The Place Beyond the Pines

(MAN BREATHING HEAVILY)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(FAIRGROUND MUSIC PLAYING)

(RHYTHMIC METALLIC CLICKING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

MAN:
Luke, you're up next!

Showtime!

(CROWD CHEERING)

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,

feast your eyes on the two-ton

metal mesh of madness.

And here he is, folks.

The one, the only,

Handsome Luke

and the Heartthrobs.

Watch as they defy gravity

and centrifugal force at 3Gs.

Watch, as they

ride their motorcycles

upside down within

inches of each other,

at speeds you can

hardly comprehend.

Come on, everybody,

give it up for

Handsome Luke.

(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING)

Here we go, folks.

(CHEERING CONTINUES)

(REVVING ENGINE)

Come on, give them a hand.

There they are.

Come on, get 'em goin'.

They're working hard for you.

We know him as Handsome Luke.

There they go, warming 'em up.

Let's hear it. Come on, give them a hand.

Handsome Luke!

(ENGINES ROARING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Okay. I gotta go.

(CHILDREN LAUGH AND SQUEAL)

Hey.

Do you remember my name?

Romina.

I like to call you Ro.

What are you doing now?

You got plans?

I gotta go home.

Want me to give you a ride?

(SIGHS)

Thanks.

You don't wanna

talk or anything?

You know, I leave town

tomorrow after we pack up.

I'm not gonna be

around for another year.

Another year?

Yeah, you wanna get

a beer or something?

I got someone, so no.

Just wanted to see you again.

Thanks.

(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE STARTING)

MALE ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,

introducing the one, the only,

Handsome Luke

and the Heartthrobs.

(BANGING ON DOOR)

Hey.

Is Romina here?

No. Hold on.

She's working.

Okay. Do you remember me?

Yes, I remember you.

Who's that guy?

He's yours.

You wanna hold him?

(MUTTERS SOFTLY)

There you go.

His name's Jason.

ROMINA:
Hey. There you go.

FEMALE CUSTOMER:
Thanks.

Good? Great.

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Anything you wanna tell me?

Anything you think I might

wanna know before I leave here

forever and I never come back?

Let's go outside. Come on.

You weren't gonna tell me?

It was just a fling, right?

That means you

don't gotta tell me?

Just as, like,

a common courtesy or...

There might even be

a law, you know,

you gotta f***ing

tell somebody.

I haven't heard

from you in over a year.

You just took off.

Never called me.

I gotta leave in four hours.

I don't know what to do.

(TEARFULLY) You do whatever

you need to do.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna do what I have to do.

I'm going to school.

I take care of Jason.

I work here.

And I have a man.

So that's what I'm doing.

That's my life.

You're busy.

Yeah. Yeah,

I'm real busy.

Well...

I don't wanna keep you.

Okay.

All right.

(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE STARTS)

LUKE:
When does this pay

period end, Jack? On Friday?

Why?

Because I gotta get paid.

Just pay me for

half the week, all right?

I don't give advances out.

I'm not asking

for an advance, Jack.

I'm quitting.

You can't quit.

I just did.

(WOMEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH)

Hey.

Hey.

Wow. You look

like a princess.

(JASON CRYING)

What are you still doing here?

I stuck around.

This is really not a good time.

No?

No.

I was just gonna

take him to the park

or maybe see if I could just sit

on the porch, just say hi to him.

We're on our way to church.

Going to church?

ROMINA:
Um...

This is Kofi.

We need to go.

ROMINA:
Yeah.

You should call. You can't

just show up, you know?

KOFI:
You ready?

ROMINA:
Yeah.

(ROMINA SPEAKING SPANISH)

ROMINA'S MOTHER:
Okay.

Hey.

ROMINA'S MOTHER:
Hi.

LUKE:
You live here?

Yup. This is my house.

How long you in town?

I'm gonna stick around.

What are you looking at?

Really, you gonna

do this sh*t today?

Do what?

(JASON CRYING)

PRIEST:
Is it your will that

Jason should be baptized

in the faith of the Church,

which we all have professed with you?

KOFI:
Yes.

By God's gift, through

water and the Holy Spirit,

we are reborn into

everlasting life.

In His goodness, may He continue

to pour out His blessings

upon these sons

and daughters of His.

May He make them faithful

members of His holy people.

Jason, I baptize you

in the name of the Father,

and of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit.

This child of yours has

been enlightened by Christ.

He is to walk always

as a child of the light.

God, the father of our Lord, Jesus

Christ, has freed you from sin.

We now anoint you

with the Chrism of Salvation

as Christ was anointed

priest, prophet and king.

So may you always live

as a member of His body,

sharing everlasting life.

Amen.

In the name of this child and the

spirit of our common friendship,

let us pray together in the

words our Lord has given us.

(ALL PRAYING) Our Father who art

in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done

on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day

our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive

those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

PRIEST:
The Almighty God,

the Father, the Son

and the Holy Spirit

bless you. Amen.

Now, as we receive

our new member

into our parish, let us all

welcome him with great joy.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

(MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING)

(ENGINE SOUND FADES)

(ENGINE SOUND RESUMES)

Ride that thing really good!

Really good!

(TRUCK ENGINE STARTING)

You ride good, man.

Would you like a ride into town?

Save you some gas, man.

(TURNS ENGINE OFF)

MAN:
Just passing through?

LUKE:
I'm just settling in.

Where you staying?

Some f***ing motel.

Yeah. They are

no good around here.

Whole town's gone to sh*t, man.

So you got a job?

No.

You know your way

around an engine?

Yeah.

'Cause I got a shop,

repair shop, on Washout Road.

You should come

check it out, man.

I could always

use a good worker.

All right.

It ain't much.

It's what it is,

you know, but it's mine.

No one can kick me out of it.

So,

that's the workshop in there.

This is Tula.

I don't get a whole lot

of work here, you know?

But if you want, you can look for

other jobs or whatever, you know.

If it's not enough for you.

I do everything.

Everything there is to do

to a car, I know how to do.

Anything you don't know,

I can teach you, you know?

And I got a trailer down here.

Stay there if you want.

(WHISTLING)

Yeah, see? She's shy.

(CHUCKLES) She can't

see so good anymore.

Where is it?

Where's the ball?

There's the trailer.

She get it? No, she ain't

gonna get it, man.

You live out here all alone?

Yeah, I live alone.

Sometimes people come

stay for a while, you know.

That's it. It's not

much, but, you know,

it's got whatever

you need in there.

It must get lonely.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

LUKE:
Look, Rob,

I don't wanna be ungrateful.

I really appreciate what

you're doing for me and sh*t,

but I gotta make

more f***ing money.

ROBIN:
Hey, man, if I could

pay you more, I would.

You know, you're good at what you do, man.

Really good.

LUKE:
I could fix up

that ol' Mack truck

that's sitting there like a goddamn...

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