Adam's Apples (2005)

Mads Mikkelsen: Ivan

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• Ivan : So, what do you want to do?

  Adam Pedersen : [ironically]  I wanna bake an apple pie.

  Ivan : [seriously]  Okay, you'll bake an apple pie! That's your task.

• Ivan : Evil has many faces and it can be difficult to tell them apart and choose sides. Especially these days where so many things are said in this and that town. Everything has so many nuances. Also we humans. If the game of chess had undergone the same development as humans the queen would be in front, the rooks would be crooked, and the pawn would be the main piece. We no longer know who we are and this rootlessness...

• Ivan : Poul Baekel Hermann, known to friend and foe as Poul Nordkap, lived a long and full life. In his life Poul learned that to know God you must dance with the Devil. If any Poul Nordkap surely did that. Poul learned that it's futile to fight good because despite all the cruelty, screaming and tears he had caused in his youth he realised in the end that this was just a mere moment. The ocean heaved but it was a wasted effort. The world continued and good prevailed as always. That's why Poul can return to God with peace of mind. Adam and I were by his side when he passed quietly away. His last words were: 'I'm not afraid. I'm ready.'

• Ivan : If we all listened to reason, the world would be a gloomy place to live.