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The Killing of a Sacred Deer Page #8
[Steven] I said stop talking.
Steven, it's gonna be
better once it's done.
Start over, clean slate.
Don't you get it?
Sometimes I think you're
naive but you can't be naive.
You're a man of science,
you can't be an idiot.
But, if I'd only just met you,
your depth of judgment.
(blow thuds)
(Martin groans)
I just want, want to show
you an example, (spits),
that's all.
Just one little example
to show you what I mean.
(thudding)
(grunting)
Should I apologize?
No.
Should I, should I
stroke your wound?
Actually, that would
probably hurt even more,
touching an open wound.
No, there's only one way
to make you and me
both feel better.
(squelching)
(dramatic, high-pitched music)
(Martin spits and groans)
Do you understand?
It's metaphorical.
My example.
It's a metaphor.
I mean, it's,
it's symbolic.
(booming)
(dog barking)
(footsteps echoing)
[Steven] Shut the door, Anna.
Now, Martin, you'll know
what it's like to die.
What it's like when
your head cracks open
and your brains blow out.
[Anna] Don't shoot him.
[Martin] And then?
Shut up!
[Martin] Shoot me, then what?
- Answer.
- I'll bury you in the yard!
And you'll rot, that's what.
You won't be
able to explain it.
You won't understand how
it could have happened.
You'll say, "But I
only killed one person.
"How come four people are dead?
"I only shot one."
So if you're gonna dig
a hole in the yard,
better make it a big one.
[Anna] Steven.
(discordant piano music)
(somber music)
[Kim] He didn't kill him.
[Bob] How do you know?
I just do.
Anyway, he made
the right choice.
Otherwise it would have been
like killing four people
with a single shot.
Wouldn't that be tragic?
I'm going to live with Martin.
I want you to know that
I'm really sorry, Bob.
I really love you.
We all do.
Dad does, too.
But he's in a really
difficult position
and he doesn't have
much of a choice.
It's not because he
doesn't love you.
They bought me a piano.
Mom told me it'd
be here next month.
They didn't tell you so
you wouldn't be scared.
Bob, something terrible
happened yesterday.
I lost the MP player
that Martin gave me.
I don't know what's
wrong with me.
I've lost two MP players
in the last 10 days.
So I'd like to ask you a favor.
Can I have your MP
player when you're dead?
Please, please.
Please.
(Bob's legs squeaking
on wood floor)
[Bob] Dad.
Look.
I cut my hair just
as you wanted me to.
Good boy.
Well done.
I'm sorry I
didn't listen to you
I don't know what I was
thinking all this time.
I would get so hot and have
to comb it all the time.
It was a total hassle.
you and cut it off sooner.
I'm gonna water the plants now.
No, darling,
I watered them this morning.
Tomorrow.
Dad,
and I decided I wanna
become a cardiologist.
Not an ophthalmologist.
I lied to mom because I
didn't want her to get upset.
It's far more interesting
and challenging.
(Steven weeping)
The boy's very good
at math and physics.
Kim, on the other hand, apart
from her natural aptitude
for music, is very good
at literature and history,
areas in which Bob lags behind.
on the tragedy of Iphigenia
which she read out in class.
She received an A plus.
What about their
behavior in class?
They're both a little
restless, I'd say.
Equally so.
I mean, I've had the
occasional complaint
some minor misdemeanors
but they've never been
rude to any of the staff.
In any case, if they
had ever acted out,
we would have told you about it.
Do you especially like one
of them more than the other?
If you had to
choose between them,
which would say is the best?
That's a difficult question.
I'm not sure I can
give you an answer.
I don't know.
I don't know what to tell you.
Thank you for
bringing them down.
Hi, Bob.
Hi, Kim.
Bob,
aren't you gonna come over
and let me give you a hug?
[Anna] Bob?
No?
I understand; it doesn't matter.
You're a man.
The man of the house, now
your father isn't home.
You can go back to bed.
Don't trouble
yourselves for my sake.
You can take them away.
(smooching)
(eerie music)
Anna, if you're gonna do
something, you'd better be fast.
The boy is about to die.
I believe the most logical
thing, no matter how harsh
this may sound, is
to kill a child.
Because we can
have another child.
I still can and you can.
And if you can't, we can try
IVF, but I'm sure we can.
[Kim] I'm sorry for
what I did tonight.
I don't know what
I was thinking.
I was only thinking about
myself and no one else.
That was wrong of me.
I was frightened.
I shouldn't have been.
Let me be the one who
atones for your sins, Dad.
Kill me right here
in front of your eyes
so that you can be
sure that I die,
in case some fate spares
me at the last moment.
Kill me right here
in front of you
and leave me with the ultimate
joy of saving my own mother
and beloved brother
from certain death.
Mom, tell him.
Dad, please.
I would even die for you and
They're all asleep.
We can go now and
no one will notice.
All you have to do is
help me walk again.
My legs hurt after all
this time and I feel weak.
But it's okay.
It doesn't matter.
I knew at some point
this would all be over
and you would come.
(eerie music)
your friend's motorcycle
and run away together.
But you have to
make me well first.
I'll untie you if you promise
you can make me better
and we'll run away together.
Okay?
It's not working.
You have to try harder.
Kim's not in her bed.
I'm telling you, you
have to try harder.
Are you deaf?
Martin.
Try harder!
(eerie music)
- Where is she?
- She's gone.
(slap resounds)
Where is she, what
did you do to her?
I love you so much,
don't forget that.
You gave me life
and you, only you,
have the right to
take my life away.
You are my lords, my masters
and I am just someone
who lives to obey your wishes.
I love you so much.
Remember that when
I'm lying in my grave,
unable to tell you
that I love you.
I love you more than
anything in the world,
you and my brother.
Where have you been?
[Steven] I went
to the hospital.
Got the feeding formula.
Have you checked on him?
Did you give him the sedatives?
I let him go.
- What are you talking about?
- He's not downstairs.
I let him go.
Why would you do that?
Why did you let him go?
Answer me!
Are you a complete idiot?
It's not gonna make
any difference, Steven.
It's not gonna solve
anything, we both know that.
Mom?
Do you remember that day
when I was rude to
you at the hospital?
[Anna] Yes.
Did you tell Dad about it?
[Anna] Of course I
told him about it, Kim.
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