My lawyer? - Yes.
He's going to divorce Lærke. She'll get put in a home.
Don't you think you're just imagining it?
I think you're just imagining it. Bernard isn't like that.
I think you're just imagining it.
When the trial's over, I'm moving in with Bernard.
I understand that you want to punish me.
But this, Mia...
Why do you have to say shit like that?
Dad?
Niklas! Frederik!
Frederik!
Niklas?
Niklas.
Do you think he's at Khayatt's?
Why didn't you just jump in front of a train?
Then, I wouldn't have had to find you with the tequila and the pills.
- There were no pills. - Stop it.
Niklas...
I can't talk right now.
- I need to talk to you. - I have an important phone call.
Bernard...
Have you told Frederik that we're having an affair?
Did he say that?
That would be highly unprofessional of me.
Would I sleep with my client's wife? What were you thinking?
I'm sorry. It just flew out of me.
You can't spread lies like that.
Excuse me, I need to make a phone call.
- But I'll see you again, right? - Yes, tomorrow in court.
What about after that?
Whatever you have in mind, my answer is no.
There's never been anything between us, and there never will be.
I need to make a phone call.
People ask me how well I know my husband.
But what makes us who we are?
Mom, come on!
Help!
Is it others' judgmental looks that shape us?
Or is it our own responsibility to become who we are?
Are we just a patchwork of misinterpreted experiences
and distorted memories?
- Why don't you just pee here? - No, I want a real toilet.
- Dad? - Frederik!
Or is it all predetermined?
Is our fate in our DNA? In our brain's chemistry?
In the laws of nature?
Are we just the chemical state of our brain at a given time?
And nothing more?
The court's verdict is:
Frederik Halling is sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison.
I can tell you that the verdict was unanimous.
Please be seated.
The court, in accordance with the defendant's confession,
which is supported, finds that it has been proved
that the defendant has committed gross embezzlement, as described.
With the Medico-Legal Council's report, alongside the testimonies,
the court finds that the defendant did not commit the crime
under the influence of orbitofrontal syndrome.
The court also finds that the defendant was not
incapacitated due to a state of insanity.
Therefore, the defendant will not be exonerated.
With regards to the size of the sum,
the sentence is affirmed to 3 years and 3 months in prison.
The defendant is additionally charged to pay damages.
- The verdict is received. - That is noted.
The proceedings are closed.
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