Original subtitles

(wood creaking)

(crows cawing)

(wind whooshing)

(birds chirping)

(owl hooting)

(ethereal music playing)

(footsteps approaching)

(ethereal music builds)

Narrator: (in Norwegian)

(uplifting music playing)

Narrator:

(pensive music playing)

Narrator:

(tense music playing)

(excited chatter)

(upbeat rock music playing over speaker)

- (indistinct chatter) - (crowd cheering)

(tattoo gun buzzing)

(pensive music playing)

Hege: (in English) I think how it is

to be a young woman is chaos.

There is no other word that fits.

Of course it's chaos.

You're figuring out your life.

- (traffic rumbling) - (pensive music continues)

Bad bitches, to the left.

(upbeat music playing over cellphone)

(indistinct chatter)

Hege: I overthink everything.

Like, I think a lot of what people think about me.

And... and you get tired of it.

The two last years, I have a lot on my mind.

My dad was killed. (sniffles)

(somber music playing)

Not many people know it. Not... I don't talk about it.

(grunts softly)

It was like a smack in your face.

You just see him walking out the door

and never coming back. It's so sad to think about.

I have, like, a memory of me and my dad driving

and seeing a car with dogs

like he was going to train, like sled-dogging,

and it just stuck.

And, like, just one day, somebody told me

about Folkehøgskole, and you can do it there.

So, yes.

I can feel it... very much. It's like a push behind you.

Yes. So, maybe it's him telling me that I need to go.

(chuckles) Who knows? Who knows?

(birds chirping)

Hege's Mom: (in Norwegian)

(groans)

- (chuckles) - (Hege groans, exhales)

(Hege grunts softly)

Hege:

Mm.

Hege:

(dogs howling, barking over cellphone)

- (mystical music playing) - (dogs barking, howling)

- (wind whooshing) - (huffs)

(dogs panting)

- (tense music playing) - (seagulls cawing)

- (mystical folk music playing) - (birds chirping)

(indistinct chatter)

(chuckles)

(birds chirping)

(bees buzzing)

(indistinct chatter)

- (screams) - (students scream)

(students chuckle nervously)

(mystical music builds)

Ketil: (in English) We are so glad to see you here,

all of you students.

Welcome to Pasvik Folkehøgskole and to this Folkehøgskole year.

We are a small school, but we have had students

from all over the world.

It's a lot more than a gap year.

We want our students to develop themselves,

try to find a new version of yourself.

Welcome.

Photographer: Perfect. That's it.

(music concludes)

(cellphone buzzing)

(in Norwegian)

(muffled chatter over phone)

Hmm.

(in English) My dad asked me to not be so annoying

to, like, everybody.

But... (scoffs) Not start quarreling.

Mostly that. (sniffs)

I think, like, I'm nice, but then again,

I'm kind of annoying. (chuckles)

Yeah, I think that's how people would describe me.

Yeah, I know they do.

They tell me all the time. (chuckles)

So, I don't have a lot of friends.

I find the thought of, like, finding friends

and keeping friends especially hard.

I am afraid for being lonely another year.

Being an outsider.

- (brooding music playing) - (indistinct chatter)

(students laughing)

- (cutlery clinking) - (indistinct chatter)

(indistinct chatter)

(music concludes)

(crickets chirping)

(cellphone ringing)

(tense music playing)

- (cellphone chimes) - (indistinct chatter)

Iselin: Okay, good morning!

I'm always a little bit nervous

when it's my first word of the day.

Today I'm going to talk about the brain.

We live now in a modern world.

Things are going quite fast, but we still have the same brain

as we had 10,000 years ago.

So, what happens when our 10,000-year-old brain

meets this, the modern world?

The life and environment we have now

is quite confusing for our brain.

The screens everywhere,

the phones around you all the time,

and we feel alone.

(pensive music playing)

Iselin: When you think about how people were living

10,000 years ago,

they were out hunting, gathering, sleeping outside.

So, this year we really hope

that we can wake up your Stone Age brain.

(mystical folk music playing)

- (music concludes) - (birds chirping)

- I heard the birds just now. - Student 1: Yeah?

(bird chittering)

(whispers) I can hear it.

(whispers) I don't know which bird it is.

Romain: (whispers) Me either.

(dogs whining, barking)

Thor-Atle: (in Norwegian)

- (imitates dog whining) - (students chuckling)

(exclaims)

Iselin: (in English) Okay, so, you will very soon

be responsible for taking care of the dogs in our dog yard.

(pants)

Iselin: In this dog yard, you will see that we have

a lot of different personalities.

Some are a bit shy.

Some are old and calm.

Some are young and very energetic.

And we want you to pay attention to that

while we're walking around.

- So, this is Odin, Unka. - (dogs barking)

Iselin: They are Siberian Huskies.

We got them from Russia, five, six years ago,

and they have the most beautiful voices.

- (imitates dog howling) - (dogs howling)

- (Iselin imitates dog howling) - (howls, barks)

- (Iselin imitates dog howling) - (howls, barks)

- (Iselin imitates dog howling) - (howls, barks)

(students chuckling)

- (whimpers, barks) - Iselin: His name is Billy.

And you can see he is very energetic.

So, he's not afraid of people.

He's also very eager to pull.

- (pants) - Iselin: And he is quite smart.

He's just not so good at showing it.

(Billy whines, yelps)

Iselin: Okay, we'll move on to Dia.

It's short for Diamant. "Diamond." She's a bit shy.

Probably, you will need to go up here

two or three or four days before she feels safe.

Dia, Dia, Dia.

Okay, Dia.

Thor-Atle: Dia, Dia, Dia.

If you sit on the small step there...

- Yeah? - Thor-Atle: Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Try. And try... Just sit there a little bit.

Yeah. Try to call her name.

- (pants, howls) - Thor-Atle: Dia.

- Dia. - (pants)

- (barks, pants) - Thor-Atle: Very good, Romain.

- (dogs barking) - (gentle music playing)

Thor-Atle: (in Norwegian)

- (indistinct chatter) - (equipment clanging)

Iselin: (in English) Just take it all the way out.

And then you have this knot that you make

with holding it like this, and then turning once,

and twice, and then putting it in.

And then you remember how to take in the rope?

(sighs)

- Mm? - Not really.

Wait, is it normal to do it with one hand?

- Iselin: Yeah. - Okay, well...

(exhales)

(brooding music playing)

Romain: I'm not really a confident person, and...

I struggle with it.

The first thing I will think is always going to be

negative and scared.

I don't know what to do about it.

I dropped out of high school.

I just couldn't do it.

Each year gradually got harder for me

'cause I just couldn't focus,

and I felt like it was not something I really wanted.

I was like, "Why is it not working?"

"Why can I not do this?" "What's happening?"

And so I was like, "Maybe it's because I need

some different type of life path."

I've never done anything like this before.

I didn't have a lot of time to think about it.

And so, yeah.

So far, I don't really regret it.

- (ethereal music playing) - (birds chirping)

Romain: I hope to overcome

social anxiety, stuff like that.

- (waves crashing) - (seagulls squawking)

(indistinct chatter)

Kai's Mom: (over phone) Hi, baby!

Kai: (in Spanish)

(in French)

(chuckles)

- (uplifting music playing) - (students tap rhythmically)

(students cheer)

Leah's Dad: (in German)

Kai's Dad: (in Spanish)

Kai:

Kai's Mom: (over phone)

(chuckles)

Thor-Atle: (in English) Hear, King Neptune!

Students: Hear, King Neptune!

For all the years that has passed...

Students: For all the years that has passed...

...and all the years that is to become...

Students: ...and all the years that is to become...

...we the people from...

Students: ...we the people from...

...Pasvik People High School...

Students: ...Pasvik People High School...

...will baptize ourselves in the Barents Sea!

Students: ...will baptize ourselves in the Barents Sea!

- Swim! (exclaims) - (students cheer)

- (students laughing) - (excited chatter)

(birds chirping)

(dogs howling)

(Hege groaning, whining)

Amelie: (in Norwegian)

Hege:

(indistinct chatter)

(in English) It's bear safe.

(in Norwegian)

(chuckles)

(groans)

- (firewood crackling) - (cellphone ringing)

Kristin: (over phone)

Hege:

Hege:

Hege:

Kristin:

(cellphone chimes)

(mystical folk music playing)

- (thunder cracking) - (raindrops pattering)

(indistinct chatter)

- (Sautso panting) - Hege: Whoa, whoa!

Romain: (in English) Is there just one day

where we don't have to get wet shoes?

- Hege: Sautso. - (whimpers)

Zuzanna: (in Norwegian)

Hege:

(pants)

Hege:

Oh!

(firewood crackling)

Felix:

Hege's Grandpa: (over phone)

Hege:

Hege's Grandpa: (over phone)

Hege's Grandpa:

(sobbing)

Hege's Grandpa:

(groans)

(sobbing)

Hege's Grandpa:

Hege's Grandpa:

(dogs howling, barking)

Bjørn Tore:

(Billy barking)

(dogs barking, whining)

(whines, huffs)

- (grunts) - (Billy whimpers)

Bjørn Tore:

Amelie:

(dogs barking)

(somber music playing)

Bjørn Tore:

Iselin: (in English) It's okay to make mistakes,

but we need to be safe.

You are responsible for another living creature,

an animal, a dog, or several dogs.

We are not here as individuals, we are part of a bigger group.

So, we need to make an environment

where we can trust each other and you will be prepared,

you will be focused, and you will be in the moment.

(dogs whining, barking)

Thor-Atle: (in Norwegian)

- (dog howling, barking) - (upbeat music playing)

(howls)

- (imitates dog howling) - (howls)

- (howls) - (kisses)

(dogs barking)

Hege:

(dog whimpers)

- (music stops) - (wind howling)

(ethereal music playing)

(puppies whimpering)

Narrator:

(mystical music playing)

Narrator:

- (music concludes) - (wind whooshing)

(dogs howling, barking)

Thor-Atle:

Bjørn Tore: (in English) Romain...

you know what I like about Billy?

What you like?

Bjørn Tore: What I like about Billy.

Well, what is there not to like about Billy?

Tell me.

Like, I prefer Billy over Mjød...

- Yeah. - ...because Billy,

he seems more social.

- Yeah... - Mjød is like,

- "Ah, just give me the rubs." - Yeah.

Billy is like, "Hey, come to talk to me."

"Come to talk to me, I like talking." (chuckles)

(dogs barking)

Thor-Atle: In the beginning,

the students think it's all about the dogs.

So, we use the dogs.

We use this beautiful and tough nature.

We use the team.

(barks)

Thor-Atle: But the dogs are just a method.

(pensive music playing)

Thor-Atle: Of course, we have a higher goal.

The higher goal is a human being.

The dogs teach us to be more human,

maybe more patient.

And we might pay attention to others even more.

And I think that

when the students discover this part

of dog mushing,

it becomes so much bigger.

- (inquisitive music playing) - (dogs howling, barking)

(dogs panting)

(dogs barking)

(dogs panting)

(in Norwegian)

- (yelps) - (laughs)

Student 2: (in English) Spoke too soon.

Iselin: Don't brake, don't brake!

(dogs whimpering)

Iselin: And you can just brake a little

around the curve, but not like hard braking,

because then you're going to slam into something.

Student 2: (in Norwegian)

- (yelps) - (Hege groans)

(in English) So, later this winter,

we will drive downhill.

So, we take it step by step, yeah.

(in Norwegian)

- (birds chirping) - (perky music playing)

(indistinct chatter)

(students laughing)

Hege's Friend 1:

Hege's Friend 2:

(group singing in Norwegian)

(laughing)

- (blows air) - (friends cheering)

(power tool buzzing)

(welder sizzles)

(creaking)

(indistinct speech in Norwegian)

Vegard:

Students:

Vegard:

(in English) One, two, three, and four.

It's a half turn. Five, and six. (claps rhythmically) Walk, walk.

(claps rhythmically) Triple step, triple step. Walk.

- (cutlery clinking) - (music fades)

(David sighs)

(in Norwegian)

David:

David:

David:

David:

David:

David:

David:

David:

(chuckles)

(David chuckles softly)

Bjørn Tore's Dad: (over phone)

Bjørn Tore:

Bjørn Tore's Dad:

Bjørn Tore:

Bjørn Tore's Dad:

Bjørn Tore:

Bjørn Tore's Dad:

Bjørn Tore:

Bjørn Tore's Dad:

(chuckles)

(wind whooshing)

Iselin:

Thor-Atle:

Iselin:

Thor-Atle:

Whoo!

Iselin:

Romain:

Iselin:

- (indistinct chatter) - (dogs barking)

Thor-Atle: (in English) Why don't you wear gloves?

Romain: I have gloves. I don't need them now.

Thor-Atle: You don't need them?

Romain: Not yet.

Thor-Atle: You just wait and see.

- Yeah, I have them here. - (Thor-Atle chuckles)

I'll put them on if we're cold, thanks.

(dogs barking, howling)

(gentle flute music playing)

(dogs panting)

Hege: Come here, Sautso.

My favorite dog.

Zuzanna: Adorable.

- Hege: And you're adorable too. - (music concludes)

- (kisses) - (Sautso licking)

(wind howling)

Iselin: So, now you had two ropes, didn't you?

- Two small ropes? - Romain: Yeah.

(firewood crackling)

Iselin: Mm-hmm.

Romain: Nice.

Now, I think it's quite stable.

- Romain: Cool. - Iselin: Uh-huh.

So, now you have to make a nice bed.

And these ones will be really nice

- also to make a bed for Mjød. - Romain: Ah.

Then it will be more comfortable for her as well.

Okay.

- Romain: I'm gonna get to work. - Iselin: Yes, good.

(dramatic folk music playing)

(music fades)

Thor-Atle: (in Norwegian)

Romain:

Thor-Atle:

- Romain: - Thor-Atle:

Romain:

Thor-Atle: (in English) You have to make

your own hot water.

You must melt snow.

Romain: Yeah, I don't have a fire.

I will make fire tomorrow.

(wind howling)

(wind whooshing)

- (firewood crackling) - (owl hooting)

Hege: My fire was shit.

So, I need to work on that today.

Romain: When I got up, everything collapsed

because it started to snow like crazy.

- Everything is covered in snow. - Hege: Mm-hmm.

And I... I'm losing my mind. (chuckles)

Yeah, it's... a little bit difficult.

Thor-Atle: It is a lot of work...

to keep the fire alive, to bring the wood,

to do everything you need to do to collect snow,

make food, there's always something to do.

And it is a lot of work, and you will get sweaty.

There's no way out of that.

(wind howling)

(indistinct chatter)

Romain: Can I boil snow?

Thor-Atle: No, not now.

You need to go to your own camp now. Yeah.

Romain: But I don't have water, how am I gonna do it?

Same way as every other student does it.

Romain: (chuckling) What if I can't make the fire?

(chuckles) Yeah.

With this, you know what attitude instilling...

You know what that is, instilling?

- Iselin: Mindset. - Thor-Atle: Mindset.

- Oh, okay. - Thor-Atle: Yeah.

Yeah, so I have the wrong mindset.

I said a lot of times I can't do this...

- Iselin: Uh-huh. - ...but somehow I still got

- convinced to do this anyway. - Iselin: Yeah.

Thor-Atle: We think you can do it.

- We really think you can do it. - "We think you..." What?

Do you think or do you want me to do it?

Thor-Atle: I want you to do it.

- Yeah? - Thor-Atle: And I think

- you can do it. - Iselin: Yeah.

Okay.

Iselin: If we just say, "Yeah, you can use our fire now,"

then we're actually not helping you.

Thor-Atle: If you fall off the sled in the wintertime...

- Romain: Mm-hmm. - ...and it's 30 below up here,

we know that you can attack a tree...

- Romain: Yeah. Hmm. - ...survive with the fire

until we pick you up.

- Yeah. - Thor-Atle: Yeah.

That's why it's so damn important to do it.

Yeah. Hmm. Hmm.

(Thor-Atle humming)

(wood cracking)

(in Norwegian)

Iselin:

Thor-Atle:

(inquisitive music playing)

(twigs snapping)

(music concludes)

Iselin:

(Thor-Atle imitates dog howling)

(dogs howling in the distance)

- (Iselin laughing) - (Thor-Atle chuckles)

- Iselin: - Thor-Atle:

Hege:

Iselin:

Thor-Atle:

- Thor-Atle: - (gentle music playing)

Thor-Atle:

(wind whooshing)

Thor-Atle: (in English) Look at that fireplace, Romain.

- Romain: Yeah. - Thor-Atle: You did it.

High-five. (chuckles)

- Iselin: Mm-hmm. - Thor-Atle: Yeah.

Iselin: Hmm. You're heading for the second night.

Is she trying to get into your sleeping bag?

- Yeah, a little bit. - Iselin: Yeah. (chuckles)

- She's like a guard dog. - She's really cool.

- Yeah. - Hmm.

Yeah, I think she will stay close during the night.

- Yeah. - Iselin: Hmm.

Romain: Sorry for, like, I don't know, being emotional.

But is it something wrong in being emotional?

Romain: I don't know.

I feel like if I make someone uncomfortable,

it's wrong.

Iselin: I was not uncomfortable.

- Romain: Okay. - Iselin: Mm-hmm.

And I actually think it's a good thing

- to be emotional. - Romain: Yeah.

Iselin: It's much better to actually show your feelings

than hiding them.

Hmm, yeah.

Iselin: So, don't feel sorry for being emotional.

I still think it might have been a step

too far, this whole trip, but...

- that's just my honest opinion. - Iselin: Yeah?

- Yeah. - Iselin: But you're here?

- I'm here. - Iselin: You're warm?

- You're taking care of the dog? - Mm-hmm.

- Iselin: You have eaten? - I have eaten.

Iselin: Enjoying some chocolate now?

- Yeah. - Iselin: Yeah?

Made yourself a nice bed?

- Yeah, I have. - Iselin: Mm-hmm.

Thor-Atle: Yeah, and try to fall in love with your hat

when we go.

- To what? - (Iselin chuckles)

Thor-Atle: Fall in love with your hat.

- I will fall in love. - Thor-Atle: I really mean that.

- Put it on. (chuckles) - Iselin: Uh-huh.

- Enjoy your night, Romain. - Thor-Atle: Yes.

- Iselin: Good night. - Thor-Atle: Bye!

Don't forget your hat now!

(all chuckle)

(gentle music playing)

- (wind whooshing) - (birds chirping)

(Iselin whistles, chuckles)

(uplifting music playing)

(yaps)

(murmurs in Norwegian)

(chuckles)

(dogs howling, barking)

Bjørn Tore:

(Billy whines)

(whines)

(pants)

(music fades)

(firewood crackling)

Bjørn Tore: (in English) Lately, I've been, like, struggling

inside my own bubble.

And in a lot of ways, you feel relatively powerless.

I've always been like that.

I remember in fourth grade, my dad invited me up

to watch TV with him and my mom.

And it's a show showing planets and stuff like that.

And then they start to talk about the sun.

And learning that the sun would... it will die...

terrified me.

Because how...

how could you live without the sun?

I ran out of the living room and sat down on the floor

beside the bathroom and started crying.

That was my reaction

to learning that the sun would die. (chuckles)

And my father then said that...

I would be dead long before the sun.

It really didn't help me.

You know, my father's really bad at trying to comfort me.

So, yeah, that was a...

That was a tough lesson. (chuckles)

That everybody is going to die

and the sun even is going to die.

Although it seems so eternal.

(wind whooshing)

(chirps)

(twig snapping)

(snow sizzling)

(grunts softly)

Hege: Are you just practicing campfire?

- Romain: Yeah. - Hmm.

Romain: Do you think it will-- Hege?

- Hmm? - Romain: Do you think

it will burn?

Hege: We need to get, like, big sticks.

Romain: We need big sticks again.

And I lost my saw.

Hege: Oh, but you can use your axe.

Can I use that to like... (imitates wind whooshing)

- Romain: Sure. - Hege: Mm-hmm.

And give me that as well.

Oh, yeah, that's pretty smart actually.

(wind whooshing)

You literally just mansplained everything to me.

- (chuckles) - Hege: No, I didn't mansplain.

I'm not the mansplainer.

(grunts) You remember Iselin telling us

that we need to take a rope with us?

Because then you can take the higher ones.

- Romain: Yeah. - And then you can just...

- Romain: Yes. - Then you get big sticks.

Yeah. Hey.

Romain: How are you so good at everything?

Hege: No, I'm not.

Did you hear I fall often when we were sledding?

- Romain: I did as well. - Yeah.

Then we were both the same.

Romain: (chuckles) Nah.

So, if I'm good at sledding, you're too.

Romain: Mm-hmm. Wow. (scoffs)

I wish I had that mindset as well.

But that's life.

If everything was going your way...

where do you think you would be in life?

But I feel like nothing is going my way right now.

Same.

But still I'm here and I'm having a great time.

Hmm.

I don't know how to, like, talk.

I always feel like I say the wrong things.

- Or, like, if I talk... - No.

...I'm annoying, and if I don't talk, I'm boring.

And it's just... It's an endless battle, really.

And it's pointless.

Hege: So, fake it till you make it.

Yeah?

Hege: I would never recognize myself...

like, three, four months ago. And now I'm here.

(firewood crackling)

Hege: This is an amazing fire.

You're getting good at this.

Aw, thank you. (chuckles)

(indistinct chatter)

(students laughing)

Sanna: (in Norwegian)

(students giggling)

Hmm. (snorts)

(chuckles)

Amelie:

Sanna:

(students giggling)

(sprayer hissing)

- (excited chatter) - (upbeat music playing)

(students screaming, laughing)

(crowd cheering, applauding)

(barks, whines)

(dogs panting)

(dog barking)

- (students cheering, laughing) - (indistinct chatter)

(music concludes)

(in English) It was painful, the sledding,

because you have to brake, and you have to crash,

and you have to stay on a sled whilst braking

- and not crashing... - Yeah, it's like...

...and falling down.

That was like... (imitates explosion)

It's so strange. Yeah, it's... it's tough.

It was fun though.

It feels scary when you lose control.

Yeah, often it does.

I think most people like to have...

- Yeah. - ...at least somewhat control

over what they're doing.

(upbeat drum playing)

- (drumsticks clacking) - (drum beating)

Romain: I'm having a hard time.

Sometimes I do think, like,

"Oh, my God, do I really belong here?"

And "Was this a mistake?"

(mystical music playing)

(crickets chirping)

Romain: I read this quote that said,

"The cure to loneliness is solitude."

That's actually true.

And if you don't engage that much, you don't...

really get disappointed.

(dogs barking in the distance)

(music fades)

(wind howling)

(dogs barking)

(pensive music playing)

Bjørn Tore: (in Norwegian)

(music concludes)

Bjørn Tore:

(ethereal music playing)

Narrator:

(leaves rustling)

Narrator:

(wind whooshing)

Narrator:

(music fades)

(dogs barking)

Hege:

(kisses)

- (kisses) - (whines)

Hege: (in English) He was running, like,

two weeks ago, and now,

he's gotten really sick very fast.

On his back, he gets cancer.

(sighs) I'm sorry, baby.

(in Norwegian)

Iselin:

- (solemn music playing) - (dogs barking)

(Sautso whining softly)

Hege: (in English) He's a very beautiful dog.

(breathes sharply)

He has a good life here, I think.

(sniffles, sobs softly) But yeah.

(sniffles)

It's very sad.

(sniffles, swallows)

I feel always I have the bad luck.

I think he's tired now.

I think he wants to sleep now.

- (music fades) - (dogs barking, howling)

(melancholic flute playing)

Hege: When my father died, he was 48.

He got in, like, an argument with a man.

And the argument was done, and he turned his back,

and then they hit him in the head

three times back here.

So, the second one was... that killed him.

(sobbing) I think he would love being here.

My dad, I... He was kind of like a nature guy

kind of man... (sniffles) ...and it's very nice

just getting to know him again.

Almost, I don't know.

And I'm very bad. I feel so bad all the time

'cause I don't think about him enough.

I... I feel like my dad was a party,

and I think when I'm happy, I think about him.

Life is not sad, life is supposed to be fun.

(music concludes)

- (dogs panting) - (gentle music playing)

Hege: When I stand on the sled...

I feel so light.

I think it activates something in my brain.

(dogs panting)

It's so quiet...

and it's just...

the best sound ever.

- Whoo! (chuckles, exclaims) - (students laughing)

(speaks indistinctly)

I never have my phone anymore.

Why should I be on my phone when I'm here?

Just being with the dogs makes you so happy,

and you don't feel lonely.

(dogs barking, whining)

(motor whirring)

(engines revving)

(melodic horn playing)

(indistinct chatter)

Thor-Atle: (in Norwegian)

Students:

- (mystical music playing) - (birds chirping)

Romain: (in English) I kind of quit.

I wasn't intending on coming back.

It was kind of stressful, like a roller coaster, I guess.

- (mellow guitar playing) - (group singing in Norwegian)

Romain: (in English) I missed Norway.

Back home, I didn't think about all the negative stuff.

I would just think about the things that I like here.

I saw everyone going to their miserable jobs,

and trying to impress people they don't know,

or even care about.

And I was like, "Oh, what am I doing here?"

"I wanna go back."

I'm definitely gonna give this one a chance.

- (dramatic folk music playing) - (breathes deeply, echoes)

(students cheering, screaming)

- (laughs) - Whoo!

(students cheering, screaming)

Student 3: Hurry up, Romain! You can do it!

Student 4: All right, hold on. You got this.

You can do it.

Student 5: Don't touch the water.

Just go for it. You can do this.

Student 4: You can do it, Romain!

Good job, Romain!

(students cheering, applauding)

(cheering continues)

(wind howling)

(suspenseful music playing)

Instructor 2: (in Norwegian)

Bjørn Tore: (in English)

(indistinct chatter)

Bjørn Tore: I think I want to do,

- "My fantastic gloves." Like... - Yeah.

"I've tried these gloves for a week,

- and I've never frozen since." - Yeah.

Like, "I'm happy, I'm satisfied."

Yeah, yeah.

But should that be, like, another person,

or should it be the same person, like a week later,

- when he has the gloves? - Well, like you say,

if I'm doing, like, the promotion...

Mm-hmm.

...then you could be the customer, you know?

So, you're the B-roll, and I'm the A-roll in this case.

Romain: Yeah.

(birds chirping)

Bjørn Tore: Can we do, like, my monologue first though?

Romain: Yeah, sure. Yeah.

Bjørn Tore: Do you struggle

with unbearable, freezing temperatures?

Are you unable to use your phone without exposing your hands?

Luckily, there's a solution.

Thanks to a brilliant mind of outdoor research,

these gloves are now on your hands.

- Do you struggle with un... - Romain: Wait, wait.

- I wasn't ready, sorry. - Bjørn Tore: Oh, okay.

I thought we were just filming. (chuckles)

Romain: These gloves suck.

(both laugh)

Bjørn Tore: That's definitely going to be

on the end. (laughs)

That's so going to be on the end.

Today is the best day.

(uplifting music playing)

Bjørn Tore: My relation with Romain is that

I found him amusing to hang with,

and I could relate to some of his points of view.

So, I found it kind of natural to just hang with him.

Romain: I think Bjørn Tore is really kind.

(indistinct chatter)

Romain: I guess we kind of have, like, the same humor.

He doesn't care what other people

think about him that much.

I think my wish is that I can, like, think like that.

(crowd cheering, applauding)

(puppies whining)

(motors revving)

(reindeer groaning, grunting)

(indistinct chatter)

(bells ringing)

(reindeer grunting)

(reindeer grunting)

(Bjørn Tore whooping, grunting)

(dogs yapping, barking)

Hege: (in Norwegian)

(sniffles)

(dogs whining)

Thor-Atle:

- Hege: - Thor-Atle:

Iselin:

Thor-Atle:

Hilde:

Thor-Atle:

Iselin:

Thor-Atle:

(overlapping chatter)

(indistinct chatter)

Thor-Atle: (in English) Romain, are you up there

in the eagle's tower?

- Romain: Yeah. - Thor-Atle: Yes. (chuckles)

The hill is very steep, I heard from Bjørn Tore.

- Iselin: Yeah, but it's fun. - Romain: Yeah, it is.

Iselin: Yeah, so, it's a little bit...

- it's a fun steep hill. - Romain: Yeah.

And your body is strong enough.

- Yes. - Iselin: Yeah. Okay.

Well, thank you.

Iselin: Then we meet in the dog yard

- at ten o'clock tomorrow. - Yeah.

- (upbeat folk music playing) - (dogs barking)

- (growls) - (whines, pants)

- (nervously) What if I fall? - Then when the dog stops,

yeah, hopefully, they will stop, because it's so heavy,

like this, and then you just quickly.

- (grunts, laughs) - (indistinct chatter)

Student 6: (in Norwegian)

- (dogs howling, barking) - (dramatic music playing)

- Thor-Atle: Romain! - Romain: Thanks.

(tense music playing)

(breathes heavily)

(grunts, in English) Fuck.

- (indistinct chatter) - Good save.

(in Norwegian, laughs)

(dogs panting, barking)

Iselin: (in English) Just hold the break now, Romain.

Romain: But I didn't know that the dogs were gonna stop.

(sighs)

Iselin: (in Norwegian)

(in English) Seriously, there's no danger of falling,

but then you just need to get back up again.

(breathes heavily)

- (in Norwegian) - (uplifting music playing)

(dogs panting)

Romain: (in English) Oh, my God, moose!

Iselin: (in Norwegian)

(in English) Holy shit!

It's a baby, I think. There's a smaller one.

Iselin: Yeah, mother and a calf.

Have you seen it before?

- Romain: First time ever. - First time ever now?

- Yes, that's why I'm so happy. - Iselin: Wow! Wow!

- (cheers) This is fun, yeah. - Iselin: Yeah?

- You're enjoying it? - Yeah.

- (chuckles) - Iselin: Yeah?

I can see that you have your shoulders down much more.

(dogs panting)

♪ ("Clair de Lune" by Flight Facilities playing) ♪

♪ If I would know you ♪

♪ Would you know me? ♪

- (song concludes) - (birds chirping)

Thor-Atle: (in Norwegian)

(students laughing)

Thor-Atle:

(gentle music playing)

(students applauding)

- (crowd applauding) - Ketil:

(crowd laughing, applauding)

Ketil:

- (soft poignant music playing) - Ketil:

- (laughs) Oh! - (crowd applauding)

- Ketil: - (crowd applauding)

Iselin:

(crowd applauding)

- (indistinct chatter) - (soft acoustic music playing)

- (singers singing in Norwegian) - (crowd singing in Norwegian)

(crowd cheering, applauding)

Ketil:

(crowd laughing)

Bjørn Tore:

(laughter)

Romain's Mom: (in Dutch)

Romain's Mom:

Romain's Mom:

(Romain sobs softly)

(coughs)

Romain:

(breathes shakily)

Romain: Yeah.

Yeah.

(grunts softly)

- Romain's Mom: - (Romain sobbing)

(in English) Don't forget what I told you.

Romain: (chuckles) I will remember.

Turn around and do this, if you have the voice.

- Romain: Yeah. I can do it. - Kill it.

- I know you can. - Romain: Yeah.

- And we hear from you, yeah? - Yeah. Yes.

- Iselin: Hmm? - Yeah.

Iselin: (in Norwegian)

(sniffles)

Romain:

(in English)

(in Norwegian)

(indistinct chatter)

Bjørn Tore: (in English) You're welcome anytime.

- Come and visit, really. - Of course, I will. Yeah.

Bjørn Tore: There's so much I want to tell,

and I don't know how to say it.

(dogs barking, whining)

Bjørn Tore: (in Norwegian)

- (indistinct chatter) - (gentle music playing)

(sniffles)

(in English) The old favorite, that one.

Romain: Hmm. Yeah.

Student 7: (in Norwegian)

- (student 8 sobbing) - Student 9:

(whines)

Romain: (in English) Everyone says that

teenage years are supposed to be, like,

the best years of your life.

It's like everyone wants to be teenagers

except teenagers.

Being young is hard.

Sometimes I found being alive hard.

Some things that I experienced here,

I never thought I would, like...

experience so much so that I was like,

"Oh, if I knew this would happen,

I would not go. It will be too scary."

If that makes sense.

And then you're kind of grateful

that it happened.

- (melodic harmonica playing) - (whines softly)

Bjørn Tore: I'm in a bit of a middle stage

where I'm neither a kid nor adult, if you will.

I see my flaws, I see my pros.

I don't think I'm a complete nuisance

to everybody now, which I thought I was before.

Maybe I was before, maybe I'm not now.

I'm learning about myself through other people.

I think that's what this year has been mainly about.

The world has become bigger for me, you know?

It's not that scary. (chuckles softly)

- (uplifting music playing) - (indistinct chatter)

Hege: (laughs, in Norwegian)

(sobs)

(chuckles)

(indistinct chatter over cellphone)

(indistinct chatter)

Hege: (sighs, in English) It's not easy being home.

- (traffic rumbling) - (indistinct chatter)

♪ ("Married Life" from Up playing) ♪

Hege: (in Norwegian)

Hege's Mom:

- Hege: - Hege's Mom:

Hege:

Hege's Mom:

(sobs)

Hege's Mom:

(eerie music playing)

(brooding music playing)

(birds chirping)

Hege: (in English) Life is chaos.

I cannot change the past,

but I feel that I can do something with my life.

I need a challenge.

(quacks)

(dogs barking, whining)

(howls)

(dogs panting)

Hege: I think it's weird to get older.

(pants)

Hege: And I think you should chase

the better version of yourself all the time.

(gentle music playing)

Hege: That's life. You do big changes.

♪ ("Coffee" by Sylvan Esso playing) ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Feel the turn of rotation And stop ♪

♪ See the next one waiting ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Sentiment's the same But the pair of feet change ♪

♪ I know my words will dry Upon the skin ♪

♪ Just like a name I remember hearing ♪

♪ Wild winters, warm coffee ♪

♪ Mom's gone, do you love me? ♪

♪ Blazing summer, cold coffee ♪

♪ Baby's gone, do you love me? ♪

♪ Wrap me in your arms I can't feel it, but ♪

♪ Rock me in your arms I can't feel it, but ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Feel the turn of rotation And stop ♪

♪ See the next one waiting ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Sentiment's the same But the pair of feet change ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Feel the turn of rotation And stop ♪

♪ See the next one waiting ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Sentiment's the same But the pair of feet change ♪

♪ My baby does the hanky-panky ♪

♪ My baby does ♪

♪ My baby does the hanky-panky ♪

♪ My baby does ♪

- ♪ Wrap me in your arms ♪ - ♪ My baby does ♪

♪ The hanky-panky ♪

- ♪ I can't feel it, but ♪ - ♪ My baby does ♪

- ♪ Rock me in your arms ♪ - ♪ My baby does ♪

♪ The hanky-panky ♪

- ♪ I can't feel it, but ♪ - ♪ My baby does ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Feel the turn of rotation And stop ♪

♪ See the next one waiting ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Sentiment's the same But the pair of feet change ♪

♪ Get up, get down ♪

♪ And you move it All around now ♪

♪ Get up See the next one waiting ♪

♪ Get up, get down Get up, get down ♪

♪ Get up ♪

♪ Sentiment's the same But the pair of feet change ♪

- (song concludes) - (dogs barking, howling)