Sin Nombre Page #18

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okay.

Orlando can only blink. They look miserable.

MIGRA OFFICER 1 (O.S.)

Down, pigs!

Horacio looks down to see FOUR MIGRA OFFICERS in the back of

a PICK UP TRUCK paralleling them, their rifles are out and

they are waiving them down.

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Horacio, Donald and Orlando jump up and run towards the back.

The truck slows down to match their position.

They pause, Orlando doubles over. Donald finds a hiding spot

BETWEEN TWO CARS.

Horacio starts to run in the opposite direction. Orlando has

to make a huge effort to keep up, leaping from train car to

train car.

The train picks up more speed, Horacio and Orlando brace

themselves as the cars YANK each other. Horacio jumps to the

next car.

Orlando stops, then starts again because he thought he didn’t

have the speed. When he looks up, Horacio is not there.

He runs to the edge of the car, but Horacio isn’t there

either.

The Migra Truck is catching up. He scrambles down the other

side of the train and dashes away.

FADE OUT:

111 EXT. REYNOSA - DAY 111

SUPER:
U.S. BORDER .5 MILE

Just before sunrise, the Mercedes zooms past the shotgun

pierced sign “REYNOSA.”

112 EXT. TOWN SQUARE - DAY 112

Willy and Sayra exit the car, stretch, and look around. The

square is deserted.

Willy leans down and thanks the driver, then waits for the

car to leave.

113 EXT. ALBERGUE DE LA DIVINA PROVIDENCIA, REYNOSA - DAY 113

Sayra knocks on the door of the shelter. A priest, PADRE

MIGUEL, late-forties, wearing casual clothes and plastic

slippers, opens the door and beckons in the entire group.

PADRE MIGUEL:

Good morning. Come in.

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114 INT. ALBERGUE DE LA DIVIINA PROVIDENCIA, REYNOSA - DAY 114

They sit around a covered veranda.

Another group of immigrants wait to be helped, a skinny man

who we’ll call BIG LIPS stares hard at Willy. Willy notices

and averts his eyes.

The SISTER enters the veranda and begins passing out the

cards.

SISTER:

This card is your ticket. It’s

valid for three nights, after that

you have to leave to make room for

the new people. You will get two

meals a day, lunch and dinner.

Please respect the rules written on

the wall...

115 INT. ALBERGUE DE LA DIVIINA PROVIDENCIA, SHOWER - LATER 115

Willy showers.

mirror.

He takes stock of himself in front of the

115A INT. ALBERGUE DE LA DIVIINA PROVIDENCIA, DORM ROOM - LATER 115A

Willy, almost dried off, puts on a clean shirt.

to look for Sayra.

He gets up

115B INT. ALBERGUE DE LA DIVIINA PROVIDENCIA, HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 115B

Willy walks down the hallway calling for Sayra, anger rising.

Big Lips, and several other immigrants block his way.

BIG LIPS:

We don’t want your kind here.

WILLY:

You make the rules?

BIG LIPS:

You’re a Marero.

WILLY:

Not anymore.

Big Lip shoves his finger in Willy’s face.

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BIG LIPS:

We don’t want you here.

Immigrants turn their attention to the fuss growing between

Big Lips and Willy. Suddenly we see that DONALD is one of

them.

Willy grabs Big Lips pointed finger and yanks it down,

quickly grabbing his neck and shoving Big Lips face to the

concrete floor. All the anger he had building up he takes

out on Big Lips. The blood in his veins of his forehead pump.

Sayra comes out, shocked to see Willy on top of the man.

Donald enters the fray, separating the two men.

Willy looks around, everyone is staring at him tensely. He

lets go of Big Lips, who jumps back and wipes his face off.

DONALD:

Calm down, son.

Donald guides Sayra and Willy back towards the dorm room.

The Sister walks in.

SISTER:

What’s going on in here?

DONALD:

Nothing, Mother.

Big Lips and the other immigrants say nothing.

115C INT. SHELTER DORM ROOM - CONTINUOUS 115C

Willy, Sayra, and Donald sit together. Willy puts on a wife

beater that shows less of his tattoos. Donald is quiet. He

isn’t his previous jovial self.

SAYRA:

Hey...

She is happy to see him and avoid what ever anger Willy has.

SAYRA:

I can’t believe you’re here, too.

Have you seen my father and uncle?

He nods, gravely. Sayra can tell he has something to say.

SAYRA:

What?

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DONALD:

I have bad news. Your Uncle has

been deported, and your father is

with the angels.

Sayra doesn’t believe it, nor can Willy. She’s in complete

denial, until Donald grabs her hands. At first she laughs,

like she thinks it’s a joke. Willy doesn’t know what to do.

He tries to reach out to touch her, but hesitates.

Sayra, unexpectedly even to herself, cries. She stands and

leaves the room, leaving Willy and Donald sitting with each

other.

WILLY:

What happened?

DONALD:

Migra came, they tried to run, he

fell under the train.

They sit in silence. Willy nods to himself, trying to

mentally reorganize his thoughts and plans. He massages the

tattoos on his wrist.

116 INT. CHAPEL, ALBERGUE DE LA DIVIINA PROVIDENCIA - CONTINUOUS 116

Sayra cries by herself on a pew. Willy enters and sits down

next to her silently. She leans on him and cries.

117 EXT. REYNOSA - DAY 117

The streets are busy with cars, music, and day trippers.

Willy and Sayra walk near a bridge that crosses into the U.S.

Willy notices a CARLOAD OF MAREROS posted in front of it.

Along the water, Mareros casually hang out where immigrants

gather to cross over illegally.

They keep walking up river.

118 EXT. RIO BRAVO SHORE - DAY 118

The Mexican side of the river is a maze of thick, high weeds

that resemble a super sized briar patch. Willy and Sayra

maneuver their way through the weeds until it opens up along

the creamy-green Rio Bravo.

It’s an encampment of immigrants, covered in the refuse of

the hundreds who have passed through it before.

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SEVERAL men rest under a tree.

ground near them.

There are NEEDLES on the

WILLY:

We’re looking for a pato.

One of the men, LECHE, late-twenties, skinny and pale like a

junkie looks up at them. He wears a baseball cap and a black

shirt with a giant SNOW TIGER face.

LECHE:

You want to cross?

119 EXT. MECHANICS GARAGE - DAY 119

A Garage mainly used for tires is situated a stones throw

from the river.

SEVERAL shady looking characters lounge in front of it.

Sol, Scarface, and Smiley walk towards it.

El

One of the workers, with a forehead so big it’s a FIVE HEAD,

late-teens, sits up. Leche has arrived, cash in hand. He

holds up his fingers like the “peace” sign.

LECHE:

Two. And if you could fill them

for me, these two want to go right

away.

FIVE HEAD:

I’ve only got one now.

Leche nods “okay.”

FIVE HEAD (CONT’D)

Won’t be able to cross ‘til the

Border Patrol change at four thirty

anyway.

LECHE:

Don’t matter, I get paid either

way.

The Mareros are intrigued.

120 EXT. RIO BRAVO SHORE 120

Willy and Sayra sit on the waters edge.

They look at the spinning signs of fast food restaurants on

the U.S. side of the river.

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SAYRA:

We can go anywhere now.

WILLY:

We’ll go to New Jersey.

SAYRA:

It doesn’t matter to me.

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