Phase 7 Page #2

Synopsis: Inside a quarantined apartment building a man must protect his pregnant wife from his new neighbors.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director(s): Nicolás Goldbart
Production: Collective
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2010
95 min
Website
35 Views


No, now it stopped.

Double Generala!

Motherf***er. I can't play like this.

Come on. Coco! No! Stay...

Airports remain closed.

Hospitals are overwhelmed,

and streets are deserted,

owned by vandals and marauders

that do not respect the curfew.

Even the most basic articles are unavailable.

Nausea, headache, high fevers

and finally confusion and disorientation

are the first symptoms of the disease.

The gen is fragmented

and each of the segments

of the gen, eight in all,

has the individual capacity to replicate.

In easier terms, each one can reproduce.

A virus that travels...

-What are you doing?

-So. Do you like it?

Can you please take off that disgusting

and ridiculous moustache?

You don't like it, then.

Listen, there's someone screaming outside.

I heard loud voices.

-I'm checking it out.

-No! What are you doing? Nosy...

Who are you?

The nosy old woman in the building?

-This one is old.

-Hey, watch it! I'm a mother.

Wait, don't be a dick, wear a mask out.

We have a double d*ckhead here.

-I can't stand him any longer.

-Calm down, I know.

Because this guy opens the door.

Zanutto, don't be afraid.

We are here to help you.

That's right, Zanutto, we are here to help.

Don't be afraid.

Leave. Listen to me. Go home.

-Calm down, if you don't...

-I'm tired, I can't take it...

-Let me talk...

-Okay, go ahead.

Zanutto...

Don't be hard-headed,

Lange is exaggerating.

He is nervous and got carried away,

but he means well. We want to help.

Open up, come on.

That way we can calmly talk.

Go to hell.

I don't need a thing and I want no trouble.

Zanutto, be reasonable.

We just want to talk, nothing else.

We have to talk. Among neighbors

and friends. Do you understand?

Do you always wave hammers when talking

to friends? Go home, leave me alone.

Fine, we are leaving. But remember

that we tried to be reasonable.

Horacio, what are you doing

dressed like that?

What are you doing dressed like that?

Do you think this is a joke?

Come with me.

Is your cough cured?

Yes. It comes and goes.

It's a nervous condition.

Use this to seal doors and windows.

Now listen carefully.

Beware of Lange and Guglierini.

If they approach with small talk,

football, the weather, anything,

you come and tell me. Okay? The cough?

Fine, you already asked. It's nervous.

It's okay.

Do you need anything else?

No, thanks.

Well, actually, I could really use a light bulb.

-What kind?

-100 watts would be great.

How many do you need?

Three.

But with one I'll be okay.

Wait here.

Light bulbs. Also take this video.

Watch it carefully, it's important.

What was the matter?

Nothing...

-What took you so long?

-Nothing. Horacio gave us bulbs.

Great, the one in the bedroom just burst.

What's all this?

Give me a minute...

What's this?

Light bulbs.

-What's wrong? What's in there?

-Nothing, light bulbs...

Nothing, nothing, light bulbs

and more light bulbs.

Well, fine. I'll change the one in our room

and you do the living room.

What's the New World Order

and what is the controlled reduction of

population also known as Phase 7.

Phase 7 is a plan to contain

overpopulation if the world's

economies falter, consisting in

-a controlled reduction of it...

-So, what is it?

I don't know,

ravings of your demented friend.

You played it. I'm not watching.

Are you ready?

Coco, please stop fooling around

and go change the bulbs.

Lights off, Pipi, come on.

To be able to implement a new world order

that guarantees the status quo

of the corporations,

the only ones responsible for the...

-Ready?

-Yes, Coco, please.

No!

What is that, Coco?

-Hello, hello.

-It gives me the creeps.

Is anyone in there?

-Come here, astronaut.

-Do you like it?

Who is it?

It's me, Horacio, we need to talk.

The thing is... I was heading to bed.

It will be fast. Meet me in five minutes

at the sauna. Wear the suit.

What are you doing without the mask?

Put it on. This is not a game!

-Did you check your temperature?

-Yes, yes, I'm fine.

The hood...

One thing, the revolver...

It's not a revolver, it's a pistol.

Keep it, you never know.

-Your cough? The hood!

-I don't need this revolver.

I don't need it so I thank you deeply, but...

Thank me later. Now listen...

ln five minutes, Lange and Guglierini

are coming to see me. Me, not you.

I made you come early so we could talk.

Every night,

I come to the terrace for a smoke.

It is a very interesting place.

From here I can see

every movement in the neighborhood.

Last night I saw Lange and Guglierini.

I listened quietly

and heard them discussing Zanutto.

It was not all clear but I did hear

that they had a proposal for me.

When Lange asked about you...

No, he seems nice,

but too weird

to be trusted with men's business.

Besides, I don't really trust him.

He is a little weird.

Well, it's better this way 'cause

I don't want to see them either.

They don't want to see me, I don't want

to see them. I don't need to be here!

Everyone's happy, we let it rest.

Don't worry, don't say a word.

I'll do the talking.

The important thing is that

you and me stay together.

Today it's Zanutto,

but tomorrow it could be us.

Horacio, I don't like forming gangs,

even less gangs with guns...

-And even less with my wife...

-Here's Guglierini.

Remember, zip your lip.

How are you? I'm glad you made it.

Lange?

There he is.

Why is he here?

Ezequiel is a man and he can

be part of this discussion.

What are you doing in those

ridiculous outfits? Isn't it too much?

Everyone minds their own f***ing business.

So, what is so important?

Let's start.

Excuse me, aren't we waiting for Zanutto?

Zanutto is not coming.

Zanutto happens to be the problem.

We suspect that he is ill,

he coughs like a dog every night,

poor old man.

He is ill, coughing all day.

He has, what, a few days left, at most.

The man is old and alone.

No! His wife is there with him.

Zanutto's wife is in a mental hospital

but he hides it.

I know because

I bribe the Sunday doorman

and he gives me data on the neighbors.

But that is not the issue here.

The problem is the risk of disease.

Zanutto is above us and under you.

He has the building cut in halves.

Our plan is to move him to 10D,

since the Chinese in 10A are away.

There he should be comfortable enough.

We would all take care of him

until he breathes his last breath.

He would be quarantined.

Pardon me

but we are all already quarantined.

We have to think of our families

and he will have everything he needs.

I give my word. I am a public notary.

ln my opinion, we should call 833

and wait for a doctor's diagnosis...

So you want to call 833?

How long has it been since you called 833?

How many times did you call?

Did you call 883 200 times?

Here, call, call again.

If you get through, I will turn gay, deal?

If we don't take care of each other,

no one will.

Let me add this, I am running out of food.

I don't have a thing,

and with my eyes I saw the old man

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Nicolás Goldbart

Nicolás Goldbart is an Argentine director and film editor.He wrote and directed the movie Phase 7. Some of the films he's edited have been critically well received: El Bonaerense (2002), El Custodio (2006), and others. more…

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