ANXIOUS PEOPLE
What the hell are you doing? Could you explain it to me?
- Have you been protecting the robber? - Yes.
You ha...
Are you been threatened or something, Papa? You've got to tell me.
So you... you've done it voluntarily?
Yeah.
You'd better tell me who, now, for God's sake.
It's actually a... completely ordinary...
mama.
My name is Jim Johansson. I'm a policeman.
[crying]
I'm sorry.
I don't understand how I could have done something like this.
[Liv sobbing]
- Is it you who's the robber? - [crying]
[Jim sighs]
Liv, you have to explain everything now. Properly.
[sobbing] I don't wanna lose my girls.
I can't lose my girls.
Your girls? Whatever's happened to your girls, now?
[weeping]
[girls laughing]
- Hi! - Hi.
Mmm, Mama's sweethearts.
I just wanted to come over
- to say Happy New Year. - Hey!
- Happy? - Mmm. Good.
- Yes. - Are you celebrating New Year with us?
No, I can't, sweetheart. That won't work.
Can you have dinner and a sleepover?
- Not tonight, little love. - Please.
When do we get to come to your place, then?
Soon, little darling.
- This is for you. - Wow! So beautiful.
[father] Go to your room now.
- Give her a cuddle. Say, "See you soon." - Mmm. Yes, Mama loves you.
- [sniffles] - [father] They'll be fine. Okay.
- Bye-bye. - Bye.
- Okay. - Uh-huh.
- How's it going with finding an apartment? - Well, I will get one soon.
I'm afraid I... I have to give you this paperwork.
I'm afraid I had no other choice but to do this.
It's a court order saying if you don't have a rental contract by January 1st,
you can't see the children.
And by law, if you don't even have a place to live,
you can't have the children to stay.
- I'm sorry, it's that serious. - But I...
Mmm. Yeah. I fixed that. Yeah, yeah. I've rented an apartment on Stråkvägen 1.
- I'll get the place in the new year. - Oh.
Well, that's brilliant, but I have to see the contract.
Yeah, no problem. I just have to arrange to pay the rent in advance.
Oh, brilliant. Well, do that and then...
then we can move on.
- Yeah. - [sighs]
Can I borrow 6,500 from you?
- No! Come on, Liv. - Just a loan. I'll pay it back.
You know it doesn't work if I'm supporting you.
- Just a little. - No. No, listen.
- We are divorced now. - A little.
That means you have to take responsibility for your own life.
But it was you who messed up with everything.
- You screwed my boss so I lost my job. - [sighs]
You wanted a divorce and you threw me out of the house.
- Sh, Liv! Enough! - [sobbing]
[Liv] I don't understand. What happened to our life?
You need to calm down. You have to think of the children.
That's all I've ever done. That's exactly what I'm doing.
- They need their mama too. - [sighs]
You must remain focused in this, above anything else you do.
Just make sure you get that rental contract.
You have to do that, or the girls will remain solely at this house
You're the only one I can ask for a loan.
- Sorry about that. You have to leave now. - [sobs]
[father] So. Happy New Year.
GIVE ME 6,500!
[sobbing]
We must try to help her now.
So, I need time to work out how we're going to do this,
so I have one other demand.
We want fireworks.
- Fireworks? - Uh-huh.
What's she called, for God's sake?
Liv.
Liv Holmberg.
A great woman.
And fine mama. A wonderful person.
So... so you're saying it's her who did it? This woman's the robber?
- Yeah. - Huh.
Of course, it was wrong and idiotic to try to rob a bank,
but she was completely desperate.
She felt like her life was over. At that point, it's easy to...
make thoughtless mistakes.
I think it's fair to say that yeah, you've made thoughtless mistakes!
You've been protecting a criminal, Papa.
- I wanted to give her a chance. - You've been frigging helping her.
Aiding a criminal! You... For God's sake.
You have been an example, a role model for me my entire fricking life, and now...
I understand that you're disappointed. I'm sorry.
Where did she go?
- I honestly don't know. - Come on. Enough, for God's sake!
- It's the truth. I have no idea. - She's robbed a fricking bank!
She's taken hostages and fired a pistol, and all...
- And you... - She was suffering unreasonable pressure.
- I don't think you understand. - Really? Don't you?
You know the first thing I should be doing?
Misconduct is what I should report you for.
You are an absolutely terrible policeman and an even worse papa.
[sighs]
Hi. Uh...
I'm looking for Liv Holmberg. Is she here?
Uh, no. Uh, she... she doesn't live here any longer.
- She's registered here. - Yeah, well, she's moved out.
We, uh... we're in the process of getting divorced at the moment.
- What do you need to speak to her about? - I'm not at liberty to discuss that.
[woman] What? Hi, hi, hi.
Uh, Lasse, it'd probably be better to mention it while the policeman's here.
Um, well, how do you mean?
- You know, he just got here. Don't you... - Yeah. So...
What?
What, uh...
What? Liv's bunking in a storage unit. She can't very well have the girls there.
Well...
- In a storage unit? - Yeah, it's totally crazy.
- We've tried to tell her. - Where is this storage unit?
- Stråkvägen 1. - Stråkvägen 1.
She assures me she has been offered a rental contract in the same building.
- So that's... - [woman] But we haven't seen that yet.
- She's very unstable. - [Lasse] True.
[woman] She's not a good mother at the moment.
- Uh, I've worked with her before. - That is true.
At the same job, I mean. I was in charge there.
- Yes. - I can tell you,
and I've told all the other specific authorities,
that the best outcome would be if Lasse got custody of both girls.
And over time, if she can demonstrate that she's a functioning... mama,
there's no reason she couldn't have the girls now and then.
But she'd need to have a real home first, right,
and not some kind of... chicken wire storage unit.
For an animal, that's adequate...
- It's a couple of planks of wood. - For a bed to sleep on with the kids...
- Of course, it's not ideal if I'm honest. - [Jack] No.
No, I understand. Take care, thank you. Um... Bye-bye.
Bye.
Well, as usual, I asked for rent in advance as a deposit.
- You always have to do that. - Yeah.
So... But she wasn't able to pay me,
so I had to find another tenant who could pay the deposit.
- Of course, yeah. - Yeah, what do you expect?
Do you think I'd give a contract without receiving any deposit?
No, uh, I don't know anything about that stuff, so...
No. May I give you a little industry information?
You hear a lot of sob stories from all these tenants
who think that I'm some kind of charity,
just 'cause I happen to own a lot of property.
I mean, don't misunderstand me.
I'm happy to donate to Lions, or whatever the charity may be,
but I do it on my terms.
And this Liv, she's nagged me to death
about her boss who's screwed her husband,
and he has threatened to take away her custody of the children
if I don't manage to offer her a contract.
It... it just suddenly felt like all this pressure was on me.
I get it.
So I'm supposed to donate 6,500 kronor to her to keep her life
- from going down the drain. - Hang on. 6,500?
- You sure? - Yes, one month's rent in advance.
- And that is the exact amount? - Yes, and that's cheap, if you ask me.
- Where is she now? - No idea.
- [Jack] Can you show me the storage unit? - [landlord] Yeah, sure.
[lift clattering]
[lift doors open]
[phone ringing]
Yeah, it's Stefan.
In the glove compartment. What?
- Where is it? - Uh, all the way down to the right.
What do you mean? What do you mean, not there?
But I put it there. Yeah, I put the keys and the contract in an envelope in there.
It's definitely in the glove compartment.
Yes, the glove compartment. They're there.
I promise you. Look again.
Yeah. I guess they're underneath something.
Check again. Have a look.
You'll have to look.
You'll have to go back out to the car and check again.
They're definitely there.
Have you finished looking?
- I've got to go. - [Jack] Yes.
- [landlord] I'm going. - [Jack] Okay.
[gasping]
[bleeping]
- Hello! - The police are after me.
Don't you worry. Come in.
- They don't know you've moved in here. - I don't see how this is gonna work.
If I bring my girls here, it's only a matter of time before they find me.
- They know who I am now. - Don't be so sure of that.
Yeah, they came looking for me in the storage unit.
One thing at a time.
We'll have a glass of wine, and you calm yourself down.
[fireworks exploding]
[all gasping and laughing]
[Maria] Yeah! Whoo!
Wow!
They're coming out, Papa. I think there's six. Or is someone behind them?
Oh, my little sweetheart.
Don't you want to come and watch the fireworks?
They're really beautiful.
They're for your girls, you know.
You're so kind, Estelle.
My little girls...
they both love fireworks.
Liv, my darling.
I understand you better than you think.
Your children are the most important thing there is.
- I've figured out a way for you to escape. - [sighs]
And providing you listen and do as I say, everything will work out fine.
You wait, I promise, next year, it'll work out.
It'll be better. Trust me.
- You think so? - Yes. I promise.
[sighs]
Oh. Moving on somewhere?
Well, I've quit my job, yeah. I thought it was time to move on.
So, what are you doing here?
I want to know where the robber is, Zarah.
- But why do you think I know? - I have good reason to think you know.
Because I know you hostages have been lying in police interviews,
that you've been protecting the robber, and I also know she's called Liv Holmberg.
And I want to know where she is, Zarah.
I have absolutely no idea where she is now.
- So why do you think I should believe you? - [sighs]
As I've decided not to lie any longer.
I'm being totally honest now.
I am not lying. I don't know where she is.
Would you please drop this off at the bank?
If you swear not to jump over.
Okay.
[screams] No!
- No, that's... - What...
Why do you have this letter? Wh... why, though... do you have it?
It's my business.
Yeah... I gave it in. It was handed in by me.
- Here at the bank. I... He... - What?
Yeah, he, um...
Uh...
The... the man on the bridge, he gave it to me before he...
Well, I was young. I was 13 years old.
I was on the way home from school and...
I thought that I could... that I could stop him, but he jumped over.
But I couldn't... couldn't do a thing.
It was...
You did all you could do.
At least you tried.
Did you know him, then?
No, I didn't know him, but he was one of my clients.
He came in one day to request a... a loan.
Uh...
But I denied him a loan offer.
Just before you saw each other that day.
Well, you know...
Before he... And so that's why I went to the apartment viewing.
Just to see, um...
the place where he grew up, I guess.
Is... is he...
- Estelle's son? - Yeah, precisely.
I... I had no idea. I... I didn't know.
[sighs] Yeah.
What... what does the letter say?
I haven't opened it.
I've never dared to.
[sighs]
- [Estelle] What I don't like is that... - Hi.
Hi. What a pleasure, officer. How can we help you this evening?
- Found the robber yet? - Not quite yet.
[sighs] Yeah, but we're... we're so close. Making good progress.
- [Milou] Mmm? - Um...
So, Estelle,
uh, I need to ask you...
something about your, um...
about your son.
- Gustav? - Yeah.
He's no longer with us.
I know that... I... I didn't know that you were...
well, that he was your son.
I was the one who was there. I met him when he...
I mean, just before he... before it... happened.
That day. When he jumped.
Were you there?
I did all I could do. I tried, really.
I tried to save him. I did...
Well, I tried to, but I couldn't.
There was no way you could do it. He had incurable cancer.
Wait, what? He had... he had cancer?
Yeah. He decided to take his own life.
He... he didn't want to die a slow death
with his body full of tumours and painkillers.
No, I... I thought that... that...
I'm sure you did everything that you could there.
Well, that's what we must do, as humans, isn't it?
If you get the chance, you should seize it and try to save others.
I think it makes you a better person all round, too.
Sometimes, things aren't what they seem. Appearances can be deceptive.
Mmm.
[soundtrack playing over dialogue]
[door opens]
[sighs]
It was wrong of me to lie to you, to withhold the truth.
You're a good police officer, Jack, and you have 40 years left.
I fully understand you have to do your job.
Yeah.
I just wanted to tell you that I've found her.
Where she's staying.
At Estelle's place.
You do what you must, then.
[sighs]
Okay, girls, you can go out and play in the courtyard for half an hour,
and then it's time for lunch.
[younger girl] Can we have tacos?
- [elder girl] No, small pancakes. - [younger girl] No, tacos!
I promise to make something delicious.
- Sweetie, where's your jacket? - I think it's in my room.
[Liv] Okay. I'll get it.
- [elder girl] Let's play hide and seek. - [younger girl] I'll hide first.
- [elder girl] No, me. - [younger girl] No, me.
- [elder girl] No, me! - No, me!
- Are you the police? - Yes, I am. Who are you?
My name's Vera, but Mama, she likes to call me Monkey.
- [younger girl] And I'm the Frog. - [elder girl] Mama's Moose.
Uh-huh. Where is Ma...
Why are you standing there, and why are you here?
[sighs]
Good question. It's like this.
You know, right, that you have a mama who would do anything for you?
- [both girls] Yeah. - That's not like everyone's mama.
- [Vera] Yeah. - [Jack] That's your mama.
- We're going to the courtyard now. - Mmm.
Hmm. Bye, Mr. Policeman.
- Bye-bye. - Bye.
[sighs]
You're not taking me in, then?
[sighs]
No.
You deserve to stay here with your girls. I mean, they both need you.
Ahem.
[whispers] Thank you.
Mmm. I understand that you've had it tough.
I've been acting totally insane.
You know, I'm really not that person. You know that's not who I am?
Yeah, I get that. But there you go.
Wait. One question, though. How on Earth did you get out of here,
you know, on that day, whatever?
Okay. Let's do this.
Yeah, no, I can't do it.
- [Roger] What? - No, I won't.
- I can't do this. - [Zarah] But we've all agreed to it.
- I know that, but I'm so... - We've been held hostage, remember?
And we've been through something together that was awfully unpleasant.
That means that nobody will react if we're a bit strange.
- The only thing I ask is you stand by me. - Exactly.
- Yes. - We must play along. It'll be fine.
- [sighs] - How will she get away?
[Estelle] Like I said, the less you know the better.
Okay? Let's go, then.
[Zarah] Yes.
[Estelle sighs]
FOR ESTELLE FROM KLAS-GÖRAN
[object clatters]
Jim, I see movement in the apartment.
It could be the hostage taker, it could be the hostage taker.
- He may still be inside. - Yeah. Roger that.
[door crashes in]
[officer] Police!
But... Wait a second. Were you hiding here? In an apartment there?
- Just out there somewhere? - Yeah, the apartment just next door.
[sighs]
[laughs]
- Yeah. - Oh my God.
Mmm.
Uh, yeah, hopefully, seriously, we won't see each other any more.
I mean it. I don't wanna see you at all.
No more.
And... take care of yourself. And the girls.
Yeah.
[sighs]
Well, I was going to arrest her, but I couldn't.
When I saw both of her girls there, being looked after by her,
I just couldn't do it, couldn't do it.
I couldn't.
No.
"To err is human,
to forgive divine."
Hmm.
Proud of you, though.
You are a much better police officer than I am.
Oh, well... Maybe at certain things.
- Yeah. - And those are very big things!
Mmm.
You're a special father, for sure.
It was... Well...
Sorry for what I said. It was stupid.
No, it's all right.
- It's all right. - Mmm.
[Lennart] "But I choose to end my life myself."
"You should know that it isn't your fault. Gustav."
It was decent of him to take the time. [sighs]
I mean, he... he didn't have to write to you.
He had an awful lot... I mean, he had a lot of things to think about.
Yes, absolutely. Yes.
[Lennart] What will you do, now you're not in banking?
[Zarah] I don't know.
[Lennart] Well, I have an idea for what you could do.
Of course you have.
- A handyman plumber. - Oh, stop it!
No, you should consider it.
- Whatever. - You have a typical plumber aura.
- [chuckles] Okay. - Yeah.
Okay. Thanks for the tip, though. Mmm.
[laughing]
[sighs]
- It's a fine bridge, this. - Nah.
- What? - [chuckles] You... Come on, no.
- You can't call this bridge very fine. - To me, it's very fine.
No. They have very fine bridges in Venice.
This is a regular, boring socialist bridge.
[Zarah] A bit like you.
A bit regular, grey, dull, but you're actually very fine to me.
- [Lennart sighs] Okay, fine. - [Zarah chuckles]
[ringing]
Hey. Jill?
- Hi, Papa. - How are you doing?
Well... a bit tired, I guess.
Well, yeah, I can understand that.
Tell you what.
I, uh... I meant what I said to you before.
I want you to live at home.
What's Jack say about that?
He wants you there.
Thank you, Papa.
I'm so sorry.
[Jill sobbing]
I've really made up my mind, Papa.
I will stop using, I promise. I...
- [gulps] - [sniffles] I can't take this any more.
That's great, Jill.
We'll get through this together, yeah?
- I love you. - I love you too.
- Yes. - Big kiss.
[sighs]
[bleeping]
So let's start here. I think you should have this one.
Definitely use the dark grey for the panelling.
That'll be great with this paint colour.
Or even a bit greyer, so you don't have to paint this.
Yeah, I heard Anna-Lena wanted to use wallpaper.
- Wallpaper? Here? - Yes.
What's she thinking? Darling!
- [Anna-Lena] Yes? - [Roger] Wallpaper in the hallway?
[Anna-Lena] What's wrong with that? - Hey.
- Hey! - Hi.
- Yes, I imagine... - How's it going today?
- A lot better! - [Liv] Good, I'm glad.
- That's expensive. - [Anna-Lena] They...
[Julia] If we're going to do it, we should do it properly.
- Is everyone here? - [Estelle] Of course!
[laughs] The girls want me to learn
some application called "Shut App" on the mobile phone.
It's too difficult for me.
Shut App? That doesn't sound very nice.
- It's called Snapchat. It's great. - [Liv laughs] Snapchat.
- [giggling] - I'll take care of that.
- Go and see the girls in the bedroom. - Okay, thank you.
Hey, girls? Are you pranking Grandma?
- Come here, little monkey. - Yeah.
Are you coming to get me? Are you coming to get me?
- No, no! - [laughing]
[gasps]
- Hey. - Hey.
How are you feeling?
[Jill] Um, I'm okay.
[sniffles]
[Jack] Shh.
[clears throat]
- It's great to see you. - Great to see you too.
- I guess... I guess we'll be okay. Yeah? - Guess so. Yeah.
Hey, Papa.
♪ Go let 'em know You won't settle for less ♪
♪ Take, take it all Get it off of your chest ♪
♪ 'Cause you ♪
♪ You can have it all ♪
♪ Even when you're bursting in the seams ♪
♪ Never let go, baby, follow your dreams ♪
♪ 'Cause you ♪
♪ You can have it all ♪
♪ Ain't nothin' wrong with bein' big hearted ♪
♪ So keep on shinin' Llike the sun you are, yeah ♪
♪ Now go and finish What you have started ♪
♪ Ain't nothin' wrong with bein' ♪