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In a wild and brutal era,

humans have discovered that the secret to eternal life

is to no longer dream!

People not dreaming is like candles that do not burn,

they can exist forever!

Those who secretly continue to dream are known as "Deliriants".

They bring pain to reality and chaos to history.

They send time into spasms.

There is one Deliriant whose true form is unknown.

Because he's been hiding in an ancient, forgotten past.

That is film!

Those who can see through illusions are "The Big Others".

To bring these Deliriants back to reality,

they can mutate into the gentlest forms the Deliriants love the most.

An opium poppy!

Could this Deliriant be hiding in the opium den?

Serving girl: "Hurry up! The noblemen haven't had their fill yet!"

Serving girl: "Give the monster more food. We need it to shed more tears."

Danger!

The Deliriant doesn't want to hurt her. He just wants to give her flowers.

But these illusions will swallow her up.

To escape the illusion, she uses her eye as a mirror.

He can now see how ugly he is.

"Stop dreaming!

Your life burn to ashes. The flames will get here soon."

"Illusions may bring pain, but they are incredibly real.

I don't want to live in that fake world! Please kill me here and now."

She doesn't understand what the Deliriant clings to.

So she quietly takes him away.

She cleanses the Deliriant's memories of opium,

in an attempt to find the monster's hidden heart

and see what his heart is made of.

The device that makes his heart work

reminds her of long forgotten sensations.

The sensations are different from those created by an opium poppy.

They are stranger, more dangerous, freer! Like dreaming!

She shuts the Deliriant's eyes.

This is the special way she decides to kill him.

In the moment the Deliriant dies,

these remaining reels of film

prolong his dream

for a hundred years.

The Deliriant's life continues to ebb away

and he falls into a deeper place.

He cannot tell if he is the monster's shell

or the person he can see in the mirror.

He hears the most frightful sound

making him feel like he is in terrible danger.

The sheet music is here, sir.

Take him back.

He was stabbed in the left side of the neck.

The carotid was punctured.

He bled to death.

What happened to his ears?

He has deep wounds to both ears.

Torn ear canals.

Severely damaged eardrums.

It was probably self-harm.

Train station murder case Suspect investigation

Suspect: Qiu Moyun, male Possible mental disorder

What's going on?

Wrong number.

Remembered anything?

Wake up.

A house.

What kind of house?

A house full of mirrors.

I couldn't tell

which one reflected the real me.

Qiu Moyun.

Why did you kill him?

The house was like a labyrinth.

I was stuck in there for ages.

He was the only one who found me.

He managed to get me out.

Then he went mad.

Qiu. The train's coming.

Don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid, Qiu.

Don't be afraid. The train's coming.

Qiu.

You know what?

In order to hear

your voice...

In order to hear it,

I'd be ready to let the world

go silent.

Go silent.

What tune was he humming before he died?

Think carefully.

There was a number. 478.

Listen, every night you can hear frogs croaking.

Anything urgent?

Please, sir.

That murderer.

Get him out of here alive.

Name your price.

We can work together one last time.

This secret mission's code name is Qiu.

The guy's mentally unstable.

Is he really worth the effort?

I thought people like us only cared about money.

Let me remind you.

Spare his life. Don't investigate this further.

For your train ticket.

I heard that just like our musician,

you can play that strange instrument, the theremin.

Physical evidence

- Decrypt it and report to me. - Yes, sir.

Take the suitcase back to the port

Take him down.

How do you know the victim?

Sir.

I can't explain it.

He said the sound of my voice

was even more moving

than his instrument.

Did he have a special suitcase?

There was a suitcase.

He carried it everywhere.

What did it look like?

It was very heavy.

Around two-feet long.

With a metal strip on the top.

And a black net on the side.

I think the suitcase

opened at the back.

I wanted to open it.

But then the bombers came.

Everything was left inside that room.

Tickets!

I want a ticket!

Are you looking for a suitcase?

Sir.

Did you know

there's a species of frog around here

that croaks all night

to attract a mate?

The louder they croak,

the more likely their predator, the bat, will find them.

So

on spring nights,

their desire incites them to croak

despite their fear of being devoured by bats.

The greater the fear, the greater the desire.

The greater the desire,

the more they croak loudly.

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit!

What was in it?

Sir.

I sense you still don't understand what I've been saying.

Our fate hangs by the same thread.

They say this suitcase

drives people insane.

You're already showing signs of madness.

Carry on like this and you'll be just like the musician.

Take advantage of the fog

and find a way to take him to the usual place

under that burnt tree.

Go and dance.

Yes, sir.

Evening, sir.

Air raid warning!

- Sir. - Are you insane?

With this heavy fog, an air raid is impossible!

Mirror shop

Open it.

It's a damn theremin!

Sir.

"Suitcase" is the code name the special agent gave me.

I had a voice inside me.

The voice scared me.

I wanted to hide somewhere.

I didn't want anyone to hear it.

What organization do you really belong to?

I belong only to myself.

In order to hear your voice

I'm ready to let the world go silent.

To let him carry on sleeping,

she tightly closes the Deliriant's ears.

Twenty years later,

in a season that never snows,

the Deliriant sways back and forth.

He's used to constantly changing form.

Hey, mongrel!

Which way?

One...

One, two...

How do we do it?

Careful.

Slowly.

- Lift it. - It's too heavy.

Try this.

It won't budge.

Just take the ones in the temple.

No point in taking all this crap.

Waste of energy.

Let's get going.

Clear it all.

Let's go.

It'll snow soon.

Let's go grab a hot meal.

Get your things.

A nice hot meal.

Sounds good.

Chief?

The truck's loaded.

I don't smoke.

You're not a monk anymore.

When Buddha created his moral code

he didn't know what nicotine was.

It sounded hollow inside

but it's really heavy.

Anything inside?

No idea.

When I lived here, this Buddha wasn't here.

Mongrel.

Don't lie to me.

I swear I don't know.

I'm giving you a chance.

If you don't believe me

I can crack it open.

The Buddhas have taken up all the space in the truck.

You stay here.

Tomorrow's team will come get you.

Mongrel.

Are you in pain?

I'll be merciful.

I'll tell you how to cure your toothache.

Use your tongue to taste which stone is the most bitter.

Then tap your tooth with it.

Tap it hard. Understand?

This is a sacred place.

Don't screw around.

Hey, mongrel.

Why did you throw me so far away?

Don't hide.

Who are you?

I'm the Spirit of Bitterness.

I'll soon reach Enlightenment.

On this earth, everything that is bitter

stems from my spiritual practice.

An enlightened Buddha could walk through the walls.

I promised Buddha

not to use my powers at the temple.

But you took on a human form!

I didn't do that.

I'm like this because you wished me to be like this.

Can you do me a little favor?

Help me reach my last step to Enlightenment.

Enlightenment?

How can I help with that?

While I inhabited your tooth,

I could feel your many sins.

Now I want to know what your sins taste like.

If you leave this temple, Buddha will abandon me.

Your Enlightenment doesn't concern me.

Give me a light.

There was no sun or moon that day.

I opened my eyes to find Buddha standing before me.

He said,

"You're the Spirit of Bitterness.

But you don't know what the most bitter thing in the world is."

I was curious, so I asked,

"So tell me what is

the most bitter thing in the world."

He said,

"if my body falls apart one day,

you'll find out."

What's that got to do with me?

I just touched the statue and it crumbled.

Eh? It's destiny.

When I reach Enlightenment,

I swear

to absolve you of all your sins.

Here.

Have a drag.

I don't know how.

You can't breathe in and out?

All living beings can.

Think I'm dirty?

Yeah.

Miss your tooth?

Why does it have to be the most bitter stone?

I didn't say which one it had to be.

Any stone would do.

But it was the most bitter stone.

That's because your chief peed all over me.

Can you change your appearance?

Like this?

I mean so you look like someone else.

"All that has form

is an illusion.

To see the Pig Buddha, see forms as non-forms."

"To see the Big Buddha."

That's the correct expression.

It's "big", not "pig."

You're splitting hairs.

Where did you learn that?

My father.

You've taken on the appearance of my father.

But he was a teacher.

He wasn't as crude as you.

That's enough.

Tell me the root of your bitterness

and you can insult me all you like.

Your cigarette never runs out?

SWEET

BITTER

One day when my father went out

he was bitten by a mad dog.

From then on,

he suffered from a strange disease.

He was afraid of wind,

water

and light.

Sound too.

He hardly seemed human anymore.

He was a decent man

who took things seriously.

I knew he couldn't live without dignity.

I knew sprouting potatoes are toxic.

So I gave him one.

He died that same evening.

But later that night I began to regret what I'd done.

Because I suddenly realized

I'd never hear him snoring again.

It breaks her heart to see the Deliriant like a dog

swallowing the bitter fruit he has sown with his own hands.

Ten years later, the Deliriant vanishes into nothingness.

Reward to anyone possessing supernatural powers

There's enough money in there to buy someone's life.

Show me.

If the owner catches us we're screwed.

Anyone seen my money?

Wrapped in newspaper.

- In newspaper? - Yeah.

Not seen it.

Let's split it before he comes back.

Fifty-fifty?

Anyone there?

How many nights?

Till the end of the month.

Showing the Old Man your powers?

Everyone wants to get rich.

Fortune favors the bold.

Here's a secret.

The Old Man has a strange smell.

What kind of strange smell?

A strong smell of formaldehyde.

My son's his bodyguard.

He told me.

Keep your valuables safe.

How did he die?

He was found out straight away.

One idiot pretended to go to the toilet thinking he could escape.

He thought he could climb over the sanitarium fence.

But he got electrocuted in the attempt.

These people are crazy.

The Old Man would never be fooled so easily.

You're in the same line of work.

I want to make friends.

With fake money?

Find me a partner.

Like me?

Someone smarter.

How about me?

A kid.

An orphan.

What can fill an entire room?

Money.

Sunlight.

Dummy.

What door can never be opened?

The door to the mind.

What can one person do

but two people can't?

Hm?

Dream.

You'll never guess my next one.

Wanna bet?

It's the hardest question in the world.

No one knows the answer.

Riddles are childish.

We're going to make money.

How?

Shuffle the cards.

Pick a card.

Don't let me see it.

I can sense what card you picked.

Impossible.

Tell me.

Ten of hearts.

How did you guess?

That's amazing.

I have supernatural powers.

Really?

What kind?

Supernatural powers are

an unlimited potential released by the human body

under special circumstances.

What kind of special circumstances?

It's different for each person.

For some, it's when they're in danger.

For others, it's when they're saddest.

Ah.

Again.

Jack of hearts.

Strange.

How much money can you get at the station?

You only need enough money to live on.

We're born and die with nothing.

You have character.

Queen... of clubs.

Hm?

I can teach you supernatural powers.

How do you have these powers?

Or are you...

pulling my leg? Hm?

Again.

It was the glass.

That's why I need a partner.

He really has a supernatural power.

He attached a magnet to his leg.

And another one to the cigarette butt.

When his leg under the table moves

the cigarette moves with it.

How do you know everything?

It's called reverse thinking.

How will I make money as your partner?

If things go well

we can split the Old Man's prize fifty-fifty.

No way.

You're a greedy one.

How much do you want?

Apart from the prize

I want you to help me solve a riddle with reverse thinking.

What riddle?

What is it that once lost

you can never get back?

Conscience.

Sounds wrong.

Sincerity.

Doesn't sound right either.

Is the answer to a riddle so important?

It's the most important thing in the world to me.

Okay then.

Once the job's done, I'll help solve the riddle.

Seven of hearts.

- Eight. - Seven...

- Five of spades. - Oh!

Not bad.

- Amazing. - She's good.

How did you guess?

Here's a sweet.

Again.

Guess.

Don't know, do you?

Seven of hearts.

You got it again.

People don't necessarily need to talk to communicate.

Watch those thieves at the station.

To escape unnoticed,

they all communicate through eye and hand signals.

What about us?

We need some signals that no one will decipher.

Two, three, four.

Five, six, seven.

Eight, nine, ten.

Jack, Queen, King...

Make a fist.

Ace.

Smart kid.

And the suits?

Eyes, nose,

mouth, ears.

Spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds.

That's it.

King of hearts.

Nose. Little finger.

Third knuckle.

You know the signs now.

But you need to perform too.

Before we trick others

we need to trick ourselves.

- Which is your best sense? - My nose.

In that case, this trick will be called

the "smell detector."

Deep breath.

Imagine it has a real smell.

And now perform.

I can smell the sea.

In the depths of the sea a human heart is hidden.

It's black.

My father's smell.

Ace of spades.

Good.

Have you...

ever seen the sea?

The sea?

Yeah.

So you know...

what it looks like?

The sea is just blue water.

Nothing special.

Blue?

Isn't that just the refraction and diffraction of sunlight?

You're smart.

This is the sea.

You're so childish.

Add salt to the water

and it's like tears.

They say my father went to a place by the sea.

On the day he left, he gave me a banknote.

That really difficult riddle was written on the banknote.

I spent the money.

But I get the feeling that if I solve the riddle,

he'll come back.

Seven of diamonds.

Playing cards

My daughter has a good nose.

From birth?

No.

From a high fever.

I see.

I used to gamble a lot.

One day she tagged along.

On that day, she won big money with her nose.

Stand over there.

Don't be afraid.

Smell the right card

and I'll take you to the sea.

Ace...

of spades.

I'll pick one more card.

If I smell it right

will you really take me to the seaside?

I will.

This one's

also the Ace of spades.

It's that simple?

It's that simple.

Do you really have supernatural powers?

Go to sleep.

I can't sleep if you don't tell me.

You stood so far away.

How could you see the card?

I bribed that bodyguard.

Bodyguard?

The bodyguard behind the Old Man.

He made a sign.

Spades.

Ace.

Ace of spades.

And you?

How did you know it was still the Ace of spades?

Reverse thinking.

If it wasn't the Ace of spades,

you'd have found a way to tell me.

Our success

is down to your reverse thinking.

It was a close call.

I'll give you extra.

Stop checking. The money's real.

I'm not very happy.

You don't know the answer to the riddle.

It's too late now.

When you wake up, I'll tell you.

The furthest station away.

What is it that once lost you can never get back?

A fart

Got the money?

No wonder you wanted a kid.

This trick's called "peeling the money."

Jacket off.

Give it to me.

What's in your hand?

Open your hand.

Is it nighttime?

No.

Is the pool water blue?

Yes.

Is your father a liar?

No.

If you lie

the needle swings wildly.

I have a daughter.

We've been estranged for a decade.

When she left home, the only thing she took with her

was this lunch box.

The one I used when I was in the army.

She said she wanted to destroy it.

She wanted to destroy any evidence

that I'd survived the war.

A while back...

I heard she had died.

In a fire.

Only the lunch box survived.

I recognized it right away.

I found a burned letter inside.

I tried every possible scientific method

but I was unable to restore the letter.

Can you tell me what was written

in this letter?

"Hello.

Your words bring us closer.

This is the first time I'm writing you.

I don't know what to call you.

That's why...

the first line...

is empty."

She feels the Deliriant's breathing getting weaker.

Time is running out.

The Deliriant arrives at the last night of 1999.

Let me down!

You'll pay for this!

Let me down if you dare.

Who's that?

Don't move.

It's my fault. I'm sorry.

Let me go!

Legs down!

Sorry.

Hello?

What's going on at the docks?

What? I can't hear.

What's going on at the docks?

When does the boat arrive?

7 a.m. sharp.

It's a lie.

You hear me?

Don't listen.

- Hello? - Don't trust him!

Boss!

He's lying!

Hello! Radio Dangmai.

Hello.

I want to request a song for 7 a.m.

What song would you like, sir?

Anything.

I'd like...

I'd like a piano tune.

Your name and message, please.

No message.

It's for my alarm.

Okay.

Aren't you scared?

The Raincoat Mob is after you.

I'm not afraid of dying.

It's poisoned.

I'm not afraid either.

Help me!

Happy New Year!

The end of the world.

A violin.

What's your name?

Apollo.

How tacky!

And you?

Tai Zhaomei.

Even tackier.

Turn the safety catch off, idiot.

It's a fake gun.

Today must be doomsday.

Why haven't things stopped?

Sun's not up yet. Why the rush?

Anything you regret?

I've never bitten anyone.

I've never kissed anyone.

Hm?

Where you going?

To die!

On the phone they said

a cargo boat would dock tomorrow morning.

What color do you think it'll be?

Want some fun, handsome?

Tai Zhaomei.

Tai Zhaomei.

Wait for me.

Where is she?

Want some pills?

What pills are those?

To make it last longer.

Make what last longer?

A man's life.

- Buy some? - I don't need any.

That stuff is bullshit.

Screw off then.

The weather's so nice today.

Let's die together.

It's already rotten.

Tai Zhaomei.

If you've never bitten anyone

you can bite me.

Where the hell are you going?

Want some fun?

Your lipstick.

Here.

Don't go!

Look.

At 7 a.m.,

a boat will arrive at the docks.

If it really is the end of the world,

I won't see the sun tomorrow.

If it's not,

I'll see the first sunshine of the new century.

It's just a sunrise.

What's so good about it?

I dunno.

Doesn't everyone like to watch the sun rise?

I bet there are a lot of babies' souls here.

Why?

This used to be a nursery.

If you know how to amuse babies,

they might respond.

You said you'd let me go at sunrise.

The sun hasn't risen yet.

The safety catch is on.

SUNRISE KARAOKE BAR

Hello, Mr. Luo.

Hello, Mr. Luo.

I want to see the sunrise.

It's all over in an instant.

What's so good about it?

The soil from your grave is in the karaoke room.

Mr. Luo?

Where do I put the body?

The blood will stink.

Take it far away.

Okay.

I'll do it. Come on, Lucky.

It's all ready, Mr. Luo.

Hi, Mr. Luo.

Hi, Mr. Luo.

Let me through.

Have fun inside.

For you, Mr. Luo.

My skills with a sword are useless

When it comes to winning your heart

I cannot pierce through

With the movements of my sword

I cannot cut through water

Or the emotional torrent that afflicts me

My blade is cold, My passion hot...

Tai Zhaomei!

This pain reaches my soul

My cold sword will never understand

Without fortune I can only despair

I am fearless in the face of death

Hearts break as we drift apart

Life has abandoned me time and again

Why does it always choose to punish me?

Swing the sword

And break the oath

This meeting was wrong for us both

My cold sword will never understand

Shall we take this outside?

Without fortune I can only despair

I am fearless in the face of death

Please sit down.

Didn't you have a gun?

That was to protect the person I love.

You don't even know my real name.

Forget me.

Or you'll end up dead.

Take the gloves off.

Did you hear me?

Take them off.

See?

Humans are fragile creatures.

Very soon,

he'll be dead.

I don't want you to suck blood that I haven't cleansed.

This blood will turn you into one of them.

Constantly looking for the meaning of existence.

I've lived for ages.

And been dead for ages.

But to this day,

I still don't know

what it all means.

The sun's coming up.

I'm going to sleep.

Anyway, for us time really does fly.

When we wake up we forget everything.

Enjoy the morning light

Buy a magnolia flower

On this hurried

Journey

Enjoy the morning light

Buy a magnolia flower

Let it bloom

In your heart

You're just a passerby

Who knows where you're going

Amid the bustling crowd?

Enjoy the morning light

Buy a magnolia flower

Let her lean on your shoulder

And dissipate the sadness

It's 7 a.m.

Let's go.

Will a boat really come?

A red boat.

It's true.

The piano tune is also real.

The long life drug is real.

Apollo is also real.

You're real too.

I'll untie the rope.

I have a secret to tell you.

I've known it all along.

Come on.

Rudder to the left.

To the left.

To the left.

And forward.

Forward!

Into neutral.

Rudder to the right.

Into reverse.

Into reverse!

Into reverse!

And forward.

Forward.

Off we go!

Off we go!

You don't even know

my real...

name.

I don't care.

And my age...

You don't know that either.

I don't care.

I died a long time ago.

I'm a vampire.

I don't care about that either.

It's almost dawn.

I'm afraid.

Afraid of the pain.

So bite me.

At this point,

for her

only two hours have passed.

But for the Deliriant,

a hundred years have passed.

She infiltrates the Deliriant's final dream,

making him feel like he is back at his mother's side.

In his very last moments,

she realizes what the Deliriant is so attached to.

So she uses

the ancient and long forgotten language of cinematography

to have a final conversation with him.

I may not know who you will be in future,

but I do know we were all once corpses in history.

Right now, you are outside the silver screen.

Farewell. Even though this dream is filled with suffering!

Farewell. Even though this dream has already fallen apart!

THE END

A BI GAN FILM

Translated by: Muhammad Nurrahman