The New Land (1972)
Liv Ullmann: Kristina
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Quotes
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Kristina : I recognize it! Our apples are ripe. I'm home!
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Kristina : I'm not accepting everything you do.
Karl-Oskar : Trust me, Kristina.
Kristina : You think you're the cleverest. You never ask us.
Karl-Oskar : I ask for your advice, sometimes.
Kristina : Perhaps, sometimes, but you always do what you like.
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[first lines]
Kristina : I don't want to rock any more.
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Kristina : Aren't we there yet?
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Kristina : Let's go on. They might harm us.
Karl-Oskar : Anders says the Indians aren't that hostile.
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Kristina : Karl-Oskar, don't you ever long for the old country?
Karl-Oskar : Sometimes, maybe.
Kristina : I can't help it.
Karl-Oskar : Dearest. Wait, I'll get you something.
Kristina : Anna's old shoe!
Karl-Oskar : It helps me to remember. When I'm homesick. Maybe it can help you too. One day our children will thank us for coming here to America.
Kristina : You think so?
Karl-Oskar : I feel it. I know it.
Kristina : Maybe. One never knows.
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Karl-Oskar : Kristina, do you remember when we moved here last fall, you said it was almost as pretty as back home in Duvemåla? Maybe we could call our home here Duvemåla. What do you say to that? Or New Duvemåla.
Kristina : Just think, that I - Duvemåla.
Karl-Oskar : Yeah.
Kristina : Then we don't live at Ki-Chi-Saga any more. We live at Duvemåla.
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Robert : Kristina, you don't think I'm afraid to die?
Kristina : Everyone is afraid to die, Robert.
Robert : Not I. Death doesn't affect me.
Kristina : Shhh. You're blaspheming.
Robert : Nothing affects me anymore, not for better nor for worse. Do you know why?
Kristina : No, tell me.
Robert : I've reconciled myself to fate, that's all. Do you understand, Kristina? I'm not being haughty. On the contrary, I'm humble. I've reconciled myself.
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Kristina : You mean Ulrika? We're the best of friends.
Jonas Petter : Friends? But she's married to the Baptist priest in Stillwater!
Fina-Kajsa : Rebaptized!
Kristina : I know. But that's her business.
Jonas Petter : Then know this too: we must not communicate with lost souls. Do not open your door to this woman. With her you admit a spiritual enemy into your home. We warn you of Christian love.
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Kristina : Aren't we Swedes anymore?
Karl-Oskar : We don't belong there anymore, you know that.
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Kristina : You want to enlist to ease your conscience?
Karl-Oskar : Yes, that's right.
Kristina : What does your conscience say about the fifth commandment? Thou shalt not kill.
Karl-Oskar : That doesn't apply in war.
Kristina : The catechism doesn't say war is excepted.
Karl-Oskar : One has a right to defend oneself.
Kristina : And the man you kill? He has the same right.
Karl-Oskar : Kristina, you don't want me to do it.
Kristina : I don't want you to kill anyone. I don't want you to go into eternity guilty of bloodshed, that's why. If you take another's life, you lose your own. I don't want your soul to be lost. Take care of your everlasting life.
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Kristina : Forgive me for what I prayed for last summer. For not wanting any more children. Now Thou hast shown that it is not Thy will. There must be a God. Do you hear me? There must! c
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Kristina : I want to be your wife again. I've come back to you. Don't you want me?
Karl-Oskar : You don't know what you're doing, Kristina! You're causing pain to yourself.
Kristina : Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.
Karl-Oskar : We can't risk your life.
Kristina : My life is in the hands of the Almighty.
Karl-Oskar : It's too dangerous. How dare you?
Kristina : It's easy. I don't care about the doctor. I trust in God. If I live, it is His will. If I die, it is His will.
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Kristina : You're not to worry, Karl-Oskar. I'll soon be well. I know it. - - In the parish they're chiming the bells.
Karl-Oskar : Somebody...
Kristina : Why?
Karl-Oskar : I wonder as well. Maybe for someone who - someone...
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Kristina : Did I moan a lot?
