Human Traffic Page #10

Synopsis: The Cardiff club scene in the 90's: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid he's impotent. Lulu, Jip's mate, doesn't find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekend's aftermath. It's breakthrough time for at least three of them.
Genre: Comedy, Music
Director(s): Justin Kerrigan
Production: Miramax Films
  9 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
R
Year:
1999
99 min
3,903 Views


cool it, baby...

...cool it, babe."

- [ Laughs ]

Hey, welcome back

to the world of sex, mate.

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

Once more, I am a "fucktioning"

human being! One more time!

Look at him, ladies.

Live, ladies and gentlemen,

he's a star!

[ Humming ]

Eh, eh, eh.

What the f***

was I worried about, man?

I told you, man, didn't I?

Overthinking of the stupid

little things, mate.

Mate, mate. Oh!

[ Laughs ]

That's the story of my life, man.

It's the story of my life.

- Oi, oi, oi.

- [ Humming ]

-She, uh--

- What?

Did she, uh--

- What?

- You know.

[ Laughs ] What?

- What we were talking about

the other day, mate?

- I'm not answering that one.

- Go on.

- No, no. That's disgusting.

No, I'm not telling you that.

- What?

- No. It's a personal thing

between two human beings.

- F*** off!.

- No, forget it. I'm not

answering that question.

Shut up!

I'm your mate.

- Yeah.

- [ Laughing ]

Big time!

[ Laughs ]

Go on with your bad self!.

- B*tch!

- B*tch!

You dirty b*tch!

[ Laughs ]

No, I'm telling you,

it has never happened to me

like that before.

I mean, I've had that, you know,

sort of release of pleasure,

but nothing like this.

I mean, it just came out of nowhere.

I didn't have to concentrate

or anything.

And when it did, f*** me!

It was just like-- Ah!

Ah! Ah!

- [ Laughing ]

- Oh, it's the most amazing feeling.

Did your eyes

go all blurry?

Blurry? I went f***in' blind

for about 10 minutes!

And then he started

running his finger all over my skin,

and it went all tingly,

and I was shaking all over.

- Oh, it was f***ing lush!

- So--

[ Pretending Opera ] "How big

was his dick?"

Shut up.

I can't tell you that.

- This big.

- [ Laughing ]

But it fits like bric-a-brac.

It comes out from the root

and then goes off to the side

with a little twist.

- Diversive.

- It certainly hit the spot.

[ Laughing ]

Another kid dead from

taking ecstasy this week.

Don't know what possesses them

to take it in the first place.

Some children just don't have

the correct upbringing.

The parents must neglect them,

and they turn to drugs as an escape.

No discipline.

No morality.

No respect.

I just don't understand

the youth of today.

- [ Beeps ]

- [ Dialogue Rewinds ]

I just don't understand

the youth of today.

- [ Beeps, Rewinds ]

- I just don't understand

the youth of today.

[ Laughing ]

Oh, spot on, mate.

Spot on.

- [ Beeps, Rewinds ]

- No discipline,

no morality, no respect.

- Some children just don't

have the correct upbringing.

- [ Beeps, Rewinds ]

Some children just don't

have the correct upbringing.

- Another kid dead.

- Parents must neglect them.

- [ Beeps ]

- I just don't understand the youth of--

- No morality.

- Drugs as an escape.

- No discipline.

- Die!

Yeah! We're just some

happy f***ing sitcom, ain't we?

Perfect life, perfect family,

perfect f***ing dining table.

Well, give yourself

a round of applause.

Please! I swear, sometimes we're living

on different planets...

because there is no f***ing way

of communicating with you all.

Who the f*** are you people

anyway, eh?

Who the f*** are ya?

So, how was

your weekend, Louise?

- I had a really excellent time,

thanks, Auntie Violet.

- What did you do?

Um, we all went to a club

on Friday night,

and then we went to Connie's

parents' house for a big party.

- How did you get there?

- Jip drove us.

- He hadn't been drinking?

- No, no.

No, he hadn't

touched a drop.

And, uh--

[ Clears Throat ]

How is Jip?

He's really, really well.

Thanks, Auntie Violet.

[ Chuckles ]

Tah-dah!

- Who are they for?

- They're for you

because you deserve it.

And much, much more.

[ Kisses ]

Oh, Jip.

Oh, they're beautiful.

You shouldn't have.

Yeah, I should.

What's for dinner?

- Wait and see.

- [ Laughs ]

[ Classical Music ]

- [ Stops Abruptly ]

- C*nt.

Listen. Listen, youse.

Listen. I really need

to tell you something.

- I'm off the drugs big time.

- [ Laughing ]

- No, I mean it. No.

I'm really being serious.

Listen to me. I've had my head

up my arse for so long,

all I can do is think sh*t.

- [ Laughing ]

- No, listen to me. I-- I'm--

Listen. I'm sick of feeling

like the advert for

a methadone program.

- I'm-- I'm-- I just, I'm--

- [ Jip ] Don't give me that sh*t.

The only reason you're off

the drugs, right, is 'cause

you f***in'had 'em all, man.

[ Laughing ]

Future generations of f***in'

dopeheads are gonna have

to toke your ashes

just to get high, you know.

- [ Laughing ]

No, no, I'm really

being serious,yeah.

I'm-- I'm-- I'm coming apart

at the seams, Jip.

I'm, uh--

[ Sighs ]

I'm-- I'm dissolving.

That's what happening to me.

I'm-- I'm-- I'm dissolving.

I'm-- I'm-- I'm--

What I'm trying to say is, um--

Another couple of good pills,

and-- and that's it for me.

It's good night, Vienna.

I mean, I really feel I'm gonna, uh--

Oh, it sounds like clubber's comedown

chorus to me, sweetheart.

- Yeah,you know it.

- It's not like we're gonna be

doing this forever.

I mean, we'll all

get bored of it, eventually.

Hey, when a comedown

outweighs the good times,

you know

the party's over, man.

- Mmm.

- I mean, Friday was a classic, yeah.

- Friday rocked.

- Classic.

But... I've definitely got

to take some time out...

to pick up the pieces, man,

and that's that.

- Yeah, fair enough.

-And that's-- That's

what I'm saying to ya.

Um, the honeymoon's over,

Koop, it's over.

Uh, it's not f***ing

worth it. I-- I'm--

That's it for me. I've had me lot.

I mean, you know--

Youse do what you gotta do,

but I'm f***in', that's it.

I mean, it's no more drugs for me.

That's my lot. That's it.

Drinks anyone?

Moff?.

- I'll have a pint of vodka, mate.

Just a little drop of Coke.

- [ Laughing ]

I'll have a bottle of Prozac.

Yeah, nice.

[ Lulu ] I can't believe

all this time we've been

going off with other people,

looking for the right person

and just not finding them.

I know. It's weird, isn't it?

I mean, anything could've happened,

do you know what I mean?

To change the events

of last Friday.

And it'd just be normal now.

It'd be just like--

We'd just be friends.

No! Don't say that!

I mean, you've always

been there, but I've just

never thought of you that way.

And all of a sudden,

these past couple of months,

- it's just been like, "Jip? Hmm."

- Mm-hmm.

God, man, I know exactly

when this happened as well.

- I know exactly when this happened.

- When?

Around your house, right?

It was about three weeks ago.

We're lying on your bed,

we're hugging, we're coming down.

- Remember?

- Oh, yeah! Coming down! Absolutely.

- We were just keeping it legal.

- Barely.

- Yeah, barely.

- Life is full of

f***ing surprises, man.

I mean, like, a minute ago,

I was thinking,

"F***in' hell! I'm never

gonna have sex again

for the rest of my life."

And now I'm thinking,

"I'm having the best sex

I've ever had...

with somebody I've loved for years,"

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Justin Kerrigan

Justin Kerrigan (born 1974) is a Welsh writer and film director, best known for the 1999 film Human Traffic. more…

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