The Lesser Blessed Page #2

Synopsis: A drama centered on a First Nations teenager trying to find his place in the modern world.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Anita Doron
Production: Monterey Media
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2012
86 min
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A hundred and twenty!

A hundred and twenty,

um...

Okay, going once,

going twice...

Two-hundred!

Sold!

Two-hundred...

A Fort Simmer high school

slave auction record...

I bet she would

have paid more.

In another life I was

a great Dogrib hunter.

And Juliet was

a pure, white caribou.

I had her in my sights,

she was mine...

...but I let her go

out of respect and awe.

Jed...

The man is a firefighter,

a bush cook, a Ranger,

a tour guide and a whole

lot of other things.

He's my mom's boyfriend but every time

there are arguments,

he just takes off.

She loves him, I can tell,

but she's not ready

to marry him.

She's still scared

of men, I guess.

So, what's

it gonna be?

Lessons in fiddle or drum?

You gotta take a side.

It's just like old timers say,

how do you know where you're going

if you don't know where you've been?

We could do some drummin' tonight,

what say you?

Uh...

Can't tonight.

Why not?

Um...

There's this house party.

House party, eh?

Yeah...

Who's havin' it?

This girl from school.

A girl, huh?

I got it...

Are you ready?

You packin' rubbers?

Nah.

I don't need 'em.

What?

I'm so hot, women buy my rubbers for me.

Jeez, I thought you were serious.

Coulda been...

I'm something.

Yeah...

A Leonard.

Knock-knock-knock

You men are here for Juliet?

Yeah.

She here?

Yeah...

She's putting

my kids to bed...

Do we go in?

Uh... I guess.

Juliet!

Guys, this is my aunt Becky.

Really?

Your aunt?

Hey goofs, don't bust the stereo.

All right?

And don't wake up my kids.

And, uh, leave the food

in the fridge alone, okay?

There's pop and there's

chips in the cupboard.

Yeah...

All right.

Go, go, go, go!

Oh, sorry...

The one in the blue...

He's cute...

...David however,

seems to have moved on...

As he returns to the compound

he greets the lions warmly

and they treat him

as one of their own...

Down, down!

Hey, um, you wanna see some puppies?

The dog just had a litter.

Um, I got allergies.

Shouldn't you be itching

or scratching or something?

Um...

It's only when I see them,

I start to get...

My...

My eyes get all watery and I itch.

Sounds like you're suppressing something.

Yeah...

His little

happy hard-on.

Yeah, more like my whole f***ing life.

Oh, hey, Darce.

Well, look

who it is.

Let's go to the kitchen.

What the f***'s

he doing here?

Could you... leave

Jonny and me alone?

Hey, Larry!

Come here!

Larry!

You know what hot knifing is?

Um...

No.

Do you wanna?

Every fiber in my body, every molecule,

is screaming no,

Sure.

Get me a toiletpaper

roll from the bathroom.

All right...

Hold it...

Right there.

You ready?

Yeah, oh yeah...

Don't f***in' waste it!

Hold it in!

People die to get this sh*t to my buddy,

you're gonna f***in' hold it in!

There you go!

Hey, dude...

Larry, buddy...

How you feelin'?

Go outside and climb the fire hydrant.

F*** you, moose cock.

Juliet...

Get out here!

You're supposed

to be watching the kids!

F***!

Lare, come on!

We gotta go!

F***in' hell...

I'm going to call the police!

I'm gonna have Social

Services here in a minute!

F***ers!

Juliet's a little bony for me.

She was doing this thing

when she was riding me...

with her hips, I don't know,

but it f***in' hurt.

Other than that

she was pretty okay.

If she gives me the clap...

I'll f***in' kill her.

So... what about

you and Darcy?

What's the real scoop?

Once... I really had this

thing with the stars.

I wanted to be an astronomer.

From the Horses's Head Nebula.

So I took this pup

out for a walk...

This pup I was looking after...

You were looking after Darcy's puppy?

Yeah. We were

friends then.

Anyways, I couldn't see it that well

because of the town's glare,

so I took the pup out along...

along the backtrails

towards where

the dog teams are...

The puppy was really scared...

but I wasn't.

Then I seen the meteors flashing

as they hit the atmosphere.

There was ever lots.

Hundreds.

I started hollering, I

got so happy and excited

that I put that puppy down...

...too close

to the huskies.

By the time I saw...

that puppy was already chewed up.

I mean... they f***in'

tore her up.

Oh, sh*t.

Last June, I saw him

walking down the highway,

'cause his ride left him

'cause he was being an a**hole.

So, I go up,

I say hi...

He just f***in' smokes me and I go down.

And I lay there and I'm thinking,

"Guess we're even."

But he just kept on f***ing

kicking me and kicking me,

about his puppy and how

I f***ed everything up.

I told my mom I just got rolled by a drunk.

You know, you shoulda been even.

Hey, bud.

...Hey.

Kinda late, don't ya think?

I don't know.

Sounds like you do.

Whoa, hey, hey,

hey, buddy...

Jed!

Leave it!

Somehow you step

away from me.

I can't get in.

You won't let me in.

Like I'm doing

something wrong...

I'm doing

the best that I can...

Well, why

am I even here?

I came back for you.

I came for Larry!

I didn't ask you

to come...

Larry!

Come here,

Larry!

No, dad!

So as you see,

the positioning of the organs

within the body is

very precise.

It's like a blueprint

for the body.

One of the most amazing

things about the organs,

is that they operate without

us even thinking about it...

Focus!

And so now we've covered all of the organs.

So, as a reminder

the organs are the structure

of the body, comprised

of at least two tissues

working together

for a common purpose.

Larry Sole...

Larry Sole!

What, pray tell, organ am I pointing at?

Mr. Harrister...

That would be the organ

that you're missing.

You know,

there was this guy once,

his name was Larry.

In that mind of his

but he kept it to himself.

He played guitar.

And one day this angel came down to see him

of yours is great,

we're really happy you found it,

but could you like, spread it around a bit

like the other musicians?

Come on...

And Larry just looked at them

and said, "those other musicians

"are looking for the right note.

"I already

found mine."

So, look at the chap,

he's sprouting some fuzz, hm?

Take it easy, eh?

So...

What happened in the Barrenlands?

Larry...

You said that you thought

something happened.

Jeez...

Where do I begin?

So I guess this, uh...

I guess this Dogrib woman

said her husband was missing.

He had told her he was

going out on the land

to bring her some caribou or muskox.

But he never came back.

That woman, she went crazy

waiting for her old man.

Her six kids were starving.

I guess she got tired

of always hearing them ask,

"when's daddy

coming home?"

You know...

So one day she, uh...

she lost it.

She took her kids to the edge of the lake.

She pulled them into the water

and she drowned 'em.

The, uh...

So, you want to know what happened, right?

They found her husband.

They found his body while

I was up on Ranger patrol

up in the tundra.

He was dead.

He really did go hunting

for a caribou or muskox.

But he died.

I guess he was out hunting

and he got charged.

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Anita Doron

Anita Doron (born June 3, 1974) is a Hungarian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, author, and a 2010 TED Fellow. Doron is best known for her 2012 film adaptation of the 1996 novel The Lesser Blessed, written by Canadian author Richard Van Camp. more…

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