Original subtitles

This film is based on true events

The film is acted by street children

Jakarta, 1997

The safety pins have disappeared again.

I'm fed up with these kids.

They're stealing the pins right of your blouse.

Cil, give it back!

You're ruining my pillow.

It was already ripped.

Where are my pins?

- Get up! - There, in Heru's lip!

Answer me!

Where is it? Give it back!

Where is the money?

As soon as he's got money, he's going to...

the whores, sniffs glue and gets drunk.

Go work!

Work? What work?

Stealing my savings all the time. I'm fed up.

Has anything been ordered?

One set of wedding garlands,

10 kenanga-flower garlands and 2 jasmin.

It should go to Beringhardjo market.

- For whom is it? - Bu Siti.

Bu Jule and Bu Addang each 5 garlands.

I'm leaving, it's already late.

I'm getting tempeh.

Hey, that's chicken!

Who else would eat that shit.

Get to work!

Hurry up! And don't pry on the girls.

Here's lunch. Hurry up!

Wait a sec, it's heavy.

Kancil, do something. If you wanna eat, you gotta work.

Benny, are you taking all the flowers right now?

I'll send someone to get them.

Weight these.

I'll pay tomorrow, okay? I'm in a hurry.

Hey Cil, what are you doing?

Looking for worms.

My ass. Are these worms?

I'm borrowing it to buy a pillow.

Yeah right. Buy a pillow, huh.

Here, food money. Take it!

Stupid kid! You do it like this.

Look, like this.

You can't even wipe your ass.

♪ At the lake...

♪ the sky is full of stars.

♪ At the edge of the lake...

♪ a rainbow is shining.

Thank you

♪ At the lake...

♪ on a clear night...

Cut it out!

If I hide your gear, you don't have to work.

Shut up, all you do is snoozing. You don't earn shit.

Hey sorehead, stop it.

♪ Once you've seen...

♪ the clear water of the lake...

Daydreaming again?

- Good morning. - Please enter.

Where is your son?

He went to the market with my wife.

Sorry, I can't pay today.

I didn't get any money.

I'll be broke if this continues.

I can't help it.

- Hey, that's my pillow! - My customers pay in 10 terms.

I have some new stuff for you.

Come on May, cross the road. Don't be scared.

May, I want to go to my village...

I'm missing my family.

I haven't been home for a long time.

I want to bring this pillow as a present.

- How are you? - Fine.

Where's Kancil?

How the fuck do I know?

- What shall we do know? - I don't know.

I'm hungry, but I don't have money.Give me some, Her.

Asshole, I'm not made of money.

Let's go to the station.

I pay you later, okay?

Always borrowing money. You still owe me a lot.

I'm just hungry. It's better than throwing the stinky mess away.

When it stinks I feed it to the chicken, you keep begging.

You street kids are ruining me.

It's over now. It can't go one like this.

Thanks. Till tomorrow.

Till tomorrow.

I'm in a hurry.

I want to wash my face.

Easy, Cil.

Fuck off!

I want to wash my face.

- Hey, that's mine! - But I found it.

- This is for you. - Heru, can I have some melon?

Fuck off.

You're greedy!

It's for Asih.

Hey Plin, what are you doing? Everything is sticky.

Where did you get it?

I'll ram it up your ass.

If you go on like that...

it will kill you!

Sure.

We'll teach you a lesson.

We agreed that all glue sniffers will be punished.

You're pathetic, Plin. It'll damage your heart, did you know that?

- Where did you get that? - You're a jerk, Plin.

Enough.

- How are you? - I'm fine.

- These are the new things. - I still have a lot of debts.

You'll be alright.

Look, what beautiful colors!

- And this is a new design. - I can't afford it.

Never mind. Do you like it?

Kancil, wait. Kancil.

Kancil, wait. Kancil.

- Stop it Heru! - What did you say?

Stupid prick, jerk! Is Kancil's death my fault?

Stop it, Her!

- Say that once more! - Mercy, Her!

Don't try and run away.

You murdered Kancil for a stupid pillow.

- What did you say? - Why were you fighting over a pillow?

I'm always romping with Kancil. Blame me!

- Then why is Kancil dead? - What did you say?

- Any bananas left? - I kept some for you.

Yuck, you eat like a pig,

Listen to me!

Use your hands!

What's that in your hand? Have you been stealing again?

This is Kancil, mom.

If you keep stealing, you might be killed.

Well, what did you steal?

This is Kancil, Kancil's blood.

You must have stolen a chicken. It's chicken blood.

Don't you believe me? Kancil is dead.

I want to go home, to Padang.

Then start up saving for the trip.

Saving up, is that all you can say?

You don't have to return to your mother in Padang.

There are enough girls here.

Hey bigmouth, go watch the parade.

Just come.

Hey brats, spying on bathing people.

Come on, beat it!

Riffraff!

You're a pain in the ass.

Mrs Roto wants her order of garlands delivered at 4pm.

- Not possible. - There's nobody to deliver it.

- Then call her. - I don't have a phone.

Don't got one.

You're gambling all the money.

That's Kancil's money! It's Kancil's!

Sugeng, lend me hand.

Nice bloke she got. Comes only when there's money.

Just wait, when I'm rich, she doesn't have to peddle stuff anymore.

Just laugh, this time I'll succeed.

You're talking bullshit.

There's someone for Asin. You know who it is, Den?

A guy. Are you jealous, Den? Relax, I'm only asking.

You shouldn't be that jealous, Den.

Excuse me. Do you have a room?

- One moment. I'm going, Asih... - Okay.

I'm about to leave.

♪ At the lake...

♪ the sky is full of stars.

♪ At the edge of the lake...

♪ a rainbow is shining.

♪ At the lake...

♪ on a clear night...

♪ Once you've seen...

♪ the clear water of the lake...

Do you know where Heru is?

I haven't seen him for a few days. Stop whining.

- I'm hungry. - So what?

- I'm hungry, give me money. - Heru, you owe me.

- You didn't pay for days. - I'm, hungry, give me money, Her.

- This money is for Kancil's debts. - Pay me too, Her.

- That's too much. - Forget it.

- Give me some money. - Stop whining.

Else I'll steal food.

Her, give me some money.

Heru, where is Kancil?

Heru, where is Kancil?

Heru, where is Kancil?

Here's your order.

I ordered something else.

It's a mistake.

Is something wrong? You're acting strange.

No, I'm fine.

Hey, engrave this.

I hear you!

If you make a mistake I'll beat you up.

Big mouth, huh? Go wank yourself!

Why come here if it has to be perfect.

You're running your mouth like a bag lady.

The engraving is a mess. Like there, Asiatic. - Which one?

- Over there, Asiatic. - Where?

No need to pull off my head.

- I go look. - What a jerk.

Here?

- There! - Now what was it?

- "A"... "A"... "A" what? - "A" Asiatic.

Stupid jerk!

Which ones are ready?

Just wait, asshole.

Here Plin, drink this.

Have some more.

My turn!

Wait a sec.

Now let me drink.

Enough, no fighting this late, or the cops will come.

- Come on Chaplin, join in. - Now sing, sing.

Drink some more, Plin.

You got nice big tits! You wanna bang me?

Angry already!

Nasty punk.

Asih, you forgot your noodles.

Move over, Sep. Go suck yourself.

You can't keep the rats out of this dirty shack.

Weren't you afraid of rats?

I can do nothing right.

If you want to survive, you shouldn't have big dreams.

Sure, but can't you still dream?

Kancil wanted a pillow...

and now he's dead.

And what do you want?

I want to sleep with you. If I can't, I'm leaving.

What about the "S"?

First comes the "A", the "S" comes later...

then you can write "A"... Aku...

And "A"... Ass?

Sugeng, you got money?

Not one bloody cent.

I'm hungry. I didn't collect anything with singing.

- Me neither, Her. - How much you got?

- 500 rupees. - Give it to me.

He hasn't paid yet.

- Where is that guy? - I don't know.

I come get it later, okay?

- Just 500 rupees - Then how do I get food?

Well, we'll go eat together in a while.

Uh... I don't know.

Just for once.

You're pig-headed. Still sniffing glue.

What shall we do with you?

What did I say yesterday?

You still don't get it, huh?

We'll have you drink ditch water.

I warned you!

Now it's my turn.

Okay, your turn.

Geng, 1 match, 100 rupees. Cash, no credit.

- That one! - This one?

How do I know, stupid!

Come here!

Slop it on!

Enough, enough.

- Spread it on the saddle. - Hurry up! Hurry up!

You keep your trap shut, huh?

Den, keep playing, Den.

Joi joined in too, huh?

Den was jealous.

And so where you!

It's Den's fault. He's setting us on.

Clean it!

Now you don't have to sleep with everybody.

You don't have to play the whore anymore.

You're going with too many men.

Soon I'll be rich.

How dare you! What do you say I am?

I'm not a whore, I'm not a prostitute.

Wash the blood of your hands! They're always filthy.

You're just like my mother.

I don't need you to get rich. The only thing you can do is hit.

Heru, get up!

Get up! Get up. Go to work. I want to open my booth.

Today there's an order from Bu Indra.

A set of wedding garlands.

And also a set of garlands for Bu Ona.

We also need garlands for the Grebeg celebration.

These are not enough.

What's keeping up Heru?

What now? It has to be delivered too.

There's a lot of police.

There must be a raid.

Yesterday they bashed in someone's head.

You're scared.

Admit it. You're such a chicken.

Ma is having a hard time and you keep moaning about money.

You never give her anything.

She's asking me for money.

Come on, give her something.

You're such a jerk. If you don't have money I gotta pay.

You're such an asshole!

You're stingy when you got money .

I'll have plenty of money soon.

I'll be having a job.

She'll hear about it later.

You take the glasses and I take the bag.

I want to get my stuff.

Hey, they're stealing your glasses.

Give it back!

I want to pay Sugeng's bill.

Did you win the lottery?

Can you look after my cloths?

You look handsome, nice batik shirt!

Come on, cut it out.

Really, batik suits you.

Thanks, Heru.

Eko, I just saw Heru here.

Did you see him?

Just forget about Heru.

Why don't you ask me to come?

Come with me.

Come.

Come.

While it's still quiet, we can have some fun.

What are you doing?

Asih, stop it! Asih, fucking bitch.

Here's some money from Heru.

What's going on?

Where's it from?

Just trust me this once.

Ma, can I have the money to buy engraving materials?

Money, all you think of is money!

Hey, close the door.

Here's something,

so you don't have to be scared for rats anymore.

Sugeng, help me.

Where's Heru?

I don't know. I know how to engrave.

Yeah right, you can't even read!

- Someone taught me. - Go find Heru.

- Where? - What do I know!

Push!

Asih, I'm off, okay? Will you look after the TV?

- Yes, sure. - Thanks, Asih.

Dear viewers. Today a street kid's...

body was found, his name was Heru,

working as a street singer on Malioboro street.

The body was found by the police.

An insurance fraud came to light,

a policeman, a doctor and a student were involved.

It turns out it's an international gang.

Street kids without legal papers...

are lured to a far off location...

with the promise they'll get a lot of money.

They're getting a fake ID...

of an insured person.

and will then be killed.

By this fraud, the gang tried...

to get billions of rupees of benefits.

It is clear that street kids without legal papers...

are being abused by criminals to collect huge sums of money.

This case is getting a lot of attention from the mass media.

Heru is just one of the victims among the street children...

whose death cannot be verified,

because they never existed on paper...

and had no steady job nor address.

They could not be protected.

Sep, get up, Sep.

- Leave me alone. - I'm just waking you up.

- I'm still drowsy. - It's time for work, come on.

Jewelry.

Where did you get it?

Fucking whore!

Dirty bastard!

Here, coffee.

Ah, henpecked husband. You're brave to your own wife...

but you shit in your pants with anyone else. Wimp!

Bring me food.

Coffee, please.

Brave against kids, huh!

Easy, karate hero.

You're looking like Heru.

A-Asiatic.

A-Ass.

Look, I can engrave.

It's for you. I made it.

Don't you believe me?

I really made it myself and nobody else.

Alright, I'll give it to somebody else.

The boss isn't here. He's on a business trip.

This is for you.

Thank you.

- Do you like it? - Of course!

The Grebeg festival is a yearly ritual at the Yogyakarta palace...

where two big pyramids of cooked rice...

are given to the people by the monarch.

What is it?

Just go, I'm coming.

I engraved that!

So what?

Drink this to warm you up.

Don't stand in the rain. You'll get sick.

I'm leaving. You got something to say?

That's for you.

I want you.

Put on this jacket.

- Did you see someone in a brown coat? - No.

- Someone saw him around here. - He went that way.

- How are you? - Just fine.

- How many more bills I've got to pay? - Just two.

Did you see someone in a brown coat?

- Yes, he passed by. - Thanks.

They are killers.

One soap and two shampoo.

There's a gangster-war going on.

Yesterday a gangster was killed at the market.

The killer wore a brown coat.

They're looking for the man in the brown coat.

Sugeng, come here!

Go look for Deni!

- He's old enough to look after himself. - Go get him!

I'm busy shining shoes.

Hurry up!

- He can look after himself. - Do you want Den to get killed?

Den, take off your coat. Are you deaf?

Den, why don't you listen?

I hear you!

They wanna kill you. I couldn't care less!

Den, take off your coat, Den. They'll kill you.

Now listen, they'll kill you!

Stop it, let me go!

Cretin.

He's dead.

The body of a murdered street child,

found at the Beringhardjo market,

has become a problem for the market vendors.

This issue is getting attention from the media...

because today is the third day...

that the body hasn't been buried yet.

No cemetery is allowing it...

because no official papers...

can be shown.

We are now interviewing...

a woman who knew the victim well.

Ibu Ashi, what do you think of Sugeng's death?

You can't even bury the dead.

Who made that law? What kind of law is that?

While you can bury animals!

Isn't he a human being!

This film is dedicated to the street children in Indonesia...

and in the rest of the world, who became a victim ...

of criminals, violence and injustice.

Subtitles by Subransu.