The Deserving (2024) Movie Script
Hi, I'm Hanna.
Eleven o'clock.
Do you have a bathroom I can use?
Are you the photographer?
Oh, okay.
I'm sorry, what?
Move this way?
Okay.
My chin down? Okay.
Should I put my hands together?
This way or that way?
Alright, what?
This way?
I'm sorry I don't know
what you're saying.
Are you telling me-- Oh, my God.
I don't know what you're saying.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm sorry I don't understand
what you're saying.
I don't know what
you want me to do.
Should I move in the middle like
What the fuck are you doing?
Hey, there, Mr. Sai,
how's it going today?
Beautiful day we are having.
It is supposed to be like this all week
I couldn't come any sooner I was getting
really tired of the rain.
Here you go.
Say, how was your date last Friday?
Did you have a nice time?
Hey, it wasn't meant to be.
And there are plenty of fish
in the sea, right?
There it is.
Enjoy the weather, Mr. Sai.
Here you go.
You can have it,
it'll start your day right.
Bye!
Hello!
Oh!
Mr. Sai.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I bet that knocking was annoying
but I just had to get you down here
and when I saw your car
in the driveway
I knew you had to be home.
My name is Lucy. Lucy Hill.
I hope you don't mind.
I don't have an appointment
but I came a long way
and I need some new
headshots for my portfolio.
Would you mind so much
if you're not too busy
to give me an hour of your time?
I brought cash.
I-- Oh, please, please
Mr. Sai,
I came such a long way.
It would help my career
tremendously, please.
I promise I'll be out of your hair
in an hour.
Thank you
Would you mind if I used your
washroom before it began?
Oh, the weather outside is frightening.
I thought my makeup would run.
Well, I don't
I don't think I've ever seen a picture
of you in a suit before.
It suits you.
I'm sorry, I'm just so excited.
Your work is so wonderful.
I just know you'll
bring out my best.
Work is tough out there.
Sometimes you can't
even get an audition.
Oh-- Oh
You don't have to explain yourself,
Mr. Sai.
I know everything the internet
can tell me about you.
Plus a little more.
I read lips so well
you'll think I read minds.
Plus, my aunt taught me a
little bit of sign language.
I need more classes.
Your tomb is beautiful.
May I have a tour?
I said your home is beautiful.
Would you mind showing me around?
Just-- Just a quick one.
I'd love to brag about
the home of the great Karter Sai.
I love your place it's so cute.
Oh, my God, I love these.
Are they vintage?
They look really old.
Wow!
That's fun! Art collector, too!
Is this your room?
I like.
Is this the guest room?
Okay.
Oh, my God.
Is that your family?
Oh.
They're so cute.
Oh, I recognize
you. Look at you.
You look exactly the same.
You know your hair hasn't
changed that much.
Oh, my God! We had exactly
the same dog growing up.
When I was younger
A little pug just like that,
we named her Daisy.
Oh, you know.
Is that your brother?
Is that your father?
Are you close to him?
So tragic
what happened to your mother.
Here.
Oh, look at that.
You know my colors.
Alright, how do you want me?
It's good.
Yes.
How's it looking?
Good?
More like this?
Now?
Is this good or straight?
Straight forward
Move this way more?
Straight on. Chin down.
You show me.
Is this right?
You know what
Let's take five.
I'm gonna get a glass of water.
Made enough for two.
Thought we could chat.
Get to know each other a little bit.
I got that honey,
you can rest those fingers.
One or two?
I'm sorry I got lost
in my music there.
I drove here from an old town
outside Savannah, Georgia.
Sure is different from up here.
The culture anyway and the air.
The smell is fresh but
definitely more welcoming.
Folks down there don't
care too much for tourists.
Have you been
anywhere else but here?
I would have thought
with your talent
you'd be flying around the world.
But I guess your clients
come to you as I did.
I noticed you don't have
a ring on your finger.
Was there or will there
be a Mrs. Sai anytime soon?
Look at me intruding. Forgive me.
I'm just a little nervous
around celebrities.
You never properly
studied photography, right?
I read about that in an article.
You learned everything
just by holding a camera.
I've always found photography
to be very personal
and intimate.
You
You get to steal a moment
from someone's life
and hold it forever
in a tiny square.
You can take so much
from that tiny square.
When I stare at a
photo long enough it's
it's like I'm somehow
closer to the person.
Like I am touching them
without their permission.
Do you ever feel like that?
I guess it's silly.
I'm no professional but
I do feel a
sense of satisfaction.
Voyeur.
Guilty pleasure from
staring into a photograph.
Were either of your
parents photographers?
Your story is not one
to be taken lightly.
thought I pressed my opinion.
A beautiful tragedy.
It must have been even harder for you
growing up in a small town.
Well, with all the so in circles.
You've never left
here before, right?
People can be so unforgiving.
They'll mangle any truth
and so shot a gin is
what it is to them.
No mind for the effect
that something like that
can have on a young mind.
Enough to make them go and
well
blame the wrong people.
Really
dangerous thoughts.
I don't see your
father as a bad man,
a killer, or anything
the papers wanna sell him as.
No. People are born kind
and act like that.
That's an illness. I imagine
you have some fun memories
with him from before
Otherwise Don't you?
Christmas?
Birthdays? I bet he read
to you from time to time.
What was your favorite
children's book?
Mine was Amelia Bedelia.
I got that book one birthday
and my mother read
it to me every night.
Every single night.
No.
Nothing but an illness.
Probably, hereditary.
Your father was a nice man.
Mr. Sai, just like you.
Hey, Mr.Sai.
How're you doing?
The weather's nice today, right?
Beats the rain we've had all week.
There you go.
So, you had a date Friday night,
How'd it go?
Sorry about that, bro.
Happens to the best of us.
But like my mom said,
if it wasn't meant to be,
there's plenty of fish in the sea.
There it is. Have a good one, Mr. Sai.
Oh, Mr. Sai.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I bet that knocking was annoying.
But I just had to
get you down here.
When I saw your car in the
driveway I knew you had to be home.
My name is Lucy. Lucy Hill.
I hope you don't mind,
I don't have an appointment.
But I came a long way
and I need some new
headshots for my Please,
please, I came such a long way.
It would help my career
tremendously, please.
911. What is your emergency?
What is your emergency?
Are they in the house right now?
Are you somewhere safe?
Okay, sir.
I need you to stay in there.
Can you hear them now?
Sir, can you hear them now?
Okay, sir. I'll have someone
there as soon as possible.
Sir, are you there?
Sir?
Karter,
have you killed yourself yet?
Did you wash your hands?
Can you go tell your
father dinner's ready?
Can you go do that
for Mommy, baby?
Do you think he's mad?
Do you think he's mad?
Do you think he's mad?
Have you killed yourself yet, Karter?
No, please, don't
You like to break the dishes.
Did you pay for those dishes?
-Karter, get in here.
-No.
Karter!
Karter, get in here.
No!
Karter, get in here.
Come here.
-No.
-Your mother broke a plate.
Show your mother what
we do in this house
when we break plates.
-Hit her.
-No.
Hit your mother, Karter.
Hit your mother, Karter.
Again.
Hit her, again.
Please, no.
Hit her again!
Hit your mother again!
It's always frightening.
But that's just the beginning.
Eventually, you'll wish
it was only frightening
but it'll never change.
Only worsen until you're
beaten and then it'll continue.
It's everything the storybook says
it is and worse.
And it's forever.
You know what I am?
Not exactly, but you
should fear the same.
No, I'm not here to take
you out of your house.
Now you don't deserve that much.
Well, hardly.
Now that would mean
that there was someone
or something that
was here to punch you.
Now do I look like
I could do that?
You're not asking
the right questions, Karter.
Wouldn't you want to know why
you're here in the first place?
Good. Me too.
So, tell me.
Don't be coy, Mr. Sai.
We all know why we do
everything and anything.
Just because you happen
to regret it afterward
just makes you human, unfortunately.
Did you know
that in 2018
there were 48,344 suicides
in the United States alone
that we know of?
Now that's up from 42,000.
On September 25th, 2000,
Kevin Haynes jumped off
the Golden Gate Bridge
and he survived.
Now when they asked him afterward,
he said that the very second he
let go of that railing, he regretted it.
I mean, what a coward!
Now, I mean, if you're
going to commit to something
I think that you should do.
And dying?
Dying is not so bad.
If you wanna know
what your victims felt,
well, I can tell you that
the only pain they
experienced was at your hands.
The rest was just
in your mind.
Now, the transition is seamless.
Most don't even realize
that anything's happened
they just keep doing what
they were doing just in a day.
When and if they figure it out
they pop mentally.
I guess the forever
part is hard to fathom.
What do I want from you?
No, what do you want, little man?
No.
You don't want eternity.
Typical human, dare I say male ego.
You want to die
but you don't want to spend
eternity in the unknown.
You want to stop murdering
but you don't want to spend
your life in a ten-by-ten
cement cell. You want to have
relief from your trauma
but you don't want
to forget it completely.
You want all of the answers
but none of the truth.
You're testing me.
I like that.
I'm almost ready.
How do you want me?
I got this dress.
I think it brings out my eyes.
Please, don't.
Let me go.
Please let me go.
I won't tell anybody I swear.
Please, I don't wanna die.
911. What is your emergency?
Are you with the victim now?
Are you at your house?
Are they alive? Can you
check if they're breathing?
Well
I'm a murderer because
Daddy never loved me.
Life is so hard.
Get over it.
We've all got daddy issues.
Did you kill yourself yet?
Sir.
Hello, sir.
Sir, are you still with me?
Hello, are you there?
Sir.
Can you hear me?
Are you still at the same address?
Can you tell me
what room you're in?
We have officers
in the house now.
They searched everywhere.
There's no one in the house.
Where are you?
Sir, are you still with me?
Can you hear me?
Time's up.
-Are you out of your fucking mind?
-Yes No!
-Where are you gonna go?
-Away from you!
Away from you. I'm not raising
my child with a monster.
-Get your place in on me.
-No!
Not this time. I finally remember.
Yeah, that's right.
Welcome. You did this.
Make me take it far away from us.
I'm sick of you.
I wish I never met you.
You're not a man, you're a coward!
911. What is your emergency?
Please stay with me.
I'm sending someone over now.
Open up.
Open the door.
Hey, there, Mr. Sai.
How's it going today?
It's a beautiful
day we are having.
It's supposed to be
like this all week.
Dying is not so bad.
Most don't even realize
that anything's happened
In your mind.
Eleven o'clock.
Do you have a bathroom I can use?
Are you the photographer?
Oh, okay.
I'm sorry, what?
Move this way?
Okay.
My chin down? Okay.
Should I put my hands together?
This way or that way?
Alright, what?
This way?
I'm sorry I don't know
what you're saying.
Are you telling me-- Oh, my God.
I don't know what you're saying.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm sorry I don't understand
what you're saying.
I don't know what
you want me to do.
Should I move in the middle like
What the fuck are you doing?
Hey, there, Mr. Sai,
how's it going today?
Beautiful day we are having.
It is supposed to be like this all week
I couldn't come any sooner I was getting
really tired of the rain.
Here you go.
Say, how was your date last Friday?
Did you have a nice time?
Hey, it wasn't meant to be.
And there are plenty of fish
in the sea, right?
There it is.
Enjoy the weather, Mr. Sai.
Here you go.
You can have it,
it'll start your day right.
Bye!
Hello!
Oh!
Mr. Sai.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I bet that knocking was annoying
but I just had to get you down here
and when I saw your car
in the driveway
I knew you had to be home.
My name is Lucy. Lucy Hill.
I hope you don't mind.
I don't have an appointment
but I came a long way
and I need some new
headshots for my portfolio.
Would you mind so much
if you're not too busy
to give me an hour of your time?
I brought cash.
I-- Oh, please, please
Mr. Sai,
I came such a long way.
It would help my career
tremendously, please.
I promise I'll be out of your hair
in an hour.
Thank you
Would you mind if I used your
washroom before it began?
Oh, the weather outside is frightening.
I thought my makeup would run.
Well, I don't
I don't think I've ever seen a picture
of you in a suit before.
It suits you.
I'm sorry, I'm just so excited.
Your work is so wonderful.
I just know you'll
bring out my best.
Work is tough out there.
Sometimes you can't
even get an audition.
Oh-- Oh
You don't have to explain yourself,
Mr. Sai.
I know everything the internet
can tell me about you.
Plus a little more.
I read lips so well
you'll think I read minds.
Plus, my aunt taught me a
little bit of sign language.
I need more classes.
Your tomb is beautiful.
May I have a tour?
I said your home is beautiful.
Would you mind showing me around?
Just-- Just a quick one.
I'd love to brag about
the home of the great Karter Sai.
I love your place it's so cute.
Oh, my God, I love these.
Are they vintage?
They look really old.
Wow!
That's fun! Art collector, too!
Is this your room?
I like.
Is this the guest room?
Okay.
Oh, my God.
Is that your family?
Oh.
They're so cute.
Oh, I recognize
you. Look at you.
You look exactly the same.
You know your hair hasn't
changed that much.
Oh, my God! We had exactly
the same dog growing up.
When I was younger
A little pug just like that,
we named her Daisy.
Oh, you know.
Is that your brother?
Is that your father?
Are you close to him?
So tragic
what happened to your mother.
Here.
Oh, look at that.
You know my colors.
Alright, how do you want me?
It's good.
Yes.
How's it looking?
Good?
More like this?
Now?
Is this good or straight?
Straight forward
Move this way more?
Straight on. Chin down.
You show me.
Is this right?
You know what
Let's take five.
I'm gonna get a glass of water.
Made enough for two.
Thought we could chat.
Get to know each other a little bit.
I got that honey,
you can rest those fingers.
One or two?
I'm sorry I got lost
in my music there.
I drove here from an old town
outside Savannah, Georgia.
Sure is different from up here.
The culture anyway and the air.
The smell is fresh but
definitely more welcoming.
Folks down there don't
care too much for tourists.
Have you been
anywhere else but here?
I would have thought
with your talent
you'd be flying around the world.
But I guess your clients
come to you as I did.
I noticed you don't have
a ring on your finger.
Was there or will there
be a Mrs. Sai anytime soon?
Look at me intruding. Forgive me.
I'm just a little nervous
around celebrities.
You never properly
studied photography, right?
I read about that in an article.
You learned everything
just by holding a camera.
I've always found photography
to be very personal
and intimate.
You
You get to steal a moment
from someone's life
and hold it forever
in a tiny square.
You can take so much
from that tiny square.
When I stare at a
photo long enough it's
it's like I'm somehow
closer to the person.
Like I am touching them
without their permission.
Do you ever feel like that?
I guess it's silly.
I'm no professional but
I do feel a
sense of satisfaction.
Voyeur.
Guilty pleasure from
staring into a photograph.
Were either of your
parents photographers?
Your story is not one
to be taken lightly.
thought I pressed my opinion.
A beautiful tragedy.
It must have been even harder for you
growing up in a small town.
Well, with all the so in circles.
You've never left
here before, right?
People can be so unforgiving.
They'll mangle any truth
and so shot a gin is
what it is to them.
No mind for the effect
that something like that
can have on a young mind.
Enough to make them go and
well
blame the wrong people.
Really
dangerous thoughts.
I don't see your
father as a bad man,
a killer, or anything
the papers wanna sell him as.
No. People are born kind
and act like that.
That's an illness. I imagine
you have some fun memories
with him from before
Otherwise Don't you?
Christmas?
Birthdays? I bet he read
to you from time to time.
What was your favorite
children's book?
Mine was Amelia Bedelia.
I got that book one birthday
and my mother read
it to me every night.
Every single night.
No.
Nothing but an illness.
Probably, hereditary.
Your father was a nice man.
Mr. Sai, just like you.
Hey, Mr.Sai.
How're you doing?
The weather's nice today, right?
Beats the rain we've had all week.
There you go.
So, you had a date Friday night,
How'd it go?
Sorry about that, bro.
Happens to the best of us.
But like my mom said,
if it wasn't meant to be,
there's plenty of fish in the sea.
There it is. Have a good one, Mr. Sai.
Oh, Mr. Sai.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I bet that knocking was annoying.
But I just had to
get you down here.
When I saw your car in the
driveway I knew you had to be home.
My name is Lucy. Lucy Hill.
I hope you don't mind,
I don't have an appointment.
But I came a long way
and I need some new
headshots for my Please,
please, I came such a long way.
It would help my career
tremendously, please.
911. What is your emergency?
What is your emergency?
Are they in the house right now?
Are you somewhere safe?
Okay, sir.
I need you to stay in there.
Can you hear them now?
Sir, can you hear them now?
Okay, sir. I'll have someone
there as soon as possible.
Sir, are you there?
Sir?
Karter,
have you killed yourself yet?
Did you wash your hands?
Can you go tell your
father dinner's ready?
Can you go do that
for Mommy, baby?
Do you think he's mad?
Do you think he's mad?
Do you think he's mad?
Have you killed yourself yet, Karter?
No, please, don't
You like to break the dishes.
Did you pay for those dishes?
-Karter, get in here.
-No.
Karter!
Karter, get in here.
No!
Karter, get in here.
Come here.
-No.
-Your mother broke a plate.
Show your mother what
we do in this house
when we break plates.
-Hit her.
-No.
Hit your mother, Karter.
Hit your mother, Karter.
Again.
Hit her, again.
Please, no.
Hit her again!
Hit your mother again!
It's always frightening.
But that's just the beginning.
Eventually, you'll wish
it was only frightening
but it'll never change.
Only worsen until you're
beaten and then it'll continue.
It's everything the storybook says
it is and worse.
And it's forever.
You know what I am?
Not exactly, but you
should fear the same.
No, I'm not here to take
you out of your house.
Now you don't deserve that much.
Well, hardly.
Now that would mean
that there was someone
or something that
was here to punch you.
Now do I look like
I could do that?
You're not asking
the right questions, Karter.
Wouldn't you want to know why
you're here in the first place?
Good. Me too.
So, tell me.
Don't be coy, Mr. Sai.
We all know why we do
everything and anything.
Just because you happen
to regret it afterward
just makes you human, unfortunately.
Did you know
that in 2018
there were 48,344 suicides
in the United States alone
that we know of?
Now that's up from 42,000.
On September 25th, 2000,
Kevin Haynes jumped off
the Golden Gate Bridge
and he survived.
Now when they asked him afterward,
he said that the very second he
let go of that railing, he regretted it.
I mean, what a coward!
Now, I mean, if you're
going to commit to something
I think that you should do.
And dying?
Dying is not so bad.
If you wanna know
what your victims felt,
well, I can tell you that
the only pain they
experienced was at your hands.
The rest was just
in your mind.
Now, the transition is seamless.
Most don't even realize
that anything's happened
they just keep doing what
they were doing just in a day.
When and if they figure it out
they pop mentally.
I guess the forever
part is hard to fathom.
What do I want from you?
No, what do you want, little man?
No.
You don't want eternity.
Typical human, dare I say male ego.
You want to die
but you don't want to spend
eternity in the unknown.
You want to stop murdering
but you don't want to spend
your life in a ten-by-ten
cement cell. You want to have
relief from your trauma
but you don't want
to forget it completely.
You want all of the answers
but none of the truth.
You're testing me.
I like that.
I'm almost ready.
How do you want me?
I got this dress.
I think it brings out my eyes.
Please, don't.
Let me go.
Please let me go.
I won't tell anybody I swear.
Please, I don't wanna die.
911. What is your emergency?
Are you with the victim now?
Are you at your house?
Are they alive? Can you
check if they're breathing?
Well
I'm a murderer because
Daddy never loved me.
Life is so hard.
Get over it.
We've all got daddy issues.
Did you kill yourself yet?
Sir.
Hello, sir.
Sir, are you still with me?
Hello, are you there?
Sir.
Can you hear me?
Are you still at the same address?
Can you tell me
what room you're in?
We have officers
in the house now.
They searched everywhere.
There's no one in the house.
Where are you?
Sir, are you still with me?
Can you hear me?
Time's up.
-Are you out of your fucking mind?
-Yes No!
-Where are you gonna go?
-Away from you!
Away from you. I'm not raising
my child with a monster.
-Get your place in on me.
-No!
Not this time. I finally remember.
Yeah, that's right.
Welcome. You did this.
Make me take it far away from us.
I'm sick of you.
I wish I never met you.
You're not a man, you're a coward!
911. What is your emergency?
Please stay with me.
I'm sending someone over now.
Open up.
Open the door.
Hey, there, Mr. Sai.
How's it going today?
It's a beautiful
day we are having.
It's supposed to be
like this all week.
Dying is not so bad.
Most don't even realize
that anything's happened
In your mind.