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Rival originally means: One who

shares the river with another.

That tells us something.

That since the beginning of time we have been fighting for water.

We have fought for who may drink of the water.

Who gets to pull fish out of the water.

We have fought for where the water must

run - - and whose fields must be irrigated.

We've been fighting for so long that the Latin

word for a man - - who quenches his thirst in the

stream - - became the word for people in bitter strife.

You have to listen to the little secrets of the language.

Had I listened - - I

wouldn't have lost so much.

Then I would have known that the battle for water started long before my time.

Go hunting. So can we find a clue?

- Hey, Carl. - I have to talk to my brother.

He is doing a tour.

Well spotted. What happens in 1914?

- World War I? - Yes.

World War I breaks out in August 1914.

- It turns everything upside down. - Your brother is here.

I'm treading water in the meantime.

So he paints his masterpiece in 1914 -

- and names it after the day, he painted it on.

An old, almost forgotten holiday:

Michaelmas.

The dragon ... The devil disguised as a dragon heading for Earth.

Hold on, though! Let me go!

So we have come to a time in art history - -

where artists have moved away from realism.

They are less concerned with showing something, but more with saying something.

- Is everything okay between you and Carl? - Yes.

I have signed now - - on Karen's

proposal to shut down the Morildværket.

You would have done that too, although...

Although what?

Even if you've ended up in something of a predicament between your brother and your wife.

After all, we all know that Carl is against it.

Yes...

Karen Felding, Norwegian Nature Agency. Leave a message.

Hello, honey. I just wanted to... change something with you.

But you're probably getting ready now, so…

Yes, I catch you.

So here I am.

So here she is with sick crabs, even if we weren't supposed to run a scare campaign.

It's just a single one. On the other hand, it has plague.

I put it under the table. I only use it if necessary.

Shouldn't we sell the vision of the future?

People don't want to hear they have destroyed nature.

Then they think: We might as well destroy it all.

- What are we going to do with a sick crayfish? - It is for Anne Rahbek.

She is terrified of diseases.

It stood to her, had we never thrown away the mask.

Karen Felding with a sick crayfish in her hand. It will be the picture in the newspaper.

Under the heading "The world is ending". Do we want it?

Henriette has hired a new journalist.

Let's hope we can get him interested.

And that he dares to write otherwise, than what he is told.

- Where can I find Henriette? - Who's asking?

Robert Street. I will start here on Monday.

Henriette was fired on Friday.

I have been given half a year to straighten things out.

Otherwise, we will turn the key - - and

the buildings will be sold to a fitness center.

Henriette hired you to sprinkle some glitter over the newsroom.

- Cavling prices. - I have not received a Cavling award.

Our readers don't really care, if Henriette is invited to the press box.

Or if you won a Cavling award in 1993 to visit a refugee camp.

I didn't win. Readers don't care about…

Every single day, the newspaper must create meaning.

Without a unifying narrative, a local community falls apart.

Henriette forgot that. The readers didn't let us down, we let them down.

It's like with football. I need to set my own team.

- Soccer? - There are two types of journalists.

Those who want fame, and those who will give.

Local journalism is of the latter kind.

I make sure you will receive your salary during the notice period.

This is not personal.

I read all your articles in journalism college.

Huge fan. Good, dear friends. I am relatively indifferent

to - - the fact that the new main road has cost 150 million.

DKK more expensive. I want stories about:

What problems do we solve?

Underneath everything, the city is nothing but relationships. That is why we are first and foremost...

Oliver ... a relationship house. - Oliver, what are you up to tomorrow?

- I have...

I have something. A DNA test for DKK 150 - - made a

Copenhagen journalist leave the big city - - and choose

Elverkilde as a new home for himself and his daughter Mercedes.

- Why did the test make him do that? - A historical affiliation.

The DNA test revealed great cousins ​​and deep roots in Elverkilde.

Good angle. And cool with dna. It gives a little taste of crime.

I agree with that, Kalle. People will love the option of Elverkilde.

Do you have the number of the journalist?

Call? The hearing at the municipality starts in 20 minutes.

I can't tell my daughter...

that I've been fired, before I was hired.

You still have to pay me for three months.

Shouldn't I bring the new man?

There is no better who's who in Elverkilde. If you have time.

I have nothing but time.

Two conditions. One: No trench journalism.

Two: You shall not write, that your daughter's name is Mercedes.

It is simply too Copenhagen-like.

- Welcome to the sinking bullet. - Next item on the agenda.

Let me guess. You have a deadline. Or you are waiting for a secret source.

I'm really sorry, Mercedes.

The editor who hired me, has asked me to...

Number one on the list of bad

excuses: The editor is an asshole.

I do this so well, as I possibly can, my dear.

Neither my mother nor my father has come to my first day of school.

Mercedes? Mercedes?

- Mercedes Street? - Yes.

Welcome. Where have you done your parents?

My mother is in Washington.

And my father does it so well, as he can.

That's just the worst, right?

When people do as well as they can. Instead of making it 10% better.

Okay, I guess it's official.

Fat.

We are a secondary school with children and young people from fifth grade to 3rd grade.

So we have created a fantastic tradition.

We call it an Elverkilde friend.

An established student takes the new one around to everything they go to.

It can be parties, or whatever you come up with from accidents.

Are you sure this is necessary?

I will only be here for one year. Then I go to Washington.

So I think your Elverkilde friend has arrived.

Malte, what's the matter with you?

- I have fallen ill. - Is it vomiting?

- Yes. It's sticky. - Yes, that's a big deal.

And bad timing. I welcome a new student.

Mercedes?

- Hello. - Hello.

My name is Agnes. I am your new Elverkilde friend.

- You have a really cool name. - Thank you.

- Would you like a tour? - Yes, thank you.

Fat.

Hello, honey.

I didn't think you were coming. Who picks up Emma?

I got Emil to do that. I just wanted to say hello and remind you - - that

development can also happen at a pace where everyone can keep up.

- Has Carl got hold of you? - No, it's just...

This splits the city in two. Now if you could build a bridge instead.

Build a bridge? What happened to: "Right and wrong actually exist"?

- We won't get the town together again. - Of course we do.

Now never mind, what Carl thinks, right?

- Will he remove support for the museum? - No, no.

Reach.

It's just...

- What? - It will rock the boat a bit.

So did democracy. And women's suffrage.

Okay. It's unfair.

Good luck.

I cross.

- You look good. - Thank you.

Okay. You know Mona Berg.

- The Minister of the Environment? - The Elverkilde circle.

Mona Berg's rival, Ingrid Christensen, lost by only 12 votes.

- And Carl Felding. - The town's big man.

His great-grandfather is the reason Elverkilde's prosperity.

Carl's sister-in-law is the reason why we are here today.

So who sides with whom?

It is difficult. Maybe Karen has Mona Berg on her team.

Conversely, Mona and Carl were lovers, when they were young.

And the municipal council ... who knows?

I'm just going to...

- Minister. - At the mercy of Carl Felding.

Hopefully on the voters. They don't want to get rid of their lake.

Are you afraid of what do you find on the bottom?

- Old anecdotes and village gossip. - You believed it when we were young.

And now I believe that the environment and economic progress must go hand in hand.

Nature restoration gets no votes - -

if people can't make their payments.

I assume that the government is thinking along the same lines.

The government thinks that it is a local matter.

The case will end up on your table, no matter what.

This is the decision of the voters.

Otherwise, Elverkilde might as well be a city in Russia.

A decision must be taken on the citizen's proposal to - -

close down the Morildværket and re-flood the Midgårdsåen.

If the proposal is adopted, it will be sent to a municipal

referendum - - in accordance with the Local Government Act of 2018.

Then I give the floor to the citizens, who collected the signatures.

That's my impression that Karen Felding is the spokesperson.

Thanks for that.

My name is Karen, and I am a biologist at the Norwegian Nature Agency.

But today I am here as a representative of the reintroduction project.

100 years ago it was decided to dam Midgårdsåen - - so

that water power could be used for electricity production.

In order to create enough drop height for the

turbines - - the artificial Morildssø was established.

When you upvote a stream, you sacrifice an entire ecosystem.

Something that has found its form over thousands of years.

Salmon and trout lose their spawning grounds in the stream.

When one link disappears from the food chain, the rest begins to fall apart.

First slowly, and then irrevocably.

The electricity production created Elverkilde's prosperity.

But prosperity had a price. We have come to talk about that price.

- You have called seven times. - Have you heard from Mercedes?

I guess she's still in class. I'm at work, Terese.

I just wanted to hear how the conversation with the school went.

I'll call you back.

It was fast. Is local politics already too boring?

No, it was my daughter. First day of school.

By the way... do you have plans this afternoon?

No. My daughter and I just moved to the city.

Want to take one for the team?

I need someone who can run a live blog from the junior championships at the marina.

Junior Championships? In what?

Damn good. The editorial number will be forwarded to you.

Then the organizers can get hold of you, if something exciting happens.

It is clear.

Or do we believe that nature gives us something greater?

Something you cannot read in an excel sheet.

I believe in the latter.

I don't believe that we can do without.

And I know well that it is annoying and troublesome.

You are probably asking: Why Midgårdsåen?

Because it is our river.

And I think that will make us proud.

Proud to do this together.

We here in Elverkilde want to feel like the first.

We will be the ones which will give something back.

We will be the generation that later generations will point to and say:

Like year 2026.

Those who gave something back.

- Hello, Agnes. - Father.

I have called five times. Mother doesn't take it either.

Are you ok

Yes. I have become an Elverkilde friend again.

For the new girl. She has a really cool name.

You'll never guess it. Mercedes.

I'm taking her home today.

Aren't there others in the class who are...

nice to strangers? - Yes, but probably not like me. - So stop being so nice.

You must not start bullying the most vulnerable.

Dad, seriously.

Yes, seriously. I'm proud of you.

You are a good person, just like your mother.

And I'm looking forward to meeting Mercedes. - No bad jokes, right?

- No, of course.

How about: A duck walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "Do you have corn?" - Dad, I'm serious.

- See you at home, honey.

It's good that it goes in here. Okay, but should we show it to our harshest critic?

Clear? Sorry, we don't want to disturb. Our model must travel back.

We're done here.

Come in. Moment.

Yes, come in. Let me see.

What do you think?

Can we try to make a slit in the back? Then we make it a little tighter in the front.

Yes.

Can we have a look around sometime?

That's fine.

We don't skimp on making a slot. There will be extra sewing work.

What if we take ten centimeters in length? Can we see it?

It is two or three kroner per

dress. This gives a saving of half a million on 200,000 units.

It's good work. It's damn good.

It's bloody good, everyone.

Can you get some decent pictures taken for the board -

- if I send a photographer?

We can't finish sewing it, before she has to leave.

Just like that. Set up and with needles and the whole mess.

The board is most excited, when it is something that is in the works.

So they don't mean everything possible.

Can we do it? Great.

Start with that and then ten centimeters up.

Great. Thank you very much.

Are you having a bad day?

No. I'm having a good day.

Who was he you met with? I haven't seen him before.

Emmerich?

He works with streams, restoration.

I'm just trying to make sense of it all.

Don't you think we should just back her up with the relaunch thing?

It means nothing to us.

It's not just our view, it goes beyond.

All the other homeowners on the lake lose value on their houses.

The boat rental, the restaurants...

I know that but it's not our family.

No, but in the family we agreed on that before Karen came along.

- "We"? - Yes, me and Frederik. We ...

I'm getting into it. I should have done that a long time ago.

But if Karen is right, then we'll look at it.

- "Looking at it"? - Yes, then we will do something about it.

Okay?

Hi, Emil.

Have you packed your shoes, Adam?

I can pack myself, Dad. I am not a child.

No, you're a distracted young adult.

Hi, Emil.

I'm not distracted.

Where are my sunglasses? I've looked everywhere.

Adam?

Thank you, honey.

Sheep?

I can't keep downloading Emma. It ruins my game.

One day she will be big enough to go home by herself.

- Yes, in seven years. - Into the room with the guitar.

It feels like 49.

Oline, how is it at home with chores and the like?

There are not as many of us as you. Adam, we have to go.

Freya, can't you pick up Emma?

I am with Agnes and Mercedes.

No. Mercedes and I will slip away in a bit.

- "Mercedes and I". - Dad, tell her to go.

It's nice, Mercedes. Bring your parents next time.

It will probably just be my dad. They are divorced.

How lucky you are. It's so much easier.

Are you completely without a filter today?

All my friends with divorced parents have to do a lot more than me.

So what?

How did it go?

If your brother has bribed Anne Rahbek, we're not getting that vote.

As if she couldn't make it up.

Hello, honey.

Hi, Agnes.

- We slip down to the harbour. - Hello. Are you ready?

- Are you nervous? Tense? - Excited.

In the final. I'm proud of you no matter what.

- It sounds like we've lost. - Not at all. It's crazy cool.

- It will be fun. - Thanks for talking, mom.

- We'll see you down at the harbor in a little while. - See you, dad.

Just remember to put the lists on.

I hope so much we get that vote.

You do that then.

Have you thought about something for dinner?

- Do you know that pizza? - I know that well.

Frederick?

There you were. are you ok

Yes. Yes, yes, I just promised Adam to have a look at...

- Your little father and son project? - Yes.

It must be finished by when the stream is rewound.

It was nice of you to stop by today.

- I tried to talk you out of it. - But it was an unhelpful attempt.

I know it's been hard. All that with Carl...

Yes, yes.

I'd better get this on, before the glue hardens.

Yes, of course.

I say when we drive.

- Mother? - Hello, honey.

Hello! Have you had a good day? Well.

- I won't pick up next week. - Well, okay.

Frederik, we have to go.

Rosa, how did it go?

Come now. How did it go?

Is that right?

One vote?

Anne Rahbek made the lunge. No, how insane!

Emma, go down and tell father, that we have to leave now.

No, how cool is that. How long until they vote?

We must ring all the doors in Elverkilde.

- Dad? - How crazy!

We have to leave now.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the regatta here in Elverkilde.

- Hi, Teresa. Can I call later? - No.

It's your last chance to be just a little father.

- There is also a chance tomorrow. - God isn't there.

It was your last chance to be at a meeting at your daughter's school.

I work with a boss, which is something of a cliché.

Who is a cliché? Half a year of being a good father was all I asked for.

Was there anything else? I am at work.

- They're closing the ice cream stand... - Now Mrs Jensen is calling from the ice cream stand.

Say hello to Washington and say, that the ice cream kiosk is free -

- if you don't mind goof on your fingers.

Dave.

- Robert ... I mean the editors. - I want to cancel my subscription.

You must take it with the subscription department.

- Excuse me, what is the name of such a person? - A double four.

Yes, thank you.

The double four makes real demands on cooperation and technique.

Reach.

"The live blog from - -

Elverkilde Regatta is open."

"The slim double fours - -

lie side by side in the water."

Elverkilde Avis, the editors.

- I'm calling about the hearing. - Who's calling?

The Morild plant will not be taken out of operation.

Midgårdsåen will not be thrown back, regardless of what the citizens vote.

Can we start with that you say your name?

Mona Berg is fundamentally corrupt. How did she finance her election campaign?

- I don't know. How? - You must go out and do your work.

You've seen too many American movies.

I don't research a lot of things, because you say a mysterious sentence.

If you have any then call again with something specific.

What kind of one is it?

The white one. At the very extreme. He sits at the very front.

There is something special about rowing at home.

- And the start has passed. - The editors. Hello?

The inhabitants do not decide the future of Midgårdsåen. It's all planned.

I can't say more. Only two others know what I know.

You must do the work. That's what you get paid for.

Why don't you call one of the major newspapers?

Are they saying exactly the same thing as me?

That you must come up with something more concrete? And you can't.

How financed Mona Berg's election campaign?

How does she pay for her fundraisers? It's about trust.

Sorry!

- Sorry. - Come on!

- Hey, dad. - Hello, Mercedes.

This is Agnes, my new Elverkilde friend.

Hello.

She has shown me around. It is her brother who is rowing.

The last meters.

And there it is over the line. Elverkilde wins the regatta!

No, how insane it was!

Aren't you happy?

Well rested.

That's right, Adam!

Mom, where are you?

Agnes ...

You are so beautiful.

Do you need me here?

No.

Hey... I'm here.

Charlotte?

Tax.

They continue as if nothing had happened.

They don't know that.

I don't understand anything.

You saw him today. Wasn't he nice?

I didn't see him.

But you had to go to the museum.

I didn't see him. Not today.

What happened?

Nothing happened.

I just didn't see him.

Lyrics: Karl Wagner Danish Video Text