Happy 40th Page #5

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


I thought you might be sleeping.

[Sophia] No.

Okay.

I'm gonna get a snack,

do you want anything?

I'm all set, thank you.

Me too.

Okay.

Ben.

Ben, I wanna go to the beach.

Really?

I really do.

Right now?

Okay.

Maybe the girls will wanna come too.

Okay.

I'll go ask.

[Ana] You think we

should try and wake her?

I think she needs to sleep some more.

[Sasha] Wow.

All these houses look so empty.

They are, they're summer homes.

That is when you should come

visit and meet the right person then.

Why?

Because they'll take care of her?

Money?

And she can have babies.

I'm taking care of myself, thank you.

Everyone knows I never wanted babies.

Well one of us has to have some babies.

Weren't you guys trying or something?

My bagel's officially frozen.

Bagel fight!

Ow.

May I have your bagel?

(laughing)

(shrieks)

Whoa!

[Sophia] Are you all right?

Totally.

And the homeboy saved your coffee.

[Sasha] Thank you.

[Ana] Well played.

Brakes off.

(acoustic guitar music)

Do you miss me like I do you

Can you tell me at least once a day

Under a blanket, blue

sky, I'm peering in

Did you have sex?

What?

Did you have sex?

What are you talking about?

You two.

Did you f***?

No.

Don't lie to me, don't

make me feel crazy.

Did you f*** him?!

Did you f*** my husband?!

No.

I know you're lying

to me, I know you did!

You think I can't tell?

Everyone can tell!

Right, isn't it so obvious?

I had no idea.

Well now you know.

Was it in our house?

Was I sleeping?

Did it feel great?

Great to be with someone who can move her

legs, behind her head no less?

What a wonderful birthday present.

Thank you so much, thank you so much,

happy 40th, happy f***ing 40th to me.

Get away from me!

[Sasha] Oh God.

Get away.

Please let me help you.

Paul left me.

When?

Three weeks ago.

Are you okay?

I don't know.

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

I'm sorry for you.

[Kat] Did you go outside again?

What happened?

Ben and Sasha f***ed.

What?

(door slams)

[Ben] I don't know what to say.

I f***ed up.

How could you with

one of my best friends?

I don't know.

You could've gone anywhere,

anywhere else, you could've paid for it.

Nobody would've known,

I wouldn't have to know.

This is so humiliating, anything

would've been better than this.

I know.

I'm sorry.

I wish I could take it back.

You can't.

I hate you right now and I hate Sasha.

This is my fault.

[Sophia] Please don't defend her.

Were you together in school

and you just never told me?

No, we never were, I didn't wanna be.

Oh, but she did?

How did I not know that?

She doesn't matter.

I don't wanna be with her.

You just were.

I am so angry, I have

never been this angry,

I don't know what to do with it.

Here here, stop it, stop it.

[Sophia] Let me go!

Let go of me, let go!

Oh God.

You're so beautiful.

[Sophia] Stop it.

No, you're beautiful.

And you used to think that about yourself

and you used to let me tell you that.

And you stopped thinking that,

but I still wanted to tell you and

show you how I felt and you never let me,

so I started thinking it's me.

I know you needed me.

Needed me to help you every day,

but I started to feel like you

didn't want me for anything else.

I'm not making excuses, I f***ed up.

I just miss what we used

to be, I f***ing miss it.

I have never stopped thinking that you are

the most beautiful person

that I've ever seen.

I didn't wanna know if I

couldn't feel it anymore.

[Ben] What?

What if I can't feel it?

What if I can't feel you?

What if you don't like it anymore?

I'm so sorry, Soph.

That's never gonna happen again.

I need some space right now.

Look at me.

Look at me.

What's wrong with you?

You are totally free and you body is

totally free and you chose my husband?

Sophia, I'm so sorry.

I didn't, I don't...

Is this why you never fell for anyone?

What?

No.

I don't know.

I can't think right now.

I don't think she'll ever forgive me.

You just have to try, Sasha, okay?

What is done is done

The anchor will pull me down

I'm waiting to drown in this

Ocean of guilt and regret

And what is done is done

The anchor will pull me down

I'm waiting to drown in this

Ocean and guilt and regret

We'd go last minute all the time.

Grab our tent and supplies

and some food and just go.

Always someplace new,

someplace we hadn't been.

It was my favorite thing,

sleeping in the woods.

I can see the stars through our tent.

When the moon is full it wakes

you up 'cause it's so bright.

It's my favorite thing.

It's what we were doing

when we hit that tree.

I like that you have that memory.

Oh my God, he's not dead.

(laughing)

I know, I just, I'm

saying that I think it's

beautiful that they shared

this moment together...

(laughing)

I don't even know what I'm f***ing saying.

I know what you mean,

I know what you mean.

Oh, and Paul left me.

You should know that.

When?

Three weeks ago.

Why?

I'm not sure.

Are you okay?

I don't know, I don't think

I'm feeling it yet maybe.

You should come to LA with me.

When?

[Ana] Today.

Today!

That's funny.

[Ana] I'm serious.

What would I do there?

Create a new life, a

new identity, whatever.

[Sophia] I can't do that.

Sure you can.

I can't leave him.

Not forever, but you need a break.

He does too.

I can't.

This isn't me feeling sorry for you.

I could really use you out there.

Honestly, it's been lonely

in that big house and

I can afford to fix it up

with whatever you need.

If you wanted to work,

you can be my assistant.

My entourage.

How can I entice you?

Look, the driver's coming in two hours,

he's gonna take Kat home

and me to the airport.

Just think about it, okay?

I can't leave.

Yeah, but you can think about it.

Nothing's permanent.

(acoustic guitar music)

[Ben] Hey.

(sobs) I'm so sorry.

I love you.

I love you too.

(car revs)

(gentle piano music)

It was beautiful then

The sun wrote the story

and you turned your back

You said you looking that most brilliant

Edge of light on the ground

It's only my heart you're breaking

It's only my breath you're taking in

It's only my dream you're waking

My world you're shaking

My heart you're breaking

It's only my breath you're taking in

Only my dream you're waking

My world you're shaking

I've got a friend, he drinks with me

He gets deep into the dark of me

He said tell me, did

you really come this far

To love him halfway

I walked down avenues

I think of ways I can hide from you

My (mumbles) for the very first time

I'll be okay

It's only my heart you're breaking

It's only my breath you're taking in

Only my dream you're waking

My world you're shaking

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