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My heart's been crushed

into a million pieces

Swallowed by an ocean of honey

Oh, how I've lost my will...

To wait for you any longer...

Let's ease up on the candy.

I'm not the one craving it.

Sweetie,

Daddy doesn't believe Mommy's eating this for you.

Oh no...

What's wrong?

Radiator's busted.

Didn't you just get it serviced?

These things are temperamental, they say.

Worse than babies.

I'll go get some water.

Where?

There's got to be a river or swamp nearby.

I won't be long.

Come back quick.

My tummy's not well.

Be right back.

Joe!

Anisa..

Anisa!

Anisa!

Anisa!

Why didn't you open the door?

You're not deaf.

Money.

What?

Debt collectors.

Have you eaten?

Candy in the morning again?

There's no more food.

When we're in a pinch like this.

We can't back down.

We have to fight back.

We have to defend our castle.

BE BRAVE

I've been chasing you for rent for six months.

I came by again last week.

But you kept giving me the run around.

My sister's family needs a place to stay.

I've got to help my family.

I have a child, Haji.

You think you're the only one with burdens?

I have them too.

So, so do they.

Let's go.

What now?

Your ad said you're looking for an electrician.

It's been filled?

But it's in today's paper!

Do you have anything else then?

Where are your parents?

Is there a problem, sir?

Show me your ID card and license.

Where do you live, sir?

Read the card.

What are you doing here?

Nothing.

Am I not allowed to be here?

What's with all the things in the car?

We're about to move out.

Where are you moving to?

Have I committed a crime?

If not, I'll be on my way.

As you know we're imposing a curfew.

You shouldn't loiter around here.

Take this.

No thanks.

Sofia, food for you.

Have you found a place to stay?

If not, I have something for you.

That's all right, Haji.

I've troubled you enough.

I'll figure it out on my own.

What are you going to do?

Sleep in your car?

Here.

This house is looking for a handyman.

It includes room and board.

I know the owner.

An old spinster.

She's the village medicine woman.

In your opinion professor,

what needs to be done to curb this ongoing instigation?

The villagers should stop this mob mentality.

They are using the Iranian revolution as justification,

believing it is the same crusade. But they're misguided.

We don't want the massacre from Tanjung Periuk

to repeat itself here...

His followers are blindly following...

Let's not listen to that.

It's not suitable for you.

I want to hear it.

Why?

KNOWLEDGE

You don't need this knowledge.

You don't know what I need.

Stay here.

How many times have you skipped Quran class?

Ingrate!

Instead of going to school, you play in the river?

When will you learn!

And you steal chickens!

Excuse me.

I'm looking for this address, but we got lost.

Do you know where it is?

What business do you have with the Javanese woman?

Work.

Head to the end of the path.

About a mile out.

You'll see a wooden archway.

That's where her property begins.

It's the only house there.

Thank you.

Excuse me...

I hope you don't mind.

Have you heard the rumors about the owner?

If not, I feel obligated to tell you--

It's okay, thank you.

My daughter is waiting for me in the car.

You have a daughter...

Good day.

I was told...

to work here.

How old is she?

Nine.

Write your name.

SOFIA

Call me Mother.

Kit!

Come here.

Take her to the back,

to meet the others.

Yes, Mother.

Three other orphans live here.

Some say this is a home

for the unwanted.

You will stay here.

Your daughter will be with the others.

You will be paid end of the month.

Mother said to meet our new friend.

Her name is...

Sofia... I'm Emi.

What's that?

Your drawing sucks.

Sara, don't be mean.

Can I have a look?

A hundred full moons have passed

since I've last seen your beautiful face...

Did you write this story?

Hey, kid,

I don't care if you wrote it or not.

As long as you know

you're here because you're like the rest of us,

an abandoned child.

Sara!

One, two, three, four...

This is your bed.

We have rules here.

You must remember these two...

Do you see the hole that looks like a well?

That's an old Javanese latrine.

Don't go there.

WHY?

This is Mother's order. Don't question it.

One more thing.

If you hear a voice calling your name,

Do not turn to look. Do not answer.

Remember,

Don't look back.

Don't answer.

Just don't.

O Master,

Spirit of the hole,

I present you the first sacrifice.

Please accept this...

as my final duty.

Can Mommy have some?

Sofia!

We have rules!

You're not allowed here!

I want to sleep here.

What's wrong with your room?

I would rather sleep in the car.

Sofia

Please.

Why are we here?

I know this isn't easy.

Do you remember the story of the princess who ran away from the castle?

Her evil stepmother wanted to kill her.

For 20 years,

the princess hid herself in a secret room

until her father finally rescued her.

THAT'S A FAIRY TALE

20 years.

She didn't utter a single word

or shed a single tear.

Go back and sleep.

Go on.

You've been here the longest, haven't you?

Explain to me then

how she ended up at the hole last night?

Have you slept so comfortably you forgot your responsibilities?

Let this serve as a reminder.

Why are the children here?

This used to be an orphanage.

But when my father passed,

the government built a new facility.

Our orphans moved there.

What about these kids?

How did they come here?

On their own?

The cable is over there.

Take a look.

It's been bitten off.

Are there wild animals here?

There are many creatures out here.

Don't worry,

I'll go into town and get a replacement.

Do whatever is necessary.

But first, go to the forest and gather some bamboo.

Anisa?

Joe.

How is our daughter?

Have you been a good father?

I'm trying.

I'm doing what I can.

You poor thing.

It must be hard.

To love someone who is imperfect.

I've always wanted to dance to this song with you.

Will you dance with me?

I want you to miss me forever.

Do you promise?

I promise.

Are you okay?

It's nothing, I'm fine.

I'm Mohsen. What's your name?

Joe.

Since you're here, Joe,

I'd like to clarify what happened the other day.

I don't want you to get the wrong idea.

I love my son, I do.

But,

if we spare the rod, spoil the child,

they'll never learn.

I'm not here to judge.

Everyone has their own way.

Joe.

Before you go,

I really should tell you the truth about that old woman.

Don't let her fool you.

She's not the kind grandmother she lets on to be.

Have you ever wondered

why she's got children there?

There's a hole on the compound of her house.

She keeps something in that hole.

Something not from this world.

It grants all your desires... for a price.

MOM

What are you doing here again?!

I had to drink goat's blood because of you!

You want to make more trouble?

We have to go!

Sofia?

Buruj to Tariq...

do you copy?

Raise your flag if you copy...

Inform the others

we'll start surveillance tonight...

What's that?

Isn't it pretty?

I copied it from Sofia's book.

Where is she?

Once upon a time in Nusantara,

there lived a king and queen

who wanted a child more than anything else.

After many years without success,

the queen was finally with child.

The king was overjoyed.

Sadly, the princess came into this world stillborn.

The King cried over the loss of his child, his tears flooding the land.

Suddenly, a golden catfish appeared in front of him,

In an instant,

the princess came back to life.

Finally we meet.

You're so pretty now, Sofia.

WHO ARE YOU?

I am your mommy, Sofia.

This is for you.

This used to be Mommy's.

Do you like it?

Can Mommy see that?

Did you write this?

Come sit with Mommy.

We'll read together.

Go on, Sofia.

Open your mouth.

If the king removed the fish from the water,

The princess...

the princess will stop breathing.

The king ensured the fish

was kept safe with the princess.

The princess was named Bidasari.

She grew up to be the fairest in the land.

Sofia!

Sara! Kit!

I see Sofia!

Lower me!

Sara?

Emi.

Don't turn.

Don't answer.

Don't look.

Emi...

Help!

Help!

Help me!

What happened?

Your daughter is bull-headed!

It's not her fault, Mother. It was an accident--

Silence!

She broke the rules.

You're lucky it wasn't serious.

All of you!

Go back to your room!

No dinner tonight.

Joe!

Yes, mother?

Are you done with your work?

All done.

Mother, do you know the villagers here?

No.

For all the years I've been here,

nobody has dared to come near this house.

Didn't you say you've lived in this area before?

I was born in Lenggong.

You know what's happening in Memali?

I do.

But it's none of my business.

Good.

We don't need to be involved in affairs not our own.

All these zealots,

Claiming to be God's messenger.

If a bird is blind,

does it know it's in a cage?

What do you mean?

How did Sofia's mother die?

While giving birth to Sofia...

There were complications...

How did you know?

Was Sofia mute at birth?

Yes.

What a shame.

Can I have a look at your book?

One, two, three,

Come down, pigeons...

Where you get this from?

One, two, three.

Come down, pigeons, in thy myriads.

Perch upon thy Ivory Hall,

carpeted with silver, railed with amalgam.

Come and assemble, in Her Highness' chamber.

The Princess of the After.

Sofia!

Sofia!

Sofia?

Sofia!

Joe...

Keep her safe.

Sofia?

Sofia!

Sofia!

What?

I'M TALKING TO MOMMY

Let's go back.

Your mommy is dead!

Whatever you think you saw,

It wasn't Mommy.

Sofia.

Wait here.

Keep it.

We found some food, let's eat.

Is that... your mom?

She's pretty.

MOMMY USED TO LIVE HERE

Where's your mom now?

My mom's gone too.

My mom gave me to my aunt to care for me.

One day,

two days,

three days,

four days,

five days later,

my aunt went out to buy food.

She's still not back.

Emi's parents sold her to pay off their debts.

That's how she ended up here.

That's how we all ended up here.

I have found the chosen one,

who will be your vessel

so that you may live forever more.

I shall fulfill your bidding,

until my duty is done.

O Guardian of the darkness,

I present you the second sacrifice,

treasures from your world.

When my duty is done,

return me to my creator.

Anisa?

Anisa!

Anisa?

Anisa!

Anisa

Joe.

Our baby, Joe.

Our baby, Joe.

Stay with me.

We're going to the hospital.

We won't make it.

We will.

We will. We will.

I need you to help me.

I need you to help me.

Try to get up. Try to get up.

It hurts.

Save our baby, Joe.

We'll get through this together.

You have to push.

Push.

Push.

If you could turn back time,

who would you have chosen to save?

Me...

or Sofia?

Tell me the truth.

"Don't be a public nuisance,"

warned the prime minister during the senate conference

in Kuala Lumpur on November 12th.

He added that if we want to retain democracy,

we need to ensure certain rights are retained..

Is this it?

Yes.

I haven't seen you around.

I'm at the house past the archway.

That's the Javanese house, right?

The one that Uncle Lan used to look after?

Who?

He was the caretaker. I heard he got sick last month.

That was the last I've heard of him.

Some people say that he died,

but I'm not sure.

Is there anything else?

No.

Six ringgit.

Thank you.

One, two, three, four.

To the living, leave thyself hither.

Join down, pigeons, in thy myriads. And perch upon the Ivory Hall,

carpeted with silver, and railed with amalgam,

join and assemble in her highness princess chamber.

Is this the golden catfish?

And this?

Princess Bidasari?

Why are her eyes red?

The King didn't know that his daughter had never been resurrected.

A spiteful spirit had taken possession of Bidasari's body.

The spirit, called Nuala, possesses living beings the moment they die.

Souls of the children of forest doves,

come down and assemble together,

in the fold of God and King Solomon.

I bid ye, I fetch ye down.

If thou join not down, thou shall be eaten.

Thy breath taken, thy mouth flavored.

No matter by sea or by land.

What attend is destruction and nothing more.

Kit!

What's wrong?

I felt something strange!

Don't you have a protective spell?

That's not it!

Ju-- Just now I saw...

I saw...

You saw...

Poop?

You've got to be kidding.

We got worried for nothing.

We thought something happened to you.

It's just poop.

I've heard stories,

about the person who used to work here.

What person?

Pak Lan.

He's dead.

Dead? How?

He had a cough.

After a week,

he asked to return to his hometown.

Not too long after...

he died.

What did he die from?

You can ask him yourself at his grave.

And these kids?

What happens to them?

What exactly do you want to know?

How did these kids end up here?

They are sick children.

No one else will help them.

My job is to...

make their remaining time here pleasant.

You mean these kids are sick?

We all have a sickness in us.

You think I don't know your sickness?

People fear death,

but not me.

My entire family died young.

Yet I remain.

with no end in sight.

Everyone wants to live well.

But to die well is also a privilege.

Sara!

Sara.

Don't turn.

Don't answer.

Sara!

Put it on.

Put it on!

Turn around.

You hold it here, see where the ball comes from,

And hit.

Try it.

Lower your hand.

Sara?

Are you okay?

What's this?

Don't!

You're burning up.

Joe?

Joe?

Help me, Joe.

Help me!

Everyone stay here!

Sofia follow me.

Sweetie.

Sweetie?

You hid my chocolates, didn't you?

You know I feel anxious without them.

I can't control my desires.

If you could have controlled yours,

we wouldn't be in this situation.

That's enough.

How would you feel,

if you knew you were never wanted

from the day you were born?

Every time your parents held you in their arms,

they told themselves

they wish you were dead!

What are you talking about?

You laced my chocolate with poison didn't you?

Ever since I got pregnant,

you wanted me to have a miscarriage.

You tried with your cigarette smoke,

the food you told me to eat.

I've never felt you cared about this baby!

No.

It's not true.

Kill our child, Joe.

Anisa?

Kill her before it's too late!

Anisa, that's enough!

You can't keep our daughter safe,

yet you're too cowardly to kill her.

You only care about yourself,

you useless husband!

It's a shame you're all alone

Carrying this absence in your heart

Your memory fills me with sorrow

A sadness residing silently in my soul.

Sofia?

Mommy gave me a voice.

Mommy?

Where are you going, Kit?

Are you feeling better?

Emi,

can you read me Sofia's story?

I want to know how it ends.

The King insisted his daughter had not been possessed.

One day, Bidasari cut out his father's tongue and blinded him.

She trapped him in a vase,

and became the new queen.

For the next hundred years, a reign of terror befell the land.

Buruj to Thariq, I see trucks approaching the camp...

They're here! I repeat, they're here!

There are hundreds of them! Warn the others...

Your duty is not done.

Badu, go find some rope.

Go!

Badu!

What are you doing!

Mommy, I've done what you asked.

Do you like it here?

I do.

Will you help Mommy protect this house

from bad people?

I will.

Is there something you wish for?

To be like the other kids.

If Mommy gave you a voice,

what will you give me in return?

What does Mommy want?

It doesn't hurt right?

No.

From now on, you will never feel any pain.

I offer you the last sacrifice,

three young, three mature,

six souls to fill your cup.

Come now to your chosen vessel.

Come!

Sofia?

Sofia?

Sofia, wake up.

Sofia!

What have you done to my daughter?

Sofia!

Joe.

A little more!

Push! Push!

Push!

You're almost there!

Just a bit more.

Sweetie.

Push, Sweetie!

Sweetie?

Sweetie?

Let's leave this place.

We'll find a better home.

Father.

This is our home.

Our home with Mommy.

The light of four suns,

five moons visible in my eye.

The brightness of a shooting star be upon my chin.

May my lips be like unto a string of ants.

My teeth like to a herd of elephants.

My tongue as a breaking wave.

O' Guardian of the Dark,

I offer my senses to you.

To serve you,

as your dutiful servant,

for as long as you wish,

till my bones turn to dust.

For one who desires no possession

inherits everything.

Drink.

How old are you?

Nine years old.

You have to help me

kill her.

Kill my daughter!