Rosario (2025) Movie Script
1
Hey.
Hi. Thanks.
-Hey, Rosario.
-Here's another one.
Hey, Pa.
Uno, dos, tres.
Okay!
I'll find her.
Yeah.
Go and tell your father
to put down the tequila
and come, too. Go.
Mija, I need your help.
-Get me the pepper, please.
-Mm. Mm-hmm.
-Here.
-Thank you.
You're having a good time?
Rosario.
Sit. Here.
Okay.
You know that your mom and I,
we-we haven't had it easy
since we came here.
-You know that, right?
-Hmm.
But one day, all your dreams
are gonna come true.
I know it. It's gonna happen.
Thanks, Dad.
Love you back, Dad.
-Where you going?
-To find Abuela.
Rosario.
This is a special day.
Let's take a moment
to remember those
who are no longer with us...
that they made
so that we can be here.
Lay your bones out cold
Pray with what you got.
Hey, Harlow.
Can we go over my schedule?
-Morning, Scott.
-Hi.
Yes. Okay.
Okay, great.
We're set for then.
Any luck with dinner res
for my dad and me?
You're the best.
I'll be right up.
Good morning, Ms. Fuentes.
Miguel, call me Rose.
Ms. Fuentes-- I mean, Rose,
uh, I was hoping I...
I could ask you a question.
Um, yeah, one sec.
One sec.
Sorry. What's up, Miguel?
Yes.
Uh, so my wife and I,
uh, we were talking about
investing more.
Maybe we can schedule
a time to-to talk?
Miguel, my firm won't let me
take on clients
who don't meet their threshold.
I really wish I could. I--
Um, I have to go.
-No worries, Rose.
-Yeah. Bye, Miguel.
Sorry. Excuse me.
Morning, Rosy Cheeks.
Alexander.
You dump that option
like I told you,
-that shit show Sunbelt--
-Sunbelt Dynamics.
-Yeah, that's the one.
-No, I didn't dump it.
It's on the verge of being
a penny stock, Rosy.
Rose.
When does it expire?
Today.
They'll fire you over this.
Lunch is set for tomorrow
with your dad,
7:00 p.m. at Le Bernardin.
Thanks.
What's Sunbelt trading at?
You're in the red, 345K.
Shit.
I know. Ugh.
It's gonna tick up, I know it.
Not now.
A winter storm appears to have
changed course overnight.
Right now, weather experts are
recommending to stay indoors,
as there's no predicting
just how massive this storm...
Exercise the option.
What? But what if
it keeps on dropping?
Remember what Sunbelt
Dynamics specializes in?
Geothermal heating?
Exactly.
Exercise the option.
Okay.
Let it snow.
Holy shit. Rose.
The worst is yet to come.
Let it snow.
Hello, Ms. Fuentes?
-Coming to you now, Scott.
-Did you get my messages?
Holland and Lincoln tunnels
are blocked 'cause of the storm.
-Shit. -Dispatch sent another
car, but it'll take time.
Don't worry about it.
I'll take the train. Take care.
Hello?
Yeah, who's this?
-Who the hell is this?
-It's the super
at your grandma's building.
Griselda's your grandma, right?
What's wrong?
What happened to her?
Your grandma,
she's no longer with us.
She passed. She's gone.
Hello?
What happened?
Hard to say, ma'am.
She was on the floor.
Uh, took a bad spill.
What hospital
are you taking her to?
Could be anywhere
on a night like this.
-It's a nasty night out there.
-What am I supposed to do?
Anybody nearby
help keep track of the body?
-It's just me.
-Oh, where you at, darling?
Hudson Yards.
Oh, that's in New York.
You're close, then.
Listen, your abuela
was undocumented.
No will, no paper, nothing.
They're gonna lose her body
in the system.
You ought to come.
You ought to get here.
I'm on my way.
-Willowcrest Apartment, 95--
-I know the address.
I'm sorry, mija.
She's with your mother now.
I haven't seen her
since Mom's funeral.
She called me like four times.
Listen, you don't
owe her anything.
She pushed everyone away.
-Do you know what happened?
-I think she fell.
Her super called. I--
I'm heading
to her apartment now.
I'll-I'll wait there
until the ambulance arrives.
What?
-Rosario.
-It's the least I can do.
You know we barely talked
after you and Mom split.
No, no, no. No, Rosario, no.
Let me--
let me take care of this.
I don't know
how it is in Jersey,
but it's snowing
pretty bad here, Dad.
It's gonna take you at least
three hours to cross the bridge.
I don't want you alone
with the body.
Okay? So I'm gonna leave now.
Then I'll meet you there.
Stubborn, just like your mother.
Love you back, Dad.
Play voicemail.
Open the door! It's Rose.
I'm here for my grandmother.
Condolences.
I'm Marty.
Rose.
Thank you.
Elevator's not working?
Yeah.
Irregular door function.
Unusual noises.
Out of service.
I guess I better take you
to her, then.
When was you here last?
I used to visit my grandmother
a lot when I was a kid.
You came here?
Where you been?
I guess the stairs
are just as good.
-Was she ill?
-Ah, I don't know.
Just an old lady.
She's falling apart, you know?
If you ask me,
I'd say she was homesick.
Always talking about
going to the old country,
"Chiapa, Chiapa."
So, yeah.
Just you, huh?
My mom passed away
a few years ago.
Griselda is the only one I have
left on this side of the family.
Ah, my mom went blind.
She got a dog.
You alone?
My dad's driving
from Atlantic City.
Okay, here we are.
That's Joe. He's sick.
Here.
Me and neighbor Joe,
we put her here.
She was on the floor,
took a spill.
He put the bedsheet on.
That was his idea.
You know, out of respect.
The ambulance
should be here soon.
There you go.
Son of a bitch!
I blew these things out.
I'm sure--
It's a fire hazard.
If you need me, um,
be down the hall.
I'll wait here
for the ambulance.
Abuela.
What happened to you?
What were you doing to yourself?
Thank God.
Hey! Up here! Fifth floor!
Wait, wait, don't leave!
I'm up here!
Shit.
-What's your emergency?
-Hi.
-I'm at 589 116th Street.
-Uh-huh.
My grandmother just died,
and I'm here with her body.
-Ma'am--
-An ambulance just pulled up
and took off a second later.
Can you please tell them
to come back?
They had to respond
to a life-threatening emergency
at a different location.
So her body's just supposed
to rot here?
We're severely overwhelmed
-with the blizzard, ma'am.
-Hello?
They'll be back
in a few hours, ma'am.
Stay put. Thank you.
Okay.
Oh.
Uh...
Come on.
Let's get you somewhere safe.
Sunbelt Dynamics.
Of course.
Hmm.
Oh.
Ugh.
Shit.
What the hell?
Nope.
Oh.
Who is it?
Neighbor from across the hall.
Hello.
You must be
the famous granddaughter.
It's Rosario, right?
It's just Rose.
I'm-I'm sorry, who are you?
Uh, Joe.
I helped...
Marty move your grandma after,
-you know, she...
-Yeah, thank you for that.
Hmm.
Is there anything
I can help you with?
Matter of fact, there is. Um...
She borrowed something from me.
I'd love to get it back.
Would you mind
if I came in so I--
What is it?
My air fryer.
Your air fryer?
Yeah. I lent it to her,
so if you just let me in,
maybe I could grab it.
Is there a problem?
Um, if I see it,
I will let you know.
"When."
Excuse me?
When you see it.
You said, "If I see it."
So if you just let me in
to get it, just let--
I'll keep my eye out
for it, Joe.
Thank you.
Is there anything else?
You should put some ice on that.
-Sorry?
-Your hand.
Did you burn it cooking dinner?
You should invest
in a air fryer.
"Kobayende"?
Oh, God.
Huh? What?
What?
My tampon.
What the fuck were you into?
Fuck this place and fuck you.
Body in bedroom.
You're not...
you're not leaving, are you?
Did you get in a fight
or something?
What do you care?
Well, there's a blizzard
out there.
You'll catch your death.
Anything's better than
this shithole.
Hey.
I live in this shithole.
-I still want my air fryer.
-Get a new one.
Oh, hey.
You can't leave.
I'll take my chances.
We got a curfew going.
Damn it.
Oh, no.
What are you doing?
Come on, where you going?
Ma'am, subway's closed.
Don't move.
Don't move!
Come back here!
Get back here!
Mija!
Please open! It's me, Rose!
What the hell happened to you?
What the hell did you do
to me, Abuela?
What'd you do to me?
Okay, let's see.
Okay, um...
No.
Okay, cauldron, dirt, sticks,
human skulls.
"Palo."
"Palo is a dark religion,
"a cross between
African traditions
"and Latin American Catholicism.
"It spread through
forced migration and slavery.
Practitioners,
known as Paleros..."
Abuela was... was a Palero.
"Paleros sacrifice animals
and human remains
"to the spirits of the dead
using iron pots called Ngangas.
Ngangas are essential tools
used to make deals and curses."
Curses. Curses.
"La firma.
"Life and death,
the symbol of the accursed.
No escape."
Dad. Dad.
Hey, Rosario, listen.
I'm on the bridge.
I should be there pretty soon.
What's the matter?
What happened to you?
I can't leave her.
I can't do this. I can't.
Wait,
what are you talking about?
-What are you talking about?
-Abuela. Abuela.
She put some curse on me
before she died.
A curse? No, Rosario.
Come on. You have to calm down.
I found an entire black magic
temple inside her apartment.
She-she... she had my teeth.
She's been doing this,
uh, this voodoo shit
since I was a kid.
She had my tampon!
Rosario, none of that is real.
Now, where-where are you
right now?
I'm in this
godforsaken apartment building.
...not curse them.
That Palo
and that cauldron of hers
Her cauldron.
That's it, that's it.
-Her cauldron.
-She wouldn't curse you.
-Why would she do that?
-She did it to get back at me.
Don't stay there, por favor.
Just go back.
I'm gonna take care of this.
Dad, I turned my back on her
and her daughter.
I-I sided with you
after the divorce.
I-I wasn't there when she died.
Listen to me.
You were in school.
It's why we came
to this country,
so you could have
a better future.
Dad, it was just an excuse.
I could've come home.
I could've...
I just didn't want to deal
with my mom dying.
-I just...
-No, Rosario.
She was proud of you.
Okay, listen, I want you
to just go back
to your apartment
and get some rest, okay?
I'm not leaving.
Only that cauldron
can break my curse.
No.
-I'm going back in, Dad.
-No, Rosario. No.
-Love you back.
-No. Rosar--
What do you think you're doing?
Hello?
-I told you I'd look for it.
-Is this supposed to be funny?
You, uh, should put
something on that.
I've got some peas
in the freezer if you want.
Just leave me alone.
I'm gonna settle this.
You hear me?
I want out.
I'm ending your curse.
You won't win.
Mija!
No. No.
Okay.
In Spanish. Great.
Curses, curses, curses.
Aha.
Breaking curses.
All right.
"The blood of the accursed..."
That'd be me.
"...and the blood of the Palero
who placed the curse..."
That'd be you.
"...must be placed
in the cauldron
through which
the curse was made."
Let the bloodletting begin.
Don't move.
Either of you.
All right, here goes.
Okay.
You got this, Rose.
You got this.
Son of a bitch.
Okay.
Hey, you started this.
After all I've done for you.
What?
No. Did I read it wrong?
Why didn't this work?
Nieta!
Nieta!
You didn't want to watch me die.
Now...
watch me die.
I'm trying to get
some sleep, if you don't mind.
Go away!
You know what?
Give me my stuff back,
and you've got yourself a d--
deal.
My grandmother was Mexican!
She'd never have
a fucking air fryer!
Yeah?
You didn't know her like I did.
Maybe if you'd visited
every once in a while.
You're right.
I should've visited her
more often.
Well, it's a little late
for that, I would say.
You said, um... you said
she used to talk about me.
Yeah.
What would she say?
Look...
I don't want to get involved
in any familial shit
-if you don't mind, okay?
-Please, Joe.
Please.
Your grandma, she loved you.
She was proud of you.
How hard that you worked
to get to where you're at.
How she prayed day and night
to make sure
that you would get there.
I have to work in the morning.
What was that?
-Yes, I have a job.
-No, no, no.
The other thing, uh,
how she made sure I'd get there.
She prayed day and night
for your dreams to come true.
I could hear her
through the walls
just praying and praying.
Welcome.
You didn't curse me.
You-you prayed for me.
You... you-you made a wish.
You-you... you made a deal.
Not a curse.
A deal with Kobayende.
"Kobayende,
"wanderer of the darkness,
collector of dead.
"Once the terms of a deal
with Kobayende are met
"and the person's dreams
of prosperity are realized,
"Kobayende will come
to collect...
"...in the form of
a scorned spirit from the past,
"tormenting you...
...until death, by sunrise."
I don't want it anymore.
I'm breaking your deal.
Now, where did I put
that spell book?
Kobayende.
"Deals can be nullified
if the Palero who made the deal
"places their blood
in the Nganga,
sacrificing their soul
to Kobayende."
Well, you're already dead, so...
I'm gonna trap you
in my abuela's corpse.
Jesus.
All right.
Okay.
O Kobayende,
ya santu, ya santu, ya santu.
-This the place?
-Yeah.
Ya santu, ya santu, O Kobayende.
Ya santu, ya santu, Kobayende.
Kobayende, ya santu,
ya santu, Koba--
-Rose!
-Shit, is that Marty?
Open up. The medics are here.
It's almost sunrise. Not now.
-Ya santu.
-Rose, open up, would you?
Sir, we're in
a tight schedule tonight.
Do you have the key, sir?
One sec. It's an old door.
Okay, here we are.
She was right here.
Where the hell did she go?
She was right here.
Grandma!
Sir, we are very busy tonight.
Am I going crazy?
What do you think,
I called you 'cause I'm lonely?
-Maybe she's in the bedroom.
-Lead the way, then.
Help! Help! Please help!
Uh, through here, too.
Sir, we got to go.
Crazy broad.
What?
Enough of this shit.
All right. Where was I?
Okay.
Okay.
...Kobayende.
Ya santu, ya santu, ya santu.
Boom. Nailed it.
Luzolo, Kobayende.
Ya santu.
Mija.
Stay away from me.
It's okay, mija.
I'm so proud of you.
It's really you, Mom.
I'm so sorry
I abandoned you and Abuela.
I chose Daddy over you when you
divorced because I thought...
I thought he was
more supportive of me.
I thought that
if I sided with you and Abuela,
I'd never progress.
I used my work
as an excuse and--
And... and then
you got sick and...
I was too ashamed
to show my face.
It's okay.
I hid while you died.
I understand.
You do?
Well, I'm done
turning my back on who I am.
I'm sorry that I ever did.
-Okay?
-Okay.
Now close your eyes.
Close your eyes
and say to yourself,
"I'm a very selfish girl."
I risk everything
coming to this country
so you could have a better life.
What do you want from me?
For you to see.
To see my sacrifice.
Please, get me out of here.
Please, please, please,
please get me out of here.
Get me out of here.
Please get me out of here.
Please,
please get me out of here.
U.S. Border Patrol!
Pull over the vehicle.
Nobody move.
Stop right there!
Stay where you are!
Ma'am!
Don't move!
Don't move! Get back here!
-Get down!
-Stop!
Hey, hey! Him, him!
You're not my mother.
My mother made those sacrifices
because she loved me
with everything she had.
She wasn't spiteful
or deceitful like you.
Kobayende,
I've got a deal for you:
eternity trapped inside
my grandmother's corpse.
Mija!
Rosario?
Rosario?
Rosario.
-Mija. Mija, it's me.
-Yeah.
What happened to your face?
-Dad?
-Yeah.
The storm is over.
The storm is over.
Hey, come here.
Come on. Come on, sit down.
Come on. Come on.
No, slow, slow.
Oh, you're bleeding.
-You okay?
-Yeah, yeah.
I think I'm...
I think I'm okay, Dad.
What are you doing with this?
Uh...
long story.
Abuela cared about me,
didn't she?
What she went through
when she crossed over,
it was horrible.
Well, how do you know
about that?
I saw it.
You know, she was three months
pregnant when we crossed.
And the coyotes,
they separated us,
and, uh, she was never
the same after that.
She got sick.
You know, the ambulance
is coming, so, uh...
...did you say a-a prayer?
We should say a prayer for her.
Dad, my Spanish
is not the same--
No, we'll do it together.
Okay.
Wait, no, there's, um,
there's a prayer in here
for lost loved ones.
Wait.
Were you close?
Towards the end, we were.
Let's go inside.
How'd all this glass break?
-You don't want to know.
-Huh.
Well, talk about it
over breakfast.
Are you gonna take
Grandma's old photos?
I think I'm taking all of them.
What is this?
What is that? An air fryer?
Abuela had it in the oven.
She was full of surprises,
wasn't she?
Mm-hmm.
We need to, uh,
warm up the truck.
Mija, come on.
-Hmm? Yeah, okay.
-Warm up the truck.
I'm gonna just go to
the bathroom for a minute, okay?
-Okay, Dad. I'll clean up.
-Okay.
Dad?
You weren't supposed
to know any of this.
You made the deal?
I swear, I never thought
any of this would happen.
How could you?
It was your first Communion.
I saw your face so full of hope
and beauty and...
...I just thought
of all the things
I could not provide you.
I had known
your grandmother practiced Palo.
She learned it in Chiapas
from a Palero,
so I broke into her chamber.
And on your grandma's Nganga,
I wished for
the life you'd always wanted,
the life I could never give you.
I had no idea
what it would do to you.
I was desperate.
Abuela found me and...
My mistake came at a price.
Required a sacrifice.
Blood sacrifice.
To keep Kobayende away.
She said she would fix it.
She used that Nganga
to protect me
from the deal you made.
She put her blood in this
every day.
The scars on her arms.
She stopped this monster
for years till the day she died.
No, I'm gonna protect you now.
I'm going to.
I'll put my blood in it
every day
if that's what it takes.
If the Palero who made the deal
places their blood
in the Nganga,
their body and soul
is sacrificed to Kobayende.
What do you mean?
Rosario.
Hey, Dad? Dad.
Tell me you didn't just put
your blood in that pot.
Dad.
No.
No.
Dad.
Dad, it's me.
Dad.
Love you back, Dad.
I'm not even sure if we meet
the minimum balance
to open an account here.
But...
this is all we have.
Fuentes Financial.
Yeah.
Oh, she's in a meeting
right now.
Would you like
to leave a message?
Don't worry about it, Miguel.
I think we can make
an exception.
You work hard for this money.
Now I'm gonna make this money
work hard for you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Fuentes.
Please, Miguel, call me Rosario.
Tranquility base here.
The Eagle has landed.
Roger.
We copy you on the ground.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you.
Hey.
Hi. Thanks.
-Hey, Rosario.
-Here's another one.
Hey, Pa.
Uno, dos, tres.
Okay!
I'll find her.
Yeah.
Go and tell your father
to put down the tequila
and come, too. Go.
Mija, I need your help.
-Get me the pepper, please.
-Mm. Mm-hmm.
-Here.
-Thank you.
You're having a good time?
Rosario.
Sit. Here.
Okay.
You know that your mom and I,
we-we haven't had it easy
since we came here.
-You know that, right?
-Hmm.
But one day, all your dreams
are gonna come true.
I know it. It's gonna happen.
Thanks, Dad.
Love you back, Dad.
-Where you going?
-To find Abuela.
Rosario.
This is a special day.
Let's take a moment
to remember those
who are no longer with us...
that they made
so that we can be here.
Lay your bones out cold
Pray with what you got.
Hey, Harlow.
Can we go over my schedule?
-Morning, Scott.
-Hi.
Yes. Okay.
Okay, great.
We're set for then.
Any luck with dinner res
for my dad and me?
You're the best.
I'll be right up.
Good morning, Ms. Fuentes.
Miguel, call me Rose.
Ms. Fuentes-- I mean, Rose,
uh, I was hoping I...
I could ask you a question.
Um, yeah, one sec.
One sec.
Sorry. What's up, Miguel?
Yes.
Uh, so my wife and I,
uh, we were talking about
investing more.
Maybe we can schedule
a time to-to talk?
Miguel, my firm won't let me
take on clients
who don't meet their threshold.
I really wish I could. I--
Um, I have to go.
-No worries, Rose.
-Yeah. Bye, Miguel.
Sorry. Excuse me.
Morning, Rosy Cheeks.
Alexander.
You dump that option
like I told you,
-that shit show Sunbelt--
-Sunbelt Dynamics.
-Yeah, that's the one.
-No, I didn't dump it.
It's on the verge of being
a penny stock, Rosy.
Rose.
When does it expire?
Today.
They'll fire you over this.
Lunch is set for tomorrow
with your dad,
7:00 p.m. at Le Bernardin.
Thanks.
What's Sunbelt trading at?
You're in the red, 345K.
Shit.
I know. Ugh.
It's gonna tick up, I know it.
Not now.
A winter storm appears to have
changed course overnight.
Right now, weather experts are
recommending to stay indoors,
as there's no predicting
just how massive this storm...
Exercise the option.
What? But what if
it keeps on dropping?
Remember what Sunbelt
Dynamics specializes in?
Geothermal heating?
Exactly.
Exercise the option.
Okay.
Let it snow.
Holy shit. Rose.
The worst is yet to come.
Let it snow.
Hello, Ms. Fuentes?
-Coming to you now, Scott.
-Did you get my messages?
Holland and Lincoln tunnels
are blocked 'cause of the storm.
-Shit. -Dispatch sent another
car, but it'll take time.
Don't worry about it.
I'll take the train. Take care.
Hello?
Yeah, who's this?
-Who the hell is this?
-It's the super
at your grandma's building.
Griselda's your grandma, right?
What's wrong?
What happened to her?
Your grandma,
she's no longer with us.
She passed. She's gone.
Hello?
What happened?
Hard to say, ma'am.
She was on the floor.
Uh, took a bad spill.
What hospital
are you taking her to?
Could be anywhere
on a night like this.
-It's a nasty night out there.
-What am I supposed to do?
Anybody nearby
help keep track of the body?
-It's just me.
-Oh, where you at, darling?
Hudson Yards.
Oh, that's in New York.
You're close, then.
Listen, your abuela
was undocumented.
No will, no paper, nothing.
They're gonna lose her body
in the system.
You ought to come.
You ought to get here.
I'm on my way.
-Willowcrest Apartment, 95--
-I know the address.
I'm sorry, mija.
She's with your mother now.
I haven't seen her
since Mom's funeral.
She called me like four times.
Listen, you don't
owe her anything.
She pushed everyone away.
-Do you know what happened?
-I think she fell.
Her super called. I--
I'm heading
to her apartment now.
I'll-I'll wait there
until the ambulance arrives.
What?
-Rosario.
-It's the least I can do.
You know we barely talked
after you and Mom split.
No, no, no. No, Rosario, no.
Let me--
let me take care of this.
I don't know
how it is in Jersey,
but it's snowing
pretty bad here, Dad.
It's gonna take you at least
three hours to cross the bridge.
I don't want you alone
with the body.
Okay? So I'm gonna leave now.
Then I'll meet you there.
Stubborn, just like your mother.
Love you back, Dad.
Play voicemail.
Open the door! It's Rose.
I'm here for my grandmother.
Condolences.
I'm Marty.
Rose.
Thank you.
Elevator's not working?
Yeah.
Irregular door function.
Unusual noises.
Out of service.
I guess I better take you
to her, then.
When was you here last?
I used to visit my grandmother
a lot when I was a kid.
You came here?
Where you been?
I guess the stairs
are just as good.
-Was she ill?
-Ah, I don't know.
Just an old lady.
She's falling apart, you know?
If you ask me,
I'd say she was homesick.
Always talking about
going to the old country,
"Chiapa, Chiapa."
So, yeah.
Just you, huh?
My mom passed away
a few years ago.
Griselda is the only one I have
left on this side of the family.
Ah, my mom went blind.
She got a dog.
You alone?
My dad's driving
from Atlantic City.
Okay, here we are.
That's Joe. He's sick.
Here.
Me and neighbor Joe,
we put her here.
She was on the floor,
took a spill.
He put the bedsheet on.
That was his idea.
You know, out of respect.
The ambulance
should be here soon.
There you go.
Son of a bitch!
I blew these things out.
I'm sure--
It's a fire hazard.
If you need me, um,
be down the hall.
I'll wait here
for the ambulance.
Abuela.
What happened to you?
What were you doing to yourself?
Thank God.
Hey! Up here! Fifth floor!
Wait, wait, don't leave!
I'm up here!
Shit.
-What's your emergency?
-Hi.
-I'm at 589 116th Street.
-Uh-huh.
My grandmother just died,
and I'm here with her body.
-Ma'am--
-An ambulance just pulled up
and took off a second later.
Can you please tell them
to come back?
They had to respond
to a life-threatening emergency
at a different location.
So her body's just supposed
to rot here?
We're severely overwhelmed
-with the blizzard, ma'am.
-Hello?
They'll be back
in a few hours, ma'am.
Stay put. Thank you.
Okay.
Oh.
Uh...
Come on.
Let's get you somewhere safe.
Sunbelt Dynamics.
Of course.
Hmm.
Oh.
Ugh.
Shit.
What the hell?
Nope.
Oh.
Who is it?
Neighbor from across the hall.
Hello.
You must be
the famous granddaughter.
It's Rosario, right?
It's just Rose.
I'm-I'm sorry, who are you?
Uh, Joe.
I helped...
Marty move your grandma after,
-you know, she...
-Yeah, thank you for that.
Hmm.
Is there anything
I can help you with?
Matter of fact, there is. Um...
She borrowed something from me.
I'd love to get it back.
Would you mind
if I came in so I--
What is it?
My air fryer.
Your air fryer?
Yeah. I lent it to her,
so if you just let me in,
maybe I could grab it.
Is there a problem?
Um, if I see it,
I will let you know.
"When."
Excuse me?
When you see it.
You said, "If I see it."
So if you just let me in
to get it, just let--
I'll keep my eye out
for it, Joe.
Thank you.
Is there anything else?
You should put some ice on that.
-Sorry?
-Your hand.
Did you burn it cooking dinner?
You should invest
in a air fryer.
"Kobayende"?
Oh, God.
Huh? What?
What?
My tampon.
What the fuck were you into?
Fuck this place and fuck you.
Body in bedroom.
You're not...
you're not leaving, are you?
Did you get in a fight
or something?
What do you care?
Well, there's a blizzard
out there.
You'll catch your death.
Anything's better than
this shithole.
Hey.
I live in this shithole.
-I still want my air fryer.
-Get a new one.
Oh, hey.
You can't leave.
I'll take my chances.
We got a curfew going.
Damn it.
Oh, no.
What are you doing?
Come on, where you going?
Ma'am, subway's closed.
Don't move.
Don't move!
Come back here!
Get back here!
Mija!
Please open! It's me, Rose!
What the hell happened to you?
What the hell did you do
to me, Abuela?
What'd you do to me?
Okay, let's see.
Okay, um...
No.
Okay, cauldron, dirt, sticks,
human skulls.
"Palo."
"Palo is a dark religion,
"a cross between
African traditions
"and Latin American Catholicism.
"It spread through
forced migration and slavery.
Practitioners,
known as Paleros..."
Abuela was... was a Palero.
"Paleros sacrifice animals
and human remains
"to the spirits of the dead
using iron pots called Ngangas.
Ngangas are essential tools
used to make deals and curses."
Curses. Curses.
"La firma.
"Life and death,
the symbol of the accursed.
No escape."
Dad. Dad.
Hey, Rosario, listen.
I'm on the bridge.
I should be there pretty soon.
What's the matter?
What happened to you?
I can't leave her.
I can't do this. I can't.
Wait,
what are you talking about?
-What are you talking about?
-Abuela. Abuela.
She put some curse on me
before she died.
A curse? No, Rosario.
Come on. You have to calm down.
I found an entire black magic
temple inside her apartment.
She-she... she had my teeth.
She's been doing this,
uh, this voodoo shit
since I was a kid.
She had my tampon!
Rosario, none of that is real.
Now, where-where are you
right now?
I'm in this
godforsaken apartment building.
...not curse them.
That Palo
and that cauldron of hers
Her cauldron.
That's it, that's it.
-Her cauldron.
-She wouldn't curse you.
-Why would she do that?
-She did it to get back at me.
Don't stay there, por favor.
Just go back.
I'm gonna take care of this.
Dad, I turned my back on her
and her daughter.
I-I sided with you
after the divorce.
I-I wasn't there when she died.
Listen to me.
You were in school.
It's why we came
to this country,
so you could have
a better future.
Dad, it was just an excuse.
I could've come home.
I could've...
I just didn't want to deal
with my mom dying.
-I just...
-No, Rosario.
She was proud of you.
Okay, listen, I want you
to just go back
to your apartment
and get some rest, okay?
I'm not leaving.
Only that cauldron
can break my curse.
No.
-I'm going back in, Dad.
-No, Rosario. No.
-Love you back.
-No. Rosar--
What do you think you're doing?
Hello?
-I told you I'd look for it.
-Is this supposed to be funny?
You, uh, should put
something on that.
I've got some peas
in the freezer if you want.
Just leave me alone.
I'm gonna settle this.
You hear me?
I want out.
I'm ending your curse.
You won't win.
Mija!
No. No.
Okay.
In Spanish. Great.
Curses, curses, curses.
Aha.
Breaking curses.
All right.
"The blood of the accursed..."
That'd be me.
"...and the blood of the Palero
who placed the curse..."
That'd be you.
"...must be placed
in the cauldron
through which
the curse was made."
Let the bloodletting begin.
Don't move.
Either of you.
All right, here goes.
Okay.
You got this, Rose.
You got this.
Son of a bitch.
Okay.
Hey, you started this.
After all I've done for you.
What?
No. Did I read it wrong?
Why didn't this work?
Nieta!
Nieta!
You didn't want to watch me die.
Now...
watch me die.
I'm trying to get
some sleep, if you don't mind.
Go away!
You know what?
Give me my stuff back,
and you've got yourself a d--
deal.
My grandmother was Mexican!
She'd never have
a fucking air fryer!
Yeah?
You didn't know her like I did.
Maybe if you'd visited
every once in a while.
You're right.
I should've visited her
more often.
Well, it's a little late
for that, I would say.
You said, um... you said
she used to talk about me.
Yeah.
What would she say?
Look...
I don't want to get involved
in any familial shit
-if you don't mind, okay?
-Please, Joe.
Please.
Your grandma, she loved you.
She was proud of you.
How hard that you worked
to get to where you're at.
How she prayed day and night
to make sure
that you would get there.
I have to work in the morning.
What was that?
-Yes, I have a job.
-No, no, no.
The other thing, uh,
how she made sure I'd get there.
She prayed day and night
for your dreams to come true.
I could hear her
through the walls
just praying and praying.
Welcome.
You didn't curse me.
You-you prayed for me.
You... you-you made a wish.
You-you... you made a deal.
Not a curse.
A deal with Kobayende.
"Kobayende,
"wanderer of the darkness,
collector of dead.
"Once the terms of a deal
with Kobayende are met
"and the person's dreams
of prosperity are realized,
"Kobayende will come
to collect...
"...in the form of
a scorned spirit from the past,
"tormenting you...
...until death, by sunrise."
I don't want it anymore.
I'm breaking your deal.
Now, where did I put
that spell book?
Kobayende.
"Deals can be nullified
if the Palero who made the deal
"places their blood
in the Nganga,
sacrificing their soul
to Kobayende."
Well, you're already dead, so...
I'm gonna trap you
in my abuela's corpse.
Jesus.
All right.
Okay.
O Kobayende,
ya santu, ya santu, ya santu.
-This the place?
-Yeah.
Ya santu, ya santu, O Kobayende.
Ya santu, ya santu, Kobayende.
Kobayende, ya santu,
ya santu, Koba--
-Rose!
-Shit, is that Marty?
Open up. The medics are here.
It's almost sunrise. Not now.
-Ya santu.
-Rose, open up, would you?
Sir, we're in
a tight schedule tonight.
Do you have the key, sir?
One sec. It's an old door.
Okay, here we are.
She was right here.
Where the hell did she go?
She was right here.
Grandma!
Sir, we are very busy tonight.
Am I going crazy?
What do you think,
I called you 'cause I'm lonely?
-Maybe she's in the bedroom.
-Lead the way, then.
Help! Help! Please help!
Uh, through here, too.
Sir, we got to go.
Crazy broad.
What?
Enough of this shit.
All right. Where was I?
Okay.
Okay.
...Kobayende.
Ya santu, ya santu, ya santu.
Boom. Nailed it.
Luzolo, Kobayende.
Ya santu.
Mija.
Stay away from me.
It's okay, mija.
I'm so proud of you.
It's really you, Mom.
I'm so sorry
I abandoned you and Abuela.
I chose Daddy over you when you
divorced because I thought...
I thought he was
more supportive of me.
I thought that
if I sided with you and Abuela,
I'd never progress.
I used my work
as an excuse and--
And... and then
you got sick and...
I was too ashamed
to show my face.
It's okay.
I hid while you died.
I understand.
You do?
Well, I'm done
turning my back on who I am.
I'm sorry that I ever did.
-Okay?
-Okay.
Now close your eyes.
Close your eyes
and say to yourself,
"I'm a very selfish girl."
I risk everything
coming to this country
so you could have a better life.
What do you want from me?
For you to see.
To see my sacrifice.
Please, get me out of here.
Please, please, please,
please get me out of here.
Get me out of here.
Please get me out of here.
Please,
please get me out of here.
U.S. Border Patrol!
Pull over the vehicle.
Nobody move.
Stop right there!
Stay where you are!
Ma'am!
Don't move!
Don't move! Get back here!
-Get down!
-Stop!
Hey, hey! Him, him!
You're not my mother.
My mother made those sacrifices
because she loved me
with everything she had.
She wasn't spiteful
or deceitful like you.
Kobayende,
I've got a deal for you:
eternity trapped inside
my grandmother's corpse.
Mija!
Rosario?
Rosario?
Rosario.
-Mija. Mija, it's me.
-Yeah.
What happened to your face?
-Dad?
-Yeah.
The storm is over.
The storm is over.
Hey, come here.
Come on. Come on, sit down.
Come on. Come on.
No, slow, slow.
Oh, you're bleeding.
-You okay?
-Yeah, yeah.
I think I'm...
I think I'm okay, Dad.
What are you doing with this?
Uh...
long story.
Abuela cared about me,
didn't she?
What she went through
when she crossed over,
it was horrible.
Well, how do you know
about that?
I saw it.
You know, she was three months
pregnant when we crossed.
And the coyotes,
they separated us,
and, uh, she was never
the same after that.
She got sick.
You know, the ambulance
is coming, so, uh...
...did you say a-a prayer?
We should say a prayer for her.
Dad, my Spanish
is not the same--
No, we'll do it together.
Okay.
Wait, no, there's, um,
there's a prayer in here
for lost loved ones.
Wait.
Were you close?
Towards the end, we were.
Let's go inside.
How'd all this glass break?
-You don't want to know.
-Huh.
Well, talk about it
over breakfast.
Are you gonna take
Grandma's old photos?
I think I'm taking all of them.
What is this?
What is that? An air fryer?
Abuela had it in the oven.
She was full of surprises,
wasn't she?
Mm-hmm.
We need to, uh,
warm up the truck.
Mija, come on.
-Hmm? Yeah, okay.
-Warm up the truck.
I'm gonna just go to
the bathroom for a minute, okay?
-Okay, Dad. I'll clean up.
-Okay.
Dad?
You weren't supposed
to know any of this.
You made the deal?
I swear, I never thought
any of this would happen.
How could you?
It was your first Communion.
I saw your face so full of hope
and beauty and...
...I just thought
of all the things
I could not provide you.
I had known
your grandmother practiced Palo.
She learned it in Chiapas
from a Palero,
so I broke into her chamber.
And on your grandma's Nganga,
I wished for
the life you'd always wanted,
the life I could never give you.
I had no idea
what it would do to you.
I was desperate.
Abuela found me and...
My mistake came at a price.
Required a sacrifice.
Blood sacrifice.
To keep Kobayende away.
She said she would fix it.
She used that Nganga
to protect me
from the deal you made.
She put her blood in this
every day.
The scars on her arms.
She stopped this monster
for years till the day she died.
No, I'm gonna protect you now.
I'm going to.
I'll put my blood in it
every day
if that's what it takes.
If the Palero who made the deal
places their blood
in the Nganga,
their body and soul
is sacrificed to Kobayende.
What do you mean?
Rosario.
Hey, Dad? Dad.
Tell me you didn't just put
your blood in that pot.
Dad.
No.
No.
Dad.
Dad, it's me.
Dad.
Love you back, Dad.
I'm not even sure if we meet
the minimum balance
to open an account here.
But...
this is all we have.
Fuentes Financial.
Yeah.
Oh, she's in a meeting
right now.
Would you like
to leave a message?
Don't worry about it, Miguel.
I think we can make
an exception.
You work hard for this money.
Now I'm gonna make this money
work hard for you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Fuentes.
Please, Miguel, call me Rosario.
Tranquility base here.
The Eagle has landed.
Roger.
We copy you on the ground.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you.