Original subtitles

The government's granted an amnesty for

several political prisoners convicted for terrorism,

many of what've been more than 20 years in jail,

without any proof of their active participation

in movements like "Sendero Luminoso" or the "MRTA"

As we've been told, the amnesty would cover 13 men

and now their relatives come to embrace them,

showing how much they've missed them,

after, as we all know, 10 years of internal struggle?

It's alright dad, everything is fine.

Don't worry, stay calm.

Sir, you were convicted for terrorism. Tell us about it.

Sir, my son's not a terrorist. He was in jail for 13 years.

It's unfair, that I became an old man

without watching my kid grow up?

nobody gave us anything, yet, they took all we had.

I ask you sir, what could my boy have done wrong?

Anyway, he was convicted for terrorism, wasn't him?

What do you intend to do with your life now?

Let's go dad, let's go.

'Eccho'. What're you doing up there in the belfry?.

Come down immediately!

- I can't hear you. Speak up. - Come down immediately!

I can't hear you!

Come down at once! I'm going up!

- I'm going up now! - He's coming!

Hurry up! Quick!

You scared me, Tata.

Help me! Please help me!

- Help me! Please, help me! - Rosita! Rosita!

Help me! Help me!

- Give me that. - Juan, help me, please.

Open your mouth, Tata.

I can feed her if you want.

Alright, then I'll go get some water.

Open your mouth, Tata.

Mix it even, mix it even.

Your level's fallen, you must raise it there.

That line's crooked, leave it to me.

You can help, but don't get dirty, Juan.

Don't worry dad, I'll look after him.

Leave him Fermin, everything's alright.

Benigno, take your brother home.

Juan, go find your mother by the river and get cleaned up,

don't worry, Fermin will surely forget everything.

- Juan, what happened to you? - I was helping the Mayor.

You don't want Fermin to see you like this! Quick!

Come here.

Fermin, let him go, it's not his fault.

He'll spend the night with the animals.

Fermin.

Fermin, let him be.

That's enough.

- Juan! - Mother!

Drink this, it will warm you up.

I've been talking to Fermin.

You'd better go to work with the old blacksmith.

If he sees you loafing he'll make you work the land.

- Do you hear me, son? - Yes, mother.

Cuddle up with the animals, they'll keep you warm.

- Eat and go to sleep. - Yes, mother, bye.

Close the door when you come in.

Close the door too when you go out.

Juan, help me with this.

Pull hard.

Halt! Hey, Terruco, stop!

I'm the Ronda and I don't want you in my town.

You'll die silly corporal!

Wait for me?

Halt, hey, I killed you!

Wait for me.

Dad?

God, our Lord, bring back peace unto us,

to our houses, our homes, to our families, to our hearts,

teach us Lord, to face death with courage.

It says: "Traitors die like this. Hail Popular War!"

Make it fast, move forward, move!

Walk, Terruco, move on!

Move on, Terrucos!

They won't come back.

Once they take them, they never return, Juan.

But they aren't Terrucos.

So, I know it.

Now hand me that plate.

You like to hear stories?

They say once there was a girl who wanted to fly.

She lived alone, far away beyond the mountains.

In the afternoons she used to look up to the sky

and watch the pigeons fly back to their nests.

One day, the girl got sick.

She was so sick, she could no longer lie on the grass

to watch the pigeons and then she died.

When the pigeons woke up

they noticed the sun wouldn't come out.

The day was very sad, everything was dark.

They knew the girl would never look at them again and cried.

But their queen, the biggest pigeon, felt so sorry, she

gave the girl her wings, and brought her back to life.

Now the girl, turned into a pigeon, flies happily.

Sometimes we can see her flying back to her nest.

Surely, you must've seen her sometime.

Take it, it's for you.

The new mayor arrived, and I told them they'd better wait.

The councils' decisions are none of your business.

- What should I do now? - Have the leaflets ready.

- Hail President Gonzalo! - Hail!

He's a Terruco! Fermin's a Terruco.

I've seen him and I heard him.

They even spoke about the new Peru.

- Fermin killed my father. - No.

Don't stand up for him, or you'll get killed too.

And surely Fermin also killed your father.

That's enough, stop it! Hey!

- Does it hurt you? - You're always fighting.

- I beat you. - No, that's enough.

Hide!

They were with Fermin.

You see, I told you.

HAIL THE NEW PERU!

DOWN WITH CORRUPT AUTHORITIES!

LET'S MAKE GUERRILLA WAR!

Get up, hurry, hurry!

Hurry, hurry!

Take it, take it.

HAIL THE NEW PERU!

DOWN WITH CORRUPT AUTHORITIES!

LET'S MAKE GUERRILLA WAR!

- What happened to you? - Nothing.

Why did they kill my father?

It was many years ago, and time has gone by.

He died a long time ago.

Did you love him?

Why do you ask know?

Yes, I loved him.

I loved him very much.

But they took him away, just like Pacho's father.

That's why it's good to have Fermin with us.

Fermin's bad, I don't like him.

Don't say that. He gives us food and shelter.

We must be grateful to him.

There, take this to him!

Come in the first one. Come on, hurry.

Hurry up, make it fast.

Move fast.

Run fast, catch and run.

Run fast, catch and run,

things must be fast or you'll stay behind.

Hurry up, quick.

- What're you doing 'taita'? - Come and help me.

You like it?

They're "antiterruco's" bells. The mayor asked for them.

- What for? - To do this.

Do it again!

- Let me know right away. - Yes, hurry up.

- Is Juan inside? - Oh!

What are you doing here?

Oh, my leg!

Look Pacho!

Run, Juan, run!

LEARN FROM PRESIDENT GONZALO. HAIL THE NEW PERU!

Fermin killed my father.

Your mother knows it?

No. She doesn't.

Lady, have you seen my mother?

Let me go.

Juan disappeared and he'll never come back.

If you tell, you'll disappear too, is that clear?

I don't want you to disappear,

just as I didn't want Juan to disappear either.

You killed my father.

No, Pacho, I didn't.

I didn't want your father killed.

So, now you know.

Comrade Wilmer.

Comrade Carmen, Zambrano.

- We were going for you. - We brought a new one.

Here we don't have children, they're men, comrades,

and they fight for a new motherland. Understood?

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What's wrong comrade, cat your tongue?

- What's your name? - Juan.

From now on, your name will be Cirilo, comrade Cirilo.

Untie him.

He's Domitila's son, comrade Fermin's woman.

Fermin's? Did you see her? How's your mother?

Comrade, your hands got red.

I could've killed you! Don't give him any food.

Zambrano, tomorrow you go into town and watch Fermin.

Yes, comrade Wilmer.

- Are you hungry?. - Yes, I am.

I'll give you food, but you must sing first.

- I don't know how to sing. - You'll learn, follow me.

Hey, hurry up!

The Communist Party leads you to a new life,

turns to smoke the doubts from fear.

People listen carefully returning to their work,

Gonzalo holds the torch Gonzalo means armed struggle.

The Communist Party leads you to a new life,

turns to smoke the doubts from fear.

- Hail Marxism, Maoism! - Hail!

- Hail, President Gonzalo! - Hail!

- Hail Peoples' War! - Hail!

- Motherland or Death! - We shall overcome!

- Motherland or Death! - We shall overcome!

- Motherland or Death! - We shall overcome!

You sure look hungry.

Why did you want to run away?.

Surely you wanted to go back to your mommy.

You no longer have a home Cirilo, this is your home now.

We live here together because we're doing something good.

We're building a new life.

Your mommy's fine in her house and you're fine here

and there're no mommy's here, here you have us, your friends,

your comrades.

Can you make this stone bounce against the water?

Try it, nothing will happen if you fail.

Not bad comrade Cirilo, that's not bad at all.

- What do you want to be? - A blacksmith.

And if you make a lot of money, would you like

- to see people starving? - No.

What would you do then?

I'd give him some money and a loaf of bread.

That's not bad,

but the right thing would be not to charge for your work.

- Nothing? - Nothing.

If nobody charges anything then we'll have everything.

What if I want to buy me a cracker and have no money?.

It won't matter 'cause you won't have to pay for it.

Crackers will be free?

That's what we want, and that's what we fight for.

That's why we fight against the reactionary government,

the middle class, authority and the semi feudal system.

We want things to be better. but some bad people don't.

That's why we fight against them.

But Pacho's father was a good man.

- Who was Pacho's father? - The mayor.

Mayors don't want changes to happen Cirilo.

And those, who won't change will die by the people's bullets.

Surely Pacho's dad didn't want crackers to be free.

Goodbye, Zambrano. Keep an eye on Fermin.

Take care.

This is the Huaraca grenade.

First, we half fill it with sawdust,

then, we put these bolts inside

to act as splinters when the grenade exploits.

Then, we put the explosive attached to the fuse,

exactly in the middle of the can.

Then we add more sawdust,

to fill up the can,

making it compact and hard.

We put the cover on, leaving the fuse out

and tie it up real hard at the end

so nothing will fall out of the can.

Ready, now it's your turn.

Watch out, three of them are loaded!

Ready!

Now!

Who are they?.

This is my mom, waiting for me in front of my house,

while I'm saying goodbye to Pacho and Rosita,

back here's the old man who always sees me off.

- Is he your father? - No, he's the blacksmith.

This is my house, it's burning, it's on fire.

A comrade set fire to it and here are two comrades.

One has a gun and the other one has a stone

and he's crushing my father's scull with it.

Over here, my mom's holding my hand,

while I kept crying, I used to cry.

Did your father die?

Yes, and they brought me here, when I was eight.

My mother died sick with sadness,

the comrades said my dad was a reactionary imperialist

and you know that's bad,

that's why now I fight for my motherland and my comrades

that need us, so we won't be like the USA

where everybody's bad.

There's Carmen.

- She's my older sister. - Get them ready for the drill.

Come on, get up.

Cover yourselves.

Let's zig zag around.

What are you doing there?

You wanted to escape, didn't you?

No.

Listen well Cirilo, if you run away, I won't kill you,

I'll kill your mother, her name's Domitila, isn't it?

- You understand me? - I didn't want to escape.

- I was running and I fell. - I don't believe you Cirilo.

It's true, please, I didn't want to run away.

That's enough Cirilo, I'll believe you.

I believe you, but don't cry,

your comrades don't like to see anybody crying.

They say tears don't show how brave you are,

but I know you're very brave.

Yes.

Well, let's run to catch up with them.

Attention, charge!

Shoot!

- That's right, see? - Yes, comrade Carmen!

- I can't hear you! - Yes, comrade Carmen!

Let's see what you learned.

Yes, miss comrade.

Attention. Charge!

Shoot.

Very well, comrade Cirilo.

Now I want you to tell me, why don't we use bullets?

Because bullets are good only for armed struggle.

Bullets are good only to shed the oppressor's blood.

That's how I like it, comrade Cirilo.

Let's give a hand for comrade Cirilo! Harder!

You must be strong to carry on the struggle.

Like me.

You heard? You'll see when your time comes.

Modesto, you'll both go with Yeny to get our quota.

Yes, comrade.

We come for our quota.

I gave some to you not long ago.

You think you can come and take whatever you want?

Go away, go away!

Go away!

Don't you ever do that again!

Cirilo, Modesto, put that stuff in the wagon.

Cirilo! Take two more.

We are hungry.

The Party thanks you, let's go.

Come on, hurry up!

- Hurry up! - Let's see!

Modesto, it's your turn.

- Is it really?. - Didn't you want to?

- You'll go with Osman. - Let's go!

- Tell me how it sounded. - Let's go comrade.

Comrade Cirilo, hurry.

Now!

Light them up!

Some day it'll be your turn Cirilo.

Wait till Modesto tells you how it was.

Why do you leave people in the dark?

Because some people don't want to listen

and so we take off the light, so they'd listen to us.

We need them to listen so we all can have light.

What happened?

My leg, my leg!

I don't cry comrade! I don't cry!

What happened!

The tower was mined, nobody could tell.

It exploded, and comrade Modesto jumped to the air.

I don't cry comrade, I don't cry!

I don't want to be a paralytic, comrade.

I know, Modesto.

Be still!

Shoot me!

Shoot me in the name of the revolution,

shoot me.

My leg!

I don't cry comrade, I don't cry!

Wake up!

We must go! They killed Zambrano in your town.

Wilmer wants you to come. There'll be shooting.

- Fermin! - Come on, hurry!

Everybody ready?. Let's go, quick.

Get down! Get down!

That wasn't there.

Let's go behind the mountains.

No, we're walking in front of them.

- Show me your documents. - I'm only 16.

- What's here? - It's only wood.

Wood! That's just what we need.

- Let's see what you have. - It's corn.

They look good. Ramirez, get the cobs.

The girl's pretty. What's your name?

- Yeny. - We should have more of you.

Won't you keep us company inside here?

It's not easy to protect you from the Terrucos.

You let us keep your sister? We'll keep her till curfew.

It's cold here. We just want to warm up. Eh?

- Run, Cirilo, run! - Yeny!

Yeny! Yeny!

Let's go!

You shed our blood yesterday, now it's our turn.

Comrade Cirilo.

Now you'll become a true son of the people.

Kill him!

Come on Cirilo, kill him!

Kill him!

Don't kill me! Don't!

They killed Modesto, Cirilo. Now it's our turn.

Kill him!

Kill him!

I have a son!

Don't kill me!

Retreat comrades, there's more of them coming!

Everyone go to the hills!

Cirilo! Let's go!

Let's go!

Tata, where's Rosita?

Rosita!

Tata, tell Rosita I'm in town, tell her,

the Terrucos are coming. You must hide, Tata.

The Terrucos are coming! Let's run!

Let's go!

You go warn the Quispes! We'll meet in the square!

Terrucos, hide, please!

Hurry! Hurry!

Hurry up! They're coming!

Everybody's here Mayor.

The rest are over the Quispe's, Guapaya's in the watchtower.

Be ready. Do we have any confirmation?

No, we haven't seen any Terruco yet.

- Who sent off the alarm? - Nobody knows, mayor.

Anyway you run to the Army for help. Run, run.

- The Terrucos won't come. - They'll come!

I saw them.

Juan!

- Are you alone? - Yes, I am.

They sent you, didn't they?.

No, I came to tell you they're coming.

Did they send you to paint the houses?

No, they're coming because Zambrano was killed.

And also for my mom, for me and Fermin.

Did they send you to scare us?

Run! Get that kid!

You run over there! You run too!

Get that kid. He's a Terruco!

Let's move!

- What's going on? - We're after Domitila's kid.

- Who's coming? Terrorists? - Get inside your house.

If anybody finds the kid, let us know. Understood?

- The Terrucos are coming? - No, Domitila's kid is here.

- They're after him. - Let's go find Juan.

I've been expecting you.

Taita, they're going to kill me.

They're also going to kill my mother.

Come closer, they won't kill you.

- How about my mom? - They won't kill her either.

We must run away with my mom, come with us.

I'm fine here, I'm too old to travel.

They'll come.

I know it.

But nobody will harm me anymore.

I can take care of myself.

I'll knock them with the bells.

- Open the door old man. - It's open, come in.

Want some?

We're looking for Domitila's son,

the one who's a Terruco. He's in the town.

Haven't seen him in months.

He says they're coming, but nobody's seen them.

I'm sure they sent him only to scare us,

to spread fear around.

- You have nothing to say?. - They might come then.

Tell the people to be careful.

Yes, we're telling them to stay in their houses.

You know what to do if the kid comes.

He might be hidden to do us some harm.

He might be around. Who knows?

Be careful, Taita.

That's a lie!

I just came to warn them. But they won't believe me.

Watch out for yourself Juan.

Go, and take good care of your mother.

Juan! Juan!

Your mother went home. Hurry!

Benigno.

I saw Juan, he took to the hills.

- You did! When? - Just a while ago.

Come everybody, we're going to the hills!

- Mother! - Juan, my little boy!

My boy! My boy!

Juan I didn't want you to go

but I couldn't do anything about it. Juan, I...

Mom, they're coming.

I don't want them to kill you. We must leave.

We have to wait for Fermin, he's coming with us.

- He killed Zambrano. - No, he didn't kill anyone.

I see, mom.

- They show no mercy. - That's enough, Juan.

I killed too mother.

Listen to me, you're too young,

you didn't kill anybody.

- I didn't want to. - No, Juan, you didn't.

No one will touch you, we'll go to the city.

Hail President Gonzalo! Down with the oppressors!

You're drunk.

I was just celebrating your arrival here.

You killed Zambrano.

The Ronderos killed him.

They caught him in the road.

- Where's Domitila? - I don't know.

She left the house early. I swear I don't know.

- I didn't do anything. - Let's go!

- Go to the barn. - I'm not leaving you.

They're looking for you, not for me. Go!

- Hello, Domitila. - Hello, Carmen. Come in.

You wouldn't wait for us.

Just some things I have to send.

How's comrade Cirilo?

- Who? - Your son!

I haven't heard from him since Fermin took him.

- Maybe I can help you. - Shut up and stay here.

Cirilo.

Cirilo, It's me, Yeny.

Nothing's gonna happen to you. I'm your friend.

Friends are to help each other, Cirilo.

Remer how you stabbed the corporal? Remember?

That's how Wilmer will stab your mommy

and then he'll cut her throat.

Like this, watch.

Your mommy doesn't have to go through this, Cirilo.

Nobody wants to hurt her, but that depends on you.

Trust me.

Nothing'll happen to your mommy if you come out.

You promise nothing'll happen to my mother?

It's a promise, comrade, come out.

Why did you leave? The Party can't stand traitors!

You're a traitor, so you can't have a mommy!

Move! Move ahead!

This is a popular trial.

For exploiters and reactionary traitors.

We are the people and we want justice.

You already know our Party's rules.

You're either with us or with nobody else.

We should cut this man's mouth and his tongue

and then his throat so he won't go around drinking.

We don't want drunkards.

We want men who can work for our Party.

Do you like drunkards?

I can't hear you. Do you want drunkards in the town?

Then we must cut off his tongue and his throat. Right?

I swear I'll never drink again.

Fermin! Don't!

We missed you, comrade.

Wilmer, Juan's too small, he's not to blame.

- Let him go. He's not guilty. - Shut up!

He's seen us.

Where's Benigno? Why aren't the Ronderos here?

You hide, I'll be back.

They'll save you soon, hold on Juan.

Nice bells, mayor. They're tolling for your funeral.

They're in the square. Let's go!

Forgive me, Juan.

Everything's gonna be OK. I'll take care of you mom.

This man's a traitor.

He betrayed his people. All his family are traitors,

that's why the people will punish him.

- I won't cry mom. - Please, don't.

The Ronderos!

That's it.

Fermin.

Mother!

Mother!

Don't!

Not my little sister, no.

Let's go, let's go!

Mother!

Mother!

Old man! Old man!

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