La grenouille et la baleine (1988) - full transcript

- You feel OK, my sweet?
You want me to drive?

- : Stop it!
I'm not due for eight months!

- YEAH!

Have you ever

seen any place so beautiful?

My father was right.

Taste the salt, the sea air!

Don't you feel the power?

- Can't beat it.
- If you

Love me, your love

Winning tide



On the open sea

Where breakers crash

And tall ships dash

- You should sing on the radio.
- Really?

Thanks a lot.

And you'll love
to hear this song

From me

- I could switch it off, I mean.
- Some people. Jealous!

Somewhere...

Julie, stop!

Down there.

By the rock.

- Michael...
- Go on back to the village.

Get help. We've gotta hurry.



GET OXYGEN!

- A child's drowning!

A child's drowning back down
the road, maybe half a mile!

- "Three sharp breaths

"into the mouth...

"making sure

that the air is penetrating."

- A child's drowning!
I need help!

- Don't worry.
It's just my sister.

- "Second... necessary...
to clear the air passages."

"Third...

"As quickly
as possible, get the...

"get the victim...

"the victim out of the water
and back to the...

solid ground."

- Miss!

- Yes?

- What if I said
I've seen a child drowning?

- Oh, dear.

Well, this must be
your first visit here, right?

- Please, be quiet!

Hello.

- Hello.

What are you doing?

- I'm recording.

- Re... recording what?

- Recording my whale.
They're singing!

Don't believe me?

- Well...
- Listen for yourself, then.

Put your ears in the water.

Both ears.

- Both ears.

- Did you hear it?

- I'm afraid not.

- Listen.

Try with them.

- Are those really
whales singing?

- Not just whales, humpbacks!

Oh, humpbacks have humps,
but they also have bumps...

on their nose!

Like pickles!

It's sort of cute.

- It's astounding.
You'd think they were

right here next to us.

- They're at least
3 or 4 miles away.

In the water, you can hear

more clearly. Sound travels
better there than in the air.

Really!

- I never heard
anything quite like it.

- It's music.

- You know, I thought
you were dead.

- What?!

- How'd you get to be
such a good swimmer?

- I was born in water.

It must've come naturally.

I swam before I crawled,
Mom says.

- You're a mermaid.

- I don't have a tail!

It's Grandpa!

Grandpa Toby!

- Ah!

- Grandpa Toby!

- Oh!

- Tadpole! Look at you.

- Did you arrive today?
- The day before yesterday.

- Came back home
with the whales.

- Put the rest of the gear
on board. I'll be right there.

- That's my friend.

His name's Michael.
- Hmm?

- Michael, come here!

- Huh?

Hello, sir.

- You look to me
like a Longworth.

Ted's side of the family.

- Yes. He's my grandpa.
- Ah ha ha!

- You're from here, then?
- My father came from here.

- Oh, you've gotta
stay longer this visit!

- How about a month?
- Great!

- I brought
that television crew.

They chartered my boat to make
a film about the humpbacks.

- There are a lot of them here,
you know. At least six already!

- You've seen them?
- I heard their songs.

They're out around New Island.

- You'll come have a look?

- Promise.

- I never knew
whales could talk.

- Well, they can.
They tell each other stories,

funny ones

they've been telling
100 million years.

Sometimes, they tell each other

about where the ships are going.

Or often, they talk
about their children.

- Come on. How'd you
learn all that?

- I listen.

Grandpa Hector!
- Hello, Tadpole!

Enjoying your vacation?
- You bet!

- Good morning.
- How are you, sir?

- Michael's staying for a month
at Old Manor. Him and his wife,

they're both here!
- Ah.

- How many grandpas do you have?

- Oh, he's not
really my grandpa.

Neither is Grandpa Toby.

They're brothers.
Old Manor over there

belongs to Grandpa Hector.

My mom and dad have worked
for him since I was little.

- And Grandpa Toby?
- Oh, he's a captain.

He's been sailing forever.

He sailed his boat
around the world

at least 10 times already!

- Oh, and he takes the lead!

- This is a tree,
one of our bonsais.

It's small,
yet almost 12 years old.

- You mean it stopped growing,
that's it?

- It won't have stopped growing,
it's just that it--

- Julie! Julie.

- Excuse me.
- It's OK.

- : That's Julie.

- Oh, she's pretty!

- Oh!
- Did you worry?

- A bit, but people told me
what was going on.

I hear they call you Tadpole.
- Yeah.

- Just wait 'til
you see our room.

- You wait 'til
you hear our humpbacks.

- Oh, here! Take the recorder.

OK, see you later!
- Great, thanks.

- Bye. What is this?
- Listen.

- Daphne!

Now, what have you done?

- I didn't do a thing, Mom!
It was his idea to save me.

- It's beautiful.

- What are you up to?

- I'm doing a test.

- It's... it's...

it's... it's...
- It's special.

- Yeah, right! It's special.
Let's see. There's one I...

No, no.

Now, this one.

- You hear that?

- Looks good.
Two more will be fine. OK?

Liz, time to add the carrots.

Start with those and call me
if you want more. OK?

- Thank you.
- Smells good, but...

the guests come first.
- I could save a little for you!

- Lorraine...

Could we talk for a minute?

- OK. Girls, I'm leaving
for a minute.

- Elvar!

Elvar...

I love you.

Yes, I do. And we were
just talking about you.

- Lorraine, I've made
an important decision.

- You've finally
decided to get married?

- I've decided
to sell Old Manor.

- Sell Old Manor?

- I'm sure that you'll like him.
He's fun!

His name is Michael.

Can you say Michael?

Michael. Michael.

Try to say Michael
after me, Elvar.

Michael!

Nope, not I love you.

Michael.

Oh, you're hungry, huh?

- She's not moving a bit,
so she has to be dead.

Suddenly, she jerks up,
dripping wet,

hair covering her face!
She says,

"Quiet!" And starts
to laugh that wonderful laugh.

- You fell in love, I suppose?
- Yeah, I fell...

in the water, though.
- Your top's inside-out.

- Oh.

Then she showed me
how to listen to the...

What are you doing?

Oh, neat.

You think maybe...

- He hears it?
- Uh-huh.

- Could be. Listen.

- It's great, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

- It sounds like the voice
of a heartbroken mermaid.

Let's go!

- That way?

- Oh.
- You're hopeless.

- Coming or not?
- Sure, I am.

- Look!

You wanna see them or not?
- Right, OK!

- Come on. She told me Elvar
comes north in the summer,

and goes south every fall.

I guess both he and Daphne
go back to schools again

after the holidays are over.
- How old is he?

- He was 11 in March.
- Michael! Look at the flower!

- He was 11 in March.

Same as Daphne.
- It's beautiful!

Smile. Oh, good one!

- Are you listening?
- Yeah, sure.

- No, you're not!
- OK, I'm sorry! Go on.

- Well anyway, he was 11
in March, same as Daphne.

And she's sure they were
both born on the tenth.

- Michael, come on!
- Why do I bother?

- Wait!

You may as well take the time

to smell them. Come closer!

Smell!

Super, huh?
- Hm. Sure, great. Come on.

- No! Take my picture, will you?

Our picture.
- Smile.

- Cheese!

- It's time to go.
Let's not keep her waiting.

I think it's over that way. OK?

- Michael! Listen!

You could at least wait for me!

- Oh!

Thank you! Thank you, Elvar.

Oh!

I want you to meet Michael.

He's over there. Go on over.

Go say hello.

- Hello.
- Hello.

- Ah!

- Hi.

- Aww!

- Look at this!

He's laughing at me!

Hey, you!

- : Aw, look!

- It's an enormous project.

They want to put in
a golf course

and build a huge new marina
down in the cove.

They've even asked for a permit
to operate a casino!

- What have you done, Hector?

Those businessmen
don't belong here.

You built all this.
Your whole life's here!

- Exactly 40 years of my life,

working like the devil...
on my own.

Toby shipped off,
went his own way.

Life is short, Lorraine.

I lived mine here.

Can't I go my own way?

- Of course you may.

- Could you please have a word
with John about all of this?

I hope the children
will understand.

- Poor Daphne won't.

She's in for a terrible time.

- You hear that?
- Look! There they are.

Nice going, Daphne!

- Hang on!

Great!

Good for you!
- Go!

- She's super!

- Oh, what's Elvar
doing now? Look!

- Aww, look at him!

- Wow!

Keep it up! Bravo!
- Yay!

Move it! Faster!

- Come on, Elvar!
- Come on, Daphne!

Ha ha! Look at her!

- Wow!
- Don't let go!

- Ah!

- Well?
- Fantastic! Isn't she great?

- Hi.
- Hi.

This is Anne. She's a biologist.

- How do you do?
- A-ha! You're Daphne's rescuer.

- Well, news travels faster on
land than it does through water.

- Hello!

- Hello, Tadpole. Well?
- Well, what?

- Did you make
some good recordings?

- Nope, not a sound!
I sat there on the water

for two hours. Nothing!

They didn't come out
with so much as a peep today.

- Oh.

Hey! You're teasing, aren't you?

You got something?
- A lot.

The cassette's in my bag.

- Hey!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
- He won't bite.

Dolphins never bite anyone.
- I hope not,

with chompers like that!
Oh! Did you see that?

One sniff and he snatched it.

- But he didn't sniff it.
He saw it.

Dolphins can't smell anything.

Elvar!

- They also have limited vision
and navigate by echolocation.

- Woo! Ha ha ha!
- Which means that

they emit these little clicks,

up to 1200 per second, like bzz,
which are reflected back

as an echo.
- Oh, like bats do on land.

- Right! The clicks help them
tell where they are,

how far away things are,
even the form

and density of solid objects.
When you're in the water

with a dolphin, he can see
through you, as if you'd

been x-rayed!
All of your organs,

even bones, he sees them.

- Hey, look!

- Oh, bravo!

- Then if I got
in the water now too,

Elvar could tell I'm pregnant?

- Are you pregnant?
- Uh-huh.

- Oh. Well, sure he would.
Elvar would know right away.

It's the first time
a bottlenose dolphin

has been spotted this far north.

This summer is the 7th
we've seen Elvar.

He's become a genuine
phenomenon for us.

We've had specialists come here

from all over to verify
his presence, but no one

can explain why he keeps
making the journey.

- Well, the reason is Daphne.

- But the most intriguing thing

is the cove is Elvar's domain.
Once he's moved in,

he won't move out all summer.

Sometimes Daphne's tried
to lure him out to sea,

but he just won't hear of it.

- Lorraine told me.

It's got me puzzled.

Why sell when business is good?
This year, we've had

more tourists than--
- Than ever.

It's my chance to sell,

when I can see
you're provided for.

You'll all be able to stay
in your old positions.

- I'm glad we'll be protected.
I'm not interested, though.

What would I do
on a golf course?

Or in a casino?

- : Daphne, look!

- Hi, Grandpa!

- I dread having
to tell Daphne about it.

Poor old Elvar.

If they build
that marina in the cove,

one thing's for sure...

we won't see him anymore.

- Thank you and welcome
from our whales.

As you may have heard,
humpbacks love music.

This evening, they've asked
you all to a free concert.

Since our stage was so small,

I've recorded them for you.

- It's a poem.

A poem no human being
could write.

Sheer loveliness.

I wonder if he can hear it.

- I hope he can.

- I can't bring myself
to believe it...

...that soon, we might leave.

- I just happened to see her.

I don't know
how long I watched her.

It was almost like

looking at a statue.

She stood like this,

concentrating.

But when I spoke to her,

she said she had
to capture the sun's energy

when it rises. Strange, huh?

- Some girl, huh?

- I believe
she's more than that.

- You'll see. Just wait.
- OK. I'm ready.

- Hear that?
- No. Is she there?

- Yes. Like last time, Anne.
What I don't get is

how come you don't hear it?

- No, not a sound.

- How can I hear something
if you don't?

She's snoring now.

Ugh! Your naptime's finished!

You've gotta get up!
You're sleeping on the job!

Told you she was there!

- Right!

- Ugh! She's as stubborn
as Elvar.

You should've heard
yesterday's lesson!

I couldn't catch on.
I had to play

that note the whole morning!

- Didn't much like
the note you played her?

- No. She just didn't like

where I played it.
- Oh, I see.

- She's stubborn.

Listen.

Did you hear? She's much better.

- Yeah, but you'll
catch up, Tadpole.

You have a great
music teacher there.

- The greatest!

And the biggest.

Her name is B Minor.

- Well, we have another

fine turnout
for our tour program,

and this morning, two choices
are possible.

Namely, a boat tour

for the seafarers among you.
You'll accompany

me on Old Manor's cruise ship
on a tour out to sea.

And we'll probably spot
a whale or two today,

with any luck.
- Are we gonna see the whales

that make all that funny music?
- Oh, we'll try

to come up with oodles of whales
that make that music!

Now, for those
whose feathered hats

are wind resistant...

...you might want to go

on a bus tour
with our guide, Bernard...

...to a peninsula

near here that is
the nesting ground

of a colony of puffins.

- There's another path over
there that leads to the inn,

and over there we started
on a playground.

- Are you going out
on the boat today?

- You'll make a sailor
out of me yet, hmm?

- Well, I won't give up easily!

- Daphne...

Can I talk to you for a second?

- Sorry Grandpa.
If I'm not there in one minute,

Alexander will
have an infraction!

- Infarction!
- Anyhow, he'll have a fit. Bye!

- Hi, Daph.
- Hi.

- Hey, you've got
to listen to this.

- Well? Not bad
for the ending, eh?

- Got something
that sounds more punchy?

- Yeah, but you might get mad

if I played it.
- Why?

- I taped you singing
with that Madonna record!

I'm pretty sure
I hid it in here.

Well, well! Here it is!

Yup, this is it! Ow! Take it!

Oh! A roar of thunder!

An air raid warning.

- Is our speech recorded?
- What do you think?

Walt Disney...

- Hello!

That's Michael and Julie.

They're super nice!

- : Well anyway,
come here.

Oh... this one is perfect!

Great, huh?
- We're all set.

- Poor kid.

She doesn't suspect a thing.

- No.

Her Mom says they'll
break it to her soon.

- Someone better
break it to Elvar.

- Michael!

- If he tells her,
maybe she won't feel so bad.

And it concerns him too.

- A madman!
I'm married to a madman.

- Meet you on the pier.
- OK.

Hey! You meet me
in good time, huh?

I wanna see some
of those famous whales up close!

- OK! OK!

Yoo-hoo!

Where is he? Elvar!

Elvar! Come here, boy.

Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hoo!

Oh, hi! How are you?

Wait, where did you go?
Oh, good. Now, listen.

I've gotta talk to you. The inn,
Old Manor, it's up for sale. OK?

Up for sale.
You know? Hey! Hey, no!

Come back! Elvar!

Oh, this is important!
Listen, boy. Old Manor,

it's up for sale. Wait.

I love you too, but... no, wait!

Don't! Oh, he's playing.

Don't play! It's important!

Get back here.

You've gotta tell Daphne.

All right, I can see you!

Oh! Oh, good.
Now... now, listen to me.

Listen to me. OK?
Come on! Old Manor is...

Ugh! Son of a... Hey, you!

Elvar!

Old Manor is about to be sold.

You have to find a way
to tell Daphne so she won't

be too upset. You've gotta
tell her really gently.

Huh? Gently!

- Oh, boy!

I can't wait
to see Bernard's face.

- Nobody gets mad like Bernard!

He'll turn bright red,
jump up and down.

I bet his pants will fall off!

Come on, we have to get there
before they do.

- OK.

- Ah!

WAIT! NO!

WAIT!

COME BACK! WAIT FOR ME!

I blew it.

- Hello!

- : Hello!
- The boat left you behind?

- : Yeah!

- My father's got
a lot of nerve.

Hey! Want to go with us?

- Go where?
- Where Bernard's tour is going.

- On a picnic?

- Nope, just to have fun.

Coming?

- : What are you two
giggling about?

- : What do you
have in the bag?

Oh, we're here.

- Cut the motor, Daph.

- Hang on.

There.

- Ouch! Honestly!
Now be careful, huh?

- Don't worry. I'm not
a complete doofus.

- You OK?
- Yes! Will you let me get off?

AH! Oh, yeah.

Big joke.
- We liked it.

- I'm not hurt, in case
you care. I might have been!

- Oh, come on! We're
just as wet as you are.

- Michael, you go on up there
'til you see Bernard

and join him. But please,

you've gotta keep
as low as possible.

- See you.

Isn't this exciting?

- Have time to film a good joke
for your show?

- Hey, kids. Buzz off. Go on.

- Yeah? Well, too bad for you!

- Who's he bossing around?

- Oh, we'll get him
before he goes.

- Over there.

- Look at that one! Oh!

- Every summer, the humpbacks

leave the warm southern waters
and move back north

to our colder waters.
We estimate

their long migration
takes about a month.

- Oh, they surfaced! Look!
- Not bad!

- They head for regions
where food is most abundant.

In fact, their main purpose
in coming here is to eat

and build up their reserves,

because they may
go four months without food

when they return south.

Sailors call them

Hounds of the Sea.

- Hey, look at him!
Lord, he's huge! Look!

- Over at the starboard, which
is to the right, by the way,

and notice the white markings
on his tail.

There!
- Oh, I saw it!

- The pattern of those markings

varies from one humpback
to another.

No two are alike.

They're a little like
fingerprints in humans.

And they allow us to identify

every humpback with precision.

- From here on,
we must stay low.

As close to the ground
as possible, all right?

And don't make a sound.
The slightest noise will startle

the whole colony,
so stay low and just peek

over the crest. And madam,
would you remove

that flowered hat, please?
That could scare them too.

- : There they are!

They stopped.

- Three... two... one...

And go!

- They're trying to see
where it's coming from!

- : Ladies
and gentlemen!

Today, we're talking

with Mrs. Polly Finfeather!
Hello, Mrs. Finfeather!

- : Hello!
- Mrs. Finfeather, what do you

think of all these tourists?
- That pair of rascals!
- Come on, more!

Some days I like them,
some days I hate them!

Especially when they come
and bother us right at mealtime

We don't go stare at them
when they're eating!

And I don't like them when they
scare our babies either!

That really upsets me!

Don't they know they could
bring on a nervous breakdown?

Or even an infraction!

Oh, that's a booboo! Grandpa
told me it's not an infraction!

- It's good enough.
- What's more,

they'll tramp around anywhere!
Some of them even step

on our eggs! Tell them to watch

where they're going, Bernard!

And you watch where you put
your big feet too!

- Ho ho!
- Ha ha ha ha ha!

- Oh, blast!

- That's super!

- You can't touch me!
My arm's broken!

- Just you wait,
you little pest! You're gonna

pay for this! You've made

fun of me for the last time!

Come back here!

Daphne!

Daphne! You can't

get away this time!

Come back here!
- Oh, blast!

- Hey, wait!
- You know, if you don't stop,

I... oh!
- Daphne!

Daphne? Where are you?

Where are you, Daphne? Come on!

Oh!

Daphne!

Daphne, what are you doing?

No, Daphne! Come back here!

You can't get away again! Wait!

WAIT!

Hey, no fair! Daphne!
- Hey, stop!

Get off that! Hey! Hey!

- No!

No, come back!
- Wait, get back here!

Wait!

Some of our stuff's in there!

- Then come and get it!

- Blast!

- Bye-bye!

See you at home!

- Before you work yourself
to death, I brought you

a little lunch.
- Oh, thanks. That's nice.

Have you noticed by now

-- oh, I suppose
you must have --

that Daphne can hear a lot more
than the rest of us?

- Oh, yes. No question.
I first caught on

when she was only four.
Our dog Suzie, you knew her?

- Mm-hmm.
- Well, they played together

all the time then,
and that's when I noticed

Daphne and Suzie'd suddenly
freeze at the same moment.

Now, I hadn't heard a thing,
but in time, I learned

to look up to see the car,
'cause every time

they'd do that,
one would appear,

which they heard long before me.

- You know, this summer,
it's two years

that I've worked with Elvar, but
Daphne's also been fascinating.

Would you let me

give a special
hearing test to Daphne?

- No problem.

- It would help
to verify something.

It's extraordinary.
If she can make out

the sounds she says she can--
- You know biology,

but you don't know children.
Show me an 11-year-old

that has a poor imagination.

Take what Daphne tells you

with a grain of salt, Anne.

- Hello, Grandpa!

Good thing I got it before it
drifted right out to sea.

Must've got loose
while your TV crew lay around

getting a tan. Ah, these

landlubbers, huh?

You don't believe me?

- No! Not a single word.

- You're pretty hard to fool.

- There.
- Grandpa, Anne was telling me

that a long time ago,
the very first dolphins

and whales lived on land.
- She's right, Daphne,

but that's a long,
long time ago.

- Maybe years from now,
we'll be living underwater.

In kindergarten, I used to say
I'd marry Elvar someday.

- Oh, I remember!
You even asked Father McKenzie

if he could swim.

Tadpole, that reminds me
of a story.

A few years ago, I was
chartered for an expedition

off Bermuda
by a renowned professor.

Now every morning,

around about 10 or so,

we saw a school of dolphins

heading for the other side
of the island.

This intrigued us.

We set out one day

to follow them.

We moved towards them

slowly...

and we saw something so curious,

it was unbelievable!

There were 11 dolphins

standing on their tails
in a circle.

Can you imagine? In a circle!

Looked like they were
holding a meeting.

Then, when they heard us,

they turned and looked
straight at us, but...

they didn't move away.

It was incredible!

Never saw anything

like it in all my days.

Of course,

nobody ever believed us though.

I did this,

but I've always been sorry
I didn't have a camera.

- But they hold lots of meetings
like this, Grandpa.

- And how do you
know that, Tadpole?

- Elvar. He's been telling me
their secrets.

- What secrets?

- I'll tell you
when you're young enough

to understand, Grandpa Toby.

- Gee, all that equipment
you have must weigh a ton

at least, huh? Yeah.

Guess this is
sort of a nuisance, huh?

That Daphne's a riot, isn't she?

Hey, give her a break!
Imagine if your dinghy had come

undone by itself.
You'd have lost it! This way

you know it's safe, at least.

OK, boys. Push off.
That's the way.

- Grandpa, what's a nomad?

- A nomad is someone

who's always moving around.

Never stays in one place.

- Like you, huh?
- Like me...

or Ulysses.

- Ulysses?

Who's he?

- The greatest sailor
of them all.

He lived long ago.
He's just a legend nowadays.

- Did he live
when whales could walk?

- Not quite.
- Did he have

neat adventures?
- Mm-hmm.

The neatest adventures
you could imagine.

You know, in those days,

sailors believed in the sirens.

They were mermaids with
bewitching voices.

They sang so beautifully

that the sailors who heard them
lost their minds,

and the ships
crashed on the rocks

and sank without a trace.

Ulysses, he was smart.

When he neared their island,
he ordered all his men

to plug their ears with wax

so they didn't hear them
singing. Then he had his men

tie him down
to the mast of his ship,

and that was how Ulysses

was able to hear
the siren's song

without being
lured to his death.

- Those sirens were
pretty good singers, then.

- Or maybe they were
humpbacks, Tadpole.

- It's Alexander.
- Hmm?

You're right.

Uh-oh.

Looks to me like you're
gonna have visitors.

- Those guys?

- Mm-hmm.

- Uh-oh.

- Here, grab the rope!

OK. We're coming aboard.
- Well, good afternoon.

- What's good about it?!

Where is she?

- Where is who, son?

- Come on, Captain.
That pest, Daphne!

- Ah.
- She took

our Zodiac at New Island,

and now it's back here!
It couldn't come back by itself.

- I haven't the faintest idea

what you're talking about.

Maybe if you'd stop squinting
like that and look me...

- I'm not squinting!
...in the eye, we can hold

this conversation man to man.
What do you think?

- Now, listen! Did we or did we
not take a Zodiac to do

some filming on New Island?

- You did.
- Well, a little girl

that you know--
- Wait. Before you go any fur--

- Just tell me
how our Zodiac got here!

- Ah! You want to know
how your Zodiac got here.

- Yes! It didn't just drift back
here! I mean, someone must've--

- You know, it's funny
you should say that.

Some Zodiacs are equipped--
- There she is! Hey, you!

- Hey! Hold it! Hey!
- Come back here!

- Come here!
- Have a nice day!

- Come back here, Daphne!
- - : Be good, now!

- You're not gonna
get away with this!

- Bye! Bye!
- We'll miss you!

- See you later!
- Been nice knowing you!

- Suppose he could pull me?

- That's up to him, I guess.

Yes, Elvar. Very good.

Go to Michael.

- Hello!

Hello, Elvar.
- Go, Elvar! Go!

- Oh, whoa!
- What's your nails!

He has sensitive skin!
You mustn't scratch him!

It'll get infected!
- Whoa!

Whoa! Go faster! Whee!

- Woohoo!
- - : Hang on!

- OK, OK!

- : Hold on

with both hands!

- : Watch out!

- Try it, Julie! Get him!
- Go on!

- Ah!
- Hang on!

- Hold on tight! Hold on!
- Look at him go!

He swims fast!

- : Nice going, Elvar!

- Hurray! Bravo!
- - : Elvar!

- What'd he say?

- I love you.

- So "eee"...

...means I love you?

- That's right.

- I love you too.
- - : Aww!

- Kiss him!

- : He wants
lots of kisses!

Aww!

- Good. Now, concentrate.
I'll transmit the signals.

Remember, wave your hand
when you can't hear them.

- OK.
- OK? Here it goes.

- It disappeared.

- I just knew it.

- Didn't I do well?

- Daphne, my dear, you are able
to perceive signals

up to a frequency
of 40 kilohertz.

- Does that mean she's sick?
- No.

- How many am I able to hear?

- Oh, we humans
normally can't perceive

much above 16 kilohertz.

- Well, Daph never has
been normal.

- And dolphins?

- 150.
- Cats?

- About 50.
- So dolphins

are the champs!
- Sorry.

Bats are able to hear
over 170 kilohertz.

- Who cares? Nobody likes bats.

- No more tests. I'm finished
with you for now.

- Is it my turn?
- Go on! You wouldn't

get past 3 kilohertz.
- What?

- There. See what I mean?

- Bye.
- See you.

- Bye.

So Daphne can hear things
the rest of us can't begin to.

- Certain frequencies, right.
- Incredible.

- I always thought
she had a gift

or a special talent, but...

I never knew how special.

At times, I think
I'm dealing with a...

phenomenal sense of hearing.

- Hmm.

A lovable phenomenon.

- Can I have some cherry pie?
- No.

- Daphne...

- Oh, there's Grandpa!

- Daphne, you must not
disturb him now.

OK?

- I'll just go tell him hello.

- Daphne!

Daphne, stop!

I said stop
and I meant it, Daphne!

You hear?!

Later, after lunch,

we'll see if they're gone.

- But if I'm quick,
nobody's gonna mind.

Who are they?
What have they come for?

Who are those men?
- I don't know.

- What's going on?!

Why are they here?

- They're making
some kind of deal.

- What kind of deal?
What do they want?

- Look, Daphne--

- What do they want?!

- They're buying Old Manor.

- They're buying it?

The inn? The boat?

The grounds?

And the cove too, then.

- Sorry.

- But it's home...

for Elvar!

Grandpa!

Grandpa!

Grandpa, no!

Wait! Grandpa!

Grandpa!

You can't, Grandpa! You can't!

- Come on, baby. Don't cry.

- He can't do it. Tell Grandpa.
Please, tell him!

- Come along, dear.

We'll talk to him tonight.

- Elvar!

Elvar!

Elvar!

Oh! Hello.

You like fish?
You love fish, right?

Well, I've got a whole pile
of them for you. Look!

Come back, Elvar!

Elvar!

Elvar!

Elvar, what's
the matter with you?

You have to eat!

Elvar?

Come back!

Elvar!

Get sick if you like.

- Yes, in the village.
- Is it far from here?

- Oh no, it's just
down the road.

- Is there a post office
in the village as well?

- Excuse me a minute.
- Oh, sure.

- Alexander?

Well?

- She's playing with Elvar.

- You mean it? She's OK?

- Oh, she couldn't be better!
- Are you sure?

- Mm-hmm.
- OK. Good boy.

- Things are bad.

- It's hard for Daphne, huh?
- Yeah.

But Elvar's even stopped eating.

- I'll have to talk to them.
- Mm-hmm.

- Daphne went off...

to be alone. If you like,

I'll take you to her.

You might do Daphne some good.

- Coming too?

- You go alone.

I'll wait for you
at the village.

- Do you feel any better?

- It's nice and quiet here, huh?

Whenever things go wrong,

I come here.

Everything will
work out, you know.

- Are you sure of that?

- Grandpa Hector
won't back down.

I've got a plan
that will stop the sale.

- Could Toby have a talk
with Hector? He's his brother.

- They haven't talked
since I can remember!

They do not get along.

I'm going to organize

a parade in protest.
I'll have the tourists

and the folks in the village.

Will you help me?

- OK.

I'd be delighted to.

- Whee!

Over the sea
we'll go sailing today

Can't you just feel

That salty spray?

As if the ocean
came pouring down

Come on, sing!

Sing along with me

This song

About the deep blue sea

La da di, la da di

What's the matter?

- Shh!

- Hey! Hey!

HEY! Hey... Daphne!

DAPHNE!

HEY!

- A humpback's gotten tangled up
in a fisherman's net!

- Know where?
- Five or six miles that way!

Just off shore!
- Come on!

So, now what?

- I gotta tell Grandpa Toby!
- How come?

- 'Cause it could panic
and start to struggle!

- What?!
- It's tangled up in a net

and if it tries to get free,
it becomes tangled up more!

It'll wreck the whole thing!

Two years ago, some fishermen
nearly killed one!

- But why?
- It was destroying their net!

A whale's tangled up
in a net offshore

down the coast
around New Island!

- Hurry up
and radio the coastguard!

- You're not gonna
fall for another one

of her stupid pranks?
- If you knew her like I do,

you'd button your lip, mister!
Have I made that clear?

If you were smart,

you'd stop meddling
and tell your crew

to load their camera!

- Load the camera! Quick!

- There's frogs
all over the place.

Sometimes, you can
hear them all night long.

- Oh, really?

- Julie!

- Where's Daphne?

- She's gone with the captain!

The one I met the other day.

They've gone

to rescue a humpback
that caught himself in a net!

- No!
- Just off New Island!

- Over there!

- You wanna go?

- I just knew it.

It's B Minor,
my professor of music.

- Hold it.
Can't approach her yet.

She's too panicky.

- I'll try to calm her down.

- Down you go!

- Hurray!

- They did it! That was great!

- Great work!

- Bravo!

- Bravo!
- Way to go!

- You can be proud
of your Tadpole today, John!

- Ah!
- Oh!

- Well, tell me what happened!

- We did it! We saved B Minor!
- Ah!

- Trust me to leave
with an empty tank.

I'm sorry, my love.

- Come on, it's not your fault.

- Well, I'm no fisherman, huh?

So much for my family tree.

If you want my shirt?

- No thanks, Michael.

Here. Put these in, Michael.
Let's row to keep warm.

- Where to?
- Anywhere else.

- Hey, look at this.
I found the compass.

Let's see.

Compass, compass.
Can you work it?

- It points north.

- Yeah, but from where?

Oh, we'll never make it.
- We have to. Try that way.

- Oh, I hear you saved it!

- It was B Minor!
- B Minor,

your professor of music!
- As soon as I recognized her,

I played her our song,
and she calmed down

and they cut her free.
- Oh, Tadpole!

Good for you! You're wonderful!

- DAPHNE!

Daphne! Daphne, I looked
all over for you!

- I was on the boat
with Grandpa Toby.

- We've got trouble.
Those people are talking

to Grandpa Hector.
- Oh, no. Already?

- Yeah, and I heard Mom say
they're signing the contract.

- You mean today?!
- Yeah!

- Well, by thunder!

We'll fix this, Tadpole!
Come on!

- You'll have
to borrow Dad's pickup

if we wanna get there in time!

- Hey!

- The keys are in the ashtray!

- Hey, wait!

- Dad, we'll be right back!

It's an emergency!

- Huh?!

- Toby, none of this
concerns you at all!

- Good thing Tadpole
tells me what you're up to!

- It's too late.
Our deal is set.

- You can't dispose of Old Manor
without consulting me.

- That's not
written down anywhere!

- Perhaps, but as father
lay dying, that's the agreement

both of us promised to honour!
The inn cannot be sold

unless both of us approve!

- Your uncalled for intervention
is especially unwelcome

because it's pointless as well.

These contracts have
been carefully examined

by all concerned, and they're
perfectly in order.

Now, all that's required
is your brother's signature

and the deal will be final.

- You didn't want anything
to do with Old Manor, Toby!

- Because you always were
more capable than me!

- That's just the point!

I'm no longer capable, Toby.

I want out.

- We've gotta
get reinforcements.

You've gotta get Mom. We'll go
look for Michael and Julie.

- Yeah, but they're not back.
- Are you sure?

- Yeah, they're in your boat.
They went to meet you.

- The gas!
- Don't you see, Hector?

You'll ruin everything!

If you do sell, that poor child

will never be the same again!

- We have to leave fast!

Grandpa Hector,

give me one hour.
You know I'll come back.

Just give me one hour!

Dad, we won't be long!

There's another emergency!

- Uh-oh.

- What's this foolishness
all about, Alex?!

- I don't know, Dad.
- Daphne's friends ran out

of gas. She leant them
her boat and now--

- Hey, hey. Come on.
Rest. No point.

- We'll never get back, Michael.

- Hey, don't you start now. OK?

Tonight at Old Manor,

we'll be laughing
about this whole thing.

- Wait for me, Daphne!

DAPHNE!

- Let's go.

It's a pain

Drifting at sea, you know

I'll go insane

It ain't no fun

To lose your brain

Help

Somebody help us

This is the end

We're in a mess

We can't even send

An SOS

We're in a bad way

Oh, I hate the salty spray

Won't somebody save

Julie and me

It ain't no fun

No more to be

Lost on the sea

- Michael!

- Whoa! Whoa!

Come on!

Come on, Tadpole!

- Oh, am I happy to see you!

Oh!

I was getting scared.

- Um, Michael, may I
ask you a favour?

- Anything!
- Please, quit singing!

- Oh.

Where were we?

- Two or three miles out.
You drifted.

Go straight!

But not too fast!

- I'm going up front.
- OK.

- Hey! The village!

- Where's Tadpole?
- HEY! WHERE IS SHE?!

- What?

- THE ZODIAC!

LOOK BEHIND YOU!

- DAPHNE?!

- COME BACK!
- OVER HERE!

- COME BACK! BRING THE BOAT IN!
- What?

- MICHAEL!

- Look!
- I don't know!

- Get to shore, come on!

- NO!

DAPHNE!

I didn't see a thing!

I don't know what happened!

- Where is she?!
- I don't know!

She must have fallen!

- It's OK, Michael.
I've got her.

- Let me come too!

- All right! Come on!
- It's going to be all right.

You've seen Daphne
every morning.

She's the child of the sun.

The child of the sea.

She was born in water.

She's in her element.

Alexander! Matthew!
Come with me, quick!

- Where'd she go overboard?

- Sorry, but I don't know where.

- ELVAR! ELVAR!

- ELVAR!
- ELVAR!

- ELVAR, WHERE ARE YOU?
- ELVAR!

- ELVAR, COME HERE!
- ELVAR!

- ELVAR!
- ELVAR!

GO FIND DAPHNE!

- Elvar...

Daphne is in trouble

out at sea. Go find her, Elvar.

- Elvar, save Daphne!
- Elvar!

Go help her!
She's out at sea, Elvar!

Go out and find her!

- Hurry! She needs your help!
- Swim, Elvar! Swim!

- Swim, boy! Swim!
- You've got to save her!

Find her, Elvar! Find her!
- Swim, Elvar!

- Slow down. Around here

is where I last saw her.
Right around here.

Hey, look! Elvar!

Elvar's looking for her!

He disappeared.

He's gone.

- Oh, there!

- Daphne!
- Elvar! Over here!

Here, Elvar!
- Elvar!

Come here, Elvar! Good boy!

- Daphne, wake up! Daphne!

Daphne!

Oh!

Oh, Daphne!

Oh.

Daphne.

- Good boy, Elvar!

Good boy. Well done!
- Thank you, Elvar.

She's all right.
She's all right, Elvar!

You did it!
- Yahoo!

- Good boy, Elvar!
- Thanks, Elvar!

- Good boy! You led her
back to us!

- Daphne!
Oh, my precious Daphne!

I was so frightened, baby.

- Mommy.

- Are you all right, Tadpole?

- Mommy...

Come here, Anne.

- Uh-huh?

- The whole world
ought to hear about Elvar.

- I promise they will.

Trust me, sweetheart,
the whole world's

gonna know about Elvar.

- Did you give her
the hour she wanted?

- I haven't signed anything

if that's what you're asking me.

- Perfect, because I have

a proposition to make.

- There is a place

I grew up in

Where I'd like to be

Each day

- 'cause I've seen

The treasures that it holds

And I've learned the lessons

That it's taught

Ooh ooh

Ooh ooh

- All the wonders

That lie within

Close your eyes

And hear the dolphins sing

All around the world

In harmony

We are one

There's no distance

Too far to reach

Share the travels

Of the whales beneath

Come along

And you will finally see

- We are one

- There's a place

I know

And it carries me

Away

If you listen

You will hear it call

You'll come running

Just to see it all

With me

All the wonders
that lie within

Close your eyes

And hear the dolphins sing

All around the world

In harmony

We are one

There's no distance

Too far to reach

Share the travels

Of the whales we meet

Come along

And you will finally see

- We are one

- There's a place

I know

And it carries me

Away

Far beneath

There is a world to see

I have shared the secrets

That it keeps

Within

There's a place

I go

Where I like to be

Each day

'cause I've seen
the treasures

That it holds

And I've learned

The lessons that it's taught

- To me