"My name is Sigurður Hermannsson but I'm called Siggi Hlemm." "There's a complex reason how I got that nickname." "I'm recently divorced and I lost my job as a printer as there's less demand for us printers nowadays." "Right now I live at home with my mother." "You could say I'm standing on a crossroad in my life." "Soo... what's up?" "They're always working on fixing the downtown roads." "It's like they forget that this city has suburbs." "Are you building something?" "No, I'm just gonna help Dad set up some shelves." "Been stalling that for far too long." "He always has to have others do such things for him." "He can take care of himself." "In business, yes." "But fixing things?" "No, never." "My father, Hermann, is called 'Hlemmi' because he runs a video rental called 'Hlemmavideo'." "Hlemmi at Hlemmavideo, that's my dad." "See you later, Mom." "Give my regards to the fool." "Dad?" "Dad?" "Dad?" "Huh?" "Did you spend the night here?" "What?" "You seem to have fallen asleep at the desk." "Did you sleep here?" "Are you finally here, son?" "I was gonna help you put up those shelves." "It would be nice if you could..." "I wouldn't have brought the toolbox and stuff otherwise." "The front door was unlocked, has Anton not showed up yet?" "I don't know." "Didn't you want the shelves over on this wall?" "There are some markings here, is that it?" "Yes." "Where did I put my lighter?" "Man, this wall is tough." "Mom said hello." "Dad?" "My father was the first man in Iceland to open up a video rental store, to see it as a business opportunity." "A so-called "video rental store" has opened its doors at Hlemmur." "Called 'Hlemmavideo', it offers us exciting things in video tapes." "We don't just rent out video tapes, we're also offering a special "Hlemmadeal"." "Let's say you commute to and from your workplace by bus." "Since Hlemmur is the central bus stop for all of Reykjavík you'll have to stop here to get a bus token." "Then it's ideal to stop by here at Hlemmavideo and if you show us your bus token you'll get a video tape, a soda and popcorn for just the price of the video tape." "I don't understand how my father died." "He just burned up in a puff of smoke." "Nobody seems to care about that, people just go on like he had a heart attack or something." "That didn't happen, he burned up." "I saw it." "But not until it was too late." "Áslaug, my ex-wife." "We were actually only engaged." "I don't get her, she wanted to end our relationship but now she's acting like she's part of the family." "I don't know what to make of it." "Howdy." "Hey." "Tragic, man." "Yeah." "It's also strange." "Strange?" "Don't you think it's strange how he died?" "Yeah, but... it had been kinda difficult." "It's the largest V2000 collection in the country." "Then Betamax arrives, and a few good years with VHS and when he finally switches over to DVD, we get Blu-Ray." "I can understand why he gave up." "Yeah." "I'm thinking about throwing this junk out." "No." "No?" "No, these things are antiques." "You have the entire history of video tapes in here." "What history?" "The history of an old video rental store?" "The history of the first real video rental store here." "Think of all the movies that are in here or of all the people that have rented videos here." "Who else would ever have hung that up on their wall?" "Your dad did." "He was way ahead of his time." "But how's the store doing?" "Well... we have some rare titles here that you can't get anywhere else." "That's good, right?" "Usually, yeah." "Now it's all yours." "Not for long, I think." "What do you mean?" "I'm planning on selling it." "Are you crazy?" "It's the best video rental in Iceland." "I don't know anything about these things." "No... but you do." "I guess that whomever will buy this place would want to keep you on to run the store." "Of course, It's not going to happen right now." "I've never worked anywhere else, you know." "Yeah, I do know." "There's not much movement in that Blu-Ray stuff, is there?" "Not really." "He didn't kill himself." "He just caught fire and then he was dead." "Spontaneous combustion." "By Tobe Hooper. 1990." "It can happen, people can catch on fire for no reason." "It was also in the first series of the X-Files show." "But that isn't real." "That's just make-believe that's written down and actors act it out." "The first two series of X-Files are based on true stories." "I see that very little has changed around here." "Did you ever come here?" "I stopped by now and again." "Something you don't want to discuss further?" "Cigarettes finally got him." "I don't know about that." "People don't catch on fire just by smoking." "They don't know yet just how harmful cigarette smoking is." "I seriously question that this can be linked to smoking." "The man just burns up in a heartbeat." "How do you feel about moving in here?" "Fine." "I think it's fine like this." "For now, at least." "Plus it's comfortable." "Getting to work is a breeze." "Your father was never much for cleaning." "It's not that filthy." "Let's try to make it feel like it's yours now." "It's sad to see a young man surrounded by moldy wallpaper." "What about the car?" "Do you plan to drive it?" "The Plymouth?" "I'll use that, it's in good condition." "Here you go." "Mom's special goulash." "When are you going to move your things out?" "I was gonna do that today." "I will miss you." "I'll miss you too." "My darling little boy." "Would you like me to help you?" "It's not that much." "I'll come visit sometimes, take your dirty laundry." "Did you wash my clothes?" "Yes, all of it." "If you want me to wash your clothes, it's no problem." "I have some dirty laundry right now." "Could you please...?" "Áslaug." "This used to be my home as well, once." "I'd come home from work and go Honey, I'm home!" ", and she'd say" "Dinner's ready and I'd ask What's for dinner?" "Goulash?" "No, it's tofu." "Tofu?" "What's that?" "It probably wasn't the food that led to our break-up." "We grew into seperate directions." "That was her version of it." "How can I possibly grow in the same direction that you do?" "I'm a different person." "Brandur the cat on his night patrol, as usual." "I've wondered if Brandur has Downs Syndrome." "Can cats have Downs Syndrome?" "The time is 11:25 and Áslaug has gone to bed." "Lights out." "Hi." "I thought I'd go out on the town for a bit." "I'm parking the car, mom." "Talk to you tomorrow." "Howdy." "I was checking if you'd like to go out tonight." "Right, I see." "No, I understand." "I know, short notice." "We'll do it some other time." "Anton?" "Hi there." "Right, I'd forgotten about that." "No, it was nothing in particular." "Just wanted to chat." "Yeah, see you on Monday." "What the hell are you doing in here?" "!" "?" "Get out!" "Come on man!" "You dare to come at me?" "!" "?" "Come at me bro!" "Just come on!" "Are you gonna drill me?" "!" "?" "What's wrong with you?" "!" "?" "I don't know what to say." "You'll need a new window." "I would also put in a more solid door here." "Right." "Makes more sense than this..." "With junkies, you never know how far they'll go." "What about fingerprints?" "If he was wearing gloves..." "he was wearing gloves, right?" "Yes..." "I think so." "I don't really remember." "There were no fingerprints." "At least nothing was stolen." "I'm sorry, but I must run." "See you later." "Was there any word about my dad?" "What word?" "About how he died." "No, nothing." "That case is closed." "Closed?" "Yeah." "I'd get a security system set up here if I was you." "With a store at this place, it's the right thing to do." "Hlemmur just keeps getting worse and worse." "But give me a call if there's anything, OK?" "How does it look?" "Is it bad?" "Nah, it looks pretty good." "It's well done." "Looks real." "It IS real." "Was he going through this closet?" "Yeah, he was rummaging in there." "I don't think he took anything." "Maybe he was looking for the Director's Cut of the film" "Dawn of the Dead." "It's an insane rarity." "Is that in there, in the closet?" "No, we'd never keep that in here." "It doesn't seem to be anything in here of value, except old tapes." "Here's an unmarked tape." "Does that mean anything?" "An unmarked VHS tape?" "That's a mysterious symbol." "Like Lost Highway." "What's that?" "Some TV show?" "No, the film by David Lynch." "Let's check it out." "Is this something from your closet?" "I'm speechless." "Wait?" "It's Icelandic?" "!" "?" "Isn't that... unusual?" "It's unheard of." "That guy looks familiar." "Who is that?" "Who's who?" "I know this guy." "I think I know him too." "Did we go to school together?" "Stop the tape." "Let's see that again." "No, I don't recognize him." "Why wasn't I invited to this party?" "Here she comes." "Yeah, time for the mayo." "That guy is famous for doing something else than pornos." "That so?" "You know a lot of Icelandic porn stars?" "Is Sigurður in?" "Hi." "Howdy." "Aren't you settling in?" "No, I kinda like it this way." "What happened to you?" "To me?" "You have a giant bruise there." "I was out clubbing last night." "And you got beaten up?" "No." "Just a little fight." "Now I'm a free man, to do what I want to do." "A bachelor." "You think this is fit for human occupation?" "I was thinking about selling it at a later date." "Get myself something nice out in the suburbs." "I've matured a bit since we two were together." "Right." "I brought your bouncy ball collection." "Oh yeah." "Thanks." "There's still loads of stuff that you own at home." "Could you come over and get it?" "Sure, no problem." "Well, I'll be going then." "Bye." "Wait..." "How's things with you?" "Everything's good, right?" "Sure, I'm doing fine." "That's great to hear." "Are you seeing anyone?" "Why do you ask?" "Because." "But you?" "Are you seeing anyone?" "Nah." "Well, nothing serious, anyway." "I need to get going." "Later." "Do you miss me?" "No." "No?" "Good day." "Hello." "Do you have a roast beef sandwich?" "Sorry, I sold the last one just a few moments ago." "I'm expecting another batch real soon." "Is that so?" "Yes sir." "I'm sorry." "I have a couple of subs left with pita sauce, if you like." "What are we talking about here?" "I don't know." "So you don't have roast beef?" "Not until later today." "OK." "I'll see you then." "Hi." "Hey." "So, how do you like it so far?" "It's fine." "It's strange, a lot of old guys have come in here asking for roast beef sandwiches, we're all out now." "Roast beef sandwiches?" "Yeah." "That term is a code phrase." "Your dad had a small operation for choice customers who hadn't quite caught up with computers." "Roast beef sandwiches?" "Yeah, we're out of them." "I know, I'm bringing in a batch of them." "Oh, right." "You did order them?" "Yes, I did." "Sign here." "When do they expire?" "Tomorrow." "I wanted to be a detective once." "But I was so surprised by how they do their job." "I thought it was done in a different manner." "I guess I'll have to look into my dad's death myself." "I'm pretty well suited for the job, after all." "I often notice things that others don't pay attention to." "The little things." "That nobody notices." "It's the little things that matter the most." "How they connect, or could connect to each other." "I feel that I'm quite up for the job." "Sigurður, is that you?" "You think I don't see you?" "What are you doing here?" "Are you spying on me?" "!" "?" "You think I don't know you?" "Just what do you think you're doing?" "Roast beef?" "Yes, please have some." "It's about to expire, and I can't bear to throw them out." "MINISTER OF JUSTICE REFUSES TO BACK SENATE BILL" "Anton!" "Look!" "There's a special lunch offer on goulash over at Múlakaffi." "I think that's where we're headed today." "It's on me."