"The team moves forward a bit." "Keane's over there." "Looks for the other players." "Scholes runs into this space." "Gets the ball, passes to Beckham over here, and it's an all-out attack." "Beckham makes a long pass down the wing and finds Giggs." "Scholes is here, Giggs alongside him, and he comes over to here." "Then, York's over here." "Overhead kick, straight into the net." "All the players moving." "Everything as it should be." "The kind of attack where the whole team is involved in the build-up." "That's very hard to stop." "The Icelandic Film Company Presents" "THE ICELANDIC DREAM" "Sound design by" "Music by" "Edited by" "Production design" "Cinematography" "Produced by" "written and directed by" "It says "Nothing to declare" here." "And I haven't got anything." "Then you can walk on through." "Yes." "I haven't had a cigarette for three hours now and you're saying I can't smoke in the car?" "It's my car." "Aren't you glad to see me?" "Yes, of course I am." "I've just got back and you start nagging at me." "My name's Toti and I have a licence to import the Bulgarian cigarettes Opal." "I just got back from Bulgaria." "That's how I got the agency." "It wasn't exactly why I went there, though." "Opal means quality" "Great place Bulgaria." "I'll always remember how much I enjoyed going there." "One of the best places I know out that way...in the eastern block." "Yes, very beautiful there and the people are very nice." "Yes, great fun." "I'm sure it was." "Can I offer you a cigarette?" "No smoking in here." "Come out the back and we'll have a chat." "Come out here." "Thanks." "So, you're going around trying to sell these." "Yes, sort of going from one place to another." "You've done all the paperwork, haven't you?" "I mean, you have a proper licence to import them and all that?" "well, the paperwork's not finished, but it's all under control." "I don't think I want to get involved." "Not before you got an official licence, I mean." "why not?" "I don't want the customs and excise people coming down here." "Yes, everything is going great." "I've been really busy." "Look, this guy, he's out of the side." "Toti, this is really boring." "You just have to show a minimum of interest." "Then it really begins to grow on you." "How do you think I got interested?" "I started playing the game." "Hello." "I'm here about your Suzuki." "The blue one outside." "Look it's the 4-4-2 formation." "That's based on the fact that there are four good defenders." "The backs can play in defence and attack." "And there's two midfield players in the middle." "Keane, who keeps himself well back." "R-35640" "Yes, that's mine." "Exactly, well you're parked in my space." "Or half my space." "So that I can't get my car in there." "I think you must be mistaken." "No, I'm not." "It's just a matter of moving it a bit so that I can park my car." "You know, right in the middle, the ball goes to Yorkie and he slam the ball straight into the back of the net." "If you want to build a successful soccer team, then it has to be something along these lines." "You can expect a warning from the house association" "Look, I know where I'm allowed to park." "Oh, you do, eh?" "Look, how come my parking space is right at the end of the car park?" "I'm up here, on the seventh floor... while people down on the first floor, they can walk straight out of the building to their cars." "That's not fair, is it?" "Not while I have to walk all the way out to the other end of the lot." "So, if you want to talk about parking rights, then you can go and talk to the bloody house association and stop bugging me, alright?" "what the hell's the matter with you?" "I don't give a damn!" "Yes, I'm the chairman of the house association here." "I decided to take the position as soon as" "I moved in and kept it ever since." "The others here seem to be satisfied with how I do things." "we have regular meetings and we try to solve our problems together." "Toti has proved difficult at times because he doesn't seem at all interested in any kind of cooperation." "Good day." "Is the owner here?" "No, not at the moment." "I see." "Deep down, he's a beautiful person." "He only wants the best for me, and he does all kinds of things for me that most people wouldn't do." "He's done all he can to try to fit in..." "He's tried to get to know all my friends and that kind of thing." "It's crazy." "Those girls are stupid." "They're just kids really." "Anna and that lot." "I know." "Hi there." "Hi." "we need to get moving right away." "Hey, I was thinking..." "Could we give Magga a ride?" "well, actually, we don't have time." "Sorry Magga." "OK, no problem." "Call me tonight?" "Yes, I'll call." "Like I said, I wouldn't worry about them." "No, of course not." "It's not a serious issue." "Look, I was thinking, when we go inside... whether you couldn't say you were twenty?" "why?" "It'll work out better." "Being twenty rather than seventeen is going to work out better?" "Look, the point is I'm almost thirty." "Just say you're twenty five." "They know how old I am." "This is really stupid." "You think it's stupid?" "Yes." "How about nineteen then?" "Hello." "Come in, please." "welcome home." "Your dad's here." "Hi." "what was your name?" "Dagmar." "Sorry?" "Dagmar." "How do you do." "I'm Fjóla." "Grandma will do." "And this here is little Sól." "And this is her mother, Silja." "How do you do." "Hello, I'm Dagmar." "And then there's grandpa, Halldór." "And what is your name?" "Dagmar." "I've brought some chocolate for you Sol." "And something for grandma too." "Come on inside and sit down." "Hi my name is Edda" "Toti's fiancée." "New girlfriend." "well, we're the same age, I think we fit better together." "Come a little closer, dear." "Don't put your feet on the table, though." "would you like a chocolate bun?" "Don't start smoking in here boys." "Go outside." "Don't smoke in here, dear." "No one's going to start smoking." "I just wanted to show him these." "No, there'll be no smoking here." "I'm just showing him what I'm importing." "I had some Greek cigarettes once," "They were awful." "This is cheaper than other brands available here." "Don't put your feet on the chair, dear, it will damage it." "I think we should be leaving." "Are you talking about IKEA?" "IKEA!" "I think we'd better be going." "Nice to see you." "You're always welcome here." "Go round and have a word with Albert." "I'd like to know what he thinks." "You never know, he might be interested." "Albert's always on the lookout for something new." "He might want to venture into this with you." "But remember one thing, it's going to be hard work." "Lots of hard work." "And have a good weekend." "You look after her." "Yes, of course." "He looks pathetic." "what next?" "I just hope something comes out of it." "He's good to his daughter, you have to give him that." "Shit!" "I think we're out of gas." "I'm not going back in there." "I haven't got any money on me." "Have you got any cash?" "No, just small change." "Nothing?" "Just a few coins." "Sol, have you got any money?" "No." "I am not going back in there." "what's the matter?" "I've got a small problem." "I think the car's run out of gas." "I haven't got any cash on me, you see." "There's a gas station just down the road." "Yes, but what I mean is, I haven't got any money." "Credit card?" "I left them at home." "Always the same story with you." "Could you maybe lend me a little cash." "Bigshot importer!" "Looking for a handout right away, eh?" "I'll ask Silja if she can give you a lift home." "Silja!" "Do you think she'd mind?" "It's difficult to put into words, but I don't think you can call me a snob." "I've always had great respect for the general public in this country." "But Toti, well it wouldn't have hurt him to get a little more education." "He should at least have finished school." "what are you talking about?" "Stop it now, Toti." "Toti, she is not going anywhere with you." "But I can't see anything wrong with Tony." "And he certainly did not come between our daughter and Toti." "Toti, look after her." "Do something fun with her?" "OK?" "Sure." "Don't be like that." "He knows she is, Toti." "I just gave up on Toti." "I mean we started going out together when we were just kids." "I thought he was so wonderful because of the way he is." "Not exactly the ideal son-in-law type." "But I was a bit of a rebel at the time." "Are you going to go with you dad tomorrow, Sol?" "I don't know." "what else are you going to do?" "You don't want to stay on your own, do you?" "No." "want to be with me?" "No." "why not?" "Sol will come with me tomorrow." "She can come with me while I try to promote these cigarettes." "You're welcome to stay here." "I'd rather go with Daddy." "Learn about the business world with her dad." "I'm just going to the shop." "You've got to keep an open mind." "I only deal with licensed wholesalers." "And I don't want any cigarettes." "Did you buy any sweets, Dad?" "we'll get some in some other shop." "As far as the future is concerned, then this area is the place." "Even though everyone says it's too far from the centre of town." "That's just nonsense." "The only thing against it, which I chose to ignore, is that research place." "There's some kind of research station there." "They do all that research, and at the same time the government pours billions into agriculture." "And what has all that research come to?" "I mean, these guys are just dissecting animals." "I don't even know what they're looking for." "we've had these sheep here for a thousand years." "when the settlers first came, the place was covered in trees." "It's the fucking sheep that have destroyed the countryside." "And they've stuck a laboratory here in a place that is supposed to be downtown Reykjavik in the near future." "It's stupid!" "we've all agreed that everyone should do his share." "It's your turn, and it would be good if you could deal with it." "I've been thinking about this system." "Can't we just get someone else to do what needs to be done?" "But we decided at a meeting that we were going to do it ourselves." "why don't you come to the next meeting?" "I don't have time to be vacuuming all over the place." "This is just the situation at the moment." "we're doing it ourselves." "And everyone's agreed to take part." "well, I haven't agreed." "You relax." "You get away from ordinary everyday reality." "You can throw yourself into a hobby and forget yourself." "The best way to relax that I know of is to watch soccer." "Hey, that was a foul!" "Ref!" "That was a foul!" "Look at that." "Yes, yes, yes." "No!" "They were fouling our team time and time again." "I just can't watch anymore, ok?" "Are you going crazy just because of some soccer match?" "It's not just any match." "It's Valur against KR!" "You're making a total fool of yourself." "There's nothing wrong with me." "It's you who's trying to make me look stupid in front of my pals." "I can't even watch a soccer game with you." "I really wanted her to enjoy the game." "Yes, I understand." "Do you think we might have a few words in private here?" "would that be alright?" "I'll be right with you." "You can wait in the car." "She's been moaning and nagging all the time." "She's ruined the game for us." "Yes, I know." "That's pretty bad." "I'm sorry." "I'm not blaming you at all." "I'm just pointing something out." "She really shouldn't be here." "She doesn't even know what the game's about." "well, she was complaining that we never do anything together." "And finally when you do, she's not happy." "Anyway, what she said was all nonsense." "I know." "I would like to see Toti with a good woman, married and settled down." "He ought to have the security of a good relationship." "women are not...well, let's just say they can be difficult." "That looks nice." "They're very difficult to please." "Often dissatisfied." "You often don't know what they're talking about and at the same time they talk an awful lot." "Sometimes they object to stuff that no one else objects to." "Delicious." "Absolutely delicious." "I went out with quite a number of women before I met my wife." "And I'm a very happy man today." "I hope that Toti will someday experience true happiness in his own home, with a good woman and a good" "TV set." "Hey, what have you done?" "You've broken the wheel." "I didn't mean to." "No, you didn't mean to, but you pushed so hard that you broke it." "It's only a plastic toy." "That's not the point, Toti." "I mean it's not expensive or anything." "But it has an emotional value for Nanna and me." "what did she say?" "I don't know." "I could never really learn Danish because the way it's written is so different to the way it's pronounced." "That always annoyed me." "Daddy, can I go with her?" "Yes, go with her." "You're really boring." "You're boring yourself." "welcome back." "Hello, did you have fun?" "Yes." "we always have fun." "I'm sure you do." "Thank you." "I'll take her bag." "Bye." "I know how to deal with these guys." "Invite them out for a coffee, that costs about five hundred." "And you can come away having made two to three million." "A little psychology goes a long way, you see." "Like I said, I've been round to the retailers." "The response has been really good, but I need to get that , container out of customs, and I'm having a small problem with money." "Quite a big problem, I'd say." "Like when I took Halldor out for a coffee." "I said, "Look, it's on me."" "More coffee?" "Talk to him and tell him straight out that you've got a guarantor." "Tell him that I'm in this with you." "Yes." "Make that clear right away." "won't work otherwise." "People are not going to back with that kind of money just because they like your face." "But I've got a good front." "It'll all start rolling now." "I can just give you a cigarette for free." "No, thank you." "Don't you smoke?" "Yes, I just don't want one now." "It's about the apartment's bank account." "will you please clear up your debt." "Debt?" "You owe three months on our account." "I've paid that." "No, no." "Yes, yes." "I mean if there's some trouble at your bank..." "My bank?" "You better take a look at your figures." "My accounts are in order." "You owe three months." "That's bullshit." "I haven't got time for this crap." "Then I'll just have to get in my solicitor." "I've lived here for eighteen months and from day one, he's been constantly on my back." "I have to put up with all his crap, and he thinks I'm doing drugs" "just because I like to listen to , The Cult and U2." "Like all that shit he was saying out there." "That guy is most definitely not happily married." "I think his private life is in a real bad state." "I've heard them shouting at each other." "Albert?" "Yes, I'm Albert." "How do you do." "My name's Toti." "Toti, yes." "Take a seat." "Did Halldor have a word with you?" "Yes, we had a nice chat." "Talked about the old days and then this project of yours." "Yes." "Now I'd like to hear about it from you." "Here's the product." "Opal." "Cigarettes." "Yes, that's the product." "I just need some money." "Hey, well thank you." "Great." "No problem." "Thank you very much." "Goodbye." "well, girls." "It's all here." "Yes, finally." "I'm going to catch the game now at six o'clock." "Couldn't you two do something together." "You can get to know Dagmar a bit better." "I don't like Dagmar and Daddy being together." "It's stupid, isn't it." "I mean Dagmar's eighteen or something and Dad's thirty." "And he's always going into these shops, thinking he can sell those cigarettes he carries about with him." "It's all stupid." "Come on in." "Here's the stadium." "Yes, I've started." "Over here." "Over here." "No. no." "Toti, what the fuck is wrong with you?" "I'll just do it on my own." "No, you won't." "Stop guys." "The grass is soaking wet." "10-7." "It's all over." "Are you going to count the goal when he grabbed my shirt?" "I slipped." "Look!" "How am I supposed to keep a , grip in these?" "why are you not wearing soccer boots?" "I haven't got any." "Hello." "Hello." "Nice day." "Beautiful out here." "Best country in the world on a day like this." "Yes." "Living in Iceland isn't , at all bad." "That's what I reckon too." "Reminds me a bit of Norway." "Really?" "Yes, great place." "Norway?" "Is this one of yours?" "I don't think so." "well, I don't smoke." "On your balcony though." "Please keep your stubs on your own balcony." "Don't throw that over here." "I'm throwing it back." "I bet it's yours." "No one smokes at my place." "You can clean up your own stubs." "And you can do the house cleaning when it's your turn, too." "Hey, what's going on here." "I'm outside, enjoying the weather on my balcony and I have to run into someone like you." "Just don't toss your cigarettes on to my balcony." "And you're to do the cleaning this week just like you were supposed to do it a month ago, two months ago and three months ago!" "You think you're some kind of fitness freak and it turns out that you're sneaking out here on the balcony for a cigarette and then trying to blame it on me." "we like it here." "It's a nice neighbourhood." "Young people mainly and lots of potential." "Lots of potential." "who are you calling an idiot?" "You." "You're an idiot." "So, you think I threw some stub over there?" "Yes, because you did." "Hell, the thought of having you as a neighbour." "Fucking torture, that's what I call it." "I can't even be on my own balcony in peace." "why don't you move out?" "why don't I move out?" "I've got a great apartment here!" "why don't you leave if you think it's so hard living here?" "Yes, they're European cigarettes that I'm selling." "You ought to say who you are." "Toti." "My name's Toti." "European cigarettes, yes." "You don't want any cigarettes?" "Tell him they're much cheaper than the other brands." "Alright." "OK." "Bye." "You have to do something to get him interested." "I'm totally pissed off with all this." "Toti, hi." "Hi, Joe." "Just call me Norwegian Joe." "Yes, sure." "Did Dagmar have a word with you?" "You remember the promotion?" "Yes. yes." "Of course." "what was it you wanted to promote?" "Cigarettes." "Yes, ok." "This place..." "I think you're pretty lucky having them here." "I'm trying to find the light." "working yet?" "No." "what about now?" "No." "Right, you got it." "Light on?" "Yes." "Ok." "This promotion you're thinking about..." "Have you got any ideas yourself?" "Ideas?" "That's what I wanted to talk to you about." "Can you get your girlfriends here later on today." "Yes." "Hey, ok, then let's get started." "I'll go with him." "How do you think it's come out?" "You'll have to try a different colour." "It's difficult to see that." "Yes, that's because we started to design the carton first." "Yes, we thought it would be better like this." "Shut up Magga." "Look, shut up." "This isn't working." "It's not your problem if he doesn't know what he's doing." "Then he shouldn't be involved." "He's just rude to us." "He shouldn't talk to you like that." "He has no right to talk to you like that." "He's an idiot." "Ok, maybe I got a little over-excited." "Is she working for you?" "Are you in charge of , hiring and firing here?" "what?" "No, I'm just trying to see to this promotion thing, Mum." "They're doing this for you, aren't they?" "Yes, yes." "It's you who supposed to be selling the ads?" "Right?" "Yes, we have to decide things, don't we?" "Let him call me." "See if he calls." "Mum, why are you getting so upset?" "Because I won't have any son of mine behaving like that." "wait a minute, Toti." "Mum!" "Mum!" "what's the matter with you?" "Nothing." "You're not going to start crying out here...on the balcony?" "No." "what's the matter, then?" "This promotion thing." "I tried to do the beer promotion at the hotel and no one came." "No one came?" "Not a single person?" "Yes, of course some people turned up." "It just didn't work out like I thought it would." "No fun being in charge of the show?" "Come on, none of this really matters." "And everything's going wrong between me and Magga." "It's just not working out." "I can't accept these." "what do you mean?" "well, you have to deal directly with the owner." "Yes." "Is he here?" "No, he's not here." "Hello." "Hello." "I've come to fetch Sol." "Yes." "How's things going?" "Very well indeed." "Product selling well?" "Yes. well, that is, it will." "Frantically busy all the time." "As you should be." "Sol darling, your dad's here." "Hi." "How are you?" "Just fine." "Of course you are." "Hi." "Come inside dear." "How's things?" "Fine." "You?" "Great." "Really?" "Yes, everything's in full swing." "where's Tony?" "He went up to see the glacier." "Typical." "I can't imagine it's much fun being up on a glacier in a tent." "what do you think?" "Mum, Tony's a homo." "She's heard you say that, hasn't she?" "Me?" "Sol, that's not a nice way to talk." "Dad says that Tony's a homo." "what is the matter with you!" "The lads were saying he seemed a bit gay." "The lads?" "I didn't say anything." "That is so typical." "I was thinking." "I have this product here that I'm trying to promote." "A product that I think you'll like." "Really, what is it?" "They're Opal cigarettes." "These here." "what is this?" "Bulgarian tobacco." "From Bulgaria, you see." "New on the market?" "well, new here." "But not new abroad." "No." "They've been on the market for a long time." "And they're really popular in eastern Europe." "And you're selling them?" "Yes, I've got the agency for them." "And I'm going around seeing what interest there might be." "How do you feel about selling these?" "I can see that you only sell American cigarettes here." "Yes, that's what we always sold here." "would you like to try one?" "No, I don't smoke myself." "No , thank you." "You sure?" "Hey, don't smoke in here." "It's not allowed." "Come out the back into my office." "I've always been unsure about this movie." "I heard he plays some loser in it." "Yes, he's a loser, but it's a great film." "Strange to have him play that kind of role because he's not the loser type." "No, he's always played the hero..." "No, but this is a new side to him." "Actors want to do something new..." "I mean, they want to change..." "Yes, so what do you say." "want to take a carton?" "You'll be the first." "Really?" "would I be the only person selling them, then?" "Yes, to start with for a couple of days." "Ok, then I'll take the one carton." "I think I'll take one of these videos." "Of course, please do." "I'll try this then." "I think these weekends with me are very good for Sol." "I mean, it's a chance to get away from all that stress at home." "There's always lots of people at her mum's house." "And things are relaxed at my apartment." "we're just hanging out quietly." "No fuss, no stress." "we play a bit on the computer and do things that are constructive." "It's the computer age now." "Naturally, she needs to know about them and it's me who's trying to prepare her for the future, give her an education that she can't get from her mother." "I think that's a very important issue." "You're not trying hard enough." "Now watch Daddy." "You learned how to read very quickly." "Now, watch this." "I'm up on the wing now." "Straight in the back of the net!" "Did you see that?" "wait a minute!" "Are they saying that was offside?" "Just a minute, this referee isn't even... what the fuck does he mean?" "why don't we just stop then?" "Ok, let's do something else." "I can't be bothered with this." "Let's stop this nonsense." "well?" "what shall we do?" "I don't know." "Go to the pictures?" "How about trying out the manager game?" "Then we can select our own teams and we don't need to press any buttons." "we can select teams and buy whoever we like." "One of the things I'd like to do if I become rich is to do something for my soccer team, Valur." "I expected a big crowd." "Lots of people said they would come." "Yes, and where are they?" "I don't know." "No photographers." "Not a single one." "They were supposed to turn up." "I mean, I've done this kind of promotion before." "I bought little gifts for everyone and all that." "I really like you." "Open it." "Can I open it?" "Yes." "Is it a Norwegian flag?" "well, you're not Norwegian Joe for nothing." "It's alright." "That promotion thing cost me so much time and trouble." "Calls himself a promotion manager!" "It's usually the thing with those people..." "They seem to have everything under control and be on top, but..." "Are you going to answer that?" "Toti?" "Yes." "Hey, what's the phone number at Magga's and Joe's?" "Don't worry about that." "No, there's a whole different situation now." "Yes." "I have a pack of Opal cigarettes here." "If you read what it says on the pack, then it's as plain as daylight." "These cigarettes contain Guarana." "Those don't sell at all, do they?" "Very little." "Rocky was great." "The first Rocky movie I mean..." "I can't remember what the other one was called..." "He was in some mountains with a knife, something like that... and he certainly wasn't welcome when he turned up in town." "Brilliant movie." "It was called something else than just Rambo." "He was called something..." "John Rambo or something." "That was the start of all this Rambo thing." "There were only five movies altogether." "Hello." "Hello." "How's it going?" "I've started selling quite a few." "I told you." "Yes, almost as popular as Winston." "Really?" "I'm not joking." "Yes, it began to sell when people realised about the Guarana." "well, that was part of my marketing strategy." "Icelanders go for that kind of thing." "Products that have some health value." "Guarana, Herbalife and all that." "Yes, going very well." "I've brought you another box." "Just in time." "I expect you'll make a fortune on this." "I see you've also got a top product here." "Yes, you forgot to bring the video back." "The video, yes." "Yes." "well, I haven't finished watching it." "But you've had it for quite a long time." "It's a popular video." "Big demand." "Really." "I must finish it." "It's just I've been so busy." "Yes, but please bring it back soon." "Yes, I will." "I'll bring it as soon as I can." "Ok." "I'll take this, then, and we'll be seeing each other." "Ok." "Bye." "Bye." "I like the look of this one best." "Big gear box." "High and low drive." "Perhaps if you could take a better look at this." "I want a special licence plate with my name on it." "Toti." "Toti?" "I'll see if we already have one." "I'm afraid it's been taken." "Toti's been taken?" "Yes, someone already got that licence plate." "How about Opal?" "Opal?" "That's taken too." "Just a little something." "what are you talking about?" "It's only a computer." "The time has come for Sol to start learning how to use one." "And she can keep this one at home." "Go out and play for a while." "I can set it up for her." "what's this supposed to mean?" "what are you talking about?" "what were you thinking of?" "what was I thinking of?" "You come in here with a computer that cost a fortune... driving a brand new jeep and dressed like I don't know what... wait a minute." "who the hell do you think you are?" "Some kind of business magnate?" "No, I'm just giving my kid a computer." "How about spending some time with her instead?" "what kind of crap is this?" "You listen to me." "what's happening to you?" "what are you turning into?" "Did Halldor lend you some money?" "No, he didn't lend me any money." "How did you pay for all this?" "Everything's in full swing now." "Full swing?" "what have you got in full swing." "This is unbearable, absolutely unbearable." "why did you start going on about this present?" "You're living with some Yank who's bringing up my daughter..." "Just calm down." "Calm down." "Do you know..." "Seriously...seriously, I can't do anything here without...." "Maybe you could do something that doesn't involve spending money?" "Mummy." "we always do things together and even though I turn with a small..." "And I brought something for you too." "Just a small something..." "Don't you want it?" "I got it for you." "what's the point in crying." "Don't be silly." "It's not just a question of the money." "I thought you understood that." "No, but this thing involves , making money." ""Viti". what's that in English?" "Penalty." "MH." "One of the local schools." "what's the matter with you?" "what's the matter with me?" "Toti." "I can't be bothered with this." "wait." "Don't go." "Aren't we together now, here?" "In here?" "Yes." "Sol, Sol." "Right, you're stopping this." "It's stupid." "I'm taking my child with me." "where's your locker?" "I don't think it's fair for her to be subjected to this kind of concentration camp atmosphere." "Is it always locked?" "No, just while we're in the main hall." "Hey, caretaker!" "It's way too physical." "I mean it can build up muscles in the wrong places." "Don't be so stupid, Toti." "You want Sol to be built like a weight-lifter?" "Is that what you're saying?" "Sure, she'll get muscles by being in the gym for forty minutes a week..." "kicking a ball around or skipping." "She'll probably end up built like a ogre..." "like me." "what I'm telling you is that women shouldn't be playing ball games." "Your grandpa's new swimming trunks..." "You're talking nonsense Toti." "That's what I think." "Hello." "Hello." "How's things?" "Not so good." "I brought the video." "Yes, good." "Have you seen this?" "CIGARETTE BRAND TAKEN OFF MARKET." "No, first I've heard about it." "You know what, I think there must be some kind of mistake." "I think you better do something about this." "I've paid for the cigarettes and you owe money." "And for the video too." "You owe several weeks fine on it." "There's something wrong with the video." "There is?" "The picture jumps all over the place." "Jumps about, does it?" "Yes, the film." "I'll take a look." "I'll reduce the fine a bit then." "But I'd find out about this other thing, if I were you." "You're in serious trouble." "Trust me, I'll fix it." "I hope so." "The Ministry of Health authorities have decided to place a ban on the Opal brand of cigarettes and is going to recommend that the ban on the product be effective as of today." "Opal has been marketed as the "energy" brand by its importers." "we asked Dr. Hrafnkel Helgason about his views on the matter." "These Opel cigarettes are of course..." "Opel?" "extremely dangerous and I see no reason for the ban not to take place." "I'm afraid I have to inform you that you are being summonsed to appear in court on Friday, 12th August." "and that the products you have imported under the brand name Opal are herewith to be taken and held..." "Do you have a warrant?" "Yes." "Here." "Yes." "All the products that I was going to sell?" "Yes." "Yes, but I'm not selling these you see." "They are for private consumption." "You can't get away with that, my lad." "Yes, I can." "No you can't." "It's what I kept for myself." "He's a fool." "I was lying on the beach once and my phone started to ring..." "It was him and..." "I'll get this jeep back." "You're making a mistake." "Yes, that's your business." "You'll have to talk to them" "He also owes money to the apartment account." "You drive the vehicle back to the car dealers." "Bye." "Look, you're not interested in this relationship." "You said you needed to change things and all that..." "That's what you always say no and then you say yes and then you don't actually do anything." "You just say it to keep me from nagging." "Do you know which of these videos are mine?" "I'll probably pop in at the weekend to get my things." "I'm trying to run a business, an import business." "I wanted to do the same thing as the big stores did when they started." "They lowered their product prices." "Then the cut price stores did the same thing." "I thought that by importing this brand that I might be able to bring down the price of all brands of cigarettes." "Ah, Toti." "Come in." "Thanks." "I see you're settling in." "Yes, just getting the computer set up." "well, we like people to settle in as soon as possible." "Yes, what's the problem?" "Trouble?" "No, just a bit of bad luck." "Of course." "well, I'd like to point out that we all try to make things as comfortable as possible for the inmates..." "and that we're always ready to lend an ear..." "You can always come to me, Toti, if there's anything..." "Yes, don't be shy about using the facilities that are available." "we like to make the inmates feel as much at home as possible." "There's an easy atmosphere here and many the men become good friends." "They keep in touch long after they leave and become reformed." "what do you think of Helgi Kolvidsson?" "Helgi?" "He's the best." "Best player in the national side, I'd say." "Yes, he's their key player." "He's the heart and soul of the team." "Look at this." "Two lovers meet at Hotel Holt." "Got himself a girlfriend." ""Helga Kolvidsson and Dagmar Olafsdottir..."" ""Straight for the heart."" ""He scored the winning goal for the national team the other day and Dagmar fell for his personality right away."" "Eighteen years old, best player in the country." "Love on the soccer field." "Hey, where you going?" "Toti, let's not have our shoes on the bed." "There's a visitor for you." "My shoes?" "No, I was just..." "I mean, there's a cover on the bed." "You've got a visitor." "The lads are here, are they?" "No, actually, it's a woman." "Really?" "I can't understand what you're talking about." "I've thought the matter through entirely and I've decided that it's just not working out." "It's not fair to the child." "what's not fair to the child?" "This nonsense you're involved in." "we've decided, Tony and me, that we're going to the USA with Sol." "Now, keep calm." "I'm totally calm." "I mean, he can't just... we've discussed this before." "we have our rules here and we can't have people shouting at the top of their voices." "You're not the only people here." "Yes, I know, but he's..." "I'm talking to her if you don't mind." "You could move into the other room." "Don't start hassling me now." "Toti, try to calm down." "You are not going anywhere with Sol." "Stop pointing your finger at me." "You can't come and see me here where I can't leave..." "Stop it, I can't stand you pointing at me like that." "You can't, eh?" "I'm her father and you are not taking her out of the country." "Stop it." "No!" "No!" "I've been arrested for..." "drinking and driving so often..." "Drive when you're drunk, do you?" "Drunk?" "well I wasn't exactly drunk." "I'd just had a little drink..." "Yes, that's driving under the influence, isn't it?" "well, it depends on how you look at it." "How much does it take to be drunk?" "That's a good question." "what about you?" "I shouldn't be here." "It's all a mistake." "Yes, same here." "It's typical for Toti, to make up some dream thing in his mind that doesn't really exist." "His father left his mother when he was just a little kid." "He was an American, you see and Toti has never been able to stand" "Americans and America since that time." "And it's not just because they don't know how to play soccer." "They just don't know how to play." "Hello." "Quite a surprise seeing you here." "Yes, I thought I'd drop in." "Geir and me were just finishing watching the game." "Yes, well, I haven't come to see the game." "why not?" "I just don't want to watch it, that's all." "I just wanted to see you... and the lads..." "Do you want to come in and have a coffee?" "You haven't heard from her?" "Silja?" "No, the other one." "Dagmar." "Don't think about her." "You're lucky to be rid of that slut." "It was like she was trying to break us, come between us." "You shouldn't let that get you down." "Nothing lost there." "It'll be fine." "wasn't your mother seriously ill just recently?" "Yes, she was very ill indeed." "The situation looks a bit better now." "Happened to a friend of mine." "Lost his mother." "He took her to a crowded mall and then he lost her." "Can you start tomorrow morning?" "Are you offering him a job?" "If he can turn up at seven o'clock sharp, then there's a job for him." "You should get yourself a good woman, Toti." "That's what you've always needed." "Not one of these sluts you've been dating." "You were with that one the other week and then that whore." "It's stupid going from one woman to another like that." "All I'm saying is that the edge here was already done." "Yes." "I did it myself earlier on." "Yes, but I finished this one." "It's one thing to be eager and quite another to work according to plan." "That's what it's all about." "Yes, but I saw that it needed finishing off up here..." "Come on, let's finish it off." "The only thing I'm asking you to do," "Toti, is to follow the plan." "Look, I'll show you." "I'll jot it down in a note pad." "Just take a short lunch break today, then you can finish this part." "Ok, Geir, no problem." "That was the only solution..." "suicide... which a lot of people have tried." "No way." "Yes, look there's no question that you're in a bad way." "You have this job that Geir has gone out of his way to give you." "Nothing else." "I'm a good painter." "Think about it." "You're thirty and you've messed up your life." "You're never going to get another woman." "No one would want you." "You can't get any credit at the bank now." "Your reputation is worthless." "Your ID number is worthless." "Your life's worthless." "Maybe that's not the worst thing, though." "Money's not that important." "Money is important, though." "Yes, but what I mean is that the important thing of course is that you've lost your self-respect." "Your reputation is gone." "People don't think of you as that energetic, eager lad you once were." "These days they just see you as pathetic." "Everyone thinks you're pathetic." "Do you think I'm pathetic?" "No, not me maybe, I don't think you're pathetic." "I've just heard a lot of other people say that." "That I'm pathetic?" "Yes." "And then there's your daughter." "You won't be seeing her again." "It's like I've always said, Toti, when you're in this much trouble... when you have to deal with so much shit, it's best not to think , about it." "Don't start thinking things over , too deeply, going over it in your head." "That's just foolish." "Yes, but I have been thinking about it." "Hello Toti." "Hello." "I was told I might find you here." "So this is where you spend your coffee break?" "Only when we're in this part of town." "That must eat up money." "No, I only put in a few pennies" "Pays out well if you know what you're doing." "well, it all adds up." "Doesn't matter if you've got plenty to spend though." "I have to have a word with you." "I went to see Albert." "Did you?" "Yes." "Isn't everything fine there?" "Yes, look I've come with the papers." "I laid out for you." "we're talking about almost two million here." "So, I've got this now." "Yes." "Hey, when are going coming back to work?" "I'm on my way." "I just need to talk to Halldor for a minute." "who's this?" "Hello, I'm Valli, Toti's friend." "Yes, I've heard about you." "I want to thank you for supporting him through these bad times." "That's nothing." "I mean when people get into this kind of shit." "He's lost everything, messed up for good this time." "Please." "Hey, see you at Geir's place." "Fine." "He'll be along in a minute." "Fjola and I have discussed this and I'm going to make you an offer that you'll find very hard to turn down." "Yes?" "Yes, you can move into Silja's room and you can eat at our place and sleep there in Silja's room." "It's been standing empty since she went to the States." "And when you pay me off with your earnings, and when you've settled this business and paid up your debts," "you'll be a free man." "How's the apartment building getting along?" "Pretty well." "Don't you get the hospital next?" "No, someone made a lower offer." "Geir should have come back with an even lower offer but that would... why do you have to mess about with everything?" "why didn't you take it on right away?" "well, we didn't want to do the job for nothing." "I think they're doing very well Halldor, if you want my opinion." "And where is Sol while she's at work and all that?" "I'm sure she'll have a nanny take care of that." "But it's a good thing for her to have a job." "I felt she was getting a bit lonely staying at home." "why don't you take Toti with you?" "No, I think it's better we go." "I think we'll be quicker, Valli." "Yes, but Toti needs to learn how to do this." "Don't start arguing with me about it." "Yes, but he needs to learn..." "I also think it would be better for him to go because he's taller than me.." "Yes, but he's less experienced." "It's very high up." "You know how to work the lift, Valli..." "Yes, but doesn't Toti need to learn..." "Toti, you need to know how to operate the lift because there will be a lot of this kind of work to do." "Yes, but there'll be plenty of time for that." "I think it'll be better to have you along, Valli." "Yes, ok." "Go along with him." "You go up there." "Should I go up?" "Sure, it's no problem." "Isn't that high enough?" "Thorhallur, you haven't got vertigo have you?" "No." "No, I have not got vertigo." "Just look straight down." "It'll go away soon enough." "Jesus!" "Toti." "we were going to work till eight o'clock and now we're stopping at four?" "I need the money." "That's what this business is , like." "You said it was no problem and then you just pay me when you feel like it." "what's that?" "Is that the place?" "No, it's all dead in there." "Looks like a brothel to me." "Are they bottom of the league now?" "People I've spoken to who know Halim Al say he's a good guy." "Really?" "Yes, a really good guy." "Have you heard from the girls?" "No, they never phone." "what about sending postcards?" "No, she lives there with Tony." "I can hardly send them a postcard." "I think he's been an absolute hero." "He's doing things I never thought he'd ever do." "Ok, maybe he's made a few mistakes." "Yes, let's say he has, but he's doing all he can to make up for them." "Hi." "How are you?" "Fine thanks." "welcome home." "Thanks." "I thought you'd left for good." "what happened?" "I think this is for the best." "It didn't work out entirely." "what?" "You mean between you and" "Tony?" "Yes." "So, what was..." "I don't know, sometimes things work out and sometimes they don't." "what about Sol?" "She's upstairs, asleep." "She alright?" "She's fine." "She didn't have a bad time of it out there?" "No, not at all." "Best be getting off to bed." "Yes, I think so." "I don't know what I was thinking." "I meant when Toti got into all that trouble, it was as though I had to get away from it all." "The big birthday's coming up." "Birthday of the century." "Yes, really huge." "we've got a big garden here." "Yes, we should have a real garden party." "Yes, how about that?" "we can buy some helium balloons and blow them up." "Isn't that dangerous?" "No, I've done it loads of times." "Yes, Toti can see to all the arrangements and I end up laying out for the whole thing!" "well, I could help out, too." "No, don't worry about it." "when the weather's good in Iceland there's no finer place to be." "It's always individual effort that pays off as against the social services." "we can't put all our money into the social services." "what a beautiful day!" "It's all worked out so well." "She's the type you better watch out for." "I'm sorry." "I'm standing here right behind you." "I can hear every word you're saying what the hell does it matter to me whether you can hear or not?" "I don't give a shit." "what are you getting so upset about?" "I'm not getting upset about anything." "No, sure." "I know what your type is like." "I'm getting on with my own life perfectly well without you." "I have a wonderful life with my wife." "Yes, who was she again?" "That's got nothing to do with you." "She's not a whore." "what does a flight like that cost for the whole family?" "we got a good deal." "Got the whole thing for no more than eighty thousand." "we don't have to pay for the kids." "Hello, my name's Thorhallur." "Gunnar." "One of your kids at the party?" "Yes, Sigrun." "They're great pals, Sol and Sigrun." "You know that, Toti." "Hey, so you're Toti?" "That's right." "Sol's dad." "Right, now I want a birthday photo." "Everyone line up beside the hedge." "Sol with her grandma and the grown-ups behind them." "Come on lads." "So I find it very hard to look at people of our age... who have somehow played their best hand too early." "Like right now I'm a rep for a wholesale company that imports products that are bound to become incredibly popular..." "And now I want to take one of Sol and Silja and Toti... where is Toti?" "Naturally, no one starts at the top." "I wasn't making four thousand a month when I started..." "Not even two thousand a month...." "Toti, aren't you going to come and be in the photo with us?" "Yes, of course." "Come on." "Hurry up." "Yes." "Come on, then." "we're having a meeting on Thursday." "Give me a call." "Four thousand a month?" "Sure, it doesn't take long." "Birthday photo?" "That's right, Toti." "Now give Silja a kiss." "Ok, so we're in the second division now... but it's a proper company now with shareholders..." "And the Minister of Finance, is on the board of directors." "In fact, he's the chairman." "when I come down here to the stadium, I feel as if everything's getting better all the time." "And, of course, that's what really matters." "You don't always get a goal, but that's what life's like..." "THE END" "subtitles:" "Martin Regal"