
Next Of Kin Page #3
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- 1984
- 70 min
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SONYA, WE ARE HOME!
-HELLO.
-I'M YOUR SISTER.
-AZAH...
-ARE YOU STAYING IN MY OLD ROOM?
-NO. NO... A HOTEL.
-IT'S BETTER... IT'S BETTER...
WHAT IS BETTER?
I SPEAK WITH YOU!
WHAT IS BETTER?
WHY YOU DON'T ANSWER?
LOOK, LOOK HOW SHE RESPECT ME!
-THE DINNER IS ALMOST READY.
WHY YOU DON'T ANSWER TO ME?!
-GO BACK TO SLEEP, PA.
-I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP.
I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP!
-YOU MAKE THIS MADHOUSE.
-LOOK AT ME, PA.
I'M PERFECTLY CALM.
-I'M CALM, TOO. I'M CALM, TOO.
BEDROS, WHO IS CALM?
SAY WHO IS CALM.
-IF YOU'D JUST LEARN
TO CONTROL YOURSELF...
-I AM IN CONTROL.
-BECAUSE I'M YOUR FATHER!
( Armenian )
-I AM YOUR FATHER!
I AM YOUR FATHER!
-IT'S BEEN NICE MEETING YOU.
-YOU'RE LEAVING?
-WHY DON'T WE MEET TOMORROW?
-OKAY.
-SONYA, PLEASE, NO.
-CALM, GEORGE, PLEASE.
SHE WANTED TO MEET HER BROTHER.
-NO. PLEASE, SONYA.
Peter:
ANOTHER DAY OF DISCOVERY.
I WAS INVITED TO HAVE DINNER
AT THE HOME OF A VERY NICE
OLDER COUPLE:
WHO INTRODUCED ME
TO THEIR DAUGHTER.
THEY'RE AN UNUSUAL FAMILY.
QUITE DIFFEREN FROM WHAT I'M USED TO.
I'D LIKE TO SPEND
MORE TIME WITH THEM.
GET TO LEARN SOMETHING
ABOUT THEIR...
WAY OF LIFE.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG
IN PRETENDING...
AS LONG AS YOU'RE AWARE
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT TAKES MORE EFFOR TO SPEAK WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND
THAN TO SAY, ''YES, DAD.''
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
-SO?
-THERE ARE OTHER THINGS.
-LIKE WHAT?
-YOU AND YOUR PARENTS.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-WHAT WERE THEY LIKE?
-QUITE TYPICAL, I SUPPOSE.
UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.
NICE HOUSE.
ABOUT THEM, REALLY.
-WHAT DID THEY DO?
-THE USUAL.
-AND THAT MEANS?
-THE USUAL THINGS
THEIR TYPE OF PEOPLE DO.
WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
-YOU SEEM VERY PROUD OF THEM.
-WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?
-DO YOU LOVE THEM?
-I SUPPOSE.
-YOU SUPPOSE?
-I DID LOVE THEM.
-BUT THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST.
-WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
-YOU'VE CAST THEM ASIDE.
-I HAD TO.
-WHY?
-IT'S OBVIOUS.
-NOT REALLY.
I MEAN, IF I DISCOVERED
THAT PA AND MA HAD ADOPTED ME,
I WOULDN'T TRY
-YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
-WHY NOT?
-WELL...
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO...
TO IMAGINE YOURSELF
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
ALL I CAN SAY IS THA I DECIDED TO FIND YOU
BECAUSE SOMETHING INSIDE ME
NEEDED TO. THAT'S IT.
-SO HERE YOU ARE.
-YEAH.
-HAPPY?
-NOT REALLY.
-WHY NOT?
-I'M AFRAID THERE ISN'T MUCH
THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
-YES, THERE IS.
I'LL MAKE THINGS BETTER.
-NEVER?
-I DON'T THINK SO.
-THEN I MAKE YOU SOME TONIGHT.
AND RABBIT. YOU LIKE RABBIT?
-YES.
-OH... OH, IT'S OKAY.
-MY FOSTER MOTHER.
NOT AS GOOD AS YOU ARE.
-AH, YOU JUST SAY THIS.
-NO. I MEAN IT.
-WERE YOUR PARENTS MAD
WHEN THEY FIND OUT?
-FIND OUT WHAT?
-FIND OUT THAT YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR US.
-NO.
THEY WEREN'T THAT... EMOTIONAL.
-THEY ARE NOT LIKE US.
-DEFINITELY NOT LIKE YOU.
-DOES IT BOTHER YOU
WHEN YOUR PAPA SCREAM'?
-A LITTLE.
HAVE AZAH AND HIM
ALWAYS FOUGHT SO MUCH?
-NO. THEY USED
TO LOVE EACH OTHER.
THEY JOKE, AND GEORGE TAKE
AZAH WITH HIM EVERYWHERE.
BUT NOW...
I DON'T KNOW.
-THINGS WILL GET BETTER.
-DID YOU...
FIGHT WITH YOUR PARENTS?
-NO.
BUT WE DIDN'T DO THAT MUCH ELSE.
-WERE YOU HAPPY?
-I'M MUCH HAPPIER HERE.
-REALLY?
THEN WHY YOU DON'T STAY WITH US,
IN AZAH'S OLD ROOM?
-I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE
A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO BECOME...
TOO DEPENDENT.
-OH, I SEE.
-THAT WILL BE $7, PLEASE.
-OKAY, I PAY.
-NO, SONYA.
-WHY?
-IT'S A GIFT.
AZAH SAID SHE'D BRING THE WINE,
SO LET ME BUY THE BUNNY.
( singing )
-THIS WINE TASTE' LIKE SWEAT!
-I HAVE TO LEAVE.
-AZAH...
-IT'S IMPORTANT, MA.
-I MAKE SOME SANDWICH FOR YOU.
-WHY?
-TO TAKE WITH YOU.
-IT'S OKAY, MA.
-AZAH...
-NO.
-PLEASE, STAY.
-I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
GOODBYE, PA.
-BEDROS, COME WATCH TV WITH ME.
-WHAT'S THE MATTER?
-I CAN'T STAND THIS ANYMORE.
IT IS LIKE SHE'S HIS ENEMY.
-HAVE YOU TRIED
TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT?
-WHAT USE FOR?
-IT MIGHT HELP.
-SOMETIMES, IT'S BETTER
TO KEEP QUIET.
IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF YOU WERE HERE, BEDROS.
HE MISS YOU.
SOME NIGHT', HE'S NOT ABLE
TO SLEEP...
BECAUSE HE'S THINKING OF YOU.
WHERE ARE YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
SOMETIMES EVEN,
IN HIS HOUSE, WATCHING HIM.
TO HAVE HIS SON.
HE NEEDS SOMEBODY
-I'M HERE NOW.
-BEDROS, YOU KNOW
WHAT I MISS MOST?
-WHAT?
-YOU STILL CAN.
-OH, YOU' JUST BREAK MY BONES.
-NO, I WON'T. HERE.
PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME.
( she's humming a IuIIaby )
( he hums aIong with her )
-WELL, THIS IS IT.
-IT'S HUGE.
-I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TO SHARE IT WITH.
IT'S QUITE CHEAP.
-REALLY?
-OH.
-THINK ABOUT IT.
-UH-HUH.
-THEY'RE GOOD.
-THANK YOU.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE HIM?
MA KEPT.
YOU WERE BEST FRIENDS.
-ALAS... POOR TEDDY.
-YOU KNEW HIM?
-QUITE WELL.
-THIS IS YOU.
-WOULD YOU SAY I'VE CHANGED?
-A BIT TALLER MAYBE?
OTHERWISE,
-IS THAT A COMPLIMENT?
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME
-IN COUNSELLING.
-IN WHAT?
-YOU'RE JOKING.
-NO.
-HOW DID YOU GET GEORGE TO GO?
-MA CONVINCED HIM THA IT WAS FOR A CHECK-UP.
-HE BELIEVED HER?
-HE ALWAYS DOES.
-DID IT HELP?
-WHAT?
-THE COUNSELLING?
-WELL, OUR COUNSELLOR
SEEMS TO THINK SO...
ALTHOUGH THAT COULD BE HIS
RATIONALE FOR GETTING BEAT UP.
-BY GEORGE?
-HOW DID YOU KNOW?
-I GUESSED.
HIS TEMPER.
-OH.
I SUPPOSE IT ALL CULMINATED
THIS ONE DAY,
WHEN HE CAME TO PICK ME UP
FROM SCHOOL.
I WAS IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN ART CLASS:
WHEN HE JUST WALKED
INTO THE STUDIO...
IMAGINE THE SHOCK. I MEAN,
THERE I WAS, HIS DAUGHTER,
HE RIPPED UP:
EVERYONE'S DRAWINGS,
AND THEN THREATENED
TO KILL THE MODEL.
IT WASN'T FUNNY THEN.
-WHAT HAPPENED?
-HE TOLD ME TO GO BACK WITH HIM.
I REFUSED.
-MOVED OUT?
-FEW MONTHS LATER, YES.
YOU'D STAY IN HERE.
-HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WHA WE'VE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY?
-WE TALKED ABOUT A LO OF THINGS, YESTERDAY.
-ABOUT DAD AND YOU.
-WELL, I WAS WONDERING
ABOUT THAT COMMENT HE MADE.
-WHICH ONE?
-''THIS WINE TASTE LIKE SWEAT.''
I WAS WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAVE
HAPPENED IF YOU'D AGREED WITH HIM.
-WHY WOULD I DO THAT?
-TO APPEASE HIM.
-APPEASE HIM?
I WOULD HAVE FELT LIKE A LIAR.
-BUT YOU WOULDN'T NEED TO.
-OF COURSE I WOULD.
-COULDN'T YOU THINK
-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
-WELL...
A LIAR IS SOMEONE
WHO DOESN'T SPEAK THE TRUTH.
AN ACTOR DOES,
BUT IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S VOICE.
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