Troubled Water (Norwegian: De Usynlige (The Invisibles)) is a 2008 Norwegian film directed by Erik Poppe.
The film depicts a large part of the story twice, from the perspectives of two people.
As a teenager, Jan Thomas Hansen (Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen) and a friend run off with young boy Isak in a stroller left outside a cafe by the mother. The boy runs away, slips, and falls on a rock, suffering an apparently fatal head injury. Pressured by his friend, Jan Thomas, afraid of the consequences, carries the boy into a nearby river with a strong current, where he sets him adrift. Jan Thomas testifies that the boy was killed by the fall, but he is convicted of murder. While in jail, he plays the organ for church services.
As a young adult he is released from prison and works as an organ player at a church. He befriends Anna (Ellen Dorrit Petersen), the priest of the church and a single mother, and her young son Jens. Agnes (Trine Dyrholm), Isak's mother, sees that Jan Thomas has been released and is concerned for the safety of her two adopted daughters. Her panicking reaction causes strain in her relationship with the two girls, as well as with her husband. Meanwhile, her husband accepts a job offer that will move their family to Denmark, in the hopes of easing Agnes' anxiety.
I see it's clear in your eyes
We've been through this before
No need to fabricate this war
To worlds exist and fall apart
To fantasies expire
The question is love worth fighting for?
Have I lost all my faith
How do I really know?
We sail on troubled waters to reach a sacred land
Who knows the sunshine from the rain?
We ride on troubled waters, we need a higher plan
To know the pleasure from the pain
I see no rhyme or reason
Beyond all fantasy
Only the lonely understand
Are destinies decided?
One touch can change it all
We're strangers in a stranger land
Have we lost all our pride
How do we really know?
We sail on troubled waters to reach a sacred land
Who knows the sunshine from the rain?
We ride on troubled waters, we need a higher plan
To know the pleasure from the pain
Have I lost all my faith
How do I really know?
We sail on troubled waters to reach a sacred land
Who knows the sunshine from the rain?
We ride on troubled waters, we need a higher plan