Original subtitles

(cow moos)

(crickets chirp)

(surf crashes)

(weird moaning)

(surf crashes)

- [Man Voiceover] Everything that happened on that island,

everything that I did led to my insanity, my delusion.

But it was all so beautiful that I couldn't walk away.

(graceful piano music)

(surf crashes)

(graceful piano music)

(peaceful instrumental music)

♪ Oh, you came out from the woods ♪

♪ Where I was waiting ♪

♪ Said you were making time ♪

♪ And when I looked around ♪

♪ You were gone back there ♪

♪ Oh, boy, from the north, be aware ♪

♪ 'Cause your night will fall again ♪

♪ And there's light streaks ♪

♪ Making their way through the trees ♪

♪ But you can't seem them clear ♪

♪ You'll survive anything ♪

♪ But this has no end ♪

♪ Oh, boy from the north ♪

♪ Your hollow soul ♪

♪ It will never feel purposeful ♪

♪ And I know you came with the traveling show ♪

♪ And you sought it out too young ♪

♪ You can find me back where ♪

♪ We used to meet ♪

♪ Now hear me call ♪

♪ From the hall ♪

♪ Oh, where the dragon sleeps ♪

- Ever get scared out there, all alone?

- [Man] Sometimes.

- Ever miss someone after you leave?

- If I do, I just go back.

(water pattering)

- Where are you from?

- Just out there.

- Me, too.

I just left a place that I can never go back to.

It's an island far in the sea.

I think you will find it beautiful.

(melancholic instrumental music)

I think you will find it beautiful.

(percussive instrumental music)

- Hey!

Hey!

What are you doing?

Hey, wait!

Hey!

What are you doing?

Step back this way a little bit, all right?

I'm Mack.

Everybody calls me Mack.

Kei told me I'd find you here,

and they showed me which way to go

'cause I don't know.

Yeah, no?

What's wrong?

(droning, fluttering instrumental music)

Hi.

- Well, what can I do for you?

Is she safe?

- Yeah.

- So, that's that.

- [Mack] Is this all yours?

- Yes.

- How many people are staying here?

- Very few.

- I mean, you must be expensive.

- I'm sure we can work something out.

Why don't you go get cleaned up

and relax a little bit.

- Okay.

- Room One, down the hall.

- Thanks.

There was a girl down by the shore.

- Liz, she's my friend.

- Yeah, she--

- Doesn't say much, I know.

- My name's Mack, by the way.

- Marlee.

(Mack sighs)

(shower patters)

(wind whistles)

(grunting)

(graceful piano music)

A dock?

- Yeah, so I can harbor my boat for a couple days.

- Oh, I'm glad you decided to stay.

Well, the boats are anchored on the north side.

I'm sorry, I never got around to building a dock.

- Okay.

(dramatic instrumental music)

- Who are you?

- I'm Mack.

- What are you doing?

- I'm going to check on my boat.

There's no dock here.

- No, no, I meant on this island.

What are you doing here?

- What's it to you what I'm doing here?

- I'm afraid this place is closed for business.

Has been for a long time.

- Really? - Yes.

- Then why are you here?

- I'm a friend.

- Mm hmm.

Well, don't worry, I won't be staying long.

- Where's your home, Mack?

- I live on my boat.

- [Man] Oh, wow, that makes it easier.

(graceful piano music)

- I just don't get it.

- That is very strange.

Why don't you have a drink, maybe some dinner?

- Where's Liz?

- She keeps to herself most days.

She's really a loner.

You're a sailor, you can wait.

- Yeah.

(insects chirrup)

- [Man] You know this place isn't open anymore, right?

- Nice guitar.

- How would you know?

(Mack chuckles)

- Have you seen Liz?

(surf crashes)

(jagged instrumental music)

(weird moaning)

(jagged instrumental music)

(surf crashes)

(gentle instrumental music)

I've never seen a tail like that before.

- I'll have it cleaned up right away.

- What room is hers?

- Three.

- And why doesn't she speak?

- Silence is a luxury.

(dominoes rattle)

(knocking)

(knocking)

- What are you doing?

- Did you draw that?

- No.

It was drawn by the great Malcolm Volt.

"I know my desires will win over my guilt,

"but after all my guilt subsides,

"what unknown feeling will come next.

"It became easy to forget what she was

"because she remained carefully still

"so I would not be frightened,

"and did not make a sound."

That's it.

His love is in the art.

- Where is he?

- Oh, he's around.

- I met a girl earlier.

Liz.

- Yes, Liz.

She comes and she goes.

So, you just arrived?

Well, welcome.

(surf crashes)

(gentle instrumental music)

(weird moaning)

(weird moaning)

(weird moaning)

(windchimes clang)

- What kind of noises?

- I can't tell.

- Are you sure it's not your imagination?

I had a ringing in my head once

that lasted for nearly a year.

- What did you do with that tail?

- Donald disposed of it.

It was gonna make an awful mess.

(knocking)

- Boo. (chuckles)

- Hey, what kind of fish was that?

- Water, please.

You know, Mack, I've been thinking.

Maybe it is good to have you around.

Yeah, feel free to stay as long as you like.

- I can't.

- Why?

I thought that's what you wanted.

Huh.

Let me ask you something.

What kind of man were you before you came here?

- What do you mean?

- What kind of man were you?

- The same man I am now.

- Which is?

- The kind that doesn't like to stay

in one place too long.

- Ooh, sounds exhausting.

- It's not.

- You do know what happens if you go looking

for too much, don't you?

- You find things.

- Well, anyway, I guess it is a bit odd,

being on an island so far away

with hardly any other people.

- I just wanna know what kind of fish it was.

- Ah.

What kind, what kind, what kind.

- Are you drunk?

(Donald chuckles)

(Mack sighs)

- Leaving? - Yeah.

- Why?

- I have to go.

- Stay one more day.

It'll be dark soon.

You can't sail in the dark.

(humming)

(Marlee sighs)

(humming)

- Sit.

Relax.

Look at this beautiful sea.

"There was a time, long ago,

"when you and I were one.

"Together, we found love.

"We were unafraid, fearless, free."

How's that?

- It's good.

That's good.

- I would finish, but she always changes the ending.

That bothers me.

- Who?

(graceful instrumental music)

- Wait.

Maybe you shouldn't go.

(quiet instrumental music)

- You know, there was a time when people knew my name,

and my face.

Millions of people.

I bet you have no idea what that feels like.

- No, I don't.

- I wonder if they wonder about me now.

You should get on your boat,

never come back here.

- He's harmless.

Just a guy who can't seem

to fully make peace with it all.

Can't stay, can't walk away.

- How long have you been here?

(Donald chuckles)

- Just last week, I went and got cigars.

(surf crashes)

- What keeps dying?

(surf crashes)

(tapping)

- We are all such fragile creatures.

Don't you agree?

Although Liz was, well, she was quite strong

when I brought her here, to paint her.

- Where is she?

- Around, somewhere.

I don't keep track anymore.

She's found a new type of love,

a love that is more like hate

than like love.

(tapping)

(weird moaning)

(weird moaning)

(weird moaning)

(weird moaning)

(rolling piano music)

- What is going on here?

- Just go down to the shore and be patient.

- Is that it?

Is that all you're gonna tell me?

- I don't know what else to say.

- Your first day will be hard.

You'll soon care not so much.

(emotional piano music)

I was hiding here from the world,

from its awful words.

Had almost recovered.

At first, we were afraid of them.

But then we realized it was a miracle.

But then the boundaries between us and them

became very undefined.

- What the fuck?

- The sea has many secrets.

At some point, someone somewhere

was going to find out that not all of us escaped it.

I spent my whole life pretending to be someone else.

And now I don't have to pretend at all.

Hey, it's okay.

- Maybe you should eat something.

- How many have you seen?

- 20.

That was just a typical week.

Great people from all over the world just arrived,

and I was proud that they came here

to a place I owned and operated with love.

You know,

the mind changes after something like this.

There's no going back.

Coffee?

(surf crashes)

(haunting instrumental music)

- They're in agony.

Not quite us, yet not quite them.

- What's written on her arm?

- It says,

"My body is your body."

(surf crashes)

- Get the fuck away from me!

Wait!

Come back!

(surf crashes)

(weird moaning)

Okay, Neal, come on, Neal.

Oh, God.

(rolling piano music)

No, no, no, no, no.

I've gotta think of something.

(speaker drowned out by emotional piano music)

- [Donald] You'll get used to it.

(busy piano music)

- "Love her or she dies.

"Love her or she dies."

What is this?

What is this?

This isn't happening.

Did you write this?

What does this mean?

Could you say something?

Please?

- I gave up my voice so I could be more like them

than like us.

- Why?

- The truth only leads to more questions.

Do not try and understand.

- Help me understand.

- Aren't they extraordinary?

They're all so ashamed, self-destructive,

unable to see their own beauty.

They need us to show them.

- What do you mean?

- They need us.

- Whatever you're doing, you don't have to do.

All right?

We can get off this island, we can all just leave.

- Why would you wanna go back to that terrifying world

when we could live without fear, without sadness

on this island with them?

- Kei left.

- Yeah, she did.

But she'll return again.

You desire things when you think I'm not there,

beautiful things,

and, now, look what you have.

- Even if I wanted to,

what do I do, huh?

How do I help them?

- Allow yourself to be who you really are.

Show her your strength.

- How?

How?

- When time began, it began at sea.

To be with her is to be whole again.

You'll never again seek human love.

(surf crashes)

(peaceful instrumental music)

- Told you.

Don't watch her.

- Why did she tell me to come here?

- She said you asked her to give you

something you'd never had.

Don't you remember?

- I'm leaving tomorrow.

- [Woman] Why?

- Do you wanna come with me?

I can take you wherever you need to go.

- No.

- Why?

- If I left, I would just come back,

and I'd rather not deal with the fuss.

What me to tell you how it's done?

If you ever wanted to know?

(surf crashes)

- You know, true satisfaction,

it's a strange thing.

- [Mack] What is that?

- It's only a drawing.

- [Mack] No, it's not.

- You're right, it most certainly is not.

Of course, there is still one thing

she can never get from them that she got from me.

Words.

(gentle instrumental music)

- Liz writes it all down.

Everything that has happened.

Everything that we've done.

Each experience, so unique.

Don't be afraid.

(gentle instrumental music)

(weird moaning)

(insects chirrup)

Just because we walk among the earth

and they swim among the sea doesn't make us different.

We're all the same.

- [Mack] No.

- Yes.

Imagine yourself in the weakest state, raw.

Imagine sharing that moment

with something so rare and vulnerable

that you become better, like for yourself.

A change in your core.

It is exactly what it is.

And that what makes it so beautiful.

Extraordinary knowledge that otherwise

would not be, unless you follow

every single moment of your life to this one,

which you have.

- I can't.

- Oh, you can.

(haunting vocal music)

(surf crashes)

- Do not walk away.

(surf crashes)

(haunting vocal music)

♪ We wade ♪

♪ In a sea of dreams ♪

♪ Swimming free in the mountain breeze ♪

♪ Far out where it's dark and deep ♪

♪ Dawn's horizon sets us free ♪

♪ Orange air balloons ♪

♪ In my eyes ♪

♪ Dig deep ♪

♪ Lift into the sky ♪

♪ He swam ♪

♪ Dug them from the sand ♪

♪ We float ♪

♪ With our dreams in hand ♪

♪ We wade ♪

♪ In a sea of dreams ♪

♪ Swimming free in the mountain breeze ♪

♪ Far out where it's dark and deep ♪

♪ Dawn's horizon sets us free ♪