All language subtitles for In The Country Of Last Things (2020).eng

Not a great while ago,

passing through the gate of dreams,

I visited that region of the earth

in which lies the famous
City of Destruction.

IN THE COUNTRY OF LAST THINGS

These are the last things.

One by one they disappear
and never come back.

I can tell you of the ones
I have seen,

of the ones that are no more,

but I doubt there will be time.

It is all happening too fast now,
and I cannot keep up.

You remember what you said to me
before I left.

William has disappeared,
and no matter how hard I looked,

I would never find him.

Those were your words.

I ignored you, for a change.

I told you that I didn't care,

that I was going to find my brother.

How long ago was that?

Years and years, I think.

I feel that William is still alive.

He must be somewhere,
unless the government has killed him.

I will find him sooner or later,
and bring him back home.

In the city, it is absolutely
against the law to bury the dead.

All corpses are required to be taken
to one of the Transformation Centers.

There, through an industrial process,

the country obtains the fuel
it needs to run.

Anyone who does not comply
with this law

is subject to the stiffest penalty.

The Runners and the Leapers
are among the most subversive sects.

Runners travel in groups,

running and running
until they drop from exhaustion.

Leapers climb to the highest places
for no other reason than to jump.

Next!

I'll give you 20 or nothing.

Not what you said last week.

Last week was last week.

And those earrings?

13 glots.

Hi Isabel.

-Hi.
-How did it go today?

Ferdinand will be furious.

C'mon.

It's been 3 days since
I brought anything home.

Don't worry.

I'll explain it to him.

I've lived a while in a room
about 4 meters by 6.

Ferdinand and Isabel slept apart,

each in a different corner,

and I slept in a third,

separated by a flimsy sheet.

You won't last long without
good shoes, Anna.

I know, Isabel.

Thank you.

The only thing that helps
is to masturbate.

Forgive me for being so blunt,

but I don't see any point
in mincing words.

It's a common enough solution
under the circumstances.

I love your model boats.

I'm the best!

You could sell some.

Sell my fleet?!

You're crazy!

You'll have to kill me first!

I won't part with a single one!

Not ever!

This is...

It's a mutiny!

William...

William...

William...

William...

Anna, it's too dangerous.

I don't care, I'll find him.

Your brother hasn't
been in touch for months.

I sent another man a year ago.

Sam Farr.

William...

William...

Haven't heard from him either.

I still have Sam's photograph.

Just knowing that he was in the city

gave me something to hope for.

I kept it with me as an amulet,

a tiny shield to ward off despair.

There are no politics
in the city as such.

The people are too hungry,
too distracted,

too much at odds
with each other for that.

Lockdown regulations
were put in place.

And the garbage collectors,
the first to be banned,

made themselves heard.

It's essential that you look more like
a young man than a young woman.

Now you look like a dyke!

Ignore him.

That ogre.

He's an ogre, ignore him Anna.

Shouldn't we wake him up?

I don't think Ferdinand
will ever wake up again.

Ferdinand?

Ferdinand?

The idea was to make him
look like a Leaper.

At least the neighbors
would think

that Ferdinand still had
some fight left in him.

They would see him flying off the roof
and say to themselves:

This was a man who had the courage
to take matters into his own hands.

I'll never know if it was Isabel
who put an end to Ferdinand's life.

Or if his chronic cough did him in.

Or if it was simply my hands.

I bought the most beautiful dress
I could find.

It was white,

with lace on the collar and sleeves.

I think Isabel would have been happy.

This is the National Library!

Do you have a pass?

I'm sorry.

I thought all the Jews were dead.

It's not so easy to get rid of us.

My name is Anna Blume.

I'm looking for my brother.
William Blume.

Blume?

Blume.

I've never met your brother.

I'm also looking for this man.

Samuel Farr.

He works for the same newspaper
as my brother.

Yes.

I know that name.

I've talked to him several times.

Intelligent man.

Extremely bitter.

He lives upstairs,
here in the library.

He's hidden away.

I can take you to him.

With your permission.

Neither for nor against.

Our permit is in jeopardy.

We no longer have full academy status.

However...

I don't see what harm it can do
if you take her.

This is as far as I can go.

Good luck.

I'm very grateful.

Go away.

Is that Samuel Farr in there?

Who wants to know?

Anna Blume.

I'm William's sister!

Open the door or I'll tear it down!

We knew something
happened to William.

Nothing is definite in this place.

We must keep working in the meantime.

There are over 3000 pages here.

I've interviewed hundreds of people.

All their stories are in there.

How much money do you have?

Twelve glots.

I have some left.

I need a place to live.

William used to talk about you.

Don't worry.

I won't get in the way.

It's a lucky thing
the gun wasn't loaded.

William...

William...

William...

William...

It's unbelievable.

I believe it.

I must continue the interviews.

I'll go to the municipal market.

Not in those shoes.

You wouldn't get far.

I have a surprise for you.

Cigarettes!

The perfect meal.

The power only runs 3 hours a day.

How I miss you my love, I wonder why

My life lacks meaning
if you're not here

How I miss you my love, what can I do?

I miss you so much, I'm going crazy

Oh divine love!

You have to hurry up

And come back to me

The pain is strong and I bear it

I'm looking for William Blume.

Anyone heard of William Blume?

Excuse me.

William Blume? Journalist?

He came here 4 years ago
as a foreign correspondent.

Blume?

Heard of the Smilers?

No.

The Smilers are a sect.

They believe bad weather
comes from bad thoughts.

A dark or pessimistic thought
produces a cloud in the sky.

And that's why we have the Rushers.

They want to rush everything
until it explodes.

Sam.

I'm so cold.

Can I sleep beside you?

Weren't you ever taught to knock?

I'm sorry.

I'm looking for the Rabbis.

They cleared out two days ago.

The new laws.

Haven't you heard?

And you are?

My name is Edouard Dujardin.

I'm an anthropologist.

Please, sit.

No, I'm good. Thank you.

Till next time.

Anna?

The Rabbis.

What about them?

They lost their academy status
just like Jacob said.

They're gone.

The expulsions have already started.

Don't cry, Anna.

I'll make you some tea.

That was how I survived that winter.

We burned books to keep warm.

I helped Sam with his book.

For the next six months,

that small room was the center
of my world.

It was all bodies at first,

a mad crush and tangle of limbs,

a splurge of pent-up lust.

Then the pace died down,

and little by little, over the weeks
that followed,

we actually fell in love.

It wasn't tenderness or the
comforts of a shared life.

We fell deeply in love,

and in the end it was
as though we were married,

as though we would never
leave each other again.

Those were the best days for me.

Not just here,

but anywhere.

The best days of my life.

Any luck?

I might as well be talking to stones.

Perhaps he went south?

Like many others.

Even the birds have been shot.

There are no animals left.

Come here.

I want your body next to mine.

Do you think about your life before?

Before what?

The crossing.

All the time.

I can't help but remember
the maple trees on Miro Avenue.

The Roman numeral clocks.

The green neon dragon sign
on the Chinese restaurant.

The toy boats on the pond
in Erasmus Park.

Sam.

I think I'm pregnant.

Miss Blume.

How do you know my name?

You're looking for your brother,
William Blume.

Do you know where he is?

Unfortunately, no.

What I've heard is...

You need shoes.
Maybe I can help with that.

Who told you that?

Your boyfriend has been asking around.

How do you know where to find shoes?

I have a cousin who's in the business
of buying and selling...

Used things, consumer articles.

He might have what you want.

I'm seeing him tonight.

I can't spend much.

That can be arranged.

I'll see you later then.

"...but still no news about William."

Anna.

Do you know what this means?

What?

We have overturned the odds.

Don't be dramatic.

Have you seen any children
since you got here?

I'm not here to save the human race.

I came to bring William back.

I know.

I know.

We'll need diapers.

You'll have them.

You'll have them.

Miss Blume.

It's your lucky day.

Take a good look.

I'll pay for the other one, too.

I don't have it with me.

What do you mean?

My cousin is waiting for us
to complete the transaction.

There are still some decent
people left in this world.

Miss Blume.

This is my cousin.

He wanted to meet you.

And so...

Here's your other shoe.

Try it on.

Slip it on.

It'll fit nicely.

Have a glass of milk, Miss Blume.

Try it on, it'll fit.

Murderers!

SOUTH SOUTH
SOUTH SOUTH

Hello.

I'm glad you're alive.

Am I?

You're injured and
your left arm is broken.

But you are alive.

I'm Victoria Woburn.

And this is Woburn House.

My father was a doctor.

He died shortly after
opening this place.

We do the rounds
on Wednesdays.

We go out to help those
who can't get here by themselves.

You found me by accident?

They drove by as you crashed
through the window.

The only thing we managed
to save was your blue notebook.

I left it there.

I wasn't trying to kill myself.

I would never do that.

I'm pregnant.

I'm so sorry.

Your name?

Anna.

I'll be back in a bit.

Try to get some rest.

A fire had broken out in the library.

If Sam had survived,
there was no way to find him.

If he had died...

Everything was lost for me.

I would never see him again.

The ache, then, did not disappear.

Little by little,

I noticed I was crying less.

I once discovered that I had managed

to go three hours
without thinking of Sam.

Good morning, how do you feel?

Better.

Thank you.

I brought you tea.

We also washed your coat.

I read it a long time ago.
Good choice.

Time to get out of bed.

I'd like you to meet some people.

I wonder what's better.

To help many people a little bit
or just a few people a lot?

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

Hi Maggie!

Maggie cooks for all of us.

My father's methods have
provoked a lot of envy.

But as you might imagine...

Nobody will return to the streets.

I understand.

I want you to meet someone I trust.

Good morning, Otto.

I brought a guest.

Good morning.

My name is the same
backwards and forwards.

Just like yours.

Miss Anna.

That's why you got to be born again.

Excuse me?

Mr. Frick and Pedrito rescued you.

You were dead.

Saw it with my own eyes.

You came back to life.

Pedrito?

He's my grandson.

Hi.

She's Anna.

Hi Anna.

Anna, please sit.

There's so much work.

So much to do.

We're not enough.

You know, Anna...

We've given you special treatment.

Because I need your help.

I just came to find my brother.

Broken hearts are sometimes
mended by work.

Could you pass the salt?

Put it there.

It's bad luck.

Enough with the salt crap!

Look at what that
nonsense has gotten us!

Don't be a fool.

Politicians got us here.

Excuse me.

Could I have one?

I haven't smoked in ages.

Princess Anna in the flesh.

I'm Boris Stepanovich.

Victoria.

I see you noticed
my cigarette case.

It belonged to a tsarist general
captured by the Red Army.

Beautiful.

Don't believe a word he says.

Boris was a great friend to my father.

His best disciple.

She's exaggerating.

What priceless treasure
do we have this time?

China teacups.

I found them on the second floor.

Under the bedroom table.

Perfect.

Want to tag along?

Why do you do all this?

I promised Woburn
I'd take care of Victoria.

He saved my good leg.

Wait for me here.

My dear friend.

Who is she?

My niece.

Nothing to worry about.

What do you have for me today?

The offer of a lifetime.

Straight from the Old World.

Take a good look at this teacup.

Hold it against your lips.

Imagine you're drinking tea.

Please help me.

Help me.

You know what I want.

Not negotiable.

Leave!

Get out!

Keep walking, don't look back.

Don't stop or we're sitting ducks.

-What did the slave want?
-Help.

Many of them are trapped.

I see.

Let me explain.

Woburn House is built
on a foundation of clouds.

It seems solid to me.

For now, yes.

But people have heard
about our self-sufficiency.

They arrive desperate,

and they're scared of
returning to the real world.

So they become bad
in order to survive.

Name?

Come on in.

-Age?
-28.

Someone will see you shortly.

Full name?

Age?

86 years old.

Follow me.

This way.

Thanks.

There were too many people to be helped
and not enough people to help them.

The arithmetic was overpowering,

inexorable in the havoc it produced.

Mister Frick.

Could you get us beers?

If you drink,
it's goodbye for you.

Lend us your car, man.

It's all good.

Go do what you need to do.

Sometimes I drift off to
the old days back home.

Remembering how it used to be
when I was a little girl

and the whole family would
go up north on the train.

My big brother William would
let me have the window seat

and I rarely spoke,

face pressed against the window,
looking out at the scenery.

I would say to myself,

Anna...

You've never seen anything
more beautiful.

Try to remember it.

Try to memorize all
the beautiful things you see

and then they will
always be with you.

Even when you can't see them anymore.

I don't think I ever looked harder
than on those train rides up north.

I wanted everything to belong to me,
for all that beauty to be a part of what I was.

Forever.

The odd thing was that
none of it stayed with me.

I always wound up losing it.

In the end the only thing I remember
was how hard I had tried.

Have you had many men
in your life?

I've been married twice.

The first was what you'd call
a brilliant society match.

A policeman shot him dead.

I'm sorry.

Then I met Tommy.

He got into politics.

Bed 7 will be free on Thursday, right?

Such a quiet man.

He's quiet, but a big eater too!

-He eats for four.
-It's true!

He ate a lot.

It's a cramp.

Oh yes.

You're so beautiful.

It's so good you're here.

Welcome, someone will be with you.

Go ahead.

Come with me.

Next please!

A spot will open in a month.

Thank you, miss.

Next!

Help me find my husband!

He left in June.

And I haven't heard back!

I'm very sorry.

We've been married for 27 years!

You have to help me!

I'm so sorry, I can't!

If the good doctor
could hear you talk...

He'd be turning over in his grave.

William...

William...

Sam.

I waited hours for you
to come back.

I went looking for you.

The library was on fire
when I returned.

I lived in the old train station
with derelicts and madmen.

The shadow people...

I gave up trying to be anyone.

I said goodbye to you, Anna.

I said goodbye to the book,
to myself.

To want nothing, to have nothing,
to be nothing.

Best solution I could find.

In the end, I lived
the life of a stone.

You're here now.

Yes.

Yes.

And our baby?

Come in.

Victoria.

It's Sam.

My Sam came back.

Welcome Sam.

You're a great cook.

The best cook!

Hi Sam.

You look well.

Thanks.

Can I speak to you both
about something?

We've been floundering
ever since my father's death.

We offer people food
and shelter for a while.

That's all we can do.

If we had another doctor...

Maybe we can regain
the spirit this place once had.

There's no medicine
left to dispense.

Sam will talk and
people will listen to him.

If you think a fake doctor
will help people feel better...

I've no problem.

Victoria.

I'll go pick the next item for you.

Spring came early that year.

The nights were warm.

Sometimes Sam and I would walk
around the garden before turning in.

Each time, as we embraced
in the middle of the night,

it was like falling in love
all over again.

Pedrito! Some fruit please!

Enough.

Thanks for the fruit, goodnight.

Stop it.

That's enough.

What are you doing here?

What do you want?

We know your secret, Mr. Frick.

What secret do you know?

What secret?

This is too risky, Victoria.

Private burials are forbidden by law.

My father would want it this way.

It was his.

It's loaded.

I want you to have it.

She's gone.

What?

Maggie has left me all alone.

-Let me help.
-I can do it, thanks.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

We're in this together.

Together.

Bodies are for burning.

We'd be ruined otherwise.

People who commit these acts
must be punished.

-Officer.
-Yes?

May I have a word with you?

This is the last time.

Not one body can be spared!

Those who subvert the law

will be declared enemies of the state.

That's my grandfather!

That's my grandfather!

That's my grandfather!

Come here.

The order of things had been smashed.

Frick's burial site had become
holy ground for Pedrito.

And now it had been desecrated.

He began going out after dinner,
rarely returning before dawn.

It was late November, and Pedrito
had spun off into his own orbit.

An errant star
with no definable trajectory.

What was that?

Stay here.

Drop the gun!

Pedrito!

I wonder...

Who cares what you were last week

if you know who you are today?

Sam has studied
the perimeters of the city.

Such knowledge will be vital
when we escape to the south.

The end is only imaginary.

A destination you invent
to keep yourself going

even if you never get there.

You stop.

But that does not mean
you have come to an end.

Anna?

We're ready.

Coming.

Perhaps we will find William
after we leave the city.

But I try not to hope too much.

The only thing I ask for now
is the chance to live one more day.

This is Anna Blume.

Your old friend.

From another world.

Once we get to where we are going...

I will try to write to you again.

I promise.

THE END