Dirty Lines (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
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It was in Amsterdam, 1989.
And this is Frank Stigter.
He's about to drive his brand-new
Ferrari Testarossa into the water.
Frank used to say, "Turnover is profit
and VAT is holiday pay."
And when he had made his first million,
he allowed himself to pick out a new car.
But he couldn't make up his mind
between a Ferrari and a Porsche.
So, why not buy both?
On even days, he drove the Ferrari,
on odd days, the Porsche.
Don't wait any more.
Frank was my boss
and founder of Teledutch,
together with his younger brother, Ramon.
- Keep it going.
- Also a millionaire.
Teledutch was the first company
in the Netherlands
to start telephone sex lines.
Come for me!
Here, this is me.
Marly Salomon.
I'm actually quite the prude, myself.
Yeah, back then I was.
This was New Year's Eve, 1989,
in the RoXY.
And the DJ over there is Mischa Brandt.
He was the boyfriend of Janna,
my best friend.
By the way, this isn't Janna.
The blonde, that's Janna.
She gave me my first molly ever.
Eight, seven, six,
five, four,
three, two, one!
Hey, DJ! Music!
Oh, yeah.
I swear,
it was the best time of my life.
The crisis of the '80s was behind us
and everyone at Teledutch
was making loads of money.
So how come that Frank,
the boss of this empire,
was about to throw it all away?
Things could only get better.
Right?
THREE YEARS EARLIER
Who could've thought
that a story about telephone sex lines
would start with a prudish student
from the drowsy Amsterdam suburbs?
I mean, look at this.
This is what we called dancing back then.
The most important thing
was not to show you were having fun.
- I've got to go.
- Already? We're having fun.
Hey, you know you can crash at my place.
There's going to be plenty of room
in my bed tonight, I think.
No, my parents will worry. I've got to go.
A room is going to be available at ours
and you have to move in with us!
That would be so cool.
I can hear my mother already.
"You have no business in that dirty city."
"You're staying right here.
I'm feeding you, aren't I?"
They'll never pay for that.
Well, you can just find a job, right?
- Recording sex tapes.
- Yeah.
That's 50 guilders. 15 minutes work.
Dirty talk isn't really my thing.
Marly, then you'll never
have to catch the last bus again.
Fuck, my bus.
- This is what I'm talking about.
- I've got to run.
- Bye.
- Okay, see ya.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Hashish?
- No thanks.
- Coke?
- No thanks.
Yeah, Amsterdam as you know it
didn't exist yet.
There were street hookers
soliciting behind Centraal Station,
entire neighborhoods were crumbling,
coke was openly sold on Dam Square,
and if you couldn't find a home,
you'd squat at a place.
Well, until the owner would send his thugs
with baseball bats to kick you out.
But I lived in a suburb
five kilometers away.
In a different universe.
Light years away
from where the action was.
Did you have fun?
Dad,
you don't have to wait up for me anymore.
I had a great time.
Good.
- Good night.
- Sleep tight.
Dad?
Do you think it's okay if...
I want to move out.
It's way more convenient
if I move close to the university.
Then I can go home
to study between lectures.
- How much is the rent?
- Three hundred guilders.
- But I could get a job.
- Yeah? What kind of job?
Maybe waitressing. Nothing special.
No waitressing. Out of the question.
I...
What is this filth doing in my house?
- My syllabus for the next trimester.
- Yeah, so?
It's for my sexology class.
The purpose being?
As a therapist, you need
to help people with sexual problems too.
She would have been better off
studying law.
Marly wants to move out.
You have no business
in that dirty city.
You're staying right here.
I'm feeding you, aren't I?
II have to get my own place at some point.
No. Why? We never had our own place.
I could just move in
with Janna and Eva, you know?
It's exactly what students do.
I'll get a job to pay for it.
A job is good. If you want to be happy,
you have to make a lot of money.
- But you're not moving out.
- Bye, sweetheart. Bye, darling.
- But Mom, I...
- No.
Right.
For many years,
it was assumed that sexuality
stems from an innate instinct or drive.
The main reason being...
Sorry.
Well. You're late, miss.
Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
My research into the male sexual organ
just took a little longer.
I see.
My area of expertise requires
a serious approach, young lady.
Please be seated.
Within the reproductive theory,
lust is assumed to have...
Do you think he's ever had sex himself?
I've heard good things
about men with beards.
You've heard good things?
...the opinion is...
Ladies, is my lecture
interrupting your conversation?
Not at all. We were just having a debate
about the pros and cons of facial hair
while performing cunnilingus.
I see.
I would like to ask you
and your neighbor to leave the auditorium.
- Me?
- Yes.
Perhaps you should apply to drama school.
Yes.
By the way, I spoke to the landlord.
The room is yours.
- You can move in next week.
- Jan.
My mom won't let me, just like I told you.
And your mom decides?
How old are you anyway?
- She doesn't want to chip in.
- You have a grant, don't you?
- Yes.
- It's easy to make the extra money.
I don't know if I can.
That hard cock of yours
slides inside me. And my...
My lips are getting so wet!
- I'm so wet! Take me!
- Jan.
- Fuck me!
- Jan!
Knock it off.
Think of it
as an investment in your sex life.
What sex life?
Exactly, that's what I mean.
How are you ever
going to take a guy back to your room
if you don't have a room?
You should at least give it a try.
It's just an average everyday office
in the city center, nothing seedy.
Half an hour and you're out again
with 50 guilders in your pocket.
Once or twice a week, and you're done.
So, there I was.
On the day
that would change my life forever.
And not just mine.
- How does it look?
- Fine. It's all set up.
Okay. Is my hair okay?
- His hair is okay, right?
- Yeah.
Okay.
- Well, then I'll go...
- Yup.
Good luck.
Good. Hit me.
- What I...
- Look.
In the end, it all comes down to libido.
Men are always up for sex.
It's a simple biological effect.
It's one ovum a month versus
billions of sperm every single day
raring to go and adventure.
Well, women simply can't keep up.
So we, at Teledutch,
we provide a service that helps men
channel their sex drive.
What Frank is saying
is complete bullshit.
Actually, there's no such thing as libido.
Janna, this is your cue.
"Libido" was invented by Freud.
But there's no research to show
that there's such a thing
as pent-up lust
which forces all men to hunt.
But hey, what can I say?
This is 1987.
It's a time when scientists
still think that the clitoris
is the size of a little pea,
instead of the tip of a
gigantic pyramid.
It will be another seven years before
Janna's groundbreaking doctorate research
will prove that physiologically,
women are aroused just as easily as men.
However, men,
from an early age, see that willy dangling
that at appropriate
and inappropriate times hardens up.
So, what do you do?
You give it a tug.
Anita?
You can go to the studio.
Hi.
Sorry, I have an appointment.
Marly Salomon. Janna signed me up.
Take a seat on the bench. We'll call you.
Oh, um...
This is my first time here, so...
How exactly does this work?
Shouldn't I audition first or something?
You know how to talk?
- Yes.
- Then you've got the job.
Okay, just take a seat
and then wait until you hear your name.
Which one have you got?
Ah, the racing bike.
I had that one last week.
Picture me on a racing bike.
- Do you have to read this word for word?
- Don't worry.
You're allowed to improvise.
Drama school. She graduated on it.
But you have to moan,
darling. That's important.
Can you?
- Just like that, yeah?
- Yes.
Yeah.
How do you explain
the success of the sex lines?
Yeah, that's a very good question.
I would say it's anonymity.
A lot of men are still embarrassed
to rent a video, buy a magazine,
but with us,
there's no need to. You can simply call.
From your own home,
your workplace, the toilet, whatever.
Anonymity fully guaranteed.
But the possibilities
of commercial telecommunication
are endless.
Six months ago, Ramon Stigter
was simply just another cable installer.
Some coffee?
A job which does have its perks.
I don't like coffee.
For many men,
the step to talking to a woman
one on one live is simply far too big.
And it's more expensive
and you receive a separate invoice.
While we just add the extra cost
to your regular phone bill.
So nobody will notice.
But the possibilities
of commercial telecommunication
are endless.
- Clever.
- Right, Ramon?
Yeah, let's start the tour.
Yes, well, just one more question.
Where did you get the idea?
Exactly. Shall we start with the tour?
Hi. Sorry.
Could I...
Could I perhaps have a different story?
I'm not so much into cycling.
Thanks.
- You can go to the studio.
- Now?
Can't I maybe first...
Okay.
This is the epicenter.
The beating heart of Teledutch.
Do you see all these red lights here?
They're all calling men.
But as you can see, we have room to grow.
Yeah. So the rate is 50 cents per minute
and you have 20 lines available
24 hours a day. You must be getting rich.
Not really because 90 percent
of the revenue goes to the phone company.
And therefore, to every taxpayer.
So the Dutch wank for wealth.
- Okay, shall we move on?
- Did you get that? I could just...
- The Dutch wank for wealth.
- Frank, we move on.
- Yeah.
- That's good, right?
Well, Renee?
Move on? Okay.
Good shit, right?
Frank, we were going to present ourselves
as a professional telecom company.
- Ramon.
- Yeah.
We want people to talk about us.
Okay.
Okay, Marly. Whenever you're ready.
- Can I just start?
- Sure. Go ahead.
Sauna.
It's so quiet in the sauna.
Sweat drips down my neck
and between my breasts.
I drop my towel and lie down.
I slide my hands down my body.
Yeah, Marly.
Let's do it again.
Make it a bit
more sultry.
- Sultry?
- A bit less dry.
A bit less dry.
- A bit less dry, yes.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
It's so quiet in the sauna.
Sweat... Sorry.
Can I do that again? Sorry.
It's so
quiet
in the sauna.
Sweat drips down my neck
and between my breasts.
RECORDING IN PROGRESS
We're currently recording
for the Horny Students Line.
That's quite a popular one.
Oh, yes. That feels so nice.
I bend over so you can come inside me
with that hard rod...
Okay, well, that's pretty much it.
No. I want to show them upstairs.
- Yep. Come.
- Okay.
Upstairs?
Yes, I'm coming.
Are you coming too?
Squirt it all over my back.
Come on. Oh, yeah. Come on.
Okay, Marly. You can stop now.
I think we've got it. Thank you.
UNUSABLE
So, downstairs is for recording stories,
but up here, it's the real deal.
Okay.
Come on.
Oh, yeah! Keep going!
Yes!
Oh, yes!
Yes!
What the fuck?
So, here we record our Orgy Line.
- The Orgy Line?
- Johnny came up with it.
Johnny Santini
was one of Frank's clubbing buddies
who had invested
10,000 guilders in the company
and owned 25 percent of the shares.
Johnny was the adopted son
of Mario Santini,
of the famous
Amsterdam Santini ice cream parlor.
In life, he followed
his father's three golden rules.
Uno, la gelateria di inverno chiude...
One: you close in winter.
Due, in gelateria non si vendono...
Two: you don't sell sandwiches.
And three:
Il gelato allo yogurt non esiste.
Bravo.
- Hey.
- Hey. That face of yours.
Back then,
there was really only one bar to be seen.
- Hey.
- How you doing?
- Yeah, good to see you.
- Yeah, super. Behave yourself, hey?
The Rijk café.
- Hey.
- Hey.
The guys from Teledutch
went there every day.
Tsjibbe. Hey.
Bring us an ice cold chablis, dude.
We're celebrating.
- Yeah, you guys are always celebrating.
- I know, yeah.
And let's have a dozen oysters with that.
You won't believe what we just did.
Tsjibbe Veenstra,
the owner, was the first one
to be offered the opportunity
to invest in Teledutch six months earlier.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
So I call one of those 06 lines.
Then what?
You get to hear
a tape recording of a woman's voice.
- And moaning...
- And later I can order that chick?
No, it's only a tape. Get it?
It's an audio recording of people fucking.
Why would I want to listen to people
fucking? I'd rather do it myself.
You're a bartender, Tsjibbe,
you know what that means.
You can bone whenever you want.
Think about the regular guy.
Why do people watch porn?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Yeah, but at least
there's something to see there.
Look, I'm not going to pay
50 cents a minute just to jerk myself off.
I can do that for free.
I think there's a shit load of men
who would be turned on
by listening to a woman while they do it.
Right.
- Right.
- Right?
But you won't be able to talk to her?
No. 'Cause all those men are listening
to the same recording at the same time.
Get it, Tsjibbe. It's a goldmine.
Hey, you buy it now for 10,000 guilders
and you get 25 percent of all the shares.
Within a month, you'll double it.
I swear, dude. Do it for me.
Fucking dumb.
But this is nice too.
- Right.
- You have a beautiful place.
- It'll still be here a year from now.
- Hey, look at this.
Yeah. New watch? So what?
No. Look closer.
See the second hand? Look.
- Ka-ching.
- Yeah.
Another guilder.
- Another guilder.
- Nice.
Actually not a bad idea, the Orgy Line.
- I think it's fucking dumb.
- You have to admit, it was a great stunt.
The cameraman's trousers
were about to explode.
We were supposed to present ourselves
as a professional telecom company.
Not some second-rate whorehouse.
- It's called free publicity, Ramon.
- Do you think the PTT would agree?
As long as they get 90 percent
of our revenue, they won't complain.
It's owned by the state, the PTT.
Meaning you can get away
with a lot as long as they don't notice.
They might just pass our license on
to a company owned by normal people.
I'll ask them to cut around it a bit.
Okay, thanks.
Not a chance, Frank.
That's Robine van Eeghen.
She's not into bums like you.
Look who's talking.
I'm happily married.
ROXY DUMP STORE
Jan?
How much for this one?
- Just take it home. No one will notice.
- Okay.
By the way, I'm still
quite curious about Santa Claus' lectures.
Did you know that women
can get an orgasm
purely through visual stimulation?
No comment.
You're such a prude.
I'm not a prude.
Okay, I told you, I'm a prude.
In summertime, everyone goes topless
on the beach, but I don't.
Hello?
There's someone here.
Hello?
Hello.
Who is it?
I need some light.
Could you please open the door?
It's not a door.
It's a closet.
- This is a vintage store.
- Of course.
Hi.
I... Do you have a flashlight?
I want to check it out back here.
There are some flashlights on the shelf.
- How did you get there?
- Through the window.
That's called breaking and entering.
The place is empty.
Are you going to squat it?
Maybe. Depends.
Hi.
Hi.
Thanks. I'll bring it back right away.
Holy crap. Wow.
Holy shit.
Whoa.
Look at this.
Well, the universe is definitely trying
to tell you something.
Like what?
"One hour of Tyrolian sex fun"?
Yes. Found it.
Whoa.
Welcome in club RoXY.
You're the first visitors.
What is club RoXY?
The hottest nightclub in Amsterdam.
Mischa was a DJ
when that was a meaningless job
that paid next to nothing.
He'd been dreaming
of his own club for years
to spice up Amsterdam's nightlife.
And this abandoned sex movie theater
was exactly what he was looking for.
O, Franz. Nein, fass mich nicht an.
Heidi, deine Brüste sind so groß.
O ja, Franz.
Mar, it's your turn.
No, not my thing.
Franzi.
What is "dick" in German?
- Schwanz.
- Schwanz.
Franz Schwanz.
Wo ist dein Schwanz?
Ich kann ihm nicht sehen.
I'm going.
Ich brauche deinen Schwanz. Wo ist...
Shouldn't you leave too?
- They might loot the shop.
- So what? It's filled with old junk.
Heidi.
Franzi.
Er ist versteckt.
Okay, tschüß.
- Tschüß.
- Tschüß. Heidi.
- O, Franz. Franzi.
- Steh auf, bitte.
Franzi Schwanzi.
It wasn't just that bizarre
porn movie that made me clamp up.
It happened all the time,
whenever I met a nice guy.
O, Franzi.
Why couldn't I be
as easy going as Janna?
HALL
Where's Janna?
Sleeping.
She was up all night with some DJ.
You really don't want to know
how loud they were.
And I'm not just talking about the music.
- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.
Who is that?
What do we see here?
A cunt.
Exactly. A cunt.
One thing
is extremely important in sexology,
and that's calling things by their name.
My name is Leon DeWolff.
I'm replacing Professor Van Beuren,
who, for personal reasons,
won't be teaching this trimester.
I surely wouldn't mind
teaching him a sexology lesson.
Why is a subject
that's such a natural part of our lives
surrounded with so much shame?
Nobody had ever told me about sex.
Why we do it,
why we long for it,
and why it's so difficult
to talk about it.
SEXUALITY
The subject had been kept away from me
as if it was harmful.
SEX
And according to my mother,
it served only one purpose: procreation.
So Ramon is giving her
this CD player. That's so unromantic.
He's basically giving himself a present.
- Yeah.
- Just give Natasja something she likes.
Earrings or a weekend in Paris, whatever.
Now Ramon is asking us to give her CDs
but I wonder if he expects us
to buy new CDs for her
or that we replace
what they already have on record?
I mean,
will they keep using their record player?
No, don't come yet, darling.
- This isn't the right position.
- Yeah.
You bought that Prince CD, didn't you?
What if we add tickets
to his Antwerp concert?
And then we could make
a fun weekend of it with the four of us.
I mean, it's not like
the money is an issue anymore, right?
- Oh, that was good.
- That's great, honey.
Oh, fuck.
- What's with the gymnastics?
- I don't want it to leak out.
Did they say anything about your speed?
- Who?
- At the clinic.
On Anouk's orders,
Frank had gone to the fertility clinic
to be tested.
Not that he was gagging to be a father.
That was more her obsession.
Mr. Caan?
Room three.
Frank was obsessed
with something completely different.
His whole life
had been one long quest for success.
SNEAKERS 40%
SNEAKERS 50%
He started out in the sneaker business.
Then followed the Lolo ball.
BUY ONE GET FIVE
But the Video2000 recorder from Philips
was going to be the next big thing.
...simply the best video recorder there is.
But this boy has a special feature:
this symbol here. See?
DTF. Stands for Dynamic Track Following.
That means that if you pause
or you fast forward,
you won't get those annoying stripes
that you get with VHS and Betamax.
I can see you're not convinced.
I'll give you ten percent discount
and I'll add two Video2000 tapes for free.
Do they release porn in that format?
Porn?
As of today,
Phillips has stopped production
of its Video2000 recorder,
which means that VHS
has won the battle of the video formats.
Mr. Stigter?
Mr. Stigter?
Yeah, that's me.
Room one.
NAME: FRANK STIGTER
PTT STARTS PAY LINES
PTT STARTS TELEPHONE PAY LINES
The idea that would finally
make him a fortune was born.
No luck?
Well, why don't you
get some decent equipment first?
What did they say
about your sperm?
Best sperm in the world.
They never saw anything like it.
I even got a request from the sperm bank
to become a donor.
Frank.
It was okay. Yeah, just...
It's all fine.
Hey. Get over here.
Hi.
- Hey.
- Hello.
Yeah. How are you doing?
- Okay?
- Yeah, great.
- Everything okay?
- Very nice.
- How are those sneakers, man?
- So great.
- What a great night.
- I want to find sugar.
Just go play soccer outside, yeah?
- It's very sweet of you.
- Yeah?
Ramon, look.
- Another CD.
- Yeah. Haha.
- Very sweet, thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Grab a drink.
- I will. Speak to you later.
- Hello.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Darling.
- Thank you.
- Hey, why don't you come to your auntie?
- Go and see Auntie Anouk.
- Oh, you've grown.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Here you go.
Well. What could this be? Ramon.
Look at this. Right?
Hey.
Nice.
You guys are out of your minds.
How lovely is that?
Is that from you? You're so sweet.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Congrats, man.
- Yeah, thanks.
Hey, great.
Chardonnay?
No, I'll take some juice.
No. I'm ovulating today.
So that's why you were here so late.
Enjoy while you can.
Once you have kids yourself,
it's impossible to get into the mood.
I hope so.
Jesus man, I'm nervous.
- Oh, yeah, right.
- Shall we switch it on in a minute?
Don't want to miss it.
- Everything alright with you and Ramon?
- Sure. Absolutely.
Everything's hunky dory.
- Why? Aren't you?
- No, we're fine, sure.
I just get funny ideas and all
with the business and...
I know it's all fake,
but they're always around those girls.
That's the least of my concerns.
Ramon only gets excited
by things with a plug attached.
I...
I'm gonna be on TV.
Not on Natasja's birthday, Frank.
I'll record it.
- What are you talking about?
- I'll record it.
No, of course we'll watch it.
In the Netherlands,
telephone sex is up and coming...
That's a good one.
Newspapers
are running daily ads...
I'm on next.
...phone numbers for special sex lines.
And their number is ever increasing.
These 06 lines, as they are known,
have been red hot from the go.
Ah, I'm coming!
In the end, it all comes down to libido.
Men are always up for sex.
It's a simple biological fact.
It's one ovum a month versus
billions of sperm.
Women simply can't keep up.
'Cause 90 percent of the revenue
goes to the phone company.
- Here it comes.
- And therefore to every taxpayer.
So, the Dutch wank for wealth.
Right?
Yeah, that's a good one.
So, downstairs is for recording stories,
but up here, it's the real deal.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The Netherlands
is the first country
where paid sex lines are gathering fuel.
Which is a great way
for the diligent student
to earn some extra cash.
Thanks.
Great, Frank.
The whole town must have seen this.
Are you sure about that?
You said there wasn't any real sex there!
Cut it out.
The recording was a prank by Johnny.
- There is no Orgy Line. It's all fake.
- So where did those women come from?
Honey, I don't even know those chicks.
No one has sex at the office.
And even if they did,
we're doing it so much
I wouldn't even be able to darling.
Come on, that's really expensive.
Surely not as expensive
as Natasja's bracelet!
And now it's enough, Goddamn it!
Now it's enough.
Anouk. You've really got to stop this.
Hey. Natas and I is ages ago.
- No, you still want her back.
- Baby, Poekie, no.
- You do.
- I want you. Hey.
I only want you.
Come.
Hey.
Look at you. I only want you.
Make a baby?
♪ What shall we do
With the drunken sailor? ♪
♪ What shall we do
With the drunken sailor? ♪
♪ What shall we do
With the drunken sailor? ♪
♪ Early in the morning ♪
- ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪
- Good evening, ladies.
DANCING AT JANSEN
Hey. Sorry, but I don't think
you can stay over tonight.
Yeah, this is "house."
This is totally going to be the bang,
says Mischa.
Nah. No way.
Hey, DJ. What kind of crap is this?
Okay, let's get out of here.
Well, I kind of like it.
- I'm sorry, what?
- Yeah, I like it.
No...
Alright.
- Great party, right?
- Yeah, super great.
Can you hear that?
Crystal clear. Not a single scratch.
Hey. Sorry.
I'll buy you a real present
tomorrow, okay?
- Sure.
- Yeah. Really.
What did you have in mind?
Such a nice CD player
needs a nice set of speakers.
No.
No.
No.
You're going to buy me something tomorrow
that doesn't have a plug attached to it.
And no batteries either.
Not even penlight batteries?
No. I want a weekend away.
With you, in a luxury hotel
and no kids.
Sounds more like a good present for me.
No. I'm going
to be working you really hard.
Ah, Natasja.
I hope
you're proud of yourself.
You scared me to death.
What's up?
I told you I was going dancing, didn't I?
I really thought I'd raised a decent girl.
Shame on you. You're a disgrace.
- What's wrong?
- Grandma called. "Is that our Marly?"
- Everyone has seen it.
- What?
And my work,
have you thought about that?
- What have they seen?
- I need to show my face again
- at City Hall on Monday.
- I'm going crazy. What did I do, Ma?
- You were on TV.
- On TV?
- Why would I be on TV?
- There's no denying it.
I saw it with my own eyes.
Everyone has seen it.
Recording smutty tapes.
Is that the example I set you?
How was that on TV?
Ma, I was there only once. I hated it.
If that's the way
you want to provide for yourself,
you can better pack your things.
Joyce.
- What?
- You said you were eager to move out.
Well, go.
I don't want to see you here anymore.
Pa?
Daddy.
- Stigter.
- Frank, it's Ronnie.
All the lines are down.
The lines are down?
Well, all the lights are out
and I can't phone in to any of the lines.
The PTT has cut us off.
Cut off? What do you mean?
In the Netherlands,
telephone sex is up and coming.
Newspapers are running ads
on a daily basis
with phone numbers for special sex lines
and their number is ever increasing.
On the night of the broadcast,
the sex line success was so overwhelming
that the telephone network was overloaded.
Even the fire brigade emergency number
couldn't be reached.
And so it happened
that in the Port of Rotterdam,
a small fire in a brand-new submarine
turned into an inferno with a total damage
of 225 million guilders.
And all because that night,
countless men
were wanking on the phone to sex lines.
As a result, Teledutch lines
were taken down with immediate effect.
What do I care
about that stupid submarine, man?
Have you ever heard
of glasnost and perestroika?
The Cold War is over.
Capitalism is winning.
But only if we make a lot of money.
Lots of money!
It wasn't quite
how I had imagined it,
but, finally, my new life
in the big city was about to begin.
- Hey.
- I'm looking for a room.
Teledutch was down the drain
and as far as I was concerned, that was
the end of my involvement with them.
Good afternoon. This is Anouk Stigter.
A few months ago, my husband
had his sperm tested at your clinic
and I have a question about the results.
- What was the name, please?
- Stigter. Frank Stigter.
- One moment, please.
- That's okay, take your time.
But as Frank was soon to find out,
a person's life can be turned around
with one simple phone call.
Madam,
we have no data on Mr. Stigter's semen.
What do you mean, no data?
He did come in,
but he didn't leave anything behind.
Yes.
That's so good.
That's so hard.
Deeper.
Yes.
I'm coming.
Yeah! Yes!
That's so good.
I'm coming.
Oh, that's so good.
It was in Amsterdam, 1989.
And this is Frank Stigter.
He's about to drive his brand-new
Ferrari Testarossa into the water.
Frank used to say, "Turnover is profit
and VAT is holiday pay."
And when he had made his first million,
he allowed himself to pick out a new car.
But he couldn't make up his mind
between a Ferrari and a Porsche.
So, why not buy both?
On even days, he drove the Ferrari,
on odd days, the Porsche.
Don't wait any more.
Frank was my boss
and founder of Teledutch,
together with his younger brother, Ramon.
- Keep it going.
- Also a millionaire.
Teledutch was the first company
in the Netherlands
to start telephone sex lines.
Come for me!
Here, this is me.
Marly Salomon.
I'm actually quite the prude, myself.
Yeah, back then I was.
This was New Year's Eve, 1989,
in the RoXY.
And the DJ over there is Mischa Brandt.
He was the boyfriend of Janna,
my best friend.
By the way, this isn't Janna.
The blonde, that's Janna.
She gave me my first molly ever.
Eight, seven, six,
five, four,
three, two, one!
Hey, DJ! Music!
Oh, yeah.
I swear,
it was the best time of my life.
The crisis of the '80s was behind us
and everyone at Teledutch
was making loads of money.
So how come that Frank,
the boss of this empire,
was about to throw it all away?
Things could only get better.
Right?
THREE YEARS EARLIER
Who could've thought
that a story about telephone sex lines
would start with a prudish student
from the drowsy Amsterdam suburbs?
I mean, look at this.
This is what we called dancing back then.
The most important thing
was not to show you were having fun.
- I've got to go.
- Already? We're having fun.
Hey, you know you can crash at my place.
There's going to be plenty of room
in my bed tonight, I think.
No, my parents will worry. I've got to go.
A room is going to be available at ours
and you have to move in with us!
That would be so cool.
I can hear my mother already.
"You have no business in that dirty city."
"You're staying right here.
I'm feeding you, aren't I?"
They'll never pay for that.
Well, you can just find a job, right?
- Recording sex tapes.
- Yeah.
That's 50 guilders. 15 minutes work.
Dirty talk isn't really my thing.
Marly, then you'll never
have to catch the last bus again.
Fuck, my bus.
- This is what I'm talking about.
- I've got to run.
- Bye.
- Okay, see ya.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Hashish?
- No thanks.
- Coke?
- No thanks.
Yeah, Amsterdam as you know it
didn't exist yet.
There were street hookers
soliciting behind Centraal Station,
entire neighborhoods were crumbling,
coke was openly sold on Dam Square,
and if you couldn't find a home,
you'd squat at a place.
Well, until the owner would send his thugs
with baseball bats to kick you out.
But I lived in a suburb
five kilometers away.
In a different universe.
Light years away
from where the action was.
Did you have fun?
Dad,
you don't have to wait up for me anymore.
I had a great time.
Good.
- Good night.
- Sleep tight.
Dad?
Do you think it's okay if...
I want to move out.
It's way more convenient
if I move close to the university.
Then I can go home
to study between lectures.
- How much is the rent?
- Three hundred guilders.
- But I could get a job.
- Yeah? What kind of job?
Maybe waitressing. Nothing special.
No waitressing. Out of the question.
I...
What is this filth doing in my house?
- My syllabus for the next trimester.
- Yeah, so?
It's for my sexology class.
The purpose being?
As a therapist, you need
to help people with sexual problems too.
She would have been better off
studying law.
Marly wants to move out.
You have no business
in that dirty city.
You're staying right here.
I'm feeding you, aren't I?
II have to get my own place at some point.
No. Why? We never had our own place.
I could just move in
with Janna and Eva, you know?
It's exactly what students do.
I'll get a job to pay for it.
A job is good. If you want to be happy,
you have to make a lot of money.
- But you're not moving out.
- Bye, sweetheart. Bye, darling.
- But Mom, I...
- No.
Right.
For many years,
it was assumed that sexuality
stems from an innate instinct or drive.
The main reason being...
Sorry.
Well. You're late, miss.
Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
My research into the male sexual organ
just took a little longer.
I see.
My area of expertise requires
a serious approach, young lady.
Please be seated.
Within the reproductive theory,
lust is assumed to have...
Do you think he's ever had sex himself?
I've heard good things
about men with beards.
You've heard good things?
...the opinion is...
Ladies, is my lecture
interrupting your conversation?
Not at all. We were just having a debate
about the pros and cons of facial hair
while performing cunnilingus.
I see.
I would like to ask you
and your neighbor to leave the auditorium.
- Me?
- Yes.
Perhaps you should apply to drama school.
Yes.
By the way, I spoke to the landlord.
The room is yours.
- You can move in next week.
- Jan.
My mom won't let me, just like I told you.
And your mom decides?
How old are you anyway?
- She doesn't want to chip in.
- You have a grant, don't you?
- Yes.
- It's easy to make the extra money.
I don't know if I can.
That hard cock of yours
slides inside me. And my...
My lips are getting so wet!
- I'm so wet! Take me!
- Jan.
- Fuck me!
- Jan!
Knock it off.
Think of it
as an investment in your sex life.
What sex life?
Exactly, that's what I mean.
How are you ever
going to take a guy back to your room
if you don't have a room?
You should at least give it a try.
It's just an average everyday office
in the city center, nothing seedy.
Half an hour and you're out again
with 50 guilders in your pocket.
Once or twice a week, and you're done.
So, there I was.
On the day
that would change my life forever.
And not just mine.
- How does it look?
- Fine. It's all set up.
Okay. Is my hair okay?
- His hair is okay, right?
- Yeah.
Okay.
- Well, then I'll go...
- Yup.
Good luck.
Good. Hit me.
- What I...
- Look.
In the end, it all comes down to libido.
Men are always up for sex.
It's a simple biological effect.
It's one ovum a month versus
billions of sperm every single day
raring to go and adventure.
Well, women simply can't keep up.
So we, at Teledutch,
we provide a service that helps men
channel their sex drive.
What Frank is saying
is complete bullshit.
Actually, there's no such thing as libido.
Janna, this is your cue.
"Libido" was invented by Freud.
But there's no research to show
that there's such a thing
as pent-up lust
which forces all men to hunt.
But hey, what can I say?
This is 1987.
It's a time when scientists
still think that the clitoris
is the size of a little pea,
instead of the tip of a
gigantic pyramid.
It will be another seven years before
Janna's groundbreaking doctorate research
will prove that physiologically,
women are aroused just as easily as men.
However, men,
from an early age, see that willy dangling
that at appropriate
and inappropriate times hardens up.
So, what do you do?
You give it a tug.
Anita?
You can go to the studio.
Hi.
Sorry, I have an appointment.
Marly Salomon. Janna signed me up.
Take a seat on the bench. We'll call you.
Oh, um...
This is my first time here, so...
How exactly does this work?
Shouldn't I audition first or something?
You know how to talk?
- Yes.
- Then you've got the job.
Okay, just take a seat
and then wait until you hear your name.
Which one have you got?
Ah, the racing bike.
I had that one last week.
Picture me on a racing bike.
- Do you have to read this word for word?
- Don't worry.
You're allowed to improvise.
Drama school. She graduated on it.
But you have to moan,
darling. That's important.
Can you?
- Just like that, yeah?
- Yes.
Yeah.
How do you explain
the success of the sex lines?
Yeah, that's a very good question.
I would say it's anonymity.
A lot of men are still embarrassed
to rent a video, buy a magazine,
but with us,
there's no need to. You can simply call.
From your own home,
your workplace, the toilet, whatever.
Anonymity fully guaranteed.
But the possibilities
of commercial telecommunication
are endless.
Six months ago, Ramon Stigter
was simply just another cable installer.
Some coffee?
A job which does have its perks.
I don't like coffee.
For many men,
the step to talking to a woman
one on one live is simply far too big.
And it's more expensive
and you receive a separate invoice.
While we just add the extra cost
to your regular phone bill.
So nobody will notice.
But the possibilities
of commercial telecommunication
are endless.
- Clever.
- Right, Ramon?
Yeah, let's start the tour.
Yes, well, just one more question.
Where did you get the idea?
Exactly. Shall we start with the tour?
Hi. Sorry.
Could I...
Could I perhaps have a different story?
I'm not so much into cycling.
Thanks.
- You can go to the studio.
- Now?
Can't I maybe first...
Okay.
This is the epicenter.
The beating heart of Teledutch.
Do you see all these red lights here?
They're all calling men.
But as you can see, we have room to grow.
Yeah. So the rate is 50 cents per minute
and you have 20 lines available
24 hours a day. You must be getting rich.
Not really because 90 percent
of the revenue goes to the phone company.
And therefore, to every taxpayer.
So the Dutch wank for wealth.
- Okay, shall we move on?
- Did you get that? I could just...
- The Dutch wank for wealth.
- Frank, we move on.
- Yeah.
- That's good, right?
Well, Renee?
Move on? Okay.
Good shit, right?
Frank, we were going to present ourselves
as a professional telecom company.
- Ramon.
- Yeah.
We want people to talk about us.
Okay.
Okay, Marly. Whenever you're ready.
- Can I just start?
- Sure. Go ahead.
Sauna.
It's so quiet in the sauna.
Sweat drips down my neck
and between my breasts.
I drop my towel and lie down.
I slide my hands down my body.
Yeah, Marly.
Let's do it again.
Make it a bit
more sultry.
- Sultry?
- A bit less dry.
A bit less dry.
- A bit less dry, yes.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
It's so quiet in the sauna.
Sweat... Sorry.
Can I do that again? Sorry.
It's so
quiet
in the sauna.
Sweat drips down my neck
and between my breasts.
RECORDING IN PROGRESS
We're currently recording
for the Horny Students Line.
That's quite a popular one.
Oh, yes. That feels so nice.
I bend over so you can come inside me
with that hard rod...
Okay, well, that's pretty much it.
No. I want to show them upstairs.
- Yep. Come.
- Okay.
Upstairs?
Yes, I'm coming.
Are you coming too?
Squirt it all over my back.
Come on. Oh, yeah. Come on.
Okay, Marly. You can stop now.
I think we've got it. Thank you.
UNUSABLE
So, downstairs is for recording stories,
but up here, it's the real deal.
Okay.
Come on.
Oh, yeah! Keep going!
Yes!
Oh, yes!
Yes!
What the fuck?
So, here we record our Orgy Line.
- The Orgy Line?
- Johnny came up with it.
Johnny Santini
was one of Frank's clubbing buddies
who had invested
10,000 guilders in the company
and owned 25 percent of the shares.
Johnny was the adopted son
of Mario Santini,
of the famous
Amsterdam Santini ice cream parlor.
In life, he followed
his father's three golden rules.
Uno, la gelateria di inverno chiude...
One: you close in winter.
Due, in gelateria non si vendono...
Two: you don't sell sandwiches.
And three:
Il gelato allo yogurt non esiste.
Bravo.
- Hey.
- Hey. That face of yours.
Back then,
there was really only one bar to be seen.
- Hey.
- How you doing?
- Yeah, good to see you.
- Yeah, super. Behave yourself, hey?
The Rijk café.
- Hey.
- Hey.
The guys from Teledutch
went there every day.
Tsjibbe. Hey.
Bring us an ice cold chablis, dude.
We're celebrating.
- Yeah, you guys are always celebrating.
- I know, yeah.
And let's have a dozen oysters with that.
You won't believe what we just did.
Tsjibbe Veenstra,
the owner, was the first one
to be offered the opportunity
to invest in Teledutch six months earlier.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
So I call one of those 06 lines.
Then what?
You get to hear
a tape recording of a woman's voice.
- And moaning...
- And later I can order that chick?
No, it's only a tape. Get it?
It's an audio recording of people fucking.
Why would I want to listen to people
fucking? I'd rather do it myself.
You're a bartender, Tsjibbe,
you know what that means.
You can bone whenever you want.
Think about the regular guy.
Why do people watch porn?
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Yeah, but at least
there's something to see there.
Look, I'm not going to pay
50 cents a minute just to jerk myself off.
I can do that for free.
I think there's a shit load of men
who would be turned on
by listening to a woman while they do it.
Right.
- Right.
- Right?
But you won't be able to talk to her?
No. 'Cause all those men are listening
to the same recording at the same time.
Get it, Tsjibbe. It's a goldmine.
Hey, you buy it now for 10,000 guilders
and you get 25 percent of all the shares.
Within a month, you'll double it.
I swear, dude. Do it for me.
Fucking dumb.
But this is nice too.
- Right.
- You have a beautiful place.
- It'll still be here a year from now.
- Hey, look at this.
Yeah. New watch? So what?
No. Look closer.
See the second hand? Look.
- Ka-ching.
- Yeah.
Another guilder.
- Another guilder.
- Nice.
Actually not a bad idea, the Orgy Line.
- I think it's fucking dumb.
- You have to admit, it was a great stunt.
The cameraman's trousers
were about to explode.
We were supposed to present ourselves
as a professional telecom company.
Not some second-rate whorehouse.
- It's called free publicity, Ramon.
- Do you think the PTT would agree?
As long as they get 90 percent
of our revenue, they won't complain.
It's owned by the state, the PTT.
Meaning you can get away
with a lot as long as they don't notice.
They might just pass our license on
to a company owned by normal people.
I'll ask them to cut around it a bit.
Okay, thanks.
Not a chance, Frank.
That's Robine van Eeghen.
She's not into bums like you.
Look who's talking.
I'm happily married.
ROXY DUMP STORE
Jan?
How much for this one?
- Just take it home. No one will notice.
- Okay.
By the way, I'm still
quite curious about Santa Claus' lectures.
Did you know that women
can get an orgasm
purely through visual stimulation?
No comment.
You're such a prude.
I'm not a prude.
Okay, I told you, I'm a prude.
In summertime, everyone goes topless
on the beach, but I don't.
Hello?
There's someone here.
Hello?
Hello.
Who is it?
I need some light.
Could you please open the door?
It's not a door.
It's a closet.
- This is a vintage store.
- Of course.
Hi.
I... Do you have a flashlight?
I want to check it out back here.
There are some flashlights on the shelf.
- How did you get there?
- Through the window.
That's called breaking and entering.
The place is empty.
Are you going to squat it?
Maybe. Depends.
Hi.
Hi.
Thanks. I'll bring it back right away.
Holy crap. Wow.
Holy shit.
Whoa.
Look at this.
Well, the universe is definitely trying
to tell you something.
Like what?
"One hour of Tyrolian sex fun"?
Yes. Found it.
Whoa.
Welcome in club RoXY.
You're the first visitors.
What is club RoXY?
The hottest nightclub in Amsterdam.
Mischa was a DJ
when that was a meaningless job
that paid next to nothing.
He'd been dreaming
of his own club for years
to spice up Amsterdam's nightlife.
And this abandoned sex movie theater
was exactly what he was looking for.
O, Franz. Nein, fass mich nicht an.
Heidi, deine Brüste sind so groß.
O ja, Franz.
Mar, it's your turn.
No, not my thing.
Franzi.
What is "dick" in German?
- Schwanz.
- Schwanz.
Franz Schwanz.
Wo ist dein Schwanz?
Ich kann ihm nicht sehen.
I'm going.
Ich brauche deinen Schwanz. Wo ist...
Shouldn't you leave too?
- They might loot the shop.
- So what? It's filled with old junk.
Heidi.
Franzi.
Er ist versteckt.
Okay, tschüß.
- Tschüß.
- Tschüß. Heidi.
- O, Franz. Franzi.
- Steh auf, bitte.
Franzi Schwanzi.
It wasn't just that bizarre
porn movie that made me clamp up.
It happened all the time,
whenever I met a nice guy.
O, Franzi.
Why couldn't I be
as easy going as Janna?
HALL
Where's Janna?
Sleeping.
She was up all night with some DJ.
You really don't want to know
how loud they were.
And I'm not just talking about the music.
- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.
Who is that?
What do we see here?
A cunt.
Exactly. A cunt.
One thing
is extremely important in sexology,
and that's calling things by their name.
My name is Leon DeWolff.
I'm replacing Professor Van Beuren,
who, for personal reasons,
won't be teaching this trimester.
I surely wouldn't mind
teaching him a sexology lesson.
Why is a subject
that's such a natural part of our lives
surrounded with so much shame?
Nobody had ever told me about sex.
Why we do it,
why we long for it,
and why it's so difficult
to talk about it.
SEXUALITY
The subject had been kept away from me
as if it was harmful.
SEX
And according to my mother,
it served only one purpose: procreation.
So Ramon is giving her
this CD player. That's so unromantic.
He's basically giving himself a present.
- Yeah.
- Just give Natasja something she likes.
Earrings or a weekend in Paris, whatever.
Now Ramon is asking us to give her CDs
but I wonder if he expects us
to buy new CDs for her
or that we replace
what they already have on record?
I mean,
will they keep using their record player?
No, don't come yet, darling.
- This isn't the right position.
- Yeah.
You bought that Prince CD, didn't you?
What if we add tickets
to his Antwerp concert?
And then we could make
a fun weekend of it with the four of us.
I mean, it's not like
the money is an issue anymore, right?
- Oh, that was good.
- That's great, honey.
Oh, fuck.
- What's with the gymnastics?
- I don't want it to leak out.
Did they say anything about your speed?
- Who?
- At the clinic.
On Anouk's orders,
Frank had gone to the fertility clinic
to be tested.
Not that he was gagging to be a father.
That was more her obsession.
Mr. Caan?
Room three.
Frank was obsessed
with something completely different.
His whole life
had been one long quest for success.
SNEAKERS 40%
SNEAKERS 50%
He started out in the sneaker business.
Then followed the Lolo ball.
BUY ONE GET FIVE
But the Video2000 recorder from Philips
was going to be the next big thing.
...simply the best video recorder there is.
But this boy has a special feature:
this symbol here. See?
DTF. Stands for Dynamic Track Following.
That means that if you pause
or you fast forward,
you won't get those annoying stripes
that you get with VHS and Betamax.
I can see you're not convinced.
I'll give you ten percent discount
and I'll add two Video2000 tapes for free.
Do they release porn in that format?
Porn?
As of today,
Phillips has stopped production
of its Video2000 recorder,
which means that VHS
has won the battle of the video formats.
Mr. Stigter?
Mr. Stigter?
Yeah, that's me.
Room one.
NAME: FRANK STIGTER
PTT STARTS PAY LINES
PTT STARTS TELEPHONE PAY LINES
The idea that would finally
make him a fortune was born.
No luck?
Well, why don't you
get some decent equipment first?
What did they say
about your sperm?
Best sperm in the world.
They never saw anything like it.
I even got a request from the sperm bank
to become a donor.
Frank.
It was okay. Yeah, just...
It's all fine.
Hey. Get over here.
Hi.
- Hey.
- Hello.
Yeah. How are you doing?
- Okay?
- Yeah, great.
- Everything okay?
- Very nice.
- How are those sneakers, man?
- So great.
- What a great night.
- I want to find sugar.
Just go play soccer outside, yeah?
- It's very sweet of you.
- Yeah?
Ramon, look.
- Another CD.
- Yeah. Haha.
- Very sweet, thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Grab a drink.
- I will. Speak to you later.
- Hello.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Darling.
- Thank you.
- Hey, why don't you come to your auntie?
- Go and see Auntie Anouk.
- Oh, you've grown.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Here you go.
Well. What could this be? Ramon.
Look at this. Right?
Hey.
Nice.
You guys are out of your minds.
How lovely is that?
Is that from you? You're so sweet.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
- Congrats, man.
- Yeah, thanks.
Hey, great.
Chardonnay?
No, I'll take some juice.
No. I'm ovulating today.
So that's why you were here so late.
Enjoy while you can.
Once you have kids yourself,
it's impossible to get into the mood.
I hope so.
Jesus man, I'm nervous.
- Oh, yeah, right.
- Shall we switch it on in a minute?
Don't want to miss it.
- Everything alright with you and Ramon?
- Sure. Absolutely.
Everything's hunky dory.
- Why? Aren't you?
- No, we're fine, sure.
I just get funny ideas and all
with the business and...
I know it's all fake,
but they're always around those girls.
That's the least of my concerns.
Ramon only gets excited
by things with a plug attached.
I...
I'm gonna be on TV.
Not on Natasja's birthday, Frank.
I'll record it.
- What are you talking about?
- I'll record it.
No, of course we'll watch it.
In the Netherlands,
telephone sex is up and coming...
That's a good one.
Newspapers
are running daily ads...
I'm on next.
...phone numbers for special sex lines.
And their number is ever increasing.
These 06 lines, as they are known,
have been red hot from the go.
Ah, I'm coming!
In the end, it all comes down to libido.
Men are always up for sex.
It's a simple biological fact.
It's one ovum a month versus
billions of sperm.
Women simply can't keep up.
'Cause 90 percent of the revenue
goes to the phone company.
- Here it comes.
- And therefore to every taxpayer.
So, the Dutch wank for wealth.
Right?
Yeah, that's a good one.
So, downstairs is for recording stories,
but up here, it's the real deal.
Yeah.
Yeah.
The Netherlands
is the first country
where paid sex lines are gathering fuel.
Which is a great way
for the diligent student
to earn some extra cash.
Thanks.
Great, Frank.
The whole town must have seen this.
Are you sure about that?
You said there wasn't any real sex there!
Cut it out.
The recording was a prank by Johnny.
- There is no Orgy Line. It's all fake.
- So where did those women come from?
Honey, I don't even know those chicks.
No one has sex at the office.
And even if they did,
we're doing it so much
I wouldn't even be able to darling.
Come on, that's really expensive.
Surely not as expensive
as Natasja's bracelet!
And now it's enough, Goddamn it!
Now it's enough.
Anouk. You've really got to stop this.
Hey. Natas and I is ages ago.
- No, you still want her back.
- Baby, Poekie, no.
- You do.
- I want you. Hey.
I only want you.
Come.
Hey.
Look at you. I only want you.
Make a baby?
♪ What shall we do
With the drunken sailor? ♪
♪ What shall we do
With the drunken sailor? ♪
♪ What shall we do
With the drunken sailor? ♪
♪ Early in the morning ♪
- ♪ Hooray and up she rises ♪
- Good evening, ladies.
DANCING AT JANSEN
Hey. Sorry, but I don't think
you can stay over tonight.
Yeah, this is "house."
This is totally going to be the bang,
says Mischa.
Nah. No way.
Hey, DJ. What kind of crap is this?
Okay, let's get out of here.
Well, I kind of like it.
- I'm sorry, what?
- Yeah, I like it.
No...
Alright.
- Great party, right?
- Yeah, super great.
Can you hear that?
Crystal clear. Not a single scratch.
Hey. Sorry.
I'll buy you a real present
tomorrow, okay?
- Sure.
- Yeah. Really.
What did you have in mind?
Such a nice CD player
needs a nice set of speakers.
No.
No.
No.
You're going to buy me something tomorrow
that doesn't have a plug attached to it.
And no batteries either.
Not even penlight batteries?
No. I want a weekend away.
With you, in a luxury hotel
and no kids.
Sounds more like a good present for me.
No. I'm going
to be working you really hard.
Ah, Natasja.
I hope
you're proud of yourself.
You scared me to death.
What's up?
I told you I was going dancing, didn't I?
I really thought I'd raised a decent girl.
Shame on you. You're a disgrace.
- What's wrong?
- Grandma called. "Is that our Marly?"
- Everyone has seen it.
- What?
And my work,
have you thought about that?
- What have they seen?
- I need to show my face again
- at City Hall on Monday.
- I'm going crazy. What did I do, Ma?
- You were on TV.
- On TV?
- Why would I be on TV?
- There's no denying it.
I saw it with my own eyes.
Everyone has seen it.
Recording smutty tapes.
Is that the example I set you?
How was that on TV?
Ma, I was there only once. I hated it.
If that's the way
you want to provide for yourself,
you can better pack your things.
Joyce.
- What?
- You said you were eager to move out.
Well, go.
I don't want to see you here anymore.
Pa?
Daddy.
- Stigter.
- Frank, it's Ronnie.
All the lines are down.
The lines are down?
Well, all the lights are out
and I can't phone in to any of the lines.
The PTT has cut us off.
Cut off? What do you mean?
In the Netherlands,
telephone sex is up and coming.
Newspapers are running ads
on a daily basis
with phone numbers for special sex lines
and their number is ever increasing.
On the night of the broadcast,
the sex line success was so overwhelming
that the telephone network was overloaded.
Even the fire brigade emergency number
couldn't be reached.
And so it happened
that in the Port of Rotterdam,
a small fire in a brand-new submarine
turned into an inferno with a total damage
of 225 million guilders.
And all because that night,
countless men
were wanking on the phone to sex lines.
As a result, Teledutch lines
were taken down with immediate effect.
What do I care
about that stupid submarine, man?
Have you ever heard
of glasnost and perestroika?
The Cold War is over.
Capitalism is winning.
But only if we make a lot of money.
Lots of money!
It wasn't quite
how I had imagined it,
but, finally, my new life
in the big city was about to begin.
- Hey.
- I'm looking for a room.
Teledutch was down the drain
and as far as I was concerned, that was
the end of my involvement with them.
Good afternoon. This is Anouk Stigter.
A few months ago, my husband
had his sperm tested at your clinic
and I have a question about the results.
- What was the name, please?
- Stigter. Frank Stigter.
- One moment, please.
- That's okay, take your time.
But as Frank was soon to find out,
a person's life can be turned around
with one simple phone call.
Madam,
we have no data on Mr. Stigter's semen.
What do you mean, no data?
He did come in,
but he didn't leave anything behind.
Yes.
That's so good.
That's so hard.
Deeper.
Yes.
I'm coming.
Yeah! Yes!
That's so good.
I'm coming.
Oh, that's so good.