The Vigil (2019)

Fred Melamed: Dr. Marvin Kohlberg

Quotes 

• Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : [on phone]  Yakov, it's Dr. Kohlberg.

  Yakov Ronen : Doctor Kohlberg! Baruch Hashem, I'm uh, I'm not doing so great.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Why? What's wrong?

  Yakov Ronen : I'm seeing things and hearing things, it's a lot. And I took a tablet, one of the Ativan a little while ago, but I...

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Seeing who, Yakov? Who are you seeing?

  Yakov Ronen : I don't know.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Where are you, right now?

  Yakov Ronen : I'm in Boro Park, I took a job as a Shomer for the night, Reb Shulem is paying me, so...

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Are you safe?

  Yakov Ronen : I don't know. I think so.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : These things you're seeing, do you think that they're real?

  Yakov Ronen : No, they can't be. Dr. Kohlberg, the man who was living here and his wife, I think that they went crazy together, living in the house. She's got very bad dementia, it's very sad, and he was obsessed with demons.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Demons?

  Yakov Ronen : Something called a Mazzik.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : And is this what you think you've been seeing? A demon?

  Yakov Ronen : Shadows, shadows.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Yakov, we talked about what happened to your little brother, about post traumatic stress, and your fears.

  Yakov Ronen : I know, I know.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Tell me, Yakov, is your heart racing? Ferocious? Like it's gonna break your ribs?

  Yakov Ronen : Yes.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : And you're sweating?

  Yakov Ronen : Uh huh.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Are you shaking?

  Yakov Ronen : I'm trying to calm down.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Yakov, tell me what it is that you're seeing. You said that it's a person.

  Yakov Ronen : It's shadows, like someone in the shadows.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : That person that you see, the one that's in the shadows, do you think that he's really there watching you?

  Yakov Ronen : No, of course not, I know he's not.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Excellent, excellent, that's good. Now, Yakov, I want you to take your time and think about this. Can you describe this person?

  Yakov Ronen : Blurry, it's always, I don't, I d-, it's blurry.

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : I understand. That's fine.

  [pause] 

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Is his head turned backwards? Can you tell me?

  Yakov Ronen : What?

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Is his head turned around, Yakov?

  [sound of bones crunching, Yakov sees Mr. Litvak's head moving under the sheet] 

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : What do you see? Yakov?

  Yakov Ronen : [gets another call]  Dr. Kohlberg, can you hang on for just a second?

  [switches call] 

  Yakov Ronen : Hello?

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : [different voice]  Yakov, hi, it's Dr. Kohlberg, I just got your message and I'm sorry it's taken me a little bit to call you back. I hope everything's alright, Yakov?

  Yakov Ronen : Dr. Kohlberg, can you hang on for one second, please?

  [switches call] 

  Yakov Ronen : Hello?

  Burech : Yakov.

  Yakov Ronen : Who is this? You need to leave me alone.

  Burech : Why did you let me die?

  [screams into the phone] 

• Yakov Ronen : I'm going crazy.

  [dials phone] 

  Dr. Marvin Kohlberg : Hello, you're reached the voicemail of Dr. Marvin Kohlberg, I can't take your call at the moment, but please leave a message including your name and phone number, and I'll call you back as soon as possible. If this is a medical emergency, please hang up and dial 911, thank you.

  Yakov Ronen : Hey, Dr. Kohlberg, this is Yakov Ronen and, I'm sorry to call you in the middle of the night, I don't want to bother you, but I'm having a little bit of trouble right now. Um, I'm seeing things and I'm hearing things. Um, it's worse than it's ever been before, and um, I uh, I'm almost out of the pills, so I was really hoping to talk to you. I don't think that I need to go back to the hospital, um, but I would like to talk to you as soon as possible. So if you please could just get back to me, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.

  [hangs up] 

  Yakov Ronen : '