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father...father!
swim, tusi, faster.
faster, tusi.
tusi, take my hand.
[ dolphin crying ]
in an age when nature and magic rule the world...
there is an extraordinary legend:
the story of a warrior
who communicates with animals,
who fights sorcery and the unnatural.
his name is dar, last of his tribe.
he's also called...
mataffa, you got the biggest stone of all.
if it weren't for the empress of the sea,
I wouldn't live to tell of it.
saved me from the great sea tiger.
our ancestors take care of us.
I'll check the nets, father.
[ chuckling ]
nutoa, stop putting ideas into that boy's head.
there are only fish out there in the sea, not ancestors.
you once believed in our legends, mataffa.
when I was a boy.
A dolphin drove the shark away.
that's all that happened.
tusi was lucky.
yes, and with these
to trade, there will be enough food
for all when the rains come -- we're lucky too.
now there's enough for tomorrow's feast.
after tusi's test of manhood.
he's ready.
tonight we eat well.
what is that?
ha, ha.
look, tusi, our friend.
dar!
a boat with a dress?
yeah, uh, it saves me from paddling.
what are you doing?
she'll soon lay eggs. she's not ready to die.
dar is wise, tusi -- she will produce
more turtles and her tribe will go on, as will ours.
mataffa, tusi,
tao is a man who has learned to make the wind his friend.
and now a friend of mine.
kodo, podo.
where's ruh?
he's on a hunt.
well, at least that's
you must be the beastmaster, who tames the wild beasts.
it's them who tame me.
so when do you dive?
you remembered.
of course, I've been
watching the stars.
[ music ]
[ chanting ]
we will not go hungry here.
they eat well and they live well.
it's the way life should be.
kyra's mother was born here.
she's a friend of leilani. that's tusi's mother.
I came here after she died to tell them the news.
the sulas learned a lot about dolphin stories
from kyra's hand dances.
in the beginning,
was the pit of the ocean that made us.
then the fire came and heated the land
so that it could be crawled upon.
then...
The fire and water were married.
and from them sprang the fish
the trees, the creeping plants
and all living beings.
men should cast their skins like the shellfish,
dive into the water of life,
swim with the dolphins,
who are our ancestors lost to the sea,
and protect the young ones,
so they too can live forever
as the great fish protector.
interesting initiation.
I had to recite my people's legends.
it took many suns. A lot of my elders fell asleep.
[ grunting ]
this is only the beginning.
oh. Sorry.
mmm, whale blubber.
no greater coat to keep you warm
in the icy depths.
actually, I know this tribe,
they use it to keep warm
when the cold winds come.
tusi must go deeper than ever before,
into the abyss -- you must get the
stem of the pink coral that grows
outside the mantiga's home.
mantiga?
a very large sea eel.
oh, does it bite?
no, swallows you whole.
were you afraid during your dive?
my test came differently.
it's time to go.
actually he was torn apart by
wild beasts, then put back together
by this demon in the forest.
my father said, the greatest courage
comes from accepting your weaknesses.
he's right, that's because all men have weaknesses.
look at tao.
small, scrawny...
he has absolutely no muscles and no coordination,
but he's still a man because he takes responsibility.
does the work of his people, respects the animals,
the land, the water and other tribes.
that's the true sign of a man, tusi.
to do no harm and protect others.
I want to be a man...like tao.
wish me luck.
you don't need it.
do you really believe that what you said
to tusi is what makes a man?
there are three kinds of men.
only three?
the man who tries and the man who knows no success
because he doesn't have the heart to fail.
tusi's the first kind... so are you.
I hope that shark doesn't come back during his dive.
if it does, the empress will
scare it away again.
it's an old island myth.
some crazy ones like nutoa still believe it.
you know he could be right.
dolphins are very smart fish.
I've heard stories of dolphins saving people before.
tusi's mother would be proud of him today.
I thought you were his mother.
in my heart.
I am.
tusi is my sister's son.
Every time I look into his eyes,
I still see her.
the sea took her when he was a baby.
mataffa and I raised him as our own.
he doesn't know?
after the ceremony he will.
he will be a man.
we want no more secrets.
he's been gone a long time.
he has a diver's lungs.
stealing some coral from an eel that swallows you whole.
How does it prove you're a man?
-sounds like a terron thing. -if there was a mantiga,
it probably would be a terron thing.
so there is no mantiga?
no man-eating eel?
but if tusi finds out, he won't feel as brave
he'll have learned to trust himself...
which is the greatest leap into manhood.
[ dolphin crying ]
tusi, tusi.
[ chanting ]
[ hooting and hollering ]
I have an herb to protect you from that heat.
tao, it's the last part of
his initiation.
he's supposed to do it.
a boy becomes a man when the women trust
the gentleness of his strength.
and the men trust the teeth of it.
here's one more.
from ruh, a great and powerful tiger
who gave his tooth so you, too, may have strength.
a man's first duty... to feed his village.
I bring you this feast.
[ cheering ]
sure it was the same dolphin?
it's always the same one.
when I touched it, I didn't want to come up.
sometimes I wish I could live under the sea.
good day, new man.
this old one needs some rest before a long paddle.
I must leave in the morning to trade the village's sea stones.
the feast was good.
and you told our story well.
they say he's crazy with all his stories
about the dolphins in the sea, but I like him.
dar.
tusi, we have to talk.
there's something you have to know about your past
and your true mother.
oh.
pardon me.
it's beautiful here.
I love your food.
freshly caught fish,
watermelon, taro.
just wonderful.
someday, I wish I could live in a place just like this.
sunshine, coconuts.
warm wind on your face.
perhaps one day you'll get your wish.
tusi!
[ groaning ]
so, tusi,
now you know what it is to be a man.
things don't always go well.
gilan, please.
I've known you all my life.
yes, you have.
gilan, please.
ahhh!
dar, dar.
is tusi with you -- he didn't return last night.
-no. -he's just a boy.
I knew we shouldn't have told him.
he felt betrayed.
he's a man now.
it's important he knows the truth.
nutoa's boat is still there.
he should have left at first light
to trade the sea stones.
maybe he's with him.
maybe he and nutoa went on a trek to figure things out.
his collar.
a struggle?
small feet like tusi's.
there's two sets of tracks.
both are taking long strides.
tusi was running from someone.
he's not there.
and neither is nutoa.
it's this way.
where am i?
who hit me?
you hurt?
[ groaning ]
-tao... -dar--
take nutoa to the village.
put this on the back of his head. There.
it's tusi's cloth.
ruh's tooth?
Dar, you don't think that he...
-you said he was pretty upset. -he didn't jump.
a man who jumps doesn't try to stop his fall.
dar, it's been cut by a knife.
[ wailing ]
goodbye, my friend.
you were a strong man.
...protect the spirit of the dead.
Sorry about your loss, mataffa.
he will be missed by all.
he lives in the sea now...
where he was most happy.
this is not the time for your stories, old man.
they will not bring him back.
they're nothing more than fairy tales.
[ dolphin crying ]
I saw the dolphin. what did it want?
he's leading me to a cave.
cave, why?
I don't know. I ran out of air.
I haven't got tusi's diver lungs -- I wish
I could breathe underwater.
you can.
no, but you have a friend with a very imaginative mind.
See, the problem with breathing underwater is there's no air.
so you take air with you.
breathe through this.
it doesn't taste very nice, but it's air.
you need a piece as long as this beach.
you see, sometimes the imagination and ingenuity
call for more than one ingredient.
I need one more part for the recipe.
goats stomach's!
excellent.
oh!
excuse me.
can I borrow one of these?
it's for a little something
I'm cooking up.
this...
I am brilliant.
goat stomach -- see, fortunately, it stretches
when it's filled with air, like the sail on my boat.
here, give it a try. Blow.
Think of the possibilities here.
divers can stay underwater longer
if they can take their own air with them.
they could map the sea bottom. they could live down there.
and keep your thumb over the opening.
It stops the air from escaping.
And make sure you save some for
when you resurface -- that's when you'll need it the most.
[ coughing ]
oh, dar.
tusi?
tusi, it's dar.
he can't
answer you.
who are you?
a friend.
where am i? Where's the dolphin?
it lives in the sea.
is he...
is he dead?
can a spirit ever die?
what happened? Why's he here?
touch him, and you will know.
no, keep it there.
that's why the dolphin led me here.
I promise
I'll find who's respon--
no sharks,
no sharks.
oh, come on, come on, come on, come on.
no sharks, no sharks.
come on, tao.
go.
dar!
oh, dar!
oh, I love it.
yeah! Oh, yeah.
-hello, sanu. -sorceress.
it's been a long time.
yes, it has.
you're reunited.
I've come for a different reason,
-to ask a favour. -anything.
I owe you my new life
your people tell their children the dolphin myth,
but most of them don't really believe it.
people believe what they see.
and I want the beastmaster to believe it, as well.
dar has a gift.
he communicates with the animals.
if he could learn to trust me, to believe in me,
like you do, then he and I can be friends.
do you understand?
your son has great spirit.
protect it, protect it well.
I was just about to come in and save you.
I thought a shark may have gotten you, or the mantiga.
you said it wasn't real, but--
I'm fine, tao.
what?
what happened?
I found tusi.
you have to tell mataffa and leilani.
If tusi's still alive, they have to know, they're grieving.
I don't want to tell them till I know the truth.
you saw him in a cave.
I did.
oh, I see.
leilani...
You said you once had a sister,
who was lost to the sea.
yes, now both are dead.
mother and son.
what did she look like?
she was beautiful.
like tusi.
what was her name?
sanu.
why are you asking these questions now?
can't you see how she is?
tusi is gone.
why remind her of her dead sister, too?
I'm sorry.
the spirit of a mighty warrior never dies.
[ coughing ]
he's not here any more.
where's he gone?
another place.
tusi.
you're leilani's sister,
sanu.
I want to believe that he's happy.
he told me he saw the lights from the cave.
were you trying to lead him here?
I watched him grow up in the sea,
become a man, but I wanted to hear his voice,
and I wanted him to hear mine. was I wrong?
no, the truth is never wrong.
one in the village doesn't live by those words.
who is it?
a man of respect.
a man who knew tusi his whole life.
you don't want to tell me who it is?
he'll have to show
his own face to the village.
you can't do it for them.
I know a way.
tusi was always looking for something in the sea.
now I know why.
-mAke the killer show his face? -create fear.
the weak animal will run.
can you do this?
I will put on any face
to help find our son's killer.
[ tooting ]
what news, mataffa?
good news, good news.
dar and I were on the
water today.
we met some fishermen from another village.
and they told us that tusi has been found and he's alive.
[ cheering ]
they'll bring him back here -- he'll be here
before the sun sets.
[ cheering ]
this is good news.
let's prepare a feast for his arrives.
what now?
we wait.
you're very clever,
beastmaster.
take the words the way I meant them.
a compliment.
sorceress, what are you doing here?
you don't trust me. it's a mistake.
why should I trust you?
because if you did,
you could have everything you want.
-I don't believe you. -I know.
so watch.
see a myth become a reality.
You might even say...a miracle.
what's happening?
it's gilan, it's him.
why did you kill tusi, gilan?
what are you saying? You told everyone he was alive.
to make the guilty one run.
does the beastmaster believe in ancestors?
what kind of animal will you become when you die?
not the same as you, gilan.
this tooth was ruh's gift to tusi for
his passage to manhood -- I know tusi
would want you to have it.
thank you.
put this to your ear, and
you'll always hear our songs.
dar, can you...
I think we have company.
some say that life never ends.
it only changes form.
but this is...
sanu? Tusi?
I'm sorry I ran away.
No. I needed to know the truth, and now I do.
I'm lucky.
I have two mothers.
one in the sea.
one in the land.
how lucky can a man be?
it was you out there... all this time.
you made a good life for tusi. thank you.
I'll keep the sea tigers away
whenever you're diving.
I'm now protector.
[ laughing ]
we must go,
but know this,
we'll never be far.
goodbye, dar.
goodbye, tusi.
You know, if I didn't see that, I would never have believed it.
the myth is real.
and, you know, the only one who believed it...
was the craziest man
in the village --
you can learn from somebody that everybody thinks is crazy.
yeah,
I've sure learned lots from you.
that's right.
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