The Vessel
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2016
- 86 min
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Mama always used to tell me
I was gonna be something great.
Don't worry.
They'll see, she would say.
It's kinda funny
to think about that now.
Say my name, mama.
The tide does seem
lower than usual.
The mothers in town
like to tell me
that she was always
a little crazy.
Even before all the kids died.
Which is a lie.
Truth is all the women
secretly resent my mother.
And why wouldn't they?
All of them dressed in black.
Refusing to have
any more children.
Like they all agreed
that the first woman
to wear color again
was the worst mother in town.
Well...
My mother wears pink.
I was eleven years old
when I decided to marry Soraya.
And every day for six years
I prayed for the courage
to talk to her.
But I never did.
So she married someone else.
Soraya's husband
was the school teacher...
And he died in the wave
along with my brother Tigo
and the rest of the class.
My brother's favorite thing
was using the pencil sharpener.
So if he was good all week
Mr. Diaz would give him
a new pencil to sharpen.
Sometimes I think about
the moment the wave hit.
I hope it was quick.
That they never saw it coming.
I hope Tigo was sharpening
his new pencil.
And the fish
that is in the river shall die.
And the river shall stink.
Father Douglas moved here
a few years before the wave...
And everybody loved him.
When he finally realized people
had stopped having children...
He made it his mission
to help them move on.
Not today, father.
It wasn't working.
Maybe if you give him
some communion bread.
Oh no, Bigo. That's impossible.
Hang on a second.
In the name of the father,
the son, and the holy spirit.
Thank you. Thank you, father.
Can I get you anything, father?
Some water, please.
Rosita.
Good morning.
Father Douglas.
Yes. How are you today?
Better.
You look good.
I brought you something.
You remembered.
Yes.
Lord I am not worthy
that you should enter
under my roof.
Only say that word
and I shall be healed.
Rosita.
The body of Christ.
Amen.
Father.
What?
Do you think
I'll see the children?
Yes I know that you will.
Not yet.
You get some rest now.
When my friends
started moving to the city...
I knew it was only
a matter of time
until my bestfriend
Gabriel went too.
For months we didn't talk
about it.
Until one day I finally said
he should go with them.
It was the first time
I ever saw him cry.
What the hell is that?
This is my survival pack.
Everything I'll ever need
is in here. Help me with it.
You're gonna walk all the way to
the city with that?
Let me show you something.
You pushed this thing
all the way over here?
Nope.
You fixed it?
You fixed it? I thought you said
this thing was dead.
I've been working on it
for a few weeks now.
This is great, man.
Congratulations.
I thought you might need it.
What?
I'm giving it to you.
For your trip.
Come on.
This is your dad's bike.
Now it's yours.
No one here uses it.
I want you to have it.
Hi, Gabriel.
- Hey, father.
- What time you leaving tomorrow?
I don't know.
When I wake up.
Just make sure you don't leave
without saying goodbye.
- Yes, father.
- Good deal.
Fidelia.
How are you this evening?
Don't open your eyes
for too long or it burns.
May I?
The body of Christ.
Hey, father.
Hey.
She seems better today.
Does she?
I think so.
That's good.
You want some coffee?
No, thanks.
Big day for Gabriel tomorrow.
Yeah.
What about you, Leo?
Me?
What are your plans?
Plans for what?
Life. Your future.
Everybody else your age
has already left town.
I don't know.
I'm not really sure.
I think you should go
with Gabriel tomorrow.
I can talk to Soraya
about your mother.
She's got
and I'm she'd be willing to let
your mother stay there.
Why don't you go by there
in the morning and check it out?
I really think
your mother would like it there.
Then maybe you should ask her.
Well...
Think about it will you?
Good night, father.
That's because while you
were listening to father Douglas
ramble on about Saint Francis
or whatever
I was under the pews
looking up the girls' skirts.
I miss girls.
They smell so good.
And ice cream.
When was the last time
you had ice cream?
- A long time ago.
- A long time, right?
when I get to the city...
Is have ice cream with a girl
that smells good.
I hate this place, man.
You're pissing on me.
Son of a...
Leo, look at this.
Look at this.
- Water.
- Get some water!
Let me help you.
I never told you this,
but sometimes I like to
go out to the beach
and visit your mother.
Sometimes I spend all day
listening to peoples problems
and I just need someone
to listen to me.
Leo you can talk to me
if you like.
About what?
You and your best friend
were dead for three hours
and then you came back to life.
You don't think
that's worth talking about?
What do you remember
from last night?
What about the three hours?
The kids all disappeared
into the ocean...
a funeral after the wave.
Father Douglas told me
it wasn't my fault.
That I shouldn't feel guilty
to be alive.
That god had a special purpose
for me.
I wasn't really convinced.
Doa Soraya.
What are you doing?
The water's out in the house.
Thanks.
Leo.
I'm glad you're ok.
What is that thing
in the yard, Leo?
I don't know.
You don't know?
Are you saying
you didn't build it?
I know you've been going
through a hard time lately.
Everyone knows that.
But I can't help you
if I don't know what's going on.
No more! That's enough!
A year after the kids died
father Douglas suggested
we rebuild the school.
That night someone threw a rock
through his window.
And the church was empty
for a month.
He never suggested it again.
Hey.
Is the water still out
in your house?
Hey, Bigo.
Is that my mother's lamp?
Ok, Lela.
You're gonna be all right.
You'll see, Lela.
Father?
Yes?
What is it?
When we left Leo's house...
Some of us started talking.
About what?
Somebody said that...
That this is a sign from god.
That Leo is the messenger.
Who said that?
Everybody.
Now listen...
It can be very dangerous
to jump to conclusions.
You know in these times we have
to stay focused on god...
Otherwise we can lose our way.
Yes, father.
I'm sure you're right.
The real message
we're all looking for...
Is right there in the church and
it's waiting for us every day.
Father, you know Oscar
would never set foot
in the church again.
He always says...
If a man murders a child,
we sentence him to death.
But when god kills
forty-six children...
We are told to praise him.
How do you feel about that?
I don't know.
Sometimes it does feel like
god has abandoned this place.
If we only had a sign.
Just the tiniest glimpse
that he still cares.
And you think...
That Leo might be that sign?
I don't know.
You spoke with Leo.
Could this be a sign from god?
It's possible. Yes.
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