Original subtitles

(tense music)

- [Interviewer] Tell me how he touches you.

- He puts his arm around me, and he kisses me,

in the cheek and the forehead and the nose.

And the lips.

And he holds me.

Well that's it.

- [Interviewer] What do you want to happen from this?

Tell me, where do you want this to go?

Do you want to stay here?

- In this room?

- [Interviewer] Yeah.

- No.

I want to go home.

- [Interviewer] Then tell me exactly what happened.

- I already told you everything.

I don't know what else you want.

(traffic noises)

(bottle rebounding)

(stick grazing fence)

(birds chirping)

(thunder)

(pained sobs)

(sexual grunts)

(pained gasps and shrieks)

(laughter)

(emotional, mystical music)

(traffic noises)

(gagging and coughing)

(somber, intimidating music)

(birds chirping)

(slow, dramatic music)

(door opening)

- We can't be doing this again.

This is crazy.

Honey, I don't know what you're thinking,

but your mother and I can't do this again.

(sigh)

You gotta get out of here.

I don't want the disgrace on the family,

I don't want to deal with all the problems,

and hiding everything and,

trying to figure out how to make it work, I'm done.

I want you to get your stuff, and pack up,

and get your life together somewhere else.

I don't want your mother to know about this.

So don't be calling the house.

(tense, unsettling music)

- Hi, is Michelle there?

No?

She's not there anymore?

This is Echo, uh-huh.

You might remember me.

Friend of hers who,

a few years ago, yeah.

Please, I know you don't know me well.

Please, it's just for one night.

I'm so sorry to ask, I've got nowhere else to go.

I have no one else, I don't know anybody.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'll, yeah, I promise.

Yeah, I remember, I remember where.

Okay, all right, thank you so much.

I'm so sorry.

Okay.

All right, bye.

(tense music)

- Just throw your shit in the corner,

I don't want to look at it.

I'm getting up on bed, you can have that blanket.

Be out in the morning too,

if my parents see you they're gonna get pissed.

Which is gonna make me pissed.

(tense music)

(singing in foreign language in background)

- Hey Grandpa.

It's me, it's Echo.

Um,

Uh-huh.

Can I stay with you then?

Please?

Grandpa, I really, really need a place to stay.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay, yeah, I can do that.

Do you want your money though?

Um, all right.

No no no, I'll try.

Okay.

All right, thank you Grandpa.

I love you too.

(machine beeping)

(fast, somber music)

(wind blowing)

* Only right

* To find that love

* And I can get on my way

* Well don't you frown

* All this light

* Come now

* We'll make your grave

* You bought up

* What you thought you could drink up

* And you thought

* You could be brave

* It's hard when

* You're drowning in sunlight

* And you're fooling

* You're fooling me

* Fooling

* Walk that way

* You've found your place

* As you lay down

* In the shade

* And don't be late

* And don't you worry

* If you don't have

* That much to say

* And you bought up

* What you thought you could drink up

* And you thought

* You could be brave

* It's hard when

* You're drowning in sunlight

* And you're fooling

* You're fooling me

* You're fooling me

(guitar music)

(tense, foreboding music)

(faint, mournful singing)

- I already told you, I'm not scared, I'm upset.

You would be upset if you had your wife

or whoever you loved taken away from you,

or told that you can't see her, that it was wrong.

If it feels right, then how can it be wrong?

I didn't touch her or do these things that you say.

I mean, I held her, and kissed her,

but we didn't have sex or do these nasty things

that you're saying that we did.

I feel like like you should be sitting here.

It feels, it felt right.

If something feels right, I don't,

how can that be wrong?

I feel like we're supposed to be together,

and she feels like we're supposed to be together,

so why can't be be together?

I didn't, want, to do any harm to her,

I just wanted to be with her and protect her.

What is wrong with that?

I'm not scared, I'm upset, and I'm mad

because I don't understand what is wrong

with caring for somebody if you feel

like they're the one that you should be caring for.

(traffic noises)

- Hey man.

I don't know, like three, four, five maybe.

Yeah, the usual shit.

No.

I told you, same charge, holes, all right?

Yeah, a secret.

(bouncy, intense music)

(birds chirping)

(coughing)

(wind blowing)

(wind howling)

(somber guitar heavy music)

(dog barking)

(mystical, tense music)

What's up Mr. Sexy Officer?

- [Officer] What's going on?

- Nothing.

- [Officer] What are you doing out here?

- [Echo] Nothing.

- Come on, don't be stupid, come here.

- What's that now?

- Come talk with me.

- [Echo] I don't know about that.

- [Officer] Please, talk to me.

- Why?

Do you have 20 bucks?

- Just come here.

- [Echo] No.

- Come here and look at me.

Take that shit off, come here.

- Take what off?

- [Officer] Let me see your eyes.

- Fuck you.

- [Officer] What's going on?

- [Echo] Just hanging out.

- You gonna grow up any time soon, or what?

- About as grown up as it gets here, right?

- [Officer] I don't know about that.

- [Echo] Why not?

What do you want?

- [Officer] I want to stop seeing you like this.

- [Echo] Hey.

- I don't want to think every time I see you,

the next time I'm gonna have to arrest you.

- [Echo] You don't gotta do that no more, I'm fine.

- [Officer] How about you come see me

in the office some time?

- [Echo] All right, fine.

Sound good?

- All right.

- All right.

Okay, I'll be there.

I promise.

Thank you.

(tense, sharp music)

(soothing music)

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

What's your name?

Stephen?

I don't think I know you, Stephen.

Yeah, Malachi isn't here right now.

I don't know when he'll be here.

Well, he's not here yet.

You can try back.

No I don't.

I know he's out jumping a roll again, a couple of months.

Yeah.

Last time he didn't make it, so I don't know.

I just, pray this time they'll let him go.

So you, how do you know him?

Oh.

Yes, he is.

Well, then you would know more than I do,

because, that's the last I knew,

I haven't talked to him in quite a while.

Yeah, that would be fine.

Try him, yeah.

Try back.

I will.

I will Stephen, I'll let him know.

Okay.

Thanks, bye.

(phone busy signal)

(pounding)

(tense, unsettling music)

- Hey man, thanks, thank you so much for the tent.

Oh, here's, here's your light back.

Thanks.

- No problem you know.

That's what friends are for.

- Yeah, I know a light is, I needed it real bad,

and I know that I gotta head it back soon,

and you know, I'll make sure, you know what I mean.

- [Man] I just have one rule.

- [Echo] Okay.

What's that?

- You have to have the tent back by Friday.

If you don't, my girl will kick my ass.

- [Echo] No problem, no problem, Friday.

- Friday.

- Yes, Friday, I got it, cool.

You know what, here, here, help yourself.

Okay?

Cool, I promise, Friday.

But now I gotta go because it's cold

and I gotta get this tent set up soon,

thank you so much man.

- No problem.

I said, definitely,

- Oh yeah, thanks man.

- You take care.

- You too.

I know you're always looking out for me.

I'll be back here Friday.

- [Man] Friday.

- Friday, got it.

All right.

(deep, bouncy music)

(waves crashing)

(train running)

(guitar music)

(singing in foreign language)

- [Interviewer] What do you think should happen to him?

- [Echo] I don't understand.

- [Interviewer] Do you think he should go to jail?

- No.

- [Interviewer] What are you gonna do if he does?

- He'll wait.

Wait.

- [Interviewer] What if he doesn't go to jail?

But you're forbidden from being with him.

What are you gonna do?

- Run away.

- [Interviewer] You think it's right

for a 12 year old and an 18 year old to be together?

- It's okay.

- [Interviewer] Tell me about this letter.

These letters that he's written to you.

- He's written only one letter.

- [Interviewer] About what?

- Love.

- [Interviewer] Did he threaten you at all in this letter?

- No.

- [Interviewer] Or say anything threatening or violent?

- [Echo] No, no no.

- [Interviewer] All right.

(door closing)

(mystical, dramatic music)

(car revving)

(somber rock music)

(slow, sad music)

(sniffling)

- Bye Sheryl, thanks.

Hey Bingo, hey Bingo.

Hey, Echo, honey.

- [Echo] Yeah, hi.

- Hi baby, oh I'm so tired, I had the best night.

How are you doing?

- Oh, good, great, Malachi's here.

- Baby, come here.

Come here, come here, come here.

You okay?

Okay, are you okay?

(mumbling)

Okay.

Oh.

Oh how long I've waited for this.

To see you home.

- Yeah.

- And you stay now, right?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Okay.

I love you.

What can I get you, are you hungry, are you okay?

- I'm okay.

- Okay.

Echo, are you okay, honey?

- [Echo] Yeah.

- Okay, I just.

Okay, baby go out in the room, don't worry.

- Hey, hey.

(romantic, soothing music)

- Malachi?

- [Malachi] Yeah?

Oh, baby.

You're mine.

- [Malachi] Hey.

- How'd you sleep, honey?

- [Malachi] Uh, I was fine.

- Are you hungry, do you want me to make you pancakes?

- [Malachi] No, I'm all right.

- I can't believe you're finally home.

I could hardly sleep, I was so excited.

I've got you, I've got Echo.

We're a family.

I don't mean to make light of what you've been through.

It's been so many years, and silence from you

was really difficult.

I tried to tell myself that's just what you needed,

but I, I waited for your calls.

I lived for your phone calls.

But I had to go on, I had to do

what I needed to do so when you came home,

you had a home.

The house you grew up in, it was condemned,

it was all that property in that area,

and I had to go away, and so,

and so leaving bad memories behind,

I knew that I would find a place

and you could start again, once.

Unless you go out.

I'm sorry I had to sell everything,

I just had to get enough money to get a home for us,

and this is a nice home, but your writing,

I saved all your writing, it's in a box,

it's in the garage, I know exactly where it is.

I, the timing, it's all been,

kind of a miracle, you know?

Running into Echo at the coffeehouse.

I thought she had just disappeared, off the planet.

I had heard she'd run away, and now I know the truth.

She's told me what her life's been like.

She thought I'd be mad at her.

Honey, you were 12 years old.

You both break my heart, what you've been through.

But you survived.

And it's a new start.

It just have to be so much to the missing,

we'll get you in.

She's been, puts makeup on me,

and picks out clothes for me, it's really,

it's a mother daughter kind of thing

I never thought I could have.

And now you're here, and we'll be back

to normal again, it'll be good.

And she has a car, I got her,

I had just enough money to get this really cheap car,

so you guys can get around.

Oh, I forgot.

This guy named Stephen called.

He said he's a friend of yours.

He was kind of strange on the phone,

he was nice enough, but something strange

about him, I don't know.

Is he a friend?

- Yeah, I know him.

Well since I, it's fine.

You know what, I'm gonna, I'm gonna,

I'm gonna take a walk.

- Fine.

And don't forget the car.

Echo's car, that's for both of you.

You know, it's pretty reliable, not always,

but it usually gets Echo where she needs to go,

and me when she's taking me,

so you know, do you want the keys?

- Uh, no, I'm just gonna walk to the store.

- Okay, but you're coming right back, right?

Because I don't want to lose you.

- No, I'll leave that phone over there.

- Okay.

Okay, love you.

- [Malachi] Love you.

- See you soon, right?

- [Malachi] Yeah.

* The angel Gabriel from Heaven came

* His wings as drifted snow

* His eyes like as flame

* All hail said he oh lowly maiden Mary

* Most highly favored lady

* Gloria

* For known a blessed mother thou shall be

* All generations laud and honor thee

* Thy son shall be Emanuel

* By seers foretold

* Most highly favored maiden

* Gloria

- Hey.

Hey you.

Hey, I know you.

Yeah, hey, I know you.

You're that motherfucker on the flyer, huh?

What's your name, fucking, hey, no no no no no.

Hey wait, I want to talk to you.

Hey, hey dawg, stop, I wanna fucking talk to you.

I know who you are.

You're that fucking baby raper, huh?

Yeah, fool.

No no no no no.

Stay here.

Don't fucking move, all right?

I don't want you on my block, homey.

Hey.

I don't want you on my fucking block.

We got kids.

We don't need your fucking kind around here.

Go back to where you came.

Hey, I said go back to where you came.

What, you gonna go back to where you came?

You gonna do this?

All right then.

I see you back around here, and it's something else.

I'm a get up in your ass, you think you

come around my neighborhood.

(knocking)

- Hi.

You must be Mrs. Redding?

- [Mrs. Redding] I am.

And you?

- I'm Stephen, I'm a friend of Malachi's.

Is he here?

- Oh, I remember, we talked on the phone I think.

- Yeah, that was quite a while ago.

You must have a good memory.

- I do.

Not that many people call for Malachi.

Um, no, he went out for a walk,

but he'll be back shortly.

- Really?

Do you know how long it might be?

- [Mrs. Redding] No, maybe you could try back

later this evening, not too late.

- Okay, I can do that.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

You know, I have to say, Malachi has said a lot of,

I almost feel like I know you.

Malachi talked very highly of you when we were,

you know, back in prison.

- Well I've missed him, I'm glad to have him home.

- Yeah, he's a really good,

he's a really good person, definitely.

- [Mrs. Redding] Yes he is.

- Yeah, so,

- He should never have been there.

- I agree, he really shouldn't.

And neither should I, but sometimes,

you know, the way that the world works,

it's very prejudiced against people

that might be a little different.

- Well why don't you try later.

- [Stephen] Okay, well,

- I'll tell him you came by.

- It was good to finally meet you in person.

- [Mrs. Redding] Thank you Stephen.

- Okay.

Bye.

- Bye.

(wind blowing)

(tense music)

- Hey.

You look good.

Come here, come here.

How are you?

What's the matter?

God, it's been like, a really long time.

What's going on with you, man?

- Hey, um,

- What's up.

- Uh, nothing, how have you been?

- Well I'm doing okay, I came by earlier

and met your mom, she's a very sweet lady.

Yeah.

So how you doing man?

It's great to see you.

It's been like, a long time.

I kind of thought you, you know,

would have been out like a year ago.

What's up man?

What's up, come on.

Had any trouble adjusting, or,

Feels good though, doesn't it, feels good.

You been getting enough sleep?

You look tired.

- No.

- [Stephen] You look kind of fucked up actually.

What is somebody, somebody out to get you or something?

- Yeah, you know, I really think

it'd be better to, you get going.

- What's up, what's up?

Tell me, come on.

- Nothing, I just,

- Somebody fucking with you?

- No, I just,

- I'll fuck them up.

I'm there.

I got your back.

- I really just have to go somewhere right now,

can I call you or something?

- Um, yeah, that's cool.

I don't have a phone, but,

Hey um, I know you're pretty busy right now,

I've got kind of a favor.

I'm kind of, sort of in a funny place right now,

you know, like my sister just kicked me out.

And I'm kind of like, I don't got a place to stay tonight.

Totally, you won't even know I'm here.

- I'm not gonna be here for a couple days, probably,

and you know, it's my mom's place,

so I'm not in a position, you know, that's,

- [Stephen] Yeah, I mean, it's like I'm really,

- I'm not even just really sleeping anywhere

in particular either, so I'm not gonna

be here, you know?

- Yeah, it's cool.

No, no, don't worry about it.

- [Malachi] Just, um,

- Do you think I could borrow a couple bucks,

for a motel or something?

- I don't know,

- I swear I'll pay you back.

- I don't have any money, you know.

I'm just staying here, I really have to go right now.

Can you just meet me?

- Yeah, yeah, I mean, you want me

to go with you, where you going?

- It's, I have to do some stuff

on my own, and for the,

- Come on, it's not like you to not talk to me.

Come on man.

- I will, I just, I just really have to hurry.

- I'm kind of worried about you.

- Thanks, but I have to go right now.

I really, I really have to go.

- Wow, I haven't seen you like,

- I know, it's just,

- [Stephen] It's been so long.

- I'll see you on Friday, I just really,

- Friday, I don't even know

if I'm gonna be around on Friday.

If I can jump off that triple on a window by Friday,

I'm pretty fucked and not cool,

I'm like, you know, I haven't seen you for years, and,

- I know, I'll see you,

- [Stephen] I'm like a redheaded stepchild

or something, you're just like kicking me out.

- [Malachi] I'm not kicking out because

I'm leaving the house, I'll see you Friday.

- Yeah, okay, well.

It's good seeing you man.

It's good seeing you.

- [Malachi] Okay.

(tense, foreboding music)

- I just loved it.

- Well good.

- [Mrs. Redding] I guess I'll just,

- [Echo] We'll do it again sometime, absolutely.

- [Mrs. Redding] And I'm hungry for ice cream,

after that huge dinner.

You want some?

- [Echo] Um, maybe in a minute, I'll be right back.

- [Mrs. Redding] Don't take too long, it's gonna melt.

- Uh, maybe there's a store open,

do you need anything?

- [Mrs. Redding] No, I've got my ice cream,

and I'm good.

- Okay, I'll just be back, in a little bit.

- Okay, you okay?

You gonna hurry back?

- [Echo] Mm-hm.

- Okay, see you.

* Only right

* To found that life

* And I can

* Be on my way

* Well don't you fight

* On this night

* Come now

* We'll make your grave

* And you bought up

* What you thought you could drink up

* And you thought

* You could be brave

* It's hard when

* You're drowning in sunlight

* And you're fooling

* You're fooling me

* Fooling

* Walked that way

* And found your place

* As you lay down

* In the shade

* And don't be late

* And don't you wait

* When you don't have

* That much to say

* And you bought up

* What you thought you could drink up

* And you thought

* You could be brave

* It's hard when

* You're drowning in sunlight

* And you're fooling

* You're fooling me

* You're fooling me

- [Echo] Come on, stop.

Where are you going, stop!

- [Malachi] I have to go.

- Why are you doing this!?

- I have to go!

- No!

- The fucking pictures that they're putting up of me!

They have my fucking face all over the place,

it's just, because of you!

- I never asked for this!

- I didn't say you did.

But I got my fucking face all over the fucking place.

It says I'm a fucking pedophile

because I fucking molested you.

You just like it there.

I didn't even have sex before that fucking guy,

I had fucking guys touch me and do things to me.

And I don't, I don't, stop!

You don't know what it was like,

I can't touch you, I can't do anything to you.

I didn't want to do anything to you,

I didn't want to molest you or anything like that.

Stop!

It's, I just wanted to be with you.

And they put me in that fucking place,

and there was fucking guys coming in my fucking cell

all the fucking time,

- I'm sorry!

- The people, they're supposed to protect people,

unless you're in mine,

- I'm sorry!

- Stop!

Let me fucking talk!

Let me fucking talk!

- [Echo] I don't want to lose you!

- Let me talk!

I have shut up for years,

and I've put up with all this shit,

and I barely made it, and when I finally,

- [Echo] And you think I liked,

- When I finally, when I finally

stood up for myself, I get fucking

four more fucking years!

I can't be here.

Just leave me alone.

- No.

- [Malachi] Leave me alone!

- I waited for you!

I'm not gonna have you reject me now.

There was nothing I could do!

I was on the street.

Can't you just stay here?

- [Malachi] It's gonna start all over again.

- No!

We're older now, it's fine,

everything's gonna be okay.

- Look at the shame I'm bringing on

to my mom, and to you!

- And look what happened to me,

you think I'm any better?

All right, I didn't ask for any of this.

And I'm here, I came back.

And now you're just gonna leave.

What, what do you have to say?

Why are you gonna leave me now?

No.

I'm not going to let you leave.

No.

Malachi, please.

Malachi!

Malachi, wait!

You can't do this!

(haunting music)

* It's a shame

* It's a shame

* Shame

(fast, mystical music)

(faint singing)