1	01:04:42:14	01:04:46:06

I smoke about twice a day.



2	01:04:48:11	01:04:53:13

More or less four grams each time.



3	01:04:55:03	01:04:59:10

Sometimes four grams,

sometimes twelve grams.



4	01:05:00:21	01:05:07:11

If I haven't got much time,

I only smoke four grams.



5	01:05:08:19	01:05:16:15

But sometimes, I smoke a lot more

and can't stop.



6	01:05:16:19	01:05:20:16

Then I can smoke up to twelve grams.



7	01:05:22:14	01:05:24:15

Well, smoking...



8	01:05:25:10	01:05:29:04

No matter what happens,

I've got to smoke,



9	01:05:29:09	01:05:34:08

at least twice a day...

Twice at least.



10	01:05:34:19	01:05:38:10

Otherwise, it bites my knees, elbows

and all of my joints.



11	01:05:38:15	01:05:42:05

I feel cold, and then hot.



12	01:05:42:18	01:05:46:13

I feel cold one moment

and hot the next.



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And then, I sweat...



14	01:05:51:14	01:05:54:22

When I start sweating...



15	01:05:56:10	01:06:01:18

I can't take it, unless I smoke.



16	01:06:02:08	01:06:06:20

If you can bear the sweat,

you can cut back on smoking.



17	01:06:07:08	01:06:11:14

If you gradually cut back on smoking

and can bear the sweat,



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you can kick the habit.



19	01:06:18:03	01:06:21:16

So, hot and cold flashes,

weakness,



20	01:06:21:20	01:06:26:14

pain in your knees, elbows

and all of your joints



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are the main symptoms of withdrawal.



22	01:07:15:14	01:07:18:06

Where did the termites go?



23	01:07:26:22	01:07:28:18

Come on, let's light the fire.



24	01:07:43:06	01:07:45:09

The mosquitoes are coming out.



25	01:07:54:11	01:07:56:09

Mummy!



26	01:07:57:08	01:07:59:06

Carry me, please.



27	01:08:00:05	01:08:02:15

Come back and carry me too.



28	01:08:40:03	01:08:41:16

Help yourself.



29	01:08:51:10	01:08:53:05

Wake up!



30	01:08:58:17	01:08:59:17

Eat up.



31	01:10:24:17	01:10:25:21

Jump.



32	01:10:28:15	01:10:29:19

Jump.



33	01:10:40:12	01:10:41:18

Out you go.



34	01:10:42:05	01:10:45:05

Let me have a go. It's my turn.



35	01:10:45:18	01:10:46:18

Four.



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Five.



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Six.



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Seven.



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Eight.



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Nine.



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Ten.



42	01:11:58:06	01:12:02:17

<What a poor woman I am>



43	01:12:12:08	01:12:19:15

<This is not the life I had expected>



44	01:12:31:18	01:12:39:07

<I've given you so much love>



45	01:12:49:04	01:12:54:13

<You took my heart when you left me,>

<my son>



46	01:13:00:08	01:13:04:06

<That is why I miss you so much>



47	01:13:11:06	01:13:16:06

<A mother is like the root of a plant>



48	01:13:28:06	01:13:32:17

<You all sprang forth>



49	01:13:32:21	01:13:39:06

<from that root>



50	01:13:49:20	01:13:52:08

<The mother...>



51	01:13:56:06	01:14:01:01

<loses her will to live.>



52	01:14:17:09	01:14:22:10

<You have taken so much of my energy>



53	01:14:28:06	01:14:34:10

<My body is exhausted>



54	01:14:38:15	01:14:41:22

<You are my body's hands>



55	01:14:42:01	01:14:47:06

<Without you, I become weak>



56	01:14:55:03	01:15:02:16

<I'm crying because my heart is broken>



57	01:15:02:20	01:15:06:16

<by your absence...>



58	01:15:06:20	01:15:07:20

Grandma!



59	01:15:23:03	01:15:26:10

Stop bothering Grandma.



60	01:16:49:14	01:16:52:06

There used to be more families

in our village,



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where it was before.



62	01:16:55:03	01:16:58:13

The other families, with wiser parents,



63	01:16:58:18	01:17:03:02

who thought of their children's

long-term future,



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have moved away.



65	01:17:06:14	01:17:08:17

We were poor,

so I decided to stay,



66	01:17:08:21	01:17:11:10

as long as there were others here,

as well.



67	01:17:12:14	01:17:15:16

I thought that

when my children grew up



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we would leave.



69	01:17:18:06	01:17:23:11

Now others are leaving,

we need to consider moving, as well.



70	01:17:24:22	01:17:28:22

I've told you that many times.



71	01:17:29:21	01:17:34:14

I told your eldest brother,

but he and his wife didn't listen.



72	01:17:36:07	01:17:38:07

Now, your brother is dead.



73	01:17:38:12	01:17:41:03

And you, the youngest, are grown up.



74	01:17:41:16	01:17:44:06

You must put

some serious thought into it.



75	01:17:45:15	01:17:48:22

Although you are grown up, son,



76	01:17:50:06	01:17:52:05

you must listen to your father,



77	01:17:53:19	01:17:57:02

when he says wise things.



78	01:17:57:06	01:17:59:13

Think hard about this.



79	01:18:00:09	01:18:07:14

How can you raise your children

successfully here?



80	01:18:10:11	01:18:14:08

Look, son, what a bad person

you've become.



81	01:18:14:17	01:18:16:22

Your children will follow suit.



82	01:18:21:08	01:18:25:08

So far, we have had

more or less free access



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to work the land here.



84	01:18:31:20	01:18:37:18

It's been like that for a while,

but in the near future,



85	01:18:39:10	01:18:42:09

when the government wants to control us,



86	01:18:43:11	01:18:46:07

we will need to be prepared to change.



87	01:18:48:20	01:18:51:06

If you have thoughts of your own,



88	01:18:51:10	01:18:54:11

we would like to hear them.



89	01:18:54:20	01:18:58:17

I'm worried that you will not

start thinking until it is too late.



90	01:18:58:21	01:19:03:03

I'm afraid you might miss

your opportunity.



91	01:19:03:09	01:19:06:03

If we can't build a better life

for ourselves here,



92	01:19:06:07	01:19:10:12

I don't think we can do so elsewhere,

without hard work.



93	01:19:10:18	01:19:11:24

That's only logical.



94	01:19:12:03	01:19:14:19

You just don't understand me.



95	01:19:15:19	01:19:19:19

You, son, do not care

about our village at all.



96	01:19:20:06	01:19:23:16

You don't care about the community

or working the land.



97	01:19:24:14	01:19:30:11

As an adult, you must learn

how to communicate.



98	01:19:32:03	01:19:36:18

You don't need to agree with the others.



99	01:19:38:10	01:19:40:22

But then you must have

ideas of your own.



100	01:19:41:22	01:19:46:18

Every day, I pray that you'll wake up.



101	01:19:48:22	01:19:51:19

But every day, you're the same.



102	01:19:53:06	01:19:56:14

You're the same, day after day,

year after year.



103	01:20:00:07	01:20:03:10

I want your generation to have

a better life than ours



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and our grandchildren,

an even better one.



105	01:20:06:16	01:20:09:08

That's understandable.



106	01:20:11:08	01:20:14:06

We, parents, really want to see

our children



107	01:20:14:10	01:20:16:20

living in a better place

before we die.



108	01:20:17:08	01:20:24:06

That way, we'll be able to die

peacefully, in a better place.



109	01:20:24:18	01:20:29:06

We want to die and be buried honourably.



110	01:20:29:14	01:20:33:22

I don't want this miserable life here

anymore.



111	01:20:34:20	01:20:39:21

In this village, I have no friends

to talk to.



112	01:20:40:22	01:20:44:18

No one to keep me company

when I go to the fields.



113	01:20:45:06	01:20:47:05

So, take a decision.



114	01:20:47:21	01:20:51:10

Decide where to go, please.



115	01:20:52:15	01:20:55:14

That is what your mother

and father think...



116	01:20:55:18	01:20:58:19

You don't need to beg like this!



117	01:20:59:04	01:21:03:03

Please consider your father's words

carefully.



118	01:21:04:18	01:21:09:03

Right now, we still have the strength

to help you, son,



119	01:21:09:18	01:21:15:03

but think of the day when we won't

be able to help you anymore.



120	01:21:15:17	01:21:18:16

It will all fall on your shoulders.



121	01:21:18:20	01:21:23:08

You need to become

the head of this family now.



122	01:21:23:21	01:21:26:03

And we will follow you.



123	01:21:26:13	01:21:30:11

When we are too old to help you, son,



124	01:21:31:03	01:21:33:15

it will be more difficult to move,



125	01:21:33:19	01:21:38:14

because you will be

responsible for everything.



126	01:21:45:20	01:21:50:09

We really need to find another place.



127	01:21:52:18	01:21:55:17

I've been talking about this for ages.



128	01:21:56:10	01:21:58:03

Listen to me.



129	01:22:00:03	01:22:03:14

You can't stay numb forever.



130	01:22:04:10	01:22:08:12

I don't see a prosperous future

for this village.



131	01:22:09:08	01:22:13:12

If I had seen this village grow

year after year,



132	01:22:14:18	01:22:18:06

then this would be a good place to live.



133	01:22:19:07	01:22:23:05

But you can't stay

when you see it rotting and dying.



134	01:22:24:20	01:22:30:20

We not only need to build up

our community together,



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we need to do the same for our family.



136	01:22:38:04	01:22:42:18

Nothing will ever change

if you don't share your ideas.



137	01:23:44:12	01:23:46:12

Stop it.



138	01:23:50:16	01:23:52:10

Stop it.



139	01:25:07:11	01:25:12:22

Most of it will grow back.

I estimate a loss of 180 kg.



140	01:25:13:17	01:25:15:19

That is my estimation.



141	01:25:16:18	01:25:19:02

180 kg isn't enough.



142	01:25:19:06	01:25:26:09

If you don't believe me,

count each plant



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and then, pick



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the same number of plants.



145	01:25:36:21	01:25:40:18

You'll see that I'm right.



146	01:25:41:12	01:25:47:03

The plants that have been eaten

by the buffaloes



147	01:25:47:07	01:25:54:13

will still produce

one-third of their normal yield.



148	01:25:55:12	01:26:00:03

That's my estimation,

but I'll leave it to your judgement.



149	01:26:01:05	01:26:03:20

The part up there has been

nibbled on more.



150	01:26:04:03	01:26:06:14

That's where the losses are greatest.



151	01:26:06:22	01:26:09:03

Yes, there are only a few plants left.



152	01:26:09:10	01:26:13:16

But I'm talking about overall loss.



153	01:26:15:18	01:26:18:20

Let's divide the field

into three parts...



154	01:26:19:04	01:26:23:00

The buffaloes know that there is

food here, so they'll be back.



155	01:26:23:04	01:26:26:12

It's just like being addicted to opium.



156	01:26:26:18	01:26:28:15

It's no use building a fence.



157	01:26:35:04	01:26:39:12

If you request compensation



158	01:26:39:16	01:26:43:14

for what they've eaten so far,



159	01:26:43:22	01:26:49:05

it can't be more than 180 kg.



160	01:26:49:09	01:26:51:03

You already said that.



161	01:26:52:06	01:26:57:21

You lot don't know how to estimate.



162	01:27:00:05	01:27:04:17

I see that some 12 kg plants

have already been eaten.



163	01:32:13:22	01:32:16:03

Quit whining.



164	01:36:06:08	01:36:10:18

If my eldest brother and his wife

hadn't moved out,



165	01:36:11:04	01:36:13:17

I wouldn't be married yet.



166	01:36:14:07	01:36:21:07

His death is the reason

I had to get married.



167	01:36:36:22	01:36:42:10

But when it comes to working the fields,



168	01:36:43:08	01:36:48:10

she certainly is a strong woman.



169	01:36:49:15	01:36:56:18

I haven't got any other ideas

about how to make it here,



170	01:36:57:06	01:36:59:22

other than working the fields.



171	01:37:00:18	01:37:06:03

Without growing opium,

I don't see how we could manage.



172	01:37:06:22	01:37:10:18

Since I didn't have any other ideas,



173	01:37:11:11	01:37:15:22

I needed to marry a strong woman,



174	01:37:16:06	01:37:21:04

who is able to work hard in the fields.



175	01:37:22:15	01:37:23:15

So...



176	01:37:24:18	01:37:32:08

There were better girls,

but I couldn't approach them.



177	01:37:32:14	01:37:36:13

I could only approach one girl,



178	01:37:37:06	01:37:42:20

who had no choice but to marry me.



179	01:38:15:18	01:38:17:10

But actually...



180	01:38:20:12	01:38:22:04

She may not be the ideal girl,



181	01:38:22:08	01:38:26:15

but as long

as she isn't blind or crippled



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and she works hard in the fields...



183	01:38:30:22	01:38:33:19

That's my idea of marriage.



184	01:38:34:10	01:38:38:04

Really, it couldn't be perfect.



185	01:38:39:10	01:38:43:07

In reality, working the fields takes

priority.



186	01:38:47:07	01:38:48:13

That's what I think.



187	01:38:49:16	01:38:52:18

So, we've been living together

since then.



188	01:38:52:22	01:38:58:06

Since this is how we started out,

this is how we'll go on.



189	01:39:00:12	01:39:03:18

Now and then,



190	01:39:03:22	01:39:10:12

you've got to make compromises.



191	01:40:35:18	01:40:37:03

At first...



192	01:40:38:03	01:40:43:06

He vomited.

He threw up everything he ate.



193	01:40:44:07	01:40:48:07

But he wouldn't admit

that he was sick.



194	01:40:54:06	01:40:56:03

When he was told,



195	01:40:56:19	01:41:00:22

'Your face looks swollen,'



196	01:41:01:13	01:41:02:13

he replied,



197	01:41:03:17	01:41:08:18

'Since I haven't smoked

much opium lately,



198	01:41:09:03	01:41:11:06

I've gained weight.'



199	01:41:15:12	01:41:17:11

But after a few months,



200	01:41:17:15	01:41:22:04

his entire body began swelling up.



201	01:41:25:09	01:41:31:04

So, I took my brother to China

to be treated.



202	01:41:36:04	01:41:39:10

It was dark

when we arrived at the border.



203	01:41:39:17	01:41:43:07

The road was bad,

and the rain had slowed us down.



204	01:41:43:20	01:41:49:05

The border crossing was already closed.



205	01:41:51:17	01:41:53:14

I begged them:



206	01:41:54:04	01:41:56:12

'If my brother weren't ill,



207	01:41:57:03	01:42:01:07

we could wait,

but he urgently needs medical care.



208	01:42:01:11	01:42:03:21

Let us through.'



209	01:42:04:06	01:42:05:06

I begged.



210	01:42:16:14	01:42:19:08

We got the papers.



211	01:42:30:18	01:42:35:06

When in Jiangcheng,

my brother let them examine him.



212	01:42:36:10	01:42:40:07

But the doctors said that

there was nothing they could do.



213	01:42:42:15	01:42:47:14

The only existing treatment was

very expensive.



214	01:42:47:22	01:42:53:12

Only wealthy people could afford it.



215	01:42:58:12	01:43:04:09

We took off

and spent the night in Zhanfang.



216	01:43:05:19	01:43:08:11

His bowels were bleeding.



217	01:43:09:17	01:43:13:05

I was afraid he'd die there.



218	01:43:18:14	01:43:24:04

Since he couldn't sit

on the motorcycle anymore,



219	01:43:24:14	01:43:29:19

I asked people

to help me carry him.



220	01:43:34:04	01:43:39:07

It was already late, nearly night,

when we got back to the village.



221	01:43:40:09	01:43:44:19

Men were smoking meth pills

at his house.



222	01:43:46:04	01:43:47:18

My brother asked them to stop,



223	01:43:47:22	01:43:50:12

because the smell was giving him

a headache.



224	01:43:51:18	01:43:56:04

They said, 'We're almost finished.'



225	01:43:58:15	01:44:04:06

He asked me for opium to ease his pain.



226	01:44:06:04	01:44:10:03

I went to get it from my house,



227	01:44:10:10	01:44:13:03

but when I came back,



228	01:44:13:12	01:44:16:14

he was already dead.



229	01:44:38:22	01:44:43:03

<It's festival time>

<time for young love>



230	01:44:45:05	01:44:50:09

<I am too old>

<to pursue young girls>



231	01:44:52:08	01:44:58:10

<But my heart>

<still yearns for beauty>



232	01:44:58:21	01:45:04:16

<Oh, young beauty>

<may I come over to yours tonight?>



233	01:45:11:05	01:45:13:03

Aren't you married yet?



234	01:45:14:10	01:45:16:11

No wonder he got married.



235	01:45:19:09	01:45:22:03

He wants some Lao beer.



236	01:45:22:13	01:45:25:16

Don't be picky.

Regular alcohol is good enough.



237	01:45:31:06	01:45:35:05

All right, I can sing two lines,

as well...



238	01:45:49:03	01:45:52:16

I can't sing.

Singing isn't my thing.



239	01:45:56:15	01:46:00:03

If I had learnt Akha script,



240	01:46:00:10	01:46:03:21

I'd be able to sing songs, as well.



241	01:46:04:09	01:46:07:16

That's bullshit.

You don't need to read to sing.



242	01:46:09:06	01:46:11:03

Drink. Drink. Bottoms up.



243	01:46:12:19	01:46:15:10

Drink and keep singing.



244	01:46:21:09	01:46:26:10

<Cheers to my friends>

<glass after glass>



245	01:46:26:14	01:46:27:15

Sing, sing!



246	01:46:28:06	01:46:29:06

Sing!



247	01:46:29:14	01:46:32:10

<Whatever will be, will be>



248	01:46:33:08	01:46:36:08

<With my friends>

<glass after glass>



249	01:46:37:00	01:46:44:17

<He says he's a friend>

<then let's try together>



250	01:46:45:17	01:46:53:17

<What we said>

<need not be repeated>



251	01:46:54:16	01:46:58:08

<Let's try together>



252	01:47:03:18	01:47:06:14

What did you say about my friends?



253	01:47:08:16	01:47:12:13

Let me tell you this:

I'm different from the others.



254	01:47:15:03	01:47:20:09

If we don't manage to give up

the opium culture,



255	01:47:21:04	01:47:25:05

sooner or later, we will die.



256	01:47:25:17	01:47:29:11

We know that, but we can't tell anyone.



257	01:47:30:03	01:47:34:06

We must stay where our husbands keep us.



258	01:47:34:14	01:47:42:03

Meanwhile, we're unhappy

because our husbands have betrayed us.



259	01:47:42:17	01:47:45:10

It is difficult to protect our families



260	01:47:45:14	01:47:51:19

when we are scared that our husbands

will kill us and eat our flesh



261	01:47:52:13	01:47:54:17

when there's nothing else left to eat.



262	01:47:55:13	01:48:01:15

We, the Akha, are all facing

the same problems,



263	01:48:02:04	01:48:07:21

no matter if

we talk about them or not.



264	01:48:08:22	01:48:12:03

This year, my husband bought a truck.



265	01:48:12:09	01:48:16:03

Now, he always pretends

he's transporting goods,



266	01:48:16:07	01:48:18:12

but he got addicted to heroin.



267	01:48:19:03	01:48:22:14

I don't see him making any money.



268	01:48:23:09	01:48:27:10

If he keeps smoking that stuff,



269	01:48:27:14	01:48:34:06

he'll ruin not only his health,

but also his soul.



270	01:48:36:03	01:48:39:21

The worst part is,

even if he destroys his health,



271	01:48:40:09	01:48:43:21

he won't die in a year.



272	01:48:44:04	01:48:46:06

No, it will take a while.



273	01:48:46:10	01:48:50:08

If only he died quickly,

I would be happier.



274	01:48:50:12	01:48:53:11

I've seen drugs turn men insane.



275	01:48:53:21	01:48:56:11

Yes, they completely lose control.



276	01:48:56:21	01:49:04:10

They go completely insane,

and then they beat us.



277	01:49:05:03	01:49:06:14

It's really scary.



278	01:49:07:06	01:49:10:06

Even tender-hearted men...



279	01:49:10:13	01:49:14:03

They also go mad.



280	01:49:14:09	01:49:19:10

They go mad

when they've been using drugs.



281	01:49:19:17	01:49:22:06

I've got a very strong heart.



282	01:49:22:10	01:49:27:05

I could douse him in petrol

and light him on fire.



283	01:49:27:10	01:49:29:06

Did he help you in the fields?



284	01:49:29:10	01:49:33:03

No, he didn't do anything this year.



285	01:49:33:12	01:49:39:19

This year, I cleared the field

and burned it on my own.



286	01:49:40:08	01:49:42:06

He just felled a couple of trees.



287	01:49:42:10	01:49:44:18

You burned the field yourself?



288	01:49:44:22	01:49:46:06

Yes, on my own.



289	01:49:46:10	01:49:48:18

Just like last year?



290	01:49:48:22	01:49:51:23

Of course I did.



291	01:49:52:02	01:49:57:14

Otherwise, we wouldn't have had

any opium to sell.



292	01:50:02:12	01:50:06:09

It's not that I want to be independent.



293	01:50:07:15	01:50:13:06

But I've come to realise that we must

be strong and lie to our husbands,



294	01:50:13:14	01:50:17:15

in order to steal money

to feed our families.



295	01:50:18:15	01:50:20:14

Otherwise, we'd die.



296	01:50:20:18	01:50:22:22

They don't think about others.



297	01:50:23:05	01:50:25:20

If I didn't hide anything from him,



298	01:50:26:10	01:50:28:06

he'd spend it all.



299	01:50:29:03	01:50:34:03

If I didn't manage



300	01:50:34:07	01:50:38:10

to secretly keep a bit of money,



301	01:50:39:03	01:50:45:11

I wouldn't have had anything

for my family. Nothing at all.



302	01:50:45:15	01:50:47:12

They don't get it.



303	01:50:47:16	01:50:50:06

I talked to Dzanrjaq's mother about it.



304	01:50:50:13	01:50:56:08

She thinks it's a good idea,

and she's started doing the same.



305	01:50:57:07	01:51:00:16

Apparently, a couple that was selling

meth pills



306	01:51:00:22	01:51:03:04

was caught by the police.



307	01:51:04:06	01:51:06:08

Were they arrested in Ou Tai?



308	01:51:06:12	01:51:09:07

No, in Guanhan.

- Guanhan?



309	01:51:10:13	01:51:14:02

Did they get out on bail?



310	01:51:14:06	01:51:17:06

No, because it's a crime.



311	01:51:18:10	01:51:21:19

Drug dealers must be in prison.



312	01:51:22:22	01:51:24:16

Are they still alive?



313	01:51:24:20	01:51:26:15

Apparently so.



314	01:51:28:05	01:51:29:08

How do you know?



315	01:51:29:16	01:51:33:06

Someone saw it on television in Ou Tai.



316	01:51:33:11	01:51:35:06

You see things like that on Lao TV.



317	01:51:35:10	01:51:41:03

When our sons grow up,

they'll be that way too. No mercy.



318	01:51:44:03	01:51:49:11

If I could, I would get remarried,

to a Chinese man.



319	01:51:51:05	01:51:56:08

I would love to be younger again...

and start my life all over again.



320	01:51:56:12	01:52:00:16

Me, too. I'd go to China.



321	01:52:01:14	01:52:09:03

But now, reality is

binding me here, to my children.



322	01:53:21:03	01:53:22:22

The emperor's daughter...



323	01:53:25:11	01:53:28:13

The emperor's daughter was

very beautiful.



324	01:53:38:13	01:53:42:04

When she grew up...



325	01:53:42:17	01:53:46:10

poor men were too ashamed

to approach her.



326	01:53:48:08	01:53:54:06

Rich men didn't dare, either.



327	01:53:57:12	01:54:00:10

So, the princess was sad.



328	01:54:09:06	01:54:12:21

Year after year, she remained a virgin.



329	01:54:14:22	01:54:20:08

As death drew near, she said,



330	01:54:21:13	01:54:26:19

'Not a single man could love me

when I was alive.



331	01:54:28:18	01:54:30:09

So, after my death,



332	01:54:30:14	01:54:34:12

I want all men throughout the world



333	01:54:34:17	01:54:37:13

to be my subjects.



334	01:54:42:11	01:54:48:16

On my grave, a flower will grow

out of my chest.



335	01:54:49:04	01:54:51:09

Don't kill it.



336	01:54:52:08	01:54:58:15

It will bear a fruit

from which nectar will flow.'



337	01:55:01:04	01:55:05:18

Some say that it is milk

flowing from her breast.



338	01:55:09:06	01:55:12:09

'If you smoke the nectar,



339	01:55:12:22	01:55:17:06

you will forget all about love.



340	01:55:21:06	01:55:27:06

It will dull the pain

and gently lull you to sleep.



341	01:55:29:06	01:55:31:16

No matter how young you are,



342	01:55:32:10	01:55:36:09

you will be free from desire.'



343	01:55:54:11	01:55:56:13

That was 100 years ago.



344	01:55:57:06	01:56:01:15

The curse of the princess.



345	01:57:26:18	01:57:30:14

<Although I can't see your face>



346	01:57:30:18	01:57:35:05

<And I don't know where you are>



347	01:57:35:15	01:57:38:16

<However far away from me you are>



348	01:57:39:04	01:57:43:18

<Or however near>

<it doesn't matter>



349	01:57:44:06	01:57:47:12

<If only our two hearts>



350	01:57:47:17	01:57:51:16

<Could think of each other>



351	01:57:52:17	01:57:57:18

<My dreams would be full of joy>



352	01:57:58:04	01:58:00:21

<Every day, every night>



353	01:58:03:07	01:58:06:22

<I'd like to be on TV>



354	01:58:07:10	01:58:11:21

<To say how often I think of you>



355	01:58:12:19	01:58:15:18

<I'd like to speak on the radio>



356	01:58:16:05	01:58:20:18

<So that everyone would know>

<that I love you>



357	01:58:21:10	01:58:28:13

<If only you>

<could return my love>



358	01:58:30:03	01:58:35:05

<I'm begging you>

<return my love>



359	01:58:35:10	01:58:39:08

<And heal my pain>



360	02:01:53:07	02:01:55:10

And this. What is this?



361	02:02:00:18	02:02:04:03

This is the class.



362	02:02:08:18	02:02:09:21

Class.



363	02:02:10:04	02:02:13:18

Those are all pupils.



364	02:02:14:15	02:02:16:22

They hold hands.



365	02:02:18:14	02:02:20:14

This is the teacher.



366	02:02:21:20	02:02:23:15

Here is another teacher.



367	02:02:23:19	02:02:27:03

They are working here.



368	02:02:34:04	02:02:35:22

Flowers, trees.



369	02:02:38:20	02:02:42:10

Trees? No, that is bamboo!



370	02:02:43:09	02:02:44:14

Bamboo.



371	02:02:48:15	02:02:49:20

Potato.



372	02:02:50:19	02:02:53:18

Potato. This is a potato.



373	02:02:54:17	02:02:56:14

This is a potato, Grandpa.



374	02:03:02:14	02:03:04:06

This is the teacher.



375	02:03:05:17	02:03:08:05

What are they doing?



376	02:03:12:22	02:03:14:14

Shirts.



377	02:03:16:08	02:03:19:14

Shoes and clothing, there and there.



378	02:03:23:03	02:03:24:17

Here, a shirt.



379	02:03:25:07	02:03:27:09

There, a dress.



380	02:03:32:06	02:03:34:17

There, people.



381	02:03:37:20	02:03:40:08

Look. What are they wearing?



382	02:04:28:12	02:04:35:13

Since all of my friends

were already smoking opium,



383	02:04:35:18	02:04:38:16

I started as well,

so I would fit in.



384	02:04:39:06	02:04:44:10

Eating together, laughing together,

playing together...



385	02:04:45:04	02:04:50:16

So, it was normal for us to smoke

together.



386	02:04:51:11	02:04:52:20

Like that.



387	02:04:54:07	02:05:00:10

But, gradually, I began to feel

symptoms of withdrawal.



388	02:05:01:12	02:05:09:04

Then I couldn't stay on my feet

without smoking.



389	02:05:12:14	02:05:16:12

If the government forces us

to stop growing opium,



390	02:05:16:21	02:05:19:19

I will have to quit smoking.



391	02:05:20:03	02:05:23:03

I think my life will improve then.



392	02:05:24:14	02:05:32:06

So, I hope the Laotian government

keeps its promise.



393	02:05:34:18	02:05:39:07

But if they don't come here



394	02:05:39:11	02:05:43:22

to force us to stop,



395	02:05:44:18	02:05:49:03

we'll carry on living this way.



396	02:05:52:06	02:05:53:11

Because...



397	02:05:56:09	02:06:00:19

It's too difficult to stop

when there's opium all around.



398	02:06:01:12	02:06:06:22

I'll be able to stop

when I can't get my hands on it.



399	02:06:11:06	02:06:15:17

I've been addicted for over a year now.



400	02:06:16:10	02:06:20:14

Now, I smoke regularly.



401	02:06:23:12	02:06:26:21

My parents didn't smoke before, either.



402	02:06:27:08	02:06:32:15

In any case, not before my brother died.



403	02:06:32:20	02:06:38:10

When he died, they were so sad

and missed him so much



404	02:06:38:15	02:06:43:14

that they started smoking more and more.



405	02:06:47:03	02:06:53:10

We, the Akha,

haven't got such strong hearts,



406	02:06:53:14	02:06:58:10

to stay reasonable and determined.



407	02:06:58:18	02:07:03:11

It's as though they grieved more

than usual for my brother.



408	02:07:04:03	02:07:06:10

Yes, we all miss him.



409	02:07:06:14	02:07:12:18

But they couldn't find any other way

of dealing with their grief.



410	02:07:15:18	02:07:17:14

They smoked.



411	02:07:18:14	02:07:24:19

They smoked, more and more,

and bit by bit,



412	02:07:25:17	02:07:27:20

they became addicted too.



413	02:09:35:07	02:09:38:06

I'm sad, just like my parents-in-law.



414	02:09:40:03	02:09:45:05

My parents have a hard life.

So do I, since I didn't listen to them.



415	02:09:46:15	02:09:50:18

My mind isn't clear. I've got too

many thoughts, all kinds of thoughts.



416	02:09:51:18	02:09:55:15

I even think of suicide.

But who'd take care of my kids?



417	02:09:55:19	02:10:00:19

So, I can't die, even if I don't want

to live here one second longer.



418	02:10:01:06	02:10:03:06

I'd like to run away.



419	02:10:03:10	02:10:08:13

I don't even want to talk about it.

Talking to good people makes me sad.



420	02:10:08:20	02:10:12:03

People love being sociable and chatting



421	02:10:12:07	02:10:14:10

when they are happy.



422	02:10:15:07	02:10:17:13

But I have no-one to talk to.



423	02:10:17:19	02:10:21:03

I have to work on my own

and eat in silence.



424	02:10:21:14	02:10:24:09

When I eat, I have nobody to talk to.



425	02:10:25:11	02:10:27:02

When I work, no company.



426	02:10:27:06	02:10:31:10

I don't want to stay here,

but where should I go?



427	02:10:31:18	02:10:36:08

I'm afraid for my children.

I can't go anywhere.



428	02:10:36:21	02:10:39:16

I've loved my children

from the moment they were born.



429	02:10:39:20	02:10:41:22

Otherwise, I wouldn't stay here.



430	02:10:42:06	02:10:45:09

When I was young,

I never imagined this life.



431	02:10:45:18	02:10:50:03

My marriage is nothing like

I thought it would be.



432	02:10:51:07	02:10:57:06

Life never got better.

That's why I'm so worried, so sad.



433	02:10:58:12	02:11:01:18

When I think about it,

I don't want to spend another day here.



434	02:11:03:09	02:11:06:10

If I blame him for not working,

he beats me.



435	02:11:06:16	02:11:10:16

I don't complain,

because I couldn't bear being beaten.



436	02:11:11:18	02:11:14:22

He would beat me, instead of listening.



437	02:11:15:20	02:11:19:18

I don't want to stay here.

I don't want to live here.



438	02:11:20:15	02:11:23:12

I don't want to stay,

but where should I go?



439	02:11:23:16	02:11:28:03

I've got to bear

the hardships and sadness alone.



440	02:11:29:03	02:11:33:20

A life full of tears, sorrow

and worries.



441	02:11:34:20	02:11:39:10

One day, I will leave.

That thought haunts me.



442	02:11:40:17	02:11:43:16

When my children grow up, I will leave.



443	02:11:44:17	02:11:47:07

Living here, week in, week out,



444	02:11:48:10	02:11:50:19

without joy, without food...



445	02:11:51:17	02:11:56:06

100 days go by, and all that work

for the opium goes up in smoke.



446	02:11:57:12	02:12:01:03

Like this, I don't think

life can get better.



447	02:12:04:04	02:12:08:15

I'm too full of worries.

Too many thoughts to express.



448	02:12:09:05	02:12:11:08

More than ten worries a day.



449	02:12:11:12	02:12:15:17

More than 100 thoughts a day.

All kinds of worries...



450	02:12:15:21	02:12:17:14

All kinds of thoughts.



451	02:19:36:21	02:19:40:06

<Good fortune is coming>

<good fortune is here>



452	02:19:40:15	02:19:43:19

<The words 'good fortune'>

<make people happy>



453	02:19:44:08	02:19:47:19

<Fortune, longevity>

<for all living things>



454	02:19:48:03	02:19:52:03

<The sun shines>

<on the lives of common people>



455	02:19:52:07	02:19:55:06

<And makes their dreams blossom>



456	02:19:55:11	02:19:58:18

<Bring good fortune home>



457	02:19:59:03	02:20:02:16

<Better times in heaven and earth>

<in every season>



458	02:20:02:20	02:20:06:08

<Let good fortune shine>

<in every house>



459	02:20:06:14	02:20:09:14

<So that everyone>

<can enjoy happy times>



460	02:20:10:04	02:20:11:18

<Bring good fortune...>



461	02:21:34:22	02:21:39:16

Me, too. I'm going to eat you up!



462	02:22:16:10	02:22:17:16

We're off.



463	02:22:19:06	02:22:22:03

To burn your opium field?



464	02:22:23:19	02:22:29:10

We've got to start over

because of the rain.



465	02:22:33:03	02:22:36:10

We can't burn it yet.

We need to finish clearing it.



466	02:22:36:15	02:22:40:16

We won't be back

until tomorrow afternoon.



467	02:25:09:17	02:25:11:06

Stand up.



468	02:25:33:17	02:25:36:09

Did you lose your toy?



469	02:25:37:17	02:25:39:14

I haven't seen it.