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Angry enough to punish us.

Forgive me. Forgive my mother.

Forgive my sister Saturnina,

too. Shes a good person.

She can act like a child...

but shes a good person.

And now... How do you feel?

Stay on the side.

Watch where youre walking.

I think I only slept two hours.

I miss you, Grace.

Heres our morning light and

heres our morning traffic.

I really didnt want to leave you

in this kind of silence, Grace.

I hope you sleep well.

P...

L...

O...

S...

Shut up, Nilo.

It smells awful in here.

They wont hurt mama, will they?

No.

Cant you just wait and get

married when mama is better?

Mama will be fine, Nilo. Shell be fine.

Look, theyre giving that guy a new eye.

No, theyre just fixing his old one.

I feel sick.

Shut up.

What did she tell you?

That she never had

problems with her eyes.

But now she has headaches

and sometimes her

vision gets all blurred.

Were only equipped to treat cataracts.

Just give her these pills.

Why cant you cure my mother?

Arent you eye doctors?

- Where do you live?

- Turubamba.

You must cure my mother, doctor.

- Theres nothing we can do.

- Then you arent eye doctors!

Useless.

Whats wrong with him?

- Whats wrong?

- I cant see well and my nose bleeds.

Hes losing his sight

and his nose bleeds.

Where does he live?

- Where do you live?

- Turubamba.

Hows she feeling?

Whats the problem?

I feel dizzy sometimes

and I cant see well.

Same thing. She gets dizzy

and shes losing her vision.

- Where do you live?

- Turubamba.

Butchers.

F***!

You havent come in days, Saturnina.

My mother went to the healer

but he couldnt cure her.

Then we went to the gringo doctors

but they turned us away.

They were too busy curing

the eyes of other people.

But they didnt want

to cure my mamas eyes.

Why did they give us aspirin?

I couldnt get cured either.

You must finish the Virgin.

I cant get married without her.

Cant Nilo help you?

He isnt doing anything.

You can help me by cleaning

the dust of the pieces.

Blow the dust off like this...

Blow the dust off, Satu...

... to clean all the pieces.

Ral, can you take care

of the blood samples?

Concentrate on the children.

Joaquin, you get water samples.

Ignacio!

What happened?

He was missing for days

and he turned up just now.

What did he say?

He was missing for several days...

Madam, Im very sorry.

Could we examine him?

What do you want? Get out of here!

You cant cure the dead!

Madam, were here to help you.

Dont touch him!

Rufina, be reasonable.

Let them examine him.

Are you with them too?

- Were only here to help.

- Go away! Go away!

Go away! Youre all butchers.

Go away!

Go away!

Lets go.

Go away! Butchers!

Go away!

Oh, my God!

I dreamt of you last night, Grace.

You were...

You were blind

It rather was a nightmare for me

but that didnt seem to bother you.

Strange...

It must be my job

triggering my subconscious.

But hey...

I dont know.

Im sure that if you were

here youd be inspired.

Anyway...

When Im back

I already know what Ill cook for you.

Can you guess?

Mussels and hot chips.

And also...

this year...

well walk the Sambre river.

Well do it this year, I promise you.

Now...

I must get moving because Im too cold.

Dont worry. Hes really a good driver.

Here.

Its for the altitude.

Thank you.

I cant take it anymore.

What?

I hate the altitude.

Im from the coast.

Where are you from?

I live in Belgium.

Belgium...

Saxophone...

Thats right.

Saxophone.

Where are you going?

Turubamba.

Turubamba?

Ive never heard of Turubamba.

What about you?

Were being mobilised.

There are riots in the mountains.

What type of riots?

Indians and mines.

Its a very old problem.

Get off our land.

Get off our land!

Damned murderers!

Assassins!

Damn you!

Assassins!

Go away!

Go away, murderers!

Go away!

Get off our land!

Get off...

Ignacio!

- Was that your dog?

- No.

- Is this your house?

- Yes.

Whats your name?

Mallku.

Mallku.

Im Grace.

Where are you going?

Up the mountains.

That area is closed

off. You cant go there.

Dont worry.

The wound is superficial.

He didnt really bite you.

Thank you, Mallku.

Take this.

The stone will carry your sadness.

I will not die in silence...

or invisibly.

Your poison will not kill me slowly.

Without an image there is no story.

Mother Earth will never

forgive your greed.

In the stones, my blood will

run forever like a warrior.

In the waters...

my shadow will run

forever, like a warrior.

Like a warrior!

Come my fellow men, lets play.

Where Saturninas soul go?

Will it go to heaven?

Or will it go to hell?

Throw your dice!

Its a tie!

Tie!

Its a tie!

There was once a bride,

a beautiful young bride,

who dreamed of a sunny life.

One day, poison came

tumbling into her village

and took away her loved one.

Have you lost a loved one?

Have you lost a loved one?

Yes.

Her sorrow was so deep...

deep as the veins of

gold in the earth...

Her wrath exploded...

Have you ever felt wrath?

Yes.

She marched to the fortress

where her enemies stood...

and she unleashed her wrath.

And then she broke...

And then God looked away...

Do you believe in God?

What are you doing?

If the image is restored,

their hope will be restored.

What happened here?

Poison came tumbling into the village.

Youre blind.

I see what you cannot see.

The surface is defined from within.

Who are you?

Grace.

Grace...

- Im a photographer.

- Photographer...

You must be very thirsty.

Oh, my dear.

I feel your sadness.

Rise up.

May your heart bloom again.

I will not die in silence...

or invisibly.

Your poison will not kill me slowly...

Without an image there is no story.

Mother Earth will never

forgive their greed.

In the stones...

my blood will run

forever like a warrior.

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