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Based on real events. Details have been adapted for dramatic purposes

and all place and character names are fictitious.

My dad has lots of good sides, too.

He's smart, he's funny...

He can make you feel like the centre of the universe.

That he truly sees you. And then life feels wonderful.

He built up a riding school from scratch,

which has had hundreds of pupils.

At the same time, it's these positive things that make him dangerous.

In what way?

He built up a magical world everyone wanted to be part of.

That gives him power.

Put the bars at 90, and go and get Kharma.

Tommy, I'm quite tired.

It's time that you learned how to ride properly.

Tight rein!

Why are you sitting like that?

-I'm sitting like I usually do. -Have you seen yourself?

You look like you're terrified of falling off.

It looks awful.

Are you scared?

-Are you scared when you ride? -No.

-Why does it look like you are then? -I don't know...

-But you aren't scared? -No.

Come here.

Sit back to front.

-What? Back to front? -Turn around.

You have to learn to trust the horse.

Sit back to front.

Now get going.

You can do better.

Pick up the pace.

That's it.

Mount up again!

Back to front.

Right, get moving.

Come on, damn it.

Pick up the pace.

Arms out!

Let go of the saddle.

Let go of the saddle!

Arms out.

Arms out!

Let go of the saddle!

Arms out!

Let go of the saddle!

Worthless.

And stay out of things that aren't any of your business.

RIDING IN DARKNESS

-No. No! -Yes...

-You're going to have to take this. -No!

No! No! No!

Molly?

Come here.

Come here.

There there...

Is that enough?

-How many meatballs? -Four.

-Five. -No.

Okay, four.

I need to go into town for a few days.

Can I have some time off?

Now?

Yes. My mother needs help with something.

But term has only just started.

You've got lots of classes. This isn't a good time.

I can take some of Molly's groups. It's fine.

-Along with everything else? -Yes. It's no problem.

I haven't had any time off all summer.

If you'd have asked for time off in the summer you'd have got it.

-When we didn't have any pupils. -I can also take a few lessons.

I think we should let her go.

What the hell, you can have one day.

Thank you.

Eat now, Agnes. You're just playing with your food.

He's been totally uninterested in you for eight years!

-Exactly! Totally uninterested. -And when you finally take charge...

...then he's interested! It's so mad!

So bloody mad.

-Hi. -Hi.

I got a day off.

-Hi there, Molly. -Hi, Mirre.

-All right? -I'm great. I've left Ante.

So we're celebrating.

You couldn't have called and said you were coming?

I did call. No one answered.

That's weird. Hey!

Mirre is staying in your room. Until she finds a place.

No, listen, Agge...I can call Ante.

Stop it!

-One day more or less... -Come off it.

So, sweetheart, this isn't a good time.

-We're going out tonight. -I can sleep on the sofa.

No you can't. I've promised you a room.

You can't just pop in and say "I want my room back."

I'll sleep on the sofa. It's just one night, it's okay.

You know what the neighbours have, girls?

-Kittens! -Ohh!

-Can we go over and pat them? -I'm sure you can.

-Maybe they'll let you name them. -I'll call mine Lilly.

-Lilly? -It's a pretty name. Or maybe Agnes.

Tomorrow I'm going to come home with a real surprise.

What is it?

-I can't tell you. -Tell us!

All I can say is, it's worth waiting for.

Back up. That's it, good boy.

Ladies, allow me to introduce "King's Crusader".

He's really too expensive,

but Tommy saw him in Germany last summer and fell in love.

-May I pat him? -Not just yet.

He's beautiful!

Hi.

-Welcome back. -Thanks.

-How were things at home? -Good.

We missed you yesterday. Hop in.

No, I'll walk. I'm taking the shortcut to the cottage.

Next weekend there's a competition in Gävle. I'm counting on you then.

I hope you'll choose the 148cm category.

Ride Kharma.

The best should ride the best.

See you later.

-Hi. -Hi!

-You're already back? -Yeah.

-How were things at home? -Busy as usual.

Was there a particular reason you left?

Tommy came into the tack room the other night.

When I was there alone.

He's done it to me too.

Several times.

And to you too, right?

The last time was when we had that open day.

But then Lotta came along and went ballistic.

She started screaming and kicked a hole in the door.

And Tommy said I lured him in there, and that I had a crush on him.

It was mad.

-Have you thought about leaving? -Yes, but where?

I don't have a dad. Mum lives up north with her new family.

She doesn't want me.

We have to stick together.

Make sure that none of us are alone with him.

Frida?

Good form.

Nice.

Good, Bettina. Let's put the bars at 1.30.

And you two, go out. I don't want you in here.

We're waiting for Bettina.

You must have something better to do.

No, we're finished.

Okay, then you can go and get a pair of scissors each,

and trim the grass along the gravel walk up to the house. Now.

-We'll do it later. -Do as I say, damn it!

Come.

Molly and Frida, get in. We're going to fix the fences.

-I'll come too. -You don't need to.

-It's all right, I... -You stay here. Hop in, girls.

If he tries anything in the car, we'll just refuse.

Pull down your trousers.

I said, pull down your trousers.

Pull down your trousers. How hard is it to understand?

Frida?

Come on.

Frida.

FIVE MONTHS LATER

That was quick!

-Hi. -Hi...

-What's the matter? -Can I sleep here tonight?

Yes, of course.

Come in.

What's happened?

Tommy wanted us to go for a walk...

And then he tried to take my trousers off.

But then Lotta drove up, so I could run away.

I don't dare to sleep in the house.

Of course you can sleep here.

Molly, have you seen Linn?

She took a bus back to town this morning.

Okay... Did she say anything about what happened yesterday?

Yes.

And what did she say?

I don't want to say.

You can't trust what Linn says.

-She's unstable. -I don't believe that.

And she's in love with Tommy.

No.

I know she looks up to you.

So think about your responsibility here. You need to be the adult now.

So that she doesn't do something she'll regret.

You know just as well as me what happened.

Excuse me.

We have to put a stop to this.

It's not just about us. Linn is a kid.

I don't have anywhere to go.

I only know how to take care of horses.

You could get a job somewhere else.

This is what he tries to tell us all the time,

that we're useless, that we don't stand a chance outside of Heddesta.

But it's bullshit, Frida.

Both of us are great with horses, and we aren't afraid of hard work.

Frida...

I have to talk to you, girls.

Molly... What the hell!

Molly!

Molly!

She's fucking hopeless.

Did you hear that she forgot to close the gate this morning

in the forest pasture? For like the eighth time, or something.

It was lucky that we didn't have horses all over town.

I know you two are friends,

and I don't want to sit here and badmouth Molly.

That's not my style.

But it's better if you know, we're not happy with her.

We're going to have to let her go.

We'll find someone else, you won't have to do everything alone.

I just wanted you to know. It's not easy to find someone like you.

I don't know what we would have done without you.

What would I do without you, Frida?

-Are you leaving now? -Yes. You should too.

-Frida, come with me. -I can't.

It's not going to get better. He's never going to change.

I'm not staying here in case he comes back.

Hey! Hey, stop!

Stop!

Could you drive me into town? I have to get out of here. My mum will pay.

Ignore her. Just drive on by. Drive!

Hi. She can't leave here without her parents' permission.

-What's going on? -She's calling her mother.

Hi. What's happened, Molly?

Molly, we can call your mum later.

-I'm supposed to start now. -You can go.

She'll answer soon, just wait.

-Molly... -That's enough, Molly.

Thanks for waiting, that was kind. -Hello?

Hi Mum, can you tell them I can leave?

I'm at Heddesta, they won't let me leave unless you say it's okay!

-Why do you want to... -Please, Mum!

-You're coming here? -Yes! Here's Lotta...

-This is Lotta. -She can come here.

Okay. Thanks for confirming.

Thanks, Mum!

-Well, let's go then. -I can drive her, you don't have to.

My mum can pay!

-Are you sure she's got money? -Yes!

Shall we call and check to be on the safe side?

-I'll drive her. -Yes, I think that's best.

-Take care. -Thanks for your trouble.

If I were you,

I wouldn't talk too much about things I think happen at Heddesta.

Just because you got a certain impression, doesn't mean it's true.

I know what's happened.

You're not the first riding pupil who fell in love with her instructor.

Nor the last. There's nothing unusual about that.

It's just that the feeling wasn't mutual.

And now you want to punish me with these stories.

It's not only me. There are more girls.

Who do you think they'll believe?

The lost teenage girl from a home with an alcoholic mother?

Or a stable couple that runs one of the country's best riding schools?

Hell, Molly, you've benefited a lot from your time at Heddesta, right?

You've made friends for life. You've become a great rider,

you've ridden horses you'd never get close to otherwise.

Focus on that instead. Forget the other stuff.

Look at me, I didn't have a great childhood.

Dad was never at home and Mum was mental.

The whole flat was full of junk.

In nine years of school I never brought a friend home.

Not one single time.

I was too embarrassed.

If I went around dwelling on that, I'd have killed myself by now.

But no, there were other things that were good.

We lived next door to a stable, so I hung out there.

What I'm getting at, Molly, is that you decide who you want to be.

If you want to be a victim, then go ahead. Be a victim.

You're the one who will suffer most.

Did something happen?

That made you leave?

I'm so tired, I just want to sleep.

Okay.

Put the milk away when you're done.

Typical that we got lockers in the busiest corridor.

-Do you smoke? -Yes.

I thought so. We've got time for a fag now, right?

-Petronella Alveström? -Here.

-Henrik Andersson? -Here.

-Molly Bennett? -Here.

-Here comes the beer! Here you go. -My, my! What service!

Cheers.

I just need the loo. I'll be right back.

Cheers!

According to Lotta, she stole money from their office. In the house.

-Molly stole money? -Yeah. I don't get it.

But they're not going to go to the police.

They don't want to make a big thing of it.

That sounds completely...

I know.

Why would she do something so stupid?

I don't know.

That a girl...

Great. That's it.

You can take her now.

I'll see you later.

-Hi. -Hi!

-Do you have a minute? -Sure.

Linda told me about Molly.

That she stole money from the office.

Yes.

It just seems so unlike her... I'm trying to understand...

-She's started taking drugs too. -Molly?

Hash and weed.

How do you know?

We smelled it on her.

She went into town at weekends and the smell was in her clothes.

-But... -Ask Lotta, she smelled it too.

We suspect she might have started working as a prostitute.

Tommy...that sounds crazy.

Katarina, I know that you and Jenny think Molly is the best,

but you can't just go on first impressions.

Her mother is an addict, she told me that herself.

She grew up around drugs.

-But prostitution? -It's like this.

That kind of people don't belong at Heddesta.

We can't have that here. We have to draw a line.

If you have a problem with that, then find another riding school for Jenny.

Did Lotta tell you Molly isn't coming back?

-Are you disappointed? -Yes.

Maybe you should call Molly. You didn't get to say goodbye.

-We're not allowed to talk to her. -What?

Tommy and Lotta said we're not allowed to talk to Molly.

It's none of their business who you talk to in your leisure time!

Please, don't make a big thing of this.

-But why can't you talk to Molly? -You're going to ruin everything.

I don't understand. Why...

I'm the only one who doesn't sleep over at the farm! Don't you get it?

If you make a big thing out of this, I'm out of the team.

I won't be able to compete!

I don't understand. You not sleeping over at the farm,

what does that have to do with not being allowed to talk to Molly?

Nothing.

Stop, Tommy...

Hey...

Lotta and Bettina are out shopping.

And the children are asleep.

-Please. -Stop pretending.

I know you want to.

-Molly speaking. -Hi Molly! Katarina here! Rosén.

-Hi. -How are you?

Fine. I'm in high school.

That's great! What are you studying?

A 3-year humanities course.

I see... I just wanted to tell you that we miss you at Heddesta.

-Both Jenny and I. -That's sweet. I miss you too.

But you've stopped working there?

Yes, I have.

I was so surprised,

because you seemed happy there, and you were so good at it.

Can I ask why you left?

Molly?

You know, whatever happened, I won't judge you.

It's happened in the stable.

And in the car. In the cellar. In the cottage.

Maybe once a week since last summer.

Eventually you...

You sort of shut down.

Do you know if there are others?

Yes. There's...

There's Frida and Bettina and Linn.

And Malin, I think, the one who left last summer.

-Jenny? -No.

Not as far as I know. She never slept over there, did she?

No.

What do you want to do? Do you want to go to the police?

Yes, I do.

My dad grew up next door to a stable.

The man who had that stable...

I ran into him a few years ago.

And he said...

"There's nothing wrong with your dad. From the neck down."

What did he mean by that?

Dad doesn't have any boundaries.

Everyone who has gone up against him

has paid a very high price.

Subtitles by Jennifer Evans Svensk Medietext