Milano (2024) Movie Script
Eat your pizza, or no dessert.
Before I forget.
That's for your gym gear.
We'll be leaving soon.
Where are you going?
Working on a construction site.
Now?
- Yes, now.
And in your bed at ten.
Your bed, no other bed. Okay?
And make sandwiches
for school tomorrow. Promise?
Yo, Milano.
And get that dog out from under the table.
He needs to be in the shed outside.
Dries.
Hey, you're going to stay here for another ten minutes,
or my mom will think it's weird.
And don't sit on my bed.
Milano, make your sandwiches, okay?
Milano, where are the lighters?
Really...
Okay.
Can you feel it?
Now over to you.
Come on, Milano,
is it going to be like this every week?
Why?
Okay, come on. We'll
just do sounds today. Okay?
I'd rather not.
You should be able to talk.
No talking today?
Here.
Here, take that.
Aziz.
Aziz.
- Yeah, sorry.
Milano.
Come in quickly.
Does your daddy know you're here?
And have you eaten yet?
Do you think it's normal that that father always leaves his son
home alone?
No, but we've already had that conversation.
Yes, but still.
Ah yes. That's new.
Come on, New Year's Eve.
My mother only buys old junk.
Alain.
It's not true.
I told him that
he shouldn't bother you anymore.
Okay, that's nice.
There's a key at the neighbors.
Tell him that. So he can come in.
He can just come in anytime. Okay?
Yes, thanks.
Remember when I could do somersaults?
Like a water nymph.
Why don't you ever swim anymore?
When you get old, you get scared of everything.
It's a shame.
Milano, if you're cold, come out.
I wonder
why Bernice doesn't call anymore.
Bernice, with her big ass.
When she jumped in the pool,
I got to refill it afterwards.
Are you smoking again?
Did I ever stop?
Start by
stopping drinking so much wine.
I'm too old
to start anything, Rene.
Are you taking your meds?
Bernice has been dead for three years.
You know that very well.
Of course I know that. Bernice...
I want to eat pasta tonight.
Go get some carrots.
That's 33.50 euros, please.
That's for the sauce.
Go ahead,
but no weird stuff in my sauce.
And don't bother Madame Zwembad
anymore.
You're big enough now.
Don't go there anymore.
I know she took care of you
back then, but now I'm here.
I saw your mother.
Who did you see?
Your mother.
But you said she lived in another country
and died there, right?
She's dead to me.
A cat has nine lives too.
Where is she?
She's nowhere, Milano.
I just saw them. That's all.
Don't get any ideas.
It's just the two of us.
But I want to see her too.
Then I'll have to go under all the bridges
to see if she's there.
Milano.
Thanks.
But come on, why don't you open the door
when we ring the bell?
If you don't open the door, this is how it goes.
I'm here to do my job...
as a bailiff
Rene van der Keelen.
You're Mrs. Sonck?
- Yes.
They've only been.
- Yes.
May I sit down?
- Yes.
You paid off well, but suddenly stopped
a few months ago. Why?
Sorry, I have to answer.
Hello, Mom.
Is he there now? But why?
Be careful he doesn't drown. He swims
like a dog. I'll call you back later.
I'm going to do my job, okay?
Here.
He left us with all that debt.
Yes.
All those absent fathers.
Enjoy your meal, my street boy.
Milano. It's Milano, isn't it?
A beautiful city, Milan. No doubt about it...
Is your daddy back at work?
That man works hard.
I'll give him that.
Leave it.
He doesn't speak French.
Milano...
With its boulevards, shops,
banks and cathedral.
It was a long time ago,
but I remember it well.
Where were you last night?
Are you going to make it a habit again
to always go to her?
You know what I think about that.
Outside with that dog.
If you know where I was,
you shouldn't ask.
What's wrong with you?
- You know that all too well.
Stop being so selfish.
I'm mixing jam especially for you. Without chunks.
I like those chunks.
Aziz, pass.
Hey, Osman.
Hey.
Our dog.
- Our dog.
Look at his shoes.
Come on, Milano, home.
Do homework.
Did you know that Osman and Aziz's mother only makes croquettes?
Really,
that's the only thing they eat.
Madame Buddha statue
even smells like croquettes.
But they do go on holiday to the sea.
The sea?
The sea is boring.
That's just sand.
Be glad I don't spend all day making croquettes like their mom.
Have you found my mom yet?
I wouldn't call her 'my mom'.
You promised you'd look for her.
Look at all the things I still have to do
in that filthy, moldy shed.
I have the right to see her.
All in good time, Milano.
Like going on vacation, right?
Gesture calmly.
I don't understand you like that. You know that.
Like going on vacation, right?
We're saving, Milano. We're
going to have a nice car soon.
Do those neighbors have a nice car?
I want a mommy.
You don't have a mommy.
Always bread here.
You shouldn't look like that.
And by the way, you smell like chlorine again.
Did you swim there?
Is it nice there, yes?
She's even learning sign language.
But that's way too hard for her.
It's already cost me so much time.
You know what it is?
That's a really big lantern
with little light.
Never forget where you come from.
From here.
We're not like that Rene.
And she's not like us.
And she's not your mother...
Whatever she gets into her head,
that's me.
You know well enough what I mean.
We eat brown bread there.
Brown bread gives you diarrhea.
That's unhealthy.
Come on.
If you're thirsty...
There it is.
Come on.
There she is.
That's your mom.
Lost your tongue too?
Isn't it obvious?
This is Milano.
This isn't the time.
It's never the time for you.
Does it have to be like this?
Does it have to be like this? You're asking me?
He wants this, I don't.
He has a right to it,
just to be clear.
Is it okay if we see each other
another time? Somewhere else?
If no one is there,
you can fold towels.
Yes.
Aren't we here?
Come on, Milano...
Your mom has to fold towels.
She didn't say anything to me.
Of course not.
She's nothing either.
You were so big. So small and stone deaf.
And she was gone.
I learned those signs from you.
I paid for your surgeries.
I paid for everything.
I almost lost you.
You don't exist to her.
I just wanted
you to see it with your own eyes.
No, Milano,
that dog is already inside here way too much.
Do you think it's normal
that we even feed that dog...
that the junkie from a little further
doesn't even look at?
Gone.
Milano.
Hey, open up.
Hey.
Can I help you?
Wait.
I'll be back.
Amanda.
- Yeah?
Come here.
What are you doing here?
That's not going to happen.
Hey, can you hear me?
Wait outside. I'm almost done.
Are you coming?
It's over there.
We're here.
Have a seat, please.
Would you like a cookie?
I've lived here for two years.
It's okay here.
Yeah, I can't do that,
chatting in gestures like that...
Sorry.
Don't look like that. That's rude.
You know...
I've been gone a long time.
I went to work
in Mallorca for eight years.
Have you ever been there?
The sun always shines there.
But then I came back
here...
because my mother got sick.
Now she's dead.
Done with the sun.
And? Can you hear me well
with those things?
You don't really like that, do you.
I would think
that might be more noticeable.
Your dad said
that you can speak with those things.
Your dad did a good job.
He really did a good job.
Sorry.
I was
still a baby when I had you.
I have to go now.
Hey.
You can't just come here all of a sudden.
I don't know
what your dad says, but...
That's just not going to happen.
Wait...
Take that with you for the road.
Hey, is everything okay at home?
I'm going to call your dad.
I'll be back.
Milano needs to come home.
No. Not now. He's sleeping.
Wake him up.
It's four in the morning...
It's four in the morning
and it's my son.
Wait, I'm coming downstairs.
She's coming downstairs.
I'll bring him tomorrow,
as soon as he wakes up. I promise.
He needs to be with me.
It's time to stop
him always sitting here.
Go get him.
But he's sleeping so deeply now.
- So deeply?
Did you go and see?
Did you see it?
Of course I saw it.
Did he brush his teeth?
Yes.
It's good.
It's okay. It's all okay.
But tomorrow he'll
come straight back home.
I'll tell him.
And my son can stop
always teaching me such stupid ways.
Real Italians don't
put vegetables in their sauce.
And tomorrow he'll come straight
back home, Madame Basilicum.
I'm his father.
I think he's in the garage.
Your dad's not happy, is he?
AC Milan lost badly.
You're fucking late, RoboCop.
You know it well enough.
Every Tuesday. That's not hard, is it?
Tuesday is...
What's Tuesday?
Tuesday is Jeffrey Day.
You gotta remember that, buddy.
Homework?
About frogs.
There are frogs that are so poisonous that you
die just by touching them.
I didn't know that.
Now.
And the bullfrog did not originally
come from here, but now lives here too.
You're kidding.
Fifteen euros administrative costs.
Fifteen euros for a little water.
It's not like beer comes out of the tap here.
Come on, give me my lighter.
Smoking is unhealthy.
This is unhealthy.
You need to find a better hiding place, Milano.
What frog came here?
The bullfrog.
Yeah, and you water frog,
you need to take a little less shower.
Turn on the tap, wet it. Turn off the tap,
soap it up. Turn on the tap, rinse it off.
I like showering.
- Yeah, I can tell you like it.
I'll pay them.
Close your eyes.
I've seen that movie a thousand times.
I actually hate that movie.
Hate? E.T.? Do you hate E.T.?
I especially hate nuns.
Luckily the institutions are now
without nuns.
You like to eat that, don't you?
Me too.
E.T.
What a stupid movie...
Hey, Tony.
Yeah.
No, that's not going to work.
I'm sitting here with Milano watching E.T. to watch.
E.T., that movie. E.T.
'E.T. phone home.'
That movie. You don't know that?
No, really not. Really not.
No, I'm tired too.
Next time, okay?
Okay, hello. Yo, Tony.
Go ahead.
I'm not going anywhere.
I was tired.
I don't like you anymore.
You were supposed to stay here.
I'm staying here. I'm here, aren't I?
With me.
I hardly ever do that anymore, you know that.
No way.
I hate you.
Sorry.
I shouldn't have done that.
I'm going to tell at school.
- Don't tell.
Then they're going to take you away from me.
They're going to do it, I swear.
Then you're going to go to an institution,
like me, or foster parents...
I'm going to live with Rene, or with mom.
Yo, Tony.
Milano, come here.
Milano, come here.
What are you doing?
The school called me.
Rene called me too.
Did that have to happen now?
I didn't feel like going to school.
No, not that.
That thing with the faucet in the kitchen.
I often didn't feel like going to school either.
And look what a bungler I am now.
You should feel like going to school.
I just want you to be smart.
I'm smart.
I know you're smart.
But just...
that you can buy everything you want later.
Can mommy come to the beach?
She has no money.
She has no responsibility.
She was too young to have a baby.
Are you serious?
Hey, have you been there?
She said that? Too young?
Really...
Hey. What did you think of the ending of E.T.?
Beautiful, huh?
E.T. is going home...
I was always devastated by that.
And I'm staying home tonight, I promise.
And that party at Renee's,
go there.
That could be fun.
Here you go.
- Thank you.
A flyer. Yes.
Have a nice evening.
- Bye.
Good evening.
- Good evening.
Who's that boy?
- That's Milano.
Family?
- No.
Come on, he's just part of it.
We've known each other for a few years
and he lives not far from me.
But that's it.
I hardly recognize anyone here anymore.
But that doesn't matter.
All those fools in one pile...
It's her night.
Every year the same. Every year
a different charity. My God.
It's good that you're here, my boy.
You make her happy.
Enjoy.
- Enjoy.
Enjoy.
It's a raffle soon.
Mama.
Yes, of course.
Here you go.
- Thank you.
Mom.
Mom.
Mom.
What did you do with the money?
Do you have the money?
- What?
The money is gone.
What is all that money still doing here?
Mom, please. Do you have it?
- Of course not.
Milano.
And his backpack.
Here.
I resigned today.
I won't let anyone do this to me.
Come on.
Come sit down.
Come over here.
Come here.
I'm your mom.
But I'm really proud of you.
You know?
And?
Gray.
Come on.
The one you used to make was better.
I've never made lasagna.
It's from the Italian.
It was the greengrocer
with his bad apples.
Did you buy fruit?
Do I look like I bought fruit?
You should never have left such a large sum of money
in the house.
I have to repossess furniture from a
single mother.
To each his own.
It's their own fault.
I warned them. If they don't pay...
Is that so?
- Yes. The world is full of losers. Full.
Really.
They don't think about the people
who are waiting for their money.
I'll match that money.
- What money?
From the cash register.
- That's not what it's about.
People don't pay their bills
but then they cry when I show up at their door.
I'm sick and tired of it.
Sick and tired of it.
He's not coming anymore, is he?
It's in our genes.
Being crazy about fries is in our genes.
Everyone likes to eat fries.
Yes, but we
like to eat fries extra, extra, extra.
Did you know that fries from the chip shop
are carcinogenic?
The fries we eat at home,
frozen fries, are healthier.
Here they fry them twice
and in between those frying times...
a substance is created
that is carcinogenic.
I prefer fries from the fryer.
Yes, but less healthy,
so I want you to eat frozen fries.
Just laugh.
I think that's important and I want you to know that, because you're my son.
And you're my extra,
extra, extra sweet daddy.
Hold it up. Up. Up, yeah.
Here, for your hands.
Leave that.
You don't watch it at home anyway.
Look, that's a nice one.
Why don't you come anymore?
You're not my mom.
What?
- She says I stole money.
Do you think he stole your money?
- No.
Did you steal the money from Madame?
That's some nerve to come here
and accuse my son of theft.
I'm not accusing anyone.
There's seven thousand euros gone.
Is it because I have a new car?
Is that it?
Is that what you think?
I never said anything to you
because you were good to my son.
But if you come here from your villa neighborhood
to accuse my son of theft...
then I don't want Milano to ever see you again.
Come with me. Come with me. Come.
What's that?
You think I don't know?
You think I don't see it?
I thought I was imagining it for a moment,
but there's too much gone. Upstairs too.
Where did that weed go?
Answer me when I ask you something.
And not with those gestures of yours.
Do you smoke, Milano?
Do you smoke weed?
Open your mouth and say something.
Talk to me.
I have time.
Okay.
I know from the doctors
that you can talk, so talk.
Open your mouth. You have a tongue,
you have vocal cords. Talk.
Talk. Act normal.
And what is normal?
You want me to act normal?
Act normal yourself first.
I'm so done with you.
I don't want you to smoke weed. I don't want it.
They know you're growing.
Who?
That guy from a bit further
and those guys with their scooters.
They know about your plants.
So you're stealing my weed
and selling it to them? That's how it works?
I only take a little bit every week. Otherwise they'll do something.
You give that?
They say they're going to kill Happy, throw him in the canal.
Kill who?
- Happy, my dog.
Happy?
You call that mangy animal Happy?
That's not even your dog. That they
throw him in the canal. You fucking care?
Why don't you tell me?
Why don't you tell me?
When then? You're never there.
Stand up.
Starting tomorrow, you'll go to speech therapy three times a week. Do you understand me?
Until you speak.
Milano.
Hey, Milano. Open up.
I know it was your dad.
His bike is right here.
Where are you?
Hey, RoboCop.
Hey, Milano-boy.
Well, why do we have to
come from behind?
Guys, it smells like wet dog in here.
- Get him.
Where is he?
Guys, I got his yapper.
Salute, Milano.
He's over there.
Come on, Milano.
Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
Go, go, go.
He's coming.
Kick, buddy, kick.
Let him come.
Kick it, buddy.
Come on, Milano.
Kick it with your legs.
Come on, Milano. Yeah.
Milano.
Stop at the bridge.
Go, go, go.
Throw him, throw him.
Mom.
Mom, will you open the door?
I miss him.
Me too.
Wait.
You take his head.
Before I forget.
That's for your gym gear.
We'll be leaving soon.
Where are you going?
Working on a construction site.
Now?
- Yes, now.
And in your bed at ten.
Your bed, no other bed. Okay?
And make sandwiches
for school tomorrow. Promise?
Yo, Milano.
And get that dog out from under the table.
He needs to be in the shed outside.
Dries.
Hey, you're going to stay here for another ten minutes,
or my mom will think it's weird.
And don't sit on my bed.
Milano, make your sandwiches, okay?
Milano, where are the lighters?
Really...
Okay.
Can you feel it?
Now over to you.
Come on, Milano,
is it going to be like this every week?
Why?
Okay, come on. We'll
just do sounds today. Okay?
I'd rather not.
You should be able to talk.
No talking today?
Here.
Here, take that.
Aziz.
Aziz.
- Yeah, sorry.
Milano.
Come in quickly.
Does your daddy know you're here?
And have you eaten yet?
Do you think it's normal that that father always leaves his son
home alone?
No, but we've already had that conversation.
Yes, but still.
Ah yes. That's new.
Come on, New Year's Eve.
My mother only buys old junk.
Alain.
It's not true.
I told him that
he shouldn't bother you anymore.
Okay, that's nice.
There's a key at the neighbors.
Tell him that. So he can come in.
He can just come in anytime. Okay?
Yes, thanks.
Remember when I could do somersaults?
Like a water nymph.
Why don't you ever swim anymore?
When you get old, you get scared of everything.
It's a shame.
Milano, if you're cold, come out.
I wonder
why Bernice doesn't call anymore.
Bernice, with her big ass.
When she jumped in the pool,
I got to refill it afterwards.
Are you smoking again?
Did I ever stop?
Start by
stopping drinking so much wine.
I'm too old
to start anything, Rene.
Are you taking your meds?
Bernice has been dead for three years.
You know that very well.
Of course I know that. Bernice...
I want to eat pasta tonight.
Go get some carrots.
That's 33.50 euros, please.
That's for the sauce.
Go ahead,
but no weird stuff in my sauce.
And don't bother Madame Zwembad
anymore.
You're big enough now.
Don't go there anymore.
I know she took care of you
back then, but now I'm here.
I saw your mother.
Who did you see?
Your mother.
But you said she lived in another country
and died there, right?
She's dead to me.
A cat has nine lives too.
Where is she?
She's nowhere, Milano.
I just saw them. That's all.
Don't get any ideas.
It's just the two of us.
But I want to see her too.
Then I'll have to go under all the bridges
to see if she's there.
Milano.
Thanks.
But come on, why don't you open the door
when we ring the bell?
If you don't open the door, this is how it goes.
I'm here to do my job...
as a bailiff
Rene van der Keelen.
You're Mrs. Sonck?
- Yes.
They've only been.
- Yes.
May I sit down?
- Yes.
You paid off well, but suddenly stopped
a few months ago. Why?
Sorry, I have to answer.
Hello, Mom.
Is he there now? But why?
Be careful he doesn't drown. He swims
like a dog. I'll call you back later.
I'm going to do my job, okay?
Here.
He left us with all that debt.
Yes.
All those absent fathers.
Enjoy your meal, my street boy.
Milano. It's Milano, isn't it?
A beautiful city, Milan. No doubt about it...
Is your daddy back at work?
That man works hard.
I'll give him that.
Leave it.
He doesn't speak French.
Milano...
With its boulevards, shops,
banks and cathedral.
It was a long time ago,
but I remember it well.
Where were you last night?
Are you going to make it a habit again
to always go to her?
You know what I think about that.
Outside with that dog.
If you know where I was,
you shouldn't ask.
What's wrong with you?
- You know that all too well.
Stop being so selfish.
I'm mixing jam especially for you. Without chunks.
I like those chunks.
Aziz, pass.
Hey, Osman.
Hey.
Our dog.
- Our dog.
Look at his shoes.
Come on, Milano, home.
Do homework.
Did you know that Osman and Aziz's mother only makes croquettes?
Really,
that's the only thing they eat.
Madame Buddha statue
even smells like croquettes.
But they do go on holiday to the sea.
The sea?
The sea is boring.
That's just sand.
Be glad I don't spend all day making croquettes like their mom.
Have you found my mom yet?
I wouldn't call her 'my mom'.
You promised you'd look for her.
Look at all the things I still have to do
in that filthy, moldy shed.
I have the right to see her.
All in good time, Milano.
Like going on vacation, right?
Gesture calmly.
I don't understand you like that. You know that.
Like going on vacation, right?
We're saving, Milano. We're
going to have a nice car soon.
Do those neighbors have a nice car?
I want a mommy.
You don't have a mommy.
Always bread here.
You shouldn't look like that.
And by the way, you smell like chlorine again.
Did you swim there?
Is it nice there, yes?
She's even learning sign language.
But that's way too hard for her.
It's already cost me so much time.
You know what it is?
That's a really big lantern
with little light.
Never forget where you come from.
From here.
We're not like that Rene.
And she's not like us.
And she's not your mother...
Whatever she gets into her head,
that's me.
You know well enough what I mean.
We eat brown bread there.
Brown bread gives you diarrhea.
That's unhealthy.
Come on.
If you're thirsty...
There it is.
Come on.
There she is.
That's your mom.
Lost your tongue too?
Isn't it obvious?
This is Milano.
This isn't the time.
It's never the time for you.
Does it have to be like this?
Does it have to be like this? You're asking me?
He wants this, I don't.
He has a right to it,
just to be clear.
Is it okay if we see each other
another time? Somewhere else?
If no one is there,
you can fold towels.
Yes.
Aren't we here?
Come on, Milano...
Your mom has to fold towels.
She didn't say anything to me.
Of course not.
She's nothing either.
You were so big. So small and stone deaf.
And she was gone.
I learned those signs from you.
I paid for your surgeries.
I paid for everything.
I almost lost you.
You don't exist to her.
I just wanted
you to see it with your own eyes.
No, Milano,
that dog is already inside here way too much.
Do you think it's normal
that we even feed that dog...
that the junkie from a little further
doesn't even look at?
Gone.
Milano.
Hey, open up.
Hey.
Can I help you?
Wait.
I'll be back.
Amanda.
- Yeah?
Come here.
What are you doing here?
That's not going to happen.
Hey, can you hear me?
Wait outside. I'm almost done.
Are you coming?
It's over there.
We're here.
Have a seat, please.
Would you like a cookie?
I've lived here for two years.
It's okay here.
Yeah, I can't do that,
chatting in gestures like that...
Sorry.
Don't look like that. That's rude.
You know...
I've been gone a long time.
I went to work
in Mallorca for eight years.
Have you ever been there?
The sun always shines there.
But then I came back
here...
because my mother got sick.
Now she's dead.
Done with the sun.
And? Can you hear me well
with those things?
You don't really like that, do you.
I would think
that might be more noticeable.
Your dad said
that you can speak with those things.
Your dad did a good job.
He really did a good job.
Sorry.
I was
still a baby when I had you.
I have to go now.
Hey.
You can't just come here all of a sudden.
I don't know
what your dad says, but...
That's just not going to happen.
Wait...
Take that with you for the road.
Hey, is everything okay at home?
I'm going to call your dad.
I'll be back.
Milano needs to come home.
No. Not now. He's sleeping.
Wake him up.
It's four in the morning...
It's four in the morning
and it's my son.
Wait, I'm coming downstairs.
She's coming downstairs.
I'll bring him tomorrow,
as soon as he wakes up. I promise.
He needs to be with me.
It's time to stop
him always sitting here.
Go get him.
But he's sleeping so deeply now.
- So deeply?
Did you go and see?
Did you see it?
Of course I saw it.
Did he brush his teeth?
Yes.
It's good.
It's okay. It's all okay.
But tomorrow he'll
come straight back home.
I'll tell him.
And my son can stop
always teaching me such stupid ways.
Real Italians don't
put vegetables in their sauce.
And tomorrow he'll come straight
back home, Madame Basilicum.
I'm his father.
I think he's in the garage.
Your dad's not happy, is he?
AC Milan lost badly.
You're fucking late, RoboCop.
You know it well enough.
Every Tuesday. That's not hard, is it?
Tuesday is...
What's Tuesday?
Tuesday is Jeffrey Day.
You gotta remember that, buddy.
Homework?
About frogs.
There are frogs that are so poisonous that you
die just by touching them.
I didn't know that.
Now.
And the bullfrog did not originally
come from here, but now lives here too.
You're kidding.
Fifteen euros administrative costs.
Fifteen euros for a little water.
It's not like beer comes out of the tap here.
Come on, give me my lighter.
Smoking is unhealthy.
This is unhealthy.
You need to find a better hiding place, Milano.
What frog came here?
The bullfrog.
Yeah, and you water frog,
you need to take a little less shower.
Turn on the tap, wet it. Turn off the tap,
soap it up. Turn on the tap, rinse it off.
I like showering.
- Yeah, I can tell you like it.
I'll pay them.
Close your eyes.
I've seen that movie a thousand times.
I actually hate that movie.
Hate? E.T.? Do you hate E.T.?
I especially hate nuns.
Luckily the institutions are now
without nuns.
You like to eat that, don't you?
Me too.
E.T.
What a stupid movie...
Hey, Tony.
Yeah.
No, that's not going to work.
I'm sitting here with Milano watching E.T. to watch.
E.T., that movie. E.T.
'E.T. phone home.'
That movie. You don't know that?
No, really not. Really not.
No, I'm tired too.
Next time, okay?
Okay, hello. Yo, Tony.
Go ahead.
I'm not going anywhere.
I was tired.
I don't like you anymore.
You were supposed to stay here.
I'm staying here. I'm here, aren't I?
With me.
I hardly ever do that anymore, you know that.
No way.
I hate you.
Sorry.
I shouldn't have done that.
I'm going to tell at school.
- Don't tell.
Then they're going to take you away from me.
They're going to do it, I swear.
Then you're going to go to an institution,
like me, or foster parents...
I'm going to live with Rene, or with mom.
Yo, Tony.
Milano, come here.
Milano, come here.
What are you doing?
The school called me.
Rene called me too.
Did that have to happen now?
I didn't feel like going to school.
No, not that.
That thing with the faucet in the kitchen.
I often didn't feel like going to school either.
And look what a bungler I am now.
You should feel like going to school.
I just want you to be smart.
I'm smart.
I know you're smart.
But just...
that you can buy everything you want later.
Can mommy come to the beach?
She has no money.
She has no responsibility.
She was too young to have a baby.
Are you serious?
Hey, have you been there?
She said that? Too young?
Really...
Hey. What did you think of the ending of E.T.?
Beautiful, huh?
E.T. is going home...
I was always devastated by that.
And I'm staying home tonight, I promise.
And that party at Renee's,
go there.
That could be fun.
Here you go.
- Thank you.
A flyer. Yes.
Have a nice evening.
- Bye.
Good evening.
- Good evening.
Who's that boy?
- That's Milano.
Family?
- No.
Come on, he's just part of it.
We've known each other for a few years
and he lives not far from me.
But that's it.
I hardly recognize anyone here anymore.
But that doesn't matter.
All those fools in one pile...
It's her night.
Every year the same. Every year
a different charity. My God.
It's good that you're here, my boy.
You make her happy.
Enjoy.
- Enjoy.
Enjoy.
It's a raffle soon.
Mama.
Yes, of course.
Here you go.
- Thank you.
Mom.
Mom.
Mom.
What did you do with the money?
Do you have the money?
- What?
The money is gone.
What is all that money still doing here?
Mom, please. Do you have it?
- Of course not.
Milano.
And his backpack.
Here.
I resigned today.
I won't let anyone do this to me.
Come on.
Come sit down.
Come over here.
Come here.
I'm your mom.
But I'm really proud of you.
You know?
And?
Gray.
Come on.
The one you used to make was better.
I've never made lasagna.
It's from the Italian.
It was the greengrocer
with his bad apples.
Did you buy fruit?
Do I look like I bought fruit?
You should never have left such a large sum of money
in the house.
I have to repossess furniture from a
single mother.
To each his own.
It's their own fault.
I warned them. If they don't pay...
Is that so?
- Yes. The world is full of losers. Full.
Really.
They don't think about the people
who are waiting for their money.
I'll match that money.
- What money?
From the cash register.
- That's not what it's about.
People don't pay their bills
but then they cry when I show up at their door.
I'm sick and tired of it.
Sick and tired of it.
He's not coming anymore, is he?
It's in our genes.
Being crazy about fries is in our genes.
Everyone likes to eat fries.
Yes, but we
like to eat fries extra, extra, extra.
Did you know that fries from the chip shop
are carcinogenic?
The fries we eat at home,
frozen fries, are healthier.
Here they fry them twice
and in between those frying times...
a substance is created
that is carcinogenic.
I prefer fries from the fryer.
Yes, but less healthy,
so I want you to eat frozen fries.
Just laugh.
I think that's important and I want you to know that, because you're my son.
And you're my extra,
extra, extra sweet daddy.
Hold it up. Up. Up, yeah.
Here, for your hands.
Leave that.
You don't watch it at home anyway.
Look, that's a nice one.
Why don't you come anymore?
You're not my mom.
What?
- She says I stole money.
Do you think he stole your money?
- No.
Did you steal the money from Madame?
That's some nerve to come here
and accuse my son of theft.
I'm not accusing anyone.
There's seven thousand euros gone.
Is it because I have a new car?
Is that it?
Is that what you think?
I never said anything to you
because you were good to my son.
But if you come here from your villa neighborhood
to accuse my son of theft...
then I don't want Milano to ever see you again.
Come with me. Come with me. Come.
What's that?
You think I don't know?
You think I don't see it?
I thought I was imagining it for a moment,
but there's too much gone. Upstairs too.
Where did that weed go?
Answer me when I ask you something.
And not with those gestures of yours.
Do you smoke, Milano?
Do you smoke weed?
Open your mouth and say something.
Talk to me.
I have time.
Okay.
I know from the doctors
that you can talk, so talk.
Open your mouth. You have a tongue,
you have vocal cords. Talk.
Talk. Act normal.
And what is normal?
You want me to act normal?
Act normal yourself first.
I'm so done with you.
I don't want you to smoke weed. I don't want it.
They know you're growing.
Who?
That guy from a bit further
and those guys with their scooters.
They know about your plants.
So you're stealing my weed
and selling it to them? That's how it works?
I only take a little bit every week. Otherwise they'll do something.
You give that?
They say they're going to kill Happy, throw him in the canal.
Kill who?
- Happy, my dog.
Happy?
You call that mangy animal Happy?
That's not even your dog. That they
throw him in the canal. You fucking care?
Why don't you tell me?
Why don't you tell me?
When then? You're never there.
Stand up.
Starting tomorrow, you'll go to speech therapy three times a week. Do you understand me?
Until you speak.
Milano.
Hey, Milano. Open up.
I know it was your dad.
His bike is right here.
Where are you?
Hey, RoboCop.
Hey, Milano-boy.
Well, why do we have to
come from behind?
Guys, it smells like wet dog in here.
- Get him.
Where is he?
Guys, I got his yapper.
Salute, Milano.
He's over there.
Come on, Milano.
Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
Go, go, go.
He's coming.
Kick, buddy, kick.
Let him come.
Kick it, buddy.
Come on, Milano.
Kick it with your legs.
Come on, Milano. Yeah.
Milano.
Stop at the bridge.
Go, go, go.
Throw him, throw him.
Mom.
Mom, will you open the door?
I miss him.
Me too.
Wait.
You take his head.