The Look of Silence Page #5

Who is Ramli?

He was taken away by the mob.

Do you remember or not?

- Remember what?

- Your son.

He was taken away.

- Whose son?

- Your son. He was taken away.

Do you remember?

Remember who?

We killed 32 people here.

I wrote this book

about what I did.

Joshua asked for a copy.

It's very important if you

want higher education...

So people remember us.

Our descendants...

This is a complete record

of what happened here.

Do you want a copy, too?

I illustrated it myself...

I made sketches to

bring the story to life.

Oh, this is Snake River.

- The iron bridge... My God...

- Oh, yes.

After it was all over,

who would buy fish?

Nobody would buy fish or clams.

Nobody would eat fish.

The fish were eating human bodies.

Your husband killed

32 people here.

I wanted to meet your husband...

but since he passed away...

at least I can meet you,

and your sons.

Of the 32 people killed here...

the worst story

is about my brother Ramli.

He was chopped in the shoulder...

He was stabbed in the stomach.

His intestine spilled out...

He was stabbed in the back.

But he managed to run home.

From the front yard,

he called for mom.

She brought him inside,

but in the morning they took him away.

Your husband took him away.

Because your husband was commander.

Your husband told mom,

that he would take Ramli

to the hospital.

But in the truck,

they chopped him up.

Oh God...

Then they cut off his penis...

and finally he died.

Your husband even drew pictures of it.

I never saw this book.

Did you get it from my husband?

Yes, don't you remember?

This is my brother.

This is my mom.

This is my brother.

This is what your husband drew.

We know nothing about this.

My husband never told us.

There was a book,

but we never read it.

My husband said

he never killed anyone.

- But it's in his book.

- Really?

- Yes.

- We know nothing about it.

We didn't know what he was doing.

We were just kids.

We never knew,

and he never told us.

I don't want to make you

uncomfortable...

Because I've been ill.

But Adi is here to speak openly...

Everyone around here is friends.

Even if their parents were killed,

we're all good friends.

Now the wound is open.

Because Joshua makes this film...

and my father wrote this book,

the wound is open.

- Otherwise, you wouldn't know me, right?

- of course I knew.

I knew all about this family.

All the victims' families know

who the killers are.

But that doesn't mean we want revenge.

Do you want revenge?

If I wanted revenge,

I wouldn't come like this.

Who knows?

Maybe that's why Joshua came!

If I were in your shoes...

Excuse me.

If I met a perpetrator,

or his sons...

Enough! My mom is ill,

and this will traumatize her.

Forget the past.

Let's all get along

like the military dictatorship taught us.

You want us to be open.

But how can we? We know nothing.

Look at this, please.

Just press the space bar.

The people we killed

on the plantation... like Ramli...

This is Snake River.

- The iron bridge... My God....

- Oh, yes.

This reminds me of my father.

I don't want to see this.

Let's just talk.

I can't stand this.

Turn it off!

Why are you shouting?

Is there anything else you want

to say, Adi?

No.

Adi, we apologize.

We feel the same way you do.

Just one more clip.

I don't care.

I know nothing about this.

Do you want this to end well or not?

- We know nothing.

- Here he explains...

Look, we know nothing about this.

Don't make trouble, Joshua.

Have pity on him.

He's dead and buried...

I welcomed you here, Joshua,

but I don't like you anymore.

Oh, no...

Where am I?

Oh, no.

I'm in somebody else's house...

How did I get here?

Help me!

I've wandered into a stranger's house.

Help!

I'm in a stranger's house!

He's going to beat me up.

You survived.

Let it go.

Leave it to God.

I can't hold it in.

My son is gone.

But you survived.

He crawled home through

the rice fields...

Then they came for him...

They said they'd

take him to the hospital.

I knew it was a lie...

I begged to go with him,

but they refused.

That's the true story of Ramli.

And the others have similar stories...

...but not the same!

But that's what we experienced.

That's what happened.

Well, that's how it is...

Life on earth.

Feel free to take a photo.

I'm trying to talk to you...

But you keep running...

This one comes, and falls...

You don't want to move...

Aren't you tired?

Sleep...

I can't see you.

Are you there?

I want to see you.

Come out.

Are you really there?

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