Lovesong Page #3

Synopsis: Neglected by her husband, Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection in the days before Mindy's wedding.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): So Yong Kim
Production: Strand Releasing
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
84 min
$10,545
Website
682 Views


like go out and get drunk

and do stuff like that.

- What do you think of me?

- I don't mean it like that.

- Uh-huh.

- But like, you know,

I'm married and like whatever, I mean...

I didn't mean it that way.

Are you okay?

- What?

- Are you okay?

- What do you think?

Hey, man.

- Hello.

- When's the next bus out

to New York, to the city?

- The city?

I think it is seven minutes.

- You think and how much is a ticket?

- It's 25.

- Perfect.

Can I just get one way?

- Of course.

- Do I need to sign or anything?

- You're all set.

- Okay cool.

- Enjoy.

Thanks, man.

- What'd you get?

- I got a ticket

back to New York.

It's like leaving in 10 minutes.

- Are you joking?

- No, I don't know, I just thought

you guys are good, you know?

You've got it from here, right?

- I, I mean, okay.

- I've just got,

like, work stuff, you know?

- Yeah.

- It's just

gonna take too much time

to get from one place

back and all the way.

- Okay.

- But will you tell

Jessie that I love her?

- Yeah.

- Thanks for such a beautiful time.

It's good we had fun, you know'?

It's like, it's perfect.

- Okay.

- All right, well I know Jessie's asleep.

I'm not gonna wake her up.

Just, you know.

Give her a big hug for me.

- All right.

- Okay.

I love you.

- Can I ask Santa for

a little brother or sister?

- I don't know if Santa brings babies.

I don't know it that's really.

I think he just sort oi sticks with toys.

- Okay.

- Are you excited to be the flower girl'?

- Yeah.

Who's Mindy again?

- She's my friend.

We went to school together.

I told you this about 500 times, Jessie.

- Is she your best friend'?

- She's a very good friend, yeah.

- She doesn't come over.

- Well she lives really far away-.

- You don't talk

to her or Skype with her.

- We do talk, Jessie.

We talk sometimes.

We text.

- No, you don't.

- Yes, I do.

- No, you don't.

- Yes, we do, Jessie.

Though I can see

clearly what's ahead of me

I cannot stop it once I'm set a-spinning

Hey, can you do me a favor'?

My phone just died.

Can you go into my email'?

Yes.

Okay.

Can you just go into my

email and get this address?

It's in the last email that Mindy sent me

and it's on the attachment.

- When's Mindy's wedding?

- It's the day after tomorrow.

This is really not

working, this eyeshadow.

- Mindy!

- Sarah, hey!

- Hey-

- I'm so glad you're here.

Yes.

- Jessie.

- Hi.

You're so big!

Can I have a hug, please?

- Do you remember Mindy'?

- It's okay.

You were just very little

tiny when I saw you.

Thanks for coming.

- Of course.

- Are you hungry?

Let's get some mac and cheese.

- It's crazy.

This is beautiful.

- Leif!

- Yeah.

What's wrong with you'?

- This is Sarah.

- Leif.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm glad you're here.

- Yeah, it's beautiful.

- Did you just get in?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's so pretty, right?

- Yeah, it's amazing.

And this is where the ceremony is?

- Mm-hmm, yeah.

Gonna play some music over

there and it's gonna be good.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Just mellow.

- Cool.

- Fun.

- Easy.

- Thrown together sort ot.

- Yeah, yeah, I guess.

- Awesome.

I'm so glad you're here.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, yeah.

It's nice meeting you.

- Nice to meet you.

He's cute.

- He's wonderful.

- Your hair's red.

- I know.

- I know.

- So where are you staying at?

- Just at a hotel down the street.

- Okay.

- You guys all staying in the house?

- Not everyone.

A lot of people have their

own places, but yeah.

- Did everybody come here or is this like

about his Nashville family?

- I feel like I'm still meeting people-.

- Really?

- Yeah, no, they're pretty much from here.

So cute.

Lily!

What the f*** are you doing?

- Hi, sorry, Lily.

- Sarah.

- Lube hands.

- That's funny.

- My bestie from San Fran.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- She's gonna be my maid of honor.

- Yeah, yeah, how are you'?

- I'm good, how are you?

- Yeah, good, good, good.

- So how do you...

- Then you did the

invites, so how could I?

- Yeah, well, of course.

I took over and just wedged my way in.

We work together, that's how we met.

And she was, yeah, show...

- Yeah, showed me around.

- How long have you guys known each other?

- Oh, like...

- Forever?

- 16, eh, eight,

17 years, I think.

- Really?

- I don't know.

Something like that.

- God, it's so long.

- A long time.

Yeah.

- I'm gonna, hold on, I'll be right back.

Oh, hey, this is Chloe,

that's Leif's little sister-.

- Hi, Chloe.

- It's nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Get it away.

- Why?

You like it.

- You know that

cheese gives me gas!

- It does give you gas.

But it's so cute

- Oh my gosh.

- 'Cause you're so pretty when you fart.

- Get this sh*t away.

What the f***?

Okay.

- Ridiculous, hold on.

Get it away from me!

Stop it, stop it.

- Hold on.

Okay, I think I have one.

What is the difference

between a priest and a pimple'?

- I don't know, I don't...

- Pimples don't come on a

kid's face until he's 13.

- Okay.

Okay, that's, well, yeah.

Well maybe not that one

because it makes you

sound like a pedophile.

Fair enough.

- It's like warm jizz, that's so gross.

- You have one, give me one.

- Okay, hold on.

- By the way, Sarah,

we all have to do these

so you better start thinking.

- Wait, so when are you

telling these jokes,

like, during the ceremony?

- The rehearsal dinner.

- The dinner.

- Oh.

- Who's that little girl'?

- Oh, that's

Jessie, that's my daughter.

- Your daughter?

- Mm-hmm.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

- Cool.

You've, did you have her when

you were like 12 or something?

- 13.

- She's got jokes.

- I was 21.

- Oh, okay.

- Yeah.

- She's beautiful.

- Thank you.

- She's, and she's up there with the band.

Yeah, she's gonna be trouble.

Ooh, 17 dirty jokes so

filthy you need a shower.

Oh this is, this is a good one for Jessie

'cause she won't know better.

What goes in hard and dry

but comes out soft and wet'?

But comes out soft and wet.

Guess what.

- I don't know.

- Gum.

- Oh!

You better get up for your mama

You better grab the best of your life

I know you're ready

To get older

Anyhow

I'm gonna sit sideways.

I'll lay across the,

or you go in there.

- Yeah, do you want us to take one of you?

- No.

Well all you have to do is wander

- Carry them and put them

at the bottom of the bed

to keep the bed warm.

Like, you know, cool electrical thing.

- I'm magnet to Mindy and Leif.

- You're a magnet?

Cool!

- It's okay.

- Ha, gotcha!

- Thanks for coming today.

- You're welcome.

- All right, let's get going.

Can you say bye to Mindy and Leif?

- I'll walk you guys out.

' Okay.

- Bye bye.

- It was really nice meeting you.

- Nice meeting you, too.

- Yeah, sorry again

- Congratulations

- About the barbecue.

- And I'll see you tomorrow.

- Oh, it's fine.

- Yeah, thank you so much.

Yeah, see you.

- Mindy!

- Yeah'?

- Can you help me'?

- Oh, um, I'm gonna help her.

- Okay.

- I'll see you tomorrow.

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So Yong Kim

So Yong Kim (born 1968) is an award-winning Korean American independent filmmaker. She has made four feature films: In Between Days, Treeless Mountain, For Ellen, and Lovesong. more…

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