Meadowlarks (2025) Movie Script
1
Hoo-whee.
Nice, huh?
- It's huge!
- Super nice.
This kitchen has
a ton of bells and whistles,
but we need to do
a serious grocery run tomorrow.
Yeah?
So, do we play
rock, paper, scissors?
What are you talking about?
For the biggest room!
You take it.
You sure?
I vote our big brother
gets first dibs.
I don't know.
Aw, take it!
Aw. Thanks, Gwen.
Are we still saying "reunion"
when we are meeting
for the first time?
That's what
we're calling it, so...
that's what it is.
I brought something from home.
These are from Belgium.
Ooh! Chocolates!
Mm.
Thank you, Marianne.
This is really thoughtful.
I have also
a very special bottle of wine
for our first dinner together.
Oh, that's great.
Shit.
So the thing is,
I don't drink,
and-and I choose
not to be around alcohol...
for many reasons.
Um...
I have something
you're all gonna love.
Oh...
They are so very young!
Margaret and John Wasepescan.
It means "meadowlark."
Was... pees...
Wasepescan.
Wasepes...
-Scan.
-...scan.
Our mother looked like
Connie, yeah?
No, I look like her.
Hey, this is really fancy.
This one's my favourite.
Hmm!
Hi.
Can I ask a favour?
Sure.
Could you put the seat down
when you're done?
Sure.
I have two brothers.
-I get it.
-Yeah.
Sorry. I meant...
I-I should have said
I have three brothers,
and you, four.
I have four.
We're good.
Mm.
That was a wicked
salad dressing, Connie.
Oh, well, the secret
is tons of lime and garlic.
You can send me
the recipe, yeah?
Yeah, sure.
Wouldn't mind
Charlene getting a copy.
Whoa! Wait, pause.
A-Are you telling me
that you can't make it
yourself?
-I...
-Wait, wait.
Just repeat after me.
"I sure can."
I sure can.
There you go.
I got us all
another little something.
Aw, thank you.
Wow.
And one for George.
I don't know
how to play hockey.
Neither do I,
but we're all in this
together, right?
You know what?
Um, I think
I'll just try mine on later.
It's...
It's been a really long day,
and I'm a little bit bushed,
and... but thanks.
Yeah. Thank you.
I really like it.
Hey there.
Good morning.
Morning.
Listening
to a Cree round dance song.
Um, I'm trying to learn it.
My first grandkid
is coming in January.
Oh, yeah. I remember.
Congratulations.
Yeah, it's good.
Don't let me hold you up.
I wanted to stop.
Sorry, I don't have
much to say.
I don't mind.
I enjoy the silence.
We can share the silence.
Hey, is that "Lost Together"?
You know, Blue Rodeo?
Yeah, it's my favourite.
Me too!
Um, do you want any help here?
No, I've got it. Thanks.
Okay.
Cheers.
Well, I don't know
about you guys,
but I'm hanging with the Merman
at the Banff
Indian Trading Post.
"Merman"?
Kind of looks like
a guy I once dated.
Mm.
"Bankhead was
a small coal-mining town
in the early 20th century.
Now the town is an abandoned
cluster of buildings
right on the outskirts
of Banff.
Step onto the old train
and soak in history here."
Yeah. Okay, I get it.
We don't need too much
excitement in one day.
We don't have
to choose now, do we?
We can head into town,
maybe get a feel for things.
Yeah. I would like
to see the Banff town.
I mean, we don't need
to "decide" decide.
I just, I thought we'd start
by making a shortlist.
Why don't we just
take these with us
in case we need 'em in town?
Sure.
Anyone for more coffee?
I won't say no.
Uh, no, thank you.
Ah, thank you.
You're welcome.
Say "cheese."
I would like very much
to take pictures of this view
from the Skybridge.
Oh!
Hey, hey, I'll get tickets
for all of us.
-Oh, no.
-Yeah!
No, it's too much.
No, it's my first chance
to treat my Belgian sister,
and I'm grabbing it!
Thank you.
Yeah.
Uh, I promised my wife
I'd get a selfie
with each of you.
Oh, wait. Here.
Yeah.
And then it extends.
And when you are ready,
you just press the button here.
Ah, it's so nice!
Nice.
Done.
10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
Uh, Anthony promised his wife
a selfie with each of us.
All righty.
Come on, Gwen.
Where to now?
I need to buy some gifts.
Okay.
I'm allergic to tourist traps,
so I think I'm just gonna
head over to the drugstore,
and then I'm gonna go check out
that thrift store
we saw driving in.
I sort of thought
we'd all do something together.
Well, we will.
We'll-we'll grab a late lunch.
Where and when?
I'll find a place,
book a table,
send you all a text?
Okay.
Are you allergic
to tourist traps too?
No.
Wow! Oh, they are super.
My husband says my daughters
are too old for toy buffalo,
but it is what they want.
I still have the stuffed koala
I got when I was six.
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
Kiki got me through a lot.
She's the only one
who ever really listened.
She's missing an ear
because I talked
the other one off.
Oh, talking someone's ear off
just means
you've talked too much.
Oh, yeah!
I can hold onto these
if you wanna
look around some more.
Wow.
Seriously?
I'm gonna get you
some Velcro shoes
for your birthday.
A big smile.
Thank you for helping me.
It was fun.
I wish my nieces
didn't live across the ocean.
Well, then you must
come visit us.
-I'd like that.
-They would like it too.
And me.
My husband too.
Anybody else?
Uh, Babette.
My dog.
Okay.
And one day
I will meet your brothers?
Andrea, my brother
Davie's daughter,
she's lovely.
I think
you'd get along really well.
I always wanted
one of these when I was a kid.
Looks like you still do.
I wanted Charlie's Angels.
Those chicks kicked ass, man.
Yeah!
Yeah, brown
foster kids like us,
we never got
shit like that, did we?
Yeah.
You know, I think
you should treat yourself
and just get it.
Nah, that's okay.
Hmm.
How many cheese-and-baloney
sandwiches did you eat
growing up?
Too many.
And what do I do?
Force feed 'em to my own kid.
Some habits
are hard to break.
Charlene won't let me
near the stuff.
You ever wonder
if she thought about
how many cheese-and-baloney
sandwiches
she didn't get to make?
Who?
Our mother.
Can I tell you something?
I'm listening.
I haven't thought of her
very much.
Oh, hey.
-Hey.
-Look what the elf dragged in.
Fudge?
Oh, no, I'm trying to,
you know...
Listen up, girl,
'cause I'm only gonna
tell you this once.
You're beautiful.
So no more talk
about this "love handle"
or any other shit.
-Oh, I get it, just...
-Eh-eh-eh-eh!
Where's Marianne?
Oh, she wanted to
wander by herself.
Oh, well, hey, join us!
Come on, have a seat.
We're people-watchin'.
I think I will.
Those are moose hide.
Ah.
They are very nice.
I will take five, please.
Oh. Delia?
This lady is buying
five of your keychains.
Are you First Nation?
I am from Belgium.
I am visiting family.
I was born here,
but then I was taken away.
Here, you call it
"the '60s Scoop."
Oh, mm.
So who is your family here?
A brother and two sisters.
And there is
one more brother,
but he refused to come.
Are these for them?
I met them for the first time
yesterday.
Mm.
Try them on.
They're a gift.
Ooh! Those look perfect on you.
I'm Alma.
My name is Marianne.
I want you
to come back Sunday.
Bring your sisters
and your brother.
I want you
to meet my husband, Simon,
and, um, dress warm.
Thank you.
Mm.
I have
very many memories of happiness.
And did that feeling
of happiness last?
I would say yeah.
I had friends...
good friends.
They were, how can you say,
uh, stand up for me?
They protected me.
Everybody needs that.
Not too many children care
where you come from
when you are the fastest
in your school...
in all of Antwerp.
Oh, shit,
you were the fastest kid
in your city?
The fastest 12-year-old.
So you never really felt
like you didn't fit in?
Mm, because of all the medals
and the trophies
and the attention,
it was like
I fit into my school.
My neighbourhood too.
But your parents must have
told you where you came from.
Oh, yeah,
but Canada felt so far away.
Everything
I learned about Indians
I learned by watching
the films with them.
You mean, like, "Hi-ho, Silver"
and all that crap?
Yeah.
My father,
he is passing away
when I was 20,
and then my mother
before I am 30.
When you are an only child,
it's very difficult
to feel so much grief
all by yourself.
I remember
always wishing very much
that I had siblings.
My cookies!
Oh! Can we continue this
in here?
This is all of them?
How many homes
did you live in?
I lived in a few places.
One was a temporary foster home.
Then
the Adopt Indian-Mtis Program
put my picture in the paper.
My wife found this
in the archives.
What is Adopt Indian-Mtis?
Well, Anthony and George
would've been labeled
"hard to place,"
because they were older,
so the government
came up with a program
that advertised kids
in newspapers,
so, that way,
people could
pick and choose them,
like puppies.
After I was scooped,
I went to live
with the Bradshaws.
I thought
I'd be with them forever.
They seemed really nice.
But then they got pregnant,
stuffed everything I had
in a garbage bag.
Wasn't half full.
I stood in the driveway
waiting for a social worker.
It was the day before
my seventh birthday.
Then I was back in a home
until the Klassens picked me up
and took me to their farm...
because I was, uh,
big for my age.
Then, at 18,
I was on my own,
had a baby girl I barely knew
when I was in my 20s.
Janine.
Spent a stretch on my own...
even when I was with someone.
Then I met Charlene.
Let me see.
She's beautiful.
Kyle.
He's studying
to be a mechanical engineer.
Janine... teaches kindergarten.
And you, Connie?
Um...
Oh, um,
I-I gotta take this.
You guys just go on without me.
We'll wait for you.
It's George.
I don't know how long I'll be.
Just go ahead.
I'm here.
You know,
you could still come...
if you wanna be here.
I was with
the same family
since I was a baby.
You were a very cute baby.
These are
your two big brothers?
Yeah, that's me
with Dougie and Davie.
I always got an Indian doll
at Christmas.
When I was five, I got one,
I called her "Shirley."
So I'm in my room
and combing her hair
and singing to her,
and Dougie walks in,
and he grabs her,
and whispers in my ear...
"You better be a good girl,
or you'll be sent back
to live on the Reserve
with those dirty Indians."
Then he flung Shirley
out the window.
I was terrified
that if I ever...
complained
or said the wrong thing,
that I'd be sent away.
Now I keep thinking that
I was taken away
before our mother heard me
speak my first word.
Kai's was "puppy."
Good night.
Night.
Sleep well.
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
Een schaap met witte voetjes
Dat drinkt zijn melk
zo zoetjes
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
It's Flemish.
It means,
"Sleep, baby, sleep."
My oma, my grandmother,
sang it to my mother
when she was a baby,
and then my mother to me.
What?
Can't a mother miss her kid?
I thought
you'd be too busy to call.
What's it been like,
meeting them all?
Ah, too much
to cram into a quick call.
Well, make it a long call.
Don't get mouthy
with me, Kai.
Mouthy?
I'm sorry, babe.
I-I'm tired.
But tell me how your day went.
What did you make
for supper tonight?
Pop Tarts.
- Seriously?
Some days are like that.
Some evenings, too.
What do you mean?
Are you okay?
Blueberry?
What?
Blueberry Pop Tarts?
Oh.
Like you even had to ask.
You're done?
Uh, yeah.
Uh, we were supposed
to run together?
We never made it official
or anything like that.
I could never keep up
with you anyway.
Oh, I'm so very sorry.
That's okay.
Gonna go for a short walk.
Wait!
I like to run with music.
Same.
I like to walk with music too.
I want to walk with your music.
My playlist?
The song you were
listening to yesterday,
for your grandchild.
Can you play it for me, please?
I would like my daughters
to hear it.
Let's get this show
on the road!
She says she's having
a very bad headache.
Oh, Jesus.
Hold tight.
Hmm.
Are these prescription?
Hell, no. You'd never
find this shit in a pharmacy.
You know, I'll get
through this. I always do.
You just go on ahead
without me.
I'll have a meal waiting for you
when you get back.
You're gonna take
two of these,
and you're gonna meet us
in the car in five minutes.
I don't think that I should--
We're not leaving without you.
Wait!
I ca-- I can't do it.
I-I can't.
I wish I could, but I can't.
I'm afraid of heights.
Why didn't you tell us this
before I bought the tickets?
You were nice enough
to buy them.
You could have said no.
I don't want to ruin things.
I will stay.
You travelled all this way!
Fuck, no. I'll stay.
No, I don't want
anyone to stay.
Please, go. I...
Just go. I'm sorry.
I... look!
I'll play Animal Crackers.
Go!
I love Animal Crackers.
It's fine!
I do!
-It's fine.
-I do!
Go. Go.
Oh, boy.
Come on.
Ooh.
Hello, hello?
Mm.
Do you think
Connie feels abandoned?
Uh...
I don't know!
I-I wouldn't put it that way!
I'm concerned about her.
Yeah, she'll be okay.
Keep going?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
You snatched Shirley
out of my hands
and threw her out the window.
Who the hell is Shirley?
I told you, my doll.
You expect me
to remember something
that happened
50 years ago?
More like 45 years ago.
Right, thanks.
50 years is a fucking blur,
but 45 is crystal clear.
It's coming back to me
like it was yesterday.
Oh, whatever, Dougie.
If I say to you
zero means
you are not scared at all,
and ten means
you are very scared,
what number are you
when you think of the bridge?
Can you just
go part of the way?
Why?
We are four here today,
not three.
I would like you near to me.
We can try together.
Yeah?
No.
It's okay.
Ready?
Just look at me.
-I can't.
Look at me. Look at me.
I know. I don't think I can.
Hang onto me.
Okay. We go slow,
we go slow, okay?
Mm-hmm.
Ooh...
Just look at me.
Look in my eyes.
Look into my eyes. Okay? Look.
Do you want to keep going?
Mm-hmm-hmm.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Look at my sister Connie.
She's such a brave girl.
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
Een schaap met witte voetjes
Dat drinkt zijn melk
zo zoetjes
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
You're almost there.
Come on.
Oh!
You did it, Connie.
Thank you.
That got me thinking about
when I was on a canoe trip
at this Bible camp.
One of the canoes flipped,
drenching every kid inside.
This one girl,
I still remember her name,
Trish,
she offers to dry
the soaked pants over a bonfire.
Oh, no!
The first pair of jeans
goes up in flames.
Trish flings them...
-Yeah?
-...and they land on a tent.
Two kids grab pots
to fill up with lake water.
Yeah?
When they come back,
one of 'em is drenched,
because he tumbled
in the lake.
Trish takes
one look at him and says,
"Do you want me
to dry that for you?"
Here we are...
sharing family stories
that we've never even
heard before, eh?
She told me some stories.
Who's that?
Our mother. I met her once.
What the hell?
I had to tell you.
Now you know.
What do you think of going
to this place next year?
Um...
It's very beautiful, Connie,
but for me,
for next year,
I would like to see
the place where I come from.
This is where you come from.
It's Canada.
No. No.
I mean, our, uh...
Our reserve.
Kakihewapiw?
Yeah.
Our people,
not some fancy house
with six bathrooms.
I spent a week online
trying to find this place.
Nobody complained
when I booked it.
Now?
I thought
we'd start with a warmup
before we break into teams.
What, do you got cheerleaders
lined up too, or what?
"What is the most widely
eaten fruit in America?"
I'm not timing you or anything.
Apples?
Mm-mm.
Uh, an orange?
No.
Bananas?
If you're not
gonna play properly,
don't play at all.
"How many golf balls
are there on the moon?"
Why didn't you tell us
you met our mother?
I have my reasons.
Oh, yeah?
We're listening.
What are they?
"Three."
What?
There are three golf balls
on the moon.
How long were you gonna sit
on this little secret of yours?
How many feet in a fathom?
Fuck you.
I'm outta here.
Gwen...
you don't mean that.
Yeah, I do.
I'm not waiting
for the sun to rise, George.
I can't open it up.
Can't do it.
No one's asking you
to pick at a scab.
I don't have it in me. The...
The what?
I'm not brave like you.
The hell you're not.
Listen up.
You need to get
your shit together
in the next year,
for the next time.
You hear me?
Connie?
Hey, Connie?
Marianne.
Marianne, wake up!
Hey!
Connie is gone.
What time is it?
It's late.
Oh, God.
Should we tell Anthony?
No. No need
to spread the worry,
plus he takes forever
to get ready.
Where the fuck can she be?
Connie?
Connie!
Oh, my God. I know.
I know
I was too hard on her.
I think so, yeah.
But isn't that what sisters do?
They call each other out.
Maybe,
but have we even been sisters
long enough for that?
Connie!
There she is.
Connie.
I was a shit for
lacing into you like that.
It's just, you know,
dropping that bomb
about our mother?
Pshew!
I came here to talk to her.
I wanted her permission
to tell her story.
I was with her
for about an hour.
Not yet. Not here.
Besides... bears.
I brought biscuits
and we sipped tea,
and she told me some stories...
about growing up on the reserve
with all her cousins
and siblings...
about meeting our dad
when she was 15...
and how hard it was
when he died.
She didn't want to talk
about us being taken away,
but she told me she'd been sick
for a really long time...
and she told me
I needed to go home,
our home,
Kakia...
Kakihewa...
Kakihewapiw.
Kakihewapiw.
Yeah.
I went...
before I found all of you.
I didn't belong.
They were warm and welcoming,
but it felt so...
foreign.
I planned to stay
for three days.
I barely lasted one.
I felt...
so... ashamed
at being an outsider,
for not being the me
that they deserved.
I kept wanting
to apologize to all of them
and to our mother for...
because I-I'd let her down.
That's where we're from.
That's our home,
no matter what.
Then why...
why did I feel so small?
Because when that's all
you've ever been told,
it doesn't take long
to believe it.
She told me about George...
how he tried
to be the man of the house.
He once attacked
two social workers.
It took three cops
to hold him down.
He had it the hardest,
'cause, I mean,
he was the oldest.
Nobody wanted to adopt him,
and all those foster families,
they just...
they just
beat everything out of him.
I am ready
when you are ready.
You are ready?
No.
Come on, let's go.
Come on, Anthony!
You can do it!
I should've done more!
I should've stepped in
when Connie and Gwen
were going at each other
last night.
I should've gone back
for Connie at the Skybridge.
That's a big brother's job!
George isn't here to step in,
so I should.
You want to stay safe,
you keep your mouth shut.
That's what I learned as a kid.
Don't step in.
Don't step up. Don't speak out.
I kept to myself
to save myself.
I am realizing
there are many moments I missed.
I did not hear Anthony
when he is seven years old...
crying in the driveway,
all his clothes
in garbage bags.
I never said I was crying.
Mm.
How much pavement
do you have to pound
before you feel better?
Five kilometres.
I didn't catch that.
Five kilometres.
Shit.
You were the finish line.
At the Skybridge.
You were Connie's finish line.
You were exactly
where she needed you to be.
Don't tell me I need
to be your finish line too.
So?
Who's gonna offer the tobacco
to the elders?
I will.
Oh, no! I forgot the tins.
Can you use your cigarettes?
Well, guess we'll have to.
Do you think
the elders will mind?
Tobacco is tobacco.
What kind of animal
is this?
This is an elk,
but we call it a wapiti.
One second.
Guys!
Marianne?
Marianne?
Hello!
It's so nice to see you again.
You have to meet
my husband, Simon.
-It's very nice to meet you.
-Marianne.
This is my brother, Anthony.
Anthony.
Hello.
Hi.
My sister, Gwen.
-Gwen.
-Gwen?
Yeah. Gwen.
And my sister Connie.
-Connie.
-It's nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Oh. Yeah.
Uh, this is for both of you.
Oh, geez.
Tobacco is tobacco.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Marianne was, uh, telling me
that you were scooped?
Did you know your mother
and your father?
Our father was sick
for a really long time.
Mm.
She had her hands full
taking care of him,
and one day,
she forgot to pick George
and Anthony up from school,
so they called
the social workers in.
Gwen was next.
Then they had Marianne,
and then me,
and once he passed,
they took us too.
Let's go outside.
Well, welcome.
We're gonna have
our, um, grandson, Dustin,
do a-a smudging ceremony
for us, okay?
How old are you, Dustin?
Oh.
Know what I was doing
when I was 11?
No.
Yeah, you don't want to know.
Ahw.
We'd really like, um,
Dustin to, um,
sing an honour song for you.
Meewasin.
Yeah.
After so many years,
why did you choose
to come together?
Well, about 10 years ago,
this woman stops me
in a drugstore and says
I'm the spitting image
of Brenda P...
Piyesis?
Mm.
I'd never heard of her.
Brenda was
our mother's sister.
By that time,
Margaret was in a bad state.
I didn't spend
more than an hour with her.
My adoptive parents begged me
to leave it alone,
so I couldn't say
or do anything.
For years,
my brothers kept saying
that it would
kill them if I did.
My parents passed away recently.
After that,
I knew it was time to find you.
You don't have to stand.
I want to.
Mm.
My daughter
is gonna have a baby soon.
Meewasin.
Thank you.
The thing is,
I had Janine when I was young.
Didn't have anything
to give her,
so I left her
with her mother.
My wife, Charlene,
is a person
who has always pushed me.
She kept telling me...
I gotta give both my kids
this part of me that...
...that I don't have.
I started growing my hair
a while back...
because I saw
photos of Indians,
and I thought
that's how I should look.
And I thought
it would help me.
What do I even have
to give this new baby?
I have
a nice life in Antwerp.
Mm.
Nice is, nice, yeah, but...
nice is not enough.
My brother and my sisters
are giving to me
something
very necessary.
Gwen?
Some other time, okay?
Now is a good time.
Not for me.
When I was seven years old,
I was sent to Saint Mary's.
When I came back home at 16...
I was damaged.
They tried to break us.
You have to find the pieces
that belong to you,
and put yourselves
back together.
You are each other's pieces.
We know
there are many of you out there.
We never forgot you.
Welcome back.
Real tears.
- Thank you.
Come here.
You're good at what you do.
You'll be okay.
-Thank you.
-Everything's gonna be okay.
Thank you so much.
Oh. Oh...
Do this together.
In time. Okay? In time.
It's okay now.
You found your place together.
When you go back
to your homelands,
you will have each other.
Look at us.
Tourists
in our own fuckin' country.
Please don't do that
to yourself.
You heard
what that old man said.
Gotta keep picking up the pieces
and gluin' them
back together again.
I thought I was done!
And then you guys show up.
You want us to leave?
Fuck, no, Anthony!
Can I sit here?
You just did, didn't ya?
What were you doing
when you were 15, Marianne?
I was, uh, running in races.
I had to give up my babies.
My twins.
Val and Johnny!
The social worker
drilled it into my head
that I was gonna
ruin their lives.
That is so awful, Gwen.
So unfair.
The booze
was eating me up inside,
but it was never enough to
take away that pain, you know?
Fuck.
We want to hear
the rest of your story.
Which part?
The part when I was 22,
and a woman named Donna
saved my sorry ass
at Pine Grove...
because I was shaking
like a wet dog with DTs?
Hmm?
We need to know everything.
I just don't think
a long weekend's long enough
for fuckin' my story.
We have time.
It's been so hard
doing this alone.
The only thing
that's kept me going is Kai.
My shoes are soaked.
My feet are fuckin' freezing.
I love you guys!
I love you guys.
We love you too.
Happy birthday
To us
Happy birthday
To us
Happy birthday, dear...
Connie, Gwen
Marianne, me, and George
Happy birthday
To us
Okay, so before we all dig in,
Marianne and I have a surprise.
They are all the same.
One for you.
Wow.
That's... that's beautiful.
Thank you. Both of you.
It's only half-filled.
That's on purpose.
I get it.
Right here?
Picture of my grandkid.
Right here
will be the pictures
of you visiting me in Belgium.
Uh...
I just can't seem
to shake this hurt.
I don't know.
This.
Us.
The four of us,
together for the first time,
should have been five.
The thing is...
we have more now
than we did four days ago.
A lot more.
Yeah.
Oh!
I'm done with these tears,
damn it.
Let's have some cake.
Okay.
What's it called
when you flip a coin
from knuckle to knuckle?
It's not a trick.
I don't know.
It doesn't disappear...
but I think she'll like it.
Yeah.
It's late.
Simon told me
I can give your baby something
that no one else can.
A piece of me, right?
Who's Simon?
An elder.
You're spending time
with an elder?
I was thinking...
your baby will have something
I never had when I was a kid.
What, some kind of toy?
Grandparents.
I'm really glad you went.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I gotta go.
I gotta go.
Yeah.
Next time,
we run a marathon together.
I don't think so...
but I'll be your finish line.
I must go.
Thank you.
Yeah.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay.
-Bye.
-Bye.
Strange and beautiful
are the stars tonight
That dance around your head
In your eyes
I see that perfect world
I hope that doesn't sound
too weird
And I want all the world
to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need
And if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
We are lost together
I stand before
this faceless crowd
I wonder why I bother
So much controlled by so few
Stumbling from one disaster
to another
I've heard it all
so many times before
It's all a dream to me now
A dream to me now
And if we're lost
We are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
We are lost together
In the silence
of this whispered night
I listen only to your breath
And in that second
of a shooting star
Somehow it all makes sense
And I want
all the world to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need
And if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
We are lost together
Oh
Yeah, if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Together, together
Hoo-whee.
Nice, huh?
- It's huge!
- Super nice.
This kitchen has
a ton of bells and whistles,
but we need to do
a serious grocery run tomorrow.
Yeah?
So, do we play
rock, paper, scissors?
What are you talking about?
For the biggest room!
You take it.
You sure?
I vote our big brother
gets first dibs.
I don't know.
Aw, take it!
Aw. Thanks, Gwen.
Are we still saying "reunion"
when we are meeting
for the first time?
That's what
we're calling it, so...
that's what it is.
I brought something from home.
These are from Belgium.
Ooh! Chocolates!
Mm.
Thank you, Marianne.
This is really thoughtful.
I have also
a very special bottle of wine
for our first dinner together.
Oh, that's great.
Shit.
So the thing is,
I don't drink,
and-and I choose
not to be around alcohol...
for many reasons.
Um...
I have something
you're all gonna love.
Oh...
They are so very young!
Margaret and John Wasepescan.
It means "meadowlark."
Was... pees...
Wasepescan.
Wasepes...
-Scan.
-...scan.
Our mother looked like
Connie, yeah?
No, I look like her.
Hey, this is really fancy.
This one's my favourite.
Hmm!
Hi.
Can I ask a favour?
Sure.
Could you put the seat down
when you're done?
Sure.
I have two brothers.
-I get it.
-Yeah.
Sorry. I meant...
I-I should have said
I have three brothers,
and you, four.
I have four.
We're good.
Mm.
That was a wicked
salad dressing, Connie.
Oh, well, the secret
is tons of lime and garlic.
You can send me
the recipe, yeah?
Yeah, sure.
Wouldn't mind
Charlene getting a copy.
Whoa! Wait, pause.
A-Are you telling me
that you can't make it
yourself?
-I...
-Wait, wait.
Just repeat after me.
"I sure can."
I sure can.
There you go.
I got us all
another little something.
Aw, thank you.
Wow.
And one for George.
I don't know
how to play hockey.
Neither do I,
but we're all in this
together, right?
You know what?
Um, I think
I'll just try mine on later.
It's...
It's been a really long day,
and I'm a little bit bushed,
and... but thanks.
Yeah. Thank you.
I really like it.
Hey there.
Good morning.
Morning.
Listening
to a Cree round dance song.
Um, I'm trying to learn it.
My first grandkid
is coming in January.
Oh, yeah. I remember.
Congratulations.
Yeah, it's good.
Don't let me hold you up.
I wanted to stop.
Sorry, I don't have
much to say.
I don't mind.
I enjoy the silence.
We can share the silence.
Hey, is that "Lost Together"?
You know, Blue Rodeo?
Yeah, it's my favourite.
Me too!
Um, do you want any help here?
No, I've got it. Thanks.
Okay.
Cheers.
Well, I don't know
about you guys,
but I'm hanging with the Merman
at the Banff
Indian Trading Post.
"Merman"?
Kind of looks like
a guy I once dated.
Mm.
"Bankhead was
a small coal-mining town
in the early 20th century.
Now the town is an abandoned
cluster of buildings
right on the outskirts
of Banff.
Step onto the old train
and soak in history here."
Yeah. Okay, I get it.
We don't need too much
excitement in one day.
We don't have
to choose now, do we?
We can head into town,
maybe get a feel for things.
Yeah. I would like
to see the Banff town.
I mean, we don't need
to "decide" decide.
I just, I thought we'd start
by making a shortlist.
Why don't we just
take these with us
in case we need 'em in town?
Sure.
Anyone for more coffee?
I won't say no.
Uh, no, thank you.
Ah, thank you.
You're welcome.
Say "cheese."
I would like very much
to take pictures of this view
from the Skybridge.
Oh!
Hey, hey, I'll get tickets
for all of us.
-Oh, no.
-Yeah!
No, it's too much.
No, it's my first chance
to treat my Belgian sister,
and I'm grabbing it!
Thank you.
Yeah.
Uh, I promised my wife
I'd get a selfie
with each of you.
Oh, wait. Here.
Yeah.
And then it extends.
And when you are ready,
you just press the button here.
Ah, it's so nice!
Nice.
Done.
10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.
Uh, Anthony promised his wife
a selfie with each of us.
All righty.
Come on, Gwen.
Where to now?
I need to buy some gifts.
Okay.
I'm allergic to tourist traps,
so I think I'm just gonna
head over to the drugstore,
and then I'm gonna go check out
that thrift store
we saw driving in.
I sort of thought
we'd all do something together.
Well, we will.
We'll-we'll grab a late lunch.
Where and when?
I'll find a place,
book a table,
send you all a text?
Okay.
Are you allergic
to tourist traps too?
No.
Wow! Oh, they are super.
My husband says my daughters
are too old for toy buffalo,
but it is what they want.
I still have the stuffed koala
I got when I was six.
-Yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
Kiki got me through a lot.
She's the only one
who ever really listened.
She's missing an ear
because I talked
the other one off.
Oh, talking someone's ear off
just means
you've talked too much.
Oh, yeah!
I can hold onto these
if you wanna
look around some more.
Wow.
Seriously?
I'm gonna get you
some Velcro shoes
for your birthday.
A big smile.
Thank you for helping me.
It was fun.
I wish my nieces
didn't live across the ocean.
Well, then you must
come visit us.
-I'd like that.
-They would like it too.
And me.
My husband too.
Anybody else?
Uh, Babette.
My dog.
Okay.
And one day
I will meet your brothers?
Andrea, my brother
Davie's daughter,
she's lovely.
I think
you'd get along really well.
I always wanted
one of these when I was a kid.
Looks like you still do.
I wanted Charlie's Angels.
Those chicks kicked ass, man.
Yeah!
Yeah, brown
foster kids like us,
we never got
shit like that, did we?
Yeah.
You know, I think
you should treat yourself
and just get it.
Nah, that's okay.
Hmm.
How many cheese-and-baloney
sandwiches did you eat
growing up?
Too many.
And what do I do?
Force feed 'em to my own kid.
Some habits
are hard to break.
Charlene won't let me
near the stuff.
You ever wonder
if she thought about
how many cheese-and-baloney
sandwiches
she didn't get to make?
Who?
Our mother.
Can I tell you something?
I'm listening.
I haven't thought of her
very much.
Oh, hey.
-Hey.
-Look what the elf dragged in.
Fudge?
Oh, no, I'm trying to,
you know...
Listen up, girl,
'cause I'm only gonna
tell you this once.
You're beautiful.
So no more talk
about this "love handle"
or any other shit.
-Oh, I get it, just...
-Eh-eh-eh-eh!
Where's Marianne?
Oh, she wanted to
wander by herself.
Oh, well, hey, join us!
Come on, have a seat.
We're people-watchin'.
I think I will.
Those are moose hide.
Ah.
They are very nice.
I will take five, please.
Oh. Delia?
This lady is buying
five of your keychains.
Are you First Nation?
I am from Belgium.
I am visiting family.
I was born here,
but then I was taken away.
Here, you call it
"the '60s Scoop."
Oh, mm.
So who is your family here?
A brother and two sisters.
And there is
one more brother,
but he refused to come.
Are these for them?
I met them for the first time
yesterday.
Mm.
Try them on.
They're a gift.
Ooh! Those look perfect on you.
I'm Alma.
My name is Marianne.
I want you
to come back Sunday.
Bring your sisters
and your brother.
I want you
to meet my husband, Simon,
and, um, dress warm.
Thank you.
Mm.
I have
very many memories of happiness.
And did that feeling
of happiness last?
I would say yeah.
I had friends...
good friends.
They were, how can you say,
uh, stand up for me?
They protected me.
Everybody needs that.
Not too many children care
where you come from
when you are the fastest
in your school...
in all of Antwerp.
Oh, shit,
you were the fastest kid
in your city?
The fastest 12-year-old.
So you never really felt
like you didn't fit in?
Mm, because of all the medals
and the trophies
and the attention,
it was like
I fit into my school.
My neighbourhood too.
But your parents must have
told you where you came from.
Oh, yeah,
but Canada felt so far away.
Everything
I learned about Indians
I learned by watching
the films with them.
You mean, like, "Hi-ho, Silver"
and all that crap?
Yeah.
My father,
he is passing away
when I was 20,
and then my mother
before I am 30.
When you are an only child,
it's very difficult
to feel so much grief
all by yourself.
I remember
always wishing very much
that I had siblings.
My cookies!
Oh! Can we continue this
in here?
This is all of them?
How many homes
did you live in?
I lived in a few places.
One was a temporary foster home.
Then
the Adopt Indian-Mtis Program
put my picture in the paper.
My wife found this
in the archives.
What is Adopt Indian-Mtis?
Well, Anthony and George
would've been labeled
"hard to place,"
because they were older,
so the government
came up with a program
that advertised kids
in newspapers,
so, that way,
people could
pick and choose them,
like puppies.
After I was scooped,
I went to live
with the Bradshaws.
I thought
I'd be with them forever.
They seemed really nice.
But then they got pregnant,
stuffed everything I had
in a garbage bag.
Wasn't half full.
I stood in the driveway
waiting for a social worker.
It was the day before
my seventh birthday.
Then I was back in a home
until the Klassens picked me up
and took me to their farm...
because I was, uh,
big for my age.
Then, at 18,
I was on my own,
had a baby girl I barely knew
when I was in my 20s.
Janine.
Spent a stretch on my own...
even when I was with someone.
Then I met Charlene.
Let me see.
She's beautiful.
Kyle.
He's studying
to be a mechanical engineer.
Janine... teaches kindergarten.
And you, Connie?
Um...
Oh, um,
I-I gotta take this.
You guys just go on without me.
We'll wait for you.
It's George.
I don't know how long I'll be.
Just go ahead.
I'm here.
You know,
you could still come...
if you wanna be here.
I was with
the same family
since I was a baby.
You were a very cute baby.
These are
your two big brothers?
Yeah, that's me
with Dougie and Davie.
I always got an Indian doll
at Christmas.
When I was five, I got one,
I called her "Shirley."
So I'm in my room
and combing her hair
and singing to her,
and Dougie walks in,
and he grabs her,
and whispers in my ear...
"You better be a good girl,
or you'll be sent back
to live on the Reserve
with those dirty Indians."
Then he flung Shirley
out the window.
I was terrified
that if I ever...
complained
or said the wrong thing,
that I'd be sent away.
Now I keep thinking that
I was taken away
before our mother heard me
speak my first word.
Kai's was "puppy."
Good night.
Night.
Sleep well.
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
Een schaap met witte voetjes
Dat drinkt zijn melk
zo zoetjes
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
It's Flemish.
It means,
"Sleep, baby, sleep."
My oma, my grandmother,
sang it to my mother
when she was a baby,
and then my mother to me.
What?
Can't a mother miss her kid?
I thought
you'd be too busy to call.
What's it been like,
meeting them all?
Ah, too much
to cram into a quick call.
Well, make it a long call.
Don't get mouthy
with me, Kai.
Mouthy?
I'm sorry, babe.
I-I'm tired.
But tell me how your day went.
What did you make
for supper tonight?
Pop Tarts.
- Seriously?
Some days are like that.
Some evenings, too.
What do you mean?
Are you okay?
Blueberry?
What?
Blueberry Pop Tarts?
Oh.
Like you even had to ask.
You're done?
Uh, yeah.
Uh, we were supposed
to run together?
We never made it official
or anything like that.
I could never keep up
with you anyway.
Oh, I'm so very sorry.
That's okay.
Gonna go for a short walk.
Wait!
I like to run with music.
Same.
I like to walk with music too.
I want to walk with your music.
My playlist?
The song you were
listening to yesterday,
for your grandchild.
Can you play it for me, please?
I would like my daughters
to hear it.
Let's get this show
on the road!
She says she's having
a very bad headache.
Oh, Jesus.
Hold tight.
Hmm.
Are these prescription?
Hell, no. You'd never
find this shit in a pharmacy.
You know, I'll get
through this. I always do.
You just go on ahead
without me.
I'll have a meal waiting for you
when you get back.
You're gonna take
two of these,
and you're gonna meet us
in the car in five minutes.
I don't think that I should--
We're not leaving without you.
Wait!
I ca-- I can't do it.
I-I can't.
I wish I could, but I can't.
I'm afraid of heights.
Why didn't you tell us this
before I bought the tickets?
You were nice enough
to buy them.
You could have said no.
I don't want to ruin things.
I will stay.
You travelled all this way!
Fuck, no. I'll stay.
No, I don't want
anyone to stay.
Please, go. I...
Just go. I'm sorry.
I... look!
I'll play Animal Crackers.
Go!
I love Animal Crackers.
It's fine!
I do!
-It's fine.
-I do!
Go. Go.
Oh, boy.
Come on.
Ooh.
Hello, hello?
Mm.
Do you think
Connie feels abandoned?
Uh...
I don't know!
I-I wouldn't put it that way!
I'm concerned about her.
Yeah, she'll be okay.
Keep going?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
You snatched Shirley
out of my hands
and threw her out the window.
Who the hell is Shirley?
I told you, my doll.
You expect me
to remember something
that happened
50 years ago?
More like 45 years ago.
Right, thanks.
50 years is a fucking blur,
but 45 is crystal clear.
It's coming back to me
like it was yesterday.
Oh, whatever, Dougie.
If I say to you
zero means
you are not scared at all,
and ten means
you are very scared,
what number are you
when you think of the bridge?
Can you just
go part of the way?
Why?
We are four here today,
not three.
I would like you near to me.
We can try together.
Yeah?
No.
It's okay.
Ready?
Just look at me.
-I can't.
Look at me. Look at me.
I know. I don't think I can.
Hang onto me.
Okay. We go slow,
we go slow, okay?
Mm-hmm.
Ooh...
Just look at me.
Look in my eyes.
Look into my eyes. Okay? Look.
Do you want to keep going?
Mm-hmm-hmm.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Look at my sister Connie.
She's such a brave girl.
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
Een schaap met witte voetjes
Dat drinkt zijn melk
zo zoetjes
Slaap, kindje, slaap
Daar buiten loopt een schaap
You're almost there.
Come on.
Oh!
You did it, Connie.
Thank you.
That got me thinking about
when I was on a canoe trip
at this Bible camp.
One of the canoes flipped,
drenching every kid inside.
This one girl,
I still remember her name,
Trish,
she offers to dry
the soaked pants over a bonfire.
Oh, no!
The first pair of jeans
goes up in flames.
Trish flings them...
-Yeah?
-...and they land on a tent.
Two kids grab pots
to fill up with lake water.
Yeah?
When they come back,
one of 'em is drenched,
because he tumbled
in the lake.
Trish takes
one look at him and says,
"Do you want me
to dry that for you?"
Here we are...
sharing family stories
that we've never even
heard before, eh?
She told me some stories.
Who's that?
Our mother. I met her once.
What the hell?
I had to tell you.
Now you know.
What do you think of going
to this place next year?
Um...
It's very beautiful, Connie,
but for me,
for next year,
I would like to see
the place where I come from.
This is where you come from.
It's Canada.
No. No.
I mean, our, uh...
Our reserve.
Kakihewapiw?
Yeah.
Our people,
not some fancy house
with six bathrooms.
I spent a week online
trying to find this place.
Nobody complained
when I booked it.
Now?
I thought
we'd start with a warmup
before we break into teams.
What, do you got cheerleaders
lined up too, or what?
"What is the most widely
eaten fruit in America?"
I'm not timing you or anything.
Apples?
Mm-mm.
Uh, an orange?
No.
Bananas?
If you're not
gonna play properly,
don't play at all.
"How many golf balls
are there on the moon?"
Why didn't you tell us
you met our mother?
I have my reasons.
Oh, yeah?
We're listening.
What are they?
"Three."
What?
There are three golf balls
on the moon.
How long were you gonna sit
on this little secret of yours?
How many feet in a fathom?
Fuck you.
I'm outta here.
Gwen...
you don't mean that.
Yeah, I do.
I'm not waiting
for the sun to rise, George.
I can't open it up.
Can't do it.
No one's asking you
to pick at a scab.
I don't have it in me. The...
The what?
I'm not brave like you.
The hell you're not.
Listen up.
You need to get
your shit together
in the next year,
for the next time.
You hear me?
Connie?
Hey, Connie?
Marianne.
Marianne, wake up!
Hey!
Connie is gone.
What time is it?
It's late.
Oh, God.
Should we tell Anthony?
No. No need
to spread the worry,
plus he takes forever
to get ready.
Where the fuck can she be?
Connie?
Connie!
Oh, my God. I know.
I know
I was too hard on her.
I think so, yeah.
But isn't that what sisters do?
They call each other out.
Maybe,
but have we even been sisters
long enough for that?
Connie!
There she is.
Connie.
I was a shit for
lacing into you like that.
It's just, you know,
dropping that bomb
about our mother?
Pshew!
I came here to talk to her.
I wanted her permission
to tell her story.
I was with her
for about an hour.
Not yet. Not here.
Besides... bears.
I brought biscuits
and we sipped tea,
and she told me some stories...
about growing up on the reserve
with all her cousins
and siblings...
about meeting our dad
when she was 15...
and how hard it was
when he died.
She didn't want to talk
about us being taken away,
but she told me she'd been sick
for a really long time...
and she told me
I needed to go home,
our home,
Kakia...
Kakihewa...
Kakihewapiw.
Kakihewapiw.
Yeah.
I went...
before I found all of you.
I didn't belong.
They were warm and welcoming,
but it felt so...
foreign.
I planned to stay
for three days.
I barely lasted one.
I felt...
so... ashamed
at being an outsider,
for not being the me
that they deserved.
I kept wanting
to apologize to all of them
and to our mother for...
because I-I'd let her down.
That's where we're from.
That's our home,
no matter what.
Then why...
why did I feel so small?
Because when that's all
you've ever been told,
it doesn't take long
to believe it.
She told me about George...
how he tried
to be the man of the house.
He once attacked
two social workers.
It took three cops
to hold him down.
He had it the hardest,
'cause, I mean,
he was the oldest.
Nobody wanted to adopt him,
and all those foster families,
they just...
they just
beat everything out of him.
I am ready
when you are ready.
You are ready?
No.
Come on, let's go.
Come on, Anthony!
You can do it!
I should've done more!
I should've stepped in
when Connie and Gwen
were going at each other
last night.
I should've gone back
for Connie at the Skybridge.
That's a big brother's job!
George isn't here to step in,
so I should.
You want to stay safe,
you keep your mouth shut.
That's what I learned as a kid.
Don't step in.
Don't step up. Don't speak out.
I kept to myself
to save myself.
I am realizing
there are many moments I missed.
I did not hear Anthony
when he is seven years old...
crying in the driveway,
all his clothes
in garbage bags.
I never said I was crying.
Mm.
How much pavement
do you have to pound
before you feel better?
Five kilometres.
I didn't catch that.
Five kilometres.
Shit.
You were the finish line.
At the Skybridge.
You were Connie's finish line.
You were exactly
where she needed you to be.
Don't tell me I need
to be your finish line too.
So?
Who's gonna offer the tobacco
to the elders?
I will.
Oh, no! I forgot the tins.
Can you use your cigarettes?
Well, guess we'll have to.
Do you think
the elders will mind?
Tobacco is tobacco.
What kind of animal
is this?
This is an elk,
but we call it a wapiti.
One second.
Guys!
Marianne?
Marianne?
Hello!
It's so nice to see you again.
You have to meet
my husband, Simon.
-It's very nice to meet you.
-Marianne.
This is my brother, Anthony.
Anthony.
Hello.
Hi.
My sister, Gwen.
-Gwen.
-Gwen?
Yeah. Gwen.
And my sister Connie.
-Connie.
-It's nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Oh. Yeah.
Uh, this is for both of you.
Oh, geez.
Tobacco is tobacco.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Marianne was, uh, telling me
that you were scooped?
Did you know your mother
and your father?
Our father was sick
for a really long time.
Mm.
She had her hands full
taking care of him,
and one day,
she forgot to pick George
and Anthony up from school,
so they called
the social workers in.
Gwen was next.
Then they had Marianne,
and then me,
and once he passed,
they took us too.
Let's go outside.
Well, welcome.
We're gonna have
our, um, grandson, Dustin,
do a-a smudging ceremony
for us, okay?
How old are you, Dustin?
Oh.
Know what I was doing
when I was 11?
No.
Yeah, you don't want to know.
Ahw.
We'd really like, um,
Dustin to, um,
sing an honour song for you.
Meewasin.
Yeah.
After so many years,
why did you choose
to come together?
Well, about 10 years ago,
this woman stops me
in a drugstore and says
I'm the spitting image
of Brenda P...
Piyesis?
Mm.
I'd never heard of her.
Brenda was
our mother's sister.
By that time,
Margaret was in a bad state.
I didn't spend
more than an hour with her.
My adoptive parents begged me
to leave it alone,
so I couldn't say
or do anything.
For years,
my brothers kept saying
that it would
kill them if I did.
My parents passed away recently.
After that,
I knew it was time to find you.
You don't have to stand.
I want to.
Mm.
My daughter
is gonna have a baby soon.
Meewasin.
Thank you.
The thing is,
I had Janine when I was young.
Didn't have anything
to give her,
so I left her
with her mother.
My wife, Charlene,
is a person
who has always pushed me.
She kept telling me...
I gotta give both my kids
this part of me that...
...that I don't have.
I started growing my hair
a while back...
because I saw
photos of Indians,
and I thought
that's how I should look.
And I thought
it would help me.
What do I even have
to give this new baby?
I have
a nice life in Antwerp.
Mm.
Nice is, nice, yeah, but...
nice is not enough.
My brother and my sisters
are giving to me
something
very necessary.
Gwen?
Some other time, okay?
Now is a good time.
Not for me.
When I was seven years old,
I was sent to Saint Mary's.
When I came back home at 16...
I was damaged.
They tried to break us.
You have to find the pieces
that belong to you,
and put yourselves
back together.
You are each other's pieces.
We know
there are many of you out there.
We never forgot you.
Welcome back.
Real tears.
- Thank you.
Come here.
You're good at what you do.
You'll be okay.
-Thank you.
-Everything's gonna be okay.
Thank you so much.
Oh. Oh...
Do this together.
In time. Okay? In time.
It's okay now.
You found your place together.
When you go back
to your homelands,
you will have each other.
Look at us.
Tourists
in our own fuckin' country.
Please don't do that
to yourself.
You heard
what that old man said.
Gotta keep picking up the pieces
and gluin' them
back together again.
I thought I was done!
And then you guys show up.
You want us to leave?
Fuck, no, Anthony!
Can I sit here?
You just did, didn't ya?
What were you doing
when you were 15, Marianne?
I was, uh, running in races.
I had to give up my babies.
My twins.
Val and Johnny!
The social worker
drilled it into my head
that I was gonna
ruin their lives.
That is so awful, Gwen.
So unfair.
The booze
was eating me up inside,
but it was never enough to
take away that pain, you know?
Fuck.
We want to hear
the rest of your story.
Which part?
The part when I was 22,
and a woman named Donna
saved my sorry ass
at Pine Grove...
because I was shaking
like a wet dog with DTs?
Hmm?
We need to know everything.
I just don't think
a long weekend's long enough
for fuckin' my story.
We have time.
It's been so hard
doing this alone.
The only thing
that's kept me going is Kai.
My shoes are soaked.
My feet are fuckin' freezing.
I love you guys!
I love you guys.
We love you too.
Happy birthday
To us
Happy birthday
To us
Happy birthday, dear...
Connie, Gwen
Marianne, me, and George
Happy birthday
To us
Okay, so before we all dig in,
Marianne and I have a surprise.
They are all the same.
One for you.
Wow.
That's... that's beautiful.
Thank you. Both of you.
It's only half-filled.
That's on purpose.
I get it.
Right here?
Picture of my grandkid.
Right here
will be the pictures
of you visiting me in Belgium.
Uh...
I just can't seem
to shake this hurt.
I don't know.
This.
Us.
The four of us,
together for the first time,
should have been five.
The thing is...
we have more now
than we did four days ago.
A lot more.
Yeah.
Oh!
I'm done with these tears,
damn it.
Let's have some cake.
Okay.
What's it called
when you flip a coin
from knuckle to knuckle?
It's not a trick.
I don't know.
It doesn't disappear...
but I think she'll like it.
Yeah.
It's late.
Simon told me
I can give your baby something
that no one else can.
A piece of me, right?
Who's Simon?
An elder.
You're spending time
with an elder?
I was thinking...
your baby will have something
I never had when I was a kid.
What, some kind of toy?
Grandparents.
I'm really glad you went.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I gotta go.
I gotta go.
Yeah.
Next time,
we run a marathon together.
I don't think so...
but I'll be your finish line.
I must go.
Thank you.
Yeah.
-Okay.
-Okay.
Okay.
-Bye.
-Bye.
Strange and beautiful
are the stars tonight
That dance around your head
In your eyes
I see that perfect world
I hope that doesn't sound
too weird
And I want all the world
to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need
And if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
We are lost together
I stand before
this faceless crowd
I wonder why I bother
So much controlled by so few
Stumbling from one disaster
to another
I've heard it all
so many times before
It's all a dream to me now
A dream to me now
And if we're lost
We are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
We are lost together
In the silence
of this whispered night
I listen only to your breath
And in that second
of a shooting star
Somehow it all makes sense
And I want
all the world to know
That your love's all I need
All that I need
And if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
We are lost together
Oh
Yeah, if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Yeah, if we're lost
Then we are lost together
Together, together