All language subtitles for Karmalink 2021 ESUB

I am the owner of my karma.

Heir to my karma.

Born of my karma.

Whatever I do, for good or evil

to that I will fall heir.

I know your eyes.

This is not the first time we have met

nor will it be the last.

Stop right there!

Wake up.

Wake up, my child.

You were talking in your sleep.

Time to get up.

Rise and shine.

What's this?

Your tea, grandma.

Srey Leak, rent was due a few days ago.

I thought your shop was
supposed to pay our rent.

Can you bring half tonight?

Hey guys, I had another dream
of my past life.

- Again?
- Better be something good this time.

This dream was different.

What did you see, exactly?

A bunch of statues, but this one
was definitely gold.

Hear that, Mi? We're gonna
find a treasure!

You're always saying Leng Heng's dreams
are full of shit. But he sees gold—

Dudes, I'm having a vision
of my past life too.

I was the king of Angkor!

There's a meeting at the village chief's
and I want everyone to be there. Move it!

You go around like everyone else.

No shortcuts!

Kids these days…

BULLET TRAIN TO BEIJING

All this talk of progress, of the future

but you shove us out of the way,
like we don't even exist.

My family has lived in this neighborhood
for three generations—

Ma'am, I assure you we are
sympathetic to your family's situation.

That's why we are
offering to relocate you.

Sir… your goddamn land concessions
are kilometers outside the city.

You are tearing this community apart—

Ma'am, I ask that you remain civil.

We've offered your community
generous compensation,

but your protests have
already cost us millions.

This railroad you are
building is bullshit.

My husband is at war and you are letting…

- Tell Mom I'll be home later.
- … this company steal our land—

Ma'am, Cambodia is not at war.

If your husband took a salary
to fight on behalf of a foreign power…

Hey guys!

Hey, what's up?

You could throw a thousand times in
a thousand lives, and still never hit it.

They're splitting us up.

By next year we won't even be friends.

Why wouldn't we be friends, Thy?

They're gonna tear down our houses
to build some bullet train to China.

So we really need to find this treasure.

But where the hell do we start?

What do you want, weirdo?

Thy said he could get me
a P2 chip if I had money.

We're busy.

Didn't I just say I have money?

If we're going on an expedition,
we'll need supplies.

I know where we can get a shovel.

What are you digging for?

None of your damn business.

Ok, whatever.

I had a dream of my past life.
There was treasure—

Damn, are you just gonna tell everyone?

Where's it buried?

Why do you care?

I know how to find things.

The last thing we need is some
dirty orphan trying to take a cut.

Leave her alone, Thy. She's just a girl.

You can both back off, assholes.

You said you had money!
Nobody wants American dollars!

I hope you brought me something good
for all these beautiful hard drives.

Brand new P2 chip.

Hey man, wait for me!

I'll bring you something good next time.

I promise.

Kids these days.

Come on, Old Timer.

The Russian will give me seven
for the encrypted drive,

plus a quarter of the bitcoin
he'll probably find.

- But you know I'd rather deal with you—
- Okay, okay.

Deal.

What the hell happened, Kosal?

What?

I packed you a bag before
the landlord changed the locks.

At least you have a change of clothes.

I have my half of the rent.

He gave me ten minutes.

I couldn't even get my gear out.

Understand?

Just give me your half and we'll find
a place to sleep tonight.

- Where's your half?
- Come on, let's go.

You don't even have it, do you?

Since you were little, I always tried
to take care of you.

I guess I'm not the best big brother.

Doctor, can I rest?

If the pills help her remember,
why does she need to wear the hat?

Doctor, would you like to
join us for porridge?

She said yes.

Girls, come eat.

Have a seat.

Little sister, have you taken
a genuine interest in Buddhism?

Or did you offer to do chores just to
steal bananas from the offerings?

Hey, Srey Leak!

I need your help finding a treasure.

Are you serious?

You said you were good at finding things.

Why don't your sandals match?

I was playing with the guys here
yesterday and one sandal disappeared.

Which car?

I already checked. It's not there.

Let's go.

I've seen the same statue in two dreams
of two different past lives.

I'm supposed to find it
in this life too. I'm sure.

If you say so.

What are we doing out here anyway?

Recognize anything?

Everyone knows Uncle Sarath.

No, dumbass. Look at the dogs.

Maybe that one with the red collar?

Maybe? Think it over.

That's it!

- How long have you lived here?
- My whole life.

And you never followed the dogs around?

Everyone knows that red-collared bitch
is a thief. And this is where she sleeps.

See you around.

What about my treasure?

I got a job, kid.

I can't work and investigate
your treasure.

I'll pay you.

Right, sure you will.

How much?

We'll split the treasure.

I want half.

I already promised
the guys a quarter each.

Forty then.

That leaves you each fifteen percent.

Final offer.

We'll need one of Thy's chickens.

A chicken?

Don't question my methods.

You're getting fifteen percent of
Leng Heng's treasure

and all he's asking for
is a single chicken.

My take's down to fifteen percent?

I got it!

Here, try this.

You need to work the pins one by one.

Finesse.

Try again.

Hey dudes, check out my sweet moves!

The more you screw around,
the longer it takes!

That's quite a racket, getting
those boys to do all the work.

Damn straight, Gramps. They actually
think I can find this treasure.

Hey, Leng Heng!

Show him your book.

I have these dreams sometimes,
where I'm different people.

Probably your past lives.

Look here.

This pagoda is on the
north side of the city.

But it's surrounded by skyscrapers now.

Hey guys!

Now they're never going to want to
dig for junk again. Thanks a lot.

So how are we splitting the money?

We aren't. You just get your share
of the treasure when we find it.

Guys, she said there's no split.

Investigations have expenses.

That wasn't the deal… was it?

Do you live around here?

I used to have a shop with my brother.
But he moved out.

We probably won't live here
much longer either.

We're having soup for dinner.

It's my grandma's recipe, and my sister
always makes too much, so…

I'm just going to read for a while.
See you tomorrow.

Ok, I'll go.

… I know you hate working in the shop,

but it's our only source of income.

Doctor Sophia is paying us for
grandma's memory study, isn't she?

Get inside, dear. Dinner's ready.

You could get a job.

The protests I'm organizing are
what's keeping us in this house.

Why does it have to be you?
Somebody else in the community—

Borramey, that's enough.

Where were you all day?

You're supposed to watch the girls.

Not chase your dumb dreams around.

As long as have each
other, we'll be okay.

So tasty!

Let's use that expense account
to get a tuktuk.

That money covers my personal
expenses while I work for you.

But what have you actually done?

It's pretty obvious now that
the drawing was Wat Phnom.

- We could have figured that out ourselves.
- Then why didn't you?

I'm just saying that idea's
not worth half our loot.

You get your share when you earn it.

I already invested a whole chicken!

I learned some Bokator moves
off TV so I can be the bodyguard.

Hey, stop that.

We don't even need a bodyguard.

We will once we have all that gold.

Let's check out the AUGR shop.

No way they'd let us inside.

Speak for yourself.

What, they have a 'No Jackass' policy?

Leng Heng, we're on an investigation!

Come on, the main hall is this way.

Here it is, just like your drawing.

I brought it here. I'm sure.

Then where is it?

Are you looking for something
in particular, children?

We're on a treasure hunt.

A treasure?

Are you sure this statue is here?

I'm not sure if it's here now,
but it was a long time ago.

Are either of you augmented?

No, Venerable.

In that case, follow me.

Here it is.

Let's see…

This is the earliest photo of Wat Phnom.

It was taken by one of the
French colonists' Cambodian translators.

This translator had the foresight
to photograph most of the artifacts

before they were taken by the French—

That's it!

Many relics have been returned,
but this one remains missing.

Likely part of a private collection.

… they broke up the protest. I was
trying to get her out before the tear gas.

But in all the commotion…

Mom, what happened to grandma?

She just… fell out of her chair.

I see you brought a friend.

That's Srey Leak. She's a detective!

I'm just helping Leng Heng
sort out his past lives.

Mom, look! We found an old photo
of the gold statue from my past lives.

That's lucky.

Come doctor, I'll walk you out.

Are you staying for dinner?

Yes, thank you ma'am.

Thanks again for coming
on such short notice.

He's always had quite
the active imagination.

They think the statue's in France,
but I know it's still here.

I just need to remember where.

And you dear, do you do anything
besides detective work?

Yes ma'am. I sell cigarettes at the club.

Borramey, can you pass the soup?

Thank you very much.

Are you sure the statue
is still in Cambodia?

It's buried somewhere. I can feel it.

Thank your mom for dinner.

It looks small.

- That's it though.
- Let me see!

These statues all look the same.

You don't even know where it is.

Not yet, we're still investigating.

This investigation is stupid.

So you'll believe my dreams,
but as soon as I find something real—

Come on, Leng Heng.

They obviously don't care
about finding a shitload of money.

Hey wait! It looks like gold to me!

The developers bought Thy's house and
doubled the rent. Don't get mad at him.

If it's out there, they just need
to know where and they'll come dig.

This is not the first time we have met…

When I was little, you could take
a boat out on Boeung Kak lake.

I used to catch so many fish,
you wouldn't believe!

Now this was long before
they filled the lake with sand

and started building
all those skyscrapers.

Sorry, grandma!

They posted an eviction notice?

Our relocation community is just
fifteen kilometers out of the city.

Obviously we have to
organize another protest.

Hey, where are you two off to?

I think he had another dream!

He says he hid the statue in a tree,

but I just want to make sure it didn't
end up in some museum archive somewhere.

Here it is, Google Images.

It's going to take a couple of hours
to run the search.

Hey kid, hand me that dictionary?

Hey Leng Heng!

Here it is.

Now you just need to find a way to pay me.

Hey, what's with you today?

I narrowed the search down
to just over 200 images.

There's no computer thing
you can do to make this go faster?

I thought you wanted to be a detective.

This is the job.

Did you have another dream?

Hey, hey!

You have money, kid?

This is why we have that expense account.

Hurry up. Turn right here. Faster!

Leng Heng, what do you see?

Ah no! Turn back there!

Faster!

Kids, I have to turn around.

There's no charging station
for 10 km and I'm not chancing it.

What did you see?

I was going to take us to the treasure!

I just gave all my money to that tuktuk.

We're not leaving town without
knowing where we are going.

Let me see.

They help my grandma's memory,
so I thought…

Spit it out.

I already swallowed it.

You're not acting like
yourself, Leng Heng.

Those pills are messing with your mind.

Put them back.

I have a better idea.

Srey Leak, what if someone is in there?

It was locked out front, wasn't it?

Ah shit.

They cleared the whole place out.

I can't believe they turned
my house into an AUGR café.

These augmented hipsters
are ruining everything.

Well, you know what they say.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Jackpot!

What about this, Leng Heng?

What if you didn't need to remember
your dreams at all?

My mom would kill me
if she found out I came here.

Srey Leak! Where'd you
get these nanobugs?

Did you go back to our shop?—

I didn't come to have a family moment.
We want augments.

You've wanted this for a while, huh sis?

I guess you are old enough now.

What's this?

"See your dreams"

The nanotransmitters capture video
of whatever you look at.

But you need to have one of these.

Is that my sister's AUGR?

We're just borrowing it.

Okay… it takes the nanobugs a few hours…

to replicate from the minerals
in your blood.

You'll probably feel… a bit weak…

while your bone marrow catches up…

Okay, all set?

Press here.

Okay buddy, your turn.

Don't chicken out.

Srey Leak, are you sure
he's not already bugged?

Sure I'm sure. He'd know, wouldn't he?

There's an easy way to check.

With this little guy, here.

The rave's on an open network.

You must've connected automatically.

I can't breathe in here.

Calm down, buddy.

I need you to help get my little sister
home, wherever that is now.

Ok?

I'm fine, I can take care of myself.

Srey Leak, let him help you anyway.

Hey kid!

You need an upgrade.

Your software is more than a decade old.

He said I was augmented ten years ago.

Nobody augments babies.
You have to be thirteen.

Everyone knows that.

Why would anybody augment me?
I'm just some kid from Tralok Bek.

Kosal said it records what you see.

So we're going to use
it to record your dreams.

A camera icon.

So we're going to use
it to record your dreams.

A hundred years ago, I hid this
gold statue in the trunk.

From the French—

Mom, what's wrong?

What's wrong with grandma?

Stop! Don't touch it.

Is she okay, doctor?

You followed her? Are you crazy?

She's a brain doctor.

Your brain is bugged.

You think it's a coincidence?

Vattanak.

Let me help you up.

Come on!

Vattanak, let's go.

Vattanak, let's go!

Faster, Vattanak!

Help me! No!

You yelled in your sleep,

so I took the AUGR off before you woke
your mom up and she saw it.

Heng!

What did you say?

Vattanak, let me help you up.

He said my name!

Who did?

My big brother.

I buried it here, under this tree!

This was my previous life!

This is it. Vattanak died and…

Who is Vattanak?

I told you, I heard my name.

Let me see.

I can't see anything.

Take that thing off.

You're supposed to be keeping watch.

What if she's in there?

If she was, the lock
would be on the inside.

Come on.

This computer is still on.

What the hell…

Hey, Srey Leak!

These are all my dreams.

"Vattanak"

The doctor knew you in your past life.

I need to talk to her.

No.

Think about it.

She figured you're Vattanak's
reincarnation a while ago…

and never told you.

She must be trying to find
the treasure too.

"Dr. Vattanak Sovann"

I was a scientist.

This whole book is about my research
into the memories of my past lives.

- I did experiments on a "Connectome"—
- Stay focused.

Keep translating.

We just need to find out
where you buried that treasure.

You can always read his book once
we save your family's house.

Well, guess what…

It says where he grew up!

I know your eyes.

This is not the first time we have met.

Nor will it be the last.

Vattanak! Hurry up!

Wake up!

Put your clothes on, we're late.

Dr. Sophia is waiting.

What does she want with me?

She offered us compensation if you
participate in one of her studies.

Why me?

I'm not so sure, myself.

Welcome.

Thank you.

I'll have to discuss this with him.

Thank you, doctor.

You look beautiful, dear.

Borramey just lent me
one of her old silks.

The rest of you still need to get ready,
we have to leave soon.

Where were you all day?

We have an expedition to plan.

Do's getting the guys together tonight.

Aren't you excited?

Yes, of course.

We gather together tonight
under the light of the full moon.

A very auspicious day in our tradition.

On Meak Bochea, we celebrate the Sangha,

the community that has passed down
teachings of the Enlightened One

from one generation to the next.

Although your homes may soon be lost,

the most important thing is,

we will always support each other.

For our destinies are bound together.

We are as one.

We are really being
forced out of the city.

Leng Heng and I are going to
dig up this treasure tomorrow.

Are you in or out?

See guys! I told you they found it.

Prove it.

We found my last life. I know
his name, where he grew up,

and where he buried the treasure!

Here it is.

It says here Vattanak survived
the American bombing of his village

in "Takeo, Cambodia."

It's two hours south of the city.

Okay, I'm in.

It's a long ride down there.

Time to go all in.

Don't look at me. My mom's already
making me pay her for that chicken.

I told you we needed
that expense account, didn't I?

How much of that science stuff
do you understand?

It all just kind of makes sense.

We're gonna find a treasure!

Fills me up with pleasure!

We 're gonna find a treasure…

Hey man, stop the cart!

Are you sure this is the place?

Yes, I can feel it.

How much will all that
gold be worth, anyway?

We've got to find it first, idiot.

I'm gonna get a cloned tiger!

Heng, look! It's the stupa
from your drawings!

Let me help you up.

Leng Heng.

Do you see something?

I lost my whole family right over there.

You didn't. Vattanak did.

Look!

It's all rusty, but this was mine.

Right where I left it.

Hey! Where the hell should we dig?

Right here.

I want to amend our deal.

I want 40%, plus this knife.

That knife…

it's kind of the only thing we've
found so far from my past lives.

I guess you should keep it.

No, you have it.

I found what I needed.

We found something!

It's just old wood.

Instead of deeper, we should make the hole
wider to cover more ground.

Hey guys, dinner is ready. Come eat!

Good, I'm hungry as shit.

Perfect timing.

Did we find the treasure?

Get the others up, let's get out of here.

Maybe we just missed something
in one of your dreams.

My dreams weren't real.

What do you mean? We followed them here…

I don't think that Vattanak's dead.

How could he not be dead
if you're his reincarnation?

I don't know!

The treasure hunt is over.

What?!

Your family needed this treasure.
And your friends!

Did you know there wasn't a
treasure before we came out here?

We're all disappointed, asshole.
You're the one giving up.

Leng Heng.

Time for bed.

I had the most beautiful dream.

Yes, mom.

Hello.

Thank you.

It was his decision.

Thank you, Leng Heng.

Let's go, dear.

I'll see you in a couple of weeks.

Are these from old phones?

I haven't found a drive in weeks.

I want to meet him.

Where'd you go, Leng Heng?

It's okay.

He wants me to come back.

No.

How much for this?

Is it stolen?

It's locked.

If you got someone to hack it,
maybe I could sell it.

The security on those 1st gen AUGRs
was full of exploits.

Lucky you got an old one.

You want me to wipe its memory or
just reset the configuration file?

Don't delete anything.

Okay, Leng Heng. Let's see what you
missed in these dreams of yours.

Looks like we're going to Takeo, huh.

Leng Heng, come have some tea.

Your family needed this treasure.
And your friends!

You said Leng Heng asked for me.

I went to his house.

I thought he left town with his family.

Do you really think Leng Heng will
be able to wake Vattanak up?

You came.

Of course I came, idiot.

Listen, I don't care about
the treasure anymore.

I just want my friend back.

Leng Heng, come home.

I don't care about the treasure.

I just want my friend back.

Come home, Leng Heng. Come home.

I want to meet your machine.

The one with perfect memory.

We have been waiting for you, Leng Heng.

You recognize me?

We recognize ourselves in you.

You are the computer that put
Vattanak's memories into my head.

Yes.

I want you to take
Vattanak's memories out of my head.

Yes.

The data is ready to be extracted.

I found what I needed.

… there's an order to the activity.

It's as if the Connectome is indexing
the boy's memory.

It's erasing him?

We must pull the tree up by the roots.

Seeing our memories refracted
through this pure mind…

we are becoming…

… enlightened.

I am the owner of my karma.
Heir to my karma.

Born of my karma.

Whatever I do, for good or evil

to that I will fall heir.

Sit down.

The memory extraction is almost complete.

You have to stop this!

I know your eyes.

This memory has been extracted.

No.

Vattanak's memory of this moment
has been extracted.

But buried beneath it

I remember

standing here

as another man.

I told you we would meet again

in another life…

RELOCATION COMMUNITY

Leng Heng, you're back!

Mom, Leng Heng is here!

Leng Heng!

It's so good to have you back, dear.

Srey Leak, come on!