Original subtitles

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[Chase] Where's my daughter?

She was with you. Where is she now?

- She's been taken. - Taken?

We're gonna go get her back.

It's Hamzad.

He's gonna try to grab her himself.

My name is Omar.

And we have much to discuss.

You're looking at what is believed to be

one of the largest deposits of lithium in the world.

Faraz Hamzad controls it

and it has made him the most unexpected of friends.

Hamzad, he's no friend of the Taliban.

So, how much money must be in the ground over there

to have brought mortal enemies together like this?

Baba Ghor Ghori.

Is that monster you?

Who are you?

- [grunting] - [Harper] What did we

just walk into back there?

[Chase] Taliban intelligence.

She's dead. Emily.

She's been dead for a few days now.

You have no idea what she's capable of.

You don't even have any idea who she is.

[Chase] But I know who he is.

It's just a matter of time before she says the wrong thing

and he can't bear it anymore.

[gunshot echoes]

[car driving on dirt road]

- [car stops] - [engine idling]

[keys jingle]

[engine turns off]

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

[chickens clucking]

♪ ♪

[car door opens]

[distant chatter]

[goats bleating]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[door creaking]

What do you know?

I know that you work for Faraz Hamzad.

And I know that you have kidnapped

a federal law enforcement officer

and that you are keeping her against her will.

So you know nothing.

You do not know where we are.

You do not know who we are.

You do not even know your own name.

Your mother kept it all from you.

My name is Angela Adams.

I'm a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

And if you cooperate with me,

there is a chance that I may be able to persuade the Bureau

not to arrest and prosecute you for kidnapping.

You will wear this.

It will help when he sees you.

When who sees me?

Your father.

You think that when my father gets here,

he's going to care about what I'm wearing?

Your father is here.

Your father is Faraz Hamzad.

Your name is Parwana.

You were stolen in the dead of night from him

by your mother

and by an American we called guest and friend.

That is who you are.

Mm-hmm.

Well, then I should see him, then.

I mean, he must want to see me.

No.

Well, if he's my father,

don't you think I should be talking to him directly?

[door creaking]

[lock clicks]

[baby crying in distance]

♪ ♪

[door opens]

[cart rolling]

[door creaking]

[door closes]

[lock clicks]

[projector clicking]

[overlapping chatter on film]

[Hamzad on film] ♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo gol e nasreen ♪

♪♪ Bacha da khaw e shireen ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo gol e baadaam ♪

♪♪ Bacha khaw shoda aaraam ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

- [shuddering] - ♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo ye maamaasy ♪

♪♪ Maamaasy da gahwara ♪

♪♪ Gahwaresh tellakaari ♪

♪♪ Band o baaresh morwaari. ♪

- [Hamzad] Parwana. Parwana. - [gasping, crying]

[Hamzad chuckles]

Parwana. Parwana.

- Parwana. - [giggles]

[chuckles] Parwana.

[giggles]

Parwana. Parwana.

[shuddering]

[Hamzad on film] ♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo. ♪

[gasping, shuddering]

[sobbing]

[quiet chatter]

♪ ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo ♪

♪♪ Aa lalo lalo lalo. ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

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Why are you here?

You kidnapped me.

You came with Harold Harper when I summoned him.

You found me as much as I found you.

Why?

I don't know.

My father, right behind you.

He fought the Soviets the first time they came.

He served at the right hand of a king.

[chuckles] He was a great man.

And his father's father.

He fought Queen Victoria's army to keep his home free.

He was a scholar. He-he wrote poetry.

I wanted to know where I came from.

That's why I got on the plane.

This... this is where you came from.

You're standing amongst men who faced British invaders,

Persian invaders, Mongol invaders.

Men who sacrificed everything to...

pass something on to their children.

Men who fought, bled...

argued and wrote to keep their country free.

I want to know about my mother.

I want to know who she was.

I want to know who she was to you.

What did they tell you?

That you were dangerous to my mother.

And that my father helped her escape from you.

What else did they say about me?

Nothing.

Your mother was cold and unfeeling.

She manipulated.

She lied.

She betrayed whomever, whenever

and however it suited her.

No.

She was something else.

Before that.

In addition to that.

There must have been more in her.

There must have been hope in her

and love in her.

I never saw it.

'Cause she never showed it to me.

But I want to know what I was missing,

and I want to know why.

I have come so far...

...from where I started.

I've come all this way.

And I'll wear whatever it is you want me to wear.

And I'll answer to whatever name it is you want to call me.

Just tell me one...

...good thing about her.

Tell me what I was missing.

♪ ♪

[lively chatter]

[vehicle engine idling]

[engine turns off]

♪ ♪

[chuckles]

[chuckles softly]

Hmm.

Hmm.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[Hamzad] Don't say a word.

There is nothing I want to hear.

There is nothing more to say.

I lived with it for so long, I...

...I woke up to it.

I went to sleep to it.

I drowned in it.

Wanting to know and...

not wanting to know.

And now I know it.

It's over.

You are exactly what I was afraid you would be.

You are your mother.

You fucking coward.

You don't want to hear from me?

You are dying to hear from me.

I know everything that you want to know.

You're just afraid to hear me say it.

You shouldn't have come here.

I didn't come here.

You brought me here.

You killed my friend.

You fucking abducted me.

You did all of that, and you don't have anything

that you want to ask me?

Either you're a fucking moron

or a fucking monster or a fucking coward.

Goddamn it, pick one.

Or ask me what you want to ask me!

[exhales sharply]

[both grunting]

[objects clattering]

[Angela crying out]

[both grunting]

[Angela coughs]

[grunting, straining]

[panting]

[Hamzad speaking Dari]

[Angela choking]

- [grunting] - [choking]

[choking stops]

[panting]

[crying]

[Angela gasps, coughs]

[groaning, coughing]

[both panting]

[Angela groaning]

[Hamzad whimpers softly]

[Hamzad whimpering]

[crying]

[sighs]

[ragged breaths]

[Hamzad crying softly]

[Angela panting]

♪ ♪

[sighs]

♪ ♪

You will stay here for now.

This is Faruza.

She will take care of you.

Come.

[groans] Ca-Can you... can you stop?

Please.

Who are you?

I am Bina's daughter.

She was Khadija's husband's sister.

I don't know who they are.

I am your cousin.

[scoffs softly]

You know who I am?

Yes.

How do you know?

I remember.

We did not talk about it.

We don't talk about those things.

But there was always an empty space in this house.

We knew someone was missing.

We felt it every day.

[exhales shakily]

[water boiling]

[hissing]

[dishware clinking]

I don't understand what's happening.

- [water pouring] - To be very honest,

I assumed you would be dead by now.

If there was a plan before...

...there certainly is no plan now.

I have questions.

Well, of course you do.

[distant chatter]

Did you know my mother?

Yes.

Why did she leave the way she did?

What happened?

She still will not tell you?

She's dead.

♪ ♪

Why did she leave?

Was she afraid?

Was she in danger? Was she upset?

These are not the right questions.

I'm entitled to some answers.

You're angry?

Yeah, you're goddamn right I'm angry.

Everyone is angry.

And look where it has gotten us all.

When you are ready to ask different questions,

you will know where to find me.

♪ ♪

[quiet chatter nearby]

Thank you.

Ow.

[Faruza speaking Dari]

[Angela] Oh, it's okay.

You are good with him.

You have your own children back home?

No.

Not really.

What's his name?

Farouk.

Is his father here?

[Faruza] When the Taliban returned,

we fought.

My husband was one of the first to lose his life,

trying to protect us.

And then your father sent a message to Kabul by a courier.

And by nightfall, their soldiers were gone.

He keeps us safe.

Always.

Without him, things would get very hard for us here.

It would be very dangerous.

It would be horrible.

[footsteps scampering]

[Farouk speaking Dari]

- [laughs] - What?

He says he has been patient, but now it's his turn.

- [speaking Dari] - Do you want me to save you?

- [speaking Dari] - It's all right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay, I'm coming.

- [speaking Dari] - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay.

[Farouk continues speaking Dari]

[birds chirping]

[Angela] Oh.

You have a little hideout here.

[speaking Dari]

[Farouk continues speaking Dari]

♪ ♪

[Farouk pronounces first part of Dari word]

[Angela repeats first part of Dari word]

[Farouk pronounces second part of Dari word]

[Angela repeats second part of Dari word]

[Farouk pronounces full Dari word]

[Angela repeats full Dari word]

[both repeat Dari word]

[page turning]

[both continue to practice Dari words]

[horse neighing]

[groaning, panting]

[motor buzzing]

[speaks Pashto]

[distant shouting]

[Khadija] This was supposed to be impossible.

You said sanctions would not be made

against our family, that you had assurances.

Assurances no one could violate.

I am looking at it as we speak.

Everything is stopped.

There are Talib soldiers here.

Someone on your side of things has violated those assurances.

Someone powerful enough not to be bound by them.

Whoever did this...

...they have put us in an impossible situation.

And I fear what is coming now.

[Angela] I did good?

[laughs]

Are American girls not taught to sew?

Not this one, I guess. [chuckles]

I watched my mother do it.

All of it.

It always seemed like this burden.

Like something she'd been sentenced to.

I used to sit there and watch her,

trying to puzzle out what it was she wished

she was doing instead.

Now I'm wondering if it's the one thing

that made her happy.

The thing that made her feel connected

to the place that she learned it.

I swear I thought if I ever found a place

that knew her...

...that all those questions would find answers.

Like there'd be this endless supply...

of answers.

But maybe that's not real. [scoffs]

Maybe that's what a ghost is.

The absence of answers in the shape of a person.

[footsteps approaching]

♪ ♪

- Put these on now. - [Angela] I don't understand.

It's not safe for you here anymore.

Just put them on.

Wha-- Stop.

[sighs]

What is happening?

What isn't safe?

[lively chatter]

♪ ♪

- [man shouts in Dari] - [guns cocking]

♪ ♪

Where are we going?

To a place to disappear.

A cave that I once told your mother of.

You will be safe there for a while,

until I can find a way

to send you away safely and for good.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry you lost your mother.

Must have been hard for you.

[young Angela] It was.

Thank you.

Are you happy?

I don't know what that means.

I don't know why I brought you here.

I believe I had a need

to see you that lived beyond choice.

Beyond words.

To say goodbye to you

for the first time and for the last time.

I just wanted to know what you are returning to.

And if you would be happy there.

I don't know.

Can I ask you a question?

Yes.

What do you think of me?

That may not be a fair question to ask.

I just...

I'd like to know.

You want to know something good about your mother.

I will tell you that.

Your mother taught me the most valuable lesson

I have ever learned in my life.

That you can love someone...

or you can trust them.

And no matter who the person is,

no matter how deeply either feeling is felt,

no matter how impossible it seems,

eventually, you will have to choose.

I don't believe that.

I'm glad you heard it from me, then.

I'm glad you'll have time to make peace with it

before the lesson decides it wants to be learned.

[thudding nearby]

What?

The cave is there.

I thought you said nobody knew about it.

They don't.

[gun clicks]

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- [gunshot] - [gasps]

♪ ♪

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[rooster crows]

This place won't survive what comes next.

And I need you to fix it.

And I need you to fix it. How much time we have.

How much time we have.

This kid, she's not a hostage anymore.

We came to ask you to help.

We came to ask you to help. You've got to get out of there!

You've got to get out of there!

No, wait!

[Screaming]

My friends are in trouble.

The world is hanging by a thread.

There might not be any limit to what I would do right now.

All there is in me is anger.

The fate of nations will be decided.

You have no idea what story you're in.

If you're wrong, people will die.

If I'm right, it'll be far worse.

I will make it back.

I will make it back. I don't believe you.

I don't believe you.

I need you to.