Mudbound Page #9

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-I ain't your son!

[Ronsel coughing]

Now I suggest you use that thing,

or you better point elsewhere.

Otherwise, you better kill us both.

You betray your own blood

for the sake of a n*gger?

[Jamie] You do it.

[man] Come on!

-Go on. You do it.

-[Thacker] Bring forth the evidence.

-[man 1] He's guilty!

-[man 2] Kill him!

[men clamoring]

Did you rut with this woman?

What the hell do you fellas care

about some Kraut whore anyway?

All those Frulein c*nts

got a lot of our boys killed.

I say if Ronsel here

gave her a little half-breed bundle of joy

to remind her of it, I call it justice!

[man] Shut up, n*gger lover!

How the hell do you know

that Ronsel here's the father anyway?

[Orris] Let's ask him.

Are you the father of this...

I ain't gonna say "child..."

This abomination?

[breathing heavily]

Go on! Say it!

[breathing heavily]

-Yes.

-[man] He said it!

[Thacker]

The penalty for abomination is death.

-[grunts]

-[men clamoring]

-[gun c*cks]

-[Jamie] Huh?

[breathing heavily]

Pappy?

Huh?

No. [chuckles]

He ain't gonna shoot.

You don't have the balls

to kill a man up close, do you, son?

-[grunts]

-[Pappy] Unh-unh.

You ain't gonna kill your own Pappy.

[men clamoring]

[grunts]

[both groaning]

[thunder rumbling]

You make one more wrong move,

these boys are liable to kill you.

What we gonna do with him?

I already told you, he won't talk.

Ain't that right, son?

You set him loose.

[Orris] You ain't exactly in a position

to be making demands.

[Pappy] N*gger still needs to be punished.

You let my son there decide how.

[Thacker] All right, then.

-What'll it be?

-[Jamie groaning]

-I'll give you a choice.

-[yelling]

You don't want him killed,

then you decide the punishment.

No!

His tongue, his eyes, or his balls?

[gags]

Choose.

-[Ronsel whimpering]

-[Jamie shouting]

Choose, God damn it!

[Ronsel screaming]

[Ronsel whimpering]

[weakly] His tongue.

[whimpering]

Glory, glory

-[groaning]

-[Ronsel screaming]

Hallelujah

When I lay my

Burden down

Glory, glory

Hallelujah

- When I lay my burden down

-[Florence crying] Oh, God! No!

-[man 1] Hold him up.

-[man 2] Get the ladder!

[Hap] Take your time.

Gonna be all right.

[Florence crying]

[Hap] I got you.

-Hold his legs out.

-Hold them out, straight.

Oh, God! Oh, God! [sobbing]

I'm gonna meet my

Dear old mother

When I lay my

Burden down

- Glory, glory

-[Hap] We got him!

- Hallelujah

-Breathe.

When I lay my

[Hap] It's gonna be all right.

Hold that light up, Marlon.

Burden down

[man] Lift him up. Lift him up.

- Glory, glory

-[Hap] Come on, we got you.

Hallelujah

- When I lay my

-[Florence sobbing] Oh, my baby.

Burden down

[Florence]

I held his heartbeat in my hand.

[Hap] My boy!

[Florence] I remember every beat.

He was warm and alive.

I know every place in him.

[Florence sniffles]

[sobbing]

[baby crying]

[crying continues]

-[knocking on door]

-[Laura] Pappy?

Pappy?

[Jamie] It's exactly what you think it is.

They got Ronsel.

There were too many of them.

What? Jamie, what happened to him?

They were too many of 'em. I...

-Jamie...

-I couldn't stop 'em.

What did they do to him? Is he alive?

-They made me choose.

-Choose what?

[Jamie] Wake up.

I wanted to make sure

I looked you in the eye.

-[Jamie grunting]

-[muffled screaming]

[inaudible]

[sobbing]

[Henry] I appreciate it, sir. I'll, uh...

I'll see you in a couple of days, huh?

It's your father. He died last night.

-How?

-In his sleep, peacefully.

[rattling]

-[Henry] Hap!

-[Laura] Henry.

-Hap!

-Henry, don't.

It ain't my fault what happened.

-I warned that boy. Warned both of 'em.

-[Laura] Just let 'em go.

[Henry] Hap!

Hap, can you hold on?

[Henry panting]

Need to get the coffin in the ground.

Hap?

Hap?

Appreciate it.

Why don't you use your boys?

My sons are not gettin' down

out of that wagon.

Okay.

There we go.

[Hap] "Man who is born of a woman

is of few days and full of trouble.

He cometh forth like a flower

and is cut down.

He fleeth as a shadow and continueth not.

And doth thou open thine eyes

upon such a one,

and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Who can bring a clean thing

out of an unclean? Not one.

For there is hope of a tree,

if it be cut down,

that it will sprout again.

But man dieth and wasteth away.

As the waters fell from the sea

and drieth up,

so man lieth down and riseth not.

'Til the heavens be no more,

they shall not awake,

nor be raised out of their sleep."

Amen.

-[Henry] Amen.

-[Laura] Amen.

[Henry] All right, then.

Come on, brother. Amen, Pappy.

-[Laura] Come on, girls.

-[Jamie] Florence?

Give this to Ronsel...

if you see him.

[Henry] Jamie!

Jamie!

Jamie!

[Ronsel] My nightmare's always the same.

First, I'm in a tank wearing a helmet.

Then I'm in the back of a car

with a burlap sack over my head.

I scream.

My lips move, and I can feel the strain.

But there's nothing coming out.

[Jamie]

I hope that my pappy's untimely death

brought the Jackson family

some measure of peace.

Though I must admit it brings me none.

All the while hoping that,

by some miracle,

-my friend Ronsel found happiness.

-[Hap] Whoa! Whoa!

[Hap panting]

[Ronsel] But should my story end there?

Silenced and defeated?

Oppression, fear, deformity.

It would take an extraordinary man

to beat all that.

I would have to wean myself off

laudanum and self-pity...

and travel with a little card

in my shirt pocket that said "mute."

And then, finally...

I would have to cross the Atlantic

yet again.

This time not for war.

[woman speaking German]

But for love.

Ronsel.

[Resl chuckles]

[Franz] Mama?

[Ronsel sobs]

[whimpering]

[chuckles]

[grunts]

[Ronsel] And so I ended with that.

[sobbing]

With love.

Life is a teacher

Time is a healer

And I'm a believer

Like a river wild

Ego's a killer

Greed is a monster

But love is stronger

Stronger than them all

White flag in hand

I don't want to fight

No lines in the sand

I'm on your side

Invisible

No color lines

It's time we put our, put our

Put our differences aside

Time tells no lies

It keeps changing and ticking and moving

Then it passes by

But if you're lucky

It will be kind

Like a river flowing through time

- Like a river

- Let it wash you clean

- Mighty river

- Going upstream

- Like a river

- Cutting through rock

- Mighty river

- 'Cause it never gives up

- Like a river

- So full of life

- Mighty river

- Thick-willed like time

- Like a river

- That'll wash away

- Mighty river

- The pain from yesterday

Love is the answer

Hate is a cancer

Oh, but forgiveness

It waters the soul

Our blood is red

We're not so different

'Cause underneath our skin

We're identical

White flag in hand

We're not gonna fight

No lines in the sand

I'm on your side

Invisible

No color line, no

It's time we put our

Oh, put our differences aside

We know wrong from right

Oh, time tells no lies

It keeps changing and ticking and moving

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