42 Seconds of Happiness Page #7

Synopsis: A circle of thirty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to celebrate the same sex wedding of a member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to behave themselves, a series of surprise plans, unexpected arrivals and exposed secrets lead to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of hurt feelings, unresolved tensions, and lots of wine cannot be contained.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Christina Kallas
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Year:
2016
89 min
44 Views


Yeah, I don't know what I'm saying, man.

It's all right.

It's f***ing cold.

- [Maria] Stop this battle.

- This is not helping!

Don't you understand?

Shut up, Maria, shut up!

I have nothing left to lose.

And you think he's gonna give two inches?

I'm not letting you take her away, okay?

Alis, if you yell like this, it won't.

If I yell like this?

If I yell like this?

[Maria] Both of you.

I understand, I understand how hard things are right now.

I'm sorry, this is bullshit.

No, you don't understand.

What you're trying to do is you're trying to understand,

but until you live with this man every day of your life,

and deal with his anger issues,

and then see them passed down to your child,

You weren't even there. You weren't even there.

You don't understand.

[Maria] Perhaps I might have

a little bit of a heads-up for that.

Why, because you're related?

Why is everyone f***ing against me, okay?

[Alis] Nobody is against you.

Come on, the only reason why we're here

is because we care.

Do you think this is fun for us?

Do you think I took time away from my kid

so I could be here,

just for this fun episode for the two of you? No.

I'm here because I care about you,

and because I care about both of you.

When I think of fun,

this is not at the top of my f***ing list.

[Maria] I want to get this solved,

before we go up and start our lives together.

Good, have a wonderful life!

Don't even start with me.

I asked you to be my witness,

and you didn't even tell me.

Ike did not lie for you,

which is not the same thing.

[Tomas] I did not ask him to do anything

except be my friend!

- Oh, come on.

- What position were you

trying to put me in as a friend?

[Alis] This is going really well.

[Tomas] Peter, Peter, Peter would never do that.

Yeah, well, Peter's a f***ing

scumbag dirtbag who left this family.

You know what, if that's what you want in your corner,

good for f***ing you, man.

If that's the sh*t you want...

You know what?

[Tomas] Not one of you is in my corner.

Peter abandoned you two,

and he didn't even give a sh*t about you.

[Tomas] Shut up!

F*** you!

He did the best thing

he ever did when he walked away from you.

You pushed him away, and you push me away!

F*** you. F*** you!

All of you push me away!

- [Vineke] F*** you!

- Tomas!

[Alis] Great intervention, guys.

I did things for her, you know?

She was my professor,

she really took care of me, you know,

when I got back.

So what'd you study though?

I studied physics.

I was Alis' student.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Right, right. Of course.

So what're you doing here?

Just, I'm just helping Cybil out with the wedding.

Trying to get some extra cash.

(Marc speaks in foreign language)

- Cheers.

- Yeah, man.

The f*** is it with all these birds?

What are they doing?

I don't know.

Alis is cool, you know?

(Thunder rumbles)

My wife was cool, too.

You know what?

F*** them.

I'm gonna use that.

You know this is not the way to deal with him.

[Tomas] You got it figured out?

[Felice] We don't know what else to do, Alis.

[Ike] What's the best way to handle this?

[Felice] We care about you,

and we don't know what else to do.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It's okay, it's okay.

[Felice] Oh come on, that's not fair.

[Alis] It is pretty true, though.

- You can't deny it.

- [Tomas] Oh, f***.

Crazy's here. Jesus.

[Ike] But if his sister can't get married

without like, worrying about you guys,

[Alis] Is this a joke?

Did you invite her?

[Maria] Invite who?

I don't understand why she's here.

This is Marc's ex-wife.

[Woman] Are you sure?

[Felice] What can we do for you?

- [Alis] She's not well.

- What do you mean, not well?

She's on a lot of prescription drugs.

She's kind of crazy.

I'm calling him!

Would you call Marc, let him know that...

[Woman] He's right outside.

No, because I just know,

I have something in my bag,

and I just, I don't know.

[Alis] I don't know what she's doing.

She's...

(Screaming)

Please don't yell.

Please, no yelling.

[Alis] Sila?

Where's my, uh...

Where's Marc?

[Alis] He's outside.

Is he here?

[Sila] Hi, honey.

What the f***?

[Tomas] Would you take care of this, please?

[Marc] Babe, what,

what is this?

This is...

No, it's, yeah.

Where'd you get it?

Look, let's do this.

Let's go outside.

We'll have a talk,

and, you know.

[Sila] I don't want to go outside and have a talk.

What is the matter with you?

[Marc] Nothing.

I just...

[Sila] What is going on?

I have to, you know.

[Sila] No.

I have to piss, okay?

[Sila] Well, then go.

Go, honey.

Go pee.

Marc, would you go pee?

[Sila] Just go.

- Go to the bathroom.

- [Maria] It's straight ahead.

Sila, let's just, let's just talk.

Shh.

It's just like, an accident waiting to happen.

(Marc pees)

He's almost finished.

(Toilet flushes)

Baby, it's loaded?

Does it have real bullets in it?

Yeah, that's, that's, that's loaded.

- I'd sit down.

- [Marc] How do you know?

It's my gun.

How'd you get in my car?

[Felice] You have a gun?

[Cybil] He was in the military.

(Shouting)

It's all right, it's all right.

We're good?

We're not really good.

[Ben] What's your name?

Ben, Sila.

Sila, Ben.

- My wife.

- [Sila] Thanks, honey.

That's, yeah.

I'm Sila.

- It's Southern.

- [Ben] Hi, Sila.

I'm Ben.

Hi, Ben.

[Ben] Um, look.

Sila, I'm just gonna take a few steps closer to you,

so you can give me back the gun, okay?

No.

It's really simple, Sila.

See, what you have in your hands,

it doesn't belong to you,

and you've taken it without my permission.

And that's not cool, is it?

No. Ben, it is not cool.

So not cool to take something that isn't yours,

without permission.

That's why I'm here.

[Ben] Sila.

Because you took something of mine,

without my permission.

Please stop talking.

Let's all sit down.

[Ben] Let's sit down and talk about...

Let's all sit down.

Everybody, find a seat.

[Alis] What do you want?

It's my turn.

[Marc] Alis, please.

Please.

Don't talk.

Sila, what you have in your hands is not a toy.

[Sila] It's not a toy?

- It's not a, this is...

- [Sila] This is not a toy?

(Gun fires and glass shatters)

[Ben] Okay. Okay.

[Marc] Sila, put down the gun, come on.

Wow.

[Marc] Sila, please. (Sneezes)

[Sila] Bless you.

Thanks, babe.

Thanks.

(Sneezes)

[Alis] She's pretty, your wife, you know that?

[Marc] Did you take a pill?

[Sila] Did I take my pill?

Yeah, I took a pill.

[Marc] Which pill did you take?

[Sila] I took uppers, and I took the downers.

[Marc] Oh, sh*t.

[Sila] And I took the inners, and I took the outers.

Yes, honey, I took my pill.

I took the pill.

I took all of the f***ing pills.

Made me even...

(Laughs)

[Tomas] That's good. Becomes f***ing crazy.

[Marc] My wife is not crazy.

[Tomas] Yeah? F*** you.

[Marc] She's unusual.

She's not crazy.

You don't know her.

[Tomas] You better shut the f*** up.

[Marc] Don't say she's crazy.

[Sila] Thank you.

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