Mama is boos! (1986)

Peter Faber: John Gisberts

Quotes 

• [At the office of the KPR, the Kinderprotectieraad, in the room of Dr. Ellis] 

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : We don't just mediate between warring partners. We also check up the child itself psychologically. How does the child deal with the conflicts? Our advice is always binding.

  John Gisberts : Hm...

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : Excuse me? I said...

  John Gisberts : Never mind.

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : Don't take this the wrong way, but you left them. They didn't leave you. You left for another woman. For now, we see no reason to give you custody. And a young kid like Valentijn will be very attached to his mother. This could change for the better if you paid alimony.

  John Gisberts : [excited]  If I can never see the boys? No cure, no pay! I can't even explain to them why I'm no longer... at their breakfasts!

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : Because you claim them. Don't you understand she finds that threatening?

  [Somebody's knocking on the door] 

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : Yes?

  [Men walking inside with a new lamp and tools] 

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : They're replacing the lamp. We can continue in the room next door.

  [opening the door to that room] 

  K.P.R. client : I never want to see that mongrel of a child again! Don't do that to me! Let him stay with his mother, for God's sake!

  Thea K.P.R. : [to Ellis and John]  Sorry, they're replacing the linoleum in my room.

  [to the client] 

  Thea K.P.R. : Follow me. We'll find a room.

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : Yes, eh... well, yes.

  Thea K.P.R. : [opens the door and she and her client walks away] 

  John Gisberts : [sees Valentijn in an opposite room]  Valentijn...

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : [closes the door]  Sit down, please. You have three daughters. The oldest one is Trudy.

  John Gisberts : Daughters?

  Dr. Ellis K.P.R. : Wrong file, excuse me.

• John Gisberts : [walks to the entrance of the Anke Bouma School. He impatiently rings the doorbell, hits on the door and on the window] 

  Anke Bouma : [talks through the mailbox]  Mr. Gisberts, I am Anke Bouma, the principal. In case of divorce, our school only allows contact with the student after permission from the parent the child lives with. That means I can't help you.

  [closes the mailbox] 

  John Gisberts : [kicks at the door]  Shit! Valentijn!

  Anke Bouma : [walks back but decides to open the door]  How dare you kidnap an 8 year old? This is pointless. Try legal means instead. You know our view; you're disturbing the peace. Go away!

  [closes the door with a slam] 

  John Gisberts : [tries to open it, but without luck] 

  John Gisberts : [steals a nearby bike and breaks a window with it]  The Bouma School sucks!

• Valentijn : [enters John and Danny's sleeping room] 

  John Gisberts : [to Valentijn]  You should knock, kid!

  Valentijn : [comes back with a breakfast, especially made for daddy and momma] 

  Danny Gisberts , John Gisberts : Aaah

  [showing appreciation] 

  John Gisberts : Breakfast...

  [sees a drawing of a tiger] 

  John Gisberts : A tiger! Your such a darling. Don't you want anything?

  John Gisberts : He already had breakfast, eh? Right, Valentijn?

  Valentijn : I want a dog!

  John Gisberts : No, they stink and shit everywhere.

  Danny Gisberts : A telegram from your daughter.

  [opens it and reads, partly Italian] 

  Danny Gisberts : Congratulazione, 20 years of marriage. Incredibile. Madelon, Dennis and little Gino.

  John Gisberts : [gets an egg]  An egg!

  [tries to break the shell with a spoon. Then tries to hit the egg on a saucer. But the egg doesn't break, it is the saucer that does] 

  John Gisberts : [screaming]  That fake egg again! Leave it in the chicken coop! I have told you that 100 times.

  Valentijn : [angry]  Jan-Julius got it, not me, dick!

  Danny Gisberts : [condemning Valentijn's behaviour]  Noh!

  John Gisberts : Jan-Julius...

  [stands up, hits the ceiling lamp with his head] 

  Danny Gisberts : John, control yourself!

  John Gisberts : Shit!

  [walks to Jan-Julius's room] 

  Danny Gisberts : John!

  Jan-Julius Gisberts : [hiding a porn magazine] 

  John Gisberts : Good morning!

  [got hit by that room's door] 

  John Gisberts : Happy anniversary, etc. etc. When you get the eggs, leave the stone egg in the chicken coop. Unless you do it on purpose. Put it back!

  [throws the egg to Jan-Julius] 

  Jan-Julius Gisberts : [catches the egg]  The chicken will be sitting on a stone, thinking it will become a chick. A bitch doesn't carry a big rock around for 9 months either.