7 Days in Heaven (父後七日)

Why bother?

It's just gonna smear when you bawl later.

Don't you know that I'm a pro?

I don't need no tears.

Hurry up, Chin.

Alright, I'm coming.

Hello.

Fuck!

I've been stuck in Miaoli since 4:30.

Damn it. I'm running out of time.

Yeah.

My cousin asked me to record the whole thing...

Really? I got the bid?

Great! I'll pay you later then.

Right, my uncle just died...

Alright... bye.

Grandpa... ahhhhhhh...

Who am I crying for later?

For papa.

Papaaaaaaaa...

Hello, this is new star.

Who?

That's my grandaunt's elder son.

Isn't he only a few years older than me?

He's being sent from the hospital right now?

Ok, I'll be right over.

Your body is alright now. No wounds no scars, no illnesses no curses.

No wounds, no scars, no illnesses, no curses.

Just like when you were young,

ready to make a world for yourself.

To be disinfected.

Excuse me.

Are you his son and daughter?

Is anyone else coming?

Take that stuff with you.

Come. Tell your father that we're going home.

Papa.

We are going home.

We can't keep waiting here.

Go down, find out what's going on there.

Sure.

Miss...you believe in Buddha or Christ?

What?

Does your family worship with lit incense sticks?

Oh, yeah we do.

I'm sorry!

I knew

that the most ridiculous journey of my life had just begun.

Bo—ee

Nice good going...

Drink up, big guy.

Let me tell you a joke about “cure, no cure”

what's that?

Listen up.

Did you know that?

There are two kinds of ambulance sirens.

You have to distinguish between

the two sounds when you hear the sirens.

Really? One siren sounds like wu—ee.

When you hear this you need to

pull over and let the ambulance pass.

Wu...ee. The patient is still curable.

If you hear the other kind of siren:

“Bo-ee"

Then you can ignore it.

Hold on.

Why take the ambulance if there's no cure?

Don't you get it?

No, I don't.

“No cure" means the ambulance is returning the body home.

No cure.

Hurry up and say papa we are home.

Papa, we are home.

Let's synchronize our watches.

It's 17:35, right?

Ok, 17:35 it is then.

Let down the covers.

Your body is alright now.

No wounds no scars. No illnesses no curses.

Just like when you were young,

ready to go make a world for yourself.

Now put your father's

favorite food and things next to the bed.

Anything else?

You sure know what you're doing.

They definitely need these on the other side.

Kneel down!

Another one? Who is this guy?

My aunt's son.

My cousin.

You have now passed.

Your faithful wife

and filial children

have prepared your favorite items,

so you can enjoy them on your way.

Buddha will lead you to become a god.

You shall bless your descendants

His son's Chinese zodiac sign is the horse

his daughter's is the monkey.

3 to 5am won't do.

Why don't you flip through the calendar again?

See if there's a good time earlier or later that day.

Well then closing the coffin should be 5 to 7 am.

On the third day,

and cremation should be on the seventh day.

- Will that do? - Yes.

Listen up, descendants of the family.

Close the coffin on the day 3

and perform cremation on the day 7.

Between 5 and 7 A.M...

Hello...

Lin Guo Yuan.

G as in good y as in young.

I'm telling you not to make the funeral too fancy.

My grandaunt wants to keep it simple.

Ok!

The song is called Love's Cha Cha.

Thank you.

Beautiful night city

shining shining lights

charming music playing again

makes me think of you...

Love's Cha Cha... I dare not forget.

My dear where are you?

Love's Cha Cha is sweet and sugary.

It's a pity the one beside me

isn't

isn't you.

Thanks for everyone for joining

our women's social this evening.

Chin would like to remind everyone,

please don't forget to drop your raffle tickets into the box.

Councilor Wang!

Long time no see!

Wow, you're even more beautiful than I remembered.

Oh, please not even.

- Let me make a toast to you. - Thank you.

Looking good! Councilor!

- Thank you. - The ex-chairwoman of the board

Councilor!

You know my boyfriend A-yi,

his grandaunt's son who lived in neighboring village

passed away this afternoon.

Oh, wasn't the guy who had a karaoke booth at the night market?

- Lin Guo Yuan. - Yeah! Biao is here.

Hey, Biao you're here too!

Go take care of that construction from last time

Cheng!

Lin Guo Yuan passed away this afternoon.

I had to call him uncle.

Oh, you're close then.

Yeah! Cause my father-in-law

and his brother were sworn brothers.

I called him uncle cause my wife did.

Well, the chairman intends to send a wreath,

but since you are one of his relatives,

you ought to show that you care and send more!

Um, what do you mean by more?

Canned goods tower!

Don't put generic brands on it,

let's do Taiwan Beer & Vitalon-P.

I'll ask A-yi to write out your name in a huge font

and display it at the front door. It'll be very impressive!

Are you kidding?

I ain't the one passed away,

I don't need my name written out all big!

Councilor, you're so funny.

Alright! Bottom up for me and you drink as you please!

It's Mr. Chen from Taipei

Brother!

It's my turn.

It's alright, I'm not sleepy yet.

By the way. How are you with taking days off from work?

Well, Sophie said she'll cover my duties while I'm gone.

What about you at the night market?

The big guy who sells steaks said

that he'll cover for me, too.

Ah, I haven't had his steak since forever.

That steak...

I brought some for papa

when he was at the hospital.

- Really? - Yeah.

Let me tell you something...

I was in the same class with your mom

in elementary school and junior high.

Oh, really? Then I should call you “uncle”

not uncle.

I was your mom's classmate

but...

My grandpa was your grandma's brother.

Not by blood though,

your grandma's father was the godfather of my grandpa.

So I have to call your grandma “grandaunt".

Therefore,

I have to call Guo Yuan,

“uncle”

your mom should be my aunt. Get it?

So you have to call me “brother”, not “uncle”!

You mean

you were my mom's classmate,