"Do you, Jon Jonsson, take Thora to be your lawful wedded wife?" "Yes." "Will you, with God's help, be faithful to her, honor and respect her through all that God may bring?" "Yeah, sure." "Do you, Thora Larusdottir, take Jon to be your lawful wedded..." "Yes." "...husband?" " Yes" "The rings are a token of your love and devotion." "It's the left hand." "I now pronounce you husband and wife." "You may kiss the bride." "Jon..." "Excuse me, I have to take this." "Jon!" "It's Dad." "Dad..." "Your mother is completely lost." " Where did you say we were?" " Kerlingarskard." "Dad, hold on a second..." "Can we proceed?" " You may kiss the bride." " Right." "Dad, I'll call you back." "We've just gone a little bit too far..." "You have no idea where we are." "I'm in the church." "I have to kiss the bride." "You said Midsummer night." "That's tomorrow." "It's a rehearsal." "I'll call back later." "Sorry." "Mom, stop it." " I didn't say a word!" " Just stop it." "Where were we?" "You may kiss the bride." "Thanks." "...and all that." "What did he say?" "He was in the church..." "rehearsing." "Rehearsing?" "It's not like he is doing it for the first time." "On one hand we have the persona of the doctor, the honest man." "In his mind there are no 'ifs' " "It is simply wrong to betray your wife." "That's the moral 'absolutism' of Kant." "Betrayal is wrong..." "No matter what the circumstances." "The other guy thinks he's doing what's best, what leads to the best consequences." "It's possible." "The end justifies the means is the author's point then?" "We shouldn't assume we know the author's point... but we definitely have two opposites." "The doctor and then the protagonist, the landowner, who betrays his wife in hope of a better life." "A consequientialist, if you will..." "The end justifies the means." "We could also define it as graded absolutism." "Things aren't right or wrong, as the doctor says." "They are relatively wrong or relatively right, depending on the circumstances." "It is wrong to steal, but worse to starve your child." "The landowner intends to save his life even if it means he has to betray his wife." "To save a man's life, in this case his own, is more important to him than being faithful to his wife." "Does it have to be so complicated?" "Isn't love always justifiable?" "That's an oversimplification..." "I just think your explanation is unnecessarily long and complicated." "Maybe you are right, perhaps it is... long and unnecessary." "Do you need saving?" "What?" "No." "I'm safe." "Are you sure?" "Sure of what?" "My love" "Yes?" "Why don't you answer?" "The phone was off." "What is it?" "Oh, God..." "I had an accident." "An accident?" "I didn't see him, I was driving and..." "Calm down, Anna." "Don't start with that." "I am calm." "I was driving down..." "I can't hear you when you shout." "I am not shouting!" "Just listen to me" " I hit a swan!" " Hit what?" " Or a goose or something!" "A swan?" "A bird?" "And are you all right?" "Yes, but..." "Could I have a quick word?" "You're all right, aren't you?" "Yes, I'm fine." "All right, darling." "See you when I get home." "Bye, sweetheart." "Thank you, Reverend." "Well, say your goodbyes for now." "Yes." " You'll make the house cozy for us?" " Sure." "And you can't see me until tomorrow." "Makes it more fun." "It'll be just like the first time." " Tell him to come and see me." " I will." "Just take it easy." "Mom!" "Sisi wants you to stop by today." "We have to settle things before the wedding." "I have to pick up a friend from the ferry." "We're just waiting for that subsidy." "That's great, see you later today then." "Come in through the kitchen so Thora won't run into you." "Right." "Thanks..." "See you tomorrow." "I suppose so." "Thanks for dinner." "Wild game?" " Anna..." " I want to go home." " What do you mean?" " Home." "I love you." "For having the courage." "For sacrificing." "Sacrificing?" "Resigning and starting all over again." "Hi, Malla." "Are you sure you picked the right numbers?" "I'm not talking to you." "You're bad luck." "Congratulations on the new wife." "Thanks." "Coming on strong into second- half!" "It was time to get back into the game." "How much younger than you?" " Eighteen years." " Ouch, you're such a bad boy!" "She is an old soul and I'm young at heart." "So no hope there either?" "You haven't changed a bit." " You're graying." " And you've lost weight." " Do you think so?" " No." "All dressed up already?" "The wedding is tomorrow." "We're not going to sleep, are we?" " No luggage?" " What for?" " Get in." " Wow, nice!" "There are no cars on the island." " Do you think it will hold?" " Sure." "It's American." "Made for heavyweight burger bottoms." "Take it easy though." "Thanks for coming." "Somebody has to play the organ at your wedding." "What are you playing?" "I don't know, maybe..." "He's got the gray hair blues!" "He's got the gray hair blues..." " Who's the nutter?" " Who?" "Malla?" "I saw her spend a fortune on lottery tickets." "She's kind of fixed on the lottery." "She's a freak!" " Freak!" " Stop it!" " You're staying at my place." " Oh?" "Thora is staying at her mother's guesthouse tonight." "Already staying at her mother's?" "It's a tradition." "I can't see her until the wedding." "Cute..." "So we can share a few old stories." "We sure can." "Remember the year we left college?" "Yeah." "Must have been the same year your wife got potty trained." "So your roots lie here in Flatey, like mine?" "My parents grew up here." "So you're related to Anna of Hvammur, who was married to Gudberg, father of Asberg the magistrate, who married Gudfinna and then later her sister Gudmunda!" "That's possible." "I'll say." "Welcome back home, cousin." "If there is anything I can do just let me know." "I have plenty of time to attend to my parish." "Thank you." "And you know about the collection box." "We are raising money to fix the altarpiece..." "My piano!" "It's here!" "Good day to you all." "Howdy, Reverend." "Thanks so much." "Faith moves mountains." "I take care of the rest." "I've got to get going." " Reverend!" " Yes." "A new helmet?" "Pure ecstasy." "I'll only be a minute." "Do they sell cigarettes here?" "I think so." "Jesus Christ!" "I'm sorry..." "Larus said you wanted to see me." "What is there to discuss?" "Unless you're here to pay your debt." " I was about to bring that up." " Really?" " Are four jars of jam enough?" " No, it's not enough!" "Tell Thora to stay out of the kitchen while Jon is here." "Right." " Want to buy something?" " Just cigarettes." "How many?" "Many?" "Two packets." "Two times twenty..." "You do sell cigarettes in packets, don't you?" "Just taking down the numbers you use." "1200." "What?" "1200?" "Wow!" "What's your shoe size?" "Fifty, why?" "Half and half is one." " Excuse me?" " A meter." "What?" "Each foot is half a meter so together they are one meter." "Freak." "The tourist board..." "Have you lost your mind?" "...promised us a subsidy." "If you think you can take advantage of us the day before marrying my daughter!" "This is not the best time..." "This is completely unacceptable." "I am trying to run a business." "I was expecting this money." "Any decent man would have settled the debt before proposing to my daughter!" "Is it such a big deal?" "Honor our agreement or I'll get a lawyer." "Why not get someone to rough me up, make me pay?" "I'll do it if I have to." "If you don't pay by tomorrow... the wedding will be called off!" " Is everything all right?" " I'm having a hard time breathing." " I'm sorry, I just..." " Mom!" "He seduces our daughter and then tries to swindle us." " That womanizer from hell." " What's going on?" "Ask your father!" "Hello..." "Yes, I can hear you." "What?" "I can't hear you now." "Dad?" "Damn!" "Do you mind if I smoke in the car?" "Suit yourself." "Nine holes?" "A golf course has eighteen, right?" "It's half a course." "You just go two rounds." "This is quite a project?" "Not that big - thirty, forty maybe." " Thirty, forty?" " Million." "You'll get your money back in about five years and after that, pure ecstasy." "You start on the reef, hit over to the second hole." "This is the graveyard, two bunkers, sand traps..." "So you have to shoot over the graveyard?" "Or over the church." "No challenge, no fun!" "The third hole is on Lalli and Sisi's land." "Lalli and Sisi?" "Sisi and Lalli." "That's our land, isn't it?" "That's the idea." "Jon will be renting your land." " Me?" " Really?" "Isn't that so?" "Well, a man has got to keep himself busy, right?" "He'll cut the grass for you, you get the hay and also the rent." "The guesthouse fills up with golfers and everybody profits!" "We have to make a toast to that!" "What do you think you're doing?" "Put it on Jon's tab." "We have to celebrate." "Jon's tab?" "Pure ecstasy." "It's a birdie!" "What a stupid place to start a golf course." "This isn't for beginners, you know." "I've been trying to help Jon make some money." "But no, he won't have that." " Why don't you want to make money?" " We're getting there." "Getting where?" "So when do I get paid?" " Pay you?" " We have to advertise, put up a website." "When we get the subsidy." "Grants and handouts!" "Just like in the Soviet, Comrade Jon." "He's against tourists." "They are the future." " What are you doing, darling?" " Just touching up the wedding dress." " Do you like it?" " It's nice." "It feels like I just got married yesterday." "How time flies." "Your dad was so cute, tall and thin." "We were so young." "Doing everything together, the first apartment, our first loan." "Darling, are you sure you're doing the right thing?" "You're missing out on so much." "Just stepping into his old life." "I don't have to do everything like you." "It's not the only way." " The man is turning gray." " So what?" "Maybe it's all right now." "But then you get to my age." " What about children?" " Stop it, please." "I'm close to blowing the whole thing off." "What's wrong with you?" "You can't cancel my wedding." "We'll just go to Reykjavik and get married there." "What did I say wrong now?" "We have enough goddamn tourists." "Naked Germans all over the place." "There's more of them than the bloody sheep." "Hairy old German hags in every hotspring." "We can just as well skin them, can't we?" "Skin the hide of their backs!" "You guys are lacking..." "What do you call it?" "Entre... preneur... thing!" "Entrepreneurship!" "That's what I said!" "I may not have a diploma to wipe up my ass but I've sure got..." "the entrepreneur... shit working." "Please give me some of that entrepreneurshit!" "Start by taking a sea bath." "Learn to swim, to get rid of that lifesaver." "Don't get him all worked up." "It's freezing!" "Just wait for the tide." " Guys..." " What?" " I can't find..." " What?" "I can't find... my willy." "It's gone!" "Free Willy!" " Hi, darling." " Hi." " Still awake?" " Just blogging." " I just wanted to say good night." " Good night." " Is something wrong?" " No, just..." " Just what?" " Nothing." " All right, good night then." " Dad?" "Yes." "It's just Jon..." "He's been acting strange lately." "What if he... doesn't love me?" "My dear little girl." "Don't get mad, but... it's been such a short time since Anna." "And he's so much older than you." "Why is it impossible to talk to you all?" "He's having a hard time and he needs me." "But you don't need him." "I've made up my mind." "I'm marrying him." "I've known it since I first met him." "Well, darling, of course you have to follow your heart." " Yes, of course." " Right." "What was I thinking?" " The terns are quiet tonight." " Yes..." "Thank you." " Are all the drawings yours?" " Yes." "Well, they're really... really... something." "Are you going to pay or not?" " Not now, later." " We want our money now." "No money, money tomorrow, plenty of money tomorrow." "Wait a moment." " Bloody hell!" " Bloody hell yourself!" " Help me out here?" " What do you want me to say?" "Just something." "You're a professor." "Isn't that what you do for a living?" "Hey, Polish guys, talk to my friend." "He is the boss." "Careful, it's brand new!" " Are you paying us, Mr. Big Boss?" " It's a little bit..." " Hi!" "Is everything all right?" " One moment." "Yeah, fine!" " Hi..." " Thora." " Yes, Thora..." " Don't you remember me?" " Yeah sure... from..." " From your class." " What are you doing here?" " Coming to your rescue." "Just kidding." " We've got everything." " OK." "Dad's picking us up." " Are you in a band?" " Not really, I'm a groupie." "They're playing at the guesthouse tonight." " You should come, they're really good." " Yeah." "Darling!" "Do you know each other?" "He was my teacher at the University." "This lad is the best thing that has landed on this island." "Lad!" "How cute." "He's opening a golf course." "And he has promised us a lot of golfers this summer." " A golf course?" "No kidding!" " Actually, it's not a joke." " Jon, help me out here." " We want money now or we go." "Guys, please, one more day." "I will pay you tomorrow." "Come on!" "Thanks a million, Jon." "You didn't say a word!" "Is this the guided tour of Flatey?" "Yes." "Welcome to Flatey!" "Almost the northest island people are living on... in." "And here, as you can see, we have the fish freezing plant where 200 people were working, when it was working!" "And here on our right we have Mr. Mill-Jon." "I just had a great idea." "A new piece, out of seaweed." "It comes from the sea, you know, the uterus of the world." "Where all life comes from." "Mother, Mare, the sea, Maria." "Like my old pieces but three dimensional." "I'll hang up a net and let it hang, like an octopus, or veins, new life." "Or a new planet..." "Is that really necessary?" "What?" "Never mind." " Evening, Jon." " Hi." " Is Anna not coming?" " No, she wasn't feeling well." " She's out of this world." " Who?" "What do you mean?" " Hildur, the girl on the saw." " Right." "So you've stopped teaching?" "I took a leave." "Because of your wife?" "Yes..." "You could say that." "Why did you move to Flatey?" "My wife is from here." "We came to try something new." "A wonderful, Icelandic folksong..." "You should be an opera singer!" "I studied in Vienna." " Really, then why are you here?" " To sing for you, my friend!" "Here comes Dad's tourist show." "Yes?" "I'm sorry for..." "What?" "Sorry I asked about your wife back there." "That's all right." "I just feel like I know you..." "from school." " Jon." " Yes" "Why don't you relax a little." "You're off duty." " Want one?" " Why not?" "Thanks." " The sunset is beautiful." " Yes." "I don't know what happened, if anything at all." "I was living a nightmare." "Same students year after year." "Same books, same authors." "Same questions, same answers, and, of course, the same jokes." "I was teaching people to teach other people - after becoming the teachers they never wanted to be." "Like yourself?" "Yeah, like myself." "Bummer." "You've worked your ass off for years with no real results..." "Exhausted, but nothing to show for it." "I thought I couldn't love anyone the way I love you." "I thought I could only love myself the way I love you." "Where did you dig this up?" "Did you write it to your wife?" "I can't remember." "Prick!" "Don't you remember whom you loved like yourself?" " Stop it." " I'm freezing!" "You'll wake up everyone." "Thora asked me..." "I know Malla's window." "What?" "Come down." "We need your help." "You're just making fun of me." "I'm off to bed." "You know me better than that!" "Why isn't he wearing any clothes?" "He fell in the sea." "Get him some clothes before he freezes to death." "Out of the way." "What the hell is going on!" "I told you to stay away from Malla!" "And Jon!" "Is that the mother-in-law?" "You should be at home thinking of a way to pay us back instead of getting drunk the night before your own wedding..." "If there's going to be a wedding at all!" "Maybe you're being a little rough on him, dear." "Are you going to make your daughter homeless?" "What do you mean?" "He'll never pay us once they are married." "Are you getting a lawyer to go after your daughter?" "And have him auction their house?" "We don't have to go that far." "How could you lend money to a man we hardly know?" "Money?" "We simply leased land we never use." "Let's be good, darling." "Now come here and cuddle your big old polar bear." "Stop it!" "What do we know about this man?" "We don't even know what happened to his wife." " Hello." " What got into you?" "Sjonni." "I travel across the country to see you and then you ditch me?" "Don't you care about anyone but yourself?" " I have to tell you something." " What is it?" "There is something wrong with my heart." "It beats so irregularly." "Listen." "You're just too drunk." "Did you hear that?" "I could drop dead any moment." "What would you do if I had a heart attack?" "What's wrong with the connection on this godforsaken island!" "Just go to the phonespot and try again." "Sorry, lost the connection." "I'm telling you because you're my only friend." "You've told me this a hundred times - and everyone else too." "Of course you have a heart condition." "You're an obese, alcoholic pothead." "Now get some sleep." "We'll get you a doctor tomorrow." "Bloody hell!" "Where are you going?" "I have to run down to the guesthouse." "I'll come along." "Just take it easy." "I'll be right back." "I can walk down to the guesthouse." "All right then, go." "Have fun." "I am going to get an extension on the rent for the golf course." "Not to have fun." "You don't have to justify yourself." "Who's stopping you?" "Don't be silly, Anna." "I'll be right back." " Darling, please." " Please what, my love?" " Don't go." " Anna..." "Stay home." "Let's talk, like we used to." "We can cook something." "You can read me your poems." "Please don't go." " Anna..." " Are you ashamed of me?" "No, that's not it." "I'm sorry." "When I feel like I'm feeling now it's like I'm suffocating." "I have to go out to catch my breath." "Let's try." "I'll play the piano." " We can roll naked in the dew." " Anna." "I'm sorry." "I have to go." "Then go." "I won't be long." "I'll be back before one." "Don't forget to take your medication." "Jon!" "Can I have a quick word?" " Good evening." " Good evening." "It's been a pleasure to get to know you and your wife." "Thanks, likewise." "Naturally you've been busy, and all couples have their differences." "Did Anna say that?" "I don't know how to put this, but... your support is very important... to her... now... for her." "I think you're absolutely right." " It's a classic joke..." " No..." "What the..." "Anna!" "What's going on?" "My God." " You know what!" " What?" "It's Midsummer night!" "Anna, don't do this." "Not now." "It's bright all night and nature is bursting with power." "We have to go out, roll naked in the dew and... fuck." "Let's go." "Let's go out and fuck." "Come on." "You're not dead yet." "If you don't come, you're a faggot." "Stop it." "Faggot!" "Catch me if you can!" "Listen to the terns." "They are mocking you!" "Anna, keep quiet." "I'm going down to the village..." "I'm coming!" "...to tell everyone you're too lazy to fuck your wife!" "Let's go inside." "I'm so pathetic." "I'm so ugly and disgusting..." "You won't even..." "Where's all the furniture?" "What?" "What the hell is this!" "When are you paying me?" "Paying you?" "What the hell are you talking about?" "Stop it!" "I've been working for you more than a year now, without getting paid." "Working for me?" "This stupid golf course was your idea!" "Exactly!" "So how about paying me for the design?" "Are you out of your mind?" "Come outside, we'll settle this once and for all." " What's gotten into your head?" " Wait, I forgive you." " Forgive what?" " Everything and I love you." "You can just keep the golf course." "It's my gift to you." "I'm getting married in a couple of hours." "Exactly." "That's why we decided to take you out for dinner." " You idiots." " I love you too." "And now we invite you to experience, only in Flatey, the latest in adventure tourism." "Midnight arctic sun golfball shooting!" "Have a seat, Lalli boy." "Perfect timing!" "Bringing the proper 12-year-old whiskey." "It's the only thing you didn't take." "The only thing you left." "Did you guys empty the guesthouse?" "A proper toast..." "To the architect who designed this wonderful restaurant." "Cheers!" "To the dear old chap." "Then on my second year at the university," "I was... completely bald." "Autoimmune disease, they call it." "Autoimmune?" "Yes." "I'm allergic to myself, or my own hair." "The immune system rejects it." "Of course I got to hear all the jokes." "He's so boring, he's even allergic to himself." "But at least I've never had a bad hair day..." "Maybe Jon is allergic to me." "He used to dream of changing the world with words." "He had an opinion on everything." "Now he never says a word... unless I make him." "And then he says he doesn't love me anymore." "At least not in the evenings." "How sick is she?" "It's hard to say." "Nothing ever heals." "She gets slightly better, then it's back to the way it was." "Well..." "Are you sure you've gone far enough?" "What do you mean?" "When you decided to change your life." "You don't fix a marriage by moving to a new place." "What if he stops loving me in the daytime too?" "What if he stops loving me at all?" "All I want is to be happy with the man I love." "That's all I ask for." "Maybe you should have started all over again." "I don't get you." "No, but I get you!" "What?" "The terns." "One is obsessed with money." "The other one can't stand it..." "And I'm caught between them." "I've tried to explain this to your wife..." " I have a favor to ask." " What is it?" "Take this..." "Sisi doesn't know anything about it." "I've been putting a little aside for years." "It's enough for what you owe us." "Are you lending me money to pay you back?" "Take it." "It's mine and I'm giving it to you." "Go down to the guesthouse, shove it down her throat and tell that fat bitch to choke on it." "Please, do me this favor." "I'm begging you." "I can't." "Nonsense." "Of course you can." "What's wrong with me?" "There is nothing wrong with you." "You're a little drunk, like me... but other than that, you're fine." "I was going... to change my life." "But I..." "It wasn't supposed to go this way." "You know something?" "My dream was to become an opera singer." "Yes." "Maybe things didn't turn out the way we dreamt." "I guess not." "But let me tell you something." "You have changed your life and I am an opera singer." "To hell with all of them." " Lalli." " Yes?" "Can you do me a favor in return?" "Anything, my friend." "Give this to your wife." "You're going to the guesthouse anyway." "Yes." "Then give this to her and tell her I'm sorry for paying late." "OK." "No." "I can't do that." "She'll know right away that it's coming from me." "You'll have to do this yourself." "Aren't churches supposed to be open at all times?" "What if you have an urge to pray in the middle of the night?" "And what if the bloody organist has to practice the wedding march?" "That's it." "Who the hell..." "Crap!" "Who made these arrangements?" "Walk down the aisle like you just got married - to find the rhythm." "No problem." "Malla, will you marry me?" "Yes." "What the hell is going on!" "He had to try out the organ." "At four o'clock in the morning?" "I think the organ needs tuning." "Out!" "Get out!" "How about joining us in the hot tub, Reverend?" "Out!" "A new beginning, a new life... but still the same old fool." "Whats going on here?" "Anna said you wanted to talk to me." "Yes..." "Your wife is sick, she needs you." "If you love her you can't go on like this." "This isn't that simple." "How convenient." "Nothing in this world is good or bad." "No right or wrong, just complex and difficult." "What do you want from me?" "Why are you obsessed with us?" " Don't make this about me." " Jon!" "Well, then!" "And I will not accept this in the graveyard." "What the hell are you talking about?" "I'm sorry, but I haven't seen you since... you know." "I can't do this." "The guilt is killing me." "Why do you feel guilty?" "What?" "What did you do?" "What do you mean?" "You know what we did." "We were saving a man's life." "What on earth are your talking about?" "You said it yourself." "It's acceptable to cheat on your wife, if it is to save a man's life." "I am beginning to understand." "You're a pathetic man, Jon." "Stop it." "You lied to me when you said you loved me and I believed you." "You can start over." "Make your dreams come true." "To write, to dream again." "I don't even remember my dreams." "You didn't dream about running a golf course." "We came here to get better and then you lie to me." "I may be ill, but you're sick." "I don't want to see you end up like Dad." "Having lost his dreams and stuck with a woman he never loved - because he didn't have the guts to leave." "What did she want?" "I want to know." "What did she say?" "Don't ask, please." "Tell me, what did she want?" "I heard it." "The terns told me." "I heard them." "He's lying." "He's lying." "Come and see." "I'm gone." "I can't do this." "He's lying!" "Stop it." "He's lying!" "Shut up!" "You fucking lunatic!" "Sorry." "I'm leaving." "I'm gone." "My God, how I despise the man!" "Why do you do this to me?" "How am I supposed to bless a marriage I don't believe in?" "Forgive me." "Forgive me." "That's it." "Thank you." "Sorry." "I've lost my shoe." "Fuck, how am I going to play with only one shoe on?" "Shit!" "The wedding." "I have to pick up guests from the ferry." "Oh?" "Get going!" "When are we getting married?" "What?" "We?" "That's what you said yesterday." "No, I didn't." "Yes, you did." "In the church." "Jon, you've got to wake up." "I've lost my shoe." "I passed out..." "But now you're born again." "It's a new day, a new life... and you're getting a new wife." "Not a bad day!" "I can't do this." "I want my old life back." "As you can see there is sea all around this island." "The man is a proper priest, I hope." "It looks like he is." "She's not moving in with Anna's old furniture." "Good for her." " Thora." "Darling." " Yes?" " Maybe I've been a bit unfair." " Mom!" "Your father promised you a new kitchen as a wedding gift." "I was thinking... if we don't give you the new kitchen, but subtract it from Jon's debt, and give you instead... a refrigerator." "Why are you doing this?" "Because I'm trying to find a compromise." "We don't need any gifts." "Jon's old refrigerator works just fine." "Of course we have to give you something." "We give you the feast and the refrigerator." "You are obsessed with money." "I didn't ask for any presents... and we can just skip the feast if it's such a big deal." "Wouldn't that be just perfect!" "I've been preparing this feast for weeks." "I made twenty kilos of rhubarb jam." "I don't give a damn!" "You don't care about anything but yourself!" "I'm not getting married to eat your fucking jam!" "How do I pee in this fucking thing!" "But why is he marrying you?" "Because he loves me!" "Coffee, we need coffee." "Where do you keep the coffee?" "What am I doing?" "What do you mean?" "This wedding." "She's almost 20 years younger." "It will never work." "Why are you asking me?" "The only woman I have lived with is my mother." "I can't do it..." "Do you realize how lucky you are to have someone who loves you?" "Dear old chap..." "I don't care if your wife is 18 or 80... if only you promise to be happy and stop this bloody moaning." "Who the hell invented the cufflink!" "What about all the money he owes us?" "Maybe he's doing this to get out of the debt?" "What do you have in common after all?" "Are you marrying him just to get back at me?" "Can I pee in private?" "I give up." "I can't do this anymore." "You and your father bully me around." "Close the door." "You're so pushy!" "Jesus!" "I'm having a heart attack." "Do that somewhere else, so I can pee." " So you're all right with the refrigerator?" " Mom!" "Coming!" " What's your shoe size?" " What?" " Malla." " No." "Where have you been?" "Around." "Didn't I tell you to stay away from Borkur?" " Why?" " What do you mean why?" "Why can't I be with Borkur?" "It's not good for you." " Is it because I'm different?" " Malla, darling..." "Is it dangerous?" "And why can't Thora be with Jon?" "Is that also dangerous?" "It's better for people to be with their own kind." "So why can't Lalli be with you?" "Is it because he is always kind and you are..." "And I am what?" "Yes, thank you." "Did they have my size?" " Yes, they found a pair of shoes." " Brilliant!" "They'll be on the ferry... and should arrive just in time for the ceremony." "Great, I love you!" "Thanks for the help." " Isn't that Sjonni?" " It looks like him." "Let's go to the church." "I'm Kristin, the mother of the groom." "Hi, I'm Sisi." "Oh, my God." " Where is he?" " He'll be here." "What is she doing on that boat?" "Where is she going?" "Oh, my God." "We have to get some help." "Hurry!" "All right, darling?" "The guests are here and the ceremony is about to start." "Everyone is waiting for you." "Pull yourself together." "No..." "What's happening?" "Damn!" "You have to run!" "Don't go!" "Hey!" "Ferry!" "Don't go!" "This has to be a joke." " She's so young." " I know." "Do something, Daddy." "I can't do this to you." "Let's step outside." "What the hell are you doing?" " I can't marry you." " What?" "Get right back in there." "Can't this wait until after the wedding?" "Shut up!" "I have no right to ruin your life too." "Since we met you've aged ten years." "You don't laugh anymore." "Dear guests, just sit still." "The happy couple has something to discuss." "We are in no hurry." "Nobody is going anywhere." "There isn't another ferry until tomorrow." " I've infected you." " With what?" "With boredom, self pity, anxiety, obsession..." "I'm burnt out, a wreck!" "Stop it!" "A complete burnout!" "Maybe we could get some music." "My conscience is bad enough without ruining your life too." "He's got the gray hair blues, He's got the gray hair blues" " Don't step on..." " Sorry." "I killed Anna." "I thought that by marrying you..." "I could justify what I did to her." "That I did it in the name of love." "For a reason." " But I'm just not a good man." " Yes you are." "What's going on?" "Everyone is waiting." " He wants to cancel the wedding." " What?" "You can't do this to us." "Not now." "Do I have to drag you to the altar?" "I've said all there is to say." "There won't be any marriage." "Mom, do something!" "You can't treat my girl this way." "People are here for a wedding." "If it's because of the money..." "What money?" "It's not about money, it's a question of conscience." "What money are you talking about?" "The money I gave him so he could pay you." " What money did you give him?" " Mom!" "What is going on?" "He's not doing it." "What money?" "That's out of the question." "The church is reserved for a wedding and by God there will be a wedding in this church today." "Maybe he's hyper-anxious." "He got this as a child." "Answer me!" "It's none of your bloody business, woman!" "That's it, this man is a no-good, irresponsible bastard." "Now you've gone too far." "You don't say this to a man who's about not to get married." "Don't touch me, you filthy bastard." "Let me go." "Never." "If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to get you back on your feet." "Have you settled this?" "Bring the bloody priest!" "We're doing this here!" "I ask you bridegroom, do you take Thora... to be your lawful, wedded wife?" "Yes." " I ask you bride, do you take..." " Yes!" "But he shoots himself at the end of the play." "Does it mean that the love affair he had wasn't justifiable?" "Of course love in itself is always justifiable." "But it does not justify our wrongdoings." "So what's the author's point then?" "That life offers no simple answers - just complex questions." "The purpose of life isn't death, even if it's the end result." "Just as love or happiness isn't the purpose of life, as such." "Rather the quest." "The quest for love, the quest for happiness." "Hi, darling." "Sorry I'm late." "I got held up." "Have you eaten already?" "Are you coming along tonight?" "Do you feel like going?" "I think you should go." "I'm going to stay in and write." "Constant love and happiness is simply Utopia." "It's much rather something to be constantly pursued." "If you are completely happy for more than ten minutes... you must be an idiot."