Ariella (2025) Movie Script
1
-[gentle music]
-[film reeling]
[camera clicks]
-[phone ringing]
-[calm music]
[calm music continues]
-[radio fizzling]
-[buttons clacking]
-[gentle dramatic music]
-[Ariella panting]
[siren wailing]
[gentle dramatic
music continues]
[Leandra] My name is Leandra.
[reporter] Where are you from?
I'm from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[reporter] And what
brought you to England
in the first place?
My boyfriend.
I just came here to be with him.
[reporter] And he
knows what you do?
[chuckles] Yes, yes, he does.
[reporter] He's okay with that?
Yeah, he's not--
He's not jealous.
It's just-- It's a side thing I
think like, for me to settle.
Um it really helps me to
get money to study.
[reporter] What does he do?
He--
He's a businessman.
[door rattling]
I just really came here
because I fell in love
and it wasn't like I
was happy where I was.
So, no, it wasn't my
dream to live abroad,
but now I like it.
-[door rattles]
-dramatic music]
[camera beeping]
[man] Whenever
you are ready,
just start with your
name, and your age,
and where you come from.
[Ariella] My name is Ariella
Philippa Sousa de Silva.
I am 20 years old,
and I was born in
Sao Paolo, Brazil.
[gentle music]
People in London always ask me,
"What was it like
growing up in a favela?
Was it as bad as
it in the movies?"
[Ariella's dad
speaking Portuguese]
-[young Ariella giggling]
-[gentle music]
[Ariella] The answer is "no".
[Ariella's dad
speaking Portuguese]
[young Ariella giggling]
[gunfire popping]
-[gun firing]
-[siren wailing]
[Ariella] It was worse.
[melancholy music]
[melancholy music continues]
[horn honks]
[siren wailing]
[engine roars]
[people chattering]
I was not meant to have a shift
at the restaurant that day.
[horn honking]
I had done like 10
hours of cleaning.
-[train rattling]
-[lively music]
[lively music continues]
And I was a carer
for the elderly.
[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
[lively music continues]
[Sheila indistinctly
speaking Portuguese]
[lively music continues]
[Ariella indistinctly
speaking Portuguese]
[lively music continues]
And I was studying business.
[lively music continues]
[engines roaring]
[siren wailing]
[phone vibrating]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Pedro speaking Portuguese]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Mama humming]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella] I guess I was greedy,
-[lips smacking]
maybe because I'd made
enough rent for the month
and got enough food,
but I just--
Something felt
right for me to go.
[baby crying]
[train rattling]
[Ben] That's exactly what I want
to do. Exactly. Exactly that.
I wanna bring what
we've done in Soho
and I wanna create it here
in the middle of Sao Paolo.
In this chaos,
-[cousin speaking Portuguese]
-I wanna bring the essence
of what we've done in London
and have you guys help us
to set it up and launch it.
But yeah, I know, um--
[patrons chattering]
Um, but I just wanna say thank
you very much for your time.
When I get back to the UK--
-[Ariella] And there he was.
-[gentle music]
I'm gonna get the check,
but it was a pleasure.
Thank you.
[Ariella] This guy,
this beautiful... guy.
He was bright and...
so different.
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-Hey, do uh, you speak English?
-Yes.
-[Ben] You do?
-Uh, I'm Ben.
-Ariella.
-That's a beautiful name.
-Thank you.
[Ariella]
We just-- We just hit it off.
I don't think so, no [giggles].
-I should probably pay, right?
-[Ariella giggles]
Sorry, there you go.
-Oh, sorry.
-Oh, sorry.
It's all right. [giggles]
-[card reader beeps]
-Thank you.
Thanks. So, uh--
So, I guess that's it.
-That's it, I guess.
-[Ariella giggles]
[Ariella]
Yeah, great, thank you.
In another life then, right?
[chuckles] Mm.
-Bye.
-[gentle music continues]
I dunno, you're probably
gonna think I'm crazy,
and this is a little bit mad,
but I have an hour and
a half till my flight,
so I have some time.
You don't understand
the word I'm saying?
-[Ariella] No, yes, yes.
-[Ben] You do?
It's okay, yeah.
[Ben]
I'm not speaking too quickly?
-No.
-Okay, um,
I don't know whether you have
time just to take a break
and sit and have
a coffee with me.
[Ariella]
I don't know, I just got here.
[cousin speaking Portuguese]
-He's saying "yes"?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
-Yes?
-Yeah, okay.
-[Ben] You can, yeah?
-Yeah.
Okay, cool.
Eh no, we are thinking about
setting up one of the businesses
that we have because we have
these clubs and lounges.
So originally, my
great uncle started it
and then he kind of
raised me actually.
Um, and then, yeah, I've just
started working with him,
-and um--
-You're like the owner?
[Ben] Uh, I'm gonna be one day.
Yeah, he's, he's--
It's his business,
but I'm kind of running
it, I would say.
What about you?
What about your life, your
family, your mom and dad,
where are they?
-[Ariella] I live with my mama.
-Okay, and your dad?
Uh, he died, so it's
just me and my mama.
-I'm sorry.
-[Ariella] Sorry, I don't know.
I lost my dad as well.
-[Ariella] Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
[Ariella] He had
lost his father too,
so we really understood
each other, you know,
felt like we connected.
You ever feel like you just
kinds know somebody
without knowing
anything about them?
[Ariella] Mm.
-You know what I'm trying to say
-[Ariella] Yeah.
[Ariella] When his eyes were
looking in mine,
it felt like I could feel my
father's hand on my shoulder.
[Ben] You've never been, right?
-[Ariella] Nope.
- Like,
[Ben] Do you want to?
[Ariella] even that was
okay because it led to this.
'Cause I met you 20 minutes ago,
but I would love
to see you again.
[Ariella] It's like he made a
deal with someone up there.
Yeah.
[Ariella]
We did long distance for a bit.
He arranged like for us to play
games online and things, and--
[Ben] This is what happens every
time. You don't trust me?
[Ariella] Yeah, we used to talk
like whenever we could.
-[Ariella] Which one?
- The best please.
-[Ariella chuckling] Okay.
-[Ben and Ariella chuckle]
- Very nice.
-[Ariella] Happy.
I'm happy, oh, I miss you.
[Ariella] I miss you.
[Ariella]
He even met my mama like that.
[door creaks]
[Mama] Hi, Ben!
Mrs. Sousa, ola.
How are you?
[Mama] Hi, ola , I'm good, good.
[Ariella] Finally, finally,
once more, I was complete.
[uplifting music]
You are the one that I need
You are the one that I want
You are the one that I need
[Ariella] So I came to London.
You are the one
that I'm looking for
You are the one
You are the one
[mid tempo mellow music]
[vehicles whooshing]
["Mama Says No"
by Michael Garsin]
[mid tempo mellow
music continues]
Papa said yes
Mama said no
Well mama won't you come
down to my show and dance
Mm just dance
Mama come down and
see my show tonight
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella] Uh-huh.
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
Okay.
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella] Si. Si.
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella] Mm hm.
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[door clattering]
[Ariella squealing]
-I missed you.
-[Ben murmuring indistinctly]
-I missed you so much!
[both humming]
How was it?
-[lips smacking]
-It was good?
How was it?
-[Ben] It was good.
-[Ariella] Was it amazing?
Yeah, these are for you.
Oh! Wow, they're gorgeous.
-[Ben moaning]
-[lips smacking]
-This music.
-You like it?
Yeah, this is like you and me.
It is.
-Wanna do a spin?
-No, no.
-[Ariella] No.
-You do a spin for me.
-[Ben] You do a spin for me.
-[Ariella giggles]
[lips smacking]
I love it.
[Ariella] Yeah, I was thinking
it would be good for the club.
You know, like with the lights
on, I think it would work.
You think so?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
I was also hoping maybe
I can see the club soon,
get an idea for
the business plan...?
I wanna start planning.
Baby, he's not dead yet.
[Ariella] Oh, Benny!
I just mean we can't
start anything yet, okay?
You have to just dream it
first, baby, all right?
Let that beautiful mind drift
off into its magic space.
[Ariella chuckling]
That's the most important
part, babe, the intention.
You leave the rest to me, okay?
Okay.
-[lips smooching]
-[Ariella humming]
[Ben exhales]
What's wrong?
Baby?
-[Ben] Nothing.
-[Ariella] Baby!
[Ben chuckles]
-The mess, Ariella.
-I tidied.
Look, you've been living here
for three months now, okay?
It's not holiday.
When I go away for a
business trip and I come back,
it stresses me out when
there's mess everywhere.
We spoke about it.
And you didn't say "thank
you" for your flowers either.
I'm sorry. I love them.
Thank you, thank you.
I love them.
[Ben] No, I'm sorry, I'm
being ridiculous.
You're not being ridiculous.
You're not being ridiculous.
Your hands are so cold.
[gentle music]
-[lips smacking]
-[gentle music continues]
[gentle music continues]
I missed you so much.
[Ben] Yeah. Show me.
[Ariella] Yeah, I will.
-Show me.
-[gentle music continues]
Show me.
-Come show me.
-[gentle music continues]
Yeah, oh fuck,
that's it, that's it.
[Ben breathing heavily]
[doorbell buzzes]
[Ben chuckles]
Let's see who that is.
Ariella, see who that is.
[Ben and Ariella chuckling]
-[Ariella] It's an old man.
-What?
-[Ariella] It's an old man.
-Did he see you?
[Ariella] Yeah, I think so.
He looks nice.
Fuck, fuck.
Okay.
[door slams]
[distant siren wailing]
[footsteps clacking]
[door slams]
-Who is that?
-[Ben] It's my uncle.
[Ariella] Uncle Maxie.
[Ben] Guess we're hosting
Friday night dinner.
Ariella, I need to go
out and get food, okay?
Ariella, I need you to
set up in here, okay?
The table and the chairs,
everything, just like
I showed you, okay?
-Ariella?
-Yeah.
-[Ben] Immaculate, okay?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
Immaculate.
-Okay, I love you.
-All right.
[door slams]
[Ariella] Uncle Maxie? Ben had
told me all about Uncle Maxie.
Bring the car
round to the front.
-Yeah.
-Lovely.
Oh, my darling, how are you?
-[Ben] Chivas?
-Chivas.
Those stairs! I should have
sold this place years ago.
-You own this place?
-[Ben] Yeah, he's the landlord.
He's the lord of Soho.
[Ariella] Wow.
My family got off the
boat with nothing.
[Ronnie] You know, he opened the
first adult entertainment club
in the world ever.
Before him, the girls
were on the street.
There's not a town or
a city in this world
where this man hasn't
made an impact on it.
Salt of the earth he is,
and like a father to me.
Took me from the streets and
made me the man I am today.
We owe him everything,
don't we, Ben?
So Ariella, what about you?
[Ariella]
I've studied business for a bit,
so I hope I can help with
the club and stay in London.
[tense music]
-[Ben] Let's eat.
-[Ariella] Looks really good.
So I get a phone call at
three o'clock in the morning.
The girls are stuck
in this hotel.
They've got no money.
And who do they call?
-Maxie to go and rescue.
-[Ariella laughing]
So I have to drive
down to the hotel,
pay the phone bill
and pick 'em all up.
[Ariella chuckles] I love it.
[cup clanking]
-[glasses clink]
-[dishes clank]
[Ben sighing]
[Maxie coughing]
Baby, it's fine.
Go and talk, enjoy
yourself, it's fine.
[Maxie coughing]
Oh, before you go,
grab your passport,
we need it so we
can do the visa.
[Ronnie] Maxie, I'll pick
you up 10 o'clock
-[Maxie coughing]
-for your treatment.
We won't be late again,
otherwise Deborah
will have my balls.
-Night Ariella!
-[Ariella] Night, Ronnie!
-Hey.
-[Ariella] Hey. Mm.
Lovely seeing you.
[Ronnie] Yeah, listen, you
ever need anything,
just gimme a call, all right?
Anything, don't worry about it.
I know it can get crazy
down here in London.
-Believe me, I know.
-[Arielle chuckles]
-Thank you Ronnie.
-All right?
-[Ariella] Okay.
-Take care.
-[Ariella] Goodnight.
-[Ronnie] Goodnight.
-[Ariella] Bye.
-[door clanks shut]
[dishes clanking]
[Ariella] Ben said I could
work for Uncle Maxie.
He said he could
sponsor my visa,
and I wanted to make
a good impression.
The love of a woman is the
greatest gift in the universe.
I should know, I've
made a fortune of it.
[Ariella] Which I did.
[Maxie]
See you in my office on Monday.
And remember, the best
way to learn the business
is from the ground up.
Books don't teach you
nothing but to read.
[Ariella chuckles]
Thank you Maxie for
the opportunity.
-I really mean it.
-Oh, good girl.
-Oh, you're gorgeous.
-[Ariella chuckling]
[Ariella] You too!
See you Monday.
[Maxie] Mm-hm.
[door creaks]
[door clatters shut]
[bottle lid squeaking]
I'll be sleeping over.
[tense music]
[Ariella] [crying]
I don't love him.
[Ben] Do you think I'm gonna
feel differently about you?
I am not gonna feel
differently about you.
I will never feel
differently about you.
This is just what he wants.
He's an old man.
I don't care.
He wants everything.
He wants everything that I have,
and you are the only thing that
I have that means anything.
That's why he wants
it. That's all it is.
I need you to do this for me.
I know that you don't want to,
but I need you to
do this for me.
And it would just be once.
It would just be once.
And then we'll never speak
about it again, I promise you.
[Ariella exhaling]
And I will not look
at you differently.
I will never look
at you differently.
[melancholy music]
-Please, please, please.
-[Ariella crying]
[Maxie coughing]
No.
[Ben] Hey, you're so brave.
You're so brave.
You're stronger than me, okay?
[Ariella continues sobbing]
It's just you and me,
that's all I think about.
That's all there is.
Yeah, that's all there is.
[melancholy music continues]
[door creaks]
[melancholy music continues]
[door creaks shut]
-[vehicles whooshing]
-[horns honking]
[footsteps thudding]
[door creaks shut]
[lips smacking]
[Ben] Sit on the bed please.
Don't make me ask things twice.
I need a photo for your visa.
-Oh, you look sexy baby.
-[camera clicks]
-Love those eyes.
-[Ariella chuckles]
Show me that tongue.
Great.
-[Ariella] What's this dress?
-[Ben] It's for work later.
-[Ariella] What am I doing?
-[keys jingle]
-Ben?
-[door creaks shut and locks]
-Ben!
-[lock rattling]
-Ben!
-[knocking on door]
-[knocking on window]
-Ben!
Ben, the door's locked!
[siren wailing]
[intense siren]
[police speaking Portuguese]
[guns popping]
[Ariella's dad
yelling in Portuguese]
[guns popping]
[police speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella's dad
speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[guns popping]
-[sirens wailing]
[tense music]
[car doors thudding]
-What am I gonna do?
-[tense music]
I just need you to be yourself.
[Solly] Well Mom, if you don't
like the doctor, don't go.
But I dunno what I'm
gonna do with those.
It's this one isn't it?
[doorbell chimes]
[phone chimes]
[people chattering]
Thank you.
Hi! Hey, come on in!
-[indistinct chatter]
-Fine. Nice, come have a seat.
-I'm Gerald.
-Ariella.
Lovely to meet you.
Thank you.
And I'm Sarah, his wife.
I'm no good at these games,
and I'm no good at this game.
-You wanna have a go?
-[Sarah] Timer up, timer up.
-[Gerald] Oh, good.
-[Sarah] Oh! Your turn!
Whose turn is it?
[Gerald]
Pass the bowl over to Rebecca.
She's great at this game.
So what she's gonna
do, she's got a word.
-She's gonna describe it.
-[Sarah] Timer.
You've gotta guess what it is
without her saying the word.
Go, go, go.
Okay, so hens lay them.
Chickens lay them.
-Eggs!
-Eggs!
-Eggs!
-Easy.
Okay, the most watched
sport and most played sport
-in the world.
-[Ariella] Soccer.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes, shots.
-Shots, shots, shots!
This is round two.
So this is round two.
So by the timer, and you
have to sort of, yeah,
you have to act it this time,
but still don't
say the word, yeah?
-Elephant.
-Yes.
[Rebecca] Oh, that's good!
[Sarah] Shot, shot, shot,
shot, shot, shot, shot!
Quick, quick,
quick, quick, quick!
Okay, um--
[Sarah]
If you don't know it, leave it.
If you don't know it,
leave it, leave it.
[Ariella chuckles]
-[Rebecca] Ah!
-Erection, yes!
[dinner guests laugh]
Shot, shot, shot,
shot, shot, shot, shot!
[Gerald] I've got one.
[Sarah]
No, no, no, it's fine.
[dinner guests chattering]
Have you seen the upstairs?
Do you wanna come
and have a look?
Yes.
It's amazing architecture,
Italian designer.
I'll show you around, come on.
["Plan B" by Holly Carmen]
[mellow music]
When your head turns
-One.
-[Rebecca] Shampoo?
I'm going upstairs.
[dinner guests chattering]
[dinner guests cheering]
[Rebecca] Shots,
shots, shots, shots!
Never gonna be,
Never gonna be
-Never gonna be
- Turn left here.
[mellow music]
Anyone's plan B
Never gonna be,
Never gonna be
Never gonna be,
Never gonna be
Straight through that door.
Gotta show you.
Can you see the way
the architect
-designed all the lines?
-[Ariella] Ah.
So when the moonlight
comes into the room,
it brings out all lines.
-It's got beautiful glow.
-Ah.
It's absolutely amazing.
-What do you think?
-[Ariella] Yes.
-Do you like it?
-[Ariella] Gorgeous.
-It's lovely, isn't it?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
[chuckles]
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
-I mean, what are you doing?
-[Ariella chuckles]
-Mm. No, no.
-Okay, okay, just relax.
[dinner guests chattering]
[Gerald] Look, it's
the new Brazilian.
I mean, there's something
wrong apparently.
Can you come and
sort it out please?
-Baby, I can't.
-[Ben] Shh.
Everyone loves you.
Everyone's obsessed with you.
I want you to do this.
[dinner guests chattering]
[door slams]
I'm sorry I was a bit rough.
I didn't mean to be... yeah?
Can we start again?
Can we?
I really like you, I really do.
Do you kiss?
You're so beautiful.
Do you like that?
-Do you like it?
-Yeah.
-[Gerald] Yeah?
-Yeah.
[Gerald]
Yeah, do you like that?
Do you like it when
I rub that pussy?
-Yeah.
-[Gerald] Yeah, yeah, you do?
Oh, God.
[car doors thudding]
[tense music]
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[door creaks]
-[door thuds]
-[keys jingle]
[water splashing]
[Ben sighs]
[Ben] Why are you just
fucking standing there?
You're making me anxious.
Are you in fucking pain?
-[Ariella sniffs]
-You're in pain?
Fucking [sighs]
You're driving me fucking crazy.
-You know that?
-[cup clattering]
[wrapper crinkling]
[Ben sighing]
Here, take this.
Good girl.
Swallow.
I'm going to bed, okay?
You shower before you come in.
You fucking stink.
Ben!
Ben!
[Ben] What the fuck do you want?
[Ariella] An abortion?
[Ben] You're a retard.
You know that?
You are a fucking retard.
What is actually wrong with you?
Were you diagnosed
with something?
Or is it just your general
lack of fucking education?
-Hello?
-[Ariella] How could you?
How could I?
You wanna talk about me when
you go and fuck other men?
[Ariella] You made me!
I made you? Like I suppose
I made you come here,
like I suppose I made you
leave your fucking dream life
and give you everything
you fucking wanted?
Here, here, here, for
your fucking work!
-[Ariella] Fuck you!
-Fuck me?
-[Ariella] Fuck you!
-Fuck me?
-What are you gonna do?
-[Ariella sobbing]
What are you gonna do?
[Ariella] I want my mama.
You want your mother?
You think your mother gives
a fuck about you, Ariella?
Check your phone,
how many missed calls
do you have from her?
[Ariella] I hate you!
-You hate me?
-[Ariella] I hate you!
What the fuck are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna fucking do?
What are you gonna do, huh?
What are you gonna fucking do?
[Ariella sobbing]
I could fucking--
I could fucking--
[Ariella sobbing]
You're not fucking worth it.
Shh, shh, shh.
You're not worth it, are you?
You're not worth anything.
-[Ariella sobbing]
-[lips smacking]
You disgust me, Ariella.
[Ariella sobbing]
I'm gonna shower.
You wanna shower with me, baby?
[Ariella sobbing]
Baby, come and shower with me.
Come and shower
with me, Ariella.
[Ariella panting]
Come on [sighing].
[shower water pattering]
Babe?
Babe?
[shower water pattering]
[keys jingling]
-[door creaks]
-[Ben whistling]
Ronnie.
[Ben] Baby, I'm sorry.
[papers rustling]
Now, I want you to come in here.
I wanna make love to you.
Babe!
Ariella?
[footsteps clacking]
Ariella?
Babe, where you going?
I was just gonna make us dinner.
-Wait.
-[door creaks]
[Ariella panting]
Where are you gonna go?
Where are you gonna go?
[Ariella panting]
[people shouting]
[engine roaring]
[Ariella panting]
[man] Hallelujah!
[Ariella panting]
[horns honking]
[Ariella panting]
[horns honking]
[Ariella panting]
[Ariella sobbing]
[man] Are you okay?
-[Ariella] Don't touch me!
-Can I help?
-Are you sure you're okay?
-I need a phone.
Can I have a phone please?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Please, thank you [panting].
[phone ringing]
[horn honks]
Ronnie? Ronnie, please
can you come and get me.
[Ronnie] Right now?
-Please, hurry.
-[Ronnie] Okay.
Where am I?
[man] You're on the
corner of Greek Street
and Shaftsbury Avenue.
Corner of Greek Street
and Shaftsbury Avenue.
Yes, please hurry.
Please, thank you.
[Ronnie] All right, lemme come.
Okay, bye. [panting]
Thank you.
[man] You want us to
call the police for you?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, it's just some
bitch at the club.
-All right, take care, yeah?
-Thank you, yeah.
[Ariella panting]
[indicator clicking]
[Ronnie]
You see her? Pull her up.
There she is.
She's over there, pull up.
Just park here in front.
Let me get out.
[car beeps]
[car door slams]
Hiya, hiya, come on,
come on, come on.
Let's get out of here.
It's not safe, all right?
Get in.
[car door slams]
Come on Solly, let's go.
[car door slams]
Relax, relax, relax.
You lay low with me till
tomorrow morning, okay?
You will tell me everything?
Good, then we can get him.
I'm so sorry.
You'll be safe with me.
Thank you.
[Ronnie]
Solly, make a right here.
[indicator clicking]
[distant siren wailing]
You okay, all right?
-Thank you so much, Ronnie.
-No problem.
I'll look after you,
princess, won't I?
That's it, give us a smile.
[Ariella chuckles]
You're safe now.
Don't worry about a thing.
No one's gonna touch you.
No one's gonna harm you.
[indicator clicking]
[melancholy music]
[Ariella] No, no.
No Ronnie, no!
No, no, no, no, no,
what are you doing?
No, you said you
won't take me back!
No, you said you would--
[sobbing]
-Shh.
-Ronnie, no!
Shh, shh.
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
[Ben] Baby, it's me, it's
me, it's me, it's me.
Calm down, calm down,
calm down, calm down.
-Shh.
-No, no, no, don't do this.
It's me, baby, it's me.
You're home, you're
home, you're home.
No!
You're home, you are home.
It's me, you had me terrified.
Come here, you had me terrified.
You had me terrified.
Are you okay?
-Is she okay?
-Yeah.
[Ben] You okay?
Here, you're with me.
You're with me.
You're safe, you're safe.
You're with me, okay?
You're with me.
Hey, I'm here, I'm here.
God, I was so scared.
[people chatting]
[zipper rasps]
I booked you a flight,
and I put some money
in your account.
I can get your
passport today, okay?
I didn't want it to
end up like this.
Things just got so...
out of control. [chuckles]
You just have this effect
on people, Ariella.
You're so much stronger than me.
There's a way for you to do this
however you wanna do it.
My uncle hasn't got long left.
This is just from last night.
This is just the beginning.
We'll do this.
We'll keep paying him,
and then we'll have it all.
Just you and me.
[Arielle] I would tell myself
that it was out of love,
that he needed me, that he
wouldn't lie about this,
that I was saving him.
When I saw that money,
I was doing what was right.
I was finally being an adult,
and I was taking responsibility.
[emotional pop music]
["Don't Waste Your Time On Me"
by Michael Garsin]
Before love you're
like the rest of them
[Ariella] And so I took my bag.
It's tearing me apart
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
[Ariella] And I voluntarily
wheeled myself into hell.
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
Leave me leave me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life
on me me me me me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your
life on me--
[doorbell buzzers]
[lighter clicks]
[Deborah speaking Hebrew]
[worshiper speaking Hebrew]
[Deborah speaking Hebrew]
[people chattering]
Remember, take care of her.
Remember, remember, no touching.
[gentle music]
[woman] So, are you
ready for another game?
[woman 2]
Yeah, absolutely.
[woman] Yeah, so we've got
40, 20, 12 to beat.
Hello let's just
[Ben] Look at David's son.
The moment he passed
away, he sold it,
and now it's a fringe theater.
A fucking fringe theater
in the heart of Soho.
Deborah is gonna be protected.
At the time of your passing,
70% of all of your
shares will go to me,
and I will manage everything,
and the rest of it
will go to Deborah,
and she will be looked after.
[Maxie] So Gerald, you've looked
all over this I presume?
It's all about legacy, yeah?
Leaving the business
in the right hands.
I think you're doing the
right thing, I may say it.
[Maxie] I'll think about it.
Are you sure you won't join
us for the Seder, Ronnie?
[Ronnie] I can't, I can't.
Are you studying
well my darling?
[Deborah] Yes, very hard.
-Good, I'm glad you're here too.
-[laughter]
Welcome everybody to my house.
[Deborah] Oh, thank
you for having us
On yet another Pesach.
[Deborah] Thank you.
[Maxie exhales]
Do you wanna start?
[Deborah] Should we start?
[Maxie coughs]
Oh, God.
I'll read, Dad.
No, no, no, I'm
fine, I'm all right.
I need my glasses.
Where did you last have them?
-My glasses.
-He had them in the car?
They'll be in his coat.
-I'll go
-[Maxie] I'll go.
[Deborah] I'll get them.
[Maxie groans]
[Gerald]
You sure you're fine?
[Maxie] Yes, I'm fine, I'm fine.
-[book thuds]
-[guests chattering]
-[pages rustling]
-[guests chattering]
[Maxie] You told
me you did go you.
You told me you spent five
years at [indistinct].
[woman] Rachel?
[Deborah]
"I wish to transfer 70%
of my shares in Stockman
Entertainment Limited
to Benjamin Stockman at
the time of my death.
The remaining 30% will
remain in my estate,
and hence to my daughter
Deborah Stockman."
[Maxie] Maybe four,
was it four or five?
Oh yeah, probably.
[Maxie] Yeah, probably.
[Rachel] Did you
guys have a good day.
[Ben] Yeah, it was fine,
just can do [indistinct].
[Rachel] Okay.
[Ben] Yeah, yeah.
Joe's been great
sort everything out.
But we've been looking
after this man,
making sure that he's alright.
[Ben chuckles]
Why is this night different
from all other nights?
[all] Because on this night,
we remember we were slaves.
[traffic humming]
So what do you wanna do?
Come on, don't be shy.
[Jack] I, uh--
Sex, please.
Mm.
[plastic rustling]
[zipper unzipping]
[clothing rustling]
[bed clattering]
[bed creaks]
[Jack panting]
[bed creaking]
[Ariella and Jack moaning]
[Ariella] Cum for me, baby.
[continues moaning]
Thank you Jack,
that was amazing.
[both panting]
You said that was 40, right?
[Ariella] Mm-mm.
Thank you.
See you around.
[door clatters]
-[Ariella] Are you okay?
-No, I'm not fucking okay.
What's wrong with you?
Just some John.
You?
It's my uncle.
The more ill he gets, the
more sorry I feel for him.
I don't fucking understand it.
Mm, it's normal.
It's just part of life.
You'll be okay.
Stop rubbing me.
I'm not a fucking child.
You need to put a smile
on your fucking face,
it's busy, yes?
-Love you.
-Yeah.
[Ariella] And so
this is how it went.
[grim music]
I can't even say for how
long. Maybe, maybe a year.
-[sign buzzing]
-[Ariella and client moaning]
[Anna] It's not too bad.
That's like one
direct train there.
So yeah, it's not
the end of the world.
You know, just like getting
back from somewhere really late.
It's really hard.
-Sometimes I think--
-[knocking on door]
[Ariella] You never know who's
coming through that door,
and that's the
worst part of it all.
Not the pain, or the
abuse, but the fear.
-[john] Yeah, there we go.
-[melancholy music]
-[Ariella moaning]
-Yeah.
[Anna]
So don't even think about it.
I promise you, when you've
done this a couple of times,
it's just...
it just becomes a normal.
It's not nice,
but I promise you this
will keep you going.
It means you don't have
to stop work, okay?
Okay.
[Anna] All right, pull it out.
Don't look at it.
It's not nice.
-Don't look at it.
-[Ariella grunts]
But that's gonna keep you
working on your period.
So you just do this in between
each guy, you'll be fine.
[Ariella] Okay.
[Ariella] I would service 10
to 20 men a day,
and I would hardly ever sleep.
[Ariella and client moaning]
[melancholy music continues]
[melancholy music continues]
I love you [chuckles].
Mm. Mm-hm.
[Ariella]
He would take me out and--
[Ben smooching] You're
incredible, you know that?
You make me feel, I
don't know, different.
-You make me feel--
-[lips smacking]
Say yes then you
stupid fucking cunt!
[Ariella] He could get angry
if I didn't make enough, but--
I don't know, like complete
or something, you know.
[Ariella] What relationships
don't have fights, right?
-Uh--
-Stay.
I have to be--
I have to meet somebody.
I have to meet
somebody, it's late.
Maybe I can stay tomorrow.
Maybe I can stay tomorrow.
You're gonna stay tomorrow?
Yeah, yeah, I can do tomorrow.
Oh, gorgeous [chuckles].
[Leandra speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Leandra speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Leandra speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella moaning]
[john 2] Get on the bed on
all fours right now.
-[bed creaking]
-[Ariella moaning]
[Ariella] Sometimes
the police would come.
-And once, I even got arrested.
-[indistinct shouting]
[Detective Gold] who's Ben?
My boyfriend.
[Ariella]
But I told them the truth.
-Ben was my boyfriend.
-[door slams]
-[recorder beeps]
-[Gold] It's off. No boyfriend,
nobody who loves you
would want you to do this.
[Ariella] I wanted to do this.
[Gold] I know him.
You're not the first
person who's been here.
I'm sorry to say
you're not the first,
but maybe, maybe you
could be the last.
[Ariella moaning]
-I love you.
-I love you.
Do you really wanna
be doing this?
-[door banging]
-Come on, why did you come here?
-Hey baby.
-[Gold] For that?
[john 3 grunting]
[heart pounding]
I want you to take this,
please, please, please.
It's from a charity.
It's nothing to do with me.
It's nothing to do
with the police.
You don't have to
say anything to me.
-[lips smacking]
-[Ben] Hey babe, you all right?
[Gold]
Ariella, your passport.
Ben.
[Ben] They didn't give you
anything, did they?
-You mean--? No.
-[Ben] Like a, I don't know,
a number, something,
I don't know.
No, they didn't
give me anything...
except a hard time.
[Ben and Ariella chuckle]
So you're gonna take me out?
-[Ben] Yeah.
-[Ariella] Yeah?
[Ben] Yeah, where'd
you wanna go?
[Ariella] That
place on the corner.
[footsteps clacking]
[Gold] If you think
for one single second
that this could be you, then
you should call that number.
They can get you out.
They can get you home.
You know, if you ever left
me, I'd jump in this water.
[Ariella] No, you'd jump in the
Water?
Yeah, if you ever did.
-That's crazy.
-I would jump.
And you can't swim
in this water either.
[Ariella] So jump from the
top of the thing.
I'm being serious.
-[Ariella ] Yeah?
-Yeah.
[Ariella] Or are you saying
you'd die without me?
I'm saying that I
wouldn't wanna live, yeah.
Would you, would you wanna
live if I wasn't here?
-Probably not.
-Yeah?
All of your years,
you never loved?
Never met anyone.
Never met anyone, no.
You meet people, but
it's not the same.
It's not this.
[Ariella]
But you're so handsome.
You're so--
-Yeah, but it's not about that.
-[Ariella] You're a catch.
It's about the mind--
It's about the mind though.
It's about how we think.
It's about the
connection that we have.
It's different than
anything I've ever had.
You have never had this before.
-[Ariella] It's not.
-It doesn't happen.
-[Ariella] Not in this world.
-It doesn't happen.
Doesn't happen anywhere,
it doesn't happen here.
But I'm lucky.
-Baby.
-[Ben] Maybe we're both lucky.
Mm.
-Huh, you scared?
-It's not-- Yeah, I am scared.
I am scared.
Yeah, I'm scared a little bit.
I don't know whether you
wanna go back to Brazil.
-You wanna?
-No, no.
No.
I just want it to
be just us, like--
-It will be just us.
-Yeah, yeah.
Unless we have children,
then it won't be.
-Just, yeah.
-But I don't want that yet.
No, I don't want
that either, no.
-But maybe one day.
-Yeah.
They'd be beautiful.
-They would be beautiful.
-They'd be so beautiful.
They would be beautiful
children, yeah.
They'd have your eyes.
And they would have your heart.
-[gentle music]
-[lips smacking]
Wow.
[Ariella] What?
I just wanted to thank you
for being the way
that you are with me.
I know I'm not always the
easiest person to be around, so.
No.
No, I know, but sometimes
I can be, you know?
You know how I could
be sometimes, and I--
Everybody has those
times though, right?
Yeah, they do, yeah.
But not everyone can be
the way you are about it.
You know what I'm saying?
So, thank you.
You can go anywhere
you wanna go.
And do anything.
[Ben]
And be anyone you wanna be.
Maybe I'll change my name.
-[Ben] Oh yeah?
-Mm-mm.
[Ben]
What are you gonna change it to?
-Mrs. Stockton.
-Yeah.
-[Ben] Yeah?
-Maybe.
-[Ben] Sounds good, right?
-If you ask me.
I do have to ask you I suppose.
Ariella Stockman. Stockman.
-[Ariella chuckling]
-[Ben] Mrs. Stockman.
-Mrs. Stockman.
-[Ben] Ariella Stockman.
-Oh!
-Oh, I-- Does it suit me?
[Ben]
Are you scared right now?
Are you scared?
-I'm not scared.
-[Ben] No?
-Are you scared?
-[Ben] No.
That sounds--
You ever you thought
you'd a wife?
[phone vibrating]
[Ariella crying]
[paper crumpling]
[Ariella] This was my life,
this was my job.
It wasn't my dream job.
But who does their dream job?
And soon, I forgot.
I was grateful to him
for giving me this
opportunity, this life.
[bell tolling]
[Gerald]
Mazel, congratulations, Maxie.
Great, okay.
Well, I think we ought to
propose a toast to Maxie.
He's here, the future
of the business
and everything we've
worked so hard for.
-L'chaim!
-L'chaim!
-[glasses clinking]
-[gentle music]
[gentle music continues]
["The Angels in Bethlehem"
by Michael Garsin]
A savior's born
Here's the file from
the arrest, okay?
I had to pull a lot of
strings to get this for you.
Am I a good lawyer or
am I a good lawyer?
[Deborah chuckles]
[Laura]
She still won't testify though.
Yep, her, Ariella.
[Deborah] This is perfect.
[Laura] You know, Deb,
your dad has signed a
last will and testament.
You know, if Ben is arrested,
it doesn't necessarily mean
that you'll inherit
your dad's shares.
You know that, right?
[Deborah] They're
starting palliative care.
[Laura] What's that?
[Deborah] It's end of life care.
There's nothing
more they can do.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
[Deborah] Oh, it's sweet home
when it happens.
It's for you.
[Laura] Have you considered
power of attorney?
[Deborah] What's that?
[Laura]] When a relative is no
longer able to manage their
estate or their legal matters,
they might be ill or
they might be elderly,
someone else can get the
power to exercise that right.
So?
So it means you, my dear,
would make all the
business decisions.
You would put all your
dad's shares into your name.
While he's alive,
you put them all into your name,
but you leave one
in your dad's name,
and then when he does pass away,
Ben will inherit 70%
of that one share.
70% of one share?
[Laura] Yep.
What do I have to do
to make that happen?
[Laura] Oh, it's all on the
government website.
Fill in the form, print it off.
Your dad signs it, you sign it.
An independent witness
signs it, and that's it.
We'll meet at dad's later,
and send me the
link for that form.
[Laura] Sure.
Deb!
Look, we don't have much time.
This is a big deal
Laura for all involved.
Okay.
[gentle music]
The angels came
On Christmas day
It feels like heaven
Can we have a look at
this one, please?
-[attendant] Of course.
-Thank you.
Sleeping with my head
up on your shoulder
Can we try it on?
[attendant]
Yeah, certainly.
I've never been
hugged before
[Ben] Okay.
I've never been
kissed before
I stand up perched on a star
On a star
'Cause I'm loving you
Thank you sir.
This is beautiful.
[Ariella] Mm, my hair again.
I've never been
hugged before
I've never been
kissed before
[mellow music continues]
We'll take it.
[attendant] Fantastic.
Thank you.
[Ben] Actually, can you, um--?
[attendant] Of course.
[rings jingling]
[mellow music continues]
Let's try that one.
There you go.
Sleeping with my head
up on your shoulder
[siren wailing]
[foreboding music]
[door clattering]
[dishes clanking]
Hello you.
-Hiya.
-Gimme a kiss.
I have some news.
Mm?
He signed.
[door creaks]
[Sofia crying]
Shh, shh.
[Sofia crying]
[tense music]
Maxie, I need you to
sign something for me.
Come on, take the pen.
This is what we discussed.
Do you remember?
Come, gimme your hand.
I just need you to sign this,
just so that Deborah can look
after everything for you,
keep it all safe, the
properties, the businesses.
Come on, just sign there.
Fantastic, well done.
Okay, and the next one just
here as well.
That's it.
[phone ringing]
You're doing so well, that's it.
[phone vibrating]
[tense music continues]
Gerry.
It's bad news, I'm afraid.
Um, I'm with the old man.
Oh, dad.
[Gerald] He's handed power
attorney over to Deborah.
Okay.
How long do we have?
[Gerald] Legally, she could sort
it out very, very quickly.
Tomorrow afternoon,
Deborah could drain all
of Maxie's shares into her name
and leave you with 70% of
nothing when he passes.
It's unfortunate.
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
Goodbye, Maxie.
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[pensive music]
[pensive music continues]
[pensive music continues]
[phone ringing]
Ronnie, the chairman's
gone with the lady.
Send in my regards
tomorrow morning,
otherwise it's too late.
It's unfortunate, Ron.
It's very unfortunate.
[lock clicks]
[Maxie heaving]
[footsteps rustling]
[door rattling]
-[maid] How are you, Ron?
-How's he doing?
-Not well at all.
-Can you get us a cup of tea?
Ronnie?
This is for the best.
Thank you.
[Maxie gasping]
Shh, shh, shh.
[dishes clinking]
[singer singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[lips smacking]
[Laura] Wish you long life.
My cousin [speaking Hebrew].
Thank you, appreciate it.
Wish you long life, Deb.
Don't worry, I'll
look after you.
If you think I'm
gonna let you have it,
you grubby little pimp.
I'm gonna take you for
everything you have.
You understand me?
Don't make a scene, Deborah.
Rachel, let's go.
[Deborah] Walk away, I'll
see you in court!
Walk away, go on, pimp!
[gentle melancholy music]
Coward.
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[john 3 panting]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[reporter] One man
who's at the front
of this [indistinct],
Maximillian, Maxie Stockman.
Maxie opened the first
strip club in the world,
The Lions Club.
It still operates today.
I'm here to meet up with
Maxie's great nephew
and recent heir Ben Stockman
to discuss his uncle's legacy,
the future of The Lions Club,
and recent allegations
against him
by Maxie's daughter, Deborah.
They've always wanted to
rid my uncle of his license,
um, and that's
what that was about.
They wanted to rid
him of his license
so that they can come in
and take control over
another Soho property...
-[reporter] Right.
-...and continue
just to rip the heart
and the soul out of
this entire area.
[reporter]
Unsuccessful, they were,
as Maxie's Soho empire grew
as the Lord of Soho continued
to buy property in the area,
many of which you'll see
a strange handwritten sign
on the door.
Hiya, come on in.
[reporter] How long have
you been doing this for?
[Anna] Um, so, God, it must be
about 15 years now.
um, I actually was at
medical school,
just trying to figure out
how to pay the fees.
The money starts rolling in
and then you get regular
clients and taking holidays.
I'm doing things I'd
never done before.
I'm not from money.
[reporter] And what do you
think of people who say
that prostitution is all
related to human trafficking?
[sighing]
I don't think all
prostitution is related
to human trafficking in
any way, shape or form.
Some girls get very unlucky,
some girls are not smart enough
to know what's going
on around them.
Other girls, unfortunately,
have very unsupportive families
who push them into this,
and then pretend that they
don't know what's going on.
Everybody knows what's going on,
but people turn a blind eye.
And to be honest with you,
most of the girls that I know
that have been trafficked,
they've got a nice lifestyle.
The rent is the issue.
You know?
Look at the buildings.
They need these back.
They want us out.
They want--
They want the rent.
I just really came here
because I fell in love
and it wasn't like I
was happy where I was.
[reporter] And he
knows what you do?
[chuckles]
Uh, yes, yes he does.
[reporter] What does he do?
He, mm--
He's a businessman.
[chuckling]
It's just a job.
It's just enough to
keep me independent
and pay for everything
that I need.
[paper rustles]
[thunder rumbles]
[Deborah] Look.
I don't believe you.
How?
[Ariella] I don't know,
Photoshop or something.
Let me show you, and then
I'll never come back.
I swear on my daughter's
life, please Ariella.
Do you know what
this is like for me?
The guilt?
Please, let me help
you bubba, please.
What are you afraid
of the truth?
What did he say?
That he'll be with you?
That he'll marry you?
Well then, why hasn't he?
My father's dead.
What's stopping him?
[knock on door]
I have to work.
[john 4 in other room]
Thank you.
I'll be outside
waiting all night.
[footsteps clacking]
[john 5] Hey gorgeous.
[Leandra]
How you doing baby?
I'm good, yourself?
[Leandra] Yeah,
I'm really good.
So what, you want?
Something exotic.
-[Leandra] Yeah?
-[john 5] Yeah.
[Leandra] You sexy baby.
[john 5]
Where are you from?
[Leandra] I'm
from Brazil, baby.
[john 5]
Brazil, very nice.
[Leandra] Very nice.
[Leandra giggling]
[john 5] And your friend,
where's she from?
[Anna] I'm
from Russia, baby.
-[thunder rumbles]
-[distant siren wailing]
[rain pattering]
-[doorbell buzzes]
-[door creaks]
-[footsteps clacking]
-[rain continues pattering]
[wipers whooshing]
[Ariella] Why are
you doing this?
[Deborah] Just watch.
[gentle music]
[gentle music continues]
[Ariella] You're sick. You're
fucking sick, you know that?
I don't even know
why I came with you.
I feel sorry for you.
Just leave me alone.
It's his cousin.
[Deborah] Then why
is he staying over?
[Ariella] I don't know, he's
babysitting or something.
[Deborah] It's not his cousin;
it's his wife.
-[gentle music continues]
-[rain pattering]
I'm so sorry.
He's tricked you.
You are a victim, bubba.
You've been trafficked.
There's no shame.
It's not your fault.
It's not your fault.
[emotional pop music]
[car door slams]
I'm in control
You never told me
-[banging on door]
-You have a fucking wife?
Hold me tonight
I am in your control
-Ben!
-[banging on door]
I'm in control
[Ben]
Babe, it's over between us.
She means nothing to me.
You just told me
you fucking love me.
How can I be so fucking blind?
I'm your whore!
[Ben] Baby, I do love you.
-Of course, I love you!
-I'm your slave!
Do not listen to a
fucking word she says.
She wants it for herself.
She's trying to get
in your fucking head!
Fuck you!
[Ben] Baby, please, just
think about this, okay?
I will kick her out
the house right now
if you just come
inside, please, baby.
I want my daughter
to meet her new mama.
Please, baby, just
come inside, please.
Ariella, come on!
Just come inside please.
I explain it.
I'll explain it to
you, Ariella, please!
Ariella, please, please
don't get in the car.
Please, please, please!
Don't drive off.
Do not fucking drive the
car Deborah I'm warning you.
Do not fucking drive the car.
-Just do not fucking--
-[Ariella] Drive the car!
-[both shouting indistinctly]
-[banging on window]
I'm fucking warning you, do
not drive the
fucking car off.
Do not drive the fucking car--!
-[car engine roaring]
-[emotional music continues]
[emotional music continues]
-[Ben exhaling]
-[emotional music continues]
Baby, you there?
[Ariella]
What do you fucking want?
Just tell me.
To testify; to
speak to the police.
-No.
-Come on camera then,
just talk to the camera,
then you can go home.
I'll help you, I'll pay.
I don't want your fucking money.
Just let me out please.
-[door thuds open]
-[rain pattering]
Think of the other
girls, Ariella.
Do you think it stops with you?
I know you don't
want to hear this,
but you can make a difference.
I can't do this without you.
I just wanna go home.
[Deborah] And then what?
He won't find you?
He knows where you live, right?
-Your family.
-[car door slams]
I mean, what do you
think he'll do to them?
Please, Ariella, just
think for a second clearly.
Just tell me your story.
I-- I won't judge you.
You're a victim.
-Stop fucking saying that.
-[Deborah] I'm sorry.
-[Deborah sighing]
-[seatbelt clattering]
You think this is your fault.
You think you made
decisions, but you didn't.
It's all his tactics.
You think you made all
these decisions voluntarily,
but that's the trafficking.
We've been made to believe
it's just a violent crime,
but really, it's
not, not normally.
And I know that hurts you
because you are fiercely
intelligent, and street smart,
and emotionally intelligent,
so you don't want
to accept the truth.
I'm stupid.
That even someone like
you with all your brains,
and your passion,
and your ambition can
fall victim to this crime,
because it's not a crime
of the head, bubba,
it's of the heart.
It can happen to anyone.
[Deborah scoffs]
I've seen them do
this my whole life.
Do you really want anyone
else to ever go through this?
No, no, I don't.
Please, please will you testify?
Just tell me your story tonight,
and tomorrow you go home.
I need my stuff, I
need my passport.
Can you take me?
Come on, let's go.
[seat belt clicks]
[engine roars]
[seat belt clicks]
[engine roars]
I can't be the first person.
Now we get him.
We shut it down.
It's over, you can go home.
[bids chirping]
["Plan B" by Holly Carmen]
[mellow music]
I'm never gonna be happy
Don't bother calling me baby
'Cause I've heard it all
So I can't fall in deep
And I bet you
don't think I see
When your head turns 180
Now that I know
You're quick to let go
Lemme tell you
I never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be
-[Ariella winces] Ow.
-Never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be anyone's baby
Never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be--
[photo crumples]
[zipper rasps]
[footsteps clacking]
-Hey.
-[Ariella] Hey.
We'll leave for the
airport in 15 minutes.
-That's okay?
-[Ariella] Thank you, Deborah.
And you have your confirmation
and boarding pass on your phone?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
-Can I check the details?
My husband picked it.
He's a bit of an idiot.
-[chuckles]
-[Ariella] Yeah, sure.
Thank you.
Oh, I forgot my
glasses, one second.
[birds chirping]
[car engine roaring]
-[Ariella] Deborah!
-[car door slams]
-Deborah!
-[door rattling]
-[banging on door]
-Deborah!
[footsteps clacking]
-[Deborah] Ben.
-Deborah.
Have you got something for me?
-Shall we do this?
-[Deborah] Gentlemen.
[footsteps clacking]
[Ariella gasps]
Great.
[no audible dialog]
[Laura]
Great, excellent, there you go.
Good.
-Nice doing business with you.
-[Laura] You too, thank you.
Thank you.
[Gerald] Thank you very much.
[indistinct chattering]
[Deborah]
See you Monday then partner.
[Ben]
Pleased we can sort this.
-[Deborah] Me too.
-Come here.
Do you mind taking
Gerry home for me?
Car's open.
[car door slams]
[car engine roaring]
[Ben] Go to a hardware
store, get two shovels,
and you wait for my call.
[Ariella crying]
[dog barks]
[Ben sighs]
-[dramatic whooshing]
-[Ben] Shut up!
-[dramatic whooshing]
-[Ariella panting]
You're a whore.
I've met so many like you.
You're all the same;
desperate, weak, easy.
I've known about you, Ariella
for years from your cousin.
[Ariella panting]
[footsteps clacking]
[wheels rattling]
[plastic rustling]
[car boot slams]
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
[lips smacking]
Get off me.
[dramatic music continues]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[Ben] Oh, oh, fuck.
Oh fuck!
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ariella]
Cum for me, baby!
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[dramatic music continues]
-[flesh squelching]
-[Ben groans]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ben gagging]
[Ben gasping]
[pensive music]
[water splashing]
[Ariella panting]
[footsteps clacking]
[pensive music continues]
[zipper rasps]
[tense music]
[dramatic music continues]
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[door slams]
[birds chirping]
[suitcase wheels rattle]
[birds chirping]
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
[dramatic music continues]
[dramatic music continues]
[dramatic music continues]
[dramatic music fades]
-[gentle music]
-[film reeling]
[camera clicks]
-[phone ringing]
-[calm music]
[calm music continues]
-[radio fizzling]
-[buttons clacking]
-[gentle dramatic music]
-[Ariella panting]
[siren wailing]
[gentle dramatic
music continues]
[Leandra] My name is Leandra.
[reporter] Where are you from?
I'm from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[reporter] And what
brought you to England
in the first place?
My boyfriend.
I just came here to be with him.
[reporter] And he
knows what you do?
[chuckles] Yes, yes, he does.
[reporter] He's okay with that?
Yeah, he's not--
He's not jealous.
It's just-- It's a side thing I
think like, for me to settle.
Um it really helps me to
get money to study.
[reporter] What does he do?
He--
He's a businessman.
[door rattling]
I just really came here
because I fell in love
and it wasn't like I
was happy where I was.
So, no, it wasn't my
dream to live abroad,
but now I like it.
-[door rattles]
-dramatic music]
[camera beeping]
[man] Whenever
you are ready,
just start with your
name, and your age,
and where you come from.
[Ariella] My name is Ariella
Philippa Sousa de Silva.
I am 20 years old,
and I was born in
Sao Paolo, Brazil.
[gentle music]
People in London always ask me,
"What was it like
growing up in a favela?
Was it as bad as
it in the movies?"
[Ariella's dad
speaking Portuguese]
-[young Ariella giggling]
-[gentle music]
[Ariella] The answer is "no".
[Ariella's dad
speaking Portuguese]
[young Ariella giggling]
[gunfire popping]
-[gun firing]
-[siren wailing]
[Ariella] It was worse.
[melancholy music]
[melancholy music continues]
[horn honks]
[siren wailing]
[engine roars]
[people chattering]
I was not meant to have a shift
at the restaurant that day.
[horn honking]
I had done like 10
hours of cleaning.
-[train rattling]
-[lively music]
[lively music continues]
And I was a carer
for the elderly.
[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
[lively music continues]
[Sheila indistinctly
speaking Portuguese]
[lively music continues]
[Ariella indistinctly
speaking Portuguese]
[lively music continues]
And I was studying business.
[lively music continues]
[engines roaring]
[siren wailing]
[phone vibrating]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Pedro speaking Portuguese]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Mama humming]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella] I guess I was greedy,
-[lips smacking]
maybe because I'd made
enough rent for the month
and got enough food,
but I just--
Something felt
right for me to go.
[baby crying]
[train rattling]
[Ben] That's exactly what I want
to do. Exactly. Exactly that.
I wanna bring what
we've done in Soho
and I wanna create it here
in the middle of Sao Paolo.
In this chaos,
-[cousin speaking Portuguese]
-I wanna bring the essence
of what we've done in London
and have you guys help us
to set it up and launch it.
But yeah, I know, um--
[patrons chattering]
Um, but I just wanna say thank
you very much for your time.
When I get back to the UK--
-[Ariella] And there he was.
-[gentle music]
I'm gonna get the check,
but it was a pleasure.
Thank you.
[Ariella] This guy,
this beautiful... guy.
He was bright and...
so different.
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-Hey, do uh, you speak English?
-Yes.
-[Ben] You do?
-Uh, I'm Ben.
-Ariella.
-That's a beautiful name.
-Thank you.
[Ariella]
We just-- We just hit it off.
I don't think so, no [giggles].
-I should probably pay, right?
-[Ariella giggles]
Sorry, there you go.
-Oh, sorry.
-Oh, sorry.
It's all right. [giggles]
-[card reader beeps]
-Thank you.
Thanks. So, uh--
So, I guess that's it.
-That's it, I guess.
-[Ariella giggles]
[Ariella]
Yeah, great, thank you.
In another life then, right?
[chuckles] Mm.
-Bye.
-[gentle music continues]
I dunno, you're probably
gonna think I'm crazy,
and this is a little bit mad,
but I have an hour and
a half till my flight,
so I have some time.
You don't understand
the word I'm saying?
-[Ariella] No, yes, yes.
-[Ben] You do?
It's okay, yeah.
[Ben]
I'm not speaking too quickly?
-No.
-Okay, um,
I don't know whether you have
time just to take a break
and sit and have
a coffee with me.
[Ariella]
I don't know, I just got here.
[cousin speaking Portuguese]
-He's saying "yes"?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
-Yes?
-Yeah, okay.
-[Ben] You can, yeah?
-Yeah.
Okay, cool.
Eh no, we are thinking about
setting up one of the businesses
that we have because we have
these clubs and lounges.
So originally, my
great uncle started it
and then he kind of
raised me actually.
Um, and then, yeah, I've just
started working with him,
-and um--
-You're like the owner?
[Ben] Uh, I'm gonna be one day.
Yeah, he's, he's--
It's his business,
but I'm kind of running
it, I would say.
What about you?
What about your life, your
family, your mom and dad,
where are they?
-[Ariella] I live with my mama.
-Okay, and your dad?
Uh, he died, so it's
just me and my mama.
-I'm sorry.
-[Ariella] Sorry, I don't know.
I lost my dad as well.
-[Ariella] Oh, yeah?
-Yeah.
[Ariella] He had
lost his father too,
so we really understood
each other, you know,
felt like we connected.
You ever feel like you just
kinds know somebody
without knowing
anything about them?
[Ariella] Mm.
-You know what I'm trying to say
-[Ariella] Yeah.
[Ariella] When his eyes were
looking in mine,
it felt like I could feel my
father's hand on my shoulder.
[Ben] You've never been, right?
-[Ariella] Nope.
- Like,
[Ben] Do you want to?
[Ariella] even that was
okay because it led to this.
'Cause I met you 20 minutes ago,
but I would love
to see you again.
[Ariella] It's like he made a
deal with someone up there.
Yeah.
[Ariella]
We did long distance for a bit.
He arranged like for us to play
games online and things, and--
[Ben] This is what happens every
time. You don't trust me?
[Ariella] Yeah, we used to talk
like whenever we could.
-[Ariella] Which one?
- The best please.
-[Ariella chuckling] Okay.
-[Ben and Ariella chuckle]
- Very nice.
-[Ariella] Happy.
I'm happy, oh, I miss you.
[Ariella] I miss you.
[Ariella]
He even met my mama like that.
[door creaks]
[Mama] Hi, Ben!
Mrs. Sousa, ola.
How are you?
[Mama] Hi, ola , I'm good, good.
[Ariella] Finally, finally,
once more, I was complete.
[uplifting music]
You are the one that I need
You are the one that I want
You are the one that I need
[Ariella] So I came to London.
You are the one
that I'm looking for
You are the one
You are the one
[mid tempo mellow music]
[vehicles whooshing]
["Mama Says No"
by Michael Garsin]
[mid tempo mellow
music continues]
Papa said yes
Mama said no
Well mama won't you come
down to my show and dance
Mm just dance
Mama come down and
see my show tonight
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella] Uh-huh.
[Mama speaking Portuguese]
Okay.
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella] Si. Si.
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella] Mm hm.
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Mama speaking Portuguese]
[door clattering]
[Ariella squealing]
-I missed you.
-[Ben murmuring indistinctly]
-I missed you so much!
[both humming]
How was it?
-[lips smacking]
-It was good?
How was it?
-[Ben] It was good.
-[Ariella] Was it amazing?
Yeah, these are for you.
Oh! Wow, they're gorgeous.
-[Ben moaning]
-[lips smacking]
-This music.
-You like it?
Yeah, this is like you and me.
It is.
-Wanna do a spin?
-No, no.
-[Ariella] No.
-You do a spin for me.
-[Ben] You do a spin for me.
-[Ariella giggles]
[lips smacking]
I love it.
[Ariella] Yeah, I was thinking
it would be good for the club.
You know, like with the lights
on, I think it would work.
You think so?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
I was also hoping maybe
I can see the club soon,
get an idea for
the business plan...?
I wanna start planning.
Baby, he's not dead yet.
[Ariella] Oh, Benny!
I just mean we can't
start anything yet, okay?
You have to just dream it
first, baby, all right?
Let that beautiful mind drift
off into its magic space.
[Ariella chuckling]
That's the most important
part, babe, the intention.
You leave the rest to me, okay?
Okay.
-[lips smooching]
-[Ariella humming]
[Ben exhales]
What's wrong?
Baby?
-[Ben] Nothing.
-[Ariella] Baby!
[Ben chuckles]
-The mess, Ariella.
-I tidied.
Look, you've been living here
for three months now, okay?
It's not holiday.
When I go away for a
business trip and I come back,
it stresses me out when
there's mess everywhere.
We spoke about it.
And you didn't say "thank
you" for your flowers either.
I'm sorry. I love them.
Thank you, thank you.
I love them.
[Ben] No, I'm sorry, I'm
being ridiculous.
You're not being ridiculous.
You're not being ridiculous.
Your hands are so cold.
[gentle music]
-[lips smacking]
-[gentle music continues]
[gentle music continues]
I missed you so much.
[Ben] Yeah. Show me.
[Ariella] Yeah, I will.
-Show me.
-[gentle music continues]
Show me.
-Come show me.
-[gentle music continues]
Yeah, oh fuck,
that's it, that's it.
[Ben breathing heavily]
[doorbell buzzes]
[Ben chuckles]
Let's see who that is.
Ariella, see who that is.
[Ben and Ariella chuckling]
-[Ariella] It's an old man.
-What?
-[Ariella] It's an old man.
-Did he see you?
[Ariella] Yeah, I think so.
He looks nice.
Fuck, fuck.
Okay.
[door slams]
[distant siren wailing]
[footsteps clacking]
[door slams]
-Who is that?
-[Ben] It's my uncle.
[Ariella] Uncle Maxie.
[Ben] Guess we're hosting
Friday night dinner.
Ariella, I need to go
out and get food, okay?
Ariella, I need you to
set up in here, okay?
The table and the chairs,
everything, just like
I showed you, okay?
-Ariella?
-Yeah.
-[Ben] Immaculate, okay?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
Immaculate.
-Okay, I love you.
-All right.
[door slams]
[Ariella] Uncle Maxie? Ben had
told me all about Uncle Maxie.
Bring the car
round to the front.
-Yeah.
-Lovely.
Oh, my darling, how are you?
-[Ben] Chivas?
-Chivas.
Those stairs! I should have
sold this place years ago.
-You own this place?
-[Ben] Yeah, he's the landlord.
He's the lord of Soho.
[Ariella] Wow.
My family got off the
boat with nothing.
[Ronnie] You know, he opened the
first adult entertainment club
in the world ever.
Before him, the girls
were on the street.
There's not a town or
a city in this world
where this man hasn't
made an impact on it.
Salt of the earth he is,
and like a father to me.
Took me from the streets and
made me the man I am today.
We owe him everything,
don't we, Ben?
So Ariella, what about you?
[Ariella]
I've studied business for a bit,
so I hope I can help with
the club and stay in London.
[tense music]
-[Ben] Let's eat.
-[Ariella] Looks really good.
So I get a phone call at
three o'clock in the morning.
The girls are stuck
in this hotel.
They've got no money.
And who do they call?
-Maxie to go and rescue.
-[Ariella laughing]
So I have to drive
down to the hotel,
pay the phone bill
and pick 'em all up.
[Ariella chuckles] I love it.
[cup clanking]
-[glasses clink]
-[dishes clank]
[Ben sighing]
[Maxie coughing]
Baby, it's fine.
Go and talk, enjoy
yourself, it's fine.
[Maxie coughing]
Oh, before you go,
grab your passport,
we need it so we
can do the visa.
[Ronnie] Maxie, I'll pick
you up 10 o'clock
-[Maxie coughing]
-for your treatment.
We won't be late again,
otherwise Deborah
will have my balls.
-Night Ariella!
-[Ariella] Night, Ronnie!
-Hey.
-[Ariella] Hey. Mm.
Lovely seeing you.
[Ronnie] Yeah, listen, you
ever need anything,
just gimme a call, all right?
Anything, don't worry about it.
I know it can get crazy
down here in London.
-Believe me, I know.
-[Arielle chuckles]
-Thank you Ronnie.
-All right?
-[Ariella] Okay.
-Take care.
-[Ariella] Goodnight.
-[Ronnie] Goodnight.
-[Ariella] Bye.
-[door clanks shut]
[dishes clanking]
[Ariella] Ben said I could
work for Uncle Maxie.
He said he could
sponsor my visa,
and I wanted to make
a good impression.
The love of a woman is the
greatest gift in the universe.
I should know, I've
made a fortune of it.
[Ariella] Which I did.
[Maxie]
See you in my office on Monday.
And remember, the best
way to learn the business
is from the ground up.
Books don't teach you
nothing but to read.
[Ariella chuckles]
Thank you Maxie for
the opportunity.
-I really mean it.
-Oh, good girl.
-Oh, you're gorgeous.
-[Ariella chuckling]
[Ariella] You too!
See you Monday.
[Maxie] Mm-hm.
[door creaks]
[door clatters shut]
[bottle lid squeaking]
I'll be sleeping over.
[tense music]
[Ariella] [crying]
I don't love him.
[Ben] Do you think I'm gonna
feel differently about you?
I am not gonna feel
differently about you.
I will never feel
differently about you.
This is just what he wants.
He's an old man.
I don't care.
He wants everything.
He wants everything that I have,
and you are the only thing that
I have that means anything.
That's why he wants
it. That's all it is.
I need you to do this for me.
I know that you don't want to,
but I need you to
do this for me.
And it would just be once.
It would just be once.
And then we'll never speak
about it again, I promise you.
[Ariella exhaling]
And I will not look
at you differently.
I will never look
at you differently.
[melancholy music]
-Please, please, please.
-[Ariella crying]
[Maxie coughing]
No.
[Ben] Hey, you're so brave.
You're so brave.
You're stronger than me, okay?
[Ariella continues sobbing]
It's just you and me,
that's all I think about.
That's all there is.
Yeah, that's all there is.
[melancholy music continues]
[door creaks]
[melancholy music continues]
[door creaks shut]
-[vehicles whooshing]
-[horns honking]
[footsteps thudding]
[door creaks shut]
[lips smacking]
[Ben] Sit on the bed please.
Don't make me ask things twice.
I need a photo for your visa.
-Oh, you look sexy baby.
-[camera clicks]
-Love those eyes.
-[Ariella chuckles]
Show me that tongue.
Great.
-[Ariella] What's this dress?
-[Ben] It's for work later.
-[Ariella] What am I doing?
-[keys jingle]
-Ben?
-[door creaks shut and locks]
-Ben!
-[lock rattling]
-Ben!
-[knocking on door]
-[knocking on window]
-Ben!
Ben, the door's locked!
[siren wailing]
[intense siren]
[police speaking Portuguese]
[guns popping]
[Ariella's dad
yelling in Portuguese]
[guns popping]
[police speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella's dad
speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[guns popping]
-[sirens wailing]
[tense music]
[car doors thudding]
-What am I gonna do?
-[tense music]
I just need you to be yourself.
[Solly] Well Mom, if you don't
like the doctor, don't go.
But I dunno what I'm
gonna do with those.
It's this one isn't it?
[doorbell chimes]
[phone chimes]
[people chattering]
Thank you.
Hi! Hey, come on in!
-[indistinct chatter]
-Fine. Nice, come have a seat.
-I'm Gerald.
-Ariella.
Lovely to meet you.
Thank you.
And I'm Sarah, his wife.
I'm no good at these games,
and I'm no good at this game.
-You wanna have a go?
-[Sarah] Timer up, timer up.
-[Gerald] Oh, good.
-[Sarah] Oh! Your turn!
Whose turn is it?
[Gerald]
Pass the bowl over to Rebecca.
She's great at this game.
So what she's gonna
do, she's got a word.
-She's gonna describe it.
-[Sarah] Timer.
You've gotta guess what it is
without her saying the word.
Go, go, go.
Okay, so hens lay them.
Chickens lay them.
-Eggs!
-Eggs!
-Eggs!
-Easy.
Okay, the most watched
sport and most played sport
-in the world.
-[Ariella] Soccer.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes, shots.
-Shots, shots, shots!
This is round two.
So this is round two.
So by the timer, and you
have to sort of, yeah,
you have to act it this time,
but still don't
say the word, yeah?
-Elephant.
-Yes.
[Rebecca] Oh, that's good!
[Sarah] Shot, shot, shot,
shot, shot, shot, shot!
Quick, quick,
quick, quick, quick!
Okay, um--
[Sarah]
If you don't know it, leave it.
If you don't know it,
leave it, leave it.
[Ariella chuckles]
-[Rebecca] Ah!
-Erection, yes!
[dinner guests laugh]
Shot, shot, shot,
shot, shot, shot, shot!
[Gerald] I've got one.
[Sarah]
No, no, no, it's fine.
[dinner guests chattering]
Have you seen the upstairs?
Do you wanna come
and have a look?
Yes.
It's amazing architecture,
Italian designer.
I'll show you around, come on.
["Plan B" by Holly Carmen]
[mellow music]
When your head turns
-One.
-[Rebecca] Shampoo?
I'm going upstairs.
[dinner guests chattering]
[dinner guests cheering]
[Rebecca] Shots,
shots, shots, shots!
Never gonna be,
Never gonna be
-Never gonna be
- Turn left here.
[mellow music]
Anyone's plan B
Never gonna be,
Never gonna be
Never gonna be,
Never gonna be
Straight through that door.
Gotta show you.
Can you see the way
the architect
-designed all the lines?
-[Ariella] Ah.
So when the moonlight
comes into the room,
it brings out all lines.
-It's got beautiful glow.
-Ah.
It's absolutely amazing.
-What do you think?
-[Ariella] Yes.
-Do you like it?
-[Ariella] Gorgeous.
-It's lovely, isn't it?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
[chuckles]
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
-I mean, what are you doing?
-[Ariella chuckles]
-Mm. No, no.
-Okay, okay, just relax.
[dinner guests chattering]
[Gerald] Look, it's
the new Brazilian.
I mean, there's something
wrong apparently.
Can you come and
sort it out please?
-Baby, I can't.
-[Ben] Shh.
Everyone loves you.
Everyone's obsessed with you.
I want you to do this.
[dinner guests chattering]
[door slams]
I'm sorry I was a bit rough.
I didn't mean to be... yeah?
Can we start again?
Can we?
I really like you, I really do.
Do you kiss?
You're so beautiful.
Do you like that?
-Do you like it?
-Yeah.
-[Gerald] Yeah?
-Yeah.
[Gerald]
Yeah, do you like that?
Do you like it when
I rub that pussy?
-Yeah.
-[Gerald] Yeah, yeah, you do?
Oh, God.
[car doors thudding]
[tense music]
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[door creaks]
-[door thuds]
-[keys jingle]
[water splashing]
[Ben sighs]
[Ben] Why are you just
fucking standing there?
You're making me anxious.
Are you in fucking pain?
-[Ariella sniffs]
-You're in pain?
Fucking [sighs]
You're driving me fucking crazy.
-You know that?
-[cup clattering]
[wrapper crinkling]
[Ben sighing]
Here, take this.
Good girl.
Swallow.
I'm going to bed, okay?
You shower before you come in.
You fucking stink.
Ben!
Ben!
[Ben] What the fuck do you want?
[Ariella] An abortion?
[Ben] You're a retard.
You know that?
You are a fucking retard.
What is actually wrong with you?
Were you diagnosed
with something?
Or is it just your general
lack of fucking education?
-Hello?
-[Ariella] How could you?
How could I?
You wanna talk about me when
you go and fuck other men?
[Ariella] You made me!
I made you? Like I suppose
I made you come here,
like I suppose I made you
leave your fucking dream life
and give you everything
you fucking wanted?
Here, here, here, for
your fucking work!
-[Ariella] Fuck you!
-Fuck me?
-[Ariella] Fuck you!
-Fuck me?
-What are you gonna do?
-[Ariella sobbing]
What are you gonna do?
[Ariella] I want my mama.
You want your mother?
You think your mother gives
a fuck about you, Ariella?
Check your phone,
how many missed calls
do you have from her?
[Ariella] I hate you!
-You hate me?
-[Ariella] I hate you!
What the fuck are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna fucking do?
What are you gonna do, huh?
What are you gonna fucking do?
[Ariella sobbing]
I could fucking--
I could fucking--
[Ariella sobbing]
You're not fucking worth it.
Shh, shh, shh.
You're not worth it, are you?
You're not worth anything.
-[Ariella sobbing]
-[lips smacking]
You disgust me, Ariella.
[Ariella sobbing]
I'm gonna shower.
You wanna shower with me, baby?
[Ariella sobbing]
Baby, come and shower with me.
Come and shower
with me, Ariella.
[Ariella panting]
Come on [sighing].
[shower water pattering]
Babe?
Babe?
[shower water pattering]
[keys jingling]
-[door creaks]
-[Ben whistling]
Ronnie.
[Ben] Baby, I'm sorry.
[papers rustling]
Now, I want you to come in here.
I wanna make love to you.
Babe!
Ariella?
[footsteps clacking]
Ariella?
Babe, where you going?
I was just gonna make us dinner.
-Wait.
-[door creaks]
[Ariella panting]
Where are you gonna go?
Where are you gonna go?
[Ariella panting]
[people shouting]
[engine roaring]
[Ariella panting]
[man] Hallelujah!
[Ariella panting]
[horns honking]
[Ariella panting]
[horns honking]
[Ariella panting]
[Ariella sobbing]
[man] Are you okay?
-[Ariella] Don't touch me!
-Can I help?
-Are you sure you're okay?
-I need a phone.
Can I have a phone please?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Please, thank you [panting].
[phone ringing]
[horn honks]
Ronnie? Ronnie, please
can you come and get me.
[Ronnie] Right now?
-Please, hurry.
-[Ronnie] Okay.
Where am I?
[man] You're on the
corner of Greek Street
and Shaftsbury Avenue.
Corner of Greek Street
and Shaftsbury Avenue.
Yes, please hurry.
Please, thank you.
[Ronnie] All right, lemme come.
Okay, bye. [panting]
Thank you.
[man] You want us to
call the police for you?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, it's just some
bitch at the club.
-All right, take care, yeah?
-Thank you, yeah.
[Ariella panting]
[indicator clicking]
[Ronnie]
You see her? Pull her up.
There she is.
She's over there, pull up.
Just park here in front.
Let me get out.
[car beeps]
[car door slams]
Hiya, hiya, come on,
come on, come on.
Let's get out of here.
It's not safe, all right?
Get in.
[car door slams]
Come on Solly, let's go.
[car door slams]
Relax, relax, relax.
You lay low with me till
tomorrow morning, okay?
You will tell me everything?
Good, then we can get him.
I'm so sorry.
You'll be safe with me.
Thank you.
[Ronnie]
Solly, make a right here.
[indicator clicking]
[distant siren wailing]
You okay, all right?
-Thank you so much, Ronnie.
-No problem.
I'll look after you,
princess, won't I?
That's it, give us a smile.
[Ariella chuckles]
You're safe now.
Don't worry about a thing.
No one's gonna touch you.
No one's gonna harm you.
[indicator clicking]
[melancholy music]
[Ariella] No, no.
No Ronnie, no!
No, no, no, no, no,
what are you doing?
No, you said you
won't take me back!
No, you said you would--
[sobbing]
-Shh.
-Ronnie, no!
Shh, shh.
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
[Ben] Baby, it's me, it's
me, it's me, it's me.
Calm down, calm down,
calm down, calm down.
-Shh.
-No, no, no, don't do this.
It's me, baby, it's me.
You're home, you're
home, you're home.
No!
You're home, you are home.
It's me, you had me terrified.
Come here, you had me terrified.
You had me terrified.
Are you okay?
-Is she okay?
-Yeah.
[Ben] You okay?
Here, you're with me.
You're with me.
You're safe, you're safe.
You're with me, okay?
You're with me.
Hey, I'm here, I'm here.
God, I was so scared.
[people chatting]
[zipper rasps]
I booked you a flight,
and I put some money
in your account.
I can get your
passport today, okay?
I didn't want it to
end up like this.
Things just got so...
out of control. [chuckles]
You just have this effect
on people, Ariella.
You're so much stronger than me.
There's a way for you to do this
however you wanna do it.
My uncle hasn't got long left.
This is just from last night.
This is just the beginning.
We'll do this.
We'll keep paying him,
and then we'll have it all.
Just you and me.
[Arielle] I would tell myself
that it was out of love,
that he needed me, that he
wouldn't lie about this,
that I was saving him.
When I saw that money,
I was doing what was right.
I was finally being an adult,
and I was taking responsibility.
[emotional pop music]
["Don't Waste Your Time On Me"
by Michael Garsin]
Before love you're
like the rest of them
[Ariella] And so I took my bag.
It's tearing me apart
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
[Ariella] And I voluntarily
wheeled myself into hell.
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life on me
Leave me leave me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your life
on me me me me me
Don't waste your time on me
Don't waste your
life on me--
[doorbell buzzers]
[lighter clicks]
[Deborah speaking Hebrew]
[worshiper speaking Hebrew]
[Deborah speaking Hebrew]
[people chattering]
Remember, take care of her.
Remember, remember, no touching.
[gentle music]
[woman] So, are you
ready for another game?
[woman 2]
Yeah, absolutely.
[woman] Yeah, so we've got
40, 20, 12 to beat.
Hello let's just
[Ben] Look at David's son.
The moment he passed
away, he sold it,
and now it's a fringe theater.
A fucking fringe theater
in the heart of Soho.
Deborah is gonna be protected.
At the time of your passing,
70% of all of your
shares will go to me,
and I will manage everything,
and the rest of it
will go to Deborah,
and she will be looked after.
[Maxie] So Gerald, you've looked
all over this I presume?
It's all about legacy, yeah?
Leaving the business
in the right hands.
I think you're doing the
right thing, I may say it.
[Maxie] I'll think about it.
Are you sure you won't join
us for the Seder, Ronnie?
[Ronnie] I can't, I can't.
Are you studying
well my darling?
[Deborah] Yes, very hard.
-Good, I'm glad you're here too.
-[laughter]
Welcome everybody to my house.
[Deborah] Oh, thank
you for having us
On yet another Pesach.
[Deborah] Thank you.
[Maxie exhales]
Do you wanna start?
[Deborah] Should we start?
[Maxie coughs]
Oh, God.
I'll read, Dad.
No, no, no, I'm
fine, I'm all right.
I need my glasses.
Where did you last have them?
-My glasses.
-He had them in the car?
They'll be in his coat.
-I'll go
-[Maxie] I'll go.
[Deborah] I'll get them.
[Maxie groans]
[Gerald]
You sure you're fine?
[Maxie] Yes, I'm fine, I'm fine.
-[book thuds]
-[guests chattering]
-[pages rustling]
-[guests chattering]
[Maxie] You told
me you did go you.
You told me you spent five
years at [indistinct].
[woman] Rachel?
[Deborah]
"I wish to transfer 70%
of my shares in Stockman
Entertainment Limited
to Benjamin Stockman at
the time of my death.
The remaining 30% will
remain in my estate,
and hence to my daughter
Deborah Stockman."
[Maxie] Maybe four,
was it four or five?
Oh yeah, probably.
[Maxie] Yeah, probably.
[Rachel] Did you
guys have a good day.
[Ben] Yeah, it was fine,
just can do [indistinct].
[Rachel] Okay.
[Ben] Yeah, yeah.
Joe's been great
sort everything out.
But we've been looking
after this man,
making sure that he's alright.
[Ben chuckles]
Why is this night different
from all other nights?
[all] Because on this night,
we remember we were slaves.
[traffic humming]
So what do you wanna do?
Come on, don't be shy.
[Jack] I, uh--
Sex, please.
Mm.
[plastic rustling]
[zipper unzipping]
[clothing rustling]
[bed clattering]
[bed creaks]
[Jack panting]
[bed creaking]
[Ariella and Jack moaning]
[Ariella] Cum for me, baby.
[continues moaning]
Thank you Jack,
that was amazing.
[both panting]
You said that was 40, right?
[Ariella] Mm-mm.
Thank you.
See you around.
[door clatters]
-[Ariella] Are you okay?
-No, I'm not fucking okay.
What's wrong with you?
Just some John.
You?
It's my uncle.
The more ill he gets, the
more sorry I feel for him.
I don't fucking understand it.
Mm, it's normal.
It's just part of life.
You'll be okay.
Stop rubbing me.
I'm not a fucking child.
You need to put a smile
on your fucking face,
it's busy, yes?
-Love you.
-Yeah.
[Ariella] And so
this is how it went.
[grim music]
I can't even say for how
long. Maybe, maybe a year.
-[sign buzzing]
-[Ariella and client moaning]
[Anna] It's not too bad.
That's like one
direct train there.
So yeah, it's not
the end of the world.
You know, just like getting
back from somewhere really late.
It's really hard.
-Sometimes I think--
-[knocking on door]
[Ariella] You never know who's
coming through that door,
and that's the
worst part of it all.
Not the pain, or the
abuse, but the fear.
-[john] Yeah, there we go.
-[melancholy music]
-[Ariella moaning]
-Yeah.
[Anna]
So don't even think about it.
I promise you, when you've
done this a couple of times,
it's just...
it just becomes a normal.
It's not nice,
but I promise you this
will keep you going.
It means you don't have
to stop work, okay?
Okay.
[Anna] All right, pull it out.
Don't look at it.
It's not nice.
-Don't look at it.
-[Ariella grunts]
But that's gonna keep you
working on your period.
So you just do this in between
each guy, you'll be fine.
[Ariella] Okay.
[Ariella] I would service 10
to 20 men a day,
and I would hardly ever sleep.
[Ariella and client moaning]
[melancholy music continues]
[melancholy music continues]
I love you [chuckles].
Mm. Mm-hm.
[Ariella]
He would take me out and--
[Ben smooching] You're
incredible, you know that?
You make me feel, I
don't know, different.
-You make me feel--
-[lips smacking]
Say yes then you
stupid fucking cunt!
[Ariella] He could get angry
if I didn't make enough, but--
I don't know, like complete
or something, you know.
[Ariella] What relationships
don't have fights, right?
-Uh--
-Stay.
I have to be--
I have to meet somebody.
I have to meet
somebody, it's late.
Maybe I can stay tomorrow.
Maybe I can stay tomorrow.
You're gonna stay tomorrow?
Yeah, yeah, I can do tomorrow.
Oh, gorgeous [chuckles].
[Leandra speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Leandra speaking Portuguese]
-[Ariella speaking Portuguese]
-[Leandra speaking Portuguese]
[Ariella moaning]
[john 2] Get on the bed on
all fours right now.
-[bed creaking]
-[Ariella moaning]
[Ariella] Sometimes
the police would come.
-And once, I even got arrested.
-[indistinct shouting]
[Detective Gold] who's Ben?
My boyfriend.
[Ariella]
But I told them the truth.
-Ben was my boyfriend.
-[door slams]
-[recorder beeps]
-[Gold] It's off. No boyfriend,
nobody who loves you
would want you to do this.
[Ariella] I wanted to do this.
[Gold] I know him.
You're not the first
person who's been here.
I'm sorry to say
you're not the first,
but maybe, maybe you
could be the last.
[Ariella moaning]
-I love you.
-I love you.
Do you really wanna
be doing this?
-[door banging]
-Come on, why did you come here?
-Hey baby.
-[Gold] For that?
[john 3 grunting]
[heart pounding]
I want you to take this,
please, please, please.
It's from a charity.
It's nothing to do with me.
It's nothing to do
with the police.
You don't have to
say anything to me.
-[lips smacking]
-[Ben] Hey babe, you all right?
[Gold]
Ariella, your passport.
Ben.
[Ben] They didn't give you
anything, did they?
-You mean--? No.
-[Ben] Like a, I don't know,
a number, something,
I don't know.
No, they didn't
give me anything...
except a hard time.
[Ben and Ariella chuckle]
So you're gonna take me out?
-[Ben] Yeah.
-[Ariella] Yeah?
[Ben] Yeah, where'd
you wanna go?
[Ariella] That
place on the corner.
[footsteps clacking]
[Gold] If you think
for one single second
that this could be you, then
you should call that number.
They can get you out.
They can get you home.
You know, if you ever left
me, I'd jump in this water.
[Ariella] No, you'd jump in the
Water?
Yeah, if you ever did.
-That's crazy.
-I would jump.
And you can't swim
in this water either.
[Ariella] So jump from the
top of the thing.
I'm being serious.
-[Ariella ] Yeah?
-Yeah.
[Ariella] Or are you saying
you'd die without me?
I'm saying that I
wouldn't wanna live, yeah.
Would you, would you wanna
live if I wasn't here?
-Probably not.
-Yeah?
All of your years,
you never loved?
Never met anyone.
Never met anyone, no.
You meet people, but
it's not the same.
It's not this.
[Ariella]
But you're so handsome.
You're so--
-Yeah, but it's not about that.
-[Ariella] You're a catch.
It's about the mind--
It's about the mind though.
It's about how we think.
It's about the
connection that we have.
It's different than
anything I've ever had.
You have never had this before.
-[Ariella] It's not.
-It doesn't happen.
-[Ariella] Not in this world.
-It doesn't happen.
Doesn't happen anywhere,
it doesn't happen here.
But I'm lucky.
-Baby.
-[Ben] Maybe we're both lucky.
Mm.
-Huh, you scared?
-It's not-- Yeah, I am scared.
I am scared.
Yeah, I'm scared a little bit.
I don't know whether you
wanna go back to Brazil.
-You wanna?
-No, no.
No.
I just want it to
be just us, like--
-It will be just us.
-Yeah, yeah.
Unless we have children,
then it won't be.
-Just, yeah.
-But I don't want that yet.
No, I don't want
that either, no.
-But maybe one day.
-Yeah.
They'd be beautiful.
-They would be beautiful.
-They'd be so beautiful.
They would be beautiful
children, yeah.
They'd have your eyes.
And they would have your heart.
-[gentle music]
-[lips smacking]
Wow.
[Ariella] What?
I just wanted to thank you
for being the way
that you are with me.
I know I'm not always the
easiest person to be around, so.
No.
No, I know, but sometimes
I can be, you know?
You know how I could
be sometimes, and I--
Everybody has those
times though, right?
Yeah, they do, yeah.
But not everyone can be
the way you are about it.
You know what I'm saying?
So, thank you.
You can go anywhere
you wanna go.
And do anything.
[Ben]
And be anyone you wanna be.
Maybe I'll change my name.
-[Ben] Oh yeah?
-Mm-mm.
[Ben]
What are you gonna change it to?
-Mrs. Stockton.
-Yeah.
-[Ben] Yeah?
-Maybe.
-[Ben] Sounds good, right?
-If you ask me.
I do have to ask you I suppose.
Ariella Stockman. Stockman.
-[Ariella chuckling]
-[Ben] Mrs. Stockman.
-Mrs. Stockman.
-[Ben] Ariella Stockman.
-Oh!
-Oh, I-- Does it suit me?
[Ben]
Are you scared right now?
Are you scared?
-I'm not scared.
-[Ben] No?
-Are you scared?
-[Ben] No.
That sounds--
You ever you thought
you'd a wife?
[phone vibrating]
[Ariella crying]
[paper crumpling]
[Ariella] This was my life,
this was my job.
It wasn't my dream job.
But who does their dream job?
And soon, I forgot.
I was grateful to him
for giving me this
opportunity, this life.
[bell tolling]
[Gerald]
Mazel, congratulations, Maxie.
Great, okay.
Well, I think we ought to
propose a toast to Maxie.
He's here, the future
of the business
and everything we've
worked so hard for.
-L'chaim!
-L'chaim!
-[glasses clinking]
-[gentle music]
[gentle music continues]
["The Angels in Bethlehem"
by Michael Garsin]
A savior's born
Here's the file from
the arrest, okay?
I had to pull a lot of
strings to get this for you.
Am I a good lawyer or
am I a good lawyer?
[Deborah chuckles]
[Laura]
She still won't testify though.
Yep, her, Ariella.
[Deborah] This is perfect.
[Laura] You know, Deb,
your dad has signed a
last will and testament.
You know, if Ben is arrested,
it doesn't necessarily mean
that you'll inherit
your dad's shares.
You know that, right?
[Deborah] They're
starting palliative care.
[Laura] What's that?
[Deborah] It's end of life care.
There's nothing
more they can do.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
[Deborah] Oh, it's sweet home
when it happens.
It's for you.
[Laura] Have you considered
power of attorney?
[Deborah] What's that?
[Laura]] When a relative is no
longer able to manage their
estate or their legal matters,
they might be ill or
they might be elderly,
someone else can get the
power to exercise that right.
So?
So it means you, my dear,
would make all the
business decisions.
You would put all your
dad's shares into your name.
While he's alive,
you put them all into your name,
but you leave one
in your dad's name,
and then when he does pass away,
Ben will inherit 70%
of that one share.
70% of one share?
[Laura] Yep.
What do I have to do
to make that happen?
[Laura] Oh, it's all on the
government website.
Fill in the form, print it off.
Your dad signs it, you sign it.
An independent witness
signs it, and that's it.
We'll meet at dad's later,
and send me the
link for that form.
[Laura] Sure.
Deb!
Look, we don't have much time.
This is a big deal
Laura for all involved.
Okay.
[gentle music]
The angels came
On Christmas day
It feels like heaven
Can we have a look at
this one, please?
-[attendant] Of course.
-Thank you.
Sleeping with my head
up on your shoulder
Can we try it on?
[attendant]
Yeah, certainly.
I've never been
hugged before
[Ben] Okay.
I've never been
kissed before
I stand up perched on a star
On a star
'Cause I'm loving you
Thank you sir.
This is beautiful.
[Ariella] Mm, my hair again.
I've never been
hugged before
I've never been
kissed before
[mellow music continues]
We'll take it.
[attendant] Fantastic.
Thank you.
[Ben] Actually, can you, um--?
[attendant] Of course.
[rings jingling]
[mellow music continues]
Let's try that one.
There you go.
Sleeping with my head
up on your shoulder
[siren wailing]
[foreboding music]
[door clattering]
[dishes clanking]
Hello you.
-Hiya.
-Gimme a kiss.
I have some news.
Mm?
He signed.
[door creaks]
[Sofia crying]
Shh, shh.
[Sofia crying]
[tense music]
Maxie, I need you to
sign something for me.
Come on, take the pen.
This is what we discussed.
Do you remember?
Come, gimme your hand.
I just need you to sign this,
just so that Deborah can look
after everything for you,
keep it all safe, the
properties, the businesses.
Come on, just sign there.
Fantastic, well done.
Okay, and the next one just
here as well.
That's it.
[phone ringing]
You're doing so well, that's it.
[phone vibrating]
[tense music continues]
Gerry.
It's bad news, I'm afraid.
Um, I'm with the old man.
Oh, dad.
[Gerald] He's handed power
attorney over to Deborah.
Okay.
How long do we have?
[Gerald] Legally, she could sort
it out very, very quickly.
Tomorrow afternoon,
Deborah could drain all
of Maxie's shares into her name
and leave you with 70% of
nothing when he passes.
It's unfortunate.
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
Goodbye, Maxie.
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[pensive music]
[pensive music continues]
[pensive music continues]
[phone ringing]
Ronnie, the chairman's
gone with the lady.
Send in my regards
tomorrow morning,
otherwise it's too late.
It's unfortunate, Ron.
It's very unfortunate.
[lock clicks]
[Maxie heaving]
[footsteps rustling]
[door rattling]
-[maid] How are you, Ron?
-How's he doing?
-Not well at all.
-Can you get us a cup of tea?
Ronnie?
This is for the best.
Thank you.
[Maxie gasping]
Shh, shh, shh.
[dishes clinking]
[singer singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[singer continues
singing in Hebrew]
[lips smacking]
[Laura] Wish you long life.
My cousin [speaking Hebrew].
Thank you, appreciate it.
Wish you long life, Deb.
Don't worry, I'll
look after you.
If you think I'm
gonna let you have it,
you grubby little pimp.
I'm gonna take you for
everything you have.
You understand me?
Don't make a scene, Deborah.
Rachel, let's go.
[Deborah] Walk away, I'll
see you in court!
Walk away, go on, pimp!
[gentle melancholy music]
Coward.
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[john 3 panting]
[gentle melancholy
music continues]
[reporter] One man
who's at the front
of this [indistinct],
Maximillian, Maxie Stockman.
Maxie opened the first
strip club in the world,
The Lions Club.
It still operates today.
I'm here to meet up with
Maxie's great nephew
and recent heir Ben Stockman
to discuss his uncle's legacy,
the future of The Lions Club,
and recent allegations
against him
by Maxie's daughter, Deborah.
They've always wanted to
rid my uncle of his license,
um, and that's
what that was about.
They wanted to rid
him of his license
so that they can come in
and take control over
another Soho property...
-[reporter] Right.
-...and continue
just to rip the heart
and the soul out of
this entire area.
[reporter]
Unsuccessful, they were,
as Maxie's Soho empire grew
as the Lord of Soho continued
to buy property in the area,
many of which you'll see
a strange handwritten sign
on the door.
Hiya, come on in.
[reporter] How long have
you been doing this for?
[Anna] Um, so, God, it must be
about 15 years now.
um, I actually was at
medical school,
just trying to figure out
how to pay the fees.
The money starts rolling in
and then you get regular
clients and taking holidays.
I'm doing things I'd
never done before.
I'm not from money.
[reporter] And what do you
think of people who say
that prostitution is all
related to human trafficking?
[sighing]
I don't think all
prostitution is related
to human trafficking in
any way, shape or form.
Some girls get very unlucky,
some girls are not smart enough
to know what's going
on around them.
Other girls, unfortunately,
have very unsupportive families
who push them into this,
and then pretend that they
don't know what's going on.
Everybody knows what's going on,
but people turn a blind eye.
And to be honest with you,
most of the girls that I know
that have been trafficked,
they've got a nice lifestyle.
The rent is the issue.
You know?
Look at the buildings.
They need these back.
They want us out.
They want--
They want the rent.
I just really came here
because I fell in love
and it wasn't like I
was happy where I was.
[reporter] And he
knows what you do?
[chuckles]
Uh, yes, yes he does.
[reporter] What does he do?
He, mm--
He's a businessman.
[chuckling]
It's just a job.
It's just enough to
keep me independent
and pay for everything
that I need.
[paper rustles]
[thunder rumbles]
[Deborah] Look.
I don't believe you.
How?
[Ariella] I don't know,
Photoshop or something.
Let me show you, and then
I'll never come back.
I swear on my daughter's
life, please Ariella.
Do you know what
this is like for me?
The guilt?
Please, let me help
you bubba, please.
What are you afraid
of the truth?
What did he say?
That he'll be with you?
That he'll marry you?
Well then, why hasn't he?
My father's dead.
What's stopping him?
[knock on door]
I have to work.
[john 4 in other room]
Thank you.
I'll be outside
waiting all night.
[footsteps clacking]
[john 5] Hey gorgeous.
[Leandra]
How you doing baby?
I'm good, yourself?
[Leandra] Yeah,
I'm really good.
So what, you want?
Something exotic.
-[Leandra] Yeah?
-[john 5] Yeah.
[Leandra] You sexy baby.
[john 5]
Where are you from?
[Leandra] I'm
from Brazil, baby.
[john 5]
Brazil, very nice.
[Leandra] Very nice.
[Leandra giggling]
[john 5] And your friend,
where's she from?
[Anna] I'm
from Russia, baby.
-[thunder rumbles]
-[distant siren wailing]
[rain pattering]
-[doorbell buzzes]
-[door creaks]
-[footsteps clacking]
-[rain continues pattering]
[wipers whooshing]
[Ariella] Why are
you doing this?
[Deborah] Just watch.
[gentle music]
[gentle music continues]
[Ariella] You're sick. You're
fucking sick, you know that?
I don't even know
why I came with you.
I feel sorry for you.
Just leave me alone.
It's his cousin.
[Deborah] Then why
is he staying over?
[Ariella] I don't know, he's
babysitting or something.
[Deborah] It's not his cousin;
it's his wife.
-[gentle music continues]
-[rain pattering]
I'm so sorry.
He's tricked you.
You are a victim, bubba.
You've been trafficked.
There's no shame.
It's not your fault.
It's not your fault.
[emotional pop music]
[car door slams]
I'm in control
You never told me
-[banging on door]
-You have a fucking wife?
Hold me tonight
I am in your control
-Ben!
-[banging on door]
I'm in control
[Ben]
Babe, it's over between us.
She means nothing to me.
You just told me
you fucking love me.
How can I be so fucking blind?
I'm your whore!
[Ben] Baby, I do love you.
-Of course, I love you!
-I'm your slave!
Do not listen to a
fucking word she says.
She wants it for herself.
She's trying to get
in your fucking head!
Fuck you!
[Ben] Baby, please, just
think about this, okay?
I will kick her out
the house right now
if you just come
inside, please, baby.
I want my daughter
to meet her new mama.
Please, baby, just
come inside, please.
Ariella, come on!
Just come inside please.
I explain it.
I'll explain it to
you, Ariella, please!
Ariella, please, please
don't get in the car.
Please, please, please!
Don't drive off.
Do not fucking drive the
car Deborah I'm warning you.
Do not fucking drive the car.
-Just do not fucking--
-[Ariella] Drive the car!
-[both shouting indistinctly]
-[banging on window]
I'm fucking warning you, do
not drive the
fucking car off.
Do not drive the fucking car--!
-[car engine roaring]
-[emotional music continues]
[emotional music continues]
-[Ben exhaling]
-[emotional music continues]
Baby, you there?
[Ariella]
What do you fucking want?
Just tell me.
To testify; to
speak to the police.
-No.
-Come on camera then,
just talk to the camera,
then you can go home.
I'll help you, I'll pay.
I don't want your fucking money.
Just let me out please.
-[door thuds open]
-[rain pattering]
Think of the other
girls, Ariella.
Do you think it stops with you?
I know you don't
want to hear this,
but you can make a difference.
I can't do this without you.
I just wanna go home.
[Deborah] And then what?
He won't find you?
He knows where you live, right?
-Your family.
-[car door slams]
I mean, what do you
think he'll do to them?
Please, Ariella, just
think for a second clearly.
Just tell me your story.
I-- I won't judge you.
You're a victim.
-Stop fucking saying that.
-[Deborah] I'm sorry.
-[Deborah sighing]
-[seatbelt clattering]
You think this is your fault.
You think you made
decisions, but you didn't.
It's all his tactics.
You think you made all
these decisions voluntarily,
but that's the trafficking.
We've been made to believe
it's just a violent crime,
but really, it's
not, not normally.
And I know that hurts you
because you are fiercely
intelligent, and street smart,
and emotionally intelligent,
so you don't want
to accept the truth.
I'm stupid.
That even someone like
you with all your brains,
and your passion,
and your ambition can
fall victim to this crime,
because it's not a crime
of the head, bubba,
it's of the heart.
It can happen to anyone.
[Deborah scoffs]
I've seen them do
this my whole life.
Do you really want anyone
else to ever go through this?
No, no, I don't.
Please, please will you testify?
Just tell me your story tonight,
and tomorrow you go home.
I need my stuff, I
need my passport.
Can you take me?
Come on, let's go.
[seat belt clicks]
[engine roars]
[seat belt clicks]
[engine roars]
I can't be the first person.
Now we get him.
We shut it down.
It's over, you can go home.
[bids chirping]
["Plan B" by Holly Carmen]
[mellow music]
I'm never gonna be happy
Don't bother calling me baby
'Cause I've heard it all
So I can't fall in deep
And I bet you
don't think I see
When your head turns 180
Now that I know
You're quick to let go
Lemme tell you
I never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be
-[Ariella winces] Ow.
-Never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be anyone's baby
Never gonna be
Never gonna be
Never gonna be--
[photo crumples]
[zipper rasps]
[footsteps clacking]
-Hey.
-[Ariella] Hey.
We'll leave for the
airport in 15 minutes.
-That's okay?
-[Ariella] Thank you, Deborah.
And you have your confirmation
and boarding pass on your phone?
-[Ariella] Yeah.
-Can I check the details?
My husband picked it.
He's a bit of an idiot.
-[chuckles]
-[Ariella] Yeah, sure.
Thank you.
Oh, I forgot my
glasses, one second.
[birds chirping]
[car engine roaring]
-[Ariella] Deborah!
-[car door slams]
-Deborah!
-[door rattling]
-[banging on door]
-Deborah!
[footsteps clacking]
-[Deborah] Ben.
-Deborah.
Have you got something for me?
-Shall we do this?
-[Deborah] Gentlemen.
[footsteps clacking]
[Ariella gasps]
Great.
[no audible dialog]
[Laura]
Great, excellent, there you go.
Good.
-Nice doing business with you.
-[Laura] You too, thank you.
Thank you.
[Gerald] Thank you very much.
[indistinct chattering]
[Deborah]
See you Monday then partner.
[Ben]
Pleased we can sort this.
-[Deborah] Me too.
-Come here.
Do you mind taking
Gerry home for me?
Car's open.
[car door slams]
[car engine roaring]
[Ben] Go to a hardware
store, get two shovels,
and you wait for my call.
[Ariella crying]
[dog barks]
[Ben sighs]
-[dramatic whooshing]
-[Ben] Shut up!
-[dramatic whooshing]
-[Ariella panting]
You're a whore.
I've met so many like you.
You're all the same;
desperate, weak, easy.
I've known about you, Ariella
for years from your cousin.
[Ariella panting]
[footsteps clacking]
[wheels rattling]
[plastic rustling]
[car boot slams]
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
[lips smacking]
Get off me.
[dramatic music continues]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[Ben] Oh, oh, fuck.
Oh fuck!
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ariella]
Cum for me, baby!
[Ariella and Ben panting]
[dramatic music continues]
-[flesh squelching]
-[Ben groans]
[dramatic music continues]
[Ben gagging]
[Ben gasping]
[pensive music]
[water splashing]
[Ariella panting]
[footsteps clacking]
[pensive music continues]
[zipper rasps]
[tense music]
[dramatic music continues]
[tense music continues]
[tense music continues]
[door slams]
[birds chirping]
[suitcase wheels rattle]
[birds chirping]
[dramatic music]
[dramatic music continues]
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[dramatic music fades]