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[cars in distance]

[breathes heavily]

[inhales] Are they gone?

Yeah. Pretty much.

- [exhales] - [Allie] Huddle up.

It's gonna get a lot colder.

Just have to make it through the night. Keep warm.

Come.

[Margot breathes heavily]

[Allie] Chuy?

- Wanna get moving? - [fly buzzing]

Hey.

Chuy.

Chuy.

[in Spanish] Don't talk to me, asshole.

We can't go back. You know that, right?

You can't go back.

If you wanna talk about what happened, we can...

[in Spanish] What happened?

[repeats in Spanish]

[in Spanish] You're what happened.

- I think we should go. - [in English] Go where, huh?

Hey, hey.

I got nowhere to go.

Where am I gonna go? México? People want me dead, man.

We have to deal with the matter at hand. Okay?

We cross the border, then we talk about the next step.

Next step?

I shouldn't even be here, man! I shouldn't even be here!

[Dina] Chuy!

Please don't.

[breathes heavily]

Look, if you do what he say, if you cross the border, you're gonna die.

You and your kids are gonna die. That's how it is.

No one's gonna die.

Nobody.

[panting]

We're gonna be fine. I've got a plan.

It's about a day's walk to the border,

and once we've crossed it, it's about another two days to the nearest town.

Without more water, we won't make it half that distance.

That's a problem. What's the solution?

We take a shortcut.

- [Margot] What shortcut? - Here.

[Allie] Through the bombing range.

- What? - The bombing range.

Barry M. Goldwater bombing range. The air force uses it. You know, practice.

No. No, wait, uh...

They only use about 6% of over a million acres to actually bomb stuff.

We'll be fine. The rest is desert. Safer than crossing the road.

Even without the air force dropping shit, it's not easy to cross.

You know, people die all the time out here.

- That's why nobody bothers to patrol it. - That's why they won't find us.

So you know what you're doing and where you're going.

- You don't even need me. - You have a cell phone, right, Chuy?

You must know somebody who can help us.

We're in the desert. There's no signal for, like, a million miles.

I can get us a signal.

Look, if there's someone you can call, getting a signal isn't a problem.

There's an emergency beacon four or five miles from the border.

I can rewire it. Won't take long.

Is there someone you can call to pick us up?

We can pay them. We have money.

Here.

Okay. I'll call 'em.

Okay.

Good. All right.

Bad plan is better than no plan. Right?

As far as bad plans go, this one's actually pretty good.

Come on! It'll be an adventure.

Come on.

[music intro starts]

[music continues]

[gulps, sighs]

Here.

- You need to drink. - [breathes heavily]

You're no good to the kids if you're dead in the desert.

I don't trust him.

He's a decent guy.

You put a decent guy in a bad situation,

the decent guy is gonna be a dangerous guy.

Charlie.

[in Spanish] So hey. Do you speak Spanish?

[in Spanish] I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish.

[in Spanish] Not even a little?

[in Spanish] I don't understand.

You, Dina?

[in Spanish] Yes.

So, what's the deal with your dad?

Who's chasing you guys?

[sighs] I don't know.

I think maybe...

...the government.

The government?

I think so.

So what's with that? Is he like... a public enemy?

Like "most wanted"?

I don't know.

I don't think so.

He probably...

I don't know.

He owes money or something.

[Chuy] Seriously?

[sighs]

I don't know.

[smacks lips] But whatever. It's not important.

You guys stick with him.

[sighs] He knows what he's doing.

Oh, yeah?

So tell me, what's he doing?

[all panting]

That is... the weirdest thing.

Well, you don't get good at blowing shit up without you get to practice.

[helicopter hums]

Do you hear that?

[helicopters approaching]

[Charlie] Do you think they're looking for us?

Everybody, move!

[all panting]

- [Margot grunts] - Go! Go!

- [Margot] Go! - [Allie] Come on!

Come on. [speaks indistinctly]

[Margot panting]

[helicopters approach]

I'm okay. I'm fine.

[coughs]

[helicopter whirs]

[Charlie coughs]

[helicopter departs]

[Allie] Chuy.

You take the kids outside for a second.

[Margot] Go.

[Chuy sighs]

[Charlie panting]

[sighs]

[wind blowing]

[Margot] Oh, Jesus, Allie.

Sorry.

[water splashes]

[Allie] Happens all the time.

People are trying to conserve water.

They think they can go a little further.

Another mile. A few more steps.

And then they're wrong.

They die with exactly what they need right there in their hand.

The jug.

Give me the jug?

[breathes heavily]

[Dina] He said we should maybe chase the weather down to Mexico.

- Drink some tequila. Catch some fish. - Yeah.

So, what did he actually do?

I mean, you don't run away to Mexico because you got a parking ticket.

So, what did he do?

Did people get hurt? [panting]

[exhales] Your dad never hurt anyone. Okay?

Yeah. Sure.

[thunder rumbles]

[breathes shakily]

[blows]

[exhales]

Don't do that. Moisture makes it worse.

I can't tell if it's military or just lightning.

[thunder rumbles]

What's the difference?

[rumbles]

I have a kid too, you know. A daughter.

- What's her name? - Ariella.

She's, like, nine.

You see her often?

Not since she was little.

No, she lives in Mexico. I-I haven't been able to go back.

Now I have no choice but to go back. [scoffs]

Who knows, you know? Maybe I can smoothen things out.

With who, the cartel?

"Cartel" is just a word. It... It's not what you think.

But yes, I owe money to some bad people.

It is what it is, you know?

Maybe I can fix things now and be a dad to my little girl.

But what did he do, your husband?

It's difficult to explain.

I'm gonna do what you asked.

I'm gonna make a phone call and connect you with people I know.

Thank you.

But don't do it.

[mutters] Let him do it, if that's what he has to do.

You should just take your kids and go home.

You know that he's crazy. Look at him.

He's gonna be the end of you.

En serio.

Hey. Go home. Please.

[Dina] What's that?

[Chuy] It's like a memorial. For people who didn't make it.

[grunts]

[rustles]

The emergency beacon's across the salt flats.

It's on the other side of the mountain. You see?

So why don't we just...

...go through there?

- Cut the time in half, and we just... - [Chuy] No.

It's too dangerous.

In what way?

It's too easy to get lost there.

Oh, hey. If we only had a map, right?

Help me understand what the problem is here.

I don't wanna go there. All right?

[inhales] Look, Chuy. I'm trying, here.

[Chuy sighs]

I realize I'm not your favorite guy. I get that.

But we're running low on water.

If this is the way we get there quickly, then that's the way we're gonna go.

- You're an asshole. - Yeah.

But here we are.

[sighs] Kids. Found a shortcut.

[charm jingling]

Whoa, whoa. Whoa.

Kids.

I want you to know something.

Nothing in there can hurt you.

It's been here a very long time. Since before you were born.

- Why, what is it? - It's, um... It's nature.

[Chuy] It's not nature.

[Dina] What happened?

Well, nobody really knows.

They've been here a long time. Since I was a kid.

There's a lot of stories.

[Dina] Like what? What do you think happened?

Well, most of the stories are campfire bullshit. Like ghost stories.

I'm guessing the old coyote got lazy,

and it was his last run, and he was drunk or high. Who knows?

Took their money, shot them and left them there.

[Dina] Why does nobody bury them?

It's bad luck. You can't disturb them.

And you can't take anything.

They don't need it anymore and we do. You do.

We need to collect whatever is useful. Water.

We need to look for whatever we can.

[exhales]

[sniffs]

[breathes heavily]

We should keep moving. Let's get out of here.

[sniffs]

[man speaks Spanish]

[whispers] Mierda.

There's coyotes coming.

We have to hide right now! Come on! Hurry up!

Come on!

- This way. - [Allie] Go. Go.

[coyotes speaking Spanish]

Right there. Right there.

[coyote 1 speaking Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

Stay down.

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[coyote 1 speaks Spanish]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

- [coyote 2 speaks Spanish] - [coyote 1 speaks Spanish]

[coyote 1 speaks Spanish]

[coyote 1 speaks Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[kisses]

- [speaks Spanish] - [speaks Spanish]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[snake hisses]

- [rattles] - [gasps, breathes heavily]

[muffled yell]

[grunting]

[breathes heavily]

[rattles]

[gasps]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

- [speaks Spanish] - [pants]

[coyote 2 speaks Spanish]

[chuckles, speaks Spanish]

[Chuy pants]

- [breathes heavily, grunts] - [Margot] Hey. It's okay. Ssh.

[groans]

[Margot] The bite itself won't kill you, okay?

But we need to get help.

If not, you'll dehydrate and you'll die, okay?

We gotta keep moving before you get too sick.

- Chuy, I need you to make that phone call. - [panting]

We need to press on to the beacon.

If you don't, we're all going to die out here.

Can you do that?

[grunts, sniffs]

- [breathes heavily] - Good.

[grunting, strains]

[pants]

[Chuy panting]

Here. Finish it.

All of it.

[sighs]

Come on.

Mom!

Chuy. Chuy. [pants]

[Dina] Chuy.

[whispers in Spanish] Eres tú.

Chuy, I see it.

- Come on, Chuy. [pants] - I see it. One more push.

One more push. Come on. I see it.

[grunting, panting]

[Dina] What is it?

It's a rescue beacon for migrants.

Push that button, calls the border patrol.

After all that, we just call the police?

Nope. Unless I do something wrong.

The high-vis light should be blinking though.

There should still be power.

Chuy, you ready?

[Allie grunts]

[sniffs]

[Allie chuckles] I got it.

[gasps, sighs] Come on, Chuy.

[all grunting]

Who you gonna call?

[stammers] It's like a way station for... for migrants.

Coyotes?

It's... It's political. This is like charity. It's good people.

It's good people.

[line ringing]

What if no one answers?

[ringing continues]

[in Spanish] Hello.

[in Spanish] Yes? Who is this?

Enrique?

It's Chuy.

Chuy Delgado Padilla.

Chuy? You shouldn't be calling me.

[in English] Yeah.

[in Spanish] I have a family for you.

They need help.

I thought you weren't working.

Long story.

You're in Mexico?

Just north of the border.

We don't go north of the border.

Enrique, wait!

I want to come back.

They're gringos.

They're American.

Politicals.

Politicals?

They need to disappear.

[sighs] Church ruins. You know the one.

[line disconnects]

[in English] Church ruins. Just... Just over the border.

[Margot] Chuy. [grunts]

Chuy.

- [Dina] Chuy. - [Allie] Chuy, come on.

[tranquil music playing]

[music continues]

[panting]

[doors closing]

[man] Let's get you hydrated and back to the house.

Vamonos. It's okay.

[Allie] Yeah. It's okay.

- [pants] - Go ahead.

Vamonos. It's okay. It's okay.

[panting]

Vamonos.

We'll look after him. He's good.

Ma'am, we have to go now, really.

Let... Let Marco do what he needs to do. Please.

- It's all right. Come on. - [man] It's okay.

[sighs]

[man] It's okay.

[breathes heavily]

[man] It's okay.

[Allie sniffs]

[door closes]

[engine starts]

[music fades]