The.Ballad.of.Wallis.Island.2025lish Movie Subtitles

1 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:28,213 ♪ Oh, would you like to hear a story ♪ 2 00:01:28,588 --> 00:01:32,092 ♪ About a man who's tired of life? ♪ 3 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:37,097 ♪ Rejected money, love and glory ♪ 4 00:01:38,306 --> 00:01:42,102 ♪ To escape the city strife ♪ 5 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:47,190 ♪ He found an empty wild meadow ♪ 6 00:01:47,482 --> 00:01:50,693 ♪ To make a home among the trees ♪ 7 00:01:52,153 --> 00:01:56,032 ♪ To lose his past, to lose his shadow ♪ 8 00:01:56,616 --> 00:02:00,161 ♪ Face the sun and find his peace ♪ 9 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:02,247 ♪ But in the evening ♪ 10 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:05,333 ♪ He hikes up the mountain ♪ 11 00:02:05,375 --> 00:02:09,796 ♪ To see the city lights ♪ 12 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:14,175 ♪ Hears music whispering around him ♪ 13 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:19,139 ♪ And remembers his old life ♪ 14 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:22,392 Herb! 15 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:33,111 ♪ And though he has his isolation ♪ 16 00:02:34,696 --> 00:02:37,115 -♪ He has no peace of mind... ♪ -Um, okay. 17 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,908 -Uh... -Hello! Hello! 18 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:41,161 -Is this-- Are we here? -Herb! 19 00:02:42,453 --> 00:02:43,746 Herb! 20 00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:46,666 Herb! 21 00:02:48,793 --> 00:02:51,171 There he is! Herb McGwyer! 22 00:02:51,963 --> 00:02:53,840 I've g***t you on! 23 00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:55,466 I've g***t you on now, Herb! 24 00:02:57,677 --> 00:02:59,512 Fancy a listen?! 25 00:03:00,221 --> 00:03:02,432 First sign of madness. 26 00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:04,475 Dearie me. 27 00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:06,102 Oh! You made it okay?! 28 00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:07,770 I can't hear you! 29 00:03:07,812 --> 00:03:09,981 You g***t here okay?! 30 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,024 Well, yeah, obviously. 31 00:03:11,065 --> 00:03:12,901 Of course you did! 32 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:15,820 No nasty, uh... the dreaded in-flight meal? 33 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:17,155 Is there not, like, 34 00:03:17,197 --> 00:03:19,032 -a harbor... here? -Is there not a harbor? 35 00:03:19,073 --> 00:03:20,491 Well, no! 36 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:22,076 It's sort of nature's harbor, really. 37 00:03:22,118 --> 00:03:23,661 -It's, um... -Okay-- 38 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:25,496 I can kind of carry you through the shallows. 39 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,373 -Um, can you maybe, um... -I'm Charles. 40 00:03:27,415 --> 00:03:28,833 -Charles Heath. -...take a bag? 41 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:29,918 -Of course. -Thanks. 42 00:03:29,959 --> 00:03:31,127 Take it. 43 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,463 Load me up. Load me up, buttercup. 44 00:03:33,504 --> 00:03:35,423 -There it is. The old axe. -Quickly, please. It's heavy. 45 00:03:35,465 --> 00:03:37,050 -That's fantastic. -Can you take it, please? 46 00:03:37,091 --> 00:03:38,843 -Of course. Absolutely. -Thank you. 47 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:40,720 Yes, please. The axe. 48 00:03:42,430 --> 00:03:44,140 -Love that. -Okay. S-So... 49 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:45,850 Massive fan of your work, obviously. 50 00:03:45,892 --> 00:03:47,852 -So what do I do? -Thanks for coming. Oh, I'll grab this. 51 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:50,021 No, no, no, no, no! No! 52 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:52,190 Herb. Okay. 53 00:03:52,232 --> 00:03:54,359 Right. Here. I'm so sorry, Herb. 54 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,194 -Get my-- Can you get my bag?! -Get everything, isn't it? 55 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,071 Get everything. Keep it dry. 56 00:03:58,112 --> 00:03:59,781 -Okay, we're good. Close-- -We're good? 57 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:02,909 Well, "close shave," I was going to say, not "we're good." 58 00:04:02,951 --> 00:04:04,327 Right. Are you all right? 59 00:04:04,369 --> 00:04:05,995 -You're wet. Oh, bugger me. -No. I mean, I... 60 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:07,163 It's 'cause I was... 61 00:04:07,205 --> 00:04:09,249 pissing about with the guitar. 62 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:12,835 Oh, I'm so s-- Welcome to Wallis Island. 63 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,838 You don't travel light, do you, you musicians? 64 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:20,677 Well, this is the island. 65 00:04:20,718 --> 00:04:23,513 I shall show you around it as we go along, really. 66 00:04:26,015 --> 00:04:28,226 We have actually met, Herb. 67 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,228 You may not, um... 68 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,854 Colchester Corn Exchange. 69 00:04:31,896 --> 00:04:35,066 -Come on. -The glamour. Stage door, 2008. 70 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:37,068 My, um... 71 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,654 Marie, a woman about... 72 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:41,197 yea high, 73 00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:43,032 and a man about... 74 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:44,993 well, me, so... 75 00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:46,536 with her. 76 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:48,913 Um... 77 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:50,290 Yeah, I meet a lot of people. 78 00:04:50,331 --> 00:04:52,542 Course you do. Popular man. 79 00:04:53,167 --> 00:04:54,794 Popular man. 80 00:04:57,088 --> 00:04:58,047 How far is it? 81 00:04:58,089 --> 00:04:59,424 -Huh? -How far is it? 82 00:04:59,465 --> 00:05:01,551 Oh, not too far. 83 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:07,765 Can they not send a car? 84 00:05:09,058 --> 00:05:11,060 -They? -Um, Wallis Lodge, 85 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:13,688 -my hotel. -Wallis Lodge, my house? 86 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,607 And your hotel. Yes, exactly. 87 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:17,900 This week. 88 00:05:17,942 --> 00:05:20,153 A hotel in all but name. 89 00:05:20,194 --> 00:05:21,195 And, um... 90 00:05:21,237 --> 00:05:24,574 and, um, facilities. 91 00:05:25,366 --> 00:05:26,451 -You... -You? 92 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:28,119 I-I need to call my people. 93 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,996 Ooh. 94 00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:30,955 Love that. 95 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:32,790 Calling his people. 96 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:43,801 My humble abode. 97 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:54,395 Ooh, no, you don't need to take your shoes off, Herb. 98 00:05:54,437 --> 00:05:55,855 Well, they're soaked. 99 00:05:55,897 --> 00:05:57,148 Oh, yes. From the sea. 100 00:05:57,190 --> 00:06:00,693 Let's get you nice and crisp and dry. 101 00:06:00,735 --> 00:06:03,654 I've g***t a world-class bath, by the way. 102 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,198 Yes. 103 00:06:05,239 --> 00:06:06,491 Lion's feet on it. 104 00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:09,619 Not real, of course, but next best thing. 105 00:06:12,038 --> 00:06:14,999 Gig-wise, it won't exactly be Glasto. 106 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:16,084 Glastonbury. 107 00:06:16,125 --> 00:06:17,919 Uh, yeah, that's-that's fine. 108 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,004 --I mean, I much prefer, you know, 109 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,255 intimate gigs. 110 00:06:21,297 --> 00:06:22,799 Oh, God, yeah. 111 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,179 Um, how many? 112 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,514 -People? -Yeah. 113 00:06:29,555 --> 00:06:31,641 Well, less than a hundred. 114 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:36,771 -Perfect. -Perfect. 115 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:37,980 Yeah. 116 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:40,942 Bloody good effort this, Herb. 117 00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:44,153 Coming all the way out here without your roadies. 118 00:06:44,195 --> 00:06:46,197 -Just an acoustic set. -Eh. 119 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:48,366 Why waste the money? Quite right. 120 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:51,035 -Well, no, I didn't-- -Which brings me on 121 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:53,913 to the thorny issue of payment. 122 00:06:53,955 --> 00:06:57,667 -Hmm. -Oh, yeah, we don't need to do that now. 123 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,838 It's bloody unseemly, in't it? 124 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,386 -Cash? -Yes. 125 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:10,763 Now, what I thought I'd do is give you 126 00:07:10,805 --> 00:07:12,223 £50 now 127 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,600 and the other £499,950 128 00:07:14,642 --> 00:07:16,727 on completion of the gig. 129 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,938 If my maths is correct. 130 00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:22,400 Okay. 131 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:24,444 Oh. 132 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:29,073 A cool half million. 133 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,242 Should keep you in guitar strings for a couple of years, 134 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:32,618 you bloody mercenary. 135 00:07:32,660 --> 00:07:34,245 -Well, hang on. That's not... -No, I'm just-- 136 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,580 ...the reason I'm doing the gig. 137 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:36,914 No. No, no, no. No, no, no. 138 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,583 This is all jokes. 139 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:39,834 I'm just joking. 140 00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:40,918 Jokes included. 141 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,420 It's just, um... 142 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,088 I-I'm not really used to having guests. 143 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:46,507 I'm just trying to get some atmos going. 144 00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:47,758 Uh, there's a case in point-- 145 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,844 I've made myself a tea and not you. 146 00:07:51,888 --> 00:07:54,599 Yeah, look, can I get changed, please? 147 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,184 -It's-- I'm drenched. -You are. 148 00:07:56,225 --> 00:07:58,102 Dame Judi. 149 00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:00,730 Dame Judi Drenched. 150 00:08:05,651 --> 00:08:08,488 Not many musicians come to the island, Herb. 151 00:08:08,529 --> 00:08:10,656 For obvious reasons, 152 00:08:10,698 -->...