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Welcome. I hope that you will come again soon.

We will. Thank you brother.

It was nice meeting you.

Mutual.

Is there something?

Nothing.

We first lived in Lake Charles ...

but my father has a job, whereby he must be here and there.

We live by the lake on the Portweg.

Well, welcome to Nathan. And thank you.

It looks like your dad doesn't is on time for dinner.

Lord, we come to you in the name of Jesus.

We pray for each other's needs as far as we know it ...

and, Lord, as you know them.

Give us the courage and possibilities to be a good witness.

Why don't you come and sit here?

I still have a lot to do besides my homework ...

I'm going crazy.

Do you have to work?

I got chores for my father.

I have a prayer group meeting in the church.

And I have to write an essay, in English...

And I don't feel like it.

I'm good at things like that.

Are you?

I like English.

I'll be back later, then you can help me.

The essay must be about the railways.

I can help you with other things such as math.

I'm pretty good at math.

All right.

Bye.

Bye.

Yes, I feel like it.

I like Brother Will.

I like it better then Rutherford preacher.

The only thing he talks about is sin and go to hell.

I'm tired.

I danced all day.

You have to let me go sometime watch when you are practicing.

Do you want a lift?

Yes.

We should probably go.

All right.

Are you sure it's okay?

Yes, I was used to it finishing my homework ...

while you were doing your chores.

Mrs. Johnsen says that you skipped a class.

You are very good at English ...

even while you are younger than me.

I just hate writing.

I love it.

I copied this out the world encyclopedia.

There is a lot of information about this.

You really have to keep your subject limited.

For example, only 'steam engines'?

Good idea.

I thought you were stuck want something to drink.

Thank you ma'am.

I think I should be ashamed ...

for a kid like you to help me with my homework.

I get English with the juniors.

That is only one class below you. I'm not a kid.

Why, I don't mean it wrong.

I just mean that you have one a little younger than I am, that's all.

I appreciate your help.

You will love the living here find in the summer.

It is peaceful. Nobody comes here.

Is it safe to walk in the woods?

Yes, I go there often. There are nice locations there.

Campsites, Native American burial mounds.

There is even a haunted house and so on.

I'll show you.

I think you will be busy because of the farm.

Yes, it's all outside doors.

I love that.

And you Nathan?

Have you ever been to a farm before? lived there?

No. We usually lived in cities for this.

But my father wanted this time live in the countryside.

So why would you be here move to?

Nobody moves to St. Francisville.

Well, my dad has a job.

He sells tractors in Shenandoah.

You like this school work, yet?

I think it's okay.

I don't know why someone loves school.

It's better than staying home all the time.

So you stay home too much, so?

We can do something about that.

Nathan, it's almost bedtime, honey.

It is well.

Thank you Nathan.

Do you want to hold this for me?

Hey, Nathan.

Hi.

Hey, my dad has a new Marlin. 30-30.

She has a lot of spice.

We would that this have to test this weekend.

Let's hunt deer.

Have you ever hunted, Nathan?

No.

Then come along.

Even if you know nothing to kill, is hunting cool.

We should be all weekend go and then camp.

I mean, we talked about camping.

Yes, it's all talking ...

because someone can't leave from his girlfriend for a weekend ...

spend some time with his sizes.

Yes, you stop everything, Roy. What do you say?

Bye.

Bye.

I told you I'd come by. Did you forget that?

No.

Algebra is simple. You have to learn to work with both sides of the comparison.

So, Mr. Sawyer's department store sells socks ...

Six pairs for $ 1.97.

So how many coins are there in $ 1.97 ...

if you have four quarters ...

six dimes, pennies and have two cents?

Well, first do the subtraction.

Then you share to determine the value of x.

There's a graveyard down there.

Can we go there?

Are you sure you want?

I want.

The Kennicutts owned all this land ...

that's what people say.

There were two Kennicutt plantations ...

one burned down, and the other is in the woods.

Why is it called the Portweg?

The Portweg is a long way.

There must have been some gates in the past.

Bring my books in the morning. I'm going home.

Where have you been?

Outside.

There is a cemetery there.

In your uppie?

No, with the neighbor boy, Roy.

He's a nice boy.

There is a western on TV.

You should look at that together with your father

No sir.

Okay, goodnight.

John chapter 13 ...

verses 21 to 26 ...

"Jesus was deeply troubled, and he stated ... "

"One of you will betray me."

The disciples looked at each other, who he meant.

One of his disciples, the one who loved Jesus ...

sat down next to him.

Johannes leaned back on the Jesus' breast and said:

"Master, who is it?"

Jesus answered ...

"It's the one I'm talking to piece of bread give ... "

"after I dip it."

He dipped the piece of bread, and gave it to Judas ...

son of Simon de Iscariot.

Let's pray.

Will you join us?

Yes.

What do you do next?

I have homework, and I have to do a message.

Do you want some company?

No, I need a recipe get it for my mother.

She's waiting for it.

Is everything okay with her?

Yes.

Do you want to go inside?

Touch me.

Have you ever done this with anyone before?

Do you swear?

I swear. I've never done this before with nobody.

It's good if it's just me and you.

Hi, Roy. - Hi mum.

Hi, Nathan. - Hi.

Roy told me you only come here have moved from elsewhere ...

but forgive me, I can't remember from where.

Lake charles.

Yes. We first lived in Slidell.

And Pearl River.

Pearl River is a nice city.

And you're not tired of it, all that moving?

Once in a while. But it's okay.

Your family is going to the Baptist church in Clinton?

Yes Madam.

You know, we're going to the holy church in Jackson.

And I want to tell you ...

that your father, your mother and you ...

are very welcome.

Thank you Madam.

Well i better go, take care of Roy's father.

If you want something, let me know.

Thank you Madam. It's nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you.

Do you want to ride in town tonight?

I have to ask my mother about that.

I'm sure she says yes if you come with me.

Hi mum.

Please, ma'am, I hoped so your Nathan ...

drive with us late tonight.

Well, you know your daddy don't like when you're gone ...

and we have dinner in the church tonight.

I don't have to come along anyway go this time, right?

Well...

No.

He and I in the church is enough for an evening.

Thank you, man.

Thank you Madam. I'm bringing him back at 11.00. I promise.

Get ready. See you at my van.

Nathan?

Yes man.

Do you need money?

I have $ 5.

You know your father is the has been very nervous lately ...

and i could have him last night, do not calm down.

He didn't want to rest.

So where are we going?

We're going to meet Randy and Burke.

Do you drink beer?

Yes.

Do you think you can keep it still?

I do not care that you drink beer. It is well.

Answer my question.

I can say nothing about it. I can remain silent about everything.

We are going to swim. That is what we are going to do.

But I can't swim.

You can view me.

Yes!

Did you see that trail? - Yes for sure.

What do you think of that?

It's pretty high.

It is certainly high. I bet you don't dare.

I don't bet either.

Same as you Nathan.

I don't jump off the top part either.

I feel no need to break my neck.

Well, I do.

Whoo!

Glad you came to us here come, Nathan.

Leave him alone, Burk. He can't swim.

Well, maybe he'll learn if I throw him in honor.

Don't bother him, Burk. I mean it.

Are you man enough to jump into the water now ...

or do I have to throw in your honor?

I don't want you throwing me in! - Then you better jump!

I want you to let me go!

Leave him alone! Let him go!

I don't throw it in the water.

I should have done it, by the way.

Nice jump, mate.

Yes that was it.

What do you think?

It seemed like something very whole chased the road.

I wish I could swim.

I teach you.

Next time, it's just us.

Do you want to go somewhere now?

Do you want to go to the cinema or something? I do not mind.

Do you mind?

What?

Be here?

I do not mind.

Well, we can too go to the cinema sometime.

I try not to hurt anyone.

You don't hurt anyone.

Touch me.

Where did you learn to fuck in this way?

Who taught you to fuck that way?

Answer!

No one.

You are a liar.

No that is not me.

Roy?

Roy, please.

Harland.

Come down.

Nathan.

I'm talking to you, Nathan.

I know you're awake. I saw your eyes open.

Did you have a nice evening?

You can give a better answer, or I'll come in.

Yes sir.

It was your mother who said it good thing you went out.

It was not me.

Where have you been?

Swimming.

Did you swim too?

No sir.

That's true. You can't swim.

Open your eyes, Nathan.

Look at your father.

I'm tired.

Open your eyes.

Harland ...

Harland, what are you doing there?

I'm talking to Nathan.

Come down. Leave him alone. He is tired.

Leave me with Nathan for a moment.

I'll be coming down again.

Promise me you won't bother him.

I told you it's all right.

I only inquire with him if he has had fun.

You shouldn't just let him go out.

He must go to church with us.

He can go to church with us on Sunday.

Come down.

Please.

Come on.

Did he touch you? Did he touch you?

Nathan?

You here?

I've called you a few times.

Everything good?

Yes, everything is fine.

I was hoping to see you on Friday.

I had some things that I had to do.

I know something is wrong.

Why don't you tell me what's there?

What is it?

Did I do something?

No nothing. I just have to go home.

Roy, wait.

Please.

Nathan!

Nathan!

Roy!

Come back!

How long have you been over here?

From dinner.

You were here last night too.

Yes.

I have to go inside quickly.

My parents will wonder where I am.

Hey, it's okay. I'm fine.

You can't stay here.

I can do that.

Come to my house?

Your parents will send me home.

You can sleep in the barn tonight. I'll show you a place.

You and your parents are arguing?

Yes something like that.

You're safe here, okay?

Thank you.

Good morning. Did you sleep?

Yes.

I think your mother is awake. The light is on in your kitchen.

I'll hide this. Get ready for school, okay?

Don't leave me!

Get away from him!

I spoke to Burke and Randy.

We're going to camp this weekend.

All right.

It was time for you lazy bastards be here.

I see your mother take you to let us go. Which is good.

Nathan is not a baby.

So where are we going?

It's a secret place which my uncle showed me.

A long walk through the forest. Far away from everything.

What the hell is there? - You see that for yourself.

We will see?

Dimming, Burke. Enjoy the walk.

Well, so much for the nice weather.

Do you want nothing yourself?

No.

What's the problem?

Do you want more?

Enough.

All right. Tell me when, partner.

Many people died in these forests.

Not now, Roy.

No, I am serious.

There are two here last summer killed men, right?

That's true. Two of them.

Two suckers from East Baton Rouge.

They found one of them lower ...

hanging upstairs with his balls cut off.

You two jerks, don't scare me.

You know a lot of stories, Roy, or not?

What are you saying, Randy? Do you want hear a few ghost stories?

Say it.

Good.

So this man from Madisonville went out with this girl.

However, he should not go out ...

"because she was married ...

She didn't want to leave her husband because he was rich ...

and they lived together in this huge house.

So this man, Jimmy Hicks decided to kill this man ...

because he is this girl completely for him himself.

So he drives to this huge house ...

with doors almost are twice his height ...

and he knocks on the door three times.

The wife's husband comes out ...

and he pulls an ax from behind his back.

The man is trying to talk to him, but it makes no difference.

So he turns around and runs ...

And Jimmy chops with the ax, in the man's back.

And that's not all.

He keeps chopping ...

and he chops the man into small pieces.

With the last whip, he chops off the man's hand.

Now he decides to bury the man in his own back yard.

So he brings him back, dig a grave ...

throws the body in, piece by piece.

When he was done, he reminded ...

the bloody hand with all fingers.

Damn it, Burke! Quit it!

He goes back, but the hand is not there.

So he thinks he buried it.

He goes home, takes a shower, and wash all blood.

When he comes out is it dead silent.

He hears a knock at the door.

So he looks through the peephole.

There is nobody.

He considers that someone's vision was just teasing him.

He turns around and goes to bed.

And suddenly in the middle of the night ...

he wakes up.

He can't breathe.

He feels around him, but there is nobody.

There is a weight on his throat.

And he tries to get up ...

and he goes to the mirror on his bedside ...

and he sees the hand around his throat.

Now, every now and then, the police think two lovers dead in Madisonville.

They don't even bother to question someone ...

because they know it's the curse which was caused by Jimmy Hicks

That's how it is.

Are you scared, Nathan?

No.

Do you hear that?

A storm is coming.

We have to collect more wood for the fire.

Come on.

Do you need help? - No, it works.

Nathan.

What are you looking for?

Nothing. I only listen to the wind.

Listen to that. Wild.

It sounded like someone's voice.

It's the rain. Come with me.

Thank you for bringing me here brought you there.

I always went camping when I was little ...

with my father every time.

We don't do much of it things like that these days.

I never camped with my father.

I don't have much with your father.

He came to the barn the other day to talk to me.

He spoke about you.

He said he noticed we to become good friends.

He was glad you came out.

He said you were too quiet ...

you lived in your own world.

You stayed in too much.

He said you are experiencing things what never happened before.

I think he's behind that I knew where you slept.

Do you mind if I don't do the same back?

No, I don't care.

Watch out, it's smooth.

Now we are on this road.

Let's take a break.

We still have an end to go.

It is hot here.

Sure.

Well, this place is kind of creepy.

People don't come here often.

My uncle Hebon always took me here when I was little.

True? What is here then?

There is a farm at the end with a big house.

Nobody lives there anymore.

No thanks. Not yet.

Roy. - No.

Nice, more for myself.

Let's go.

This is what I wanted to show you.

It is the plantation house. My father told me about this place.

He saw it once when he was hunting.

I didn't know it here was once a plantation.

The Kennicutts owned it.

They were related to some of the people ...

who owned our farm ...

where you live, Nathan.

It is supposed that it haunts here.

My uncle Heben said he saw it in a book about ghosts in Louisiana.

The last thoroughbred Kennicutt who lived here ...

was killed by one of his slaves.

And they have cut them off head.

The legend is that he is still walking around looking for it.

My uncle Heben told me every family who lived here ever since ...

have experienced a tragedy.

It has been happening for more than 30 years.

Roy, it looks like you again telling horror stories.

That's true.

Let's go there.

That is a good idea.

First, let's go upstairs.

Are you awake, Nathan?

What is that?

What's that down there?

That is blood or not?

It looks like it.

What is that smell?

It is sulfur.

How do you know that?

They say the devil smells of sulfur.

That's really funny.

Shit!

What is that?

Did you see that?

Yes.

I do not see anything.

Quiet!

He is here. - True? Do you see him?

Nathan is scared. There is nothing here.

Be quiet!

No man. He's trying to scare us! Female dog! Give me the flashlight!

No, I'm holding him!

Come on, Randy. Let's see what's there.

Come on.

I almost did it in my pants.

Did you really see anything?

My uncle told me that he once saw a ghost here.

So you think we saw that?

I do not know.

But if it's a ghost, then I think it was the old man.

If someone chops my head off, then I want it back.

There are more minds than that.

How do you know that?

I do not know. The...

It just feels that way that there are all kinds of spirits.

Are you trying to scare me now?

No.

But this place feels like or there are people.

Don't you think so?

I do not know.

Have you ever been anywhere ...

where it feels that you have been here before?

No.

Feels that you have been here before?

Not quite.

More like I never leave here.

Nathan.

What is it?

Nothing. I thought I heard something.

Those are probably the boys.

Do you remember what we did when you were a little boy?

What is it?

What is it? What do you see?

I thought I saw someone.

Do not look.

I don't know what it's what you see, but don't look anymore.

What are you doing?

So this is what you do?

Go away!

See that, Randy? - Yes.

It seems that Roy is good in sucking cocks.

Jesus, Roy. Do you do that to him?

Go away!

Nathan.

I saw you. Roy had your cock in his mouth ...

when he sat before you on his knees.

Are you sucking his cock?

He didn't do that. It wasn't like that.

Yes, he was.

Do you like it when I do it?

You are not going anywhere.

Jesus.

Jesus. He is dead or not?

Stay close to Burke.

Do you think it happened as Burke said?

I don't believe anything Burke says.

Come on now.

He's here, Mr. Davis.

"Live with them ..."

"and they shall become his people."

And he becomes their god.

And god will all tears wipe their eyes away.

And there will be no more deaths neither mourning nor crime ...

and there will be no more pain ...

for the first things have passed away.

And he who sat on the throne said ...

"See, I make all things new."

Nathan!

Translated by Coen Control, sync and editing: Goffini