"City people think they're smart but their brains are in the wrong place." "Yeah, they dont even get simple things..." "How did they find out that were doing the healing ritual?" "I dont care if they film the ritual." "But the joke is, the want us to act it out." "Thats just plain stupid." "Well, maybe we should just do it." "Let them have a taste of what the spirits are really like." "Fools." "You cant mess around with the spirits." "Its notlike what you see on TV." "They are looking for trouble." "So, whats the story with that land on the beach?" "Hey, isnt that Pekin Ibrahim?" "I dont know." "But thats Faizal Hussein." "Him, I know." "Give me two or three days, and ill settte it for you." "Dont worry." "iii take over your debt." "lsnt that Zahiril Adzim?" "The generators dying." "The powers going to cut." "Were watching TV here." "Enough?" "Yes." "How long has it been?" "Hes been sick for some time." "Hes possessed by the spirits of the shadow puppets." "Have you prepared everything?" "Everythings in place." "What about the healers and the musicians for it?" "They are ready and waiting." "iii need to ask Boss." "Alright, you ask him." "Just a second." "Looking for Boss?" "He justleft." "is Deng around?" "Over there." "Hang on." "That guy over there... I saw him." "Who let him in?" "Hes looking forfighters." "What if hes a cop?" "If Pinoy knows, you're dead." "Hes from Kelantan." "Whatever." "Go watch the door." "We got screwed today." "How about you?" "Business as usual." "Whats the story, Deng?" "Bunga Lalang." "He had a debt to settte with Pinoy." "He was supposed to fight to the end." "But that didnt happen." "Some kids pulled him out of the ring." "Who?" "They looked like Malays." "Like you." "Pinoy wants him back." "Your other jobs?" "All done?" "I dont babysit." "You know my style." "And we know Boss style." "There is no choice." "If the kid acts tough?" "Do what you have to." "His manager didnt show up today." "Maybe he planned it." "The Chinese Bird Guy." "I dont babysit either." "If I were you, ld just finish off the kid." "So, what do you want?" "Stop moving." "Where are you taking me?" "To a safe place." "The Thais will be looking for us." "Tapa, turn left up ahead." "Then go straight." "None of the border checkpoints will be safe." "They will be all over the place by now." "The border?" "What are you talking about?" "The safest place is back home." "I didnt ask to be brought here." "I dont have a choice now." "Why dont you have a choice?" "You can stay here and die." "Or you can go home." "Its up to you." "Lets go." "Good morning." "Good morning." "Good morning." "My name is..." "Say it." "Oi!" "Maybe the bird doesnt speak English." "What is... your name?" "Bunga Lalang." "My name is ..." "Bunga Lalang." "What do you want?" "Where is he?" "Hes not here." "I dont know." "And I dont want to know." "He went his own way." "He doesntlisten to anyone." "Youre the one whos notlistening." "I asked, where is he?" "I..." "Tell me." "Dont make this hard for yourself." "Say it." "Bunohan (Murder)." "Bunohan." "Bunohan." "Bunohan" "Whose kid are you?" "Why are you playing here?" "Where do you live?" "Over there." "Father, you can move back into the master bedroom." "lm here now. lll take care of the house." "lm thinking of moving back here to teach." "I can take care of you." "What does your mother say about this?" "This is her idea." "Once I get a job, Anna and Farah will join me here." "Anna can work at the local bank." "I going to start a business." "Can you help me?" "Find Adil." "I want to see him." "5 years is quite a while, Father." "If he cared, he would have come back..." "Four years and ten months." "Please find him." "Its too late , Yeah" "Adil" "Adil" "Adil" "Adil" "Leh, Dont mind if I help myself." "Sure." "Go ahead." "Patience." "I have to make my way in first." "These things take time." "We have to move fast." "Five years ago I didnt have the cash." "But now, I do." "You have been in the city for too long." "You cant bring Kuala Lumpur back here." "You asked me to take care of it." "So let me." "Its like this. lll give you a way in." "These people owe money." "So you help them settte their debts, Then they will be indebted." "Its like shares and the stock market, Their gratitude is the commodity." "Once they owe us, we reap the dividends." "Whats with the kickboxing club?" "Thats how we get in." "Awang Sonar owes me money." "Perfect." "We can set up fights at his club." "But youd want good fighters, and they dont come cheap." "Across the border, they are tied to Thai gangs." "You dont need to worry." "lve got some fighters in mind." "I saw Bunga Lalang." "New shoes, Jolok?" "Yeah, check them out." "Crocodile leather." "Must be the Golok River crocodile (fakes)." "Watch it!" "They just might bite you." "lm here." "iii go look for Pok Wah." "You gave that to my son years ago." "I remember." "Was it the year of the rabbit?" "Or the eagle?" "...." "Owl maybe?" "Crocodile (Ladies Man)." "Thats how the women here still remember you." "lve heard all kinds of stories about you." "Mahdi said he worked with you on a ship." "In Mesir (Egypt), I think." "I bumped into him once." "Not in Mesir (Egypt)." "In Marseille." "France." "You?" "And this boat?" "People like you work on ships." "You get to see the world." "But in the end, even the world gets washed up on the beach." "lm alost cause." "My woman wont let me fish at sea anymore." "I remember getting one of these." "But I cant rememberwhere." "You didnt come here just to catch up with an old friend." "lm looking for this kid." "Bunga Lalang." "Thats shouldnt be difficult." "Try yourfathers house." "Theres nothing in that house for me." "What are you talking about?" "He was born around the time you left." "In the ring, he is known as Bunga Lalang." "But his real name is Adil." "Your brother." "Did his second wife have another kid, or did the old pervert get anotherwife?" "Thats why my mother divorced him." "Your dad was quite the crocodile (ladies man)." "But he didnt take a third wife." "That kid is his son." "So hes my half brother." "What do I care?" "iii get you a mattress." "Are you still doing your old job?" "Dont worry." "You wont be involved." "Pok Wah." "Pok Wah." "Its hard to find peace in this world." "I run away from the world and still they come." "Are you man or the devil himself?" "Someone is not well." "Man is indeed sick." "What do I care?" "I dont do that kind of work anymore." "Please, Pok Wah." "You tell him that I cannot do anything." "Man has made a pact with the devil to destroy this earth." "I cannot help him." "He has to help himself." "Its Adil who is injured." "Why didnt you say so earlier?" "Whats wrong with you?" "It was hard to get a word in while you made your speech." "What?" "You think lm a politician, making speeches?" "No sign of you for months, Suddenly, you come to save me like some hero." "Be grateful." "Its a good thing I knew about the fight" "Or should I have left you to die there?" "For years I worked my way up, and made a name for myself over there." "Now youve brought me back to this dump." "Thanks alot, Mr. Muski Abdul Rahman." "Even in the darkness, there will be light." "Leave the bad, and take the good." "Father, some people from Kuala Lumpur are interested in ourland." "It could be a good opportunity for us." "Adil doesnt care about these things." "He doesnt even care about ourfamily." "You cant say such things." "You do not know him anymore." "You do not even know who I am." "We are justlike the shadows on your screen." "What stories are you making up now, Bakar?" "You are the storyteller." "All the villagers talk about your story." "People will say all kinds of things." "You were too young to remember." "You are too old to remember." "The villagers talk about you and your ex-wife, Mek Yah." "You forget." "The land I gave to you, you sold." "The money, gone." "Now you want the 30 acres." "I might as well give it to Ilham." "What did that animal ever do for you?" "I know that you dont care about him." "Atleast I have a plan to do something with the land." "You know nothing about thatland." "Just stay out of it." "If you sell thatland, what will become of our stories?" "How will we live?" "You should stick to teaching." "We cannotlive on stories alone." "If I develop thatland, Then people can see how it should be done." "You cannot pay people to learn, Bakar." "Youre stubborn, Yah." "Like I said, this is the work of your half-brother, Bakar." "Hes been paying some guys to move the old graves." "Youre wasting your time." "Your mothers grave is no longer there." "Why is he doing this?" "Hes planning a project on yourfathers land." "Thats what I heard." "These are the relocated graves, originally from the cemetery on your beach." "Look at this." "Male and female tombstones on the same grave." "There, two headstones on one grave." "lve been meaning to see you for some time now." "Theres something I want to discuss, and ask for your permission." "You have thatland by the beach, dont you?" "The 30 acres, next to Awang Sonars boxing club." "Yes." "That one." "If you are interested, some people are very keen to buy it." "They are willing to pay a deposit 30 percent." "In cash. immediately." "Here you go." "A drink?" "You shouldnt have troubled yourself." "Bakar." "Talib." "But people call me Jolok." "So, if you agree, those Kuala Lumpur people want to meet you..." "And see the land." "Better still, if they can see the land titte as well." "Its obvious, hes going to cheat." "Its always the same old story." "Its like this Jolok." "I cannot make the decision." "The owner of the land is not here." "But it is yourland, isnt it?" "It is in my name." "But it is not mine." "Whats the story now?" "Its not his land." "So whose is it?" "Its ok. lll sort it out." "You said that you saw Adil." "Where?" "I was across the Thai border." "I had some bets on a kickboxing fight." "I lost everything." "Some guys pulled him out of the ring and ran." "Who is he, Bakar?" "I hear that he helps alot of people." "Father, its time for your medicines." "Whats he doing?" "It was supposed to be an easy job." "Looks like hes planning to kill the whole village." "Maybe hes digging his own grave." "But, thats alot of graves." "Maybe hes got alot of dying to do." "You can go back. lll handle this." "See, theres nothing here." "Its my mothers grave. I cant justlet it go." "Enough llham." "This is pointtess." "Youve been gone for over 20 years." "Nobody even remembers anymore." "Only stories are left." "Some folks say that she turned into a creature." "Stories like that are a waste of time." "If you want the truth, you have to find it yourself." "Awang, I have settted your debt with Bakar." "Now you just need to settte it with me." "Bakars helped you villagers alot." "Now, you should try to help him." "But Bakar didnt tell me anything about this." "Bakars too shy to say anything." "Hes not the type to ask for his money back." "Then let me settte with him." "Theres no need to trouble yourselflike that." "Like this, lets fix up your club." "Then we organize a fight." "We make money out of that." "After the fight, your debt will be cleared." "iii need to speak to Pok Wah about this." "We started this club together." "Its best that he knows as well." "Listen carefully, Jolok." "He works hard and lm good to hardworking people." "He farms fish, doesnt he?" "Life is unpredictable." "Crops can fail." "And so can fish." "Ketot, this is the last batch, right?" "Hurry up, Ketot." "This place gives me the creeps." "Youre fine digging up graves." "But here youre scared?" "That place was different." "Gasi, whats going on over there?" "Hes healed so fast." "What kind of medicine did you give him?" "Its not easy to find these things anymore." "Because mankind is bent on destroying nature." "But if we do right, the earth will give to us." "Where did you learn this stuff?" "Adils mother." "Mek Ani?" "Everyone has a mother." "Its even better if she has a touch of magic." "If you can have both, you will want for nothing." "lm also going to need a touch of magic soon." "I have a fight coming up." "You have a fight?" "Yeah, Awang Sonar arranged it." "Its time I started helping my mother." "So I hear you are having a fight." "Joloks setting it up." "We can fix up the club, and make a bit of money." "If something isnt broken, why do we need to fix it?" "Theres no harm fixing up the place a bit." "Are you in debt?" "Well, kind of." "Just spit it out." "I took aloan from Bakar, to start my fish farms." "Then Jolok bought over the debt." "Now I have to pay him instead." "This morning, all my fish died." "This is not about our club." "Its the land they are after." "How could you be so stupid?" "I asked you to take care of this club." "Not give it away to other people." "I havent given it away." "Do you trust that Jolok?" "Do you know who he is?" "Its notlike you think." "We could make a bit of money." "One fight will not make any money." "Were putting fourfighters in, including Adil." "You might as well throw me in." "Then they can really have the land." "Youve been poisoned more than yourfish." "Father, heres a new medicine." "Try some." "It wont help." "I feel so strangely tired today." "Father, here are some documents relating to the land." "Please have alook." "Have you found Adil yet?" "I have friends tracking him down in Thailand." "I need to discuss some things with you." "Those people, they have come up with quite a good plan." "lm sure they have." "iii take alook at itlater." "Were going ahead." "Dont worry." "Be patient." "iii give you a bonus as well." "No, dont come here." "iii go over to your place." "Stubborn people like you always look for trouble." "They are the ones looking for trouble." "Even being stubborn has its time and place." "This is not a normal fight." "The puppet master is none other than Bakar." "lve already told Awang. lm fighting." "Its thanks to him that were in this mess." "Whatever it is, we still have to fight." "You are the one who taught me to be brave." "I also taught you to find otherways." "What otherway is there?" "Tell that to my father, or my brother." "Theres no point talking to the deaf." "Adik, why are you playing in here?" "Get out." "Get out, I said." "Bakar didnt tell me that you were back." "I need to talk to you." "lve given Bakar his share." "Its time I gave you the 30 acres by the beach." "Thats ok. I dont want anything from you." "It is yourland." "Id like to talk to you about other things too." "23 years have passed." "And now you want to talk?" "This is all the time I have." "I know all about time." "Whether I live or die is decided in 3 minutes." "Maybe you can give me 3 minutes." "Nobody can force 23 years into 3 minutes." "What have you been doing all these years?" "Mek Ani and Bakar treated me like a bastard." "You never stopped them." "Back then, I didnt know." "You didnt know?" "You didnt know that Mek Ani wouldntlet me call her Mother?" "Let me honour a promise I once made." "Please take thatland." "Your three minutes are up." "What are you doing here?" "Nothing." "There is nothing here for you." "Why are you here?" "I came back to take care of Father." "Ourland." "Some people want to buy it." "If we sell now, it would help the family." "What damned family?" "It could help you too." "Better than breaking your bones across the border." "Broken bones can mend." "The problem is you." "You break peoples spirit." "If you really want to help, just write off Awang Sonars debt." "You have to speak to Jolok about that." "I managed to talk him into coming back to see you." "Its his land." "We cant for him any longer." "Its too late, Bakar." "I have to make a decision now." "This is all thats left for me to do." "I have no strength left." "Since I was young, ive hated sleeping." "And I hate people who sleep alot." "Its a waste of time." "Well, itlooks like youre still not sleeping." "When I first started doing this, it wasnt easy." "He begged me for a couple more days, to see his mother." "After that, it was easy." "Like lighting a cigarette." "Thats the truth." "What?" "Sleeping?" "Killing." "And now, heres the Black Rhino from Bachok, fighting against..." "Our very own champion, Adil Bunga Lalang from Bunohan." "What kind of a fight was that?" "Were you fighting or running amok?" "Who taught you to fightlike that?" "Stubborn people like you will never get anywhere." "What are you talking about?" "Its yourland thats at stake here." "Maybe you should go meditate under that tree." "What a fight!" "Nice!" "Nice." "This is Jolok." "I could punch that jerk." "Take it easy, its his money thats helping the club." "Helping?" "To destroy it?" "What did she become?" "You said she turned into a creature." "What kind of thing?" "When did you get cutlike that?" "How much longer is he staying?" "Not much longer." "Keep an eye on him." "I need to get some bandages." "Why are you always messing around on that boat?" "Dont be so nosy, woman." "Jolok, did you hear about the two bodies found in the river?" "People say itlooked like crocodiles got them." "Leh, there are only two crocodiles around here." "Me." "And the one I wear on my feet." "If you say so." "Brother, we made history in Bunohan." "We won big." "After deducting my investment, you get 7 percent of the profits." "Thats alot." "Normally, you would only get about 3 or 4 percent." "But, what about my boys?" "Yes, yourfighters certainly won." "But your Miss Bunga, he was supposed to win in the fifth round." "Instead, he beat the other kid so bad, hes in hospital." "lm paying for that too." "But you promised." "We organize a fight, then my debt is settted." "Awang, we live in the 21st century now." "This is what saddens me about our people." "They dont thinklong term." "But its ok Awang." "Like this." "We do anotherfight." "This time, only two fighters." "A smaller investment, with higher returns." "Sounds good, no?" "Awang!" "Forget it." "Awang." "The 21st century sure has its challenges." "Here, let me give it a shot." "Its not that complicated." "Hey, Bakar, can this thing find people?" "That dickbrain Gasi disappeared." "Must be shagging in Golok." "Give it back." "Once we control it, we control the whole area." "Bakar, whats the story with the kickboxing clubs land." "If we dont have that, we dont have access to yourland, right?" "Were just waiting to sign the papers, sir." "If its not sorted in a couple of days, were pulling out." "Understand?" "Jolok." "Were running out of time." "Tomorrow, I want you to put up a fence and a signboard." "And clear a road to this place." "Got it?" "Your dad?" "Whats the deal?" "Should we pray?" "Yeah, you pray. I will answer." "Thats weird." "Gasi and Ketot moved all the graves the other day." "Well, maybe you need to pray some more." "Call a shaman." "Get him to cleanse the land." "You are doing a shadow play in the daytime?" "No, it isnt the right time for it." "But in Java, they do it in the daytime to chase away the evil spirits." "But how will we see anything?" "There are no shadows." "What a clever boy you are." "We dont do that over here." "Thats why there is so much evil everywhere." "Dont worry, lll help you to fight." "I have some puppets." "Where did you get those?" "I found them in the other room." "Whose are they?" "I made them back when I was teaching my sons." "Why didnt you colour them in?" "I neverfinished." "This is my mothers land." "She moved here after Mek Ani married yourfather." "Look at all this." "Your brother Bakars handiwork." "Your motherwould be so pleased if she knew." "I dont have anything to do with them anymore." "I got out of here as soon as I could." "Justlike you." "I kill people." "So lve heard." "Your own brothers life, whats it worth?" "Everything." "You destroyed everything." "You chased my mother out." "She shouldnt have had to live like this." "All alone." "Dead without a trace." "I shouldnt have..." "Do your dirty work somewhere else." "He claims this is his mothers land." "Father!" "is Father in?" "What do you want?" "Why does he want to give me thatland?" "Ilham says it is his mothers, that it belongs to her." "I want to speak to Father." "He doesnt need to speak to you." "I want to know whose son I am." "Father!" "I have a right to know." "Who am I?" "Father!" "Answer me!" "Father!" "I have a right to know." "Who am I?" "Father!" "Answer me!" "Adil is not my real brother." "Whose son is he?" "Who is Adil?" "Itlooks like I have to babysit now." "Why didnt you just do your job?" "It could have been so simple." "Come here, take him out, leave." "Whats that?" "Herbs." "This guy is injured, and youre giving him stuff that goats eat?" "If you crush them and apply to his wound, hell heal really fast." "Where did you learn this stuff?" "His mother taught me." "She was the best traditional healer." "Here, go buy some real medicine." "I need to find Bunga Lalang after this." "Before my boss sends someone else down here." "Youre looking for him as well?" "What do you want with him?" "Dont worry." "You wont be involved." "You guys are all the same." "How did llham end up like that?" "Who knows when it comes to lllham." "Just take care of him well." "I want to see llham." "Now, what do you want?" "Pok Wah, is there anything you want to tell me?" "You father should be the one to tell you." "When Mek Yah gave birth to you, Pok Eng asked my mother to help." "We are Chinese." "We can keep your secrets." "Jing... lf we wait for you, when will it ever come out?" "You were born out of wedlock." "Mek Yah is your real mother." "You were born after they divorced." "Wah, my mother promised Mek Yah.." "if Adil ever asked... I know." "I guess this is the time." "If you care about that kid, make sure I never see him across the border." "Yourfriend Kruba just called me." "He might be coming down in the next couple of days." "He needs to settte some unfinished business." "That would be my work." "I hear you have some jobs to do." "Must be tough, bearing the burden of two jobs at once." "What if I help carry Miss Bunga?" "He has unfinished business with me." "That should help lighten your burden." "How about it?" "Its ok." "Hes a friend." "I can take care of my own problems." "Were practically brothers." "We speak the same language." "Only our dialect is slightty different." "Today, you are here on this side of the border." "Tomorrow, my people will be over there, on your side." "Friend, we have always helped each other." "You just take care of Ilham." "For the coffee." "Jolok, if you were in politics, youd win." "That would be you." "I cant. lm much too honest." "Heres the fruit you asked about." "Its not easy to find." "What do you want with it?" "Its poisonous, you know." "lm using it as medicine." "Heres the money." "Enough?" "Yes, thank you." "I would prefer to have the Main Puteri ritual." "But I I can tell you, you will need many shamans." "More than the usual." "You promised a bonus." "You finish the job first." "Muski, your brothers havent brought the goats back." "Its getting dark." "Can you go find them?" "Alright." "You have to help me." "I need the money." "My mothers ill." "Do this job well, and i will give you more than a bonus." "I have a new project coming up and ill need help." "People like you." "But first you have to prove yourloyalty." "How about it?" "Did you know my mother very well?" "lve heard people say all kinds of things about her." "Dontlisten to them." "Your motherwas notlike other people." "She had her own way." "But she wasnt a bad person." "Thats the problem with our people." "They fear things they dont even understand." "How fear turns into hate, I have yet to find the source." "Do you have any idea who im fighting against?" "lm troubled that they havent made a decision yet." "lm not that worried." "All I ask for is a clean fight." "That I cannot promise." "Have faith." "You have to fight well." "After this fight, I want to go back and see Father." "Come, its deep enough now." "Let me drive." "If you didnt do this, what would you be doing?" "Id have gone to see the world." "I should have come back more often." "But its ok, shell be back soon." "Mines bigger." "Mines sharper." "Father." "Father." "Father!" "Its getting dark." "Youd better go home." "I want to watch." "You want to see, come back tomorrow." "Go now, its getting dark." "You havent paid anyone to pull you off the ring this time?" "Come place your bets." "Come on, come on." "Genttemen, tonight were expecting a spectacularfight." "In the red corner..." "Muski the Black Stallion!" "And in the blue corner, its none other than..." "Bunga Lalang!" "Thats the end of the second round." "Dont be the frog under the coconut shell." "If you want to go, you should." "Theres an endless ocean out there." "Its not my calling yet, I guess." "Its fate that lm here with you." "I should be in Paris now, sipping wine by - Whats that river called?" "I dont know how to say it either." "Yeah, yeah, in your dreams." "Round three!" "Perhaps you were fated to be here, or is it my fate that brought you here?" "This is the way we are." "Ourlives caught in the web of other peoples stories." "But my story ends here." "Your brother?" "Leave him." "Let him go." "What's happened to Adil?" "Whats wrong Pok Wah?" "Poison?" "Poison!" "Carry him!" "When you married the otherwoman, I knew all would be shattered." "Come." "Go with me." "Its too late Yah." "Its late, but its not over yet." "Healing needs time." "And time needs healing." "Look at me." "I am ravaged, torn and ripped apart." "But still, I am here." "There are no more like me." "I am the last of my kind." "You are stubborn, Yah." "Hard as a rock." "For people like me, this is the only way to live." "Otherwise, I would have ended up justlike the others." "Throwing away the land, throwing away our stories." "I have always loved you." "I was never ashamed of ourlove." "Even if I had to become a creature that crawled the earth." "You forgot how we spoke, loved and sang to the spirits of the earth." "Speak to me." "Sing to me." "I must release the spirits trapped inside you," "And return them to the land." "I have no strength left." "I will give you strength." "Til we speak again with meaning," "Ourwords will marklike footprints on the earth." "Our breath will stir the leaves, move the waters, and hold up the birds in theirflight." "Ourlove will set the world ablaze." "Father." "Why are you disturbing me out here, Bakar?" "lm working." "Father, I want thatland. I dont care." "Youre so crude. ls the land all you can think of?" "How did it end like this?" "I heard the voices of the shadow puppets coming from his body." "The voices of the different characters." "Now I cant really hear them." "lm not as strong as I used to be." "Then we have to help." "If we dont, all will be lost." "We have to perform the healing ritual." "How are we going to do that?" "Mek Yahs not here." "No one's left." "Well just have to find away to do it." "Its time." "Lets go now." ""Proposed Devolopment for Marina and Resort Complex of 200 Chalets and Golf Course""