Tear Jerker / Ronja the Robber's Daughter

• Mattis' reaction to Skalle-Per's death, remembered as 'the' description of grief in Sweden. Tellingly, the clip from the movie was used by the Swedish Public Channel when they reported Astrid Lindgren's death back in 2002.
  "He has always been here! And now he isn't here anymore!"
  "Mattis, you know that no-one is allowed to exist forever. We are born and we die, that is how it has always been."
  "But I miss him!" screamed Mattis. "I miss him so much that it cuts into my chest!"
  "Do you want me to hold you for a while?", Lovis asked.
  "Yes, do that! And you too, Ronja."
  Then he sat there, leaning first against Lovis, then against Ronja and wept out his grief over Skalle-Per, who had always been a part of his life and who now didn't exist anymore.
  ^note "Han har alltid funnits! Och nu finns han inte längre! "Mattis, du vet att ingen får finnas jämt. Vi föds och vi dör, så har det alltid varit." "Men han fattas mej", skrek Mattis. "Han fattas mej så det skär i bröstet!" "Vill du att jag ska hålla om dig ett slag", frågade Lovis. "Ja, gör det för all del!", skrek Mattis. "Och du Ronja också!" Sedan satt han lutad ömsom mot Lovis och ömsom mot Ronja och grät ut sin sorg över Skalle-Per som hade funnits jämt i hans liv och nu inte fanns mer.''

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