Tarok
- Year:
- 2013
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CATCH THE DREAM:
Based on a true story
- live from the track
in Copenhagen.
Vagn Laursen is narrowly in the lead,
with Jrn Laursen in pursuit.
Go, Jrn!
- Well, lads, what do you think?
- She's beautiful, dad!
- It's certainly a Yankee.
What is all the noise about?
- What on earth is that?
- A car.
What has happened to our little Ford?
Oh, yes... I sold it.
- Sold it? Why did you sell it?
- A Laursen should drive in style.
- Not a kilometre on the clock.
- Did you get it from Mr. Srensen?
The last of his stock.
Shall we take her for a spin?
We're just about to eat.
- Well, Your Majesty?
- But the dinner!
You can't have much to do.
After all, it is a roast, isn't it?
- Karl, what is this place?
- It's a manor.
- What are we doing at a manor?
- Well, if you can do any better ....
Welcome to Estvad!
Hello, Oxholm.
Thanks for fitting us in.
Shall we look at
what you've bought?
This is my wife.
- Torben Oxholm.
- Elisabeth Laursen.
And this is Mogens... Vagn...
... and Jrn... and Aksel. They
came into the world in that order.
I think my wife would
like to see the stables.
This way...
- You might've asked me first.
- I'll ask next time.
Yes...
And this is our horsepower.
That feisty fellow is our pride
and joy:
our stud horse, Kjeld.And this is Jens Hansen
and Otto Larsen, -
- my skilled, loyal men
for many years now.
This is Karl Laursen,
who has bought Estvad.
- You have a fine reputation.
- I hope I can live up to it.
He hasn't burnt off his energy
in the fields today.
- Or on the ladies.
- Karl! Think of the boys!
Your husband is right.
With 450 acres you need
quite a lot of horsepower.
So a good stud is an asset.
Self-sufficiency is no bad thing.
What a fine farm!
Yes, it represents years
of love and labour.
- Why sell up, if I may ask?
- My son wants out.
overwhelmed by the Americans -
- and all their newfangled ideas.
There is nothing like
good Danish horsepower.
Well, I hope not.
- We'll look after Estvad well.
- I don't doubt it.
I hope you'll be as happy
here as we have.
I am sure we will.
It must be hard,
selling your life's work.
It won't happen in our family.
None of my lads will let us down.
No, never.
- Won't we ever move again?
- No, Jrn, we're staying here.
- Race you to the car!
- Wait!
Wait! Wait for me!
I don't like profiting from
the misfortune of others.
We don't profit. We survive.
That's the difference.
Hop in!
Vagn "Ben Hur" Laursen throws his
chariot with its four mighty steeds -
- into the final, decisive battle
between the Laursen brothers.
May the boldest man win!
Last man home unshackles the horses!
After him, Jrn!
- Vagn Laursen heads for the line!
- Overtake him!
After that boy!
Vagn Laursen is the greatest!
May the emperor hail him!
You did really well.
You are my best friend.
Crikey, what a racket!
It's the sound
- How come?
- One of those is worth five men.
- Not in our family.
- No. Dad loves horses.
Not even Karl Laursen can beat
such a threat from outside.
( carol)
Now I hope He'll be on my side
with the bank manager.
- The Lord helps those in need.
- But does he pay interest?
You're buying up farms.
And estates.
Like the rest of us buy suits,
Laursen.
It hasn't been dull.
How many men and horses
have you at Estvad?
Well, a lot has happened
in the last two years.
We've 20 men and women,
counting the families of the hands.
Horses... twenty teams,
that's forty, and two studs.
Estvad is big business...
perhaps too big now.
You put up a pretty big bond
when you bought it.
And you haven't made
a single payment.
Prices are falling and
it is hard to increase yields.
What are you going to do about it?
Buy a palace?
I was thinking of expanding.
Taking over the next farm.
They have ten good horses
I can get it cheaply.
With a bit of help from my bank.
- Thanks for the cigar.
- It's Christmas.
The presents don't buy themselves.
So if you'll draw up the papers...
The bank can't help you, Laursen.
The bank has been happy
to do so for the last ten years.
- You must think of the future.
- Oh, that?
Denmark's farmers have
not kept up with the times.
- You must use the latest methods.
- And we don't?
Horses are history, Laursen.
They must be replaced by machines,
and you must use chemicals.
- They increase yields.
- I'm not using poison in my fields.
You may have to. And you can get
financial aid... from the Americans.
The Americans?
Why would they help me?
To get the wheels turning.
Marshall Aid, they call it.
Isn't that just another term
for dependency?
Well, Laursen, what do we say?
He'll be looked after, Jrn.
Jrn!
Please drive carefully!
It'll be his last ride, too.
- Why?
- We're going to the abattoir.
Kjeld! Kjeld!
Let me go! Let me go!
Kjeld, they're going to kill you!
- Stop it!
- Help! Help!
- Are you mad, boy?
- You lied to me, you lied to me!
I never said where
that horse was going.
No! Don't do that!
Can't you see the boy is upset?
Jens was right.
Dad is powerless.
Do you think Dad has lost his dream?
Yes.
I'm not going to when I grow up.
I saw this film once
So their promises would last forever.
I promise you, Jrn Laursen, -
- that I will make
my dream come true.
And I promise you, Vagn Laursen,
that I will make mine...
... come true too.
- And we will always help each other.
- And our family.
This will sting a bit.
Jrn, aren't you going to come down
to suffer with the rest of us?
Jrn?
Yell as loud as you can.
It'll keep the lice at bay.
Chin up, boys! You look like
a couple of undertakers.
- What do they do?
- Bury people.
- Horses, too?
- Your father couldn't help it.
Who can help it, then?
It's not as easy as you two think.
Shall we hear what is on the radio?
I have my horse,
I have my lasso...
- Ready for a surprise?
- Yeah!
- Bring on the horses!
- Has Kjeld come back?
They are real horses!
May I introduce Kingo and Marian!
We're going into harness racing!
- What do you know about racing?
- As much as I knew about farming.
Nothing? Like everything else
you throw us into?
I know about horses, for a start.
We need a name for our new stables.
Those in favour?
Why after the stallion?
Why not the mare?
I vote for Stald Marian.
- You can't call a stables that!
- Why not?
Well...
What if we put Kingo and
Marian together? Stald Kima?
I can live with that. Can you?
Those in favour!
That's decided, then.
More hay?
Yippee yippy yay! Stald Kima's
bold steeds head for the start!
Everyone fears the Laursen brothers!
Go, Vagn!
The Larsen brothers are in the lead.
Time for the Laursen brothers to eat.
Go and wash your hooves!
Here's to Stald Kima!
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