This is what? Plastic? There's so much junk.
You know, I thought I told someone...
to just tell them not to even bother putting the plastic in...
...because it's a waste of my time. - I'll tell them. I'll tell them.
These have some weight. That's gold.
Two rings, possibly a diamond.
Yeah? That's good.
Oh, no. Wait, wait, wait.
Got something here. We're fine with these people.
- Okay, good. That was close. - It was actually, but it's okay.
- All right, one. - One.
- Two. - Two.
- And... three. - Three.
- That's it. - Three?
We normally get four when we go by ourselves.
Well, now you get three. You keep whining, you'll get two! Next!
We're coming!
- Next! - We're here.
All right.
- We're from Ward One. - Ward One?
Don't handle me!
Okay, okay.
We're not gonna hurt you here. Want your food?
- Watch your manners. - All right, it's here, it's here.
- I wonder. Can I touch this? - Oh, man!
- Shit. Fell down. - I think we've done.
Fuck!
- Nail polish, nail polish. - We got some good stuff here.
- Yeah? - Looking pretty good so far.
Yeah? Yeah, we're good?
All right. Take it, take it.
- You're blind. - Thank you, professor.
You're using a Braille writer.
No, you... You're a normal blind person.
No, he's not normal. He was born blind.
That makes him some kind of super hero in a world like this.
- So you better watch out. - You of all people...
born blind should understand empathy...
...and human decency. - Shut up. Shut up.
He's blind. That's all. That doesn't make him good or bad.
That just makes him blind. And now, he's blind with a purpose.
Because he's looking out for the sick and the hungry of his own ward.
- That's right. - How do you sleep with yourself?
That's all we get? Is two boxes?
- Yeah, that's it. - But the others got a third box.
How are we suppose to survive on only two boxes?
That's it. That's it, no more.
- It's immoral! A blind man... - Shut up! Shut up!
- It's immoral! - Shut up!
Shut up. Fuck off with the sermon, okay?
Okay.
Get your food. Get out.
And say "thank you" for what you got. Understand?
Understand? Understand?
I understand.
Okay, okay. Now say "thank you."
Thank you.
- All right. Okay. - Out! Out!
- Don't let them get to you. - No, it's fine! This fucking guy.
The son of a bitch. He wants more.
- How many people are in Ward One? - 35.
We only have 24 meals, so everyone is gonna have to share.
- What? - I'm sorry.
- This is all they gave us. - Quit shoving, everybody! Relax!
Just find a partner. Find a partner.
Two people to a meal. Please!
Just don't push, okay? Just stay in the line, okay?
Guys, guys, stop pushing!
- Wanna eat something? - Stop.
You have to eat something. You have to eat a little something.
Stop it!
Doctor?
- Are you here? - Yes, I'm here.
Here.
Here. Here.
- I brought you some food. - No. Jesus Christ, no.
- This place is a toilet! - It's not your fault.
- You did everything you could. - No, no, I didn't.
The son of a bitch, he had his gun right in my throat.
- Exactly. - I could've reached and taken it...
...but. - And then what? And then what?
I don't know.
If you did kill him it would've been way worse.
You would've started a war for sure. A real war.
You're right.
Yeah, you're right. I'll pretend like I thought that one through.
And it's not easy knowing that you've killed someone. Like I did.
Oh, God!
- Hello? - Don't say anything.
It'll be easier for me to understand.
I'm sorry, it's my fault. I wanted.
Let's be quiet. Let's all be quiet.
I can see.
I knew that.
- At least I think I knew. - It's a secret.
So...
it's been like a week or so...
and you people have nothing left to offer.
So at Ward Three, we came up with a new plan.
Bring us your women.
Women for food.
Have a good day.
What's going on? We haven't eaten in three days!
We gave you all the food we have! It's up to you to ration it!
Distribution is your problem!
- Asshole. - Forget it! We're not doing that!
- Do you have any better idea? - I'm not. I'm not. I'm not going!
I'm not gonna go!
- No! - Bull shit!
No one's asking you to go.
Certainly not the men from this ward. So, you can't blame us.
I think she brings up a good point.
And I think we should ask if there are any volunteers.
- "Volunteers?" - What are you talking about?
Look, if there are any volunteers, I think they should say so now.
I wonder how many volunteers would we have if he said send us your men?
- It's not the same. - Oh, really? And why's that?
Because it's just not.
- Because there's no fags here. - Well, there's no whores either!
- That's debatable. - I gave myself to you out of pity...
and now you think I'm some sort of goddamn whore?
- Doctor? - What?
Are you asking me for a deliberation here? I mean, my God!
Of course I would rather that my wife didn't go.
But, what I want really doesn't matter. It's completely up to her.
My "male pride", of course, is gonna be hurt.
But if that even exists in here, what does it matter anyway?
We're all starving to death.
So, I just think that people should do whatever they feel like doing...
according to whatever morality they have left.
There's nobody, forget it!
Anybody.
- I'll go. - No.
I'll go with her.
Me too.
- All right, all right. I'll go too. - I'll go too.
Well, you do whatever you like, but my wife is going nowhere.
Dignity has no price.
No one knows how many women are here.
You can do what you like, and we'll feed you both.
And then you can talk to me about dignity.
- No, that's not the point. - I'm no different than the rest.
- What? - I'll do what they do.
You'll do what I tell you to do!
- Stop! - Don't! Don't order me.
There's nothing worse. No, it's disgusting.
From now on you don't eat.
How long do we wait before they come and get us?
Get out of the way!
Good evening. How many ladies?
Eight.
- Nine. - Nine? Only nine?
Well, you nine, will have to do double duty tonight.
If any of you is on the rag, we don't want you.
We will get you some other time.
No one's on the rag.
Then, get yourselves all gussied up and come over at your leisure.
We'll be waiting.
And the food will follow if we're happy.
In the mean time I've...
I have brought you a little bit of bread to tide you over.
I think I have one more.
There you go.
Let's go.
There's no point in trying to run. They have guards.
At least it would be faster. We'd be dead by now.
No one's gonna die. Come on.
They're coming!
Hey. Welcome! Girls, okay, don't be afraid.
We're here to love you. We're not going to hurt you, all right?
Guys, don't get too excited, all right?
Everyone's going to get their own girl, okay?
We don't... Well, we share. That's how we do things here, right?
Okay. I want you all in order from hot to cold, okay?
The hottest, come here. And the coldest go to the back of the line.
What's wrong with you? What's wrong?
She's a bit of a dead fish. Take care of her. Give her some life.
Oh, man. Where have you been all my life?
Do I know you?
It's okay! Yeah. I take it! I take it!
Why are you trembling? Are you trembling?
No, easy, easy. Okay. You two are coming with us.
Are you blonde? Are you blonde?
Okay. All right.
Okay. A bit on the mature side, but that's more I like it.
You like this?
That's my gun.
- You like it? - No. I don't.
Lady? Lady?
Now, that's a surprise, lady.
You're coming with me. If you let go I'll bite your nipples off.
Now, come on. Now, suck. Come on.
- Come on. - No!
I'm not asking, all right?
- Come on! Come on! - I could bite it off.
Try it! I'll blow your fucking head off! You and your friend.
Or I'll tear you to pieces. Come on!
All right, lady! Hey! Hey! Back it off!
All right!
There you go! Okay.
Okay, let's just speak.
Here we go.
It's okay, don't worry. You're so tense. Please, sit down.
Get the fuck out of here!
Little bit tense, there we go. May I suck on your nipples?
Just a... Just a little bit. There we go.
That wasn't so bad. It's just a little tickle.
Come on, dead fish. Move for me! Come on!
Move now!
Someone go get the food.
What happened?
You okay?
You want another story?
Women of Ward Two, tonight is the big night!
- How many ladies? - Seven.
Seven? You sure that's it? Count them again.
- Seven! - All right, if you've got seven.
How about the boy with the magic powers?
- You like that one, don't you? - Yeah.
- So, where did we leave off? - This boy wasn't ordinary.
- No. - He could turn invisible.
He had special powers.
And he turned invisible when they weren't looking.
- All right. - It's when they looked, he wasn't...
Good afternoon, ladies.
I just wanted to make sure that you've all recovered...
from the fun that we had the other night.
No, no. Seriously, I just wanted to touch base with any of you...
that might be feeling a little bit of jealousy...
I know that tonight is not your night...
but I assure you that our hearts are still with you.
You men folk should be very proud of your ladies.
Very proud.
Well, one of them was kind of a dead fish...
but the other ones performed like real pros.
There are only eight of us now.
- Oh, what happened, did someone die? - Yeah.
It's not a big deal, though. She was kind of a dead fish.
I'm gonna finish the story later.
I promise. I'll finish it later.
Who's that? Where you going, huh?
Wait!
It's you, isn't it?
What happened?!
Help!
What the fuck is going on?
I know you're here!
- You don't even know my name! - No. I know your voice!
Just say one more word! I dare you!
Your dead friend said the same thing!
Don't let them leave!
Do not let them leave! You idiots!
Do not let them leave!
- Let's go! - You fucking jerks, stop them!
Come back! Get back here!
That's it! That's it for you! Ladies, no more food for you!
Everyday we go without food, one of your men will die!
We collect from now on!
You missed!
He's dead!
What's going on? Where are you? Where are you?
- Are you okay? - Just go get the food.
They told me a man was killed.
I... I killed him.
Now there's gonna be a war. They're going to want revenge.
We're gonna barricade our doors. We'll use our beds like they did.
Whatever you say. I'll get the food.
Oh, shit!
- Barricade it. Barricade it! - You got the door?
- Two beds! - So fucking what...
if send the women there twice a month? We'll get fucking fed!
Stand it up! Barricade the thing!
What I suggest we do is we find out who killed their leader...
and offer them up like a peace offering.
- We don't know what they're gonna... - In exchange for food!
They have a stock pile! We're in a state of war.
- And we started it. - Yeah, exactly.
And I suggest we find out who killed the leader, and we offer to the...
Look! Look!
If they won't give us food, I say let's get it ourselves!
- I agree! - Then, let's go!
Okay, I think he's right.
If anyone's wiling to go, I think you should raise your hand.
That's about the most ridiculous thing I've ever suggested.
How about: Whoever doesn't wanna fight...
simply slip away right now, and no one will know you were here?
And for those that are left, gather around me, and we'll make a plan.
Here. Here.
Okay, how many of us are there?
- One. - Two.
- Three. - Twelve.
I can see twelve of us.
- What? - She can see?
Don't touch my fucking bed!
- What are you doing? - What?
- I heard something! - Someone's here!
- Who's there? - I heard somebody!
I have a chair over here. If anybody could happen...
Let's go, come on! Grab the person in front of you.
Stay in a tight group!
Alright. Straight ahead.
What...
If we go back! We can't go back! Come on.
Let's move!
- What's that? - Smoke.
Fire!
Don't push!
Fire!
It's okay! It's okay! Stay there!
I'm gonna come in get you.
Upstairs. Upstairs.
Watch!
- Here. Here I am. Hold on to him. - They're going to shoot us.
Guards! Guards!
You see what is going on?!
Guards!
We're free!
It's empty. Go on in.
- Step up. - We're in a shop.
Everyone, please, stay together. I don't wanna loose anybody else.
Step up. All right. I'm gonna go look for food.
- I'll go with you. - No, I can do better on my own.
Stay here and look after each other. It's something you can do better.
Get out! This place is occupied!
There are other groups out there. Do not leave this spot.
I know you can do it.
But how can you carry the food back on your own?
Is there anything? Is there running water?
I'll look for bottles.
- I guess there's electricity. - No.
Are there any signs that people can still see?
What's happening?
I miss you. I miss you so much.
Here's a supermarket. I'll go in.
- Okay. - Step up.
I'll stay here. I know my place.
Stay off my fucking spot!
I'm coming back! I'll fucking kill you! You stay off my fucking spot!
Give it to me, you thief! You thief! You thief! Give it back!
Hey! Hey!
I can here you near my fucking spot!
Go! Go! Go!
What do you have there?!
What are you eating?!
Smells like meat!
- No! No! - Stop!
Let on!
It's me! It's me! Go! Go! Go!
Okay.
Are you alright? Are you okay?
Okay. Okay.
- I have... I have to stop. - Stop. Stop.
Stairs.
- You're all right. You're safe. - Thank you.
I've go back and get those clothes before I forget where they are.
Here, eat something.
I'm just trying to say...
people screaming out loud...
that God is hiding...
that we failed and that God is punishing us.
This is not what is happening. God, it's not. This is not the God's way.
What is happening to us reminds me of what happened to St. Paul.
Paul used to kill Christians, used to persecute them...
but the Lord came to him and converted him.
And not only converted him, but blinded him.
This is what's happening to us.
- Here! - Here!
- Here I am! - Here!
Here. Here, I have a jacket.
- I have a jacket. - Thank you.
That's terrible.
- Who would do that? - Someone who went blind.
And then he went crazy. Since he couldn't see...
he didn't want his statue to see.
- I don't think so, little man. - I don't know if it'd be possible...
for a blind man to paint the painting like that.
- Yes, they could. - Or likely a priest...
who saw what happened, and had a crisis of faith.
No, but seriously, all those people made me think of how lucky we are...
that we have a leader with vision.
So, I think it's up to you to decide what we should do next.
Well...
I think we should stay here tonight, try to get some sleep.
And then, tomorrow, I was thinking that we could go to our house.
It's pretty near here, and it's big...
so it can accommodate everybody.
Where are you, dog? Still there?
No. Don't follow that dog. He'll lead you to a fire hydrant.
Too proud to be a seeing eye dog.
Twenty seven. Five four.
Black hair. Brown eyes.
I don't wanna know what you look like.
But how can we know each other?
I know that part inside of you with no name.
And that's who we are, right?
When you went to look for food, we talked to this man...
that was part of a group that moved around together...
trying to find food and shelter.
Each night they slept in a different place.
I asked him why he didn't sleep in his own home.
And he said he didn't know where it was anymore.
- Yeah, he lost it. - They're welcome to it...
if they can find their way to my little room.
I think it's okay. Here we are.
Here we are. Looks fine. Come in. Come in.
I can't believe it.
It's exciting.
Okay. Careful. Just because the door was locked...
doesn't mean that no one's here.
Hello! Hello!
Hello! Is anyone here?
Maybe we should take our shoes off. Right?
That's a good idea. You can leave them by the door.
We don't wanna mess the place up. We just arrived.
If you wanna take off your clothes too...
we have plenty of clean ones upstairs.
- Thank you. - Are you talking to me?
No, to everyone. Our clothes are just as dirty as our shoes.
- Here? All together? - Come on!
She's the only one who can see!
If it makes you feel better, it's getting pretty dark.
All right. If you insist.
I'm sure you've seen worse sights than this old body.
I want you to feel at home here because this is your home now too.
Thank you both. We're all flattered that you would offer your home.
It's our pleasure.
Kick us out when you had enough.
Or when I become too much of a burden.
Just tell me, and I'll just wander off like an elephant.
- You're not an elephant. - I'm not a man, either.
- You're plenty of a man, babe. - I...
I don't know.
I haven't seen myself in so long. I must look ridiculous.
No, no. Dirty and skinny. But not ridiculous. Not at all.
- And what about me? - You're beautiful.
Yeah. Not like you.
- You've never seen me. - But in my dreams you're beautiful.
How come you never appeared in my dreams but I know you're beautiful?
Well, that's why blindness is a gift to the ugly.
- Come on, you're not serious. - No...
but I suppose I was more beautiful before!
We were all more beautiful before.
Is anyone cold?
- It feels so good! - I'm having a great time!
Hello?
It's me.
- I brought you some hot water. - Oh, thank you.
- I'm gonna pour it down, okay? - Okay.
- Feels good? - Feels good.
I hope we can find the boy's parents.
What do you hope for?
Nothing is more ridiculous than the desires of an old man.
Tell me. Iwanna know.
You wouldn't understand.
- Why that tone of voice? - What tone?
That one.
What I hope is that we can go on living together.
- As we are. Like this. - Blind?
For me nothing has been better.
- I'd want us to live together. - Together with me, or with everyone?
Don't make me say.
I want to know.
Are we alone?
Is anyone listening?
Good.
I wanna live with you.
I remember that New Year's.
It was cold, but I didn't mind.
All right. At this end of the table we have pees and carrots.
At the center we've olives in a bowl and some crackers on a small plate.
And, at the far end of the table, we have anchovies.
Anchovies!
Don't we have a special bottle of something sparkling for our guests?
There's nothing like water. Clean water.
I'd like to propose a toast. To our family.
- To our human family. - And the dog!
- And the dog! And the dog!
- Salute! - Salute!
Much better than any champagne.
I see you.
When I touch you like this, I see your face.
So beautiful.
It's all I need to remember.
- Tell me, is this working? - Let's see. You take another one.
Take another of me in the face.
Blind inspiration.
There's coffee, if anybody wants some.
- I'll have some, please. - I want some too.
I need to wake up.
Honey? Honey?
I think we should get together and talk about what we need to do.
There's not much food left, and I'm worried about security.
- Okay. - I can pour it for you.
It's hot.
It's you.
It's you! Oh, my God! It's everyone at here.
Hi.
- What? - I can see you!
- What are you saying? - I can see you!
- What? - Yes.
- What are you talking about? - Everything is beautiful!
I can...
- What? - Oh, my God!
- What do you mean, you can see? - Hey, you! I can see you.
I got back my sight!
- What is it? - Come here.
- I can see! - How?
- I can see! - You're lying.
- What? - Really?
- You have your sight? - Yeah!
You're kidding!
- You're eyes! - Nice to meet you.
- Oh, my God! - He can see!
- I can't believe it! - He sees! He sees!
- I thought he was kidding! - No.
- Hey, you guys! - What this mean?
I can see everybody's face!
- Oh, my gosh! - I know. I can't believe it!
I can see you. I love you guys! You guys are so beautiful!
At that moment...
the same unspoken thought occurred to everyone:
"He was the first to go blind. Perhaps...
we will all regain our sight in turn."
So the celebration was not entirely selfless.
The next days, the next weeks...
would therefore be sleepless with anticipation.
They would see again.
This time, they would really see.
But who would be so timid...
as to cling to this blanket of blindness?
Who would be so foolish as to fear...
that its intimacies might be lost?
And what of this woman...
who is now so strangely silent...
who has borne such a terrible weight...
and is now so suddenly free?
Already she could imagine the voices of the city, shouting:
"I can see!"
"I'm going blind", she thought.
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