Butter on the Latch Page #3

Synopsis: At a Balkan folk song and dance camp in the woods of Mendocino, California, Sarah reunites with her old friend Isolde and with a song she learned years before about dragons who entwine themselves in women's hair and carry them off through the forest, burning it as they go. When Sarah pursues a romance with a new camper Steph, the nights of sensual secrets and singing with Isolde come to an abrupt end. Sarah and Steph explore a simple attraction, but in Sarah's dreams, women spin their wild hair and Isolde darkly approaches. When reality and fantasy collide, Sarah finds that the dragons she's visioning may be inside her.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director(s): Josephine Decker
Production: Cinelicious Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
Year:
2013
72 min
37 Views


we get back to the cabin.

Yeah, we have

like half a bottle.

We're good and you

don't need anymore.

In fact, you're not

drinking anymore.

Don't be my f***ing mom.

Because he had

a trampoline, and I knew

he had a trampoline, and I

wanted to play on the trampoline

so I took my pony over to his

house but he wasn't there.

Because I wasn't supposed

to take my pony on asphalt,

because he didn't have shoes.

You're 80 percent sure.

Correct.

How sure are you?

I wasn't

doing anything because

you seemed like you

knew where you were...

This is so not where

we were before.

Sarah, this is

not where we were.

We have no idea where we are.

- Sarah?

- - Hmm?

- What do you

mean, "Hmm?" - Hmm.

We should go

back and then go back

on the big trail and

that's the route,

that's what I said before

we left, where we should go,

we should follow the big route.

But we got a little lost.

Are you implying

that I got us lost?

I'm not, like...

It's not your fault,

but we are now lost.

I should have just, like...

No, I'm saying, if

you're the one who told me

that I was leading

and now we're lost,

- it's somebody's fault.

- - Yeah, why are we,

we're looking at f***ing

twigs and branches in front

of our face, we're

not on a path.

It's not funny, I

wanted to be home,

I wanted to be,

like, asleep already.

Then go to sleep.

I used to bite my

cuticles like you.

I don't...

I broke my nail,

sh*t, that's disgusting.

Okay, are

we going to go left,

or are we going...

I don't know how to get

out, I'm just going to go.

Okay, going to be here.

- With our fat fingers.

- - I don't want to be

with you because you

brought me out here,

and now we're f***ing lost.

I'm going to find

my f***ing way.

Don't, you

don't have a headlamp.

Get the f*** out of my life.

Isolde!

"Isolde!"

You're so f***ing fake.

How are you going to get back?

Hey, I was worried about you.

Where'd you sleep?

- You look great.

Entering the

camp, they are calling her.

They telling her, you're

going to change bad life.

Not anymore, Cinderella.

That's it, okay?

But still they need

different character.

Need different,

I need the sound,

Like that.

This song, it's from city and

villages, both are singing.

Hey, what's up?

Hey.

It's on backwards.

No it's not, this

is a left-handed accordion.

Let's watch this, this is

going to be something, wow.

Okay, go for it.

Depends where I am.

Various things, food services...

Custodial work.

It's guaranteed to make you

a beginner on the accordion.

He just changed the vibe.

Are you going to keep that?

No, you want it?

- I like souvenirs.

- - Of all numbers,

I would keep that number.

What are you up to?

What are you, a pack rat?

I'm a pack rat, yep.

I'm going to go back, I'm

going to walk back to the cabin.

- Really?

- Yeah.

All right.

Do you want to

walk back with me?

No, I'm going to stick

around and dance I think.

I'm going to dance.

How long, are you just going

to be here for the night?

Yeah, I mean,

I'm really tired,

but I think I'm

going to let it...

All right, okay, I'm going

to go back there I guess.

Yeah, I mean, I'll

see you tomorrow.

Okay, all right.

Okay, night.

Hey.

- Hey.

- - Hey.

- How are you?

- - Good.

God, I'm just like exhausted,

I just went to the auction.

- Cool.

- I had plate 103.

- What is 103?

- - I had plate 103.

What are you doing standing

in the middle of the...

Oh, I just saw

you, I was just waiting.

Hi.

Did you get anything?

Not really,

I bid on something.

Didn't get any wins?

- No?

- - No.

Cool, all right, well,

I'll see you at the cabin.

- Okay, how are you?

- - Good.

See you soon.

- Okay.

Don't push, very

piano, very soft.

Breathe here, stay.

Don't breathe here,

don't breathe with

the mouth, with the nose.

Now all the vowels.

Sarah.

Hey.

- Hi.

Oh, that looks really good.

Yeah, you should

definitely get that.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, that looks good.

I'm going to get cookies.

I'll see you in a bit.

What is...

What is the hair symbol?

Why does that come

up in so many songs?

Let me back up a little

because you can't understand

the hair without understanding

this whole dragon thing.

In Bulgarian folklore,

there's many creatures

in nature that are either

friendly or sometimes

very ominous, and

in the snake family,

they're the ominous kinds, okay?

So there's all these creatures,

and there's also spirits

that reside in natural

things, so it's not like

the thing itself is bad,

but a spirit may go into it

and make it into a

kind of evil thing.

Like even a river or a dove or

a tree can become dangerous.

But who is that dangerous to?

There was a lot

more romance, you know?

People would do stuff

like that for courting.

Right.

The culture

itself was so restrictive

that she had to be home

at a certain time, and

they'd sing in the

streets, and it

would resonate down all the...

How long have you

been singing this music?

I'm so sorry.

You guys are kind

of, you know, a little silly.

They were presented to us.

Yeah, well anyway,

so she asked about it.

So sorry to bother you.

Let's do

the last time through

melody B into the gaida.

Okay, so it goes, let me

see if I can remember it.

- Sorry.

- - No problem.

You missed

the choreography class.

What is that?

Do you hear that?

No, no.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

Hey, hey, it's okay.

It's okay, it's okay.

There's nobody.

Are you okay?

- Mhm.

What are you doing?

What?

Come here.

Isolde?

Christ.

Sarah, what the f***?

Are you okay?

What's going on?

Do you want to sit down?

Come here, come here,

come here, come here.

Come here, I'll help you,

I'll help you, I'll help you.

Sit down, sit down.

You're f***ing soaking wet.

You okay, you okay?

Are you okay?

It's okay, it's okay,

it's okay, it's okay.

You okay?

Something happened.

I know, I know, it's

okay, it's okay, it's okay.

Lie down.

- I'm going to go back to sleep.

- - Huh?

I'm going to go back to sleep.

Right now?

Yeah.

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Josephine Decker

Josephine Decker (born April 2, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, and performance artist. more…

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