[Birds chirping]
[Car in background]
[Car accelerating]
[Traffic noise]
[Honks horn]
You notice the spider angioma?
Can you tell him I'm gonna check his eyes?
[Nurse translates]
Look up.
[Patient inhales and exhales]
His lungs are clear. His heart's okay.
[Nurse translates]
[Patient groans]
His liver's distended.
Always look at the patient in the eyes.
You'll see the pain before you hear it.
[Car horn outside]
Your liver's not well, sir. Okay?
And if you keep drinking, it's gonna kill you.
So do yourself a favour -- [Car horn honking]
[Honking continues urgently]
[Urgent shouting]
What happened?
Traffic accident. More coming.
Get on the radio to district and get me an ambulance.
If they don't have one, get me a truck.
Okay
DR NOVELLA (OS): We have an open chest wound...
JOHN: Lung is collapsed.
DR NOVELLA (OS): Label him "red"
[Peeling back wound]
DR NOVELLA (OS): Label her "black".
-Give her some morphine.
[Shirt rips]
[Blood pressure gauge]
DR NOVELLA (OS): Keep pressure on there.
Can we get an IV in here, please?
JOHN: Blood pressure's very low.
DR NOVELLA (OS): Label her "red"
[Car horn outside]
DR NOVELLA (OS): She has an open fracture of the tibia.
JOHN: Are you the mother?
[Blood pressure gauge]
DR NOVELLA (OS): Label her "red".
This is our number one.
This guy needs a chest tube.
He's the first one out...
[Nurse shouting in Lao]
[Crickets chirping] [EKG machine beeping]
[Monitor beeping]
[Sawing through bone]
DR NOVELLA: How did it go?
JOHN: It went well.
DR NOVELLA: All we have to do now is excise this wound...
get rid of all that black tissue.
JOHN: Of course, yeah.
Scalpel.
Please...
[EKG machine continues beeping]
Fuck! [Beeping speeds up]
Compass!
Come on!
[EKG machine beeps wildly]
JOHN: Right here.
DR NOVELLA: Move.
[EKG machine flatlines]
[Chest compressions]
JOHN: You got it?
Push some saline, come on!
Come on!
DR NOVELLA: She's gone.
[Compressions continue]
John... John, you have to move on.
We have six other patients.
[Flatline continues]
We have to move on now.
JOHN: Please. Take your hand off of me.
I can fix this.
DR NOVELLA: Get the next one in here.
JOHN: No no no. I can fix this.
Come on!
Push some more saline!
[Rooster crows]
[Car door slams]
DR NOVELLA (OS): You need to take some time to decide...
whether this is where you want to be...
or whether you want to be a part of this team.
When I call it, it is over.
[Car drives away]
Take a couple weeks.
[Footsteps receding]
[Exhales]
[Alarm clock beeping]
[Speaking French] JOHN: Sorry I'm late. Thanks for waiting.
DOUANGMANY: No problem.
We'll still be able to make my pickup.
Good, good.
[Car engine starts]
Here, Dr. Novella wanted me to give this to you.
The contracts for the clinic.
Thank you. - You're welcome.
DOUANGMANY (OS): I heard you and Dr. Novella talking this morning.
How long is this drive?
Five or six hours.
So you're not going home?
No, there's nothing for me back home.
And after Vientiane, where do you go?
I'll head south to the islands.
My wife is from the south.
I didn't know you were married.
She lives in Phonsavan with my son.
I see them one weekend a month.
Must be hard for you to be away from them.
Look.
What's his name?
Alex.
He's a hemophiliac.
I'm sorry.
Strangers always say sorry.
Don't be sorry, it's not your fault.
[Car rumbles across bridge]
What's this?
Checkpoint.
[Police whistle]
[Speaking in Lao]
[Police whistles continue]
[Speaking in Lao]
[Dog barking; work noises]
[Indistinct talking]
[Car door slams]
[Traffic noise]
JOHN: Thank you, my friend.
DOUANGMANY: Here we go.
JOHN: I will see you soon then, right?
DOUANGMANY: I'm in Vientiane at least twice a week.
See you soon. - See you soon.
Bye. - Bye.
I'd like one ticket to Ban Nakasang.
How long's the bus ride?
12 hours. Wow.
Thank you!
[Speaking French]
[Chatter; market noise]
JOHN (OS): How much?
♪ [Ominous ambient music] ♪
[Boat engine starts]
♪ [Music ends] ♪
[Speaking Lao]
JOHN: It's beautiful.
It's fine. I'll take it.
You pay tomorrow.
-In the morning?
Oh... Good good.
Yeah? Alright.
[Speaks Lao]
Thank you.
[Crickets chirping]
[Water splashing]
♪ [Music playing] ♪
Here you go. [Girls giggling]
-Thank you, very much.
Cheers.
LACHLAN (OS): Chica! [Australian accent]
CHAI: Hey guys.
What can I get you?
LACHLAN (OS): Uh.. scotch and Coke for me...
SIMON: Yeah, that sounds good..
LACHLAN: Yeah, two scotch and Cokes. Thanks, mate.
[Girls giggle]
Thanks, Chai. Just put it on the tab.
SIMON: What's up, ladies?
[Speaking French]
SIMON (OS): Do you mind if we sit here?
LACHLAN (OS): Is it alright if we sit with you ladies?
I'm sitting here.
Thank you, so much.
-Do you guys speak Lao?
Uh... Yeah.
Well, we can say a couple things.
[Mispronouncing Lao words]
[Correcting pronounciation]
[Laughs]
[Indistinct conversation continues]
[♪ Ominous music ♪]
[Laughter; glasses clinking]
[Whispers]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
[Laughing]
No, no, no sharing. That's your shot. That's yours.
Do you think, maybe, she's had enough?
Come on, guys.
She should stop. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Cool. Nice one bro.
[Indistinct chatter]
[Speaks Lao]
[Urinating]
Shoes -Oh, sorry.
We good?
That's assuming my feet are cleaner than my shoes.
From the Australian...
Really? That asshole got me a drink...
I'll pass.
-Another beer?
No, I'll have... what you got?
I'll have a whisky.
-Johnny Walker? Yeah.
Do you know those guys?
-Oh, they've been here for a week.
Really noisy. Annoying.
Probably won't feel good tomorrow.
I gave them the special brown ice.
[Laughs]
Give them a litte taste from the river.
[Laughs] -You're a bad man.
Good ice for you, my friend.
Now that's good.
Wanna have a glass with me?
-Sure.
[Crickets chirping]
[Dogs barking]
-By the way, I'm Chai.
John. John Lake.
John. -Yeah.
-Can't believe I spoke to you all night...
and I didn't even know your name.
How much do I owe you?
-Uhh...
-70,000 is fine.
That doesn't seem fair.
I'll cover your drinks, and...
I'm a millionaire. So, you know...
It's not hard to be one here. -No it's not.
[Laughs] You're poor when you're a millionaire.
300,000 for you.
Thank you.
-Thank you!
-Yeah, this was great. I needed it.
Have a good night, my friend.
-See you tomorrow.
[Crickets chirping]
[John murmuring]
[John gasping; panting]
What did I do?
[♪ Ominous music ♪]
[Crickets chirping]
Hey, how you feeling?
Fuck off.
What's going on here?
[Water running] [Muffled scream]
What the fuck did you do, man?
What the fuck did you do?
What the fuck did you do!?
[Groans]
Fuck.
Dipshit.
[Grunts]
[Splashing]
[Hits connecting]
[Screaming] [Hits connecting]
[Grunting]
What the fuck did I do? [Glass breaking]
[Hits connecting] [John Screaming]
[♪ Ominous music♪ ]
[John coughing]
You okay?
Are you hurt?
[Girl moaning]
It's over.
[Girl vomiting]
You're safe.
[Girl gasps]
[Shouting in Lao]
No, no.
[Screaming]
[Speaks Lao]
[Echoes of screaming]
[Water splashing]
[John grunting]
[♪ Music fading ♪]
[John weeping]
Fucking kidding me!
My wallet!
Fuck!
[Slamming the wall]
FUCK! [Slamming the wall]
[♪ Steady drum beat ♪]
[Bike rattling]
[Gasping]
[Water rushing over rapids]
[Agitated voices]
[Speaks Lao]
[Bike rattling]
When's the next boat to the mainland?
-Uh...
Next boat out to the mainland - Half past 10...
What time is it? -Quarter past 10.
-What time is it? -Quarter past 10.
[Panting] [♪ Ominous music ♪]
[Keys rattling] Fuck.
PROPRIETOR: Hello.
[Speaks Lao]
You pay now.
-Of course. Give me a minute.
[♪ Steady drum beat ]
PROPRIETOR: Hello!
[Speaking Lao]
-I'll pay you later.
CHAI: Hey, John?
Are you okay? -Yeah.
Uhh..
I gotta go. I've got a boat to catch.
He needs to talk to you. He has some questions.
Umm, yeah. I'm in a hurry.
Sorry guys. [Police officer grunts]
[Speaking Lao] -Sorry, you can't.
[Speaking Lao]
[Speaking with accent] Passport!
Yeah, okay.
No... I think uhh...
I think I left it in my room.
[Chai translates]
[Police officer speaks]
[Translating] Then you need to go to your room and get your passport.
Uhh.. just make sure, before we waste time...
Here you go.
[Speaking Lao]
-Where's he going with that?
Don't worry. You'll get it back.
-No, I need my passport back.
[Speaking Lao]
-I need my passport back.
-Let them do what they need to do, John.
-Alright, I understand.
PROPRIETOR(OS): You pay now!
Come pay!
I'm sorry.
[Proprietor speaking Lao]
I tried to explain to her...
I lost my wallet. So...
[Proprietor speaking Lao]
Let me handle it.
[Chai speaking Lao]
[Proprietor speaking Lao]
-Thank you.
[Proprietor speaking Lao]
[Police officer speaking Lao]
Sorry, I don't mean to touch you. But...
-I do need my passport.
[Police officer speaking Lao]
I need my passport back.
Okay?
[Speaking Lao]
[Chai translates] We need to go.
-Okay.
[Footsteps]
[Pen clicks]
[Papers rustle]
[Speaking Lao]
[Chai translates] Do you remember him from last night?
-Uh, yes. He was sitting right here.
[Chai translates]
Um.. he was with him...
And a local girl.
Uhh.. I think she was local.
-Yeah. Her name's Nang, she lives in...
[Chai translates]
[Speaks Lao]
[Chai translates] Did you speak with him?
-No.
Uh... yes. Uh, briefly.
Uh.. what's your friend's name?
SIMON(OS): Lachlan.
-I went up to Lachlan to tell him to stop feeding her alcohol.
She was getting really drunk...
SIMON (OS): He did, and she went home.
[Chai translates]
-What's going on?
He's missing.
We were supposed to leave at 6 this morning.
We've got his brother's wedding in Bali tomorrow.
[In accented English] You not on tourist visa.
You working with NGO in Xiangkhoung.
-Yes. I'm working for an NGO up north. I'm a doctor.
How long here?
Just a couple days. I came on holiday.
And you arrive?
-I arrived yesterday.
Uhh.. couple days, I mean.
Yesterday, today.
POLICE OFFICER(OS): Couple? Two?
-Two days.
-And you leave now? Where you go?
I got a call from the clinic,
they need me, so my holiday is cut short.
[Motorboat speeds by]
Your face. What happened?
I was very drunk last night.
I was riding a bicycle, and I fell.
[Speaking Lao]
SIMON (OS): What's going on?
[Indistinct conversation]
What's he saying?
-Tell me what he's saying!
They found a body.
I'm uh..
-You should wait.
-Oh, no, no. I'm gonna use the bathroom.
He wants you to leave your bag here.
[Speaking Lao]
Not a problem.
[♪ Tense music ♪]
[Motorcycle engine]
What's going on?
-Fucking cops aren't letting anyone off the island.
[Steady drum beats]
[Panting]
[Shouting in Lao]
[Speaking Lao]
[Speaking French] Do you speak in french?
You take me, in your boat to Ban Nakansang.
Mainland.
Look at me. Ban Nakansang.
I pay.
I pay you! Okay?
You take me, -Okay, okay.
in the boat, right now.
Ban Nakansang. Let's go.
[Outboard engine fires up]
[Motorboard drive by]
[Steering wheel creaks]
JOHN (OS): What are you doing?!
Ban Nakansang!
Back to the mainland!
No, no! Not Don Khon.
Back to the mainland!
[Speaks Lao]
Listen to me! Please, no!
[Man speaks Lao]
Fuck!
[♪ Suspenseful music ♪]
[Man speaks Lao]
[Hyperventilating]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
[Gas cap removed]
[Gasoline pouring]
[Engine fires up]
[♪ Ethereal Music ♪]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
When's the next bus heading north?
-Where you go?
I go to Vientiane.
Vientiane? Leave in 20 minutes.
-Okay. How much is it?
-80,000. Two bus.
Your write name here.
-This one for first bus.
Then you catch with this one.
Okay.
-This is bus number. right over there
This bus? -Yes.
[Speaks Lao]
[Engine starts]
[♪ Ethereal Music ♪]
[Traffic noise]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
[Jack squeaking]
[Police speaking Lao]
[Bus door opening]
[Slow footsteps]
[Footsteps coming closer]
[Shouting from outside]
[Bus door closes]
[Hydraulic brakes]
[Speaking Lao]
Next bus to Vientiane? What time is it at?
-Two hour.
Bus 22.
Two hours from now?
-Yeah.
Bus 22.
-Thank you.
Can I use your phone?
-No, no.
Reversed charges?
-No, no.
No charges to you. You won't pay, okay?
No, no.
Is there a payphone here?
Somewhere where I can make a call?
No, no. [Speaking Lao]
No? -No, no.
[Flies buzzing]
[Indistinct chatter]
[♪ Tense Music ♪]
[Agitated chatter in Lao]
Fuck.
[Shouting in Lao]
[Shouting]
[Crates tipping over] [Woman shouting]
[Police shouting]
[Pounding footsteps]
[Cars honking]
[Gate rattling] [Dog barking]
[Chickens squawking]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
[Engine idling]
[Car trunk slamming shut]
[♪ Ethereal music ♪]
[Crickets chirping]
[Engine turning over]
[Crickets chirping]
[Car approaching]
[Car slowing down]
Hey, you go Vientiane?
-Yeah.
-Come!
[Engine roars]
[Men speaking Lao]
Yo, where are we going?
[Speaking Lao]
-Okay, you stay here. Won't take long.
[Dog barks]
Listen, I'm just gonna get out of the car here.
[Speaks Lao]
I don't know who you guys are.
I don't know what you guys do.
I want nothing to do with this.
[Chain link fence rattling]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Car door opening]
[Speaking Lao]
[Engine accelerating]
Fuck, you scared the shit out of me, man.
[Engine idling]
[Dog barking]
[Traffic noise]
[Door buzzes open]
[Footsteps approaching]
-Can you leave the door open, please?
Thank you.
-Hi.
Sorry. -It's okay.
I'm Beverly Hartwick.
I'm John.
What can I help you with?
I was at a bar a couple nights ago, down south...
there were two girls having drinks with some Australians...
they were getting really drunk, and... uh...
this one girl couldn't have been more than 90 pounds...
Her name was Nang--
-Can I see your passport, John?
Yeah.
Sorry, just give me a second.
Please, please. Let me explain.
-It's okay.
Yeah, hi. It's Bev.
No, those fax dipnotes we recieved this morning...
Can you read them to me again?
Has a time been set?
No. That's good.
Thank you.
Did you come here to turn yourself in?
No, I came here for you to help me.
-I'll be honest, beyond accessing legal council...
there's not much more we can really do.
I can get you a list of some good lawyers here in Vientiane.
Can I do that for you?
Yeah.
-Okay.
I'll be right back.
[Loud engine]
- What are you doing here? JOHN: I need you to take me to the clinic
The cops came last night. They were looking for you.
JOHN: I didn't do what they say. - I can't be around you.
Please. Dr. Novella knows I'm coming.
I called her.
She told me to find you here.
Stop.
Goddamn it!
Give me my keys.
You're my friend.
I need your help.
Do you understand?
I didn't do what they say!
I'm sorry to ask you this.
Take me back to the clinic.
Thank you.
-The Australian Embassy is offering a reward for your capture
How much?
80 million kip.
JOHN: Ten thousand dollars?
To catch the killer of a senator's son?
They mustn't like him too much.
Before the checkpoint, you need to hide in the back.
DOUANGMANY (OS): Get out of the truck.
Hide behind the boxes there.
Keep quiet.
If they find you, I go to prison too.
[♪ Ethereal Music ♪]
[Police whistles]
[Indistinct chatter]
[Truck braking]
DR NOVELLA: What is he doing here? Why is he with you?
-I'm sorry. It's not his fault.
I told him you were expecting me.
I didn't know what else to do.
I just need to get my money, then I promise I'll go.
There's nothing there. The police raided it. They took everything.
Take him back to his apartment.
[Knock on door]
DR NOVELLA (OS): John, it's Stephanie.
I wasn't sure if you've eaten.
-The government wants to shut us down because...
one of our doctors is wanted for murder and sexual assault.
The senator's son, or whoever the fuck he is...
He attacked me. I defended myself.
I don't know what happened down there, John.
Please tell me you don't believe--
-This has nothing to do with what I believe...
Showing up here has made the situation so much worse than it already is.
I had money here...
What are you going to do?
I'm gonna cross into Thailand. Make my way to Bangkok.
Fly home on my return ticket.
-This is an Australian politician's son...
You don't think that INTERPOL is involved?
I don't have a choice. I'll take my chances.
And if I get stopped at the airport, the US Embassy will...
get involved, and I will face the consiquences there...
but one thing I can not do is be caught here.
-I sympathize with you, but there is nothing I can do.
I need you to help me.
[Sighs]
Stay the night, but in the morning...
I don't want to know that you were ever here.
[Door closes]
[Door opens]
What's going on?
-Everything's fine. We don't have a lot of time.
Time for what?
I'm going to help you cross the border to Thailand.
Who's this? -A friend.
[♪ Ominous Music ♪]
[Cicadas buzzing]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
DOUANGMANY (OS): The Mekong.
Thailand is on the other side.
Follow the path to the river.
You'll find a boat.
It's the dry season, so the river is low.
Once on the other side, what do I do?
Next to the river there's a highway.
That will bring you to Khaon Kaen.
I have a contact there. He's going to help.
Find the bus terminal.
Tomorrow night after seven, he'll be waiting for you at the entrance.
He'll drive you to Bangkok.
You won't have a problem with immigration.
But Interpol is another story.
That's your risk.
Why are you doing this?
I want to help you.
You're my friend.
And I need you to help me.
Give this to my contact.
That's all you have to do.
What's this?
Ya ba?
Opium?
You know half the patients at the clinic are addicts.
It's for my son.
It would cost me five years of my salary to pay for a year's treatment.
And if I don't do it?
Then I can't help you.
The life of my son is more important than anything else.
I don't want to have to take the reward.
You're my friend.
I don't have a choice.
Neither do I.
[Rushing water] [Cowbell clanking]
Fuck me, man.
[Cowbell clanking]
[Satchel snaps]
[Water splashing]
[Coughing]
[John panting]
[Light footsteps]
[♪ Tense music ♪]
[Shouting in Thai]
[Angry shouting]
[Water splashes]
[Shouting]
[♪ Music fades ♪]
[Engine rumbling]
[Keys rattling]
[Speaking Thai]
Mr Lake.
John Lake?
My name is Patrick Reardon.
I'm with the American Embassy in Bangkok.
What time is it?
-It's about 9:30.
In the morning?
Yes, in the morning.
I've been here for..
four days.
We just heard about you yesterday.
You're without a passport.
There's no record of you entering Thailand...
at any of the airports or landcrossings...
and you were caught crossing the Mekong illegally.
So, you're gonna be deported. Under normal circumstances...
you'd be sent back home in a couple of days...
but Laos has filed an extradition request.
It seems there's an outstanding warrant for your arrest.
-There is.
Well, if they can satisfy the extradition requirments...
then you'll be sent back to Laos.
How much time do I have?
-Before you're extradited?
Everything has to be cleared and vetted by the courts here.
It varies. I don't know.
Six months, maybe?
It could be a year.
Now... [Clears throat]
Now, I'm told that you threw a bag into the river before you were apprehended?
Did they find it?
-No.
You'll only be here a few days before you're transferred...
to a larger facility in Bangkok.
[♪ Ethereal Music ♪]
PATRICK (VO): I was hoping I could, uh...
call home, call some family for you?
You got family?
JOHN (VO): You can call my sister. Her name is Natalie Lake.
She's a nurse. Presbyterian in Chicago.
PATRICK(VO): You're gonna need money. And, obviously, clothes.
Can I reach out to your sister for that too?
JOHN (VO): You can ask, yes. Thank you.
PATRICK (VO): Hang tight, John.
JOHN (VO): When will I see you again?
PATRICK(VO): I'll see you in Bangkok.
[Jet engines roaring]
[♪ Music fading ♪]
[Rubbing clothes]
[Birds chirping]
[Speaking Thai]
[Footsteps approaching]
PATRICK: John!
How are you?
JOHN: I'm okay.
-Good. This is Mr Nishant Pan...
from Thai immigration.
You're being deported today.
No, you're going home, John.
Back to New York City.
Laos withdrew the extradition request.
I'm going home?
-The case was flimsy.
They didn't have enough to convict you...
At least, not enough to satisfy the courts here.
We would have had you out a few days ago, but there was a...
misunderstanding between the courts and immigration.
It happens.
[Papers shuffling] Take this. It's a letter from the Thai government...
your flight itinerary.
[Relieved sigh]
-This was reissued.
Your uh, sister sent some more money.
I'll need you to sign for it.
She also sent you this...
Clothing, for the return journey.
Let's get you out of here.
Thai Immigration is gonna take you to Suvarnabhumi...
and make sure you get on that plane.
Thank you.
[Prison gate clanking]
[Car engine starting]
[♪ Ethereal Music ♪]
Can I see that?
Did you know about this?
No, but I'm not surprised.
-He raped that girl.
[♪ Music fades ♪] It's complicated.
John, you have to understand, in a situation like this...
with a foreigner, a politician's son...
the police are under enormous pressure...
to find the guilty party.
It's a miscarriage of justice, but there's nothing you can do.
[Traffic noises]
PATRICK (OS): It's not something you can change...
[Voice fades out]
[Unbuckles belt]
PATRICK (OS): John, don't!
[Patrick shouting] John!
Hey!
[Tuktuk engine roars]
[♪ Ethereal Music ♪]
[John breathing heavily]
[PA announcment]
-Hello.
[Speaking Lao]
Ticket to Laos.
-Okay.
[Train brakes squealing]
[Train cars rumbling]
[♪ Music fades ♪]