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Mommy!

Mommy, yes!

Mommy.

Would be so fun if you could say that.

Mommy.

-Mommy? - Yes!

Here comes daddy.

There's daddy.

Johan said mommy.

-Must have been daddy. - No, it was mommy.

-Yes! - Sure?

I can hear the difference between mommy and daddy.

Sounds completely different.

Both may be labial,

- but Johan said mommy.

Johan?

Kids in the Grande family are supposed to say daddy first.

-Mommy. - Daddy.

Mommy.

Daddy.

Ready?

My story started with the war.

Mom and dad blew up bridges.

To get rid of the Germans.

Come on!

They blew up 13 bridges.

I was with them, but don't remember much.

Only that it was fun.

And that they blasted like hell.

Then we laughed.

But then it turned out that was not a good thing.

Apparently, we blew up bridges at the wrong time. People were mad.

And 80 years later -

- they're still mad.

Quiet! Keep it down!

Idiots, all of them.

The Grandes.

-What the hell are you doing here? - Didn't you hear the explosions?

Not the Berseth bridge!

Yup.

Goddammit!

We were supposed to blow that up! With the British.

What am I supposed to tell them?

What's the problem?

Hello, London?

Hello? I just want to report that the Berseth bridge is down. Abort mission!

I'm very sorry.

It's quite unexpected. Two goddam communists got there before us.

Kolbjorn, just pack up. No point in staying here.

Stop it! Kolbjorn, don't you talk to him!

Frode, all that matters is that the bridge is gone. Right?

We've been here for eight long days! Preparing.

Rationing our food.

-Hi, Olav. - Stop it! Don't talk to them

Well, we just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for nothing!

You bloody...

No, not you.

You fucking Grandes!

It's important to me that you know this.

We, the Grande family, came to this island first.

We fallowed the glacier as it withdrew.

And when we got here, we stopped.

Hi, Solvor!

We have lived here for thousands of years.

Frode, you can't just throw my mail!

People have always been envious since we have the best plot of land.

-You're fast. - Solvor!

Come home!

-I have to go. Bye, Johan. - Bye, Solvor.

But we haven't cared about, being liked. No one ever liked us.

And it didn't get any better in my lifetime.

You can't waste your time trying to be liked. Sure you understand that.

STILL GERMAN MINES IN NORWEGIAN WATERS

Mom!

Dad!

That's it, Johan.

Put it down carefully.

Let's see.

This is a good spot.

First we cut this wire.

Then we split it.

Like we did on the other end.

You see, Johan...

When two individuals are in love, it doesn't work if they're apart.

There has to be a point of contact.

And when the heat at that point of contact -

- is high enough...

Then -

- anything can happen!

Your mom and I had you.

You'll have kids -

- and they'll have kids. Understand?

Isn't she nice, Johan?

She's very nice!

Have you thought of a name?

Ella.

-Like your mom? - Yeah.

Why not?

Ella's a good name for a horse.

Let's see if Ella can handle a blast.

Very good, Johan!

See how that flew up in the air?

But, isn't it dangerous?

Of course it's dangerous.

But sometimes you just have to do it anyways.

But... what if it explodes?

Nothing can withstand your father's pipe wrench.

You see, Johan...

Dynamite isn't dangerous.

-Cowardly people are. - Your father can handle this.

And maybe you too, one day.

Fun, huh?

This will be -

- a whole lot of fun!

-Everything okay, mom? - Everything's just fine!

It would be easier to communicate if you removed your earmuffs.

That weighs over 300 pounds, Johan. You can't...

What should we do with the horse, Iver? Give it away?

The horse will manage. The boy is our priority.

You don't mean he's going to live with us!

We're his only family. Of course I do.

Maybe it would be good for him to get out and breathe.

Get some air under his wings. That might be nice.

Johan believes their headstone shouldn't be here.

That it belongs at sea.

With the remains of his parents.

I think you should let Johan stay with you for a while.

You think so?

He's so young. So incomplete, in many ways.

What are you doing?

It was difficult to say anything redeeming about your brother and his wife.

They blew things up totally at random. Or was that wrong of me?

No, they were quite fond of blowing things up.

But their war effort was tremendous.

Saving Norwegian and British lives. Even Russian prisoners of war.

Without them, we'd still be occupied. That they were communists...

What Johan needs now -

- are adult role models.

Someone more stable and less -

- explosive.

Johan can still end up a normal boy.

As a student, I learned -

- that young children need a lot of care and support.

But as they grow older, they gradually need less.

And eventually, they need no care at all.

Does it hurt?

A little.

-Too bad about your parents, Johan. - Yeah.

Too bad.

But they were kind of weird.

Maybe.

But dad was strong.

You can be strong and weird at the same time.

Mom says kissing is like eating something really good.

Like what, for example?

-Cake? - What kind of cake?

-German shortbreads? - Nothing German is good!

Brown sugar, like this?

That's kind of good.

But not the best.

-Macaroon cake? - Don't like it.

-Kveefjord cake? - That I like!

So you're saying kissing -

- is like eating Kvaefjord cake?

I don't know for sure. I'm just referring.

We could try?

Hey! Is this where you are?

Going to blow up my daughter too? You stay away from Solvor!

We aren't going that far, Johan.

Wild horses like Ella always manage.

Come on.

You can visit Ella whenever you want.

I lost my parents -

- much too soon.

That was upsetting.

I'll admit that.

But I had nature.

And Ella.

Without Ella I'd be dead.

This is a small place, with nowhere to hide.

Aunt and Uncle were good to me.

Let me make something nice to eat.

I grew up at the lighthouse, where they taught me to be strong in my arms.

This is hew we do it in the Home Guard. Like this.

Puncture his lung.

Ram your knife right into his lungs.

Lie down!

And then I'll yank your innards out so blood sprays...

Solvor, Johan was staring at you!

He stared for at least five seconds, maybe even seven!

Matti Jarvinen -

- hung from the crossbar for one hour and 15 minutes.

I'll buy a hot dog for whoever comes closest.

Come on. Very good.

Ten seconds, Sivert?

-No! - What's this?

What's this? Come on, Egil!

You're swinging too much.

This is...

What a bunch of...

Look at Lars!

Good job, Lars.

Very good, Lars.

Keep working.

Come on, Lars!

Don't give up now.

Son of a... Go sit down.

Sit down, all of you.

Well, let's see how long you can hang.

Let's go.

It's freezing out here.

-You coming, Solver? - Yeah.

Are you still hanging there, you blockhead?

No one cares!

Johan?

Iver and I, -

- we've been thinking.

It's all about finding -

- some sort of balance.

So you can relate to people in a normal way.

Otherwise everything becomes a hassle, Johan.

I think what Iver is trying to say, -

- is that people are skeptical of those who are different.

-And you are different. - But in a good way.

You'll find your path, Johan. I'm not worried about that.

-But you have to make things work. - Exactly.

Johan, it isn't enough to just be strong.

No.

Anyway, -

- how about a waffle?

Good idea.

Do you realize this was the exact spot where the German sub came in?

The Battle of Titran took place in this very spot.

That hut is where we planned our bridge demolitions.

Berseth bridge, Lyse bridge, -

- Lam bridge, Fiske bridge...

All of the bridges.

To blow up a bridge, you have to plan

First thing in the morning.

"It's late April, 1940, and the Germans have met no resistance in Norway."

- "But ..." - "But what the Germans didn't know...

"What the Germans didn't know ..."

"What the Germans didn't know, was that Titran's resistance fighters -

- would change the outcome of the war so dramatically."

Come on!

That was your cue.

Pick up the pace.

What happens now?

Come on! Get the Germans!

Come on.

Come on!

But what...

What's this?

Just stop!

You're supposed to lie down! You're dead!

It's in the script!

Lie' down, Johan. You're ruining it for everyone else.

There.

And... action.

Hang on, hang oh...

You're so wimpy.

It's more of a theatrical-kick.

Like this.

Use your hip, like this.

He can hardly feel anything. Feel free to join in.

Hi, Johan.

Don't you want to get away from this place?

See the world?

Staying here, Johan -

- is like eating only one thing for the test of your life.

-Like what? - I don't know.

If it's Kvsefjord cake, that wouldn't be a problem.

Fool.

Want to blow up something?

You sure?

I want to light it.

Nothing's happening.

Salvor and I -

- had a nice time together.

A soft and good time.

Maybe the blasting cap is wet.

-I wish it had lasted longer. - No!

But things didn't work out that way.

After Solver blew up, people liked me less -

- than they had liked the Grandes since the time of Jesus.

It's going to be okay, Johan.

It wasn't your fault.

Not entirely your fault.

Shared fault.

It was overwhelming how people disliked me back then.

We Grandes had never been so unpopular.

So I had to go to America.

There was no other place for me.

In America I blew up all kinds of things.

The Americans just pointed and said: "Johan, blow this up."

And I did.

I saved up plenty of dollars -

- and got to see the biggest and smallest things In the world.

But I longed for home every day.

To the island and the and to Ella.

And Solvor.

She was still mine, after all.

No matter how blown up she was.

We're all a little blown up, when it comes right down to it.

You think you can blow up my daughter, -

- and show up 15 years later with flowers?

That isn't how it works. She ended up with nothing.

No school. No work.

And no husband. And whose fault is that?

No!

No!

You can't lock me out of my own house!

-Hi. - Who do you think you are?

I came to apologize.

As I wrote in my letters...

-What letters? - I have a spare key!

-The letters I wrote. - I never got any.

I wrote to you for years.

Didn't you... from New York.

New York?

And Colorado, and...

What about Idaho?

Move!

Let's go for a walk. Or... roll.

No!

She doesn't want to.

Of course she doesn't want you.

No one out here wants you.

No one likes you.

Do you hear me? No one.

Especially not Solvor.

I want nothing to do with you. Don't you get it?

Well, I'm here now.

I'm going to fix up the farm.

There's plenty of room there.

You know where you can find me.

Get out!

Get out!

Imagine that, -

- coming here!

Come on.

My, how you have grown, Johan! Are you two meters?

So they blast in America too?

They sure do.

And build and all that.

There are -

- lots of projects.

Pro-ject?

With an "s". Plural.

Right.

Lots of animals too.

And guns everywhere.

I can imagine.

-Do they have snus? - They have everything.

The Americans just wake up in the morning and start inventing stuff.

What characters!

Please, help yourself, Johan.

There you go.

It was enough.

-Home is home. - So true.

Now you can come to the unveiling, Johan.

They deserved it.

Your parents. They really did.

Finally.

Yes.

A monument will be great.

Thank you, Titran Male Choir.

We all felt that one.

Here, in this little cabin, they planned their missions.

Those stupid Germans never figured out where they were.

Most of us -

- struggled to stay alive from day to day -

- as we waited for that goddamn occupation to end.

But a handful of us -

- did more.

They fought back.

They fought for each and every one of us.

That's what they did.

So it is full of devotion -

- that I now unveil this monument.

Stop it!

Where are they?

Mom and dad?

Don't get me wrong. Your parents were good folk, but they were...

How should I put this? They were -

- a little on the side.

On the side?

They are singing the national anthem!

Maybe you forgot how it goes, over in America, huh?

You've become such a snob, you don't care about the national anthem!

Come on boys! Punch him, Arne!

-Knock him down! - Come on!

Give it to him!

Very good! Come on!

Punch him! Make him bleed!

No, what...

Okay...

Way to go, Johan. Come on!

Let's talk about this.

Let's talk instead.

That's enough, Johan.

Let's go home.

Let's go home, all of us.

Johan...

I'm sitting down now.

...and that nurse can't even speak Norwegian.

She can't even boil potatoes.

They're feeding me stew.

I don't like that. I want fish cakes.

I don't want it.

It takes time for trends to reach us.

But, dammit, it's beautiful when they do.

I think Solvor is just as fine.

Sure.

A little disabled doesn't mean much in the big picture.

But she made it pretty clear that she wasn't interested, Johan.

There isn't just one woman in the world. There are many.

You must have seen that in America.

I'm sure there were plenty of women there.

Sure.

Maybe you'll be fortunate enough -

- to find a woman as amazing as Magnhild.

Huh?

I told Johan I'm fortunate to have you.

Give me a break, you fool.

Johan?

Don't wait as long as Iver and end up sterile. I'm just saying.

The quicksilver up in the lamp.

Reproduction, Johan...

That's what it's all about.

The circle of life.

I'm the last Grande.

Yes.

You are.

Sometimes -

- you need to start fresh.

In order for life to move forward.

In a sense.

Grande.

Johan Grande.

Have a seat.

Hakkebo, booth number three.

Hi.

My name's Trude.

Grande.

Booth number five.

Good luck.

Hi.

Yes.

Hi.

-Hi. - Hey, you!

Wait your turn. One lady at a time.

-That's a pity. - It is what it is.

Grande. Both number three.

No thanks!

I have a proposal, Solvor.

My house is too big for me. I can knock down a wall, here.

And make a big bedroom.

A master bedroom.

Here.

And maybe a children's room.

And maybe even here.

Electric wheelchair elevator.

Accessible-fitted kitchen.

No doorsills.

Flat everywhere.

I can't have kids.

Then it will be just you and me.

That's also nice.

It is.

And a huge bedroom.

Or we can adopt.

Someone else's kid?

It will become our kid.

-Not our blood. - There's enough blood in the world.

We can adopt a houseful.

Kids everywhere.

Listen...

32 square meters. That's...

You've never seen a bedroom that big.

But you're so weird.

-Everyone's weird. - No, you're weirder than most.

You'd put me in a weird light. I don't know if I want that.

I think you're just as fine.

I have a man.

Yes, I do.

Then what are you doing here?

A girl has to be allowed to play around.

I've had many men.

I used to be with -

- Karsten.

But he went blind.

And drowned in a bog.

Disappeared.

But then, after that...

I met my latest.

Where is he?

He lives in the city.

He's a real city man.

I feel you're not telling the truth.

Is that what you feel?

You're always feeling thing.

Feeling and blasting.

Just like your parents.

Feelings and dynamite. That ended up killing them.

Right.

I guess I'll just have to find -

- another woman.

You aren't my type, anyway.

You never have been.

Hello.

What do you want?

Get out of here!

It's important to never give up.

Suddenly something happens.

And you simply have to take the leap.

There you go.

Imagine if Iver had seen you now.

Too bad he didn't get to experience this.

He would have enjoyed it.

What's she look like, Johan?

I don't know.

-Huh? - I don't know.

Don't be disappointed if it doesn't work out.

If it doesn't work out, it just doesn't. I'm just saying.

Hello.

Pei-Pei?

Johan.

Yes.

Welcome to Titran.

Pei-Pei.

Only Pey.

I thought Pei-Pei.

Only one Pey.

Yes, only one Pey.

Your luggage?

Hello.

Magnhild Grande.

I'm Johan's aunt.

My aunt.

We take the horse.

So, it's pretty easy.

-I can help you. - It's okay.

-You like horses? - Yes.

Okay.

Her name's Ella.

Toilet.

Shower.

This is wrong now...

Towels. Very good.

I'm not exactly -

- completely -

- prepared here.

Phone, if you want to call someone. It works.

Sometimes I sit here and work with...

But usually I put it away, so I'll put it away.

It's more cozy with the lights.

Couch.

Sometimes I play harmonica.

But this harmonica is very big and very difficult.

If you want to try, maybe not start with this one.

Yes.

Your bedroom is upstairs.

It's a very big bedroom.

I'll sleep on the couch.

That's what I'll do.

Hi.

Right, let's see here.

Let's see.

Yes, now...

Coffee?

Yes.

Now you can choose.

Four of a kind.

Or continue.

But now...

I'll write it above the line.

So you'll get the bonus.

It doesn't help in Yatzy if you don't get the bonus.

It is what it is.

A small straight!

On my first throw!

See? A little on the first!

It never happens.

Incredible!

Very good.

Now it's you.

Very good, Pey.

-Car-rot? - Yes!

Very good.

"Sodd."

Can you say that?

-Sodd? - Well done.

That is so...

That is great, Pey. You learn very quickly.

You're doing well.

That fool Iver always wanted -

- sausage in his sodd.

A little variety was a good thing, -

- according to Iver.

A little variety!

He said the same thing when he tried my back door, too.

Anyway, down in your countries, -

- do you have a lot of sausage in your food?

Do you use much sausage?

Do you like explosions?

Fun?

Can I try?

Yeah?

Good!

Very good.

It's nice -

- here.

-Yeah. - Damn nice.

Yeah.

Damn nice.

Damn nice.

Damn nice!

-Another? - Yes!

Age, Age, Age ...!

There.

Hi there.

Hello.

This is Pey.

From Vietnam.

So you know each other?

Yes, from -

- school, and things like that.

Here and there, actually.

Yep.

Do you use sausage in your sodd?

Hi.

This is where -

- the accident happened.

Out there.

It wasn't easy, growing up without them.

It wasn't.

It was rough.

A lot of people weren't nice.

But now...

Now, Pey...

You know what?

I've never cared about someone -

- as much as I care about you.

You're a good man, Johan.

It is what it is.

-Hi. - Hello.

Apparently there's been a mistake.

Or two mistakes, actually.

Or two things.

-Two things? - Yes, two.

The first is that we have received a report of domestic abuse.

But we are ignoring that.

We see no reason to believe that, so...

From who?

-A report from who? - I can't divulge that.

But we have decided to disregard it completely.

Anyway, when We looked into it, we found the mistake.

An oversight, actually. No one's to blame.

What kind of mistake?

Simply put, there's been a mix-up.

You should have gotten Pei-Pei Shinawatra.

And Tor Henry Lurvik...

He was supposed to get Pey Nguyen, who you see there.

It's so typical.

Tor Henry Lurvik.

Come Pey.

Help!

-Let Pey out. - Johan.

Let Pey out!

-We're taking the 3:00 plane. - Let Pey out.

Let Pey out!

- Let Pey out! - Our regulations...

Drive.

Let Pey out!

Drive

Johan!

Pey!

Solvor!

I know it was you!

Where are you?

Solvor!

-Did I hit you? - Yes, dammit!

Good!

-Are you okay? - You're crazy!

No, I'm not. You are.

You don't understand anything.

-I don't understand anything? - No.

What about you?

I understand more than you think.

She was only after your money, you idiot.

Wheel your way out of here, Solvor.

I'm blowing up your house.

Go ahead.

See if I care.

She got everything I never got.

I tried everything I could to win you over.

But you gave up.

-What? - You idiot!

You didn't want me, Solvor.

Have you never read a book?

Or a women's magazine?

Maybe I wanted you after all.

It's so stupid.

Help me out here.

What are you saying, Solvor?

Johan!

This was unfortunate, Johan.

But Frode always was a jerk.

Everything will be okay.

Everything will be fine.

The best part about being gone so long -

- is that it's so nice to come home again.

You can get to work on what's left.

The things you need to do.

Hi.

-It's all lopsided. - Yeah.

One day you blow someone up, the next you bring Kvæfjord cake.

It's just a Kvæfjord cake, Solvor.

Don't make a big deal out of it.

You were locked up a long time.

I was a little -

- disagreeable.

That's what I was.

Blew some stuff up.

Sorry about Magnhild.

-I attended her funeral. - Good.

Here we are, jabbering away.

Hello?

Hello?

Mom died when I was five.

Dad was always suspicious, since I arrived so fast.

So I took a blood test after dad passed away.

I tried calling you.

Then I found a letter you wrote to mom from prison.

What's your name?

Your last name.

Nguyen Lurvik.

But I thought I'd change it now.

Fair is fair.

Martin -

- Nguyen -

- Grande?

Yeah.

Nice, Martin.

I think so.

Me too.

Bury it down deep. Deep.

That'll be ore fun.

-Now the contact point... - In here?

-Like this? - Yes.

Here you go.

-So I just twist this? - Yes, and then blast.

-Ready? - Yes.

One, two, three!

Fun?

Awesome!

It is what it is.

It's nice here.

So damn nice, Martin.

That...

That's what your mother said, too.

My mother and father, your grandparents...

They were blown up here.

And now...

Now they are floating.

All over.

That's nice to think about.

She's old now. A wild horse.

How old is she?

69.

-69? - Yes. 69.

Set the table for one more, Martin.

Solvor?

Are you here?

Solvor?

The thing is...

The thing is that Martin...

He's made some taco food.

Martin? Who's that?

He's Pey's son.

And mine.

He's my son.

I don't have anything to wear. What should I wear?

You look fine. Come on.

Taco food.

That'll be good.

Now I've got...

You're doing it wrong again.

Thank you, Martin. That's kind of you.

- The back... - Not that first.

There you go. That's better.

Like this.

And then some mango.

Do you like mango, Martin?

It is what it is.

Yes.

It is what it is.

I think you should try this.

-What is it? - Jalapenos.

-You blasted that? - Yes.

Demolished it.

And this is New York.

I spent many years there. Good times.

-Is that a bridge? - That's a bridge.

Something to take after, Martin.

Guess I'll have to learn.

-There. - No, swipe it.

There it is!

-I think I'm one year old. - Tiny feet.

Imagine that you shot me.

It is what it is.

Is he asleep?

I'll wake him up.

Dad?

Hey.

Don't you want to go up to bed?

Dad?

Dad?

When you read this, Martin. -

- I'll be dead.

But know this:

I was so happy when you showed up.

All the struggle wasn't for nothing after all.

Bye, dad.

So thank you for being here, Martin.

Hug Solvor and tell her -

- I've loved her my whole life.

The Grande family -

- belongs to the sea.

And that is where I'm heading now.

Subtitles: Nick Norris