Torn Allegiance (1984)

Trevyn McDowell: Sanna van Elst

Quotes 

• Henk : It isn't a good idea to go off alone.

  Sanna van Elst : You think I'm just a child.

  Henk : You *are.* By yourself, like this.

  Sanna van Elst : You didn't think that this morning when I brought you food. Then it was all right to go off alone.

  Henk : That's true.

  Sanna van Elst : So why am I a child now?

  Henk : Sanna...

  [throws hands up in mock despair] 

  Sanna van Elst : Ja?

  [said in mocking tone] 

  Henk : [watches her as she goes to fetch water, playfully skipping as she does so]  It's just that...

  [gets up] 

  Henk : this isn't the safest place right now.

  Sanna van Elst : No place is safe in the world.

  Henk : Don't get smart with me, young lady. I'm old enough to be your father.

• Maria : [had been griping about her pregnancy making her a fat old hippopotamus]  Sanna! You're not listening!

  Sanna van Elst : Maria... What's it like... with a man?

  Maria : It had white walls and rose bushes in the garden, and...

  Sanna van Elst : Maria, tell me...! Men are so big... and heavy.

  [shakes her head] 

  Sanna van Elst : I wouldn't be able to breathe, I'm sure I wouldn't...

  Maria : [raises her eyes]  Don't be silly! Of course you...

  [looks at Sanna sharply:] 

  Maria : Does Henk have anything to do with these questions?

  [no answer from the young girl, just a pained expression] 

  Maria : Sanna!

  Sanna van Elst : Yes.

  Maria : He didn't actually kiss you?

  Sanna van Elst : He didn't ask.

  Maria : Did you do anything else?

  Sanna van Elst : Put his arms around me.

  Maria : And then?

  Sanna van Elst : Nothing. We came back.

• Maria : [as her young friend starts disrobing in the stream]  Sanna... what are you doing?

  Sanna van Elst : Swimming.

  Maria : Swimming?

  Sanna van Elst : Yeah. Charles and me always used to swim here.

  Maria : Charles? You didn't!

  Sanna van Elst : He didn't care. Once when we were swimming, all his friends came along too.

  Maria : You didn't mind?

  Sanna van Elst : I didn't have anything to show then.

  [camera only shows her bare feet stepping out of her discarded clothes]