Who can kill a child
Russian troops have just finished liberating
the concentration camp of Auschwitz. The ss worked at top speed
to execute and burn the prisoners.
There where not enough ovens to do the job,
so the bodies were burned in the open air.
The Polish people were allowed to enter the camp
to witness the atrocities that had taken place.
The prisoners were tattooed for later identification.
Some of them had been used for laboratory experiments,
such as virus inoculation,
implantation of cancerous cells, skin grafting, etc...
Many of the children were singled out for these experiments.
On screen, we see one of them, who has had a trepanation performed
creating an irreversible loss of brain control.
These scenes, shot by the ss with their own cameras
demonstrate how the prisoners were forced to carry the bodies
of they're own relatives, to the grave sites.
Faced with such an enormous quantity of victims,
they were forced to use bulldozers.
Captured documents prove that at Auschwitz,
almost one hundred thousand people perished.
Of these, 40000 were children, less than 14 years of age.
At the time of their liberation, only 2385 children were still alive.
The majority of them sicken by tuberculosis
or acute anemia, caused by lack of food and medical attention.
The civil war between India and Pakistan
killed over a million people.
The victims, were not only the result of the war alone,
since a large nomadic population unable to find refuge,
was herded into improvised concentration camps,
in which there was insufficient food or water.
These scenes show the trucks that daily transported
the corpses of the aged and the children
to the common graves.
The help offered by the un was not enough.
Unicef points out that, int this corner of the world,
one child dies every 5 seconds.
After 3 years and one month of fighting,
the armistice was signed, the past July, 27th,
putting and end to the Korean war.
With the peace, Korean orphans
have found shelter, protection and food,
thanks to charitable American foundations
and the unconditional help of the government in Washington,
which has build, on the outskirts of Seoul,
hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
In these centers, the children are fed,
taken care of, and rehabilitated physically,
as well as psychologically.
They are taught to appreciate their worth,
and even how to take part in sports.
With the war behind them, and thanks to this
humanitarian help, thousands of young Korean orphans
will learn how to face with optimism a future of peace.
The war continues in the indochina peninsula.
In many of the cities of south Vietnam,
demonstrations are directed against the government.
Grenades explode in the streets, cutting off the lives of
men, women and children.
The American army has brought into the country
almost half a million soldiers.
These forces, together with the strength of their
modern and efficient arms,
will undoubtedly bring peace to southeast Asia.
Daily, American jets bomb military objectives.
Sometimes, however, as we see on the screen,
the bombing affect the civilian population.
In the village of tien goa,
hundreds of women and children where killed or set to fire
by napalm.
The civil war in Nigeria has been waging for 2 years.
Tribes from the south have completed their encirclement
of the biafra region, the most affected by this conflict.
The population flees to the north,
attempting to take refuge in primitive concentration camps.
But the meagerness of food and medical assistance,
makes them an easy prey for death.
On top of all this, is the spectre of a terrible drought
which, for 6 months, has afflicted Mauritania, Mali,
Nigeria and Chad.
Over 11 million human beings face the threat of death,
by starvation or by thirst.
The aid received is not enough,
needed urgently is medical help and food.
As always, the most affected by the tragedy are the children.
The international red cross calculates that
up to the present, more than 300.000 children have died
from hunger, or dehydration.
She doesn't seem to have drowned.
No... check this,
and here. These are wounds from a knife or small blade.
Here in the belly, another four.
She seems foreigner.
Maybe she was thrown out of a yacht,
and then the tide brought her into the beach.
Look, she has further injuries on the thigh.
It must be the work of a madman.
Hey, wake up. Wake up.
It's benavís.
Pardon me, what's happening?
Oh, it's benavís's big fiesta!
- Did you take that one? - I've got to get some more film.
- We've got to find a hotel, first. - Ok, up there.
Yes, come on.
Excuse me... where can we find a room, only for tonight?
No sir, I'm sorry. In this time of the year we're "al tope".
"Tope"?
Yes, sir, "llenos"... full. Every hotel is full.
All of them?
Yes, but go to this address, saying it's from me.
It's a private house, that rents rooms.
It's in the old section of the city, you'll love it!
It's... very typical!
- Gracias! Good bye! - Gracias! Hey, is that what they say?
- Yes, gracias. - Gracias!
- Hey look, what's that? - That's called a pi... "Piñata".
I wish the children were here.
This is the only one I have.
Oh, wait.
Since it's facing the street, it's a bit noisy,
but it has a lovely light.
Here it is.
- The bathroom is down the hall. - Yes...
- Are you planning on staying long? - Only for tonight.
How long?
I'm sorry.
"Una sola noche" (Just one night)
And where are you going?
We're going to "almanzara".
Where?
"Almanzara" island.
Ah, almanzora.
Almanzora!
We're here, at benavís, almanzora is roughly... here.
If you're looking for quietness, here is where you'll find it.
Tourism has not yet reached the island, it's...
4 hours away, on a boat.
Yes, I knew almanzora twelve years ago.
- Where can I rent? - ¿"alquilada"?
- ... rent, a boat? - There's a man that delivers
the mail; He goes twice a week to almanzora.
I prefer to rent a boat myself, to be able to go fishing and
sightseeing... - Yes!
Go to the port, and ask for Enrique amoros.
He's the one that takes the mail,
and also rents boats to tourists.
- Enrique amoros... - Is your wife going with you?
- Yes!... - I'm asking due to her state,
I believe there's no doctor in almanzora.
I'm almost a doctor... Biologist, "biólogo".
In that case there's no problem!
- Do you want the paper? - Yes, thanks!
- Gracias! - Here to serve you, miss.
- I think benavís is lovely. - Ah, but I prefer almanzora.
- Well I like benavís. - It's too crowded, Evie.
To get to the sea, you've got to walk over millions of people.
- Let me take a photograph. - Right.
Sit down, there. Wonderful.
How about that, all right?
Oh, I need some more film.
- How may I be of help? - Please, six cartridges for this camera.
- Color? - Yes.
Tom, what's this?
...is almost over.
The sacrifice of the bozos as a
sign of protest for the war have been useless.
The remains of the thai army, mingled with civilians, escape to
the Phuket port, trying to reach the American fleet boats,
that will take them to Philippines.
Bangkok's defense has been lifted, and an air bridge
has been established,
for the evacuation of the capital, where chaos reigns.
The cadavers pile up, as unicef and the international red cross
beg for help for more than 30.000 children wounded or orphan.
With Thailand's fall, it is said...
- Six cartridges, was it not? - Yes...
The world is mad.
The worst is that the children are always the ones that suffer the most.
If there's a war... the children. If there's hunger... the children.
Niños... is that children?
- Yes. - What's he saying about the children?
- It's nothing. - 1032 pesetas.
- Thanks. - A good day to all, ok?
Hey, where're you going?
Take a photograph of my first paddling in benavís.
It's warm!
What did you say?
Forget it!
What's going on?
I don't know...
Are you happy?
- Are you happy? - Yes!
- Where are all the spaniards? - I suppose they're all in england!
Shall we sit down?
Where? It's so crowded.
Well, we're not helping this situation.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
What is the matter?
Oh, nothing, nothing.
I was just looking at the sea...
- Almanzora is... - "Almanzóra".
Ah, "almanzóra"...
Is just over the horizon, there.
What else?
- What do you mean? - There's something else on your mind.
Well... I was just thinking about what that
man in the photographic shop said.
That man is crazy,
and the people who suffer most from his madness are... kids.
Now that Thailand has fallen, Asia is in the hands of the communists,
and a civil war starts because of mao's death.
Asia... there's no war here.
Yes, but there was a civil war once, in benavís, Evie,
and it could happen again.
Do you remember 'la dolce vita'?
- 'La dolce' what? - 'La dolce vita'.
It was an Italian film.
There was a character in it, a man who was very wise
and peaceful, married, with two children.
Loved his wife, and... no real problems.
And then one night he took a gun,
shot his two children, then killed himself.
Why?
I suppose, to save them from the world of the future.
You wanted to kill him.
We have to others already, Evie.
This one's all right!
If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be going to almanzora.
Do you regret it?
No, not now.
Killing your kids so they're...
Not made to suffer for the mistakes we make?
What was the director's name?
Fellini.
- Italian? - Yes!
Of course, a fascist, just like Mussolini.
They're both crazy.
Good night!
- What's that? - More rockets.
You're right.
About what?
Almanzora will be better.
Here's too noisy, too many people.
Good night.
It's too noisy!
Two corpses show up on the coast line.
The motor was tuned two days ago. Do you know how to use it?
Yes.
- Ask him if it possible to find somewhere to stay.
Is it difficult... to find a hotel in almanzora?
Well, there's a hostel... if you were on the island you ought to know it.
Its name is pensión Estrella.
Since there's no tourists there... It's always half empty!
Pass me the bag!
Give me your hand, madam.
No, not there. You go on the bow.
- Sorry, I don't understand. - You must go in the front. On the bow.
- You must sit there. - Up there?
Do you really know who to handle the motor?
Sí, yes, of course, no problem.
Tell José at the bar that I've
already received the grates of beer.
- Beer? - No, never mind...
Tomorrow when I'll take the mail, I'll see you at almanzora!
There's a good sea... in 4 hours or a bit more you'll be there!
Ok!
Buenas tardes!
Have a nice journey!
Darling, 'tardes' means afternoon! You must say 'buenos días!'.
I'm sorry! Buenos días!
I wish I could bathe.
Splash yourself a little.
It's not the same!
The water's so clear, you can see the bottom!
Look, a flower.
It must be from almanzora.
The current often carries drift wood,
palm leaves, things, all the way to the mainland.
I think we're going to enjoy it there.
Look, there it is!
It certainly looks peaceful.
How can you tell that?
Well, long after we left the mainland, you could still hear voices
and laughter from the beach.
But from here, it seems as if the island has been deserted.
All you can hear is the wind.
Manolo, give me a hand!
Be careful!
Grab it!
Very well!
Done!
Get her bag, please!
Thank you!
Come on, boys, let's hit the water!
I'm coming! Let's go, Manolo!
Hey, what are you trying to fish?
What are you trying to fish?
What do you use for bait?
Tom, it's so hot, lets go!
- I'll race you! - Ok!
- Aren't you coming? - No.
- I should have bought a hat. - Well, we could buy one here.
- Eh... - What?
There's nothing.
- Just the sea, seagulls... - And the sun!
It's so hot!
Madam, allow me to introduce you to... The Plaza mayor.
It's exactly as it was, twelve years ago.
Tom, what's that?
Uhm? What's what? Oh, that's an ice cream cart.
Oh, I'd love an ice cream!
Hello?
- There's nobody there. - Oh nevermind.
- Let's just take one and leave the money.
Ok.
It's melted!
There's a bar over there, come on.
There's no one here, either.
It looks as if they left in rather a hurry.
It's strange!
- No one's been here for so long. - What do you mean 'for so long'?
Look, that's been turning for hours.
Tom, I'm so thirsty and hungry.
Well, let's see what they've got!
Now, to drink...
...there's coke and... beer.
And cold, too.
And to eat,
well,
all I can see is some sugar, and burned chicken!
I think there's a shop outside.
Just to the left.
Should we go there?
No, you go, it's too hot and I'm tired.
I'll stay here.
Alright...
Just as you like.
Good morning!
Hello.
Come in.
What's your name?
'Tu nombre... '
lurdes...
Ah, lurdes...
I have a baby here.
You day you might have a baby.
Please don't go!
Please!
Please, come here.
Come.
Hello.
Hello?
- Did you see anyone? - No...
Tom, it's not possible!
Well, quite often the whole town celebrates some fiesta or other
and everybody goes to the other side of the island.
How about you?
What do you mean?
Did you see anyone?
Yes, a little girl came here and then ran away.
Well, this is what I managed to get, bread, frankfurters, fruit,
and some sardines.
- And a hat for you... - Thank you.
And...
A doll for Rosie,
dressed in the local costume, of course!
Do you like it?
What are we going to do, tom?
Well, first we're going to eat,
and then we're going to find that 'pensión'!
Please, come.
Come here!
Wait!
Wait a minute!
Come!
Must be people on the island, because if there are children, then...
Who switched the power off?
- What? - The spit stopped turning!
I switched it off.
- Don't you see what I mean, because... - Our first meal in almanzora.
Here, we have plates and everything else that we need,
so, please, do follow me, madam!
And...
Do sit.
There.
I will be your cook!
Your...
Waiter,
...and now some paper napkins, and...
It rang a few minutes ago, i answered it, but...
They hung up.
Hello?
'No entiendo'... I don't understand you!
Please, come here, please!
Do you speak English? I don't understand you!
Please, speak louder
in English or Spanish!
Hello?
Who was it?
- It sounded like a child's voice. - Spanish?
Well...
German, Dutch, maybe even Swedish, i don't know.
Tom, you said there were no phones on the island.
Well, there's no direct link to the mainland, but...
They may have installed a local exchange.
Well, at least we know we're not the only people in the village.
Hello?
Come... come to...
What it the same voice?
Yes.
- What's the population on this island? - Oh, it's about a 100, maybe 200.
And when they go away for these fiestas, can you remember...
Well, did they always leave a village as deserted as this?
It's possible, I don't know, I've never stayed behind to find out!
They're marvelous 'fiestas'!
I mean, the people take along guitars, and they sing... and...
There aren't any rockets!
What are you looking at?
Nothing!
- Tom? - Yep?...
Isn't this it?
Yes!
Come on.
Tom, there must be someone in this village.
What are we going to do?
Simply wait.
Well, at least it's cool in here. Someone is bound to turn up.
Is there a bath?
What did you say?
I'm bade in sweat, i think I even smell a bit.
I'd give anything for a shower.
Hey, there are other tourists on almanzora.
Are they English?
Dutch.
It's a married couple and a girl.
Could it been a Dutch person?
What?
Well, the voice on the phone,
you said it sounded like a boy speaking Dutch.
Where're you going?
The keys for 6 and 7 aren't there...
They might be upstairs.
Tom,
come here, look!
I told you the village couldn't be completely deserted.
There's nobody there!
I've just seen an old man, with a stick, going cross the road, look
into the doorway.
Well, look can't you see his, his stick's jutting out.
I'll be right back!
Look, there's a little girl.
Tom! What is she doing?
Stop it!
Oh my...
Why have you done this?
Why?
Why you make... that?
Come back!
Come back here!
Hit him! Hit him! Hit him! Hit him! Hit him!
What happened, tom?
There's nothing.
- Tom! - Nothing, nothing.
Look, tom, what happened?
Look,
the little girl was...
Playing with the old man.
Playing!?
- ... and without, without... - No, I saw her, I saw her hitting him...
She was only playing, Evelyn, ok.
All right?
Tom, you're lying to me!
Tom, I saw how you carried the old man in your arms.
Now, what happened?
The girl struck the old man and...
She injured him.
- Then why didn't you bring him here? - Because I took him to his house.
You're lying!
Look, Evelyn, I'm telling you the truth...
...i took the old man home,
it's just down there, around the corner.
Look, tom, I saw how she hit the old man,
I saw how you carried the man in your arms. Now...
- Look, where is the girl? - I left them both at home.
- Tom, will you stop lying to me? - She cut his...
...forehead and it was bleeding a little.
- Tom. - That's all.
Now, Evie, get a hold of yourself.
Look, there is something wrong on this island
and you're trying to keep it from me.
If there is something wrong, then, whatever it is,
I think we should leave.
Evelyn, I...
Hello? Hello?
Hello?
Yes?
Could you speak more slowly...
Are you...
Are you brit Van Der Holden?
Tom, please don't go up there!
It could be that girl.
Tom?
Tom!
Don't get any closer!
Please...
Here...
It's too hot and you're far to nervous, so try to rest, will you?
You both need it.
I'm going to have a talk to that man, ok?
Ok.
What's happened in the island?
I don't know...
I don't know!
Please, calm down.
Feeling better?
Thank you.
What's happened in almanzora?
Yesterday night, around 11.30 pm,
the voices started,
and the laughter.
Laughter?
Yes.
It was if all the children on the island had awaken.
They shouted... And laughed.
They went in groups...
And they entered the houses as if it was a party, but...
But it wasn't.
They entered... And soon you could hear the screams.
Men and women screaming!
Then they would leave that house, and get into another...
And another!
My wife went out on the street, to see what was going on,
I remained at the window.
She left precisely when a body was leaving a house.
It seemed as though they were playing...
But they carried knives, and sticks.
My wife started shouting...
In my room I've got a shotgun. I grabbed it...
But I didn't do anything.
No one in town did anything.
- Do you understand me? - Yes.
Because...
Who can kill a child?
I was afraid, and hid on a small room
where we keep the bed linen.
I..
I didn't dare leave,
until I heard your voices.
I don't know anything else!
Nothing else!
Who hurt you?
Myself, leaving my room,
I stumbled and hit the floor.
Is it possible there are others alive on the island?
I don't know...
In the north there's more fishermen's houses.
In the island's centre, as well, there's a couple of houses.
Only here in almanzora.
- Feeling better? - Yes, thank you.
Hello?
Where are you?
Please.
Help!
Please. Please.
Where are you?
Hello, hello.
Please!
It's cut off.
It's the girl. The Dutch girl. Where can she be?
She might be on public phones.
Where's that?
At the post office.
Post office?
Yes, out of the guest house, on your left,
about 100 meters away, on the first floor.
Right, you stay here with him.
I'm going to find that girl, and then we're leaving.
Come on, don't be a fool!
Give it to me.
- Hold there. - Ok.
The arm, take it.
Come on, let's go! Go!
Sir, the three of us must leave. Believe me.
Evie, we're getting out of here! The three of us.
- But why? - I'll tell you later.
Daddy, daddy!
Come!
Daddy, please, daddy, help me!
Aunt Isabel is sick. Daddy, please!
She's at grandma's house, and grandma is sick too!
They can't breathe and I'm really scared. They've been hurt.
Daddy, please daddy, come with me, daddy, please.
Sir... Please stay here.
She's my daughter.
Let's go.
Where are they going?
Evelyn, I want you to do exactly as I tell you.
- Tom, what's going on? What are all those shouts?
- Listen, we're getting out of here, we're going to run.
I know it's going to be difficult for you
but we've got to do it, do you understand?
Yes, but tom...
No matter what happens, even if it hurts you
we've got to keep going.
Now, I want you to think of Richard and Rosie,
and not on that baby inside of you.
Oh, for god's sake, tom!
If you stumble, I'll pick you up, but we've got to keep going, all right?
All right.
All right... go!
I can't! Wait for me, tom!
Evie! Evie, we must keep going! Come on, we must keep going!
Listen, we must keep going. Come on! We must keep going!
Now come on! We must keep going!
No, please, no!
Run! Come on, run! Please Evie, come on!
Run!
They're children! They're just little children!
What did the man at the 'pensión' tell you?
Just that something strange had happened to the kids on the island.
Strange? But what?
I don't know. Some sort of madness. I don't understand this.
Where are we going now?
There are a few houses, on the other side of the island.
We might be able to find a boat there.
Where are all the adults? Where's the people?
Where are they, tom?
There's a boat near that house.
- But why don't we get down there? - There are children there.
Tom, what is happening to this children?
I don't know.
It just isn't possible that all of them have gone mad.
And I don't understand why they've been attacking.
It's as though they thought we adults were their enemies.
Perhaps the children of this island, guided by instinct,
or by an evolutionary development, have started to...
To what?
Come on.
Good afternoon.
Did anything happen here last night?
Last night?
Is there someone else inside the house?
Is something happening?
Are there any other people living here?
My mother and the children.
We need a boat to get to benavís.
Go to the port, on the other side of the island.
No, that's not possible.
My husband and my brother-in-law have a fishing boat.
Where are they now?
Out at sea, fishing. They'll be back by sunset.
That boat's no good, it has a hole in the bottom.
Tom, could you ask here for a glass of water, please?
Do you have water, please?
Yes, come in. Come inside.
Gracias.
How many months is she?
Sorry?
How many months is she?
I don't understand it.
Nevermind.
Drink this and enjoy.
- What is she saying? - Drink it, it's tea.
Oh, thank you.
Hey, why are you bothering these people?
Oh, these children!
Go and play on the beach for a while!
What a day they're giving me today.
Please forgive them.
Are they your children?
Yes, all four of them.
Hello!
Hello.
- Evelyn. - Yes?
We're going. Let's get out of here.
Sir, wait!
They're coming back. Sir!
Children, what are you doing?
Come wash up, come on!
And you two, go on home now!
Well, didn't you hear me?
It's just possible all the children of the village are coming here.
But tom, if we go back...
We'll cross through the village with the Jeep
without stopping until we reach that boat.
Whatever happens.
What do you mean?
If we run into any of them... Nevermind.
Nevermind what?
We must reach that boat!
No, tom!
They're leaving, Evie.
Nobody dared to attack a child to kill one of them.
That's why they weren't afraid, but...
Now they are.
Tomorrow morning, Enrique and...
Maybe some others
will reach the island and it will all be over.
There's no one in sight.
Evie. Come lay down in there.
No!
Tom!
Do the children realize what they're doing?
I don't know.
A normal child is incapable of killing an adult.
Well, I'm a normal man, yet I...
Managed to propose that we killed a child.
Stay and try to relax.
Just stay there, ok?
Ok.
Thank you.
Oh, tom!
Tom!
Evie, what's wrong? What's happening?
- What is it? - Oh, help me, tom!
Oh help, me, please help me, tom, I can't...
I can't stand it!
Lie down.
No! It's not that! No, tom!
Please, you've had a lot after all that's happened.
You'll be all right.
Evie, Evie, you will be all right, do you understand?
It's not that, tom, it's...
...not the same as when Rosie and Richard...
Help me tom.
I can't stand it, please help me up!
No!
Tom, please feel it!
Could you feel it?
Something... Something inside me is moving!
Help me!
No, please.
- Please, I've got to stand up! - Evie!
Tom...
...he's killing me.
What are you saying?
I can feel it inside me. He's... He's killing me!
Oh, they're up there, they're above us.
Can't you hear them? They're laughing!
They're laughing!
They're laughing because they know that what I'm carrying is...
Tom... tom he's...
He's... he's...
- Tom, he's... he's one of them! - No.
He's killing me!
Tom,
oh, tom...
In the bar, a child,
a little girl...
She came, and...
She touched me, tom.
I'm sorry
...she touched our baby!
He's... tom... I'm sorry...
Where's Rosie?
Where's Richard, tom?
Oh tom... I'm sorry.
I'm sorry tom, he's...
It's them!
It's them, sergeant!
It's them, it's them! God!
It's them!
Stop!
It's them!
Help me!
Look at what this man did...
Where are the town's people?
Bye!
- Hi, how's it going? - Hi!
Are you going to the mainland?
- Yes. - Why don't we all go?
Because we'd attract too
much attention in benavís. You'll go later.
Do you think the children there will start playing the way we do?
Yes, of course.
We are lots of children, all over the world.
Lots of them.