"This is the rocket scientist I was sitting next to on the plane." "Mr. Shi, this is my sister Barb." "Oh, how do you do?" "My daughter." " Oh, hi." "I'm Yilan." " Hi." "Nice to meet you." "Mr. Shi told me the most fascinating stories." "Old stories." "I'm retired." "Well, you have a wonderful visit in America." " Nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you." "Bye-bye." "Yilan..." "Yilan." "Yilan." "Huh?" "Eh?" "Good afternoon, sir." "Hello?" "No, thanks." "Good morning." "Good morning." "What are you writing?" "Nothing." "Well, it's a beautiful day." "Uh, yes." "Uh..." "You no work today." "You no work yesterday." "Good." "Yeah, well, I'm unemployed at the moment." "I can't seem to find a job." "What you do?" "Oh, well, I studied to be a forensic scientist." " Scientist?" " Yeah." "Uh-huh." "Oh, good good." "I scientist-- rocket scientist." "Oh my God, that is so cool." "That is so cool." "I want to be a forensic scientist." "Have you ever been in a cadaver lab?" "It's very peaceful." "It's very peaceful." "We once had a brain that we sliced up like a loaf of bread" "Well, pretty much everything sliced up for our convenience." "A lot of people think I'm weird and morbid, but I think I have a very sunny outlook on things." "Oh, yes, you like sun." " Uh-huh." "Yes." " Good good." "Uh, goodbye." "Oh, bye." "Bye." "Bye-bye." "Good weather." "Uh..." "Ci-cah-das." "Ci-cah-das?" "Ci-cah-das?" "Down." "Sleep." "17 years." "Come up." "Sing." "Jirjirak." "Jirjirak." "Jirjirak." "Aha." "Sing one summer-- die." "Zari-Jon, salom." "To park." "Adult school." "Friend." "Salom." "Hello in Farsi-- salom." "Salom." "Say salom." " Say salom." " No, salom." "Salom." "Salom, hello" "Chini...?" "Ni Hao." "Ni Hao." "Telephone." "Cell phone." "Have cell phone?" "No?" "My wife" "Oh." "Oh." "She die." "No phone." "No cell phone." "Cancer." "Liver cancer." "Good afternoon, sir." "How you do?" "Good good." "This is Elder Reilly and I'm Elder Leach." "How are you today, sir?" "Good." "Good." "You look like you're a little worried about something." "Are you okay?" "Sir, have you ever thought about finding answers to all the questions you have?" "America like cold water." "No good to stomach." "Stomach?" "Sir, have you ever heard of the prophet Joseph Smith?" "Or of this book, the Book of Mormon?" "Joseph Smith brought the Book of Mormon to the world and we believe it to be the most correct book on the earth." "Uh..." ""awake, my sons." "Put on the armor of righteousness." "Shake off the chains with which you are bound and come forth out of obscurity and arise from the dust."" "What it means is this is a prophet and he is talking to his sons." "And he's telling them to break-- break out of the chains, to be strong." "To stand up." "Workers in the world, come together." "You free." "You have world." "You know who said this?" "No, I'm afraid not, sir." "Marx, Engels." "You too young." "Is he a Chinese wise man?" "Yes, clever." "Sir, there are many wise sayings by many wise people, but what we seek to learn, what helps us answer the questions we have are the words of the prophets of God." "I not know your god." "China no have god." "That's why we're here talking to you, sir." "Yes yes." "Do you have any questions?" "Questions many many." "I not know English." "Would you like some Chinese missionaries-- speak to missionaries to help you understand?" "I see you" "I remember myself." "1948." "Communist." "Okay." " Okay." " Thank you." "I finish book" "I see you." ""Indian summer."" ""Indian summer."" ""Indian summer."" "# one little, two little # # three little indians... #" "My daughter" "My daughter-- she not happy." "Oh." "It's good." "Have daughter is good." "Be happy." "Yes." "Her husband" "He go China, no back." "No back." "Eh?" "I ask." "My daughter no talk." "Yes." "Yes, my husband, husband of mine left." "Left." "Uh," "Another woman?" "My-- husband of mine uh... three... three years." "America." "Iran-- return." " Oh." " Return to hell." "Men" "Idea." "Idea." "Communist." "Huh?" "I study Russian." "Communist." "Communist" "Communist no bad." "Communist in bad hands." "Bad hand, bad foot, bad Kalle." "Communist bad." "I" " I love America." "Yes yes." " Yes yes." " Yes?" "Me?" "Thank you." "I love America." "My son, big son, here-- doctor." "Good life." "Good car." "Good house." "All America." "You have son-- good." "My daughter close to mama." "I make rocket." "We no talk." "I-- no good father." ""Seeking."" ""Men seeking men."" ""Women seeking women."" "Hello." "Oh, hi." "Well, if every child did the right thing with the parent," "We would lose half of our traditional Chinese literature." "Yes, you're right." "Yeah, I'll try." "All right, I'll see you in a little bit, okay?" "Bye." "I need go." "You come." "I know here." "You sorry." "I sorry." "Oh." "Baby son." "Son baby son come." "Oh." " Son have son." " Son have son." "Baby son." "Grandson." "Grandmama." "Where grandson?" "Hospital." "I go hospital." "Where you go?" "Friend, my friend drive." "Oh, no." "I take bus." "How do you do, madam?" "Hello, sir." "Sit." "I must tell to you something." "I had daughter." "Where?" "In Iran." "Not here?" "No, not here." "She died in Iran." "Look look." "Beautiful." "War." "Eight years war." "Two crazy men" "Lose daughter." "Lose daughter." "Sad story." "You look good side." "You two sons." "You baby grandson." "You grandmama." "You good." "You good." "Eh?" "Hello there." "How do you do?" "Can I help you?" "I looking something." "Take your time." "I have a feeling I have here in my store" "Exactly what you're looking for." "So what are you looking for?" "Present-- my daughter." "Something old, very old." "I see." "How about this?" "A friend of mine has a trading post in Montana." "His great-grandfather used this knife in Custer's last stand." "Have you ever been to the museum in Montana?" "You see, Custer stood maybe about that tall." "He had little feet" "Sorry." "Something good luck." "I see." "Now I get you." "What about this" "Good luck for Native Americans?" "Good luck American." "Native Americans." "American Indians." "These bears were very special and thought to possess magic powers." "The spirit of the bear-- very good luck, see?" "I can find the tribal certificate if you want to see." "Forget the certificate." "Take my word, it's one of a kind." "Is this old?" "Well, honestly, maybe it's not that old but if you want something from 300 years ago, you need to pay big bucks." "And this conceptually is as old as a 300-year-old piece." "Hello?" " Dad." "Oh, Yilan." "Hello." "Nooneis availabletotake your call ." "Please leave a message after the tone." "Yilan..." "Wei?" "Good morning." "I go here." "Oh, I'm going downtown and I can transfer you to the right bus." " Thank you." " Thank you." "Sir, your I.D., please." "I look" "I'm sorry, sir, this facility is only for the college community." "She work here, library." "My daughter." "My daughter work" "I'm sorry, sir, but this facility is for law students and college community only." "I'm sorry." "Okay." "Okay." "I'm father." "Hello." "Madam okay?" "Grandson okay?" "Madam fine." "Grandson fine." "She wasn't going to the hospital to see her grandson." "I moved her into the retirement home." "Retire home?" "Old people home." "Old people home." "Madam big son, doctor-- she say he take care madam." "Big house." "Not anymore." "Him and his wife-- they don't want madam to take care of their baby." "Yilan..." "Yilan..." " Mister manager." " Yes, sir." "Uh, more bus?" "No, sir, that was the last one for tonight." "My daughter no home." "I wait." "The least she could have done was giving you a call" "And saying that she'd either be out late with friends" " Or working late." " Yes yes." "I spent 11 years with the C.I.A., so when my kids would take off for a little while" "I always knew where they were, or at least I thought I did." "C.I.A.?" "Mm-hmm, yes, I was with them 11 years." "But, you know, our kids worry us all the time." "We feed them." "We clothe them." "We love them." "And then they turn around and they bite us." "I worry." "I worry." "Well, that's all we can do as a parent, is worry and hope, you know?" "Hope good." "Hope good." "I'll have to agree with you there." "You know, when she gets home sit down and have a little talk with her." "And if that doesn't work, give her a swift kick in the shins." "Good night, sir." "You have a good evening." "Oh, good." "Thank you." "You know, in China we have an old saying" "What does it mean?" ""It takes 300 years of prayers to cross a river in a boat with someone." "It takes 3,000 years of prayers to share a pillow with someone."" "How many prayers did we say?" "Not enough for us to become husband and wife." "You know, you probably should work on getting your wife and daughter to come to America." "I'll see if I can get another Russian class to T.A. next semester." "You may think how much money you make is important to your daughter, but maybe you just don't know girls as daughters." "And someday before it's too late you may want to explain something to her" "something about love, men, and all the things that her mother doesn't know." "I'm perfectly fine." "Yilan..." "# I waved to you # # as my boat was leaving #" "# hats flew up # # and everybody cheered #" "# but you turned # # as I guess someone spoke to you #" "# and in a sea of arms # # you disappeared #" "# I live a life # # of a ragged soldier #" "# the secretary # # to a rebel king # # he kept us drunk and hungry # # in a jungle # # tangled in the lilies # # of his scheme # # we gambled # # and we fought with one another #" "# we had no Code # # to give us unity # # most died among us # # without god or honor # # as blood became # # our faith and currency # # but all the while #" "# I kept your name beside me #" "# I wrote it # # but refused it on my tongue # # believing you a song # # still there inside me #" "# I feared your loss # # if ever it was sung #" "# I found myself at last # # on a shoreline #" "# I booked my passage home # # and stood in tears # # with a bag of apples # # and a forged passport # # the first I'd seen my face # # in seven years #" "# now I wonder at the day # # when I might find you # # appear among the living # # at your door # # will you have a husband # # and some children?" "# # will we share a secret # # anymore?" "# # oh, life is brutal # # to the weak and sober # # its powers of persuasion # # dark and grey # # it pushes its way up # # to the railing # # and it turns its face #" "# as you start to wave. #" "Subtitles by LeapinLar"