Have a Nice Life (2021) Movie Script

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(dramatic horn music)
(music distorting)
- (static buzzing)
- [Man] So,
if I asked you,
why do you wanna be here,
you Say.
Pursuit of happiness?
[Man] No.
No, see, those...
that's the Declaration of Independence.
(man chuckling)
So that's a no.
(people faintly chattering)
Class, if the examiner asks you,
okay, tell me why you wanna be
an American citizen,"
what do you say?
(people mumbling)
(somber tempo music)
Okay, guys.
Guys, repeat after me.
I want to vote.
I want to live
in a democratic government
and I want freedom.
[Group] I want to vote,
I want to live
in the democratic country.
I want to live in freedom.
[Man] Yes.
Okay.
Now, Jodith, you tell me.
Why did you want your citizenship?
How're you gonna get that citizenship?
Well,
for mainly happiness,
pursuit of happiness.
- (upbeat music)
- So, again,
- that's the Declaration...
- No, no, you see,
I had an arranged marriage
and I met my husband
for like half hour before marriage.
Ii is different here.
People take their own time
to find their happiness.
(upbeat rock music)
Right?
(clock ticking)
(cuckoo clock hooting)
[Indian Man]
Hello, friends, welcome to my channel.
A Really Simple Heritage.
Today I'll discuss banana peel...
(phone chiming)
[Woman] Hello?
(phone beeping)
[Indian YouTuber]
Easy and cheapest liquified layer
for any plants.
Benefits are good source
of potassium as well as calcium.
First you need to take
some banana peels.
(faint beat music)
(muffled television announcer)
(steam hissing)
[TV Man] Cheated on his wife
and we're gonna bust him.
[TV Woman] Who the (beep) are you?
Who the (beep) are you?
(somber chiming music)
[TV Man] We hired a surveillance team.
(steam hissing)
(muffled television woman shouting)
(man huffing)
[TV Announcer] On surveillance cameras,
you are about to view
actual true stories filmed live,
caused by infidelity.
[TV Announcer]
Live P.D. is the most intense.
Back up!
(intense music)
[TV Announcer] Adrenaline pumping.
[TV Woman] Fire!
(intense music)
[TV Announcer] Siren blaring.
(police sirens alarming)
Suspect chasing.
[TV Cop]
Hey, hey, hey, get on the ground!
[TV Announcer] Show on television.
(guitar strumming)
(upbeat guitar music)
(foreign language rock and roll music)
(objects clattering)
No.
Shit, man.
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
(cans clattering)
(woman groaning)
(doorbell chirping)
(woman knocking)
(woman groaning)
Come on, dude!
(woman knocking)
Conner!
Oh, goddamn it.
(window squeaking)
Will you chill out, dude?
What is it?
[Woman] Dude, will you let me in?
(window creaking)
What?
Come on, let me.
[Conner] I can't.
Well, why not?
[Conner] Because the door's broken.
Well how did you get in?
[Conner]
I climbed in through the window.
- What do you want?
- Okay, fine,
- I can do that.
- No, no, no!
- Don't, don't!
- That's no problem.
You're gonna break that!
Stay back there.
What do you want?
And why are you wearing the
same clothes from last night?
- Did you even go home?
- What?
No, dude...
Don't tell me you went back...
Listen, I was trying to find my shit
and it was like 3:00 a.m...
- You went fucking back there.
- And I was tired.
Like, I didn't change or whatever.
Jesus, Sophie,
you are a fucking train wreck.
You know that?
Dude, listen, man.
What, who is this?
- Who the...
- Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, Dave took your shit.
Yeah, who the fuck is Dave,
- dude?
- His name's not Dave,
it's Shane, actually,
and he told you he was taking your shit.
Why'd you write it on your fucking arm?
You don't remember a fucking thing
from last night, do you?
Seriously?
This guy, the owner,
he took your shit...
- He took that?
- To the pawn shop.
Dick head.
(Sophie groaning)
- You blew his speakers.
- Dude.
We gotta go get it.
- I can't do...
- Oh my God, your drums.
We gotta get your drums, dude.
- Can't do this.
- This is so bad.
[Conner]
I got my drums, Sophie, I got them.
What?
(Conner sighing)
- I'm making oatmeal, okay?
- What?
I don't wanna burn the bottom.
- So I'm gonna...
- Oatmeal, man?
- Mm-hmm.
- Come on, this is the band.
- Yeah.
- This is like my, the gear!
This is our shit.
- This is...
- Yeah!
I know all about the band, Sophie.
- I'm half of the band, okay?
- Yeah!
[Conner] I'm half of Stoked To Be Here.
- Yeah.
- I'm supposed to be,
but it's not about me and you,
it's just about you.
You and your first world problems.
I am sick of your shit!
It is fucking embarrassing
being on stage with you.
So I'm out.
I'm out of the band, okay?
I love you, Sophie, I really do.
But you're on your own.
(window creaking)
So you keep doing
- your fucking thing.
- Wait.
- Just don't ask me...
- What?
To be part of your fucking
bullshit anymore
- because I can't do it.
- Conner!
Bye, sorry.
Conner, man.
(Sophie knocking)
Come one, come on, talk to me.
This conversation is not over.
(faint children playing)
I'll call you later, man, okay?
(bus hissing and squealing)
(upbeat foreign language
rock and roll music)
[Old Man] Soph, is that you?
[Sophie] Not right now, Grandpa.
Not now, man.
[Grandpa] Soph?
Goddamn it!
What the hell are you high on now?
[Sophie] Don't worry about me,
I just got fucking robbed is all!
[Grandpa] You're kidding me.
I'll leave!
I'll just pack my shit and
get out of this shit hole!
[Grandpa]
What're you gonna pack it in, Sophie?
You don't have anything
to pack your shit in.
My solar system suit case!
You're gonna bring space travel
into this discussion?
I've had it.
I'm done, Soph.
I'm done.
(upbeat rock and roll music)
(faint pop music)
(phone jingle chiming)
[Jyothi] Hello?
Baby, I will run to the...
The sound of our pounding
Hearts
[Jyothi] Thank you.
[Driver] You have a five star day.
(clock ticking)
(Jyothi sighing)
(distant lawnmower buzzing)
(refrigerator buzzing)
(groceries rustling)
(rubber squeaking)
(sprinkler clicking)
(distant lawnmower buzzing)
(cuckoo clock hooting)
(pleasant music chiming)
So I want you to,
I want you to pick it up
and I want you to smell.
[Man] You want me to smell it?
That's what I said.
You tell me what snack dust
is all over my mixer.
Come on, man, you tell me.
You tell me, I'm not making this up.
(man sniffing)
Smells like peanuts.
[Sophie] What flavor?
(fly buzzing)
Cajun ranch.
That's what I was talking about,
- man.
- But ma'am,
there's a process.
Dude!
Did I not just literally prove to you
that this is my favorite nut flavor
all dusted all over this mixer?
And like, why else would...
Ma'am,
I don't know if that would hold up
in a court of law, I just don't.
Dude.
(door thudding)
Court of law?
Courts were created
by slave owners, man.
Are we really gonna,
are we really gonna go by that standard?
May I help you?
- Are you serious?
- Oh.
- Ma'am, I have other...
- We're talking here!
[Clerk]
I have other customers waiting on me.
Dude.
Ma'am,
don't make me involve unpleasant men.
Yes, may I help you?
Unbelievable.
[Clerk] Ma'am, may I help you?
You guys are all
just like teamed up together.
Right, yeah.
Fucking unbelievable.
I want to buy a gun.
You want a, you want a handgun?
Um...
Whatever it is cheapest.
[Clerk]
Ma'am, what's your immigration status?
What does that have anything
to do with it?
I am a permanent resident
applying for citizenship.
(clerk whistling)
Why?
Well, it's gonna be tough.
Why?
[Clerk] New law.
Immigrant background checks.
Security thing.
Might be a few weeks,
maybe a couple months.
Dude.
I'm gonna buy a gun.
[Clerk] You what, now?
Mm-hmm.
Such fucking shit.
Asshole.
Piece of shit.
Thank you.
Yeah.
No problem, that shit was racist.
This big gun?
Yeah, I don't have a permit.
So, you know, big guns only.
I think the Brits
used this to colonize India.
It was the cheapest one they had.
And, also,
I had to give him a little tip
because he was kind of suspicious.
I don't have cash with me.
You can get me back later, man.
It's called mutual aid.
[Jyothi] Thank you.
What's the gun for anyway?
My husband has an affair.
(Sophie laughing)
Wait, really?
So you're gonna shoot him?
Well,
you know, with something like this,
you could really just smack him.
You don't, you know, have to...
I mean, you wanna talk about it?
Like, I got problems with dudes,
man, let me tell you.
But I'm not...
Actually.
You think I could borrow this?
I just gotta do one quick thing.
(faint blues music)
(door knocking)
We're closed.
(door knocking)
Will people please just read
the hours posted on the door.
Oh my God...
Oh yeah, you're fucking closed, Dave?
[Shane] It's Shane, actually.
Yeah, I don't fucking care!
I'm here to take back my stuff!
Wait.
Wait a minute,
you're the girl from last night.
What?
(gun thudding)
- God, ugh, damn it!
- I know what you fucking did!
I don't have dental, dude.
I don't fucking care
about your health insurance, man.
You took my life,
you took my livelihood.
That was your security deposit, man!
Are you fucking kidding me?
I don't care about fucking money!
I just want my gear back, man.
Dreams aren't financial instruments!
Well, my space is my life
and I have dreams too.
[Sophie] Yeah?
And I'm kind of an artist.
Oh, this fucking piece
of capitalist shit
- place that you run?
- How am I supposed to live?
[Sophie] Fucking fascist,
fucking music nightclub!
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday
(Shane groaning)
(birds chirping)
(traffic whooshing)
(gunshot booming)
(muffled Shane screaming)
(faint upbeat music)
Fuck!
Fucking shit.
(Shane groaning)
[Shane] Why is it so warm?
He just grabbed the gun.
[Jyothi] Yours idea was just scare him.
[Sophie] Yeah, I know, me too,
but he just grabbed the gun
and it went off and now...
Oh, fuck.
I'm a good guy.
Dude, shut the fuck up, man!
- We should call the police.
- Please.
- No, we cannot call.
- Please, police.
Man, no, no,
we're not calling the police!
Why me?
- Why me?
- Fucking like...
- Why me?
- I'm gonna be framed
for this idiot fucking
- shooting himself!
- Oh, God.
[Sophie]
And you're gonna be fucking seen
as an accomplice.
(Shane groaning)
[Shane] I don't wanna die.
- Oh my God.
- It's my fucking
- life here, man.
- Oh my God.
Fucking damn it.
[Shane] I'll tell the doctors
- it was me.
- This is crazy.
Yeah.
- I'm scared.
- If you just call...
I think we just gotta get out of here.
Me too.
- Let's just go, okay?
- This is what I'll say.
I was trying to end
my own pointless life.
(Shane crying)
(blood squelching)
- Fuck, man!
- Please call.
We just gotta get out of here, okay?
(faint upbeat music)
(door creaking)
Tf Happy birthday to me I
tf Happy birthday to me I
(exciting drum music)
[Sophie] Hello?
Yes, we just witnessed an emergency.
You probably wanna go over there
and check on him now.
Oh wait.
(Sophie hissing)
I'm...
(Sophie hissing)
You're breaking up.
(Sophie hissing)
[Jyothi] Are we safe now?
[Sophie] You really gonna trust Shawn
with your freedom, man?
[Jyothi] Who can we trust now?
[Sophie] What do you say about Canada?
I know a dude at the border.
Yeah, man, of course, man.
The northern kingdom.
(chimes ringing)
North of the border.
Canadia!
(exciting foreign language drum music)
(Sophie snoring)
(distant train horn blowing)
(traffic whooshing)
(paper rustling)
(Sophie snoring)
(faint traffic commotion)
(phone clicking)
(muffled beat music)
(entry bell ringing)
(Jyothi chanting in foreign language)
(faint meditation music)
(keys jingling)
(Sophie snoring)
(Sophie groaning)
(Sophie coughing)
Morning.
[Jyothi] Good morning.
No, you don't have to stop.
It's okay.
[Jyothi] It's all right.
[Sophie] Thanks.
You do that every morning?
Mm-hmm.
So cool.
I wish I had something
like heavy like that, you know?
Whoa.
(Sophie chuckling)
I had the craziest dream
last night, dude.
Yeah.
We were like swimming
on this huge, like...
Actually, we weren't actually swimming.
Yeah.
And there was this huge manatee
and it was carrying us.
Or like, we were riding on its back,
you know?
And the manatee was the club owner dude.
Dane.
Yeah.
He was swimming us to Canada.
It's like a sign.
Wait.
Where'd you get this?
From the gas station on the corner.
[Sophie] How'd you pay for them?
A credit card.
No, man.
No, dude.
- Where's your purse?
- Why?
Ugh.
Shit, man, you can't pay
for shit with credit cards.
- Dude!
- Why?
This is how they trace us with ease.
Dude, how many cards do you have?
Are you running a scam or something?
That is to build my credit.
Well, do you have a,
like a scissor or something?
[Jyothi] Why?
Because I want to give
my pet goat a haircut.
To destroy these,
we need to get rid of this.
[Jyothi] Then how are we going to pay?
We need cash, man.
We can't use these anymore.
Please, please, please.
No, no, no.
- Please, please, please.
- No, stop it, you're crazy!
(phone jingle chiming)
Come on, come on, come on!
Stop, stop, stop!
(phone jingle chiming)
(phone beeping)
(somber guitar music)
(cracks cracking)
(door creaking)
Hey.
You ready?
I'm just gonna make one call on that
and then we're gonna chuck it, okay?
Why?
Because we're gonna have to do that.
So just give it to me.
You have to give me the phone.
Give me the phone.
Okay.
(faint radio rock music)
(phone dial tone buzzing)
What if the cops catch up?
Should we hurry?
Here, hit this.
Come on, it'll clear
all your negative vibrations.
Who are you calling?
[Sophie] My border patrol guy.
I don't have those vibration issues.
Dude, nonsense.
Everybody does.
Damn.
I think he must not be up yet
or something.
[Jyothi] Will he be waiting for us?
He absolutely will.
[Jyothi]
How far is it from here to Canada?
Oh, like 12, 13 hours.
[Jyothi] That's like a whole day.
More like two or three
because I don't have much oil in my car
and we can't drive too fast.
And we don't even have money.
How are we going to eat?
Yeah.
You know,
we're not that far from.
(somber guitar music)
(engine puttering)
(motors buzzing)
Oh, it's a good thing we got here early.
It's a shed right over here.
[Jyothi] Isn't it too dangerous
to come where to live?
No, dude, that's why it's perfect.
They, they, we're gonna trick them
because they're gonna think we're trying
to get as far away as possible.
And not just like circling
around here, you know?
(flies buzzing)
Don't even worry about it.
I know how these guys think.
(distant dog barking)
What the?
(insects chirping)
Oh, come on.
Fuck.
(flies buzzing)
Is this where you sleep?
Yeah.
Oh, hell no.
[Jyothi] What?
Oh no,
man.
I can't believe my own fucking grandpa.
And after I just got robbed too, man.
No.
Come on, who would throw weed away?
God! Thank God I had the car stash, man.
Trying to evict his own granddaughter
like some fucking slumlord.
What kind of family is this?
Do you want anything from here?
[Sophie] Not here.
The house.
(pleasant guitar music)
(upbeat foreign language guitar music)
(birds chirping)
(distant playground commotion)
(objects clattering)
(camera beeping)
Are you recording right now?
[Jyothi] Uh.
I think so.
- No, no, stop!
- Oh okay, I...
Come on, turn it off, seriously.
[Jyothi] Where is it?
Dude!
Come on, man, God!
[Jyothi] Let me see here.
Are you kidding?
Turn it off!
Damn!
(camera chiming)
Can't be recording this.
What're you, crazy?
(camera buzzing)
(camera audio squeaking)
Actually, fuck them.
We'll show them what we're made of.
Where are you walking like that?
My knees, don't worry about it.
This is my wedding jewelry,
it's worth a lot of money.
[Sophie] Oh.
Oh no, you don't have to do that.
[Jyothi]
Well, I don't have any use for it.
[Sophie] Oh.
Just jewelry.
[Sophie] What's that?
That's a duplicate Indian Burberry hat.
[Sophie] That, there,
is worth seven, $800 resale.
(quirky music)
(faint talk radio)
That's a nice wig you got there.
Huh?
Oh,
thank you.
This stuff isn't stolen, is it?
[Sophie] What?
Just kidding.
I'd know.
I'd know.
(glass dinging)
(dramatic music)
A master observes the world.
It trusts his inner vision.
(glass dinging)
(dramatic meditation music)
That's my first guitar.
My grandpa, his friend made it for me.
He was a Lutheran.
I mean a luthier, luthier.
(entry bell beeping)
I was raised Methodist, myself.
I met him at the airport once.
Matsumoto.
Same plane.
They called him up to security.
They were wanding him right there.
Just checking him for weapons, I guess.
I wanted to tell him,
he who sees through fear
will always be safe.
Man, what?
(dramatic chanting music)
Wait.
You already sold that?
Oh yeah.
Cops came in and bought it.
[Sophie] You sell to the cops?
Sure, all the time.
Don't you have like
a consumer protection thing?
Not for crooks.
(dramatic chanting music)
(entry bell beeping)
(somber foreign language music)
You got the trunk?
(kicks thudding)
Please pop the trunk.
[Jyothi] What's going on?
Dude, this guy's a narc,
we can't sell here.
Let's go, pop the trunk, let's go.
Come on, come on, come on.
Okay, okay, okay.
(metal handle creaking)
It's not opening.
Dude, just jiggle it,
it's open, just jiggle it.
(handle clanking)
It's not opening.
(Sophie groaning)
Hold this.
Useless.
What's happening?
What the shit is happening?
Dude!
This place is run by Feds, trust me.
Plus, he fucking already sold
my damn mixer.
You're ruining your own plan.
Dude, stop freaking out,
we'll figure this out.
This, most of the stuff is mine.
I, you know,
I'm the one that got us this far, man.
Trust me, we'll figure this out.
(glass clinking)
If only we never met.
If we never met, dude,
you'd still be sitting at home,
waiting for fucking Captain Underpants.
(door thudding)
Fuck!
You know, right?
Open the door
- Open the door, please.
- It's open.
Just open it.
(handle clanking)
It's not opening.
Just jiggle it!
It's not.
(upbeat foreign language music)
(door creaking)
Thanks a lot.
You're welcome.
Jyothi, where you going?
Jyothi!
Come back.
Come on, man.
- Hey, hey, stop!
- No, no.
No, thanks.
[Sophie] No thanks, what?
No, thank you.
No, I know what that means,
but what do you,
why are you saying that?
Enough!
Oh, dude, come on.
- Not right now.
- [have enough problems
in my life.
Yeah, me too.
27 years.
(Jyothi sighing)
(traffic commotion)
Listen, okay?
What're you gonna do then?
(somber flute music)
Just go home?
(dramatic flute music)
Here we go, what're we gonna get?
Oh man.
Damn.
(engine revving)
(doors creaking)
I'll go, you lay low.
(distant traffic whooshing)
(motorcycle rumbling)
(distant birds squawking)
(metal shears clacking)
[Cashier] All right,
we just now got rid of that badger.
We'll get you grilling
and going in just a minute.
Thank you for your patience.
I feel so exposed.
Why?
Like we're being watched.
Is it because that man came
- and ran?
- No.
Because like the cameras and shit.
Wait, what man?
The man that came from the bushes.
[Cashier] All righty now,
you asked about spicy chicken sandwich.
- Let go, go, go.
- Ma'am?
Ma'am?
- Go, go!
- Come back!
(horn honking)
[Cashier] We're ready now.
(doors thudding)
(engine puttering)
Oh no, come on!
(engine squealing)
[Jyothi] It wouldn't start?
Come on!
(Sophie banging)
(engine squealing)
So he followed us?
Not follow, he ran away.
After he saw us, he ran away.
I don't know, maybe.
(engine puttering)
- Come on, God.
- I'm not sure.
So, I think what we need
to do is just...
How hungry are you?
I'm hungry.
This morning we ate only one banana.
I know, but we really gotta lay low
and I just wanna
get out of this freaking state.
(engine rumbling)
(Sophie yelling)
(seat belt alarm beeping)
(upbeat drum music)
(thunder rumbling)
(faint upbeat radio music)
[Man] That's not a fucking parking spot.
Hey, Sundar.
Check these girls out.
[Sundar] What the?
[Man] Look, look, they got Ed boxed in.
- (man laughing)
- [Sundar] Uh oh.
[Man]
Look, they're playing hide and seek.
(Sundar laughing)
Fuck they doing?
[Sundar] Oh my God.
(crickets chirping)
(car engine humming)
(car whooshing)
(insects buzzing)
Hey!
You okay?
What's going on?
I don't know.
Yo, it was the best deal.
(Sophie speaking muffled)
Hey.
(Jyothi moaning)
All right, take it easy.
We'll just like walk slowly up there.
Take your time.
Yeah.
(upbeat foreign language music)
(muffled shouting)
(muffled banging)
(refrigerator buzzing)
(distant dog barking)
(train horn blowing)
Connor?
[Conner] Hey, who's this?
[Sophie] Oh, Conner, dude.
(faint upbeat radio music)
I'm so fucking glad you picked up, man.
No fucking way.
I miss your hairy face,
man, you have no idea.
[Conner] Dude, where the fuck are you?
Like, what phone number is this?
I borrowed it.
[Conner] Oh man, your grandpa
totally thinks you robbed him.
Wait, really?
Yeah, I had to convince him
not to press charges.
[Sophie]
Damn, thank you, dude, that's clutch.
Seriously, where the fuck are you?
You just disappear like that,
it's crazy.
[Sophie] Dude, I can't really say,
but like I met this woman
and she was in all this trouble
and then kinda got into this
Paul McCartney type scenario.
Paul McCartney, yeah, I know it.
That's that smooth stuff.
Y'all must be getting
fucking freaky in the CRV.
No, dude,
it's actually not like that at all.
I'm helping her out
and she's like on this
really bad-ass mission.
And, also, like I'm trying to get
our band stuff back, you know?
But things got all fucked up and twisted
and now it's like that
Paul McCartney song.
(Sophie humming tune)
Man On the Run?
Band On the Run?
I can't really talk about it
right now but,
yeah, that's why I'm calling
to get Brett's number.
[Conner] Brett?
You talking about boarder patrol Brett?
Yeah.
[Conner] He doesn't do that anymore.
He hasn't done that
for like two years, man.
Wait, really?
Yeah, he's like in the Caribbean,
like day trading cryptocurrency
or some crazy shit like that.
Why are you asking about him anyway?
I really can't talk about it
right now, man.
[Conner] What're you doing?
(entry bell ringing)
You running drugs
down there or something?
[Sophie] Drugs.
No, dude, drugs are not the issue.
Did you kill somebody or something?
I mean, what the hell?
[Sophie] Why do you say that?
I don't know,
it's just another reason to flee, right?
Like they do in the movies.
No.
Hey, so...
Have you gone by
the coffee house recently?
[Conner] The Venue?
(smooth beat music)
No, I went by there,
it's closed.
Closed?
[Conner]
Yeah, I don't know, I don't know.
The note says it's gone.
Gone?
[Conner] Yeah, I don't know.
Gone.
(smooth beat music)
I gotta go.
[Conner] Hey, hey, wait, wait a second!
(faint TV commotion)
(TV character speaking foreign language)
(ice clanking)
Hello, madam, madam.
No Hindi.
(Sundar and Jyothi
speaking foreign language)
Oh.
My name is Sundar.
I'm front desk hospitality associate.
I know all languages.
Hindi, English, French, Bangla,
Spain, Spanish, all languages I know.
Were you at the restaurant?
Yes, madam.
[Jyothi]
Why were you running and hiding?
No hiding, madam.
Only running.
[Jyothi] Why were you running?
I am Shortcut Sundar.
There's a bucket here.
It's all free.
You can use it, it's free, always free.
You can use it, it's free.
Thank you.
(ice clattering)
(money machine buzzing)
(coins clinking)
(static fizzling)
But how did he find us?
That's the fucking part
I can't figure out.
(static fizzling)
(door clicking)
Hey.
Feeling better?
Why is this room so dark?
I got us some 'zza.
(bed creaking)
[Jyothi] Why is the TV not working?
Is the TV not working?
Huh?
Why is the TV not working?
Oh no, no, I just find that calming.
I saw that man.
Again?
[Jyothi]
Yeah, he works at the front desk.
Wait, who works here?
[Jyothi]
The guy who ran from the restaurant
into the bushes.
Who, Sunil?
[Jyothi] That's Sundar.
No, no, Sundar is the front desk guy.
Right, he's the same guy
who ran from the restaurant.
Wait,
what?
That doesn't make any sense.
Unless he's under cover.
But then...
[Jyothi] He's just an eccentric guy
and he does shortcuts.
No, no, no.
Why would he run away though?
Like, he ran away, why would he do that?
- I told you...
- Unless it was
so obvious that it was just hidden
in plain sight, right?
Just like hidden.
Yeah.
He's just a weirdo.
That is it, it's simple.
Dude, I'm just trying
to figure this out, okay?
There's nothing to figure it out.
It's simple.
All right.
You figure it out.
(lighter clicking)
What's the ice for?
I got a headache.
Well, I got something that works
real well for headaches.
Woo!
I have enough crimes,
I don't want another crime.
(Sophie making splashing noise)
Involved in criminal activities.
I have enough of those.
Well, dude, you're a criminal now.
We both are, so.
Anyway, criminality is like
about social control, you know, right?
It's not like...
- Enough.
- Like, it's not...
Enough!
Enough of your stupid theories
and stupid philosophies.
Maybe you enjoy it,
this stupid lifestyle.
I don't care about it.
By the way,
did you call that border guy?
Yeah.
Okay, listen,
we're going to bed early,
get up early in the morning,
go to Canada,
drive without any stops.
Au revoir, amigo.
You go your way and I'm going my way
and we're done here.
- Okay.
- And that's it.
Yeah, okay.
I got it.
(lighter clicking)
(static fizzling)
(Sophie snoring)
(muffled shouting)
(crickets chirping)
(lighter clicking)
(traffic whooshing)
(lighter clicking)
(light ringing)
(thunder rumbling)
(traffic whooshing)
- Are you crazy?
- Stop!
You stop, stop, stop!
- Stop, madam!
- Stop!
Are you crazy?
[Jyothi] Stop.
I'm going to call the police.
Please don't call police.
(Jyothi crying)
[Sundar] Where is your husband?
Canada side, Montreal,
I'm going to see him.
And I'm going to shoot him.
What, vacation shooting?
Home video?
No, I'm going to shoot him
with the big, big gun.
(Sundar laughing)
Well, come inside,
it's dirty here, let's go inside.
Let's go.
Come inside.
No, that's okay, sir.
- Have this, have this.
- No, no, no.
I have something, shortcut.
(traffic whooshing)
Have this.
Shortcut.
You can use it.
How do you use it?
You have to press this and smoke.
(upbeat music)
(Jyothi coughing)
[Sundar] That's more than enough.
(romantic Indian film music)


Middle of the night...
Time is 1...
Please come, there will be honey
(upbeat muffled music)
(Jyothi sniffling)
Hey, sleepy head.
What time is it?
It's about 30 minutes
before they kick us out of here.
(Sophie laughing)
Oh, I got you some supplies.
Oh, thank you.
Yeah.
I'm sorry for being so crazy
and whatever.
I mean, not whatever.
I'm sorry.
God, I just,
I'm feeling kind of fucked up about it.
You know?
Like about Dan and everything.
Just like...
Like, how'd it get so fucked up?
(Sophie crying)
Anyway.
It's not your problem.
I mean, it is, but...
it's not your fault.
We'll get you to Canada.
(Sophie sighing)
(paper rustling)
Man, fuck this!
(Sophie exhaling)
You gonna do your thing?
[Jyothi] It's okay.
We can go.
(pleasant beat music)
Hey.
[Sophie] Huh?
[Jyothi] When are we stopping for lunch?
[Sophie] Oh, about that.
I can't resort.
(camera buzzing)
(people chattering)
Sandwiches are here.
[Jyothi] Excuse me,
can you help me with my camcorder?
[Vendor]
I don't know anything about cameras.
[Jyothi] Sir, please.
[Vendor] How about a samosa?
You want a samosa with chips?
[Jyothi] Please.
Can you just come here and look?
[Vendor] Ma'am,
I don't know anything about this.
I don't know anything, what's going on?
[Jyothi] I think this button
is somewhere here.
[Vendor] I have no idea.
(Sophie yelping)
Hey, Hey!
- Hey!
- Thief!
- Hey! Hey!
- Whoa! Whoa!
- Hey, stop!
- Someone call the police!
[Vendor] What's going on here?
- Hey!
- Stop!
(camera snapping)
(police sirens alarming)
This is crazy!
Fuck, man,
that went so much smoother in my head.
Fuck.
In here.
(traffic whooshing)
(Jyothi huffing)
Come on!
Come on!
(helicopter buzzing)
(Jyothi huffing)
Man, you okay?
[Jyothi] It's my knees.
Genetic.
(Sophie huffing)
How do you know how to do all of this?
What do you mean,
all the yo ink in' stuff?
Where you homeless?
How do you now that?
I saw your toothbrush and pillow
in the back of your car.
Yeah, technically, for like two months
after my parents kicked me out.
[Jyothi] Why did they kick you out?
How long you got?
Honestly, I don't know, they...
They fucked up...
They fucked up
and I turned into someone
they didn't like, so.
Oh, I'm sorry.
(camcorder rewind buzzing)
(camcorder dinging)
[Vendor] That'll be like $10.
[Jyothi] Oh no.
Look how obvious you are.
Oh man.
How many people do you think saw us?
[Jyothi]
This is why, this is why I was worried.
How do you erase it?
- Here, here.
- Is it this?
No, here.
(camcorder dinging)
But, man,
we gotta stay on the small roads now.
Like,
we gotta stay off the interstate, man.
Whatever.
What you got?
(bag rustling)
It's all meat.
Give me that.
Let's go.
("Your Head Is Reeling"
by Ultimate Spinach)
Sure you don't want any more?
Let's go.
Concrete forests loom into view
Yeah, okay, we'll go, let's go.
Steel throated robots
tell you what to do
Look out,
big brother is looking at you
[Man] Hey, stop!
Hey, where do you think you're...
- Hey!
- Look out
Big brother is looking at you
Your head
Is reeling
(gunshot booming)
[Sophie] Dude, chill!
(engine puttering)
(tires screeching)
(steam hissing)
What happened?
(Sophie groaning)
(Jyothi coughing)
[Sophie] Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck!
Oh, I think we pushed it too hard.
[Jyothi] You pushed?
(Sophie coughing)
Yeah.
We were driving too fast
without any oil.
- No oil?
- Ow!
We came all this far.
Yes, but I was trying to tell you, man.
This car explodes
when you don't have oil in it.
You never said that.
Yes, I said we needed to take it chill!
That's why, that's what I said!
(Sophie coughing)
[Jyothi]
Where are we going to go for oil now?
We need more than oil at this point.
(Jyothi coughing)
We need...
I told her, I told her too, Ern!
I said,
the Lord's gonna get His vengeance
out here on this lake, mark my words.
(Knox laughing)
Oh man.
But you know my Shelley Belly.
She's sweeter than the sweetest pie
on God's windowsill.
That's right, I told her too.
I said, He ain't gonna let me get away
with dunking my sweetie pie, no sir.
(faint upbeat radio music)
(Knox laughing)
Took me about five seconds
after I got on that jet-ski.
Got dunked like John the Baptist...
(engine rumbling)
(loud horn music)
(Knox muffled speaking)
(faint singing music)
My God, kill me.
Oh man.
Anyway,
I'm gonna let you go, bro.
I'm out on one of them...
I'm
I'm gonna go.
Yeah.
All right.
Well, let's take a look-see here.
(doors thudding)
(Knox groaning)
She coming?
[Sophie] Nah, let her sleep.
(trunk door thudding)
(thunder rumbling)
(man screaming)
- (steam hissing)
- Wow-wee!
Woo!
When was the last time
you had this thing serviced?
(Knox chuckling)
Man alive.
(objects rustling)
(insects buzzing)
(metal clanking)
(Knox whistling tune)
I mean the bare necessities
Mother nature's recipes
(Knox muttering song)
(insects buzzing)
[Arun] Hello, it's Arun speaking.
[Conner] Hello?
Hey, old friend.
[Conner] Sophie?
Dude, yo, where the hell have you been?
Yo, I just need you to tell me
about that like gone thing.
[Conner] What?
Dude, I called you like five times.
[Conner] You did?
Yeah, did you take those records
I left at your grandpa's?
(metal clanking)
Uh.
[Arun] What are you trying to do?
Huh, Jyothi?
(phone clicking)
(Conner groaning)
[Conner] Like, where are you right now?
Dude, I just need to get some
information from you, so.
[Conner] Don't tell me
you're still running around
playing fugitive with that ran do.
Fugitive?
The Fugitive, man!
Oh, Harrison Ford,
I love that movie, yeah.
[Conner] Why are you doing this?
Dude, I just need you to tell me
what the note said.
[Conner] Dude, it said Shawn is gone,
or whatever his name is,
three words, okay?
- Like he went on vacation...
- Dude.
[Conner] Or something, I don't know.
Like, the future of the band,
like my life in music
fucking depends on this, man.
So I need you to just like...
Just like...
[Conner] Sophie, the band is dead.
Dude.
[Conner] Is that what this is all about?
I just need to live my own life,
dude, okay?
That shouldn't throw you
into a full blown fucking crisis.
I mean like,
what is your definition of a crisis?
Dude, like.
[Conner] Dude, you don't need a band.
Like, what did you say?
It's your life,
go out and conquer the world, man.
(Knox knocking)
Keep being strong.
It's all you need to make music.
It's your...
(trunk door creaking)
Oh, wow-wee!
Oh, weren't you a nice piece of work.
[Sophie] Shit fuck, I gotta go!
Oh.
Did you find the spare?
Oh, I found this gun here.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Wow.
- How old is she?
- Oh,
I don't know, man, she's my friend's.
My friend like found it.
- Oh.
- She's a climate refugee.
- Yeah, wow.
- So.
Well it looks like one
my grandpa used to have.
[Sophie] Whoa, really?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Sophie] Wow.
Oh.
- Pow!
- Dude.
That's right.
All right, and kapowie!
(police siren alarming)
(Knox laughing)
- Hey, cool, cool.
- All right.
- Okay, cool.
- Right, right?
- Put the gun away now...
- Yeah.
- So we can get in the car.
- Man, this thing is badass.
- Thanks, man.
- Yeah.
- Ern will love this.
- Thank you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Cool.
- You ever shoot it?
- No, actually, no.
- Oh, man.
Well hang on, one second,
I gotta call this guy.
Oh dude, wait, wait, wait.
- We don't have time for that.
- Hello?
- So we could...
- All right.
- See that rabbit right there?
- Hello?
- No.
- Yeah,
- I bet I shoot him.
- Wait, dude, dude, no.
- Bet I can shoot him.
- No, don't shoot the rabbit.
Don't shoot the rabbit!
(truck door thudding)
How is the car?
You have a nice tool there, ma'am.
Thanks, as you well.
Yeah, so how's the car looking?
Well,
you could try to drive this.
But it might explode further.
You know, these cars, they...
[Sophie] They blow up, I know.
- Right.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- So...
- So what do you mean?
We can't drive it to Canada?
Ma'am, this is its graveyard.
I urge you to accept your fate.
You won't be driving this
anymore with patience.
So what's your recommendation?
For what?
To drive as far as possible
in the north,
like Minnesota or Vermont?
(insects chirping)
(horn tune honking)
Fucking ask him
that I had a dead fucking body,
for Christ sake.
Make us look like fucking fugitives.
You gave him this?
No, he found it.
[Jyothi] He found it?
And you came over with all those
fucking shady questions.
Dude.
Just, just, I meant for once...
What,
this all looks like a movie to you?
Or it looks like some kind
of game to you?
No, dude!
If it was a fucking movie,
it would be a real shit one.
(Sophie sighing)
Like...
You ask me if this is a game?
Is this a fucking game to you?
Like, you fucking go do it!
Fucking get a bus ticket
and you fucking do it!
But I don't fucking believe
that you would do it.
Not if I wasn't here.
You're just walking through this
like a fucking dream.
Like you're fucking sleepwalking.
This is real, like,
I see right through you.
You're fucking scared, man.
(insects chirping)
(Sophie crying)
(Sophie huffing)
("Hey Sophie" by Prashanth Kamalakanthan)



(upbeat music)
(crickets chirping)
What?
What, I'm not doing.
You held my hand, what?
Jyothi, where you going?
Man!
Ah, what?
(pleasant flute music)
Jyothi!
Jyothi!
Jyothi!
(birds chirping)
Jyothi!
Jyothi!
Jyothi!
(downbeat psychedelic music)
Jyothi!
(insects buzzing)
(frog croaking)
(birds chirping)
(downbeat psychedelic music)
(faint police radio chattering)
(officer knocking)
Fuck.
[Officer] Hi there.
Good evening, officer.
[Officer] The park's closed.
Oh yeah.
[Officer] Yeah, this is state property.
So what are you doing out here?
(faint police radio chattering)
(leaves crunching)
(insects buzzing)
And she had a real emergency
bathroom situation.
Uh huh.
So she just went out into the woods
and she'll be right back.
I mean she just left,
so it might take her.
[Officer] Uh huh.
(Sophie mumbling)
Uh huh.
Uh huh.
(gun clicking)
[Sophie] She just left.
- Yeah.
- Five, 10.
- Yeah, okay.
- 15.
(officer speaking muffled)
(train horn blowing)
- Okay.
- Don't go anywhere.
Mm-hmm.
(insects buzzing)
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
(traffic commotion rumbling)
(train horn blowing)
Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.
(faint police radio chattering)
(footsteps thumping)
All right, well,
everything seems to check out
but here's what's gonna happen.
I gotta take a lap of the park,
make sure everything's all right.
Should take about two minutes for me
to do a perimeter search.
How about you and your friend are gone
by the time I get back?
Yes, sir.
Yeah, and so look,
there's some rest stops and motels
about two miles up the road.
So why don't you
and your friend go up there?
I know the owner,
the Big Bear Lodge
and it's on my route back too.
So I could always stop in and say hello.
If you tell them
that Sheriff Ball sent you,
he'll give you a good rate.
Oh, oh.
Yeah, I wouldn't want anything to happen
to that pretty little tush
of yours out here alone.
Oh, thank you, that's awful kind.
- Yeah, of course.
- And generous.
[Officer] Of course.
All right, so look,
why don't you have a nice night, huh?
Thank you.
You too.
[Officer] Thank you.
All right, bye now.
[Officer] Goodbye.
(faint police radio chattering)
(car door thudding)
(engine rumbling)
(police siren alarming)
(Jyothi knocking)
[Sophie] Oh my God, where were you?
Did he leave?
Listen, it was a hug, I swear.
That wasn't...
(Jyothi sighing)
[Jyothi] What does it mean he left?
I mean,
he left.
So, no ticket, no nothing?
[Sophie] He checked my plates
and nothing came up.
Huh.
(insects buzzing)
That means we are free?
Yeah, I guess so.
[Jyothi] So Dan kept his promise.
He didn't tell anyone.
Yeah.
Oh man, I don't know.
[Jyothi] So I can stay in America.
(water sloshing)
You gonna call him?
(bird hooting)
Don't you want to?
What will I say?
Hey, Arun.
Anyways,
adios amigos.
Have a nice life.
I know, I go.
Goodbye, Arun.
It's dead.
It's dead.
(Sophie laughing)
(Jyothi laughing)
(Sophie laughing)
Oh my God.
(Sophie and Jyothi laughing)
(car rumbling)
("Hey Sophie Acoustic"
by Shaw & Kamalakanthan)
(static buzzing)
Oh Sophie
Tell me how far away
Hey Jyothi
You're right here near me
? Ain't no knowing
Where we're going
No, no one knows
No one knows, no one knows
I just want my heart to beat
My feet to keep my head off the ground
I don't know, been trying to leave
Might feel something call out
from the clouds
Years ago
Came, grew
Same road
Change route
Oh Sophie
Tell me how far away
Hey Jyothi
You're right here near me
Ain't no knowing
Where we're going
No, no one knows
No one knows, no one knows
Oh, oh
Oh, oh
(pleasant guitar music)
(man speaking foreign language)
I don't know what to expect.