All language subtitles for Ellos Eatnu(ENG)

Dad?

Dad?

What are you doing?

Just cleaning.

Aren't you going fishing?

Not today.

Why not?

Go in with mom.

What about you?

I am staying here.

Yes, it's another coat of paint.

It will never be finished.

The previous owners had no taste.
There were so much knick-knacks that we had to remove.

No, you have a bit more to manage.

- It looks very nice on the outside.
- Absolutely. We are expressing ourselves.

Hello, Esther. Good to see you.

- Did the trip go well?
- Yes.

We put your moving load in the shed.

- You knew I was coming, right?
- Yes.

Your mother has been waiting for the bus
ever since she woke up.

Smells good.

Did the bus trip go well?

Yes.

- We hardly saw you this summer.
- No.

Look here, yes.

-Yes, Please.
-Thanks thanks.

- Did you see any hippies in Alta?
- Hippies?

Yes, long-haired activists with
beards and an anorak.

- You have an anorak.
- I don't understand why they have to come here.

They can probably find something to demonstrate against
in Oslo or Bergen, or wherever they come from.

They are not the ones who have to sit here
and freeze when the power goes out.

You finally got a job.
That's good, Ester.

- It's just a temporary job.
- Everyone has to start somewhere.

I have been a teacher for almost thirty years.
I've never looked back.

Yes, this was lovely.

That time is over
IRA slang -

- more or less random homemade
bombs and explosive charges.

Have you talked to áhkku?

You'll see her tomorrow.

Did you remember to thank Stein for
what he helped you with in the dormitory?

Yes I think so.

He can certainly drive you.

I have already agreed with Mihkkal.

Mihkkal's Mihkkal?

I didn't know that you guys
still kept in touch.

He called me the day before yesterday.

He said he felt
that I was going to go to Alta.

The Altaelva has been central
in the political debate for several years.

Several development options have been presented.
Blue, one that will lead to the damming -

- of the Sami village of Masi. This has now been added
away, and back is regulation of...

Thank you for arranging the dormitory.

Yes, no, that...

A dam of 110 meters will be built.

Locally, there is a majority against development both
in the municipal council in Alta and in Kautokeino.

- Is there a fence here?
- It's the new farmer's fence.

Should we go somewhere else?

What is he going to do with all the mullets
for them?

It has always been more than enough
for us who live here.

Is that my joik?

Esther, Isaac's daughter...

Has it been that long since you heard it?

Ain't nobody jokin' on you out there
in the big world?

Did you make it?

Your father did.

Look, Grandma.
We should have taken bigger buckets with us.

I have what I need for winter.

We don't have to pick
more than we can eat.

Yes. We have to let there
be something leftover for the others.

-That is right.
-What if no one else comes?

Have you thought about that?

Does he have to go around spreading it there?

-Hello.
-Hello.

- You made it safely over the mountain?
- I am now standing here.

-It was a long time ago.
-Yes.

What happened to you?

You were so small the last time I saw you.

-Is this yours?
-Yes.

Yes, how is my big brother?

He sits and dreams
that the herd will return.

I heard you had to sell.

Nothing can stop the mine.

You were paid well though, right?

- Dad has used up that money anyway.
- On what?

-Ready to go?
-I'll be back soon.

Picks up the record player and…

You should take a trip to Máze.
You haven't been home for a long time.

So auntie has become Norwegian?

What?

The trip only takes two hours.
The alcohol doesn't start working until...

Idiot!

At least you are the same.

- Do you really wear a cardigan in Alta?
- We are not going to Alta.

We are going to Stilla.

-Where is the demonstration?
-Everything is different there.

The Norwegians will fight
to get down your pants.

The warm, soft mother tongue

must give way to a foreign language.

Farewell, my home.

The paths have become narrower.

Against my will, with heavy steps

must I leave the place of my birth.

This won't take long, will it?

- No, just a short visit.
- Five minutes, will you drive me home?

Hello.

-Hello.
-Hello.

-You are Mihkkal's cousin?
-Yes.

I am Risten.
Im glad you came.

We need more Sami people around here.

Did you see where he went?

He's probably in a slump.

-Do you drink?
-No.

- Should you drive me home?
- I haven't been drinking.

Not that much, anyway.

Right. Let's go.

See you later.

Look here! Here we have
one who has lost his way.

-Can't find your way back to the circus?
-How many reindeer do you have in the bank?

-What did you say?
-Leave him alone.

-Would you like some cold coffee?
-Oi, watch out! Now he pulls out the penknife.

Come on, here we go.

Just put it there.

It goes well.

- Are you joining Stilla tomorrow?
- I have to go to work.

I can drive you when you're done.

I do not think so.

I just moved here.
It just...

I understand.

The river means nothing to you.
They might as well take it all together.

- It has nothing to do with me.
- So what then?

Are we just going to disappear, one by one?

Like your father?

Can you please be quiet?

Quiet. Thanks.

Can someone tell me
what this is supposed to represent?

Some?

You? Your name is?

His name is Ailu.

- Ailu, do you know what this is?
- He can't speak.

He doesn't know Norwegian.

Yes.

This is photosynthesis,
nature's natural cycle.

Now, you've settled
here in Alta?

- Yes, I would say that.
- Do you have family here?

-Yes, my cousin lives here.
-Oh yes.

What's his name?

He...

Are you standing here slapping the headmaster?

Yes, what do you have
to offer Ester a permanent position?

Maybe we should go for a walk?

- It will be difficult to go to Stilla this year.
- Is there anything new?

- It flows fresh with body fluids there.
- You can tell by the smell.

What does it smell like? Sweat?

Fire and stuff. Sweat and shit.

It smells like mountain fin.

Think of all the strong ones.
The construction workers who come here.

- We'll have to look at that.
- Are you in favor of the development?

Not really, but I don't want
to sit down in front of the road construction.

What they are doing is illegal. Not that
they have been allowed to hold on for that long.

If the police do not intervene,
we will take matters into our own hands.

It is almost only all southerners there.

They are not the ones who will freeze
when the power goes out.

-Where do you live?
-I do not know. Where do you live?

- Tverrelvdalen.
- Isn't that a long way to go?

- Then we'll go to you.
- I haven't unpacked yet.

- It doesn't work.
- I can unpack for you.

Why do they always have to close
when the fun begins?

-What the hell?
-Listen.

Where have I seen you before?
In Máze?

Hey you! Leave them alone.
Go home to the reindeer herd.

- I just want to talk to her.
- Speak Norwegian then.

- Have you no self-respect?
- Let go!

Mihkal?

What are you doing here?

So you're not in Stilla?

We had to get some supplies and stuff.

Let's go.

Do you want to join?

Right. A little trip.

One of the principles behind nonviolence is
that the opponent is confronted with -

- his own use of violent means of force
in order to humanize him.

-Are you cold?
-It goes well.

Here.

I spoke to an economist
in the Ministry of the Environment.

He estimated that the salmon fishing in the river -

- represents a capital of around two or
three hundred million kroner.

Well, that says a lot about...
Yes, that says a lot.

We cannot lower ourselves to the politicians
level and make this a matter of money.

What is lost is the basis of life
to those who live here.

It is important to remember that the original
plan was to dam all of Máze.

A Sami community with a school, -

- kindergarten and people!

What is the price for Máze?
Is it ten million?

A hundred million? The people
who live there, what is their life worth?

- It quickly turns into complaining.
- You can't sit still either.

They have not only tried to take our country,
but our self-respect.

We have learned that we are
second class citizens.

We have no right to our own land.

If they take the river, they might as well
take everything else.

"If they take the river, they might as well
take everything else."

It may sound like bankruptcy, but it
is also an acknowledgment of what the river means.

- This is where the battle stands.
- Hello!

Over twenty cars have made it past the barrier.

-Is it the civil protection?
-Yes, we know the registration numbers.

We who live in Tverrelvdalen
feel threatened by strangers there.

We strongly disagree with what you are doing.
We have come here for peaceful purposes -

- to request the public action
that the camp here in Stilla be brought to an end.

We are very anxious about the future
power outage in Finnmark.

- What about our hospitals?
- The decision is based on lies.

They have just developed Skibotn.
We transferred power from there.

Esther?

- What are you doing here?
- I'm just here to see what's going on.

-What is this?
-Leave her alone.

-Is that your type?
-No.

- You are not the same.
- Let her go!

- Damn mountain finn!
- This is a peaceful counter-demonstration!

Pull back! Pull back!

Come on!

It says here that the police will remove
the protesters.

Not a day too early.
Why haven't they done it before?

- What's up?
- Isn't that the one Arnfinn won in the lottery?

- He told me it was just to take.
- You can't just take it.

You don't want some do you, Ester?
You need to put on some weight.

Stop it.

- Does it smell a bit strange in here?
- I don't smell anything.

- Gøran, can you move?
- Are we allowed? Good bye.

- You're not going to have history class on Tuesday?
- No, Magne will take it.

-Then I'll take it on Friday.
-What are you going to do?

It is a secret.

OK thank you very much.

-Don't sit there for too long.
-Good bye.

-Hello! You haven't gone home yet?
-No.

-Are you going to work tomorrow?
-Yes, I think so.

- We'll see you then.
- Will do. Good bye.

What?

Are you doing well?

Can you not say anything?

That you are Finn?

Yes.

Relax, I won't say anything.

Thanks.

Maybe you shouldn't be joking up there if
you don't want people to know who you are.

Just a tip.

Mihkkal, Mihkkal's son...

Mihkkal's joik is so beautiful.

He describes it so well.

I'll see if I have anything.

-What is this?
-That?

It is a Sami flag.

-Do you want it?
-Happily.

I didn't know a
Sami flag existed.

An artist from the Máze group made it.

She told me that she made it, after
having to be home for a whole summer...

She was on the plane
and looked out the window.

Then she got a horrible feeling
that everything would disappear.

Her country.

Her people.

Her language.

Her family.

So when she returned to Oslo,
she made it.

So that we should at least have
a flag. I sewed that myself.

It really should be
a gift for Ravdna, but...

But?

She ended it before I finished.

It might not look like it,
but it took me two months.

Who do you play yatzy with?

Yourself?

Dad also used to play with himself.

It was that boat.

The boat?

Didn't auntie tell you?

One summer a large trawler arrived
and cleaned the fjord of fish.

Let the river live! Let the river live!

- Esther!
- You missed the fun!

- They gave up!
- We were too many for them.

- Come along then, Ester!
- Join us!

What's up with them?

What is it?

We overheard the chief of police.
He called for national reinforcements.

- They will come back with many more now.
- Now listen. We won this round.

It shows that it is possible.

-Let's go to Máze.
-What are we going to do there?

Plan, on our own terms.

The mind becomes clearer at home. No use
to sit here when decisions are made in Oslo.

Look how big you have become!

It must have been several years now
since you were last here.

-When was it?
-I do not remember.

Neither do I.

Don't you want to come in?

We are going to a meeting.

- Are you going also?
- Now you have to let her go.

- Don't you want anything?
- What was it supposed to be? We have nothing.

I heard you had to sell the herd.

- We had no choice.
- Is dad here?

He is.

Dad?

Dad?

Esther is here.

Your niece.

Should we just leave?

Do you remember that time your dad
lassoed us down here?

You tripped and broke your front tooth.

They didn't just take the reindeer from us.

They took our lives.

Have you thought about getting an education?

Or something?

They are probably waiting for us.

There are many Sami in Oslo. What if we
get them to have a big demonstration?

Go by train to Oslo?

How many Sami do you think will join it?

No, we have to do something the authorities
are not prepared for. Just us.

Look at the IRA.
They are often only a few people.

- Shall we make bombs now?
- Then we might as well set ourselves on fire.

We can go on hunger strike.

For how long?

As long as necessary.

Until they promise to stop
stealing our country.

We have to do it somewhere where
everyone can see us.

We must act quickly, before the authorities
initiate a new police operation.

We must be willing to die.

- I'm finished.
- Miss, you're bleeding.

Here, here, here!

Ailu, go sit down.
Aila! Go sit down!

- Now you go and sit down!
- He took my pencil.

You keep quiet!

Let the river live! Let the river live!

I don't understand why the parents
dress up he commas.

What can be done?

Esther?

What's happening?

Esther!

Where is my cardigan?

-What are you going to do with it?
-Do you know where it is?

You haven't used it since
the confirmation. It is too small now.

- What are you going to do with it now?
- I will wear it when we demonstrate.

Is it Mihkkal who has
gotten involved in this?

Where is it?

I'll call Inger
and ask her to look at you -

- when you demonstrate.

Ginger?

Oh yes, Aunt Inger.

You've probably never met her.

She is the one in that picture.

Is it Aunt Inger?

-Who did you think it was?
-I do not know.

It has always been there.

When did you last see her?

On November 13 -

- 1944.

Has she not been home since?

She remained in Oslo after the evacuation.

She met a Norwegian down there.

Was dad also evacuated?

Isak stayed here with me.

Now it is ready.

Esther, Isaac's daughter...

Oh, it was you.

I hardly recognized you.

Are you going to tear it down?

Nobody uses it anymore.
It just brings back bad memories.

What really happened to Dad?

You never tell me anything.

No, what happened?

A lot of things have happened.

We were punished if
we didn't speak Norwegian.

What do you mean? When?

At the boarding school.
Wasn't that what you were wondering?

Yes.

How were you punished?

There was a slap on the hand, a slap on the ear, a blow.

The teachers did as they pleased,
and the Norwegian children followed suit.

- Did it happen to you too?
- Well, it happened to everyone.

I learned fast though,
so they left me alone.

Is that why you don't wear cardigans anymore?

Because you want to be left in peace?

Dad always wore a cardigan.

- Not always.
- That's how I remember him.

Yeah, you know how it went.

The Sami have
no future anymore, Ester.

That battle was lost a long time ago.

We still need a plan.

-I have a plan.
-Do you have a plan?

I know someone
who knows the prime minister.

We can't just focus on the river.
It will not be enough.

Insufficient? It is the river that engages.

We cannot address colonization.
Then we will have everyone against us.

-Hello.
-Hello.

Shall we try this, or what?

There are a lot of police in Oslo.
We have to do it within two minutes.

Alright, are you ready?

Now!

- Do you want us to fail?
- We must agree on our requirements first.

What's the river worth if you don't
have a place to disembark?

Where they speak your language
and know who you are.

A place where you can be yourself.

You are a Norwegian teacher.
You must read it.

Yes, I'll take it. Of course.

Yes, hi. I was the one who called.

And it was about...?

Read the letter.

We demand that the Government and the Storting
stops further development -

- of the Alta-Kautokeino watercourse
until the Sami's rights -

- are legally settled.

We require a response by 16:00.
If no concrete answer is available -

- within the aforementioned deadline,
we will go on a hunger strike.

Sincerely, Sami Action Group -

- by Geir-Tore Mathisen, Ante Utsi, -

- Ovllá Buljo, Risten Labba, -

- Piera Aslaksen, Mihkkal Vars...

Ester Isaksen.

Give him the letter.

Thanks.

We have received a letter from the Prime Minister.

"To the Sami Action Group,
Eidsvolls plass 1."

"The government has today
discussed the Alta case," -

- "and we cannot meet your demands."

The hunger strike hereby comes into effect.

Pardon me? Hello. Do you have two words?

We come from NRK.

Okay, I'm rolling.

What exactly is it that you want to achieve?

Yes, we...

We...

We demand that they stop
the development of the Altaelva -

- until the the rights
of the Sami have been clarified.

Are you willing to go to great lengths for that?

Our country is being eaten up, bit by bit.

With that the culture disappears,
along with our language and identity.

We do this for the generations of those
who come after us, so they shall also have rights.

For that we are prepared to die.

The police chief in Oslo has characterized
the hunger strike as civil disobedience, -

- which can have major consequences
for those involved.

Hello.

Hello.

You stand up.

Yes. We have to.

I come from Lyngen.

We moved here twenty years ago.

We haven't spoken to Sami since.

Maybe it is time to come home?

I didn't want to be the same anymore.

Then you come here.

Have it, then.

Esther, Isaac's daughter...

Mihkal?

What?

I feel like joking you.

I don't know.

It's been so long.

I understand.

It goes well.

Now it's going to tighten up a bit,
but that is completely normal. Just relax.

I'm so ashamed that I didn't
know what you have been exposed to.

We hardly knew that
there are Sami people living in Norway.

Thanks for the support.

- It doesn't work. You guys can take it down.
- This is a peaceful action.

No one is allowed to demonstrate
here without permission.

- It is not allowed to take our country either.
- It's not me who does it.

I'm just taking a stand
to this here.

Then I suggest you do your job,
and do not attempt to negotiate with us.

You guys can start taking it down.

Let the river live! Let the river live!

You can go home today.

If you want, you can stay here
another day - or two.

- Yes.
- You have a visit.

We'll take a look at it.

-What are you doing here?
-I've come straight from prison.

They said you were here.

We have set up a new lavvo on the other side
by the Storting. The atmosphere is fantastic.

Everyone is tired and hungry,
but we won't give up.

Meetings are taking place in the Storting now.

Get dressed and come with me.

Therefore...

We are outside the Storting. They seem
to have received a letter from the Government.

"To the Sami action group."

"The government has come to the decision that work
on the construction road will not be carried on" -

- "before this is processed
again in the Storting."

-Hello. Are you feeling a little better?
-Yes.

Shall I clean?

I stand here with one of the hunger strikers.
What does this mean for you?

We have decided to give the Government
and the Storting a new chance to show -

- what status and what rights they
believe that the Sami should have in this country.

The fight is not over,
but we have reached our first goal.

The hunger strike has ended.

Congratulations.

Buorre beaivi.

Now let it be. Nice to see you.

She has become completely mute.

Just like on TV.

- I want to carry the tree.
- You're welcome.

No, I think it's a bit too heavy.
We can bear it together.

We saw you on TV, Ester.

I think you made a good figure.

You got the Prime Minister's approval.

For now.

Yes, they stopped the development.

Yes, until further notice.

Then it will probably have to be voted on again.

Then we will win. We have the people with us,
so they have to reverse the decision.

The Storting voted with 90 votes
against 30 last time.

I don't see why it should have
a different outcome now.

- Maybe they have realized something since the last time.
- What?

- That there are Sami in Norway.
- They know that.

Do you know that you are married to a Sami?
That you have a son who is Sami?

Now Thomas is mostly Norwegian.

You were born in Norway, though
you too will be the same.

Only a Norwegian can say that!

Can't we talk about something else?
It's Christmas!

Stein meant no harm by it.

You just have a slightly different way
of looking at things.

So Thomas is not the same?

I think Thomas is sorry that you are showing
so little interest in him.

He's actually your brother.

My half brother.

Sitting and waiting for the gift opening
when I was young. It took forever.

It was...

We were supposed to take a midday nap,
wash the dishes and...

- So, light some candles.
- It took time.

Yes.

Then I just go straight on.

"To Thomas from mother and father."
You're welcome.

Oh, thank you!

Now it's my turn.

We can look more into that later.

"To Thomas" -

- "from Esther".

- I didn't know you had brought presents.
-Thanks.

Thanks.

Thomas, now it's your turn.

"To Stone from Life".

Life? Whose...

Get to see.

Oh yes, "Leif" with v. "Leiv".
Colleague.

- Oi!
- It's something you need.

It's still there.

Have they asked you if they can tear it down?

Mm.

Did they say why?

Thomas thinks there are ghosts there.

The hat I gave you. Where is it?

- Wasn't it on the sofa?
- No.

No, then I don't know.

- Do you know where dad's hat is?
- I'm sorry, Ester.

Can you peel the potatoes?

Thomas?
Can you come down and help?

-What are you doing?
-Why are you speaking Norwegian?

Have you ever talked in
Sami with Thomas?

Do you want him to be bullied at school?

- Should we all just become Norwegian then?
- It's better than becoming a criminal.

-"Criminal"?
-Yes.

Civil disobedience is also illegal.

You've thrown away daddy's hat!

Stop blaming me for everything!

We are trying to make a home here.
For you too.

Tell me where it is.
I know you took it.

The way you act, that is
why you get so tired of the Sami.

You complain all the time,
and you interpret everything in the worst sense.

- Is that how you see me?
- Yes, nowadays it is!

Thomas?

This is no longer my home.

Now we are waiting for the decision
outside the parliament hall.

I just received information
that the meeting is over.

Now I see the first politicians
coming out here.

There has been great excitement
related to the decision.

Now we have the result from
the vote right here.

With 96 to 31 votes
the Storting has today adopted -

- to continue development
of the Alta-Kautokeino watercourse.

It is expected that it will resume
in late autumn, until winter at the latest.

We will try to...

Yes, one must be able to say that
was quite disappointing.

At least now we have a new opportunity.

-A new opportunity?
-Yes.

Harald, NRK is here.
They want a comment.

Also one from the Sami action group.

Shall we see, if you just stand…

I stand here with Ester Isaksen,
who is one of the hunger strikers from last year.

Ester, what do you think about the fact that
the Storting has adopted the development -

- before the Sami's rights have been investigated?

Yes, it is a big disappointment.

We Sami are somehow condemned to complain,
but do we have a choice -

- when we get run over again and again?

Are you against progress?

-You need electricity, right?
-Is this progress?

For thousands of years, the river has given life to
our people, and now it's just going to be destroyed?

We must take care of our earth.
Someone is coming after us too.

- But you drive snowmobiles, don't you?
- Yes, and my grandmother has a sewing machine.

- Can we expect more demonstrations?
- Yes, we won't give up.

- Will there be another hunger strike?
- We'll see.

If the dam is built,
it will be over my dead body.

Thanks.

Yes, that was great. Very good.

What shall we do, Ester?

What do you mean?

- Now that the match is over.
- There's still a lot to fight for, isn't there?

Pardon me?
I have to ask you to leave.

We have only had one beer.

I'm sorry.

Come on.

I can not bear it.

Mihkal?

Can you drive me to Máze?

Oh yeah, do you clean?

We can expect at least five hundred policemen.
We must have at least as many.

-And you're going to recruit everyone?
-Yes, a hundred.

Folkekaktionen provides four hundred.

Do you think you can enlist a hundred Sami?

At least a hundred will come to the meeting tonight.

Mihkkal, we have to stand together on this.

"Over my dead body"?

It's different now.

Right.

- I'll drive you to Máze.
- Thanks.

Put on the cardigan
and bring the flag.

Shouldn't we have more chairs?

Welcome!

Please sit down.

Welcome.

As you have probably heard, we expect
a confrontation in Stilla soon.

The people's movement is mobilizing
all of its members.

We can no longer stand by with hat in hand -

- and watch as our country is
taken from us, piece by piece.

We've heard that before.

There's no point in doing anything.

The state does what it wants.

That's exactly why
we have to put an end to it.

We Sami have to stand together.

We are not a herd of sheep.

Are we all going on hunger strike now?
It would be a great gift to the state.

Then we would have removed ourselves
without them having to do anything.

I don't want to see you set up
another lavvo in Oslo.

- Then they will think that's how we live.
- Can't you hear what she has to say?

- I've come all the way from Aidejávri.
- I came from Alta.

Do you know what my children were exposed to
at school when you were on TV?

It is exactly such things
we want an end to.

Then we must stand up against injustice.
Enough is enough.

Those who want to participate in Stilla
can write their name on the list.

My name should not be on any list!

- It is completely voluntary.
- It doesn't sound like that, the way she preaches.

Listen to me, then.

This is not okay.

Did it go as you wanted?

They just need some time.

You can ask before
you write down my name.

What are you fighting for?

What am I fighting for?

For Sami rights. For you.

Maybe you should listen to people.
Don't just talk.

For many, it is about survival.
I...

You?

When I was little, I never thought
that I was the same.

I was just an ordinary boy.

Here.

You can use it if you are
going to several of the meetings.

Take the flag too.

Remember you have one in mind there.

What are you doing?

I... I...

You, you...

-You really can't talk, huh?
-You're stupid.

Am I stupid?

Hush!

So you can talk?

Hi, I'm Ester.

I come from the Sami Action Group
who got involved in the Stilla case.

I think it is important,
now that we have the opportunity, -

- that there are many of us there
who raised their voice.

We have to make them understand -

- that the dam is only one
of multiple assaults.

This is about you too.

If there are enough of us,
can't the police just take us away?

We have to be there -

- to say that this is our country.

That this is our lives.

Hello.

Hello.

Does it fit with a chat?

You know...

It's easy to tell others
what they should do.

But when your child arrives
barefoot home from school -

- because someone bullied her
for her shoes, -

- will you force her to use them
the day after?

Don't Norwegian children use skulls?

When it's cold, everyone uses shells.
Even the adults.

- It's the only thing that's warm enough.
-Yes.

I just want to be in peace.

Me too.

When I have children, -

- I want them to be proud of
who they are and where they come from.

It's not that easy.

It is not easy.

Mihkal?

Mihkal?

I can still imagine
the little boy who ran around here -

- with his rolling laugh.

At least he made me smile.

Everyone who knew Mihkkal,
also knew that -

- his worries and dark thoughts -

- weighed him down in life,
both when he was young and as an adult.

Mihkkal was fourteen years old -

- when the first demonstration
against the dam took place here in Máze.

I remember him asking me…

If it was really true that the church
which we are now gathered in -

- should be placed under water.

I didn't have time to answer before he said -

- that it would never happen
as long as he lived.

You have to be careful who
you blame -

- when a young person passes away
in this manner.

I would still like to ask -

- about the way the Norwegian state
has treated the Sami -

- how it has cost lives.

I never saw him cry.

If you are first starting...

The authorities plan
to strike next week.

They have chartered four passenger planes.

More than six hundred police officers.
It will be massive.

It will be hard to get people involved
in this cold.

There will be a torchlight procession
in Alta the night before.

Torch train, Piera?

Esther, help me.

A torch train?

I had hoped that I never would
would experience this again.

- You have to promise me that you will never...
- Mom...

Are you coming home with grandma and me?

I'm going to bed.

- I'm going to bed.
- I have change the bed sheets for you.

- I put on new bed sheets before I left.
- Oh?

Yes, yes.

Thanks.

-Good night.
-Good night.

Esther! What's up?!

I don't want to be the same.

I don't want to be the same!

- I also had your car washed.
- Thanks.

-Is your pesce still hanging in the storeroom?
-Yes.

Can I borrow it?

I wish I had
done things differently.

It goes well.

- Have at it, Thomas.
- Good bye.

Take care of yourself.

I'll follow you down.

I'm just going to get the pesca first.
Did you keep it?

Yeah, that's what I wanted to say, that...

After the war, when everything was burnt down here,
and the entire population of Finnmark -

- had been evacuated south.
We were not allowed to go back.

We were strictly told to wait
until society was rebuilt.

It was too risky, with food shortages
and the winter that awaited.

We didn't have a house or anything.

But over 20,000 Finnmarkings defied
the ban and traveled back anyway.

It was the largest civil disobedience
action in Norwegian history.

It was almost unlivable here.
Everything was gone. We had nothing.

But we wanted to go home.

It was just that.

Drive carefully. It's slippery.

The old Kiel ferry Princess Ragnhild
came today to Alta to house the above -

- six hundred police officers
on the way to the village.

The People's Action has mobilized
its members.

Minister of Justice Oddvar Berrefjord...

Esther! Hello!

- So nice to see you!
- Likewise.

I heard about Mikkel.

I drive and communicate with
a guy down there, so…

I'll follow along for a bit.

See you later.

Good to see you.

So?
Now all of a sudden we have to sit at the front?

Yes, we were here first.

Then they get to carry us away first also.

I have Mihkkal's flag with me.

Good.

Hold it.

The police have just been observed lined up
in the center of Alta.

Now it's only a few hours until they are here.
The last time the police came to visit -

- we were around eighty shareholders.
We have talked it over.

Today there are several hundred of us!

The river must live! The river must live!

We are so few Sámi.

When we rebelled against the authorities in
the last century, they cut our heads off.

No wonder some of us
refuse to stand up.

I have never seen such solid chains!

The police will get a day off.

I must remind you
that we stand on the non-violence line.

It must be legal today to make
yourself a little extra heavy in the ass.

We will not give up until the last of us
is carried away. We will manage this!

Keep your spirits up!

- There's Piera.
- Do you see her?

- There, with the hat on.
- Yes that's her.

I think she's someone I know.

-Is that her?
-Yes.

-You came.
-Yes, I came.

Thanks.

- Why are you so late?
- We were in the torch train in Alta.

- Where were you?
- We were here and set up camp.

Help us set up the lavvos.

- Where are the links?
- We don't have links.

We do not chain ourselves to our own country.

You have blocked the construction road
and prevented legitimate business.

I would recommend that all of you
leave the area.

If one does not follow
this order -

- then you have also committed
a criminal offence.

You have two minutes to remove yourself
from the construction road.

- Take action.
- Take action!

Wait with the Sami. It doesn't look good
if we wear them first.

Block the road! Don't let the police pass!

The river must live!

Show Sami spirit! Show Sami spirit!

Drop it!

Get it!

Teacher? Ailu has a knife with him.

Thank you for letting me know.

Aila? Aila?

You are not allowed to bring a knife to school.

Give it to me.

We have to go to the principal.
Come on.

So? You enlist them early, I see?

A separate Sami state.
Is that what the goal is?

What did she say?

She said our people have never been busy
setting boundaries around our areas.

That we need to feel
that we belong here.

That this is our home.

It's over there.

Do you want to join in?

Are mom and dad home?

Not mom, anyway.

Where is she?

I do not know.
She is never home.

Dad?

We have visitors.

-Hello.
-Hello.

She is my teacher.

He must have missed the bus.

Oh well. Thank you for driving him home.

Are you Máret's daughter?

I am.

Dad? Can I show her my room?

I don't think now is a good time.

I can, if...

Just come in.

Such a nice room you have.

Can you sing?

I do not think so.

Mom used to joke.

- I don't remember any jokes right now.
- Not a single one?

I know one.

Who's?

Mihkal's.

Mihkal?

Is he kind?

Then I want to hear it.