Lane 1974 Page #2

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Lane is a 13-year-old girl coming of age on a Northern California commune in the 1970s. While Lane enjoys the freedom of living off-the-grid with her mother and younger siblings, she craves a stable "normal" life - a life she's only seen in pictures from a stolen Sears catalog. Lane must navigate her troubled mother, Hallelujah, while trying to care for her younger brother and sister. After a series of dangerous and isolating events, Lane decides to forge her own path in hopes of finding a better life after it becomes clear her family has fallen apart.
Director(s): S.J. Chiro
Production: The Orchard
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
NOT RATED
Year:
2017
79 min
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Help me find the rice, okay?

Hey, Berry.

Stay out of the water.

Berry, I don't want you

to get wet.

Hey. I've been

looking for you.

Look what I found.

Wow.

I love that.

If I lived in the city,

I'd wear that for sure.

I would be...

her.

Um... her.

I'm her.

I'm her!

God! I like everything in here.

Really?

Yeah.

Even bras.

Even furniture.

Wow.

So pretty.

We should take it.

No one will know.

All right, everyone.

Five minutes

until we go outside.

Let's clean up.

Five minutes.

Five minutes.

We're gonna head out.

"The princess looked

to the riverbed in dismay.

And there she saw

thousands of rocks

over which the magical river

had once flowed.

'How am I to know which rock he's

trapped in?' the young girl wailed.

The little fairy queen replied,

'You must pick up each rock

and listen to it carefully,

and if you choose the rock

in which he is trapped,

you will hear his voice

calling out to you.

Then neither he nor you

shall ever be lonely again.'

And with this, the little

fairy queen vanished.

The girl dried her tears,

and seeing no other option,

began to pick up the rocks

and put them to her ear.

For three nights and three days,

she patiently picked up

each rock

and listened tenderly to it.

Her ears grew sore,

her throat grew dry,

and her lips began to crack.

Yet, she kept on.

For she knew if she

did not give up,

she would find it."

Berry.

Berry!

Berry, this isn't funny.

If you are hiding,

come out right now!

I told you to keep

an eye on the kids.

Calm down, Clarise.

I'm not gonna calm down.

Jamie, if you know

where Berry is,

I need you to tell me right now.

I don't know!

Berry!

Berry! Berry!

Berry!

Berry!

What was your

kid doing in the water?

Get the hell away from me.

Is he all right?

I said, get the hell away!

Don't take him to

the hospital, man.

Death culture there.

Get out of my way.

Come on, Sky.

Let's go.

Look, can you at least leave

food stamps or something?

Anything for us?

Sky, we're leaving.

Now.

Lane, take your sister.

Jamie...

Come on. Let's move this

over here, okay?

What now?

Well...

We're gonna go into the city.

But I thought you hate the city.

I don't have a choice anymore.

You're gonna take this.

Come here, baby.

Come on, let's go.

Okay. Let's go for a walk.

Come on, guys.

Hurry up.

Hey, Lane. Take your sister.

Come on.

Here. Go with Lane, okay?

Who is she calling?

Um, Ethel, maybe.

Who's Ethel?

Our grandma.

We have a grandma?

Yeah.

You're probably too young

to remember her,

but you took a sh*t

on her floor,

and she freaked out

the last time I saw her.

Come on, Shayla.

Go with Jamie.

Come on.

Go with Jamie.

Come on, Shayla.

Hey, Mom.

Hi, it's Karen.

Yeah. Yeah, no.

It's me.

Beat it. Come on.

Yeah, it's me.

Yeah, well...

Well, I was thinking we haven't

seen each other, and I was...

maybe thinking I could

come over tomorrow.

We can all come over.

I know, I know, I know.

It's been a while. But...

I thought...

we could come by and say hi.

Jamie, bring Shayla.

Okay.

Then tomorrow.

Okay.

Yeah, Mom...

Let me see your teeth.

Wipe.

Okay, me?

Okay. Let me see your teeth.

Well, you're gonna piss in

something, wear it for two days.

Are you happy?

Let's go.

I just... I don't

understand you, Lane.

I want you to be Cleopatra

and you just insist

on being Minnie Mouse.

Come on, come on.

Get the sh*t. Let's go.

Move it. Come on.

Come on.

Come here, Shayla.

Come on.

Yeah.

I know. Let's go.

Come on, kids, come on.

Yes!

Don't do it so many times.

Hi, Mom.

Uh, this is Shayla.

I think you haven't met.

Go inside. Go inside.

As long as there was such a base,

I felt strongly that

it was necessary

to see the constitutional process

through to its conclusion...

Hey, Jamie.

Don't touch that. Please.

Is this you?

In another life. Yeah.

Yeah!

No, no, Jamie. You know better than that.

Don't touch that.

They don't eat this, Mom.

I'm sorry.

Take this to the kitchen.

The kids, Mom...

they got you some presents

they found at the beach.

Right, guys?

You wanna give these to Grandma?

Jamie, take your sister

and go in the back.

Hey, Lane?

Come here.

Come on.

Are you praying, Karen?

Oh, God.

You could at least

pray for your brother.

I'm sorry, no amount of praying

is gonna save anyone

from dying in a war.

From the discussions I have had

with Congressional and other leaders,

I have concluded...

I'm sorry.

That because

of the Watergate matter...

I'm sorry. I didn't mean that,

and I do pray for him...

in my own way.

I'm sorry. I just need

a little air for a minute.

Lane, just...

sit still.

Hey, Mom. We're only gonna

be in the city for a few hours.

Do you need money again, Karen?

Oh, Mom.

Thank you. This...

Oh, wow.

Oh, Mom.

Thank you so much.

Oh, this is great for the kids.

Jamie, bring Shayla.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, come here. Come say goodbye.

Come here.

Come on.

Come say goodbye to Grandma.

Say goodbye to Grandma.

Say, "Bye, Grandma."

Thank you, Mom, so much.

It's gonna help me out.

Goodbye, Karen.

Come on, Lane.

Let's go.

Come on, Shayla.

Let's go.

Come on.

That woman is a heavy trip, man.

Heavy trip.

Hey, sister.

Oh, my magical sister.

Come on in.

Oh.

Sit down.

Lane, go find Puma.

Oh, God.

I just can't.

I need a break.

It's just too much.

I feel like a...

It's awful.

Hello?

Come in.

Hi.

Hi.

Can I come in?

I said you could come in.

Close the door.

Mm-hmm.

So...

Who are you here with?

My mom, Hallelujah.

Hallelujah is your mother?

So you guys are from

the country, right?

Yeah.

No way in hell

I'd live out there.

Snakes, spiders,

bugs...

Gross.

You want some?

Okay.

Here.

You should always

have fresh breath.

You need some mascara.

And some gel blush.

Can I put it on you?

Um...

Yeah.

I'm good at makeup.

I'm gonna be a cosmetologist.

As soon as I'm 16.

I move into Chicago.

There's this lady there...

Cookie...

She's a black lady.

She's friends with my real dad.

She owns her own salon.

She said she always

wanted a daughter like me.

But I don't know. We're

really more like sisters.

Look down.

Try this tube top.

Come on.

I don't think I have anything that'll

fit you on the bottom though.

Maybe I can make

a wraparound skirt.

That shirt looks good

with those jeans.

Here.

You can keep my roll-on

sparkle if you wanna.

Thank you.

Try on these shoes.

You look pretty.

Let's take a picture.

You look good.

Stand up.

Stand over here.

I need you to pose, okay?

Why you looking scared?

You never posed before?

You don't know how to pose?

No.

Okay. This hand...

This hand, put it on your hip.

Now pop your hip.

Pop your hip.

Pop it.

More than that.

You go to...

pop it.

Yeah, okay.

And I want you

to look at the ground

very seriously.

Ready?

One, two...

That was pretty good.

Let's do one more, okay?

There's a boy you like.

Look at this boy you like.

Lure him in

with your eyes.

One, two...

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