The Chestnut Man (Kastanjemanden)

Marius, reports are coming in that Ørum's cows have run off again.

Over.

Can't you call him? Over.

No one's answering the phone.

I'll call your wife and tell her you're running late. Over.

It's fine, Jytte. I'll stop by Ørum's. Over and out.

LIVER PATE CHEESE

POLICE

ISLAND OF MØN, 1987

Ørum?

-Ørum? -

- -Ørum? Your cows are on the loose again.

Ørum?

Come on. Quiet. Quiet!

Ørum?

Hello?

Oh, my God. God damn it.

It's Marius. Police!

Hello?

Hey. Hey.

Oh…

Hi…

Hi.

- - Wait!

Emergency services.

It's me. I need an ambulance to Ørum's farm right now.

-What's happened? -I have three dead people.

-No! -And a badly injured boy.

He's still breathing.

-Is it the older boy? -No, it's not him.

-It's the youngest of the boys. -Okay.

-One of the two foster children. -What about the other foster child?

- -The girl?

I don't think she's in here.

-Send everything you've got! And fast. -Yeah.

-And start looking for Ørum. -Get out of the house, Marius!

- -Police.

Hello?

- -

There. Ohh.

Easy, now. There you go.

Oh.

There you go. Don't be afraid. I'm from the police.

My name is Marius, and I'm here to help you.

You're Astrid, right?

Right. Do you live down here?

THE CHESTNUT MAN

COPENHAGEN - PRESENT DAY

- - 2

TUESDAY, 6 OCTOBER

Sh, sh, sh, sh.

-Ah. You have to leave now. -Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Hey!

See you.

- -

- What do you want on the other? - Slices of chocolate.

We agreed that we should eat healthier food, right?

We'll start tomorrow.

-Did you pack your schoolbag? -Yes.

-Mm? -And don't forget the carrot.

Le, please get ready, okay?

The teachers get so angry when we're late.

-I have to hand in my family tree today. -Yeah?

And you didn't help me.

-Grandpa said you were all done. -The leaves are missing.

Well, you should have thought of that. Let's go.

Remember, look both ways when you cross the road after school.

-My family tree is boring. -No, it's great. Stop it.

Hassan has many more pictures on his. I only have you and Grandpa.

-And Grandpa's not even my real grandpa. -If you count Bunny and Birdie, it's five.

-The others don't have animals on theirs. -Only because they're not as lucky as you.

What about Sebastian?

-What about him? -I know he sleeps at our house sometimes.

Even if you think I don't.

Right, but we're not together.

Great. You know what? Then we'll invite him for dinner

-if you think that'd be nice. -

-Can I add him to my family tree? -No.

Hurry inside. Come on.

Grandpa will pick you up later. And soon, it'll be me picking you up every day.

-Okay. Bye! -Bye!

Today is the first Tuesday of October,

thus, the Parliament's opening day.

The principle character today will neither be the Queen nor the prime minister,

but most likely the minister of social affairs, Rosa Hartung.

She's returning to office after she last year lost her daughter

in a tragic event, namely the savage murder…

- -…that held Denmark's attention.

The case entailed a thorough report on security regarding preventive custody…

-Moron. -…since the perpetrator

had been previously penalized…

-and already… -I have a meeting with Nylander.

-He's already in a meeting. -Oh, you can't be serious.

-Mm. -He canceled our last two meetings.

I'm afraid I can't do anything.

Yeah, but…

-Nylander! -We were promised more resources.

-You've been assigned another resource. -The guy Europol don't want?

-Seriously? -Do you have a minute?

-No, I don't have time now. -Yes, he has. It's fine.

-We're done. -No, we're--

My department solved the Hartung case.

-And we were promised more resources. -Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

If that money is allocated elsewhere,

the commissioner will read about it in the press.

-You can tell him that. -We'll talk about it later. Again.

Good morning.

Whatever this is about, it'll have to wait until next week.

Okay, but I've decided to apply for cyber crime.

Why'd you do that?

Well, because they have an opening that I'd like to apply for.

-Is this about working hours, Thulin? -No.

We can discuss that. Or is it something else?

-Huh? -No, no, there's…

You're a great detective. I want you in my department.

Why would you want to work with the IT nerds from nine to five and rot away?

I've made my decision.

I would really appreciate if you could give me a reference.

Ah… We'll have to see. It won't be now.

Take this in the meantime. A dead woman in Husum.

And take Hess.

-Hess? -Yes.

The guy Europol offloaded on us till they decide what to do with him.

Get going. Genz is already there. He's waiting.

Get going.

Cyber crime? Seriously, Thulin?

But at the Parliament's buildings, the flags are raised.

As usual, it's a special day

when Parliament reconvenes on the first Tuesday in October.

Shortly, the staircase behind me will be packed with journalists and photographers,

and then all the ministers and MEPs will start to arrive.

But today is also very different, too.

Today, there is one person in particular that everyone is waiting to see.

That is, of course, minister of social affairs, Rosa Hartung.

Rosa Hartung is back at her ministry

following the death last year of her 12-year-old daughter,

who was abducted and killed by the perpetrator Linus Bekker.

-Last spring… - Vogel speaking.

Hi, it's Liv. I wanted to let you know everything is ready for her arrival.

I've made sure there's plenty of her favorite coffee.

Sounds good, Liv.

-Uh, when will you be here? -I'll call you from the car, okay?

You haven't left yet? -No. It's okay.

It's just dragging on a bit here. I'll call you.

Uh, is the minister all right?

Rosa? Darling?

They're here. They're waiting outside.

Rosa?

-Have you eaten? -

Are you ready?

We'll go when Mom's left.

I'll go on my bike.

I'll give you a lift.

Everyone else bikes.

We'll do what we usually do. Where's Mom?

I don't know.

Rosa?

The car's waiting. Vogel is here.

I can't remember her smell anymore. It's gone.

Sweetheart.

Steen, I… I don't know if I…

- -You can do it.

She would have been proud of you.

Right?

Come on.

-When do you finish today? -I'll pick up Gustav.

-One day at a time. -Exactly.

We'll take one day at a time.

-Morning, Frederik. -Morning.

-Meet our new driver. -Yes.

-Hello. -Hi.

-Rosa. -Jacob Rasouli.

-Please. -Thank you.

Dad! Let's go!