Original subtitles

In the name of the law and your fellow men,

I declare you, Peter Costello, to be outlaw.

And decree that if ever you should return or attempt

to return to the mainland, any man meeting

you shall have power and hold it his duty to work your death,

you shall have power and hold it his duty to work your death,

seeing that your life is forfeit.

Here on this island, you shall stay.

You can think yourself lucky, too, young man.

If it hadn't been for young Jean Fraser,

you would have been hanged.

Serve you right, too.

But hanging is a poor death for any young man.

So we make him outlaw.

So we make him outlaw.

That'll be a chance of life.

Here are some potatoes.

And good seed for planting.

A string, knife, and tinder.

And steel.

And then I've spared you a spade and an ax.

And there's a cooking pot.

Live as you can.

If you can.

Please take my coat, Peter.

In it, you'll find a tin with some hooks and line.

God bless you.

Thank you, Tim.

[CRANKING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SOBS]

[WAVES SLOSHING]

[WAVE CRASHES]

[WAVE CRASHES]

So, young man, you want to marry my daughter Jean, huh?

Well, I'm not letting her marry a beggar.

There's MacKenzie willing to have her.

He's a man of some substance.

Good farm.

Landlord at an inn.

200 sheep on the hill.

200 sheep on the hill.

Isn't surprising how she'd prefer him to you.

However, I'm not an unreasonable man.

You show me a quarter of what MacKenzie has got,

you may have my daughter.

I had to tell him about the ship.

I had to tell him about the ship.

I couldn't help it.

Please believe me.

I never wanted us to be together.

I don't.

Show me 50 sheep in your flock and I'll give you my consent

Show me 50 sheep in your flock and I'll give you my consent

to marry my daughter.

50 sheep is not impossible, Peter.

You've got 17 already.

My father doesn't know how many he has.

If we can't get the rest, we shall borrow them.

He will never know.

[CRIES OF AGONY]

[CRIES OF AGONY]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[SEAGULLS]

[SEAGULLS]

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

[SOUNDS OF SEAGULLS AND SHOUTS MIX]

[SOUNDS OF SEAGULLS AND SHOUTS MIX]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[STYLIZED GROWLING]

Peter, there's meaning in a name.

But the name you're called by, it

does not penetrate to the depths.

does not penetrate to the depths.

I found that out long ago.

Who are you?

I've sat very near where you're sitting now,

in just such a hut as this that I built here.

Same place, with the same stones.

When were you alive?

As earthly time goes, nearly 300 years ago.

Were you also an outlaw?

No, a monk from the mainland.

I came, like you, to find my soul.

Did I come here to find my soul?

You are seeking it.

Did you stay long enough to find your soul?

Not long enough.

Time, like good and evil, becomes unreal in solitude.

The earth, the rocks become transparent and made of light.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[WAVES CRASHING]

I am and I am not.

I am and I am not.

Essential is I, and I am.

Almighty God, save me.

Save me.

The earth, the rocks become transparent and made of light.

The earth, the rocks become transparent and made of light.

Dear Lord, dear Lord, give me the Earth under my feet.

Let me not be lost in this emptiness.

[PRAYS SOFTLY]

[STYLIZED CHURCH BELLS]

What happened to the sheep that I left?

They were divided.

And Jean?

She married MacKenzie.

How is she?

She's well.

This is not a bad place, Peter.

Is Jean happy?

She's happy enough.

Who can tell what's happening in a woman's heart?

How did they do at the end?

Quite well.

They've improved the place a little.

They have two girls serving now so that Jean

doesn't have to work too hard.

Has she a child yet?

Soon, I think.

Will you come again?

As soon as I can.

As soon as I can.

God bless.

Why did Jean betray me?

Why did she?

Why did she?

The phantom is not the same as the woman.

She is.

That woman that you knew is not there.

She is there.

My heart tells me.

The human heart needs the human touch as the test.

You cannot touch her.

[PUB PATRONS CONVERSE]

Yes, I did.

He didn't seem very interested in what

happened to his possessions.

He has other things to worry about.

He has other things to worry about.

Like what?

It's not easy living off the land by yourself,

but he's managing well, I thought.

Mary?

How does he live?

[PATRONS CONVERSE]

Two hands.

Fresh water.

A man could easily move and be happy enough

A man could easily move and be happy enough

if he had a wife, goat to milk, and a few hens.

It's a tough place in winter, though,

even if he had a wife to keep him warm.

It was a strange thing to do with a man like that.

Yes, but he stole sheep, and more than one.

We all know that story.

How did you leave him?

Did he mind you coming and going?

He helped me down with the boat, just stood there.

He didn't say anything other than to Jean.

He said, it was for her he stole sheep.

[INTERPOSING VOICES]

[LAUGHTER]

Good evening.

God save you.

Thank you.

Please don't worry yourself, my dear.

Your God will guide you and help you.

Thank you.

God bless you.

[WAVES LAPPING]

[WIND BLOWING]

May you find peace at last.

If you've done wrong out of love or hatred,

may your sins be forgiven.

I cannot pray because I cannot see the end.

I cannot pray because I cannot see the end.

But to you, his end is here.

Oh, God, forgive my prayer.

[ROOSTER CROWS]

[MOTHER CALLS TO CHILDREN]

[MOTHER CALLS TO CHILDREN]

[CHATTER]

[CHATTER]

I saw the Island of the Priest today quite clearly.

A grim place, it looks.

Could you get me another towel?

Dullach told me that--

What did he tell you?

--that he went there.

Yes, we all know that.

Why are you telling me?

I'm sorry.

[THUNDER]

[GOAT BLEATS]

[CHICKENS CLUCK]

There's enough time to get there.

[CRIES OF CHILDBIRTH]

She lost the baby.

She is very ill.

[SCREAMS OF AGONY]

[RAIN AND THUNDER]

More.

More, here.

[CHURCH BELLS]

[CRIES SOFTLY]

[WAVES LAPPING]

[GOAT CRIES]

[GOAT CRIES]

[SEAGULLS]

Why have you come?

I thought of you alone here.

I was alone there, so I came.

Do they know?

No.

No one knows.

It's a lucky thing you found landing.

It's a lucky thing you found landing.

You could have drowned.

You must be tired after your long journey.

I have to find some food.

I must fish.

If you've come to be with me, is it as man and wife?

You stay here.

I'll sleep under the cliff.

Good night.

[CRASHING]

What are you doing?

What are you?

Where are you going now?

How did you get here?

I lost the boat.

Oh, why didn't you hold it?

I couldn't.

Why have you come here?

Why have you come here?

I didn't want to stay there.

Stay where?

I have some things under the cliff, some tools and chickens

and a goat.

I need to speak to you now.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Father, help me.

I can no longer tell what is real.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[SOFT MUSIC]

Help me.

Peter, let the feeling of the sky become great.

Let it speak, the high heavens, the heavens beneath,

all the things above, all things beneath decline and rise.

Men here are lost within the inner richness and then found.

Go away.

Leave me.

You're as evil as everything else.

[SCREAMS IN PAIN]

[PANTING AND MOANING]

[PANTING AND MOANING]

[WAVES CRASH]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Timothy, I need to go there.

Timothy, I need to go there.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Go on, then.

I think it will help you.

What about you?

I couldn't really complain, can I?

[HARSH WIND]

Come on.

Peter.

I don't want you here anymore.

Peter, I've lost everything.

I need to talk to you.

I don't want you here anymore.

[SOFT MUSIC]

I never wanted to lose you.

Hold me.

Are you real?

We mustn't forget Christmas.

Christmas?

Christmas is no good to me.

Christmas is no good to me.

We ought to keep Christmas.

You don't even know what day it is.

We can guess.

Nobody can tell us we're wrong, anyway.

Nobody can tell us anything, so what's the point?

I'd like us to have Christmas.

Well, what do you want and when do you want it?

We'll have Christmas dinner and I'll give you a present.

When other people are happy, we should be too.

When other people are happy, we should be too.

You can always go back if you want to.

Would you like me to go back, Peter?

Yes, you do need her as the Earth needs love.

No one breathes by their own power.

No one breathes by their own power.

Darkness is hidden in darkness and darkness,

until the union between being and non-being creates love.

Your curse is your blessing.

Free yourself from the past.

Be here now.

[WAVES LAPPING]

[SEAGULLS]

Three, three and a half, I think.

Oh.

Good night, sweet.

We'll go back one day, Peter.

I don't want to go back.

Yeah.

He encircled him, encircled, encircled, encircled.

He took him up to the high places of the Earth.

I know it's a boy.

I've seen things, many things.

It's moving.

He's real.

[CRYING IN PAIN]

[CRYING IN PAIN]

[SCREAMS]

Oh, god.

Mary.

Let's go to the house.

Mary, come on.

Walk with me.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Come on.

No.

[CRIES OF CHILDBIRTH]

[WAVES CRASH]

[BABY CRIES]

Is it a baby girl?

It's a boy.

Baby.

[STYLIZED CHURCH BELLS]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[CHICKENS CLUCK]

[BABY CRIES SOFTLY]

A fine little boy.

I have some news.

I haven't told you yet.

I'm getting married.

It'll be all right with you, Tim.

What have you called him?

He hasn't got a name.

I haven't settled on what his name shall be.

We shall call him Wolf.

What sort of name is that?

Well, if it is a good name, it'll

warn people to be aware of his teeth.

That's not the name for a child.

The boy must have a name and not a name to be ashamed of.

I agree.

Would you name him so to a priest, when he is baptized?

What priest would come to baptize an outlaw's bastard?

Wolf is a good name.

It's a name he will grow to be proud of.

He's not the same as everyone else, so.

Timothy, you could ask the priest

to come and baptize the boy and he would be able to marry us.

That would be better.

Yes, better than I deserve.

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC]

And what sort of woman is she?

Not at all a bad kind of girl, Father.

Is the child of the outlaw?

Yes.

Yes.

It couldn't be anyone else's father.

He's a fine little boy.

The mother is anxious to have him baptized.

Are there any objections, Father?

No, I don't think so.

Then you would be able to come with me next time I go?

Alice and I will be godparents to the boy.

It would be grand if you could marry them at the same time.

It would be grand if you could marry them at the same time.

I can't marry them by law.

A man who's outside the law, he's outside the law.

But if they wished to be married in the sight of God,

well that might be possible.

That would please her.

What about him?

It would be good for him too.

[INAUDIBLE],, take them [INAUDIBLE]..

They make me sneeze.

They make me sneeze.

You see, a man like Costello is, by law, dead

as far as his fellow humans are concerned.

And in the face of God, he and his woman

have disgraced our Lord.

They've made a mockery of the law of man.

On a clear day, you can see enough of that island

to make you feel ashamed.

to make you feel ashamed.

It was a terrible thing to happen.

What sort of man is he?

He's an honest man, Father.

He lives in his thoughts.

God will be the final judge, Timothy.

God will be the final judge, Timothy.

[SOFT MUSIC]

[HAPPY SHOUTS]

[INAUDIBLE] a new style of dance.

You all right, Father?

Did you bring the hooks?

I brought everything.

I brought everything.

I even brought you a cat.

Father didn't travel well.

We should have a celebration nearby.

Receive the sign of the cross upon your forehead

Receive the sign of the cross upon your forehead

and upon your heart.

[BABY CRIES]

By a heaven may rule of life, and let your conduct henceforth

prove you fit to be a living temple of God.

Let us pray.

Hear our prayer, Lord God, and guard this chosen servant.

What did you call him?

His name is Wolf.

His name is Wolf.

What would you call him?

His name is Wolf.

And spirit and made of light and hidden and hidden and hidden.

And spirit and made of light and hidden and hidden and hidden.

What have you done with Wolf?

Alice is looking after him.

You know what we discussed, did you agree?

Well, Timothy and I spoke to the priest about it and--

Well, Timothy and I spoke to the priest about it and--

And what?

What did he say?

Marriage by law is not possible, but he's

willing to say a service that will make it

right for the child in the eyes of God.

What difference would that make?

There's a lot of difference.

I can see none.

For those who come here, Peter, for Timothy and Alice

and others.

It's for Wolf.

It's for Wolf.

It's for you, Peter.

If you want it.

Yes.

It will be a day for us to remember.

And help them from your Heavenly trials.

Thus may they seek you wholeheartedly.

And provided it is good for them,

And provided it is good for them,

may they obtain whatever they ask for through Christ

our Lord, Amen.

Listen to the service that I'll read here.

Everything's in it.

There can be no marriage by law, but for yourself

and to your own conscience.

[BABY CRIES]

Let us pray, pray that an almighty God,

Let us pray, pray that an almighty God,

whose mercy has no limit, whose goodness knows no end.

Shh, Timothy.

[OMINOUS SOUNDS]

For all you have witnessed, be thankful.

[PRIEST CONTINUES TO PRAY]

Turn the other way now, those who have gained

Turn the other way now, those who have gained

what they asked from you.

Oh, Lord, you have taught the hearts of the faint.

[PRIEST VOICE FADES]

[BAGPIPES PLAYING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

In the name of the land and the sea and the spirits,

I declare you Mary Byrne--

--and you, Peter Costello--

--and you, Peter Costello--

--to be wife in law, to love and to hold till death do us part.

[SOFT MUSIC]