TimeCode SCENE DESCRIPTION DIALOGUE
00.00.00 TITLE FADES IN THE BLACK SCREEN.Studio Nominum Wostok Co-Production TITLE FADES OUT. Sound of pouring water.
AERIAL SHOTS OF ULAAN BATAAR’S YURT DISTRICT. GALAA’S POV.TITLE FADES IN.Ulaanbaatar – MongoliaTITLE FADES OUT. MUSIC IN
GALAA’S FACE AS HE PUSHES A TROLEY OF WATER UP THE HILL.TITLE FADES IN.Galbadrakh (Galaa)12 years old
00.01.00 GALAA’S FACE AS HE PUSHES A WITH WATER TROLEY UP THE HILL (CON’T).TITLE FADES OUT. GALAA (VO)If I were rich, I would buy a jeep.My refrigerator would be full of food.I would also buy a big color TV and an apartment for my mother and little brother.
DETAILS OF THE YURT DISTRICT.
WIDE SHOT OF GALAA PUSHING A WATER TROLEY.TITLE FADES IN.Joint Effort PresentsTITLE FADES OUT.
GALAA’S YURT.TITLE FADES IN.UB LamaTITLE FADES OUT. MUSIC OUT
INSIDE THE YURT GALAA MAKES FIRE.
00.02.00 INSIDE THE YURT GALAA MAKES FIRE (CON’T). TV SOUND IN A BACKGROUND.
GALAA MAKES SOUP, TURUU COMES AND BRINGS THE BOWL.TITLE FADES IN.Turuu, Galaa's brother6 years oldTITLE FADES OUT. TV MUSIC IN.
BOYS SIT AT THE TABLE AND EAT.
FIRE BURNS IN A FIRE PLACE
MARKET. BYAMBA SELLS CIGARETTES. SHE SITS BY THE TABLE. TITLE FADES IN.Byambaa, Galaa's mother,35 years old.TITLE FADES OUT. TV MUSIC OUT
00.03.00 MARKET SHOTS.
A MAN COMES TO BYAMBAA TO BUY A CIGARETTE. A MANI want to buy a cigarette.BYAMBAAIt's 30 for a Tsagaan Urguu. Do you want it?
GALAA ALONE IN THE ROOM, LIES ON THE BED. GALAAMy deceased father was a very kind person. He always wanted to give people something. It was Naadam (a Mongolian festival) and my brother was not yet born, we bought 100 khuushuur (Mongolian meat pastry )... Not 100, but 90.
00.04.00 GALAA ALONE IN THE ROOM, LIES ON THE BED (CON’T). GALAA (CON’T)Each of us had to eat 30 "khusuur", but only I finished them all. My deceased father and my mother were eating khusuur and drinking tea. They couldn’t eat even 20, they ate only 10. Then we went to the amusement park. And I could play all the games I wanted. My deceased father worked for a transportation company, when he was run over by a bus. MUSIC INGALAA (CON’T)Because the bus driver didn’t know my father was under the bus fixing it.
00.05.00 GALAA’S HAND SWITCHES OFF THE LIGHT BUTTON.
ROOF OF THE YURT FROM OUTSIDE. IT IS BLOWN BY THE WIND.
REFLECTION OF THE ROOF ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE YURT. MUSIC OUTBYABAA You always watch cartoons!
00.05.00 GALAA WATCHES TV AND BYAMBAA WALKS AROUND. BYABAA I want to see the news! These people are educated and enlightened! We however need to purify our spirits. How can we develop without watching the news, without reading books?RAP MUSIC IN
TV SHOWS VIDEO CLIP WITH MONGOLIAN RAPPERS .
MOTHER GIVES GALAA A BOX WITH CIGARETTE PACKETS IN IT. RAP MUSIC OUTBYAMBAAYou shouldn't sell cigarettesinstead of going to school.
MOTHER TAKES CIGARETTES FROM GALAA AND PUTS THEM TO THE BOX. BYAMBAADon't do it! Don’t come back late.
00.06.00 MOTHER TAKES CIGARETTES FROM GALAA AND PUTS THEM TO THE BOX . BYAMBAA (CON’T)Be careful, try not to get beaten up by bullies. As you always go there, people might think you don’t have a home or a school to go to.
GALAA WALKS DOWN A STREET IN THE YURT DISTRICT, DOG BARKS ON HIM. GALAA RUNS AWAY.
SHOTS OF ULAAN BATAAR FROM ABOVE.
SHOT OF THE MARKET FROM ABOVE.TITLE FADES IN.Narantuul Market in Ulaanbaatar.TITLE FADES OUT.
SHOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE BLACK MARKET
00.07.00 GALAA COMES TO THE MARKET, HE WANDERS AROUND AND SELLS CIGARETTES. GALAA (VO)I was thinking about living in the countryside to be a herdsman and ride horses. Life in the countryside seems nice. But my mother didn’t let me go. In the morning all the children group their sheep together and play cards. They bring their sheep to one place and sit playing cards. And at around 5, they separate their sheep and go home.
GALAA PASSES BY A MAN. A MAN Wash your face!GALAAShut up! Your voice sounds ugly!
GALLA COMES TO A MAN WHO SELL DVDs AND LOOKS AT HIS GOODS. A MANGo away boy!
GALAA STANDS WITH HIS BOX, A MAN PASSES BY AND THROWS A RUBISH INTO IT.
00.08.00 GALAA’S FACE.
SHOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE MARKET.
GALAA PLAYS WITH JEANS STAND.
GALAA COUNTS HIS MONEY
GALAA CHECKS DVDs
GALAA BUYS A CANDY
BYAMBAA AT THE YURT LIGHTS THE CANDLE.
00.09.00 BYAMBAA TURNS THE BUDDHIST MANTRA DRUM, LIGHTS INCENSE AND PROSTATES. GALAA COMES BACK. HE DOESN’T COME IN.LATER HE CLOSES THE DOOR AND GOES OUT. BYAMBAAWhere have you been all the day? You should have brought water early in the morning. It will be bad for you, not for me! There are eyes everywhere! You are lying to your father! You are betraying your father's soul! Even though his body is not here, he is watching us from heaven! Close the door! It's starting to get cold.MUSIC IN
EVENING. GALAA BRINGS BACK WATER.
00.10.00 GALAA WATCHES WRESTLERS ON TV AND IMMITATES WRESTLING WITH HIS BROTHER. MUSIC OUTTURUUWell, It's starting to! GALAAKnock me over! Let's wrestle!TURUUNo, I might break my head!GALAALet’s wrestle now! BYAMBAAStop it, you two!
00.11.00 THE LIGHT BULB BLINKS AND FADES OUT.
SHOTS OF THE YURT DISTRICT
TURUU BLOWS UP A BALOON
GALAA’S SCHOOL TEACHER IS THE YURT TO FIND OUT WHY GALAA DOESN’T GO TO THE SCHOOL. GALAA SITS NEXT TO HER. BYAMBAA WALKS AROUND. BYAMBAANow share your feelings and thoughts with your teacher. TEACHERWhy did you quit school? You said that you wouldn't do it again! BYAMBAAPeople at the market tell him that the market is better than school. AUNTHe's got a taste for money.
00.12.00 TEACHER IS THE YURT TO FIND OUT WHY GALAA DOESN’T GO TO THE SCHOOL. GALAA SITS NEXT TO HER. BYAMBAA WALKS AROUND. (CON’T) BYAMBAAHe doesn’t have any notebooks, they've all been burnt! He said: I quit school, now I can burn them! Get up, wash yourself and put your clothes on! No! What do you mean?BYAMBAAYou should respect yourself and your teacher. You can do your selling in summer, you can sell after June.
SCHOOL’S CORRIDOR.
GALAA’S CLASSROOM. ENGLISH TEACHER TEACHES THE LESSON AND GALAA LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW. TEACHERPut your hands down.GALAA VOWhen I have money I go to the internet and I am trying to find a girlfriend on line. On chats or on TV they lie and say they are very pretty, but they are not. I play with computer the whole night. I buy food. Mainly chips or drinks or cookies.
00.13.00 GALAA’S CLASSROOM. TEACHER TEACHES THE LESSON AND GALAA LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW (CON’T). GALAA VO (CON’T)I don't like buying serious food, then I have to prepare it myself. I don't like waiting until the meal is ready.MUSIC IN
MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF GALAA DANCING IN RAP MUSIC
THE YURT FROM OUTSIDE
00.14.00 MOTHER AND AUNT PREPARE FOOD. MUSIC OUTBYAMBAASometimes I feel that I want Galaa to leave. AUNTWhat will you do if you let him go? He's a child. He's naïve. But he now understands some things compared to a small child. He is growing and getting mature.BYAMBAAI want Galaa to become a lama, what shall we do Oyuna? It would be very useful for him to join the monastery and become a lama. It would be really nice. He would be very disciplined and wouldn't get married.
00.15.00 MOTHER AND AUNT PREPARE FOOD. (CON’T) BYAMBAAVery modest and peaceful. AUNTThe Monastery changes a child a lot.
GALAA UNCOVERS THE ROOF. MUSIC IN
FADE IN: SUN SHINES THROUGH THE ROOF. BYAMBA (SINGS)The country in the North where the clouds and mountains are seen. My country from which I drink water and which I see in my dreams.
BYAMBAA COMBS HER HAIR BYAMBA SINGS (CON’T)‘My father who is the lord of it grows his herd in this country, My mother who is the beauty of Khalkha offers milk to this country.'
GALAA SITS EATING
00.16.00 INTERIOR SHOT OF THE YURT.
FRAMED PHOTO OF GALAA’S FATHERTITLE FADES INCommemoration of Galaa’s Father's death. Rice offering ceremony.TITLE FADES OUT
WOMAN COOK RICE. MONK DAVAA ENTERS THE YURT. TURUU MEETS HIM. MOTHER OFFERS HIM TO SIT. TURUUHow are you? DAVAAVery well!TURUU Hey, look at this! BYAMBAASit on it. Have some tea. Feel at home since we know each other.
GALAA LIGHTS UP MANY CANDLES AND DAVAA THE MONK STARTS TO CHANT.
00.17.00 DAVAA CHANTS PEOPLE IN THE YURT PRAY.
00.18.00 DAVAA CHANTS PEOPLE IN THE YURT PRAY. (CON’T)
GALAA COLLECTS RICE INTO A PLASTIC BAG.
COUSIN TAKES RICE TO GALAA AND DOESN’T GIVE IT BACK. GALAA TRIES TO TAKE IT BACK. GALAA (SHOUTING)Give me some rice!I'll kill you! Kill me!? Get out! Don't take It! That's my rice! I want to give it to others. Mother, she won't give me the rice! Give me the rice! Give me the rice! Give it to me! That’s mine.
00.19.00 THE COUSIN BEATS GALAA. GALAA STARS SHOUTING AND CRYING. THE MONK STILL CHANTS AND PEOPLE IN THE YURT DON’T REACT. GALAA (SHOUTING)Why don't you give me the rice?COUSINI will take some and give it back to you. GALAAYou're lying. Give me it all. Go away! Get out of my home! Go away! Go away! Get out of this house! Go away! Give me the rice.
00.20.00 GALAA CRYING
SHOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE YURT
THE PHOTO OF GALAA’S FATHER.
ANOTHER DAY, LAMA’S ROBE HANGS IN THE YURT
BYAMBAA MAKES TEA AND GALAA SITS BY THE TABLE. BYAMBAAJust join the monastery, my son! If you join, I won't get tired like this standing in dusty places.
TURUU SWEEPS THE FLOOR
MOTHER HELPS GALAA TO DRESS UP MONKS SHIRT.
00.21.00 MOTHER, GALAA AND TURUU WALK DOWN THE YURT DISTRICT.
SHOT OF A MONASTERY FROM ABOVETITLE FADES INPethub monasteryTITLE FADES OUT
DETAILS OF MONASTERY BUILDING
GALAA SITS AND PRAYS IN PUJA.
BYAMBAA WAITS OUTSIDE AND LOOKS AT FLOWERS
00.22.00 GALAA SITS IN PUJA AND WATCHES BUDHIST MONKS CHANTING.
BYAMBAA COMES INTO THE YURT. MUSIC IN
BYAMBAA WASHES GALAA’S HEAD IN A BOWL. BYAMBAAOur Galaa is getting bigger. He will take care of his mother and brother.TURUU Mum, mum.BYMBAAStay still! Put your hands there.GALAA.Are you finished, mother?BYAMBAAWhen you become a lama the grief and pain of poverty will disappear. BYAMBAADo you understand?GALAAAYes, I understand.
00.23.00 BYAMBAA WASHES GALAA’S HEAD IN A BOWL (CON’T) BYAMBAAToday you'll meet Shirmenbaatar and the teacher. Now, some fresh water.MUSIC OUTGALAA Is it cold?BYAMBAA It's cold, It's alright. GALAAPour it when I say, mom. Pour it now! How cold it is! BYAMBAALet me wipe you. Come here!
GALAA IS ON THE BED NAKED WAITING FOR A TOWEL, TURUU AND BYAMBAA WALK AROUND. TURUUYour buttocks are turned to Buddha.GALAA It's not a god, it's just a picture. TURUUBuddha is watching you, you are naked!
00.24.00 BYAMBAA AND GALAA LOOK AT ALL THE SCARVES THEY HAVE AND TRY TO CHOOSE ONE. BYAMBAATo become a Lama is a respectful thing. Look at all the nice scarves that people give them to show their respect. GALAALet me see! I want to choose this one. When I give this scarf to the teacher, how should I present it to him? Should I face the opening fold towards me or the teacher? BYAMBAATowards your teacher.GALAA The teacher is from India. Should the scarf be folded with the open or the closed side towards him?BYAMBAAYou messed it up!
GALAA PUTS ON A MONK’S ROBE MUSIC IN
MOTHER LIGHTS ON AN INCENSE.
GALAA CLIBS UP STAIRS OF THE MONASTERY.
GALAA TRIES TO TIE UP MONK’S ROBE. MOTHER SITS ON THE BENCH, TURUU IS ON THE FLOOR.
00.25.00 GALAA IS IN MONASTERY MANAGER’S SHIRMENBAATAR’S OFFICE. HE SITS OPOSITE HIM. BYAMBAA SITS ON THE SOFA. THEY TALK. MANAGERStudy hard and you will become an intelligent and good lama. Are you good at maths? BYAMBAAHe's good enough. I am neither praising nor criticizing him.MANAGER If you'd finished sixth or seventh grade, they would easily take you. Or next year…BYAMBAAActually, he will start sixth grade now. His classes are in the afternoon starting from 1P.M. He could go to the monastery at the same time.
00.26.00 THE MANAGER, BYAMBAA AND GALAA GO DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE MONASTERY. MANAGERWell, follow me.
GALAA, BYAMBA, MANAGER ARE IN THE HEAD TEACHER’S OFFICE. SHE IS FILLING THE FORM AND ASKING QUESTIONS. HEAD TEACHERWhen was he born? 1997 Actually, we're admitting children from 1998.So, you're not suitable to be admitted. MANAGERYes, I know. But I told Lovon and he said he could register anyway. HEAD TEACHERI will register him now. Then you decide when Lovon comes. Does his father have a job?BYAMBAA His father passed away. HEAD TEACHERWho is his mother? Is it you?BYAMBAA Yes. What’s your name? Byambasuren.HEAD TEACHER So you don’t know his grades?
00.27.00 GALAA, BYAMBA, MANAGER ARE IN THE HEAD TEACHER’S OFFICE. SHE IS FILLING THE FORM AND ASKING QUESTIONS. (CON’T) BYAMBAANo, I don't know. HEAD TEACHERSo it means he didn't finish last year. BYAMBAANo. Actually, he didn't. He went for the first two semesters and didn't go for the last two because I was ill. So he looked after his brother. HEAD TEACHEROk. Then what can we do? Because he wants to become a lama... Ok. I guess that should be fine then.
BOY MONKS ARE DISCUSSING IN THE TEMPLE AND GALAA OBSERVES THEM. MUSIC IN
00.28.00 BOY MONKS ARE DISCUSSING IN THE TEMPLE AND GALAA OBSERVES THEM. (CON’T)
GALAA OBSERVES MONKS CHANTING AND GOING AROUND THE TEMPLE. GALAA (VO)I want to be a monk and my mum also wants me to, we both do. I will be a lama for five years and then I'll go to India. And it'll be very nice and I will help people... And if someone dies I'd help him to have a peaceful afterlife. Because monks help people and protect them from pain.MUSIC OUT
00.29.00 MONKS WALK AROUND THE TEMPLE (GALAA’S POV) GALAA (VO) (CON’T)I also like the drums, bells and sutra books, the belt, the robe... the bag...I like them all!
TURUU SITS ON THE HILL AND THROWS DOWN STONES.
GALAA ENTERS THE YURT
GALAA PUTS LAMAAA CLOTHES ON TURUU TURUUMother, brother wants to make me a lama!
SHOT OF A BIRD IN THE YURT
00.30.00 BYAMBAA LIES IN THE BED AND BOYS DO PROSTRATIONS. GALAALet's see who prostrates best. Put your hands like this! How many times? BYAMBAABow 108 times. TURUUYou get warm! You get warm! BYAMBAA5,6, 7 GALAAHow many? BYAMBAA14GALAA It's 16, but you said it's 14. Now, it is 16th. BYAMBAAStand Up! Bow down! both of you!
00.31.00 BYAMBAA LIES IN THE BED AND BOYS DO PROSTRATIONS. (CON’T) BYAMBAATuruu, 11? Yes, 11. Keep on bowing! TURUUBrother, I've finished. BYAMBAAContinue! Keep doing it! TURUUBrother, do up your lama’s shawl.
ROOF OF THE YURT
MONKS BLOW HORNS NEAR THE TEMPLE
GALAA DRESSED IN MONK’S CLOTHES GOES TO A BUILDING.TITLE FADES IN Meeting the spiritual teacher Geshe ChoidagTITLE FADES OUT
GALAA AND MANAGER IN THE CORRIDOR WAIT FOR BYAMBAA. MANAGERWhere is your mom?GALAA She's coming.
GALAAA AND MANAGER AND MOTHER COME INTO THE ROOM. A MONK GESHE CHOIDAG COMES TO GREET THEM. MANAGERFirst to make a light offering and then prostrate, right?
00.32.00 GALAA PROSTRATES AND TEACHER GIVES A TEACHING GESHE CHOIDAGYes of course, you're are right. Prostrate 3 times.First of all you have to study Buddhism and develop a good mind. Then you will become a good monk. Thank You. I hope you become a good monk in the future. Study well and gradually you will enter this monastery. When you become a monk, you are not allowed to drink alcohol, lie or kill. You will have to keep your mind in the proper way. Being here is the fruit of your good actions in previous lives.
00.33.00 TEACHER GIVES A TEACHING (CON’T) AND HELPS GALAA TO FIX HIS ROBE. GESHE CHOIDAG (CON’T)After you were born, your parents worked hard taking care of you and bringing you up. Now you have to repay their kindness. Did you understand me well? Thank you. Like this and like this. Thank you. Ok. Thank you. Bye.
00.34.00 MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF GALAA DANCING IN RAP MUSIC AND PREPARING TO GO TO THE MONASTERY. MUSIC IN
MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF GALAA DANCING IN RAP MUSIC AND PREPARING TO GO TO THE MONASTERY. (CON’T) MUSIC OUT
00.35.00 WIDE SHOT OF THE MONASTERYTITLE FADES INVisiting Jhado Rinpoche for a blessing.TITLE FADES OUT
SHOTS OF MONKS WORKING OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE.
GALAA SITS IN THE CORRIDOR WITH BYAMBAA, THE MANAGER AND TURUU AND WAITS TO MEET THE TEACHER. HE SHOWS EVERYONE HIS CLOTHES. GALAAAThis is shengdap, dongok and Seng.
00.36.00 GALAA SITS IN THE CORRIDOR WITH BYAMBAA, THE MANAGER AND TURUU AND WAITS TO MEET THE TEACHER. (CON’T) MANAGERDo you agree to let him to become a monk? BYAMBAAYes I do because its his wish and also its such a pure way.GALAA How should I behave? Should I prostrate 3 times when I enter? MANAGERYou can follow me.
I JHADO RINPOCHE BLESSES GALAA AND BYAMBAA. RINPOCHEDo you want to become Lama? MANAGERBow your head. RINPOCHECan you study religious texts well? Can you follow the vows? If you do these things, only then can you become a monk
00.37.00 JHADO RINPOCHE BLESSES GALAA AND BYAMBAA. (CON’T) RINPOCHEWhat is your name?GALAA Galbadrakh.RINPOCHENow I will change your name. MUSIC INRINPOCHETenzin Rabgay, is the name of an important prayer book. Tenzin Rabgay means the one who spreads Buddhist religion. BYAMBAAThank You! GALAAWhat's my name? MANAGERTenzin Rabgay.GALAAI don't understand! So can I join the monastery? MANAGERThe teacher said that you can study here, but I will tell you tomorrowBYAMBAAI am his mother.
00.38.00 RINPOCHE BLESSES GALAA AND BYAMBAA. (CON’T) RINPOCHEPlease, take this tea! Good bye.
GALAA AND HIS MOTHER GO DOWN THE STAIRS.
GALAA IS IN THE CORRIDOR OF THE MONASTERY. HE LOOKS INTO THE CLASS WHERE LITTLE MONKS STUDY. MUSIC OUT
GALAA WITH A FRIEND MONK ENTER A ROOM OF THE MONASTERY. THEY ARGUE ABOUT A BOWL. FRIENDWell, you can take the bowl. You can take it. I will give it to youand you give me back the key. Give it back.
GALAA WITH A FRIEND LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW AND GOSSIP. FRIENDLook at them, they came to greet Rinpoche, the teacher. Look at their clothes! What kind of clothes are they wearing? GALAAWhich one?
00.39.00 GALAA WITH A FRIEND LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW AND GOSSIP (CON’T) FRIENDThe one with red shoes..
GALAA LOOKS AT BUDDHIST PICTURES ON THE FRIEND’S SHELF. GALAAWho is this?FRIENDBuddha. GALAAAnd this is? FRIENDThe XIV Dalai Lama. Look at this! Do you know Green Tara?GALAAOh, she is completely green. I've seen the white one. She was completely white. FRIENDLook at this, it’s alive! Don’t touch it, it is dangerous! It can put a curse upon you
GALAA AND FRIEND SIT IN THE CORRIDOR IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW. MUSIC IN
GALAA EATS IN THE CANTEEN
00.40.00 GALAA FOLLOWS MONKS AS THEY WALK AROUND THE TEMPLE. MUSIC OUTGALAA (VO)If I were a monk, I would wake up, wash hands, eat breakfast, go by bus to the monastery and go to the Puja (prayers) and after Puja I would make a droma (offering), then I would eat lunch, then sleep one hour, then come back home, bring water, wash the dishes, clean our home, then I would cook food, watch TV until ten and then I would go to sleep.
TURUU IN YURT PLAYS WITH MOBILE IN ONE HAND AND AN INCENSE IN ANOTHER.
GALAA CHANTS IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR OF HIS YURT.
00.41.00 MOTHER WASHES CLOTHES IN FRONT OF THE YURT.
TURUU AND GALAA ON THE HILL, LISTEN TO RAP AND TALK. RAP MUSIC INGALAALamas should be disciplined and you should want to help people. Do you understand?TURUU I understand. Can lamas have wives? GALAANo, you cannot, it is one of the 10 black sins. GALAANow you ask me: can lamas lie or steal?TURUU What? GALAAAsk me: can lamas lie or steal? TURUUCan lamas lie or steal?GALAA No, you cannot, it is also one of the sins. TURUUHow many wives can lamas have?GALAA I’ve told you that lamas can’t have a wife.
00.42.00 TURUU AND GALAA ON THE HILL, LISTEN TO RAP AND TALK (CON’T). GALAAYou cannot have a wife. OK?
WIDE SHOT OF THE YURT DISTRICT FROM ABOVE. MUSIC OUT
DETAIL OF THE TEMPLETITLE FADES INMeeting the head of admissions lama NorovbadamTITLE FADES OUT MUSIC IN
BOY MONKS SIT ON A BENCH AND READ.
BYAMBAA AND GALAA STAND BY THE WALL. BYAMBAABy thinking about good things for your father and all living beings, you can accumulate merit for your father.
SHOTS FROM MONASTERY LIFE. MUSIC OUT
00.43.00 AUNT AND COUSIN COME TO TALK WITH GALAA AND BYAMBAA AUNTNow you have to become a good lama. You have to read books and sutras and to be obedient. You will have many teachers and friends. BYAMBAAHis clothes are not so good.AUNT But clothes are not so important. GALAAMy tooth hurts. AUNTIt doesn’t matter! You have to fix your bad attitudes first. COUSINOh, you have really big shoes, they are really big.
MOTHER AND GALAA IN THE CORRIDOR ARGUE WHO IS THE FIRST TO GO. BYAMBAAGo into the room! GALAAStop it! BYAMBAAYou always follow me. GALAALet’s go.
00.44.00 GALAA AND BYAMBAA ENTER THE CANTEEN. MONK NOROVBADAM SITS BY THE TABLE. IN THE END GALAA STARTS TO CRY AND LEAVES THE CANTEEN. MONK NOROVBADAMWhat grade are you in?BYAMBAAFifth grade.MONK NOROVBADAMNext year there will be an official admission test. So it's useless to come this year because there is no courses to take. If there are no courses you’ll be a victim.Just study at your school and if you have time, go to Bayanhushuur monastery. BYAMBAANo, he doesn’t want to go to another monastery.MONK NOROVBADAMWe have no admissions so what should we do? Take one person and teach him courses? MANAGERWe have already asked the teacher. MUSIC IN MONK NOROVBADAMWhy did you ask him? BYAMBAAHe wants to become a lama so much! He doesn’t even stay at home, he always goes to a monastery. I didn't force him, he wants it himself.
00.45.00 GALAA AND BYAMBAA ENTER THE CANTEEN. MONK NOROVBADAM SITS BY THE TABLE THEY TALK ABOUT ADMISSION. IN THE END GALAA STARTS TO CRY AND LEAVES THE CANTEEN. (CON’T) MONK NOROVBADAMFinishing the 5th grade? If you come here, there will be no place for you. You should come after finishing the 6th grade, so come next year. There are no admissions this year, come next year.
GALAA STANDS IN A STREET, COUSIN AND AUNT COME AND INVITE HIM TO GO HOME. HE DOESN’T GO. COUSINCome on. Let’s go.
GALAA SITS ON THE SIDE OF THE PAYVEMENT, BYAMBAA COMES AND TRIES TO TAKE HIM, BUT HE DOESN’T GO WITH HER.
00.46.00 GALAA IS IN THE BUS, LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW. MUSIC OUTGALAA (VO)Now the majority of lamas tell lies! I asked a Lama in Gandan monastery if he had a girlfriend and he said no. But the next day I saw him with a girlfriend. I saw them outside Gandan monastery.
00.47.00 GALAA IS IN THE BUS, LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW (CON’T) GALAA (VO) (CON’T)He wore casual clothes. The Old time lamas don't exist anymore.
GALAA WALKS IN THE MARKET. VOICE OF A WOMANHey, little lama! Mr. Cute lama! Come here!
GALAA SITS IN THE MARKET SUROUNDED BY MANY WOMEN. HE CHANTS AND BURNS INCENSE. IN THE END PEOPLE GIVE HIM MONEY FOR PRAYING. GALAAPass it round your body three times.A WOMAN Ok. GALAALady in the red coat! Come here! Circle it around your body three times! Give it to this woman!
00.48.00 GALAA SITS IN THE MARKET SUROUNDED BY MANY WOMEN. HE CHANTS AND BURNS INCENSE. IN THE END PEOPLE GIVE HIM MONEY FOR PRAYING.(CON’T) GALAACircle it around your body three times! A WOMANOK.GALAA Look how you are burning it! You could burn your hands! If you burn your juniper like this, it will help your business! Circle it around your body three times! You also have to circle it three times around your body. A WOMANThank you very much.
GALAA PLAYS BILLIARD WITH MONKS ROBE OUTSIDE. .
00.49.00 IT IS SNOWING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE YURT.
GALAA SITS IN HIS YURT BY THE TABLE AND TURNS A MANTRA DRUM. GALAA (VO)My father used to go to work in the morning and come back in the evening and he got his salary. My father would want me to be a good boy and become a good lama, but I’m not really sure.MUSIC IN
GALAA RUNS OUT OF HIS YURT.
GALAA RUNS IN THE YURT DISTRICT DRESSED IN LAMA CLOTHES
00.50.00 TITLE FADES IN THE BLACKAfter spending a year praying for money in the market, Galaa decided to enter the same monastery again. He passed his exams and was accepted.TITLE FADES OUT
TITLE FADES IN THE BLACKHowever, after spending a week in the monastery, Galaa realised that monastic life was not for him. He returned to the market, where he works as a driver’s assistant on a minibus.TITLE FADES OUT.
TITLE FADES INThe endTITLE FADES OUT MUSIC OUT
CREDITS ROWL MUSIC IN
00.00.00 TITLE FADES IN THE BLACK SCREEN.Studio Nominum Wostok Co-Production TITLE FADES OUT. Sound of pouring water.
AERIAL SHOTS OF ULAAN BATAAR’S YURT DISTRICT. GALAA’S POV.TITLE FADES IN.Ulaanbaatar – MongoliaTITLE FADES OUT. MUSIC IN
GALAA’S FACE AS HE PUSHES A TROLEY OF WATER UP THE HILL.TITLE FADES IN.Galbadrakh (Galaa)12 years old
00.01.00 GALAA’S FACE AS HE PUSHES A WITH WATER TROLEY UP THE HILL (CON’T).TITLE FADES OUT. GALAA (VO)If I were rich, I would buy a jeep.My refrigerator would be full of food.I would also buy a big color TV and an apartment for my mother and little brother.
DETAILS OF THE YURT DISTRICT.
WIDE SHOT OF GALAA PUSHING A WATER TROLEY.TITLE FADES IN.Joint Effort PresentsTITLE FADES OUT.
GALAA’S YURT.TITLE FADES IN.UB LamaTITLE FADES OUT. MUSIC OUT
INSIDE THE YURT GALAA MAKES FIRE.
00.02.00 INSIDE THE YURT GALAA MAKES FIRE (CON’T). TV SOUND IN A BACKGROUND.
GALAA MAKES SOUP, TURUU COMES AND BRINGS THE BOWL.TITLE FADES IN.Turuu, Galaa's brother6 years oldTITLE FADES OUT. TV MUSIC IN.
BOYS SIT AT THE TABLE AND EAT.
FIRE BURNS IN A FIRE PLACE
MARKET. BYAMBA SELLS CIGARETTES. SHE SITS BY THE TABLE. TITLE FADES IN.Byambaa, Galaa's mother,35 years old.TITLE FADES OUT. TV MUSIC OUT
00.03.00 MARKET SHOTS.
A MAN COMES TO BYAMBAA TO BUY A CIGARETTE. A MANI want to buy a cigarette.BYAMBAAIt's 30 for a Tsagaan Urguu. Do you want it?
GALAA ALONE IN THE ROOM, LIES ON THE BED. GALAAMy deceased father was a very kind person. He always wanted to give people something. It was Naadam (a Mongolian festival) and my brother was not yet born, we bought 100 khuushuur (Mongolian meat pastry )... Not 100, but 90.
00.04.00 GALAA ALONE IN THE ROOM, LIES ON THE BED (CON’T). GALAA (CON’T)Each of us had to eat 30 "khusuur", but only I finished them all. My deceased father and my mother were eating khusuur and drinking tea. They couldn’t eat even 20, they ate only 10. Then we went to the amusement park. And I could play all the games I wanted. My deceased father worked for a transportation company, when he was run over by a bus. MUSIC INGALAA (CON’T)Because the bus driver didn’t know my father was under the bus fixing it.
00.05.00 GALAA’S HAND SWITCHES OFF THE LIGHT BUTTON.
ROOF OF THE YURT FROM OUTSIDE. IT IS BLOWN BY THE WIND.
REFLECTION OF THE ROOF ON THE FLOOR INSIDE THE YURT. MUSIC OUTBYABAA You always watch cartoons!
00.05.00 GALAA WATCHES TV AND BYAMBAA WALKS AROUND. BYABAA I want to see the news! These people are educated and enlightened! We however need to purify our spirits. How can we develop without watching the news, without reading books?RAP MUSIC IN
TV SHOWS VIDEO CLIP WITH MONGOLIAN RAPPERS .
MOTHER GIVES GALAA A BOX WITH CIGARETTE PACKETS IN IT. RAP MUSIC OUTBYAMBAAYou shouldn't sell cigarettesinstead of going to school.
MOTHER TAKES CIGARETTES FROM GALAA AND PUTS THEM TO THE BOX. BYAMBAADon't do it! Don’t come back late.
00.06.00 MOTHER TAKES CIGARETTES FROM GALAA AND PUTS THEM TO THE BOX . BYAMBAA (CON’T)Be careful, try not to get beaten up by bullies. As you always go there, people might think you don’t have a home or a school to go to.
GALAA WALKS DOWN A STREET IN THE YURT DISTRICT, DOG BARKS ON HIM. GALAA RUNS AWAY.
SHOTS OF ULAAN BATAAR FROM ABOVE.
SHOT OF THE MARKET FROM ABOVE.TITLE FADES IN.Narantuul Market in Ulaanbaatar.TITLE FADES OUT.
SHOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE BLACK MARKET
00.07.00 GALAA COMES TO THE MARKET, HE WANDERS AROUND AND SELLS CIGARETTES. GALAA (VO)I was thinking about living in the countryside to be a herdsman and ride horses. Life in the countryside seems nice. But my mother didn’t let me go. In the morning all the children group their sheep together and play cards. They bring their sheep to one place and sit playing cards. And at around 5, they separate their sheep and go home.
GALAA PASSES BY A MAN. A MAN Wash your face!GALAAShut up! Your voice sounds ugly!
GALLA COMES TO A MAN WHO SELL DVDs AND LOOKS AT HIS GOODS. A MANGo away boy!
GALAA STANDS WITH HIS BOX, A MAN PASSES BY AND THROWS A RUBISH INTO IT.
00.08.00 GALAA’S FACE.
SHOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT THE MARKET.
GALAA PLAYS WITH JEANS STAND.
GALAA COUNTS HIS MONEY
GALAA CHECKS DVDs
GALAA BUYS A CANDY
BYAMBAA AT THE YURT LIGHTS THE CANDLE.
00.09.00 BYAMBAA TURNS THE BUDDHIST MANTRA DRUM, LIGHTS INCENSE AND PROSTATES. GALAA COMES BACK. HE DOESN’T COME IN.LATER HE CLOSES THE DOOR AND GOES OUT. BYAMBAAWhere have you been all the day? You should have brought water early in the morning. It will be bad for you, not for me! There are eyes everywhere! You are lying to your father! You are betraying your father's soul! Even though his body is not here, he is watching us from heaven! Close the door! It's starting to get cold.MUSIC IN
EVENING. GALAA BRINGS BACK WATER.
00.10.00 GALAA WATCHES WRESTLERS ON TV AND IMMITATES WRESTLING WITH HIS BROTHER. MUSIC OUTTURUUWell, It's starting to! GALAAKnock me over! Let's wrestle!TURUUNo, I might break my head!GALAALet’s wrestle now! BYAMBAAStop it, you two!
00.11.00 THE LIGHT BULB BLINKS AND FADES OUT.
SHOTS OF THE YURT DISTRICT
TURUU BLOWS UP A BALOON
GALAA’S SCHOOL TEACHER IS THE YURT TO FIND OUT WHY GALAA DOESN’T GO TO THE SCHOOL. GALAA SITS NEXT TO HER. BYAMBAA WALKS AROUND. BYAMBAANow share your feelings and thoughts with your teacher. TEACHERWhy did you quit school? You said that you wouldn't do it again! BYAMBAAPeople at the market tell him that the market is better than school. AUNTHe's got a taste for money.
00.12.00 TEACHER IS THE YURT TO FIND OUT WHY GALAA DOESN’T GO TO THE SCHOOL. GALAA SITS NEXT TO HER. BYAMBAA WALKS AROUND. (CON’T) BYAMBAAHe doesn’t have any notebooks, they've all been burnt! He said: I quit school, now I can burn them! Get up, wash yourself and put your clothes on! No! What do you mean?BYAMBAAYou should respect yourself and your teacher. You can do your selling in summer, you can sell after June.
SCHOOL’S CORRIDOR.
GALAA’S CLASSROOM. ENGLISH TEACHER TEACHES THE LESSON AND GALAA LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW. TEACHERPut your hands down.GALAA VOWhen I have money I go to the internet and I am trying to find a girlfriend on line. On chats or on TV they lie and say they are very pretty, but they are not. I play with computer the whole night. I buy food. Mainly chips or drinks or cookies.
00.13.00 GALAA’S CLASSROOM. TEACHER TEACHES THE LESSON AND GALAA LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW (CON’T). GALAA VO (CON’T)I don't like buying serious food, then I have to prepare it myself. I don't like waiting until the meal is ready.MUSIC IN
MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF GALAA DANCING IN RAP MUSIC
THE YURT FROM OUTSIDE
00.14.00 MOTHER AND AUNT PREPARE FOOD. MUSIC OUTBYAMBAASometimes I feel that I want Galaa to leave. AUNTWhat will you do if you let him go? He's a child. He's naïve. But he now understands some things compared to a small child. He is growing and getting mature.BYAMBAAI want Galaa to become a lama, what shall we do Oyuna? It would be very useful for him to join the monastery and become a lama. It would be really nice. He would be very disciplined and wouldn't get married.
00.15.00 MOTHER AND AUNT PREPARE FOOD. (CON’T) BYAMBAAVery modest and peaceful. AUNTThe Monastery changes a child a lot.
GALAA UNCOVERS THE ROOF. MUSIC IN
FADE IN: SUN SHINES THROUGH THE ROOF. BYAMBA (SINGS)The country in the North where the clouds and mountains are seen. My country from which I drink water and which I see in my dreams.
BYAMBAA COMBS HER HAIR BYAMBA SINGS (CON’T)‘My father who is the lord of it grows his herd in this country, My mother who is the beauty of Khalkha offers milk to this country.'
GALAA SITS EATING
00.16.00 INTERIOR SHOT OF THE YURT.
FRAMED PHOTO OF GALAA’S FATHERTITLE FADES INCommemoration of Galaa’s Father's death. Rice offering ceremony.TITLE FADES OUT
WOMAN COOK RICE. MONK DAVAA ENTERS THE YURT. TURUU MEETS HIM. MOTHER OFFERS HIM TO SIT. TURUUHow are you? DAVAAVery well!TURUU Hey, look at this! BYAMBAASit on it. Have some tea. Feel at home since we know each other.
GALAA LIGHTS UP MANY CANDLES AND DAVAA THE MONK STARTS TO CHANT.
00.17.00 DAVAA CHANTS PEOPLE IN THE YURT PRAY.
00.18.00 DAVAA CHANTS PEOPLE IN THE YURT PRAY. (CON’T)
GALAA COLLECTS RICE INTO A PLASTIC BAG.
COUSIN TAKES RICE TO GALAA AND DOESN’T GIVE IT BACK. GALAA TRIES TO TAKE IT BACK. GALAA (SHOUTING)Give me some rice!I'll kill you! Kill me!? Get out! Don't take It! That's my rice! I want to give it to others. Mother, she won't give me the rice! Give me the rice! Give me the rice! Give it to me! That’s mine.
00.19.00 THE COUSIN BEATS GALAA. GALAA STARS SHOUTING AND CRYING. THE MONK STILL CHANTS AND PEOPLE IN THE YURT DON’T REACT. GALAA (SHOUTING)Why don't you give me the rice?COUSINI will take some and give it back to you. GALAAYou're lying. Give me it all. Go away! Get out of my home! Go away! Go away! Get out of this house! Go away! Give me the rice.
00.20.00 GALAA CRYING
SHOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE YURT
THE PHOTO OF GALAA’S FATHER.
ANOTHER DAY, LAMA’S ROBE HANGS IN THE YURT
BYAMBAA MAKES TEA AND GALAA SITS BY THE TABLE. BYAMBAAJust join the monastery, my son! If you join, I won't get tired like this standing in dusty places.
TURUU SWEEPS THE FLOOR
MOTHER HELPS GALAA TO DRESS UP MONKS SHIRT.
00.21.00 MOTHER, GALAA AND TURUU WALK DOWN THE YURT DISTRICT.
SHOT OF A MONASTERY FROM ABOVETITLE FADES INPethub monasteryTITLE FADES OUT
DETAILS OF MONASTERY BUILDING
GALAA SITS AND PRAYS IN PUJA.
BYAMBAA WAITS OUTSIDE AND LOOKS AT FLOWERS
00.22.00 GALAA SITS IN PUJA AND WATCHES BUDHIST MONKS CHANTING.
BYAMBAA COMES INTO THE YURT. MUSIC IN
BYAMBAA WASHES GALAA’S HEAD IN A BOWL. BYAMBAAOur Galaa is getting bigger. He will take care of his mother and brother.TURUU Mum, mum.BYMBAAStay still! Put your hands there.GALAA.Are you finished, mother?BYAMBAAWhen you become a lama the grief and pain of poverty will disappear. BYAMBAADo you understand?GALAAAYes, I understand.
00.23.00 BYAMBAA WASHES GALAA’S HEAD IN A BOWL (CON’T) BYAMBAAToday you'll meet Shirmenbaatar and the teacher. Now, some fresh water.MUSIC OUTGALAA Is it cold?BYAMBAA It's cold, It's alright. GALAAPour it when I say, mom. Pour it now! How cold it is! BYAMBAALet me wipe you. Come here!
GALAA IS ON THE BED NAKED WAITING FOR A TOWEL, TURUU AND BYAMBAA WALK AROUND. TURUUYour buttocks are turned to Buddha.GALAA It's not a god, it's just a picture. TURUUBuddha is watching you, you are naked!
00.24.00 BYAMBAA AND GALAA LOOK AT ALL THE SCARVES THEY HAVE AND TRY TO CHOOSE ONE. BYAMBAATo become a Lama is a respectful thing. Look at all the nice scarves that people give them to show their respect. GALAALet me see! I want to choose this one. When I give this scarf to the teacher, how should I present it to him? Should I face the opening fold towards me or the teacher? BYAMBAATowards your teacher.GALAA The teacher is from India. Should the scarf be folded with the open or the closed side towards him?BYAMBAAYou messed it up!
GALAA PUTS ON A MONK’S ROBE MUSIC IN
MOTHER LIGHTS ON AN INCENSE.
GALAA CLIBS UP STAIRS OF THE MONASTERY.
GALAA TRIES TO TIE UP MONK’S ROBE. MOTHER SITS ON THE BENCH, TURUU IS ON THE FLOOR.
00.25.00 GALAA IS IN MONASTERY MANAGER’S SHIRMENBAATAR’S OFFICE. HE SITS OPOSITE HIM. BYAMBAA SITS ON THE SOFA. THEY TALK. MANAGERStudy hard and you will become an intelligent and good lama. Are you good at maths? BYAMBAAHe's good enough. I am neither praising nor criticizing him.MANAGER If you'd finished sixth or seventh grade, they would easily take you. Or next year…BYAMBAAActually, he will start sixth grade now. His classes are in the afternoon starting from 1P.M. He could go to the monastery at the same time.
00.26.00 THE MANAGER, BYAMBAA AND GALAA GO DOWN THE STAIRS OF THE MONASTERY. MANAGERWell, follow me.
GALAA, BYAMBA, MANAGER ARE IN THE HEAD TEACHER’S OFFICE. SHE IS FILLING THE FORM AND ASKING QUESTIONS. HEAD TEACHERWhen was he born? 1997 Actually, we're admitting children from 1998.So, you're not suitable to be admitted. MANAGERYes, I know. But I told Lovon and he said he could register anyway. HEAD TEACHERI will register him now. Then you decide when Lovon comes. Does his father have a job?BYAMBAA His father passed away. HEAD TEACHERWho is his mother? Is it you?BYAMBAA Yes. What’s your name? Byambasuren.HEAD TEACHER So you don’t know his grades?
00.27.00 GALAA, BYAMBA, MANAGER ARE IN THE HEAD TEACHER’S OFFICE. SHE IS FILLING THE FORM AND ASKING QUESTIONS. (CON’T) BYAMBAANo, I don't know. HEAD TEACHERSo it means he didn't finish last year. BYAMBAANo. Actually, he didn't. He went for the first two semesters and didn't go for the last two because I was ill. So he looked after his brother. HEAD TEACHEROk. Then what can we do? Because he wants to become a lama... Ok. I guess that should be fine then.
BOY MONKS ARE DISCUSSING IN THE TEMPLE AND GALAA OBSERVES THEM. MUSIC IN
00.28.00 BOY MONKS ARE DISCUSSING IN THE TEMPLE AND GALAA OBSERVES THEM. (CON’T)
GALAA OBSERVES MONKS CHANTING AND GOING AROUND THE TEMPLE. GALAA (VO)I want to be a monk and my mum also wants me to, we both do. I will be a lama for five years and then I'll go to India. And it'll be very nice and I will help people... And if someone dies I'd help him to have a peaceful afterlife. Because monks help people and protect them from pain.MUSIC OUT
00.29.00 MONKS WALK AROUND THE TEMPLE (GALAA’S POV) GALAA (VO) (CON’T)I also like the drums, bells and sutra books, the belt, the robe... the bag...I like them all!
TURUU SITS ON THE HILL AND THROWS DOWN STONES.
GALAA ENTERS THE YURT
GALAA PUTS LAMAAA CLOTHES ON TURUU TURUUMother, brother wants to make me a lama!
SHOT OF A BIRD IN THE YURT
00.30.00 BYAMBAA LIES IN THE BED AND BOYS DO PROSTRATIONS. GALAALet's see who prostrates best. Put your hands like this! How many times? BYAMBAABow 108 times. TURUUYou get warm! You get warm! BYAMBAA5,6, 7 GALAAHow many? BYAMBAA14GALAA It's 16, but you said it's 14. Now, it is 16th. BYAMBAAStand Up! Bow down! both of you!
00.31.00 BYAMBAA LIES IN THE BED AND BOYS DO PROSTRATIONS. (CON’T) BYAMBAATuruu, 11? Yes, 11. Keep on bowing! TURUUBrother, I've finished. BYAMBAAContinue! Keep doing it! TURUUBrother, do up your lama’s shawl.
ROOF OF THE YURT
MONKS BLOW HORNS NEAR THE TEMPLE
GALAA DRESSED IN MONK’S CLOTHES GOES TO A BUILDING.TITLE FADES IN Meeting the spiritual teacher Geshe ChoidagTITLE FADES OUT
GALAA AND MANAGER IN THE CORRIDOR WAIT FOR BYAMBAA. MANAGERWhere is your mom?GALAA She's coming.
GALAAA AND MANAGER AND MOTHER COME INTO THE ROOM. A MONK GESHE CHOIDAG COMES TO GREET THEM. MANAGERFirst to make a light offering and then prostrate, right?
00.32.00 GALAA PROSTRATES AND TEACHER GIVES A TEACHING GESHE CHOIDAGYes of course, you're are right. Prostrate 3 times.First of all you have to study Buddhism and develop a good mind. Then you will become a good monk. Thank You. I hope you become a good monk in the future. Study well and gradually you will enter this monastery. When you become a monk, you are not allowed to drink alcohol, lie or kill. You will have to keep your mind in the proper way. Being here is the fruit of your good actions in previous lives.
00.33.00 TEACHER GIVES A TEACHING (CON’T) AND HELPS GALAA TO FIX HIS ROBE. GESHE CHOIDAG (CON’T)After you were born, your parents worked hard taking care of you and bringing you up. Now you have to repay their kindness. Did you understand me well? Thank you. Like this and like this. Thank you. Ok. Thank you. Bye.
00.34.00 MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF GALAA DANCING IN RAP MUSIC AND PREPARING TO GO TO THE MONASTERY. MUSIC IN
MONTAGE SEQUENCE OF GALAA DANCING IN RAP MUSIC AND PREPARING TO GO TO THE MONASTERY. (CON’T) MUSIC OUT
00.35.00 WIDE SHOT OF THE MONASTERYTITLE FADES INVisiting Jhado Rinpoche for a blessing.TITLE FADES OUT
SHOTS OF MONKS WORKING OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE.
GALAA SITS IN THE CORRIDOR WITH BYAMBAA, THE MANAGER AND TURUU AND WAITS TO MEET THE TEACHER. HE SHOWS EVERYONE HIS CLOTHES. GALAAAThis is shengdap, dongok and Seng.
00.36.00 GALAA SITS IN THE CORRIDOR WITH BYAMBAA, THE MANAGER AND TURUU AND WAITS TO MEET THE TEACHER. (CON’T) MANAGERDo you agree to let him to become a monk? BYAMBAAYes I do because its his wish and also its such a pure way.GALAA How should I behave? Should I prostrate 3 times when I enter? MANAGERYou can follow me.
I JHADO RINPOCHE BLESSES GALAA AND BYAMBAA. RINPOCHEDo you want to become Lama? MANAGERBow your head. RINPOCHECan you study religious texts well? Can you follow the vows? If you do these things, only then can you become a monk
00.37.00 JHADO RINPOCHE BLESSES GALAA AND BYAMBAA. (CON’T) RINPOCHEWhat is your name?GALAA Galbadrakh.RINPOCHENow I will change your name. MUSIC INRINPOCHETenzin Rabgay, is the name of an important prayer book. Tenzin Rabgay means the one who spreads Buddhist religion. BYAMBAAThank You! GALAAWhat's my name? MANAGERTenzin Rabgay.GALAAI don't understand! So can I join the monastery? MANAGERThe teacher said that you can study here, but I will tell you tomorrowBYAMBAAI am his mother.
00.38.00 RINPOCHE BLESSES GALAA AND BYAMBAA. (CON’T) RINPOCHEPlease, take this tea! Good bye.
GALAA AND HIS MOTHER GO DOWN THE STAIRS.
GALAA IS IN THE CORRIDOR OF THE MONASTERY. HE LOOKS INTO THE CLASS WHERE LITTLE MONKS STUDY. MUSIC OUT
GALAA WITH A FRIEND MONK ENTER A ROOM OF THE MONASTERY. THEY ARGUE ABOUT A BOWL. FRIENDWell, you can take the bowl. You can take it. I will give it to youand you give me back the key. Give it back.
GALAA WITH A FRIEND LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW AND GOSSIP. FRIENDLook at them, they came to greet Rinpoche, the teacher. Look at their clothes! What kind of clothes are they wearing? GALAAWhich one?
00.39.00 GALAA WITH A FRIEND LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOW AND GOSSIP (CON’T) FRIENDThe one with red shoes..
GALAA LOOKS AT BUDDHIST PICTURES ON THE FRIEND’S SHELF. GALAAWho is this?FRIENDBuddha. GALAAAnd this is? FRIENDThe XIV Dalai Lama. Look at this! Do you know Green Tara?GALAAOh, she is completely green. I've seen the white one. She was completely white. FRIENDLook at this, it’s alive! Don’t touch it, it is dangerous! It can put a curse upon you
GALAA AND FRIEND SIT IN THE CORRIDOR IN FRONT OF THE WINDOW. MUSIC IN
GALAA EATS IN THE CANTEEN
00.40.00 GALAA FOLLOWS MONKS AS THEY WALK AROUND THE TEMPLE. MUSIC OUTGALAA (VO)If I were a monk, I would wake up, wash hands, eat breakfast, go by bus to the monastery and go to the Puja (prayers) and after Puja I would make a droma (offering), then I would eat lunch, then sleep one hour, then come back home, bring water, wash the dishes, clean our home, then I would cook food, watch TV until ten and then I would go to sleep.
TURUU IN YURT PLAYS WITH MOBILE IN ONE HAND AND AN INCENSE IN ANOTHER.
GALAA CHANTS IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR OF HIS YURT.
00.41.00 MOTHER WASHES CLOTHES IN FRONT OF THE YURT.
TURUU AND GALAA ON THE HILL, LISTEN TO RAP AND TALK. RAP MUSIC INGALAALamas should be disciplined and you should want to help people. Do you understand?TURUU I understand. Can lamas have wives? GALAANo, you cannot, it is one of the 10 black sins. GALAANow you ask me: can lamas lie or steal?TURUU What? GALAAAsk me: can lamas lie or steal? TURUUCan lamas lie or steal?GALAA No, you cannot, it is also one of the sins. TURUUHow many wives can lamas have?GALAA I’ve told you that lamas can’t have a wife.
00.42.00 TURUU AND GALAA ON THE HILL, LISTEN TO RAP AND TALK (CON’T). GALAAYou cannot have a wife. OK?
WIDE SHOT OF THE YURT DISTRICT FROM ABOVE. MUSIC OUT
DETAIL OF THE TEMPLETITLE FADES INMeeting the head of admissions lama NorovbadamTITLE FADES OUT MUSIC IN
BOY MONKS SIT ON A BENCH AND READ.
BYAMBAA AND GALAA STAND BY THE WALL. BYAMBAABy thinking about good things for your father and all living beings, you can accumulate merit for your father.
SHOTS FROM MONASTERY LIFE. MUSIC OUT
00.43.00 AUNT AND COUSIN COME TO TALK WITH GALAA AND BYAMBAA AUNTNow you have to become a good lama. You have to read books and sutras and to be obedient. You will have many teachers and friends. BYAMBAAHis clothes are not so good.AUNT But clothes are not so important. GALAAMy tooth hurts. AUNTIt doesn’t matter! You have to fix your bad attitudes first. COUSINOh, you have really big shoes, they are really big.
MOTHER AND GALAA IN THE CORRIDOR ARGUE WHO IS THE FIRST TO GO. BYAMBAAGo into the room! GALAAStop it! BYAMBAAYou always follow me. GALAALet’s go.
00.44.00 GALAA AND BYAMBAA ENTER THE CANTEEN. MONK NOROVBADAM SITS BY THE TABLE. IN THE END GALAA STARTS TO CRY AND LEAVES THE CANTEEN. MONK NOROVBADAMWhat grade are you in?BYAMBAAFifth grade.MONK NOROVBADAMNext year there will be an official admission test. So it's useless to come this year because there is no courses to take. If there are no courses you’ll be a victim.Just study at your school and if you have time, go to Bayanhushuur monastery. BYAMBAANo, he doesn’t want to go to another monastery.MONK NOROVBADAMWe have no admissions so what should we do? Take one person and teach him courses? MANAGERWe have already asked the teacher. MUSIC IN MONK NOROVBADAMWhy did you ask him? BYAMBAAHe wants to become a lama so much! He doesn’t even stay at home, he always goes to a monastery. I didn't force him, he wants it himself.
00.45.00 GALAA AND BYAMBAA ENTER THE CANTEEN. MONK NOROVBADAM SITS BY THE TABLE THEY TALK ABOUT ADMISSION. IN THE END GALAA STARTS TO CRY AND LEAVES THE CANTEEN. (CON’T) MONK NOROVBADAMFinishing the 5th grade? If you come here, there will be no place for you. You should come after finishing the 6th grade, so come next year. There are no admissions this year, come next year.
GALAA STANDS IN A STREET, COUSIN AND AUNT COME AND INVITE HIM TO GO HOME. HE DOESN’T GO. COUSINCome on. Let’s go.
GALAA SITS ON THE SIDE OF THE PAYVEMENT, BYAMBAA COMES AND TRIES TO TAKE HIM, BUT HE DOESN’T GO WITH HER.
00.46.00 GALAA IS IN THE BUS, LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW. MUSIC OUTGALAA (VO)Now the majority of lamas tell lies! I asked a Lama in Gandan monastery if he had a girlfriend and he said no. But the next day I saw him with a girlfriend. I saw them outside Gandan monastery.
00.47.00 GALAA IS IN THE BUS, LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW (CON’T) GALAA (VO) (CON’T)He wore casual clothes. The Old time lamas don't exist anymore.
GALAA WALKS IN THE MARKET. VOICE OF A WOMANHey, little lama! Mr. Cute lama! Come here!
GALAA SITS IN THE MARKET SUROUNDED BY MANY WOMEN. HE CHANTS AND BURNS INCENSE. IN THE END PEOPLE GIVE HIM MONEY FOR PRAYING. GALAAPass it round your body three times.A WOMAN Ok. GALAALady in the red coat! Come here! Circle it around your body three times! Give it to this woman!
00.48.00 GALAA SITS IN THE MARKET SUROUNDED BY MANY WOMEN. HE CHANTS AND BURNS INCENSE. IN THE END PEOPLE GIVE HIM MONEY FOR PRAYING.(CON’T) GALAACircle it around your body three times! A WOMANOK.GALAA Look how you are burning it! You could burn your hands! If you burn your juniper like this, it will help your business! Circle it around your body three times! You also have to circle it three times around your body. A WOMANThank you very much.
GALAA PLAYS BILLIARD WITH MONKS ROBE OUTSIDE. .
00.49.00 IT IS SNOWING THROUGH THE ROOF OF THE YURT.
GALAA SITS IN HIS YURT BY THE TABLE AND TURNS A MANTRA DRUM. GALAA (VO)My father used to go to work in the morning and come back in the evening and he got his salary. My father would want me to be a good boy and become a good lama, but I’m not really sure.MUSIC IN
GALAA RUNS OUT OF HIS YURT.
GALAA RUNS IN THE YURT DISTRICT DRESSED IN LAMA CLOTHES
00.50.00 TITLE FADES IN THE BLACKAfter spending a year praying for money in the market, Galaa decided to enter the same monastery again. He passed his exams and was accepted.TITLE FADES OUT
TITLE FADES IN THE BLACKHowever, after spending a week in the monastery, Galaa realised that monastic life was not for him. He returned to the market, where he works as a driver’s assistant on a minibus.TITLE FADES OUT.
TITLE FADES INThe endTITLE FADES OUT MUSIC OUT
CREDITS ROWL MUSIC IN