The Little Hours Page #5

Synopsis: In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Jeff Baena
Production: Gunpowder & Sky
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2017
90 min
$1,623,366
1,173 Views


And then you wring it out,

and then you hang it up

on the line.

Sounds like you are

really good at this...

So, maybe I'll just...

I'll leave it here with you.

This was great.

Thank you. Bye, you guys.

Bye.

Guess I would have ended up

washing this eventually.

Here. Finish this.

I have to go

tidy up the cellar.

Here it is.

Yeah, there should be

enough here.

Sister Fernanda?

Just have to remember not to

get this in your mouth, okay?

I know.

Take off the nun thing.

You'll get it all over it.

- Okay, you ready?

- Yeah.

All right.

Go for it.

Just going to...

Make you look a little more...

Presentable.

Do exactly

what I tell you to do.

Make sure he sees your eyes.

Okay, kiss him.

Kiss him.

Come on.

Okay, get closer.

Careful with the knife.

Take it all in.

Okay.

Get on top of him.

Push your sex

into his stomach.

All right.

He'll do.

What were you doing in there?

Hi.

Where'd you come from?

I was just picking

root vegetables.

Are you really

from gartagnana?

Yes, I'm really

from gartagnana.

Why do you keep asking me?

You've asked me, like, 25...

You are the most annoying!

Are you ignoring me?

No.

-I feel like

you're ignoring me.

-I'm not.

Can I ask you a question?

Yes.

Did last night

mean anything to you?

No.

We were just drunk

and having fun.

Forget about it.

All right.

Masseto, masseto, masseto.

I'm actually...

I'm all right right now.

Oh, all right.

Yeah.

How's it going?

It was a good day.

Yeah, I um...

I don't know. I can kind of...

I can kind of picture myself

maybe being here a while.

Really? You think

you could stay on?

If you'd have me, yeah.

Are you kidding?

That would solve

a lot of problems.

And how's it going

with the sisters?

That's all right?

I think they're

kind of warming up to me.

Good. Good, good.

Not too much?

No. Definitely...

Definitely not too much.

It's the right amount,

feels like.

Anyway, let's have a toast,

just a quick toast...

And then maybe

head over to confession.

Yeah.

-You know, like we do.

I think I'm good tonight,

just 'cause I'm gonna...

Feeling a little tired.

-It's been a long day.

-All right, yeah.

It's bad luck to put it

back in the pitcher, though...

So, let's just

have this one, and then...

Hello?

Are you alone?

-Of course.

-I thought I heard someone.

No, no, no.

I was talking to myself.

Let's take a little walk.

Bishop bartolomeo, hello.

Father tommasso.

Ah, it's good to see you.

Thank you.

-Come in. Come in. Come in.

-Hello.

Here. Let me take this.

You must be exhausted.

Very tired, very long trip.

So good to see you.

So good to see you, too.

Somewhat unexpected.

Looks great.

We'll get it together for you.

Oh, yes,

I'm sure you will.

Oh, sh*t!

Knock-knock.

Are they not here?

- They disappeared.

- Oh.

And you know Alessandra,

ilario's daughter?

Ilario's daughter, of course.

Hi.

-His business is not doing

very well at the moment.

-Oh, that's terrible.

Sorry to say, yeah.

Yeah.

I want one of those.

We can get you one.

Yes, it's yours, it's yours!

- Thank you, sister Alessandra.

- Thank you.

-Nice to see you.

-We appreciate your time.

And we all

went out to the field

and worked on a single plot.

I see your point,

but I'd like you

to focus here.

No, but I'm fine with march.

In February, how did you

sell textiles before

they were sold?

I like what you're saying,

and if you...

No. But this is march.

I'm fine with march.

Mother marea, I need to talk

to you about sister Fernanda.

-Is she all right?

-Well, she's acting

very suspicious.

And I've learned some things

i think you'd want to know.

You know how she's been saying

that the donkey escaped?

-It's not escaping.

-Okay, this is

not the right time.

She's been lying about it

the whole time.

She's lying about it.

You'll want to know about it.

- I'm so sorry about that.

-Have you seen these numbers?

Who...

I supervise in general...

The numbers, but...

There's something

going on with Fernanda.

She said that she was going...

-Sister, I'm asking,

please keep your voice down.

-She wasn't there!

--She was clearly lying.

She had a friend over,

and she drank alcohol.

-She's staying up!

I hear her up all night.

-Don't talk so much...

She's clearly lying about

the donkey escaping.

Why would she lie

about the donkey?

I don't know why she's lying,

but I checked the walls,

and I checked

all of the gates.

There's no way

that donkey's escaping.

I think that donkey

needs someone else

to take care of her.

I can take care of her.

I will consider it.

-Thank you, mother.

-We'll discuss this later.

Isn't that amazing, sisters?

That rose had the ability

to predict the exact day

of the death of Frederick ii.

I think we all have this

ability to connect

deeply with god.

I share the story, because we

don't always listen to god.

Hey!

What's going on?

You can speak?

No, no. No, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no.

I heard you. I heard you!

Tell me what's going on

right now,

or I'm gonna tell everyone

here that you've

been tricking us!

All right, all right,

all right. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm not supposed to

talk to you.

You're not supposed to

talk to me?

What does that even mean?

Hello? Hello?

- Get down. Get down.

- Can you hear me?

Can you

hear me? Hello?

No,

you can't hear me.

Can you hear my thoughts?

'Cause I can

hear your thoughts.

I can hear your thoughts.

Hi.

This feels different.

I think I like sex with girls.

I never told anyone.

I have lots

of secrets. I'm Jewish.

Nobody knows,

but now you know.

But you don't know,

'cause you can't...

There's the angels.

Do you see the angels?

- I see the...

Oh, I hear 'em. I hear 'em.

Oh, they know.

They know I'm here.

They know I'm here.

Oh, god. Okay.

What are you doing here?

I'm just looking

through the hay. Shh!

- Fernanda!

What the f***

is wrong with you?

Why is there blood

all over your face?

Get out of my way!

Fernanda? Fernanda?

Over there. Come on.

They have the donkey.

Oh, jeez. Are you okay?

Are you okay?

I'm gonna throw up.

Okay, okay, okay. Let it out.

I'm not gonna throw up.

Okay, okay.

Let's keep moving.

We're gonna keep going.

-Keep going.

-I'm so hot. Why am I so hot?

- I don't know.

- Oh, I'm so thirsty.

Gotta keep going.

What is the lights?

Look at the lights.

What is it...

-I took the belladonna.

I took the belladonna.

-What?

She had it. She had

the sex, and so I was

gonna have the sex.

- So I did belladonna

so I could have the sex...

Witches.

They're witches!

He's making a lot of noise.

It's okay. He's a deaf-mute.

Yeah, well, maybe

we should gag him.

There's no point.

He can't talk.

Shut up.

Ginevra, no.

Ginevra, come back here.

Ginevra, get back here!

Stop!

For so it was placed

when the goddess embraced.

The horned lord, our god

who taught her the word.

Which quickened the womb

and conquered the tomb.

Lance to grail,

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Jeff Baena

Jeff Baena (born June 29, 1977) is an American screenwriter and film director known for Life After Beth, Joshy, The Little Hours, and for co-writing I Heart Huckabees with David O. Russell. more…

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