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- 2017
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Loung and some other children are tucked away off to the side
of the meeting. She watches as Ma and Pa join the others for
the town meeting. Pa looks tired.
There are a couple men and women the KR have put aside.
Loung wonders why and what they have done.
Every work site is a fiery
battlefield. Let us be master of
the water, master of nature. Work
in the rice field without
considering the skies, to grow
three tons a hectare. If you have a
revolutionary position, you can do
anything Comrade. Cheyo
revolutionary Angkar!
Fists in the air. “Cheyo! Cheyp!” The Base Girl is standing
next to the KR. She points at a man and says he should
confess.
The man VICTIM/INFORMANT (birthmark on his face)confesses for
taking something small for his child who is sick.
He is punished and tied to a tree near the children.
OMITTED:
33A.
EXT. RO LEAP
Loung and Chou on their way to work. They pass the man still
tied to the tree. Loung looks at the KR near him. Wondering
how one man could do that to another.
EXT. RO LEAP GARDEN - EARLY MORNING
Weeks have passed. (Transition possibly by coming down from
the sun) The seeds have begun to sprout and the vines have
grown. She smiles and tends to them. She puts her head down
and continues to work.
34.
Loung notices the change of rice fields.
EXT. RO LEAP DINING HALL - EVENING
Social contact among the new people is almost nonexistent.
Everyone keeps to themselves, fearing that if they share
personal thoughts or feelings someone will report them to the
Angkar.
Loung and Chou sits in silence. She looks at her food. The
rations are less.
Loung notices the man who had been tied to the tree
VICTIM/INFORMANT. His body language catches her eye. He is
humble but close to the KR. Giving information.
They seem to be talking about Pa. This makes Loung very
uncomfortable.
Loung’s POV of cows moving though the river. We reveal she is
in the river. Loung, Chou and the other girls wash their
clothes in a nearby stream. Without detergent they are never
very clean.
Loung looks at another group of older women down the stream.
She sees Ma who gives her a secret smile. DAVI catches her
eye. Despite the war and the famine, Davi's body is that of
a young woman. Her hair is cut short, but is thick and curly
and frames her small, oval face nicely. Loung stares at her
large, round brown eyes with their long lashes.
Davi sees her and shyly looks away.
Loung smiles at Keav who playfully splashes her with water.
Loung splashes back.
MONSOON #1
35.
Months have passed. Loung is out looking at the clouds. Loung
and Chou are washing their hair and scrubbing their bodies by
the side of their hut.
Loung notices three KR walk to Davi’s family's hut and tell
her parents they needed Davi to be the wife of a handicapped
soldier. Davi's mother cries and wraps her arms around her
daughter.
DAVI’S MOTHER
Take me. Davi is a lazy girl. Take
me.
Davi cries harder at their words and clung desperately to her
mother. Loung is too frightened to move.
DAVI’S FATHER
(on his knees)
Please. Not my daughter. Please.
The KR grab Davi by her arms and pull her from her mother's
shaking hug. Davi sobs loudly, begging them to let her stay
but the KR drag her on. Her mother falls to her knees, palms
together, and pleads with them not to take her only daughter.
The father, still on his knees, lowers his head to the
ground, banging his forehead on the dirt, and also pleading
with the KR.
As they take her away, Davi turns around many times to see
both her parents still on the ground, palms together, praying
for her. She looks back until she can see them no more. Loung
focus on Davi’s father and the pain in his eyes.
Loung sits still as Keav combs her hair. She watches as Meng
and Kim play with Geak.
Loung and the others arrive to see all vegetables have been
taken from the ground. She watches as the chlops carry them
away in crates. She and Chou begin again to prepare the land
for the next crop. She looks over at Davi’s sister.
36.
Everyone is up early. Loung notices Khouy who seems upset.
She notices Pa and Meng having a serious private talk. Ma
packs Keav’s black pyjama pants and shirt in a scarf. Keav
sits next to Ma with their hands touching. Loung is trying
to understand what is happening.
Quietly Loung walks with her family to the town square where
other teenagers and families have already gathered. Other
teenagers have tears in their eyes as do their distraught
parents. Loung now understands.
Meng musses Loung’s hair and gives her a smile. Loung watches
as the Village Chief calls them out and the base people hand
out tools and give them a plot number.
The revolution is not taking place
in this village alone; it is taking
place throughout all of Kampuchea.
Angkar needs strong young men and
women. The Angkar knows what is
best. We must trust in Angkar.
She watches as Khouy and Meng steal glances at Pa as they get
in line and begin to move off.
Keav and Ma wish they could embrace. They look into each
others eyes. Both full of tears. In a matter of minutes, the
chlops lead the children away while the families watch in
quiet despair.
Keav looks to Loung who tries to muster a smile, then she
hugs Pa and walks away in her black shirt and pants that are
frayed at the hem.
Loung watches Keav as she follows the soldiers, with twenty
other boys and girls, never looking back. Chou and Loung
watch with tears in their eyes and watch until Keav’s figure
is no longer in sight.
OMITTED:
37.
Loung watches Chou sleeping. She looks over at the empty
place where Meng, Khouy and Keav used to sleep. Tears fall
from her big brown eyes.
PA:
Angkar is right. Soon the country
will be prosperous. Angkar will
take care of them.
Loung is confused, then hears footsteps. She looks through
the slats to see two Chlops walking away. She looks to Pa.
Silently they express the understanding.
Loung, Chou and other girls walk in line to get water. Each
balancing two water pails on a long flat piece of wood over
their shoulders. They approach the water when, a stench
attacks Loung's nose and she begins to cough. Coming around
the path into a clearing, she knows what the smell is before
she even spots the body. The corpse lies decomposing in the
sun. She holds her breath and walk toward it.
CHOU:
Let’s go
Loung waves her hand at Chou and proceeds forward while she
stays back. Pinching her nose, she approaches it. (Possibly
face down but gun shots to make clear executed)
Black hair sinks into the grass, becoming one with the dirt.
The chest cavity is caved in beneath the black clothes, home
to hundreds of the black-green flies feasting on the body.
Loung covers her mouth to push down vomit, not daring to look
anymore. Quickly, she turns and walks away, but the smell of
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