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[flight attendant 1, in French] Excuse me, sir.

Please put your child's seatback up.

[in English] Okay.

[flight attendant 2 over PA, in French] Ladies and gentlemen,

we're arriving shortly in Bangkok.

Please return to your seats.

Your luggage should be stowed in the overhead lockers.

Put your seat in an upright position,

stow your tray table, cupholder, and footrest.

Smoking is prohibited, including e-cigarettes...

[breathes deeply]

[indistinct background chatter]

[announcement on speaker]

[in English] You have been here, several times?

Yes.

Please raise your head towards the camera.

[keyboard clacking]

What's the reason for the trip this time?

Tourism. We're here for vacation.

Bring your kid to the camera.

[keyboard clacking]

[in Thai] Welcome home, kid.

[tourist, in English] Thank you.

[airplane roaring]

[traffic buzzing]

[door opens]

[ceiling fan whirring]

[tourist] Here.

[doorbell rings]

[hotel staff, in Thai] Hello.

- [hotel staff] Good night, sir. - [tourist, in Thai] Thank you.

[door closes]

[tourist, in French] I ordered rice. You like that.

[sighs deeply]

Don't you want any?

- [traffic buzzing] - [indistinct clamor]

- [knife rattling] - [oil sizzling]

[in English] One more?

No, thank you.

Sure?

Where are you from?

- France. - [softly] France.

My name is Sky.

Sky?

Yes.

What's your name?

Thomas.

Thomas.

Are you married, Thomas?

Yes.

Kids?

No.

Not a lot of farang these days.

You can take me with you, if you want.

[melancholic music playing]

[kids clamoring]

NOBODY’S SON

[pants]

[utensils clattering]

[in French] Shall we go down for breakfast?

[Thomas] Hmm?

Breakfast...

[phone buzzing]

[indistinct chatter]

[reception phone ringing]

[Thomas, in Thai] Thank you. For everything.

[in English] Okay, it's here.

- [taxi driver] Oh, yeah, yeah. - [Thomas] Here, here, here.

[brakes squeal]

- [taxi driver] It's here. Here. - [Thomas] Yeah. Okay.

[in French] She says your call surprised her.

Foster parents are not allowed to contact families.

Yes, of course.

[translator] When social services brought him,

he was only a few weeks old.

She remembers

as it was the year of the mine disaster.

The entire Chiang Dao region was affected.

I have the name of the village.

That's all I've got.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] I sent an e-mail request

for the family's surname.

They said his file is inaccessible until he turns 18.

And that's it.

[speaking Thai]

[speaking Thai]

[in French] She is sorry to hear what happened to you.

[pet bird chirping]

[in Thai] Thank you.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] She asks you how he's doing.

[in French] I'm not sure.

[sentimental music playing]

[bath water sloshing]

[Thomas' wife] Mummy...

- [chuckles] - Mumma.

- Isn't this nice? - Yes.

And he's your daddy.

Daddy.

Mumma.

[chuckles]

Hello, Mummy...

[phone buzzing]

Sorry.

Hello, Jérôme?

[Thomas talking on phone]

[Thomas' wife] Fish...

Fish.

[guide, in English] After Chiang Mai, it is possible to go down south by train.

- There are many beautiful beaches. - Mm-hmm.

[in French] I'd rather we went north, towards Chiang Dao.

Near the Burmese border.

[in French] We can't. The roads are too rough.

[guide, in English] With a child, it's not easy.

Many kilometers.

[in French] We can go slowly.

[in English] We have time.

[Thomas, in French] I can pay you more.

[guide, in French] The south is quieter.

[Thomas' son exclaiming]

Mapring!

What are you doing?

[in English] I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[in French] They're fish.

You can't touch them.

Do you understand?

[in English] Sorry. I'm sorry.

Mapring?

[in French] Fish aren't toys.

Fish...

[Thomas] They could die.

Fish?

[in English] I'm sorry. Sorry.

Okay. Okay?

[traffic buzzing]

[rain trickling]

[somber music playing]

[guide, in English] On the other side, there are many caves.

[in French] It's very interesting.

[in English] Scientists have found human remains dating back 12,000 years.

Mm-hmm.

[Mapring, in Thai] I'm hungry.

[soft kicking]

[in English] It's a long journey for a child of his age.

[speaking French]

[in English] For an old man, too.

[Mapring softly kicking]

[Mapring continues kicking] [speaking Thai]

[in French] There's a town up ahead.

[Thomas] We'll stop soon.

[Mapring sulking in Thai]

[in French] He wants to eat.

[indistinct background chatter]

[cashier speaking Thai]

[kids clamoring]

[chickens clucking]

[cheering]

[indistinct]

[children clamoring]

[chicken clucking]

[in French] Mapring, let's go. Come on.

Mapring, let's go now.

Mapring. Mapring.

Leave the rooster. It's time to go.

Leave it. Let's go.

Come on!

[Mapring sulks]

[Thomas] Chaan is waiting!

[Mapring whining]

[Mapring yells]

[Thomas] Mapring! Mapring!

[Mapring yells]

[somber music playing]

Come on, Mapring.

- Let's get dressed. - [yells]

[Thomas] Here...

Put this on.

[speaking Thai]

[Thomas sighs]

[in French] Help me out here, Mapring.

You have to get dressed.

Come on.

[speaking Thai]

Mapring, uh...

Please...

Matilda?

Matilda!

Help me, please.

- [Matilda] What is it? - I can't touch him.

He won't get dressed.

[Matilda] Come here.

What's the matter?

You have to put it on.

That's it.

[Matilda chuckles softly]

[Matilda] It's cold.

[Matilda chuckling]

He's your daddy.

He's your kind, loving daddy.

[Matilda sighs]

Bedtime...

[somber music playing]

[music fades]

[indistinct distant chattering]

[both greeting in Thai]

[crickets chirping]

[in French] I'm sorry about earlier.

He's asleep?

Yes.

Been a guide for long?

[in English] Twenty years.

Only during the dry season.

The rest of the year, I make deliveries.

[in French] How come you speak French?

[Chaan] My mother used to work

for French people.

Have you been to France?

I've never been to Europe.

Maybe one day.

La vie en rose.

What do you do?

I'm an urbanist.

Urban planner.

I design cities...

Why Thailand?

Luck.

We got an adoption offer after two years.

My wife often came here for Mapring.

The last time was to collect him.

Do you have children?

[Chaan] Five.

Five boys.

[in English] When the first one was born, I fainted.

- [in French] You must find me useless. - Hmm?

[in English] Not talented.

We learn a lot with each one.

[in French] I'd like to go to Luang.

Is it far?

It's two or three hours away, maybe more.

I haven't been there for years.

[Thomas] Okay.

Good night.

[Thomas] Good night, Chaan.

[slow music playing on speakers]

[woman singing in Thai]

[birds chirping]

[in Thai] Manage to get some sleep?

I didn't sleep.

Did you dream?

If I didn't sleep, how could I dream?

[chuckles]

[footsteps approaching]

Want to let him taste?

[speaking Thai]

[in French] Thank you.

[sentimental music playing]

[cow mooing]

[brakes squeal]

[in French] Is there a problem?

[in English] The only way to go to Luang is go through that track,

and I think it's dangerous.

The van is not made for it.

[in French] It'd be a shame not to try.

[in English] I don't think it's a good idea with a young child.

[in French] Luang is his family's village.

[engine revs]

[kids chattering, giggling]

[Chaan greeting in Thai]

[villagers greeting in Thai]

[speaking Thai]

[in French] Um, they've broken down.

[in English] They called for help,

but it will take a few hours for the mechanic to come here.

And the next bus to Luang will also take two hours.

They want to know if we can help by taking the children

and dropping them off at the school in Luang.

Only the children?

[man speaking Thai]

- [Chaan, in English] Yeah. - We have some place?

[Chaan] No problem.

Okay.

[speaking Thai]

[woman speaking Thai]

[children laughing]

[in Thai] What's your name?

Mapring.

[speaking Thai]

That's weird!

And he's his dad.

He's a foreigner, but his son looks Thai.

[indistinct]

[in French] What's that?

[in English] Nothing.

[kid, in Thai] He can't speak Thai.

They don't look alike at all!

He can't speak Thai, and they don't look alike!

[laughs]

[quaint music playing]

[kids laughing]

[dogs barking]

- [van door opens] - [kids cheering]

[Chaan, in French] He asks what you're doing here.

[in English] There are not many foreigners here.

[Thomas, in French] I'm looking for his family.

As far as I know, he was born here.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[local speaking Thai]

[in English] He's asking for the name.

Wongchai.

Mapring Wongchai.

[local speaking Thai]

[muttering]

[in English] The name doesn't sound familiar to him.

That's impossible...

Is he sure?

[Chaan] Many people left the region.

[in French] After the mine disaster.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[speaking Thai]

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[in English] We have a place to stay.

[Thomas, in Thai] Thank you.

[Mapring cheering]

[cicadas chirping]

- [breathes deeply] - [water sloshing]

[speaking Thai]

[in English] There's a Christian community in the mountains. The Karens.

She's talking about the priest.

He supported lots of families after the tragedy.

[Thomas] Mm-hmm.

[in French] She suggests you speak with him.

[Thomas speaking Thai]

[knocking on door]

[door opens]

[villagers speaking Thai]

[in French] What is it?

He knows where Mapring's family is.

He can take us there.

- [Thomas] Now? - [Chaan] Yes.

Okay.

Can they mind Mapring?

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[Thomas] Mapring.

[in French] You're going to stay and play here.

We'll be back soon.

Okay? We'll be back.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[speaking Thai]

[in French] What did he say?

He wants a ball.

I'll get you one, I promise.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

Okay?

[vehicle engine starts]

[local speaking Thai]

[dog barking]

[Thomas, in French] Why the fires?

[Chaan] Mosquitoes.

Lots and lots.

[motorcycle approaching]

[kids chattering]

[indistinct chatter in Thai]

[man clears throat]

[local speaking Thai]

[in French] He heard you're looking for his family.

He's asking me why.

I'm here with Mapring to talk to his parents.

[speaking Thai]

[in English] Their situation was already very difficult

even before the mine accident,

so they wanted the little one to grow up in better conditions,

to have life better than theirs.

[in French] Of course, I'm not here to...

I understand.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[in French] I can help them.

[speaking Thai]

[Thomas, in French] For now, I'd like to talk to his parents.

If I can see them.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[local chuckles]

[local speaking Thai]

[Chaan, in French] This is his daughter.

She's Mapring's mother.

[uneasy music playing]

[speaking Thai]

[Chaan, in English] Nobody really know who the father is.

Maybe a cousin or an uncle.

It wasn't easy to leave him.

[Thomas gasps]

[in French] It seems so simple for you.

I wish it was the same for me.

You need more time.

It doesn't matter.

But I feel guilty.

He needs time, too, to accept us.

Mm.

[Mapring talking faintly]

[Mapring talking faintly]

Did you hear that?

He's crying?

No, he's talking, I think.

Is he dreaming?

I think he's calling for his mother.

Do you think she dreams of him, too?

[Mapring speaking Thai]

Yes, probably.

Perhaps she dreams she'll see him again one day.

Maybe.

No one chooses to abandon a child.

[cow mooing]

[birds chirping]

[somber music playing]

[kids clamoring]

[speaking Thai]

[women exclaiming happily]

[speaking Thai]

Mapring.

[grandfather speaking Thai]

[Chaan, in French] He says it's difficult for her.

It's hard seeing him again.

[Thomas] Yes, I don't want to rush things.

[speaking Thai]

[grandfather speaking Thai]

[in English] The mine accident caused a lot of damage.

- He also lost his job. - Mm-hmm.

[speaking Thai]

[in English] He's wondering how you're going to help them.

[in French] We'll talk about it.

[Chaan speaking Thai]

[in French] What did he say?

[in English] He want more details about the food and the school.

[in French] Okay. I just want to know how Mapring feels.

[speaking Thai]

[grandfather speaking Thai]

[Chaan, in English] He still wants to know how you're gonna help them.

But...

I don't want to talk business.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] He doesn't understand.

[in English] He says you're the one who brought the kid back here.

[in French] Does she have baby photos?

Go on, ask her.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] She must have one of her sons on her phone.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] She's not his mother.

[Chaan] I agree.

We're leaving.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] What?

[in English] He said Mapring is going nowhere. He must stay here.

[in French] How so?

[speaking Thai]

[in English] He's with his family now. He must stay with his family.

[grandfather speaking Thai]

[Chaan, in English] You will help them because yesterday you promised--

[in French] We'll come another day and talk calmly.

[Chaan] He wants money.

Sure, no problem.

No worries.

[speaking Thai]

- [in French] He wants more. - It's all I have.

[speaking Thai]

[in French] That's it. Give me the van keys.

[speaking Thai]

- [tense music playing] - [grandfather shouting in Thai]

[in French] Come with me.

[Thomas] Come on, hurry.

Hurry.

Get in.

[indistinct clamoring]

[angry clamoring]

[breathes deeply]

[serene music playing]

[Chaan, in Thai] When I get to Bangkok, I'll explain everything.

[indistinct chatter on phone]

[Chaan] Yes...

We'll do that.

[in French] He went straight off.

How can I thank you?

I can't carry on.

I don't want to lose my job.

I understand.

[in English] If we leave early,

we will arrive in Bangkok by tomorrow evening.

If that's okay with you.

Okay.

[in French] I need to fetch money.

May I?

[keys scraping]

[engine starts]

[melancholic music playing]

[keys rattle]

[indistinct chatter]

[Thomas, in French] I heard you may have information

on the Wongchai family.

What did his father do?

We worked in the nickel mine at the foot of the mountain.

He was among the missing.

[wick fizzles]

A tunnel collapsed.

He died with over 300 other miners,

without knowing he'd soon be a father.

The poor man...

[Thomas] And his mother?

Rosa?

She came to church a few times after the tragedy.

What became of her?

She had lost everything here.

I know she had a cousin in Ao Nang Bay, on Koh Sa Ang Island.

Koh Sa Ang...

She told me several times she was planning to join him.

After Mapring's birth, she never came to church.

She must have found work in tourism.

[serene music playing]

[vehicle passing by]

[faint indistinct chatter]

[Chaan] We're three hours from Bangkok.

Maybe more with traffic.

Okay.

I live only one hour away from here.

[in English] My house is simple, but you're welcome to stay.

[in French] That's kind.

[people chattering in Thai]

[in French] Last night, the priest in Luang told me

his mother had gone south.

To Koh Sa Ang Island.

It's beautiful.

Not many tourists.

[TV playing faintly]

I never wanted to abandon him.

[Chaan] I know.

[in English] It is not by finding his mother

that you will bring your wife back.

[somber music playing]

[in French] Don't worry.

[Mapring] Mummy...

[Matilda chuckles]

It's all going to be okay, sweetie.

Bye, honey.

[chuckles]

Bye, sweetie.

Daddy will look after you today.

[door opens, closes]

[thunder rumbling]

[melancholy music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[muffled thud]

[Thomas, muffled] Matilda!

[sniffles]

[sobbing]

[snoring softly]

[indistinct background chatter]

[boat engine whirring]

[serene music playing]

[waves crashing]

[serene music fades out]

[birds chirping]

[guard speaking Thai]

[in English] The reason for the request?

I'm looking for the biological mother of this kid.

[in Thai] What a pretty plane.

[in English] The owner of the hotel told me

that I can have some information here.

[keyboard clacking]

- Wongchai? - [Thomas] Yes, that's it.

[keyboard clacking]

[staff] And how long has she been on the island?

Two or three years, I think.

[keyboard clacking]

[staff] Let me look.

Yes, there she is. Rosa Wongchai.

That's it?

[in French] We're going to go.

[in English] There is no address here, but at the last update,

she was working at the port cannery.

And when was the last update?

[staff] It said here, um...

two years ago.

[faint sigh]

Okay. At the port cannery?

[staff] Yes.

Uh...

Okay. Sorry. We have to go now.

[in Thai] Goodbye. Thank you.

It's okay, we'll work it out. That took a bit long.

It's my fault.

[engine stops]

[Thomas, in English] I would like to buy some clothes for him

because he pipi on himself, pipi.

[in French] How do you say pipi?

[speaking Thai]

[shop-keeper speaking Thai]

[in English] Beautiful.

[Thomas, in French] Why not?

[in English] Good.

[Thomas, in English] Very original.

[shop-keeper, in English] Good. Beautiful.

[camera clicks]

[Thomas, in French] It suits you.

[serene music playing]

Okay.

[serene music fades out]

- [thunder rumbling] - [rain trickling]

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

[trolley rolling]

[ominous music playing]

[in English] Sorry, Thai child, non? Thai child?

[in French] Have you seen a little boy?

A Thai boy?

[in English] Have you seen a little boy?

Little child? Like this?

Excuse me, have you seen a little boy?

A little-- A Thai child.

Have you seen a little boy? A little boy? A child. A Thai child.

[indistinct clamor]

Mapring?

Mapring!

Mapring!

[gasping]

[somber music playing]

Excuse me. Sorry, it's important.

[chattering in Thai]

[in English] Okay. It's really important.

I want to report a missing child.

[speaking Thai]

[in Thai] A child, a child...

I'm looking for child...

[in English] A missing child.

[speaking Thai]

[in English] I don't understand.

We have to go quick.

[speaking Thai]

[Thomas] Quick.

[speaking Thai]

[in English] Sit down.

[Thomas] Okay. I want to report a missing child.

We were together on the waterfront...

and...

I don't...

I lost him.

- [officer] You lost a kid? - Yes.

I lost him.

[officer] What does he look like?

Dark hair, black eyes.

Maybe one meter tall.

One-- Well, he's small, like a child.

And...

Wait.

I have a photo.

Look.

It's him.

[officer] Is this your son?

Yes, it's my son.

He's alone. I'm afraid something will happen to him.

[officer speaking on phone in Thai]

[officer, in English] We are on it.

[phone ringing]

I'm Captain Suwanna Pakedee, head of the island's National Police Unit.

The police has searched everywhere.

So far, they found nothing.

But that's impossible.

There were so many people in this place. Someone has seen him.

It's not usual to see foreigners at the port. Why were you there?

I promised him to go to see the fishes.

He loves fish.

Is his mother with you?

I am alone with him.

[Captain] Did you tell her?

I don't understand what I'm doing here, answering your questions.

Sir, hundreds of children disappear every year in Thailand.

Victim of abuse, organ trafficking.

- Or simply abandoned by their families. - Okay.

And so what?

I don't know what you're trying to say.

[Captain] Oh, I'm not trying to say anything, sir. I'm--

I'm his father.

[Captain] We just want to make sure.

You have his passport?

[patting pockets]

[under breath, in French] Shit...

[in English] Okay, I want to talk to the French Embassy right now.

Sir, until we have more information, I suggest you stay here.

No, you have no right to hold me here.

Please, sit down.

[Thomas] No, I will not stay here doing nothing.

- Please, calm down, sir. - [Thomas] I'm calm.

But this is totally crazy.

I'm the one who came to you for help, and you treat me like a pedophile!

For the last time, I'm going to ask you. Please, sit down.

[yells] I will not stay here doing nothing, okay?

[in French] Let go!

Fucking let go!

[in English] No! Let me go!

You have no right to hold me here like that.

[in French] Shit, let go of me!

We're wasting time!

We're wasting fucking time!

[sighs]

[pensive music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

- [phone ringing] - [indistinct background chatter]

[in English] A child matching the description has been found.

He was brought back by a port employee.

- Is he all right? - I think he is okay.

- Can I see him? - Of course, you can.

We will proceed to a confrontation.

We have questioned him, but he did not ask for you.

When we asked him about his daddy, he doesn't answer.

[door opens]

[in Thai] Look carefully at this man.

Do you recognize him?

[Captain] Have you seen him before?

Can you tell me who he is?

[Captain, in English] He doesn't look happy to see you.

[sentimental music playing]

Daddy.

- [Thomas sniffles] - [Mapring] Daddy.

[Mapring sobs]

[relieved sigh]

[serene music playing]

[metal ringing]

[indistinct chattering]

- [bicycle bell ringing] - [indistinct chattering]

[emotional music playing]

FOR SOHAN,

OUR SON

["Memories" by Ibrahim Maalouf & Sonia Mohammed-Chérif playing]