Original subtitles

Liah? Liah!

Go, go, go!

We lost one. Mm. That's right.

You and Yonah will go tomorrow

to check if he has been washed ashore.

By the way, where is Yonah?

I think he went home. Something about his stomach.

What a wanker.

Let's go.

(Suspenseful piano music)

(Suspenseful piano music continues)

(Ship's horn, cries of gulls)

May I borrow this? Go ahead.

And this? Yeah, but don't touch my toothbrush.

Good.

Are you going somewhere? Just for a beer.

I'd like a beer too.

But I'm going in the same underwear.

Just joking.

(Sammy laughs)

- What? - A fuse was blown.

Well, I'm sure you know how to change it.

Yeah. Where do we keep the candles?

I Don't know, but I'll be back in the morning.

It's dark in here. You get it?

Did they come get the woman and the kid?

Why do you want to know that?

Can you walk? Does your leg still hurt?

I can see you're capable of thinking about others sometimes.

Business is a bit quieter at the moment,

so I figured I could go to Stockholm.

What did you do there then?

To be honest, I was too tired to leave the ferry.

I Was a bit sleep-deprived, so I slept.

I'm taking it easy.

- Are you traveling alone? - Yeah.

- What about you? - A seminar on the ferry.

I mean, the seminar was on the way to Stockholm.

The others stayed IN Stockholm for a trade fair.

- So you never studied anything? - No.

What do you do then?

I run the business, fix the house. That kind of stuff.

I have to show you. Eevi.

Oh.

- Does she have a father too? - Yes,

Look what I still have in my phone.

- How old is your phone? - Important things are important.

- Shall I buy us another round? - Don't.

I don't like being in the basement.

Dad used to lock me up here when he got upset with me.

What?

Can I help? Yeah.

That needs to be changed.

Which one? The lowest one.

No, the one on the left.

Here? Yeah, so put it in.

Yeah, then put it back.

Nice.

There's nothing here, man.

He sank to the bottom.

I'm telling you, this is a waste of time.

Tell that to Sharif.

Fuck.

What? That damn girl. She scratched my neck.

Have you seen her yet? No.

Barbara said she's a cute girl. She's the youngest we've had so far.

All right, there's nothing here, man. Let's get the fuck out of here.

Did you find Sammy's car? Nah.

At least he's good at something: misplacing his fucking cars.

(Crickets)

- Eat something, darling. - No.

- At least a mandarin. - No.

- C'mon. Humor me. - No.

Please sit down.

Enjoy your breakfast.

She's very hungry.

Sorry. Delicious.

- What's your name? - Kiki.

- I'm Carmela. - And I'm Giulia.

- Do you speak Italian? - A little, but my Italian not good.

I'm from Eritrea.

- She's from Eritrea. - What's Eritrea”

Eritrea is a country in Africa, a former Italian colony.

- Good morning. - Hello, darling.

What were you thinking bringing her here?

She's not a stray dog that Giulia brings home.

What are you doing here? I lost my family.

Where are you going? North. Finland.

Let me see your documents.

I don't have. You're not registered?

I have to take her to the barracks.

She's exhausted. Let her rest.

- I have my duties. - None of your colleagues would care.

I'm not like them. I care.

She must be taken to headquarters for identification and registration.

I'm sorry.

WENS

Get In.

(Engine starts)

You all say that you're not staying,

that you're just passing through.

Days, weeks, months go by.

And you stay in our country. You like our country.

You feel safe here.

How old is your daughter?

Liah, my daughter, is four.

I Haven't seen her in days.

They will send me back to Eritrea.

When I'm there, they will put me in prison

and I will never see her again, do you understand?

Is that what you want?

How you gain from that?

I have to go buy gifts for people.

Shall I call you?

It was nice to see you. Really nice. But...

Tell your little brother I said hi.

(Phone calling tone)

(Sammy's phone rings)

Kiki?

Aman hasn't called.

I don't know, Kiki. Where are you?

Give me five minutes.

My father will call me back in a moment. Okay.

I'd like to book a flight today for Milan.

Milan Malpensa.

Don't you have an earlier one?

(Splashing)

Hey!

Dad?

Thank you, Dad. I'll see you.

My father said he will pick me up. Okay, good. You can go.

Thank you.

Who did you see?

Go after him.

I need your help.

Milan?

Why would I go there? You wanted a gig. Here's one.

Flights.

And the money. 3000.

Plus the expenses.

What do you want me to do? You need to bring someone here.

Who is it? Some mafioso?

My daughter.

Police!

(Airport announcements)

- What do you have planned for today? - The usual.

Okay.

See you tonight.

(Winding up clockwork, music begins)

(Toy plays lullaby)

Shit.

Not again.

The power went out again.

You can't use them all at the same time.

If you use that one, then you can only use that one.

I told you. We need warm water.

This is an old house.

You have a nice mother. Huh?

It's nice that you have a mother, isn't it?

And one, two, three, four.

Left. And right. Step. Step. Step.

Heel. Toe. Clap.

One, two, three. And to your partner.

Spin. Spin. And first position.

One, two, three, four. Heel. Toe. Good.

One, two, three, four. Heel. Toe.

Are you going to play hockey? What happened?

- I helped my brother at the shop. - Working is not good for humans.

- What happened? - Nothing. I'm sorry I couldn't make it.

Is that blood?

- You have to go see the nurse. - Stop.

- Joni, why weren't you in class? - I overslept.

Okay. Be on time from now on.

- Okay, show me. - What?

Hey, I have four brothers; I've seen bare asses before.

C'mon.

Veera.

- What? - Look.

Veera studies medicine.

Veera studies medicine.

- May I take a look? - Yeah.

What quack did you go to? What happened?

Or did you stitch it yourself?

We have an auto repair shop. I staggered and hit something sharp.

Could that something have been a knife?

It looks like a knife wound.

Where did she go?

Did they tell you to keep the wound clean?

No.

Morning and night. Thoroughly. Or it'll get infected.

This might sting a little.

I'd really like to know who stitched this.

Okay, it's done.

By the way, I got you the entrance exam books.

Here you go.

Those two are in the requirements every year, and the rest...

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, still alive?

- What actually happened? - I told you.

So, what are we going to do? You can't dance with that.

You can't even walk properly.

You can ask someone else to dance with you.

Don't say that.

- Where were you? - You think about that.

Why is the woman and her kid still here?

Why didn't you say anything when I called?

What are they doing here?

That person was supposed to come get them.

- Did anyone show up? - Nice to see you too.

You should've said something. I could've arranged things.

Why the hell did you let them into Morn and Dad's bedroom?

Can you answer me?

- You hear me? - Yeah. Get the fuck out.

You're not my dad. Why are you questioning me?

-Get the fuck out. Sure, I'd love to.

Will you take care of the bills then?

And your school, books, food and white tie.

Fucking stop!

Stop.

Stop.

Fuck. My leg.

Sorry.

I didn't mean to.

You've done a good job here. You fixed the electricity and all.

I have to go take care of something.

I might be back quite late.

Okay?

- Kamal Hanano. - Hi.

What took you so long?

Nothing. I've got good news for you. You can go get your sister.

- But I don't have the money. - Of course you don't.

I'll call you in the morning.

Oh, you're here already. - Sorry, I gotta go.

- I have something important. - Do you have an appointment?

- Ne, but... - You can book it online.

I called, but I can't wait until next week.

- I need a loan. - You can apply for it online.

It's not possible for me. I'll be getting my citizenship soon.

Unfortunately I can't help. I'm sure you understand.

Petteri?

(Melancholy music)

Thanks. And sorry for taking so much.

- Give me the number. - No way.

You can't call him. He'll call you.

Give me the name at least.

- Sharif. - Sharif?

- How much? - I'LL tell you later.

I understand we've gotten tired, Petter.

But I don't understand giving away our spot.

We've been waiting five years.

We no longer know how to live with each other.

I want a child and so do you.

- Or at least that's what I thought. - You don't always get what you want.

- You can always try. Till the end. - Where's the end?

I Don't want our life to be In the hands of other people.

In the hands of the Finnish Heritage Agency,

town planning people or doctors or the adoption agency.

I need space for my own thoughts.

And this is how you create that space?

Bye.

Hi. You must be Noora.

Yes, Noora Kukkonen. Social worker.

Maria Korpi-Heikkila, hi. Sorry I'm late.

- Where's Kamal? - He had to go somewhere.

And I have to go too.

If it's okay, we can look at the papers tomorrow.

It's getting late.

Yeah, I'm really sorry.

- This is Rayan? - Yes, this is Rayan.

- All right, I'll see you tomorrow. - Yeah.

Hi, Rayan.

I'm Maria.

Everything's going to be okay.

You don't have to worry.

I'm sure you are worried, but...

I understand.

Oh, honey.

Oh. Come here.

Everything's okay.

Everything okay? Congratulations.

- Welcome to Sweden, cousin. - Thank you.

Now you'll just get your family here. Anwar will take you.

- He'll help you with everything. - Absolutely.

Here.

Here.

I lost everything...

(Jawad sobs)

We all did. Every one of us did.

(Airport announcements)

Hello. No, no thank you.

Sammy sent me.

Why is my father not here?

He was supposed to come, but something came up.

He asked me to give you this. What came up? Why is he not here?

He was caught.

What about Aman and Liah? I don't know who they are.

Just give me your phone. I want to call my father.

I don't want you to use my phone,

and I don't think he can answer right now.

Look, I'm here to get you to Finland.

I don't want to get into trouble, okay?

I was supposed to give you that damn passport, and I did that.

What else do you want? Now I have to buy you a ticket.

Wait. Who does this belong to? I don't know. It looks real.

Is it stolen? I got it from Sammy.

I don't know where he got it from.

She heard.

Come.

We need to rent a car.

I want to call Kamal. I can't just keep waiting.

Riku promised to handle this. I'm staying out of it, sorry.

I've got enough problems of my own.

- How much money are they asking? - 5,000.

- Are you ready to pay? - Do I have a choice?

Here we have a man who understands what love of family means.

Do you have the money?

You don't have the money, vet you got in touch with me.

Why? Do you think we have your sister?

- I don't know. - Jorge, do we have his sister?

No, we don't.

We don't. We don't have your sister.

- You live alone? - Yes.

Your home is beautiful. Lots of space.

Asshole.

Do you have citizenship? Finnish citizenship.

Not yet.

But you have a residence permit?

- Asylum. - Asylum.

Asylum.

You were lucky. Few people ever get a residence permit.

Many come here, knowing they'll never get one.

Others come believing they'll get it.

But then they don't.

And they need help. We could all help one another.

We could help them, you could help me, and I could help you.

How are you going to help me?

I'll give you the money to save your sister.

And you'll accommodate people in your home.

Until they move on.

Hmm?

Hmm?

Deal?

Ten hours. 1,100 kilometres left.

Then we only need to cross the Baltic Sea.

How do you know my father?

I don't really know him.

Why did you come get me, then?

He asked me to.

Why? Why did he ask you if you don't really know him?

How well do you know your father?

Do you know what he's doing in Finland? His business?

Import. He has an import company.

(Riku chuckles)

What? Okay...

What?

Why don't you let me focus on driving, okay?

Hello. My name is Hanna Makela. I'm your lawyer.

Why don't you have a seat

and just tell me in your own words what happened?

I want you to get me out of here.

That's what we're looking into, a way to have you released.

So don't waste your time, then.

I want to be out, now.

And I need to make one phone call.

(Liah murmurs in her sleep, sound of typing)

(Phone rings)

Sammy! God damn it, what happened?

I was careless because of Kiki.

Kiki? Yeah. She's on her way to Finland.

What the fuck? That's why I'm calling you.

I'm going to get myself out of here as soon as possible,

and I might need your help.

So, let's stay in touch, okay? You bet, Sammy. God damn it.

I'll help you as much as I can.

It's a hell of a good thing that you get your daughter back, huh?

Yeah.

(Liah murmurs)

Sh-sh-sh.

Drink.

Such a sweet child. Maybe we could take her.

You're not taking shit!

We're selling her as quickly as we can, and that's that.

(Engine starts)

Hey!

Hey! Stop, for fuck's sake!

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