Millie Lies Low (2021) Movie Script
1
(INTERCOM BONGS)
- INTERCOM: Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.
It is my pleasure
on behalf to the crew
to welcome you aboard
this flight.
If there is anything we can do
to make your flight
more comfortable,
please do not hesitate to ask.
To prepare for take-off,
you must now close
your tray tables...
(PLANE ENGINE REVS)
(CABINET SLAMS)
(SEATBELTS CLICK,
PEOPLE CHATTER)
(MECHANICS WHIRR)
(WHIRRING CONTINUES)
- Excuse me, ma'am.
You need to take a seat.
I need to get past. I'm sorry.
Ooh!
- Sorry.
- Ma'am.
- Get away from the door.
Take your hands off it.
I'm sorry. I need to get off.
No.
Take your hands off the door.
Take your hands off the door,
please.
Ooh!
- Is everything OK?
- Are you all right?
- Can you please just
settle down? Settle down.
- No, no.
- It's all right.
Just keep breathing.
It's all right.
Do you want me to call ahead?
(PANTS)
I-I can't breathe.
I'm having a heart attack.
- It's all right.
- I can't breathe. Let me off!
Let me off!
- You're not having
a heart attack.
Yes, I am! Please. Let me off!
Shh.
(CONVEYOR BELT WHINES, SQUEAKS)
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK)
- (BREATHES DEEPLY)
- There's one tomorrow
for 2223.
- What?!
OK, I can't- Um...
Is there some kind of
compensation scheme?
- No. We only cover for
critical medical situations.
- This was a critical
medical situation.
- No, you chose to get off
the plane, so...
- OK. Ah, I didn't-
I didn't choose
to get off the plane;
I had to get off the plane
because of an emergency.
Because of my health.
I think, actually...
it could have been
the salmon wrap
that was... prepared for me
in the food court here by a-
an airport employee.
I felt sick.
- Happens more often
than you think.
- They should stop serving the
salmon wrap, then. (CHUCKLES)
No, panic attacks.
I didn't have a panic attack.
- The first-aid officer
said that you-
- No. I didn't have
a panic attack, OK?
It was the salmon wrap...
that was...
OK.
What's the... just the
cheapest flight that you have?
- There's one day
after tomorrow for 1900.
- ON VIDEO: My name
is Millie Davies,
and I want to be
a world-class architect.
I think I've always known
that it's something
that I want to do with my life.
I've definitely always
had a fascination with
the way that our environment,
uh,
impacts the way that
we interact with one another.
It's pretty exciting.
I'm actually gonna be
interning at Rowden & Cunnane,
which is one of New York's,
like, top architecture firms.
They're actually one of
the top firms in the world.
So, I suppose,
from the experience,
I'm hoping to develop my skills
and represent New Zealand
at a global level.
This is an epic opportunity to
move on and advance and grow,
step into the next chapter
of my life.
As a part of my internship,
I'm going to be, uh,
documenting my experience
on Instagram.
So, uh, stay tuned
and watch this space.
My Instagram handle-
(VIDEO STOPS)
(VACUUM WHIRRS)
(LOW CHATTER)
(INTERCOM DINGS)
(INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
(INTERCOM DINGS,
INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
(KEYS TAP)
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
(EDGY MUSIC)
(PHONE LINE RINGS)
- Millie Poo.
- Hey, B.
How's it going?
- Hey! How are you?
- Yo.
- What's happening?
Where are you?
- Uh...
I'm just- I'm just in lay- in
layover right now. Yeah.
- Oh my God.
That is so exciting.
It's- It's pretty-
It's pretty ultra.
- Yeah!
- Um...
Hey, I was actually...
- What's up?
- ...wanting to call.
- Mm-hm.
- You- You know how I told you
that I was all good
and to just take your time
paying me back for my car?
I was wondering whether
may- Yeah, could I-
could I please actually get that
money off you kind of soonish?
- Oh. Um...
I mean...
no.
Not right now. Is that OK?
- Are you serious?
- (SCOFFS) I'm so sorry, but...
I'm still broke, babe.
(STAMMERS) I actually am.
- I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. OK.
- But, hey. Hey, I have
some really good news.
I have a job interview with
Roger Walker tomorrow.
(INHALES THROUGH TEETH,
CHUCKLES)
- Yay! Oh my gosh. Cool.
- Oh, I know! I know.
- (CHUCKLES FALSELY)
- I didn't think
it was gonna happen, so...
SIGHS: Yeah.
Hope I get it.
- Yeah, that's awesome.
I'm really happy for you.
Hey, I've got to go.
Uh, they're-
they're boarding my flight
right now, but,
uh, lots of love.
Oh, OK.
Good luck with your interview.
And I'll talk to you later, K?
- Oh. Yeah.
- OK. Sweet. Awesome.
- Hey, hey, hey.
- Yo.
- Hey, I'm...
I'm so happy for you, OK?
You really deserve this,
all right?
Right. You're gonna be amazing.
Thank you.
- All right?
- OK.
- OK. Talk soon.
All right. Have a safe flight,
babe.
- Bye.
- Bye.
(DISCORDANT,
POUNDING PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
- So, there's nothing- there's
literally nothing you can do?
I really, really need to get
a bigger overdraft.
OK.
What about my credit card?
(BAG THUMPS)
Oh, yeah. No, not that card.
On my other credit card.
- Going for a loan?
- Yes, please.
- SOFTLY: OK.
Big one? Small one?
Uh, just a small one, thanks.
- Small one. So, 10 grand?
- Ah, two grand.
- Two grand?
- Yeah.
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK)
- Uh, assets?
Items of value?
- Yeah, hang on. Let me check.
- No, no.
Items of value like a...
car.
- Yeah...
I used to, but I don't any more.
- So you don't have a car?
- No.
- OK. Uh, I tell you what -
if that changes,
give me a call.
Steve, Money in a Hurry.
- OK. Thank you.
(WIND GUSTS)
(HORN BEEPS IN DISTANCE)
(PLANE ENGINE DRONES
IN DISTANCE)
(DEVICE BEEPS)
(DOORS CLICK, WHIRR)
(SOFT WARBLING)
(DOOR HANDLE CLICKS)
(SIGHS)
- MAN ON RECORDING:
Hello. Hi, everyone.
Hello. (SIGHS)
Uh...
Obviously, uh, we know,
um, why we're all here -
um, cos, uh-
cos Millie's leaving.
And, um... Yeah.
Just have a clap for Millie.
Yeah.
(HESITANT APPLAUSE) -
Thank you. Thank you. (LAUGHS)
- Yeah, Um, I'm gonna-
I'm gonna miss you a lot.
- MILLIE: Yeah,
I'll miss you too.
- Um... And not sure what
we'll do without you, but-
but she'll be right, right?
(CHUCKLES)
Anyway, um...
Yeah. Miss you, obviously,
but, um...
I mean, if you're gonna leave,
you're probably gonna
need this, right?
(LAUGHS FACETIOUSLY)
(ALL GROAN)
- OK.
OK. I'm gonna-
- (LAUGHS)
- You need to give
that back about now.
- Nah, nah. I think you
need to come get it yourself.
Oh! Oh, shit! OK. OK.
Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.
(BOTH GIGGLE)
- Oh, shit.
- Yeah, I really struggle
when my good friends leave.
Millie, I will miss you so.
I wish you didn't have to go.
Millie, I will miss you so.
I wish you
didn't have to go.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
- Go, Carolyn!
- See, I told you I'd write
you a little song. (CHUCKLES)
(VIDEO STOPS)
(LOW CHATTER ON VIDEO)
Oi! Don't film them.
- Bye!
- Bye.
- See ya!
See ya.
- Love you.
(PHONE LINE RINGS)
- Hello.
- Hi, Mum.
- What's wrong?
- Can I not just call you up?
- Well, you can.
So you made it?
- Yes.
I made it.
- (GASPS) You were
on the news tonight.
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
Did they give you a makeover?
You didn't look like you.
- I did look like me
because it was me,
and that's what I look like.
Actually,
I'm calling you because...
I left my laptop...
in the airport in Hong Kong,
and I really need it
for my internship.
- Oh no!
- Yeah. I know.
- Oh, love, I'm not working
until my leg gets better.
I'm on a shoestring diet
till then.
- Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course.
- But...
No. I'll give you what I can.
- No way, Mum. Don't be crazy.
It's fine. Don't worry about it.
- WOMAN: Oi!
(DOOR BANGS)
- Millie, I'll find a-
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
- Hi.
- We're closed for the year.
- I'm actually an ex-student.
I just graduated
and have come
to check on my project.
- You Carolyn?
- Yeah.
- Very similar, these two,
aren't they?
- I don't see that.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- I mean, it's pretty clear
that this...
Millie - I mean, her work is
very clearly
derivative of yours.
- Sure it's not
the other way around?
- Yeah.
I mean, yours just has
a certain je ne sais quoi.
- It's probably, you know,
the zeitgeist.
- Don't think so.
I do think you need
to leave, though.
- (PANTS)
(CAR ENGINE RUMBLES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
Uh, fuck.
(KEYS JINGLE)
(SIREN WAILS)
(BASS MUSIC THUMPS)
(MEN YELL IN DISTANCE)
(CAR ENGINE REVS)
(PEOPLE CHATTER ROWDILY)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(BASS MUSIC BOOMS,
PEOPLE CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
('MORROW' BY 070 SHAKE PLAYS)
- Said I'm done
callin' and textin'.
Don't be so
passive-aggressive.
You're gonna pass
that aggression.
We in business.
I've been invested.
I did not come to impress ya.
You're gonna know
cos it's destined.
You feel it in your intestine.
I know it's hard to swallow.
I don't know
if I'll be here tomorrow.
'Morrow. Yeah, yeah.
Tomorrow. Yeah.
'Morrow. Yeah, yeah. Tomorrow.
You can't scream louder.
No, no, no.
No one's around you.
No, no, no.
Heart filled with malice,
and that's how you'll have it.
I'm still so proud of you.
Don't turn your back on me.
Oh, no.
We'll find our balance.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I, only I, can control.
Need to find,
to decide why...
(MUSIC CONTINUES FAINTLY)
(LOUD, OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
(PEOPLE SPEAK DRUNKENLY)
- He doesn't even know
what he's doing! Like...
I mean, what the hell?! Like,
I just wish they'd cast me in a
lead role and give me a chance
to, like, prove myself,
you know? Like...
- Totally, totally.
- They just keep giving
the best roles to the same
three people and, I'm like-
- And it's just, like, systemic
bullshit and all of that shit.
- Yeah, oi. Straight up.
I'm just like...
Yeah. Like, they just put you
in a- in, like, a box
of what they think you are,
you know?
And, um, that's not
your job, like...
- Yeah.
- I'll do that.
Like, that's my job.
I will define me.
- You choose your own plot.
- Yeah. Like,
that's what I've been,
like, doing, um...
- Do you need to get that?
- Uh...
(MUTTERS)
We said no contact
for six months.
- Well, what about
long distance?
- Nah, nah, nah, nah.
I don't believe in that. Nah.
- Nah, nah.
- You know, like, she
was like, 'What if I stay?'
And I said, 'I'm not gonna
let you ruin your life for me.'
- Oh, fuck.
That's really mature. Yeah.
- Oi, like, straight up, though.
Like, you just have to, like,
think about your, um- your
partner, and like, not be a...
You all good?
(TECHNO MUSIC BLARES)
Who was that?
What about you?
Yeah. What about you, Carolyn?
- CAROLYN: Uh... When I was 16,
my dad took me to New York.
- Oh.
- Mm-hm!
- Right? So...
- Yeah.
- We went to the Guggenheim.
- Mm.
- And I just remember thinking
that none of the art
inside the building was as
cool as the building itself.
- Mm.
- You know?
The flow of it all. This...
- Yeah. Yeah.
- ...spiral climbing into
the sky, reaching for, like,
the highest ideals
of human imagination.
- That's awesome.
- It's not just a building,
really. It's...
an experience.
- Yeah, definitely.
(GIRLS GIGGLE)
- You should be there.
- Yeah, you should be.
- Nah.
Millie worked really hard.
(CHUCKLES) She says
it's like an osmosis thing.
- (SCOFFS)
- It's honestly
not that uncommon, especially-
- Come on!
No. Like, last year she randomly
got the same shoes as me.
- Yeah, I remember that.
- And I was like,
'Um... Like,
what are the chances?'
And she was, like, 'Twinsies!'
- Yeah,
I'm used to that from her.
It's harmless, but, like,
this is next level.
- Uh-huh.
- No.
I mean...
They'll sniff her out as soon
as she gets there, right?
(GIRLS CHUCKLE)
So...
(ENGINES REV,
MEN CACKLE DRUNKENLY)
- Millie!
Hey.
- Scott, hi.
- I thought... I thought
you were in New York.
- I am. Um...
Yeah, tomorrow, first thing.
That's why I'm about to boost.
I've got to go
and hit the bed. Yeah.
- Oh, you've just come from
the drinks?
- Yeah.
Wait, why? Are you-?
Are you going?
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
Uh, Carolyn invited me, so...
- Whoa. That's really, um...
brave of you.
- What? Why?
- Just cos there's, like,
a lot of your students
who are up there right now,
uh, pashing, gyrating.
It's a very, um...
It's an orgy up there,
currently.
I mean, if I was
in your position,
I'd probably be kind of...
- Rea- It's... OK .
Really? It's that level?
Yeah. It's- It's heated. Yeah.
- OK
- It's heated.
- Then this is embarrassing.
- Don't be embarrassed
about it. These things happen.
- No, no, no. I mean, I just...
- Yeah, I would stay away.
- I dunno. I don't want to be
that... (CHUCKLES) that guy.
- Um...
do you need a lift?
- So this is your-
the New York bag?
- That's the-
That's the New York bag.
- Wow. That's it?
- Yeah. That's my stuff.
I moved out of my flat tonight.
- OK. Um, where are you staying?
- I'll probably just crash
here in the car. (CHUCKLES)
- In the car?
- Yeah.
- Your car. What?
- Yeah.
- (CHUCKLES) That is so bleak.
Millie, you can't do that.
It's not. It's not that bleak.
No, no. I can't accept that.
You, um...
You can crash on the mezzanine.
- Scott, it's fine.
- Seriously.
Don't worry about it.
It's no worries. And I owe ya
for saving my arse tonight.
Kim's not there -
my wife. We're having
a little bit of a, um...
Yeah.
I mean, just so you know,
it's not...
not, um... Yeah.
Just so you don't get there
and go, 'Oh, 'where's his wife?'
- Yeah. Cool.
- Yeah. So it's not...
So it is not weird.
Mm.
Yeah. A weird fascination
of mine - horses.
Obsessed when I was a kid
and, yeah,
that lead to architecture.
Obviously not directly. Um...
Do you want a joint?
- Oh, no, thanks. I'm good.
I went horse trekking
once as a kid,
and, uh, I was really scared
and the horse could, like, tell.
- Oh, they know.
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah. They know.
And it bucked me off, so now
I have a bit of a phobia of...
horses now, actually. So...
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
OK.
Yeah. Sorry about
all the hooves.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
So, you're-
you're from Wellington?
- Yeah.
- (SIGHS) Did you-?
Sure you don't want some?
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
- OK. Yeah, sure.
- So you grew up here?
- (INHALES SHARPLY)
No, I didn't.
- (CHUCKLES)
So where did you, uh, grow up?
- Uh, I grew up in
different places - all around.
- Right. OK.
- Mm.
- But, like, uh...
where were you born?
Oh.
- Thanks. I was born
in the Philippines.
- Oh. You're from
the Philippines?
- I'm not from there; my parents
just worked there for a while.
- Wow. What do they do?
- They were missionaries,
but I'm not religious
or anything like that.
- Wow. That's fascinating.
- Not really.
- So, why architecture?
What was the initial spark
for you?
- (LAUGHS)
- Not horses?
- No, not horses.
- Oh.
Not wearing my teacher's hat.
(GRUNTS)
- Uh...
I think it was when I was 16.
So, my mum...
took me to the Guggenheim.
And I just remember thinking,
'None of the art in here
'is as cool as the building
itself,' you know?
Like, this spiral staircase
ascending...
to the heights
of human imagination.
It's not a building. It's-
It's a whole experience.
- Mm.
- Mm.
- I see you.
- What?
- I see you.
(BOTH LAUGH)
- I-I see you.
- No. I see you.
- Oh, OK.
I think I might know
what's happened here.
- Just getting a bit of
dj vu over here.
- Do you think
maybe you've heard
Carolyn say something similar?
Wow.
Cos we were there, together,
at the same time.
We were both at
the Guggenheim together.
And I was like, 'We should
both study architecture.'
And she was like, 'Yeah,
I was thinking that too.
'You're just the one
who voiced it.'
- Right. Yeah.
- Mm.
- That makes sense.
You guys are...
really similar, eh?
- (SNIFFS)
- Your work, right?
I mean, it happens - osmosis.
- I say that all the time.
Osmosis.
- Mm.
You have to figure out
your own point of view.
Like, what makes your work
unique, do you think?
Like, what makes you, you?
Oh.
Um...
I'm gonna take that... Yep.
Oh, that was- Yeah.
I was just trying to...
(DOOR SLIDES)
Oh. Here we...
Hello.
Yep. Hey.
- I just forgot the, um...
- Yeah.
Ah, yeah. So- Oh, OK.
So, that's Millie,
and this is my wife, Kim.
- Hi, Kim.
- Hi.
- It's- Yeah. It's not like,
uh, last time.
Did you-? How is everything?
Good?
- WHISPERS: Great.
- Yeah. Millie. Yeah.
I was about to, um...
- All right.
Thank you so much, Scott.
I'm gonna boost.
CHUCKLES: Yeah.
Thank you. You have such
a beautiful home.
- Yeah...
- Thank you.
(RAIN PATTERS)
(HEAD THUDS)
(CARS RUMBLE IN DISTANCE)
(SNIFFLES, SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(COMPUTER WHOOSHES)
(ELECTRONIC DIAL TONE RINGS)
- Hey!
- Hey!
SING-SONGY: Where my
party people at?
Where my party people at?
- Hey! Have a drink, Mills.
Have a drink.
(ALL LAUGH)
- It's good to see that life
is still going on without me.
(LAUGHS)
- CAROLYN: You got there fast.
- Yeah. Yeah. It was
a really strong tail wind.
They said it was unusually fast.
- How's it all going?
- Honestly, it's been
so amazing. Yeah.
My boss came and picked me up
from the airport.
We went straight
to this rooftop party.
- Wow!
- I tried cocaine.
- Wow. So cool!
- Yeah, it was really cool.
And it's like I've just been
embraced by this
amazing New York family.
- You've changed.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Whatever!
- Yeah, but he's right,
though, cos you broke our rule.
- Actually, I'm calling Carolyn.
It's not my fault
you happen to be there.
So...
- Oh yeah.
(STAMMERS) I was joking anyway.
- What time is it over there?
- I don't even know.
Early. Late.
What do you guys think of my
exposed brick wall apartment?
- You've got
the Massimo Vignelli up.
- Yeah.
Why?
- You put up a New York poster
in New York.
- Yeah. I mean...
I was just paying homage.
I can take it down.
Um... Anyway, I'd better go.
I'm pretty jet lagged.
- Oh. What?
- Miss you guys.
- Wait, what?
- Bye.
- Hey.
- Oi, Mills.
(LAPTOP LID SHUTS)
(ALARM BLARES)
(ALARM STOPS)
(DOOR OPENS)
- Steve!
Hi.
I'm Millie. I came in yesterday.
Yeah. I, uh, bought an asset.
- And...
don't worry about that one
unless you're leaving
the country. (CHUCKLES)
So, I just need you to sign,
uh, there.
(PEN SCRATCHES)
Great. That's us.
I'll give you that one.
- Cool.
- So it's gonna take, uh,
24 hours to process.
- Thank you so much.
(TENSE, POUNDING MUSIC)
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(PANTS)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(STUTTERING BREATHS)
(RAIN PATTERS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(GRUNTS)
Oh, shit.
(ZIP WHIZZES)
(RAIN PATTERS ON PLASTIC)
(LAUGHS FALSELY)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(LAUGHS FALSELY)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK)
- Um, hey everyone.
Uh, this is just some of, um,
Henry's top tips for everyone
that's going through
a breakup right now.
(SIGHS) Um...
Number one - just surround
yourself with-
with good people, you know?
Like, just, um...
Just no haters and no fakers.
And, uh, number two -
just- just go to the gym,
you know?
And- And drink some
protein and...
and- and- Cos if you look
good, then- then you feel good.
And number three -
just get high.
Just get high. (LAUGHS)
And number four -
uh...
just remember that-
that the love was real.
And, like,
don't forget that it's-
that it'll always be there.
Like- Like, the stars that-
that I'm seeing at the moment.
And... just...
Even if the light
fades away, like,
the- the stars are
always gonna be there.
And...
(PEOPLE CHEER ROWDILY,
BASS MUSIC BLARES)
I wanna sing a song,
but I don't know the lyrics.
(LAUGHTER)
(VIDEO ENDS)
(RAIN PATTERS SOFTLY)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(FAINT BIRDSONG)
- (SNIFFS)
(LOCK RATTLES)
(SHOWER RUNS)
(PLASTIC RATTLES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(UPBEAT ALT MUSIC)
WHISPERS: Oh, fuck. Shit.
(GRUNTS)
Hi, there.
- $27.
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(MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY)
(RONDALLA MUSIC PLAYS)
(POLES TAP)
(ALL CHEER)
- All right. I'm game.
I'm game. Here we go.
(EXCLAIMS)
(ALL LAUGH)
(LAUGHTER CONTINUES,
HAPPY CHATTER)
(CARS HONK)
(CARS HONK)
(INSECTS CHIRP)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(PHONE CHIMES REPEATEDLY)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CHUCKLES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(IMITATES BLOWS LANDING,
TAPS ON TENT)
(VIDEO CALL RINGS)
(VIDEO DIAL TONE RINGS)
No contact for six months.
- You broke first.
- Yeah, but that was only
because I was...
just trying to avoid...
- Shut up.
- Hi, Calvin.
- (CALVIN WHINES)
- He misses you.
- Hey.
- Oh! Here, boy.
Is that your bedroom?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Well, can you give me
a tour or what?
- Finished.
- (LAUGHS) OK.
Um... Oh, that reminds me.
Is your...
You live at 247,
Apartment 3N,
First Street in
Williamsburg, right?
- Yeah.
Why?
- (SIGHS)
- What, Henry?
- (IMITATES DRUM ROLL)
I'm coming to New York. (LAUGHS)
Um...
- What?
- I'm coming to New York!
- STAMMERS: What?
When are you coming to-?
- I'm coming tomorrow at 11am.
I legit leave here at 11am.
I saw it on GrabASeat,
and I just- I thought to
myself, 'It's meant to be.'
Have to!
So... I'm coming to New York!
STAMMERS: Where will you stay?
Fuck!
- Um, what do you mean
where am I gonna stay?
I'm gonna stay with you.
- What about school?
- Nah, fuck school.
Some things are
more important right now.
- Um...
- Right?
- I just thought that you said
we shouldn't ruin our lives
for each other, you know?
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, well,
I did say that,
but then I thought about it
the next day,
and I was just like,
nah. Nah, that's stupid.
So...
- Well, isn't it... romantic?
- Yeah.
Yeah. It's so romantic.
- We could be, like,
a power couple of New York -
like Jay-Z and Beyonc, right?
- (SNIFFS)
- They live there, right?
- Uh...
I'm not sure, but cool.
- (HUFFS)
This is good for us. OK?
This is a good thing.
I know it's a good thing.
I can feel it. It's meant to be,
otherwise that GrabASeat
wouldn't have came up.
- Yeah.
- OK. Cool.
All right. I'm gonna pack
this stuff up, and, um,
I'll see you soon OK?
- Cool.
Yeah. Bye.
- Say 'bye', Calvin.
Bye. OK. I'll see you soon.
(LAPTOP CHIMES)
(HOLLOW, WARPING MUSIC)
- (GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(BREATHES RAGGEDLY)
(BIRDS TWEET)
(PANTS SHALLOWLY)
(KNOCKS ON DOOR)
(WHIMPERS, GASPS FOR BREATH)
(MOANS WEAKLY)
(WHIMPERS FEEBLY)
- Hi.
Asad.
Airbnb.
- Hi.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
- (SIGHS)
WOMAN: What happened?
Did you change your mind?
Is it...
something to do with Henry?
- No, Mum.
- Millie, what happened?
- I had to get off the plane.
- Why?
- Because I felt like
I couldn't breathe.
My heart was closing down.
Everything was just, like...
coming towards me.
- You had a panic attack.
- No, I didn't.
I don't get those, Mum.
- Millie.
- It's fine.
- How is it fine?
- Because I'm sussing it.
- How are you sussing it?
How are you sussing it?
- I've got money coming, OK?
Where from?
- Where...?
- Don't worry about it.
- Yeah, but I am worried.
- Well, don't worry about it.
- Have you-? Shh.
Have you told the architects
you're gonna be late?
- Yes.
- Have you told Carolyn?
- Yep.
- Henry?
- Yes.
- WHISPERS:
Millie, this is so silly.
- I know that it's stupid.
- Shh.
- You don't have
to tell me how stupid it is.
I am well aware of that,
so don't go on about it.
- You've been here for two
days? Why didn't you come to me?
- I don't know!
- Why?!
- I don't know.
OK? Maybe- Maybe it's because
whenever I do come here,
you always make me get up,
and you always make me perform,
and you always make me do-
- Oh, I-
- Yes, you do. You always make
me do freaking Tinikling
for everybody
- You love Tinikling.
- I do not!
I do not love Tinikling.
- I don't believe that.
- I've never loved it!
Well, you're very good at it.
Because I had to get good
at it because it hurts so much
when the bamboo
whacks your ankles.
But you've never actually just
asked me what I wanted
and what I've wanted to do, Mum!
Oh. (SIGHS)
- I wanted to be normal,
you know? I just-
- What's normal?
- What's normal is not going
around after school
doing a freaking culturally
appropriated dance...
- It is not cultural
appropriation.
- ...to raise money
for your cult. Yes, it is!
- It is not a cult!
You know, we moved here
because of you.
We didn't have anything
waiting for us back here.
- So are you saying that
it was actually my fault
that I was getting bullied
all the time...
- Oh, come on!
- ...because I didn't belong?
- You were expelled.
I'm not gonna lie for you.
If I see your friends or those
architects, I won't lie.
- Saint Marlene (!)
(DISCORDANT PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
Uh, hi. This is Millie Davies.
Um, I'm just calling to check
on the status of my loan.
Uh, how- how far away is it?
OK, cool. And, uh, is that
gonna happen pretty soon?
Because you guys
did say 24 hours,
and your name's
Money in a Hurry, so...
That would be amazing.
OK, cool.
Thanks. Bye.
(INTERCOM BEEPS)
- Yo.
Chur!
- DEEP VOICE: Oh, yo.
Uh... I've got a package here
for apartment 17,
and I need you to come down
and sign for it, so buzz me up,
please, bro.
- Oh. OK. Ah, hold on.
Just- Just coming down now.
(DOOR BUZZES)
(DISTANT FOOTSTEPS)
(DOOR BANGS)
(ELEVATOR GRINDS)
(DOOR BANGS)
- I'm getting my arse
royally spanked here.
- No, you're not.
- Where the fuck
are they all hiding?
Yeah. Ah, there we go.
(CLEARS THROAT)
- WHISPERS: Hi, baby.
Hi.
I miss you so much.
Yeah.
(DOOR CLICKS)
- That was weird, man.
I'll just get the cage.
Yeah. Thanks heaps
for doing this as well, eh.
You know, I've just got so
much to do before I bounce, eh?
- No worries.
Uh, you know
where her mum is, right?
- Yep.
She knows I'm coming?
- Nah.
I don't have her number,
but, um...
Well, he was hers
to begin with, so...
Ah... Calvin.
Calvin.
- Calvin.
- Here, boy.
- Calvin.
- Calvin.
Calvin.
Here, boy.
(DOOR BUZZES)
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
- QUIETLY: Oh, shit.
(DOOR SQUEAKS)
Hello?
Hi. Hi, yes.
Yes, it's me.
OK.
Um...
Thanks so much
for the opportunity.
No. No, that's-
that's totally fine.
Thanks. Bye.
(LOW CHATTER)
Mum,
I didn't get
the Roger Walker job.
I just blanked.
I get so nervous. I had all
these things I wanted to say,
and I get to the interview,
and I... (SOBS)
I suck. (SOBS)
My life is shit, and I'm lugging
around my best friend's bunny.
(SNIFFLES)
No, no, no. It's- It's fine.
It's fine.
I should go, I think.
I've got a...
Um...
I'll be fine.
OK. Gotta go. Bye.
(DISTANT CHATTER)
(LIGHTER CLICKS REPEATEDLY)
(SNIFFLES, SIGHS)
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(DOOR HANDLE CLICKS)
- Hey, baby. I am so sorry
to do this right now,
but I cannot let Carolyn
go to Mum's, OK?
This is bigger than you.
(KISSES)
(GRUNTS)
(DISCORDANT DRUMS)
(THUNK!)
- Can I borrow your lighter?
OK, yeah.
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
(CRASH!)
- (PANTS)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
(BREATHES RAGGEDLY)
What?
- Millie.
It's Asad from
your mum's Airbnb.
- Oh, hey, Asad. What's up?
- Um...
- Oh my God.
- No. No, don't.
I'm fine.
I just- I was up a ladder
cleaning windows,
and I leaned forward too much.
- You're not even supposed
to be working, Mum.
- Well, an old client called me,
and I thought I'd get
you some money.
(SIGHS) It's only
a little bit broken.
- I'm so sorry.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
Hello.
- Why is Calvin here?
- Millie Davies?
Millie Davies?
- Yeah.
- Steve from Money In a Hurry.
Look, we're about to
process your loan...
- Great.
- ... and we did a quick
background check,
and we found an article
on Google
that says you're leaving
the country. If that's true,
it's really something that
you should have disclosed.
Obviously we can't proceed
with loan.
But if this is all just
a misunderstanding,
it'd be great to clear...
- HISSES: Fuck.
HISSES: Fuck.
(SIGHS)
- What's happened?
- Nothing.
- Millie.
- Nothing.
- Millie.
Tell me.
- You do have the right
to cancel this loan
within five working days in
writing. Now, all I need
is your signature right there
on the line.
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
- There you go.
Here is your cash.
- Thank you.
Much appreciated.
- Have a wonderful afternoon.
(DOOR OPENS)
- I can't.
- Just...
take the money, please.
(ENGINE STARTS)
Your dad had anxiety;
took medication for it.
Used to get panic attacks.
- I don't get those.
- He insisted that that was
his body's way of telling him
that something was off.
Used to get so conflicted
about not bringing you up
in New Zealand.
He knew what we were doing
was important, and...
and every now and
then it would, you know...
it would hit him -
was it worth the sacrifice?
So many more people
worse off than you.
He worried about it was doing
to your sense of yourself.
You and I, of this land.
Anyway, we did come home
because of you.
- Yeah, because
I was getting bullied.
- Just let me finish.
I think...
I think he was right.
I think we left it too long.
By the time we got back,
it'd already mucked you up.
- Sorry I'm such
a disappointment, Mum.
- Well, we can't all
be appointments.
(OBJECTS THUD)
- Take care, Mum. OK?
(OBJECTS CLATTER)
- Tell Carolyn.
- I will.
- And Henry.
- I will.
- CHOIR: It's our party;
we can do what we want.
It's our party;
we can say what we want.
It's our party;
we can love who we want;
we can kiss who we want;
we can see who we want.
Red. Red cups,
sweaty bodies everywhere.
Hands in the air
like we don't care.
Cos we came to have
so much fun now.
Bet somebody here
might get some now.
If you're not ready
to go home,
can I get a 'Hell no'?
Cos we're gonna go all night
till we see the sunlight,
all right.
So, la-da-di-da-di,
we like to party.
Dancing with Molly;
doing whatever we want.
This is our house.
This is our rules.
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
Can't you see it's
we who own the night?
Can't you see it's
we who 'bout that life?
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
We run things;
things don't run we.
We don't take nothing
from nobody.
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
Can't you see it's
we who own the night?
Can't you see it's
we who 'bout that life?
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
And we can't stop.
Won't stop.
- (SIGHS)
(MUFFLED VOICES, DOOR OPENS)
(FOOTSTEPS, DISTANT CHATTER)
- Did you guys know that, um,
New York - like, Manhattan...
- Yeah.
- ...is roughly about
the same size as the Hutt?
(LAUGHTER)
Like, both Lower and
Upper Hutt combined.
(LOW CHATTER)
- Chuck your shit in my room.
Yeah. Just chuck it on the bed.
- You really are leaving, eh?
- Yeah, G.
Can I have that lamp?
Only if you show me your dick.
- Ohh!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Whereabouts?
- Did your cousin do it?
- What?
- Did your cousin do it?
- Yeah, but...
Who cut your hair?
- Ohh!
- Tell me the name
of your barber, mate.
Tell me the name of your
barber so I can get him for you.
(ALL LAUGH)
(MEN CHANT, SING 'SOSA LOSA',
STOMP RHYTHMICALLY)
(CHANTING, SINGING,
STOMPING CONTINUES)
(LOW, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
(SOFT INDIE MUSIC PLAYS)
(BANG!)
- (HISSES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(MEN CHATTER)
- Oi, Carolyn.
- I can't find Calvin.
Are you even gonna help look?
- Of course
I'm gonna help you look.
But you're not gonna find him.
He's not lost.
- Oh, well just do more
or something.
- Come on.
(DOOR CLOSES)
I need you to just chill.
- I looked everywhere. OK?
- Mm, and it's gonna be
all right.
Like, the cops is
gonna find him, and then-
and then it'll be all good.
- The cops don't give a shit
about a bunny, all right?
They...
- Yo. Just stop stressing out.
Like, it's not your fault.
- Millie's gonna kill me.
Who steals a bunny?!
Like, did- did some, like,
voodoo witch put, like,
a hex on me or something?
Everything-
Everything is going wrong,
you know?
- (SCOFFS)
Oi, you're gonna be all right,
OK?
I promise.
Everything is gonna be OK.
Come here.
- (SIGHS)
I'm a piece of shit.
- No, you're not a...
You're gonna be all right.
- Really?
- Yeah.
(BOTH PANT)
- (GRUNTS)
- (CAROLYN GIGGLES)
(BOTH PANT)
Ooh!
Condom?
- You what? Sorry?
- Condom?
- Huh?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Oh, yeah. Oh.
(PLASTIC CRINKLES)
(GROANS)
Sorry, I don't- I don't
usually, um, use these.
Shit.
- LAUGHS: It's OK.
- OK.
- OK.
- MOANS: Oh, fuck. Yeah, yeah.
That's all goods.
- (MOANS)
(GROANS) Is that OK?
Shall we-?
- Do you wanna maybe try...
- Yeah, yeah.
- ...different position?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- OK.
All right, move that way.
- Yeah.
(BED THUMPS RHYTHMICALLY)
- PANTS: Oi. Oi.
- Is this better?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that's good.
That's good. OK.
(BOTH GROAN)
Does that feel good?
Yeah? Sweet.
Kia ora.
(BOTH PANT)
- (SIGHS)
- Ah.
(BOTH MOAN)
Hold my leg up.
- (GROANS)
Yeah, yeah. Is that all good?
Yeah.
- OK.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- OK. OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I'm just gonna-
- (MOANS)
I'm just gonna pull your hair.
OK.
- Yeah. Sweet.
- (MOANS)
(BOTH PANT)
(LIQUID SPLASHES)
- Wait. What the fuck?
- Oh, yes!
- Wait, hold on.
- What's wrong?
- (SNIFFS)
- What is it?
- (GASPS)
Mill?
Oh, shit.
- Millie?
- Millie...
Uh...
(BOTH PANT)
Um...
- I'm so sorry.
- Calvin is with my mum,
Carolyn.
- Mill. Oi, wait!
Where are you going?
Wait, Mill!
- Millie?
- Yeah.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- (SIGHS)
- (SOBS)
(SNIFFLES)
(BANG!)
(GRUNTS)
(SHRIEKS)
(SOBS)
(SNIFFLES, PANTS)
(SOBS)
(CELL PHONE BUZZES)
- You have one new message.
- Hi, Millie. It's, um, Stu here
from Richdale Urbanisation
Scholarship.
Uh... Look, I got a call from
R&C saying that you hadn't
turned up
for your internship yet, uh,
which is kind of strange because
from your Instagram posts
and everything, um....
(CHUCKLES) well, it seems like
you're having a great time
in New York. So, uh,
it'd be great if you just
gave us a call, um,
just to let us know where
you're at. Talk soon.
(WIND WHISTLES)
(WIND HOWLS)
(DESPONDENT BASS MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(DISTANT ROWDY CHATTER)
(BASS BEAT THUMPS)
(CHATTER GROWS LOUDER)
(THUMPING BASS MUSIC PLAYS)
(GLASSES CLINK)
(DESCENDING TECHNO MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ECHOING, UNSETTLING
PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
(INCOHERENT CHATTER)
- Hey.
- Mm! It's you.
- I just got dumped
by my future.
- (COUGHS)
Who came up with that?
This is horrible.
Get a van.
- (LAUGHS)
- Just go and live the dream.
- Gonna brew some booch in
the- in the hills,
in the country.
- What is booch?
- Kombucha.
- Kombucha?
- Yeah.
- I don't like kombucha.
- I fucking hate kombucha.
Sorry that I touched
your crotch.
- Don't apologise.
- That was weird, man.
- It wasn't.
It was a bit weird, but it's
fine. Don't worry about it.
- Is it my fault, though?
- No. It's not your fault, OK?
We've tried things like open
relationship, blah blah blah.
It's just...
You know, it's hard when
you've got kids. Right?
- Yeah.
- Also it has happened before.
So...
I don't know.
You know?
I don't know.
(BOTH PANT)
WHISPERS:
Can I rip your bra off?
- Yeah.
(FABRIC RIPS)
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
- I have an idea.
- Great.
- It's, uh...
It's maybe kind of nuts.
- I love nuts.
(BOTH LAUGH)
All right. I mean, I love nuts.
- Can you, um...
put something on for me?
OK. So, it's, um...
Could be, like, fun?
Like...
- LAUGHS: OK.
- Oh, and, um, don't forget
to take your contacts out.
Um...
- (CHUCKLES)
(FOOTSTEPS PATTER)
All right. Um...
- (SIGHS)
How was your day?
- (LAUGHS)
Oh, you know,
same old...
same old?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Yeah.
Do you want-? Oh, did you
want something to drink?
- Yes. Do you have whisky?
I would love a whisky.
- Uh, yeah...
I was thinking more like tea.
WHISPERS: Tea or something.
- Coffee?
- Mm.
- Or- Or tea.
- Yeah. What kind?
QUIETLY: Chamomile.
- Chamomile.
- Great.
OK. I...
will be back in a tick.
OK?
- Yeah.
- I love you.
(FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
- (SIGHS)
- So, do you want sugar?
Or we have, um...
honey.
(CLOTHES SQUELCH)
(SEAGULLS CAW)
- (SNIFFLES, WHIMPERS)
(LAUGHS MIRTHLESSLY)
(SNIFFLES)
(SOBS)
(CHUCKLES DARKLY)
LAUGHS: Oh my God.
(SNIFFLES)
(SNIFFLES)
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
- Millie, I'm so-
- I'm sorry about last night.
Yeah, so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Well, we're sorry.
- Sorry.
What happened?
- I had a panic attack
on the plane.
- Why didn't you tell us?
- How much was your ticket?
- (GRUNTS)
- How much was your flight?
I want to pay you back.
- Don't worry about it.
- You quit school for me.
- Well...
If I'm being completely honest,
um...
school wasn't really
working out anyway.
And...
it's New York. (CHUCKLES)
But, uh, I probably would have-
would have quit for you.
Maybe.
Probably.
(SIGHS)
- I'm gonna tell the scholarship
people that I copied your ideas.
- You don't have to do that.
- INTERCOM: This is a boarding
announcement for all passengers
on Flight NZ3179 to Los Angeles.
- (SIGHS)
- Your fight is now boarding.
(ZIP WHIZZES)
- Hey, it's kind of crack up
how you're going now, eh?
- CHUCKLES: Yeah.
Yeah.
Look, I don't know why
I do half the shit I do.
I'll catch you up.
- You still kind of
smell like piss.
- (SNIFFS)
(RONDALLA MUSIC PLAYS)
- You know the dance.
- Yeah, but I haven't
done it for so long.
- You know it.
- Go on.
- I sort of know it.
(RONDALLA MUSIC PLAYS)
GROANS: Oh my gosh.
(POLES TAP RHYTHMICALLY)
Oh. Oh.
(ALL LAUGH)
(HUMS ALONG)
- (CHEERS)
(ALL CHUCKLE)
(RONDALLA MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC SPEEDS UP)
(CAR ZOOMS, HONKS)
(DRUM PATTERS RHYTHMICALLY)
(DRUMS STOP)
(INTERCOM BONGS)
- INTERCOM: Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.
It is my pleasure
on behalf to the crew
to welcome you aboard
this flight.
If there is anything we can do
to make your flight
more comfortable,
please do not hesitate to ask.
To prepare for take-off,
you must now close
your tray tables...
(PLANE ENGINE REVS)
(CABINET SLAMS)
(SEATBELTS CLICK,
PEOPLE CHATTER)
(MECHANICS WHIRR)
(WHIRRING CONTINUES)
- Excuse me, ma'am.
You need to take a seat.
I need to get past. I'm sorry.
Ooh!
- Sorry.
- Ma'am.
- Get away from the door.
Take your hands off it.
I'm sorry. I need to get off.
No.
Take your hands off the door.
Take your hands off the door,
please.
Ooh!
- Is everything OK?
- Are you all right?
- Can you please just
settle down? Settle down.
- No, no.
- It's all right.
Just keep breathing.
It's all right.
Do you want me to call ahead?
(PANTS)
I-I can't breathe.
I'm having a heart attack.
- It's all right.
- I can't breathe. Let me off!
Let me off!
- You're not having
a heart attack.
Yes, I am! Please. Let me off!
Shh.
(CONVEYOR BELT WHINES, SQUEAKS)
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK)
- (BREATHES DEEPLY)
- There's one tomorrow
for 2223.
- What?!
OK, I can't- Um...
Is there some kind of
compensation scheme?
- No. We only cover for
critical medical situations.
- This was a critical
medical situation.
- No, you chose to get off
the plane, so...
- OK. Ah, I didn't-
I didn't choose
to get off the plane;
I had to get off the plane
because of an emergency.
Because of my health.
I think, actually...
it could have been
the salmon wrap
that was... prepared for me
in the food court here by a-
an airport employee.
I felt sick.
- Happens more often
than you think.
- They should stop serving the
salmon wrap, then. (CHUCKLES)
No, panic attacks.
I didn't have a panic attack.
- The first-aid officer
said that you-
- No. I didn't have
a panic attack, OK?
It was the salmon wrap...
that was...
OK.
What's the... just the
cheapest flight that you have?
- There's one day
after tomorrow for 1900.
- ON VIDEO: My name
is Millie Davies,
and I want to be
a world-class architect.
I think I've always known
that it's something
that I want to do with my life.
I've definitely always
had a fascination with
the way that our environment,
uh,
impacts the way that
we interact with one another.
It's pretty exciting.
I'm actually gonna be
interning at Rowden & Cunnane,
which is one of New York's,
like, top architecture firms.
They're actually one of
the top firms in the world.
So, I suppose,
from the experience,
I'm hoping to develop my skills
and represent New Zealand
at a global level.
This is an epic opportunity to
move on and advance and grow,
step into the next chapter
of my life.
As a part of my internship,
I'm going to be, uh,
documenting my experience
on Instagram.
So, uh, stay tuned
and watch this space.
My Instagram handle-
(VIDEO STOPS)
(VACUUM WHIRRS)
(LOW CHATTER)
(INTERCOM DINGS)
(INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
(INTERCOM DINGS,
INDISTINCT PA ANNOUNCEMENT)
(KEYS TAP)
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
(EDGY MUSIC)
(PHONE LINE RINGS)
- Millie Poo.
- Hey, B.
How's it going?
- Hey! How are you?
- Yo.
- What's happening?
Where are you?
- Uh...
I'm just- I'm just in lay- in
layover right now. Yeah.
- Oh my God.
That is so exciting.
It's- It's pretty-
It's pretty ultra.
- Yeah!
- Um...
Hey, I was actually...
- What's up?
- ...wanting to call.
- Mm-hm.
- You- You know how I told you
that I was all good
and to just take your time
paying me back for my car?
I was wondering whether
may- Yeah, could I-
could I please actually get that
money off you kind of soonish?
- Oh. Um...
I mean...
no.
Not right now. Is that OK?
- Are you serious?
- (SCOFFS) I'm so sorry, but...
I'm still broke, babe.
(STAMMERS) I actually am.
- I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. OK.
- But, hey. Hey, I have
some really good news.
I have a job interview with
Roger Walker tomorrow.
(INHALES THROUGH TEETH,
CHUCKLES)
- Yay! Oh my gosh. Cool.
- Oh, I know! I know.
- (CHUCKLES FALSELY)
- I didn't think
it was gonna happen, so...
SIGHS: Yeah.
Hope I get it.
- Yeah, that's awesome.
I'm really happy for you.
Hey, I've got to go.
Uh, they're-
they're boarding my flight
right now, but,
uh, lots of love.
Oh, OK.
Good luck with your interview.
And I'll talk to you later, K?
- Oh. Yeah.
- OK. Sweet. Awesome.
- Hey, hey, hey.
- Yo.
- Hey, I'm...
I'm so happy for you, OK?
You really deserve this,
all right?
Right. You're gonna be amazing.
Thank you.
- All right?
- OK.
- OK. Talk soon.
All right. Have a safe flight,
babe.
- Bye.
- Bye.
(DISCORDANT,
POUNDING PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
- So, there's nothing- there's
literally nothing you can do?
I really, really need to get
a bigger overdraft.
OK.
What about my credit card?
(BAG THUMPS)
Oh, yeah. No, not that card.
On my other credit card.
- Going for a loan?
- Yes, please.
- SOFTLY: OK.
Big one? Small one?
Uh, just a small one, thanks.
- Small one. So, 10 grand?
- Ah, two grand.
- Two grand?
- Yeah.
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK)
- Uh, assets?
Items of value?
- Yeah, hang on. Let me check.
- No, no.
Items of value like a...
car.
- Yeah...
I used to, but I don't any more.
- So you don't have a car?
- No.
- OK. Uh, I tell you what -
if that changes,
give me a call.
Steve, Money in a Hurry.
- OK. Thank you.
(WIND GUSTS)
(HORN BEEPS IN DISTANCE)
(PLANE ENGINE DRONES
IN DISTANCE)
(DEVICE BEEPS)
(DOORS CLICK, WHIRR)
(SOFT WARBLING)
(DOOR HANDLE CLICKS)
(SIGHS)
- MAN ON RECORDING:
Hello. Hi, everyone.
Hello. (SIGHS)
Uh...
Obviously, uh, we know,
um, why we're all here -
um, cos, uh-
cos Millie's leaving.
And, um... Yeah.
Just have a clap for Millie.
Yeah.
(HESITANT APPLAUSE) -
Thank you. Thank you. (LAUGHS)
- Yeah, Um, I'm gonna-
I'm gonna miss you a lot.
- MILLIE: Yeah,
I'll miss you too.
- Um... And not sure what
we'll do without you, but-
but she'll be right, right?
(CHUCKLES)
Anyway, um...
Yeah. Miss you, obviously,
but, um...
I mean, if you're gonna leave,
you're probably gonna
need this, right?
(LAUGHS FACETIOUSLY)
(ALL GROAN)
- OK.
OK. I'm gonna-
- (LAUGHS)
- You need to give
that back about now.
- Nah, nah. I think you
need to come get it yourself.
Oh! Oh, shit! OK. OK.
Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.
(BOTH GIGGLE)
- Oh, shit.
- Yeah, I really struggle
when my good friends leave.
Millie, I will miss you so.
I wish you didn't have to go.
Millie, I will miss you so.
I wish you
didn't have to go.
(APPLAUSE, CHEERING)
- Go, Carolyn!
- See, I told you I'd write
you a little song. (CHUCKLES)
(VIDEO STOPS)
(LOW CHATTER ON VIDEO)
Oi! Don't film them.
- Bye!
- Bye.
- See ya!
See ya.
- Love you.
(PHONE LINE RINGS)
- Hello.
- Hi, Mum.
- What's wrong?
- Can I not just call you up?
- Well, you can.
So you made it?
- Yes.
I made it.
- (GASPS) You were
on the news tonight.
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
Did they give you a makeover?
You didn't look like you.
- I did look like me
because it was me,
and that's what I look like.
Actually,
I'm calling you because...
I left my laptop...
in the airport in Hong Kong,
and I really need it
for my internship.
- Oh no!
- Yeah. I know.
- Oh, love, I'm not working
until my leg gets better.
I'm on a shoestring diet
till then.
- Right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course.
- But...
No. I'll give you what I can.
- No way, Mum. Don't be crazy.
It's fine. Don't worry about it.
- WOMAN: Oi!
(DOOR BANGS)
- Millie, I'll find a-
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
- Hi.
- We're closed for the year.
- I'm actually an ex-student.
I just graduated
and have come
to check on my project.
- You Carolyn?
- Yeah.
- Very similar, these two,
aren't they?
- I don't see that.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- I mean, it's pretty clear
that this...
Millie - I mean, her work is
very clearly
derivative of yours.
- Sure it's not
the other way around?
- Yeah.
I mean, yours just has
a certain je ne sais quoi.
- It's probably, you know,
the zeitgeist.
- Don't think so.
I do think you need
to leave, though.
- (PANTS)
(CAR ENGINE RUMBLES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
Uh, fuck.
(KEYS JINGLE)
(SIREN WAILS)
(BASS MUSIC THUMPS)
(MEN YELL IN DISTANCE)
(CAR ENGINE REVS)
(PEOPLE CHATTER ROWDILY)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(BASS MUSIC BOOMS,
PEOPLE CHATTER INDISTINCTLY)
('MORROW' BY 070 SHAKE PLAYS)
- Said I'm done
callin' and textin'.
Don't be so
passive-aggressive.
You're gonna pass
that aggression.
We in business.
I've been invested.
I did not come to impress ya.
You're gonna know
cos it's destined.
You feel it in your intestine.
I know it's hard to swallow.
I don't know
if I'll be here tomorrow.
'Morrow. Yeah, yeah.
Tomorrow. Yeah.
'Morrow. Yeah, yeah. Tomorrow.
You can't scream louder.
No, no, no.
No one's around you.
No, no, no.
Heart filled with malice,
and that's how you'll have it.
I'm still so proud of you.
Don't turn your back on me.
Oh, no.
We'll find our balance.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I, only I, can control.
Need to find,
to decide why...
(MUSIC CONTINUES FAINTLY)
(LOUD, OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
(PEOPLE SPEAK DRUNKENLY)
- He doesn't even know
what he's doing! Like...
I mean, what the hell?! Like,
I just wish they'd cast me in a
lead role and give me a chance
to, like, prove myself,
you know? Like...
- Totally, totally.
- They just keep giving
the best roles to the same
three people and, I'm like-
- And it's just, like, systemic
bullshit and all of that shit.
- Yeah, oi. Straight up.
I'm just like...
Yeah. Like, they just put you
in a- in, like, a box
of what they think you are,
you know?
And, um, that's not
your job, like...
- Yeah.
- I'll do that.
Like, that's my job.
I will define me.
- You choose your own plot.
- Yeah. Like,
that's what I've been,
like, doing, um...
- Do you need to get that?
- Uh...
(MUTTERS)
We said no contact
for six months.
- Well, what about
long distance?
- Nah, nah, nah, nah.
I don't believe in that. Nah.
- Nah, nah.
- You know, like, she
was like, 'What if I stay?'
And I said, 'I'm not gonna
let you ruin your life for me.'
- Oh, fuck.
That's really mature. Yeah.
- Oi, like, straight up, though.
Like, you just have to, like,
think about your, um- your
partner, and like, not be a...
You all good?
(TECHNO MUSIC BLARES)
Who was that?
What about you?
Yeah. What about you, Carolyn?
- CAROLYN: Uh... When I was 16,
my dad took me to New York.
- Oh.
- Mm-hm!
- Right? So...
- Yeah.
- We went to the Guggenheim.
- Mm.
- And I just remember thinking
that none of the art
inside the building was as
cool as the building itself.
- Mm.
- You know?
The flow of it all. This...
- Yeah. Yeah.
- ...spiral climbing into
the sky, reaching for, like,
the highest ideals
of human imagination.
- That's awesome.
- It's not just a building,
really. It's...
an experience.
- Yeah, definitely.
(GIRLS GIGGLE)
- You should be there.
- Yeah, you should be.
- Nah.
Millie worked really hard.
(CHUCKLES) She says
it's like an osmosis thing.
- (SCOFFS)
- It's honestly
not that uncommon, especially-
- Come on!
No. Like, last year she randomly
got the same shoes as me.
- Yeah, I remember that.
- And I was like,
'Um... Like,
what are the chances?'
And she was, like, 'Twinsies!'
- Yeah,
I'm used to that from her.
It's harmless, but, like,
this is next level.
- Uh-huh.
- No.
I mean...
They'll sniff her out as soon
as she gets there, right?
(GIRLS CHUCKLE)
So...
(ENGINES REV,
MEN CACKLE DRUNKENLY)
- Millie!
Hey.
- Scott, hi.
- I thought... I thought
you were in New York.
- I am. Um...
Yeah, tomorrow, first thing.
That's why I'm about to boost.
I've got to go
and hit the bed. Yeah.
- Oh, you've just come from
the drinks?
- Yeah.
Wait, why? Are you-?
Are you going?
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
Uh, Carolyn invited me, so...
- Whoa. That's really, um...
brave of you.
- What? Why?
- Just cos there's, like,
a lot of your students
who are up there right now,
uh, pashing, gyrating.
It's a very, um...
It's an orgy up there,
currently.
I mean, if I was
in your position,
I'd probably be kind of...
- Rea- It's... OK .
Really? It's that level?
Yeah. It's- It's heated. Yeah.
- OK
- It's heated.
- Then this is embarrassing.
- Don't be embarrassed
about it. These things happen.
- No, no, no. I mean, I just...
- Yeah, I would stay away.
- I dunno. I don't want to be
that... (CHUCKLES) that guy.
- Um...
do you need a lift?
- So this is your-
the New York bag?
- That's the-
That's the New York bag.
- Wow. That's it?
- Yeah. That's my stuff.
I moved out of my flat tonight.
- OK. Um, where are you staying?
- I'll probably just crash
here in the car. (CHUCKLES)
- In the car?
- Yeah.
- Your car. What?
- Yeah.
- (CHUCKLES) That is so bleak.
Millie, you can't do that.
It's not. It's not that bleak.
No, no. I can't accept that.
You, um...
You can crash on the mezzanine.
- Scott, it's fine.
- Seriously.
Don't worry about it.
It's no worries. And I owe ya
for saving my arse tonight.
Kim's not there -
my wife. We're having
a little bit of a, um...
Yeah.
I mean, just so you know,
it's not...
not, um... Yeah.
Just so you don't get there
and go, 'Oh, 'where's his wife?'
- Yeah. Cool.
- Yeah. So it's not...
So it is not weird.
Mm.
Yeah. A weird fascination
of mine - horses.
Obsessed when I was a kid
and, yeah,
that lead to architecture.
Obviously not directly. Um...
Do you want a joint?
- Oh, no, thanks. I'm good.
I went horse trekking
once as a kid,
and, uh, I was really scared
and the horse could, like, tell.
- Oh, they know.
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah. They know.
And it bucked me off, so now
I have a bit of a phobia of...
horses now, actually. So...
- Oh.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
OK.
Yeah. Sorry about
all the hooves.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
So, you're-
you're from Wellington?
- Yeah.
- (SIGHS) Did you-?
Sure you don't want some?
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
- OK. Yeah, sure.
- So you grew up here?
- (INHALES SHARPLY)
No, I didn't.
- (CHUCKLES)
So where did you, uh, grow up?
- Uh, I grew up in
different places - all around.
- Right. OK.
- Mm.
- But, like, uh...
where were you born?
Oh.
- Thanks. I was born
in the Philippines.
- Oh. You're from
the Philippines?
- I'm not from there; my parents
just worked there for a while.
- Wow. What do they do?
- They were missionaries,
but I'm not religious
or anything like that.
- Wow. That's fascinating.
- Not really.
- So, why architecture?
What was the initial spark
for you?
- (LAUGHS)
- Not horses?
- No, not horses.
- Oh.
Not wearing my teacher's hat.
(GRUNTS)
- Uh...
I think it was when I was 16.
So, my mum...
took me to the Guggenheim.
And I just remember thinking,
'None of the art in here
'is as cool as the building
itself,' you know?
Like, this spiral staircase
ascending...
to the heights
of human imagination.
It's not a building. It's-
It's a whole experience.
- Mm.
- Mm.
- I see you.
- What?
- I see you.
(BOTH LAUGH)
- I-I see you.
- No. I see you.
- Oh, OK.
I think I might know
what's happened here.
- Just getting a bit of
dj vu over here.
- Do you think
maybe you've heard
Carolyn say something similar?
Wow.
Cos we were there, together,
at the same time.
We were both at
the Guggenheim together.
And I was like, 'We should
both study architecture.'
And she was like, 'Yeah,
I was thinking that too.
'You're just the one
who voiced it.'
- Right. Yeah.
- Mm.
- That makes sense.
You guys are...
really similar, eh?
- (SNIFFS)
- Your work, right?
I mean, it happens - osmosis.
- I say that all the time.
Osmosis.
- Mm.
You have to figure out
your own point of view.
Like, what makes your work
unique, do you think?
Like, what makes you, you?
Oh.
Um...
I'm gonna take that... Yep.
Oh, that was- Yeah.
I was just trying to...
(DOOR SLIDES)
Oh. Here we...
Hello.
Yep. Hey.
- I just forgot the, um...
- Yeah.
Ah, yeah. So- Oh, OK.
So, that's Millie,
and this is my wife, Kim.
- Hi, Kim.
- Hi.
- It's- Yeah. It's not like,
uh, last time.
Did you-? How is everything?
Good?
- WHISPERS: Great.
- Yeah. Millie. Yeah.
I was about to, um...
- All right.
Thank you so much, Scott.
I'm gonna boost.
CHUCKLES: Yeah.
Thank you. You have such
a beautiful home.
- Yeah...
- Thank you.
(RAIN PATTERS)
(HEAD THUDS)
(CARS RUMBLE IN DISTANCE)
(SNIFFLES, SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(COMPUTER WHOOSHES)
(ELECTRONIC DIAL TONE RINGS)
- Hey!
- Hey!
SING-SONGY: Where my
party people at?
Where my party people at?
- Hey! Have a drink, Mills.
Have a drink.
(ALL LAUGH)
- It's good to see that life
is still going on without me.
(LAUGHS)
- CAROLYN: You got there fast.
- Yeah. Yeah. It was
a really strong tail wind.
They said it was unusually fast.
- How's it all going?
- Honestly, it's been
so amazing. Yeah.
My boss came and picked me up
from the airport.
We went straight
to this rooftop party.
- Wow!
- I tried cocaine.
- Wow. So cool!
- Yeah, it was really cool.
And it's like I've just been
embraced by this
amazing New York family.
- You've changed.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Whatever!
- Yeah, but he's right,
though, cos you broke our rule.
- Actually, I'm calling Carolyn.
It's not my fault
you happen to be there.
So...
- Oh yeah.
(STAMMERS) I was joking anyway.
- What time is it over there?
- I don't even know.
Early. Late.
What do you guys think of my
exposed brick wall apartment?
- You've got
the Massimo Vignelli up.
- Yeah.
Why?
- You put up a New York poster
in New York.
- Yeah. I mean...
I was just paying homage.
I can take it down.
Um... Anyway, I'd better go.
I'm pretty jet lagged.
- Oh. What?
- Miss you guys.
- Wait, what?
- Bye.
- Hey.
- Oi, Mills.
(LAPTOP LID SHUTS)
(ALARM BLARES)
(ALARM STOPS)
(DOOR OPENS)
- Steve!
Hi.
I'm Millie. I came in yesterday.
Yeah. I, uh, bought an asset.
- And...
don't worry about that one
unless you're leaving
the country. (CHUCKLES)
So, I just need you to sign,
uh, there.
(PEN SCRATCHES)
Great. That's us.
I'll give you that one.
- Cool.
- So it's gonna take, uh,
24 hours to process.
- Thank you so much.
(TENSE, POUNDING MUSIC)
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(PANTS)
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(STUTTERING BREATHS)
(RAIN PATTERS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(GRUNTS)
Oh, shit.
(ZIP WHIZZES)
(RAIN PATTERS ON PLASTIC)
(LAUGHS FALSELY)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(LAUGHS FALSELY)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(KEYBOARD KEYS CLACK)
- Um, hey everyone.
Uh, this is just some of, um,
Henry's top tips for everyone
that's going through
a breakup right now.
(SIGHS) Um...
Number one - just surround
yourself with-
with good people, you know?
Like, just, um...
Just no haters and no fakers.
And, uh, number two -
just- just go to the gym,
you know?
And- And drink some
protein and...
and- and- Cos if you look
good, then- then you feel good.
And number three -
just get high.
Just get high. (LAUGHS)
And number four -
uh...
just remember that-
that the love was real.
And, like,
don't forget that it's-
that it'll always be there.
Like- Like, the stars that-
that I'm seeing at the moment.
And... just...
Even if the light
fades away, like,
the- the stars are
always gonna be there.
And...
(PEOPLE CHEER ROWDILY,
BASS MUSIC BLARES)
I wanna sing a song,
but I don't know the lyrics.
(LAUGHTER)
(VIDEO ENDS)
(RAIN PATTERS SOFTLY)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(FAINT BIRDSONG)
- (SNIFFS)
(LOCK RATTLES)
(SHOWER RUNS)
(PLASTIC RATTLES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(UPBEAT ALT MUSIC)
WHISPERS: Oh, fuck. Shit.
(GRUNTS)
Hi, there.
- $27.
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
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(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY)
(RONDALLA MUSIC PLAYS)
(POLES TAP)
(ALL CHEER)
- All right. I'm game.
I'm game. Here we go.
(EXCLAIMS)
(ALL LAUGH)
(LAUGHTER CONTINUES,
HAPPY CHATTER)
(CARS HONK)
(CARS HONK)
(INSECTS CHIRP)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(PHONE CHIMES REPEATEDLY)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CHUCKLES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(IMITATES BLOWS LANDING,
TAPS ON TENT)
(VIDEO CALL RINGS)
(VIDEO DIAL TONE RINGS)
No contact for six months.
- You broke first.
- Yeah, but that was only
because I was...
just trying to avoid...
- Shut up.
- Hi, Calvin.
- (CALVIN WHINES)
- He misses you.
- Hey.
- Oh! Here, boy.
Is that your bedroom?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Well, can you give me
a tour or what?
- Finished.
- (LAUGHS) OK.
Um... Oh, that reminds me.
Is your...
You live at 247,
Apartment 3N,
First Street in
Williamsburg, right?
- Yeah.
Why?
- (SIGHS)
- What, Henry?
- (IMITATES DRUM ROLL)
I'm coming to New York. (LAUGHS)
Um...
- What?
- I'm coming to New York!
- STAMMERS: What?
When are you coming to-?
- I'm coming tomorrow at 11am.
I legit leave here at 11am.
I saw it on GrabASeat,
and I just- I thought to
myself, 'It's meant to be.'
Have to!
So... I'm coming to New York!
STAMMERS: Where will you stay?
Fuck!
- Um, what do you mean
where am I gonna stay?
I'm gonna stay with you.
- What about school?
- Nah, fuck school.
Some things are
more important right now.
- Um...
- Right?
- I just thought that you said
we shouldn't ruin our lives
for each other, you know?
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, well,
I did say that,
but then I thought about it
the next day,
and I was just like,
nah. Nah, that's stupid.
So...
- Well, isn't it... romantic?
- Yeah.
Yeah. It's so romantic.
- We could be, like,
a power couple of New York -
like Jay-Z and Beyonc, right?
- (SNIFFS)
- They live there, right?
- Uh...
I'm not sure, but cool.
- (HUFFS)
This is good for us. OK?
This is a good thing.
I know it's a good thing.
I can feel it. It's meant to be,
otherwise that GrabASeat
wouldn't have came up.
- Yeah.
- OK. Cool.
All right. I'm gonna pack
this stuff up, and, um,
I'll see you soon OK?
- Cool.
Yeah. Bye.
- Say 'bye', Calvin.
Bye. OK. I'll see you soon.
(LAPTOP CHIMES)
(HOLLOW, WARPING MUSIC)
- (GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(BREATHES RAGGEDLY)
(BIRDS TWEET)
(PANTS SHALLOWLY)
(KNOCKS ON DOOR)
(WHIMPERS, GASPS FOR BREATH)
(MOANS WEAKLY)
(WHIMPERS FEEBLY)
- Hi.
Asad.
Airbnb.
- Hi.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
- (SIGHS)
WOMAN: What happened?
Did you change your mind?
Is it...
something to do with Henry?
- No, Mum.
- Millie, what happened?
- I had to get off the plane.
- Why?
- Because I felt like
I couldn't breathe.
My heart was closing down.
Everything was just, like...
coming towards me.
- You had a panic attack.
- No, I didn't.
I don't get those, Mum.
- Millie.
- It's fine.
- How is it fine?
- Because I'm sussing it.
- How are you sussing it?
How are you sussing it?
- I've got money coming, OK?
Where from?
- Where...?
- Don't worry about it.
- Yeah, but I am worried.
- Well, don't worry about it.
- Have you-? Shh.
Have you told the architects
you're gonna be late?
- Yes.
- Have you told Carolyn?
- Yep.
- Henry?
- Yes.
- WHISPERS:
Millie, this is so silly.
- I know that it's stupid.
- Shh.
- You don't have
to tell me how stupid it is.
I am well aware of that,
so don't go on about it.
- You've been here for two
days? Why didn't you come to me?
- I don't know!
- Why?!
- I don't know.
OK? Maybe- Maybe it's because
whenever I do come here,
you always make me get up,
and you always make me perform,
and you always make me do-
- Oh, I-
- Yes, you do. You always make
me do freaking Tinikling
for everybody
- You love Tinikling.
- I do not!
I do not love Tinikling.
- I don't believe that.
- I've never loved it!
Well, you're very good at it.
Because I had to get good
at it because it hurts so much
when the bamboo
whacks your ankles.
But you've never actually just
asked me what I wanted
and what I've wanted to do, Mum!
Oh. (SIGHS)
- I wanted to be normal,
you know? I just-
- What's normal?
- What's normal is not going
around after school
doing a freaking culturally
appropriated dance...
- It is not cultural
appropriation.
- ...to raise money
for your cult. Yes, it is!
- It is not a cult!
You know, we moved here
because of you.
We didn't have anything
waiting for us back here.
- So are you saying that
it was actually my fault
that I was getting bullied
all the time...
- Oh, come on!
- ...because I didn't belong?
- You were expelled.
I'm not gonna lie for you.
If I see your friends or those
architects, I won't lie.
- Saint Marlene (!)
(DISCORDANT PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
Uh, hi. This is Millie Davies.
Um, I'm just calling to check
on the status of my loan.
Uh, how- how far away is it?
OK, cool. And, uh, is that
gonna happen pretty soon?
Because you guys
did say 24 hours,
and your name's
Money in a Hurry, so...
That would be amazing.
OK, cool.
Thanks. Bye.
(INTERCOM BEEPS)
- Yo.
Chur!
- DEEP VOICE: Oh, yo.
Uh... I've got a package here
for apartment 17,
and I need you to come down
and sign for it, so buzz me up,
please, bro.
- Oh. OK. Ah, hold on.
Just- Just coming down now.
(DOOR BUZZES)
(DISTANT FOOTSTEPS)
(DOOR BANGS)
(ELEVATOR GRINDS)
(DOOR BANGS)
- I'm getting my arse
royally spanked here.
- No, you're not.
- Where the fuck
are they all hiding?
Yeah. Ah, there we go.
(CLEARS THROAT)
- WHISPERS: Hi, baby.
Hi.
I miss you so much.
Yeah.
(DOOR CLICKS)
- That was weird, man.
I'll just get the cage.
Yeah. Thanks heaps
for doing this as well, eh.
You know, I've just got so
much to do before I bounce, eh?
- No worries.
Uh, you know
where her mum is, right?
- Yep.
She knows I'm coming?
- Nah.
I don't have her number,
but, um...
Well, he was hers
to begin with, so...
Ah... Calvin.
Calvin.
- Calvin.
- Here, boy.
- Calvin.
- Calvin.
Calvin.
Here, boy.
(DOOR BUZZES)
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
- QUIETLY: Oh, shit.
(DOOR SQUEAKS)
Hello?
Hi. Hi, yes.
Yes, it's me.
OK.
Um...
Thanks so much
for the opportunity.
No. No, that's-
that's totally fine.
Thanks. Bye.
(LOW CHATTER)
Mum,
I didn't get
the Roger Walker job.
I just blanked.
I get so nervous. I had all
these things I wanted to say,
and I get to the interview,
and I... (SOBS)
I suck. (SOBS)
My life is shit, and I'm lugging
around my best friend's bunny.
(SNIFFLES)
No, no, no. It's- It's fine.
It's fine.
I should go, I think.
I've got a...
Um...
I'll be fine.
OK. Gotta go. Bye.
(DISTANT CHATTER)
(LIGHTER CLICKS REPEATEDLY)
(SNIFFLES, SIGHS)
(CAR DOOR SHUTS)
(DOOR HANDLE CLICKS)
- Hey, baby. I am so sorry
to do this right now,
but I cannot let Carolyn
go to Mum's, OK?
This is bigger than you.
(KISSES)
(GRUNTS)
(DISCORDANT DRUMS)
(THUNK!)
- Can I borrow your lighter?
OK, yeah.
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
(CRASH!)
- (PANTS)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
(BREATHES RAGGEDLY)
What?
- Millie.
It's Asad from
your mum's Airbnb.
- Oh, hey, Asad. What's up?
- Um...
- Oh my God.
- No. No, don't.
I'm fine.
I just- I was up a ladder
cleaning windows,
and I leaned forward too much.
- You're not even supposed
to be working, Mum.
- Well, an old client called me,
and I thought I'd get
you some money.
(SIGHS) It's only
a little bit broken.
- I'm so sorry.
(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
Hello.
- Why is Calvin here?
- Millie Davies?
Millie Davies?
- Yeah.
- Steve from Money In a Hurry.
Look, we're about to
process your loan...
- Great.
- ... and we did a quick
background check,
and we found an article
on Google
that says you're leaving
the country. If that's true,
it's really something that
you should have disclosed.
Obviously we can't proceed
with loan.
But if this is all just
a misunderstanding,
it'd be great to clear...
- HISSES: Fuck.
HISSES: Fuck.
(SIGHS)
- What's happened?
- Nothing.
- Millie.
- Nothing.
- Millie.
Tell me.
- You do have the right
to cancel this loan
within five working days in
writing. Now, all I need
is your signature right there
on the line.
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
- There you go.
Here is your cash.
- Thank you.
Much appreciated.
- Have a wonderful afternoon.
(DOOR OPENS)
- I can't.
- Just...
take the money, please.
(ENGINE STARTS)
Your dad had anxiety;
took medication for it.
Used to get panic attacks.
- I don't get those.
- He insisted that that was
his body's way of telling him
that something was off.
Used to get so conflicted
about not bringing you up
in New Zealand.
He knew what we were doing
was important, and...
and every now and
then it would, you know...
it would hit him -
was it worth the sacrifice?
So many more people
worse off than you.
He worried about it was doing
to your sense of yourself.
You and I, of this land.
Anyway, we did come home
because of you.
- Yeah, because
I was getting bullied.
- Just let me finish.
I think...
I think he was right.
I think we left it too long.
By the time we got back,
it'd already mucked you up.
- Sorry I'm such
a disappointment, Mum.
- Well, we can't all
be appointments.
(OBJECTS THUD)
- Take care, Mum. OK?
(OBJECTS CLATTER)
- Tell Carolyn.
- I will.
- And Henry.
- I will.
- CHOIR: It's our party;
we can do what we want.
It's our party;
we can say what we want.
It's our party;
we can love who we want;
we can kiss who we want;
we can see who we want.
Red. Red cups,
sweaty bodies everywhere.
Hands in the air
like we don't care.
Cos we came to have
so much fun now.
Bet somebody here
might get some now.
If you're not ready
to go home,
can I get a 'Hell no'?
Cos we're gonna go all night
till we see the sunlight,
all right.
So, la-da-di-da-di,
we like to party.
Dancing with Molly;
doing whatever we want.
This is our house.
This is our rules.
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
Can't you see it's
we who own the night?
Can't you see it's
we who 'bout that life?
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
We run things;
things don't run we.
We don't take nothing
from nobody.
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
Can't you see it's
we who own the night?
Can't you see it's
we who 'bout that life?
And we can't stop.
And we won't stop.
And we can't stop.
Won't stop.
- (SIGHS)
(MUFFLED VOICES, DOOR OPENS)
(FOOTSTEPS, DISTANT CHATTER)
- Did you guys know that, um,
New York - like, Manhattan...
- Yeah.
- ...is roughly about
the same size as the Hutt?
(LAUGHTER)
Like, both Lower and
Upper Hutt combined.
(LOW CHATTER)
- Chuck your shit in my room.
Yeah. Just chuck it on the bed.
- You really are leaving, eh?
- Yeah, G.
Can I have that lamp?
Only if you show me your dick.
- Ohh!
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- Whereabouts?
- Did your cousin do it?
- What?
- Did your cousin do it?
- Yeah, but...
Who cut your hair?
- Ohh!
- Tell me the name
of your barber, mate.
Tell me the name of your
barber so I can get him for you.
(ALL LAUGH)
(MEN CHANT, SING 'SOSA LOSA',
STOMP RHYTHMICALLY)
(CHANTING, SINGING,
STOMPING CONTINUES)
(LOW, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
(SOFT INDIE MUSIC PLAYS)
(BANG!)
- (HISSES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(CAMERA CLICKS)
(MEN CHATTER)
- Oi, Carolyn.
- I can't find Calvin.
Are you even gonna help look?
- Of course
I'm gonna help you look.
But you're not gonna find him.
He's not lost.
- Oh, well just do more
or something.
- Come on.
(DOOR CLOSES)
I need you to just chill.
- I looked everywhere. OK?
- Mm, and it's gonna be
all right.
Like, the cops is
gonna find him, and then-
and then it'll be all good.
- The cops don't give a shit
about a bunny, all right?
They...
- Yo. Just stop stressing out.
Like, it's not your fault.
- Millie's gonna kill me.
Who steals a bunny?!
Like, did- did some, like,
voodoo witch put, like,
a hex on me or something?
Everything-
Everything is going wrong,
you know?
- (SCOFFS)
Oi, you're gonna be all right,
OK?
I promise.
Everything is gonna be OK.
Come here.
- (SIGHS)
I'm a piece of shit.
- No, you're not a...
You're gonna be all right.
- Really?
- Yeah.
(BOTH PANT)
- (GRUNTS)
- (CAROLYN GIGGLES)
(BOTH PANT)
Ooh!
Condom?
- You what? Sorry?
- Condom?
- Huh?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Oh, yeah. Oh.
(PLASTIC CRINKLES)
(GROANS)
Sorry, I don't- I don't
usually, um, use these.
Shit.
- LAUGHS: It's OK.
- OK.
- OK.
- MOANS: Oh, fuck. Yeah, yeah.
That's all goods.
- (MOANS)
(GROANS) Is that OK?
Shall we-?
- Do you wanna maybe try...
- Yeah, yeah.
- ...different position?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- OK.
All right, move that way.
- Yeah.
(BED THUMPS RHYTHMICALLY)
- PANTS: Oi. Oi.
- Is this better?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that's good.
That's good. OK.
(BOTH GROAN)
Does that feel good?
Yeah? Sweet.
Kia ora.
(BOTH PANT)
- (SIGHS)
- Ah.
(BOTH MOAN)
Hold my leg up.
- (GROANS)
Yeah, yeah. Is that all good?
Yeah.
- OK.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- OK. OK. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I'm just gonna-
- (MOANS)
I'm just gonna pull your hair.
OK.
- Yeah. Sweet.
- (MOANS)
(BOTH PANT)
(LIQUID SPLASHES)
- Wait. What the fuck?
- Oh, yes!
- Wait, hold on.
- What's wrong?
- (SNIFFS)
- What is it?
- (GASPS)
Mill?
Oh, shit.
- Millie?
- Millie...
Uh...
(BOTH PANT)
Um...
- I'm so sorry.
- Calvin is with my mum,
Carolyn.
- Mill. Oi, wait!
Where are you going?
Wait, Mill!
- Millie?
- Yeah.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- (SIGHS)
- (SOBS)
(SNIFFLES)
(BANG!)
(GRUNTS)
(SHRIEKS)
(SOBS)
(SNIFFLES, PANTS)
(SOBS)
(CELL PHONE BUZZES)
- You have one new message.
- Hi, Millie. It's, um, Stu here
from Richdale Urbanisation
Scholarship.
Uh... Look, I got a call from
R&C saying that you hadn't
turned up
for your internship yet, uh,
which is kind of strange because
from your Instagram posts
and everything, um....
(CHUCKLES) well, it seems like
you're having a great time
in New York. So, uh,
it'd be great if you just
gave us a call, um,
just to let us know where
you're at. Talk soon.
(WIND WHISTLES)
(WIND HOWLS)
(DESPONDENT BASS MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(DISTANT ROWDY CHATTER)
(BASS BEAT THUMPS)
(CHATTER GROWS LOUDER)
(THUMPING BASS MUSIC PLAYS)
(GLASSES CLINK)
(DESCENDING TECHNO MUSIC)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ECHOING, UNSETTLING
PERCUSSIVE MUSIC)
(INCOHERENT CHATTER)
- Hey.
- Mm! It's you.
- I just got dumped
by my future.
- (COUGHS)
Who came up with that?
This is horrible.
Get a van.
- (LAUGHS)
- Just go and live the dream.
- Gonna brew some booch in
the- in the hills,
in the country.
- What is booch?
- Kombucha.
- Kombucha?
- Yeah.
- I don't like kombucha.
- I fucking hate kombucha.
Sorry that I touched
your crotch.
- Don't apologise.
- That was weird, man.
- It wasn't.
It was a bit weird, but it's
fine. Don't worry about it.
- Is it my fault, though?
- No. It's not your fault, OK?
We've tried things like open
relationship, blah blah blah.
It's just...
You know, it's hard when
you've got kids. Right?
- Yeah.
- Also it has happened before.
So...
I don't know.
You know?
I don't know.
(BOTH PANT)
WHISPERS:
Can I rip your bra off?
- Yeah.
(FABRIC RIPS)
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
- I have an idea.
- Great.
- It's, uh...
It's maybe kind of nuts.
- I love nuts.
(BOTH LAUGH)
All right. I mean, I love nuts.
- Can you, um...
put something on for me?
OK. So, it's, um...
Could be, like, fun?
Like...
- LAUGHS: OK.
- Oh, and, um, don't forget
to take your contacts out.
Um...
- (CHUCKLES)
(FOOTSTEPS PATTER)
All right. Um...
- (SIGHS)
How was your day?
- (LAUGHS)
Oh, you know,
same old...
same old?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Yeah.
Do you want-? Oh, did you
want something to drink?
- Yes. Do you have whisky?
I would love a whisky.
- Uh, yeah...
I was thinking more like tea.
WHISPERS: Tea or something.
- Coffee?
- Mm.
- Or- Or tea.
- Yeah. What kind?
QUIETLY: Chamomile.
- Chamomile.
- Great.
OK. I...
will be back in a tick.
OK?
- Yeah.
- I love you.
(FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
- (SIGHS)
- So, do you want sugar?
Or we have, um...
honey.
(CLOTHES SQUELCH)
(SEAGULLS CAW)
- (SNIFFLES, WHIMPERS)
(LAUGHS MIRTHLESSLY)
(SNIFFLES)
(SOBS)
(CHUCKLES DARKLY)
LAUGHS: Oh my God.
(SNIFFLES)
(SNIFFLES)
(PLANE ENGINE ROARS)
- Millie, I'm so-
- I'm sorry about last night.
Yeah, so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Well, we're sorry.
- Sorry.
What happened?
- I had a panic attack
on the plane.
- Why didn't you tell us?
- How much was your ticket?
- (GRUNTS)
- How much was your flight?
I want to pay you back.
- Don't worry about it.
- You quit school for me.
- Well...
If I'm being completely honest,
um...
school wasn't really
working out anyway.
And...
it's New York. (CHUCKLES)
But, uh, I probably would have-
would have quit for you.
Maybe.
Probably.
(SIGHS)
- I'm gonna tell the scholarship
people that I copied your ideas.
- You don't have to do that.
- INTERCOM: This is a boarding
announcement for all passengers
on Flight NZ3179 to Los Angeles.
- (SIGHS)
- Your fight is now boarding.
(ZIP WHIZZES)
- Hey, it's kind of crack up
how you're going now, eh?
- CHUCKLES: Yeah.
Yeah.
Look, I don't know why
I do half the shit I do.
I'll catch you up.
- You still kind of
smell like piss.
- (SNIFFS)
(RONDALLA MUSIC PLAYS)
- You know the dance.
- Yeah, but I haven't
done it for so long.
- You know it.
- Go on.
- I sort of know it.
(RONDALLA MUSIC PLAYS)
GROANS: Oh my gosh.
(POLES TAP RHYTHMICALLY)
Oh. Oh.
(ALL LAUGH)
(HUMS ALONG)
- (CHEERS)
(ALL CHUCKLE)
(RONDALLA MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC SPEEDS UP)
(CAR ZOOMS, HONKS)
(DRUM PATTERS RHYTHMICALLY)
(DRUMS STOP)