1 00:00:35,286 --> 00:00:39,290 DIGITALLY RESTORED IN 2017 2 00:00:52,929 --> 00:00:58,893 CRIES AND WHISPERS 3 00:08:14,453 --> 00:08:17,832 It is early Monday morning... 4 00:08:20,209 --> 00:08:23,546 and I am in pain. 5 00:08:34,891 --> 00:08:37,852 My sisters... 6 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,359 and Anna... 7 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:51,199 are taking turns staying up. 8 00:09:33,282 --> 00:09:36,786 Good morning. Did anything happen? 9 00:09:37,161 --> 00:09:39,664 No, she was quiet... I think. 10 00:09:39,789 --> 00:09:41,582 I fell asleep. 11 00:10:11,028 --> 00:10:12,947 Anna, see to the fire. 12 00:12:28,749 --> 00:12:30,918 I thank thee, dear Lord, for allowing me 13 00:12:31,043 --> 00:12:33,087 to awaken well and cheerful this morning 14 00:12:33,212 --> 00:12:35,840 after a good sleep under thy protection, 15 00:12:35,965 --> 00:12:38,843 and for the enjoyment of a restful night. 16 00:12:40,219 --> 00:12:43,264 I beseech thee again today and every day 17 00:12:43,431 --> 00:12:47,268 to let thine angels watch over and protect my little girl 18 00:12:47,435 --> 00:12:50,020 whom thou in thy unfathomable wisdom 19 00:12:50,187 --> 00:12:53,357 tookest unto thyself in heaven. 20 00:13:57,671 --> 00:14:00,758 Mother is in my thoughts nearly every day, 21 00:14:01,342 --> 00:14:04,470 though she's been dead for over 20 years. 22 00:14:05,137 --> 00:14:07,139 I remember she would often seek 23 00:14:07,264 --> 00:14:10,392 the peace and solitude of the grounds. 24 00:14:10,976 --> 00:14:14,522 I remember too how I'd follow her at a distance 25 00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:17,942 and spy on her unnoticed, 26 00:14:18,526 --> 00:14:22,404 because I loved her to such a jealous extreme. 27 00:14:23,489 --> 00:14:27,368 I loved her because she was so gentle and beautiful and alive 28 00:14:27,826 --> 00:14:29,828 and so very, very present. 29 00:14:31,205 --> 00:14:34,083 But she could also be coolly dismissive 30 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:36,627 or playfully cruel. 31 00:14:37,586 --> 00:14:40,923 Yet I couldn't help feeling sorry for her, 32 00:14:41,715 --> 00:14:45,636 and now that I'm older, I understand her much better. 33 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:50,266 I wish I could see her again and tell her 34 00:14:50,391 --> 00:14:53,352 that I understand her boredom, her impatience, 35 00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:55,521 her longing, 36 00:14:55,646 --> 00:14:57,773 and her loneliness. 37 00:15:07,408 --> 00:15:10,578 And when the wicked witch at last realized 38 00:15:10,703 --> 00:15:13,414 that little Gretel had tricked her, 39 00:15:13,539 --> 00:15:16,500 her nose began to grow and grow... 40 00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:19,920 For Twelfth Night Mother always gave a party, 41 00:15:20,045 --> 00:15:22,006 and Aunt Olga would come 42 00:15:22,131 --> 00:15:24,758 with her magic lantern and her fairy tales. 43 00:15:24,883 --> 00:15:27,553 I always felt frightened and left out. 44 00:15:27,678 --> 00:15:30,598 When Mother spoke to me in her excitable way, 45 00:15:30,764 --> 00:15:33,142 I could hardly understand what she wanted of me. 46 00:15:33,267 --> 00:15:37,229 Maria and Mother always had so much to whisper about, 47 00:15:37,396 --> 00:15:39,732 but then they were so alike. 48 00:15:39,857 --> 00:15:43,444 I used to wonder jealously what they had to laugh at. 49 00:15:43,944 --> 00:15:46,113 Everyone was in high spirits. 50 00:15:46,238 --> 00:15:49,575 I alone could not join in the merriment. 51 00:15:50,034 --> 00:15:53,078 I remember another time one autumn... 52 00:15:53,537 --> 00:15:55,497 when I hid behind the curtains 53 00:15:55,623 --> 00:15:57,958 and watched her in secret. 54 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:02,463 She sat in her white dress in the red drawing room. 55 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,299 She sat quite still, her head bent over, 56 00:16:05,424 --> 00:16:07,635 her hands resting on the table. 57 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,012 Suddenly she noticed me 58 00:16:10,137 --> 00:16:12,556 and softly called to me. 59 00:16:14,933 --> 00:16:17,061 I approached hesitantly, 60 00:16:17,186 --> 00:16:20,397 thinking she was going to criticize me, as usual. 61 00:16:27,488 --> 00:16:30,949 But instead she gave me a look so full of sorrow 62 00:16:31,075 --> 00:16:33,911 that I nearly burst into tears. 63 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:41,335 I placed my hand on her cheek... 64 00:16:43,504 --> 00:16:46,674 and for that moment we were very close. 65 00:17:13,617 --> 00:17:15,703 There's someone out there. 66 00:17:19,206 --> 00:17:20,708 Anna. 67 00:17:23,210 --> 00:17:25,462 There's someone out there. 68 00:17:33,846 --> 00:17:35,556 Good morning, Agnes. 69 00:17:38,517 --> 00:17:40,394 Good morning, Doctor. 70 00:19:18,909 --> 00:19:22,621 She's very tired. I don't think it will be long now. 71 00:19:23,038 --> 00:19:25,958 I'll find my way out, thank you. 72 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:30,504 David. 73 00:20:41,241 --> 00:20:43,243 It's been so long. 74 00:20:45,662 --> 00:20:47,581 When can we meet again? 75 00:21:36,964 --> 00:21:38,298 No. 76 00:22:23,010 --> 00:22:26,013 Maria and her husband, Joakim, 77 00:22:26,263 --> 00:22:28,932 had stayed at the manor some years earlier, 78 00:22:29,057 --> 00:22:32,561 when Agnes had gone to Italy for her health. 79 00:22:33,437 --> 00:22:37,024 One evening, Anna's little daughter was taken quite ill, 80 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:41,028 and Maria sent for the family doctor from a nearby town. 81 00:22:41,236 --> 00:22:43,071 Say "ah." 82 00:22:44,031 --> 00:22:45,532 Once more. 83 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:49,828 That hurt a bit, I know. 84 00:22:50,037 --> 00:22:52,497 Good girl. That wasn't too bad, eh? 85 00:22:52,622 --> 00:22:54,499 Into bed with you now. 86 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,918 Get a little sleep. 87 00:23:04,634 --> 00:23:07,888 - Thank you. - You must be hungry, Doctor. 88 00:23:08,096 --> 00:23:11,058 There's supper in the other room, if you'd like. 89 00:23:11,224 --> 00:23:13,268 That would be very nice. 90 00:23:14,227 --> 00:23:15,729 Thank you. 91 00:23:37,334 --> 00:23:40,295 Agnes and Karin are still in Italy. 92 00:23:40,629 --> 00:23:42,923 I got a letter last week. 93 00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:45,383 Agnes is much better. 94 00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:47,594 Her cough is gone. 95 00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:50,472 She's taken up painting again. 96 00:23:52,099 --> 00:23:55,185 Karin's husband joined them at Easter. 97 00:23:55,477 --> 00:23:58,897 The weather's been good, almost like summer... 98 00:23:59,523 --> 00:24:01,358 though the nights are chilly. 99 00:24:01,483 --> 00:24:03,443 And how's your husband? 100 00:24:03,610 --> 00:24:05,987 Joakim had some business in town. 101 00:24:06,113 --> 00:24:08,365 He'll be back tomorrow. 102 00:24:09,032 --> 00:24:13,078 I mentioned you'd be coming to look in on Anna's little girl. 103 00:24:13,787 --> 00:24:16,623 He sends his best. - Thank you. 104 00:24:21,503 --> 00:24:24,214 I made up the guest room for you. 105 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:26,424 The weather's so awful. 106 00:24:26,550 --> 00:24:29,636 You shouldn't be going home in this weather. 107 00:24:33,056 --> 00:24:35,725 You've changed. - Really? 108 00:24:37,018 --> 00:24:38,979 Is there someone else? 109 00:24:39,729 --> 00:24:41,606 There's always someone else... 110 00:24:42,023 --> 00:24:45,485 though I never thought the matter would interest you. 111 00:24:45,944 --> 00:24:47,654 It doesn't. 112 00:25:07,007 --> 00:25:09,551 You wear spectacles now? 113 00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:22,480 Am I bothering you? - Not at all. 114 00:25:43,585 --> 00:25:46,087 Why are you so reserved? 115 00:25:48,965 --> 00:25:51,718 Couldn't we forget about the past? 116 00:25:57,682 --> 00:25:59,559 Come here, Marie. 117 00:26:00,769 --> 00:26:02,270 Come. 118 00:26:05,941 --> 00:26:07,901 Look in the mirror. 119 00:26:08,902 --> 00:26:10,403 You're beautiful. 120 00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:13,949 Perhaps even more than when we were together. 121 00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:16,743 But you've changed, 122 00:26:17,035 --> 00:26:19,579 and I want you to see how. 123 00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:24,251 Now your eyes cast quick, calculating side glances. 124 00:26:25,043 --> 00:26:28,046 You used to look ahead straightforwardly, openly... 125 00:26:28,672 --> 00:26:30,632 without disguise. 126 00:26:31,383 --> 00:26:34,970 Your mouth has a slightly hungry, dissatisfied expression. 127 00:26:35,470 --> 00:26:37,722 It used to be so soft. 128 00:26:39,432 --> 00:26:42,269 Your complexion is pale now. 129 00:26:42,811 --> 00:26:44,729 You wear makeup. 130 00:26:46,147 --> 00:26:48,775 Your fine, wide brow 131 00:26:48,942 --> 00:26:51,653 has four lines above each eye now. 132 00:26:51,945 --> 00:26:54,364 You can't see them in this light, 133 00:26:54,489 --> 00:26:57,367 but you can in the bright light of day. 134 00:26:57,492 --> 00:26:59,536 You know what caused those lines? 135 00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:01,037 No. 136 00:27:01,288 --> 00:27:03,206 Indifference. 137 00:27:05,166 --> 00:27:07,419 And this fine contour 138 00:27:07,752 --> 00:27:10,088 from your ear to your chin 139 00:27:10,672 --> 00:27:12,924 is no longer so finely drawn... 140 00:27:14,009 --> 00:27:17,595 the result of too much comfort and laziness. 141 00:27:19,097 --> 00:27:21,808 And there, by the bridge of your nose. 142 00:27:22,976 --> 00:27:25,645 Why do you sneer so often? 143 00:27:26,313 --> 00:27:27,897 You see that? 144 00:27:28,023 --> 00:27:29,983 You sneer too often. 145 00:27:30,275 --> 00:27:32,068 You see it? 146 00:27:32,652 --> 00:27:34,487 And look under your eyes. 147 00:27:34,988 --> 00:27:37,782 The sharp, scarcely noticeable wrinkles 148 00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:41,161 from your boredom and impatience. 149 00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:44,831 Can you really see all that there? 150 00:27:44,956 --> 00:27:47,459 No, but I feel it when you kiss me. 151 00:27:47,584 --> 00:27:49,502 I think you're joking with me. 152 00:27:49,711 --> 00:27:51,713 I know where you see it. 153 00:27:51,838 --> 00:27:53,506 Where? 154 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,342 In yourself. 155 00:27:55,592 --> 00:27:58,678 Because you and I are so alike. 156 00:27:59,012 --> 00:28:00,805 You mean... 157 00:28:01,389 --> 00:28:03,183 in our selfishness... 158 00:28:03,433 --> 00:28:05,018 coldness... 159 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,062 and indifference? 160 00:28:13,735 --> 00:28:17,280 Your arguments have always bored me. 161 00:28:18,865 --> 00:28:22,744 Are there no extenuating circumstances for such as you and I? 162 00:28:23,161 --> 00:28:27,123 I have no need of pardon. 163 00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:31,878 Good morning, sir. 164 00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:34,547 Good morning. 165 00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:50,063 Thank you. 166 00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:58,655 Good morning, Joakim. Welcome home. 167 00:28:59,823 --> 00:29:01,408 Good morning, Maria. 168 00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:03,910 Anna's little girl is quite ill. 169 00:29:04,077 --> 00:29:06,162 The doctor was here last night. 170 00:29:06,287 --> 00:29:08,039 He sends his regards 171 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:11,835 and hopes you can get together again for chess soon. 172 00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:15,046 I asked him to stay overnight 173 00:29:15,171 --> 00:29:17,215 because the weather was so bad. 174 00:29:17,340 --> 00:29:20,885 He left early this morning before anyone was up. 175 00:29:23,138 --> 00:29:27,100 Did you enjoy yourself in town, or were you terribly busy? 176 00:29:30,645 --> 00:29:33,273 We received an invitation from the Egermans. 177 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,276 They'd like us to stay with them at Easter. 178 00:29:36,401 --> 00:29:38,736 I think it would be very nice. 179 00:29:38,945 --> 00:29:42,574 For a change of pace. What do you think? 180 00:29:47,454 --> 00:29:48,913 We'll see. 181 00:30:16,983 --> 00:30:18,735 Run along and play. 182 00:31:01,194 --> 00:31:02,820 Joakim. 183 00:31:18,836 --> 00:31:20,421 Help me. 184 00:31:29,889 --> 00:31:31,558 Please help me. 185 00:31:53,246 --> 00:31:54,706 No. 186 00:32:58,686 --> 00:33:00,188 Anna. 187 00:33:07,862 --> 00:33:09,530 You hear that? 188 00:33:11,324 --> 00:33:13,493 I hear only the wind 189 00:33:13,701 --> 00:33:15,828 and the ticking of the clocks. 190 00:33:16,746 --> 00:33:19,832 No... it's something else. 191 00:33:20,166 --> 00:33:22,335 I don't hear anything else. 192 00:33:26,673 --> 00:33:28,341 I'm freezing. 193 00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:35,431 Good night. 194 00:33:54,534 --> 00:33:56,035 Come here. 195 00:34:03,126 --> 00:34:04,877 Come to me. 196 00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:16,597 You're so far away. 197 00:34:20,017 --> 00:34:21,519 Come here. 198 00:34:23,020 --> 00:34:24,856 Here by my side. 199 00:34:41,706 --> 00:34:44,000 Do I smell very bad? 200 00:34:55,970 --> 00:34:59,056 It hurts so much. - I know, Agnes. 201 00:34:59,182 --> 00:35:01,267 I'll stay with you. 202 00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:06,397 It will be all right. - It hurts so bad. 203 00:35:19,994 --> 00:35:22,747 You needn't be afraid when I'm here. 204 00:35:22,872 --> 00:35:24,499 You know that. 205 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,880 The pillow's so warm. 206 00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:33,424 We can get the other one. 207 00:35:33,633 --> 00:35:35,301 Come. 208 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,888 Can you sit up a bit? 209 00:35:45,812 --> 00:35:48,105 Now lie back. 210 00:35:51,692 --> 00:35:53,486 Is that better? 211 00:35:55,696 --> 00:35:57,406 Is that good? 212 00:35:57,657 --> 00:35:59,992 You're so good to me. 213 00:36:21,848 --> 00:36:23,099 Yes? 214 00:36:24,433 --> 00:36:26,060 What is it? 215 00:36:27,228 --> 00:36:29,355 Agnes is worse. 216 00:36:42,076 --> 00:36:44,120 I think she's unconscious. 217 00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:46,247 Her breathing's very strange. 218 00:36:46,622 --> 00:36:48,624 I'll get my shawl. 219 00:37:06,434 --> 00:37:07,935 Karin. 220 00:37:10,688 --> 00:37:12,940 - What is it? - Agnes is worse. 221 00:37:13,065 --> 00:37:14,734 I'm coming. 222 00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:54,941 - I'll go for the doctor. - I'll go with you. 223 00:38:49,495 --> 00:38:52,248 - When's the doctor coming? - He wasn't home. 224 00:38:52,832 --> 00:38:56,168 You'd better get dressed. I'll stay with her. 225 00:39:40,838 --> 00:39:43,007 I'm much better now. 226 00:39:44,258 --> 00:39:46,093 Just a bit warm. 227 00:39:47,053 --> 00:39:50,264 How about a little bath and a clean gown? 228 00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:51,974 Yes, thank you. 229 00:41:29,363 --> 00:41:31,657 I'm a bit thirsty. 230 00:41:49,592 --> 00:41:51,468 Shall I read a bit? 231 00:41:51,594 --> 00:41:53,846 That would be wonderful. 232 00:42:07,568 --> 00:42:09,445 "Chapter 34, 233 00:42:09,695 --> 00:42:13,532 in which Mr. Pickwick thinks he had better go to Bath, 234 00:42:13,657 --> 00:42:15,367 and goes accordingly. 235 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,704 'But surely, my dear sir,' said little Perker 236 00:42:18,829 --> 00:42:22,541 as he stood in Mr. Pickwick's apartment on the morning after the trial, 237 00:42:22,666 --> 00:42:24,668 'surely you don't really mean — 238 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:27,504 really and seriously now, and irritation apart — 239 00:42:27,630 --> 00:42:30,049 that you won't pay these costs and damages?' 240 00:42:30,216 --> 00:42:32,718 'Not one halfpenny,' said Mr. Pickwick firmly. 241 00:42:32,885 --> 00:42:34,720 'Not one halfpenny.' 242 00:42:35,304 --> 00:42:38,057 'Hoorah for the principle, as the moneylender said 243 00:42:38,182 --> 00:42:40,184 when he wouldn't renew the bill,' 244 00:42:40,309 --> 00:42:44,355 observed Mr. Weller, who was clearing away breakfast. 245 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,733 'Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'have the goodness to step downstairs.' 246 00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:50,486 'Certainly, sir,' replied Mr. Weller, 247 00:42:50,611 --> 00:42:54,740 and acting on Mr. Pickwick's gentle hint, Sam retired." 248 00:43:51,088 --> 00:43:52,840 Anna! 249 00:44:08,939 --> 00:44:10,858 I can't take it! 250 00:44:10,983 --> 00:44:13,319 Can't anyone help me? 251 00:44:14,028 --> 00:44:15,821 I can't take it! 252 00:44:15,946 --> 00:44:17,990 Help me! 253 00:44:53,025 --> 00:44:54,777 I can't... 254 00:48:45,173 --> 00:48:47,175 God our Father... 255 00:48:47,884 --> 00:48:50,095 in his infinite wisdom, 256 00:48:50,262 --> 00:48:54,600 has called you home to him still in the bloom of your youth. 257 00:48:55,017 --> 00:48:57,769 In your life he found you worthy 258 00:48:58,103 --> 00:49:01,732 of bearing a long and torturous agony. 259 00:49:02,608 --> 00:49:06,445 You submitted patiently and without complaint 260 00:49:06,737 --> 00:49:10,157 in the certain knowledge that your sins would be forgiven 261 00:49:10,282 --> 00:49:13,660 through the death of your Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. 262 00:49:13,785 --> 00:49:16,246 May your Father in Heaven 263 00:49:16,580 --> 00:49:19,041 have mercy on your soul 264 00:49:19,291 --> 00:49:21,501 when you come before him. 265 00:49:22,419 --> 00:49:25,964 May he let his angels remove from you 266 00:49:26,131 --> 00:49:28,383 the memory of your earthly pain. 267 00:49:53,700 --> 00:49:55,661 Should it be 268 00:49:55,786 --> 00:49:59,873 that you gathered up our suffering into your poor body... 269 00:50:00,165 --> 00:50:03,835 and should it be that you bore it with you through death... 270 00:50:04,002 --> 00:50:06,338 and should you meet God 271 00:50:07,047 --> 00:50:09,174 in that other land... 272 00:50:09,716 --> 00:50:13,095 and should he turn his countenance toward you... 273 00:50:13,887 --> 00:50:17,891 and should you know the language to speak 274 00:50:18,016 --> 00:50:20,435 so that this God may hear and understand you... 275 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:24,523 and should you be allowed to speak with him... 276 00:50:25,315 --> 00:50:27,359 should all of this be so... 277 00:50:28,318 --> 00:50:30,237 then pray for us. 278 00:50:30,862 --> 00:50:33,115 Agnes, my dear child... 279 00:50:33,365 --> 00:50:35,492 listen to what I tell you now. 280 00:50:35,617 --> 00:50:37,869 Pray for those of us left behind 281 00:50:38,078 --> 00:50:40,539 on this dark and miserable earth 282 00:50:40,664 --> 00:50:43,500 beneath a cruel and empty sky. 283 00:50:44,209 --> 00:50:47,629 Lay your suffering at God's feet 284 00:50:48,046 --> 00:50:51,049 and plead with him to pardon us. 285 00:50:51,174 --> 00:50:53,719 Plead with him to free us 286 00:50:54,219 --> 00:50:56,638 of our anxiety... 287 00:50:57,097 --> 00:50:58,890 our weariness... 288 00:50:59,141 --> 00:51:01,393 and our deepest doubts. 289 00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:05,147 Plead with him to give meaning to our lives. 290 00:51:06,773 --> 00:51:11,153 Agnes, you who have long borne this inscrutable suffering, 291 00:51:11,945 --> 00:51:14,239 you are most surely worthy 292 00:51:14,406 --> 00:51:16,992 of pleading our cause. 293 00:51:24,583 --> 00:51:27,002 She was my confirmation child. 294 00:51:28,420 --> 00:51:31,590 We had many long and intimate discussions. 295 00:51:32,966 --> 00:51:35,719 Her faith was stronger than mine. 296 00:51:48,523 --> 00:51:51,026 Stop by the parish office tomorrow 297 00:51:51,151 --> 00:51:54,613 and we can discuss the formalities of the funeral. 298 00:52:47,916 --> 00:52:50,961 Karin and her husband, Fredrik, 299 00:52:51,169 --> 00:52:55,423 were pursuing a diplomatic career some years earlier. 300 00:52:56,007 --> 00:53:00,136 During a visit home, they stayed for some months at the manor. 301 00:53:02,848 --> 00:53:05,517 Anna, may I have a little more fish? 302 00:53:16,653 --> 00:53:19,197 Will you join me? - No, thank you. 303 00:53:45,932 --> 00:53:48,226 What are you smiling about? 304 00:53:48,351 --> 00:53:49,728 I'm not smiling. 305 00:54:31,895 --> 00:54:34,731 Would you like coffee, or will we be retiring? 306 00:54:35,231 --> 00:54:37,275 No coffee, thank you. 307 00:55:27,659 --> 00:55:29,202 It's late. 308 00:55:29,411 --> 00:55:31,663 I suggest we retire now. 309 00:56:06,948 --> 00:56:10,368 It's a web of lies, all of it. 310 00:56:32,724 --> 00:56:34,768 Don't look at me. 311 00:56:43,193 --> 00:56:45,487 Don't look at me like that, you hear? 312 00:56:50,658 --> 00:56:51,868 I'm sorry. 313 00:56:58,875 --> 00:57:01,377 Forgive me. 314 00:57:07,634 --> 00:57:09,260 Help me undress. 315 00:59:21,684 --> 00:59:23,186 You may go. 316 00:59:38,743 --> 00:59:41,037 Nothing but a web of lies. 317 00:59:42,914 --> 00:59:45,250 Every bit of it. 318 00:59:48,294 --> 00:59:50,213 A web of lies... 319 01:02:37,588 --> 01:02:39,257 What are you doing? 320 01:02:39,590 --> 01:02:43,428 Going through some old letters and documents about the estate. 321 01:02:44,095 --> 01:02:45,596 Karin... 322 01:02:46,222 --> 01:02:48,474 I want us to be friends. 323 01:02:49,267 --> 01:02:51,811 I want us to talk to each other. 324 01:02:52,019 --> 01:02:54,272 After all, we're sisters. 325 01:02:54,564 --> 01:02:57,024 We share so many memories. 326 01:03:00,445 --> 01:03:02,905 It's so strange how we never touch, 327 01:03:03,030 --> 01:03:05,491 how we only make small talk. 328 01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:12,373 Why won't you be my friend? 329 01:03:12,790 --> 01:03:15,835 We've both been happy and unhappy. 330 01:03:16,002 --> 01:03:19,714 We could laugh and cry together. 331 01:03:19,839 --> 01:03:23,217 We could talk together for days and nights on end. 332 01:03:23,759 --> 01:03:26,596 We could hold each other tight. 333 01:03:31,434 --> 01:03:34,854 I sometimes wander through this childhood home of ours, 334 01:03:34,979 --> 01:03:38,107 where everything is both strange and familiar... 335 01:03:38,858 --> 01:03:41,486 and I feel like I'm in a dream... 336 01:03:43,613 --> 01:03:47,408 and like some event of great importance lies in store for us. 337 01:03:51,662 --> 01:03:54,582 Yes, I'm shallow and childish. 338 01:03:55,917 --> 01:03:59,921 You've read and thought and experienced 339 01:04:00,046 --> 01:04:02,340 much more than I have. 340 01:04:07,970 --> 01:04:10,181 Couldn't we use these days 341 01:04:10,348 --> 01:04:12,517 to get to know each other 342 01:04:12,683 --> 01:04:14,727 and really get closer? 343 01:04:17,897 --> 01:04:20,024 I can't bear this distance 344 01:04:20,149 --> 01:04:21,776 and silence. 345 01:04:22,610 --> 01:04:25,530 Did I say something to hurt you? 346 01:04:25,905 --> 01:04:27,448 It's easy to do, 347 01:04:27,573 --> 01:04:30,535 but I swear I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. 348 01:04:59,063 --> 01:05:01,023 What are you reading? 349 01:05:01,399 --> 01:05:04,068 - Agnes's diary. - What does it say? 350 01:05:04,235 --> 01:05:06,779 "Thursday, September 30." 351 01:05:07,363 --> 01:05:09,073 It says... 352 01:05:09,991 --> 01:05:13,744 "I've received the most wonderful gift anyone can receive in this life. 353 01:05:13,953 --> 01:05:15,913 It's called many things: 354 01:05:16,080 --> 01:05:17,206 togetherness, 355 01:05:17,331 --> 01:05:18,874 companionship, 356 01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:21,752 affection, tenderness. 357 01:05:22,420 --> 01:05:26,007 I think this is what's called 'grace.'" 358 01:05:29,010 --> 01:05:32,179 No, don't touch me! Don't come near me! 359 01:05:33,889 --> 01:05:35,766 I can't stand to be touched. 360 01:06:50,341 --> 01:06:53,761 I don't want you to do that. 361 01:06:54,637 --> 01:06:56,555 I don't want you to. 362 01:06:57,515 --> 01:07:01,143 I don't want you to be kind to me. 363 01:07:04,605 --> 01:07:05,690 No! 364 01:07:14,949 --> 01:07:18,119 I can't stand it! 365 01:07:18,828 --> 01:07:20,871 It's constant anguish. 366 01:07:21,288 --> 01:07:23,332 It's like being in hell. 367 01:07:24,083 --> 01:07:26,419 I can't breathe. 368 01:07:26,752 --> 01:07:28,629 All the guilt! 369 01:07:36,053 --> 01:07:37,513 No! 370 01:07:43,602 --> 01:07:46,522 Leave me alone. 371 01:07:47,273 --> 01:07:49,066 Don't touch me. 372 01:07:49,567 --> 01:07:51,444 Don't touch me. 373 01:07:59,618 --> 01:08:02,747 I'm sorry I lost control of myself this morning. 374 01:08:02,913 --> 01:08:05,291 I don't know what came over me. 375 01:08:05,791 --> 01:08:09,420 I suppose it's all the emotion around Agnes's death. 376 01:08:09,545 --> 01:08:13,382 We were so fond of her. Now that the funeral is over, 377 01:08:13,507 --> 01:08:16,385 I'll have our lawyer look after the legal formalities. 378 01:08:16,510 --> 01:08:18,262 The fruit please, Anna. 379 01:08:18,387 --> 01:08:21,515 It's best we sell the house and grounds. 380 01:08:21,766 --> 01:08:24,560 You and I can divide up all the rest — 381 01:08:24,685 --> 01:08:27,062 furniture, china, 382 01:08:27,188 --> 01:08:29,607 pictures, silverware, and books. 383 01:08:29,732 --> 01:08:32,526 Would you step outside a moment, Anna? 384 01:08:41,577 --> 01:08:43,954 What shall we do about Anna? 385 01:08:44,538 --> 01:08:48,793 I suggest we give her a little extra something and let her go. 386 01:08:49,460 --> 01:08:52,338 We'll give her some little article of Agnes's too. 387 01:08:52,463 --> 01:08:54,298 She was very devoted. 388 01:08:54,507 --> 01:08:57,802 I understand they were quite close. 389 01:08:58,135 --> 01:09:01,806 Now she trails after us in much too familiar a manner. 390 01:09:01,972 --> 01:09:03,808 I think — 391 01:09:12,399 --> 01:09:14,026 It's true. 392 01:09:15,361 --> 01:09:16,987 I've... 393 01:09:19,240 --> 01:09:21,033 often thought... 394 01:09:22,952 --> 01:09:25,162 of taking my own life. 395 01:09:26,497 --> 01:09:28,040 It's — 396 01:09:29,041 --> 01:09:30,835 It's disgusting. 397 01:09:32,586 --> 01:09:34,505 It's degrading... 398 01:09:39,176 --> 01:09:41,804 and it never ever changes. 399 01:09:58,696 --> 01:10:02,032 Henrik's an excellent lawyer, I assure you. 400 01:10:12,459 --> 01:10:14,712 My husband says I'm clumsy. 401 01:10:15,462 --> 01:10:17,131 He's right. 402 01:10:17,631 --> 01:10:19,425 I'm a fumbler. 403 01:10:20,092 --> 01:10:22,720 My hands are too big, you see. 404 01:10:23,345 --> 01:10:25,389 They just won't obey! 405 01:10:45,367 --> 01:10:48,162 You sit there with that embarrassed smile. 406 01:10:49,163 --> 01:10:52,416 This isn't the sort of conversation you'd imagined having. 407 01:10:56,837 --> 01:10:59,256 Do you realize I hate you? 408 01:10:59,548 --> 01:11:02,760 Do you realize how stupid I find your flirtatiousness 409 01:11:02,885 --> 01:11:04,803 and your insipid smiles? 410 01:11:08,891 --> 01:11:12,978 How have I put up with you for so long without a word? 411 01:11:15,189 --> 01:11:17,358 I see right through you, 412 01:11:17,483 --> 01:11:19,652 you and your caresses 413 01:11:19,777 --> 01:11:21,987 and your false promises. 414 01:11:26,367 --> 01:11:28,953 Can you conceive how anyone can live 415 01:11:29,119 --> 01:11:31,622 with all the hate I've had to bear? 416 01:11:31,747 --> 01:11:34,208 With no mercy or relief 417 01:11:34,416 --> 01:11:36,794 or help of any kind. 418 01:11:41,006 --> 01:11:42,758 I see it all. 419 01:11:43,008 --> 01:11:46,095 Nothing escapes me, you hear? 420 01:12:02,319 --> 01:12:06,573 Now you hear how it sounds when the real Karin speaks. 421 01:12:15,541 --> 01:12:17,960 You sit there grinning your cold little grin. 422 01:12:18,085 --> 01:12:19,753 What are you thinking? 423 01:12:19,878 --> 01:12:22,006 Would you care to tell me? 424 01:12:23,424 --> 01:12:26,093 May I hear madame's opinion? 425 01:12:28,095 --> 01:12:30,889 No! Just as I thought. 426 01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:33,684 You'd rather remain silent. 427 01:12:34,852 --> 01:12:36,478 And you're right! 428 01:13:12,556 --> 01:13:14,099 Forgive me. 429 01:13:16,977 --> 01:13:18,896 Perhaps you mean well. 430 01:13:20,773 --> 01:13:23,609 Perhaps you just want to know me better. 431 01:13:24,526 --> 01:13:26,236 My dear Maria... 432 01:13:26,737 --> 01:13:28,405 forgive me. 433 01:13:28,781 --> 01:13:30,991 I'm just blabbering. 434 01:13:31,992 --> 01:13:34,703 No, that's not true either. 435 01:13:36,121 --> 01:13:38,957 Maria, look at me. 436 01:13:41,585 --> 01:13:44,505 Maria, look at me. 437 01:16:02,976 --> 01:16:05,062 Can't you hear that? 438 01:16:06,730 --> 01:16:08,690 Someone's crying. 439 01:16:08,899 --> 01:16:10,692 Can't you hear it? 440 01:16:10,817 --> 01:16:13,070 Someone's crying and crying. 441 01:18:00,427 --> 01:18:02,304 Are you afraid of me now? 442 01:18:02,429 --> 01:18:04,389 No, I'm not afraid. 443 01:18:05,515 --> 01:18:07,517 I'm dead, you see. 444 01:18:10,645 --> 01:18:13,273 The trouble is I can't get to sleep. 445 01:18:13,857 --> 01:18:15,984 I can't leave all of you. 446 01:18:18,362 --> 01:18:20,322 I'm so tired. 447 01:18:21,948 --> 01:18:24,201 Can't anyone help me? 448 01:18:24,409 --> 01:18:26,536 It's just a dream, Agnes. 449 01:18:27,162 --> 01:18:29,331 No, it's not a dream. 450 01:18:31,083 --> 01:18:33,251 Perhaps it's a dream for you, 451 01:18:33,377 --> 01:18:35,379 but not for me. 452 01:18:37,214 --> 01:18:39,925 I want Karin to come here. 453 01:18:46,723 --> 01:18:48,600 Agnes wants Karin 454 01:18:48,725 --> 01:18:50,477 to come in. 455 01:19:03,490 --> 01:19:06,576 Won't you hold my hands and warm me? 456 01:19:08,412 --> 01:19:11,623 Stay with me until the horror is over. 457 01:19:13,875 --> 01:19:16,128 It's so empty all around me. 458 01:19:29,224 --> 01:19:32,102 No one would do what you ask. 459 01:19:33,103 --> 01:19:34,688 I'm still alive. 460 01:19:34,813 --> 01:19:37,649 I want nothing to do with your death. 461 01:19:43,196 --> 01:19:46,241 Perhaps if I loved you... 462 01:19:48,577 --> 01:19:50,412 but I don't. 463 01:19:54,249 --> 01:19:57,335 What you ask is repulsive. I'm leaving you now. 464 01:19:57,461 --> 01:19:59,671 In a few hours I'll be gone. 465 01:20:10,891 --> 01:20:12,517 Anna. 466 01:20:12,893 --> 01:20:14,394 Yes. 467 01:20:18,648 --> 01:20:20,859 I want Maria to come. 468 01:20:39,628 --> 01:20:41,129 Agnes wants Maria 469 01:20:41,254 --> 01:20:43,173 to come in. 470 01:21:27,551 --> 01:21:29,511 Don't be afraid. 471 01:21:30,887 --> 01:21:32,889 Please touch me. 472 01:21:34,432 --> 01:21:36,393 Come talk to me. 473 01:21:37,978 --> 01:21:40,564 Hold my hands and warm me. 474 01:21:40,689 --> 01:21:44,234 You're my sister. I won't leave you alone. 475 01:21:45,944 --> 01:21:48,738 I feel so incredibly sorry for you. 476 01:21:53,410 --> 01:21:55,412 Remember when we were little 477 01:21:55,579 --> 01:21:58,456 and dusk would fall as we played? 478 01:21:59,082 --> 01:22:01,209 We'd suddenly get scared, 479 01:22:01,376 --> 01:22:03,628 and we'd huddle together 480 01:22:03,753 --> 01:22:05,797 and hold each other tight. 481 01:22:07,173 --> 01:22:10,135 It's just like that now, isn't it? 482 01:22:10,385 --> 01:22:12,596 I can't hear what you're saying. 483 01:22:13,513 --> 01:22:15,599 You have to come closer. 484 01:22:18,977 --> 01:22:20,520 Closer. 485 01:22:24,274 --> 01:22:26,109 Hold my hands. 486 01:23:38,181 --> 01:23:40,183 I'll stay with you. 487 01:23:40,517 --> 01:23:42,435 I'll be here. 488 01:23:43,645 --> 01:23:45,355 Don't cry. 489 01:23:48,191 --> 01:23:49,818 I'm here. 490 01:24:03,873 --> 01:24:07,043 You needn't be afraid any longer. I'll take care of her. 491 01:24:07,293 --> 01:24:09,838 I have my daughter to think about. 492 01:24:09,963 --> 01:24:13,341 She must realize that. My husband needs me. 493 01:24:13,466 --> 01:24:16,219 It's repulsive, disgusting, senseless! 494 01:24:16,386 --> 01:24:18,346 She's already begun to rot. 495 01:24:18,471 --> 01:24:20,849 She has great foul spots on her hands. 496 01:24:21,099 --> 01:24:22,851 I'll stay with her. 497 01:25:11,858 --> 01:25:15,487 The funeral was tolerable. No one wept or grew hysterical. 498 01:25:15,612 --> 01:25:17,822 Thank you. Have you finished packing? 499 01:25:17,947 --> 01:25:19,991 There's one last trunk to bring down, ma'am. 500 01:25:20,116 --> 01:25:21,785 Hurry. We have little time. 501 01:25:22,285 --> 01:25:24,120 The music was nice. 502 01:25:24,287 --> 01:25:26,706 The bishop kept it brief, thank God. 503 01:25:26,956 --> 01:25:30,126 We're lucky he had a cold so we could cancel the dinner. 504 01:25:30,251 --> 01:25:33,838 - Shouldn't we do something for Anna? - Do something? 505 01:25:33,963 --> 01:25:35,924 I don't get your meaning. 506 01:25:36,049 --> 01:25:38,468 She's looked after Agnes for the last 12 years. 507 01:25:38,593 --> 01:25:42,138 Shouldn't we offer her a small sum or help her find a new place? 508 01:25:42,305 --> 01:25:44,516 Out of the question. She's young and strong. 509 01:25:44,641 --> 01:25:46,643 She's had it very easy. 510 01:25:46,768 --> 01:25:48,937 Her future is not our responsibility. 511 01:25:49,062 --> 01:25:51,356 I did promise she could take a memento. 512 01:25:51,481 --> 01:25:54,067 - Of her own choosing? - I think she has that right. 513 01:25:54,484 --> 01:25:58,321 I detest that sort of spontaneity, but a promise is a promise. 514 01:25:58,446 --> 01:26:00,907 We should speak to her right away. 515 01:26:10,250 --> 01:26:14,295 Anna, you may stay on here for a time if need be. 516 01:26:14,546 --> 01:26:17,131 And you were promised 517 01:26:17,257 --> 01:26:19,050 a memento of Agnes's. 518 01:26:25,473 --> 01:26:28,184 Thank you. I want nothing at all. 519 01:26:29,185 --> 01:26:33,690 She's trying to act noble, but she'll get nothing for it. 520 01:26:35,358 --> 01:26:38,027 - Stay through the end of the month. - Yes. 521 01:26:38,361 --> 01:26:41,990 Well, if there's nothing left to attend to. 522 01:26:42,115 --> 01:26:46,202 Let's leave before the roads to the station are snowed under. 523 01:26:49,038 --> 01:26:51,249 Good-bye, Anna. Thank you. 524 01:26:54,168 --> 01:26:55,211 Thank you. 525 01:26:58,965 --> 01:27:01,175 Thank you for your time here. 526 01:27:24,490 --> 01:27:26,200 Hurry now. 527 01:27:41,215 --> 01:27:44,177 - Could I speak to you a second? - Of course. 528 01:27:46,471 --> 01:27:48,848 That evening we got closer... 529 01:27:49,057 --> 01:27:51,142 have you thought about what we discussed? 530 01:27:51,267 --> 01:27:52,435 Of course. 531 01:27:53,603 --> 01:27:56,189 Could we hold to all our resolutions? 532 01:27:56,314 --> 01:27:58,274 Dearest Karin, why shouldn't we? 533 01:27:58,691 --> 01:28:00,360 I don't know. 534 01:28:01,945 --> 01:28:04,280 It's all so different from that evening. 535 01:28:04,405 --> 01:28:07,158 I think we've gotten much closer. 536 01:28:12,956 --> 01:28:15,124 What are you thinking about? 537 01:28:15,625 --> 01:28:17,251 Our conversation. 538 01:28:17,377 --> 01:28:19,170 No, you're not. 539 01:28:19,295 --> 01:28:22,966 I'm thinking how Joakim hates it if I keep him waiting. 540 01:28:23,132 --> 01:28:25,593 I don't understand why you suddenly demand 541 01:28:25,718 --> 01:28:27,929 that I account for all my thoughts. 542 01:28:29,055 --> 01:28:31,140 What is it you want? 543 01:28:36,479 --> 01:28:37,480 Nothing. 544 01:28:38,356 --> 01:28:42,902 In that case, don't be hurt if I must say good-bye now. 545 01:28:51,953 --> 01:28:55,498 You touched me. Don't you remember that? 546 01:28:55,999 --> 01:28:58,543 I don't recall every stupid thing I've done, 547 01:28:58,668 --> 01:29:02,005 and I won't be made to account for them! 548 01:29:06,551 --> 01:29:10,388 Dearest Karin, give the children my love and keep well. 549 01:29:10,513 --> 01:29:13,516 We'll see each other for Twelfth Night, as usual. 550 01:29:16,978 --> 01:29:18,521 How sad. 551 01:30:11,616 --> 01:30:14,869 "Wednesday, the third of September. 552 01:30:16,579 --> 01:30:19,791 A chill in the air tells of autumn's approach, 553 01:30:20,124 --> 01:30:22,919 but the days are still lovely and mild..." 554 01:30:23,252 --> 01:30:27,590 My sisters, Karin and Maria, have come to see me. 555 01:30:29,092 --> 01:30:31,177 It's wonderful to be together again 556 01:30:31,302 --> 01:30:33,387 like in the old days. 557 01:30:33,930 --> 01:30:36,224 I'm feeling much better. 558 01:30:36,432 --> 01:30:39,936 We were even able to take a stroll together. 559 01:30:40,436 --> 01:30:42,939 It was a wonderful experience, 560 01:30:43,231 --> 01:30:47,360 especially for me, since I haven't been outdoors for so long. 561 01:30:49,821 --> 01:30:53,116 We suddenly began to laugh and run toward the old swing 562 01:30:53,241 --> 01:30:56,160 that we hadn't used since we were children. 563 01:30:56,494 --> 01:30:59,956 We sat in it like three good little sisters, 564 01:31:00,164 --> 01:31:04,127 and Anna pushed us, slowly and gently. 565 01:31:06,420 --> 01:31:08,798 All my aches and pains were gone. 566 01:31:09,590 --> 01:31:13,636 The people I'm most fond of in all the world were with me. 567 01:31:13,928 --> 01:31:16,973 I could hear them chatting around me. 568 01:31:17,098 --> 01:31:19,851 I could feel the presence of their bodies, 569 01:31:20,351 --> 01:31:22,645 the warmth of their hands. 570 01:31:22,979 --> 01:31:26,107 I wanted to cling to that moment, and I thought... 571 01:31:26,941 --> 01:31:29,652 "Come what may, this is happiness. 572 01:31:30,236 --> 01:31:32,989 I can't wish for anything better. 573 01:31:35,324 --> 01:31:38,077 Now, for a few minutes, 574 01:31:38,202 --> 01:31:40,705 I can experience perfection, 575 01:31:40,913 --> 01:31:44,083 and I feel profoundly grateful to my life, 576 01:31:44,333 --> 01:31:46,669 which gives me so much." 577 01:31:47,587 --> 01:31:51,924 THUS THE CRIES AND WHISPERS FALL SILENT