"A great civilization is not conquered from without until It has destroyed itself from within W. DURANT" "the heart for smoke frog." "Thank you" "this liver for curl nose." "Thank you cocoa leat the ears." "Thank you and for you blunted the balls" "not this again i'm helping you then you eat them!" "I don't need them." "Neither do the rest of the fellows do you fellows?" "No." "Of course not!" "Sometimes!" "What do you think?" "No!" "No, no!" "But how many times does it take?" "I have eight older sisters and one brother father took tapir balls all ten times" "shall I tell him?" "I'm sorry." "The balls are useless you've never had them?" "Couldn't tell you what they taste like." "None ofyou?" "No, but it's been fun watching you... this was your idea!" "Get him off me!" "Calm down!" "Why do you let them treat you like this?" "Be strong where is your pride?" "It all works... yes?" "Yes... i just can't make children." "There is something I will tell you but I warn you, it's very powerful what do you speak of?" "The soanzo leaf the soanzo leaf?" "From the great marshes in the south... this is what gave me my ten children" "no!" "No!" "Wait... you have to rub them on..." "down there just before you next try apply it generously... i don't know how to thank you." "If this works... maybe she'll stop bothering me your wife?" "No, her mother the old hag wants grandchildren" "give me some meat here, work on this pure meat... ball breath" "what do you want?" "What do you want?" "I am flint sky." "I have hunted this forest from the day I came of age" "my father hunted this forest with me and before me." "Jaguar paw." "My son he hunts this forest with me he will hunt it with his son after I am gone" "a good catch/ good waters here" "the forest gives much here" "we ask only to pass through pass." "Keep safe as you pass." "Let's go." "Our lands were ravaged." "We seek a new beginning." "Your lands were ravaged?" "Yes... we seek a new beginning... be still my son!" "Be still" "back to the village" "i ask you not to speak of what you saw in the forest today" "you are troubled yes." "I am" "those people in the forest, what did you see on them?" "I do not understand." "Fear deep rotting fear." "They were infected by it." "Did you see?" "Fear is a sickness" "it will crawl into the soul of anyone who engages it" "it has tainted your peace already." "I did not raise you to see you live with fear" "strike it fromyour heart do not bring it into our village." "At first light we will gather with the elder at the sacred hill of our fathers" "there we will call on their spirits to guide us" "oh here he is!" "The big lump!" "He's useless." "He can't do it." "You!" "Yes you!" "With your height and your girth." "You have deceived us get inside!" "Damn you!" "Get in there!" "Old woman, please move it!" "You don't work!" "What are you laughing about!" "Give me a grandchild or I will have you replaced" "mother, that's enough do not come out until you make a child" "two would be better what?" "Twins you oaf" "mother can you go away?" "He says he can't with you sitting there just get busy mom... she's gone" "mother, what do you say we should have ate the feast tonight?" "I have tapir..." "but I also found this boy." "I say boy!" "Rosted!" "The tapir smells better." "I think it's more fresh no dad!" "No!" "It's me!" "It's me!" "I'll just hang the boy here in case we change our minds" "wait... that's our turtles run." "That's our eldest yes it's me it's your eldest!" "In that case a crush for my eldest and a crush for my youngest." "Tapir it is." "One day, old man!" "One day you won't be able to run anymore!" "And a man sat alone drenched deep in sadness." "And all the animals drew near to him and said:" "We do not like to see you so sad... ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it." "The man said I want to have good sight." "The vulture replied:" "You shall have mine the man said:" "I want to be strong" "the jaguar said:" "You shall be strong like me then the man said I long to know the secrets of the earth" "the serpent replied:" "I will show them to you" "and so it went with all the animals and when the man had all the gifts that they could give he left then the owl said to the other animals:" "Now the man knows much and is able to do many things... suddenly I am afraid." "The deer said:" "The man has all that he needs." "Now his sadness will stop but the owl replied:" "No i saw a hole in the man... deep like a hunger he will never fill... it is what makes him sad and what makes him want" "he will go on taking and taking... until one day the world will say:" "I am no more and I have nothing left to give" "come back to me... come back to me" "my son is dancing your son is happy" "what do you want?" "Run!" "Now thatyou're up, can you please kill that dog?" "The dog" "get up." "Get up." "Now" "go to the forest run do not look back" "no, no, I am afraid look into my eyes." "look into my eyes be strong i am afraid be strong" "tie him up" "father the others." "I have to help no, don't leave us i will come back, I promise don'tyou leave i promise stay, please stay father, don't go" "very nice" "stop!" "Tie him up!" "I want him alive" "sorry father" "that's enough!" "Stand him up" "move away" "my son" "don't be afraid" "almost that's your name" ""almost"" "our life is over" "shame... shame!" "Cowards!" "Let's move!" "We move out now they are back" "get up!" "Heave!" "Cut rock, you forgot to duck" "hold still" "can you see?" "Yes get back to your line" "come with us... get up" "leave him alone, almost" "I said get up" "up, up that's it." "Let's go this man is a good friend ofyours... don't worry..." "I'll take care of them they are mine now" "gentle ixchel, tender mother of mercy" "keep them from harm, please, keep them" "one more" "ready?" "Hold on!" "Hold on!" "Wait let's see what happens" "that's it!" "Hurry!" "Pull!" "Be strong!" "Yes!" "You did it good work" "can you breathe?" "...good" "wait here" "what's become of my capture?" "Dead weight he nearly took the rest with him" "I let him go" "you, let him go?" "Shall we now do whatyou want?" "Let us try that" "don't let any others go" "let's move" "get up almost we don't want to lose you justyet" "stand up, boy" "you proved yourself today, my son you're now worthy to stand with the rest of us" "thank you father" "take it it's yours" "it has taken many lives" "get some rest" "resting brothers fathters, mothers, wives" "you felt the cold of this day's early morning now you cannot feel the coldness of its night" "she stopped screaming too long before they returned, she had stopped screaming" "we saw how she fought them but in the final moment?" "If she let them the goddess of the scaffold shows no mercy for the weakness... her soul waits for yours in the shade of the ceiba tree" "I need to know before this day's end I will leave this world" "I will take as many of these bastard dogs with me as I can" "and I will gladly embrace the torments of hell if I do not find my sky flower there" "don't rain" "I am walking here" "keep away she has the sickness" "get back!" "You fear me?" "So you should all you who are vile" "would you like to know how you will die?" "The sacred time is near... beware the blackness of day" "beware the man who brings the jaguar" "behold him reborn from mud and earth... for the one he takes you to will cancel the sky and scratch out the earth scratch you out" "and end your world" "he's with us now" "...day will be like night and the man jaguar will lead you to your end... where are they taking us?" "We tell stories of a place stone-built" "what happens there?" "I don't know but the earth bleeds" "we are near" "salvation!" "He has the laughing sickness he likes you!" "Help me!" "Save me" "die like a man" "welcome back have you been successful?" "Ask my son how many captives?" "Deal with my son a fair price as always, trust me" "good" "how much will you give me?" "Who will buy this woman?" "No... she's too old she can be useful she can cook... clean... useless old woman" "no sale" "go go on" "These are the days of our great lament" "the land thirsts a great plague infests our crops" "the scourge of sickness afficts us at whim" "they say this strike has made us week that we have become empty" "they say that we rot" "great people of the banner of the sun... i say... we are strong" "we are a people of destiny" "destined to be the masters of time" "destined to be nearest to the gods" "mighty kukulkan whose fury could scorch this earth to oblivion... let us appease you with this sacrifice to exaltyou in your glory to make our people prosper to prepare for your return" "warrior, unafraid and willing with your blood you renew the world from age to age" "thanks be to you" "the heart of god" "come back to me" "brother... journey well... no i can't go not now... people of the banner of the sun do not fear rejoice kukulkan has drunk his fill of blood we have sated his thirst great god show us thatyou are pleased" "letyou light return upon us" "what of these captives" "dispose of them" "i need a finisher" "you" "release them" "you watch" "i'm ready" "there's your jungle beyond the corn go to it you're free... now run" "i said run run" "not bad" "your turn" "run" "run" "sleep sleep, sleep now my son the pain will be no more" "sleep" "he didn't come this way" "he's in the trees spread out keep your eyes up" "quiet" "he's coming right at us" "there" "he would have wanted me to have it the omen is bad" "mighty ek chuah we beg you... forgive us for this trespass againstyour son the jaguar" "the omen is bad... liftyourself up drunkards four the omen was foretold... and now we have a fear more grave" "today I saw the day become like night" "i saw a man run with the jaguar" "we must not let this man make feet from us enough" "your words mean nothing he runs because he is afraid when I catch him, I will peel his skin... and have him watch me wear it" "we leave now" "stay back" "here" "the omen was bad he's fucked" "help... please hanging moss... see him out" "open your veins." "It's quicker" "travel well" "so much for your prophecies" "it's not over" "i am jaguar paw son of flint sky my father hunted this forest before me" "my name is jaguar paw i am a hunter this is my forest and my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone" "come on we are going over we climb down around" "we can not let him get away we cannot afford" "we all jump" "i am jaguar paw this is my forest" "and I am not afraid" "you go." "I will wait here" "almost" "resting fathers, fly me your strength" "get up here" "go back" "quick hurry up" "what are they?" "They bring men" "should we go to them?" "We should go to the forest" "to seek a new beginning" "come turtles run" "Subtitles by Yanni"