1 01:00:33:10 01:00:35:01
That's my brother.
2 01:00:37:18 01:00:39:11
His name is Drona.
3 01:00:42:18 01:00:47:10
He's just mad about buses.
Worse, he's completely hooked on buses.
4 01:00:56:09 01:00:58:23
Drona & me
5 01:01:12:24 01:01:14:10
Driver?
6 01:01:15:10 01:01:17:00
Where are we going?
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To Hoofddorp village.
8 01:01:19:23 01:01:23:06
When we've been to Hoofddorp...
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...where do we go next?
10 01:01:29:03 01:01:31:10
Then we go back to Amsterdam.
11 01:01:47:00 01:01:49:00
But...
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What do you live in?
13 01:01:54:00 01:01:55:17
I live in a house.
14 01:01:55:20 01:01:58:08
In what towns?
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In Purmerend, that's where I live.
16 01:02:02:24 01:02:06:10
Haven't you got a girlfriend?
- Yes, I have.
17 01:02:06:13 01:02:08:24
Drona always asks lots of questions.
18 01:02:09:15 01:02:13:14
Sometimes, when he asks
too many questions, I say to him:
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"Drona, you're giving me a headache.
Stop it."
20 01:02:17:05 01:02:20:17
Don't you ever drive bus number 192?
21 01:02:20:20 01:02:26:04
Sometimes I do. And sometimes
I drive 145. Different buses, yes.
22 01:02:27:10 01:02:30:18
I'm also going to drive different buses.
23 01:02:30:21 01:02:33:12
You're going to be a bus driver?
- Yes.
24 01:02:34:05 01:02:41:10
I'm going to drive the numbers
62, 192, 195...
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...145, 171, 172, 100...
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...41, 21...
I'm going to drive all of them.
27 01:02:57:05 01:02:59:00
That's a lot of them.
28 01:03:35:00 01:03:36:18
Am I a lion?
29 01:03:43:10 01:03:44:21
Am I a lion?
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You can't get me anyway.
31 01:03:51:02 01:03:52:15
Am I a weakling?
32 01:03:52:18 01:03:55:08
Are you sure? Are you sure?
33 01:03:55:11 01:03:57:08
No.
- Am I a weakling?
34 01:03:58:08 01:04:02:04
He's younger than me
but it doesn't show, he's so tall.
35 01:04:10:22 01:04:12:01
Don't do that.
36 01:04:14:24 01:04:16:12
Drona, don't.
37 01:04:16:15 01:04:21:19
Sometimes it bothers me that he has
no friends. He always plays with me.
38 01:04:22:02 01:04:23:15
Well...
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...you've got to learn to live with it.
40 01:04:29:07 01:04:31:02
Go away, idiot.
41 01:04:39:04 01:04:42:19
I don't think he knows
there's something wrong with him.
42 01:04:42:22 01:04:45:10
No... he doesn't know.
43 01:04:46:01 01:04:49:03
You'll never hear him talk about it.
44 01:04:49:06 01:04:53:13
When people treat him oddly
he never tells them: "I'm an autist."
45 01:05:05:00 01:05:07:03
Now back across the square.
46 01:05:27:11 01:05:29:12
Dunya, good morning.
47 01:05:30:09 01:05:33:14
Her hair is different, Drona.
Did you notice?
48 01:05:36:00 01:05:38:20
Do I have two ponytails?
49 01:05:38:23 01:05:40:20
She's got two ponytails.
50 01:05:48:23 01:05:52:22
Dunya, Dunya, Dunya.
51 01:05:55:05 01:05:58:12
Are you cross with me?
- Of course not, darling.
52 01:06:00:06 01:06:05:19
Do I scream at you
when I'm restless?
53 01:06:06:12 01:06:09:14
Sometimes you do.
And what do I tell you then?
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"Calm down."
- Yes, and then we calm down again.
55 01:06:13:19 01:06:15:10
That one doesn't fit.
56 01:06:16:08 01:06:17:12
Look...
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But why do things sometimes change?
58 01:06:20:22 01:06:23:01
Such is...
- Life.
59 01:06:23:23 01:06:28:02
But why is life like that?
- Because it is.
60 01:06:32:02 01:06:37:04
I don't know which one fits.
And I don't know which one goes.
61 01:06:37:07 01:06:41:18
When I was 8 or 9 I got angry and thought:
"What's the matter with him?"
62 01:06:41:21 01:06:46:15
This one doesn't fit.
This one fits.
63 01:06:46:18 01:06:51:06
But now I think being autistic means
that you're different from others.
64 01:06:51:09 01:06:54:08
Your brain may work differently...
65 01:06:54:11 01:06:58:22
...but you can also remember things
extremely well, like Drona and buses.
66 01:06:59:15 01:07:01:17
I'm going on the bus!
67 01:07:01:20 01:07:04:21
Going on the bus?
- I'm going to drive the bus.
68 01:07:04:24 01:07:11:13
My little brother knows all
the Amsterdam bus routes by heart.
69 01:07:16:09 01:07:19:03
Are you pretending all the children
are in the bus with you?
70 01:07:19:06 01:07:23:17
No, I pretend I'm going to Amstel Station.
- Oh, to Amstel Station.
71 01:08:49:13 01:08:52:11
I've got a Hindustani brother.
72 01:08:52:14 01:08:56:08
Sometimes I pinch my brother.
73 01:08:56:11 01:08:58:24
You pinch him? But that hurts.
74 01:08:59:02 01:09:05:15
Sometimes I hurt my brother,
and sometimes he hurts me.
75 01:09:07:01 01:09:09:18
But somehow you also like him.
76 01:09:09:21 01:09:12:07
I love him.
- Love him, do you?
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That's nice of you.
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Listen.
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The idea is that you run calmly
to the other side, to the white line...
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...and back again. At an easy pace.
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No sprinting. No running.
Just to the other side and back again.
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In a straight line, if you can.
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Off you go.
84 01:09:43:02 01:09:45:04
Dad, can I join in?
85 01:09:48:22 01:09:51:21
Dad, can I join in?
- No, you go...
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Stay in a straight line, lads.
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Can I join in?
88 01:10:06:19 01:10:12:12
Keep your head down, Daniel,
or his knee will get you. OK?
89 01:10:14:17 01:10:18:10
I want to be with Arjun.
- No, I can't carry you.
90 01:10:20:03 01:10:23:09
I always want to be with him.
91 01:10:30:06 01:10:31:21
Everything OK?
92 01:10:33:10 01:10:36:10
Stop it, Arjun.
93 01:10:37:16 01:10:41:07
Sometimes I'm ashamed of him.
When he sticks his tongue out.
94 01:10:41:10 01:10:45:22
People will stare at him
and then I'm embarrassed.
95 01:10:51:17 01:10:54:18
Don't do that.
Don't do that now.
96 01:11:11:12 01:11:14:10
Look, somebody stole my ball.
97 01:11:18:02 01:11:22:09
The difficulty about him being autistic
is that...
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...you can't do what you could do
with a normal brother.
99 01:11:27:12 01:11:31:21
You can kick a ball around
with a normal brother, not with Drona.
100 01:11:31:24 01:11:37:11
You can't talk about important things
like you could with a normal brother.
101 01:11:41:08 01:11:47:07
Bus stop Sloterdijk, Pleso Street,
Antony Modderman Street.
102 01:12:24:12 01:12:26:04
What are you doing?
103 01:12:37:00 01:12:39:15
Have you got a girlfriend?
104 01:12:39:18 01:12:41:05
Of course.
105 01:12:43:15 01:12:48:09
I've got a Moroccan girlfriend.
- Really? Well, well, well.
106 01:12:48:12 01:12:51:07
What's her name?
- Dunya.
107 01:12:51:10 01:12:53:07
That's a nice name.
108 01:12:54:11 01:12:57:18
She's Moroccan.
- A Moroccan girl.
109 01:12:59:12 01:13:02:11
But also Dutch.
- Yes?
110 01:13:03:00 01:13:05:19
But I'm not.
- What are you?
111 01:13:05:22 01:13:09:24
My mother says I'm Dutch.
112 01:13:10:18 01:13:17:01
Where are you from?
- I'm from... I'm from...
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...I'm from God. I'm from Bhagwan.
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He means: "Where were you born?"
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I was born in...
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...the Netherlands.
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No... no playing noses.
118 01:14:00:10 01:14:04:02
Geuzenveld station, Sloten village,
Bos & Lommer station.
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Geuzenveld station, Sloten village,
Bos & Lommer station.
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A very long one.
121 01:14:38:08 01:14:39:22
Bless you.
122 01:14:40:22 01:14:42:19
Bless you, mister.
123 01:14:47:02 01:14:49:02
Very short, isn't it?
124 01:14:53:04 01:14:54:21
Sweet, isn't he?
125 01:15:00:06 01:15:04:00
I think that if you're autistic
you're less embarrassed.
126 01:15:05:06 01:15:10:11
It can be useful, being autistic,
because you can do as you like.
127 01:15:10:14 01:15:13:19
You don't ever feel embarrassed.
128 01:15:13:22 01:15:16:16
I mean, sometimes
he just hugs people.
129 01:15:16:19 01:15:22:16
If he sees somebody his age who he likes
he will hug them, just like that.
130 01:15:23:18 01:15:26:16
I'd be embarrassed if I did that.
131 01:15:29:01 01:15:31:18
Is this OK, Drona? Or shorter still?
132 01:15:34:12 01:15:37:03
It's all right now.
- Yes, it's all right.
133 01:15:37:06 01:15:42:06
You decide. You also pay?
- He may pay, but not decide.
134 01:15:55:23 01:15:58:23
Must I wear the safety belt or may I?
- Must.
135 01:16:00:03 01:16:03:16
May I work or must I work?
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At school you must work.
Only then can you be a bus driver.
137 01:16:23:04 01:16:24:10
Tell me.
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Only this bit at the back.
139 01:16:27:11 01:16:30:20
This here. And a bit at the top?
- No!
140 01:16:30:23 01:16:33:09
No? Just a little bit?
141 01:16:34:03 01:16:36:16
It doesn't need cutting here.
142 01:16:36:19 01:16:43:04
Just a bit off here. And here.
And at the side.
143 01:16:43:07 01:16:45:09
That's what I'll do then.
144 01:16:46:23 01:16:50:18
Not at the top.
- That's not necessary, right?
145 01:16:52:15 01:16:55:01
Sometimes I think:
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Where will Drona end up
after secondary school?
147 01:17:00:09 01:17:02:23
How will he get on in life?
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Then I think: He may get a job
as a bus driver, but...
149 01:17:09:22 01:17:13:23
...what about his autism?
That will never disappear.
150 01:17:15:10 01:17:20:21
But I do imagine him on a bus.
Really, I can see him driving a bus.
151 01:17:25:05 01:17:27:12
I'm driving to Leiderdorp.
152 01:17:32:02 01:17:34:14
The 300 is just leaving.
153 01:17:42:10 01:17:44:24
It's not leaving for a long time yet.
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It's a long wait.
155 01:17:48:09 01:17:51:06
It arrives in about half an hour.
156 01:17:53:14 01:17:57:03
Will we take this bus... home?
157 01:18:24:16 01:18:26:07
Hello?
158 01:18:26:10 01:18:32:05
Yes, hello there,
we've all just boarded bus line...
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...number 145.
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We haven't reached Haven Street yet.