The Juniper Tree

The Juniper Tree is a 1990 Icelandic film loosely based on the Brother Grim fairy tale.
 * ''Directed by Nietzchka Keene. Written by Nietzchka Keene

A Twisted Tale of Witchcraft and Mysticism

Jóhann

 * She's got two legs and a nose, she's not a goat.
 * Why are you here? You don't belong here.
 * He's dead and she's gone, little girl. And we're all that's left. We're all that's left.

Margit

 * I don't want to see. Even if I could.

Katia

 * I'll sew my footprints into his coat, and he'll follow me forever.

Others

 * Katla: [to Jónas] She must have loved you very much to give you something so fine that you can't show it.
 * Jónas: You're a witch, you're a dirty witch.
 * Title card:
 * Under a juniper-tree the bones sang, scattered and shining.
 * We are glad to be scattered, we did little good to each other.
 * Under a tree in the cool of the day, with the blessing of sand.
 * Forgetting themselves and each other, united
 * in the quiet of the desert.
 * T. S. Eliot

Dialogue

 * Margit: Where did she go?
 * Katla: She became ashes and left with the wind.
 * Margit: And her sould?
 * Katla: Her sould... was tied with the heart of a bird.
 * Margit: And the tread will hold forever?
 * Katla: Until the bird's heart breaks.


 * Jónas: I come here every day so she'll remember me.
 * Margit: And if you didn't come, she would forget?
 * Jónas: Yes


 * Jónas: Don't.
 * Katla: Don't what?
 * Jónas: Don't do your work on me.


 * Jónas: You took two.
 * Margit: I only nocked it with my hand.
 * Margit: You have to pick a shell first.
 * Jónas: Where are you end your sister from?
 * Margit: It's not there anymore.
 * Jónas: It disappeared?
 * Margit: No. There aren't any people there anymore. They are all gone.
 * Jónas: Will you ever go back?
 * Margit: Katla sais we'll stay here. That we are from here now.
 * Jónas: But you can't change where you are from
 * Margit: But what if where you are from isn't there anymore?
 * Jónas: Then you can be from here, but your sister can't be.
 * Margit: Why not?
 * Jónas: Because I'm from here and I don't want here to be.
 * Margit: But she's my sister and she has to be from the same place as I am.
 * Jónas: But I don't want her to be.
 * Margit: But she has to be.
 * Jónas: No, she can't be. I don't want her to be. No she can't be. I don't want her to be. She can't be. I don't want her to be. No. She can't be. I woun't let her.


 * Margit: What's it like beeing married?
 * Katla: Do you have someone in mind?
 * Margit: No, I just wanted to know.
 * Katla: Are you sure you're not thinking of someone?
 * Margit: No.
 * Katla: When you know, then you'll know why I woun't leave Jóhann. And you will know when you will find out.


 * Margit: Jónas, Jónas.
 * Jónas: What's the matter?
 * Margit: I've seen my mother.
 * Jónas: Where
 * Margit: By the see, and on the heath. I couldn't remember before. But now I do.
 * Jónas: What dose she look like?
 * Margit: She's very beautiful.
 * Jónas: But how can she be here?
 * Margit: Sometimes people return.
 * Jónas: Is she a ghost?
 * Margit: No, she came to take care of me.


 * Margit: [to mother] This is Jónas.
 * Margit: [to Jónas] She can't speak. When people are dead they can't speak anymore.


 * Katla: You should remember I'm carrying your little brother
 * Jónas: He woun't be my brother.
 * Katla: Your father is the father. So he will be your brother.

Cast

 * Björk - Margit
 * Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir - Katla
 * Valdimar Örn Flygenring - Jóhann
 * Guðrún Gísladóttir - Mother
 * Geirlaug Sunna Þormar - Jónas