"There be poems, that breathe and die, time and again and young children that never become men." "Davíð Stefánsson" "(Music playing on radio)" "(Voice on radio) That was Ingibjörg Smith." "Sigríður from Þorlákshöfn called us with a very special request, and here it is." "(Song plays on radio)" "Hi Ólafur." "Hi." "I brought you the junk pile." "Yes." "OK." "There wasn't much wrong with it." "Oh?" "It was just out of gas." "Out of gas?" "But the meter showed..." "It's working now." "You'll have to fill it up despite what the meter says." "That is weird, because there were no signs of..." "You can't tell by looking at a car if it needs gas." "Yeah but, you know." "Thanks very much for this." "Where's Georg?" "Georg?" "Yes." "I need to talk to him." "When I, a young man, went to Sweden to study..." "Georg!" "Shut up and get out!" "Why are you disturbing me?" "There's a man here to see you." "Oh." "Good morning." "Hello." "What can I do for you?" "It's about my son, Óðinn." "He just lies about, sleeping and crying." "You broke him, he's becoming like his mother!" "I see." "He's always had a fragile heart." "Me and his mom have tried to look after him." "This is a mix-up..." "This is no mix-up Georg!" "Stay away from my son and leave my family alone!" "Do you hear me?" "!" "?" "Yes, I do." "(Door slams)" "Ólafur." "Yes?" "If you ever disturb me like that again," "I will kill you." "Do you understand?" "Yes." "Fine." "This one looks a lot like me." "Where's Daníel?" "I don't know." "I guess he's just working." "I wonder if you could brainwash kids like these?" "What?" "You know, if you would say the same thing over and over again, then the kid could say it by dinnertime, or something." "Do we need to talk about it?" "This one looks a little annoyed right now." "Can you hand him here?" "I don't know how to hold a child." "Do I just hold him like this?" "Just watch the head." "OK." "(Baby crying)" "The babies are really cute." "Yeah." "Haven't you looked at them?" "Nah." "I know that Ylfa would enjoy if you did." "Don't you like kids?" "Yes I...just have to work." "Grill for the guests." "Grill?" "Yes, that's so much more important." "(Accordion music playing)" "Good day girls." "Good day." "Wait, what is that?" "This is nothing less than a travel sauna." "Very clever." "Good day." "Good day." "Can I offer you to lose weight without moving?" "Good day, you may have heard of travel toilets?" "I have here a travel sauna... (Helium voices) Hey Jói." "Hi guys." "How are you?" "Good, but you?" "Soon the speeches will begin." "Yes." "I find it inappropriate that you're not wearing any uniforms." "What?" "It was a mutual decision at the last meeting that we would somehow try to stand apart from the commoners." "That wasn't agreed." "Wasn't that a joke?" "This isn't good enough." "Relax, it's just for fun." "It's anarchy!" "And there's no fun in that." "What do you mean?" "I demand that later on, when I give my speech, that you will control the crowds." "That is a direct order." "Who gave you permission to issue us orders?" "I am the chairman of the women's club!" "(Sings in a Helium voice) I'm a party girl In a party world" "(Kids laughing) Life in plastic It's fantastic" "Do you have the money?" "(Still with a Helium voice) Yes...uhh, no." "It hasn't come through yet?" "I'm losing the house Ólafur." "I promise you that it's almost there." "It must be stuck in the system." "I want the money now." "I don't have any money now, I haven't been paid yet." "I've heard that too often." "Well, that's business." "Don't lecture me on business." "Hand over the stock." "How am I supposed to pay you?" "First you get the product, then sell it, then pay for it." "It doesn't work like that." "Yes it does." "Loads of people are going to buy this." "What people?" "People here in the country." "Everyone's hot for this." "Gaui, pat him a bit and make him cough up the stock." "Yes, do you have the money?" "No." "He doesn't have the money." "Pat him and make him pay!" "Dad, I just need some time to sell these units, then you get your money." "This isn't complicated." "Nobody's gonna buy this damn junk." "Sure!" "I did, and it's ingenious!" "I've been everywhere and nobody wants to buy it!" "Sure they do!" "Not one!" "How do you know?" "I know all about it!" "What is this anyway?" "It's a travel sauna." "Oh?" "Does it work?" "It sure does." "You lose weight in it and all." "Want a demo?" "Yes, thank you." "See, I sold one!" "Get in the damn car Gaui!" "Dear guests!" "I bid you welcome to these festivities." "For those that don't know me, I am Georg Bjarnfreðarson." "Hotel manager here at Bjarkalundur as well as being the chairman of the women's club." "Matters of pedagogy are in disarray here in Iceland!" "Not just here, but in the whole Western hemisphere ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall." "People's lives are ruled by dissolution and apathy." "Promiscuity is on the rise." "Alcohol abuse and drugs." "Parents are more or less incapable of raising their own children, as more often than not those same children" "are conceived in an alcoholic binge!" "Small children, as young as ten years old, are smoking, abusing alcohol and having sex!" "Both the government and parents are clueless as to how tackle this evergrowing crisis." "But I am glad to announce that I, Georg Bjarnfreðarson," "have ideas and solutions to this great crisis." "(Distant voice) What ideas are these?" "What solutions are these?" "Excuse me, could you watch the grill for me?" "Thanks." "Óli?" "Is everything all right?" "Yeah." "Are you sure?" "I was here looking for something." "Which was?" "It was nothing, I'm fine." "I hate this place." "Oh, why?" "Nothing ever works out here." "I work and work and work and yet I'm penniless." "All I want to do is destroyed." "Why...why can't I have something good for once?" "Why can't I be lucky?" "Why does everything I do screw up?" "I don't know." "I had a great product in my hands..." "Everybody were hot for it here in the country." "But then dad comes and takes it away." "And if I had been paid for my work here then this would never have happened." "It's gonna be alright." "It'll be alright." "Yes." "Let's go back to the times of the late" "Soviet Union." "There the state ran institutions to raise its children." "Similar institutions were set up here for wayward juveniles, the children's homes that operated here with praiseful results and many..." "Mommy fine men came from those homes." "Ma'am, could you please exercise the minimum of restraint on your child?" "!" "?" "Just so that it doesn't disrupt the festivities?" "We stand at a crossroads." "Our future is shrouded with bleak storm clouds." "(Distant voice) But beyond those clouds there is light..." "I'll tank up the car while you pack your things." "Thanks." "Daníel?" "You're my best friend." "My opinion is that all children must be sent to such institutions!" "(Speech continues in background) Daníel?" "Can I have a word with you?" "I just received new of Guðbjörg." "Huh?" "I have news from the hospital." "In these institutions the children would be tested and educated accordingly." "If a child showed average intellect, for example, it would receive a proper education and guidance, like how to bend their back to lift weights, how to drive a van or even basic carpentry." "If someone was...then..." "academic teachings and would become...a teacher or some kind of scientist." "To you gathered here, I wish you good times." "(Lone man clapping)" "What's up?" "What's going on?" "We just received news from the city." "Guðbjörg passed away this morning." "But...that's..." "Did she regain consciousness?" "No." "Well, guess I'll be getting back to the missus?" "Yes, right." "Now we must be strong Daníel." "Now more than ever must we stand together." "Daníel?" "Those were...some news." "But now this...tragic affair is all over now." "I'm gonna confess." "No one is going to confess anything." "Can't live with this." "It's eating me up from the inside." "I am an accomplice." "Don't worry about that." "It's completely my fault and I'll take all the blame." "No one knows anything and no one needs to confess to anything." "An accident." "That's for supporting me." "You've been a real friend, like a rock." "I would never have believed you had it in you." "I want to keep it that way." "I have never seen such a sacrifice from anyone." "You are a really good man." "It doesn't have to end this way, it can..." "Why don't you sleep on it?" "Don't worry." "Thanks for everything." "Daníel, don't do anything rash and sudden." "Daníel!" "Excuse me, could I have a word in private with you?" "Sure." "I need to set things straight." "About the accident with Gugga." "The thing is...the night she disappeared, we had an argument and..." "Yes, I understand." "Why don't we go together to see Father Ævar?" "No it's not that... (Clears throat)" "It's all a minor mix-up." "No Georg don't do this." "No I...must correct this sorry mix-up." "Daníel!" "(Wheezing breath) Calm down boy!" "Calm down!" "Just a sorry mix-up." "I'm calm, I'm calm." "Good day." "Well Ólafur, this is how things are." "And to you I want to say..." "it was very unfortunate..." "It was an accident." "I accidentally swung at her." "(Voice breaking) Which led to things going..." "Daníel and..." "It was self-defence." "I am trained in self-defence." "It was Bjarnfreður..." "She forced me..." "Bjarnfreður..." "Abuse...abuse Ólafur..." "Sexually..." "Sad yes..." "Very sad..." "I have five...five university degrees." "Five." "Ebenezer, may I have a word with Ólafur?" "Ólafur?" "Yes?" "I am so very deeply sorry about all of this." "But I want to ask of you a favor?" "Could you make sure that Flemming Geir gets back to his mother?" "Sure." "Under my bed you'll find a suitcase, in which you'll find some money." "Yes." "Including your pay." "Is that so?" "OK." "(Car starts)" "(Baby crying)" "One week later" "(Loud dance music)" "Subtitles:" "Árni Víkingur Hafsteinsson"