Original subtitles

Well, ready?

Are we carting over?

Jacob, wave to your mother.

Sorry?

Your mom.

Oh.

Ah good.

Jacob.

Sorry?

You can get out of that noise.

I still have my headphones on.

I mostly take it out of the music box.

I guess you can't hear that if you

have the headphones on anyway.

Oh, dead.

Thank you.

Jacob?

I have to go right away.

She's waiting for you at home.

It's a two day drive to

France says father.

Then half an hour won't matter to you.

Would you like to tell me another story?

No.

I'll go back I think.

You should know.

Or shall we swim together one more time?

Do you know what I think?

That tomorrow you will forget me again.

I think so.

But if we don't, the rest

of our lives will regret it.

Do you also want to see the rest?

No do not do that.

Okay, then it's your turn.

I want to remember everything about you, Jacob.

I want to remember everything about you.

Everything.

Don't do it, I don't want to remember anything.

What does it say, big

boy with your little swan?

Neeltje?

Will you never forget me, Jacob?

Where's the swan?

Shouldn't the swan swim today?

Just get him.

Then get him if you can.

You can only leave there.

Daddy vroomtie, papa sweetie,

daddy sweetie, daddy sweetie.

Hey Jacob, do you know

some girls in French?

Give me back my clothes.

They don't look like that.

Come get you.

Give my fucking clothes back.

That's a joke, Jacob.

You know what?

We'll keep your clothes

from the red swan.

I want that as a souvenir.

Here are your clothes.

Voila.

And voila.

I never want to see you again.

I don't like that kind of jokes.

That's how we do it in an asshole.

You're never coming back here anyway.

That's your thing too.

I wish we could take it easy.

There you stay.

As long as I want.

Jaacob, welcome to my birthplace.

Andre.

Is the house exactly the same

as when you moved to France?

Yes, exactly like that.

I think it's really incredible.

I didn't know what I saw

when I read it was for sale.

I bought it right away.

Unseen, Saint-Mauricier.

Inside everything will have changed.

Yes, I think so.

But the funny thing is

I can't remember at all

what it looked like inside.

Absolutely not.

But I don't care.

This house is on old ground.

My old ground.

And that's the point, Jacob.

That only story is the

one you used to tell.

Didn't you always talk

about a village there?

Yes.

What's that here?

Horny stories.

They may have seemed that way in France.

But here they really were.

Yes, that was here.

Here they really happened.

Anything can really happen here.

Grandpa?

You scare me, boy.

Sorry.

Looks like not much has changed in

those sixty years other than this attic.

But still I can't

remember much about it.

I don't get it right.

All sorts of things gone on my memory.

I can't even remember

my own mother.

When I think about my mother, I

always see this picture in front of me.

But how she laughed and how she walked.

She died long before we got to

moved to France.

I remember the

funeral he played.

How old were you when she died?

When she graced I was five.

All I do remember

is my girl next door.

And the stories she told.

Those fairy tales.

You call them whatever you want.

Grandpa, those fairy tales.

Did they used to play those

in those woods over there?

The wood folk lived in the woods, yes.

And they can dance along the edge of the forest.

Now, right now.

Only, we don't see them.

We have the wrong eyes.

That's what my

neighbor always told me.

You have the wrong eyes.

Oh, I hated that.

And you believe all that?

What's it like at school?

It's okay.

It's okay.

Well, that's nice.

What do you like the most?

History?

Yech.

Then you will lie to the teacher.

Or are you distracted too much?

How so?

Well, pretty girls, huh?

Isn't there even a girl in particular?

No.

Have you ever stolen a kiss?

Kissed?

Shown, of course.

Jeez, shown, not kissed.

Were you always with your father?

Yes, although, there almost never was.

He worked from early morning to Saturday.

First here and later in France.

So you were always home alone?

Yes.

Yes, I had a swan.

A red swan.

A red swan?

It must have been a flamingo.

Then hurry up, we're going

to get a coffee in the village.

Soon the woefulness of the real.

What kind of swan was that?

A red swan, made of wood.

I played with him like you

with a modern toy of yours.

That's very translating.

My Gameboy has three

hundred games in it.

With my swan I could

play all the games.

Make sure you give me that swan.

My mother had found him.

On the edge of the weather.

Do you still have it?

That swan?

No.

Did you lose him?

Yes.

No, I threw it away.

So that's stupid.

Can you say yes.

I throw one away.

And...

Come on, grandpa.

Soon the workers will arrive.

Sometimes memories

are so deceptive, actually.

Will they also connect the electricity soon?

You only think about a

music box of yours, don't you?

And on TV.

Thanks, huh.

Hey Borut.

Don't you have to make coffee?

Hello?

You are connected.

You can start making calls from now on.

Good afternoon.

Grandpa, the phone works.

That's what your mom said.

I accidentally gave her the number.

Oh dear, she must be calling every day now.

Is your mother that difficult?

No, she's pretty sweet.

Well, those water signs, the

corners need to be replaced.

But that looks good.

It's just a matter of

getting older hands.

Grandpa!

SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND SOUND

I'm a doctor, a doctor!

What's with it?

My hand, that was something sharp.

A doctor, god damn it!

We carry him in.

Shouldn't we leave him alone?

Would you mind getting

some fresh air outside?

Is that necessary?

I would take very good care of you.

Okay then.

Like this.

So, young man.

Haven't I even seen you before?

No madam.

What, I would swear.

We just arrived yesterday.

Ho, wait when you moved

into the house down the road.

Your parents must be busy then.

I am alone with my grandfather.

So...

your grandfather...

will live there.

But he just had an accident.

He just slid off the roof.

I saw him slide.

And now?

He's bleeding a lot.

But the doctor is with him.

She'll be done by now, I think.

Nice car!

Then you will have your mother.

Now I immediately ask if she will

bring me new trousers tomorrow.

Hello?

Hi dear heurt, how are you?

Pleasant.

Grandpa just fell off the roof.

And is now happily looking

around with a glass konjak.

Is he on the konjak so early?

Yes, and he asks if you bring

him a new pair of pants tomorrow.

But then what is it?

He didn't really fall off the roof, did he?

A little though.

But then I will come for a while longer.

Please don't, Grandpa says.

Well say.

Give your grandfather himself.

Pat, don't be such a goddamn bum.

With me, mom.

Listen, Jacob.

Sounds like everything is

fine with your grandfather.

So I'll come by tomorrow

with a new pair of pants.

At 11.

Good?

Sure.

And tell Grandpa I still

have a bone to pick with him.

But he really fell with a roof.

Yes, love.

I notice.

Big kiss.

See you tomorrow.

Bye, mom.

Oh, and Jacob?

Yes?

An Eva is on the answering

machine about ten times.

Let me stand, that's just as well.

MUSIC Can that sound be turned off?

Please.

I have one life left.

Yes, me too.

Shit.

Is it a good book?

Those fairy tales you used to tell

me, are they also in these books?

You mean stories.

Fairy tales are

fantasy, stories are real.

Those stories?

No, they are not all included.

And if they were in it, they're not

nearly as pretty as when she told them.

Oh, she could tell.

I had no book against him.

She had heard them from the grandmother,

and she had heard them from her

grandmother and that of her grandmother.

That was beautiful.

Stupid itch.

Haven't you been here in all these years?

Well I'm not.

No, your grandmother loved to travel.

She thought it was terrible when

your father went here in the Netherlands

study and live.

Was grandma actually your first girl?

Vlerk, that's none of your business.

Well no, you don't

marry a first girl.

Never?

Maybe you can't believe

you got the right one in one go.

And do you think your second

girl is even more delightful.

Sometimes you move.

Before you're old enough to get married.

Have you kissed?

No.

And also not...

No, neither.

Maybe she didn't love me at all.

Probably.

Thank you.

Anyway, I kept

thinking about her.

I never forgot her.

As much as I loved your grandmother...

first girl is the

secret in a man's life.

Why is that the secret?

For another second girl.

So if I fall in love now, I

can almost be sure that it will

nothing becomes.

Well.

No, you don't have to.

Are you already.

Maybe because your girl next door is still here.

Yes, who knows.

He's probably already married.

That is certainly very nice.

Very nice.

And very special.

What is that then?

Very crazy.

Yes Yes Yes.

Shit, shit, shit.

Don't turn like that, don't turn like that.

Shit.

Come on.

Don't turn like that, don't turn like that.

Back to the colours.

Look, look, look.

I want us to have my clothes.

I never want to see you again, never again.

It's me.

Jacob.

Then up.

Then up.

Huh?

Huh?

Huh?

No.

No.

Never again!

I'm never coming back here!

Doctor De Jong.

Grandpa is not well.

I think he has a fever.

Who am I speaking to?

With Jacob.

Jacob Mars.

Yes...

Jacob.

Jacob.

Calmly tell me what's going on.

Grandpa knows so.

And he shouts things that I don't understand.

And he doesn't see me.

I'm never coming back to you.

I'm so afraid he's going to die.

Liege listen up.

You stay with your grandfather.

I'll send someone to you.

And I will come myself as soon as possible.

No no.

The door is open.

Where's your grandfather?

Upstairs.

I think it would be wiser if

you slept upstairs tonight.

So, hold on now.

I'll bring your stuff later.

It's my grandfather here.

Sssss.

Go upstairs, go to sleep.

Everything will be fine, really.

The doctor knows what to

do and I'll stay here tonight.

He'll just wake up.

And then?

Yes, I dare not say a

sensible word about that.

At least a nurse will come.

I'll stay here that long.

That's better for the boy too.

Thanks for coming, hey, tonight.

Don't mention it.

I'll call.

Yes, so you did come back, Jacob.

Welcome home.

I want my fucking clothes back.

So you haven't forgotten that, Jochie?

No, you haven't forgotten that.

How could you?

I never want to see you again.

Never!

Never!

Never!

Your grandfather is really in the right hands now.

That's the third

time I've heard that.

But it doesn't help at all.

Will you dip a little bit with me?

You were just in the room, weren't you?

When I was talking to you about.

I remember your grandfather

from a long time ago.

Are you that girl next door?

Of those stories?

So you haven't forgotten it either.

He talks about it often.

Are you married?

No not anymore.

I was so afraid that grandpa would die.

He yelled those weird things.

And he was crying like crazy.

That grandpa experiences things from his past.

And he calls to his swan.

And to me.

To you?

And that swan?

That wooden one?

What did he used to play with?

So he told you about that too.

And about the day he lost it.

When he and I said

goodbye at the lake.

Your grandfather wants to go

back to his childhood, Jacob.

But he can't really come back.

He has lost the key.

The red swan is the key.

The red swan?

The key?

How so?

He'd get better faster if he could

hold the swan one more time.

And a lot happier.

So I have to find that swan.

Your grandfather threw it away.

And he still

regrets it to this day.

Yes, it would be fine, I think.

What?

If you bring him back to your grandfather.

That is easier said than done.

Because do you know where that swan is?

The swan is closer than you think.

But I know it's well done.

We go together.

You just walk ahead and

wait for the bridge ahead

at the lake.

Then I'm going to wear

something else for a while.

As long as we get back in time.

My mother is coming.

It only takes a moment.

Okay.

Go now.

Jacob!

Does this keep up with the search?

No.

Only in finding.

See you soon.

Hey, stop it.

Nauseous stuff.

So, how tough are we.

Throttle aside.

Don't be so silly.

Let me through.

Okay.

Come on.

Come on!

The whole world can't stand still, can it?

Come on!

Pick up now, daddy!

Shit, they broke when I fell.

Another?

It's been months and months

and months since people got in

were our world.

And now suddenly two.

And at least you're sitting still.

I can talk to you.

I do too.

I will too.

The Queen will first be proud of

me for coming to tell the big news.

But I can still talk

to her for a while.

Who do you talk to all the time?

I actually have to go.

The queen tells you that you are here.

And those engarts.

But you are so lucky

when you meet people.

How did you think I felt?

For the first time really seeing

someone from the wood people.

Did I already promise?

All right, I have to see the queen.

Say, are you okay?

I'm in a hurry, there's a

fish head in the woods.

Fish heads?

Gat-ie.

Hey, where are you going?

Hey, let go!

To the queen!

Let him come to me!

What is?

There are people in our world again.

People?

Are you sure?

I've seen them myself anyway.

And what were they, big or small?

Little.

I think they are very nice.

There's a soldier.

With the fish head behind, that boy.

The carp men.

I do not know.

Every fish looks the same.

The curse has been lifted.

We have to save those little people.

And I'm coming.

No way.

You stay here.

Certainly you, especially now.

Go help prepare for the party.

Is that still going on?

Naturally!

We must not miss any new moon.

You know that right.

Come on, let's talk now.

Oh, and Fezel?

Not a word about this to the others.

Hello?

Answer me.

I'll see.

Who is there?

Finally!

I found you.

Who are you?

Neeltje.

Why are you looking for me?

I ran into someone

in the woods you saw.

It's dangerous here.

I need your me something.

Sorry.

I look terrible.

You look pretty good.

Correct.

What's wrong with you?

I do not know.

I have a fever or something.

Or maybe it's because

of that blow to the head.

Come sit with me.

Hey?

What?

Now those trees are

starting to wink at me again.

And there's something about that well.

And there are horrible

monsters after me.

I know.

Imagine him, there

are only four or five.

Don't worry, they

can't catch us here.

The woodfolk watch over us.

What do you know about the Wood People?

Do you want the whole story?

But please don't.

I'm looking for a swan.

A red swan.

For a moment I thought I saw him in the

well, but I'm looking for a wooden swan.

Once I find it, I want to go

home as soon as possible.

Calm down.

I know where to find the swan.

But going home soon is not terrified.

Where's the swan then?

Still in the pit?

No.

We need to be patient.

If we leave the well now,

we are chopped into pieces.

Literal.

Only the wood in front can save us.

And how long do you think?

How about a story

to pass the time?

Time is almost dead already.

Well, it started a long time ago.

More than 2000 years.

At that time, a people lived here.

It lived in peace and prosperity.

The Wood People?

No, that wasn't the wood people then.

Listen.

That peace came to an end when

a peace emperor from the south

sent his armies into the world.

The general, who led the troops,

conquered country after country until

he also came here.

Here he decided to end his raid.

He built a great fort near the lake

and that fort would be the border.

The people I am telling you

about live north of that border and

was not submitted.

But the General kept

a close eye on them.

He was not fond of

barbarians, as he called them.

The general had a daughter, a

beautiful daughter, who is absolutely

ignored her father's

warnings and commands.

She loved to pull the horse across

the border and ride through the beautiful,

but hostile territory.

One day she met the enemy,

a prince of the woodfolk.

They instantly fell madly

in love with each other.

That was of course

not the intention.

The general was furious.

He had destined his daughter

for the son of an emperor.

He demanded that she come back.

She's not coming.

But she refused to

give up her great love.

The queen of the people supported

her son and his girl in everything.

The general tried in vain to

take back his daughter by force.

The wood folk started a

guerrilla war in the vast expanses

forests and dunes.

The Romans did not know what to do

with this and suffered considerable losses.

But the wood people could

not win the battle either.

After a year, the general still

hadn't got his daughter back.

Cornelius, you're not going to

tell me we're the northern one

to give up outposts?

They lay ambushes in the woods.

Yesterday we lost

at least twenty men.

We can only hold on to the

road to Felicedem with difficulty.

Ambushes, huh?

Dirty terrorists.

What they can do,

we can do even better.

Perhaps it is advisable to

consider a different tactic.

Eyes up!

Aunt for aunt, Cornelius!

That's the only language they support!

And we'll keep going until I get

my daughter back, understand?

The prince and the

girl had a child, a boy.

One day, after a tiring

journey through the forest, the

prince with his son and their

entourage in a secret place

at the old well.

The prince and the child played with

wooden toys that the prince himself

had made.

They thought they were safe

and didn't pay much attention.

A patrol of the

general overtook him.

She killed the prince and his

retinue and took the baby with her as

bait, to trade it for

the general's daughter.

But when the girl heard

the terrible news, she died

them of sorrow.

The queen decided to go up

to the fortress for her grandson

to demand back.

Marcellus!

My son is dead.

Your daughter died.

Let's stop.

Let's live peacefully side by side.

If that is also your wish, then give

me back my grandson so that he

can grow up in the

country where he was born.

You mean the bastard?

You can get that.

Such a tiny baby?

Jesus, what a bastard.

We're safe for now, I think.

I hope.

Can you tell that story?

It is over.

It's strange that that Roman girl

could fall in love with that prince.

In a book of my grandfather there

was a drawing of the wood people.

They are very different from ordinary people.

Don't believe the books.

And by the way, the wood people

have changed a lot through fate and time.

Well, I couldn't even tell the

difference between a boy and a girl.

Can you do that with people?

Can't you see I'm a girl?

However?

Naturally.

How do you see that then?

Your hair and everything.

Guys, they sometimes

have long hair.

And those braids?

Shall I make braids for you?

Well, why do you see I'm a girl?

Ha, well hop!

And where is that swan?

I'm not saying that.

But you know where it is.

You have to ruin everything again, don't you?

My grandpa needs that swan and fast.

Do not be stupid.

If you're nice, I'll tell you.

I'll be happy for a long time when we get away again.

You know what happens

when we pass a new moon.

The party must have its progress.

And our men in the

woods are on high alert.

And when the carp men advance through

the clearings, then ours are standing

men rooted powerless.

And when we reach the temptation,

then we have no semblance of lace at all.

The guards patrol the edge of the forest.

If only we knew how many

carpmen have escaped the curse.

Oh no, this is wrong.

This is going wrong.

Yes!

Watch out!

Come, come, come!

No no!

Watch out!

Watch out!

Watch out!

Come, come, come!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Jacob!

Jacob!

Queen, wait for her to invite us.

The Council of Twelve, our government.

All women?

We are women.

We're not grown

men in this mold.

Now!

Are you still angry, Your Majesty?

We'll talk about that soon.

I now welcome your friend.

Thank you ma'am.

I'm Jacob.

Welcome, Jacob.

They almost got you, didn't they?

Weesel saved us, ma'am.

I'm not too happy

about what he's done.

Oh, but I do.

But you see, I'm not alone here.

I was with a

friend and she is...

She's still in the woods.

I have already told Jacob

of our rooted fathers.

But if I have to hang her up...

Shut up, Feesel.

Jacob?

Sir, she fell out of the

trees and she's still...

We're sending a patrol to the woods.

Does that reassure you?

Good.

Nothing is allowed to further the party

New Moon still disturbed.

But afterwards you can tell

me how you got that necklace.

Kindle the fires!

Hey, just calm down.

It's all going to be fine.

I am not thirsty.

Does not matter.

This is against the unrest in your body.

Wow, that music of

yours is pretty cool.

Drink some more, that will ease your restlessness.

I am Murra.

I'm Jacob.

Yes come.

You are sure train that

Fiber should not tell.

Exciting.

Do you know fiber well?

Very good indeed.

Nice party.

But much more fun.

Can you see Fiber leave?

Fiber is a jerk.

He always meddles with the

big wood, while that now nice

can celebrate.

Courage, let's go dance.

They do last a long time.

Yes, what did you think?

This is their last dance.

It can't last long enough.

What do you mean?

Don't you know what's happening here?

How am I supposed to know?

Yes, this is their big day.

The party is not told here.

Nobody tells me anything here.

Stories are left unfinished

or they say it's counterintuitive

me is.

Good, like I'm half moron.

Come on, you don't have

to get mad right away.

I'll leave you everything.

Every new moon we

celebrate the big free party.

The big wat party?

Pretty you never heard much?

Very good.

Every new moon we celebrate

that men of our people come of age.

It's their party.

They choose a woman to

spend the night with, and with that

they dance, and the dancing becomes

kissing, and the kissing becomes

caressing, and the caressing becomes free.

After the free, before the

night is over, the men turn into

fertile soil, from which a beautiful

tree will grow after some time.

A beech, an oak, a spruce,

or the eggy tree, the estorn.

In 21 months it will

be Vezel and I's turn.

I'm already excited.

You and Fiber?

Fiber belongs to me, right?

He is my boyfriend.

But then, if you...

then fiber will die, won't it?

Well no, how do you get there?

Well, when we humans become

fertile soil, we usually already are

pretty dead.

But our men are trees, aren't they?

Trees, only they haven't

grown up yet at first.

They must grow until their soul is

ripe, only then may they become trees.

So actually Fiber is a kind of larva.

Mary, I'm sorry.

Arguing at the feast of love?

I'm arguing.

You wear our necklace, though

you come from the human world.

Explain that to me, Jacob.

What are you doing here?

Why did you break the curse?

And why are you endangering my people?

But he's pretty nice, Meitijd.

Shut up, girl.

I haven't done anything wrong.

So you don't have to mess around like that.

You are a brave fellow, Jacob.

And yet you must tell

me how you got there.

It's really very important.

Got it from an old lady.

My grandfather is very sick.

She said there was only one

thing that could make him better.

The chain would help me find it.

Finding?

Finding what?

The red swan.

What do you know about the red swan?

My grandfather is sick.

He has a fever, he falls

and calls for his red swan.

His red swan?

He used to have a red swan and he lost it.

Look after!

Benna!

Neeltje's story ended with the

murder of the prince's baby and

the princess.

Then it was time to clean up and

then the carp men and Vezel arrived.

But from whom did

Neeltje hear the story?

I really don't know.

Jacob, the story wasn't over yet.

Listen.

Even if this bastard

has perished, so will you.

All of you!

Today, tomorrow, until

none of your people is alive.

Marcellus, I would so much

like to send you to your death.

But that is not in my power.

Thank you, old Hex,

for letting me live.

Unfortunately I can't promise you the same.

Tomorrow we will find you.

We will burn your

forests and you cooled

pierce the body.

Until we're sure not one

of your people is left alive.

A toy to get you

through your last day.

Your grandson loved it.

You will not die, Marcellus.

Not now and never.

Not you and not your men.

That is not in our power,

but you will not live either.

You will wander forever in

the dark waters of this lake.

As long as the red swan is in our

hands, you will not escape from this.

The general kept his word.

The next day his men set out.

But before they had taken

a step, a violent storm arose.

The waves of the lake

tower over the houses.

The soldiers and their general

were caught by the water...

and sank with their heavy

armor to the bottom of

the lake.

So the curse worked?

Yes, but the curse wasn't strong enough.

The soldiers in the lake were not dead.

What did you mean?

You have seen them in myself.

Very close.

First as carp under the bridge.

And then you fell.

And you bled.

Three drops of blood from a child

are enough to get rid of one carpel

to make a soldier again.

And what happened to the red swan?

We have kept it hidden in

a sacred place for centuries.

But months and months ago

there was a little boy from it

woodfolk, a prince.

He felt sorry for the swan

that he had to have one there

floating around in that little pit.

The well in the forest?

Indeed yes.

But the prince took

the swan to the lake.

At that lake a human woman

walked with her child over the edge of

our time.

The prince was so frightened that

he dropped the swan and ran away.

And the woman gave

the red swan to her child.

My grandpa.

I understood that, yes.

We have lived in fear ever since.

If the carpel men get their

hands on the red swan, then it is

finished with us.

Then all the forests disappear everywhere.

And why are you so dip on my chain?

We believe that if the chain

returns, our people and the Red

Swan will live

in safety forever.

And that's this necklace?

I wish I knew.

Until we get the Red

Swan, we won't find out.

Why not?

The Red Swan does everything

for the wearer of the necklace.

But only if he can see the

Swan with his own eyes.

My grandfather didn't have an airstorm chain, but...

What did your grandfather

actually do with the Swan?

He threw it away.

That's what the old lady told me.

The one from the necklace, said.

Neeltje, she knows where the swan is.

I know where to find

the swan, she said.

That girl in the woods.

She told him

herself, at the well.

But then we must

find her immediately.

Keep people.

Find the girl and bring her here.

You go back.

I have to find that girl again.

We don't leave you alone Your Highness,

those fish heads are everywhere

and the open spaces are dangerous.

If that girl hadn't warned us...

With the group we are much too conspicuous.

You go back and

I'll just keep looking.

This is an order.

But Your Highness!

Eikoo!

If I'm an oak, then you're

a maple or something.

I just learned that.

Take a piss.

Shit, Jacob, you piss on my uncle.

O!

Oh sorry.

Uncle doesn't

blame you, he says.

And he has a present for you.

Neeltje!

Where is the red swan?

On the island.

Come on.

I can't go to the island anymore.

Why not?

The forest is my world.

My time disappears in the water.

And my time?

Will he start there again?

Almost.

First the swan has to go back.

But we can go into the water, right?

You do, because you know, in

the water you are safe, because the

carpelmen can't get in.

How so?

Too risky, if they get their heads

under water, they will become

fishing again.

Is this our goodbye?

Farewell is short,

friendship lasts forever.

Hurry up!

I hear booming

fetten, they're coming!

I wish you came.

Go now, Jacob.

And what happens with this?

That we naturally.

Fezel, when I come

back, will you still be here?

I'm sure.

But I mean can I still see you?

It depends on how much time you take.

Are you already a tree?

Come as soon as you can.

Are you sure the

swan is on the island?

Yes, I'm sure.

How do you know that?

Who are you?

Can you hear?

Look!

There are more and more.

Good thing they can't handle the water.

We're safe here.

Shit, there she is!

None ever,

they say.

Swimming in a thunderstorm.

Jeez, they say.

They give with hard men everywhere.

And hope they are sweet.

They have the boat.

Now they can go to the island.

And now the pigs say true.

And we.

That's right.

When they submerge their heads

in water, they turn into fish again.

Are there still?

Yes of course.

Those heufters smell their chance.

I was so sure.

See away.

There he sat.

Maybe he's gone flying.

You sit down until I get it.

You can just go as fast as you want.

Maybe they are worried at

home about where you are staying.

I'll stay with you until we get the swan.

Do you think we'll ever see

Feesel and the others again?

You maybe.

Not you?

No, it's not possible.

Saying goodbye is hard.

Perhaps not for the woodfolk,

but for me it is.

I am human, just like you.

It may take me a while

before we find the swan.

No, it shouldn't be long.

The swan should be here now.

But we don't have to say goodbye...

I don't want to hear that word again.

Jacob.

Who is that?

Neeltje.

No, don't kid me.

Are you Neel?

I am Neeltje, Jacob.

You have become an old woman.

How about yourself?

How crazy, I dreamed of you.

But in your dream I was not an old woman.

How do you know that?

Your egg.

You yelled at me.

And I recognized every word.

We were together again at the lake.

That day we said goodbye.

And you were furious with me.

You threw my clothes in the water.

I can still see it.

You threw the red swan at my head.

And now you're sorry.

And don't you remember

where your red swan is?

The red swan.

The key to your childhood memories.

But do you know?

I hid him.

So mad at you.

Of course I quickly regretted it.

But by then you had already left.

But you came back safely.

But how did you do that?

Oh, that's your guilt.

Yes, but that's a long way.

So what do you know again?

We're moving forward.

Shit, they're still there.

Yes, what did you think?

You better take advantage of it.

Of which?

You know that.

Come on!

You do mount, because you fly!

Aaaaaah!

From stories.

We also had such a

magical necklace in the family.

For centuries.

It was always passed from father

to son, but my father has none

sons, so now it ends.

And that necklace, what happened to it?

Gave it away to someone

who could use it better.

Nellie, who are you?

Hurry up, we have to go home.

Did you have anything?

Mom, I'm back!

Honey, you look awful?

What happened?

Oh, nothing.

I had to arrange something for Grandpa.

Are you there, Swan?

Are you tired too?

Yes, me too.

How did you get that Zwaam?

You know that.

Have you read on the island?

At the hollobong?

Yes.

And everything is real.

Only, you have to have the good eyes.

Yes everything.

Are you sure you can

walk that far again?

With you and with Neeltje

I can go around the world.

And then when I come back

here, to this same place, my

live again.

Man, what shall I pay close attention to?

Good to see you're

back on your feet, Jaakko.

Neel, I forgot to tell you that the

other day, you have become beautiful.

Is this yours?

Yes.

It's no different, Jacob.

No do not do that.

It's not mine.

You know that.

We have to say goodbye all the time.

Farewell is short.

Friendship lasts forever.

Wasn't that how it was?

Don't you have something else to do?

Is that already possible?

I hereby declare your

grandfather completely cured.

So can I now?

He doesn't need anything anymore.

Then I'll go.

Hey!

You would go with three, wouldn't you?

He still has to do something.

What then?

Finish something.

Let him.

But do you know

where the restaurant is?

Absolutely.

Then I'll show you where my

mother used to give red swan.

Is that you, Jacob?

I forgot something.

Wait, I'm coming up.

Jacob, you are right on time.

Well, you're making good progress already.

Next new months is our party.

And what kind of party

would it be, Jacob?

Now that the swan is back in the well.

And then you become a tree.

In my world.

Do you already know where you will stand?

I'll make sure you can find me.

And do you already know what kind of tree you will become?

What do you think?

Thank you, Jacob.

Now put the swan in the well, Jacob.

It's time.

Goddamn.

Do you actually have children?

No.

That never happened.

But have you been married?

Five times.

They all ran screaming.

I'm a little crazy, you know.

Yes I know.

But I've never loved

anyone as much as you.

Are you serious?

I loved my wife terribly.

And I still do.

Did it work, boy?

Everything.

Nice.

I wanted to ask you something.

Your family has been living here for a long time?

What a stupid question.

Mrs. Die's family has been

living here for centuries.

Then you have to go all the

way back to Roman times.

Neld, you even learned

Latin at one point...

to be able to read

those old family stories.

Come on.

Don't be silly.

So that's how you

got the prince's chain.

The grandfather of your grandfather

and the grandfather of that.

You know what I mean.

That was a Roman.

That, that was the general.

Ssss.

Everything is fine again now.

With your help, the

circle is closed forever.

Well, if the bar isn't

closed yet, waiter.

A konjak, a tea and a coke.

Come to me in a minute, sir.

Hey Jacob.

What's with your thoughts?

I can almost read them through your mouth.

No, I was thinking of a girl.

So right?

Well, tell me too.

Never mind, you

don't marry the first girl.