All language subtitles for City of Ember

On the day the world ended, the fate of
mankind was carried in a small metal

box.

In a secret location, architects,
scientists, and engineers met and

that there was only one hope for our
future.

To build an underground city.

designed to keep its citizens protected
for generations to come.

Secure the box.

Set it for 200 years.

We'll keep them in the city for 200
years.

You're certain they'll be long?

None of us can be certain of anything.

We can hope.

Growing up with no knowledge of a world
outside, future generations will be

spared sorrow for what they've lost.

For the good of all mankind.

The box was entrusted to the first
mayor.

was to pass it on to her successor.

As the years counted down, the box
passed from mayor to mayor.

None knew what secrets it held, only
that it would open when it was needed

But fate ran another course, and the
chain was broken.

The box was tucked away and forgotten.

And as the city grew old and began to
crumble, the box quietly clicked

open.

Did you hear that?

Hurry up. You don't want to be late.

I am hurrying.

I'm proud of you, son.

Today's a big day.

Yeah.

I just hope I don't get assigned some
useless job.

You can't control what job you get on
assignment day. That's not the point.

The important thing is...

They're getting longer.

That one was. Yeah, it's the third one
this week.

The generator's our only source of
power.

If it goes, we all go.

That's dramatic.

Dad, this place is falling apart.

No, I will not just sit around while
Ember collapses.

I'm getting into that generator,
whatever it takes.

Congratulations on achieving this
momentous occasion.

Your assignment day.

I'm late.

Lena, are you and your granny over?
Yeah, we're fine. You all right, Mr.

Just another blackout, Lena.

Produced the book of The City of Ember.

You need to sign in.

I'm late.

We swear...

Eternal loyalty to our city.

We declare our infinite gratitude to the
builders who chose to die with the

greatest care.

We flourish above our mighty flowing
river.

We thrive thanks to the unbounded
capacity of our mighty generator.

Beating every center like a magnificent
heart.

Beyond Denver, the darkness goes on
forever in all directions.

Ours is the only light in the dark
world.

True.

Be the first to discover your future.

Reach in, young man.

Read it aloud.

Electrician's helper.

I get to work in the generator.

Timekeeper's assistant.

You get to work with clocks.

Building repair systems.

They have a lot of fun.

Greenhouse helper.

I'd agree.

Potato peeler.

You're going to come in handy.

Warehouse clerk.

A vital job.

Pick one, young lady.

Pipework.

Louder so we can all hear.

I'm a pipework laborer. You're a very
fortunate girl. That is an important

Mullet scraper. We got a mullet scraper.
Great.

Messenger.

Lena.

Lena.

Do you need me? Trade with me.

Swap jobs, please. You have to.

You want to work in the pipe work? No, I
want to be electrician's helper and

work in the generator, but Joss won't
swap.

I would rather die than be a messenger.
I don't want to waste my time while the

whole city crumbles.

What?

Yes.

Thank you, dude. Thanks.

You're not a messenger, Lena. But today
was assignment day, remember?

Oh.

Where's Poppy?

Poppy?

Poppy! She was helping me look for
something.

Here's Poppy.

Poppy!

Poppy!

Poppy, take that out of your mouth.

I made it.

Yeah, I can tell.

What's it for?

It's for your graduation.

I mean, what does it do?

You'll figure it out.

There's more to a bottle cap than
keeping liquid from leaking out of

The main thing is, pay attention.

Pay close attention to everything.

Everything you see.

Notice what no one else notices.

And you'll know what no one else knows.

What you get is what you get.

What you do with what you get.

That's more the point.

Wouldn't you say?

Really useful, Dad.

you the voices while you fall asleep,
okay?

down again in number two

for duty.

You're early, Mayfleet.

At ease. At ease.

It's beautiful.

Wear it proudly.

Take care of it.

Always keep it in good repair.

I will.

Your station is gone square.

Stop!

I need to tell you the rules.

One, when a customer... Give you a
message, repeat it back to make sure

got it right. Two, always wear the right
cape so people can identify you. Three,

our customers pay 20 coins for every
message no matter how far we have to

it. So go fast.

Oh, it's going fast.

Very good.

I'm impressed.

Now go!

These overalls will go over your
clothes.

That belt will have all the tools you'll
need.

And I think there's enough traction left
in these boots.

You need traction to work the pipes.

Now, this locker is yours. You can put
in your shoes and whatnot.

All right?

Okay.

All right.

You've got a big head.

Oh, that fits.

All right, now.

Cut your name in there.

Why? Why?

In case something happens to you.

The guy who wore this helmet before you
drowned.

If he hadn't cut his name in there, we
wouldn't have known who he was.

Here.

Use this.

I think I can figure out what's wrong
with the generator.

When can I see it?

Done.

So?

Hey, slow down.

Larry!

Larry, it's me.

Look at you.

Rona told me. You're my first message.
That's great.

I'm ready. From Arben Swinn, the
vegetable vendor.

Let me have it.

If this... is a potato, then I'm 16 and
sexy.

I couldn't see it, but I ran right into
it. I swear, it was as big as a house.

I was just trying to get out along the
river.

It was so dark.

I grabbed onto it.

I had to before it grabbed me.

Stand back.

I had to.

I knew it was dark, but I had no idea
how dark.

I couldn't see anything.

Why would he risk being thrown in jail
when everyone knows it's against the law

to go out there?

There's far too much to do here to worry
about out there.

My father would have known how to fix
these potatoes.

Don't dig too deep, Lena.

The whole thing is rusted.

It ought to be replaced.

Yep. So where do you store new pipes?

New pipes?

We haven't had new pipes since my second
decade here.

We've been patching so long, we have
more patches than pipes. Here, hold

Check it.

Squeeze it.

Is it holding?

So far.

So far.

So far is so good.

What's going to happen?

Same as always.

What's that?

We'll cope.

But what about the blackouts? They're
getting worse. Slow down, kid.

You have to learn to take things as they
come.

What's this tunnel called?

It's Tunnel 25.

And this is 26.

How do you know?

Come on.

What's that for?

Russia.

Water wheel.

And this?

Oh, no.

It's not my job.

You've worked here forever.

How could you not know?

I did my own business, Thief Schmick.

Thief should be busy enough.

Can we go into the generator?

Tom's been erased.

What are you doing here?

You don't work in the storeroom.

You're a looper.

Your brother was in my class.

Oh, thanks for the enlightening
information.

Is that why you're here? No, I'm
training in the pipeworks.

I'm training in the pipeworks. I saw
this rope.

I got lost.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, well, get lost again.

You okay?

You okay?

I can talk. You okay?

Yeah. I'm okay.

Something's not right.

They never left this long.

What's that sound?

It's the generator.

But they can fix it, right? Maybe for
now. But we're running out of time.

We have to do something.

There was a man this morning. He came
back from the unknown regions. He said

heard water.

Did you ever think there might be a way
out?

A way out of Emory?

Look,

I need to get down to Pipeworks.

You stay safe, Lena, okay?

June. June!

Wait!

Where'd you get that?

I think it came from some kind of
animal.

No, where did you get it?

A man came back with it from the unknown
region.

It's from a beetle.

It's beautiful.

Can I keep it? I have a message.

Miss Sample, I need to get home and
check on my granny first. Pass the

as you go.

Tell everybody.

Something is very, very important.

My great -granddaddy, he told me this.
Wait here.

Poppy, no.

Spit it out.

Poppy, come on.

Pop?

You're ruining the couch, Granny.

Is this what you're looking for?

Are you sure?

What's so special about it?

I forget.

I don't remember.

I don't remember.

Okay, Granny, I've got to get back to
work.

The generator's broken. It's hopeless.

Next block.

I have a message.

For Celie Schnapp.

I'm Celie Schnapp. What is it? My melder
sent me. He did?

He wants me to tell you that you can't
come over for lunch today.

Oh. He said that your house is too far
away from his and he's afraid of the

blackout.

For the mayor.

Your ship is in.

Good day, messenger.

What brings you to the gathering hall?

I have a message for the mayor.

Very good.

Right this way, if you please.

These pictures are of all the mayors of
Ember.

I'm related to him.

He was my great... great... I don't know
how many greats' grandfather.

Hod Morford.

Seventh mayor of Ember.

We still live in the same place he did.

I recognize you from assignment day,
don't I?

She's a direct descendant of our seventh
mayor.

Are you? How nice.

Name? Lena Mayfleet.

Mayfleet?

Oh, that is a name for a messenger.

May your feet be fleet.

Apparently you were born for the job.

What is your message for me, Lena
Mayfleet?

It's from Looper, sir.

What are those boxes in the portrait,
sir?

Is that part of the message?

No. I was just curious.

Thank you.

I'm just looking after myself.

You've heard the rumors. You know what
they're saying.

It's going black for good. What's going
black for good?

Clean your ears, little Miss Nosy.

I said back.

Going back for good.

Did you deliver the message?

Amber's been here a long time.

Blackouts are no blackouts.

Generator hasn't failed us yet.

The generator won't last. It's falling
apart.

No one knows what they're doing down
there.

Something's really wrong.

What can you do about it?

What can you do about it?

How do you explain that this used to be
so small?

You're going to give yourself a
headache.

Ember. Time.

Support life.

One. Proceed. Two. Release.

My shop's out of peas. I need 15 air
tights. Well, you can't have 15. You can

only have three.

Don't give me that. Just yesterday, I
saw plenty of air tights in Post Street

Market. Oh, that's why there aren't so
many today, isn't it? Don't be smart

me. What do you want me to do, make peas
out of thin air?

I need some help. I need help.

Nina!

Just, just find this. Live battery.

You need to stay in bed today. We found
it, Granny.

Don't ask her to talk now.

What's best for you is to sleep.

Isn't there any medicine you could give
her?

I'm low on medicine.

Sorry.

Give her as much water as you're
drinking.

Can you look at Poppy, too?

Hang on to her.

I'm just going to look in your mouth.

Don't bite.

But what was that doing there?

Poppy.

Poppy, stop.

Poppy,

stand still.

Don't move.

Poppy have to share, but I think the
bed's big enough.

Poppy, let's make some dinner and let
your sister get settled.

You know your part.

Um, I think I remember it pretty well
from last year.

Oh, a great day of singing is so
important.

Oh, it lifts all of our hearts. How
lucky we are.

I don't feel very lucky lately.

There's nothing to worry about.

The blackouts worry everybody.

Help is coming.

Help? Mm -hmm.

Who built our city, dear?

The builders?

That's right.

And the builders will come again and
show us the way.

Whatever it is, Granny, we'll figure it
out.

It says Pipeworks.

That's why I brought it to you.

It's printing.

You know what it reminds me of?

What are

we

doing here?

Calder's left us this book. We learned
about it in history.

wrote these instructions.

What do you think?

I think it's instructions.

Yeah?

What I don't understand is why would
they have it in a circle?

I mean, I know what my... Add a T.

What? Add a T.

E -X -I -T.

Exit.

What if there's an exit from Ember?

I don't think we're supposed to be down
here.

This tunnel was erased from Saul's map.

It dead -ends in a locked room.

We almost need to eat all the times to
stay alive. Probably just as hungry as

are.

Do you see those storerooms?

They're completely empty. We're gonna
run out of food.

It doesn't matter anyway.

The generator won't last.

And pretty soon it'll be black for good.

Mayfleet. That's my name.

The man who wore that helmet before me
drowned.

to figure out what this is all about.
It's all these zeros.

That's what scares me the most.

What we count down to nothing.

It sounds like doomsday.

Shh. Please, honey.

Don't do anything foolish.

I couldn't bear to lose you too.

How did he die? Did he really drown?

Father thought it was doomsday, too.

He believed there was a way to get out
of Amber.

I couldn't dissuade him.

I said it was our duty to stay here and
fix our problem.

But it's illegal to venture out into the
unknown.

Why is it illegal?

Father said the river runs in one
direction, so it must... come from

and go to someplace.

But he must have hit it too early or
something. I don't know.

The tunnel flooded and... And my dad
died.

He was by himself?

Everyone else got out before it
collapsed.

I was considering taking the box to the
mayor.

Yes. Do that.

Do that instead, please.

Let him handle the situation.

These are trying and troubled times.

Our problems are grave.

We need answers, but beyond answers.

More important than answers, we need
solutions.

And in order to find those solutions, I
propose we

launch a thorough investigation.

I hereby declare the creation of a task
force to investigate the

blackout.

Do I have volunteers?

Today, we, the people, stand united

against the darkness.

apple since my grandmother was a little
girl. Where'd you get this?

Lizzie! Where'd you get that food?

Oh, buddy.

I got it from my boyfriend.

You don't have a boyfriend.

It's not official, but there's this guy
who really likes me. He explores the

storerooms, especially the ones on the
edges.

They're marked empty in the ledger, but
they're not all empty.

I'll give you a bye if you promise not
to tell.

It's wrong, Lizzie.

Well, he says it's all going to be gone
soon anyway. Why not live as well as we

can right now?

I need to tell you something.

It was Luther we saw near that 351 door.

Before that, I took a message to the
mayor for him.

I'll bet there's something big on the
other side of that door.

And I thought he was lying when he
talked about finding a solution.

He wasn't lying.

He's found his solution.

Bobby, lie down, okay?

It's time to go to sleep.

Could you just pump those pedals?

What is this?

The answering machine tape from my
parents' phone.

When we still had one.

That's my dad's voice. I'll be there
before light's out.

Ray, it's me, Farrell.

I've been thinking about it.

I watched my boy and... I've come
around.

I've changed my mind.

I'm in.

What's wrong?

Light me.

Where are you going?

How was your rehearsal?

For the singing?

Oh, it was fine.

It was really good.

Good? Good night.

Good night.

Dad.

I heard you. I heard you on the
answering... Lena Mayfleet has a

answering machine tape.

I heard you. You said her dad...

Could count you in.

You tried to leave the city, didn't you?

Why would I do that?

Because of me.

Dad.

Please.

No, you were right.

There is an exit.

Yeah, Rain thought so, too. And it got
him killed, son. Dad, there's a way out

in the pipeworks.

But you have to tell me everything that
you know. Tell me what you know. I don't

know anything, and neither do you.

The builders left instructions.

The builders abandoned us.

No, they didn't.

They didn't, Dad. I have proof.

Oh, happy great day of singing, young
lady.

I need to speak to you in private.

Very well, then.

What I need to tell you is secret and
really important.

What is it? The mayor. He's got a bunker
in the pipeworks. It's filled with

food.

The shortages aren't as bad as everyone
thinks.

You mean the mayor is stealing?

Looper, who works... in the storerooms
is helping him.

This is shocking.

Shocking.

I'm shocked.

Well, we have to report this.

Come with me.

Well done, Lena Maple. Once you arrest
him, June and I can show you where the

room is and... Wait, where are we going?

I beg your pardon, Your Honor.

You remember Lena Mayfleet?

She wants to accuse you.

Accuse me of what?

Of stealing food from the people of
Ember.

I love my city and everyone in it.

And I would never think to do such a
thing.

We saw your room. We saw you in...

We? She and her friend, Dune Harrow.

What's that box?

It's mine.

It's unusual looking.

Where'd you get that?

You're related to one of the mayors.
Yes.

He was the seventh mayor?

A lot of things got lost when the
seventh mayor passed.

May I look at that box, Lena?

Why?

What's inside the box, Lena?

I imagine it's official mayor -related
business.

Box. Give it to me.

It's not yours.

Give it back!

No! Get it from her. Now!

Take it from her! Move! Grab her!

Have you got her?

Get her.

Is he here?

I can't hear. I have a weak ear.

You have to talk louder.

Dune Harrell. No, Loras. We're looking
for Dune Harrell. He's charged with

treason against the city. That's
terrible.

If it's true, he's no son of mine.

Treason is the worst offense anyone
could possibly commit.

Builders were wise when they said, if
you have proof, you have to pursue it.

There's more to a bottle cap than
keeping liquid from leaking out of

Get him. Go, this way.

June! The guards are here!

You traitor!

How did I get you? The keypad is
somewhere...

Just one second.

Is this the way to your apartment?

Apparently not.

about. We'll be late for the great day
of singing.

Oh, excuse me, ma 'am. I'm looking for
Lena Mayfleet. Well, she's not here.

She's probably already in Harkin Square.
Okay, okay. Oh, excuse me.

I'm so sorry.

You know, the mayor did ask for her
specifically.

The greenhouse.

She was meeting a friend at the
greenhouse.

Does that help?

A warning.

If I discover you are helping,
harboring, or otherwise assisting those

Why would I do that?

I have information they will come in
this way.

Who provided you with that information?

It's confidential.

All I need for you to understand is
this. If you're involved, you'll regret

Anything you hear, anything you see, you
tell me.

Otherwise, there will be consequences.

Should anything happen in the future
that you hear of or see, I'll expect to

informed.

I don't need to tell you that I have the
mayor's ear.

Leave two dogs behind!

We've got to find a way out of here.

What

is

this?

My dad made this.

That doesn't look very safe.

That's my dad.

Everything he makes looks like this.

What do you mean, your dad?

Barrow.

His voice is on your answering machine.

But your dad's name is Lars.

Barrow Harrow.

His nickname.

After some wheelbarrow he used to push
around.

You're the boy.

That means our parents were trying to
escape together.

They're trying.

We're running out of time.

They'll come back for us.

You stay here and be a good girl.

Okay? And look for me up there.

Oh,

she's here somewhere.

when we pause to celebrate our fair
city.

This beacon of light in a world of
darkness.

Hold on!

Hey,

that's not covered.

This miracle of planning, this
magnificent achievement that is

our city of Ember.

gave this to you?

Not exactly.

Generator.

Okay. We have to get there.

We have to get there now.

Wait!

Poppy.

Here, we have to get him on his feet.

Wake up.

So, is there a key to the generator
door?

Sure, there's a key.

Great. Where is it?

How should I know? It's not my job.

Wait.

Something's not right.

The builders were smart. They would have
made it simple.

I'm tired of this simple.

They would have thought it through.

They planned...

something behind those lockers.

Oh, apps.

Oh.

Belief by... Maintaining... Something.

Mechanism. Parkway.

Stop.

There's more coming.

There's another one. Look.

The water level is too low. It's going
to hit.

They should have moved out of the way.

We're not supposed to skip ahead.

We need to follow the instructions
exactly.

Get the builders that I wanted.

Access something, something, one room.

Come on, Pablo.

Come on.

There wasn't one room we were looking
for.

It was L.

Emergency control room.

Come on.

Are you okay?

Set water wheel one to full stop.

I will wait.

Move it.

Hey, what's next? Set water wheel two to
full stop.

Water wheel two to full stop.

It's working.

Try this.

It's beginning to move.

It's moving.

It's working, though.

So it's the exit.

It's the way out of Ember.

Where, boy?

We'll find out.

Don't come now! Come with me! You go!

Now!

It was you and me!

Open the door!

We had a deal!

We had a deal!

Open the door!

Oh, can you see?

There's something up ahead.

They were right.

There's nothing but darkness.

Amen.

They won't hear you.

It's way too far.

Well, we've got to tell them somehow. We
need to tell them what's up here.

Lena and Dune tied their hope to a rock
and tossed it down toward the city.

The rock could have ended up on a roof.

Or kicked into a gutter.

But fate ran another course.

And the message found its way.

Now the path was clear for all.

All of us who kept the flame of ember
burning.

Through the darkness.

So that we could live again on the
earth.