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We're constantly asked

to do the impossible.

I don't understand a

word you're saying.

They've been on their

way for six months.

Don't be vulgar.

Come now, gentlemen.

Well, that was fun...

Are we going to eat now?

A bit later.

It seems that you've heard

the rumours too.

The rumours, yes.

But they are only rumours.

Rumours spread quickly

in the desert, don't they?

I've heard a lot of far-fetched things

about Zuluaga since I got here.

Do you know what I think?

He was an unpredictable officer.

Don't you agree?

No.

Come on, Lieutenant.

Calm down.

This is no time to get upset.

We should be relaxing and

enjoying ourselves now.

Are you going to the ball the

Minister of War is giving?

They say it'll be very elaborate.

We are all going to the ball, sir.

I hope to see you there.

Get a good night's rest, Pittaluga.

Ingeborg?

Ingeborg!

Where the hell are you?

Inge!

Mr. Milkibar!

My daughter is not here!

She is invisible!

Captain.

Captain!

Let me take care of it.

I know how to find her.

Thanks for offering, Lieutenant,

but she's my daughter.

Captain Dinesen,

I advise you not to go.

Corto won't dare to flee, not even

for your daughter's great beauty.

Pittaluga...

you're not going anywhere.

You're staying here.

We must go to the

Minister of War's ball.

Does it hurt?

It's a birthmark.

It looks like a constellation.

Or a falling star.

Where is your mother?

I have a feeling this

has happened before,

that we've been together before.

Where did you come from?

Is that man your father?

- Hello, Captain.

- Good afternoon.

Do you see how the

work's progressing?

Excellent work,

Engineer Malaespina.

Tell me, have you

seen my daughter?

- Your daughter?

- Yes, did she come this way?

- Alone?

- No...

Did you see her or not?

I didn't see her.

I didn't see her, Captain.

Could you give us some water?

Of course.

Go over there.

There's a barrel of water.

Drink as much as you can.

Thank you.

Keep digging!

Would you give him

a little water, please?

Perhaps in the mountains...

Thanks.

The time I went away,

the time I went away

My girl wished to come with me,

yes, she wished to come with me

No, you cannot go, my dear

It's to war that I am bound

And if I do not fall,

it's to you I shall return

If no danger lay in store,

I'd stay right here with you

But all of Denmark's girls

are counting on me now

And so I wish to fight,

a soldier brave and true

Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!

Zuluaga!

No, please!

Where is she?

Where is she?

Where is my daughter?

Where is she?

Zuluaga...

Where is she?

Where the hell is she?

No!

God damn it!

Rot in hell!

Ingeborg!

Inge!

Where are you?

Ingeborg!

Can you hear me?

No, no...

No. Oh, God, no.

Inge!

What the hell?

My sweet girl...

What a sh*t country!

Come here now!

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

Do you have a little water?

The water is for everyone.

Go up there.

You'll find a spring back there.

Just go over there.

Is there anyone here?

I was looking for the

owner of the house.

Well, you've found her.

Have a seat.

Do you live alone here?

Yes. Well, with my dogs

and my spring.

Please help yourself.

Eat, eat.

Did the water taste good?

Splendid.

The well is 50 metres deep.

My husband discovered it.

My husband was bitten by a snake

and died. Do you like snakes?

They're not very well liked,

but I can't fault them.

No, I don't actually

like them much.

You must forgive me,

but I'm used to talking to my dog.

It's strange for me

to talk to a man.

Are you a man?

Yes, I think so...

Where are you going?

Is it far?

I don't know.

I'm looking for my daughter.

I thought you might have seen a

blonde girl somewhere around here.

What did she look like?

Blonde...

Very young...

She was...

She is... 14...

No, 15 years old.

No.

What did my mother look like?

Your mother?

I mean, what did the girl's

mother look like?

Why?

I've always wanted to know.

She was quite tall.

And beautiful.

Unbearably beautiful.

Rather highly strung.

She was like a carnivorous plant

that grows at night,

focusing all of its energy on

the insect it wants to devour.

Perhaps she's happy.

She left us just after

you were born.

It's rather unusual for a mother

to abandon her child.

And now the girl is gone?

Yes, she's gone now too.

So it seems.

Where did she run away from?

From nowhere.

You see, she doesn't have a home.

Neither do I.

We travel from place to place.

Doesn't she have any family

she could go to?

No.

I am her only family.

All families disappear eventually,

even if it takes a long time.

They're wiped off the face of the earth.

The desert swallows them up.

I think it's for the best.

I'm looking for my daughter.

If you'd like to come back

sometime for a longer visit,

I'll always be here.

One man is not all men.

I now remember a boy...

I saw one evening after sunset.

It was an ordinary day,

like all other ordinary, dull days.

The dog was leading him.

Because dogs like

to make friends.

The little girl in me

dreams of dogs,

and wild animals and wild men.

She dreams of blood running

over the cliffs, into the sea.

But the little girl became a woman

and lives in the desert.

And she doesn't put up

with any nonsense!

What is it that makes a life

function and move forward?

I don't know...

What is it that makes a life

function and move forward?

Good morning, dear Wilbjrk.

Have you seen Henrik?

No, I haven't.

He said he was going

to the hockey game.

The dog is doing a

lot better now.

I put ointment on him and

gave him some antibiotics.

So that's a good thing.

It's the first time he's had

something like that.

I'd heard about this,

but none of my dogs had ever had it.

It's a hot spot.

A hot spot?

It's a nervous reaction

in the animal.

Like smoking?

When he doesn't

understand something,

he scratches himself furiously.

It irritates him,

and he can injure himself.

What is it he doesn't

understand?

He doesn't understand why

you go away for so long.

I'm here now, though.

I'm home again.

These creatures know a lot

more than people realise.

They make plans.

I'm going for a walk.

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