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(COUGHING)

(MAN COUGHING IN DISTANCE)

Gomez.

(GOMEZ WHEEZING AND COUGHING)

- Gomez!

- (COUGHING IN DISTANCE)

Alex!

MARIO:
Alex!

You all right?

Come here. Help me out. Quick.

Stay with him.

- ALEX:
You okay, Gomez?

- Yeah.

- Let's get you up.

- DON LUCHO:
Pastor?

Where's the pastor?

Henriquez.

Okay.

Pull!

(ELVIS GROANING)

Elvis.

You okay, man?

Guys.

You have to see this.

Oh, my God.

That's a big rock.

That's not a rock.

That's the heart of the mountain.

She finally broke.

CASTILLO:
Yes, sir.

Yes.

I got my people checking it out now, yes.

We'll keep it contained.

I'll make sure no one leaves.

Come on! Let's go!

Hey, Jose, there's been

a collapse in the mine.

They're locking us down.

I'm calling the news.

MAN:
Nobody out!

Wait, Don Jos!

Stay here. I'll call you later.

No! I'm coming with you! No!

KATTY:
Hello?

What?

A serious accident just occurred

at the San Jose Mine

40 minutes outside Copiapo.

The number of miners trapped inside

has yet to be determined,

but the company estimates that

30 men were working below.

DON LUCHO:
29...

30...

31, 32...

We're all here.

I thank God for that.

The refuge is built for 30.

So... We're okay.

What do you mean?

What do you mean "we're okay"?

The ramp is blocked, Mario.

There's no road. We have no way out.

What about the chimneys?

- There's ladders there.

- Too dangerous.

I am not ready to sit

down there in the refuge

and wait for help.

Mario.

My job is simple.

I have a duty to the safety of these men.

At this moment,

the refuge is the safest place.

There's a radio.

There's food.

Some of these guys need patching up.

You know me, Lucho.

There is no way out

until there is no way out.

I'm going to check out those ladders.

Don Luis. Excuse me.

I'm coming with you.

All right, come on. Bolivian!

We should make a lot of noise.

Burn tires, bang on pipes.

Make a big racket. You never know.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING QUIETLY)

WOMAN 1:
What are they doing?

WOMAN 2:
We have to wait.

WOMAN 3:
It's okay.

Hey, talk to us!

Five hours we've been here!

GUARD:
We told you already.

The company has the situation

under control.

KATTY:
Get Castillo here!

Get off your bony ass...

Okay! Everybody, shut up!

Or I'll have you removed!

Now, go home and wait to be contacted!

(CROWD SHOUTING ANGRILY)

Who threw that?

I did.

What are you going to do? Shoot me?

GUARD 2:
Get off the property!

And you, too! All of you! Go!

Get out of here!

Go home!

Come on!

MAN:
Let's go. Let's go. Come on.

Hey, where are you all going? Come back.

No, please.

We have to stand our ground.

We have to stay put.

What do you want us to do, Maria?

They have not told us anything!

That's because they're hiding something.

And there's a reason for that!

We have to stand our ground.

We have to stay put.

Where are the rescue teams?

Huh?

Where are the rescue teams?

Where are the drills?

Why isn't anybody doing anything?

My brother is down there!

We're not going anywhere.

We have to stay here.

- ESCARLETTE:
She's right!

- We want to stay!

Hey! Put that down! Put that down!

- Get used to it!

- GUARD 2:
Stop that!

MARIA:
We're not going anywhere!

PINERA:
This is a private mine?

GOLBORNE:
Yes, sir.

Bohn and Kemeny. Chilean nationals.

Thirty-three men trapped underground.

And we don't even know if they're alive?

PEREIRA:
The responsibility

rests with Bohn and Kemeny.

The government has no obligation

to take a position.

We should have no position on this.

- What are they doing about it?

- Nothing.

They don't have the capability.

I think the government

should show its face.

I'd like to go up there

and take a look at it, sir.

You've never set foot in a mine, Laurence.

What makes you think

you can make any difference?

You've been in the job for what?

Four months.

If we don't react, if we bury our heads,

we look like we don't care.

That's bad for the industry

and that's bad for Chile.

With all due respect, sir,

it's not about us.

I believe we have a moral responsibility.

Thirty-three lives is

a lot of dead people.

MARIO:
Keep going.

Stop!

Come on, Alex.

MAN:
Someone has to hear.

Lobos. You're wasting your time.

No one is going to hear us.

No one is going to help us.

Hello, this is Luis Urzua.

HENRIQUEZ:
I'll check first aid.

Hello, this is Luis Urzua.

Can you hear me?

Hello, this is Luis Urzua.

Can you hear me?

- (YELLS)

- (THUDDING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Oh, sh*t.

ALEX:
What?

MARIO:
There's no more ladder.

What do you mean "there's no more ladder"?

I'm telling you, it's not here.

ALEX:
No, no.

No. No.

Moving on.

Alex.

Let's go back.

Okay.

Okay.

Damn it.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

MARIO:
No! Alex!

(ALEX SCREAMING)

Hold on!

ALEX:
I can't hold on!

- Mario!

- Hold on!

HENRiQUEZ:

Our Father, who art in Heaven...

Lord Jesus Christ...

You, who are the son of our Creator...

We ask you to grant us

strength and fortitude

in our tribulation.

We ask you today

to protect our families.

It's the government. Hurry up.

Can you please let me through?

We want answers.

GOLBORNE:

That's why I'm here, madam.

But I can't give you answers

unless you let me in.

Or I can have them remove you.

Go ahead and try it.

If you want a little riot on TV tonight.

You're from the government, right?

Laurence Golborne. Minister of Mining.

There are a lot of unhappy

people out here, Laurence.

It's been two days,

and no one has told us anything!

We all know how this goes.

The government shows up,

some good-looking guy in a suit

tells us how much they care.

How much they're going to stop

at nothing to save them,

and they do nothing!

We're not going to stand for it, Laurence.

I want you to promise me

you'll do something.

I can promise you we're going

to do everything we can.

Okay?

Okay, go ahead.

- Move, let them through.

GOLBORNE:
Thank you.

ALL:
We want answers!

We want answers!

We want answers!

Let's say they are alive.

How long do they have?

CASTILLO:
Assuming

they're alive

and they make it to the refuge,

there's enough food and water

for three days.

And what attempts have been

made to reach them?

I sent a crew of my men down.

A couple of them were almost killed.

(SIGHS)

So what can we do next, Mr. Castillo?

Nothing.

Well, what's protocol, then?

Protocol?

This mountain is still moving.

I've been a miner for 25 years!

I've seen 5 collapses!

You know how many men we saved?

No one!

JESSICA:
Minister,

can you tell us anything?

Yes.

The government is assessing the situation.

KATTY:
Are they alive? Do you know?

MAN:
What did they tell you?

The mine is extremely unstable.

And dangerous for rescuers.

Therefore,

we have to suspend any further

rescue attempts for the moment.

You promised!

GUARD:
Grab the Minister!

You liar!

Close the gates!

WOMAN:
It's not right!

MARIA:
You're abandoning us!

Stand over here, sir.

You promised!

- Please! He's my dad!

- My husband's down there!

(SOBBING)

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