Sin Nombre Page #4

Synopsis: Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, an opportunity for her to potentially realize her dream of a life in the U.S. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.
Director(s): Cary Joji Fukunaga
Production: Focus Features
  14 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
2009
96 min
$2,436,392
Website
3,120 Views


17.

Smiley takes in the space while nervously touching the

scabbing marks on his face.

He gestures to EL SMOKEY and EL PICARO ironing their clothes

with their shirts off. They are covered in tattoos.

EL CASPER (CONT’D)

(whispers)

El Smokey and El Piqaro. They got

in today from San Salvador.

Thirsty?

El Casper grabs a TAMPICO from a watery bucket in the kitchen

and hands one to Smiley while leading him deeper into the

house, there are girls, and at least FOUR LITTLE KIDS who

belong to them walking about.

EL TURBINO, a skinny Mara, lays over a chair as El Peluguin

applies a tattoo to him. A cigarette dangles from his mouth.

EL CASPER (CONT’D)

El Turbino. ‘cause he smokes like

one...

EL PELUQUIN stands over El Turbino, hunched like a scarecrow.

EL CASPER (CONT’D)

...And El Peluquin. He can’t sit

down ‘cause he’s bleeding from the

ass. Hemorrhoids.

19A

They cross a patio to another room containing a TV and parts 19A

for building pipe guns, machetes, bats, chains and other

sundry weapons. At the end of the room, an alter to an

unknown Saint is adorned and candled.

Smiley points at a chimba, a home-made pipe gun.

EL CASPER:

When you earn it. For now, you

share like everyone else, what’s

from La Mara is for la Mara.

In the back room, El Sol catches a glimpse of El Casper, he

nods to Lil’ Mago.

EL CASPER (CONT’D)

El Sol, is the segunda palabra.

El Lil' Mago plays with his kid while his girl, DIANA, 18,

nags him in one ear. The girl doesn’t stop nagging, even

when he gets up to greet El Casper and Smiley.

18.

EL LIL' MAGO

My boys have arrived!

EL CASPER:

Sup Lil' Mago?

EL LIL' MAGO

How’d he do?

Casper shrugs, El Lil' Mago looks disappointed.

EL LIL' MAGO

(to Smiley)

You went to La Bombilla?

EL CASPER:

Yeah, we didn’t see nothing.

El Lil' Mago eyes El Casper sadly, then turns his attention

back to Smiley.

EL LIL' MAGO

Well, I got a little something for

you anyway, Smiley.

He leads them back to THE BACK PATIO past a broken SHREK

PI.ATA on the ground. Candy rappers lay scattered about.

ONE YOUNG CHILD sits amongst the trash, poking around for a

fresh piece of candy.

19B

El Lil' Mago burps his kid, who is starting to pass out on 19B

his shoulder.

EL LIL' MAGO

Wait here.

El Lil' Mago and El Casper disappear down a darkened alley.

Smiley stands by himself uncomfortably, TWO MAREROS play

“paper, rock, scissors” while another is dry-humping a girl

in a darkened corner.

THREE KIDS, the same ones who were fishing on the bridge,

watch from the top of their neighboring shack. They notice

Smiley.

BENNY:

Oh! Benito? How’d you get in

there?

Smiley looks up at them. They are the same kids from the

bridge.

19.

SMILEY:

My name is Smiley now... Smiley.

BENNY:

No way? Holy Cow!

(BEAT)

So how’d you get in there?

SMILEY:

I’m a marero, stupid.

Smiley shows them his bloodied knuckles. They look

impressed. El Casper comes back, motioning for Smiley to

follow. Smiley throws the “M-S” sign to the kids, they sign

back.

20 EXT. SHACK ALLEY - DUSK 20

El Casper leads him through the colonia to a dimly lit shack.

El Lil' Mago opens the door and turns on his flashlight.

Inside a beaten IMMIGRANT is tied up, his face covered in

coagulated blood. Smiley looks disgusted.

EL LIL' MAGO

El Sol found him today amongst a

group of pollitos... in La

Bombilla.

El Casper flashes a look at El Lil' Mago, who lifts up the

man’s shirt, revealing an XVIII tattoo (18th Street) across

his stomach. He looks at El Casper and Smiley, amused.

EL LIL' MAGO (CONT’D)

This is Mara-land pinche chavala-

BLEEDING IMMIGRANT

(crying)

I told you, I don’t do that sh*t no

more. Please. I’m just going

north.

EL LIL' MAGO

After we kill you, we’re going to

cut you up into 18 tiny pieces and

feed you to our dogs.

El Lil' Mago raises his pistol. The man writhes like a

wounded snake to avoid the pistol.

BLEEDING IMMIGRANT

Please, I have a family, I don’t do

that sh*t no more...

20.

Smiley smirks nervously at the man. El Casper is stoic, he

knows what is about to happen and he doesn’t want to do it.

He’s sick of it.

El Lil' Mago hands him a snub nose .38 SPECIAL. Smiley is

surprised. He motions to himself as if to say “who me.”

EL LIL' MAGO

Once a diecioyo always a diecioyo,

Smiley. Help him Casper.

Smiley can only stare at the gun, his heart races. El Casper

takes it, c*cks it, then places it carefully back in Smiley’s

hand.

EL CASPER:

(patiently)

We’ll do it together. Okay?

(BEAT)

Aim for his head.

Smiley nods, mentally preparing himself, but his knees shake,

his stomach queasy. They raise their weapons, El Casper

gently adjusts Smiley’s nervous aim, positioning it over the

man’s body. El Lil' Mago covers his child’s ears.

EL CUERVO (CONT’D) BLEEDING MAN

On three... Please, for the love of Jesus(

BEAT) (BEAT)

one, two, three-F*** you, mierdaseca, f***

you...

Smiley closes his eyes as El Casper first, then he, open

fire. The flashes illuminate their faces.

El Casper kneels down and listens. The man still breathes.

Blood floods towards their feet. Smiley, only wearing flip-

flops, backs up to avoid it. El Lil' Mago rub’s Smileys head

playfully. Smiley is green.

EL LIL’ MAGO

Watch the blood run, Smiley. You

did that.

Casper reloads his chimba with another shotgun shell, c*cks

it...

21.

21 EXT. TAPACHULA TRAIN YARD (AKA LA BOMBILLA) - DUSK 21

...BANG. Casper’s shot echoes across the train yard --

illuminated by the fading light of day and the radio tower

that casts a blue-green glow over it’s four tracks and

abandoned passenger platform and station.

Horacio, Orlando, and Sayra stumble in, exhausted.

in the space:

They take

150 HUNDRED IMMIGRANTS meander in the yard, huddling in

groups, sitting on the tracks and chatting. Some look

exhausted like Sayra and her family, some look scared, some

look outright scary.

Various MEN stare at Sayra and make comments - she’s a standout.

Horacio glares at them, then steers her protectively

towards the abandoned platform.

Suddenly, the ENTIRE CROWD moves, like a school of fish

avoiding danger. Horacio turns to see what everyone is

fleeing from. It’s nothing, TWO STATION SECURITY GUARDS with

SHOTGUNS. Those closest calm down. Some, who ran, are

already a hundred feet away.

Horacio and Orlando breath a sigh of relief. Lucresia,

observing the movements of the crowd, laughs with another

LOCAL about how the immigrants move like a school of fish.

An IMMIGRANT snaps at her, she snaps back.

22 EXT. ABANDONED STATION PLATFORM - CONTINUOUS 22

Orlando helps Sayra up onto the concrete ledge of the

abandoned station. He pulls her shoes off. She winces from

the pain. Her feet are swollen and blistering.

ORLANDO (CONT’D)

You just walked too much today.

Sayra winces again as he places his bag under her calves.

ORLANDO:

Let them air out.

HORACIO:

We’ll buy her some water.

ORLANDO:

We have no money.

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