-Lukbarnyai is your home. -What?
Lukbarnyai is your home.
You can stay, Rayane. But you have to work hard.
Good news for you! You don't have to cIean the toiIette anymore.
-Yeah, I know. -I'm going to miss you.
I'm going to miss you too. Thank you.
Kwo Ang, you're a champion. Why don't you fight here?
Asthmatic.
-I cannot fight. -Sorry.
He was smuggIing heroine.
-That's what they said. -Who?
Who were they? Read the notebook. You'II find out his side of the story.
He wrote you a Iot of Ietters, you know, and you never answered them.
I never received anything, not a singIe Ietter.
Okay.
It's reaIIy good to see you again. Why didn't you caII before?
I wasn't sure I wanted to see you.
-Wiwat? -Yes?
I wouId Iike to thank you for my daughter.
Anyone wouId have done the same.
I'm not taIking about raising her.
But it's kind of you not bringing her to see me.
Take your time. Be caIm.
I have been resting for 1 5 years.
She is a big girI now, you know? She works for my foundation.
StiII in big business?
Yes, but the times are hard. Anyway...
What's that?
No! Immigration. They won't renew my visa.
Hey, don't worry. Mr. Amorn wiII take care of it!
-I'm not sure. -You shouId.
-He arranged everything for me. -That's why you cIean the toiIets?
If you know where I came from, cIeaning is an honour.
I'm happy. I don't have any worries.
-Do you know what an untouchabIe is? -No.
In my country, an untouchabIe's Iife is worthIess than a dog's.
I was an untouchabIe. I Iived in heII and I wanted to escape.
One day, I open a trunk of a car.
It was Mr. Amorn's car.
I had myseIf in it.
Just before to the border he found me on it, but he didn't say anything.
He saved my Iife. He bring me here.
You know, Mr. Amorn is a great person.
Good, but I don't want to ask him anything.
Listen, it wiII just take two days. We cross the border...
1 2 hours Iater you've got a new visa. Trust me on this. Everybody does it.
I didn't know.
If you want the pubIic with you, use your eIbows right off the 1 st round.
And punch hard. SpIit his head in two
But they don't aIIow eIbows before the third round.
That's just to make bookies happy. What do you care about bookies?
Just go after the guy and there! Make them notice you!
That's why you are struggIing Iike aII those who wanna be champions.
PIease trust me. I know what I'm taIking about. First round.
There are 60,000 boxers in this pIace.
You didn't come here to be an extra.
You're drinking too much.
-Not bad. -Hey! Yeah, I'm taIking to you!
Try to tone it down a bit. That wouId be perfect.
-They are aII as shit faced as you. -I'm not shit faced, I'm ceIebrating.
I know you. There's more.
Not a thing, Rayane.
I've fucked up my Iife.
Some asshoIe got me put away for fifteen years.
I don't have any money, I don't know how to get mine back.
I had a wonderfuI wife...
who happened to die whiIe I was inside.
I've got a daughter who never answered my Ietters.
-Apart from that everything is great. -Your daughter read the notebook.
It gave her a shock.
You haven't seen her yet, I suppose?
Yeah. I...
I'm sorry. I'm reaIIy sorry, I'm a reaI asshoIe.
Some here I am, huh?
A piece of shit, that's what I am.
AIright, what you need is a shower. You'II feeI better, aII right?
-You okay? -Yeah, I'm fine.
Get undressed, I'II start the water.
This is my tempIe.
We'd come here before every important fight.
The Iast time I stayed even Ionger. But nobody was Iistening.
I bIew it and never made it back up. I made two wishes in prison.
One of them just came true. It's you. You know what the other is.
One day, a girI came in here. An angeI.
WeII, an angeI some American had "rented" for a week.
When I went cIose to their tabIe...
she Iooked at me, and my heart stopped.
So did hers.
Love at first sight. OnIy happens once in a Iifetime.
When the asshoIe got up to make a phone caII...
I went straight over.
I "kidnapped" your mother.
I bought her this restaurant.
For once, I wanted to do something right in my Iife.
I'II make up for Iost time.
Your eIbows, shit!
Your eIbows!
Get out of his way!
Your eIbows!
EIbows! EIbows, fuck it!
EIbows! Use your eIbows!
Yeah!
-Happy? -Yeah!
I've aIways toId you the truth. I've got bad news for you.
If you win the next fight...
-it's the Radjadamnoen. -What? No!
HoIy shit!
I don't want to mess around.
AII you have to do is to settIe your debt.
What debt?
Our business was rocks, diamonds, emeraIds.
French customs found five kiIos of pure heroin in my case.
You'd stuck in my case!
I hated you...
for a very Iong time. Every day...
I thought about how to kiII you.
I just want my share.
For the rest, it's too Iate.
That's aII I can do. I'm sure you understand.
The end of this month, you'II go back to your country.
I came in peace, You want war.
You have nothing to do in the kitchen. Go watch TV.
Let me heIp you.
Coffee!
-Did you see Kwo Ang around? -No, he is not here.
Everybody's teIIing me the same thing.
-Kim Yu threw him out. -What?
IIIegaI fights! They're tough, but you make much more money.
-So? -So sometimes, Kim Yu don't care...
but Kwo Ang was doing so many fights at night.
He toId me he was sick.
He couId die in an iIIegaI fight! BeIieve me, they don't care!
Kwo Ang was the backroom champion. He's never been beaten!
You know where I can find him?
No.
What's going on here?
The poIice.
Good evening. There is a probIem with the gentIeman. You can't go up.
-What's going on? what's going on? -You can't go up. I can't expIain.
Sir?
-Madam, pIease. -AIright, aIright.
Wait! PIease wait.!
Daddy, what's going on?
I don't know what's going on. It's a misunderstanding Kim.
Don't do anything siIIy, aIright?
I toId you on the phone not to come.
Now I've got you back, I'm sticking with you.
-Hi. -Hi.
-AIright? -A cruise. 50 guys to a ceII.
A Iot of comedians. I'm not bored a second.
No seriousIy, you aIright?
For the moment, everything's cooI. They think I have the money.
-But things wiII get worse soon. -We'II find you the best Iawyer.
Yeah, but it won't do any good.
It was coke they found in my room.
Wasn't sugar or fIour.
-You have an idea? -Obvious.
Twice the same scam. Sense of humour. I hoped for a more eIegant come back.
-I'II get you out of here. -You don't move a finger.
Don't do anything, you hear me?
You just keep on boxing.
I'II find a way out on my own. And you don't move either.
-We just can't Ieave him in there. -I never said we wouId do nothing.
You reaIize how much a baiI costs in ThaiIand? A miIIion bahts.
-What? -A miIIion Bahts.
-Okay. -Where are you going?
Didn't you say Wiwat organises iIIegaI fights?
Right. The ruIes are simpIe. No ruIe.
The fight is stopped when one of the boxers is knocked out.
I'm going to bet a Iot of money on you.
A Iot of money.
And you wiII get twenty percent.
It's finished, my friend. Finished.
-How many iIIegaI fights? -What's that about?
The scars on your face, what are they?
How many fights did you do to get me out?
-Don't know what you're taIking... -Shut up, punk! I'm no idiot!
How did you pay for baiI, huh?
Fuck it, Rayane! I toId you I'd find a way out by myseIf.
He's got you by the nuts now.
Forget the Radjadamnoen. Just forget that.
What are you taIking about? Listen to me.
I don't care about the Radjadamnoen, you hear? I just don't give a fuck!
AIright? There are pIenty of other pIaces I can boxe.
Yes but it's where it's happening. The rest of the worId doesn't matter.
If you Iose your chance, you'II end up Iike me. Take a Iook.
Fuck, stop the car! Stop it. I need some air.
Fuck it aII!!
Hey, Jean! Jean!
Coffee! Coffee!
Bye. They don't want you anymore here.
Rayane!
-Your Rayane boxes for Wiwat now. -Yes, I know.
But he thought he was heIping me.
What happened is my fauIt.
I've never asked anyone for anything, but...
heIp me. HeIp me today.
-It's over. -Where is Rayane?
Outside.
"Chok dee"!
-"Chok dee"! "Chok dee"! -"Chok dee", my champion.
Not crazy about the bars they put up. Reminds me of the bad oId days.
Listen, I've got to see you outside, I've got something for you.
You hear? AII right. Go on. Sit down, go on. Sit down.
-Do you remember? -Yeah.
I want you to put it on.
At the Radjadamnoen, I'II be in the front row.
Listen to me. For Kim, promise me one thing.
You aIways Iisten to her. Even when she cIoses her mouth.
Okay. Thanks.
First seconds will be very crucial...
because we know how the Thai works.
He goes hard with his legs and tries to destabilize Rayane in foot work.
So the first seconds are really important.
The promoter who is giving him those flowers is Songchai Ratanasuban...
and he's the most important promoter of whole Thailand.
Rayane is the winner at the Radajadamnoen!
SIX MONTHS LATER, RAYANE BECAME WORLD CHAMPION AT LAS VEGAS.
HE WON B Y KNOCK-OUT, ON THE FIRST ROUND, WITH AN ELBOW BLOW.