Under Spanish Skies (2022) Movie Script
(bleak music)
(engine revs)
(water rumbles)
(water rumbles)
(water rumbles)
(suspenseful music)
(water splashes)
(water rumbles)
(projector whirs and clicks)
(Eastern string music)
(Eastern horn music)
(bell rings)
(projector whirs and clicks)
(Leah gasps)
(brooding music)
(horse nickers)
Shh.
(Alix sniffles)
(phone clicks)
(phone chimes)
(phone chimes)
(phone chimes)
(phone rings)
Tio.
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Tio, my phone is going to
die, but I'm coming to you.
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Today.
No, Alix. (Speaks foreign language)
(Alix speaks foreign language)
(Andres speaks foreign language)
(knocks on door)
Yeah?
(Leah sighs)
- Is this everything?
- I don't know.
It never ends.
(box thuds)
Thank you, Andres.
You're welcome.
Should I get anything from town?
More wine. (Chuckles)
And anything that looks
good at the market.
You remember my niece, Alix?
Yeah.
I think she's coming here.
When?
Tonight. I'm sorry, I just found out.
I can take her to Cordoba for the week.
No, no, no, no, no.
I don't mind.
Yes, but your friends and
It's fine. We'll be fine.
And I want you to join us for dinner.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
Okay.
Okay.
(lively acoustic guitar music)
How did Neil find this place?
You know, some bankrupt rancher
he met in a bar in Madrid.
Sold it him for a duffel bag full of cash.
(both chuckle)
So, when did you see him last?
Last, last spring, I think.
Yeah, he finagled tickets
to Hamilton. God knows how.
- Yeah, I heard about that.
- How?
He told you?
Well, he flew to LA right after.
Oh, right.
So, you saw him last.
Mm-hm.
What else did you guys talk about?
Usual stuff.
Talked about his deals
up and down Africa, Asia.
Old school stories.
And Leah, of course.
Of course.
Leah.
(horn honks)
What is it?
Hitchhiker.
[Beth] What are you doing?
[Gregory] I'm gonna pick her up.
Great idea, Greg.
We're going to console
our friend who's grieving
and you're gonna stop for
some random young woman?
- Hi.
- Hi. (Chuckles)
Oh, you really can't
turn it off, can you?
See? This is why we...
(engine revs)
That is not why we broke up.
Fuck you!
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(gate squeaks)
(car door slams)
That must be the eco warrior.
Why do women always do
that for other women?
'Cause we actually notice?
Oh, my god. It's Noah's Ark here.
Allergies.
(cat meows)
You know the six words
that scare me the most?
What?
"Daddy, let's go to the zoo."
(Beth chuckles)
(brooding vocal music in foreign language)
(Beth sighs)
I'm so bad with grief.
I guess we're just there for her, right?
Yeah.
(seat belts click)
(car door slams)
(door creaks)
Hey!
You made it.
(Gregory chuckles)
Oh, Leah, you haven't changed.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Oh, Beth.
Welcome to Andalusia.
(peaceful acoustic guitar music)
[Barry] Are you bent set on a vacation?
[Gregory] No, it's not a vacation.
[Barry] Oh, I called at the office.
They said you're at
Lake Tahoe or somethin'.
- What?
- Lake Tahoe.
- No, I'm in Spain.
- Oh.
A friend of mine asked me to come.
Her partner passed away recently.
[Barry] Oh, that's sad. How's she doing?
Must be terrible for her.
Yeah.
She's very upset.
What's going on with him?
Okay, Barry, I've gotta
go. Listen to me very
She wants a divorce.
- Why?
- Yeah.
I guess she had enough
of his fun and games.
His drinks, the snacks.
- You understand?
- Full custody.
You sure you wanna do that?
Yeah.
Yeah, and I want you to communicate that,
to that vampire lawyer of hers.
[Barry] All right.
Neil wanted kids.
I always wondered about that.
Yeah?
Was it medical?
If it was a choice,
does that make me selfish?
How about you? Did you want kids?
[Beth] Couldn't.
You know, after we moved here,
I stopped reading the
newspaper, watching television.
I refused to look at the
internet, I just didn't want
to hear about the horrors
of the world anymore.
And I definitely didn't
want to bring a kid into it.
Well, what did Neil
have to say about it?
He didn't say anything.
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(engine revs)
(Andres speaks foreign language)
I'm not speaking fucking Spanish.
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Hm?
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Hm?
Why?
Why? You wanna know why?
Because it's the language of your fanatic,
religious bitch of a sister, that's why.
What happened?
I go home to Turo for holidays
and I bring my girlfriend with me.
She throws the fucking Bible at me.
She lectures me about
Sodom and Gomorrah and sins
and all of that fucking bullshit.
But you know, Alix, you
cannot provoke her like that.
If she can't accept
it, she can fuck off.
[Andres] Where is your girlfriend now?
We had a fight in Barcelona.
She left.
So you came here?
I'm completely broke.
Where else is there to go?
Of course.
Where else could you go?
- There you go.
- Oh, yes.
And you're not drinking?
No, it doesn't mix with the Valium.
[Leah] Valium?
Well, being a doctor has its perks.
(Leah chuckles)
Can you write me a
prescription for cyanide?
Just asking for a friend.
Please.
[Leah] Alix!
Aww.
The last time I saw
you, you were this high.
What a nice surprise.
I found her on the side of the road.
I wanted to run her over, but uh...
(Andres chuckles)
- Come, meet my friends.
This is Beth, my uh, BFF.
And this is my old pal Gregory.
Sorry about earlier. It was her fault.
He's right. Sorry, it's...
I just didn't-
Yeah, no problem.
I'm Gregory. Heard so
much about you from Neil.
You're the amazing eco engineer.
I miss him.
Neil and Andres had a
very special connection.
She wants to say we enjoyed a drink.
Well, then we have something in common.
I used to like to drink with Neil, too.
Then you will enjoy my homemade anise.
(phone rings)
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
You know, I uh...
Should I take her to town?
- I can drive her.
No, no. I want her here.
Hello?
The reception here is shit!
(brooding vocal music)
To Neil.
To Neil.
- To Neil.
- To Neil, yes.
Yes, indeed.
I do wanna say something here.
A little secret I've been
keeping from you all.
Or almost all.
Neil and I had bought a
little apartment in Marrakesh,
about 10 years ago.
We liked the feeling of
freedom we had there.
Could take a ferry to a
train and in a few hours,
be in a different world.
There's a square there.
A vast,
strange, polygon of a square.
The Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Some people think it means
"The assembly of death".
Which,
is funny, really, because,
it's really the opposite of that.
Every day, it fills
with all kinds of life.
Snake charmers.
Magicians.
Water sellers, scribes.
Prostitutes.
Tourists.
In the old days, they
had executions there.
So, people would go there to die.
Neil and I spent a lot of
time apart, as you know, but,
just knowing he was out
there somewhere in the world,
on an overnight flight or in a meeting,
or haggling in a marketplace.
That's all I needed.
I felt safe.
And here on the farm, I was his anchor,
at the center of our little solar system.
And the tether was long,
but he always came back.
(wine trickles)
I never wanted to be alone.
Even here.
As beautiful as it is.
So...
One day,
as we were walking through the market,
we made a pact, (chuckles) that
whoever it happened to first,
death, I mean,
but (chuckles) I don't
think either of us thought
that it would happen so soon.
The other would spend a few
months tying up loose ends,
and travel to Marrakesh,
take a stroll through the Jemaa el-Fnaa,
and then make our way to
our little hiding place,
where we had stored a vial.
Take the vial and...
But you're not gonna do
anything like that, really.
Are you?
Gregory, it's why you're here.
I brought you and Beth
here to say goodbye.
But you can't.
This is insane.
Maybe.
Maybe it is.
But I, I can't continue.
Did you know about this?
I mean, when were you planning
on carrying out this madness?
I will leave on Sunday morning.
Andres has agreed to
drive me to Gibraltar,
where I will take the ferry to Tangier,
and from there I'll take the
overnight train to Marrakesh.
I'll be gone on Monday night.
(hurried footsteps recede)
(dark string music)
(Alix screams)
[Andres] Alix!
(Alix screams)
(water splashes)
(Alix screams)
(Alix pants)
[Gregory] Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
Shirt!
(Alix whines)
- Come on!
- Hold it still.
Still!
- Yes, come on.
[Beth] Pressure! Pressure!
Geez.
(Alix pants)
(distant dog barks)
Okay.
(Alix pants)
(brooding guitar music)
(food crunches)
How is she?
Asleep.
(water splashes)
Did she lose a lot of blood?
No.
It was mostly shock.
She's gonna be okay.
Please tell me this
is just all a bad dream.
Oh, stop thinking
about yourself, Gregory.
Is Andres back from Seville?
I haven't seen him.
Poor girl.
She's really in deep.
Kill yourself over love.
I haven't heard of anyone
wanting to do that lately.
Have you?
Beth, I know you're preoccupied,
but I need to talk to you about Neil.
What?
I didn't sleep very well last night
and I've been thinking about a
lot of stuff that he told me.
[Leah] How is she?
A few more hours of
sleep and she'll be fine.
Oh.
I mean her body will be fine.
Thank God.
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(Andres speaks foreign language)
(Andres grunts)
"But old folks, many
feign as they were dead.
Unwieldy.
Slow.
"Heavy and pale as lead."
What?
Shakespeare.
Juliet talking to her nurse.
I'm preparing the part for the fall show.
You're an actor.
I always wanted to act.
Why not? You still can.
(Beth chuckles)
So, why did you come here?
To see my uncle.
He's the only person in my
family that I can stand.
He doesn't judge me.
You could've broken
his heart last night.
I know. I went crazy.
It's Leah's story, it-
Leah's story is a story.
It's just words. It's like Shakespeare.
But such love.
It touched me.
- Listen to me.
Killing yourself does nothing
but cause pain for everyone around you.
Your joy belongs to
you. Don't give it away.
Don't entrust it to anyone.
(somber music)
(sheep bleat)
I heard about the divorce.
Why didn't you call me?
I didn't want to be
a failure to you guys.
Besides, I thought Neil would've told you.
No. That was one of our rules.
No gossip. Gossip and politics.
They just fuck everything up.
Easy to be a purist
when you don't have kids.
So, what was all that about?
Last night. You're over it, right?
Come on, you're just one
great meal, one great trip,
one horror movie away from
moving past it, right?
One love affair?
Yes.
It was just a silly impulse,
like the eco fanatic's niece.
You really don't like Andres. Why?
Well, why should I?
Neil's dead.
You're thinking of killing yourself,
and he's gonna happily
drive you to your death.
I don't trust him.
- Stop it.
(Gregory sighs)
Are you jealous?
Fuck yes, I'm jealous!
Did you even come here to remember Neil?
He's dead. He's gone.
There's nothing left of him.
He's just a memory.
But you.
- Oh, Gregory.
There was a time.
Do you remember all of those parties
at your parents' house in Rome?
All the girls wanted
you. I was no different.
You were Gatsby and I was Daisy
and all you had to do was
touch my hand or kiss me.
I would've been yours.
And 30 years on,
here we are.
Yeah, but you have to
understand, we had a pact.
(Gregory sighs)
It makes just being alive
thrilling. No one knew about it.
It was our most intimate
thing and it was ours.
You're sure that Neil
would've done the same for you,
if you had gone first?
Yes.
(pigs grunt)
Ola.
[Gregory] So, it's, uh, lunch time?
Breakfast, actually.
I couldn't get to it this
morning. I had to run to Seville.
Oh, sure, yeah. How is she?
She's okay, thank God.
Are you a believer?
Oh, no. Just a stupid expression.
Neil told me once about this area.
It's called the magical
hamon forest, right?
Yeah.
We like to believe that
meat grows on trees here.
So that we don't face the
thought of slaughtering animals.
So, what about these pigs?
They're lucky. I'm vegan.
(chuckles) Not a typical Spaniard.
We're not all into
bloodsports and animal cruelty,
if this is what you mean.
No offense. (Chuckles) I talk too much.
No, my mouth has cost me half
a dozen business partners,
and most probably my marriage.
I'm not a man who takes offense.
Yeah. You seem to
have it all figured out.
What do you mean?
Well, it's a nice setup here.
Yeah. Indeed, it is.
And soon, it will all be yours.
Oh. (Chuckles)
I think you have something very confused.
I'm a businessman.
I can recognize a good
deal when I see one.
"A good deal"?
Must be amazing that Neil died.
Lo and behold, you're
the man of the house.
You know, Neil was my friend.
Yeah, he was my friend, too.
As is Leah.
And something friends don't do
is let them make bad decisions.
Like choosing to die.
So once Leah is gone,
this finca belongs to you.
You got a little chica in town, huh?
You want to start a family here?
Or maybe you'd prefer to
be the eligible bachelor
and pick up girls in
Seville for a dirty weekend
in the country, huh?
You know what?
You are right.
You talk too much.
(fence rattles)
You should know
that Leah asked me to close
the farm after she's gone.
Bring down all the new buildings,
and leave the old ones to crumble.
This will be a nature reserve.
And you?
I don't know.
You know, I really hate what's happening.
I don't want Leah to go.
But Leah and Neil gave me 10
years of absolute freedom.
Am I to pay her back by
depriving her of her choice?
You are her good friend, no?
Why don't you try and stop her?
(brooding music)
(horse neighs)
This is Dervish.
They're like psychologists.
Yeah.
I guess so.
Why did you come up here?
My uncle sent me to get olive oil.
Do you know where I can find it?
(brooding music)
Here it is.
This is what I wanted to give you.
(Beth chuckles)
Wow.
Oh, my god.
It's a treasure chest. (Chuckles)
Yeah.
Been hauling that thing
around since high school.
Meaning to put them into photo albums.
Maybe you can finish that task for me now.
Okay. I will.
(Beth chuckles)
So delicate.
It's just like you.
"Delicate".
Is that the right word for me?
Your friendship was such a prize.
You were my best friend.
Still are, I guess.
Are we really friends?
We were together for three or four years.
Most of our lives, before and after,
are unknown to each other.
Neil was your best friend.
Hey, weren't we all gonna move
into some big flat in Islington?
Yeah. That's right.
You and me.
Greg and Neil.
Whatever happened to that plan?
Goa?
Oh, right. Our big
Indian backpacking trip.
Do you remember Neil had
to come down and rescue us?
Of course I remember.
You don't remember what happened before?
We got into trouble with
the police or something.
You ran away and left me
in that jail for two days.
You hid in a luxury
hotel, waiting for Neil.
I was fucking terrified,
Leah. I was stark naked.
I was peeing on the
floor, like a zoo animal.
I don't remember.
You asked why we
didn't move in together?
'Cause my parents put me
in the psychiatric ward
when we came home.
I had to live with them for three years.
But why would
The acid and trauma,
it just triggered it.
I thought I was gonna die in there.
You left me there.
Alone.
Scared.
But I don't remember.
Did you block it out?
You're too fucking delicate?
Beth, I don't know what to say.
[Beth] There's nothing to say.
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(Leah and Andres speak foreign language)
Haven't been in here in ages.
Five months, I think.
That's right.
I ran over here, the
morning Neil collapsed.
Yes.
I wanted to
apologize to you.
What for?
Being so selfish.
Just me, me, me, me, me. All the time.
- Oh, come on, Leah.
- No, it's true.
I never asked you. I never asked Neil.
Ask what?
Anything.
Moving here.
Not having children.
Closing the farm.
The pact.
It all came from me, out of my head.
(sighs) No.
I chose to come here,
when Neil asked me to.
And I chose to stay here,
when you asked me to.
You never made me do anything.
Well, this farm is as much
yours as it is ours, mine.
This farm is not yours, Leah.
It's not mine, either.
We're, uh, borrowing it from the animals,
the trees, mountain.
It belongs to nature.
So, what?
Marriage?
Fidelity?
Owning land, friendship? It's all made up?
Well, I think friendship is real.
(brooding music)
(leaves rustle)
[Gregory] Hey.
What's this?
Leah gave me these
snaps to sort through.
It's a treasure chest.
(Gregory chuckles)
Remember this?
Romeo and Juliet.
How could I forget?
That was the cast party.
(Gregory chuckles)
Beth.
Mm?
We need to talk her.
I told her what I needed to say.
I don't think she knows all the facts.
Facts? About?
That at some point, you and me and Neil,
we had to go out into the world.
Leah...
I know.
She was protected, by Neil.
Yeah, that was his whole thing, but,
I don't think she understood
what he was like out there.
No.
No, she didn't.
We had to compromise.
Oh, compromise sounds like a weakness.
I'd call it survival.
Okay, what I'm trying to say is,
if she knew what was going
on out there, with Neil...
No one really knows another person.
Leah thinks she knows
everything about Neil.
Well, she doesn't. I don't
know everything about you.
You don't know everything about her.
We're talking about someone's life here.
He was such a good storyteller.
He was a businessman.
- Don't give me that.
I knew what was BS with
Neil and what wasn't.
I think you know what I'm getting at here.
I mean, these are all
just meaningless. Come on.
What's important is, is
what's happening right now,
and we can still do something.
If you don't say something, then I will.
(brooding music)
Hey, sweetie.
No, I'm in Spain.
(chuckles) No, I'm not staying here.
I'll be back on Tuesday.
[Ellie] Yay!
Won't be able to see you
until the weekend, though,
but then we can go rollerskating.
We can do anything you want.
[Ellie] Ooh, let's go to the zoo!
Yeah, I miss you.
[Ellie] I miss you too, Daddy.
Is your mother around? Can I...
- She's coming, Dad.
- Okay, I love you.
[Ellie] I love you, too.
- Bye bye.
- Bye.
- Gregory, what is it?
- Hi, Bianca.
[Bianca] Did you talk
to your lawyer yet?
- Yes, I spoke to him.
- Good.
- Listen, I wanted to ask you-
- This is not some game.
Yeah, he explained it to
me, three or four times.
Well, yeah.
[Bianca] You can't call me anymore.
I'm your husband, for god's sake!
[Bianca] You keep
yelling at me like that,
I will block you.
Okay, I'm sorry.
Just wanted to ask you
if I could take the kids
to see a movie at the weekend.
- Absolutely not.
- Why not?
[Bianca] That would be
totally inappropriate.
- Why, Bianca?
- Goodbye, Gregory.
Oh, come on!
(water swashes)
Excuse me. Is this yours?
Yeah.
Can I put it right here next to me?
Sure.
Why don't you come in? The water's lovely.
[Gregory] Do you really
wanna know why I don't come in?
Okay.
You promise to keep a secret?
Yeah. (Chuckles)
Because I can't swim.
A man your age?
Oh, my god. (Chuckles)
(rooster crows)
(phone chimes)
It's from Clara.
Can you read it to me?
"Thought you should know,
I'm having a great time with my new BF."
And there's a photo of her, in sunglasses,
on some kind of speedboat.
(water bubbles)
Can you write something for me?
Sure. Why not?
Write, "You're a treacherous
whore and I hope you die."
You know, before I send this off,
can I make a small observation?
What?
I think if she really
was having a great time
with this guy, she wouldn't
be sending you a text message.
I don't get it.
Well, she's obviously
thinking about you, right?
Yeah.
Something's bothering her.
Okay. So what?
[Gregory] Do you still want her back?
Honestly? I don't know.
I think I'm getting over her.
That's perfect. That's exactly
what you want her to know.
Okay, so I just ignore her text?
Yeah, you could do that.
Or if you want to
press the advantage, you could respond.
But you just said that I
Yeah, I said you can let
her know that you're over her.
Let me show you.
(Gregory sighs)
(phone clicks)
(Gregory clears his throat)
"Hi, Clara. That's so cool.
I'm so happy for you.
He sounds like someone you really deserve.
Have a great time.
"Also, you look so hot in
those sunglasses. Best, Alix."
Makes it sound like nothing
happened between us.
Yeah, it's kind of, uh,
text message jiu-jitsu.
Okay. Send it.
(phone chimes)
(phone chimes)
"Oh, by the way, he's
really good in bed, too."
What the fuck?
Oh, she's doubling down.
Wait, I mean she's trying
to hurt you where it counts.
Okay, I get it.
Write "Amazing."
Smiley face with the tongue.
"Good for you, but don't forget
to use protection, though."
(phone clicks)
"GTG, your pal, Alix."
Uh, what does "GTG" mean?
It's "got to go".
(Gregory chuckles)
(phone chimes)
I think you've gotten the hang of it.
Yep. Definitely got the hang of it.
(peaceful music)
Okay, say the line.
Which one? There are so many words here.
[Alix] Just the last two sentences.
"Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand
that I might touch that cheek."
Ay me!
[Andres] What's wrong? Are you okay?
Tio, that's my line. Now
you read the next line.
Oh. Sorry.
Here I go.
"Oh, speak again, bright angel.
For thou art as glorious to this night"
Oh, my god!
You sound like you're
reading a crop report.
I wish I was.
It would be much more
interesting than this.
So much, eh, hot air.
This is all about love,
Uncle. With a big I.
No wonder you're single.
Now, come on. Give me the cue again.
The cue?
[Alix] The last line.
Okay.
"And sails upon the bosom of the air."
Better, Tio.
Oh, Romeo.
Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo?
(Andres applauds)
(Beth chuckles)
Beth.
About Goa.
I'm truly sorry.
I was a coward. I realize that.
I hope you can forgive me.
I don't have any close family.
No children.
So you two and Andres are all that I have.
And when I go away tomorrow,
I don't want there to be any doubt
about my love for you.
You know what? I have
to call my wife's lawyer.
Poor Gregory.
He lives in hell.
I wish I could give him what he needs.
Your decision is a
catastrophe for all of us.
Maybe Neil and I
should've prepared you both.
He wanted to warn you, but
I swore him to secrecy.
I knew about it.
What?
I knew.
About our pact?
Yes.
Neil told you?
Yes.
When?
Years ago.
That was our most...
That was the most...
(somber music)
Sacred thing.
Why did he...
How did it even come up?
We were in bed together.
How many times?
How many times?
How many times?
Every time he came to New York.
When did it end?
When did it end?
- It didn't!
It didn't.
Does Gregory know?
Yes.
Why?
Why?
At first, it was to get back at you.
And then, I...
Fell in love with him.
I loved Neil, Leah.
(somber music)
(knocks on door)
Leah.
You knew.
Beth told you?
(door closes)
How many times did we talk on the phone?
How many letters?
Every Christmas, a long letter
from you about your kids.
Your travels. The good old days.
I loved both of you.
I didn't want to get between you.
Did you talk to Neil about it?
Or Beth?
Neil, yes.
Beth...
No.
Never.
Except this morning.
So, what? Was it a boys
against girls kind of thing?
Why didn't you tell me?
Didn't wanna betray Neil.
So you chose to betray me instead?
I should've told you, Leah.
I was jealous of Neil. Always.
From the very beginning.
(Leah sighs)
(brooding piano music)
And you thought that somehow,
after this, you could ever have me?
You wanna get into the shade.
I'd offer you my hat, but I need it.
Sorry, I was...
I was just in my own world there.
That's the problem. We
are all in our own world.
Eight billion greedy bastards.
Looks healthy.
It is. I grow it right out here.
It's very organic.
I just hate the lines
in the supermarket.
(Beth chuckles)
Neil loved to go shopping for food.
Oh, yes.
He was a model capitalist consumer.
(both chuckle)
I'm surprised you got along, then.
I wasn't such a hippy all my life.
In my 20s, I wanted to put my shoulder
to the wheel of progress.
So you understood him?
Yes.
And he understood me.
When he met me, I was like this bird,
lying on a super highway, broken wings.
Cars and trucks, speeding by me.
He rescued me.
He rescued me, too.
(Beth chuckles)
(somber music)
(Leah sighs)
(Leah sniffs)
(suspenseful music)
(brooding music)
(horse nickers)
Neil?
(horse snorts)
(water splashes)
(water splashes)
(Beth pants)
(Leah gasps)
(Beth sighs)
(Beth sniffles)
(water splashes)
(Leah gasps)
It's how I clear my head.
How can you be so calm?
When...
I'm facing my last days?
[Gregory] I think we got through to her.
"We"?
[Gregory] Yeah, we.
I pushed you to talk to
her, you talked to her,
and now she's devastated.
35 years of friendship down
the bunghole, but it's okay,
because at least our friend
isn't gonna off herself.
That's nice.
You could've told Leah.
You could've called me
and said "Do not get off."
I mean, what kind of a
friend are you, anyway?
I wanted to hold it together with us.
Yeah.
No, you and Neil were very loyal guys.
You were true believers
in our little clique.
He loved you.
[Gregory] I think it's
time for us to leave.
(car doors slam)
(car starts)
(engine revs)
- What're you doing?
- Leaving.
What? No.
We don't want to cause
you any more suffering.
[Gregory] It would be
awkward if we stayed on.
No, please. Please don't go.
I want you here. Both of you.
(somber vocal music)
And one night, just a
few days before he died,
he called me from the ICU.
The cancer had spread
all through his body and
up to his throat and it...
He could only whisper.
He begged me to come
and talk to you, Leah.
To tell you the whole story.
So why didn't you, Beth?
What was the point?
You seemed fine.
You seemed so matter-of-fact
when I called you.
I just wish we'd been more
honest with each other.
[Alix] Tio!
Coming!
I didn't know Neil for
as long as you guys have.
For me,
Neil perfected being in the now.
And like a quantum particle,
for him, anyone, anything, any idea,
any place, could be both
real and imaginary,
true and false,
at the same time.
And he saw no contradictions.
(sighs) I'll go check on Juliet.
That's it.
What?
You know, the moment we got here,
we've been tying ourselves
in knots over Neil.
He's been playing us all along.
Come on, Gregory, you knew.
No, yeah.
But he exploited my loyalty
to him and the group.
He never told me about this pact.
He told me.
He played you too, Beth.
No.
- Yes.
- No.
He made you do his dirty work!
What does it matter now?
Oh, I'm sorry, Leah.
I can't forgive him.
I mean, he toyed with your life.
He knew you were serious about this pact.
And here I was, all these years,
looking up to the bastard.
Stop.
Gregory.
He was weak.
Yeah, he was a liar.
But I loved him.
Where is my lord?
I do remember well where I
should be and there I am.
Where is my Romeo?
What's here?
A cup, closed in my true love's hand?
Poison. I see.
Hath been his timeless end.
Oh, churl.
Drunk all and left no friendly
drop to help me after.
I will kiss thy lips,
haply, some poison yet doth hang on them,
to make me die with a restorative.
Thy lips are warm.
Yeah, noise?
I'll be brief.
(Alix sighs)
Happy dagger.
(suspenseful music)
This is thy sheath.
(Alix gasps)
(somber music)
(knocks on door)
What are you doing?
It's such a beautiful night.
I was in the field, looking at the stars.
Aren't you cold?
A little.
(Leah chuckles)
But the night breeze felt good.
Is this one of yours?
[Leah] Yes.
Is it you?
Could be anyone, really.
[Alix] A little girl
lost in the dark forest.
Maybe she isn't lost.
Just exploring.
(Alix breathes deeply)
Mm.
When I was looking at the sky just now,
I was thinking that our entire
world is to be discovered.
New ways of being.
There's so much left to be lived.
I'm glad to hear you say that.
(muffled car approaches)
(car doors slam)
Can't believe you came.
(Clara mumbles)
How long was the ride?
- Three hours.
(muffled chatter)
(brooding music)
(car door slams)
(car starts)
(distant chatter)
(car door slams)
[Leah] I came for Dervish's bridle.
The girls asked me to
drive them to Cordoba today.
I didn't know if, uh
It's fine.
You should take them.
[Andres] Okay.
[Leah] You found your friend.
Yeah.
It's wonderful.
(engine revs)
Be careful with Dervish.
He'll be almost a wild horse by now.
Go!
Go!
(bridle clinks)
I'm supposed to call
Bianca at seven AM, LA time.
I mean, for a friendly chat.
Oh, if not?
Well, then she's
gonna convince the court
that I'm an absentee father.
I mean, I'm fucked, either way.
It never goes well when we talk.
Where have you been?
In the hills.
Well, you missed Alix.
Um, yes. I'm sorry I
didn't get to say goodbye.
[Beth] Alix is a special kid.
(phone rings)
- Ding dong.
The witch is back.
If you'll excuse me.
Bianca.
- Gregory, are you alone?
[Gregory] Of course I'm alone.
(door opens)
(door slams)
Beth?
I need you to drive me to Gibraltar.
If we leave in the next hour,
I can catch the 4:30 ferry.
I can't ask Gregory. He won't do it.
To Marrakesh?
Andres was going to drive
me, but with the girls...
Beth, I realize it was me all along.
He did everything for me,
and I spent years denying
him what he needed.
Of course he went outside of the marriage.
No.
No. I'm not gonna do it.
What? I'm agreeing with you.
It's what you've been trying
to tell me. I created this.
You think, what?
Neil's choices had
something to do with you?
- Yes! Yes!
- What you didn't do?
Neil loved me.
You were very special to him, Beth, but
But what?
But you weren't alone.
Of course, I know he loved
you. But you were friends, you
I'm not talking about me, Beth.
Then what are you talking about?
There were others.
He needed it. I couldn't give
him what he needed and so
So what? What?
He wanted a child and he has one.
Those kids love me,
Bianca. Think about them.
[Bianca] I am thinking about them.
They're the only thing I think about.
Okay. Take the house,
take my money, I don't care.
But deny my kids...
(muffled arguing)
Wait a minute, I've got to go.
[Bianca] Is this a
matter of life and death?
Yeah, you know what?
Actually, it is a matter
of life and death!
- I went into his office and-
- Why?
And I found these photos, of a baby.
Of a beautiful baby.
- That is not true!
You are insane!
- I'm not!
- This is all in your head!
- It is not, Beth.
You have to listen to me!
[Beth] If you had died before him,
he would've stayed with me.
He would not have killed himself!
- Because he had a child-
- No! Why are you doing this?
You're lying!
Because I'm trying to free you, Beth!
What the hell is going on here?
Gregory, tell her about the
others. She needs to know.
Oh, no, no.
Tell her!
Tell her about the women.
Tell her about the baby.
Tell her, Gregory!
No.
I'm their godfather.
(dark music)
(Beth sobs)
Give me the keys.
- What? Why?
- The keys!
No.
She wants to go and I'm gonna help her!
Give them to me!
The keys!
- Give her the keys!
(keys clink)
You want these?
(water rumbles)
(water splashes)
[Leah] Take a stroll
through the Jemaa el-Fnaa,
and then make our way to
our little hiding place,
where we had stored a vial.
Take the vial and...
(projector whirs and clicks)
(water bubbles)
- This is all in your head!
- It is not, Beth.
You have to listen to me!
[Beth] If you had died before him,
he would've stayed with me.
He would not have killed himself!
[Leah] Because he had
a child to live for!
Leah!
Leah!
Go fucking dive!
(water rumbles)
Leah!
[Beth] If she wants to kill
herself, I can't help her!
I can't do anything!
[Alix] A little girl
lost in the dark forest.
[Leah] Maybe she isn't
lost. Just exploring.
(water splashes)
[Leah] So, what?
Marriage?
Leah.
[Leah] Fidelity,
friendship? It's all made up?
[Andres] Well, I think
friendship is real.
Leah.
(water rumbles)
Come on.
(water splashes)
(Beth gasps)
(Leah gasps)
(Leah and Beth pant)
Who's gonna drive me?
(suspenseful music)
Okay.
(Beth sobs)
(passing car whooshes)
(birds chirp)
(brooding acoustic guitar
music in foreign language)
(engine revs)
(water rumbles)
(water rumbles)
(water rumbles)
(suspenseful music)
(water splashes)
(water rumbles)
(projector whirs and clicks)
(Eastern string music)
(Eastern horn music)
(bell rings)
(projector whirs and clicks)
(Leah gasps)
(brooding music)
(horse nickers)
Shh.
(Alix sniffles)
(phone clicks)
(phone chimes)
(phone chimes)
(phone chimes)
(phone rings)
Tio.
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Tio, my phone is going to
die, but I'm coming to you.
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Today.
No, Alix. (Speaks foreign language)
(Alix speaks foreign language)
(Andres speaks foreign language)
(knocks on door)
Yeah?
(Leah sighs)
- Is this everything?
- I don't know.
It never ends.
(box thuds)
Thank you, Andres.
You're welcome.
Should I get anything from town?
More wine. (Chuckles)
And anything that looks
good at the market.
You remember my niece, Alix?
Yeah.
I think she's coming here.
When?
Tonight. I'm sorry, I just found out.
I can take her to Cordoba for the week.
No, no, no, no, no.
I don't mind.
Yes, but your friends and
It's fine. We'll be fine.
And I want you to join us for dinner.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
Okay.
Okay.
(lively acoustic guitar music)
How did Neil find this place?
You know, some bankrupt rancher
he met in a bar in Madrid.
Sold it him for a duffel bag full of cash.
(both chuckle)
So, when did you see him last?
Last, last spring, I think.
Yeah, he finagled tickets
to Hamilton. God knows how.
- Yeah, I heard about that.
- How?
He told you?
Well, he flew to LA right after.
Oh, right.
So, you saw him last.
Mm-hm.
What else did you guys talk about?
Usual stuff.
Talked about his deals
up and down Africa, Asia.
Old school stories.
And Leah, of course.
Of course.
Leah.
(horn honks)
What is it?
Hitchhiker.
[Beth] What are you doing?
[Gregory] I'm gonna pick her up.
Great idea, Greg.
We're going to console
our friend who's grieving
and you're gonna stop for
some random young woman?
- Hi.
- Hi. (Chuckles)
Oh, you really can't
turn it off, can you?
See? This is why we...
(engine revs)
That is not why we broke up.
Fuck you!
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(gate squeaks)
(car door slams)
That must be the eco warrior.
Why do women always do
that for other women?
'Cause we actually notice?
Oh, my god. It's Noah's Ark here.
Allergies.
(cat meows)
You know the six words
that scare me the most?
What?
"Daddy, let's go to the zoo."
(Beth chuckles)
(brooding vocal music in foreign language)
(Beth sighs)
I'm so bad with grief.
I guess we're just there for her, right?
Yeah.
(seat belts click)
(car door slams)
(door creaks)
Hey!
You made it.
(Gregory chuckles)
Oh, Leah, you haven't changed.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Oh, Beth.
Welcome to Andalusia.
(peaceful acoustic guitar music)
[Barry] Are you bent set on a vacation?
[Gregory] No, it's not a vacation.
[Barry] Oh, I called at the office.
They said you're at
Lake Tahoe or somethin'.
- What?
- Lake Tahoe.
- No, I'm in Spain.
- Oh.
A friend of mine asked me to come.
Her partner passed away recently.
[Barry] Oh, that's sad. How's she doing?
Must be terrible for her.
Yeah.
She's very upset.
What's going on with him?
Okay, Barry, I've gotta
go. Listen to me very
She wants a divorce.
- Why?
- Yeah.
I guess she had enough
of his fun and games.
His drinks, the snacks.
- You understand?
- Full custody.
You sure you wanna do that?
Yeah.
Yeah, and I want you to communicate that,
to that vampire lawyer of hers.
[Barry] All right.
Neil wanted kids.
I always wondered about that.
Yeah?
Was it medical?
If it was a choice,
does that make me selfish?
How about you? Did you want kids?
[Beth] Couldn't.
You know, after we moved here,
I stopped reading the
newspaper, watching television.
I refused to look at the
internet, I just didn't want
to hear about the horrors
of the world anymore.
And I definitely didn't
want to bring a kid into it.
Well, what did Neil
have to say about it?
He didn't say anything.
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(engine revs)
(Andres speaks foreign language)
I'm not speaking fucking Spanish.
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Hm?
(Andres speaks foreign language)
Hm?
Why?
Why? You wanna know why?
Because it's the language of your fanatic,
religious bitch of a sister, that's why.
What happened?
I go home to Turo for holidays
and I bring my girlfriend with me.
She throws the fucking Bible at me.
She lectures me about
Sodom and Gomorrah and sins
and all of that fucking bullshit.
But you know, Alix, you
cannot provoke her like that.
If she can't accept
it, she can fuck off.
[Andres] Where is your girlfriend now?
We had a fight in Barcelona.
She left.
So you came here?
I'm completely broke.
Where else is there to go?
Of course.
Where else could you go?
- There you go.
- Oh, yes.
And you're not drinking?
No, it doesn't mix with the Valium.
[Leah] Valium?
Well, being a doctor has its perks.
(Leah chuckles)
Can you write me a
prescription for cyanide?
Just asking for a friend.
Please.
[Leah] Alix!
Aww.
The last time I saw
you, you were this high.
What a nice surprise.
I found her on the side of the road.
I wanted to run her over, but uh...
(Andres chuckles)
- Come, meet my friends.
This is Beth, my uh, BFF.
And this is my old pal Gregory.
Sorry about earlier. It was her fault.
He's right. Sorry, it's...
I just didn't-
Yeah, no problem.
I'm Gregory. Heard so
much about you from Neil.
You're the amazing eco engineer.
I miss him.
Neil and Andres had a
very special connection.
She wants to say we enjoyed a drink.
Well, then we have something in common.
I used to like to drink with Neil, too.
Then you will enjoy my homemade anise.
(phone rings)
Hello?
Hello?
Hello?
You know, I uh...
Should I take her to town?
- I can drive her.
No, no. I want her here.
Hello?
The reception here is shit!
(brooding vocal music)
To Neil.
To Neil.
- To Neil.
- To Neil, yes.
Yes, indeed.
I do wanna say something here.
A little secret I've been
keeping from you all.
Or almost all.
Neil and I had bought a
little apartment in Marrakesh,
about 10 years ago.
We liked the feeling of
freedom we had there.
Could take a ferry to a
train and in a few hours,
be in a different world.
There's a square there.
A vast,
strange, polygon of a square.
The Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Some people think it means
"The assembly of death".
Which,
is funny, really, because,
it's really the opposite of that.
Every day, it fills
with all kinds of life.
Snake charmers.
Magicians.
Water sellers, scribes.
Prostitutes.
Tourists.
In the old days, they
had executions there.
So, people would go there to die.
Neil and I spent a lot of
time apart, as you know, but,
just knowing he was out
there somewhere in the world,
on an overnight flight or in a meeting,
or haggling in a marketplace.
That's all I needed.
I felt safe.
And here on the farm, I was his anchor,
at the center of our little solar system.
And the tether was long,
but he always came back.
(wine trickles)
I never wanted to be alone.
Even here.
As beautiful as it is.
So...
One day,
as we were walking through the market,
we made a pact, (chuckles) that
whoever it happened to first,
death, I mean,
but (chuckles) I don't
think either of us thought
that it would happen so soon.
The other would spend a few
months tying up loose ends,
and travel to Marrakesh,
take a stroll through the Jemaa el-Fnaa,
and then make our way to
our little hiding place,
where we had stored a vial.
Take the vial and...
But you're not gonna do
anything like that, really.
Are you?
Gregory, it's why you're here.
I brought you and Beth
here to say goodbye.
But you can't.
This is insane.
Maybe.
Maybe it is.
But I, I can't continue.
Did you know about this?
I mean, when were you planning
on carrying out this madness?
I will leave on Sunday morning.
Andres has agreed to
drive me to Gibraltar,
where I will take the ferry to Tangier,
and from there I'll take the
overnight train to Marrakesh.
I'll be gone on Monday night.
(hurried footsteps recede)
(dark string music)
(Alix screams)
[Andres] Alix!
(Alix screams)
(water splashes)
(Alix screams)
(Alix pants)
[Gregory] Oh, my god. Oh, my god.
Shirt!
(Alix whines)
- Come on!
- Hold it still.
Still!
- Yes, come on.
[Beth] Pressure! Pressure!
Geez.
(Alix pants)
(distant dog barks)
Okay.
(Alix pants)
(brooding guitar music)
(food crunches)
How is she?
Asleep.
(water splashes)
Did she lose a lot of blood?
No.
It was mostly shock.
She's gonna be okay.
Please tell me this
is just all a bad dream.
Oh, stop thinking
about yourself, Gregory.
Is Andres back from Seville?
I haven't seen him.
Poor girl.
She's really in deep.
Kill yourself over love.
I haven't heard of anyone
wanting to do that lately.
Have you?
Beth, I know you're preoccupied,
but I need to talk to you about Neil.
What?
I didn't sleep very well last night
and I've been thinking about a
lot of stuff that he told me.
[Leah] How is she?
A few more hours of
sleep and she'll be fine.
Oh.
I mean her body will be fine.
Thank God.
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(Andres speaks foreign language)
(Andres grunts)
"But old folks, many
feign as they were dead.
Unwieldy.
Slow.
"Heavy and pale as lead."
What?
Shakespeare.
Juliet talking to her nurse.
I'm preparing the part for the fall show.
You're an actor.
I always wanted to act.
Why not? You still can.
(Beth chuckles)
So, why did you come here?
To see my uncle.
He's the only person in my
family that I can stand.
He doesn't judge me.
You could've broken
his heart last night.
I know. I went crazy.
It's Leah's story, it-
Leah's story is a story.
It's just words. It's like Shakespeare.
But such love.
It touched me.
- Listen to me.
Killing yourself does nothing
but cause pain for everyone around you.
Your joy belongs to
you. Don't give it away.
Don't entrust it to anyone.
(somber music)
(sheep bleat)
I heard about the divorce.
Why didn't you call me?
I didn't want to be
a failure to you guys.
Besides, I thought Neil would've told you.
No. That was one of our rules.
No gossip. Gossip and politics.
They just fuck everything up.
Easy to be a purist
when you don't have kids.
So, what was all that about?
Last night. You're over it, right?
Come on, you're just one
great meal, one great trip,
one horror movie away from
moving past it, right?
One love affair?
Yes.
It was just a silly impulse,
like the eco fanatic's niece.
You really don't like Andres. Why?
Well, why should I?
Neil's dead.
You're thinking of killing yourself,
and he's gonna happily
drive you to your death.
I don't trust him.
- Stop it.
(Gregory sighs)
Are you jealous?
Fuck yes, I'm jealous!
Did you even come here to remember Neil?
He's dead. He's gone.
There's nothing left of him.
He's just a memory.
But you.
- Oh, Gregory.
There was a time.
Do you remember all of those parties
at your parents' house in Rome?
All the girls wanted
you. I was no different.
You were Gatsby and I was Daisy
and all you had to do was
touch my hand or kiss me.
I would've been yours.
And 30 years on,
here we are.
Yeah, but you have to
understand, we had a pact.
(Gregory sighs)
It makes just being alive
thrilling. No one knew about it.
It was our most intimate
thing and it was ours.
You're sure that Neil
would've done the same for you,
if you had gone first?
Yes.
(pigs grunt)
Ola.
[Gregory] So, it's, uh, lunch time?
Breakfast, actually.
I couldn't get to it this
morning. I had to run to Seville.
Oh, sure, yeah. How is she?
She's okay, thank God.
Are you a believer?
Oh, no. Just a stupid expression.
Neil told me once about this area.
It's called the magical
hamon forest, right?
Yeah.
We like to believe that
meat grows on trees here.
So that we don't face the
thought of slaughtering animals.
So, what about these pigs?
They're lucky. I'm vegan.
(chuckles) Not a typical Spaniard.
We're not all into
bloodsports and animal cruelty,
if this is what you mean.
No offense. (Chuckles) I talk too much.
No, my mouth has cost me half
a dozen business partners,
and most probably my marriage.
I'm not a man who takes offense.
Yeah. You seem to
have it all figured out.
What do you mean?
Well, it's a nice setup here.
Yeah. Indeed, it is.
And soon, it will all be yours.
Oh. (Chuckles)
I think you have something very confused.
I'm a businessman.
I can recognize a good
deal when I see one.
"A good deal"?
Must be amazing that Neil died.
Lo and behold, you're
the man of the house.
You know, Neil was my friend.
Yeah, he was my friend, too.
As is Leah.
And something friends don't do
is let them make bad decisions.
Like choosing to die.
So once Leah is gone,
this finca belongs to you.
You got a little chica in town, huh?
You want to start a family here?
Or maybe you'd prefer to
be the eligible bachelor
and pick up girls in
Seville for a dirty weekend
in the country, huh?
You know what?
You are right.
You talk too much.
(fence rattles)
You should know
that Leah asked me to close
the farm after she's gone.
Bring down all the new buildings,
and leave the old ones to crumble.
This will be a nature reserve.
And you?
I don't know.
You know, I really hate what's happening.
I don't want Leah to go.
But Leah and Neil gave me 10
years of absolute freedom.
Am I to pay her back by
depriving her of her choice?
You are her good friend, no?
Why don't you try and stop her?
(brooding music)
(horse neighs)
This is Dervish.
They're like psychologists.
Yeah.
I guess so.
Why did you come up here?
My uncle sent me to get olive oil.
Do you know where I can find it?
(brooding music)
Here it is.
This is what I wanted to give you.
(Beth chuckles)
Wow.
Oh, my god.
It's a treasure chest. (Chuckles)
Yeah.
Been hauling that thing
around since high school.
Meaning to put them into photo albums.
Maybe you can finish that task for me now.
Okay. I will.
(Beth chuckles)
So delicate.
It's just like you.
"Delicate".
Is that the right word for me?
Your friendship was such a prize.
You were my best friend.
Still are, I guess.
Are we really friends?
We were together for three or four years.
Most of our lives, before and after,
are unknown to each other.
Neil was your best friend.
Hey, weren't we all gonna move
into some big flat in Islington?
Yeah. That's right.
You and me.
Greg and Neil.
Whatever happened to that plan?
Goa?
Oh, right. Our big
Indian backpacking trip.
Do you remember Neil had
to come down and rescue us?
Of course I remember.
You don't remember what happened before?
We got into trouble with
the police or something.
You ran away and left me
in that jail for two days.
You hid in a luxury
hotel, waiting for Neil.
I was fucking terrified,
Leah. I was stark naked.
I was peeing on the
floor, like a zoo animal.
I don't remember.
You asked why we
didn't move in together?
'Cause my parents put me
in the psychiatric ward
when we came home.
I had to live with them for three years.
But why would
The acid and trauma,
it just triggered it.
I thought I was gonna die in there.
You left me there.
Alone.
Scared.
But I don't remember.
Did you block it out?
You're too fucking delicate?
Beth, I don't know what to say.
[Beth] There's nothing to say.
(brooding acoustic guitar music)
(Leah and Andres speak foreign language)
Haven't been in here in ages.
Five months, I think.
That's right.
I ran over here, the
morning Neil collapsed.
Yes.
I wanted to
apologize to you.
What for?
Being so selfish.
Just me, me, me, me, me. All the time.
- Oh, come on, Leah.
- No, it's true.
I never asked you. I never asked Neil.
Ask what?
Anything.
Moving here.
Not having children.
Closing the farm.
The pact.
It all came from me, out of my head.
(sighs) No.
I chose to come here,
when Neil asked me to.
And I chose to stay here,
when you asked me to.
You never made me do anything.
Well, this farm is as much
yours as it is ours, mine.
This farm is not yours, Leah.
It's not mine, either.
We're, uh, borrowing it from the animals,
the trees, mountain.
It belongs to nature.
So, what?
Marriage?
Fidelity?
Owning land, friendship? It's all made up?
Well, I think friendship is real.
(brooding music)
(leaves rustle)
[Gregory] Hey.
What's this?
Leah gave me these
snaps to sort through.
It's a treasure chest.
(Gregory chuckles)
Remember this?
Romeo and Juliet.
How could I forget?
That was the cast party.
(Gregory chuckles)
Beth.
Mm?
We need to talk her.
I told her what I needed to say.
I don't think she knows all the facts.
Facts? About?
That at some point, you and me and Neil,
we had to go out into the world.
Leah...
I know.
She was protected, by Neil.
Yeah, that was his whole thing, but,
I don't think she understood
what he was like out there.
No.
No, she didn't.
We had to compromise.
Oh, compromise sounds like a weakness.
I'd call it survival.
Okay, what I'm trying to say is,
if she knew what was going
on out there, with Neil...
No one really knows another person.
Leah thinks she knows
everything about Neil.
Well, she doesn't. I don't
know everything about you.
You don't know everything about her.
We're talking about someone's life here.
He was such a good storyteller.
He was a businessman.
- Don't give me that.
I knew what was BS with
Neil and what wasn't.
I think you know what I'm getting at here.
I mean, these are all
just meaningless. Come on.
What's important is, is
what's happening right now,
and we can still do something.
If you don't say something, then I will.
(brooding music)
Hey, sweetie.
No, I'm in Spain.
(chuckles) No, I'm not staying here.
I'll be back on Tuesday.
[Ellie] Yay!
Won't be able to see you
until the weekend, though,
but then we can go rollerskating.
We can do anything you want.
[Ellie] Ooh, let's go to the zoo!
Yeah, I miss you.
[Ellie] I miss you too, Daddy.
Is your mother around? Can I...
- She's coming, Dad.
- Okay, I love you.
[Ellie] I love you, too.
- Bye bye.
- Bye.
- Gregory, what is it?
- Hi, Bianca.
[Bianca] Did you talk
to your lawyer yet?
- Yes, I spoke to him.
- Good.
- Listen, I wanted to ask you-
- This is not some game.
Yeah, he explained it to
me, three or four times.
Well, yeah.
[Bianca] You can't call me anymore.
I'm your husband, for god's sake!
[Bianca] You keep
yelling at me like that,
I will block you.
Okay, I'm sorry.
Just wanted to ask you
if I could take the kids
to see a movie at the weekend.
- Absolutely not.
- Why not?
[Bianca] That would be
totally inappropriate.
- Why, Bianca?
- Goodbye, Gregory.
Oh, come on!
(water swashes)
Excuse me. Is this yours?
Yeah.
Can I put it right here next to me?
Sure.
Why don't you come in? The water's lovely.
[Gregory] Do you really
wanna know why I don't come in?
Okay.
You promise to keep a secret?
Yeah. (Chuckles)
Because I can't swim.
A man your age?
Oh, my god. (Chuckles)
(rooster crows)
(phone chimes)
It's from Clara.
Can you read it to me?
"Thought you should know,
I'm having a great time with my new BF."
And there's a photo of her, in sunglasses,
on some kind of speedboat.
(water bubbles)
Can you write something for me?
Sure. Why not?
Write, "You're a treacherous
whore and I hope you die."
You know, before I send this off,
can I make a small observation?
What?
I think if she really
was having a great time
with this guy, she wouldn't
be sending you a text message.
I don't get it.
Well, she's obviously
thinking about you, right?
Yeah.
Something's bothering her.
Okay. So what?
[Gregory] Do you still want her back?
Honestly? I don't know.
I think I'm getting over her.
That's perfect. That's exactly
what you want her to know.
Okay, so I just ignore her text?
Yeah, you could do that.
Or if you want to
press the advantage, you could respond.
But you just said that I
Yeah, I said you can let
her know that you're over her.
Let me show you.
(Gregory sighs)
(phone clicks)
(Gregory clears his throat)
"Hi, Clara. That's so cool.
I'm so happy for you.
He sounds like someone you really deserve.
Have a great time.
"Also, you look so hot in
those sunglasses. Best, Alix."
Makes it sound like nothing
happened between us.
Yeah, it's kind of, uh,
text message jiu-jitsu.
Okay. Send it.
(phone chimes)
(phone chimes)
"Oh, by the way, he's
really good in bed, too."
What the fuck?
Oh, she's doubling down.
Wait, I mean she's trying
to hurt you where it counts.
Okay, I get it.
Write "Amazing."
Smiley face with the tongue.
"Good for you, but don't forget
to use protection, though."
(phone clicks)
"GTG, your pal, Alix."
Uh, what does "GTG" mean?
It's "got to go".
(Gregory chuckles)
(phone chimes)
I think you've gotten the hang of it.
Yep. Definitely got the hang of it.
(peaceful music)
Okay, say the line.
Which one? There are so many words here.
[Alix] Just the last two sentences.
"Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand
that I might touch that cheek."
Ay me!
[Andres] What's wrong? Are you okay?
Tio, that's my line. Now
you read the next line.
Oh. Sorry.
Here I go.
"Oh, speak again, bright angel.
For thou art as glorious to this night"
Oh, my god!
You sound like you're
reading a crop report.
I wish I was.
It would be much more
interesting than this.
So much, eh, hot air.
This is all about love,
Uncle. With a big I.
No wonder you're single.
Now, come on. Give me the cue again.
The cue?
[Alix] The last line.
Okay.
"And sails upon the bosom of the air."
Better, Tio.
Oh, Romeo.
Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo?
(Andres applauds)
(Beth chuckles)
Beth.
About Goa.
I'm truly sorry.
I was a coward. I realize that.
I hope you can forgive me.
I don't have any close family.
No children.
So you two and Andres are all that I have.
And when I go away tomorrow,
I don't want there to be any doubt
about my love for you.
You know what? I have
to call my wife's lawyer.
Poor Gregory.
He lives in hell.
I wish I could give him what he needs.
Your decision is a
catastrophe for all of us.
Maybe Neil and I
should've prepared you both.
He wanted to warn you, but
I swore him to secrecy.
I knew about it.
What?
I knew.
About our pact?
Yes.
Neil told you?
Yes.
When?
Years ago.
That was our most...
That was the most...
(somber music)
Sacred thing.
Why did he...
How did it even come up?
We were in bed together.
How many times?
How many times?
How many times?
Every time he came to New York.
When did it end?
When did it end?
- It didn't!
It didn't.
Does Gregory know?
Yes.
Why?
Why?
At first, it was to get back at you.
And then, I...
Fell in love with him.
I loved Neil, Leah.
(somber music)
(knocks on door)
Leah.
You knew.
Beth told you?
(door closes)
How many times did we talk on the phone?
How many letters?
Every Christmas, a long letter
from you about your kids.
Your travels. The good old days.
I loved both of you.
I didn't want to get between you.
Did you talk to Neil about it?
Or Beth?
Neil, yes.
Beth...
No.
Never.
Except this morning.
So, what? Was it a boys
against girls kind of thing?
Why didn't you tell me?
Didn't wanna betray Neil.
So you chose to betray me instead?
I should've told you, Leah.
I was jealous of Neil. Always.
From the very beginning.
(Leah sighs)
(brooding piano music)
And you thought that somehow,
after this, you could ever have me?
You wanna get into the shade.
I'd offer you my hat, but I need it.
Sorry, I was...
I was just in my own world there.
That's the problem. We
are all in our own world.
Eight billion greedy bastards.
Looks healthy.
It is. I grow it right out here.
It's very organic.
I just hate the lines
in the supermarket.
(Beth chuckles)
Neil loved to go shopping for food.
Oh, yes.
He was a model capitalist consumer.
(both chuckle)
I'm surprised you got along, then.
I wasn't such a hippy all my life.
In my 20s, I wanted to put my shoulder
to the wheel of progress.
So you understood him?
Yes.
And he understood me.
When he met me, I was like this bird,
lying on a super highway, broken wings.
Cars and trucks, speeding by me.
He rescued me.
He rescued me, too.
(Beth chuckles)
(somber music)
(Leah sighs)
(Leah sniffs)
(suspenseful music)
(brooding music)
(horse nickers)
Neil?
(horse snorts)
(water splashes)
(water splashes)
(Beth pants)
(Leah gasps)
(Beth sighs)
(Beth sniffles)
(water splashes)
(Leah gasps)
It's how I clear my head.
How can you be so calm?
When...
I'm facing my last days?
[Gregory] I think we got through to her.
"We"?
[Gregory] Yeah, we.
I pushed you to talk to
her, you talked to her,
and now she's devastated.
35 years of friendship down
the bunghole, but it's okay,
because at least our friend
isn't gonna off herself.
That's nice.
You could've told Leah.
You could've called me
and said "Do not get off."
I mean, what kind of a
friend are you, anyway?
I wanted to hold it together with us.
Yeah.
No, you and Neil were very loyal guys.
You were true believers
in our little clique.
He loved you.
[Gregory] I think it's
time for us to leave.
(car doors slam)
(car starts)
(engine revs)
- What're you doing?
- Leaving.
What? No.
We don't want to cause
you any more suffering.
[Gregory] It would be
awkward if we stayed on.
No, please. Please don't go.
I want you here. Both of you.
(somber vocal music)
And one night, just a
few days before he died,
he called me from the ICU.
The cancer had spread
all through his body and
up to his throat and it...
He could only whisper.
He begged me to come
and talk to you, Leah.
To tell you the whole story.
So why didn't you, Beth?
What was the point?
You seemed fine.
You seemed so matter-of-fact
when I called you.
I just wish we'd been more
honest with each other.
[Alix] Tio!
Coming!
I didn't know Neil for
as long as you guys have.
For me,
Neil perfected being in the now.
And like a quantum particle,
for him, anyone, anything, any idea,
any place, could be both
real and imaginary,
true and false,
at the same time.
And he saw no contradictions.
(sighs) I'll go check on Juliet.
That's it.
What?
You know, the moment we got here,
we've been tying ourselves
in knots over Neil.
He's been playing us all along.
Come on, Gregory, you knew.
No, yeah.
But he exploited my loyalty
to him and the group.
He never told me about this pact.
He told me.
He played you too, Beth.
No.
- Yes.
- No.
He made you do his dirty work!
What does it matter now?
Oh, I'm sorry, Leah.
I can't forgive him.
I mean, he toyed with your life.
He knew you were serious about this pact.
And here I was, all these years,
looking up to the bastard.
Stop.
Gregory.
He was weak.
Yeah, he was a liar.
But I loved him.
Where is my lord?
I do remember well where I
should be and there I am.
Where is my Romeo?
What's here?
A cup, closed in my true love's hand?
Poison. I see.
Hath been his timeless end.
Oh, churl.
Drunk all and left no friendly
drop to help me after.
I will kiss thy lips,
haply, some poison yet doth hang on them,
to make me die with a restorative.
Thy lips are warm.
Yeah, noise?
I'll be brief.
(Alix sighs)
Happy dagger.
(suspenseful music)
This is thy sheath.
(Alix gasps)
(somber music)
(knocks on door)
What are you doing?
It's such a beautiful night.
I was in the field, looking at the stars.
Aren't you cold?
A little.
(Leah chuckles)
But the night breeze felt good.
Is this one of yours?
[Leah] Yes.
Is it you?
Could be anyone, really.
[Alix] A little girl
lost in the dark forest.
Maybe she isn't lost.
Just exploring.
(Alix breathes deeply)
Mm.
When I was looking at the sky just now,
I was thinking that our entire
world is to be discovered.
New ways of being.
There's so much left to be lived.
I'm glad to hear you say that.
(muffled car approaches)
(car doors slam)
Can't believe you came.
(Clara mumbles)
How long was the ride?
- Three hours.
(muffled chatter)
(brooding music)
(car door slams)
(car starts)
(distant chatter)
(car door slams)
[Leah] I came for Dervish's bridle.
The girls asked me to
drive them to Cordoba today.
I didn't know if, uh
It's fine.
You should take them.
[Andres] Okay.
[Leah] You found your friend.
Yeah.
It's wonderful.
(engine revs)
Be careful with Dervish.
He'll be almost a wild horse by now.
Go!
Go!
(bridle clinks)
I'm supposed to call
Bianca at seven AM, LA time.
I mean, for a friendly chat.
Oh, if not?
Well, then she's
gonna convince the court
that I'm an absentee father.
I mean, I'm fucked, either way.
It never goes well when we talk.
Where have you been?
In the hills.
Well, you missed Alix.
Um, yes. I'm sorry I
didn't get to say goodbye.
[Beth] Alix is a special kid.
(phone rings)
- Ding dong.
The witch is back.
If you'll excuse me.
Bianca.
- Gregory, are you alone?
[Gregory] Of course I'm alone.
(door opens)
(door slams)
Beth?
I need you to drive me to Gibraltar.
If we leave in the next hour,
I can catch the 4:30 ferry.
I can't ask Gregory. He won't do it.
To Marrakesh?
Andres was going to drive
me, but with the girls...
Beth, I realize it was me all along.
He did everything for me,
and I spent years denying
him what he needed.
Of course he went outside of the marriage.
No.
No. I'm not gonna do it.
What? I'm agreeing with you.
It's what you've been trying
to tell me. I created this.
You think, what?
Neil's choices had
something to do with you?
- Yes! Yes!
- What you didn't do?
Neil loved me.
You were very special to him, Beth, but
But what?
But you weren't alone.
Of course, I know he loved
you. But you were friends, you
I'm not talking about me, Beth.
Then what are you talking about?
There were others.
He needed it. I couldn't give
him what he needed and so
So what? What?
He wanted a child and he has one.
Those kids love me,
Bianca. Think about them.
[Bianca] I am thinking about them.
They're the only thing I think about.
Okay. Take the house,
take my money, I don't care.
But deny my kids...
(muffled arguing)
Wait a minute, I've got to go.
[Bianca] Is this a
matter of life and death?
Yeah, you know what?
Actually, it is a matter
of life and death!
- I went into his office and-
- Why?
And I found these photos, of a baby.
Of a beautiful baby.
- That is not true!
You are insane!
- I'm not!
- This is all in your head!
- It is not, Beth.
You have to listen to me!
[Beth] If you had died before him,
he would've stayed with me.
He would not have killed himself!
- Because he had a child-
- No! Why are you doing this?
You're lying!
Because I'm trying to free you, Beth!
What the hell is going on here?
Gregory, tell her about the
others. She needs to know.
Oh, no, no.
Tell her!
Tell her about the women.
Tell her about the baby.
Tell her, Gregory!
No.
I'm their godfather.
(dark music)
(Beth sobs)
Give me the keys.
- What? Why?
- The keys!
No.
She wants to go and I'm gonna help her!
Give them to me!
The keys!
- Give her the keys!
(keys clink)
You want these?
(water rumbles)
(water splashes)
[Leah] Take a stroll
through the Jemaa el-Fnaa,
and then make our way to
our little hiding place,
where we had stored a vial.
Take the vial and...
(projector whirs and clicks)
(water bubbles)
- This is all in your head!
- It is not, Beth.
You have to listen to me!
[Beth] If you had died before him,
he would've stayed with me.
He would not have killed himself!
[Leah] Because he had
a child to live for!
Leah!
Leah!
Go fucking dive!
(water rumbles)
Leah!
[Beth] If she wants to kill
herself, I can't help her!
I can't do anything!
[Alix] A little girl
lost in the dark forest.
[Leah] Maybe she isn't
lost. Just exploring.
(water splashes)
[Leah] So, what?
Marriage?
Leah.
[Leah] Fidelity,
friendship? It's all made up?
[Andres] Well, I think
friendship is real.
Leah.
(water rumbles)
Come on.
(water splashes)
(Beth gasps)
(Leah gasps)
(Leah and Beth pant)
Who's gonna drive me?
(suspenseful music)
Okay.
(Beth sobs)
(passing car whooshes)
(birds chirp)
(brooding acoustic guitar
music in foreign language)