The Blue Drum (2022) Movie Script
[tense music plays]
[woman] I want to thank
you all for being here today.
I know some of you
traveled quite a long way.
That was a beautiful speech.
He would be very proud.
[woman] My father
was a kind and gentle man.
He sacrificed everything
to raise me on his own.
[woman 2] It's really a good deal.
An excellent deal.
- [man] You have yourself a deal.
- Okay. You're gonna love it.
[tense music continues]
[woman] And I know I wouldn't
be the woman I am today
without his love and dedication.
But today is about celebrating his life
and preserving his memory.
- Thank you.
- Thank you. Bye-bye.
He loved that car.
[tense music continues]
You're not wearing the ring.
I should give that back.
You know, Letty...
You're gonna have
to start letting people in.
Not everybody leaves.
Well, that's done.
Someone will pick up
the furniture tomorrow morning.
[footsteps thumping]
[glass shatters]
Oh now, look what you've done!
- It wasn't me.
- [scoffs]
I didn't touch it. I swear!
It's all right, I'll get a broom. [sighs]
[footsteps thumping]
[faint scratching]
[Leticia] Careful.
Hey, Letty, let me help.
I got it.
[glass clattering]
What are they?
Ball bearings.
Why do you got so many of them?
They're not mine. They were my dad's.
Why did he have so many of them?
Well, he made them.
No, please don't. They're not toys.
It looks like a toy.
Kids, why don't you go outside?
[faucet water running]
[faint scratching]
[scratching continues]
[floorboards creaking]
- [doorknob jiggles]
- [scratching]
[footsteps approaching]
[woman 2] Leticia!
Leticia.
We should start packing.
After the guests leave, of course.
Aunt Norma, you're unbelievable.
[Norma] Excuse me?
He's not in the ground a day
and you're already selling
off all of his things?
Well, someone has to pay for the funeral.
My God, you are vultures. All of you!
No, no, you need to learn
how to let things go.
I mean, look at this place.
It's like a museum.
Oh, don't become like him.
And what would be so wrong
with being like him?
He was an incredible father.
But a horrible brother
and a horrible husband.
- It's no wonder that your mother left him.
- Shut up! I...
- No.
- Leticia, please.
- Listen to me, please.
- I want you out.
- Ladies, calm down.
- No, get out. I want you out.
- Calm down.
- I want you out!
- Now!
- All right, take it easy.
Take it easy. I'll take you home.
[crickets chirping]
[faint scratching]
[scratching continues]
[door creaks]
[Leticia screams]
[toy skitters]
[sighs]
[chuckles]
[faint scratching continues]
[eerie music plays]
- [loud scratching]
- [Leticia grunts]
[latch creaks]
I LOVE YOU, MY LITTLE GIRL. I WILL
ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE. YOUR MOM.
[man] I dropped off your aunt.
[chuckles]
I didn't think you were coming back.
[man] What's that?
I don't understand
why he would hide all this.
No idea.
What? What does that say?
[man] It says,
"I love you, my little girl."
"I'll always be by your side."
"Your mom."
Well, it's getting late.
We should probably get some rest.
[Leticia] Yeah.
But you're not staying here.
[scoffs]
Why do you always do this, Letty?
Why do I do what?
Push me away.
I didn't ask you to be here.
Well, I'm here,
and I'm not going anywhere.
So please stop.
Letty.
Just let me be here for you.
Please.
I'll sleep in the guest bedroom.
Okay.
[faint scratching]
[scratching gets louder]
[metal clinking]
- [scratching continues]
- [light switch clicking]
[floorboard creaks]
- [scratching continues]
- [stairs creaking]
[scratching continues]
- [Leticia stomps]
- [scratching halts]
[ball bearing rolls]
[faint scratching]
[scratching intensifies]
[ominous music plays]
[doorknob rattles]
Come on!
[Leticia grunts]
[crickets chirping]
[latch squeaks]
[door creaks]
[creaking]
[ominous music continues]
[scratching]
[loud rumbling]
[whispers] Oh, shit!
[groans, heavy breathing]
[faint scratching]
[Leticia grunts]
[whispers] What?
[grunts, strains]
- [man] Letty?
- [Leticia screams]
What the hell are you doing?
[Leticia] Nothing. Go back to bed.
It's three in the morning.
- Whoa. What the hell is that?
- I don't know.
No, no, just leave it alone.
I can't.
Let's open it in the morning.
In the daylight.
Ruben, help me open it or go to bed.
Come on!
Let's just bring it out. Come on.
- [both grunting]
- Come on, one more time.
[heavy breathing]
- [drum slams]
- [ball bearings clatter]
- Oh, God!
- [Leticia coughs]
[Ruben] Oh my God.
No, Letty, don't touch it. Don't touch it!
Oh, God.
[clattering]
[Leticia sobs] It's my mother.
Oh my God!
[Leticia cries]
[Ruben] She never left.
[dramatic music plays]
[woman] I want to thank
you all for being here today.
I know some of you
traveled quite a long way.
That was a beautiful speech.
He would be very proud.
[woman] My father
was a kind and gentle man.
He sacrificed everything
to raise me on his own.
[woman 2] It's really a good deal.
An excellent deal.
- [man] You have yourself a deal.
- Okay. You're gonna love it.
[tense music continues]
[woman] And I know I wouldn't
be the woman I am today
without his love and dedication.
But today is about celebrating his life
and preserving his memory.
- Thank you.
- Thank you. Bye-bye.
He loved that car.
[tense music continues]
You're not wearing the ring.
I should give that back.
You know, Letty...
You're gonna have
to start letting people in.
Not everybody leaves.
Well, that's done.
Someone will pick up
the furniture tomorrow morning.
[footsteps thumping]
[glass shatters]
Oh now, look what you've done!
- It wasn't me.
- [scoffs]
I didn't touch it. I swear!
It's all right, I'll get a broom. [sighs]
[footsteps thumping]
[faint scratching]
[Leticia] Careful.
Hey, Letty, let me help.
I got it.
[glass clattering]
What are they?
Ball bearings.
Why do you got so many of them?
They're not mine. They were my dad's.
Why did he have so many of them?
Well, he made them.
No, please don't. They're not toys.
It looks like a toy.
Kids, why don't you go outside?
[faucet water running]
[faint scratching]
[scratching continues]
[floorboards creaking]
- [doorknob jiggles]
- [scratching]
[footsteps approaching]
[woman 2] Leticia!
Leticia.
We should start packing.
After the guests leave, of course.
Aunt Norma, you're unbelievable.
[Norma] Excuse me?
He's not in the ground a day
and you're already selling
off all of his things?
Well, someone has to pay for the funeral.
My God, you are vultures. All of you!
No, no, you need to learn
how to let things go.
I mean, look at this place.
It's like a museum.
Oh, don't become like him.
And what would be so wrong
with being like him?
He was an incredible father.
But a horrible brother
and a horrible husband.
- It's no wonder that your mother left him.
- Shut up! I...
- No.
- Leticia, please.
- Listen to me, please.
- I want you out.
- Ladies, calm down.
- No, get out. I want you out.
- Calm down.
- I want you out!
- Now!
- All right, take it easy.
Take it easy. I'll take you home.
[crickets chirping]
[faint scratching]
[scratching continues]
[door creaks]
[Leticia screams]
[toy skitters]
[sighs]
[chuckles]
[faint scratching continues]
[eerie music plays]
- [loud scratching]
- [Leticia grunts]
[latch creaks]
I LOVE YOU, MY LITTLE GIRL. I WILL
ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE. YOUR MOM.
[man] I dropped off your aunt.
[chuckles]
I didn't think you were coming back.
[man] What's that?
I don't understand
why he would hide all this.
No idea.
What? What does that say?
[man] It says,
"I love you, my little girl."
"I'll always be by your side."
"Your mom."
Well, it's getting late.
We should probably get some rest.
[Leticia] Yeah.
But you're not staying here.
[scoffs]
Why do you always do this, Letty?
Why do I do what?
Push me away.
I didn't ask you to be here.
Well, I'm here,
and I'm not going anywhere.
So please stop.
Letty.
Just let me be here for you.
Please.
I'll sleep in the guest bedroom.
Okay.
[faint scratching]
[scratching gets louder]
[metal clinking]
- [scratching continues]
- [light switch clicking]
[floorboard creaks]
- [scratching continues]
- [stairs creaking]
[scratching continues]
- [Leticia stomps]
- [scratching halts]
[ball bearing rolls]
[faint scratching]
[scratching intensifies]
[ominous music plays]
[doorknob rattles]
Come on!
[Leticia grunts]
[crickets chirping]
[latch squeaks]
[door creaks]
[creaking]
[ominous music continues]
[scratching]
[loud rumbling]
[whispers] Oh, shit!
[groans, heavy breathing]
[faint scratching]
[Leticia grunts]
[whispers] What?
[grunts, strains]
- [man] Letty?
- [Leticia screams]
What the hell are you doing?
[Leticia] Nothing. Go back to bed.
It's three in the morning.
- Whoa. What the hell is that?
- I don't know.
No, no, just leave it alone.
I can't.
Let's open it in the morning.
In the daylight.
Ruben, help me open it or go to bed.
Come on!
Let's just bring it out. Come on.
- [both grunting]
- Come on, one more time.
[heavy breathing]
- [drum slams]
- [ball bearings clatter]
- Oh, God!
- [Leticia coughs]
[Ruben] Oh my God.
No, Letty, don't touch it. Don't touch it!
Oh, God.
[clattering]
[Leticia sobs] It's my mother.
Oh my God!
[Leticia cries]
[Ruben] She never left.
[dramatic music plays]