[Electric static]
*
[Low humming]
*
[Gusting wind, loud rustling]
[Alarm bell ringing]
[Alarm clicks, *]
[Heavy sigh]
[Egg cracks, sloshes]
[Various sounds, pills rattling in bottles]
[Sharp inhales]
[Slapping, banging chest]
[Seagulls squawking]
*
[Music swells *]
[Cars, bustling street sounds]
[Engine revving, music dies out]
[Ding]
[Soft piano music *]
Good morning, William.
She's a beauty, isn't she?
That she is, Mr. Steadman.
Price is a little steep, though.
- I just want the best. - Hmm!
Perfectly understandable. But first, allow me to show you
Some of our newer models.
[Soft piano music *]
Here we have a 20 gauge steel shell.
Locking and fully casketed.
It also comes in a dark hunter green finish with
Gold tone maple leaf design hardware.
[Chuckles, hollow pats]
Moving on.
My heart's set on Angelica.
Ahh.
The Rolls Royce of basketry.
[Exhales] We're planning a sale
In late October featuring some stunning new Bavarian design.
Keep me posted, Mr. Steadman.
You mind if I close the hatch?
Just for a moment.
[Soft piano music *]
You know William, while I enjoy these visits
Of yours, it occurs to me that a young man
Such as yourself, should be out shopping for... cars.
Not... coffins.
[Whooshing, hollow thud]
[Soft breathing]
They say a coffin holds enough air
To keep a man alive for three hours.
So when I'm in here...
Why does it feel like I can live forever?
*
[Soft breathing]
[Music swells]
*
I've been asked today to talk about Cystic Fibrosis.
Now, normally I would perform
One to three hours of physio daily.
[Beating chest, patting, clears throat]
Like Tarzan. [Coughs]
Only I'm not showing off for Jane...
I'm just trying to breathe.
Because my body lacks the proper digestive enzymes
To keep my pancreas clear of cysts,
And my liver unblocked from bile,
I have to pop more pills than Rush Limbaugh.
And uh... Other than that, life's peachy.
Questions?
[Rustling]
[Doors clicking, beep]
I really enjoyed your talk.
- Thanks. - Penny.
Pre-med.
Uh, Will. Pre-dead.
[Scoffs]
I was wondering...
If it's true that your chances of fertilizing an ovum
Are roughly 2.06 million, I mean...
Technically wouldn't that make you infertile?
Um, like a neutered goat.
Well, this... has its advantages.
Are we... flirting?
You tell me.
[Coughing]
[Coughing harshly] Sorry.
*
[Inhales]
[Pills rattling, puff, stirring]
[Sizzling]
I don't have a lot of room in my life for anything other
Than my routine.
I've got to do my physio. Take my meds...
Puff an hour in the nebulizer.
To keep my weight up,
I've got to eat 4,000 calories a day. [Paper rustling]
Oh yeah.
I go to a lot of funerals, too.
At 21 I've probably been to more funerals
Than most 80 year olds. [Scissors clack on counter]
*
Bobby and I were friends back in the ward.
We'd always joke that only one of us would make it
Past our 21st birthday.
I guess he was right.
[Harsh coughing]
Cough sounds soupy today.
Last week it was barky, and the week before
It was hydraulic. [Coughs]
[Fridge slams]
We ran into Sarah Bennet today.
Pancake house.
[Birds chirping]
Mom, it was the 6th grade!
[Utensils clanking] I held her hand at recess.
And then... she cheated on me with Ronald Brinkman.
Well she asked about ya.
And she has really filled out, son.
Jesus, guys!
I know you don't like it when we make a big fuss
So we settled for just one.
Happy 21, Will.
[Inhales]
[Exhales, flame flickers loudly]
[Coughing]
Elevated sodium chloride levels
Are often an early indicator.
That's why you tasted salt on the skin.
Of course, with all the recent treatment programs
There are many patients living into their late 20's.
[Loud coughing, music fades]
* [Crow cawing]
[Priest] But when death speaks to us,
What does it say?
Death does not speak about itself.
It does not say "fear me."
It does not say "wonder at me."
It does not say "understand me."
But it says to us, "Think of life."
"Think of the privilege of life."
I've heard so many priests deliver eulogies,
I can't help but rate them on their performance.
It's like some tragic American Idol in my head.
* [Crows cawing]
[Music changes, soft footsteps approach]
Bobby hated flowers.
So what do they do?
Toss a hundred roses at his funeral.
65 actually.
I guess you knew that.
You probably don't recognize me without an IV drip.
I remember you, Will.
Maybe you can answer a question.
Why Del Sol?
[Birds chirping lightly] *
It's a healing shrine down in Mexico.
Some of the kids, we... used to joke about going.
He just kept saying it the night he died.
"I'm going to Del Sol, Hannah."
"I'm going to Del Sol."
[Birds chirp, soft music *]
Wanna get out of here?
[Bustling noise, bar music *, clink]
Here's to Angelica.
She your girlfriend?
Who wants to get involved with someone
With an expiry date. [Hannah giggles]
Everybody's got an expiry date.
*
The average human body contains enough salt
To fill four salt shakers.
In ancient Rome,
Conscription soldiers were often paid in salt.
Hence the expression, "A man worth his salt."
It's also very good on cucumber.
[Chuckles]
There's something you need to see.
[Paper rustling, clears throat]
Estate of Bobby Crane.
I should go.
*
[Music changes]
[Door hinges open]
*
[Change chinks into jar]
Repeat customers are such a rarity
In this line of business.
You work pretty hard, Mr. Steadman.
Maybe you should take a load off.
I don't think that would be entirely appropriate.
How can you sell these things with any sense of integrity
If you don't take them for a test ride?
It's a casket, William.
Not a Ferrari.
Try the Newberry.
She's got lumbar support that'll make a Volvo blush.
[Soft parlor music]
[Sighs]
[Piano swells *]
All this craftsmanship...
For a few measly minutes in the sun, and then...
An eternity in darkness.
Doesn't quite seem fair, does it?
No William.
No it doesn't.
[Clock ticking quietly]
[Hinge creaks]
*
[Crumpling, rustling]
[Woman's voice] And they danced
By the light of the moon. The moon, the moon.
They danced by the light of the moon.
He tastes like salt.
[Shaker plunks on table]
[Nebulizer humming, t.v. in background]
[Woman screaming on t.v.]
[Envelope rips]
*
[Exhales sharply]
Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Rankin.
Ron Hodges.
Uh, I'm not really sure what this...
What I'm doing here, or what this has to do with Bobby.
I was retained by Mr. Crane two months prior to his, uh,
Unfortunate passing, and...
His instructions were specific.
You are to be the sole custodian.
Custodian of what?
Ah. [Shuffles around]
This. [Urn plunks down]
This is...?
There've been some exciting movements
In modern urn design.
- This is Bobby? - Well...
Pyrotechnically.
What the hell was in his grave?
[Stutters] Um, a large expensive box. Filled with...
My client's pornographic DVD collection,
And 14 cases of Apple-berry Mountain flavored Snapple.
I'm also...
Play you a DVD.
[Chair and desk cracking]
[Phone rings in background]
[Static electric hiss]
[Bobby] Well.
I'm only telling you this, because...
I like you.
And because I'm dead.
Um...
Back in the ward,
Back in the day...
You were the funniest kid I ever knew.
And then of course, bam, puberty hits and
You turn into Ghouly VonMorbid.
Um...
But here's the plan.
You my friend...
Are gonna drive 2,000 miles South.
To a Mexican church called "El Santuario Del Sol."
And there you're gonna meet a priest...
Named Salvador.
The two of you are going to scatter my ashes...
Over a sacred salt pond that runs under the church.
If you don't do this for me Will I swear, to God, I'll haunt you.
Everyday. I will haunt you like poltergeist buddy.
Alright, I will Jacob Marley your ass, for the rest
Of your short, bleak life.
[Chuckles]
Do this for me, Will.
[T.v. clicks off, electric static hiss]
* [Cars whirring by]
[Beer bottles chinking]
*
You're some kind of prankster, Bobby. I'll give you that.
*
[Bottles clanking, pressure pops lid]
Can't find a better drinking buddy?
Relax.
I'm only here for the flowers.
How long was Bobby planning this?
He didn't tell me.
Not that I blame him.
If our parents knew about this they'd be...
Filing injunctions.
It's heavy.
Hey, wait, wait.
Where are you going with that?
Bobby had a last request.
I'm making sure it's being honored.
I never said I wouldn't honor his last request.
This means you're taking it?
I don't even have a car.
I've never left the city... Just...
Please just give me some time to figure this out.
[Patting, beating chest, change jingles, clinks in jar]
[Weak exhales]
Yeah, hi. I need to mail a package to Baja, Mexico.
[Coughing, patting] It's like a, a metal...
[Coughing]
Mm-hmmm. [Patting, beating chest]
Yeah. And I have some instructions that need to be
Sent with it also.
[Wheezing, beating chest]
No, I know. I understand that you have rules
About that sort of contraband. [Coughs]
Perfectly clear. [Coughing]
Alrighty, thanks Trish. You've been... helpful.
[Coughing, hacking, gagging]
[Bottles crash, glass shatters]
[Grunts, punches wall[
[Slow breath]
[Exhales]
Give me a deep breath in.
[Exhales, loudspeaker calling]
I hear crackles.
No snaps or pops?
Well I see no other option.
We're gonna have to run a full course of antibiotics.
How long this time?
14 days, then we'll reassess.
I knew it sounded soupy.
[Coughing]
[Man snoring loudly]
[Snoring continues]
[Exasperated sigh]
[Snoring, pills shake]
[Blinds clatter open]
Rise and shine sleepyhead. You've got a big day.
Okay, deep breath in.
More, and push it out. [Monitor beeping]
[Wheezing out] Keep going. Push, push...
Push, push!
Push, push, push. Okay, deep breath in...
[Deep inhale, beep] Relax. [Coughing]
Same medication as last time?
ADEK's twice a day.
Creon-20's three to four, with every meal.
Two with snacks.
Zythromycin, two every second day.
And whatever that guy in the alley was selling.
[Scoffs]
[Loud rumbling]
If you find another vein, I'll be impressed.
Don't worry. Worse to worst honey, we'll poke a bitty hole
In that cute little work you got throbbing in your temple.
Hm.
[Siren wailing in distance]
Whoo. You weren't lying. [Chuckles]
Last time they found one here.
[Clears throat]
*
[Slapping skin]
[Wheels scraping floor]
*
I understand we're having trouble finding
A vein again!
Like mining for gold in a litter box.
See what we got here.
Deep breath in.
[Wheezes breath out]
Again. [Inhales, wheezes]
Well perhaps it's time we re-evaluate
The idea of a permanent port-a-cath.
I told you before, I'm not down for that cyborg shit.
And as I said before,
Prevention is the best medicine.
Just tell me how long.
This is not a positive line of questioning.
A ballpark. Three years? Is it... five years? I mean...
Tell me if I'm hotter or colder. Just show me on a pie chart!
Will, you're healthy.
And you'll remain healthy if you continue your therapy.
[Wheels scraping, rattling]
[Compressing air, pressure releases]
[Machine whirring]
[Bottle falls, bashes]
[Plastic plunks]
[Machine whirring] *
[Cabinet squeaks]
[Acoustic music *]
* [Muffled conversations]
[Music fades]
Hey.
[Bags crumple and plop]
We both know what this is about.
It's not about Bobby.
It's about me finding some mystical cure that he
Wouldn't go find for himself.
Maybe Bobby believed in miracles. Maybe...
He said his prayers every night.
I don't.
I'll do this.
I'll do everything he asks.
But there's one thing I refuse to do.
I will not hope.
When do we leave?
*
[Music swells]
- Mexico? - Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. We um, follow the coast
Down to Baja.
[Exasperated sigh]
Figure a four day drive.
Mexico.
Yeah! Mexico, that place, you know. That place
Right below San Diego. [Food pops on table]
I know where Mexico is.
I... [Sharp exhale]
Do you know what could happen if you get sick
Out there in the elements?
[Dishes clatter]
I would soon just cut your head off, look at you.
We're not going to Borneo, Mom.
This is... [Stammers] This is tourist country.
Okay. Have you talked to Doctor Abisi?
[Sighs]
[Dishes clatter]
[Chuckles]
[Glass clinks]
Okay.
If worst comes to absolute worst...
[Paper rips, folds]
You can always reach out to your Aunt in L.A.
Ok.
[Sighs]
I'm gonna be fine.
Carl is there anything you'd like to add?
Yeah.
[Chair creaks, hollow thudding steps]
[Dog barks in distance]
[Birds chirping, door creaks]
Dad, you okay?
I wanted to surprise you, for your birthday.
But I couldn't get the darn solenoid to fire.
No.
Yeah. [Garage rumbling, rusty creaks]
*
[Chuckles]
You finished it huh?
So uh...
Buckle up man.
[Laughing, keys jingle]
Thanks, guys.
Do it!
[Change clangs]
*
So...
Primrose oil for the lungs and diaphragm.
And Saint John's Wart should help with the anxiety.
Who said I was anxious?
Well you should be. Clock's ticking.
Alright. [Engine revs]
*
So you've really never left the city?
Nope.
That's what happens when you spend half your life
In a hospital. [Radio flipping, static]
*
[Truck horn blaring]
So...
Straight down to Mexico?
No stops. No sleep?
[Engine rumbling]
I won't so much as blink.
Over 2,000 miles.
I'm not here to sight-see.
This is a business trip.
And what if at some point, I find myself needing to pee.
*
Huh.
[Bottle clatters, laughing]
You think your mom is going to hate me
For taking you on this trip?
That depends if I get back in one piece or not.
[Laughing] You make yourself sound like cheap luggage.
You don't know the half of it.
When I was a kid,
My mother spent so much time coddling me
I felt like a designer handbag.
Well count your blessings.
I broke my arm playing hopscotch once.
Took them two weeks to notice
I'd been using my wrong hand to eat breakfast.
*
Put this up! Come on. I gotta put this up.
Ahh! [Laughs]
[Rain pattering down]
[Windshield wipers swishing, rainfall]
Stop, stop, stop! Will, there's goats!
- Goat? What? - Up on the roof!
- Where? - Back up!
Back up, back up! There's goats on the roof.
I want to go see them.
Okay, but not for long. No, no photos.
[Goat bleating]
*
[Shutter clicks]
Thank you! [Bleating]
Thank you!
* Woo hoo!
You're like a little baby.
[Hollering]
[Tires screeching] Woah, woah, woah!
Oh God! [Giggles]
*
[Engine rattles, stalls]
Do you hear that?
That thumping?
That's just the radio.
No, that's not the radio. [Engine clattering, clunk]
Pull over!
Stop right here. Stop.
[Hissing] Agh!
[Hissing, brakes squeal]
[Coughing]
[Birds chirping]
- We have to call your parents. - I can't.
My dad will be crushed. He built this thing
Out of puppy love and horsepower.
Maybe it's some minor fix.
It's a sign.
I thought you said miracles were just
A sucker's bet with God.
No, it's... It's an actual sign.
* [Car rumbling past]
[Country music *]
Where you taking her?
Mexico.
Not today you're not. [Chuckles]
[Creaking, slam, engine rumbling]
[Forced exhale]
[Mumbles]
What's the diagnosis?
So what I'm proposing is I...
Take advance payment for the new...
Radiator, mechanical fan you'll be needing. And...
Place the parts order forthwith. Say six bills.
Six hundred dollars?
Well this my friend, is an antique.
Requiring unique and unusual innards.
[Birds chirping, cawing]
[Money swishing]
How long's it gonna take?
Well I suggest in the meantime you bed down
For the night.
How's that figure?
[Birds chirping]
Great.
*
[Crickets singing]
Where'd he say this campsite was?
Bobby knew I hated the outdoors.
Bobby didn't plan this part, I'm pretty sure.
No he planned this.
[Plunk] This even a campground?
Why would anyone want to sleep here?
[Grunts]
[Labored breathing]
I can help if you want.
With your physio.
No, I'm on vacation.
I'm fine, really.
I've got lungs like a Sherpa.
Alright. [Sighs]
Suit yourself.
It's not like I was offering some rub and tug.
No happy endings for me.
[Wheezing]
Bobby was the same, you know.
Wouldn't get close to anyone.
Couldn't see the point.
*
It's tough to be a long-term thinker
When you've got a short-term outlook.
You think you're so different.
It doesn't matter if you live to be 30, or...
300.
Everybody thinks life's too short.
[Crickets] *
[Groans quietly, inhales]
[Rustling, mumbles] *
It's late.
We should be going.
[Music swells *]
[Cawing]
*
Anything?
How long do we wait?
I don't think he's coming back.
*
I'm beginning to wonder if it's even a functioning garage.
He's coming back.
He's not coming back.
[Crickets, frogs]
I'm starving.
Mm, wine gums.
[Engine rumbling]
[Barking]
[Door squeaks]
Will!
Stop him! [Man grunting]
- Don't move! No! - Wait!
[Engine revs] Hey! Stop it!
Hey!
Stop it! [Tires squealing]
No!
[Coughing, hacking]
Just breathe, Will. Just breathe.
[Coughing, hacking]
[Coughing]
Son of a...
[Coughing]
You've reached the Bellevue County
Police Station. Office hours are
9am - 6pm daily.
Leave a message at the tone.
[Crickets singing]
I'm not calling my parents.
[Owl hooting, rustling]
*
So what'd they say?
Filed a report. They said check back in 17 days.
That's it?!
We're on our own.
So, we walk. [Zips bag]
You gave away your life savings for a mechanical fan
And radiator. [Chuckles]
Still got about... Two hundred.
You should hang onto it.
Why me?
Because you're the responsible one.
We're in the middle of Washington State,
How far is this supposed to get us?
What about you? How much did you bring?
I'm between semesters. I've got about...
A hundred bucks plus one maxed out credit card.
Your mother entrusted me with your care.
*
What am I, fine China?
Let's hitchhike.
* [Machine whirrs]
*
Why isn't this working?
Needs more thumb. [Groans]
*
Ha! [Giggles]
- Hello! Thank you. - Hi! Thank you.
*
[Waves crashing on shore]
This is silly!
We can't hitchhike all the way to Mexico.
Then we walk, then.
I could be like the next Rick Hansen, er... er...
Terry Fox! You know, the great CF hike to Mexico.
Yeah, I'm sure you'd be a great poster boy, but...
Cystic Fibrosis is just not all that glamorous.
Compared to what?
AIDS? Cancer? Parkinson's?
Genital Herpes gets better press.
It's viral marketing.
Get a publicist.
Then again, maybe it's a good thing
Being the underdog disease. I'm like Mountain Dew!
* [Waves crashing]
[Song fades out]
[Crickets chirping, footsteps on asphalt]
I can't believe you like caner better than CF.
- I didn't say I liked it. - You said it's way cooler.
[Scoffs]
It's all in the branding, you know?
It's the Coca-Cola of killer diseases.
Even has it's own zodiac.
[Sniffles] Think that's a coincidence?
Now lupus! There's an illness.
Nah. Sounds like a werewolf with acne.
There. [Sighs]
[Doors creak]
[Fire crackling]
[Wheezing, coughing]
How you doing?
My lungs feel like they're packed with silly puddy.
Maybe I should go to the hospital.
No.
Here.
Take this.
It's ginger root. To expand your capillaries.
Mm.
You're not by any chance trying to kill me, are you?
No, sweetie. If I was trying to kill you, I would bring you
To a hospital.
Just ask Bobby.
Maybe I'll go quietly too.
Just like him.
Drown in my sleep, peacefully.
It wasn't peaceful.
The way you hear people talk.
It wasn't like that with Bobby.
It was miserable.
It wasn't peaceful.
[Sighs]
Hannah, I'm...
[Fire crackling]
[Wheezing, snoring]
[Soft music, *]
*
When I was a kid,
The way my dad explained it to me...
He told me I was like Jacques Cousteau.
He said "The world is your ocean."
It can be dangerous out there,
And sometimes, hard to breathe.
"Don't forget your snorkel if you want to go explore."
[Gulls cawing] [Waves lapping on shore]
[Inhales, machine whirrs]
You smell that?
Salt.
*
[Upbeat acoustic *]
*
- Thanks! - See ya later.
No more hitchhiking.
[Restaurant music] I'm done.
I need a baby wipe.
He wasn't so bad. He was friendly.
Yeah, well you weren't the one
Wresting his hand off your thighs since Malibu.
So we catch the next bus to Mexico.
We're broke, remember?
Barely got enough for coffee.
There's always Aunt Vicky.
Yeah, well I thought your Mom said
She's only in case of emergency.
She's family.
[Cars whirring past, ambulance siren wails]
When's the last time you visited?
Never. Uh... She and my mom
Had a falling out when I was just a kid.
Okay, so we're just popping in to say
"Hi, can we borrow some bus fare?!"
Yeah, sure. Why not?
Well...
Maybe she's some hermit who collects her poo
In Mayonaise jars.
[Doorbell rings] What if she's a cat lady?
Did you know that cats give out pheromones
That may you... [Door creaks open]
I don't know what you're selling, but
You'll be buying neck braces by the bushel if you don't
Go on and scat now! Aunt Vicky?!
- Go on, scat I said! - Wait, wait, wait!
Wait, wait, I'm... I'm your nephew!
I'm Fran's son, Will.
Oh. [Sighs] [Crickets chirp]
Would you like some Chai tea?
[Crickets, dog barks]
[Sighs, feet shuffling]
Please pay homage to the poor and worldly.
[Change clatters]
[Glass clinks, pills rattle in bottle]
[Utensils clink]
So, you two sweethearts
Need a place to stay for the night? Naturally.
Yeah, that would... [Stammers] That'd be great. Sure.
Skirting those pesky pre-marital taboos, are we?
- No, no, no. - No! We're...
We promise not to break any taboos.
[Chuckles]
Would you happen to have a fork, Vicky?
I don't partake in tines.
Um...
So Vicky, my mom mentioned something about...
You had a falling out?
There was no falling to be done.
One of us raised ourselves a little higher is what transpired.
Hmmm.
What happened?
Truths were told. Lies exposed.
And ego eggs cracked into... into am omelet
Of enlightenment.
Well that...
- That doesn't sound so bad. - And I warned her...
That Carl would lead her from the path.
Your mom married a non-believer,
And she was punished for it.
How was my mom punished?
- Let's just go, Will. - No, wait.
How was she punished?
With you.
With me?
Look Vicky, your head's full of crayons and raccoons.
This coming from a slut bodied little... little tart!
You have flaps in your jacks, Missy!
Uh, thank you very much.
We'll see you at the next reunion.
[Pills rattle]
Think it's too late to ask for bus fare?
[Cars honking]
[Hannah] We're robbing charities now?
Try to think of it as, uh, eliminating the middle man.
[Coughing]
You sound rough.
It's just a tickle.
[Coughing]
There's no Santuario Del Sol on this map.
[Crinkling]
Excuse me, ma'am?
Do you happen to have a local map?
I can do much better.
I have been to the church of Del Sol.
My husband, he took me there may years past.
What was it like?
I scored a 45.
Wow.
How long have you been married?
This October, 72 years.
And what's your secret?
Well, when one of you is dead... it's easy!
*
[Brakes hissing]
*
Are you sure this is it?
Abuela! [Laughing]
[Speaking Spanish]
[Cheers and applause]
I thought Javier was dead.
[Chanting, clapping, hollering]
If Javier would be here today, he would be standing...
To thank you and to tell you how...
How much we appreciate your friendship, and for...
Your love! [Laughs]
I say: [Speaks Spanish] "Long live Javier!"
[Roaring applause]
[Native music *]
Esperanza, I thought we were going to Del Sol...
[Woman speaks Spanish] Oh, you shouldn't have!
This isn't... this isn't Del Sol.
Have you ever actually been to the Santuario, or...?
Ay, my son! Drink your drink, smooth your shirt,
Dance with your girlfriend and shut the hell up! [Laughs]
[Native music changes, howling laughter]
*
I didn't know you were such a good dancer!
[Coughing loudly]
[Wheezing] You okay?
Yeah, yeah I'll be fine. I'm just... uh...
I'm a little winded.
I'm just gonna sit this next one out.
Okay.
[Speaks Spanish] Yeah, yeah! Go ahead.
*
[Harsh coughing]
[Soft acoustic music bleeds in over party music]
[Loud alveolar trilling]
[Roosters calling, birds chirping]
[Little boy yells]
That's not so bad!
[Animals bleating and mooing]
[Breathing heavily]
[Paper crunching]
Aren't we getting a little old for the silent treatment?
My pace too slow?
I wouldn't want to hold you back.
Maybe I should brush up my moonwalk skills.
We were just dancing, Will.
What, you think I'm jealous of some cardio freak
With salsa hips?
Well what's wrong then?
Why? Hmmm? Just tell me why Hannah.
Why are you always following me?
What are you getting out of this?
What do you [Chuckles] want me to... say to that?
Redemption? I'm your ticket to a clear conscious?
I don't know what that means.
You feel guilty about Bobby.
I'm your surrogate sick boy.
I'm here...
Because no one should have to do this alone.
[Crickets chirping]
This is penance.
Do you have any idea what it's like to lie awake
At night and listen to the sound of someone you love wheeze?
To hate the sound so much, but you hate even more
That you might not hear it the next day.
You think it's easier being the healthy one?
Yes.
*
[Birds cawing] *
Bobby loved sneaking in to the hospital cafeteria at night.
He'd steal these packs of paper plates and...
He'd write these little slogans on them, like:
"What you risk reveals what you value."
"Purple is black and blue."
Then he'd sneak the plates back in.
He used to get a kick out of imagining some kid reading
His words while he ate lunch.
Then one day he just...
He just stopped.
I miss him too, Hannah.
For a long time now.
[Wind whistling]
[Soft piano music, *]
Are you sure?
Are you?
[Music swells *]
I'm not someone who can dance all night.
Just breathe.
*
[Clanking]
[Chains rattle and shake]
Well...
We made it this far.
We won't let some little old gate hold us back.
[Dog barking]
[Growling, barks]
I guess so.
This is Salvador's home.
Uh, would you know where I could um...
Well... he's here in jail, and he's pretty drunk.
- We can work it out - - Really.
If you come down here to the station.
Yeah, yeah. Thank you officer.
They're uh, they're holding him for a drunk and disorderly.
I think they're fishing for a bribe.
Well we got about 400 pesos.
What's a miracle worth these days?
[Native music from restaurant]
[Car honks and engine revs]
So uh, you're a priest?
Priest...
Shaman, Don...
Whatever.
Look, we just, uh...
We just need an hour of your time.
No can do.
The place closed.
Closed?
Cause of the weevils.
What?
They're these little beetle creatures
That burrow in the dirt.
Yeah, yeah, we know what a weevil is. But... how...
How did they close Del Sol?
Turf.
The turf?
The Astroturf.
They treat it as a buffet.
Weevils ate your Astroturf?
It's like cotton candy to the little bastards!
They love it. I had to plug all the holes.
The mini-putt?
What mini-putt?
That's not why you're here?
Why would I bribe someone out of jail to play mini-putt?
I dunno.
You was trying to impress the lady?
What does this have to do with a healing shrine?
Healing?
Sick?
No, it's... It's for a friend. He has, uh...
He has cystic fibrosis.
Oh the one, where you gotta crap in a bag?
[Scoffs] If I had to crap in a bag...
I'd go looking for miracles too.
No, we're just looking for Del Sol.
I'm sorry Salvador, there must have been
Some kind of mistake.
It's all right.
Thanks for the grub, though.
*
Maybe there's another priest.
Maybe Bobby is laughing his Jacob Marley ass off.
Well, so we... We find someone else
That knows about it...
You know miracles, they don't tend to keep a low profile.
Yeah?
You spotted one lately?
Hey!
This friend of yours, um...
Is he really sick?
I mean we're not talking some uh...
Little flu.
Maybe there is something.
Maybe.
Got some cash?
Let's go.
I was one of the first to come here back in '76.
Doctor gave me half a year.
One dip in that pond, I felt consecrated.
A bonafide miracle.
So I stayed,
Helped the priest who ran the place.
They one day, the ol' bugger up and dies.
Leaves it all to me.
This kid, one day, she comes looking hard:
All blonde hair and blue eyes and big hopes.
She doesn't find her miracle.
They blame me. I'm dumb enough to listen.
I ended up selling the land.
Watched them... turn it into a golf course for the in love
And the mentally challenged.
Hell, what's the difference?
Then what happened?
I got drunk.
Maybe miracles... They're a bit like weather.
Do a little jig,
And if the storm comes...
You call it a rain dance.
If it don't...
Well maybe you just keep dancing.
[Goat bleating]
[Dog barking]
[Dog barking, chain rattles, metal breaks with cut]
Alright! Get out of here! Go!
*
It's called...
[Click, electric buzz of lights]
Santuario Del Sol.
Yep.
- It's a mini-putt. - For the walking dead.
Believe it or not, the Sol church
Used to be some sight,
Before they turned it into a par five.
Now, weevils!
[Sighs]
Healing time!
It's... this way.
[Wood pounding on ground, men panting]
*
This is the miraculous healing pond
Of El Santuario Del Sol?
Uh, don't let the algae fool you.
There's still plenty of mojo under all that scum.
How deep is this thing?
As deep as you need it, boyo.
[Water sloshing] It's like the earth puked.
It wants to wake you up!
Pass me the salt.
And uh... We need four candles.
Put them across from each other.
Let's... heal...
[Whispering, muttering]
Now...
We anoint...
The body.
So...
Get naked.
Huh?
Look...
I know this is not about some friend.
You're sick, let's deal with it.
Right here. Right now.
In purity, we don't wear denim.
Actually this...
This is about a friend.
And her brother.
You want me to heal a cookie jar?
Well it's an urn, technically.
I don't know, guys.
Your friend looks pretty far gone.
We're not trying to bring him back to life.
We're just... we're just doing what he asked us to do.
[Sighs] I don't believe this.
Oh, what the heck.
Alright, let's just do it.
We're here, right?
Put it over here.
Hold it.
[Speaking in Spanish]
I hope you had a good trip, Bobby.
Goodbye Bobby.
[Salvador continues praying in Spanish]
* [Salvador praying]
Screw it.
[Water splashes, bubbling]
[Water splashing, soft music, *]
[Gasping, grunting, water splashes]
Will!
He's not breathing!
*
- No, no, no. - Salvador!
No!
Salvador I need your help!
*
[Coughing, gasps]
[Car starts, engine revs] Salvador!
[Coughing] You're gonna be okay.
[Engine turning over]
[Mutters, indistinct]
Okay, we need to, we need to get you dry.
Come on. [Coughing, hacks]
Here!
[Coughing]
[Coughing, struggling]
Salvador!
Our packs are in your truck!
[Gravel churns, car speeds away]
Let's go in, let's go in!
[Coughing, grunting]
We need to get you warm.
[Car engine hums]
No, no, no, no!
[Patting chest, coughing]
Okay. [Short of breath]
Slow and steady, okay?
In... Out.
[Coughing] In... Out.
Stay awake, Will!
I - [Stutters]
I can...
[Patting chest]
I can't breathe.
Will. [Patting chest]
Hang on.
[Sobbing]
[Slapping, sobbing]
[Sobbing]
[Footsteps approach]
Let's go. Let's go! Let's take him to the clinic.
[Engine hums]
Yeah, we're on our way there now.
He's fading in and out.
No, I don't know Fran. I don't...
I don't know where...
I'm gonna call you back from the clinic, okay?
I'm gonna call you back from the clinic!
[Horn honks]
[Indistinct chatter, clamoring, banging]
[Dog barks in distance]
[Man speaking Spanish]
[Speaking Spanish]
I'm right here Will.
[Speaking Spanish]
Yeah, they're moving him now.
We're taking him home.
[* Hayden: "Let it Last"]
* Let it last * [Deep inhale]
* this moment in our grasp *
* Let the sun Stay right where it is *
* Let us bask Let us bask *
* in this time that moves so fast *
* May you remain just as I see you now *
* It's so sad It's so sad *
* that the memories that I have *
* Are the ones that I don't want back *
* But it's alright, It's alright *
* It's okay, yeah, It's okay *
* Cause today was the day *
* That the light hit you in a way *
Hey! Hey!
I'm in here!
* and it will always *
Yeah, ye-It's me! I'm in here!
[Banging] I'm in here!
[Man] William?
[Banging, grunts] I'm in here!
[Banging grows louder, wood shatters and cracks]
[Gasps]
William?
Will.
Where am I?
You're home.
For two weeks now.
- I'm not... - You're here.
Alive and well.
I'll check back on you later.
[Relieved chuckle]
Hey.
You sound better.
I'm okay.
Where's Hannah?
She's here.
We'll give you two a minute.
Come on sweetheart.
[Sighs]
Hey you.
El Santuario Del Sol.
The land of miracles.
[Scoffs]
Got you a souvenir.
[Sharp exhale]
[Sighs]
For what you did...
Thank you.
There's something you need to hear.
[Inaudible whispering]
*
[* The Cinematic Orchestra: "To Build a Home"]
[Inaudible chatter]
William.
It's been a spell, I was starting to think -
Epic story, Mr. Steadman.
Well, you must be looking
For some quality time with Angelica.
Actually I just came in to tell you that, um...
I think you can take my name off the mailing list.
Oh? Have you decided to put a down payment
On that Ferrari?
No, I um...
I'm saving up for something special.
[Song continues]
30 seconds, 30 days...
Or 30 years.
They were all for you, Hannah.
The question is not how we die...
But how we live.
For me that was easier said than done.
["To Build a Home" continues *]
[Waves lapping on shore]
It was like I spent most of my life
Slowly drowning.
And when I finally came up for that first breath,
It tasted so sweet. It was like the most...
Most precious thing in the universe.
And now I can hold on to that breath forever.
[Waves lapping on shore]
*
[Music swells *]
[Music fades]