All language subtitles for Nightfall.1988.eng

(slow dramatic orchestral music)

(bird squawking)

- [Narrator] Only Sor,
the blind prophet,

truly believed that
nightfall was coming

to destroy the perpetual
sunlight of our planet.

We rejected the
prophecies of darkness.

We had seen clouds and we
had walked in the shadows,

but we never lived without suns.

Aton, the astronomer
and master of our city,

believed the suns were
eternal in their orbits.

Ours is a planet of light,
he would say proudly.

None-the-less, there were
signs of disturbance.

In the city, Sor's predictions
were changing peoples lives.

Aton himself became obsessed
with a mysterious woman

who walked out of the
desert and into his life.

He lost interest in his work
with the great telescope.

He neglected his friends
and he forgot his duties.

He put Sor out of his mind,

his own assistant
becoming uneasy,

listened for clues to the
disturbance in the atmosphere.

While Aton slept and dreamed,
the prophet waited and worked.

(crumbling)

- It's a hole, it's a hole.

(bird squawking)

(thumping)

(dramatic orchestral music)

(thumping)

(thumping faster)

- There's two of them.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- Oh yes.

They died together.

They could not face
the darkness.

That was before the
eighth nightfall.

Here, here.

Here it is.

The proof.

(crumbling)
(gasping)

- Are you spying on us?

Tell Aton, we have
found the proof

of the Book of Illuminations.

- Sor, what will Aton do?

- Nothing,

nothing.

He is a weak man.

In the face of disaster, he
thinks only of his flesh.

(people talking)

- [Woman] Aton, look at this.

- Not now.

- Please, it's important,
just listen.

- Yes, yes, another time.
- It's amazing!

It may be too late, Aton.

Maybe this is telling
us something.

- Give it to me,
I'll look at it.

- You don't look at it,
you listen to it!

(wind chimes ringing)

(frustrated sighing)

(birds chirping)
(calming orchestral music)

- I brought you something.

A gift.

It's for you.

Be careful.

- [Ana] Is it a game?

How do I play it?

- Ana,

it's not a toy.

It might break.

- You gave it to me.

- Yes, I know.

(splashing)

(cheerful bell music)
(humming)

(applauding)

- That was beautiful.

- It's music for three
suns in time.

Hey!

Could you hear it up there?

What do you think?

- What are they
doing over there?

- Well, they're trying
to prove their prophecy

about the end of light,
the end of our planet,

the end of life.

(energetic percussion music)

(sighing)

- Who are you?

Where do you come from?

- Out there.

You always ask me that.

- You're mine now.

(sighing)

(grunting)

- What's wrong?

(pained breathing)

- It'll pass.

When I was a child, I
had very poor eyesight.

I used to have blackouts.

Everything would turn

dark red.

Later as I began to study
the suns and their motions,

my eyesight improved.

Saved by science.

- Oh your science.

It's all made up, like
a story, like a song.

- Sing to me.

(humming softly)

(tapping)
- Bet.

Bet.

Bet, what's the matter?

- I can't get that woman
out of my mind.

- Why are you so jealous of him?

- Jealous?

What are you talking about?

Jealous of my own father?

- Bet, remember, Roa left
him, he didn't leave her.

And knowing your mother,
I'm not surprised

she ran off with those people.

- What are you trying to say?

- I think your mother
needs looking after.

- Is that what you think,
that I'm like my mother?

- Aton, there's still time.

Join us.

Together we can face it.

- Face what?

- The darkness.

- You left, Roa.

- I led the way.

- You joined these people.

- I needed faith,
something to believe in.

- And I loved you.

- Passion wasn't enough.

- I can feel the
empty space now,

near the side of our suns,

dark, cold, black.

(shivering)

I've already started
to feel it in the wind.

Can't you tell, Zol, the
wind is turning?

- Something's wrong.

Their building patterns
are changing.

The shapes are
becoming irregular.

- It must have something
to do with the atmosphere,

maybe because it's been
colder lately.

- So,

nightfall is approaching
and when the darkness comes,

we will be swallowed up
in a great cave.

Those with plain blind faith,

the believers will survive

and see.

We will witness the night,
nightfall,

total darkness.

Aton's woman.

(mysterious orchestral music)

- That creature, she's
like a ghost in this city.

- Yeah, she will bring
about the death of someone.

(slow calming orchestral music)

(light breeze blowing)

(bird squawking)

(horse whinnying)

- Do you believe in
the prophecies?

You believe there will
be a world without light?

- You've seen the bodies
in the temple.

Perhaps Sol faked them.

He's capable of it.

Two skeletons from anywhere?

The power of a prophecy
has nothing to do

with whether it's true or false.

It's a question of whether
people believe it or not.

Look at the natives.

They're going back to the
range in superstitions.

You know they believe in
reincarnation?

- I believe there are other
beings inside all of us.

Look at Aton.

He's not one person.

He's three or four people.

(calming orchestral music)

(people talking)

(slow drumming)

(sloshing)

- Tell Aton to come and
see for himself.

Get him away from
that evil spirit.

(slow drumming)

It is not too late to join us.

Our drums are more
powerful than your bells

and when the darkness comes,
it is we who will prevail.

- Sor is becoming dangerous.

The people are getting nervous.

They need reassurance from you.

- Listen to her.

(soft humming)

Go home.

Compose something for her

on those journey bells of yours.

- I'm talking about nightfall.

Can't you see it?
- What's the matter with you?

- It's not just Sor.

Our own people want to
get rid of her.

- She doesn't know who Sor is.

Now go home.

Make something for her.

- [Kin] Who is she?

What does she see?

What does she want?

- Nothing.

Everybody wants something
from me, but her.

- You're the father
that I never knew.

I'm only trying to protect you.

You used to listen to me.

- No, I've listened enough.

Given enough.

I want something for myself.

- Aton, she won't help you.

(dramatic orchestral music)

(screaming)

- Aton!

Aton!

Aton
(crying)

Aton.

(people reacting)

- She's finally gone.

(dramatic orchestral music)

- [Man] Now she's gone.

He'll pay attention to
his responsibilities.

- [Man] I'm uneasy.

- You can't soften now.

It had to be done.

(horse whinnying)

He'll forget her,
like a bad dream.

- [Man] I'm not so sure.

- Where is she?

What have they done with her?

- She was using you.

She was--

- Where's my light?

(somber orchestral music)

(horse whinnying)

(panting)

- It's all here, isn't it?

Isn't it?

Why didn't you stop them?

- What could we do?

- Whose side are you on?

- What sides?

What are you talking about?

- I'm talking about him,

that blind man is
eating into my life.

(bird squawking)

(soft orchestral music)

(soft breeze blowing)

- So, are you worried yet?

- Get out.

- Anger.

You know how welcome
you always are,

how wanted in the Temple
of Illumination.

- What do you really want?

What are you after?

- After, after, after?

Nothing, I'm not after.

I am before.

Before the darkness.

What would you say if I told you

that one sun, and
then the other--

- This is a city of light.

- And then the third sun
will disappear

and not come back again.

- We exist in the light.

Our suns are our life.

- This nightfall will
be the ninth nightfall

and the darkest one of them all.

- Could he be right?

Could it have just vanished?

(rattling)

What's that noise?

What are you doing?

- I'm tracking the dark sun.

- Darkness is a state of mind.

Believe in what you discover.

(panicking)

- How?

- I send out a certain
impulse which bounces back.

(rattling)

- Let me see.

- There's nothing to see.

It's all sound.

A telescope for the blind.

(dramatic orchestral music)
(chanting)

- Light

this.

- There's a pattern to it.

Like the bells.

- Or the drums.

(chanting)
(dramatic orchestral music)

(shivering)

- Oh, it's cold.

(blasting)

Oh.

The darkness.

Oh.
(blasting)

Oh.

(shivering)

- What do you see?

- Flames.

The darkness,

the madness of the people.

- And in the sky?

The sky?
- Nothing.

Nothing.

- I won't leave the
dwarf sun goes.

Will we know if Sor's right?

- I can feel it, Aton.

There's something
changing beyond our suns.

- The first sun has gone.

- So, nightfall has begun.

- Then Roa must be
elevated, the time's now.

- Is that necessary?

- Are you jealous, Zor?

- No, of course not.

- Belief will need leaders
in the coming darkness.

The belief will grow
in the coming darkness.

It will need leaders as
well as followers.

This woman will be a leader.

(chimes ringing)

- What happened?

Where is the dark sun?

- It's gone.

The nightfall has begun.

(birds squawking)

(dramatic orchestral music)

(birds squawking)

(chanting)

(dramatic orchestral music)

(screaming)

(thunder cracking)

(birds squawking)

(slow dramatic orchestral music)

(humming)

♪ As it is written in the
Book of Illuminations, ♪

♪ the blind shall see and the
sighted will be retrained. ♪

- [Ana] Oh your science,
it's all made up,

like a story, like a song.

(humming)

- Kin.

Kin, I want her back.

I can't stop thinking about her.

Over and over again, I can't
get her out of my mind.

- It's too late, it's past--

- It's not too late.

Find her.

- Oh, where is she?

- Find her.

I want her back before
the darkness.

- Supposing she doesn't
come with me?

- She will come with you.

She has no home.

And she loves me.

- [Kin] What if she doesn't
want to come back with me?

- Don't argue with me.

You owe this to me.

I've given you a great deal.

- How will I find her?

- She's a nomad, she'll be
with 'em in the far country.

Don't come back without her.

(rattling)

- Please don't go.

Please.

- I have to.

(people talking)

- Is love blind?

What was Aton's passion like?

When you were
together like this?

What did he say to you?

- He said, I want you so much,

I can't even tell if I love you.

I don't care.

Through the flesh, I want
something beyond the mind.

Then we talked about
our planet and our suns

and whether there were other
planets beyond our suns.

- Do to me what you did to him.

Do it.

(slow orchestral music)

(groaning)

(sighing)

(chimes ringing)

(dramatic orchestral music)

- How's it coming?

- The main problem will
be installation.

We have the volume.

You can see here how
each area interconnects

so that there's a continuum.

In the darkness,

people will surely want
to be close together.

- Wait, I recognize these.

These are the designs for
the original laboratory.

- Your grandfather's father

obviously prepared for
the nightfall.

Just look at the models he made.

Must have been quite
a visionary.

Just dreams of course,
never be built.

- If only I could have my
grandfather's sense of vision.

- Strange isn't it?

What this nightfall does to you.

I realize now, I'm not a
great architect.

Efficient with second
hand ideas, that's me.

I'm not sure I can
execute these plans.

- Don't underestimate yourself.

That's exactly what they'd like.

Soul (inaudible) is
the death of the planet

and if you believe
that, then you will die.

- Well, well, that sun
will never return.

Now, you have proof of course.

He's discovered it.

What we've always known
from the book.

- Yes, where is this
amazing book?

I'd like to see it.

- You're welcome.

You're always welcome.

But only the blind can read it.

- Well that's convenient,
isn't it?

- Accept the inevitable.

Loss is inevitable.

All of us will be
losing something.

- More predictions.

- Soon you'll be alone
in the darkness.

Then you'll come looking for me,

but I won't be able to
help you then.

- What is it you do to people?

You convince them that
what has happened

has been written in your
book, that it was inevitable.

And they're frightened.

They're frightened
of the future,

because you were able
to convince them

that the future is
written there as well.

- Aton, you are clever and so
sometimes you can half see.

- Yes, that's what you do.

- But what do you want?

For yourself?

- I want to create, discover.

- I don't think you've
discovered anything

except a few
sensations of the flesh

and the smartness of alcohol.

You're at the end of the line.

(people talking)

- [Man] Move along, hurry.

- We are facing a great
crisis in our lives,

in our civilization.

I've discovered that the
prophecy of the coming nightfall

has a basis in scientific fact.

The dark sun has left the
sky and will not return,

not for a while.

And after that, the light
sun will vanish as well.

Now listen to me.

- At nightfall, there
will be a new beginning.

- We can do nothing to
prevent this,

but we can prepare for it.

Sor and his people are
praying that we will panic

and that is not what is
going to happen.

- There will be
destruction and madness

and those without
belief will suffer.

- We will build ourselves
an underground keep

to protect ourselves
from the coming darkness.

- Do you understand,
this city will be yours.

(chanting)

- [Man] How long is
the nightfall?

- I do not know.

But I do know one thing,
the suns do not die.

They merely move,
their orbits shift

and they will return.

- Oh.

- And we will wait, just as
our ancestors must have waited.

We will work together and
we will survive.

- The faithful will survive.

The faithful will survive.

- The faithful will
survive together.

Now let us begin.

(group agreeing)

- Faith, faith, and again,
the faithful.

(chanting)
(tapping)

- I'll support you, but don't
take that creature back.

I hope Kin never finds her.

(birds squawking)
(energetic orchestral music)

(humming)

(cheerful flute and
tambourine music)

- Who are you?

- You don't recognize me?

You must know who I am.

I'm Aton's son in--

- You never spoke to me.

You looked at me a
thousand times,

but you never spoke to me,
not once.

And when they took me away,

you didn't do anything
to stop them.

So why are you here?

- He needs you.

- Then why didn't he
come himself?

- He is working to protect
us from the nightfall.

- Nightfall, what do you
fear about nightfall?

Everything comes to an end.

Look at them.

We believe in the present.

To us there's no past,
no future,

it's all one time.

(flame crackling)
(horse whinnying)

The future is behind us,
the past is what's ahead.

(horse whinnying)

- So are you coming
back with me?

Or are you going with them?

- You don't understand.

I've already left.

(flames crackling)

- [Man] These are much better.

- Here you go.

Two more now, come.

Move over, come on.

(creaking)

- Aton, the dwarf sun is going.

(rattling)

- The second sun, the
second sun, the second--

(thumping)

The second sun is going.

Here.

Here, here, can you read it?

Can you feel the words?

You'll have to learn.

It'll come, it'll come.

(laughing)

(teasing)

(laughing)

(growling)

(humming)

(cheerful orchestral music)
(sheep baaing)

(people talking)

(twinkling)

- I wonder if we can find
a way to use these somehow.

- They're so beautiful.

- [Aton] Look at them,
the energy.

They're almost alive.

(monkey chattering)

- What are they doing?

What are they doing?

- They're trading pieces of
quartz for fruit and vegetables.

- They trading.

The planet's dying,
nightfall's coming,

they're trading for a
future they haven't got,

they're trading.

(bell ringing)

- [Aton] One bell, one kite.

- These belong to Kin.

- We need them to trade.

He'll understand.

- Aton, you can't go
on destroy--

- Our survival is what's
at stake here.

Understand that.

We'll use anything,
anything that works.

- Not anything.

I'm beginning to understand
why Roa left you.

You're just like Sor.

You talk about survival,
all you want is power.

- [Man] Three bells, one kite.

- [Aton] Done.

(screaming)

(groaning)

(birds chirping)

(hissing)

(dramatic orchestral music)

(gasping)

(screaming)
(hissing)

(spitting)

(screaming)

(spitting)

(spitting)

- Shh.

Look at her.

She is wise.

She sees everything.

She never sleeps and when
she blinks, she dreams.

(flapping)

(twinkling music)

(people talking quietly)

- [Aton] Incredible.

They are useful.

- What do you think?

- What do I think?

(screaming)
- [Roa] No!

- You're going back!

I'm taking you back.

I'm taking you back
before nightfall!

Listen, I have a
responsibility towards Aton.

I came to get you for him.

- You are lying!

You are lying and you're weak.

Lying and weak.
- No.

I came to get you for him!

(splashing)

- [Roa] No!

- You think that I am weak, huh?

Look at me, I'm weak.

If I'm so weak, how
come you want me?

- Your nightfall, it means
nothing, it means nothing.

- This snake, you keep
calling it a her.

How do you know it's female?

(whacking)
(screaming)

(groaning)

(gasping)

- Take me back.

I'll go to him.

But I want you now.

Now, or I won't go.

- Roa?

- Aton?

Aton?

- [Woman] Look, it's her.

- What have they done to you?

- Oh, I've longed for
this for so long.

I wish you could
have been there.

I can see so clearly now.

I was so confused before, but
blindness is so necessary.

You must see that, you and Bet.

Oh, I worry about Bet and you--

- [Aton] Shh.

- Oh, you're shaking.

You're afraid, oh poor Aton.

Maybe you'll come with us, hm?

We are going to go on
to such great things.

(flapping)
(chimes ringing)

(clipping)

(birds chirping)

(thumping)

(screaming)

- Get him, now while
he's asleep.

- [Man] And if the
believers try to stop us?

- Get him.

(people talking)

- [Man] Come with us.

- Oh, wait, wait.

- [Man] You're under arrest.

- Why are you taking him?

- Being arrested?

- [Man] Aton is waiting.

- Go, go!

(birds chirping)

- Why, why did you have
the chords cut?

- I did not have the cords cut.

- What are you afraid of?

- Nothing.

- Take him.

- Oh no, Aton, this
is a mistake.

- No, this is not a mistake.

- This is not written.

This is not in the book.

- You really think you
are written in your book?

- I am the
interpreter of the book.

- And I am the
interpreter of my city.

Go.

Don't worry, we'll leave
you your visions.

- You've seen Roa.

- Yes.

- She will be with me
at nightfall

and you will probably
be destroyed by this.

- Perhaps.

But not by you.

(drumming)
(chanting)

(clanking)

(birds chirping)

- When I take away my hands,

you will see clearly
what you must do.

(humming)

Keep this with you.

You will be told when to use it.

Now you can return to
your people.

Remember, this is what you want.

You can only be free after
you've done it.

- What's the matter with them?

(buzzing)

(humming)

(walking hooves)

(chimes ringing)

- You did find her!

Oh, oh.

- I did.

She's here.

- Why?

(woman laughing in the distance)

(slow soft orchestral music)

(birds chirping)

- A long time ago, I was
a snake princess

who fell in love with
a golden bird.

She loved to hear his song

and the way he cried
out at night,

but she could neither understand
nor speak its language.

And the princess went to
go see a wise old snake

to ask him for the secret
of understanding

the language of the bird.

He told her that the
secret was hidden

in the liver of a snake
and only by eating it

could she gain this knowledge.

I could never kill one of
my kind, said the princess.

Then you must eat your own
liver, said the old snake.

But I will die, said
the princess.

You will not die,
whispered the old snake,

but you will lose your
snakeskin and be transformed

into a woman princess for
the rest of your life.

(birds squawking)

The princess heard the
golden bird cry out

and she was so overwhelmed
with love for him

that she cut open her side
and swallowed her own liver.

Instantly her snakeskin fell
away and she became a woman

and for the first time,

she understood the song
of the golden bird.

And she realized that this
song that so enchanted her

was really a love song he
was singing to his wife.

The princess lived for
a very long time alone.

She longed to go back to
her snake people,

but now they were afraid
of her because

she had become a woman and they

no longer understood
her language.

Desire had caught the
snake princess by the tail.

She had given up everything

for a passion that could
never be hers.

- Aton, you should have
left Sor alone.

His influence is growing.

You can feel it on the street.

People are saying that
you imprisoned him

out of revenge.
- Our people are saying

buzz like bees.

What's the matter with you?

- Don't get angry with me.

- Go back to the keep.

Angry, you understand
what's happening?

We're under siege.

When the light sun goes,
we're on our own.

- My assistant was wearing this.

He's become one of them.

(thumping footsteps)

(dramatic slow music)

(humming)

(slow percussion music)

(grunting)

(thumping)

(panting)
(grunting)

(slow suspenseful music)

(humming)

(chimes ringing)

(thumping)

(slow suspenseful music)
(humming)

(tired breathing)

- [Sor] Oh, my friend,
my friend, oh.

Oh, my friends.

Oh my friends.

- What is it?

- When I'm with you, when
I close my eyes,

I can feel the nightfall.

It's the excitement in it, fear,

of the unknown.

My passion for you is
part of that.

Your eyes are so dark.

You are my nightfall.

(wind blowing)

- We have several problems.

- Yes, I know, there's
not enough room.

We'll fit them in, let
huddle together.

- Our people are going to
be affected by the darkness.

They're scared already.

- Then we must reassure them.

- [Man] There's a shortage
in sleeping accommodations.

- Let them sleep together,
make love,

be good for the morale.

- If there's a high wind,
we could lose the kites.

If that happens, we lose power!

- What the matter with
you, with both of you?

- We're telling you
what might happen.

- Might,

might.

- What happened to
Aton the realist?

- I was never a realist.

I'm an optimist.

- You're turning your
back on the situation.

- Yes, well you're back's
always turned on something,

isn't it?

- You're impossible!

- Nothing is impossible.

- I want us to leave, now,
together.

- Leave, that's crazy.

No, no.

- Don't throw me on the street,

then there'll be nothing to eat

and we're going to kill
each other for food.

- Because there's been a way.

You've gotten scared.

- Oh please, Kin, before
it's too late.

- Calm down.

Wherever we go, the
darkness will be there.

We won't escape it.

Your father's right.

Come.

We're strong.

We'll survive.

- I don't believe him.

If he's so strong, why
does he need that woman?

- Because she's extraordinary.

- Extraordinary?

Tell me about her.

You've been with her for
quite a while.

What's she got?

- He loves her.

- Know what I think?

You want to stay because of her.

(groaning)
(screaming)

- [Man] This place is
like a prison!

I can't stay here forever!

(screaming)

When nightfall comes,
we'll all die!

- [Aton] We'll not die.

- We are nothing, nothing!

- [Aton] Invent
something for panic.

- Everything

is in our heads.

I believe we can do anything

because we can imagine anything.

(chimes ringing)
(soft orchestral music)

(birds chirping)

- [Ana] I knew you'd come.

- I was dreaming about you.

Leave him now.

- I can't, not now.

- Yes you can.

Come with me, we're leaving.

- You'll leave your wife?

- Yes, I will.

- Someone might see us.

- Do you care?

(chimes ringing)

- What is it?

- I'm staying.

- Why?

- I belong here now.

- Look at this, the
orbit continues to shift,

but precisely, rhythmically.

- I'm listening.

- That must mean that
the dark sun

is moving in exactly
the opposite direction.

It will return.

- When the light goes,
what happens to life,

to the plants, to us?

- Some will die.

With the darkness will come
another kind of energy.

- [Ana] I want to be with them.

- Why didn't you stay with
your own people in the desert?

- Because I wanted to
be with you.

- With me?

Or with him?

Why did you come back?

To be with him?

- It's not as clear as
you want it to be.

- Or did you come back to die?

- Ana,

Ana?

- You are looking for Ana.

I am looking for Kin.

- What are you saying?

- I hate this time.

I hate this place.

I hope we all die.

(rhythmic drumming)

- [Woman] Help me.

(birds squawking)

(rhythmic drumming)

(wind blowing)

(gonging)

(slow mysterious
orchestral music)

(wind blowing)

(birds squawking)

- I had to pull in some
of the kites.

If this wind gets too strong,

they'll be torn away.

- The end is beautiful,
isn't it?

(chimes ringing)

(gonging)

(wind blowing)

(gurgling ripples)

- [Woman] Please,

no, calm down.

- It's all right.

It's all right.

Don't be frightened.

(slow calming orchestral music)

- Have you seen Ana?

- I haven't.

Come along.

- Are you looking for Aton?

He went to the keep.

- Aren't you coming?

- No, I want to see
it from here.

- I have to go.

(chimes ringing)

- Take it!

(slow mysterious
orchestral music)

- Please, it's going to
be all right, please.

(people panicking)

- It's going to be all right,
isn't it?

(chimes ringing)
(wind blowing)

- Ana!

(people panicking)

(chimes ringing)

(wind gusting)

(slow mysterious
orchestral music)

(chanting)

- The city in flames.

- Oh, I feel wonderful.

- Everyone must join us.

Go into the streets,
bring them here.

Take this.

One night, the power
will be yours.

Everything is fueling up.

And the beginning is near.

(bird squawking)

(energetic music)
(people panicking)

(cheerful dance music)

- Come with me.

- Too late.

There's nowhere to go.

- Then I'll stay here with you.

(energetic dance music)

(people panicking)

(energetic dance music)

(screaming)
(groaning)

(thunder clapping)

(wind blowing)

(chimes ringing)

- Why?

Why?

- Cause it has to be.

- What has to be?

- We are in a dream, Aton.

You, Ana, myself, all of us,

we can't change the dream.

It has to be.

And when we wake, we die.

It's simple.

- Get a weapon.

(thunder clapping)
(chimes ringing)

I don't know which of
you to kill.

(wind blowing)

(clamoring)

(grunting)

(blasting)

(grunting)

(bells ringing)

(splashing)

(bells ringing)

- No, no.

(splashing)

(grunting)

(thunder clapping)

(bells ringing)

(groaning)

(wind blowing)
(bells ringing)

(flames crackling)

(grunting)

(chimes ringing)

(people panicking)

(humming)

(flames crackling)

(chimes ringing)
(people talking)

- Oh.

No.

No.

(humming)

(humming)

(screaming)
(groaning)

(rhythmic drumming)

(chanting)

- The real question is, how
long will the darkness last?

- How'd you get up
here in the dark?

- The darkness is relative.

But you can't see that, can you?

- Relative?

The Book of
Illuminations is the truth.

Your planet is dying!

Are you afraid?

- Yes, I was afraid.

You took our doubts and
you turned them into fears

and you frightened us
with your visions.

- Illuminations.

- That time is at an end now,
isn't it?

Cause we will survive.

With all our doubts,
because without our doubts,

we confront nothing, we
create nothing--

- Telescopes and crystal
sticks and kites!

- Without doubt, there's
no sense of purpose.

There's no sense of direction.

And where is your direction?

Where is your direction now?

(distant chanting)

(baby crying)

- Mother, is that you?

- Bet,

Bet?

Oh, Bet.

(crying)

Why are you crying?

This is a time for happiness.

Oh, don't be afraid.

Here, here, stop, come with me.

The time has come.

The sighted shall be
led by the blind.

(slow calming orchestral music)

- It's beautiful.

- Look at that.

- [Woman] What is it?

- We're still on the
surface of things.

All our history, our progress,

are nothing.

Is it possible that nothing
important has yet been said

or even understood.

It's possible.

(inspirational orchestral music)

(rattling)

(quiet ringing music)

(quiet dramatic
orchestral music)