Loong Boonmee raleuk chat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) (ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ)

Keow!

Auntie!

You go on ahead.

Put it over there.

Over there.

How about this one?

Put it over here.

The weather is really good.

It sure is.

It's very clean here, no dust.

Jaai helps out. He's the chief worker.

That's what I thought.

He's the one who called me?

Yes.

Where did you get him?

From Laos. He crossed the Mekong river.

Is he legal?

I don't know.

What's that?

Tea leaves... a Chinese man gave to me.

Aren't you afraid of illegal immigrants?

They can rob you, kill you and disappear.

Don't worry.

The Lao are more hard-working than Thais.

Shhh...

What?

Crazy man! I should send you back to the hospital.

Why is it so bitter?

You'll soon get used to the taste.

I know this man Dang who was paralysed.

He drank this tea.

Now he can walk fine and his piss is as clear as water.

Jaai!

Tell Buapan she's not needed tonight.

Okay, but shall I come back?

Yes, of course.

My kidney still needs you.

I can't get by without him.

He tried to talk to me

but I don't understand the Isaan dialect.

Not Isaan, Tong. It's Lao, remember?

Lao?

Jaai is single. Help find him a girl, Jen.

I'm also single...

And lonely too.

I thought you said Laotians were smelly.

They are smelly. What are you thinking?

- What do you want for dinner? - What?

What do you want to eat? What can't you eat?

A lot...

Don't say that.

I brought him out here to cook for you.

That's right.

Water?

No.

The water isn't running.

Oh, now it is.

Is it a lot?

A quarter full.

15 minutes left.

It's flowing.

Did it hurt when I dressed your wound?

Not really.

Soon you will get better.

In not too long.

You think?

You'll stay with me to the end?

Come on. You'll be fine.

I'd like to ask about Auntie Jen.

Was she pretty when she was a teenager?

Well, she was in a temple beauty contest.

Don't say that. I'm embarrassed.

I was almost a beauty queen.

Are you all full?

Yes.

Shame to waste my glass noodles. Taste some, won't you?

My mouth's watering just looking at it.

I completely forgot.

He said he can't eat egg yolk,

but I put in two yolks.

It's alright. Your kidney will be drained tonight.

Try some.

I really can't.

Look at my feet. They're swollen.

The doctor said I try too many things.

So many restrictions...

Even so, my condition hasn't improved.

This stir-fried chilli is very good, Tong.

- I ate a lot of it. - Thank you, sir.

Have you seen your bedroom? Will you be able to sleep there?

Sure, no problem.

I built the concrete room downstairs to sleep in myself.

It's much cooler.

But I don't sleep there. I'm used to my old bedroom.

So I just use it for storage.

I'll sleep fine. It's nice and cool.

You like it cool, don't you?

No mosquitoes, right?

Huay?

Is that you?

Yes, it's me.

Huay...

Boonmee, I'm sorry.

Why sorry?

It's been so long.

I have no concept of time any longer.

It's been 19 years, I think.

Auntie Jen, is that your younger sister?

My older sister.

Huay, you're older than me

but you look so young.

Jen, I'm preserved this way.

You remain 42, right?

Boonmee, I know that you're sick.

I often wonder where you are.

If you are alright.

If you have enough to eat.

If you have clothes to wear.

I'm fine, but I know you are not well.

Here, have some water.

Maybe you have travelled from far away.

Huay,

did you get the things I sent you via the temple?

Yes, sister.

Thank you very much.

I could feel them.

I could hear your prayers.

It comforted me on those cold nights

with only the whispering wind.

I heard familiar voices...

Boonmee's voice...

Perhaps...

they were being replayed from my dying consciousness.

Huay...

Are you here to take me away?

Don't say things like that.

What's that sound?

Do you hear it?

Jaai, is that you?

Who are you?

I'm Boonsong.

Boonsong?

Boonsong, my son?

Mother.

It's Boonsong.

I recognise his voice.

Come here, child.

Come...

Do you remember me?

Sit here, child.

Why did you grow your hair so long?

There are...

There are many beings outside right now.

So I had to come and see you, Father.

What beings?

Spirits.

And hungry animals.

Like me...

they sense your sickness.

Boonsong...

I want to recognise you

but I can't.

Huay...

Six years after you died,

Boonsong disappeared.

I looked for him all afternoon.

The workers searched all over the farm.

When dusk arrived

we lit up the mountain,

hoping he could see his way back home.

I saw you and the men searching for me.

I saw the sky change colour.

I saw the lights.

But the night before I'd made up my mind.

I practised with your Pentax camera.

I tried to understand...

that thing.

What did you call it?

"The art of photography."

I took lots of photos

wherever I went.

One day...

I made a trip to the mountains.

I searched for that thing in the photo.

Excuse me.

Auntie...

I have never shown anyone the proof of my discovery.

In fact...

the film was not even developed.

I was obsessed with this new creature.

I tried to chase it down

while it leapt from branch to branch.

I tried to communicate with it.

I'm talking about the Monkey Ghost.

The Monkey Ghost?

Yes.

The ones we heard when we were young.

I couldn't have experienced this

if I hadn't mated with a Monkey Ghost.

My hair...