Original subtitles

I've just been handed a traffic report from the RUC to say that there's been

an accident on the M1 at the Moira roundabout where

an articulated lorry is blocking two lanes in a south-bound direction

It's hoped that everything will be cleared up within the next hour

Broadcasting to the greater Belfast area on 1026AM and 96

Marcella

Marcella

"The wages of sin is death"

Crilly Hey, Crilly

Hi, Cal What about ya?

Is me Da about?

Seamie Seamie

Cal's here

Any fags, Da? Any fags?

- Hi, Cal - Hello, Artie

What are you doing with yourself this weather?

- Fuck all - I see they're looking for brain surgeons

- Any experience needed? - Nah

Come on, it's freezing

Bollocks

Do you know her?

No

That other one was powerful Powerful altogether

There's nothing like a good mystery

- How are you getting on here? - Oh, it's fine

Well, it takes some getting used to anyway

Well, the best of luck to you, Marcella

- Looks like rain - Ah, Cal Aye, it does a bit

- Is she new in there? - Ah, that's Marcella Morton

Lives out Magheragall Road You know that police fella got shot last year

No luck with a mixed marriage She's one of ours you know

I'll see ya

- Are you going> - Aye, I may as well, follow the geriatrics

Here, our friendly village idiot

Whisht

- Last Saturday in August - Bloody bigots

Would ya look at that Cyril Dunlop?

In every parade ever there was

No Protestant git's going to drive me out

They'll have to kill me first

- Da - Waste not, want not

- It makes the milk taste funny - Your arse

- How are you getting on here? - Oh it's fine

- It'll take a bit of getting used to - Oh, it will

The best of luck to you anyway, Marcella

McCluskey

Thank you, Mr McCluskey

Isn't it McCluskey?

Yeah

- Jesus, Cal, where were you? - Out

You sit in that bloody room of your all summer, the day it rains you decide to go out for a walk

Your dinner's ruined

Why didn't you put on the spuds before you went out? You've bugger all else to do

Crilly wants to see you

- Can I have the van? - I suppose

I don't like you knocking about with him It sticks in my throat he got your job

You and your weak stomach

Ah, what about your dinner?

- What about ye? - Hi

- (in Irish Gaelic) May God be with you - Hello

And how are you, Cal?

- OK - Good

And your father?

- Fine - Good, good, good

I suppose you heard a couple of our volunteers were lifted last night

We're losing too many good people

That's why we wanted to see you we need a driver

Cal, you're very quiet Anything wrong?

- I want out - You're not even fucking in

Oh that word again

I'm far enough in to want out

I've no stomach for it

It makes things very awkward

If it's only for funds, just once

- Then get somebody else - Attaboy, Cal

Good man

- Can I see your bag, please? - Over here sir, please

- I hope you're not superstitious - Oh, that's too bad

Thanks very much

Oh, let me Where to?

It's just down here Thank you

- Do you play the guitar? - Sorry?

Long nails

Well, on the one hand they're long and on the other hand, they're not

It's just here

Thanks very much

You work in the library?

Yes

It must be nice and warm, working inside

Bye now

We're gonna burn you out, McCluskey

"Get out you Catholic scum or we'll burn you out UVF"

Shamie Hey, Shamie

Bastards

Good oul' Crilly

I don't like him, mind

- Will we fill the bath? - Aye, just in case

Don't put the blanket in It's a bugger to dry

If this goes on, I'm getting a bloody fire extinguisher

Cal?

The door is locked?

Whispering in our own house

Here, put this on you You'll freeze

The lining's cold

You're very quiet these days, Cal

What's up?

- Nothing - You go off to that room

- A good job would help - You should never have left the abattoir

- It stinks, Da - You would have got used to it

- They employ few enough Catholics - Crilly's a Catholic

He's not my son

Smoke your own

- Do you think we ought to move? - England?

It's rotten to the core

I went aross the water a few years ago

Away from your mother

Do you remember that?

Vaguely

Cal

Cal

- Why didn't you waken me? - I did

- I'll take the van to Magheragall - You'll never make it

Did you sleep alright, after that?

Once or twice

At the turn of each tide,

He is there, at my side,

and his touch

is as gentle

as silence

There've been times when I've turned

from his presence

and I've walked other paths,

other ways

But I called on his name

in the dark of my shame

and his mercy

was gentle as silence

- Go, the Mass has ended - Praise be to God

He said we could have it for next to nothing

Says it's in the way

We're doing him a favour

Have ye a buyer in mind? Huh?

Ah Jesus, fuck

Da

- And it still stinks - Away you go

- How are you getting on here? - Oh fine

Right well, best of luck to you, Marcella

That's Marcella Morton Lives out Magheragall Road

You know, married to that police fella got shot last year

- Do you need any firewood? - How much?

50 quid

- Is it dry? - It'll dry if they're stacked

Oh they'd never fit the Rayburn - Could you split them?

- Oh aye, easy - You're very kind

- I'll take the lot - I didn't mean I would do it

I'll take them anyway

Fuck off

Fuck off

- Who did that to you? - I don't know

- How many of them? - Three

Freakin' savages

- What do you want? - I've to split those logs over there

- What's the name? - Cal McCluskey

McCluskey? Does your dad work in the abattoir?

You're Shamie's boy?

If they were all like Shamie, there'd be less trouble round here

Hola

Hello

- Can I watch for a while? - OK

Hello

I'm trying to tire that one out before she goes to bed

- It's a nice evening - Oh yes

- Did you get home alright the other day? - Sorry?

With the groceries

Oh yes, that's you

Yes, I did, thanks very much again

Yes You know I was in a terrible state that week

It was my first week back at work

Well Well, I think I'd better take her off to bed

Nice to see you again

Lucy?

Lucy, where are you?

Come in

Come on

Take those boots off ye

That's dry work

Aye Aye, it is

- Is this what you do? - No, no, I'm out of work

We'll be lifting spuds, the day after next

if you're interested in that

- We start at 8:00 - Great

7:30 at the Post Office corner

Terrific

Thanks for the drink

Excuse me, a minute

Jesus, they'll sell no ice-cream going at that speed

- These sacks are never ending, are they? - "Let them eat 'Smash'"

Lucy?

Are ye gonna sit there all day?

- Thank you - Thanks very much

Thank you

Wait behind

Thank you

All the best

We're still short-handed

- Do you want a job?

You can start on Monday

See Mr Dunlop He'll fix you up

Run, run

Come on, Cal Come on

What are you and that fella up to?

He wants to see you again

- What the hell kept you? - Nothing

- It's on - Shit

Don't sound so fucking keen

- Is your Daddy in? - Da, it's for you

Ah, it's you, Crilly

You didn't notice it had gone until after 23:00

If you do, I'll break your legs If I don't, someone else will

- Jesus, do you wear stilts - This is yours

- I don't want it - This time you'll hold it just in case

- I'll only shoot myself - We'll not use it

Go a bit faster

That's it

- Have you checked it out? - Twice this week

Keep that engine running

- How d'you like me? - Not a lot

Come on, come on, ya big bastard

- Was it any good? - What?

The fucking picture What happened to the women?

- I made them lie on the floor - Jesus Christ, I thought you'd killed them

It was easy A cinch

They were shaking in their fucking high-heeled shoes Couldn't get it in quick enough

You should have heard her "Which side is it this time?"

I said: " D'ya think I'd be workign for the other side?" Stupid bitch

In ye go there boys

- We're not going to the pub? - No, we'll have a drink here

I'd like you to meet my father, Cal

This is the man I told you so much about, Cal

Sit down, Dad

Daddy was telling a great story there before you came in

about going through the barrier today

You see the transistor's been fading

- Is it whiskey, Cal?

Some water?

And Daddy was on down to get batteries

What about yourself, Daddy?

He got them outside the security gates and this young Brit frisked him

"What's this?" says the Brit

Says Daddy, "Batteries", as cool as you like "On you go", says the Brit

You could have a bomb up your coat and they'd wave you on

I'm a teacher, Cal

I know the kind of boys who join the army

The idiots, the psychopaths

The one class of people who shouldn't be given a gun

You know, Daddy, he can spin a great yarn when he gets going

Do you remember the story dad about Dev in O'Connell Street? Sorry?

Yes of course you should

You'll have to excuse me

Very precise about bedtime

The wit's off to his pit

Well, Cal Feel any better after tonight?

No

Not to act is to act

By doing nothing, you're keeping the Brits here

Poor Padraig Pearse

"My sons were faithful and they refused to fight?"

This is not like 1916

It wasn't like 1916 in 1916

You're saying to yourself: "Now he knows nothing about it"

I was in Derry the day the British army murdered 13 of my countrymen

Your countrymen

They had us cowering behind a wall

There was an old man lying in the open One of his shoes had come off

Do you know this, Cal?

There was a hole in the heel of his sock

Will that be recorded in the history books?

I can hear him dying, Cal

I can see his blood on the paving stones

Then the priest came running with the white hanky to give him the Last Rites

And we are all Irishmen living in our own country

They were the trespassers

Will we count this money?

Hey McCluskey Come on, if you're coming

You're lucky, you got that job

- Not many of your sort - My sort?

Well, you know what I mean

I haven't got anything against Catholics, as such

It's the religion I hate

- It's yourself, Cyril - How're ya goin'?

I didn't recognise the car

Alright, off ye go

Oh, hello

- Have I seen you here before? - Yes

Do you read much? It's part of our job, you know, to encourage the public

I know

- What kind of things do you like to read? - Oh I don't know

- Lots of things - Well, like novels?

No

I wish I was like you I could start all over again

They'rethey're playing our tune

Mrs Morton?

My Da Has anyone seen my Da?

Thank God

Thank God

- I thought you were in the bedroom - Are you alright?

I'm ashamed

ashamed

Bastards

So long as Cal is safe

Keep trouble in the family You take my bed, Shamie

This will do me

I suppose a cup of tea wouldn't go astray

- Are we insured? - Not for years

Not since your mother died

I can't stay here

Where would you go?

Did you tell anybody about my job?

- Crilly? - No

Well do me a favour Don't

If anybody's looking for me just say I've gone

- To England, maybe? - Are you in any trouble?

I'll tell you some day

OK?

I didn't expect to see you

You heard then?

What happened?

We were burned out

There are bad bastards on both sides

Thanks

- Well, are you coming? - No, I'm staying with a mate tonight

He'll pick me up - the same in the morning

Alright, suit yourself

- In here - Where are you, you bastard?

Here Who are you?

- What are you doing here? - I work here

- Get him out You lying Paddy What are you doing here? - Get him out

Stand up

Hold him there

Hands up there Paddy

- Oh but I know him - He says he works here Miss

Yes, yes that's right, he does

No, it's OK Yes, we know him

Why didn't you tell us you were burned out?

I have a good mind to pay you off here and now

The army says, we'll have to get that place bricked up now

A security risk All because of you

Where will you go now?

He'll sleep on the couch in the front

And what about tomorrow?

Gran

Now

This is Marcella's idea

The army can't object, if we make you a tenant

- I'll charge you no rent - I'll pay

If you paid, you could complain This way you have no legal rights

- You go when I say you go - I'll pay in some way

Oh, don't you worry I'll take it out of you in work

Marcella has a day off tomorrow

She'll look after you

This reminds me of playing house when I was little

- Where was that? - In Portstewart

My parents ran the ice-cream parlour They're Italian you know

- I went back there this summer with Lucy - Did you have a good time?

Oh, aye

I had to get away

Oh God

these are Robert's things

You heard what they did to my husband?

I'm sorry

Did you lose everything?

Here, take these

- Oh maybe you don't like wearing a dead man's - No It's not that

Take them and bring me your things I'll wash them OK?

That iron is too hot

Do you still fold shirts that way?

Yes

Here Here you are, all done

They're still warm

You've done a good job

I had to get out of that house

That coughing

I would have made a terrible nurse

Oh God help me

It would have been better if he'd died

- Can I help? - No

I'm very callous you know I'm only crying for myself

They're not my responsibility I just want to get out of there

Why don't you?

I wish I could help

I'm sorry

Would you like a lift to Mass on Sunday?

- Yeah - OK

- Well, how's the squatter? - Me?

Who else?

Were you listening to the news?

They're at it again

What a fucking country

Sometimes, I think Hitler had the right idea

What's up?

Cal

How's things?

I don't know whether I'm coming or going

How long has thins been going on?

Since the house

- Has he not been to a doctor? - He says he's not sick

Shamie Go to the doctor, it's free

I know what he'll say

"Snap out of it"

Tell him you're depressed

Isn't everybody?

How is it at work?

I have no heart in it son

Shamie, don't Don't

There was two men here looking for you

One of them, that school teacher fella A very nice man

Hey

How have you been?

Not too bad

- The blackberries have all gone - Yeah

Oh, Mr Morton has to go into hospital - Belfast

He's very bad

She's going with him

See you

You

are

a good boy

Early quitting

You lock up

"This is the property of Marcella D'Agostino 4a Portstewart Convent"

- Hello, Cal - Hello

Hello, Cal

Now I've got the house to myself I'm going to have a treat

Do you like eating Italian?

Why don't you come over, later? About 8?

I'll shovel sausages and beans into that one and I'll make you a real spaghetti

What a wonderful night

for a moondance

neath thewoah

and the stars up above

What a wonderful

night for a moondance

I'll be right with you

Can I set the table?

You don't think we're going to eat in here do you?

Just bite it

let it fall

Is that Robert's tie?

So is everything else

- "Scaloppine di vitello" - In the name of God

- It's veal - Veal?

I know, isn't it awful of us

Do you know what a vet does when a calf is too big to be born?

Oh please, Cal, not now

Here, have some more wine

It's so nice to have you here without them It makes me feel alive to entertain

Any time

You know I feel so isolated here

only Robert's friends call

- That's not my doing - What?

The photo

His mother wanted it

I've never even been to the grave

Do you have many friends, Cal?

No

- School was different - Oh yes, it's more intense

We used to have this test: "Would you die for him?"

Did you ever hear of Saint Maria Goretti?

Well, when she was twelve,

this man threatened to kill her if she wouldn't let him rape her

so she was stabbed to death

The most incredible part was that at her canonization,

the man who killed her took communion with her own mother

I found that amazing

To have that amount of forgiveness in you

Ah, we used to cry at that

We thought the mother should have been made the saint

No No, Cal

- No, we can't - Why not?

Oh, be sensible

They cut them up with cheese wire

The vet puts cheese wire inside the cow and cuts them up

Before they're born

They get born in bits

- You should know things like that - You're being childish

Please, Cal Be my friend

Don't be miserable

Cal

I'm sorry

I feel bad about hurting you the other night Do you forgive me?

Look what I brought to warm us up

We can make some punch Look, I've even brought cloves

Can I come in?

Yeah

I'm glad you put me out

Why?

Because we have this now

Yes

Would you die for me?

Fuck

Marcella

Marcella

Go Go Go like fuck

Burn, ya bastard, burn

Come on, come on

Come on

Dance Be seen

Was it alright?

Eventually

Were you in love with him?

With Robert?

- Once upon a time - And you went on living with him?

For God's sake, I'm still living with his family

Did you even like him?

No Eventually, no Not much

He told lies, Cal All the time

Oh he was nice sometimes

Once we'd had a terrible row

and he ran out into the garden and brought me back a big bunch of dandelions

And then sometimes

I'm sorry

I'm sorry

- Hello? Hello? - Yes?

- I'd like to buy some perfume please - Well, there are these ones, or these ones

- What's this like? - They're all lovely

I'll take it

- How much is it? - 3,99

Grand Oh I need something for my father Aftershave

These ones up here, or this one, at five pounds

- I'll take it - That'll be 8,99

- I suppose you want it wrapped? - No, no not at all

Thank you

Thank you

- Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

And then, after this, comes the judgement,

just as Christ was offered once

to take away the sins of man

Whereas a death has taken place

for redemption

For transgressions committed under the former covenant

And they who have been called may receive eternal inheritance

according to the promise

For a testament is valid only

when men are dead

8,60, please

Thank you

Thanks

well, well Look what the cat's dragged in

What the hell are you doing here?

I'm not as stupid as I look

Jesus

- Skeffington would like a word - I'm not interested

- Why a bookshop? - Why not?

We've been looking all over for you

I have to see my Da first

- Did nobody tell you? - What?

Ah Jesus

They took Shamie away He's in the asylum

- What? - I know, it's rough

Did you hear about Skeffington's father? He got knocked down by a car

The bastard was only sixteen

Fractured his skull and broke both his legs

Where's Shamie?

In Derry, I think

Anyway, Skeffington said he wanted an example made of this guy

I never done a kneecapping before

But I says, I'll have a go

Says he: "I want to see this one for myself

I don't want this bastard to walk again"

Get the captive bolt from the abattoir

Wallop Wallop Both knees

And your wee man's on the ground, squealing like a stuck pig

With old Skeffington sitting on his head

Stupid

They'll trace it

Jesus

- How did it go? - Easy, a cinch

Out the Plantation Road

We share a problem, Cal

Our fathers

Why didn't you let us know where you were?

I want out

I was just telling him about your friend

I was just trying to put him in the mood

Anyway, it was your idea to use the cattle gun - they'll trace it

It's unlikely

Cal is no longer on our side

Where are you staying?

So as we can keep in touch

- The price of getting out is staying in? - Cal, think of issues, not people

- And if I say no? - This is not a game we're playing, son

Ah Jesus, the Brits

Take it easy

Don't panic

Is this your own car?

Could I see your licence, sir?

Where are you coming from?

Just the town To visit friends

- Where? - Cookstown

- Run for it - Are you mad?

We're dead if they search us

- Go - No

- Go - No, no, you fool

Christ, this one's a goner

Just you wait, McCluskey Bastard

You're not going to get out of this one

- What is it? What's happened? - It doesn't matter

Oh, you're hurt

- Look - Will you come? Come inside, Cal

No, I have to go

Are you in trouble?

This is for Lucy

I'm sorry about the paper

I had something for you, but it got lost

And there's something else

I would die for you

Remember you asked me if I'd ever done anything really bad?

Well, I have

A while ago

- A year ago - No

Don't

I want to tell you

But I can't

Remember that

Remember that

We're here to make an arrest, Mrs Morton

He was our mate, ya bastard