What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love (2013) - full transcript
At a high school for the visually impaired in Jakarta, Indonesia, the students are like any other teenagers: they attend classes, pursue artistic endeavors, and fall in love. The most privileged of the bunch, Diana, patiently awaits signs of womanhood and humors her mother's attempts to mold her into the perfect girl. The beautiful Fitri has no shortage of male attention and enters into a passionate affair with, unbeknownst to her, a hearing-impaired punk rocker who is masquerading as a doctor. Meanwhile, Maya, blind since birth, aspires to be an actress and performer. Regardless of physical barriers, the students find ways to communicate and collaborate, enabling them to connect-with each other and to the outside world.
A seagull flies high up in the sky.
Calling his cry toward the sun.
Carrying my fantasies
down touching the foam.
Then gone is he above the sea.
All of a sudden I
was simply shaken up.
My eyes were shattered flat.
A tiny boat was
swinging up and down.
For some old fishing fad.
For three days long the
moon didn't show up.
The sky was empty
although without clouds.
All of a sudden I understood
the song that seagull sang.
It was minor blue melody.
A lonely wounded heart's pang.
He had no friend
to share his misery.
And certainly not to
split the saddest part.
Who is it?
Andhika.
Sorry.
Hello.
Mother?
Diana is in class.
Today?
Diana has promised Fitri already.
I'm sorry, yes, Diana understands.
Alright, alright.
OK, Diana will wait for your call.
Good day.
I'm sorry.
Ma'am!
Yes!
Thank you, Ma'am.
Good day.
Good day to you.
Your perfume, is it Fantasy?
How do you know?
A friend wore that.
You want?
What is it?
It's good.
Yes, good.
Seventy three.
Seventy four.
Seventy five.
Seventy six.
Seventy seven.
Seventy eight.
Seventy nine.
Eighty.
Eighty one.
Eighty two.
Eighty three.
Eighty four.
Eighty five.
Eighty six.
Eighty seven.
Eighty eight.
Eighty nine.
Ninety.
Ninety one.
Ninety two.
Ninety three.
Ninety four.
Ninety five.
Ninety six.
Ninety seven.
Ninety eight.
Ninety nine.
One hundred.
Fitri?
Wake up, don't sleep.
Yes, what is it?
Where's my eye?
My eye.
Your perfume is Fantasy, right?
That's right.
Joe?
Why are you here in the rain?
Can I come in?
Um...
Might as well.
But don't sit on the couch.
It'll get wet.
And don't step on the rug!
Fine, I'll just float then.
Or go home.
No.
What do you want?
Why don't you call first?
I threw my phone away.
Because everytime I held it
I'd always wanted to
see your pictures.
I can't take it.
I love you too much.
I can't take that we've broken up.
That's the problem, Joe.
I am a simple person.
You are full of dramas.
This is because I love you too much.
Anything that I see...
It makes me think of you.
Seeing a dress at a store...
I wanna buy it for you.
Even when I see pebbles on a road..
I wanna carved it
into a ring for you.
I'm sorry, Joe.
I can't.
I'll change.
I promise I'll be a
drama king no more.
You are being a drama king now.
Do you love me?
Joe...
Do you love me?
Yes.
Then...
Please give me a chance.
That's not the problem.
Tell me what the problem is.
Who's that?
I'm her husband.
Y-you said you were divorced.
Yes, that's right, Joe.
But..
We just decided to get back together.
I'm sorry, Joe.
I understand.
Boring.
It's always about love.
How will Joe's love story end?
Wait on how Joe's story
continues next week!
And don't forget...
Don't miss a horror
story about Fynta...
Who has the ability to see ghosts.
Tonight at eleven.
Beware, it's a very scary story...
Mario's mobile
twenty-nine-o-sixty-seven.
Mother's mobile
thirty-o-sixty-seven.
Hello.
Mother?
Finally, Mother.
Diana is a woman now.
Yes, Mother.
But is he good to you?
That's good.
Here?
No, not yet.
It's not like that at all.
OK.
I can still call
you sometime, can I?
Alright.
Bye.
If not a singer, then an actress.
Can a blind person
become an actress?
If she's pretty.
Are you?
Am I?
You are.
Very much.
I'll ask to the Ghost Doctor then.
Ghosts can't grant wishes.
They can!
They can, right?
Depends.
Some can, some cannot.
Too long!
Some can, some cannot.
Some can, some cannot.
So when will you go with me?
Anytime.
Di...
I'll leave you just
for a while, OK?
Yes, it's fine.
Ma'am, how much?
Who is it?
Who is it!
Your.
Boyfriend.
Has.
A mole.
Fitri! At the rearview mirror!
What's there?
Something is following us.
What does it look like?
I think it is a woman.
And she's pregnant!
Is she still following us?
Not anymore.
She's waving at us!
She's waving at us!
Behind us?
Yes.
Done?
Showing...
One new short message.
Seventeen-slash-twenty-four-fraction.
From Mother.
Your father is sick.
If you have some money...
Send it to Mother.
Please help, Dear.
Full stop-comma-full stop.
Press one for option.
Press two to return.
Doc.
Doctor.
Forgive me, Doc.
Am I disturbing you?
I know...
Doctor must be wanting to rest.
Don't wanna know any
business of the living.
But something is bothering me.
I want to tell you all about it.
I promise.
I won't ask anything about your past.
Does Doctor remember Mrs. Dirah?
She used to say...
She chatted with Doctor,
here on Thursday nights.
She said this place was a hospital.
Then the hospital was caught on fire.
But Doctor chose to
die with your patients.
I'm willing...
...to become one of them.
Who is it?
Doc?
Does Doctor hear me?
What about Thursday night?
OK.
I'll come again the
day after tomorrow.
Good evening, may I help you?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What kind of cigarretes do girls buy?
Huh?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Girls.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \ What kind
of cigarretes do they buy?
I am sorry, I don't understand.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Girls.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What kind of cigarretes do they buy?
Diana?
Diana.
Diana!
Diana!
Hold this.
Are these cigarettes?
Yes, these are cigarettes.
What brand?
Cha-pree.
Nice color.
And this one?
Any writing?
Yes.
Stress reliever.
Medicine one.
Cigarettes.
Medicine two.
Write letters.
Braille OK.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare'
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
A flower that was picked.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \ From a place
where Cupid's arrow had fell.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \ If its dew was
put on a person's sleeping eyes.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Then that person will fall in love.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
With the first person that person sees.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
The moment he opens his eyes.
O, Mother and Father.
Good morning.
I am going to school.
I'll see you again in a while.
Happy studying, Child.
Be full of spirit.
Always be diligent.
Of course, you can do it.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
And that will be the proof that.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
You are a noble student.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
O, Mother and Father.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Good morning.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
I am going to school.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
I'll see you again in a while.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Always be diligent.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Of course, you can do it.
'Distinguished Doctor, it was that
song that took me away from home'
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Auntie.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Have we arrived at the cemetery...
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
...near the banana trees yet?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Can we stop by for a while?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Cemetery of family?
'Before I leave, I want to say
goodbye to Grandmother Mariah'
'My neighbours said if Grandmother
Mariah appeared she'd grant any wish'
'And that day my wish came
true, Distinguished Doctor'
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What was your wish?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
I wanted to get away...
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
...far from this village.
Doctor?
'Name: Maya, Age:18,
Height: 155 cm, Weight: 40kg'
OK, now face to the right.
Not right enough.
A bit more to the right.
Alright.
Now face to the left.
I am Maya.
Eighteen years old.
I am a senior at
Rawinala Special School.
When did you become blind?
Um, I mean, not being able to see.
Since I was born.
So, you don't know what
kind of color red is?
Red?
The color of bravery.
White is for purity.
Yeah, yeah.
Try to read that.
You can rehearse first.
Have to be memorized?
Why not.
Camera rolling.
Yes, action!
Mother!
Mother!
Mira can't see anything, Mother!
It's all black, Mother!
More emotional!
- More, more!
- Help Mira, Mother!
- What's wrong with Mira's eyes?
- Still not enough.
More sadness!
You can sing, right?
I can.
OK, let's start.
Whatever song you want.
Point your feet!
...maybe we should go together?
- Maybe, yes.
- Get changed downstairs, right?
- Then call me later!
- OK.
Diana on that last bit...
It's like, she can't
keep up with Renny.
Right, Ren?
How was it?
Di?
Why didn't you put any make up?
Min, pull over for a bit.
A seagull...
...flies high up in the sky.
Calling his cry...
...toward the sun.
Carrying my fantasies...
...touching the foam.
Then gone is he above the sea.
Aren't you beautiful, see?
Remember the time we first met?
Your sweet talk was so good.
You said that...
...before this you'd never
believed in love at first sight.
It wasn't logical.
And then you said...
...you defied all logic.
Hearing it made my heart raced.
Flirt!
But I can't forget that day.
In the middle of our
way, you asked me...
...whether I had feelings for you.
I said that I did.
Then you pulled over straight away...
...unfastened your seatbelt...
...and kissed me.
Our first kiss.
Remember?
Then you took my virginity.
I told you it was a sin!
We had to marry first.
As if it was for sure I
would marry you one day.
But then you said...
...what is the beauty of a hymen...
...if can only be
enjoyed by one man?
But of course, after
that the hymen is gone!
It was like a dream.
Maybe, I fell in love with
the feeling of being in love.
Maybe.
Forgive me, Do.
If only I was deaf and mute.
Don't have to listen to you talking.
Don't have to think so hard...
...of what I should say
after you said all this.
But, well, what else to do?
Boys fall in love
with what they see.
But, girls.
They fall in love
with what they hear.
If you were mute, you
couldn't sweet talked me.
Who knows?
Flattery doesn't have to use words.
Then, what else?
Using...
...kisses.
And?
And...
...magical moments.
Mark time.
Mark!
Bold motion.
March!
Veer to the left.
March!
Halt!
One step to forward.
March!
Right and left face!
One, two, three.
Flag is ready!
To the red and white flag.
Salute up!
Indonesia, my homeland.
The land where I shed my blood.
Right there, I stand.
To be a scout of my motherland.
Indonesia, my nationality.
My nation and my homeland.
Let us exclaim.
Indonesia unites.
Long live my land,
long live my state.
My nation, my people, entirely.
Let us build its soul,
let us build its body.
For the Great Indonesia.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
My land, my country which I love.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
Long live Great Indonesia.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
My land, my country which I love.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
Long live Great Indonesia.
Order arm!
Ready?
Maybe you already know...
...but I've liked you all along.
I know.
You never said anything.
What should I say?
You, you like me, right?
Like that?
Doctor?
Doc?
Ma'am, get up.
Sit.
IN JAVANESE \
You understand Javanese?
IN JAVANESE \
A little.
IN JAVANESE \
Your massage is very good.
Hard enough?
IN JAVANESE \
He can't hear you.
IN JAVANESE \
Deaf!
IN JAVANESE \ Since I picked
him up in a trash can...
IN JAVANESE \
...behind my parent's house.
IN JAVANESE \
You have to speak...
IN JAVANESE \
...right in front of his face.
IN JAVANESE \
So he can see what you say.
Hard enough?
Like that?
IN JAVANESE \
Yes, like that.
IN JAVANESE \
He understands.
IN ARABIC \
Good day.
IN ARABIC \
Good day to you.
Doctor?
E...
D...
O...
Calling his cry toward the sun.
Carrying my fantasies
down touching the foam.
Then gone is he above the sea.
All of a sudden I
was simply shaken up.
My eyes were shattered flat.
A tiny boat was
swinging up and down.
For some old fishing fad.
For three days long the
moon didn't show up.
The sky was empty
although without clouds.
All of a sudden I understood
the song that seagull sang.
It was minor blue melody.
A lonely wounded heart's pang.
He had no friend
to share his misery.
And certainly not to
split the saddest part.
Who is it?
Andhika.
Sorry.
Hello.
Mother?
Diana is in class.
Today?
Diana has promised Fitri already.
I'm sorry, yes, Diana understands.
Alright, alright.
OK, Diana will wait for your call.
Good day.
I'm sorry.
Ma'am!
Yes!
Thank you, Ma'am.
Good day.
Good day to you.
Your perfume, is it Fantasy?
How do you know?
A friend wore that.
You want?
What is it?
It's good.
Yes, good.
Seventy three.
Seventy four.
Seventy five.
Seventy six.
Seventy seven.
Seventy eight.
Seventy nine.
Eighty.
Eighty one.
Eighty two.
Eighty three.
Eighty four.
Eighty five.
Eighty six.
Eighty seven.
Eighty eight.
Eighty nine.
Ninety.
Ninety one.
Ninety two.
Ninety three.
Ninety four.
Ninety five.
Ninety six.
Ninety seven.
Ninety eight.
Ninety nine.
One hundred.
Fitri?
Wake up, don't sleep.
Yes, what is it?
Where's my eye?
My eye.
Your perfume is Fantasy, right?
That's right.
Joe?
Why are you here in the rain?
Can I come in?
Um...
Might as well.
But don't sit on the couch.
It'll get wet.
And don't step on the rug!
Fine, I'll just float then.
Or go home.
No.
What do you want?
Why don't you call first?
I threw my phone away.
Because everytime I held it
I'd always wanted to
see your pictures.
I can't take it.
I love you too much.
I can't take that we've broken up.
That's the problem, Joe.
I am a simple person.
You are full of dramas.
This is because I love you too much.
Anything that I see...
It makes me think of you.
Seeing a dress at a store...
I wanna buy it for you.
Even when I see pebbles on a road..
I wanna carved it
into a ring for you.
I'm sorry, Joe.
I can't.
I'll change.
I promise I'll be a
drama king no more.
You are being a drama king now.
Do you love me?
Joe...
Do you love me?
Yes.
Then...
Please give me a chance.
That's not the problem.
Tell me what the problem is.
Who's that?
I'm her husband.
Y-you said you were divorced.
Yes, that's right, Joe.
But..
We just decided to get back together.
I'm sorry, Joe.
I understand.
Boring.
It's always about love.
How will Joe's love story end?
Wait on how Joe's story
continues next week!
And don't forget...
Don't miss a horror
story about Fynta...
Who has the ability to see ghosts.
Tonight at eleven.
Beware, it's a very scary story...
Mario's mobile
twenty-nine-o-sixty-seven.
Mother's mobile
thirty-o-sixty-seven.
Hello.
Mother?
Finally, Mother.
Diana is a woman now.
Yes, Mother.
But is he good to you?
That's good.
Here?
No, not yet.
It's not like that at all.
OK.
I can still call
you sometime, can I?
Alright.
Bye.
If not a singer, then an actress.
Can a blind person
become an actress?
If she's pretty.
Are you?
Am I?
You are.
Very much.
I'll ask to the Ghost Doctor then.
Ghosts can't grant wishes.
They can!
They can, right?
Depends.
Some can, some cannot.
Too long!
Some can, some cannot.
Some can, some cannot.
So when will you go with me?
Anytime.
Di...
I'll leave you just
for a while, OK?
Yes, it's fine.
Ma'am, how much?
Who is it?
Who is it!
Your.
Boyfriend.
Has.
A mole.
Fitri! At the rearview mirror!
What's there?
Something is following us.
What does it look like?
I think it is a woman.
And she's pregnant!
Is she still following us?
Not anymore.
She's waving at us!
She's waving at us!
Behind us?
Yes.
Done?
Showing...
One new short message.
Seventeen-slash-twenty-four-fraction.
From Mother.
Your father is sick.
If you have some money...
Send it to Mother.
Please help, Dear.
Full stop-comma-full stop.
Press one for option.
Press two to return.
Doc.
Doctor.
Forgive me, Doc.
Am I disturbing you?
I know...
Doctor must be wanting to rest.
Don't wanna know any
business of the living.
But something is bothering me.
I want to tell you all about it.
I promise.
I won't ask anything about your past.
Does Doctor remember Mrs. Dirah?
She used to say...
She chatted with Doctor,
here on Thursday nights.
She said this place was a hospital.
Then the hospital was caught on fire.
But Doctor chose to
die with your patients.
I'm willing...
...to become one of them.
Who is it?
Doc?
Does Doctor hear me?
What about Thursday night?
OK.
I'll come again the
day after tomorrow.
Good evening, may I help you?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What kind of cigarretes do girls buy?
Huh?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Girls.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \ What kind
of cigarretes do they buy?
I am sorry, I don't understand.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Girls.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What kind of cigarretes do they buy?
Diana?
Diana.
Diana!
Diana!
Hold this.
Are these cigarettes?
Yes, these are cigarettes.
What brand?
Cha-pree.
Nice color.
And this one?
Any writing?
Yes.
Stress reliever.
Medicine one.
Cigarettes.
Medicine two.
Write letters.
Braille OK.
'A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare'
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
A flower that was picked.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \ From a place
where Cupid's arrow had fell.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \ If its dew was
put on a person's sleeping eyes.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Then that person will fall in love.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
With the first person that person sees.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
The moment he opens his eyes.
O, Mother and Father.
Good morning.
I am going to school.
I'll see you again in a while.
Happy studying, Child.
Be full of spirit.
Always be diligent.
Of course, you can do it.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
And that will be the proof that.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
You are a noble student.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
O, Mother and Father.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Good morning.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
I am going to school.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
I'll see you again in a while.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Always be diligent.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Of course, you can do it.
'Distinguished Doctor, it was that
song that took me away from home'
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Auntie.
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Have we arrived at the cemetery...
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
...near the banana trees yet?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Can we stop by for a while?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
Cemetery of family?
'Before I leave, I want to say
goodbye to Grandmother Mariah'
'My neighbours said if Grandmother
Mariah appeared she'd grant any wish'
'And that day my wish came
true, Distinguished Doctor'
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
What was your wish?
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
I wanted to get away...
IN SIGN LANGUAGE \
...far from this village.
Doctor?
'Name: Maya, Age:18,
Height: 155 cm, Weight: 40kg'
OK, now face to the right.
Not right enough.
A bit more to the right.
Alright.
Now face to the left.
I am Maya.
Eighteen years old.
I am a senior at
Rawinala Special School.
When did you become blind?
Um, I mean, not being able to see.
Since I was born.
So, you don't know what
kind of color red is?
Red?
The color of bravery.
White is for purity.
Yeah, yeah.
Try to read that.
You can rehearse first.
Have to be memorized?
Why not.
Camera rolling.
Yes, action!
Mother!
Mother!
Mira can't see anything, Mother!
It's all black, Mother!
More emotional!
- More, more!
- Help Mira, Mother!
- What's wrong with Mira's eyes?
- Still not enough.
More sadness!
You can sing, right?
I can.
OK, let's start.
Whatever song you want.
Point your feet!
...maybe we should go together?
- Maybe, yes.
- Get changed downstairs, right?
- Then call me later!
- OK.
Diana on that last bit...
It's like, she can't
keep up with Renny.
Right, Ren?
How was it?
Di?
Why didn't you put any make up?
Min, pull over for a bit.
A seagull...
...flies high up in the sky.
Calling his cry...
...toward the sun.
Carrying my fantasies...
...touching the foam.
Then gone is he above the sea.
Aren't you beautiful, see?
Remember the time we first met?
Your sweet talk was so good.
You said that...
...before this you'd never
believed in love at first sight.
It wasn't logical.
And then you said...
...you defied all logic.
Hearing it made my heart raced.
Flirt!
But I can't forget that day.
In the middle of our
way, you asked me...
...whether I had feelings for you.
I said that I did.
Then you pulled over straight away...
...unfastened your seatbelt...
...and kissed me.
Our first kiss.
Remember?
Then you took my virginity.
I told you it was a sin!
We had to marry first.
As if it was for sure I
would marry you one day.
But then you said...
...what is the beauty of a hymen...
...if can only be
enjoyed by one man?
But of course, after
that the hymen is gone!
It was like a dream.
Maybe, I fell in love with
the feeling of being in love.
Maybe.
Forgive me, Do.
If only I was deaf and mute.
Don't have to listen to you talking.
Don't have to think so hard...
...of what I should say
after you said all this.
But, well, what else to do?
Boys fall in love
with what they see.
But, girls.
They fall in love
with what they hear.
If you were mute, you
couldn't sweet talked me.
Who knows?
Flattery doesn't have to use words.
Then, what else?
Using...
...kisses.
And?
And...
...magical moments.
Mark time.
Mark!
Bold motion.
March!
Veer to the left.
March!
Halt!
One step to forward.
March!
Right and left face!
One, two, three.
Flag is ready!
To the red and white flag.
Salute up!
Indonesia, my homeland.
The land where I shed my blood.
Right there, I stand.
To be a scout of my motherland.
Indonesia, my nationality.
My nation and my homeland.
Let us exclaim.
Indonesia unites.
Long live my land,
long live my state.
My nation, my people, entirely.
Let us build its soul,
let us build its body.
For the Great Indonesia.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
My land, my country which I love.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
Long live Great Indonesia.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
My land, my country which I love.
Great Indonesia,
independent and sovereign.
Long live Great Indonesia.
Order arm!
Ready?
Maybe you already know...
...but I've liked you all along.
I know.
You never said anything.
What should I say?
You, you like me, right?
Like that?
Doctor?
Doc?
Ma'am, get up.
Sit.
IN JAVANESE \
You understand Javanese?
IN JAVANESE \
A little.
IN JAVANESE \
Your massage is very good.
Hard enough?
IN JAVANESE \
He can't hear you.
IN JAVANESE \
Deaf!
IN JAVANESE \ Since I picked
him up in a trash can...
IN JAVANESE \
...behind my parent's house.
IN JAVANESE \
You have to speak...
IN JAVANESE \
...right in front of his face.
IN JAVANESE \
So he can see what you say.
Hard enough?
Like that?
IN JAVANESE \
Yes, like that.
IN JAVANESE \
He understands.
IN ARABIC \
Good day.
IN ARABIC \
Good day to you.
Doctor?
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