"VILLE ALF A FILMPRODUCTIONS PRESENT" "CLAN" "TALE OF THE FROGS" "DIRECTED B Y MIKA KAURISMÄKI" "In the name of the Father, the son and the Holy Ghost." "Dear friends, we know - that all men are born to sin - we cannot save ourselves." "But Jesus Christ is our Saviour." "We want to lead this child to Him." "We pray to the Lord that He shall take you unto Him - and give you the strength o f the Holy Ghost." "As a child o f God you shall belong to this congregation - and enjoy the eternal happiness which Christ - through his suffering and death has given us." "You shall carry the holy s ymbol o f the cross as proo f - that Christ has saved you and called you to him" "I christen you, Alexander the Great Frog - in the name o f the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost." "May the mercy o f Jesus Christ be with you now and forever." "Son, we'll now talk man to man." "Alexander the Great, you are a man now." "You have a good name, it would make anybody proud." "You belong to the Clan o f the Frogs." "The eldest son o f every generation o f the Frogs has been called Alexander." "Like my father and my eldest brother." "But he won't ever have a son - because he's mad and locked up in an as y lum." "So I gave the name to you." "Your name is Alexander the Great because you'll make your name famous." "You are your father's son." "You'll continue my work..." "Or the work o f the Frogs or somebody else." "You are my son." "You can feel a day like this in your heart." "Go home and tell your mother that you aren't a heathen any more" "I'll come when I can." "Gimme a light!" "Here you are, Levi Frog." "Thanks." "You're not in a hurry to go any where." "Clean up here be fore you go to lunch." "It won't take long." "Now look what you've done!" "You don't have to save all these black spots." "Remove them all!" "Start again and do it properly." "Did you understand?" "Each o f you seem to think he's a real Sherlock Holmes." "Are you looking for alcohol?" "Where do you think you'll find them." "Where's your looking glass?" "Don't you need it?" "Only empty bottles there." "Do me a favour and take them with you." "They've been empty for 10 years." "Sell them and give the money to your children" "I'll tell you about the greatest detective in the world." "Shut up, nobody asked you anything" "I must let the truth come out." "Maybe you could learn something." "What did they want?" "Levi and Robert have escaped." "And now it starts again." "Don't worry about everything." " Who will, then?" " I will." "We must celebrate." "Where's Ben?" "Soon they're all back in prison." "Stay away from them, so you won't end up like them." "Robert was such a nice boy." "The papers will write about it." "Never mind." "Just do your job." "The others will just complain about their pay - and try to get you into trouble" "I know them all" "I've made an honest living - and tried to bring you up well." "Just do what the manager say s." " Is Pike home?" " He's asleep." "Have you heard about Robert?" "Where did you hear this?" "Father told me that Levi and Robert escaped this morning" "I thought he might be here." "This is the first place where the police will come." "They might hide in the marshes." "Better to stay quiet about it." "They'll make contact." "The old man has millions..." "Anybody here?" "Wake up, dammit!" "It's morning!" "You'll wake everybody up!" "Bloody woman..." "You won't come here in that shape." "Go, or you'll wake up in jail." "Come, waltz with me!" "I'll call the police" "I've brought you a fish." "Take it, son" "I'll put it back in the lake." "Frogs don't live there, or do they?" "My son..." "Sleep now, father." "What's all this nonsense?" "It isn't nonsense." "What happened?" "This place is yours as much as mine, Ben!" "The cops beat him up." "Talk about your own business or shut up" "I'm sorry to bother you." "Could you make some co ffee?" "I took an early holiday." "Look's like it's ruined now" "I took it because o f my face" "I can't let my customers laugh at me." "The cops did this." "Some held me and beat me while the others laughed." "Of course I reported it." "But you know what they said:" ""We don't beat anybody, - you were drunk and fell"." "But I have witnesses, I said." ""Somebody's been making a noise - and some drunks heard it"." ""Besides, 15 o fficers swear that nobody touched you."" "Rotten bastards." "Old Alexander won't last long, Samuel." "You should go and see him." "Me?" "No way..." "We've nothing to say to each other" "I've burned my bridges and I won't build new ones" "I know he's deeply religious but he's sorry for us." "Levi most o f all." "He's youngest and blackest." "Should I believe in an old man who sits by the window - watching over his people working in the fields?" "No, his God is like the police." "Say you're a drunkard and I'll give you a drink." "One day I'll get you, Benjamin!" "I've got eyes in my head." "Keep your ears open." "He's got millions and I don't want - them to be used for a fight against the devil." "The old man likes you." "Play your cards right and you'll get the money." "When you do, be sure to remember your father." "So you came." "Where's Samuel?" "He's coming later..." "I know him, don't lie to me." "You won't fool me." "This is Samuel's son." "Rachel is your aunt." "And Lea is your cousin." "How is Samuel?" "As usual." "He's drinking still, I bet." "Have you seen Benjamin, the other scoundrel?" "He stayed overnight." "And they drank and were sick in the morning..." "They're grown ups, they know how to take care o f themselves." "Just like their father." "Only thing he ever cared for was his own mouth." "Let by gones be by gones." "No, let the preacher hear it all." "It's not difficult to remember." "Like the night Samuel was born" "I was in bed, helpless, and that man was drunk as a pig!" "He slept on the floor while Samuel was born" "I shouted, I cried and I prayed but he lay there!" "Now he knows how I felt then." "Can't even scream!" "Let's talk about nicer things." "Nicer things?" "He's not a man, he's the devil!" "He brought women here and I had to watch..." "I could've sent him to prison." "The devil could torment us, his slaves just as he pleased." "Do you hear me, preacher?" "Do you think that there is a forgiving God?" "Well I'm the God who won't forgive you." "Then he started to preach." "Children shall pay for the sins o f their fathers." "Can you find that in your Bible?" "What did you do to your children?" "You beat your eldest son mad - and the others go in and out o f prison." "And what did you do to your daughter?" "Stop it now!" "You're worse than the devil!" "Father is dy ing." "Am I the devil?" "Are you turning evil into goodness?" "Is he an angel?" "Should I keep silent?" "I've been beaten into silence and you know why." "Stop it!" "The children are here." "They haven't been given a chance to be children." "Mother can be really mean." "Do you smoke?" "What's the matter with him?" "He's paraly sed." "He can see and hear but he cannot talk." "He won't see the morning." "We are looking for a criminal called Levi Frog." "Is he here?" "Who are you?" "Frogs everyone o f us." "All five." "But nobody's called Levi." "Who's still there?" "Get up?" "Let go!" "He's dy ing!" "Hands o ff, you whore!" "Even if the devil himself was sick - he'd have to get up." "Do the dead have to rise for you too?" "If we need them, yes." "Take that corpse and fly to heaven." "Shake your tail - and give the papers something to write about you angels." "Anybody can see he's ill, there's no need to shout." "We only asked him why he's in bed, - and you started shouting!" "I could take you in for this!" "Do what you want, just get out." "It's a crime to help Levi Frog or Robert Andersson." "And we'd like to talk to Benjamin Frog." "Search the rooms upstairs." "The young couple is on a boat trip, I see." "Get up or your clothes will be all wet!" "They're already wet!" "Never mind me but where are your clothes?" "Where are you taking my naked daughter?" "She's a special girl, even if I say it my self." "What, you log-thie f!" "Where have you stolen that?" "No, call me a logger" "I like young people and let them live the way they like" "I'm not a Sunday school teacher." "But a man keeps what he takes." "Go and take your father away, Alexander." "Away from where?" "It's not my business, - but Samuel is a good man." "He might get hurt..." "I can teach anybody to steal..." "Where's Samuel?" "How's things?" "So you're here again." " We took a vacation." " How long?" "What have you found?" "She's Robert's sister" "I must treat him well." " Why's that?" " It might help." "It won't." " What would?" " Nothing." " Is Alexander so good?" " Yes." "Let's go, Alexander." "Let's go to the ridge." "What have you been doing lately?" "Nothing special." "Have the police been looking for the Frogs?" "A couple o f times." "Strange that y ou have a girl already." "Makes me feel old." "Remember w hen y ou first s aw me?" "You didn't like me and cursed" "I'm getting sentimental" "I rowed to an island with a girl once." "We didn't mean to spend the night." "It just happened." "We built a shelter on the beach." "The birds sang all night." "World was young, she was beautiful and life was wonderful." "Then I went to prison for the first time." "She got married and had a child" "I was told about it in prison." "So what" "I must take some food to the island." "See you." " Is Samuel home?" " He's out" "I must eat, buy this jacket" "I'll give it to you for 300, it's worth 2000." "No money." "Besides, it's hot" "I guarantee it's not hot!" "Alex, come with me." "Let me make you a pro fessional" "I'm not just an ordinary shoplifter, " "I'm a pro fessional!" "I go to a shop and say: "Good day"." "They bow: "Good day, sir"." "Only the best will do for me." "Then they say:" ""Thank you and welcome again"." "Afterwards they wonder where they've lost a fur coat." "Nobody saw me take it." "You'll alway s have money and beautiful clothes." "Where did you leave your girl?" "Why did you come?" "Why did you?" "Hello, Alexander." "How did you know where we were?" "Robert will get us all caught." "Have you invited everybody here?" " What?" " What..." "You're full o f gossip!" "Do you give your address to everybody?" "No, I don't" "I don't trust anybody that much." "Then we're even." "You don't trust us." "We don't trust you." "Pack your things and go" "I don't trust any Frog - except for Alexander." "Want to play or did you lose all your money?" "I have no money but I'll get some." "Samuel tried to cut me open." "Alexander saw it." "It was close." "Better be care ful with him again." "Robert ought to surrender." "His nerves are shattered" "I'd rather shoot my self than spend my life in prison like you." "What would you do?" "I'm going abroad" "I'll shoot my self, I'll go abroad!" "You'll go back to Kerava-juvy - just like I'm going back to Kakola-prison." "You'll follow my footsteps." "You're the type" "I'll never go back!" "Shut up, you know nothing about it." "There are lots o f guy s in Kakola who've said that." "Kerava made boy s into men, pickpockets into thieves." "The guards whipped you with the key s!" "Why so quiet?" "Shut up or I'll stitch you up!" "He'll starve if they don't catch him soon." "Are you going abroad?" "Where would I go?" "I'll just get a tan here." "They are going to find you here." "They'd find me any where" "I've thought about Sweden." "But it's not worth it" "I've got it better in prison." "This won't be a long holiday." "There's so much we ought to talk about." "But we'll write letters." "Amen." "Just in case" "I can't get things finished." "Somebody's coming." " Get in." " Is it open?" "Anybody in here?" "Come out you 600 braves and hide yourself!" "Nobody here?" "Well, I am!" "Stealing is the easiest way o f making money." "Much better than to sweat in a factory." "Become a thie f like me." "Open the door, master." "Soon we'll have money" "I don't think so." "There's money in there!" "Not one penny!" "You're easily fooled." "You're not any better." "Now you can have ten hats." "We'll do another job tonight." "And it's a good job." "Nice stuff you have there." "Chicken..." "Very nice stuff indeed." "Where did you get these?" "Where did you get them, Alexander?" "You're all thieves but I never thought Alexander would..." "Go to hell and shut up!" "Mirja doesn't like this." "She's a good girl, she doesn't like thieves." "Buy them!" "Or I'll thow them to the river" "I'll buy them." "So you decided to go with Robert." "You can sleep in the barn." "Robert should go." "They've been looking for him here." "Alexander" "I'm scared." "They're going to get caught." "Everybody... father and Robert." "They won't tell me anything." "Hold me tight!" "Wake up!" "That's it then." "That's it." "Handcuffs." "Was it really worth it?" "World disappears but prison remains." "Where's Samuel?" "He was seen with you last night." "That's the young Frog!" "Where are you going?" "Is this Alexander Frog?" "That's him!" "I should've guessed." "What now?" "I haven't got all day." "Hands o ff!" "I can walk!" "Every generation o f you Frogs keeps us bus y." "Well, it's good to have work." "We got the others already." "We'll get your father too." "Wrong sty le, boy." "You got it from your father and your uncles." "Bigger men than you talk here." "Answer my questions!" "Is it clear?" "Ever heard about this?" "This can make hard men sing." "It's your turn to talk." "Where were you last night?" "Want me to make him talk?" "Go ahead." "No, lock him up." "If you talk now you can go home and get a suspended sentence." "We'll make you talk." "Here you're no roy alty!" "Lock him up." "The old wing" "1943 POLITIC AL PRISONERS." "FORWARD COMRADES!" "LEVI FROG" " THREE YEARS." "FROM KAKOLA B ACK TO KAKOLA" "Open the bloody door!" " Do you have lice?" " Do you?" "There are all kinds o f people here." "What have you done?" "Nothing much." "You must have done something." "They accuse me o f robbery and murder." "Robbery and murder." "But they can't prove it and I won't confess." "How old are you?" "Is this your first time?" "My brother sits for murder, that's why they came a fter me." "When mother died I ran away from the institution." "They caught me in a bar." "For heaven's sake." "It doesn't look too good." "Who was murdered?" "An old woman, a shop-keeper." "My glove was found ther but that doesn't prove anything." "Did it happen at night?" "Yes, but I was sleeping in a barn." "Alone?" "Nobody can say I wasn't there." "Why did you do it?" "Is your brother your hero?" "I think I know how you feel." "Not a good feeling, I can imagine." "But I would've done it during the day." "Brilliant men must have committed many unsolved murders" "I would never be caught" "I would commit a perfect crime" "I have one planned..." "Nobody could suspect me." "Why are you here then?" "I haven't done anything" "I borrowed money from the bank where I work" "I've never stolen a penny" "I borrowed 50000 to do some deals" "I could've paid it back next month." "You don't understand..." "It's a game you play with money and papers..." "Oh God, nobody'll understand." "Wake up, Hedman!" "Take your things" "I hope you'll make it." "It could be a lifer but " "I don't think they'll give it to somebody as young as you." "My dearest." "I w aited but y ou never returned." "You don't know how I felt." "I w ent to y our home but didn't go in as every body stared." "I knew that something terrible had happened." "I ran home to c ry." "But I got tired of c ry ing - and then I heard w here y ou w ere." "You haven't done anything!" "You're not to blame if the others do." "Remember w hat I told y ou that night?" "." "I could die for y ou and I could kill y ou." "I love y ou so muc h." "They'll read this but I don't c are." "So muc h has happened since y ou left." "Your grandfather died." "I heard about it at the store." "I know y ou liked eac h other." "We must see him to his grave." "Pike w as arrested y esterday." "I don't w ant to tell y ou everything." "But one thing I must tell y ou." "I w ent to see y our mother." "She w as drunk." "She s aid that she doesn't w ant to hear - anything about y ou or the other Fro gs." "I asked her to see y ou but she s aid " "I could kee p all Fro gs just like she's done." "Then she s aid something that I c annot ever tell y ou." "There w as a man w ith her." "I c an't believe she's y our mother." "The police haven't found y our father y et." "I'm so confused." "I don't know w hat to w rite." "But I know I love y ou so muc h." "C ome bac k soon." "Yours alw ay s" " Mirja." "C old and hunger have never made me c ry." "Freedom brou ght happiness to my life." "Leap up, Frog." "Are they letting you go?" "Be quiet!" "I talk if I want to" "I was lucky, they'll send me back home to Kakola." "Let me know when the wedding-bells start to ring" "I'll take a holiday and steal something for a wedding present." "Well, now it's time to talk." "Because o f Levi Frog, the society loses hundreds o f thousands." "But he won't have a penny - when he gets out again." "He doesn't know how to live outside prison walls." "Ever thought about that?" "I've told him I don't want to see him again - and he used to agree." "Now he grins and say s:" ""Depends on luck"." "He knows he's coming back and he lets it happen." "You cops don't know anything!" "You drag people here and kick their eyes out!" "You go a fter those who escape with cats and dogs - beat them half to death or shoot them down!" "You're devils!" "Come on, hit me!" "Has anybody hit you here?" "What about your truncheon?" "It's eas y for you to talk." "Why do you keep me here?" "I wanted to talk about it ages ago." "Where were you on Saturday night?" "With the old Frogs." "Did you meet Toivo Armas Lehtonen?" "I don't know anybody called that." "You were seen try ing to sell a stolen jacket" "I don't know anything about him or the jacket." "That was a big lie, Alexander the Great Frog." "Dirty blazer..." "Chequered shirt..." "Two front teeth missing." "Don't you know him?" "I know a man like that but he's not my friend." "And the jacket just fell from the sky?" "Who are you protecting?" "Your father?" "Bring that man in." "Why are you shaking?" "Are you a fraid?" "Put me soon in prison so I can get some medicine." "My heart..." "Have you got a bad heart?" "It's ruined my life" "I know how you feel." "I have the same problem." "Let's get this done first." "Did he squeal on me?" "Get him out o f here!" "He's stay ing right here - talk!" "Did you steal the jacket alone?" "I stole it alone" "I've been drunk ever since spring." "Why did you say that w e need money quick?" "Did Alexander Frog have anything to do with the jacket?" "No, but Frogs can all go to prison!" "They're all full o f shit." "Take him away" "I have nothing to do with him." "No, it seems you have nothing to do with the jacket - or the crimes o f the other Frogs." "Take your things and go" "I have to solve a burglary." "But you know nothing about a hat shop, or do you?" "Do you want to sleep with me?" " When?" " Tonight." "Right now" "I'll sleep like a log." "No, you won't." "Don't think I want anything." "You want my body but I'm not yours." "You are mine." "Don't be sure..." "I've never seen you be fore." "A boy took me once in a barn but it wasn't you." "He's wonderful and with him I'm in heaven." "He was shy but I seduced him" "I love him but I've never even dreamed about you" "I give him everything and I take everything from him" "I won't ever love another" "I have his mark on me and nobody can carry two marks." "Father!" "Where am I?" "This is Pike's place." "You just came here." "Who the hell are you?" "I'm Alexander, don't you know me?" "Alexander..." "I got you from those devils a fter all." "Get up, father!" "I can't do it Alexander." "My stomach is gone." "Bring something!" "We must take you to hospital." "They'll kill me!" "Just... let me lie here." "Let's go home." "Mother will forgive us and we can try again" "I've been a bad father" "I'll do one more job and stop" "I'll go to hospital and they will fix my stomach" "I'll paint pictures and whistle at those bastards." "You'll die..." "I won't die, I don't want to go to hospital." "Alexander..." "Shall we go a fter him?" "Let him go." "He'll surely get caught." "It's better for him." "On June 27 th Levi Frog, Birger Andersson and Benjamin Frog - broke into a State Railway's car and stole " "11000 marks worth o f household machinery" "I demand..." "That Levi Frog will be punished for escaping - and five the fts." "Birger Andersson for three the fts - and selling stolen goods - and Benjamin Frog for three the fts, assault - forgery and resisting arrest." "Do you have anything to say in your de fence?" "Your honour." "Members o f the jury." "You accuse me o f some crimes - like the fts, escaping and so on." "Can you really judge other people?" "If you demand that I obey the law and respect the rights - and property o f other people, to feel love and pity and - to value rubbish like culture, civilization and progress." "Then you should also show me how to do it." "Do you know me and my life well enough - to be able to tell me how to live and what is right?" "You make your demands without asking for my opinion." "Somebody might disagree and still want to stay free." "You will sentence me into confinement again." "But you cannot take away one's real freedom!" "You can crush me but your s y stem cannot buy my soul." "You think it's a flawless s y stem." "You pretend there's law and order." "But it isn't so." "There's a stranger beneath the surface." "You can never tame him or learn to know him." "You can train him and brainwash him." "You can send him to factories to swallow dust - or exhaust him at assembly lines or in o ffices." "You can kick him and push him in the gutter." "You can humiliate him as much as you like - with your society, institutions, laws, order and prison." "But you can never take away the freedom from his heart." "You convict me for some petty crimes, trivial things." "Deep down you know the real reason:" "You're a fraid o f me" "I have stepped outside your s y stem." "You're a fraid o f those who disagree - and you convict them." "But you know nothing about man." "You cannot see he's something else, he is..." "The court has made its decision." "Birger Andersson - will be sent to prison - for 1 year 5 months." "Benjamin Frog will be sent to prison - for 3 years 7 months - for the fts, forgery - and resisting arrest." "Levi Frog is convicted for escaping - and the fts - to serve in prison - for 3 years 2 months - altogether for 8 years and 5 months." "How much did Pike get?" "One year and five months." "Cry ing won't help him." "It's the first time and he'll do only half o f it." "Frogs caused all o f this." "This is what alway s happens with those fools." "No, Alexander!" "I won't take any o f that!" "Frogs don't involve others in their a ffairs." "You're all full o f shit." "You won't drive anybody out." "Father said that Alexander can live here." "He leaves be fore I do." "Call the police and you'll see what happens to him." "Where are you going?" "To hell, or the marshes, what do you care?" "Where have you been?" "At grandma Sara's, she gave me money." "Mirja, you should've chosen someone else." "A plumber or a mason but not me." "Be quiet, Alexander." "Let me speak." "For once, think with your brain, not your heart" "I'm just a Frog and all Frogs are alike." "We cause nothing but trouble." "Stop talking." "Don't you love me?" "I love you" "I think you know why I came." "The evidence is clear, Frog." "Confess or not, it doesn't make a difference." "It's best that you don't get involved, Mirja" "I'm not even going to ask where you were last night." "That garage was full o f fingerprints." "And a police car saw you." "Besides... there's one hat store..." "I really hoped that I wouldn't have to come here." "But I knew it all along." "You're all the same." "Idiots, everyone o f you." "Well, at least you didn't make a friend from Robert." "Get dressed." "So you couldn't keep this Frog out o f trouble, Mirja" "I was hoping that you could." "But now he's doomed." "We were both a little credulous." "It alway s ends like this, Frog" "I'm not a fraid o f you." "And that's very wise..." "Why don't you think when it's necessary." "That's just childish." "We'll get you every single time." "Because you're alone - and the society will deal with you." "Like it did with Robert and Levi." "And it will do it time and time again - if you don't smarten up." "Society is one ruthless piece o f machinery."