Zentropa Entertainments 14 presents...
A film by Susanne Bier
I will always love you.
That is the only truth that remains.
Life is neither right nor wrong, good or bad.
But I love you.
That's all I know.
BROTHERS
We leave in 14 hours.
This is the last thing I'll be saying to you on Danish soil.
I know that some of you are going for the first time.
You won't encounter anything you haven't been trained for.
If any of you doubt that we're doing the right thing, wait til we get there.
Then you'll know we're doing the right thing. Okay?
See you tonight.
Hi there.
Don't do that. Stop it.
You are such a pain, man!
New wheels.
Looks pretty nice.
- Can I drive? - No.
- Can I smoke in the car? - Smoke... Smoke away, man.
Smoke, smoke.
- So there's dinner tonight? - Mum and dad are coming at five.
She hesitated between roast duck for you and meat loaf for me.
Go figure. Where did she get the idea that duck is my favourite?
Or that meat loaf is mine? I hate it.
- So we agreed on duck for you. - Why doesn't she just make spaghetti?
There's something I think you should consider when you have the time.
What?
- What the hell is this? - It's the woman you assaulted.
- I know. Why do I need her card? - She's back at her branch now.
I don't give a shit. Where the hell did you get her card?
I spoke with her a couple of times. I apologised on your behalf.
Who the fuck do you think you are? It's none of your business.
She couldn't work for six months. You've completely ruined her life.
Jannik, stay here. Jannik!
Jannik, what the hell are you doing? Jannik!
- You can't park there. - Sorry! My mistake.
Jannik!
Sorry.
Idiot.
- Is dad here? - Yes.
- They're really beautiful. - Wanker.
Hello, mum.
- You're so thin. - I've put on weight.
Nonsense. It's a good thing I've roasted two huge ducks.
- Oh... We're having roast duck? - Of course. It's your favourite.
- Are we ready here? - Will you get the duck?
- Hi. - Hi.
- Thanks. - They're from the service station.
- Hi, dad. - Hi.
"How can you care for someone so ugly and stupid?"
- Do I have to have potatoes? - Take two. Give her two, dad.
Here you go. Two small ones.
I want to get a picture of this. It's so seldom we're all together.
Smile for your Gran. You too, Jannik.
- What time are you leaving? - At twelve.
We wanted to take you out to lunch.
- We would have more time together. - We're here now, aren't we?
Your mum still finds it strange that she never sees her two sons together.
- It's not my fault Michael's leaving. - Leaving? He's going to work.
There's a difference between rebuilding a country and jail.
What are you talking about? They shoot at anything that moves.
- A group of women again, right? - They all look alike.
- It's thoses dresses they wear. - Burkhas.
Alright, alright. More...?
That's why Sarah wears jeans. Michael shoots anything in a dress.
- They only shoot the bad guys. - Do you know the difference, Natalia?
They only shoot the bad guys, right, Jannik? Relax.
- That kitchen still bothers me. - We'll survive.
I wanted to finish it before I left. It's a mess.
You can't cook properly in that kitchen.
- We'll just order pizza. - Live on pizza for three months?!
Of course we can.
Shut up about that kitchen!
Cheers. Have a good trip, son.
- Oh, right, have a good trip. - Cheers, darling.
It's a good one. Really good.
- Oh, there they are. - I really hate that you're leaving.
You'll have the house to yourself. You can make all the mess you like.
Can't you just stay home?
I love you.
Dad's leaving now.
Don't.
Is it cold or hot in Afghanistan?
- It's a little bit cold. - Last time it was hot.
Warm here means it's warm there. Cold here means it's cold there.
Won't you be home for my birthday?
That's not until February. Give me a kiss.
- Don't! - Natalia...!
Just leave. I don't care.
- Give me a hug. - No.
- A kiss on the cheek? - I want to watch the film.
- Two kisses on the cheek? - Just go.
- Three kisses? A hundred? - Stop it.
That's two against one!
Not there. That's not fair.
What's going on?
Kanstrup and his men were fired upon while scouting.
Their radar operator was left behind.
Niels Peter Johansen.
He can barely wipe his own ass without help.
Settle in first. I'll send you out tonight to look for him.
It's good to see you.
- Hi, Sarah. - Hi there. Hello?
- Hi. I've arrived. - Did you call before?
No connection. I'll make it fast.
Just say that you love me. That you miss me.
With all the new nurses here? Are you crazy?
Give the children a hug from me. Hello ...
Sarah, are you there?
I just mean that it's pretty shitty, isn't it?
- Copy, Fåborg. Change the record. - There must be some hookers here.
I can't NOT fuck for 6 months just because they're Muslims.
Stop that redneck crap, or hookers will be the least of your problems.
Fåborg is actually a big town.
- I decide that. Understood? - All I'm saying is ...
- Hi. Is your mother home? - She's in the bath.
- Mum! - May we come in?
- Some people want to talk to you. - Coming.
Come on, girls. Go watch the film.
Okay, relax.
Sorry, sorry. I know, I know.
I completely forgot. I had a flat ...
... or I thought I had a flat.
Are you drunk? Are you driving around drunk in our car?
Relax. It's not that serious, is it?
Why are you still up?
Did you talk to Henning and Else?
No, not since I left school, but that was a really good chat.
Hold on. Michael lent me the car.
You don't need to stand there looking so pissed off.
Or look like ... You know what I mean.
- I have a taxi coming in a minute ... - Michael is dead.
- What? - They crashed.
What ...?
What are you ...?
What are you telling me?
He's dead, Jannik.
Won't you come in?
No, I don't want to come in.
Sorry, but ...
What is this...?
I come here to drop off ...
Why the hell didn't you call me?
We've been trying to reach you all day.
I'm going home to my mum.
Jannik.
- What are you doing? - I'm organising these records.
I found the Beatles record in the Mozart piano concerto cover.
No wonder I can't find anything.
Michael is dead.
Yes.
Natalia, are you ready?
- Where's your dress? - It's ugly.
Put it on, Natalia. We have to go.
I don't want to.
Then I don't want to wear mine either. It's itchy.
Come here.
Is dad really dead like your mum and dad?
Yes.
I don't want to wear this crappy dress.
Sarah.
I just want you to know that if there's anything I can do...
I knew it could happen. I've known that all along.
We've even talked about it many times -
- but I don't believe that he's dead.
I can't feel it. Don't you think I'd sense it somehow?
Come on, girls. Come on.
- Dad, shouldn't I drive? - Get in, girls.
- Why should you? - You've been drinking.
Who do you think you are, brat?! Come on, girls.
- Let me. - When did you become so responsible?
Let Jannik drive.
When you manage to get a job, then you'll have money to buy a car.
Then you can drive all you like. Until then, I drive.
Could you try not to be so such a fucking asshole just for today?
That in there ...
... that was my boy. He is gone now.
I am left with nothing. Do you understand that?
Do you?
Jannik...
- Are you a complete idiot? - He's just acting out as always.
- Let's go. - Give me the keys, and I'll drive.
Give me the keys!
I don't know what the hell's got into everybody.
Right, move over and make room for Grandad.
Niels Peter?
I am Michael Lundberg, and I'm a major.
Are you okay? Are you well?
Did they mistreat you?
-Hello. - Hi, it's Jannik.
Hi ... I'm sorry to call you at two in the morning.
It's four o'clock.
Okay.
I'm in this bar with no money.
I happened to buy some beers and ...
Sweetie... I have to go somewhere.
You're just insecure because your nose is the size of Funen.
Hey, Sarah! Say hello to The Nose. The Nose has closed the bar.
- How much does he owe you? - 435. And two broken glasses.
- Keep the change. - Get him out, or I'll call the police.
Relax! You're just grumpy because you have a big nose.
- That's enough of that. - Are you going to sneeze now?
Let's cover the bar with a tarp. Sneeze coming on! It could get ugly.
If you show your face here again, you'll get your ass kicked.
- Let me touch it. - Piss off!
You're such an idiot.
Didn't he have a huge nose? Wasn't it big?
You have to admit that. It was huge.
When we were kids, Michael always beat up the ones I pissed off.
Did you call because of the bar tab, or because you missed Michael?
I never fucking missed anyone before.
I really miss him. I really do.
So much that my stomach hurts.
What a pile of shit.
Sorry ...
The light is green.
Oh no, I dropped it. I'll make another one...
- Try again. - You have to do it like this.
We'll throw it to mum.
Oops! It almost went into the bedroom.
- Hi. Why are you sleeping here? - It's hard to catch them.
We're making pancakes for mum so she won't be so sad.
- It's because our dad is dead. - He knows. He's his brother.
- It hit the ceiling. - Just spread the jam on the ceiling.
No drinking from the carton!
- Shut up and make your pancakes. - Want one?
- I don't like pancakes. - You don't know that.
- Eat your own crap. - Good-morning.
- Up already? - We're making pancakes.
One of the pancakes landed on the shelf up there.
Grandad's here!
Grandad!
There's pancakes, Grandad!
- Hi, Henning. - Good-morning, Sarah.
Come on, girls. Grandad's waiting.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Are you having pancakes? - No. You want one?
No thanks. Listen ...
I was a little stupid the other day, but I was okay to drive.
We were both a bit ...
Okay. It was good to talk things through properly, anyway.
Is there any coffee?
Dad ...
I know Michael was always better at the things men should be good at.
- Football and things like that. - Yes, he was good at that.
It's because you always give up. Michael never gave up.
No, I know that. I've always looked up to Michael -
- but he's gone and it isn't my fault. I'm really sorry about it.
Yes, but that's the way it is. Isn't there any coffee?
- Jesus, dad ... - Don't you start like your mother!
You can't change the past. You can't whine about something that's over.
I just want peace and quiet! Understand?
I don't want to listen to any more bullshit!
If you want to do something worthwhile -
- then start by fixing up this goddamned kitchen. It looks awful!
- Kitchen time! - Boring colours!
Check that one out.
- That's a big one, Preben. - You don't see that around often.
I bet the owner did a spot of D. I. Y.
Hi.
This is Preben One... Preben Two.
This is Slobodan.
- I'm changing to Preben. - Coffee?
- No thanks. Maybe a beer. - Let's start with some beers.
Take your jackets off, girls.
- Can I help? - What?
- Can I help? - Why don't you just watch TV?
- Please! - Alright. You can paint up here.
Get up there.
Shit! What the hell are you doing?!
- Sorry. - You ruined my trousers.
You little bandit.
- What happened? - I dropped the paint.
- Where's the toilet? - Stay there a second, please.
What are you laughing at? You've ruined my clothes.
- You hardly notice it. I can't see it. - Of course you do.
- What the hell are you staring at? - You have a lovely body, Preben.
Shut your mouth.
Do you work out?
Your socks are pretty cool, too.
- You're so fucking funny. - Here you go. I think they'll fit you.
A t-shirt and trousers are fine.
Take it all.
- I don't need all that. - There's more.
You don't have to do that. She doesn't have to give me all that.
Why don't you take it all? Please take it.
- I don't have to bring it back? - No, just take it.
- Why don't we call it a day? - Yes, of course.
You know the bank, right ...?
You know about the robbery?
Michael wanted me to go and see the lady and apologize.
Of course he did.
Well, the day after that memorial service for him -
- I went down there and said I was sorry.
At first she was scared and they wanted to throw me out.
Then they let me talk to her.
- What did she say? - She didn't say much.
She'd had counselling and hadn't slept properly in three years.
She dreamt that I would come back and shoot her.
When I said that she shouldn't be afraid of me anymore -
- and that I wouldn't harm her, she started to cry.
She was so happy that she hugged me.
I opened an account with her. It's true.
I know he's gone.
I know he's never coming back.
Happy birthday to mum ...
- Thank you. - Now blow out the candles.
- I couldn't. - Four boyfriends!
It's very impressive. Did you make it yourselves?
- Gran helped us. - No, I didn't.
- Don't lie to them, Else. - Will you be working full time?
- Oh, yes! Jannik's got a job. - A job?
I'm helping Preben Two fix things...
You got a job? That won't last long.
Preben Two? Is that a company name? Preben Two?
- Whispers tell lies... - Don't you want some cake first?
- Mum, come on. - We broke something.
I was playing with it, and then I stepped on it.
- Well, well ... - I'll eat that ugly cake, then.
Gran will make sure he doesn't touch it before you're back.
- Happy birthday! - A bicycle!
It was the girls' idea.
- Isn't it nice? - It's lovely.
It has a giraffe on it that Camilla chose.
- Aren't you lovely, girls! - Can we have cake now?
- Thank you so much. - You're welcome.
- Hi. - Hi.
I just wanted to put the last of the fillets on.
Okay.
- Where are the girls? - They're sleeping.
You know what... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have kissed you.
- No, it was me ... - It was stupid.
Don't worry ...
Alright then ...
I'll just put these in place.
We just miss Michael so much.
The others miss him too. Of course they miss him, but...
Right ...
I always thought you were a stupid bastard.
And I thought you were a boring, middle-class bitch.
I don't want to ruin anything. I just want to keep coming here.
You can come here all you want. Hell, you can have a key.
I'd rather have one for the car, then.
- What's going on? - Quiet.
Show us how to arm this.
- I said show us how to arm this. - I don't know anything about this.
Are you sure you don't know how?
I know how to do this. I can show you.
Let him go and I'll show you.
Show us again, slowly this time.
Let him go.
And give him water. He needs water.
We both do.
And perhaps he would like some Coca-Cola and air-conditioning too?
He needs water. We both need water.
Take the battery ...
Take off protection cap ... open the sight -
- release the safety catch.
Release the gyro. You hear a high-pitched tone -
- and when it get's constant, you elevate -
- and you pull the trigger.
- Will they come and get us? - They'll come and get us.
Why don't they come, then?
Stop crying.
All you do is lose body fluid. Alright?
They're going to kill us.
If they wanted to kill us, they would have done it by now.
Why are they keeping us here?
I keep thinking about Ditte.
And little Gustav.
I just want to ...
I just want to hold him again soon.
- I don't want to die. - You won't.
- Why don't they find us, then? - They will.
- You have to keep a level head. - I'm not like you guys.
I haven't trained for any of this. I'm just a radar technician.
I can't do all this stuff.
We'll get out of here. I promise you.
You don't think we're going to die?
Yes, I do.
But not here.
Look at me.
We'll make it. We'll make it alright.
We'll make it.
To live, you must be of use. He's of no use.
Kill him.
You're a brave man. Kill him.
- Kill him or you both die. - Michael...!
Do you want to live?
Yes. I want to live.
Do it!
Do it now!
Do it!
Come on!
Now!
Do it!
Again! Do it now!
Do it!
Again!