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[bells ringing]

- [waves lapping] - [birds chirping]

[bright music plays]

[children singing in Tamil]

[children singing in Tamil]

[children singing in Tamil]

[children singing in Tamil]

[children singing in Tamil]

[train engine chugging]

[train whistle tooting]

[children speaking in Tamil]

[in Tamil] This is for the bride… Catch.

[children speaking in Tamil]

[train whistle tooting]

[in Tamil] Hey… You’re such a bore.

Always reading too much.

Look at her.

Look… Tell her to stop.

Stop fighting you two.

Oh, Janaki, you're so useless.

Massage here and here.

[in English] Six, no trumps.

[singing in Tamil on radio]

[boy 1 in English] A Four! That was a clear Four!

[boy 2] No it isn't.

You're a bloody cheat, Diggy.

[girl] No he isn't, you're the cheat.

Hey, Diggy.

Hey, a four Appa, I got a four!

[in Tamil] Superb.

[singing in Tamil]

[in English] Sonali, would you take Arjie

as your lawfully wedded wife?

I do.

[Lakshmi] Arjie, would you take Sonali,

as your lawfully wedded husband?

I do.

Okay, you now may kiss the bride.

[all] Yay, yay!

[giggling]

Hey, I want to be the bride!

You can't Arjie's the bestest bride of all.

But he's not even a girl!

A bride is a girl.

Not a boy.

A boy cannot be a bride.

A girl must be the bride.

If you can't play properly,

just go away!

We don't need you.

You Fatty!

[in Tamil] You fatso.

Just go away.

Yeah, you just go away Fatty. Kundu.

You're a pansy, a sissy!

A fag!

You are now in Colombo,

not in silly England.

We don't know your stupid English words.

Yes, now you just go away Fatty boom boom.

♪ Hey fatty-boom-boom, sweet sugar dumpling ♪

♪ Hey fatty-boom-boom, let me tell you something ♪

[screaming and singing]

♪ Hey fatty-boom-boom, sweet sugar dumpling ♪

♪ Hey fatty-boom-boom, let me tell you something ♪

What's the matter? Stop that!

Stop that, Arjie!

Quiet! All of you out.

I said out!

- See what he did. - What did he do, darling?

See what he did to me, he called me Fatty.

And he hit me with the cross.

Arjie, come here!

But she tore my red sari!

Arjie, come now!

Come here.

[in Tamil] Why does your son have lipstick on?

[Aunty 1] Oh Nalini, he's so cute.

[in Tamil] He looks like a real girl…

[in English] …So sweet.

Chelva, looks like you have a "Funny One" here.

[in Tamil] Take care, Nalini.

[in English] This might look innocent now, but before you know it...

Shut up Kanthi, just stop with the drama.

Come on, Diggy!

[in Tamil] Pack up. Let's go.

[in Tamil] Darling, it's okay.

[Appa in English] See, I told you.

[in Tamil] Encouraging all his nonsense.

[Sonali] ♪ We are a happy family ♪

♪ Yes a happy family ♪

♪ And we live at the foot of the fruitful tree ♪

Dropsy and Mopsy, how can they be so sweeter?

And funny little Cottontail and Peter.

Whoa!

Go and sit down, Arjie.

Now!

Diggy!

Diggy!

[in Tamil] Quickly.

Okay, mister. [in Tamil] This is an order Diggy.

I want you to include your brother on the cricket team.

[in English] Huh? Come on, Amma!

I hate cricket!

It's good for you.

Arjie's useless!

We'll never win if he's on our team!

An order, Diggy.

Please Amma, please!

Why do I have to play with the boys?

Because the sky is so high and pigs can't fly, that's why.

I won't play with the boys ever!

What the hell, Arjie!

Hold you bat properly, man.

Get him out of this team!

What the hell was that?

What's wrong with you?

As it is, I don't wanna play with you guys.

Okay, one last chance but that's final.

If you don't play properly, I'll hit you!

[birds chirping]

Hey, what the hell?

Hey, where is he going?

Arjie!

Arjie!

You bloody thief! You bloody coward!

If you ever come near me again,

I'll kill you.

Don't worry, I won't.

I will never come!

♪ I got the bat! ♪

♪ I got the bat! ♪

♪ Got the bat! ♪

Ammachi, Ammachi!

[knocking]

- [in Tamil] Grandma, Arjie stole our bat. - I got the bat!

[Ammachi in Tamil] Steal a bat and end up polishing brass.

Idiot.

You’re ruining my brass.

Harder, harder.

Rub harder! Rub harder!

- [soft piano music plays] - [Arjie crying out]

[Ammachi] Don't let it dry.

Rub faster.

[in Tamil] Honestly Amma, what is this?

I'm teaching him a skill.

Harder, harder.

[Ammachi in English] He's your Funny Boy nephew.

[Diggy in distance] Run, run, come on run.

[in English] Ammachi, is she the aunty who's marrying a white man?

White man? [in Tamil] Disgusting.

He's a Canadian.

[in Tamil] But Tamil like us.

[in English] Carry on, carry on!

Radha.

Come help me unpack.

Come on.

["Famous Blue Raincoat" by Leonard Cohen plays]

♪ It's four in the morning ♪

♪ The end of December ♪

♪ I'm writing you now ♪

♪ Just to see if you're better ♪

♪ New York is cold ♪

♪ But I like where I'm living ♪

♪ There's music on Clinton Street ♪

♪ All through the evening ♪

♪ I hear that you're building your little house ♪

♪ Deep in the desert ♪

That's the one.

♪ You're living for nothing now ♪

♪ I hope you're keeping ♪

Hey, Arjie.

[in Tamil] Want to try make-up on?

[in English] Is it wrong for a boy to do it?

Why?

Are you hurting anybody?

Will it make you happy?

Will it make you happy?

♪ Did you ever go clear? ♪

♪ Ah, the last time we saw you ♪

♪ You looked so much older ♪

[Radha] I'm only painting your toes.

That way you can wear them under your socks

and no one will ever know.

A joyful secret.

[bright instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

A joyful secret.

Now, what are we going to do with you, Arjie Chelvaratnam?

Hm?

[bell ringing]

[Arjie] ♪ Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do ♪

♪ Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re Do ♪

Chip off the old block, Radha! Again.

[Arjie] ♪ Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do ♪

- [teacher] Bravo! - [claps]

Very good, very good.

You should've seen him, he aced the audition.

Think: Arjie and I are going to be in a musical

in my old school.

And your friends will see him shine.

I don't know, Radha.

[in Tamil] This will encourage his girly tendency.

[in English] You know the issue.

[in Tamil] Really? What issue?

His talent should be developed.

[in Tamil] Actors… useless.

[in English] Actors?

What about Sean Connery?

Peter O'Toole?

The last time I checked they were actors.

[in Tamil] You know exactly what I mean.

[in Tamil] Wait… Weren't you in the same drama society in school?

[in English] Shakespeare, it's a whole different thing.

Some have greatness thrust upon them and some achieve it.

[laughs]

[in Tamil] Chelva, Radha is right.

[in English] Arjie’s just creative. Artistic. Yes.

He's just creative.

Chelva.

[in Tamil] Arjie will be in the play.

[in English] Yes!

Come on.

Oh goodness me, he'll be fine!

[upbeat out-of-tune piano music plays]

♪♪

[Director] One and two.

One and two.

And one and two.

One and two.

And one and two.

One and two.

And one and two.

And one, two.

And one and two.

All right, stop, stop, stop, stop!

Anil, look at your feet and not Radha.

And again and places.

And...

[dramatic piano chords]

[Director] And one and two.

And one and two.

One and two.

And one and two.

And one and two.

And one and two.

And one and two.

One, two.

[upbeat music plays]

[singing in Tamil]

[singing in Tamil]

[Ammachi in Tamil] Our Radha is very talented.

She plays the piano so well…

the famous Canadian song "Suzanne."

The one about the river and the hand.

[Radha in Tamil] Please, Amma, stop.

[Ammachi in Tamil] Would you like a biscuit?

Do you have any brothers or sisters?

[Rajan in English] I do, I do.

I have a brother and a sister.

[in Tamil] We are very happy.

They make a good match.

[in Tamil] We are also happy.

[in English] An accountant in our family.

Mm, yes, and working for the Canadian Government no less.

There's nothing so stable as a government job.

[Ammachi in Tamil] A perfect couple.

[Appa in Tamil] Rajan will be a good influence on Radha, no Amma?

[Ammachi in English] Yes, doesn't drink.

Nor womanize.

There's no insanity in our family.

[Kanthi Aunty] That's nice.

[Arjie chuckles]

Have a safe flight, Rajan!

[both laugh]

Our whole motto was to work hard, party hard.

And so we would go to classes

and then after that we would go to the bar

and the next day we would do it all over again.

And well, that was just the partying on the weekdays

in Toronto.

The weekends would roll around

and often we'd go to Club David's,

me and my gay pals.

And what happens at Club David's

stays at Club David's.

Come on Radha, you can't just leave it there!

Come on, come on let's go!

All this fuss for an amateur production.

Ah Rajeev, you're such a cynic!

Come on, Arjie.

Hi, Radha!

It's going to rain.

Can I give you a lift home?

No, no.

We are in the King and I together.

I'm Anil.

I know.

Yes, sir?

No, sir?

Three bags full, sir?

Please.

Sure, why not.

Ah, ah.

Over one.

[rain pattering]

[bright music plays]

This is an interesting route.

Ah, it's the best route, also the shortest.

It's not the shortest.

But it's the best.

[bright music plays]

[Anil] I enjoyed those stories you told.

It sounds like you had a riotously good time in Toronto.

Not like us,

stuck in this small pond.

It's a island, not a pond.

Thank you, Arjie.

Welcome.

[Radha] And it's exotic here.

Old fashioned but exotic.

[Anil] No Radha, I really think...

Rubbish!

You probably think a girl should never go to a bar.

Look, I'm not the traditional type

who's going to...

[Anil] Tradition?

I certainly don't want a traditional woman

with a plait down her back.

I'm an admirer of Gloria Steinem you know.

Honestly, you're the bloody limit.

Gloria Steinem?

Indeed.

Royal Prince and Princesses.

[bright upbeat off-tune piano music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

Arjun!

[in Tamil] Come on up.

Come on. Fast.

[in English] Why are you dancing around like that?

Those are girly things.

But I don't understand, why are girls things bad?

Are you saying they're bad when girls do them too?

Arjie, of course not.

[in Tamil] Only when boys do them.

But how can they suddenly become bad

because boys are doing them?

[in Tamil] What about Meena?

She plays cricket with the boys.

[in English] No one says that's bad.

[in Tamil] Just trust me on this Arjie.

[in English] And why does everyone say I'm funny.

What does that mean?

Well Funny means…

A bad man.

Orre, a bad man who does bad things.

Am I a bad man?

[in Tamil] Of course not.

But you could be a bad man.

That's why I tell you to play with the boys.

Understand?

[in English] But, Appa, I hate cricket, I hate cowboys.

How can doing something that I hate make me good?

[in Tamil] That's just how it is.

[melancholy music plays]

♪♪

The thing is Arjie,

life is full of boring people.

Like, well, like your father. Yes, boring.

Boring. He's my brother,

so I can say it.

And like so many,

he's frightened of anyone who's different.

But different, is wonderful.

And you are different,

precocious and wonderful.

Am I precocious?

Yes.

Now, you have to find a way not to let these boring people

rob you of your precociousness.

It means super bright, by the way.

What you've got to do is this.

Stand up!

[clicks fingers]

Don't mess with the Grand Diva.

Don't mess with the Grand Diva!

Yes!

[Anil] Okay, ready?

Step one.

Okay.

Step one, you're to hold this with your right hand.

Okay, and then with your left index finger

and your left thumb

you put it in and you hold it like a catapult.

Yeah, you put it in.

Yeah, good.

Now here comes the tricky part.

Okay, you send the needle under

and over to the point of the right needle.

Under, over, yes!

Radha Aunty, I can knit!

How did you learn all this wool stuff?

My grandmother.

I can teach you also.

Well done, Arjie.

[Arjie] See this!

Mm-hmm.

You my friend are about to make something indispensable

for the tropics.

A woolen scarf.

- [announcement in Tamil] - [chatter]

- [train engine roaring] - [train whistle tooting]

[chuckles]

Hi.

Arjie, hi.

I thought you were going to miss it.

Almost.

[wistful instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[indistinct chatter]

[birds chirping]

[in Tamil] Putting her sandal on as if he was Prince Charming.

[Kanthi Aunty in English] I can't believe my sister is so shameless.

You have totally spoilt Radha, Amma.

[Ammachi in Tamil] I'm so shocked…

…so speechless.

The girl is almost married.

I wish you weren't dead Appa.

[Amma in Tamil] They were just there in public.

They didn't even care.

[Kanthi Aunty in English] He had his hands all over her!

Hmm, sneaking in?

Like a thief.

Radha?

Radha!

Imagine implicating a child in all this.

Well, here I am.

[in Tamil] You think this is funny?

[in Tamil] No, Amma.

[in Tamil] Okay then…

Who is this boy?

[in English] A boy from the play.

[in Tamil] His name?

His name?

Anil.

Jayasinghe.

[in Tamil] Only a Sinhalese would seduce a betrothed girl.

[in English] Radha, how could you?

[Kanthi Aunty] You're a traitor.

A traitor to our father's memory.

He was butchered by the Sinhalese, Radha.

A martyr!

I don't give a damn.

- Radha, please. - What?

So who cares if he's Sinhalese, Amma.

I like him.

Don't you have any shame?

[in Tamil] Behaving immorally in public…

Honestly, Amma, you would think I was a prostitute or...

[Radha cries out]

[in Tamil] I'm sending you to Jaffna.

Our Tamil homeland will straighten you out.

[in Tamil] How could you?

You think you love this boy now?

Are you Radha?

[in Tamil] How can this ever work?

Amma, I heard Anil with my own ears.

He said he loves Radha Aunty.

Who cares if he's Sinhalese?

You knew all along he was Sinhalese?

Aiding and abetting?

Arjie, you are only eight years old,

what do you know about love?

Radha Aunty will never be allowed into any of our houses

if she marries a Sinhalese.

[Arjie in Tamil] I’m not going.

[Ammachi in Tamil] Yes you are… I'm teaching you diplomacy.

[cow grunting]

[cow mooing]

Jayasinghe?

Yes?

- Jayasinghe? - Yeah.

[in English] Anil is your son?

Keep your son away from my daughter.

Bloody Sinhalese in my family?

Never.

[in Sinhala] You Tamil bitch.

[in Tamil] What?

What did you say?

[in Sinhala] A bitch.

You think we want a Tamil in our family?

Typical Tamil arrogance.

[in English] A minority with a majority complex,

thinking they can have half our island.

Oh, yes we will take it.

Then let's see how you bloody lazy Sinhalese

will survive without us.

Because you speak Tamil doesn't make you smart!

Sinhalese is our national language.

Speak it or swim back to India!

Father.

[in Tamil] We are more intelligent than you Sinhalese.

You're jealous… jealous… jealous.

First they rape our women, now they steal our daughters.

[in English]Can I offer you a cup of tea?

[solemn instrumental music plays]

♪♪

[in English] If you come near my daughter, I will kill you.

Would you like a biscuit?

[train horn blowing]

[announcements in Tamil]

Arjie?

Arjie?

Give this to Anil.

Okay?

Look after him, Arjie.

[Appa] Arjie.

[in Tamil] Son, Radha will be back soon.

[in English] Before you know it.

[in Tamil] Travel safely, Radha.

[train horn blowing]

[coughing]

Life is so unfair.

- [thunder rumbling] - [lightning cracking]

She writes to him every week.

Imagine, four letters for an eight-year-old boy.

More nonsense about that Sinhala boy?

[in Tamil] How would I know?

Don't you read them?

[in English] What kind of woman do you think I am?

A nosy one.

Very funny.

[in Tamil] Will Arjie be okay?

He's creative. He’s creative.

[in English] So childish.

[children singing]

[soft music plays]

♪ He has a thousand dreams that won't come true ♪

♪ You know that he believes in them ♪

♪ And that's enough for you ♪

She's back tomorrow.

I know.

♪ You'll always go along ♪

♪ Defend him when he's wrong ♪

♪ And tell him when he's strong ♪

♪ He is wonderful ♪

♪ He'll always need your love ♪

[horn blaring]

[train rumbling]

[solemn instrumental music plays]

♪♪

[in Tamil] Move, move, there's trouble.

[screaming]

Get up…

Hide anything Tamil… your jewelry.

[cries out]

[metal slicing]

[in Sinhala] Bitch. Defending the Tamils.

[man in Sinhala] Come on! Come on!

It's the fucking Police… Let's get out.

- [baby crying] - [men yelling]

[baby crying]

[dog panting]

Was Radha Aunty hurt?

I don't think so.

Amma.

[in Tamil] It'll be okay.

[car engine roaring]

[in Tamil] Come sister, come.

[Janaki sobbing]

[in Tamil] Stop crying.

[whispering] Radha Aunty.

Radha Aunty.

Radha Aunty.

[Anil] Radha.

I'll kill those bastards.

Anil, I can't.

I just can't.

Can't?

Radha, that doesn't make sense.

[Radha] Women and children, all butchered,

simply because we are Tamil.

If you had only seen.

Radha, please look at me.

I'm not my father.

But you're Sinhalese and I'm not.

How can that be changed?

- [knocking] - [Ammachi in Tamil] Open the door!

Jayasinghe?

Open the door!

[Arjie in Tamil] Go away, you old witch.

Arjie, open the door.

- [Appa] Hey! - Come with me.

- It won't work, Anil. - [Ammachi in Tamil] Open the door!

- [Anil] Please. - [Appa] Arjie.

Don't do this. [in Sinhala] I love you.

Please go, Radha Aunty.

Please go!

[banging]

[Priest] May the Lord in his goodness strengthens your consent,

and fill you both with his blessings.

What God has joined, men must not divide.

[organ music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[melancholy instrumental music plays]

♪♪

[hopeful instrumental music plays]

♪♪

Welcome to Victoria Academy, Arjun Chelvaratnam.

[school bell ringing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Arjie in Tamil] Diggy, I won't make the team.

You're such a loser, Arjie. Why did Appa send you here?

Here, proceed.

Your classroom, okay?

Chelvaratnam.

This is 12C.

The Sinhala class.

You want 12F for your brother,

the Tamil class.

No, Salgado, I want 12C.

Go on in.

How come you're in a Sinhala class, huh?

My parents put me here to assimilate.

Assimilate?

We want our separate state.

We want our independence.

You Tamils have been whining here for the last 15 years.

We don't want you here anymore.

Go.

[Shehan] Hey, Salgado.

To the Tamil class...

Were you born fully,

or abbreviated at birth?

Soyza, you better watch out.

[school bell ringing]

Come, don't be shy.

[Teacher] Morning boys.

Sit down.

I'm Arjie.

Arjun.

We only use surnames here at Victoria.

[Teacher] So, today, we're gonna read one of my favorite books,

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens.

Chelvaratnam.

Now, when we're reading this, I want you to think about-

I'm Soyza.

Now the book is about London and Paris,

but it can be anywhere.

It can be here, it can be Sri Lanka.

It can be anywhere you want it to be.

It can be you in the story.

Imagine that the story is happening to you, okay?

Let's start.

Chapter one.

"Book the First, Recall to Life: The Period."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

It was the age of wisdom,

it was the age of foolishness.

It was the epoch of belief,

it was the epoch of incredulity.

It was the season of light,

it was the season of darkness."

- [whistling] - [singing in Sinhala]

[in Sinhala] Another Tamil dog.

[in Tamil] Chelliah, let's get out.

I say, Chelliah.

Don't you know better than to use this toilet

without your Tamil pals?

Salgado, he's done nothing, Salgado.

[grunting]

There are plenty of toilet stalls here

but no big brother in sight, huh?

Get out.

Hi.

Hi.

Hi.

Um, what's your real name?

Shehan.

Shehan. I'm Arjie.

Yeah, I know.

Right, right, of course you know.

So, Shehan,

that's a...

it's a pretty modish name.

"Matters of grave importance,

it's style, not sincerity.

It's the important thing."

You've never heard of the esteemed Mr. Wilde?

Style not sincerity!

Can't run from us!

Chelliah wants his Mummy!

Catch the fucking Tamil!

Some Sinhalese think the sun shines out their asses.

You know, I'm not afraid to say it.

It's at times like these I'm ashamed to be Sinhalese.

Well then, I guess I... I'm ashamed to be Tamil, too.

You know, our Tamil Tigers up north.

So you don't hate me then for being Sinhalese?

I despise you.

I abhor you.

Abhor?

What a big word, old chap?

[laughing]

[singing on radio]

[chickens clucking]

- [chopping] - [chicken squawking]

[in Tamil] Madam, 1.8 kilos.

[in Tamil] Don't you dare cheat me again.

[in Tamil] Madam, speak to me in Sinhala, not Tamil.

[in English] Huh? Never.

[in Tamil] You’re rich. If you speak Tamil, you'll be fine,

but I'm poor and stuck here.

[in Tamil] The butcher is losing his Sinhalese customers…

…because he's Tamil.

We are the Jews of Asia.

[in English] We are the Jews of Asia.

[in Tamil] It will pass.

[in English] As the economy improves, so do the differences.

[in Tamil] It's all a distraction Amma.

[in Tamil] No. it isn't.

[ball pinging]

[Ammachi in English] I pray to Jesus every night

your hotel will be safe.

You keep praying, Ma.

Come on, Arjie!

[Arjie in Tamil] If they're fat and need exercise, why don't they take up jogging?

[in English] Arjie, keep your eye on the ball not the girls.

Chelva, stop.

He means the boys, you know.

Shut up you Fatty boom boom.

Arjie!

[gentle instrumental music plays]

This boy has no hand-eye coordination.

[gentle instrumental music plays]

♪♪

[bell tinkling]

[waves crashing]

[Appa] Nalini!

Nalini!

Akka! Once you're past the waves it's always calm, remember.

Of course I remember

that very original quote of yours, Jegan!

[in Tamil] Jegan's been asking about you, his favorite.

I was showing him around the place.

I see Chelva has given you his Bible.

Hey, Diggy, Sonali, Arjie!

Come here. Come.

[Amma in English] Chelva thinks that Dale Carnegie made him who he is,

hey Chelva!

[in Tamil] This is Jegan. I’ve known him since he was a boy.

He's Buddy's son.

He's here from Jaffna to work at the resort.

[in English] Hi, Jegan!

You play cricket?

I like Arjuna Ranatunga a lot.

I love him.

- I also like cricket. - Yeah?

[in Tamil] Why is Jegan really here?

Tamil Tigers.

He joined the Tigers?

Yes, he's hardly the boy we knew.

Buddy wants him away from the Tigers and the trouble they're causing.

No political talk.

[in English] Uh, this is... Your Appa gave me this book, it's Dale Carnegie.

Hard to stay awake.

Jegan, was it a long trip?

About eight hours. I took the train.

[in Tamil] Is Jegan staying at staff quarters?

No. In town.

[Arjie in English] How long is your train ticket?

[Jegan] No, please.

[reflective music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

["Flashdance… What a Feeling" plays]

♪ First there was nothing ♪

♪ But a slow glowing dream ♪

♪ That your fear seems to hide ♪

Why are you sitting here with me?

Go and find a nice girl to dance with.

Go on.

♪ Deep inside your mind ♪

♪ All alone I have cried ♪

- [Jegan] Good evening, akka. - [in Tamil] Nice to see you.

Can I get you something to eat?

[in Tamil] I don’t need anything. Thanks.

Come Jegan, sit.

No, akka.

Don’t be formal.

♪ Made of stone ♪

[in English] Is that Diggy smoking?

No, akka.

[in Tamil] What are you reading?

That’s a difficult book, no?

Quite impossible.

But it keeps my brain engaged.

[in English] But what about you and Dale Carnegie?

Hm? How's it going?

Action breeds courage and confidence.

If you want to conquer fear,

do not sit at home and think about.

Go out and get busy.

Oh my goodness.

I doubt you and Dale Carnegie would agree

on what you consider is action.

I sincerely doubt it.

Excuse me.

♪ Pictures come alive ♪

♪ You can dance right through your life ♪

Hi.

Bye.

["What A Feeling" continues playing]

♪♪

♪ Now I hear the music ♪

Arjie, come.

♪ Close my eyes, I am rhythm ♪

♪ In a flash it takes hold of my heart ♪

♪ What a feeling ♪

♪ Seein's believin' ♪

♪ I can have it all ♪

♪ Now I'm dancing for my life ♪

♪ Take your passion ♪

♪ And make it happen ♪

♪ Pictures come alive ♪

♪ You can dance right through your life ♪

♪ What a feeling ♪

[Teacher] "Every human creature is constituted to be

that profound secret and mystery to every other."

What does that mean?

Every human creature is to be a profound secret

and mystery to every other.

That we will never know.

That no matter how close we get to somebody and still…

I think I forgot my book.

Can we share?

[Teacher] …we don't know what they're feeling

or why they're doing something.

That every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands

of breasts there

is in some of its imaginings

a secret to the heart nearest it.

[whistling music plays]

[dog barking]

BOARDING HOUSE FOR MEN

[baby crying]

[Arjie] Amma.

[Amma in Tamil] Come on.

[in English] Okay, go and take those clothes.

- Sorry, akka. - [in Tamil] It's okay.

Pass the suitcase.

[in Tamil] Please, understand.

I don't want any trouble.

No, I don’t understand…

You’re kicking out an innocent man.

But I have a boarding house to run.

The boarders don't want a Tamil here.

What can a woman do?

That’s not an excuse, that’s cowardice.

A child has more courage than you.

We all need to be united as a country.

Let's go.

Come.

[in Sinhala] Tamil Pariah. Tiger. Terrorist.

[Amma in Tamil] Jegan, stop.

Stop, Jegan!

[Amma in English] Look at me! Look at me!

[in Tamil] No need for this.

Come on.

Woo!

Woo!

[in Sinhala] What are you looking at?

[in Tamil] Here.

[in Tamil] The landlady said…

[in English] all you Tamils are liars and murderers.

[gentle music plays]

[in Tamil] I cannot say this to my husband…

♪♪

but I admire the Tamil Tigers.

♪♪

They are the only ones fighting for us Tamils.

Yes. Once I joined them, I felt the same.

I'm sick of people…

[in English] Just like your landlady.

[in Tamil] I agree, but…

[in English] You end up killing people.

Innocent people.

Isn't that what you call collateral damage?

[in Tamil] Easy for you to talk about "collateral damage"…

…knowing your wealth protects you.

It’s the poor who always pay the price.

Here I am sitting in all this luxury,

talking about a Tamil Homeland…

[in English] But you aren't exactly in the trenches, are you?

[in Tamil] I must go.

[in Tamil] Akka. Thank you for letting me stay here.

Thank my husband.

It was his idea.

[Arjie] ♪ La la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la ♪

[singing in Tamil]

[singing in Tamil]

[cow mooing]

[singing in Tamil]

Whoa.

[in Sinhala] Yes?

Ah, Shehan. Hi.

Welcome to my humble abode.

[in Sinhala] It's okay. He's a friend.

[in English] Thank you.

- Hey. - Hey.

Hi, what lovely hair you have.

Thank you.

All the better to mess it.

Off limits.

Okay.

So, who else lives here?

- Just me. - [peacock calling]

And Jeeves.

[laughing]

Wow.

A chicken coop.

[rooster crowing]

[hens clucking]

Welcome to my den of iniquity.

Oh my god,

is that a computer?

Mm-hmm.

My father travels a lot.

Likes to bring me things.

My mother died when I was three.

Oh.

Forehand or backhand?

Backhand, obviously.

It's the only way to win.

And you?

Hmm.

Oh, wow.

Who are these people?

Again, courtesy of my father.

Though he was not so thrilled to bring me these.

[chuckling]

All yours.

Thank you.

Like this?

This.

[both giggle]

[vibrant orchestral music plays]

♪♪

So, what do we do, you know?

I mean, I know people like us exist.

They do?

Abroad.

Where it's not illegal to be like us.

Most of these people are.

[Arjie] Tell me about them.

A British band.

♪ Run away, turn away ♪

♪ Run away, turn away ♪

[Reporter in English] This Sri Lankan army

has been patrolling aggressively in the North of Sri Lanka

since last evening.

When the Tamil Tigers took over the Kandivli railway station,

and set fire to a train.

The Tigers,

an armed group fighting for a separate Tamil state

in the North,

intend such attacks as a way to bring the civil administration

in the North to a halt,

thus creating a defacto Tamil state.

The younger Tamils feel drawn towards the Tigers,

seeing them as the only protection

against what they call,

"States terrorism by the Sinhalese."

[in Tamil] Where have you been?

[in English] I went for a film.

With a friend.

[Reporter] …their homes, businesses destroyed

as well as the violence and torture

used against Tamils by the armed forces.

The Tamil Tigers have reacted to the massacre of Tamil civilians

with attacks on Sinhalese civilians.

[in Tamil] Where are Arjie’s manners?

[Amma in English] Arjie, where'd you learn to play so well?

Practiced with a friend.

Chelva, look at his hand-eye coordination.

Don't mess with the Grand Diva,

Fatty boom boom.

[Sonali in English] Come on Anna, it's Sunday, let's see a movie.

No, Sonali, I'd rather meet your gorgeous cousin from Jagna.

Jegan's not a cousin,

he's a family friend, he's sweet.

[piano instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

Good shot.

[in Tamil] Why so quiet, Nalini?

[in English] I'm fine!

- You okay, Amma? - [in Tamil] Yes, darling.

[ambulance blares]

[car horns]

[in Sinhala] It is on the radio.

Those bloody Tamils attacked our people.

[in English] Oh, oh, sorry.

[in Tamil] Idiot.

[people yelling]

Arjie!

[in Tamil] Where the hell do you think you're going?

[in English] To help!

The minute you open your mouth,

they will know you are Tamil.

[in Tamil] Come up. Now.

[gentle piano music plays]

♪♪

[in Tamil] "Those bloody Tamils."

[in English] You heard that.

Bloody Tigers.

Who told them to fight for a Tamil homeland?

I certainly didn't.

Idiots… [in Tamil] Terrorists.

[in English] They're not fighting for people like us.

Talking to Jegan, I see.

Is that what you really believe Nalini?

Tit for tat?

Taking the Tigers' line?

[in Tamil] Unbelievable.

[in English] I'm not taking the Tigers' line, Chelva.

I'm just saying that they have a point

and we can't ignore it.

[in Tamil] And you, don't you care for our people?

[in English] I've hired Jegan, haven't I, Nalini?

[in Sinhala] Liar!

Shut up.

Go tell Appa.

[in English] Sir, that man is a liar, sir.

[in Tamil] He said I can't instruct the staff and that you gave

those orders.

Yes, son, those were my orders.

[in English] The Sinhalese staff they…

[Jegan] Sir?

Look Jegan…

I have given you a high position,

that's why there's resentment.

[in Tamil] Because you’re Tamil and I'm Tamil.

As if the Sinhalese never favor their own.

[in English] Try and be more practical, Nalini.

The trick is to go out there

and make your money while you can,

and don't step on anyone's toes.

[in Tamil] Understand?

Yes, until the Sinhalese decide to take it all away…

and wipe us out.

Just because they can.

[in English] You have a bright future ahead,

don't spoil it, son.

[in Tamil] What bright future, sir?

[Diggy] Sonali.

[in Tamil] Sit… idiot.

[in English] Do you think we should talk to him?

Not now.

What happened to you, Nalini?

[in Tamil] What’s going on?

Nothing at all.

[in English] We've built a good life together, Nalini.

And no marriage is perfect,

but we soldier along.

You think they'll be okay?

[in Tamil] I hope so.

[in English] You're both bloody idiots.

[Shehan] ♪ Can't you see you belong to me ♪

[scatting]

[laughing]

[Shehan] ♪ How my poor heart aches ♪

♪ with every step you take ♪

[both laugh]

Pew.

♪ Every smile you fake, every claim you… ♪

[school bell rings]

[Arjie] ♪ Oh can't you see, you belong to me ♪

[Diggy] Arjie!

- [bicycle bell rings] - [in Tamil] Arjun, stop!

[in English] That Soyza... you,

you shouldn't be friends with him.

I saw you both. It's dangerous and it's illegal.

I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

[in Tamil] Idiot. I warned you.

I abhor you.

[car engine roaring]

[in Tamil] Amma. What happened?

[in English] Well, it seems it's too risky to have Tamil volunteers

at the hospital.

I'm sorry, Amma.

[Amma] Oh my goodness.

My son is reading a very controversial book.

Let me see.

Gore Vidal.

[in Tamil] A recommendation from Radha, no doubt.

[in English] Do you think she's happy?

[soft piano music plays]

♪♪

No, I don't think she is.

Amma, my best friend, Shehan Soyza,

can he come and spend the day?

Sure.

[soft piano music plays]

♪♪

Shehan!

Hi.

Welcome to my humble abode.

Nice T-shirt.

Hi, Arjie!

- Hi. - Hello.

Would you and your friend like to go see a movie?

Fame is playing at the Majestic.

Um, well maybe another time?

Sorry, Shehan,

this is my wonderful sister Sonali.

Sonali, come say hi to my friend Shehan.

- Hey, Sonali. - Hi.

[Sonali] Would you like something to drink, some snacks?

We'll just help ourselves later.

I'll tell Lakshmi.

We'll just be in the garage looking at some old photos.

Okay, I'm here if you need anything.

Thank you.

Bye.

It should be around here somewhere.

Here, yes this one.

This is my Radha Aunty.

You would have loved her.

She used to sing this Leonard Cohen song.

What was it called?

♪ It's four in the morning. The end of December ♪

♪ I'm writing you now, just to see you're better ♪

Yes.

♪ New York is... ♪

Is something, I don't know.

Oh, Radha Aunty.

Now, whenever things got bad,

she would do this twirl and say...

"Don't mess with the Grand Diva."

[both laugh]

[ethereal instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[in Tamil] here are Arjie and Shehan?

In the garage.

And what are they doing in the garage?

[Sonali in English] Looking at some old photos or something.

[in Tamil] Did Lakshmi give some snacks?

[Sonali in English] No, she gave them lemonade.

[Amma in Tamil] Ah, okay.

Appa.

[in English] There's something wrong with my bike,

can you look?

Sure.

[Amma in Tamil] Boys must be hungry.

[in English] Yeah, shall we give them some snacks?

[in Tamil] Okay

[in English] Is Arjie's friend nice?

Yeah, he is.

That's good.

Chelva…

[in Tamil] tell those boys to come out…

[in English] Tea is ready.

[Diggy] Appa, wait.

[somber instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[Amma] Chelva…

♪♪

[in Tamil] What happened?

Diggy.

[somber instrumental music plays]

♪♪

[in Tamil] I want you to end this friendship.

[in English] Oh, Arjie,

how could you?

[sniffs]

[retching]

[somber instrumental music plays]

♪♪

Why are you crying, Amma?

[Teacher] "Had we but world enough and time,

This coyness..."

Excuse me.

Sit down.

"Had we but world enough and time,

This coyness, lady, were no crime.

We would sit down and think which way

To walk, and pass our long love's day.

Thou by the Indian Ganges' side

Shouldest rubies find; I by the tide

Of Humber would complain. I would

Love you ten years before the flood,

And you should, if you please, refuse."

[Shehan] Arjie, can we talk?

Sure.

You and I, we're normal, okay?

Arjie listen, I love you.

I love you, Arjie.

Shehan...

I just can't.

Why?

My family.

Tamils, hm?

Filthy Tamils.

Fucking Tamils are all the fucking same.

[student] Stop it you two!

[yelling in Sinhalese]

You're all done.

Thank you.

Appa will sort everything out, don't worry.

[Diggy in Tamil] So far he’s done nothing.

But he will.

[in English] Police came and took Jegan at work.

[in Tamil] They say he's a Terrorist, a Tiger.

What happened?

Amma, Jegan?

There, Appa’s come.

Okay.

Where’s Jegan?

We kept phoning you.

The police kept him for the night.

[in English] Just routine stuff.

Just routine?

Is it just routine to keep someone in jail overnight?

[in Tamil] Didn't you insist on releasing him?

[in English] Prevention of Terrorism Act.

They have every right to keep him.

Look, if Jegan is innocent, they will release him, okay.

[Amma] Chelva.

[in Tamil] I have a business to run.

[in English] I cannot be accused of harboring a terrorist.

No matter what you think, Nalini,

not all of us have the luxury to fight.

Come on, Appa!

[crowd yelling]

[Officer 1 in Tamil] Shut up!

[in Tamil] Where is my son?

[Officer 1] Stop screaming. Nobody can help you.

Go home.

What's the meaning of this?

[Officer 2] Please help.

Idiots.

I’ll put you in jail.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Officer…

…I've come to look for my relative.

What’s his name?

Jegan Parameswaran.

Please, let my son go.

I told you to stand in the queue.

Wait, only he can go in.

No, Officer, I must go in.

I told you already, only he can go through.

Amma, I’ll go.

Come.

No.

I’ll go.

[crowd yelling]

[Officer] Jegan Parameswaran?

[overlapping chatter]

Jegan Parameswaran?

[crowd chattering]

You have two minutes.

[in Tamil] Jegan, how are you?

I am okay.

Amma’s contacted QC Nadesan, the best human rights lawyer.

We’re Tamil. No justice for us now.

[in English] Nalini's here?

Amma's outside, they won't let her in.

[Officer in Tamil] Your time is over.

Come on, let’s go.

Thank you.

[crowd chattering]

[horn blowing]

[door slamming]

[siren blaring]

[Officer] Come on!

[train whistle blowing]

[in Tamil] Son…

[in English] It was terrible, Amma.

[thunder crashing]

[dog barking]

[rain streaming]

[birds chirping]

[dog barking]

[reflective music plays]

♪♪

[indistinct chatter]

[crowd chattering]

[tense instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

Arjie!

Arjie! Arjie!

Arjie, remember,

action breeds courage and confidence.

[in Tamil] The Tigers need young men like you.

[dramatic instrumental music plays]

♪♪

[banging on door]

Shehan?

[in Sinhala] He's in his bedroom.

["Every Breath You Take" plays through headphones]

It's sincerity, not style.

That's the vital thing.

♪ Every single day ♪

♪ Every word you say ♪

♪ Every game you play ♪

♪ Every night you stay ♪

♪ I'll be watching you ♪

♪ Oh, can't you see ♪

- [softly] Wake up. - Mm.

Wake up.

["Every Breath You Take" plays]

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Every breath you take ♪

♪ Every move you make ♪

♪ Every bond you break ♪

♪ Every step you take ♪

♪ I'll be watching you ♪

♪ Every single day ♪

♪ And every word you say ♪

♪ Every game you play ♪

♪ Every night you stay ♪

♪ I'll be watching you ♪

♪ Oh, can't you see ♪

♪ You belong to me ♪

♪ How my poor heart aches ♪

♪ With every step you take ♪

♪ Every move you make ♪

- ♪ Every vow break ♪ - [banging]

♪ Every smile you fake ♪

♪ Every claim you stake I'll be watching you ♪

[in Sinhala] Tamils are being attacked in the city.

You should go home.

I should go.

I'm coming with you.

[phone ringing]

[in Tamil] Are you okay?

Hello, Nalini?

Be careful.

No Tamil is safe in Colombo.

Oh, no… I will tell Chelva.

Chelva!

Quiet, stop crying.

[swelling distant, angry shouting]

[crowd in Sinhala] Kill the Tamils.

Burn them alive.

Bastards.

Fucking Tamils… How dare they!

[somber instrumental music plays]

Every Tamil is a Tiger.

Kill the Terrorists.

♪♪

[explosion bangs]

[distant explosions]

[in English] Chelva, he's here!

Arjie… [in Tamil] Come.

Amma.

[in English] Where the hell were you, Arjie?

I was at Shehan's.

No big deal, Appa.

He's here now.

Go! Pack a satchel.

Only important things.

- [Appa in Tamil] Make it fast, Arjie. - Sonali!

[Appa] We're going next door… Move it!

[Amma in Tamil] Chelva…

Got the passports?

[Appa] Yes.

[in English] Sonali, come, what are you doing?

[Appa] Lakshmi? Lakshmi!

Let's go!

[Appa] Lakshmi!

[Amma in Tamil] Diggy put the lights off.

- Mr. Perera? - [knocking]

[in English] Come in, Chelva.

Right now, I’m ashamed of being Sinhalese.

[distant explosions]

I'm so sorry, Nalini, but it's the safest place.

[door locking]

[reflective instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[thunder rumbling]

[rain streaming]

[loud banging]

[man in Sinhala] Open up.

We know you're there.

You're hiding Tamils.

No, we are Sinhalese Buddhists.

Get out or I'll call the police.

We are the police.

We are the police.

Out of the way.

There is nothing to see.

[loud shouting]

[rain pouring]

Hiding Tamils in there?

No no, nothing there.

This is a store room.

Open it then!

[loud shouting]

Nobody is hiding there.

We don't believe you.

Door is locked.

[banging]

Break it open.

Move the furniture.

- Look there. - [swelling dramatic music plays]

Push that away.

Come on out.

[thunder crashing]

You've seen there's nothing there.

All junk here.

Better stuff next door.

Let's go.

[yelling in Sinhala] Motherfuckers. Destroy them all.

[glass crashing]

Tear the place apart.

Take whatever you want.

- [somber music plays] - [angry yelling]

♪♪

♪♪

[singing over PA]

[man 1 in Tamil] Move.

[man 2 in Tamil] It' s my turn.

[man 3 in Tamil Don't push, everyone needs water.

[bell tolling]

[man 4 in Tamil] Enough!

Get lost.

[in English] Come with us to England.

Never.

[Priest in Tamil] Stop fighting. This is a church.

[somber instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[baby crying]

[birds chirping]

What time's your flight to Toronto?

A little after midnight, I think.

I should get going though.

[gentle instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

- [wind blowing] - [hopeful music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

[in Tamil] I told you to wait inside the terminal.

[Appa mumbles]

Oh, look how big you are.

[in English] Come on.

[in Tamil] Get inside the car.

[in English] We simply must get you some proper winter clothes.

[in Tamil] Where is Rajan?

[in English] Who knows.

Who cares.

[in Tamil] It's so cold.

[in English] My feet are turning blue.

Feet of a refugee.

I wanna go home.

[in Tamil] Shut up…

[in English] You can't go home.

Oh, Arjie.

Radha Aunty?

Why the hell isn't he getting in?

He can do what he wants.

[in Tamil] In this new world,

we're all free slaves.

[in English] Come on, get inside.

[pensive instrumental music plays]

♪♪

♪♪

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