The Banished (2024) Movie Script

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Mr. Green.
Mr. Green!
Mr. Green!
Hi, you've reached David.
Leave me a message.
Hi, you've reached David.
Leave me a message.
Hi, you've reached David.
Leave me a message.
David Dad's died.
Where are you?
I'm leaving the city now.
Call me when you get this.
Would you like some time alone?
I'm done. Thank you.
Here was some of his belongings.
Father Jennings made it clear
that he wanted you to have them.
He spoke about you a lot,
the golden child.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
You are being tested right now.
Listen to him.
Hi Grace. Uh, just checking in.
Could you please give me
a call back as soon as you can?
We're trying to schedule
a phone conference.
I know that you are out of town,
but please get back to me
as soon as you can.
Oh, and we're also very sorry
to hear about your father.
Bye.
Hello, is anyone there?
Hello, my name
is Grace Jennings.
I'm lost and I need help.
Hi, Uncle Rex.
There you are.
You look great, love.
So you're dad, eh,
none of us have seen you
in years.
How long are you staying for?
Oh, no.
I have to get back home soon.
The funeral? Nah, not for me.
Is Auntie Margie around?
No, she's not.
Where is she?
She's gone...
Nobody told me.
When did that happen?
About a year ago.
So anyway,
what's happening with Big City?
I actually wanted
to talk about David.
Do you know where he is?
We usually stay in touch,
but I haven't heard from him
for a couple of months.
I just wanna make sure
he gets his half
of dad's inheritance.
Your dad...
he left it all to the church,
you know, how he's is... was.
Davy was thrown outta the church
just around Christmas.
He was in that alley
behind the tavern.
He was with a bunch of others.
They were high on something.
I'm sorry, Grace.
There was nothing I could do.
Well, what about his girlfriend?
Just leave it. Grace.
It'll just caused you trouble.
She was in
with the dodgy backpackers.
And where's that?
In the old industrial estate.
Just junkies these days.
Tea's getting cold.
Hi
Are you looking?
I guess you're probably
just looking for someone.
My brother. His name's David.
I'll pay you to tell me.
It's a secret.
Those people in the van,
do you know where they're going?
Do you know where it is?
It's in the forest.
It's the Utopia.
Have you been there? No.
You don't come back?
Why would you?
- I can e-mail through
a photograph.
I'm not sure
if I have any current words.
Our email address
can be located at the bottom
of the certificate of receipt.
- When can I expect
to hear back from you?
Front desk.
When?
Seriously.
Hello, please. Is anyone there?
Mr. Green?
Are you there?
Hello?
G'day.
Can-- Can you hear me?
Who's this?
My name is Grace Jennings.
Is this the park ranger?
No, I'm lost.
Lost?
Yeah.
I'm uh-- I'm in the
Red Valley National Park.
I'm uh, 130Ks from the highway.
I got off track.
One of my dogs, uh, got a scent
and uh, now I'm uh,
I've lost my bloody bearings.
You sure you're not
near a Ranger?
Hello?
I'm here.
Hi.
Do you remember me?
Grace Jennings?
You've taught me geography
in year 11 and 12.
We used to egg your house.
Remember that? I need your help.
-What sort of help?
-My brother David.
What about him?
I need to find him.
I saw you today.
The backpackers and junkies.
Loading them up into the van.
Your brother left months ago.
So he did go.
I can pay you.
I'll pay you two grand
just to take me there.
I have money.
Ten grand.
I thought you said
you had money.
Five.
Nah, I want ten.
Well, what even
is this place in the bush?
It's um, it's like a commune
As in hippies?
Sure. It's a few days hike.
People get lost
and they don't get found.
Fine.
Ten grand.
I'll give you five now
and five when we get back.
Good. Have the money
and be ready at dawn tomorrow.
Thanks, Mr. Green.
Now, get the fuck
off my property.
Hi, you've reached the message
Bank of Mary Herrod
Please leave a message.
Hi, it's Grace.
Can you tell them
I won't be there
for the conference tomorrow?
Uh, actually I won't be
coming back at all. Bye.
I've come back to find David.
Dad screwed him over again.
I'm sorry I left
without saying goodbye.
David called me out the blue
about eight months ago.
I just started a new job.
He told me he felt scared
and alone.
He'd been using
and he needed my help.
And I told him
not to worry about it,
that things will get better.
I just wanted the problem
to be gone and now he's gone.
After all he did for me,
I'm going to find David
and bring him home.
We can be a family again.
- don't want you to go.
-What?
Don't go.
I'll come back. I promise
You won't.
I'll see you soon.
- So northwest?
- Yeah.
Is it a lot hillier
where you are?
I think so.
Well, what can you see?
Where I think you are
probably is the tablelands
and then the valley
up to where I am.
It sounds about right.
Can you see that Rocky hill?
It's in the center
of the valley poking up
Rocky Hill?
Yeah, there's just the one.
Unless we're staring
in completely
opposite directions.
The one with the big crack
in it down the side.
That's it.
I'm not too far.
Neither am I. What should we do?
Oh, it'd be about a day's hike.
Same for me. I reckon.
Righto. Let's meet
on the Western slope.
I'll get there as fast as I
can.
I'll start walking there now.
Radio, if there's any problems,
just remember
to preserve the battery.
I will.
I'll see you soon, Grace.
What's your name?
Hello?
Michael.
You've gone mad
like the rest of them.
I've gotta find him
and make sure he is okay.
He's a grown man.
It's dangerous out there.
Well, I'm not just gonna do
nothing like you.
I saw Margy's poster
in the servo. She's missing.
You made me think she was dead.
You don't understand.
Things have changed around here
a lot.
-It's not safe out there.
-Come with me.
You realize this whole thing
is stupid.
Whatever you're scared of.
It isn't real.
I know it's stupid.
It's just what if I go
and she comes back?
If I leave and she comes home
and I'm not here?
Is there anything I can say
to stop you from doing this?
I see you soon, Uncle Rex.
Actually, this old document,
dad left it for me specifically,
apparently.
It's for some old company.
It's signed
by Thomas L. Jennings.
That's an old piece of paper.
That's your
great, great, great grandfather.
Give or take a great.
I had no idea.
Yeah, he's the one
that came out from England.
Settled in the mountains
and we've more or less been
in the mining game ever since
We've been around
these parts that long?
It's in our blood.
All right. It's this way.
What are you scared of?
I haven't been back here
since it happened.
It happened here?
Nothing's gonna happen to you
as long as you're with me.
Promise.
The day's moving along.
How are we going?
Could be doing better.
Why'd you start working
at that backpacker place?
What happened to teaching
at the school?
You were good at it.
Did you ever work in the mines?
Yeah.
I did when I was younger.
Those were good times.
We should get some sleep.
Just gonna, uh,
I'll be back in a sec.
What you looking at?
Kids come up here all the time
doing weird shit.
Taking drugs, graffitiing,
throwing eggs at my house.
Yeah, but have you
seen this before?
This symbol thingy?
No, I haven't.
We should get to move on.
-Yeah.
Yeah. Another day's hike.
I reckon.
Fuck.
My phone. Fuck!
Just get another one,
Miss Moneybags.
-Do you have it?
Check your pockets.
-No. No I don't.
Just check.
All right, here it is. Found it.
And your bag.
I don't have it.
Fuck!
Yeah. Thanks.
You should leave the town.
- Hmm.
Well, why the reluctance?
Is there literally anything
keeping you here?
I get it now.
What do you mean?
Everybody knew
what your father did
and nothing happened.
Well...
You knew.
You could have done something.
Shouldn't be too far off.
Knackered yet?
I can kind of understand
why a normal person
would wanna live out here
with a bunch of hippies.
It's peaceful.
I wouldn't say normal.
More like damaged.
-What's it like?
-What?
This commune thing? Utopia.
I don't know.
What? What do you mean?
Well, it's just a bunch
of ex junkies
and losers. I don't know.
-You've never been there?
-No.
What the fuck?
Well, I know how to get there.
That's what you're paying me
for, isn't it?
How do you know how to get there
if you've never been?
What's on that fucking map?
-What are you doing?
-Give it to me.
-No, it's mine.
-Show it to me!
All right.
There you go. Okay. All right.
-Why won't you show me properly?
-Look...
I know how to get there,
all right?
Okay. So just let me lead
and you follow.
All right?
You are making me very nervous.
Okay, look,
I understand that. Um,
Take this.
You can always radio ranger
if you get lost. All right?
But I'm keeping this.
So don't touch.
Sorry. I'm just tired.
I'm not used
to this much walking.
No worries.
Let's just go a little bit
further and then we'll camp.
So your dad left nothing
to you or David.
It's all going to the church.
I'm not surprised though.
If you don't mind me asking,
what actually happened
between you and your dad
on that last night?
I mean, I heard the rumors,
but...
I vaguely remember things
from when I was younger.
Fifteen, I think,
and my mom trying to protect me.
Dad would always say
how he was disappointed in us.
He used to beat
the shit outta David.
One night, I woke up with
his hands around my throat.
He was drunk out of his mind
and saying how he'd failed
to produce an adequate family
and wanted to start another one.
As he tried to climb
on top of me, his special girl.
Jesus.
I managed to break free
and dad chased me
into the woods.
I was there for about
three days, I think,
while he was screaming out
that he would kill me
if I didn't come back.
That's when David found me,
took me to the bus stop,
gave me all his money.
Dad beat the hell
out of him for that.
That's why I have to find David.
I said I'd come back for him,
but I never did.
Well, I think it's pretty nice
what you're doing
and you shouldn't beat
yourself up about it too much.
I mean you're here now.
Better late than never.
What's your name?
Your first name?
Bert.
- Bert. No, it isn't!
- Yeah, it is.
You asked.
Goodnight, Bert.
Hey, let's keep it
to Mr. Green, eh?
Also, you did the right thing.
What?
Going out into the world
and proving yourself.
Definitely the best
of the punch. Always were.
Mr. Green.
Mr. Green.
Nothing's gonna happen to you
as long as you're with me.
Promise.
Promise.
Michael?
Grace.
Are you close?
I'm nearly there. Are you okay?
I'm inside the tent
and need medical help
as soon as possible.
I'm walking towards it now.
Where are you?
I'm here. Where are you?
I'm inside the tent.
Then look out.
No, you're not. I can't see you!
Well, I can see you.
Michael!
Michael!
People get lost...
Hello?
Hello, Michael...
Hey!
Please...
Don't hurt me.
My name is Grace Jennings.
I'm looking
for my brother, David.
If he is not here,
I can just go.
Mr. Green!
Mr. Green!
You're alive.
Why did you abandon me
like that?
I'm sorry.
You still have that--
That map, right?
What?
I knew that I would eventually
find this place.
They were just waiting
for the right time
and the right person
to be brought along.
You should eat.
David...
It's been ages.
Thanks for coming.
I've been waiting.
You always said
you'd come back in for a while
I didn't believe it,
but I'm so glad to be wrong.
You should eat,
just a little bit.
I'm sorry they tied you up.
That shouldn't have happened.
You're free now.
How are you feeling?
David, please tell me
what the fuck is going on?
This is the home
of the God of Lost Souls
and our family has
a very special relationship
with him.
Please don't talk like that.
But that's the truth.
Did you come here
to tell me about dad?
Rescue me and bring me back
to the city?
I'm interested to know why.
Was it guilt?
For abandoning me?
After we agreed
to meet all those times,
but you always
had something else to do,
something much more important
going on.
Even after dad
put me in hospital.
He took my job.
He threw me outta the house.
Out of the church.
I tried to die, twice.
I overdosed.
There was something
keeping me here...
and this place found me.
And now it's found to you.
You're killing people.
Not in the way that you mean.
I won't tie you back up.
No one will hurt you.
I need medical help.
You can't leave.
He won't allow it.
He brings us here and keeps us
in his warm embrace forever.
There's something you must do
to serve him.
What?
You'll see.
Eat your food.
No!
Don't! Don't!
Stop it!
David...
David.
We are so happy you came.
It was the only way
you could become
what you were meant to be.
Love.
You sacrifice what you love.
And he chooses you.
Not your father,
not your brother.
Welcome home.