Apocalypto

"A great civilization is not conquererd from without

until it has destroyed itself from within" W. Durant

The heart....

...for Smoke Frog

Thank you.

This liver for Curl Nose.

Thank you.

Cocoa Leaf...

..the ears.

Thank you.

And for you Blunted..

..the balls.

Not this again!

Im helping you.

Then you eat them!

I don't need them. Neither do the rest of the fellows.

Do you fellows?

No.

Of course not!

Sometimes!

What do you think?

No!

No, no!

But how many times does it take?

I have eight older sisters and one brother.

Father took tapir balls all ten times.

Shall i tell him?

I'm sorry. The balls are useless.

You never had them?

Couldn't tell you what they taste like.

None of you?

No, but it's been fun watching you...

This was your idea!

Get him off me!

Calm down!

Why do you let them

treat you like this?

Be strong.

Where is your pride?

It all works..... Yes?

Yes...

...I just can't make children.

There is something i will tell you...

..but i warn you, it's very powerful.

What do you speak of?

The soanzo leaf.

The soazno leaf?

From the great marshes in the south...

This is what gave me my ten children.

No! No! Wait...

You have to rub them on...down there.

Just before your next try.

Apply it generously.

I don't know how to thank you.

If this works...maybe she'll stop bothering me.

Your wife?

No, her mother.

The old hag wants grandchildren.

Give me some meat.

Here, work on this...

...pure meat...

...ball breath.

What do you want?

What do you want?

I am Flint Sky. I have hunted this forest

from the day I came of age.

My father hunted this forest

with me and before me.

Jaguar Paw, my son.

He hunts this forest with me

He will hunt it with his

son after I am gone.

A good catch?

Good waters here.

The forest give much here.

We ask only to pass through.

Pass.

Keep safe as you pass.

Let's go.

Our lands were ravaged!

We seek a new beginning.

Your lands were ravaged?

Yes...

We seek a new beginning...

Be still!

My son!

Be still.

Back to the village.

I ask you not to speak of what you saw in the forest today.

You are troubled.

Yes, I am.

Those people in the forest, what did you see on them?

I do not understand.

Fear.

Deep rotting fear.

They were infected by it.

Did you see?

Fear is a sickness.

It will crawl into the soul, of anyone who engages it.

It has tainted your peace already.

I did not raise you to see you live with fear.

Strike it from your heart.

Do not bring it into our village.

At first light we will

gather with the elders...

...at the sacred hill of our fathers.

There we will call on their spirits to guide us.

Oh here he is!

The big lump!

He's useless.

He can't do it!

You! Yes you!

With your height and your girth! You have deceived us.

Get inside!

Damn you! Get in there!

Old woman, please!

Move it!

You don't work!

What are you laughing about?

Give me a grandchild or I will have you replaced.

Mother, that's enough.

Do not come out until you make a child!

Two would be better!

What?

Twins you oaf!

Mother.

Can you go away? He says he can't with you sitting there.

Just get busy.

Mom...

She's gone.

Mother, what do you say we should have at the feast tonight?

I have tapir...but I also found this boy.

I say boy.

Roasted!

The tapir smells better, I think it's more fresh.

No Dad! No! It's me! It's me!

I'll just hang the boy here in case we change our minds.

Wait...

That's our Turtles Run. That's our eldest.

Yes it's me. It's your eldest!

In that case, a crush for my eldest...

...and a crush for my youngest.

Tapir it is.

One day, old man!

One day, you won't be able to run anymore!

And a Man sat alone,

Drenched deep in sadness.

And all the animals drew near to him and said:

"We do not like to see you so sad...

"Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it."

The Man said:

"I want to have good sight."

The vulture replied: "You shall have mine."

The Man said:
"I want to be strong."

The jaguar said:

"You shall be strong like me."

Then the Man said:

"I long to know the secrets of the earth."

The serpent replied: "I will show them to you."

And so it went with all the animals.

And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give...

....he left.

Then the owl said to the other animals:

"Now the Man knows much,

he'll be able to do many things...

Suddenly I am afraid."

The deer said:
"The Man has

all that he needs.

Now his sadness will stop."

But the owl replied: "No."

"I saw a hole in the Man...

"Deep like a hunger he will never fill...

"It is what makes him sad and what makes him want."

"He will go taking and taking...

"Until one day the World will say:

"I am no more and I have nothing left to give."

Come back to me...

Come back to me.

My son is dancing.

Your son is happy.

What do you want?

Run!

Now that you're up, can you please kill that dog?

The dog.

Get up! Get up! now!

Go to the forest.

Run! Do not look back.

No! No! I am afraid!

Look into my eyes. Look into my eyes.

Be strong...

I am afraid!

Be strong.

Tie him up!

Father!

The others. I have to help.

No, don't leave us!

I will come back, I promise.

Don't you leave.

I promise.

Stay, please stay.

Father, don't go!

Very nice!

Stop!

Tie him up!

I want him alive.

Sorry father.

That's enough!

Stand him up.

Move away.

My son...

Don't be afraid.

Almost...

...that's your name.

"Almost".

Our life is over.

Shame...

Shame!

Cowards!

Let's move!

We move out now.

They are back.

Get up.

Heave!

Cut Rock, you forgot to duck.

Hold still.

Can you see?

Yes.

Get back to your line.

Come with us...

Get up.

Leave him alone, "Almost".

I said get up.

Up, up...

...that's it.

Let's go!

This man is a good friend of yours...

Don't worry...

I'll take care of them...

They are mine now.

Gentle Ixchel. Tender mother of mercy.

Keep them from harm. Please. Keep them.

Hold on! Hold on!

Wait...

...let's see what happens.

That's it!

Hurry!

Pull! Be strong!

Yes! You did it!

Good work!

Can you breathe?...Good.

Wait here.

What's become of my capture?

Dead weight.

He nearly took the rest with him.

I let him go.

You let him go?

Shall we now do what "you" want?

Let us try that.

Don't let any other go.

Let's move.

Get up "Almost".

We don't want to lose you just yet.

Stand up, boy.

You proved yourself today, my son.

Your're now worthy to stand with the rest of us.

Thank you father.

Take it...

...it's yours.

It has taken many lives.

Get some rest.

Resting brothers...

...fathers, mothers, wives.

You felt the cold of this day's early morning.

Now you cannot feel the coldness of its night.

She stopped screaming...

...too long before they returned, she had stopped screaming.

We saw how she fought them.

But in the final moments?

If she let them...

...the Goddess of the Scaffolds

shows no mercy for the weak.

Her soul waits for yours in the shade of the Ceiba Tree.

I need to know.

Before this day's end, when I leave this world.

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