Sin Nombre Page #2

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6.

HORACIO, mid-thirties. Bushy eye-brows and weathered face in

mid-conversation with Nana.

He sees Sayra, his eyes redden as he stands, sniffing and

wiping his nose gruffly.

Sayra stops in the doorway, Clarissa hovers behind her.

Horacio opens his arms, gesturing for her to hug him.

HORACIO:

If I didn’t know I wouldn’t

recognize her.

Sayra stays in the doorway, crosses her arms and waits.

ORLANDO:

Go on.

Horacio indicates again he’s waiting for her to hug him.

HORACIO:

(trying hard)

You’re all... like a real woman.

She relents, approaches and sticks out her hand, in a

cordial, but cold handshake. Horacio reciprocates warily.

NANA:

She’s done nothing but talk about

you.

Appalled and embarrassed, Sayra retreats.

NANA:

You’ll have lots of time together,

now.

HORACIO:

I wish Mami, but with Yessenia

alone with the kids... we’ll leave

tomorrow on the congol.n.

NANA:

So Soon? You can’t stay longer?

(to Sayra)

You packed?

SAYRA:

No.

NANA:

Then you better get started.

7.

SAYRA:

I don’t want to go.

This comes as a shock.

NANA:

The hell you don’t.

SAYRA:

I never said I’d go for sure.

The entire room breaks into noise.

NANA:

It’s what’s best.

SAYRA:

I don’t want to go with him. Do

you want me to leave, Nana?

The old woman doesn’t exactly say no, it’s pretty clear she’d

rather the girl left. Sayra looks around the room. The

attention and pressure infuriates and hurts her.

Sayra walks out of the house. Suddenly Clarissa is left

behind, awkwardly, in the room -- she turns and looks at

Orlando.

6 EXT. TAPACHULA TRAIN YARD (AKA LA BOMBILLA), MEXICO - DAY 6

The train yard, populated with about 50 CENTRAL AMERICAN

IMMIGRANTS, has four tracks and an abandoned passenger

platform.

El Casper and the boy, now known as SMILEY, sit on the

platform. El Casper, visibly bored, watches over the

immigrants like a shepherd. Smiley copies Casper whenever he

adjusts his sitting position.

LUCRESIA, a transvestite with boxer shorts hiked up over a

tight T-shirt and a bucket balanced on her head saunters by.

She has a sassy sense of humor with rapid-fire responses to

anyone who makes a comment to her.

She notices Smiley -- the “new” member and makes a sarcastic

comment. Casper ignores her but notices she is also selling

COLORFUL FELT FLOWERS from a plastic bag.

His cell phone BEEPS. He pulls out the phone. Text message:

ONDE STAS? He stuffs the phone back in his pocket, eager it

seems, to move.

8.

Casper whistles at Lucresia, calling her over.

7 EXT. COLONIA CONFETI BRIDGE - TAPACHULA, MEXICO - DAY 7

El Casper and Smiley walk across a metal bridge spanning an

oily creek filled with garbage.

On the other side FOUR kids fish despite the pollution. One

of them is drawing an MS13 “X3” on the bridge.

KIDS:

Casper!

They jump up and flash the gang’s sign. El Casper kicks one

of them in the butt then hurries on.

8 EXT. MARKET HILL CLAPBOARD HOUSE - DAY 8

He starts to climb through the window of a simple looking one-

story house, but stops and turns around to Smiley.

EL CASPER:

Wait here.

SMILEY:

How long? El Lil' Mago said we

were supposed to stay in La

Bombilla-

EL CASPER:

-Not long.

He climbs into the window.

9 INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS 9

A 15 year-old girl, MARTHA MARLEN, lies sleeping on a couch.

Casper admires her peaceful, smooth face, sleepy eyes,

sweating beading on her forehead.

He gently sits down next to her and leans forward, but before

he can kiss her she awakens, laying out a barrage of slaps

and catching him by surprise.

EL CASPER:

Stop it! What are you doing?

He grabs her flailing hands and forces her back, falling on

top of her.

9.

MARTHA MARLEN:

Get off of me.

EL CASPER:

You going to calm down?

MARTHA MARLEN:

You better get off of me or I’ll

scream, I swear to God I will.

Faking like she’s going to scream, El Casper covers her mouth

with his. They give each other one long wet kiss.

MARTHA MARLEN (CONT’D)

I still hate you.

El Casper reaches around to his back pocket and pulls out the

nylon flowers.

Martha Marlen’s eyes light up. She takes the flowers and

pushes El Casper off of her, disappearing into the living

room/kitchen.

He can hear her fiddling with a bucket of water.

EL CASPER:

(El Casper yells to her)

They don’t need water.

She comes back in holding the flowers in the cup.

MARTHA MARLEN:

I know.

She sets them down next to her bed. El Casper watches her

adoringly. She catches him, smiles, then pulls off his

hoodie and shirt all at once.

His body is covered in the same tattoos as El Lil' Mago: the

three points of la vida loca on his hand, a rosary around his

wrist, “perdoname madre mia” on his neck and over his heart a

still raw “Martha Marlen.”

He hugs her tight, breathing in her scent, then pulls her

down to him and rolling on top of her. They kiss again.

10 EXT. MARTHA MARLEN’S HOUSE - DAY 10

Smiley tries to look through the window but can barely hold

himself up long enough to see El Casper and Martha Marlen

moving sexually on her bed.

10.

He slips down, he eagerly tries to pull himself back up, but

is too weak from the baptism. He sits down, disappointed.

11 EXT. ROOF TOP - TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS - DUSK 11

Sayra watches the movements of the city from this vantage

point. Orlando approaches her from behind. She says nothing

to him.

He sits down quietly, appreciating the view.

SAYRA:

They’re going to build a golf

course there.

(BEAT)

You like golf?

ORLANDO:

I’ve never played.

SAYRA:

Me neither.

(BEAT)

I understand why you’d want to do

this trip. I’m not sure yet if I

understand why I should.

(BEAT)

I’ve just gone along, bad sh*t

happens and I just go along with

it. Just like your baby and Ceci

will have to, with out you.

ORLANDO:

If you want to stay, Nana won’t

force you to go, but...

SAYRA:

I don’t care. I don’t need him. I

could go north on my own if I

wanted to.

ORLANDO:

Good, then send me money when you

get there. You’re fifteen Sayra,

you really think you could do this

on your own? It’s dangerous,

you’ve heard the stories. You need

a coyote, you know how much that

costs?

She shrugs.

11.

ORLANDO:

Come with us. I know it won’t be

easy there either, but at least

you’ll have us. There’s nothing

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