How dare you treat me in this manner. I demand an explanation, and I warn you... Be quiet,...
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Anna Owens:
[Anna, thinking the king is a barbarian, is about to leave. The Kralahome has had her brought to his office at night to reason with her. She is outraged]
How dare you treat me in this manner. I demand an explanation, and I warn you...
Kralahome:
[Calmly]
Be quiet, sir.
Anna Owens:
...that I'm a British subject.
Kralahome:
That is nor reason you are safe. I could have you killed if that would serve my purpose. Such things are simple here.
[Walks across room]
Kralahome:
Sir, did you enjoy your triumph about your house? Because you shall now enjoy greater triumph. I have something to ask of you. Not demand, but ask. It is that you shall Stay in Siam. You may enjoy yourself if you like, sir
Anna Owens:
No matter what you ask, I wouldn't do it.
Kralahome:
If you do not stay in Siam, where will you go?
Anna Owens:
I don't know.
Kralahome:
Have you other place to put your life?
Anna Owens:
What has that to do with you?
Kralahome:
Have you, sir?
Anna Owens:
Please stop calling me "sir"!
Kralahome:
[emphatically]
I call you sir so you will not be lowly like a woman, but you continue to talk like a woman, I no longer call you sir. You think now you are nothing here, but that could be different.
Anna Owens:
How could it be, so long as the king can change his mind from one day to another?
Kralahome:
The king is not ordinary man.
Anna Owens:
Indeed he isn't.
Kralahome:
He is lonely man.
Anna Owens:
Lonely!
Kralahome:
Mem, I have watched you. I think there is need here for you. I think you know what is truth about many things, and I know you have the courage to speak it. The king has no one near him like you. He has many wives, but they cannot help him. You can speak with him as a woman where they cannot. And he will listen to you, because he will know you do not seek something for yourself.
Anna Owens:
Indeed, I wouldn't. Least of all the chance to revolve around him. He doesn't need help.
Kralahome:
Mem, why you not see? Why? He is two men! One part of him is king, like his father was. Other part tries to be man of new world, scientific man who desires to learn all modern things to save his country. But greedy men of Europe are at our door. They say Siam is barbaric land, and so must be ruled by them. So king must learn all modern things now. He tries work too big for any man, with no one to help. His own people are his enemies. They do not want change.
[thoughtfully]
Kralahome:
And sometimes inside himself is enemy that cannot change. Oh, mem, are you blind? Have you no eyes to see? He does not live coldly with mind as I do. But with heart. With heart, mem, as king must, and so is torn in two within himself. And to whom can he turn? Whom can he trust? He is very lonely man, and very strange man. Yet, for him, I would die.
Anna Owens:
[after a long pause]
I'm... I'm afraid I haven't been very understanding.
Kralahome:
Mem, I cannot promise that it will ever be easy for you. We have proverb here: "Go up by land, and you meet tiger. Go down by water, and you meet crocodile." But for you, it will be place to put your life.
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How dare you treat me in this manner?
I demand an explanation. And I warn you...
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- Be quiet, sir.
-..that I am a British subject.
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That is not reason you are safe.
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I could have you killed if that would serve
my purpose. Such things are simple here.
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Sir, you enjoy your triumph
about your house.
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Cos you shall now enjoy greater triumph.
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I have something to ask of you.
Not demand, but ask.
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It is that you shall stay in Siam.
You may enjoy yourself if you like, sir.
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No matter what you asked, I wouldn't do it.
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- If you do not stay, where will you go?
- I don't know.
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- Have you other place to put your life?
- What's it to do with you?
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- Have you, sir?
- Please stop calling me "sir"!
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I call you "sir"
so you will not be lowly, like a woman.
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But you continue to talk like a woman,
I no longer call you "sir".
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You think now you are nothing here,
but that could be different.
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How could it be, as long as the king can
change his mind from one day to another?
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- The king is not ordinary man.
- Indeed he isn't.
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- He is lonely man.
- "Lonely"!
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Mem, I have watched you.
I think there is need here for you.
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You know what is truth about many things,
and I know you have courage to speak it.
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The king has no one near him like you. He has
many wives, but they cannot help him.
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You can speak with him as a woman,
where they cannot.
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He will listen, because he will know
you do not seek something for yourself.
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Indeed I wouldn't. Least of all the chance
to revolve around him. He doesn't need help.
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Mem, why you not see? Why?
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He is two men.
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One part of him is king, like his father was.
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Other part tries to be man of new world.
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Scientific man who desires to learn
all modern things, to save his country.
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But greedy men of Europe are at our door.
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They say Siam is barbaric land
and so must be ruled by them.
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So king must learn all modern things now.
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He tries work too big for any man,
with no one to help.
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His own people are his enemies.
They do not want change.
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And sometimes inside himself is enemy...
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that cannot change.
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Oh, mem, are you blind?
Have you no eyes to see?
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He does not live coldly, with mind, as I do.
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But with heart.
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With heart, mem, as king must.
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And so is torn in two within himself.
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And to whom can he turn? Who can he trust?
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He is very lonely man.
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And very strange man.
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Yet for him I would die.
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I'm...
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I'm afraid I haven't been very understanding.
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Mem, I cannot promise
that it will ever be easy for you.
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We have proverb here.
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"Go up by land and you meet tiger,
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go down by water and you meet crocodile."
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But for you, it will be place to put your life.
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"Your Majesty once suggested that I might
possibly be of some slight help to him
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with his correspondence
and in the translation of..."
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Ah!
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Alak, take letter.
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To Mrs A Owens, by our gracious consent,
governess of the court of Siam,
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et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
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Dear Madam, I have your letter
in which you make offer of assistance.
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In reply, I beg to state, you were engaged
for teaching school. Not otherwise.
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You shall ask yourself, are your scholars
now interested in facility of language
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more than certain songs and proverbs
concerning houses?
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(chuckles)
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? L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T
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? U, V, W, X, Y, Z
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? A, B, C, D, E, F, G
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There seems to be definitely no answer.
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(students continue singing)
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(students stop singing and laugh)
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Do you speak English?
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My family speak some English a long time.
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- What is your name?
- Tuptim.
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He's very amusing, but none of us
can do any work while he's here.
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You'd better take him outside
until school is over.
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He will be good, mem.
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(speaks Siamese)
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He's really very clever.
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But I cannot allow him to stay.
Take him out now, Tuptim.
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If he make people to laugh
in this dull palace, that is good.
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I don't want to have to make
a report of this to His Majesty.
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His Majesty give him to me.
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But not to bring to school.
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Go to the king...
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if you like.
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Mem...
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Do not make quarrel with
new favourite of the king. You will lose.
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Tuptim...?
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Let's get on with our work now, please.
We've lost enough time.
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Mem, there is thing in this book
I do not believe.
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What is it, Prince Chulalongkorn?
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It shows world like round ball
that spins on stick through middle.
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And everyone knows
that world rest on back of great turtle,
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who keeps it from running into stars.
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- Where did you get the book?
- I gave it to him.
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- But you shouldn't without asking me.
- I'm sorry.
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There are many stories about the world,
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and when we're further along with our studies
I shall explain them to you.
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For the present,
I think we'd better stick to our letters.
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But I know all my letters, mem.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, l...
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(laughter)
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Quiet, please!
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I know that you are very quick to learn,
and I shall do all I can to help you,
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but for the present
I wish you to recite with the class.
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Oh.
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You wanted to see me, Lady Thiang?
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Yes, sir.
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I'm glad you've stayed. I wanted to thank you
for warning me about Tuptim.
Clip duration: 453 seconds
Views: 378
Timestamp in movie: 00h 42m 30s
Uploaded: 05 October, 2021
Genres: biography, drama, romance
Summary: In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
