Europa

Hoje acordei com saudades de Budapeste e, logo a seguir, veio-me à memória o filme "Europa", de longe o melhor de Lars Von Trier e um dos melhores filmes de sempre, na minha modesta opinião. Se ainda não viram, vejam depressa. Além de ser apaixonante, é sobre um tema pouco tratado: a Alemanha imediatamente a seguir ao fim da II Guerra e o destino dos resistente nazis, conhecidos como "lobisomens".

Aqui ficam as palavras iniciais do filme que, ditas por Max Von Sydow, são muito mais poderosas.

You will now listen to my voice.
My voice will help you and guide you still deeper into Europa.
Every time you hear my voice, with every word and every number, you will enter into a still deeper layer, open, relaxed and receptive.
I shall now count from one to ten.
On the count of ten, you will be in Europa.
I say: one. And as your focus and attention are entirely on my voice, you will slowly begin to relax.
Two, your hands and your fingers are getting warmer and heavier.
Three, the warmth is spreading through your arms, to your shoulders and your neck. Four, your feet and your legs get heavier.
Five, the warmth is spreading to the whole of your body. On six, I want you to go deeper.
I say: six. And the whole of your relaxed body is slowly beginning to sink.
Seven, you go deeper and deeper and deeper.
Eight, on every breath you take, you go deeper.
Nine, you are floating. On the mental count of ten, you will be in Europa.
Be there at ten.
I say: ten.