Sundown (2021) Movie Script
- (WAVES CRASHING)
- (SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(SQUELCHING)
(ALEXA LAUGHS)
COLIN: Wake up!
- (ALEXA SCREAMS)
- (WATER SPLASHES)
- Come on!
- Come on!
There's no way
he's gonna get in.
It's not cold.
- (SPUTTERS)
- (LAUGHS)
- (WATER TRICKLING)
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
(BELL DINGS)
(BELL CONTINUES DINGING)
(SIGHS)
(SINGING IN SPANISH)
(COLIN SNICKERING)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)
ALEXA: She's looking at you.
- She's not his type.
- She could be my type.
(LAUGHTER)
- She wasn't looking at you.
- Could've been.
- Mm.
- Stop it.
WAITER: Hello. Good evening.
These are our premium steaks
for tonight.
We have the 200 gram rib eye
and the 400 gram cattle prod.
I give you doubles.
Ooh.
- Mum?
- Hmm?
Joining in?
- Uh...
- There's only two of us playing. Come on.
Just a sec. Just a sec.
- Wait, wait.
- Are you working?
I am.
- Get off your phone!
- Just a... No...
This is stupid.
- No work.
- I don't want to play.
- Ten minutes, no work.
- Why?
I... This is the first time
I took my phone, in a day.
- Nearly.
- Mm.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, you're not
getting it back.
Not until you play.
- Come on!
- Are you playing?
This has nothing to do
with me.
- We're talking to you.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Come here.
- Come on.
- I never liked dominoes.
- All right...
- Come on, give me my phone.
- We'll restart the game.
- Pfft!
- Come on!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
(CROWD WHISTLING)
(IN SPANISH)
You want a picture?
No, thank you.
ALICE: You're right. He does
look better from a distance.
Okay, come on,
come on, let's go.
(WATER SPLASHES)
(ALEXA AND COLIN LAUGHING)
Thanks for coming with us.
NEIL: Hmm.
I'm happy to.
The kids are having fun.
- (ALEXA SCREAMS)
- (WATER SPLASHES)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(SOFT CLICKING)
(INSECTS CHIRRING)
(FOLK ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKER)
- WAITER: Morning.
- Morning.
Uh, which one has tequila?
These two over here.
Ah. Thank you.
WAITER: It's a pleasure.
Hello.
I have your margaritas.
Can I take
these empty bottles?
Sure.
- Thank you.
- It's a pleasure.
Mm.
It's strong.
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
What are you doing?
You are such an asshole.
There's nothing in it.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello, Mum.
Hi.
Yes! Wait, wait, wait...
I can't hear you. Hello?
What?
Richard?
Where... where are you?
(SHAKILY) Um... Okay.
Uh...
We... We'll be there
as soon as...
Mum?
We'll be there
as soon as we can.
Mum?
- What's going on?
- Uh, it's Mum.
They're taking her
to a hospital.
Uh, start packing.
- (SIGHS)
- Mum!
- Come on, Mum.
- What's going on?
- Start packing!
- Just start packing, Colin.
Be quick.
Your suitcases
are in the back.
Bye, sir.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello? Can you hear me?
What?
What?
(CRYING)
Hey.
Yeah.
So, what's happened?
I see.
- (CONTINUES CRYING)
- All right.
No, I understand.
I understand.
Is she dead?
(ALICE SHUDDERING)
(SNIFFLING)
- Thank you.
- You're welcome, sir.
Sir, we have sorted out
your flights.
Unfortunately,
we couldn't avoid a layover
in Mexico City
and then one in Madrid.
Thankfully,
it's only one in Mexico.
And only two hours in Madrid.
We need your passports.
Thank you.
Can I have your
passports, please?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Have you given them
your passport?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- I don't have my passport.
- Mum...
COLIN: You don't have
your passport?
- Sir, I need your passport.
- I don't have my passport.
COLIN: Where is it?
We're already boarding.
We need your passport.
- What did you say?
- I don't have my passport.
- What the fuck? You don't...
- What?
I left it at the hotel. Um...
Okay, we can put you
on the next flight.
- Thank you.
- No, no, no! We'll wait!
- We have to go now.
- We will wait! No!
The plane is already
boarding, okay?
- (CRYING) I can't believe it!
- Mum...
(ALICE GRUNTS)
NEIL: Get her on the plane.
ATTENDANT: We need
to pass security.
ALEXA: Mum, come on.
How can you leave
your passport?
Come on.
Fuck!
ATTENDANT: We will follow
your luggage, okay?
We will wait for you.
Come this way.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ON PA)
MAN: Taxi?
(IN SPANISH)
Hotel.
What hotel?
- Hotel.
- Whatever?
Okay.
(IN SPANISH)
Hotel, very, very good.
(IN SPANISH)
(UPBEAT MUSIC
PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
Table dance.
Look at it.
This is a beautiful girl.
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
(IN SPANISH)
Hold on just a second.
Luisa!
Can I have a room, please?
LUISA: Yes.
Hold on.
You first see the room.
- LUISA: Want to show you?
- Okay.
(MUFFLED DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(IN SPANISH)
- How much?
- Four hundred pesos.
Thank you.
(IN SPANISH)
Okay.
if you need anything, you call me.
This is my phone number.
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Gracias.
- Thank you.
- (DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(NEIL AND GIRL
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(MAN IN SPANISH)
- Okay.
- You're only going to pay for what you drink, okay?
- Okay.
Anything else you need,
let me know.
Okay, thank you.
(MARIACHI BAND
PERFORMING LIVELY SONG)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
NEIL: Hang on, hang on.
Hang on.
Hi, how are you?
Yeah.
No, I'm...
No, I looked in the safe.
We looked in the safe. We...
It's not there. I thought
it was there, it's not there.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
No, they're still looking.
They're still looking.
We're still looking. Yeah.
(LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(MARIACHI BAND
CONTINUES PLAYING)
(IN SPANISH)
(SLURRING) No, I... I'm...
I have to fix this
at the consulate and, um...
It's closed till Monday, so...
I'm sorry.
- It's the best I could do.
- (DANCE MUSIC THUMPING)
ALICE: (ON PHONE) If they give
you a new passport on Monday,
you could fly back
straight away.
- Yeah.
- You could arrive on Tuesday,
and we could have, uh,
the funeral on Wednesday.
Yeah, yeah. Hopefully, yeah.
Or maybe you could get an emergency
permit to fly, something like that.
Yeah, well, I'll try my best.
I'm going to have Richard
e-mail the death certificate.
Get things going, you know?
Okay, yeah.
Where are you?
Um, I'm at a hotel
by the consulate.
How safe is it there?
Oh, it's fine, don't worry.
Yeah.
Hang in there.
I will.
How are you and the kids?
Uh...
We just can't believe
she's gone.
Yeah, no, I know. I know.
Nor can I.
Right.
We're on the next flight.
Okay.
Bye.
Bye, love.
(LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(LIVELY MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(SEAGULLS CALLING)
(FLY BUZZING)
MAN: Hi, Neil. How you doing?
Everything good?
Hey, what's up?
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
My friend.
My friend.
Hi.
Oh, man...
- Your hotel very good?
- Yeah.
- You like there?
- Yes.
Okay.
All right. It's...
a nice day, right?
(WOMEN CHATTERING IN SPANISH)
(POLICE SIREN WAILING
IN DISTANCE)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKER)
(IN SPANISH)
Hmm?
Uh...
No.
You want me to open?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
(IN SPANISH)
- Aqui.
- Gracias.
- Vacation?
- Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Where are you...
where are you from?
London.
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
(CHUCKLES)
(IN SPANISH)
Mm.
Berenice.
Is where you're from?
Okay. Neil.
- (IN SPANISH)
She's Jenny.
(BOTH IN SPANISH)
- Yeah.
ALICE: (ON VOICEMAIL)
I'm with Richard,
going through
the funeral arrangements.
Richard is going to send you the death
certificate and other documents...
to take them to the consulate.
And if they don't attend to
you, then just give him a call.
I need you to help me
make some decisions.
(VOICEMAIL ENDS)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(IN SPANISH)
- My friend...
- No, it's fine.
- Drunk.
- You wanna sit?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
(BAND SINGING UPBEAT SONG
IN SPANISH)
(BOTH PANTING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES CHIMING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
NEIL: Hello.
Hi.
Hi, sweetheart.
No, no, no, I'm just grabbing
a quick bite, but, um...
I know it's urgent.
I'm... just
by the consulate, but...
Yeah, I'll be...
I'll be... there
as soon as possible.
I know, and I do.
I wanna come home, too,
of course I do, but...
She told you that?
She told you
she wanted to be cremated?
Well, they're not family, so,
it's got nothing to do with them.
So, whatever you choose to
do, I'm with you.
Whatever you feel.
Yup.
Absolutely.
You sound awful.
- MAN: Salud! Salud! Salud!
- Cheers.
(MUSIC THUMPING ON SPEAKER)
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(BOTH PANTING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
ALICE: (ON VOICEMAIL)
What's going on?
Could you answer
the fucking phone?
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I need you.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Where's my stuff?
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Where's my...
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
LUISA: I don't know.
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(CELL PHONE SWITCHES OFF)
- (SOFT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)
- (MAN 1 SINGING IN SPANISH)
(CONTINUES SINGING)
(MAN 2 IN SPANISH)
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
- (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
- (MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(HAWKER SHOUTING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (PEOPLE SCREAMING)
(CHILD CRYING)
(PHONE CAMERAS CLICKING)
(REPORTER ON TV
IN SPANISH)
You should go to Paris.
- Mm-hmm.
- Go to London, where I'm from.
Uh, Rome. Beautiful!
Rome.
Uh, yeah,
you should go there.
Mm-hmm. Mm...
(IN SPANISH)
no woman?
No.
- Wife?
- No.
You? Do you have a partner?
- Do you have a husband?
- (CHUCKLES)
- No.
- No?
- No, no. No husband.
- Mm-hmm.
Do you have children?
(LAUGHS) No, no children!
Okay.
- You?
- No.
I have, uh, a niece.
And, uh, my sister's children.
My sister has a niece
and a nephew.
That's what we call...
we call...
And I love them.
I love them very, very much.
- But no, none.
- No.
(LAUGHS)
(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
(IN SPANISH)
Okay.
- MAN: Bye-bye!
- Bye!
(MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(NEIL SIGHS LOUDLY)
- Gracias.
- Gracias.
(SEAGULLS CALLING)
ALICE: What the fuck
is going on?
I've been calling and calling.
I thought
you needed help. I...
I was really worried.
What are you doing?
Do you realize
what I had to go through?
The funeral...
the people...
and all that on my own!
What are you doing?
(SHOUTS) What are you doing?
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(CELL PHONE CHIMING
REPEATEDLY)
NEIL: Hey.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Can I come and see you?
(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
- DRIVER: I'll wait here.
- Okay.
- Welcome one more time.
- Thanks.
- Can I have a buggy?
- Okay.
- Alice Bennett.
- Okay.
(IN SPANISH)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(SIGHS)
I thought
you weren't going to come.
Why?
(SCOFFS)
For the same reason you left
me with all of our problems.
The fact that
you've been hiding.
I'm not hiding.
You never came back
for your passport.
You never went
to the consulate.
Did you even lose
your passport?
Mm-mm.
What do you want?
Do you want...
do you want our money?
Do you want my money?
Is that why
you're doing this?
No.
Then why are you
doing this?
I'm not interested
in money.
(SIGHS)
What's the matter
with you?
Nothing.
Don't you want to see
the children?
Yeah, of course
I do. Yeah.
When?
I don't know.
Well, then,
just come home!
If you want me to give up
my share, I'll do it.
Just have Richard sign...
Send the papers,
I'll sign them.
I'll sign anything.
Okay?
ALICE: Yes, Richard? Um...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Richard says that, um,
if you're willing to sign,
he can be here,
prepare the paperwork and come.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Shall we have dinner?
What?
Are you hungry?
Just fuck off!
NEIL: Hi, Richard.
No, I'm... I'm fine.
Go ahead.
When's the reading?
Okay, well, um...
You're representing me,
you'll be there for me, I'm...
I'm not interested
in the money, Richard.
The money is hers.
Yeah.
No, I...
I know, but it's... it's...
The business is hers,
she's always...
she's always run the business.
It's for her to...
her to decide.
(WATER SPLASHES)
- You wait here?
- JORGE: Okay, Neil.
(DOOR OPENS)
- NEIL: Hi, Richard.
- RICHARD: Good to see you.
NEIL: How are you?
RICHARD: I'm good.
How are you?
NEIL: I'm fine.
- Thanks for coming.
- Shall we sign?
We have to be at the airport
in 40 minutes.
NEIL: You leave today?
I thought you'd be with us
two weeks ago.
RICHARD: Neil...
you do realize
that in signing this,
you are relinquishing
everything.
Your sister is granting you
a monthly stipend,
but it's on condition that you maintain
monthly contact with the family, through me.
All right, so...
What sum should I write in?
Ten thousand a month?
He'll live nicely on that
in Acapulco.
Ten thousand.
Will you come back
with us?
(SIGHS) May I sign?
Yes. Here.
And there.
Uh, I'll wait
in the van.
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
Thanks, Richard.
There.
And here.
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(CAR SPEEDING BY)
- (MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH)
- (CAR HORN HONKING)
(ALICE WHIMPERING)
(DRIVER IN SPANISH)
(SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(PANTING)
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (SCREAMS)
(MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(CAR DOORS SLAMMING)
(GUNSHOTS)
Call an ambulance!
(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
- (MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(IN SPANISH) Remember the guy
who came to get beers?
We went
to eat something afterwards.
(NEIL SIGHS)
(UPBEAT TRADITIONAL MUSIC
PLAYING)
(OFFICERS SPEAKING)
(SIRENS WAILING)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CELL GATE OPENS)
Albert Thompson
from the consulate.
Okay.
Where's Berenice?
I'm not sure.
Why am I here?
Oh, um...
- You don't know?
- No.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
"Today, the British Embassy
in Mexico confirmed
"the crude assassination
of Alice Bennett,
"heiress of the multi-billion
pound swine production
"and slaughterhouse business
in the U.K.,
"who was killed in a kidnapping
attempt in Acapulco, Mexico.
"Brother, Neil Bennett, was seen
on numerous occasions with killers,
"Guerrero and Anderson,
found at the scene.
"But their getaway driver, Jorge
Saldana, better known as Jorge Campos,
"was located several hours
later by authorities."
(SNIFFLES)
(PANTS)
Where's Richard?
Heard they
wouldn't let him in.
(SNIFFLES)
My sister has children...
Richard has spoken to them,
but I'm not sure that...
I saw the documents
that you signed.
The ones leaving your share of
the inheritance to your sister.
You two being the sole heirs of the
fortune made from the slaughterhouses
and the pig production
businesses...
- and the...
- I need to talk to Richard.
- He's looking for a lawyer.
- He's a fucking lawyer!
A Mexican lawyer.
Why didn't you go home
for your mother's funeral?
(SIGHS)
The embassy has requested you
are placed in your own cell,
and they are requesting the
presence of a legal team in London
in order
to get you out of here.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(INMATES LAUGHING)
(INMATE WHISTLING)
(INMATE SNORING)
(PERSON WAILING IN OTHER ROOM)
How long are you staying?
Until you're released.
We've got a very good lawyer
coming from Mexico City.
How are they doing?
Colin's very perturbed.
Alexa won't answer my calls.
It's very messy, Neil.
(INMATES CHATTERING)
(INMATES CHATTERING)
(PIG SQUEALING)
(HEART THUMPING RAPIDLY)
(PIG SNORTING)
- (MUFFLED CHATTER)
- (HEART CONTINUES THUMPING)
(PIG SQUEALING)
(PIGS SNORTING, SQUEALING)
(INMATES SNORING SOFTLY)
(INMATE CRYING IN OTHER ROOM)
Why were you staying
at that hotel?
Were you involved
with anything? I mean...
Excuse me. Will you
just give us a minute?
I've actually been
instructed by the consulate
not to leave
you two alone, sir.
I'll be leaving with you
in a minute.
I'll see you outside.
(CELL GATE OPENS)
(CELL GATE CLOSES)
How are you feeling?
If... if we explain...
your condition...
How are they?
How are they really?
Gracias.
- No. Tell me when.
- (INMATES CLAMORING)
- Oh, hang on, hang on.
- (CLAMORING CONTINUES)
- Hang on.
- (METAL CLANGING)
(INMATES HOOTING, JEERING)
(INMATE IN SPANISH)
(SIREN WAILING)
RICHARD: To the airport.
Thank you.
Will you take me
to the hotel?
Hola.
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
- RICHARD: Hi.
- Hey.
The kids are here.
They need to talk to you.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
What the fuck?
I'm sorry, love.
- It's okay.
- You're not sorry!
- You're not...
- (BOTTLE SHATTERS)
NEIL: What the fuck!
Wait! Just wait there!
Get out...
Neil?
NEIL: Just go. Go, go, go.
Go. Go to them. Go.
(WINCES)
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yes?
(GROANS)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ON PA)
NEIL: Hi.
RICHARD: The family business
will become yours...
Colin and Alexa.
All of the banking,
the properties...
the business outlets,
the farms, everything.
Neil will continue to receive
his lifetime pension...
which your mother
had agreed to.
He will also receive 100,000
as a down payment.
And his health insurance
will be paid for his lifetime.
Can we sign?
Yes.
Just sign
and then just pass it.
Are we done?
Wait a moment.
We're done.
Come on, Alexa.
(DOGS BARKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(UPBEAT MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
(CRASHING)
(BOTTLES SMASHING
AND CLATTERING)
Neil? Hey! Hey! Neil?
(HEART THUMPING)
(EKG MACHINE BEEPING)
(MUFFLED CONVERSATION)
Neil?
We want to transfer you to Oncology
Center in Mexico City, okay?
Excuse me.
(MRI MACHINE HUMMING)
DOCTOR: I compared
your medical records
that your insurance company
sent to us
with the test
that we just ran.
The cancer
had already metastasized.
We found a new growth
in your frontal lobe.
So, I recommend we start
chemotherapy right away.
(IN SPANISH)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(SNIFFLES)
(SNIFFLING)
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES SOFTLY)
(PERSON COUGHING DISTANTLY)
(MUFFLED MUSIC THUMPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(WAVES CRASHING)
- (SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
(SQUELCHING)
(ALEXA LAUGHS)
COLIN: Wake up!
- (ALEXA SCREAMS)
- (WATER SPLASHES)
- Come on!
- Come on!
There's no way
he's gonna get in.
It's not cold.
- (SPUTTERS)
- (LAUGHS)
- (WATER TRICKLING)
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)
(BELL DINGS)
(BELL CONTINUES DINGING)
(SIGHS)
(SINGING IN SPANISH)
(COLIN SNICKERING)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)
ALEXA: She's looking at you.
- She's not his type.
- She could be my type.
(LAUGHTER)
- She wasn't looking at you.
- Could've been.
- Mm.
- Stop it.
WAITER: Hello. Good evening.
These are our premium steaks
for tonight.
We have the 200 gram rib eye
and the 400 gram cattle prod.
I give you doubles.
Ooh.
- Mum?
- Hmm?
Joining in?
- Uh...
- There's only two of us playing. Come on.
Just a sec. Just a sec.
- Wait, wait.
- Are you working?
I am.
- Get off your phone!
- Just a... No...
This is stupid.
- No work.
- I don't want to play.
- Ten minutes, no work.
- Why?
I... This is the first time
I took my phone, in a day.
- Nearly.
- Mm.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, you're not
getting it back.
Not until you play.
- Come on!
- Are you playing?
This has nothing to do
with me.
- We're talking to you.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Come here.
- Come on.
- I never liked dominoes.
- All right...
- Come on, give me my phone.
- We'll restart the game.
- Pfft!
- Come on!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)
(CROWD WHISTLING)
(IN SPANISH)
You want a picture?
No, thank you.
ALICE: You're right. He does
look better from a distance.
Okay, come on,
come on, let's go.
(WATER SPLASHES)
(ALEXA AND COLIN LAUGHING)
Thanks for coming with us.
NEIL: Hmm.
I'm happy to.
The kids are having fun.
- (ALEXA SCREAMS)
- (WATER SPLASHES)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(SOFT CLICKING)
(INSECTS CHIRRING)
(FOLK ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKER)
- WAITER: Morning.
- Morning.
Uh, which one has tequila?
These two over here.
Ah. Thank you.
WAITER: It's a pleasure.
Hello.
I have your margaritas.
Can I take
these empty bottles?
Sure.
- Thank you.
- It's a pleasure.
Mm.
It's strong.
(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
What are you doing?
You are such an asshole.
There's nothing in it.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello, Mum.
Hi.
Yes! Wait, wait, wait...
I can't hear you. Hello?
What?
Richard?
Where... where are you?
(SHAKILY) Um... Okay.
Uh...
We... We'll be there
as soon as...
Mum?
We'll be there
as soon as we can.
Mum?
- What's going on?
- Uh, it's Mum.
They're taking her
to a hospital.
Uh, start packing.
- (SIGHS)
- Mum!
- Come on, Mum.
- What's going on?
- Start packing!
- Just start packing, Colin.
Be quick.
Your suitcases
are in the back.
Bye, sir.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello? Can you hear me?
What?
What?
(CRYING)
Hey.
Yeah.
So, what's happened?
I see.
- (CONTINUES CRYING)
- All right.
No, I understand.
I understand.
Is she dead?
(ALICE SHUDDERING)
(SNIFFLING)
- Thank you.
- You're welcome, sir.
Sir, we have sorted out
your flights.
Unfortunately,
we couldn't avoid a layover
in Mexico City
and then one in Madrid.
Thankfully,
it's only one in Mexico.
And only two hours in Madrid.
We need your passports.
Thank you.
Can I have your
passports, please?
Thank you.
Thank you.
Have you given them
your passport?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- I don't have my passport.
- Mum...
COLIN: You don't have
your passport?
- Sir, I need your passport.
- I don't have my passport.
COLIN: Where is it?
We're already boarding.
We need your passport.
- What did you say?
- I don't have my passport.
- What the fuck? You don't...
- What?
I left it at the hotel. Um...
Okay, we can put you
on the next flight.
- Thank you.
- No, no, no! We'll wait!
- We have to go now.
- We will wait! No!
The plane is already
boarding, okay?
- (CRYING) I can't believe it!
- Mum...
(ALICE GRUNTS)
NEIL: Get her on the plane.
ATTENDANT: We need
to pass security.
ALEXA: Mum, come on.
How can you leave
your passport?
Come on.
Fuck!
ATTENDANT: We will follow
your luggage, okay?
We will wait for you.
Come this way.
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ON PA)
MAN: Taxi?
(IN SPANISH)
Hotel.
What hotel?
- Hotel.
- Whatever?
Okay.
(IN SPANISH)
Hotel, very, very good.
(IN SPANISH)
(UPBEAT MUSIC
PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
Table dance.
Look at it.
This is a beautiful girl.
(CAR HORNS HONKING)
(IN SPANISH)
Hold on just a second.
Luisa!
Can I have a room, please?
LUISA: Yes.
Hold on.
You first see the room.
- LUISA: Want to show you?
- Okay.
(MUFFLED DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(IN SPANISH)
- How much?
- Four hundred pesos.
Thank you.
(IN SPANISH)
Okay.
if you need anything, you call me.
This is my phone number.
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Gracias.
- Thank you.
- (DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(NEIL AND GIRL
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(MAN IN SPANISH)
- Okay.
- You're only going to pay for what you drink, okay?
- Okay.
Anything else you need,
let me know.
Okay, thank you.
(MARIACHI BAND
PERFORMING LIVELY SONG)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
NEIL: Hang on, hang on.
Hang on.
Hi, how are you?
Yeah.
No, I'm...
No, I looked in the safe.
We looked in the safe. We...
It's not there. I thought
it was there, it's not there.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
No, they're still looking.
They're still looking.
We're still looking. Yeah.
(LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(MARIACHI BAND
CONTINUES PLAYING)
(IN SPANISH)
(SLURRING) No, I... I'm...
I have to fix this
at the consulate and, um...
It's closed till Monday, so...
I'm sorry.
- It's the best I could do.
- (DANCE MUSIC THUMPING)
ALICE: (ON PHONE) If they give
you a new passport on Monday,
you could fly back
straight away.
- Yeah.
- You could arrive on Tuesday,
and we could have, uh,
the funeral on Wednesday.
Yeah, yeah. Hopefully, yeah.
Or maybe you could get an emergency
permit to fly, something like that.
Yeah, well, I'll try my best.
I'm going to have Richard
e-mail the death certificate.
Get things going, you know?
Okay, yeah.
Where are you?
Um, I'm at a hotel
by the consulate.
How safe is it there?
Oh, it's fine, don't worry.
Yeah.
Hang in there.
I will.
How are you and the kids?
Uh...
We just can't believe
she's gone.
Yeah, no, I know. I know.
Nor can I.
Right.
We're on the next flight.
Okay.
Bye.
Bye, love.
(LIVELY CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(LIVELY MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(SEAGULLS CALLING)
(FLY BUZZING)
MAN: Hi, Neil. How you doing?
Everything good?
Hey, what's up?
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
My friend.
My friend.
Hi.
Oh, man...
- Your hotel very good?
- Yeah.
- You like there?
- Yes.
Okay.
All right. It's...
a nice day, right?
(WOMEN CHATTERING IN SPANISH)
(POLICE SIREN WAILING
IN DISTANCE)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING
ON SPEAKER)
(IN SPANISH)
Hmm?
Uh...
No.
You want me to open?
- Okay.
- Yeah.
(IN SPANISH)
- Aqui.
- Gracias.
- Vacation?
- Mm-hmm.
Yes.
Where are you...
where are you from?
London.
- Oh.
- Mm-hmm.
(CHUCKLES)
(IN SPANISH)
Mm.
Berenice.
Is where you're from?
Okay. Neil.
- (IN SPANISH)
She's Jenny.
(BOTH IN SPANISH)
- Yeah.
ALICE: (ON VOICEMAIL)
I'm with Richard,
going through
the funeral arrangements.
Richard is going to send you the death
certificate and other documents...
to take them to the consulate.
And if they don't attend to
you, then just give him a call.
I need you to help me
make some decisions.
(VOICEMAIL ENDS)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(IN SPANISH)
- My friend...
- No, it's fine.
- Drunk.
- You wanna sit?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
(BAND SINGING UPBEAT SONG
IN SPANISH)
(BOTH PANTING)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES CHIMING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
NEIL: Hello.
Hi.
Hi, sweetheart.
No, no, no, I'm just grabbing
a quick bite, but, um...
I know it's urgent.
I'm... just
by the consulate, but...
Yeah, I'll be...
I'll be... there
as soon as possible.
I know, and I do.
I wanna come home, too,
of course I do, but...
She told you that?
She told you
she wanted to be cremated?
Well, they're not family, so,
it's got nothing to do with them.
So, whatever you choose to
do, I'm with you.
Whatever you feel.
Yup.
Absolutely.
You sound awful.
- MAN: Salud! Salud! Salud!
- Cheers.
(MUSIC THUMPING ON SPEAKER)
(MAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(MUFFLED MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(BOTH PANTING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
ALICE: (ON VOICEMAIL)
What's going on?
Could you answer
the fucking phone?
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I need you.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Where's my stuff?
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Where's my...
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
LUISA: I don't know.
(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
(CELL PHONE SWITCHES OFF)
- (SOFT GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)
- (MAN 1 SINGING IN SPANISH)
(CONTINUES SINGING)
(MAN 2 IN SPANISH)
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
- (SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
- (MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(HAWKER SHOUTING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (PEOPLE SCREAMING)
(CHILD CRYING)
(PHONE CAMERAS CLICKING)
(REPORTER ON TV
IN SPANISH)
You should go to Paris.
- Mm-hmm.
- Go to London, where I'm from.
Uh, Rome. Beautiful!
Rome.
Uh, yeah,
you should go there.
Mm-hmm. Mm...
(IN SPANISH)
no woman?
No.
- Wife?
- No.
You? Do you have a partner?
- Do you have a husband?
- (CHUCKLES)
- No.
- No?
- No, no. No husband.
- Mm-hmm.
Do you have children?
(LAUGHS) No, no children!
Okay.
- You?
- No.
I have, uh, a niece.
And, uh, my sister's children.
My sister has a niece
and a nephew.
That's what we call...
we call...
And I love them.
I love them very, very much.
- But no, none.
- No.
(LAUGHS)
(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)
(IN SPANISH)
Okay.
- MAN: Bye-bye!
- Bye!
(MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(NEIL SIGHS LOUDLY)
- Gracias.
- Gracias.
(SEAGULLS CALLING)
ALICE: What the fuck
is going on?
I've been calling and calling.
I thought
you needed help. I...
I was really worried.
What are you doing?
Do you realize
what I had to go through?
The funeral...
the people...
and all that on my own!
What are you doing?
(SHOUTS) What are you doing?
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(CELL PHONE CHIMING
REPEATEDLY)
NEIL: Hey.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Can I come and see you?
(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
- DRIVER: I'll wait here.
- Okay.
- Welcome one more time.
- Thanks.
- Can I have a buggy?
- Okay.
- Alice Bennett.
- Okay.
(IN SPANISH)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(SIGHS)
I thought
you weren't going to come.
Why?
(SCOFFS)
For the same reason you left
me with all of our problems.
The fact that
you've been hiding.
I'm not hiding.
You never came back
for your passport.
You never went
to the consulate.
Did you even lose
your passport?
Mm-mm.
What do you want?
Do you want...
do you want our money?
Do you want my money?
Is that why
you're doing this?
No.
Then why are you
doing this?
I'm not interested
in money.
(SIGHS)
What's the matter
with you?
Nothing.
Don't you want to see
the children?
Yeah, of course
I do. Yeah.
When?
I don't know.
Well, then,
just come home!
If you want me to give up
my share, I'll do it.
Just have Richard sign...
Send the papers,
I'll sign them.
I'll sign anything.
Okay?
ALICE: Yes, Richard? Um...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
Richard says that, um,
if you're willing to sign,
he can be here,
prepare the paperwork and come.
Okay.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Shall we have dinner?
What?
Are you hungry?
Just fuck off!
NEIL: Hi, Richard.
No, I'm... I'm fine.
Go ahead.
When's the reading?
Okay, well, um...
You're representing me,
you'll be there for me, I'm...
I'm not interested
in the money, Richard.
The money is hers.
Yeah.
No, I...
I know, but it's... it's...
The business is hers,
she's always...
she's always run the business.
It's for her to...
her to decide.
(WATER SPLASHES)
- You wait here?
- JORGE: Okay, Neil.
(DOOR OPENS)
- NEIL: Hi, Richard.
- RICHARD: Good to see you.
NEIL: How are you?
RICHARD: I'm good.
How are you?
NEIL: I'm fine.
- Thanks for coming.
- Shall we sign?
We have to be at the airport
in 40 minutes.
NEIL: You leave today?
I thought you'd be with us
two weeks ago.
RICHARD: Neil...
you do realize
that in signing this,
you are relinquishing
everything.
Your sister is granting you
a monthly stipend,
but it's on condition that you maintain
monthly contact with the family, through me.
All right, so...
What sum should I write in?
Ten thousand a month?
He'll live nicely on that
in Acapulco.
Ten thousand.
Will you come back
with us?
(SIGHS) May I sign?
Yes. Here.
And there.
Uh, I'll wait
in the van.
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
Thanks, Richard.
There.
And here.
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(CAR SPEEDING BY)
- (MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH)
- (CAR HORN HONKING)
(ALICE WHIMPERING)
(DRIVER IN SPANISH)
(SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(PANTING)
- (GUNSHOTS)
- (SCREAMS)
(MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(GUNSHOTS CONTINUE)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(CAR DOORS SLAMMING)
(GUNSHOTS)
Call an ambulance!
(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
- (MUSIC PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(IN SPANISH) Remember the guy
who came to get beers?
We went
to eat something afterwards.
(NEIL SIGHS)
(UPBEAT TRADITIONAL MUSIC
PLAYING)
(OFFICERS SPEAKING)
(SIRENS WAILING)
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CELL GATE OPENS)
Albert Thompson
from the consulate.
Okay.
Where's Berenice?
I'm not sure.
Why am I here?
Oh, um...
- You don't know?
- No.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
"Today, the British Embassy
in Mexico confirmed
"the crude assassination
of Alice Bennett,
"heiress of the multi-billion
pound swine production
"and slaughterhouse business
in the U.K.,
"who was killed in a kidnapping
attempt in Acapulco, Mexico.
"Brother, Neil Bennett, was seen
on numerous occasions with killers,
"Guerrero and Anderson,
found at the scene.
"But their getaway driver, Jorge
Saldana, better known as Jorge Campos,
"was located several hours
later by authorities."
(SNIFFLES)
(PANTS)
Where's Richard?
Heard they
wouldn't let him in.
(SNIFFLES)
My sister has children...
Richard has spoken to them,
but I'm not sure that...
I saw the documents
that you signed.
The ones leaving your share of
the inheritance to your sister.
You two being the sole heirs of the
fortune made from the slaughterhouses
and the pig production
businesses...
- and the...
- I need to talk to Richard.
- He's looking for a lawyer.
- He's a fucking lawyer!
A Mexican lawyer.
Why didn't you go home
for your mother's funeral?
(SIGHS)
The embassy has requested you
are placed in your own cell,
and they are requesting the
presence of a legal team in London
in order
to get you out of here.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(INMATES LAUGHING)
(INMATE WHISTLING)
(INMATE SNORING)
(PERSON WAILING IN OTHER ROOM)
How long are you staying?
Until you're released.
We've got a very good lawyer
coming from Mexico City.
How are they doing?
Colin's very perturbed.
Alexa won't answer my calls.
It's very messy, Neil.
(INMATES CHATTERING)
(INMATES CHATTERING)
(PIG SQUEALING)
(HEART THUMPING RAPIDLY)
(PIG SNORTING)
- (MUFFLED CHATTER)
- (HEART CONTINUES THUMPING)
(PIG SQUEALING)
(PIGS SNORTING, SQUEALING)
(INMATES SNORING SOFTLY)
(INMATE CRYING IN OTHER ROOM)
Why were you staying
at that hotel?
Were you involved
with anything? I mean...
Excuse me. Will you
just give us a minute?
I've actually been
instructed by the consulate
not to leave
you two alone, sir.
I'll be leaving with you
in a minute.
I'll see you outside.
(CELL GATE OPENS)
(CELL GATE CLOSES)
How are you feeling?
If... if we explain...
your condition...
How are they?
How are they really?
Gracias.
- No. Tell me when.
- (INMATES CLAMORING)
- Oh, hang on, hang on.
- (CLAMORING CONTINUES)
- Hang on.
- (METAL CLANGING)
(INMATES HOOTING, JEERING)
(INMATE IN SPANISH)
(SIREN WAILING)
RICHARD: To the airport.
Thank you.
Will you take me
to the hotel?
Hola.
(MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
- RICHARD: Hi.
- Hey.
The kids are here.
They need to talk to you.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
What the fuck?
I'm sorry, love.
- It's okay.
- You're not sorry!
- You're not...
- (BOTTLE SHATTERS)
NEIL: What the fuck!
Wait! Just wait there!
Get out...
Neil?
NEIL: Just go. Go, go, go.
Go. Go to them. Go.
(WINCES)
- Okay.
- Okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yes?
(GROANS)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ON PA)
NEIL: Hi.
RICHARD: The family business
will become yours...
Colin and Alexa.
All of the banking,
the properties...
the business outlets,
the farms, everything.
Neil will continue to receive
his lifetime pension...
which your mother
had agreed to.
He will also receive 100,000
as a down payment.
And his health insurance
will be paid for his lifetime.
Can we sign?
Yes.
Just sign
and then just pass it.
Are we done?
Wait a moment.
We're done.
Come on, Alexa.
(DOGS BARKING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(UPBEAT MUSIC
PLAYING ON SPEAKER)
(HIGH-PITCHED RINGING)
(CRASHING)
(BOTTLES SMASHING
AND CLATTERING)
Neil? Hey! Hey! Neil?
(HEART THUMPING)
(EKG MACHINE BEEPING)
(MUFFLED CONVERSATION)
Neil?
We want to transfer you to Oncology
Center in Mexico City, okay?
Excuse me.
(MRI MACHINE HUMMING)
DOCTOR: I compared
your medical records
that your insurance company
sent to us
with the test
that we just ran.
The cancer
had already metastasized.
We found a new growth
in your frontal lobe.
So, I recommend we start
chemotherapy right away.
(IN SPANISH)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(SNIFFLES)
(SNIFFLING)
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES SOFTLY)
(PERSON COUGHING DISTANTLY)
(MUFFLED MUSIC THUMPING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(WAVES CRASHING)