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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:03,756 --> 00:01:08,784 I have aIways Iived in Ca Mau, with the dry and flooding seasons. 2 00:01:10,756 --> 00:01:12,826 From the time before independence, 3 00:01:13,636 --> 00:01:16,196 I onIy remember the flooding seasons. 4 00:01:16,836 --> 00:01:20,909 The water wouId cover the Iand, rotting everything: 5 00:01:21,796 --> 00:01:25,755 the grass and the houses, the buffaIoes and the men. 6 00:01:44,036 --> 00:01:47,426 Of the dry season, I onIy recaII the earth's smeII, 7 00:01:48,156 --> 00:01:49,271 the smeII of moId 8 00:01:49,876 --> 00:01:51,912 that rose up after each flood. 9 00:02:35,116 --> 00:02:36,151 I knew that one day... 10 00:02:39,516 --> 00:02:40,346 Grandpa! 11 00:02:40,636 --> 00:02:42,069 Come and see! 12 00:02:42,716 --> 00:02:44,354 ...I wouId teII you, Lam, 13 00:02:45,596 --> 00:02:46,915 my granddaughter, 14 00:02:47,156 --> 00:02:48,669 the taIe of the floods, 15 00:02:49,236 --> 00:02:50,908 the men 16 00:02:51,436 --> 00:02:53,392 and their buffaIoes. 17 00:03:21,836 --> 00:03:24,350 We onIy owned two buffaIoes. 18 00:03:25,156 --> 00:03:26,908 The Iand beIonged to the owners. 19 00:03:27,156 --> 00:03:32,514 Without our buffaIoes, we couIdn't pay our taxes and debts, 20 00:03:32,956 --> 00:03:34,355 or even eat. 21 00:03:41,276 --> 00:03:44,427 Kim, you've forgotten your lunch. 22 00:03:45,876 --> 00:03:46,945 Thanks, Dad. 23 00:03:55,596 --> 00:03:58,668 I was 15 under French ruIe. 24 00:03:59,076 --> 00:04:00,555 My father was sick. 25 00:04:01,636 --> 00:04:04,025 The water returned, rotting the grass. 26 00:04:04,316 --> 00:04:05,874 The buffaIoes were hungry. 27 00:04:26,316 --> 00:04:27,715 Do we take your buffaloes? 28 00:04:28,876 --> 00:04:30,355 How much do you want? 29 00:04:30,596 --> 00:04:32,109 For you, ten a head. 30 00:04:32,356 --> 00:04:33,345 Ten? 31 00:04:35,276 --> 00:04:36,994 Kien wanted half that 32 00:04:37,556 --> 00:04:38,591 just the other day. 33 00:04:38,836 --> 00:04:41,304 lt's 15 for the others. Take it or leave it! 34 00:05:05,356 --> 00:05:07,153 lt's raining again. 35 00:05:07,396 --> 00:05:08,909 May it rain forever! 36 00:05:09,196 --> 00:05:12,666 This year, God plays fair and respects the seasons. 37 00:05:13,676 --> 00:05:16,634 Any more rain and we'll have to move to the roof! 38 00:05:16,876 --> 00:05:20,186 The rice jars are floating around the house, 39 00:05:21,636 --> 00:05:23,035 haven't you noticed? 40 00:05:23,276 --> 00:05:24,789 Don't blame God! 41 00:05:25,036 --> 00:05:27,948 After the drought, the floods. That's how it is. 42 00:05:28,196 --> 00:05:30,994 You'll see, we'll lose our two buffaloes. 43 00:05:31,836 --> 00:05:34,873 We should have let the herders take them. 44 00:05:35,116 --> 00:05:36,993 How would we have paid? 45 00:05:37,436 --> 00:05:39,233 We're already up to our necks in debt. 46 00:05:39,476 --> 00:05:43,549 Kim can go to work for Huong Ca and he'll advance us the money. 47 00:05:43,916 --> 00:05:46,271 Kim refuses to work for Huong Ca. 48 00:05:46,556 --> 00:05:50,185 Besides, last year, we managed to keep our buffaloes here. 49 00:05:50,676 --> 00:05:53,554 You're talking rubbish. What if our buffaloes die? 50 00:05:54,716 --> 00:05:58,425 Who can tell what God's plans are? 51 00:06:33,436 --> 00:06:36,189 There's no more grass. What do we do, Dad? 52 00:06:36,956 --> 00:06:39,868 Have you looked near the Soc Xoai pagoda? 53 00:06:40,116 --> 00:06:41,231 Yes. lt's all gone. 54 00:06:41,716 --> 00:06:44,310 Even there, there's nothing left. 55 00:06:45,476 --> 00:06:47,785 But the bonze promised me some! 56 00:06:48,076 --> 00:06:49,270 He threw me out! 57 00:06:50,396 --> 00:06:54,787 Our buffaloes work hard for us and we can't even feed them! 58 00:06:55,236 --> 00:06:58,592 - We have to send them away. - How can we afford it? 59 00:06:59,276 --> 00:07:02,348 We should have sent them when the rains started. 60 00:07:03,596 --> 00:07:04,585 Kim can go! 61 00:07:05,556 --> 00:07:06,591 Who'll go fishing? 62 00:07:08,396 --> 00:07:09,272 l will. 63 00:07:10,236 --> 00:07:11,715 You're in no fit state! 64 00:07:12,836 --> 00:07:14,986 God and Buddha will help us this year. 65 00:07:15,236 --> 00:07:16,225 Do you want to go? 66 00:07:16,996 --> 00:07:17,746 Yes, Dad. 67 00:07:18,756 --> 00:07:20,712 Take good care of our buffaloes. 68 00:07:20,996 --> 00:07:22,554 Be sure not to stray. 69 00:07:23,196 --> 00:07:25,551 l'll bring the buffaloes back healthy. 70 00:07:26,756 --> 00:07:29,065 Find the best grass. 71 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:32,435 The bad kinds of grass weaken them. 72 00:07:32,716 --> 00:07:33,751 Yes, yes. 73 00:07:34,276 --> 00:07:37,074 Tell Lap we'll pay him 10 baskets of rice. 74 00:07:37,356 --> 00:07:40,314 Lap goes to Mount Ba-The first. 75 00:07:40,636 --> 00:07:44,151 Take all the short cuts. You'll catch up by tomorrow. 76 00:08:34,156 --> 00:08:36,465 The God of the Waters will protect you. 77 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:40,391 Don't forget to pray each time you pass a temple. 78 00:08:40,636 --> 00:08:41,546 Yes, Dad. 79 00:08:41,796 --> 00:08:44,026 Take my new mat to sleep on. 80 00:09:07,276 --> 00:09:09,744 lt's Kim's chance to learn a trade. 81 00:09:09,996 --> 00:09:13,068 A trade, buffalo herding? They're all crooks! 82 00:09:13,316 --> 00:09:14,908 l don't like the idea. 83 00:09:15,156 --> 00:09:19,434 Herding animals day and night, in water, without food or sleep... 84 00:09:19,716 --> 00:09:23,231 You know, you learn something else as well. 85 00:09:23,476 --> 00:09:26,229 You've never set foot on Mount Ba-The. 86 00:09:26,476 --> 00:09:28,785 Kim will be seeing it soon. 87 00:09:29,676 --> 00:09:30,745 So what? 88 00:09:32,676 --> 00:09:34,906 lt's an incredibly beautiful place, 89 00:09:35,196 --> 00:09:38,188 where the buffaloes watch the clouds as they graze, 90 00:09:38,436 --> 00:09:42,190 rubbing against the pillars of the temple of Kings and Lords. 91 00:09:45,076 --> 00:09:46,634 From Ba-The to the Seven Mountains, 92 00:09:46,876 --> 00:09:49,868 the herd of buffaloes spreads out majestically. 93 00:09:51,956 --> 00:09:54,345 Elephants travel in herds of twenty 94 00:09:55,076 --> 00:09:57,431 and tigers in twos or threes... 95 00:09:58,236 --> 00:09:59,828 Everyone has seen that. 96 00:10:00,076 --> 00:10:03,705 But when several hundred buffaloes travel together, 97 00:10:04,156 --> 00:10:05,828 they darken the landscape. 98 00:10:06,076 --> 00:10:10,194 lt looks like the time of the universe's creation. 99 00:10:10,436 --> 00:10:14,111 Even the bonzes who have withdrawn to the mountains 100 00:10:14,356 --> 00:10:15,994 to flee the world 101 00:10:16,236 --> 00:10:21,105 come out to gaze on the black and violent herd of buffaloes! 102 00:10:24,676 --> 00:10:25,995 Are you asleep? 103 00:10:26,796 --> 00:10:28,195 Are you listening? 104 00:10:28,756 --> 00:10:31,429 You're not answering... You're asleep, then? 105 00:10:31,676 --> 00:10:32,995 l heard you. 106 00:10:33,596 --> 00:10:36,793 You hear with your ears, not with your mouth! 107 00:10:38,076 --> 00:10:41,386 Oh, you were listening! So where had l got to? 108 00:10:41,636 --> 00:10:43,035 You'd got to: 109 00:10:43,316 --> 00:10:45,955 ''The buffaloes move, the bonzes watch them...'' 110 00:10:46,196 --> 00:10:47,515 Yes, that's it... 111 00:10:47,796 --> 00:10:51,869 There are no mosquitoes there, just fresh and fragrant grass. 112 00:10:52,636 --> 00:10:57,187 The wild animals stay away or kneel down before the buffaloes. 113 00:11:54,276 --> 00:11:55,755 Where's Ba-The? 114 00:12:00,396 --> 00:12:02,068 ls there any grass there? 115 00:13:16,276 --> 00:13:20,428 l know you're hungry. We'll join the others tomorrow. 116 00:13:20,676 --> 00:13:24,908 There are a lot of them but, if you always stay together, 117 00:13:25,156 --> 00:13:27,306 they'll never dare to bother you. 118 00:13:28,116 --> 00:13:29,834 lt's time to sleep now. 119 00:14:47,316 --> 00:14:48,829 - Let him go. - Why, Dad? 120 00:14:49,076 --> 00:14:52,546 He could be the Prince of the Waters out for a walk! 121 00:15:57,876 --> 00:16:00,868 They're coming. Don't worry, l'll handle this. 122 00:16:35,516 --> 00:16:37,427 Get out of the way. 123 00:16:37,836 --> 00:16:39,315 l want to come with you. 124 00:16:39,556 --> 00:16:41,672 Who are you? Where are you going alone? 125 00:16:41,916 --> 00:16:43,429 l'm Kim, from Hon Soc. 126 00:16:43,676 --> 00:16:47,305 We were at your place two days ago! 127 00:16:47,556 --> 00:16:51,390 Please. My two buffaloes are dying of hunger. 128 00:16:52,076 --> 00:16:53,589 Ask Lap, our chief. 129 00:17:10,396 --> 00:17:12,864 Sir, will you accept me? 130 00:17:13,676 --> 00:17:14,995 l'm Dinh's son... 131 00:17:15,236 --> 00:17:17,033 He changed his mind? Got money? 132 00:17:17,436 --> 00:17:18,994 We'll pay you with rice. 133 00:17:19,236 --> 00:17:19,952 No way! 134 00:17:20,436 --> 00:17:21,835 This game's not for you! 135 00:17:22,316 --> 00:17:24,147 Father will pay double. 136 00:17:24,636 --> 00:17:26,069 What ajoke. Get lost! 137 00:17:26,876 --> 00:17:29,515 l'll help you. And l won't ask to be paid. 138 00:17:29,756 --> 00:17:32,509 Your old man thinks l'm mad? 139 00:17:33,396 --> 00:17:35,956 l'm a very good cook. For pity's sake, Mr Lap! 140 00:17:55,516 --> 00:17:57,666 Sau is sick, he can't go on. 141 00:17:57,956 --> 00:17:59,184 We need to replace him. 142 00:18:00,316 --> 00:18:02,432 Careful. l don't trust his old man. 143 00:18:02,676 --> 00:18:03,745 l'll see to it. 144 00:18:04,036 --> 00:18:07,585 Hurry it up! We need to find good grass for the animals. 145 00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:09,554 They can't go on much longer. 146 00:18:13,236 --> 00:18:16,945 Kid, it's okay. You can come with us! You hear me? 147 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:18,231 Forget it. 148 00:18:18,636 --> 00:18:20,672 Why? Are you mad or what? 149 00:18:21,836 --> 00:18:23,667 lf you change your mind, find me! 150 00:19:09,316 --> 00:19:11,546 You're very hungry, l know. 151 00:20:03,876 --> 00:20:06,390 Too many stones. They can't go on. 152 00:20:06,636 --> 00:20:07,864 Pain in the ass! 153 00:20:08,356 --> 00:20:10,347 We're stopping for the night! 154 00:20:14,676 --> 00:20:17,270 l know how much you're suffering. 155 00:20:24,916 --> 00:20:27,794 Look after these buffaloes. Go between Thanh and Quang. 156 00:20:28,036 --> 00:20:30,152 We'll leave before dawn. 157 00:20:31,036 --> 00:20:34,915 My buffaloes are starving. Will there be more grass tomorrow?. 158 00:20:35,156 --> 00:20:38,068 There's a big hill there covered with grass. 159 00:20:38,316 --> 00:20:39,465 l need to check first. 160 00:20:39,716 --> 00:20:42,389 When will we get there? 161 00:20:43,556 --> 00:20:45,353 Your buffaloes aren't alone! 162 00:22:33,436 --> 00:22:35,506 Kien's gang has taken all the grass! 163 00:22:36,396 --> 00:22:37,545 The fuckers! 164 00:22:38,036 --> 00:22:39,947 Go and get Det, quickly! 165 00:22:44,476 --> 00:22:47,548 One of the buffaloes is dying. 166 00:22:47,916 --> 00:22:50,874 You know what to do, right? Prepare the ceremony! 167 00:22:52,436 --> 00:22:54,028 Get them to the island! 168 00:22:57,356 --> 00:22:59,506 - Come and help me. - You're killing it? 169 00:23:00,556 --> 00:23:02,228 ls it your first time? 170 00:23:04,276 --> 00:23:06,790 You can help me to skin it. 171 00:23:07,556 --> 00:23:08,750 What for? 172 00:23:09,036 --> 00:23:10,788 To prove we didn't sell it. 173 00:23:34,596 --> 00:23:37,030 Alive, you were might itself! 174 00:23:37,276 --> 00:23:40,712 Dead, you possess divine powers! Seers and Gods, protect us! 175 00:24:24,636 --> 00:24:25,864 Chief! 176 00:24:26,196 --> 00:24:26,912 What is it? 177 00:24:27,196 --> 00:24:28,948 He was tied up in a tree! 178 00:24:29,276 --> 00:24:31,790 Kien's gang wants to slow us down. 179 00:24:32,036 --> 00:24:33,515 Put those torches out! 180 00:24:33,756 --> 00:24:35,109 Fuck! How many of them? 181 00:24:35,356 --> 00:24:39,110 Ten. They've taken all the grass from these islands. 182 00:24:39,556 --> 00:24:41,228 Bastards! What does Kien want? 183 00:24:42,276 --> 00:24:45,393 - 200. - We asked him for less last year. 184 00:24:45,636 --> 00:24:46,307 Shut it! 185 00:24:46,836 --> 00:24:49,953 l know another place full of grass. 186 00:24:50,356 --> 00:24:51,630 We'll leave at dawn. 187 00:24:51,876 --> 00:24:54,595 Here, we risk being attacked. 188 00:24:54,916 --> 00:24:56,986 Quang and Kim will have to keep watch. 189 00:25:07,116 --> 00:25:09,311 You're too young to herd buffaloes. 190 00:25:12,676 --> 00:25:15,429 lt was my father who sent me. How about you? 191 00:25:15,676 --> 00:25:16,950 l ran away. 192 00:25:17,676 --> 00:25:19,473 My old man was always drunk. 193 00:25:19,716 --> 00:25:21,752 He'd beat my mother for her money. 194 00:25:22,276 --> 00:25:24,073 She's very sick. 195 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,824 l have to find money fast. 196 00:25:28,996 --> 00:25:30,827 Do you want to make a lot? 197 00:25:31,076 --> 00:25:32,429 l have a great plan. 198 00:25:32,836 --> 00:25:34,269 We'll share the profits... 199 00:26:02,716 --> 00:26:03,432 Chief! 200 00:26:05,556 --> 00:26:08,070 Quang has taken two buffaloes and rice! 201 00:26:08,356 --> 00:26:11,632 Bastard! Wait till l get my hands on him! 202 00:26:12,836 --> 00:26:14,394 We're leaving! This way! 203 00:26:14,636 --> 00:26:16,706 The Seven Mountains are that way! 204 00:26:16,956 --> 00:26:18,753 No one will find us this way. 205 00:27:14,876 --> 00:27:15,433 Lap! 206 00:27:15,996 --> 00:27:17,111 How's business? 207 00:27:17,356 --> 00:27:18,675 ls Kien's gang around? 208 00:27:19,196 --> 00:27:21,756 - They came by yesterday. - Heading where? 209 00:27:21,996 --> 00:27:23,554 You want a report, maybe? 210 00:27:23,796 --> 00:27:25,275 Same tax as last year? 211 00:27:25,796 --> 00:27:29,630 You have more buffaloes and our chiefs want their share. 212 00:27:29,916 --> 00:27:31,190 How do l eat after? 213 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:35,065 Do you have the papers? Maybe you stole these buffaloes? 214 00:27:35,316 --> 00:27:37,307 And the personal tax? 215 00:27:37,596 --> 00:27:38,745 How many are you? 216 00:27:43,076 --> 00:27:44,304 All right! 217 00:27:46,316 --> 00:27:47,715 Where did Kien go? 218 00:27:49,076 --> 00:27:52,273 You're a band of vagabonds and crooks! 219 00:27:52,676 --> 00:27:54,473 Crooks who pay the taxes 220 00:27:54,996 --> 00:27:56,554 to feed your French chiefs. 221 00:28:43,236 --> 00:28:44,464 l don't drink. 222 00:28:45,836 --> 00:28:47,747 We don't need a bonze here. 223 00:28:49,516 --> 00:28:51,586 Drink before it's all gone! 224 00:28:56,996 --> 00:28:58,315 Your father taught me to drink. 225 00:28:59,996 --> 00:29:00,872 My father? 226 00:29:11,196 --> 00:29:12,470 Xuyen's gang is here! 227 00:29:14,396 --> 00:29:15,590 You recognize me? 228 00:29:16,996 --> 00:29:18,634 My friend, good to see you! 229 00:29:18,876 --> 00:29:21,390 With a fire like that, no one can miss you. 230 00:29:21,636 --> 00:29:24,275 What are you celebrating? l smell liquor. 231 00:29:24,636 --> 00:29:25,705 What have you got? 232 00:29:26,236 --> 00:29:28,704 Weed. The year's best! 233 00:29:29,076 --> 00:29:30,555 As pure as gold! 234 00:29:30,796 --> 00:29:32,354 What's your price? 235 00:29:33,596 --> 00:29:34,392 Try it first, 236 00:29:36,516 --> 00:29:38,393 then tell me what it's worth. 237 00:30:27,396 --> 00:30:29,307 How many buffaloes do you have? 238 00:30:30,436 --> 00:30:31,835 Why do you ask? 239 00:30:33,716 --> 00:30:35,468 More than last year! 240 00:30:46,276 --> 00:30:47,504 lt's good stuff! 241 00:30:51,276 --> 00:30:52,152 Have some more. 242 00:30:59,156 --> 00:31:00,384 These woodcutters, 243 00:31:00,676 --> 00:31:02,587 they always have the best weed. 244 00:31:03,676 --> 00:31:05,155 Leave me a little! 245 00:32:27,156 --> 00:32:28,509 Okay? 246 00:34:48,036 --> 00:34:49,435 Come and see! 247 00:34:50,516 --> 00:34:51,995 Kim is back! 248 00:34:56,276 --> 00:34:58,153 We've lost a buffalo. 249 00:34:58,436 --> 00:35:01,030 These are its horns and hide. They're heavy! 250 00:35:01,596 --> 00:35:02,995 l should've dumped them! 251 00:35:03,356 --> 00:35:04,072 My God! 252 00:35:06,996 --> 00:35:09,430 How will we pay off our debts? 253 00:35:10,356 --> 00:35:11,391 lt's fate. 254 00:35:13,196 --> 00:35:16,188 At least we still have one left. 255 00:35:16,756 --> 00:35:18,394 And how are you, Kim ? 256 00:35:19,396 --> 00:35:21,466 You haven't been sick? 257 00:35:21,716 --> 00:35:24,549 How was it? What did... 258 00:35:25,196 --> 00:35:26,265 l want to go again. 259 00:35:26,956 --> 00:35:30,028 No. lt's the last time! After the harvest, 260 00:35:30,596 --> 00:35:33,554 we sell the buffalo and stop growing rice. 261 00:35:33,796 --> 00:35:35,434 Shit, l don't want to sell it! 262 00:35:36,236 --> 00:35:38,431 You already talk like a lout. 263 00:35:39,236 --> 00:35:41,955 Kim, watch your language! 264 00:35:43,756 --> 00:35:46,907 We'll find a way to keep our buffalo. 265 00:35:47,276 --> 00:35:48,391 What way? 266 00:35:48,876 --> 00:35:50,434 Can you tell me that? 267 00:36:54,356 --> 00:36:55,584 What are you doing? 268 00:36:56,556 --> 00:36:57,989 Can't you get to sleep? 269 00:36:58,236 --> 00:37:00,989 For months, l slept with them. 270 00:37:03,396 --> 00:37:05,990 l forgot to give you this this afternoon. 271 00:37:29,716 --> 00:37:31,195 Wonderful. Thank you, Dad. 272 00:37:46,036 --> 00:37:47,549 You want some? 273 00:37:52,556 --> 00:37:54,512 - ls it too weak? - At Mount Ba-The, 274 00:37:54,876 --> 00:37:56,753 we had good grass! 275 00:38:19,156 --> 00:38:20,987 Your grandfather taught me. 276 00:38:22,556 --> 00:38:24,353 l've forgotten how it ends. 277 00:38:38,036 --> 00:38:40,027 Drink a little to warm yourself. 278 00:38:41,796 --> 00:38:44,549 You must have drunk a fair bit! 279 00:38:45,556 --> 00:38:47,786 l was a buffalo herder, like you, 280 00:38:48,036 --> 00:38:50,027 for more than 30 years. 281 00:38:50,836 --> 00:38:53,350 Lap said he's known you for a long time. 282 00:38:53,876 --> 00:38:56,754 You shouldn't go listening to him. 283 00:38:57,276 --> 00:39:00,507 He says you were the best. No one dared to hassle you. 284 00:39:00,756 --> 00:39:01,950 Fuck! 285 00:39:02,876 --> 00:39:04,309 Stop swearing! 286 00:39:06,036 --> 00:39:09,267 ls it true you had dozens of buffaloes? 287 00:39:10,356 --> 00:39:12,426 Did he tell you anything else? 288 00:39:12,716 --> 00:39:14,035 No, that's all. 289 00:39:15,836 --> 00:39:17,554 Did you have any girls? 290 00:39:18,236 --> 00:39:20,466 No, but l know all about that. 291 00:39:20,796 --> 00:39:23,105 Really? Such as? 292 00:39:23,596 --> 00:39:27,475 l know what Lap does. l saw him rape a girl. 293 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:27,186 - Not enough for a meal. - l'll do better tomorrow. 294 00:40:27,436 --> 00:40:28,869 My back hurts too much. 295 00:40:29,116 --> 00:40:31,630 No one will lend me money anymore. 296 00:40:31,876 --> 00:40:33,514 There's only one solution... 297 00:40:33,916 --> 00:40:36,111 - Huong Ca told me... - What? 298 00:40:36,356 --> 00:40:38,745 No, we won't sell the buffalo to him. 299 00:40:38,996 --> 00:40:41,590 You know how fond Kim is of that animal! 300 00:40:42,396 --> 00:40:44,626 But we have nothing else to sell! 301 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:47,948 Starve if you want but don't drag me down too. 302 00:41:02,036 --> 00:41:02,627 Kim! 303 00:41:03,476 --> 00:41:05,865 - Stop to eat. - What have you brought? 304 00:41:06,116 --> 00:41:09,028 Your favourite: grilled fish. 305 00:41:12,916 --> 00:41:14,429 Eat with me, Dad. 306 00:41:14,756 --> 00:41:16,667 You've worked well, my son! 307 00:41:17,036 --> 00:41:19,391 All this work with one buffalo! 308 00:41:19,636 --> 00:41:21,354 The ground isn't hard yet. 309 00:41:21,596 --> 00:41:26,192 The poor animal works too much. All your mother and l can do now 310 00:41:26,596 --> 00:41:30,032 is leave for U Minh to work as land guarders. 311 00:41:30,276 --> 00:41:33,313 Do people know l'm working to pay them back? 312 00:41:33,916 --> 00:41:36,635 Yes, but they refuse to wait any longer. 313 00:41:37,036 --> 00:41:38,947 They'll take our buffalo tomorrow. 314 00:41:39,196 --> 00:41:42,188 They want even more money. The bastards! 315 00:41:42,436 --> 00:41:43,869 ln any case, 316 00:41:44,116 --> 00:41:46,550 we can't survive here with one buffalo. 317 00:41:47,676 --> 00:41:50,144 No one is touching my buffalo! 318 00:41:50,676 --> 00:41:52,951 Your mother and l promised them. 319 00:41:53,316 --> 00:41:54,874 We can't change our minds. 320 00:41:55,236 --> 00:41:58,194 At the next rains, l'll pay back twice the amount. 321 00:41:58,636 --> 00:42:01,912 - You're not going with Lap again. - That's my business. 322 00:42:02,276 --> 00:42:03,868 l'll go if l fucking want! 323 00:42:04,276 --> 00:42:05,948 Don't talk to me like that! 324 00:42:06,276 --> 00:42:07,868 Your mother was right, 325 00:42:09,076 --> 00:42:10,987 you've turned into a real lout! 326 00:42:12,036 --> 00:42:14,470 She only thinks of money! 327 00:42:15,836 --> 00:42:17,110 Shut it! 328 00:42:41,116 --> 00:42:42,185 Kim! 329 00:43:48,236 --> 00:43:50,466 Are you sure? And your parents? 330 00:43:51,916 --> 00:43:53,668 They've sold up and left. 331 00:43:55,076 --> 00:43:58,113 - l'll talk to Lap. - Do you like Lap? 332 00:43:58,436 --> 00:43:59,505 Who likes that shit? 333 00:44:00,676 --> 00:44:02,314 But he's the chief. 334 00:44:02,556 --> 00:44:04,274 You know his schemes, right? 335 00:44:05,356 --> 00:44:06,675 What do you mean? 336 00:44:06,916 --> 00:44:09,111 Will we be his slaves forever? 337 00:44:10,796 --> 00:44:12,434 You don't know what he's like. 338 00:44:12,676 --> 00:44:15,873 lf he knows we're tricking him, we'll be fish food! 339 00:44:17,516 --> 00:44:21,031 He waits until the season ends to raise the prices. 340 00:44:21,556 --> 00:44:24,468 We'll fix our prices early and we won't be greedy. 341 00:44:24,956 --> 00:44:26,992 But how will we find customers? 342 00:44:27,236 --> 00:44:29,704 Nobody will entrust a buffalo to a Khmer like me. 343 00:44:30,276 --> 00:44:32,744 Can't we approach the Khmers? 344 00:44:33,636 --> 00:44:37,470 Khmers with buffaloes aren't that easy to find! 345 00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:40,787 l'll find Viets. 346 00:44:44,156 --> 00:44:45,987 How will we share the money? 347 00:45:59,116 --> 00:45:59,992 You know it? 348 00:46:01,036 --> 00:46:02,594 My father taught me. 349 00:46:03,396 --> 00:46:06,388 - lt's an old Khmer tune. - Really? 350 00:46:08,796 --> 00:46:10,115 Kim, look at that! 351 00:46:11,836 --> 00:46:12,632 Who are they? 352 00:46:12,956 --> 00:46:14,594 Kien's gang? 353 00:46:14,836 --> 00:46:16,508 Or Lap's! 354 00:46:16,836 --> 00:46:18,633 We must find another route. 355 00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:20,707 What about the French custom? 356 00:46:21,116 --> 00:46:23,471 We'll travel by night. Sleep now! 357 00:46:23,716 --> 00:46:25,195 We leave in four hours. 358 00:46:40,876 --> 00:46:42,787 We've lost them. 359 00:46:45,596 --> 00:46:48,986 We have no food left. There's a village near here. 360 00:46:49,236 --> 00:46:51,386 We can have a drink there. 361 00:46:51,636 --> 00:46:54,309 No. You go on your own. 362 00:46:55,516 --> 00:46:56,505 l'll mend my sampan. 363 00:46:57,396 --> 00:46:58,909 lt's leaking. 364 00:46:59,436 --> 00:47:01,392 Are you hiding something from me? 365 00:47:02,516 --> 00:47:03,790 l knew a girl there. 366 00:47:05,076 --> 00:47:07,988 l'd like one too. Can she help me? 367 00:47:08,396 --> 00:47:11,752 - Come on, come with me. - No. Go on your own. 368 00:47:14,076 --> 00:47:15,429 She has to beg you? 369 00:47:16,836 --> 00:47:19,225 Don't laugh, l still want to marry her. 370 00:47:19,476 --> 00:47:21,512 So what are you waiting for? 371 00:47:22,916 --> 00:47:24,395 Her family hates me. 372 00:47:24,836 --> 00:47:26,428 Her parents want to kill me. 373 00:47:27,956 --> 00:47:30,914 She's a Viet. l got her pregnant. 374 00:47:32,116 --> 00:47:32,992 When was that? 375 00:47:34,116 --> 00:47:35,674 Five years ago, 376 00:47:36,236 --> 00:47:38,386 before l started to work for Lap. 377 00:47:45,836 --> 00:47:47,747 Do you want me to help, Mum? 378 00:48:03,596 --> 00:48:05,188 This is from Det. 379 00:48:08,036 --> 00:48:10,027 Where is he? l want to see him! 380 00:48:10,276 --> 00:48:12,551 He'll come for you and the child. 381 00:48:25,476 --> 00:48:28,149 - What are you doing, Mum? - Bring your things! 382 00:48:28,396 --> 00:48:30,990 - Why? - We're going to see your father. 383 00:48:31,836 --> 00:48:35,192 l don't want to. l'd rather fish with grandpa! 384 00:48:35,436 --> 00:48:37,347 Where is he? 385 00:48:37,596 --> 00:48:38,790 Dad, let me leave! 386 00:48:43,876 --> 00:48:45,992 l've been waiting too long. 387 00:48:51,716 --> 00:48:54,105 - Hey, Quang! - Kim! 388 00:48:55,236 --> 00:48:58,945 - What are you doing here? - The same job, but with Det. 389 00:48:59,196 --> 00:49:01,505 - How about that! - And you? 390 00:49:01,756 --> 00:49:04,714 l'm taking mangrove wood down to Bac Lieu. 391 00:49:17,516 --> 00:49:19,746 Come and drink. We have good liquor. 392 00:49:19,996 --> 00:49:23,227 You know that Lap killed two guys in Kien's gang? 393 00:49:26,956 --> 00:49:28,992 Heard anything from your parents? 394 00:49:29,236 --> 00:49:31,591 l don't even know where they are. 395 00:49:31,836 --> 00:49:35,067 Last week, l saw your father near U Minh. 396 00:49:36,516 --> 00:49:38,154 The state he was in! 397 00:49:40,796 --> 00:49:42,991 l don't care what happens to him! 398 00:49:43,236 --> 00:49:46,353 He was very ill and he was alone. 399 00:49:46,916 --> 00:49:49,271 Your mother... has left him. 400 00:49:50,516 --> 00:49:53,952 He hadn't been able to eat for more than a week. 401 00:49:56,996 --> 00:50:01,387 You know, if l could have seen my mother before she... 402 00:50:07,116 --> 00:50:09,152 Have you won at cards or what? 403 00:50:09,396 --> 00:50:11,591 Chicken costs a fortune! 404 00:50:11,836 --> 00:50:14,908 We're celebrating our reunion! Shall we take Quang? 405 00:50:15,756 --> 00:50:18,429 No. lf he does what he did to Lap, 406 00:50:19,316 --> 00:50:20,544 we're finished. 407 00:50:20,796 --> 00:50:22,309 He was desperate. 408 00:50:22,596 --> 00:50:25,030 lf we're fair with him, he won't do it. 409 00:50:25,276 --> 00:50:27,028 You want to starve to death? 410 00:50:27,596 --> 00:50:30,156 The little we make, you want to hire staff! 411 00:50:30,396 --> 00:50:31,465 l'll split my share. 412 00:50:32,236 --> 00:50:35,865 What do we need him for? l don't like his ugly mug. 413 00:50:36,156 --> 00:50:37,589 Fucking hell! 414 00:50:38,716 --> 00:50:40,434 What are you talking about? 415 00:50:41,116 --> 00:50:43,311 Kim told me to come for a drink. 416 00:50:43,756 --> 00:50:46,190 l don't intend to work with you! 417 00:50:46,476 --> 00:50:49,513 Guys, l'm going to be away for a few days. 418 00:50:49,756 --> 00:50:52,668 Fuck... What are you talking about? 419 00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:54,588 You're off to see your father. 420 00:50:54,836 --> 00:50:57,714 Your father? You said you didn't care about him! 421 00:50:59,636 --> 00:51:01,672 l'll go when we get to U Minh. 422 00:51:01,916 --> 00:51:04,510 Det, will you lend me some money? 423 00:54:14,356 --> 00:54:16,745 You've never seen someone row before? 424 00:54:17,236 --> 00:54:18,874 You row so well... 425 00:54:20,716 --> 00:54:21,705 Do you want tea? 426 00:54:24,316 --> 00:54:26,352 No... Keep rowing. 427 00:54:57,796 --> 00:54:59,866 lsn't this life too hard? 428 00:55:00,116 --> 00:55:02,107 l learn more every day. 429 00:55:08,396 --> 00:55:09,146 Kim! 430 00:55:09,436 --> 00:55:10,835 Where are you? 431 00:55:11,796 --> 00:55:13,354 l... l'm here! 432 00:55:28,636 --> 00:55:30,308 Do you want a cup of tea? 433 00:55:30,876 --> 00:55:32,753 We're stopping for lunch. 434 00:55:40,356 --> 00:55:42,028 We'll soon be in U Minh. 435 00:55:42,476 --> 00:55:43,511 Take this money. 436 00:55:45,356 --> 00:55:47,631 Lap and Kien are around somewhere, 437 00:55:47,996 --> 00:55:49,145 be careful. 438 00:55:50,276 --> 00:55:51,709 When are you leaving? 439 00:55:52,596 --> 00:55:54,029 Wait until dark. 440 00:56:10,316 --> 00:56:11,192 Catch it! 441 00:56:11,596 --> 00:56:12,824 - What? - My shadow. 442 00:56:13,156 --> 00:56:14,589 l want to catch my shadow! 443 00:56:22,956 --> 00:56:24,184 l've got it! 444 00:56:51,356 --> 00:56:52,835 l want to play! 445 00:57:02,116 --> 00:57:03,834 You cover this hole 446 00:57:04,356 --> 00:57:06,108 and you blow very softly. 447 00:57:16,196 --> 00:57:19,154 l know how to play now. Who taught you? 448 00:57:19,476 --> 00:57:20,670 My father. 449 00:57:21,396 --> 00:57:23,512 You still have a dad at your age? 450 00:57:23,756 --> 00:57:24,745 Yes. 451 00:57:25,236 --> 00:57:28,387 My father left before l was born. 452 00:57:28,836 --> 00:57:30,633 Where's your father? 453 00:57:32,236 --> 00:57:33,954 l've abandoned him. 454 00:58:10,316 --> 00:58:11,829 Are you thirsty, Dad? 455 00:58:14,196 --> 00:58:16,266 You have to eat something. 456 00:58:18,676 --> 00:58:21,907 Forget it... Keep rowing. 457 00:58:53,836 --> 00:58:54,791 Crows. Look out, Dad! 458 00:58:55,476 --> 00:58:58,593 Crows? l thought that... 459 00:58:59,596 --> 00:59:03,987 Let them rip my flesh but don't capsize the boat. 460 00:59:04,236 --> 00:59:05,464 Don't worry about it! 461 00:59:06,876 --> 00:59:11,666 lt's hard taking short cuts but there are no customs men here. 462 00:59:11,956 --> 00:59:14,550 Can you see trees or a village ahead? 463 00:59:14,796 --> 00:59:15,785 No, Dad. 464 00:59:16,036 --> 00:59:18,675 - ls it dawn? - No, it's dusk. 465 00:59:37,316 --> 00:59:38,305 Stop rowing. 466 00:59:39,276 --> 00:59:41,392 l'll give you this shirt. 467 00:59:41,636 --> 00:59:43,388 No, Dad. Try to rest. 468 00:59:43,636 --> 00:59:45,547 Take it now. 469 00:59:46,076 --> 00:59:49,227 My son, can you forgive me? 470 00:59:49,476 --> 00:59:51,353 You don't share your mother's blood. 471 00:59:51,596 --> 00:59:54,429 Stay calm, we'll find a doctor for you. 472 00:59:54,676 --> 00:59:55,995 Your real mother died 473 00:59:56,276 --> 00:59:57,709 giving birth to you. 474 00:59:57,956 --> 00:59:59,514 Stop, you are raving! 475 01:00:00,036 --> 01:00:03,028 l raped her when l was buffalo herding. 476 01:00:03,316 --> 01:00:04,590 Shut up. 477 01:00:06,276 --> 01:00:10,792 She was Lap's sister. She... 478 01:00:11,116 --> 01:00:12,834 Bullshit... Fuck! 479 01:00:13,076 --> 01:00:16,193 lt's all bullshit... You're raving! 480 01:00:17,036 --> 01:00:18,264 You're raving! 481 01:02:07,556 --> 01:02:09,035 What's happening? 482 01:02:09,316 --> 01:02:11,227 Has someone fallen in the water? 483 01:02:13,036 --> 01:02:15,675 My father has just died. 484 01:02:22,076 --> 01:02:24,590 The poor man... Where are you from? 485 01:02:25,036 --> 01:02:27,027 The isle of Ong Chuong. 486 01:02:28,276 --> 01:02:31,666 Where are you going? Do you have family near here? 487 01:02:33,236 --> 01:02:36,114 Help me, please. l don't have anybody! 488 01:02:36,836 --> 01:02:37,951 Nobody. 489 01:02:38,676 --> 01:02:41,474 My God... What do we do? 490 01:02:41,716 --> 01:02:42,785 Okay, follow me. 491 01:03:34,596 --> 01:03:36,746 What do you plan to do? 492 01:03:36,996 --> 01:03:39,351 lt's very hot and there are crows. 493 01:03:40,716 --> 01:03:42,308 We must bury him quickly. 494 01:03:57,636 --> 01:04:00,275 l've seen nothing but water for two days. 495 01:04:00,516 --> 01:04:01,835 Where can we bury him? 496 01:04:02,596 --> 01:04:05,474 l said ''bury'' out of habit. But, in fact, 497 01:04:06,156 --> 01:04:07,430 we have two choices. 498 01:04:07,676 --> 01:04:11,191 Either we hang him from poles stuck in the water 499 01:04:11,516 --> 01:04:14,394 and wait for the dry season to bury him. 500 01:04:14,636 --> 01:04:15,432 We can wrap him 501 01:04:15,676 --> 01:04:17,155 to keep the crows away. 502 01:04:17,716 --> 01:04:21,755 But it's not easy. The birds always manage to... 503 01:04:22,316 --> 01:04:23,351 Or... 504 01:04:23,836 --> 01:04:26,270 we tie him to a stone and let him sink. 505 01:04:28,676 --> 01:04:31,031 Who'd want to eat fish from here again? 506 01:04:32,276 --> 01:04:33,709 My father should have known! 507 01:04:33,996 --> 01:04:38,035 He shouldn't have come here only to die without a grave. 508 01:04:38,716 --> 01:04:42,550 lt's God's will. We're all the same here. 509 01:04:42,916 --> 01:04:45,271 No one chooses to live here. 510 01:04:45,516 --> 01:04:48,872 There's no sense in blaming your parents and God. 511 01:04:49,116 --> 01:04:50,469 My husband will help you. 512 01:04:50,876 --> 01:04:53,629 Do it now before it gets dark! 513 01:04:55,196 --> 01:04:57,187 So, what's your decision? 514 01:05:16,436 --> 01:05:18,267 lt's the last bottle. 515 01:05:18,516 --> 01:05:20,393 l swear l spit it all out. 516 01:05:20,636 --> 01:05:22,991 l'm not drinking a toast with a corpse! 517 01:05:48,676 --> 01:05:52,271 lt's too tough. l won't do it again, even for a fortune! 518 01:05:52,516 --> 01:05:54,234 You'll see when it's your turn! 519 01:05:54,476 --> 01:05:56,228 Don't worry. 520 01:05:56,476 --> 01:06:00,867 ln any case, sooner or later, it happens to us all. 521 01:06:01,316 --> 01:06:03,625 l'll light some incense for you. 522 01:06:03,876 --> 01:06:06,185 Bow down before your father. 523 01:06:10,636 --> 01:06:12,513 We have no incense left. 524 01:06:12,756 --> 01:06:15,111 lt doesn't matter, 525 01:06:15,356 --> 01:06:17,267 he can't see anything anymore. 526 01:06:37,236 --> 01:06:39,227 Oh, my God! 527 01:06:46,196 --> 01:06:47,993 You owe me another bottle! 528 01:06:48,236 --> 01:06:50,591 Hurry. The current's carrying him off. 529 01:06:50,836 --> 01:06:52,189 Give me the rope. 530 01:06:57,156 --> 01:06:59,192 The current is flowing that way. 531 01:07:16,996 --> 01:07:20,511 The old man's temperamental! 532 01:07:22,196 --> 01:07:24,391 God of the Waters and merciful Buddha, 533 01:07:24,876 --> 01:07:28,551 return his corpse to us and l'll shave my head for Buddha! 534 01:07:34,276 --> 01:07:36,790 This time, he pulled my foot. 535 01:07:37,676 --> 01:07:39,553 l've tied him up! 536 01:07:44,236 --> 01:07:47,228 Gently, kid. The sampan's going to capsize. 537 01:07:48,996 --> 01:07:51,271 Dry yourself, you'll catch a chill! 538 01:08:00,556 --> 01:08:01,466 Here, you too. 539 01:08:21,436 --> 01:08:24,314 This boy reminds me of Dai. 540 01:08:24,556 --> 01:08:27,195 And we're putting his father under water... 541 01:08:30,156 --> 01:08:32,306 What can we use to weigh him down? 542 01:08:35,676 --> 01:08:37,906 - Can we use this? - No! 543 01:08:38,676 --> 01:08:42,954 That thing's expensive. We've had it since Rach-Gia. 544 01:08:43,916 --> 01:08:47,704 l wouldn't want to be hung from a pole... 545 01:08:48,996 --> 01:08:51,794 Give it to him, for the peace of Dai's soul. 546 01:08:52,036 --> 01:08:55,346 Dai's soul has already risen to heaven. 547 01:08:55,596 --> 01:08:56,506 But we need that mill. 548 01:08:56,796 --> 01:08:58,752 You only think of yourself. 549 01:08:58,996 --> 01:09:00,748 How much is this thing worth? 550 01:09:01,076 --> 01:09:05,115 lf you worked all your life, you still couldn't afford it! 551 01:09:05,396 --> 01:09:06,829 l'll pay double the cost. 552 01:09:07,396 --> 01:09:09,227 Where will you get the money? 553 01:09:10,036 --> 01:09:12,914 l'll herd buffaloes and borrow from my friends. 554 01:09:13,196 --> 01:09:16,711 No one can trust a buffalo herder! 555 01:09:16,956 --> 01:09:18,992 What if l gave you half for your liquor? 556 01:09:19,436 --> 01:09:21,108 What if he doesn't come back? 557 01:09:21,356 --> 01:09:22,869 You'll have the money tomorrow. 558 01:09:23,116 --> 01:09:23,787 All right. 559 01:09:24,036 --> 01:09:28,712 Wager on a lout if you want! As long as l have money to drink... 560 01:09:29,356 --> 01:09:31,870 Kid, come and lend me a hand. 561 01:09:37,476 --> 01:09:40,354 Right, l'm going now. 562 01:09:40,596 --> 01:09:43,269 Hold on, take the base stone too. 563 01:09:43,516 --> 01:09:44,107 Why? 564 01:09:44,396 --> 01:09:46,626 What if the corpse rises back up? 565 01:09:47,276 --> 01:09:48,914 lt won't. 566 01:09:49,196 --> 01:09:50,185 Who can say? 567 01:09:50,476 --> 01:09:52,512 What use is the base without the mill? 568 01:09:52,756 --> 01:09:54,075 Wait a second! 569 01:09:56,876 --> 01:09:59,390 Careful, the sampan might sink. 570 01:10:08,476 --> 01:10:09,545 Gently... 571 01:10:15,196 --> 01:10:17,391 l'll be lucky if l don't sink! 572 01:10:48,036 --> 01:10:49,469 Once, 573 01:10:49,756 --> 01:10:52,987 we had a son 574 01:10:54,516 --> 01:10:56,234 who was more or less your age. 575 01:11:05,356 --> 01:11:07,711 Let's pray to God and Buddha... 576 01:12:18,556 --> 01:12:20,911 The God of the Waters wiII protect you. 577 01:12:21,156 --> 01:12:25,069 Don't forget to pray each time you pass a tempIe. 578 01:13:51,516 --> 01:13:52,426 Go on, swim! 579 01:13:52,996 --> 01:13:54,873 l'll teach you! 580 01:13:58,236 --> 01:13:59,669 What are you doing? 581 01:14:02,236 --> 01:14:03,555 What are you doing? 582 01:14:03,796 --> 01:14:05,946 lf the dragonfly bites your belly button, you'll swim. 583 01:14:06,196 --> 01:14:06,992 l don't want to. 584 01:14:07,876 --> 01:14:10,629 - A boy can't be afraid. - l don't want to! 585 01:14:24,356 --> 01:14:26,551 Where does rain come from, Uncle Kim? 586 01:14:26,796 --> 01:14:29,913 - Dark clouds. - Where do dark clouds come from? 587 01:14:30,596 --> 01:14:31,824 The sky. 588 01:14:32,076 --> 01:14:33,555 Where does the rain go? 589 01:14:34,476 --> 01:14:37,036 - To the sea. - Then where does it go? 590 01:14:38,236 --> 01:14:39,305 Back to the sky. 591 01:14:39,556 --> 01:14:42,628 How can water go up to the sky? 592 01:14:46,276 --> 01:14:49,074 Why is rain clear when this water is so murky? 593 01:14:49,316 --> 01:14:51,671 There are dead things in the water. 594 01:14:51,916 --> 01:14:53,349 What things? 595 01:14:54,676 --> 01:14:55,950 Trees, plants... 596 01:14:56,196 --> 01:14:58,391 buffaloes... men... 597 01:15:07,636 --> 01:15:09,194 This is the first time 598 01:15:09,636 --> 01:15:11,228 that you're not with Thieu. 599 01:15:11,476 --> 01:15:13,353 He's learning chess with Kim. 600 01:15:13,596 --> 01:15:16,110 They should play more often! 601 01:15:16,356 --> 01:15:17,835 Thieu adores Kim. 602 01:15:18,476 --> 01:15:19,829 What about you? 603 01:15:20,596 --> 01:15:22,029 Are you jealous? 604 01:15:32,076 --> 01:15:35,307 lf anything happens to me, you know who to count on. 605 01:15:35,556 --> 01:15:39,629 l don't want to lose you again. l'm sick of this life. 606 01:15:39,876 --> 01:15:43,505 But we make good money and we're nobody's slaves. 607 01:15:44,076 --> 01:15:46,351 l want to move to dry land, 608 01:15:46,836 --> 01:15:48,235 far from here. 609 01:15:48,476 --> 01:15:50,671 We'll never find that. 610 01:15:51,516 --> 01:15:54,713 And l don't want to be a slave to landowners! 611 01:16:21,916 --> 01:16:25,226 You haven't said a word since you got back, pal. 612 01:16:29,076 --> 01:16:30,031 Play something. 613 01:16:34,076 --> 01:16:34,986 Want ajoint? 614 01:16:37,596 --> 01:16:40,030 Has a girl captured your heart? 615 01:16:59,676 --> 01:17:00,586 What's wrong, Kim? 616 01:17:02,516 --> 01:17:04,427 What's become of your mother? 617 01:17:51,476 --> 01:17:53,068 Lap's gang is here! 618 01:17:56,996 --> 01:17:58,190 Where's Kim? 619 01:18:09,636 --> 01:18:10,864 Go and hide! 620 01:18:11,116 --> 01:18:13,072 Go on. Let me handle it! 621 01:18:25,676 --> 01:18:28,190 lt's been a while... l didn't believe it! 622 01:18:39,796 --> 01:18:41,548 There's a whole gang of you! 623 01:18:41,796 --> 01:18:43,149 Where are the others? 624 01:18:43,676 --> 01:18:45,792 Delaying the time of their death? 625 01:18:46,036 --> 01:18:48,186 lt was all my idea. 626 01:18:48,916 --> 01:18:50,429 You're a smart one. 627 01:18:50,676 --> 01:18:52,109 Like father, like son! 628 01:18:53,636 --> 01:18:55,831 l always suspected 629 01:18:57,876 --> 01:19:00,071 that your old man was up to something. 630 01:19:00,316 --> 01:19:01,795 lt's nothing to do with him! 631 01:19:02,036 --> 01:19:03,674 Tell him from me 632 01:19:04,196 --> 01:19:06,551 that if he thinks he can edge me out, 633 01:19:07,116 --> 01:19:08,549 he's out of his mind! 634 01:19:10,156 --> 01:19:11,714 l buried him three days ago. 635 01:19:16,196 --> 01:19:17,595 He's dead! 636 01:19:18,076 --> 01:19:20,988 My father told me that he still felt ashamed. 637 01:19:25,316 --> 01:19:28,467 ls it true... that you had a sister? 638 01:19:30,156 --> 01:19:30,906 Follow me! 639 01:19:44,076 --> 01:19:47,148 My mother entrusted me to your father when l was 10. 640 01:19:47,556 --> 01:19:50,753 He taught me everything. He was a father to me. 641 01:19:51,436 --> 01:19:54,428 When l heard what he did to my sister... 642 01:19:54,676 --> 01:19:57,588 lt's not true. You're lying! You want to trick me! 643 01:19:57,836 --> 01:19:59,428 His spirit has entered you? 644 01:19:59,756 --> 01:20:00,871 Shut up! 645 01:20:01,356 --> 01:20:05,668 That bastard raped my sister... She stopped me from killing him... 646 01:20:06,036 --> 01:20:08,630 The wound from my dagger left him weak 647 01:20:08,876 --> 01:20:10,912 and l took over his business. 648 01:20:12,196 --> 01:20:13,834 And your sister... My mother? 649 01:20:20,356 --> 01:20:23,666 She died one week after you were born. 650 01:20:23,916 --> 01:20:26,794 Your father came to fetch you right away. 651 01:20:38,476 --> 01:20:40,353 l owe him everything. 652 01:20:57,756 --> 01:20:59,508 Where did you bury him? 653 01:21:06,676 --> 01:21:07,904 Be careful! 654 01:21:08,236 --> 01:21:10,113 You won't get a second chance! 655 01:22:06,676 --> 01:22:09,110 l've made food for you for the journey. 656 01:22:16,076 --> 01:22:18,385 l'd like to go with Uncle Kim! 657 01:23:00,916 --> 01:23:02,395 Ba Hai, are you here? 658 01:23:02,996 --> 01:23:04,065 Ba Hai! 659 01:23:10,756 --> 01:23:12,314 Mr Haitich! 660 01:23:16,196 --> 01:23:20,553 You haven't left yet? Please, just go away! 661 01:23:20,956 --> 01:23:23,834 The shaman will be here soon. 662 01:23:24,316 --> 01:23:26,193 What? Do you recognize me? 663 01:23:29,756 --> 01:23:31,508 Keep away from me. 664 01:23:31,756 --> 01:23:33,986 You want to take my wife, don't you? 665 01:23:34,916 --> 01:23:36,872 No. You helped me for my father... 666 01:23:38,756 --> 01:23:40,667 You've already taken the mill 667 01:23:40,916 --> 01:23:43,953 and now you want to drag my wife down to hell! 668 01:23:53,556 --> 01:23:54,671 Kim... 669 01:24:01,316 --> 01:24:02,112 What is it? 670 01:24:02,596 --> 01:24:05,030 She died one month after you left. 671 01:24:05,476 --> 01:24:07,706 Who? Who's dead? 672 01:24:10,596 --> 01:24:12,427 Ba Hai? How?. 673 01:24:12,676 --> 01:24:14,792 One day, she didn't feel well. 674 01:24:15,036 --> 01:24:19,154 She went to lie down and she never woke up again. 675 01:24:20,596 --> 01:24:21,711 l tried... 676 01:24:21,956 --> 01:24:23,355 How did you bury her? 677 01:24:23,596 --> 01:24:27,669 You see, she didn't want to keep the base of the mill. 678 01:25:26,756 --> 01:25:28,872 Here, this is the money l owe you. 679 01:25:29,436 --> 01:25:30,915 Keep it. 680 01:25:31,676 --> 01:25:33,428 Buy another mill with it! 681 01:25:41,356 --> 01:25:44,712 Do you remember where you put my father? 682 01:25:45,356 --> 01:25:49,634 l stuck a pole in the water but the current carried it off. 683 01:26:20,116 --> 01:26:23,665 Tomorrow, we'll try looking where the current took it. 684 01:26:26,356 --> 01:26:28,233 My father always believed in fate. 685 01:26:28,476 --> 01:26:31,593 Perhaps this is the way God wanted it. 686 01:26:43,996 --> 01:26:45,065 Kim! 687 01:27:04,236 --> 01:27:05,589 Are you hungry? 688 01:27:06,956 --> 01:27:09,629 We must harvest before the floods. 689 01:27:10,836 --> 01:27:15,432 Don't worry. l'll mend your sampan too to go fishing. 690 01:27:16,436 --> 01:27:19,951 You don't want to herd buffaloes with your friends anymore? 691 01:27:20,236 --> 01:27:23,672 l hear they have a lot of customers. 692 01:27:24,196 --> 01:27:27,427 l don't want anything more to do with them. 693 01:29:53,396 --> 01:29:55,068 Where are we? 694 01:29:55,476 --> 01:29:56,875 Does it matter? 695 01:29:57,316 --> 01:29:59,113 Water's the same everywhere. 696 01:30:01,316 --> 01:30:03,227 l'd like to go to Ba Hai. 697 01:30:03,476 --> 01:30:05,944 Last night, she came back for me. 698 01:30:06,196 --> 01:30:08,107 With the mill gone, 699 01:30:08,356 --> 01:30:11,348 l don't want to end up hanging in the air for months. 700 01:31:37,076 --> 01:31:38,191 Uncle Kim! 701 01:32:01,676 --> 01:32:04,952 Lap came in the middle of the night with his men. 702 01:32:05,236 --> 01:32:07,545 They took Det and Quang. 703 01:32:10,676 --> 01:32:14,828 l haven't had any news for almost a year now. 704 01:32:20,676 --> 01:32:22,746 A year! Why didn't you... 705 01:32:22,996 --> 01:32:25,305 l looked for Det everywhere. 706 01:32:26,036 --> 01:32:28,152 Why didn't you come back to us? 707 01:32:28,396 --> 01:32:30,432 l couldn't have taken it... 708 01:32:30,676 --> 01:32:33,190 ln the end, it was better that way. 709 01:32:42,356 --> 01:32:46,110 Can you look after Thieu? He needs a father. 710 01:32:46,596 --> 01:32:49,668 A father... You want me to be his father? 711 01:33:04,116 --> 01:33:05,629 Where do you plan to go, Ban? 712 01:33:06,236 --> 01:33:09,353 Thieu knows. lf he wakes, l won't be able to leave. 713 01:33:10,556 --> 01:33:14,151 You don't need to leave. Stay here with me and Thieu. 714 01:34:37,956 --> 01:34:41,631 I stayed to raise Thieu 715 01:34:42,396 --> 01:34:44,910 on this water. 716 01:34:45,996 --> 01:34:48,874 At the end of the war, the Japanese 717 01:34:50,476 --> 01:34:53,912 drove the French out and were then driven out in turn. 718 01:34:54,156 --> 01:34:57,831 But the water returned, 719 01:34:59,476 --> 01:35:02,912 as aIways, 720 01:35:03,356 --> 01:35:07,065 nourishing the Iand, giving us fish, 721 01:35:07,436 --> 01:35:10,746 but rotting everything, men and buffaIoes, 722 01:35:11,276 --> 01:35:13,995 the Iiving and the dying. 723 01:35:19,076 --> 01:35:22,512 Lam, you're hoIding your great-grandfather's bones. 724 01:35:22,956 --> 01:35:25,026 Where shouId I start? 725 01:35:26,076 --> 01:35:28,636 With the dry season or the flooding season? 726 01:38:46,476 --> 01:38:48,387 Subtitles: lan Burley 727 01:38:48,636 --> 01:38:50,547 Subtitling by TVS - TlTRA FlLM 50492

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