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My name is Karen. I am a biologist at the Danish Nature Agency.

I am here as a representative. for the re-slinging project.

Robert Gade. I'm going to start on Monday.

No investigative journalism.

Far?

You saw him today. What happened?

Nothing happened.

I just didn't see him.

For more than 100 years -

- has the Felding family been a dynasty in Elverkilde.

A dynasty where Frederick, as the name suggests, was the son of a king.

But a king's son, who would go their own way.

And on those roads he found a new kingdom.

A larger kingdom. And perhaps a more important kingdom.

Namely, the kingdom of youth.

Before Frederik breathed new life into an almost forgotten local museum -

- he worked as a teacher in high school for 20 years.

To the great joy of both teachers and students.

Frederik will be missed.

Not just from the family, but by the entire local community.

Good morning.

Thank you for calling back... after a week.

Local newspaper journalists rank right after herpes and cat videos.

Have you heard anything?

- Heard something about what? - About what I wrote about.

- Have you heard anything about Mona Berg? - The Minister of the Environment?

- She's chosen out there. - They are in a local dispute over the river.

Do you care to ask the Rat if he Do you know anything? Don't say I'm asking.

Robert Gade asks, if we have a problem with Mona Berg.

The crosswalk that ran away? He can run me.

I got fired, Mick.

No, you were just sent. down on the floor for the rest of us.

You'd rather be king of a sick ass local newspaper than foot soldier here.

Have you heard anything, Mick?

Maybe. You should read about it, like all other subscribers.

Real news is not free.

You don't work here anymore. I I don't know if you understand the concept.

You have new tasks now, and we have new tasks.

Herbert, if you hear anything...

Then I share it with a local newspaper threatened with closure.

Like the very first. Hi, hi, Robert.

Now Agnes Felding will say a few words.

I ... found this book ...

...at home on the shelf, Dad.

I got it as a birthday present. from you and mom.

It's not the Bible.

This is it.

"The Ocean Around Us" by Rachel Carson.

In the book she writes: a quote from Thor Heyerdahl.

"The darker the night, the more life we ​​have around us."

Right now the night is darkest, father.

But there is so much life around you.

Soon we will spread your ashes in the fjord.

Then you will be part of the world's oceans.

And when I die one day, Shall my ashes also be scattered in the sea?

Then we can finally be together again.

It's quite difficult, I think.

Should I try?

Is there?

Karen, it hurts me so much. You must Let me know if I can do anything.

Thank you. Did something happen to Frederik? that day at the museum?

- Mother? - Two seconds, honey.

He seemed so strange. Then I thought I'm just wondering if something happened.

Did he say anything to you?

Karen, we're driving down to the inn now. Should we take someone with us in the car?

Mom, Emma has to pee. She only wants you with her.

And ...

- You'll find your way down there yourself? - Yes.

Sorry, Can I ask you something?

- Do you know that boat? - No, unfortunately.

Sorry, Can I ask you something?

- Do you know that boat? - No, I don't.

- You haven't seen it? - No.

The boss.

- Where are you? - I'm just out for a moment.

That call you got last week... You're not snooping around the harbor again?

- No, you told me to leave that alone. - Good, we shouldn't spread rumors.

It sounded like someone with a vivid imagination.

My bullshit filter says, that it was not entirely unbelievable.

Okay. Can you hear that on a call?

Good that you say that. I have need you out on Salten Hede.

The sewer is flooded again. The stench must have been unbearable.

There you will need this bullshit filter.

Hello?

We are only open on weekends.

I come from Elverkilde Tidende.

Why the hell don't you write? about the sewer down by the heath?

When the wind changes in the west, it hangs the stench in the laundry for 14 days.

That's what I was on my way to. I just saw the sign and...

I myself am a street name. My name is Robert Gade.

I saw a DNA test last year. You know, This is about where you come from.

And now a tech giant owns your biometric information.

Yes, of course it is. a consideration.

- But you took the test yourself. - It was something my daughter came up with.

And then you appeared on my screen like a kind of grand cousin.

Our family history is full of sad fates. You have been warned.

Jonassen ...

- Jonassen is the other branch, right? - Because.

And your mother, Tine, What did she say?

I forgot to ask while she was alive. She didn't talk about it.

- Except when her mother's brother ran away. - My wonderful father ... to Australia.

There's not much to talk about.

What is this? "Orphanages become spa hotels".

That's my grandfather. Ebbe. Your great-grandfather.

He grew up at the old orphanage -

- together with his sister, after their father ran away.

That's 100 years of misery.

History repeats itself. Men who step and leave.

Including that idiot, I married.

What about him? John Street.

So that's your great-great-grandfather. He ran away in 1914.

1914? Should he go down? and fight in World War I?

Sure. Then Ebbe came to the orphanage, then all the misery started.

Lawyer?

He doesn't sound like a volunteer. foot soldier to the trenches.

No one heard from him. It was exactly like my father.

So what is a disease.

Men in the Gade family are preoccupied with anything but their family.

If I were you, I would read about something less depressing than the Gade family.

- Mother? - And?

Won't you come into the living room? Emma is crying.

Yes, of course.

Mercedes, there's food.

Mercedes?

He just fell over.

- He just fell over and died. - It was terrible though.

What a start, honey. What is it? Somewhere your father dragged you to?

Did I tell you about the school in Washington DC?

- Do you know who went there? - Michelle and Barack's girls.

Michelle and Barack's girls. It is the school of the future.

It's going to be so cool, when you move over here.

- Everything is just bigger and better... - Mercedes, mad.

What did mom say?

"Genealogy is for old men."

Now she has gotten her divorce.

Then she can do it. Stop hating on me.

She doesn't hate you. She's just saying, that genealogy is for old men.

At least I'm old enough to not to speak badly about my ex.

If you were to interest me in genealogy with one sentence -

- What would it be then?

You'll be a good editor one day.

I will never be a journalist.

I don't want to write about it, others. experience. I want to experience it myself.

So you can start with to experience famine.

You know what I mean.

You just want to experience all the cool things. Like a certain someone else.

Well, I thought you were too old. to talk badly about your ex.

Not.

Tender?

Aren't you sleeping, honey?

How are we going to handle it?

We'll make it, right?

Just take it one day at a time.

How good it is to have you back.

How are the children doing?

What about you?

Everyone runs away when they see me. But otherwise I'm doing well enough.

Isn't it a little too early? to come back?

No, I really need to get out of the house for a few hours.

Then we also have a vote, must be won.

Hello.

- Hello, Nikolai. - Hi, Karen. Are you okay?

- Yes. - Just tell me, okay?

Then you notice. I'm here for you. That's good.

I don't know. If Rosa has mentioned it...

We didn't get to talk about that.

I would like to just talk to you briefly.

We think so -

- that the initiative, What you have taken is absolutely fantastic.

And we hope for the best for the vote.

Is there a but?

Yes. It is there.

You are employees of the Danish Nature Agency. under the ministry.

And we will have to deal with neutral on political issues.

What does that mean?

That you can't campaign for Midgårdsåen from these premises.

Can the Danish Nature Agency not run a campaign? for the river from these premises?

Nicolai thinks exactly the same. like us in this case. It's just...

We have to carry out our work, Karen.

Which was set out by the government.

Your private initiative is incompatible with the work here.

It's a bit of an either-or situation.

I just buried my husband, and now Can't I keep my job?

- No. - What do you say then?

That our employees must participate in political work in their spare time.

If it has no impact on their work here.

So you have to set the guns.

If we don't fight the next few weeks, then it's not going to happen.

You know what's at stake here.

Yes, yes.

You should fight with me. What's wrong with you?

There's nothing wrong with us. I am really happy with my job.

At least I've said it now.

So...

Yes.

"And she's not afraid...

...to put into words the municipality's efforts."

"That's some worse shit."

Come in and close the door.

Robert, your anonymous friend...

Are you sure she doesn't have a name?

Of course she has a name. She just won't give it to me.

Sit down.

Your old workplace Driving it this afternoon.

Mona Berg held a fundraiser to get hours after a political event.

The official event with canapés and wine.

But for the private fundraiser were not purchased separately.

Asked whether taxpayers have paid for salmon and wine, she replied:

"We just drank the shit."

How did you get your hands on it?

You're not the only one with contacts.

And if your anonymous friend calling again...

Then I'll send her on to you. It's clear.

That's not a good idea, You're leaving, Agnes.

Mom, I have to do it. The others are already avoiding me.

- No, they don't. - Yes, they do. You're not listening.

Adam, can't you tell mom... Are people avoiding us or what?

That's true. People avoid us.

People are afraid of death. It will probably pass.

Yes, maybe when they die themselves. But I can't wait that long.

And I'm Mercedes' Elverkilde friend. I have to take care of her.

- Adam isn't leaving either. - He's been there twice, Mom.

And it's the first time this year, I am old enough.

- Then you might as well wait... - Mother.

You can wait another year.

- There are many this year. - You just call if you want to go home.

- Are you coming? - Of course.

Hello.

- Hello. - It must be Mercedes' father.

Robert. It hurts me very much to hear.

Nice to see you. Hello.

- So what... - I saw you...

- You first. - You were going to say something.

I saw you serving crayfish in front The city council. That was impressive.

You have my vote.

It would help if you also I dared to write something positive about it.

Mercedes told, that you had just started at the newspaper.

Yes. You know how this kind of thing is.

People are most concerned with not to step over others' toes.

- Are you too? - No, that's how I lost my job.

Then you know how to do it.

Right now I'm most interested in to keep my job.

Departure!

I love you.

Good luck.

- Remember now and all that. - I have them.

You remember that too, Mercedes.

- Don't worry. See you later. - Enjoy yourselves.

See you.

You have called Frederik Felding, Elverkilde Museum. Leave a message.

Frederick?

Can you hear me?

You were so weird that day. You were trying to tell me something -

- but I just didn't listen, because I was so busy with...

And ...

The Minister: So late?

I will leave you alone.

I'm only asking once.

That's what Kai Langer always said in history lessons.

"Dybbøl Mill, date and year. I'm only asking once."

- Is that you, Carl? - Who made sure you were elected?

It was before, The Morilværket came on the agenda.

You are terrified of, what you find.

I know your answers. "Old anecdotes and malicious gossip."

You believed in them when we were young. You paid me to keep my mouth shut.

I thought, I supported your election campaign.

You paid for my silence. Now you want to get rid of me.

But you are vulnerable.

Yes.

Yes. Responsibility makes us vulnerable, Mona.

I have to think about my employees and their families.

Both here and abroad. The schools, which Charlotte has had built.

Homeowners and business owners around the lake. So yes.

You are the strong one.

Because you only think about yourself. You always have.

You should have listened to me then.

Now you have your cripple. Your fucking responsibility.

Mona Berg says: "We just drank the shit."

But it raises questions about the border between public and private funds.

What's happening? if Mona Berg resigns?

- The alternate takes her place. - Not necessarily the ministerial position.

Ingrid Christensen came in second. They're already moving her into position.

- Where does she stand on environmental issues? - Where she can get the most votes.

First nationwide news in Elverkilde for decades.

I asked you if I should follow up on that story.

Now you can follow up on it here. Southland.

A recovery project ten years ago.

But it didn't go as expected. There has been no more life in the river.

- Guess who was the consultant. - Karen Fielding?

Go to Skåne, Robert. Look at it.

- Who came up with this? - What do you mean?

- I came up with it. - How did you come into possession of it?

You know how it works then. I receive anonymous inquiries.

First, an indifferent attachment case, and now a smear of Karen Felding.

If people turn to media -

- when they think, They can get something out of it...

Citizens should have as many as possible information about the construction project.

That is our agenda. Do you have a problem with that, Robert?

The best.

Come on.

We're leaving in a moment. Adam, Tell Emil, he has to get ready.

- Mom, I don't want the grief group. - No.

Now we're going straight there. If it If it's too early, we'll just wait.

Are you coming, Mom?

I'm sitting out there. together with the other parents.

- I can't get that one up. - Has everyone lost their father?

Some have lost their mother. But everyone has lost one.

What if you have lost your squirrel?

- Squirrels can be pets. - Then you have to join another group.

The grief group for those with dead squirrels, further down the aisle.

Today it is a group with children and young people.

Then you can meet and talk to them. They have experienced the same thing as you.

I can't, if Emil and Freja are going to listen in.

It's not personal. It's hard with little siblings.

It's not me, That's what makes the groups, right?

- You are divided by age. - Agnes shouldn't listen to me.

- Just try to hear them. - Stop it!

Can't we just go there? And then we see.

We're going to that grief group. And that's not up for discussion.

Okay?

Sorry.

Come on, honey.

Maybe I can talk to them, who have lost their squirrels.

Breast cancer that spread.

A blood clot.

It didn't happen that quickly here. She was so afraid of dying.

That was almost the hardest.

It's good for Clara to have someone to talk to.

I'm just going to...

I thought so, but it wasn't. And then I ran into a wall...

Right now I am living in a huge moving mess.

There are cardboard boxes all over the place, and they fill everything.

It's because my mother's things slowly be thrown out.

It's quite a long process, because she owns so many knick-knacks -

- and decorations and unfinished art projects.

And I think -

- it can be quite difficult to give up.

Because I don't want to to throw something out.

Especially when everything is hers, as I previously described as indifferent -

- like have... acquired a meaning.

Thanks for sharing, Clara.

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

Hey.

I'm deeply sorry.

Have you been waiting long?

Mercedes ...

I know, I'm not a very good father.

That's a poor excuse -

- but I haven't learned much about that kind of thing from my own father.

I can get so caught up in a case, that I forget everything around me.

Maybe it's the hope of -

- to get something written, that my father can finally see.

Well, he's dead.

If only the pursuit of recognition stopped when the old ones were in the grave.

I can still get completely obsessed.

Down at the regatta I stormed past you and your friend.

Yes, it was fucking embarrassing.

I got a call from a lady.

She claimed that the entire project with Midgårdsåen is a game for the gallery.

And their politicians are corrupt to the core.

Then I heard that she were also present at the regatta.

And then she slipped away.

What if there is forces here in Elverkilde -

- which is much larger, than your friend's mother knows?

If she is up against an opponent, Which she doesn't even know the extent of?

- Why are you saying that now? - Because she's sitting up at the bar now.

Don't look.

Fuck.

Is that her?

What are you planning to do?

Order a burger and eat it with my daughter.

We moved here to get some quality time together, right?

What was that?

Her name is Ellenor. She is actually mega smart.

She's leaving in a moment. She has to go back to work.

Did you just drink alcohol?

One shot. They say ten items a week for women.

- And zero for girls. - Do you think it's the first time?

She's leaving now, Dad.

I intend to to eat a burger.

- Come after her. - As we planned?

Yes, you'll have to find out, where she works.

Off with you, Dad. I'll order. Go now.

- Shit, I got a shock. - Sorry. I couldn't find you.

I have the closing chance.

Is everything okay?

Everything is fine.

I just wanted to Thank you for your efforts.

You really did well. here the last couple of weeks.

Where everything has been so sudden -

- and overwhelming for all of us.

So... thank you.

Of course. It was so little.

You are the natural successor, if you are interested.

Yes.

Yes, a lot.

Then I'll talk to the board.

- Thank you very much, Carl. - No, stop.

You, a little thing.

Here where...

... where me and Frederik, you know where we...

You know, like brothers can be.

There is no reason to, Karen is hearing about it right now, right?

It's just more pain.

- You're probably right. - Yes.

Good evening.

- He has moved the money from the fund. - Are you sure?

- Then she wasn't home. - So it was true?

Now you just have to look here.

There.

- When is it from? - Third quarter. September.

September? Just before the general election.

- Calm down now. I like my job. - I can do that too.

How long do you think she has a job if this comes up?

I thought you said we were alone.

Lyrics: Karl Wagner Danish Video Text