Bye Bye Blue Bird

I don't suppose we could have the penthouse, madame?

Did you do the decorating yourselves?

Welcome to the Faroe Islands. We wish you a pleasant stay.

Rooms are only 300 Dkr per night.

A quick drink?

We're here to have some fun

We could put our pictures in the papers.

No, it's better to show up without warning.

Shit, I forgot to tell dad. He has no idea where I am.

Hey dad. I bet you don't know where I am right now.

Not Berlin ...

Not London either.

Actually I'm in ... the Faroes.

The land of your roots, you know.

Dad, are you still there?

But we were supposed to stay away from her! Now what do I do?

I don't give a shit about your agreement .

You were the one who promised to leave here alone. Not me.

Don't be so pathetic.

I just want to see her reaction when she sees me.

Well, you could have come up here some more with me.

Yes, I know you should have left me with her back then.

Oh, don't cry, -

you don't trust me any more.

I've got to go, daddy.

I love you no matter what. You're the best.

That's all folks.

What if I don't recognize her?

That's her.

Hi, love. Give us a kiss.

How the hell did she make a Dane come and live up here?

I'll bet he's an islander too.

Let's wait till tomorrow, eh?

So you still want to do it?

This is the first thing I remember from when I was little.

Have you tried the other way?

Welcome to the Faroes, Barba.

Hey, God.

I'm ready now.

Damn kids.

Aren't you going to tell her? - Shut up. Let me do this.

It can't be ... - Why not?

What's happening?

What are a pair of clowns like you doing here?

Anybody you know? - We might just be family.

Well, what are you trying to pull?

You'd better stop that.

Thanks for lending me these -

It's 19 years ago today.

I did like them once a long time ago.

What do you think you're doing? What's wrong, baby?

Stop that right now.

How long do you think you'll play mama this time?

"Dearest mama, I want to sleep, my eyes are heavy"

"Jesus will take care of me."

"Dearest mama, tuck me in..."

What the hell's going on here.?

Have you seen two crazy girls run past here? ... Thanks.

So you girls are looking for a ride? Yes.

I'm going up north.

So are we. We're going to see Rannvá's parents. Shouldn't we just forget the whole thing?

Well, you can come with me - if a long detour is OK with you?

Hello love. Don't bother dressing up in Faroese wool.

You'll always just be a Dane.

I love the zebra, don't you?

Yes, did you do it yourself? Yes.

What are you going up north for?

Well ... business.

So are we.

Stop. Let me out.

Are you crazy? Don't you know the air in here is dangerous?

Why the hell did you have to drag me up here?

I have nothing to do here. I'm not ready yet.

I just thought you missed them. That's all.

I didn't know ... - What the hell do you know?

No. I just don't understand: You have a good family here.

It's all right, but not too fast. I just need some time.

No problem. I've got lots of business to do on the way.

But let's get out of here before the gnomes think we live here.

You're not pregnant, are you?

I'd have beaten you up if you were.

Yes, imagine what healthy and happy kids you'd have.

This is going to take a while...

Just two points.

I thought moustaches were out up here.

Nice profile.

Did you see him? Almost too good to be true.

But he probably gets pissed every weekend -

while his wife's at home with the kids, right?

Rúni, do you also drink and fuck around every weekend -

while your wife's at home with the kids? Do you?

Blah blah. Is that all you got out of going abroad for so long?

Now look.

No, I don't want you to go over there.

Don't go. I don't want you to.

So you want to fuck with me, you no good sailor?

Are you so far gone you need two whores?

No friends left?

It's a bit late to shut up, isn't it?

You had to babble about it on the radio, didn't you?

You're done with fishing, you .. blabber mouth. What's that?

Leave my friends alone.

Do your wife's little secrets bother you?

Don't worry. She'll probably wash your bum for you tonight.

She's in that yellow car.

I can feel it.

Rúni, what was he going on about?

No idea. He's just a confused Dane who's bored up here.

I need to do something here. You can go to the village hall.

You should have gone with us tonight, Rúni. What a waste.

Your dad must be good with the ladies. Ha. They find him - not the other way around.

Brigitte, 25 years old. Slept all morning -

Smelling sweetly of sweat. She gave me chocolate all day,-

- and showed me the starsigns in the sky.

A man came and took her away, said she was his. Disappeared.

Joanne, 30, a boozer. Never slept.

She could make porridge and sing opera.

Always well dressed - I borrowed her clothes.

One day she fell ill, Perhaps from drinking.

Disappeared.

HeIene, 27, very shy.

Smelled like a mother.

Steaks and chocolate pudding every day.

Always cried when she read sad stories to me.

She said I was good at consoling her.

Her tears drove my father crazy.

She's in a closed ward now.

Are you never afraid there's a camera behind the mirror?

I often think people send evil eyes to me from their windows.

Then I have to wave at them To get rid of their spell.

When something good happens to me I hardly dare tell anyone.

That's just Nemesis.

I often imagine that I am somebody else I'd rather be.

Michelle Pfeiffer, and then she's me.

But everybody keeps pretending I'm still me.

I'll tell you if you suddenly turn into some screen bimbo.

There's a phone in the room. Who says I need to call anybody?

It's written all over you.

What the hell are you up to? What's in it for you?

Hello, this is Faroese Pool Promoters. Is your mother in?

Ok.

My little brother says she'll be gone for a few days.

Everybody's got their own thing.

You gutless arseholes! This is a bloody conspiracy!

Kill all those rich idiots! All I'm asking for is a chance!

Rúni?

I just told the truth. You'll never get rid of me!

Rúni, drive down to the village, I want to talk to somebody.

I've never talked to them before, I've only seen them from far away

Do you want to come?

Who is it? Remember: no secrets.

My mother's parents . . Grandma and grandpa.

Rúni, why don't you go for a little ride around the village?

Maybe you'll find a pub with some strippers in it?

See you later.

Nobody having anything to do with our former

daughter is welcome.

Your mother was led astray by your sinful father before getting the Lord's blessing.

And therefore her daughter is unclean.

Excuse me. Do you know what year this is?

Original sin has no age.

Probably not. But we must have got it from you, grandma.

Close the door please. It's getting cold inside.

Don't be too sure the pearly gates of Heaven will open for you.

Here's all the ungodly family.

Sweet dreams to all the things we could have done together. Bye.

Great Rannvá. Off you go now.

I think they know by now. What the hell do you know?

Don't leave us with them. No, I'd prefer real Hell.

"Thoughts in pride are in my mind, Falseness, envy, hate I feel."

"Our Father, please, be kind - "

Show me quick how I may heal."

This guy's life is probably already planned for him. He just doesn't know it yet.

He'll probably never meet someone like me again.

Do you have to flirt with everybody on the way?

We're here to have fun, remember? I've never been with a Faroese guy before.

He's a real daddy's boy on his way into politics. Probably lived his first years in Denmark -

- and now he talks too much and thinks too little.

Yeah, real Faroese don't talk much. First they think long and deep -

- then they do all they can to keep it all to themselves.

Why are you so boring? I just want to know what a Faroese guy is like.

Mama would know... though she's with a bloody Dane now.

What the hell do the Danes have to do with it? - I hope you'll have it all settled before I come back.

I just saw someone who owes me a favour.

You're not jealous, are you?

I just want to play with him.

Your father should see you now.

That was fun.

He really believes I'm Lulu from France who's lost her way.

He's good with compliments. My knees went all soft.

Why don't people just give each other compliments all day?

Like: that grim face really becomes you, Rannvá.

- Do you want to talk about it? - No.

- Rúni, come here. - Jesus.

Wait, Rúni. Do you know this guy?

Please, go over there. Well, you asked for it.

Nobody's on board till next week. Flemish Cap for three months.

Come out here.

So you're the girls dragging poor Rúni all over the country.

I know all about you girls. - Surprise, surprise.