Noise (2023) Movie Script
1
[ominous music playing]
[water bubbling]
Michelle!
[water bubbling]
Hey. What's up, guys?
Viola, this is it. Our new house.
Well, I say new,
but I spent my childhood here.
And here's Liv reading,
taking it easy. Again.
Well?
- Well what?
- It's not so bad here, is it?
You don't think we could use
a little more space?
- [scoffing]
- [chuckling]
Come on.
This is our big bright living room.
Ah, and my favorite souvenir
in the house.
Matthias. [giggling] Chubby little cutie.
Here's where I'll do my catering.
- For now.
- Ah.
And if I know what's good for me,
I'll stay out of here, right?
Yip. Get out.
Oh, we still have to put that out
with the trash.
This? Why? You don't like it.
Ta-da.
[sighing] The love of my life.
[mysterious music playing]
- Ah, you're ridiculous.
- What? I wasn't good?
You are so good.
- [Julius crying]
- Oh.
Perfect timing.
[grunting]
[Julius cooing]
Let's go to sleep now, okay? Yeah.
[cooing continues]
[soft music playing]
[groaning]
[Julius crying]
- Hey, I got it.
- Hmm.
[soft music playing]
I don't like this.
Do you like this one?
- [Julius cooing]
- [grunting]
Does Grandma's dress look good on me?
- [indistinct chattering]
- [men laughing]
- Heads up. [laughing]
- You trying to kill me!
Hey, little darling. Hello.
Cuckoo. Cuckoo. Cuckoo.
Who's out there?
- It's Daddy and Uncle Timme.
- Hey. Look.
Say hello. Goo-goo.
Wave to Daddy.
[indistinct chattering]
Hurry now.
Hey, how you gonna feed yourself
now that we're gone?
I'll survive somehow.
[all laughing]
[Julius cooing]
Oh, that is so cute.
When I gave you permission
to date my sister,
I didn't mean you should both move
to the middle of nowhere.
I mean, come on.
It's beautiful, but you'll both
gonna be bored out of your minds
after a month, right?
- I don't know.
- Just saying.
We'll have to see.
You sure you don't want wine?
I'm all right, thanks though.
Oh, before I forget,
I brought something for Julius.
Hold on, I'll film.
Time for a quiz.
What did Uncle Timme buy?
Is it: A, a pet he bought on a whim
and is giving to us
cause he can't support it, or, uh
- B, maybe, uh, the 200 euros he owes me?
- Yeah.
Or C, that rowing machine
that he never uses that cost a fortune.
[all laughing]
Ah, hey. Ah.
[laughing]
Belly.
Oh, Belly?
[sniffing] Ah, you're way too sweet.
Are you absolutely sure?
- I'm sure. It's his turn to have Belly.
- But will you be okay without him?
Yeah, I think so. Yeah.
Of course. [laughing]
- You're a great brother.
- Anytime.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- It's adorable.
- Melts your heart, doesn't it?
Look how sweet. Cuckoo.
[Julius cooing]
- Put that away for a bit.
- One sec.
How many followers do you have these days?
- One hundred and ninety-six thousand.
- Wow.
And that means getting free stuff
in the mail.
Yeah. Every day he gets sent
some stuff to promote.
Okay. [laughing]
And they send stuff for you too?
- [grunting]
- Yeah.
The whole nursery's completely sponsored.
And we have diapers for a year.
- [all laughing]
- Seriously.
- He's gonna love this.
- Right?
[Julius crying]
[soft music playing]
Here's the culprit,
the cause of my messed up sleep schedule.
Why do you have to keep me up, buddy?
You're lucky you're so cute.
Oh.
Shh. Shh. Shh.
Okay, little bud,
we're gonna have a drink.
[smacking lips]
Yeah.
- Rough night?
- Quality time with my son.
Sorry.
- I guess I didn't hear him.
- That's okay.
[ominous music playing]
- Seriously!
- Hm, what's wrong?
Take a look.
Dad!
Dad!
- Oh, God.
- What are you doing here?
[ringing tone]
[woman ] Hello, Parelhof Retirement Home.
Found it.
[grunting]
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
Nice to see someone's willing to help me.
Dad, isn't that enough?
Your teeth are gonna fall out.
[dramatic tone]
That pond there,
I dug it all by myself, you know.
Oh, is that right?
- Impressive. Did you know, Matt?
- Hmm.
And he came by to make sure
I didn't fill it in.
[dramatic music playing]
Michelle always wanted a pond.
Okay.
Come on, Dad, they're waiting for you.
I used to walk along here almost every day
when I went to work.
Some afternoons I would even go home
so I could see Michelle.
To be near Michelle.
Michelle always wanted a pond.
She always wanted to live near a pond.
[indistinct chattering]
I walked here all the time.
I knew every branch on every tree
almost every day.
[indistinct chattering]
[mumbling, gasping]
Hey, come on, Dad, let's go.
You know, some managed to escape,
but the water was coming much too fast.
- Dad, what are you talking about?
- We kept a lot of it out of the paper.
Dad.
Dad!
It's unbelievable how much money
was involved.
With who?
Oh, I warned them so many times,
but did they listen to me?
Ha!
And after it was too late,
the clean up fell to me.
[chuckling]
It's so much more
than that happened there.
Maybe now is the time
to find out about it.
There you are, Pol
Sorry, we're short-staffed.
We had two medical emergencies.
- Hmm.
- And whose fault is that?
Well, he's all right.
He walked back to our house.
He must have been on autopilot.
You know you not supposed to run away.
Do you want another coffee?
- Need anything else?
- No, thank you.
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
[water bubbling]
[giggling]
[Julius cooing]
[Julius cooing]
- Hey.
- Hey.
So how was he?
Fine. We talked.
I'd even say it was a good talk.
Okay.
- And how was he with you?
- How was he?
You know
He has high expectations for me.
You don't just make it overnight.
[sighing] Well, you did.
Hmm.
[Julius cooing]
I got us some strawberries.
- Do you want some?
- Please.
[Julius niggling, crying]
[phone beeping]
[beeping continues]
[Julius crying continues]
[water bubbling]
[phone vibrating]
[grunting]
Google, what can you tell me
about Soubaylo?
[Google beeping]
Fifty-three articles found.
First article:
"Chemical plant opening a success.
Employment reassures village."
[Google beeping]
[mysterious music playing]
SOUBAYLO INVESTS
IN INNOVATIVE CHEMISTRY
[Google beeping]
- Did you sleep in here?
- Ah
- Uh, no. I couldn't sleep.
- Hmm.
Dad asked me to look this up.
Something about an accident
at his factory.
[sighing]
- Pol's confused.
- There's a lot online about it.
I want to do this for him, babe.
Shouldn't you focus on something else?
Something, I don't know,
something both of you can do?
Yeah, this. [chuckling] You know,
this is something we can do together.
- I don't know if it's a good idea.
- My followers think it is, so.
Okay.
[soft music playing]
Hi.
[bells ringing]
Hi.
- What can I do for ya?
- What a beautiful store.
Ya, um
Well, I'm new to the neighborhood,
and I run my own little catering business.
I'm still looking
for a local meat supplier, and I thought
that working together might be fun.
Business to business.
[woman grunting]
Um, so could I maybe leave my,
my business card here with you?
Oh, I'm sorry, we don't take cards.
Okay.
Okay. Well, thanks.
[bells ringing]
And after we've washed our hands,
we move on to step two.
Water goes in next.
Like that.
And now the most important thing,
Step three, our formula.
I use the formula from BabyJoy.
We're very happy with it,
and so is the little guy.
Of course, it's important to make sure
that you have the right amount,
in this case, two nicely level...
[Julius crying, screaming]
- All right. One more time.
- [monitor beeping]
- [sighing]
- [soft music playing]
ORGANIC MARKE- Hello.
- Hello.
I don't think I've seen you around before.
Yeah, we're new. We moved in not long ago.
Ah, Pol's house I bet.
Yeah, yes. He's in a retirement home.
Oh, I know.
That Pol, good riddance, huh?
[chuckling]
Yeah, but my choice would have been
to have him move in.
I'm not big on retirement homes.
Who is, right?
So then, who are you?
Uh, I'm Liv.
I'm, uh, Matthias' girlfriend.
Ha, the Matthias Hm.
I didn't think he'd want
to return here.
Yeah, we really just wanted some peace
and quiet.
And he can find that here then?
Uh
I don't follow.
Uh, well, Some things
are better left alone, aren't they?
Uh, yeah. I, um
Uh, I... I was wondering
if I could maybe leave some, uh,
some cards for my home business.
- I'm a caterer.
- Sure. Yes.
You can put them over there.
- Yeah, over there. Hm-mm.
- Oh, okay.
- Here?
- Perfect.
- [ominous music playing]
- [Julius crying]
[Julius screaming]
[sighing]
- [hushing]
- [crying continues]
[Timme] And that, um,
that factory's still there?
It is, yeah. Mostly.
I don't think anyone's gonna notice
if we go by there.
- All right. I'll be there in half an hour.
- Yeah? Ah, great, bud. Thanks.
- See you in a bit.
- Okay, see you soon. All right, bye.
[freezer buzzing]
- [soft pinging tone]
- Uh.
Hold this.
- This is it?
- Yeah. Come on.
Well, how do you get in
since the door's closed.
I guess we go over it. Wait a sec.
Matti. Matti, help me. Give me a hand.
- So this is your father's factory?
- It was.
Nice.
It's like a jungle in here, Matti.
Come.
Can we... Can we go in that way?
[door squeaking]
Come on, through here.
[building rumbling]
Jesus, it's huge.
[Timme grunting]
This place is disgusting.
What are you even looking for?
I don't know.
I just wanted to see it for myself.
This is just like a maze.
Everything looks the same.
[pipe rumbling]
What happened here, man?
Matti, this is just more junk.
You not gonna find anything.
You don't know that. Give me that.
[groaning]
[echoing pinging]
You found something.
- You taking it? Where?
- Come on, let's go.
Matti, this isn't the way back.
[hissing tone]
Oh, God.
Ugh, damn. It stinks in here.
[flies buzzing]
Jesus, this is not normal.
Oh, my God.
[Timme moaning]
I want to go, Matti. I'm leaving.
Matti, come on.
[soft music playing]
Hm.
Hey little guy.
- Hello.
- Hey.
I, uh, I just made some coffee.
Can I get you a cup as well?
Yeah. Yeah, please. Thank you.
Hm. That's awfully nice.
A hot cup of coffee.
Here we go. [groaning] Cookie.
- And this is for you.
- Thanks.
Oh, would you just look at you.
[all giggling]
He looks a bit like Pol.
Pol from the old days.
[all laughing]
Yeah, I should hope so.
So how do you two know each other?
[gasping] Oh, from, uh, from Michelle.
She was my, uh, she was my best friend.
- Oh?
- Yeah.
Then I woke up one day,
and it had been a year since we'd spoken.
- Time flies, doesn't it?
- Yeah.
Hmm.
- Matthias never talks about his mother.
- Oh, that's not surprising.
- No?
- No.
If you don't remember someone,
how could you?
No.
[keyboard clicking]
[sighing]
WASTEWATER SOUBAYLO
CREATES DEVASTATING DAMAGE
BASEMENTS NEARBY VILLAGES
FLOODED
[Liv] Matthias?
[ominous music playing]
ALARMING RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
[faded out] Matthias, your dinner's ready.
BREATHING DIFFICULTIES
EYE IRRITATION
What is it? It doesn't smell good?
Maybe it's gone bad.
If something's wrong with it,
I imagined it's because the freezer
was unplugged.
- Lucky, it's still good.
- You can't be sure it's safe.
[sighing]
Ugh.
Hmm.
Tasty.
[phone beeping, vibrating]
Hey, no phones at the table, remember?
- What's the matter with you?
- I'm not hungry. Sorry.
- [ominous music playing]
- [Julius crying]
- [Julius screaming]
- [gasping]
- [ominous music playing]
- [Julius crying]
GONE TO THE SHOP WITH JULIUS.
CHECK THE FRIDGE. -L
[ominous tone]
[ominous music playing]
[music continues]
[bells ringing]
Oh, just a minute.
[Julius cooing]
Sorry, I was just busy with
[cooing continues]
- Oh, this must be Julius? Matthias' son.
- Yeah.
[gasping] You heard.
I think he looks like us both.
Yes, I suppose you're right.
I was one of Pol's employee's before
Well, a long time ago now.
I was still young.
Oh?
Yes. And after that he
He didn't come to the village very much
after that.
- [bells ringing]
- Hey, Pierre.
And what would you like?
- I'll have a pound of ground beef.
- Coming right up.
- [Pol] But these hallways here, you see?
- [Matti] Hm-mm.
They went much further than that.
Here too.
And few people could find their way
around in that maze. Very few.
The rest bought maps.
But if we ever lost power,
they'd be impossible to read. [laughing]
Yeah, more than once, we had somebody
get lost for a few hours.
And after the accident,
did they search the holes?
Yeah, but not all.
Uh, yes, there was that one part
blocked off, the water was too high.
Do you still have those maps?
In the attic, I'm pretty sure.
[mysterious music playing]
[music continues]
[baby mobile playing]
Hey, sweetie. Hi. Hello.
There you go.
Goo-goo.
- And this room was still in use?
- Of course. Of course. Yes, yes.
- It went here...
- Pol! Visitors? Now?
You know it's way too late for visitors.
Right. Come on, sir. It's time to go.
And you, Pol, have pills to take.
[grunting]
- Let's go.
- Yeah, yeah.
Good work, son.
Thanks, Dad.
[ominous music playing]
[soft banging]
Matthias?
[music continues]
[gasping]
[panting]
What have you been up to?
- I, uh
- We had that dinner plan.
- Where were you?
- I... I was with Dad.
- So late, though?
- Hm.
Sorry, do you mind if I
- You should've let me know.
- I was busy.
[soft music playing]
VICTIMS' FAMILIES FILE LAWSUIAGAINST CHEMICAL GIAN[ominous music playing]
(+) = DEAD?
5 OFFICIAL DEATHS?
WITNESSES? SURVIVORS?
SANCTIONS?
[Matti] I don't exactly know
what happened yet, but these men
One, two, three, four, five.
There were five official deaths.
But that's not right.
There were many more,
and my father knew that.
But he couldn't say anything about it.
This! I'm gonna help him.
The evidence is right here. Here.
Morning.
- Hey
- [Matti] He was right, my father...
- Wake up. Let's go.
- Oh.
My dad was right.
[baby mobile playing]
Smoothie?
You've been working so hard,
I thought this would help.
Good?
I have to stop by Dad's later.
We, um, got some things to discuss.
Yeah, sure.
What do you mean, sure?
Look, I've already secured
two more sponsors,
and Dad likes it
when I go to see him.
I miss you.
I'm right here.
[mobile continues]
[mobile tone distorts]
[machine rumbling]
[ominous tone]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous tone]
- [ominous tone]
- [gasping]
[water bubbling]
[grunting, gasping] Huh?
[breathing heavily]
[indistinct chattering]
Isn't that bitter?
- Hi, Pol.
- [grunting] Here, grab one.
Thanks, man. Heya.
Be right back.
What are you up to?
- Wh... What do you mean?
- Your dad?
It's good for him. You can see that.
Thanks.
Hey, babe.
- What?
- Just hi.
- How was your father?
- Great.
Hey!
Would you hold on,
I'm asking you a question, Matti?
[sighing]
That's all you do.
- You just ask me how I am.
- Sorry?
Liv, I just want to be alone for a while,
okay?
That's how you spend all your time.
You lie in bed all day,
and when you're awake,
you're impatient and cranky.
Why do you think that is?
I mean, I don't see you walking around
at night with the baby.
Oh, you think we're competing
for Instagram likes
with our parenting or something?
- That's absurd. How could you think that?
- This again!
When am I gonna get some respect?
No idea. Maybe when you
stop playing around and...
Ah, it's that easy.
This coming from the woman
who spends all day baking pies.
- You've never had a problem with that...
- I do now!
[breathing heavily]
Listen...
By the way, I make a lot more money
than you do with your shitty food.
- Congratulations!
- What do you mean?
Me and my shitty pies have to go.
Which I bet you forgot.
Before I get home, you clean this up.
- And don't forget Julius' bottle.
- Yeah, I won't.
[upbeat music playing]
Fucking idiot.
[sighing]
- [both laughing]
- Wow.
There's so much crap we give up
for our kids.
Hmm.
- So what you said about Matthias
- Uh, you mean the other baby.
[laughing] Yeah, him.
He freaks out at any sound.
Yeah, but babies
can be pretty loud, though.
If he wants to throw his kid out
the window, he wouldn't be the first.
- Lau.
- I've felt that before.
- Maybe I do make things difficult.
- What?
No, silly. It's great to see each other
all the time.
Yeah.
If you're worried,
maybe you should talk to somebody.
You know?
Come on.
Yip. Yip, yip, yip, yip.
- I missed you so much.
- I missed you too.
[Julius crying]
[moaning]
[ominous music playing]
[baby mobile playing]
[ominous music playing]
- [dramatic tone]
- [screaming]
[soft music playing]
[Matti breathing heavily]
Hey.
[grunting]
Baby, hey, hey.
Hey, my love, what... what is it?
Hey.
Shh. Shh.
It's okay.
It's okay.
No, I just found him like that.
What do I do?
Mhm-mm.
Um
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Good morning.
- Hi.
Come and sit.
Timme got rolls and croissants from the,
um, Nero bakery.
And I made tzatziki.
Juice?
Or do you want a coffee cake, maybe?
We have those round ones with raisins.
I didn't know
there would be visitors today?
- Timme, pass me the jam, would you?
- Matthias, I we Um
We're worried about you.
You're exhausted, overstimulated
over-everything, really.
Of course I am.
That little monster won't stop whining.
What?
Dude, come on, talk to us.
Or maybe to someone else
if that's easier.
I know you can tell you're not yourself.
Hey?
Babe, are you okay?
Your work with your dad...
He doesn't even recognize you
half the time.
Okay. You know what? Leave.
[Julius crying]
I'm not gonna say it again.
Yeah. All right.
But get some help.
- Bye, Timme. Thanks.
- Hm.
[Liv clears throat]
[sighing]
I'mI'm sorry. I promise I'll try harder.
I'll call him back. I'll apologize to him.
[bike engine revving]
Thanks.
All right.
Okay.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- Okay. I'll see you tonight.
- Yeah.
[ominous music playing]
[mumbling]
CEO INDICTED - SOUBAYLO KEEPS QUIESUSPECTED CORRUPTION
[phone beeping]
My dad was blackmailed.
He couldn't speak,
or else he'd be fired or, or, um
Or worse, maybe.
But he couldn't speak!
His was backed into a corner.
He didn't stand a chance.
They were all against him.
And I promise you'll hear my dad's story,
how he couldn't speak out.
But I'm gonna...
I'll, I'll make it go viral.
I'll make it all go public.
I'm gonna clear my father's name.
And I'm gonna make sure everybody
knows the truth. My father was right!
[Julius crying, screaming]
[dramatic music playing]
CHECK IN ON JULIUS
SHAME ON YOU!
Stop it.
Stop it.
Stop it.
Stop!
[screaming] Stop!
[ringing tone]
- Hey, this is Liv's voicemail
- Goddammit.
Hey, this is Liv's voicemail.
Leave a message after the tone.
Liv, call me back. It's important.
I need you to stop.
Hey! Your son needs his father, Matti!
I know that. We just played.
I'm going for a walk.
We can't keep doing this.
Liv
[emotional music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
Matthias!
Matti!
Hello?
[flies buzzing]
[screaming]
[panting]
- [dramatic music continues]
- [Julius crying]
Matti?
[yelling]
[ominous music playing]
[gasping]
Matthias will be wondering
where I've gone.
And how is he?
Yeah, um, good.
[dramatic music playing]
I never see him.
Always you with the little one.
Yeah, he spends his time with Pol.
Uh.
Does he have anything left to say?
He has the odd lucid moment, yeah.
- Then I hope he uses them well.
- What do you mean?
Those two must've had a hard time
out there, all alone in that huge house.
It's good that they speaking again.
They didn't have too many friends
come to visit.
Right.
Thanks a lot.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I can't believe he's asleep.
Let's let him rest.
Well?
Yeah, you don't have to make dinner
all the time.
I'll just put this in the fridge.
[Julius crying]
[ominous music playing]
Did it go well?
Hm?
The cooking.
Oh, it wasn't great.
- Oh.
- But, yeah.
- Not so simple to just bake a pie, right?
- No. [chuckling]
Hey.
This is sweet.
But it doesn't undo what happened.
I know.
Thanks.
[laughing]
Ugh. [laughing] That's disgusting.
[soft music playing]
Matthias?
Hey, Matthias?
I have to pick something up,
but I'll be back as soon as I can.
You can keep resting,
Julius is still asleep.
If you need anything, you call me, okay?
Okay.
[mysterious music playing]
- Hey.
- Hi.
So you were best friends with Michelle?
That's what you said, right?
Yeah.
And after she died?
You couldn't be bothered at all
with Matthias or Pol?
Hey, look. Me and Pol, we stopped talking.
But that's how it goes.
What do you mean that's how it goes?
For Pol, no one was ever good enough.
Not even his own son. Understand?
That scars a person.
And you weren't good enough
for him, either?
Oh, this is just No.
Go on, out. Out of my store!
Go!
This means that
[whispering] Here. These prove it.
You were right, Dad.
There were many more deaths.
[Matti mumbling]
Here.
The factory.
This section underground
was five times bigger.
It extends to our house.
The bodies must be there,
the truth is there.
I can show everyone,
but I need to find them.
- And no one will bother you anymore.
- [Julius crying]
Shh.
[chuckling] Hey, it's okay, buddy.
- Dad, wait.
- Uh, something wrong?
Dad.
Wait. There's more. Here.
What a cutie.
- I can prove...
- Yes, you are.
There's 16 kilometers of hallways.
Would you listen to me for once!
I did what you asked me to do.
Okay, fine.
If you don't want to listen,
this book proves the deaths. All 15.
I'll show the world, I'll show everyone.
Now move.
I said get out of the way, asshole.
Waste of time. Fuck it.
- [Julius crying]
- [ominous music playing]
I'll do it myself!
Pol?
Michelle.
Michelle
[moaning]
Pol?
Pol, it's Liv, yeah? Hey, it's Liv.
[chuckling]
Wait.
I tell everyone, you know,
and I'll keep saying it.
I'm right, they wrong.
There's nothing the matter with you,
nothing at all.
Before the pregnancy,
you were such a strong woman.
[soft music playing]
So strong.
Hm.
[dramatic music playing]
I know you much better than they do.
They should've listened to me.
ANXIETY
INSOMNIA
PARANOIA
POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS
HEREDITARY
I've always, always known for sure.
It'll be fine, absolutely.
Huh.
I couldn't wait, you know, for that baby.
Until it was born.
- [music continues]
- [baby cooing]
Michelle
You're perfect. The perfect woman.
I should have been there for you.
I should have helped you.
Michelle?
Michelle!
[crying]
I
I couldn't find you.
Michelle!
Michelle!
There was water everywhere.
I couldn't find you.
I couldn't, I couldn't find you.
[music continues]
[grunting]
I should have saved you first.
I miss
You.
[baby cooing]
[gasping]
I have to go.
[dramatic music playing]
[grunting]
[indistinct mumbling]
[breathing heavily]
[music continues]
[grunting]
[phone vibrating]
- Fuck!
- You've reached Timme.
Leave a message
[Julius cooing]
Hey.
[sighing]
[grunting]
[yelling, laughing]
Okay, sweetie, you just stay here.
I'll be right back. Yeah?
[ominous music playing]
[Matti gasping]
- Ah.
- Matthias, what the hell are you doing?
I'm getting them out of the water.
What? There's nothing in the water.
Hey, give me your hand.
- Stop it. Stop it.
- I'm trying to help you.
- Matti!
- Stop telling me what to do!
- I'm gonna bring them all up!
- Matthias!
Matthias!
[music continues]
[grunting]
[gasping]
Michelle!
Come on. Up. Come on.
[panting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
Matthias.
Come.
[panting, grunting]
Come on, son.
[Julius crying]
[piano music playing]
[sighing]
[music continues]
[ominous music playing]
[soft music playing]
[ominous music playing]
[water bubbling]
Michelle!
[water bubbling]
Hey. What's up, guys?
Viola, this is it. Our new house.
Well, I say new,
but I spent my childhood here.
And here's Liv reading,
taking it easy. Again.
Well?
- Well what?
- It's not so bad here, is it?
You don't think we could use
a little more space?
- [scoffing]
- [chuckling]
Come on.
This is our big bright living room.
Ah, and my favorite souvenir
in the house.
Matthias. [giggling] Chubby little cutie.
Here's where I'll do my catering.
- For now.
- Ah.
And if I know what's good for me,
I'll stay out of here, right?
Yip. Get out.
Oh, we still have to put that out
with the trash.
This? Why? You don't like it.
Ta-da.
[sighing] The love of my life.
[mysterious music playing]
- Ah, you're ridiculous.
- What? I wasn't good?
You are so good.
- [Julius crying]
- Oh.
Perfect timing.
[grunting]
[Julius cooing]
Let's go to sleep now, okay? Yeah.
[cooing continues]
[soft music playing]
[groaning]
[Julius crying]
- Hey, I got it.
- Hmm.
[soft music playing]
I don't like this.
Do you like this one?
- [Julius cooing]
- [grunting]
Does Grandma's dress look good on me?
- [indistinct chattering]
- [men laughing]
- Heads up. [laughing]
- You trying to kill me!
Hey, little darling. Hello.
Cuckoo. Cuckoo. Cuckoo.
Who's out there?
- It's Daddy and Uncle Timme.
- Hey. Look.
Say hello. Goo-goo.
Wave to Daddy.
[indistinct chattering]
Hurry now.
Hey, how you gonna feed yourself
now that we're gone?
I'll survive somehow.
[all laughing]
[Julius cooing]
Oh, that is so cute.
When I gave you permission
to date my sister,
I didn't mean you should both move
to the middle of nowhere.
I mean, come on.
It's beautiful, but you'll both
gonna be bored out of your minds
after a month, right?
- I don't know.
- Just saying.
We'll have to see.
You sure you don't want wine?
I'm all right, thanks though.
Oh, before I forget,
I brought something for Julius.
Hold on, I'll film.
Time for a quiz.
What did Uncle Timme buy?
Is it: A, a pet he bought on a whim
and is giving to us
cause he can't support it, or, uh
- B, maybe, uh, the 200 euros he owes me?
- Yeah.
Or C, that rowing machine
that he never uses that cost a fortune.
[all laughing]
Ah, hey. Ah.
[laughing]
Belly.
Oh, Belly?
[sniffing] Ah, you're way too sweet.
Are you absolutely sure?
- I'm sure. It's his turn to have Belly.
- But will you be okay without him?
Yeah, I think so. Yeah.
Of course. [laughing]
- You're a great brother.
- Anytime.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- It's adorable.
- Melts your heart, doesn't it?
Look how sweet. Cuckoo.
[Julius cooing]
- Put that away for a bit.
- One sec.
How many followers do you have these days?
- One hundred and ninety-six thousand.
- Wow.
And that means getting free stuff
in the mail.
Yeah. Every day he gets sent
some stuff to promote.
Okay. [laughing]
And they send stuff for you too?
- [grunting]
- Yeah.
The whole nursery's completely sponsored.
And we have diapers for a year.
- [all laughing]
- Seriously.
- He's gonna love this.
- Right?
[Julius crying]
[soft music playing]
Here's the culprit,
the cause of my messed up sleep schedule.
Why do you have to keep me up, buddy?
You're lucky you're so cute.
Oh.
Shh. Shh. Shh.
Okay, little bud,
we're gonna have a drink.
[smacking lips]
Yeah.
- Rough night?
- Quality time with my son.
Sorry.
- I guess I didn't hear him.
- That's okay.
[ominous music playing]
- Seriously!
- Hm, what's wrong?
Take a look.
Dad!
Dad!
- Oh, God.
- What are you doing here?
[ringing tone]
[woman ] Hello, Parelhof Retirement Home.
Found it.
[grunting]
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
Nice to see someone's willing to help me.
Dad, isn't that enough?
Your teeth are gonna fall out.
[dramatic tone]
That pond there,
I dug it all by myself, you know.
Oh, is that right?
- Impressive. Did you know, Matt?
- Hmm.
And he came by to make sure
I didn't fill it in.
[dramatic music playing]
Michelle always wanted a pond.
Okay.
Come on, Dad, they're waiting for you.
I used to walk along here almost every day
when I went to work.
Some afternoons I would even go home
so I could see Michelle.
To be near Michelle.
Michelle always wanted a pond.
She always wanted to live near a pond.
[indistinct chattering]
I walked here all the time.
I knew every branch on every tree
almost every day.
[indistinct chattering]
[mumbling, gasping]
Hey, come on, Dad, let's go.
You know, some managed to escape,
but the water was coming much too fast.
- Dad, what are you talking about?
- We kept a lot of it out of the paper.
Dad.
Dad!
It's unbelievable how much money
was involved.
With who?
Oh, I warned them so many times,
but did they listen to me?
Ha!
And after it was too late,
the clean up fell to me.
[chuckling]
It's so much more
than that happened there.
Maybe now is the time
to find out about it.
There you are, Pol
Sorry, we're short-staffed.
We had two medical emergencies.
- Hmm.
- And whose fault is that?
Well, he's all right.
He walked back to our house.
He must have been on autopilot.
You know you not supposed to run away.
Do you want another coffee?
- Need anything else?
- No, thank you.
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music playing]
[indistinct chattering]
[water bubbling]
[giggling]
[Julius cooing]
[Julius cooing]
- Hey.
- Hey.
So how was he?
Fine. We talked.
I'd even say it was a good talk.
Okay.
- And how was he with you?
- How was he?
You know
He has high expectations for me.
You don't just make it overnight.
[sighing] Well, you did.
Hmm.
[Julius cooing]
I got us some strawberries.
- Do you want some?
- Please.
[Julius niggling, crying]
[phone beeping]
[beeping continues]
[Julius crying continues]
[water bubbling]
[phone vibrating]
[grunting]
Google, what can you tell me
about Soubaylo?
[Google beeping]
Fifty-three articles found.
First article:
"Chemical plant opening a success.
Employment reassures village."
[Google beeping]
[mysterious music playing]
SOUBAYLO INVESTS
IN INNOVATIVE CHEMISTRY
[Google beeping]
- Did you sleep in here?
- Ah
- Uh, no. I couldn't sleep.
- Hmm.
Dad asked me to look this up.
Something about an accident
at his factory.
[sighing]
- Pol's confused.
- There's a lot online about it.
I want to do this for him, babe.
Shouldn't you focus on something else?
Something, I don't know,
something both of you can do?
Yeah, this. [chuckling] You know,
this is something we can do together.
- I don't know if it's a good idea.
- My followers think it is, so.
Okay.
[soft music playing]
Hi.
[bells ringing]
Hi.
- What can I do for ya?
- What a beautiful store.
Ya, um
Well, I'm new to the neighborhood,
and I run my own little catering business.
I'm still looking
for a local meat supplier, and I thought
that working together might be fun.
Business to business.
[woman grunting]
Um, so could I maybe leave my,
my business card here with you?
Oh, I'm sorry, we don't take cards.
Okay.
Okay. Well, thanks.
[bells ringing]
And after we've washed our hands,
we move on to step two.
Water goes in next.
Like that.
And now the most important thing,
Step three, our formula.
I use the formula from BabyJoy.
We're very happy with it,
and so is the little guy.
Of course, it's important to make sure
that you have the right amount,
in this case, two nicely level...
[Julius crying, screaming]
- All right. One more time.
- [monitor beeping]
- [sighing]
- [soft music playing]
ORGANIC MARKE- Hello.
- Hello.
I don't think I've seen you around before.
Yeah, we're new. We moved in not long ago.
Ah, Pol's house I bet.
Yeah, yes. He's in a retirement home.
Oh, I know.
That Pol, good riddance, huh?
[chuckling]
Yeah, but my choice would have been
to have him move in.
I'm not big on retirement homes.
Who is, right?
So then, who are you?
Uh, I'm Liv.
I'm, uh, Matthias' girlfriend.
Ha, the Matthias Hm.
I didn't think he'd want
to return here.
Yeah, we really just wanted some peace
and quiet.
And he can find that here then?
Uh
I don't follow.
Uh, well, Some things
are better left alone, aren't they?
Uh, yeah. I, um
Uh, I... I was wondering
if I could maybe leave some, uh,
some cards for my home business.
- I'm a caterer.
- Sure. Yes.
You can put them over there.
- Yeah, over there. Hm-mm.
- Oh, okay.
- Here?
- Perfect.
- [ominous music playing]
- [Julius crying]
[Julius screaming]
[sighing]
- [hushing]
- [crying continues]
[Timme] And that, um,
that factory's still there?
It is, yeah. Mostly.
I don't think anyone's gonna notice
if we go by there.
- All right. I'll be there in half an hour.
- Yeah? Ah, great, bud. Thanks.
- See you in a bit.
- Okay, see you soon. All right, bye.
[freezer buzzing]
- [soft pinging tone]
- Uh.
Hold this.
- This is it?
- Yeah. Come on.
Well, how do you get in
since the door's closed.
I guess we go over it. Wait a sec.
Matti. Matti, help me. Give me a hand.
- So this is your father's factory?
- It was.
Nice.
It's like a jungle in here, Matti.
Come.
Can we... Can we go in that way?
[door squeaking]
Come on, through here.
[building rumbling]
Jesus, it's huge.
[Timme grunting]
This place is disgusting.
What are you even looking for?
I don't know.
I just wanted to see it for myself.
This is just like a maze.
Everything looks the same.
[pipe rumbling]
What happened here, man?
Matti, this is just more junk.
You not gonna find anything.
You don't know that. Give me that.
[groaning]
[echoing pinging]
You found something.
- You taking it? Where?
- Come on, let's go.
Matti, this isn't the way back.
[hissing tone]
Oh, God.
Ugh, damn. It stinks in here.
[flies buzzing]
Jesus, this is not normal.
Oh, my God.
[Timme moaning]
I want to go, Matti. I'm leaving.
Matti, come on.
[soft music playing]
Hm.
Hey little guy.
- Hello.
- Hey.
I, uh, I just made some coffee.
Can I get you a cup as well?
Yeah. Yeah, please. Thank you.
Hm. That's awfully nice.
A hot cup of coffee.
Here we go. [groaning] Cookie.
- And this is for you.
- Thanks.
Oh, would you just look at you.
[all giggling]
He looks a bit like Pol.
Pol from the old days.
[all laughing]
Yeah, I should hope so.
So how do you two know each other?
[gasping] Oh, from, uh, from Michelle.
She was my, uh, she was my best friend.
- Oh?
- Yeah.
Then I woke up one day,
and it had been a year since we'd spoken.
- Time flies, doesn't it?
- Yeah.
Hmm.
- Matthias never talks about his mother.
- Oh, that's not surprising.
- No?
- No.
If you don't remember someone,
how could you?
No.
[keyboard clicking]
[sighing]
WASTEWATER SOUBAYLO
CREATES DEVASTATING DAMAGE
BASEMENTS NEARBY VILLAGES
FLOODED
[Liv] Matthias?
[ominous music playing]
ALARMING RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
[faded out] Matthias, your dinner's ready.
BREATHING DIFFICULTIES
EYE IRRITATION
What is it? It doesn't smell good?
Maybe it's gone bad.
If something's wrong with it,
I imagined it's because the freezer
was unplugged.
- Lucky, it's still good.
- You can't be sure it's safe.
[sighing]
Ugh.
Hmm.
Tasty.
[phone beeping, vibrating]
Hey, no phones at the table, remember?
- What's the matter with you?
- I'm not hungry. Sorry.
- [ominous music playing]
- [Julius crying]
- [Julius screaming]
- [gasping]
- [ominous music playing]
- [Julius crying]
GONE TO THE SHOP WITH JULIUS.
CHECK THE FRIDGE. -L
[ominous tone]
[ominous music playing]
[music continues]
[bells ringing]
Oh, just a minute.
[Julius cooing]
Sorry, I was just busy with
[cooing continues]
- Oh, this must be Julius? Matthias' son.
- Yeah.
[gasping] You heard.
I think he looks like us both.
Yes, I suppose you're right.
I was one of Pol's employee's before
Well, a long time ago now.
I was still young.
Oh?
Yes. And after that he
He didn't come to the village very much
after that.
- [bells ringing]
- Hey, Pierre.
And what would you like?
- I'll have a pound of ground beef.
- Coming right up.
- [Pol] But these hallways here, you see?
- [Matti] Hm-mm.
They went much further than that.
Here too.
And few people could find their way
around in that maze. Very few.
The rest bought maps.
But if we ever lost power,
they'd be impossible to read. [laughing]
Yeah, more than once, we had somebody
get lost for a few hours.
And after the accident,
did they search the holes?
Yeah, but not all.
Uh, yes, there was that one part
blocked off, the water was too high.
Do you still have those maps?
In the attic, I'm pretty sure.
[mysterious music playing]
[music continues]
[baby mobile playing]
Hey, sweetie. Hi. Hello.
There you go.
Goo-goo.
- And this room was still in use?
- Of course. Of course. Yes, yes.
- It went here...
- Pol! Visitors? Now?
You know it's way too late for visitors.
Right. Come on, sir. It's time to go.
And you, Pol, have pills to take.
[grunting]
- Let's go.
- Yeah, yeah.
Good work, son.
Thanks, Dad.
[ominous music playing]
[soft banging]
Matthias?
[music continues]
[gasping]
[panting]
What have you been up to?
- I, uh
- We had that dinner plan.
- Where were you?
- I... I was with Dad.
- So late, though?
- Hm.
Sorry, do you mind if I
- You should've let me know.
- I was busy.
[soft music playing]
VICTIMS' FAMILIES FILE LAWSUIAGAINST CHEMICAL GIAN[ominous music playing]
(+) = DEAD?
5 OFFICIAL DEATHS?
WITNESSES? SURVIVORS?
SANCTIONS?
[Matti] I don't exactly know
what happened yet, but these men
One, two, three, four, five.
There were five official deaths.
But that's not right.
There were many more,
and my father knew that.
But he couldn't say anything about it.
This! I'm gonna help him.
The evidence is right here. Here.
Morning.
- Hey
- [Matti] He was right, my father...
- Wake up. Let's go.
- Oh.
My dad was right.
[baby mobile playing]
Smoothie?
You've been working so hard,
I thought this would help.
Good?
I have to stop by Dad's later.
We, um, got some things to discuss.
Yeah, sure.
What do you mean, sure?
Look, I've already secured
two more sponsors,
and Dad likes it
when I go to see him.
I miss you.
I'm right here.
[mobile continues]
[mobile tone distorts]
[machine rumbling]
[ominous tone]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous tone]
- [ominous tone]
- [gasping]
[water bubbling]
[grunting, gasping] Huh?
[breathing heavily]
[indistinct chattering]
Isn't that bitter?
- Hi, Pol.
- [grunting] Here, grab one.
Thanks, man. Heya.
Be right back.
What are you up to?
- Wh... What do you mean?
- Your dad?
It's good for him. You can see that.
Thanks.
Hey, babe.
- What?
- Just hi.
- How was your father?
- Great.
Hey!
Would you hold on,
I'm asking you a question, Matti?
[sighing]
That's all you do.
- You just ask me how I am.
- Sorry?
Liv, I just want to be alone for a while,
okay?
That's how you spend all your time.
You lie in bed all day,
and when you're awake,
you're impatient and cranky.
Why do you think that is?
I mean, I don't see you walking around
at night with the baby.
Oh, you think we're competing
for Instagram likes
with our parenting or something?
- That's absurd. How could you think that?
- This again!
When am I gonna get some respect?
No idea. Maybe when you
stop playing around and...
Ah, it's that easy.
This coming from the woman
who spends all day baking pies.
- You've never had a problem with that...
- I do now!
[breathing heavily]
Listen...
By the way, I make a lot more money
than you do with your shitty food.
- Congratulations!
- What do you mean?
Me and my shitty pies have to go.
Which I bet you forgot.
Before I get home, you clean this up.
- And don't forget Julius' bottle.
- Yeah, I won't.
[upbeat music playing]
Fucking idiot.
[sighing]
- [both laughing]
- Wow.
There's so much crap we give up
for our kids.
Hmm.
- So what you said about Matthias
- Uh, you mean the other baby.
[laughing] Yeah, him.
He freaks out at any sound.
Yeah, but babies
can be pretty loud, though.
If he wants to throw his kid out
the window, he wouldn't be the first.
- Lau.
- I've felt that before.
- Maybe I do make things difficult.
- What?
No, silly. It's great to see each other
all the time.
Yeah.
If you're worried,
maybe you should talk to somebody.
You know?
Come on.
Yip. Yip, yip, yip, yip.
- I missed you so much.
- I missed you too.
[Julius crying]
[moaning]
[ominous music playing]
[baby mobile playing]
[ominous music playing]
- [dramatic tone]
- [screaming]
[soft music playing]
[Matti breathing heavily]
Hey.
[grunting]
Baby, hey, hey.
Hey, my love, what... what is it?
Hey.
Shh. Shh.
It's okay.
It's okay.
No, I just found him like that.
What do I do?
Mhm-mm.
Um
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Good morning.
- Hi.
Come and sit.
Timme got rolls and croissants from the,
um, Nero bakery.
And I made tzatziki.
Juice?
Or do you want a coffee cake, maybe?
We have those round ones with raisins.
I didn't know
there would be visitors today?
- Timme, pass me the jam, would you?
- Matthias, I we Um
We're worried about you.
You're exhausted, overstimulated
over-everything, really.
Of course I am.
That little monster won't stop whining.
What?
Dude, come on, talk to us.
Or maybe to someone else
if that's easier.
I know you can tell you're not yourself.
Hey?
Babe, are you okay?
Your work with your dad...
He doesn't even recognize you
half the time.
Okay. You know what? Leave.
[Julius crying]
I'm not gonna say it again.
Yeah. All right.
But get some help.
- Bye, Timme. Thanks.
- Hm.
[Liv clears throat]
[sighing]
I'mI'm sorry. I promise I'll try harder.
I'll call him back. I'll apologize to him.
[bike engine revving]
Thanks.
All right.
Okay.
- You good?
- Yeah.
- Okay. I'll see you tonight.
- Yeah.
[ominous music playing]
[mumbling]
CEO INDICTED - SOUBAYLO KEEPS QUIESUSPECTED CORRUPTION
[phone beeping]
My dad was blackmailed.
He couldn't speak,
or else he'd be fired or, or, um
Or worse, maybe.
But he couldn't speak!
His was backed into a corner.
He didn't stand a chance.
They were all against him.
And I promise you'll hear my dad's story,
how he couldn't speak out.
But I'm gonna...
I'll, I'll make it go viral.
I'll make it all go public.
I'm gonna clear my father's name.
And I'm gonna make sure everybody
knows the truth. My father was right!
[Julius crying, screaming]
[dramatic music playing]
CHECK IN ON JULIUS
SHAME ON YOU!
Stop it.
Stop it.
Stop it.
Stop!
[screaming] Stop!
[ringing tone]
- Hey, this is Liv's voicemail
- Goddammit.
Hey, this is Liv's voicemail.
Leave a message after the tone.
Liv, call me back. It's important.
I need you to stop.
Hey! Your son needs his father, Matti!
I know that. We just played.
I'm going for a walk.
We can't keep doing this.
Liv
[emotional music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
Matthias!
Matti!
Hello?
[flies buzzing]
[screaming]
[panting]
- [dramatic music continues]
- [Julius crying]
Matti?
[yelling]
[ominous music playing]
[gasping]
Matthias will be wondering
where I've gone.
And how is he?
Yeah, um, good.
[dramatic music playing]
I never see him.
Always you with the little one.
Yeah, he spends his time with Pol.
Uh.
Does he have anything left to say?
He has the odd lucid moment, yeah.
- Then I hope he uses them well.
- What do you mean?
Those two must've had a hard time
out there, all alone in that huge house.
It's good that they speaking again.
They didn't have too many friends
come to visit.
Right.
Thanks a lot.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I can't believe he's asleep.
Let's let him rest.
Well?
Yeah, you don't have to make dinner
all the time.
I'll just put this in the fridge.
[Julius crying]
[ominous music playing]
Did it go well?
Hm?
The cooking.
Oh, it wasn't great.
- Oh.
- But, yeah.
- Not so simple to just bake a pie, right?
- No. [chuckling]
Hey.
This is sweet.
But it doesn't undo what happened.
I know.
Thanks.
[laughing]
Ugh. [laughing] That's disgusting.
[soft music playing]
Matthias?
Hey, Matthias?
I have to pick something up,
but I'll be back as soon as I can.
You can keep resting,
Julius is still asleep.
If you need anything, you call me, okay?
Okay.
[mysterious music playing]
- Hey.
- Hi.
So you were best friends with Michelle?
That's what you said, right?
Yeah.
And after she died?
You couldn't be bothered at all
with Matthias or Pol?
Hey, look. Me and Pol, we stopped talking.
But that's how it goes.
What do you mean that's how it goes?
For Pol, no one was ever good enough.
Not even his own son. Understand?
That scars a person.
And you weren't good enough
for him, either?
Oh, this is just No.
Go on, out. Out of my store!
Go!
This means that
[whispering] Here. These prove it.
You were right, Dad.
There were many more deaths.
[Matti mumbling]
Here.
The factory.
This section underground
was five times bigger.
It extends to our house.
The bodies must be there,
the truth is there.
I can show everyone,
but I need to find them.
- And no one will bother you anymore.
- [Julius crying]
Shh.
[chuckling] Hey, it's okay, buddy.
- Dad, wait.
- Uh, something wrong?
Dad.
Wait. There's more. Here.
What a cutie.
- I can prove...
- Yes, you are.
There's 16 kilometers of hallways.
Would you listen to me for once!
I did what you asked me to do.
Okay, fine.
If you don't want to listen,
this book proves the deaths. All 15.
I'll show the world, I'll show everyone.
Now move.
I said get out of the way, asshole.
Waste of time. Fuck it.
- [Julius crying]
- [ominous music playing]
I'll do it myself!
Pol?
Michelle.
Michelle
[moaning]
Pol?
Pol, it's Liv, yeah? Hey, it's Liv.
[chuckling]
Wait.
I tell everyone, you know,
and I'll keep saying it.
I'm right, they wrong.
There's nothing the matter with you,
nothing at all.
Before the pregnancy,
you were such a strong woman.
[soft music playing]
So strong.
Hm.
[dramatic music playing]
I know you much better than they do.
They should've listened to me.
ANXIETY
INSOMNIA
PARANOIA
POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS
HEREDITARY
I've always, always known for sure.
It'll be fine, absolutely.
Huh.
I couldn't wait, you know, for that baby.
Until it was born.
- [music continues]
- [baby cooing]
Michelle
You're perfect. The perfect woman.
I should have been there for you.
I should have helped you.
Michelle?
Michelle!
[crying]
I
I couldn't find you.
Michelle!
Michelle!
There was water everywhere.
I couldn't find you.
I couldn't, I couldn't find you.
[music continues]
[grunting]
I should have saved you first.
I miss
You.
[baby cooing]
[gasping]
I have to go.
[dramatic music playing]
[grunting]
[indistinct mumbling]
[breathing heavily]
[music continues]
[grunting]
[phone vibrating]
- Fuck!
- You've reached Timme.
Leave a message
[Julius cooing]
Hey.
[sighing]
[grunting]
[yelling, laughing]
Okay, sweetie, you just stay here.
I'll be right back. Yeah?
[ominous music playing]
[Matti gasping]
- Ah.
- Matthias, what the hell are you doing?
I'm getting them out of the water.
What? There's nothing in the water.
Hey, give me your hand.
- Stop it. Stop it.
- I'm trying to help you.
- Matti!
- Stop telling me what to do!
- I'm gonna bring them all up!
- Matthias!
Matthias!
[music continues]
[grunting]
[gasping]
Michelle!
Come on. Up. Come on.
[panting]
[grunting]
[grunting]
Matthias.
Come.
[panting, grunting]
Come on, son.
[Julius crying]
[piano music playing]
[sighing]
[music continues]
[ominous music playing]
[soft music playing]