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Hey! Hey! Stop, for fuck's sake!

Hey!

What did you do to my father? I did nothing to your father!

Then where is he? He was arrested.

That's ridiculous! Why the fuck would he be arrested?

Because he smuggled people into Finland

inside the floor of his van, and he was caught.

The police took him. I saw it! What people?

And he asked me to come and get you,

and I said yes because I need the money,

because I'm fucking screwed up

and I need to take care of my little brother!

What people? Was it Aman and Liah?

I still don't know who is Aman and Liah.

But yeah, you can go without me.

I'm sure you'll make it into Finland by yourself just fine.

There's enough gas to get you almost to Hanover.

(Phone rings)

- Hi. - Where are you?

On my way home. It'll be a while, though.

- Well, did something happen? - No.

- Did that one guy come back? - No. Where are you?

I'm on my way home.

- When? - Call me If he comes.

Don't do anything stupid.

I Talked to the woman's brother, and he's coming to pick them up.

- When? - As soon as I get home.

Maybe not tomorrow, though.

- Where the hell are you? - Well, I'm driving.

- Where? - In Germany.

I'm driving a really nice Volkswagen to Travemunde. A work gig.

I Can pay the debt when I'm done.

I'll call you later. Try to get some sleep. Bye.

So have you been travelling a long time?

How do people get these... trips?

Did you come over the Mediterranean?

Huh?

I'm just interested to know how...

people start these things, you know?

Shouldn't you just focus on the driving?

(Doorbell rings)

(Doorbell rings again)

You're making them sleep on the floor? Seriously?

From Sharif.

- How long will they stay here? - You can ask Sharif.

Is there a toilet?

Hi.

May I take a blanket?

- Are you an Arab? - Yes. Thanks.

Are you tired?

Rayan Saleh.

Guardian: Maria Korpi-Heikkila.

Please fill in the rest of the information,

and then I'll send it to the district court.

The decision will come by mail, but you don't have to wait for it.

You can start taking care of the boy's matters.

You have his uncle's authorization.

So, it's taken care of now.

I'm not coming yet. I need to take care of something.

Are you going to see Rayan? I can take you.

No, I have to go home. I can take the metro.

I'll go see Rayan later.

- Hello. - Hi.

I'm Maria, his guardian.

I Can take care of it.

Thanks.

Do you know what his situation is?

- I can see he's still on the drip. - I don't know anything.

Okay, I'll ask someone else.

Thanks.

Hi.

Shall we eat a little?

Are you hungry? We have delicious oatmeal here.

Let's make sure it's not too hot.

Oh.

Here comes the car.

You were pretty hungry, weren't you?

- Water. - What?

Water.

I wish I knew what you want.

Do you want water?

Water?

(Rayan chokes)

Oh no.

Oh dear.

Wait.

Your forehead is all hot.

I'll go get help.

- Good morning! - Good morning.

(Ominous music)

Hey! Hey, wake up.

Where is your friend? What?

Where is your friend? Abdi?

Yeah, Abdi! I don't know. He's not my friend.

- What happened? - Shut up.

Sorry.

He took all my money.

You have to come get those people.

- I don't want thieves in my home. - Okay.

Okay.

Then give me back the money.

Does this hurt?

We'll take an MRI.

His temperature goes up and down, and the antibiotics aren't working.

- His kidney levels are alarmingly high. - It sounds serious.

It is serious, especially for a child.

(Heart monitor beeps)

You can come with us.

Okay. Yeah, of course.

Hi.

Are you still waiting for Maria? Yes, waiting very long time.

Isn't she in her room?

Hi...

Hi. Where are you?

A customer has been waiting two hours for you.

I Can't come right now.

I'm taking care of a little boy abandoned by his parents.

- Tell the customer I'll call her. - You could've told her that.

I know. I forgot. Sorry.

(Maria hangs up)

Could you consider the bank loan now?

I'll be getting my citizenship soon. They promised.

And I have a job.

- Maybe some other bank could help... - I don't want another bank!

I need the money now!

What have I done? Let go of me, goddammit!

I'm a customer! Fuck!

Bastards!

He was already here once before.

We granted him a big line of credit without guarantee.

But I noticed only new

that the money we loaned him was transferred to Aleppo.

- Where? - It's in Syria.

Hi. I couldn't make it earlier. Is everything okay?

I hope so. They took an MRI, but the results haven't come back yet.

Did you know that he was brought

to the health clinic for undocumented migrants

and left there on his own?

He was practically abandoned.

Where are his parents?

Hi.

Let's talk about your friend.

(Car doors close)

The money.

You're a thousand short.

Give me the jacket.

Damn, Jorge. Hey.

Chill, man. Damn.

Keep the jacket. Not a word to Sharif.

(Ship's horn)

We made it.

Are you sleeping here also? Yeah.

You can buy your own cabin if you want.

I'm going out for a smoke.

Don't go anywhere.

(Kiki sighs)

Jawad...

(Ballroom dance music)

What?

Have you seen Rama? No.

Is something wrong?

(Approaching vehicle)

Jawad!

Hi!

How are you, princess?

(Ballroom music continues)

And spin.

Good. One, two, and spin.

And the third time. And spin.

That's it. Face your partner.

Remember not to let your arms down.

- Jenna, who's your partner? - Joni.

Where is he?

His leg is messed up, and he's not answering his phone.

- Should we find you another partner? - Everyone's paired up already.

Why didn't Kamal bring Rayan here when he went to see him?

- I don't know. - I don't either.

God help us.

- Isn't Rayan well yet? - I've talked to Kamal only once.

Didn't they let you talk to him?

Kamal said they're running tests on Rayan.

We have to go get Rayan.

- Could you give me the phone? - Okay.

Hi, Kamal.

Hi. I'm good. How are you?

I'm here.

We're leaving.

What?

How much?

You didn't give them anything, did you?

Okay:.

Okay, go. We'll talk later. Bye.

- Your brother is being blackmailed. - What?

The blackmailers will let us go if he pays them 5,000 euros.

That's blackmail!

That's why they didn't let you talk to him!

Hey, come here.

Jawad, stop.

No, Jawad.

Open the door. Open.

Open!

Where's your brother?

Tell him to open the door.

Tell me where your brother is.

- Tell him to open the door. - No.

- Jawad, we don't have time for this. - Open it!

Jawad!

Open the door.

Fuck... Riku.

Shall we go to eat?

No.

I'm starving. I did not eat for one week.

I'll bring you a sandwich on my way back.

Come on!

So, you say... you don't know my father.

We already had this conversation.

Come on. Just tell me the truth, please.

(Tinkling piano)

If you don't tell me, I will start to scream.

And I will tell everyone here that you're a pimp,

bringing me to a brothel in Helsinki.

Why would anyone believe you?

Because you hit me.

I didn't do that. No one would know.

Okay, let's go to the cabin. Tell me where my father is.

What did you do to him? Why isn't he calling me?

Why didn't he pick me up?

Tell me where my husband and... Shut up.

(Tinkling piano continues)

Oh. There's a news article about your dad.

"A human smuggler was caught by the police.

"The suspect is a 56-year-old foreign man.

"He was smuggling two people into Finland."

And the other one is an underage kid.

They were both hidden inside his van.

You're lying. No, I'm not lying. Look, here's a picture of your dad.

Excuse me, are you Finnish? Yeah.

Can you translate this, please?

Well, it says that the police arrested a 56-year-old foreign man.

He was smuggling two people in his car.

The other one is a child, and...

Thank you.

You will be interrogated as a criminal suspect.

The suspected crime is arranging illegal entry into this country.

Helsinki, South Harbour. Two foreigners were found in a van.

Neither of them had a passport, visa, residential permit,

any travel documents at all.

My client admitted picking up these two people in Stockholm.

His motive was to help these people in distress.

They admitted to paying 2000 euros for this trip.

There were some costs incurred by my client, of course.

But you didn't find any money on him.

The owner of the van

is the Seventh-Advent Church of Helsinki.

The church imports all kind of things. Including people?

What about his remand?

I don't see it necessary for the investigation.

His daughter and her family are applying for asylum here in Finland,

and he wants to be there for support.

So, we have no reason to suspect he's a flight risk.

He himself has been granted asylum and Finnish citizenship.

That's for the prosecutor to decide.

I am Eritrean.

I have been fighting for 15 years in the army against Ethiopia,

and then against our leader.

But our mutiny failed.

They hanged all the people they could catch.

Or tortured them to death.

During the war, I lost my wife, two daughters, my son.

Friends.

I still have one daughter, and a child.

They're all I have. They need my help.

Can I have one? Oh, yeah, sure.

Sorry. Didn't know you smoked. I don't.

Yeah. I should quit too.

The sea always makes you feel so small.

I cannot believe I'm seeing my family soon.

We got separated on the coast of Libya.

It was total chaos. People were shooting.

Some were drowning.

My family got onto the boat we were heading towards, and...

I didn't.

It's strange.

One moment ago we were living a normal life,

deciding what to make for dinner, doing laundry,

reading bedtime stories.

Just feels, like, you know, such a long time ago.

Another life.

Thank you for showing me the article.

At least now I know that my husband and daughter are safe in Finland.

Daughter?

The child in the article...

was a boy.

A father and a son.

I saw them.

You saw wrong.

-Hi.

Could I take the car? I have a work thing.

I Can take the train if it's not okay.

You can take it, but take me to work first.

Okay. I'm not in a hurry.

Look what the Turkish smugglers gave me.

No way! Oh my gosh!

- Where can you find someone like her? - Let's ask her.

Hi, hi. I want like this woman. Where, where?

Where is this woman? No.

Woman, woman, where? No, no.

Please! No.

Want a cigarette?

Hey, wait! I want a woman like her.

I'm sorry.

- I told you not to come outside. - C'mon!

Get in, and throw away your cigarettes.

- Stop griping. - In! Make it quick.

Kamal.

Hi, Rama darling.

Hi.

I Move out, and for the first time In years, I see you smile.

Damn, I love you.

And I hate myself.

I hate my life.

I miss you.

Hey, I miss you, too.

- See you later. - Maria...

Kamal.

Hi.

- What happened? What is it? - I came to get Rayan.

You can't take him. He's receiving treatment.

They can treat him in Sweden.

Bushra and Jawad want to take Rayan with them now.

They can't stay in Finland.

How come they showed up here all of a sudden?

We're going to have to wait until we find out

what's wrong with Rayan.

What's happening?

She's saying Rayan is too sick to travel.

What's going on? Who is she?

Maria. She's been helping us and Rayan.

- Let's go get the boy. - Wait, Jawad. Let's trust Maria.

- What do you mean, "Wait"? - What if Maria's right?

Kamal, I'm calling the police. I'm calling the police.

Jawad, she's calling the police.

This is Maria Korpi-Heikkila.

I'm calling from the Children's Hospital.

Maria, no.

Let's go. The police will be here.

Okay, the situation seems to be over.

I'll call again if there's anything.

Bye.

Our patients are in good hands here.

No one can get anyone without us noticing.

I still demand that I be notified

If Rayan's uncle or anybody comes to get him.

Please write it down in your records.

- That's it. It's in the records now. - Thanks.

- What is it? - If we go back, she'll call the police.

I'm sure of that. I know her.

Where do you know her from?

Work. She's been taking care of Rayan.

You think this arrangement is better for Rayan? Are you in your right mind?

What has this country made you?

- We'd just go see Rayan. - It's not the right time yet.

You'll get him back soon.

Do you promise?

We have to go now. We're drawing too much attention.

- Let's go to Kamal's apartment. - We can't do that.

- Why not? - Because it's not possible.

Things don't always happen the way you want, Jawad.

I've tried my best.

I have my life too.

So your private life is more important than your nephew? Is that so?

- Let's go back. - Where?

- To the car thieves' house? - Where then?

Hi.

Hello, Rayan.

- How are you? - Good.

Look.

Look, Rayan. I brought you a gift.

Ta-dah. What's this?

Look.

You can take it.

Look. We can put these dancers on it.

(Official speaks German)

Good morning. I would like to apply for asylum in Finland.

Excuse me, sir.

I need to call my father. It's urgent.

Can I borrow a phone? Everything in time.

To Stockholm? Yeah.

She is yours? Yeah.

Have a nice trip. Thank you.

(Footsteps, door handle turns)

(Handle turns repeatedly)

Joni?

Hi.

The treatments aren't helping Rayan.

He needs a new Kidney.

How quickly? And where can we find one?

A close relative would be the best and safest option.

A parent, for example.

Hi, Kamal. I have bad news.

- Are you alone? - Yeah.

Riku's somewhere. My brother.

Why are you here?

You didn't answer your phone, so I came to check on you.

Bushra, I'm telling you. I'll donate a kidney.

No, Jawad.

Let me donate mine.

- You can't make the decision alone. - Can you then?

No fucking way.

You scammer.

Get the fuck out of here.

Wait here.

No, Jawad.

- Hey, you. - Kamal.

Wait here.

- You blackmailed me. Why? - Riku didn't know.

- It was a misunderstanding. - I thought you were a smuggler.

I didn't know you were a relative.

I came to get clean clothes.

And I couldn't get back up.

- Are you sure you're going to be okay? - Yeah. Riku's here.

Let's call later.

(Engine starts, Jenna drives off)

Guess what?

- What? - They want to stay here.

Not me, but Bushra and Jawad and Rama.

- Okay. Why? - Rayan has to stay in the hospital.

He's going to have a major surgery, and I can't take them.

They have no place to stay.

And Bushra said you've taken good care of them.

I've had to buy quite a bit of stuff for them.

I'll pay you.

And they'll leave as soon as they can get Rayan.

Jawad better stay away from me.

Did that asshole do something while I was gone?

No, but what have you been up to?

- What do you mean? - You weren't in Germany.

No?

Look.

Our heads are above water again.

- Is this the sore leg? - Yes.,

- Who was the girl who was here? - Jenna.

Yep, yep.

Hi. You wanted to see your father?

Come with me, please.

- Dad. - You made it.

What about Aman and Liah?

You brought them here.

You brought them into the country...

And now they think you are...

They think you're a human smuggler.

Dad?

No. Dad, no.

(Sammy breaks down)

(Kiki hangs up phone)

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