This Is the Sea (1997) Movie Script
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Our life was filled
with melody.
And it all comes lately.
My voice was filled with
yearning.
That's not all.
There's something else.
No.
That's not all.
There's something else.
Every word was in my ear.
And every note was crystal
clear.
Oh.
PRIEST: With these waters as the
early fathers that are holders
of our brethren's faith, invite
me to baptize you
in the name of the Father, and
of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[WATER GURGLING]
MA STOKES: Welcome to the
brethren, daughter dear.
[ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
Cattle dealing, jibes, and bats,
farmers meetings, and all that.
It's man's business.
She'd be better off tending to
the house with me at home.
DA STOKES [VOICEOVER]: [SIGHS] I
was only thinking
I'd given her a day out.
MA STOKES: Not gallivanting off
to a cattle show, surely.
Are you never going to let her
go her own way?
Well, no.
I wouldn't keep holed up at
home.
It's not right.
I mean, it's none of my
business,
except that, well, Hazel were
asking, like, you know?
[FOOTSTEPS]
I mean, she's a grown up lady
now.
Wanting out and about like any
young one nowadays.
Aye.
Nothing sinister in that.
No.
No indeed.
No indeed.
There isn't.
PRIEST: The reading is taken
from Ezekiel
chapter 16, verse 9.
Then washed I thee with water.
Yay, I thoroughly washed away
thy blood from thee,
and I anointed thee with oil,
and thy renowned went forth
among the heathen for thy beauty
for it
was perfect through my
comeliness which I had put
upon thee, sayeth the Lord God.
But thou didst trust in thine
own beauty
and playest the harlot because
of thy renown
and pourest out thy
fornications--
[LAUGHS]
PRIEST: --on everyone that
passed by.
That was also taken of thy fair
jewels which I had given thee
and made it to thyself images of
men that
commits whoredom with them.
[LAUGHS]
PRIEST: Moreover, thou has taken
my sons and my daughters
who now was born into me.
And these has thou sacrificed
unto them to be devoured.
Shh!
PRIEST: Is this of thy ordinance
a small matter?
Amen.
Amen.
[INAUDIBLE] was down the
rigging.
All right.
[ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
[AMBIENT SOUNDS OF NATURE]
HAZEL: Da!
Da!
Da!
[COWS MOOING]
RADIO ANNOUNCER: By the
Framework
document is now hoped for as
negotiations continue
on the subject of the
decommissioning
of Ireland's [INAUDIBLE].
There is as yet no formal
statement regarding
the demobilization of troops.
[CLICK]
All your lifetime, this
nonsense has been going on.
Aye.
I reckon.
MALACHY: Hold position.
Starter flag, and they're off.
PADHAR: No, they're not.
Green flag. MALACHY: Black flag.
PADHAR: Yes, it is. MALACHY: No!
PADHAR: Yes, it is. MALACHY: No,
it's not!
PADHAR: Yes, yes. Go on.
Go, go, go! - Go on, go, go, go!
Black flag, black flag.
Black blag, but Schumacher's
ignoring it.
He's ignoring it.
[INAUDIBLE],, sliding up on the
inside.
[INAUDIBLE] Schumacher went on.
[INAUDIBLE] about to give way. -
And let's give way.
[INAUDIBLE]
Take the turn.
Take the turn, and swing it
across that lane.
[INAUDIBLE] just got off.
Well-timed turn [INAUDIBLE].
Oh, my god!
Oh, I just--
Schumacher's off the course!
Schumacher's off the course! -
Oh, that's a shake!
That's a shake! That's a shake!
- Yeah! - Fuck me!
I'm Formula 1.
Superior!
AUCTIONEER: And before we get
this morning underway, I have
been asked on by the Northern
Ireland Agricultural Committee,
responsible every year for the
agricultural show
here at Balmoral in the heart of
Belfast--
MALACHY: Come on.
She must have blown you around,
eh?
You're bleary-eyed.
PADHAR: For fuck's sake, I only
left her at home.
MALACHY: Too pissed to make it
on her own, was she, eh?
Aye.
Far too pissed to make it with
me, anyroad.
Boom, boom.
You need passes there, boys?
AUCTIONEER: This is the first
show to be held
in times of peace in 25 years.
As a result, we have a great
many visitors from overseas--
MALACHY: OK, Padhar, what the
hell is this?
You swore to me. - What?
MALACHY: You swore this gig was
legit.
Ah, don't be getting all
fucking twisted on me.
It's just getting in that takes
a little bit of lubrication.
AUCTIONEER: Welcome to the shows
and sales here
today, where we should be
handling all manner of breeds
across the day.
I've seen some fine Simmental
and Angus, as well
as some more usual Irish breeds
being [INAUDIBLE] this morning.
PADHAR: Serious!
Hold on.
For Christ's sake.
[HORN HONKS]
PADHAR: Jesus Christ, for fuck's
sake.
MALACHY: Get off, get off, get
off!
PADHAR: Fucking mad cows
everywhere.
Jesus!
[COWS MOOING]
Whoa, come on, come on!
[SCREAMS] Ah!
No!
Oh.
No.
Jesus Christ.
AUCTIONEER: We start the bidding
this morning.
So welcome here to the sale
today.
And we start off with a beast
from the Glen's country.
And I believe an opening bid of
2,000 guineas
is what is being sought today by
farmer O'Reilly.
And I'm not going to sell it if
we don't get any more.
600 guineas.
I hear 600. And if there's--
- There you go. - Thank you.
Thank you, aye.
AUCTIONEER: I wouldn't be sure
we've even met the reserve.
Do I hear any more, any more
than, yes, 70.
And 80.
I hear--
Would you like a hot dog?
Yes, 680 guineas.
I'll treat you.
AUCTIONEER: That's 720.
That's 720 guineas, and 25, and
I hear 30. 35, 35.
I hear 735.
JACOBS: We'll have two.
Red or brown?
Hm?
Ketchup or Worcester?
Hazel?
As in the nuts?
Nuts all here, so nuts can't
breathe.
One.
Here.
Ketchup's fine.
MALACHY: Fine.
Two.
It was a bit rough on you this
morning,
the car horn making that animal
start.
AUCTIONEER: And if we could
start
the bidding for the [INAUDIBLE]
now, ladies and gentlemen--
[MUSIC - MIKE SCOTT, "SHE IS SO
BEAUTIFUL"]
[SINGING] She is so beautiful.
I've got no words to describe
the way
she makes me feel inside.
All my road is before me.
And I never did plan on a wife.
Yet she's the most beautiful
soul
I ever have met in this land.
Hazel!
Your Da are weird.
He's not my dad.
Old enough to be.
I really got to go.
Boyfriend?
I've really got to go, honest.
MALACHY: Be seeing you then,
huh?
[SINGING] She is so beautiful,
light filled, loving, and wise,
laughter dancing in her eyes.
[MAKES KISSING NOISES]
MALACHY: Fuck off. PADHAR: I'm
telling you.
- What? - No two ways about it.
Definitely. - Definitely what?
Aye, definitely.
Sure as black is black.
Would you crap off?
Definitely what?
PADHAR: As pure as blue is blue,
and no doubt about it.
Blue what?
PADHAR: Blood, royal blue.
Bullshit.
PADHAR: I'm telling you.
You see the way she spun off
there?
You can toss a lot of baggage
in.
What the fuck are you on?
A dead giveaway, huh?
No conscience, no Catholic
conscience.
What the fuck of it, anyroad?
Ooh.
Ooh, you like her a little?
You like her a wee bit, do you?
You want to give her a little
kiss?
Give me your kiss.
Go wank yourself, will you?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It would take the weight of the
world
off an Atlas, the size of that
there yonder.
What about that young fellow?
What'd you say to my ma?
Oh, that there was this here
fella
who swore blind he'd commit
suicide
if I didn't take him, or take
you, back up to Belfast.
What'd you say to her, really?
That's what I said, really.
Honest.
Is there something wrong?
Where have you been?
Nothing.
Nowhere, really, just up the
hill.
Do you not need me to stay
clear of that Old Man Jacobs?
Ach, [INAUDIBLE].
I like talking to him.
He's different.
What's the harm, hon?
Maybe you'd give me a hand out
here with the tea.
There's a good girl.
[MALACHY IMITATES ENGINE
REVVING]
So will we see it in the
basement tomorrow night?
MALACHY: Aye, we just might.
And Padhar?
MALACHY: My brother?
Yeah.
ROHAN: He's a good man, your
brother, a good man on the job.
MALACHY: Uh-huh.
Still, there's a price to be
paid for everything, a price
to be paid.
Aye.
ROHAN: Costly business, this
ceasefire.
Uh-huh.
Course, Padhar there would
know, but--
MALACHY: Aye.
Just saying, Padhar, good
pedigree.
Like your man here.
MALACHY: Fucker.
Better be watching out for you,
OK?
MALACHY: Aye.
And we'll be seeing you too,
mugger.
Can't comment on that fucking
bastard,
the way he's on to you.
He's a piece of piss.
He doesn't get anywhere close.
What's he on about, anyway?
It's a raven.
MALACHY: What, in the MG?
You could use that thing and
drive it up his arse.
It's the Red Rocket Blaster.
[IMITATES ENGINE REVVING] Jumps
the curb like it's taking off.
Those two, three seconds, gonna
hand brake?
No, [INAUDIBLE]-- - Oh, you're
on the track.
Going on the track.
Back, back, back, back, back.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Bingo.
That'll do.
I have to get the keys off
Cathy.
MALACHY: What'd you say?
The keys for the cab.
You be all right with that? -
Come here.
What?
MALACHY: And now we have
Schumacher, yes, Schumacher,
running downhill.
Oh, aye, on a winning streak.
Wa-hey! Wa-hey!
Wait!
Hey!
[MUSIC - MIKE SCOTT, "A MAN IS
IN LOVE"]
[SINGING] A man is in love.
How do I know?
He came to walk with me and told
me so, and the song he sang.
And then I knew, a man is in
love with you.
We'll be needing an extra pair
of hands.
Time we got the herd down.
I've never seen any harm in a
man having politics.
Aye, reckon you're right,
minded
they're right-intentioned and,
uh--
Aye, aye.
I'd not condone a gun with him,
though.
Well, you know, there goes
times past when
we set you wondering on it.
And now, these times present,
you'd wonder, maybe,
on their right to employ it.
The gun?
They'd have put you all
a-kilter just thinking on it.
Certainly, a referendum may
herald
some sort of a change, but--
Aye, and sure, if it doesn't,
those Catholics will have us
outbred in 10 years, anyroad.
Youse talk, all youse, as if
we're sold out already.
Sure.
Aren't we?
Aye, she's nearly a woman in
her own right now.
JACOBS: Aye.
Her Ma had a Jeff at her age.
Doesn't bear dwelling on.
Aye, aye.
Indeed.
It doesn't.
Those boys are getting pretty
pissed off at you, Padhar.
Jesus. Get off my back, would
you?
It's the amount that's still
owing on your cab.
For Christ's sake, Rohan, I've
more than
done my piece for yous.
They're saying no more payment
in kind.
Times have changed, huh?
Aye.
And we still have work to do,
cease fire or no cease fire.
Youse lot are never going to
give over, are you?
ROHAN: Easy, Malachy.
This must be your pride and joy,
hm?
Of course, there's, uh--
there's a lot of things need
protecting these days.
It's insured, Rohan.
Back off, huh?
Oh.
Not the class act they used to
be, Padhar.
What?
The Lloyds, the insurance
scheme.
I'm sure one racket's as good
as another, eh?
Oh, aye.
I'll see you right later,
Rohan, OK?
Mm-hm. Give us the mustard.
You'd do well to watch him.
Huh?
Keep an eye on that brother of
yours.
Early morning are hard on him,
you know?
Don't be mean to him. You know
how it is.
Uh-huh.
Do it, or we'll do it.
[INAUDIBLE] How much is that?
PADHAR: [INAUDIBLE]
ROHAN: What?
[INAUDIBLE] the mustard.
I said, how much is it?
PADHAR: It's 1.50 for a hot dog.
1.50 for a hot dog?
[SCOFFS] That's expensive.
I'm, uh--
I'm heading into town.
I could show you around in it if
you want.
Well--
Go on.
OK, then.
- Catch you later, Padhar, huh?
- Huh?
MALACHY: Catch you later, man. -
Where are you going?
MALACHY: [INAUDIBLE] It's just a
[INAUDIBLE]..
PADHAR: [INAUDIBLE],, take your
time.
I will do.
I've always felt like--
like this was somebody else's
setting, like I didn't belong,
just a tolerated tourist, as if
the city fathers
is just waiting all the time for
one of us to fuck up.
Aye.
I kind of know what you mean.
It's nuts, isn't it?
Hazelnuts.
Sorry.
- Oh, jeez. - Oh.
Be out in a second, son.
All right.
I'm on my way, son.
Have you the trolley in the car
for me?
Sorry, Ma.
It's gone.
Gone? Gone where?
No, the cab, I mean.
It's-- it's-- it's warped.
It's fucking up [INAUDIBLE]--
Language, Padhar, please.
I'm sorry, Ma.
Are you sure you came home in
it?
Remember the time you left it--
I drove up here 20 minutes ago.
I still-- I still have the keys
in my pockets, and everything.
You're not serious.
Ach, you must have left it--
Haven't I locked it?
For fuck's sake, Ma.
Padhar, language, please.
I'm sorry, Ma.
Shit, Rohan's lot.
I swear to God, I'll get the
fuckers at this--
Hold on now.
I'm for ringing the RUC.
Oh, catch yourself on, Ma.
If it's stolen, it should be
reported.
Ma, Ma-- they'll laugh in your
face, Ma.
Christ's sake, Ma, let me at
it--
Language, please.
Just let me at it in my own way
and my own time, Ma.
I'm not much taken with your
way
of thinking, not the minute. Oh,
hello.
Uh, police, please.
Here, come with me.
Will you come out with me, then?
Tonight, like.
I don't know.
You see--
It's no big deal.
It's just a few jars or
[INAUDIBLE]..
Like later on tonight?
There's just a band plan and
all.
That's it.
It's just that it's difficult
to get up and down from home.
Ach, we'll get you home, all
right.
It's no bother about that.
Well?
Maybe.
I think I've got to get back
now.
Christ Jesus, your fierce hard
on a fellow.
I don't mean to.
I mean, I'll try.
The basement, then.
Everyone knows it, yeah?
Yeah.
All right just open the door
there.
We know you're in there.
[KNOCKING]
Come quietly now.
We don't want any racket out
here.
Excuse me, Miss.
Is your mom home now is it?
No racket you say?
You have every neighbor at the
door.
Yep, sorry, missus.
Your mom home now Missus?
No, and it's Miss actually.
Yeah all right.
Just have a wee bit of
cooperation.
Sorry for troubling you.
Just looking for young Padhar.
Well, he's not here.
Well, have you any clue where
he might be?
He's way around his ma.
To bring her shopping.
Has he taken her in his cab?
So far as I know.
What's all this about?
AZV 5126.
Does that sound familiar?
That's the registration.
Well then he's got some
explaining to do.
What about?
It was found of the Donegal
Pass
with 100 pounds of Semtex jammed
into it.
That's high grade explosives to
you, Miss.
Right.
Ah!
You get confused?
Thanks a fucking bunch.
I'll be waiting for you when
you get out.
You better be.
Don't we always watch out for
you?
We know what's going down.
Trust me.
We have ears in places that you
would not imagine.
[SIREN]
Well, now.
Things have come to some pass
when did
you come knocking on my door.
AZV 5126, I'm here to collect
my car.
That's it.
But it was reported stolen this
morning.
I know.
And you think you're off the
hook?
Hm?
I'm sorry.
Controlled explosion.
It was jammed full of Semtex.
Fuck's sake!
You didn't have to fucking fuck
it.
Hey, listen, I'm only joking.
It's right in the depot.
The forensic are giving it the
once over.
Hey, come on up.
We might as well go eat chat now
you're here.
- Up? - Yeah.
Come on ahead.
This has nothing to do with our
lot.
So, what's this you have to
tell us?
I've nothing to hide.
I made no comment.
Hey, take it easy, kiddo.
What's the news then?
Any message from the boys?
No comment.
Or have you just a few things
you want to get off your chest?
Like personal?
Go fuck yourself.
Oh, Padhar.
We're only doing our job here.
It was them at it again.
That's all I have to say.
Who was it that's at it again?
Huh?
For fuck's sake, you know as
well as any of us.
Disruption tactics, all that
shit.
Do I need to go on here?
OK.
Will you just sign for me there,
please?
It's the release form for your
cab.
It's not a statement.
[SNICKER]
Where are you off to tonight?
Oh, Saturday night, the usual,
Ma.
Nothing special.
Oh.
REPORT ON RADIO: This from the
province.
And in the wake of isolated
so-called disruptive incidents,
such a move is unlikely to be
formally--
Will you stop flapping about,
Ma?
I can't hear the radio.
REPORT ON RADIO: --quantity of
high grade explosives
were found in the boot of a
Belfast city black cab
following a tip off.
The owner of the vehicle has
been detained for questioning.
The vehicle had been reported as
stolen in advance of the tip
off, but no code was given.
A spokesperson on behalf of the
IRA
has accused loyalist activists
of disruptive tactics.
So they found another stash of
ammo, Ma.
Will you take no notice?
Sure, Padhar will drop in later
in case
you called the bulletin.
I don't mind telling you,
many's
the day I'd have fantasized
about putting you down.
It's nice to know I have
friends on the inside.
That doesn't mean you're in the
clear from here.
There's some serious stuff
tagged on your pal Rohan.
Nothing I know nothing about.
We're on to him.
You'd do well to disassociate.
Who said I was associated?
Look, we've got eyes where you
wouldn't imagine.
But if you ever want out, we're
listening too.
You finished going over that
car then?
Yeah.
Go round the back and sign it
out.
Never known you so bothered to
go to a prayer meeting before.
And on a cold, windy Saturday
night like this one,
are you that determined.
Aye, Ma.
Have you checked that?
I mean, are you sure there's a
bus back that late
from Belfast?
Aye, Ma.
You know, Rohan and the lads,
they haven't
collected direct from the IOC.
[INAUDIBLE] going over from
that mill town,
and get Wilson, those bastards.
Fuck, they knew it was a setup
though.
Fuckers!
Right outside my ma's house.
Do you believe all that setup
stuff, huh?
Ruining the lives, I swear to
God.
Made me look like a right spur
prick toffed up
at Mill Town and the bloody
thing
had the back jammed full of
Semtex.
The bomb squad all over it like
a bloody [INAUDIBLE]..
Jesus H. Christ.
Put a miller on that
[INAUDIBLE]..
Hush, hush.
Everything worked out all right
in the end.
That's not exactly the point,
though, is it?
Well, look who's here.
Well, if it isn't the mechanic
from [INAUDIBLE]..
Malachy, come on.
Have a drink.
A drink for my friend here.
We're uh, doing a big job next
week.
Looking for a good driver.
Is it regular?
Well, of course it is.
You know the score.
You do the job.
We take care of the rest.
Like you did Padhar today, huh?
No hard feelings, Padhar, hey?
We're not asking you to blow up
the Houses of Parliament
you know. - Can never be too
sure.
[INAUDIBLE] We got some decent
vibes singing
its way through the ether here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
[INAUDIBLE] gentlemen.
Thank you.
Mr. BK.
Mr. BK himself.
Ladies and gentlemen, point of
order, please, point of order.
Point of order.
Turn that jukebox off.
Hey.
Turn it off.
Thank you.
Order please.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] How long will I love
you?
As long as skies are above you.
And longer if I can.
How long will I need you?
As long as the seasons need to
follow their plan.
How long will I be with you?
As long as sea [INAUDIBLE] wash
up on the sand.
How long will I want you?
As long as you want me too.
Didn't think you'd come.
I promised, didn't I?
You did.
I did.
It's just with the weather and
all.
[SINGING] How long will I hold
you?
As long as your father told you
as long as you are.
Come here and meet my brother.
[SINGING] As long as I live to
you however long you say.
How long will I love you?
See, that's what I'd do in that
situation.
Sure you would.
Hey, Padhar, do you remember
Hazel?
I scared the shit out of her at
the market the other morning.
Oh, aye.
Aye, the rodeo girl.
Very impressive the way you hung
on to that animal.
Thanks.
Good to see you're all in one
piece, though.
Most definitely still in one
piece.
Would you give over, son, will
you?
Come on, Hazel, we're out of
here.
Come on.
Thank you.
[INAUDIBLE]
Get her in the car.
There you go.
You all right? Yeah.
You all right?
Take it easy, Padhar.
Jesus, man get a move on,
Padhar.
Get in the car.
Padhar, for Jesus sakes.
You're not fucking on me like
the fucking boss
She's having a baby, Padhar,
not a heart attack.
Hang on there.
Just take it easy.
Hang on there.
Easy.
Tell [INAUDIBLE] here before.
[YELL]
Walk.
- Padhar. - Walk.
Be careful with that stuff.
He's 7--
7 and 1/2 pounds.
Born at 3:00 on the dot.
7 and 1/2 pounds.
Born at 3:00--
Fuck.
Where are you going?
Malachy!
I gotta go.
He's beautiful.
He's the tiniest wee thing you
ever saw.
Is this your first?
Aye, I mean, I'm the uncle, you
see.
My first nephew, that is.
I mean, but I'll have six of my
own.
God bless her health.
[SPUTTERING]
Stop it. Stop.
Stop it.
Hey!
Here.
Here.
Oh, Come on there, boys.
Behave yourselves.
[INAUDIBLE] this [INAUDIBLE],,
huh?
Frog.
Frog?
Frog now?
Look like a fucking frog.
[LAUGHING]
Give us a pint there, mate, you
know, liquid stuff.
Gees, you're some [INAUDIBLE].
Come on.
There's something I've been
wanting to show you.
Ah, you know, I've never, ever
seen the sea before.
Come on.
[LAUGHING]
[SQUEALS]
With these waters, I wash you
clean and baptize
you in the name of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Spectacles, testicles, wallet,
and watch.
- Huh? - Here.
You try it.
Spectacles, testicles, wallet,
and watch.
Wallet and watch?
Concoction of my dads by way of
a Catholic catechism.
Come on.
Catch your death.
Just Mama.
She worries about Padhar.
That worries me.
HAZEL: I kind of like him.
MALACHY: Who? HAZEL: Your
brother.
MALACHY: What? HAZEL: Not like
that.
MALACHY: Like what then?
HAZEL: Just you know.
MALACHY: You've got me worried
now.
Know what worries Ma the most,
after Padhar that is?
No.
What?
The state of my soul.
She even has Father McGregon
stop me every other day
in the street and ask me when
was the last time
I was at confession.
Serious?
He wouldn't be bothering me if
she
wasn't putting him up to it.
I'm sure they mean well.
God, I'm rabbitting on.
Tell me to shut up.
[CRIES OUT]
Leave me alone.
What did you expect?
Some promiscuous Plymouth broad
who'll play along with you?
Sorry, Hazel.
for whatever it was.
Do you hear me?
Please, listen to me.
Sorry, look, I wouldn't hurt
you.
I swear to you.
Sorry. all right?
I wouldn't hurt you. I swear to
you.
I wouldn't hurt you.
MALACHY: Plymouth broad?
HAZEL: Brethren.
MALACHY: Then your dad's from
Plymouth.
HAZEL: No.
Plymouth Brethren.
I don't know how to explain.
Hell, fire, and brimstone.
Thou shalt not do anything that
the average bloke in the street
thinks is normal. HAZEL: Right.
Maybe she's made some friends
up in Belfast.
Hm?
Hazel, I mean, Hazel, the way
she's off up to Belfast
at the weekends.
These prayer meetings.
And no chat about it, who she's
with
or what she's about at all.
Aye.
Well, she speaks to you.
I was just wondering, has she
said anything to you?
There you are now.
It's done.
She knows, doesn't she?
It's not right not to be let
out.
Come on.
What's troubling yous?
It's Jef.
He mention anything to you?
Go on home with this.
There's no use inventing
trouble.
There's enough of it around
these days.
Maybe she really doesn't want
to talk to you.
Sure.
Fine.
But I'd rather hear it from her.
Maybe she doesn't want to tell
yourself.
Maybe she's dead, who knows?
Maybe she never existed at all.
I'd like to speak to Hazel,
please, Mrs. Stokes,
please, Mrs. Stokes.
Stupid bitch.
I've never seen you so hung up
on a girl.
I'm really sorry you never saw
fit to bring her home.
I've told you.
She's not available.
She's not available.
Here, pass that over to
[INAUDIBLE]..
Padhar.
Pass me the butter.
Get it yourself.
Hey, hey you two.
Padhar.
Behaving like children.
Stop it, would you?
Hey, watch the baby.
Watch the baby.
Where's Jef, all right?
He's a good boy, Jef.
Does his duty.
Carry this bliss comes time.
This is your home too, Hazel.
Your place is part of the
household that keeps you.
It's do your part in the house
and on the land.
That's what I did and what my
mother before me did.
Oh, for heaven's sake, Padhar.
[BABY CRYING]
I'm going to crack your ear.
Crack his ear.
Not my ear.
No, no more.
Crack his ear.
Fucking spoiled.
I think that's all right. I
wouldn't sniff him out.
He still sniffed.
He still sniffed.
Is he all right?
Yeah.
Sit down, Cathy.
Can you get past?
Never heard of [INAUDIBLE].
He's sticking his fingers up.
Sticking his fingers up.
Good man.
That be my son.
Here you are.
All do you need now, Malachy,
is one of your own.
Time enough, yeah?
Hey, Padhar?
Aye, no rush.
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE]
Aye.
Hazel?
[KNOCKING]
Hazel.
Is that you in there?
I want to speak to you.
Take it out.
What, Ma?
That book you have.
Where is it?
[INAUDIBLE] with this!
Please, Ma.
I don't know.
Vanity, vanity, vanity.
What is it?
Seven sins, seven deadly sins,
what are they?
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Honor they father and thy
mother.
Please, Ma.
After all you've been taught.
After all we've done for you. -
Please, Ma.
- Whoring [INAUDIBLE]. - Let me
explain.
Stop it, Ma!
Lying to your da and me.
Where are you out at night?
You're a [INAUDIBLE] little
lying whore.
Please, Ma, you're mistaken.
Lying little whore.
A whore.
Whore!
Please, Ma, stop it!
[SOBBING]
Oh, Rob, what have I done?
What have I done to [INAUDIBLE].
She'll come round in her own
time.
There's no holding on to
anything anymore.
Everything's changing on us.
I'm frightened.
I'm frightened.
[SHIP HORN]
[CRIES OUT]
Malachy, here's [INAUDIBLE].
Malachy, hey.
Hey, Hazel.
Jesus.
Is she all right?
Where have you been?
Have you had a few already?
Jef, where is he?
Jef, who's Jef?
We're the [INAUDIBLE].
Who the fuck is Jef, any road?
Shut the fuck up, why don't
you?
Malachy.
Malachy, Malachy, hang on.
Deadly sin.
Oh, God.
Course the point is, you could.
You could grass.
Padhar, you know stuff.
I've more than my rap for you
guys.
I'm not suggesting for one
moment
that you would divulge anything.
What do you want?
You know me no better than that.
I know you'll hold good, if
only if it's for your own sake.
But it's your wee brother here
I am concerned about.
He's never been involved.
No allegiance.
Striking.
The kid's as clean as a
whistle, Rohan.
I don't want him getting
involved.
This isn't your call, Padhar.
He's just a kid, for Christ's
sake, Rohan.
He doesn't know a fucking thing.
You know the routine yourself.
Coach him.
Then let him decide for himself
if he has the appetite.
What do you say, Malachy?
Malachy.
Hm?
Malachy.
See, fucking useless.
Work on him.
Coach him.
You've got more than yourself to
be concerned about now, Padhar.
With that wee one.
Come on.
Malachy, come on.
Wonder at us, carrying that
flag up there.
The way we're been let down.
We'll hold out, Ma, never fear.
[WHISPERING] Malachy makes me
melancholy.
Does he ever dream of me?
Malachy makes me melancholy.
[MOOING]
[WHISTLES]
Hm?
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE] help me.
I've run that young fellow for
you.
Huh?
Here, come back.
Come back!
Here!
Come back!
Ma, I'm back.
Is there anyone looking for me?
No, she's not run yet.
But your brother's here for his
tea.
Seems as there's no cooking
being done up the road
since that wee one arrived.
Think I'm only here for the
food?
Huh, you're here for the beer.
That's you all over.
Malachy, call Jacobs.
Ma, did you take this here
message?
Forgot.
Very untalkative sort of man.
He wouldn't say his business.
When, when did he ring?
Earlier this evening just.
Take it easy.
[INAUDIBLE]
Well, he's getting right touchy
this one.
You'd tell me if he was in any
sort of trouble, Padhar,
wouldn't you?
He's in love, Ma, not in
trouble.
Same symptoms, that's all.
Yes, Ma.
No, Hazel, it's me, Jef.
Do you want in?
No, it's just a message Jacobs
asked me to do.
Aye.
If you're over at his place by
lunchtime,
we'll get you on a 3:00 train to
Belfast.
That's all it means.
I'll meet you there and drop you
at the station, OK?
Aye.
Thanks.
They will get into City
Station, 3:00.
She'll be on it.
It's a red MGB.
She knows it.
3:00 then.
Listen, thanks.
Hey!
I'm on a winning streak now.
Just watch.
You going to the Basement, huh?
A pint, could murder a pint. -
Jesus, you're on.
What's all this about?
Small pleasures, brother,
they're the thing.
Come on. I'm gasping.
Make it The Crown.
You should stay shy of The
Basement for a bit.
Yeah?
Rohan there has you marked.
Christ, I wouldn't mind Rohan.
I'm serious, Malachy.
He wants you in.
I'd lay low.
I thought you guys were on a
time out.
There's supposed to be a fucking
cease fire on.
Hasn't he-- - The lads are
bored.
They're turning on each other.
Who knows what?
Who can stick what to who.
Who's protecting who.
It's like none of us knows which
way is up anymore, except it's
not the way it used to be.
And I'm marked now after that
car incident.
They think I know something
about it?
What are you on, Padhar?
I think they don't know what
you know and it frightens them.
What frightens them even more,
they
don't seem to frighten you.
But they sure as hell frighten
you.
Like I said, we all know too
much.
All right, so come on now.
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey.
Leave your keys at reception.
Or clear up before you go out.
Right.
God damn it.
I'm going to have to change that
flat.
That's not flat.
It'll blow out on us.
Down them there roads.
Come on.
Give me a hand.
No. Can't it wait?
I'm going to miss the train.
Where's Jef then?
Jef?
I have no idea at all.
Some machine.
Aye.
We'll, we'll be needing you
this afternoon for a job,
as we discussed, remember?
Can't.
Got a prior engagement.
[LAUGH]
Prior engagement.
I'm meeting someone.
VIP off the 3:00 train.
You hear that, Padhar?
VIP.
City Station, is it?
That's some coincidence.
I can't, Padhar.
I just can't.
I'm meeting Hazel.
Yous could swap.
Here.
All right.
You pick her up.
What do you want me to do?
That's more like it.
And we'll forget what we might
call your earlier reticence.
Padhar there will do the honors,
give you your instructions.
Just a bit of chauffeuring.
Who for?
Let's just call it a personal
favor.
OK?
Beautiful car.
Beautiful.
- Padhar, what have you done? -
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Listen, Malachy, they had us
over a barrel.
Either you're in or I'm being
sent on.
It's funny isn't it?
Bleeding fucking hilarious.
You just make sure you're there
for Hazel.
What? Hazel.
Don't forget about her.
Would you trust me?
I'll have to.
Look, where am I heading?
Oh, just park on the bridge
above City Station
and wait there for Rohan.
[HONKING]
All right, all right.
What am I supposed to do then?
Nothing, just, just hang in for
a minute.
It's just documents or something
he's picking up
for the [INAUDIBLE] tomorrow.
I'm not listening.
Don't panic, all right?
It's nothing heavy.
He'll tell you what to do from
there.
I don't want to know.
Then don't ask.
I didn't.
[HONKING]
[INAUDIBLE]
[MUSIC - THE WATERBOYS, "THIS IS
THE SEA"]
[MUSIC - THE WATERBOYS, "THIS IS
THE SEA"]
[SINGING] Yeah, I hear there's a
train.
It's coming down the line.
It's yours if you hurry.
You've got still enough time.
And you don't need no ticket.
And you don't pay no fee.
And you don't need no ticket.
You don't pay no fee.
Because that was the river.
This is the sea.
That was the river.
This is the sea.
That was the river.
This is the sea.
That was the river.
And this is the sea.
That was the river, the river,
the river, the river,
the river, the river, the river,
the river, the river,
the river, the river.
[EXPLOSION]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello?
Hello?
Is there anybody home?
What time is the next train?
Well the one you missed ran
near on time.
And the next one should do too.
It'll be five minutes late at
most.
Which means it should be getting
to city at about half past,
but they've just been on the
phone to say there is a blast
on the lane or something.
So it's likely be canceled.
Car bomb.
Central Station.
There's be no more trains
tonight.
You'll be better off at home
anyway.
Young fella in a wee red sports
car.
Shocking, isn't it?
Give me a hand here.
All right.
Get her out to the car.
[SIRENS]
POLICE BULLHORN: This is a
police investigation.
Quietly and orderly now.
Leave the station building.
This area has been cordoned off.
Clear the area now please.
MALACHY: In this cordoned off
area, this bunch of pigs
pulled my brother into black
plastic police bags.
It was meant for me, must have
been.
Me on the bridge, powdering my
car instead.
Fucking hell.
Padhar?
Aye, Jacobs.
It's me, Malachy.
Jacobs, it's Malachy.
Malachy?
MALACHY: Aye.
Jesus Christ.
[INAUDIBLE]
[TEARILY] Where the hell is
Hazel?
She's, she's here.
I mean, we, we missed the train.
I heard something on the news.
I think Hazel thought that you
were in the--
but not that.
Jesus, Malachy.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry for your
trouble.
I'm so sorry, Malachy.
Padhar was in the car, not
Malachy.
Aren't you some class of a woman
become?
Courageous.
I admire your courage, Hazel.
[CRYING OUT]
Just spoke to the kid, Malachy.
I asked him like you said.
He doesn't know who Jef is, he
says.
That's crap.
He's been poking the bastard's
sister for months.
And I believe him.
The betting money's on you,
scum.
You've had it in for that lad,
Padhar.
We have our sources.
You guys know fuck well that
our cells
have been in lockdown.
Absolutely nothing going down.
You know the way we used to
operate, tight instructions.
There are none.
No instructions.
Well, the onus is on you to
prove yourself.
The rest of us only know what
you scum are capable of.
And this nasty little piece of
work has the smell of you
all over it.
Hm.
So, for the last time, and for
the record,
what were you doing at Central
Station?
[IN A ROBOTIC VOICE] I was
meeting a friend.
Name of the friend.
No comment.
[LAUGHING]
What are yous holding me for?
No comment.
What were you doing in the
victim's cab?
He lent it to me.
Haven't we been through all
this before?
We can't verify that the victim
lent
you his cab because he's dead.
And you won't verify the name of
the friend
you were there to meet.
We're not holding up very well
here, are we?
Know something?
I find this really boring.
You're damn fucking right it
is.
But we're going to get you on
this one.
You mark my words, even if we
have to--
get him out of here.
Right.
You won't pin this on me or any
of us.
Fucking Britters.
[SMACK]
Ah!
Get him!
She'll sleep through the day
any road, I'd say.
She must have been running round
half the night
out there by the cut of her.
Aye.
Poor wee thing.
What did you say his name was?
Padhar, Padhar McAliskey.
There'll be a funeral, no
doubt.
He's one of ours and that's for
sure.
It'll be an emotive occasion.
She won't be going.
Why not?
Not our--
Aye.
I suppose in this case, it would
be better if she stayed away.
[GUNFIRE]
Come on, boys!
Come on, move it.
Come on!
I don't know who half the
people are, Malachy.
Take me home, would you?
Malachy.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Can't be certain.
Can't be sure.
Tells me that you can't be too
careful.
[PRAYING]
PRIEST: We commend to Almighty
God--
And we commit his body to the
ground.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
May the Lord bless him, and keep
him.
May the Lord make his face to
shine upon Him,
and be gracious to Him.
The Lord--
She didn't come with you, did
she?
You don't seem to understand.
She's not too well.
I understand her not coming to
the funeral.
Sure I'd have stayed away
myself, if if I'd known.
Bloody excuse for [INAUDIBLE]
circus act.
But you could have sent some
flowers, or something.
Shouldn't you have? And not a
word.
Not a bloody word.
I have no prejudice with
protestants.
You know that.
But he's something to do with
her,
and she's something to do with
this.
Isn't she?
Don't ask me what you know I
don't know, Ma.
There's enough bitterness
between people that I--
When I left your father, even
though--
What are you trying to say, Ma?
Go get her back, Malachy.
If that's what you want.
If it's what you want.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Whenever you're near,
I whispered your name.
His eyes were closed.
A man is in love.
And he knows.
A man is in love.
How did I guess?
I figured it out while he was
watching you dress.
You give your [INAUDIBLE].
I think maybe you should think
about getting
Cathy out of here.
And he's me.
She's [INAUDIBLE].
- Aye? - Mhm.
Yeah.
[CYMBAL CRASH]
[SINGING] A man's in love.
How do I know?
I heard him talk too much.
I--
Cathy?
You think you're great, Malachy
boy, don't you?
There's nothing could touch you.
MALACHY: Come on, Cathy.
Come on.
You think you're just great.
MALACHY: My mind's made up about
this.
I'm taking no charity from you,
McAliskey.
You shouldn't be by yourself.
Come on.
Just come on home.
Fuck you!
You fucking show off little MG.
Playing it up to that wee proddy
girl,
like she doesn't know the
difference
between anything hard won, and
fought for if you--
Ask yourself what the fuck
happened, would you?
Say something.
For Jesus' sake, say something.
Why wasn't it you?
It was fucking meant for you,
and you fucking know it!
It was meant for you!
You, you!
It was fucking meant for you,
you fucking lucky bastard!
You-- - I know.
I know. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, all right?
Why wasn't it you?
I'm sorry.
Why wasn't it you?
Let's wrap it up, folks.
Eh?
Hey.
What?
Fucker.
So you stopped at home, then?
Oh, aye.
Back here.
Trains were canceled for the
rest of the day.
And Jef Stokes-- was he still
here?
Who?
Jef.
Oh, Jef?
All day.
Doing odd jobs around the house,
and that.
Well, push on, then.
Listen, thanks very much for
your help.
Sorry for troubling you.
You're welcome.
Good night to you both.
Goodnight.
Easy as you go around there.
It's a terrible night.
That poor child in the rain.
God forsaken deer country,
these parts.
Stuck in a time warp.
Yep.
Hick sticks, all right.
The alibis will hold.
Mhm.
Come on.
Come on in out of the rain.
Stay there, you.
Don't come near me.
I never heard a word.
I swear, I never heard anything.
[INAUDIBLE]
Don't call me Pat.
And I can bloody well swear if I
want to.
You lied, you liar.
If I had a knife, then I could
really kill you for this.
You lied.
That's a sin.
Oh, god, you murdered him!
Please leave me be, God!
I want to show off and shout, I
hate you!
You killed him, and I could have
loved you, too!
What have I done?
Jesus.
Come on, now.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, now.
Shh. Come on.
Come on.
Come on, go inside.
Come on.
Come on.
That's a good girl.
It's gonna be all right.
Good.
[INAUDIBLE]
Shh.
Chance of a jar?
Help yourself.
I thought a quiet drink--
Just the two of us?
Friendly, like.
I thought you [INAUDIBLE] since
we called the ceasefire?
Off duty.
Off the record.
Not a chance.
Oh, well.
Some thirst on me.
I've just come down from the
glens.
Uh-huh.
What, your, uh-- your usual
batch?
No, not normally.
I went up Stokes' way.
See that kid Jef you're on
about.
And?
I talked to an old fellow by
the name of Jacobs.
Ah, you've got all the right
names.
Nowhere near Central Station
that day.
Neither of them.
Local station master confirms
his story.
Something about not getting the
girl to the train
on time because of a flat tire.
And he's alibied the kid.
What's his name?
Jef.
So, what do you think,
inspector?
Hm--
You can think what you like
about my story.
It stinks.
It's the truth.
And I'm sticking to it.
You know, this gig aside, we
have more than enough on you
to put you away until you're
wetting the bed,
and gunning like a three year
old again.
Why don't you, then?
Well-- it's like this.
You see, every time the foreign
office
dumps one of those wide eyed,
rookie
civil servant types on us--
junior ministers, they call
them--
within a week, regular as
clockwork,
they land into me huffing and
puffing,
screaming holy blue murder at
some RUC fuck up.
They've accessed the national
security files.
Oh, strictly confidential, they
say.
A massive oversight.
And they punch up a bunch of
mugshots,
and they get a list of a dozen--
maybe two dozen names.
By the way, you're on that list.
And there's a clatter of
evidence.
They'll go through the European
Court
of Human Rights backwards, and
still get a conviction.
And they go, what the fuck do
you guys think you're at?
Take those bastards out.
You know who the bastards are.
Why don't you move in on them?
For Christ's sake, get that list
read up.
Every single one of them.
And they're pissing their pants
with SAS dawn raids,
and regrettable incidents.
And I go, hey.
You see that list?
Every name on that list has got
a list of his own.
And guess what?
You're on it.
OK.
But you see, with a ceasefire--
Regrettable incidents, you
said?
It's getting dirtier.
Has to be, before it gets
cleaner.
That cab gig--
no code on the tip off.
All that bullshit about loyalist
disruption tactics.
Has to get dirtier.
Stitching up that poor kid,
[INAUDIBLE]..
There's off the record, and off
the record.
We have alibis on the Glen's
people.
Then dig a little deeper.
You're in this somewhere.
You'll never stick this on me.
I don't mind getting my hands
dirty.
Dig a little deeper.
And I mean dirty.
But of course, there's always
that list.
Old man Jacobs' house.
I just know he's involved with
them.
Uh-huh.
He planted the bomb.
No.
Jef did.
No.
I'm his sister, and I'm turning
him in.
Are you going to call the
police, then?
I already did.
Aye.
You're some class of a woman
become.
I would envy me nay.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIREN]
Where is she?
Jef-- what happened tonight?
Yeah.
You'll have to tell us.
[SIREN]
Leave this to me!
He's my son.
No. Wait, wait.
No.
Easy.
Leave it.
[BEEPING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] When I left my home
and my family, my mother
said to me.
Son, it's not how many Germans
you that counts,
it's how many people you set
free.
So I packed my bags, rushed my
cab, walked out into the world.
17 years old, never kissed a
girl.
[GUNSHOT]
[SHOUTING]
Give me the gun!
Get out!
[GRUNTING]
Go on!
No!
Leave me alone!
Please, no!
For God's sake, Ma, do
something, will ya?
Ma!
[CRYING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] But my only one thing
remains.
[INAUDIBLE]!
Love you the river.
Love you the sea.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] These things you keep,
you'd better throw them away.
You wanna turn your back on your
[INAUDIBLE]??
Once you were tethered, but now
you are free.
Once you were tethered, but now
you are free.
That was the river.
And this is the sea, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now here's a train.
It's coming on down the line.
It's yours if you hurry.
You've got still enough time.
And you don't need no ticket.
And you don't pay no fee.
And no, you don't need no
ticket.
You don't pay no fee.
Because that was the river, and
this is the sea.
That was a river, this is the
sea.
That was the river, this is the
sea.
That was the river, river,
river, river, river, river,
river, and this is the sea.
Sea, yeah.
Behold the sea.
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Our life was filled
with melody.
And it all comes lately.
My voice was filled with
yearning.
That's not all.
There's something else.
No.
That's not all.
There's something else.
Every word was in my ear.
And every note was crystal
clear.
Oh.
PRIEST: With these waters as the
early fathers that are holders
of our brethren's faith, invite
me to baptize you
in the name of the Father, and
of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
[WATER GURGLING]
MA STOKES: Welcome to the
brethren, daughter dear.
[ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
Cattle dealing, jibes, and bats,
farmers meetings, and all that.
It's man's business.
She'd be better off tending to
the house with me at home.
DA STOKES [VOICEOVER]: [SIGHS] I
was only thinking
I'd given her a day out.
MA STOKES: Not gallivanting off
to a cattle show, surely.
Are you never going to let her
go her own way?
Well, no.
I wouldn't keep holed up at
home.
It's not right.
I mean, it's none of my
business,
except that, well, Hazel were
asking, like, you know?
[FOOTSTEPS]
I mean, she's a grown up lady
now.
Wanting out and about like any
young one nowadays.
Aye.
Nothing sinister in that.
No.
No indeed.
No indeed.
There isn't.
PRIEST: The reading is taken
from Ezekiel
chapter 16, verse 9.
Then washed I thee with water.
Yay, I thoroughly washed away
thy blood from thee,
and I anointed thee with oil,
and thy renowned went forth
among the heathen for thy beauty
for it
was perfect through my
comeliness which I had put
upon thee, sayeth the Lord God.
But thou didst trust in thine
own beauty
and playest the harlot because
of thy renown
and pourest out thy
fornications--
[LAUGHS]
PRIEST: --on everyone that
passed by.
That was also taken of thy fair
jewels which I had given thee
and made it to thyself images of
men that
commits whoredom with them.
[LAUGHS]
PRIEST: Moreover, thou has taken
my sons and my daughters
who now was born into me.
And these has thou sacrificed
unto them to be devoured.
Shh!
PRIEST: Is this of thy ordinance
a small matter?
Amen.
Amen.
[INAUDIBLE] was down the
rigging.
All right.
[ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
[AMBIENT SOUNDS OF NATURE]
HAZEL: Da!
Da!
Da!
[COWS MOOING]
RADIO ANNOUNCER: By the
Framework
document is now hoped for as
negotiations continue
on the subject of the
decommissioning
of Ireland's [INAUDIBLE].
There is as yet no formal
statement regarding
the demobilization of troops.
[CLICK]
All your lifetime, this
nonsense has been going on.
Aye.
I reckon.
MALACHY: Hold position.
Starter flag, and they're off.
PADHAR: No, they're not.
Green flag. MALACHY: Black flag.
PADHAR: Yes, it is. MALACHY: No!
PADHAR: Yes, it is. MALACHY: No,
it's not!
PADHAR: Yes, yes. Go on.
Go, go, go! - Go on, go, go, go!
Black flag, black flag.
Black blag, but Schumacher's
ignoring it.
He's ignoring it.
[INAUDIBLE],, sliding up on the
inside.
[INAUDIBLE] Schumacher went on.
[INAUDIBLE] about to give way. -
And let's give way.
[INAUDIBLE]
Take the turn.
Take the turn, and swing it
across that lane.
[INAUDIBLE] just got off.
Well-timed turn [INAUDIBLE].
Oh, my god!
Oh, I just--
Schumacher's off the course!
Schumacher's off the course! -
Oh, that's a shake!
That's a shake! That's a shake!
- Yeah! - Fuck me!
I'm Formula 1.
Superior!
AUCTIONEER: And before we get
this morning underway, I have
been asked on by the Northern
Ireland Agricultural Committee,
responsible every year for the
agricultural show
here at Balmoral in the heart of
Belfast--
MALACHY: Come on.
She must have blown you around,
eh?
You're bleary-eyed.
PADHAR: For fuck's sake, I only
left her at home.
MALACHY: Too pissed to make it
on her own, was she, eh?
Aye.
Far too pissed to make it with
me, anyroad.
Boom, boom.
You need passes there, boys?
AUCTIONEER: This is the first
show to be held
in times of peace in 25 years.
As a result, we have a great
many visitors from overseas--
MALACHY: OK, Padhar, what the
hell is this?
You swore to me. - What?
MALACHY: You swore this gig was
legit.
Ah, don't be getting all
fucking twisted on me.
It's just getting in that takes
a little bit of lubrication.
AUCTIONEER: Welcome to the shows
and sales here
today, where we should be
handling all manner of breeds
across the day.
I've seen some fine Simmental
and Angus, as well
as some more usual Irish breeds
being [INAUDIBLE] this morning.
PADHAR: Serious!
Hold on.
For Christ's sake.
[HORN HONKS]
PADHAR: Jesus Christ, for fuck's
sake.
MALACHY: Get off, get off, get
off!
PADHAR: Fucking mad cows
everywhere.
Jesus!
[COWS MOOING]
Whoa, come on, come on!
[SCREAMS] Ah!
No!
Oh.
No.
Jesus Christ.
AUCTIONEER: We start the bidding
this morning.
So welcome here to the sale
today.
And we start off with a beast
from the Glen's country.
And I believe an opening bid of
2,000 guineas
is what is being sought today by
farmer O'Reilly.
And I'm not going to sell it if
we don't get any more.
600 guineas.
I hear 600. And if there's--
- There you go. - Thank you.
Thank you, aye.
AUCTIONEER: I wouldn't be sure
we've even met the reserve.
Do I hear any more, any more
than, yes, 70.
And 80.
I hear--
Would you like a hot dog?
Yes, 680 guineas.
I'll treat you.
AUCTIONEER: That's 720.
That's 720 guineas, and 25, and
I hear 30. 35, 35.
I hear 735.
JACOBS: We'll have two.
Red or brown?
Hm?
Ketchup or Worcester?
Hazel?
As in the nuts?
Nuts all here, so nuts can't
breathe.
One.
Here.
Ketchup's fine.
MALACHY: Fine.
Two.
It was a bit rough on you this
morning,
the car horn making that animal
start.
AUCTIONEER: And if we could
start
the bidding for the [INAUDIBLE]
now, ladies and gentlemen--
[MUSIC - MIKE SCOTT, "SHE IS SO
BEAUTIFUL"]
[SINGING] She is so beautiful.
I've got no words to describe
the way
she makes me feel inside.
All my road is before me.
And I never did plan on a wife.
Yet she's the most beautiful
soul
I ever have met in this land.
Hazel!
Your Da are weird.
He's not my dad.
Old enough to be.
I really got to go.
Boyfriend?
I've really got to go, honest.
MALACHY: Be seeing you then,
huh?
[SINGING] She is so beautiful,
light filled, loving, and wise,
laughter dancing in her eyes.
[MAKES KISSING NOISES]
MALACHY: Fuck off. PADHAR: I'm
telling you.
- What? - No two ways about it.
Definitely. - Definitely what?
Aye, definitely.
Sure as black is black.
Would you crap off?
Definitely what?
PADHAR: As pure as blue is blue,
and no doubt about it.
Blue what?
PADHAR: Blood, royal blue.
Bullshit.
PADHAR: I'm telling you.
You see the way she spun off
there?
You can toss a lot of baggage
in.
What the fuck are you on?
A dead giveaway, huh?
No conscience, no Catholic
conscience.
What the fuck of it, anyroad?
Ooh.
Ooh, you like her a little?
You like her a wee bit, do you?
You want to give her a little
kiss?
Give me your kiss.
Go wank yourself, will you?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
It would take the weight of the
world
off an Atlas, the size of that
there yonder.
What about that young fellow?
What'd you say to my ma?
Oh, that there was this here
fella
who swore blind he'd commit
suicide
if I didn't take him, or take
you, back up to Belfast.
What'd you say to her, really?
That's what I said, really.
Honest.
Is there something wrong?
Where have you been?
Nothing.
Nowhere, really, just up the
hill.
Do you not need me to stay
clear of that Old Man Jacobs?
Ach, [INAUDIBLE].
I like talking to him.
He's different.
What's the harm, hon?
Maybe you'd give me a hand out
here with the tea.
There's a good girl.
[MALACHY IMITATES ENGINE
REVVING]
So will we see it in the
basement tomorrow night?
MALACHY: Aye, we just might.
And Padhar?
MALACHY: My brother?
Yeah.
ROHAN: He's a good man, your
brother, a good man on the job.
MALACHY: Uh-huh.
Still, there's a price to be
paid for everything, a price
to be paid.
Aye.
ROHAN: Costly business, this
ceasefire.
Uh-huh.
Course, Padhar there would
know, but--
MALACHY: Aye.
Just saying, Padhar, good
pedigree.
Like your man here.
MALACHY: Fucker.
Better be watching out for you,
OK?
MALACHY: Aye.
And we'll be seeing you too,
mugger.
Can't comment on that fucking
bastard,
the way he's on to you.
He's a piece of piss.
He doesn't get anywhere close.
What's he on about, anyway?
It's a raven.
MALACHY: What, in the MG?
You could use that thing and
drive it up his arse.
It's the Red Rocket Blaster.
[IMITATES ENGINE REVVING] Jumps
the curb like it's taking off.
Those two, three seconds, gonna
hand brake?
No, [INAUDIBLE]-- - Oh, you're
on the track.
Going on the track.
Back, back, back, back, back.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Bingo.
That'll do.
I have to get the keys off
Cathy.
MALACHY: What'd you say?
The keys for the cab.
You be all right with that? -
Come here.
What?
MALACHY: And now we have
Schumacher, yes, Schumacher,
running downhill.
Oh, aye, on a winning streak.
Wa-hey! Wa-hey!
Wait!
Hey!
[MUSIC - MIKE SCOTT, "A MAN IS
IN LOVE"]
[SINGING] A man is in love.
How do I know?
He came to walk with me and told
me so, and the song he sang.
And then I knew, a man is in
love with you.
We'll be needing an extra pair
of hands.
Time we got the herd down.
I've never seen any harm in a
man having politics.
Aye, reckon you're right,
minded
they're right-intentioned and,
uh--
Aye, aye.
I'd not condone a gun with him,
though.
Well, you know, there goes
times past when
we set you wondering on it.
And now, these times present,
you'd wonder, maybe,
on their right to employ it.
The gun?
They'd have put you all
a-kilter just thinking on it.
Certainly, a referendum may
herald
some sort of a change, but--
Aye, and sure, if it doesn't,
those Catholics will have us
outbred in 10 years, anyroad.
Youse talk, all youse, as if
we're sold out already.
Sure.
Aren't we?
Aye, she's nearly a woman in
her own right now.
JACOBS: Aye.
Her Ma had a Jeff at her age.
Doesn't bear dwelling on.
Aye, aye.
Indeed.
It doesn't.
Those boys are getting pretty
pissed off at you, Padhar.
Jesus. Get off my back, would
you?
It's the amount that's still
owing on your cab.
For Christ's sake, Rohan, I've
more than
done my piece for yous.
They're saying no more payment
in kind.
Times have changed, huh?
Aye.
And we still have work to do,
cease fire or no cease fire.
Youse lot are never going to
give over, are you?
ROHAN: Easy, Malachy.
This must be your pride and joy,
hm?
Of course, there's, uh--
there's a lot of things need
protecting these days.
It's insured, Rohan.
Back off, huh?
Oh.
Not the class act they used to
be, Padhar.
What?
The Lloyds, the insurance
scheme.
I'm sure one racket's as good
as another, eh?
Oh, aye.
I'll see you right later,
Rohan, OK?
Mm-hm. Give us the mustard.
You'd do well to watch him.
Huh?
Keep an eye on that brother of
yours.
Early morning are hard on him,
you know?
Don't be mean to him. You know
how it is.
Uh-huh.
Do it, or we'll do it.
[INAUDIBLE] How much is that?
PADHAR: [INAUDIBLE]
ROHAN: What?
[INAUDIBLE] the mustard.
I said, how much is it?
PADHAR: It's 1.50 for a hot dog.
1.50 for a hot dog?
[SCOFFS] That's expensive.
I'm, uh--
I'm heading into town.
I could show you around in it if
you want.
Well--
Go on.
OK, then.
- Catch you later, Padhar, huh?
- Huh?
MALACHY: Catch you later, man. -
Where are you going?
MALACHY: [INAUDIBLE] It's just a
[INAUDIBLE]..
PADHAR: [INAUDIBLE],, take your
time.
I will do.
I've always felt like--
like this was somebody else's
setting, like I didn't belong,
just a tolerated tourist, as if
the city fathers
is just waiting all the time for
one of us to fuck up.
Aye.
I kind of know what you mean.
It's nuts, isn't it?
Hazelnuts.
Sorry.
- Oh, jeez. - Oh.
Be out in a second, son.
All right.
I'm on my way, son.
Have you the trolley in the car
for me?
Sorry, Ma.
It's gone.
Gone? Gone where?
No, the cab, I mean.
It's-- it's-- it's warped.
It's fucking up [INAUDIBLE]--
Language, Padhar, please.
I'm sorry, Ma.
Are you sure you came home in
it?
Remember the time you left it--
I drove up here 20 minutes ago.
I still-- I still have the keys
in my pockets, and everything.
You're not serious.
Ach, you must have left it--
Haven't I locked it?
For fuck's sake, Ma.
Padhar, language, please.
I'm sorry, Ma.
Shit, Rohan's lot.
I swear to God, I'll get the
fuckers at this--
Hold on now.
I'm for ringing the RUC.
Oh, catch yourself on, Ma.
If it's stolen, it should be
reported.
Ma, Ma-- they'll laugh in your
face, Ma.
Christ's sake, Ma, let me at
it--
Language, please.
Just let me at it in my own way
and my own time, Ma.
I'm not much taken with your
way
of thinking, not the minute. Oh,
hello.
Uh, police, please.
Here, come with me.
Will you come out with me, then?
Tonight, like.
I don't know.
You see--
It's no big deal.
It's just a few jars or
[INAUDIBLE]..
Like later on tonight?
There's just a band plan and
all.
That's it.
It's just that it's difficult
to get up and down from home.
Ach, we'll get you home, all
right.
It's no bother about that.
Well?
Maybe.
I think I've got to get back
now.
Christ Jesus, your fierce hard
on a fellow.
I don't mean to.
I mean, I'll try.
The basement, then.
Everyone knows it, yeah?
Yeah.
All right just open the door
there.
We know you're in there.
[KNOCKING]
Come quietly now.
We don't want any racket out
here.
Excuse me, Miss.
Is your mom home now is it?
No racket you say?
You have every neighbor at the
door.
Yep, sorry, missus.
Your mom home now Missus?
No, and it's Miss actually.
Yeah all right.
Just have a wee bit of
cooperation.
Sorry for troubling you.
Just looking for young Padhar.
Well, he's not here.
Well, have you any clue where
he might be?
He's way around his ma.
To bring her shopping.
Has he taken her in his cab?
So far as I know.
What's all this about?
AZV 5126.
Does that sound familiar?
That's the registration.
Well then he's got some
explaining to do.
What about?
It was found of the Donegal
Pass
with 100 pounds of Semtex jammed
into it.
That's high grade explosives to
you, Miss.
Right.
Ah!
You get confused?
Thanks a fucking bunch.
I'll be waiting for you when
you get out.
You better be.
Don't we always watch out for
you?
We know what's going down.
Trust me.
We have ears in places that you
would not imagine.
[SIREN]
Well, now.
Things have come to some pass
when did
you come knocking on my door.
AZV 5126, I'm here to collect
my car.
That's it.
But it was reported stolen this
morning.
I know.
And you think you're off the
hook?
Hm?
I'm sorry.
Controlled explosion.
It was jammed full of Semtex.
Fuck's sake!
You didn't have to fucking fuck
it.
Hey, listen, I'm only joking.
It's right in the depot.
The forensic are giving it the
once over.
Hey, come on up.
We might as well go eat chat now
you're here.
- Up? - Yeah.
Come on ahead.
This has nothing to do with our
lot.
So, what's this you have to
tell us?
I've nothing to hide.
I made no comment.
Hey, take it easy, kiddo.
What's the news then?
Any message from the boys?
No comment.
Or have you just a few things
you want to get off your chest?
Like personal?
Go fuck yourself.
Oh, Padhar.
We're only doing our job here.
It was them at it again.
That's all I have to say.
Who was it that's at it again?
Huh?
For fuck's sake, you know as
well as any of us.
Disruption tactics, all that
shit.
Do I need to go on here?
OK.
Will you just sign for me there,
please?
It's the release form for your
cab.
It's not a statement.
[SNICKER]
Where are you off to tonight?
Oh, Saturday night, the usual,
Ma.
Nothing special.
Oh.
REPORT ON RADIO: This from the
province.
And in the wake of isolated
so-called disruptive incidents,
such a move is unlikely to be
formally--
Will you stop flapping about,
Ma?
I can't hear the radio.
REPORT ON RADIO: --quantity of
high grade explosives
were found in the boot of a
Belfast city black cab
following a tip off.
The owner of the vehicle has
been detained for questioning.
The vehicle had been reported as
stolen in advance of the tip
off, but no code was given.
A spokesperson on behalf of the
IRA
has accused loyalist activists
of disruptive tactics.
So they found another stash of
ammo, Ma.
Will you take no notice?
Sure, Padhar will drop in later
in case
you called the bulletin.
I don't mind telling you,
many's
the day I'd have fantasized
about putting you down.
It's nice to know I have
friends on the inside.
That doesn't mean you're in the
clear from here.
There's some serious stuff
tagged on your pal Rohan.
Nothing I know nothing about.
We're on to him.
You'd do well to disassociate.
Who said I was associated?
Look, we've got eyes where you
wouldn't imagine.
But if you ever want out, we're
listening too.
You finished going over that
car then?
Yeah.
Go round the back and sign it
out.
Never known you so bothered to
go to a prayer meeting before.
And on a cold, windy Saturday
night like this one,
are you that determined.
Aye, Ma.
Have you checked that?
I mean, are you sure there's a
bus back that late
from Belfast?
Aye, Ma.
You know, Rohan and the lads,
they haven't
collected direct from the IOC.
[INAUDIBLE] going over from
that mill town,
and get Wilson, those bastards.
Fuck, they knew it was a setup
though.
Fuckers!
Right outside my ma's house.
Do you believe all that setup
stuff, huh?
Ruining the lives, I swear to
God.
Made me look like a right spur
prick toffed up
at Mill Town and the bloody
thing
had the back jammed full of
Semtex.
The bomb squad all over it like
a bloody [INAUDIBLE]..
Jesus H. Christ.
Put a miller on that
[INAUDIBLE]..
Hush, hush.
Everything worked out all right
in the end.
That's not exactly the point,
though, is it?
Well, look who's here.
Well, if it isn't the mechanic
from [INAUDIBLE]..
Malachy, come on.
Have a drink.
A drink for my friend here.
We're uh, doing a big job next
week.
Looking for a good driver.
Is it regular?
Well, of course it is.
You know the score.
You do the job.
We take care of the rest.
Like you did Padhar today, huh?
No hard feelings, Padhar, hey?
We're not asking you to blow up
the Houses of Parliament
you know. - Can never be too
sure.
[INAUDIBLE] We got some decent
vibes singing
its way through the ether here.
Ladies and gentlemen,
[INAUDIBLE] gentlemen.
Thank you.
Mr. BK.
Mr. BK himself.
Ladies and gentlemen, point of
order, please, point of order.
Point of order.
Turn that jukebox off.
Hey.
Turn it off.
Thank you.
Order please.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] How long will I love
you?
As long as skies are above you.
And longer if I can.
How long will I need you?
As long as the seasons need to
follow their plan.
How long will I be with you?
As long as sea [INAUDIBLE] wash
up on the sand.
How long will I want you?
As long as you want me too.
Didn't think you'd come.
I promised, didn't I?
You did.
I did.
It's just with the weather and
all.
[SINGING] How long will I hold
you?
As long as your father told you
as long as you are.
Come here and meet my brother.
[SINGING] As long as I live to
you however long you say.
How long will I love you?
See, that's what I'd do in that
situation.
Sure you would.
Hey, Padhar, do you remember
Hazel?
I scared the shit out of her at
the market the other morning.
Oh, aye.
Aye, the rodeo girl.
Very impressive the way you hung
on to that animal.
Thanks.
Good to see you're all in one
piece, though.
Most definitely still in one
piece.
Would you give over, son, will
you?
Come on, Hazel, we're out of
here.
Come on.
Thank you.
[INAUDIBLE]
Get her in the car.
There you go.
You all right? Yeah.
You all right?
Take it easy, Padhar.
Jesus, man get a move on,
Padhar.
Get in the car.
Padhar, for Jesus sakes.
You're not fucking on me like
the fucking boss
She's having a baby, Padhar,
not a heart attack.
Hang on there.
Just take it easy.
Hang on there.
Easy.
Tell [INAUDIBLE] here before.
[YELL]
Walk.
- Padhar. - Walk.
Be careful with that stuff.
He's 7--
7 and 1/2 pounds.
Born at 3:00 on the dot.
7 and 1/2 pounds.
Born at 3:00--
Fuck.
Where are you going?
Malachy!
I gotta go.
He's beautiful.
He's the tiniest wee thing you
ever saw.
Is this your first?
Aye, I mean, I'm the uncle, you
see.
My first nephew, that is.
I mean, but I'll have six of my
own.
God bless her health.
[SPUTTERING]
Stop it. Stop.
Stop it.
Hey!
Here.
Here.
Oh, Come on there, boys.
Behave yourselves.
[INAUDIBLE] this [INAUDIBLE],,
huh?
Frog.
Frog?
Frog now?
Look like a fucking frog.
[LAUGHING]
Give us a pint there, mate, you
know, liquid stuff.
Gees, you're some [INAUDIBLE].
Come on.
There's something I've been
wanting to show you.
Ah, you know, I've never, ever
seen the sea before.
Come on.
[LAUGHING]
[SQUEALS]
With these waters, I wash you
clean and baptize
you in the name of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Spectacles, testicles, wallet,
and watch.
- Huh? - Here.
You try it.
Spectacles, testicles, wallet,
and watch.
Wallet and watch?
Concoction of my dads by way of
a Catholic catechism.
Come on.
Catch your death.
Just Mama.
She worries about Padhar.
That worries me.
HAZEL: I kind of like him.
MALACHY: Who? HAZEL: Your
brother.
MALACHY: What? HAZEL: Not like
that.
MALACHY: Like what then?
HAZEL: Just you know.
MALACHY: You've got me worried
now.
Know what worries Ma the most,
after Padhar that is?
No.
What?
The state of my soul.
She even has Father McGregon
stop me every other day
in the street and ask me when
was the last time
I was at confession.
Serious?
He wouldn't be bothering me if
she
wasn't putting him up to it.
I'm sure they mean well.
God, I'm rabbitting on.
Tell me to shut up.
[CRIES OUT]
Leave me alone.
What did you expect?
Some promiscuous Plymouth broad
who'll play along with you?
Sorry, Hazel.
for whatever it was.
Do you hear me?
Please, listen to me.
Sorry, look, I wouldn't hurt
you.
I swear to you.
Sorry. all right?
I wouldn't hurt you. I swear to
you.
I wouldn't hurt you.
MALACHY: Plymouth broad?
HAZEL: Brethren.
MALACHY: Then your dad's from
Plymouth.
HAZEL: No.
Plymouth Brethren.
I don't know how to explain.
Hell, fire, and brimstone.
Thou shalt not do anything that
the average bloke in the street
thinks is normal. HAZEL: Right.
Maybe she's made some friends
up in Belfast.
Hm?
Hazel, I mean, Hazel, the way
she's off up to Belfast
at the weekends.
These prayer meetings.
And no chat about it, who she's
with
or what she's about at all.
Aye.
Well, she speaks to you.
I was just wondering, has she
said anything to you?
There you are now.
It's done.
She knows, doesn't she?
It's not right not to be let
out.
Come on.
What's troubling yous?
It's Jef.
He mention anything to you?
Go on home with this.
There's no use inventing
trouble.
There's enough of it around
these days.
Maybe she really doesn't want
to talk to you.
Sure.
Fine.
But I'd rather hear it from her.
Maybe she doesn't want to tell
yourself.
Maybe she's dead, who knows?
Maybe she never existed at all.
I'd like to speak to Hazel,
please, Mrs. Stokes,
please, Mrs. Stokes.
Stupid bitch.
I've never seen you so hung up
on a girl.
I'm really sorry you never saw
fit to bring her home.
I've told you.
She's not available.
She's not available.
Here, pass that over to
[INAUDIBLE]..
Padhar.
Pass me the butter.
Get it yourself.
Hey, hey you two.
Padhar.
Behaving like children.
Stop it, would you?
Hey, watch the baby.
Watch the baby.
Where's Jef, all right?
He's a good boy, Jef.
Does his duty.
Carry this bliss comes time.
This is your home too, Hazel.
Your place is part of the
household that keeps you.
It's do your part in the house
and on the land.
That's what I did and what my
mother before me did.
Oh, for heaven's sake, Padhar.
[BABY CRYING]
I'm going to crack your ear.
Crack his ear.
Not my ear.
No, no more.
Crack his ear.
Fucking spoiled.
I think that's all right. I
wouldn't sniff him out.
He still sniffed.
He still sniffed.
Is he all right?
Yeah.
Sit down, Cathy.
Can you get past?
Never heard of [INAUDIBLE].
He's sticking his fingers up.
Sticking his fingers up.
Good man.
That be my son.
Here you are.
All do you need now, Malachy,
is one of your own.
Time enough, yeah?
Hey, Padhar?
Aye, no rush.
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE]
Aye.
Hazel?
[KNOCKING]
Hazel.
Is that you in there?
I want to speak to you.
Take it out.
What, Ma?
That book you have.
Where is it?
[INAUDIBLE] with this!
Please, Ma.
I don't know.
Vanity, vanity, vanity.
What is it?
Seven sins, seven deadly sins,
what are they?
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Honor they father and thy
mother.
Please, Ma.
After all you've been taught.
After all we've done for you. -
Please, Ma.
- Whoring [INAUDIBLE]. - Let me
explain.
Stop it, Ma!
Lying to your da and me.
Where are you out at night?
You're a [INAUDIBLE] little
lying whore.
Please, Ma, you're mistaken.
Lying little whore.
A whore.
Whore!
Please, Ma, stop it!
[SOBBING]
Oh, Rob, what have I done?
What have I done to [INAUDIBLE].
She'll come round in her own
time.
There's no holding on to
anything anymore.
Everything's changing on us.
I'm frightened.
I'm frightened.
[SHIP HORN]
[CRIES OUT]
Malachy, here's [INAUDIBLE].
Malachy, hey.
Hey, Hazel.
Jesus.
Is she all right?
Where have you been?
Have you had a few already?
Jef, where is he?
Jef, who's Jef?
We're the [INAUDIBLE].
Who the fuck is Jef, any road?
Shut the fuck up, why don't
you?
Malachy.
Malachy, Malachy, hang on.
Deadly sin.
Oh, God.
Course the point is, you could.
You could grass.
Padhar, you know stuff.
I've more than my rap for you
guys.
I'm not suggesting for one
moment
that you would divulge anything.
What do you want?
You know me no better than that.
I know you'll hold good, if
only if it's for your own sake.
But it's your wee brother here
I am concerned about.
He's never been involved.
No allegiance.
Striking.
The kid's as clean as a
whistle, Rohan.
I don't want him getting
involved.
This isn't your call, Padhar.
He's just a kid, for Christ's
sake, Rohan.
He doesn't know a fucking thing.
You know the routine yourself.
Coach him.
Then let him decide for himself
if he has the appetite.
What do you say, Malachy?
Malachy.
Hm?
Malachy.
See, fucking useless.
Work on him.
Coach him.
You've got more than yourself to
be concerned about now, Padhar.
With that wee one.
Come on.
Malachy, come on.
Wonder at us, carrying that
flag up there.
The way we're been let down.
We'll hold out, Ma, never fear.
[WHISPERING] Malachy makes me
melancholy.
Does he ever dream of me?
Malachy makes me melancholy.
[MOOING]
[WHISTLES]
Hm?
Oh.
[INAUDIBLE] help me.
I've run that young fellow for
you.
Huh?
Here, come back.
Come back!
Here!
Come back!
Ma, I'm back.
Is there anyone looking for me?
No, she's not run yet.
But your brother's here for his
tea.
Seems as there's no cooking
being done up the road
since that wee one arrived.
Think I'm only here for the
food?
Huh, you're here for the beer.
That's you all over.
Malachy, call Jacobs.
Ma, did you take this here
message?
Forgot.
Very untalkative sort of man.
He wouldn't say his business.
When, when did he ring?
Earlier this evening just.
Take it easy.
[INAUDIBLE]
Well, he's getting right touchy
this one.
You'd tell me if he was in any
sort of trouble, Padhar,
wouldn't you?
He's in love, Ma, not in
trouble.
Same symptoms, that's all.
Yes, Ma.
No, Hazel, it's me, Jef.
Do you want in?
No, it's just a message Jacobs
asked me to do.
Aye.
If you're over at his place by
lunchtime,
we'll get you on a 3:00 train to
Belfast.
That's all it means.
I'll meet you there and drop you
at the station, OK?
Aye.
Thanks.
They will get into City
Station, 3:00.
She'll be on it.
It's a red MGB.
She knows it.
3:00 then.
Listen, thanks.
Hey!
I'm on a winning streak now.
Just watch.
You going to the Basement, huh?
A pint, could murder a pint. -
Jesus, you're on.
What's all this about?
Small pleasures, brother,
they're the thing.
Come on. I'm gasping.
Make it The Crown.
You should stay shy of The
Basement for a bit.
Yeah?
Rohan there has you marked.
Christ, I wouldn't mind Rohan.
I'm serious, Malachy.
He wants you in.
I'd lay low.
I thought you guys were on a
time out.
There's supposed to be a fucking
cease fire on.
Hasn't he-- - The lads are
bored.
They're turning on each other.
Who knows what?
Who can stick what to who.
Who's protecting who.
It's like none of us knows which
way is up anymore, except it's
not the way it used to be.
And I'm marked now after that
car incident.
They think I know something
about it?
What are you on, Padhar?
I think they don't know what
you know and it frightens them.
What frightens them even more,
they
don't seem to frighten you.
But they sure as hell frighten
you.
Like I said, we all know too
much.
All right, so come on now.
[INAUDIBLE]
Hey.
Leave your keys at reception.
Or clear up before you go out.
Right.
God damn it.
I'm going to have to change that
flat.
That's not flat.
It'll blow out on us.
Down them there roads.
Come on.
Give me a hand.
No. Can't it wait?
I'm going to miss the train.
Where's Jef then?
Jef?
I have no idea at all.
Some machine.
Aye.
We'll, we'll be needing you
this afternoon for a job,
as we discussed, remember?
Can't.
Got a prior engagement.
[LAUGH]
Prior engagement.
I'm meeting someone.
VIP off the 3:00 train.
You hear that, Padhar?
VIP.
City Station, is it?
That's some coincidence.
I can't, Padhar.
I just can't.
I'm meeting Hazel.
Yous could swap.
Here.
All right.
You pick her up.
What do you want me to do?
That's more like it.
And we'll forget what we might
call your earlier reticence.
Padhar there will do the honors,
give you your instructions.
Just a bit of chauffeuring.
Who for?
Let's just call it a personal
favor.
OK?
Beautiful car.
Beautiful.
- Padhar, what have you done? -
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Listen, Malachy, they had us
over a barrel.
Either you're in or I'm being
sent on.
It's funny isn't it?
Bleeding fucking hilarious.
You just make sure you're there
for Hazel.
What? Hazel.
Don't forget about her.
Would you trust me?
I'll have to.
Look, where am I heading?
Oh, just park on the bridge
above City Station
and wait there for Rohan.
[HONKING]
All right, all right.
What am I supposed to do then?
Nothing, just, just hang in for
a minute.
It's just documents or something
he's picking up
for the [INAUDIBLE] tomorrow.
I'm not listening.
Don't panic, all right?
It's nothing heavy.
He'll tell you what to do from
there.
I don't want to know.
Then don't ask.
I didn't.
[HONKING]
[INAUDIBLE]
[MUSIC - THE WATERBOYS, "THIS IS
THE SEA"]
[MUSIC - THE WATERBOYS, "THIS IS
THE SEA"]
[SINGING] Yeah, I hear there's a
train.
It's coming down the line.
It's yours if you hurry.
You've got still enough time.
And you don't need no ticket.
And you don't pay no fee.
And you don't need no ticket.
You don't pay no fee.
Because that was the river.
This is the sea.
That was the river.
This is the sea.
That was the river.
This is the sea.
That was the river.
And this is the sea.
That was the river, the river,
the river, the river,
the river, the river, the river,
the river, the river,
the river, the river.
[EXPLOSION]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello?
Hello?
Is there anybody home?
What time is the next train?
Well the one you missed ran
near on time.
And the next one should do too.
It'll be five minutes late at
most.
Which means it should be getting
to city at about half past,
but they've just been on the
phone to say there is a blast
on the lane or something.
So it's likely be canceled.
Car bomb.
Central Station.
There's be no more trains
tonight.
You'll be better off at home
anyway.
Young fella in a wee red sports
car.
Shocking, isn't it?
Give me a hand here.
All right.
Get her out to the car.
[SIRENS]
POLICE BULLHORN: This is a
police investigation.
Quietly and orderly now.
Leave the station building.
This area has been cordoned off.
Clear the area now please.
MALACHY: In this cordoned off
area, this bunch of pigs
pulled my brother into black
plastic police bags.
It was meant for me, must have
been.
Me on the bridge, powdering my
car instead.
Fucking hell.
Padhar?
Aye, Jacobs.
It's me, Malachy.
Jacobs, it's Malachy.
Malachy?
MALACHY: Aye.
Jesus Christ.
[INAUDIBLE]
[TEARILY] Where the hell is
Hazel?
She's, she's here.
I mean, we, we missed the train.
I heard something on the news.
I think Hazel thought that you
were in the--
but not that.
Jesus, Malachy.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry for your
trouble.
I'm so sorry, Malachy.
Padhar was in the car, not
Malachy.
Aren't you some class of a woman
become?
Courageous.
I admire your courage, Hazel.
[CRYING OUT]
Just spoke to the kid, Malachy.
I asked him like you said.
He doesn't know who Jef is, he
says.
That's crap.
He's been poking the bastard's
sister for months.
And I believe him.
The betting money's on you,
scum.
You've had it in for that lad,
Padhar.
We have our sources.
You guys know fuck well that
our cells
have been in lockdown.
Absolutely nothing going down.
You know the way we used to
operate, tight instructions.
There are none.
No instructions.
Well, the onus is on you to
prove yourself.
The rest of us only know what
you scum are capable of.
And this nasty little piece of
work has the smell of you
all over it.
Hm.
So, for the last time, and for
the record,
what were you doing at Central
Station?
[IN A ROBOTIC VOICE] I was
meeting a friend.
Name of the friend.
No comment.
[LAUGHING]
What are yous holding me for?
No comment.
What were you doing in the
victim's cab?
He lent it to me.
Haven't we been through all
this before?
We can't verify that the victim
lent
you his cab because he's dead.
And you won't verify the name of
the friend
you were there to meet.
We're not holding up very well
here, are we?
Know something?
I find this really boring.
You're damn fucking right it
is.
But we're going to get you on
this one.
You mark my words, even if we
have to--
get him out of here.
Right.
You won't pin this on me or any
of us.
Fucking Britters.
[SMACK]
Ah!
Get him!
She'll sleep through the day
any road, I'd say.
She must have been running round
half the night
out there by the cut of her.
Aye.
Poor wee thing.
What did you say his name was?
Padhar, Padhar McAliskey.
There'll be a funeral, no
doubt.
He's one of ours and that's for
sure.
It'll be an emotive occasion.
She won't be going.
Why not?
Not our--
Aye.
I suppose in this case, it would
be better if she stayed away.
[GUNFIRE]
Come on, boys!
Come on, move it.
Come on!
I don't know who half the
people are, Malachy.
Take me home, would you?
Malachy.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Can't be certain.
Can't be sure.
Tells me that you can't be too
careful.
[PRAYING]
PRIEST: We commend to Almighty
God--
And we commit his body to the
ground.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
May the Lord bless him, and keep
him.
May the Lord make his face to
shine upon Him,
and be gracious to Him.
The Lord--
She didn't come with you, did
she?
You don't seem to understand.
She's not too well.
I understand her not coming to
the funeral.
Sure I'd have stayed away
myself, if if I'd known.
Bloody excuse for [INAUDIBLE]
circus act.
But you could have sent some
flowers, or something.
Shouldn't you have? And not a
word.
Not a bloody word.
I have no prejudice with
protestants.
You know that.
But he's something to do with
her,
and she's something to do with
this.
Isn't she?
Don't ask me what you know I
don't know, Ma.
There's enough bitterness
between people that I--
When I left your father, even
though--
What are you trying to say, Ma?
Go get her back, Malachy.
If that's what you want.
If it's what you want.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] Whenever you're near,
I whispered your name.
His eyes were closed.
A man is in love.
And he knows.
A man is in love.
How did I guess?
I figured it out while he was
watching you dress.
You give your [INAUDIBLE].
I think maybe you should think
about getting
Cathy out of here.
And he's me.
She's [INAUDIBLE].
- Aye? - Mhm.
Yeah.
[CYMBAL CRASH]
[SINGING] A man's in love.
How do I know?
I heard him talk too much.
I--
Cathy?
You think you're great, Malachy
boy, don't you?
There's nothing could touch you.
MALACHY: Come on, Cathy.
Come on.
You think you're just great.
MALACHY: My mind's made up about
this.
I'm taking no charity from you,
McAliskey.
You shouldn't be by yourself.
Come on.
Just come on home.
Fuck you!
You fucking show off little MG.
Playing it up to that wee proddy
girl,
like she doesn't know the
difference
between anything hard won, and
fought for if you--
Ask yourself what the fuck
happened, would you?
Say something.
For Jesus' sake, say something.
Why wasn't it you?
It was fucking meant for you,
and you fucking know it!
It was meant for you!
You, you!
It was fucking meant for you,
you fucking lucky bastard!
You-- - I know.
I know. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, all right?
Why wasn't it you?
I'm sorry.
Why wasn't it you?
Let's wrap it up, folks.
Eh?
Hey.
What?
Fucker.
So you stopped at home, then?
Oh, aye.
Back here.
Trains were canceled for the
rest of the day.
And Jef Stokes-- was he still
here?
Who?
Jef.
Oh, Jef?
All day.
Doing odd jobs around the house,
and that.
Well, push on, then.
Listen, thanks very much for
your help.
Sorry for troubling you.
You're welcome.
Good night to you both.
Goodnight.
Easy as you go around there.
It's a terrible night.
That poor child in the rain.
God forsaken deer country,
these parts.
Stuck in a time warp.
Yep.
Hick sticks, all right.
The alibis will hold.
Mhm.
Come on.
Come on in out of the rain.
Stay there, you.
Don't come near me.
I never heard a word.
I swear, I never heard anything.
[INAUDIBLE]
Don't call me Pat.
And I can bloody well swear if I
want to.
You lied, you liar.
If I had a knife, then I could
really kill you for this.
You lied.
That's a sin.
Oh, god, you murdered him!
Please leave me be, God!
I want to show off and shout, I
hate you!
You killed him, and I could have
loved you, too!
What have I done?
Jesus.
Come on, now.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, now.
Shh. Come on.
Come on.
Come on, go inside.
Come on.
Come on.
That's a good girl.
It's gonna be all right.
Good.
[INAUDIBLE]
Shh.
Chance of a jar?
Help yourself.
I thought a quiet drink--
Just the two of us?
Friendly, like.
I thought you [INAUDIBLE] since
we called the ceasefire?
Off duty.
Off the record.
Not a chance.
Oh, well.
Some thirst on me.
I've just come down from the
glens.
Uh-huh.
What, your, uh-- your usual
batch?
No, not normally.
I went up Stokes' way.
See that kid Jef you're on
about.
And?
I talked to an old fellow by
the name of Jacobs.
Ah, you've got all the right
names.
Nowhere near Central Station
that day.
Neither of them.
Local station master confirms
his story.
Something about not getting the
girl to the train
on time because of a flat tire.
And he's alibied the kid.
What's his name?
Jef.
So, what do you think,
inspector?
Hm--
You can think what you like
about my story.
It stinks.
It's the truth.
And I'm sticking to it.
You know, this gig aside, we
have more than enough on you
to put you away until you're
wetting the bed,
and gunning like a three year
old again.
Why don't you, then?
Well-- it's like this.
You see, every time the foreign
office
dumps one of those wide eyed,
rookie
civil servant types on us--
junior ministers, they call
them--
within a week, regular as
clockwork,
they land into me huffing and
puffing,
screaming holy blue murder at
some RUC fuck up.
They've accessed the national
security files.
Oh, strictly confidential, they
say.
A massive oversight.
And they punch up a bunch of
mugshots,
and they get a list of a dozen--
maybe two dozen names.
By the way, you're on that list.
And there's a clatter of
evidence.
They'll go through the European
Court
of Human Rights backwards, and
still get a conviction.
And they go, what the fuck do
you guys think you're at?
Take those bastards out.
You know who the bastards are.
Why don't you move in on them?
For Christ's sake, get that list
read up.
Every single one of them.
And they're pissing their pants
with SAS dawn raids,
and regrettable incidents.
And I go, hey.
You see that list?
Every name on that list has got
a list of his own.
And guess what?
You're on it.
OK.
But you see, with a ceasefire--
Regrettable incidents, you
said?
It's getting dirtier.
Has to be, before it gets
cleaner.
That cab gig--
no code on the tip off.
All that bullshit about loyalist
disruption tactics.
Has to get dirtier.
Stitching up that poor kid,
[INAUDIBLE]..
There's off the record, and off
the record.
We have alibis on the Glen's
people.
Then dig a little deeper.
You're in this somewhere.
You'll never stick this on me.
I don't mind getting my hands
dirty.
Dig a little deeper.
And I mean dirty.
But of course, there's always
that list.
Old man Jacobs' house.
I just know he's involved with
them.
Uh-huh.
He planted the bomb.
No.
Jef did.
No.
I'm his sister, and I'm turning
him in.
Are you going to call the
police, then?
I already did.
Aye.
You're some class of a woman
become.
I would envy me nay.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SIREN]
Where is she?
Jef-- what happened tonight?
Yeah.
You'll have to tell us.
[SIREN]
Leave this to me!
He's my son.
No. Wait, wait.
No.
Easy.
Leave it.
[BEEPING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] When I left my home
and my family, my mother
said to me.
Son, it's not how many Germans
you that counts,
it's how many people you set
free.
So I packed my bags, rushed my
cab, walked out into the world.
17 years old, never kissed a
girl.
[GUNSHOT]
[SHOUTING]
Give me the gun!
Get out!
[GRUNTING]
Go on!
No!
Leave me alone!
Please, no!
For God's sake, Ma, do
something, will ya?
Ma!
[CRYING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] But my only one thing
remains.
[INAUDIBLE]!
Love you the river.
Love you the sea.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SINGING] These things you keep,
you'd better throw them away.
You wanna turn your back on your
[INAUDIBLE]??
Once you were tethered, but now
you are free.
Once you were tethered, but now
you are free.
That was the river.
And this is the sea, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now here's a train.
It's coming on down the line.
It's yours if you hurry.
You've got still enough time.
And you don't need no ticket.
And you don't pay no fee.
And no, you don't need no
ticket.
You don't pay no fee.
Because that was the river, and
this is the sea.
That was a river, this is the
sea.
That was the river, this is the
sea.
That was the river, river,
river, river, river, river,
river, and this is the sea.
Sea, yeah.
Behold the sea.