Ark, The (2015)

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[WIND BLOWING]

Whoo-hoo!

[YELLING]

[LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

JAFF: We should go back.
HAM: Why?

We were sent
to do the fencing,
we've done that.

JAFF: Yeah, but there's
still half a day left.

HAM: Oh, you're such
an old woman, Jaff.

You know what Dad's like,
he'll just find something
else for us to do.

JAFF: Yeah, we could
use our initiative.

Find things to do ourselves.

But that would mean
I'd have to break
a solemn promise.

-Promise I made
as soon as I could talk.
-JAFF: What's that?

Never volunteer for anything.

[LAUGHTER]

Shem?

What? He doesn't listen to me
any more than he does you.

Hey, look at that.

What?

-That!
-[LAUGHING]

[YELLING]

Hey, is this what
you call a day's work?

I told you!

No, we should just get out.

[NOAH YELLING]

[LAUGHING]

EMMIE: So the fence
must've been

a bigger job than we thought?

If it took all day.

And your father had to help
for most of the afternoon.

Still. At least you all
worked hard.

You should be
so proud of them.

They all came home
dripping wet.

I can only imagine
it was sweat

from working so hard
in this heat.

God, we thank you for the food
that you put on our table

and the gift of family.

Thank you.

ALL: Thank you.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[YELLING]

[LAUGHING]

So you couldn't just watch,
you had to join in?

Well, it's a boy thing.

Climbing trees,
jumping into water.
We can't help ourselves.

Don't you think
you're a bit old?

Old?

I can still out jump,
out climb,

and out swim
every one of them.

EMMIE: Maybe they just
let you think you can.

What?

Well, when they were children,

you used to play games
with them,

-you'd let them win
to build their confidence.
-So?

So now they're grown,

maybe they're doing
the same to you.

[SNICKERS]

You... You!

-Ow.
-[CHUCKLING]

[HORSE NEIGHING]

[RUMBLING]

SALIT: Do they want
grandchildren or not?

Yeah, of course they do!

Then they'll understand.

I know.

It's just...

Just what?

You know what Dad's like
about the family
staying together.

And I'm the eldest, so...

Shem!

[WHISPERING]
We've got Jaffy and Aris on
the other side of that wall.

Ham and Nahlab that side.
Your parents behind us.
And Kenan above!

Mmm.

We could be quiet.

[LAUGHS]

Quiet?

-There are other places.
-[BED CREAKS]

Where?

The barn?

-You want us
to have sex in the barn?
-Shh!

With the goats?

Somewhere else then.

On the roof?

Up a tree?

Either we get our own house,

or they don't
get grandchildren.

All right.
I'll talk to them
tomorrow, yeah?

You said that yesterday.
And the day before
and the day before that.

I'm just waiting
for the right time.

Until you find it,

it's not the only thing
you'll be waiting for.

NOAH:
The fishing boat's finished.
I'll deliver it tomorrow.

EMMIE: Good.

I'll do you a shopping list.

I thought I'd take Kenan.

Well, it's time
he saw the world with
his own eyes, isn't it?

We've told him what it's like,
isn't that enough?

-Well, the others have been.
[BLOWS]
-I think they were older.

You can't protect him forever,
Emmie.

He's a man now.
He has to make up his own mind
about these things,

just as his brothers
have done.

And to do that, he needs
to see it for himself, first.

Well, he's still a baby.

Hardly.

[SIGHS] Not to you maybe.

God wants us to see
everything that is open to us,
good or bad.

Yeah, well,

sometimes I wish
God wasn't quite so needy.

[NOAH CHUCKLING]

How can someone be a good man

when he only knows one path,
nothing else?

But he's so young.

He's 18.

He's 17 and three quarters.

Do not let him
out of your sight.

I won't.

And don't be arguing
with everyone.

I don't argue with everyone.

Just deliver the boat,
get the money, and come home.

Unless they're wrong.

[PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

I don't have anything.

Hey, hey, hey,
get away from him! Come on!

[SHOUTING]

-Aren't there any laws here?
-[NOAH CHUCKLES]

What laws there are,
are made by those

who crave power and wealth
above all else.

How can laws
made by men like that
have any meaning?

-But what about God's law?
-People don't believe
God exists.

And that's wrong?

What do you think?

Well, you teach us
to make up our own minds
about things,

so it can't be wrong for
someone to make up their mind
that God doesn't exist.

-No.
It just makes them foolish.
-Why?

NOAH: Look, you can say
"I don't know."

At least that's honest.
Not everyone has faith.

But only an idiot would say
"There is no God,"

because to say that,
he must first surely
understand everything.

And only an idiot
would think that he did.

The simple truth is
that man would rather live
in a world of his own design.

And this is
what it looks like.

Come on, son.

-Where's your money?
-I don't have any!

If you haven't got money,
what have you got?

-No, I don't have anything!
-Liar!

-Dad, Dad!
-Liar!

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

-I'm sorry, Dad.
[STAMMERING] I didn't...
-It's all right.

It's all right.

There's nothing
to be sorry about.

Just don't tell your mum.

[GROANS]

Come on!

Noah! [LAUGHS]

Oh, Paul!

Oh, Paul!

This is Kenan.

-You were this high
the last time I saw you.
-[LAUGHING]

Sabba! Get Kenan here
something to eat and drink.

So what brings you
to the city?

-I'm delivering
a fishing boat.
-You know,

one of these days
you're gonna have
to make up your mind

if you're a boat builder
who farms or a farmer
who builds boats?

[LAUGHING] Whatever
puts food on the table.
I have a list.

[SIGHS]

Only a married man
brings a list.

How is Emmie?

She's well.

Good.

Wine first, then we'll get you
everything you need.

SHEM: Can I ask you something?

HAM:
As long as it doesn't involve
me doing any more work.

It's, uh...
It's about you and Nahlab.

What about us?

Have you thought about
starting a family?

Nahlab wants five boys
and three girls.

So, then...

-How do you...
-You don't know how to do it?

Of course I know how to do it!

It's just it's more
a question of where.

And it's impossible
in this house
with everyone so close.

We don't do it in the house.
We do it in the barn.

That's what I said,
but Salit won't do that!

So when do you?

We... We don't.

[LAUGHS] Jaff!

-Hey!
-Jaff!

Salit won't let Shem
get romantic.

It's not that
she won't let me.

It's just she doesn't like
the idea of doing
anything in the house

where everyone can hear,
that's all.

-So when do you?
-They don't.

All right!

I wish I hadn't
said anything now.

[HAM AND JAFF LAUGHING]

These are the best of times.

The money lender
lends people money to spend,
which they're happy to do.

Business thrives.

The money lenders get rich,

and lend people
even more money to spend
and so it goes on.

So the rich get richer
and everyone else
gets more into debt?

As long as I get richer,
who cares?

The strong get fat.

It's the same
all through nature!

So as long as you have money,
you're happy to be no better
than the animals?

Why not?

As long as I'm the lion!

[CHUCKLING]

It's the same the world over.

Well, it's not my world.

Ah!

So you're still trusting
in this God of yours?

It's your God too.

An old man

with a white beard,
sitting on a cloud,

looking down on me
disapprovingly?

[SCOFFS]

[LAUGHS]

It's nothing but a story
that my parents
used to tell me

to frighten me
into doing my chores.

Well, maybe
you should have listened.

We don't need
to invent a God to explain
who we are anymore.

-We have science!
-[SCOFFS] And what
can science do exactly?

Except marvel at God's work
and document it.

My brother-in-law
is a scientist.

He says,
"The universe created itself,

"that man himself is God."

Well, in that case,

have him make me one of these.

-Enough now.
-[LAUGHS]

You shouldn't preach
at a man when...

-When you're drinking
his wine.
-[BOTH LAUGHING]

"Have him make me
one of these."

[BOTH LAUGHING]

So you live
out in the country.

Don't you get bored?

We're usually too busy
to get bored.

Doing what?

Working.

Ever been dancing?

[CHUCKLING]

I could take you.

No, I can't.

Why not?

Are you not allowed?

Yes.

Well, then?

What?

For the journey.

Thank you.

See, Noah!

Money makes
the world go round
after all.

And you can see it!

-[KISSES]
-Ah...

I hope you'll be
very happy together.

Safe journey.
Give Emmie my love.

I will.

Kenan...

But we need it.

But that's not the question.

What is?

Do we need it more than them?

Mum.

Yeah?

-Me and Salit
have been talking...
-Oh?

About maybe
building our own house.

-Is something wrong?
-No!

No, we just thought
it'd be nice to, you know,
have our own space.

I see.

We could still be close by,

and even have meals together
and it wouldn't affect
any of our chores on the farm.

I'd still come
to work every day
and do everything I do now.

-So everything would
be exactly the same.
-Yeah.

Then why go to the trouble
of building a house?

I'm teasing you!
Of course you should
have your own house.

Truth is I can't believe
it's taken you this long
to bring it up.

[LAUGHING]

What about Dad?

Your father will be fine.
He does what I tell him.

Bit like you and Salit!

[RUMBLING]

ARIS: They're back!

EMMIE:
Was everything all right?

Yeah, fine.
We got everything we needed.

And Kenan?

I think he's seen
enough of the city

to put him off
ever going there again.

HAM: So how was it?

Wasn't so bad.

EMMIE:
It's only a matter of time.

Yeah, I suppose so.

I was thinking,
we should let them
have the back field.

It's close enough
so they can hear us call,

but it's just far enough away
so they can have some privacy.

You do know
that once Shem and Salit go,

the rest of them
won't be far behind.

We'll be rattling
around this place on our own.

How on earth will you manage?

Stuck here on your own
with me?

You know what I mean.

I remember,

when you used to beg
to be left on your own
with me.

Right fine!
Let them all move out then!

And what makes you think
I wanna be left alone
with you?

Well...

Don't! Stop it!

[EMMIE GIGGLES]

[NOAH LAUGHS]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Got the eggs!

-Here you go.
-Thank you.

-Hey!
-What?

[LAUGHING]

Dad, come on!

-Breakfast.
-Yeah!

How many more pieces?

What you got? Do your best.

All right, that's it, come on.

EMMIE: Kenan?

[SIGHS]

-Wash your hands!
-EMMIE: Kenan?

KENAN: I'm coming, Mum!

NOAH: He's washing his hands.

God, we thank you for
the food you put on our table
and the gift of family.

Thank you.

ALL: Thank you.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

It seems that Shem and Salit
want to build their own house.

Maybe it's... [CLEARS THROAT]

Time you all started thinking
about the future

and having
your own land
to work.

Our own land?

NOAH: We thought we'd split
the land into four.

You each take
your own section.

We'll have our own farms?

Well, and as for rent,

you simply provide
for your parents
in their old age.

Well, all right.
As long as you don't
eat too much.

[LAUGHTER]

-So we can all build
our own houses?
-In time.

The land will be yours.
You can do what you want.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

Pass that.

SHEM:
Two, three, four, five...

SALIT: Keep going.

Is that good?

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

HAM: Shem,
how're you getting on?

Let's have a look.

Your turn will come.

You'll find a wife.
Build your own house too.

KENAN: It's strange

to know everything,

like your whole life is just
already mapped out for you.

Well, you'd rather it wasn't?

No.

Well...

Maybe sometimes, yeah.

Mmm.

A little excitement?
Step into the unknown?

Is that wrong?

No.

Do you trust me?

Of course.

Then believe me
when I tell you,

there is nothing
out there in the world

that is better than
what we have here.

I know.

I know you were only a baby

when Mother and I
took you in, but...

We've always only
just wanted what was
the best for you.

You're as much our son
as the others. You...

You know that, don't you?

Yes...

Dad.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

Don't be frightened, Noah.

I mean you no harm.

Where did you come from?
Who are you?

I am just a messenger.

I don't understand.

I think you do.

Don't forget your faith, Noah,

nor question it.

It's your faith
that's brought you here.

And because of it,

all of mankind will one day
be in your debt.

You're from God.

There is such beauty here.

The heat of the sun
to warm you,

food that springs up
from the earth itself.

Man should want for nothing.

Yet he wants for everything.

But you're content.

Uh-huh.

I have my home, my family.

And as you said,
I have the sun to warm me and
food springs from the ground.

God had such hopes for man.

Such love.

But there is v*olence.

Arrogance.

A hatred of those
who are different to you.

A world run by money lenders
and w*r mongers.

Where one man grows fat,

yet happily watches
whilst another starves.

Where old men use
the bodies of children

to feed their desires.

But there is still love
in the world.

Not all men have turned away
from God.

Then it shall be put
to the test.

How?

God is to send a great flood
to cleanse the earth

from the stain
that man has put upon it.

He will bring up
the water of the earth

and it will engulf the world.

The flood will destroy
every living thing
that God has made

and wipe all trace of it
from the earth.

No! My family!

Don't be afraid.

You're to be
the salvation of man.

A testament to God's mercy.

A beacon to a new world.

Proof that a good man

will always be loved
by his God.

You and your wife,
your sons and their wives
will be saved.

But what about others?

I mean, good people
who have done no wrong.

You can't just k*ll them!

The good will never die.

But any who choose
to believe you,

they can also be saved.

You are to build an ark
made of gopher wood,

layered for strength
and covered with pitch
inside and out.

It will be 300 cubits long,
50 cubits wide,

and 30 cubits high.

Make it three stories

with a single window
to withstand the deluge.

A door that can be raised
to allow entry

and sealed again.

Once the flood comes,
only those who board the ark
will live.

I'm not sure
I can find enough wood,

or enough people
who share my faith

to fill it if I did.

God would not ask
if it were not possible.

When the time comes,

before the deluge,
God will also send you

beast and fowl and creatures

he has chosen to join you
when the waters subside.

And when will this flood come?

Build your ark,
think of nothing else,

and let nothing
come before it.

God watches,

when the ark is ready,
the flood will begin.

Above all, Noah,

never doubt your faith.

But I'm just one man, how...

NOAH: Well, say something!

I don't know what to say.

Well, that you believe me?

I believe that you believe it.

Oh, you think I've had
too much sun now?
I'm going mad?

I know what I saw.
What I heard.

Noah, you can't just

tell me something like this
and expect me
to take it in my stride.

Until you came home,
the biggest thing
on my mind

was whether I should
change the beds
or leave them one more day.

Now, it's that God's going
to send a flood
and the world's gonna end.

-I'm sorry.
I know how it sounds.
-I'm not sure you do.

All right, let's say
you're not mad for now,

-and you really did
see this messenger.
-Yeah.

How do you know
it wasn't some lunatic

escaped from somewhere,
going around trying
to frighten people?

-I just know.
-How?

[STAMMERING] Well, it's hard
to explain but when he spoke,

Emmie, I just...

I just knew it was the truth.

I could feel it

inside. A warmth, love.

There was no doubt.
I didn't even question it.

-And he told you
to build a boat?
-An ark.

-Fifty times the size
of the house?
-Yeah.

And God's gonna
send animals to fill it?

Won't they all eat each other?

Oh, I don't know
how it's all supposed to work!

[SIGHS]

But everything he said, Emmie,
it's all the things I've been
saying for all these years.

The world has gone
wrong somewhere,
people are selfish and cruel.

No one believes
in God anymore.

-Oh, and that's a reason
for them all to die?
-Well, they don't have to.

What's going to happen
isn't a secret.

I can tell them
about the ark!

Anyone can change, huh?

Come with us.

What?

It hasn't rained for a year
and you're building a boat.

People will laugh at you.

Oh, you're worried
I'll embarrass you?

What do you want me to say?

To just accept that my husband
has been told by God
to build a giant boat,

70 miles from the sea,
because it's gonna
rain so hard

that the world's gonna
be washed away?

And not to worry about
how it will affect our sons,
their wives?

Everything we have!

But God has chosen us.

No!

He's chosen you!
I don't wanna be chosen.

Could you even
build such a thing?

-I think so,
if we all do it together.
-While still running the farm?

Feeding the animals,
working the fields,
bringing the crops in?

We've just given the boys
their own land.

And so if we left everything

to concentrate
on building this boat.

This ark?

Then that's it?

We just let the farm
die around us?

When the flood comes,
the farm will be
useless anyway.

And you're so sure

that you would gamble
your home,

everything we've worked for,

and the lives of your family?

Yes!

What do we tell the children?

The truth!

A boat?

Yes.

To save us and the animals
from a flood?

Yes.

Couldn't we just go
to high ground?

It won't be
that kind of flood.

It will take away everything.

Well, speak your minds!

JAFF: It does sound a bit...

Impractical.

Whatever we all think
your father intends
to build this thing.

There is no choice.
I build it or we die.

And everything else
we have to put aside
until it's done.

-But you've just given us all
our own land.
-I know.

[CHUCKLES]

What? So now you're telling us
we have to watch that land
go to ruin,

-while we build
some stupid boat?
-Shem!

No. Let him speak.

You said we could
build our house.
You said everyone would help.

I'm sorry.

JAFF: All right.
Let's say we do this.

We abandon all our land,

let the crops die,
the animals let loose
to fend for themselves.

-What if we do all that
and the flood doesn't come?
-It will.

-But what if it doesn't?
-NOAH: I know what I've said
is hard for you to take in,

and I know you don't
share my belief.

But I have to do this.

Either with my sons
or on my own.

We can't lose
everything we've all
worked for,

and you've no right
to ask that of us.

And for what?

What? To build some boat
on the edge of the desert?

I love you, we all do,
and you couldn't have been
a better father.

But you taught me
to take care of my family
above all else

and that's what
I have to do.

So you build your boat
if you believe
that's what you must do.

But I'll build my house
as we planned

and take care of the farm.

Ham?

Shem's right, Dad.

I'm sorry.

I want to help you,

but we can't
just let everything die.

HAM: All right,
someone needs to say it.

SHEM: Say what?

What if it is real,
what if Dad isn't mad
and he did see an angel?

What if this flood does come?

Look around you!

There isn't
going to be any flood.

He's lost his mind.

But it's still Dad.

SHEM: But he's ill.

Until he's better, we make
sure there's still a farm

for him to come back to.

Noah, please don't do this.

We need nails,
rope, more tools.

Send the boys,
let them fetch them.

People have a right to know.

EMMIE:
They won't listen to you!
You know that!

NOAH: It doesn't matter
if they listen or not!

What matters
is that I tell them.

Kenan! Get down!

He needs someone
to help him load the cart.

Leave him,
I'll take care of him.

Mum?

They're going to the city
to tell them about the ark!

Dad, don't!

They'll just laugh at you.

I have to
make them understand.

You must tell your families
to come to the ark.

Dad, you can't say
these things in the city.

Noah, please! Listen to me.

I'm begging you.
They'll hurt you.

We'll go with him!

No! No! You will stay here!

Look after your mother
and your wives!

Emmie, Emmie,
don't you understand?

If I think only of myself then
I'm no better than they are.

And is that who
you want me to be now?
One of them?

Then if you really love me,

let me be
the man that you love.

Go!

KENAN: Okay, come on, hey!

[CAMEL GROANING]

Kenan, you remember
how to get to the courtyard,

Paul, who we met last time?

Yeah.

Okay. Now this is a list.

Have... Listen, have him
bring everything here.

Go straight there,
don't stop for anything,

don't talk
to anyone on the way, eh?

-I won't.
-Go. Okay.

I've got a message...
I have... Listen, everyone!

Please, listen to me.

I have...

[CLATTERS]

It's all right,
I'll bring it back.

[CLANGING]

Listen to me.

Listen to me!

Everyone, listen to me!

Li...

God has sent me
a message for all of you.

He's sickened
by what man has become,

what you have become!

You neglect your children,
you let them roam
around the streets

like wild animals while
you concern yourselves
for your own desires.

Paul, I have
a list from my father.

You deny the existence of God.

MAN: There is no God.

-There is. No.
-[ALL LAUGH]

God is to send a flood!

A deluge of water

that will cleanse the earth
of the stench of man
and what he has become.

This flood will wash away
all the possessions

that you hold so dear
and it will k*ll everything
that walks upon the earth.

He's asked me to build a boat,
an ark, that will save

only those who still
believe in him.

[PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[LAUGHING]

He still loves you
and he will spare you

if you only turn back to him!

Come to the ark.

You have to believe me!

[GROANS]

[PEOPLE CLAMORING]

KENAN: Paul, help him.

Get back.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

PAUL:
Get him home! Get him home!

Don't worry, my Dad gets
a bit cranky too sometimes.

I'm glad you came, though.

Me too.

One of my friends is having
a party tonight.

Can you stay?

Another five minutes
and they'd have
strung you up.

It's the truth.

No.

The truth, is you
insult their intelligence

by telling them they've got
no control over
their own destiny.

Listen, the flood
will happen, I swear it.

[SIGHS]

You're a good friend, Noah,

I respect your beliefs,
I really do but...

Just not enough
to share them?

No.

At least, think about sending
your family to the ark.

Oh, Emmie said
this would happen.

What?

Thanks for helping me.

So how did it go?

Oh, exactly
as you said it would.

So what now?

The world has become
what it has,

because man
has lost his faith.

I will not do the same.

MARK: There's nothing wrong
with building a giant boat.

Though I'm not sure the edge
of the desert would've been
my first choice as its home.

I mean, any fool would know
that boats struggle to float
in sand, wouldn't they?

Hasn't anyone explained
to your father

about the rather simple
relationship between
boats and water?

My father isn't a fool,

it isn't supposed to float
in the sand.

He believes there's
going to be a flood.

Oh, yeah, the whole God
sending a flood thing.

So not only does he not
understand the basic laws
of science,

he's also delusional.

Can we talk about
something else?

You see, the problem with
ignoring everything that
science has taught us

and believing that one person
designed the whole world,

is it leaves you with
the rather obvious question
of who designed the designer?

No, I'm interested really...

I mean, does anyone really
believe in God anymore?

What about you, Kenan?
Do you believe in God?

-I don't know.
-You don't know.

Do you at least
have an opinion?

I think...

You can say "I don't know."
I mean,
at least that's honest.

But only an idiot
would say

"There is no God,"
because to say that,

surely he must first
understand everything

and only an idiot
would think he did.

Why didn't you just tell them
that he's not your father?

He's the only father
I've ever known.

Yeah, but you're not like him.

You can't blame them for
thinking the way they do.

Can't I?

No, because what he's doing

is really stupid.

He believes in it!

That doesn't make it right.

Have you ever believed
in anything?

Not in God.

I believe in what I see.
I answer to no one but myself.

It doesn't matter what people
think or say, does it?

What matters is us.

[HAMMERING]

[SIGHS]

[HAMMERING CONTINUES]

[EXHALES]

So...

Let's build a boat.

I brought a hammer.

It's what you men seem to use
to fix just about everything.

Figured I might need it.

I'm sorry, it's just me.

That's the trouble
with the whole

"Let them make their own
decisions" approach
to bringing up kids.

Maybe we should
just b*at them instead,

make them do
as they're told.

"Get in that desert

"and build a giant boat
with your father!"

Am I rambling?

A bit.

That's because I've just seen
the outline of your boat.

Please tell me you've made
some horrible sizing mistake.

-Sorry.
-[SIGHS]

Think I'm gonna need
a bigger hammer.

Why did you come?

Because although you've
clearly gone mad

and you've made the leap
from farmer to idiot
in one fell swoop,

you're my idiot.

And I love you.

But do you believe
what I told you?

I believe in you.

What have I ever done
to deserve you?

I have no idea.

Come on.

SHEM: Come on. Ham.

You seem to be making
good progress.

For a mad man.

I never said that.

[CHUCKLE] It's not
what you're thinking?

You taught us
to have minds of our own,

and then when we do,
you suddenly
don't seem so pleased.

That's a fair point.

You always taught me to value
the things that are important.

Family.

Our home.

The land that supports us.

And now you've abandoned
all those things.

When you were small

and I used to ask you to
collect kindling for the fire

to make everyone warm,
you used to rush out
with your basket to fill it.

Yeah.

And every now and then,
when you were only
half way through doing it,

I'd call you back
for another errand,

something more important,

an animal had escaped,
I needed
an extra pair of hands.

You didn't question
why I'd told you to leave

something that
I'd sent you to do.

Do you know why?

Because I was your father.

You never questioned it,
because you had no doubt
that I loved you

and whatever I was asking
you to do was for the best.

God has told me to
leave the path that I was on
and to take another.

I can't question it,
or doubt him.

I must do as he asks,

knowing that he loves me
and whatever he's asking
me to do

is for the best.

Just as you did for me
when you were a child.

[CHUCKLES]

You've grown into
a good man, Shem,

and I couldn't be
prouder of you.

But your heart
is telling you

to look after your wife

and your family,

so that's what you must do.

[EMMIE GROANS]

Emmie, Emmie.

It's all right,
it's all right.

I've got you.

EMMIE: I'm sorry.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

SHEM: Well?

She has a fever.

She needs rest, drink water.

You'll stay with her, yeah?

She shouldn't have been out
there working in this heat!

I know.

No, he has to understand
what he's doing!

Look at what he's doing
to us, it's not right!

I am still the head
of this family.

Well, then you should be
taking care of it!

Providing for it,
looking after the farm!

Helping your sons with
their homes like you
promised to.

But you're not, are you, Dad?

You're building a boat,
because God has told you to.

Tell him!

Tell him.

Did you do as he said?

Did you tell your family?

My parents had already heard
about the mad man

building a boat in the desert.

You?

SHEM: I think someone should
burn it before it kills him.

You're not serious?

-We can't.
-What?
You'd rather see him die?

-Well, of course not.
-Look at it!

It's insane.

There isn't a river or lake
deep enough to take that hull.

It could only float in the sea

and the coast
is 70 miles away!

Even if we could get it there,
which we can't.

We still can't burn it.

I just want my dad back.

He hasn't gone anywhere.

He's never left your side
for more than a day,

since the moment
you were born.

None of you.

What are you doing?

Going to help my husband.

No, you can't.

I won't allow it!

Which one of you is man enough
to stop me when
your father couldn't?

I'm going to help him
build his ark.

Not to pander
to his madness,

and not because he believes
that it's God's will,

but because I remember
what love is.

And faith.

Not the kind of faith
that your father has in God,

but the faith I have in him.

Faith that's grown over years
of watching him work

to take care of all of us,

with no thought for himself.

Bathing his broken
and bloodied hands
every night

after he got back from working
the fields on his own,

year after year after year.

Faith he deserves because

he's only ever taught you
kindness and love.

I've watched him go without
food so his children can eat.

I've seen him work when
he's so crippled with pain

that I had to
help him out of bed.

So if it's his faith in God

that's got him through
everything that
he's had to endure

and it's that faith
that brings us here,

then I'm gonna help him
finish his ark!

If I die in the process,
then I'll die happy.

Happy and proud
because I found a way

to show him
how much I love him.

So don't you,
don't you dare tell me

to leave that man
on his own out there.

I'll be at his side as long
as there's breath in my body.

And shame on you
that you're not.

[GROANS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

Oh.

[GRUNTS]

Pull.

Unlash it now, yeah?

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

-Steady.
-Hey.

Take it easy.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

NOAH: Let's go! Let's go!

[LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[LAUGHTER]

SHEM: Kenan?

Where you going?

Going to see someone.

What, a girl?

Yeah.

-Where?
-You can't stop me.

What, the city?

No, you can't go there
on your own.

That's exactly
what I've been doing
for weeks.

It's not like you all say,
not once you get to know it,
it's fun!

-If Dad finds out...
-He won't!

Not unless you tell him!

Why don't you come
and live here?

My father would
find you some work,

you could stay with us.

Did you intend
to sneak backwards
and forwards forever?

No.

Maybe you're worried
Daddy's flood might come.

[CHUCKLES] No!

Don't you want to be
with me all the time?

Of course.

[ROOSTER CROWING]

That's it?

That's it.

[EXHALES]

Right, come on, let's go.

Still plenty to do inside.

SHEM: There you go!
A few more! That'll do!
That'll do! Just put this on.

[URGES HORSE]

Now, what?

Well, it's done.

Ready when you are!

We heard you talk
about the ark.

We all did.

If you have room.

Yes, there's plenty of room,
room for all!

Rest, come.

Welcome.

Thank you.

-Welcome. Welcome.
-[BABY CRYING]

Kenan, help!

Food, water, go on,
don't just stand there.

Maybe this is
what God was waiting for.

People to come.

Well, now that they're here,
what do we do with them?

NOAH:
Give them food and water.

And then what?

MAN:
Blessings for your kindness.

Come, come.

That's it, come right through,
the family will help.

Come on.
Come right through. Welcome.

Come and rest.

Maybe we're all supposed
to actually get on the ark.

Wait there.

No.

I mean...

It's only a few yards away,

we just make a dash for it
when it starts raining.

You think so?

Definitely.

And it wouldn't hurt
if we just took one
or two things off, would it?

Just for now.

Like what?

Clothes, pots and pans.

It's hard preparing meals
and I've been

in the same dress
for a week.

Just while we're waiting.

We can put them all back
as soon as it starts to rain.

-[CREAKING]
-[THUD]

Did you hear that?

What?

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

NOAH: Kenan...

You know how dangerous it is,

that's the very reason
that I took you there
in the first place,

so that you could see
for yourself.

EMMIE: There are terrible
people there, Kenan.

Sabba's there too.

I want to be with her.

Well, then,
we do things properly.

I speak with her father.

We don't want to live here.

What?

I'm sorry, I don't.

I want to be free to...

To do what?

To do anything... Everything!

Sabba says her father
can find me work,
I can stay with them.

No!

Noah, tell him...

No, we won't allow it.

-You won't allow it!
-NOAH: No!

What happened to me
being a man,
making my own decisions,

going my own way?

Not in the city!

Well, then I'll run away.

-Please...
-No.

You can't keep me
here against my will.

I don't want
to stay here, Mum,
and turn into...

What, me?

Kenan?

Well, look at you!

Kenan, don't...

Don't what?

Tell the truth?

Have a life?
Make my own decisions?

What, Mum? Tell me!
"Don't" what?

Is this what you've learned
in your new life?

How to shout at the people
who love you?

How to have no concern
for those who love you

as long as you get
what you want?

Is that the world
that you can't wait
to get back to?

Yes!

EMMIE: Kenan!

No, Mum, get off of me.

EMMIE: Please. Kenan!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLING]

[NOAH PANTING LOUDLY]

[BABY CRYING]

[LOUDLY] Where are you?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Quickly!
Get everything into the ark!

It's coming, it's coming!

Move! Now!

Get all your things together.

Move!

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

Emmie!

Emmie, get everyone together.

Come on! It's happening.

Go! Go!

Kenan! [SCREAMING] Kenan!

WOMAN: Oi, careful!

Where is he?

Kenan?

Kenan?

Dad?

[THUNDER CRACKING]

Mum! You have to come inside!

Not without your father!

Look!

KENAN: No, Dad.

No, leave me.

Sabba, help.

It's just a storm. It'll pass
like it always does.

-I wanna stay here.
-SABBA: Leave him alone!

-I don't wanna
go home, Dad! No!
-Come on!

No. Dad.

[GROANS]

It's just a storm!

Do you understand?

Kenan.

Never once
have I put my feelings
above yours

or imposed my will on you.

All I've ever done

is to try and help you
find your way in the world.

To try and help you be a man.

From the very moment

that they put you in my arms,

until now, I have loved you

in a way you will
never understand

until you have a child
of your own.

I've never lied to you.

And I swear,
I am not lying now.

This flood is coming.

It won't stop.

It will take away everything.

Kenan, please.

Just once more.

Trust me, son.

He's not your father.

I have to go back
to your mother!

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[ANIMALS CRYING]

[COW MOOING]

[RUMBLING]

If it's a boy, we thought
we'd call it Kenan.

The world is cleansed.

And from now on,

whenever man sees the rainbow,

he should remember
what happened here

and why.

I won't forget.

And in the future,

do you think man
will learn his lesson, Noah?

I don't know.

I suppose.

Time will tell.