Inheritance Page #3

Synopsis: When Mara returns to her childhood home of Belize for her father's 70th birthday, she brings her new lover Aaron and hopes to reconnect with her estranged father and brother Ben who both live there. She is surprised when Linda, her father's protégée, picks them up; Linda tells Mara that her father has just died. Mara is upset but lies about calling Ben. Linda brings them to a gathering in honor of her father and Mara and Aaron sleep alone at his house. Furious he wasn't informed, Ben barges in on Aaron and Mara there, and tensions build between the three of them. Mara runs off for a tryst with Aaron, and Ben overdoses on their father's medications, forcing Mara to care for him. The wake starts, an all-night affair, and Mara, drunk, reveals buried secrets about her father, changing irrevocably the relationships of those closest to him.
Genre: Drama
Production: This is Just a Test Productions
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.4
Year:
2017
75 min
Website
467 Views


You're okay, okay?

Okay? Listen.

Look at me.

- No. No, no!

- Look at me!

- No, no!

Look at me!

Listen to me.

Mara, look at me.

Look at me, I see you.

I see you. (Mara crying)

Whatever happened, okay,

it's not your fault.

I'm gonna take care of you.

I'm gonna take care

of you, alright?

I'm gonna take care of you.

I'm gonna take care of you.

Stop kissing me.

Stop, stop, stop!

Stop!

- It's not right.

It's just not right

what she done.

- What not right?

- He was grieving.

No man's perfect.

- You know?

And you not do nothing?

They not have no ma.

They had you.

(water splashing)

- Hey.

- I don't think he

would wanna be buried.

I don't think he'd wanna

be trapped underground.

- You're all wet.

- We need to let him go.

Let's do it how he would like.

Let's do it how he would like.

Let's honor him, and

we can do it how he would like.

- I've got you.

- You're gonna what?

It's just not done.

It just isn't done.

- We'll sit with him all through

the night, like you wanted.

- But his spirit,

his spirit--

- Spirit will what?

Haunt you?

That's already happened.

I'll help you.

- Great.

(dramatic music)

Well, once I lived the

life of a millionaire

Spending my

money, I didn't care

Takin' my friends out

for a mighty good time

Buyin' boot-legged

liquor, champagne and wine

Then I began to fall so low

Couldn't find me no

friends, had place to go

If I ever get my

hands on a dollar again

I'm goin' to hold on to it

Til the eagle grins

I said, nobody knows you

When you down and out

In your pockets

You ain't got one penny

And your friends,

you didn't have any

Just as soon as I

get up on my feet again

Everybody come

and say that they're

Long-lost friends

For, Lord, without a doubt

Nobody wants you

Nobody needs you

Nobody wants you

When you're down and out

I say

Nobody wants you

Nobody needs you

Nobody wants you

When you're down and out

- What are you doing?

This is,

this is...

This why you do this?

This is what you're doing?

Is this what you want?

- No.

- Say it, say it.

You can say it.

- Say what?

- Don't f***ing touch me.

- No, please.

- Don't touch me.

- I can explain.

- You ruined it.

You ruined it.

- I'm sorry.

- What was I then?

You ruined it.

- Please, please.

Please.

- This is what you want.

- I'll fix it.

Let me go with you,

let me go with you.

- No.

- 'Cause I want you.

I want you.

- Don't.

- Please take me.

I want you.

I want you.

I want you.

I love you.

- This is not love.

- I love you.

Love you. Please.

Please don't leave, please.

(door slamming)

(crying)

- Say something.

- Go ahead.

- No, that's not how it goes.

- Come down here.

- [Ben] I love you.

- Then f*** me.

- What?

- You still love me, Ben?

- No.

It's not like that.

- It's what you want.

You love me.

- No! It's not like that.

It's not like that.

I would never do that.

Stop!

Stop!

(Mara grunting in pain)

- Do it again.

Do it again.

Do it again like him.

- What are you saying?

- Do it again!

Do it again!

- Stop!

Stop, stop, stop!

(Mara crying)

Please, please, stop.

Stop.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

- [Mara] It's over.

(fire crackling)

(somber music)

(somber music)

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