Siege (2023) Movie Script

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BEFORE IT WAS CALLED BENIN,
THIS LAND WAS KNOWN AS DAHOMEY,
A KINGDOM FAMOUS
FOR ITS ARMY OF AMAZONS,
WHO WERE KNOWN AS AGOJIE -
OUR MOTHERS.
THEY WERE TASKED
WITH DEFENDING THEIR PEOPLE
AGAINST FOREIGN THREATS.
[CHANTING AMAZON HYMN]
THE AGOJIE
WERE SEMI-DIVINE IN NATURE;
THEY ENROLLED
AT THE AGE OF EIGHAND REMAINED VIRGINS
UNTIL THEY WERE DISCHARGED.
BEFORE BATTLE, THE AMAZONS WOULD
CHANT A HYMN AT THEIR ENEMIES.
ONCE THE ENEMY HEARD THIS HYMN,
THEY KNEW
THERE WAS NO TURNING BACK.
THE HYMN'S WORDS SAY:
"THIS IS NOT MY HOME.
SO I SWEEP ALL BEFORE ME,
RETURN TO MY HOME,
AND HERE YOU SHALL REMAIN."
[]
CHILD:
It's similar.
MOTHER:
To what?
CHILD:
The sky in Savalou.
MOTHER:
Yes, except for the sounds.
What sounds?
Yes...
Listen.
[BIRDS TWITTERING,
ANIMALS CHITTERING]
Tell me again
how we got here.
We crossed the sea
on a raft.
There were too many of us.
We were afraid to move,
in case it capsized.
And in the middle
of the night,
we heard a noise.
An engine.
And a baby started crying.
The man steering the boat asked
the mother to make it stop.
And the mother tried.
But the baby kept crying.
The man picked up a gun
and aimed it at the mother.
He told her to either
shut the baby up
or to throw it overboard.
And there were two babies
on that raft.
But you...
You didn't cry.
[VEHICLE RATTLING]
[INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[IN DISTANCE]
Police! Open the door!
Antonio Moreno,
open the door, please!
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
POLICEMAN:
Antonio Moreno, open the door.
Police!
Battering ram.
Alright, ready to move in.
Helmets.
This door is coming down.
If there's anyone behind it,
please step aside!
Ready?
Are you Antonio Moreno?
-Yes.
-ID, please.
POLICEMAN:
Sweep the apartment
for more people.
Antonio, I need your ID,
please.
POLICEMAN:
Clear!
Clear.
DANI:
Clear.
SANTOS:
Antonio, your ID, please.
Thank you.
You need to take your things
and leave.
I'll need help
bringing down the suitcases.
POLICEMAN:
Come on, guys, let's step on it.
I made plans later.
I know I shouldn't ask,
but do you have a place to go?
Yes.
Dani, go with him.
[CHILDREN PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
Puma 12-1 to Puma 11.
Bring the tenant downstairs
to talk to the secretary.
12-1, copy that.
-[SOFT THUD]
-Sir, we need to--
-[WHOOPING]
-[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING LOUDLY]
[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
[DOORS CLOSE]
[EARS RINGING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES,
KEYS CLATTER]
DANI:
Mom!
Mom!
Mom.
Mom.
Mom? Mom?
[EXCLAIMS]
[SIGHS]
Why are you sleeping in here?
[LAUGHING]
What's so funny?
[OVER RADIO]
Even though her husband
Was the devil himself
The man had
A bit of a temper
And she complained
That he was never tender
For over three years now
She gets letters
From a stranger
Letters filled with poetry
Poetry.
That have
Brought her joy again
Her joy.
Who wrote those words?
-Tell me, who was it?
-Who was it?
Who sent her flowers
Every spring?
Every ninth of November
As always, without a card
He would send
A bouquet of violets
Violets...
Of violets.
Sometimes she dreams
And imagines
How he, who loves her so
Is like
Who loves her so.
Most likely
A man with gray hair
A broad smile and tenderness
In his touch
In his touch, in his touch.
She doesn't know who suffers
In silence
Who can
Her secret lover be?
And so she lives
Day in, day out
With the thrill
Of being loved
Of being loved.
Who wrote those words?
Tell me, who was it?
Who sent her flowers
Every spring?
Violets.
Every ninth of November
As always, without a card
He would send
A bouquet of violets
Of violets, of violets.
And every afternoon
When her husband returns
SIEGE
[VEHICLE RATTLING]
Mom, I can't talk now.
Later, my battery's running low.
Listen, I'll call you later.
Bye, Mom.
[LAUGHS]
[MOTORCYCLE REVVING]
[]
-OFFICER 1: Puma 1 to Puma 11.
-OFFICER 2: Standing by.
OFFICER 1:
Proceeding with Order 16-11
at 15 Toledo.
Moving to the entrance.
OFFICER 2:
Copy that. Backup unit 27
to assist with the removal.
OFFICER 1:
What for?
OFFICER 2:
Orders from upstairs.
OFFICER 1:
Copy that.
Gear up, guys! Things look calm,
but I don't want--
-[CRASHING]
-Fuck! Helmets on!
Helmets!
Come on, let's move!
Move, move!
Deploy! Everybody!
Move!
[CROWD CLAMORING]
Moving!
Forward!
WOMAN:
Get the fuck out! Get out!
MAN:
Get the fuck out! Get out!
OFFICER:
Stop! Hold up!
Let's move!
Let's move!
Keep moving, go!
Moving!
Clear the area, goddamn it!
I don't want any fuck-ups!
Move it!
Advance, go!
Disperse!
Get out!
What are you doing, asshole?
We're gonna bring out
the shotguns!
POLICEMAN:
Dani, heads up!
Clear those kids!
Disperse!
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
I don't have anything!
Open your hand!
Open your fucking hand!
Step back!
It's my grandma's ring...
Hey, don't take it from me!
-Beat it!
-Clear out right now!
-It's dangerous out here!
-Come on, everybody inside!
-Heads up!
-What were you thinking?
Fucking kids!
Let's go!
Trajano.
It's a narrow space,
so we'll advance single file,
floors 1, 2 and 3, okay?
Shall we head to the 3rd floor?
Negative, you're backup.
Negative! You're here as--
Moving in!
One-way channel, let's go!
Move!
Puma 13,
no one comes in or out, got it?
Camel 27, Camel 29...
Secure the perimeter!
Come on, come on, move!
-Move, let's go!
-Move!
Move, move!
Come on, move, move, move!
-Come on!
-Always fucking with us! Out!
-POLICEMAN: Get out!
-Access points secured.
-Bastards!
-Stay inside your home!
[VOICE OVER RADIO]
Puma 11 to 12-4...
-POLICEMAN: Open the door!
-The homes were empty.
F and G are empty.
F and G are empty.
-They made a mistake.
-Okay, calm down.
-Relax.
-The bank made a mistake.
-Calm down.
-They've admitted it,
they're fixing it...
-Clear!
-CHILD: Dad!
-Martita...
-Come here.
-Hey!
-What are you doing?
-No! No! Stop!
-Keep still!
-Calm down, calm down!
-Easy! She's just a girl.
-Listen, you need to behave...
-Please...
They're going to sort it out...
They'll fix it, okay?
No! Don't touch me!
-Let's do this the easy way...
-1-11 to 12-1...
Reporting a minor
in Apartment 1-J.
-She'll come down with her dad.
-You need to leave!
We have nowhere to go!
-Coria! Coria!
-Coming!
[VOICE OVER RADIO]
I repeat:
people on the second floor.
-Don't touch me.
-Copy that, 12-1.
Proceeding to the second floor.
Hey, hey, hey! Jesus!
-What?
-What the fuck are you doing?
-Step back.
-Did you see that?
Did I see what?
Listen up.
We're side by side
but not eye to eye.
If someone's out of line,
I'll deal with it.
That's my job.
Understood?
-Understood?
-Yes.
-Carry on!
-Copy that, Puma 11.
-Don't forget...
-Come on, Dani.
[CHATTERING CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY]
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
1-11 to 13-2, clear.
We don't know
how they got out.
Get that girl out of here!
Ma'am, remain in your home...
Thank you,
but please stay inside!
WOMAN:
Just wait until you see
what's in there!
Long live Spain!
Long live the police!
Head out to the hallway,
please.
[OVER RADIO]
Things have cleared up
down here.
Exit to the hallway.
Moving.
-Clear!
-Okay, relax.
-IDs, please.
-Move, move!
Thank you, sir, relax.
Your ID, please.
ID. Miss, your head scarf.
I need to see your face.
Relax, sir!
I need to see her face.
-[THUDDING]
-[OFFICER CRIES OUT]
Are you okay, trooper?
[OVER RADIO]
Please, please,
we need an interpreter in 2-G.
There's a woman...
Dani, go check it out.
The veil! Take it off!
-We need someone up here.
-On my way!
OFFICER:
1-F, clear.
I can't understand you!
I can't understand!
What's going on?
Chewing my ear off for 10
minutes! Take over, please.
[IN FRENCH]
Calm down. Do you speak French?
You need to come with us.
You need to come with us.
-Calm down.
-What's so hard to understand?
We're trying to explain it
to her, okay?
She has no idea
what's going on!
-Papers.
-Fuck the papers!
Cut the crap, come with me!
Do you speak English?
-Calm down!
-You're coming with me!
There's a minor.
Get him downstairs, please.
-There's a minor!
-Calm down, please!
Let her go, asshole!
-Please stop!
-Hey!
Get her off me,
goddamn it!
Keep still!
Keep fucking still!
Keep still!
Stop moving, goddamn it!
You're Superman,
aren't you?
At least this one won't be
jumping out the window on you.
Ma'am, please, calm down.
What's your problem?
-What's your problem?
-What's that?
-Are you a comedian now?
-What did you say?
-Are you a comedian?
-Relax, trooper.
-No, you relax!
-Puma 11 to 12-1.
Prevent social services.
Another minor in 2-G.
-Copy that, Puma 11.
-You, get up!
Get up now.
-This fucking kid!
-Goddamn it!
This is unbelievable...
Hey, hey!
This was an in-and-out
procedure!
And here we make sure
that things are done right!
CORIA:
Come here...
Against the wall.
-What are you doing?
-What does it look like?
Then you explain how you hit
a minor to Social Affairs!
-Whose side are you on?
-Calm down!
Everybody's doing
their job here!
Whatever.
Fuck this shit!
And careful how you talk to me!
Lower your visor, trooper!
Do me a favor!
Is this fucking chick
serious or what?
-Have you guys seen a Black kid?
-What are you saying?
This is 12-1. Have you seen
a young Black male,
white T-shirt and a sweatshirt?
-No.
-[OVER RADIO] Negative.
[CLAMORING CONTINUES
IN DISTANCE]
[TV DRONING INDISTINCTLY]
[OVER RADIO]
No minors. They need to be
indoors or out of the building!
OFFICER [IN DISTANCE]:
Police! Open up!
[IN DISTANCE]
Police!
Police! Open the door!
-[POUNDING ON DOOR]
-Police! Open the door!
Clear the entrance!
We're going in!
MIRANDA:
Come on, Dani!
We need to seal up and get out!
Come on!
TRAJANO [IN DISTANCE]:
Clear the entrance,
the door's coming down.
Clear the entrance, please.
-MIRANDA: Come on, Dani!
-I'm coming!
I'm coming.
MIRANDA:
Hurry, goddamn it!
[CLATTERING]
RIVERO:
Step on it!
TRAJANO:
Come on, everybody downstairs.
MIRANDA:
Come on. What the hell's
up with you, Dani?
You're making us
waste time here.
Hurry, goddamn it!
Fuck, Dani! Where were you?
These people
need to be downstairs!
Get them moving!
Christ! I don't want
anyone wandering off!
Keep the corridor clear,
keep moving.
Fuck!
-What's wrong?
-I forgot my...
I lost my shoulder mic.
-Wait, I'll bring it down.
-No, not necessary!
Dani!
POLICEMAN:
She's a real liability,
this one.
Come on, people.
[]
[OVER RADIO]
This is Puma 11.
Finish sealing up,
we need to move.
We need more units to extract
the rest of the detainees.
[SOFT SCRAPING]
[GASPS]
RAMIRO:
Where's your manners?
You guys sure like
to shake it up.
What was with that microwave?
A birthday present?
[CHUCKLES]
It was a piece of junk.
A beer, anyone?
Rivero, watch the door.
What?
You'll have to excuse me.
I wasn't expecting any visitors.
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
Is this your daughter?
Yeah.
And where is she?
What's it to you?
With her mother, I guess.
Where did all your illegals
run off to?
Half the apartments were empty.
Beats me.
Whenever you guys draw near,
they disappear.
Makes sense,
doesn't it?
Coria. You've got one like it
at home, don't you?
[CHUCKLES]
Business is booming, huh?
Not bad.
What?
And I'm just saying,
last month was paid in full.
What the fuck
do you want now?
Lolo.
Look in the kitchen.
What's he doing?
What's he looking for?
Ramiro.
[CLATTERING]
Sit down.
[SIGHS]
Ramiro, we're friends.
And friends don't steal
from each other.
I haven't stolen anything,
I swear on my life.
Don't bet on your life
because the math doesn't lie.
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
12-1, do you copy?
12-1, where are you? Dani!
-What's going on with her?
-Mind your own business.
Ramiro...
RAMIRO:
Look, guys...
Showing up in force, kicking
people out of their homes
isn't good for business
for any of us.
So, please, explain
what the fuck this is all about.
CORIA:
We're following orders.
RAMIRO:
Why the hell am I paying you,
then?
LOLO:
15 Toledo, 1-A 300, 1-B 300,
2-B 300, 2-C 500,
17 Toledo 300, 450,
450, 200...
Business is booming, right?
RAMIRO:
I haven't stolen
a goddamn thing.
CORIA:
Where is it, Ramiro?
-[THUDDING]
-RAMIRO: Jesus Christ!
CORIA:
Rivero, you piece of shit!
RIVERO:
Fucking listen to me!
He's laughing at you!
RAMIRO:
This is fucking bullshit!
CORIA:
Stay there!
RAMIRO:
Where is Trajano?
-I want to talk to Trajano.
-CORIA: Ramiro...
You're cruising for a bruising.
RAMIRO:
I didn't steal anything.
So, where is Trajano?
CORIA:
You don't give a shit
about Trajano.
-RIVERO: We want--
-CORIA: First of all,
-shut up and--
-RIVERO: Wait downstairs--
CORIA:
Shut the fuck up!
Let's see here...
Ramiro, hey!
RAMIRO:
Don't break my balls,
you fucking snitch.
You think I'm the one
that took...?
-[THUMP]
-CORIA: Quiet!
RAMIRO:
Did you hear that?
[WHIMPERS SOFTLY]
[CREAKING, SCRAPING]
[SOFTLY]
Goddamn it.
LOLO:
No idea if they're coming up
the stairs or what.
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
Puma 11 to Camel 27. Get going,
we're about to leave.
DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO]:
Copy that. Have you seen Dani?
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
Seen who?
DISPATCHER:
The girl, 12-1.
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
No, we haven't seen her.
Get going.
CORIA:
We can't be here all day.
This was an in-and-out affair.
-In and out, you hear me?
-LOLO: Can you please shut up?
-CORIA: It's getting dicey...
-LOLO: Shut up!
TRAJANO:
Everyone is waiting downstairs.
What's going on?
CORIA:
Turn that off.
[TV STOPS DRONING]
TRAJANO:
Puma 11 to Camel 27.
No idea about the girl.
Get going.
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
Copy that, Camel.
She was looking for her
shoulder mic. We'll wait.
Copy that, Puma 11.
There's a first time
for every rookie...
Seriously, get going.
We'll find her
and take her home.
So long.
OFFICER [OVER RADIO]:
Negative. Not necessary.
As soon as one of my guys
is free, I'll send him up.
HQ is telling us to hurry up.
Copy that, Puma 11.
Gentlemen, we need to hurry.
Ramiro.
Come on, Trajano.
Care to explain
what all this is all about?
Showing up to my house like
this isn't good for business.
And you could have warned me
you were going to evict people.
The last thing we need now
is Marquitos showing up.
Marquitos is downstairs with
the van. He's none the wiser.
Ramiro.
Where is it?
Trajano, you guys are making
a mistake this time.
Where is it?
The owner's gonna find it,
whether a shitbag
like me has it,
or shitbags
with a badge have it.
Listen,
shitbag without a badge,
city hall has sold
all the apartments.
This eviction
is the first of many.
So the gravy train
is history for all of us.
But you especially.
Do the bosses know
how much you're skimming?
I just take my share.
Ramiro...
The closet.
[CLATTERING]
LOLO:
There's nothing here!
There's nothing!
-You fucking piece of shit!
-Relax!
It's there. Have a good look,
for Christ's sake!
Lolo, tie his hands.
Not too tight,
it'll leave a mark.
RAMIRO:
It's all there, trust me.
Have a good look, I swear.
For fuck's sake...
It's there.
-LOLO: Come on.
-RAMIRO: It's fucking there.
CORIA:
Come on, Ramiro, on your feet.
Fuck!
Where is it? Where, Ramiro?
RAMIRO:
There, it was there.
TRAJANO:
It's not there, Ramiro.
Where is it?
RAMIRO:
It was there,
I left it there.
-TRAJANO: Where is it, Ramiro?
-RAMIRO: Someone took it.
Someone took it.
Was it you?
Was it you?
Goddamn it, Ramiro, don't fuck
with me. Don't fuck with me.
-What are you doing?
-Quiet.
[SHUSHES]
It wouldn't be the first time
someone kills himself
after an eviction.
Ramiro.
Come over to me.
Listen to me, listen to me.
You have two, three minutes
until you bleed out.
We can still apply
a tourniquet.
Hey, hey! Tell us
where the money is.
And I promise these guys
will take you to the hospital.
-Where is it?
-[SOBS]
Ramiro, come on, tell me.
It's not there.
Ramiro, where is it?
Ramiro, let's go
to the hospital.
Easy now, Ramiro.
Where is it?
Come on, where?
Ramiro, goddamn it.
Where is it?
It's not there.
It's not fucking there.
Where is the money,
Ramiro?
You son of a bitch...
Come on, and we'll go
to the hospital... Ramiro!
Goddamn it!
Let's go to the hospital.
Come on, come on...
You fucking piece of shit.
Fuck! She's filming us!
CORIA:
You, Lolo, go after her!
Move, move, move!
Go! We need to get her!
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
What do you have there?
What do you have there?
Kid.
Get over here! Stop!
Lolo, where the hell
are you going?
Hold still, goddamn it.
What the hell's
the matter with you?
What's gotten into you?
[MUFFLED SCREAM]
OFFICER 1 [OVER RADIO]:
12-1, do you copy?
12-1, where are you?
Dani, where are you?
OFFICER 2:
This is 12-4.
First floor is empty.
Heading up to floor two.
OFFICER 1:
Third floor if necessary!
Camel 27 to Puma 11.
Any updates?
I repeat. Camel 27 to Puma 11.
Any updates?
Tell him you're coming with us.
Puma 11 to 12-1.
OFFICER 1:
Puma 11. Dani, what the fuck?
You like the block or what?
We need to haul ass
out of here!
I'm with guys from Camel...
I'm still looking.
You guys get going.
You're staying? Look,
I can't delay any further.
Hurry it up.
This is no place to camp out!
Don't worry, boss.
We'll catch up in a few minutes.
Copy that.
Moving out.
[SIRENS WAILING OUTSIDE]
The cell phone.
-I don't have it.
-Give it to me.
Give us the cell phone.
-Want me to frisk you?
-I don't have it! I don't!
This is totally unnecessary.
-Hand over the cell phone!
-I don't have it,
I don't have it!
[EXCLAIMS]
[GASPS]
The cell phone.
I swear, I don't have it.
You sure?
What are you going to do?
My boss knows I'm with you.
Give us the cell phone.
Give us the cell phone.
I don't know where it is.
No, no, no.
Open your hand.
[WHIMPERING]
[WINCING]
10.66 euros an hour, right?
A cop's life isn't worth much.
And now your blood
is bound to Ramiro's.
Marcos, make sure no one enters
or exits the building
until we're downstairs.
Switching to one-way.
[EXCLAIMS]
-No, no, no!
-Come on, get up.
[SOBBING]
[LAUGHING]
[SCOFFS]
What...?
-[LAUGHING]
-Find it fucking funny, do you?
-For real.
-Yeah, yeah.
She's a riot, this one.
[CHUCKLING]
What...? What's...?
What's gotten into you?
This fucking bitch...
Un-fucking-believable...
Back off! Motherfucker!
Freeze!
Back off!
Don't move!
Don't move!
Back off!
Don't move!
TRAJANO:
You don't want to shoot.
Put it down.
-Back off!
-Lower the gun.
I'm not kidding, okay?
-Don't move.
-You don't want to shoot.
-Don't move!
-Don't move!
-Don't move!
-Don't move!
You don't really--
[]
Calm down. Ma'am, please.
[WOMEN SHOUTING]
[OVER RADIO]
Marcos, this is Trajano!
Did you see the rookie
come down?
This is Marcos. Negative, but
this is getting out of control.
Residents want to go up
to their homes.
TRAJANO:
Make sure no one enters
or exits, understood?
And if you see the rookie,
arrest her.
Everybody, listen up.
Check door-to-door.
We need to find her now!
Coria here.
Second floor, clear.
This is Rivero.
Going down to the lobby.
Trajano, this is Lolo.
TRAJANO:
Lolo, where the fuck are you?
LOLO:
I know who has the cell phone.
The Black kid took it. 5'2'',
white T-shirt and sweatshirt.
He got away,
but he's in the building.
TRAJANO:
All units, we need to find
that Black kid.
[COUGHING IN DISTANCE]
[WINCES]
[GASPS]
[SHUSHING]
[MAN SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[WHIMPERING]
[CLAMORING]
[LAUGHING]
[]
-Where are your papers?
-Scumbags!
Turns out you're killing
each other.
Talk to me in Spanish!
Hey, hey! Check it out!
Look! Police! Film them!
Here, here!
We don't make trouble here.
Don't bring any more cops!
Hey!
Here, here!
Take it, take the cell phone!
-We don't want any trouble!
-A kid... 5'2'',
wearing a white T-shirt,
sweatshirt. Seen him?
-Black.
-We don't hang out with that guy.
-With who?
-Undocumented.
The illegals.
Have you seen him or not?
-You want me to call for--?
-Talk to Luki!
-Who's Luki?
-He calls the shots around here.
If something happens around
here, he knows about it.
Top floor.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[MUFFLED VOICES]
[ELEVATOR RATTLING]
[OVER RADIO]
This is Rivero.
Third floor is clear.
No one in 3-J.
[RADIO PLAYING MUSIC
INDISTINCTLY]
[AD PLAYING INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO]
-Are you Luki?
-What do you want?
Is he here?
Why are you looking for him?
I'm looking for someone,
he might know where he is.
Show me the warrant.
No, no. I just want
to talk to him, okay?
We know our rights.
No warrant, you can't be here.
Get lost.
The kid's a resident
and he's in trouble.
I just want to talk to Luki.
Where is he?
LUKI:
Officer.
You're confused. The evictions
are one floor down.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[LUKI SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[IN SPANISH]
Sorry, we can't help you.
I'm just looking for a kid,
I want to help him.
Ousman,
what's your opinion
of the police?
Police not good.
Not good.
Why are you looking for him?
Ousman.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[IN SPANISH]
Why?
Why is the van
still downstairs?
I don't want trouble.
As soon as I find the kid--
[SHUSHES]
You're the one
wearing a uniform.
You're the one
who should be calm.
We're supposed to be nervous.
But that's not the case.
Why?
Don't make me call for backup.
To call for backup,
the first thing you need to do
is turn on your radio.
You didn't look very chummy
with your colleagues back there.
Do you want us to call them?
No.
[GIGGLING]
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
Hey, hey, easy!
What's going on?
LUKI:
Don't you recognize her?
You kick her out of her home
and you don't remember her face?
Tell Nasha to shut up
if she wants us to help her
find the kid.
[TRANSLATES
IN FRENCH]
Sit down.
What is it
you need to tell me?
We were deployed for a removal.
"Eviction."
We were joined by another unit
to act as backup.
And they entered a home
that wasn't on the list.
Which apartment?
This guy's apartment,
Ramiro.
[SCOFFS]
Ramiro...
Stop it...
Hey! Do you have kids?
No.
[CALLS NAME]
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
[IN SPANISH]
Isn't she beautiful?
What would you like her
to be when she grows up?
A doctor? A lawyer?
Or end up wiping
your old folks' asses?
Here. A present.
Where is the money?
What money?
[SCOFFS]
The money Ramiro skimmed.
That's it, isn't it?
Your friend is the enforcer,
collects for the guys upstairs.
And like everybody else,
he always skims his share.
The game is up.
And your colleagues
won't settle for just a taste,
that's why they're here.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[IN SPANISH]
What about the kid?
They're looking for him,
they think he knows something.
You know...
boys will be boys.
But I get the feeling that,
for white folks,
a Black boy
is just a Black guy.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
Okay?
[IN SPANISH]
That's it. Did it hurt?
Well done, champ.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[IN SPANISH]
Go on.
Three doses a day.
Since two years ago.
Any idea how expensive this is?
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[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[SHOUTING IN FRENCH]
Where are you taking her?
[IN SPANISH]
Handing her over to your unit.
Your friends will have better
luck finding the kid with her.
Then they'll leave.
We don't get the money
and you don't get the boy!
-I know where the money is!
-Stop!
Okay.
[CONTINUES SHOUTING IN FRENCH]
[SHOUTS NAME]
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[DOORS CLOSE]
[SCREAMS]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[DOOR OPENS]
[FOOTSTEPS]
This is Rivero.
Second floor is clear.
TRAJANO:
Keep looking.
Either we find him now
or we're screwed.
Anything on the rookie?
Not yet,
but she's in the building.
She had no way out.
Trajano...
you should have checked with us.
Not now, okay? Not now.
[SCOFFS]
[]
[DOOR CLOSES]
I'm looking for a boy.
Okay? Relax.
I'm looking for a kid.
A young kid, okay? Relax.
[GRUNTING]
Enough, enough, enough!
Calm the fuck down, okay?
Where's the boy? I'm just
asking about the boy, okay?
-Is that clear?
-No!
For Christ's sake!
Fucking Black piece of shit!
Just tell me where the boy is.
[SCREAMING]
[CRIES OUT, GROANING]
[GRUNTS]
LUKI:
Where?
The kid first.
[SIGHS]
Where?
In the closet.
[DOORS OPEN]
[DOORS CLOSING]
Where's the money?
-[LUKI EXCLAIMS]
-[GUNSHOTS]
[GASPING]
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
[OVER RADIO]
Trajano here.
Has someone fired their gun?
We have to call an ambulance!
Do you have a phone?
-Pocket...
-TRAJANO: Somebody answer.
Has someone fired their gun?
This is Rivero.
I have not fired my gun.
Fuck.
Shit!
The code!
Your code! We need to call!
Your code!
We need to call an ambulance!
Enter your code!
-Is it really bad?
-Yes!
We need to call an ambulance!
I did it for them, trooper.
I did it for them.
No, no! Stop, stop!
[WHIMPERING]
[PROJECTILE THUNKS]
[GASPS]
My daughters.
They can't know
what I've done.
They can't know what I've done.
They can't know.
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS IN DISTANCE]
RIVERO:
Police! Open the door!
-Open the door!
-CORIA: Police!
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[GROANING]
That fucking bitch.
[OVER RADIO]
This is Rivero.
What's the situation?
POLICEMAN:
Nothing.
We'll keep searching.
RIVERO:
What do you mean, nothing?
What happened?
POLICEMAN:
I said,
we're still looking!
[DOOR OPENS]
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
[KNOCKING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
Shut up.
Talk to me in Spanish!
I can't understand!
Give me my cell phone.
Don't worry.
Give me my cell phone.
Tell him he has my cell phone!
I swear I didn't do anything.
Shut up! Shut up!
OFFICER [IN DISTANCE]:
Everybody out into the hallway.
File out one by one.
I want everybody
in the hallway.
Give it to me.
Give it to me.
Finders, keepers!
-He stole it from me.
-You stole something too.
You stole our home.
[IN DISTANCE]
Somebody grab that kid!
Every family,
out in the hallway!
Give me my cell phone!
No! Take the fucking phone!
-The battery's dead.
-OFFICER: Clear here too.
Ask everyone
about the fucking Black kid.
Five feet, white T-shirt
and sweatshirt, goddamn it!
It's not that complicated!
Come on!
No, no. Wait. Wait!
Police! Police!
-[MUFFLED] Police!
-Shut up!
-Police!
-Shut up!
Police! Police! Police! Police!
-Shut up!
-Police, police!
[GROANS]
Dad!
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
What are you doing?
Don't help her, fuck her.
Let's go. Let's go!
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
[GRUNTING]
[EXCLAIMS]
[SHOUTING]
[SPEAKING FRENCH]
[]
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
CORIA:
Police. Open the door!
Police. Open the door!
Police! Open the door!
Third and final time.
Police! Open the door!
Open the fucking door!
[OVER RADIO]
Trajano, this is Coria.
We're on floor two
of the northern block.
They refuse to open,
but someone's inside.
Something's up.
TRAJANO:
Breach that apartment now.
We can't waste any more time.
CORIA:
For the last time...
Police. Open the fucking door!
Let's go, goddamn it! Move!
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[CLAMORING]
Wait up. Wait up!
This is Marcos! Things are
getting out of control here!
I need backup!
Can anyone come down?
Trajano, do you copy?
Requesting backup.
TRAJANO:
Marcos, no backup.
No one gets in or out.
Marcos, wait for instructions.
MARCOS:
This is getting out of hand!
Come here! Let's go!
Hurry, let's go!
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LITTLE:
Come on, goddamn it. Come on!
Let's go!
Hurry up!
Move it!
Move it!
Come on!
Hurry! Faster!
[CHAIN RATTLING]
[]
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
We can't go! We can't!
Leave me alone! Stop!
Leave me alone!
We need papers to stay here.
"Here," where? You can't stay--
Here in Spain, dumbass!
No.
No, no, no! No, goddamn it! No!
[OVER RADIO]
Trajano, Marcos here.
I'm inside.
Trajano, this is Marcos.
The door's coming down.
Trajano, I'm in trouble.
Where the hell are you, guys?
Trajano!
Marcos here!
Don't move! Keep quiet!
[CLAMORING]
[CRYING]
[ENGINE STARTS]
[FENCE CRASHING, RATTLING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[CLAMORING IN DISTANCE]
Dani!
[MUFFLED SHOUTING]
[EXCLAIMS]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[DOORS OPEN]
[SCREAMING]
Run! Run!
-[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
-[POUNDING ON DOOR]
TRAJANO:
Marcos, second floor now!
LITTLE:
Mom?
TRAJANO:
Marcos, go up to the second
floor now!
I'm sorry.
Open up, or I'll knock
the door down!
POLICEMAN:
Open the fucking door!
[POUNDING STOPS]
[OVER RADIO]
Dani, I know you're listening.
Switch to the last channel,
just you and me.
[SWITCH CLICKS]
Are you there?
Yes.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
That certainly
got out of hand, didn't it?
You couldn't have looked
the other way, could you?
And a trooper is dead now.
A good father...
a good husband...
and a friend.
But you and I
still have a chance.
What do you want?
What is it you want?
I want to go home.
Well, that's up to you, Dani.
All of this can stop
whenever you decide.
And you know it.
Your blood's there,
your fingerprints too,
but we can make
all that go away.
Chalk it all up
to an eviction gone wrong.
Dani, you took some money
that's not yours.
You stole it. What do you
think's going to happen?
That they'll praise you?
Ramiro was a scumbag,
a worthless piece of shit.
You know what he did?
He worked for the mafias.
Dani, what have you done?
Because you were there
and what did you do?
Nothing. You had your phone,
overhearing everything,
your gun...
And you did nothing. Why?
Because you need that money.
Because you wanted that money.
You wanted to rob
those poor people.
That's the truth, Dani.
I haven't stolen any money
from these people.
Dani, I realize
that you have your reasons
in doing what you did,
and believe me,
I'm not judging you.
Because you have
your problems,
I have mine,
these people have theirs.
But you've put your problems
above these people.
You saw that money
and figured:
"Me first.
Then everybody else."
And that,
trooper, doesn't make you
better than me.
You aren't better than us.
What do you want?
Again.
What do you want?
What do you want?
Cervantes is dead
and there's nothing
we can do about it.
But he could have also died
in the line of duty.
As a hero, okay?
A pension for his family.
Imagine what's going to happen
if that video is leaked.
The video and the money.
If it gets out.
Forget about me,
think about what will happen
to you and your family,
to my family.
It's not just you, Dani.
It's not just you.
It's impossible
to erase all of this.
Look, nobody's proud
about what happened here.
I'm not proud
of what I did, Dani.
But we are the law.
And it's their word
against ours.
And I'm sorry,
but no one cares
about the truth.
A police force is far more
valuable than any one person.
And that's why, as colleagues,
we're here for each other.
Think about that money,
think about your mother.
Think about her, Dani.
You want her to end up
in a nursing home?
Poorly looked after.
Abandoned.
That's what's going to happen
if we don't work together.
That's what's going to happen.
You can count on it.
What do you know
about my mother?
You know what your problem is?
You think we're here
to serve citizens.
Not true. We're not here
to solve their problems.
We take orders.
We work for the top brass,
not for those at the bottom.
And it's in no one's interest
that any of this
comes to light.
Not you, me,
nor any higher-ups.
The big difference
between you and me, Dani...
is that they'll have my back.
But not yours.
And what about them?
Who's them?
The woman and the boy.
Have they seen the video?
If they've seen the video,
this is a one-way solo trip.
And you know this
perfectly well.
There can be no witnesses.
[SIGHS]
What do you say, Dani?
Dani, let's go home.
Let's go home. What do you say?
Come on, what do you say?
Go fuck yourself.
-Dani!
-[POUNDING ON DOOR]
Open the door!
Dani, open the door!
Last warning, Dani!
Open the door!
LITTLE:
Mom!
-Mom, what are you waiting for?
-Dani!
-Dani!
-What's the holdup? Let's go!
-What's the holdup? Let's go!
-Open the door!
Let's go! Hurry up, come on!
[CALLS NAME]
Dani! You're really fucking up.
Open the door!
Dani!
There were two babies
on that raft.
But you...
You didn't cry.
You didn't cry.
It was as if...
As if you knew
what you had to do to get here.
This is where you belong.
Wait!
Go! Go!
-Mom.
-Go!
-Mom.
-Go! Go!
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[SCREAMS]
[SPEAKING SOFTLY]
[CHANTING AMAZON HYMN]
[CONTINUES CHANTING HYMN]
[]
[MOUTHING WORDS]
[CHANTING STOPS]
What's your name?
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