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Luxembourg, 1838

During the Dutch occupation. famine, war and disease

claimed the lives of a quarter of Luxembourg's population.

Most of the people left. But some stayed.

In the north of the country, in a high castle. ruled the Graff family.

The people loyal to the Graffs did not starve. and were safe,

but their survival depended upon on what they were willing to sacrifice.

Thieves! Thieves!

- Where? - We're being stolen from!

- Where are they? - They ran off along the river.

Where are you running to?

- We've got to tell Graff! - Helen, come back!

Father!

Why did you ring the bell?

There are thieves! Four, they're not far away!

- Go back to your mother! - We have to tell him!

Thieves! They stole the food for the feast.

Call the brothers!

Thieves! Pierre, Luc, Daddy's calling!

Did they see you?

I caught the thieves. Out of my way!

Break it up!

We just want a loaf of bread, that's all.

We don't eat pie before we've eaten dinner.

Everything comes to us through hard work.

Get the family together...

My daughters need help.

Thieves must be punished.

Are your girls ripe?

Give us one of the daughters.

I don't get it.

You give me one daughter, and I'll pardon you.

Helen!

Bring the bread!

Pick for him!

Take your pick!

Or they all die.

She's staying with us.

She's my youngest, I want a whole loaf for her.

Get out of here!

What's your name?

What's, uh. your name?

Marie.

How old are you?

12.

Are you bleeding already?

One day, I'm going to be as strong as my father.

Quiet! We'll never catch him.

I'll be stronger than my father.

- Impossible, you're just-- - Who?

- A girl. - So what?

I'll be stronger than you!

Yes? Prove it!

Come on, get him!

Jean. help Myers!

- Help him with the bees. - Yes, Father.

I'm better than him.

Baby, know your place.

Only male fireflies fly.

Females don't have wings.

Let's go.

What are you trying to do, burn it all down?

Get out!

Push!

We've got to get strong!

From these grains. we make bread.

You can't live without bread.

Every grain lost is a lost piece of bread.

Everyone is doing their job...

so that we can all to live with dignity.

Your job is not to push the mill wheel.

And to bear strong my sons to my Jean.

Everybody get your rations.

Go to your father.

Open the gate.

You're the head of the farm now.

Next year. I'm going hunting, too.

I'm with you.

I want to see what's beyond the mountains.

You're not allowed.

What am I supposed to do while you're gone?

You have a new sister.

She doesn't talk all the time.

But it's beautiful.

Lust is a mortal sin.

Soon you'll stop hiding behind that mask.

You might not recognize me.

I'll always recognize you.

Today, for all of us. the end of Lent.

None of you are going to go to go home without eating

and not getting drunk enough!

We dedicate this Easter to Helen and Marie.

and celebrate properly.

We survived together a hard winter together.

Once again. dodged the scythe of death.

Together...

we will be the blacksmiths of our own happiness.

Eat until your stomach hurts.

Myers. let's go!

The Gospel of Luke says,

that every year his father and mother

were traveling to Jerusalem for the Passover feast.

And when he was 12 years old, they came to Jerusalem again for a feast.

And when the feast was over, and they were on their way home,

they didn't know that there was a baby Jesus in Jerusalem.

But they believed that he was out there somewhere.

Epistle to the Galatians 5:16 ...

do according to the spirit, and you will not fulfill

the lusts of the flesh.

For the flesh desires contrary to the spirit,

and the spirit against the flesh:

they're against each other,

so you're not doing what you want to do.

Do you get it?

Helen?

Stay.

I don't want to.

Those are the rules. everyone has a duty.

I'm not even I'm not supposed to be here.

I brought you fresh bread.

- I want to get out of here! - You can't.

We're not done yet.

You're stronger than me.

I really want to get out of here.

What about Marie? We can't leave her here.

She's with her father. Let's go!

What have you done?

What did you do?

Helen?

It's not your fault.

It was the first time your grandmother, too. she saw herself in that mirror.

And I, years ago. no one can take that away from us.

We're going back now!

No!

We'll leave.

What about you, boy?

What will the whole village say?

Your brothers?

And sisters?

We're all looking for happiness.

But there is no happiness in death.

- We're not staying here! - Death awaits us here!

You have decided to give our village into the hands of death?

We choose our destiny.

So be it.

My son stays here!

No!

No!

You'll never run away again!

Kramer. punish him!

Jean. Noooo!

All you own only your flesh.

And the rest of it isn't!

Let's go...

No! Mom! No!

Daddy!

My father warned you.

that death awaits you here.

RIGHT TO RIGHT.

15 years later

After centuries of occupation. Luxembourg is finally free.

To overcome the chaos, villagers and townspeople

must unite.

In the north of the country. they're building a railroad.

Before that, it had been decades for decades.

Fire!

Fire!

Fire won't stop us.

We should reach Clairvaux by the end of next week.

What's the damage?

We bend our backs to pave the way,

but we fear for our lives.

Are you sure you saw someone on horseback?

We're not welcome here.

It's just...

fairy tales.

Across the river, in the darkness, faces carved in wood,

praise their patriarch...

Just...

a children's song.

To scare the kids,

so they don't go into the woods alone.

Fairy tale or not, but paths must be made.

We can't afford another attack.

Give him the wine.

One all to me.

You only got one chance, man.

You're going to die death, Kramer.

His wagon.

There's a body here.

Bring the torch.

It's Kramer!

There's blood everywhere.

Pierre, he's dead, his throat's been cut.

Footprints! There were some men on horses!

What do we tell the others?

The truth. Kramer was attacked.

Whose horse is that?

Oh, my God!

One survived.

The harlot is a deep abyss,

and the adulteress is a narrow well.

O cleanse your hands, sinners,

mend your hearts, two-hearted.

And you're not as easy as you look.

Are you sick?

No fever.

You're not afraid of me, are you?

Get dressed and come with me.

What's your name?

Una.

You're not from around here.

I was born in the main city.

Everyone goes home sooner or later. come home.

Why are you painted like that?

Because of the long travels.

You lived among savages.

The settlers traded me for cattle.

The locals taught me their and told me their customs and legends.

They gave me my freedom.

Where's your family?

Death struck them down with his scythe.

But you do believe in God, don't you?

I believe in what nature shows me.

Heresy and blasphemy!

Who attacked you?

Men in uniform.

Who attacked you?

Answer thoughtfully!

Men in uniform.

Lies...

Why didn't they slit your throat?

They didn't need me.

What are you doing in that wagon?

Your man promised that he would he'd take me to the camp and feed me.

What did you promise him in return?

That he wouldn't die alone.

Are you barren?

Or can you still carry a baby?

All right. (chuckles)

All right. (chuckles)

Wait here.

Come with me.

You don't have to be afraid of me.

I don't want to tempt the devil.

I can't get sick.

Why aren't you resting?

Graffs know no rest.

One must do one's duty.

Are you sisters?

We're related, but we're not blood related.

There's something wrong with your neck.

Says a lot about me.

My name is Una.

Sidonie. I'm Sidonie.

What about you?

Marie.

I don't trust them.

They are Luxembourgers like us.

Maybe they, uh. attacked us.

We'll find out soon enough.

There was a fire on the railroad.

We need laborers.

We'll pay you for your labor.

Do you need us?

We need everyone.

The country won't build itself.

We've always been free.

And we'll be free.

Every Luxembourger has a debt.

We don't live by your laws.

Now, uh. get out!

The railroad is going to change everything.

Do your kids get sick?

So it's not a legend.

Why are they hiding their faces?

Not a legend, then.

That's enough!

One of our own was attacked last night,

slit his throat.

Probably a few men,

I don't think he could have could have handled Kramer.

Tom saw the arsonist.

He was driving

on horseback.

Related...

on this one.

He's still very green.

Probably still pissing his pants.

Take it easy!

My gun is loaded.

Mine, too.

We don't want to...

we don't want

unnecessary shootings.

Climb back into the fortress from which you crawled.

We wouldn't lift a finger to help you.

Stay away from our land.

And water, too.

Water is shared by all.

My children...

time to wake up.

Honey wine...

Honey wine...

oh blessed honey wine.

Who's there?

Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Who's here?

Calling the child, Jesus set

him in the middle of them and said.

Show yourself!

Who are you?

And if someone causes a fall

even one of these little ones who believe in me.

Come out...

it would have been better for him a pole around his neck.

and drowned him in the depths of the sea.

Myers?!

Myers?!

- Myers?! - Jean!

Myers!

Myers!

Jean!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

Myers!

What are you doing here?

Myers is missing.

I looked everywhere. in his cell in the chapel,

where he keeps honey and bees.

But there's no trace of it.

What did your father say?

Let him rest.

Ring the fire bell.

I don't think my father would want that.

Fire bell.

Make the call. now!

What's wrong?

Myers is missing...

- Where's Graff? - But we'll find him!

Who attacked Kramer?

- Bandits. - The same ones that attacked Myers?

Listen to me!

Kramer was murdered.

He gave his life to protect us.

From who?

From outsiders.

Hungry strangers.

Inside the fortress. you are safe.

How's Myers?

Myers was an old man, he was self-defeating.

When I got drunk, he'd forget himself.

Together...

we are strong.

together we are free.

and together we are

the blacksmiths of their own happiness!

You're gonna take over for Myers until he sobers up.

Nosebleed again?

How's the baby?

I can still feel him.

Wash your face, no one should see you like this.

What are you doing here?

I don't need any help.

Follow me.

I'll show you something.

Where are we going?

Help!

Marie. Marie! You have to help me!

Get help!

Who are you?

Don't listen to her. her mouth spews nothing but lies.

Tell me who you are.

- Helen. - Don't believe her!

Helen?

Hurry up, Marie! Dig me up!

Have you forgotten what they did to us?

Don't look at her!

They saved my life!

Dig, Marie! Hurry up!

The Graffs have humiliated us!

You chose me! Not the Graffs!

Hurry up!

Marie... Hurry up!

What if you have a girl?

Faster.

- Will she suffer the same agonizing fate? - Hurry!

And her daughter?

And her daughter's daughter?

Dig, Marie.

Why did you stop?

Dig!

Why aren't you digging?

You're a dumb broad,

damned harlot!

You're both harlots!

Your child

you won't have to hide your face.

Dig me up!

You won't have to deal dealing with the Graffs.

You can't kill them all.

I'll kill you. one by one.

Not even Jean?

I can't go back lose the baby again.

There's a Graff growing inside of me too!

Endless pain...

no matter what I do!

The Lord is with you,

blessed art thou in wives,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Blessed Mary, mother of the Lord,

pray for us sinners now.

and in the hour of our doom.

- Amen. - A boy?

We'll have to wait.

What's she doing here?

Go lock her up!

Come on!

A boy.

You did it.

A boy.

Marie, you have a boy.

Can you hear him screaming?

He is strong and beautiful.

He's Graff, Marie!

I want to see him.

Soon the curse will be broken.

Now get some rest.

Get some rest.

- Pierre. - Yes, I'm here.

Pierre, where's our baby? I want to see him.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry...

he wasn't strong enough.

My son...

Give it to me.

Marie?

Marie, come back.

Marie!

- Marie, let's go. - No.

Go home!

The stench of death has no place here.

Give me my baby back.

Marie!

Give it back!

Marie!

Marie, let's go...

Gather your brothers!

We should break bread.

Be with your wife tonight.

Give me the foreign girl.

And you will have a worthy heir.

Her blood is my blood, her blood is my blood,

her blood is my blood, her blood is my blood.

Let me help you.

No, it's my job.

Her kids are mine, too.

She was wiping my blood, I'm wiping hers.

Her blood is my blood.

Let's go.

Stranger, come with me.

Her blood is my blood, her blood is my blood

Where were you last night?

You and Marie?

- In the woods? - Why?

She was scared.

She was in pain, she couldn't breathe.

Why didn't you call for help?

I didn't need any help.

Marie came by to pick you up

in the room?

She came to tell me why the bell is ringing.

Her nose was bleeding.

Odero!

Your horse is not well.

Odero!

Odero!

You okay? I'm sorry.

He needs to be free. He's not used to being locked up.

Don't drive out of the courtyard.

My sunshine.

So it was you?

What?

Before you said that you rang the bells.

If you want to be one of us. you have to act like us.

You call me a "foreigner," lock me up.

You're not my prisoner.

This is where death awaits.

You're

from where?

From the castle?

The water is ours.

You've marked

these trees?

Yes, by the blood of the lamb.

By the blood of an innocent.

What's eating you?

Grief?

What's it to you?

My name is...

Vol.

You can

not to come back,

if

you don't.

My name is Sidonie.

When I think, I remember

My homeland, A distant homeland.

About homeland,

Little girl,

Little boy,

I left them far, far away.

My homeland,

There she is, right there,

I walk alone

To my homeland,

To my homeland.

I'm going home.

I'm going home.

I'm so sad,

My homeland.

When I think, I remember

My homeland, A distant homeland.

To my homeland.

You were in charge of the mill.

It wasn't an accident.

It was you, and only you!

I found this in the ashes.

You miserable cripple....

the soldiers burned it down.

That's enough!

How many days' worth of food is left?

Flour for about twenty days.

While we fix the mill,

you'd have to grind the grain by hand.

- I've got it under control. - No, you don't!

Do I really have to to spell it out for you?

Wall the aqueduct.

We need to secure the lock.

No one in or out.

And take out my potty.

It's a cripple's job.

Pierre isn't as forward-thinking as you are.

But he has fewer vices, too.

Your brothers are tough guys,

you could be the same.

But they, uh. lost their children.

All turned out to be weak.

Wash it again.

Come on, wash my feet!

Everyone found their place.

Except for you.

Especially you.

They share their false thoughts:

that our lives are short and sad;

there is no cure for death, and yet no one

has not returned from the afterlife.

We were born by chance

and then we'll be like the never-been.

The breath in our nostrils is smoke,

and the word is a spark in the beating of our heart.

When it fades, the body will turn to dust,

and the spirit will dissipate, like liquid air.

Kremer was not of our kind.

But he has dedicated himself to the service of the Graff family.

He was ours in spirit.

For our life is the passing of the shadow,

and there's no turning back from death:

for there is a seal, and no one returns.

Our names will fade into time,

our work will be forgotten.

Our lives will pass like the trail of a cloud,

and dissipate like a fog, dispersed by the sun's rays

and weighed down by his warmth.

Let us oppress the poor righteous man,

we will not spare the widow and

let us not be ashamed of our many years of gray hair!

Let our strength be the law of truth,

for powerlessness proves futile.

You need to marry to marry someone.

To connect your life with with the life of a child.

You'll be Jean's wife.

Everyone has to do their job.

We're resting today.

And tomorrow we'll start chopping down and building the wall.

We will push death beyond our walls

and we'll never let her back in.

The living will always find a way.

I planted a flower for every dead child.

The last one hasn't bloomed yet.

No mother should ever should know such sorrow.

And no father deserves that.

When I was a girl, I wanted to be a mother, too.

To bear strong children.

That's what's expected of you.

Our children.

They are the children of the Graffs.

There's no one waiting for you where you came from?

Maybe you love someone?

There was one...

They were going to force you to marry you off?

Like us here.

To survive, you have to be you have to be willing to endure a lot.

Like the last baby died, Luke won't even look at me.

I'm like a ghost.

We'll cook a meal, get some rest.

I've seen enough at the bedroom ceiling.

It's kind of boring at the table today.

Yes, Una?

We grieve.

And shame?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Your mother gave you life.

And in return, I gave you mine.

But she outlived us.

He is our punishment.

Jean was stillborn.

But he was strong, fighting for every breath.

And you're sucking on me like I'm your nursing mother.

You'd starve to death without me!

A cripple and a foreigner could have breathe new life into our home.

You want a foreign woman for yourself.

- I want to... - You want to plow it like a fallow field.

I'm sorry.

You gave me everything, and I haven't paid you back!

I'm sorry!

Father...

He can't breathe.

Breathe, father...

Get out.

Get out!

So I'm your prisoner?

Dad might change his mind.

I'm not your date.

Good night.

I want to confess.

Follow me.

When was the last time you confessed the last time you confessed?

I was stealing...

I cheated...

I was killing...

and I will do it again, until my soul is at rest.

You promised me you'd always recognize me.

Look at me, Jean.

You saved my life.

Kramer?

Kramer?!

He got what he deserved.

And Myers?

Where is he?

They must suffer just as we have suffered.

Not all suffering is the same.

You don't belong here.

What did they do to you?

We weren't allowed to grow up.

The soldiers are stealing our water.

They don't belong here.

Let's deal with them.....

in the here and now.

Soon.

Take the bread.

There's not much here.

You don't believe me.

So you don't believe in my bread either.

We work our asses off.

And they earned that bread.

I've never seen them so angry.

Hey!

Throw him in the dungeon!

Your life belongs to us.

You don't want to be a rotten apple, do you?

When the disease spreads through the body,

you have to take the diseased before the whole thing dies.

Spare her.

She only made one mistake.

Everybody makes mistakes.

She wants to confess.

- Merciful God! - Shut up.

When our Lord flooded the earth,

he tested those who doubted Him.

When He infected our livestock,

he wanted us to fast.

And if someone doesn't want to obey Him,

will be punished!

No, wait!

She's not a disease!

It's not her fault!

It's not my fault!

It's the foreigner!

Quiet, Odero. Quiet.

We'll be leaving soon.

What do you believe in?

That I will take your life.

You can't escape your destiny.

I control my own destiny.

You could be worthy of the Graffs.

I'm not like you.

And I'm just like you!

Orphan.

A difficult childhood

has made us proud.

You've destroyed families, you've killed people ...

And so are you!

Without me, your parents would have starved to death.

Without me, you wouldn't exist.

First I gave, then I took.

You take it thoughtlessly.....

like a child.

Children are genuinely afraid of death.

Dying is easy...

but it's harder to live.

I'm not afraid of death.

Lies...

Not a day goes by that you don't think about death,

about that brief moment that seems like an eternity.

The thought of her is always in moments of joy,

in the sadness, in every gaze.

I could see the fear still in little Helen's eyes,

and that fear will never die.

My lineage will never be cut off.

In my dreams, I kill all the monsters.

Who told you you weren't Graff?

Before you, I made your mother a woman.

We're looking for our soldier.

We haven't seen him, and we don't want to see you!

We got him!

Shut up.

Stop hiding.

We threw him in the dungeon, he deserved his punishment.

What's wrong?

He attacked one of our women.

Give him back to us, we don't want bloodshed.

If your people had respected us, none of this would have happened.

Let him go, or we'll release him.

Never.

If you're willing to risk your lives.

we'll be waiting for you!

Keep up the good work!

We're not coming back alone.

We're not going to let that happen.

Together we are strong, brother.

The wall is built, we are ready for defense.

They are powerless against us.

All right. (chuckles)

Jean had a falling out with the soldiers.

Well, that's the way he wanted it.

Shoot without hesitation.

Don't let anyone in.

If you kill one, the rest will scatter.

Go on.

Seek your destiny.

It's time, Father.

She's stronger than we are.

You...

you're my curse.

I'm the last Graff.

We're always stronger together,

We're always stronger together,

We are daughters of the earth,

We are daughters of the glorious seas,

The sun and the spirits love us,

The moon and stars love it too,

We're always stronger together.

Helen. Helen!

We're under attack!

I told them who you were. to save myself.

Let's go...

I want to atone for sin.

Keep it. for protection.

- What about you? - I'll take care of Graff.

Get down!

Fire!

We need more arrows!

I hit one.

You three, get in there!

I'm hit!

Shoot!

We need more people.

Take care of your father!

Sidonie, get away from her.

Luke, don't.

Sidonie...

Sidonie...

Come here...

You don't have to hide from me.

I'm coming...

Helen. Helen!

Kill one at a time.

They didn't deserve a better fate.

It's the only one.

Helen!

Helen. Helen.

The soldiers are about to break through.

I have to kill Graff!

It's over!

You're late.

You had no right.

It was.

I was supposed to kill him.

You're not done yet.

I want you to do it.

We're free.

Come with me.

Get away from here!

I'm Graff.

A name is nothing, you're not like him.

I have his blood in my veins.

We both look like him.

I've taken lives, too.

Not just yours.

The lives of the innocent.

Graff's heirs...

my brothers.

children...

I killed them.

couldn't let them live...

I deserved to die just like they did.

Una...

listen to this.

Helen...

Free me from the burdens of life.

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