Happy 40th Page #4

Synopsis: A woman celebrates her 40th birthday by having her three best friends come and stay with her and her husband for a long weekend. This woman has been in a wheelchair for the past two years, and it has led her to isolate herself inside of her home. Her husband stands by her as he lives with the guilt of causing the car accident which put her in the wheelchair. Over the course of the three day celebration, it is revealed that everyone is struggling with their own lives and identities. When one best friend makes a terrible mistake and betrays the woman on her birthday, everyone is immediately and uncomfortably forced into looking at their own lives and their own limitations.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Madoka Raine
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Year:
2015
100 min
142 Views


Hiiiya!

Oh sh*t!

(playful yelling)

(laughing)

[Sasha] That...

Is cold feet.

[Ben] Oh no.

[Ana] You are evil!

That is the worst pair of boots ever!

(laughing)

(acoustic guitar music)

There she is!

[Ben] Get here!

The apple don't fall from the tree

Say I don't mind, tomorrow I'll be fine

Happiness, you and me

You can always rest your head

On the throne of my knee

Say I don't mind, I'm young, I'm alive

I'm happy, just you and me

It's freeze ass out there!

Yeah, it's cold.

God, my hands are freezing.

(mumbles) wimp.

I know I did and it seems impossible.

Is it always so beautiful out there?

I am not gonna lie, it's

pretty nice weather out there.

It's a great place to visit.

[Ben] You wouldn't wanna live there?

Not totally.

It's not totally my thing.

[Ben] Why not?

I just feel like everyone, not you Ana,

but everyone wants whatever they

don't have and you can feel that.

[Ben] Like what?

Like everything.

I went out there and I suddenly thought...

I need bigger b*obs, I really thought

I wanted them, I just felt inadequate,

and then I was reading

this Sam Shepard book

and it said people in Los Angeles are

becoming the people

they're pretending to be.

I love it though, honestly,

I love the lifestyle

and I feel like once you find your people,

it's just a beautiful place to live.

What are you pretending to be?

We'll just ignore that.

[Kat] Yeah, that'd be something new.

What's the problem, Kat?

No problem.

[Ana] Okay?

I think we're just all hungover.

Or some of us are still partying.

Aren't we here

celebrating Sophia's 40th?

Yeah, so don't f***ing judge me.

What are you talking about?

There's a lot I could

be judging you for.

And you do all the time, Kat.

You guys, we're having a fun weekend.

[Ana] Yeah, let's try and have fun.

Kat, can you please get on board?

Don't blame me.

Okay, okay, let's stop.

[Kat] No problem.

Sorry, guys.

Kat, you gotta stop

acting this way with me.

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Ana] Kat.

What?

I thought you were my friend,

I thought you were one of my best friends.

Well then you should've

been there for me.

I said I was sorry.

I am sorry, I get that

I wasn't there for you,

but you act like you

don't do anything wrong.

F*** Kat, you are difficult.

I don't know if you see yourself.

It's funny because

you only see yourself.

[Ana] That's completely untrue.

Do you think we all wanna hear about

your character and your clothes stuff?

Maybe not, but it's what I do.

It's my job.

It's narcissistic.

Yeah, so is your world right now.

[Kat] You mind?

I can't have kids.

You didn't tell me that.

Didn't you guys said you

would adopt if you could?

[Ana] Uh-huh.

Are you?

I don't think so, mama.

Fun times, and that snow was awesome.

It really was.

I hope we can do it again.

I would like that.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Me too.

No, no.

I can't, I'm sorry.

Do you wanna play?

I'll just check on her.

You okay?

What happened?

I think Ben hates me.

What on Earth are you

talking about, he loves you.

He does everything for you.

I know, but that's how he is.

I don't know.

Gosh, all I see is a husband that

stands by you through everything

and he's not going anywhere.

We're not...

Look, you guys just

need to go away somewhere,

somewhere warm and take a break, you know?

I think being cooped up in here

is finally taking its toll.

I know you're comfortable in here,

but you gotta leave the house, huh?

You did it today.

Next time, you go into town and sometime

soon after that come see me in LA.

Why?

I hate it.

Everyone stares or they try hard

not to or they act extra nice.

It's a strain.

I can feel the strain coming off people.

F*** 'em, just ignore them.

I can't.

I tried, but it's hard, I'm not there yet.

It might be the worst when

people are trying to be nice.

They insist on helping

me when I don't need it.

But they insist, so I have to act nice

and be grateful for

something I didn't want.

I don't need someone following me out of

a store with a bag with some socks in it.

It's infuriating and

exhausting and I hate it.

We don't have sex.

(whispers) I'm gonna lose him.

No.

You're not.

Just talk to him.

Just talk to him before it

gets any worse, that's all.

What if he tells me he doesn't love me?

[Ana] That is not going to happen.

It's freezing.

Are you okay?

I'm gonna go inside.

[Ben] Here, wait.

Oh f***.

(moaning)

F***.

What's going on with our game?!

Let's play, what's Ana doing?

I don't know, maybe she

fell asleep with Soph?

Does Ben wanna play?

I don't think so, I'll be right back.

You are like a three year old, my God.

It's (mumbles).

I need some water.

Oh my God, I'm sorry.

Sorry sorry sorry, go ahead.

[Ana] Whoa!

[Sasha] Oh my gosh.

[Kat] Sh*t.

(laughing)

You okay?

It was like a strange dance move.

(knocking)

[Kat] Come in.

Hi.

Hi.

What's up?

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm worried about you.

About what?

[Sophia] What are those for?

Sleeping and waking up.

[Sophia] You having trouble doing

those things without help?

Apparently.

[Sophia] Have you tried

going a few days without them?

Not really.

[Sophia] Maybe you should.

Maybe you should try and see...

I'm fine.

Can I say something?

I know you think I don't

understand, but I do.

I think I really do.

I know it's not the same.

But I lost something too.

I had to fight so hard to

keep from staying medicated.

They had me on an incredible

amount of painkillers and

it was so much easier to get

through my days that way.

But I knew if I didn't

stop, that my life would

be nothing, that I'd never

be able to feel anything.

Feel anything?

You've stayed inside this

house every minute since.

You're right.

You're right.

Maybe there's no difference.

Maybe people think my life is nothing

right now, I mean I can't even bring

myself to go to the grocery store anymore.

But at least whatever I'm going through,

I'm thinking and feeling it,

it's actually me going through it.

I'm going through it.

I'm going through it!

[Sophia] I know, I'm sorry,

I didn't mean that you're not in pain.

I just miss her.

(sobs) I just miss her.

[Sophia] I know.

She was so tiny.

I miss her.

I miss her, I miss her, I miss her.

(sobbing)

God, these dogs are so cute.

They always end up boarded together.

The owners seem to go away at exactly

the same time and the dogs are in love.

Maybe the owners are having an affair.

What are you talking about?

They don't even know each other.

You don't know that, they're

boarding the dogs at the same time.

Ben loves Sophia right?

Why?

I don't know, I was just

talking to her downstairs and...

You think he does, huh?

Why does it matter what I think?

[Ana] Just asking.

Sash?

Yeah yeah, I'm sorry, I'm just

working on this e-mail for...

Yeah, yeah, I think he does love her.

Yeah.

Of course he does.

I was just coming to see you.

Please don't ever say anything.

(whispers) I know.

What are you guys whispering about?

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