0:00:01 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Thank you.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14GROANS
0:03:50 > 0:03:56CLOCK CHIMES THREE TIMES
0:04:00 > 0:04:03But you don't seriously expect me to lug all these, do you?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Well, what if they want to do a book signing, or something?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Well, they have bookshops in Canada.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11And running water and electricity.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14It never hurts to do a little promotion.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18I'm going to a university degree ceremony, not to a book launch.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Well, thanks for your enthusiasm.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25A man of your age has to look after himself.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Hey, now, stop that. And don't try and make me feel guilty.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I've asked you to come with me I don't know how many times.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39And nobody packs a case like good old Alice.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Well, I'll...I'll wait for your call.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46All right.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48HE HUMS
0:04:48 > 0:04:49DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Bye, Alice!
0:04:51 > 0:04:52Ooh!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:06:20 > 0:06:22You're not wearing the same shirt two days in a row.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- It's a new school, Maria. - I LIKE this shirt.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29So did I yesterday. Now go upstairs and change.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Is he coming today?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Go upstairs and change, please.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Now.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Maria, you're driving me crazy.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Maybe you'd like to help me.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Give me the goddamn ball.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:08:30 > 0:08:32DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:08:43 > 0:08:45All right, I'm sorry, is that what you want?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47I'm sorry we had to move. I'm sorry about your father.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48I'm just sorry about everything.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Is that what you want?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Why don't you be of some help and just take this up to your room?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03It's not my room. My room had wallpaper.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Right.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42This IS the address you gave me.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Yes, I know.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Well, are you getting out, or what?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Yes, in a minute.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56It's just I've travelled 7,000 miles to get here.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Do keep the meter running, if you want to.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27DOORBELL CHIMES
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Hi. You must be Emile.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Hi. I'm Nadia.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Thank you.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Oh, sorry. We were expecting you earlier.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Oh, I took the ferry from Vancouver.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I wanted to see the islands.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Couldn't bear another plane after 9.5 hours from London.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Oh, can I help? - No, no.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- It's not heavy. - Come on in.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Thank you.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31This is for you.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Oh. Thank you.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35I think you might find it of interest.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37And this is for the little one.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Thank you.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I had such a wonderful crossing on the ferry.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49The air is... I ought to get away more often.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52You should.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58London, you know, it's so crowded and there's so much traffic.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Such hard work to get anywhere.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Well, I am sorry that I was so late arriving.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07And I'm sorry that you had to wait up.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I'm usually up.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14And what about the rest - are they sleeping?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Oh, it's just Maria and I.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Oh. What about your husband - er, J...?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Jacob. - Jacob, yes.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23We split.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26That's why I moved.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Oh, I see.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Yes.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39As a matter of fact... I've just moved myself.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Yes. Can be overwhelming, can't it?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43So hard to know what to do next,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45and I can hardly bring myself to begin to unpack.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56You look so like your mother.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04And...it's very kind of you to have me to stay,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06especially under the circumstances,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and my letter coming out of the blue like that.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Sure.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13And I'm sorry that I...
0:13:14 > 0:13:16..haven't been more in touch.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17I wanted to...
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Look, I've got to get up early in the morning,
0:13:20 > 0:13:21so I'm gonna head up to bed.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23You can just make yourself feel comfortable,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25and I'll see you in the morning.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- Oh. Well, thank you. Goodnight. - Goodnight.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Oh...
0:13:30 > 0:13:32FOOTSTEPS RECEDE
0:14:45 > 0:14:48BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:03 > 0:15:05If you wanna be a writer, you've gotta get started.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10This should really be Freddy's. He's the writer.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Freddy's mechanical.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19I need him here with me. He's the only one who can fix things.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21When he's not lazing around on his ass.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Why is this place so important?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32It's our land.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34It's the only thing we've got.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38You know, when the old man died
0:15:38 > 0:15:40he made me swear to take care of this place.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43I can't do it alone.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51But you could just...let it go.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57I know Freddy wouldn't mind.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Freddy loves this place as much as I do.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It's wonderful, it really is.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27BIRDSONG
0:16:33 > 0:16:35HE SIGHS
0:17:13 > 0:17:15HE MUTTERS
0:17:22 > 0:17:25What are you writing?
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Will you read it to me?
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Hang on a sec, it's not done yet.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Oh, you, you're always saying that.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37I just want to hear it.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Well... I'm not quite sure how to read this out loud.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Well, I'm sure nobody else is going to be able to read your handwriting.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46Come on.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Read it. - OK.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50I'm sure I'll like it.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Just try not to worry too much about the form, cos it's...
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Freddy, read it. - OK.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I can't believe you guys are still dicking around.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03And why is my truck not finished?!
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Huh, Freddy?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Stony liquid has infected your heart, Carl.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Stop with the fucking bullshit and get your ass outside.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Coming?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Yeah, I'm just...
0:18:34 > 0:18:37KETTLE WHISTLES
0:18:40 > 0:18:41- Morning. - Good morning.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45How'd you sleep?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Well, not too well, my dear,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50but I suppose it takes a few days to adjust, doesn't it?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Would you like some tea?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I would adore some tea, yes, thank you.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Yeah, I'm not much of a sleeper, either, with or without jet lag.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Ah. Yes, well...it can be difficult, can't it?
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Adjusting to a new situation.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07I'm certainly finding that, you know, now that I've retired.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10My London flat is disorganised,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13and Alice is determined to sort it out for me, of course.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Is Alice your girlfriend? - Good Lord, no.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20No, no, she's just my assistant, but... Has been forever, really.
0:19:23 > 0:19:24Oh.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28I'm gonna boil myself an egg.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Would you like one? - I would adore an egg, yes.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Thank you.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Yes. Four minutes, would you? If it's not too much trouble.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36No trouble.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39So, did you find anything of interest in that box?
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Sorry?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45My father's box. I saw the typewriter was out.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Oh, the typewriter. Yes, yes, I recognise that old thing.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Do you want it? - I...
0:19:54 > 0:19:56The typewriter, I mean. We have no need for it.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- It's yours if you want it. - No, you must keep it.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02No, Carl bought it, you know?
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Yes.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Yes, your father bought that typewriter, hmm.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14- Hmm. - Er, what do you need?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16- Sorry. Milk. Is it... - At the top left.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17We only have soy.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Oh, yes.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26What's the matter? You don't have soy milk in England?
0:20:26 > 0:20:29No, no, no, no, that's not it. No, I'm just curious about the packaging.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Soy beans are amongst the most common genetically modified species,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and I was just wondering in Canada
0:20:35 > 0:20:39are you obliged to put something about GMOs on the packaging?
0:20:39 > 0:20:43- What are GMOs? - Genetically modified organisms.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Oh, I wouldn't know. Uh-uh-uh-uh!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Oh, God. How on earth does this open?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Why don't you just pretend you're a guest,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53sit down, and I'll wait on you?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- Thank you. - There you are.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I've got... Here's today's paper.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Mm? Oh, thank you very much indeed.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The "Colonist"?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The "Colonist".
0:21:12 > 0:21:15All of the science and development
0:21:15 > 0:21:18and here we are still on the brink of extinction.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Corporate greed and our desperate desire for more oil,
0:21:21 > 0:21:22that will be our undoing.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26We'll kill everyone and we'll call it the fight for freedom.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28So, what - you're anti-technology?
0:21:29 > 0:21:34No, I'm not anti-technology. No, I'm more pro-ecology.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36It's all in the book.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Er...what book?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- The one I gave you. - Oh, that's YOUR book!
0:21:43 > 0:21:45It's not actually a new book.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47It's more of a reprinting of something
0:21:47 > 0:21:48that I came out with some time ago.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52It's actually the basis of my Masters thesis.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54It's about organic farming
0:21:54 > 0:21:58and a particular strain of wheat that's been very robust.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Yes. Quite a bestseller in some circles.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- What are you laughing at? - Nothing.
0:22:07 > 0:22:08You should read it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11It's just easy to tell you're a professor, that's all.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Oh.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Oh, was I lecturing you?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Er, so, when is the ceremony?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Saturday. Saturday evening.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27And I hope you might come.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Maybe. I...I mean, it's a mess.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I don't know if I want to leave Maria alone.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Well, no, it's hardly a ceremony for a babe in arms.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- She's ten. - Ten?!
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Mmm.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- I thought she was a baby. - No.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I brought her that little fluffy toy.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52It's a good thing ten-year-old girls like fluffy little toys.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Why are you sitting out here?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Huh, wonderfully brisk, isn't it?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Yeah, but you'll catch a cold. It's quite damp. Here.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Thank you.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25I just thought I'd put it to some use before you threw it out.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Right. Well, you'll probably need this, then.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Thank you.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Anyway, I have to step out for a couple of hours,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37so if you want to go for a walk or anything
0:23:37 > 0:23:39there's a spare set of keys on the mantel.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Just lock up behind you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Maria's got her own set, so she can let herself in.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Thank you. - And I'll see you later.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00CAR DEPARTS
0:24:05 > 0:24:07EMILE TYPES
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Oh, hello.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Your mother's gone out. I expect she'll be back soon.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24I'm Emile, your great-uncle.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Great-Uncle Emile.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36I don't suppose you've seen one of these before.
0:25:38 > 0:25:39It's a typewriter. I found it upstairs.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Your mother wants to throw it out, but I'm very fond of the old thing.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46There's a lot of history in a machine like this.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Er, I'm just staying for a short while.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54I'm going to get a degree, an honourary degree, at the university.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56I'm a scientist.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Do you like science?
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Nor me, really.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Hey. - Hmm?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14How's it going?
0:26:14 > 0:26:16This is 62 Wellington, yeah?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Is it? Yes, I think it is.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Yeah, I'm just gonna grab some supplies, dump 'em in the yard.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Maybe you could let the lady know I'll be back in a bit to start.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Yes, yes. All right.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33- Hi. - Hey.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- What's all this? - It's painting gear.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- For? - Painting your house.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I'm Tom.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Oh, right. Well, Tom, I didn't hire a painting company, so...
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Oh, well, I got the paperwork right here.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47I'm supposed to get started right away, supposedly.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49According to who?
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Ah, the guy's name...he's in Vancouver, Jacob something.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Here we go.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56I don't want the fucking house painted.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- What about my contract? - I don't know.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Talk to the guy that hired you.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Well, I did talk to him and he asked me to paint your house.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Well, he's not paying for me.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07If you don't mind me saying so, you know, I've taken a good look
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and I'm thinking it could use a little fix-up.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I didn't ask for your opinion
0:27:11 > 0:27:13and I certainly don't need any favours from anyone,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15especially my ex-husband, thank you very much.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Well, you could pay for it and then no-one would be doing you a favour.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Could you just get your stuff and get out of here?
0:27:22 > 0:27:23OK, just back up a second.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Seriously, like, I turned down other work for this job.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Now, you know, give me a fucking break, come on.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- I'll do it myself. - No, no, no, no.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Don't touch my gear.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I just asked you to get your shit and leave.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Perhaps you should leave.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Oh, I can handle this, thank you.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44You got five minutes to get off this property or I'm calling the cops.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46A contract's a contract. I'm keeping the dough.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10I'm gonna miss this place.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Well, that's because you got most of the easy jobs around here.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37England.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39It's a long ways away.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I really don't know if I deserve it.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51I think you have more talent than you give yourself credit for.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55I don't know that that's true.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08I don't think this farm will ever let me go.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12You love it here.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Just like Carl.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24PAPER RIPS
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Don't do that.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Don't ruin it.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36You were a beautiful writer.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I remember I couldn't always decipher everything.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50I used to look at your notebooks while you were sleeping.
0:29:51 > 0:29:52You wrote on the edge of the paper.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55You just kept scribbling everything out.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01As if you'd stop breathing if you didn't get your ideas onto the page.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05I never had your gift, I just never did.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08You should have been the one to leave.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27We have company.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32No. Not for three days.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35No. No, of course not. Of course not. It doesn't need it.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38It doesn't need anything. No.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I'm not gonna have this conversation right now.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Hold on. Maria, your father wants to have a word with you.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48There is nothing wrong with this house.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50Hi.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53I left the window open, for Christ's sake.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57She told her father the roof was leaking.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04You can tell him to call back later, we have company.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06No. Yeah, I'm fine.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10Yeah.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13OK, just hold on a second.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15He wants to talk to you.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Excuse me.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24No, that's not what she said.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I don't need your help. I don't need your help.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28I didn't ask for it. It's not your little architectural project.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Do you like school?
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I wasn't much good at school when I was your age.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Of course, it was different where I grew up.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Not many people around.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Do you know, I had to walk six miles every morning just to get to school?
0:32:49 > 0:32:52This was in Saskatchewan. That's where I was born.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Do you know where that is?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Course, it wasn't that long ago,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02but, you know, out there in the winter, oh, in the prairies.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Very difficult to get anywhere.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10Horses - they were better to use, horses, than go in a car.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13And then when the drifts got really high,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16then it was impossible to go to school at all and we didn't.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Think of that.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22I know I don't sound as if I come from Saskatchewan
0:33:22 > 0:33:23or anywhere in Canada, for that matter,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26but that's because I speak the Queen's English.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I'm just as Canadian as you are.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Like Queen Elizabeth, the queen of England.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Of course, she's queen of Canada as well, you know, she's on the stamp.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35And she's on the coins.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39And she's the head of state, after all,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41which is why I sound as Canadian as the queen of England.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43HE LAUGHS
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Hey. Did you excuse yourself?
0:33:46 > 0:33:47- Excuse me. - Thank you.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Sorry.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Can I get you anything else? - What? Oh, no, thanks.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06No, that was delicious.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08No, it wasn't, it was terrible.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Thank you.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Ah.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31CARL: Why are you always writing in that goddamn book?
0:34:36 > 0:34:39You know, I gotta see what is so goddamn important
0:34:39 > 0:34:41that it takes up all your time.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45So, you tell me what you're writing, I'll give back your little book.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49It's just a letter to Emile.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Yeah.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Yeah, you keep writing him.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56How many letters have you gotten back?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Hmm?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Yeah, exactly.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05Not one.
0:35:05 > 0:35:10So...why do you keep wasting your time?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Why are you so miserable?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19What - are you sick?
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- I... - You what?
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You hardly even talk anymore.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I miss him.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28You miss him? What - you think I don't miss him?!
0:35:28 > 0:35:31He's my brother too. You act like he's your fucking girlfriend!
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Just fucking leave me alone.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Please.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Listen to how fucking pathetic you are.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40You're fucking disgusting.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46You're a fucking asshole, Carl!
0:36:24 > 0:36:25I meant to write to you.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29I really did.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33I never knew he treated you like that.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37And what could I have done at the time?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Someone had to stay.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Someone had to take care of the place.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50I never knew.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51I'm sorry.
0:37:17 > 0:37:18What can I get you?
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Well, I just wonder if there was anything I could do.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23No.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Well, thanks for dinner, again.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29You're welcome.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36Look, I'm sorry if my visit comes at an awkward time.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38I couldn't possibly have known about Jacob.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Nah, it's fine.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I can stay in an hotel, if that would, um...
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Look, you can do what you want, I'm the one who asked you to come.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49If you don't want to stay here, that's fine.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44ALARM RINGS
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Shit.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07HE GROANS
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- Are you all right? - Oh.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Yes, I'm sorry.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Oh, you're welcome to turn that on if you want.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20It gets a bit chilly in here.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24I don't think the thermostat's working, that furnace is pretty old.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Well, you should get it fixed.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Well, I don't know anyone. We just moved, so...
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Well, what about that painting fellow?
0:39:33 > 0:39:35He seems quite handy.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37Oh, that's true.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I should probably call him anyway, I was pretty rude.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Did you know my mother?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Well, er...not well.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01I admired her a great deal.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Your father was a lucky man.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20I don't know anything about my family.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Just what's in a few boxes.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28That's not much.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Mmm.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I guess my grandma must have packed these up after the accident.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37There was some newspaper clippings on the top.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41It's what they sent to the orphanage.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Oh, they called it the home,
0:40:44 > 0:40:45which is kinda funny cos it wasn't supposed to be my home,
0:40:45 > 0:40:49it was... I wasn't supposed to be there very long, just till you came.
0:40:53 > 0:40:54I didn't mind it, at first.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59They were all very nice to me, very kind.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02They told me all about you, how they tracked you down in England
0:41:02 > 0:41:04and they contacted you and...
0:41:06 > 0:41:11..you were supposed to be there soon to pick me up and take me with you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Sometimes if I couldn't sleep at night
0:41:14 > 0:41:17I'd even imagine myself as one of those kids in those books,
0:41:17 > 0:41:21you know, with you in one of those dusty old libraries
0:41:21 > 0:41:24and secret passages, places to hide.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Visits to the castles in the summertime, I don't know.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33But you never came.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36I'm sorry.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Are you?
0:41:41 > 0:41:42Because I am.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I really am.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52I mean, you seem like a pretty nice guy and I could try and like you,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54but I don't trust people.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58And you did that to me.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04I mean, I'm sure you have your reasons,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06but I don't really care to know what they are,
0:42:06 > 0:42:08I just wanted you to know that...
0:42:08 > 0:42:12there was a little girl waiting for you a long time ago.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16And you left her waiting.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20And she's gone.
0:44:11 > 0:44:12Did you do that on purpose?
0:44:13 > 0:44:14Sorry. Didn't see you.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16What are you doing? Are you nuts?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Hey, you got a pick-up, don't you?
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Yeah.
0:44:23 > 0:44:26Would you mind running these down to the dump for me?
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Why? What's wrong with your car?
0:44:28 > 0:44:30I got ten more. They won't fit.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32It will cost you.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Don't push your luck. I hired you, didn't I?
0:44:50 > 0:44:52FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I don't know why I hold on to all this shit.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04I shouldn't have come. I'm sorry, I thought it would be different.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06How?
0:45:06 > 0:45:08- What do you mean? - How would it be different?
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Oh... I don't know.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13I just wanted to meet you.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15And Maria.
0:45:15 > 0:45:16Oh. Well, you did.
0:45:17 > 0:45:19What do you think?
0:45:19 > 0:45:21- I don't know. - What did you expect?
0:45:21 > 0:45:25Well, I'm not sure. Look, I'm sorry, Nadia.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Sorry for what?
0:45:27 > 0:45:30God forbid you to actually stick around and get to know us.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32- Do you want me to leave? - Why did you come?
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- I came to see you. - No, you didn't.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38You came here for a stupid award. Maria and I were just an excuse.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44That's not true.
0:45:53 > 0:45:54HE GROWLS
0:46:07 > 0:46:09I don't understand what's so special about this stupid truck.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12Always the fanbelt.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14I've come to say goodbye.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19You know he makes me replace something just about every week
0:46:19 > 0:46:21whether it needs it or not?
0:46:21 > 0:46:25Just to satisfy some goddamn obsession.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28Freddy... I've come to say goodbye.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Yep. Hey, don't get yourself dirty, all right? I'll be done in a sec.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Can you throw your stuff in the back?
0:46:38 > 0:46:39Hmm.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41I'll be back.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Yeah.
0:46:46 > 0:46:47You know I will.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07ENGINE IDLES
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Hey...need some help?
0:47:17 > 0:47:19You know, when I was younger...
0:47:19 > 0:47:21I was so good with engines.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25On a farm, of course, farmers had to be able to fix everything.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27My brother, my younger brother, he was the mechanic.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Everything worked on that farm because of him.
0:47:30 > 0:47:31Nothing he couldn't fix.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Taught me everything I know. KNEW.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35So, can you hear it?
0:47:35 > 0:47:38- Yeah. - It's idling oddly, isn't it?
0:47:38 > 0:47:40- Here, let me, yeah? - Oh, please.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46ENGINE REVS
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Oh...you've done that before.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Yeah, I've been around engines my whole life.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56- Yes, thank you for that. - No problem.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01I should get back to work.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03She's not going to be happy with the progress I've been making.
0:48:03 > 0:48:04Would you let me help?
0:48:04 > 0:48:06Er, no, that's OK, I got it.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09No, I insist. I want to do something useful.
0:48:10 > 0:48:14Obviously, my mechanical skills are a bit rusty, so please put me to work.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18Yeah, yeah, OK. Yeah, I could use a little hand.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20I'm just gonna get going on these posts here.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27There's that one.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29Yes.
0:48:30 > 0:48:31You know, we used to have to paint
0:48:31 > 0:48:34our house in the prairies once a year.
0:48:34 > 0:48:37There was very little shelter from the elements, and so...
0:48:38 > 0:48:41..the buildings would blister in the sun in the summer,
0:48:41 > 0:48:44and peel in the wind and the snow in the winter.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46I've not done this for a long time.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Have you ever done this before?
0:48:57 > 0:48:58No.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Do you want to try? Hmm?
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Yes. You just hold that.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Dip it in the paint once or twice.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Lift it out and don't let it drip.
0:49:11 > 0:49:12Lift it out. Good.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15And then just roll it gently onto the surface there.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Good. Well done.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Look, I've got a helper.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Very good. Good.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31- Oh! - Shit!
0:49:31 > 0:49:33- Oh, never mind. Never mind. - It's OK, I'll get it.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35I'll get it.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37- Shit. - Easily done.
0:49:37 > 0:49:38Happens to the best of us.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42I'm not paying you to paint the sidewalk, I hope.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46- Sorry about that. - It was all my fault.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49No, I splattered this paint rather carelessly on the stairs
0:49:49 > 0:49:52and gallant Tom came to the rescue.
0:49:52 > 0:49:52Thank you.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55They didn't have any cold ones, so I'll put the rest in the fridge.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59- Excuse me. - Thanks.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01You guys are painting in the rain - you're idiots.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03It just started raining.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04Hey, sweetheart.
0:50:11 > 0:50:12- Cheers. - Cheers.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16- Strange woman. - Mmm. Mmm.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- Yes. - Is she your daughter?
0:50:19 > 0:50:22- Er, no, no. Niece. - Has she always been like that?
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Well, I'm only just getting to know her myself.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Yeah. Well, you and me both.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32- Oh! - It's OK. Don't worry about it.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Don't cry over spilt paint.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37TV PLAYS
0:50:47 > 0:50:49What are you doing? I thought you had homework.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55I thought maybe we could take Emile for a drive before dinner.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57I'd like you to come.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59I don't wanna come.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02Well... TURNS TV OFF: ..you're coming.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05I was watching something.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14DOORKNOB RATTLES
0:51:14 > 0:51:15Maria, open up.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19NADIA KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:51:21 > 0:51:22What's wrong with going on a little drive?
0:51:25 > 0:51:26Sweetie?
0:51:26 > 0:51:29SHE KNOCKS
0:51:29 > 0:51:31- Open the door. - Go away.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34It would be nice - it would be the three of us.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38He's your uncle. He's got nothing to do with me.
0:51:38 > 0:51:42- He's your uncle too. - I don't care. Go away!
0:51:42 > 0:51:44Open this goddamn door or I'll break it down.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Are you really my uncle?
0:52:26 > 0:52:27I'm your great-uncle.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30What's a great-uncle?
0:52:31 > 0:52:33Well, he's great.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35Better than an ordinary uncle.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36Very funny.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41Well, a great-uncle is the brother of your grandfather.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44- So you're my grandfather's brother? - Yes, that's right.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47What was his name?
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- Carl. - Did he die, or something?
0:52:54 > 0:52:55Yes, a long time ago.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58Is that why my mum never talks about him?
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Yes, she was very young at the time.
0:53:04 > 0:53:05A long time ago.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- You're not going to wash your hands? - Beg your pardon?
0:53:10 > 0:53:12Don't you think you should wash your hands?
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Oh!
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Yes, I suppose so.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Yes, silly of me. Thank you.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36That may be the last bit of work you do.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Well, writing's a different sort of work.
0:53:44 > 0:53:45Oh, really?
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Well, I guess you would know, hmm?
0:53:55 > 0:53:58You're the scholar, I'm just the common labourer.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00That is not what I meant.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02No, of course not.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05It's simply that at university I'll not be doing a lot of manual work.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10You sound like an old man.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Will you get out of here?
0:54:13 > 0:54:17- Sorry. - No, I...no, I'm sorry.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20I...I...um...
0:54:24 > 0:54:26I must have been talking to myself.
0:54:29 > 0:54:30How come you came here?
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Well, I came to get an honourary degree at the university.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36But really I just wanted to see your mother.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39And to meet you.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41What if we hadn't moved here from Vancouver?
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Oh, well, then, I would have...
0:54:43 > 0:54:45stayed in Vancouver and seen you there.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Vancouver is so cold compared to this place.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50Oh, well, it seems very nice here.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52It's boring.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54It's the retirement capital of the world.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58What's so funny?
0:54:58 > 0:55:00You know, some people say that getting an honourary degree
0:55:00 > 0:55:03is like getting a retirement gift.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04See? What did I tell you?
0:55:04 > 0:55:06Hmm.
0:55:08 > 0:55:09You're right, Maria.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13So, my mum wants to go for a drive.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18Oh, driving around can be very dull.
0:55:19 > 0:55:20There wasn't any mention made, I suppose,
0:55:20 > 0:55:23of stopping for ice-cream or beaver tails?
0:55:23 > 0:55:25Beaver tails?
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Yes. They're those great big doughnuts, really.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32You know, covered in cinnamon and lemon juice, sugar.
0:55:32 > 0:55:33Mm, they're awfully good.
0:55:33 > 0:55:35I said I wasn't going.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- You don't want to go? - Do you?
0:55:39 > 0:55:43Well, I'd go if we could stop for beaver tails.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Then I guess I'll go too.
0:55:46 > 0:55:47Good.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51Well, then, I'll go and get ready and see you downstairs.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06- Good? - Mm-hm.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18Ooh.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Shall we sit down here?
0:56:25 > 0:56:27You know, when your mother gets back, we should go and find the beach
0:56:27 > 0:56:30where the big ships pass through the channel.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34It's marvellous watching large ships drifting by on the horizon.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42You know, when I was young
0:56:42 > 0:56:45there was a man from Finland who missed his home so much
0:56:45 > 0:56:49that he built a ship right in the middle of the prairies.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52- Is that true? - Yes, of course it's true!
0:56:52 > 0:56:56A huge wooden sailing vessel.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Identical to the ones that he remembered from the fishing village
0:56:59 > 0:57:01where he came from.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04What was he going to do with it?
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Well, he dreamt of using the river system
0:57:09 > 0:57:13all the way up to the Great Lakes and then through the St Lawrence
0:57:13 > 0:57:18and then across the Atlantic...back to Europe.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Did he ever make the trip?
0:57:22 > 0:57:23No, afraid not.
0:57:23 > 0:57:24Why not?
0:57:26 > 0:57:29He died...before the ship was finished.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32That's sad.
0:57:33 > 0:57:34Yes, it was.
0:57:36 > 0:57:41But a lot of people went a bit crazy out there in the prairies.
0:57:44 > 0:57:45It can be pretty lonely.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05ENGINE IDLES
0:58:06 > 0:58:07HE COUGHS
0:58:14 > 0:58:15Freddy!
0:58:48 > 0:58:50Should we take Emile to the park?
0:58:51 > 0:58:53I want to go to the beach.
0:58:53 > 0:58:55Why do you suddenly want to go to the beach?
0:58:55 > 0:58:57Well, perhaps we might see some ships.
0:59:44 > 0:59:47Hey!
1:00:07 > 1:00:08Oh!
1:00:08 > 1:00:10- Ah! - Are you all right?!
1:00:10 > 1:00:12Ah, yes, I... Ah!
1:00:12 > 1:00:13If I just sit here for a moment I'll be fine.
1:00:13 > 1:00:15I think we need to get you home.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17No, nonsense. No, I just tripped, that's all.
1:00:17 > 1:00:19- I'll be fine. - Are you sure?
1:00:19 > 1:00:21Maybe you should rest tonight.
1:00:21 > 1:00:24Look, I just tripped. I'll be perfectly fine in a moment.
1:00:24 > 1:00:25Well, a man your age
1:00:25 > 1:00:28shouldn't be running around on these rocks anyway.
1:00:28 > 1:00:31Oh, will you stop talking about me as if I belong in some museum?
1:00:34 > 1:00:36- Here. - I tripped, that's all.
1:00:36 > 1:00:39Well, you just sit here. I'm gonna go get the car. I'll be right back.
1:00:44 > 1:00:46Is it hard getting old?
1:00:46 > 1:00:48I told you, I'm not old.
1:00:49 > 1:00:52- You're older than me. - Well, how old are you?
1:00:52 > 1:00:55Ten. And what does it feel like being ten?
1:00:56 > 1:00:58I don't know - fine, I guess.
1:00:58 > 1:00:59Well, now I'll tell you a secret.
1:01:01 > 1:01:04It isn't how old you are on the outside that matters.
1:01:04 > 1:01:07It's how old you feel on the inside.
1:01:10 > 1:01:12And do you know how old I feel on the inside?
1:01:12 > 1:01:15- No. - I'm ten years old, just like you.
1:01:15 > 1:01:16- Really? - Yes, really.
1:01:18 > 1:01:22But on the outside, what's the hardest thing about getting old?
1:01:23 > 1:01:26All those things you haven't managed to do.
1:01:45 > 1:01:47- DOOR OPENS - Hey.
1:01:47 > 1:01:49- Hi. - What do you need?
1:01:49 > 1:01:52Nothing. I just came to let you know I'm gonna pack it in for the day.
1:01:52 > 1:01:54- Oh, how far did you get? - Pretty far.
1:01:54 > 1:01:56I should be able to finish it up tomorrow. Next day at the latest.
1:01:56 > 1:02:00- Any luck with the furnace? - Oh, yeah.
1:02:00 > 1:02:02I put a new filter in there. It's blowing like a chinook now.
1:02:02 > 1:02:04Oh, great. Can I get you a beer?
1:02:04 > 1:02:06Yeah.
1:02:09 > 1:02:12So, how much do I owe you?
1:02:12 > 1:02:14Oh, you can pay me when I'm done - we'll talk about it.
1:02:14 > 1:02:16Just so you know, I'll be counting the hours.
1:02:19 > 1:02:20Course you will.
1:02:22 > 1:02:24- But thanks. - You're welcome. Thank YOU.
1:02:27 > 1:02:28Let me get that for you.
1:02:29 > 1:02:31Cheers.
1:02:37 > 1:02:39What brought you here? You got family here, or what?
1:02:40 > 1:02:42My grandma was born here.
1:02:42 > 1:02:43Hmm.
1:02:44 > 1:02:46Smells like Grandma's doing a little cooking.
1:02:48 > 1:02:49You're welcome to join us.
1:02:49 > 1:02:53No, no, no, no. No, I don't want to impose. I didn't mean that.
1:02:53 > 1:02:56No, no, you wouldn't be imposing. Well, we're having an early dinner.
1:02:56 > 1:02:58I wasn't sure what time you were gonna finish up.
1:02:58 > 1:03:00- Really? - Yeah.
1:03:00 > 1:03:02Pasta? Sure.
1:03:02 > 1:03:03OK.
1:03:03 > 1:03:08Maybe I'll just fly home and...clean up a bit.
1:03:08 > 1:03:09- OK. - Yeah.
1:03:09 > 1:03:12See you in, I don't know, half an hour?
1:03:12 > 1:03:14Yeah, I just live up the road. We're neighbours.
1:03:14 > 1:03:16Oh.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21GAME PLAYS ON COMPUTER
1:03:21 > 1:03:23What...? Oh.
1:03:23 > 1:03:25HE TUTS
1:03:33 > 1:03:34Maria, take that computer inside
1:03:34 > 1:03:36and finish your homework upstairs please.
1:03:36 > 1:03:38I don't have any.
1:03:38 > 1:03:40I was just showing Uncle Emile how it works.
1:03:40 > 1:03:44Well, stop bothering him. He's got his speech to finish, honey.
1:03:45 > 1:03:47She's not a bother.
1:03:48 > 1:03:50You can come inside and help me set the table.
1:03:53 > 1:03:54Did you hear me?
1:03:56 > 1:03:57When I ask you to do something, please do it.
1:03:57 > 1:03:59I'm sure you don't ignore your teachers like that.
1:04:02 > 1:04:03I'm not asking you twice!
1:04:04 > 1:04:06DOOR CLOSES
1:04:06 > 1:04:07Should we do it together?
1:04:13 > 1:04:17Here. Set a fourth place. Tom's gonna join us for dinner.
1:04:17 > 1:04:19You mean Tom the painter?
1:04:19 > 1:04:21Yes, Tom the painter.
1:04:21 > 1:04:23What for?
1:04:23 > 1:04:26Because I invited him.
1:04:26 > 1:04:28I'm not sure that I can stay for supper.
1:04:29 > 1:04:31I thought the ceremony wasn't till eight.
1:04:31 > 1:04:34Well, that's right, but you don't think that I've come
1:04:34 > 1:04:37half the way across the world to arrive just 15 minutes before.
1:04:37 > 1:04:39It's a bit of an ordeal, you know.
1:04:40 > 1:04:42I wouldn't know.
1:04:43 > 1:04:46And I don't want to insult the university people
1:04:46 > 1:04:50by arriving late, and they're sending a car.
1:04:50 > 1:04:52Well, look, maybe I can just start the meal with you.
1:05:05 > 1:05:06KNOCK AT DOOR
1:05:06 > 1:05:08Come in.
1:05:11 > 1:05:13Oh.
1:05:15 > 1:05:17Now, careful, that's very warm.
1:05:18 > 1:05:20Are you excited?
1:05:21 > 1:05:23Not really, no.
1:05:24 > 1:05:26Why not? You should be.
1:05:26 > 1:05:29Hmm? Yes, I suppose you're right.
1:05:29 > 1:05:31You don't win awards every day, you know.
1:05:31 > 1:05:34Well, this is a degree, my dear, it's not an award.
1:05:34 > 1:05:36Well, you don't get degrees every day either.
1:05:36 > 1:05:38And some people never win anything.
1:05:39 > 1:05:41Yes, you're right.
1:05:44 > 1:05:45Here. Let me help you with that.
1:05:54 > 1:05:55There. Much better.
1:05:55 > 1:05:57Yes. Thank you.
1:05:57 > 1:06:01Yes. And my shirt is very grateful.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03My dad can't iron his shirt either.
1:06:05 > 1:06:06Do you get to see your dad?
1:06:09 > 1:06:12Not so far.
1:06:12 > 1:06:15I'm supposed to spend some weekends over there.
1:06:15 > 1:06:16Oh, well, that will be nice.
1:06:19 > 1:06:21I think my mum hates him.
1:06:21 > 1:06:24I don't think I'm ever getting back there to see him.
1:06:24 > 1:06:26Oh, I'm sure you will.
1:06:28 > 1:06:30I hate her.
1:06:30 > 1:06:31Oh, my dear, you mustn't say that.
1:06:31 > 1:06:34I'm just being honest.
1:06:34 > 1:06:35Well, sometimes when you're honest, you know,
1:06:35 > 1:06:37you can hurt other people's feelings.
1:06:37 > 1:06:39Are you always honest?
1:06:41 > 1:06:43- Usually. - Really?
1:06:46 > 1:06:47Well, I might tell a little lie
1:06:47 > 1:06:50to try and get out of something that I didn't really want to do.
1:06:59 > 1:07:02So it's OK to lie once in a while?
1:07:02 > 1:07:05I'm not sure I'm the right person to answer that.
1:07:05 > 1:07:06Have you told a lot of lies?
1:07:06 > 1:07:08Oh, not a lot.
1:07:22 > 1:07:24Please sit down.
1:07:24 > 1:07:26Thank you.
1:07:28 > 1:07:31Well, it's a bit of a relief finding you.
1:07:31 > 1:07:33I didn't think Nadia had any relatives living.
1:07:34 > 1:07:37And if we had known earlier, we would have contacted you.
1:07:37 > 1:07:38I've been living in England.
1:07:39 > 1:07:41Why didn't you contact us?
1:07:42 > 1:07:44Well, I had no idea where she was.
1:07:44 > 1:07:48I assumed that she was still living with her mother's family.
1:07:48 > 1:07:51They took her in, you know, as a baby after the accident.
1:07:51 > 1:07:56Well, her grandmother has died... and she's all alone except for you.
1:07:56 > 1:07:58Sorry to hear that.
1:07:58 > 1:08:00Do you have any children of your own?
1:08:00 > 1:08:01No, I haven't.
1:08:01 > 1:08:04Do you have any experience with children?
1:08:05 > 1:08:07Well, no, not really. Why do you ask?
1:08:08 > 1:08:10Standard questions.
1:08:10 > 1:08:14I feel like I'm being interrogated or interviewed.
1:08:16 > 1:08:18Well, what makes you think you can raise her?
1:08:19 > 1:08:21Oh.
1:08:23 > 1:08:26No, I'm here to rent out my farmland.
1:08:26 > 1:08:30I just thought it was an opportunity to look in on her.
1:08:30 > 1:08:32I've no intention of taking her away with me.
1:08:32 > 1:08:34Oh.
1:08:34 > 1:08:36Single parent families are not allowed on our campus,
1:08:36 > 1:08:38it's as simple as that.
1:08:39 > 1:08:41Well, I'm afraid I've misunderstood, then.
1:09:18 > 1:09:20NADIA: Maria!
1:09:22 > 1:09:24Come on, I think it's time for dinner.
1:09:34 > 1:09:35Did you hear me?
1:09:35 > 1:09:38Yes, I heard you. We're coming!
1:09:39 > 1:09:41Well, your car will be here soon. It's getting late.
1:09:41 > 1:09:43Yes, I'll be along in a minute.
1:09:46 > 1:09:48What's taking you so long? Is he all right?
1:09:48 > 1:09:50We were talking.
1:09:51 > 1:09:56Oh. Well, you're gonna make him late, and dinner's ready.
1:09:56 > 1:09:58- I wanna go. - Where?
1:09:58 > 1:10:01To the award ceremony, where do you think?
1:10:01 > 1:10:04You've got school tomorrow, and Tom's here.
1:10:04 > 1:10:07You mean Tom, the guy who's slopping paint all over our house?
1:10:07 > 1:10:09That's not very nice.
1:10:09 > 1:10:10Why can't we go?
1:10:10 > 1:10:13We're not gonna have this conversation right now.
1:10:13 > 1:10:14Now, get downstairs.
1:10:21 > 1:10:23So maybe if Tom's not busy next weekend
1:10:23 > 1:10:25we can do something with your room.
1:10:25 > 1:10:26Great.
1:10:26 > 1:10:28DOORBELL CHIMES
1:10:28 > 1:10:31Mmm. That'll be my taxi.
1:10:31 > 1:10:33- I better go. - I'm coming.
1:10:34 > 1:10:36Where do you think you're going?
1:10:37 > 1:10:38Hey. Maria!
1:10:50 > 1:10:52You get back here, young lady.
1:10:52 > 1:10:55Maria, perhaps you should listen to your mother!
1:10:55 > 1:11:00I'm going! I'm going with Uncle Emile and nobody's gonna stop me.
1:11:04 > 1:11:07I'll be with her. It'll be all right.
1:11:08 > 1:11:11Where is it, anyway?
1:11:11 > 1:11:13The university auditorium. It's the main hall.
1:11:13 > 1:11:15You don't have to worry.
1:11:15 > 1:11:17I'm sure it will be fine.
1:11:21 > 1:11:23Do up your seatbelt.
1:11:42 > 1:11:44Ah, she'll be all right.
1:11:45 > 1:11:46How would you know?
1:11:48 > 1:11:49Just trying to help.
1:11:50 > 1:11:52I don't need your help.
1:11:55 > 1:11:57You don't spend a lot of time with people, do you?
1:12:00 > 1:12:02I don't need any advice about my daughter.
1:12:02 > 1:12:04Well, I... Fair enough.
1:12:04 > 1:12:06I'm just saying, she'll probably be all right.
1:12:06 > 1:12:09You know, I think... I think the old guy will look after her.
1:12:10 > 1:12:12Well, he's not responsible for her, I am.
1:12:17 > 1:12:18Where are you going?
1:12:20 > 1:12:22Oh, I'm gonna go to the goddamn ceremony.
1:12:28 > 1:12:31Hey, listen, you don't have to leave. I'll be coming right back.
1:12:31 > 1:12:33You want me to stick around and do the dishes?
1:12:33 > 1:12:35- Sorry. - It's all right.
1:12:35 > 1:12:38I'll be back tomorrow, finish up the work for you.
1:12:39 > 1:12:40- Thank you. - Thanks for dinner.
1:12:42 > 1:12:43Right.
1:12:55 > 1:12:58ENGINE FAILS TO START
1:13:17 > 1:13:18My car won't start.
1:13:18 > 1:13:22- Yeah, I noticed that. - Why are you smiling?
1:13:22 > 1:13:24Well, I just...I saw your uncle tweaking it the other day.
1:13:26 > 1:13:28Can I have a lift? Please.
1:13:28 > 1:13:29Mm-hm.
1:13:29 > 1:13:31Thank you.
1:13:40 > 1:13:42I'm awfully glad you're coming to this do.
1:13:42 > 1:13:45It wouldn't have been much fun on my own.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48Can we go to that place in Saskatchewan sometime?
1:13:48 > 1:13:51Oh, maybe your mother will take you one day.
1:13:51 > 1:13:53But I want you to take me.
1:13:53 > 1:13:55Oh, I've not been for, oh, years.
1:13:56 > 1:13:59- Because you live in England? - Yes.
1:13:59 > 1:14:00Do you have your own family in England?
1:14:00 > 1:14:04- Oh, no. - Then why do you live there?
1:14:04 > 1:14:05Well, it's my home. I've lived there for 40 years.
1:14:07 > 1:14:08Well, where's your family?
1:14:09 > 1:14:11Well, YOU'RE my family.
1:14:11 > 1:14:13You and your mother.
1:14:13 > 1:14:16- That's it? - Yes. Afraid so.
1:14:16 > 1:14:18Then you should come and live here with us.
1:15:07 > 1:15:09TYRES SCREECH
1:15:09 > 1:15:11CRASH
1:15:16 > 1:15:18SIGHS HEAVILY
1:15:36 > 1:15:39It was always humiliating being your younger brother.
1:15:41 > 1:15:43Half the time, you spoke to me as if I were your son.
1:15:45 > 1:15:47I hated your condescension.
1:15:55 > 1:15:56Why didn't you say something?
1:15:58 > 1:16:00Why didn't you talk to me?
1:16:03 > 1:16:05How was I supposed to know how you felt?
1:16:06 > 1:16:08As if I could say ANYTHING to you.
1:16:10 > 1:16:11You were a bastard!
1:16:13 > 1:16:14It's so pathetic to stand here
1:16:14 > 1:16:16and listen to you cast around for someone to blame.
1:16:20 > 1:16:21I hate you.
1:16:22 > 1:16:24I always hated you.
1:16:27 > 1:16:28That's fine.
1:16:35 > 1:16:40..We'd like to present you with this degree for all your contributions.
1:17:03 > 1:17:05Thank you very much. Thank you.
1:17:09 > 1:17:12Madam Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, thank you.
1:17:12 > 1:17:14I'm just so overwhelmed today.
1:17:21 > 1:17:25Occasions like this mark our lives - all our lives...
1:17:28 > 1:17:29..whether we're young people
1:17:29 > 1:17:32receiving a degree for which we have worked very hard indeed,
1:17:32 > 1:17:35or an old man like myself receiving a degree
1:17:35 > 1:17:37for which he didn't have to do anything.
1:17:38 > 1:17:40You never took care of Nadia, you coward.
1:17:46 > 1:17:49We're all reminded of the events and the people...
1:17:50 > 1:17:53..who brought us to this place, to this moment.
1:17:59 > 1:18:00You never had the guts to see her.
1:18:02 > 1:18:04Year after year, she lived alone and miserable.
1:18:12 > 1:18:14Hey, Carl...
1:18:16 > 1:18:17..go easy on him.
1:18:20 > 1:18:21He's wasted everything.
1:18:24 > 1:18:27So often, we waste an opportunity like this.
1:18:27 > 1:18:30We struggle alone most of the time
1:18:30 > 1:18:33and then we forget to thank those who helped us, those who supported us,
1:18:33 > 1:18:38those who were there for us even when we were crabby and ungrateful.
1:18:38 > 1:18:42Or perhaps even when we neglected our responsibilities.
1:18:49 > 1:18:50You're a coward.
1:18:53 > 1:18:55There's nothing cowardly about loving her.
1:18:57 > 1:18:59He doesn't deserve her love.
1:19:04 > 1:19:07I deserve a chance...a chance...
1:19:13 > 1:19:16..to speak from the heart.
1:19:18 > 1:19:22This honourary degree is a rather belated acknowledgment
1:19:22 > 1:19:25for a thesis I first published, oh, so many years ago now
1:19:25 > 1:19:29that it seems to be from an entirely separate time of my life.
1:19:32 > 1:19:35I have spent now many years living abroad,
1:19:35 > 1:19:40and now on this long-delayed return
1:19:40 > 1:19:45I've begun to understand that time and distance
1:19:45 > 1:19:49cannot ever erase my memories of, nor my need for,
1:19:49 > 1:19:56the family that...I left behind, and in a sense betrayed.
1:20:19 > 1:20:20BABY WHIMPERS
1:20:41 > 1:20:45Madam Chancellor, your generous invitation to this occasion
1:20:45 > 1:20:47has restored me to this family.
1:20:51 > 1:20:55My niece, Nadia, and my great-niece, Maria.
1:20:57 > 1:20:59I'll never stop thanking Maria...
1:21:02 > 1:21:03..and her mother...
1:21:04 > 1:21:06..and you all.
1:21:31 > 1:21:32Hey. Come here, you.
1:21:39 > 1:21:41Congratulations, Professor.
1:21:43 > 1:21:44Thank you.
1:23:20 > 1:23:23OK, you ready? You're gonna miss your train.
1:23:54 > 1:23:58When you leave tomorrow... you're not coming back, are you?
1:24:01 > 1:24:06Couldn't you just promise me that one day...you'll come back?
1:24:13 > 1:24:14Just promise me.
1:24:25 > 1:24:27EMILE: My dear Nadia,
1:24:27 > 1:24:30It's not much but it's the least I can offer.
1:24:31 > 1:24:33You can do whatever you want with it.
1:24:34 > 1:24:36I'm certain the land is quite valuable now,
1:24:36 > 1:24:40so at the very least it will mean some money for you and Maria.
1:24:41 > 1:24:44Or you may want to rebuild the house as a place you can get away to.
1:24:45 > 1:24:47But whatever you decide,
1:24:47 > 1:24:50you should know that you were born in that place.
1:24:50 > 1:24:51Hello!
1:24:51 > 1:24:53If you decide to keep it, let me know.
1:24:54 > 1:24:56I promised Maria I'd come to visit.
1:24:58 > 1:24:59All the best...
1:25:00 > 1:25:02..Emile.
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