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[horse hooves clattering]

[arrow whizzing]

- [thunder rumbling] - [horse neighing]

[arrow whizzing]

- [thunder rumbling] - [arrow whizzing]

[screaming]

[creatures screeching]

[female creature] Blood will flow!

[screeching]

- [creatures screeching] - [man 1 yells]

[man 2 screams]

[thunder rumbling]

[tense music playing]

[creature screeching]

[thunder rumbling]

[screeching]

[music rises]

- [creatures screeching] - [music fades]

[woman groaning]

- [creatures screeching] - [thunder rumbling]

[woman humming tune]

[groaning]

- Too hot, too hot. - Too hot.

[woman continues humming]

[groans loudly]

[man grunts]

[creatures screeching in distance]

Drink. Drink.

[groaning]

Chase those wile-wings away so I can hear what I'm singing.

[resumes humming]

[man yells]

[wile-wings screeching loudly]

[man] Begone! My child is being born tonight!

[wile-wing] What will we do with it?

Tasty little human.

[wile-wing] Scratch and tear! Scratch and tear!

Begone from here! Fly away, you devils!

[wile-wing] We shall fly!

[woman loudly moaning in pain]

So, I win again.

What? You said the one who got the most won.

That was last time. This time the one who gets least wins.

And that would be me. I'm sorry.

- [gasping, panting] - [lightning cracking]

What happened to you?

He's got an arrow in his back!

Who shot you?

Careful...

Two soldiers, but the wile-wings got them.

[groans]

Anything happening in there?

No, they've been at it for ages.

I mean, really, how long does it take to squeeze out a little child?

[men mumbling in agreement]

- [woman wailing] - What?

[grunting]

[yelling]

[baby crying]

[woman panting]

[man sighs]

Ah...

[gentle harpsichord music playing]

[baby gurgles]

You are the most beautiful child that was ever born.

[sighs]

[woman laughs softly]

[baby fussing]

Hmm.

[sucking]

I don't know how it happened,

but you already have my robber's heart in your little hands.

- [wile-wing screeching] - [wings flapping]

[ominous music playing]

[lightning cracks]

[wile-wing] "Your little hands..."

[baby crying]

[thunder rumbling]

[wile-wing] A storm child.

A wile-wing night's child.

[ominous music fades]

[wile-wings screech in distance]

[flute playing]

[flute stops]

I have a child!

[all] Yes!

[laughing, whooping]

[continue laughing]

- What happened? - Ah, nothing. Nothing. [chuckles]

What kind is it?

A robber's daughter!

Yes!

[men laughing]

[baby cries]

[men chuckle]

- There she is... - [gasps]

Oh! [chuckles]

What will her name be?

[woman] Ronja.

As I decided long ago.

[old man] And if it had been a boy?

If I have decided my child will be called Ronja,

it will be a Ronja.

[men laugh]

Oh, Ronja. [laughs]

[Ronja cries]

Oh dear, oh dear.

[men chuckling]

Can I hold her a moment?

If you drop her,

it will be the last thing you do, old man.

The future of the Mattis line is now secured.

Unlike Borka's.

[all laugh]

Not much weight to her.

[men chuckling]

What did you expect?

That she would come out as a fully grown robbers' chief?

[laughing]

Does anybody else think there's anything wrong with my child?

[all] No.

I thought not.

[rain falling]

[loud crack]

[rumbling]

[men yelling]

[Ronja crying]

[intense music playing]

[wile-wing screeching in distance]

[cracking]

Watch out! Watch out!

[all clamoring]

[wile-wing screeching]

- [Ronja crying] - She's crying!

What happened?

What in hell's blood happened?

That was a solid bang.

I would wager it was a lightning strike. [chuckles]

- [Mattis] I've been thinking... - [men grunt approvingly]

[Mattis] We never use the whole fortress anyway.

- [men] Uh-huh. - [Sturkas] Good thinking.

Most of what we need is on this side.

[men grunt approvingly]

A good trade for a stormy night.

Half of my fortress for this wonderful child.

[men grunt approvingly]

[heroic theme music playing]

BASED ON ASTRID LINDGREN'S BOOK

RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER

[music fades]

[Ronja whistling]

[geese quacking]

[sheep bleating]

[horse snorting]

[Mattis] See you later, my little dove.

One eye to the sky.

[Ronja] What's through there?

[woman] Nothing you need worry about.

[dramatic music playing]

Come on!

- Greetings. - Greetings, Mattis.

[birds chirping]

[music fades]

[flaps lips]

Good sir,

my name is Mattis and I am a chief of robbers.

[driver groans]

Unfortunately, this means you must part with your possessions.

[man laughing]

- Take everything. - Yeah.

Here's some more.

[jaunty music playing]

One day I'll swim like a fish.

Gather everything and bring it in.

- Ronja, my little dove. - Mattis!

[laughing]

[both laughing]

[music continues]

[men shout]

Ah!

[all laughing]

[woman gasps]

[man gasps]

And thank you for sharing so generously!

[oinking]

Cart. Horse. Horse.

[Sturkas] Chorm! It stinks!

[music continues]

[men shouting happily]

[music crescendos]

[music stops]

Yoo-hoo!

Yoo-hoo?

[voice echoing in well]

[wind whistling]

[wood chopping]

[men talking indistinctly]

[chickens clucking]

- [man grunting] - [wood chops]

Could you turn the wheel?

[horse neighing]

- Lovis? - Yeah.

Are there others like me?

- Children, you mean? - Yes.

Not in the Mattis Woods.

[man] To the left...

But elsewhere, there are plenty.

Now help me.

[wheel turning]

[metal scraping]

[quacking]

[chickens clucking]

[sheep bleating]

Baa!

[wings flutter]

[door creaks]

[wind whistling]

[yearning orchestral music playing]

[Mattis] Ronja, my little dove!

Ronja?

Where is she?

Where is my daughter?

Come.

[Mattis] What's she doing?

[Lovis] Longing.

[Mattis] It's time, Lovis.

She must learn what it's like to live in the Mattis Woods.

We must let her go.

I see.

So you finally realized that.

[Mattis] There are things out there you must watch out for.

Are you listening, Ronja?

I'm listening. Things I must watch out for.

Wile-wings, of course.

But there are gray dwarves and Borka robbers as well.

How do I know a gray dwarf and Borka robber?

You'll know.

Well, then.

[Mattis] Ronja!

Watch you don't get lost in the woods.

What do I do if I get lost in the woods?

- Make sure you find the right path. - Sure.

Let the child go now, so she can get somewhere before dark.

[Mattis] Watch you don't fall in the river.

- What do I do if I fall in the river? Bye! - [Lill-Klippen] Bye, Ronja.

- Then you must swim. - [Ronja] Well, then.

[birds chirping]

[bird calls]

And watch you don't end up in Gobble Falls.

And if I end up in Gobble Falls?

It'll be the last thing you do.

Ever.

Come here.

Anything else?

Sure, there's lots to watch out for.

You'll see.

You're ready for a lot, but not for a night in the Mattis Woods.

One eye to the sky.

One eye to the sky.

[footsteps approaching]

[bucolic music playing]

[wings fluttering]

[Ronja shouts excitedly]

[Ronja shouts]

[bird chirping]

[woodpecker pecking]

[bucolic music continues]

[gasping]

[chuckles softly]

[bird calling]

[Ronja gasping]

[music continues]

[music fades]

[cow mooing]

[indistinct chattering]

[monger] Fresh fish!

[indistinct chattering]

[vendors shouting]

The woods are still not safe.

We thought you'd done something about the robbers.

Yes, all right, soon.

We can take other routes. We needn't stop here.

So, for your own sakes, you should do something about it.

- I mean, really... - [banging on door]

[woman] Halvert?

[mouse squeaking]

[fire crackling]

Yet another empty cart.

I'll send some soldiers out.

We can't afford the merchants passing us by.

When times were good, you could get away with doing nothing.

But times are no longer good.

The harvests are failing again.

People are starving.

[Halvert chuckles]

I'm not starving.

You're not starving.

You are the law.

It's your job to keep this village safe.

The village is safe.

The robbers are in the woods. Not here.

Stop those damned Mattis and Borka robbers immediately.

Or I'll find someone who will.

[door opens]

[Halvert] Skidas!

[sighs] I have an assignment for you.

I want you to find Borka.

[Skidas grunts]

[jewelry rattling]

[bird call echoes]

And now you'll stay away?

[Halvert] I'll stand by my word.

[owl hooting]

[wolf howling]

- [owl hooting] - Mm...

[Ronja chuckles]

[branch snapping]

[faint rustling]

Anybody there?

[Ronja] Hello?

[twig snapping]

[low growling]

[Ronja] What do you want?

[gravelly voice] Human...

Bite the human.

Bite the human.

[growling intensifies]

[panicked breathing]

[Ronja] Go away!

[growling continues]

Human! [growling]

Leave me alone!

Be gone from here!

[growling]

Go away! No!

- [snarls] - Ah!

[horse neighing]

[Mattis] Ronja!

Mattis!

[growling continues]

Begone!

Begone, gray dwarves!

I'll kill you!

Begone!

[Ronja and Mattis sigh]

Mattis!

[Ronja panting]

[Mattis] At least now you know what gray dwarves are.

[Ronja] Mm, now I know what gray dwarves are.

They can sense your fear from far off.

It makes them brave.

And dangerous.

That goes for other things in the Mattis Woods as well.

So best not to be scared.

- So I should try not to be scared? - [Lovis] In a manner of speaking.

But Ronja, that doesn't mean there are not things you should stay away from.

[kisses]

[Lovis singing] ♪ Howling wolf in the nighttime wood ♪

♪ He longs for sleep, but it won't come ♪

♪ His wolf belly aches for a bit of food ♪

Do you know the best part about going to bed?

♪ The chill of his den makes him numb ♪

Getting out of bed in the morning.

♪ Oh wolf, oh wolf, keep away from here ♪

♪ Never shall you take my baby ♪

♪ Oh wolf, oh wolf, keep away from here ♪

♪ Never shall you take my baby ♪

[gentle music playing]

[snoring]

[snoring]

[birds chirping]

[men chattering indistinctly]

Slow down!

Or the food will think it's ended up in a dog. [chuckles]

No time to slow down.

You have much more time left than I do.

- I'm going to the woods. - Oh. What will you do there?

Today I'm going to watch I don't fall in the river.

Oh, that sounds like a good day.

Yes, it does.

[old man chuckles]

Ronja!

[Ronja exhales]

There's being in a hurry, and being in too much of a hurry.

You're a storm child.

A wile-wing night's child.

Such children can become wildlings.

One eye to the sky.

One eye to the sky.

[grunts]

[epic music playing]

[tense music playing]

[wile-wing screeches]

[wile-wing] Blood will flow!

[wile-wing] Where is she?

[wile-wings screeching]

[screeching continues]

[screeching]

[Ronja gasps]

[wile-wing screeching]

[screeching continues faintly]

[wile-wing] This little human...

Where is she?

[wile-wing] Where is she?

[wile-wing] The tasty little human child...

[screeches fading]

[Ronja coughs]

[coughs]

[panting]

[men grunting]

Put your back into it.

[straining]

[grunting]

I'm Borka, and these are my robbers.

So keep your mouths shut and your fingers in check.

And give us what we want.

[whimpering]

[laughing]

We're done here.

[horse snorting]

[Mattis] Ronja!

You're wet.

That happens when you swim.

- You didn't fall in the river? - No, you told me to watch out for that.

Come.

Here.

[grunts]

Ronja, Ronja, Ronja...

Here, Mattis.

[man] Come on, help out here.

Ronja, take this to Lovis.

[horse neighing]

Ah. That's lovely.

Isn't it?

Amazing how many lovely things there are just lying around.

[laughs] I don't know about lying around.

They don't exactly grow on trees.

So where did you find it?

Find? There are others in the woods--

Chorm. Hmm?

Yeah?

I should get back to it.

Mattis, where does all this come from?

A cart.

Go in to Lovis.

[dog barking]

[stringed instrument playing]

[banging]

[playing stops]

I know where the Borka robbers are.

Hmm. Good.

Gather the others.

What is it?

Didn't we have an understanding?

They pay us, and we leave them alone.

Now we do. Gather the others.

[horse nickering]

[dramatic music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[soldiers shouting]

[music continues]

[man] Borka!

[soldiers yelling]

Soldiers!

[yelling]

[loud clamoring]

[Halvert] Burn it!

Take everything valuable!

[dramatic music fades]

[gentle harpsichord music playing]

[Mattis] If Borka wasn't such a scoundrel, I'd almost feel sorry for him.

[men laughing] Yeah...

What's happened?

[Sturkas] The soldiers drove Borka from his cave.

But he's a scoundrel, so it doesn't matter.

The Borka robbers are scoundrels, the lot of them.

- Let's drink to that! - Yeah!

They only have themselves to blame.

Living in a cave, like a bunch of bats.

[men laughing]

Do you think they sleep hanging from the ceiling?

No, give me a secure fortress any day.

If the soldiers come here and bother us, it'll be the last thing they do,

and they know it.

[men chuckling]

[melancholy music playing]

[fire crackling]

[woman] Is that from the Borka cave?

Yes.

I hoped for more, given how long they were allowed to roam.

"Allowed to roam?"

I just went past the dungeon.

The empty dungeon.

They spotted us and fled through the cave openings.

We didn't catch them.

There are people in the village who think you may have let them escape.

Who thinks that?

The same people who think that those robbers

have made you a rich man over the years.

Rumors and lies.

I've called for outside help.

[clearing throat] A coin?

Begone!

[old man] Uh, so...

Wh... what are you watching out for today?

I don't know. I've already watched out for most things.

That's what you think.

What do you mean?

It's not only things out there in the woods that could hurt you.

It can hurt just as much in here.

I don't understand what you mean.

No, and if you're lucky, you never will.

[chuckles]

It's been a while since I watched out for Hell's Mouth.

- I think I'll do that today. - [laughs] As good a plan as any.

[Ronja giggles]

[old man chuckles]

[Ronja humming] Di-di-do!

[old man chuckling] Di-di-di-do.

[chuckles]

[boy whistling]

[boy] I know who you are.

You're that robber's daughter who roves around.

And who are you?

Birk Borkason.

And we live here now.

Who's "we"?

Me, Borka, Undis and our robbers.

[dramatic music playing]