Life of Pi Edit

A few blocks inland, there's a canal.

A hunter caught him drinking from a stream when he was a cub...

A mouthful of water will not harm you, but panic will.

A sea anchor is used as a drag to keep the boat's head to the wind.

A tiger? Richard Parker was a tiger?

Above all, don't lose hope.

Above all, don't lose hope.

Above the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on Earth.

Accompanied by harsh, aggressive use of the whistle.

Acid that dissolved those fish...

After a few hours, a member of my own species found me.

After all we had been through, he didn't even look back.

After all, you cannot know the strength of your faith

Agh!

Ah, well, I look forward to reading it.

Ah!

Ah!

All I know is that eventually he died

All you have to know is that He loves us.

Allahu Akbar.

Alone and forgotten.

Amen.

Amma, Appa, Ravi...

Amma!

Amma!

An irrational number of infinite length,

Anandi and I had time enough to break each other's hearts.

Anandi, come to the front. Lead them.

And a Hindu, of course.

And a Jew, I suppose.

And after that, you did this.

And brought as many meerkats as I could fit

And from then on, you were "Pi"?

And His suffering as we would a brother's.

And how can he find his way if he does not choose a path?

And I found a feeling of serenity and brotherhood.

And I found God's love through Christ.

And I was delivered on short notice by a herpetologist...

And I wasn't alone out there. Richard Parker was with me.

And if the town council stops supporting us...

And it helps with the seasickness.

And make me believe in God.

And named him Thirsty.

And one day, my teacher came down with the flu.

And reduce seasickness during rough seas.

And Richard Parker running to the boat.

And so it was, He introduced Himself again.

And so, I waited for his return.

And so, Richard Parker went ahead of me.

And somewhere, two eyes were smiling at having me there.

And that begins with thinking rationally.

And that's what gave him the huge chest and skinny legs...

And the island digested him...

And the Muslim quarter is just to the west.

And the tiger was called Richard Parker.

And then one day, it sputtered, coughed and died.

And then you did chatura.

And then you did...

And then, I met Anandi.

And then, Richard Parker, my fierce companion...

And this is a lesson I do not want them ever to forget.

And this is Richard Parker.

And thought her family was part of the new India as well...

And was trampled by a frightened cassowary.

And we are the stuff of his dreaming.

And what do you think Yashoda saw?

And when I was beyond all hope of saving, He gave me rest...

And why not? Faith is a house with many rooms.

And yet, if I hadn't found those shores, I would have died.

And you will spend your life on holiday.

And you won't read about those trees in any nature book.

And your name? Huh?

And, like me, thought he might stay there forever.

Animals do not think like we do.

Animals have souls.

Anybody!

Appa!

Appa! Ravi.

Are you crazy?

Are you going to Mecca this year, Swami Jesus?

Are you out of your mind?

Are you pissing right now?

Are you ready for the miracle of it?

As 3.14.

As a child, he had had polio.

As for God, I can only tell you my story.

As it also happened, my mother was a botanist in the gardens.

At the edge of the jungle, he stopped.

Ate seaweed until my stomach could take no more...

Because believing in everything at the same time...

Because He loves us.

Because they thought she was marrying beneath her.

Before I was born, he said...

Before we get into trouble.

Before we left...

Believe in something I don't agree with...

Born and raised.

Bring it down!

Bullishly indifferent to its surroundings.

But all that the island gave him by day, it took away again by night.

But at night, some chemical process

But at the very end, you did this.

But Columbus was looking for India.

But God wasn't finished with me yet.

But he did, and I was named "Piscine Molitor Patel."

But he didn't!

But he just stared ahead into the jungle.

But he's still a boy.

But I don't remember saying goodbye.

But I have to believe there was more in his eyes...

But I still had the whole day ahead of me.

But I would much rather have you

But my wife doesn't eat liver.

But no room for doubt?

But not Mamaji.

But not what is in here.

But the animals are ours and if we sell them...

But the names got switched on the paperwork.

But the poor lizard escaped...

But the sound and feel of the words brought me closer to God.

But this son...

But we can understand God's son

But what always hurts the most...

But where did the tooth come from?

But where would we go? Our life is here, Appa.

But with God's will, he can be trained.

But you're a Hindu first?

By the ankles to clear the water out...

By the end of that day, I was Pi Patel, school legend.

By the time we reached the Mexican shore,

By the way, I enjoyed your first book.

Can you feel the rain?

Can't tell daydreams, night dreams, from reality anymo...

Canada.

Carnivorous? Like a Venus Flytrap?

Catholic Hindus do.

Catholic Hindus?

Challenge. I'll give you two rupees.

Choose a day when waves are moderate, but regular.

Come inside and have some dinner.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Come out and see God, Richard Parker!

Come out.

Community singing is another surefire way to lift the spirits.

Could bring me so much happiness.

Dangerous carnivores...

Did you hear that, Ravi?

Disappeared forever from my life.

Disregard steps one through three.

Dit Pi.

Do it. Go ahead!

Do not drink urine or sea water.

Do we?

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Do you understand?

Do you understand?

Dolphins.

Don't be stupid. Say you're sorry.

Don't hide yourself! He's come to us!

Don't let these stories and pretty lights fool you, boys.

Don't scare, okay? Wait, stay here!

Don't tempt a storm, Pi.

Don't worry, I bet mother and father found him.

Don't worry.

Don't you see? The island was carnivorous.

Doubt is useful.

During the day, those pools held fresh water.

Eight, five, five, zero, three, six, six...

Eight. Five. Eight. Nine.

Establish a strict schedule for eating,

Even if I can't prove it.

Even the teachers started doing it.

Even when God seemed to have abandoned me...

Even when He seemed indifferent to my suffering...

Ever thought you knew about yourself.

Everything mixed up. Fragmented.

Ew!

Excuse me.

Fair enough.

Far from it, I was named after a swimming pool.

Feel the ground beneath your feet.

Few things can sap the spirit faster than seasickness.

Find Selvam.

Flatten his ears to his head, growl.

For castaways who must share their lifeboats with large,

For my family.

French class was next.

Ganesh, the elephant headed...

Get in the boat!

Go on home, I'll leave you alone.

Go, Richard Parker. Go.

Go!

Go. Come on.

God made Himself approachable to us,

God so loved this world that He gave His only son.

God works in mysterious ways.

God, I give myself to you.

God, thank you for giving me my life.

Good boy.

Good morning. I am Piscine Molitor Patel.

Good.

Good.

Hang on to the boat! Hold, hold!

Hanuman, the monkey god...

Hari?

Have I forgotten anything?

Haw dare you talk to my wife like that?

He asked if I could take his place,

He had never tended the animals himself.

He is the most magnificent creature

He just said I should look you up when I got back to Montreal.

He left and returned with a group who carried me away.

He ran a hotel, and he got the idea to open a zoo...

He said "Pissing."

He said he was friends with your father.

He said he's sorry.

He said you had a story that would make me believe in God.

He stretched his legs and walked along the shore.

He swims in every pool he comes upon.

He used to lie in bed racked with pain, wondering where God was.

He was watching.

He was watching.

He will be a man sooner than you think.

He would say that about a nice meal.

He's an animal, not a playmate.

He's listening, you see?

He's my honorary uncle, I call him Mamaji.

He's young, Santosh. He's still finding his way.

Hello, Richard Parker. Sorry about the choppy ride.

Hello!

Hello!

Hello? Richard Parker?

Hello.

Help me!

Help!

Her religion was the only link she had to her past.

Here it is, for your enjoyment and instruction!

Here, it's yours!

Here, Richard Parker. I got some water for you.

Here.

Here's your rice.

Hey, come on!

Hey, get away. This is my bed.

Hey, hey!

Hey, Piscine!

Hey, Richard Parker!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! Over here! Over here!

Hey! You! What are you doing?

Hey.

His lessons would save my life in the end.

How can I not come to know a few of them?

How much loneliness taken on.

Human, so we could understand Him.

Hunger can change everything you

I am happy Buddhist.

I am on a lifeboat alone...

I am sorry. I was...

I am your vessel.

I barely made it to the age of 11 before...

I brought you this.

I came to faith through Hinduism

I came two years after that.

I can eat the biscuits but God made tigers carnivores...

I can't risk my life every time

I cook for sailors...

I couldn't get him out of my head.

I couldn't leave without him, of course.

I didn't know Hindus said "amen."

I do not expect us all to agree about everything...

I don't have any seasickness medicine for you.

I don't know what to say.

I don't know where we will be.

I feed people! You feed monkeys!

I filled my stores with fresh water...

I grew restless searching for something

I had assumed your father was a

I had to get back to the world, or die trying.

I have been in a shipwreck.

I have seen him do this a thousand times.

I have seen it in their eyes.

I have some opportunities for work in Winnipeg.

I have to climb onto the boat for supplies.

I hope you don't mind vegetarian.

I just wanted to say hello to him.

I knew he wouldn't be late.

I know it. I felt it.

I know Richard Parker is a tiger, but I wish I had said...

I met Christ in the mountains when I was 12.

I met Krishna first.

I need to find a way to feed him.

I never thought a small piece of shade

I never understood why my father took this so much to heart.

I realized...

I remember everything else about our last day.

I remember that he has as little experience

I saw how my life would end if I stayed on that island.

I spent the next day preparing the boat.

I struggled to shore and fell upon the sand.

I suppose, in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go.

I surrender! What more do you want?

I think you've set the stage.

I threw it out.

I trained with him three times a week at the ashram.

I want to meet our new tiger.

I want to see him close up.

I was "Pissing" everywhere.

I was afraid that in two feet of water, so close to deliverance...

I was afraid to let go of the boat.

I was certain he was going to look back at me...

I was first introduced to God as a Hindu.

I was never able to thank my father for all I learned from him.

I was prepared.

I was so spent, I could hardly move.

I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously.

I wept like a child.

I would drown.

I would have been lost, alone forever.

I would like to be baptized.

I would never have survived.

I'll be shipping most of the animals for sale in North America.

I'll respect that, I promise.

I'm afraid the little bit of water between us

I'm happy I'm going to see you soon.

I'm ready now.

I'm sleeping.

I'm sorry, Orange Juice.

I'm sorry, Richard Parker.

I'm sorry, what are we talking about?

I'm sorry!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I've lost my family! I've lost everything!

Idiot.

If God is so perfect and we are not...

If I don't, I'm afraid his last meal

If I hadn't discovered that tooth,

If it happened, it happened.

If we're going to live together,

If you do not concentrate...

Imagine me trying to explain that name.

In a few hundred years...

In performing Salah...

In Pondicherry, in what was the French part of India.

In search of a story."

In the dance, you went from pataka...

In the end, God didn't save him, Western medicine did.

In the local botanical gardens instead.

In the streets closest to the ocean,

In the zoo, we fed our tigers an average of five kilos of meat a day.

In times like these...

Into the storage locker for Richard Parker.

Is Francis actually your uncle?

Is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

Is taste.

Is the same as not believing in anything at all.

It broke my heart.

It is a lot to take in.

It is settled.

It keeps faith a living thing.

It moved with the slow, massive confidence of a continent.

It sounds magical, growing up in...

It takes a lot of work to sell a zoo.

It was a human tooth?

It was four days out of Manila...

It was our third day there. Ravi and I were terribly bored.

It was warm and soft...

It would mean killing him.

It's a miracle!

It's a thunderstorm. Let's go watch.

It's advisable to establish a territory as your own.

It's beautiful!

It's for you.

It's funny.

It's hard to believe, isn't it?

It's right. He's really doing this.

It's the best dish on the table.

It's time to settle this.

Je m'appelle Piscine Molitor Patel.

Jump!

Just as you like cricket, Pi has his own interests.

Just beyond that is Indian Pondicherry.

Just like my irrational nickname.

Keep busy but avoid unnecessary exertion.

Keeping watch and getting rest.

Known to all as...

Leaving behind only his teeth.

Leaving India must have been harder for him than it was for me.

Let go of me!

Let that spiritual energy pulse through you and out into the world.

Let the drum rolls begin!

Let the trumpets blare!

Let's go...

Let's see, then. Where to begin?

Lifting an entire mountain to save his friend Lakshman.

Lightning!

Like pressing my face against the cheek of God.

Listen, instead of leaping from one religion to the next...

Look at him, he's pissing!

Look at the way he's turning his head.

Looks as though your drugs haven't worn off yet.

Lord of all worlds!

Lord of Storms!

Lotus flower is hiding in the forest?

Making the ride as comfortable as possible, blow your whistle soothingly.

Mamaji collects swimming pools.

Mamaji didn't tell me everything.

Mathematician because of your name.

Maybe Richard Parker can't be tamed,

Might become my greatest treasures.

Mine! Mine!

Mine! You understand? Yours, mine!

Mmm.

Mmm.

More rain! More rain!

Mother and I were both healthy...

Mother made me study music.

Mourning my loss...

Move.

Move. Excuse me.

Must have found himself stranded on that island...

My amma went to college...

My Arabic was never very good...

My dear appa believed himself part of the new India.

My family, the zoo, India, Anandi.

My father owned the zoo...

My father was a businessman.

My father, who was a clever businessman, came up with one.

My father's best friend, my swimming guru.

My fear of him keeps me alert.

My last class of the day was mathematics.

My name is Pi Patel.

My strength was gone. I was so weak.

Next to gravy.

Nice try, Pissing.

Ninety three cans of water.

No one has seen that floating island since.

No Pissing in the schoolyard!

No, Gita, Ravi has a point.

No, he heard something.

No, I want something vegetarian.

No, no, my family! Please!

No, no, no. Not more gravy.

No, no. Not at all.

No, that also means the lotus flower.

No, wait, my father! He can't swim!

No, we won't. It will hit the bridge first.

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No! Go away! Go away!

No! No!

No! No!

No! No!

No! No!

No.

None of the other dancers did that.

None of us knows God until someone introduces us.

Not because I was overwhelmed at having survived, although I was.

Not curry eaters.

Not deliberately, of course.

Nothing else.

Now we've been orphaned, left to face our ultimate master together.

Now, we have to send our boy into the middle of the Pacific and...

Of all the pools in the world...

Of any circle's circumference to its diameter.

Of course, I brought all the biscuits and water

Of course, I promised I would come back one day.

Oh, God!

Oh, I don't even know how to sail.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Oh, my sons and I are vegetarians. Do you have anything...

Oh, plenty. On every floor.

Oh, yes. I got it from something Mamaji once told my father.

Oh!

Oh! Ah!

Oh.

On a Japanese ship full of animals, heading to Canada.

On ship, gravy is not meat.

On the raft with me to keep them safe.

One day, Mamaji said to my father that,

Open your gaze out onto the horizon.

Or that knowing Richard Parker was here might ever bring me peace.

Or to Rome for your coronation as Pope Pi us?

Or you can cook your own food.

Orange Juice! Orange Juice!

Our animals are worth far more abroad than here in India.

Our ship, The Tsimtsum, pushed on,

Out there, all alone.

Pas de problème.

Pas de problème.

Patience!

People who forget that get themselves killed.

Pi, the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet...

Pi!

Pi! Pi! Pi!

Pi?

Pi? They're serving dinner below.

Pi.

Piscine Patel.

Piscine...

Pissing?

Playing rhythms for a dance class.

Please send help.

Please! Save my family!

Police will be granted powers...

Pondicherry is the French Riviera of India.

Postcards or teacups on their journeys...

Praise be to God!

Prepare to be amazed!

Present, sir.

Proper use of them can increase control

Put this on.

Ravi! Get out! Get out!

Ravi?

Religion is darkness.

Remember to breathe now, don't hold your breath.

Responsible for the uprising.

Richard Parker never saw me as his friend.

Richard Parker will be getting hungry soon.

Richard Parker!

Richard Parker! Come out, you have to see this!

Richard Parker?

Richard Parker?

Richard Parker?

Risking his life to defend the honor of his mother, Parvati.

Run in to that church and drink the holy water.

Sacrificing the innocent to atone for the sins of the guilty...

Samputa...

Scar them? That boy almost lost his arm.

School was a bore. Nothing but facts, fractions and French.

Science can teach us more about what is out there...

Science has taken us farther in understanding the universe...

See, I was the only one who survived the shipwreck.

Selvam!

Set your house in order and dig in for the battle to survive.

She asked if you have something vegetarian.

She saw in Krishna's mouth the whole entire universe.

She's not going to cause any trouble.

Show me.

Showing off. Like a dancer.

Similar methods have long been used by circus trainers...

Slowly, slowly, slowly.

So far, we have an Indian boy named after a French swimming pool...

So I must learn to catch fish.

So Krishna opened his mouth.

So the Japanese shipping company sent two men to talk to me...

So you were raised in a zoo?

So, I eat rice

So, it is what we have to do.

So, then, what might occur if we release gas too quickly?

So, this new one, is it set in India?

So, what has Mamaji already told you?

So, what were you doing in Pondicherry?

So, you're a Christian and a Muslim?

So...

So...

Some eat meat, some eat vegetable.

Some of it is pretty incredible.

Sorry, you've been...

Spectacle.

Step four.

Step one.

Step three. Turn the lifeboat sideways to the waves...

Step two. With the lifeboat facing into the waves...

Stop it! No! Stop it! Stop it!

Stop worrying.

Storm, Richard Parker.

Supplies. Oh, supplies!

Talk to me.

Tell me what you see.

Telling stories is highly recommended.

Tending to his needs gives my life purpose.

Than my own reflection staring back at me.

Than religion has in 10,000.

Than to accept everything blindly.

Thank you for coming in the form of a fish and saving our lives.

Thank you, Lord Vishnu.

Thank you, Vishnu, for introducing me to Christ.

Thank you.

That a pile of tools, a bucket, a knife, a pencil...

That a single swim there changed his life.

That he would bring our relationship to an end in some way.

That is true.

That made him such a great swimmer.

That made no sense.

That might bring meaning back into my life.

That sent the meerkats scurrying into the trees,

That the water there was so clear,

That tiger is not your friend.

That's enough! Order! Order!

That's it, Richard Parker.

That's quite a story.

That's what he told her.

The animal will associate the sound of the whistle...

The astounding Bengal tiger!

The compassionate, the merciful!

The cow that produced this liver was vegetarian,

The gods were my superheroes growing up.

The ground I touched became holy ground...

The hunter was listed as Thirsty,

The longer I listened to the priest...

The mind can be kept occupied by playing card games...

The more I came to like this son of God.

The most beautiful was a public pool in Paris.

The pigs that went into these sausages were vegetarian.

The plants, the water in those pools, the very ground itself.

The show you've been waiting for all your life...

The stress of traveling is not good for the animals...

The terrible one who kept me alive...

The town decided that some sort of commemoration was in order.

The way of God.

The way of karma, huh?

The world had lost some of its enchantment.

The zoo was never ours to sell. The land belongs to the town.

Then gave me a sign to continue my journey.

Then she can eat the sausage, the rice, and the gravy.

Then, geography.

There are 33 million gods in the Hindu religion.

There are no lines.

There is a swimming pool named "Pi"?

These are the first 20 decimal places of pi.

They met, married, and a year later my brother Ravi was born.

They say the doctors swung Francis around

They'll all be here soon.

Things changed after the day of Appa's lesson.

Thirty two cartons of biscuits.

This is between a father and his sons.

This lamb is exquisite.

This time by the name of Allah.

Though they generally lack access to rough seas.

Three, six, zero, four, six, six, eight...

Three. Seven. Five. Eight. Nine.

Through abhinaya.

Tigers are powerful swimmers, and if he gets hungry enough...

To a stinking Indian latrine.

To arrest and indefinitely detain citizens

To figure out what it all means.

To suffer for the sins of ordinary people?

To tell him, without his lessons...

To think, how many hours spent with only meerkats for company.

Try this method.

Turned the water in those pools into acid...

Twenty Questions, or! Spy.

Two years trying to bring this thing to life...

Uh, I was sitting in this coffee house in Pondicherry one afternoon,

Um, Mamaji tells me you're a legend among sailors, too.

Under the directive, the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu...

Until her parents cut her off...

Until it's been tested.

Usually rounded to three digits...

Vegetarian, please.

Very funny.

Very impressive, Pi. Now, sit down.

Vishnu sleeps, floating on the shoreless cosmic ocean...

Vishnu, the supreme soul, the source of all things.

Wait! I'm thinking.

Waves are most strongly felt when a boat turns sideways to the current.

We are doing this for you and Ravi.

We are leaving India.

We are selling the zoo.

We can get freighter passage for the whole family.

We can't understand God in all His perfection.

We don't have time. My family's back there!

We don't want to be cleaning up after a seasick orangutan...

We get to feel guilty before hundreds of gods, instead of just one.

We have talked about it for some time.

We have to help them!

We have to learn to communicate.

We help! You must go!

We laughed about it, and the name stuck.

We were both raised in a zoo by the same master.

We were visiting relatives, tea growers in Munnar.

We will get hit by lightning.

We will have enough to start a new life.

We will have plenty of fresh supplies after we stop in Manila.

We will sail like Columbus.

We'll get there.

We're dying, Richard Parker.

We've ever had here.

Welcome to Pi's Ark.

Well, I do teach a course on the Kabbalah at the university.

Well, I haven't spoken about Richard Parker in so many years.

Well, no, not quite.

Well, then, I give to you...

What am I doing?

What are you looking at?

What are you thinking?

What are you thinking?

What did you mean? The god of love is hiding in the forest?

What did you say?

What does this mean?

What have you done, Piscine?

What kind of love is that?

What?

What?

What?

Whatever comes, I want to know.

When I told him about my abandoned book, he said...

When the French handed Pondicherry back to us in 1954...

When Thirsty got too big, the hunter sold him to our zoo...

When this old man at the table next to me struck up a conversation.

When we returned the next year for our first day of school,

When you look into his eyes...

Where is your boy, Orange Juice?

Where's Selvam? We shouldn't be in here without him.

Which is also used in mathematics to represent the ratio...

Which means something that is hidden.

Which means the forest.

Who do you think you are? You're nothing but a servant!

Who gave you permission to come back here?

Who let all the animals out?

Who was there to check on the Bengal monitor lizard.

Whoa!

Whoa.

Why are you following me?

Why are you scaring him?

Why does He need us at all?

Why give Orange Juice tranquilizers?

Why not start with reason?

Why not?

Why should it have to mean anything?

Why would a god do that?

Why would a lotus flower hide in the forest?

Why would He send His own son...

Why would He want to create all this?

Will be a skinny, vegetarian boy.

Will be placed under the direct authority of the central government.

Will soon begin!

With a tiger.

With one word, my name went from an elegant French swimming pool...

With sufficient repetition...

With the discomfort of seasickness.

With the most incredible story to tell."

With the real world as I do.

With too much water in his lungs.

Without Richard Parker, I would have died by now.

Won't be any protection.

Words and patterns that went on and on, without end.

Words are all I have left to hang on to.

Worried.

Writing a novel.

Yashoda once accused baby Krishna of eating dirt.