(CAR HORN TOOTS)
(DOM SINGS) ♪ Bah-bah-bah-bah
♪ Bah-bah-bah-bah
♪ Bah-bah-b... ♪
Jesus Christ! Who are you?
Hey, man. I didn't mean to scare you.
-I'm Levi, Garry's son. -What are you doing here?
-He didn't call you? -About what?
This is awkward. Um...
I need the apartment back.
-When? -Well, now-ish.
What about Turtle?
Turtle?
You've got to watch him on the architraves.
He likes to chew through lead paint,
which is an expensive habit.
(TURTLE CHIRPS)
-Shut the window! -(CHIRPS)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
(BALLAD PLAYS SOFTLY)
Hi.
-Angela, hi. -Hi.
-So pleased you came. -Hello.
(STAMMERS) You were my daughter's
favourite teacher at Jubilee.
-Oh, wow. -Yeah.
Did your daughter set us up?
No, no, I just found you on the app
and then we kind of worked it out.
Oh. Well, this is my first, um, dating app date.
First date since I split
with my partner of 25 years, actually.
-My daughter was not involved. -Hm.
All right, well, what do you wanna know?
Uh...
You know, divorced five years,
townhouse in Burwood,
border collie - Louie,
um, two kids at uni studying literature.
Oh, that's refreshingly non-vocational.
I'm pleased I didn't raise bankers.
-Are you a banker? -Lawyer.
I work for the Refugee Action Centre.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(LAUGHS) What?
That sounds like a fake job that you tell women on dates.
-Would you like a drink? -Yeah. That would be lovely.
-What would you like? -I don't know. Think I might...
Should we get a...get a bottle or two glasses?
-Yeah, I like red. You like red? -Yeah, I like... I like red.
-I like shiraz. -I like shiraz.
Oh, snap!
-SANTI: Thanks, guys. -ZAC: Good.
SANTI: It means the world to me.
-(BABY CRIES) -TALIA: You could stay.
I know, but, you know, you've got to do what you've got to do.
Adulthood is the absolute worst. I mean, why rush it, Santi?
It's time to get out there, man.
-Brave new world. -(BABY GRIZZLES)
So, what are you gonna do?
Uh, Vince's cousin, actually, he's a tradie. He got me a job.
Formal.
Muck-up day.
Schoolies.
It just feels like everything's changing so fast.
Things can't stay the same forever, I guess.
MADISON: Oh, you are still talking to me.
ZAC: It's been a pleasure.
-(BABY GRIZZLES) -SANTI: Bring it in, guys.
BOY: Hope that stupid baby's going too.
Bro, fuck off. J's not going anywhere.
She is, actually.
What?
It is her last day.
Whoa! End of an era!
What? Wait. No.
Yeah, it only really worked with both of us here, so...
(SIGHS) I'm talking to your dad.
Come here, bro.
-Hey, may I borrow you? -Yes, of course. (GIGGLES)
-You ready? -Yep. (CLEARS THROAT)
-Reems? -Um...
It says,
"Thank you for your application
"to the four-week Canberra summer internship program.
"The quality of candidates was extraordinarily high
"and we...regret that your application was not..."
-OK. -I'm so sorry, Ol.
You know, the right thing will happen. This just wasn't it.
Yep.
-It's OK. -It's OK.
Indiana, do I have your assessment? Great.
Oh.
I'm never gonna get to where I wanna go.
Oh, of course you are.
How do you know?
'Cause you're my daughter.
Unless you're planning on dropping out of school,
but I think one parent without a high school qualification
is enough for my granddaughter, thank you very much.
Don't tell Santi I said that.
Oh, my God. Coming from you?
You know, let's talk about
the time that you got drunk at J's christening
and I had to hold your hair back while you vomited.
Or, I don't know, when you spent thousands of dollars
on someone's pet bird instead of your granddaughter's future.
Or how we had to deal with your bullshit crush on Santi's dad,
basically breaking up his family.
You are the worst mother alive.
Look, I'm sure she didn't mean it.
Like, things have been tough for Ol.
Yeah, well, you couldn't fault her for her accuracy.
-(BOTH GROAN) -(PHONE CHIMES)
Who's this?
No-one.
Hm?
I went on a date.
What? With who?
Um, a lovely school dad. Divorced.
He wrote a book on refugee law.
What?
You were the one who told me to get on Bumble.
Well, that was before Granddad died
and you guys kind of started hanging out again.
How do you think Dad's gonna feel about this?
Well, your dad and I are separated.
-You know that. -Really?
And why did you choose this specific moment in time
to go on a date, Mum?
Because I am a free adult human. I'm allowed.
I'm really disappointed in you, Mum.
I was following your advice!
Why would you do that? (SCOFFS)
I don't know what I'm talking about.
Oh, my God! These fucking kids!
YOUNG LIPZ: ♪ Baby, I was made for this
♪ I'm not in love but I got love for the streets
♪ They said it wouldn't make a man out of me... ♪
(ALARM BLEEPS)
♪ Taking my back and now I stack and repeat
♪ I'm not in love but I got love for the streets
♪ They said it wouldn't make a man out of me
♪ Staying cautious, I got my young in the city
♪ Taking my back and now I stack and repeat
♪ Yeah, remember back then
♪ Nobody lookin' out for you Go make your own bread... ♪
(KOOKABURRAS CALL IN DISTANCE)
Ita.
(CHUCKLES) You can't do this every morning.
I know.
OK.
-Mwah! I love you. -I love you too.
SANTI: OK, OK.
Ita, are you sure about this? Three days a week is a lot.
It is not enough for my sorpresa.
(KISSES)
-Ey. (SCOFFS) -What?
The people at the shop will think she's a boy again.
We need to get her ears pierced.
Pierced? No. No. Definitely not.
Ita, what do you think about Santi leaving school?
Men like to earn a living for their family.
It's what they do.
So, am I supposed to be some sort of kept wife?
I don't understand why men get to have kids,
but their life barely changes.
His life change a lot.
He left school.
He doing it for you and Sorpresa.
But I never asked him to be some big breadwinner
and leave me holding the baby.
I'm holding the baby.
ANGIE: Hey!
-Hey! How are you? -Good.
-I made these posters. -(LAUGHS)
-Oh, sorry. Sorry. -Nice. (LAUGHS)
Um, no, I'm sure we'll find him.
I went on a date.
Oh.
Yeah, I just wanted to be upfront with you.
He's a refugee lawyer.
-Oh, that's...that's great. -Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
Good for you. I hope he's great.
-Wonderful news. -(GASPS) Oh, is that Turtle?
Oh, nah. It's just a leaf.
Turtle?
Turtie-turt-turts!
Come home.
New kid, I've got a job for you.
SANTI: All right, coming.
-What is it? -Battery's flat.
-Can you jump-start it? -Uh, yeah.
What I need you to do is run it like this until it clicks over.
-Fast, but. -OK.
On the road as fast as you can.
Uno, dos, tres. Go for it.
(BLADE RATTLES)
-Did you feel it? -Uh, sort of.
You just need to hit it with some momentum.
OK. Was that not enough?
Yeah, yeah. Once it clicks, you're on your way.
SANTI: All right.
-(SANTI GRUNTS) -MAN: That was close.
I could feel that. Did you feel it?
-SANTI: That was close? -Yeah, but you need to...
Yeah, I thought I felt something.
-Use the pows. Yeah. -Yeah.
-(BLADE RATTLES) -Ándale!
(LAUGHS) Yeah! Faster, pretty boy!
(TRADESMEN LAUGH)
-Yeah, good one. -(LAUGHS) Come on.
(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)
-Hope you enjoyed that. -You all right?
-MAN: Viral, Santi. -SANTI: Yeah, fuck off.
You should have seen what I made him do.
ROSA'S MOTHER: Ah.
(CRIES)
(BREATHES RAPIDLY)
-(DREAMY, MELANCHOLY MUSIC) -(FAINT SINGING)
-(WOMAN SINGS IN DISTANCE) -(BIRDSONG)
(MARIA SINGS IN SPANISH)
(MARIA CONTINUES SINGING IN SPANISH)
(SIGHS)
(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)
I feel now's the time to tell you
that I've actually been doing
a lot of self-realisation lately.
Oh, right. About Birdie? The Birdie thing?
And us, though.
But...probably Baby J.
I don't remember our kids being this much work
when they were babies.
(SCOFFS)
-Seriously? -I know.
But it made me realise that I...
..wasn't much help early on.
Early on?
Well, till they were teenagers.
No, you weren't.
Yeah, I just said that.
My point is...
..I want you to find happiness...
..with this lawyer bloke or whomever.
I want you to be happy.
(TURTLE CHIRPS)
Oh, my God. Dom, look, look, look, look, look.
Where? In the branch! Turtie!
-(TURTLE CHIRPS) -ANGIE: Turtle!
-It's... -DOM: Oh, it definitely is.
-Turtle! Turt... -(CALLS)
-Do the thing. (WHISTLES) -(SQUAWKS)
Turtle!
(TURTLE CHIRPS)
We can't, can we?
Oh!
You think that really was Turtle?
I choose to think so.
Oh.
Well, I guess we won't be needing this, then.
What?
What if you stay?
What?
I honestly don't know if it will work, but...
..you're my best friend.
I miss you.
We still love each other.
And it seems like...
..the least worst option.
(LAUGHS) Wow!
I'm just a boy standing in front of a girl,
hearing that I'm the least worst option.
(TENDER MUSIC)
-Want to go upstairs? -Yep.
(CRIES)
ANGIE ON RECORDING: Hi. You've reached Angie. Leave a message.
(LINE BEEPS)
What's going on, Ol? We're starting in two minutes.
Yeah, she was supposed to be here ages ago.
-What about your dad? -He's not answering.
-(CRIES) -Santi's at work.
-Can I be on the team, Weema? -(CRIES)
OK.
-(STUDENTS APPLAUD) -(BABY CRIES)
(TENSE MUSIC)
Our opponents believe that clear examination is a waste of time,
however, we on the affirmative contend
that on closer examination,
it is obvious that global failures...
-(BABY SCREAMS) -..to intervene...
-You want me to take her? -No, no, no. It's fine.
(STUDENTS WHISPER)
OLY: Thank you.
(STUDENTS WHISPER)
(SOFTLY) Do you want to hold him?
(LOUDLY) However, we on the affirmative contend
that on closer examination,
it is obvious global failures to intervene in humanitarian crises
have been compounded by the lack of conceptual consensus
on the scope of the responsibility to protect
and on the meaning of women's rights,
which has led at best to negative outcomes
and at worst to unchecked genocide on a global scale.
(CRIES)
-That was amazing. -Killed it, Oly.
Um, I'm just gonna step out for a second.
ADJUDICATOR: OK, let's have the third speaker for the negative.
-When you're ready. -(WHISPERS) We got this.
Where were you?
Oh! Oh, sorry. How'd you go?
Mum, I just had to do the whole debate holding J
while she tried to eat my debating cards.
(GROANS)
We won, no thanks to you.
Oh, well, that's a good result.
Do you know how hard it is to be the schoolgirl with a baby?
Everyone thinks that they know you,
that they can see exactly who you are.
DOM: Hey, peanut!
And where were you? I called you both, like, six times!
Sorry, darling, but we were looking for Turtle...
..at first, and then your mum and I...
We found him, actually, but then we...
Let him go and we...
Turtle?
Yeah. Garry's bird.
You know? Garry Robinson.
Unbelievable.
Where are you going?
I'm gonna go be with someone who loves me and J
more than some rando's pet cockatiel.
(MATIAS SPEAKS SPANISH)
(DOOR CLOSES)
Hey!
Glad you could join us.
-What's that supposed to mean? -Means you're late.
Chill out, yeah. I'm here now.
-Hi, Ita. -You smell like a pub.
-Hey, guys. -Hey.
-How are you, man? -GABRIEL: Good.
Hey, Seb.
You all right, Dad?
Is there something you want to say?
Bueno. It's our anniversary and we're going out dancing.
I would love to have a nice dinner like normal people.
Your anniversary, huh?
That's cute.
True love wins, huh?
Dad said there's no way I'm leaving school
unless it's to play in the Copa Libertadores.
Mm-hm.
That's interesting,
'cause he hasn't mentioned a word to me about it.
Mate, come on. Let's just eat.
Not one word.
I can't win with you.
Have you got an opinion on what I'm doing?
I'm working, I'm making money, I'm trying, right?
I'm doing everything I can for my family
and I come home and I get a "Glad you could join us"
from him, of all people
You're just a hypocrite.
You've been drinking. Is that my fault too, is it?
You really want to know? I'm a teacher.
How am I ever gonna be OK with you dropping out of school?
But it's your life. You have to take responsibility for it.
Ita, you know, I had a dream about Mum last night.
She's really proud that I got a job.
Your mother's always proud of you. Always.
Thanks, Ita.
She's happy that I left school.
She would have hated you dropping out of school!
-(ITA GASPS) -ALEJANDRO: Matias!
You were just a little kid! I knew her!
I knew her better than anyone!
Ah, fuck this.
GABRIEL: Well, that went badly.
(SEBASTIAN LAUGHS)
Hey, what's going on?
I'm not staying there. My dad's fucked.
OK, well, we were supposed to stay over.
Were you gonna tell me that you're going out?
-I don't fucking know, Oly. -OK. Hey!
-What?! -Do not take this out on me, OK?
I just had to do that whole debate holding J
because my parents stood me up for a parrot
and you were at work
and I got some really bad news this week.
What? What bad news did you get?
I didn't get this Canberra internship?
What internship?
-I was gonna tell you about it. -When?
When were you gonna tell me
that you applied for an internship?
Were you planning on taking J with you to Canberra?
OK, well, you didn't tell me that you applied for your job.
Yeah, but, Oly, we talked about it.
Yeah, but you decided unilaterally. What, I don't get to do that?
I'm not just going to abandon my dreams and be some loser...
-Who drops out of school. -No! That is not what I said.
I dropped out of school for you and J, to take care of us.
And I never asked you to do that.
That was your decision.
I just want to be able to make my own decisions.
Oly. Oly. Oly, stop.
Oly.
I'm sorry.
Come here.
I'm sorry.
OK?
You're right.
You should be able to make those choices.
(SNIFFS) I really don't want to fight with you, OK?
I mean, it's you that was fighting, but good call.
Oly, you and J...
..it's the first time I've been happy since I lost my mum.
I'm glad, 'cause... (SIGHS)
..my parents are driving me insane.
(LAUGHS) What's new?
(BOTH LAUGH)
Oly, move out with me.
What?
Let's get our own place.
Like, now?
-Like, before the HSC? -Yeah.
Me, you and J.
I just want us to be together.
(GENTLE, MELANCHOLY MUSIC)
Matias...
(SNIFFS)
(BOWIE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
-Hi! -ANGIE: Oh, look who's here.
-Hey! -SANTI: Hey!
-SANTI: Good morning! -How are you?
-We've got some news. -DOM: Ooh. What's the news?
OK, so, Mum, Dad, don't freak out, OK?
We've decided and you can't change our minds.
-SANTI: Yep. -(BABY GRIZZLES)
Santi and I are gonna get our own place.
What? You can't.
We've done the maths and we can get a one-bedroom place
for $350, maybe $450 a week and with my new job, it's...
And I'm gonna go back to tutoring
and J can stay with Bernardita or you guys a few days a week.
-(KETTLE WHISTLES) -Go ahead.
I need some space anyway.
This is the Champions League Premiership of terrible ideas.
They're just kids.
Well, they've got to make their own mistakes, I guess, you know?
Let 'em touch the hotplate.
What, so they don't do it again?
Well, it's one way to learn.
Well, she's not taking our teapot.
No, 'cause the blue one gets a drip when it pours.
(CHUCKLES)
(JOYFUL MUSIC)
Where do you want it, mate?
Uh, just in here.
DOM: Looking good.
SONG: ♪ We can leave this place... ♪
-Is this your room? -Yeah. Thank you.
Just put it like that. Pleasure, treasure.
(DOM GRUNTS)
Where does this go?
Don't put there. Put here.
(GROWLS SOFTLY) Diabla.
(SIGHS)
I don't know where I'm gonna put my desk.
You can study at my place.
Thanks.
Are you OK?
Yeah.
(SIGHS)
OK.
I'll take it. Ta.
-Thanks, mate. -(CAR DOORS SHUT)
-Hey. -Hey.
-This is it. -Yeah.
This is it.
I'm just coming to wish you good luck.
Thanks.
Ita's got J on Monday, yeah?
-Yep. -Good.
Get in there.
-(ENGINE STARTS) -VINCE: Big day, eh?
-You'll be OK? -Yeah.
Yeah, no, no, we're gonna be good, man.
You guys are great, yeah?
Well, G-G-G-G-G-G-G...
BOTH: G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Unit.
Let's finish these boxes, yeah?
I brought your favourite mug.
Oh.
And made you a pasta for dinner tonight.
Just a quick...quick cannelloni.
I've got some toilet rolls,
nappies,
some new toothbrushes for you and Santi.
You know, just anything you might need for your first night.
Thanks, Mum.
(ANGIE SIGHS)
Why didn't you tell me
that you and Dad were getting back together?
Would it have made any difference?
I'm really sorry for saying that you were the worst mother alive.
You're not.
You are the opposite of that.
Oh.
I don't know if I can do this, Mum.
There's so much else that I'd like to do.
You're doing it, Ol.
To be a mum is to be divided -
your energy, your time, your heart.
(SIGHS)
You trade freedom for love.
-Is it worth it? -(CHUCKLES)
Mm, depends when you ask me.
(LAUGHS) Yeah, of course it is.
I'm gonna go.
Mwah!
(SIGHS)
Santi... (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
I will. OK. Thank you, Ita.
-Bye. -Bye, darling.
-See you, bro.
-Text me if you need anything. -Yeah, I will. Thank you.
-See youse all. -See you, bro.
Thanks for all the heavy lifting.
-I'll walk you home? -All right.
Yeah, I'm walking that way anyway.
Oh, yeah.
Auntie Weema.
('PERRA DEL FUTURA' BY TOMASA DEL REAL)
(TOMASA DEL REAL SINGS IN SPANISH)
-Here we are. -Here we are.
-This is gonna be awesome. -Yeah, just the three of us.
('PERRA DEL FUTURA' CONTINUES IN SPANISH)