Vinyan

Synopsis: In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua in a tsunami six months ago. Jeanne is disturbed and has not accepted the loss of her beloved son. While watching some footages from Myanmar (former Burma), Jeanne is convinced that a boy wearing a Manchester United shirt in a poor village is Joshua, and Paul accepts to seek out their son in the sea gypsies camp. They hire the trafficker Thaksin Gao and they travel in the boat of master Sonchai to search Joshua. After a series of weird incidents, Sonchai leaves the trio in an abandoned village. They have to walk through the jungle where they face a journey to hell.
Director(s): Fabrice du Welz
Production: Wild Bunch Distribution
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
2008
96 min
99 Views


They were on sale.

The old ones might be too small now.

- Paul, hi.

- Hi, Paul.

- Come in, friends, come in.

- How are you doing?

- Wow!

- I'm sorry, friends,

- I will have to introduce you...

- What've you been doing?

...to some of our donors.

- My God, you look beautiful.

- Of course.

- We want that money, we want that money.

Andreas, may I introduce you

to Jeanne and Paul Bellmer?

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Hello.

Paul is a volunteer

on the orphanage project.

Volunteer? You look a bit too old

to be an idealist, Paul.

- No. He's the architect, Andreas.

- Charming.

The architect.

What brings you two to Phuket?

We came for a Christmas holiday and...

We just decided to stay.

- You work for Matty?

- Yeah, that's right.

Fresh meat.

Don't mind me,

I'm straight out of the jungle.

I work up on the Andaman coast,

I've forgotten small talk.

- Kimberly Park.

- Paul Bellmer.

Very nice to meet you, Paul Bellmer.

Maybe they'll say, "Why don't you sleep?"

I have to go back.

You can't stay awake like that.

It's late, late, late, late.

Try to close your eyes.

Do you want me to sing a song?

No, you don't want me to sing a song?

Close your eyes now.

Okay, close.

He couldn't sleep.

So that's what we've been doing

with your donations.

- Good, huh?

- Thank you, thank you.

What follows is what we want you guys

to spend your money on next.

This is footage of Kim's stuff from Burma.

It's raw material, it's very hard.

Getting the aid there is an emergency, okay?

This is South Tanintharyi division.

There are a lot of Moken and Salone natives

in the islands there.

Sea gypsies.

How did you manage to get into Burma?

I thought the border was totally closed.

I had to get in with the help of the Triad.

I took one of Thaksin Gao's boats.

He's been bringing girls from the region

to his bars for so long,

he knows everyone, including the military.

Believe me,

it's the only safe way into Burma.

Now, back to the village.

Up to this point,

they've been completely left on their own.

They have received no medication,

no food, no shelters.

- Nothing.

- Stop. Stop the tape.

Could you give me the remote, please?

Darling. Excuse me.

Darling? What are you doing?

- Jeanne?

- Paul.

- Yeah, darling.

- It's Joshua.

Look.

It's him.

It's my son.

I knew it.

You know as well as I do

there is no way Josh is on that DVD.

She seems pretty sure about it.

Maybe you should take her

and see a doctor.

Do you mind if I take this?

- You take care of her, Paul.

- Yeah.

Come on, darling.

It was him.

I don't know.

Yes, Paul, everything.

The way he moved, his hair, you know.

He was even wearing that

- red Manchester United top, you know.

- Come on,

there's a lot of f***ing Manchester United

tops in the world, darling.

- You heard the stories, right?

- Yeah.

That Swedish boy that was taken

- from the hospital in broad daylight.

- Oh, Christ, but this is...

- But we know that there's a...

- They're rumors, darling.

- Yeah, but listen to me.

- You can't...

Okay, we know that there's a trade

in white children, right?

- Yeah.

- Right.

No, we don't know that

there's a trade in white children.

- But we... We guess there's one.

- No! I'm just...

- Kim said it.

- I'm not sure!

- What about if Josh was taken from...

- I'm not sure!

I am sure.

All right, okay.

I know it was him and I know he's alive.

Well, I'm not so sure, darling.

Then maybe I know him better than you do.

- No, you can't say that.

- Yes, I can.

- You can't f***ing say that to me, darling!

- Yes, I can.

We're both really tired.

Okay, it's been six months, and maybe

it's time we started to adjust to something.

To what?

We need help,

we need to look after ourselves.

And not just physically.

- Yeah, but what are you...

- Mentally, too.

Yeah, okay. What are you saying?

Are you saying I'm mad

because I want to find out where my son is?

No, I'm not saying you're mad,

but maybe you need to talk to someone.

- Stop. Stop the cab.

- What are you doing?

Stop the cab.

Thaksin Gao?

Thaksin Gao? You know? No?

I don't want anything.

Hello. Welcome.

Bye-bye.

Hello. Hello.

Hello, madam. Hello.

Hello.

- Thaksin Gao?

- Thaksin Gao.

His name is...

What? In black?

- Yeah, black.

- The man in black?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, thank you.

Thaksin Gao?

- Bacara, Bacara.

- Bacara?

Bacara. That's what you said?

Bacara. You don't know? You don't know?

Bacara. You know Bacara? It's a bar?

Thaksin Gao?

Thaksin Gao?

There?

- There?

- Yeah.

Thaksin Gao. Do you know?

Do you know Thaksin Gao?

Thaksin Gao? You know him?

What the f*** do you think you're doing?

You cannot do this.

Leave me alone, Paul.

You cannot do this, Jeanne.

I've been going f***ing crazy

looking for you. You cannot do this.

I saw him.

He's alive, I know it.

You want to find Thaksin Gao?

Yeah.

Come.

This way.

You like? You like?

Get off!

Jesus.

Okay, okay.

Looking for Thaksin Gao?

Thaksin Gao?

Yeah, we're looking for him. Yeah.

Thaksin Gao.

We're trying to get to Burma.

Someone told us that Thaksin Gao

could help us get there. Is that right?

We lost our son in the tsunami

and we think he might have been kidnapped

and taken to the north.

Look, is Thaksin Gao here?

If he's not, where is he?

What's your name, dude?

What's my name?

Bellmer, Paul Bellmer. Why?

Bellmer, Paul Bellmer.

Don't worry about Thaksin Gao.

If you want to find your son, I fix it.

You'll fix it?

Really good price.

- Yeah, how much?

- One and a half million.

Do we even have that sort of money?

It's not really about that.

Do you trust him?

- Not really.

- No?

If there's even the slightest chance

that Josh is alive,

we've got to take it, haven't we?

How can we not?

We just got to be careful.

What?

Your eyes, Paul.

Sometimes you look just like him.

Jesus. Come on.

Mama.

It's all there.

I trust you, dude.

So what's the plan?

To Ranong first, then what?

What?

To Ranong first, then what? The boat?

Don't worry, Bellmer Paul,

everything is good.

You pay me to fix your problem.

I fix your problem.

Just sit back and watch Boomsong.

Passport.

- What for?

- Custom.

F***ing customs.

Hey.

Hey, excuse me. Is there a problem?

Who's that guy?

Five thousand more.

- What do you mean?

- For them.

No. I paid you upfront.

It covers all expenses.

No. That's my expen', this your expen'.

Listen, mate, I didn't come up river

on a f***ing banana boat.

Do not f*** with me.

You want to go to Burma?

Yeah, we want to go, yeah.

Or you wanna sit here one week,

wait for your visa?

All right.

What? Sorry, mate?

He didn't say anything,

he didn't say anything.

You have to be cool like Thai people.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm cool.

That's boat, your boat.

You're not having second thoughts,

are you?

No.

It's Mat. Hello.

No. No, that's an engine. We're on a boat.

Somewhere on the Andaman Sea.

Yeah, I know, Mat, but what if it is?

Yeah, I know, but what if it is him?

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