Your Majesty! It has begun, Toongramon. We've lost Cambodia. Our governor of Cambodia has...
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Kralahome:
[the Kralahome has just arrived to tell King Mongkut of the loss of Cambodia. Anna, meanwhile, continues to press the King about the issue of a private residence, to the point where even the King's staff members are singing "Home, Sweet Home"]
Your Majesty! It has begun, Toongramon. We've lost Cambodia. Our governor of Cambodia has made a treaty with the French government. They have recognized Cambodia as independent of Siam, placed it under their "protection," and this governor of ours still protests his loyalty to Your Majesty.
King Mongkut:
So, a camel's nose is in the tent. The partition of Siam, it has begun.
Kralahome:
For a long time, we've said this hour must come. Now it is no longer talk. It is upon us. What do we do?
King Mongkut:
Nothing. We shall do nothing whatever in this matter... because there is nothing we can do.
Kralahome:
Your father took such a man once and burned out both his eyes, hung him in the sun in a cage over cool running water, until he went mad.
King Mongkut:
[Heartbroken, yes resigned]
We have not the right to waste ourselves on something which cannnot be changed. We shall save what strength and cunning we may have to hold together what is left of Siam. And if we cannot save all that is left, we shall save what we can.
Kralahome:
[after a long pause]
Tell me something Toongramon. A long time ago, I came to you and asked you to leave a life of peace, and to be King. If I could ask you now to make that choice, what would your answer be? Think well before you answer that. Think what this can mean to you.
King Mongkut:
You feel great responsibility for me, don't you, Chow Koon?
Kralahome:
You might still be living peacefully at the monastery if I had not persuaded you. Perhaps it is not too late to return. Think well on that. The monastery instead of this place, where you have only enemies and danger. Well, you know this is not the end. The ships of Europe will crowd thicker on our seas, greedy for conquest. They have the power... and the cunning. They know how to set your nobles against you, how to buy and threaten them. How can you hope to hold Siam together against enemies without and within? All that it can mean to you is that, in the end, you will die in a lost cause.
[pause]
Kralahome:
I have done you a sorry service to have brought you to this moment.
King Mongkut:
[after a moment]
I think you take too much credit on yourself, Chow Koon. There is a man born for every task, and I was born for this one. Remember, I was prince before I was monk. Let me ask you, if you were in my place, what would your answer be?
[Long pause. He cannot answer]
King Mongkut:
Then give me as much credit as you allow yourself, my friend.
Kralahome:
If only we had more time.
King Mongkut:
[Court musician can be heard playing "Home, Sweet Home" outside the King's window]
She's got someone else at it.
Kralahome:
She?
King Mongkut:
That woman and her house!
[Calls to court musician]
King Mongkut:
Stop it!
[Music stops]
King Mongkut:
Take a lesson from her, my friend, and you'll never give up on anything. Give her a house.
Kralahome:
But...
King Mongkut:
Give her a house! If she was meant to be a sign to us, she deserves a reward.
[Really angry now]
King Mongkut:
And if she wasn't, well, give her a house anyway, before she drives me out of my mind!
Transcript
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We've lost Cambodia.
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Our governor of Cambodia made
a treaty with the French government.
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They recognised Cambodia as independent
of Siam, placed it under their protection.
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And this governor of ours
still protests his loyalty to Your Majesty.
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So...
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The camel's nose is in the tent.
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The partition of Siam. It has begun.
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For a long time
we've said this hour must come.
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Now it is no longer talk, it is upon us.
What do we do?
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Nothing.
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We shall do nothing whatever in this matter.
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Because there is nothing we can do.
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Your father took such a man once
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and burned out both his eyes.
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Hung him in the sun in a cage
over cool running water,
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until he went mad.
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We have not the right to waste ourselves
on something which cannot be changed.
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We shall save what strength and cunning
we have to hold together what is left of Siam.
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And if we cannot save all that is left,
we shall save what we can.
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Tell me something, Toongramon.
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A long time ago, I came to you and asked you
to leave a life of peace and be the king.
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If I could ask you now to make that choice,
what would your answer be?
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Think well before you answer that.
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Think what this can mean to you.
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You feel great responsibility for me,
don't you, Cha Kum?
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You might still be living peacefully
at the monastery if I had not persuaded you.
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Perhaps it is not too late to return.
Think well on that.
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The monastery, instead of this place
where you have only enemies and danger.
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Well you know this is not the end.
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The ships of Europe will crowd thicker
on our seas, greedy for conquest.
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They have the power.
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And the cunning.
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They know how to set your nobles
against you, how to buy and threaten them.
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How can you hope to hold Siam together
against enemies without and within?
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All that it can mean to you is that
in the end you will die in a lost cause.
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I have done you a sorry service
to have brought you to this moment.
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I think you take too much credit
on yourself, Cha Kum.
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There is a man born for every task,
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and I was born for this one.
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Remember, I was prince before I was monk.
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Let me ask you.
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If you were in my place,
what would your answer be?
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Then give me as much credit
as you allow yourself, my friend.
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If only we had more time.
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(? "Home, Sweet Home" on reed pipe)
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- She's got someone else at it.
- "She"?
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That woman and her house!
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- Stop it!
- (music stops)
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Take a lesson from her, my friend,
and you will never give up on anything.
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- Give her a house.
- But...
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Give her a house! If she was meant
to be a sign to us, she deserves a reward.
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And if she wasn't...
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Well, give her a house anyway,
before she drives me out of my mind.
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- Very nice.
- Yes, mem.
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No fish here.
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No fish.
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You like it?
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I could be quite comfortable here.
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It is of course our wish
that mem shall be perfectly satisfied.
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Oh, I am. Perfectly, Your Excellency.
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I said I'd get a house, and I got it.
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But now you may go to the king
and tell him he can have it back.
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I wouldn't live in it
if it had a roof made of rubies.
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And you can tell him something else too.
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I wouldn't live in a country where
promises mean nothing. Simply nothing.
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I won't stay a minute longer than I have to,
not if he gave me the whole palace to live in.
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Good day, Your Excellency.
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I'll find out what time we sail. I think we can
go aboard ship first thing in the morning.
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If Louis wakes up, tell him I'll be back soon.
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Yes, memsahib.
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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.
Clip duration: 463 seconds
Views: 365
Timestamp in movie: 00h 37m 07s
Uploaded: 05 October, 2021
Genres: biography, drama, romance
Summary: In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
