2:37 Page #5

Synopsis: A contemporary, ensemble drama telling the complex tale of six high school students whose lives are interwoven with situations that so many of today's youth are faced with. The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a tragedy will occur, affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers. As the story unfolds, the individual stories of the six teenagers are revealed, each with its own explosive significance. An unwanted pregnancy unravels a terrible, dark secret; all is not as it appears for the seemingly confident school football hero; an outcast must deal with everyday taunts from his peers; a beautiful young girl battles an eating disorder; a stellar student constantly struggles to win his parents' approval; while another uses drugs to escape from his own demons.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Murali K. Thalluri
Production: Roadshow Entertainment
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
38%
Year:
2006
91 min
Website
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You f***ing macho man.

LUKE:
Just f*** off!

SEAN:
Oh, look, everyone knows

you're f***ing gay, alright?

F***ing get over yourself.

You f***ing c*nt.

LUKE:
F***!

LUKE:
You're f***ing dead, c*nt.

No, no, no. I...

A word and you're f***ed!

BO Y:
Oh, he's done it again.

GIRL:
You are kidding me.

GIRL:
That's disgusting.

STEVEN:
I don't think

that people mean to be cruel.

Mum says that they're just kids

and... she reckons eventually

things will get better.

School finishes in three months.

That's 90 days.

a really, really long time, though.

GIRL:
Oi. Steven, are you OK?

You're bleeding.

I have a tissue if you want.

Hey.

Are you gonna be OK?

Yeah. I'll be OK.

MAN ON LOUDSPEAKER:

Could Simona Carboni please come to

the science lab, thanks?

Simona Carboni to the science lab.

Thank you.

Hey, I've been looking for you.

Baby, what's wrong?

Just f*** off, alright?!

F***!

There are some thing you just

don't talk about, you know?

I won't, alright?

And I'm just... I'm just not going to.

SARAH:
I just love him.

I love everything about him.

He knows more about me

than my own parents do.

I mean, how many people

can say that at 17?

They call us the prince and princess.

But they don't realise

that it's not a joke to me.

This is serious.

I could really see us

getting married.

What else can I say? I love him.

COUNSELLOR:
I don't think it's such

a good idea if you go home.

Why don't you try and just go

to your next class?

What do you think of that? Yeah?

Yeah. OK. Yeah.

Yeah. OK.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

May I just go to the bathroom?

Yeah, of course. Are you OK?

Yeah, I'm fine. I just have to go.

He'd been touching me since I was 13.

Marcus.

But that...

...that was the first time

that he actually f***ed me.

What? How do you know?

My friend saw the tester.

Are you dead f***ing sure?

Sure that it...

No, no. We're sure.

F***, I mean,

no-one knows what to do.

Sarah's scared shitless.

She thinks he's cheating on her.

Well... where are you going?

Marcus, look, you didn't

hear it from me, alright?

Marcus.

Where are you going?

Come on, don't. Marcus!

MARCUS:
Just leave me alone!

Marcus!

MAN ON LOUDSPEAKER:

Could Simona Carboni please come to

the science lab, thanks?

Simona Carboni to the science lab.

Thank you.

F***.

You f***ing whore.

What the f*** have you said?

What the f*** did you do?!

Is it true?!

F***!

F***!

Um... I'm not too sure what

I wanna do when I leave here.

I know I should have all that

planned out by now,

have my goals set.

I know Marcus wants to be

some hot shot lawyer.

Good on him.

But me? I cannot imagine sitting

behind a desk all day long.

I wanna travel.

Get as far away as possible.

SARAH:
Hey, I've been looking for you.

Baby, what's wrong?

LUKE:
Just f*** off, alright?

LUKE:
F***!

Oi. Steven, are you OK?

You're bleeding.

I have a tissue if you want.

Hey, are you gonna be OK?

STEVEN:
Yeah. I'll be OK.

MAN ON LOUDSPEAKER:

Could Simona Carboni please come to

the science lab, thanks?

Simona Carboni to the science lab.

Thank you.

MARCUS:
Is it true?!

Marcus. Come on, I didn't...

Hey, are you gonna be OK?

Sometimes, you know...

Sometimes you just get so wrapped up

in your own problems that...

...you just don't notice anybody else.

You know?

You know, people talk

about reincarnation and heaven

and what happens when you die

and hell and all that bullshit.

I mean, it just...

none of it makes sense, you know?

It's just... people

are scared of dying.

Well, I'm not.

Once you're dead, you're dead.

It's as simple as that.

I think the last time I had

a real conversation with her

was... Year 2 or something.

That was 10 years ago.

Yeah, um...

Well, she was my friend, and...

...I'm gonna miss her.

Don't really have

anything more to say

about it than that.

She was in my brother's music class.

I guess... all I can really say is...

...she's lucky.

Really...

...really lucky.

I mean, I... I knew her.

And she seemed like

a happy enough person.

You know, not once,

not f***ing once

did she ask for help

or indicate in any way

that she was going to top herself.

You know, maybe if she did

then I could've helped.

I don't know.

She just... she never...

I don't know.

My, um, sister has this little boy,

um, baby boy, but -

well, he's not really

a baby anymore, I guess -

but he's just learning to talk

and, um, and do animal noises.

And she sent me a video

that she'd taken on her camera

the other day,

and, um, she's got him with his face

painted like a little tiger

and she's saying,

"Oscar, do the tiger noise."

And, um... and his...

...his little face goes, "Miaow!"

With his little lips, and, um...

Yeah, and it's so cute.

The whole camera's shaking

'cause she's laughing so much.

Um... it's just so sweet.

MR DARC Y:
Mate, is that you in there?

Sh*t. Sh*t.

Open the door!

If there's somebody in there,

open the door!

Open the door!

SONG:
# Please don't forget me

# I'm still here

# Burnt in your memory

# You'll always see me

# Once upon a bluer sky

# I could reach so far, so high

# Now that all seems like a dream

# I will never see

# Broken wings

# Couldn't fly

# Destiny seems so far

# There's no more dreaming

# Please don't forget me

# I'm still here

# Burnt in your memory

# You'll always see me

# What's over the other side?

# Nothing, just a light

# My troubles burn, they never stop

# I want these clouds behind me

# I wish upon

# Another dream

# Of a way up high with bluer skies

# But no-one knows

# Beyond that door

I've no idea

# No, none at all

# But I'll take the chance

to spite you all

# I'll never know

# I'll never know

# What I left behind me

# What I left behind me

# Nothing left up in the sky

# Only what's left in your mind

# Look at what I've come to be

# Just a memory

# Please don't forget me

# I'm still here

# Burnt in your memory

# You'll always see me. #

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Murali K. Thalluri

Murali Krishna Thalluri (born 4 August 1984) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer. Born in Canberra to Indian-born parents (Telugu), he moved to Adelaide where he attended Rostrevor College before completing his education at University Senior College.His first feature film, 2:37, was completed when he was 22 years old and financed via private funding. It was screened at a number of international film festivals including the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival. more…

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