Still Life (三峡好人)

The Yangtze ferry from Fengjie

to Chongming Island will be arriving

at the pier in 30 minutes

Will all passengers

kindly carry their luggage

and wait patiently for our announcement

Come on in!

A big welcome to our friends from Fengjie!

To float on water...

...all you need is US dollars

If you want to learn how,

pay close attention!

But I don't have US dollars

Only blank paper

What to do?

Zap!

See? Euros!

See? Euros!

Do you see?

The euros become RMB!

And...

zap!

RMB! You get it?

You get it?

Now, pay UP!

Tuition fees!

Didn't you learn from the master?

Heard about "intellectual property rights"?

Well?

No money

No money?!

Pauper!

What's that? Show me!

Come on, anywhere you want to go

Come on, rides for hire!

Rides for hire!

Where are you going?

Just get on!

Where you wanna go?

Here...

"Sichuan Province, Fengjie County Granite Street, No.5"

Okay!

5 yuan

Make it 3

Hell, everyone charges 5!

Let's get going

Hey, man, this is it

Here?

See?

That grass in the water?

All that's left of 5 Granite Street

Get off

But it's under water!

The old Fengjie was flooded ages ago

Don't you watch the news?

Ever heard of the Three Gorges Dam?

And the people?

Gone! Everyone moved out

You knew it was flooded!

You cheated me out of 5 yuan!

I didn't order it flooded

Do you know Missy Ma?

They're all called 'Missy' here which one do you mean?

Are you looking for a person or a job?

A person

Tell you what, man...

For 3 yuan more, I'll take you

to the Relocation Office

You can check their computer

for her new address

How about it?

Okay

See where that ferry's moored?

That's where my home was

It's all gone

We're implementing that policy!

Ordinance 195 is pasted up over there

Look, we are all under the same communist leadership

There's only one policy governing relocation subsidies

it should be the same!

So how come it works out differently?

Why the difference?

Watch what you say!

You people must be corrupt

Something here isn't right

Of course there are problems!

A city with 2000 years of history

was demolished in just two years!

We need to slow down a bit to solve the problems

No. 5 Granite Street

Fengjie County, Sichuan Province...

You've been out of touch for years?

16 years

That explains it

Fengjie is no longer under Sichuan's jurisdiction

Chongqing has had its own government since 1997.

Fengjie is now under its jurisdiction

I heard about it

Is she still in Fengjie?

I guess so, where else could she go?

I've no idea. We're building the Three Gorges Dam here

And this is the Reservoir District

People have moved to Guangdong, Liaoning,

all over the country

This computer is useless!

Come back tomorrow?

Why?

The computer is dying

Dying?

It's not working

Please leave now!

I can't help...

Not until you do something about it!

You're from Shanxi?

It's 3 yuan per night

3 yuan per night

What the hell are you doing?

You want to kill off the tourist market?

Okay, I'll give you a special

rate... 1.5 yuan

1.2 yuan... come on

Whatever you say

Come on, pay UP!

You sided with him...

Here's 1 yuan

Second Brother...

Tell Ma...

I got here

Buddy, did you pick up the magic trick?

A word of advice to you...

This is my territory!

Shit!

Not really...

Mr He...

What is it?

Have a cigarette

I don't smoke

Come on

Why are you in Fengjie?

Looking for someone

What?

Looking for someone

I don't understand

I'm looking for someone

Oh, I see... Who?

Where did the people at No 5 Granite Street move to?

I can't understand your accent

No. 5 Granite Street

Don't understand

No. 5 Granite Street

Buddy, are you forgetting me?

Have a cigarette

Lights?

Brother Ma used to live there

Yes, I'm looking for his sister

I don't know his sister

Where has he moved to?

He's on a cargo ferry at Pier 6

ls Old Ma here?

People or goods?

Are you Old Ma?

I am

I'm from Shanxi

Where's Missy?

Shall we go on deck?

You want?

Old Ma

Tell him if he picks another fight...

...I'll set fire to his boat!

When did you get here?

Today

Why?

To see Missy

She's not here She's on a boat in Yichang

Yichang?

Down river

And where's my kid?

Dunno, ask the mother

You're the uncle! You should know!

I believe you are honest

But we just met

Don't stir up the past

We don't want trouble

I just want to see my own child

The kid isn't yours any way

What do you mean?

The police decided it

The cops

didn't say that

when Missy took her to Chongqing!

Fuck you!

I'll dump you in the river!

You fucker!

I came all this way to see my daughter

Stick around

for a month or two...

She'll be back sometime

All I want is to see her

If you make trouble you're going in the river

Brother, this is for you...