You scare me sometimes, you know.
Now I understand why the old man chose you for the feathers.
Sure you want to go on?
Yes.
This is the last outpost - after this, no roads,
no way to return; the unknown.
Yes, I know.
What's that about?
What are they saying?
Talk softly... this is a restricted area.
Officially, we can't keep going.
They're talking about horses.
Horses? What for?
In a while it'll get steeper, we'll have to leave the car.
We'll need horses... he knows who
may be able to sell us some.
He's turning us onto them.
Who are they?
I don't know. I've never been there.
They're riper up here - there's more sun.
Any more room in your sack?
A little, that's ok. You?
Hardly. Can you open yours?
Yes, wait...
I don't know... is it ok?
Yes, wait...
We'll bring a lot back, eh?
Yes.
It's fun here... it feels good.
You like it?
I feel very good, it's crazy.
I feel completely changed.
It's true, you do seem to have changed a lot...
Think so?
Enough for everyone, eh?
Careful...
Oh, all over my blouse.
It's heavy.
I want to have Olivier taste them.
Want me to help?
No, this is fine.
You're pretty big.
There's a root, that's why.
All right, let's go.
Do you have a rag?
What for?
To rub this out!
Oh. Why?
There's no joy here.
True, after what you're doing, there's no joy.
It's all phoney, false.
I have nothing to do with you.
This drawing doesn't mean anything.
What's going on?
-She's not happy? -No.
Where are you going?
I'm leaving. The vacation is over.
You know... in a Zen monastery one day...
there are 20 monks and a young nun,
who are studying,
and the young nun is very pretty,
so many monks fall in love with her.
Then one day,
one of them sends her a letter
requesting a secret meeting.
So she doesn't reply,
and the next morning
the Zen master reads to the group,
and after the reading,
the young nun gets up
and, in front of everybody,
she says to the one who sent the letter:
"Now, if you really love me,
"come up and kiss me."
You see, that's open love.
I'm no more with Olivier than with Gaetan.
I'm not in love with Olivier either.
Look, Vivian, don't ruin everything now.
All I know is, I don't want to stay.
I want to leave now.
I know, I've been through that too.
I suffered a lot...
and then one day... one day I understood that...
actually, little by little, I understood that love
is something much bigger than that.
See, the way you love Olivier
is for your own pleasure, your own satisfaction,
but not for his...
that is, you take what you like, what suits you,
but you don't give.
For example, there's the ocean...
the ocean is love...
and then there's a little bottle floating in the ocean,
with water inside it, drifting in the ocean.
The little bottle is you;
but if you break the little bottle,
no more solitary bottle, just the ocean.
Understand?
You know, I love you Vivian.
Really.
Look at that.
It's a Bird of Paradise.
Is it dead?
Seen my dress?
According to the Chinaman, this is it.
Don't sulk.
I'm not sulking.
I hate killing birds too,
I could have acted the same.
I just had to give it to him - it was dead. I was stupid.
Because of me, your expedition is stopped...
No.
Yes!
No, we'll find another way.
I bring bad luck.
Shut up.
Olivier, how much does a horse cost?
Let's go back to see them.
Offer them double, ok?
They won't do it, after the bird business.
Think so?
Listen, here, this is all my money.
They'll take it... it's nearly $1 200. Here!
Those two pigs!
A couple more cents... see... there. All I have.
We'll see if they'll take it or not.
How will you speak to the mountain tribesman?
Must be pretty difficult...
No really, how do you do it?
See, no need to talk to communicate.
Still, if we stay a long time...
To be able to say things...
He's eating my head!
You do this?
Look, Vivian, a possum!
It's pretty!
Careful!
When are we going to leave?
For the valley?
Yes, for the valley.
We're ready,
they've told you all the trails.
So what are we waiting for?
We're not ready.
We're waiting to be ready.
See, they're calling everyone around here to the festival.
Gaetan told me.
I'd love to do the make-up,
and join in the festival.
Everyone gathered here will
eat the flesh of the pigs together,
to honor our ancestors.
For the first time, whites
participate in this ceremony.
Our ancestors would have been astonished.
I am proud, and I hope
they will take my name
to the far side of the world.
I salute the white women who have crossed
the great jungle to be with us.
I wish to speak too.
I am the only man present
from the Mul tribe, which could not come because
of the swollen rivers.
Prepare yourselves...
the food will be passed out.
Olivier, isn't it wonderful...
We've become so close to them.
We're practically like them.
Look at Gaetan and Hermine... it's great!
I'm happy.
We've found truth, you know.
What's wrong, Olivier?
It's just the opposite.
What's the opposite?
We're lying.
Whatever Gaetan says, we're tourists here.
What do you mean, tourists?
I don't get it, what's that supposed to mean?
It's disgusting, hearing you talk like that,
you've spent months here with Gaetan, and that's all...
You don't understand. What are you, stupid?
Dancing's easy. Could you work with them?
Yes, absolutely!
Women are even more exploited here.
You know, Vivian,
among the Kombugas,
society is bound by very strict rules.
Same with ours.
It's not the same thing...
We're trying to break ours.
When they dance,
it's not just for the pleasure of it,
it's to obey something.
Look, this is the cemetery,
they're dancing on their dead.
We seek after pleasure, and maybe peace.
They couldn't care less about that.
I don't know, Olivier, but look at this festival.
Everyone's happy together.
Why do we all understand, without words... Iike real friends?
Why the understanding, why is it so simple here, eh?
It's ok. But that doesn't mean much.
You really disappoint me.
You're just like my husband.
Sure, we all like each other,
but it doesn't go any farther.
How can you expect real rapports
between us, who tear down our social restrictions,
and them, who live in terror and...
and respect for taboos?
I don't know... but it's possible.
We're finding something else, that's all.
Don't you believe in mysterious forces?
Oh, sure, very much.
But not in their way.
For us, that's impossible.
One can't forget one's past, Vivian.
It's not possible
to undo your conditioning.
Once it's lost, innocence can't be found again.
Paradise is a place with many exits,
but no entrance...
There's no way back from knowledge...
When you fall from grace, that's it.
I wonder, to find it again, whether
we shouldn't do just the opposite
of what we've done...
If we shouldn't take another bite
out of the apple.
What are you doing?
I think we've gone the wrong way.
If the Urai mts. are there, Mt. Umasa isn't there, but there.
Got the compass?
We'll have to try to go that way.
Where is it?
See that hill?
After that there's a big mountain,
after the mountain, it's farther,
farther, farther, farther...
It's very far?
It's very close.
But I don't think the horses will get through that jungle.
We must go now!
We'll turn them loose and let them find their way back.
We may be taking a chance.
I know...
Want to turn loose the other two?
Yes.
Where are the horses?
Gone.
Something wrong?
He's asking if we're going to the top.
They're saying it's dangerous.
Mama.
When do we get there?
Hermine's dizzy, she can't walk any more.
It's not serious, just the altitude.
I'm hungry... I'm thirsty...
I'm tired of this.
Wait a little.
This is the last one.
Thank you.
You know, we're...
I'm hungry.
I'm thirsty.
But I told you, there's nothing left to eat.
The valley!
The valley... I see it!