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- Year:
- 2017
- 136 min
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INT./EXT. UNCLE LEANG’S HUT - EVENING
Loung watches everyone around her packing. Uncle Leang, his
wife, AUNT KEANG, and all the cousins are up. Beside Loung,
Chou rolls up her thin blanket, folds her clothes and puts
them in her pillow case. Outside, Lee Cheun scoops ladles
full of cooked rice and puts it in banana leaves. Keav pokes
the crackling fire to cook the dried fish while Kim fills up
the petrol container with water.
Ma puts her hand to her mouth to signal to Loung to stay
quiet. Loung pulls the cover over her and looks at her still
blistered feet. She doesn’t want to walk anymore. She wants
to stay.
Pa pulls back the covers and gently pulls her from her bed.
Biting back her tears she puts on her flip flops and walks
toward Keav’s extended hand.
Pa and Ma turn to Uncle Leang and thank him for letting them
stay with him. Uncle Leang looks at her, face hanging, eyes
blinking rapidly, and blesses Ma for a safe journey.
The cousins stand outside the hut to see the family off.
Their hands dangle lifelessly by their sides as they watch Pa
lead his family away.
By the time the family arrives at the rendezvous area on the
roadside, about thirty people have already gathered there.
They squat and sit on the gravel road in four family groups.
Many have almond-shaped eyes, thin noses, and light skin,
which suggests they might also be of Chinese descent. Their
fellow travelers do not acknowledge their presence, instead
they stare passively at the road. Like the family, they carry
with them light bundles of clothes and small packages of
food.
23A.
Loung and family sit on the gravel road next to them but no
words are exchanged. In the dark of night they all wait for
the truck.
24.
Later- Loung lays in Pa’s arms. The world around them remains
tranquil and asleep; all that can be heard is the chirping of
crickets. The moments feel like forever. Then suddenly the
glaring headlights of the military truck appear and it stops
before them. Pa transfers Loung from his warm arms onto the
hard, cold bed of the truck. She does not want to let go of
him. She does not want to leave the safety of his arms.
Trucks had tarpaulins that way nobody could see people inside
and people inside could not watch the road.
EXT. MILITARY TRUCK #1 - NIGHT
The ride is bumpy and loud, but the cool dawn air keeps them
reasonably comfortable. Ma stares off into the distance while
Geak sleeps in her arms. Loung’s other siblings are half
dozing, half awake while she finds safety in Pa's arms again.
Everyone is very quiet as the truck drives on.
All night the truck heads northwest.
The truck driver does not have Pa's driving skills, nor does
he care whether those in the back bounce and bump into one
another. The truck drives all day the children take small
bites from the food they packed as they drive on.
OMITTED:
EXT. MILITARY TRUCK #1 -EARLY MORNING
Loung wakes up in Pa's lap in the morning to see that they
have arrived at a “truck stop.” There are people lined up.
Some just waiting. Others getting onto ox carts. Many are
still asleep on the side of the road or in the grass. Sitting
in the back of the truck, they dare not move until the
soldiers instruct them to.
EXT. PURSAT PROVINCE -EARLY MORNING
As soon as they are told, everyone jumps off. Pa lifts Loung
out of the truck and puts her on the ground next to Chou.
25.
Loung overhears Meng and Pa talking.
MENG:
We’re not in Battambang?
PA:
(fatigued)
We will go where ever they choose
to take us.
Loung looks around. She doesn’t want to stay here.
OMITTED:
EXT. PURSAT PROVENCE -EARLY MORNING
Ma secretly cuts open Kim’s jacket, pulls out her jewelry and
hands it over to the KR.
26.
As Pa lifts her onto the ox cart., She notices two very thin
middle-aged men in loose-fitting black pajama pants and
shirts standing next to them. While one writes something on
small brown pads of paper with his black pen, the other
points at their heads and counts as they climb onto the
truck. Loung finds herself a seat where she can watch the
countryside. Quickly, another family clambers onto the cart.
Once all the families are on board, the two men take their
notes and count again. After they are finished, the ox carts
pull away.
The ox cart rolls away from the waiting area and onto a bumpy
narrow road.
The families are quiet and somber, the only sounds come from
the branches brushing against the side of the truck and the
slush of mud sticking to the tires. Loung notices DAVI a
beautiful teen young woman who sits with her LITTLE SISTER.
DAVI’S FATHER, DAVI’S MOTHER, and DAVI’S BROTHERS are also in
(or walking beside) the cart.
She looks at the ripped open part of her jacket or her
mothers depending on where we choose to hide the jewels.
Loung rests her head on Pa’s chest and think how lucky she is
to have such a father. She looks up at Pa who seems so
serious and sad. She worries for him. She misses his smile.
The Ox Cart passes a Buddhist temple that has been destroyed
and is now crawling with soldiers. Pa bows his head in a
moment of silence. Another man in the truck notices and looks
at Pa with suspicion.
Loung looks at the temple.
LOUNG’S MEMORY-
EXT. TEMPLE (ANGKOR WAT)- DAY
Loung remembers clutching tightly to Pa's finger as they
walked along wide crumbling corridors. The temple walls are
decorated with magnificent detailed carvings of people, cows,
wagons, daily life, and battle scenes from long ago.
27.
Guarding the ancient steps are giant granite lions, tigers,
eight-headed snakes, and elephants. Next to them, sandstone
gods with eight hands who sit cross-legged on lotus flowers
watch over the temple ponds. On the walls beneath the jungle
vines, thousands of beautiful Apsara goddesses with big round
breasts wearing only short wraparound skirts smile at
visitors.
Pa leads Loung through the temple.
LOUNG O.S.
Meng said you were once a monk.
PA:
(smiling)
I was. But I met a beautiful woman
in a pretty blue silk shirt, who’s
smile melted my heart. The same
smile her daughters now have.
Loung smiles.
LOUNG O.S.
Did you live here?
PA:
This is where the Gods live. If you
call out, they will answer.
LOUNG O.S.
(yells)
(Hello Gods)
ECHO:
Dthai pda! Dthai pda!
Loung grabs Pa’s leg when she hears the Gods answer. Pa
smiles down at her laughing.
MEMORY FADES:
Geak cries. Ma moves to her to comfort her. She holds her
tightly to her breasts as if to never let her go. Loung looks
at Ma’s blue silk shirt and realizes why she chose to bring
it with her.
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