All language subtitles for Midsommar.2019.DiRECTORS.CUT.BDRip.x264-CADAVER-English

[woman vocalizing]

[vocalizing continues]

[phone ringing]

[ringing stops]

[woman 1 on answering machine]
Hello, you have reached...

[man] The Ardor residence.

[woman 1] Please leave a message
after the tone.

[machine beeps]

[woman 2] Hey, Mom. Hey, Dad. It's Dani.

Uh, I'm sorry to be calling so late.

I'm just checking in.

Making sure everything's okay.

Listen,
I got kind of a scary e-mail from Terri

and she hasn't been responding.

Surprise, surprise.

But, yeah, it sounds like you guys
have been fighting or something happened.

Anyway, I just got a little worried.

So, um, if you can call when you can.

And of course you know I'm always here

if you need anything, of course.

Okay, um, I love you. All right, bye.

[line ringing]

[sniffling]

- [man] Hey.
- Hey, sweetie.

What are you up to?

Just smoked some resin with Mark,
and now we're getting pizza.

- Oh, nice.
- [man] Hi, Dani.

- Hi, Dani. Hi, Dani. Hi Dani.
- Yeah, um...

- he's saying hi right now, over and over.
- [chuckles]

- Hi, Mark.
- [Christian] Hi, Mark.

So I was calling just to see if you...
you still wanted to hang out later.

Oh.

Did we talk about doing something tonight?

I mean, not... not concretely,
but I just wanted to see.

Um...

Well, okay.

Yeah, I should be able to swing by.

- Cool.
- Yeah, okay.

How's the sister situation?

Um, well...

Uh, yeah, um...

I've e-mailed her three times, and...

still no response,
so I'm getting a little bit nervous.

I'm sure it's fine.

- Yeah, probably.
- She does this every other day, Dani.

And only because you let her.

- Well, I don't let her. She's bipolar.
- Yeah, I know.

But you do, though, babes.
You go straight to crisis mode.

Well, she's my sister,

and even you said
that this e-mail seemed different.

Yeah, right, but... [sighs]

...is it though, really?

It's still just another
obvious ploy for attention,

just like every other panic attack
she's given you.

Yeah, you're right.

You are right. Yeah, I know.

I mean, the more you respond,
the more she's encouraged to keep...

No, I know, I know, I know. You're right.

I just... I just needed to be reminded.
Thank you.

I'm very lucky to have you.

Yeah, well.

I love you.

I love you.

Okay, uh, I'll see you later?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- Bye, Mark.
- Bye, Mark.

[chuckles]

Okay, I love you.

- All right.
- Bye.

It's in his tone.
Like, you can hear it in his voice.

He's just working up the nerve
to say something.

[woman] So be direct. Confront him.

What if I've scared him, though?
I'm always roping him into my family crap.

- How do you rope him in?
- I'm always leaning on him!

Like, I even called him today in tears

because my sister wrote
another stupid scary e-mail.

That's what he's there for.

What if I'm scaring him off?

What did your sister write?

Just some ominous bullshit
like she always does, and it's torture.

And I lean on him constantly for support.

Like, what if I have overwhelmed him,

and he thinks that
I just have too much baggage?

Well, if that's the case,
then good riddance, right?

No, not if I went too far,
if I leaned too much.

You didn't. He should be there
when you need him.

Yeah, but what if I need him too often,
and it becomes a chore?

Then he's not the right guy.

Because it shouldn't ever be a chore.
Would it be a chore if he leaned on you?

Yeah, but he doesn't ask me for anything.
I've never even seen him cry,

so I'm the only one that's leaning.

- Or the only one opening up.
- [phone beeping]

The only one making yourself vulnerable.

That's intimacy.

[Mark] Dude.

You have gotta get off the fence
with this.

[Christian] What if I regret it later,
and I can't get her back?

- You don't want her back.
- But I might.

Okay, well then you can

bitch to us about how much
you regret it for that day

and then we'll remind you again

that you've been wanting out
of this stupid relationship

for, like, a year now, and then you can
find a chick who actually likes sex

and doesn't drag you
through a million hoops every day.

Do you think that there is
a masochistic part of you

that is playing out this particular drama

to avoid the work
you actually need to be doing?

What work do I need to be doing,
Josh, exactly?

Well, I don't know.
Your prospectus, maybe? Your PhD?

Wow. Okay, thanks for the psychoanalysis.

It's not about academics, Josh.

- I'm just trying to get you focused.
- Change?

That's for you.

See? You could be getting
that girl pregnant right now.

And don't forget about all the Swedish
women you can impregnate in June.

- Okay, guys.
- Don't forget about

all the Swedish milkmaids.

[cell phone buzzing]

[Mark] That's not her again.

Seriously?

Oh, my God.

- She needs a therapist, dude.
- She has a therapist.

Oh, so then she should call
her therapist and not you.

It's literally abuse.

- She's abusing you.
- Excuse me.

- Nope.
- Oh, my God.

Okay, excuse me, guys.

Well, great.

- Hey.
- [Dani wailing] No!

- Dani, babe?
- No, no, no, no. [sobs]

[wailing]

No, no, no, no, no! [sobbing]

[continues wailing]

- [knocking on door]
- [door opens]

[Christian] Hey, babe.

How you feeling?

I'm up.

Where are you going?

I was just gonna go to that party
for 45 minutes.

But you just keep sleeping.

No.

No, I'll come with you.

You sure you've had enough sleep?

I wasn't sleeping anyway.

[man 1] Yeah, I'm fucking dreading
the summer.

Stuck in shit-ass Boulder, listening
to my stepmom fuck my dad all day.

[Mark] I'll listen to your stepmom
fuck your dad.

[man 2] Josh, weren't you going to Europe?

[Josh] Yeah, for my thesis.
Now we all are.

[man 2] Oh, you're all going?

Yeah, they're all coming to
visit my home in Hälsingland.

- Sweden.
- [man 2] Oh.

Any occasion, or is it just for fun?

[Josh] Well, I'm going for research.

These guys are just tagging along.

Mr. Pelle's invited us to an authentic
hippie midsummer at his yodeling farm.

Oh, yeah?

I mean, we were talking about it.

We were thinking about it.

For when?

Mid-June to mid-July?

Yeah, two weeks from now?

Yeah.

I mean, that's if we even go.

I'm probably not gonna go, but...

Yeah, we were talking about it.

You okay?

Mm-hmm. Fine.

That was just really weird.

What was?

The...

Sweden.

I had no idea.

Well, what do you mean?
'Cause I told you I wanted to go.

Okay, fine, but I didn't know
you were going.

I just decided today.

I wasn't keeping it from you.

You already have a ticket.

I'm sorry?

Okay. Well, just...

imagine if you were at a party,
and someone said,

"Hey, what are you doing for summer?"

And then my friend said...

"Oh, we're going to China for three months
and we're leaving in two weeks."

- It's Sweden, for a month and a half.
- And it was the first

- you'd ever heard of it.
- Okay.

I told you I wanted to go to Sweden.

No, you said it would be cool to go.

Yeah and then I got the opportunity

- and I decided to do it.
- Look, I don't mind you going.

I just wish
you would've told me, that's all.

Well, I just apologized, Dani.

You didn't apologize. You said "sorry,"
which sounds more like "too bad."

- Maybe I should just go home.
- What? No, no.

I'm just trying to understand.

- And I'm trying to apologize.
- And I don't need an apology. I don't.

I just wanted to talk about it,
that's all.

- I really think I should just leave.
- No, no, no, no.

Please, please, please.
I'm not trying to attack you. I'm not.

- It really feels like you are.
- Well, then, I'm sorry.

I just got confused. I'm sorry. I...

Hey, please, come on. Can you come...

- Just can you come...
- Just stop.

...and sit with me, please?

Please, and we can talk about it?

Look, it just felt really weird, okay?

But I'm fine. I think it's great
that you're going to Sweden, I do.

I think it's amazing.

Are you going for your thesis?

I don't know what my thesis is.

I know, and it can... it will...

It can be inspiring, right?

Right?

Hey.

Please, I overreacted. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I know I get paranoid.

- [sighs]
- I don't mean to.

I know I overreacted, but I've been
trying to pull myself back up,

and I've been trying to deal
with this panic and my fears.

I didn't mean to put pressure on you
or to blame you for anything...

- Okay.
- I just got crazy for a second,

- and I didn't mean to project.
- Okay. Okay.

- I'm sorry.
- It's fine.

It's fine.

- I am sorry.
- It's fine.

I was gonna ask you
if you wanted to come with me.

What?

- What do you mean?
- What I just said.

To Sweden?

Mm-hmm.

You don't want me to go.

I just asked.

- Yeah, after I broke down crying.
- Well, you ruined the surprise.

I wanted it to be romantic.

In Stockholm,
are there any, like, meatball sex clubs

we should hit up before we head north?

No, we're going straight north.

- Not straight-straight, though, right?
- [cell phone buzzing]

We gotta go through Stockholm
to get there.

No, it's the opposite direction.
Stockholm is south of Arlanda.

Guys, it's Dani.

She's coming up.

Okay.

- Should we clear all this?
- No, it's fine.

[door buzzes]

Um, I invited Dani to come to Sweden.

So you guys know.

She's not actually gonna come,

but I invited her
just to not make it weird.

- You invited her to...
- Mm-hmm.

But she's not coming.

She doesn't want to?

I invited her, and she accepted,

but she's not actually coming to Sweden.

Okay.

Guys, you know what
she's been going through.

Yeah, no, dude, I just, uh...

- thought you were...
- Yeah, dude, nobody minds.

Thought you were saying
something else, that's all.

Okay, that's great.

And just so we're clear,
you guys told me to invite her,

and you all know that she's coming,
agreed?

- [knocking on door]
- Yep.

- [Dani] Hey.
- [Christian] Hey, babe.

[Dani] Hey, guys.

- Hey.
- Yo.

[Dani] How's it going?

We're chilling.

Nice.

So, Sweden.

- Yeah.
- [Pelle] You're coming, right?

I mean, I...

I guess so, if that's not
completely ruining you guys' plans.

- No, no.
- No, not at all.

Christian, can I get you to take a look
at this paragraph real quick?

Yeah, sure.

- [Christian] I'll be back.
- [Dani] Mm-hmm.

- Hey, Pelle.
- Hi.

[Dani] What were you drawing?

Uh, just the table.

Oh.

How have you been?

- Pretty good.
- Yeah?

- Survived finals, so...
- [Dani chuckles]

You know. And you?

Uh...

I didn't... I didn't quite finish,
but they're giving me a break this year.

Oh, God, yes. Yes, of course. Sorry.

No, it's, uh... How did you like
the anthropology department?

I like it, yeah.
Not as much as this one maybe, but...

You're doing psychiatry, right?

Uh, psychology, yeah.

- Okay.
- That's how you know I'm nuts. [chuckles]

[laughs]
Yeah. Also that funny look in your eye.

So you're coming to Hälsingland?

I guess so, yeah.

And, um, we'll actually be arriving
on my birthday.

- Oh, happy birthday.
- Thank you.

Yeah, Christian says
you've got this special week planned.

Yeah. It's sort of a crazy
nine-day festival my family's doing.

Lots of pageantry and special ceremonies
and dressing up.

That sounds fun.

It'll probably seem very silly.

But it's like theater.

Yeah, Christian says you're...

you're from, like, a commune, right?

Yeah, we're a small community.

Here.

I'll show you.

Oh, wow.

I see what you mean about the pageantry.

Yeah, we make those clothes special
for every winter and summer solstice.

We... I mean, everybody sort of does
everything together.

That's an interesting symbol.

Yeah. It's our special little language.

Whoa, who's that one?

That's last year's May queen.

Oh.

Beautiful.

You know,
I'm very, very glad you're coming.

I... I think it's very good you're coming.

Thank you.

Also, I...

I never had the chance to tell you,

but I was...

I was so very sorry
to hear about your loss.

- Oh.
- What happened. I mean, I...

can't even imagine.

I mean...

- I lost my parents, too, so...
- Okay.

I kind of have some idea.

- I'm sorry.
- No!

- No, I'm sorry.
- No, you're...

I'm gonna just go to the bathroom.
Thank you.

[stifling sobs]

[pilot speaking Swedish over PA]

[pilot continues in English]
Ladies and gentlemen,

we are beginning our initial descent
into Stockholm Arlanda.

The temperature right now...

Oh, my God, the women here.

What is it that makes them hotter?

[Josh] The Vikings grabbed
all the best babes from other countries...

and dragged them over.

How long is the drive?

[Pelle] About four hours.

Oh, my God.

[Mark] I saw a video,
and it wasn't even like... It wasn't fake.

And there was this one woman
with three clits.

Actually. For real.

- [music playing on radio]
- [Pelle]...sensitive about Hiroshima?

[Josh] I am, actually.

- [Pelle] Trail of Tears?
- [Josh] Yeah.

- [Pelle] Slavery?
- [Josh] Dude, what do you think?

[Mark] Like, imagine
trying to take a dude seriously,

and he's, like, reading out the news,

and you know he, like,
bludgeoned his wife with a pan.

[cell phone buzzes]

[Dani] Why are you reading that?

Ask Pelle.

We're taught the runic alphabet
in my village,

so Josh just carries that around
to annoy me.

Oh.

What are you doing your thesis on again?

Uh, well, my focus is actually
on European midsummer traditions,

which was basically the impetus
for this whole trip that we're all on.

Hey, that sounds similar
to what you're thinking of doing, right?

For your thesis?

Well, I don't know exactly
what I'm doing it on yet, as you know.

But I'm thinking of rooting it
in something Scandinavian, yeah.

See that, Pelle?

You've managed to brainwash
all of your friends.

[laughs] Josh was already brainwashed
when I found him.

[Pelle] Okay, this is the first stop.

[Josh] This is it?

[Pelle] Not quite. Almost.

[man] Pelle!

- Hey!
- [women] Hey!

- [Josh] Just beautiful.
- Oh, my God.

Okay, guys, so these are
younger people from my village.

They're also returning
from their trips outside.

Come on over.

[Pelle] Hey!

These are my friends from America.

[Mark] Oh, dude.

Just fuckin' walk.

Yeah, dude, there's so many bugs.

- You're not seeing this?
- It's beautiful, huh?

[Dani] Mm-hmm.

Okay, so this is

- Mark, Dani, Christian and Josh.
- Hi.

[man shouting in Swedish]

What?

Give me just one second.

- [Christian] You think he knows that guy?
- [Mark] He sounded mad.

[man speaking Swedish]

[both speaking Swedish]

[Dani chuckles]

[man continues speaking Swedish]

Here. Come on over. Come on over.

This is...
These are my great friends from America.

- Christian, Dani, Josh, and Mark.
- Hi.

Meet my brother, Ingemar.

Best friends since we were babies,
actually.

Yeah.

So, Christian, Josh, Mark...

- Dani? Yeah!
- Yeah!

Awesome! And say hello to my friends.

- This is Simon and Connie from London.
- Hi.

- How's it going?
- Hi.

Simon and Connie, this is Pelle.

And these are all the names
I just learned two seconds ago.

[all chuckle]

Perfect timing, by the way.
We just took these five minutes ago.

Haven't even started coming up yet.

Oh, shit!

Do you guys wanna take it now,
or should we settle in first?

- Fuck it. Let's just take it now, right?
- Yeah.

Great.

You know what? I might have to
find my footing first, if that's okay.

- Yeah, of course.
- Yeah? Okay.

And, listen, if you're feeling uneasy,
you don't have to take them at all.

No, no, no.
I just... I wanna feel settled first.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- I'll wait.
- No, no, you go ahead.

- No, I'll wait.
- Please.

I want us to come up together.

- Ready?
- Okay?

Guys, I'm gonna wait for Dani,
so you just go ahead.

Dude,
we can't take them at different times.

They'll be totally separate trips.

You wanna wait for us then?

You know what? It's fine, it's fine.

- Babe, no.
- I'm... It's... I'm ready.

- No, it's okay.
- Don't feel rushed.

I don't. It's fine. I'm ready.

Are you sure?

Yes, Mark, thank you.

They've made mushroom tea.

If you prefer against the taste.

Uh, yeah, okay. I'll try that. Thank you.

"Ingmar"? "Ingemar."

- Ingemar. Perfect.
- Ingemar, okay. Thank you.

- Don't let Mark pressure you.
- He's not.

- Of all people.
- He's not, he's not.

It will get complicated otherwise.
It's fine.

- Are you ready?
- Yes, thank you.

- There you go.
- Ooh.

Thanks, dude.

Okay, here we go then.

- [Pelle] Think happy thoughts!
- You sure about this?

- Yeah, I'm excited.
- [Mark Josh and Pelle] Cheers.

- All right.
- Yeah?

Are you sure about this?

- I think it's gonna be fun.
- [chuckles]

- Ready?
- Yep, go.

What time is it?

It's 9:00 p.m.

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

That can't be right. The sky is blue.

It's fine. It's Sweden.

That's not fine. Why is it like that?

It's okay, Mark. It's the midnight sun.

That feels wrong. I don't like that.

I promise you, it's okay.

I'm not okay.

Oh, fuck. It's a new person.

What?

I don't want new people right now.

No, new people are good, Mark.

Hi, hi!

- I'm just gonna lay down, okay?
- Yeah, do that.

Everybody else lay down.

[Dani breathing deeply]

Guys, do it. It feels so nice.

Josh, can you lie down, please?

Can you feel that?

The energy,

coming up from the earth?

[continues breathing deeply]

[Pelle] Look.

The trees, too, they're breathing.

Nature just knows instinctually
how to stay in harmony.

Everything just mechanically
doing its part.

[woman singing in Swedish in distance]

[Mark] You guys are, like, my family.

You're, like, my real, actual family.

[gasps]

Dani?

Sorry.

I'm gonna... go for a walk.

[Christian] I can walk too.

[Dani] Sor... No, I'm gonna...

No, no, no, no, no.

Don't think that.
You're fine. It's almost your birthday.

You're okay. You're fine.
You're fine. You're fine.

[group laughing]

[chattering in Swedish]

No, stop it! You're fine.

Hey, Dani!

How are you?

They were laughing at me.

What? No, no, no. I'm sure they weren't.

They've been laughing.

You want to come meet my friends?

Thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you.

[grunting]

[exhales forcefully]

Stop it! Stop it. Fuck!

[groans]

You're okay. You're okay. You're okay.

[Dani screaming]

[Christian] Hey.

How long was I asleep?

I mean... we found you here,
like, six hours ago.

Did it get dark at all?

For a couple hours. Not completely.

Is it tomorrow?

I mean, from yesterday's perspective.
[chuckles]

Come on.

Where are we going?

Where we came for.

[flutes playing]

[Mark] Jesus, Pelle,
where are you taking us?

[Josh] Yeah, this is
way the hell out there.

[flutes continue in distance]

[Mark] Do they have ticks in Sweden?

Sweden has a tick problem.

[Mark]
What? No, they don't. Do they really?

[Pelle] Actually, it is a big problem.

Last summer a record number of people
got tick-borne encephalitis.

[Mark] What the fuck? Are you serious?

[Josh] Yeah,
both my grandparents died from ticks.

Had to give them a closed-casket funeral.

[Mark] Okay.
Josh, I actually have an uncle with Lyme.

And believe me, you ask him, it was not
worth the pleasant picnic in the park.

He's fucked.

[Josh] So this is is the place.

[Pelle] The tranquil and majestic Hårga.

[chuckles]

[Christian]
Pelle, you know all these people?

[Pelle] These are my family.

[Mark] So we're stopping in Waco
before going to Pelle's village?

- Oh, thank you.
- Thank you.

- Oh, thank you.
- What is it? Strawberry?

- No, rhubarb.
- Oh, wow. Thank you.

This bag?

Thank you... sorry.

Hey, guys?

Meet my sister, Dagny.

Born on the exact same day as me.

- Hi.
- Say hi to Dani, Josh, Mark, Christian.

[greeting in Swedish]

- [Dani replies in Swedish]
- [Josh] Thank you.

- [Christian] Thanks.
- [Mark] Hey.

[Pelle] Father Odd.

[speaking Swedish]

[continues in Swedish]

[speaking Swedish]

Sorry. These are my friends.

Christian, Dani, Josh, Mark.

- [Father Odd] Hello.
- Hi.

- Hello.
- Hey.

- Hello, hello. Welcome, welcome.
- Hi.

- Hi. Oh!
- Welcome home.

- We are so very happy to have you.
- Thank you.

Pelle has an immaculate sense for people.

I love what you're wearing.

My frock? Quite girly, no?

We do these as a tribute
in respect of Ymir

and because of the nature's...

her... "hermaphrodite," I think?
These qualities.

Wow. I think the sakhis saints
do the same thing in Brajbhoomi.

So, we are your hosts.

So whatever you need, just say so,
and we will accommodate, okay?

- Thank you very much.
- Yeah.

Today is all festivities...

just tomorrow the official ceremony begin,
and you are welcome.

- Welcome. Welcome, welcome.
- Thank you.

Yeah. Enjoy.

Yes. Thank you.

- That guy has a very red face.
- Yeah.

- Do we eat these?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[drumming and violins in distance]

- [violins stop]
- [drums continue]

[woman speaking Swedish]

[continues in Swedish]

- Can I take photos?
- Um, discreetly.

[Josh] Thanks.

Oh, forgive me.

I'm excluding the ones
who aren't of Swedish tongue.

Welcome to Hårga...

and happy midsummer.

It has been 90 years
since our last great feast,

and it will be 90 years before our next.

And what poetry that it's now the hottest
and brightest summer on record.

We already have so much to give back.

And so, without any further blathering,
let's raise our glasses.

And let our Nine-Day Feast commence.

Skål!

[crowd] Skål!

[in Swedish]

[Pelle] You know, that fire
hasn't burned out since I was born.

It's all of our jobs to keep it going.

- [Christian] Oh.
- Yeah.

Wait, what did you say?

[Pelle] I'll tell you later.

[singing in Swedish]

He's giving thanks.

[Josh] For the food?

Yeah, and the weather and the crops.

[Christian] Was that praying?

Maybe not praying,
but he was just addressing the...

the everything...
the harmony and the balance.

Can I get a translation of what was sung?

Yeah, I can get a translation
from him later.

Yeah, thanks. That would be amazing.

Sure.

Yes. Thank you, Pelle.

Of course.

[drums beating]

[violins playing]

[group breathing rhythmically, vocalizing]

[drums and violins continue]

You guys should join.

Oh, no. I'm too scared.

[chuckles]

- All right.
- Thanks, babe.

What are the kids playing?

Skin the fool.

- Skin the fool?
- Yeah. [chuckles]

Precious.

Hey, Pelle, can anyone just join in?

You're an American.
Just jam yourself in there.

Hey.

Happy birthday.

Oh, my gosh, Pelle.

It's just something I do for birthdays.

Maybe it's not appropriate?

No, no, no, no, not at all.
Thank you so much.

It's beautiful.

Anyway, just between us.

Yeah, well...

Christian forgot anyway,
so this is amazing. Thank you.

Oh.

No, no, no, no. I forgot to remind him,
and it's not his fault. It's...

Never mind. It's okay.
This is... This is beautiful.

Thank you so much. I'm really touched.

So, how do you support this place?

Lumbering, linen, homeopathics...

Water power plant.

School time over here.

- Carving runes.
- [Christian] Really?

They put it under their pillow
and dream about its powers.

- [Dani] Aw.
- [Mark] Oh, yeah. I do that too.

- [Christian] Oh, fuck. There's a big one.
- [Josh] Oh, shit.

What alphabet is that from?

The Younger Futhark?

I think. Or is that medieval?

Actually, that is the Elder Futhark.

So, how long have you two been together?

- Oh, geez. Um...
- Um...

Just over three and a half years.

Four years.

- No. Really?
- Yeah.

Four years and two weeks.

You're right. I'm sorry. You're right.

- Mm-hmm.
- Four years.

Yeah. Um, how did you guys all meet?

Well...

we were all working on the same farm,

and, funny enough, I was dating Connie
when Simon and me first became pals.

Well, we'd been on a date. [chuckles]

And I didn't even actually know
it was a date, so...

You're right. No, no, I meant that
Connie and me had just become friends.

We decided to be friends.

And that was just before
Connie and Simon started dating.

And now they're engaged.

- What?
- Wow.

- Congratulations.
- Which is amazing. Yes, congratulations.

Thanks. Yeah, we actually asked Ingemar
to officiate the wedding.

- Really?
- Nah.

- Oh.
- What's that building over there?

[Pelle] It's like a sacred temple,
but no one's allowed in there.

Let me show you where we sleep.

Let me show you the Rotvälta.

So we're just gonna ignore the bear then?

It's a bear.

What's that?

We can check it out.

A little love story.

Oh! Wow. What? Wow.

[Christian] Wow.

Wow, wow, wow.

[Josh] Oh, man.

It's like painted scripture.

[Pelle] What do you think?

[Christian] It's like another world.

Amazing.

Do people just sleep here?

All the younger ones, until we turn 36,
and then we move to the laborers' house.

Why 36?

Well, we think of life like the seasons.

So you're a child until you're 18,
and that's spring.

And then at some point
we all do our pilgrimage,

which is between 18 and 36,
and that's summer.

And then from 36 to 54,

we're of working age, which is fall.

And then finally from 54 to 72,
you become a mentor.

What happens at 72?

[Dani chuckles]

Not a lot of privacy.

[Mark] Yeah, what do you do
when you need to jerk off?

Especially with all these dicks
on the wall. There's a lot of dicks...

Oh, wait, no.
We got some pussy paintings too.

[Josh] See, man, that guy dismissed me,

but this is exactly like the sakhis saints
and the cult of Aphroditus.

[Pelle] Maybe you forgot or something.

- It's Dani's birthday today.
- Oh, thank you.

[Christian sighs]

- [whispering] Did she say something?
- No, no, no, absolutely not.

I just wanted
to let you know before, so...

Are these the May queens?

Yeah.

Right.
Uh, you'll actually be here for that.

And who are your May queens?

Every midsummer
we have this dance competition,

and the winner gets crowned.

- Oh, wow. Beautiful.
- [woman] Hey.

[in Swedish]

[Mark] Was that...

You saw that too, right?

Pelle, who was that?

- [Pelle] Inga.
- Oh, my God, I want to give her a bath.

Hey, can I pull you outside for a sec?

Yeah, sure.

[Mark] Pelle, tell her to come back.

- [women singing]
- [baby crying]

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

What?

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear Dani ♪

[chuckles]

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

Fuck.

- Stop. It's fine.
- What?

You didn't think I forgot, did you?

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I got fucked up by
the daylight. I thought it was yesterday.

- It's fine. Thank you.
- Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

I'm not upset. It's okay.

- You should be.
- I should be.

I'm sorry.

[blows]

[baby crying]

[continues crying]

All right. Beauty rest.

Tomorrow's a big day.

What's tomorrow?

First of the big ceremonies.

Attestupan.

What's that?

[Pelle] Ah, it's too hard to explain.
You'll get a better sense tomorrow.

- [Josh] Wait, seriously?
- You can't just tell me now?

[Josh] Wait, you're not talking
about an actual one.

[Pelle] I mean, it's pretty actual.

Fuck.

Do you know what it is?

Dude!

Is it scary?

That is so fucking annoying.

[Mark] Pelle, check my scalp for ticks,
then I'll check yours.

[crying continues]

[woman singing in Swedish]

[singing continues]

[singing stops]

[Mark] Somebody should tell those girls
they're walking stupid.

[whispers]
How long do they typically stand?

[whispers] We're going to stand
until it's right to sit.

Hey. Oh.

- These for me?
- Mm-hmm.

- You pick them backwards?
- Yeah.

[whispers] Are those the ones?

[whispers] Yeah.

[Mark] Dude, I'm so hungry.
It's like they're trying to make it gross.

Dude...

is the girl from earlier
staring at me again?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- [woman] Her mother is on pilgrimage.
- [Dani] Oh.

[woman] It helps them to detach.

[Dani] Okay.

The babies are raised here by everyone.

Wow. You want this?

[incanting]

[incantation continues]

[incanting]

[incanting]

[both vocalizing]

What do you think
that guy's reaction would be

if I just put my finger
in his butt right now?

[man continues vocalizing]

[woman incanting]

[exhale, inhale deeply in unison]

[Mark] Dude, are you following them out?

I'm beat. I'm gonna go take a nap.

- Okay, yeah.
- [Mark] Yeah.

[Connie] Wait. What are we doing now?

[horn sounds]

[woman incanting]

[Josh] What is that book?

Rubi Radr. Our scripture.

Can I read that?

You would not be able.

[singing]

[stops singing]

[breathing heavily]

[gasps]

- [Simon] No!
- [Connie screams]

[Simon] Oh, my God!

- [Ingemar] It's fine. Don't worry.
- [Simon] Did she jump?

- [Simon] What the...
- [Ingemar] It's part of the ceremony.

- [Connie] What? No, she fell, she fell.
- [Simon] Fuck!

- [Connie] She fell, right?
- [Simon] Did she jump?

- [Ingemar] It's okay.
- Did she fall or did she jump?

- She jumped, right?
- It's okay. It's fine.

What do you mean it's fine?
She's fucking dead! Look at her head!

- What the fuck was that?
- Look at her head! She's dead!

[Ingemar] It's part of the ceremony.

[Simon] Why the fuck are you all
standing there like that?

She just fucking jumped off the cliff.

Are you freaking blind? What the fuck?

Oh, my God.

What the fuck?

- [Connie] No, no, no.
- [Simon] No, he's doing the same thing.

- He's doing the same fucking thing!
- [Connie] No, no, no.

[Simon] Someone stop!

Sir, don't do it. Get him to stop.

Why's everyone just standing there?
What the fuck!

- Sir, don't jump, don't jump. Get him...
- Someone please do something.

- What the fuck? No!
- [Connie screams]

[man gasping, choking]

[groans]

[choking]

[crowd wailing]

Fuck! He's still alive!

- [Connie] What's going on?
- [Simon] What are you doing?

[wailing continues]

He's hurt... He's fucking alive!
Call an ambulance!

[Ingemar] Yeah, I'm not going to argue.
Please try to respect it.

- [Simon] He's alive!
- [Ingemar] I'm sorry.

- [Simon] What do you mean, "respect it"?
- [Connie] Oh, my God!

[wailing stops]

[gasps, exhales]

- [Connie sobbing]
- Ah, shit. Fuck, we're going.

[Simon] Fuck! This is fucked!

Fuck this! You're fucked!

Fuck! You're all just
fucking standing there watching.

- [woman in Swedish]
- What the fuck is wrong with you!

[Ingemar in Swedish]

- No, fucking leave her alone!
- Please, please, please listen to me.

- What? Explain what?
- Let me explain!

- Please, my poor thing.
- Fucked!

What you just saw

is a long, long, long-observed custom.

- Custom? It's fucked!
- Yes.

Those two who jumped have just reached
the end of their Hårga life cycle.

And you need to understand it
as a great joy for them.

- A joy?
- Yes, and when it is my turn,

it will be a great joy for me.

We view life as a circle.

A recycle.

The lady who jumped,
her name was Ylva, yes?

And that baby over there
who is not yet born

will inherit that name.

Instead of getting old
and dying in pain and fear and shame,

we give our life.

As a gesture.

- A gesture?
- Before it can spoil.

It does no good dying,
lashing back at the inevitable.

It corrupts the spirit.

[Ingemar] I am so sorry
I didn't warn you better.

You feeling okay?

I just really need to
not be here right now.

Yeah.

[Dani] I'm gonna go.

Just take some time to yourself, okay?

[Pelle whispering in Swedish]

[hyperventilating]

[stifling sobs]

[groans]

[stops breathing]

[gasps]

[sobs loudly]

[man in video, Mark's phone] Number 8...

A businessman in Brussels
was receiving oral sex from his secretary

in his car while driving on the freeway.

Unfortunately, he needed to make
a sudden stop and was rear-ended,

startling his protégée
into biting down with such...

[Mark] How was the thing?

...brute force that his penis was severed
clean from his body.

Hope you enjoyed the meal...

- [Christian sighs]
- [Mark] What's up, man?

- Are you getting reception here?
- [Christian sighs]

Uh...

Um, I'll talk to you in...
in just a minute.

- Hey, dude.
- Hey.

Holy shit, right?

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Good.

Hey, listen. Um...

I've been thinking about something
that I wanted to ask you.

Or tell you, actually.

Um...

I've been thinking a lot about my thesis,

and, um, I've decided
I'm going to do it here, on Hårga.

And I wanted to tell you first, just so
it didn't seem like I wasn't telling you.

I feel like...
I feel like I can't tell if you're joking.

I mean, you know
I'm doing my thesis on midsummer.

- That's the reason why I'm here.
- Yeah.

Yeah, but not on this community.

I mean, you're going to Germany
and England next.

Well, you knew
I was gonna want to do this.

- No.
- Oh, my God.

- I mean, did you even know until just now?
- Christian, of course you did.

Okay, do you think
I don't know what you're doing?

It's actually kind of
outrageously unsubtle.

The fact that you're being
this bald about it.

I'm honestly kind of impressed.

- What the fuck, man? What does that mean?
- Yeah, what the fuck!

This is what I've been working toward,
and you know it.

That's why you look so guilty right now...
because you know.

You know that what you're doing
is unethical and leechy and lazy,

and frankly it's kind of sad.

- Fuck you.
- No, dude, not fuck me.

Find your own subject.
Or-Or your own passion.

And... Because... All right, look.

This... I am...
I am actually invested in this.

This is not some glorified hobby
that I'm casually dipping my feet into.

Okay.

In case you hadn't noticed, Your Highness,

we're doing the exact same degree.

No, but not in the same way, Christian!

Okay? I have to hold your little hand
through everything.

You didn't even know how to use JSTOR
until I taught you,

and you are a fucking grad student.

Why are you even in academia?

You don't care! Which is fine.
That is your prerogative.

But do not appropriate my actual work
for your new shortcut.

I'm gonna do my thesis here.

If you're going to do it here too,
I'm open to collaborating.

And if not, I guess we can both do
separate theses on the Hårgas.

[door opens, closes]

Dude,
of all the things to let me sleep through.

What?

- [Simon] We're leaving tomorrow morning.
- [Connie] I know we are.

Sorry, um...
Hi. I don't mean to disturb you...

Uh...

Hello.

Hi, I'm Christian.

Hello. My name is Ulla.

- Ulla.
- Ulla. And this is Maja.

- Maja, hi.
- Hmm...

What are you guys doing?

We are decorating the tree.

Right. Um, I was wondering
if I could ask you a question.

- Of course.
- How many... uh...

How many times have you seen
Attestupan... performed?

- "Attestupan."
- "Attestupan."

- [laughing]
- How many times you've seen it performed?

Oh... uh...

Every time one reaches age, so...

- Okay.
- A lot.

Okay.

And do you have a typical...
period of grieving?

Is there a-a time when you mourn?

Mm-hmm. We grieve and celebrate.

- Yes.
- Okay. I see.

I told Christian this already,

and now I think he's trying
to pretend like it's his idea.

- So if he comes up to you...
- Well, no. Wait a minute.

I seriously doubt the elders will approve
of anything being written down.

They're extremely protective.

So then I'll just use aliases
for everything. Problem solved.

Then what would be the point?
You couldn't even get it peer-reviewed.

And Christian did already ask me this,
by the way.

And I told him the same thing
I'm telling you now.

I thought you said
you hadn't talked to him.

Ah, fuck. No.

Okay, look, I'll ask the elders.
Okay? Good?

Dani?

Um...

I'm really sorry, Pelle. Thank you
for inviting me, but I really have to go.

Can someone maybe drive me somewhere?

I know I shouldn't have let you
stay for that.

I mean, I know it looks extreme.

- But we only...
- I don't know why I'm here, Pelle!

I don't know why you invited us.
I don't know why...

- I don't know why I'm here.
- Okay, okay.

- It's fine. It's okay.
- I don't know, and I can't...

- Come on. Come on, sit down.
- No.

Dani, please. Please, sit down.

Dani.

I invited my friends because
this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing,

and I wanted to share it,

especially with my friends
who I knew would appreciate it.

Because I...

- I am proud of this place.
- Okay.

Okay, but I'm not an anthropologist,
and I don't understand any of this.

- Yes, yes, yes. I know, I know.
- I don't get it.

And yet,
I was the most excited for you to come.

Here. Here, smell this.

What is it?

- It calms you down.
- No. I'm fine. I don't want it.

- Are you sure?
- No, I-I really want to go, Pelle.

- I don't... I don't want it.
- Okay.

I know what you're going through, Dani.

What am I going through?

- Because I lost my parents too.
- What?

No, no, Pelle.
That is not what I'm talking about.

- I'm not talking about my family.
- I know you're not.

- I'm talking about...
- I lost my parents as I was a little boy.

- They burned up in a fire.
- No, I wasn't talking about that.

[crying]

My parents, they burned up in a fire,
and I became technically an orphan.

So believe me when I tell you
that I know what it's like.

Because I do. I really, really do.

Yet my difference is,
I never got the chance to feel lost

because I had a family... here,

where everyone embraced me
and swept me up.

And I was raised by a community
that doesn't bicker over

what's theirs and what's not theirs.

That's what you were given.

But I have always felt held.

By a family. A real family...

which everyone deserves.

And you deserve.

Pelle, Christian could walk in.

He's what I'm talking about.

He's my good friend,
and I like him, but...

Dani, do you feel held by him?

Does he feel like home to you?

Hey. How you doing?

Today was tough.

Are you going to be okay?

Are you not disturbed by what we just saw?

Yeah, of course I am.

That was really, really shocking.

I'm trying to keep an open mind though.

That's cultural, you know?

We stick our elders in nursing homes.
I'm sure they find that disturbing.

[woman] Hello.

Would you like to be joining us
with a special ceremony?

Why? What's happening now?

[bell rings]

[all vocalizing]

[vocalizing ends]

[in Swedish]

[drums beating]

[men yelling]

[playing horn]

[man, in Swedish]

[crowd responds in Swedish]

What's happening?

[men grunting]

What's happening?

[grunting grows louder]

No, wait, wait. Stop!

[in Swedish]

[crowd shouting in Swedish]

[woman whispers in Swedish]

Okay, can you slow down?
Just wait a sec, babe.

Please, Christian,
this is feeling really wrong.

We need to leave.

I know that this is weird,

- but it's because it's alien.
- No...

We haven't been exposed
to anything like this.

No, Christian. This is completely
backwards. We need to leave.

- We just need to acclimate.
- I don't want to acclimate. I want to go.

Well, I can't. I'm sorry. Period.

I'm doing my thesis on this.

What? Since when?

Since I decided today.

You know how much of a nightmare
this has been for me to figure out.

And I've made the mistake of telling Josh,
and now he's competing with me.

So if he wants it, let him have it.
We need to leave.

Can you not see what's going on here?
This level of tradition?

No one's seen this.
No one's written anything on it.

And they've invited us to be a part of it.

- Can't you see what a privilege that is?
- Why have they invited us?

- Because Pelle did.
- Why did Pelle?

- Because he trusts us.
- Why would they trust us?

You're opportunistic
anthropology students.

Maybe because we're anthropology students.

- Oh, my God.
- Maybe they want

- someone to document this.
- Are you fucking blind?

They're doing pagan rituals.
People are jumping off cliffs.

They depend
on no one knowing about this ever.

Not necessarily.

Okay. I want to leave.

Okay, then you can leave. But I'm staying.

I invited you, and I don't regret that,
but I'm here for a reason.

Do you not love me anymore?

What does that have to do with this?

We're in the devaluation phase.

We've been in it for a long time,
and next comes discard.

Can we spare our relationship
your textbook psychology keywords?

We've been in this for a while.

You've been trying to pull away,
and I've been in denial.

[exhales sharply]

Please. Give yourself some credit, babe.

Looks like
you've got this all figured out.

- What?
- [scoffs]

Actually, you know what?
I'm gonna say one thing.

When you casually gift me
an impromptu bouquet of flowers,

- that just makes me think...
- What flowers?

...how and when
am I supposed to pay that back?

Everything you give me is a reminder

that I'm not doing enough for you
in this relationship.

What, at lunch?

I picked those on a whim!

Oh, don't try to tell me
that you had no ulterior motive.

- Yeah! What motives do I have?
- On your birthday?

The day after I didn't get you something?

Are you being serious?

Okay, fine.

Play the wounded party again.

You're just a self-denying altruist,
and I'm a paranoid dick.

You don't have a conniving bone
in your body.

- What is it you imagine I'm conniving?
- You are, Dani!

I feel locked into your debt every time
you do something "just because."

- I don't keep you in my debt!
- Because it's never "just because."

I was being kind.

Okay, fine. I'm the asshole.

- Nobody's the asshole.
- I clearly am.

You selflessly gave me flowers,
and I feel trapped. Fuck!

Are you actually gonna leave?

- I'm supposed to be working here.
- You're gonna leave me like this?

Christian!

[baby crying]

Hey, do you... Sorry.

Do you have a sleeping pill I can take?

- Yeah, sure.
- Thanks.

[rustling]

[footsteps]

[Christian] Shh.
You're going to wake her up.

[engine starting]

[inaudible]

[baby crying]

[woman singing in Swedish]

[group singing in Swedish]

[Mark] Yo, Pelle!

[singing stops]

Whatcha doin'?

Just working in the garden.

- Hey, man.
- Hey.

Any word?

Yeah. They say you can do it.

As long as you absolutely
don't use any names or...

- Okay. Wow.
- ...the location is never even hinted at.

Okay.

And you'll have to sign
an agreement to that.

And you're splitting it with Christian
because he came to me first.

Well, that's... We'll figure that out.

I got to go take a leak.

Uh, here, can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Do you know what this is?

I found it under Christian's bed.

Oh. That's a love rune.
Casts a love spell.

A love rune.

Yeah.

- Under Christian's bed?
- Yeah, yeah.

What's going on?

Uh, the elders said you can do your thesis

as long as you don't use
the actual names or location.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Oh, my God. Thank you, man.
That is incredible news. Thank you.

Great.
You're splitting it with Josh as well.

Yeah, I already told him
I'm totally fine with that.

Good. Well, I think my sister, Maja,
has taken a liking to you.

- Yeah?
- Yep.

The redhead?

And actually she just got
byxmyndig last year.

It basically means that you are allowed
to have sex when you're 15. Pan's license.

- Okay, good for her.
- [man shouting in Swedish]

Hey, whoa!

What? Okay, relax, relax. What did I do?

- Pelle, what is going on?
- What happened?

What did I do? What did I do wrong?

Dude, okay! Relax!

You pissed on the ancestral tree.

- The tree? So what?
- Yes, yes.

"So what"!

- I didn't know.
- No, it's...

That tree is tied to all of our dead.

It's a dead tree though. It's dead.

Yeah, yeah, I know.
But it's important to us.

I just had to pee.
I didn't know it was special.

No, I know. We know that
you didn't know that, but it's just...

- Well, how was I supposed to know...
- You wouldn't pee on a gravestone, right?

Obviously not, but...

[wailing]

- Fuck! I mean...
- What did you do to him? [chuckles]

I don't know what I'm apologizing for...
Do I apologize?

Apologize later.

- Okay.
- Oh, shit. Hi.

[in Swedish]

- [Pelle] Okay.
- [Christian chuckles] What the fuck!

[wailing continues]

What did she say?

She said it's gonna be okay,

and she'll talk to Ulf
and apologize for the mistake.

Seriously? What else did she say?

Hey.

Hi.

You get some good sleep?

Mm-hmm.

Good.

What happened over there?

Mark's... just...

I'm sorry about last night.

How are you feeling?

I don't want us to be fighting, Christian.

Well...

me neither.

[Dani] Hey.

Hey. It was really nice to meet you.

I'm so sorry. We're actually leaving.

[Dani] What?

- [Connie] Yeah.
- [man] Connie.

[Connie] Simon is getting the truck
with one of them now.

- Connie.
- [Dani] Is everything okay?

Connie.

Oh, there.

Uh, Simon, he told me to tell you
that Jan drove him to the train station.

And after Simon gets dropped off,
he's sending the truck back for you.

What?

You will meet him there.

No. Why would he just go without me?
He wouldn't do that.

Well, the truck only had room for two.

What does that mean?

That doesn't even make any sense.
He would have told me.

Today's only train leaves in 90 minutes.

It takes about 35 minutes
to go there and back.

So they didn't want to waste time.

So I could have sat on his lap.

Yes, I imagine that too, but, you know,
we don't break traffic laws, okay?

So they've just gone.
They've left me just now.

Now, Connie,
there was no room in the truck.

Yet it is coming right back for you. Yeah?

- [Father Odd sighs]
- [Connie scoffs]

This is bullshit.

Okay, lunch in a bit.

[man 1 wails, speaks in Swedish]

- [man 2 speaking in Swedish]
- [man 1 crying, speaking in Swedish]

And how are... jobs or roles assigned?

That's based on traits we show as kids.

For example, he was assigned to protect.

So he made his pilgrimage as doctor.

Is he gonna be okay?

[chuckles] I mean...

Yeah, he's a very sensitive guy.

It's a big week for him.

- Hey.
- Hi. Sorry.

Um, Simon left without Connie.

Jesus, really?

- Yeah.
- What a dick move.

- Is she okay?
- Uh, no.

- She just got told.
- Did she say why?

No, no.

That sucks.

On the... On the subject
of couples, actually, um...

is there ever an issue here with incest?

Sorry. I mean, you know...
small communities.

Well, the bloodlines
are very well preserved.

So the elders must approve mates.

Cousins can sometimes mate.
But we do respect the incest taboo.

So we often need to...

We often need to invite outside peoples.

Excuse me. Hey.

Would you like to help join us?

Uh...

sure, yeah.

Come.

Do you... Do you know, um...
Have you seen Simon anywhere?

Yes. He was driven to the station.
Did you not say good-bye?

No. No, I didn't.
But, uh, that's okay, that's okay.

Hi.

What are we making here?

Meat tarts.

Oh, wow.

Oh, thank you.

[speaking Swedish]

She says you're so beautiful.

Oh, thank you.

Um, she's so beautiful.

- [woman speaks Swedish]
- [Dani chuckles]

[man shouting in Swedish]

We describe it like emotional sheet music.

What does it say?

Well, each runic letter stands for
one of the 16 affekts,

which are graded from
most holy to most unholy.

This one, for example, is about grief.

You can see at the end, however,
we have blank pages.

This is because the Rubi Radr is a work
forever in progress.

Forever evolving.
We have many, many hundreds of these.

And who decides what gets added?

Well, uh, this iteration
is being written by Ruben.

Uh, the disabled...

Since birth.

He draws, and we the Elders interpret.

You see, Josh,
Ruben is unclouded by normal cognition.

It makes him open for the source.

Uh... what happens when Ruben... dies?

Do you just wait for a baby that is...

not clouded?

No, no, no.
Ruben was a product of inbreeding.

All of our oracles
are deliberate products of inbreeding.

Can I take a photograph?

What?

Uh, a photograph?

No.

- Absolutely not.
- Okay, sorry.

- Absolutely not.
- [woman screams]

[woman screams]

[woman screams]

Oh, fuck. Yep, that's her.

Hey.

Oh. Great. She's walking away.

[boy in Swedish]

Thank you.

Thanks.

Tack.

[Mark] Thanks.

Has anyone seen Connie?

I think Mark saw her earlier.

I'm sure I saw her trying out
for the sprinting Olympics earlier.

- What? Where?
- Sorry, but I can say what happened.

Her boyfriend called
the landline from the train station

and calmed Connie down.

Then she begged our pardon
and I drove her to meet him.

- Okay. Well, that's a relief.
- Why would Simon leave without her?

I'm sure it was just a miscommunication.

I could see you possibly doing that.

What the hell does that mean?

Never mind.

Someone's still sore
about their ancestral tree.

Dude, is he gonna kill me?

Did you learn anything
about the Rubi Radr?

Oh, so now you want to collaborate?

Okay, thank you.

- I know that one elder...
- Thank you.

- ...gave you a glimpse of it.
- Thank you. Sorry I brought it up.

Oh, my God, dude. What the fuck?

- Is that...
- What is that?

Is that a fucking pube?

- Ew.
- It's just a hair.

Yeah, a pubic hair.

Dude, calm down.

Why are you embarrassed? You're not
the one giving out... hair pies.

[Mark] Jesus Christ.
He's still fucking lookin' at me.

Hey. You'll come with me?

- What?
- You'll come?

- Uh...
- I'll show you.

Okay, sure.

- Yeah?
- Yeah, great.

Um, I'll be back.
I guess she's going to show me.

[baby crying]

Hey, can I, uh, borrow
another sleeping pill?

- Yeah, sure, yeah.
- Thanks.

Thank you.

What the fuck, Mark?

What the fuck are you doing? Close the
door! We're not supposed to be in here.

[Josh groaning]

[groaning continues]

[groaning louder]

[trumpet playing]

Do you think
Mark's still off with that girl?

I wouldn't be surprised.

What about Josh, though?

I'm honestly not too concerned.

Wow.

We, um... have something regretful
to announce.

This morning the 19th Book of Rubi Radr
was found missing from the temple.

We don't want to point fingers,

yet we kindly ask that whoever took it
to return it to its original place.

You can leave it in the temple,

which will be left unguarded
and unwatched.

Nobody needs to know it was you.

Where is your friend, Josh?

I know. Uh, we have no idea.

He and your other friend,
they both disappears the same day.

You see how it looks?

Yes, obviously. But I swear to you
we are in the dark on this.

We're just as confused as you are.

We did see Mark go off
with that girl last night.

- What girl?
- Inga.

Yeah, but Mark wouldn't have done this.

Josh, on the other hand...

he came to bed with us,
and when we woke up he was gone.

And if he did take that book,
I just pray you understand

we don't associate as friends of his
or collaborators or anything.

We would just be so embarrassed
to be connected to this

in any way, shape or form.

Let's hope it gets returned.

I hope so too.

I feel responsible.

Well, you and Odd,
you can go looking for them.

- Yes.
- Maybe you can redeem this.

You are going with the women
for the day's activity.

Oh, hi.

And Siv wants to see you in her house.

- Okay?
- Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Okay.

This is the big one.

[chuckles] Okay. Thank you.

Look into her eyes.

Mm-hmm.

Um... can I ask what this is exactly?

It's, uh... tea for the competition.

- And then you... glass here.
- Mm-hmm.

And then we drink it.

- Okay?
- Okay.

Okay.

[inhales, exhales rapidly]

Mm-hmm?

[inhales, exhales rapidly]

Uh-oh!

- Oh, God.
- Here we go.

[gasps]

[breathing rapidly]

[woman in Swedish]

[band plays music]

Please. Come in.

Firstly, I just have to say
I have no idea where Josh is.

And I can swear to that
on my mother's life.

How do you feel about Maja?

About Maja?

How do I feel about her how?

You have been approved to mate with her.

You're an ideal astrological match.

And she has fixed her hopes on you.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

I haven't even spoken to her.

She fixed on you before you came.

Pelle showed her a photo.

I'm here with someone.

I'm here with Dani.

Dani will not know.

I am not proposing marriage.

You wouldn't be approved for that.

Okay, so what is it you're asking?

I'm asking if you care to mate with Maja.

It's a one-night offer.

I think I ate one of her pubic hairs.

Oh. Sounds probably right.

From an academic perspective...

it would also provide a unique glimpse
into our sexual rites.

Can I not have a unique glimpse
without participating?

[music continues]

[dancers laughing]

- [woman speaking Swedish]
- [music stops]

[speaking Swedish]

[band plays music]

- Stay here.
- What?

Are you ready?

- What are we doing?
- You'll see.

- [speaking Swedish]
- [music stops]

[speaking Swedish]

- You're so good.
- What does that mean?

- Eight, eight!
- What?

- We're now eight left!
- [laughs]

[all laugh]

[band plays music]

[laughs] Christian?

Um, for you?

Uh...

- Thanks. [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

- What is it?
- Um, it's...

Sorry. [laughs]

Spring water with special properties.

Oh.

Okay.

What does it do?

Oh, um...

It breaks down your defenses

and opens you for the influence.

Okay.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

You know what? Um...

I'm worried I'll have a bad trip.

Oh, no. You won't. You won't. Trust me.

[sighs]

[woman in Swedish]

[music stops]

[woman in Swedish]

[band plays music]

[breathing heavily]

[music stops, starts]

[music stops, starts]

[breathing grows louder]

[speaking Swedish]

I don't speak Swedish.

What?

[Dani speaking Swedish]

Aah!

[speaking Swedish]

[Dani] What's happening?

You are our May queen.

- Me?
- Yes.

- Why?
- You won!

What does that mean?

Oh, my God.

[speaking Swedish]

[speaking Swedish]

[speaking Swedish]

Mom? Mom?

Oh, my God, Dani! May queen!

[music stops]

[crowd singing in Swedish]

[singing ends]

[flies buzzing]

[all chattering in Swedish]

Herring?

What for?

It's tradition. For good luck.

Yeah!

What?

And you must eat it whole.

- But the tails go in first.
- No, no, no.

[crowd laughs]

You must try! You must try!

[all] Aww.

[Dani groans]

[all laugh]

[man] A very good try.

Excuse me?

What's going on?

Why did you do that?

[spoon clinking on glass]

To our May queen!

Välkommen! Skål!

[crowd] Skål!

You are in the family now. Yes?

Yes, you are in the family.

Like sisters.

Now it's traditional for the May queen
to bless our crops and livestock.

And after the luck you just inherited
from that salt herring,

we should all be doubly encouraged.

[scattered laughter]

Can Christian come with me?

Nay.

The queen must ride alone.

[girls vocalizing]

So repeat after me?

[singing in Swedish]

[repeating]

[continues singing in Swedish]

[repeating]

[singing together in Swedish]

[singing in Swedish]

[repeating]

[breathing deeply]

[shivering]

[women humming]

Breathe in.

For your vitality.

[women continue humming]

[woman singing in Swedish]

[singing in Swedish]

[continues singing]

[woman vocalizing]

- [Maja mimics vocalizing]
- [woman continues vocalizing]

- [Maja mimics vocalizing]
- [all women mimic vocalizing]

[all women continue vocalizing]

We shall go now to Siv's house.

What's this?

It's a special meeting,
only for the queens.

She will bless you.

[women continue vocalizing in distance]

What's that?

That's not for us.

I think you should not.

- [women vocalizing]
- [Christian moaning]

[sobbing]

[retching]

[wailing]

[sobbing]

[all shushing]

[Dani] No, no, no.

[hyperventilating]

[all breathing steadily in unison]

[Dani sobbing steadily]

[all sobbing in unison]

[all wailing]

[vocalizing continues]

[Maja in Swedish]

[Dani and women wailing]

[coughing]

[woman] Christian?

[hands clapping]

Christian.

Hi.

Hello. There you are.

Listen. You can't speak. You can't move.

All right?

Good.

[exhales]

On this,
the day of our deity of reciprocity,

we gather to give special thanks
to our treasured sun.

As an offering to our father,
we will today surrender nine human lives.

As Hårga takes, so Hårga also gives.

Thus, for every new blood sacrificed,

we will dedicate one of our own.

That is four new bloods. Four from Hårga.

And one to be chosen by the queen.

Nine in all to die

and be reborn in the great cycle.

The four new bloods
have already been supplied.

As for our end,
we have two already dedicated...

and two who have volunteered.

Ingemar and Ulf.

You have brought outside offerings.

Thus volunteering your own bodies.

You will today be joined

in harmony with everything.

And to Pelle, who has brought
new blood and our new May queen,

you will today be honored
for your unclouded intuition.

And so for our ninth offering...

it is traditional
that our fair queen shall choose

between a preselected new blood
and a specially ordained Hårgan.

Torbjorn.

Honorable Torbjorn, please step forward.

And...

Christian Hughes.

These are the candidates
for the ninth and final offering.

We patiently await your verdict.

[in Swedish]

[man in Swedish]

[all singing in Swedish]

[screaming]

[all screaming]

[retching]

[rock music playing]

[song ends]

[man singing in Swedish]