First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Page #2

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Off the truck! Hurry up!

All of you, on the carts!

Follow me.

Get on the cart with your brother.

Everything will be fine.

You monks are parasites.

Leeches draining the blood of the people!

Faster.

Get off now!

Come, Loung.

Get down. They're coming!

Take your sister.

Let's get you off there.

You can't stay here, sweetheart.

Put down what you are carrying.

Angkar rejects everything that was part

of imperialist and feudalist society.

Foreign possessions corrupt

the people of this country.

You must renounce all personal property.

Get rid of your selfish ways of thinking.

Angkar will take care of you.

Angkar is your family now.

Follow me.

Quickly!

- Bloodsuckers!

- You should be shot and killed!

You live off the back

of hardworking people like us!

Can't you even walk?

Move!

This plot is yours.

Your place is over there.

He said our place is this way.

Comrades!

Your first work assignment is

to build your own house.

No one is going to build it for you!

Go get some berries and dye your clothes,

so you can get rid of all colors.

We are all equal.

When we dress the same,

we rid ourselves

of corrupt Western vanity.

Develop a revolutionary mindset.

You must obey Angkar.

Angkar is the ruler.

Give me the shirt.

Come on.

Chou. Come here.

Hide this shirt.

Come forward.

Comrade, sit here.

Comrade, sit over there.

Sit down there.

Sit down.

There is no more individualism

or private property.

You must rid yourself

of personal possessions.

Angkar is all-powerful.

Angkar is the savior and liberator

of the Khmer people.

Work your hardest for Angkar.

Give your all.

Comrades!

From now on,

our harvest won't depend on the weather.

We will have all the water we need.

Now, the rice field is your paper,

and the hoe is your pen.

Give everything.

Dig a straight line!

Keep the rows straight.

Keep on working!

Angkar leads the revolution in Kampuchea!

Angkar leads the revolution in Kampuchea!

Comrade Khoeun,

do you have something to say?

Comrade Sun does not use the medicine

of our revolution.

Instead, he has been searching

for Western medicine.

I saw it, too.

Comrade Sun. Stand up.

Is it true?

My child had fever.

And he had bad diarrhea.

If I hadn't given him French medicine,

he would have died.

Sorry, comrade.

Angkar does not believe you.

No! I'm telling you the truth!

You still behave as an individual.

Comrade Proem.

Take him to re-education.

No, please don't!

Don't hurt me! Have mercy!

I'm sorry, comrade!

Sit!

Angkar thanks Comrade Khoeun,

who is loyal to Angkar.

Discard your old ways of thinking.

Angkar will destroy all enemies,

visible and invisible!

If they find out who I am,

you and the children would be in danger.

You must do what we've discussed.

I know you understand.

I can't. They are too young.

Promise me.

The comrades on the front line

need rice and vegetables.

Get back to work in the fields.

Do not forget to work hard,

and don't make them angry.

Yes.

May angels take care of you, sweetheart.

Angkar is your mother and father.

Angkar needs strong young men and women.

The revolution is not only

in this village.

It is taking place throughout Kampuchea.

Angkar knows what is best

for every one of us.

Go to the front!

Look after yourself

and your brother and sister.

Loung.

You have to think

with a revolutionary mindset.

Stand in line.

It is your duty to report

any wrongdoing to Angkar.

You must keep each other in check.

Why did you eat a bean?

Why? Why did you do that?

I am so sorry.

Please don't punish me.

You're sorry?

You stole and now you expect forgiveness?

I'm sorry.

Why did you do it?

Tell the truth!

I only ate a little.

A little?

You ate that much!

How dare you argue with me!

Are you still denying it?

Get back to work!

And you, too.

It's better to make a mistake

and kill an innocent person

than to leave an enemy alive.

Hurry up. Make sure no one sees us.

I have something for you.

Put it in.

I have something else.

Eat this, sweetheart.

- Do you like it?

- Yes, Pa.

Just do this.

One day, when we return home,

what would you like to eat then?

I would like to eat Ma's chicken soup.

What about you, my loves?

I'd like to eat crunchy roast pork.

And I'd like to have coconut custard.

That's all I have.

Looks like someone got into the rice.

Maybe it was the rats.

It's all right. I'll hang it higher.

Kim, why are you hitting your sister?

Don't worry, sweetheart.

Come here, son.

Don't fight, children.

You have to love each other.

Don't cry. It's okay.

Don't cry.

There's no need for tears.

Go help your mother.

Don't upset her.

Ma!

Comrade.

What is it?

I have a message from Angkar.

It's about your daughter Keav.

Thank you.

Come.

You're all right.

Don't worry.

Ma is here.

I am here to take care of you.

Work faster!

Why are you standing around?

Get back to work!

What happens when people die?

At first they think

they're sleeping peacefully,

not knowing they are dead.

They sleep for three days.

And then on the third day,

they wake up.

That's when they realize they are dead.

They walk to a river,

wash the dirt from their bodies,

and start their journey to heaven

to reincarnate.

Where do they go?

I don't know.

I hope Keav won't have to come back here.

- Is Comrade Im here?

- Yes, comrade.

Comrade, what can I do for you?

Angkar needs your help

to repair the bridge near Prey Svay.

Comrade, you must come with us.

Please wait a moment, comrade.

Put on a brave face for the children.

They're waiting for me.

Time to get down, sweetheart.

Son, you're the big brother now.

Enough! Time to go!

I have to go.

It's all right.

Brothers and sisters, go to work.

Now!

Pa!

Pa, come back!

My tummy hurts.

Ma, I'm hungry.

Enough. I'm going.

Is there someone there?

If I catch you, I'll beat you to death.

- Forgive me!

- Do you hear me?

- I asked you a question!

- I'm sorry!

Eat it! Go on, eat it!

Forgive me!

Little bastard!

Now will you steal again?

I will stop!

If I catch you again...

I will kill you!

Get out of here!

Beat it!

My poor child!

I'm sorry. I tried.

I'll be gentle.

You have to leave and go far away.

You must each go in a different direction.

Kim, head south.

Chou, you must go north.

Loung, you go east.

Do you understand?

You all have to walk

until you reach a work camp.

Tell them that you are orphans

so they will take you in.

Never tell anyone your real name.

That way, if they catch one of you,

they will not get the others.

Pa left this for you.

PA AND MA LOVE YOU

I don't want to go.

You have to.

- Ma!

- I don't have any choice!

You must leave!

Go. Out!

Get up!

Let's go.

Hey! Comrades.

There are two kids walking around.

Comrade!

Where are you going, comrade?

We are orphans.

We are looking for a place to live.

Keep on walking that way, comrade.

You will see a red flag.

That's the field.

Thank you.

Comrades, what are you doing here?

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