Girls of the Sun (2018) - full transcript

A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.

Based on a true story
In Iraqi Kurdistan

On August 3rd, 2014
ISIL attacks Sinjar
Their goal was the genocide of the Yazidis

Within 24 hours 500,000 people were displaced
The remaining people were either killed or taken captive

Yazidi Protective Force
The troops were guerrillas and the Syrian army

Sometimes the names of people, places and groups have changed

November 11

It has been a week since I got stuck on the Turkish border

Waiting for one to go crazy

Home

All missions are the same

You have to be ready to go
And ready to stay



Just waiting for the news

A group of reporters quit last week

But I arrived very late at sunset

After they left
Exit closed

There was another helicopter the next day
But the storm began

The flight was impossible

The only hope I had was the Kurds

They had not yet started the attack
Before I arrived

I have to leave this room
And see Osman my liaison

Maybe this morning we can go

I must

There is a lot to do

I have to talk to Iris too

A mother who can't talk to her baby



A reporter who was not present at the time of the accident

I haven't been able to be where I should have been for three months

Girls Sunshine

Translate subtitle synchronization and tuning
Nasir

Location
Somewhere in northern Kurdistan

You're so cool

Very nice to see you

Did you become an officer?

Deputy army officer
I love it

You have to constantly attack them

It's the best choice, usually

We wait a while for the coalition air strike

So we have to wait for permission?

We have to go blow them up

You are not ready

What is this lady doing here?

This is a French reporter

I don't need a crazy western reporter

To tell me what to do

That you speak Kurdish

Arrow

Is your plan possible?

Yes, it is possible

Trish is the spark
Sensitive to explosives

Say blow up everything
what's next?

We are all massacres

Whine, comrade Brian
What do you suggest

I do not know
We have to think about it

General Clever

They expect us to attack from above

They don't expect us to use tunnels

Do you see that building there?

Not
Okay it doesn't matter

There is their headquarters

From here a direct tunnel is going to get there

And?

We use it to get headquarters

It must have been mined

Spring

We don't sit and shake hands

This is crazy

If you're scared to die, don't come

Death is the last thing I'm afraid of
It's not just strategic value

If you are so smart, what is the strategic value?

Yes, I'm listening

Hill

This is impossible

We lose a lot of men

We lost a lot of women right now

We are waiting for the air strike

Spring is right

Follow her
And you are alone

This will not be the first time

Enough
Tomorrow we are all here

We are here to work together
Not everybody for himself

So what are we going to do?

We wait

This is also a war

Mirror?

Spring, the leader of the girls group
Someone to go with

Comrade Brian

I'm coming

Last spring

Don't worry I'll find it

Matilda

you are here?

what's up?
We are still alive

Very nice to see you

I guess you're not here because of me?
Not

Waiting for the helicopter, let's go

You know, there is a reason we are leaving here now

You ate all the pills

You haven't changed a little either

Yeah, I got stuck in the past

The helicopter that brought you is the last flight you leave here
one hundred and one
00: 10: 08,423 -> 00: 10: 09,866
They hit the air

At least until the Kurds break the siege

I know
Another suggestion

Do you like walking?
North of this way

Forty kilometers walk
To the next position of the Kurds

End of Bearded Realm

Otherwise, what are you laughing at?

Well, you are leaving me alone in these mountains?

What should I do?

Do you think it's funny?

I mean she stays

Matilda, we love you a little

So be careful

We heard about David's death

He was a wonderful reporter
I am really sorry

I'm sorry, Matilda

We're leaving

Love and empathy?

Love and empathy

Hi

I'm Matilda

I told Brivan to give it to someone else

I'm sorry

Do you know French?

I'm studying in France

what's going on with you?

Leaving an explosion
Homs

At least that's how I can sleep anywhere
I sleep on one side

It gets dark everywhere

What is your tattoo?

My son and my husband's name

So people know, if I die

In operation?

Bondage

My group is not like the rest

Girls are all former captives

Yes, I have been told that you survived the Kurdish massacre

I interviewed one of the survivors
I'm sorry

what did you study?

I'm a lawyer

I was a lawyer

Do you miss her

This is not something I miss

I hope you have enough blankets
The night here will be very cold

Dinner for another hour

I didn't think I'd sleep with you

No, we have to show you hospitality

But, the end of the tunnel is a bit ahead

They can read whenever they can

We give money, but sleep armed

I'm not a warrior

I wasn't a warrior either

I shook hands

We stopped in the door

There are tunnels to other buildings
So you never understand

Open your corners

see you later

See you

Hermin, baby

Have fun with Grandma?

He told me

I have to play more with the kids

He wouldn't let me read books

Hello

Shahnaz?

Shahnaz?

It's me

It's me

Did you hear

what was that?

I do not know

I can't sleep so I walk and listen to the sounds

follow me

You can sleep if you want

I slept four hours
I can watch the morning

No, I don't sleep long
I take a nap but I don't sleep

What's going on in Homs?

Aren't you scared?

Why

But my photographer friend and I

We had broken the silence about the Assad massacre

Civilians were massacred for weeks

It was very important that we go there

But it was really bad

Twenty years of war
I had never seen such rainfall without stopping

A real hell

After ten days
Assad sent us a message to reporters

He targeted the media center

That's when I tried to run away

It wasn't for my plan to quit
A piece of blast from leaving

My eyes pierced

My daughter still has a nervous attack

Do you have a daughter

How did you get out of this city?

A group of rebels brought us out

They came with their cars and drove me

They saved our lives

what?

We want food

Do you want food

Eat your baby

This offer is for everyone

Come back to you

Wake up

All the boys out

Come with me

with me

take this

Take them all out

Hurry, hurry, hurry

What do we have here?

She's crazy

I'm crazy!

She's crazy
Don't take my son away

She's crazy

Hermin

I'm going to wake up the girls

Hello iris?

Hello, do you hear?

I'm Mom

Hello Mom

My wrist strap?

Yes

What about Grandma?

Everyone is fine

when you come back?

I miss you
I miss dad

I miss her too

Do you know I love you?

The sun has come

Wake Up

Good morning darling

Wake Up

Babe

good morning

Good morning comrades

Comrade Amal

Comrade Amal

Angelina

Wake up young lady

It's time to get up

This kid has a pretty thing

Eat

You're sleeping

You want to sleep again

And you sleep again

He won't wake up

Let go, I remember sleeping

Comrade Amal?

Want to get some tea for you?

Can you do this instead of tea, comrade spring?

Spring

No, my sister

Take me away

Not with my sister

Susan

Susan I'm here

my sister

Here I am

Here I am

Did you hear that?

What?

The sound of one-hour shooting is muted

You have no news, comrades?
What?

That silence doesn't make good sense

Never had

Comrade Ararat, what do you see?

Nothing, Comrade Spring

There is no movement

So what should we do now?

We wait

We are here
We women

We are here
At the city gates

We are here
Ready to attack

We believe
We will all destroy them

This will be a new era

Women, Life, Freedom

This will be a new era

Women, Life, Freedom

They are ours
Until the last bullets

The last of our grenades

Our bodies and our blood
We water this land

Baby, our kids

Our milk will be red

It will be spring at the time of our death

We are here
We did girls

We are here
At the city gates

We are here
Ready to attack

We believe
A new day begins

This will be a new era

Women, life

the freedom

We need support

Tunnel

Spring

Nova

Don't shoot, shooter

Show your body

Get dressed

Allahu Akbar

Have mercy

You're not going today, you fool

Apostate

Sorry?
I'm a Muslim too

Who are you?

She's dead

No, he is in heaven

No, he's under my feet
Like a cold fig

And a woman killed him

Do you want to join her?

They think that if they are killed by a woman they will not go to heaven

unlucky

This is the fate of all

We were attacked
We got a captive

And you didn't come?

I lost one of my daughters today

Okay okay, now that you're here

Want a cup of tea?
tea?

Do your men fight or run away?

We must attack today

I study your courage
But be careful what you say

I don't want to justify my work

I was on the phone all morning

I was trying to get the Coalition Air Force sooner

Does she have anything to say?

Talk

hurry up
Tell them what you told me

They almost evacuated the southern part of the headquarters

Bejri a number of men ready to die

But?

Three streets above the headquarters
There is a school

Azadi Elementary School
Where I was going when I was a kid

Most of the kids were taken there

Twenty people plus a few men for suicide bombings

Take her out

Nice, we have to attack

We have to take the hill

Spring
I'm more impatient than you

You've been here a long time
You know the area well

What if they attack tonight?

Not true

What?

Do they work office hours?
They attacked us at night

We work as a team
But not your troops

And I don't want to hear about it anymore

My father was not armed

The Air Force will start tomorrow

What then?

Then what?

If we do, we may win the war
But we will be weak

Conquer the Symbolic Frog

We retrieve the key very quickly
We cut off their trade

And we throw them together

We only want coalition support

The final victory starts here
And you can get their honors

Yes

I'm this part

But this is impossible

Tunnels

Tunnels?

They used it to express it here
We do the same

But what about mines?

Abraham and his men planted mines
He himself knows where they are

We go straight to the headquarters

Do you think he'll tell you?

If he is with us he will tell us

She's a suicide
no it's not

He's not like the rest of them

Ok spring

You and the first unit go, secure the headquarters

Darkness is looking for you

Then we'll send you support

be careful

OK?

I will not let you down

I will not let you down

Matilda
Yes

Are you afraid of tight spaces?

Not

Ready to cross the tunnel with us?

Up there?
To the headquarters

I want someone to report what we're doing

There is a school there

With the kids

My son might be there too

Do you know anything about School Lions Cup?

That was where they taught the kids to kill

I'm going to get it back

I heard she might have been sent there

But I'm not sure
They keep the school open

Now here I am

The school is three streets away from the headquarters
On the hillside

We have two choices
Either we die or we fight

Some of us may ask ourselves

How far can I go?

If I see an enemy, can I kill the trigger?

The answer is yes

You have the ability to do everything

Your presence alone is a victory

Do not force a victory

Fight a victory

Now it's the enemy's turn to scare us

Because we are not afraid of anyone

When they hear a woman's voice
They tremble in fear

We were in a worse situation
What could be worse than that?

All they killed was our fear

With every sister who was taken captive
A warrior was born

And that's what they didn't understand

Our desire to live

What should we do today?
the war

What should we do today?
the war

Victory or Victory

Who gives us that?

U.S

Together we can be stronger than fear

Women, Life, Freedom

Comrade Amal

Lamia

Comrade Ararat

Amal

Flower

Comrade Rogin

Matilda and I

Stay behind us

Observe the distance

Amal
Amal

Go see she's alive

it is nothing

Look at me, Amal

look at me

Look into my eyes

stay with me

Read with me

Read from the bottom of your heart

Immobile

Do not move

let's go

Amen

Long live free Kurdistan

How beautiful they are

Very nice

Can you show me your pictures, Matilda?

He's the only one who can make us win

Do you think so?

You know it's different

Do you think there is another choice?

Spring

You told her my name is Spring Girl

hurry up
Tell her

After being captured, I was sold four times

They quickly lost interest after two weeks

Then they would sell you

Most of them were foreigners

It was a world trade

Whatever their nationality they are in the same order

And I was old for their taste

They paid more for girls from nine to ten years

I tried to run away from one of them

They grabbed me, whipped me

Then they sold it at the slave market

I had reached the end of the line
At the Forces House in Ninawa

You look tired

Can you sleep

How to sleep

I will not calm down until all of them are released

We presented an exit plan

This Dalia tried

With men in every city

If we can't get out
We buy those women

Did you not give the terrorists credit for this?

You prefer

Let ten-year-old girls be raped day and night?

of course not
But this is a real crisis

Aren't you afraid of the consequences?

threats?

I am threatened with death every day

Do you know this agent?

We met at the university

He was my master

The women I saved

I get a thank-you message every day

Death is nothing
I'll raise my head until I'm alive

I'll tell them I'm crazy

To go on television

And give me my phone number

And interview

I have to send this message to women out here

It's so important that everyone does something

They need us

Wherever you are we will help you

We will find you
Come help us become free

It's never too late

That's my phone number

5557503012325

Find a phone and tap
Anyway you can

But call me

Day or night
I'm here to answer you

God bless you

Ahmad, did you take my charger?

I don't know, look at my desk

Do you know what to do with someone stealing here?

I'm a prisoner
I saw you on television
Help us, spring

Your help is on the way

Send everything you know about your place

Number of People, Habits, Programs

You must move now
If Lamia wants to give birth

Today, at noon
You have ten minutes

Follow the instructions

We cannot pass through the door

They never lock it

They know for themselves that this city itself is a prison

Spring
If they catch us, kill us

They're killing us anyway

If we stay, they will kill us

If we go, they'll kill us

We did our laughter

If they kill us when we run away
Much better

what has happened?
Here it is

Where is?

We stay here until everything is calm

Abu Muhammad

Be quiet

they went

We should sleep downstairs tonight

Spring

what has happened?

Torn sack bag

Are you in pain
Yeah

We can't leave here after the baby is born

It's very dangerous

He has to wait until tomorrow
One of you must smuggle out of Nineveh

You can explain to the kid that now is a bad time

Don't get up

Lie ready for delivery

I call Dalia

It was not on the map

Five thousand

Five thousand more

Or they stay here

You walk towards the soldiers

They know your entry

Tell them Abu Hassan Hello

Hassan and Dalia

They take you to that side

Hi

Islamic government documents

Thank you, Abu Mohammed

No need to thank me

Lamia, this is the most important thirty meters of your life

I have to push it

If you press it now, we'll all die

do not give up

Twenty steps left

We count together

Twenty steps between you and freedom

Focus on the sound

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

eight

Not

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

twenty

Abu Hassan Hello

Welcome Sisters

Here I am
you are not alone

the girl

Good night, comrades

Good Night

I am proud of you

I'm very proud of you

Tomorrow is Victory Day

Americans

Why did you decide to volunteer?

I was in touch with the Ministry of Religious Affairs

They were holding hands in a video

They asked me to confirm that this is my son

Hamine was identified as a pupil of a school pupil in Cordoba

The next day
I told Lamia about the location of women

He told me
She doesn't want to be a victim

That he was in the war

They are just a series of former captives

That was my only chance to find Hamine

Did you notice you became a soldier?

You're always in a dangerous position

I don't have the courage

Witness my place

I didn't want to take up arms
This is not my story

Even if you report all these horrors

You feel useless

How are you saying this?

People need to know the truth

The effect that truth has on people

People care less about the truth

This is a remote flick
And the oppressors are still going strong

People buy promises

dreams

They try it all the way
To avoid seeing this awful thing

Doesn't mean that the truth is not worth the search

As smart as it may be

Now I'll do it for myself

And the people who follow me

Because this is the right feeling

Because that's enough

Because you inspire me

That's my direction
This is what moves me

The people you love don't make you move?

The man I loved exploded in front of me three months ago in Libya

Sometimes being a journalist is no better than being a soldier

And my daughter

But, yes, of course

He's the only one who keeps me going

I can't survive a week without it

one two three four

Amen

Amen

Amen

Don't shoot
There's a baby here

wait

Dead Lamia

mom

mom

Take care

Goodbye, Matilda

bye Bye

Can you hear, sisters?

What?

Silence

The spring commander closed his eyes

Focused on the dark
Silent May Muffle

A red scarf with pink flowers on her hair

Despite himself

Despite everything

It looked like a queen from the past

It's almost frozen outside

The clouds are endlessly embracing the trees

And they dance with the mountains

And they play with the land of love

It is so beautiful that it can erase the ugliness we saw

And these women are still alive

Standing In The Wind

Standing in front of everything

What they went through was unassailable

In one night
One Lonely Night

More than 7,000 women were captured

And used as sex slaves

And when I say women

I am in denial unbearable

They were also children

Exactly, they were baby girls

Helpless beings whose identities were suddenly destroyed

Raped

Sold

They were tortured

More than half returned in the following months

By escaping or being redeemed

And some of them
He even found the courage of war

The warrior women began to read

Our bodies and our blood feed the earth

Baby our baby

Our milk will be red

It will be spring at the time of our death

We believe

A new day begins

This will be a new era
Women, Life, Freedom

Women, Life, Freedom

I saw many wars

I saw many warriors

But I was never a member of a women's organization

And I found myself
Shake from head to toe

Returning to fragility
I thought I'd lost it a long time ago

You think you saw everything
You think you're tough

You think you're tired

And suddenly

do you remember
Why did you choose this profession?

The power of those who are alive fills you suddenly

With an absolute vital force

Spring asked me to write the truth after we separated

The thing that stays in my mind
There are women who were hunted

Those who raise their heads and grow

If each one falls, the other one will stand up

For me, Matilda H.
War Reporter

I trembled at the sound of their words

Perform a song
A powerful song

An old song

A song that encourages us to get up

Hope that goes against the human condition