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Hello, you have reached...

...the Ardor residence.

Please leave a message

after the tone.

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, uh, yeah,
it sounds like you guys

have been fighting
or something happened.

Anyway, uh, I just got
a little worried.

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

and of course, you know I'm...
I'm always here

if you need anything,

of course.

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

- Hey.
- Hey sweetie.

What are you up to?

Um, just smoked
some resin with Mark

and now we're getting pizza.

Oh, nice.

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

He's saying "hi" right now,
over and over

- Hi, Mark.
- Hi, Mark.

So, I was calling just to see if you...

You still wanted to hang out later?

Did we talk about
doing something tonight?

I mean, not...

not concretely,

Um... Well... Okay..

Yeah, I should be able to swing by.

- Cool..
- Yeah, okay.

How's the sister situation?

I 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, so...

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...

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, 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.

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.

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...
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.

The only one making yourself vulnerable.

- That's intimacy.

Dude.

You have gotta get off the fence with this.

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 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 dunno, 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?
- Um, 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.

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.
- 'Scuse me.

- Nope.
- Oh, my God.

Okay, excuse me, guys.

- Well...
- Great.

- Hey.
- No.

- Dani, babe?
- Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no.

No, no, no, no, no!

Hey, babe.

How you feeling?

I'm up.

Where 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 got enough sleep?

I wasn't sleeping anyway.

Yeah, I'm fucking dreading the summer.

Stuck in a shit-ass hole,

listening to my step-mom
fuck my dad all day.

I'll listen to your
step-mom fuck your dad.

Hey, Josh, you, uh, going to Europe?

Uh, yeah, yeah, for my thesis,

you know, we all are.

Oh, you're all going?

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

Sweden.

Oh, any occasion, or is it just for fun?

Uh, well, I'm... I'm doing my 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?

Mmm-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're 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... I'm not trying to attack you.

- It really feels like you are.
- I'm not.

Well, then...
Well, then I'm sorry.

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

Hey, please, c'mon, can you come?

- Just can you come and sit...
- Stop.

...with me, please?

Please, and we can talk about it.

Look, it just... 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...
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.

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...

And 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...

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

- I am sorry.
- It's fine.

I was gonna ask you if you want come with me?

What?

What do you mean?

What I just said.

To Sweden?

Hmhm.

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?

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.

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...
- Mmm-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 it was...

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?

Yep.

- Hey!
- Hey, babe!

Hey, guys.

- Hey.
- Yo.

How's it going?

We're chilling.

Nice.

So, Sweden.

- Yeah.
- You're coming, right?

I mean, I...

I guess so,

if that's not completely
ruining you guys' plans.

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

Uh, Christian,
can I get you to take a look

at this paragraph real quick?

Uh, yeah, sure.

- I'll be back.
- Mmm-hmm.

- Hey, Pelle.
- Hi.

What were you drawing?

- Uh, just the table.
- Oh.

How have you been?

- Pretty good.
- Yeah?

Survived finals, you know.

- And you?
- Uh...

I didn't quite finish,

but they're giving me
a break this year.

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

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.

Yeah, also that funny look in your eye.

So you're coming to Halsingland?

I guess so, yeah.

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

- Well, 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...
- Uh-huh.

...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...
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.

I mean, everybody sort of
does everything together.

That's an interesting symbol.

Yeah, we're taught
the Runic alphabet, so...

Whoa, who's that one?

- That's last year's May Queen.
- Uh-huh.

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...

- Mmm.
- ...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.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are beginning our initial
descent into Stockholm...

Oh, my God, the women here.

What is it that makes them hotter?

The Vikings grabbed all the best babes

from other countries
and dragged them over.

How long is the drive?

About four hours.

Oh, my God.

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 .

- Are you sensitive about Hiroshima?
- I am, actually.

Dude, what do you think?

Imagine trying to take a dude seriously,
He's like reading out the news

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

Why are you reading that?

Ask Pelle.

We're taught the runic alphabet in my village.
Josh just carries that around to annoy me.

What are you doing your thesis on again?

Uh, well, my focus is actually on European midsummer traditions.
Which was basically the impetus behind this whole trip that we're all on.

That's similar to what you're thinking of doing - right, baby?

For your thesis?

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

I'm thinking about rooting in something Scandinavian.

See that, Pelle?

You've managed to brainwash all of your friends.

Josh was already brainwashed when I found him.

Okay, this is the first stop.

This is it?

Not quite, almost.

Pelle!

- Hey!
- Hey!

- Just beautiful.
- Oh, my God.

Hey, guys,
so these are younger people

from my village.

They're also returning
from their trips outside.

Come on over.

Hey!

These are my friends from America.

- Oh, dude.
- Hey.

Just fucking walk.

Yeah, dude, there's so many bugs.

- It's beautiful, huh?
- Mmm.

Okay, so this is, uh...

- Mark, Dani...
- Hi.

Christian and Josh.

What?

Give me just one second.

You think he knows that guy?

He sounded mad.

That must be good.

Here! Come on over,
come on over.

This is, uh, these are
my great friends from America.

Christian, Dani,

- Josh, and Mark.
- Hi.

Meet my brother, Ingemar.

Uh, 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.
- How's it going?

- Hi.
- Simon, this is Pelle...

And these are all the names

I just learned two seconds ago.

Perfect timing, by the way,

We... We just took these
five minutes ago.

Haven't even started coming up yet.

Oh, shit!

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

Fuck it, let's just take it now, right?

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Great.

Uh, you know what,

I might have to find
my footing first if that's okay.

- Uh, yeah, of course.
- Yeah? Okay.

And listen, if you're feeling uneasy,

you don't have to take them at all.

No. No, no, no. I just...
I want 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 want wait for us then?

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

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

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

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

Are you sure?

Yes, Mark, thank you.

- They've made mushroom tea.
- Mmm-hmm.

If you prefer against the taste.

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

- Ingemar? Ingemar?
- Ingemar.

- Ingemar, okay. Thank you.
- Perfect.

Don't let Mark be the one

- to pressure you.
- He's not.

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

It will... 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.

- Think happy thoughts!
- Are you sure about this?

- Yeah. Yeah, I'm excited.
- Cheers!

- All right.
- Yeah?

Are you sure about this?

I think it's gonna be fun.

- We're in?
- 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.

Guys, do it, it feels so nice.

Josh, can you lie down, please?

Can you feel that?

The energy.

Coming up from the earth.

Look!

The trees too, they're breathing.

Nature just knows instinctively

how to stay in harmony.

Everything just mechanically
doing its part.

You guys are like my family.

You're like my real, actual family.

Dani?

Sorry.

Uh, I'm gonna go for a walk.

I can walk, too.

No, I'm good.

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.

Stop it!
I'm 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.

Want to come meet my friends?

Thank you.
I'm sorry, thank you.

Stop it!
Stop it, fuck!

You're okay, you're okay,
you're okay.

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 of hours, not completely.

Is it tomorrow?

I mean, from yesterday's perspective.

Come on.

Where are we going?

What we came for.

Jesus, Pelle, where are you taking us?

Yeah, this is way the hell out there.

Do they have ticks in Sweden?

Sweden has a tick problem.

What?

No they don't, do they really?

Actually, it is a big problem.

Last summer, a record number of people

got tick-borne encephalitis.

What the fuck?
Are you serious?

Both my grandparents died from ticks.

Had to give them a closed casket funeral.

Okay, Josh, I actually
have an uncle with Lyme.

And believe me,
if you ask him,

it was not worth the
pleasant picnic in the park.

He's fucked.

So, this is the place.

The tranquil and majestic Hårga.

Pelle, you know all these people?

These are my family!

- Thank you.
- What is it? Strawberry?

- Thank you.
- Oh, thanks.

Bag?

Thank you, sorry.

Hey guys,

meet my sister, Dagny.

Born on the exact same day as me.

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

- Thanks.
- Thank you.

- Thanks.
- Hi.

- Father Odd!
- Little Pelle!

Sorry, these are my friends

Christian, Dani, Josh, Mark.

- Hello.
- Hi.

Welcome.

- Hi.
- Welcome home.

We are so very happy to have you!

Ah, thank you.

Pelle has an immaculate sense for people.

I love what you're wearing.

My frock?

Quite girly, ha?

We do these as a tribute
in respect of Ymir

and because of the nature's

hermaphrodite, I think, qualities.
Yeah.

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.

Um, just tomorrow,
the official ceremony begin

and you are welcome!

- Welcome, welcome, welcome.
- Thank you.

Yeah.
Enjoy.

Just... Thank you.

That guy has a very red face.

Yeah.

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

- Can I take photos?
- Um... Discreetly.

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.

- Let our Nine-Day Feast commence.
- Cheers!

That fire hasn't burned out since I was born.

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

Wait, what did you say?

I'll tell you later.

He's giving thanks.

- For the food?
- Yeah, and the weather, the crops.

Was that praying?

Eh, maybe not praying,
but he was just addressing the...

harmony and the balance.

Can I get a translation of what was sang?

Yeah, I can get a translation from him later.

Yeah, thanks, that'd be amazing.

Sure.

Yes, thank you, Pelle.

Of course.

You guys should join.

Oh, no, I'm too scared.

- All right.
- Oh, thanks, babe.

What are the kids playing?

Skin the fool.

- Skin the fool?
- Yeah.

Precious.

Hey, Pelle, can anybody just join in?

You're an American,
just jam yourself in there.

All right.

Hey.

Happy birthday.

Oh, my gosh, Pelle.

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.

No. No, no, no,
I forgot to remind him

and it's not his fault, it's...

Never mind, it's okay.

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?

Really?

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

Oh, fuck.
There's a big one.

Oh, shit.

What alphabet is that from?

Uh, the Younger Futhark.

I... 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.

- Serius ?
- Ya.

- No? Really?
- Yeah.

You're right, I'm sorry.

- You're right. Four years.
- Mmm-hmm.

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.

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... We decided to be friends.

And that was just before

Connie and Simon started dating.

And now they're engaged.

- What? Congratulations!
- Wow.

Which is amazing,
yes, congratulations.

Yeah, thanks.
Yeah, we actually asked Ingemar

to officiate the wedding.

- Really?
- Nah.

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

It's like a sacred temple,

but no one's allowed in there.

Uh, 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.
- Yeah.

Love story.

Oh, wow.
What? Wow.

Wow.

It's like in the Scripture.

What do you think?

It's like another world.

Amazing.

People just sleep here?

Yeah, 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.

That's Summer,
and then from 36 to 54,

we're working age,
which is Fall.

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

What happens at 72?

Not a lot of privacy.

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.

It's Dani's birthday today.

Oh, fuck.

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?

Uh, every mid-summer,
we have this dance competition

and the winner gets crowned and this is...

- Oh, wow.
- Hey!

Was that...

You saw that too, right?

Pelle, who was that?

Inge.

Oh, my God, I want to give her a bath.

Hey, can I pull you outside for a sec?

Yeah, sure.

Pelle, tell her to come back.

Happy birthday to you

What?

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Dani

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

and I thought it was yesterday.

- It's okay. It's fine.
- Happy birthday.

- Happy birthday.
- Thank you. I'm not upset.

It's okay.

- You should be.
- I... I should be.

I'm sorry.

All right, beauty rest.

Tomorrow's a big day.

What's tomorrow?

First of the big ceremonies.

Attestupan.

What's that?

Uh, it's too hard to explain,

you'll get a better sense tomorrow.

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

Wait, you're not talking
about an actual one?

I mean, it's pretty actual.

Fuck.

Do you know what it is?

Dude!

Is it scary?

That is so fucking annoying.

Yo! Check my scalp for ticks,

then I'll check yours.

Somebody should tell those girls

they're walking stupid.

How long do they typically stand?

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

Hey. Oh.

- Are these for me?
- Mmm-hmm.

- You pick 'em backwards?
- Yeah.

Are those the ones?

Yeah.

Dude, I'm so hungry.

It's like they're trying to make it gross.

Dude, it's the girl from earlier staring at me again.

- See that?
- Yeah.

Her... Her mother is on Pilgrimage.

- Oh...
- Helps her to detach.

Okay.

The babies are raised here by everyone.

Wow. You want this?

What do you think the guy's reaction would be
if I'd just put my finger in his butt right now?

Dude, are you following them out?

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

- Okay, okay. Yeah.
- Yeah.

Wait, what're we doing now?

What is that book?

Our scripture.

Can I read that?

You would not be able.

Oh, my God!

It's fine.

Did she jump?

What the...

It's part of the ceremony.

What?
No, she fell, she fell.

Fuck!

- She fell, right?
- Did she jump?

It's okay.

Oh, my...
Did she fall or did she jump?

It's okay, it's fine.
Don't worry.

What do you mean it's fine?

She's fucking dead.
Look at her head!

Look at her head, she's dead!

It's a part of the ceremony.

Why the fuck are you
standing there like that?

She just fucking jumped off the cliff.

Are you freaking blind?
What the... Fuck!

Oh, my God.

What the fuck?

No, he's doing...
He's doing the same thing.

He's doing the same fucking thing!

Someone stop!
Sir, don't do it.

Tell him to stop.

Why's everyone just standing there,
what the fuck?

Sir, don't... don't jump, don't jump!

Please, someone tell him not to jump.

- What the fuck?
- Someone tell him...

- He's still alive.
- What's going on?

Fuck, we're going.

Fuck! This is fucked!

Fuck this!
You're fucked!

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

- What the fuck is wrong with you?
- Ingemar! Did you not warn them?

I'm sorry, grandmother Siv!
I tried to!

- Please! Please!
- No, fucking leave her alone!

Please, listen to me.
Let me explain!

What?
Explain what?

- Please, my poor thing.
- Fucked!

Please!
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.

- "Joy?"
- Yes, and when it is my turn,

it will be a great joy for me.

- Fuck.
- 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.

I'm so sorry
I didn't warn you better.

You feeling okay?

I just really need to not be here
right now.

Yeah.

I'm gonna go.

Just take some time to yourself, okay.

What's up, man?

Are you getting reception here?

Eh, I'll talk to you 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.

I've been thinking a lot about my thesis.

And, um...

I've decided I'm gonna 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... 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 do this.

- No, I didn't.
- 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... I'm honestly kind of impressed.

What the fuck, man?

What does that mean?

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.

Look...

I am... I'm actually invested in this.

This is not some glorified hobby

that I'm casually dipping my feet into.

In case you didn't notice, your highness,
We're doing the same degree.

But not in the same way, Christian!

I have to hold your little hand through everything.

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

And you're a fucking grad student.

Why are you even in academia?

You don't care!

Which is fine. That is your prerogative.

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

I'm gonna do my thesis here.

If you're gonna do it here too,

I'm open to collaborating.

And if not, I guess we can both
do separate theses

on the Hårgas.

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

What?

We're leaving tomorrow morning.

I know we are.

Sorry, Hi..

I don't mean to disturb you.

Hello.

Hi, my name's Christian.

Hello, my name is Urla.

- Urla?
- Urla.

- This is Maja.
- Maja, Hi.

Eh, what are you guys doing?

We are decorating the tree,

I was wondering if I could ask you a question.

- Of course.
- How many, eh,

How many times have you seen the Attestupon?

Attestupan

Attestupan? How many times have you seen it performed?

Every time one reaches age, so...

- A lot.
- Okay.

And do you have a typical period of grieving?

Is there a time when you mourn?

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... I seriously doubt that

the elders will approve of
anything being written down.

They're extremely protective.

Okay, 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, uh, I'll ask the elders.

- Okay? Good.
- Yep.

Dani?

Um... I'm really sorry, Pelle.

Thank you for inviting me,
but I... 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.
I don't know why...

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

I know.
And, 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 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.
- Yes, yes, yes...

That is not what I'm talking about.

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

I lost my parents when I was a little boy.

They burned up in a fire.

No, I wasn't talking about that.

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.

You gonna 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.

Hello.

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

Why?
What's happening now?

What's happening?

What's happening?

No, wait, stop!

Okay, can you slow down?

Just wait a sec...

Please, Christian.

This is feeling really wrong.
We need to leave.

I know that this is weird.

But it's because it's alien.

We haven't been exposed to anything like this.

No, please. This is completely backwards.

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

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

I'm doing my thesis on this. Period.

What? Since when?

Since I decided. Today.

You know what 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 invited us to be a part of it.

- Can't you see what a privilege that is?
- Why did they invite 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!

- Maybe they want somebody to document this.
- Oh my god, 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, than 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?

This is the devaluation phase, we've been
in it for a long time. Next comes discard.

Can you spare our relationship your textbook
Psychology keywords?

We've been in this for a while.

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

Please, give yourself some credit, babe.

Looks like you've got this all figured out.

What?

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

When you casually gift me an impromptu bouquet of flowers

- What flowers?
- That just makes me think 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!

Don't try to tell me that you had no ulterior motive.

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 that you think I'm conniving?
- You are, Dani!

I feel locked into your head every time you do something,
just because.

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 going to leave?

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

Christian.

Hey, do you... Sorry.

Um, do you have
a sleeping pill I can take?

Yeah, sure.

Thanks.

You're gonna wake her.

Yo, Pelle.

What'cha doin'?

Just working in the garden.

- Hey, man.
- Hey.

Any word?

Yeah, they said you can do it.

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

- Okay. Wow.
- Or 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... we'll figure that out.

I gotta go take a leak.

Uh, here, can I ask you something?

- Yeah.
- Uh...

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. Huh.
- 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.

You're splitting it with Josh as well.

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

Okay. Well, I think my sister

Maja has taken a liking to you.

Yeah?

The red head?

Actually, she just got
the byxmyndig last year.

It basically means that,
uh, you are...

You are allowed to have sex.
Pants license.

- Okay. Good for her.
- Hey!

Dude!

You pissed on the ancestral tree.

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

"So what?"

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.

We know. We know that you didn't know that.

- How was I supposed to know?
- You wouldn't pee on a gravestone right?

Obviously not, but...

Fuck, I mean...

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

Apologise later.

- Okay.
- Shit, hi.

Okay.

What did she say?

She said it's gonna be okay and that she'll to
Ulf and apologize for the mistake.

- Seriously? What else did she say?
- Yeah.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Did you get some good sleep?

Hmhm.

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.

Wel...

Me neither.

Hey.

Hey.
It was really nice to meet you.

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

What?

- Yeah.
- Connie.

Simon is getting
the truck with one of them now.

- Connie.
- Is everything okay?

Connie.

Oh, there.

Uh, Simon, he told me to tell you

that, uh, Jan drove him
to the train station.

And after, uh, Simon gets dropped off,

he's sending the truck back for you.

What?

You will meet him, uh, there.

No.

Why would he just go without me?

He... He wouldn't do that.

Well, the truck only had room for two.

So...

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 imagined that, too,

but, you know, we...
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.

This is bullshit.

Okay, lunch in a bit.

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's made his pegamist as doctor.

Is he going to be okay?

Yeah.

He's a very sensitive guy.

It's a big week for him.

- Hey.
- Hi, sorry.

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, uh, the elders must approve mates.

Cousins can sometimes mate.

But we do respect their incest taboo.

So we often need to
invite outside people.

Excuse me.
Hey.

Would you like to help join us?

- 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 goodbye?

No. No, I didn't.

But, uh, that's okay, that's okay.

Hi.

What are we making here?

Meat tarts!

She says you're so beautiful.

Oh, thank you!

Um, she's so beautiful.

We describe it
like emotional sheet music.

Hmm. What does it say?

Well, each runic letter

stands for one of the 16 affects,

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 Rubin.

Uh, the disabled?

Since birth.

He draws and we, the elders, interpret.

You see, Josh,

Rubin is unclouded by normal cognition.

It makes him open for the source.

Uh, what happens when Rubin dies?

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

Not clouded?

No, no, no.

Uh, Rubin 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.

Oh, fuck, yep, that's her.

Hey.

Oh, great.
She's walking away.

Thank you.

Thanks.

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 going to kill me?

Did you learn anything
about the Rubi Radr?

Oh, so now you wanna 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.

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.

I'll be back.
I guess she's gonna show me.

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.

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

I wouldn't be surprised.

What about Josh though?

I'm honestly not too concerned.

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,
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're 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?
- Inge.

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, uh, Siv wants to see you in her house.

- You okay?
- Mmm-hmm.

Okay.

Okay.

This is the big one.

Okay.
Thank you.

Look into her eyes.

BUm, can I ask what this is exactly?

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

- And then you, glass here.
- Mmm-hmm.

And then we drink it.

- Okay?
- Okay.

Okay.

- Oh, God.
- Here we go!

Please.
Come in.

First thing 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 trying to 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 with Dani.

Dani will not know.

I'm 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.

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?

Stop!

Stay here.

Are you ready?

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

Stop!

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

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

Eight! Eight!

- There are eight left.
- What?

- For you.
- Uh...

Thanks.

- What is it?
- Um...

It's... Sorry.

Spring water with special properties.

Okay.

- Okay.
- What does it do?

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

- I don't speak Swedish.
- What?

What? What?

What's happening?

You are our May Queen.

- Me?
- Yes!

- Why?
- You won!

What does that mean?

What?
Oh.

Mom?
Mom?

Oh, my God, Dani!
May Queen!

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!

You must try!

- You must try!
- Ahhh!

Very good try.

Excuse me...

What's going on?

Why did you do that?

To our May Queen!

Cheers!

You are the family now! Yes?

Yes, you are the family.

Like sisters.

Your dance was amazing.

I've never seen someone dance like that.

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.

Can Christian come with me?

No

The Queen must ride alone.

Repeat after me.

Breathe in.

For your vitality.

We shall go now to Siv's house.

What's this?

It is a special meeting,
only for the Queens.

And she will bless you.

What's that?

That's not for us.

I think you should not.

No, no, no.

Christian?

Christian.

Hi.

Hello, there you are.

Listen.

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

All right?

Good.

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.

Plus 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.

Turbeyon.

Honorable Turbeyon!
Please step forward.

And...

Christian Hughes.

These are the candidates

for the ninth and final offering.

We patiently await your verdict.