Siren (2013) Movie Script
You're here.
Listen.
Pay attention.
Once upon a time,
there was a special,
valuable, dangerous girl.
A golden goose with bite.
You're gonna love her.
Everyone does.
She's hiding, alone.
And we need to find her.
Where in the world
Can my lover be
Where in this wonderful world
Is there someone for me
He may be standing
In a corner
On a lonely street
It's
a haunted house.
- The alarm's off.
There's nothing there.
- I heard it's a witch
that prays to Satan.
- What's a Satan?
- Anyone wanna come with?
Losers.
Hi.
- How did you get in here?
- I...
- Listen, kid.
Go home to your parents.
Please, go.
No.
- Go.
It wasn't your fault!
Remember that!
- Excuse me.
- Sorry to bother you.
Not again.
- I'm looking for a girl.
About 13?
She's had a,
quite a effect on my,
my...
My son, he's just not,
not the same.
I say,
you are the,
the loveliest woman
I've ever seen.
Actually, I don't use these.
Just for driving, you know.
That's great.
- So, where's the girl,
that bewitched my son?
- I live here alone.
- Are you her sister?
No, I live here alone.
- I just had the craziest idea.
- No, you didn't.
- I just had
the sudden
urge, I can't believe
I'm gonna say this to you.
You and I,
should run away together.
No...
I love you.
- No, thank you--
- Now look at me.
You should
be so flattered.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I...
I wish you didn't
make me do that.
No...
Let's
go, buddy, come on.
Come on.
No!
I love her.
I love you!
- Get in.
So are we gonna get a
statement from the owner?
- What do you think?
- Sorry, your gate was open.
I didn't realize
anybody lived here.
- A little help?
- Oh, uh...
Yeah, sure.
Do you mind?
- Uh, no.
- Wow, ah...
Screwdriver, please?
Can I get a screwdriver, please?
- How are you...
How are you not?
It works.
- It runs.
For it to work, I'd need uh...
I'd need some more
tools and a uh...
I'd need a uh...
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I uh...
I just, I get...
Where am I?
- My guest house.
- What happened?
- You fainted.
- Yeah, that happens.
- Hypo...
- Glycemic, yeah.
How do you see me?
- That a trick question?
- How do you see me?
- With my eyes.
- No, I mean...
How do I appear to you?
- I don't know, uh...
Pleasant? Nice?
- Nice?
- Not, not nice as in
boring, you know, I--
- No, nice is good.
Nice is great.
- Okay, well...
I feel better, so...
- You seem to be pretty
good with those wires.
Are you some kind of,
are you some kind of handyman?
- Some kind.
- You um, new in town?
- I'm just passing through.
I'm Guy.
- I'm, I'm Leigh.
- Pleased to meet you, Leigh.
Thanks for your hospitality.
- Um...
I need someone.
To fix my alarm.
And the monitors,
they've shorted.
- Look, uh...
Thanks for the sugar, all right?
I really gotta go.
- Do you have somewhere
you have to be?
I could pay you.
100 a day.
Cash.
- A few days' work sounds good.
- Well...
- Morning.
- Uh, for the...
For the fainting.
- Thanks.
Hundreds of area homes
are still without power
after a sub station sh--
- Patrick Colton, City Press.
Carl Tobin?
- Yeah.
How can I help you?
- I understand you were
arrested the other day.
- Yeah.
Uh, just a misunderstanding.
A few too many
drinks after work.
- Why isn't the owner of
the house pressing charges?
- The owner, I
didn't meet anybody.
- Hm.
So how you feeling,
Mister Tobin?
- I feel fine, I slept it off.
- Any residual feelings?
- Just, you know, a
little embarassed.
- Give us a call if
there's any changes.
Will do.
- No apparent residual effects.
Leigh.
- Have you ever smelt
anything so fresh?
- No, never.
Why me?
You know, why open
your house to a uh...
- Drifter?
- Well, I was gonna
say traveler, but...
- Well, I need someone to help,
and you proved
yourself handy, so,
why look for anyone else?
And I have a feeling about you.
- But why not just get a
uh, electrician from town?
Hard to find the help?
- It's hard to
get them to leave.
Oh, do you smell that?
What is that smell?
When's the last time
you washed your clothes?
- About two weeks ago, why?
- How can you...
- What?
- Oh...
- What?
- What?
- Go wash them.
Before
you kill us both.
- Now?
- Yes.
- All right.
- Please.
Hm, in the
middle they're still--
Oh, you're good!
Here's
your cake, darling.
15!
Oh, wow,
15, I can't believe it.
Wow.
It's only a
few more days, right?
Yeah, you'll be home,
I got you lots of presents.
Happy birthday.
Yay!
I'm sorry, honey.
I'm sorry, Dad.
Hello?
Hello, Leigh,
this is Patrick
Colton from Circe.
Just calling to thank you
for seven years
of loyal service.
- How did you find me?
Does that matter?
- This wasn't the arrangement.
The climate
out there has changed.
Once a month isn't
enough, anymore.
- You know that's
all I can produce.
Do we?
Know that for sure?
We'd like you to
come down to the lab,
run some tests, try
some new methods.
- Yes, I got your letters.
Then you know
it's essential you come in.
- I can't do that.
Then maybe
we should come to you.
- You wouldn't.
You know what will
happen if you--
No
threats, please.
You're our most
valuable resource.
- When will the alarm be fixed?
- I'm working as fast as I can.
- Be careful.
This survived Stalin
and the Nazis,
but it's still fragile.
- My rough hands can
handle delicate things.
- You're wearing a towel.
As requested.
My clothes are being washed.
Leigh?
Leigh?
- Finally put our son to bed.
I hope he sleeps tonight.
Carl.
Carl, are you okay?
Carl, I asked you a question.
It's, it's my--
No, don't say it.
It happens to
everybody, it's normal.
- I wasn't gonna say that.
I'm angry.
- Damn it, Agnes,
I said I'm sorry.
I couldn't do it.
- It's me, right?
- No.
- No longer the
prettiest girl in town.
What?
- There's someone else.
- We wanted to give
you something, Peanut,
to remind you of us
while we're on vacation.
- It's only three days, honey.
- I still don't think it's
a good idea to leave at all.
- We discussed this, honey.
She's 18, now.
- I know, but--
- And insisted.
We need to set
up the dead letter drops,
so they can't find her.
We'll be back
before you know it.
- We love you.
- We love you.
So much, honey.
- Mwah.
- They found me, Daddy.
But I met someone.
Eugh.
Here you go, steak tartare.
- Great.
- Stop!
- Wh...
Why?
- You can't smell.
You can't smell.
- No.
I uh, I have a condition.
Anosmia, you ever hear of it?
- Yeah.
- Really?
Yeah.
- It's not that bad,
unless there's a gas leak.
You really
can't smell at all?
- The worst part is that
everything tastes the same.
A fancy restaurant smells
the same as hospital food.
- I grew up on hospital food.
Yeah, well,
I've had my share.
- Well how'd you get it?
Is that why you're running?
- What makes you
think I'm running?
- People don't drift anymore.
They have places to go.
And fewer still stay
at strangers' houses.
You're running from something.
Or towards it, I'm
not sure which.
I've got work to do.
- I did it.
I left Agnes, we
can be together now.
- I'm calling the police.
- No, no you don't say that
when I say something
like that to you.
When I say something
nice to you,
you say, "thank you."
You say, "I love you."
Say it.
Say it, say it.
- Get out!
Get out!
- Ah!
- Fuck!
Ah!
Hey, you all right?
Who was that guy?
- No one, he's just--
- Husband?
- No, I'm not married.
- Boyfriend.
No.
- He was hurting you.
- I took care of it.
Yeah, I saw
that, that bastard.
- It's not his fault!
- What do you mean, Leigh?
What's going on?
- I also have a condition.
Come with me.
It's okay, you're safe.
- Excuse me, sorry
to bother you.
I'm actually looking
for a young girl.
About 13?
- Not again.
- She's had quite
an effect on my son.
- This is from the
day you arrived.
- I love you.
- I give off a pheromone.
A smell that makes men see
me as their heart's desire.
Their fantasy.
And fall in love
with me instantly.
Not real love, just a smell.
- Come on, this is crazy.
What does one guy...
How does this happen?
- I don't know.
No one does.
And you've
always been this way?
- Ever since puberty.
There was an incident
at school when I was 12.
I haven't been the same since.
- How can you even
keep that there?
- To remind me of why
I can't ever leave.
- You have a power.
This is a gift.
- No, not the word I would use.
Once a month,
I dilute and ship
a bit of myself.
My essence, to
Circe Laboratories.
You heard of them?
- Yeah.
- They drop a
microscopic amount into
every one of their
best-selling perfume bottles.
Making anyone who wears it,
slightly more attractive.
The perfume actually works.
And it pays the bills.
But until the alarm and all
of the monitors are fixed,
I am not safe.
Ah, God.
- Be careful.
- Yes.
All right.
So your power has
no effect on me.
Oh!
Oh, I'm so sorry!
Were you flirting?
- Do you even know
what flirting is?
- Yes.
- Uh huh.
No.
Sometimes.
I haven't had a
normal conversation
with anyone since
my parents died.
And I've never flirted.
At all.
What did you think?
- It was...
Awful.
It was, it was not good at all.
And really bad.
- Oh my, oh, wow, no one's,
No one's really ever
been that honest.
- You shoulda told me.
That you had a 74
Chateau Latour.
- It was a gift.
- It's happy hour.
- Do you appreciate it?
80% of our taste is in our nose.
- Yeah, but the
other 20 is amazing.
Oh!
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I, I'm...
I'm really drunk.
I've never been
this drunk before.
- That's fine.
- I've never been
so many things.
Thank you.
Were you in the military?
- Engineer Corp.
Mechanic.
- To the military.
Good old Uncle Sam.
Who gave you that?
Special lady friend?
- My mother.
She died.
When I was over there.
To being orphans.
It's very pretty.
- So's your necklace.
- So, why are you on the run?
And, why do you have, um...
Ano...
A nose?
- Anosmia.
- Anosmia.
Anosmia.
Anosmia.
Anosmia.
How did you get it?
- Oh, that one.
Well that's easy.
They're the same story.
- What, what's the same story?
What?
- Mortar attack.
I watched a,
a whole bunch of civilians
get torn to shreds
along with my um...
My olfactory nerves.
I was home for one week,
trying to readjust when uh,
I got called up again.
Couldn't face it, so...
I ran.
- You went AWOL?
- If they find me.
They arrest me.
So I run.
And I hide.
You know all about
that, right Leigh?
Leigh?
Leigh?
- Refreshments.
Hey.
- Is this what a
hangover feels like?
It sucks.
- It's not that bad.
All right.
Your alarm is fixed.
- You're done?
I'm done.
I'll be out of your
hair by this afternoon.
- Well I have many more
things that need fixing.
In the house, I um...
- Storm drains need patching.
- Yeah, right.
- Hey, where else
do I have to be?
I need to pop into town,
pick up some supplies.
I'll be back before dark.
Why don't you come with me?
You need to see
what's out there.
- I have everything I need here.
- I need to go.
I'll be back.
- Guy?
- Hm?
Can I trust you?
- Yeah.
I'll be back.
You
should shower first.
- Excuse me, Miss, I'm sorry.
I ordered an Irish coffee.
All we
have is Columbian.
- Can I just get
a shot of whiskey?
I'll just pour it in, myself.
Why didn't you
just order that from the start?
- Charming as always, I see.
What's the hold up?
What do they
want to do with her?
- It's not your business.
- Maybe it's not her, I mean,
If you had a photo, I could...
- She hasn't been
photographed as an adult.
Does she wear the necklace?
- Yeah.
- Then that's her.
- You know what, she's
just a lonely girl.
- You get that
necklace off of her.
So we can go in.
And then Circe
cleans your record.
- It's not that easy, she
never takes the damn thing off.
- You got two days.
After that, you go to jail.
You take her down,
or we take her out.
It's up to you.
- You're him, aren't you?
- Do I know you?
- You're staying with her.
- There you are!
- Take these to the car.
- Mom--
- I'll be there in a minute, go.
Oh, nice bracelet.
Magnolia's the most
fragrant flower.
I hope he wasn't bothering you.
- No, no, I uh,
think he had me confused
with someone else.
- You may have seen his father
arrested a few days ago?
Up at her place.
Carl.
Whatever she did to him,
the man is broken.
He's no good to me, anymore.
He's certainly no
good to the boy.
He's got his own mess.
I heard him quoting
Shakespeare the other day.
What the hell?
Hope she didn't make him gay.
- Hardly.
- Sorry to bother with this,
this is not your problem,
you can't help it.
- Help what?
- What the witch does when she
gets her claws into you.
I feel sorry for you.
- Jesus Christ.
- She is a snake.
A black cat.
A siren.
Everybody falls under her spell.
- Who are they?
- You are not safe.
You can't ruin peoples' lives
and not expect feedback.
You should move
on, while you can.
- Hey, Mom, do you
have a dollar for--
I said I'd be right there!
I hope my words helped.
- Yeah.
- You take care, now.
Nice day
we're having, fellas.
Why'd you attack me?
- I don't know.
You should've
showered before you left.
- So you knew this would happen?
- I knew something would.
They smelt me on you.
- Believe me, they
were not loving me.
- The smell reminded them of me.
It was a tease, it
made them hate you.
- Well then why'd you let me go?
I didn't
want you to go.
Let me get you some ice.
- Hold on.
If your smell on me
made them aggressive
then why'd you bottle it?
- Who says I bottle smell?
- The townspeople,
you know one of them
called you a witch.
- Aren't I?
I'm a freak.
- Leigh, you are not a freak.
- Don't tell me what I am.
It's not just men that I affect.
A bird flies through
the window at me
and breaks its neck.
Do you know how many animals
I've buried in the forest?
I'm a freak!
- Leigh...
- I live in a house, alone,
surrounded by flowers.
I have to burn tar
to mask my scent.
I have to wear death
around my neck.
- You need to start trusting me.
You need to open up to me,
you need to tell me everything.
What do those buttons do?
- If I press the right
button, the lab explodes.
- If you press the left one?
- The button pricks
my finger with poison.
Killing me.
- With a little help
from a blue frog.
But why?
- Only I get to decide
how I live and when I die.
Circe makes a lot
more than perfume.
In its undiluted
form, my essence
can be abused by
governments, armies.
I can't let that happen.
- But what makes you think
that's even what they want?
- Because it isn't the first
time that they've tried.
Please, it hurts.
No, stop.
No more tests!
No, stop.
No!
No more tests, no more tests.
I was 15.
No...
No!
Imagine what they'd
do to me, now.
My essence has grown stronger.
These were designed
by Eva Zeisel.
She survived Nazi
Germany and red Russia.
In 1936 she was accused of
plotting against Stalin,
and was imprisoned
for 16 months.
But did she break down?
- No?
- Did she go crazy?
- No.
Did she lose faith?
- No.
No.
Who am I to mope?
I thought you
fixed the monitors?
How...
- They're free.
They're online.
Just gotta know how
to patch into it.
Since you can't see the world,
thought I'd bring
the world to you.
A government
bill to crack down
on laboratory
experiments on animals
is expected to
become law, today.
Animal rights activists
have been pushing for the--
Is an
accident waiting to happen.
The multimillion
dollar drug smuggling ring.
22 pounds of heroin
were seized along--
A
master of deception.
25 people
have been arrested
and face charges when--
- Mom?
- Scary.
- So people can't see me.
Plus, it helps to
dampen my pheromones.
Uh huh.
- And it makes me look fearsome.
Oh, oh yeah, I'm terrified.
So is that why you
brought me out here?
- You are such a cliche.
- What?
- The lookout point.
The moment, the view.
You're gonna try and kiss me.
- You led me here.
Oh, that's pretty.
- Sh, sh.
My God.
You're amazing.
Ah, man.
I thought that was dinner.
Look.
- I saw her first!
- Yeah, yeah.
- I'm coming, doll.
I'm coming to you,
darling, coming through!
- Hello?
Guy?
Guy?
- Anything?
Whoa, whoa, just let
me handle this one.
Hi.
Hi! Hi, hello.
Can I help you?
Is he here?
Who?
Who? Carl.
Is Carl here? My husband Carl.
Uh...
You don't know.
I know how it works.
Look, go get Carl,
bring him out here,
and tell him his wife,
Agnes, is here to see him.
His wife Agnes.
Carl!
Carl!
Carl!
- Leigh?
- Sometimes I hold my breath,
to get away from
myself for a moment.
I'm scared.
- So your essence
is literally you.
It's blood.
- Distilled down to plasma.
Takes a lot out of
me, but I don't mind.
It's a release.
- So why just once a month?
- Because it only
seems shareable
in a certain time in my cycle.
- How much do you give them?
- As much as I can.
But they want more.
- Ah, come on.
- Just wanted you to look at me.
See me the way I see you.
- Show me the gate.
Oh, damn!
- Look at me, now!
Give me your hand.
What are you doing?
I want you to
have this, for luck.
- That's lovely.
- Yeah, well...
You know, there's plenty
of places you can go,
and still feel isolated.
Why limit yourself to one
part of the world, you know?
Why limit yourself
to one part of life?
What?
Is that crazy?
- No, no, not crazy, just...
Just no.
No.
What did you do in the army?
- Told you, Engineer Corp.
- That's not what
your tattoo says.
You were Special Forces.
- Airborne.
- Why did you lie to me?
- I'm not that guy anymore.
- What else are you hiding?
Why are you giving me
this bracelet right now?
- It's not safe here.
They're coming.
- What are you talking about?
- I had to appear
weak, harmless,
to get you to take me in.
Pretending to be hypoglycemic
was my Trojan Horse.
- Why, what...
You work for Circe.
- I have to disarm that,
and then they move in.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
How could you?
How could you!
You know what they
wanna do to me.
- Didn't have a choice.
Leigh, it was this
or court-martial.
I couldn't risk going to jail,
but now I have a reason to.
We can leave,
tonight, you and me.
I have a plan.
- You were the only man,
I've ever done anything with.
How can I trust
anything that you say?
- I have a truck by the gate.
We don't wanna be
here when they come.
- How do I know this
isn't part of the plan?
That you won't just lead
me right into their arms?
If you stay
here, they'll come.
- Let them!
- Leigh, I can save us.
Will you come with me?
- How can I trust you?
No.
- God damn it, I haven't
given the signal!
What are you doing here?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You all right?
What's the matter?
- I'm so sorry.
It's not your fault.
It's over.
It's all over.
Almost.
- Your husband isn't here.
- My husband's dead.
Oh, he left this,
this suicide note.
It's addressed to you.
"To my love in the
house in the forest."
Carl couldn't have you in
his life, and so he took it.
And now I'll take yours.
Leigh!
Leigh!
Leigh!
Leigh...
Hey.
- She was gonna kill me,
she was gonna kill me.
I had to do it,
It's okay.
- I had to do it.
- Leigh, Leigh...
It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Shh.
- You came here to betray me.
- But I didn't.
Leigh, trust me.
It's okay.
Leigh, it's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's all right.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Shh.
It's all right.
I have you.
- I didn't wanna kill her.
I know. I know.
They're coming.
Destroy the lab.
But uh, don't press
the other button.
- Why not?
It's just a deterrent.
They're jewels,
and nothing more.
- Thank God.
Ah!
- You're hurt.
- It's fine.
What are we gonna do?
- Do you trust me?
I can't believe
you had to kill her.
It was me or her.
I would've
preferred you.
You were supposed to be perfect.
Immune.
But you messed up, big time.
It's a wash.
We'll be lucky if her body
yields any useable samples.
I thought you liked
the hunt, Guy?
- Yeah, it's your nature.
- Thousands in expenses,
weeks of hard work, for what?
A dead golden goose?
- The goose wasn't golden.
Its eggs were.
Is that
all you got to say?
- What?
No recommendation letter?
- Be grateful you're
alive and free.
- It worked.
- Then keep it.
- Buckle up.
This'll be another first.
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
All in it and we
All in it and
All in it and
we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it and
we close our eyes
Listen.
Pay attention.
Once upon a time,
there was a special,
valuable, dangerous girl.
A golden goose with bite.
You're gonna love her.
Everyone does.
She's hiding, alone.
And we need to find her.
Where in the world
Can my lover be
Where in this wonderful world
Is there someone for me
He may be standing
In a corner
On a lonely street
It's
a haunted house.
- The alarm's off.
There's nothing there.
- I heard it's a witch
that prays to Satan.
- What's a Satan?
- Anyone wanna come with?
Losers.
Hi.
- How did you get in here?
- I...
- Listen, kid.
Go home to your parents.
Please, go.
No.
- Go.
It wasn't your fault!
Remember that!
- Excuse me.
- Sorry to bother you.
Not again.
- I'm looking for a girl.
About 13?
She's had a,
quite a effect on my,
my...
My son, he's just not,
not the same.
I say,
you are the,
the loveliest woman
I've ever seen.
Actually, I don't use these.
Just for driving, you know.
That's great.
- So, where's the girl,
that bewitched my son?
- I live here alone.
- Are you her sister?
No, I live here alone.
- I just had the craziest idea.
- No, you didn't.
- I just had
the sudden
urge, I can't believe
I'm gonna say this to you.
You and I,
should run away together.
No...
I love you.
- No, thank you--
- Now look at me.
You should
be so flattered.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I...
I wish you didn't
make me do that.
No...
Let's
go, buddy, come on.
Come on.
No!
I love her.
I love you!
- Get in.
So are we gonna get a
statement from the owner?
- What do you think?
- Sorry, your gate was open.
I didn't realize
anybody lived here.
- A little help?
- Oh, uh...
Yeah, sure.
Do you mind?
- Uh, no.
- Wow, ah...
Screwdriver, please?
Can I get a screwdriver, please?
- How are you...
How are you not?
It works.
- It runs.
For it to work, I'd need uh...
I'd need some more
tools and a uh...
I'd need a uh...
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I uh...
I just, I get...
Where am I?
- My guest house.
- What happened?
- You fainted.
- Yeah, that happens.
- Hypo...
- Glycemic, yeah.
How do you see me?
- That a trick question?
- How do you see me?
- With my eyes.
- No, I mean...
How do I appear to you?
- I don't know, uh...
Pleasant? Nice?
- Nice?
- Not, not nice as in
boring, you know, I--
- No, nice is good.
Nice is great.
- Okay, well...
I feel better, so...
- You seem to be pretty
good with those wires.
Are you some kind of,
are you some kind of handyman?
- Some kind.
- You um, new in town?
- I'm just passing through.
I'm Guy.
- I'm, I'm Leigh.
- Pleased to meet you, Leigh.
Thanks for your hospitality.
- Um...
I need someone.
To fix my alarm.
And the monitors,
they've shorted.
- Look, uh...
Thanks for the sugar, all right?
I really gotta go.
- Do you have somewhere
you have to be?
I could pay you.
100 a day.
Cash.
- A few days' work sounds good.
- Well...
- Morning.
- Uh, for the...
For the fainting.
- Thanks.
Hundreds of area homes
are still without power
after a sub station sh--
- Patrick Colton, City Press.
Carl Tobin?
- Yeah.
How can I help you?
- I understand you were
arrested the other day.
- Yeah.
Uh, just a misunderstanding.
A few too many
drinks after work.
- Why isn't the owner of
the house pressing charges?
- The owner, I
didn't meet anybody.
- Hm.
So how you feeling,
Mister Tobin?
- I feel fine, I slept it off.
- Any residual feelings?
- Just, you know, a
little embarassed.
- Give us a call if
there's any changes.
Will do.
- No apparent residual effects.
Leigh.
- Have you ever smelt
anything so fresh?
- No, never.
Why me?
You know, why open
your house to a uh...
- Drifter?
- Well, I was gonna
say traveler, but...
- Well, I need someone to help,
and you proved
yourself handy, so,
why look for anyone else?
And I have a feeling about you.
- But why not just get a
uh, electrician from town?
Hard to find the help?
- It's hard to
get them to leave.
Oh, do you smell that?
What is that smell?
When's the last time
you washed your clothes?
- About two weeks ago, why?
- How can you...
- What?
- Oh...
- What?
- What?
- Go wash them.
Before
you kill us both.
- Now?
- Yes.
- All right.
- Please.
Hm, in the
middle they're still--
Oh, you're good!
Here's
your cake, darling.
15!
Oh, wow,
15, I can't believe it.
Wow.
It's only a
few more days, right?
Yeah, you'll be home,
I got you lots of presents.
Happy birthday.
Yay!
I'm sorry, honey.
I'm sorry, Dad.
Hello?
Hello, Leigh,
this is Patrick
Colton from Circe.
Just calling to thank you
for seven years
of loyal service.
- How did you find me?
Does that matter?
- This wasn't the arrangement.
The climate
out there has changed.
Once a month isn't
enough, anymore.
- You know that's
all I can produce.
Do we?
Know that for sure?
We'd like you to
come down to the lab,
run some tests, try
some new methods.
- Yes, I got your letters.
Then you know
it's essential you come in.
- I can't do that.
Then maybe
we should come to you.
- You wouldn't.
You know what will
happen if you--
No
threats, please.
You're our most
valuable resource.
- When will the alarm be fixed?
- I'm working as fast as I can.
- Be careful.
This survived Stalin
and the Nazis,
but it's still fragile.
- My rough hands can
handle delicate things.
- You're wearing a towel.
As requested.
My clothes are being washed.
Leigh?
Leigh?
- Finally put our son to bed.
I hope he sleeps tonight.
Carl.
Carl, are you okay?
Carl, I asked you a question.
It's, it's my--
No, don't say it.
It happens to
everybody, it's normal.
- I wasn't gonna say that.
I'm angry.
- Damn it, Agnes,
I said I'm sorry.
I couldn't do it.
- It's me, right?
- No.
- No longer the
prettiest girl in town.
What?
- There's someone else.
- We wanted to give
you something, Peanut,
to remind you of us
while we're on vacation.
- It's only three days, honey.
- I still don't think it's
a good idea to leave at all.
- We discussed this, honey.
She's 18, now.
- I know, but--
- And insisted.
We need to set
up the dead letter drops,
so they can't find her.
We'll be back
before you know it.
- We love you.
- We love you.
So much, honey.
- Mwah.
- They found me, Daddy.
But I met someone.
Eugh.
Here you go, steak tartare.
- Great.
- Stop!
- Wh...
Why?
- You can't smell.
You can't smell.
- No.
I uh, I have a condition.
Anosmia, you ever hear of it?
- Yeah.
- Really?
Yeah.
- It's not that bad,
unless there's a gas leak.
You really
can't smell at all?
- The worst part is that
everything tastes the same.
A fancy restaurant smells
the same as hospital food.
- I grew up on hospital food.
Yeah, well,
I've had my share.
- Well how'd you get it?
Is that why you're running?
- What makes you
think I'm running?
- People don't drift anymore.
They have places to go.
And fewer still stay
at strangers' houses.
You're running from something.
Or towards it, I'm
not sure which.
I've got work to do.
- I did it.
I left Agnes, we
can be together now.
- I'm calling the police.
- No, no you don't say that
when I say something
like that to you.
When I say something
nice to you,
you say, "thank you."
You say, "I love you."
Say it.
Say it, say it.
- Get out!
Get out!
- Ah!
- Fuck!
Ah!
Hey, you all right?
Who was that guy?
- No one, he's just--
- Husband?
- No, I'm not married.
- Boyfriend.
No.
- He was hurting you.
- I took care of it.
Yeah, I saw
that, that bastard.
- It's not his fault!
- What do you mean, Leigh?
What's going on?
- I also have a condition.
Come with me.
It's okay, you're safe.
- Excuse me, sorry
to bother you.
I'm actually looking
for a young girl.
About 13?
- Not again.
- She's had quite
an effect on my son.
- This is from the
day you arrived.
- I love you.
- I give off a pheromone.
A smell that makes men see
me as their heart's desire.
Their fantasy.
And fall in love
with me instantly.
Not real love, just a smell.
- Come on, this is crazy.
What does one guy...
How does this happen?
- I don't know.
No one does.
And you've
always been this way?
- Ever since puberty.
There was an incident
at school when I was 12.
I haven't been the same since.
- How can you even
keep that there?
- To remind me of why
I can't ever leave.
- You have a power.
This is a gift.
- No, not the word I would use.
Once a month,
I dilute and ship
a bit of myself.
My essence, to
Circe Laboratories.
You heard of them?
- Yeah.
- They drop a
microscopic amount into
every one of their
best-selling perfume bottles.
Making anyone who wears it,
slightly more attractive.
The perfume actually works.
And it pays the bills.
But until the alarm and all
of the monitors are fixed,
I am not safe.
Ah, God.
- Be careful.
- Yes.
All right.
So your power has
no effect on me.
Oh!
Oh, I'm so sorry!
Were you flirting?
- Do you even know
what flirting is?
- Yes.
- Uh huh.
No.
Sometimes.
I haven't had a
normal conversation
with anyone since
my parents died.
And I've never flirted.
At all.
What did you think?
- It was...
Awful.
It was, it was not good at all.
And really bad.
- Oh my, oh, wow, no one's,
No one's really ever
been that honest.
- You shoulda told me.
That you had a 74
Chateau Latour.
- It was a gift.
- It's happy hour.
- Do you appreciate it?
80% of our taste is in our nose.
- Yeah, but the
other 20 is amazing.
Oh!
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I, I'm...
I'm really drunk.
I've never been
this drunk before.
- That's fine.
- I've never been
so many things.
Thank you.
Were you in the military?
- Engineer Corp.
Mechanic.
- To the military.
Good old Uncle Sam.
Who gave you that?
Special lady friend?
- My mother.
She died.
When I was over there.
To being orphans.
It's very pretty.
- So's your necklace.
- So, why are you on the run?
And, why do you have, um...
Ano...
A nose?
- Anosmia.
- Anosmia.
Anosmia.
Anosmia.
Anosmia.
How did you get it?
- Oh, that one.
Well that's easy.
They're the same story.
- What, what's the same story?
What?
- Mortar attack.
I watched a,
a whole bunch of civilians
get torn to shreds
along with my um...
My olfactory nerves.
I was home for one week,
trying to readjust when uh,
I got called up again.
Couldn't face it, so...
I ran.
- You went AWOL?
- If they find me.
They arrest me.
So I run.
And I hide.
You know all about
that, right Leigh?
Leigh?
Leigh?
- Refreshments.
Hey.
- Is this what a
hangover feels like?
It sucks.
- It's not that bad.
All right.
Your alarm is fixed.
- You're done?
I'm done.
I'll be out of your
hair by this afternoon.
- Well I have many more
things that need fixing.
In the house, I um...
- Storm drains need patching.
- Yeah, right.
- Hey, where else
do I have to be?
I need to pop into town,
pick up some supplies.
I'll be back before dark.
Why don't you come with me?
You need to see
what's out there.
- I have everything I need here.
- I need to go.
I'll be back.
- Guy?
- Hm?
Can I trust you?
- Yeah.
I'll be back.
You
should shower first.
- Excuse me, Miss, I'm sorry.
I ordered an Irish coffee.
All we
have is Columbian.
- Can I just get
a shot of whiskey?
I'll just pour it in, myself.
Why didn't you
just order that from the start?
- Charming as always, I see.
What's the hold up?
What do they
want to do with her?
- It's not your business.
- Maybe it's not her, I mean,
If you had a photo, I could...
- She hasn't been
photographed as an adult.
Does she wear the necklace?
- Yeah.
- Then that's her.
- You know what, she's
just a lonely girl.
- You get that
necklace off of her.
So we can go in.
And then Circe
cleans your record.
- It's not that easy, she
never takes the damn thing off.
- You got two days.
After that, you go to jail.
You take her down,
or we take her out.
It's up to you.
- You're him, aren't you?
- Do I know you?
- You're staying with her.
- There you are!
- Take these to the car.
- Mom--
- I'll be there in a minute, go.
Oh, nice bracelet.
Magnolia's the most
fragrant flower.
I hope he wasn't bothering you.
- No, no, I uh,
think he had me confused
with someone else.
- You may have seen his father
arrested a few days ago?
Up at her place.
Carl.
Whatever she did to him,
the man is broken.
He's no good to me, anymore.
He's certainly no
good to the boy.
He's got his own mess.
I heard him quoting
Shakespeare the other day.
What the hell?
Hope she didn't make him gay.
- Hardly.
- Sorry to bother with this,
this is not your problem,
you can't help it.
- Help what?
- What the witch does when she
gets her claws into you.
I feel sorry for you.
- Jesus Christ.
- She is a snake.
A black cat.
A siren.
Everybody falls under her spell.
- Who are they?
- You are not safe.
You can't ruin peoples' lives
and not expect feedback.
You should move
on, while you can.
- Hey, Mom, do you
have a dollar for--
I said I'd be right there!
I hope my words helped.
- Yeah.
- You take care, now.
Nice day
we're having, fellas.
Why'd you attack me?
- I don't know.
You should've
showered before you left.
- So you knew this would happen?
- I knew something would.
They smelt me on you.
- Believe me, they
were not loving me.
- The smell reminded them of me.
It was a tease, it
made them hate you.
- Well then why'd you let me go?
I didn't
want you to go.
Let me get you some ice.
- Hold on.
If your smell on me
made them aggressive
then why'd you bottle it?
- Who says I bottle smell?
- The townspeople,
you know one of them
called you a witch.
- Aren't I?
I'm a freak.
- Leigh, you are not a freak.
- Don't tell me what I am.
It's not just men that I affect.
A bird flies through
the window at me
and breaks its neck.
Do you know how many animals
I've buried in the forest?
I'm a freak!
- Leigh...
- I live in a house, alone,
surrounded by flowers.
I have to burn tar
to mask my scent.
I have to wear death
around my neck.
- You need to start trusting me.
You need to open up to me,
you need to tell me everything.
What do those buttons do?
- If I press the right
button, the lab explodes.
- If you press the left one?
- The button pricks
my finger with poison.
Killing me.
- With a little help
from a blue frog.
But why?
- Only I get to decide
how I live and when I die.
Circe makes a lot
more than perfume.
In its undiluted
form, my essence
can be abused by
governments, armies.
I can't let that happen.
- But what makes you think
that's even what they want?
- Because it isn't the first
time that they've tried.
Please, it hurts.
No, stop.
No more tests!
No, stop.
No!
No more tests, no more tests.
I was 15.
No...
No!
Imagine what they'd
do to me, now.
My essence has grown stronger.
These were designed
by Eva Zeisel.
She survived Nazi
Germany and red Russia.
In 1936 she was accused of
plotting against Stalin,
and was imprisoned
for 16 months.
But did she break down?
- No?
- Did she go crazy?
- No.
Did she lose faith?
- No.
No.
Who am I to mope?
I thought you
fixed the monitors?
How...
- They're free.
They're online.
Just gotta know how
to patch into it.
Since you can't see the world,
thought I'd bring
the world to you.
A government
bill to crack down
on laboratory
experiments on animals
is expected to
become law, today.
Animal rights activists
have been pushing for the--
Is an
accident waiting to happen.
The multimillion
dollar drug smuggling ring.
22 pounds of heroin
were seized along--
A
master of deception.
25 people
have been arrested
and face charges when--
- Mom?
- Scary.
- So people can't see me.
Plus, it helps to
dampen my pheromones.
Uh huh.
- And it makes me look fearsome.
Oh, oh yeah, I'm terrified.
So is that why you
brought me out here?
- You are such a cliche.
- What?
- The lookout point.
The moment, the view.
You're gonna try and kiss me.
- You led me here.
Oh, that's pretty.
- Sh, sh.
My God.
You're amazing.
Ah, man.
I thought that was dinner.
Look.
- I saw her first!
- Yeah, yeah.
- I'm coming, doll.
I'm coming to you,
darling, coming through!
- Hello?
Guy?
Guy?
- Anything?
Whoa, whoa, just let
me handle this one.
Hi.
Hi! Hi, hello.
Can I help you?
Is he here?
Who?
Who? Carl.
Is Carl here? My husband Carl.
Uh...
You don't know.
I know how it works.
Look, go get Carl,
bring him out here,
and tell him his wife,
Agnes, is here to see him.
His wife Agnes.
Carl!
Carl!
Carl!
- Leigh?
- Sometimes I hold my breath,
to get away from
myself for a moment.
I'm scared.
- So your essence
is literally you.
It's blood.
- Distilled down to plasma.
Takes a lot out of
me, but I don't mind.
It's a release.
- So why just once a month?
- Because it only
seems shareable
in a certain time in my cycle.
- How much do you give them?
- As much as I can.
But they want more.
- Ah, come on.
- Just wanted you to look at me.
See me the way I see you.
- Show me the gate.
Oh, damn!
- Look at me, now!
Give me your hand.
What are you doing?
I want you to
have this, for luck.
- That's lovely.
- Yeah, well...
You know, there's plenty
of places you can go,
and still feel isolated.
Why limit yourself to one
part of the world, you know?
Why limit yourself
to one part of life?
What?
Is that crazy?
- No, no, not crazy, just...
Just no.
No.
What did you do in the army?
- Told you, Engineer Corp.
- That's not what
your tattoo says.
You were Special Forces.
- Airborne.
- Why did you lie to me?
- I'm not that guy anymore.
- What else are you hiding?
Why are you giving me
this bracelet right now?
- It's not safe here.
They're coming.
- What are you talking about?
- I had to appear
weak, harmless,
to get you to take me in.
Pretending to be hypoglycemic
was my Trojan Horse.
- Why, what...
You work for Circe.
- I have to disarm that,
and then they move in.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.
How could you?
How could you!
You know what they
wanna do to me.
- Didn't have a choice.
Leigh, it was this
or court-martial.
I couldn't risk going to jail,
but now I have a reason to.
We can leave,
tonight, you and me.
I have a plan.
- You were the only man,
I've ever done anything with.
How can I trust
anything that you say?
- I have a truck by the gate.
We don't wanna be
here when they come.
- How do I know this
isn't part of the plan?
That you won't just lead
me right into their arms?
If you stay
here, they'll come.
- Let them!
- Leigh, I can save us.
Will you come with me?
- How can I trust you?
No.
- God damn it, I haven't
given the signal!
What are you doing here?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You all right?
What's the matter?
- I'm so sorry.
It's not your fault.
It's over.
It's all over.
Almost.
- Your husband isn't here.
- My husband's dead.
Oh, he left this,
this suicide note.
It's addressed to you.
"To my love in the
house in the forest."
Carl couldn't have you in
his life, and so he took it.
And now I'll take yours.
Leigh!
Leigh!
Leigh!
Leigh...
Hey.
- She was gonna kill me,
she was gonna kill me.
I had to do it,
It's okay.
- I had to do it.
- Leigh, Leigh...
It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay.
Shh.
- You came here to betray me.
- But I didn't.
Leigh, trust me.
It's okay.
Leigh, it's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's all right.
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Shh.
It's all right.
I have you.
- I didn't wanna kill her.
I know. I know.
They're coming.
Destroy the lab.
But uh, don't press
the other button.
- Why not?
It's just a deterrent.
They're jewels,
and nothing more.
- Thank God.
Ah!
- You're hurt.
- It's fine.
What are we gonna do?
- Do you trust me?
I can't believe
you had to kill her.
It was me or her.
I would've
preferred you.
You were supposed to be perfect.
Immune.
But you messed up, big time.
It's a wash.
We'll be lucky if her body
yields any useable samples.
I thought you liked
the hunt, Guy?
- Yeah, it's your nature.
- Thousands in expenses,
weeks of hard work, for what?
A dead golden goose?
- The goose wasn't golden.
Its eggs were.
Is that
all you got to say?
- What?
No recommendation letter?
- Be grateful you're
alive and free.
- It worked.
- Then keep it.
- Buckle up.
This'll be another first.
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
We're all in it and we're
All in it and we're
All in it and
we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
We're all in it
and we close our eyes
All in it and we
All in it and
All in it and
we close our eyes
Close our eyes
Close our eyes
We're all in it and
we close our eyes