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Your father and I,
we had our ups and downs.

The ideal match for Nigel
would be your young Joan.

I just wanted to make sure
I have the correct formula

for the embalming fluid.

- My silkworms have been hungry.
- Your silkworms?

It's from an old Chinese song.

Everybody to the shelter!

I fear they're not going to let me
leave Singapore.

We need to make
some letter of intent,

or something we can all sign,

towards the merger
that we've been discussing

between our two companies.

I don't intend to leave this office

until I have an exit permit
for that young woman.

I'm sorry, we haven't called
T to Z yet.

There's been a mistake.

..everything's in order.
This is a life-or-death situation.

Next.

NEWSREEL: 'As Japanese forces
push onto the island of Singapore,

'orders come from
the British Governor's office

'to destroy anything of value
which may benefit the enemy.

'Thriving business are razed
to the ground,

'from the finest Scotch whisky
to bales of rubber.

'Everything must be destroyed.

'In the city of Singapore,

'our boys keep them at bay beyond
the city limits.

'We have been told by Mr Churchill
that there is worse to come.

'But we can hang on
and turn defeat to victory!'

Now...

..are you choosing the Haut-Brion

or the Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou?

Or...

No!

Here's a Chateau Lafite!

You must take that.

- What is this?
- I'm afraid Cheong and I,

we have found it necessary to
liberate the wine cellar of Walter.

We cannot risk the Japanese
getting his hands on it,

so we consider it
our patriotic duty.

I see.

That was a disgraceful exhibition
down at the docks.

It was.

I was thinking...

..perhaps that's what's really meant
by the Singapore grip.

The West's grip on the culture and
economy of the East.

And if so...

..I believe it's about to be pried
loose.

No, no, Brendan.

The Singapore grip is the ability
of certain Singapore ladies

to control their most intimate
muscles, autonomously,

with, they tell me...

..the most delightful results.

Really, François!

Oh...
You don't like the Margaux?

It's all right.

But I prefer rice wine.

Then, perhaps, the West must perish.

Hm.

- Where's Walter, by the way?

- No-one's seen him
for a couple of days.

Our liquor go-down in Bukit Timah
Road, Mohammed.

Where you'll be delighted to hear

we've been instructed to destroy
our entire stock of liquor.

Oh, no, sir!

The Straits Times is sending
a photographer

to see me smash the first bottle.

So, I thought I'd try
and look my best.

BOTTLE SMASHES

Urgh!

BOTTLES SMASH

Ah! Argh!

HE GROANS

Carry on...
HE WINCES

Sir...?

Excuse me, sir.

You haven't forgotten
your emergency board meeting

at Langfeld & Browser, have you,
sir?

Oh, yes.
What time is it?

- 4:30pm.
- Oh!

Well, we'd better get a shift-on.

AIRCRAFT ROARS

AIR-RAID SIRENS WAIL

- IN MANDARIN: They're coming.
- Who are they, Japanese soldiers?

Let me find out.

All right.

Be careful.

MAN: They're here!

The Japs are here!

Quickly, run for it!

Get out!

They're outside!

AIRCRAFT ROAR

OFFICER SHOUTS IN JAPANESE

SCREAMING AND SHOUTING

Urgh!

I still can't work out, for the life
of me, what Langfeld had in mind.

If he's not here in five minutes,

I propose we call the meeting off.

Ah...

All off to the front line after
this, are we?

HE SIGHS

The devil of it is...

..if all our plant is destroyed,
as it is being,

and all the Chinese firms
remain intact,

just think of the head start they'll
have on us when the war is over.

What we need is
a co-ordinated strategy.

Now, we have to get the Governor
to rescind this order now!

Ow!
Oh...!

How are we going to do it, hm?

Well, undesirable as these
developments undoubtedly are,

I think our energies
would probably be better directed

towards exerting pressure on the
appropriate parties back in London,

with a view to obtaining,
in due course...

- ..compensation.
- Yes.

Yes, I see.

I thought as much.

By the way,
what have you done with Solomon?

Been able to ship him back home?

No.

In point of fact...

..er, you've got your feet on him.

We expect to take him with us
when we leave.

- And when's that?
- In a couple of days.

We have a motor launch waiting for
us in the Telok Ayer Basin.

It'll take us to Sumatra
when the balloon goes up.

You know, you ought to think about
coming with us.

Well, I'll bear it in mind.

Good evening.

- Oh, thank you.
- You're welcome.

- Oh...
- Very good.

Cheers.

- Oh, lovely.
- Thank you.

Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Mm.

Anybody seen Vera?

She's gone out.

Left you a note.

Oh, thank you.

- Oh, my God...
- What is it?

She says she's gone to visit

her doctor friend up
at Alexandra Hospital,

- to see if she can help him.
- Oh...

That's up in Bukit Timah, isn't it?

Isn't that the way the Japanese
are expected to come through?

It is the logical way for them to
advance, certainly.

Oh, my God!
I have to go and find her.

I don't know how you're going to
manage that.

The roads are blocked.

Take my motorbike.

ENGINE TURNS OVER

You have driven a motorbike before,
have you?

Yes, yes.

Hold the clutch.

Now...

..all you have to remember is your
right hand controls the throttle.

And the brake's by your left foot.

How do I make it go?

Just let go of the clutch.

Stop!

ENGINE REVS WILDLY

- Where's the brake?
- Stop!

HORN BLARES,
TYRES SQUEAL

Stupid bugger!

Throttle, brake.
Brake, throttle.

Will you...

- ..go and get the motor boat
organised? - Yes, sir.

Well, this really has been
a flying visit, sir.

Yes, but not at all a reassuring
one, I'm afraid.

I still can't understand,
after all our intelligence,

that the north-west was so poorly
defended.

There was something of a, erm...

I mean, they marched straight
through Malaya.

And now they're streaming
across the causeway,

which wasn't properly demolished.

Er, yes, well, I've...
I've ordered a counterattack.

Just as we were leaving HQ,
somebody...

..handed me this cable
from the Prime Minister.

I think I'd better read it to you.

"There must, at this stage,
be no thought of saving the troops

"or sparing the population.

"The battle must be fought to the
bitter end at all costs.

"Commanders and senior officers
should die with their troops.

"The honour of the British Empire...

"..and of the British Army
is at stake."

It could scarcely be any clearer.

No.

And it's true
what Mr Churchill says.

We are indeed talking about
the honour of the British Empire.

Yes, sir.

I'll go and see how they're
getting on with that boat.

- Wait...!
- Oh!

THUDDING

Is there anything else
that can go wrong?

HE FIGHTS BACK SOB

MAN: You are looking for Vera?

Yes.

Me, too.
But she is not here.

I hope she got away.

What happened?

The Japanese came.

They killed maybe 500 people.

Then they took prisoners.

Maybe 200.

Do you think Vera was...?

I don't know.
She's a smart girl.

She knows how to look after herself.
- Mm.

I think you should go.

The Japanese are on the march.
It's not safe.

Can I take you to the city?

Thank you.

Vera lives in a room down there.

Has anyone seen Vera?
She lives in the room down the end.

Have you seen Vera Chiang?
She lives in that room there.

Excuse me, have you seen Vera?

Has anyone seen Vera?!

I don't see you have any
alternative, General.

The water supply's failing.

And you say the Japanese have cut
off the MacRitchie Reservoir.

I'm in the process of organising
a counterattack.

Yes.

But in the meantime,
the streets are full of corpses,

which we're in no position to be
able to bury.

I don't see how disease and
pestilence can be avoided.

We really are in a pickle.

I don't deny it.

Everyone's done their best.

Surely, the moment has come to
surrender.

I can't do that.

Why not?

I'm under direct orders
from the Prime Minister,

no surrender under any
circumstances.

We're on the ground, he's not.

How can the Prime Minister...

..possibly know what he's talking
about?

I have my orders.

It can't be done.

HE SIGHS

ENGINE STOPS

Will you not go back to the house,
sir?

No, really, Mohammed,
I feel more comfortable here.

- But the bombs...
DISTANT EXPLOSIONS

Well, if your name's on it...

..it doesn't much matter where you
are.

DISTANT GUNFIRE

MOHAMMED: Don't move, sir.
I get spare torch.

DISTANT GUNFIRE

Sir...

Oh.

A few things, sir.

Some egg and...

..whisky.

Well, thank you, Mohammed.

I, er...

..won't be needing you for some
time, Mohammed. So, take the car.

Lay it up.
Hide it, I mean.

And take the leads out.

And then I'd head to your kampong
until you hear from me.

Understood?

Yes, sir.

A man must move with the times,
Mohammed.

Goodbye, tuan.

Oh, here, take the torch.

I've got another one somewhere.

HE SIGHS

Goodbye, Mohammed...

ENGINE TURNS OVER

CAR DRIVES AWAY

DISTANT BOMBS

- Did you find her?
- No.

Thank you, though.

MAN: # Roll out the barrel

♪ We'll have a barrel of fun

♪ Roll out the barrel

♪ We've got the blues on the run

ALL: # Roll out the barrel

♪ We'll have a barrel of fun

♪ Roll out the barrel

♪ We've got the blues
On the run... ♪

What's that noise?

♪ Roll out the barrel... ♪

Take cover!

- Run! Run!
- What is it?

Gas mains!

Get down!

Urgh!

Ah! Ow...!

I've got it, I've got it.

- I've got it, come on.
- Quick, quick, quick!

Ah!

Matthew...

Do you know where Walter's
go-down is?

It's down there.

The whole of the dock area's
ablaze, but...

..he's refusing to leave.

The fire's getting closer.

I was wondering if you'd go and have
a shot at persuading him to get out.

Yes, of course.

Thank you.

Walter...?

HE COUGHS

Walter?

What do you want?

- It's Matthew.
- Who?

Matthew Webb.
I wondered if I might have a word.

Oh, it's you.

Come to destroy all my rubber,
have you?

No.

It's not about that.

I don't know what your father
would have said.

May I...?

This way.

Take a seat.

Have you made arrangements
to leave Singapore?

Oh, so that's it.

Like everybody else, you want me out
of here

so you can burn the place down.

I'm afraid it's going to burn down
without our help.

That's why I'm here,
to get you out before it does.

We're trying to stop fires, not
start them.

Well, I'm glad your father isn't
here to see it.

You're looking a bit of a mess,
if you don't mind my saying so.

I wanted to ask you to...

You know,
I had this army idiot here just now.

You know what he had the gall to say
to me?

- I...
- I'll tell you.

He said we civilians were happy to
let the troops do all the fighting,

and all we were thinking about
was feathering our own nests.

Can you believe it?

Well, there is some truth in that.

Do you know what Lever
of Lever Brothers said?

- No. Look...
- He said...

..war was just a passing phase
in business life.

Now, he wanted to go on selling
Sunlight soap to the Germans.

This was during the Great War.

And his thinking was,
the more soap he made,

the more glycerine there would be
for munitions.

Now, there's nothing like patriotism
for blinding people to reality.

- I think we'd better go, Walter.
- And what happens?

A bunch of self-righteous fools
destroying our investments

lock, stock and barrel.

It's not self-righteous fools
destroying your investments, Walter.

- It's the bloody Japanese air
force! - DISTANT BOMBING

Oh, my God!
Look at that!

DISTANT GUNFIRE

Yes, terrible.

You know...

..you don't seem to understand
the responsibilities

a businessman has to bear.

Can we talk about this later,
Walter? We really have to go.

I can assure you, Matthew...

your father and I
would work late into the night.

Because we were aware of the
responsibilities

we had to our shareholders.

You know, we were thinking of them,

of the poor widows and the clergymen
and the spinsters

and what would happen to them
if we withheld the dividend.

Oh, you can scoff all you like.

I'm not scoffing, Walter!

I just want to get out of here
before it's too late!

Of course, the world was a different
place then.

Singapore was certainly different.

You know, we used to have to fetch
water in barrels

and then my mother would filter it
through muslin.

Walter, can you...?
Can you hear that crackling sound?

CRACKLING AND SPARKING

Yes, I can.

Now, we children
used to have rickshaw races.

A Chinese boy would supervise us
at afternoon tea.

And if we misbehaved, oh!

He would give us a sharp rap
over the knuckles.

Walter...

- Walter!
- What's the matter?

MATTHEW COUGHS

The junior boys, who came out from
England,

they were always terribly homesick.

They wouldn't admit it, of course.

But my mother knew.

She was always wonderfully kind to
them.

What's all this smoke?

The go-down's on fire, Walter.
We need to get out.

What...?
Come on!

COUGHING

- Do you have a way to get out
of Singapore? - I certainly do.

There's a boat leaving from Telok
Basin at eight this evening.

You'd better come, too, I suppose.

THEY COUGH AND SPUTTER

Oh, I don't know about you,

but I wouldn't mind a spot of
breakfast at Raffles.

Kedgeree and orange juice, I fancy.

I have to leave you here, Walter,
I'm afraid.

There's someone I need to find.

Are you all right?

Do you have any water by any chance?

What have you done to your hands?

Firefighting.

And some sort of explosion.

You'd better come with us.
We can get you a dressing.

No.

I'm looking for my girl.

You will be able to do that better

once your hands have been seen to.
Come.

Please...

You see that beach over there?

Yes.

We got hold of a boat
and hid it over there.

We're going to try to get out
and make it to Sumatra,

nine o'clock tonight.

Room for you, if you'd like to join
us.

We could probably squeeze in your
girl as well.

- Of course, you'll have to find her
first. - Oh, I'll find her.

We can't wait for you.

Don't worry.

I'll find her.

I mean, what the hell has gone
wrong?

Room!

At ease, gentlemen.

I've just received a cable
from General Wavell telling me...

..I may cease resistance at my
discretion.

We should have surrendered two days
ago.

He says we should carry on resisting
as long as we're physically capable.

Yes, but he's in Java.

AIRCRAFT DRONES

Japanese.

MACHINE-GUN FIRE

He's coming back!

Let's get the fuck out of here.

MACHINE-GUN FIRE

Are you all right?

HE STRAINS

ENGINE TURNS OVER

What's his name?

Bruce.

I'm afraid I didn't catch his
other name.

OK, you can go inside and get
patched up by the church, OK?

- No, I'm fine, I'm fine.
- Hey, hey.

Maybe just a cup of tea, all right?

- We'll look after him.
- Thanks.

Are you hurt?

No.

No, this is someone else's.

I came to find you at the hospital.
How did you get away?

I hid in the laundry cupboard.

I thought I'd never see you again.

SHE STIFLES A SOB

- Are you sure you're all right?
What's this? - It's nothing.

It's just a few cuts.

- Come back with me.
- What?

I've found a boat.

- We can get out this evening
together. - Yes.

All right, but...

..I can't leave now.

I'm helping.
They need help.

But we...

All right.

All right, I will come back
and collect you at seven.

Will that be all right?

Yes, that will be all right.

Can I borrow your handkerchief?

SHE SNIFFS

Seven o'clock?

Seven o'clock.

Brendan and I will drive you to your
boat at Tanjong Rhu.

- Maybe they could fit you in as
well. - Oh, no, no.

I, er...

I've decided to stay on.

And I will keep my friend company.

After all, where would I go?

- Avec la sale Boche en France!
- Mm, oui.

Oui, oui.

♪ Praise, my soul
The King of Heaven

♪ To his feet thy tribute bring

♪ Ransomed, healed
Restored, forgiven

♪ Who like me

♪ His praise should sing?

♪ Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!

♪ Praise the everlasting King. ♪

- VERA: 'Seven o'clock?
- MATTHEW: Seven o'clock.'

Shall we?

Come on.

Oh, thank God we've made it.

Madam, really glad
you could make it.

Erm...?

Oh, we're just here to see them off.

Well, we'd best be quiet.
There are other people about.

I'm not sure, it might even be
the Japs.

Actually, you've arrived just in
time. We're ready to go.

Take care, be safe.

- Au revoir, François.
- Ah...

Take care now.

Sir, get the anchor point here.

AUSTRALIAN ACCENT:
Hold it right there, cobber!

We're taking the boat.
Sorry.

Go find your own bloody boat!

Ow!

- Hey.
- Argh!

Everybody, off the boat now.

You, too, miss.

I'm afraid we'd better do
what he says.

You bloody pommy twats.

You're facing your guns
in the wrong direction,

so the Japs can come up behind you
and fuck you in the arse.

Take him with you, will you,
before we do him?

All right, boys.

Right, let's get this boat
out of here.

Three, two, one, heave!
Three, two, one, heave!

HE GRUNTS,
THEN STRAINS

Oh! Oh!

I say, Walter...

I don't suppose you could give
us a hand?

No, I told you, I did my bit
when I helped to embalm him.

I don't intend to lay a finger on
him ever again.

I don't know why
you don't pitch him into the drink.

No, no, I couldn't possibly do that.

Is that it?

Yes, that's the one.

The Nigel.

You know, war...

is just a passing phase
in business life.

Hello!

HE LAUGHS

HE STRAINS

Come on, Solomon...!

DISTANT EXPLOSIONS

Why don't you marry me?

I'd like you to.

My being your wife isn't going to
deter the Japanese for a minute.

No.

You're going to be interned.

I really think we'll be better off
on our own.

You can't stay here.

Why not?

Where else is there to go?

Sooner or later, someone in the
building will inform on you.

Why?

They're simple, honest people.

And look...

no-one's as much as touched
my things since I was away.

But won't they have seen you
with me?

They think I'm a prostitute.

To them, all Englishmen look alike.

I've been in situations
like this before.

I'll cut my hair
and throw away my European clothes.

Joan's clothes.

I took out all the money earlier.

It should be enough
to keep you going for a while.

- I don't want to take it all.
- You must.

And buy some gold...

to keep you going
when the currency collapses.

SHE SNIFFS

You must go, Matthew.

Look after yourself.

Right, go with Francois and
the Major and hand yourself in.

You know nothing...

..about how to survive.

I'm a specialist.

We'll see each other again.

Of course we will.

But stay a little longer.

♪ The world may change and go awry

♪ While there's still
One voice to cry

♪ There'll always be an England

♪ While there's a country lane... ♪

Time to wave the big,
white mouchoir, Brendan.

Yes.

♪ Wherever there's a cottage small

♪ Beside a field of grain

♪ There'll always be an England

♪ While there's a busy street

♪ Wherever there's a turning wheel

♪ A million marching feet

♪ Red, white and blue
What does it mean to you? ♪

So, Matthew...

you still believe that, one day,
all races will abandon self-interest

and live together in harmony?

I do, Francois, I do.

One day.

ALL: # There'll always be
An England... ♪

FRANCOIS LAUGHS

♪ And England shall be free

♪ If England means as much... #
- Louder!

♪ As England means to me... ♪

FRANCOIS: I love you English!

♪ Red, white and blue

♪ What does it mean to you?

♪ Surely you're proud
Shout it out loud... ♪

THUNDER RUMBLES

My God!

What?

It's from Vera.

Ah...

One of her specialties.
Cooked white mice.

And a sugar lump.

There are two mice.
We can share them.

Well, I'm not sure that...

Oh, you'll find they taste
surprisingly good.

Maybe I take the sugar lump.

Ah.
All right.

- And there are two messages.
- Saying?

One says...

..tomorrow is another day.

And the other?

Is more personal.

Oh.

FRANCOIS CHUCKLES

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