Cai Chengjie’s deadpan fairy tale takes on the contradictions of superstition…
Bitterroot
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In western Montana, recently divorced Lue lives with his mother and keeps to a steady, quiet routine: his maintenance job, working his family stand at the farmers market, fly fishing on the river, and midnight outings for karaoke at the local bar. He lives with his widowed mother, Song, whose efforts to find him another wife are unwelcome and increasingly difficult to avoid. Song worries that she can’t get through to him, and seeks guidance from the ancestors.
The order that Lue clings to begins to crumble when he is suddenly laid off. He hides the truth from Song and scrambles to find work, but she senses something is wrong. She consults her shaman for help, but Lue only pulls further away. Soon Lue discovers that the spirit world may still have influence over his life—and he must finally face the buried pain that destroyed his marriage.
“Quiet yet fulfilling… [BITTERROOT] will resonate with students of Asian-American studies, Family studies, Aging studies and Social Work.” —Educational Media Reviews Online
“[A] cinematic feat… Visibility, storytelling, narratives, and the politics of visualizing race and ethnicity are ongoing sites of contention for Asian Americans within film and media studies. That Brunner-Sung’s screenplay intentionally leaves unresolved Lue’s story in Bitterroot pushes forward the narrative plenitude that we so desperately need in today’s media landscape.” —Kong Pheng Pha, Asian Ethnicity
“Bitterroot is an impassioned, poetic depiction of Montana's Hmong community. The movie is deeply authentic in its rhythms, from its scenes of rural foraging on lush mountainsides, to its subtle tug-of-war between community pressures and individual hardship. At its best, it's nothing short of a consummate artistic achievement, given its use of image and sound to unearth unspoken lived realities. It's one of the most uplifting movies this year.” —Joy Sauce
“Superbly crafted. What impresses most profoundly about Bitterroot is the film's pristine confidence.” —The Movie Waffler
Citation
Main credits
Brunner-Sung, Vera (film director)
Brunner-Sung, Vera (screenwriter)
Yeej (film producer)
Yang, Wa (actor)
Kue, Qu (actor)
Charlo, April (actor)
Other credits
Cinematography, Ki Jin Kim; music, Carla Patullo.
Distributor subjects
dGenerate Films - Narrative; Family; Immigration; HmongKeywords
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♪ Hey, if we can solve any problem ♪
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Shoo, shoo.
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Hey.
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Nice of you to join us.
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Can we please not have that thing at the table?
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Mom, can I have a soda?
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How come can drink it.
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Where is he?
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In the garden.
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Dee, can you tell your dad to come eat with us?
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Morning Lue.
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Morning, breakfast is ready.
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Excellent, I\'ll be right there.
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Everything\'s working fine how we have it.
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Yeah, but this is way more efficient.
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New timer\'s gonna make things a lot easier for Nia.
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There\'s coffee.
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Hey.
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Can I ask you why you\'re not taking mom to the?
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I have plans and she can go with Auntie Ka.
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You know she\'s embarrassed to go without you.
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Like I said, I have plans.
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I\'m just concerned about her.
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She didn\'t eat anything this morning.
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She never has a big breakfast.
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Just go for mom.
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Whatever you say boss lady.
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Hey Lue, come see me when you got a sec.
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You\'ve been out on the river lately?
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Water\'s still high, but I got a few spots.
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That\'s good, that\'s good.
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You know, you\'ve been here a long time.
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Maybe you\'ve been hearing
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about some of the fiscal issues at the university.
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Gosh, I hired a new guy on Thursday.
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Yeah.
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Wish you called last week.
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It\'s all good.
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Hey, how\'s your mom?
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She is such a cutie.
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One, two, three, four.
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Hey, is uncle inside?
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Hey, yeah, go ahead.
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There are already more than 20 fires
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Ongoing drought and unseasonably high temperature.
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Playing games.
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We\'re now experiencing mega fires.
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Smoke from these fires can travel thousands of miles.
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Pace from Oregon, six week long boot lake.
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You get like tags for Idaho
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and Montana so we can go cross that.
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Right, right,
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does it matter which side issue on you still get that.
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Yep, so you like you never know
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because you side, you\'re like, oh man,
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I wish tag this side I can\'t do anything about.
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Nice.
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What\'s up bro?
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Oh dang man.
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How\'ve you been?
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Been a long time man.
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A long time no see.
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Yeah.
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Nothing much, nothing much.
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Hey, congratulations on the new baby.
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Oh yeah, thanks man.
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Yep, August, august baby.
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Yeah, try for like, yeah, two years with invitro.
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Wow.
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Finally went to the Shaman
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and it worked just like that, man.
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Yeah, pretty cool.
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So Lue, I heard you were talking to a Minnesota girl.
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Dude, you need to talk to your aunts man.
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They got the hookup and everything back in Laos and stuff.
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We\'re all gonna end up there eventually.
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Especially a single guy.
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All right guys, knock it off man.
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How\'s more season?
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It\'s good money.
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Yeah.
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Easy money.
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Like two to 3000 a weekend.
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Wow.
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Makes a bank.
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Where at?
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If he told you he\'d probably have to kill you.
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He told me.
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Don\'t tell anyone.
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Yeah, there\'s like a little secret spot and everything.
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Shoo, go on, get outta here.
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Have a nice day.
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♪ I can\'t go on saying the same thing ♪
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♪ Don\'t you know we\'ve got everything ♪
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♪ Going on and on and on ♪
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♪ Every time you go away ♪
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♪ You take a piece of me with you ♪
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♪ Every time you go away ♪
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♪ You take a piece of me with you ♪
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You\'re such a good boy.
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[water flowing]
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Can you hear me?
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Good.
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Yeah, yeah.
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How are things?
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Good, good.
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How is she?
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That\'s great, I tried to call,
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you know how it is up here.
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Is she there?
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Did you tell her I called?
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Okay, I\'ll try again next week.
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All right, thanks, bye mom.
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[bag whirring]
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[birds chirping]
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[machine rattling]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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How can you smoke that?
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Dude, it\'s better for you.
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What man?
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Dude, have some food, man.
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You say you selling house.
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[speaking in foreign language]
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You want to leave alone, right?
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No.
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[gentle music]
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[vehicle engine whirring]
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[birds chirping]
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[machine whirring]
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Hey Dan.
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Hey.
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I think I mentioned already
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that we have a good system with the sprinklers.
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Nia said it was okay.
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She did?
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Yep.
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[feet clopping]
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[bees buzzing]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[insects chirping]
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[singing in foreign language]
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[insects chirping]
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[objects clattering]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[vehicle engine whirring]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[people chattering]
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Are they local?
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Yeah, from the bid room.
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Thanks so much.
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Thank you, have a nice day.
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Bye bye.
Bye.
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[people chattering]
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[vehicle engine whirring]
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[objects clattering]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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Do you have a history of high blood pressure?
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No.
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She\'s been through a lot.
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She came here as a refugee.
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Stress and trauma can definitely be factors.
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Is there a prognosis?
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Like I said,
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we need to run some additional tests,
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but I can put her on medications
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that should ease her symptoms.
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You know much that\'s gonna cost?
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Medicare and most insurance providers should cover it.
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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When was the last time
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she was even at the doctor?
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Take it easy May.
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Take it easy when you can\'t even do your job.
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Who knows what else you\'re neglecting?
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I worked every day.
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I went to every, new year.
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Oh, you\'re so committed.
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What happened with Gun Inc?
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Was that all your hard work,
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out fishing while she was in the emergency room?
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Or are you gonna say that\'s my fault too?
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Shut up May.
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You\'re not even Hmong anymore.
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What?
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[door banging]
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What did you say to me?
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Hey!
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[vehicle engine whirring]
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[water spurting]
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[people chattering]
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[upbeat music]
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[vehicle engines whirring]
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[thunder whirring]
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[rain pouring]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[water flowing]
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This is the perfect spot.
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So this is the rod and this here.
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[gentle music]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[birds chirping]
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[packet whirring]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[gentle music]
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[body banging]
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[person grunting]
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[person breathing]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[birds chirping]
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[flies buzzing]
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[dog barking]
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Kusom, come, come,
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get over here come on, Kusom.
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Come on.
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Do you need help?
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[gentle music]
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[insects chirping]
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Sorry.
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[insects chirping]
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You live here?
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It\'s a family from outta state.
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Oh.
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I take care of it.
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[vehicle engine whirring]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[phone buzzing]
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Hey.
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Where have you been?
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I\'ve been trying to call you.
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I was on the mountains.
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I was gonna.
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Mountains?
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What\'s going on?
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She\'s back in the hospital.
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What?
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In the hospital.
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Hello, hello?
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[insects chirping]
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[singing in foreign language]
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[singing in foreign language]
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[drawer whirring]
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[gentle music]
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[gentle music]
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[birds chirping]
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Do you have to do that?
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Killed the chicken, is that Hmong enough for you?
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Can I ask you something?
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01:08:17.403 --> 01:08:18.236
What?
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01:08:19.203 --> 01:08:22.237
Why\'d you cheat on her, how could you?
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01:08:24.542 --> 01:08:27.292
[birds chirping]
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[machine beeping]
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[singing in foreign language]
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01:09:52.948 --> 01:09:56.597
[speaking in foreign language]
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[speaking in foreign language]
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01:09:58.931 --> 01:10:03.130
[speaking in foreign language]
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01:10:03.130 --> 01:10:07.047
[speaking in foreign language]
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01:11:04.664 --> 01:11:08.581
[speaking in foreign language]
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01:11:30.276 --> 01:11:34.193
[speaking in foreign language]
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[feet clopping]
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[birds chirping]
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01:12:56.526 --> 01:12:58.203
Hey, sorry.
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01:13:00.752 --> 01:13:02.243
I brought some things from my garden.
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01:13:04.770 --> 01:13:05.603
Hey buddy.
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01:13:07.254 --> 01:13:08.333
There\'s some beers in there too.
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01:13:09.510 --> 01:13:10.950
I don\'t drink.
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01:13:10.950 --> 01:13:11.783
Oh.
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01:13:23.490 --> 01:13:25.073
How long have you been out here?
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01:13:26.790 --> 01:13:29.703
It\'ll be a year in August, fire season.
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01:13:38.130 --> 01:13:40.880
It was bad last year.
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01:13:42.720 --> 01:13:44.470
Yeah, I was supposed to evacuate.
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01:13:50.196 --> 01:13:52.113
You didn\'t?
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01:13:59.220 --> 01:14:00.903
It may sound stupid,
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but I was more afraid about being back in town.
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01:14:05.490 --> 01:14:06.340
What\'s in town?
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01:14:08.220 --> 01:14:09.053
People.
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01:14:29.710 --> 01:14:32.463
About time to clear the brush again.
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01:14:47.550 --> 01:14:49.300
What\'s the story with the tattoo?
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01:14:54.210 --> 01:14:56.177
You ever do anything you regret?
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01:15:03.514 --> 01:15:04.347
Yeah.
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01:15:12.731 --> 01:15:13.564
Yeah.
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[water flowing]
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01:15:33.320 --> 01:15:34.153
Hello?
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[gentle music]
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01:16:48.129 --> 01:16:51.129
[people chattering]
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01:17:27.607 --> 01:17:30.190
[gentle music]
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01:18:12.259 --> 01:18:14.926
[water flowing]
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01:18:20.290 --> 01:18:22.873
[wind blowing]
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01:18:41.144 --> 01:18:43.894
[birds chirping]
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01:19:01.296 --> 01:19:04.296
[branches whirring]
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01:19:35.321 --> 01:19:36.238
You okay?
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01:19:47.974 --> 01:19:50.974
[branches whirring]
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01:19:55.658 --> 01:19:58.408
[birds chirping]
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01:20:36.131 --> 01:20:38.798
[water flowing]
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01:21:04.311 --> 01:21:07.228
[insects chirping]
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01:21:29.222 --> 01:21:31.972
[birds chirping]
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01:22:26.963 --> 01:22:29.630
[water flowing]
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[birds chirping]
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01:24:01.114 --> 01:24:04.031
[insects chirping]
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01:24:42.212 --> 01:24:44.879
[water flowing]
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[birds chirping]
