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Zoe.
Time to wake up.
Someone went to bed too late last night.
You going to eat them one by one?
Yeah.
It tastes better?
We're late.
I haven't finished my pomegranate,
can you save it for me for later.
Well you're at Dad's tonight. Come on.
Le petit pied.
Ooh-la-la.
What's going on with you, you're growing everyday.
Come on, let's go.
How is she?
She's great, she's at school.
You're picking her up today, right?
Of course. It's my day.
I know.
And I have her on Saturday as well.
On my weekend?
Isabelle, I have her every Saturday until the holidays
because of the football.
Please read the schedule.
Well I did, I read wrong I guess.
It's so confusing,
that switching around all the time I mean...
That's why we have a detailed schedule in writing.
Can we talk about next month?
What is there to talk about?
Can we switch a couple of days,
because they're sending me on a convention again.
Look, I don't want to discuss this over the phone.
Okay let's just meet with the mediator next week.
But I'm gonna miss...
We have to finalize the custody agreement anyway.
- I'm gonna miss days with her. - We'll talk later.
These are the results from yesterday,
check last weeks again.
Okay.
I don't know he was saying something
about the results not being accurate.
Really? Did he read the report?
I hope so.
Are you alright?
It's like I'm missing half a life.
It's unclear in your resume,
did you quit the job in the New York Center
for Immunology?
Yes, I did.
You made valuable findings.
I was part of a great team,
my husband is British and I moved to London
when we had our daughter.
And you still hold a U.S. Visa?
I have dual citizenship.
My mother's American, my father was French.
You're not planning to move again anytime,
soon are you?
We love Berlin.
We moved here about two years ago
and we're planning to stay for sure.
Okay good.
You'll have to meet Professor Wolfe.
He's the one making the final decisions here,
he'll be in town on Tuesday.
- Perfect. - Thank you.
Thank you.
Ma, do you love me more than the big bang?
Wow, where did you hear about the big bang?
At school.
Yes, I love you more than the big bang.
What's before the big bang?
Ahh maybe nothing.
The big bang created time, space, matter, gravity,
everything.
But maybe nothing is everything.
If nothing is everything.
Everything could be nothing.
True.
Sweet dreams.
Can you stay with me a bit longer?
I'm scared.
Scared of what.
Hairy monsters.
Furry monsters.
Oh, is that one?
Ooh, that is a scary one.
I like to tickle.
Why does time go so fast when I'm with you.
Time is relative.
Einstein discovered that but he didn't mean it that way.
He meant ahh, I don't know,
time flies when we're having fun.
Let's give him a bow tie.
It's a cat.
Tuxedo cat with a bow tie.
Okay.
- Les chat. - Les chat.
Hey, how's my princess?
I missed you so much.
I missed you too, daddy.
We're going to have fun all day today.
What are we doing?
Well I thought we could do to that new water park
where you could snorkel with fishes.
- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.
Foorball first.
Where's your bag pumpkin?
In your room, Zoe.
Can you pick her up Tuesday,
Magda has a class on Tuesdays now.
I can get her around seven.
Why, what are you doing?
Umm, I have a interview for a new job.
Immunology.
Yeah, I probably can.
Thanks.
Listen I think we should start looking for someone
more reliable than Magda.
Yeah, I know but Zoe likes her.
Oh, not so fast number 9.
Where are you going?
I want to see her play.
It's my day.
Well I'm supposed to have her until 10:30,
okay, it's only 9:30.
- So, I read the new schedule... - Okay, fine.
But please can you leave at 10:30
without some melodramatic goodbye.
Yeah, I think I can do that.
Nice Zoe!
Go! Go! Go!
Yes!
Go Emily!
Great, great job.
- One, two, three, go. - Zoe!
Go! Go! Go!
Call James.
Hey it's James.
Please leave a...
Berlin-Water park Accidents-Today.
There is no matching event.
- Hey. - Good morning.
Where is she?
On the terrace.
Oh, I noticed a bruise on her arm.
What happened?
- A bruise? - Hmm.
Well, I don't know I guess at school or soccer.
Hmm.
Are you asking me if I bruised her?
Isabelle please, I'm just asking a simple question.
Christ.
Hi, Magda.
- Hey. - How are you?
I'm good.
Time to go.
Please get ready my love.
Why is Magda here?
I had a meeting with a client.
On a Sunday?
Then you should call me instead of leaving her
with a babysitter all morning.
Oh, come on, I was gone for half-an-hour.
Like you've never had Magda on your days.
Not on weekends.
All true.
Oh, by the way she had a nightmare last night,
something about the big bang?
Well she heard about it at school.
Okay.
Hey so how was the swimming?
I saw a small yellow fish and I named him Jerry
and he kept following me around everywhere.
He was in love with her.
Of course, he was.
Magda you remember I don't need you tomorrow
- I'm picking her up. - Yes, I know.
- Have a good day. - Thanks, you too.
No sneezing.
Did you dry her hair after the swimming.
It was like 25° yesterday, relax.
Daddy's going to miss you so much.
I'm going to miss you too.
Okay.
Let us go.
What are you doing today?
Ahh we're going to the zoo.
Oh yeah, who with?
- Ahh, just us. - Oh well, have fun.
I want to go and swim with Jerry the fish.
Well you just went.
I want to go.
Don't pull on my bag like this.
You're mean.
Because I tell you not to pull, it hurts.
Come on silly, let's go.
We'll go swim with Jerry the fish soon,
I promise.
Sorry, we're late.
How are you?
Ahh Zoe, this is Akil, an old friend.
Hi Zoe, how are you?
Good and you?
I'm good.
Look at that.
This one.
- Yeah. - Bonjour.
- Maybe they speak French? - Oh yeah.
Bonjour... This one is a French one.
Shall we call him John Pierre?
Bonjour, John Pierre.
Aww.
She's so pretty.
Yes, she is.
They're still here.
What's he doing.
He's looking at us.
He's thinking.
Yeah.
Oh wow the jungle.
Oh, no!
I have a headache.
I want some medicine.
Um-hmm, you don't have a fever.
I know why you want that medicine,
- because it tastes like... - Strawberries.
I know....
You know my love.
You should not be scared about the big bang.
It happened 13 billion years ago.
I'm not scared.
Well you had a nightmare at Daddy's last night.
No, I didn't.
- You sure? - Yeah.
Okay.
Can you sing me my song?
Okay.
So I'm picking you up today so we can go to the fair.
Yes!
You smell so good.
- Love you. - Love you.
Have fun.
Hey.
- How is she? - She's at school.
She's fine. She has a bit of a cold.
Listen the mediator said she could meet us today.
- Today? - Yeah.
- At what time? - 4:30.
Can't she meet us Wednesday or Thursday.
I mean I took my afternoon off to be with Zoe.
No, she said she's busy all week.
Damn.
Okay fine.
I'll call Magda see if she can pick her up
- from school. - See you there.
Okay.
The line, neither parent is entitled to make up days,
in case they have to travel out of town...
.will be added to the agreement.
Well my job requires traveling and his doesn't.
- So... - Not true, Isabelle.
In the last three months you were gone
what four, five days?
- Nine. - Right.
I was in London for a week.
It's just going to mess up the schedule again
if you start changing the rules.
I think it fair to say it is the right thing to do.
Are you fine with adding that line?
Yes, fine.
Then we are done.
I'll send the papers to sign, when they are drafted.
Please send a hard copy back to us
so we can forward it to the court.
Thank you.
So that's it, we're done with this?
You've dragged this on for so long,
slowly eating away at my rights.
Why wouldn't you let me have a little extra time with her
after I'm out of town.
Isabelle, we agreed to shared custody.
Equal time.
Yeah, I agreed to share custody because I thought
it would make things better between us.
You agreed to share custody
so you could have more time for yourself.
That's not true at all.
I thought it would be best for her,
but now I realize she misses me.
Really?
She never says anything to me about that.
Well she does to me.
Well then spend more time with her,
don't work so much, I don't know.
I remind you my work is my only income.
Can't he support you. Oh no, of course I forgot.
I hope one day you realize what you're doing
and how lucky you are
I never asked for anything from you.
Oh, I'm lucky am I?
I just want to protect her.
She needs consistency, that's how kids feel safe.
Are you saying she doesn't feel safe with me.
Oh God.
Is that what you're saying?
You're just an awful human being.
Awful.
Are you done?
Can I walk you to the car?
You really want to do this?
What?
Can I hold you please?
James.
We were so happy you know, waking up all together.
No, we weren't.
James, I wasn't...
Why did you have to do this?
I didn't do anything.
Please I can't breathe.
Are things going to get better between us, ever?
For her sake, can we be a little kinder
to each other?
I just want what's best for her, you know that.
Okay.
You're still picking her up tomorrow, right?
I have this job interview.
I'll come get her at 7:30.
No, I can't. I got something else.
- Well you said you could. - Well I can't.
Can't you move your meeting to some other day?
The guy's in town for a day.
It's just going to confuse her if I pick her up on your day.
Is that why you won't pick her up.
Do you realize if I get this job,
I won't have to travel anymore and I'll make more money.
See.
You always put your work before everything else.
What are you talking about.
I quit everything to move to London.
You didn't quit your job in New York,
they laid you off.
That's not true at all and you know it.
I quit to be with you, and then again
I move to Berlin because of your work!
Please don't make a scene.
You know what I can't afford that British School anymore,
so we'll have to put her somewhere else next year.
It's a fantastic school, Zoe loves it.
What is wrong with you?
- Hey. - Hey.
Sorry I'm late.
Did she have her dinner?
Umm, she wasn't very hungry.
I think she has a cold but she has no fever.
Hey you sleepy?
I just want to watch the cartoons.
Hmm.
Don't want to eat anything?
I don't like broccoli.
You don't like broccoli?
- I can make you some pasta? - No.
Okay.
She's a touch warm.
Yeah, she's been coughing a bit.
I hope it's not the flu.
- Okay, thanks. - Okay.
- Bye bye. - Bye.
Thanks for coming by.
I feel terrible...
...on top of it, Zoe's sick now.
What a day.
But now you are done with that agreement?
True.
Now every time we disagree on vacation plans
we can go to court.
You know, yesterday when we were together
at the zoo...
It felt like we were a family.
I never felt that way with James,
it was never happy...
he never trusted me as a mother.
I... I was always doing it wrong.
You are a wonderful mother.
I... I don't know but thank you for saying it.
Wake up, my love.
You need to go, she's going to wake up any minute.
Sweetie.
Hey...
Zoe?
Zoe!
She's... she's not waking up!
Does she have a fever?
I... I don't think so but she threw up!
Zoe! Zoe!
Zoe, baby can you hear me?
Zoe, can you hear me!
We're going to go see a doctor, okay.
Can't you hear me, my love?
Sweetie?
Can you hear me?
Oh baby.
They are coming. How is she?
She's not waking up!
Sweetie...
Oh my baby.
What's happening to you?
Mommy's here with you.
Did she hit her head?
Why? What is it?
I'm not sure.
Hello. What's her name?
How old?
Zoe Lewis. 7.
- Are you her mother? - Yes.
Zoe!
Can you hear me?
Any history of illness?
No, nothing serious.
- Allergies? - No.
When did she lose consciousness?
Ahh, she was like this, this morning.
She was kinda sleepy last night.
The parameters seem normal.
I'll start an IV, ok?
Jup.
Did she ever lose consciousness in the past?
No.
Do you have any pain killers,
sleeping pills around the house?
Sleeping pills, but they're locked up.
We have to go.
- Ready? - What's happening?
- Yes, ready to go. - Who was with her yesterday?
Sir, were you with your daughter?
I'm not her father.
Where are we going?
We're going to the Uniklinik.
James.
We need to go to the emergency room with Zoe,
she's not well!
I don't know. No one knows yet.
Please meet me at Uniklinik.
Yes.
Magda! It's Isabelle, please call me back
as soon as you get this, thank you.
Sir.
Meet us at the Uniklinik.
Please meet me there.
Yes, you can close it.
Any blows to the head yesterday?
I don't know I wasn't with her all day.
Was she feeling sick last night?
She had a bit of a cold
and she was sneezing and she didn't have a fever
so I didn't give her any medication.
Should I have given her anything?
- Nope. - Okay...
Wake up, Zoe.
Rose.
It's Isabelle.
Zoe's mom, yes.
She's... no she's not coming to school, she's...
Can you please find out if she fell from the swing
or the pirate boat yesterday?
Can you ask her teacher?
I'll hold on.
Did you take any sleeping pills last night?
Yes, why?
I'm just trying to get as much information as possible
to send to the ER team.
Is it possible she fell from her bed
during the night and you didn't notice?
Fell from her bed, no she was in her bed
this morning and even if she fell
or got hurt or cried I would have heard her.
Yes?
You sure?
Okay. Okay thanks. I'll let you know.
Thank you.
No, she didn't fall at school.
Her heart rate.
It's very slow, right?
Is she breathing okay?
- Is she breathing? - She's breathing.
It's too slow for a child, right?
A little slow.
Can you please tell me what's going on?
Can you please tell me what's going on!
Sweetie please.
It's getting up.
She's fine, right?
I'm the mother.
Doctor Haas.
Just wait here please.
We have to do a CT Scan.
I don't understand.
She was... she was tired last night
but she didn't seem that bad, did she?
She was asleep when I got there.
Of course.
James is on his way, you should go really.
Call me when you know anything, please.
She has Intra cranial bleeding.
We need to get her into surgery as soon as possible.
What happened to her?
There's no apparent injuries so it could be an aneurysm.
Dr. Winter is the best surgeon here.
Please sign the form.
What's going on?
Was she crying, did she say where she was hurt?
She's unconscious.
Where is she now?
They have to do an emergency surgery.
She has Intra cranial bleeding.
What?
What happened to her?
I don't know she wouldn't wake up
this morning.
Hi. Hi, I'm the father of Zoe Lewis.
She's been sent to surgery
but I need to speak to the Doctor in charge.
Okay, just a moment.
Oh there she is, Doctor Haas.
Hi.
I'm Zoe Lewis' father, where is she?
She's already sedated for surgery.
Can I see her please?
The sooner we relieve the pressure the better.
No. No, I need to see her.
Okay, I understand this is terribly difficult
but right now all we can do is wait.
Okay.
She's in very good hands.
It's been over an hour.
Couldn't they tell us anything?
I don't know.
It's Magda.
Hi.
No...
...she's not.
We're at the hospital.
Listen, did Zoe get hurt yesterday at the playground?
Did she...
What do you mean?
Okay.
No, no, no.
Please umm.
I'll let you know how she's doing.
Bye.
What is it?
Well, I don't know, Zoe hit her back
on a bicycle that was at the bottom of the slide.
Where on her back?
I don't know, Magda didn't think to tell me
because Zoe was fine and she didn't even cry.
Why do you trust Magda she never pays attention enough
to tell you.
Well the doctor says there's no apparent injury.
So it's very likely to be an aneurysm.
I don't know why you couldn't find a proper nanny,
instead of that ditzy student who just has boys on her mind.
You never listen to me.
Well if you hadn't asked for another mediation,
we wouldn't be talking about Magda
because I would have been with Zoe.
Well if you hadn't wanted to separate
there wouldn't be any mediation in the first place!
Every couple goes through difficult times.
They work it out especially when they got a kid.
Well I offered to go see someone to help us
and you ignored me until it was too late.
And by the way, not everyone goes through
- all this anger... - Tell me about it.
In three years, there was no intimacy.
Six.
What is wrong with you?
It's not just that, but I think it does matter
- in a relationship. - I agree.
You're the one that pushed me away.
Oh here we go, you want to do this again now?
You think this is the proper time?
Telling me it was my fault, that I had lost my looks
- since the pregnancy... - No I didn't.
Do you realize, how ridiculous, cruel and superficial that was?
So because you couldn't handle a little bit of truth,
we're here now.
Truth?
James, the way I looked after Zoe was born
had nothing to do with your not touching me.
You're right it wasn't about how you looked,
but the way you looked made you bitter and angry.
God there's nothing more unattractive in a woman.
I wasn't bitter or angry, James.
I was miserable.
I had Zoe and lost my father in the same month!
And every time I would go visit him
at the hospital you would accuse me
of abandoning Zoe, that I was a terrible mother.
Not true.
Do you even remember what...
what you did to me after he died and I cried.
You weren't crying, Isabelle, you were hysterical.
You were out of control.
I was trying to calm you down.
You were trying to calm me down?
And that's how you do it?
Mr. Good guy?
Mr. Perfect in front of everyone?
Hmm?
You know I realize something terrible about you.
After she was born...
Your needs come first.
Because I wanted to go back to work a year
- after she was born? - Six months!
So what!
Did you want to keep me as passionless
and happy little thing, fully dependent on you?
I was worried for Zoe.
Worried about what?
You can't stand that someone you're with could possibly be
better than you at anything.
You would have died,
rather than let me achieve anything...
See this is what I mean.
I'm talking about Zoe, and you have to bring it back
to your stupid fucking dead end job.
And this fantasy that I'm keeping you from greatness,
you know what?
You were never that good at anything.
That's what's wrong with you.
You know why I stayed so long with you,
no matter how awful it was.
It's because of how much I love her.
And because you'd worn down my confidence completely...
Yeah well confident enough to pick up some guy and cheat.
You're so naive about him.
What do you mean?
He's using you.
Using me for what?
I don't know, money.
What money?
Doesn't he need some legal papers.
European Visa?
Well the way he fucks me, maybe it's worth it being used.
You are so vulgar.
The truth is you've always had problems, James.
- Oh, really? - Hm-hmm.
Only with you, apparently.
Maybe there's nothing attractive about you.
So because of all that...
Zoe's hurt.
She's really hurt.
It's not because of all that.
It has nothing to do with it.
I am Dr. Winter.
I'm the surgeon.
- How is she? - How is she?
She's stable.
We took out the hematoma and stopped the bleeding.
But one area endured compression.
So what does that mean?
It means there could be some damage to the brain.
The next 24 hours will tell us more about her recovery.
And survival.
I'm sorry, no visitors allowed inside for the next 24 hours.
The pressure on the brain has come down a lot and umm...
So how is she?
Her vital signs are very good.
She's going to live?
Yes.
Yes, she's a healthy little girl.
That helps of course.
Yes, she is.
The question now is, what kind of life.
What do you mean?
The swelling in the motor area was extensive.
For now, she's in a coma.
She's...
She'll be fine when she wakes up, right?
It's too early to tell.
And also, we don't know if she'll wake up soon or...
...it could take weeks.
You have to be patient.
Work?
Yeah.
You should go, I'll stay with her.
I'll be back by six.
Why don't you go downstairs and get something to eat first.
Do you want something?
No.
You don't leave before I get back, right?
Of course not.
This is the worst thing that could ever happen you know.
It's going to be okay, somehow, I'm sure.
At least she's going to live.
You don't have to be here if you don't feel like it.
Of course, I want to be here with you.
My mother.
Hi, mom.
Should I book you a hotel or...?
Why don't you go home and get some sleep,
I'll stay here tonight.
I'm fine, I'd rather stay.
I'd like to be alone with her.
Well I have every right...
It's not about rights.
I was back to the doctor again,
he said that most of the bleeding occurred
that night.
I know.
Was he with you?
Please don't do this.
Were you two busy, the night that she was hurt?
Maybe something happened, while you were asleep.
Thank you.
How is she?
Nothing new.
Is there anything I can do my love?
Sorry.
That's fine.
Where did you go in the middle of the night?
I was here.
No, Monday night I mean.
I was with you.
You left our bed in the middle of the night, where did you go?
Something happened to her head?
No one knows what.
I'm so sorry.
She started opening her eyes.
She was trying to talk to me and then she squeezed my hand.
Sweetie?
What's happening?
She's having a seizure.
She's still in a coma.
Some patients go through those seizures.
They come in clusters.
It's a sign of damage.
Just let me know if you need any help.
Thank you.
This arrived for you at the apartment.
I guess it's the custody agreement to sign.
You should go home tonight and rest.
I can stay here.
James?
Hi Magda, what is it?
I'm Anna, her mom.
Hi.
How's Zoe?
Well I texted you, she's not well at all.
Tell her.
Is she going to get better?
We don't know.
Tell her.
I'm sorry she...
Zoe hit her head at the playground.
And she was a bit dizzy afterwards.
But I didn't think she was hurt, I'm sorry...
You have no idea how sorry I am.
I'll see if we can get her in trouble?
You can't do anything, it was an accident.
She just won't be able to work with children anymore.
If she had told me, I would have rushed her
to the hospital right away.
You put her to bed.
How did you know she was hurt?
I couldn't tell, I thought she had the flu!
It's my fault. I should have protected her.
No it's me.
It's my fault.
I should have been with her that Monday.
I wanted to be with her!
The new CT scan shows
she developed a rare complication.
Cerebral Sinus Veinus Thrombosis.
What is that, is that some kind of infection?
No.
It has nothing to do with an infection.
We're dissolving the clots with medications, but ahh...
the electroencephalogram is not good.
You see, umm the combination of the bleeding
and the complications as left deeper damage.
There's very little brain activity at this point.
Could that change?
It's umm...
unlikely.
I'm very very sorry.
Sir?
I'm going to go downstairs; do you want something?
Just a water, thanks.
I promise we'll go see Jerry the fish again someday.
She's so pretty, isn't she?
Yeah.
I always loved the color of her hair, the freckles.
She's so funny too.
Such a unique way of seeing the world.
Look at that face...
So sweet.
Are you okay?
I'm sorry.
Mom.
Little angel.
The last six hours have confirmed my suspicion.
There's no activity in the brain.
We could keep her here for awhile,
but eventually her health is going to deteriorate
and ahh...
I know this is not easy.
And there is never a good moment to talk about this.
But, I'd like you to consider something...
and you can take your time, please,
all the time you need.
We have a team here that could help you
and answer your questions.
We have many little kids here, her age, waiting...
not knowing if they'll make it this year
because they need a heart or kidney.
What did he say?
He wants her kidneys!
What are you doing?
I dropped the bag, what a mess.
She's cold.
She's not.
What do you mean?
She's umm...
- She's not... - Cover her!
My baby.
What can we do?
Nothing.
But you know some of best doctors.
I spoke to every neurologist, in Paris, New York, London.
She's brain dead.
You know I wish I never listened
to those stupid French doctors
when they told me Bertrand was finished.
Mom.
The treatments were hurting Dad.
It would have been the same in the U.S. or anywhere.
But you were always the one saying,
when there's no more hope, just keep on going.
Hmm?
I wouldn't give up.
Mom.
Think of Marie Curie.
She kept on going even when her life was at stake.
This is not about Marie Curie.
This is about Zoe, and she's gone.
She's gone.
Listen to your heart, Isabelle.
Shut up!
It's not about listening to your heart
or your coma bullshit.
It's about neurology.
I shouldn't have raised you in France.
You're like your Dad.
You believe in nothing.
I'm sorry.
I just... I'm gonna walk you to your hotel,
I can't do this.
I can't sign the organ donation papers.
My princess.
Hey.
You're not picking up.
Your mother...
Everyone's in a panic, got these miracle stories.
I can't deal with them.
You haven't been to the hospital,
what are you doing?
- Can I. - No.
Is he here?
I'm amazed it doesn't stop you.
Wait.
Do you think it was easy for me to sign that paper.
When I left the hospital, her blood numbers had come back.
Her kidneys are not...
Since she can't be a donor anymore...
If you sign now, then at least part of her
will live in someone else's body,
so I can't believe I'm saying this.
I'll sign tomorrow.
I'm going to leave town for a few days.
Where to?
If I'm away longer, will you be patient?
I'm here.
I love you and everything that comes with it.
I love you too.
Can I please be alone with her, one last time.
Of course.
Isabelle.
You're doing the right thing.
I know.
Isabelle?
The doctor said she went peacefully.
Can I see her room?
Please.
Are you going somewhere?
Ah, just out of town for a day.
Really?
I'll be back in 24 hours.
No one can understand what a beautiful child she was.
What a terrible lose this is.
We need each other, Isabelle.
Why are you leaving town?
I'm going for work.
Work?
How can you go about your life?
Cryo-shipping.
Yes, can you wait, 10 minutes.
The paperwork is not ready yet.
- No problem. - Thank you.
I have to deal with work
and you're making things difficult.
Fine!
I'll leave you to your pursuit of professional bullshit.
I just thought we could help each other
let go of her.
I'll never let go of her.
What are you doing?
If you don't leave here...
Okay.
- What is this? - I'll call the police!
- What is it! - Don't touch it!
Samples for my work!
- Sample of what! - Do not open it!
- What is it! - It's her cells!
Do not open it!
I'm really sorry for you.
Hello.
The Moscow Plaza.
So the samples arrived safely?
Yes, they arrived this morning Dr. Dubois.
Good.
- Dubois? - Dr. Fischer.
- Nice to see you again. - Come on in.
Remind me where we met again?
In Berlin at the conference for Stem Cells and Immunology.
Oh yes, that's right. I remember.
Thank you.
Where are you staying.
At the Moscow Plaza, down the street.
You're brave to come to the evil land.
So are you.
Sometimes science has a price, some people disagreed with me
that women should be given the choice to become mothers
when ever they want.
So are you a feminist?
I never thought of it that way.
So, how can I help you?
The Institut Pasteur is asking for the cloning
of a Rhesus monkey that has developed full immunity
to the recently mutated H5N1.
Are they aware of the cost of this?
Yes.
But first they would like to confirm
the integrity of the cells.
Why do you need cloning
don't you have access to the monkey?
A mess up.
The animal died and was incinerated.
They only realized the results after studying its charts.
They only have a biopsy.
So it would be a shame...
We are so close to a vaccine.
Alright, I'll call you as early as tomorrow.
Actually, they need to know today
if the cells can be cloned.
Well then, I have to go to the lab.
But that might take a little while.
Thanks.
Dr. Fischer wants to see you now.
First Rhesus monkey with 23 pairs of Chromosomes?
Take it and leave.
Who did you want me to clone and what for?
Are the cells intact?
Yes, they are intact, but I want an answer.
Who is sending you?
No one.
She's my daughter.
She died two days ago of a head injury.
I'm sorry for your loss.
But your cloning is illegal and above all it's unethical.
I don't know what you read about me,
but it's not true.
I know you're making a very good living
cloning embryos for IVF patients,
so don't tell me you're that concerned
with ethics.
It's completely different.
It's part of a new embryonic reproductive research.
They're not copies of born human beings
that have died.
They're just twins.
Do you understand the difference?
Do you understand how wrong your request is?
I understand that cloning a human being that has died,
might seem wrong, but I'm not asking you
to conduct some sick experiment.
In its nature it is a sick experiment.
And it's very difficult if not impossible to achieve.
There are complications, endless.
Cloning has been used in regenerative medicine
for at least a decade.
A few cells not a implantable embryo.
This is a dog I cloned who was just one month old,
and the tumor crushed his skull.
Is that what you want for your daughter?
What did the original dog die of?
Cancer.
Its cells were cancerous.
My Zoe was so healthy, she was never sick,
she would have had a very long life.
It's not that simple and you know it.
I understand all the risks,
but I also know we've gotten better at doing it.
And the only reason, why it hasn't happened yet,
at least not officially
is because everyone is so scared of the law.
Or is it that no one figured out
how to make a huge business out of it?
Actually, you couldn't afford it.
I... I could. I would find a way to pay you.
You want me to indulge your first world fantasy.
There are thousands of orphans who need the love of a mother.
You know between wars and natural disasters,
you can pick and choose.
I was not expecting so much cynicism.
You're the one with the first world syndrome.
talking like adoption children are merchandise.
Children are dying everywhere.
Do I see mothers from one of these countries,
who want me to clone one of their murdered children?
A mother losing a child, versus the world's misery.
I feel no guilt.
I'm just in pain, it doesn't matter
where I come from or...
...maybe it does and it's unfair.
It's unfair that I can dream about bringing her back
when so many can't.
And on top of it, I know it's possible
or at least, not impossible,
and even if the chances are very slim
I won't give up until I've tried everything,
because that's who I am.
I'm sorry, I can't do this.
It's completely against my ethics
even if you believe I don't have any.
And, it is too risky.
It would be between you and me.
No.
Many people would have to work on this.
I...
I could lose everything.
You could not lose everything.
Losing everything is something else.
You know there's not one word in any language
that defines a parent losing a child.
There are orphans and widows.
But a parent losing a child, not a word.
I wish I'd never been born.
I wish there was no air.
No sea.
No trees.
No light.
When we were in Paris about two years ago.
I can't bring back the dead.
When we met it seemed you wanted to achieve
something bigger than getting rich
doing IVF for elderly wives of tyrants
and rotten business men.
I am truly sorry.
It must be terribly hard for you, I understand.
I can help you conceive another child.
You're what...
45?
It would be very easy.
Gene editing would fix all.
I know.
I don't want another child.
Stop it.
Stop it!
What are you doing?
My god, could you get any grumpier?
What are you laughing at?
Come on, tell me.
No.
Why not?
Is it secret?
You can tell me.
So are you going to tell me what's going on?
It's nothing.
Oh really?
I don't buy that.
So?
Today I had a meeting with an immunologist
I met a few years ago.
It wasn't a monkey she wanted to clone.
Oh my God.
What did she want?
An army of her own self?
She wanted to clone her kid that died a few days ago.
Crazy.
People are crazy.
And she's a doctor.
Exactly.
She should know better.
Hello?
This is Dr. Fischer.
Hi.
I still have the picture of your daughter.
Yes.
The picture.
I can bring it to you.
Okay, I'll meet you downstairs.
Okay. Bye.
Don't look at me like this.
I'm just trying to read your mind.
It's impossible.
I didn't want you to leave without it.
Thank you.
Going back to Berlin?
No. I'm going somewhere else?
To find a rogue doctor who will do this job?
Yes.
You can use our carrier for your container if you wish.
No, I'm fine. I've called for pickup.
And remember it's too risky for you.
As long as there's no cloning involved, it's not.
Good luck.
Actually, you were wrong, I looked into it.
There's a Hebrew word for a parent losing a child
maybe it's because how ancient the language is.
Losing children was such a common thing back then.
You know it will not work.
There's one chance in ten thousand
that the cells will divide properly,
and make it to the embryo stage.
And even if, it will more than likely
not grow to term.
It will not bring you nothing but pain.
I'm not scared of it.
You won't have enough to pay for it.
Then I will find a place to do it myself.
Is that really what you want?
To clone your daughter?
Doesn't bother you morally?
No.
But you will be an experiment.
It could involve some awful procedures on
who and what your daughter is.
I know.
Goodbye.
Bye.
It would be crazy if you succeed.
You will be registered as a IVF patient
and you will start hormone injections tomorrow.
And we need other women's ovum, many.
And that will be very costly.
I could probably figure something out.
Plan to stay here for awhile.
Many follicles you're responding well
to the treatment.
Out of the 62 eggs to have grown into embryos.
One is graded good, the other is fair.
Which is more than we could have ever hoped for.
Somehow those turned out to be your own eggs.
None of the donor eggs developed.
No, your lining is thin though.
I want you on those hormones for just a bit longer.
We'll do the transfer next week.
Everything is fine, stay laying down
for half an hour.
We keep you here for a few days to monitor implantation.
You understand this is not a regular pregnancy,
the chances of mutation and anomaly,
during every step of the development of a child.
We are only trying.
Hey.
That looks beautiful.
Thomas, I spoke to Anton.
And?
And you did what you promised you would never do.
Antoine was not supposed to say anything.
Antoine said something because he's worried
about what could happen to you.
If he speaks, I'm finished, yes.
Only four people are aware of the situation.
Now it appears five.
I'm too far in to stop.
- Is she already. - Yes.
God why are you doing this?
You've always said it's wrong.
Every case should be looked at on its own merits.
Who are we to decide right or wrong.
Well you did decide.
Yes, I guess I did so.
I decided that in this specific situation
it was right.
Do you love me, Laura?
No, not enough to live as runaways,
just because you always want to be first at everything.
I want you to meet her.
You want me to feel bad for her.
If you don't stop, I will leave you.
We had to move here because of this.
Where we going to go to next?
Mars?
It's not funny.
You know what that is?
Her heart?
Only a few cells, but it's already beating.
Wait. Can I see her again?
Of course.
Hi. I'm Isabelle.
- Am I too early? - No.
Thomas is late.
As usual.
Come in.
Here. Help yourself.
You must be hungry.
All the time.
Strangely enough I'm craving everything Russian.
Pickles. Herrings.
Cabbage.
Dr. Fischer... I mean Thomas
told me you illustrate children's books.
Yeah.
How amazing.
Are you here with your husband?
No.
Zoe's father and I are separated.
I met someone else, a wonderful man,
but somehow, I feel I need to do this alone.
You know I'm not very happy with this situation.
It's...
I know.
That's why I'm here.
- You have sons? - Two.
- How old? - Seven and six.
They're staying at a friends house.
I didn't think it was appropriate
that they were here.
I'm sorry.
No, it's fine. I understand.
I...
I can see her face.
Remember her voice.
Even the feel of her skin.
But her smell is gone.
Completely gone.
When I would smell her little head
while telling her a story or reading a book,
I would forget everything else.
It was so simple and beautiful.
But even if it works, it will not be her.
The color of her hair.
Her smile.
Even what she likes or dislikes
all that is written in our cells.
With the more they are doing research,
the more it is proven true.
I just...
I want to smell her little head again.
Girl talk?
Yes.
The spine is well formed.
It's all there.
Two hands. Two feet.
One head.
By the way, we are at 12 weeks now.
12 weeks and two days.
Thanks for calling me.
- It's been quite lonely. - I thought so.
It was difficult for me when I first moved here.
That language.
But I have the boys.
- Kept you busy. - That's an understatement.
They're so sweet.
Yeah, they can be.
But they've been fighting all the time.
I don't get a moments peace.
When I had Zoe, it was never quite.
She was always calling me.
Talking. Singing.
Even when she sleeps she snores, and loud.
That's funny.
Don't you love kissing their little heads
when they fall asleep?
They only let me kiss them when they're sick now.
Zoe's like that, I love it when she has a little cold
and she wants to cuddle all day.
I know boys are very close to their mom, right?
Yeah.
I love having a girl, she's so energetic and focused
and she can play with the same thing for hours.
She loves building things.
Must be from my Dad.
He's an architect.
That's great.
You know you shouldn't hesitate to call me from now on.
Thanks.
Look at them, they seem to get along.
Yeah today they are.
That's because you're here.
Isabelle.
How are you?
Fine.
Can I come in?
Isabelle, I don't want to fight.
I'm not angry.
I just...
I understand what you're going through.
I may have behaved inappropriately in the past,
but I've changed.
What do you want?
What you're trying to do is not who you are.
You became a different person after your father died.
I was just trying to help you,
but you kept pushing me away and it made me angry.
So it's my fault?
I made you angry.
Isabelle, I never did anything wrong.
Who's the one believing that they can control everything now.
What you're trying to do is completely mad,
and pointless!
So you came all the way here to tell me
I'm mad and delusional?
I came to tell you that I'm sorry.
Sorry for how much I hurt you.
I wish you could forgive me.
I believe that I am partly responsible
for all this.
But I was angry and I wanted to hurt you
as a woman and as a mother.
I have to go.
You can't just forget about Zoe.
You live in some fantasy.
We need to deal with this terrible loss together.
Are you done?
I want you to come back to Berlin with me.
- I can't. - Please.
You have to stop this.
I can't.
You can't just do this.
She was my child too.
You can't just do this!
We have to do it again.
Isabelle.
You have the other embryo, right?
Fine.
We do it in a few weeks.
But you need rest first.
Yes.
How many embryos do you have left?
One.
Thomas.
Two, but one developed in a donor egg, so...
So you want to keep one of her precious ovum
for an experiment.
You know that with each day that passes
it is more likely you will end up in jail.
We'll all end up in jail.
Something to think about maybe.
This time I'd like you to stay here
for at least six months if you can handle it.
I can handle it.
I think it's wise.
Yeah.
Alright.
Hope you know what you're doing.
We'll do another blood test.
I'm afraid you've miscarried again.
Can you use the somatic cells and clone...
It's not going to work.
What about what's left of the embryo?
There's nothing I can do.
I'm sorry.
How is she?
Not very well I'm afraid.
I told you not to do it.
I know.
Everyone did.
I don't think the problem was the embryos, they were fine.
I was able to create perfectly healthy
implantable human embryos.
It's quite an achievement.
Good for you.
Sorry.
What I meant was it was so close.
She can't do it herself, I'll have to find another way.
But you can't do it anymore.
So why are you even considering?
I have one left.
An embryo?
Please stop.
She doesn't deserve this.
She could never bear another pregnancy.
I would need to use a surrogate.
You never give up, do you?
Do you know how much this has affected me already?
You spending time with her.
Everyday I look at the boys
and I think of Isabelle and Zoe.
I can't even say anything to them anymore.
They're walking all over me and I let them.
Because every minute I think of how I would die
if anything would happen to them.
You can't raise children like that.
Would the surrogate even know what she's carrying?
Of course not.
Of course, you were just going to pay some girl
who doesn't even know what she's part of.
I know you're not just in this for the good deed.
I know you.
If I don't tell Isabelle, no false hope this time.
You sure this is the right thing to do?
No.
I mean, use some random surrogate to carry Zoe.
Come in.
Are you going home?
Home.
Yes.
Please let me know what's going on.
I will.
Good bye.
Bye.
It's important to me to know where you are.
Speak Russian?
A little.
How's London?
It's London.
Nice to be home.
You don't want to move back to Paris?
You know I can't.
Anyway now, this is home.
We're happy here.
How old is your son now?
He's just turned five.
It's nice to see you.
It's nice to see you too.
London.
Hello.
Hi.
What's your name?
James.
What's yours?
Zoe.
Hi, Zoe.
Are you being shy?
Are you visiting?
For awhile.
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