A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Here's your bag.
He's going to Australia to work on a yacht.
Come on, that’s enough.
He's not going to war.
Dear Mum and Dad…
The yachts and Australia were amazing…
But I spent every day with the sort of people I've known all my life.
I will be home soon, but first I want to have some new experiences.
French?
Yes.
Alain.
Hello. Dominique.
What am I supposed to say? He's crazy!
…wasn't it all a little bourgeois?
White boys in white T-shirts on white yachts…?
Yes. That's why I haven't gone home yet.
You’re looking for something different?
Yes.
You trust me?
I've always known boys like you, Dominique.
My mother sent me to a French boarding school.
A half-caste boy from Saigon. You can imagine how I was bullied.
When my mother returned for me, I had forgotten all my Vietnamese.
I could speak only French.
I had forgotten everything.
Mind the step.
If he's been so ill, shouldn't he go to a hospital?
No, absolutely not.
The hospitals here are a death sentence.
Yes…
And we're caring for you here. Right, Dominique?
Sit down.
That's Coco.
Before you eat, however. Medicine.
What is the correct amount, Monique?
One glass, twice a day.
Here you go.
Well… Cheers!
I don’t know what to say, Alain!
If you can just help Monique around the place.
Of course, anything. You tell me.
-Get better. -Thank you.
Fuck.
Remi…
Do you remember?
Fuck.
You're an asshole.
Me, an asshole?
-Yeah, an asshole. -Really?
If you'd listened to me from the start,
we wouldn't have been living through hell all this time!
And what was I supposed to do?
Wait for you at home?
They were neighbors.
How could I have known? They were neighbors!
Get me to a doctor. I'm dying.
Calm, Dominique. You don't need a doctor.
I’ve got to call my parents.
Don’t call them, they will only worry.
It's an ordeal, I know.
But see it as a purge.
Once recovered you will feel…
Like a new boy.
No…
Like a man.
A man who doesn’t need his mama.
Ah, Dominique, I have a present for you.
That is not for you, Coco!
Listen, Alain, I just want to see how I feel without it, you know?
Of course he must stop taking the medicine, if that's what he wants.
You mustn't force him.
Also, Alain… I was wondering, can I have my passport back?
Of course.
Now don't worry, Dominique, I have been a little naughty with you.
It's just something I do for the business. For us.
Don't worry.
Asian.
Alain… Maybe I should talk to the police myself…
No, Dominique. That's a very bad idea.
But why?
No. Wait in the car.
I can give you a lift home.
See, I've brought the car.
And dinner tomorrow?
I'm taking Colonel Romyen and Suda home.
Take a tuk-tuk back.
I know the authorities here and how to deal with them.
I told Colonel Romyen you're here illegally
but that I vouch for you.
Let me handle everything. Okay?
And…
About Monique and Suda.
Dominique, why do you look so unhappy?
I'm fine.
-What an asshole. -Yes, for sure.
How you doing?
Going to work already?
Alas…
-You're good? -Yeah.
Monique?
Where are they taking him?
The hospital.
He is very sick.
Who is she?
The lover of the Turk.
The guy who got sick at the party?
Who went to hospital?
Yes.
What's wrong with her?
They are both junkies, you know?
Junkies and heroin smugglers.
They are not worth your concern.
Why does everyone who comes here get sick?
Hello?
Hi, Dad.
-Dominique, is that you? -Yes, it's me.
How are you? How is Mum?
She is fine but she misses you.
I miss both of you too.
Where are you?
I'm in Bangkok.
-Bangkok, still? -Yes.
Dominique, when are you coming home?
I…
I… I've been a little bit sick…
You’ve been sick?
Give me the phone!
Dominique? Dominique, my God, are you okay?
-No, really, I'm better. -Dominique, you have to come home!
I…
I can't come back, Dad.
I can't come back, it’s so expensive.
I love you so much and I think of you all the time and…
Dominique! My God, you must come home!
Take a seat, I'm coming.
-Are you leaving already? -Just a little trip to Hong Kong.
-You okay, Monique? -Yeah, bye.
A little present to say thanks. Merry Christmas.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Alain.
Dominique, come for supper?
Dominique, it's me!
Dominique, please open.
Remi is going to kick down the door!
Nadine, I'm not…
Open!
How can I trust you, Nadine?
You help him sell his jewels.
You take his gifts and his money.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I got you food.
Dominique, please open the door.
She…
She came to the apartment a week ago.
You remember the Turkish guy who got ill at the party?
She came looking for him. I saw Alain and Ajay take her away.
The other one is the Dutch couple.
Dutch? It says Australian.
It's the Dutch couple who were staying here!
-How can you be sure? -I saw them, Nadine.
They were here lying on the bed.
Right by the clock that belonged to that American girl.
Alain made them sick, just like the Turk, just like me.
Why have they kept me around for so long?
What are they going to do with me?
Dominique, listen, we go to the police.
No, we can't!
He is friends with the police.
He could be back from Hong Kong any moment!
I don't want to die here.
Of course you won't die, you're going to leave…
How?
I have no money, no passport! My visa's expired!
I'm screwed, he's trapped me here!
No, we can help. We have money.
How? No visa, no passport?
We will find a solution.
Calm down.
It's me, Remi.
I’ll pay you back, I swear.
This is mine.
Damn.
It's okay.
Just remove the picture and replace it with yours.
Get a knife, look for some glue.
-It'll work. -Okay.
What is that?
You said a knife.
What about the visa?
You can't get through without it.
What about these French passports? Maybe in one of them?
Found one.
-Is it valid? -Yes.
You're going home.
-You're going home! -It's her.
Who?
The dead girl in the newspaper.
What if he's at the airport? Maybe he's been watching us!
Don’t worry, it’ll be okay.
Thank you.
We are looking for an exit stamp.
Around 25th December last year.
Here. He definitely left the country.
The same question…
…exit stamps for Bloem and Dekker, December 1975.
Get them something to eat.
They also left the country.
My dear Nadine and Remi.
It's hard to explain why I haven’t written until now.
It is one thing to be safe, but another to feel it.
Every morning I wake terrified I am still there in Kanit House.
I've just wanted to forget it all.
But you must know…
Not a day goes by when I don’t thank God for the two of you and all you did for me.
Your friend, Dominique.
Hello, Nadine.
How are you?
Alain! Where have you been?
Monique!
I missed you.
You look great!