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Synopsis: Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie. Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out together and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure. He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life. One of her previous serious relationshi
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Derek Cianfrance
Production: Weinstein Company
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 52 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2010
112 min
$9,600,000
Website
1,494 Views


to a place, they just kinda pick,

pick the best option or something.

I know girls that get married, they're

like, "Oh, he's got a good job. "

I mean, they spend their whole life

looking for Prince Charming,

and then they... then they marry,

they marry the guy

that's got a good job

and who's gonna stick around.

Take your share and go home,

OK? Let's call it a good night.

Thanks, Jamie.

Lemme tell you something.

When I get old, I'm gonna look good.

When you get old,

you're gonna look like him.

What do you mean "when" you get old?

It's gonna be a long time,

another 50 years.

Damn, it look like

World War llI in this motherf***er.

OK, look, box everything in

the kitchen, bag everything upstairs.

Let's get this truck loaded,

up to Pennsylvania and back by tonight.

- This is a small, small room here.

- Here we go.

How's all the stuff gonna fit in here?

it's probably not gonna,

so strip the furniture.

OK, I'll bring you boxes,

you start unpacking, placing.

Flatten all the cartons,

we'll get 'em outta here.

- What happens to all the other stuff?

- Not our problem.

Come on, come on,

speed it up, speed it up.

Gotta go. We gotta go. We gotta go.

I don't understand

what you're trying to say.

We gotta go.

We got another job to do, we gotta go.

Dean, you ready?

Let's get outta here, OK?

Job's over, here.

I'll give you your pay.

- One hundred...

- Damn.

One hundred and ten...

and 20 is part of your tip, OK?

Let's go, we've got

a two-hour ride back to the city.

Walter!

OK... Don't be mad.

I hung some of your stuff,

I hope it's OK.

You wanna walk in here?

You don't wanna get wheeled in here.

This is your new house.

I hung your uniform. I hope that's OK.

It's just so handsome, you know?

I noticed you had a lot of matches,

so I stuck 'em on the wall.

If you don't like it, you can

just take 'em down. It's tape.

Do you wanna sit down in the chair?

- OK.

- Please.

Here, let me get this out of your way.

You got it?

OK, Walter,

I'm gonna get in trouble, I gotta go,

but I'm gonna show you a few things, OK?

That's your shoes, see?

- Hey, Dean we gotta go, all right?

- Yo. OK.

- I'll meet you in the truck.

- OK.

And... He's not the boss of me,

by the way. What else?

All your stuffs in here.

That's your pants, sweaters, shirts.

Hey, Walter, is this your wife?

Is this you and your wife?

She was a beautiful woman.

OK, nice to meet ya.

- Thank you.

- Good luck here.

OK. I'll see ya down the road.

I'm sorry.

I know.

Don't be sorry, baby.

Oh, f***.

I'm just tired, you know.

I'm just f***ing tired.

Come here, boy!

Maybe it's because we didn't

make it comfy enough in there.

Maybe we made it too girly.

- Too girly?

- Yeah.

Well, I think it...

Maybe we just need to put something...

...like a nice blanket

in there for him to lay on.

- OK.

- You think that's a good idea?

- Yeah, let's get a blanket.

- OK, buddy.

But don't take

the one I usually do.

OK, you better ask your mom

which blanket's OK to use,

because I don't want to get in trouble.

- OK. Will you open this up?

- Watch your hands.

But close it quickly,

'cause the dog is in there.

Can you take the trash out?

Yeah. Baby, do you know

where we put that...

I got an idea.

Hello?

I'm calling to see if I can make

a reservation for tonight.

- I have a gift certificate.

- No.

What's our options?

They have Cupid's Cove room available.

I'm not going to some cheesy sex motel.

I'm on call tomorrow.

What else? That's it?

Oh, and there's a Future Room.

Can you hold on one second?

- Baby, will you make the decision?

- I'm on call. I can't go.

Baby, please.

- Listen to me for a second.

- What do you want me to say?

Can you hold on one second?

Listen to me for a second.

Would you stop cleaning for one minute?

- What?

- I'm asking you. Please.

Let's get outta here.

We gotta get outta here.

Baby, we have to get out of this house.

Let's go get drunk and make love.

- Now, do you want the Cupid's Cove...

- Dean, I don't wanna...

...or do you want the Future Room?

Make a decision, baby, please.

I don't want to get in the car

at 7:
30 and drive for two hours.

OK. I'll make the decision.

The Future Room.

For two.

- Periera.

- You're crazy.

Thanks.

Pack your bags, baby,

we're going to the future.

Oh, my God.

Is that Cindy Heller?

- Bobby Ontario?

- How are you?

- I'm good. How are you?

- I'm... you know, I'm hanging in there.

Wow. Wow. it's been a while.

- How about you?

- Yeah, here.

Here. Been here,

stayed here, never left here.

Here's good, here's good.

- Married?

- Married.

- Married.

- That's crazy. Lucky guy.

Have you been faithful to him?

That's a strange question to ask

somebody you haven't seen in forever.

Yeah, well, you know...

- Seriously.

- Yes.

Yes you have, or yes you haven't?

Yes... I have, I mean, I have...

I have been...

Why are you looking at me like that?

I'm not looking at you like anything.

Oh, OK.

- Yeah.

- Uh.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

What you thinking?

What's on your mind?

You're never gonna guess

who I saw at the liquor mart.

- Richard Grieco?

- No, but good guess.

Jon Bon Jovi.

Bobby Ontario.

What the f*** was he doing there?

I don't know...

I mean, buying liquor, I guess.

Jesus.

- How come you're just telling me now?

- 'Cause I'm telling you now.

How come you didn't tell me

when we were there?

I don't know, 'cause I was flustered

and I'm telling you now.

- You talked to him?

- No. I mean like,

- "Hi, bye, how are you... "

- How are you?

- Yeah, he asked me how I was.

- And you told him?

I mean, I didn't want to,

but we were stuck there.

We were in the same store,

buying things together at the same time.

I wish you'd seen him. I wish you'd...

You wouldn't feel so bad. He's fat...

- What do I care?

- I don't know.

What do I care if he's fat or not?

What does that mean?

Make me feel better?

I don't know. 'Cause he's a loser.

What does that have to do with me?

Whether he's a loser or he's fat or not?

What the f*** do I care?

I don't... What!?

What are you saying that for? That

would make me feel better, he's fat?

So what? If he was in good shape,

I shouldn't feel good?

I said the wrong thing.

I'm nervous, OK?

- What do you mean you're nervous?

- I feel funny, because you feel funny.

You're nervous 'cause I feel funny?

- What does that mean?

- I feel like I said the wrong thing.

I feel like I shouldn't have

said anything.

Really? That's an option?

You run into Bobby Ontario

and it's an option not to tell me?

I feel like you're upset,

and I upset you and I'm sorry.

And I said the wrong thing.

Baby... you can do whatever you want.

OK.

I'm sorry.

F***.

- What are you doing?

- I gotta pee.

- Where, in this person's house?

- F*** you.

F*** me.

Hi.

- What are you doing?

- Research.

Really, research.

So what, I mean,

you're supposed to be a quadriplegic?

No, quads can't use their arms.

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Derek Cianfrance

Derek M. Cianfrance (; born January 1974) is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. more…

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