Nurse
Can you please raise the bed up?
I want to see my leg
Don't worry
The diagnosis report will include photos
We will provide you a copy
What the hell is that?
Don't pretend politeness
and speak so impolitely
My husband just wants to see his leg
What's that to do with photos?
Excuse me
Mrs. Zheng. Can I have a word?
Mr. Zheng's condition was untreated for too long
If we don't amputate
there's a risk of death
Amputate?
Is there no other way?
Mrs. Zheng
This is something I've had to tell many patients' families
Keep the leg and lose your life
or keep your life and lose the leg
If you feel uncomfortable
let us know anytime
We can give you drugs
to let you sleep through it
Alright?
I'm fine
I'll stay awake
Great
While you're awake
let me explain the details
Usually our amputation surgery
employs this electric saw
In one second, it vibrates 1,000 times
But I personally feel it doesn't cut well
It's not smooth
So
Today we're using this stainless steel saw
It cuts great
Very smooth
We'll be using this saw to assist you today
If it's fine with you, we will begin
Here, scalpel
Doctor
Put me to sleep after all
midazolam 5mg
Here, Mr. Zheng
Please think back to
something pleasant
Let's count to ten
Something pleasant
One
Honestly speaking
all pleasant things are in the past
a past that is often disappearing
It's only when I feel pain and reluctance that I learn
what the pleasant things actually were
Life always seems to be that way
We are like train passengers watching scenery
In the moment, you think the scenery isn't beautiful
But once you travel further away
You realize
we've already passed the beauty
We can only carry the sorrow and remember
If the bed…
If there aren't enough beds this week
-Ask for some from General Surgery -Dr. Gao.
I received a critical condition alert
Wait a moment
- Wait? - If there aren't...
Why'd you tell me to come immediately?
I was performing, I couldn't even change clothes
Calm down first
Mr. Zheng's septicemia
is more serious than anticipated
Dr. Gao said your condition isn't good
He said you need to intubate
He said if you intubate
there's a very high chance
you'll never wake up
But if you don't intubate
you won't live past tonight
Zi-han
Will you intubate?
What do you mean my granny loves getting sick?
No It's serious
I mean this time it's really serious
Can you not be like this?
Let's use the elevator.
I'm at the hospital, come see for yourself
I'm saying I'll…
I'll call you later
Miss, let me help
Mr. Zheng, we're getting in the ambulance
May I ask if you're religious?
Mrs. Zheng
Are you religious?
What he means is
when we get to the funeral home the ambulance plays music for the deceased
If you're Christian
we'll play a hymn
For Buddhists, it's scripture
Is there dance music?
We have a dance version of the Great Compassion Mantra
Brother
Open your eyes
Does this lady's manner and dress
look like she listens to the Great Compassion Mantra?
You should play
a waltz or something
You mean like the Blue Danube?
Thank you
We meet by chance
It was a simple favor
As you climb a thousand peaks
Godspeed
Brother
Please turn the car around
I want to go back to the hospital
I don't know what love at first sight means
I only remember the first time I saw you
I was pulled hypnotically into your world
John Color Photography
Do you still remember my senior high classmate John?
The first time I knew you
was at his photo studio
Besides the shutter and aperture
photography requires two perceptive eyes
But that's still only the level of the common photographer
I also possess a heart that is unlike others
This photo feels so natural
You know her?
This is a photo studio
not a dating service
I was only thinking
she's so beautiful
she must have someone already
Unfortunately
she does not
Well?
Should I introduce you?
You know my character
I don't get close to others so easily
Her name is Yu-ying Qian
She's an only child
She won the folk dance competition in junior high
I also won a writing competition in junior high
Is dancing related to writing?
Of course not
But we're both champions
Want to come closer?
You're soaked
I'm fine
I'm used to it
and we've only just met
Miss Qian
I don't know if I may have the honor
of asking you be to my dance partner?
I don't know if you have that honor
But I can give it some consideration
Of course
"Waltz" in German means "to turn"
Men and women dancing
Heads in the heavens
Feet upon the earth
Rotating about each other
Supporting each other's bodies
In the midst of endless turning
I truly realized
You were the dance partner I was searching for
Ladies and gentlemen
Next up will be
the International Amateur Modern Dance Finals
First team
Let's welcome Number 227
Zi-han Zheng
Yu-ying Qian
Soon after, we joined an important international competition
Although we didn't win the championship
the applause of the packed crowd
filled us with confidence for the future
This all happened in the brief time since we met
I scarcely believed happiness could come so easily
So easily that
I started to doubt what happiness was
I'm going to ask you three questions
You have to answer honestly
Absolutely honest
Am I your perfect dance partner?
Do you need to ask?
Then will you take me to Blackpool Dance Festival?
No doubt
Are you serious about me?
Is this a proposal?
Then you have to tell me
what's the benefit of marrying you
That's four questions
Besides my warm personality and good looks
I have something no other men have
What?
My mom died over a decade ago
If you marry me
You'll never have mother-in-law problems
How old are you?
This year 28
Who else is in your family?
Only my father is left now
Only your father
Your father. What's his work?
Mom
Let me go cut some fruit
Take your time
Mom, I'll come with you
May the country and the people stay strong
Kao Wan
Miss, what's the matter?
I'm looking for Dr. Gao
Dr. Gao's shift has ended
You're that Mrs. Zheng
I was Mrs. Zheng
Now I'm Miss Qian
Miss Qian
Dr. Gao's shift really is over
Get me a doctor of the same seniority as Dr. Gao to help me
Okay. Please wait for me
We need a little help
Right. Thank you
Are these senior doctors?
Why are they dressed like doormen?
Miss. Is there an issue?
What's all this?
Are you surrounding me
to intimidate me?
No one's intimidating you
We just want to understand the issue at hand here
My husband died three hours ago
He was amputated before he died
I only wanted to come retrieve his leg
Our hospital follows a fixed protocol
Therefore, please go home and wait for a notice
- A notice? - Tomorrow...
-My husband's lying -I'll call for a meeting to help...
in the ambulance downstairs
Is it so hard to give me an answer now?
You're determined to stay
Give me the leg
We'll call the police
Officer
This woman's been making a scene
It's seriously disturbing peace in the ward
No, no
I wasn't called in for this
The call was for adverse possession of property
Officer
I made the call
You move quick
I called before I came upstairs
Who called the police?
About someone making a scene at the hospital?
Our hospital called you
Rookie, shouldn't you be on drunk-driving patrol?
What are you doing here?
Old-timer
Shouldn't you be in a bar squeezing Vietnamese chicks?
What brings you here?
Look at the balls on you
Balls so big you're tripping over them
Senior
Please be more professional
I'm currently on duty
Miss
Please show your ID
What ID?
I got here first
Let me finish talking
Miss
May I ask what happened
to put you in so much pain?
When my husband stayed in the hospital
the doctor told me he needed to amputate
If he didn't amputate, there was a risk of death
I had no choice in the end
I let them saw off the leg
Three hours ago
He died
I know this hospital is full of medical malpractice
But life and death are ruled by fate
I don't blame them
I really don't blame them
I just want to ask
if they can return that leg to me
and reunite it with his body
But they're not even willing to look
and want me to go home and wait
Senior
They've gone too far
Junior. Calm down
Let's clear up the situation first
Messy Hair
Is what the lady said true?
No, no
We never said we wouldn't look
It's just the time is so late
We can't do anything right now
Why've you been trying to brush me off?
I've been matter-of-fact
Do I look like I'm brushing you off?
Even your hair looks like it's brushing me off
Officer
You can't just one-sidedly believe her
Isn't she making a scene right now?
Senior You believe what Messy Hair's saying?
Whether she's making a scene or not
you need to have more empathy
and understanding for families
-Officer -Let's go
Officer
-You're kidding -Senior
You're kidding
- Senior... - You're kidding
- Didn't you... - Senior, no
Didn't you say we need empathy?
Officer
Why am I the one handcuffed?
Miss
We sympathize deeply with your loss
But in our official duties
if you continued making a scene at a hospital
we'd have a problem
Senior
What should we do now?
Junior
Isn't it obvious?
By our official duties
we need to remove her from the scene
Didn't we do that?
And we did it brilliantly
But after leaving the crime scene
She escaped custody
We pursued without success
We both witnessed it
Officer
What should I do now?
Junior
In this situation
what would you do?
Senior
I'd like to hear your ideas
In the hospital
The people who breathe
stay on the 1st floor and above
Those who don't breathe stay in the basement
To find that leg
you'd go to the basement
Where would the leg be?
Wouldn't you know
by checking the records?
It's that simple
I'm telling this only to you
No one else is listening
I'm listening
Who are you?
I'm an ambulance driver
Can I help you?
Mr. Zheng's body is still in my car
Go
You can enter the venue
That day was a very important day
After today
we'd have a chance to compete in England
But I didn't show up
I know you must have been very hurt
I should start explaining from the day before the competition
Fuck.
This guy's badass.
His company went bankrupt
but he took his last dollars to the casino
Classmate
Capa is my idol
The coolest thing isn't how many war photos he took
It's that he was tall and handsome
Elegant as fuck
Tons of girls
Is that so?
And he had a quote.
If your pictures aren't good enough
you aren't close enough
What's that mean?
It means
if your photos aren't good enough
that means you're too far from the action
I knew it
That's great
John
You know the biggest lesson I got from this book?
What?
I've got ten grand on me
Do you know where I can turn this into twenty grand?
Some say, you can climb your whole life
and fall in an instant
Once you start down a crooked path
the gates of hell open wide
I remember soon after coming here
as those false casino chips piled before me
I realized how foolish
my step-by-step efforts seemed
I thought I could buy you a car
We could buy a house
A house with many rooms
Full of our children
When I came out
I had not only twice what I entered with
But five times
Almost twenty times more
Altogether 1.83 million
Thank you, I don't smoke
These are for people who don't smoke
Sir, what do you do?
Ballroom dancing
Ballroom dance
Did you know?
I also love ballroom dance
I didn't know
First time here
Yeah
Incredible
Winning so much your first time
Just luck
Want to play again?
Play what?
Texas hold 'em
Here?
Of course not
Interested?
I'm busy later
No problem
If you're busy, you can go
You can barely fit the money in your bag
Want a new bag?
No. This one's fine
Young man
What's your name?
My surname's Zheng
Mr. Zheng
This is my card
You'll be back in two days
This must cost five, six thousand
Don't worry
We'll perform tomorrow
Think of this as an early celebration
Why do you seem strange?
Do I?
You do
You seem elsewhere
Yes
My mind was elsewhere
Because I was thinking
about the man in the casino saying
"You'll be back in two days"
I didn't need two days
I wanted to go right now
Deal.
Sign here
Leave your ID cards here
In three days, put down six million
for this check
Grand Hotel Presidential Suite
After leaving the casino, I didn't know where to go
But my legs brought me unthinkingly to the contest venue
When I arrived
I saw you still waiting alone for me
I suddenly felt ashamed
Why did I return for you?
I should go wander the earth
change my name
and forget you forever
I hid in a rural motel for three, four days
Time was slow
Like the world had stopped
How are you doing?
I'd rather not think about it
Hello?
Young man. Want some company?
No
Grandma
May I ask you
Is there someone here named Zheng?
Handsome guy staying here
No
Only Chen
Chen? Think back again
He just called my friend
telling me to deliver his money here
No
No?
You're speaking carelessly
When I asked neighbors, they said he was here
The neighbors wouldn't know
-Think carefully -That's right. Think carefully
His mother asked us to deliver money
That's right. We aren't messing around
Let us look upstairs
Save us the trouble
we're just delivering money
No
I'm not lying
Why did the auntie next door say he was here?
She didn't say
She doesn't know him
Grandma
Can I use your bathroom?
I'm telling you. There's no bathroom upstairs
Jumping was the stupidest thing I ever did in my life
I destroyed myself
and destroyed our future
When I awoke, I saw
a teardrop on your cheek
I wanted to tell you many things
but besides the guilt in my heart
I couldn't say anything
If time could return to that moment
I would tell you I'm sorry
Tell you
I only wanted to be with you
Only wanted you to live happily
But I didn't know such a simple thing
could be so hard
Thinking back now
For the two of us, this was both the worst
and our best moment
The next day, you brought me to your home
I kneeled in front of your parents
Not because I was asking for six million dollars
but out of deep remorse
not to mention
I had married their daughter without notifying them
All right
Stop kneeling
Let's eat
Room 97
I'm looking for Dr. Gao
Our outpatient hours are over
It's fine, let her in
You're still after the same thing, right?
Yes, Dr. Gao
I'm still after the same thing
From our hospital's perspective
everything belongs to the patients
including medical records
or the patient's parts or organs
Those are all patients'
We have no reason to hold them
So you making a scene yesterday
was actually pointless
Dr. Gao
I only want my husband's leg returned
I know
This Taiwanese custom of burying the body intact or whatever
I don't believe in it
Dr. Gao
I only want my husband's leg returned
Hello. Pathology?
This is Dr. Gao
Can you help me find
a Mr. Zheng's pathology report?
Okay. Thank you
I'll wait for your call
I'm going to eat
I'll come with you
What for?
I don't know when I'll see you again
Am I disturbing your meal?
Yes
It's better if you sit
Thank you
This is my first time eating with a patient's family
With a dead man's family too
You've got humor
I'm a sensible person
I feel like
you and your husband didn't get along too well
Why do you say that?
I saw his medical record
He was sick for a long time
But seems like no one looked after him
Sorry
I shouldn't have asked
Hello
Pathology
Okay
Got it
Miss Qian, this is Director Yang
Our hospital forbids non-employees from entering
But I told them about you
So when they're done here
hurry up and take your husband's leg
Mr. Zheng's specimen is B503482
44382
Second shelf
Sorry
Is there an issue?
B503482
Right?
Right
Second shelf
Can't find it
Check every shelf
Okay
What the hell
Why aren't things put where they should be?
Director
What's going on?
These two days' specimens
should all be on this shelf
The specimens we sent down should have slides
Of course
I don't get what you're saying
What specimen slides?
What's that mean?
Your husband's cut-off leg is called
a specimen
Slices of a specimen are put into glass slides
So you're saying
my husband's leg vanished
and changed into glass?
Your husband's leg wouldn't change into glass
I think
maybe
there were problems when it was being delivered
What problems?
Yeah, what problems?
Director, I want to know too
We sent the specimen from Surgery
directly to Pathology
If there's a problem, it's with Pathology
Don't throw blame left and right, Director
I'm not throwing blame, just clarifying
Technician Wang
Bring me the past few days' forms
Okay
Yes
It's July 5
Sent directly from Surgery
We signed it
But Miss Qian
Before your husband was operated on
you already signed the consent form
What consent form?
The consent form asked you
if you wanted to keep the specimen
You checked "No"
Are you not giving it to me
because you can't find it
or are you not giving it to me because I signed "No"?
Is there a difference?
Of course it's different
I want it back now
Have you eaten at a restaurant before?
What about it?
When you finish chewing a chicken bone
and the waiter cleans your table
and asks you
if he can clear away your chicken bones
you say "Yes"
after he's taken them
you turn and tell him to bring the bones back
you want to chew it more
you want to taste it again
Does that seem right to you?
Thank you
Dr. Gao
I could no longer dance
The day the doctor told us
we were both very quiet
To comfort me
you cut the hair you'd been growing for twenty years
and told me you didn't want to compete either
We searched for a place to teach dance lessons
Fortunately
Your dad, besides paying my debt
also provided us a classroom
He even lent us money
At first we hesitated
Did we need such a big classroom?
But in the end, we reserved it
This was not only where we danced
To save money
we also lived here
Learn ballroom dancing easily
During that time, I witnessed many different lifestyles
I realized how living wasn't easy
I started to worry about our future
Hello This is our new ballroom dance studio
Please visit if you have time
- Hello. - Hello.
This is our new ballroom dance studio Please visit if you have time
See our classes on the back
I'm sore here
-Here -Yeah
Good work
You had it tough, running around outside
You had it tougher
Zi-han
I heard a joke today
What joke?
There's a bird couple on a treetop
Below the tree
is a flock of grazing sheep
Suddenly one of the sheep slips and falls
The bird wife says
"Husband
It's wet down there!"
Are you flirting with me?
That joke's so old
Then have you heard
the one about the frog and the kangaroo?
One day, a frog and a kangaroo
went to a brothel
In a short time
the kangaroo came back out
He heard the frog in the next room
"One two three hey"
The kangaroo was envious
and thought "Wow"
The next day
The kangaroo met the frog
and asked him
Brother Frog
You're amazing, going all night.
The frog told the kangaroo
"Shit."
"I jumped all night and couldn't land on the bed."
Zi-han
Aren't you worried?
Worried about what?
We have so few students
No
It'll get better
Is there something unsettled between us?
No
Something just reminded me of you
I wonder if I could ask a favor
What is it?
I recently opened a dance studio with my wife
Business is slow
I remember you said you liked dancing
You stopped dancing?
I think
if you like to dance
my wife is really a good teacher
I believe you also have many friends who dance
If you don't mind
give us a try
When people reach a dead end
they'll dig any hole to escape
That's the situation that made me ask Mr. Chen from the casino
He promised nothing
But in a few weeks
students gradually increased
Today, two more
The next day, four
The students seemed refined
Not covered in tattoos
Most had their own dance partner
The classroom became more crowded
You were happily busy
and even hired an assistant
Keep smiling
Dance Presentation
Later, I called Mr. Chen to thank him
He didn't take my calls after that
Long ago, someone told me
Life is rarely smooth sailing
As soon as you ride one wave
you need to race for the next one
Only those who seize their chance
can create their own turning points
Come on!
My first turning point after the classroom's success
was the foreclosed home
- Can I help you? - I'm the homeowner
- The homeowner? - The homeowner?
The tenant is over there
Take it easy
The homeowner
- It's my turn now. - It's my turn now.
Boss
The homeowner
Mr. Homeowner, hello
I'm the tenant. Make yourself at home
No This house
I bought it
Are you all moving out?
Did you
bring it yet?
It is the…
Relocation fee
No
I already bought this house
How could there be a relocation fee?
Young man
You don't know the unspoken rules?
What rules?
You can look it up online
Where online?
Ask Brother Google
House roaches"
What do you know about foreclosed homes?
I did my research
There're two types
One with handover, one without
No handover is cheaper
I bought one with no handover
So it…
How much did you pay?
8 million
How much do they want?
2.5 million
What's the market value?
10 million
How many people do they have?
About ten
You're dressed so neatly
and brought a gift
I thought you were polite
but your relocation fee
is even less than your husband's
We only have this much
If you don't take it and don't move
I still can't give you the number you want
If anyone knew I took such a small amount
how could I show my face in society?
- Fuck you, you wanna die? - Fuck you, you wanna die?
How can we show our face?
- Fuck you, you wanna die? - Fuck you, you wanna die?
Brother
Bringing so many friends here each day
must cost a lot
It's like a choir in here
I really don't have that much money
If you take it and leave
One day, I'll sell this house make a lot of money
and gift it to you
In this business
we'll be seeing more of each other
Brother
If we can treat each other
like friends
wouldn't that be better?
Yu-ying
If we got into the foreclosure business
the two of us
wouldn't it be like The Return of the Condor Heroes?
The guy lost his arm
The girl was raped
Have you even read that book?
Miss Qian
You can't keep following me
This is our place of work
I must ask you to leave
Because of you, I didn't finish my lunch
I have more surgeries this afternoon
Can you have mercy?
I can wait here until your surgery's over
What'll you do when my surgery's over?
Didn't you sign the form
saying you waived the specimen?
I need to get my husband's leg back
I need his leg before he's buried
I'm an orthopedic doctor
but the doctor you need is a psychiatrist
Ask for Qian Wang, B2
Is Qian Wang here?
-He's next door -Next door
Non-contaminated area, Staffs, Forbidden entry
Is Qian Wang here?
-He's downstairs -Downstairs
Mr. Wang
Are you Mr. Wang?
Dr. Gao asked me to find you
What is it?
My husband was amputated
But he died soon after
I want to retrieve his leg
Dr. Gao told me to find you
Go ask Pathology
Pathology couldn't find it
Mr. Wang
Don't follow me
Mr. Wang
-Mr. Wang -Enough
Mr. Wang, can you help me?
Please
Mr. Wang
When was his surgery?
44382
Only two days ago
According to hospital regulations
amputated specimens are kept at Pathology
for at least two weeks
When did he pass away?
Yesterday
Be careful
Your husband
is still active in this world
seeing his friends
listening to them
He could even
be talking to you
You simply can't hear it
Right now
you must avoid dishonesty
and deceit
Let me ask
Did you sign the consent form waiving the specimen?
Then you should stand by what you've said
But they didn't follow hospital procedure either
and lost it
You can't use others' faults
to ignore your own faults
So
what should I do?
What should you do?
Go home
Arrange your husband's affairs
Forget that leg
Dr. Gao didn't send me here
to hear you say this
Miss
I'm just a janitor
How should I know what Dr. Gao wanted me to tell you?
Pathology must have seen your waiver
and sent it down directly
But you regret it now
Mr. Wang
You look like
you understand the world more
than the doctors and nurses upstairs
Do you know why we regret things?
Miss
You don't need to split us into upstairs-downstairs
Everyone has done
and understands different things
Let me ask
Why do you regret it?
I signed the waiver
because after my husband was amputated
we could still spend many decades together
Compared to those years together
that leg
isn't worth anything
I never thought
he'd be gone immediately
That was your vision
not necessarily his
Mr. Wang
All the stuff sent from Pathology
gets piled up here
Usually, on Fridays
a medical waste truck
comes to pick it up
But it just came by three days ago
so if your husband's leg came down in the past two days
you have a chance
What if I don't find it?
If you don't find it
it'll go to a medical waste disposal plant
and be incinerated within 84 hours
Incinerated in 84 hours?
Incinerated in 84 hours
All their trucks have GPS
Whether they're eating or shitting
our computers monitor it
so they can't trick us
You want to search?
Yes
Okay. Put these on, then
What are these for?
You'll know in a moment
Do you have new ones?
Cleaner ones?
You think we are a department store?
When you go in, I won't join you
When you go in, you'll see
Yellow bags and red bags
Don't look inside the yellow bags
Those are recycled
You can look into the red bags
When you open them
you'll see many small bags
Never open
the small bags
They're filled with formalin
Even if it doesn't splash on you
if you breathe too much
we'll be holding a double funeral
for husband and wife
Then how do I search?
By touch
Feel the bags by shape and size
and you'll know
What?
I'll slap your ass.
You're not afraid?
I'm afraid
You're not afraid?
I'm afraid
But she took the kids to compete
She won't be back until late
Louder
Don't stop
Don't stop!
Don't stop.
Get the fuck out
Did you use my bed?
It's not what you think
Did you?
No
I suspected this for a long time
I just didn't want to believe it
You only
wash my feet
telling me lewd jokes
I was so naive
flirting along with your jokes
You laugh like I'm nothing
But with other women?
You said it's not what I think
What is it then?
John Color Photography
This photo
is of a couple who came here for a wedding photo after the notary
I was even their witness
None of their families and friends came
It was a somewhat cold scene
But though it was a bit sad
I still captured their smiles
The two gazing into the distance
From their expressions
the distance doesn't seem so far away
I also feel honored to have known this couple
This was a really good shot
Good shots don't sell anymore
Photo studios now
are all run by uneducated middle-aged women
who only know how to say
"Come on. Lift your head"
"Yes. Smile"
The people in their photos all smile like idiots
How's your dance studio?
Great
And the wife?
Also great
After that incident
You didn't mention divorce
You kept the dance studio going
But you moved out
Besides teaching in the classroom
you started teaching in the dance hall
The dance hall had good male dancers
You would share a moment of happiness
I used to think dance
was all about the steps
raising your hands, turning
These past few years
I slowly realized
dance is not only the posture
It is the spilling of emotion
It is love
and hate
Anger
and sorrow
I had this realization only after I stopped dancing
Director Yang
It was so cold that I felt faint
and got confused
Let me try again
I'll find it for sure this time
Miss Qian
You've already broken our hospital rules
Technically speaking, we can't help you open these bags
All I can do
is let you to take one bag back to your husband
Director Yang
Are you trying to get in my way?
Women shouldn't be hard on women
Miss Qian
You don't need to tell me these outdated feminist slogans
I peer down a microscope every day
You can't tell men from women under the microscope
President
The secretary told me today about this matter
I was very shocked
Director Yang. How long have you been working at this hospital?
About 15 years
How could such a huge mistake occur?
This family's in so much pain
Isn't it our physician's duty
to relieve the people's suffering?
President
When my husband was hospitalized
I did sign the amputation waiver
But now I regret it
I want it back
I want to return it to his body
No problem
You don't need to explain
Life is long
We all have some regrets
But truthfully speaking
even if we get your husband's leg back
and reattach it
it wouldn't do much good
After all, it's been severed
and soaked in chemicals
Wouldn't you agree?
Speaking for all my hospital colleagues
we offer our deepest apologies
Forget this leg
I'll get you a trunk of the finest wood
and make you the best prosthetic leg
Truthfully
Yesterday, my colleagues informed me of your situation
I wanted to
find time to speak with you
But my morning was busy. I forgot
But I privately called
my sculptor friend in the mountains
I asked him to reserve
wood that was intended to carve the goddess Guanyin
That wood is from a century-old temple
that renovated its beams
Very beautiful
Very rare
If you don't mind
we'll use this wood
to carve a leg for Mr. Zheng
and fulfill your wish
Mr. Zhu
-Thanks for your work -Hello
This is Miss Qian
Miss Qian
welcome
Miss Qian
We took photos from Pathology of your husband's leg
to make a 3D model for Mr. Zhu
so he can sculpt custom measurements
The pathology photos
were swollen and black before amputation
Yes
Mr. Zhu is a famous artist
He only needs to see a 3D model
to recreate in his mind
your husband's leg when it was healthy
We can complete it tomorrow
And then your husband's leg
toenails, skin
will all be precisely represented
It will look brand new
President. Miss Qian is here
Director Yang is here too
President, I'm here representing Pathology for Mr. Zhang's leg
You can smell the aroma
If this wasn't accompanying your husband's body
I'd want to keep it here as an art display
This leg
looks more like my husband's leg than my husband's leg
Beautiful
Really beautiful
Miss Qian
May I ask regarding your husband's funeral
Is there anything else we can assist with?
President
Mr. Zheng's funeral is only awaiting this leg
We can attach it this afternoon
After that, there's only the funeral procession
cremation and interment
In that case, let me know when it happens
Okay
When it's time, I'll go pay my respects to Mr. Zheng
Will this leg
be cremated with my husband?
Of course
When this leg is returned to your husband's body
they'll be cremated together
After it's cremated
won't this leg
become ash?
Miss Qian
Human beings after we're cremated
don't we all become ash?
No
When humans are cremated, we become bone ash
When wood burns, it becomes only ash
Bone ash and ash are not the same
Miss Qian. What…
What do you mean, the ashes are different?
Isn't it all ash?
When some people die
we burn a Benz, burn a mansion
burn servants for them in the afterlife
Isn't it all ash?
It's not the same
A Benz and a mansion
are external things
Bone ash is our selves
This leg is the same as a Benz
It's a burnt offering
It's not originally his
What is this bullshit?
I used a piece of the finest wood
to carve your husband's stink-ass leg
Now you say
you don't want it?
You want to me to display it in my office
for visitors to ask
So pretty. Whose leg is it?
How the hell do I answer?
This isn't my husband's leg
Look here are your choices
One
Face the facts
and go burn your husband
Ｗhen he reincarnates
he'll grow a new leg
Two
You take this leg
and put it with your husband's body
When it's cremated
this will all be over
Three
Stick your husband in a freezer
Wait a while
and see if one day
he starts sprouting
a new leg
President
I'll see you in court then
Ma'am
When we opened clinics in the past
we'd hang a plaque with a philanthropic inscription
to express our charity in thought and deed
But now, when we open hospitals
there's no plaque
Do you know what's behind the wall now?
An army
of ruthless lawyers
Get this woman out of here
Then take this
My God Take this filthy thing out of my sight
Hello
Yeah
I am
He died two days ago
Is something wrong?
Health insurance
How long has it been?
About half a month
Has your leg been injured before?
In the past
I had a car accident
I think you'd better get a hospital exam
Doctor
Tell me
It's fine
I can handle it
If you want my honest opinion
With your situation
It could be bone cancer
Will I need amputation?
Mr. Zheng
Bone cancer treatment is very advanced now
It's rare that amputation is needed
But surgery to clean out the disease
is definitely necessary
What are you saying?
You're talking about a crime
There are 2 kinds of insurance cards
One has a photo, the other doesn't
Mine happens to have no photo
If there's no photo, they still need to see your national ID
John
When you see the doctor
Besides your national ID photo
does anyone care if the rest is real or fake?
I'm telling you
Health insurance cards are impossible to forge
But national IDs aren't hard
Even if I give you a totally clean health record
and apply for insurance
you'll still need to wait before getting a checkup
Is it fine to drag out your illness?
The doctor said my symptoms only just started
Cancer isn't some fast-acting disease
If I wait three or six months
it should be fine
I think you've gone crazy
You know I haven't been doing well the past few years
Not well?
Don't you always say you're doing great?
John
You know I'm a charming man
Have you ever heard a charming man say he's not doing well?
This is the first time I learned you're a charming man
John
What are you doing?
I'm in the dressing room
Doing what in the dressing room?
Adjusting my look in the dressing room
Why'd you shave like that?
Aren't we taking an ID photo?
Studio
Sit here
Do we need to do all this
for a fake ID photo?
My dad opened this studio
My dad's named John
Strictly speaking, I should be John II
I always thought this art would never be replaced
I never thought one day it would end
This camera hasn't been used in over ten years
and now it's being used to shoot your fake ID
Come here
I've finished it
When I tell you to press, press down
Press
Who're you looking for?
I want to make an ID
What?
I want to make an ID
Come in
National ID photo
You want it exact or OK-exact?
What's the difference?
"Exact" can pass most police spot checks
With OK-exact
you can get a bank notarization
or marry your mistress
OK-exact
Zi-han Zheng
It went smoother than I thought
John got me a clean health report
I applied to an insurance company
The company said
the insurance policy would take effect after 90 days
In other words
I couldn't go to a clinic for 90 days
to get any cancer exam
After that, the only thing left to do was wait
I didn't eat much each day
I spent a lot of time walking
I felt very calm
Sometimes I'd pass John's place
We didn't talk as much as we used to
It didn't mean we had a falling out
It meant that during this time
John was waiting alongside me
But waiting
is not an easy task
Elevator is down for maintenance
What's wrong?
It's nothing
Want to see a doctor?
It's nothing
You call this nothing?
Take a look in the mirror
I'll go with you
When a relationship comes to a deadlock
the best solution is for one party
to evoke sympathy in the other
I never thought of getting your sympathy
I only wanted to quietly do something for you
I don't remember what happened that night
When I awoke
I was already in the hospital
How did I get here?
I taught class all day yesterday
I didn't see you there
I visited you in the evening
You didn't wake no matter how I tried
Why would you do this?
You're sick but didn't see a doctor
Are you still bitter?
I'm not bitter
but I thought you'd still be sour
Hello
Nurse
Can you please raise the bed up?
I want to see my leg
Mr. Zheng, don't worry
The diagnosis report will include photos
We will provide you a copy
What the hell is that?
Don't pretend politeness
and speak so impolitely
My husband just wants to see his leg
What's that to do with photos?
Excuse me
Doctor.
Dr. Gao
Mrs. Zheng. Can I have a word?
Mr. Zheng's condition was untreated for too long
If we don't amputate
there's a risk of death
Amputate?
Is there no other way?
Mrs. Zheng
This is something I've had to tell many patients' families
Keep the leg and lose your life
or keep your life and lose the leg
What did the doctor say?
Bone cancer?
Of course not
It's nothing to do with bone cancer
I got a call from the insurance company yesterday
They said Zi-han had 20 million in cancer insurance
and the premiums expired just this month
They couldn't find him so they called me
I was dazed and confused
You were Zi-han's best friend
Had you ever heard about any insurance?
Did the insurance company say anything?
They gave some condolences
and then slithered away
so they didn't pay a single penny
Zi-han's insurance was for cancer
He died of a blood clot from septicemia
Nothing to do with cancer
So of course the insurance company wouldn't pay up
Do you know anything about this?
Last month
Zi-han's leg was uncomfortable, he saw a doctor
The doctor said it could be bone cancer
He came up with a plan
He told me to get a health exam
and used my health report to buy insurance
I told him it'd bite him in the ass
He said cancer cells wouldn't spread much in 3 or 5 months
I didn't imagine it'd turn out this way
You two look so different
How could that work?
I thought so too
but it turns out it wasn't so difficult
How could Zi-han be so dumb?
The doctor said
if he'd just started the medicine early, it would've been fine
He believed he put a terrible burden on you
He wanted to make it up to you with a few million
This was a photo of you
I always told him to take it home
He always said "Next time, next time"
When's the funeral?
I don't know yet
Why not?
His leg's still missing
Department of General Affairs
Director Pan
Does your department
not make much money?
This department looks
different from the others
Yes
Our department has no surgeries
no tests, no patient visits
We don't make money
That's why we're in this tiny corner
Then you should have free time
Miss Qian
If you keep making trouble
we'll all have a lot of free time soon
Director Pan
I just want to ask about the GPS
Can't you tell me anything?
I don't know what Qian Wang was smoking
when he told you our garbage trucks use GPS
Qian Wang told me that after the truck left
my husband's leg would be incinerated in 84 hours
Minus the last two days
all I have left is today
Director Pan
Trust me
If you don't tell me
I will stay here with you
I will follow you home
When you go to sleep
I will be there
And I will tell your wife
you're a man who doesn't take responsibility
You're really sick
Should I take you to the emergency room?
After the emergency room, I'll come back to find you
Everyone in the hospital knows about your case
Everyone knows you won't stop
Sign a consent form, and you regret it
Give you a new leg, and you don't want it
Helping a fickle person like you
never ends well
Director Pan
Don't be so serious
Let me tell you one of my husband's favorite jokes
There's an old couple, married 50 years
One morning
They're sitting at the table eating breakfast
The husband tells the wife
"50 years ago, we used to take our clothes off
and eat breakfast naked."
The wife says
"So you think
we should take our clothes off now?"
So The two of them
took their clothes off and ate breakfast
Then the wife says
"Darling
Guess what?
My nipples
are burning hot for you, just like 50 years ago."
The husband says
"That's no surprise
Because one of the nipples
is drooping into your coffee."
Miss Qian
If you don't leave
I'm calling security
What the hell's this?
What hell are you?
Don't snoop through my stuff
The hell am I? The hell are you!
What's the problem?
We're fine, you're the problem
Drive pass the interchange. The coordinates for the next stop.
The car will stop for half an hour. They'll be at the incinerator at 5:30 p.m.
Director Pan
The driver's name is Huang. Don't mention my name.
Just tell me where the truck is
Is it so hard
to help a widow?
You're the most unwanted person in the whole hospital
If you're fine, then get out
Enough?
If you don't go, I'll really call security
I'll fucking sue you
You won't tell me?
I'll sue you, Director Pan
Hey John
Come pick me up
and pick up some stuff for me too
I'll text you what you need to buy
You don't have a car?
Can you borrow one?
-I have no car either -What? You want to talk to my granny?
My granny can't talk, she's terminally ill
I'll call you later
Climb a thousand peaks
Godspeed
I'll call you later
Since we've met again
can you do me a favor?
Do you have a car?
Yeah
Can you take me down south?
That's not cool
I thought your husband just died
and you know I have a girlfriend
I'll explain in the car
It's already past 4:30 p.m.
Hold on
This guy's really daring
driving that kind of car to this kind of place
You think the woman's in love?
Not with this kind of place
Why couldn't there be love?
The chances are low
But I think the woman loves him a lot
He must've forgotten to pay
What the hell are you doing?
Can you drive like that?
- What the hell? - Mr. Huang
My name is Qian
These two are my colleagues
John and William
We're radiation specialists from the EPA
On July 5th
An irradiated patient was amputated
The amputated limb was improperly disposed of
When we got the news, we tracked down your truck
Isn't that lucky?
I'm going to burn it
If it gets burned the radiation will blast everywhere
Your factory will be toast
That's so fucked up
Damn
Wait, wait
You aren't anybody EPA my ass
What kind of car is that?
What kind of clothes are those?
You know you're holding a mosquito swatter?
Mr. Huang
This isn't a mosquito swatter
This is the newest model radiation detector
At 2:00 p.m. you were on the National Highway
On the Nantou Interchange at 4:30 p.m.
past the culvert
Besides the EPA
who could track your GPS?
Fuck, you think I'm dumb?
You followed me here and wrote down the GPS
You think I don't know?
Okay
You're so smart
You know we followed you
You know how many traffic violations you had?
Speeding, Illegal lane changes
Littering cigarettes
Also
How long did you park at that diner?
Is this waste truck
allowed to park by diners?
Were you playing with your lover?
What do you want?
Brother
My colleague here may look like Lun-Mei Gwei
But she only appears naive
Everything she said is true
We are EPA radiation technicians
We by accident lost an irradiated specimen
If we don't get it back
we could end up losing our jobs
However If an accident does happen
the radiation could hit thousands of people
Fuck, you're confusing me
I don't know whether to believe you
Mr. Huang
It's fine
You have two options now
Option one You can call the police
The police will retrieve the irradiated specimen
My colleague and I
will be written up and punished
You will be written up for
your traffic and parking violations
Option two?
Option two
You let us retrieve the irradiated specimen
I'll return it to the EPA
Our records will remain clean
and your lover at the diner
won't be discovered
Help us to help you
This is called a win-win
How about it?
No
It's win-win-win-win
Since there's 4 people
it's win-win-win-win
Hold on though
I'm not going up there
No need
we'll search by ourselves
Be careful of radiation
That day when you asked me whether to intubate
My only thought was not to burden you
I was lost for words
I couldn't tell you much
Even if I managed to recover
I'd end up weighing you down
My life
started out as an uncertain journey
It was you
Now I should call you
Miss Qian
After I met you
I gained a direction
His body is intact now
He has let go of worldly things
Buddha will lead him to the other shore
Please pay your respects
Could I have a moment alone?
I recall how I loved you at first sight
How I lost my way
I remember my regrets
and your tears
I still remember the first time you took me dancing
It felt like
you had taken me flying
I remember
my palms were sweating
like a girl afraid of heights
on a plane for the first time
Later
when I saw you getting abused at the seaside
When I looked down at your face covered in bruises
I realized
I love you
Not because you promised me anything
I love you
because you're the person I love
The time is here
My journey is finished
I can only wish you safe happiness on your journey ahead
to reach those distances I couldn't see
Zi-han
Finding your leg
was the last thing I could do for you
To give you back your wings
I hope when you reach the other world
you can fly free
and find what you lost long ago
Now I will wait in silence
hoping to meet Miss Qian again one day
At that time, I'll ask you for a dance
Because long, long ago
someone once said
If love is enduring
it will outlast a brief separation
If it's possible
I hope in dreams
I can relive the feeling of
the first time you took me flying