Cold Trail (Köld slóð)

Are you leaving?

ehh... I...

I'll be in touch.

Baldur speaking.

Now?

Can't we send someone else?

All right, I'll do it.

What the hell do you think you're doing? Don't you know who I am?

He's done nothing wrong.

Any comments on the charges against you?

How the hell did the press find out about this? Get out of my face.

You can't do this to us!

Baldur, reporter from the Evening News

The Evening News, good morning.

No he's not in yet.

Hold on.

Baldur, can you take this call?

Baldur is busy right now.

So, what have you got?

The CEO's daughter... his name is Kjartan,

accused him of sexually molesting her.

We got pictures. His wife was absolutely hysterical.

A great front-page.

Come on, it's just an accusation.

His daughter pressed charges.

And you're gonna put it cross the front-page?

We're not judging him. We'll write that he's been charged - not convicted.

Why should his daughter be lying?

Anything else for the front-page?

A security guard fell to his death at a remote dam.

How did that happen?

The police says it was an accident.

Sad, but not sad enough.

Maybe not, but the locals claim the dam is haunted.

OK, good. You cover that.

DEATH AT A DAM

ABUSED HIS OWN DAUGHTER

You don't have a problem with this?

What? There is nothing untrue there.

How's your story going? Have you interviewed any ghosts?

One third of Icelanders believe in ghosts. Are you saying they're all wrong?

So? Do you believe in ghosts?

No.

But I think there's more to this world than meets the eye.

A few of us are going out for coffee.

I was wondering if you wanted to come?

No.

You sure know how to treat a lady.

Did you sleep with her?

Don't start!

Oh, shit. Hi, Mom.

I'll be there in five minutes. I'm in the car.

I forgot to take Mom to her tango class.

Sorry for being so late.

Haven't you missed half the lesson?

Don't worry about it, dear.

I know all the steps anyway.

Did you choose a color for the kitchen-ceiling?

Yes, I was thinking of having it light brown, to match the tiles.

Are you sure you have time? - Yes...

I'll do it on Saturday.

Then I'll cook something nice for us.

You look tired.

Busy at work?

No, no, it's all the same.

I brought you today's paper. Thank you.

DEATH AT A DAM

Baldur Mariuson, where is he? ls he expecting you?

Where the hell is he?

Who's that?

You can't go in there. I don't give a shit about what I can and can't do

It's the CEO

Take pictures... hurry.

What the hell is your problem?

This is my problem... A public fucking execution!

We just report the truth! The truth!

You were charged by your own daughter.

You've ruined my life... Do you realize that?

Get out of here before the police arrive.

And what if I'm innocent?

Will you put that on the front page too?

You definitely had that one coming.

Thanks for the support.

Listen, there's no footage of Toti.

Toti?

The security camera just happened to be broken when he fell to his death...

Don't you find that strange?

These cameras are always braking.

Do you really think a ghost killed him?

I don't know.

The other people working there were all asleep...

...therefore none of them has an alibi.

That doesn't prove that somebody killed him.

No...

Hi Mom, where've you been? I've been calling you all day.

I'll come over when I've finished working.

Bye.

Everything alright?

I don't know.

Hi. - Hi.

What's going on? Have a seat, I need to talk to you.

I know it was difficult for you growing up without knowing about your father.

It wasn't easy for me either.

I don't know how to tell you this.

This man was your father.

What?

To“,

the man who died in that accident up north,

was your father.

DEATH AT A DAM

My father?

Was this my father?

Why are you telling me this now?

Because now he's dead.

Is that why you never told me about him? Because he was still alive?

I didn't want you to know him.

I never saw him after you were born.

Why'? - He was not a good man.

And what does that make me? I was his son, right?

You can't use, not having a father, as an excuse for everything in your life.

I'm not using it as an excuse.

I just wanted to find out who he was and get to know him.

But now it's too late!

Baldur! Baldur, dear.

I desperately have to enter the morgue.

No, I can't let anyone in.

Come on, it's very important. I know my way around the hospital anyway.

No, I can't let anyone in.

There's nothing more the police can tell the press.

He died from a broken neck. A consequence of the fall.

Any signs of foul play?

No, there's nothing that indicates that.

What about the wound on his chest?

How do you know about that?

Anonymous source.

There was a narrow wound on his chest - but it didn’t kill him.

So, how did he get the wound?

He could've hit something during the fall.

The wound wasn't lethal. He died from the fall.

Could it have been a suicide?

Either a suicide or an accident.

Either way, there's no need for further investigation.

Can I look at the file for a second?

No. You know the rules.

Thank you.

This is the Police, good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Gils speaking.

Someone just called and said he bumped into your car in the parking lot.

He's waiting for you.

Dammit, I'm coming.

Where the hell have you been? And why is your cell phone turned off'?

I need to talk to you. You've made quite the mess, Baldur.

What do you mean?

It turns out your story on the CEO isn't true.

His daughter is a troubled teenager and her accusations were false.

You can't hand me news like this without proper investigation

You're the editor...

This is a bloody mess, Baldur!

Write an apology and put it somewhere in the paper.

I have another story!

Excellent, what is it?

The death of the security guard at the dam.

Isn't Elin covering that story, which is hardly anything?

I want to go to the dam for a few days and investigate.

There's nothing to investigate.

Did you know the victim had a wound on his chest?

Yes, Elin already told me this. That wasn't the cause of death.

I'll only be away for a few days.

What's wrong with you people? This isn't a fucking travel agency!

I'll use my vacation time.

Didn’t you hear me? We have a paper to run, deadlines to meet. You're not going!

Fine, then I quit.

You can't quit. You're on a contract.

This is coming out of your paycheck, Baldur.

Baldur, what happened?

I quit this damn paper.

What's going on?

I'm going up north to investigate the death at the dam.

What? That's my story.

Elin, I found him...

my father.

Your father'? Who is he?

Toti, the security guard who died at the dam.

He was my father.

Your father'?

This is my only chance to find out who he truly was.

You won't find anything.

Everybody speaks kindly of the dead...

...especially if his son is asking.

Then I won't tell them I am his son.

Are you the new security guard?

I'm Baldur.

I'm Freyja. How do you do?

So are you giving me a ride to the dam?

Yes, we'll take the snowmobile.

Snowmobile?

You can't get there by car this time of year.

Put this on.

The jacket I'm wearing is very warm...