Pretty Red Dress (2022) Movie Script
1
["You Should'a Treated Me Right"
playing]
You shoulda treated me right
You wouldn't have to cry
And if you loved me a little
You wouldn't have to sigh
'Cause all I wanted, baby
Was your love sometimes
Just to make me feel
you were mine, all mine
-Before you started cheatin'
-Cheatin' and lyin'
-You were sweet and kind
-Sweet and kind
-Starting playin' around
-Playin' around
-You wouldn't pay me no mind
-Pay me no mind
But all I wanted, baby
-Was your love sometimes
-Your love sometimes
Just to make me feel
you were mine, all mine
-You were mine, all mine
-Ohh
-Shoulda treated me right
-Shoulda treated me
-Shoulda treated me right
-Shoulda treated me right
-Shoulda treated me right
-Want you to tell me, baby
-Shoulda treated me right
-Ohh
Shoulda treated me right,
shoulda treated me right
Shoulda treated me right,
shoulda treated me right
Shoulda treated me right
-Come on, baby!
-Shoulda treated me right
-Hurry, baby.
-Shoulda treated me right
-Tease me a little.
-Shoulda treated me right
-Now squeeze me
-Shoulda treated me right
-Come on, daddy
-Shoulda treated me right
-Make me feel wonderful
-Shoulda treated me right
Mmm
Whoo!
[distant chatter]
[indistinct PA announcement]
Mr. Clark...
Sign there.
[indistinct]
[door slams]
[muffled soul music
playing on car radio]
["You Can't Run Away
From Your Heart" playing]
-[knocking]
-Fuck! Travis! You fucking--
She said a man's
gonna get a grip on you
And there's nothing
you can do
'Cause you can run away
from that man
But you sure can't run away
from your heart
-Hi.
-Mm-hmm.
Come on in.
[Candice] These lot have
nothing better to do.
They've been at it
every single day.
It's an eyesore.
-[men shouting, laughing]
-I'm gonna chat to 'em.
-[overlapping chatter]
-[hip-hop music playing]
Yo! Nathan.
You think all of us around here
wanna hear all that noise?
Aw, no one said nothing, man.
[Candice] They couldn't if they
tried, 'cause it's too loud.
-You good?
-[Nathan] What you sayin'?
-[Emeka] You all right, Candice?
-[Candice] Yeah, I'm good.
But do me a favor, babe.
Turn it down a bit.
You can't even
hear yourself think.
[Emeka] It's stuck.
It won't go down no more.
Hey, yo, Emeka,
turn that music down, man.
[Emeka] All right, all right.
Say nothing.
I'm good.
[Nathan] What you sayin', Trav?
I can't hear meself.
[Travis] [indistinct] Mumsy?
Yeah, for sure. For real.
When you gonna come see me?
Not Lloyd, you.
When are you gonna come see--
He said that?
Nah, nah,
I don't want all that right now.
Yeah, yeah,
of course I wanna see you,
but I don't want
all of that right now.
[loudly] I'm not shouting! I'm--
Can I speak?
At least let me think about it!
Hello? Ma--
[sucks teeth] Fuck's sake.
The fuck is this about a party?
[Candice] What?
-People wanna welcome you back.
-Are you mad?
Why you gotta be
on my back like that?
-[Candice] I said maybe.
-Are you mad?
I ain't trying to celebrate
that prick's birthday.
All right, Travis!
Can you just simmer
the fuck down, please?
[siren wailing in distance]
[chuckles]
You know, you look nice, innit.
Well, someone's gotta
make an effort, innit?
These have gone down a bit,
haven't they?
What's going on there?
So, what?
I'm a pussy boy now, is it?
Yeah.
[Candice moans]
[Candice panting softly]
[door latch clicks]
-Oh, shit.
-[Candice] Fuck's sake!
-[Kenisha giggling]
-Kenisha!
Why are you home so early?
Mum, school finishes at 3:15.
-It's four o'clock.
-[Candice] Oi, come here.
You're not gonna
say hello to your dad?
You all right, Dad?
-Yeah, good.
-Mm-hmm.
Let me come see you in a bit,
yeah?
Okay. [giggling]
-[Travis sighs]
-[Candice giggles]
[muffled trap music playing]
[Kenisha & Candice
arguing indistinctly]
[Kenisha] All right,
give me a second!
[Candice]
No, not in a second. Now.
[Candice singing]
When I see your face
My friend
I know we're gonna be okay
[Candice humming]
Memory lane never takes
[singing continues]
-[music playing over headphones]
-[Kenisha humming]
[Candice continues singing]
Mum has been telling me you've
been on a mad one at school.
Hmm?
I don't know
the ins and outs, yeah,
but she's worried
you're gonna get expelled.
No, I won't, bruh.
I'm, like, top set--
Yeah, well, do me a favor, yeah?
I don't know, just...
you work for me, yeah?
[Candice singing]
Just to be with you
Keep her sweet, innit?
Still have to wear
the tag on your foot there?
Not this time.
You get that wasteman back
that scratched your face?
Remember? You said
a man scratched your face.
Come on, don't worry about it.
He was sorry, innit?
[Candice] Nish, let's go, babe.
-Baby, can you tidy up?
-[Travis] Mmm.
-[Candice] Gonna be all right?
-I will.
-[Kenisha] Bye, Dad.
-All right. Have a good one.
[Candice] You know you're not
supposed to be wearing hats
-to school, right?
-[Kenisha] I'm wearing it
-to school, not at school.
-[Candice] Nish,
there's a lot of talking
going on right now--
[rap music playing]
[Travis rapping]
[stops rapping]
[sucks teeth] Pussy boy.
Don't be a pussy boy.
[upbeat jazz music]
[man chuckles]
-Hi, sexy.
-[Candice] Hey, girl.
-Taking a longer break.
-Fuck off, then.
[registers beeping]
[woman] Hi.
-[Fletcher] Oh, shit, look.
-[Dockey] Bro, that's T, bro!
[Jay] [indistinct], bro.
[Fletcher]
Mad T back on roads, yeah?
-Yo.
-[Dockey] Fresh out the trap
like da, da, da!
-[Travis] Yo.
-[Dockey] My guy.
[indistinct]
-Bro.
-[Fletcher] Hey, bro.
[indistinct]
[Fletcher]
T, what's goin' on, bro?
Oh, nothin', man.
Just out on probation.
You know I appreciate you
keeping things [indistinct]
for me, bruv.
What I said the other day...
you need to hold? Anything.
Appreciate it, bro,
but... I'm cool, man.
Trying to keep it narrow,
you get me?
[Fletcher] But listen,
paper's always there
if you want it.
Safe, man.
[Jay] You know what?
How's the wife been?
Yeah, she's good, you know.
It's working out on her singing
and her acting and that.
-Yeah, for real.
-Ooh.
Oi, oi. Breakfast, two o'clock.
-[all laughing]
-[Fletcher] Yo.
-Nah, man's not rating men, G?
-[Dockey] Nah, brah.
The world's gone
fucking cuckoo, bruh.
-Like, that's not right!
-[Jay] That's a mad ting.
[chuckling, muttering]
[laughing,
chatting indistinctly]
-[laughs]
-Trust me.
Likkle bro!
It's been a long minute.
How you doing, buddy? You well?
Yeah, I'm cool.
You?
Boy, time flies when
you're running things, innit?
[chuckling]
No, I can't complain.
But forget me. It's good
to see you out here, man.
-Keep him out this time.
-He'll be fine.
It's all good. You ain't gotta
worry about keeping me out.
-What you doing up here anyway?
-He's moved up Glendon Road.
-[Travis] Yeah?
-Mm-hmm. Three bed.
Nice bit of space
for the company and that.
Mum and Lloyd wanna come stay,
they got a likkle room
to themselves now, innit?
Cool. Well, we gotta
go pick up Kenisha, so.
[Clive]
All right, listen, listen.
Before you go, I was just
saying to Candy, it's my place.
We're after a hand
in the kitchen.
Come on, bruv!
Four days a week, cash in hand.
-Trav, it's part-time.
-Nah, I'm good.
-Thanks.
-[Clive] All right.
I got a couple tings lined up,
so don't worry about it.
[Clive] No, cool, cool.
You do you, innit?
Hey, bruv.
What about feelings, yeah?
-All right.
-See you soon.
-Mmm. See you.
-Okay.
[Candice] No one's saying
it's for life.
It's just until
you find something else.
You're the one
on about helping me.
Have I not helped you?
Have I not helped you out
-with money before?
-Your brother offered you a job.
I thought it was a good idea.
It's temporary.
Do you know what? Forget it.
[ringing contiues]
Paul, now's not a good time.
[Paul] I was calling you
all day yesterday.
I told you
I was picking up Travis.
[Paul] All right, all right.
Doesn't need more than a
minute.
Who is the best agent
in the world?
You're the best agent
in the world. Now, what is it?
[Paul] Tina Turner.
Where Our Love Went:
The Story of Rock and Roll.
West End all-star show
about our legends.
Oh, my God!
[Paul] We missed
the first round scene.
I got you in the second round.
So get your song together
and...
[Candice] What? Yes, Paul, yes.
-[Paul] Who do you love?
-I love you, Paul. I love you!
[Paul] I'll email you
the details.
You have a good day and get
practicing, all right, darling?
[overlapping chatter]
[Candice] Look at her.
[scoffs] Thinks she's Mary Queen
of Scots, doesn't she?
Nisha!
Who that man?
[Candice] One of them's Tyson.
Look how big he is.
Um, Mum, I've got to stay.
I'm gonna go around Tyson's
to do homework.
Sorry, you'll have to
reschedule Tyson, babe.
I need to do homework.
Can't I just go tomorrow?
-I'm not even hungry.
-We're going there as a family.
-You can see Tyson any time--
-[Kenisha] Oh, come on--
Hey, you heard what she said!
Get in the car.
[Tyson] Nish, you coming?
-[car door slams]
-[boy] See you later, Nisha.
[sighs]
Nish, you're a ball
of negative energy,
-do you know that?
-What?
I ain't saying
you can't act like her,
I'm saying
you don't sound like her.
Your voices are different.
Of course it's different.
I'm a different person.
It doesn't mean anything.
[soft piano music playing]
Hi. How you doing?
I was just looking at
that red dress in the window.
-[employee] Here.
-[Candice] Wow.
[upbeat music playing on radio]
Look at this.
Yeah, it looks nice.
Nish. What do you think? Look.
Hmm. Yeah.
How much is it, hon?
Oh, the Lily Marvin? It's 279.
Babe.
Ask if they can
hold it for a bit.
Do you think you can hold it
'til the end of the month?
[employee] Oh, I can only hold
it for 24 hours, I'm afraid.
Really sorry.
[Candice sighs]
[rap music playing]
-[Travis] Yo.
-Oh, yeah, you all right?
-My brother's here?
-Yeah, he's just at the front.
[employees chattering]
They don't even know
[indistinct].
[Clive slurps drink]
[Clive] So, bruv,
I'm just repeating
what you said, innit?
You said you were all good,
and I've interviewed a good guy.
He was a qualified chef,
in fact.
-[Travis] All right.
-Yo, where you going?
Yo, bruv. Hey, hey, hey.
You give up too easy,
you know that?
-Where's your grip, bruv?
-What?
You're telling me you gave
the job to someone else.
What, you want me
to fucking beg you?
Sit down.
[Travis sighs]
Sit down.
Do you know
what the definition of grit is?
When a man does not take "no"
for an answer.
You don't need to be quoting
no Tony Robbins to me, G.
I'm trying to impart
some wisdom, little bro.
And yes,
you should be begging me.
Here's what I can do.
Kitchen porter.
Doing the dishes, nothing much,
8.50 an hour. If you're up for
that, then maybe I can help you.
Hey, that's all I got.
Look at you. Man's [indistinct]
right now, innit?
Do you want a job or not?
[mellow music playing]
[gasps]
How did you afford this?
-[gasps]
-[Travis] I got a job.
Not with Clive?
[laughs]
[Travis] Come over here.
Excuse me?
Who do you think
you're talking to?
You little bitch.
Who's my little bitch?
Did you not hear me?
Yeah.
I did.
[Candice]
Let me hear you say it, then.
I'm a little bitch.
Mmm...
I can't hear you.
[Travis] I'm your little bitch.
Turn.
[bed creaks]
Let me see you.
More.
I wanna see more.
[Candice vocalizing]
Melody
[sighs]
[vocalizing]
Oh, my God
[vocalizing]
Oh, my God.
[Travis chuckles]
[Travis] You're gonna kill it.
Don't be calling 'em dickheads,
all right?
[Candice chuckles] Get off.
Brush your teeth
before you kiss me like that!
[mellow piano music playing]
Nisha.
You're not gonna wish me luck?
Uh, sorry. Good luck.
What are you doing later?
Wanna have a little girl's trip
after school?
You're the one always
saying we're broke.
Yeah, but we can have a look
and then buy it
when I get paid next week.
Come on.
Don't you wanna
get something nice?
Look peng for all the boys?
-No.
-Look peng for the girls, then?
What's your issue?
[Candice]
I ain't got no issue, hon.
I just wanna spend time
together like mum and daughter.
Do you know what? Forget it.
[sucks teeth] Go on, Nish.
Fucking bitch.
-Cicely.
-[giggles]
-Was that your mum?
-Yeah.
She's so pretty.
I was watching her on YouTube
again the other day.
Oh, my God, why, man?
Fill me in, come on.
So, like, are your mum and dad
banging 24/7
-now that he's back from jail?
-Hey, chill out.
[indistinct]
You're the one
that said you heard them
-banging for ten hours.
-No, I didn't.
-Yeah, you did.
-Chill out, chill out.
[boy] Hey, Cicely.
Come here a minute.
See you later, yeah?
[assistant 1] Candice May?
Yes.
-Hey, everyone.
-[casting director] Hi.
[John] Hey, Candice.
[Candice] John, hey.
Thank you.
So, Candice, how are you?
-[Candice] I'm okay, thank you.
-Good.
Your agent told us we're about
to meet Tina Turner herself.
-[all chuckling]
-[Candice] Oh, no,
I'm just a bit of a stan.
Thank you for letting me
come in today.
-You're very welcome.
-That dress is gorgeous!
Thank you very much. Thank you.
-Yeah, it's really gorgeous.
-Thank you.
[assistant 2] So, what are you
singing for us today?
"River Deep, Mountain High."
[assistant 2] "River Deep,
Mountain High." Brilliant.
Are we good to go?
-Yeah.
-[assistant 2] John?
[song playing on piano]
When I was a little girl,
I had a rag
I'm so sorry.
Do you mind if we start again?
-[assistant 1] Sure. John?
-Thank you.
[song playing on piano]
When I was a little girl,
I had a rag doll
The only doll
I've ever owned
Now I love you just the way
I loved that rag doll
But only now
my love has grown
And it gets stronger
In every way
And it gets deeper
Let me say
And it gets higher
Day by day
And do I love you,
my, oh, my
River deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you, baby
Baby, baby, baby
[held note]
-[all applauding]
-[casting director] Fantastic.
[Candice humming]
River deep
-[clattering in kitchen]
-[reggae music playing]
How'd it go?
[Candice whispering]
You turned me into Tina Turner.
[man on TV]
I weren't spying on you, mate.
I-- I just wanted
to check on you, you know?
[boy] I'm fine.
[man] All right.
-Are you sure?
-[boy] Dad.
What's all this about?
[man] I-- I just wanted you
to know that--
well, I'm here for you.
If there's anything going on
inside you wanna tell me about,
I-- I'm here to listen.
[tender music playing]
[distant clattering]
[Travis, softly] Shit.
[grunting] Fuck.
What are you doing home? Huh?
What you doing?
What's that?
-What do you think you're doing?
-[Kenisha] Sorry.
This don't belong to you,
does it?
-Does it?
-[Kenisha] No, sorry.
[door slams]
-[electronic music playing]
-[overlapping chatter]
What are you doing?
They want me back.
-Serious?
-Yeah.
-What? [laughs]
-[giggles] Yes, babe.
Come on!
Ah! Oh... oh, yeah.
-My girl.
-[Candice] Yes.
-[indistinct]
-[Candice] Mm-hmm. Come on.
-[Clive] Hey, what's this?
-[Candice] You all right, babe?
-How you doing, love?
-Mmm, good, thanks. How are you?
I'm good. You are looking fire.
-Thank you, thank you.
-Celebrating, are we?
[Candice] Yeah.
Did Trav not tell you
who I'm auditioning for?
No, what's this?
I got a recall to play
Tina Turner in a new musical.
-Is it?
-Yeah.
Well, that's something
to celebrate proper, bruv.
She want some Prosecco,
not a shot.
-[Candice] No, I'm good.
-[Clive] No, no, no, no, no.
We're celebrating,
and you deserve it.
Tell you what.
Trav, give Ter a hand
with the stock check
and you can get off
at half past.
I'll sort Candy a drink.
What,
don't you wanna get home early?
Nah, you two enjoy yourselves,
yeah?
-I'll wait for you, babe.
-[Travis] Cool.
All right?
-You good?
-[Clive] Oh, yeah.
-How's things?
-Oh, lovely.
Sorry about him.
It doesn't hurt to celebrate.
[conversation continues
indistinctly]
-[water running]
-[Travis rapping]
[vocalizing]
[toilet flushes]
Ike and Tina?
I was at the
Everly Brothers concert.
-You seen it?
-Of course I have.
Still looking for lead vocals,
I tell you.
-[Candice sighs]
-Did you just roll your eyes?
-No, I was blinking.
-Oi.
The gig in the pub, babe, yes.
You've told me several times.
How about we rehearse
a couple of Ike and Tina covers?
Get you in shape.
-Come on, it'd be lush.
-[sighs]
Look,
I'll think about it, all right?
-No promises.
-[phone buzzes]
-You're joking me.
-What?
Daughter's
fucking teachers again.
Hang on.
What's she done now?
[Kenisha]
But I didn't touch her, did I?
You chased her.
She slipped and fell.
Why the fuck
did you chase the girl?
It was her fault!
She was too rude.
Mr. Frank said this is
the last time, the last.
Do you know what that means?
One more strike and you're done.
[Kenisha] But I didn't do
anything, she started it.
Nish, you better pipe down,
hon, I swear to God, Nish.
If you get expelled,
I'm fucking-- That's it.
Do you know how much
I've had to sacrifice for you?
I asked you
to sacrifice nothing.
Can you just shut your mouth?
I'm not even joking.
You think I'm working like a dog
to keep a roof over your head
for you to put
the stress on my back?
["Mirror" playing]
Don't hold my neon hands
Any solitude I need
is my own
I can't make you understand
Now you're hiding
what you're feeling, it shows
'Cause I'm done
sitting in the darkness
Where I'm stunting my growth
I'm done convincing
all the voices
When I'm certain
My inner child deserves
a home that reaffirms
But I just learned to say
"I love you" in the mirror
Used to hurt myself
right bad
And pave over the cracks
But I just learned to say
"I love you" in the mirror
'Cause I used to wanna prove
My strength to you
but I lost me
Trying to get through
When I wanted your empathy
'Cause I'm done convincing
all the voices
When I'm certain
My inner child deserves
a home that reaffirms
But I just learn to say
"I love you" in the mirror
Used to hurt myself
right bad
And pave over the cracks
But I just learned to say
"I love you" in the mirror
[Travis scoffs]
I just learned how it felt
[Candice] Travis,
wh-- what are you doing?
Why are you in my dress?
What are you doing?
[Travis] Uh...
nothing.
I was just... messing about.
Gonna show you later.
You were gonna show me later?
[Travis] Yeah.
[music stops]
-Whoa, what are you doing?
-Taking a picture.
-No, no!
-Why? You said you were messing!
-Give me the phone.
-Travis, give me my phone back.
-Give me the phone!
-Travis. Travis.
-Give me my phone.
-Give me the phone
Give me my phone!
Travis! Travis!
-Hey. In a minute!
-Give me my phone.
-[Kenisha] What the fuck?
-[Travis] Oh. Nish!
-It's nothing.
-Why are you in Mum's dress for?
Kenisha,
leave us alone a minute.
[Kenisha] Why are you in Mum's--
[Candice] Kenisha,
leave the room, please.
Why are you in Mum's dress for?
[Candice] Kenisha,
I said leave us. Get out now!
[Candice sighs]
Okay, let me just...
let me just...
what are you doing?
I told you.
I was...
I wanted to put it on,
like, messing about.
To surprise you later.
Is there something
you're not telling me here?
[Travis] No.
No!
Travis, you're wearing
my makeup and my dress
-and dancing around like a--
-What?
Are you, like,
harboring some kind of
feelings about something?
-Babes, listen, no!
-Are you into it?
-No! No, no, all right?
-Travis, you're--
you're whining like
a ladyboy in my dress.
What the fuck
are you chatting about?
What am I chatting about?
You're wearing my fucking dress.
So what, then?
Right. Can you just--
can you just take it off?
'Cause we need
to talk seriously,
-and you are stretching it.
-All right!
-Oh, my God.
-Fuck! [laughs]
Candy, man! [laughs]
-[scoffs]
-I'm fucking playing!
All right? [laughs]
I'm fucking high as fuck, man.
I felt like being silly,
all right?
[giggles]
I'm being silly.
Put the dress on
'cause I wanted to see
if I could look as good as you.
-And my knickers?
-Candy, listen--
-Is this why you're always...
-Babe, babe--
...looking at my dresses,
buying me clothes,
'cause you wanna wear 'em
and try 'em on?
-All right, look, all right.
-[phone ringing]
You know me. Yeah?
[Kenisha] Hello?
I was bored, and I felt like
being stupid, all right?
[Kenisha] One sec.
Mum, Donna's on the phone.
-Take it off.
-All right, cool.
-[Kenisha] Mum?
-Cool.
-[Kenisha] Hello?
-I'm playing.
You know me.
I'm fucking crazy, innit?
[Travis chuckles]
You know, I was-- [laughs]
I was gonna jump out at you,
yeah?
When you came back, and...
What do you think?
Think I look good, though?
-Take it off.
-All right!
-Take it off.
-I'm getting it off! Look!
What is wrong with you?
You wait there,
'cause we ain't done.
We're not done.
[Kenisha]
Why was he wearing your dress?
[indistinct conversation]
[breathing shakily]
-[alarm wailing in distance]
-[neighborhood chatter]
[man 1] Hey, pass the ball.
You're rubbish, bro!
[Kenisha laughing]
[man 1] Hey, you mans.
What you saying?
-[Travis] Nish!
-[man 2] Nathan, Nathan, Nathan.
[man 3] Hey, bro, bro!
Yesterday...
I was...
It isn't what you think,
all right?
I was smoking a lot of buds.
It was a joke.
Hey, ain't that deep.
You hear what I said?
Have you done it before?
[scoffs]
Nah.
Just a likkle prank.
[music playing on TV]
-[Travis sighs]
-[glass clanks]
[Travis sighs]
How was work?
Clive getting on your nerves?
Eh.
He's all right.
What?
[exhales]
I wanted to talk to you
about yesterday.
-[groans]
-Shh! Trav!
Just wanna ask you something.
Do you think you were
born in the wrong body?
-Do you think you were, like--
-I told you yesterday.
I'm asking you to be honest.
What did I say?
Travis, look...
I know you're a bit...
different.
Like I'm a bit different.
You know me,
I'm like a free spirit.
I like to play,
but, like, fantasy, yeah?
Fantasy to me is not reality.
Do you know what I mean?
Fantasy is fantasy, innit?
And you know I like
to have fun, but...
I like it as fantasy.
Does that make sense?
Told you.
It was...
I wanted to make you
fucking laugh.
Yeah,
I know you were experimenting.
I know you've been stressed,
babe.
This is a lot.
I really appreciate
everything you've been doing.
Come here.
[TV announcer] Now, let's
head back to stateside 1976...
No.
You come here.
[jazzy music playing on TV]
Bend over.
[both breathing heavily]
[unzipping]
[grunts]
[Travis] [indistinct]
[Candice sighs]
[zipping]
[door slams]
"Ladies, our friend here
wants to see how you pony."
-[knocking on door]
-[sighs]
[knocking]
-[Kenisha] Mum!
-One sec, I'm coming.
[Kenisha] If I'm late,
it's your fault.
Mum!
Okay, babe, I'm coming.
["Don't Make Me Your Fool"
playing on radio]
You all right there?
Yeah.
Don't make me be a fool
-Mum?
-Mm-hmm?
Um... there's this boy
at school that I kinda like.
Excuse me?
-[laughs] Excuse me?
-Like, I just wanna-- Mum!
Okay! Go on, go on, go on.
I just wanted to know, like,
how would you
show a boy you liked him,
personally...
-Uh-huh.
-Yeah. Like, as a female.
We've been chilling and stuff,
but I think he just thinks
that we're friends.
Well,
it's the five senses, babe.
Right, you listening? Yeah.
Eye contact.
Very, very important.
Touch.
Touch his arm, touch his hand.
Sound. Voice. Don't overlook it.
Talk. Like, laugh at
all of his shit jokes.
Smell.
Ah! Excuse me, appreciate
the smell. That's Chanel.
You'll get him going
with that one.
And last but not least, taste.
Well, you can save that one
for when you two are... mmm!
-Chill out!
-[laughing]
Such a pervert. What the hell?
Ooh, so don't make me a fool
[Candice] Okay.
This boy, what's his name?
Uh, Reggie.
Reggie. Okay.
Well, I'm sure Reggie
doesn't wanna go out with...
Well, you're looking a little
bit like Reggie right now, hon.
And Reggie doesn't wanna be
with Reggie, does he?
Babe, let me just take you
shopping. We can go next week.
We don't like each other's
clothes.
There's no point in
shopping together.
-How many fucking times?
-Oi! Excuse me?
[car door slams]
-[fabric tears]
-Oh!
[beads clattering]
Fuck!
[grunts]
Shit! Fuck!
Fuck!
[panting]
[uptempo music playing]
Boss! Hey, can you fix this?
[employee] No, we don't do that.
[Travis]
What does the sign say, bruv?
You can do it?
Come back later, yeah?
-[woman] No. Tomorrow. 1:00 p.m.
-Tomorrow? No, no, no.
-I need it today.
-[scoffs] No.
-I'll give you double.
-No, no, no. No.
You know what,
give me the thing.
Nish!
-Yo, Kenisha!
-Oh, hi!
-[Travis] Yeah.
-What are you doing?
[Travis] Let me grab you a sec.
One sec.
-[student] That's her dad.
-You all right?
Yo, I need you to do me a favor.
-What?
-Uh, so I accidentally
put your mum's red dress
in the wash, yeah?
I put it in the wash,
you know, I wanted, um, um...
high spins,
and I took it out, and look.
So I need you to do me a favor
and just say you did it.
-You're joking me.
-Don't need to say you put it
in the wash. Just say you was
trying it on, and--
and you ripped it.
Why can't you just say
you put it in the wash?
'Cause she's gonna think I tried
it on again and I didn't, yeah?
It was an accident.
Nish. Her audition's tomorrow.
Yeah?
You know how bad she wants this.
Like she's gonna
believe I put on?
She ain't gonna believe me,
is she?
Huh?
You know, I-- I was just trying
to help her out, and boom,
it was a mistake.
She's gonna believe you, though.
Huh? Trust.
[sucks teeth]
[sighs] Here.
Take this, yeah?
[whispers] Fucking shit.
[Candice singing]
Come to me, come to me
[Candice vocalizing]
Ooh, you come to me
Give me everything I need
You're simply the best
-[Candice vocalizing]
-[Travis breathing heavily]
[clock ticking]
[door opens]
[door shuts]
Oh, you come to me wild
Ooh, you come to me
[vocalizing]
Simply the best
-What's this?
-Whoa, whoa, you all right?
What's wrong?
-I don't know what it is.
-[Candice] Am I a prick to you?
-What are you talking about?
-[Kenisha] What's wrong?
[Candice] Kenisha,
leave us alone, please.
What's-- what's wrong?
Your dad thinks
I'm a fucking mug.
[Travis] Babe,
I didn't do nothing.
-This is nothing, is it?
-You're fucking mad.
-You're a fucking liar. A liar!
-Calm down, it was me.
I borrowed it earlier.
Sorry.
I didn't realize I broke it.
Kenisha,
do you know how much this costs?
Apologize to your dad.
[Kenisha] I'm sorry.
[Candice]
I needed this for tomorrow.
I know,
but I wanted to try it on
because you said
Reggie wouldn't like my clothes.
All right, Nish. Just...
leave us alone a minute.
[footsteps receding]
[door slams]
I'm so sorry, baby.
I'm sorry.
[assistant] Vivian Afor?
Okay, this is gonna sound weird,
yeah, but...
[chuckles] ...I think
your dad is proper sexy.
Like, you can't deny it.
Your mum and dad
are buff, though.
How do you think
you turned out so peng?
[scoffs]
Stop perving on my family, bruv.
Should only be
thinking of Bradley.
[scoffs] Fam, I'm so done
with that wasteman.
[Kenisha]
But you like mandem, right?
[Cicely] I don't like the way
he was acting all bad.
I like sensitive boys,
boys that aren't afraid
of expressing themselves.
You get me?
[Kenisha] Mmm.
Yeah, my dad's kinda like that.
Like, he don't play,
but he's, like,
sensitive as well.
-Hmm, really?
-Shut up, bruv.
How is he sensitive?
What?
You can't tell no one.
Tell me.
Okay. Um...
well, sometimes...
he likes to dress in
my mum's clothes.
-[Cicely] Oh, wow.
-[Kenisha] Shut up, man.
[laughs] Wait, wait.
Like RuPaul's Drag Race?
Hmm?
I don't know, like,
he just likes to wear
her clothes sometimes.
But he says he's pranking,
but I don't know.
That's [indistinct].
I think that's kind of like this
box that society puts us in,
and your dad said,
"Fuck that box."
It's pretty hot.
Can't tell no one.
I promise. I swear on my life.
[Candice] I saw you watching me.
I really like the way
you girls dance.
Is that so?
Ladies, our friend over here
wants to know how you pony.
[Shaun chuckles]
Lovely job. Well done, you two.
That was great. Thanks, Candice.
-How'd that feel?
-Yeah. Felt good.
[Shaun]
Danny, we'll grab you in five.
-Cheers.
-Thanks, Danny.
Shaun, sorry about the song.
My voice is a bit strained.
You know how many shows you'd do
in a week if you got the job?
-Six.
-[Shaun] Yes.
Sometimes two on Saturdays.
That's seven. See what I mean?
No room for a strained voice.
I know how to
take care of myself--
Tina Turner was an athlete.
These roles are for athletes.
Athletes in training.
It'd take all your focus.
There'd be no time for any...
any distractions.
Shaun, honestly, I don't know
why you're telling me this.
I know. Don't you think I know?
Well, great.
Thanks for coming in.
I'd love for you
to come in again.
Do you think you can
come back on Friday?
Yes. Definitely.
Yes. Thank you.
[chuckles] Thank you.
[Travis]
He wants you back, though?
[Candice] Yeah, but
they'll have me in eight times
and then tell me
they don't want me.
He literally said
he wants you back.
Yeah, but it doesn't always
work that way, does it?
You need to chill.
Hold on a second. Is that...
What?
-What?
-It's Nish.
[Travis] Wait. Hey!
-[Candice] Kenisha.
-[Cicely] Oh, my God.
-[Candice] Come with me.
-No.
So that's Reggie, yeah?
-You're Reggie, are ya?
-[Cicely] Who's Reggie?
Reggie is a boy
my daughter told me she liked.
Which is hilarious,
'cause it seems to me
he's now a lesbian.
So I'm just wondering,
what happened to Reggie, hmm?
But don't you worry.
I'm used to it now.
It's fucking colors
of the rainbow in my family.
-Kenisha, let's go. Now.
-Just shut up!
Who do you think
you're talking to?
-Come with me, now.
-No!
[Candice] Kenisha, get your arse
in the fucking car now!
-[Travis] Hey, calm down!
-[Candice] Kenisha!
-[Kenisha] I fucking hate you!
-[Travis] Nish!
[Cicely] Um,
I think I'm just gonna...
[Travis] Can't stop her
liking who she likes.
Who's trying to stop her?
She made up this whole
elaborate fucking thing
-about a boy called Reggie.
-I'm saying she probably
don't feel like
she can be real with you.
[Candice] What you mean,
she can't be real with me?
Did I say she couldn't
like who she likes?
You probably made her feel
like she couldn't say.
-I don't know!
-And who are you right now?
Oprah, yeah? And I'm the devil.
Have you thought about how
you might be influencing her--
Hey, I ain't influencing no one!
-You make me laugh.
-Seriously, shut up, Candice!
[door slams]
Do you know
how worried we've been?
Like you care.
[Candice] Look, Nish, I'm sorry.
I just...
I don't like
that you lied to me.
There's too much lying going on.
[scoffs]
Is this funny, yeah?
Why'd you break my dress?
You did it on purpose,
didn't you?
You did, didn't you?
Wow.
You ungrateful bitch.
Do you know where I'd be
if it weren't for you?
Shouldn't have had me,
then, should you?
[door slams]
-[Candice] Baby.
-[Travis] Mm?
Thank you for fixing the dress.
Travis,
I'm not sure about all of this.
I don't know if I'm good enough.
[scoffs]
What?
I was just thinking about...
the first time I heard you
singing at [indistinct].
I looked at you,
and I thought...
"She's mine."
Thought we were gonna be
Jay-Z and Beyonc, didn't we?
-[Travis laughs]
-[chuckles]
I had fuckin' goosebumps.
You would've never
asked me that.
What's goin' on?
Hmm?
Need to get
the old confidence back.
-[wardrobe door creaks]
-[clothes hangers rattle]
[Candice]
I wanna see you in it again.
Please.
[bag rustling]
[lipstick cap rattles]
[Travis breathes shakily]
[heavy breathing]
[man on TV] Miss Vaush.
I thought you might stay
longer.
[woman on TV] We can't always
trust our thoughts, honey.
-[man on TV] The way I see it...
-[door opens]
-Thought you was revising?
-I'm taking a break.
[woman on TV] Sometimes I'll
say goodbye before the finish.
Leave him wanting more.
I'm trying to watch this.
[man on TV] Well, I must say,
you were sensational tonight.
I mean, just sensational!
Last night was a one-off.
We ain't doing that again.
[woman on TV] Mr. Flynn,
it's been a wonderful evening.
Remember who wanted it?
Well, maybe you should've
been more assertive
if you feel that strongly.
You could've told me no.
I don't own you.
Anyways, I'm just saying.
Don't think we're
making that a habit.
[water draining]
[upbeat hip-hop playing]
What I've been telling you
about fire and safety?
Yeah, sorry about that.
I forgot about that.
-[indistinct]
-[man] Yeah, yeah.
I can't reset the end of the
wires, [indistinct] Friday.
-Friday?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Friday?
-[chuckles] Yeah.
But he's got a number
he can give you.
All right, give me the number.
[indistinct].
Yeah.
Oh, fuck! Fuck.
Fuck, man.
[Clive] The fuck's going on?
Oh, don't worry, man.
It's nothing.
What?
Nothing.
I just thought you stopped all
that shit when you was a kid.
They Candy's?
They Candy's, innit?
Hey, don't worry, bro.
You know your secret's
always been safe with me, and--
[shattering]
Oi! That's coming out
of your fuckin' wages!
[shouting] Do I give a fuck?
-[Travis sighs]
-You know what?
You've always been
an ungrateful little brat.
Fuckin' Mum fussing over you
all the time
and I'm the one, again,
cleaning up your mess.
Yeah. All right.
All right. All right.
Easy.
I'm just trying to find out...
what's going on
in that freaky little head.
That's it. 'Cause you know
you ain't acting normal, right?
What? A man-- a man
sees his little brother
just out of prison and wearing
his girl's knickers. What--
-Don't--
-...can't ask what--
All right, bro. All right. Okay.
-Move the-- move out my way.
-Bro. Bro. All right, my bad.
My bad.
I just need you to act
like a responsible man.
Don't you think
your lady deserves that?
You know she does.
And what I do need you
to think about
is who the fuck
you're working for.
If you don't wanna do that...
you know where the door is.
Don't you?
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
[birds chirping]
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
Oi, dickhead.
Why didn't you text me back?
What are you
always hitting me for?
-Because you're wet.
-[boys laugh]
What?
All right, Ben,
tell her what they said to me.
-Bennett, tell her, man.
-Okay, all right.
Basically we heard
that Mad T is actually gay
-and turned into a female.
-Who said that?
[Ben] Cecily and Malcolm.
[boy] Ay, yo,
why are you snitching, man?
Why is she spreading shit?
-That's fuckin' dumb.
-[boy] [indistinct]
-That's why he went in jail.
-Did he even go to jail?
-Why would I lie about that?
-Because my man's a pervert.
-Man, she's a pervert?
-[boys laugh]
You better shut the fuck up
about my dad.
[boy] Ay, yo, calm down, man.
What we're trying to say
is that,
that's why he likes prison,
innit?
'cause, like, in prison
men like getting their--
you know, their dicks sucked
by she-males--
[crowd yelling]
[seductive melody playing]
[indistinct chatter in distance]
[breathing heavily]
[siren wailing in distance]
[distant chatter]
[phone ringing]
[line clicks, ringing stops]
Yeah?
Uh, no, but you can speak to me.
I'm Travis Clark, her dad.
What's happened?
Hey! Why are you always
moving mad for?
Do you wanna
tell your mum about this?
-I don't care.
-What did I tell you?
I told you to keep
your head down, didn't I?
It's your fucking fault.
What'd you say? Oi.
They were laughing about you.
How come they were laughing
about me? Hey!
They were calling you gay.
What do you expect?
What are they
calling me gay for? Hmm?
I told my friend that
you were wearing mum's dress.
What did you say that for?
She promised not to tell no one.
It was a fucking joke, Kenisha.
I told you I was pranking!
You're not joking because you've
done it before. Just stop lying!
Hey, Nish, Nish, Nish, Nish!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
You're right. Okay?
You're right.
And that's my fault.
I'm sorry.
Listen.
We'll keep this one quiet
for a minute, yeah?
Your mum, she got enough stress
right now with her audition.
I don't give a shit
about her stress.
Oi, when you suddenly think
it's okay
to just swear all the time?
You're always swearing.
Yeah, 'cause I'm an adult.
Hey.
You ain't supposed to swear
in front of adults.
Dad?
Hmm?
You know, if you're gay,
you really should
break up with Mum.
What is this about me being gay?
Huh? Why am I gay?
A friend said that some men
turn, like, women in prison--
Fucking no.
All right?
No.
Don't know why they were
calling me gay for
and you're the one
who's fucking gay, not me.
But why though?
I don't know what's going on,
you know, and...
I just like being pretty
sometimes.
And that's it.
What? Don't you think
that's a bit off-key?
I'm not saying it's not.
Maybe I'm just
a bit off-key, innit?
I am too.
A bit?
Right, you're more
than a bit, mate.
[Kenisha groans]
[vocalizing]
[door creaks open]
[sighs]
[door slams]
[Travis] I wanna
show you something.
[Travis, Kenisha
chattering indistinctly]
[Travis] Come
and show it off at school.
[Kenisha] No, don't do that.
[Travis]
I'll show you what I got.
-[Kenisha] Never do that.
-[Candice] Where you been?
I took her to Nando's, innit?
-Oi.
-Hmm?
-How was school?
-It was good.
Good.
[Kenisha]
I'm not watching the news.
-You're watching the news.
-[Candice] Trav.
Deb called about the party
for Clive on Saturday.
I said we'd go.
I know you both don't wanna go,
but I think we should.
I want us all
to do something normal,
all-together, like a family.
Cool.
Be nice to see grandma, innit?
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
Yeah.
Good.
[birds chirping]
[alarm ringing]
["Proud Mary"
by Ike and Tina Turner playing]
Um, I'm going to school now.
We'll give you a lift.
Um, I'm getting
a lift from Addy.
-[Candice] Okay.
-Good luck.
[Candice] Thanks, babe.
Nish.
Give me a hug.
-Bye.
-Bye.
[door creaks open]
And we're rolling
Rolling
Rolling on the river
Listen to the story.
I left a good job
in the city
Working for the man
every night and day
And I never lost
one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way
the things might've been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling
Rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates
in Memphis
Pumped a lot of 'tane
down in New Orleans
But I never saw
the good side of the city
Until I hitched a ride
on a riverboat queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Say we're rolling
Rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
Say, we're rolling
Rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
[tempo change:
jubilant rock music]
Oh, I left a good job
in the city
Working for the man
every night and day
And I never lost
one minute of sleeping
Worrying about the way
the things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning
Turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Burning
And we're rolling, rolling,
yeah
Rolling on the river
Rolling, rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
The river [vocalizing]
Oh, yeah, oh, no, no, no, no
[applause]
[auditioner] Fantastic.
Where's the picture?
She took it down.
[upbeat hip hop music]
[laughter]
[indistinct chatter]
[car beeps]
[Deborah] Look who it is.
How are you, my little cherub?
-[Deborah laughs]
-[Travis] Hi!
[Deborah cooing]
I'm so glad you're out.
You look good.
Please make sure
you look after yourself.
-[Candice] Doesn't she shut up?
-How you doing?
Like that, is it?
[Deborah] Cheers.
-Come, let's go.
-All right.
[muffled reggae music playing]
Your brother's gonna be here
any minute.
And as soon as he comes in,
we're all gonna make some noise.
Oi, none of that, please.
Why are we acting
like it's a surprise party
when he knows about it?
Will you tell your dad
to behave?
[Maji] What's going on, brother?
-Maji! You all right, man?
-What's happening, family?
You all right, yeah?
Deb, Deb, Deb. He's here!
-Oi. [indistinct]?
-[cheering and applause]
-[Clive] What?
What? You're killing me!
What are you doin'? Wow. Hey.
["Bam Bam"
by Sister Nancy playing]
[Clive] [indistinct] Hey, hey.
How it is, yeah?
A chuu dem nuh know
it's fram creation
A chuu dem nuh know
it's fram creation
Bam bam, ey, what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
[Clive] Hey!
Oh, looking sharp, bro.
Yeah, a little bit
of effort in that.
-I like it, I like it.
-Happy birthday, man.
Yo, what's this, fam, hmm?
Oh, bro. [laughs]
You know I could get
about five of these
for the price of one, right?
Yeah. All right,
give it back then.
No, bro, chill, chill, chill.
I'm joking. Come on.
-Come on, I appreciate it.
-[Travis] Hmm.
Hey, I'm glad you're here,
innit.
Hey, glad you're here.
-Come here, bro.
-We cool?
Yes, brother.
Yes, brother. [laughs]
[sighs] Look at his bow tie.
Don't take him seriously. Okay?
-Mmm.
-All right.
[attendees cheering]
[indistinct lyrics]
-[Candice] Huh, huh, hey!
-[all] Hey!
-Party time!
-[all] Hey!
[loud cheering]
[distant chatter]
I'm just saying, brother.
[indistinct]
That's what I'm saying.
Like, Kenisha,
you see your dad, yeah?
You know, your dad used to be
a bad boy MC, innit?
You know, man used to make
rhythms for him, innit.
Record label was on this thing.
What the-- what they call me?
What they call me, Mad T!
What they call me, Mad T!
-[Travis mutters]
-[Kenisha laughs]
[indistinct]
What I'm trying to say is, yeah,
man needs to start up
the thing, yeah?
My friend here works
for this record label,
-and I reckon--
-Nah, none of that.
I'm gettin' too old
for all of that stupidness.
Eh?
[indistinct] a lifeline
[indistinct].
Uh, I hear you.
But what I'm trying to say is...
[man over microphone]
Good night, everybody.
Hey, everybody, make some noise
for the birthday boy.
[Clive]
Gather, my peeps, come gather.
Don't wanna keep you too long.
Man's 40 years old and
still winning, innit? [laughs]
No, just thank you
to my beautiful mother.
Where is she there?
There she is.
Miss Deborah Clark, the famous.
[cheering, applause]
Uh, Mum? Hey, I want you to keep
the second week
of September free, yeah,
'cause, um, I'm taking you to...
Jamaica, Jamaica!
Yeah. [laughs]
Mum, that's for all them years
guiding me, yeah?
Love you, Mum. Yeah?
Oh, yeah.
And, uh, you see this--
this banner up here, yeah?
-"Welcome back, Travis!"
-[attendees cheering]
Yeah, back out after a year.
He's doing well.
He's working with me,
providing for his family
and, um, we've spoken
a lot about mistakes
and how we learn
from our mistakes
and we better ourselves,
and we can't become ourselves
until we find ourselves.
And I really believe
that my little brother Travis
is finding himself right now.
So let's all
just raise our glasses...
to my little brother.
Welcome back.
Hold on. Put 'em up, put 'em up.
We've also got a star
in the building.
Yeah. She's about to play
Tina Turner in here!
Oh, my God. Stop.
-[indistinct]
-Please, come on.
-Are you ready?
-[DJ] Yeah, sir.
I want everyone to take in
the lyrics to this song, yeah?
Let's go. Let's go.
All right, come on, here we go.
-All right, Okay. Come on now.
-[Candice sighs]
We all know this track, innit?
Get your two-step on.
Come on, let me see
your two-step.
Come on!
Get crunk, come on! Hey!
You're simply the best
[Clive] Hey! Tell them, y'all!
Better than all the rest
Wind down, wind down.
Better than anyone
[Clive] Come on then!
Anyone I ever met
Yeah!
[mellow reggae music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
Yo!
-Trav, come here, man.
-[Travis] Yo!
Let me introduce
you all properly, innit.
My little brother
Travis I was on about.
[Belinda] You all right?
It's Belinda.
So, Belinda,
you two seeing each other, yeah?
-[Belinda chuckles] Yeah?
-Yeah. Yeah?
-Yeah, I think so.
-Yeah.
[chuckles mockingly] So-- so,
if you're here
with Belinda, yeah,
you don't need to be putting
hands all over my girl, do you?
What are you on about now, bro?
Fucking heard me, G.
She's with me.
-She's my girl.
-Wow.
Hey, sorry about this.
My little bro's had
a little bit too much to drink,
he's getting a little bit hype
right now--
You don't need to be flirting,
playing songs,
or rubbing anything
in my face, yeah?
She's with me, you understand?
She ain't into fucking plebs.
And you can play Mum
or you buy Mum
all the tickets you want
to Jamaica,
but who did that first, yeah?
Hmm?
-Who is the original one?
-[sighs] What's going on?
Nothing, babe.
Little bro smoked
too much weed in his life
and he's got his head
all fucked up.
-[Travis chuckles]
-And you know what?
I could say a lot. Hmm?
I don't wanna be that person.
He just needs to have
some fucking gratitude.
He needs to keep
his fucking knickers on.
["Shelly Ann"
by DJ Cut Killer feat. Red Rat]
That girl,
that girl Shelly Ann
Bleach ah nighttime and nuh
have no bed fi sleep pon
Oh no, oh no
Me hear say man ah meet her
ever out inna car
Slam her fi 7 Up,
Buckingham, and Pep Up
Me hear she love roam,
go blow nuff trombone
Anywhere, Oh, no
That girl,
that girl Shelly Ann
She gwan like she nice
and have one bag ah man
That girl,
that girl Shelly Ann
Bleach ah nighttime and nuh
have no bed fi sleep pon
Me hear she stay certain way,
ah tek ten man a day
-[Travis] Get up!
-[Clive] What's wrong--?
[Travis]
What are you gonna do, huh?
-Huh?
-Fuck is that?
[both grunting]
[Clive] I'll fuck you up!
-[loud clattering]
-[music cuts]
[shouting and grunting]
[Travis] Yeah? Come on, then!
[Clive] Get off me, get off me!
[Deborah]
Travis, get off him, Travis!
[yelling over each other]
What are you fucking doing, man?
-[angry grunting]
-Calm down, man.
[panting]
[groans]
[phone beeping]
[phone beeps]
[answering machine]
You have 30 new messages.
-[Candice sighs]
-New message from 02892454575.
[over phone] Uh, hi,
this is Mr. Frank from Fairman.
I can't reach either of you
on your mobiles.
Mr. Clark, I had a chat
with the governors
about Kenisha's expulsion,
and I think it'd be good
for you and Miss May to pop in.
I'll either be able to do
3:00 or 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
Um, let me know.
It's Friday 14th of May, 2:47.
[phone beeps]
Travis?
[phone beeps]
[over phone] Uh, Hi,
this is Mr. Frank from Fairman.
I can't reach either of you
on your mobiles.
Mr. Clark, I had a chat with
the
governors about
-Kenisha's expulsion...
-I didn't wanna say anything
'cause you--
you had your audition and...
[sighs] ...you was excited
about the party.
What did she do?
[Mr. Frank over phone]
It's Friday 14th of May 2:47.
She's got into another fight.
[answering machine]
New message from 02...
Look, it's my fault.
I told her not to say anything.
I want you to take this,
pack your bags, and get out.
What're you doing?
What's wrong with you?
Don't touch me.
Don't fucking touch me.
-What is--
-Do you know what you are?
You're the biggest mistake
of my life.
The biggest
mistake of your life, eh?
-Yeah.
-Yeah? Yeah.
Well, you weren't saying that
when I was paying
for everything.
You need to have
a fucking look at yourself--
Everything you touch,
you fuck up
-'cause you are such a fuck up!
-Hey, hey!
Get out of my fucking way.
Get off of me!
-Calm down!
-Get the fuck off of me.
Get off of me.
I'll get off when you calm down.
[loud yelp]
-What--
-[Candice, Travis] Get out!
-What are you screaming for?
-Go to bed!
All the time I've wasted on you,
you've actually ruined my life
and for what?
-Fucking nothing! Ruined!
-[Travis] Calm down!
Ruined!
I told you to get out, Kenisha!
[Kenisha]
Not until you fucking stop!
-Get out!
-[Travis] Kenisha.
[all panting]
[knocking on door]
[knocking continues]
Oh, fuck's sake.
[officer] Hi. Is everything all
right? We've heard about
-lots of shouting and banging--
-Sorry, it's been a bit loud--
[Candice] Oh. Fucking great.
What's this?
[officer] We just need to
make sure everyone's okay.
-Can we come in for a moment?
-No, no, you can't.
You can tell the little bitch
next door we knew it was her.
-Let's just calm down.
-What you think you're doing?
All right, just so you know,
we are both wearing
body cameras.
You are being filmed.
Yeah, well, you can film
yourself trespassing
because you're barging in
my house without my permission.
Miss, we have a duty of care.
There's a child in this
house and--
I can shout
if I wanna shout in my house.
If this is a verbal warning,
you need to stop shouting
if we're gonna get anywhere.
If you don't stop yelling at us,
we'll have to arrest you--
-For what?
-[Travis] Babe, just stop--
Arrest me for telling you
you can't come in my house?
I should have you
fucking arrested.
-Right, you're making a mi--
-Take your hands off me!
-Wait! No!
-Okay, okay. Stay back, sir.
Now I'm arresting you
for assaulting an officer.
You don't have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense
if you don't mention
when questioned something
you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say
may be given...
[siren wailing in distance]
[car alarm beeps]
[phone ringing]
It's Paul.
[ringing continues]
Your agent.
[ringing continues]
Do you not wanna know
what's going on?
[ringing stops]
Pass me the phone.
[Candice sighs]
I didn't get it.
You all right?
Yeah.
Wasn't meant to be.
[Candice sighs]
-I want you to take it.
-[Travis] You do?
-I don't need it now, do I?
-[Travis] I got it for you.
But you look better in it.
I'm a big woman, innit?
[chuckles bitterly]
Time for me
to stop being someone I'm not.
[both sighing]
[train rumbling past]
-Look where you're going, bro.
-The fuck!
-What?
-What?
[speaking other language
angrily]
-Come, then!
-Fuck off, man.
[cursing in other language]
Nisha.
Your dad's gone to stay
with Victor for a while.
When's he coming back?
I don't know.
We just need some space.
I just came to say
I'm sorry, babe,
for what I said.
It was horrible of me
and not true.
I've been a shit mum
and I'm gonna do better.
I'll call up to school
and I'll explain
we've had some shit going on.
What?
Why are you pulling that face?
I don't wanna go back to school.
Why not?
No one likes me.
Oh, come on,
they all love you up there.
No, they don't.
I told Cicely that
Dad was wearing your dress
and she told everyone
that he's gay and a she-male.
Is Cecily the one you were--
She said that after you--
[laughs bitterly] Nah.
Didn't like her from the off.
Them stush pretty girls
will eat you up
and spit you out.
Why did you make Dad leave?
Babe, he was not behaving
like he should.
It's a lot of things.
No. I don't get it.
He is off-key. You're off-key.
So why can't you guys
just deal with it?
-Like, what's your issue?
-Nisha.
You just don't worry
about us, okay?
[indistinct chattering]
Yo, yo, yo.
[indistinct chatter continues]
[indistinct chatter continues]
Yo. What's winding, bro?
[man] Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
[men shouting]
What, it looks funny?
What, I look funny, huh?
Yeah, you do look funny, bro.
Hey, get off me, man.
Hey, relax. The fuck is wrong
with you, Travis, man?
Whoa. You all right?
-What's wrong?
-You need to move, bro.
-What's wrong, bro?
-You're gay, man.
-You think I'm joking?
-You know what, bro?
I don't give a fuck.
Yeah?
-[man] Hey, chill out Travis.
-You see this?
-[man] Bruv, bruv, bruv--
-This feels light.
[man 2]
Talking about light and shit.
Get out of my face, man.
You see this?
This is free, bruv.
-Yo!
-[man 2] Hey, back the fuck off!
[indistinct shouting]
[man] You fucking dumb
or something?
Are you playing games?
Stop playing games.
Trav, I told you
stop playing games.
We're all playing, bro.
-We're all fucking played.
-Hey, relax, man.
All of you men
are fucking played.
[man] Are you all right, bro?
All right. Bro. I'm calm, man.
Calm yourself.
Yeah?
I'm a star.
Bro.
[overlapping chatter]
[loud shouting]
Hey, let him down, let him down!
You're fuckin' sick!
Get to the floor, boy, you mad?
What's wrong with you, man?
Turn around!
What's wrong with you, man?
Boy, you stayin' down!
[man] Hey, let's go, man.
-[grunting]
-[muttering]
["Out In the Streets"
by The Shangri-Las playing]
He don't
Hang around
with the gang no more
He don't do the wild things
that he did before
He used to act bad
Used to, but he quit
It make me so sad
'Cause I know that
he did it for me
And I can see
It's still in the streets
His heart
is out in the streets
He don't
Comb his hair
like he did before
And he don't wear those
dirty,
old black boots no more
But he's not the same
Somethin' about his kissin'
That tells me he's changed
I know that
something's missing inside
Somethin's died,
it's still in the streets
His heart is
out in the streets
He grew up on the sidewalk,
streetlight shinin' above
He grew up
with no one to love
He grew up on the sidewalk,
he grew up running free
He grew
up and then he met me
[panting]
[Kenisha] Dad.
Hey, what's good?
All right? Hey.
-What happened to your face?
-Don't worry about it.
I'm fine. You all right?
-Mm-hmm.
-Yeah?
Hey, come here.
-I'll see you in a minute, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
Hey, I'm sorry I'm late.
Uh, I just come from probation.
Oh, hey, Travis. We were just--
Uh, wait, Mr. Frank,
Mr. Frank, um...
You know what?
This is all my fault.
-Look--
-[Travis] Um, that boy that--
That boy should be punished.
He was taking the piss
out of me 'cause...
I'm just a bit crazy, some--
[whimpers]
Not crazy, like...
I express myself differently...
in women's clothes.
But apparently them lot
found out and was calling me gay
and she was just sticking up
for her dad, you know?
You know, I just come out
of jail a few weeks back, right?
You know that, yeah? Yeah.
See, this is all my fault.
-Travis--
-[Travis] It's my fault.
-Mr-- Mr. Clark, we just--
-Please, sir, I promise you.
I'll give my life to make sure
she don't get
in no more trouble.
That's my girl.
All my life.
Please just give her
one more chance.
Thank you, Travis.
Miss May has explained
quite a lot.
It's good news.
The governors have agreed
to give her one more chance
under the condition
that she sees our counselor
twice a week.
-Come here.
-[Travis sighs] Yeah.
[ethereal music playing]
[ethereal music fades]
We've got a name
for the band now.
Candy and the Summits.
What?
Does it sound stupid?
-Candy and the Summits?
-Mm-hmm.
No, I like it.
I like it.
You know, I was thinking though.
What? What were you thinking?
I was thinking...
maybe it's time for us
to get married.
What?
You don't wanna marry me?
[chuckles] No.
[both laugh]
Go on.
Vic's waiting for you.
[upbeat funk music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
-You got it, yeah?
-Yeah, yeah, now slide it.
Yeah, we're good.
You got that certain
something
when you turn me on
You can make me do right
or you can make me do wrong
If you really mean
That I'm the best thing
you ever found
You can prove it
by being true
And never playing around
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
There's no rules
Since the game of love
can be played by two
You can go shopping
in the street
Trying to bargain up
something new
But what's out there
for you, men
Is out there
for us women too
Like a dog that lies around
and he licks his bone
If the shoe
don't fit the size
Then why keep trying it on
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
There's no rules
Since the game of love
can be played by two
Like the old saying
of give and take
You're never too old
to learn
But when you start
to put your hands in fire
You know
you're gonna get burned
But if you wanna do unto me
as I do unto you
Then there's no chance
that this romance
Can ever be broken in two
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
[cheering and applause]
There's no rules
since the game of love
Can be played by two
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
There's no rules
Since the game of love
can be played by two
[crowd cheering]
[light piano jazz music]
["You Should'a Treated Me Right"
playing]
You shoulda treated me right
You wouldn't have to cry
And if you loved me a little
You wouldn't have to sigh
'Cause all I wanted, baby
Was your love sometimes
Just to make me feel
you were mine, all mine
-Before you started cheatin'
-Cheatin' and lyin'
-You were sweet and kind
-Sweet and kind
-Starting playin' around
-Playin' around
-You wouldn't pay me no mind
-Pay me no mind
But all I wanted, baby
-Was your love sometimes
-Your love sometimes
Just to make me feel
you were mine, all mine
-You were mine, all mine
-Ohh
-Shoulda treated me right
-Shoulda treated me
-Shoulda treated me right
-Shoulda treated me right
-Shoulda treated me right
-Want you to tell me, baby
-Shoulda treated me right
-Ohh
Shoulda treated me right,
shoulda treated me right
Shoulda treated me right,
shoulda treated me right
Shoulda treated me right
-Come on, baby!
-Shoulda treated me right
-Hurry, baby.
-Shoulda treated me right
-Tease me a little.
-Shoulda treated me right
-Now squeeze me
-Shoulda treated me right
-Come on, daddy
-Shoulda treated me right
-Make me feel wonderful
-Shoulda treated me right
Mmm
Whoo!
[distant chatter]
[indistinct PA announcement]
Mr. Clark...
Sign there.
[indistinct]
[door slams]
[muffled soul music
playing on car radio]
["You Can't Run Away
From Your Heart" playing]
-[knocking]
-Fuck! Travis! You fucking--
She said a man's
gonna get a grip on you
And there's nothing
you can do
'Cause you can run away
from that man
But you sure can't run away
from your heart
-Hi.
-Mm-hmm.
Come on in.
[Candice] These lot have
nothing better to do.
They've been at it
every single day.
It's an eyesore.
-[men shouting, laughing]
-I'm gonna chat to 'em.
-[overlapping chatter]
-[hip-hop music playing]
Yo! Nathan.
You think all of us around here
wanna hear all that noise?
Aw, no one said nothing, man.
[Candice] They couldn't if they
tried, 'cause it's too loud.
-You good?
-[Nathan] What you sayin'?
-[Emeka] You all right, Candice?
-[Candice] Yeah, I'm good.
But do me a favor, babe.
Turn it down a bit.
You can't even
hear yourself think.
[Emeka] It's stuck.
It won't go down no more.
Hey, yo, Emeka,
turn that music down, man.
[Emeka] All right, all right.
Say nothing.
I'm good.
[Nathan] What you sayin', Trav?
I can't hear meself.
[Travis] [indistinct] Mumsy?
Yeah, for sure. For real.
When you gonna come see me?
Not Lloyd, you.
When are you gonna come see--
He said that?
Nah, nah,
I don't want all that right now.
Yeah, yeah,
of course I wanna see you,
but I don't want
all of that right now.
[loudly] I'm not shouting! I'm--
Can I speak?
At least let me think about it!
Hello? Ma--
[sucks teeth] Fuck's sake.
The fuck is this about a party?
[Candice] What?
-People wanna welcome you back.
-Are you mad?
Why you gotta be
on my back like that?
-[Candice] I said maybe.
-Are you mad?
I ain't trying to celebrate
that prick's birthday.
All right, Travis!
Can you just simmer
the fuck down, please?
[siren wailing in distance]
[chuckles]
You know, you look nice, innit.
Well, someone's gotta
make an effort, innit?
These have gone down a bit,
haven't they?
What's going on there?
So, what?
I'm a pussy boy now, is it?
Yeah.
[Candice moans]
[Candice panting softly]
[door latch clicks]
-Oh, shit.
-[Candice] Fuck's sake!
-[Kenisha giggling]
-Kenisha!
Why are you home so early?
Mum, school finishes at 3:15.
-It's four o'clock.
-[Candice] Oi, come here.
You're not gonna
say hello to your dad?
You all right, Dad?
-Yeah, good.
-Mm-hmm.
Let me come see you in a bit,
yeah?
Okay. [giggling]
-[Travis sighs]
-[Candice giggles]
[muffled trap music playing]
[Kenisha & Candice
arguing indistinctly]
[Kenisha] All right,
give me a second!
[Candice]
No, not in a second. Now.
[Candice singing]
When I see your face
My friend
I know we're gonna be okay
[Candice humming]
Memory lane never takes
[singing continues]
-[music playing over headphones]
-[Kenisha humming]
[Candice continues singing]
Mum has been telling me you've
been on a mad one at school.
Hmm?
I don't know
the ins and outs, yeah,
but she's worried
you're gonna get expelled.
No, I won't, bruh.
I'm, like, top set--
Yeah, well, do me a favor, yeah?
I don't know, just...
you work for me, yeah?
[Candice singing]
Just to be with you
Keep her sweet, innit?
Still have to wear
the tag on your foot there?
Not this time.
You get that wasteman back
that scratched your face?
Remember? You said
a man scratched your face.
Come on, don't worry about it.
He was sorry, innit?
[Candice] Nish, let's go, babe.
-Baby, can you tidy up?
-[Travis] Mmm.
-[Candice] Gonna be all right?
-I will.
-[Kenisha] Bye, Dad.
-All right. Have a good one.
[Candice] You know you're not
supposed to be wearing hats
-to school, right?
-[Kenisha] I'm wearing it
-to school, not at school.
-[Candice] Nish,
there's a lot of talking
going on right now--
[rap music playing]
[Travis rapping]
[stops rapping]
[sucks teeth] Pussy boy.
Don't be a pussy boy.
[upbeat jazz music]
[man chuckles]
-Hi, sexy.
-[Candice] Hey, girl.
-Taking a longer break.
-Fuck off, then.
[registers beeping]
[woman] Hi.
-[Fletcher] Oh, shit, look.
-[Dockey] Bro, that's T, bro!
[Jay] [indistinct], bro.
[Fletcher]
Mad T back on roads, yeah?
-Yo.
-[Dockey] Fresh out the trap
like da, da, da!
-[Travis] Yo.
-[Dockey] My guy.
[indistinct]
-Bro.
-[Fletcher] Hey, bro.
[indistinct]
[Fletcher]
T, what's goin' on, bro?
Oh, nothin', man.
Just out on probation.
You know I appreciate you
keeping things [indistinct]
for me, bruv.
What I said the other day...
you need to hold? Anything.
Appreciate it, bro,
but... I'm cool, man.
Trying to keep it narrow,
you get me?
[Fletcher] But listen,
paper's always there
if you want it.
Safe, man.
[Jay] You know what?
How's the wife been?
Yeah, she's good, you know.
It's working out on her singing
and her acting and that.
-Yeah, for real.
-Ooh.
Oi, oi. Breakfast, two o'clock.
-[all laughing]
-[Fletcher] Yo.
-Nah, man's not rating men, G?
-[Dockey] Nah, brah.
The world's gone
fucking cuckoo, bruh.
-Like, that's not right!
-[Jay] That's a mad ting.
[chuckling, muttering]
[laughing,
chatting indistinctly]
-[laughs]
-Trust me.
Likkle bro!
It's been a long minute.
How you doing, buddy? You well?
Yeah, I'm cool.
You?
Boy, time flies when
you're running things, innit?
[chuckling]
No, I can't complain.
But forget me. It's good
to see you out here, man.
-Keep him out this time.
-He'll be fine.
It's all good. You ain't gotta
worry about keeping me out.
-What you doing up here anyway?
-He's moved up Glendon Road.
-[Travis] Yeah?
-Mm-hmm. Three bed.
Nice bit of space
for the company and that.
Mum and Lloyd wanna come stay,
they got a likkle room
to themselves now, innit?
Cool. Well, we gotta
go pick up Kenisha, so.
[Clive]
All right, listen, listen.
Before you go, I was just
saying to Candy, it's my place.
We're after a hand
in the kitchen.
Come on, bruv!
Four days a week, cash in hand.
-Trav, it's part-time.
-Nah, I'm good.
-Thanks.
-[Clive] All right.
I got a couple tings lined up,
so don't worry about it.
[Clive] No, cool, cool.
You do you, innit?
Hey, bruv.
What about feelings, yeah?
-All right.
-See you soon.
-Mmm. See you.
-Okay.
[Candice] No one's saying
it's for life.
It's just until
you find something else.
You're the one
on about helping me.
Have I not helped you?
Have I not helped you out
-with money before?
-Your brother offered you a job.
I thought it was a good idea.
It's temporary.
Do you know what? Forget it.
[ringing contiues]
Paul, now's not a good time.
[Paul] I was calling you
all day yesterday.
I told you
I was picking up Travis.
[Paul] All right, all right.
Doesn't need more than a
minute.
Who is the best agent
in the world?
You're the best agent
in the world. Now, what is it?
[Paul] Tina Turner.
Where Our Love Went:
The Story of Rock and Roll.
West End all-star show
about our legends.
Oh, my God!
[Paul] We missed
the first round scene.
I got you in the second round.
So get your song together
and...
[Candice] What? Yes, Paul, yes.
-[Paul] Who do you love?
-I love you, Paul. I love you!
[Paul] I'll email you
the details.
You have a good day and get
practicing, all right, darling?
[overlapping chatter]
[Candice] Look at her.
[scoffs] Thinks she's Mary Queen
of Scots, doesn't she?
Nisha!
Who that man?
[Candice] One of them's Tyson.
Look how big he is.
Um, Mum, I've got to stay.
I'm gonna go around Tyson's
to do homework.
Sorry, you'll have to
reschedule Tyson, babe.
I need to do homework.
Can't I just go tomorrow?
-I'm not even hungry.
-We're going there as a family.
-You can see Tyson any time--
-[Kenisha] Oh, come on--
Hey, you heard what she said!
Get in the car.
[Tyson] Nish, you coming?
-[car door slams]
-[boy] See you later, Nisha.
[sighs]
Nish, you're a ball
of negative energy,
-do you know that?
-What?
I ain't saying
you can't act like her,
I'm saying
you don't sound like her.
Your voices are different.
Of course it's different.
I'm a different person.
It doesn't mean anything.
[soft piano music playing]
Hi. How you doing?
I was just looking at
that red dress in the window.
-[employee] Here.
-[Candice] Wow.
[upbeat music playing on radio]
Look at this.
Yeah, it looks nice.
Nish. What do you think? Look.
Hmm. Yeah.
How much is it, hon?
Oh, the Lily Marvin? It's 279.
Babe.
Ask if they can
hold it for a bit.
Do you think you can hold it
'til the end of the month?
[employee] Oh, I can only hold
it for 24 hours, I'm afraid.
Really sorry.
[Candice sighs]
[rap music playing]
-[Travis] Yo.
-Oh, yeah, you all right?
-My brother's here?
-Yeah, he's just at the front.
[employees chattering]
They don't even know
[indistinct].
[Clive slurps drink]
[Clive] So, bruv,
I'm just repeating
what you said, innit?
You said you were all good,
and I've interviewed a good guy.
He was a qualified chef,
in fact.
-[Travis] All right.
-Yo, where you going?
Yo, bruv. Hey, hey, hey.
You give up too easy,
you know that?
-Where's your grip, bruv?
-What?
You're telling me you gave
the job to someone else.
What, you want me
to fucking beg you?
Sit down.
[Travis sighs]
Sit down.
Do you know
what the definition of grit is?
When a man does not take "no"
for an answer.
You don't need to be quoting
no Tony Robbins to me, G.
I'm trying to impart
some wisdom, little bro.
And yes,
you should be begging me.
Here's what I can do.
Kitchen porter.
Doing the dishes, nothing much,
8.50 an hour. If you're up for
that, then maybe I can help you.
Hey, that's all I got.
Look at you. Man's [indistinct]
right now, innit?
Do you want a job or not?
[mellow music playing]
[gasps]
How did you afford this?
-[gasps]
-[Travis] I got a job.
Not with Clive?
[laughs]
[Travis] Come over here.
Excuse me?
Who do you think
you're talking to?
You little bitch.
Who's my little bitch?
Did you not hear me?
Yeah.
I did.
[Candice]
Let me hear you say it, then.
I'm a little bitch.
Mmm...
I can't hear you.
[Travis] I'm your little bitch.
Turn.
[bed creaks]
Let me see you.
More.
I wanna see more.
[Candice vocalizing]
Melody
[sighs]
[vocalizing]
Oh, my God
[vocalizing]
Oh, my God.
[Travis chuckles]
[Travis] You're gonna kill it.
Don't be calling 'em dickheads,
all right?
[Candice chuckles] Get off.
Brush your teeth
before you kiss me like that!
[mellow piano music playing]
Nisha.
You're not gonna wish me luck?
Uh, sorry. Good luck.
What are you doing later?
Wanna have a little girl's trip
after school?
You're the one always
saying we're broke.
Yeah, but we can have a look
and then buy it
when I get paid next week.
Come on.
Don't you wanna
get something nice?
Look peng for all the boys?
-No.
-Look peng for the girls, then?
What's your issue?
[Candice]
I ain't got no issue, hon.
I just wanna spend time
together like mum and daughter.
Do you know what? Forget it.
[sucks teeth] Go on, Nish.
Fucking bitch.
-Cicely.
-[giggles]
-Was that your mum?
-Yeah.
She's so pretty.
I was watching her on YouTube
again the other day.
Oh, my God, why, man?
Fill me in, come on.
So, like, are your mum and dad
banging 24/7
-now that he's back from jail?
-Hey, chill out.
[indistinct]
You're the one
that said you heard them
-banging for ten hours.
-No, I didn't.
-Yeah, you did.
-Chill out, chill out.
[boy] Hey, Cicely.
Come here a minute.
See you later, yeah?
[assistant 1] Candice May?
Yes.
-Hey, everyone.
-[casting director] Hi.
[John] Hey, Candice.
[Candice] John, hey.
Thank you.
So, Candice, how are you?
-[Candice] I'm okay, thank you.
-Good.
Your agent told us we're about
to meet Tina Turner herself.
-[all chuckling]
-[Candice] Oh, no,
I'm just a bit of a stan.
Thank you for letting me
come in today.
-You're very welcome.
-That dress is gorgeous!
Thank you very much. Thank you.
-Yeah, it's really gorgeous.
-Thank you.
[assistant 2] So, what are you
singing for us today?
"River Deep, Mountain High."
[assistant 2] "River Deep,
Mountain High." Brilliant.
Are we good to go?
-Yeah.
-[assistant 2] John?
[song playing on piano]
When I was a little girl,
I had a rag
I'm so sorry.
Do you mind if we start again?
-[assistant 1] Sure. John?
-Thank you.
[song playing on piano]
When I was a little girl,
I had a rag doll
The only doll
I've ever owned
Now I love you just the way
I loved that rag doll
But only now
my love has grown
And it gets stronger
In every way
And it gets deeper
Let me say
And it gets higher
Day by day
And do I love you,
my, oh, my
River deep, mountain high
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If lost you, would I cry?
Oh, how I love you, baby
Baby, baby, baby
[held note]
-[all applauding]
-[casting director] Fantastic.
[Candice humming]
River deep
-[clattering in kitchen]
-[reggae music playing]
How'd it go?
[Candice whispering]
You turned me into Tina Turner.
[man on TV]
I weren't spying on you, mate.
I-- I just wanted
to check on you, you know?
[boy] I'm fine.
[man] All right.
-Are you sure?
-[boy] Dad.
What's all this about?
[man] I-- I just wanted you
to know that--
well, I'm here for you.
If there's anything going on
inside you wanna tell me about,
I-- I'm here to listen.
[tender music playing]
[distant clattering]
[Travis, softly] Shit.
[grunting] Fuck.
What are you doing home? Huh?
What you doing?
What's that?
-What do you think you're doing?
-[Kenisha] Sorry.
This don't belong to you,
does it?
-Does it?
-[Kenisha] No, sorry.
[door slams]
-[electronic music playing]
-[overlapping chatter]
What are you doing?
They want me back.
-Serious?
-Yeah.
-What? [laughs]
-[giggles] Yes, babe.
Come on!
Ah! Oh... oh, yeah.
-My girl.
-[Candice] Yes.
-[indistinct]
-[Candice] Mm-hmm. Come on.
-[Clive] Hey, what's this?
-[Candice] You all right, babe?
-How you doing, love?
-Mmm, good, thanks. How are you?
I'm good. You are looking fire.
-Thank you, thank you.
-Celebrating, are we?
[Candice] Yeah.
Did Trav not tell you
who I'm auditioning for?
No, what's this?
I got a recall to play
Tina Turner in a new musical.
-Is it?
-Yeah.
Well, that's something
to celebrate proper, bruv.
She want some Prosecco,
not a shot.
-[Candice] No, I'm good.
-[Clive] No, no, no, no, no.
We're celebrating,
and you deserve it.
Tell you what.
Trav, give Ter a hand
with the stock check
and you can get off
at half past.
I'll sort Candy a drink.
What,
don't you wanna get home early?
Nah, you two enjoy yourselves,
yeah?
-I'll wait for you, babe.
-[Travis] Cool.
All right?
-You good?
-[Clive] Oh, yeah.
-How's things?
-Oh, lovely.
Sorry about him.
It doesn't hurt to celebrate.
[conversation continues
indistinctly]
-[water running]
-[Travis rapping]
[vocalizing]
[toilet flushes]
Ike and Tina?
I was at the
Everly Brothers concert.
-You seen it?
-Of course I have.
Still looking for lead vocals,
I tell you.
-[Candice sighs]
-Did you just roll your eyes?
-No, I was blinking.
-Oi.
The gig in the pub, babe, yes.
You've told me several times.
How about we rehearse
a couple of Ike and Tina covers?
Get you in shape.
-Come on, it'd be lush.
-[sighs]
Look,
I'll think about it, all right?
-No promises.
-[phone buzzes]
-You're joking me.
-What?
Daughter's
fucking teachers again.
Hang on.
What's she done now?
[Kenisha]
But I didn't touch her, did I?
You chased her.
She slipped and fell.
Why the fuck
did you chase the girl?
It was her fault!
She was too rude.
Mr. Frank said this is
the last time, the last.
Do you know what that means?
One more strike and you're done.
[Kenisha] But I didn't do
anything, she started it.
Nish, you better pipe down,
hon, I swear to God, Nish.
If you get expelled,
I'm fucking-- That's it.
Do you know how much
I've had to sacrifice for you?
I asked you
to sacrifice nothing.
Can you just shut your mouth?
I'm not even joking.
You think I'm working like a dog
to keep a roof over your head
for you to put
the stress on my back?
["Mirror" playing]
Don't hold my neon hands
Any solitude I need
is my own
I can't make you understand
Now you're hiding
what you're feeling, it shows
'Cause I'm done
sitting in the darkness
Where I'm stunting my growth
I'm done convincing
all the voices
When I'm certain
My inner child deserves
a home that reaffirms
But I just learned to say
"I love you" in the mirror
Used to hurt myself
right bad
And pave over the cracks
But I just learned to say
"I love you" in the mirror
'Cause I used to wanna prove
My strength to you
but I lost me
Trying to get through
When I wanted your empathy
'Cause I'm done convincing
all the voices
When I'm certain
My inner child deserves
a home that reaffirms
But I just learn to say
"I love you" in the mirror
Used to hurt myself
right bad
And pave over the cracks
But I just learned to say
"I love you" in the mirror
[Travis scoffs]
I just learned how it felt
[Candice] Travis,
wh-- what are you doing?
Why are you in my dress?
What are you doing?
[Travis] Uh...
nothing.
I was just... messing about.
Gonna show you later.
You were gonna show me later?
[Travis] Yeah.
[music stops]
-Whoa, what are you doing?
-Taking a picture.
-No, no!
-Why? You said you were messing!
-Give me the phone.
-Travis, give me my phone back.
-Give me the phone!
-Travis. Travis.
-Give me my phone.
-Give me the phone
Give me my phone!
Travis! Travis!
-Hey. In a minute!
-Give me my phone.
-[Kenisha] What the fuck?
-[Travis] Oh. Nish!
-It's nothing.
-Why are you in Mum's dress for?
Kenisha,
leave us alone a minute.
[Kenisha] Why are you in Mum's--
[Candice] Kenisha,
leave the room, please.
Why are you in Mum's dress for?
[Candice] Kenisha,
I said leave us. Get out now!
[Candice sighs]
Okay, let me just...
let me just...
what are you doing?
I told you.
I was...
I wanted to put it on,
like, messing about.
To surprise you later.
Is there something
you're not telling me here?
[Travis] No.
No!
Travis, you're wearing
my makeup and my dress
-and dancing around like a--
-What?
Are you, like,
harboring some kind of
feelings about something?
-Babes, listen, no!
-Are you into it?
-No! No, no, all right?
-Travis, you're--
you're whining like
a ladyboy in my dress.
What the fuck
are you chatting about?
What am I chatting about?
You're wearing my fucking dress.
So what, then?
Right. Can you just--
can you just take it off?
'Cause we need
to talk seriously,
-and you are stretching it.
-All right!
-Oh, my God.
-Fuck! [laughs]
Candy, man! [laughs]
-[scoffs]
-I'm fucking playing!
All right? [laughs]
I'm fucking high as fuck, man.
I felt like being silly,
all right?
[giggles]
I'm being silly.
Put the dress on
'cause I wanted to see
if I could look as good as you.
-And my knickers?
-Candy, listen--
-Is this why you're always...
-Babe, babe--
...looking at my dresses,
buying me clothes,
'cause you wanna wear 'em
and try 'em on?
-All right, look, all right.
-[phone ringing]
You know me. Yeah?
[Kenisha] Hello?
I was bored, and I felt like
being stupid, all right?
[Kenisha] One sec.
Mum, Donna's on the phone.
-Take it off.
-All right, cool.
-[Kenisha] Mum?
-Cool.
-[Kenisha] Hello?
-I'm playing.
You know me.
I'm fucking crazy, innit?
[Travis chuckles]
You know, I was-- [laughs]
I was gonna jump out at you,
yeah?
When you came back, and...
What do you think?
Think I look good, though?
-Take it off.
-All right!
-Take it off.
-I'm getting it off! Look!
What is wrong with you?
You wait there,
'cause we ain't done.
We're not done.
[Kenisha]
Why was he wearing your dress?
[indistinct conversation]
[breathing shakily]
-[alarm wailing in distance]
-[neighborhood chatter]
[man 1] Hey, pass the ball.
You're rubbish, bro!
[Kenisha laughing]
[man 1] Hey, you mans.
What you saying?
-[Travis] Nish!
-[man 2] Nathan, Nathan, Nathan.
[man 3] Hey, bro, bro!
Yesterday...
I was...
It isn't what you think,
all right?
I was smoking a lot of buds.
It was a joke.
Hey, ain't that deep.
You hear what I said?
Have you done it before?
[scoffs]
Nah.
Just a likkle prank.
[music playing on TV]
-[Travis sighs]
-[glass clanks]
[Travis sighs]
How was work?
Clive getting on your nerves?
Eh.
He's all right.
What?
[exhales]
I wanted to talk to you
about yesterday.
-[groans]
-Shh! Trav!
Just wanna ask you something.
Do you think you were
born in the wrong body?
-Do you think you were, like--
-I told you yesterday.
I'm asking you to be honest.
What did I say?
Travis, look...
I know you're a bit...
different.
Like I'm a bit different.
You know me,
I'm like a free spirit.
I like to play,
but, like, fantasy, yeah?
Fantasy to me is not reality.
Do you know what I mean?
Fantasy is fantasy, innit?
And you know I like
to have fun, but...
I like it as fantasy.
Does that make sense?
Told you.
It was...
I wanted to make you
fucking laugh.
Yeah,
I know you were experimenting.
I know you've been stressed,
babe.
This is a lot.
I really appreciate
everything you've been doing.
Come here.
[TV announcer] Now, let's
head back to stateside 1976...
No.
You come here.
[jazzy music playing on TV]
Bend over.
[both breathing heavily]
[unzipping]
[grunts]
[Travis] [indistinct]
[Candice sighs]
[zipping]
[door slams]
"Ladies, our friend here
wants to see how you pony."
-[knocking on door]
-[sighs]
[knocking]
-[Kenisha] Mum!
-One sec, I'm coming.
[Kenisha] If I'm late,
it's your fault.
Mum!
Okay, babe, I'm coming.
["Don't Make Me Your Fool"
playing on radio]
You all right there?
Yeah.
Don't make me be a fool
-Mum?
-Mm-hmm?
Um... there's this boy
at school that I kinda like.
Excuse me?
-[laughs] Excuse me?
-Like, I just wanna-- Mum!
Okay! Go on, go on, go on.
I just wanted to know, like,
how would you
show a boy you liked him,
personally...
-Uh-huh.
-Yeah. Like, as a female.
We've been chilling and stuff,
but I think he just thinks
that we're friends.
Well,
it's the five senses, babe.
Right, you listening? Yeah.
Eye contact.
Very, very important.
Touch.
Touch his arm, touch his hand.
Sound. Voice. Don't overlook it.
Talk. Like, laugh at
all of his shit jokes.
Smell.
Ah! Excuse me, appreciate
the smell. That's Chanel.
You'll get him going
with that one.
And last but not least, taste.
Well, you can save that one
for when you two are... mmm!
-Chill out!
-[laughing]
Such a pervert. What the hell?
Ooh, so don't make me a fool
[Candice] Okay.
This boy, what's his name?
Uh, Reggie.
Reggie. Okay.
Well, I'm sure Reggie
doesn't wanna go out with...
Well, you're looking a little
bit like Reggie right now, hon.
And Reggie doesn't wanna be
with Reggie, does he?
Babe, let me just take you
shopping. We can go next week.
We don't like each other's
clothes.
There's no point in
shopping together.
-How many fucking times?
-Oi! Excuse me?
[car door slams]
-[fabric tears]
-Oh!
[beads clattering]
Fuck!
[grunts]
Shit! Fuck!
Fuck!
[panting]
[uptempo music playing]
Boss! Hey, can you fix this?
[employee] No, we don't do that.
[Travis]
What does the sign say, bruv?
You can do it?
Come back later, yeah?
-[woman] No. Tomorrow. 1:00 p.m.
-Tomorrow? No, no, no.
-I need it today.
-[scoffs] No.
-I'll give you double.
-No, no, no. No.
You know what,
give me the thing.
Nish!
-Yo, Kenisha!
-Oh, hi!
-[Travis] Yeah.
-What are you doing?
[Travis] Let me grab you a sec.
One sec.
-[student] That's her dad.
-You all right?
Yo, I need you to do me a favor.
-What?
-Uh, so I accidentally
put your mum's red dress
in the wash, yeah?
I put it in the wash,
you know, I wanted, um, um...
high spins,
and I took it out, and look.
So I need you to do me a favor
and just say you did it.
-You're joking me.
-Don't need to say you put it
in the wash. Just say you was
trying it on, and--
and you ripped it.
Why can't you just say
you put it in the wash?
'Cause she's gonna think I tried
it on again and I didn't, yeah?
It was an accident.
Nish. Her audition's tomorrow.
Yeah?
You know how bad she wants this.
Like she's gonna
believe I put on?
She ain't gonna believe me,
is she?
Huh?
You know, I-- I was just trying
to help her out, and boom,
it was a mistake.
She's gonna believe you, though.
Huh? Trust.
[sucks teeth]
[sighs] Here.
Take this, yeah?
[whispers] Fucking shit.
[Candice singing]
Come to me, come to me
[Candice vocalizing]
Ooh, you come to me
Give me everything I need
You're simply the best
-[Candice vocalizing]
-[Travis breathing heavily]
[clock ticking]
[door opens]
[door shuts]
Oh, you come to me wild
Ooh, you come to me
[vocalizing]
Simply the best
-What's this?
-Whoa, whoa, you all right?
What's wrong?
-I don't know what it is.
-[Candice] Am I a prick to you?
-What are you talking about?
-[Kenisha] What's wrong?
[Candice] Kenisha,
leave us alone, please.
What's-- what's wrong?
Your dad thinks
I'm a fucking mug.
[Travis] Babe,
I didn't do nothing.
-This is nothing, is it?
-You're fucking mad.
-You're a fucking liar. A liar!
-Calm down, it was me.
I borrowed it earlier.
Sorry.
I didn't realize I broke it.
Kenisha,
do you know how much this costs?
Apologize to your dad.
[Kenisha] I'm sorry.
[Candice]
I needed this for tomorrow.
I know,
but I wanted to try it on
because you said
Reggie wouldn't like my clothes.
All right, Nish. Just...
leave us alone a minute.
[footsteps receding]
[door slams]
I'm so sorry, baby.
I'm sorry.
[assistant] Vivian Afor?
Okay, this is gonna sound weird,
yeah, but...
[chuckles] ...I think
your dad is proper sexy.
Like, you can't deny it.
Your mum and dad
are buff, though.
How do you think
you turned out so peng?
[scoffs]
Stop perving on my family, bruv.
Should only be
thinking of Bradley.
[scoffs] Fam, I'm so done
with that wasteman.
[Kenisha]
But you like mandem, right?
[Cicely] I don't like the way
he was acting all bad.
I like sensitive boys,
boys that aren't afraid
of expressing themselves.
You get me?
[Kenisha] Mmm.
Yeah, my dad's kinda like that.
Like, he don't play,
but he's, like,
sensitive as well.
-Hmm, really?
-Shut up, bruv.
How is he sensitive?
What?
You can't tell no one.
Tell me.
Okay. Um...
well, sometimes...
he likes to dress in
my mum's clothes.
-[Cicely] Oh, wow.
-[Kenisha] Shut up, man.
[laughs] Wait, wait.
Like RuPaul's Drag Race?
Hmm?
I don't know, like,
he just likes to wear
her clothes sometimes.
But he says he's pranking,
but I don't know.
That's [indistinct].
I think that's kind of like this
box that society puts us in,
and your dad said,
"Fuck that box."
It's pretty hot.
Can't tell no one.
I promise. I swear on my life.
[Candice] I saw you watching me.
I really like the way
you girls dance.
Is that so?
Ladies, our friend over here
wants to know how you pony.
[Shaun chuckles]
Lovely job. Well done, you two.
That was great. Thanks, Candice.
-How'd that feel?
-Yeah. Felt good.
[Shaun]
Danny, we'll grab you in five.
-Cheers.
-Thanks, Danny.
Shaun, sorry about the song.
My voice is a bit strained.
You know how many shows you'd do
in a week if you got the job?
-Six.
-[Shaun] Yes.
Sometimes two on Saturdays.
That's seven. See what I mean?
No room for a strained voice.
I know how to
take care of myself--
Tina Turner was an athlete.
These roles are for athletes.
Athletes in training.
It'd take all your focus.
There'd be no time for any...
any distractions.
Shaun, honestly, I don't know
why you're telling me this.
I know. Don't you think I know?
Well, great.
Thanks for coming in.
I'd love for you
to come in again.
Do you think you can
come back on Friday?
Yes. Definitely.
Yes. Thank you.
[chuckles] Thank you.
[Travis]
He wants you back, though?
[Candice] Yeah, but
they'll have me in eight times
and then tell me
they don't want me.
He literally said
he wants you back.
Yeah, but it doesn't always
work that way, does it?
You need to chill.
Hold on a second. Is that...
What?
-What?
-It's Nish.
[Travis] Wait. Hey!
-[Candice] Kenisha.
-[Cicely] Oh, my God.
-[Candice] Come with me.
-No.
So that's Reggie, yeah?
-You're Reggie, are ya?
-[Cicely] Who's Reggie?
Reggie is a boy
my daughter told me she liked.
Which is hilarious,
'cause it seems to me
he's now a lesbian.
So I'm just wondering,
what happened to Reggie, hmm?
But don't you worry.
I'm used to it now.
It's fucking colors
of the rainbow in my family.
-Kenisha, let's go. Now.
-Just shut up!
Who do you think
you're talking to?
-Come with me, now.
-No!
[Candice] Kenisha, get your arse
in the fucking car now!
-[Travis] Hey, calm down!
-[Candice] Kenisha!
-[Kenisha] I fucking hate you!
-[Travis] Nish!
[Cicely] Um,
I think I'm just gonna...
[Travis] Can't stop her
liking who she likes.
Who's trying to stop her?
She made up this whole
elaborate fucking thing
-about a boy called Reggie.
-I'm saying she probably
don't feel like
she can be real with you.
[Candice] What you mean,
she can't be real with me?
Did I say she couldn't
like who she likes?
You probably made her feel
like she couldn't say.
-I don't know!
-And who are you right now?
Oprah, yeah? And I'm the devil.
Have you thought about how
you might be influencing her--
Hey, I ain't influencing no one!
-You make me laugh.
-Seriously, shut up, Candice!
[door slams]
Do you know
how worried we've been?
Like you care.
[Candice] Look, Nish, I'm sorry.
I just...
I don't like
that you lied to me.
There's too much lying going on.
[scoffs]
Is this funny, yeah?
Why'd you break my dress?
You did it on purpose,
didn't you?
You did, didn't you?
Wow.
You ungrateful bitch.
Do you know where I'd be
if it weren't for you?
Shouldn't have had me,
then, should you?
[door slams]
-[Candice] Baby.
-[Travis] Mm?
Thank you for fixing the dress.
Travis,
I'm not sure about all of this.
I don't know if I'm good enough.
[scoffs]
What?
I was just thinking about...
the first time I heard you
singing at [indistinct].
I looked at you,
and I thought...
"She's mine."
Thought we were gonna be
Jay-Z and Beyonc, didn't we?
-[Travis laughs]
-[chuckles]
I had fuckin' goosebumps.
You would've never
asked me that.
What's goin' on?
Hmm?
Need to get
the old confidence back.
-[wardrobe door creaks]
-[clothes hangers rattle]
[Candice]
I wanna see you in it again.
Please.
[bag rustling]
[lipstick cap rattles]
[Travis breathes shakily]
[heavy breathing]
[man on TV] Miss Vaush.
I thought you might stay
longer.
[woman on TV] We can't always
trust our thoughts, honey.
-[man on TV] The way I see it...
-[door opens]
-Thought you was revising?
-I'm taking a break.
[woman on TV] Sometimes I'll
say goodbye before the finish.
Leave him wanting more.
I'm trying to watch this.
[man on TV] Well, I must say,
you were sensational tonight.
I mean, just sensational!
Last night was a one-off.
We ain't doing that again.
[woman on TV] Mr. Flynn,
it's been a wonderful evening.
Remember who wanted it?
Well, maybe you should've
been more assertive
if you feel that strongly.
You could've told me no.
I don't own you.
Anyways, I'm just saying.
Don't think we're
making that a habit.
[water draining]
[upbeat hip-hop playing]
What I've been telling you
about fire and safety?
Yeah, sorry about that.
I forgot about that.
-[indistinct]
-[man] Yeah, yeah.
I can't reset the end of the
wires, [indistinct] Friday.
-Friday?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Friday?
-[chuckles] Yeah.
But he's got a number
he can give you.
All right, give me the number.
[indistinct].
Yeah.
Oh, fuck! Fuck.
Fuck, man.
[Clive] The fuck's going on?
Oh, don't worry, man.
It's nothing.
What?
Nothing.
I just thought you stopped all
that shit when you was a kid.
They Candy's?
They Candy's, innit?
Hey, don't worry, bro.
You know your secret's
always been safe with me, and--
[shattering]
Oi! That's coming out
of your fuckin' wages!
[shouting] Do I give a fuck?
-[Travis sighs]
-You know what?
You've always been
an ungrateful little brat.
Fuckin' Mum fussing over you
all the time
and I'm the one, again,
cleaning up your mess.
Yeah. All right.
All right. All right.
Easy.
I'm just trying to find out...
what's going on
in that freaky little head.
That's it. 'Cause you know
you ain't acting normal, right?
What? A man-- a man
sees his little brother
just out of prison and wearing
his girl's knickers. What--
-Don't--
-...can't ask what--
All right, bro. All right. Okay.
-Move the-- move out my way.
-Bro. Bro. All right, my bad.
My bad.
I just need you to act
like a responsible man.
Don't you think
your lady deserves that?
You know she does.
And what I do need you
to think about
is who the fuck
you're working for.
If you don't wanna do that...
you know where the door is.
Don't you?
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
[birds chirping]
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
Oi, dickhead.
Why didn't you text me back?
What are you
always hitting me for?
-Because you're wet.
-[boys laugh]
What?
All right, Ben,
tell her what they said to me.
-Bennett, tell her, man.
-Okay, all right.
Basically we heard
that Mad T is actually gay
-and turned into a female.
-Who said that?
[Ben] Cecily and Malcolm.
[boy] Ay, yo,
why are you snitching, man?
Why is she spreading shit?
-That's fuckin' dumb.
-[boy] [indistinct]
-That's why he went in jail.
-Did he even go to jail?
-Why would I lie about that?
-Because my man's a pervert.
-Man, she's a pervert?
-[boys laugh]
You better shut the fuck up
about my dad.
[boy] Ay, yo, calm down, man.
What we're trying to say
is that,
that's why he likes prison,
innit?
'cause, like, in prison
men like getting their--
you know, their dicks sucked
by she-males--
[crowd yelling]
[seductive melody playing]
[indistinct chatter in distance]
[breathing heavily]
[siren wailing in distance]
[distant chatter]
[phone ringing]
[line clicks, ringing stops]
Yeah?
Uh, no, but you can speak to me.
I'm Travis Clark, her dad.
What's happened?
Hey! Why are you always
moving mad for?
Do you wanna
tell your mum about this?
-I don't care.
-What did I tell you?
I told you to keep
your head down, didn't I?
It's your fucking fault.
What'd you say? Oi.
They were laughing about you.
How come they were laughing
about me? Hey!
They were calling you gay.
What do you expect?
What are they
calling me gay for? Hmm?
I told my friend that
you were wearing mum's dress.
What did you say that for?
She promised not to tell no one.
It was a fucking joke, Kenisha.
I told you I was pranking!
You're not joking because you've
done it before. Just stop lying!
Hey, Nish, Nish, Nish, Nish!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
You're right. Okay?
You're right.
And that's my fault.
I'm sorry.
Listen.
We'll keep this one quiet
for a minute, yeah?
Your mum, she got enough stress
right now with her audition.
I don't give a shit
about her stress.
Oi, when you suddenly think
it's okay
to just swear all the time?
You're always swearing.
Yeah, 'cause I'm an adult.
Hey.
You ain't supposed to swear
in front of adults.
Dad?
Hmm?
You know, if you're gay,
you really should
break up with Mum.
What is this about me being gay?
Huh? Why am I gay?
A friend said that some men
turn, like, women in prison--
Fucking no.
All right?
No.
Don't know why they were
calling me gay for
and you're the one
who's fucking gay, not me.
But why though?
I don't know what's going on,
you know, and...
I just like being pretty
sometimes.
And that's it.
What? Don't you think
that's a bit off-key?
I'm not saying it's not.
Maybe I'm just
a bit off-key, innit?
I am too.
A bit?
Right, you're more
than a bit, mate.
[Kenisha groans]
[vocalizing]
[door creaks open]
[sighs]
[door slams]
[Travis] I wanna
show you something.
[Travis, Kenisha
chattering indistinctly]
[Travis] Come
and show it off at school.
[Kenisha] No, don't do that.
[Travis]
I'll show you what I got.
-[Kenisha] Never do that.
-[Candice] Where you been?
I took her to Nando's, innit?
-Oi.
-Hmm?
-How was school?
-It was good.
Good.
[Kenisha]
I'm not watching the news.
-You're watching the news.
-[Candice] Trav.
Deb called about the party
for Clive on Saturday.
I said we'd go.
I know you both don't wanna go,
but I think we should.
I want us all
to do something normal,
all-together, like a family.
Cool.
Be nice to see grandma, innit?
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
Yeah.
Good.
[birds chirping]
[alarm ringing]
["Proud Mary"
by Ike and Tina Turner playing]
Um, I'm going to school now.
We'll give you a lift.
Um, I'm getting
a lift from Addy.
-[Candice] Okay.
-Good luck.
[Candice] Thanks, babe.
Nish.
Give me a hug.
-Bye.
-Bye.
[door creaks open]
And we're rolling
Rolling
Rolling on the river
Listen to the story.
I left a good job
in the city
Working for the man
every night and day
And I never lost
one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way
the things might've been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
And we're rolling
Rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates
in Memphis
Pumped a lot of 'tane
down in New Orleans
But I never saw
the good side of the city
Until I hitched a ride
on a riverboat queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Say we're rolling
Rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
Say, we're rolling
Rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
[tempo change:
jubilant rock music]
Oh, I left a good job
in the city
Working for the man
every night and day
And I never lost
one minute of sleeping
Worrying about the way
the things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning
Turning
Proud Mary keep on burning
Burning
And we're rolling, rolling,
yeah
Rolling on the river
Rolling, rolling, yeah
Rolling on the river
The river [vocalizing]
Oh, yeah, oh, no, no, no, no
[applause]
[auditioner] Fantastic.
Where's the picture?
She took it down.
[upbeat hip hop music]
[laughter]
[indistinct chatter]
[car beeps]
[Deborah] Look who it is.
How are you, my little cherub?
-[Deborah laughs]
-[Travis] Hi!
[Deborah cooing]
I'm so glad you're out.
You look good.
Please make sure
you look after yourself.
-[Candice] Doesn't she shut up?
-How you doing?
Like that, is it?
[Deborah] Cheers.
-Come, let's go.
-All right.
[muffled reggae music playing]
Your brother's gonna be here
any minute.
And as soon as he comes in,
we're all gonna make some noise.
Oi, none of that, please.
Why are we acting
like it's a surprise party
when he knows about it?
Will you tell your dad
to behave?
[Maji] What's going on, brother?
-Maji! You all right, man?
-What's happening, family?
You all right, yeah?
Deb, Deb, Deb. He's here!
-Oi. [indistinct]?
-[cheering and applause]
-[Clive] What?
What? You're killing me!
What are you doin'? Wow. Hey.
["Bam Bam"
by Sister Nancy playing]
[Clive] [indistinct] Hey, hey.
How it is, yeah?
A chuu dem nuh know
it's fram creation
A chuu dem nuh know
it's fram creation
Bam bam, ey, what a bam bam
Bam bam dilla, bam bam
[Clive] Hey!
Oh, looking sharp, bro.
Yeah, a little bit
of effort in that.
-I like it, I like it.
-Happy birthday, man.
Yo, what's this, fam, hmm?
Oh, bro. [laughs]
You know I could get
about five of these
for the price of one, right?
Yeah. All right,
give it back then.
No, bro, chill, chill, chill.
I'm joking. Come on.
-Come on, I appreciate it.
-[Travis] Hmm.
Hey, I'm glad you're here,
innit.
Hey, glad you're here.
-Come here, bro.
-We cool?
Yes, brother.
Yes, brother. [laughs]
[sighs] Look at his bow tie.
Don't take him seriously. Okay?
-Mmm.
-All right.
[attendees cheering]
[indistinct lyrics]
-[Candice] Huh, huh, hey!
-[all] Hey!
-Party time!
-[all] Hey!
[loud cheering]
[distant chatter]
I'm just saying, brother.
[indistinct]
That's what I'm saying.
Like, Kenisha,
you see your dad, yeah?
You know, your dad used to be
a bad boy MC, innit?
You know, man used to make
rhythms for him, innit.
Record label was on this thing.
What the-- what they call me?
What they call me, Mad T!
What they call me, Mad T!
-[Travis mutters]
-[Kenisha laughs]
[indistinct]
What I'm trying to say is, yeah,
man needs to start up
the thing, yeah?
My friend here works
for this record label,
-and I reckon--
-Nah, none of that.
I'm gettin' too old
for all of that stupidness.
Eh?
[indistinct] a lifeline
[indistinct].
Uh, I hear you.
But what I'm trying to say is...
[man over microphone]
Good night, everybody.
Hey, everybody, make some noise
for the birthday boy.
[Clive]
Gather, my peeps, come gather.
Don't wanna keep you too long.
Man's 40 years old and
still winning, innit? [laughs]
No, just thank you
to my beautiful mother.
Where is she there?
There she is.
Miss Deborah Clark, the famous.
[cheering, applause]
Uh, Mum? Hey, I want you to keep
the second week
of September free, yeah,
'cause, um, I'm taking you to...
Jamaica, Jamaica!
Yeah. [laughs]
Mum, that's for all them years
guiding me, yeah?
Love you, Mum. Yeah?
Oh, yeah.
And, uh, you see this--
this banner up here, yeah?
-"Welcome back, Travis!"
-[attendees cheering]
Yeah, back out after a year.
He's doing well.
He's working with me,
providing for his family
and, um, we've spoken
a lot about mistakes
and how we learn
from our mistakes
and we better ourselves,
and we can't become ourselves
until we find ourselves.
And I really believe
that my little brother Travis
is finding himself right now.
So let's all
just raise our glasses...
to my little brother.
Welcome back.
Hold on. Put 'em up, put 'em up.
We've also got a star
in the building.
Yeah. She's about to play
Tina Turner in here!
Oh, my God. Stop.
-[indistinct]
-Please, come on.
-Are you ready?
-[DJ] Yeah, sir.
I want everyone to take in
the lyrics to this song, yeah?
Let's go. Let's go.
All right, come on, here we go.
-All right, Okay. Come on now.
-[Candice sighs]
We all know this track, innit?
Get your two-step on.
Come on, let me see
your two-step.
Come on!
Get crunk, come on! Hey!
You're simply the best
[Clive] Hey! Tell them, y'all!
Better than all the rest
Wind down, wind down.
Better than anyone
[Clive] Come on then!
Anyone I ever met
Yeah!
[mellow reggae music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
Yo!
-Trav, come here, man.
-[Travis] Yo!
Let me introduce
you all properly, innit.
My little brother
Travis I was on about.
[Belinda] You all right?
It's Belinda.
So, Belinda,
you two seeing each other, yeah?
-[Belinda chuckles] Yeah?
-Yeah. Yeah?
-Yeah, I think so.
-Yeah.
[chuckles mockingly] So-- so,
if you're here
with Belinda, yeah,
you don't need to be putting
hands all over my girl, do you?
What are you on about now, bro?
Fucking heard me, G.
She's with me.
-She's my girl.
-Wow.
Hey, sorry about this.
My little bro's had
a little bit too much to drink,
he's getting a little bit hype
right now--
You don't need to be flirting,
playing songs,
or rubbing anything
in my face, yeah?
She's with me, you understand?
She ain't into fucking plebs.
And you can play Mum
or you buy Mum
all the tickets you want
to Jamaica,
but who did that first, yeah?
Hmm?
-Who is the original one?
-[sighs] What's going on?
Nothing, babe.
Little bro smoked
too much weed in his life
and he's got his head
all fucked up.
-[Travis chuckles]
-And you know what?
I could say a lot. Hmm?
I don't wanna be that person.
He just needs to have
some fucking gratitude.
He needs to keep
his fucking knickers on.
["Shelly Ann"
by DJ Cut Killer feat. Red Rat]
That girl,
that girl Shelly Ann
Bleach ah nighttime and nuh
have no bed fi sleep pon
Oh no, oh no
Me hear say man ah meet her
ever out inna car
Slam her fi 7 Up,
Buckingham, and Pep Up
Me hear she love roam,
go blow nuff trombone
Anywhere, Oh, no
That girl,
that girl Shelly Ann
She gwan like she nice
and have one bag ah man
That girl,
that girl Shelly Ann
Bleach ah nighttime and nuh
have no bed fi sleep pon
Me hear she stay certain way,
ah tek ten man a day
-[Travis] Get up!
-[Clive] What's wrong--?
[Travis]
What are you gonna do, huh?
-Huh?
-Fuck is that?
[both grunting]
[Clive] I'll fuck you up!
-[loud clattering]
-[music cuts]
[shouting and grunting]
[Travis] Yeah? Come on, then!
[Clive] Get off me, get off me!
[Deborah]
Travis, get off him, Travis!
[yelling over each other]
What are you fucking doing, man?
-[angry grunting]
-Calm down, man.
[panting]
[groans]
[phone beeping]
[phone beeps]
[answering machine]
You have 30 new messages.
-[Candice sighs]
-New message from 02892454575.
[over phone] Uh, hi,
this is Mr. Frank from Fairman.
I can't reach either of you
on your mobiles.
Mr. Clark, I had a chat
with the governors
about Kenisha's expulsion,
and I think it'd be good
for you and Miss May to pop in.
I'll either be able to do
3:00 or 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
Um, let me know.
It's Friday 14th of May, 2:47.
[phone beeps]
Travis?
[phone beeps]
[over phone] Uh, Hi,
this is Mr. Frank from Fairman.
I can't reach either of you
on your mobiles.
Mr. Clark, I had a chat with
the
governors about
-Kenisha's expulsion...
-I didn't wanna say anything
'cause you--
you had your audition and...
[sighs] ...you was excited
about the party.
What did she do?
[Mr. Frank over phone]
It's Friday 14th of May 2:47.
She's got into another fight.
[answering machine]
New message from 02...
Look, it's my fault.
I told her not to say anything.
I want you to take this,
pack your bags, and get out.
What're you doing?
What's wrong with you?
Don't touch me.
Don't fucking touch me.
-What is--
-Do you know what you are?
You're the biggest mistake
of my life.
The biggest
mistake of your life, eh?
-Yeah.
-Yeah? Yeah.
Well, you weren't saying that
when I was paying
for everything.
You need to have
a fucking look at yourself--
Everything you touch,
you fuck up
-'cause you are such a fuck up!
-Hey, hey!
Get out of my fucking way.
Get off of me!
-Calm down!
-Get the fuck off of me.
Get off of me.
I'll get off when you calm down.
[loud yelp]
-What--
-[Candice, Travis] Get out!
-What are you screaming for?
-Go to bed!
All the time I've wasted on you,
you've actually ruined my life
and for what?
-Fucking nothing! Ruined!
-[Travis] Calm down!
Ruined!
I told you to get out, Kenisha!
[Kenisha]
Not until you fucking stop!
-Get out!
-[Travis] Kenisha.
[all panting]
[knocking on door]
[knocking continues]
Oh, fuck's sake.
[officer] Hi. Is everything all
right? We've heard about
-lots of shouting and banging--
-Sorry, it's been a bit loud--
[Candice] Oh. Fucking great.
What's this?
[officer] We just need to
make sure everyone's okay.
-Can we come in for a moment?
-No, no, you can't.
You can tell the little bitch
next door we knew it was her.
-Let's just calm down.
-What you think you're doing?
All right, just so you know,
we are both wearing
body cameras.
You are being filmed.
Yeah, well, you can film
yourself trespassing
because you're barging in
my house without my permission.
Miss, we have a duty of care.
There's a child in this
house and--
I can shout
if I wanna shout in my house.
If this is a verbal warning,
you need to stop shouting
if we're gonna get anywhere.
If you don't stop yelling at us,
we'll have to arrest you--
-For what?
-[Travis] Babe, just stop--
Arrest me for telling you
you can't come in my house?
I should have you
fucking arrested.
-Right, you're making a mi--
-Take your hands off me!
-Wait! No!
-Okay, okay. Stay back, sir.
Now I'm arresting you
for assaulting an officer.
You don't have to say anything,
but it may harm your defense
if you don't mention
when questioned something
you later rely on in court.
Anything you do say
may be given...
[siren wailing in distance]
[car alarm beeps]
[phone ringing]
It's Paul.
[ringing continues]
Your agent.
[ringing continues]
Do you not wanna know
what's going on?
[ringing stops]
Pass me the phone.
[Candice sighs]
I didn't get it.
You all right?
Yeah.
Wasn't meant to be.
[Candice sighs]
-I want you to take it.
-[Travis] You do?
-I don't need it now, do I?
-[Travis] I got it for you.
But you look better in it.
I'm a big woman, innit?
[chuckles bitterly]
Time for me
to stop being someone I'm not.
[both sighing]
[train rumbling past]
-Look where you're going, bro.
-The fuck!
-What?
-What?
[speaking other language
angrily]
-Come, then!
-Fuck off, man.
[cursing in other language]
Nisha.
Your dad's gone to stay
with Victor for a while.
When's he coming back?
I don't know.
We just need some space.
I just came to say
I'm sorry, babe,
for what I said.
It was horrible of me
and not true.
I've been a shit mum
and I'm gonna do better.
I'll call up to school
and I'll explain
we've had some shit going on.
What?
Why are you pulling that face?
I don't wanna go back to school.
Why not?
No one likes me.
Oh, come on,
they all love you up there.
No, they don't.
I told Cicely that
Dad was wearing your dress
and she told everyone
that he's gay and a she-male.
Is Cecily the one you were--
She said that after you--
[laughs bitterly] Nah.
Didn't like her from the off.
Them stush pretty girls
will eat you up
and spit you out.
Why did you make Dad leave?
Babe, he was not behaving
like he should.
It's a lot of things.
No. I don't get it.
He is off-key. You're off-key.
So why can't you guys
just deal with it?
-Like, what's your issue?
-Nisha.
You just don't worry
about us, okay?
[indistinct chattering]
Yo, yo, yo.
[indistinct chatter continues]
[indistinct chatter continues]
Yo. What's winding, bro?
[man] Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
[men shouting]
What, it looks funny?
What, I look funny, huh?
Yeah, you do look funny, bro.
Hey, get off me, man.
Hey, relax. The fuck is wrong
with you, Travis, man?
Whoa. You all right?
-What's wrong?
-You need to move, bro.
-What's wrong, bro?
-You're gay, man.
-You think I'm joking?
-You know what, bro?
I don't give a fuck.
Yeah?
-[man] Hey, chill out Travis.
-You see this?
-[man] Bruv, bruv, bruv--
-This feels light.
[man 2]
Talking about light and shit.
Get out of my face, man.
You see this?
This is free, bruv.
-Yo!
-[man 2] Hey, back the fuck off!
[indistinct shouting]
[man] You fucking dumb
or something?
Are you playing games?
Stop playing games.
Trav, I told you
stop playing games.
We're all playing, bro.
-We're all fucking played.
-Hey, relax, man.
All of you men
are fucking played.
[man] Are you all right, bro?
All right. Bro. I'm calm, man.
Calm yourself.
Yeah?
I'm a star.
Bro.
[overlapping chatter]
[loud shouting]
Hey, let him down, let him down!
You're fuckin' sick!
Get to the floor, boy, you mad?
What's wrong with you, man?
Turn around!
What's wrong with you, man?
Boy, you stayin' down!
[man] Hey, let's go, man.
-[grunting]
-[muttering]
["Out In the Streets"
by The Shangri-Las playing]
He don't
Hang around
with the gang no more
He don't do the wild things
that he did before
He used to act bad
Used to, but he quit
It make me so sad
'Cause I know that
he did it for me
And I can see
It's still in the streets
His heart
is out in the streets
He don't
Comb his hair
like he did before
And he don't wear those
dirty,
old black boots no more
But he's not the same
Somethin' about his kissin'
That tells me he's changed
I know that
something's missing inside
Somethin's died,
it's still in the streets
His heart is
out in the streets
He grew up on the sidewalk,
streetlight shinin' above
He grew up
with no one to love
He grew up on the sidewalk,
he grew up running free
He grew
up and then he met me
[panting]
[Kenisha] Dad.
Hey, what's good?
All right? Hey.
-What happened to your face?
-Don't worry about it.
I'm fine. You all right?
-Mm-hmm.
-Yeah?
Hey, come here.
-I'll see you in a minute, yeah?
-Mm-hmm.
Hey, I'm sorry I'm late.
Uh, I just come from probation.
Oh, hey, Travis. We were just--
Uh, wait, Mr. Frank,
Mr. Frank, um...
You know what?
This is all my fault.
-Look--
-[Travis] Um, that boy that--
That boy should be punished.
He was taking the piss
out of me 'cause...
I'm just a bit crazy, some--
[whimpers]
Not crazy, like...
I express myself differently...
in women's clothes.
But apparently them lot
found out and was calling me gay
and she was just sticking up
for her dad, you know?
You know, I just come out
of jail a few weeks back, right?
You know that, yeah? Yeah.
See, this is all my fault.
-Travis--
-[Travis] It's my fault.
-Mr-- Mr. Clark, we just--
-Please, sir, I promise you.
I'll give my life to make sure
she don't get
in no more trouble.
That's my girl.
All my life.
Please just give her
one more chance.
Thank you, Travis.
Miss May has explained
quite a lot.
It's good news.
The governors have agreed
to give her one more chance
under the condition
that she sees our counselor
twice a week.
-Come here.
-[Travis sighs] Yeah.
[ethereal music playing]
[ethereal music fades]
We've got a name
for the band now.
Candy and the Summits.
What?
Does it sound stupid?
-Candy and the Summits?
-Mm-hmm.
No, I like it.
I like it.
You know, I was thinking though.
What? What were you thinking?
I was thinking...
maybe it's time for us
to get married.
What?
You don't wanna marry me?
[chuckles] No.
[both laugh]
Go on.
Vic's waiting for you.
[upbeat funk music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
-You got it, yeah?
-Yeah, yeah, now slide it.
Yeah, we're good.
You got that certain
something
when you turn me on
You can make me do right
or you can make me do wrong
If you really mean
That I'm the best thing
you ever found
You can prove it
by being true
And never playing around
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
There's no rules
Since the game of love
can be played by two
You can go shopping
in the street
Trying to bargain up
something new
But what's out there
for you, men
Is out there
for us women too
Like a dog that lies around
and he licks his bone
If the shoe
don't fit the size
Then why keep trying it on
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
There's no rules
Since the game of love
can be played by two
Like the old saying
of give and take
You're never too old
to learn
But when you start
to put your hands in fire
You know
you're gonna get burned
But if you wanna do unto me
as I do unto you
Then there's no chance
that this romance
Can ever be broken in two
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
[cheering and applause]
There's no rules
since the game of love
Can be played by two
But just like you can cheat
on me I can cheat on you
There's no rules
Since the game of love
can be played by two
[crowd cheering]
[light piano jazz music]