"THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE" "Hello?" "What are you doing?" "Setting out cones, we have practice." "No, we have practice!" "This is insane..." "There they are." "A five minute warm-up, girls!" "But this is our time." "The Athletic Committee give priority to women, the disabled, and young talents." "Let's go, girls!" "All right..." "You go ahead and take our time." "Take our time - if you can beat us!" "It can't be too hard, right?" "We're all old with brittle bones..." "I'm free!" "Play me!" "Jeez, what happened?" "Adam's dad is hurt!" "Just cut it out." "Beat it!" "Move, I'm coming through." "But what happened?" "That was pretty stupid, wasn't it?" "I told you to have a safe bachelorparty!" "What, is this a bachelorparty?" "No..." "Come on!" "Ha!" "8-7." "No, that doesn't count." "You tugged at the game, the whole thing took off." "No, it didn't!" "Come on, it's still 7-7." "Now it's 8-7." "I think you're going soft." "Did I go soft?" "No, I just scored." "9-7." "Whatever..." "You win." "But you win at 10." "I told you - you win." ""I told you - you win." What's that?" "You can still win." "I need to get home." "It may be a cliché, but you only grow through loss and adversity." "Too bad I never got you into sports." "I'm not into sports?" "I meant something you compete in." "We're competing tonight." "I know you can't make it, so..." "Of course I can!" "I'll be there." "Hey!" "You did really great!" "You think?" "You were here?" "Yes." "Have you changed?" "Where are you?" "Just outside." "So am I..." "Outside a sports center." "It was the very last thing I told you - at Forsgrenska..." "Mom wants to speak to you." "Before you start telling me off, I just want to explain..." "No, I just wanted to invite you to dinner one night." "At your place?" "Yes." "Maybe tomorrow?" "Hi." "Am I too early?" "No, you're fine." "Here you go." "Oh, thanks." "It's supposed to be good." "I thought we could talk a bit first." "Right, OK..." "I didn't want to say anything until the contract was all done." "I applied for a job at Eurosport in London, and I got it." "Eurosport..." "As what?" "You're a journalist." "Yes, but I did a screen test, and they thought I was great." "OK..." "So you're going to London?" "Yes." "Congratulations!" "That's great..." "I need your help for a while." "If she could stay with you..." "Only for a few months." "I'll be travelling, and Sara can't come." "Even if I wanted to help you out, which isn't the issue, I can't do it." "I can't afford it after being fired." "You quit." "It's just not doable." "You have to turn it down." "If money is the issue, don't worry." "I'll pay you, until you get a job." "The thing with a job..." "It may take some time." "Will you come visit later?" "For Christmas or something." "Sara, I'm sorry, but things..." "Things will not be quite as we planned." "We've just decided that I'll be going alone at first." "But what about me?" "You'll stay with your dad." "I have to set up house and so on." "Just fora few months." "It'll be great, just you and me." "Don't you think?" "I've put jeans and things there, and we'll put socks in this bag." "Can I take something?" "Yes, that one is ready." "This will never work." "You don't know how cramped it is there." "Where do you want this?" "I don't know." "Shit, I should have refused." "This will spoil our relationship, guaranteed." "Absolutely, I totally agree." "This is the end." "But until then, you could try to get to know her a bit better." "This is all we need - Larry's bachelor party." "Get it?" "What?" "No, no, not at my swimming pool." "It's not up for rent." "Rent?" "You have the keys." "Do you have a last wish?" "A what...?" "No, what the...!" "Oops..." "Not only are you ruining the filter." "Get that cap off right now!" "Do what the lady says-take it off." "We can take it all off, we're not difficult." "Jump in, please!" "I thought better of you!" "There's a competition tomorrow." "Did you hear that?" "A competition!" "Just relax, we'll leave right away." "I'll fix the filter tomorrow." "We're signing Larry up for the comp." "Really, we just have to fine-tune his program a little." "In five minutes I'm calling the cops." "No, not the police." "Anything but the cops." "Cut it out!" "Get out of there." "What?" "Get out of the pool, damn it!" "I have to work here." "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "It's a good thing really, that we have to find a new place." "That old floor is completely useless, you can't play on it." "A place for amateurs." "So that's where my things are..." "Oops..." "I'm sorry." "I didn't think you'd be here until tomorrow." "How is that relevant?" "It's not, but..." "it was for a good cause." "We did synchronized swimming for Larry's bachelor party." "Well, that's great then." "Why didn't you just say so?" "We just had a little fun, that's all." "What's the problem?" "Come on in, you handsome devils." "Good, the wedding gift." "Right, this is it." "It's empty during the weekends." "We can have the place for free." "The floor can be fixed, no problem." "Great." "So the floor can be fixed?" "Yes." "Great, great." "It does need some fixing up." "But we can do that?" "Yes..." "And all the stuff is on wheels, so we can just push it aside." "Right?" "We'll push it aside and do this..." "Yes." "Run around and take a piss." "We were Swedish champions once, almost..." "Right, in 1953." "1985!" "Where's your pride?" "We're the oldest club in the country." "We invented this sport." "We are floorball!" "I said 1953 as a joke, since it was quite some time ago- we lost that bronze game to Lockeruds IF." "You corrected me and said 1985, which is also quite sometime ago." "We thought this place would do for us in 2008." "You do have a point." "Just somewhere to play." "Wedding time, you guys!" "GIRLS" "There you are, my men!" "Here we are..." "You were so great!" "Hilarious!" "Cheers to all of you!" "I'm planning a big party at my house, and I'm willing to pay anything- to have you come and do your water ballet there." "And where do you suggest we do this, in the living room?" "In my pool, of course." "It would be the talk of the evening." "Just name your price." "How many large ones will it take?" "Ten." "We'll do it for ten large." "Ten?" "No problem." "There we go." "Plus free booze." "Do I look like I would charge?" "Cheers!" "Toten large!" "Guys, we'll be able to rent any place we want." "The Stockholm Globe Arena!" "Seriously, guys..." "Are we really doing this?" "We don't have to look professional." "It's more of a joke." "I agree with Charles." "You know, we don't have to practice." "Cut it out!" "She's paying us to do this." "We have to make a goddamn effort." "Come on, now..." "First position!" "Oh..." "Shit!" "It's a gift." "Hi." "Hey." "Where are you going?" "Floorball practice." "Don't you need your stick?" "Right, good." "See you!" "Don't forget the peppers." "I won't." "There you are!" "Welcome, I'm so glad you're here!" "Come, I'll show you to your changing room." "Did you forget your swimsuit?" "No, I know I put it in there." "I don't believe this!" "She took it..." "Sara." "Does anyone have a spare suit?" "A..." "We need..." "We're a suit short." "No..." "Right, we'll have to leave then." "We can do that?" "Never!" "We'll just do it in our underwear." "But will that be as funny?" "What is going on?" "You'll see, you'll see." "Start serving drinks." "Where are they?" "Can we have some drinks?" "Wait, wait." "We're coming." "Get in!" "Don't stop, just drive!" "What do you want?" "I just want to explain..." "Some rich old lady had a birthday party and we did it there for money." "But it all went to hell." "Do you...?" "We..." "We just did it too well." "And then they didn't get it." "If we had messed up and tumbled all around, we would have been a success." "Always an easy way out..." "That's what happened!" "That's pathetic -"too well"?" "Look at yourself!" "Wha..." "What do you mean?" "I mean, I've worked out all my life." "I'm in tip-top shape." "You're nowhere close to a synchronized swimmer." "Bullshit!" "Oh, come on!" "You didn't even last 30 seconds." "I ate just a moment ago." "That's the best you can do?" "Holding your breath, is that a sport?" "It's like a game of silence." "You invented it." "The game of silence?" "Synchronized swimming!" "It was all male in the beginning." "What?" "During the world's first synchro competition, in Berlin in 1890- only men participated." "You don't believe me?" "Nope." "Wait..." "Look here - the world's first synchro competition." "Strange..." "They don't look like pansies." "Nobody said they did." "It used to be called formation swimming." "Women only entered the sport in the forties- when they didn't need long woolen dresses." "Or they would probably have drowned." "We didn't know it, but what we did at the party- was exactly how it was done in the beginning." "OK, I didn't know that." "Now can we go home?" "Don't you see?" "We can do it, for real." "Just like they did." "Why the hell would we?" "We looked like morons and didn't get paid." "We were good!" "They just didn't get it." "You're sick." "Is this why we're here?" "Cool symbol, the swan." "What's the point?" "There are no opponents." "No, not in Sweden." "This summer, for the first time in over 100 years- there will be a world cup, in Berlin, where it all started." "These are our opponents:" "Germany, they're dangerous" "France, Holland, and the U.S." "We'll practice when we usually play floorball, everyone's free then." "I've also outlined a program." "But of course you have!" "The most controversial thing in the world of sports, what is that?" "Doping!" "The use of banned drugs." "Get it?" "They look like regular formations, but they are molecules." "Genius." "I don't get it." "They're alkaloids." "Exactly - drugs!" "Look here..." "This is mescaline." "Pretty easy to do, I think." "It's all..." "linear." "Right!" "Look, I've got an entire program." "This is cocaine." "Great!" "The variations are endless." "Exactly." "Next we can do cannabis..." "Wait." "There's one thing I don't get." "Are we supposed to lie like this in the water, swim like this?" "Yes!" "Man, you rock!" "But let's only do uppers." "Sure, at least for now." ""The Swan Swimming Club"..." "Is that for leisurely exercise?" "No, read it carefully." "Another bachelorparty?" "No, we're here to register as a society so that we can rent the pool." "Just for men?" "How sweet." "I don't think so." "No?" "Why not?" "It's simple, really." "There aren't any, at least not any that are serious." "John Andersson." "You don't even know who he was." "He won the world cup four years in a row." "John G. Andersson won 1910-1914, that's five years in a row." "You're late, about 100 years." "The sport has evolved." "Membership is not a human right." "It's clearly only a female right." "What do we start with?" "Nicotine." "Then we move on to the harder stuff." "Just latch on." "I'm sinking." "Great!" "Look at Charles!" "Speak up, we can't hear you." "This is a rectilinear figure." "It's really tough!" "Why are you sinking, Victor?" "Help Victor so that he doesn't sink." "I can't hear you." "I can't hear you." "One more time, from the top." "Peter!" "This isn't supposed to be fun, this is work!" "There you go!" "Everyone is floating for the first time." "That's kickass!" "Guys, what are you doing here?" "Practicing." "What does it look like?" "Harpooned whales." "Calm down, I'll handle this." "You're in everybody else's way." "Right." "And they're in our way." "Is this a team or something?" "Absolutely not." "It's not approved." "Who cares?" "We're still Sweden's only male synchronized swimmers." "You have to book the pool if you're going to...do this." "We can only do so if we're approved." "Throw them out!" "This sounds like discrimination." "I don't know anything about that..." "You need to be a society." "Are we not allowed to swim in sync?" "Check out those two, they're also in sync." "Hey, stop it!" "Quit it, you need to form a society." "Out of the pool!" "Tell them they need to form a society and book the pool - they're in sync." "And there!" "They're holding hands." "Get a grip!" "It's frigging freezing!" "We're going to get them for this." "Report it." "They have nothing on us." "Only that we don't float, like the girls do." "Water can't tell sex." "It may be due to subcutaneous fat." "Girls have more of it." "But Markus floats like a cork." "What is the idea by that Greek dude called, the one in the tub?" "Archimedes paradox." "Things lighter than water float." "No, an object floats if its weight is less than the water pushed aside." "That's exactly what I said." "No." "You don't know shit about this." "We need a coach." "No, we just need to practice harder." "Or both." "Stay away from my pool!" "Your pool?" "That was my coach." "You have no idea how embarrassing you are!" "I'm embarrassing for not accepting discrimination?" "You're a white middle-aged man, what the hell do you know?" "Quite a bit." "First I was fired..." "You quit." "I worked for six months on an article that my boss refused to publish unless I rewrote it her way." "So you quit." "That's clever!" "She wanted to get rid of me!" "Technically, I quit, but essentially, I was fired." "Except you don't get any money." "Severance pay, you know?" "Hey, Annika!" "Please, I'm working." "I need your help." "I want this published on the debate page." "Reversed gender discrimination..." "It's everywhere." "Talk to them, I know you'll get the job back." "You're one of the best." "I know." "At writing, not at brown-nosing." "Please, for my sake?" "!" "I'll try." "Great." "Thank you." "Finally!" "Get over here." "Is this such a great idea?" "We're banned, what else can we do?" "Find a coach, a new pool..." "Stop whining and fix that thing." "Thank you." "What's this, tai chi?" "They're dry practicing." "Dry practicing?" "Ridiculous." "That's insane." "Compared to what we're doing here?" "Oh!" "She's using submerged speakers - that's the trick." "She probably has more tricks than that." "Seriously, that's impossible..." "Oh, come on!" "Sara, remember to smile!" "Don't be silly, you know what I mean." "And how many times do I have to tell you to enter the crane on four?" "Sara!" "You're not listening!" "Someone's up there..." "I think we need to leave." "Come, this way." "What the..." "What are you doing up there?" "Can you get them down?" "You goddamn creeps!" "Turn that off." "I can explain." "You'll explain it all to the police." "Sorry, I can explain." "I asked them to film us, as a surprise for the team." "Do you know these fools?" "Yes." "That's my dad." "Jesus..." "You guys are really good." "Maybe you could ask her for help with the team, the swimming." "As our coach?" "Sure, why not?" "Come on, we're all dudes." "That's the whole point." "OK, fine..." "I thought the point was to make it to the world cup." "I get that hygiene isn't your thing, but please - do the damn laundry!" "The Swimming Federation discriminates against men" "Excuse me." "Is that you in the paper?" "Yes, that's me." "I thought so." "You must work out a lot." "A body like that doesn't come for free." "But is he happy about it?" "No." "He gets all insecure." ""It was freaking awkward."" ""How the hell could you print that without talking to us?"" "We're at war with the swimming federation, what are we to do?" "I'm doing things..." "For the cause." "But I keep getting hit, by Peter and Markus." "Markus' son thinks that his dad still plays floorball." "So what?" "I say: "Markus needs to communicate better with his son." Right?" "And they say: "You need to communicate better with us."" ""You're not a team player."" "I'm not a team player..." "What the hell am I supposed to do?" "I don't know!" "Here's the power drill you wanted to borrow." "The chuck is loose." "OK..." "Where are you going?" "To work!" "What are you doing?" "You win." "You don't have to live here." "What?" "Did you talk to mom?" "No, but I'm sure she'll be happy." "This is what you wanted, to leave." "I don't get it!" "Are you dumping me at the airport?" "I don't frigging know!" "Damn it, Sara!" "I can't do anything right ever!" "I can't do this." "What?" "I can't do anything." "I'm a loser!" "What the hell was I thinking?" "When did you do this?" "What?" "When did you do this?" "Today." "I don't know, it didn't turn out very well." "I painted outside the lines a bit and smeared it." "I messed it up..." "I wanted to be done when you got home." "Is it for me?" "Yes." "You made this?" "They're bubbles." "Can you tell?" "It looks really great." "Really great!" "I mean it." "Remember when I hurt myself on the diving-board?" "I was eight, nine." "It hurt so frigging bad!" "You told me to get up there and try again." "I should have taken you to the hospital, right?" "No!" "If I hadn't gone, I'd never have dared to swim again." "That kind of talk may work on eight- and nine-year-olds." "I'm over 40." "I can help you...with the team." "Thanks, but...no, it wouldn't work." "Why not?" "Your mom wouldn't be too happy." "How is that her problem?" "Is she even here to say anything?" "Exactly..." "It's got to be here." "It can't be here..." "This is closed down." "No, there's a pool here." "See?" "Here it is." "This is Sara." "She's going to be helping us out." "Is this your Sara?" "Yep, it's my Sara." "It can't be." "How old are you?" "I'll be 17 in the fall." "I've practiced since I was seven." "You're a damn good floater." "You're all beginners, yet you think you'll make the world cup." "Do you really want this?" "Yes..." "We want to try at least." "You're only five." "That's not enough." "There's really seven of us, but Kjelle got a job." "So we're six with Markus." "He's the only one who floats." "Give us chance before discarding us." "At least let us try." "OK." "The pool is yours." "All right!" "We're sharing it with some others." "It's cheaper that way." "OK..." "Which half is ours?" "The top one, of course." "Go on, on your backs!" "Remember to breathe." "Good." "Legs apart." "Very good!" "Come on - you too, Fredrik." "You've got to find the equilibrium." "Breathe, and relax!" "Let the water do the work." "What?" "Keep your legs up, and breathe!" "And then open up your arms." "Good!" "What the hell are you doing?" "Synchronized swimming." "Frigging faggots..." "Hey, who's wearing black rubber?" "Volker, did you get my e-mail about the swedish team?" "Fredrik?" "Yes, I got it." "Yes." "Is there a minimum requirement for the number of swimmers?" "Yes - eight, as in the Olympics." "Only men, no mixed teams." "Is it possible to get an extension on our registration?" "Fredrik, this is a competition." "The rules apply to everyone, no exceptions." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "It doesn't work with my hours." "We all have jobs." "Probation inspectors don't work 9-5." "It's a great responsibility." "Do you have ten kronor?" "I thought we'd go to lunch." "I'm not hungry." "Who decides what you two do?" "I do, of course." "Can he swim?" "What?" "This doesn't work." "It..." "I can't do it." "You're doing great." "Just relax." "Come on!" "It doesn't work, I'm going to die." "I'm going to die!" "Let go!" "Cut it out!" "You're not going to die." "There are six of us here, plus the divers below." "What?" "So you would save me?" "Yes, if you stop whining so much." "Hey!" "Check it out..." "Hi!" "Eighties vintage, mint condition." "You saved those?" "All we need to do is to rip off the floorball emblems and sew these on - the Swans." "The Swans..." "It was Charles' idea." "OK, and who are you?" "Right, this is..." "Bobo." "We work together." "We thought he could join the team." "Do you float?" "Yes." "Well, he will." "All right, good..." "Listen up!" "Some of you may still be sulking about the newspaper thing" "but because of it, we've actually gotten an offer." "Right, Sara?" "Right." "We can perform the program for an audience just a few days before the cup." "That's great!" "Great." "How big of an audience?" "What was it?" "About a thousand." "A thousand?" "We'll be performing for that many?" "There'll be more in Berlin." "We may as well try standing in front of an audience in tiny trunks." "Who's the organizer?" "Stockholm Pride." "Seriously?" "Transport and board are covered." "And we get free festival passes." "Well then!" "Wait a minute..." "What's going on?" "I don't get it." "I mean, Pride?" "!" "I don't mind really, but why do they want us there?" "Do they think we're a gay team?" "I didn't ask." "Let them think we're trucker dykes or left-handed drag queens." "We know who we are." "We sure do - here's to that!" "It totally sucked at first." "But things are so much better now." "It's as if we've really gotten close and gotten to know each other, really know each other." "We've sort of found each other." "That's great, I'm so glad to hear it." "We're going to the world cup, dad and I." "They're doing synchronized swimming." "I'm not following..." "An all male synchro team." "Can you imagine?" "All of them." "Cheers!" "Merry Christmas!" "What?" "I didn't get you anything." "Come on, just open it." "Open it!" "All right." "They're great..." "What's wrong?" "I'm thinking about quitting." "I totally suck!" "We all suck." "That's..." "That's why we practice." "I have no sense of rhythm." "I can't get the program to stick!" "You don't need me." "Stop grinning!" "I'm serious, this is really hard for me." "I don't want to mess the team up, or be the worst." "OK, mr Worst!" "Come on, then!" "What?" "Don't look at me, that's how you get out of time." "Mind yourself and just get a feel for it." "Again!" "Now you're up front." "There..." "Fine, fine." "There you go!" "You can do this!" "You're not serious!" "You're going today, again?" "What's the problem?" "Floorball was OK, but swimming is not?" "But it's synchronized swimming..." "Anything to get out of the house." "No, it's not like that." "So take the kids!" "Let them splash." "We're going to the world cup." "This is serious." "What about a normal mid-life crisis?" "Dye your hair, pierce a nipple!" "Form the meat raft." "And no sagging asses in the pool!" "The flower!" "Listen up!" "We need to hold on the same way, or it won't look good." "What, we don't?" "Not at all, we all hold differently." "I hold on like this." "I hold this way." "But you hold this way." "Right..." "I think we should hold on like this." "It needs to be from underneath." "Sure, but at the same spot." "Not here, on the heel." "Let's just decide, this way or that." "What the hell did you do?" "You're as soft as a baby's bottom." "I've never felt anything softer." "Let me feel!" "His feet are fine, they're fixed." "Fixed...?" "It's just a pedicure." "Come again?" "Pedicure - foot care." "It was Bobo's idea." "They removed like two pounds of dead skin from each foot." "You did it too?" "Yes." "Was it expensive?" "No, like a haircut." "This is great!" "No wonder we hold on differently." "I don't care about your cracks and shit." "Perhaps we care about yours." "Look at this thing!" "Imagine that in your eye." "Let's just decide how to hold." "We're a democracy." "I vote for general team pedicure." "Yes!" "It has to be voluntary..." "Look around." "It feels nice." "Your vote is rejected!" "I'm not doing it!" "Hi." "I'm just here fora few hours, and thought I'd check in with Sara." "Where is she?" "Right..." "Sara?" "No, she's at school." "I feel..." "Put on some clothes!" "Oh, right." "I'm so disappointed that you didn't talk to me- about including her in your idiotic ideas." "We are both her parents, right?" "Yes." "I'd prefer to take her now, but the apartment isn't done yet." "Please..." "Can't that wait until after the world cup this summer?" "No!" "We have a deal, right?" "Right..." "Hey, who are you?" "Are you from the swimming federation?" "You're clearly snooping around." "I'm Jarmo Pittkenen." "As long as I can remember I've loved synchronized swimming." "Really?" "Is there any chance of me making the team?" "We've practiced for quite a while." "I think you'll make the team." "Thanks!" "But no smiling, like the girls." "We don't do that." "Hey, Jarmo!" "Come here." "Jarmo, come over here." "Right..." "Here you go." "Thank you..." "That's right!" "So this may be a strange question, but the new guy..." "Jarmo, is he...?" "Is he what?" "You know, is he...?" "Is he...?" "Yes, he's Finnish!" "You know what I mean." "No, what's the problem?" "No problem, he can be whatever he wants." "I just want to know." "Is it so strange that I'm wondering?" "I just thought it was cool that we're all..." "That we're all Swedish?" "I meant for his sake, you know..." "Yes, we understand." "You don't..." "Sara, grab the glasses that are sort of...square." "Yes, those!" "The nice glasses." "You need to relax." "Come on in." "Thanks." "Hey!" "Hi there." "The real deal - champagne!" "Bouillabaisse." "It looks really good." "Oh, we need to get you a new passport tomorrow." "We can get it in a few hours, it just costs a bit extra." "Mom, I've been thinking..." "London is going to be so much fun." "But it doesn't really work for me right now." "I'm needed here until the world cup." "I hope you understand." "This was decided a long time ago." "I know, but that was before..." "I have an apartment and a school set up for you mid-semester." "We're not changing anything." "But I can't." "It's not up for discussion!" "I just..." "I haven't tried to persuade Sara- in any way..." "No." "We need to start packing if we're to make it." "We have to get up early to get the passport." "Don't you want me to stay?" "Of course I do, more than anything." "Pack what you need right now and we'll send for the rest." "Help me out here!" "Lotta, listen to her." "She doesn't want to." "Is it the money?" "Didn't you get enough?" "Cut it out." "What?" "What is she talking about?" "You didn't tell her?" "Tell me what?" "Your dad came up with every excuse possible not to take you." "He only agreed to let you stay here when I offered him money." "Is that true?" "The apartment is great." "There..." "Give me your bag as well, Sara." "What's the matter?" "Was that job so damn important that you paid to get rid of me?" "It wasn't like that." "What was it like then?" "Well, not like that." "Now let's go." "You knew he wouldn't be able to turn your money down." "We can't have this argument here, we need to leave." "I don't have a choice." "Do you understand?" "Hello." "May I help you?" "What?" "No..." "Hello." "Hi." "You're a journalist." "Do you really want this job?" "You don't think I can do it?" "We work in every type of weather." "I should hope so - that's what I've always done." "Right, so you're off to Pride then?" "Yes." "And then straight to the world cup in Berlin?" "You've gotten more publicity than I did during my entire career- even though I won the world cup twice." "I'm going to teach you a trick..." "Put this nose clip on you waistband." "That way you have a spare." "That's clever." "Good luck, Charles!" "Can you keep it down, guys?" "Bobo and I have something to show you." "It's something we've been working on for a few months." "They're great!" "Did you sew those?" "No way!" "Now you may feel jealous, but we haven't forgotten you." "First off, our team captain Fredrik." "Charles." "Jarmo." "Embroidered by hand!" "Victor." "Larry." "And last, but not least, our trainer, our coach..." "What is this?" "What are you doing?" "You've got to turn off somewhere." "Will you turn off?" "Do you hear me?" "Turn off!" "Where?" "There's no frigging way out!" "Here, you can turn here!" "Victor, did you lock the doors?" "Close the window, or the gays will get you." "Very funny..." "Damn near hilarious!" "Oh no, they'll get us!" "...and those big plumes." "And a nice wig." "I just want to make one thing clear- I am not homophobic!" "No, you're not homophobic." "Do you want a nice little wig?" "Victor?" "!" "We're only kidding!" "Victor!" "We're over here!" "I'm sorry, but I just had to do something..." "Nice, huh?" "He did it!" "It felt really nice." "Very soft." "OK, let's do this." "Right..." "That's hard work!" "But you really only need one exercise." "220 lbs. on the barbell, three sets." "Show me!" "Swear to God, that's all I do." "Cheers, Fredrik." "Cheers!" "I hope the Berlin beer is as good." "Volker?" "!" "How are you?" "Good." "I have to say that your performance was outstanding, superb!" "I've seen the other teams, and you are my favorite for the gold." "Will you be using the same program?" "More or less." "So it works with eight swimmers too?" "Eight...?" "The Olympic rules state eight swimmers." "Hold my hand Grab my foot" "I lift you up You push me down" "Below the surface Where my boundaries are blurred" "I hold my breath" "Until I come up for air" "Finally I exhale" "Synchronized Absorbed from time and space" "Archimedes, is it right?" "Am I hot to the max?" "Together with the world on our backs" "Are you with me?" "Together with the world on our backs" "How are you?" "What do you mean?" "Something's obviously wrong." "Tell me!" "How can we make the program work with eight swimmers?" "Why would we?" "Someone could become ill." "Are you feeling sick?" "No." "But we have to be a step ahead, you know?" "Dresden, Schönenburg, Frankfurt, Hamburg..." "But aren't we going to Berlin?" "Take the next exit right." "Welcome!" "I'd like you to meet Fredrik, the Swedish captain." "I'll be at the desk, some sort of registration..." "Oh, crap!" "Good initiative, but I'll handle the registration." "I'll handle it." "Good..." "Hey, have you seen my dad?" "By the registration, I think." "Where's dad?" "I don't know, I haven't seen him." "Do they dub...?" "Wait." "Salut!" "What did you do?" "Stop!" "Why didn't you say anything?" "So that you wouldn't have to do it." "Did you check the rules?" "So now it's my fault?" "No, but you know as well as I do who'll have to sit it out if we're going to win." "That's always your top priority!" "And you don't care at all, is that it?" "Don't pretend to be someone you're not." "Good luck!" "All you had to do was ask, and I would have stepped aside." "You know that..." "I don't understand!" "We only issue an APB after 24 hrs." "But this is my daughter!" "I know." "Don't just stand there and eat!" "Easy now." "I know." "Am I threatening now, for wanting your help?" "Am I a criminal?" "No, I'm worried, damn it!" "Do you have kids?" "I'm sorry, Charles." "I apologize." "You stress monster..." "It's not like you stole my girlfriend." "I don't actually have one, but..." "I am the worst one on the team, of course I'll sit it out." "We're here to win, aren't we?" "I want you to take my spot because Sara is missing." "She's just gone." "What's going on?" "There can only be eight swimmers." "They use Olympic rules." "That's the first thing you look up." "This is freaking amateur-like!" "And why didn't you look it up?" "What?" "Just be quiet..." "Why should I look it up?" "Anyone could have done it." "Cool it!" "Now let's figure this out!" "So what do we do?" "Eight..." "We can't do eight." "Don't look at me, I have no idea!" "Well, what do we do?" "Sara, where have you been?" "Here." "I've reworked the program." "And you're swimming instead of Fredrik." "Where is he?" "Out looking for you." "Sure!" "And miss his gold medal?" "He's been out all night long." "I'm here, so he could keep at it." "She's here, by the arena." "Are there no women?" "No, only men." "Where are you going?" "I have to take a dump." "Move it!" "Great, go on and change!" "I'm a supporter." "Go get the gold!" "In your dreams." "We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you." "Right?" "Take my spot." "I messed up." "But we can win this!" "Sara will run a dry rehearsal so that the eight of you can do this." "Get in the middle, Jarmo." "First position." "Get in there." "The clock is ticking." "Where's my position?" "Guys..." "Hello!" "Come on, guys!" "The coach is speaking." "Did you say coach?" "Is that a problem?" "No..." "OK, everyone, I have a suggestion seven, eight, nine!" "They're not allowed to compete with nine." "Nine..." "They're nine swimmers..." "Easy, Karl." "I believe they're aware." "Yes, but they'll be..." "They know."