Temenggor

Nice shot!

And then, I stumbled across this cute little rusa...

And it was stuck to a net, somehow.

And it was struggling, so it was trying to get out right...

And then I knifed it!

So, it's dead?

No... of course not!

I wouldn't kill a cute little animal!

I let it go.

And it was roaming free, not a care in the world...

It was a beautiful sight.

I wish we could spend all our days like this.

But you and I both know that -

Shh.

Don't talk about unhappy things.

It hurts me.

How're we not supposed to talk about this?

How can we pretend that this isn't real?

It is real...

It's just -

I have to go.

You need more practice.

Remember the crane...

And the musang...

They are light on their feet...

But deadly, when they strike.

Bapak!

Ahh, my child!

Ibu Pamborang.

Tuila.

Sa'arib, my son!

Tok Penghulu.

Sa'arib.

How blessed I am...

Soon, you will be united with my dear, Tuila.

Has my daughter brought you joy?

Yes she has, Tok.

Bapak!

Why are you so embarrassed?

Your mother...

She stole my heart the day I saw her.

She would be very proud of you.

Alright, alright.

Sa'arib.

What reports do we have from the scouts?

There is still... no news from our scouts.

Our situation is dire, Tok.

The crops are wilting.

Our herd is not reproducing...

The fish... we are unable to eat them.

The village dwisari whispers...

The curse of Hutan Temenggor is coming true...

The curse of Hutan Temenggor...

is nothing but a myth... a fairytale!

It is merely the delay of the rains.

Soon, everything will be alright.

In time.

Tok... the people are talking...

especially the wives... of the unreturned...

I see.

The people...

Gather the villagers this evening.

I will address them.

And restore confidence.

Yes, Tok.

Bang, I've something I have to attend to.

I'll take my leave.

Woi...

Yekub, if you keep stirring the food like that

we'll never have anything to eat.

Bodoh!

I hate my life!

Yeah, your life is hopeless.

How do women fall for you is a mystery...

No it isn't.

I just have a big cock.

Yeah. One day that big cock of yours is going to get you killed.

Well, what's life without a little bit of excitement?

Right?

Makan, Makan!

Yekub?

You are the most pathetic man that I know.

Just look at yourself.

She's never going to be yours.

Maybe, not in this lifetime.

She is never ever going to be yours.

Asmianto. It's OK.

You will never understand.

Because love is not for sinners, hmm?

Well, I'm happy with it.

Just look at me.

I'm a man, and I do manly things.

I just know how to appreciate it.

The spell is working Ibu.

You're looking radiant and beautiful like a young maiden.

If only young maidens didn't attract my husband's attention.

But he's a man after all.

His mind is where his cock is.

I tire of the man. But he has his uses.

If only it were as easy to get rid of my stepdaughter

as it was her mother.

My life would be so much easier.

And now I have to get rid of that fool, Sa'arib.

If he marries Tuila, he will be the next Penghulu...

and that can never be.

Maaf, Ibu.

Oh, Mirna. What a waste of good blood.

Fetch me another.

Ibu!

Look!

There is a disturbance in dunya roh...

A deep hunger is yearning for blood and souls.

And this hunger is growing and growing...

The blood reveals...

It's the curse of Hutan Temenggor...

It is upon us!

The lands are wilting as darkness descends upon us...

What did he do this time?

He speaks of how I should be honored

to be unified to the best warrior in the village.

And Sa'arib just stood there.

Like a cockerel crowing to the sun.

Tuila.

Is marrying Sa'arib really that bad?

I don't love him...

You know that...

I know you don't...

But, we are just humble dwisari...

Our tradition calls for things like this.

I know you don't want to hear this.

Sooner or later, you will marry Sa'arib...

and maybe, just maybe, everything will be OK.

But my heart yearns for Yekub...

Kak, I'll go bring you your dinner.

Very well.

Mirna.

You have been our wise dukun.

Let us hear what you have seen.

Tok Penghulu.

The curse of Hutan Temenggor is in motion.

Our ancestors failed to fulfill a blood pact with the Great Spirits.

Their retribution brings a curse over a thousand bulans.

Curse? What curse?

A thousand bulans?

But, the ancestors speak of a ritual to break this.

The prophecy tells that a sacrifice must be fulfilled before daybreak.

Failure will seal our fate and we will rot with the land.

A man...

with strange markings...

rusty amulet...

blood...

blood-stained hands...

ancient altar at Hutan Temenggor...

I see...

I see...

I recognize her...

death...

no!

Altajalli... Altajalli... Altajalli...

A sacrifice to cleanse our sins.

What are the visions?

What is Altajalli that you speak of?

Altajalli is the ancient altar at Hutan Temenggor.

A sacrifice. We must carry out a sacrifice to save our people.

No... we cannot sacrifice... Altajalli?

Leave us!

Mirna.

What are the visions?

Tell me clearly.

Tok Penghulu.

I saw a young girl.

I saw Tuila...

and blood... on an altar.

What does that mean?

It means that she must be sacrificed.

Lies...

Lies!

This cannot be!

She is my only child!

You...

Your dabbling in the dark magic... has driven you mad!

Bang, please!

We have to think about it!

Think about it?

Think about it?!

Are you as mad as this pathetic creature?!

She is our most loyal dukun!

We have to think about her prophecy!

Mirna, I will send for you later.

Leave us.

Yes, Ibu.

Get out of my way, mangkuk!

Sorry... Kak Mirna.

Eh, apasal tu?

Sakit perut, ke?

What took you so long, huh?

He could've killed me!

Kambano kambayeh sukari mamoomba so...

Bang...

Calm down...