To Guard a Mountain (2012) - full transcript
Shepherd Isa must obey his father's strict order to bring back the lost lamb. On top of the mountain, his little brother and companion, Hamid, is wounded and Isa must decide whether he should do as told or follow his own instinct.
Come here!
Show me how it's done.
Pull it together first.
Tighten it hard.
Pull it under.
Under!
No, you're doing it wrong.
I've told you a thousand times.
You can't even close a fence.
You're useless.
There!
If I were to die today,
you wouldn't manage on your own.
- Now what are you going to do?
- Find the lamb.
Do it right now.
- And you, go read something.
- There's no school today.
- Why didn't you say it was your fault?
- It wasn't!
Shut your mouth.
Go now.
Hey, get over here.
Lift that side.
Right there.
That's good.
What are you waiting for?
Find the lamb!
Mom, throw me my jacket!
- Ow! Dad!
- Now what?
Stop crying.
It's nothing.
I told you
not to play with that knife.
You're a big boy now.
You shouldn't cry for nothing.
Off you go!
Hello, Hadji, have you seen a lamb?
Give them to me.
What have you done? Run over
the cigarettes with a tractor?
Come on, walk.
Hello, aunt.
Have you seen our lamb?
- Aunt, have you seen our lamb?
- Are you deaf, or what?
Hello, have any of you seen a lamb?
Turn it the other way.
Watch out for the doors!
Use your heads, you idiots!
Put it down.
Put it down!
- What does it look like?
- Like a cow? It looks like a lamb!
- Have you lost it?
- No, I'm trying to find you a wife.
His father is going to
give him a beating.
Hey, do you have a cigarette?
Are you coming,
or should I send you home?
Isn't this dad's lighter?
- He gave it to me.
- You're scared he'll see you smoke.
Shut up! You walk around with
that stupid stick all day.
- You play as much as I do!
- Why do you always have that stick?
- I don't know. Because.
- Because. Stupid kid! Let's go.
- He has to be around here somewhere.
- It's a she!
- What?
- The lamb is a she, not a he.
I'll look by the aqueduct,
you look by the Snake Stone.
I don't know the way.
Don't act dumber than you are.
You know the way.
It's over there.
Look. There's the road.
Now go!
- What in the world are you doing?
- It started to rain.
Oh really?
Go out and start looking!
But it's so cold!
You think I feel sorry for you? Go!
Don't just stand there!
Keep looking!
What?
And then?
You kept calling,
but I didn't listen and ran off.
And then?
And then I climbed up a tree
and fell down.
And you have to say that I looked
after you, I told you not to climb.
And that you didn't listen to me.
- I know, I know.
- Repeat it for me.
I know. I know.
- You're a real man, you know that?
- I am?
Of course you are!
Remember when Nedgat hit his head?
He started crying like a little girl.
When was that?
When I broke those eggs
we had bought at the store.
And when we came home, dad was...
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
- Then we need to find the lamb.
- OK.
You broke those eggs
playing helicopter.
Hamid?
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
Here, drink this.
Enough?
Is it nearby?
- There!
- Isa, wait!
Hamid!
Hamid?
I think I fell asleep.
Where is the lamb?
- Who is that?
- I don't know.
- He has a pistol.
- It's not a pistol, it's a rifle.
Excuse me, have you seen a lamb?
Good evening, have you seen a lamb?
I have seen many lambs.
It's one lamb, walking alone.
No.
- What are you doing up here?
- Could I have a cigarette?
- I'm guarding my mountain.
- Is it yours?
Yes. From here, and all the way up there.
Where do you buy a mountain?
At the market?
My father left it to me.
We've been here a long time.
Then you must be really tired.
Do you really think you can call...
Keep going! Keep going!
What are you doing?
Stop kicking her!
- He doesn't listen!
- Give her some grass.
Dad doesn't give us candy
when we don't listen.
It's a she, not a he.
- There!
- Let's go.
Isa... Isa!
We're almost home.
I can't walk anymore.
Stop crying.
You're a man. Men don't cry.
I'm not a man.
Yes, you are!
If you aren't man enough for yourself,
you'll never achieve anything in life.
You want a cigarette?
Hamid, look.
Stop smoking!
You're too young to smoke.
Is that Hamid crying?
Who am I now?
- Stop! Don't do that.
- You have sand in your ear.
- We have to keep going.
- Be funny again.
- I will, at home. Dad's probably...
- I'm sleeping.
Hamid? Hamid!
Are you all right?
Come here.
Come here, you ass.
Where have you been?
I've searched everywhere!
The entire village
has been worried sick about you!
- What have you done to him?
- Nothing!
He didn't listen to me.
He fell from a tree.
Hamid? Hamid!
- I found the lamb.
- Forget about the damn lamb!
Isa.
He didn't fall from a tree.
I met Hassan yesterday.
That man that sells wood.
- You know Hassan, right?
- No.
His house is by the road into town.
He asked if I was interested in
some German wood for table legs.
I said, "No, no,
I have planted my own trees."
"And my son is helping me now."
He said, "Your son?
He's only a child."
And I told him,
"No, you don't know my son."
"He is strong."
"Like his father."
Show me how it's done.
Pull it together first.
Tighten it hard.
Pull it under.
Under!
No, you're doing it wrong.
I've told you a thousand times.
You can't even close a fence.
You're useless.
There!
If I were to die today,
you wouldn't manage on your own.
- Now what are you going to do?
- Find the lamb.
Do it right now.
- And you, go read something.
- There's no school today.
- Why didn't you say it was your fault?
- It wasn't!
Shut your mouth.
Go now.
Hey, get over here.
Lift that side.
Right there.
That's good.
What are you waiting for?
Find the lamb!
Mom, throw me my jacket!
- Ow! Dad!
- Now what?
Stop crying.
It's nothing.
I told you
not to play with that knife.
You're a big boy now.
You shouldn't cry for nothing.
Off you go!
Hello, Hadji, have you seen a lamb?
Give them to me.
What have you done? Run over
the cigarettes with a tractor?
Come on, walk.
Hello, aunt.
Have you seen our lamb?
- Aunt, have you seen our lamb?
- Are you deaf, or what?
Hello, have any of you seen a lamb?
Turn it the other way.
Watch out for the doors!
Use your heads, you idiots!
Put it down.
Put it down!
- What does it look like?
- Like a cow? It looks like a lamb!
- Have you lost it?
- No, I'm trying to find you a wife.
His father is going to
give him a beating.
Hey, do you have a cigarette?
Are you coming,
or should I send you home?
Isn't this dad's lighter?
- He gave it to me.
- You're scared he'll see you smoke.
Shut up! You walk around with
that stupid stick all day.
- You play as much as I do!
- Why do you always have that stick?
- I don't know. Because.
- Because. Stupid kid! Let's go.
- He has to be around here somewhere.
- It's a she!
- What?
- The lamb is a she, not a he.
I'll look by the aqueduct,
you look by the Snake Stone.
I don't know the way.
Don't act dumber than you are.
You know the way.
It's over there.
Look. There's the road.
Now go!
- What in the world are you doing?
- It started to rain.
Oh really?
Go out and start looking!
But it's so cold!
You think I feel sorry for you? Go!
Don't just stand there!
Keep looking!
What?
And then?
You kept calling,
but I didn't listen and ran off.
And then?
And then I climbed up a tree
and fell down.
And you have to say that I looked
after you, I told you not to climb.
And that you didn't listen to me.
- I know, I know.
- Repeat it for me.
I know. I know.
- You're a real man, you know that?
- I am?
Of course you are!
Remember when Nedgat hit his head?
He started crying like a little girl.
When was that?
When I broke those eggs
we had bought at the store.
And when we came home, dad was...
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
- Then we need to find the lamb.
- OK.
You broke those eggs
playing helicopter.
Hamid?
- Are you all right?
- Yes.
Here, drink this.
Enough?
Is it nearby?
- There!
- Isa, wait!
Hamid!
Hamid?
I think I fell asleep.
Where is the lamb?
- Who is that?
- I don't know.
- He has a pistol.
- It's not a pistol, it's a rifle.
Excuse me, have you seen a lamb?
Good evening, have you seen a lamb?
I have seen many lambs.
It's one lamb, walking alone.
No.
- What are you doing up here?
- Could I have a cigarette?
- I'm guarding my mountain.
- Is it yours?
Yes. From here, and all the way up there.
Where do you buy a mountain?
At the market?
My father left it to me.
We've been here a long time.
Then you must be really tired.
Do you really think you can call...
Keep going! Keep going!
What are you doing?
Stop kicking her!
- He doesn't listen!
- Give her some grass.
Dad doesn't give us candy
when we don't listen.
It's a she, not a he.
- There!
- Let's go.
Isa... Isa!
We're almost home.
I can't walk anymore.
Stop crying.
You're a man. Men don't cry.
I'm not a man.
Yes, you are!
If you aren't man enough for yourself,
you'll never achieve anything in life.
You want a cigarette?
Hamid, look.
Stop smoking!
You're too young to smoke.
Is that Hamid crying?
Who am I now?
- Stop! Don't do that.
- You have sand in your ear.
- We have to keep going.
- Be funny again.
- I will, at home. Dad's probably...
- I'm sleeping.
Hamid? Hamid!
Are you all right?
Come here.
Come here, you ass.
Where have you been?
I've searched everywhere!
The entire village
has been worried sick about you!
- What have you done to him?
- Nothing!
He didn't listen to me.
He fell from a tree.
Hamid? Hamid!
- I found the lamb.
- Forget about the damn lamb!
Isa.
He didn't fall from a tree.
I met Hassan yesterday.
That man that sells wood.
- You know Hassan, right?
- No.
His house is by the road into town.
He asked if I was interested in
some German wood for table legs.
I said, "No, no,
I have planted my own trees."
"And my son is helping me now."
He said, "Your son?
He's only a child."
And I told him,
"No, you don't know my son."
"He is strong."
"Like his father."