Primitif (1978)

[bunniefuu]

Names, Places and Events
Are Fictitious

Thank You To:
Local Government and PPA KDI JAYA

PEMDA and PPA JABAR
for the help making this film

Production Permit no. 62/SIP/FCN/DPF-11/78 - - 18 Oct. 78

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[man screaming]

[panting]

[animal growling]

[animal screeching]

[animal howling]

[screaming]

[all grunting]

[screaming]
[animal howling]

[all grunting]

[screaming]

[groaning]

[animal howling]

[groaning]
[suspenseful orchestral music]

The Death Cry Of The Cannibals

[suspenseful electronic music]

[animal growling]

[animal howling]

[animal growling]

[robotic vocalizing]

[animal growling]

[Robert] Tom, Tommy.

[Rita] Come on, wake up.

See that?

Look.

[gasping]

Hey, this is fantastic.

Where are we, Bisma?

[speaking foreign language]

Oh.

[camera shutter clicking]

Is it possible to go any
deeper into the jungle?

Yes, it's possible,
but I advise against it.

It can be dangerous.

Just stop at Pengayan.

[screeching]

[whistling]

Mmm.

[speaking foreign language]

This time I have brought
some friends with me.

They are students and wish
to meet the Pengayan.

You welcome.

Hi, I'm Robert.

Rita.

These little girls, my daughters.

It is an honor to meet
the Pengayan people.

Please accept these tokens
of our appreciation.

[chuckling]

Now go rest from journey.

Thank you, Kala.

Come on.

[groaning]

[screaming]

Is he being tortured?

[laughing]

No, he's being treated
by the local doctor.

Oh.

You want to have a look?

Sure.

Okay.

Come on.

[speaking foreign language]

[whimpering]

[blade sizzling]

[whimpering]

[grunting]
[percussive music]

[whip cracking]
[screaming]

[percussive music]

[light synth music]

Robert, it's the same
as the voodoo dances

they have in some parts of Africa.

You're right.

The rituals of these primitive tribes

are the same everywhere.

They all have the same magic.

Mm-hmm.

[whip cracking]

What's happening?

It's the traditional welcoming dance.

Honored visitors,
welcome to our village.

We accept you as brothers.

[speaking foreign language]

[spitting]

[knife slicing]

[blood dripping]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[gagging]

[grunting]

[laughing]

[chanting in foreign language]

No.

You may be the world's
greatest ethnologist,

but I only agreed to
take you to the Pengayan,

and not any deeper into the jungle.

Hey, relax, will ya?



All we wanna do is go a little further

to see if we can find
some real primitives.

It's to complete our thesis.

There are lots of books
about the Pengayan.

The object of the expedition

was to come up with some research

that nobody's ever done before.

You know, mind-blowing.

You help us, Bisma, we could
make ethnological history.

[scoffing]

Stop this madness.

Unfortunately for you,

I do not risk my life for history.

The three of us are
willing to take the risk,

and you were paid to
accompany us, well paid.

You see, Bisma, it's the only way

we can learn something new.

At the University, we're
taught by professors

who know no more than we do.

We wanna do something original.

Will this persuade you?

All right.



[can clattering]

[ominous piano music]

[light synth music]

Tom.

I'll take over.

Aye aye, sir.

Hey, Tom.

[chuckling]

[laughing]

Do not drink directly from river.

What do you mean?

There's no pollution here.

Drink my way.

I'll show you.

Pengayan people are superstitious.

They believe evil
spirits are in the water.

Throwing it in the air lets them out.

Don Richardson wrote a
book about superstitions

to do with water.

But his reference was the Amazon tribe.

That's right.

Obviously it's applicable here too.

Hey, the current's turning us around.

Grab the pole!

Hold on!

Use all your strength to
keep us off the rocks.

Are you on?

Timothy?

[grunting]

Look out!

[screaming]

Hold on.

Got ya.

[grunting]

[gasping]

[coughing]

[grunting]

[coughing]

Tommy.

Bisa, did you see them?

Yes, I saw them.

In river there.

Tommy!

Bisma!

They might've been washed in further down.

We'll start looking on this side.

[birds chirping]

[grunting]

Robert!

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[snake hissing]

[hissing]

Robert, I have to rest.

Not now, Rita.

We have to hurry, come on.

Tommy!

Bisma!

Rita, I found something.

Over here, hurry.

Hey, this must be the camp
of that professor who was lost.

Professor Marcus.

He disappeared last year.

You're right, Robert, look.

Look at this.

What happened?

You got any ideas?

Well, one thing's certain,

they left without packing.

Perhaps all dead, or
swallowed up by evil spirits.

Well, I don't know about evil spirits.

Robert, do you think it was cannibals?

It's a chance, yeah.

What if they found a tribe of primitives

like the ones we're looking for?

[animal chittering]

That's it.

Oh, wow.

We'll follow their tracks.

Robert!

Hey, no!

Think where we are, Robert.

We don't even know our
way out of this place.

And soon it will be dark.

[radio tuning]

[animal howling]

[animal screeching]

[animal howling]

[animal growling]

[man singing]

All these sounds are so scary.

Lahang doesn't like it either.

[animal howling]

He senses danger, surely.

It's almost 11 o'clock.

I'll stay on guard.

You go into the tent and
try and get some sleep.

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[yawning]

[screaming]

Rita.

What happened?

[screaming]
[sobbing]

[birds chirping]

[grunting]
[panting]

[tiger growling]

[tiger growling]

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[gasping]

[Man] I managed to escape from the camp,

but Professor Marcus and
the others were captured

by the cannibals.

Now I am lost in the jungle

and I fear that it is my turn to die.

God have mercy on his soul.

[birds chirping]

[grunting]

[snake hissing]

[Rita screaming]

Rita!

[suspenseful orchestral music]

Rita!

Don't move, don't move.

[hissing]

[grunting]

No more danger, Miss.

The snake have not struck.

If so, you very bad sick.

Robert, we can't go on walking

deeper into the jungle.

We have to get back to the river.

Let's go, Lahang.

[gasping]

[suspenseful percussive music]

[gasping]

[screaming]

What's wrong, Lahang?

What the hell happened?

[grunting]

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[gasping]

[screaming]

You're seeing things, Lahang.

Okay, I'll go in front.

Let's go.

Go on, Lahang.

[birds squawking]

[suspenseful orchestral music]

We found it.

The primitive tribe.

[gagging]

This is their cemetery.

[bird squawking]

[Rita screaming]

[screaming]

Stop!

[thunder crashing]

Lahang!

Lahang!

[thunder crashing]

Over there.

Lahang!

[thunder crashing]

[screaming]

[screaming]

Look!

[gasping]

[all grunting]

[screaming]
[suspenseful orchestral music]

[all grunting]

[Rita screaming]

[suspenseful music]

[man grunting]

[all grunting]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[speaking foreign language]

[growling]

[grunting]

[all vocalizing]

[grunting]

[upbeat jazz music]

[all grunting]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[all vocalizing]

[grunting]

[vocalizing]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[grunting]

[speaking foreign language]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[grunting]

[all grunting]

[sobbing]

Robert.

[crying out]

[dramatic orchestral music]

[grunting]

[speaking foreign language]

[screaming]

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[cheetah growling]

[cheetah growling]

[intense orchestral music]

[growling]

[chimp screeching]

[mysterious orchestral music]

Rita.

Rita.

Rita.

Robert.

[sobbing]

[gasping]

[g*n firing]

[screaming]

I'm ready for ya!

Come on out!

Come out!

Evil spirit!

Come on, face Bisma!

I'm not afraid of you!

[g*n firing]

[grunting]

[g*n firing]

[laughing]

You're not worth a penny.

Just paper.

Bisma can do without
bits of paper like you.

[g*n firing]

[g*n firing]

[all grunting]

[all grunting]

[snake hissing]

[all grunting]

[groaning]

Hey, you little b*stard!

Hey, go away!

Go on!

Leave me alone.

No!

[screaming]

Don't touch her!

[gasping]

[grunting]

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[all grunting]

[vomiting]

[grunting]

[birds chirping]

[mysterious synth music]

[vomiting]

[thunder crashing]

[groaning]

[percussive music]

[screaming]

Leave her alone!

Get away from her!

I'll k*ll you, you b*stard!

Leave her alone.

Hey, stop that!

Leave her alone.

No.

Get away.

Hey, get away from her.

[Rita] Get away from me.

Get away, leave her alone.

[grunting]

No!

[all grunting]

[screaming]

[laughing]

[grunting]

[dramatic orchestral music]

[sobbing]

What are we going to do, Robert?

They'll t*rture us.

There's no hope.

Nobody knows where we are.

Rita.



Even when they miss us no
one will know where to look.

Don't give up hope, Rita.

We're not dead yet.

There is one person that can help us.

Somebody who's been
known to work miracles.

Who do you mean?

Our Lord.

[grunting]

[grunting]

[percussive music]

[monkey screeching]

[grunting]

[all grunting]

[all grunting]

[all grunting]

[all grunting]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[suspenseful orchestral music]

Bisma!

Bisma!

Tommy!

[Tom] Look out behind you.

Hurry, hurry!

[screaming]

[grunting]

[screaming]

[breathing heavily]

[Woman] Yes, yes.

[all vocalizing]

Yes.

You got it, you got it.

That's it.

Now you can make yourself some clothes.

You know, things you wear.

Skirts, dresses.

That's it.

[grunting]

[all vocalizing]

[grunting]

[birds chirping]

[groaning]

[screaming]

[baby crying]

[grunting]

[chimp screeching]

[chimp screeching]

[grunting]

They k*lled the poor monkey.

Yeah.

[grunting]

It'll be our turn next.

No, they won't get away with it.

No!

Robert.

Rita, we've got to escape,
get the hell out of here.

We have to, we have to!

[sobbing]

[baby crying]

[all laughing]

[dramatic orchestral music]

[sighing]

[dramatic orchestral music]

Hey.

We could use this to get us out of here.

You see?

Huh?

We'll go tonight when
they're all asleep.

Oh.

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[bats screeching]

[screaming]

Tommy!

Robert!

Oh, Tommy.

Robert, the primitives,
let me have a closer look.

Are you crazy?

We've got to get out of here

before they find out we've escaped.

Come on.

[birds chirping]

[suspenseful percussive music]

[breathing heavily]

Robert, come on.

Let's go.

The jungle, the waterfall, fresh air.

I feel like something right
out of Robinson Crusoe.

Hey, right.

But this is one experience I
hope I never have to repeat.

[Tom] You can say that again.

Hey, graduating with
a thesis on these guys

is in the same league as Robert Fox.

Remember, he found the primitive
people in the Philippines.

So, tell me, Rita,

how much would you give for their chances

of adapting to modern civilization?

You didn't see 'em.

If you're gonna civilize the primitives,

the first thing you
need is unlimited time.

You know, a step at a time.

Then it might be possible.

Right, to start off with,

you won't get anywhere
without learning the language.

Tom, I tried to teach their women

how to weave fibers to make clothing,

and I couldn't.

They're not on the same wavelength

as our civilization.

Yeah, and how.

Give me your opinion, huh, Robert.

Rita's right.

Maybe they could be taught.

Only you couldn't do it
in your local classroom.

You need highly qualified experts.

People like us, who've
had first-hand experience

with their way of life.

What about you, Tom?

Are you willing to come back here?

No, no, no.

Once bitten, twice shy.

I'm not crazy enough to come back

to this stinking jungle.

Oh, you only say that

because you haven't seen their women.

- All bare boobs and raw sex appeal.
- No, no way, Rita.

A good body's one thing,

but when it comes to jumping into bed,

I like to be the savage.

[all laughing]

[birds chirping]

The river!

Now all we have to do is follow it.

[laughing]

Hooray!

We're saved, Robert.

[laughing]

We're gonna be all right.

[laughing]

I've gotta hand it to you, God.

Tom's saved thanks to you.

[laughing]

Shh.

What are we supposed to do now?

Get out of here in a hurry.

Come on.

[suspenseful orchestral music]

[all grunting]

[screaming]

[Rita] Help, Robert!

[gasping]

Tommy!

No, Tom, no!

Go find a long branch or something.

Try and pull yourself up.

[grunting]

Come on, you can do it.

Throw yourself to the side.

[grunting]

[screaming]

Grab the branch.

[Rita] Pull, pull.

[grunting]

[Tom] Oh no, it's them.

Run!

[suspenseful percussive music]

[speaking foreign language]

[grunting]

They won't get us this time
without a fight.

[grunting]

[all grunting]

Tom, step away with Rita.

[all grunting]

[yelling]

[yelling]

[all grunting]

[breathing heavily]

[all grunting]

[grunting]

[growling]

[yelling]

[breathing heavily]

[Tom] We've gotta wait for Robert.

[coughing]

[ominous orchestral music]

[grunting]

[gasping]

[grunting]

[screaming]

Tommy.

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[grunting]

Let's go, Tommy.

[groaning]

I can't go any further.

Go ahead.

Leave me here and go.

No, Tommy.

The wound isn't that bad.

If you try, you can do
it. Come on, come on.

[all grunting]

Come on, Tommy.

Please try.

If we make it to the
river, we'll be all right.

Huh?

[percussive music]

Careful.

Come on.

[all grunting]

[groaning]

Almost there, Tommy.

Try, you mustn't give up.

You can do it.

Now come on.

[all grunting]

[groaning]

Keep going.

Look, keep going till we reach the river.

The river will take us home, Tom.

It's just over there.

Right through those trees, Tom.

Well, let's go.

Go take a look.

[all grunting]

Tommy, Tommy, we made it.

There, look.

The river will take us home now.

We can float down on the current.

They're right behind us.

[all grunting]

Get moving.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

[all grunting]

[groaning]

Tom, we've gotta make a raft.

We'll be back as quick as we can.

Let's go.

[all grunting]

[dreamy synth music]

Tom.

Let's go.

We're on our way home, good buddy.

[all grunting]

Hey, look.

Why have they stopped chasing us?

I guess because we're
outside their territory.

The river must be the boundary.

Come on, push.

[grunting]

[all grunting]

[all shouting]

[all grunting]

Rita, Tom.

We're safe now.

We're safe, we're safe now!

[laughing]

We're safe now.

[laughing]

Tom, we're going home, Tom.

We're safe.

It's a miracle.

Oh, God.

[dramatic orchestral music]

Tom, Tommy.

Tommy.

Tommy, Tommy.

Oh, he's, he's...

[sobbing]

Tom, Tom.

We're on our way home, Tom.

[Rita] Oh, Tommy.

[sobbing]

[Robert] Tom.

Finally - they made it back to the city
and continued their studies.