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THE FOODS

There are legends about people born with the gift to make such pure music,

that it can pierce the veil between life and death,

calling spirits from the past and the future.

In ancient Ireland, they were called fili.

In Choctaw country, they were called fire keepers.

And in West Africa, they're called kriates.

This gift can bring healing to their communities,

but it also attracts evil.

Sammy!

Come on, son.

It's okay.

Sammy!

My son felt the call of sin.

But the good Lord calls us to be fishers of people who sin,

and show them the way.

And show them the way.

I want you to swear to me and before this congregation

to leave those sinful ways where they are.

I want you to promise right now.

Put the guitar down, Sammy.

In the name of God!

Leave it, Sammy.

Put it down.

Is that guitar thundering tonight?

Good morning, Miss Beatrice.

If you don't tell me what you sing,

I'm going to have to hear it out loud.

Have a nice day, Beatrice.

See you at mass tomorrow morning.

I think it will be vivid.

Good morning, Mom.

Good morning, my dear.

Don't put this on yourself, Sammy.

It will dry you out.

Don't put that while it's still working.

Boy, you ain't got nothin' God gave you.

Hey, Mom said get up.

Good morning, Sammy.

Hey, son.

George, you forgot.

Are you Hogwood?

Are you two twins?

No, we're cousins.

Well, here it is.

In his good old days, he moved a ton of lumber a month.

The workers lived upstairs.

Hey, what are you gonna do with this place?

Do you mop these floors?

Yes.

What was on them?

I thought you were determined to buy the place.

The more time I spend with you, the less certain I am

that you guys are serious about this.

No boys here.

They're just grown men.

Grown men's money and bullets of grown men.

I didn't mean anything bad.

That's how we talk around here.

We'll take it.

The factory, the machinery and the land on which it stands.

Well, damn.

Now I understand.

It's the last money we'll ever see from us.

And if we see you or any of your clan friends

crossing our property line, we'll kill them right where they stand.

Damn.

The clan no longer exists.

Good morning, Dad.

Up early, son?

As you say, let's get to work.

Don't let it jump on you.

That's right.

I'm finishing my quota for today.

Yes, I brought her here.

I want you to help me prepare my sermon for tomorrow.

1 Corinthians 10, 13.

Read more.

"No temptation has come upon you except that

common to people.

God is faithful.

He will not suffer you to be tempted beyond your power,

with temptation, He will prepare the way of escape,

that you may endure it."

Now, Dad, if you don't mind, I'm gonna be late.

Late for what, boy?

Where you have to get that it's more important than being

in the house of God?

I've been working all week, Dad.

I want to get away from it all for a day.

Playing music, for drunks, for landlords

who neglect their responsibilities to their families

to sweat on each other.

I'm gonna go back into town for work tomorrow.

Son, you keep dancing with the devil.

Someday he'll follow you home.

Hey, little cousin, come outside.

I have two dollars here waiting for a dime.

Sammy.

Don't worry now, Uncle Jack.

I'll bring them back in one piece.

Who are you, sweetie?

Is your father treating you well?

So he doesn't get you, does he?

No, sir.

Nothing too much.

What about corrections?

Only when it's worth it.

My mind usually divides the lashes.

Okay.

But Uncle Jack was always good.

Yes.

So tell me about Chicago.

I hear they don't have Jim Crow laws there.

A colored man can go wherever he wants.

So, boy, you can't believe everything you hear.

Time to fill your head with his little concoctions.

And your cousin and I will tell you the truth.

Chicago is nothing but Mississippi with tall buildings

and a plantation state.

And that's why we came back home.

We thought we'd better deal with the devil we know.

Don't move.

Why don't you drive this road, asshole?

Damn.

They appeared white.

They've already messed up our schedule.

I'm thinking of settling in tonight.

We open next weekend.

No, to hell with that.

Must be last night.

The grand opening.

We start this with a bang.

Well, we start with a miss.

Look at that sky.

It's a great day to be free, isn't it?

Our very own music venue.

Follow us and buy us, just like we always wanted.

The only chance we have is to break up.

Well, who's gonna guard the truck when I'm out there talking to the kid?

Let him see us.

We've been going a long time, Stack.

Seven years is not enough to forget about us.

Okay.

Look at this fool.

Now you're old enough to kick my ass.

No, I'll do what I can.

No, you'll do as you're told.

Watch out for anyone who's looking too much.

This nigga can't take care of himself.

I love you. I love you too.

Watch out.

I will.

Are you with me?

Hey, girl.

Come here.

Where are you from?

Shelby.

Have you heard of the Smoke Stack twins?

Sure.

Okay.

I'm Smoke.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

No problem.

See, I'm trying to put some money in your pocket.

See, I'm gonna need you to come to sit in this truck right here.

If someone comes and looks too long,

I want you to press this horn, okay?

Can you do that for me?

Can you say, Tom?

And I'll pay you a dime for every minute I'm missing.

Will that work for you?

Yes, sir.

No, ma'am.

See, now we're talking in figures.

And figures must always in conversation with each other.

Do you understand?

You have to negotiate.

Now, a dime's not gonna cut it.

Name another price.

Twenty cents?

Twenty cents.

The best I can do, we have to do.

Okay.

Get in.

You're not little Lisa, are you?

Guilty as charged.

Is Dad here?

Dad?

What?

Old child.

What's all this fucking dance of cat dragging?

How can I help?

Having a big party tonight?

What do you need?

I need sleep for a hundred people.

How was Chicago?

I've heard of some casinos there.

Did you hit the jackpot?

I gave.

Just not the way you think.

In what way?

Damn.

Miss Dylan!

What's wrong with my fingers?

I'm trying to make sure they're not looking at this shit.

Take your fucking thing, man.

I'm trying to help.

You're looking, man.

Where you going, nigga?

I bet this bull beats you there.

What are you trying to do, asshole?

Snoop.

Terry?

Boy, how are you?

I was doing better till you shot me in the ass.

Why the hell were you trying to steal my truck?

It's your truck.

I didn't know it was your truck.

I swear I smoked...

Nonsense!

I told you it's his.

Wait, wait, Smoke.

I thought he was lying.

I said I was supposed to be in Chicago, working for Capone.

Yes, we're back now.

Damn!

Damn!

Why did you do that?

We can't have a black man talking about how he almost robbed the twins.

Not without a lame driver.

Who's going to put a bandage on me?

Damn!

I don't have any money.

What if I get sepsis or something, man?

You two, get off the street.

Put some pressure on them.

Stand up, boy.

Nigga, I need some help.

Get up, Cooley.

Get off the street.

Does Dr. Eddie still live here?

Yes.

I just shot some niggers outside.

He'll live.

He's gonna need some Band-Aids.

Yes, we can take care of that.

Anything else?

Yes.

We're gonna need a firm.

Do you think Grace will be able to warm us up a little?

When do you need it ready?

Last night.

Lisa, go call your mom.

Will you have food, drink, music?

What will you sing?

What?

Codes, dice, you got a room in there.

Shoot each other.

God, I have no animosity.

Tell him to come and...

Mom, Dad wants you.

Thank you.

You know, there are two men out there

who look like they've been shot.

Is that my job?

I already paid Boda to have it fixed.

Why do you have to come here and cause trouble?

Trouble is not all it brings.

Jesus.

Why are you paying for it?

And he wants you to make him a firm.

Russ's work will cost you.

I'm not listening.

20.

15 for the entry firm and 5 for the menu.

Team 7 for the entry firm, 3 for the menu.

16.

15.

Ready.

By the way, we only have one color.

What color are you?

Red.

13.

14. 50.

14.

All these flowers here and we have a business.

Ready.

We are understood.

Okay, listen.

Each box has a button towards the top.

And you want to keep it, woman.

You find it, you lick it.

Not too hard, not too soft.

Have you ever had a cup of that ice cream in the center?

About the same pressure you apply there.

You like the taste, but you don't want it to disappear too quickly,

you know what I'm saying?

How fast does this thing go?

Too damn fast.

Why do you want to drive?

Come on, you don't want to drive.

Later.

On the way back.

Okay, okay.

You always said you were gonna tell me tell you what happened to your father

when I'm older.

Well, I think I'm older.

Are you ready to kill him?

No, we didn't kill him.

Smoke did it.

Dad left us unconscious.

Until I woke up, Smoke was half burned.

Did you complain a lot?

More me.

He didn't mean that.

He really takes good care of that thing.

I can't thank you enough for that.

The place is so promising.

Where did I get that, anyway?

Yeah, that's Charlie Patton's guitar.

My brother and I left and we went to the carpool lane.

Lost, that is.

Are you saying that I had Charlie Patton's guitar this whole time?

A cold, sweaty guy in your hands.

No.

Now let's see if you can sing like him.

Right here?

Yeah, right now. Uh-huh. Come on.

Okay, come on.

Check this out.

We'll make some money.

We'll make some money.

Come on. Hold on.

Thanks, man.

Yes.

Is that Dotha Slim?

Dotha Slim.

Yes, thank you for your generosity.

I guess that's the Chicago wind.

You know your place, nigga.

I'm a boy.

That's my little cousin, Preacher Sammy.

He happens to be the best blues singer anywhere.

I got socks holding this boy up.

What the hell do you know about the blues?

I can show you better than tell you.

Okay, now.

Put that asshole on.

Put it like this.

Now, this is my patch right here.

Now you want to cut this and don't lift your leg,

you're gonna cut your ass deep in the pan.

And if you threaten him again,

I'm gonna make your drunk ass swallow that harmonica.

You got me.

Are you still good on those keyboards?

Depends on your ass.

I'll give you 20 bucks to come to play at our place tonight.

Yes, I wish I could.

I'm gonna be a mess tonight,

just like I'm there every Saturday night.

How much do I pay?

Well, gangster, you asking a lot of questions.

I'm not paying you 20 bucks a night, I know that.

You don't pay him 20 bucks a night.

Maybe pay 20 bucks tonight.

Yes.

Never heard of your place.

Maybe he's here tonight, he'll be here tomorrow night,

next week?

No.

I've been to Messonnier's every Saturday nights for the last ten years.

Messonnier will be there for another ten years after this, at least.

Damn.

There's probably still time than I have left on earth.

I sing, I don't drink as much corn liquor as I can.

He sounded like me, I don't I can answer more than that.

No, Slim, I'm drinking today.

What you got there, boy?

What?

It's Irish beer, straight from the north side of Chicago.

You call this beer?

The wind didn't bring us here empty-handed.

Keep it inside you, boy.

No.

Kindness.

I have 500 bottles left, just like this one.

Ice.

Say we pay you 40 bucks a night and all the beer you can drink.

After that, no obligations.

Now you leave, I'll even let you finish that bottle in your hand.

These two are gonna sing at the old gater.

It's the grand opening of our new venue, Club Juke.

We're gonna have a battle of the blues.

It's gonna be a real crazy party, just for us.

Ready to eat?

Ready to drink?

Ready to sweat until you stink?

Yes.

Okay.

You're gonna have fun like a Mississippi donkey, folks.

Have a drink for the twins when you get there.

Okay.

When you get home, same thing.

I've seen you somewhere before.

Maybe.

Same, isn't it?

From time to time.

I'm the preacher boy.

Perlene.

Perlene.

By the way, I'm married.

Abilie?

Careful, boy.

You'll bite off more than you can chew.

Maybe I'll see you tonight.

So why do you want to sit next to you?

Are you sure it's white?

He's on his way here right now.

Excuse me, my boy.

Is that Smoke?

Or is that Stack?

Don't look at her.

Get out there and keep singing.

Yeah, it's okay.

You know I've been waiting for you.

Hell, why don't I order it on the hill?

Will you do that?

Because you told me you loved me.

Well, I also told you stay the hell away from me,

but I guess you didn't hear that part.

I heard you.

I heard you loud and clear,

but then you stuck your tongue in me

and you fucked me so hard. I thought you changed your mind.

Keep your voice down now.

Not exactly how I remember it.

No, it's not.

Remember when you used to fall asleep with your head on my chest,

leaving in the middle of the night without a fucking word.

What the hell are you doing back here, Mary?

I buried my mom yesterday.

I thought I might see you, Smoke over there

considering how much he took care of both of them,

but I think your love lasted as long as you could get something out of it.

You're right.

That was all.

The fool will not be.

Pile of rotting hell.

Hell, I'll do it.

Don't save your worthless ass from the camera.

Shit right next to me.

Shit.

Where are you staying?

Who?

Maybe Shamewire.

Who are you to come in?

Come on, Slim.

We got one more stop, buddy.

Pick them up together

God

Get down, Sacks. Go downstairs.

Hold hands now!

Can you hear me? Hold hands!

Hey, move some of that.

All.

What happened?

Me and my friend Rice.

His eyes went back and forth to Delton.

We're under arrest for fighting.

And the white chairs lead us to jail and it's empty.

Delton sure is gonna kill us that night.

Bring us our instruments back, they tell us the board.

Stack, we sing, we preach and we work, we sing, you hear me?

Music was coming through the windows.

People on the street stopped to come in.

They say, "Hey, one of those chairs, they had the brilliant idea

he's going to take us on the road now."

Cover us, throw us in the van.

They're taking us to the big house.

I mean, this is full of white doors.

Pass your right hand and your hand on the plate.

See, these white doors we're singing for?

It's real money.

How do you guys sing those songs old ragtime songs?

Yes, of course.

We play a lot of blues, too.

See, white people like the blues a lot.

They just don't like the people who make it.

They were shaking their heads, stamping their feet.

Some of them almost had the rhythm, that's the thing.

And they caught me, I changed it, I confused them.

What have you done with the money?

I drank them.

Rice, they wanted to take that money,

to go to Little Rock, to go start their little church.

Did he?

That idiot.

He took out all this money to pay for the two-dollar train fare.

The driver saw him.

Clang, got him.

He went through his pockets, found all that money.

He made up a story about killing a white man for them

and ran off with the white man's wife.

And they lynched him there, right in the railroad station.

Do you know what they cut from a man who...

You got that guitar in your hand, ain't you, boy?

Hey!

Hey, come on, Brady!

Stack?

Long time, no see.

This is my wife, Therese.

Nice to meet you, Therese.

Likewise.

I need a moment.

You don't have anything to talk about.

No, I don't have time for your tricks, Stack.

I'm behind the quota.

Man, damn the odds.

That's my wife now.

I'm gonna need you to show some respect.

Yeah, well, you're fucking the wife.

What's that?

I said they'll even let you fuck her

when he finds out how much money you were about to get

of this job that I'm offering.

And none of that nice, slow shit

that he's probably giving you right now.

Hell, she might even let you stick your tit in her mouth.

Well, you should have stayed away,

cause I'm about to beat the black out of you.

Come now.

I don't want any trouble.

Hey.

Well, how much money you say you're gonna pay him?

That's a good woman.

Hai.

We'll be back.

Bob was here.

Bob was here.

How are you?

No, misfortune is worth complaining about.

Wine.

You need a stack on the other side.

Come back full.

Who bought that old saw, man?

Yeah, we'll patch him up,

we'll turn it into a juke joint.

A juke joint?

It's one of the stacks, isn't it?

Yeah, you think tonight's gonna be the grand opening?

I thought you were done with Delta.

That's the neighborhood you walk with.

No, I'm done with Chicago.

Chicago is done with you.

What are you asking?

Who did you and Stack rob to get the money

for them to sell you a whole meal?

Just that, Miss Annie,

and a dash of high john.

Okay.

Now, he's not selling anything on the way home.

I don't want your mom coming over crazy later.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

I can't believe you're taking this shit as a game.

Smoke, give me the money,

or I'll cut your black ass.

You gonna put that blade on it?

Trade with you.

I don't want your money.

Don't be stupid now.

I'm not stupid.

Your money comes in blood.

All money comes in blood, baby.

Not like yours.

He doesn't even spend elsewhere, look at you.

I'm not going anywhere else.

I don't need your dirty money.

You know, I've been all over the world.

Cows.

Ship.

Trains.

I saw people dying.

In ways I didn't even know were possible.

I've never seen roots.

No demons either.

Nor ghosts.

No magic.

Just power.

And only money can reach her.

You need all that war

and whatever the hell she did in Chicago.

Now you're back here in front of me,

two arms, two legs, two eyes and a functioning brain,

how do you know I'm not free?

I work every root that Grandma taught me to hold you

and that crazy brother safe

every day since you left.

So why doesn't those baby roots, then?

I don't know.

But it works for you.

You still got that mojo bag?

Earth to my earth, bone to my bone,

blood of my blood, I bless you.

Spun.

Why are you here, Smoke?

What do you want from me?

We were hoping to serve you food tonight.

We want you to cook for us.

Ilie.

You want to make me say?

It still hurts to come back here.

But I love you.

And I miss you.

Back.

You all need to help.

I thought I could trust them, but they're trying to kill me.

Slowly.

Who's trying to kill you?

Just empty words.

Surely they weren't just a bunch of bleached Negroes.

There are no engines for miles around here.

Oh, God.

They took my wife.

Oh, God.

I'm a coward, aren't I?

I... gotta go.

Those filthy engines wanted to rob me.

They didn't get everything.

You can have it.

Just don't let them hurt me anymore.

Good evening, ma'am.

We're following someone.

Very dangerous.

They may have come onto your property.

Have you seen anyone recently?

No.

Get back!

Is he in there with you, ma'am?

It's not what it seems.

God forbid you let him in your house.

And if so, we must act now.

Bert?

The onions have come and gone.

Bert!

Bert!

Bert?

Just resting.

Everything is better now.

Hey, sweetie.

Don't fall now.

On the right, a little more.

Shit.

This way.

Ladies.

Enter. Welcome to Club Juke.

You should make it rumble like the fishin', boy.

We got whiskey, Irish beer.

I'll tell you why.

Yeah, we were some slick niggas, weren't we?

Too elegant for me.

Ma'am, I don't need ashes, nothing.

Corn, drink or dew.

That'll be 50 cents.

And, bro, I just turned 30.

But these are good now and later,

Maybell General still has.

You like it cold, don't you?

Of course.

Come right here.

I think you kinda.

Let me give you a quick shout.

Good evening.

Good evening.

You look beautiful.

Thank you.

You did it.

This is not a house party.

And it's certainly no charity organization.

We take cash.

Fucking US dollars.

That's not Chicago smoke.

What the hell does that mean?

That old nigger broke his back for them witter-nickels.

See, these niggers have working in the fields all day.

When they get here, let them enjoy themselves.

They have to feel wanted if you want to see them at work.

This place should should feel like it's for them.

This way.

Pardon me, ma'am.

Are you sure you're in the right place?

What a silly question, Cornbread.

Little Mary?

I'm not so little anymore.

Mary.

Who didn't turn this place into hell?

We did it today.

My cousin's on it.

You know the twins.

Hey, Dad, these.

Are they your cousins?

Now, you must be Playdances.

Hey, Dad, that was my dad's older brother.

So your cousins are the glove?

But you seem like such a nice young man.

I'm not always nice.

Not even that young.

Condolences for your mom.

We would've come to the memorial, but me but Therese and I got busy.

It's okay.

Now let me come in and have a drink before I start crying.

Come in. Have fun.

You got my two dollars?

Selling whores in Little Rock.

Have you ever let a customer pay with a goddamn promissory fucking note?

Never.

But see, I wasn't selling whores in Delta.

Are you gonna pay?

Will you sign?

We'll see where the night takes us.

Is your husband coming?

Damn. Uh, hold on.

Pardon me, ma'am.

I don't think you should be here. See, I'm with the twins.

With the twins?

Boy, if you don't get outta my face.

I'm with them, ma'am. We met earlier at the station.

I'm their little cousin.

Little cousin?

I think you should leave before they see you.

Wait, you know little Sammy, the one with the guitar?

You're old enough to drink now.

Come on, let me buy you a drink.

How are you, Mary?

God, it's good to see you.

Two whiskeys, please.

Sure. I don't know who you are, and I don't know in the art of small talk, but I'm good for business.

And that's bad for business. It's opening night.

Besides, I want to have a few more like this.

I urgently need a cigarette.

So you play that guitar that left you?

Yes.

That's good. You making any money on that thing?

Not really. Not yet. At least.

I would tell you it doesn't matter as long as

you like it, but that would be foolish advice.

What are you?

What am I?

I am a human being.

That's not what I meant. I mean, rather...

I know what you meant.

My mother's father was half-black.

Make sure you stop the Klan from killing her.

You know my mom delivered twins.

Really?

He saved Stack's life after getting stuck in mom.

And after she died, my mom nursed them like her own children.

And they had enough money to buy the whole

this mill, and they didn't even sent flowers to the funeral.

I sent flowers to your mom.

Many.

While it still smelled like a lot.

Smell.

Murray.

Let's go check on Slim. Maybe he needs help.

Take care of this, Roy.

No, no. I got this. Uh, got it.

Okay. Okay. Go ahead.

Come on. Let's go. Come on, let's go.

I'm not here for you.

Then why are you here?

I came to listen to the blues.

No. They play the blues pretty good in Arkansas, too.

Come on. Come on, time-out. Let's get a car.

Get your hands off me.

How much will it cost?

How much did it cost you to disappear?

You can't buy me.

All right. Okay. I'll pay one of these whores in the field and get you out.

Damn. You taught me how to fight.

I'm gonna beat every bitch in here, and you know it.

You also taught me how to leave when the money ran out.

I found you a rich white husband. Got you a telephone. Now go home to him.

I didn't ask for any of this.

It was your idea. I didn't want no white man.

I didn't want to be white. I wanted to be with you.

All it takes is for someone inappropriate here to see you or word gets to the whites,

and he's gonna try to kill you.

What would have mattered to you?

Somebody out there has got their hands on you.

Did they hurt you?

My brother and I will kill them all.

So you'd kill for me.

That's right.

But you still won't tell me the truth.

I was young enough to believe you'd come back.

I waited. I waited a long time.

But I'm big now, Stag.

And I know you never planned to stay.

Why can't you just say that?

Say what?

I love you.

I think about you every day.

I just want to keep you in a safe place.

And I was never going to be here.

And I was never going to be with me.

Never.

Never.

Pa.

Yes.

Hey.

I've been hearing all day about a certain young man.

They say he's a bad bluesman.

Pretty boy. Where are you?

Come on in, man.

My little cousin, people. Check this out.

Tell me who you are.

Wait for him.

I'll send more.

I'll share the harvest with a tenant on the sunflower plantation.

They call me preacher boy, cause my daddy's a preacher.

I wrote him this song.

They say the truth hurts, so I lied to you.

Yeah, I lied to you.

I love the blues.

Move your legs now. Come on, come on, come on.

Blues.

We're on fourth here, like that religion.

You know what I'm saying?

I brought this with us, my house.

The magic we do.

Sacred.

The baby.

There are legends about people born with the gift of making music so true.

So that it can still the veil between life and death.

Conjuring spirits from the past.

And the future.

Got stuck?

What a key.

Keep your foot on it, Elise.

Come on.

I want to try something.

Stay.

The preacher boy.

In the last frame, first.

I came on foot.

You look beautiful.

I just want to taste you.

See.

Pardon me. Uh, how are you?

Okay.

No drinks?

All right, man.

Damn.

The boy found that button, didn't he?

Hey.

Smoke wants you.

Look at my little cousin.

He was showing off his knowledge of cotton.

I said shit.

This boy knows nothing.

Bring the twins.

Go. Get them.

I'll tell you how it works.

And what's the count?

Now, the top figure, that's plantation money.

The bottom figure, those are real dollars.

So what's the projection?

Two months and we had our first profit.

Hello.

Hi, Dana.

How can I help?

I heard about a party.

Drink, food, blues music and more.

Did you hear that?

We like to drink.

We might be musicians and we came on foot.

So we're hungry as dogs.

Ham, ham.

You and Manda come in now, will you?

I think you've got the wrong guy. Well, I say this.

You two must be the owners of this place.

That's right.

And you are?

My name is Ramick.

This is Joan and Bert.

He's not screaming, is he?

You too.

Must be that voice I heard from outside.

She was wonderful.

God, what a beautiful voice.

Even through these walls.

Where are you from?

From here, up close.

And how far is that?

North Carolina.

Are you clean?

Sir.

Well, we believe in equality and music.

We just came to sing.

Spend some money, have some fun.

Here, I'll show you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Just a minute.

Now comes the good part.

No, I believe you.

But this here is Duke Joy.

Blues music?

We have money and we're ready to spend with you.

Sounds almost perfect and you say we're not welcome.

No, I say go that way, go back to town.

There's plenty of white-bread joints out there.

That's because we are...

All right.

How did she get in?

And she's here because she's family.

Family.

Can't we just for one night, all be family?

No need to do that, sir.

We're gonna go.

But we'll go very slowly.

Just in case you change your mind.

Have a nice evening.

They gave me chills.

Yeah, well, whites at night do that.

Just one.

You think they're from the Ball Company?

I doubt it. But we'll be fine. Damn, I forgot the trunk.

Dude, why are you reminding me?

Who I told you to remind me for.

You don't need a trunk.

There were only three.

Now listen to me.

What if they just came to say?

What if someone spilled something on it?

Step on his shoe.

Look, if it hadn't taken so long,

we're gonna have a bigger problem than a simple fight.

Of course you are. Don't let them in. Hey, shit. You wanna talk?

Yeah, play your number down there.

Good enough.

I can't thank you enough for that.

I mean, you guys are the ones who put the guitar in my hand.

Now listen.

Well, you've got talent, that's for sure.

But all this is no life for anyone.

I know a lot of musicians.

I haven't met a happy one.

Yeah, now it's cute.

But he'll get old.

That bum.

I mean, being with you today, I mean, being with you today.

Smoke, I feel like I'm flying.

What, it's shuttle today, but I'm leaving on my own.

Where are you going?

I don't know.

Maybe Chicago.

What, Stack?

We are under water.

How?

All the plantations there pay with credits.

What about those whites?

What about them?

I can feel them before they go too far.

I can feel them.

He'll tell me more than I'm telling you.

I can find out what they really have.

So what if they're from Little Rock?

I'm not.

One day my dad beat Stack really bad.

So we came up with the idea that we should run away.

See, I want to go to the next plantation.

But, Stack, you should go get them out of there.

Small town, right here in Mississippi,

I found out about freed slaves and everything.

It's black on black.

That sounds like a lie.

Yeah, well, I saw.

The way you don't sit.

That mayor, look who our father was.

You know he was a bad man.

I realized that there was no way not to transmit that meanness.

Let me go get the money this for us.

I know you need them.

That's not what it should mean.

See, your father's a preacher.

You can go do that.

Do you like making music?

Make church music.

You want to walk away by walking down beside you.

He lives with good Negroes.

Leave all this indecent crap to us.

Irish beer, Italian wine.

You brought both sides.

Let them blame each other while while you and Smoke come in here and get settled.

You're gonna need every penny when he figures it out.

But he won't realize it.

It might.

Well, I don't go in my bayou.

My father's a reverend.

But I'm also your cousin.

And more people know the twins Smoke Stack than my dad.

Yes.

Well, you better enjoy the rest of your night, cause this is your last local.

You're in no position to tell me how to live my life.

Let me talk to them and see if we put something serious on the table.

Come on.

Tomorrow I'll find out if you're still playing here.

Boy, I'll kill you.

Look, I'm leaving that plantation just like you did.

And if that's a problem for you, kill me now.

What happened?

I'm a soldier, boy.

And you just gave me an order.

Looking for some fresh air?

I just came to see if you're good people.

Darling, how sweet of you.

So cute.

Of course we are.

And you have money to spend.

Yes, a lot of money.

Want to see?

Yes, I want to see.

What kind of money is this?

Kind of solid gold, honey.

Yes.

Where is this from?

It's from a different place and a different time.

But it was always the same.

You can have it, but it's of no use to you.

It doesn't do him any good.

Well, what makes you say that?

Because you're in deep pain, deep pain that money can't heal.

Am I right?

You came here for communion and love.

Communion and love.

My mom just died.

This is terrible.

This is terrible.

Dressed.

Losing a mother is a painful feeling.

I wish with all my heart met earlier.

I would have loved to save her mother from her fate.

I can still save you from yours.

Now you must have me confused.

I'm sad like everyone else, but I don't need to be saved.

Yes.

Yes, you do.

You all need it.

I'm gonna go back now, and I think you should you should do the same.

Back to where you came from.

Hey, Brad.

What are you doing here?

You'll let me in.

Just standing there, blocking the door.

No.

Come on.

This way.

Man, it's hot out there, boy.

Hey, watch the door for me.

I feel like pissing.

Wait, wait.

Where you camp is right here on me.

Boy, you're nothing, you old fool.

Guard the door.

Elias.

Okay, okay.

So, what happened?

Hell, yeah.

What, they want a taste of this or something?

Are you sure?

Okay.

I'm wondering, shit, go over there and tell them to do something.

Dude.

That's scary.

Are you scared?

No.

Except you belong to someone else.

So you robbed trains and banks, but you can't steal this pussy out of my mind.

That's corn cob.

Hey, you guys loved it.

You guys loved it.

Hey, corn cob.

What the hell is going on?

This chick has armed dogs for wearing a sock.

Better put the knife down.

And do that to him?

I told him not to touch me.

So you're gonna cut me.

If I had to, I simply I wouldn't be allowed to leave.

Let's check his pockets.

It's a filthy bag from my pocket.

Hey, easy, boy.

Take care of this lunatic.

What the hell?

Honey, you need your room.

Want some?

Yeah, you need some stitches.

Go get my brother.

Hey, smell.

Have you seen Scott?

Yeah, yeah, it's in the back.

Back there.

Go, you can go.

Go.

Hey, snack, Smoke's looking for you.

Damn.

He's busy.

Will you bring him?

No.

Then why the hell not?

He's looking at something.

I don't care what he does.

I told you to go get him, didn't I?

I'm not doing this alone.

Hey, where the hell is Cornbread?

Riley Billing here with the round.

That nigga was supposed to take a test two days ago.

And left you to wash the dough.

Do you think I've fucking handled it?

Damn.

Dress decently.

I'm in.

You sit here and play with some...

Damn.

Damn.

It's not what it seems.

We're not gonna kill every last one of you.

I'll be back soon, Slim.

I'm gonna have a really fun night.

Stay.

No, no, no, no, wait.

Wait, stay.

What happened?

What happened?

I kept my eyes open.

She... she bit me.

It's that.

E...

I'm so scared.

It's that.

I'll...

I want to...

I love you.

Sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Slim, keep everybody outside.

Hey, Slim.

What the hell?

Can you put the music back on?

What the hell with the music?

Slim, is Sammy there?

Yeah, yeah, Sammy will be right out.

Party's over, dude.

No.

You have all...

Who is she?

Okay, okay.

You heard what the man said.

Hai.

Hai.

Thank you for coming.

We appreciate you very much.

Hai.

I did that.

It's starting to get interesting.

See you soon.

We have a problem, folks.

I... I could have stopped it.

Don't.

I thought she was making love.

I thought...

Sammy, it's not your fault.

Then it's not, really.

Did he say anything?

He said, "We will... we will kill you all."

Us?

He said us.

Smoke.

We need to get his body out, just for now.

Don't touch it.

Nobody moved him.

You shot her.

And kept running as if nothing never happened.

It's a hate we're dealing with, Smoke, or worse.

We have to keep everyone inside and a dead body outside.

There's no body.

It's stuck.

It's stuck.

Stay here with me.

Got any magic to bring my godfather back?

Did you get a mojo back from him?

I can't.

Please.

I can't. I'm sorry. I can't.

Okay.

I... I'm gone.

Come on.

The best thing about me is you.

We gotta go.

What?

We need to get out of here.

Dude, we just lost his body.

Look, we came here to help him with the party, not this.

We gotta go home, okay?

Okay.

Lisa is waiting.

Yes.

Okay. Come on home.

Yes.

We'll take the car.

All right. I'll take the car.

Okay.

I'll take the car.

Okay.

Yes.

Look after him.

Come on.

Come here.

Dude, Smoke.

Where the hell you been, man?

You're gonna see a man about a dog, like I told you, you old drunk.

Looks like I have to shit myself.

Jesus, dog, what happened to you, Smoke?

Stack died.

Nigga, what the hell happened to you?

Sorry.

All right. All right. Well, let me, uh. come in so I can help.

Stay.

What are you doing?

Step aside and let me in now.

Why do you need to do that?

Are you big and strong enough to pass us by?

Well, that wouldn't be very polite right now, would it, Miss Andy?

I don't know why I'm talking to you anyway.

Your fish sandwich upset my stomach in the first place.

Using old and rancid oil. I've never used rancid oil,

and you know it. Shut up, Andy. Smoke.

Don't talk to him. Now you're talking to me.

Why can't you get your fat ass in here uninvited.

But, hey, admit it.

Recognize what?

That you're dead.

That one of those white boys over there killed you and now you're a ghost.

So are you listening to this?

Woman, this man showed me kindness.

He hired me.

He pulled me out of the field.

Now he says his brother was murdered. The man needs comfort.

Now you fill his mind with your old

Louisiana stupidity.

Now, now, we sit here and we play, telling ghost stories,

instead of doing what we should be doing.

Now, what should we do?

Let's be nice to each other.

And let's be polite.

We are now one people,

and we shouldn't break in into other people's uninvited places, so...

I've been in and out of here all day.

I never needed an invitation then.

Yes, some of them don't match.

Damn, Stack was my car all the way there.

Should I walk back?

Not my problem.

Well, they'll be your people.

Now, I thought you were better than that.

But you're just like white.

Can I at least get my money?

You did, since you slammed it, nice job.

Now you want to get paid for what you didn't do?

Nobody talks to you, you old drunk.

Close your mouth.

You shut your mouth.

Don't give me shit, Smoke. Don't give me shit.

Warning.

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!

Smoke! Smoke!

What the hell? What the fuck?

Did he get you?

Stop. Stop. Stop.

Hey. Hey.

Hello, it's Mary-Tane.

No.

I think I shot myself.

I don't know.

There's someone there.

Smoke. Smoke!

Smoke.

Come on, hey. Open this door. Let me outta here.

Stay.

You mean it's you?

No, silly. It's Jim Crow.

Nigga, of course it's me. Open the door.

Stay.

How? How do you feel?

Well, you lost a lot of blood.

Yes.

Yes.

It was scary, and I feel a lot better now.

I swear on Mama Grace.

I thought you said he was dead.

He died. I checked his pulse.

Then what the hell is he doing talking to us?

Look, that's good, right?

You mean people pay?

Smoke.

That's not your brother.

Smoke, what is that witch talking about that witch over there?

Are you gonna let her come between us again?

What have I been through?

German trenches, nigger.

The passages of Chicago.

All right. You niggas gonna pay for this shit.

Locking that pimp in the closet.

Open the door, Smoke!

Let me the hell out, or I swear to God,

I'm gonna take you all down, motherfuckers.

What about me?

What happens?

Smoke.

Come on, man. Open the door. Hey, it's me.

You know I don't like that shit, man.

Please, Smoke, let me out of this room.

Come on, please.

Hey, give me the key.

Piles.

Stop! Get him!

Hey, hey!

What's in the jar?

Bigger garlic.

This is not hate.

They are vampires.

Bo is there.

We gotta go get him.

I'm the one who sent him there.

He can't let you do that.

He needs my help.

He can't take care of himself.

Probably got in the car and got to a safe place.

You will not keep me from my husband.

Grace, we're trying to keep you alive right now.

We just have to hold on till sunrise, okay?

Now we need...

garlic...

wood...

silver...

and holy water.

It might not kill him, but it will slow him down.

How could it move and sound like Snack?

If it's not Snack.

I only heard stories.

I myself have never met them.

What stories have you heard?

How urns work.

Change places with the soul of a man.

But vampires are different.

Maybe the worst kind.

The soul gets stuck in the body.

He cannot reunite with his ancestors.

It hurts to live here with so much hate.

You can't even feel the warmth of a sunrise.

All right, then.

Can we bring him back?

Man, if I kill the people who did this to him...

Smoke.

They have a connection, but they live on.

Even if the person who made them is killed.

The best thing we can do for him is to free his spirit from this curse.

They must be killed, one by one.

How the hell do we do that?

Sunlight...

That wouldn't reach the heart.

What the hell, Annie?

I've kept this boy safe all these years.

All over the world.

What a night.

It was because of me.

So my father told me.

He said the devil was coming With my songs.

Do you know how that girl became a vampire?

He made him light in color too.

That chick bit me everywhere except my neck.

Then...

Sunlight...

Don't worry about anything, you know?

The devil came after me many times.

If you knock on the door last night...

you'll have to get past his old Delta Slam buddy before you get to him.

They'll go after anyone here.

If one of them bites me...

promise me right now you'll set me free until I turn.

What are you waiting for?

I have someone waiting for me on the other side.

It's waiting for you too.

Do you understand?

Hey, look away.

I don't care what that shit says.

I'll make sure you get all over the site.

Sandy! Fum!

Who did this? Stag or Mary?

No. They ran straight outside. You sold them out.

Then who bit him?

We gotta get him out of here before he wakes up.

Come on. Can't you hear that?

They play music.

Hey, hey.

Let's go back inside.

Hai.

One, two, three, four, five.

We'll all eat this garlic clove.

I don't really like the taste.

No one says you have to like it.

We just have to figure out if any of them of us that's left is one of them.

Don't you get the pickled ones?

This is ridiculous.

Smoke, put the gun down. Shut your mouth.

Eat or shoot.

Put the gun down. Smoke, she ain't no fucking vampire.

How the hell do you know that?

Eat that garlic, girl.

Smoke.

I'm trying to keep you alive, boy. You ain't the problem, man.

Bad man.

No wonder the devil came first.

Slim, what's going on, man?

Slim?

What's going on, Slim?

I drank too much.

I'm an asshole from Chicago.

I'm a nerd, so fucked up, Smoke.

I'm fine.

See?

Are you sure that was blood?

Hey, Smoke, let me in, man.

Look here.

Smoke, Smoke, let me in.

Smoke, I swear I did my time, man.

That's what it's all about.

Smoke, hai.

Whatever you need, man.

Smoke, something weird.

I know you can hear me, Smoke.

Come on, man.

What the hell?

What?

Help!

Help me!

It's gonna be all right, honey.

When I saw him, I I started the timer. Come on, let's go.

Come on, Grace.

O face.

What, are you talking about it?

I don't want to buy cornbread.

If you're just a little hungry, that's all.

Let's go.

Hai.

Come on and go. I warmed up the car.

Or...

you let me back in there,

I'll come in and we can get our stuff and go home.

Don't listen to him.

Grace, we're gonna find a way out of this, I promise.

I am. Your way out.

This world has already let you die.

It won't let you build.

He won't let you be friends.

We will do exactly that.

Together.

Forever.

It's for the best, darling.

So why don't you invite us in.

You should listen to him, Grace, or you should listen to me.

Because I know everything he knows now,

and I want you to let us go in there.

Or we'll go to the grocery store,

we're gonna pay little Lisa a visit.

No, no, no, no, don't you dare, you bastard!

Yes, Grace, I know everything now.

This can't be real.

You are the devil.

Is that you?

Sammy!

You are the one I came for.

I felt you.

I want to see my people again.

I'm stuck here.

But your gifts can bring them to me.

Give them to me now.

Just give me some, Sammy. We'll let you live.

I'll tell you something.

You're a fucking...

You can't have it.

It belongs to us.

He is with us.

And I won't let that happen.

You can't save him.

Smoke, no more than you could save your brother.

You're not safe here.

No matter how many guns or how much money you have,

they'll take them from you whenever they want.

You built something here tonight,

and it was beautiful that it was built on a lie.

Hogwarts, he's the great dragon of the Ku Klux Klan.

That's his fucking nephew.

You were gonna die today anyway.

It just happened to show up at the right place

at the right time.

You telling the truth, Smoke?

I can see his memories.

Smoke, this ain't your brother.

That wasn't a trick.

No idea.

This is a slaughterhouse.

It's a fucking place to kill.

But what Uncle Hogwarts doesn't know

is that we're gonna make our own love-based Klan.

Now that there's so many of us, we'll probably go to that old bigot

and we'll correct him.

Why can't you just leave?

Because we're not leaving without you.

We are family.

Right?

I know it sounds crazy, but after we kill you,

we'll have heaven here on Earth.

Hello.

Come on.

Welcome.

Hey, hey, hey.

Look at me.

Let me tell you something.

Let me fucking tell you something, nigga.

The deer I know,

not associates with any fucking devil.

Fuck you, nigga, it's me, Elias Moore.

And I'm talking to my big brother now,

Slamshama Connelly, asked you to shut the fuck up.

Who will never be free?

I ran everywhere looking for freedom.

You know Dan Will.

They'll never find you.

Until this.

This is the way.

Together.

Forever.

And I'm not doing this shit without you.

I don't exist without you.

What will it be like?

No.

No, no.

Close the door.

No, man.

No vision.

He said he was gonna take our daughter.

You can't believe it. Try just to get you to let him in.

Don't threaten your children.

They just have to stay till morning.

So what?

Let him kill my family,

to kill the whole town,

to turn everyone into monsters.

That white devil talked about the Chinese.

It confused them both.

We gotta stop him, Smoke.

We gotta get him before he escapes.

Where is your calm?

Give me a second to think.

What?

Aren't you a soldier?

Yes.

Didn't you just shoot two men for touching your truck?

They killed your brother.

They made Stack one of them, my boyfriend.

They said they were gonna kill Lisa.

If now is not the time to act, then I don't know what is.

Should we wait for the night while they take more of our loved ones?

Make them demons?

Doesn't look like he's leaving, Grayson.

Shut your drunk ass up, Slim.

I'm not drunk now.

You should watch your mouth, Mormon.

What are you doing?

Stop. Come on. Come on, come on.

No.

Do you hear that?

That's the song they'll sing.

No, no, no.

Please don't ever leave.

Calm down.

Calm down.

We must reap to be clean.

Leave it.

Calm down.

We need to think.

We need to think.

We need to think.

We need to think.

We need to think.

We need to think.

Okay?

Let's get up.

Come on. We're good.

We are fine.

Come in, asshole!

What the hell are you doing?

No!

Damn.

My misfortune.

You should have been a little bit more miserable.

I told you, I'm not a fucking mountain.

Hey, hey, come on in.

We need to prepare.

Hai.

Hai.

Don't panic.

Focus.

You bastard...

What the fuck?

They feel the same.

Andy?

Andy?

Andy?

You understand, asshole?

Andy, you!

Andy? What's that?

No!

No!

Don't!

No!

No!

No!

He's not here!

No!

No!

No!

Everything will be fine now.

No!

No!

No!

No!

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Got it.

You promised.

See you soon.

Who are you?

Eddie! No! Eddie!

No!

No!

Let's go.

Let's go.

Hai.

Smoke.

We gotta get the boy in the back so he's not here.

Hai.

Hai.

Let's go.

I'm out.

I'm going out.

Sam, let's go.

Sam.

Hai.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Go, Sam.

All right.

Still gross.

I want some of that.

Last shout.

Time to sleep.

Get out of there.

Get out of there.

Sammy.

No.

Go, go, go.

Go, go, go.

Go.

Go.

Keep running.

It goes all the way to the sunrise.

Hey, everything went fine.

Where are you gonna kill Andy?

What the fuck is wrong with you, man?

I want your stories.

And I want your songs.

And you won't have mine.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Your kingdom come.

Your will be done.

On earth as it is in heaven.

Our daily bread, give it to us this day.

And forgive us our sins.

As we forgive everyone those who wrong us.

Many of us want intention.

But it's for me.

Amen.

A long time ago, the man who stole my father's land

imposed these words on us.

I hated those people, but words still bring me comfort.

Hey, hey, sit down.

Boy.

Those people lie themselves, then they lie to her.

They told stories about a god above and a devil below,

and lies about a mastery of man over beast and earth.

I'm sorry I couldn't keep you safe.

You're not sorry.

It will always be you.

We are earth and beast, thank God.

We are woman and man.

We're connected, you and me, to everything.

You will taste the sweet pain of death.

We'll make beautiful music together.

Listen.

Go home.

I'm buried in that fucking guitar.

I can't.

And Charlie Pence.

What?

What did he say to you today?

What's that?

You said you wanted to leave.

Hands on her, bitch.

This is our father's guitar.

Hai.

Be strong, Kim.

Kim?

I have some old clothes to give away.

And if we see you or any of your Klan buddies

crossing our property line,

we're gonna kill them right where they stand.

The Klan no longer exists.

Black hunting is for bosses.

Let'skin their niggas.

Stop.

Stand up on your left, rabbit.

Take a left.

Club Duke.

The grand opening and the grand closing.

Let's do it.

Open it.

Sammy!

Come on, son.

The door is locked.

Try the front.

Put the guitar down, Samuel.

And that's it.

Where the hell is that cover?

Kill the black bears!

Grant! Grant!

Damn it, Grant!

Put the guitar down, Samuel.

Put it down in the name of God!

You tell them.

My heart.

My voice.

My soul.

God's is.

Got a cigarette?

You got hell, nigga.

Elijah, if you put that cigarette in, you can keep it.

I don't want that smoke on it.

Hey, listen.

I have money.

Pablo here.

Hey, boss.

I have two outside.

I told them we were closed, but they offered a couple hundred bucks.

Do you agree?

That doesn't bother me, no.

Come in.

Vampires are different.

Maybe the worst kind.

But they live, even if the one who made them is killed.

They must be killed, one by one.

I'll take what the old man took.

I think I was the only person he just couldn't kill.

He made me promise to stay away from you,

for you to live your life.

It won't be much longer for you.

I could make it to keep you around.

Keep touring.

Keep on living.

No pain.

I think we've seen enough of this place.

You know, we have every of your records.

I don't like that electric shit as much as the real thing.

Yes.

I miss the real one.

The chords back then sound like a pile of dog shit.

What about us, Sammy?

You still have the real one, don't you?

Be careful, little Sammy.

You know what?

Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed,

reliving that night.

But before the sun went down, I think it was the best day

in my life.

Was it the same for you?

No doubt.

Last time I see my brother. I love you.

Last time I saw the sun, just for a few hours, it was free.

Translation and adaptation: MEOO Team & Bărăgan Marius