"In the Fields of Dreams" "I'm ready to go now, Granny Kerttu" "Here are the berries for the parish" "Will you remember everything - you should buy in town?" "I'll remember" "Goodbye, little girl" "Hello, girl, I guess I almost scared you to death" "Well, not quite" "Your berries have turned to porridge" "It doesn't matter" "No, but this is far too much" "Aarne Ylitalo always pays his way" "Well, thank you" "Don't you curtsy to me" "You're such a pretty thing." "Whose daughter are you?" "Nobody's, really" "Mother and Father are dead." "I'm just Sirkka Valkama - and I'm living with Granny Kerttu in the shepherd's hut." "Really?" "Well, then I know who you are" "And how old are we now?" "Going on 18" "Well, so long, Sirkka" "See you around" "Sirkka..." "Come here, please" "You could work as a servant at the Ylitalo farm, if you like" "If I'd like?" "Is it really true?" "Could I really come?" "You think Aarne Ylitalo is full of hot air?" "No, I don't." "I was just thinking" "A young, pretty girl like you shouldn't have to think, - just do what the old and wise tell you to." "When could I come?" "Whenever you like" "Even today." "I'll just let my old Mother know" "Well, thank you very much, then" "Bless me!" "What's wrong with you, girl?" "Have you gone out of your mind?" "Anything but." "Granny Kerttu, they're taking me as a servant at Ylitalo's" "What are you saying?" "Who told you that?" "The master of the house himself, Aarne Ylitalo" "That wild one!" "He's no good" "He doesn't have a say in that house" "I guess he has, he said so" "Talk is cheap" "It's the brother, Urho, who runs Ylitalo" "Who told you you could take that horse?" "Well..." "Master Aarne told me to" "I'm the one running this house, - is that clear?" "That's what Master Aarne said, too" "Go ahead, ask him" "Whoa!" "You take care of your own business and stop yakking" "A strange way to treat a young, - unbroken horse." "Right" "You think it's alright for a decent farmer - to roam the village drinking - and playing cards like a tramp" "Don't preach in broad daylight" "Preachers only preach on Sundays, too" "That'd do you good, since you don't seem to understand" "I'm not a kid anymore" "I'll answer for my deeds" "But the shame will tarnish the whole house" "Quiet, boys!" "Here's Mother's medicine" "Sorry for hurrying so much" "Them two brothers sure are different" "That's one thing you wouldn't understand" "You get more than that" "The buggy wouldn't be this dirty - if Master Urho had held the reigns" "One's a true Christian, the other's a bad heathen" "Don't mock your Master, you like him fine" "And he likes you, I know" "Mind your own business, - that's enough for you" "Like a Lord's angel" "An angel?" "That ragged bastard!" "Is it her fault, too?" "Well, it isn't mine" "Shut your trap for once!" "Come in" "Look at you, Sirkka." "You already came" "Step inside" "Here, Mother, is that servant I was talking about" "Doesn't she look nice?" "Yes, she does, but she's awfully young, only a child" "She must be treated accordingly" "As far as I know, - no servant in this house - has had any complaints about the family" "Well, sit down, my lass, so we can have a chat" "How is Kerttu doing?" "She's fine, thank you What are you doing here?" "Goodness me, aren't we being cocky?" "I'm not doing anything special" "I'm in a hurry" "What's that Valkama girl doing here?" "What's it to you?" "She'll be a servant here." "There, now you know" "And I'm the one who asked her to come" "What are you laughing at?" "Nothing, just you" "You are easy to please, child." "Goddamn it!" "So far, you've only been dark on the inside, - but now you're like a devil on the outside, too" "So, my lass, - you'll take care of the animals in the meadow" "Sirkka, remember to take good care of yourself" "Don't believe everything the boys whisper in your ear" "They didn't send you here to stand around" "Go, go, run along now" "I've never heard anyone sing so beautifully" "You said that just to please me" "I'll only ever say what I'm really thinking" "ljust hope you won't get bored at the shepherd's hut" "You know, it's way out there in the backwoods" "What would I miss, I've always been alone?" "Granny Kerttu's cabin is near there." "I'll visit her if I get really bored" "Would you like to have visitors there - if one happened to pass by?" "Yes, no, yes, no..." "Tell me!" "May I come?" "Yes, no, yes..." "So, the man of the house is picking flowers, huh?" "I guess you'd much rather herd sheep, - if I'm not completely mistaken" "You'd better not herd me, though" "Don't reckon I'd be herding, - but I could talk about lots of things" "So, you came to collect, you bloodsucker" "I haven't sucked your blood, at least not yet" "I only came to remind you - that your l.O.U. Is due next week, - in case you might've forgotten" "Be quiet, I always pay what I owe" "Are you sure about that?" " Damn right I am" "Very well, very well" "Then you'll also know that there are - other small pieces of paper - with other figures on them" "Others?" "What the hell do you mean?" "Don't worry" "Hop on, so we can talk in private" "You've had damn bad luck in card games lately" "That's none of your damn business." "No, but you - didn't have any money, so you've been signing - all kinds of pieces of paper." "50 what?" "It's my name, isn't it?" " Sure, the name's yours, - but the pieces of paper are now in my possession" "I bought them" "You shouldn't have bet so much when playing with crooks" "Didn't you realize that they were cheating?" "You should know, you do it, too, - when you're weighing things in your store" "Oh my, you have a big mouth when there are no witnesses" "Soon, you'll be singing a different tune" "I'm not going to help you" "We never ask for help, at least not from the likes of you" "Stop bragging." "Remember, I have a piece of paper - and I'll get your whole house - unless you pay back on time" "Shut up!" "We'll be settled within a week" "Aarne" "Stop that, it doesn't do any good" "Aarne..." "Yes" "What's on your mind, Mother?" "What business do you have with the Kyléilahti grocer?" "The Kyléilahti grocer?" "Nothing much" "You're the one doing business with him" "And I always pay cash, - but I guess you can't always claim that" "There's nothing for you to worry about, Mother" "Oh, I think there is" "That grocer has sent farmers richer - than us to the poorhouse" "Don't worry, Mother, " "I will always be alright, you know that" "Yes, yes" "That's it" "That's all for this week" "And now, it's Saturday again" "Well, where did you leave Sirkka?" "She went to watch over the sheep - while Kerttu went to trade in her wool" "Sirkka stayed there to watch over the house" "Hello, my little shepherd" "What?" "Did the cat get your tongue?" "Not even so much as a welcome" "Maybe I'm not welcome?" "Oh, no" "Of course you are" "Well, welcome" "Have you thought of me, at least once?" "Here, in my loneliness, I have time to think of many things" "Even me?" "Why do you ask?" "Because my thoughts have been wandering - here, to the shepherd's hut" "Why would Master be thinking of a little servant girl?" "To me, you're not a little servant girl" "I've almost felt a pang each time I've seen you" "Let me go, Aarne." "Let me go" "You can have some coffee, if you like" "Yes, please." "I'll tie my horse first" "She's the best girl in the village, - and you'll get to take her to church" "Mark my words" "Thank God, Saturday comes at least once a week" "Now the girl will have a Saturday - when she can't come to the dance." "How would you know?" "Oh, but I do know" "Aarne is now out there in the shepherd's hut" "Are you a fortune teller?" "I can't help myself, my attic here - is better furnished than yours" "It was damn hard to figure - where Master was heading" "You're dim to think that Aarne - would be running after a beggar girl" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "L'mjust a poor little girl- and nothing much to look at" "Even if you were an angel from heaven, " "I couldn't look at you any other way" "You, darling..." "Darling" "Do you know why I love you so infinitely?" "I couldn't understand even if you told me" "Because you are so white and so pure" "I approach you like a pilgrim" "Like a dying man approaches a well" "Only you can help me, if you want to" "Darling, if only I could always be close to you like this" "Do you want to and dare to be mine - in the eyes of God and people?" "Ido" "Kirsti, do you love me?" "No" "But who cares?" "Aarne!" "Aarne..." "Sirkka, I'll be back soon" "Please do, Aarne, you mustn't forget me" "Let's fly home!" "I promised to take Mother to church today" "Oh my, every Sunday I have to drag my bones to church" "And they call it a day of rest" "This eternal washing is what really gets me" "Keep scrubbing your face and you'll finally get to your skin" "All these Sundays..." "For our sins" "Didn't they give them to us because of our sins?" "You should have a Sunday every day" "Well, prettier than this would be a waste" "Goddamn, shit!" "Oh my, were there people in the bucket?" "So it seems, plus a pig grunting at the window" "Will you watch out" "It'll do you good - to use some bath water for once" "I'll go to the hospital - if you put your mouth in it" "Now you can ask him where he spent the night" "Take care of the horse" "The poor beast needs care" "Are you grumbling?" "You bet I am" "Riding a horse like that!" "It's a great sin" "Shut up, farmhand, it's my horse" "Sure, but this is my mouth!" "No lip!" "Fix the buggy, I'll take Mother to church" "I don't think you will" "Your Mother almost died last night" "Are you... are you very ill, Mother?" "There's nothing the matter with me, my son" "But how about you?" "Aarne, where did you spend the night?" "I waited, but in vain" "Mother, shouldn't I..." "Shouldn't I be fetching the doctor?" "No, Aarne, but I'd rather you went to church" "Maybe the preacher has something to say to you" "Something that would be good for you" "Go on, now" "Yes, yes" "Are you writing love letters - in the middle of a Monday afternoon?" "Why not?" "It's something that has to be done, - but I don't think you'd understand that" "I'm going to the city with Mr Ahola" "You do know what it's all about?" "Yes, I do" "And if it works out, - the grocer will have to eat crow" "Yes." "We'll see how it turns out" "We'll be back in the evening" "You might want to check on Mother, just in case" "BANK" "Ylitalo" "Well, Mr Ylitalo." "This went well, really smooth" "All the three names here are solid men" "Still, I had to call your brother and Mr Ahonen, - but they weren't home." "But it's alright now" "We'll mail you the notification" "Yes, that'll be all then" "I was just thinking - that you might not know Ahonen's missus" "She's the kind of lady - who runs the house" "She sure is" "That's why Mr Ahonen wanted me to ask if you could put - his notification in the same envelope - with our notification." "Of course, Mr Ylitalo" "That's no problem" "Now all you have to do is get the money from the teller" "Thank you very much" "Make sure it's right." "I'm good at figures" "Seems to be right" "There it is" "I wonder how much you've cheated us farmers, - but in Ylitalo's case you got short changed" "Hey, you'd better watch your mouth" "My mouth is my own business" "Antti..." "You won't need to deliver the mail to us at Ylitalo" "I'll pick it up myself" "I'm not too old" "I can still walk there" "We'll do as I say!" "I reckon we will" "You'd better believe it" "That girl is pregnant, that's for sure" "And how would you know?" "I have my ways..." "The day she came back ,- she started sewing baby clothes" "She tried to hide them from me, - but I saw them rags when I walked in" "Well, looks like even you can move around fast" "I guess you didn't have time to see anything" "Yes I did, I found it in her stash - when she had gone out" "Oh, so you're going through other people's belongings?" "Damn you!" "Who cares about that slut?" "And it's easy to guess who the father is" "*Mr Urho Ylitalo Pontila" "We hereby remind you of your acceptance of 65.000," "As we agreed, we enclose a similar letter to Mikko Ahola.*" "What's wrong, Aarne?" "Don't you worry about me" "I'm not worth it" "What do you mean?" "Nothing" "Aarne, will we get married soon?" "Won't we..." "before our child is born?" "Aarne, I will get a golden bridal crown, won't I?" "A bride at Ylitalo couldn't have it any other way" "No, little servant, she couldn't" "Aarne Ylitalo's bride must wear gold" "It'll be best for all of us - if I disappear for a while" "If you've done something wrong or disgraceful, - then remember, my son, folks at Ylitalo have - always answered for their deeds, whatever they may have been" "What are you staring at?" "Are we leaving for America?" "I'll go away for a while, so what?" "Go away?" "You're leaving that poor girl behind" "You've dishonored her, dragged her into the dirt" "You're leaving your own child that she's carrying - and the whole mess - that you have created here" "I've told you once and for all - that I answer for my own sins" "I think you're doing the opposite" "You run away from them" "Don't you goddamn lecture me." "I'm going in any case" "No, you're not, I'll see to that" "Are you going to watch over me?" "Quiet, boys" "You're not thinking of her at all" "It's for her sake that I'm leaving" "It would be harder for her, if I stayed" "Urho!" "Aarne!" "Goodness me, he's got a fine birth mark" "Yes, yes, it's shaped like a star" "On his chest, near his left armpit" "That'll at least bring him luck" "Luck" "Oh, good God!" "Please help me, help me" "Help me, dear God, and give me my child back" "God, have mercy on me, give me back my child" "My child, my child, my child" "Kirsti, my child, - my child is gone, disappeared, my child" "And don't you know where he disappeared?" "Alright, I'll tell you where" "You threw him in the river" "Don't deny it, you slut." "I saw you - throw your brat into the river." "Do you think I'm blind?" "Don't you think I see the cap - that got caught in the bush when he fell?" "You took Aarne from me" "Very well, now I'm paying you back" "District Court" "Hence, I have to ask you, Sirkka Valkama, - do you confess to having murdered the infant?" "Then how can you explain the disappearance of your child?" "Why won't the defendant answer?" "I can't answer anymore" "Even God can't hear my prayers anymore, - even though I've asked him for help" "I reckon I'm..." "I'm not worthy" "Sirkka is innocent" "It's not in her nature ever to do anything evil" "Silence, or I'll have the courtroom cleared" "Guess I'll be silent" "Call in the witness Kirsti Turja" "You claim to have witnessed - how the defendant threw her infant into the river" "Do you still subscribe to that statement?" "Yes, Your Honor, I saw it" "Your Honor, that's not true" "I didn't do it" "What does the prosecutor demand?" "In light of what we've heard in this court, " "I demand that the defendant, Sirkka Valkamaa, - be sentenced for infanticide - as the law demands in cases like this" "The court will adjourn." "Clear the courtroom" "She deserves at least ten years, - and that's what she'll get" "That girl is innocent, - as surely as my father's only son in called Matti" "Mr Ylitalo" "Personally, I'm sure that - she's innocent, but if the court still - finds her guilty of the crime " "I suggest we give her every leniency the law allows" "I second that motion so the court finds it reasonable to sentence " "Sirkka Valkama for infanticide - under very extenuating circumstances - to two years in the penitentiary" "I am innocent, I am innocent" "May God help me" "For infanticide, really..." "Poor girl" "Did you really do it?" "Oh well, two years" "It's not such a long time at your age" "Justice wears a blindfold - so as not to let anything lure us - into the wrong path, but..." "Maybe that blindfold sometimes keeps us from seeing - what is the truth" "What is it, my lass?" "What is it?" "Yes, I understand" "I understand so well" "Won't people ever forget this?" "It's been six years, six long years, - but people simply can't forget" "My lass, - it's hard for people to forget - the sins of others" "But I never committed that sin" "No, my lass, you haven't" "I know you haven't" "But the others, they don't belive it" "You see, my dear" "Then why did I have to suffer my punishment - when they still won't forgive me? The things one has to do..." "To be out in field with someone like you" "This here was the last pole" "Then we'll go to the sauna and then we'll have dinner - and then we'll dance and kick up a real cloud of dust" "You think you can eat with decent people?" "Get out of here!" "You're ruining our appetite" "What's going on here?" "If you don't like being in our house - you can get the heck out of here" "I'm not stopping you" "The same goes for anyone who has any complaints" "It sure is strange..." "Quiet!" "You can go now, without severance, - but Sirkka will stay, now and forever, got that?" "You'd better stay." "Ain't nobody going to - take you as a servant or as a wife." " Shut up, you boneface" "A man would rather lay next to driftwood in a ditch - than in bed next to you" "You wouldn't know" "What a trap that woman has; - never a decent word when it opens" "I guess more guests are arriving" "And they seem to be in a terrible rush" "So, you came after all" "Let him be, this is my business" "Let me give him the first punch" "I've waited for this for so many years - and now you want to..." "Folks at Ylitalo handle their own affairs, remember that" "Talk, but make it fast, my people are waiting for me" "All these years, I've been working like a slave - saved every penny only to - be able to come home and atone for - and make up for all the wrongs that I've done" "You think your money can buy atonement?" "Bring Mother back to life with your money, if you can" "Buy back the two years that Sirkka had to - rot in prison because of you." "Sirkka!" "In prison?" "Your child disappeared because of you" "Sirkka was sentenced for infanticide" "I know she was innocent" "Run around with your money - and clean her name" "Shove money down people's throats - so they won't torture that poor child to death - with that insane infanticide story" "Our son is not dead" "I can feel it as a mother" "Sirkka..." "I don't even have the right to ask for your forgiveness" "I've always loved you - and love teaches one to suffer " "and to forgive" "My son, my son" "Son, bring me some water" "When he had kidnapped you, - my son gave you to me so I'd look after you" "A year later, he was found in the woods - with a knife in his back" "I shall now join him, " "and you... you must go to your mother " "far, far away" "Do you still remember?" " First, to the city, - then far away along the big road - and then... to Suurkorpi village" "That's where my Mother is" "Isn't that right, Grandfather?" "Yes, it is" "Look, Karo came to fetch you" "Go, but go quietly, - so that you won't be seen" "Good night, Grandfather" "Good night, my son" "Grandfather..." "Blessed child" "Master Aarne, allow me to lift her up" "Can't hold her anymore, once she's married" "Go ahead, Matti" "You've treated me as if I'd been your child" "I'll never forget how good you've been to Sirkka" "I can never repay you" "Yes you can, by always being good to her" "Thanks, Matti." "Please don't ever leave us" "Where could I go?" "So, now you found the right one, after all" "Yes, but it's not all over yet" "May God bless you both and give you happiness - after all the hardships." "Thank you, brother" "I'll have everything ready by the time - you get back from church." "Very well, bye" "Kirsti, goddamn it!" "Wear something nice like everybody else" "There's a wedding dance today" "Don't you yell at me" "I've never danced at a servant's wedding" "And we ain't dancing now." "Yes, we are" "You'd better check that wild nature of yours today" "How did Sirkka ever offend you, anyway?" "A wedding ring won't pay for infanticide" "Damn it, I've always said that your insides - were black, but your outside is, too" "Look who's talking" "You wash your face every six months" "Hello, Mister." "Hello, hello" "What do you want, pilgrim?" "Could I have some water, I'm tired and hot" "Come on, little fellow, over to this side" "You'll get something to drink" "You can wash the road dirt off your little neck" "Today, you'll get a wedding meal you'll never forget" "But you can't sit at the table with your little nose all sooty" "There, wash that little nose of yours real clean" "Let's take that ragged shirt off" "There" "Did you say Suurkorpi village?" "You came to the right place, - but who is it that you're looking for?" "Father and Mother" "Father and Mother, goodness me" "Dear God almighty!" "Kirsti, Kirsti!" "The boy's been found!" "Sirkka's boy!" "He's walked all the way here to find his parents" "The birth mark on the left side - is an absolute identification, and I know it" "Today, the Lord is truly merciful" "Matti, give my love to Sirkka " "and tell her I'm sorry" "English subtitles:" "Janne Staffans"