Savage Flowers (2025) Movie Script
1
We have to finish this.
Rosie, Rosie, Rosie!
Come here!
You call them childcare centers.
But really,
they're concentration camps.
It's inhuman.
What we're doing
to our children...
Do you know what?
They're vermin.
How can you say that
when they've already
experienced so much trauma?
Vermin. Pure and simple.
Scurrying down the street like
little disease-carrying rats.
No parents to keep the rest
of us safe from these carriers.
- If I had it my way...
- Don't say it.
...we'd exterminate
the whole lot of them.
Even the ones hiding
in the safe house.
This is where you get off.
Go. Come on, come on.
Hello, Rose.
Welcome to Prospect House.
Now if you could just
remove your clothes
and put them in the bin.
You can come in.
There's a robe just over there.
You can smile, Rose.
I promise
you're gonna be safe here.
Follow me.
You can call me Miss Lucy,
or just Miss if you prefer.
And this is the dining room.
Breakfast is at 8:00,
lunch is at 12:00.
Lessons begin promptly
at 2:00 p.m., dinner is at 6:00
and you have to come in
when the bell rings.
Those are the gardens.
You can go out there.
You can go outside?
That's where we get
all our food from.
But Rose, you--
You can't go beyond the premise
of the garden.
The classroom's
on the basement level.
And there are
four other girls here.
So you'll have four new friends.
My room is just here...
so if you need me...
and yours is just one floor up.
Two years of this...
house arrest.
This is just how
it's always gonna be.
We have each other.
As long as we do,
the world can go to hell.
Rose.
What are you doing?
It's your first day and
you've already missed breakfast.
Go on.
You can meet the other girls.
Just in here.
Girls, this is Rose.
Ada.
Welcome
to Prospect's House, Rose.
Thank you.
Iris.
- Rebekah.
- Charmed, I'm sure.
Stop being stupid.
And last
but definitely not least, Lily.
Just Lily, please.
"A lily of a day
is fairer far in May."
My daddy,
he was a English professor.
An excellent one.
It looks like you two
are gonna have
competition in English.
- You knew Pa?
- Mm-hmm.
That's why you're here.
Right. You've got chores to do.
You can show Rose the ropes.
Come on.
When was the last time
you were outside?
I don't know.
Oh, come on. Fuck 'em.
Fuck 'em and their rules!
And you're one of us now, Rosie.
Just Rose, if that's okay.
- A rose by any other name...
- Would still stink.
Come on. Race you to the moat.
Last one left
builds the carrier.
Ow! Ow, ow, ow.
Are you okay?
You, uh--
It's not fair.
You snooze, you lose.
I was trying to help you.
That's a teachable moment, then.
Yeah. Why don't you write
a sad, sad poem
- about how unfair life is.
- Okay, come on.
It was a joke.
It's just a little joke, Rose.
All right, come on.
We've got work to do.
A bit further apart
and they need to be deeper.
Come on.
You don't work, you don't eat.
That's the way it is round here.
You have done this before?
- No, I haven't actually.
- Great. Another city kid.
Lily grew up on a farm.
We're all city kids to her.
Can we go out there?
That's just
for special occasions.
You'll see soon enough.
Anyway.
Rebekah can show you the ropes.
Here. When you put the seeds in,
always have two per hole.
Strongest will survive.
Why do I always
have to do the digging?
Oh, I can do it if you like it.
It's best if you learn
how the planting's done first.
Trying to get
outta planting already, Rose?
And I have to take this
outta your ration.
No, I was just trying to help.
Time to get back.
Come on, city girl.
- What do we think of her?
- Who?
Who do you think?
Rose seems...
nice.
Nice?
Nice is a day you have.
Nice is a biscuit.
- Hi.
- Hi Rose.
- Sorry I'm late.
- Too late. That one's taken.
She's just messing with you.
Please sit down.
- I'll get it.
- Thanks.
How long
have you all been here?
About a year.
We were all at school together,
you know, before.
What's your story?
I was living
with my Pa...
and then
I was at the child center.
Is it as bad as they say?
Okay, that's it.
I'm officially bored.
Could we play game or something.
- Red Band run.
- Ugh.
What's that?
One of us plays a carrier
and has to hide
and the rest of us
are the Red Band.
And we have to find you.
And who's gonna be the carrier?
- Let's have...
- ...Rose.
- Me.
- Mm-hmm.
You've got less than a minute.
I've already started counting.
Three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, 11, 12,
13, 14...
No,
but when you kissed him,
it would be so scratchy.
Yes, but it's manly, isn't it?
A beard.
Without one he's just a boy.
You got something
against boys?
Excuse me.
Where were you all?
- Did you get scared?
- You left me.
Oh, you were just so good
at hiding, Rose.
None of us could find you.
Anyway, as I was saying,
if it's not scratchy
then if he shaves it...
Lights out, girls.
Good night.
Good night, Miss.
I love you, Mom.
1848, the year
of the French Revolution.
Governments tottered
in 50 different countries.
- Yes, Ada.
- Miss, not to be rude,
but when can we actually
learn something useful?
Well, I would argue
this is useful.
They say those
who don't remember the past
are doomed to repeat it.
So why
are they still putting kids
in concentration camps?
What would you like
to be studying?
Well, what's going on
in the world right now?
All right then.
Since the plague hit,
industry and travel
have pretty much
halted worldwide.
So oil is less expensive
than water.
- Tech companies--
- Anything new?
No.
Adults are still dying
within days from a plague
carried by young women.
Martial laws are still in place.
And the best
and the worst of humanity
is fighting for domination.
- We're safe here, aren't we?
- Yes, of course you are, Iris.
I'm gonna do everything
in my power to protect you.
Right,
what are we studying tomorrow?
- English. Geography--
- Um, let me guess. French.
Yes, Ada, French.
This-- whatever it is,
you shouldn't hand that to me
in class, okay?
What's going on?
Show it to me. Hold it up.
Okay, enough. Enough.
I know you didn't draw it, Rose,
'cause you're using a blue pen.
I know
that Iris's artistic talents
are better than that.
So that leaves you three.
Do you have
anything to say, Lily?
No, Miss.
I am in trouble with Lucy now
because of you.
What?
Am I, or am I not in trouble?
Maybe.
And is it or is it not
because you gave
Miss Lucy my drawing.
Maybe
- You're late.
- Sorry.
Hold on.
Since you were
such a little bitch
and got me in trouble with Lucy.
I'm going to treat you
like a bitch.
And dogs don't eat
at the table with humans,
they eat on the floor
- I rather not eat at all then.
- Bad dog.
Who's a good little doggy.
Good dog.
Girls.
I think it's time.
Sit.
Stay.
Good dog.
Is this the Red Band game again?
Ring-a-ring o' roses
A plague in all our houses
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Ring-a-ring o' roses
A plague in all our houses
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Ring-a-ring o' roses
A plague in all our houses
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Help her.
- No, please, please no.
- Tie her to the tree.
Stop.
- No.
- Tie her to the tree.
No, no, no. Please.
Please stop it.
Stop it.
Ring-a-ring
O' roses, a plague in...
- Please, let me go.
- We touch you, we touch you
- Please.
- We all fall down
- Ring-a-ring o' roses
- Help me!
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Stop it.
Stop!
Stop!
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me.
Stop!
Someone help me!
How's it looking?
I think
it's a good look for you.
You are biased.
Iris, what do you think?
Never mind. Ada.
I think it's a good look too.
Do you ever have
an opinion of your own?
Rose, what do you think?
- About what?
- Lily's hair.
So there's no one gonna talk
about last night.
Why? Did you have a bad dream?
You were gonna act like
it didn't happen.
Look.
- It wasn't us.
- You think I'm stupid?
Girls, the Red Bands are here.
You know what to do. Show Rose
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
We were
supposed to be safe here.
Only if they don't find us.
Up here, safe here.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carrier are a danger to us all.
What do you want?
You know what we want.
Well,
I've got nothing to hide
but this is my house.
You can't just
turn up unannounced.
Mm.
I think you'll find, Miss,
I'll be more certain we can.
- I said no.
- So you wanna dance, do you?
Hmm?
Get off.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
A good solid rifle.
But that's the sort of
reeducation I'm into.
...danger to us all.
Stay home...
- What's this?
- ...stay safe.
Trying to escape?
So door's open.
Looks like
an escape attempt to me.
Let's go on now.
Run.
Before I change my mind
and I shoot you right here.
Come on.
Go!
So where was I? Hmm?
Oh, yeah.
I think I was saying something
about what I would do
- if we found filthy cows.
- No.
Easy now. Okay? Easy.
Couple questions please.
He killed her.
I know. It's okay.
At least
the girls are safe here.
Hey.
I've gotta go.
Please be safe.
I promise you
there will be good news soon.
I wanna see you one by one
in my study. Now.
Lily, do you know why
the Red Bands came here today?
Take a wild guess.
Singing.
They heard singing coming
from the garden last night.
Somebody reported it.
Lily,
you could have been killed.
A little girl was shot.
She was weak.
And what about Rose?
Sam found her
tied to a tree last night.
Is that a mystery
to you as well?
I didn't do anything, Miss.
Lily, when I took you in,
I didn't want money.
I didn't want gratitude.
I just wanted to help you.
Do you understand?
I didn't ask for your help.
I really don't need your pity.
I love you, Vicky.
I love you, Mom.
No!
No.
Lucy? Let me out, Lucy.
It's not funny.
Lucy, can you let me out?
For Christ's sake, Lily,
it's time you learn your lesson.
If you act like an animal,
I'll fucking treat you like one.
It's not fair!
These are for you...
to say sorry.
and, uh,
thank you for saving me.
It's okay.
Miss Lucy said that...
you one of the lucky ones...
and we can't hurt you.
Thank you, Sam.
Do they have names?
Um...
Doris and Miranda and Rosie.
And that one is Henna.
It's Henna the hen. Get it?
Lily named her.
She hates chickens.
Your pictures...
you drew them?
Did you like them?
Yeah.
I think that they're powerful.
Thank you.
He scares me.
He's not right in the head.
He was kind to me. And besides,
if he's immune to us then...
maybe there's a glimmer of hope.
It's not fair.
If you act like an animal,
I'll fucking treat you like one.
If you act like an animal,
I'll fucking treat you like one.
Sleep tight.
...I'll fucking treat you
like one.
- Hello, Lily.
- Hello, miss.
You can come out now.
I hope you've used
your time for reflection.
Yes, miss.
And you're gonna
communicate nicely
- with the other girls?
- Yes, miss.
All of them?
Yes, miss.
Come on, then.
Lily.
If you don't, you're going back
in there, you know that, right?
Yes, miss.
Go on, then.
- Do they look right?
- Yes.
- Then you have space for working.
- - Hmm.
Okay.
Looks good,
just try not to overmix it.
Okay, you just want it
a little bit thinner.
Just a little bit.
Yeah.
Well, don't you two look cute?
Lily!
It's so good to see you.
How was it?
What's happening here, then?
- We're making cookies.
- For you.
To say welcome back.
Cookies? Isn't that sweet?
That's so makes up
for three days in solitary.
Didn't you think to try
and break me out, Iris?
Rose.
I must be a little out of touch.
Then again,
I have been away for a while.
If that's the latest trend,
then, well...
...everyone should do it.
Wait. Stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop.
Oh, dear. Rose,
what have you done?
- Lily, don't.
- No, no.
You've made a real mess
with things, again.
You're a real troublemaker
You know that, right?
And you seem hell bent
on putting me in the shit.
Start cleaning this up, yeah?
Ada, what do you think?
What a mess.
She could get
in so much trouble.
- Mm.
- You're not in charge anymore.
What was that?
I said you're not
in charge anymore.
Oh, right,
I'm not the boss of you, am I?
Who is? Oh, your pa. Hmm?
Pa! Pa!
Come out, come out,
wherever you are.
Hello? Oh, that's weird.
He doesn't seem to be around.
Oh, right. He's not anymore.
I wonder why that is.
You're a filthy, little carrier.
Now, clean this up
before Lucy sees.
For me?
No. Please, don't.
Don't.
Thank you.
Sam?
Sam, please come quickly.
Sam, Sam, please, come quickly.
Quickly come help, please. Sam.
Lily?
Lily! Get off of her.
Now. Move. Stay back.
What have you done?
Move.
Move.
Go.
Sam. Go.
Take her to bed.
We'll talk
about this in the morning.
I don't know why
I bother reading this.
I know it by heart.
"Why art thou thus
so long away from me?"
"I have whispered it
unto the southern wind."
"Life is less than nothing
without love."
"For what is life without...
the embrace of love?"
"I would give worlds
for one more ere I die."
Sleep tight.
I liked her.
Did anyone see her this morning?
I don't think she'll be coming.
Well, as the oldest,
I think it falls to me
to continue Miss Lucy's lessons.
Girls...
...it's very important
that I teach you
some incredibly boring...
...facts from 100 years ago.
No more French
would be nice.
No more French. No more lessons.
No history!
The past can kick my arse.
Whoo!
Miss?
- Miss?
- Any luck?
We need to get in there.
The key would be with her
whether she's in there or not.
- We need to find--
- Lily wants us all
in the garden.
You made out that
all of us go back here.
Would you like me
to ask you again?
Let's go.
What is wrong with you?
Do you not care at all?
We have to stick together now.
It's us against the world.
They used to control us.
Now they fear us.
They used to kill us
like dogs in the street.
And now...
...they would kill
the whole race
if it meant
saving their own skins.
They caged us
because they fear us.
Do you get it?
We are the young.
We are the future.
And we have the power now.
We literally have the power
of life and death
at our fingertips.
We are not vermin.
We are fucking gods.
You are fucking crazy.
We have
to do something about Miss.
- Do you even care?
- I'm sad.
You don't look like it.
No. We all wear masks.
Look at her crying
'cause there's no lessons.
Oh, are you sad
'cause miss is gone?
Did you love her?
Do you love Miss? Is that why?
Oh, Miss.
Oh, Miss. Oh, God.
I love you, Miss. I miss you.
I want you to come back.
Oh, Miss.
You have been naughty too,
haven't you, Rose?
Yeah, you've been
such a bad girl, Rose.
Hold her down.
Rebekah, I said hold her down.
Lily. Lily, stop. Stop.
- Come on.
- Get off!
Aren't you supposed
to get up?
See, Rose, we are strong.
Ada,
let's see how strong you are.
I bet you can't pick up
that big rock over there.
Yeah? Look, I bet you can't
pick up that big rock.
Yes.
- Good. Well done.
- Stop!
Let's make this interesting.
If you can hold it
over Rose's head for 20 seconds,
I'll give you
double helpings at dinner.
Yes.
One, two...
- ...three, four, five...
- Get off me!
...six, seven, eight...
Open your eyes, Rose.
...nine, ten, 11...
- ...12, 13...
- I can't do it.
...14, 15, 16, 17...
Run Rose, run.
You are such
a disappointment to me, Ada.
You can have
half your rations tonight.
Run, Rose. Run!
Rose. Oh, Rosie.
Are you going
to come out and play?
Leave me alone.
Suit yourself.
But you'll have
to come out sometime.
Rose? Rose.
It's just me Rebekah.
I brought you some food.
Open up.
I'm risking a lot by being here.
- You're trying to trick me.
- No.
Just... just trust me.
You must be hungry.
What are you doing here?
I'm... I'm just trying to help.
For holding me down?
- Or the other hundred times?
- I'm sorry.
You don't know
what Lily's capable of.
I think I do.
Miss has vanished, Sam's gone.
Come on, what more
is she capable of?
"As flies to wanton boys
are we to the gods."
"They kill us for their sport."
King Lear. Hmm.
New depths for you.
You weren't the only one
who's taught poetry.
Just don't tell Lily.
You have to stop
enabling her, Rebekah.
I'm just not strong.
You are, Rose.
You are.
I've seen it in you.
Sometimes I think
I deserve this.
The things that Lily does to me.
We have the power of life
and death at our fingertips.
Then say that.
I think you should go now.
Lily was right
about one thing though.
You can't stay here forever.
Oh, Rose. We're just discussing
our new priorities.
Where's my locket?
Look, Rose.
With everything that's going on,
we really shouldn't be fighting.
If you've lost your locket,
we can help you find it.
We know
how much it means to you.
Fresh shot?
Lucy would never
let us down here,
but Ada and I got in
to sift through all this
valuable crap.
There's loads
of old tech here.
Really old.
This is the only one we found
that still works.
Well, kind of.
The end is all jumpy,
but so what?
Wow.
It's so old and scratchy.
It was the first time
people heard pictures
talking and singing.
You what?
Well, in such a simple moment
it changed the world.
It changed
how people saw the world
and how they communicated.
How?
it was the beginning
of...
...new art, of a new time.
Sounds like a terrible film.
Look, I brought you in here
to show you how dull
and gray the old world was.
It's not dull and gray, Lily.
It's beautiful.
We have our own world now.
What about Miss Lucy?
Look, we need to accept
that she's gone.
She's gone,
and the world she represents
is gone with her.
So we're not even gonna try
and find her, then?
Are you sure you want to go in
to what happened to her?
You are looking to purge
yourself of some guilt.
You want guilt?
You were the last one
to be seen with her.
You were the last one
close to her.
So that's what you all think?
We need to think
of our own needs now.
Our own futures.
Look,
we will die if we go outside
and the world will die
if it comes in here.
So for now, we're on our own.
I know what must be done.
I'll keep you safe.
I think the American version--
- "Schedule."
- "Schedule."
What's on the...
what's on the sched'?
Well, you can schedule.
Save that for later.
Well, we've got stuff
to do all today.
Big bonfire.
Big bonfire,
and then, like--
There's a lot of trees...
Oh, you...
Miss?
Miss Lucy?
Miss?
Read.
Read.
Yeah.
If you're reading this,
Jonah got you away
from those camps
and to my old colleague, Lucy.
Thank God.
Shh!
There's no one here.
So you are a woman.
I wish I could be there.
No.
Do you blame yourself
for that, angel?
You might not know,
but I didn't have long anyway.
Cancer.
I prefer the virus.
Quick. It's my choice.
And only mine.
I don't regret it.
...powers conveyed
within subsection eight.
- You have no right to...
- Please!
Don't take me.
No. No.
Stop.
In that short hug
was, is a whole eternity.
With that hug,
I remain alive in you.
Harbouring a known carrier.
Under subsection four, you are--
...hereby charged with consp...
Because life is less
than nothing without love.
What... what do I do?
Miss.
Don't trust Lily.
Rose.
Oh, Rose. We found it.
Your locket. Come quick.
I'm sorry, Miss.
Rebekah?
Lily?
Come on, Rose.
Where are you?
- I'm in the dining room.
- Up in the attic.
Come on, we've got it.
Just give me back
my locket, okay?
I've seen Lucy and she's alive.
You need to come and help me.
We need to help her.
Rosie, Rosie,
pocket full of posies
I've been to Lucy's room, okay?
She's in her room.
Lucy's gone now, Rose,
don't you get it?
You're alone now,
No one else to find you.
Please.
Girls, please stop this now.
Such a pretty face,
but not so innocent.
- Bekah?
- Where's your mask?
We can, we can stop this.
Where's your mask, Rose?
Rebekah, please.
Rose,
we can't go out there
- and they can't come in here.
- Stop.
- Stop this now.
- Just us now.
- Don't you get it?
- Your locket,
- we did find it.
- Oh, we did.
- Give it back to me.
- Where did we put it?
- Well, we buried it.
- Did we?
In the vegetable garden.
Oh, of course.
- Run, Rose.
- Come on.
Come on, Rosie.
Under the rock, Rose,
look under the rock.
Oh, Rose.
So nice of you to join us.
Give me my fucking locket.
What do you think
the hole was for?
Right.
Now we've had our fun.
Put on the mask, Rose.
- No.
- Put on the mask, Rose.
- I said no.
- Put on the mask, Rose!
Ada, you do not
have to listen to her.
You don't have to listen to her,
being sheep.
Everything she says,
you don't have to listen to it.
Becca, me and you, we can leave.
You are stronger than this.
You are so much
stronger than this!
See, Rose,
you're a virus.
Iris, please!
And I can't have you
affecting my girls.
So behave yourself
and put on the mask.
We have to finish this.
Rosie, Rosie, Rosie.
You're okay. You're okay.
Shh!
Sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I didn't realize.
Iris, I'm sorry. I...
Oh, Iris, I didn't know.
Iris. I...
I didn't know.
I think...
maybe you're the virus.
Rose.
That's for Miss Lucy.
I... I love it.
I'll never take it off.
We have to finish this.
Rosie, Rosie, Rosie!
Come here!
You call them childcare centers.
But really,
they're concentration camps.
It's inhuman.
What we're doing
to our children...
Do you know what?
They're vermin.
How can you say that
when they've already
experienced so much trauma?
Vermin. Pure and simple.
Scurrying down the street like
little disease-carrying rats.
No parents to keep the rest
of us safe from these carriers.
- If I had it my way...
- Don't say it.
...we'd exterminate
the whole lot of them.
Even the ones hiding
in the safe house.
This is where you get off.
Go. Come on, come on.
Hello, Rose.
Welcome to Prospect House.
Now if you could just
remove your clothes
and put them in the bin.
You can come in.
There's a robe just over there.
You can smile, Rose.
I promise
you're gonna be safe here.
Follow me.
You can call me Miss Lucy,
or just Miss if you prefer.
And this is the dining room.
Breakfast is at 8:00,
lunch is at 12:00.
Lessons begin promptly
at 2:00 p.m., dinner is at 6:00
and you have to come in
when the bell rings.
Those are the gardens.
You can go out there.
You can go outside?
That's where we get
all our food from.
But Rose, you--
You can't go beyond the premise
of the garden.
The classroom's
on the basement level.
And there are
four other girls here.
So you'll have four new friends.
My room is just here...
so if you need me...
and yours is just one floor up.
Two years of this...
house arrest.
This is just how
it's always gonna be.
We have each other.
As long as we do,
the world can go to hell.
Rose.
What are you doing?
It's your first day and
you've already missed breakfast.
Go on.
You can meet the other girls.
Just in here.
Girls, this is Rose.
Ada.
Welcome
to Prospect's House, Rose.
Thank you.
Iris.
- Rebekah.
- Charmed, I'm sure.
Stop being stupid.
And last
but definitely not least, Lily.
Just Lily, please.
"A lily of a day
is fairer far in May."
My daddy,
he was a English professor.
An excellent one.
It looks like you two
are gonna have
competition in English.
- You knew Pa?
- Mm-hmm.
That's why you're here.
Right. You've got chores to do.
You can show Rose the ropes.
Come on.
When was the last time
you were outside?
I don't know.
Oh, come on. Fuck 'em.
Fuck 'em and their rules!
And you're one of us now, Rosie.
Just Rose, if that's okay.
- A rose by any other name...
- Would still stink.
Come on. Race you to the moat.
Last one left
builds the carrier.
Ow! Ow, ow, ow.
Are you okay?
You, uh--
It's not fair.
You snooze, you lose.
I was trying to help you.
That's a teachable moment, then.
Yeah. Why don't you write
a sad, sad poem
- about how unfair life is.
- Okay, come on.
It was a joke.
It's just a little joke, Rose.
All right, come on.
We've got work to do.
A bit further apart
and they need to be deeper.
Come on.
You don't work, you don't eat.
That's the way it is round here.
You have done this before?
- No, I haven't actually.
- Great. Another city kid.
Lily grew up on a farm.
We're all city kids to her.
Can we go out there?
That's just
for special occasions.
You'll see soon enough.
Anyway.
Rebekah can show you the ropes.
Here. When you put the seeds in,
always have two per hole.
Strongest will survive.
Why do I always
have to do the digging?
Oh, I can do it if you like it.
It's best if you learn
how the planting's done first.
Trying to get
outta planting already, Rose?
And I have to take this
outta your ration.
No, I was just trying to help.
Time to get back.
Come on, city girl.
- What do we think of her?
- Who?
Who do you think?
Rose seems...
nice.
Nice?
Nice is a day you have.
Nice is a biscuit.
- Hi.
- Hi Rose.
- Sorry I'm late.
- Too late. That one's taken.
She's just messing with you.
Please sit down.
- I'll get it.
- Thanks.
How long
have you all been here?
About a year.
We were all at school together,
you know, before.
What's your story?
I was living
with my Pa...
and then
I was at the child center.
Is it as bad as they say?
Okay, that's it.
I'm officially bored.
Could we play game or something.
- Red Band run.
- Ugh.
What's that?
One of us plays a carrier
and has to hide
and the rest of us
are the Red Band.
And we have to find you.
And who's gonna be the carrier?
- Let's have...
- ...Rose.
- Me.
- Mm-hmm.
You've got less than a minute.
I've already started counting.
Three, four, five, six, seven,
eight, nine, ten, 11, 12,
13, 14...
No,
but when you kissed him,
it would be so scratchy.
Yes, but it's manly, isn't it?
A beard.
Without one he's just a boy.
You got something
against boys?
Excuse me.
Where were you all?
- Did you get scared?
- You left me.
Oh, you were just so good
at hiding, Rose.
None of us could find you.
Anyway, as I was saying,
if it's not scratchy
then if he shaves it...
Lights out, girls.
Good night.
Good night, Miss.
I love you, Mom.
1848, the year
of the French Revolution.
Governments tottered
in 50 different countries.
- Yes, Ada.
- Miss, not to be rude,
but when can we actually
learn something useful?
Well, I would argue
this is useful.
They say those
who don't remember the past
are doomed to repeat it.
So why
are they still putting kids
in concentration camps?
What would you like
to be studying?
Well, what's going on
in the world right now?
All right then.
Since the plague hit,
industry and travel
have pretty much
halted worldwide.
So oil is less expensive
than water.
- Tech companies--
- Anything new?
No.
Adults are still dying
within days from a plague
carried by young women.
Martial laws are still in place.
And the best
and the worst of humanity
is fighting for domination.
- We're safe here, aren't we?
- Yes, of course you are, Iris.
I'm gonna do everything
in my power to protect you.
Right,
what are we studying tomorrow?
- English. Geography--
- Um, let me guess. French.
Yes, Ada, French.
This-- whatever it is,
you shouldn't hand that to me
in class, okay?
What's going on?
Show it to me. Hold it up.
Okay, enough. Enough.
I know you didn't draw it, Rose,
'cause you're using a blue pen.
I know
that Iris's artistic talents
are better than that.
So that leaves you three.
Do you have
anything to say, Lily?
No, Miss.
I am in trouble with Lucy now
because of you.
What?
Am I, or am I not in trouble?
Maybe.
And is it or is it not
because you gave
Miss Lucy my drawing.
Maybe
- You're late.
- Sorry.
Hold on.
Since you were
such a little bitch
and got me in trouble with Lucy.
I'm going to treat you
like a bitch.
And dogs don't eat
at the table with humans,
they eat on the floor
- I rather not eat at all then.
- Bad dog.
Who's a good little doggy.
Good dog.
Girls.
I think it's time.
Sit.
Stay.
Good dog.
Is this the Red Band game again?
Ring-a-ring o' roses
A plague in all our houses
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Ring-a-ring o' roses
A plague in all our houses
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Ring-a-ring o' roses
A plague in all our houses
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Help her.
- No, please, please no.
- Tie her to the tree.
Stop.
- No.
- Tie her to the tree.
No, no, no. Please.
Please stop it.
Stop it.
Ring-a-ring
O' roses, a plague in...
- Please, let me go.
- We touch you, we touch you
- Please.
- We all fall down
- Ring-a-ring o' roses
- Help me!
We touch you, we touch you
We all fall down
Stop it.
Stop!
Stop!
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me.
Stop!
Someone help me!
How's it looking?
I think
it's a good look for you.
You are biased.
Iris, what do you think?
Never mind. Ada.
I think it's a good look too.
Do you ever have
an opinion of your own?
Rose, what do you think?
- About what?
- Lily's hair.
So there's no one gonna talk
about last night.
Why? Did you have a bad dream?
You were gonna act like
it didn't happen.
Look.
- It wasn't us.
- You think I'm stupid?
Girls, the Red Bands are here.
You know what to do. Show Rose
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
We were
supposed to be safe here.
Only if they don't find us.
Up here, safe here.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carrier are a danger to us all.
What do you want?
You know what we want.
Well,
I've got nothing to hide
but this is my house.
You can't just
turn up unannounced.
Mm.
I think you'll find, Miss,
I'll be more certain we can.
- I said no.
- So you wanna dance, do you?
Hmm?
Get off.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
Carriers are a danger to us all.
Stay home, stay safe.
Harboring a carrier
is forbidden by martial law.
A good solid rifle.
But that's the sort of
reeducation I'm into.
...danger to us all.
Stay home...
- What's this?
- ...stay safe.
Trying to escape?
So door's open.
Looks like
an escape attempt to me.
Let's go on now.
Run.
Before I change my mind
and I shoot you right here.
Come on.
Go!
So where was I? Hmm?
Oh, yeah.
I think I was saying something
about what I would do
- if we found filthy cows.
- No.
Easy now. Okay? Easy.
Couple questions please.
He killed her.
I know. It's okay.
At least
the girls are safe here.
Hey.
I've gotta go.
Please be safe.
I promise you
there will be good news soon.
I wanna see you one by one
in my study. Now.
Lily, do you know why
the Red Bands came here today?
Take a wild guess.
Singing.
They heard singing coming
from the garden last night.
Somebody reported it.
Lily,
you could have been killed.
A little girl was shot.
She was weak.
And what about Rose?
Sam found her
tied to a tree last night.
Is that a mystery
to you as well?
I didn't do anything, Miss.
Lily, when I took you in,
I didn't want money.
I didn't want gratitude.
I just wanted to help you.
Do you understand?
I didn't ask for your help.
I really don't need your pity.
I love you, Vicky.
I love you, Mom.
No!
No.
Lucy? Let me out, Lucy.
It's not funny.
Lucy, can you let me out?
For Christ's sake, Lily,
it's time you learn your lesson.
If you act like an animal,
I'll fucking treat you like one.
It's not fair!
These are for you...
to say sorry.
and, uh,
thank you for saving me.
It's okay.
Miss Lucy said that...
you one of the lucky ones...
and we can't hurt you.
Thank you, Sam.
Do they have names?
Um...
Doris and Miranda and Rosie.
And that one is Henna.
It's Henna the hen. Get it?
Lily named her.
She hates chickens.
Your pictures...
you drew them?
Did you like them?
Yeah.
I think that they're powerful.
Thank you.
He scares me.
He's not right in the head.
He was kind to me. And besides,
if he's immune to us then...
maybe there's a glimmer of hope.
It's not fair.
If you act like an animal,
I'll fucking treat you like one.
If you act like an animal,
I'll fucking treat you like one.
Sleep tight.
...I'll fucking treat you
like one.
- Hello, Lily.
- Hello, miss.
You can come out now.
I hope you've used
your time for reflection.
Yes, miss.
And you're gonna
communicate nicely
- with the other girls?
- Yes, miss.
All of them?
Yes, miss.
Come on, then.
Lily.
If you don't, you're going back
in there, you know that, right?
Yes, miss.
Go on, then.
- Do they look right?
- Yes.
- Then you have space for working.
- - Hmm.
Okay.
Looks good,
just try not to overmix it.
Okay, you just want it
a little bit thinner.
Just a little bit.
Yeah.
Well, don't you two look cute?
Lily!
It's so good to see you.
How was it?
What's happening here, then?
- We're making cookies.
- For you.
To say welcome back.
Cookies? Isn't that sweet?
That's so makes up
for three days in solitary.
Didn't you think to try
and break me out, Iris?
Rose.
I must be a little out of touch.
Then again,
I have been away for a while.
If that's the latest trend,
then, well...
...everyone should do it.
Wait. Stop, stop,
stop, stop, stop.
Oh, dear. Rose,
what have you done?
- Lily, don't.
- No, no.
You've made a real mess
with things, again.
You're a real troublemaker
You know that, right?
And you seem hell bent
on putting me in the shit.
Start cleaning this up, yeah?
Ada, what do you think?
What a mess.
She could get
in so much trouble.
- Mm.
- You're not in charge anymore.
What was that?
I said you're not
in charge anymore.
Oh, right,
I'm not the boss of you, am I?
Who is? Oh, your pa. Hmm?
Pa! Pa!
Come out, come out,
wherever you are.
Hello? Oh, that's weird.
He doesn't seem to be around.
Oh, right. He's not anymore.
I wonder why that is.
You're a filthy, little carrier.
Now, clean this up
before Lucy sees.
For me?
No. Please, don't.
Don't.
Thank you.
Sam?
Sam, please come quickly.
Sam, Sam, please, come quickly.
Quickly come help, please. Sam.
Lily?
Lily! Get off of her.
Now. Move. Stay back.
What have you done?
Move.
Move.
Go.
Sam. Go.
Take her to bed.
We'll talk
about this in the morning.
I don't know why
I bother reading this.
I know it by heart.
"Why art thou thus
so long away from me?"
"I have whispered it
unto the southern wind."
"Life is less than nothing
without love."
"For what is life without...
the embrace of love?"
"I would give worlds
for one more ere I die."
Sleep tight.
I liked her.
Did anyone see her this morning?
I don't think she'll be coming.
Well, as the oldest,
I think it falls to me
to continue Miss Lucy's lessons.
Girls...
...it's very important
that I teach you
some incredibly boring...
...facts from 100 years ago.
No more French
would be nice.
No more French. No more lessons.
No history!
The past can kick my arse.
Whoo!
Miss?
- Miss?
- Any luck?
We need to get in there.
The key would be with her
whether she's in there or not.
- We need to find--
- Lily wants us all
in the garden.
You made out that
all of us go back here.
Would you like me
to ask you again?
Let's go.
What is wrong with you?
Do you not care at all?
We have to stick together now.
It's us against the world.
They used to control us.
Now they fear us.
They used to kill us
like dogs in the street.
And now...
...they would kill
the whole race
if it meant
saving their own skins.
They caged us
because they fear us.
Do you get it?
We are the young.
We are the future.
And we have the power now.
We literally have the power
of life and death
at our fingertips.
We are not vermin.
We are fucking gods.
You are fucking crazy.
We have
to do something about Miss.
- Do you even care?
- I'm sad.
You don't look like it.
No. We all wear masks.
Look at her crying
'cause there's no lessons.
Oh, are you sad
'cause miss is gone?
Did you love her?
Do you love Miss? Is that why?
Oh, Miss.
Oh, Miss. Oh, God.
I love you, Miss. I miss you.
I want you to come back.
Oh, Miss.
You have been naughty too,
haven't you, Rose?
Yeah, you've been
such a bad girl, Rose.
Hold her down.
Rebekah, I said hold her down.
Lily. Lily, stop. Stop.
- Come on.
- Get off!
Aren't you supposed
to get up?
See, Rose, we are strong.
Ada,
let's see how strong you are.
I bet you can't pick up
that big rock over there.
Yeah? Look, I bet you can't
pick up that big rock.
Yes.
- Good. Well done.
- Stop!
Let's make this interesting.
If you can hold it
over Rose's head for 20 seconds,
I'll give you
double helpings at dinner.
Yes.
One, two...
- ...three, four, five...
- Get off me!
...six, seven, eight...
Open your eyes, Rose.
...nine, ten, 11...
- ...12, 13...
- I can't do it.
...14, 15, 16, 17...
Run Rose, run.
You are such
a disappointment to me, Ada.
You can have
half your rations tonight.
Run, Rose. Run!
Rose. Oh, Rosie.
Are you going
to come out and play?
Leave me alone.
Suit yourself.
But you'll have
to come out sometime.
Rose? Rose.
It's just me Rebekah.
I brought you some food.
Open up.
I'm risking a lot by being here.
- You're trying to trick me.
- No.
Just... just trust me.
You must be hungry.
What are you doing here?
I'm... I'm just trying to help.
For holding me down?
- Or the other hundred times?
- I'm sorry.
You don't know
what Lily's capable of.
I think I do.
Miss has vanished, Sam's gone.
Come on, what more
is she capable of?
"As flies to wanton boys
are we to the gods."
"They kill us for their sport."
King Lear. Hmm.
New depths for you.
You weren't the only one
who's taught poetry.
Just don't tell Lily.
You have to stop
enabling her, Rebekah.
I'm just not strong.
You are, Rose.
You are.
I've seen it in you.
Sometimes I think
I deserve this.
The things that Lily does to me.
We have the power of life
and death at our fingertips.
Then say that.
I think you should go now.
Lily was right
about one thing though.
You can't stay here forever.
Oh, Rose. We're just discussing
our new priorities.
Where's my locket?
Look, Rose.
With everything that's going on,
we really shouldn't be fighting.
If you've lost your locket,
we can help you find it.
We know
how much it means to you.
Fresh shot?
Lucy would never
let us down here,
but Ada and I got in
to sift through all this
valuable crap.
There's loads
of old tech here.
Really old.
This is the only one we found
that still works.
Well, kind of.
The end is all jumpy,
but so what?
Wow.
It's so old and scratchy.
It was the first time
people heard pictures
talking and singing.
You what?
Well, in such a simple moment
it changed the world.
It changed
how people saw the world
and how they communicated.
How?
it was the beginning
of...
...new art, of a new time.
Sounds like a terrible film.
Look, I brought you in here
to show you how dull
and gray the old world was.
It's not dull and gray, Lily.
It's beautiful.
We have our own world now.
What about Miss Lucy?
Look, we need to accept
that she's gone.
She's gone,
and the world she represents
is gone with her.
So we're not even gonna try
and find her, then?
Are you sure you want to go in
to what happened to her?
You are looking to purge
yourself of some guilt.
You want guilt?
You were the last one
to be seen with her.
You were the last one
close to her.
So that's what you all think?
We need to think
of our own needs now.
Our own futures.
Look,
we will die if we go outside
and the world will die
if it comes in here.
So for now, we're on our own.
I know what must be done.
I'll keep you safe.
I think the American version--
- "Schedule."
- "Schedule."
What's on the...
what's on the sched'?
Well, you can schedule.
Save that for later.
Well, we've got stuff
to do all today.
Big bonfire.
Big bonfire,
and then, like--
There's a lot of trees...
Oh, you...
Miss?
Miss Lucy?
Miss?
Read.
Read.
Yeah.
If you're reading this,
Jonah got you away
from those camps
and to my old colleague, Lucy.
Thank God.
Shh!
There's no one here.
So you are a woman.
I wish I could be there.
No.
Do you blame yourself
for that, angel?
You might not know,
but I didn't have long anyway.
Cancer.
I prefer the virus.
Quick. It's my choice.
And only mine.
I don't regret it.
...powers conveyed
within subsection eight.
- You have no right to...
- Please!
Don't take me.
No. No.
Stop.
In that short hug
was, is a whole eternity.
With that hug,
I remain alive in you.
Harbouring a known carrier.
Under subsection four, you are--
...hereby charged with consp...
Because life is less
than nothing without love.
What... what do I do?
Miss.
Don't trust Lily.
Rose.
Oh, Rose. We found it.
Your locket. Come quick.
I'm sorry, Miss.
Rebekah?
Lily?
Come on, Rose.
Where are you?
- I'm in the dining room.
- Up in the attic.
Come on, we've got it.
Just give me back
my locket, okay?
I've seen Lucy and she's alive.
You need to come and help me.
We need to help her.
Rosie, Rosie,
pocket full of posies
I've been to Lucy's room, okay?
She's in her room.
Lucy's gone now, Rose,
don't you get it?
You're alone now,
No one else to find you.
Please.
Girls, please stop this now.
Such a pretty face,
but not so innocent.
- Bekah?
- Where's your mask?
We can, we can stop this.
Where's your mask, Rose?
Rebekah, please.
Rose,
we can't go out there
- and they can't come in here.
- Stop.
- Stop this now.
- Just us now.
- Don't you get it?
- Your locket,
- we did find it.
- Oh, we did.
- Give it back to me.
- Where did we put it?
- Well, we buried it.
- Did we?
In the vegetable garden.
Oh, of course.
- Run, Rose.
- Come on.
Come on, Rosie.
Under the rock, Rose,
look under the rock.
Oh, Rose.
So nice of you to join us.
Give me my fucking locket.
What do you think
the hole was for?
Right.
Now we've had our fun.
Put on the mask, Rose.
- No.
- Put on the mask, Rose.
- I said no.
- Put on the mask, Rose!
Ada, you do not
have to listen to her.
You don't have to listen to her,
being sheep.
Everything she says,
you don't have to listen to it.
Becca, me and you, we can leave.
You are stronger than this.
You are so much
stronger than this!
See, Rose,
you're a virus.
Iris, please!
And I can't have you
affecting my girls.
So behave yourself
and put on the mask.
We have to finish this.
Rosie, Rosie, Rosie.
You're okay. You're okay.
Shh!
Sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I didn't realize.
Iris, I'm sorry. I...
Oh, Iris, I didn't know.
Iris. I...
I didn't know.
I think...
maybe you're the virus.
Rose.
That's for Miss Lucy.
I... I love it.
I'll never take it off.