Sin Nombre Page #9

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46.

44 IN BETWEEN TRAIN CARS 44

Soaking wet, El Casper notices a sign demarcating in TONALA 5

KM.

Suddenly, the heavy iron train cars slam into each other,

like thunder rolling down the line of cars, noticeably

slowing the train down.

The train shutters to a stop, creaking and wheezing, breaks

popping. They are stopped somewhere in the dense greenery.

Nothing but the rain drops and creaking train can be heard.

El Lil’ Mago taps El Casper and Smiley. They pull out their

weaponry; Smiley has his new chimba, El Lil' Mago a .45

Pistol, and El Casper a machete.

El Lil' Mago nods a theatrical “goodbye” to the immigrants

next to them, then climbs up to the TOP OF THE BOXCAR. EL

CASPER, distracted, climbs up last.

44A El Lil' Mago points at a mound of immigrants hidden under a

sheet of plastic. Lil' Mago points at them. He signs them

to “lift up” the plastic on his signal.

44A

45 UNDER THE PLASTIC 45

Sayra and Orlando laugh as they drink up the leaking water.

Horacio’s face is sprayed with water as they re-roll the

pieces together.

46 TOP OF BOXCAR 46

El Lil' Mago gives them the signal. They rip it off.

EL LIL' MAGO

Your f***ing money, now!

FIVE unsuspecting immigrants scream as they digest the shock

of being surrounded by armed Mareros.

They hurriedly empty their pockets.

47 UNDER THE PLASTIC 47

Sayra, Orlando, and Horacio sit calmly; it’s not them.

takes a big gulp of water and spits it on Horacio.

Sayra

47.

48 TOP OF BOXCAR 48

An immigrant MAN empties his pockets. His eyes are filled

with an indigestible panic as he avoids El Casper’s dark

stare. The water comes down so hard that the drops make it

seem as if he’s crying.

Smiley and El Lil' Mago hand money to El Casper, but he’s not

paying attention. Smiley taps El Casper. He wakes up and

places the money into a SMALL BOX.

Smiley shakes with excitement, intoxicated with the new

power. He pushes the barrel of his chimba into the same

man’s temple, studying his reaction with pleasure.

El Casper looks at Smiley; the boy is learning quickly.

El Lil' Mago turns and leads them to the end of the car,

scanning the immigrants who stare at him with terror. He

makes a running jump to THE NEXT BOXCAR.

There, ANOTHER GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS huddle under plastic.

El Casper jumps across next, his feet slip on the wet roof

but El Lil' Mago catches him. He smiles at El Casper,

throwing his arm over his back.

Smiley hesitates... He’s afraid to jump. Annoyed, Lil’ Mago

continues on. Casper watches him with contained contempt.

49 UNDER THE PLASTIC 49

Suddenly, light and water pour down on Sayra, Orlando, and

Horacio, like a hurricane has ripped off the roof of their

temporary house.

SHRIEKS of fear scatter in the wind and rain.

Sayra closes her mouth tightly as the water pounds her face.

Horacio grabs her.

EL LIL' MAGO

The f***ing money, now.

El Lil' Mago kneels down in front of Sayra. He notices her.

HORACIO:

(to Orlando and Sayra)

Empty your pockets! Empty them,

now!

48.

EL LIL' MAGO

Casper , spit in my face if she

don’t look like a mini Salmita?

El Lil' Mago jams his pistol into her jaw and forces her head

towards Casper. Dread fills Horacio’s face, he pleads with El

Lil' Mago.

HORACIO:

Please!

Horacio automatically grabs El Lil' Mago’s shoulder. He

smacks Horacio in the head with the pistol, knocking him into

a daze.

EL LIL' MAGO

Everyone turn around.

Everyone, including Sayra, Horacio, and Orlando turn around.

EL LIL' MAGO (CONT’D)

(to Sayra)

No, not you, baby.

Sayra trembles as she turns back around, she looks over her

shoulder at Orlando and Horacio, but they are turned with

Smiley’s chimba pressed against their heads.

Sayra looks at El Casper, her eyes plead with him, he looks

away. She begins to break down, the fear coursing through

her body, she screams for help...

SAYRA:

No, please! No! Papi!

EL LIL' MAGO

Take her down with us.

Horacio holds his bleeding head. Orlando prays aloud,

crying.

We move towards El Casper as time and sound imperceptibly

slows...

He stares at Sayra, who’s eyes plea to him for help.

Then at Smiley, who is just now climbing onto their train

car. Smiley takes in the scene, the scared immigrant’s

faces, Horacio’s bleeding head, Sayra under Lil’ Mago, and El

Casper’s departed stare.

El Lil' Mago gropes Sayra’s body. She resists, he smacks the

back of her head.

49.

The train cars creak, then the distant slamming of cars grows

loud again. This time as the train pulls forward, down the

line, the rolling boom awakens El Casper from his stupor. He

drops the BOX of money, it tumbles off the train.

El Lil' Mago sees this, he turns towards El Casper curiously,

just in time to see...

El Casper’s machete bearing down on him, slicing two inches

into his neck and severing his jugular. El Lil' Mago stares

at El Casper in confusion, his face quickly losing color. El

Casper hacks twice more.

Blood sprays over Sayra as El Lil' Mago grips his gushing

neck and collapses onto her. She kicks him off her

violently.

Smiley, still holding the chimba to Horacio’s head, notices

El Lil' Mago’s slumped body. His eyes dart up to El Casper,

dumbfounded.

El Casper snatches the chimba out of Smiley’s hands and grabs

him, as if he were going to throw him.

He looks into Smiley’s scared eyes but cannot hurt him. He

let’s go of him and backs up. His hands shake as he

determines the next course of action.

EL CASPER:

Get off the train, Smiley.

SMILEY:

Casper?

Orlando and the others look at El Casper and Smiley. The

train is moving swiftly again.

EL CASPER:

Go!

He looks at El Lil' Mago’s dead body, its legs twitch. El

Casper nudges it. It falls under the wheels of the train and

disappears. Smiley is still frozen.

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