City of Dreams (2023) Movie Script
1
[Manuel commentating
in Spanish]
[Manuel continues commentary]
[crowd cheering]
[Manuel continues commentary]
[crowd clapping and cheering]
[soft music playing]
[man commentating]
[loud cheering]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
[chanting continues] Jess!
[loud cheering]
[crowd jeering]
[loud footsteps thudding]
[ominous music plays]
[imitates siren wailing]
[crowd chanting]
[Gustavo speaking Spanish]
[Gustavo grunts]
[cow mooing]
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[Gustavo speaking]
[Rico speaking]
[boys groan]
[crowd cheers]
[Jose speaking
indigenous language]
[in Spanish]
[car horn honking in distance]
[Rodrigo hoots]
- [car door opens]
- [car engine stops]
[car door closes]
[Rodrigo and Jose conversing]
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[Rodrigo laughing]
[in English] Mustang.
Style.
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[in Spanish]
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[car door opens]
[footsteps receding]
- [car door closes]
- [car engine starts]
[engine revving]
- [indistinct radio chatter]
- [station changes]
[upbeat music plays on radio]
[car pulls away]
[pop music playing on radio]
[pop music continues on radio]
[voice distorts]
[muffled laugh]
[police siren wailing]
[Stevens over speaker,
in English]
Pull over to the right, please.
[Jess breathing heavily]
Pull over to the right.
No, no, no, no, no.
[in Spanish]
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[Rodrigo, in English]
Good evening, Officer.
[Stevens] Any particular reason
you rolled through that stop?
Stop? Uh, I-I'm sorry.
Look at my finger.
Follow it
without moving your head.
[suspenseful music plays]
You see? Ready for church.
[compartment opens, closes]
That your son?
Yes.
How old is he?
Fifteen.
- Hm.
- A little late
for school night, no?
Where does he go to school?
Uh, it's a private school
in Sherman Oaks.
- Good for you.
- Yeah.
Doing pretty well.
What kind of business you in?
I have my own company.
There it is.
"Celebrity Travel."
Must roll with some
pretty big enchiladas, right?
I'm not supposed to say,
but I just put Ricky Martin's
husband in a Miami cruise.
- No, you did not.
- Yeah, he's my friend.
- He's my friend.
- No shit.
Family friend.
You got any ID for the boy?
Yeah.
Watch the stops.
- [footsteps receding]
- [police car door opens]
[police car engine starts]
[Rodrigo speaking indistinctly]
Wakey-wakey.
[in Spanish]
[exclaims]
[in English] Wakey-wakey.
We're home.
[in Spanish]
- [banging on door]
- Cesar!
- Cesar!
- [locks clacking]
Hm.
[in English] There he is.
[in Spanish]
- [Cesar, in English]
Hey, hey, hey.
- Hey, Qu?
[in Spanish]
[in English] Style.
[in Spanish]
[in English] Come on, homie.
Hey, it's okay.
- Watch your step.
- [door closes]
Watch out. Let's go.
Come on, homie.
It's cozy, right?
[switch clicks]
Come on. Come on, homie.
- [man 1 coughing]
- Let's go.
Here's your spot.
So, breakfast is at 6:00.
First shift, 6:30.
Lunch at noon.
Second shift, 12:30.
Dinner's at 7:00.
The last shift till 11:00,
and boom,
lights out at midnight.
You know how we do, homie.
You'll crush it.
[footsteps receding]
[man 2 snoring]
[man commentating in Spanish
on TV]
[ominous music playing]
[man continues commentating]
[man exclaims]
[man yelling] Goal!
[loud cheering on TV]
[loud whirring]
[loud whirring continues]
[air hissing]
[loud whirring]
[Elena giggles]
[Gordo sighs]
[soft music plays]
[machines whirring loudly]
[foot pedal thudding]
[clicking]
- [thudding]
- [chair creaks]
- [speaking Spanish]
- [Cesar, in English] Hey!
What you doing, homie?
This ain't your daddy's shop.
You break it, you buy it, huh?
Hey, hey! Look at me!
Are you sordo, pendejo?
- [El Jefe] Cesar!
- [gasps]
[sewing machines turn off]
[in Spanish]
[El Jefe speaks]
[in English]
This is not Tijuana.
Sorry, Jefe.
He push it too hard.
I told him, and...
He did this.
[El Jefe]
Are you okay, hermanito?
[shaky breathing]
What is your name?
[in Spanish]
[ominous music plays]
Jess.
[in English] From Puebla.
The free land of Puebla.
[ominous music intensifies]
What is the truth?
The truth is that as much
as we want to be free...
we live and we die together.
This is America.
Now we all gotta pay, papi.
[sighs]
[banging on blackboard]
- [Cesar] Back to work.
- [machines turn on]
Come on,
this isn't Acapulco, eh?
[machine turns on]
[machines whirring loudly]
[mouthing]
[indistinct chatter]
- [banging on door]
- [worker] Hurry up!
Come with me.
Come with me, cabrn.
Look at me, puto. Look at me!
I'm this close
to becoming a manager.
So I don't care
if you're sick, stupid,
or your machine blows up.
You mess with me again, eh,
and I'm gonna scramble
your pinga, guey.
- [pained grunting]
- [sizzles]
Welcome to the family, cabrn.
[clothes iron thuds]
- [shaky breathing]
- [door opens]
[indistinct chattering]
Are you okay?
Does it hurt?
[somber music plays]
Do you wanna see?
You don't say much, do you?
Did you ever?
Where is she?
My father's back in Mexico.
I haven't seen him
in a long time.
[somber music continues]
[Cesar] Lights out, homies.
Let's go.
I'm Elena.
Good night.
[switch clicks]
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[distant phone ringing]
[line ringing]
- [operator] The number
you have reached is not--
- [phone thuds]
[distant phone ringing]
[footsteps]
[tense music plays]
[tense music continues]
[Lucille] Tell me,
what do you love about Him?
He...
He taught me
to love my neighbor...
and my enemies...
and God.
[Lucille] And while you seek
with this empty devotion,
you forgot to love
the only person that matters.
Tell me,
what do you love about yourself?
[breathes deeply]
I don't know.
There is nothing a man god
can teach you about love.
[tense music playing]
[Cesar] Back to work!
Let's go! Come on, this isn't
Puerto Vallarta. Let's go!
[woman 1, in Spanish]
[woman 2, in Spanish]
[machines whirring loudly]
[banging on door]
[Cesar, in English]
Let's go, homie!
[zipper zips]
- [toilet flushes weakly]
- [car engine revs, stops]
[dispatch over radio]
Tenant's name is Marcus Ponceo.
No wants, no warrants.
Check for associates by the name
of Rodrigo Ramirez, please.
- [cell phone whooshes]
- 10-4, Alpha 112.
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
- [knocking on door]
- [Carlitos] Cesar,
the police are outside.
Get out of here.
[distant chattering]
[suspenseful music plays]
[Cesar] May I help you?
Yes.
Uh, I'm looking for Rodrigo.
- Who?
- Rodrigo.
Rodrigo Ramirez.
I don't know any Rodrigo, dawg.
[chuckles] Oh, no?
That's funny
'cause I think he knows you.
Sorry, pap.
See, his car pulled in here
the other night, so...
Parking's tight around here.
I don't know what to tell you.
Can I see some ID?
[chuckles]
Is there a problem, Officer?
No, just a routine, uh,
suspicious call.
Make a little report,
that's all.
[in Romanian]
[police dispatch, in English]
2-11 in progress,
444 South Flower Street.
All units proceed.
Officers need backup.
[in Romanian]
[in English] Copy that.
[Cesar] People come, people go.
My father's business.
Kind of business you in?
The busy kind.
- Maybe I'll just wait,
if you don't mind.
- [police car door closes]
It's a free country, isn't it?
Kind of hot. How about inside?
Fuck you, huh?
Sir, 2-11 in progress.
All units requested.
You talk to your papa
with that mouth?
Get a warrant,
motherfucker, huh?
You can't come up in here
like this.
I know my fucking rights, huh?
[grunting]
[Cesar groans]
[in English]
Sir! Officers need--
- Officers need backup.
- [shouting in Spanish]
- All units requested.
- [continues shouting
in Spanish]
[Cesar continues shouting
in Spanish]
[continues shouting in Spanish]
[Cesar spits, groans]
[Jess grunting]
[El Jefe, in English]
My son, Christian,
his job was always the same.
Get the milk.
[ominous music playing]
Sitting in the right place,
using the right style.
But some days,
no matter what you did,
the cow was in a bad mood,
so she wouldn't give you milk.
But I show him the way.
[Jess breathing heavily]
Yes, I show him the way
to make her happy.
If you kiss her gentle...
[imitates sucking sound]
...the cow would think that
one of her babies is feeding,
so she would give you
all the milk you wanted.
But still,
my son was always slow.
My wife would tie his feet
and beat him
until she could fill a glass
with his blood.
She said that this would remove
weakness from his body.
[faucet squeaks open]
- But she was right.
- [Jess whimpering softly]
My wife spoke the truth.
[shaky breathing]
It was weakness.
It was just weakness.
[Jess whimpering]
[door slams close]
This is gonna tickle, a little.
[Jess whimpering]
[Jess yells in pain]
[loud cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
[scraping]
[dramatic music continues]
- [camera shutter clicks]
- [loud cheering continues]
[footsteps thudding]
[dramatic music continues]
[loud cheering]
[whip cracks]
[no audible sound]
[whip cracks]
[crowd jeering]
[whip cracks]
[chains jingling]
[footsteps thudding]
["El Party"
by Stephen Justiniano playing]
[heavy breathing]
[Elena whispering] Hey.
Hey.
- [gasps]
- Shh! Shh!
You'll wake Cesar.
It's okay. I just wanna help.
It's okay.
It's okay.
This will help.
It'll stop the burning.
Can I?
Turn around.
Careful, careful, careful.
Yes, okay.
Okay, hold your breath.
This is gonna hurt.
[Jess wincing]
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Sorry.
Are you okay?
[chains jingling]
Good night, Jess.
[door closes]
[footsteps receding]
[dramatic music plays]
[breathing deeply]
[man commentating in Spanish]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
- [loud cheering]
- [somber music plays]
[somber music continues]
[no audible sound]
[somber music intensifies]
[light instrumental music plays]
[music fades]
[El Jefe, in English]
I have to meet
the quota this month.
Loss is relative, isn't it?
I cannot lose another worker.
[tense music plays]
[sewing machines turn off]
[tense music continues]
It's...
from a long time ago.
Mine too.
But I promised myself
it would never happen again.
And I can promise you the same.
[Cesar] Back to work.
[machines turn on]
Remember when I told you
about my father?
That I hadn't seen him
in a very long time?
My mother told me
he left before I was born.
I used to always ask her
when he was coming back.
And she would say...
"When you grow up
and make a name in the world."
I always dreamed,
if I became a designer...
people would know my name...
and he would come back.
[sobs softly] I'm sorry.
I have to do this.
I'm sorry.
[Elena sobs]
[somber music plays]
[somber music fades]
- [knock on door]
- [Macavay] Come on in, Andy.
[paper rustles]
So, "Officer enters premises
and conducts
unauthorized search.
When asked to produce a warrant
officer assaults citizen
without cause."
Anything to add?
Sounds like a pretty bad egg.
He made your plates.
Review board meets Friday.
Either way,
our victim's pressing charges.
You're gonna jam me up because
some guy in the rat squad
is putting the finger on me
on the word of some guy
in Echo Park?
[Macavay] The victim
has two avulsed molars
and witnesses.
He came at me
with a screwdriver.
What do you want me to do,
talk therapy?
[Macavay] Look, I don't want you
within a hundred yards
of that guy or that place.
That'll be all.
I got IRS filings,
business tax, property taxes.
Uh, they're all clean.
They also got a bunch
of places. LA, Ventura,
San Gabriel, Vernon, Anaheim.
I mean, looks of those returns,
they're slaying.
And they're actually having
a charity event next week
for Greyhound rescue--
All right, stop.
If it was me, I would go back
to Harvard and 2nd,
and I would take
detailed descriptions
of anyone and everyone
who goes in and out
of that place,
as well as get the tag
and the vehicle numbers.
Check and see if it shows up
in any other places.
Sir, IA says we can't be within
a hundred yards of the premises.
They said I can't.
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[distant phone ringing]
[praying in indigenous language]
[no audible sound]
- [cries]
- [gasps, breathing heavily]
[male worker snoring]
[male worker snoring loudly]
[snoring continues]
[woman inhales, moans]
[woman moans softly]
- [phone ringtone plays]
- [woman sighs]
[footsteps]
[door closes]
[Raul speaking Spanish
over phone]
[woman and Raul conversing]
[tense music plays]
[TV static]
[somber music plays]
[Jess whimpers softly]
[somber music continues]
[beeps]
[Lucille on TV,
in foreign language]
[Lucille in English]
Very good, my love.
[girl on TV] Please, don't.
I wanna go home. [sobs]
[Lucille on video camera]
Shh, shh. It's okay.
- [girl] Please, don't.
- [Lucille] There is nothing
wrong giving someone pleasure.
[door opens, closes]
- [indistinct chattering
over video camera]
- [footsteps approaching]
[tense music plays]
[running footsteps]
[distant police siren wailing]
[door closes]
[suspenseful music plays]
[groans]
[suspenseful music continues]
[shaky breathing]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[Adriana] Marco?
[Jess breathing shakily]
[in Spanish]
[El Jefe speaking]
[footsteps receding]
[trembling breath, gulps]
[footsteps]
- [El Jefe, in English] Gordo.
- [Gordo] Ninety-five.
[El Jefe] Edgar.
[Edgar] Seventy-six.
[El Jefe] Marcela.
[Marcela] Ninety-seven.
Carlitos.
One ninety.
Good.
You said I would be promoted...
once I finished my quota.
Right?
Yes, of course.
But the truth is...
one cannot make the quota.
We must make
the quota together... as one.
You should know this.
You're going to be a manager.
[whimpering softly]
No.
No.
[chair creaks]
Sit down.
You keep stealing from us.
[Carlitos sobbing]
You're never gonna let us leave.
You're never gonna let us leave.
Never! Never!
You're never gonna let-- Ah!
- [Carlitos grunts]
- [Cesar speaks]
Are you deaf, marica, huh?
- [Carlitos grunting]
- [punches landing]
[dark music playing]
[thuds]
[footsteps thudding]
[dark music continues]
[suspenseful music plays]
[no audible sound]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[locks clacking]
[in Spanish]
- [girl gasps]
- [Rodrigo exclaims]
[machines whirring loudly]
[tense music plays]
[footsteps receding]
[chattering in distance]
[heavy breathing]
[Rusanovschi, in English]
You ever thought
of being a detective, sir?
You might already have.
I knew this guy, Jimmy K,
took down a supplier
in Riverside
moving 30 keys a week
after a two-month operation.
And so what? New guy jumps in
moving 35 keys a week.
Made no difference.
So, Jimmy goes back
to the streets,
where he can get some action
and not sit
behind a desk forever.
But, you know, I'm guessing
maybe that's the type of person
that you are.
I'm not assuming that that's--
Rusky, could you shut
the fuck up?
Forever?
Thank you.
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music continues]
- [knock on van]
- [gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
[machines whirring loudly]
[indistinct chatter continues]
[loud whirring]
[worker shouting indistinctly]
[loud whirring]
[indistinct chattering]
[tense music plays]
[car horn honks]
[roll-up door clanking]
[engine stops]
They're getting
that bent out of shape
over wrong-colored hangers?
[Nazarian Sr. speaking Arabic]
[in English] Okay, I'll repack
and reship. My cost.
[in Arabic]
[heavy breathing]
[car door opens, closes]
[indistinct chattering]
[worker, in English]
Yeah! I'm coming.
Don't you worry about it.
- [Aram] Everybody has their
part, but not one department--
- Aram.
Pull all the Now 21 stuff.
What's the problem?
I'm psychic, and I had a vision
it's not gonna pass QC.
[grunts, curses in Arabic]
[in English]
Yeah, you must be psychic too,
'cause that's
the exact same reaction I had
when my father jammed
those wrong-colored hangers
up my ass.
So why don't you run back there
and tell those chinks
they better double time it.
Now!
[phone ringtone plays]
[man speaking Arabic]
[shaky breathing]
[ominous music plays]
[horn blaring]
[Nazarian, in English]
Hey, hey! There he is!
That's the kid!
That's the fucking kid!
Security, stop that fucking kid!
What the fuck
are you staring at?
Get up there and get him!
- You two, get up there!
- [worker] It isn't safe, boss.
[Nazarian] I don't give a shit!
Just get him down from there!
[indistinct arguing]
[Nazarian] Why the fuck
are you still over here?
I told you to get him!
[guard 1]
What the fuck are you doing?
Get down from there!
[Nazarian] What are you,
his fucking principal?
Go up there and get him now!
- [guard 1] Let's go!
- [Nazarian] Fuck! Go get him!
- Fuck! Don't let him get out!
- Yes, sir!
- [indistinct shouting]
- [action music playing]
[machines whirring loudly]
[both grunting]
[Nazarian]
I'm gonna fuck you up!
Get back here!
Goddamn it! Stop him!
- Get him! Now!
- [panting]
- [worker] Whoa! Hey!
Watch where you're going, kid!
- [Nazarian] Hey, stop him!
- [guard 2] Hey, kid, stop!
Get over here!
- [Nazarian] Grab him! Grab him!
[Nazarian] Stop him!
Stop that fucking kid!
Come on!
[Rusanovschi] Stop!
Stop right there! Police!
Police! Stop! Stop!
- [tires screech]
- [car horn blaring]
[indistinct shouting]
[indistinct chatter]
[seller] Shit,
I don't want panties. Whoa!
You're gonna pay for that,
you little motherfucker!
[Nazarian]
You're fucking kidding me!
[upbeat music playing]
[salesman 1]
Three dollars for the speakers.
[salesman 2]
We're all working here!
- [grunting]
- [Nazarian] Kid, come on! Stop!
He stole my phone!
- [seller 1] Jesus! Fuck!
- [objects clattering]
[woman speaking in Spanish]
[Nazarian panting loudly]
[seller 2, in English]
Hey, man, you wanna buy some?
6.99 each, 9.99 for two.
- [Nazarian] Ah!
- [seller 2] Okay, okay,
come back. I'll give you...
[car horn blares]
- [action music continues]
- [panting]
- [car horn blaring]
- Come on, man!
- Watch the fuck
where you're going!
- [driver] Fuck you, asshole!
Watch where you're going!
[panting]
[Nazarian] Watch it!
What a bloody moppet.
People have no awareness
of what's directly
in front of them.
[horn honking]
[Stevens] Look out for a young
Latino male, 12 to 14 years old,
5-foot, long black hair.
Last seen wearing
blue jeans and a soccer jersey,
heading south on Alvarado.
[indistinct chattering]
[panting] Look,
I am so sorry I'm late.
The 10 was a parking lot.
- It was absolutely--
- I don't care!
You can't come to work on time!
[continues shouting
indistinctly]
Get your school handbag!
Hey! [laughs]
Back to school, huh? I have
a good one for you, eh? 9.99.
You'll be the coolest cucumber
on campus.
[Nazarian]
Ah! I got you! [grunting]
- Ah!
- [objects clatter]
Stop that fucking kid!
He stole my phone!
Hi, can I take a minute
of your time? Help save
the duck-billed platypus!
[panting]
[R & B music playing
over speakers]
[Lisa] Baby, which of these
do you like better?
- Mo.
- Yeah, yeah.
Give me a second, sweetie.
- Seriously? Hey, just--
- Hey.
I-I-- I'm on it. I'm on it.
- Are you serious?
- What-- Sweetie, what?
All right.
God. Let me see.
This one is 19.99,
and this one is 9.99.
I love this. I love this one.
I love it.
- All right?
- Ugh. God, whatever.
Which of these
do you like better?
What do you think?
[Nazarian panting]
- Whoa. Sorry, homie.
- Excuse me.
[dressing room door opens,
closes]
- [air hisses]
- [inhales deeply]
Oh, my God! What are you--
Mo! Stop it!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- What are you doing,
you little bastard, huh?
- No, it was an accident!
I'm sorry, man!
I'm a designer! I'm a designer!
- Designer, my ass!
- You know,
this is a nice coat, man!
- A really nice coat!
- [indistinct shouting]
[Mo] Come back here!
[panting loudly]
Stop!
Goddamn it!
- [Jess grunts]
- Agh!
- Agh! Agh!
- [thudding]
Stop! Oh, goddamn it!
You little shit!
What are you doing?
You're gonna break
your fucking neck!
Do you wanna die?
[distant police siren wailing]
[panting]
- [car horn blares]
- [tires screech]
- [Jess grunts]
- [Stevens] Jesus Christ!
- [Rusanovschi]
Is he okay? Is he okay?
- Are you okay? We'll get some--
- Hey, what are you doing?
Look at me.
- Uh, um...
- A-Alpha 112,
we're requesting--
- Look me in the eyes.
- Get off the horn
and get the med bag.
- I can't--
We're making
an assessment here. Don't move.
Get off the radio
and get the fucking kit!
[Rusanovschi] Shit!
Easy. You okay?
You all right, buddy?
- You running from somebody?
- [Jess groans]
Habla ingls? Espaol? No?
- Is someone chasing you?
- Sir, shouldn't we call
an ambulance?
Yeah. Do that, Rusky.
- Call the, uh, bomb squad
and the SWAT team while--
- [Nazarian] Hey!
- Kid, you all right?
You got away from me there.
- Hey.
- [relieved sigh]
- Sir, is this your boy?
- Oh, no, he's my manager's son.
- Ah.
- Can I see some ID?
- Yeah, yeah, of course. Yeah.
I, uh, couldn't give his dad
the afternoon off.
Kid was going
a little stir-crazy.
Here's my card.
Lucky Fashion Group?
Oh, you know what they say,
"The clothes make the man,"
Officer.
"Naked people
have little or no"--
"...or no influence in society."
You have any, uh,
ID for the boy?
Uh, yeah, yeah.
Let me text his dad.
Have an all-hands-on-deck
situation there.
- Thousand shirts
going to the wrong state.
- [cell phone whooshes]
Having a real crazy day
at the office.
But, uh...
You're a Twain fan, huh?
That's, uh...
Whoa! Hey. Sorry, no.
He grabbed this out of my room.
Just got a bunch
of inventory logs
and price codes on it.
Boring stuff.
- Give it.
- All right.
Should be a camera in the trunk.
[exhales] It's, uh,
really boring stuff.
I think he thought there were
games on it or something.
Yeah. What'd you say
the boy's name was?
- Sergio.
- Sergio.
Family's Catholic. Strict.
Hm, yeah. Got an address?
- Uh, you and your dad live out
in, uh, Boyle Heights, right?
- Boyle Heights?
He said he lived on Harvard.
I don't think so.
Not unless they moved.
- We'll get little Sergio home.
- Officer, uh, look,
we're a small operation.
If any of our competitors
got a hold of that,
they could really chop
our legs off, you know?
Ain't it the size of the fight,
not the dog?
- Tell that to my old man.
- Not a Twain fan, huh?
Uh, not a fan of losses.
- [cell phone vibrates]
- Ah. Whoa.
Yeah, look.
His, uh, passport right here.
Says "Javier."
I have 500 employees, Officer.
Uh...
Play hide-and-seek
with all of them?
Tell you what,
send this to me, this number.
- Yeah.
- Gonna run this in.
Stay here, sir.
[dial pad beeping]
[line ringing]
- [Nazarian Sr., in Arabic]
- [in English] Baba, it's Leon.
- Listen. Get a pen.
- [in Arabic]
[in English] California license
plate number 4D0Q678.
[tense music plays]
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Um, you know what?
I just realized
that's not our numbers.
Those are--
Uh, it's a video
of, uh, me and my wife.
Our anniversary this past year.
You-you know?
- No, I don't know.
- Officer, please.
- Step back.
- Okay. Okay.
[beeps]
[muffled moaning]
[woman on video] Oh, my God!
Is it in? Is it in? Is it in?
[moaning]
[video camera beeps]
Gonna hold on to this
for a little while.
- We got your address.
You can go.
- Uh...
Officer Stevens,
you know when the devil
has nothing better to do,
he likes to fuck
his own children?
So, quit tickling my balls
and give me back my property,
or you're gonna need
a proctologist to remove
the lawsuit I jam up your ass.
- Oh, fuck! [groaning]
- [cell phone vibrates]
You're under arrest. You have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can
and will be held against you.
- On what charge?
- Threatening an officer
and child pornography.
There was nothing on that card!
- [Nazarian grunts]
- Sir, it's the captain.
Yeah?
[Macavay]
Andy, didn't I tell you
to stay away from these guys?
- Yeah, well,
he just took a shot at me.
- Well, I just got a call
where your name
was specifically mentioned.
- He's sitting
on a-a load of kiddie porn.
- You've seen it?
- I can smell it.
- Look, you've got enough heat
on you with the review board.
The last thing you need
is the DA all over you,
which is an absolute certainty
after the call I just got.
So, if you don't have enough
to bring him in,
write him up
and kick him loose.
- Let me put a tail on him
right now.
- That wasn't a request, Andy.
Let that guy and his kid go,
or I promise you, you will be
the one on all fours.
[call ends]
[tense music plays]
Cut him loose.
Fuck you.
Fuck you, you fucking pig!
You think that badge
gives you a right
to shit wherever you want?
- Get this shit off of me.
- [car door closes]
Let's go.
Let's go! Come on!
[footsteps]
[lock clicking]
[Jess breathing heavily]
[Jess grunting]
[squeaks open]
- [body thuds]
- [Cesar exhales]
[Jess grunting]
[lock clacking]
- [lock clicks]
- [breathes deeply]
[whip cracks]
[screeching]
[Shaman praying
in indigenous language]
[praying continues]
[Maria panting]
[Maria screaming in pain]
[indistinct whispering]
[Maria continues screaming
in pain]
[in Spanish]
[Maria panting]
[Jos speaking in Spanish]
[Maria cries in pain]
[grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[indistinct whispering]
[Maria breathes deeply]
[eerie music plays]
[loud cheering]
[crying]
- [eerie music stops]
- [crying stops]
[Maria breathing raggedly]
[long exhale]
[loud cheering]
[ethereal music playing]
[Shaman praying
in indigenous language]
[sobbing]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
- [loud cheering continues]
- [Shaman continues praying]
[ethereal music continues]
[music fades]
[lock clacks]
[in English]
Rise and shine, little pinguita.
[breathing deeply]
[horn honks in distance]
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[Rusanovschi]
I'd like to be sure.
[judge, over phone]
Well, a fake passport
isn't gonna cut it.
Sir, I understand,
but we've seen him
being taken in and out
of that place multiple times.
Doesn't mean he's still there.
Sir, I know there's more of them
in there.
- So, kick it to Homeland.
- They already gave me
the runaround.
These people have
no criminal history whatsoever.
What are we going on here?
[Rusanovschi] They're operating
out of residential locations
in rundown neighborhoods
through shell companies,
and we've got evidence
that they're harboring illegals.
[judge] Here's what I know.
The board ruled on your boy
Stevens this morning,
and he's looking at termination
for that shit he pulled.
That is total bullshit.
I was there.
- Request for a warrant denied.
- Yes, sir.
I'd quit poking around.
Catch my drift?
Copy that.
[phone thuds]
[boy speaking Spanish
over phone]
[El Jefe speaking Spanish]
[call ends]
[knocking on door]
[clicks tongue,
imitates bubbling sound]
[paper rustling]
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[machines whirring loudly]
[somber music plays]
[Juan speaking Spanish]
[somber music continues]
[chair creaks]
[in English] What you doing,
homie? [sniffles]
Sit down.
Get to work.
Are you dumb, huh?
Hey, what you doing? Sit down!
[sewing machine sputtering]
[sewing machines power off]
- [thudding]
- [grunting]
[Jess panting,
continues grunting]
[worker shushing]
[thudding continues]
[panting, grunts]
[thudding]
- [grunts]
- [dark music plays]
- [El Jefe panting]
- [workers whispering]
- [belt clinks]
- [chair creaks]
[Cesar]
Hey, hey, back to work, fatty.
Back to work!
- [grunting in pain]
- [belt cracking]
[door closes]
[dog barking]
[tense music plays]
- [belt cracking]
- [Jess grunting in pain]
[kicks landing]
- [Jess whimpering in pain]
- [belt cracking]
- [El Jefe grunting]
- [flesh squelches]
[belt cracking stops]
[Jess groans softly, panting]
[shaky breathing]
[breathing heavily]
[Jess breathing rapidly]
[breathing deeply]
[workers whispering]
[workers exclaim]
[lock clacking]
[clicks]
[door squeaking]
[breathing heavily]
[tense music continues]
- [Rusanovschi]
LAPD! Get on the ground!
- [all gasp]
Get on the ground now!
Get on the ground!
- Hands above your head!
217 in progress.
- Get back! Get back now!
2218 Harvard Street.
Officer requires
immediate backup.
- Let him go
and get on the ground!
- You can't do this.
No, you can't do this.
Listen to me!
Put the weapon down
and let the boy go.
- I did nothing wrong! Nothing!
- Get on the ground!
- Do it now!
- No!
I'm gonna kill this kid, okay?
[dispatch over radio]
217 in progress,
2218 Harvard Street.
- All units proceed.
- [officer] Copy that.
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[sirens wailing]
Even at night, I hear
the sound of those needles.
Let him go and talk to me, okay?
We can talk about this.
- No time for football. Nothing!
- Sir, listen to me!
- Just those fucking needles!
- Put the weapon down
and let the boy go!
- Calm down!
- What more do I have to do?
Tell me! Tell me!
- Calm down and let him go!
- LAPD! Hands in the air!
- Show me your hands!
- [Rusanovschi]
Put the knife down!
Drop the knife and get
on the ground, motherfucker!
- [sirens wailing]
- [tires screech]
- Charlie 213. I'm on scene.
- Whiskey 12. I'm on scene.
- Alpha 42. I'm on scene.
- Delta 315. Holding on scene.
[in Spanish]
[in English] Put the weapon down
and let the boy go.
[officer 1] Get down!
- We got a runner!
- Runner! Go, go, go!
[in Spanish]
- [in English] Let him go now!
- Get on the ground,
or I'll shoot you in the face!
[in Spanish]
[officer 1, in English]
Tango 42. I got one on foot.
Hispanic male, bald,
running out onto Harvard.
[dispatch over radio] Copy that,
Tango 42. Units are en route.
[El Jefe, in Spanish]
[in English] Look at him!
- Just look at him! He's a baby!
- Get on the ground,
motherfucker!
[in Spanish]
- [indistinct police radio
chatter]
- [police sirens wailing]
[horn blaring]
[in English]
Huh? Is this America?
Yes, this is America!
- I'm gonna put a fucking bullet
through your skull!
- Take the shot!
- I am America!
- Do you fucking hear me?
I am America!
- [indistinct shouting]
- [officer 2] Get down!
- I am America! I am America!
- [officer 3] LAPD! Hands in
the air! Show me your hands!
[Cesar, in Spanish]
[in English] Please, no! No!
Do not move, you hear me?
LAPD! LAPD!
No! I am America!
Shut the fuck up!
LAPD! Hands in the air!
- I am America!
- [officer 4] You piece of shit!
I-I am America!
[officer 5] Clear over here!
[officer 6] Clear!
[officer 7] Clear over here!
[Jess breathing heavily]
[officer 6] Clear!
- [officer 7] Clear!
- [Jess grunts softly]
- [somber music plays]
- [officer 6] Clear!
[Rusanovschi, softly] It's okay.
[officer 6] Clear!
[Rusanovschi] It's okay, baby.
I got you.
[Jess sobbing]
[continues sobbing]
[in Spanish]
[Jess crying, sniffling]
[soft music plays]
[soft music continues]
[soft music continues]
[indistinct chattering]
[soft music continues]
[clapping and cheering
in distance]
[soft music continues]
[soft music continues]
[soft music continues]
[loud cheering]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
[chanting continues] Jess!
[loud cheering]
[music fades]
[in English] The U.S.
Labor Department says
a McDonald's restaurant
in Louisville, Kentucky
employed
two 10-year-old children.
[reporter 1] Fifty children
were illegally employed
in slaughterhouses.
[reporter 2] Over 100 minors
had been working
in dangerous conditions.
160 people are facing charges
in Ohio.
1,200 child labor law
violations.
There are thousands
of those workers
here in LA's Garment District.
[reporter 3] The disappearance
of 85,000 migrant children.
100,000 children
sold into labor trafficking
and sex trafficking.
More than 250,000
immigrant children have entered
the United States...
...in a multibillion-dollar
migrant child trafficking
operation.
The government knows
they're here.
How is this happening?
You know,
I knew this was happening
in many countries
around the world,
but I could never imagine
it was happening
here in America.
I always thought America
was about movies, music.
A place where dreams come true.
Not a place where you're forced
to work in unsafe conditions
to make the products we buy
every single day.
What I don't understand is that
there are so many rich
and famous people in America,
and they do so much good
for so many people
around the world.
And the politicians,
they all agree.
Today, millions of people
are living in bondage.
It ought to concern
every person...
...to prevent slavery
and human trafficking.
We have a responsibility...
...to combat human trafficking.
To actually solve the problem.
And still, nothing changes?
That's why I decided
to make this movie.
And I worked really hard
for a long time
learning what
all these children go through.
How they're taken
from their homes
and what they do to survive.
So, if you're asking
what happens
to Jess and the others,
I'm here to tell you
that it depends on you.
There is no happy ending
for these children
unless we become conscious
of where we buy
our clothes and food
and make the companies
responsible.
So please tell everyone you know
about this film,
because together,
we have the power
to make sure
this never happens again.
Thank you so much for your time,
and thank you
for watching the movie.
["City of Dreams"
by Luis Fonsi plays]
["City of Dreams"
continues playing]
[song ends]
[tense music plays]
[music ends]
[dramatic music plays]
[music ends]
[ethereal music plays]
[music fades]
[instrumental music plays]
[music fades]
[Manuel commentating
in Spanish]
[Manuel continues commentary]
[crowd cheering]
[Manuel continues commentary]
[crowd clapping and cheering]
[soft music playing]
[man commentating]
[loud cheering]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
[chanting continues] Jess!
[loud cheering]
[crowd jeering]
[loud footsteps thudding]
[ominous music plays]
[imitates siren wailing]
[crowd chanting]
[Gustavo speaking Spanish]
[Gustavo grunts]
[cow mooing]
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[Gustavo speaking]
[Rico speaking]
[boys groan]
[crowd cheers]
[Jose speaking
indigenous language]
[in Spanish]
[car horn honking in distance]
[Rodrigo hoots]
- [car door opens]
- [car engine stops]
[car door closes]
[Rodrigo and Jose conversing]
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[Rodrigo laughing]
[in English] Mustang.
Style.
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[in Spanish]
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[car door opens]
[footsteps receding]
- [car door closes]
- [car engine starts]
[engine revving]
- [indistinct radio chatter]
- [station changes]
[upbeat music plays on radio]
[car pulls away]
[pop music playing on radio]
[pop music continues on radio]
[voice distorts]
[muffled laugh]
[police siren wailing]
[Stevens over speaker,
in English]
Pull over to the right, please.
[Jess breathing heavily]
Pull over to the right.
No, no, no, no, no.
[in Spanish]
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[Rodrigo, in English]
Good evening, Officer.
[Stevens] Any particular reason
you rolled through that stop?
Stop? Uh, I-I'm sorry.
Look at my finger.
Follow it
without moving your head.
[suspenseful music plays]
You see? Ready for church.
[compartment opens, closes]
That your son?
Yes.
How old is he?
Fifteen.
- Hm.
- A little late
for school night, no?
Where does he go to school?
Uh, it's a private school
in Sherman Oaks.
- Good for you.
- Yeah.
Doing pretty well.
What kind of business you in?
I have my own company.
There it is.
"Celebrity Travel."
Must roll with some
pretty big enchiladas, right?
I'm not supposed to say,
but I just put Ricky Martin's
husband in a Miami cruise.
- No, you did not.
- Yeah, he's my friend.
- He's my friend.
- No shit.
Family friend.
You got any ID for the boy?
Yeah.
Watch the stops.
- [footsteps receding]
- [police car door opens]
[police car engine starts]
[Rodrigo speaking indistinctly]
Wakey-wakey.
[in Spanish]
[exclaims]
[in English] Wakey-wakey.
We're home.
[in Spanish]
- [banging on door]
- Cesar!
- Cesar!
- [locks clacking]
Hm.
[in English] There he is.
[in Spanish]
- [Cesar, in English]
Hey, hey, hey.
- Hey, Qu?
[in Spanish]
[in English] Style.
[in Spanish]
[in English] Come on, homie.
Hey, it's okay.
- Watch your step.
- [door closes]
Watch out. Let's go.
Come on, homie.
It's cozy, right?
[switch clicks]
Come on. Come on, homie.
- [man 1 coughing]
- Let's go.
Here's your spot.
So, breakfast is at 6:00.
First shift, 6:30.
Lunch at noon.
Second shift, 12:30.
Dinner's at 7:00.
The last shift till 11:00,
and boom,
lights out at midnight.
You know how we do, homie.
You'll crush it.
[footsteps receding]
[man 2 snoring]
[man commentating in Spanish
on TV]
[ominous music playing]
[man continues commentating]
[man exclaims]
[man yelling] Goal!
[loud cheering on TV]
[loud whirring]
[loud whirring continues]
[air hissing]
[loud whirring]
[Elena giggles]
[Gordo sighs]
[soft music plays]
[machines whirring loudly]
[foot pedal thudding]
[clicking]
- [thudding]
- [chair creaks]
- [speaking Spanish]
- [Cesar, in English] Hey!
What you doing, homie?
This ain't your daddy's shop.
You break it, you buy it, huh?
Hey, hey! Look at me!
Are you sordo, pendejo?
- [El Jefe] Cesar!
- [gasps]
[sewing machines turn off]
[in Spanish]
[El Jefe speaks]
[in English]
This is not Tijuana.
Sorry, Jefe.
He push it too hard.
I told him, and...
He did this.
[El Jefe]
Are you okay, hermanito?
[shaky breathing]
What is your name?
[in Spanish]
[ominous music plays]
Jess.
[in English] From Puebla.
The free land of Puebla.
[ominous music intensifies]
What is the truth?
The truth is that as much
as we want to be free...
we live and we die together.
This is America.
Now we all gotta pay, papi.
[sighs]
[banging on blackboard]
- [Cesar] Back to work.
- [machines turn on]
Come on,
this isn't Acapulco, eh?
[machine turns on]
[machines whirring loudly]
[mouthing]
[indistinct chatter]
- [banging on door]
- [worker] Hurry up!
Come with me.
Come with me, cabrn.
Look at me, puto. Look at me!
I'm this close
to becoming a manager.
So I don't care
if you're sick, stupid,
or your machine blows up.
You mess with me again, eh,
and I'm gonna scramble
your pinga, guey.
- [pained grunting]
- [sizzles]
Welcome to the family, cabrn.
[clothes iron thuds]
- [shaky breathing]
- [door opens]
[indistinct chattering]
Are you okay?
Does it hurt?
[somber music plays]
Do you wanna see?
You don't say much, do you?
Did you ever?
Where is she?
My father's back in Mexico.
I haven't seen him
in a long time.
[somber music continues]
[Cesar] Lights out, homies.
Let's go.
I'm Elena.
Good night.
[switch clicks]
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[distant phone ringing]
[line ringing]
- [operator] The number
you have reached is not--
- [phone thuds]
[distant phone ringing]
[footsteps]
[tense music plays]
[tense music continues]
[Lucille] Tell me,
what do you love about Him?
He...
He taught me
to love my neighbor...
and my enemies...
and God.
[Lucille] And while you seek
with this empty devotion,
you forgot to love
the only person that matters.
Tell me,
what do you love about yourself?
[breathes deeply]
I don't know.
There is nothing a man god
can teach you about love.
[tense music playing]
[Cesar] Back to work!
Let's go! Come on, this isn't
Puerto Vallarta. Let's go!
[woman 1, in Spanish]
[woman 2, in Spanish]
[machines whirring loudly]
[banging on door]
[Cesar, in English]
Let's go, homie!
[zipper zips]
- [toilet flushes weakly]
- [car engine revs, stops]
[dispatch over radio]
Tenant's name is Marcus Ponceo.
No wants, no warrants.
Check for associates by the name
of Rodrigo Ramirez, please.
- [cell phone whooshes]
- 10-4, Alpha 112.
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
- [knocking on door]
- [Carlitos] Cesar,
the police are outside.
Get out of here.
[distant chattering]
[suspenseful music plays]
[Cesar] May I help you?
Yes.
Uh, I'm looking for Rodrigo.
- Who?
- Rodrigo.
Rodrigo Ramirez.
I don't know any Rodrigo, dawg.
[chuckles] Oh, no?
That's funny
'cause I think he knows you.
Sorry, pap.
See, his car pulled in here
the other night, so...
Parking's tight around here.
I don't know what to tell you.
Can I see some ID?
[chuckles]
Is there a problem, Officer?
No, just a routine, uh,
suspicious call.
Make a little report,
that's all.
[in Romanian]
[police dispatch, in English]
2-11 in progress,
444 South Flower Street.
All units proceed.
Officers need backup.
[in Romanian]
[in English] Copy that.
[Cesar] People come, people go.
My father's business.
Kind of business you in?
The busy kind.
- Maybe I'll just wait,
if you don't mind.
- [police car door closes]
It's a free country, isn't it?
Kind of hot. How about inside?
Fuck you, huh?
Sir, 2-11 in progress.
All units requested.
You talk to your papa
with that mouth?
Get a warrant,
motherfucker, huh?
You can't come up in here
like this.
I know my fucking rights, huh?
[grunting]
[Cesar groans]
[in English]
Sir! Officers need--
- Officers need backup.
- [shouting in Spanish]
- All units requested.
- [continues shouting
in Spanish]
[Cesar continues shouting
in Spanish]
[continues shouting in Spanish]
[Cesar spits, groans]
[Jess grunting]
[El Jefe, in English]
My son, Christian,
his job was always the same.
Get the milk.
[ominous music playing]
Sitting in the right place,
using the right style.
But some days,
no matter what you did,
the cow was in a bad mood,
so she wouldn't give you milk.
But I show him the way.
[Jess breathing heavily]
Yes, I show him the way
to make her happy.
If you kiss her gentle...
[imitates sucking sound]
...the cow would think that
one of her babies is feeding,
so she would give you
all the milk you wanted.
But still,
my son was always slow.
My wife would tie his feet
and beat him
until she could fill a glass
with his blood.
She said that this would remove
weakness from his body.
[faucet squeaks open]
- But she was right.
- [Jess whimpering softly]
My wife spoke the truth.
[shaky breathing]
It was weakness.
It was just weakness.
[Jess whimpering]
[door slams close]
This is gonna tickle, a little.
[Jess whimpering]
[Jess yells in pain]
[loud cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
[scraping]
[dramatic music continues]
- [camera shutter clicks]
- [loud cheering continues]
[footsteps thudding]
[dramatic music continues]
[loud cheering]
[whip cracks]
[no audible sound]
[whip cracks]
[crowd jeering]
[whip cracks]
[chains jingling]
[footsteps thudding]
["El Party"
by Stephen Justiniano playing]
[heavy breathing]
[Elena whispering] Hey.
Hey.
- [gasps]
- Shh! Shh!
You'll wake Cesar.
It's okay. I just wanna help.
It's okay.
It's okay.
This will help.
It'll stop the burning.
Can I?
Turn around.
Careful, careful, careful.
Yes, okay.
Okay, hold your breath.
This is gonna hurt.
[Jess wincing]
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Sorry.
Are you okay?
[chains jingling]
Good night, Jess.
[door closes]
[footsteps receding]
[dramatic music plays]
[breathing deeply]
[man commentating in Spanish]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
- [loud cheering]
- [somber music plays]
[somber music continues]
[no audible sound]
[somber music intensifies]
[light instrumental music plays]
[music fades]
[El Jefe, in English]
I have to meet
the quota this month.
Loss is relative, isn't it?
I cannot lose another worker.
[tense music plays]
[sewing machines turn off]
[tense music continues]
It's...
from a long time ago.
Mine too.
But I promised myself
it would never happen again.
And I can promise you the same.
[Cesar] Back to work.
[machines turn on]
Remember when I told you
about my father?
That I hadn't seen him
in a very long time?
My mother told me
he left before I was born.
I used to always ask her
when he was coming back.
And she would say...
"When you grow up
and make a name in the world."
I always dreamed,
if I became a designer...
people would know my name...
and he would come back.
[sobs softly] I'm sorry.
I have to do this.
I'm sorry.
[Elena sobs]
[somber music plays]
[somber music fades]
- [knock on door]
- [Macavay] Come on in, Andy.
[paper rustles]
So, "Officer enters premises
and conducts
unauthorized search.
When asked to produce a warrant
officer assaults citizen
without cause."
Anything to add?
Sounds like a pretty bad egg.
He made your plates.
Review board meets Friday.
Either way,
our victim's pressing charges.
You're gonna jam me up because
some guy in the rat squad
is putting the finger on me
on the word of some guy
in Echo Park?
[Macavay] The victim
has two avulsed molars
and witnesses.
He came at me
with a screwdriver.
What do you want me to do,
talk therapy?
[Macavay] Look, I don't want you
within a hundred yards
of that guy or that place.
That'll be all.
I got IRS filings,
business tax, property taxes.
Uh, they're all clean.
They also got a bunch
of places. LA, Ventura,
San Gabriel, Vernon, Anaheim.
I mean, looks of those returns,
they're slaying.
And they're actually having
a charity event next week
for Greyhound rescue--
All right, stop.
If it was me, I would go back
to Harvard and 2nd,
and I would take
detailed descriptions
of anyone and everyone
who goes in and out
of that place,
as well as get the tag
and the vehicle numbers.
Check and see if it shows up
in any other places.
Sir, IA says we can't be within
a hundred yards of the premises.
They said I can't.
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[distant phone ringing]
[praying in indigenous language]
[no audible sound]
- [cries]
- [gasps, breathing heavily]
[male worker snoring]
[male worker snoring loudly]
[snoring continues]
[woman inhales, moans]
[woman moans softly]
- [phone ringtone plays]
- [woman sighs]
[footsteps]
[door closes]
[Raul speaking Spanish
over phone]
[woman and Raul conversing]
[tense music plays]
[TV static]
[somber music plays]
[Jess whimpers softly]
[somber music continues]
[beeps]
[Lucille on TV,
in foreign language]
[Lucille in English]
Very good, my love.
[girl on TV] Please, don't.
I wanna go home. [sobs]
[Lucille on video camera]
Shh, shh. It's okay.
- [girl] Please, don't.
- [Lucille] There is nothing
wrong giving someone pleasure.
[door opens, closes]
- [indistinct chattering
over video camera]
- [footsteps approaching]
[tense music plays]
[running footsteps]
[distant police siren wailing]
[door closes]
[suspenseful music plays]
[groans]
[suspenseful music continues]
[shaky breathing]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[Adriana] Marco?
[Jess breathing shakily]
[in Spanish]
[El Jefe speaking]
[footsteps receding]
[trembling breath, gulps]
[footsteps]
- [El Jefe, in English] Gordo.
- [Gordo] Ninety-five.
[El Jefe] Edgar.
[Edgar] Seventy-six.
[El Jefe] Marcela.
[Marcela] Ninety-seven.
Carlitos.
One ninety.
Good.
You said I would be promoted...
once I finished my quota.
Right?
Yes, of course.
But the truth is...
one cannot make the quota.
We must make
the quota together... as one.
You should know this.
You're going to be a manager.
[whimpering softly]
No.
No.
[chair creaks]
Sit down.
You keep stealing from us.
[Carlitos sobbing]
You're never gonna let us leave.
You're never gonna let us leave.
Never! Never!
You're never gonna let-- Ah!
- [Carlitos grunts]
- [Cesar speaks]
Are you deaf, marica, huh?
- [Carlitos grunting]
- [punches landing]
[dark music playing]
[thuds]
[footsteps thudding]
[dark music continues]
[suspenseful music plays]
[no audible sound]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[locks clacking]
[in Spanish]
- [girl gasps]
- [Rodrigo exclaims]
[machines whirring loudly]
[tense music plays]
[footsteps receding]
[chattering in distance]
[heavy breathing]
[Rusanovschi, in English]
You ever thought
of being a detective, sir?
You might already have.
I knew this guy, Jimmy K,
took down a supplier
in Riverside
moving 30 keys a week
after a two-month operation.
And so what? New guy jumps in
moving 35 keys a week.
Made no difference.
So, Jimmy goes back
to the streets,
where he can get some action
and not sit
behind a desk forever.
But, you know, I'm guessing
maybe that's the type of person
that you are.
I'm not assuming that that's--
Rusky, could you shut
the fuck up?
Forever?
Thank you.
[dramatic music playing]
[dramatic music continues]
- [knock on van]
- [gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
[machines whirring loudly]
[indistinct chatter continues]
[loud whirring]
[worker shouting indistinctly]
[loud whirring]
[indistinct chattering]
[tense music plays]
[car horn honks]
[roll-up door clanking]
[engine stops]
They're getting
that bent out of shape
over wrong-colored hangers?
[Nazarian Sr. speaking Arabic]
[in English] Okay, I'll repack
and reship. My cost.
[in Arabic]
[heavy breathing]
[car door opens, closes]
[indistinct chattering]
[worker, in English]
Yeah! I'm coming.
Don't you worry about it.
- [Aram] Everybody has their
part, but not one department--
- Aram.
Pull all the Now 21 stuff.
What's the problem?
I'm psychic, and I had a vision
it's not gonna pass QC.
[grunts, curses in Arabic]
[in English]
Yeah, you must be psychic too,
'cause that's
the exact same reaction I had
when my father jammed
those wrong-colored hangers
up my ass.
So why don't you run back there
and tell those chinks
they better double time it.
Now!
[phone ringtone plays]
[man speaking Arabic]
[shaky breathing]
[ominous music plays]
[horn blaring]
[Nazarian, in English]
Hey, hey! There he is!
That's the kid!
That's the fucking kid!
Security, stop that fucking kid!
What the fuck
are you staring at?
Get up there and get him!
- You two, get up there!
- [worker] It isn't safe, boss.
[Nazarian] I don't give a shit!
Just get him down from there!
[indistinct arguing]
[Nazarian] Why the fuck
are you still over here?
I told you to get him!
[guard 1]
What the fuck are you doing?
Get down from there!
[Nazarian] What are you,
his fucking principal?
Go up there and get him now!
- [guard 1] Let's go!
- [Nazarian] Fuck! Go get him!
- Fuck! Don't let him get out!
- Yes, sir!
- [indistinct shouting]
- [action music playing]
[machines whirring loudly]
[both grunting]
[Nazarian]
I'm gonna fuck you up!
Get back here!
Goddamn it! Stop him!
- Get him! Now!
- [panting]
- [worker] Whoa! Hey!
Watch where you're going, kid!
- [Nazarian] Hey, stop him!
- [guard 2] Hey, kid, stop!
Get over here!
- [Nazarian] Grab him! Grab him!
[Nazarian] Stop him!
Stop that fucking kid!
Come on!
[Rusanovschi] Stop!
Stop right there! Police!
Police! Stop! Stop!
- [tires screech]
- [car horn blaring]
[indistinct shouting]
[indistinct chatter]
[seller] Shit,
I don't want panties. Whoa!
You're gonna pay for that,
you little motherfucker!
[Nazarian]
You're fucking kidding me!
[upbeat music playing]
[salesman 1]
Three dollars for the speakers.
[salesman 2]
We're all working here!
- [grunting]
- [Nazarian] Kid, come on! Stop!
He stole my phone!
- [seller 1] Jesus! Fuck!
- [objects clattering]
[woman speaking in Spanish]
[Nazarian panting loudly]
[seller 2, in English]
Hey, man, you wanna buy some?
6.99 each, 9.99 for two.
- [Nazarian] Ah!
- [seller 2] Okay, okay,
come back. I'll give you...
[car horn blares]
- [action music continues]
- [panting]
- [car horn blaring]
- Come on, man!
- Watch the fuck
where you're going!
- [driver] Fuck you, asshole!
Watch where you're going!
[panting]
[Nazarian] Watch it!
What a bloody moppet.
People have no awareness
of what's directly
in front of them.
[horn honking]
[Stevens] Look out for a young
Latino male, 12 to 14 years old,
5-foot, long black hair.
Last seen wearing
blue jeans and a soccer jersey,
heading south on Alvarado.
[indistinct chattering]
[panting] Look,
I am so sorry I'm late.
The 10 was a parking lot.
- It was absolutely--
- I don't care!
You can't come to work on time!
[continues shouting
indistinctly]
Get your school handbag!
Hey! [laughs]
Back to school, huh? I have
a good one for you, eh? 9.99.
You'll be the coolest cucumber
on campus.
[Nazarian]
Ah! I got you! [grunting]
- Ah!
- [objects clatter]
Stop that fucking kid!
He stole my phone!
Hi, can I take a minute
of your time? Help save
the duck-billed platypus!
[panting]
[R & B music playing
over speakers]
[Lisa] Baby, which of these
do you like better?
- Mo.
- Yeah, yeah.
Give me a second, sweetie.
- Seriously? Hey, just--
- Hey.
I-I-- I'm on it. I'm on it.
- Are you serious?
- What-- Sweetie, what?
All right.
God. Let me see.
This one is 19.99,
and this one is 9.99.
I love this. I love this one.
I love it.
- All right?
- Ugh. God, whatever.
Which of these
do you like better?
What do you think?
[Nazarian panting]
- Whoa. Sorry, homie.
- Excuse me.
[dressing room door opens,
closes]
- [air hisses]
- [inhales deeply]
Oh, my God! What are you--
Mo! Stop it!
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- What are you doing,
you little bastard, huh?
- No, it was an accident!
I'm sorry, man!
I'm a designer! I'm a designer!
- Designer, my ass!
- You know,
this is a nice coat, man!
- A really nice coat!
- [indistinct shouting]
[Mo] Come back here!
[panting loudly]
Stop!
Goddamn it!
- [Jess grunts]
- Agh!
- Agh! Agh!
- [thudding]
Stop! Oh, goddamn it!
You little shit!
What are you doing?
You're gonna break
your fucking neck!
Do you wanna die?
[distant police siren wailing]
[panting]
- [car horn blares]
- [tires screech]
- [Jess grunts]
- [Stevens] Jesus Christ!
- [Rusanovschi]
Is he okay? Is he okay?
- Are you okay? We'll get some--
- Hey, what are you doing?
Look at me.
- Uh, um...
- A-Alpha 112,
we're requesting--
- Look me in the eyes.
- Get off the horn
and get the med bag.
- I can't--
We're making
an assessment here. Don't move.
Get off the radio
and get the fucking kit!
[Rusanovschi] Shit!
Easy. You okay?
You all right, buddy?
- You running from somebody?
- [Jess groans]
Habla ingls? Espaol? No?
- Is someone chasing you?
- Sir, shouldn't we call
an ambulance?
Yeah. Do that, Rusky.
- Call the, uh, bomb squad
and the SWAT team while--
- [Nazarian] Hey!
- Kid, you all right?
You got away from me there.
- Hey.
- [relieved sigh]
- Sir, is this your boy?
- Oh, no, he's my manager's son.
- Ah.
- Can I see some ID?
- Yeah, yeah, of course. Yeah.
I, uh, couldn't give his dad
the afternoon off.
Kid was going
a little stir-crazy.
Here's my card.
Lucky Fashion Group?
Oh, you know what they say,
"The clothes make the man,"
Officer.
"Naked people
have little or no"--
"...or no influence in society."
You have any, uh,
ID for the boy?
Uh, yeah, yeah.
Let me text his dad.
Have an all-hands-on-deck
situation there.
- Thousand shirts
going to the wrong state.
- [cell phone whooshes]
Having a real crazy day
at the office.
But, uh...
You're a Twain fan, huh?
That's, uh...
Whoa! Hey. Sorry, no.
He grabbed this out of my room.
Just got a bunch
of inventory logs
and price codes on it.
Boring stuff.
- Give it.
- All right.
Should be a camera in the trunk.
[exhales] It's, uh,
really boring stuff.
I think he thought there were
games on it or something.
Yeah. What'd you say
the boy's name was?
- Sergio.
- Sergio.
Family's Catholic. Strict.
Hm, yeah. Got an address?
- Uh, you and your dad live out
in, uh, Boyle Heights, right?
- Boyle Heights?
He said he lived on Harvard.
I don't think so.
Not unless they moved.
- We'll get little Sergio home.
- Officer, uh, look,
we're a small operation.
If any of our competitors
got a hold of that,
they could really chop
our legs off, you know?
Ain't it the size of the fight,
not the dog?
- Tell that to my old man.
- Not a Twain fan, huh?
Uh, not a fan of losses.
- [cell phone vibrates]
- Ah. Whoa.
Yeah, look.
His, uh, passport right here.
Says "Javier."
I have 500 employees, Officer.
Uh...
Play hide-and-seek
with all of them?
Tell you what,
send this to me, this number.
- Yeah.
- Gonna run this in.
Stay here, sir.
[dial pad beeping]
[line ringing]
- [Nazarian Sr., in Arabic]
- [in English] Baba, it's Leon.
- Listen. Get a pen.
- [in Arabic]
[in English] California license
plate number 4D0Q678.
[tense music plays]
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Um, you know what?
I just realized
that's not our numbers.
Those are--
Uh, it's a video
of, uh, me and my wife.
Our anniversary this past year.
You-you know?
- No, I don't know.
- Officer, please.
- Step back.
- Okay. Okay.
[beeps]
[muffled moaning]
[woman on video] Oh, my God!
Is it in? Is it in? Is it in?
[moaning]
[video camera beeps]
Gonna hold on to this
for a little while.
- We got your address.
You can go.
- Uh...
Officer Stevens,
you know when the devil
has nothing better to do,
he likes to fuck
his own children?
So, quit tickling my balls
and give me back my property,
or you're gonna need
a proctologist to remove
the lawsuit I jam up your ass.
- Oh, fuck! [groaning]
- [cell phone vibrates]
You're under arrest. You have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can
and will be held against you.
- On what charge?
- Threatening an officer
and child pornography.
There was nothing on that card!
- [Nazarian grunts]
- Sir, it's the captain.
Yeah?
[Macavay]
Andy, didn't I tell you
to stay away from these guys?
- Yeah, well,
he just took a shot at me.
- Well, I just got a call
where your name
was specifically mentioned.
- He's sitting
on a-a load of kiddie porn.
- You've seen it?
- I can smell it.
- Look, you've got enough heat
on you with the review board.
The last thing you need
is the DA all over you,
which is an absolute certainty
after the call I just got.
So, if you don't have enough
to bring him in,
write him up
and kick him loose.
- Let me put a tail on him
right now.
- That wasn't a request, Andy.
Let that guy and his kid go,
or I promise you, you will be
the one on all fours.
[call ends]
[tense music plays]
Cut him loose.
Fuck you.
Fuck you, you fucking pig!
You think that badge
gives you a right
to shit wherever you want?
- Get this shit off of me.
- [car door closes]
Let's go.
Let's go! Come on!
[footsteps]
[lock clicking]
[Jess breathing heavily]
[Jess grunting]
[squeaks open]
- [body thuds]
- [Cesar exhales]
[Jess grunting]
[lock clacking]
- [lock clicks]
- [breathes deeply]
[whip cracks]
[screeching]
[Shaman praying
in indigenous language]
[praying continues]
[Maria panting]
[Maria screaming in pain]
[indistinct whispering]
[Maria continues screaming
in pain]
[in Spanish]
[Maria panting]
[Jos speaking in Spanish]
[Maria cries in pain]
[grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[indistinct whispering]
[Maria breathes deeply]
[eerie music plays]
[loud cheering]
[crying]
- [eerie music stops]
- [crying stops]
[Maria breathing raggedly]
[long exhale]
[loud cheering]
[ethereal music playing]
[Shaman praying
in indigenous language]
[sobbing]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
- [loud cheering continues]
- [Shaman continues praying]
[ethereal music continues]
[music fades]
[lock clacks]
[in English]
Rise and shine, little pinguita.
[breathing deeply]
[horn honks in distance]
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[Rusanovschi]
I'd like to be sure.
[judge, over phone]
Well, a fake passport
isn't gonna cut it.
Sir, I understand,
but we've seen him
being taken in and out
of that place multiple times.
Doesn't mean he's still there.
Sir, I know there's more of them
in there.
- So, kick it to Homeland.
- They already gave me
the runaround.
These people have
no criminal history whatsoever.
What are we going on here?
[Rusanovschi] They're operating
out of residential locations
in rundown neighborhoods
through shell companies,
and we've got evidence
that they're harboring illegals.
[judge] Here's what I know.
The board ruled on your boy
Stevens this morning,
and he's looking at termination
for that shit he pulled.
That is total bullshit.
I was there.
- Request for a warrant denied.
- Yes, sir.
I'd quit poking around.
Catch my drift?
Copy that.
[phone thuds]
[boy speaking Spanish
over phone]
[El Jefe speaking Spanish]
[call ends]
[knocking on door]
[clicks tongue,
imitates bubbling sound]
[paper rustling]
[Rodrigo chuckles]
[machines whirring loudly]
[somber music plays]
[Juan speaking Spanish]
[somber music continues]
[chair creaks]
[in English] What you doing,
homie? [sniffles]
Sit down.
Get to work.
Are you dumb, huh?
Hey, what you doing? Sit down!
[sewing machine sputtering]
[sewing machines power off]
- [thudding]
- [grunting]
[Jess panting,
continues grunting]
[worker shushing]
[thudding continues]
[panting, grunts]
[thudding]
- [grunts]
- [dark music plays]
- [El Jefe panting]
- [workers whispering]
- [belt clinks]
- [chair creaks]
[Cesar]
Hey, hey, back to work, fatty.
Back to work!
- [grunting in pain]
- [belt cracking]
[door closes]
[dog barking]
[tense music plays]
- [belt cracking]
- [Jess grunting in pain]
[kicks landing]
- [Jess whimpering in pain]
- [belt cracking]
- [El Jefe grunting]
- [flesh squelches]
[belt cracking stops]
[Jess groans softly, panting]
[shaky breathing]
[breathing heavily]
[Jess breathing rapidly]
[breathing deeply]
[workers whispering]
[workers exclaim]
[lock clacking]
[clicks]
[door squeaking]
[breathing heavily]
[tense music continues]
- [Rusanovschi]
LAPD! Get on the ground!
- [all gasp]
Get on the ground now!
Get on the ground!
- Hands above your head!
217 in progress.
- Get back! Get back now!
2218 Harvard Street.
Officer requires
immediate backup.
- Let him go
and get on the ground!
- You can't do this.
No, you can't do this.
Listen to me!
Put the weapon down
and let the boy go.
- I did nothing wrong! Nothing!
- Get on the ground!
- Do it now!
- No!
I'm gonna kill this kid, okay?
[dispatch over radio]
217 in progress,
2218 Harvard Street.
- All units proceed.
- [officer] Copy that.
[indistinct police radio
chatter]
[sirens wailing]
Even at night, I hear
the sound of those needles.
Let him go and talk to me, okay?
We can talk about this.
- No time for football. Nothing!
- Sir, listen to me!
- Just those fucking needles!
- Put the weapon down
and let the boy go!
- Calm down!
- What more do I have to do?
Tell me! Tell me!
- Calm down and let him go!
- LAPD! Hands in the air!
- Show me your hands!
- [Rusanovschi]
Put the knife down!
Drop the knife and get
on the ground, motherfucker!
- [sirens wailing]
- [tires screech]
- Charlie 213. I'm on scene.
- Whiskey 12. I'm on scene.
- Alpha 42. I'm on scene.
- Delta 315. Holding on scene.
[in Spanish]
[in English] Put the weapon down
and let the boy go.
[officer 1] Get down!
- We got a runner!
- Runner! Go, go, go!
[in Spanish]
- [in English] Let him go now!
- Get on the ground,
or I'll shoot you in the face!
[in Spanish]
[officer 1, in English]
Tango 42. I got one on foot.
Hispanic male, bald,
running out onto Harvard.
[dispatch over radio] Copy that,
Tango 42. Units are en route.
[El Jefe, in Spanish]
[in English] Look at him!
- Just look at him! He's a baby!
- Get on the ground,
motherfucker!
[in Spanish]
- [indistinct police radio
chatter]
- [police sirens wailing]
[horn blaring]
[in English]
Huh? Is this America?
Yes, this is America!
- I'm gonna put a fucking bullet
through your skull!
- Take the shot!
- I am America!
- Do you fucking hear me?
I am America!
- [indistinct shouting]
- [officer 2] Get down!
- I am America! I am America!
- [officer 3] LAPD! Hands in
the air! Show me your hands!
[Cesar, in Spanish]
[in English] Please, no! No!
Do not move, you hear me?
LAPD! LAPD!
No! I am America!
Shut the fuck up!
LAPD! Hands in the air!
- I am America!
- [officer 4] You piece of shit!
I-I am America!
[officer 5] Clear over here!
[officer 6] Clear!
[officer 7] Clear over here!
[Jess breathing heavily]
[officer 6] Clear!
- [officer 7] Clear!
- [Jess grunts softly]
- [somber music plays]
- [officer 6] Clear!
[Rusanovschi, softly] It's okay.
[officer 6] Clear!
[Rusanovschi] It's okay, baby.
I got you.
[Jess sobbing]
[continues sobbing]
[in Spanish]
[Jess crying, sniffling]
[soft music plays]
[soft music continues]
[soft music continues]
[indistinct chattering]
[soft music continues]
[clapping and cheering
in distance]
[soft music continues]
[soft music continues]
[soft music continues]
[loud cheering]
[crowd chanting] Jess!
[chanting continues] Jess!
[loud cheering]
[music fades]
[in English] The U.S.
Labor Department says
a McDonald's restaurant
in Louisville, Kentucky
employed
two 10-year-old children.
[reporter 1] Fifty children
were illegally employed
in slaughterhouses.
[reporter 2] Over 100 minors
had been working
in dangerous conditions.
160 people are facing charges
in Ohio.
1,200 child labor law
violations.
There are thousands
of those workers
here in LA's Garment District.
[reporter 3] The disappearance
of 85,000 migrant children.
100,000 children
sold into labor trafficking
and sex trafficking.
More than 250,000
immigrant children have entered
the United States...
...in a multibillion-dollar
migrant child trafficking
operation.
The government knows
they're here.
How is this happening?
You know,
I knew this was happening
in many countries
around the world,
but I could never imagine
it was happening
here in America.
I always thought America
was about movies, music.
A place where dreams come true.
Not a place where you're forced
to work in unsafe conditions
to make the products we buy
every single day.
What I don't understand is that
there are so many rich
and famous people in America,
and they do so much good
for so many people
around the world.
And the politicians,
they all agree.
Today, millions of people
are living in bondage.
It ought to concern
every person...
...to prevent slavery
and human trafficking.
We have a responsibility...
...to combat human trafficking.
To actually solve the problem.
And still, nothing changes?
That's why I decided
to make this movie.
And I worked really hard
for a long time
learning what
all these children go through.
How they're taken
from their homes
and what they do to survive.
So, if you're asking
what happens
to Jess and the others,
I'm here to tell you
that it depends on you.
There is no happy ending
for these children
unless we become conscious
of where we buy
our clothes and food
and make the companies
responsible.
So please tell everyone you know
about this film,
because together,
we have the power
to make sure
this never happens again.
Thank you so much for your time,
and thank you
for watching the movie.
["City of Dreams"
by Luis Fonsi plays]
["City of Dreams"
continues playing]
[song ends]
[tense music plays]
[music ends]
[dramatic music plays]
[music ends]
[ethereal music plays]
[music fades]
[instrumental music plays]
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