EVERY LOVE STORY, IT'S A GHOST STORY - DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
...a stroke of luck, that is.
welcome back to the world of the living.
And?
Good morning, Tessa. I am Dr. Sarkisian.
You have had an accident very serious car.
You have injured your heart due to trauma,
the one we had to repair surgically.
Tessa?
182 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
Good morning.
- Good morning. - I have prepared hot cakes.
I'm sorry. I'm going to take photos.
It's very cold outside.
Yes, I don't want to get lost the morning light.
Well, maybe when you come back, we could do...
a little investigation about Universities.
Very good. Goodbye.
He hides behind that camera.
He hasn't taken us out not a single photo of us.
You are too pretty. You would break its lens.
Hey, I told you. you have to Let her come to you.
It's been a year already.
Signing a paper does not becomes his parents.
Actually, it does.
Are you open, Sherman?
I am for you, Tessa.
I think I'll stay a little short
That's not a crime. I'm only 1.70 tall.
Enjoy the function.
Sherman, where are the subtitles?
You look. I will translate for you.
It is the first time that we We found it in the light of day.
But you arrive very early.
I think I'll go and tell him to the owner of the cinema.
You won't be able to do anything about it. Obviously they sent him the wrong copy.
They will be able to refund my money.
I have already seen this movie. I don't think you want to miss it.
Does it have a happy ending?
No. Definitely not.
Good. Then I'll stay.
You're going to eat everything That chili alone?
In this heat, you're crazy.
I eat chili, regardless no matter how hot it is, Betty.
Those bastards. What?
It doesn't matter. Kiss me.
Those bastards. How could they do this to you?
I'm sorry. How long was I doing that?
I lost sensitivity an hour ago,
- so I'm not sure. - Why haven't you told me anything?
The movie is a little depressing, so...
It's a love story.
Not all stories of love are depressing.
All the good ones are.
Romeo and Juliet, Anna Karenina,
The English Patient.
I think it's the end of a relationship,
That's why it makes a love story is so memorable.
What about Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Eyre? They both have a happy ending.
That's only because who wrote, chose...
finish your stories of love prematurely.
It's a very interesting way...
of not admitting that you are wrong.
Let's go! Good. Imagine this.
Imagine that Leonardo DiCaprio didn't die at the end of Titanic.
- Do I have to do it? - You have to do it.
Jack Dawson is a gambler without work and without money,
that had, in the best of cases, a marginal artistic talent.
- Saved Rose's life. - Sure, of course.
But, he also bombed her for love and took her away from her fianc�.
And poor Rose was so mesmerized for that steamy sex in the car,
What did he really think he would give her? a life of passionate adventure?
Please, let's go. It was a life of poverty abject and dehumanized infidelity.
Titanic 2. If you thought the first part was a disaster...
Oh, damn!
My God!
- I... - Time to go!
Jesus, this guy will have a One star review, for sure.
So how was it given to you? speaking French so well?
My father is a Professor of foreign languages.
So at 12 years old I already mastered French, Spanish and Italian.
My God!
If I could read "Dante's Inferno" in the Italian original,
- my life would be complete, I think. - It happens to me a lot.
- Really? - No. No, that had never happened to me.
It is a fairly old equipment that you have there. Don't you take digital?
No, I don't. I get a rank much larger dynamic, with film.
Also, I'm a little addicted to the smell of development chemicals.
The vapors make me get a little delirious
Something like what your eyes They are provoking me right now.
That...
- That was really cheesy. - No no.
It was... It was...
A little cheesy, yes.
It was perfect in my head.
Good. So let me imagine it for a second, okay.
Good.
- Is he still bad? - In fact, it's worse.
Somehow, I don't know.
I should probably...
Yes, me too.
Thanks for letting me...
whisper in your ear for three hours.
You are welcome.
-Skylar. - What?
My name is... It's Skylar.
I'm Tessa.
Maybe we'll meet here again sometime.
Yes, I would like that.
My jacket.
Sky. You are alive!
Come on. I want to show you something.
?Sky!
A bad dream.
You said his name.
It's called a visiting dream. We see many around here.
Everything is part of the grieving process.
I know. I felt that Skylar was really here.
- Doris would love to hear that. -Who is Doris?
A patient who wrote a book about life after death.
Good.
The other day, He offered to read my aura.
And I politely refused.
- What is that? - Your belongings from the accident.
They have already closed the accident report?
Well, neither driver had drugs or alcohol in his system.
That's usually the end.
They didn't even interview me.
You said you didn't remember nothing about the accident?
- I don't remember. - Maybe it's for the best.
I'm very excited, Tessa.
The scanner shows that your right ventricle
It's working pretty well, despite the tear.
Finally, some good news.
It's more than good.
Ninety-nine out of every hundred with This same injury, they die on my table.
Yes I have died.
Only for a short time.
I could see Skylar.
As if I were in this... In this crazy white light.
What does that mean? Were you, you know, hallucinating?
When the body suffers serious trauma...
the hypothalamus can flood the brain...
- with endorphins that relieve pain. - So when can we take her home?
The weekend.
Tessa needs to be extremely careful these next few months.
With any chest pain or shortness of breath,
You call 911 immediately. Understood?
Jazz? Just give me a second.
Jazz?
UNKNOWN NUMBER
You look. I will translate for you.
Hello, excuse me. Is it Doris?
I'm going to make a guess here.
Room B424, the girl with the broken heart?
Relax.
I'm not psychic.
Jasmine told me that you could come look for me.
My condolences.
Thank you.
Have you injured your hands?
Excuse me?
Because of the accident. ?You have made yourself Any injuries to your hands?
No, why?
Come on. Come on.
What is your book about?
It's about the CDM.
Communication after of death.
Well, believe that the dead can you contact us?
Along with thousands of millions of people...
of all the faiths that They cover the whole world.
Sometimes the deceased
They call us with their voice.
And other times, we can smell your cologne or perfume in the air.
No matter how they communicate, the message is the same.
"I'm still here."
"And your pain, like a lighthouse,
He calls me to your side."
And when the separation It has been traumatic
As in the case of your boyfriend and you,
There are often unfinished business.
Like regrets or something like that?
Like things that haven't been done or have not been said.
Tessa.
We have signed your way out. It's time to go.
He is in the middle.
But it won't be there for long, a few weeks at most.
And when you move on...
will be gone forever.
- I have to go. - Wait, wait.
Here, take this. It's my first book.
- It's a good place to start. - It's okay.
It's getting closer to you.
Extend your hand to him.
It's too late for that.
102 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
Tessa, it's your turn.
This is a photo which I took in February.
?This is how you spend your free time, taking photos of trees?
Well not really It's a tree, idiot.
It is a tower of cell phone,
disguised as a tree.
It is an allegory of artificiality of modern life.
It's a beautiful photo, Tessa.
Your technical skills have taken a big leap this year.
- Thank you. - I know you're still a junior,
but I think you have one good opportunity to...
enter the School of Design of Rhode Island.
I would be happy to write to you a letter of recommendation.
Thank you. It's just... My job He's not ready for that yet.
What do you think you're missing?
Just one point of view.
You know, something to say that is mine.
Well maybe it's time for your topic to evolve.
After all, there is something missing noticeably in all your photos.
Yes, I know. The color.
No. People.
You know, Tessa, before a artist can find his voice,
I will have to find to a topic you like.
Who or what do you love, Tessa?
I should probably...
Yes, me too.
Hey, okay. What do you think?
- Red? - Loud colors are in fashion.
I don't know. I feel like you are taking advantage of your father's kindness.
Of course yes. My father is putty, when I get 10 cigars.
Hey, Tess!
- Hello, Cortez. - Do you have plans for this weekend?
Turns out I actually work as Tessa's full-time programmer,
So I can tell you, with absolute authority, that she doesn't have any plan...
- this weekend. - What are you saying? What are you doing?
Well, the last crew meeting in the season, it will be this Saturday.
I was wondering if you would come and you would take some photos of us.
I'm sorry. Not really I do sports photography.
But if you stick a selfie stick on the forehead, it could be the same.
Will Judd be there?
Well, wherever I go, my rowing partner is going, so...
Then, we will be there.
Will we be there?
I will be there as your assistant photography, remember?
I'm your photography assistant.
Well, the first race starts at 6:30.
In the morning? He didn't want say in the morning, right?
Yes, he did.
Do you think Judd can see me from here?
- Hey! - You're fired. Give me this.
Being the assistant is not my thing. My fault.
You were the one who dragged me here. So behave yourself, please.
Runners, starting positions.
On their brands.
?Remen!
Yes!
You never said that was sexy.
- Yes, I said it. - No, you said it was cute.
Emojis are cute. That guy is like If it melted my sunglasses, Tess.
- I think I'm going to go. - Are you crazy?
You've been obsessed with this guy for months, and you're going to quit?
- I don't know what to tell him. - "Hold me."
He just won the race. Congratulate him.
Good.
Can I put this in my story?
If you want to die.
Tessa! Hey!
My God! I'm sorry.
My legs are always jelly, after the races.
I can't believe you're a...
An athlete?
An athlete, yes!
Athletes don't talk Spanish, French and Italian.
- Hey, this one does. - Well, they definitely don't read...
to Jane Austin and Emily Bront?.
- I like happy endings. - Skylar!
Shit. Here we go.
This is what I call an ending.
Thank you, mom.
The movie girl.
- Her name is Tessa. - How...
Your blue eyes. Not Skylar. I stopped talking about them.
"Mom"! ?Someone sees a deep hole and dark, to which I can drag myself?
I spent weeks looking for you on the Internet.
- Mom... - And he couldn't find anything about you.
Well, that's by design.
I told you. She is analogical. Like me.
Your father is driving me crazy.
Talk to him, mom. Tell him... Tell him I won.
No. You can talk to him yourself, later.
You're going back to Edison tonight?
No, I'm going to stay in Grandpa Mike's house.
But first, I was going to see if Tessa maybe wanted to go to...
Relax and hang out?
My God!
The movie girl would love it...
relaxing and hanging out.
- Very good. Goodbye. - Thank you.
Thank you, mom.
That's my mother. She throws parties.
I can put the hood on, if you want.
No, it's okay. It feels very good.
You look incredible.
Give it to me in French.
You too.
You don't have a girlfriend, do you?
No. Not since the Eighth Grade. Why?
This one looks like you.
No. That's...
That's my mother and father when they were teenagers.
Yes, this is actually the same Jeep as my grandfather...
I bought it for my mother for his 18th birthday.
You can actually see behind them, in the photo.
Yes! They are so cute. They seem so in love.
- Yes, they were. - Were they?
They are. They are.
My father is living and teaching in Oregon, right now.
That's pretty far away. "They're, like, taking a break or something?
No.
They're going to be fine. They talk almost every day, so...
Some music.
If you want to take a look.
What?
Yes, it's the entire playlist from High School, from my mother.
New Order. Cake. Bush.
Echo and the Bunnymen.
Your mother is like me new best friend
Your father made him a mix tape?
Yes, he did.
Can I reproduce it?
It goes the other way.
No problem. I won't tell the police in the '80s.
Shut up!
I have spent all the summers of my life, here with my grandfather.
How come I have never heard about this place?
Well that's my part favorite to take photos.
It's like you stumble and wander and you will find places like this.
Yes, of course. "But what... What do you think?" attracted to this place specifically?
The view.
That view.
It was called The Emp?reo.
It was a tourist center for newlyweds, in the '60s.
It's so surreal. It's incredible.
Have you gone in there?
Unarmed?
I would do anything for a good photo.
Employer?
That's where Dante meet God, right?
The highest of all Heavens. A place of pure love.
Look at it. If that's not a metaphor of love, then I don't know what it is.
Can I see your photos?
They're not on my phone. I don't take out digital photos, remember?
Well, How do people see your work?
I don't teach it, unless I have to do it for class.
Why?
Because I'm still not good enough.
I find it very difficult to believe.
OK, If you don't show me your photos,
- Maybe you can give me a tour. - From El Empreo?
Yes, show me.
I want to see it, you know, through your eyes.
THE LAND OF LOVE
Do you know how to dance the waltz?
- No. - Okay, back up this way.
- OK. - And then your back foot forward.
And then it's like one, two, three. And straighten your leg.
One two three.
OK.
And then you have to put the Chin up and then lead.
As if you don't want to lend attention to the other person.
Don't slip.
Do you want to see what it's like to be inside a chamber?
- Yes. - OK. Close the door.
It works like the lens of a camera.
I have done it myself.
It's beautiful.
Yes.
I mean, It's pretty good, right?
I mean, it's obviously not You've been playing so long.
Only for three years.
you should have me heard then.
Can you hear them?
Hear who?
The ghosts of newlyweds from the past.
No. What are they saying?
Well, the boyfriend, he's saying...
"Come on, honey.
You've been in the bathroom for two hours.
It's time to come to bed. You are my wife."
And what does the bride say?
Well, the girlfriend says...
"But, you haven't kissed me yet."
- OK. - Do you want me to accompany you to your door,
so your parents don't think I'm a...Taxidermist?
What?
Or like a... A serial killer?
It's okay. Actually, they are not my parents.
I'm just a genetic stranger who lives under your roof.
A strange genetic?
Yes, it's... It's a long story.
For another time.
When can I see you again?
When are you coming back to Avalan?
At the end of the month.
And how long are you going to be here?
All summer.
I will stay with my grandfather, until I go to Brown.
Are you going to Brown? What?
I just kissed a Ivy League brother?
?Your street credibility Is it already ruined?
Only if you tell me that You are also a lifesaver.
Yes.
Are you serious?
For about three summers in Washington Avenue beach.
No! Why?
- Good night. - Good night.
I have to kick him in this guy's butt?
No, she's just scared.
Why?
Because she likes him.
?Tessa?
Shannon is waiting.
Well, I'm coming.
Hey, what is that?
There are four 10s and one 9.
I don't want to talk about the last one.
I'm going to tint the windows, so that Nobody knows that it is me who is inside.
Geez, stop complaining. It's a car.
"You called the telephone company?
- Yes. - And?
You were right. They told me that Skylar...
probably sent the photo before the accident
and then she got stuck on your server or something.
But that doesn't explain why my phone just turned on,
after being completely destroyed.
Can you explain that to me?
Can't. No.
Hey.
It's totally normal See what you want in things.
My mother did the same, later of his sister's death.
Every rainbow was a sign.
Each butterfly was a message from Heaven.
know my computer on wheels.
Shit.
I'm sorry. You put it on my Spotify.
No problem.
Hey...
Talk to me, Tess.
I can't believe he's gone.
It's like I close my eyes
and I see that we meet for the first time.
and I remember every word he told me.
I remember every expression on his face.
And then I open my eyes and it's like...
I just dreamed all our relationship?
- Did I just dream it? - Hey. I was there.
It wasn't a dream, okay?
Your head is a little messed up.
That happens when two tons of metal crash against you.
I don't even remember the last thing I told him.
- Let's go! - I'm serious.
We were discussing that last week, remember?
Hey.
They have had a epic summer.
- One you will never forget. - Yes.
Damn, I won't forget, and I was just a jealous spectator.
My God!
It's my first day back, and I look like a complete mess.
Yes. This is how you look.
That's how you are, yes.
FROM VICKIE: ARE YOU OKAY? DO YOU NEED SOMETHING?
I found out what happened to you, Tessa.
Very sorry.
If you were my daughter, I would tell you to use it.
What did I use it for?
The pain, the emptiness.
Channel it, through your camera.
Some of the greatest works of art They were caused by intense pain.
- Good. -Tessa.
On your RISD portfolio day, It's just around the corner.
Thank you.
So that's all?
Will you just leave the photography?
It seems so.
This is the same shit that your mother used to do.
He became obsessed with things.
The pastry, yoga, ceramics.
One day, lose interest and move on to the next thing.
That's why he never could achieve anything in life.
Have you finished?
Do you think Skylar would you have wanted this?
I don't know.
Why don't you go ask him?
No problem. I won't tell the police in the '80s.
Shut up!
I'm still here, Tess.
Sky?
-Tess? - I'm sleeping.
I just did a double shift. You were sleeping when I left.
Have you eaten anything?
I'm not hungry.
"Can you let me sleep, please?
No. No, no, no, no! No, no, no, no...
No, no, no. No no...
No.
Hello.
-Tessa? - I have to talk to Doris.
Wait a second. Let me... Wait, Tessa.
- What... - Her family took her home this morning.
We couldn't do anything else. Are you okay, honey?
I just haven't... I haven't eaten today.
You know what, let me check you out.
- Why do you need to talk to Doris so much? - The thing is...
It's what you were telling me about before. It's about life after death.
Maybe that old woman is not there so crazy, after all.
What do you mean?
Your heart rate is fast, but it looks healthy.
Wait, what... What were you? saying? What do you mean?
Doris told me that you would come look for her.
I even left you something.
Your book.
Tessa, I've seen a lot of deaths and duels in my time here.
Never look back has helped anyone.
Either there is life or there is death.
There is no middle place.
I'm going to find it.
What is the intermission like?
Well, we, as living beings, We can never imagine it.
We have no reference.
It would be like trying to describe a sunset to a blind man.
Technological advances have made ghost hunting in a legitimate field.
My friend Darlene lent me her Full spectrum digital camera.
This baby can capture the light, far beyond the human eye,
with infrared night vision...
65 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
Well, happy 4th of July.
I don't know. The truth is that I like this weather.
Don't call me.
So, do you think this means that Will the fireworks be cancelled?
- I think so, yes. - Yes.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Are you okay? - Yes.
Skylar, Tess says you're going to Brown.
- Congratulations! - Thank you.
What are you going to study?
- Probably brass. - That will be very useful to you.
You never know when you're going to meet the Pope or something like that.
Or do you have to do an exorcism
How good. That's fine.
I don't know. I just don't want to have no regrets, you know?
I want to live a lot of different lives.
What's the point of talking? all these languages,
If not I'm going to travel the world and use them, you know?
Let's go. Let's see the fires artificial on television.
Are your parents at home?
Do you want to talk about it?
The truth is that no.
OK.
My mother has asked divorce today.
Very sorry.
You know, I know this doesn't help right now, but...
just because they are separating,
does not mean that it is not worry about each other.
It means they have given up.
- I don't think that's fair. - Fair for whom? For you or for them?
When you're rowing in a race and you reach the last 20 meters,
your whole body He says stop.
Your muscles burn. Your lungs are screaming at you.
Everything that is inside you wants to leave you, make the pain go away.
But, if you want to win...
That's exactly when it gets deeper. and row harder.
You really don't like to leave get things done, right?
Have you noticed?
You're starting to make me believe in happy endings.
No! The photo! No.
What?
It is totally ruined. It is totally ruined.
Now you see why not I let no one in here.
I'm quite surprised that you told me let into your inner Sanctuary.
Yes, well, If you tell someone,
It will poison you.
You don't have to...
You don't have to look through that.
- No, no, no. OK. - Yes.
Brilliant.
I like this one.
- That is... - That's a cell phone tower.
- Yes. - It's an allegory...
for something... Technology co-opting our natural environment.
Really?
Really.
I know you hate compliments, But, this work is incredible.
I'm serious. It's like you can see things, that no one else can.
That shows how much What do you know about photography?
I think you could sell this material.
Maybe on Etsy.
There is something missing...
like all your photos.
Yes, I know. It's the color.
No. You.
I really don't believe that world needs another selfie.
Come on. What's wrong with wearing in front of the camera, from time to time?
I think a photographer should point your lens outwards,
- towards the world. -Yes?
Yes, so that you can try to understand it.
What about trying? understand yourself?
If you had my past, You wouldn't ask that question.
Are you ever going to tell me?
Come on. I will accompany you to your house.
I never knew my real father. He left before I was born.
And, my mother...
The kindest way to describe it, It would be slippery.
Instead of counting sheep...
to go to sleep, when I was a girl,
She told me about her suitors.
And Mel was one of them?
Yes, it was the last one.
His last victim, before that he would ignore us forever.
And that was when he took you in?
Well, I tried, but the Court,
they did not look favorably on a middle-aged bachelor...
wanting to adopt a little girl.
So where did you go?
To Family Services.
Family foster care.
You know you said that I realize things,
that no one else sees?
When you live with strangers that can hurt you,
and I was much of a side to side,
you have to watch it really everything.
When you're a foster child, you learn the hard way to...
Never let your guard down...
Yes.
Anyway, a year ago, Mel and Vickie got married
and then the Court I allowed them to take me in.
"So that's why you call yourself yourself, a strange genetic?
- I did it. - OK.
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS
IMAGINE YOUR FUTURE AT RISD. - First year - Transfer - Graduation - Financial aid
?WELCOME TO THE DAY FROM THE PORTFOLIO!
My God!
-How early is it? - Super early.
A little almond milk, right?
Yes.
I like your necklace.
Yes? Shannon lent it to me.
You know, if ever Do you want to borrow something from me?
clothes or makeup, jewelry...
Very good.
See you later, Vick.
See you.
When a rower dies, This is what Heaven looks like.
For me, Heaven is Paris in the rain. As with cobblestone streets.
-Yes? - Yes.
Is everything in black and white?
Get out of my head.
Have you ever been? In Paris?
Someday.
With me?
I guess it would come to me well a translator.
my parents had your honeymoon there.
So I've been saving to send them...
for their 25th anniversary.
- What if they don't want to go? - I mean, who doesn't want to go to Paris?
Yes, but what if not? Do you want to go together?
It's not a crime to fall out of love, You know.
Tessa...
Love never dies.
What?
You sound like someone who never has been wounded by life.
Are you warning me?
No.
What the hell is that?
This...
- It's a rowboat. - I guess you want me to get on him?
- You're going to get into this with me. - No.
We spent four hours in your dark room, doing what you like to do.
Let me show you what I like to do it.
- Hands under your... Thumbs there. - Thumbs here.
And then it will be simple like this. You press it down.
- OK. - And then you tilt it and then you pull it.
And then you press down,
You tilt it, and then you pull it.
- Okay, I'm going to try to move forward again. - Well.
- Don't help me. - It won't.
It won't. You have it. You have it.
My God!
This is horrible.
- I'm already tired. - You're flying!
I love you, Tessa.
We should probably come back, okay?
Hello.
The intermission?
That's what Doris calls him,
but each culture has his own version.
So, It's where we go after we die.
I don't. I'm going to Jamaica.
I'm serious, Shannon.
It's like a waiting room for our souls.
OK, So you think Skylar
is getting closer to you from this waiting room?
They were color photos, Shannon. I don't... I don't drink in color.
I don't even have the products chemicals to reveal them.
- But can't you show me the photos? - No, I already told you.
The fixer didn't work. I don't know why.
But, maybe the spirits They can't be...
captured on film or something. I don't know.
Very good.
Tess, I want to believe you, I swear,
But, messages from the other side?
I think he wants the same thing as me.
See me for the last time to be able to say goodbye truly.
You loved him and he knew it.
What more is there to say?
Two minute warning.
Please take a seat
and put your phones in silent mode.
Friend, we have to concentrate, okay?
You're not even listening to me.
Yes, I'm doing it. I just don't think...
whether they are color photos or waiting or intermission rooms.
- So what is it about? - Of a girl who doesn't let go.
Just, think about it. Okay?
Sorry.
Cell phone use is prohibited during the test.
I don't know what's happening.
11 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
"I didn't tell you that he Would the trip be worth it?
This negative is made of glass. It is coated with collodion,
and then immersed in nitrate silver, which is crazy.
Because after that, you only have a few minutes to take the photo
or chemicals They will dry you completely.
That's exactly what I was going to say.
It's only ten thousand dollars.
It's a little out of my budget.
But I can offer you a gluten-free cookie,
- with rotten cheese. - You are so generous. It's crazy.
I'm sorry. Am I interrupting?
No. Julian, hi.
We were talking about We really like the photo.
Yes.
It's wonderful, isn't it?
I love how you prioritize...
the mood and the atmosphere, above the topic.
It is a very sophisticated vision, For a girl your age.
Julien, meet my sophisticated girlfriend.
Hi, I'm Tessa. Nice to meet you.
- Congratulations on this. This is great. - Thank you.
Okay, guys, follow me. I want to show you something.
Doesn't it look amazing everything illuminated like that?
- As if he were from here? - Yes, it must be here.
Tessa, you have an extraordinary eye.
I don't understand.
It's for sale for $1,000 dollars.
Yes, and we already have two serious queries.
That photo...
It is not for sale. It was my gift to Skylar.
Can't you print another one?
I really don't want let no one see her.
Can we remove it please?
Are you serious?
- Take it away! - Hey, it's okay. I will remove it.
I apreciate it.
That's exactly why what I have brought you here,
to prove that your photos are great, even Julian thinks so.
I don't want this photo hanging on the wall...
from a random stranger.
This is my photo.
That means I can decide who I share it with
and I shared it with you.
You are right.
I'm sorry. I should have asked first.
I just wanted you to see how incredible you are.
AND, that you can get into RISD.
Who said anything about RISD?
Shannon said that your Art Teacher I thought you could get in.
- I'm going to kill her. - It is the best Art University in the country.
And it's in Providence, which is in the same city as Brown.
Therefore, if you enter, we could be together.
- I... - Really. Without the ticking of the clock.
Even if I could enter RISD,
which I totally doubt,
- I can't afford it. - You are going to enter RISD.
- No. -And you could get a scholarship.
Skylar, Jesus, stop it!
This is... You can't fix everything.
What?
The marriage of your parents and me.
Some things can't be fixed.
?That's why I don't can you say you love me?
Because you are... Irreparable.
Good.
That is...
FROM TESSA: HELLO
FROM TESSA: ARE YOU STILL ANGRY?
FROM TESSA: ARE WE STILL GOING OUT TONIGHT?
LIFEGUARDS RESTING SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK
FROM SKYLAR: SORRY, I HAVE TO CANCEL YOU.
FROM TESSA: AND WHY?
FROM SKYLAR: MY DAD APPEARED IN EDISON WITHOUT WARNING.
FROM TESSA: SORRY, THAT SUCKS.
FROM SKYLAR: I WILL CALL YOU WHEN I COME BACK.
FROM TESSA: I REALLY MISS YOU, SKY.
Hello, it's 8:00. I'm here as you asked me. What's wrong?
I would like to take a portrait of you.
Can I change first?
No, you don't have to. You can just wear that.
What is this?
It was my mother's.
This makes me come back to the University.
I had a boyfriend who studied art. He made me pose for him.
So... Mel is not the first person you have fallen in love with.
God, no. I have loved a few men.
Maybe even a woman.
Did you love any of them more? of what they loved you?
Probably.
Hasn't that scared you?
?Knowing that someone could hurt you more than you hurt him?
Yes. Maybe at the beginning.
But then I think I realized that if you protect yourself from the lows,
you end up getting lost also all the heights.
You love Skylar. Isn't that so?
I think I'm screwing her up.
Yes. If you're not opening old wounds, It's probably not true love.
I don't know what to do here.
How do I make it so Skylar understands that...
I do love him.
Start by saying it.
You need to hear the words, Tessa.
You mean he needs listen to the words.
No. You need to hear yourself yourself to say them.
Aloud.
So that the world knows that your feelings count.
What do you count?
Vickie, I'm sorry.
Because of how I have treated you.
Hey Google, dim the lights.
- Yes! - Is there no smoke machine?
We begin this invocation,
asking Archangel Michael...
to protect us from any evil spirit...
who may be looking for a door entrance to this terrestrial sphere.
Did you write this?
- You are interrupting my summoning. - I'm sorry.
It's just... This is crazy.
Have you read all of these books in two days?
"Bitch, yes!" You already know that Speed reading is my superpower.
Enjoy your Own Funeral.
Yes. That turns out to be a classic...
of the paranormal metaphysical genre.
- Now, shut up. - Good.
We seek to communicate...
only with the disembodied spirit, formerly known as Skylar Adams.
No other spirits, please.
OK.
- A Ouija board? - Please, Tess. This is a planchette.
There is a pencil tip at the bottom.
We ask questions and Skylar will communicate by moving our hands.
Like he did in the gym.
Here. The fingers right there.
Good.
Close your eyes.
- Oh my God! It has moved. - Sorry, that was me. My fault.
It's called Scrying. The deceased use the mirror...
as an entrance door to the world of the living.
All you have to do is look staring at the mirror, in a trance state.
- That's all. - OK.
Yes, I'm sorry. Can we cover Gambino and Drake?
They are distracting me a lot.
Instrumental transcommunication.
The spirit uses the television monitor, as a bridge with our world.
- What is this? Good. - Here you go.
Blocks gamma rays.
Do you see something?
No. And you?
No.
Maybe there should be read more books.
No... No, you have been incredible.
FROM VICKIE: WHERE IS THE CAR? I HAVE A SHIFT TONIGHT.
Friend. It's just Vickie.
You need your car. You have a turn.
OK. I'll accompany you to the exit.
Very good.
hello?
Your route is being calculated.
RE-CALCULATING...
Continue for 6.5 km. until the entrance to Highway 85, South.
It's a map.
Tessa? Tessa!
I'm sorry. I have to do this.
Tessa!
Head Southwest toward I-95 South, and continue for 170 km.
Continue straight for 13 km.
Take the next exit and in 30 meters...
Your destination will be on your right.
You have reached your destination.
I told you he hadn't left yet.
Doris!
Come. Sit down.
You know, I love it come here at night
to see the shooting stars.
My angels call me home.
Skylar knows that her end is near.
You don't have much time left.
Has he contacted you?
Well, I am much more close to his world, that you.
What do you want?
My help.
To bring the two together.
Can you do it?
Please.
In ancient folklore, the souls of the deceased
They returned to the places where they had lived his greatest moments of love.
There they could cross the barrier between life and death.
Now, maybe if you and Skylar came back
to the place where they felt more love,
The window between worlds could open?
OK.
But, be careful.
If you cross that barrier...
there may be no turning back.
5 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT
Tess?
What's wrong?
This is not how I wanted That was my summer.
No, what do you mean? What's happening?
They are so cute together, which is stupid.
Who is cute?
- Is that Judd? - That's Judd.
My vagina is crying.
They're cute, but I'm so sorry.
That's terrible.
- Oh my God! - What?
Did Billy Hodges come to my party?
Ciao, Billy.
- Hello. - Hello.
It's only three words.
Hello.
"We can go somewhere to talk for a second, alone?
Of course yes.
- Hey, brother! - Hello.
- I just heard the good news. - What news?
Oregon State!
-There is nothing official yet. - Lie, brother.
No, I just talked to the new coach. He told me it's already done.
Come on.
Good.
Tess? Tess? Tessa?
- Tess, I was going to tell you, I swear. - When?
When were you going to tell me? After I got into RISD?
No, of course not.
I didn't want to give you another reason to back out.
What's with our plan?
The same city? Is the clock ticking over?
You weren't even going to submit a request.
I already applied last week.
Well, thanks for waiting until the last moment to tell me.
The truth is, Tess, my father is not...
He's not doing so well.
It's very lonely in Oregon and I feel like I should stay with him for a while.
Oregon, is at other side of the country.
-How are we going to be able to see each other? - It will be difficult.
I'm not going to change schools permanently. It won't.
And if you get into RISD, and you will,
I will be in Providence, before you.
What happens if you start to like Oregon? What if your team starts winning?
Tessa, My father needs me right now.
It's my family. I don't...
You don't understand what the family, because...
Because I don't have one.
That's not what I meant.
I knew this was going to happen to me.
I approach people and they leave me.
This is what happens to me.
-Tess. - No.
No.
"You're going to push me away, How do you do with everyone?
Summer is over, Skylar.
And so do we.
Hello.
Your assistant has arrived for ghost hunting.
Here you go. Directly from daddy's closet.
Yes, this is full spectrum, motion sensor, night vision.
Perfect. Thank you.
Who gave you all the loot?
Vickie's credit card.
Tessa is already a girl bad and very bad.
Goodbye.
Hey, if there are nudes my mother in that chamber,
I don't want to know.
I'm going to tell you.
- CINEMA - BEACH - CLAM RESTAURANT - EMPLOYER. - LAKE
Central, wait.
Are you Tessa Benson?
I can't believe they have tracked my phone.
The day you stole the credit card to Vickie,
It was the day you quit to your right to privacy.
- What were you doing in that hotel so late? - I was taking photos!
I told you.
What? You try to go back to enter the hospital?
I don't understand this. The things They were much better this summer.
- We started to feel like a family. - Don't you understand?
Wow, I wonder what happened to me passed at the end of summer,
how to change my state of mind
Do you know what I've been through? What has Vickie been through?
- Stop. - Love hurts. Learn to live with it.
Fuck you, Mel.
Hey, no! You can't talk to him like that.
- Not after everything he has done for you. - There is no...
Tessa!
Has broken the repair.
Isn't it surprising? The way in which She's been running like crazy.
You can see it right here.
There is a good amount of blood accumulated around his heart.
- Will he be okay? - No, until we drain the chamber
and let's reinforce the original suture.
Let's schedule the operating room first thing in the morning.
No, no, I... I don't... They have to let me go They have to let me go.
-Tessa! 50 milligrams now. -Jasmine, no! No, please!
Tessa, if I let you go home, You won't spend the night.
You don't understand. They don't understand it.
Get some rest, darling.
I could never tell him... Tell it to him.
Tell him what?
That...
They will never, never be able to separate us.
Tess?
Shan, is that you?
Are you okay? You... You sound high.
- I'm in the hospital. - What happened?
I've seen it, Shan.
- No way. - At the Hotel.
I couldn't touch it, but he was there.
I only have one place left where I have to go.
- The lake. - Where he told you he loved you.
I really don't there is a lot of time left.
Okay, don't move. I'm coming.
And now what?
- Room 22. - I'll go.
Two more.
The witching hour. I take the nones,
- you take the evens. - Yes.
Let's go!
I could get used to this.
Hey! What are they doing?
Come on, come on, come on. Come on.
God!
What the hell?
The lake is over there. You have to turn around.
I know. I know.
It's the wrong way! Please turn around.
I can't!
- Let it go. - What?
Let go!
I also want a dead boyfriend
THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT
What are you doing here?
Skylar says she called you and He has left a lot of messages.
AND...
And? Are you ignoring to your soulmate?
Shannon, my past always will get in the way.
Do you remember last year, when did you see that condemned bridge
and did you have to take a photo of it?
You had to jump into the water,
even if it was frozen.
And you know what I I was thinking,
when I saw you down there swimming against the current, to take your photo...
Imagine that Tess could be like this all your life,
and not only for his art.
He will leave tonight, Tess.
Close for me here.
This is where the accident occurred.
Do you know why he brought you here?
No.
I don't know.
But I'm going to find out.
Tess?
Tess!
My God!
I need help!
911, what is your emergency?
My friend just fainted. He has a problem in his heart.
I'm on the corner of 6th and Channel, Please send someone!
Skylar!
Tess.
You have forgotten your cap.
I'm so sorry, Sky.
I'm sorry. I...
I should have talked to you, before making any decision.
No. You shouldn't have to give explanations about love for your family.
If it hadn't happened to me all my life apart...
to everyone, he would have understood.
- No, come on, Tess. - Yes I love you.
I have already said it.
Would you mind if would you say it again?
I love you...
No!
Hello.
- It's you. - It's me.
My God!
- I love you. - I know.
You've already told me. I love you too.
"So that's why have you brought me here?
So that he knew?
Yes. No regrets.
So, this is...
Is this all? We are still in Avalan.
Not quite.
It's like everything you see was a memory,
a dream we have, to project it into the world.
It's something great.
Come on. I'll show you.
Good.
My God! ?This is incredible!
?Wait a minute!
I'm speaking English, but I know Hey like in French.
Your pronunciation is not that bad.
?Can I modify it a little?
Treat yourself.
?Aren't you forgetting something?
?Really can I?
Try it.
?I bet you wish have your camera?
Not for a second.
I came here, the first day I met you.
My parents had just Tell me about the separation.
I felt like it was him worst day of my life.
And then I met you.
And it was probably the best day of my life.
Mine too.
There is nothing else we can do. She has to make a decision.
You have to want to live.
Come back, Tess. Just come back to us, Tess...
Hey...
What's happening?
I have spent my entire life learning not to get hurt.
And that's no way to live.
But... But even with all the pain I feel right now...
I don't regret anything.
Because I love you...
And knowing that I am capable of feeling like this,
makes life worth living.
I don't want to say goodbye to you.
You don't have to do it.
Love never dies.
I'm going to miss you.
I'm going to miss you a lot...
Go give us that happy ending, okay?
Hey...
No more dying, okay?
My God! It smells so good.
- Sit down. I prepared plenty. - Can't. I have to go.
- Good luck, Tessa. - I love you.
- Go get them. - Very good, goodbye.
See you later.
Since I was a girl,
people have always told me I see things that no one else sees.
It wasn't just that my camera It was a way of expressing myself.
It was the means by which captured the invisible.
I recently discovered something to which she had been blind.
A ghost.
All of us, each and every one of us,
We are haunted by ghosts.
The ghosts of childhood traumas.
The ghosts of unfulfilled dreams.
The ghosts of lost love.
Like many people, I believed that,
if you just ignored to these ghosts,
they would end up disappearing.
This turned out to be a mistake.
As with all of our worst fears,
these invisible spirits They gain strength in the darkness.
If we flee from them, They run faster.
If we push them, they come back to push harder.
?What should we do then?
It required me...
a great personal loss
for me to discover the answer to this question.
We must attend to our ghosts
We must welcome them in our lives...
as if they were part of us, because they are part of us.
Only when we recognize his presence, They will leave room for new possibilities.
In the end, I have learned that our Ghosts are part of who we are,
and part of what we hope to be.
These ghosts remain inside us,
tied to our hearts, forever.
In life.
In death.
AND... In all the places in between.