Pig at the Crossing (2024) Movie Script
Hello. Hello?
Where are you?
I've been waiting so long!
I'm in the centre.
Hi, it's nice to see you.
- How are you?
- Good!
- How have you been?
- All good.
I came to buy chillies for my wife.
She wants to make her Ema Datshi.
It's so good to see you!
My son will be in your class next year.
He's so excited.
He's a smart kid.
Thank you, yes.
It was good to see you.
- It's been too long, how are you?
- Good!
What's up?
Vegetable shopping?
- Vegetables, and...
- Video?
Yes, next video.
- Your last video was really good.
- Thanks!
- Looking forward to this.
- This one's different.
I love making videos.
I don't feel like doing anything else.
But teaching is also a good job,
especially for you.
- It's respectable.
- I don't have a choice.
My sister's going to Australia.
Until Soya graduates I'll have to teach.
Then I can do what I like.
It's nice of you to care for your brother.
- I suppose you're all grown up now!
- I guess...
- I heard Sherab's interview went well.
- Mmm!
So when will she get her visa?
She said her visa has been granted,
so it must be soon.
There's a lot of nursing opportunities.
She'll study nursing in Australia, right?
That's what she said.
- Well, it was good to see you. Bye.
- Bye.
Come over for lunch on Sunday.
- Bring Sherab and Soya.
- Okay. Bye.
Where the hell were you?
Fuck!
You are such a hassle.
Not here, over there.
Here's the pregnancy test.
Put it inside.
The instructions are on the box.
Actually, it's easy.
She just has to pee on it,
and wait five minutes.
One line means not pregnant.
Two lines... mean pregnant.
- Then I guess you are in serious shit.
- Whatever. It's like doing a Covid test.
I don't know...
I don't get into situations like yours,
so how would I know?
I almost forgot!
Here, put it away!
I could only get four.
But he's old, one will
probably do the trick.
He just has to put it in once or twice.
- How much?
- 5,000.
5,000?
What? You think I'm joking?
Boss, it's not from down the road,
it's from Bangkok.
OK. 5,000.
5,000.3,000 now. 2,000 next time.
For fuck's sake! You're unbelievable!
- I swear!
- This is the third time.
- Dolom, no!
- I don't have it. Take 3,000 now.
Fuck you man, I'll take the 3.
Who knows if I'll get the rest.
Fuck you, Dolom!
Why do you do this?
- But will the pills work?
- Of course!
It was invented for old people.
But she might have to flirt a little.
Stroke him here, rub him there...
Maybe a little sexy dance to activate it.
I'll have to show her,
she won't know how to do it.
- What?
- Like this.
Don't do that in public.
I'm starting to regret this whole thing.
I shouldn't have given you
the idea in the first place.
It could be the biggest mistake of my life.
I'm serious!
You're saving my life with your plan.
Dolom? Did you get it?
Yeah, I got it.
Come to the place with
prayer flags near your house.
I also got you tomatoes and onions.
I also got something
in case the test is positive.
Forget it, I told you.
I'd never take those pills
to kill the poor little thing.
No, not those!
Viagra!
He wants to, he just can't.
Isn't that what you said?
Whoever heard of a woman
plotting to have sex with her own husband?
That sounds so stupid.
I brought this on myself.
Just get here quickly.
Hey! What are you looking for?
My bike!
I was just on my bike.
Now I can't find it.
Have you been vaccinated?
My uncle got dementia from the vaccine.
I think his brain cells died.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
I didn't get it and I'm perfectly fine.
Taxi!
Taxi! Taxi! Taxi!
Fuck you, man!
I thought I was the one running late.
I am here waiting.
If you're hiding, you can come out.
No one's here.
Deki, I can't spend my
whole life waiting for you.
Aren't you coming?
Deki, don't come.
A fortune teller appeared out of nowhere.
I'll call you later.
You don't know yet?
Wait, wait!
I have something to tell you!
Listen!
Where are you going?
It's so weird, Soya.
I was on my bike,
then it was gone.
No, I was on my bike
Without my bike... I feel like
a bird without wings.
My bike... In the whole
world... the whole world
there's only one person who can find it.
My handsome brother, Soya.
Will you help me find my bike?
You probably think I'm stoned but I'm not.
Hey, Soya!
Who's that Japanese woman?
Did Auntie invite her?
This Auntie...
For my next music video
I've got to select the right song.
Can I share something with you?
I need a nail. Are there any here?
Why are you dressed like that?
Go and get changed!
Get rid of that ridiculous jewellery!
Show some respect!
What are you doing in my room?
Auntie, don't touch his things.
He doesn't like it.
Auntie!
Why do they have to go into my room?
Don't cry.
It's not good for his spirit.
Where's it going to be?
We're pitching a tent outside.
That's good. It shouldn't be inside.
How do you feel?
What?
What's going on in my house?
You don't know yet?
Sister.
All these preparations
and you don't even tell me.
Sister!
It's as if I'm not human.
Say something, Sis!
Deki.
I don't feel right.
Maybe I need to see a doctor.
Auntie has arranged another
one of her ceremonies.
As usual, she doesn't consult us.
She just does what she wants.
Why don't you reply to my messages?
I know it's late to meet today.
But early tomorrow?
Under Desi bridge?
Please reply.
Dorje, where are you?
Deki didn't show up.
Deki, they are doing a weird ceremony.
It involves animal sacrifice,
and there's even foreign guests.
One of them is singing over the prayers.
Are you okay?
I feel like everyone's
playing a joke on me.
I don't think I know you.
Did my Auntie invite you?
They invited me.
What's your name?
Excuse me, sir.
I smell ramen.
Is there a ramen shop nearby?
No.
I miss ramen so much.
How is your cordyceps business?
I'm still waiting for my agent.
Do you know anything about this cordyceps?
Are they beings? Do they have minds?
Cordyceps?
I don't know.
They say it's winter worm, summer grass.
Why do you ask?
If they are beings,
I don't want bad karma for killing them.
Hey, think about it.
This bug has a very funny karma.
I wonder why.
The head is moist.
Then when the pollen lands on its head,
it gets stuck there.
It has no hands, so it can't wipe it off.
It's so funny, isn't it?
Think about it.
Grass growing on your head,
and because of your karma,
even if you want to pluck it out,
you have no hands, so you're stuck with it.
No matter how much you shake,
that grass refuses to fall off by itself.
Then the grass gets bigger and bigger,
and kills the bug.
Then we eat it.
If you eat it, you will get very horny.
- Yes?
- Hello.
- Yes?
- Hello, police station?
I want to file a missing complaint
for my bike.
- Hello.
- Yes?
I want to file a missing complaint
for my bike.
Hello.
Jeez.
Soya!
You need to go help serve the monks.
Get off your butt! Go help!
Enough with your phone!
- This one was from the old man.
- Oh, OK.
He also gave an envelope with cash.
Soya!
Can you bring that bag of rice?
Momo, please take these away.
To be honest, your videos
are too long and boring.
Forget these cheesy videos.
What? Cheesy videos?
These cheesy videos make money,
don't you know?
From Taiwan to Korea everyone loves cheese.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Smells so good. What are you eating?
Can you give me some?
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii means
in Japanese
you're not hungry,
but you eat because your mouth is lonely.
I guess you don't know this yet.
Oh yuck, here he is.
Don't listen to him.
He is a bad omen.
Be careful.
Yes.
I mean you.
Are you looking for your bike?
Just follow me.
Where are we going?
Come on! I have to show you something.
My bike?
Don't!
Please, don't!
From now on
don't answer it or call anyone.
Why not?
The last thing you need is a distraction.
Would you please stop snapping?
It's irritating me.
Sorry, I can't, it's... just in case.
In case? In case what?
Just in case you forget me.
I have to... make sure
that you don't forget me.
So what if I forget you?
Because I'm the only one
who can show you the way,
and tell you what you need to know.
Who told you to read my fortune?
I have no need to read it.
I already know it.
Who are you?
A guide.
Sort of a guide.
A tourist guide?
Kind of.
Abbey Crossing.
Abbey Crossing.
That?
It looks fake.
Who cares how it looks, just cross it.
Is my bike there?
Don't ask too many questions.
Just go across.
Go on, before it's too late.
Too late?
Too late for what?
I don't know how to explain it to you.
Please, cross it.
You have nothing to lose. Nothing!
You go first.
No.
Why not?
Because I still have to help
172,543 people get across.
- Are we playing a game?
- There is no time for games.
No.
Please, I beg you, no.
No! No! No! No! No!
Hello.
Deki, did you call me just now?
What's going on, Deki?
You don't call or message me.
I know it's difficult for you.
We don't need to talk for long.
Just one or two words.
Fuck!
Mum.
I'm a school school teacher now.
I'm a teacher.
You must be proud.
You got her pregnant.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Of course you did.
Don't be mad, Mum.
I don't know what came over me.
He was like a father to you.
What are you going to do now?
Mum, actually
I have a plan.
What kind of plan?
Do you know how
difficult it is to be a mother?
Mum, I
I'm too embarrassed to tell you.
Poor girl.
Legacy is important.
Mum.
Are you going somewhere?
You said you would look
after your brother and sister.
You promised.
I'm freaking out.
It's like I took DMT
I don't know what I'm seeing.
You said
I'm selfish.
You may be right.
I think I am selfish.
I need to be serious, don't I?
You must be wondering
what's happening with me.
I saw Mum tonight.
She seemed so unhappy with me.
Here, this is for you.
What is this?
Don't forget to water it.
- Take care of it.
- Sure.
What kind of cactus is this?
It looks like a dick.
- Doesn't it?
- A little.
- These two balls.
- Big and hairy.
Don't you feel bad for them?
For her? For the old man?
You're so selfish.
All this because of your careless dick.
There's a reason they call you 'eggplant'.
You don't think with your
brain but with your dick.
I haven't had my period this month.
You haven't had your period?
So what?
You know he can't do it.
We haven't slept together for 2 years.
Let's go to the bedroom.
What are you doing?
Stop it.
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Dorje.
Are you busy?
Anyways,
I'm going over there myself to find out.
Dolom?
Right? That is what people call you?
Come on, Dolom.
We need to get going.
Hey! How did you get in here?
You will soon shift.
What shift?
If you have not yet figured it out
you are what they call
dead.
So you are bound to shift.
Fasssst...
Karma!
Karma!
They cannot hear you.
Haven't you noticed?
None of the so-called living hear you.
You mean I'm dead?
If I'm dead, who's this
standing here talking to you?
I understand it's difficult to accept.
The conflict between believing you're alive
and the truth of your death,
is always an enigma.
If I'm really dead,
wouldn't it be just nothing?
I can see everything, everything's here.
I wish that was the case.
Have you
ever seen a chicken's head being cut off?
Afterwards it will still
run around for a while.
That's pretty much what's happening now.
A headless chicken?
They only run around for a few moments.
This has not been a few moments.
We met yesterday.
We're meeting now. What's up with that?
From the time Jesus died
to the time you died
not a moment has passed.
But I'm telling you, a headless chicken
wouldn't run around this long.
You're just feeling it a little long.
Have you heard the saying,
"A minute can seem like forever"?
Sis.
You must go.
How can you not go?
It will get harder to
get the Australian visa.
You're not going even
though you have the chance?
When is your flight?
Wednesday.
You must go then.
Go, go, sister.
Soya's right, you worked so hard for this.
Right now I have to be here.
This is only for a few days.
I could do it.
I'm here too.
I can help.
I've had enough of Auntie.
What if Auntie's unhappy?
Either look at me or listen to me!
It's as if I don't exist.
Who cares about her?
Fuck it.
I need to see you,
I can't explain on the phone.
I want to check if you can see me.
I'm here but...
You must wonder what I'm talking about.
I don't know how to explain.
I don't know.
I dreamed of Mum last night.
She is disappointed with me.
Deki, I'm here.
Why don't you respond?
You are right, we need to sort this out.
Please say something.
Deki, I will hide it under the stone pile
near the prayer flags.
Which is the way to Kurtoe?
Kurtoe? You mean Lhuntse Kurtoe?
Master's command is so heavy sometimes.
What can I do?
I want to go home. I
haven't been home in so long.
I can't even remember how
many years I've been away.
Where are you from?
See, over there.
That's where I live.
What do you do?
I'm a messenger.
I'm carrying a message
for the Governor of Takila.
Then go by car. Why walk?
The Governor of Takila?
That was during Sir Ugyen Wangchuk's time.
Do you know how to get
to Kurtoe via Punakha?
My mule needs grass.
I heard... Punakha has
beautiful green grass.
I thought I knew the way,
but no matter how hard I try
my memory fails me.
Don't run away, don't
run away! Listen to me!
Hey!
You stay put!
Listen to me, hey!
Listen to me!
Deki, it won't be where I said.
I'll think of somewhere else.
Someone saw me.
I told you not to move around.
Now you've been dead almost two days.
After the third, it will be really
difficult for me to help you.
I don't need your help!
Why would I need your help?
Yes, you do.
Listen, I never rely on help from others.
I do everything for myself.
Understand?
You think I'm an idiot?
I have a brain and I have a heart.
Everyone's head and heart have been hacked.
Especially yours.
Why do you feel this need to help me?
Did my Auntie send you?
You said you don't predict the future,
you don't tell fortunes.
So, what do you do?
Harass people, irritate them? Huh?
It's so difficult to explain what I do.
It's like... aligning dead people,
so they don't go... astray.
- And you?
- What?
Are you dead?
I guess you can call it that.
Listen.
I'm telling you, I don't feel dead.
Why are you so sure I'm dead?
Today I feel just like yesterday.
Are you an idiot?
Have you not noticed yet?
You can understand German and Japanese.
You can no longer leave footprints.
Try to, if you don't believe me.
You can hear the taste of
something with your ears.
Or see taste with your eyes.
Or you can just think of a place,
and suddenly you'll be there.
Do not worry, death is just a story.
Death is nothing more than taking off
a pair of tight long johns.
You have only discarded the body.
You are used to thinking
that you are your body.
Even worse, you are used to thinking
that you are Dolom.
Very soon you will forget what Dolom is.
Go ahead.
Think of your house and see what happens.
Go ahead.
Try it.
See.
They still think that is you and
are trying to wash you.
You mean that dead pig?
Well, it's not really a pig.
You may have been told you
were born in the year of the pig,
or perhaps you are going
to be reborn as a pig.
It can be anything, it
really does not matter.
A snake, a rabbit.
Whatever.
You see
you are whatever you think you are.
I know.
You must be thinking you have a body.
Soon you will forget this body.
Soon you will search for another body.
Please, we'd better go.
Where?
First, let's get out of here.
This is the most dangerous place.
- This is my home.
- Exactly!
This is where you'll find yourself getting
blown around like a feather in the wind.
No. I'm not going anywhere.
Look at that flower.
So red.
Because you are
seeing it for the first time,
without your eyes filtering its reality.
Are you dead?
Hello.
Hello.
Are you the owner of a motorcycle
with license number BP-1-A6187?
Yes.
If so, come to the bar.
Bar?
Yes, the one you always go to.
It's not a joke, is it?
I have money somewhere for you.
Why would I make a joke?
I don't even know you.
Shit!
Come alone, make sure no one follows you.
Okay.
- What can I get you?
- Martini extra dry.
Hey, Dolom!
Dolom!
Sithar!
I thought you were...
What? Dead?
Sister, Black Jack on the rocks, please.
Where have you been holed up?
Work.
Where else?
Work.
What work?
Toothpicks.
Yes, toothpicks.
Don't you smell it?
- Smell what?
- Socks.
Look there.
The one with the striped socks. Him.
You'd better get used to it, Dolom.
It's the only way to kill time, my dear.
Right?
I'm telling you.
There are at least 200 shades of smell.
When you and I were alive,
we missed all of that.
Now I remember,
you left your village to go to the US.
Is it nice there?
It's so uncertain.
Just like floating.
I had a hard time there.
Getting familiar with things.
Constant struggle
with boredom, with
survival and with each other.
And then, something quite amazing.
Street signs keep shifting.
Here today and there tomorrow.
Some buildings burn for days,
but never get consumed.
Can you believe it?
Are you waiting for someone?
What now?
What's so funny?
You got Deki pregnant!
Who told you?
Who else?
Your mother really trusted you.
Counting on you for the legacy.
Legacy, what legacy?
Whatever we do, we leave footprints.
But,
some footprints destroy you.
Some footprints destroy others.
So you have to be careful, my dear friend.
Oh, gosh.
Can you hear me?
Your mother tells me you have a plan.
What is it?
What's your plan?
I know you.
You and your freedom.
But, my dear friend,
have you ever thought of her freedom?
Friend.
How are you going to do this?
Here.
Oh my mother, my mother.
Don't you know,
those who are alive don't see us?
It's been 3 years, my friend, 3 years
trying to establish contact.
Non-stop, 3 years, every day.
Sometimes
Between me and my daughter,
a connection seems possible.
But just as we are about to connect,
there's Instagram, there's TikTok.
No chance.
That's mine!
What's going on with men these days?
What are you doing?
What?
- Give it back!
- You need this?
- Why?
- Give it back!
- You can't get it up.
- Please.
It's mine.
I need this.
Give it back!
I told you, I need this.
It's happening!
I told you.
Fuck! What's happening?
You're shifting so fast.
I can't just keep track.
Stop fucking following me, I have no money.
You think I do this for money?
What good is money to someone like me?
- Enough, stop following me!
- I can't.
I told you, I have taken a vow.
Stop!
It's the shifting. You need to go, now.
No!
You guys came for the smell too?
I love the smell of gasoline.
It's the scent of civilisation.
Please give it back, it's mine.
What?
That's mine.
What is it?
Pregnancy test.
You must go now.
Why would I go
without knowing what's there?
Not everything can be explained, you know?
The moment you explain
it ruins it.
There's nothing there,
is there?
Is this the end of me?
Is that what you believe?
The only way to see what is there
is to go there.
I have to do something,
I need to deliver this.
There is no end to
things you have to do, la.
Please.
Soon you will become like them.
Who?
Like her.
Look at her, so lost.
She has been like this
for many, many years.
Or perhaps that fellow
delivering the message,
and wishing to go home.
He believes his family is there, waiting,
but his great granddaughter
has no idea he ever even existed.
I thought you said time doesn't matter.
But it is not irrelevant.
You can doze off only for a moment
and dream a whole lifetime of nightmares.
If you do not go now,
you'll be trying to deliver
this pregnancy test,
or the other one, whatever it is,
perhaps for the next few eons.
Can you at least tell me
what happens if I go across?
You will be free.
Free.
Isn't that what you have always wanted?
You will become like a lotus.
Lotus.
Lotus.
Lotus.
You see
A lotus grows in the mud,
yet it is not stained by the mud.
If you go across,
you'll be freed from the past.
Freed from the past.
Why would I want that?
Because the stories you tell yourself
about the past are not true.
You believe you are remembering the past,
but really, you're only thinking
about the version you believe in now.
And moreover, you'll also
be freed from the future.
That sounds like a riddle.
Otherwise, you'll be
like a bee in a glass jar.
Going around and around,
in a circle of past, present and future.
Forever and ever and ever and
ever and ever and ever and ever.
And ever.
The cremation is tomorrow.
I may not be able to go, I'm so busy.
An old man like me should have died.
Instead, a young man died.
Bring my nutcracker.
It was just one night.
I don't know what happened to me.
It's called bondage.
Bondage?
Have you ever heard the expression,
"There is no such thing as a free lunch?"
Please, we need to go.
If you do not go now,
you may end up becoming a mosquito
that sucks the blood from your own baby.
My baby?
I need to do this.
I have to.
I made so many people suffer. I don't care.
Even if I wander 1,000 years,
I have to do this, I have to!
Please, please, don't stop me, please.
Please don't follow me, I beg you.
Please let me do this on my own. Please.
Sithar!
Didn't you say it's possible
for us to contact the living?
Tell me quickly! I am running out of time.
I don't have time, please.
The Greek philosopher Lao Tzu said
Do you know?
He said
There's no point worrying
Because everything is out of our control.
Sithar, please don't do this.
Didn't you say
you almost connected with your daughter?
Didn't you say that?
You said TikTok and Instagram
always distracted her, isn't that right?
Sithar!
Hey.
Are you crying?
You need to have a strong connection.
Strong enough to cut
through all the distractions,
and get inside their mind.
Sister.
Sis.
Oh, Soya
Soya!
Wait!
- What?
- Wait!
Soya.
Soya!
Come on. I'm not done.
You weirdo.
Can you hear me?
Soya.
Soya.
I need you to do something for me.
I don't have much time.
Soya.
How can you even
consider an abortion, Dolom?
It's not right.
To be honest, I don't want
any part of this bad karma.
It's not bad karma, it's good karma.
They wanted a child and
they couldn't have one.
I did it for them for free.
But, it's your child, not his,
don't you get that?
Soya.
If you have his password, can you
deactivate his online subscriptions?
OK, Sister.
- Don't be late tomorrow.
- Okay.
Dolom, did you get it?
Yeah, I got it.
Come to the place with
prayer flags near your house.
I also got you tomatoes and onions.
Okay, as soon as he leaves.
I also got something
in case the test is positive.
Forget it, I told you.
I'd never take those pills
to kill the poor little thing.
No, not those!
Viagra!
He wants to, he just can't.
Isn't that what you said?
That sounds so stupid.
Whoever heard of a woman plotting
to have sex with her own husband?
That sounds so stupid.
Whoever heard of a woman plotting
to have sex with her own husband?
I don't know.
This time I really feel
something's not right.
Just get here quickly.
I'll be a little late,
the traffic has stopped.
Must be an accident up ahead.
Deki, I'm coming!
I'll be there in a few minutes.
Lala Lajpat Rai,
25 rupees.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 15 rupees.
Mahatma Gandhi, 5 rupees.
Dara Bainarjeev, 50 rupees.
Bipin Chandra Pal,
45 rupees.
Bhagat Singh,
15 rupees.
Subhash Chandra Bose,
Subhash Chandra Bose,
40 rupees.
Come, let's go.
Yes, it's me.
Come.
Are we going to the zebra crossing?
It's too late for that.
But there's another way.
OK then, time for you to depart.
Lift that stick and go across.
What about these?
Stop being silly. Just go.
Go across.
Where are you?
I've been waiting so long!
I'm in the centre.
Hi, it's nice to see you.
- How are you?
- Good!
- How have you been?
- All good.
I came to buy chillies for my wife.
She wants to make her Ema Datshi.
It's so good to see you!
My son will be in your class next year.
He's so excited.
He's a smart kid.
Thank you, yes.
It was good to see you.
- It's been too long, how are you?
- Good!
What's up?
Vegetable shopping?
- Vegetables, and...
- Video?
Yes, next video.
- Your last video was really good.
- Thanks!
- Looking forward to this.
- This one's different.
I love making videos.
I don't feel like doing anything else.
But teaching is also a good job,
especially for you.
- It's respectable.
- I don't have a choice.
My sister's going to Australia.
Until Soya graduates I'll have to teach.
Then I can do what I like.
It's nice of you to care for your brother.
- I suppose you're all grown up now!
- I guess...
- I heard Sherab's interview went well.
- Mmm!
So when will she get her visa?
She said her visa has been granted,
so it must be soon.
There's a lot of nursing opportunities.
She'll study nursing in Australia, right?
That's what she said.
- Well, it was good to see you. Bye.
- Bye.
Come over for lunch on Sunday.
- Bring Sherab and Soya.
- Okay. Bye.
Where the hell were you?
Fuck!
You are such a hassle.
Not here, over there.
Here's the pregnancy test.
Put it inside.
The instructions are on the box.
Actually, it's easy.
She just has to pee on it,
and wait five minutes.
One line means not pregnant.
Two lines... mean pregnant.
- Then I guess you are in serious shit.
- Whatever. It's like doing a Covid test.
I don't know...
I don't get into situations like yours,
so how would I know?
I almost forgot!
Here, put it away!
I could only get four.
But he's old, one will
probably do the trick.
He just has to put it in once or twice.
- How much?
- 5,000.
5,000?
What? You think I'm joking?
Boss, it's not from down the road,
it's from Bangkok.
OK. 5,000.
5,000.3,000 now. 2,000 next time.
For fuck's sake! You're unbelievable!
- I swear!
- This is the third time.
- Dolom, no!
- I don't have it. Take 3,000 now.
Fuck you man, I'll take the 3.
Who knows if I'll get the rest.
Fuck you, Dolom!
Why do you do this?
- But will the pills work?
- Of course!
It was invented for old people.
But she might have to flirt a little.
Stroke him here, rub him there...
Maybe a little sexy dance to activate it.
I'll have to show her,
she won't know how to do it.
- What?
- Like this.
Don't do that in public.
I'm starting to regret this whole thing.
I shouldn't have given you
the idea in the first place.
It could be the biggest mistake of my life.
I'm serious!
You're saving my life with your plan.
Dolom? Did you get it?
Yeah, I got it.
Come to the place with
prayer flags near your house.
I also got you tomatoes and onions.
I also got something
in case the test is positive.
Forget it, I told you.
I'd never take those pills
to kill the poor little thing.
No, not those!
Viagra!
He wants to, he just can't.
Isn't that what you said?
Whoever heard of a woman
plotting to have sex with her own husband?
That sounds so stupid.
I brought this on myself.
Just get here quickly.
Hey! What are you looking for?
My bike!
I was just on my bike.
Now I can't find it.
Have you been vaccinated?
My uncle got dementia from the vaccine.
I think his brain cells died.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
I didn't get it and I'm perfectly fine.
Taxi!
Taxi! Taxi! Taxi!
Fuck you, man!
I thought I was the one running late.
I am here waiting.
If you're hiding, you can come out.
No one's here.
Deki, I can't spend my
whole life waiting for you.
Aren't you coming?
Deki, don't come.
A fortune teller appeared out of nowhere.
I'll call you later.
You don't know yet?
Wait, wait!
I have something to tell you!
Listen!
Where are you going?
It's so weird, Soya.
I was on my bike,
then it was gone.
No, I was on my bike
Without my bike... I feel like
a bird without wings.
My bike... In the whole
world... the whole world
there's only one person who can find it.
My handsome brother, Soya.
Will you help me find my bike?
You probably think I'm stoned but I'm not.
Hey, Soya!
Who's that Japanese woman?
Did Auntie invite her?
This Auntie...
For my next music video
I've got to select the right song.
Can I share something with you?
I need a nail. Are there any here?
Why are you dressed like that?
Go and get changed!
Get rid of that ridiculous jewellery!
Show some respect!
What are you doing in my room?
Auntie, don't touch his things.
He doesn't like it.
Auntie!
Why do they have to go into my room?
Don't cry.
It's not good for his spirit.
Where's it going to be?
We're pitching a tent outside.
That's good. It shouldn't be inside.
How do you feel?
What?
What's going on in my house?
You don't know yet?
Sister.
All these preparations
and you don't even tell me.
Sister!
It's as if I'm not human.
Say something, Sis!
Deki.
I don't feel right.
Maybe I need to see a doctor.
Auntie has arranged another
one of her ceremonies.
As usual, she doesn't consult us.
She just does what she wants.
Why don't you reply to my messages?
I know it's late to meet today.
But early tomorrow?
Under Desi bridge?
Please reply.
Dorje, where are you?
Deki didn't show up.
Deki, they are doing a weird ceremony.
It involves animal sacrifice,
and there's even foreign guests.
One of them is singing over the prayers.
Are you okay?
I feel like everyone's
playing a joke on me.
I don't think I know you.
Did my Auntie invite you?
They invited me.
What's your name?
Excuse me, sir.
I smell ramen.
Is there a ramen shop nearby?
No.
I miss ramen so much.
How is your cordyceps business?
I'm still waiting for my agent.
Do you know anything about this cordyceps?
Are they beings? Do they have minds?
Cordyceps?
I don't know.
They say it's winter worm, summer grass.
Why do you ask?
If they are beings,
I don't want bad karma for killing them.
Hey, think about it.
This bug has a very funny karma.
I wonder why.
The head is moist.
Then when the pollen lands on its head,
it gets stuck there.
It has no hands, so it can't wipe it off.
It's so funny, isn't it?
Think about it.
Grass growing on your head,
and because of your karma,
even if you want to pluck it out,
you have no hands, so you're stuck with it.
No matter how much you shake,
that grass refuses to fall off by itself.
Then the grass gets bigger and bigger,
and kills the bug.
Then we eat it.
If you eat it, you will get very horny.
- Yes?
- Hello.
- Yes?
- Hello, police station?
I want to file a missing complaint
for my bike.
- Hello.
- Yes?
I want to file a missing complaint
for my bike.
Hello.
Jeez.
Soya!
You need to go help serve the monks.
Get off your butt! Go help!
Enough with your phone!
- This one was from the old man.
- Oh, OK.
He also gave an envelope with cash.
Soya!
Can you bring that bag of rice?
Momo, please take these away.
To be honest, your videos
are too long and boring.
Forget these cheesy videos.
What? Cheesy videos?
These cheesy videos make money,
don't you know?
From Taiwan to Korea everyone loves cheese.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Smells so good. What are you eating?
Can you give me some?
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii.
Kuchisabishii means
in Japanese
you're not hungry,
but you eat because your mouth is lonely.
I guess you don't know this yet.
Oh yuck, here he is.
Don't listen to him.
He is a bad omen.
Be careful.
Yes.
I mean you.
Are you looking for your bike?
Just follow me.
Where are we going?
Come on! I have to show you something.
My bike?
Don't!
Please, don't!
From now on
don't answer it or call anyone.
Why not?
The last thing you need is a distraction.
Would you please stop snapping?
It's irritating me.
Sorry, I can't, it's... just in case.
In case? In case what?
Just in case you forget me.
I have to... make sure
that you don't forget me.
So what if I forget you?
Because I'm the only one
who can show you the way,
and tell you what you need to know.
Who told you to read my fortune?
I have no need to read it.
I already know it.
Who are you?
A guide.
Sort of a guide.
A tourist guide?
Kind of.
Abbey Crossing.
Abbey Crossing.
That?
It looks fake.
Who cares how it looks, just cross it.
Is my bike there?
Don't ask too many questions.
Just go across.
Go on, before it's too late.
Too late?
Too late for what?
I don't know how to explain it to you.
Please, cross it.
You have nothing to lose. Nothing!
You go first.
No.
Why not?
Because I still have to help
172,543 people get across.
- Are we playing a game?
- There is no time for games.
No.
Please, I beg you, no.
No! No! No! No! No!
Hello.
Deki, did you call me just now?
What's going on, Deki?
You don't call or message me.
I know it's difficult for you.
We don't need to talk for long.
Just one or two words.
Fuck!
Mum.
I'm a school school teacher now.
I'm a teacher.
You must be proud.
You got her pregnant.
I don't know.
Maybe.
Of course you did.
Don't be mad, Mum.
I don't know what came over me.
He was like a father to you.
What are you going to do now?
Mum, actually
I have a plan.
What kind of plan?
Do you know how
difficult it is to be a mother?
Mum, I
I'm too embarrassed to tell you.
Poor girl.
Legacy is important.
Mum.
Are you going somewhere?
You said you would look
after your brother and sister.
You promised.
I'm freaking out.
It's like I took DMT
I don't know what I'm seeing.
You said
I'm selfish.
You may be right.
I think I am selfish.
I need to be serious, don't I?
You must be wondering
what's happening with me.
I saw Mum tonight.
She seemed so unhappy with me.
Here, this is for you.
What is this?
Don't forget to water it.
- Take care of it.
- Sure.
What kind of cactus is this?
It looks like a dick.
- Doesn't it?
- A little.
- These two balls.
- Big and hairy.
Don't you feel bad for them?
For her? For the old man?
You're so selfish.
All this because of your careless dick.
There's a reason they call you 'eggplant'.
You don't think with your
brain but with your dick.
I haven't had my period this month.
You haven't had your period?
So what?
You know he can't do it.
We haven't slept together for 2 years.
Let's go to the bedroom.
What are you doing?
Stop it.
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Dorje.
Are you busy?
Anyways,
I'm going over there myself to find out.
Dolom?
Right? That is what people call you?
Come on, Dolom.
We need to get going.
Hey! How did you get in here?
You will soon shift.
What shift?
If you have not yet figured it out
you are what they call
dead.
So you are bound to shift.
Fasssst...
Karma!
Karma!
They cannot hear you.
Haven't you noticed?
None of the so-called living hear you.
You mean I'm dead?
If I'm dead, who's this
standing here talking to you?
I understand it's difficult to accept.
The conflict between believing you're alive
and the truth of your death,
is always an enigma.
If I'm really dead,
wouldn't it be just nothing?
I can see everything, everything's here.
I wish that was the case.
Have you
ever seen a chicken's head being cut off?
Afterwards it will still
run around for a while.
That's pretty much what's happening now.
A headless chicken?
They only run around for a few moments.
This has not been a few moments.
We met yesterday.
We're meeting now. What's up with that?
From the time Jesus died
to the time you died
not a moment has passed.
But I'm telling you, a headless chicken
wouldn't run around this long.
You're just feeling it a little long.
Have you heard the saying,
"A minute can seem like forever"?
Sis.
You must go.
How can you not go?
It will get harder to
get the Australian visa.
You're not going even
though you have the chance?
When is your flight?
Wednesday.
You must go then.
Go, go, sister.
Soya's right, you worked so hard for this.
Right now I have to be here.
This is only for a few days.
I could do it.
I'm here too.
I can help.
I've had enough of Auntie.
What if Auntie's unhappy?
Either look at me or listen to me!
It's as if I don't exist.
Who cares about her?
Fuck it.
I need to see you,
I can't explain on the phone.
I want to check if you can see me.
I'm here but...
You must wonder what I'm talking about.
I don't know how to explain.
I don't know.
I dreamed of Mum last night.
She is disappointed with me.
Deki, I'm here.
Why don't you respond?
You are right, we need to sort this out.
Please say something.
Deki, I will hide it under the stone pile
near the prayer flags.
Which is the way to Kurtoe?
Kurtoe? You mean Lhuntse Kurtoe?
Master's command is so heavy sometimes.
What can I do?
I want to go home. I
haven't been home in so long.
I can't even remember how
many years I've been away.
Where are you from?
See, over there.
That's where I live.
What do you do?
I'm a messenger.
I'm carrying a message
for the Governor of Takila.
Then go by car. Why walk?
The Governor of Takila?
That was during Sir Ugyen Wangchuk's time.
Do you know how to get
to Kurtoe via Punakha?
My mule needs grass.
I heard... Punakha has
beautiful green grass.
I thought I knew the way,
but no matter how hard I try
my memory fails me.
Don't run away, don't
run away! Listen to me!
Hey!
You stay put!
Listen to me, hey!
Listen to me!
Deki, it won't be where I said.
I'll think of somewhere else.
Someone saw me.
I told you not to move around.
Now you've been dead almost two days.
After the third, it will be really
difficult for me to help you.
I don't need your help!
Why would I need your help?
Yes, you do.
Listen, I never rely on help from others.
I do everything for myself.
Understand?
You think I'm an idiot?
I have a brain and I have a heart.
Everyone's head and heart have been hacked.
Especially yours.
Why do you feel this need to help me?
Did my Auntie send you?
You said you don't predict the future,
you don't tell fortunes.
So, what do you do?
Harass people, irritate them? Huh?
It's so difficult to explain what I do.
It's like... aligning dead people,
so they don't go... astray.
- And you?
- What?
Are you dead?
I guess you can call it that.
Listen.
I'm telling you, I don't feel dead.
Why are you so sure I'm dead?
Today I feel just like yesterday.
Are you an idiot?
Have you not noticed yet?
You can understand German and Japanese.
You can no longer leave footprints.
Try to, if you don't believe me.
You can hear the taste of
something with your ears.
Or see taste with your eyes.
Or you can just think of a place,
and suddenly you'll be there.
Do not worry, death is just a story.
Death is nothing more than taking off
a pair of tight long johns.
You have only discarded the body.
You are used to thinking
that you are your body.
Even worse, you are used to thinking
that you are Dolom.
Very soon you will forget what Dolom is.
Go ahead.
Think of your house and see what happens.
Go ahead.
Try it.
See.
They still think that is you and
are trying to wash you.
You mean that dead pig?
Well, it's not really a pig.
You may have been told you
were born in the year of the pig,
or perhaps you are going
to be reborn as a pig.
It can be anything, it
really does not matter.
A snake, a rabbit.
Whatever.
You see
you are whatever you think you are.
I know.
You must be thinking you have a body.
Soon you will forget this body.
Soon you will search for another body.
Please, we'd better go.
Where?
First, let's get out of here.
This is the most dangerous place.
- This is my home.
- Exactly!
This is where you'll find yourself getting
blown around like a feather in the wind.
No. I'm not going anywhere.
Look at that flower.
So red.
Because you are
seeing it for the first time,
without your eyes filtering its reality.
Are you dead?
Hello.
Hello.
Are you the owner of a motorcycle
with license number BP-1-A6187?
Yes.
If so, come to the bar.
Bar?
Yes, the one you always go to.
It's not a joke, is it?
I have money somewhere for you.
Why would I make a joke?
I don't even know you.
Shit!
Come alone, make sure no one follows you.
Okay.
- What can I get you?
- Martini extra dry.
Hey, Dolom!
Dolom!
Sithar!
I thought you were...
What? Dead?
Sister, Black Jack on the rocks, please.
Where have you been holed up?
Work.
Where else?
Work.
What work?
Toothpicks.
Yes, toothpicks.
Don't you smell it?
- Smell what?
- Socks.
Look there.
The one with the striped socks. Him.
You'd better get used to it, Dolom.
It's the only way to kill time, my dear.
Right?
I'm telling you.
There are at least 200 shades of smell.
When you and I were alive,
we missed all of that.
Now I remember,
you left your village to go to the US.
Is it nice there?
It's so uncertain.
Just like floating.
I had a hard time there.
Getting familiar with things.
Constant struggle
with boredom, with
survival and with each other.
And then, something quite amazing.
Street signs keep shifting.
Here today and there tomorrow.
Some buildings burn for days,
but never get consumed.
Can you believe it?
Are you waiting for someone?
What now?
What's so funny?
You got Deki pregnant!
Who told you?
Who else?
Your mother really trusted you.
Counting on you for the legacy.
Legacy, what legacy?
Whatever we do, we leave footprints.
But,
some footprints destroy you.
Some footprints destroy others.
So you have to be careful, my dear friend.
Oh, gosh.
Can you hear me?
Your mother tells me you have a plan.
What is it?
What's your plan?
I know you.
You and your freedom.
But, my dear friend,
have you ever thought of her freedom?
Friend.
How are you going to do this?
Here.
Oh my mother, my mother.
Don't you know,
those who are alive don't see us?
It's been 3 years, my friend, 3 years
trying to establish contact.
Non-stop, 3 years, every day.
Sometimes
Between me and my daughter,
a connection seems possible.
But just as we are about to connect,
there's Instagram, there's TikTok.
No chance.
That's mine!
What's going on with men these days?
What are you doing?
What?
- Give it back!
- You need this?
- Why?
- Give it back!
- You can't get it up.
- Please.
It's mine.
I need this.
Give it back!
I told you, I need this.
It's happening!
I told you.
Fuck! What's happening?
You're shifting so fast.
I can't just keep track.
Stop fucking following me, I have no money.
You think I do this for money?
What good is money to someone like me?
- Enough, stop following me!
- I can't.
I told you, I have taken a vow.
Stop!
It's the shifting. You need to go, now.
No!
You guys came for the smell too?
I love the smell of gasoline.
It's the scent of civilisation.
Please give it back, it's mine.
What?
That's mine.
What is it?
Pregnancy test.
You must go now.
Why would I go
without knowing what's there?
Not everything can be explained, you know?
The moment you explain
it ruins it.
There's nothing there,
is there?
Is this the end of me?
Is that what you believe?
The only way to see what is there
is to go there.
I have to do something,
I need to deliver this.
There is no end to
things you have to do, la.
Please.
Soon you will become like them.
Who?
Like her.
Look at her, so lost.
She has been like this
for many, many years.
Or perhaps that fellow
delivering the message,
and wishing to go home.
He believes his family is there, waiting,
but his great granddaughter
has no idea he ever even existed.
I thought you said time doesn't matter.
But it is not irrelevant.
You can doze off only for a moment
and dream a whole lifetime of nightmares.
If you do not go now,
you'll be trying to deliver
this pregnancy test,
or the other one, whatever it is,
perhaps for the next few eons.
Can you at least tell me
what happens if I go across?
You will be free.
Free.
Isn't that what you have always wanted?
You will become like a lotus.
Lotus.
Lotus.
Lotus.
You see
A lotus grows in the mud,
yet it is not stained by the mud.
If you go across,
you'll be freed from the past.
Freed from the past.
Why would I want that?
Because the stories you tell yourself
about the past are not true.
You believe you are remembering the past,
but really, you're only thinking
about the version you believe in now.
And moreover, you'll also
be freed from the future.
That sounds like a riddle.
Otherwise, you'll be
like a bee in a glass jar.
Going around and around,
in a circle of past, present and future.
Forever and ever and ever and
ever and ever and ever and ever.
And ever.
The cremation is tomorrow.
I may not be able to go, I'm so busy.
An old man like me should have died.
Instead, a young man died.
Bring my nutcracker.
It was just one night.
I don't know what happened to me.
It's called bondage.
Bondage?
Have you ever heard the expression,
"There is no such thing as a free lunch?"
Please, we need to go.
If you do not go now,
you may end up becoming a mosquito
that sucks the blood from your own baby.
My baby?
I need to do this.
I have to.
I made so many people suffer. I don't care.
Even if I wander 1,000 years,
I have to do this, I have to!
Please, please, don't stop me, please.
Please don't follow me, I beg you.
Please let me do this on my own. Please.
Sithar!
Didn't you say it's possible
for us to contact the living?
Tell me quickly! I am running out of time.
I don't have time, please.
The Greek philosopher Lao Tzu said
Do you know?
He said
There's no point worrying
Because everything is out of our control.
Sithar, please don't do this.
Didn't you say
you almost connected with your daughter?
Didn't you say that?
You said TikTok and Instagram
always distracted her, isn't that right?
Sithar!
Hey.
Are you crying?
You need to have a strong connection.
Strong enough to cut
through all the distractions,
and get inside their mind.
Sister.
Sis.
Oh, Soya
Soya!
Wait!
- What?
- Wait!
Soya.
Soya!
Come on. I'm not done.
You weirdo.
Can you hear me?
Soya.
Soya.
I need you to do something for me.
I don't have much time.
Soya.
How can you even
consider an abortion, Dolom?
It's not right.
To be honest, I don't want
any part of this bad karma.
It's not bad karma, it's good karma.
They wanted a child and
they couldn't have one.
I did it for them for free.
But, it's your child, not his,
don't you get that?
Soya.
If you have his password, can you
deactivate his online subscriptions?
OK, Sister.
- Don't be late tomorrow.
- Okay.
Dolom, did you get it?
Yeah, I got it.
Come to the place with
prayer flags near your house.
I also got you tomatoes and onions.
Okay, as soon as he leaves.
I also got something
in case the test is positive.
Forget it, I told you.
I'd never take those pills
to kill the poor little thing.
No, not those!
Viagra!
He wants to, he just can't.
Isn't that what you said?
That sounds so stupid.
Whoever heard of a woman plotting
to have sex with her own husband?
That sounds so stupid.
Whoever heard of a woman plotting
to have sex with her own husband?
I don't know.
This time I really feel
something's not right.
Just get here quickly.
I'll be a little late,
the traffic has stopped.
Must be an accident up ahead.
Deki, I'm coming!
I'll be there in a few minutes.
Lala Lajpat Rai,
25 rupees.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, 15 rupees.
Mahatma Gandhi, 5 rupees.
Dara Bainarjeev, 50 rupees.
Bipin Chandra Pal,
45 rupees.
Bhagat Singh,
15 rupees.
Subhash Chandra Bose,
Subhash Chandra Bose,
40 rupees.
Come, let's go.
Yes, it's me.
Come.
Are we going to the zebra crossing?
It's too late for that.
But there's another way.
OK then, time for you to depart.
Lift that stick and go across.
What about these?
Stop being silly. Just go.
Go across.