The Girl Page #2

Synopsis: Story of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.
Genre: Drama, Family
Director(s): Fredrik Edfeldt
  8 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
69
Year:
2009
100 min
65 Views


She'll catch a bus later.

Okay, toss your stuff in the trunk.

- Does your aunt have a boyfriend?

- Yes.

I might come over one of these days

and mow the lawn for you.

You don't need to do that.

We don't usually mow the lawn.

- Have you learned to swim yet?

- Sort of.

Oh, I thought I detected

some webbing between your toes...

Got you, didn't I?

Hey, I know those two from somewhere.

I look more like her,

my hair is blonder.

- Mine's longer, so I'm more like her.

- No way.

- It's my room and my record.

- So what?

- It's my record and my stuff.

- Like that has anything to do with it!

Then let's just forget the whole thing,

and I'll go back home.

- Can't you go get some ice cream?

- Me?

Just make sure Mom doesn't see you.

So move it already, I want ice cream.

- Out with the old and in with the new.

- Exactly.

Like you can see, we need

to get rid of some of this meat.

The freezer's a mess.

''Pork roast, 1 977''...

That's pretty ancient.

Touch me, for God's sake...

What are you doing? Stop it.

You can use that.

Sh*t, we need a Benny...

- Don't you have a cute brother?

- He's away.

- Aren't there any other guys around?

- There's Ola.

What's the matter with you?

This is how I'm going to do it.

Oh my God... you can'tjust lip-synch.

Work it, show some charisma.

- Buy some glittery make-up.

- I don't have any money.

Hello, would you like

to buy some lottery tickets?

- A lottery? Sure, come on in.

- Thanks.

Whip out your wallets, boys.

It's a lottery.

Isn't this a nice surprise?

- How much are they?

- One krona a piece.

That's reasonable.

- Let's see what we've got.

- Number 18.

Sorry, you drew a blank.

- 32.

- No prize.

- 24.

- No prize.

- I have a winner: 16.

- Sorry.

Not a single prize. That's too bad.

You know what, I'll buy the whole lot.

How much?

- 48 kronor.

- You'll have to take it all.

- 8.

- Sorry.

- 33.

- Sorry.

- 27.

- Another blank.

- 44.

- Another blank.

The last ticket, 3.

No prize.

Aren't there any prizes at all?

Yes...

I can't see any.

They're at home.

All right... Give each

and every one of us a kiss,

and we'll forget

all about this trickery.

It's not too much to ask for,

when you swindled us like that.

Fraud, that's what it is.

Financial crime...

...if you've ever heard of that.

Come on.

You do it.

- Well?

- Go on!

That's what happens...

There... That's that.

You can't blame anyone else.

I mean, it was your idea.

Man, I have the worst blisters!

It's not like jumping

into water, you know...

You don't go deeper than you can see.

It's fun!

- Do you see any?

- No...

There!

Yes... I caught one. A frog.

- Is it in the bucket?

- Yeah.

Now don't fall...

- Where's your aunt?

- Out shopping.

Some food...

Hi.

- What's he doing here?

- Nothing.

- What are you doing?

- Nothing.

Doesn't look like that.

How far do we have to go anyway?

Gisela, is that Teddy guy

your boyfriend?

I see him at parties and stuff.

We're not exactly married.

- We had sex last Saturday.

- What?

He told me I was good,

but not that deep.

- Deep?

- When you get a boyfriend, you'll know.

- Like you have a boyfriend!

- I do, too...

We're keeping it a secret, that's all.

But he's really good-looking.

- Aren't you too little?

- I'm not little.

I'm young.

This is it.

Being young is more passionate.

Do you know what passionate means?

I'm not sure, but it's like love.

- Right, but not ordinary love.

- What do you mean, ordinary?

Ordinary boring love.

Like parents have.

I read that you can love somebody

because you're used to them.

I'm not used to Christer Sandelin,

but I sure love him anyway!

Do you think you'd feel

the same way if you actually met him?

Ever dry-humped a girl, Ola?

Who would you like to do it with?

- What?

- Dry-humping.

Nobody.

How old are you anyway? Like five?

- No, I'm ten.

- Then why are you such a baby?

- Isn't he a baby?

- I don't know, it doesn't matter.

You've got to prove you're not chicken.

Take your clothes off.

What? No...

Okay. Let's take a vote.

Go on!

Hey...

Do it!

Strip, Ola!

No!

No, I don't want to...

No!

Look at that dinky thing!

It's pathetic...

Look at him!

Sh*t, is he ever ugly...

Hey, don't drink straight from the tap.

Go clean up your room,

Elisabeth says it's a mess.

Not so fast...

Show me.

Nisse would a sailor be

And set off for Jamaica...

- Mom, you've got to come. Right now.

- What is it?

- Can't you manage to poop?

- No...

Goodbye.

There... Bend over.

That stings!

That ought to do it.

Just wait and see.

Check it out...

You can borrow it for your performance.

I stole it at a mall in Stockholm.

That's gross!

I'll send Gunnar over

to talk to your aunt, this won't do.

Even if she doesn't have kids,

she ought to know they need to poop.

I'M SORRY

Ola!

They're starting to sprout tiny legs.

Hey, where have you been?

That doesn't look good,

it might be infected.

You should really

go have that checked out.

It's hard to imagine, isn't it?

But that's how it is.

You're going to end up

looking just like this some day, too.

Want to check out how they feel?

''Bud-shaped''...

''Dome-shaped''...

''Pear-shaped''...

''Full sagging breast''...

''Empty sagging breast''...

Oh, are you taking a bath?

What's the occasion?

Where's that aunt of yours?

She's out.

Right... I'll go downstairs

and wait for her.

That bathwater sure looks dirty...

So, where is she?

Elisabeth says she walks around

in her underwear.

That whiskey belongs to my mom.

Hey, Tiny, don't change the subject.

Where is she?

Out shopping.

At this hour?

Isn't she supposed to take care of you?

Isn't she?

Elisabeth had to squirt

soapy water up your behind.

- She probably just missed the bus.

- Right...

You hadn't pooped for weeks.

Is that being responsible?

What were they thinking, going off

to Africa and leaving you here...

I guess that's what happens when you

want to save the whole damn world.

- Right?

- I don't know...

What kind of monkey business

is going on around here?

What do you mean?

I'm going to tell Elisabeth about this.

She'll know how to reach your parents.

And maybe you'll have to stay with us.

Jesus, what's the matter

with some people!

You bastard...

- Did you get hurt?

- What? No.

But my car...

Want me to call Ola's dad?

- He can pull you out with his tractor.

- Yeah, go ahead.

- You've been drinking, though.

- What?

You've been drinking.

Don't tell anybody that.

Especially Elisabeth.

Only if you don't tell on me.

And I want 50 kronor, too.

Hi. Sorry to bother you at this hour.

Well, nobody gets

to schedule an accident.

Hi...

Want to play some time soon?

I don't hang out

with Tina and Gisela anymore.

I'm pretty lonely.

Ola, hop in.

Don't tell anybody, all right?

Aren't you scared

when you're all alone at night?

A little... sometimes.

What are you scared of?

I'm afraid that our house

will burn down when I'm asleep.

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