Original subtitles

I'm walking

Like a lonely child

Never knowing which way to turn

Feeling lost I've wandered far

Reach out and touch me

Take my hand and walk me home

Reach out and touch me

Understand that you will never, ever be alone

Lost and lonely Lost and lonely

Till you found me Till you found me

And now you're giving me everything, yeah

Teach me to find love

Take my hand and walk me home

Reach out for my love

Understand that you will never, ever be alone

Reach out and touch me

Take my hand and walk me home

Reach out and touch me

Take my hand and walk me home

Reach out and touch me...

(Bird squawks)

What are you doing? What?

What are you hanging around with these dropkicks for?

What are you going on about?

You got a brain, child. You got a future.

Don't waste it by hanging around with these little arseholes.

Enough, eh? You're making me shame, Coral.

Leave her alone! You, shut it.

Does your mother know you're hanging around with these oxygen thieves?

You can't steal oxygen, you old bat.

And what's two plus two? What?

Thought so. Does your mother know you're out here?

Yeah.

Well, you won't mind if I ring her when I get back, will you?

'Cause that's what I'm gonna do, girl.

If you're still out here with numb-nuts when I get back,

I'm phoning your mother.

Phone her mother, then. I don't care! Mind your own business!

(Car engine revs, music thuds)

Sup? MAN: Sup?

What's up, bro? Get in.

Nah, I don't wanna risk it. It's red-hot. Too red-hot, cuz.

Nah, don't be a pussy. Get in the car, man. We'll go for a cruise.

Stop being a cat, bra! Jump in.

You fucking kidding me? Drive, dickhead.

(Whoops)

Hello.

I need another budgie. They keep dying on me.

Oh.

Clock it, bra!

Oh, that... Arggh! That fucking stinks.

Fuck! You stink, you stink hole!

Oh! Keep it, bras. You need it.

In you go.

Thank you. Bye.

Third time lucky, eh, sunshine?

Slow down!

Nearly home, sunshine.

Coral, you OK? Danny, come on!

Hey, Coral! You little black shit!

I'll phone an ambulance. You'll be OK, Coral.

(Mobile phone buttons beep) Ambulance. Regent Street.

An old woman's been hit by a car.

Hey, I'm not old!

Coral, I gotta go! Sorry!

MAN: Jeez, Coral, what happened? Help me up.

Stay down, ma'am. Well, where's my bird?

The bird's fine. Just wait here, Coral, please.

I've gotta go.

Ma'am, you are not going anywhere except to hospital.

Listen here, you bloody curry muncher, I am going home.

Best do what the man says, Coral.

Just got a grazed knee, that's all.

Look, I think it's best if we take her in to get checked.

No way. Just wait, Coral.

That bloody mongrel should be locked up.

You saw him? Course I saw him!

Well, what did he look like? Black. What a bloody surprise.

Now, are you sure? Of course I'm sure.

What - do you think my memory's gone too?

Just wait, Coral. Just take it easy.

I'm perfectly fine, thank you very much!

Don't you dare die on me.

(Gags)

(Vomits)

Hey!

Move fast, bra!

Whoa! Oh, you going somewhere?

Yeah. And where would that be?

Nah, nowhere. Just out.

Well, I'm sorry, Danny, but you're coming down the station.

Haven't done nothing. No?

(Mobile phone rings)

Well, how'd I do that, then? I don't know.

Used your own mobile phone to ring the ambulance.

No, I didn't. Yes, you did.

No, I didn't! Yes, you did.

See, an innocent person would probably say, 'What ambulance?'

What ambulance? Oh, bit late now.

Come on, you're coming with me. Come on!

And another thing - you don't say, 'I haven't done nothing.'

It's a double negative. You say, 'I haven't done anything.'

Yeah, whatever.

Any shrapnel, Coral?

No time, Neil, 'cause I'm off to work. W-O-R-K.

Sorry to use such a four-letter word.

I know it offends your delicate ears, you lazy black bastard.

MAN: Thanks.

MAN: Thanks, Coral. Should be cold tonight.

Who's that? Looks charged up.

Wouldn't you be? Have a look at her face.

You got somewhere to stay tonight? Nah, I'm right.

Call up MacKillop, see if they can take her.

See if we can find somewhere for you to stay.

MAN: Thanks, love.

(Grunts)

Oh!

(Smoke alarm beeps)

MAN: Come on.

Aunties.

Come up this way.

Not easy waiting to be sentenced, eh?

No, I'm right.

How long do you reckon you'll get?

It's not my first rodeo.

Oh, ease up there, cowboy.

So, it was just you? That's what I said in there.

Just you driving?

You deaf or something?

You know they're gonna lock you up? It was just me.

Was it manual or automatic? Manual.

Correct.

There's my car there. And?

Well, that's a manual. So?

Drive it. What?

You heard me. Get in, drive it.

Nah, I don't feel like driving right now.

What the hell are you doing, Danny? You're a decent boy.

Why go to prison for a couple of idiots?

Hey, they're my mates. 'Mates'?

Hey, if they were your mates, they'd be here right now taking the blame.

You phoned an ambulance,

got yourself caught 'cause you were worried about her.

Hey, that proves that you're decent.

They're not, son. They're bloody clowns.

Believe me, I know. You don't know nothing, alright?

What did I tell you about double negatives?

Mmm.

Hey! We're on water restrictions, you know!

Coral, if anyone sees you, you'll get in trouble.

The fuck?! Coral! Oh!

I didn't touch her.

Who are you? The curry muncher.

Has this happened before, Coral?

Couple of times. You mean two?

Two or three. Since the accident?

OK, is it two or three, Coral? This is really important.

Four, I think.

Right, we should take her in.

Is it that bad? Yep.

No, I'm not going anywhere. You've got to go, Coral.

No way. Look, I'll give Rosie a call.

Over my dead body.

Yeah, well, you've got to go to hospital, then, please.

Just to be safe, hey?

She wouldn't come anyway.

What about her girl, then? You know, your granddaughter?

Julie? Yeah.

Julie. Yeah, Julie. Come on.

Ta-da!

Hi. Hello.

Uh, Redfern, please.

Redfern.

(Mobile phone chimes)

Your grandmother is brave, living in Redfern.

All those Aborigine. Too much trouble.

Turn left here, please.

They never pay. Never pay.

My grandmother's Aboriginal. I'm Aboriginal.

Well, this is as far as I go.

Why?

Not safe. What?

Not safe.

Not safe for you even though you're in a cab?

Yep.

But you'll let me walk it on my own. Very sorry. It's a company rule.

What?

What will be $25.

(Bills rustle)

You don't look Aboriginal.

Keep the change. But you gave me the correct money.

I know.

Oi. Who's she?

(Knocking at door)

It's you. You look like shit, Nan.

And you look like your mother. Come on, get inside.

And what are you lot gawking at?

Haven't you ever seen somebody with a future before?

(Budgie chirps)

You still got that bird! Yeah, not the same one, though.

Keep dying on me. Why?

If I knew that, they'd stop dying, wouldn't they?

You want a cup of tea? No, you're sick, Nan. I'll do it.

You will not. Just get a bit dizzy, that's all.

Apart from that, nothing wrong with me,

and the reason you're here is if you're not here,

I gotta go to the hospital, and having you here

is better than going to the hospital, you understand that?

Yes, Nan. Good!

How's your mother? She's good, Nan.

What about that bloke she's living with?

You mean my father?

Wouldn't exactly call him a father.

He's good too.

Is he working? Nan, don't start.

I'm just asking if your father's working.

I don't wanna talk about it!

I'll take that as a no, then. She said you'd do this.

Teabags OK? Yeah.

You working? No.

Upholding your father's tradition, then.

Well, for your information, I'm going to uni. Aboriginal history.

I just started a thesis on great Aboriginal warriors.

Well, that shouldn't take you too long.

You want some food with this? A kangaroo or something like that?

No, thanks, Nan.

Milk? Yes, please.

She could've had anybody. Please, Nan!

No, I'm telling you, whitefellas and all, good jobs too.

They were all queuing up!

No, she had to go and marry a bloody deadbeat!

Nan! You are sick, Nan!

Oh, I just need my pills. Where are they?

You shouldn't make yourself upset.

No need. I'm already upset.

Every minute of every day, I'm upset.

'Cause your bloody mother's gone and broken my heart.

When did you last have your hair done?

I can't remember.

Oh, good morning, sunshine. Hmm?

(Kisses) Did you have a good sleep?

GIRL: Go, Teneka! CORAL: What did I tell you?

Why are you always picking on me? Why not someone else?

You know why. You see this girl here? She's at uni.

Nan!

Only got half your brains and...

It's Coral, Vic. Teneka's down here with the local lobotomies again.

Right. Right. OK.

Half your brains, and she's at uni,

while you're here hanging around with these dickheads!

Your mother's on her way.

What you looking at?

Just keep walking!

So, is he still knocking your mother around?

Nan, don't start!

Still doing it, then.

No! It was one black eye, once, and you know how she got that?

She walked into a door, and that was ages ago!

Once a black boy takes a shine to you,

he's after one thing and one thing only,

and he doesn't care what he's gotta do to get it,

and then that's you ruined, girl.

That's you branded a slut.

And you'll get pregnant, of course,

'cause the stupid little bastard didn't bother to take precautions,

and if you're lucky,

he'll piss off and leave you to face the consequences,

and if you're unlucky, he'll marry you,

and that's when the real fun begins!

That's when you better familiarise yourself

with the Prince Alfred and Centrelink,

'cause all he's gonna do is live off welfare,

go out and get pissed once a fortnight,

and come back all bitter and twisted about how sad his little life is,

and then he'll take it out on you,

and then it'll be your turn to go walk around

telling everybody you walked into a door.

Julie!

Julie?

Julie?

Well? Well, what?

Well, how long do I keep this thing in for? It's getting itchy.

Shit!

BOY: Coral! GIRL: Coral!

Coral, you chuck your hair in the wash again?

So, what are you gonna do when you finish uni?

Go around the world for a year.

A year? Yeah.

What are you gonna do over there for a year?

Just travel. See new places, meet new people. Usual.

Try and broaden my horizons. Good on you!

But I don't go unless you're talking to Mum again.

Mum said she used to love doing your hair when she was a kid.

You'd be pissed off with something -

Grandad lost all his money again or something like that -

and you'd say to her, 'Soothe my nerves, my darling.'

And she'd comb your hair and your head would go back,

and you'd even fall asleep sometimes.

Said she could go on doing it for hours.

Just combing and combing your hair.

You OK?

Just got shampoo in my eyes.

I want you to come stay, Nan.

Mum wants you there too, I just know it.

Both as bad as each other.

And Dad's got no say in it anyway.

Please, Nan? Look, just think about it, OK? That's all.

And I'll talk to Mum about it, OK?

Will you come, Nan?

Nan, just think it through.

Nan?

Nan!

(Sighs)

Hey, is, um, Coral home?

Uh, she's in hospital. Why?

Who are you? A friend.

She's got no friends.

Uh, I bought this for the bird. Whoa!

Thanks.

Is she in hospital 'cause of the accident?

Yeah.

She got better. She went to court and everything.

No, she's been getting dizzy spells. Fainted a couple of times.

Right.

You want me to tell her you came?

Um, yeah. What's your name?

Mark. OK. Thanks.

(Music thuds)

Oi! They let you out early, bro? Yeah.

Hey, nice, eh? Jump in.

No way.

Come on! Don't be a soft cock.

Nah, I'm done with that shit.

Oh, come on, a little spin! Jump in!

Hurry up! Just fuck off, will you?

JULIE: Come on!

Here, I got it!

She hasn't cleaned 'em in a while.

Oh, well. See you later.

You slut! Fuck up, Teneka!

Hey, bras, that's my woman.

Tell your woman to shut her hole, then.

You wanna go? Just 'cause you been in jail, you think you're a big man.

Leave it, Gaz! Danny, go!

Danny!

What did you do that for? You, get home.

I catch you hanging around with him again, you're fucking gone!

Hey! You OK?

Are you OK?! Yeah, no, I'm alright.

Come inside.

I'll get a cloth. What a prick!

Oh, that's deep! Why would someone do that...

'Cause he's a prick!

(Tap runs)

Here, give me your shirt. No, it's alright.

No, give it to me.

Want a body? I mean coffee! You want a coffee?

Yeah, sure.

Well, go on, put the kettle on.

(Cups clink)

So...

(Budgie chirps)

Oh, budgie. Yeah. Nan loves 'em.

Sunshine. Where's his water?

Well, it should be in there somewhere.

(Budgie squawks)

(Phone rings)

Hello? CORAL, ON PHONE: It's me.

Hi, Nan. How are you?

I'm fine! You? Fine. How's Sunshine?

Sunshine's... really good.

Yep, I gotta go, Nan. I'll talk to you later!

(Phone beeps) You doing anything?

Coming in? Oh, nah.

Come and help me choose.

I know as much about birds as I do coffee.

(Laughs)

She'll never know. How is she?

Getting better, she reckons. I'm gonna see her tonight.

You wanna come? Nah, footy training.

So, uh, did they catch them? Who?

The boys in the car. Just one.

Who was he? Don't know. Some scumbag.

Hey, look here, mob. It's One-eyed Danny.

Oi, Danny. Oi, we right, eh?

Nah, we're good.

Fuckwit!

Danny? What?

He called you Danny.

Oh, did he? Yeah. Why?

I don't know.

(Kisses)

Well, who said the art of conversation was dead?

What?

You've had your nose in that thing since you got here.

Sorry, Nan. (Mobile phone chimes)

Aircon.

Please don't tell me. Hmm?

Please don't tell me he's black.

Oh, my God. Nan!

I mean it. Nice white boy, that's what you want.

Yep!

They work for a living, them white mob.

Oh, they looking after you? You're joking, aren't you?

Run this place like a jail.

Sign yourself in, and that's it - your whole life's over.

You got no more control.

I told 'em I'm ready to go, but they just ignore me.

'No, Coral, you can't go yet.

We gotta do some more tests

where they stick a finger up your bloody bum!'

Not boring you, am I? No, Nan.

Good. Don't be silly.

I thought it was my boring stories.

Oh, I've got to get out of here. I've had enough. I've got work to do.

Mum's gonna come. To see me?

Yeah. When?

When you ask her to. No.

Nan! No way.

How's my bird? Please, Nan.

Stop with this nonsense. It's so stupid!

All I tried to do was stick up for her and she told me to shove it.

She can come back crawling on her hands and knees.

I'm going. Fine.

Just think about what I said.

No bloody way.

(Budgie chirps)

(Knocking at door)

Stay away from our men, uptown nigger.

What happened to your nose?! Teneka.

What?! Teneka.

Hold this!

Oi, Teneka. What?

What the fuck? What did you do that for?

Felt like it. You felt like it?

Mmm. 'Cause she's prettier than you?

She's nice and she's pretty and she's decent. I can't have that?

You wanna drag me down.

You wanna pull me down in the shit 'cause you're in the shit.

What did she do to you, huh? Nothing! Youse are all fucked!

All of youse! Fuck off!

(Teneka screams) Gaz! Come on! Who's next?

(Teneka screams) Who's next, huh?

I'm telling you, leave her alone, the lot of youse! You got it?!

Youse got it?!

And her nan.

Don't.

Watch the movie.

That's the ugliest nose I've ever seen.

Watch the movie!

Does it hurt? It's alright.

What's wrong? It's not Mark.

What? My name, it's not Mark.

What is it, then? Danny.

Why'd you say Mark? I don't know.

I've gotta go. What?!

Sorry.

Danny? Yeah.

You fellas have a go? Who?

You and Gaz. Yeah.

What over? Someone hit Julie.

Oh. Are you and Julie... Yeah. Why?

You told her about Coral?

You told her how you put her nan in hospital?

No. You gonna tell her?

Yeah, eventually. When?

I don't know - eventually. I tried...

Well, if you don't tell her, I will, alright?

Alright. Hey!

Buy her a big bunch of flowers, then tell her the truth.

Hey, you! Hey, you, stop! Stop! Come back! Come back here!

What's going on? Signed myself out.

Another bloody blow-in.

They can find their way to Christmas Island

but get lost coming to Redfern.

Thanks... for nothing!

Couldn't understand a word he said either.

Now we got all sorts. Can't even speak English.

Did you miss me, Sunshine?

(Coral kisses)

(Sighs)

It's you! And what do you want, you little deadshit?

Well, are you gonna answer me,

or are you just gonna stand there taking up space?

Typical!

You can steal a car inside 30 seconds but you can't give an honest answer!

Well, I'll break it down for you - what do you want?

I brought you these.

Why? To say sorry.

I'm really sorry for what we did.

They're not off a grave? No!

You didn't steal 'em from anybody? Nah.

Thank you.

Wait!

Going off to have a laugh with your mates, were you?

No!

I was getting it on with the young one,

but then the old one answered the door,

so I had to tell her the flowers were for her

and the old bitch fell for it.

She really believed they were for her!

No! Julie!

Please don't tell Julie. What did you do to her?

Nothing!

You run me over, you little criminal in training,

put me in hospital, get me out of the way

so you can come sniffing around my granddaughter, little black bastard!

I didn't! I didn't do none of that, I swear!

Julie! What?

It'll just hurt if you tell her. There's no need. I'm going anyway.

I'll keep away from her, so why hurt her?

Come here, girl!

What is it?

You're scaring me.

Tell her!

OK, tell her where you been.

In jail. What?!

Jail! Tell her why.

This is the little mongrel that run me over and nearly killed me!

What did you let him do to you, girl?

You little bastard! You filthy little bastard!

You fellas today think you can do whatever you want,

don't you, don't you?

Well, you can't! Not in my house and not to my granddaughter!

See? Maybe next time you listen to your nan, eh?

Don't sound so stupid now, do I? (Cries)

I'll put the kettle on, eh?

Water! Oh, Julie, that's why they keep dying on me.

I haven't been giving them any water.

Yeah. Thanks, bub.

It wasn't me. It was Danny!

Oh.

Oh, fuck the tea. Let's go to the shops, eh?

(Mobile phone rings)

Danny.

(Mobile phone rings)

Him again?

(Mobile phone beeps)

Stop ringing her, 'cause if you ever go near her again,

I'm gonna grab the sharpest knife I've got

and slice your hairless little nuts off.

You got that, you dirty, devious little mongrel?!

(Mobile phone beeps)

Meant to get ginger nuts.

Well, wonders never cease. What's happened to them?

Danny. Danny?

Yeah. He flogged Gaz and told 'em all to leave me alone in future.

Did he? And you.

Told 'em to leave you alone too.

Oh, well, I guess all he needs now is a cape.

(Knocking at door)

(Phone rings)

(Answering machine beeps)

CORAL, ON RECORDING: Yes, you've reached Coral. Leave a message.

DANNY, ON PHONE: Pick up, Julie.

Julie, I know you're there. Please pick up.

Just come to the door.

If you just give me five minutes at the door, I can explain everything.

Just five minutes, please.

OK, I'll do it over the phone.

Can you see me? Look through the window.

Can you see me now?

Yeah, I'll explain everything.

My credit's running low, my battery's going,

so please don't cut me off.

I wasn't driving the car that hit Coral.

I was just a passenger in it.

OK, that's bad enough, I know,

but it's not as bad as driving the fucking thing.

And I couldn't say I wasn't driving, 'cause then they'd ask me who was,

and I couldn't give the lads up.

And do you know why Coral recognised me?

'Cause I went back to help!

The others ran away, but I went back to help!

Maybe that's not much, maybe that's the least you can do

when you've been in a car that's hit someone.

I know it's nothing to boast about,

but it's gotta be better than just running away.

When I was locked up, all I could think about was coming to see Coral,

giving her a present, and apologising,

and that's why I turned up to the house with the bird seed.

OK, I pinched it 'cause I didn't have any money.

If you look at the back, you'll see 'buy one, get one free'.

It was a twin pack, but I couldn't get a twin pack down my pants,

so I had to split 'em up,

but I didn't know I had put a hole in one,

and the seed started to pour out so I had to bolt.

(Car alarm blares) (Shouts indistinctly)

Come on! Let's go! Whoo!

And that's why I stayed outside that time you went for the new budgie,

'cause I knew the man would recognise me,

but I'm glad I did, 'cause I saw you through the window,

and I've never seen no-one give me a smile the way you gave me,

and I knew the truth was gonna come out

and that's why I didn't want us to get it together.

I think you wanted to.

I knew you were gonna despise me once the truth came out,

and I knew you'd despise me even more if we'd got it together.

You'd think I tricked you or something, so I couldn't do it.

Maybe that's something -

the fact that I didn't do the thing I most wanted to do.

OK, that doesn't make up for everything,

and maybe it makes up for nothing, but it's gotta be something.

(Car alarm blares) Turn it off! Turn it off!

I'm trying, man. No, you're getting it ballsed up!

Supposed to cut the black one!

When I turned up with the flowers, I was gonna explain everything,

but I never got the chance to 'cause Coral opened the door.

OK, I never paid for the flowers, I stole them too.

I was definitely gonna tell you everything,

and I definitely mean what I wrote on the card.

If you don't believe me, just ask Aaron Davies,

'cause it was all his idea, and that's it, Julie.

I'm really sorry for the way things turned out.

Really, really sorry.

And I think I'm gonna lose you on this phone now anyway,

so I'll keep going till I do.

I hope you get to go around the world.

I hope you get your nan and your mum talking again.

If you tell your nan what you told me, I know it'll happen, Julie.

I know this is the last time I'll ever speak to you,

so I might as well tell you the whole truth.

So, here it is. I love you.

Fuck it! Fuck me! He's fucked!

PARAMEDIC: And up! Alright, careful.

Is he gonna be OK?

Yeah.

He'll be able to walk and all of that?

Yeah. There's no brain damage?

No, thank God!

As if you'd be able to tell anyway. Nan, that's a terrible thing to say!

Well, he run me over in a car! He wasn't driving. His mates were.

And they ran over him too, so I'd say that makes you about even.

Well, what did you tell him? About what?

When he was on the phone, just before he got hit.

He said he'd hoped I'd got talking to your mother again,

and if you told me what you told him, that would happen.

Yeah.

Well, what is it?

I'm frightened of you dying, Nan.

Without making it up to Mum.

These dizzy spells and all that...

See, if you die, it's alright for you. You'll be dead.

But Mum's gonna be plagued with guilt

for the rest of her life, isn't she?

And I think that'd be so selfish of you,

and Mum says bloody typical too!

Do you love him? Yeah.

And do you think he's telling the truth when he says he loves you?

Yeah.

Black boy says he loves you,

it's normally 'cause he wants to get a sniff of...

For God's sake, Coral!

Well, let's see him prove it, eh?

Let's see him get a job.

I'm not asking him to give away a kidney or anything.

Just get a job - any job.

And if he does that, he's welcome in my house.

And don't call me Coral.