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( bell peals ) woman: in minangkabau culture... every child must some day leave his family behind and face the many challenges in life. challenges that will guide him towards becoming a man. ( folk music playing ) this journey is known as merantau. it is the ultimate test of the physical and the spiritual, requiring a deep understanding of the world.
nature becomes the child's teacher, illuminating the paths between right and wrong. ( dramatic music playing ) ( grunting ) woman: this is the story of my son and his journey into adulthood. this is his... merantau. - ( speaks )- ( woman speaks ) it's warmerthan usual today.
the weather isn't goingto go easy on you justbecause it's your last day. and neither am i.now set the table. - ( silent )- ( light instrumental score playing ) ( insects chittering ) listen. when your brother cameback from his merantau your father and isaid a lot of bad things,hurtful things to him. we felt that we had to. that it was our dutyto the community.
but we were wrongto do so. yayan has proven himselfevery day since he returned. he didn't needto punish himselfaway from home to make himselfa better person. and the truth is... nor should you. - ma.- all i'm saying is... the community maysay something but it doesn't meanit has the right to say it.
you must do yourself proud,by your own standards. come back, my son, when you are ready. i'll do my best,i promise you. god willing. you always do. ready, master? - ( growls )- ( both grunting ) ( growls )
enough! i think you'regoing to be okay. thank you. let's go. take this with you. it belongedto your father. he'll watchover you always. i'll cherish it. ( mother crying )
i'll make youproud of me, mom. you've alreadydone so much. i'm so proud of you. just make sureyou're okay. ( man speaks ) - salaam aleikum.- yuda: aleikum salaam. - do you mindif i sit here?- please, go ahead. - my name's eric.- yuda. what are youdoing in jakarta?looking for work?
- i'm on merantau.- ( lighter clicks ) merantau! that takes me back. - oh yeah?- yeah, way back. where do you workin jakarta? right nowi work anywhere. wherever my feet take me. what are your plansin jakarta? i hopeto teach silat.
( chuckles )silat! i'm sorry. i didn't meanto be rude. i just feel likei'm sitting next toa younger version of myself. do you practicesilat also? yeah, i remember itwhen i need to. what was your experiencewhen you did merantau? listen... and learnfrom my mistakes.
get rid of those dreamsin your head. life doesn'toffer much for silat. trust me. i've tried in the pastjust like you. my advice is to usewhat you have differently. you have toearn your moneyin other ways. for us... there's no moneyin teaching. nothing is easyin this world.
- ( cars honking )- ( people chatting ) - i guess this iswhere we part.- ( chuckles ) i guess so. good luckwith everything. until we meet again. take care. ( whistle tweets ) "19 orchard street" ( shovel scraping )
( touchtones ) ( ringing ) recording: the number you are calling is not recognized. please check and try again. ( coin clinks ) ( dial tone ) ( touchtones ) ( coin scrapes ) ( lock clatters, clicks )
( crickets chirping ) ( people chattering ) please take a seat. thanks. what do you want? satay padang. sorry, we don't have it,just chicken or lamb. no problem,i'll take chicken then. ( speaks )
your drink. enjoy your meal. - hey! you!get out of here!- ( gasps ) kids here thinkthey can just come inand take what they want. unbelievable. i'm new here. i'm looking for a placeto teach silat. maybe you know a placewhere i could teach? i'm afraid not.most schools are inthe teachers' private homes.
you could always do that. teach from home. it's sort ofunder renovation right now. i don't knowwhat else to suggest. if you asked meabout food, then i'd know. - of course.thanks for your help, sir.- no problem. - how muchdo i owe you?- 6000. hey! you again! i'll be back,trust me! ( grunts )
( bird wings flap ) - my wallet!- please don't hurt me. i'm not going to hurt you,just give me my wallet. how aboutwe split it 50/50? what?! that's my wallet,my money! give it to me. okay, enough already. 70/30? calm down, it's all there.i didn't take any.
i'll check anyway. ( door bangs ) it's 40%of your salary and tips. that's bullshit.anything i earn on stageis mine and you know it. you wanna findsome other place to work,then fine! go ahead! your skinny pale assdoesn't bring much in anyway. screw you! you know what? if you did,maybe i'd drop it to 35%. johni, please,it was an accident.
i need this job.you know that. no, you've reallyfucked up this time. girl: please, johni. i'm begging you. let go!that's my sister! sis! - the money, now!- please i need this. - boy: leave her alone!- girl: adit, don't! - ( gasps )- what? what now?are you gonna apologize?
well, where is it?say you're sorry! the money! quickly. because of this"behavior" today,i'm going to take 100%. see you at work tomorrow,don't be late. let her go. you should thinkabout walking, friend. - ( cracks )- ah! do you knowwho you're fucking with?
no, i don't.now give her the money. ( grunting ) ah! ah! ah. ah. ah!( grunting ) ( pipe clangs ) ( both panting ) it would be a good ideafor you to go back inside and forgetabout all this. what do you think?
good. johni, this hasnothing to do with me. i gave you a jobwhen no one else would. and this ishow you repay me?! you'll never set footin this place again. let's see how longyou last with thoseprecious fucking tips. ( shouting )johni, wait!i can give you 40%! shit! great, just great.my fucking hero!
tell me, do you alwaysgo around destroyingpeople's lives? what?! he had his hand aroundyour throat. he kickedyour brother to the ground. yeah, and now because of youi've lost my job also. i had enough shitto deal with beforeyou came along. all you've done ismake things worse. i didn't wantto be here either. now that i havemy wallet back, - i can leave.- good.
no, sis,please, you saw him.he can protect us. ( girl speaks ) he's already done more than enough. ( industrial music playing ) that'll do for me. i tell you, mister, johni bringsfresh meat, fresh girl only for mister. johni, you saidthere'd be five girls. okay, but we have--
i know we haveonly four girls here. now, they're fresh. for that, i'm happy. but... i may be a manof business but that doesn't make mea businessman. if you fuck overa businessman, he takes you to court,he fines you. he only hurtsyour pocket.
but me,i'm kind of special. so if, say, i order five pieces and on the day of deliveryi only get four, well, then i will be forcedto hurt your pocket. i might also cut you a little bit. - leave a mark.- ( crying ) something, you know,
so that we havea clear understanding of what supplyand demand is. do you follow me,mr. johni? i bringfive girls... today. good, so i don't haveto hurt you. mister-- mister,come to my club-- go go club-- fresh girlfree of charge. i make you happy.
you're a good host, johni. thank you, mister. take them, please. ( door opens, closes ) ( phone clicks, beeps ) - ( elevator dings )- hello. we have to findanother girl. bring the carto the lobby. we have to findthat bitch, astri.
i don't carehow hard it is,we have to find her. ( elevator dings ) shit. ( kids playing ) hey. - ( speaks )- ( woman speaks ) ayi? ayi, it's astri! woman #2: ayi's not at home.
i heard her leaving earlier. did she saywhere she was going? she said somethingabout a meeting. some guy picked her up. he was really rough with her, but she insistedshe was okay. what's going on? - who took her?- johni: i did! get in.
( distant siren ) - ( coins clinking )- ( dial tone ) ( phone ringing ) ( men chatting ) - hello?- yuda: hello, ma? yuda! son! be quiet,it's yuda on the phone. ma, ask yudahow the girls arein jakarta. just be quietand play your game.
- who's that?- just your brother, teasing as usual. - how is everyone?- thankfully we'reall good here, son. but that's not important.how are you? - have you settled in well?- ( car approaching ) ( tires screech ) everything is fine. i just started teachingsome children here. i'm so glad to hear that. i always knew you'd make it, no matter what.
( laughs ) - astri: fuck you, johni,you asshole!- ( car honks ) let me go,you piece of shit! ( grunting, shouting ) make another moveand i'll smack youin the fucking mouth. good girl. ( strained )hold her. ( coughs )hold her. someone grabthis whore!
let's justtake her in. ( coughs ) who are you now? are you the boss now? do you want meto press your suit? shine your shoes? - fucking hold her!- ( grunting ) - ma, i have to go,i'll call again later.- wait. johni:well, well. if it isn'tmr. superhero again.
i was hoping i'd get to see you again, but so soon? so what'sso special about her? she's gota pretty face, sure. but so do a lotof the whores in here. are you okay? i'm fine. ( men grunting ) i honestly thoughtyou were going to make it.
( coughing ) but it looks like i broughtjust enough support. one, two,three, four. i'll remember that numberfor the next time. until we meet again... hero! ( bells tinkling ) ( rock music playing ) ( shouting )
( astri shouting ) man: let's see what else is on. ( beeps ) what the fuck?they should be wearingfucking toe tags. move! ( door opens ) sorry we are late. ( beeping ) see what happens whenyou put all your effortinto something?
money. what is this? nice. this-- this is a discount. mister,i can explain this. she wasvery difficult to come. she was very hard. i just want youso you cannot bedisappointed.
well, she's here at least. she's here.she's yours. but don't mistakemy lack of disappointment as a sign of contentment.she's still damaged goods. she's good. okay, do your thing. - ( bottle shatters )- ah! fuck! fuck! who the fuck wasthat guy, huh? huh?
no one--no one fucking knows! huh? who was it?! what? fucking take it, eh? come on,you should sit. he came for the girl. come on,that's not whatwe're here for. he came for the girl and you-- you--
you broughtthe girl here. i promise-- i promise--bring girl,come back here. fuck yeah!i know you will! - ah!- and you've got to buy me the biggest fucking knife in this city! and that--that's what's gonna happen. - come on, we don'thave time for this.- okay. okay.
that's what'sgonna happen. - ( whimpers )- now go. take your men and go. ( brakes squeaking ) ( jingling ) astri: adit! adit! adit! - ( silent )- ( eerie music playing )
- ( dramatic music playing )- ( cars honking ) - ( men grunting )- ( adit yelling ) yuda! ( clangs ) what arewe going to do? it's okay.i know somewherewe can stay. - how long have you been...- astri: taking care of him? - yeah.- three years. yuda: what happened to your parents?
they left us. left you? mom and dad thoughtif they had a lot of children they'd have lots of childrento take care of themwhen they got old. but it seems they forgot before that they would havelots of mouths to feed. as time went on,things got worse. and not all of us were fed. and then one day,
before i woke up... they left, leaving just meand adit behind. they took two of our sisters and one brother. even now i don't know whyor how they chose to leave us. i honestly don't knowhow they could. but i've worked hard and i've made surethat he never goes hungry. not one single dayhas he been without foodor a roof over his head. and he never will.
he's lucky to havea sister like you. i'm the lucky one. he gives me a reasonto keep on fighting. if not, maybe i'd still bein that club being soldlike a piece of meat. me and yayan,my older brother... ever since we were kids, we've always been competingagainst each other. we would play fight, pretend we were wrestlers.
but me being the youngestmeant i'd never get to win. yayan wouldalways push the fightas far as he could. he knew that i'd getfrustrated and angry,ready to snap. yayan knewwhat he was doing. he'd set me up so i'd explodeonce our father came home. he got me intoso much trouble. i bet now he doesn'tfight you as much. as we grew up i becamea stronger fighter, sure. but he became smarter,
and that's worthso much more. i don't knowif he knows it, but he's alwaysbeen the personi've tried to follow, who i've triedto be like. why don't youjust go back? - it's complicated.- what's complicated about it? you can go backand no one would find you. no one in this cityknows your face yet. it's the same for you.it's a big city.
to sumatra?to pick tomatoes? would you ratherstay here and strip? i'm a dancer, okay? there's a difference. if some guy likesto see me dance, then fine. but that's allhe'll ever see. i've earned my moneyand i've never onceembarrassed myself for it. i'm sorry.i was wrong to presume. i apologize.
i take itthis means we're good. it means i'm hungry. ( laughs ) i'll leave youto get some sleep. yuda. good night. luc: what is, exactly, the bigger picture here? this is notthe time nor the placeto start playing war. we have to be careful.
when we were boys we would always make sureto settle the score no matter how bigor small, right? right? that's howwe got wherewe are today. this isn't a pointto prove, ratger. this is justfucking bullshitstopping us from finishingwhat should be simple work. - ( glass thunks )- ( buttons clattering ) when dominicdid this to you,
what did i do to him? - that's not the same.- fuck you! every scar is the same.everything matters! now tell me:what did i do to him? - we were just kids back then.- i settled the score. and i would dothe same thing now if it were your facebleeding like mine. look, all right. all i'm saying is that this isn't of importance.
what is important is thatwe finish our deal here and just go home. ah! it's okay, right? this isn'tof importance, is it? - ( blood pattering )- we stay and we settle this. come here.i-- i'm sorry. just few days more. please justgive me that much.
just-- just give methat much. johni brings men. strong help to finishmr. boss problem. and? they're here.they're here. hurry! don't fucking sit. why are they here? so, you know--you know.
no, i don't know. i want to dobest and good. "best and good"? why the fuckwould i want to see them? is this an interview?do they have resumes? no. huh? now get themout on the street. the only onei wanna see is the one who bringsthose cunts to me, okay?
do you understandwhat i'm saying? - yes.- ratger: oh, you do, eh? well... move. oh and, johni. that goes for you too. if you come back hereand if you wastemy time again, i'll fucking ripyour heart out. yes, mr. boss.
i'll fix this. ( binder thuds ) - i'm gonna get cigarettes.- man: okay. there's no wayyou'll get in therewithout being seen. i worked hardfor that money. there's no wayi'm leaving it behind. besides, it's not likewe have a choice. we need the money. where's the money?i'll go in.
okay, it's under the rug.you'll see it straightaway. stay here. don't go anywhereuntil i come back. good luck. ( music playing over radio ) oh! ( urinating ) hey! ( men shouting )
hey! hey!over here! there's two moreover here! hurry! get in there, hurry. wait, there's notenough room. there's no wayyou'll fit. don't worry about me.i've got my own hiding place. no no, don't go!don't leave me here. adit, please, trust me.i'm not going to leave you. i'll come back for you.i promise.
now just stay stilland be quiet. ( kisses ) don't make a sound. - ( man yells )- ( gasps ) ( silent ) ( crying ) ( shouts )he's up here! ( yells ) - ( yells )- ( grunting )
( motorcycle revving ) - ( tires screech )- ( revving ) yuda: astri. adit. astri. adit: yuda. adit? - adit, where's astri?where's your sister?- ( sobbing ) they took her.
she told meto stay quiet. i did nothingto save her. adit, take this. please don'tleave me again! adit, adit, adit. listen, i can'ttake you with me. it's too dangerous. now wait here. i'm going tobring astri back.i promise you.
you have to be strong,one last time. ( door bangs ) - ( man speaks )- ( men grunting ) astri! you know i can'ttell you anything. i'm not giving you the choice.now tell me! where's astri? ( yells, choking ) he's staying in thoseapartments, room 1426. luc:why don't you letsomeone else carry her?
ratger: it's fine. how many morefloors are there? - around nine.- nine? fuck it. nuh-uh-uh-uh. where do you thinkyou're going? this isonly one of them. now go, fetch. i thinkwe can handle this one. - ( yells )- ( men grunting )
he's here! man: hey! you were worth the wait. now you're justan extra $800 a week to me. - life is... tough.- ( knocks on door ) - ( door opens )- luc: we have to leave. her friend is stirring up the place downstairs. ratger: he's here? and you want us to leave? luc: are you completely out of your mind?
fuck that. i want to see him. please. i told you my order. and that's not about to change. luc: and i'm asking you to please just let this one go. let's go home. ( panting ) ( elevator chimes ) - ( elevator dings )- ( doors closing )
( elevator dings ) ( sighs ) so it's you thateveryone is looking for. you don't haveto do this. you know i have to. - i'm sorry, yuda.- ( both grunting ) do it, yuda,you have no choice. come on!finish me. i won't becomewhat you have.
( groaning ) ( panting ) ( yelling ) astri. astri. ( tires screeching ) ( vehicles departing ) open the door. get to knoweach other well. you'll be herefor a while.
lock 'em up. - wait.- what? i want to seewhat he's capable of. he got here,didn't he? and i wantto know how. ( men yelling ) ( cracks ) ( yuda groaning ) ( grunts, groaning )
come on! - ( grunting )- ( choking ) ( pounding on wall ) ( women yelling ) listen to them. this is how things end. help. ( ratger groaning ) ( grunts, panting )
you again. let's go home. no! - ( grunts )- ( bones snap ) ( bones crackling ) ( crying )yuda, hold on. just hold on.i'll get help. astri... there's no time.
no, don't say that. please. take thisback home for me. no. no. we're going back together.you promised. please don'tgive up on me. tell my familywhat happened. tell themthat i did my best. tell them--( groans )
yuda! yuda! ( coughs, wheezing ) please tell my family... i'm so sorry. no, you'll tellthem yourself. hold on,please just hold on. astri, it's okay. there's good out there. they'll take care of you.
my family will... yuda. yuda. go. astri, go now. yuda. yuda. yuda. yuda. yuda. yuda! ( both crying ) - ( silent )- ( instrumental score playing ) ( music continues )
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