Acts of Love (2025) Movie Script
BASED ON REAL MEMORIES
Good.
Try again.
Close your eyes.
Yes.
Now let it wash over you.
Visualise it.
Did anything appear?
No.
That's okay.
It will happen eventually.
- We're all here together.
- We're all here together.
ACTS OF LOVE
- You're a little zombie.
- I'm a tiny, little zombie?
If you blink, you lose.
You're going to lose.
What should we do?
That's it.
Great.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Can I help with anything?
- You can grease the pans.
- Are you ready?
- Yes.
Everything is good today.
Lord, you who has given us so much.
Thank you for this as well.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Today's tasks are on the board.
There's tree cutting, bees, laundry...
And we have a wonderful piece of news:
Someone has responded to our ad.
He's a bricklayer, and he has offered
to renovate our annex.
And he'll work
for just board and lodging.
So we'll need
to prepare a room for him.
- Hanna?
- Of course.
Miilu?
Thank you.
See you later.
And pull!
And pull! And pull!
- Come on!
- One, two, three, pull!
Lord, I want to thank you for Miilu.
Thank you.
I want to thank you for Kirsten.
Thank you.
I thank you for this house.
And for being with me. Thank you.
And I pray that I will
get to be a mother, too.
Amen.
- Attack!
- Not now, Miilu. Stop.
Come here, Miilu.
Come on, Superman.
Can you help me with a secret mission?
- It's not dangerous.
- Okay.
Okay.
Do you see that man?
Yes, a troll.
- Can you find out the troll's name?
- Yes.
Hi. What's your name?
Hanna?
Are you coming?
Inuk is waiting for you.
The troll's name is Jakob.
He's asking for you.
- Did he tell Kirsten?
- No, only me. He whispered it.
- Did you tell him I was here?
- No.
It doesn't feel right for me today.
The annex you're renovating
will be a mother and baby unit.
It's cramped here, so this is in case
we're blessed with a new little one.
- Hello.
- This is our dining hall.
The annex you'll be working on
is named after my sister, Juliane.
My parents adopted her from Greenland,
and she was very special to me.
She still is.
Come along.
This is your room.
They're good people, Jakob.
Some of them have struggled out there.
But here we forgive.
And we welcome everyone.
Can you hear the sea?
On a clear day, you can see it, too.
Get settled and join us for breakfast.
You can find the dining hall, right?
- Hi. Can you help me with this?
- Of course.
You shouldn't be here!
Well, you've probably noticed
a new face among us.
This is Jakob.
Jakob, may I ask you
to introduce yourself?
- Now?
- Yes, please.
My name is Jakob.
I'm a bricklayer.
My favourite food is lasagne.
All right. We'll be sure
to put lasagne on the menu.
What persuaded you to come out
to the heath and work for free?
Honestly, I haven't found
much meaning in my work lately.
One townhouse after another.
When I saw your ad,
I figured this might be it.
- Thank you, Jakob.
- Welcome.
What do you feel?
I don't know.
Look at your son.
Do you see him?
Close your eyes.
Take a deep breath.
Now look again.
Do you see him?
Aja?
Do you see him?
Can you hold him now?
Rule number three:
You must do what's best for others.
It's fine. It's perfectly fine.
You're on the right path.
You'll get there.
Thank you, Lars,
for playing a tiny, tiny Miilu.
- We're all here together.
- We're all here together.
Now it's Hanna's turn.
Hanna, let's continue with your wedding.
No, this isn't a good time.
Let go of your thoughts.
The body remembers.
We have our bride.
Now we just need a groom.
Inuk.
Hanna, you say:
"Now you are my husband."
Now you are my husband.
We all know our parts,
so let's enjoy the wedding festivities.
Hanna would like to have a child.
First we need to rediscover the space
where true love exists.
She was married years ago, but it broke
apart when she couldn't have children.
So now we're trying to reconnect
more deeply to the feelings
that were at play back then.
My dear sister.
It's a great honour to be the one
to give you away.
It's always been you and me
against the world.
But now another man
has entered your life.
How does he know what to say?
The words aren't important.
It's the shared feeling that matters.
How is this supposed to help?
The body remembers
the things we've forgotten.
By activating the space around us,
we can access what we've repressed.
God is present
in the collective subconscious.
Look at him.
Stop!
Why does he have to stop?
Leave. Leave, now.
I said leave!
Why does he have to leave?
Rule number one:
You must tell the truth.
Jakob?
Your name is Jakob, right?
It's funny...
I always imagined Hanna's little brother
would also be filled with light.
You should have told me who you are.
Hanna is here to heal her soul.
They all are.
We can't have people
who lie here, Jakob.
I didn't lie.
I just didn't tell you everything.
That's what Hanna has always done.
Not told us everything.
Constantly adjusting the truth a bit.
We've spent a long time getting here.
So I can't have you come here
and bring her off balance.
Right.
Have you come to take her with you?
Do you think she'll go with you?
- I understand.
- How so?
I've lost my sister as well.
This place is my attempt to give
some of her light back to others.
I think you've come here for a reason.
I think you can help Hanna move on.
This is what we'll do.
You'll be allowed to stay
if you participate
in Hanna's mirroring sessions.
I can't be part of that theatre show.
I just can't.
If you truly mean that,
then you need to leave.
Are you even a bricklayer?
I'm not authorised,
if that's what you mean.
But I know how to lay bricks.
That's good enough for us.
You've repressed a lot of things, Hanna.
Maybe Jakob can help you.
That makes sense, doesn't it?
Sometimes you have to face
unpleasant things.
He's your brother, Hanna.
What is there to be scared of?
Perhaps God is granting you
an opportunity to move on, Hanna.
- We have to vote on it, of course.
- Yes.
And let's not forget that Jakob
has promised to fix our annex for free.
Just keep going.
Just hold on to that side.
Hanna is happy here.
How long has she been here?
Seven years and two months.
Give or take.
Give or take?
This isn't a prison.
People can come and go as they please.
- Here, here!
- Play me!
Hanna?
Please?
Why won't you talk to me?
- At least look at me.
- Don't tell me what to do.
I've made it completely clear that
I don't want any contact. So stop.
Just stop it, Jakob.
- Do you believe in God now?
- Yes.
Where the hell did that come from?
Seriously? Is this normal?
Children play with an invisible ball?
You throw flowers that don't exist?
- You don't get it.
- No, I bloody well don't.
I'm trying to help you.
Because I miss you.
You want to help me?
Then leave, now.
I promise I'll call.
That's what you said last time.
Stop that. You said that last time.
You're not going to call me.
Okay, do you really want to help me?
Yes, that's what I want.
Then go to hell.
Watch out!
Throw the ball back.
You have to go get that.
You have to fetch our ball.
Easy now...
Easy...
Isn't it enough
that you're letting him stay?
This isn't just about you, Hanna.
It's about all of us,
and what we're helping you with.
I can't do a mirroring with Jakob.
If my sister taught me anything,
it's that God's light is in all of us.
You're like her.
You know that.
You want to be a mother?
- You believe in what we're doing here?
- Yes.
So you know you can't be here
if you don't participate in our process.
Where are all the men?
Jakob, take a seat.
Remember what we talked about
at the mirroring last week?
How we're all connected to each other,
and have a collective responsibility
in what we say and do.
- Yes.
- You don't believe in that?
- I'm not a fan of collectives.
- No. But you're a sensitive young man.
You understand that even if we can't see
some things, we can still sense them.
Have you had experiences like that?
Yesterday, when you threw Miilu's ball
away and refused to fetch it
you started a chain reaction.
Miilu woke up and missed his ball.
He went out to look for it
in his pyjamas.
His friends woke up and noticed
he was gone. They woke up Hanna.
She woke up the other adults.
And while you were asleep
they searched the whole house,
but he was nowhere to be found.
- He went for a ball that doesn't exist?
- Doesn't it?
Miilu!
Then everyone went outside.
Three hours later, they found him
in a bunker. Cold and exhausted.
Now he's in bed with a severe fever.
And the men are sleeping
instead of working.
- Does that make sense?
- I couldn't know he'd go looking for it.
No one is saying it's your fault.
I'm just saying
that people are connected.
There are consequences
to everything we choose to do.
What are you actually talking about?
Why do you think Hanna is here?
There's trauma in her childhood.
I'm guessing there is in yours, too.
- You don't know anything about me.
- You share a childhood.
Your actions are connected.
Bringing God into this
isn't going to help.
- You're just making it worse.
- I'm a trained psychologist.
This is my practice
as well as my church.
She doesn't even want to talk to me.
Are you sure it's not you
who doesn't want to talk to us?
Regarding the whole incident
with the ball...
I just wanted to apologise
for last night.
I shouldn't have thrown that ball
over the roof.
I really hope
Miilu will get better soon.
That's all.
Thank you, Jakob.
It's probably not easy to grasp how our
world works from one day to the next...
TO MIILU
Jakob...
Jakob...
Jakob...
- Shouldn't he see a doctor?
- Ane is a nurse.
She says he'll be all right.
What is it with him?
Why are you taking care of him?
Why not his mum?
Aja is struggling. It took her
a long time to get away from his dad.
Miilu reminds her of him.
Wait.
Read this.
One:
You must tell the truth.
Two:
You must not judge others.
Three:
You must do what's best for others.
Four:
You must forgive others their sins.
Five:
You must forgive yourself your sins.
Those are the house rules.
Kirsten wants us to do a mirroring.
Remember the time I was choking
on a fish bone during dinner?
I couldn't breathe.
You saved me.
Do you remember?
The only problem is
that it never happened.
Memories can't be trusted.
There's no truth to be found
in her method.
- It works.
- It works?
Then why can't you talk to me?
Huh?
If this is so great,
why can't you look me in the eye?
What we're doing now
will help you remember.
So I'll ask you to look at each other.
Look at one another.
I'm going to take you back in time.
Back to your childhood.
All the way back
to the death of your father.
- Your father was an alcoholic.
- Yes.
He fell out of a car and hit his head.
I was 7, and Hanna was 13.
Let us all pray.
Heavenly Father,
we now leave your son with you,
and ask that you receive him well.
His life was one of hardship,
perhaps more so than most,
and he stepped outside of time early.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Yes.
I know through my conversations
with Hanna
that your mother wasn't there.
Hence your relationship
with your father is central.
So...
We'll start with his funeral.
At the funeral, our grandmother said
it was good that Dad was dead.
Your grandmother
knew something you didn't.
Yes.
Pick someone to be your grandmother.
Yes? Now place her.
And then tell her:
"Now you are our grandmother."
Now you are our grandmother.
Why did she say it was good
that he was dead?
I didn't understand it.
How can a mother say that
about her own son?
When Grandma was dying,
she told me Dad was a drug addict.
They had cleaned our house,
so Hanna and I wouldn't find out.
What are you talking about?
I didn't believe it either.
So I contacted the police
and got hold of the autopsy report.
It said there were puncture marks
on his left arm.
And on his hands.
Rule number one:
You must tell the truth, Jakob.
I have a copy of the autopsy report.
I wanted to tell you.
But you left.
Remember the syringes we used
when we played hospital?
Were they just toy syringes?
What if those syringes belonged to Dad?
One.
Two...
Three, four...
Five, six...
Seven, eight...
- Are you playing hide-and-seek?
- Yes.
We played hide-and-seek in church?
- Does the pope wear a funny hat?
- Excuse me?
- Dad always used to say that.
- Nine...
Ten.
Ready or not, here I come.
- Were you allowed to play in church?
- No.
Grandma didn't let us.
All right, come on.
Hanna, let go.
Let go.
Stop it! Don't do that.
What do you remember?
She has to give a speech.
Yes, Hanna, it's your turn to speak.
Dad.
You were always good at having fun.
You used to play with Jakob and me.
We painted Playmobil figurines.
Dolls.
We drew on the walls in Jakob's room.
Now and then you lost track of time.
And so we didn't go to bed.
When we got hungry,
we had a late-night snack.
Jakob said I was a noisy eater.
I probably still am.
But you just said
that when you eat noisily
everything tastes better.
So you ate noisily, too.
You were good at turning everything
into a party.
You threw real parties, too.
And we were always there.
One time,
I dressed up in Mum's old clothes.
You had hidden them away
in the back of your dresser.
And it might have upset you a bit
to be reminded of her.
But you never got angry with me.
And now I miss you so much.
I promise to take care of Jakob...
Come, Jakob.
until I see you again.
Hanna... Stop it!
Jakob and everyone else:
Remember, this is a mirroring.
We've all been there,
and it can be powerful,
but it's just the past showing itself.
Get away from me!
I'm with you.
You're with me.
I search in the night.
You lead me through the night.
I forgive myself.
You forgive...
I want you to bring
Sren and Lars up here, too.
Hi, Miilu.
- Would you like to hear a secret?
- Of course.
That night when I went out
to look for the ball
I found it.
I just wanted it for myself.
Okay.
My mum says that in Greenland
you have to shout your secrets
to the great mountains of ice.
Miilu!
Aja, Miilu is awake!
That's great.
You've slept for so long.
You've slept and slept.
Hanna?
Would you like a ride?
You were supposed to turn there.
Hey.
I've found a place.
We're going there now.
- What are you talking about?
- You just have to talk to them.
- So you're kidnapping me?
- They're supposed to be good.
They can help you, Hanna.
I'm sorry.
I'll drive you to town.
Did I have the spots
when I was little, too?
Yes. Let go.
- Let go.
- You have to apologise, too.
- For what?
- For leaving me back then.
- You said you'd take care of me.
- What happens when I've apologised?
Will you be satisfied then?
You're not my responsibility.
You're not my child.
I thought everyone was everyone's
responsibility. Isn't that what you say?
You can't run from it, Hanna.
The world is out here.
You can't hide away.
Don't you get that?
You can't hide.
That time when I called you
a few years ago...
Why didn't you call me back?
Is it hard to talk to me?
- Is it hard to talk to me?
- No.
What is it, then?
Did you get my letters?
I sent you postcards, too.
What is it?
That thing with the doughnut.
The doughnut?
You sent me a postcard
with a doughnut on it.
And it said:
"Donut give up!"
You have the worst sense of humour.
"Donut give up."
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I just don't want you to die
in that house.
I received the letter
that you sent to me.
You're telling me to come,
because you're missing me.
Yes, you're telling me to come,
if I care about you.
So how can little me
not be on the way?
Oh, oh, oh, I'm coming.
My hands are shaking,
my body's warm, my heart is pounding.
Oh, oh, oh, I'm coming.
My knees are weak,
my throat is dry, my heart beats.
- Hey, that's enough now.
- You need to leave!
Yeah, get out.
- See you!
- Come on!
That way! I'll take him.
Jakob!
Jakob!
You're too slow!
All right. Come on.
I have a pair of lovebirds for you.
Thank you. We'll take it from here.
- What's this about?
- What's going on?
- Hanna, what's going on?
- Nothing.
We got drunk and behaved like children.
We shouldn't have. I'm sorry.
Remember the night
Dad threw a party?
There were women with no clothes on.
We danced.
Please help me remember
what happened that night.
Please?
Hanna.
That's fine. Thank you.
- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.
I understand there's some concern
after the police were here last night.
I'm worried about what people
in town must think of us.
I'm uncomfortable
because alcohol was involved.
Interesting.
Especially coming from you.
I must remind everyone of who
welcomed you with open arms
when you arrived here in desperation.
In this house,
we have room for everyone.
No matter what. For everyone.
Jakob?
May I ask you to come up here?
Remember when you threw the ball
over the wall?
What if you had fetched
the ball for the children?
You might have returned to discover
that they weren't there.
You would have thought
it was all for nothing.
But Miilu had seen you from his window.
It made him happy to see
that you accepted his game.
When he went to bed,
he fell asleep with a smile on his face.
The next morning, you'd wake up
to well-rested workers for the annex.
Why do you think
I'm telling you this story?
I know already.
- Because everything is connected.
- That's true.
But that's not why I'm telling you
that you should have fetched the ball.
It's because you have
to accept our world
just as we have to accept yours.
- Does that cross your boundaries?
- It's all right.
Am I crossing your boundaries?
Right now, yes.
Do boundaries exist between us?
Are there boundaries in love?
What is it, then?
- Are you afraid we don't love you?
- No.
- You don't need our love?
- I need answers.
Answers?
To why Hanna left me.
So Hanna's love is what you need?
Hanna's love and our love
are one and the same.
Hanna is my sister.
I don't know you.
So that's not true.
I love you.
Even though I don't know you.
I love you.
Do you love me?
Even though you don't know me.
I forgive you and Hanna for yesterday.
Would you forgive me
if I made a mistake?
Yes.
Then you love me,
even though you don't know me.
No.
I only love Hanna.
Yes. You only love Hanna.
Hanna is the one you need answers from.
Fine.
I'm done protecting you.
Do a mirroring and find your answers.
I don't want to be part of it.
We're all here together.
We're all here together.
We're all here together.
Will she join us?
I don't know.
How can I do it without Hanna?
It will still work.
Now you're Hanna.
What are you feeling now?
I feel very close to you.
As if we're glued together.
Now you're Dad.
Your dad was throwing a party?
Yes.
What sort of party?
There were lots of naked women.
We need five naked women,
who will be dancing.
Well, let's have a party, then.
With a song, perhaps?
You're asleep in your bed?
Yes.
Someone wakes you up.
Who wakes you up?
I'm not sure.
I think it's the women.
I know it's wrong.
But they make me feel happy.
What about Hanna?
Hanna, I need your help with Dad.
Give me the keys.
Come, Dad.
When did you get so big?
I'm a little girl.
Rule number two:
You must not judge.
You must not judge.
And you must forgive yourself.
All right. Come on.
I'm sorry.
What happens now?
- I go hide in my room.
- And Hanna?
She comes to my room.
I'm grateful for you, Jakob.
Thank you.
I'm grateful that I'm not alone.
Thank you.
I'm grateful that we have each other.
Thank you.
Stop.
Stop.
Stop now, okay?
Jakob?
What do you feel like doing now?
- We're all here together.
- We're all here together.
Jakob, you can't just barge in.
- You need to leave.
- Take it easy, Jakob.
- Fuck! Get away from her!
- Calm down, Jakob.
- It's okay!
- No! Stop. Stop it!
No. Stop. Stop.
What the hell are you doing?
- A goddamn swinger club!
- We help each other in love and truth.
What are you talking about?
How can you be part of this?
Huh?
I want to have a child.
Can't you see it?
She's turning you into
Virgin Mary in her sick cult.
Jakob, you don't understand.
This is what Hanna wants.
And we're all supporting her.
She can't have children.
You told me so yourself.
She can't have children.
Hanna, you can't have children!
Yes, Hanna's uterus is damaged.
But our love will heal her.
What's wrong with you?
Then why aren't you pregnant?
I will be. God is with me.
So God is some horny bunny
you're spreading your legs for?
- Jakob...
- Huh?
Are you one of those little bunnies?
Are you a little bunny, too?
A horny, little bunny?
And you. You're sticking your
quick little bunny dick in my sister?
Why did he have to see this, Hanna?
Hanna?
- Why?
- It wasn't me.
It was all of us.
You're not sleeping.
Yes, I am.
Are you okay?
Hush.
Someone is coming.
Hear their footsteps?
Lots of people.
Do you hear them?
What do we do?
You need to keep quiet.
Ten, nine
eight, seven
six
five
four
three
two
one
now.
There's a myth in Greenland
about a woman and a man.
Every night, he came to her bed
and made love to her in the dark.
The woman fell in love with the man
and wanted to know who he was.
So one night she rubbed charcoal
on his forehead.
The next day she realised
that it was her brother.
She was so consumed by shame
that she lit a torch,
and fled into the sky.
The brother who desired his sister
also lit a torch and flew after her.
But his torch went out,
so he got stuck in space.
That is how the sun and the moon
came to be.
The sun's torch is still burning.
While the moon remains even today
in pursuit of the sun.
Even though he is doomed
to never reach her.
Do you love him?
Do you?
He's my brother.
- Shall we talk in my office?
- You can talk here.
What happened with you and Jakob...
No matter what,
the children are never to blame.
- You have to leave it in the past.
- Did God make us do it?
Then who?
Pray with me.
Heavenly Father,
grant us the strength to forgive.
When is a child a child?
7 years?
13 years?
37?
Out there it's forbidden.
It's incestuous.
You would go to prison for it.
And here?
There are boundaries.
You're saying that now?
I told you he shouldn't be here.
Look what happened.
And for what?
We help everyone here.
Even Jakob. Even Jakob.
You've tried to help me
for seven years, Kirsten.
- When will I have my child?
- When the love within you is right.
Love? I'm so full of love
I can give it to every man in the house.
I'm pure light, just like you said.
But we're only now starting
to delve into the issue with Jakob.
I've known all along,
and God has already forgiven me.
Or is your forgiveness more important?
You are so strong.
Anything is possible for you.
Even a miracle?
Yes.
I wish I could be like you.
- Why?
- You're never in doubt.
We all doubt sometimes.
Are you doubting my child?
Rule number one:
You must tell the truth.
Perhaps I was wrong.
You were wrong?
Are you really saying this now?
What about my child, Kirsten?
I envy you.
You're the strongest of us.
You're closest to God.
You wouldn't stop.
You kept coming to me.
You grew older.
That's why I left.
It was the only way I could protect you.
Miilu... Miilu!
- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.
It's time for us to face
that something needs to be done.
And even though
we're not all in agreement
we have to make a decision
about how to move forward.
I just don't think our house can survive
something like this.
It's that simple...
To me at least.
We can't just look the other way.
Hanna, you were found
in Jakob's bed.
Rule number two:
You must not judge others.
It's not acceptable.
They can't be here.
- Why aren't you saying anything?
- Hanna... Come with me.
It's one thing
that it happened in the past...
Rule number three:
Do what's best for others.
But to have it happen now,
in our house. We can't accept that.
I agree with Aja.
This is inexcusable.
I won't be part of it.
Rule number four:
You must forgive others their sins.
It's actually illegal. If we let it
happen, what does that make us?
The sun and the moon.
We have to set boundaries. I suggest...
Kirsten!
I suggest we do a show of hands.
Kirsten!
Say something.
Those who feel
Jakob and Hanna can't be here
raise your hands.
We're all here together!
Those who feel Jakob and Hanna
can't be here, raise your hands.
Look at me.
We're all here together!
Hanna, look at me.
Look at me.
Hanna, look at me.
Look at me.
It's okay.
I know.
You can't leave this house.
I know that.
So I'll go now.
No.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Jakob!
Catch!
EPILOGUE
Good.
Try again.
Close your eyes.
Yes.
Now let it wash over you.
Visualise it.
Did anything appear?
No.
That's okay.
It will happen eventually.
- We're all here together.
- We're all here together.
ACTS OF LOVE
- You're a little zombie.
- I'm a tiny, little zombie?
If you blink, you lose.
You're going to lose.
What should we do?
That's it.
Great.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
- Can I help with anything?
- You can grease the pans.
- Are you ready?
- Yes.
Everything is good today.
Lord, you who has given us so much.
Thank you for this as well.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Today's tasks are on the board.
There's tree cutting, bees, laundry...
And we have a wonderful piece of news:
Someone has responded to our ad.
He's a bricklayer, and he has offered
to renovate our annex.
And he'll work
for just board and lodging.
So we'll need
to prepare a room for him.
- Hanna?
- Of course.
Miilu?
Thank you.
See you later.
And pull!
And pull! And pull!
- Come on!
- One, two, three, pull!
Lord, I want to thank you for Miilu.
Thank you.
I want to thank you for Kirsten.
Thank you.
I thank you for this house.
And for being with me. Thank you.
And I pray that I will
get to be a mother, too.
Amen.
- Attack!
- Not now, Miilu. Stop.
Come here, Miilu.
Come on, Superman.
Can you help me with a secret mission?
- It's not dangerous.
- Okay.
Okay.
Do you see that man?
Yes, a troll.
- Can you find out the troll's name?
- Yes.
Hi. What's your name?
Hanna?
Are you coming?
Inuk is waiting for you.
The troll's name is Jakob.
He's asking for you.
- Did he tell Kirsten?
- No, only me. He whispered it.
- Did you tell him I was here?
- No.
It doesn't feel right for me today.
The annex you're renovating
will be a mother and baby unit.
It's cramped here, so this is in case
we're blessed with a new little one.
- Hello.
- This is our dining hall.
The annex you'll be working on
is named after my sister, Juliane.
My parents adopted her from Greenland,
and she was very special to me.
She still is.
Come along.
This is your room.
They're good people, Jakob.
Some of them have struggled out there.
But here we forgive.
And we welcome everyone.
Can you hear the sea?
On a clear day, you can see it, too.
Get settled and join us for breakfast.
You can find the dining hall, right?
- Hi. Can you help me with this?
- Of course.
You shouldn't be here!
Well, you've probably noticed
a new face among us.
This is Jakob.
Jakob, may I ask you
to introduce yourself?
- Now?
- Yes, please.
My name is Jakob.
I'm a bricklayer.
My favourite food is lasagne.
All right. We'll be sure
to put lasagne on the menu.
What persuaded you to come out
to the heath and work for free?
Honestly, I haven't found
much meaning in my work lately.
One townhouse after another.
When I saw your ad,
I figured this might be it.
- Thank you, Jakob.
- Welcome.
What do you feel?
I don't know.
Look at your son.
Do you see him?
Close your eyes.
Take a deep breath.
Now look again.
Do you see him?
Aja?
Do you see him?
Can you hold him now?
Rule number three:
You must do what's best for others.
It's fine. It's perfectly fine.
You're on the right path.
You'll get there.
Thank you, Lars,
for playing a tiny, tiny Miilu.
- We're all here together.
- We're all here together.
Now it's Hanna's turn.
Hanna, let's continue with your wedding.
No, this isn't a good time.
Let go of your thoughts.
The body remembers.
We have our bride.
Now we just need a groom.
Inuk.
Hanna, you say:
"Now you are my husband."
Now you are my husband.
We all know our parts,
so let's enjoy the wedding festivities.
Hanna would like to have a child.
First we need to rediscover the space
where true love exists.
She was married years ago, but it broke
apart when she couldn't have children.
So now we're trying to reconnect
more deeply to the feelings
that were at play back then.
My dear sister.
It's a great honour to be the one
to give you away.
It's always been you and me
against the world.
But now another man
has entered your life.
How does he know what to say?
The words aren't important.
It's the shared feeling that matters.
How is this supposed to help?
The body remembers
the things we've forgotten.
By activating the space around us,
we can access what we've repressed.
God is present
in the collective subconscious.
Look at him.
Stop!
Why does he have to stop?
Leave. Leave, now.
I said leave!
Why does he have to leave?
Rule number one:
You must tell the truth.
Jakob?
Your name is Jakob, right?
It's funny...
I always imagined Hanna's little brother
would also be filled with light.
You should have told me who you are.
Hanna is here to heal her soul.
They all are.
We can't have people
who lie here, Jakob.
I didn't lie.
I just didn't tell you everything.
That's what Hanna has always done.
Not told us everything.
Constantly adjusting the truth a bit.
We've spent a long time getting here.
So I can't have you come here
and bring her off balance.
Right.
Have you come to take her with you?
Do you think she'll go with you?
- I understand.
- How so?
I've lost my sister as well.
This place is my attempt to give
some of her light back to others.
I think you've come here for a reason.
I think you can help Hanna move on.
This is what we'll do.
You'll be allowed to stay
if you participate
in Hanna's mirroring sessions.
I can't be part of that theatre show.
I just can't.
If you truly mean that,
then you need to leave.
Are you even a bricklayer?
I'm not authorised,
if that's what you mean.
But I know how to lay bricks.
That's good enough for us.
You've repressed a lot of things, Hanna.
Maybe Jakob can help you.
That makes sense, doesn't it?
Sometimes you have to face
unpleasant things.
He's your brother, Hanna.
What is there to be scared of?
Perhaps God is granting you
an opportunity to move on, Hanna.
- We have to vote on it, of course.
- Yes.
And let's not forget that Jakob
has promised to fix our annex for free.
Just keep going.
Just hold on to that side.
Hanna is happy here.
How long has she been here?
Seven years and two months.
Give or take.
Give or take?
This isn't a prison.
People can come and go as they please.
- Here, here!
- Play me!
Hanna?
Please?
Why won't you talk to me?
- At least look at me.
- Don't tell me what to do.
I've made it completely clear that
I don't want any contact. So stop.
Just stop it, Jakob.
- Do you believe in God now?
- Yes.
Where the hell did that come from?
Seriously? Is this normal?
Children play with an invisible ball?
You throw flowers that don't exist?
- You don't get it.
- No, I bloody well don't.
I'm trying to help you.
Because I miss you.
You want to help me?
Then leave, now.
I promise I'll call.
That's what you said last time.
Stop that. You said that last time.
You're not going to call me.
Okay, do you really want to help me?
Yes, that's what I want.
Then go to hell.
Watch out!
Throw the ball back.
You have to go get that.
You have to fetch our ball.
Easy now...
Easy...
Isn't it enough
that you're letting him stay?
This isn't just about you, Hanna.
It's about all of us,
and what we're helping you with.
I can't do a mirroring with Jakob.
If my sister taught me anything,
it's that God's light is in all of us.
You're like her.
You know that.
You want to be a mother?
- You believe in what we're doing here?
- Yes.
So you know you can't be here
if you don't participate in our process.
Where are all the men?
Jakob, take a seat.
Remember what we talked about
at the mirroring last week?
How we're all connected to each other,
and have a collective responsibility
in what we say and do.
- Yes.
- You don't believe in that?
- I'm not a fan of collectives.
- No. But you're a sensitive young man.
You understand that even if we can't see
some things, we can still sense them.
Have you had experiences like that?
Yesterday, when you threw Miilu's ball
away and refused to fetch it
you started a chain reaction.
Miilu woke up and missed his ball.
He went out to look for it
in his pyjamas.
His friends woke up and noticed
he was gone. They woke up Hanna.
She woke up the other adults.
And while you were asleep
they searched the whole house,
but he was nowhere to be found.
- He went for a ball that doesn't exist?
- Doesn't it?
Miilu!
Then everyone went outside.
Three hours later, they found him
in a bunker. Cold and exhausted.
Now he's in bed with a severe fever.
And the men are sleeping
instead of working.
- Does that make sense?
- I couldn't know he'd go looking for it.
No one is saying it's your fault.
I'm just saying
that people are connected.
There are consequences
to everything we choose to do.
What are you actually talking about?
Why do you think Hanna is here?
There's trauma in her childhood.
I'm guessing there is in yours, too.
- You don't know anything about me.
- You share a childhood.
Your actions are connected.
Bringing God into this
isn't going to help.
- You're just making it worse.
- I'm a trained psychologist.
This is my practice
as well as my church.
She doesn't even want to talk to me.
Are you sure it's not you
who doesn't want to talk to us?
Regarding the whole incident
with the ball...
I just wanted to apologise
for last night.
I shouldn't have thrown that ball
over the roof.
I really hope
Miilu will get better soon.
That's all.
Thank you, Jakob.
It's probably not easy to grasp how our
world works from one day to the next...
TO MIILU
Jakob...
Jakob...
Jakob...
- Shouldn't he see a doctor?
- Ane is a nurse.
She says he'll be all right.
What is it with him?
Why are you taking care of him?
Why not his mum?
Aja is struggling. It took her
a long time to get away from his dad.
Miilu reminds her of him.
Wait.
Read this.
One:
You must tell the truth.
Two:
You must not judge others.
Three:
You must do what's best for others.
Four:
You must forgive others their sins.
Five:
You must forgive yourself your sins.
Those are the house rules.
Kirsten wants us to do a mirroring.
Remember the time I was choking
on a fish bone during dinner?
I couldn't breathe.
You saved me.
Do you remember?
The only problem is
that it never happened.
Memories can't be trusted.
There's no truth to be found
in her method.
- It works.
- It works?
Then why can't you talk to me?
Huh?
If this is so great,
why can't you look me in the eye?
What we're doing now
will help you remember.
So I'll ask you to look at each other.
Look at one another.
I'm going to take you back in time.
Back to your childhood.
All the way back
to the death of your father.
- Your father was an alcoholic.
- Yes.
He fell out of a car and hit his head.
I was 7, and Hanna was 13.
Let us all pray.
Heavenly Father,
we now leave your son with you,
and ask that you receive him well.
His life was one of hardship,
perhaps more so than most,
and he stepped outside of time early.
- Amen.
- Amen.
Yes.
I know through my conversations
with Hanna
that your mother wasn't there.
Hence your relationship
with your father is central.
So...
We'll start with his funeral.
At the funeral, our grandmother said
it was good that Dad was dead.
Your grandmother
knew something you didn't.
Yes.
Pick someone to be your grandmother.
Yes? Now place her.
And then tell her:
"Now you are our grandmother."
Now you are our grandmother.
Why did she say it was good
that he was dead?
I didn't understand it.
How can a mother say that
about her own son?
When Grandma was dying,
she told me Dad was a drug addict.
They had cleaned our house,
so Hanna and I wouldn't find out.
What are you talking about?
I didn't believe it either.
So I contacted the police
and got hold of the autopsy report.
It said there were puncture marks
on his left arm.
And on his hands.
Rule number one:
You must tell the truth, Jakob.
I have a copy of the autopsy report.
I wanted to tell you.
But you left.
Remember the syringes we used
when we played hospital?
Were they just toy syringes?
What if those syringes belonged to Dad?
One.
Two...
Three, four...
Five, six...
Seven, eight...
- Are you playing hide-and-seek?
- Yes.
We played hide-and-seek in church?
- Does the pope wear a funny hat?
- Excuse me?
- Dad always used to say that.
- Nine...
Ten.
Ready or not, here I come.
- Were you allowed to play in church?
- No.
Grandma didn't let us.
All right, come on.
Hanna, let go.
Let go.
Stop it! Don't do that.
What do you remember?
She has to give a speech.
Yes, Hanna, it's your turn to speak.
Dad.
You were always good at having fun.
You used to play with Jakob and me.
We painted Playmobil figurines.
Dolls.
We drew on the walls in Jakob's room.
Now and then you lost track of time.
And so we didn't go to bed.
When we got hungry,
we had a late-night snack.
Jakob said I was a noisy eater.
I probably still am.
But you just said
that when you eat noisily
everything tastes better.
So you ate noisily, too.
You were good at turning everything
into a party.
You threw real parties, too.
And we were always there.
One time,
I dressed up in Mum's old clothes.
You had hidden them away
in the back of your dresser.
And it might have upset you a bit
to be reminded of her.
But you never got angry with me.
And now I miss you so much.
I promise to take care of Jakob...
Come, Jakob.
until I see you again.
Hanna... Stop it!
Jakob and everyone else:
Remember, this is a mirroring.
We've all been there,
and it can be powerful,
but it's just the past showing itself.
Get away from me!
I'm with you.
You're with me.
I search in the night.
You lead me through the night.
I forgive myself.
You forgive...
I want you to bring
Sren and Lars up here, too.
Hi, Miilu.
- Would you like to hear a secret?
- Of course.
That night when I went out
to look for the ball
I found it.
I just wanted it for myself.
Okay.
My mum says that in Greenland
you have to shout your secrets
to the great mountains of ice.
Miilu!
Aja, Miilu is awake!
That's great.
You've slept for so long.
You've slept and slept.
Hanna?
Would you like a ride?
You were supposed to turn there.
Hey.
I've found a place.
We're going there now.
- What are you talking about?
- You just have to talk to them.
- So you're kidnapping me?
- They're supposed to be good.
They can help you, Hanna.
I'm sorry.
I'll drive you to town.
Did I have the spots
when I was little, too?
Yes. Let go.
- Let go.
- You have to apologise, too.
- For what?
- For leaving me back then.
- You said you'd take care of me.
- What happens when I've apologised?
Will you be satisfied then?
You're not my responsibility.
You're not my child.
I thought everyone was everyone's
responsibility. Isn't that what you say?
You can't run from it, Hanna.
The world is out here.
You can't hide away.
Don't you get that?
You can't hide.
That time when I called you
a few years ago...
Why didn't you call me back?
Is it hard to talk to me?
- Is it hard to talk to me?
- No.
What is it, then?
Did you get my letters?
I sent you postcards, too.
What is it?
That thing with the doughnut.
The doughnut?
You sent me a postcard
with a doughnut on it.
And it said:
"Donut give up!"
You have the worst sense of humour.
"Donut give up."
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I just don't want you to die
in that house.
I received the letter
that you sent to me.
You're telling me to come,
because you're missing me.
Yes, you're telling me to come,
if I care about you.
So how can little me
not be on the way?
Oh, oh, oh, I'm coming.
My hands are shaking,
my body's warm, my heart is pounding.
Oh, oh, oh, I'm coming.
My knees are weak,
my throat is dry, my heart beats.
- Hey, that's enough now.
- You need to leave!
Yeah, get out.
- See you!
- Come on!
That way! I'll take him.
Jakob!
Jakob!
You're too slow!
All right. Come on.
I have a pair of lovebirds for you.
Thank you. We'll take it from here.
- What's this about?
- What's going on?
- Hanna, what's going on?
- Nothing.
We got drunk and behaved like children.
We shouldn't have. I'm sorry.
Remember the night
Dad threw a party?
There were women with no clothes on.
We danced.
Please help me remember
what happened that night.
Please?
Hanna.
That's fine. Thank you.
- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.
I understand there's some concern
after the police were here last night.
I'm worried about what people
in town must think of us.
I'm uncomfortable
because alcohol was involved.
Interesting.
Especially coming from you.
I must remind everyone of who
welcomed you with open arms
when you arrived here in desperation.
In this house,
we have room for everyone.
No matter what. For everyone.
Jakob?
May I ask you to come up here?
Remember when you threw the ball
over the wall?
What if you had fetched
the ball for the children?
You might have returned to discover
that they weren't there.
You would have thought
it was all for nothing.
But Miilu had seen you from his window.
It made him happy to see
that you accepted his game.
When he went to bed,
he fell asleep with a smile on his face.
The next morning, you'd wake up
to well-rested workers for the annex.
Why do you think
I'm telling you this story?
I know already.
- Because everything is connected.
- That's true.
But that's not why I'm telling you
that you should have fetched the ball.
It's because you have
to accept our world
just as we have to accept yours.
- Does that cross your boundaries?
- It's all right.
Am I crossing your boundaries?
Right now, yes.
Do boundaries exist between us?
Are there boundaries in love?
What is it, then?
- Are you afraid we don't love you?
- No.
- You don't need our love?
- I need answers.
Answers?
To why Hanna left me.
So Hanna's love is what you need?
Hanna's love and our love
are one and the same.
Hanna is my sister.
I don't know you.
So that's not true.
I love you.
Even though I don't know you.
I love you.
Do you love me?
Even though you don't know me.
I forgive you and Hanna for yesterday.
Would you forgive me
if I made a mistake?
Yes.
Then you love me,
even though you don't know me.
No.
I only love Hanna.
Yes. You only love Hanna.
Hanna is the one you need answers from.
Fine.
I'm done protecting you.
Do a mirroring and find your answers.
I don't want to be part of it.
We're all here together.
We're all here together.
We're all here together.
Will she join us?
I don't know.
How can I do it without Hanna?
It will still work.
Now you're Hanna.
What are you feeling now?
I feel very close to you.
As if we're glued together.
Now you're Dad.
Your dad was throwing a party?
Yes.
What sort of party?
There were lots of naked women.
We need five naked women,
who will be dancing.
Well, let's have a party, then.
With a song, perhaps?
You're asleep in your bed?
Yes.
Someone wakes you up.
Who wakes you up?
I'm not sure.
I think it's the women.
I know it's wrong.
But they make me feel happy.
What about Hanna?
Hanna, I need your help with Dad.
Give me the keys.
Come, Dad.
When did you get so big?
I'm a little girl.
Rule number two:
You must not judge.
You must not judge.
And you must forgive yourself.
All right. Come on.
I'm sorry.
What happens now?
- I go hide in my room.
- And Hanna?
She comes to my room.
I'm grateful for you, Jakob.
Thank you.
I'm grateful that I'm not alone.
Thank you.
I'm grateful that we have each other.
Thank you.
Stop.
Stop.
Stop now, okay?
Jakob?
What do you feel like doing now?
- We're all here together.
- We're all here together.
Jakob, you can't just barge in.
- You need to leave.
- Take it easy, Jakob.
- Fuck! Get away from her!
- Calm down, Jakob.
- It's okay!
- No! Stop. Stop it!
No. Stop. Stop.
What the hell are you doing?
- A goddamn swinger club!
- We help each other in love and truth.
What are you talking about?
How can you be part of this?
Huh?
I want to have a child.
Can't you see it?
She's turning you into
Virgin Mary in her sick cult.
Jakob, you don't understand.
This is what Hanna wants.
And we're all supporting her.
She can't have children.
You told me so yourself.
She can't have children.
Hanna, you can't have children!
Yes, Hanna's uterus is damaged.
But our love will heal her.
What's wrong with you?
Then why aren't you pregnant?
I will be. God is with me.
So God is some horny bunny
you're spreading your legs for?
- Jakob...
- Huh?
Are you one of those little bunnies?
Are you a little bunny, too?
A horny, little bunny?
And you. You're sticking your
quick little bunny dick in my sister?
Why did he have to see this, Hanna?
Hanna?
- Why?
- It wasn't me.
It was all of us.
You're not sleeping.
Yes, I am.
Are you okay?
Hush.
Someone is coming.
Hear their footsteps?
Lots of people.
Do you hear them?
What do we do?
You need to keep quiet.
Ten, nine
eight, seven
six
five
four
three
two
one
now.
There's a myth in Greenland
about a woman and a man.
Every night, he came to her bed
and made love to her in the dark.
The woman fell in love with the man
and wanted to know who he was.
So one night she rubbed charcoal
on his forehead.
The next day she realised
that it was her brother.
She was so consumed by shame
that she lit a torch,
and fled into the sky.
The brother who desired his sister
also lit a torch and flew after her.
But his torch went out,
so he got stuck in space.
That is how the sun and the moon
came to be.
The sun's torch is still burning.
While the moon remains even today
in pursuit of the sun.
Even though he is doomed
to never reach her.
Do you love him?
Do you?
He's my brother.
- Shall we talk in my office?
- You can talk here.
What happened with you and Jakob...
No matter what,
the children are never to blame.
- You have to leave it in the past.
- Did God make us do it?
Then who?
Pray with me.
Heavenly Father,
grant us the strength to forgive.
When is a child a child?
7 years?
13 years?
37?
Out there it's forbidden.
It's incestuous.
You would go to prison for it.
And here?
There are boundaries.
You're saying that now?
I told you he shouldn't be here.
Look what happened.
And for what?
We help everyone here.
Even Jakob. Even Jakob.
You've tried to help me
for seven years, Kirsten.
- When will I have my child?
- When the love within you is right.
Love? I'm so full of love
I can give it to every man in the house.
I'm pure light, just like you said.
But we're only now starting
to delve into the issue with Jakob.
I've known all along,
and God has already forgiven me.
Or is your forgiveness more important?
You are so strong.
Anything is possible for you.
Even a miracle?
Yes.
I wish I could be like you.
- Why?
- You're never in doubt.
We all doubt sometimes.
Are you doubting my child?
Rule number one:
You must tell the truth.
Perhaps I was wrong.
You were wrong?
Are you really saying this now?
What about my child, Kirsten?
I envy you.
You're the strongest of us.
You're closest to God.
You wouldn't stop.
You kept coming to me.
You grew older.
That's why I left.
It was the only way I could protect you.
Miilu... Miilu!
- Good morning, everyone.
- Good morning.
It's time for us to face
that something needs to be done.
And even though
we're not all in agreement
we have to make a decision
about how to move forward.
I just don't think our house can survive
something like this.
It's that simple...
To me at least.
We can't just look the other way.
Hanna, you were found
in Jakob's bed.
Rule number two:
You must not judge others.
It's not acceptable.
They can't be here.
- Why aren't you saying anything?
- Hanna... Come with me.
It's one thing
that it happened in the past...
Rule number three:
Do what's best for others.
But to have it happen now,
in our house. We can't accept that.
I agree with Aja.
This is inexcusable.
I won't be part of it.
Rule number four:
You must forgive others their sins.
It's actually illegal. If we let it
happen, what does that make us?
The sun and the moon.
We have to set boundaries. I suggest...
Kirsten!
I suggest we do a show of hands.
Kirsten!
Say something.
Those who feel
Jakob and Hanna can't be here
raise your hands.
We're all here together!
Those who feel Jakob and Hanna
can't be here, raise your hands.
Look at me.
We're all here together!
Hanna, look at me.
Look at me.
Hanna, look at me.
Look at me.
It's okay.
I know.
You can't leave this house.
I know that.
So I'll go now.
No.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Jakob!
Catch!
EPILOGUE