After stretching the truth on a deal with a spiritual guru, literary agent Jack McCall finds a Bodhi tree on his property. Its appearance holds a valuable lesson on the consequences of every word he speaks.
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00:00At the beginning of the film, we see a man lying in his uncle's messy house.
00:04Then he goes out to water a single, almost dead tree in his backyard.
00:08When the camera gets close to his face, the man turns around and we see his mouth closed
00:13with tape.
00:14If he utters another sentence, he will die instantly.
00:17But how did he end up like this?
00:19He returns to the film.
00:20A few weeks ago, this was Jack, a literary agent whose job it was to find talented writers
00:26and sell their books to publishers.
00:28Jack is an outstanding businessman and a very talented speaker.
00:32He is famous among his colleagues for his ability to convince anyone to do anything.
00:37Jack has a beautiful wife named Carol and a one-year-old son whom he loves very much.
00:42But he often neglects his family due to work.
00:45Carol is accustomed to caring for the child and is tired of her husband's indifference
00:49towards his family duties.
00:51One morning in his office, Jack discovers that the famous priest Sanji is in town.
00:56The book he wrote is expected to achieve great success and bring in many profits.
01:01Chuck's interest is piqued, so he brings up the idea to his team, who are skeptical
01:05about whether the priest will make a deal with them, but he reminds them how amazing
01:09his persuasion skills are.
01:11The next day, he books a meditation session with the priest, Sanji, hoping to meet him.
01:16However, when it comes to actual meditation, he is unserious and distracted, and once the
01:21session is about to take place, Jack pretends to be overwhelmed with anxiety, so the priest
01:27Sanji takes him aside himself.
01:29During the conversation, Jack intelligently tells him that he wants to publish his work
01:33as a priest to the world in the form of a book.
01:36The priest, Sanji, realizes Jack's intentions and walks to the backyard of his house, not
01:41caring about his offer.
01:43There is a strange tree in the yard that hurts when he tries to touch it, but he ignores
01:47the small wound, and they continue talking about the deal.
01:51After Jack tells you how much he respects Sanji and his teachings, the priest finally
01:55agrees to work with him.
01:57Then Jack, overjoyed, cancels his schedule for the rest of the day to visit his mother
02:01and tell her about his accomplishment.
02:04His mother lives in an old house and suffers from back pain that causes her to misname
02:08her son repeatedly.
02:10Jack has a good relationship with his late father, Raymond, and so when his mother calls
02:14him by his father's name, he feels upset.
02:17The day gets worse for him in the evening when he and Carol quarrel.
02:21Carol wants to move to a family neighborhood so that her son can grow up in a better environment,
02:26but Jack does not want to leave the house.
02:28Instead, he suggests they paint the studio room to turn it into a nursery for the children.
02:33In the middle of the argument, the couple feels the ground shake.
02:37Immediately afterward, the entire house begins to move, and a mysterious tree grows out of
02:43nowhere in the backyard.
02:45Jack looks at the magnificent tree in a state of shock and realizes that it looks like.
02:50It is identical to the tree that injured him previously.
02:53It even has the red mark that was on the original tree.
02:56Thus, he believes that Priest Sanji sent it to him as a gift.
03:00The next morning, Jack is happy to receive Priest Sanji's book, which he believes will
03:04make millions from it.
03:06However, his plan evaporates when he discovers that the book is composed.
03:10It's only five pages long.
03:13Thinking that the priest Sanji is joking with him, Jack goes to him, but he knows because
03:17the priest wants to make the book short.
03:19Jack argues with him that this is part of the contract, but the priest, Sanji, is adamant
03:24in his decision.
03:26During the chat, Jack tells him about the appearance of a tree in the backyard of his
03:29house, which interests Sanji.
03:32From here, they go to his house to inspect it, but they see that the branch has no leaves,
03:37while the rest of the tree is green.
03:39After examining the tree for some time, the priest Sanji reached a shocking conclusion.
03:44Jack's life has now become linked to the tree.
03:47Every word he speaks will cause a leaf to fall, which means that when the remaining
03:51leaves run out, it will end.
03:53His life also scares Jack, who tries to cut down the tree, but he ends up hurting himself.
03:58Here he discovers that if the tree is damaged, Jack will suffer with it, and there is no
04:02way for him to save himself except to stop talking completely.
04:06Sanji brings him back with his help after consulting his colleagues in Bolivia, but
04:11that will take three days.
04:12This morning.
04:13Next, Jack wakes up from a nightmare and tries to leave a note for his wife.
04:18It does not take long until he discovers that every word he writes will also lead to a leaf
04:22falling from the tree, and even if he tries to communicate with anyone in any way, in
04:27the next scene, Jack goes to work in despair and faces several obstacles in.
04:32Due to his lack of speech, the coffee maker gives him the wrong order and causes an accident
04:37when he tries to save a blind man.
04:39However, the day gets worse for him at work when he is introduced to an important investor
04:44who cannot talk to him.
04:45While he tries to engage in the conversation, two squirrels start climbing the tree in the
04:50house.
04:51Because of this, Jack feels annoyed and begins to laugh and act stupidly.
04:55Later that day, his assistant Iron attends a meeting in the hope of communicating with
04:59the investors on his behalf, but during the meeting, Jack sweats profusely because someone
05:05is watering the tree at home.
05:07The investors try to ignore the flood in front of them, but the meeting ends.
05:11It is a disaster due to Iron's lack of communication skills after a long day.
05:16When Jack finally arrives home, Carol tries to talk to him about their relationship.
05:20She considers his silence to mean that he is angry with her, which creates a bigger
05:24wall, so Carol leaves with the child.
05:27Thus, in just one day, living with the curse that befell him, Jack lost his greatest investor.
05:33He also lost his family.
05:35This calamity struck him like a storm, and he felt helpless.
05:38He tried to contact Sanji, who was in Bolivia, to find out what was new.
05:43He wasted several papers with a few words, but he did not get an answer.
05:47The next day, he asked Jack to attend another meeting with the investors who fled from him
05:51at that time, and this was his last chance.
05:54To convince them and apologize to them for the previously failed meeting, despite the
05:59tension, Jack does his best to adapt, but luck does not seem to be on his side at home.
06:04The gardener sprays insecticides on the mysterious tree, and this makes Jack cough hysterically.
06:10However, his boss tries to keep the meeting going before Jack ruins everything.
06:15Something and he stuffs his nose with a stick, and so Kyle has had enough of investors who
06:19no longer want to be associated with a very childish person.
06:23After the meeting, Aljay was completely fired by his boss.
06:27At the end of the day, he returns home frustrated and calls his assistant, Aaron.
06:32Then, using his picture, he tries to explain the situation to poor Aaron, who finally understands
06:37it after hours of explanation.
06:40When he refuses to believe in the existence of the curse, Jack is forced to speak and
06:45waste more papers to prove his sincerity.
06:48After that, Arm is assigned to watch a tree while he wanders around the city doing random
06:52acts of kindness.
06:54He was feeding the poor, donating to the church, and helping a cat stuck in a tree.
06:58All this while he is on the phone with Aaron, but nothing breaks the curse.
07:03In the end, Aaron is forced to return to the office and leave Jack alone again.
07:07Thus, Jack sits helpless in front of the tree and meditates, then relaxes and imagines his
07:13childhood.
07:14He remembers how he had a happy family until his father left his mother and left him as
07:18well.
07:19After all these years, he could not forgive his father for his actions.
07:23Suddenly, Jack wakes up from his state of distress and discovers that Sanji has returned
07:28to the city.
07:29With eyes full of hope, he rushes to meet Sanji, who tells him regretfully that nothing
07:33can be done about the curse.
07:35Sanji has asked every expert he knows, but no one has the answer.
07:39At this moment, Jack tells me that he must reconcile with something inside him to break
07:43the curse.
07:45After losing his will to live, a disappointed Jack returns home to drink, so are, comes
07:50to save him and tries to help him, but Jack decides to end his life by singing a song
07:55while he loses his will.
07:57The tree has most of its leaves before Iron Jack Arden falls and puts duct tape on his
08:01mouth.
08:02At this point, we see that there is only one branch of leaves left on the tree.
08:07The next morning, Jack wakes up, knowing that this is his last day on earth.
08:11He listens to his heart and knows exactly what.
08:15What he wants to do with the last few words he has left is, first, he goes to his wife,
08:20Carol, and tells her he loves her.
08:23Then he helps a struggling writer who has ignored him for months by buying his work
08:26for $10,000.
08:29Then he goes for a walk on the beach and contemplates people living their lives.
08:33He is reminded of an old couple talking about their lives.
08:36During his childhood, finally, when darkness falls, he visits his mother, who thinks he
08:41is his father again.
08:43At this time, Jack gets along with her, listening to her as she happily reveals how successful
08:48her son is and how proud she is of him.
08:51However, there is one thing she does not like about Jack, which is that he has intense hatred
08:55in his heart, and he refuses to give up on her.
08:58She knows that he is suffering.
09:00Because of the grudge he holds towards his father, she believes that it is time to forget
09:04the past.
09:06Although Jack cannot speak, he remains speechless.
09:09He finally understands that no matter how much success he achieves, he will never be
09:13happy until he forgives his father, and so he is determined to do the same.
09:18The correct one is that Jack tells his mother that he loves her very much.
09:22He only has three leaves left on the tree.
09:24In the next scene, Jack visits his parents' grave, and in a moment of certainty, he tells
09:29him that he forgives him for his last words.
09:32All the leaves on the tree have fallen, and as a result, his chest tightens with a sharp
09:36pain, and he falls to the ground.
09:39After a few seconds, his phone rings, and he catches him with all his might.
09:43The caller is Arlon, who tells Jack that he will not believe what has just happened.
09:48The mysterious tree has become green again, and with this, the curse has finally been
09:53broken.
09:54The scene changes us after a few months when we see Sanji inviting Jack to his house to
09:58congratulate him on writing a book, the title of which is A Thousand Words, which tells
10:03the story of Jack and his relationship with his father.
10:07After breaking the curse, Jack turned into a different person.
10:10He is now a truly happy man with his life and cares about his family.
10:14Meanwhile, Aaron takes Jack's place in the office, and he is now arrogant like his former
10:19boss.
10:20He is about to learn his lesson, which he will also get from the mysterious tree that
10:24appears.
10:25Magically, in his office elsewhere, Jack surprises his wife, Carol, by bringing her home, which
10:31is in an area where their child can live a new life.
10:34Jack also planted a tree in the yard so he could remember the lessons he learned.
10:38The film ends with the couple playing with their child in their new home.
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