Hilma

Zero...

two, seven, eight, three, eight, nine, eight, six, five, eight, four.

Take in sail!

- Shout ahead! - Right there.

- On four! - One.

Two.

Three.

- Are we still here? - Aye.

The truth is Hilma af Klint tells us that her art

isn't abstract imaginations.

She painted what she saw

and what the spirits guided her to paint.

There's a woman here to see you.

Hilma.

She says she's your sister.

Oh no.

What does she want?

She said something about building a temple.

Her bloody temple.

She has a drawing to show you.

Who is it?

Hilma the witch.

Tell her I'm dead.

Mr. af Klint is asleep.

He's not feeling too well.

I'm sorry.

No. No.

I'll burn them. That's what you wanted, wasn't it?

One,

two,

three...

four...

five,

six,

seven,

eight,

nine,

ten,

eleven...

98,

99,

100.

Ready or not...

here I come.

Hilma?

- Where were you? - Up there. Hiding.

You scared me.

- I saw you the whole time. - Did you?

Hermina?

- You see anything? - No.

Wait.

I want to go home.

Scientists can't just go home. We need to be patient.

I'm hungry.

I don't think I want to be a scientist anymore.

What did you find?

Hilma! Look at the shape.

Yes, it's a spiral.

- It's from the Stone Age. - It's beautiful.

It must be.

Must be.

Hilma!

Hello.

It's a skeleton.

But why are they digging it up?

They want to study it.

They're scientists too.

Hermina, how do you know it was a "she"?

- You could tell. - How?

From the skeleton.

- Right there. - That's impossible.

It was a Stone Age soldier and it was a she.

- Have some lingonberries. - Thank you.

- My drawings. - Careful.

- The birds... - Hermina.

- I want to study the birds. - Yes, the birds and all the animals.

And the flowers, all that grows...

You can't determine the gender based on the skeleton. Absurd!

- Absurd? - Gustaf, don't be so sure.

It's just not science, is it? If you think of it...

- Hilma? - I'm here.

Where are we on the map?

NAUTICAL CHART BY GUSTAF AF KLINT

Here somewhere.

Look! The numbers.

Yes.

He measured everything.

Grandfather was a scientist too.

35.

18.

He sailed around the whole world.

27.

To measure the depths. Everywhere.

So ships wouldn't get holes in them and sink.

That's right.

One fathom...

two fathoms...

three fathoms...

13 fathoms...

14 fathoms,

15 fathoms.

How deep can it get?

Deep.

We'll make our own map one day, Hermina.

Of everything.

Everything in the world.

And everything else too.

'Cause we're scientists.

98, 99, 100.

Ready or not, here I come!

You're too fast for me.

What's that cough?

- How is she? - You can't be in there now.

- Why? Why? Let me go... - She needs to rest.

Why?

Is her fever down?

Hilma!

Hilma! Hilma!

- Don't... - Papa, please, I have to see her!

- No, no. - Please. Please.

Hilma.

No.

Tell me where you are, Hermina.

And then, all of a sudden,

it just went dark...

and these really strong winds came in,

so from...

out of absolutely nowhere,

we found ourselves in the middle of a raging storm.

I want to study the world...

to see how things are connected.

Are you interested in anything else than flowers?

Mathematics,

geometry, biology,

astronomy.

My father taught me everything.

What about arts?

Art...

is a tool

in my research.

A tool?

Yes.

We're making a map of everything.

We?

I need to learn how to paint.

Oh yes, I mean, these are very decorative, I must say that, though.

- They're studies. - Studies? Studies of what?

I didn't mean to decorate.

MESSAGES FROM THE UNSEEN WORLD

ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

Excuse me, where are you going?

The technical school for artists.

For painters.

The women's entrance is in the back.

A little mistake there, miss.

We've had a few very talented female painters here

since we started the ladies' section a few years ago.

Some really artistic things.

Look at this from last year.

You can't even tell it was painted by a woman, can you?

No.

Can you?

Teacher's pet.

Did you see that?

- He's coming... - She's mad.

Draw what you see.

We're less interested in your fantasies.

My fantasies?

Aren't those things real?

Miss Klint, a word, please.

So what does Hilma want to learn here?

I want to understand the secrets of life.

And everything else too.

I'm Anna.

- Nice to meet you. I'm Hilma. - I'm trying on a new dress.

Do you want to come along?

- They live on Kammakargatan. - Which way?

I think it's this way.

Oh no. Women only.

Use the front door, young man.

All right.

Go on in. Enjoy.

You're ridiculous.

I have my ways.

Lots of these outfits.

One for this season.

Excuse me.

SPIRITIST SCRIPTURES

Hilma, what do you think? Isn't it gorgeous?

- It's beautiful. - Look how it moves.

- Thank you so much. - It's perfect on you.

I love it.

Take one.

- Thank you. - We publish them monthly.

Here. Would you like one?

It's my sister, Mathilda. She's the editor.

- It's our magazine. - Thank you.

It's on Spiritism.

Cornelia does the drawings. I do the writing.

- I do. - You never told me you're an artist.