"That's a lovely name." "Where are the rest of your people?" "There's only me." "How did you get here?" "The same way you got here." "By accident." "How long..." "Every question I answer will simply lead to another question." "You should rest." "Just be grateful you're alive." "There were other people on my ship." " I need to go..." " No!" "If there are other people on the island, I will find them." "The baby?" "It's coming." "That's it." "Push." " Push harder!" " I can't!" "Yes, you can." " That's good." "One more push." "It's a boy." "His name is Jacob." "It's a boy." "Can I...?" "There's another baby." "Push again." "Here it comes." "Now!" "It's another boy." "I only picked one name." "May I see him?" "I'm sorry." "What is it?" "It's a game." "You play it." "How do you know how?" "I just know." "Will you show me how to play?" "If you promise not to tell Mother." " Why can't we tell her?" " Because she'll take it away." "So, do you wanna play or don't you, Jacob?" "Yes." "I wanna play." "Hello, Jacob." "Hello, Mother." "Where's your brother?" "He's down at the beach." "Staring out at the ocean." "Can I help you?" "If you like, you can sort that." "What were you and your brother doing down at the beach?" "We were just... walking." "Do you love me, Jacob?" " Yes." " Then tell me what happened." "May I join you?" "Sure." "Jacob told you what I found." "Of course he did." "Jacob doesn't know how to lie." "He's not like you." "Why?" "What am I like?" "You're special." " Can I keep the game?" " Of course you can." "That's why I left it for you." " It came from you?" " Of course it did." "Where else would it come from?" "From somewhere else." "Across the sea." "There is nowhere else." "The island is all there is." "Then where did we come from?" "You and your brother came from me, and I came from my mother." "Where is she?" " She's dead." " What's "dead"?" "Something you will never have to worry about." "Hurry up!" "He's getting away!" "Hide." " Who are they?" " Shh!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "What's wrong?" "We saw people." "Men." " How many were there?" " Three." "They killed a boar." "Did they see you?" "No." "I don't think so." "Where did they come from?" "They looked like us." "They're not like us." "They don't belong here." " We are here for a reason." " What reason?" "It's not time yet." "Mother, what reason?" "Come with me." " Did you know about the people?" " Yes." " Why didn't you tell us about them?" " Because they're dangerous" " and I didn't want to frighten you." " What makes them dangerous?" "The same thing that makes all men dangerous." "They come." "They fight." "They destroy." "They corrupt." "And it always ends the same." "They "come"?" "Come from where?" "Another part of the island." "You're never to go looking for them." " If they found you, they'd hurt you." " Why would they hurt us?" "Because they're people, Jacob, and that's what people do." "But we're people." "Does that mean that we can hurt each other?" "I've made it so you can never hurt each other." "What is this place?" "This is the reason we're here." "Don't go in there." " What's down there?" " A light." "The warmest, brightest light you've ever seen or felt." "And we must make sure that no one ever finds it." "It's beautiful." "Yes, it is." "And that's why they want it, because a little bit of this very same light is inside of every man." "But they always want more." " Can they take it?" " No, but they would try." "And if they tried, they could put it out." "And if the light goes out here it goes out everywhere." "And so I've protected this place, but I can't protect it forever." "Then who will?" "It will have to be one of you." " You can't do that, Jacob." " Why not?" "Because it's against the rules." " You made the rules." " I found it." "One day, you can make up your own game, and everyone else will have to follow your rules." "It's all right." "Don't be afraid." "What?" " What's wrong?" " I'm going for a walk to the beach." "I'll meet you later." "Hello." "Why can't Jacob see you?" "Because I'm dead." "Will you come with me?" "I'd like to show you something." "Show me what?" "Where you came from." "It's across the island, a place you've never seen." "Who are they?" "They came here 13 years ago, the day before you were born." "Their ship was wrecked in a storm." ""Ship"?" "What's that?" "It's a way for people to get from one place to another." "It's how we came across the sea." "But there's nothing across the sea." "There are many things across the sea." "You come from across the sea, too." "No." "That's not true." "That's not what my mother told me." "She's not your mother." "I am." "Jacob." "Jacob, wake up." "Come with me." "Why do you have all your things?" "They're our things." "I took them because we're leaving, and never coming back." "What?" "Just follow me." "Follow you where?" " To the people." " No." " We're supposed to stay away." " They're our people." " We're gonna live with them." " No, Mother said..." "She lied." "She lied about everything... all of it." "I know you don't understand, but you have to come with me." " I don't want to go by myself." " We can't." "Mother loves us." " She doesn't love us." " Stop!" " It was all a lie!" " Stop it!" "She's not even our mother!" "No!" "Jacob!" "What are you doing?" "He's leaving!" "He's going to them!" "To the other people!" "What?" "I know now." "There is another place across the sea." "It's where I'm from, and I'm gonna go there." "I'm gonna go home." " Who told you that?" " My mother!" " I'm your mother." " You killed my mother." "Jacob, she was your mother, too." "We don't belong here." "We don't belong with her." "Come with me." "No." "My love, you need to know this." "Whatever you have been told, you will never be able to leave this island." "That's not true." "And one day, I can prove it." " Do you think he'll come back?" " No." "He said you killed our mother." "Is that true?" "Yes." "If I had let her live, she would have taken you back to her people, and those people are bad, Jacob, very bad." "I couldn't let you become one of them." "I needed you to stay good." "Am I good, Mother?" "Yes." "Of course you are." "Then why do you love him more than me?" "I love you in, in different ways." "Will you stay with me, Jacob?" "Please?" "Yes for a while." "What do you think?" "It's very nice, Jacob." "Are you all right?" "I'm just tired." "She know you visit me?" "She never asks about you." "Then I'm sorry I asked about her." "Why do you watch us, Jacob?" "Mm-mmm." "I watch because..." " ..." "I wanna know if Mother's right." " Right about what?" "About them." "Oh, you mean my people." "You wanna know if they're bad." "That woman may be insane, but she's definitely right about that." "I don't know." "They don't seem so bad to me." "Well, that's easy for you to say, looking down at us from above." "Trust me." "I've lived among them for 30 years." "They're greedy, manipulative untrustworthy and selfish." "Then why are you with them?" "They're a means to an end." "What end?" "I'm leaving, Jacob." "I found a way off the island." "No, it's impossible." "There is no way off the island." "There are very smart men among us, men who are curious about how things work." "Together, we have discovered places all over this island where metal behaves strangely." "When we find one of these sites, we dig." "And this time we found something." "Come with me, Jacob, please." "What are you gonna do when she dies?" " She's never gonna die." " Jacob, everything dies." "Well, I don't wanna leave this island." "It's my home." "Well, it's not mine." "Where were you?" "You know where I was." "What did he say to you, Jacob?" "Said he's finally found a way to leave the island." "May I join you?" "Yes." "How are you?" "I'm worried." "Well, Mother, you should be." "I've spent 30 years searching for that place you brought me as a child, that... waterfall with that beautiful light." "I've walked this island from end to end, not once coming close to finding it." "But then I began to think, what if the light underneath the island, what if I could get to it from someplace else?" "Figuring out how to reach it took a very long time." "The people with you, they saw this, too?" "Yes." "They have some very interesting ideas about what to do with it." "Do with it?" "You don't have any idea wh..." "I have no idea because you wouldn't tell me, Mother." "What is that?" "It's a wheel." "We're going to make an opening one much bigger than this one." "And then I'm going to attach that wheel to a system we're building..." "A system that channels the water and the light." "And then I'm going to turn it." "And when I do I'll finally be able to leave this place." "How do you know all this?" " How do you know it will work?" " I'm special Mother." "Please don't do this." " Don't go." " I have to go." " Why?" " Because I don't belong here." "Then I suppose this is goodbye." "Goodbye, Mother." "I am so sorry." "Jacob." "It's time." " Something happened, didn't it?" " Yes." "I had to say good bye to your brother." "You're letting him go?" "I don't have a choice." "It's what he wants." "Do you recognize this place?" "Yes." "Do you remember what I showed you here?" "The light." "You're going to protect it now." "What's down there?" "Life." "Death." "Rebirth." "It's the source, the heart of the island." "Just promise me no matter what you do, you won't ever go down there." "Would I die?" "It'd be worse than dying, Jacob." "Much worse." "Here." "Drink this." "What happens if I do?" "You accept the responsibility that you will protect this place for as long as you can." "Then you'll have to find your replacement." " I don't want to protect this place." " Someone has to." " I don't care." " My time is over." " Why is your time over?" " It has to be you, Jacob." "No, it doesn't." "You wanted it to be him." "But now I'm all you have." "It was always supposed to be you, Jacob." "I see that now, and one day you'll see it, too, but until then you don't really have a choice." "Please." "Take the cup and drink." "Now you and I are the same." "Storm comin'." "Yes, there is." "You should go, get some firewood before it rains." "Jacob?" " Be careful." " I'll see you back home." "Why wouldn't you let me leave, Mother?" "Because I love you." "Thank you." " Jacob." " What did you do?" "Wait." "Listen." " What did you do?" " No." " What did you do?" "!" " Wait!" "Don't." "Jacob, don't do this." "She burned them." "She was crazy." "She burned them all!" "You can't kill me, Jacob." "She made it that way." "You can't!" "Don't worry, brother." "I'm not going to kill you." " She brought you back here?" " Yes." "Why would she?" "Because I have to protect it now." "You want to find the light?" "You want to leave this place, Brother?" "Then go." "Who are they?" "Where did they come from?" "Didn't you guys shoot a polar bear last week?" " Yeah." " Where'd that come from?" "Hello?" "Anybody there?" " Who were these men?" " Actually, one of them's female." "Our very own Adam and Eve." "Goodbye, Brother." "Goodbye."