Nanahimik ang Gabi (2023) Movie Script
1
(ambient music playing)
(Mang Boy) Ma'am, ma'am, wake up.
(eerie music playing)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(Mang Boy) Ma'am? Ma'am.
Just reminding you
of Chief's instructions.
You're overreacting, mister.
I'm not going to post it. Promise.
Ah
- (Mang Boy) Ah
- You're such a killjoy.
Okay, I'll delete them now.
Yes.
There, okay now?
I'm sorry, ma'am. Just following orders.
It's hard to lose a job...
Where in the world are we, mister?
- Ah
- Still in the Philippines?
You can go inside now, ma'am.
Chief is already waiting.
I'll go ahead.
- (crows cawing)
- (foreboding music playing)
(metal clangs)
(chains clanking)
(metal clangs)
(phone ringing)
SISTER
Hello?
Where are you?
Just here. Why?
Why won't you tell me where you are?
You're with that guy again, aren't you?
Sis, if we're just going to fight,
let's just end this call, okay?
You're just wasting your phone credit.
- Hello?
- (crow cawing)
- Hello?
- (call drops)
(eerie sound)
(birds chirping)
(foreboding music playing)
(echoing slam)
(lights click)
Chief?
(gasps)
Chiefy.
Aw!
Oh, thank you, Chiefy!
You're so sweet.
(squeals)
Chiefy?
I'm here now.
Hello?
Hmm.
(whispers)
- Hmm.
- (camera clicks)
Cute.
(phone ringing)
- Oh?
- (sister) You're so stubborn.
I've told you many times.
Aside from the fact that he's married,
he's a policeman.
You don't know
what you're getting into, Me-Ann!
You're annoying, sister!
Just because he's a policeman
doesn't mean you can't trust him, okay?
Don't be judgmental. You don't know Chief.
You don't know what he's done for me.
That's what
(Me-Ann) I'll remind you again, okay?
When we were having problems
with our mother's funeral last year,
who saved us?
When we were being evicted by the
attorney from our apartment in Cubao
and his wife was making it into a scandal,
who fixed our problems, huh?
The two months' deposit for the condo,
whose money was it?
All of it was Chief's, sis.
Maybe you're forgetting that.
Mom didn't sacrifice for your studies
just for you to end up a mistress!
I'm not a mistress.
What are you then?
Huh? A sugar baby?
(call drops)
(sighs)
Chiefy?
Chief?
Chiefy.
(unsettling music playing)
(DOOR OPENS)
Chief?
Chief?
(apple crunches crisply)
(door opens from a distance)
(unsettling music playing)
Chief?
(Me-Ann sighs)
Chief?
Chief?
(phone ringing)
Chiefy?
Chiefy?
(phone ringing)
Why can't you be happy for me, sister?
Is it wrong to love?
(sister) He doesn't love you Me-Ann.
He's not serious about you.
You know what?
Just admit that you're jealous, sis.
I hit the jackpot with Chief,
while you put up with your loser husband.
You know, let's do it this way.
I'll move out.
I'll ask Chief for my own condo, okay?
Suit yourself!
What? Do you hear what you're saying?!
(call drops)
(unsettling music continues)
Chiefy?
Are we playing hide and seek?
Mm Where's the toilet? I have to pee.
(toilet flushing)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicking)
(strange noise)
(suspenseful music)
(night animal crying)
(crickets chirping)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music)
(giggling)
(squeals)
("No Escape" playing, upbeat pop)
There's no escaping this love
We're not escaping this love
(music distorts, unsettling)
We're not escaping this love
We're not escaping this love
We're not escaping this love
(panting)
(song ends)
(piano playing)
(Chief) She's sitting in a dark corner
I don't know why
Out of the thousands of women there
After not even one minute
I fell for you
Ooh
I want to hear your voice
Hoping that I would also
Hold your hand
I want to come closer
But you have another man in your arms
Oh
Bring me to your palace
Let's walk at the garden
Of your kingdom
I don't have any property
But I promise that I'll serve you
Forever
Oh, my princess
(tender music playing)
(laughs softly)
It's okay, Chief. I'm safe.
(kissing)
(foreboding music playing)
- (unsettling music continues)
- (birds chirping)
(doorbell ringing)
(doorbell rings)
(door opens)
- Chief?
- (footsteps approaching)
Shh.
(suspenseful music)
(whispers) Don't go outside.
Stay away from the window.
Why? What's happening?
Nothing.
Baby, everything's going to be fine.
I'll just check something downstairs.
(door opens)
(door closes)
(suspenseful music continues)
Most likely that it's just the switch.
But it's better to be sure.
Do you have a gun?
- Here, sir.
- Okay.
- Check it.
- Okay, sir.
(phone ringing)
Hon.
(woman) Why aren't you answering?
I've been texting you.
I'm in the middle of an operation.
And we were just talking earlier,
weren't we?
- Hon, please. I don't want to fight.
- (woman scoffs)
So, you think I called to fight with you?
So why did you call?
I said I'm in the middle of an operation.
Why are you so grumpy?
Why can't I talk to you?
Okay. I'm sorry.
Okay?
Why did you call?
My cousin Myrns wants to confirm
if you can still
sing and play the piano
for her daughter's wedding.
Huh?
You can say no.
But you know my sister Myrns.
If she gets offended,
I'm sure she'll bad-mouth you
to the whole city council.
Fine, fine.
Tell her I can sing
at her daughter's wedding.
And play the piano?
Okay, but tell her that
it's just two songs, okay?
Okay, thanks, hon.
Okay, goodnight.
- Okay, goodnight.
- (dog barking)
Oh, wait. The boys are
also saying goodnight.
You hear them?
Yes, okay. I have to go, hon.
Ah, I really need to go.
Our asset's here now.
Oh, oh, yes.
Can you call Dad?
- (pensive music playing)
- Your dad?
Why?
I think he needs something from you.
He's been texting,
asking me your whereabouts.
Asking if I talked to you
what time you'll be home
if I know where you are right now.
What did you say?
I told him what you told me.
That you're on a confidential mission.
Just text Dad.
Maybe he just needs you
to drive him or something.
Fine.
(call ends)
(eerie ambiance)
(screams)
(Me-Ann sobs)
Baby.
- What happened?
- Cockroach.
There it is. Cockroach. (sobs)
(whimpers)
(Me-Ann screams)
- (keeps squashing)
- (whimpers)
Solved.
(laughs) It's okay.
Relax.
It's just a cockroach.
Sit down.
- (soft music playing)
- Baby
It's okay.
(soft piano music playing)
I told you not to go near the window.
You disobeyed me.
Sorry.
Who was that, Chief?
(chair scrapes)
No one. Just someone
who wandered over here.
Someone wandered over here?
But this is such a remote area.
Where are we, Chief?
Baby, just know that you're safe here.
You're protected because,
you know, those windows,
they are bulletproof.
Here. Try this.
That's expensive.
It came from Argentina.
Try it.
I think it's not yet cooked.
It's a bit raw, Chief.
- See? There's still some blood in it.
- (Chief laughs)
Baby
that's called medium rare.
(chuckles) I know that, Chiefy.
But it can be fully cooked, right?
What's it called?
Well done.
Because my stomach aches
when I eat it raw.
No, no, no, no, no.
Baby, no.
(chair scrapes)
It really must be eaten that way.
You know, you should
You should get used to the taste of it.
Teach your stomach.
So that you'll be familiar with
expensive food.
Mmm. Delicious, right?
Mm-hmm.
- I told you, right?
- (cutlery clanks)
It's better when it's raw.
Mmm.
(chuckles) Wait, wait, Chief.
This, for sure
is expensive, right?
Well, um
I don't know much about wine.
But my wife, she's a wine connoisseur,
so this bottle
is one of her
most treasured ones.
Mmm.
If that's the case, let's drink it all.
We will not leave a drop for her.
- Sure.
- (laughs)
Cheers, baby.
- Cheers, Chiefy.
- (glasses clink)
Chief.
Why did you build a mansion here?
This seems so far away
for a vacation house.
This is not mine.
Mmm? Whose house is this?
My father-in-law's.
Because it is
a retreat house.
A retreat?
You know, we had that in high school.
Wait.
Is your father-in-law a priest?
Why does he have a retreat house?
Oh, baby,
it's not that kind of a retreat house.
I don't get it.
Never mind. It's not important.
I need to know
if you followed
all my instructions while coming here?
Of course.
You didn't forget anything?
You didn't skip any of my instructions?
No. Why?
Fine.
Tell me about it. How did you get here?
I left my condo. I rode a tricycle
to go to the crossing.
And then
I took a taxi.
I got off at the family grocery.
Then I entered the coffee shop next to it.
I took the back exit
to go to the parking lot.
Then I searched for your car.
And then
I saw your driver.
He ushered me into your car.
He brought me here.
So you didn't tell anyone
where you were going?
You didn't post anything on social media?
No.
Why? Is is there a problem?
Baby
If you want our relationship to last,
we need to be careful.
The key to our relationship
depends on how long we can hide a secret.
Baby.
Sorry, I
didn't get to be with you several times.
- Mmm
- Mm?
It's okay.
I know that you're busy.
What is
one month and ten days that
we didn't see each other?
- (laughs)
- (chuckles)
You'll make it up to me?
Mmm.
- Sure.
- Chiefy, no.
- Not like that.
- What do you like, then?
Well
Do you remember giving me this,
the last time we were together?
Baby, do you want another
piece of jewelry?
Mm-hmm.
Mmm
You told me that I have your heart.
You told me you'd give me
everything I need.
Be straight with me.
What does this baby want?
(sighs)
It's my sister, Chiefy.
She's picking a fight with me.
She's saying many things about you.
About us.
That
I'm just wasting my time
That you'll just cheat on me eventually
Choo-choo, choo-choo, choo-choo.
Mmm. Bitter.
Baby.
You know that's not true, right?
You know I love you.
Mmm.
(Chief) Mm?
I know.
That's why I said
so that there won't be a problem,
I thought
I'd just move out.
You'll give me my own condo, right?
Not just for me,
but for us.
So that we don't just meet
at random places.
So that we'll have our own place.
So when the time comes that
you leave your wife,
you'll have a place to come home to. Hmm?
You'll leave her, right?
You don't love her, right?
Is that the reason why
you called my house the other night?
Even though I told you
that it's forbidden?
- You still did it.
- Mmm.
Chiefy.
Are you still mad?
Don't be mad anymore.
It's your fault.
You didn't reply to my texts.
That's why I missed you.
Don't be angry.
Please.
Mm?
So what now?
We will get our own condo.
- Mmm?
- It depends.
It depends?
- (kisses)
- (both chuckle)
Thanks, Chiefy.
Promise, you won't regret it.
You'll be happy
when you come home to our condo.
(foreboding music playing)
(Chief) Mm.
Now, I'm the one
who has a request for you.
Of course, whatever it is.
Since we're now playing house,
we might as well step it up.
Let's have a baby.
Baby
A child?
You don't want to?
A child?
Why? You don't want to?
It's not that.
Um
Chief
it's not part of my plans yet.
Don't you think I'm too young
to be a mother?
That's the beauty of it.
Baby, while you're still young.
Look at my wife, she's old now.
That's why we're having a hard time
having a child now.
Think about it.
When we have kids,
this relationship will be for keeps.
(smooches)
And then your future
and our children's future
are both secure.
Hmm, hmm, huh?
Chief, I think
it's not part of my plan yet.
I think I'm not ready to be a mother yet.
Baby, life is really like that.
Sometimes our plans
in an instant
can change.
(Me-Ann gasps)
(unsettling music continues)
We don't know what's waiting
for us tomorrow.
Or later.
So don't be afraid of unexpected things.
You should always be ready.
You should know
exactly what you want in life.
- They say that
- (metal clangs)
(laughs softly)
opportunity only knocks once.
(metal clangs)
You never know
It might just be the realization
of your dreams.
It's a waste
if you don't open it, isn't it?
(car alarm honks)
- Motherfucker!
- What is it?
- (car alarm honking continues)
- Chief! Uncuff me first.
Baby, the keys are downstairs. Stay there.
- Huh?
- I'll come back for you.
Chief, don't leave me like this. Please!
Baby, please, don't be difficult.
Everything's going to be fine.
- Stay there.
- (car alarm honking continues)
- (door opens)
- Chief!
Oh, fuck!
(Me-Ann panting)
(car alarm honking continues)
Mang Boy!
(phone ringing)
(suspenseful music playing)
Chief! There's someone behind you!
(grunts)
(grunts)
(groans)
(grunts)
(car alarm honking continues)
(panting)
(hyperventilating)
(clattering in the distance)
(sobs softly)
(loud clatter)
(door creaks)
(car alarm honking continues)
(footsteps approaching)
(breathing shakily)
(phone vibrating)
(horror music playing)
- (screams)
- Come on!
(car alarm honking continues)
(groans)
Chief?
(squeals)
(panting)
(groans furiously)
Shh.
(panicked breathing)
- (sobs softly)
- You hear that?
You hear them?
Shh!
- (suppressed sobs)
- Don't be noisy.
You won't be able to hear them.
(whimpers)
Who?
The children.
(unsettling music playing)
I know they're here.
I hear them.
I don't know anything.
(sobs) I don't want this.
I don't know anything, mister.
It's not true.
(whimpers)
You can't know nothing.
- (sobs) I don't
- You're here and you don't know anything?
No! I don't know anything, mister!
(sobbing) It's my first time here.
I'm just a visitor.
I really don't know anything.
Promise. I swear I don't know anything.
Let me go...
- You're lying.
- (sobs)
(Chief grunts furiously)
It's not that you don't know anything.
You just don't care.
- (grunts furiously)
- Let go of me, let go of me! Let go of me!
Let go of me!
- (screams)
- Shouting won't help!
- Shh!
- (whimpers)
I said
You shut up!
Don't be noisy! Shh!
You won't hear them if you're noisy.
- Shh! Shh!
- Chief, please, help! Please, help!
- Shh!
- (Me-Ann sobs) Chief
- Chief, help!
- (Soliman) Be quiet!
Shouting won't help!
- (Soliman grunts)
- (whimpers, sobs)
(groans)
You won't be saved
if you only think about
getting out of here.
You won't get out
as long as you don't admit
what you're hiding!
(sobs)
(whimpers)
And you won't get out
as long as I don't see my children.
(squeals)
Neighbors, help!
(whimpers)
Help.
(screams)
(car alarm honking continues)
(unsettling music playing)
(Chief panting)
Chief.
What's happening?
What is he talking about?
Why is he searching for his children?
I told you.
You should not have called
my house the other night.
Now he knows about us.
Your wife?
Her father.
Colonel.
My father-in-law.
Son of a bitch.
(scoffs)
I'm sure he's the one behind this.
He wants to teach me a lesson.
Psywar.
Just like what he did
to captured communists
and terrorists in the past.
(gun firing in the distance)
- Baby
- What's happening?
What's he doing upstairs?
Baby.
It's nothing. Relax.
It's part of the show.
Show?
A few days before the wedding
(Me-Ann panting)
my father-in-law called me.
(foreboding music playing)
We ended up in Sierra Madre.
Somewhere in Vizcaya.
It was already nighttime
when we got there.
(Colonel) Are you okay, son?
Can you continue?
No problem, sir.
Colonel.
Just tell me
if you're already tired, okay?
I can still drive.
I still have clear eyesight.
No problem, sir.
Are we almost there?
We've not been on the main road
for quite some time now.
Don't tell me you're scared of the dark.
(laughs)
How will you protect my youngest?
I'm just joking. (laughs)
No, sir. I'm just concerned
that we might be lost.
So?
Sir?
- I was right about you.
- (unsettling music playing)
I was like you when I was your age.
Always in control.
Always the one in charge.
I knew the way,
and I was sure where I was going.
I was traversing a straight path,
not making any turns.
But then again, I realized
I was going nowhere.
The straight path that they taught me
didn't actually get me anywhere
but back to where I came from.
Are you saying, sir,
that it's okay to get lost?
No, no.
Son, getting lost is different
from making your own way.
(clears throat)
Where are we really going, sir?
Who will you meet?
Don't be scared, son.
We're not lost.
Don't you trust me?
Uh, no, sir, that's not what I mean.
Two of my brothers died
because of emphysema.
I hope you won't make
my youngest a young widow.
It's my first stick for today.
Just to get rid of sleepiness,
(clears throat)
But before I finished my cigarette
he told me to slow down.
And suddenly
three men were approaching us in the dark.
Fuck, we have enemies!
(Colonel) Oh, oh, relax, relax.
They're my people.
They've been waiting for us.
(breathing shakily)
Sir, what are we really doing here?
Why don't you relax and get out?
I'll just talk to them.
Go now.
(crickets chirping)
I tried to listen to their conversation,
but the crickets were chirping so loud,
I couldn't hear them.
(gun cocks)
Colonel.
Where are they going?
Let's go. Let's follow them.
We traveled far for many hours.
I'm sure you want to know
why we came here.
You'll know in about 500 meters ahead.
You want to marry my daughter, right?
You have to learn to trust me.
Don't worry.
I won't get you into trouble.
I just don't want my daughter to get hurt.
I can't take it.
(unsettling music playing)
(screaming, wailing)
(gun fires)
(children wailing)
(screaming) Help!
(wailing)
Stop!
(rooster cackles)
(rooster squawks again)
- (Chief) We invaded the farm
- (car honks)
and we took the cockfighting roosters.
I then found out that
they were an imported breed.
(car revs)
(gunfire)
(distorted music playing)
(distorted laughter, chatter)
(brakes screech)
Fuck! What's your problem?
Problem?
You're the one I should be asking that!
- What did we do?!
- Motherfucker.
Fuck!
You made me drive all day just to steal?
Really?
Hey.
Don't be so self-righteous.
Don't tell me it's your first time
doing things like this?
That's not my point. My point is,
why didn't you tell me about your plan?
(scoffs) This was part of my plan.
Who told you that it was not part of it?
Jack, give me your magazine.
Here.
See?
Blank.
They're all blanks.
Lesson one.
Reality is different from the truth.
(unsettling music playing)
(Chief) The truth is
we really didn't steal
anything that night.
Those cockfighting roosters
(scoffs)
My father-in-law owned them.
And the whole farm
(scoffs)
He owned it all.
(breathing deeply)
(Me-Ann) But why?
He just wanted to teach his men a lesson.
Being lazy is forbidden.
He just wanted to know how far they
would go in protecting his roosters.
But most of all,
he did it for me.
For you?
He wanted to show me
what he can do for his loved ones.
(rooster crowing)
(soft music playing)
(rooster crowing)
Those are just my roosters.
No, uh
I'm not really making threats.
I think we're not going to have problems.
My youngest told me
that she really feels your love for her.
But people change.
I hope you won't fool my youngest.
I hope you will not hurt her.
Because if I find out,
and I'm sure I will find out,
I will personally go to your house.
Me and my people.
Mm? I will make you feel how angry I am.
Yes, sir.
(chuckles)
Stop calling me "sir" or "Colonel."
Just call me "Papa,"
because we're already family.
Yes, Boss... Pa.
- Yes, Pa.
- Good.
Do you know what they say about family?
A family should be taken care of.
A family should be protected.
(laughs) Especially their secrets.
Like this night.
You understand?
Yes.
If you need anything
anything at all
don't hesitate to tell me.
Welcome to the family, son.
(foreboding music playing)
(Colonel) Mmm.
It suits you.
(chuckles)
(exhales deeply)
It's been two decades since that happened.
They still don't know
what really happened that night.
Maybe some of them,
up to now, are still having
nightmares because of it.
What if they learn the truth?
(chuckles)
That their boss just played
a game with them.
He did all that
just to teach
his future son-in-law a lesson.
(chuckles)
Why did we meet here?
Why did you bring me here?
(exhales)
Baby, I told you
I do a lot of things for my father-in-law.
He wanted his properties checked.
This is one of his new properties.
It's bothersome but I can't say no to him.
That's why I thought
that I should use this chance to meet you.
I didn't know
that he had plans for tonight.
Chief.
Talk to your father-in-law.
Say sorry to him.
Tell him we're not going to do it again.
That you're not going to.
Baby, no.
That's not the way.
I can't be weak in his eyes.
He doesn't need my sorry.
He wants to teach me a lesson.
That fucker
He was really sent here to put on a show.
To scare me,
to shock me, to hurt me,
to make me suffer.
But he will not kill me.
My father-in-law wouldn't do that.
He can't face seeing his youngest cry.
Fuck, Chief.
What about me?
He killed Mang Boy.
(sobs)
Baby, baby
How did you know that Mang Boy was dead?
Fuck, he'll kill me!
- Chief.
- Shh. Shh. Baby, relax.
Not everything you see is real.
Chief.
Shh. Shh. Baby.
Baby, look at me.
Relax.
Everything's going to be fine.
(Soliman) Joy!
(gun firing)
- (Soliman) Love, where are you?
- Blanks.
- Your dad is here now.
- (laughs)
- (Soliman) Joy! Love!
- Blanks.
All blanks.
(Soliman grunts)
(Soliman panting)
- (Me-Ann panting)
- Where did you hide my children?
I know that they are here!
Bring them to me,
or I'll blow her brains out!
(Chief) Wait. I hear them.
Shh.
I hear the children.
Bring me out or I'll kill all of you.
(laughs)
Now what?!
You want me to act crazy with you?
Huh?
Motherfucker!
How far do you want this to go?!
- I'll count to three.
- (Me-Ann sobs)
Where are my children?
(Chief) How much?
How much?
Oh, that shut you up.
Tell me how much he paid you.
I know that my father-in-law
made you do this.
Fucker. Tell me.
So that I can double it.
Just stop this madness.
- Motherfuck...
- One!
Mister, please, don't. Don't.
(sobbing) Chief.
How much? I'll double it.
No one will know.
Tell me.
You'll have more money. You'll be rich.
Two!
Fuck, Chief! He doesn't know
what you're talking about!
(Soliman) Shh.
- (screams)
- (Chief) Stop it!
He's just trying to scare us!
He'll kill me!
Three!
I saw them! I saw them!
I saw your children.
I saw them.
Me-Ann, don't play with that fucker...
- (Chief grunts)
- (Me-Ann sobs)
(sobs) I saw them, mister.
I'll tell you if you let me go.
(Me-Ann panting)
You saw my children?
Where did you see my children?
Here, mister.
They were eating here earlier.
You bitch, if I learn that
you're lying to me
No, it's true, mister.
I'm telling you the truth. Promise.
One one of them
even offered me chocolates,
but I said no because I'm on a diet.
I'm telling the truth.
Are you sure that it's my kids you saw?
(unsettling music playing)
Yes, mister.
(chair scrapes)
But to be sure,
do you have a picture of them?
To be certain that
it's really them that I saw.
(chair scrapes)
It's really them.
It's Joy, it's Joy.
Joy offered me the chocolate.
(Soliman laughs softly)
Yes, my youngest really likes chocolate.
And Love, her older sister
she was actually stopping her sister.
Telling her off.
She said to stop eating chocolates
because it would ruin her teeth.
(breathes shakily)
I told my eldest daughter
to take care of her sister.
They're really the ones I saw, mister.
Joy was sitting here.
And then Love was here.
But
I don't understand.
They were eating here?
They're not imprisoned?
How did that happen?
I also don't know, mister.
It's true, believe me.
Like them, I'm a prisoner in this house.
Is that why you were in handcuffs earlier?
Yes.
Yes, mister.
I couldn't tell you the truth because
Chief threatened me.
He told me that if I told you the truth,
he would kill me.
That's why you don't need
to tie me up like this.
I'm your ally.
But
why did they bring you here?
What will they do to you and my daughters?
What's their plan for my daughters?
I don't know, mister.
I really don't know.
But
(chair scrapes)
But if you set me free,
I'll be able to help you outside.
The boss of my sister's husband
is an attorney.
He can help you in searching
for your children.
So set me free, mister, please.
No, no, no.
Aling Mameng told me
that this was the only place
where I'd find my daughters.
Whoever Aling Mameng is, mister,
I think she's wrong.
Your daughters are really not here.
No. No, that can't be.
Aling Mameng's prediction is not wrong.
This.
This showed me the way
to this house.
A mansion
that's made of glass, wood, and cement.
Aling Mameng said
Right?
For 40 nights and 40 days, I walked north
to a big house made of glass,
wood, and cement.
I will find where my daughters were taken.
But
we can't tell the police, military,
or anyone from the authorities
because they're behind this.
They are the culprits.
No one can help me but myself.
I will not find justice
if I can't strike back at them.
I can't die without knowing where my
daughters are and what happened to them.
You saw them, right?
Right? You said that, right?
You told me you saw them.
(screams)
(both grunting)
(grunts)
You fucker!
(Me-Ann chokes)
(choking)
(both grunt)
- (Soliman grunts)
- (Me-Ann panting)
- (Me-Ann grunting)
- (glass breaks)
- (Me-Ann screams, grunts)
- (grunts)
- (Me-Ann screams)
- (Soliman grunts)
(Me-Ann screams, thuds)
(Me-Ann whimpers, sobbing)
(grunts)
Let me go! Let me go!
(screams)
You think they'll help you?
(door creaking)
You think you can hide in this house?
(door creaks)
(tense music playing)
(footsteps leaving)
Love!
Joy!
(banging from downstairs)
Open the door downstairs.
Bring me my daughters!
- (Chief grunting)
- (Me-Ann) Chief!
I don't know what you're talking about!
You sick fuck!
- (grunts)
- (Me-Ann) Chief, help!
- (grunting)
- (Chief groans)
- Chief!
- (grunting)
(grunts)
- Chief!
- (Chief grunts)
(Me-Ann) Chief, help!
(Chief grunts)
Me-Ann!
(Chief grunts)
Chief!
- (Me-Ann) Chief
- Wake up.
- Open the door.
- (sobs)
(Soliman) My daughters!
Love, Joy, your dad is here now!
(strange sound)
- Wake up! Wake up!
- (soft music playing)
My daughters!
Joy?
Joy? Love?
My daughters! Joy!
Love!
Open this! Open it!
- (banging from downstairs)
- My daughters, do you hear me?
(door banging)
Fuck! Open this door!
My daughters!
(banging continues)
Love! Love, where are you?
(banging continues)
My daughters!
Joy!
My daughters!
Open this door!
My daughters!
(sobbing)
My daughters are inside, imprisoned.
I feel them.
I hear them.
Mister
What happened?
How
how did you lose them?
They were not lost.
They were kidnapped.
One night, they were taken from me
by masked men.
- (girl) Dad!
- (man) I'm asking you, Chief.
- Are you Soliman? Mr. Ferrer's driver?
- (girls screaming)
- Yes. Yes, it's me.
- (girls keep screaming)
(girl) Joy! Joy!
- (girl 1) Please don't!
- (girl 2) Dad!
- (girls crying)
- Tell your boss
that the colonel said
that if he wants to see his son alive,
he should just call.
And no police.
Get it, Chief?
My daughters.
Please don't involve them in this.
Please! We've got nothing to do
with what he's done to you! None!
We're just the same, Chief.
I'm sorry.
Just obeying orders.
(Soliman groans)
(vehicle revs)
(somber music playing)
Colonel.
I wanted to ask my boss
who this "Colonel" was,
and what his connection was
to the kidnapping of our children.
Remember, you'll pay for this!
(anguished screams)
- (man) Stop it! Stop it! Enough!
- (woman sobbing)
- Sir, how...
- Fine, fine, fine. Go now.
I'll take care of it.
You won't do anything, okay?
Wait for my call.
- (downbeat music playing)
- (echoing girls crying, screaming)
(girl) Joy! Joy!
(echoing girls crying, screaming)
Joy! Joy!
(echo of girls screaming
and pleading continues)
(overlapping voices)
(glass clanks)
(TV playing indistinctly)
(reporter) Sir, sir, how did you
(reporter) The only son
of business mogul, Mr. Ramon Ferrer
was finally saved from his kidnappers.
You can clearly see the couple's happiness
now that their son is back with them.
We will continue to find more information
and details about this incident.
The authorities will also have a manhunt
operation to find the suspects.
(phone beeps)
(ringing)
(call drops)
(dialing)
(phone ringing)
(call drops)
Mr. Ferrer!
Mr. Ferrer!
- Fuck!
- (somber music playing)
Mr. F... Son of a bitch!
Mr. Ferrer, come out!
Fuck! My daughters!
Mr. Ferrer!
Fuck!
Where are my daughters?!
Why haven't they found them yet?
(sobs) Fuck!
Mr. Ferrer!
Mr. Ferrer, where are you?!
- You fucker!
- (rock clatters)
Son of a
(yells)
Where are my daughters?!
Where are my daughters, Mr. Ferrer?!
Motherfucker! (grunts)
(police sirens ringing)
Mr. Ferrer, fucker! You deceived me!
Mr. Ferrer! (sobs)
My daughters!
(police) Sir, sir.
You're causing disturbance here!
Please wait, sir. My daughters!
- Just explain at the precinct.
- What did I do, sir?
My daughters were taken, sir.
That's trespassing.
(grunts) Sir.
Sir!
Sir, help me.
Help my daughters!
They were taken with my boss' son, sir.
Help my kids.
Come now. You can explain at the precinct.
Sir! Sir, wait, sir!
- Sir!
- Aren't you going to stop?!
They asked why the police
should believe me.
Aside from my story
what evidence did I have?
They asked why I only showed up then.
Why I only complained then.
They said that I might have
something to do with
the kidnapping of my boss' son.
But others said
they were already gone.
(sniffles)
Killed by
their kidnappers.
They said that maybe
the ransom wasn't enough.
That's why my boss' son
was the only one set free.
If they are still alive,
maybe they were sold.
For profit.
(breathes deeply)
(snipping)
(shouts)
(grunts)
Your daughters are still alive.
I see them, I hear them.
(Soliman) They rode a vehicle
going to a remote area.
- And they were taken to a deserted place.
- (Soliman) They were unconscious.
They were asleep during the ride.
When they woke up,
it was already sunset.
Please don't forget Chief's instructions.
Chief? Chief?
Shh.
(unsettling music playing)
- (apple crunches crisply)
- (flies buzzing)
(chuckling)
(unsettling music continues)
(Soliman) Here, inside
my daughters are imprisoned.
In a dark room.
My daughters are imprisoned.
My daughters are imprisoned.
My daughters are imprisoned.
But
how did you get here?
For 40 days and 40 nights, I walked north.
Until my body gave up.
My feet gave up.
I lost strength.
But not hope.
Until I was led to them.
(car honks)
(car honks)
Hey! Get out of the way!
Do you want to die, Chief?
(tense music playing)
(Soliman) I followed where
his vehicle went.
And it brought me
here, exactly to this house
that I was looking for.
The big house made of glass,
wood, and cement.
I can't be mistaken.
That was the opportunity
I'd been waiting for.
Finally
I can do something to save my daughters.
Here
inside this door
my daughters are here.
They are locked up here.
Since I walked north
for 40 days and 40 nights.
(Soliman)My daughters!
My daughters!
40 days and 40 nights.
One month and ten days
that we didn't see each other.
Do you remember this thing
you gave me the last time we met?
(clicking)
(breathes softly)
Baby. Baby
You escaped?
Quick. Set me free.
Hey! We don't know
what you're talking about!
We've got nothing to do with
your missing daughters.
You fuck, you're a drug addict!
I'll kill you!
That fucker!
He's an addict! I'm sure of it.
You're wrong, Chief.
Your father-in-law didn't bring him here
to teach you a lesson or scare us.
This is not a show.
All of this is real.
We won't get out of here
if he doesn't find his daughters.
That fucker is a drug addict,
I'm sure of it.
He said that
Mang Boy kidnapped his daughters.
He said that the colonel ordered it.
Baby, you should not believe that addict
when he says that
my father-in-law is involved.
When Mang Boy brought me here,
he said that you were inside.
I searched for you.
But you were not around.
You even suspect me?
Where were you, Chief?
Were you here?
Baby, wait.
I'm your ally here. Come on.
When you gave me this
I remember that you had a lot of money.
You said that you hit the jackpot.
Baby, I don't understand.
How is it connected
to what's happening now?
Is it related to what's happening now?
Are you one of his daughters' kidnappers?
Son of a bitch. Now I'm a kidnapper?
Then what, Chief?
I want this to end!
I want to know the truth!
The truth? You want to know the truth?
This is the truth!
I don't know anything
about that fucking door!
And whatever that addict says,
I'm not involved. I don't know him.
I've never seen
his missing daughters ever.
And when you were looking for me
I was covering for you.
I was there, upstairs.
I was inside the bathroom
because I was talking to my wife.
She was asking where I was.
I was explaining
I can't tell her that I'm cheating on her.
Your necklace
Baby, I worked hard for that.
For a long time, I worked hard for that.
Do you know why I do everything for you?
Why I give you everything you want?
Because I love you.
Fuck, I love you.
(laughs weakly)
That's why, baby
it hurts me.
It pains me that after everything
I've done for you
up to now, you still don't trust me.
Baby.
That's the truth, baby.
Sorry. (sobs)
Sorry, Chief.
(Chief) Shh
It's not your fault.
(Me-Ann sobs)
Sorry, baby. It's not your fault.
It's not our fault.
Both of us are victims.
But what I don't understand is,
what's behind that door?
And why is there a door in the wall?
What's inside it?
Baby. I don't know.
It's my first time seeing that door.
Even my father-in-law doesn't know.
Because this is a new property.
He's got nothing to do with that.
But you said that this
was a retreat house.
What does that really mean?
My father-in-law said
that whenever he has problems
with his business partners,
he brings them here.
Because it's peaceful
and far from the city.
They relax here.
They unwind here.
Like
an overnight retreat.
Then the next day, their minds are clear
problems are fixed
Everything's solved
and discussed.
So the business continues.
Business?
What kind of business?
Kidnapping? Carnapping?
It's impossible that you don't know.
Baby, I don't know
and I don't want to know.
Fine. Call me a coward.
But sometimes
in the middle of a fight,
you need to learn to shut your eyes.
You need to learn to be silent.
Sometimes you need to play dead
in order to come out alive.
Don't you want to know the truth?
Don't you want to know
what's really happening here?
You don't want to help his daughters?
Because Mister Soliman might be right.
Maybe his daughters are really there.
Don't you want to help them?
(Me-Ann sniffles)
Chief, you said you were
a policeman, right?
The night we first met, remember?
You said that
you swore to protect everyone.
Everyone who needs it.
Don't you want to help them now?
How will I do that?
I'm tied up here.
My father-in-law is now forgetful.
He can't even remember his own birthday.
The only thing he remembers is
his wife's birthday.
(beeping)
(beeps)
And, of course
the birthday of his beloved youngest.
My wife.
(beeps)
Now, if my father-in-law's
not involved here
You'll finally learn
your father-in-law's secret, Chief.
(door creaks open)
(suspenseful music playing)
Joy?
Love?
Love?
My daughters?
Joy?
My daughters?
Where are you?
Joy! My Shout so I can hear you!
Joy!
Where are you?
(sobs)
Joy.
My daughters. (sobbing)
My daughters?
Joy! Love! Joy!
(Me-Ann) Mister
My daughters.
Mister
Your daughters are really not here.
Sorry
Sorry.
(Soliman sobs) No!
That can't be!
You fuck! You fuckers!
You're just playing with me.
Fuck you!
Fuck you,
you're just playing games with me!
Motherfuckers, you're making me
go around in circles!
Where have you taken my daughters?
What did they do wrong?
Why did you involve my daughters?
Fuck you!
Mister, please. Enough now.
(sobbing) Your daughters
are really not here.
We don't know where your daughters are.
Even if you kill us
it will not benefit you,
so, please, stop now.
Enough.
(sobs)
What did we do to you?
What wrong did my daughters do?
We didn't do anything wrong.
We're not at fault. (sobs)
My daughters are innocent.
We didn't do anything wrong.
(sobbing)
(sobs)
Why did you involve my daughters
in your problems?
We live peacefully.
We were living peacefully.
My daughters are innocent.
We didn't do anything wrong.
None. We're innocent.
Mister, don't worry.
I'll help you spread the news about
what happened to your daughters.
Enough.
(sobbing)
We didn't do anything wrong.
(gun fires)
(buzzing, ringing sound)
- (woman) Fuck!
- (man) Stop resisting.
Let go of me. No!
- No! Don't!
- Stop resisting.
- (grunting)
- Come on.
- No!
- (man speaking indistinctly)
- Don't resist.
- Stop!
- Fuck you! Let me go!
- I'll pay you.
- I'm not a prostitute!
- Come on
I'm not a prostitute! You fool!
Don't get out, hey!
Motherfucker!
Hey! Come back here!
(crying)
Help!
Help! Please, help!
Help! Help me.
Help me, please.
(sobs)
What is it?
Rapist! Rapist!
(sobs)
Mang Boy.
Miss.
Miss.
Relax, relax.
(gunshot)
- Fucker! Don't you dare run away!
- No!
- No, no, please. Don't shoot.
- We're the police!
No! Please! I didn't do anything wrong.
I have a cousin. He's with a party list.
I can show you his ID, please!
Get out! Motherfucker!
- (piano music playing over the radio)
- (Chief) Miss.
What's your name?
Me-Ann, sir.
Me-Ann.
Don't worry. You're safe now.
Thank you very much, sir.
Thank you. It's good that you came. (sobs)
- Thank you.
- No. You don't need to thank me.
We're the police.
It's our sworn duty to protect
and help everyone who needs it.
Who is he to you?
Your boyfriend?
No. Not really.
I just met him
at the car show event earlier.
My friends and I were invited for dinner
and there were free drinks.
So it's your fault.
Why did you just go with him like that?
You don't even know him.
He was nice earlier.
He's educated,
and he said that he was
the president of his company.
We were also hungry.
And we wanted to have some fun.
You're lucky we passed by.
If we hadn't, maybe something bad
would already have happened to you.
I didn't know
that it would end up like this.
I swear, he was nice earlier.
One by one,
he dropped all of my friends home.
Then, when I was the only one left,
I suddenly felt dizzy.
I suspect that he put something
in my drink.
I swear, I'm telling the truth.
Yes, yes. Relax, relax.
Don't worry. I believe you.
(clears throat)
I'm on your side.
I want to go home now.
My mom might be looking for me now.
My phone
- I think I left my phone in the car.
- Okay, okay.
I'll take care of it. I'll get it.
I just need to know
what your plans are about that guy?
I want him punished.
That bastard!
He should get the death penalty.
Not just once but many times.
You're right.
I feel the same.
We can bring him to the precinct.
Open a case against him.
But, you know
I can already see what's going to happen.
I'm sure he will deny your statement.
Most likely, he will say that
you're in a relationship with him,
and you're just making up a story
about rape to extort money from him.
He's a liar then.
You're my witness, right?
Yes, but Me-Ann,
we can't lie in the court.
What did we actually see?
Mm?
You were running
in the middle of the road.
The truth is,
we really don't know
what happened inside the car.
What do you want me to do?
Let him go? Is that it?
No.
I'm not saying anything like that.
Because if it were up to me,
I'd say that person should be punished.
He must be taught a lesson.
(unsettling music playing)
Me-Ann
I want you
to know that no one can hurt you.
No matter who it is.
I want
to bring back your braveness.
For your courage to come back.
I want you to forget
everything that happened tonight.
And for you to sleep peacefully.
When you wake up tomorrow morning,
I want you to smile.
Me-Ann
I want you to know that
when you're with me,
you're safe.
Just nod.
I can give you all of it.
Okay.
Rest now. I'll take care of it.
Sir.
What will you do to him?
Come on.
Stop calling me "sir."
Just call me Chief.
(Chief laughs softly)
Let me take care of you,
baby.
(sobbing)
Give it to me.
(grunts)
You fucker!
(calm piano music)
(music continues)
Baby!
(music stops)
I'm sorry, baby.
This should not have happened.
It was supposed to be an awesome night.
That fucking addict.
(continues playing)
Never mind. At least
(pauses playing)
At least you're safe now.
Everything's going to be fine.
(continues playing)
(sobs)
Where are his daughters?
Where are they?
Are they here?
Did you kill them?
Baby, didn't you wonder?
Why does my father-in-law bring
his business problems to this house?
To a deserted place.
We don't want trouble.
We don't want fights.
We don't want bloodshed.
We always try to solve it
with a peaceful solution.
Everything
can have a peaceful solution, right?
Like when they came from
a retreat.
Those that can be corrected
- will be corrected.
- (breathes shakily)
Former enemies
become friends.
(sighs)
Those who need to be taught a lesson
will be taught a lesson.
(chuckles)
You see, baby
when everybody's happy,
everybody makes money.
Business continues.
I'm not part of your business.
(slams piano keys)
But you benefit from it, don't you?
You're a part of this because
your whole family benefits from it.
Right?! All of them benefit from it.
Don't they?!
We can still benefit from it
in the future.
Baby, that's what you need to understand.
My father-in-law
he's old now.
He won't last long.
When he dies, who do you think
will inherit his businesses?
All of his properties! This!
Me.
Baby, I'm sure he will be very happy
with me right now.
I've solved a problem of his
that he didn't even know was coming.
Condo
penthouse
mansion, farm, whatever you like.
I can give you that.
You need to understand, baby.
It's you that I protect.
Our future.
What's your problem?
What? You suddenly have a conscience now?
Fuck it, don't play innocent with me.
Since the beginning, you knew
what you'd gotten yourself into.
- Baby.
- I don't want it anymore.
We're over. I don't want it anymore.
(laughs)
We're over?
(laughs)
Over?
Baby, I'm sorry.
What stupidity is this?
Mm?
(exhales)
I think it's better that you
clean yourself.
Take a shower.
Get something to eat.
And then
Baby will now rest.
Later, I'll call my driver to pick you up.
He will bring you to your house.
You'll forget about everything
that happened tonight.
If you remember something
just close your eyes.
Go to sleep.
When you wake up
it'll be gone from your mind.
Just do that process. Repeatedly.
Eventually,
it'll be gone from your memory.
Just like
a bad dream
that even if you want to tell someone
is already gone.
Okay, baby?
Listen to me.
Don't defy me.
Tomorrow.
We'll meet tomorrow.
We'll look for a condo
that you can move into.
So you don't have to depend
on your sister.
You're right.
What you're saying is right.
We need to prepare
for our own living arrangements.
Come here. Mmm?
(kisses)
Baby. Hey, wait. What?
(chuckles nervously)
Baby, put it down, please.
Baby, come here. Come here.
I'm wide awake now.
You can't deceive me any more.
I love you, baby.
(gun clicks)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (grunts)
- (Me-Ann screams)
(Chief grunting, Me-Ann sobbing)
(Me-Ann screams)
(Me-Ann screams)
(panting)
(beads clinking)
(Me-Ann grunts, panting)
(Me-Ann screams)
(both scream)
- (Me-Ann screams)
- (Chief grunts)
(dramatic music playing)
(Chief shouts indistinctly)
(muffled) Help! Help!
(screams)
(dramatic music playing)
(door banging)
(dramatic music continues)
(Chief) Me-Ann!
- (gun fires)
- (Chief) Me-Ann!
- (Me-Ann grunts)
- (gunshot)
You're so stupid!
You choose them over what I can give you?!
People who are strangers to you?!
That fucking addict!
You don't even know them!
Why don't you listen to me?!
Why don't you just shut up?!
You won't go anywhere!
You won't leave this house alive! Fuck!
- (Me-Ann screams)
- (glass shatters)
(discordant, tense music playing)
(Chief) Me-Ann!
What do you think will happen here?
What?
You'll tell the whole world
what happened here tonight?!
Do you think anyone will believe you?!
Fool!
You'll end up like him!
They'll call you crazy!
Addict?
- What? You'll tell the truth?
- (panicked breathing)
Stupid! No one will know the truth!
(banging on the door)
Me-Ann!
Because what I say is the truth.
That's what people will believe.
- (gun fires)
- (gasps)
- Baby!
- (gunshot)
(screams, panting)
(somber music playing)
(gun clicks)
(panting)
Me-Ann
last chance.
I can still fix this.
I can still save this.
Just nod.
(panting)
(sobs)
Baby.
Just nod.
Baby.
Just nod, baby.
Baby. (sobs)
- (Me-Ann rasps)
- (shouts)
- (Me-Ann yells)
- (Chief grunts)
(dramatic music playing)
(music fades)
- (thunder rumbling)
- (groans)
(sobs)
(choral music playing)
(sobbing)
(engine starts)
(music swells)
(tires screech)
A SILENT NIGH(soft, melancholic music playing)
("Prinsesa" playing)
(song ends)
(ambient music playing)
(Mang Boy) Ma'am, ma'am, wake up.
(eerie music playing)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(Mang Boy) Ma'am? Ma'am.
Just reminding you
of Chief's instructions.
You're overreacting, mister.
I'm not going to post it. Promise.
Ah
- (Mang Boy) Ah
- You're such a killjoy.
Okay, I'll delete them now.
Yes.
There, okay now?
I'm sorry, ma'am. Just following orders.
It's hard to lose a job...
Where in the world are we, mister?
- Ah
- Still in the Philippines?
You can go inside now, ma'am.
Chief is already waiting.
I'll go ahead.
- (crows cawing)
- (foreboding music playing)
(metal clangs)
(chains clanking)
(metal clangs)
(phone ringing)
SISTER
Hello?
Where are you?
Just here. Why?
Why won't you tell me where you are?
You're with that guy again, aren't you?
Sis, if we're just going to fight,
let's just end this call, okay?
You're just wasting your phone credit.
- Hello?
- (crow cawing)
- Hello?
- (call drops)
(eerie sound)
(birds chirping)
(foreboding music playing)
(echoing slam)
(lights click)
Chief?
(gasps)
Chiefy.
Aw!
Oh, thank you, Chiefy!
You're so sweet.
(squeals)
Chiefy?
I'm here now.
Hello?
Hmm.
(whispers)
- Hmm.
- (camera clicks)
Cute.
(phone ringing)
- Oh?
- (sister) You're so stubborn.
I've told you many times.
Aside from the fact that he's married,
he's a policeman.
You don't know
what you're getting into, Me-Ann!
You're annoying, sister!
Just because he's a policeman
doesn't mean you can't trust him, okay?
Don't be judgmental. You don't know Chief.
You don't know what he's done for me.
That's what
(Me-Ann) I'll remind you again, okay?
When we were having problems
with our mother's funeral last year,
who saved us?
When we were being evicted by the
attorney from our apartment in Cubao
and his wife was making it into a scandal,
who fixed our problems, huh?
The two months' deposit for the condo,
whose money was it?
All of it was Chief's, sis.
Maybe you're forgetting that.
Mom didn't sacrifice for your studies
just for you to end up a mistress!
I'm not a mistress.
What are you then?
Huh? A sugar baby?
(call drops)
(sighs)
Chiefy?
Chief?
Chiefy.
(unsettling music playing)
(DOOR OPENS)
Chief?
Chief?
(apple crunches crisply)
(door opens from a distance)
(unsettling music playing)
Chief?
(Me-Ann sighs)
Chief?
Chief?
(phone ringing)
Chiefy?
Chiefy?
(phone ringing)
Why can't you be happy for me, sister?
Is it wrong to love?
(sister) He doesn't love you Me-Ann.
He's not serious about you.
You know what?
Just admit that you're jealous, sis.
I hit the jackpot with Chief,
while you put up with your loser husband.
You know, let's do it this way.
I'll move out.
I'll ask Chief for my own condo, okay?
Suit yourself!
What? Do you hear what you're saying?!
(call drops)
(unsettling music continues)
Chiefy?
Are we playing hide and seek?
Mm Where's the toilet? I have to pee.
(toilet flushing)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicks)
(camera clicking)
(strange noise)
(suspenseful music)
(night animal crying)
(crickets chirping)
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music)
(giggling)
(squeals)
("No Escape" playing, upbeat pop)
There's no escaping this love
We're not escaping this love
(music distorts, unsettling)
We're not escaping this love
We're not escaping this love
We're not escaping this love
(panting)
(song ends)
(piano playing)
(Chief) She's sitting in a dark corner
I don't know why
Out of the thousands of women there
After not even one minute
I fell for you
Ooh
I want to hear your voice
Hoping that I would also
Hold your hand
I want to come closer
But you have another man in your arms
Oh
Bring me to your palace
Let's walk at the garden
Of your kingdom
I don't have any property
But I promise that I'll serve you
Forever
Oh, my princess
(tender music playing)
(laughs softly)
It's okay, Chief. I'm safe.
(kissing)
(foreboding music playing)
- (unsettling music continues)
- (birds chirping)
(doorbell ringing)
(doorbell rings)
(door opens)
- Chief?
- (footsteps approaching)
Shh.
(suspenseful music)
(whispers) Don't go outside.
Stay away from the window.
Why? What's happening?
Nothing.
Baby, everything's going to be fine.
I'll just check something downstairs.
(door opens)
(door closes)
(suspenseful music continues)
Most likely that it's just the switch.
But it's better to be sure.
Do you have a gun?
- Here, sir.
- Okay.
- Check it.
- Okay, sir.
(phone ringing)
Hon.
(woman) Why aren't you answering?
I've been texting you.
I'm in the middle of an operation.
And we were just talking earlier,
weren't we?
- Hon, please. I don't want to fight.
- (woman scoffs)
So, you think I called to fight with you?
So why did you call?
I said I'm in the middle of an operation.
Why are you so grumpy?
Why can't I talk to you?
Okay. I'm sorry.
Okay?
Why did you call?
My cousin Myrns wants to confirm
if you can still
sing and play the piano
for her daughter's wedding.
Huh?
You can say no.
But you know my sister Myrns.
If she gets offended,
I'm sure she'll bad-mouth you
to the whole city council.
Fine, fine.
Tell her I can sing
at her daughter's wedding.
And play the piano?
Okay, but tell her that
it's just two songs, okay?
Okay, thanks, hon.
Okay, goodnight.
- Okay, goodnight.
- (dog barking)
Oh, wait. The boys are
also saying goodnight.
You hear them?
Yes, okay. I have to go, hon.
Ah, I really need to go.
Our asset's here now.
Oh, oh, yes.
Can you call Dad?
- (pensive music playing)
- Your dad?
Why?
I think he needs something from you.
He's been texting,
asking me your whereabouts.
Asking if I talked to you
what time you'll be home
if I know where you are right now.
What did you say?
I told him what you told me.
That you're on a confidential mission.
Just text Dad.
Maybe he just needs you
to drive him or something.
Fine.
(call ends)
(eerie ambiance)
(screams)
(Me-Ann sobs)
Baby.
- What happened?
- Cockroach.
There it is. Cockroach. (sobs)
(whimpers)
(Me-Ann screams)
- (keeps squashing)
- (whimpers)
Solved.
(laughs) It's okay.
Relax.
It's just a cockroach.
Sit down.
- (soft music playing)
- Baby
It's okay.
(soft piano music playing)
I told you not to go near the window.
You disobeyed me.
Sorry.
Who was that, Chief?
(chair scrapes)
No one. Just someone
who wandered over here.
Someone wandered over here?
But this is such a remote area.
Where are we, Chief?
Baby, just know that you're safe here.
You're protected because,
you know, those windows,
they are bulletproof.
Here. Try this.
That's expensive.
It came from Argentina.
Try it.
I think it's not yet cooked.
It's a bit raw, Chief.
- See? There's still some blood in it.
- (Chief laughs)
Baby
that's called medium rare.
(chuckles) I know that, Chiefy.
But it can be fully cooked, right?
What's it called?
Well done.
Because my stomach aches
when I eat it raw.
No, no, no, no, no.
Baby, no.
(chair scrapes)
It really must be eaten that way.
You know, you should
You should get used to the taste of it.
Teach your stomach.
So that you'll be familiar with
expensive food.
Mmm. Delicious, right?
Mm-hmm.
- I told you, right?
- (cutlery clanks)
It's better when it's raw.
Mmm.
(chuckles) Wait, wait, Chief.
This, for sure
is expensive, right?
Well, um
I don't know much about wine.
But my wife, she's a wine connoisseur,
so this bottle
is one of her
most treasured ones.
Mmm.
If that's the case, let's drink it all.
We will not leave a drop for her.
- Sure.
- (laughs)
Cheers, baby.
- Cheers, Chiefy.
- (glasses clink)
Chief.
Why did you build a mansion here?
This seems so far away
for a vacation house.
This is not mine.
Mmm? Whose house is this?
My father-in-law's.
Because it is
a retreat house.
A retreat?
You know, we had that in high school.
Wait.
Is your father-in-law a priest?
Why does he have a retreat house?
Oh, baby,
it's not that kind of a retreat house.
I don't get it.
Never mind. It's not important.
I need to know
if you followed
all my instructions while coming here?
Of course.
You didn't forget anything?
You didn't skip any of my instructions?
No. Why?
Fine.
Tell me about it. How did you get here?
I left my condo. I rode a tricycle
to go to the crossing.
And then
I took a taxi.
I got off at the family grocery.
Then I entered the coffee shop next to it.
I took the back exit
to go to the parking lot.
Then I searched for your car.
And then
I saw your driver.
He ushered me into your car.
He brought me here.
So you didn't tell anyone
where you were going?
You didn't post anything on social media?
No.
Why? Is is there a problem?
Baby
If you want our relationship to last,
we need to be careful.
The key to our relationship
depends on how long we can hide a secret.
Baby.
Sorry, I
didn't get to be with you several times.
- Mmm
- Mm?
It's okay.
I know that you're busy.
What is
one month and ten days that
we didn't see each other?
- (laughs)
- (chuckles)
You'll make it up to me?
Mmm.
- Sure.
- Chiefy, no.
- Not like that.
- What do you like, then?
Well
Do you remember giving me this,
the last time we were together?
Baby, do you want another
piece of jewelry?
Mm-hmm.
Mmm
You told me that I have your heart.
You told me you'd give me
everything I need.
Be straight with me.
What does this baby want?
(sighs)
It's my sister, Chiefy.
She's picking a fight with me.
She's saying many things about you.
About us.
That
I'm just wasting my time
That you'll just cheat on me eventually
Choo-choo, choo-choo, choo-choo.
Mmm. Bitter.
Baby.
You know that's not true, right?
You know I love you.
Mmm.
(Chief) Mm?
I know.
That's why I said
so that there won't be a problem,
I thought
I'd just move out.
You'll give me my own condo, right?
Not just for me,
but for us.
So that we don't just meet
at random places.
So that we'll have our own place.
So when the time comes that
you leave your wife,
you'll have a place to come home to. Hmm?
You'll leave her, right?
You don't love her, right?
Is that the reason why
you called my house the other night?
Even though I told you
that it's forbidden?
- You still did it.
- Mmm.
Chiefy.
Are you still mad?
Don't be mad anymore.
It's your fault.
You didn't reply to my texts.
That's why I missed you.
Don't be angry.
Please.
Mm?
So what now?
We will get our own condo.
- Mmm?
- It depends.
It depends?
- (kisses)
- (both chuckle)
Thanks, Chiefy.
Promise, you won't regret it.
You'll be happy
when you come home to our condo.
(foreboding music playing)
(Chief) Mm.
Now, I'm the one
who has a request for you.
Of course, whatever it is.
Since we're now playing house,
we might as well step it up.
Let's have a baby.
Baby
A child?
You don't want to?
A child?
Why? You don't want to?
It's not that.
Um
Chief
it's not part of my plans yet.
Don't you think I'm too young
to be a mother?
That's the beauty of it.
Baby, while you're still young.
Look at my wife, she's old now.
That's why we're having a hard time
having a child now.
Think about it.
When we have kids,
this relationship will be for keeps.
(smooches)
And then your future
and our children's future
are both secure.
Hmm, hmm, huh?
Chief, I think
it's not part of my plan yet.
I think I'm not ready to be a mother yet.
Baby, life is really like that.
Sometimes our plans
in an instant
can change.
(Me-Ann gasps)
(unsettling music continues)
We don't know what's waiting
for us tomorrow.
Or later.
So don't be afraid of unexpected things.
You should always be ready.
You should know
exactly what you want in life.
- They say that
- (metal clangs)
(laughs softly)
opportunity only knocks once.
(metal clangs)
You never know
It might just be the realization
of your dreams.
It's a waste
if you don't open it, isn't it?
(car alarm honks)
- Motherfucker!
- What is it?
- (car alarm honking continues)
- Chief! Uncuff me first.
Baby, the keys are downstairs. Stay there.
- Huh?
- I'll come back for you.
Chief, don't leave me like this. Please!
Baby, please, don't be difficult.
Everything's going to be fine.
- Stay there.
- (car alarm honking continues)
- (door opens)
- Chief!
Oh, fuck!
(Me-Ann panting)
(car alarm honking continues)
Mang Boy!
(phone ringing)
(suspenseful music playing)
Chief! There's someone behind you!
(grunts)
(grunts)
(groans)
(grunts)
(car alarm honking continues)
(panting)
(hyperventilating)
(clattering in the distance)
(sobs softly)
(loud clatter)
(door creaks)
(car alarm honking continues)
(footsteps approaching)
(breathing shakily)
(phone vibrating)
(horror music playing)
- (screams)
- Come on!
(car alarm honking continues)
(groans)
Chief?
(squeals)
(panting)
(groans furiously)
Shh.
(panicked breathing)
- (sobs softly)
- You hear that?
You hear them?
Shh!
- (suppressed sobs)
- Don't be noisy.
You won't be able to hear them.
(whimpers)
Who?
The children.
(unsettling music playing)
I know they're here.
I hear them.
I don't know anything.
(sobs) I don't want this.
I don't know anything, mister.
It's not true.
(whimpers)
You can't know nothing.
- (sobs) I don't
- You're here and you don't know anything?
No! I don't know anything, mister!
(sobbing) It's my first time here.
I'm just a visitor.
I really don't know anything.
Promise. I swear I don't know anything.
Let me go...
- You're lying.
- (sobs)
(Chief grunts furiously)
It's not that you don't know anything.
You just don't care.
- (grunts furiously)
- Let go of me, let go of me! Let go of me!
Let go of me!
- (screams)
- Shouting won't help!
- Shh!
- (whimpers)
I said
You shut up!
Don't be noisy! Shh!
You won't hear them if you're noisy.
- Shh! Shh!
- Chief, please, help! Please, help!
- Shh!
- (Me-Ann sobs) Chief
- Chief, help!
- (Soliman) Be quiet!
Shouting won't help!
- (Soliman grunts)
- (whimpers, sobs)
(groans)
You won't be saved
if you only think about
getting out of here.
You won't get out
as long as you don't admit
what you're hiding!
(sobs)
(whimpers)
And you won't get out
as long as I don't see my children.
(squeals)
Neighbors, help!
(whimpers)
Help.
(screams)
(car alarm honking continues)
(unsettling music playing)
(Chief panting)
Chief.
What's happening?
What is he talking about?
Why is he searching for his children?
I told you.
You should not have called
my house the other night.
Now he knows about us.
Your wife?
Her father.
Colonel.
My father-in-law.
Son of a bitch.
(scoffs)
I'm sure he's the one behind this.
He wants to teach me a lesson.
Psywar.
Just like what he did
to captured communists
and terrorists in the past.
(gun firing in the distance)
- Baby
- What's happening?
What's he doing upstairs?
Baby.
It's nothing. Relax.
It's part of the show.
Show?
A few days before the wedding
(Me-Ann panting)
my father-in-law called me.
(foreboding music playing)
We ended up in Sierra Madre.
Somewhere in Vizcaya.
It was already nighttime
when we got there.
(Colonel) Are you okay, son?
Can you continue?
No problem, sir.
Colonel.
Just tell me
if you're already tired, okay?
I can still drive.
I still have clear eyesight.
No problem, sir.
Are we almost there?
We've not been on the main road
for quite some time now.
Don't tell me you're scared of the dark.
(laughs)
How will you protect my youngest?
I'm just joking. (laughs)
No, sir. I'm just concerned
that we might be lost.
So?
Sir?
- I was right about you.
- (unsettling music playing)
I was like you when I was your age.
Always in control.
Always the one in charge.
I knew the way,
and I was sure where I was going.
I was traversing a straight path,
not making any turns.
But then again, I realized
I was going nowhere.
The straight path that they taught me
didn't actually get me anywhere
but back to where I came from.
Are you saying, sir,
that it's okay to get lost?
No, no.
Son, getting lost is different
from making your own way.
(clears throat)
Where are we really going, sir?
Who will you meet?
Don't be scared, son.
We're not lost.
Don't you trust me?
Uh, no, sir, that's not what I mean.
Two of my brothers died
because of emphysema.
I hope you won't make
my youngest a young widow.
It's my first stick for today.
Just to get rid of sleepiness,
(clears throat)
But before I finished my cigarette
he told me to slow down.
And suddenly
three men were approaching us in the dark.
Fuck, we have enemies!
(Colonel) Oh, oh, relax, relax.
They're my people.
They've been waiting for us.
(breathing shakily)
Sir, what are we really doing here?
Why don't you relax and get out?
I'll just talk to them.
Go now.
(crickets chirping)
I tried to listen to their conversation,
but the crickets were chirping so loud,
I couldn't hear them.
(gun cocks)
Colonel.
Where are they going?
Let's go. Let's follow them.
We traveled far for many hours.
I'm sure you want to know
why we came here.
You'll know in about 500 meters ahead.
You want to marry my daughter, right?
You have to learn to trust me.
Don't worry.
I won't get you into trouble.
I just don't want my daughter to get hurt.
I can't take it.
(unsettling music playing)
(screaming, wailing)
(gun fires)
(children wailing)
(screaming) Help!
(wailing)
Stop!
(rooster cackles)
(rooster squawks again)
- (Chief) We invaded the farm
- (car honks)
and we took the cockfighting roosters.
I then found out that
they were an imported breed.
(car revs)
(gunfire)
(distorted music playing)
(distorted laughter, chatter)
(brakes screech)
Fuck! What's your problem?
Problem?
You're the one I should be asking that!
- What did we do?!
- Motherfucker.
Fuck!
You made me drive all day just to steal?
Really?
Hey.
Don't be so self-righteous.
Don't tell me it's your first time
doing things like this?
That's not my point. My point is,
why didn't you tell me about your plan?
(scoffs) This was part of my plan.
Who told you that it was not part of it?
Jack, give me your magazine.
Here.
See?
Blank.
They're all blanks.
Lesson one.
Reality is different from the truth.
(unsettling music playing)
(Chief) The truth is
we really didn't steal
anything that night.
Those cockfighting roosters
(scoffs)
My father-in-law owned them.
And the whole farm
(scoffs)
He owned it all.
(breathing deeply)
(Me-Ann) But why?
He just wanted to teach his men a lesson.
Being lazy is forbidden.
He just wanted to know how far they
would go in protecting his roosters.
But most of all,
he did it for me.
For you?
He wanted to show me
what he can do for his loved ones.
(rooster crowing)
(soft music playing)
(rooster crowing)
Those are just my roosters.
No, uh
I'm not really making threats.
I think we're not going to have problems.
My youngest told me
that she really feels your love for her.
But people change.
I hope you won't fool my youngest.
I hope you will not hurt her.
Because if I find out,
and I'm sure I will find out,
I will personally go to your house.
Me and my people.
Mm? I will make you feel how angry I am.
Yes, sir.
(chuckles)
Stop calling me "sir" or "Colonel."
Just call me "Papa,"
because we're already family.
Yes, Boss... Pa.
- Yes, Pa.
- Good.
Do you know what they say about family?
A family should be taken care of.
A family should be protected.
(laughs) Especially their secrets.
Like this night.
You understand?
Yes.
If you need anything
anything at all
don't hesitate to tell me.
Welcome to the family, son.
(foreboding music playing)
(Colonel) Mmm.
It suits you.
(chuckles)
(exhales deeply)
It's been two decades since that happened.
They still don't know
what really happened that night.
Maybe some of them,
up to now, are still having
nightmares because of it.
What if they learn the truth?
(chuckles)
That their boss just played
a game with them.
He did all that
just to teach
his future son-in-law a lesson.
(chuckles)
Why did we meet here?
Why did you bring me here?
(exhales)
Baby, I told you
I do a lot of things for my father-in-law.
He wanted his properties checked.
This is one of his new properties.
It's bothersome but I can't say no to him.
That's why I thought
that I should use this chance to meet you.
I didn't know
that he had plans for tonight.
Chief.
Talk to your father-in-law.
Say sorry to him.
Tell him we're not going to do it again.
That you're not going to.
Baby, no.
That's not the way.
I can't be weak in his eyes.
He doesn't need my sorry.
He wants to teach me a lesson.
That fucker
He was really sent here to put on a show.
To scare me,
to shock me, to hurt me,
to make me suffer.
But he will not kill me.
My father-in-law wouldn't do that.
He can't face seeing his youngest cry.
Fuck, Chief.
What about me?
He killed Mang Boy.
(sobs)
Baby, baby
How did you know that Mang Boy was dead?
Fuck, he'll kill me!
- Chief.
- Shh. Shh. Baby, relax.
Not everything you see is real.
Chief.
Shh. Shh. Baby.
Baby, look at me.
Relax.
Everything's going to be fine.
(Soliman) Joy!
(gun firing)
- (Soliman) Love, where are you?
- Blanks.
- Your dad is here now.
- (laughs)
- (Soliman) Joy! Love!
- Blanks.
All blanks.
(Soliman grunts)
(Soliman panting)
- (Me-Ann panting)
- Where did you hide my children?
I know that they are here!
Bring them to me,
or I'll blow her brains out!
(Chief) Wait. I hear them.
Shh.
I hear the children.
Bring me out or I'll kill all of you.
(laughs)
Now what?!
You want me to act crazy with you?
Huh?
Motherfucker!
How far do you want this to go?!
- I'll count to three.
- (Me-Ann sobs)
Where are my children?
(Chief) How much?
How much?
Oh, that shut you up.
Tell me how much he paid you.
I know that my father-in-law
made you do this.
Fucker. Tell me.
So that I can double it.
Just stop this madness.
- Motherfuck...
- One!
Mister, please, don't. Don't.
(sobbing) Chief.
How much? I'll double it.
No one will know.
Tell me.
You'll have more money. You'll be rich.
Two!
Fuck, Chief! He doesn't know
what you're talking about!
(Soliman) Shh.
- (screams)
- (Chief) Stop it!
He's just trying to scare us!
He'll kill me!
Three!
I saw them! I saw them!
I saw your children.
I saw them.
Me-Ann, don't play with that fucker...
- (Chief grunts)
- (Me-Ann sobs)
(sobs) I saw them, mister.
I'll tell you if you let me go.
(Me-Ann panting)
You saw my children?
Where did you see my children?
Here, mister.
They were eating here earlier.
You bitch, if I learn that
you're lying to me
No, it's true, mister.
I'm telling you the truth. Promise.
One one of them
even offered me chocolates,
but I said no because I'm on a diet.
I'm telling the truth.
Are you sure that it's my kids you saw?
(unsettling music playing)
Yes, mister.
(chair scrapes)
But to be sure,
do you have a picture of them?
To be certain that
it's really them that I saw.
(chair scrapes)
It's really them.
It's Joy, it's Joy.
Joy offered me the chocolate.
(Soliman laughs softly)
Yes, my youngest really likes chocolate.
And Love, her older sister
she was actually stopping her sister.
Telling her off.
She said to stop eating chocolates
because it would ruin her teeth.
(breathes shakily)
I told my eldest daughter
to take care of her sister.
They're really the ones I saw, mister.
Joy was sitting here.
And then Love was here.
But
I don't understand.
They were eating here?
They're not imprisoned?
How did that happen?
I also don't know, mister.
It's true, believe me.
Like them, I'm a prisoner in this house.
Is that why you were in handcuffs earlier?
Yes.
Yes, mister.
I couldn't tell you the truth because
Chief threatened me.
He told me that if I told you the truth,
he would kill me.
That's why you don't need
to tie me up like this.
I'm your ally.
But
why did they bring you here?
What will they do to you and my daughters?
What's their plan for my daughters?
I don't know, mister.
I really don't know.
But
(chair scrapes)
But if you set me free,
I'll be able to help you outside.
The boss of my sister's husband
is an attorney.
He can help you in searching
for your children.
So set me free, mister, please.
No, no, no.
Aling Mameng told me
that this was the only place
where I'd find my daughters.
Whoever Aling Mameng is, mister,
I think she's wrong.
Your daughters are really not here.
No. No, that can't be.
Aling Mameng's prediction is not wrong.
This.
This showed me the way
to this house.
A mansion
that's made of glass, wood, and cement.
Aling Mameng said
Right?
For 40 nights and 40 days, I walked north
to a big house made of glass,
wood, and cement.
I will find where my daughters were taken.
But
we can't tell the police, military,
or anyone from the authorities
because they're behind this.
They are the culprits.
No one can help me but myself.
I will not find justice
if I can't strike back at them.
I can't die without knowing where my
daughters are and what happened to them.
You saw them, right?
Right? You said that, right?
You told me you saw them.
(screams)
(both grunting)
(grunts)
You fucker!
(Me-Ann chokes)
(choking)
(both grunt)
- (Soliman grunts)
- (Me-Ann panting)
- (Me-Ann grunting)
- (glass breaks)
- (Me-Ann screams, grunts)
- (grunts)
- (Me-Ann screams)
- (Soliman grunts)
(Me-Ann screams, thuds)
(Me-Ann whimpers, sobbing)
(grunts)
Let me go! Let me go!
(screams)
You think they'll help you?
(door creaking)
You think you can hide in this house?
(door creaks)
(tense music playing)
(footsteps leaving)
Love!
Joy!
(banging from downstairs)
Open the door downstairs.
Bring me my daughters!
- (Chief grunting)
- (Me-Ann) Chief!
I don't know what you're talking about!
You sick fuck!
- (grunts)
- (Me-Ann) Chief, help!
- (grunting)
- (Chief groans)
- Chief!
- (grunting)
(grunts)
- Chief!
- (Chief grunts)
(Me-Ann) Chief, help!
(Chief grunts)
Me-Ann!
(Chief grunts)
Chief!
- (Me-Ann) Chief
- Wake up.
- Open the door.
- (sobs)
(Soliman) My daughters!
Love, Joy, your dad is here now!
(strange sound)
- Wake up! Wake up!
- (soft music playing)
My daughters!
Joy?
Joy? Love?
My daughters! Joy!
Love!
Open this! Open it!
- (banging from downstairs)
- My daughters, do you hear me?
(door banging)
Fuck! Open this door!
My daughters!
(banging continues)
Love! Love, where are you?
(banging continues)
My daughters!
Joy!
My daughters!
Open this door!
My daughters!
(sobbing)
My daughters are inside, imprisoned.
I feel them.
I hear them.
Mister
What happened?
How
how did you lose them?
They were not lost.
They were kidnapped.
One night, they were taken from me
by masked men.
- (girl) Dad!
- (man) I'm asking you, Chief.
- Are you Soliman? Mr. Ferrer's driver?
- (girls screaming)
- Yes. Yes, it's me.
- (girls keep screaming)
(girl) Joy! Joy!
- (girl 1) Please don't!
- (girl 2) Dad!
- (girls crying)
- Tell your boss
that the colonel said
that if he wants to see his son alive,
he should just call.
And no police.
Get it, Chief?
My daughters.
Please don't involve them in this.
Please! We've got nothing to do
with what he's done to you! None!
We're just the same, Chief.
I'm sorry.
Just obeying orders.
(Soliman groans)
(vehicle revs)
(somber music playing)
Colonel.
I wanted to ask my boss
who this "Colonel" was,
and what his connection was
to the kidnapping of our children.
Remember, you'll pay for this!
(anguished screams)
- (man) Stop it! Stop it! Enough!
- (woman sobbing)
- Sir, how...
- Fine, fine, fine. Go now.
I'll take care of it.
You won't do anything, okay?
Wait for my call.
- (downbeat music playing)
- (echoing girls crying, screaming)
(girl) Joy! Joy!
(echoing girls crying, screaming)
Joy! Joy!
(echo of girls screaming
and pleading continues)
(overlapping voices)
(glass clanks)
(TV playing indistinctly)
(reporter) Sir, sir, how did you
(reporter) The only son
of business mogul, Mr. Ramon Ferrer
was finally saved from his kidnappers.
You can clearly see the couple's happiness
now that their son is back with them.
We will continue to find more information
and details about this incident.
The authorities will also have a manhunt
operation to find the suspects.
(phone beeps)
(ringing)
(call drops)
(dialing)
(phone ringing)
(call drops)
Mr. Ferrer!
Mr. Ferrer!
- Fuck!
- (somber music playing)
Mr. F... Son of a bitch!
Mr. Ferrer, come out!
Fuck! My daughters!
Mr. Ferrer!
Fuck!
Where are my daughters?!
Why haven't they found them yet?
(sobs) Fuck!
Mr. Ferrer!
Mr. Ferrer, where are you?!
- You fucker!
- (rock clatters)
Son of a
(yells)
Where are my daughters?!
Where are my daughters, Mr. Ferrer?!
Motherfucker! (grunts)
(police sirens ringing)
Mr. Ferrer, fucker! You deceived me!
Mr. Ferrer! (sobs)
My daughters!
(police) Sir, sir.
You're causing disturbance here!
Please wait, sir. My daughters!
- Just explain at the precinct.
- What did I do, sir?
My daughters were taken, sir.
That's trespassing.
(grunts) Sir.
Sir!
Sir, help me.
Help my daughters!
They were taken with my boss' son, sir.
Help my kids.
Come now. You can explain at the precinct.
Sir! Sir, wait, sir!
- Sir!
- Aren't you going to stop?!
They asked why the police
should believe me.
Aside from my story
what evidence did I have?
They asked why I only showed up then.
Why I only complained then.
They said that I might have
something to do with
the kidnapping of my boss' son.
But others said
they were already gone.
(sniffles)
Killed by
their kidnappers.
They said that maybe
the ransom wasn't enough.
That's why my boss' son
was the only one set free.
If they are still alive,
maybe they were sold.
For profit.
(breathes deeply)
(snipping)
(shouts)
(grunts)
Your daughters are still alive.
I see them, I hear them.
(Soliman) They rode a vehicle
going to a remote area.
- And they were taken to a deserted place.
- (Soliman) They were unconscious.
They were asleep during the ride.
When they woke up,
it was already sunset.
Please don't forget Chief's instructions.
Chief? Chief?
Shh.
(unsettling music playing)
- (apple crunches crisply)
- (flies buzzing)
(chuckling)
(unsettling music continues)
(Soliman) Here, inside
my daughters are imprisoned.
In a dark room.
My daughters are imprisoned.
My daughters are imprisoned.
My daughters are imprisoned.
But
how did you get here?
For 40 days and 40 nights, I walked north.
Until my body gave up.
My feet gave up.
I lost strength.
But not hope.
Until I was led to them.
(car honks)
(car honks)
Hey! Get out of the way!
Do you want to die, Chief?
(tense music playing)
(Soliman) I followed where
his vehicle went.
And it brought me
here, exactly to this house
that I was looking for.
The big house made of glass,
wood, and cement.
I can't be mistaken.
That was the opportunity
I'd been waiting for.
Finally
I can do something to save my daughters.
Here
inside this door
my daughters are here.
They are locked up here.
Since I walked north
for 40 days and 40 nights.
(Soliman)My daughters!
My daughters!
40 days and 40 nights.
One month and ten days
that we didn't see each other.
Do you remember this thing
you gave me the last time we met?
(clicking)
(breathes softly)
Baby. Baby
You escaped?
Quick. Set me free.
Hey! We don't know
what you're talking about!
We've got nothing to do with
your missing daughters.
You fuck, you're a drug addict!
I'll kill you!
That fucker!
He's an addict! I'm sure of it.
You're wrong, Chief.
Your father-in-law didn't bring him here
to teach you a lesson or scare us.
This is not a show.
All of this is real.
We won't get out of here
if he doesn't find his daughters.
That fucker is a drug addict,
I'm sure of it.
He said that
Mang Boy kidnapped his daughters.
He said that the colonel ordered it.
Baby, you should not believe that addict
when he says that
my father-in-law is involved.
When Mang Boy brought me here,
he said that you were inside.
I searched for you.
But you were not around.
You even suspect me?
Where were you, Chief?
Were you here?
Baby, wait.
I'm your ally here. Come on.
When you gave me this
I remember that you had a lot of money.
You said that you hit the jackpot.
Baby, I don't understand.
How is it connected
to what's happening now?
Is it related to what's happening now?
Are you one of his daughters' kidnappers?
Son of a bitch. Now I'm a kidnapper?
Then what, Chief?
I want this to end!
I want to know the truth!
The truth? You want to know the truth?
This is the truth!
I don't know anything
about that fucking door!
And whatever that addict says,
I'm not involved. I don't know him.
I've never seen
his missing daughters ever.
And when you were looking for me
I was covering for you.
I was there, upstairs.
I was inside the bathroom
because I was talking to my wife.
She was asking where I was.
I was explaining
I can't tell her that I'm cheating on her.
Your necklace
Baby, I worked hard for that.
For a long time, I worked hard for that.
Do you know why I do everything for you?
Why I give you everything you want?
Because I love you.
Fuck, I love you.
(laughs weakly)
That's why, baby
it hurts me.
It pains me that after everything
I've done for you
up to now, you still don't trust me.
Baby.
That's the truth, baby.
Sorry. (sobs)
Sorry, Chief.
(Chief) Shh
It's not your fault.
(Me-Ann sobs)
Sorry, baby. It's not your fault.
It's not our fault.
Both of us are victims.
But what I don't understand is,
what's behind that door?
And why is there a door in the wall?
What's inside it?
Baby. I don't know.
It's my first time seeing that door.
Even my father-in-law doesn't know.
Because this is a new property.
He's got nothing to do with that.
But you said that this
was a retreat house.
What does that really mean?
My father-in-law said
that whenever he has problems
with his business partners,
he brings them here.
Because it's peaceful
and far from the city.
They relax here.
They unwind here.
Like
an overnight retreat.
Then the next day, their minds are clear
problems are fixed
Everything's solved
and discussed.
So the business continues.
Business?
What kind of business?
Kidnapping? Carnapping?
It's impossible that you don't know.
Baby, I don't know
and I don't want to know.
Fine. Call me a coward.
But sometimes
in the middle of a fight,
you need to learn to shut your eyes.
You need to learn to be silent.
Sometimes you need to play dead
in order to come out alive.
Don't you want to know the truth?
Don't you want to know
what's really happening here?
You don't want to help his daughters?
Because Mister Soliman might be right.
Maybe his daughters are really there.
Don't you want to help them?
(Me-Ann sniffles)
Chief, you said you were
a policeman, right?
The night we first met, remember?
You said that
you swore to protect everyone.
Everyone who needs it.
Don't you want to help them now?
How will I do that?
I'm tied up here.
My father-in-law is now forgetful.
He can't even remember his own birthday.
The only thing he remembers is
his wife's birthday.
(beeping)
(beeps)
And, of course
the birthday of his beloved youngest.
My wife.
(beeps)
Now, if my father-in-law's
not involved here
You'll finally learn
your father-in-law's secret, Chief.
(door creaks open)
(suspenseful music playing)
Joy?
Love?
Love?
My daughters?
Joy?
My daughters?
Where are you?
Joy! My Shout so I can hear you!
Joy!
Where are you?
(sobs)
Joy.
My daughters. (sobbing)
My daughters?
Joy! Love! Joy!
(Me-Ann) Mister
My daughters.
Mister
Your daughters are really not here.
Sorry
Sorry.
(Soliman sobs) No!
That can't be!
You fuck! You fuckers!
You're just playing with me.
Fuck you!
Fuck you,
you're just playing games with me!
Motherfuckers, you're making me
go around in circles!
Where have you taken my daughters?
What did they do wrong?
Why did you involve my daughters?
Fuck you!
Mister, please. Enough now.
(sobbing) Your daughters
are really not here.
We don't know where your daughters are.
Even if you kill us
it will not benefit you,
so, please, stop now.
Enough.
(sobs)
What did we do to you?
What wrong did my daughters do?
We didn't do anything wrong.
We're not at fault. (sobs)
My daughters are innocent.
We didn't do anything wrong.
(sobbing)
(sobs)
Why did you involve my daughters
in your problems?
We live peacefully.
We were living peacefully.
My daughters are innocent.
We didn't do anything wrong.
None. We're innocent.
Mister, don't worry.
I'll help you spread the news about
what happened to your daughters.
Enough.
(sobbing)
We didn't do anything wrong.
(gun fires)
(buzzing, ringing sound)
- (woman) Fuck!
- (man) Stop resisting.
Let go of me. No!
- No! Don't!
- Stop resisting.
- (grunting)
- Come on.
- No!
- (man speaking indistinctly)
- Don't resist.
- Stop!
- Fuck you! Let me go!
- I'll pay you.
- I'm not a prostitute!
- Come on
I'm not a prostitute! You fool!
Don't get out, hey!
Motherfucker!
Hey! Come back here!
(crying)
Help!
Help! Please, help!
Help! Help me.
Help me, please.
(sobs)
What is it?
Rapist! Rapist!
(sobs)
Mang Boy.
Miss.
Miss.
Relax, relax.
(gunshot)
- Fucker! Don't you dare run away!
- No!
- No, no, please. Don't shoot.
- We're the police!
No! Please! I didn't do anything wrong.
I have a cousin. He's with a party list.
I can show you his ID, please!
Get out! Motherfucker!
- (piano music playing over the radio)
- (Chief) Miss.
What's your name?
Me-Ann, sir.
Me-Ann.
Don't worry. You're safe now.
Thank you very much, sir.
Thank you. It's good that you came. (sobs)
- Thank you.
- No. You don't need to thank me.
We're the police.
It's our sworn duty to protect
and help everyone who needs it.
Who is he to you?
Your boyfriend?
No. Not really.
I just met him
at the car show event earlier.
My friends and I were invited for dinner
and there were free drinks.
So it's your fault.
Why did you just go with him like that?
You don't even know him.
He was nice earlier.
He's educated,
and he said that he was
the president of his company.
We were also hungry.
And we wanted to have some fun.
You're lucky we passed by.
If we hadn't, maybe something bad
would already have happened to you.
I didn't know
that it would end up like this.
I swear, he was nice earlier.
One by one,
he dropped all of my friends home.
Then, when I was the only one left,
I suddenly felt dizzy.
I suspect that he put something
in my drink.
I swear, I'm telling the truth.
Yes, yes. Relax, relax.
Don't worry. I believe you.
(clears throat)
I'm on your side.
I want to go home now.
My mom might be looking for me now.
My phone
- I think I left my phone in the car.
- Okay, okay.
I'll take care of it. I'll get it.
I just need to know
what your plans are about that guy?
I want him punished.
That bastard!
He should get the death penalty.
Not just once but many times.
You're right.
I feel the same.
We can bring him to the precinct.
Open a case against him.
But, you know
I can already see what's going to happen.
I'm sure he will deny your statement.
Most likely, he will say that
you're in a relationship with him,
and you're just making up a story
about rape to extort money from him.
He's a liar then.
You're my witness, right?
Yes, but Me-Ann,
we can't lie in the court.
What did we actually see?
Mm?
You were running
in the middle of the road.
The truth is,
we really don't know
what happened inside the car.
What do you want me to do?
Let him go? Is that it?
No.
I'm not saying anything like that.
Because if it were up to me,
I'd say that person should be punished.
He must be taught a lesson.
(unsettling music playing)
Me-Ann
I want you
to know that no one can hurt you.
No matter who it is.
I want
to bring back your braveness.
For your courage to come back.
I want you to forget
everything that happened tonight.
And for you to sleep peacefully.
When you wake up tomorrow morning,
I want you to smile.
Me-Ann
I want you to know that
when you're with me,
you're safe.
Just nod.
I can give you all of it.
Okay.
Rest now. I'll take care of it.
Sir.
What will you do to him?
Come on.
Stop calling me "sir."
Just call me Chief.
(Chief laughs softly)
Let me take care of you,
baby.
(sobbing)
Give it to me.
(grunts)
You fucker!
(calm piano music)
(music continues)
Baby!
(music stops)
I'm sorry, baby.
This should not have happened.
It was supposed to be an awesome night.
That fucking addict.
(continues playing)
Never mind. At least
(pauses playing)
At least you're safe now.
Everything's going to be fine.
(continues playing)
(sobs)
Where are his daughters?
Where are they?
Are they here?
Did you kill them?
Baby, didn't you wonder?
Why does my father-in-law bring
his business problems to this house?
To a deserted place.
We don't want trouble.
We don't want fights.
We don't want bloodshed.
We always try to solve it
with a peaceful solution.
Everything
can have a peaceful solution, right?
Like when they came from
a retreat.
Those that can be corrected
- will be corrected.
- (breathes shakily)
Former enemies
become friends.
(sighs)
Those who need to be taught a lesson
will be taught a lesson.
(chuckles)
You see, baby
when everybody's happy,
everybody makes money.
Business continues.
I'm not part of your business.
(slams piano keys)
But you benefit from it, don't you?
You're a part of this because
your whole family benefits from it.
Right?! All of them benefit from it.
Don't they?!
We can still benefit from it
in the future.
Baby, that's what you need to understand.
My father-in-law
he's old now.
He won't last long.
When he dies, who do you think
will inherit his businesses?
All of his properties! This!
Me.
Baby, I'm sure he will be very happy
with me right now.
I've solved a problem of his
that he didn't even know was coming.
Condo
penthouse
mansion, farm, whatever you like.
I can give you that.
You need to understand, baby.
It's you that I protect.
Our future.
What's your problem?
What? You suddenly have a conscience now?
Fuck it, don't play innocent with me.
Since the beginning, you knew
what you'd gotten yourself into.
- Baby.
- I don't want it anymore.
We're over. I don't want it anymore.
(laughs)
We're over?
(laughs)
Over?
Baby, I'm sorry.
What stupidity is this?
Mm?
(exhales)
I think it's better that you
clean yourself.
Take a shower.
Get something to eat.
And then
Baby will now rest.
Later, I'll call my driver to pick you up.
He will bring you to your house.
You'll forget about everything
that happened tonight.
If you remember something
just close your eyes.
Go to sleep.
When you wake up
it'll be gone from your mind.
Just do that process. Repeatedly.
Eventually,
it'll be gone from your memory.
Just like
a bad dream
that even if you want to tell someone
is already gone.
Okay, baby?
Listen to me.
Don't defy me.
Tomorrow.
We'll meet tomorrow.
We'll look for a condo
that you can move into.
So you don't have to depend
on your sister.
You're right.
What you're saying is right.
We need to prepare
for our own living arrangements.
Come here. Mmm?
(kisses)
Baby. Hey, wait. What?
(chuckles nervously)
Baby, put it down, please.
Baby, come here. Come here.
I'm wide awake now.
You can't deceive me any more.
I love you, baby.
(gun clicks)
(suspenseful music playing)
- (grunts)
- (Me-Ann screams)
(Chief grunting, Me-Ann sobbing)
(Me-Ann screams)
(Me-Ann screams)
(panting)
(beads clinking)
(Me-Ann grunts, panting)
(Me-Ann screams)
(both scream)
- (Me-Ann screams)
- (Chief grunts)
(dramatic music playing)
(Chief shouts indistinctly)
(muffled) Help! Help!
(screams)
(dramatic music playing)
(door banging)
(dramatic music continues)
(Chief) Me-Ann!
- (gun fires)
- (Chief) Me-Ann!
- (Me-Ann grunts)
- (gunshot)
You're so stupid!
You choose them over what I can give you?!
People who are strangers to you?!
That fucking addict!
You don't even know them!
Why don't you listen to me?!
Why don't you just shut up?!
You won't go anywhere!
You won't leave this house alive! Fuck!
- (Me-Ann screams)
- (glass shatters)
(discordant, tense music playing)
(Chief) Me-Ann!
What do you think will happen here?
What?
You'll tell the whole world
what happened here tonight?!
Do you think anyone will believe you?!
Fool!
You'll end up like him!
They'll call you crazy!
Addict?
- What? You'll tell the truth?
- (panicked breathing)
Stupid! No one will know the truth!
(banging on the door)
Me-Ann!
Because what I say is the truth.
That's what people will believe.
- (gun fires)
- (gasps)
- Baby!
- (gunshot)
(screams, panting)
(somber music playing)
(gun clicks)
(panting)
Me-Ann
last chance.
I can still fix this.
I can still save this.
Just nod.
(panting)
(sobs)
Baby.
Just nod.
Baby.
Just nod, baby.
Baby. (sobs)
- (Me-Ann rasps)
- (shouts)
- (Me-Ann yells)
- (Chief grunts)
(dramatic music playing)
(music fades)
- (thunder rumbling)
- (groans)
(sobs)
(choral music playing)
(sobbing)
(engine starts)
(music swells)
(tires screech)
A SILENT NIGH(soft, melancholic music playing)
("Prinsesa" playing)
(song ends)