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This is Dr. Cessac's office.

I will be away until late December.

Please contact my replacement,

Dr. Drille, at 04 64 85 78.

Did you lose it?

- Don't tell me you lost it! - Hold on!

In here?

I remember now: Hotel Rega.

But what's the address? I can never rely on you!

Where do we go?

Adopters?

Where's he off to? And our raincoats?

In the suitcase.

Think he understood?

I found it!

Look...

What did you pay?

For the taxi? 10 dollars.

From the airport it's usually 7.

Did you bring my Auvergne cheese?

Some anti-mosquito spray?

You mustn't go to sleep.

Sorry. Did you bring any anti-diarrhea milk?

We've been here over two months.

- 2 months? - And still here.

We still need a signature and a visa.

Don't worry. They boil the water over and over.

They wash vegetables in permanganate.

And your job?

Sick leave. The Board of Education owes me that much.

I saved up vacation. I'm in the agribusiness.

I hear you're a doctor. Specialist?

- G.P. - Country doctor.

My wife thanks you for the cheese. She'll make truffade.

And tomorrow, tarragon chicken.

She has a brother

who owns a restaurant in Bordeaux. He gives her classes by Internet.

Staying for lunch?

We'd love to but...

The embassy is only open mornings.

Want to share my taxi?

I drop you off, then send it back. Keep it for the day.

That's sweet.

Thanks for the milk.

- And the consultation, doctor. - It's $20.

Laugh. Make him happy.

Anything missing?

Everything's in order. The IAA sent me your file.

You're number 38.

You look very young.

Apart from 38 and looking young?

What?

No guide on what to do?

People to see?

Nothing official. Just a list left by an adopter.

But how does it work? Like for the bakseesh.

It's not bakseesh but donations, Mrs. Cessac.

The list and the photocopier are on the 3rd floor.

Two years of endless red tape

just to be told we're on our own here. Normal.

"Greetings to the reader and good luck.

"Never forget the most important thing:

"Make sure the child's really been abandoned.

"One: Arrival..."

We did say outside the embassy?

I don't get it.

The taxi won't come.

Come on.

What time is it back home?

A riddle:

How do Mommy and Daddy look in Phnom Pen?

Give up?

It's monsoon season. They have no umbrella.

They're very tired

and lug a useless backpack.

Plus, we've been had. The taxi we hired never came.

Hear that?

- He's offering money. - How much?

$500.

I attract any mosquito around.

No dengue fever for you!

- $500. You serious? - No.

You're such a jerk!

Shall I speak in French?

If you don't mind.

I have copies, if you want.

You ski in these mountains?

I love to ski, but here snow...

It's a stone house?

We bought it seven years ago. I'm redoing it little by little.

Do you own horses?

Horses?

How many cars do you have?

My wife drives the van, I have a motorbike.

Madam seems very young

to be driving a van.

My government approves your application

and I endorse it.

It was sent to Kieng Klang orphanage.

As for the visiting permit,

I leave you with Kim Saly.

To help keep office supply expenses down,

I wish to inform you there is a placement fee.

Annie pulls the taxi stunt on everyone.

I know her kind. They seem nice enough but...

We walked from the embassy to the adoption office.

We took a cab back to the hotel,

and got driven around town. With a map.

They can't read.

But the adoption office is only 10 minutes away!

Hire a motodop next time. It's only $6 a day.

If your baby wails till 2 am, I can understand that,

but must you really flush the toilet three times?

Dickhead!

Honestly!

Where did you find Christophe?

At the Pursat orphanage.

It was sheer luck. An American couple changed their mind.

And the others?

The Fontaines are a mystery. He's in insurance

and holds back information.

How did Annie find her baby?

Through a middleman, we think.

Middleman?

A guy you pay as much as $4000 to speed things up.

- Many people do that? - Yes. And she's a lawyer.

That means nothing. I knew a lawyer who dyed her hair red.

And that Alsatian guy who's staying at the Bayon:

He turned up without IAA approval.

We checked: He's no. 92. We're 21.

What number are you?

38.

Without IAA approval how can he take a child home?

We've been chasing the director for a week. Always in meetings!

My ass! He's trailing after the Americans.

It was different last year.

Come with us?

So it's useless to wait?

He won't come.

Let's go. We'll come back.

The Americans can't be beat.

They fork out $20,000 to agencies.

But they're good with kids. Isn't this one nice?

I think I'll take it. It'll go over big in Lyon.

- $20,000! - Even more.

They only come for 2 or 3 days to get their kid.

While we French...

At least we have time to see the country.

These are water-lily stems. I'll cook them tonight. They're good.

And these are jackier fruit.

Feeling better?

I don't know.

If there are no adoptable kids in Kieng Klang

have your file sent elsewhere.

Taxi $10 Room 203

Give me a drag.

You lost.

And I've got the willies.

Losing at solitaire is a bad sign.

Then there's only one remedy.

Redo that card trick from yesterday.

If I find the solution,

I bang you.

And if I don't find it,

then I bang you.

What a one-track mind!

Who is it?

Marco Fulvio. Your neighbor in 205.

It's Sandrine. She got sunburned on the terrace.

Stop pretending. You lost it!

We don't need a map. At the gas station we turn left,

go up the boulevard, cross at the American school.

It's right opposite.

- You really from Lorraine? - We'd never left Forbach.

The comrades chipped in for our tickets.

Look. Alain Delon cigarettes.

He made good movies.

- You sure it's tobacco? - Of course it is.

- Want one? - No thanks. I never smoke actors.

What's your son's name?

Sergio. Like his granddad.

That way. Let's hold hands. It's safer.

Pierre, do you play Crazy 8s?

So there are no children?

He was so skinny when we got him.

No children available.

What about them?

They've only been here a month. Not ready for adoption.

That's the ward for AIDS children.

They said they only have a year to live.

For breakfast

I have a big bowl of black coffee and dry toast.

I like the feel of cold, the smell of cut grass

and the sound of pebbles thrown in the water.

I wanted you to know that right off.

Maybe I'm afraid of disappointing you.

I don't get a word.

Ask if we can buy it.

Buying his picture would've helped the kid.

You'd trust that director?

Where d'you think the money'll go?

Think of a king.

Jesus! This is spicy!

You okay?

Hang on.

I see which one you mean.

Spades.

Here it is.

It's the only red card.

And the other cards are aces.

Want to see what's next?

A spade.

You win.

The painting's yours. At least we'll have a souvenir.

Not funny.

Please, ma'am, another magic trick?

- The kid can't sleep. - You're not alone!

Don't get discouraged.

You have to keep going back.

Leave your phone number. Insist they call.

Give presents. Like diapers.

That's how I got Tom.

It's essential.

You like spicy food?

That's all we eat now.

We've fallen in love with Cambodia.

Those your shirts drying?

Quick! Save her, too.

They're as thick as leaves.

Thieves... Thick as thieves.

I prefer leaves.

That's normal, we adopted them the same day.

So Marianne and I are like sisters.

It's true.

So we came back for more: A brother.

Or a sister. Who knows?

Nice place you have.

For three, it hardly costs $100 and it's better for the kids.

Why Cambodia?

We tried in France. But it takes seven years.

We tried Romania for two years.

Then, on vacation we met a couple who'd adopted in Cambodia.

We hopped on a plane.

You stay long?

Three months. We had the fright of our life.

We thought Tom had a heart defect. We rushed to a hospital.

We learned they'd taken the x-ray wrong.

The baby has to be standing, not lying down.

So obvious I wouldn't have thought of it.

Zoe asked if there were nice dogs and mean dogs.

I said there were.

And tigers?

Same thing.

And are there nice mommies and mean mommies?

I said: Just like with dogs and tigers.

So was her Cambodian mother mean?

I took her in my arms and said no, but I doubt I reassured her.

Geraldine's in the shower. Anyway, the last time you spoke,

you snubbed each other for a month.

Look, Mom, this is expensive.

Happy birthday anyway.

I'm looking for my blue Lacoste shirt.

I sent it out to iron. They can't find it.

We'll organize a hunt. Shirts run wild these days.

- You kidding me? - Not at all.

Bathroom.

3 a.m.

Daddy is sleeping.

You realize all that means "and you"?

In Khmer, you have to add the context. Question of sincerity.

It's blue.

He'll give you a special rate. He drives well and speaks French.

- A friend? - No, my nephew.

His parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. I raised him.

- She's adopted you? - Looks like it.

My shirt doesn't send regards.

You're a pain, Mr. Post-It! Here's your $10 back.

Do those two sleep together?

"Try another orphanage... So sorry..." But I like this one.

They must all be for the American catalogue.

Speaking.

Who is it?

We should've gone right over.

What time did they say? Did you reserve the motodop?

I thought you wanted a girl.

Me? Boys don't make a fuss and worship their mommies.

Did you set the alarm?

For what time?

We haven't even seen him yet.

- Imagine! - Don't get too excited.

I can't sleep with that music!

Don't panic. For brother and sister, the process is longer.

They said we could adopt only the girl.

Who is "they"?

We're here for the 2-month-old boy. You tried to reach us yesterday.

I'm so sorry.

I couldn't call back, but Kim found parents this morning.

That can't be! The orphanage just opened.

I'm really sorry.

What is this?

I don't get it.

If you want an explanation, go see Dr. Sim Duong.

We sure do want an explanation!

Thanks.

Dr. Sim Duong?

One moment. I'm busy.

Your ministers are responsible, not me.

They pressured us to get a child for one of your MPs in three days.

It isn't the first time I've fought this behavior.

Disappointed? So am I.

Let's have dinner tonight.

If I can be of help to the clinic, let me know.

I redid her teeth. Now I can ask for her hand.

There are three kinds of adoptive parents.

Those who corrupt everything

by paying thousands of dollars,

those who get ahead and aren't any better,

and people like you.

Kieng Klang.

Nutrition Center, Sfoda, Holy Baby, Asean Center, but nothing.

Not a single child!

Canadian and American agencies recently handled

more than 200 adoptions by catalogue. Much too much!

It doesn't rain orphans.

So other countries come second.

So we should give up?

To fate, yes. But not your smile.

What's the matter?

She won't let me put her child in the orphanage. She's a fool!

Not to give up her baby?

With her the baby hasn't a chance.

Alone, she'll manage and have other children.

Don't ask me what I think about what happened.

She never says hello.

- Don't touch! - Place them right.

Crazy 8!

It's when you put down the card.

- Crazy 8! You're a bad sport. - I'm no idiot!

- Hold on! - Bad sport at what?

Can I speak to you?

- Don't touch! It's my turn. - Who's a bad sport?

The rules apply even in Cambodia.

I paid you back for the taxi but didn't apologize.

A bad sport, me?

I'm a wreck.

What would you do in my place?

Hepatitis B... in an infant...

- Should I let him die here? - I didn't say that.

I can find out about more tests.

I want a clear answer, doctor.

I can refer you to a specialist.

That's no answer.

At 40 he can develop cirrhosis or cancer.

So, how much did Sim Duong take to move you up?

What should I do?

Only you can make that decision.

I'm sick of being alone.

What's with Annie? You ask her for interest?

As you know, this orphanage is open till 2 p.m.

- We know that. - At other hours, no one.

- Okay. - Give me your pad.

We'll leave you our address and phone number. You call us.

I see you everywhere: In cradles, on sidewalks, in markets.

You cry, you laugh.

You chase tourists with a fan. You run away.

My belly hurts but you're not in my belly.

I'm nauseous, I crave strawberries, but you're not in my belly.

I cry, get wound up, lose my temper,

but you're not in my belly.

Vicious circles must be broken.

Chinese proverb.

You speak Chinese?

Mandarin better than Cantonese.

Also Italian, German and a bit of Russian.

I have an international business degree

but there are no jobs.

Amazing. You been looking long?

Two years. But with tourism developing,

I'm hopeful.

Was the proverb a message?

No, a suggestion.

How much did we spend?

Too much.

I have a good feeling about Mr. Treng's nephew.

It's worth the risk.

I didn't say I was against it.

Neither did I.

Coming!

For you.

I'm switching hotels. I can't stand the mood here.

Be careful with it. It's been blessed.

Thanks, that's nice of you.

Shit!

What's going on?

The new director's not easy.

The one I knew was transferred. He told me,

no adoptable children, but it's his bad mood talking.

We didn't tell him we were coming.

He invites you to lunch tomorrow. His driver will pick you up.

$40 to get here... 80...

100...

If this lunch produces nothing we go back.

Think Annie will keep her baby?

That's Vietnam over there.

Don't stop. Keep fondling me.

I want you.

I didn't hurt you last time.

You did.

It's in my head, I know.

But not only.

I feel damaged. How do the others manage?

They forget.

Or pretend to.

I didn't tell you, but the last hysterography hurt so bad,

I begged them to stop.

I screamed I didn't want children.

I was against it.

Those dumb doctors couldn't stand my crying.

"It's your fault. You should make love at 5 p.m., not 4.

"On the 19, not the 18th.

"How do you expect to have a child, if you don't listen?"

I'm a dumb doctor, too. I'll try alternative medicine.

A gentle alternative.

So gentle.

No more allopathy.

Only essential oils

for you.

Could we make an appointment?

Now.

Get in.

He's asking if...

I understood.

Take in your arms, miss.

She baby's cousin. Give her.

Give her. Baby's cousin.

No room in orphanage.

Here, with nurse. Well fed.

Good health. Happy.

Is it her cousin or her nanny?

I'm so glad to see you.

- He says we can take her? - Tomorrow.

It still looks weird.

You caused the accident because I didn't take you. I know it.

I should act as if you didn't exist.

But I can't help it.

I still have your smell on my skin.

Got a dress in your bag?

I just reset a shoulder. We're invited for dinner.

Delicious!

Thank you. My sister made it.

She was very pregnant.

I was 19, my fiancée was 20.

We survived thanks to my first two years of pharmacology studies.

I knew something about plants.

We lived on leaves and roots for months.

The first time,

we crossed the entire country, west to east, to the Vietnam border.

Srey delivered in the forest.

The next day, she walked 20 miles without a complaint.

Just before the border,

the Khmer Rouge arrested us.

We spent three days traveling in trucks without food.

They herded us out in the middle of the rice paddies.

A train was to pick us up.

One box

of Nestle's uncooked rice for 30 people...

That was our daily ration.

The train came a week later.

They beat us to get us into the cars.

We traveled for days,

locked in like cattle,

not knowing our destination.

Our baby

died in that freight car.

We arrived at a camp

where we had to slave away

for months in the rice paddies.

Srey had no strength left.

One day,

we hid in a ditch

and managed to escape.

Some villagers risked their lives to hide us,

and took us to the Thai border.

I weighed 88 pounds,

and she, barely 93 pounds,

and eight months pregnant.

Did you find any relatives?

No one survived.

Except my second child,

my brother...

and Srey,

now my wife.

That baby dying in a freight car...

I don't think we should go tomorrow.

Well, I want to.

I want to go.

Father dead, no work.

In Phnom Pen, we'd planned on $1500.

Quiet.

It's not the money. They're goddamn traffickers.

If we don't take her, she'll die.

A stolen child doesn't bother you?

At least we'll save her!

She won't get raped by a tourist when she's 8!

Americans... $7000, we must decide fast.

I feel responsible. I swear I'll report them

to the authorities.

See that? They're demining.

Leave me alone!

Okay, take off! What about me?

Do what you want.

Where were you? We were worried.

In Kep, in the south.

You don't look so hot.

Geraldine's freaking out.

She's got company. Yesterday, me and Marco...

Don't start that again!

You okay?

Sandrine and Marco send love.

The flights are all overbooked.

- I'll sleep at the airport. - Sure.

Stay. Please stay.

Let go of me.

Changing tickets will cost a mint.

So what if it does!

You see how I am and you talk about money!

$5000... $6000... Big deal!

What's it cost to wait 11 years?

To tell shrinks about dad's death and how I'm dying to have a child?

But money is all that matters to you.

If I'd married someone else, I'd have had my kid.

I don't give a shit about money!

Don't ever do that!

- You're hurting me! You jerk! - Don't ever do that!

Who is it?

Is this your shirt?

Not at all.

Excuse me. We don't know whose it is.

Neither do I.

Do what you want.

Go tell your mother we'll never have a child.

Who is it?

It's Mr. Treng.

My wife and I are celebrating Melodie's birthday.

We would be honored to have you.

I'll change and be right down. Thanks!

The nursery'll make a nice guest room.

Has anyone tried silkworm cocoons or fried grasshoppers?

There's worse.

They have these shellfish... What're they called?

Horseshoe crabs?

Eat only the male or female, and you can die.

Eat both, and you're okay.

Best to stay on the cook's good side!

Horseshoe crabs or not,

since our orphanage visits, he's put on over two pounds!

Right, Sandrine?

In a year he'll be going down mineshafts with me.

What a dummy!

You were right to change, that looks nice.

Playing the loner?

Geraldine wants to go home.

Want me to speak to her?

A...

B...

C...

Good for you!

In just a few weeks.

Now count to 10.

She's a smart one!

She still wets the bed.

At her age, it's not normal.

Give her time to adapt.

Packaged chicken means carving, sorting, cleaning, packaging...

That's four skilled jobs! Not to mention free-range chickens.

"Loué free-range chicken: We both know how to pick 'em!"

Your chickens sponsor the French radio weather report!

She's a real radio freak.

Know the proverb?

The Vietnamese plant the rice,

the Laotians listen to it grow

and the Cambodians watch it grow.

And in their time off, they step on mines. 100 a month.

It was just a joke.

They step on mines as they joke, or joke as they step on mines.

Sorry about the other day.

About Sim Duong.... I was at the end of my rope.

You'll see: The five signatures, the waiting...

Five signatures, three ministries, and they all take a cut.

But civil servants are badly paid. How much per month?

$20 or $30. They usually hold down two jobs.

One penpusher was also my motodop driver.

But that's all over now, we leave in three days.

A toast!

To Annie, who was smart enough to get out of here.

Too many assholes!

The baby in Kep too expensive?

Stop that!

You okay?

Want some cake?

Close your eyes.

Stop it!

You'll feel better.

Can't you cooperate?

I can't breathe!

Hang on.

If I run into him tomorrow, believe you me...

- Believe me. - I always believe you.

You believe me?

- I was only kidding. - I know.

Switching hotels will do us good.

That's so pretty.

The pretty colored ball.

Doctor, remember to make a wish.

I did.

Maybe I came to Cambodia out of pride.

What do you mean?

Where does Pierre fit in?

I'm pushing him to the limit.

Not afraid of losing him?

He's determined to stick it out. I'm not sure I am.

Before I adopted Zoe, I was pregnant.

The baby died a month before term.

I couldn't deal with it. I left my husband and job.

I fell apart.

And now look....

The Tonle Sap River has reversed its flow.

The Water Festival is on,

and all Cambodia is laughing.

But not me.

I feel like the smallest of Cambodians,

the skinniest, the emptiest...

Your mother's a pain when she breaks down, a real pain.

I want to have you with her.

Why am I alone in telling you this?

Why didn't you join me at the festival? I waited.

I stopped by to see Marianne.

You could have called.

There was a guy dead set against adoption.

She argued with him.

He claimed it impoverished the country even more.

I bet you hit it off.

I was at the airport. We're on a waiting list

for Wednesday.

To make adoption practices more ethical,

they pass laws they can't enforce.

When they don't work, they close up.

It happened in Vietnam. Soon they'll close up here.

Look, they're beautiful.

That's his nanny. Dara sends her drawings every month.

I don't want to leave this country.

In the northwest the land is fertile.

The farmers know it's mined, but they farm it because they're poor.

Many are blown up.

So an artificial limb seems like nothing, and yet...

In Cambodia everyone smiles with a broken heart.

Geraldine put us on a waiting list for the Wednesday flight.

She's the one who's sterile, but it could've been me. So what?

What difference does it make?

In the end, it's as if we both were.

Get in.

Children work at night?

Day and night.

Often round the clock without a break.

They're exhausted.

We, at PSE, try to...

We managed to school 3000 of them.

I didn't go to the airport.

You changed your mind?

- It's hard to explain. - She not what we expected.

You said you wanted a daughter.

She seems ill. She doesn't smile.

Be patient. She hardly knows you.

I'll never grow attached to her.

She sleeps with her eyes half-open.

And her head has red blotches.

Naturally, we'll make up for the trouble we've caused.

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