"...white guy, man!" "You know what?" "!" "I'm here about the job." "And what job is that?" "Maybe I'm on the wrong place." "Well, you might be." "It depends." "On what?" "On what or not you are in the right place." "Are... are you the guy I'm supposed to see?" "Oh, I don't know." "Who told you that?" "Some guy I met in a bar." "Who?" "Where?" "When?" "The other day." "You gonna have to do better than that." "He gave me this, in here, he said..." "He said that you were looking for somebody with a, uh... special kind of talent." "Do you mind if I smoke?" "It's your life." "Thanks." "What guy, which bar?" "Freedo's, on 6th Street." "You go there a lot, do you?" "Sometimes." "'Bein' drinkin?" "No." "Why?" "Well, sometimes you're in this bin, then you will take a drink or two." "Whizzy." "How much do you pay?" "I don't have a thing to do with the money part." "Well, you working anywhere now?" "You think I'd be here if I worked?" "Why aren't you working?" "There ain't no jobs." "Maybe you drink too much." "Maybe you don't drink enough." "Have you done any time?" "That's a stupid question." "What for?" "Drunk and disorderly." "Burglary." "Grand theft auto." "I was a minor." "Assault." "That's enough." "Three time... a loser..." "habitual." "Married?" "Yeah." "Kids?" "Have you got any kids?" "That's why you want the job, isn't it?" "For your family." "I got a boy and a girl." "What other family you got?" "No brothers?" "Why are you asking me all these questions?" "Well, the family thing can be kinda touchy." "Sometimes they can be a real pain in the ass, as you can imagine." "Especially brothers." "Whizzy." "I had one, he's dead." "How did he die?" "Vietnam." "He blew his brains out ten days after he got back." "Oh, really?" "That kind of thing run in your family?" "Death?" "Suicide." "Hey, I'll tell you what." "Come with me." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I thank you very much for coming." "I am very pleased that you..." "My God." "What's the matter?" "Excuse me." "Please, sit down." "Well, may I ask your name?" "Raphael." "Raphael?" "Very beautiful name." "It's unfortunate we... we are meeting in these somber, dreary circumstances." "All we have here is, uh... just a little bit of shadow play." "May I offer you some refreshment?" "Let's have a drink." "Tell me, are you afraid to die?" "Are you?" "No." "Not now." "No, I am not afraid to die." "I regard death as now, a sort of necessary metamorphosis" "Perhaps the more painful the death, the more..." "Well, it is a kind of refinement." "You see, there's pain... when we come into the world at birth, and so it's fitting that should be pain at the end of it." "It's sort of transfiguration, the completion of a... the completion of a... an equation." "Have you ever seen any woman giving birth?" "No." "Well, her face is twisted." "It's full of sweat and anguish." "But strangely punctuated by... joy." "You know, in someways, Raphael, I..." "I feel kinship, I feel that we are the same mind." "Watching a painful death can be a great inspiration for those who... who are not dying." "So that they can see how brave" "we can be when it's time to go." "It is the final measure of bravery to stand up to death." "It's exquisite anguish." "And..." "I'm sorry." "But when death finally..." "comes, and... pays us it's final visit." "We... we then can bid him welcome." "It seems to me now," "that the closer that... one can come to death in life," "makes the passage into death all the more easy." "And it also leaves behind the greatest gift, that anyone can... give another, which is... the courage to face death." "And that's the greatest contribution that anyone can... let's put, give another." "Anyway." "How much will I be payed for that?" "Well, actually, trying to be realistic," "I suppose that depends on..." "How willing you are." "How brave you are." "Well, does the more you are able to withstand spiritually and physically, then, all the more money will be paid to you." "You know, it's always..." "I mean, it's crazy, it's insulting to put a price on life." "But if we have to render unto Caesar, the things that are Caesars, and render unto God the things that are Gods." "then..." "I'd say $ 50,000." "I'll pay you some of it right now." "What if I take off?" "You know, I spent most of my life developing an instinct." "An instinct about people." "And I think a man of your spirit, your culture, your honesty..." "No, I do not think you would do that." "Please take it now, and respect your agreement." "Yeah." "When do you want me back?" "Let's say one week." "Yeah, one week." "Goodbye my young friend." "Okay." "Hey Bob." "Hey off the bar!" "Fuck." "Hey, what about your drink?" "Assbag!" "Hey, come on, don't wait in the car." "Now, what is this." "Frankie!" "Go ahead, check out the car." "Hey, be careful there." "Don't blow the horn." "Okay, Luiz." "Come on Marta, we must get home." "Come on Mom, we have to go now?" "Come on, Frankie." "We've got a car." "Mom, did you see the car?" "There's still food on the stove, if you want." "I got a job." "Got a job, or did a job?" "Got a job, a real job." "What kind of job is that?" "A warehouse in town." "Good pay." "When do you start?" "In a few days." "Ruiz came looking for you." "You sure he came to see me?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "I don't know." "Hola." "Cómo estás?" "(Hi." "How are you?" ")" "How's your... whole..." "Junior!" "...family." "You better slow that down before you break your damn neck." "Anything yet?" "Huh?" "No." "Your whole..." "You be quiet, man." "Do you ever think you might not hit?" "How long you been at it?" "Drilling?" "Yeah." "Seven years, three-and a half months, next sunday..." "Sodi?" "You want sodi pop?" "Alright." "Faster, Junior!" "Faster!" "Faster Junior, faster!" "He's break his damn neck." "Here you go." "Oh, it's pretty exquisite." "Exquisite." "Is that your wife?" "Used to be." "She ran off with a tool pusher." "You miss it?" "Well... it's been thirty years." "You know, they say time heals all wounds." "But yeah, sometimes I miss her." "A lot." "Fuckin' A." "What about Junior?" "He ain't remember nothing." "Hey, uh, you know..." "he did never know her, really." "So, uh, it didn't pack him too much." "Hey, did you hear about that big company has taken all from creek to our yard?" "Yeah." "Them bastards." "They gonna try and push us all out of here." "Bulldozers." "They wanna get bulldoze our world away." "Holy Moly." "You better get about, Holy Moly, don't mean that to me o' them cat." "They're nasty." "You hear me?" "Then go on." "Get back to work." "So what are we gonna do about it?" "I don't know." "Thanks for the Sodi pop." "Stop!" "Bitches." "Twats." "Whores." "Whores!" "Whores!" "How long I been sleeping?" "All afternoon." "Shit." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to sleep all day." "You never do." "You never do, Raphael." "That's enough, kids." "Go inside and get ready for a bath." "Frankie, get out clean underwear for you and your sister." "No complaining." "Go in." "Do you think you could watch them?" "I need to go and get some water." "I'll get it." "You've got to go further upstream now." "Otherwise it's too dirty." "Cochise, how you doin'?" "You actually gonna drink that?" "No wonder you people are on your last leg." "What do you want?" "Well, I ain't exactly here on vacation." "Mr. McCarthy sent me out here to check on you." "Thought you might be gettin' cold feet." "My advice to you is, don't." "I'll be there." "It's my function to make sure you are." "I said I'll be there." "Oh, that's good." "Because unless you plan on putting that pretty little wife and kids of yours on a plane to fuckin' Bora Bora." "Not to mention, whole damn dad and... whoever else you may care for, out here in this shithole." "I'm gonna find them." "Then I am gonna kill them." "And then I'm gonna fuck'em." "And then I'm gonna eat'em." "Come on, Cochise." "One more little scar ain't gonna make a difference." "See you in the movies, Tonto." "Qué te pasa?" "(What's up with you?" ")" "You okay?" "Yes, we're okay." "She doesn't want to take a bath." "Did you get the water?" "No, I dropped it." "How's that possible!" "Isn't there one thing you're able to do, Raphael?" "Does Dad sleep again?" "What are you doin'?" " Huh?" " What are you doing?" "!" "Nothing." " What do you mean, nothing?" " Nothing." " Raphael, what's going on?" " Nothing." "Nothing." "Nothing." "Qué te pasa?" "(What's going on with you?" ")" "Wake up!" "Wake up!" " What's the... what's the matter?" " I'll show you." "Wake up, wake up." "Wake up, wake up." "Come on." "Wake 'em up." "Come on, come on." " Raphael, are you...?" " No, no." "Come on, come on." "Come on, come on." "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Okay, okay." "Close your eyes." "Keep your eyes closed." "Can you walk?" "Keep your eyes closed." " I wanna go back inside." " Okay, okay." "One second." "I mean..." "Okay, watch here." "Okay, right there." "Wow." "I'm gonna fall down." "He is helping us, he is taking us." "Wow." "Who is this?" "That's your brother." "Okay." "Keep your eyes closed!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Keep your eyes closed." "Don't look." "I want to go to sleep." "Don't talk." "We'll go to sleep, soon." "Okay, open your eyes." "Wow!" "It's beautiful." "Frankie, Marta." "Go and play." "Yes!" "What the fuck is wrong with you?" "Where did you get the money for all this?" "What was it this time?" "You and your Luiz, hit a liquor store?" "A 7-Eleven?" "I hope this was a good one, Raphael." "I hope it was worth you going back inside." "And never seeing me or the kids again." "I didn't rob nobody, baby." "You can think what you want, but that's not true." "I've been missing for a long time, I know." "Everything's gonnal be different now, I promise." "We'll see." "I wanna provide, for my family." "I have known you for a long time." "Before prison." "Before liquor." "The kids didn't get that, Raphael." "They only got tastes of you, between prison time and drinking binges." "You want to provide for your family?" "You gotta love them, first." "Frankie was 7 the last time you went in, and almost 10 when you came out." "Marta sleeps more than any child I have ever seen." "She is afraid to be awake." "That is not love, Raphael." "That is a kind of hell." "I hope this money is straight." "I hope to God you doin the right thing." "I know." "Frankie, watch this!" "Frankie, let's play." "It's giant." "Come on, please." "What's wrong with you?" "Have you seen your brother?" "Why?" "I just wanted to talk to him." "Why?" "Because." "Because why?" "Because, because." "Is he in trouble?" "No." "If I tell you, I'll be in trouble?" "No, honey." " You promise?" " I promise." "He's hiding." "Thanks honey." "Frankie." "Frankie?" "I can't hear you must use the phone." "Can you hear me now?" "Yeah." "May I come in?" "No." "Just for a second." "Okay." "Come on, I want you to go somewhere with me." "Where?" "Just into town, to buy some things." "Can I stay here?" "I kind of want you to go." "I kind of want to stay here." "Come on." "Come on!" "It's pretty nice today, don't you think?" "I guess so." "You know, I used to go for walks like this." "With papa, when I was a kid." "But not here." "We didn't always live here." "Used to live up in hills." "It was better there." "You'd have liked it." "This isn't such a good place for you." "Not only for you, and your mom, and your sister." "I know that." "It's okay." "There's a lot better places." "Maybe you don't know about them yet, but you're gonna." "You know, like, some of the places you see on the TV." "Yeah." "I just want you to know that I'm trying to do something about it." "I don't want you have to grow up here." "I want you and Marta to have... a real house, a real garden, you know, I want you to have some nice things." "The new TV is pretty nice." "Yeah." "But there's other things, you know, like... like an education, like school." "I don't like school." "Well, you kinda got to like school, you know." "'Cause some day, you're gonna get outta here." "You're gonna have the chance to be somebody." "You hear me?" "'Cause if anything happens to me," "you are the man of the house." "Think you can do that?" "I think so." "What's the matter?" "I heard Moma say you might go back to jail again." "No." "I ain't going back to jail." "Promise?" "Yeah, I promise." "Come on, the bus has come." "Let's go." "You ready?" "Oh, yeah." "May I help you with something?" "Where does this go, papa?" "I think it's extra." "You mean, in case he needs an extra heart?" "You know what that is?" "Let's see." "He doesn't have a ding dong." "Ding dong." "Ding dong." "Maybe it's in here buddy." "Let's see." "Maybe it's a girl." "Then where is the boobies, stupid." "I think we should put this game away for now." " Mommy, Frankie called me stupid." " Let's go inside, I'm gonna make some coffee." "Hi Bobby!" " Timothy." " Thanks father." "Saturday confession, huh?" "Huh?" "How are you, Raphael?" "I'm fine father." "You?" "Good." "Good, Thanks." "Oh, you got a lot of new stuff." "Yeah, you know." "I got some stuff." "Pretty expensive stuff." "I guess." "You know me." "I like to reserve judgment." "That's what the good Lord says." "And after all, he is my employer." "But something smells funny." "Check your shoes." "Maybe you stepped on something." "Let's not mock about." "Your wife's a little concerned about your newfound wealth." "Quite frankly, so am I." "I don't have to tell you what this looks like to her, and to everybody." "I guess you didn't hear, I got a job." "Oh, yeah?" "Where?" "I know most of the business people in town." "Be good to know who's being so generous." "Look," "Rita asked you to come and give me the big speech, okay." "Fine." "I appreciate the thought." "I appreciate your time." "And I know what all this looks like." "Yeah, of course I do." "But it ain't what you think, I promise." "Okay." "But she feels she'd ask me to come out here and talk to you." "But I have to talk to everybody anyway." "This dump has been bought by a big salvage company." "They're now looking to move everybody off the land, and they don't care what it costs." "I have spoken to them." "They're not playing." "Just so that you know:" "If you get your ass courted off to jail," "Your wife and your kids will have a roof over their heads." "When do they move in?" "They have already started." "So if you done something wrong, it's time to make arrangements." "You know, on Sunday we're gonna have a big fiesta, father, and, uh..." "I just know that we would love you to be there." "I'll be at the church, if you need me." "You'll be there if I don't, thank y'very much." "King Cobra." "Rattlesnakes." "No, I do not wanna play golf." "Lee Travino, Nancy Lopez, no!" "Chi--Chi." "No, I'm not a member of the Country Club, Tiger Woods." "Yeah, guys." "Look at this hat, huh?" "Ain't that something about Rapha's job, all these presents he gave us." "Oh those fingernails are beautiful, baby." "Oh look!" "Look at this hat!" "Now, that..." "How in the world could he know that I was Willie Nelson's bus driver?" "And Waylon Jenning's, Tony Joe White?" "That is one big boner of a hat." "And he gave it to me." "Fuck him." "You should talk to him." "Maybe they need some help over there." "You got STP, baby, 'cos you read my mind, you're a psycho." " Oh, shit." " What's the matter?" "There comes this fucking asshole." "What's up, old man?" "Let me get a fuckin' beer." "Whoh man!" "What a hot fuckin' day, huh?" "Yeah." "Mirra, what's your paar?" " Two or three, it depends if I played with Lee and Chi--Chi." "Yeah, you play with..." "Oh yeah man, what you want me to bit this shit off?" "Or you think maybe you can open it, eh?" "You can't tell Maria ain't never seen you bite that thing off." "No, not today." "What fuckin' day." "Oh, very nice service here." "Thanks a lot." "Yo, Maria!" "What's that, uh, flaky brother-in-law of yours up to these days?" "We got some business to discuss." "Why don't you leave him alone, please." "Okay?" "He's trying to go straight." "He got a job." "And the first time, he's got a little bit of money in his pocket." "You see, that's what I am saying, you know?" "You can't fucking trust nobody." "Maria, we were partners, man, you know?" "Bros. You know, like..." "What is that song saying." "Fuckin'  'tea for one, and one for two.'?" " Yeah." "Shit man." "They know real fuckin' job he got." "That's a fuckin' score." "Damn, man, after all we been through together?" "You don't hold that on bro." "N.O.T. G.O.D." " Not God." " Not what?" "Not Good!" "Man, what are you fuckin' stupid?" "!" "Go." "Fuckin' mommy, go to sleep man!" "You're just jealous, 'cause he's got a job, and you don't." "Job?" "Job my fuckin' ass." "Let me tell you something, ok?" "They're fuckin' any people off, all over the country, and this bug gets a job?" "That's right" "Oh yeah, right." "He probably got hired by a bunch of what, Good Christians?" "Don't tell me, don't tell me." "The man is working for the 'Salavation' Army." "Salvation." "What'd you say?" "Salvation." "Yo, stupid." "'Salavation Army'!" "And tomorrow, he's gonna be out there, with a little red bucket, a little companita, ding, ding, ding." "Oh man, fuck this." "Shame on this guy!" "You are in my chair." "You fuckin', damn old man!" "You know about my boy, you little turd." "What' you talking about, man?" "You know, when you get older you lose control of your body." " Some of your functions." " Yeah, no shit." "Just happens." "By the way, I wouldn't leave my car out there, too long." "There are lot of white people around." "Oh, man!" "My tyre, man!" "My special...!" "You got the number for towing service?" "Now I lay me down to sleep," "I pray the Lord my soul to keep," "And if I die before I wake," "I pray the Lord, my soul to take." "God bless Mommy," "Daddy, Frankie and Papa." " Amen" " Amen" "Amen." "Good night, sweetheart." "Sweet Dreams." "Buy something nice, see." "Thank you, papa." "And you take this." "Holy fucking shit!" "Come on kids, get in the bus." "Go on." "Get in the bus." "Franky, Martha." "Buy you something to get dressed for the fiesta." "Hugh!" "Did you miss me?" "I missed you." "Hey, listen to this The other day I was driving down the highway." "Had the air conditioner on, smoking my cigar, listening to some tunes." "And this big fat crow, lands on the billboard," "Biggest, fattest crow I ever saw in my life." "I fix on 'em, and he dropped dead!" "Boom." "Insane." "Damndest thing I ever saw." "Kind of made me sick." "That did make me poop." "It made me poop my pants." "Was a... was a four inch, bell-shaped faecy." "Very hard." "Very firm." "Things ain't been going to good for me." "Lost my only friend." "I'm so tired." "I'm tired." "I'm very, very very, tired." "Come here, man." "Fuck you." "Come on." "I'm not gonna hurt you." "I like you." "Whizzy." "Hey, I'm..." "I'm not such a bad guy, once you get to know me." "You better scoot, chief." "I'm tired." "Oh, man.." "What a party!" "Hey, hey, hey, I love it." "Hey?" "You think, they might have any more jobs open at the warehouse?" "I don't know." "Work is hard to come by, you know how it is." "I was thinking, you being a big-shot there now..." "So if like anything comes up, you know, maybe put in a good word?" "I'll see what I can do." " You know me, I am a hard worker, strong as a bull, I ain't too proud to work." "I know that, I know." "I'll see what I can do." "That's all I can ask." "We have to stick together, you know?" "Huh?" "Get outta here!" "You like it?" "Oh, my God." "I love it." " You look like an angel" " Yeah?" "You look like a living breathing doll, you do." "Come on, man, eat!" "Hold on!" "Hold on, tight!" "Smile everybody!" "I love that dress!" "You think it looks all right?" "Good enough to eat, baby." "Good enough to eat." " Not here!" " No, no." "I just want..." "Come on." "Look at the picture, guys!" "Hey, Mommy, why don't you wait right here for me." "Poppy'll be right back." "What do you want?" "I don't want any trouble today." "Come on, I just want to celebrate your fortune." "Nice party, man." "Must have cost you a bundle and a bag of shit for all that stuff." "Hey, uhm, I hear you got a job?" "Yeah, that's right." "Wow, man." "You must be blessed, man." "God must love you, you know?" "You must have been blessed or something." "That's what it is, right?" "Maybe I'm just lucky." "You know what I think, man?" "That guy want to share some of that luck with his buddies, you know?" "Come on, cut me out to the source, what's going on?" "Fuck you." "I ain't got nothing to give you." "What do you want?" " Sure about that?" " Yeah." "Wow, man!" "Seems to me that you owe me a favour, man." "For when I hooked you up a few months ago, you know?" "It seem's to me that you needed and extra guy." "You know, I coulda asked Julio, coulda asked Papo" "Yeah, but you didn't, you asked me." "Shit, Raphie, man!" "What this selfish attitude about?" "You make a big score, and you not turn on your bro?" "Plus you makin' me look bad, man." "You makin' me look bad in front of these people." "These are my people." "You know?" "I mean, people gonna wonder, 'Luiz got the juice?" "!" "What's goin' on?" "'" "Hey, look." "I don't got nothing to give you." "Get the fuck outta here." "That's really too bad, man." "You know, just a little something, man, would have gone a long way, keeping things sweet." "Just in case the cops come around, you know... but..." "You gonna threaten me now?" "You fucking threaten me, I'll cut your fucking heart out, man." "Yo, let me tell you something." "When you fuckin' go away, your lady?" "She gonna come." "She gonna work for me." "Okay?" "Alright?" "'Cause I love you, Raphie." "You fuckin' disappear." "Mami, come on." "We've got to go." "Get the fuck out of here." "Raphie, keep a fucking tight ass, I won't be there." "Come on, come on." "Fuckin' party!" "I owe you." "Come on!" "Go." "You mind!" "What was all that about?" "What does he want?" "Nothing." "Let's take a walk." "You remember?" "Yes." "What do you remember?" "Come on, what do you remember?" "That it was like this." "It was around this time." "The air felt this way." "The wind felt like this." "What else?" "My heart was pounding." "I was scared of you." "Father Stratton?" "Raphael." "Can I talk to you about something?" "Sure." "But if I tell you something." "Does that mean, you can't tell anybody?" "Well, if you're talking about a confession, then yes." "That's between you and God." "Is that what you want?" "You wanna make a confession?" "Yeah, I think so." "Come on." "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "How long has it been since your last confession?" "Well, I..." "I really haven't... thought about religion much over the years." "Then why are you here?" "For Rita... and my kids." "Go on." "Tomorrow morning, Father..." "I'm gonna walk into a room, and some men are gonna kill me." "They're gonna torture me, and then they're gonna kill me." "And for this circus..." "I will be paid." "My... my family will be paid." "50,000 dollars." "Which isn't enough really, but..." "It might be just enough to get everybody out of here, forever." "Do you wish to repent these thoughts?" "No." "Then what is it you want from the Church?" "Nothing." "I need you to make sure, that my family gets the money after I am gone." "You're the only person that can do that." "You're the only one." "Please." "I need your help." "Do you understand what you're asking of me?" "You're asking a priest to help you to committ suicide." "You're asking a priest to commit a cardinal sin." "In a couple of days, Father, they're gonna destroy Morgan Town." "The entire village." "What happens then?" "Where do Rita and the kids go?" "Does God gonna let them live here?" "You and the Church gonna buy 'em a house?" "Maybe the government." "Maybe they'll do something." "What do you think?" "Please." "Please help me." "I can't." "Raphael!" "You've sold your soul." "Oh, no." "Father." "I sold my body, like a whore." "The church forgives whores everyday." "Don't do this." "Don't do this." "What's wrong?" "Come on, what's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "Who did this?" "Who did this?" "Luiz?" "What happened?" "He looked so crazy." "He was high on something, I don't know." "I tried to stop him." "But he hit me." "He hit me." " Did he rape you?" " No." "Frankie jumped on him, and started hitting him." "Where's Frankie?" "He's outside." "Okay." "Come here." "Come here, baby." "Okay." "You stay here." "I'll be back." "Come here." "I'll be back." "Let me see." "I'm sorry, Papa." "What do you mean, you're sorry?" "You were gone and I was the man of the house, and I couldn't make him go away." "Listen to me." "You did a brave thing." "Did a brave thing, and..." "I'm proud of you." "Come here." "I beat the hell out of him, Poppa." "Good." "Why don't you go see about your Mom, huh?" "But what if he comes back?" "He is not gonna come back." "He is too afraid of you." "All right?" "Believe me." "Go on, go see about your Mom." "Hey." "You're a man now." "I love you, Papa." "I love you too." "Go on." "Go see about Mom." "You see that?" "Come on." "Okay, that's it." "That's it, that's it, that's it, that's it." "You get too fucked up, baby." "Then you're good for nothing, come on." "I love that shit." "I feel so grooved." "Come here." "I like this." "Hey!" "Nita!" "Hey, Nita!" "Get the fuck out of here, man." "You need to wake." "Fuck." "What's up!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "I'll fuckin' kill you." "I've always tried to live with the spirits." "I've always tried to show you that world." "It seemed like you didn't care." "But now," "I think you do care." "So I think you should sit alone with the spirits." "I'm gonna put you out there." "Just like there are good and bad spirits, there are good and bad two-leggers." "Just remember son," "Whatever you do, think of the children first." "Sweet dreams, angel." "I love you, honey."