Alone Together (2023)

[bunniefuu]

[ Music ]

[ Speaking Vietnamese ]

[ g*nsh*t ]

[ Sirens wailing ]

[ Phone Buzzing ]

Mom, I can't do this

with you right now.

Mom: Nassdja,

honey, I'm worried.

Well, don't.

Mom: Are you still sure

you want to do this?

They could close the state

border at any minute

and I need to get the

hell out of here.

Mom: Fine.

Then come to us...

You can have all

the space you want.

Please, stop.

The only thing worse than

getting stuck here would be

in some red state

on my way to you.

We've got Luke's cabin.

It's not perfect, but it's

the best option I've got.

Mom: Are you sure you're

going to be OK there?

Just the two of you?

Dad: Hey there, Little Tiger.

Daddy?

How are you feeling?

Dad: You know,

it's going to take

more than that to check me out.

I know.

God, Dad, I miss you.

How does it feel to be home?

Dad: Good. The pups

are happy to see me,

but I'm not allowed to

take them out just yet.

Still treating me

like a P.O.W. here.

You know I wanted to be there.

To be with you.

[ Dad coughing ] Dad. Dad.

Jesus.

Dad: Listen. Honey, no matter

how far away I am, I want you.

to know that I am always

watching over you. I'm with

you no mater what okay? [cough]

You know I didn't want you

here. You know what I mean.

Dad.

Mom: Honey--

Dad.

Mom: --gimme the phone.

Mom, please call me back.

Just, please, call me

as much as you can.

[ Sirens Wailing ]

[ Music ]

[ g*nf*re in video game ]

Jesus, Nas, what are you

f*cking haunting me?

I thought we were leaving early.

We are.

I just need to finish up this

last client before office hours

Singapore time.

Their API is a f*cking joke,

but once this SDK drops,

it'll hold until at

least their launch.

Are you packed?

Luke: Nas, they're getting ready

for a full lockdown at any minute.

London got five hours warning.

Do you really want to be trapped

here in f*cking ground zero?

Honestly, hon, you're

overthinking this whole thing.

Luke: Just grab some cozy sh*t

and your running gear, OK?

[ Sirens Wailing ]

Honey, I know everything

is f*cked right now,

but this is going to be

the best thing for us, OK?

You have to trust me.

Just like we talked about, OK?

All we need is some

time alone together.

[ Sirens wailing in distance]

[ Music ]

Are you f*cking kidding me?

Ethan: Come downstairs.

Absolutely not.

I can't do this right now.

Ethan: Fine, I can wait.

Jesus, Ethan.

Goodbye.

I'm sorry I've been so tight.

I'm just freaked out.

I'm claustrophobic.

And I don't mean to snap at you.

You know, you're lucky to

have the dad that you have.

He's strong as hell and

he's on the other side

of the worst, so don't worry.

You've got me.

You are everything to me.

[ Music ]

[ Radio playing low]

Damn, I didn't think

I'd zonk out like that.

So, is this God's country yet?

It's just coffee.

Black. Wanna try?

I didn't say a word.

You sure you don't want to stop?

I did last night for gas.

They didn't let me

inside so I just pissed

on the side of their building.

f*ck.

Sucks.

Yeah, the GPS, too.

I haven't seen a

cell tower in hours.

I knew it was going to be like

this once we hit the exit.

This place is going to

have Wi-Fi, correct?

Nassdja: Correct?

You know, I wish that you

were capable of unplugging

for just a single second.

It's not like you're going

to have your Zoom

meetings to be on.

What? I mean, you don't.

I need to be able

to call my dad.

He sounded like sh*t last night.

You spoke to him last night?

Yeah.

Well, maybe that's

who was texting you.

Your phone was buzzing.

Yeah, mom again.

Said to call when we get there.

I'm just freaked out about him

and feel helpless not being able

to be there, plus the

two of them together.

Not the most calming

atmosphere for healing.

Yeah, well, just be thankful

that he got it when he did.

Hospitals are fully f*cked

right now, so he's lucky.

Exactly so, Wi-Fi.

He's still not out

of the woods yet.

The only reason they

let him go home is

'cause it's more dangerous

to keep him now that

they're swamped.

I don't trust the cell service

in wherever the f*ck we're

going, so I need to be --

[ Siren Wails ]

Nassdja: What the hell is this?

[ Music ]

k*ll the engine.

State Trooper: License

and registration.

Luke: Nas, glove box.

Nassdja: Sir, we already

did a temperature check

at the state border and filled

out the contact tracing stuff.

That's the printout there.

Pull down those masks for me.

[ Music ]

State Trooper: You have a

residence here in Owens County?

Um, in Shilo County.

My family's got a

cabin up there.

Vilderman.

Is that your last name?

Yeah.

Like Martin Vilderman?

He was my father.

[ Music ]

Here you go.

Have a nice day.

State Trooper: They're good!

[ Music ]

[ Dog barking ]

What the f*ck was that?

I don't know.

I don't know.

He knew your dad?

Was that even a cop?

I don't know.

My family's been up here

forever, but it's not

like it's a common name.

He didn't have a name tag.

Did you not notice?

I didn't.

Yeah. Guess you wouldn't.

[ Music ]

Hell no.

Nothing. Not a single bar.

This is ridiculous.

I f*cking knew it.

What's the deal with the Wi-Fi?

Luke: Relax.

You just walked in the

door a literal second ago.

Hello?

I don't know what you don't

understand about this,

but I need contact

with the world.

Luke: OK.

Yes, I hear you.

But maybe just breathe.

Do you hear that?

I don't hear a g*dd*mn thing.

Isn't that awesome?

God.

What the hell is my

Black a*s doing here?

I can think of at least

one thing we can do here.

You're gross.

Luke: Where are you going?

Nassdja: You said trails.

Luke: Well, you know,

it's going to get dark

out here real quick.

Nassdja: Luke,

where are my shoes?

Luke?

I felt bad that all your

races got canceled.

You've been training

so hard, so --

[ Music ]

Nassdja: Hey, Luke.

You didn't tell me about

the flower garden.

It's unreal.

[ Fills vase with water ]

Nassdja: Luke?

[ Music ]

Nassdja: Luke?

Luke?

[ Clicking noise ]

Nassdja: Luke?

[ Music builds ]

Luke: They call it a --

Nassdja: Oh, sh*t.

Don't do that.

They call it a cricket.

When you're out there

and you're in the sh*t

and you hear something

that you don't like,

you give this little

guy a [ click ] --

and if whoever's out there

doesn't chirp theirs back,

they ain't your buddy.

This was your dad's?

No.

The tags were my dad's.

This was my grandpa's.

He used it when he

was in Normandy.

Then he gave it

to my dad as sort

of like a good luck charm

when he went to Nam.

[ Music ]

This door wasn't locked?

Nassdja: No.

What is this place?

[ Music ]

Luke: You know, I didn't come

up here to be by myself.

Sorry.

Just watching the world

fully go to sh*t.

Luke: How were the shoes?

Great.

They're awesome.

Good.

Stop.

Please.

What?

I thought after last night,

everything was all right.

That's not how this works.

OK, what?

Do you want me on

the f*cking couch?

Stop, please.

I'm just exhausted.

And I still don't know what

the f*ck I'm doing here.

Luke: How are we

supposed to heal

if you won't let

us move forward?

[ Music ]

Not going to be able

to fall asleep here.

How about try closing your eyes?

[ Music ]

Nassdja: Luke?

[ Music ]

[ Knocking ]

Nassdja: Luke! Luke!

Luke: What the f*ck?

What the hell were you doing?

I don't know.

I don't know.

What the f*ck were

you doing outside?

Nassdja: I don't know.

What was the crash from inside?

Luke.

It was just a nightmare.

You're OK.

[ Music ]

Luke: This was always

my favorite spot.

I got my first deer right here.

My dad, he flushed him down

the hill and he had me set

up right at the bottom.

I didn't even have

to move my sights.

It was like he knew exactly

where it was going to be.

It's even prettier at dawn.

But, it's good that

you got some rest.

Luke: It's just stress, Nas.

I mean, come on.

We happen to be living through

the most f*cked up time

in at least a generation.

When was the last time

you were up here?

A few years ago.

I came up to do some

updates when Nan

and Pop put it on the market.

I didn't stay long.

That was after

your dad, I guess.

[ Music ]

Come on.

It's really steep here.

Luke: I was 11 the

last time I saw him.

That was after you were living

with your grandparents?

So, you were close with him,

like, when you were little?

Close isn't the word.

He was distant.

Rigid. And I knew he

was sort of famous

in like a local

legend kind of way.

And it was cool when we would

go to like the bagel shop

and people would salute

him and people would ask

for his autograph

at the supermarket,

but then when we got home, my

mom would find him just sitting

in the car, staring off into

space for, like, hours.

What did he actually do?

Well, he got a Silver Star.

And my grandpa got a Silver Star

as well on D-Day, so it was kind

of a big deal, you know?

I think that's why he joined up

in the first place, you know?

It was crazy, because people

were literally running away

to Canada to avoid the

draft, but he's a senior

in high school, captain

of the varsity wrestling

team, and he signs up.

You know, same thing as

Born on the 4th of July.

Anyway, he joins up, he gets

the Silver Star really early,

he's wounded, and then

he decides to stay

in for three more tours.

Which is just absolutely f*cking

crazy to want to do that.

Luke: I remember him telling

me, doing things like going

out into the jungle

for weeks at a time.

Stalking, he'd call it.

Doing sh*t like rigging up

neck-high tripwires so that

when jeeps would roll through,

people's heads would

just pop right off.

Yeah. And people would come up

to me and be like, oh yeah,

ask your dad why they call

him the Headless Dutchman.

I'm just a kid and people

are saying this to me.

I figured most of the sh*t was

just rumors, but you just knew

that that w*r was

a lot different

than whatever my

grandpa did in Europe.

[ Music ]

So one time, I'm digging through

some of my dad's old stuff.

He kept this footlocker with a

bunch of his stuff from the w*r.

And I found these photos

of him and in one

of them he was

holding these skulls.

But he didn't have any

emotion at all on his face.

Those people were

now just his things.

And I saw something I

was not supposed to see.

So while I was there, looking

at this, my dad comes home.

And he barges through the door

and he throws the stuff

all out of my hands.

And he grabs me by the

shoulders and he throws me

up against the wall and he

starts screaming in my face.

And I started

crying hysterically

and I pissed all over myself.

And he starts making me say

this phrase over and over again

so that I would remember it.

And he had me up

all night doing it

until eventually my mom came

home and that was that.

[ Music ]

"Lam ac gat ac."

It means "sow evil, reap evil."

And that was how I knew

the rumors were true.

Why did you want to come here?

Well, with him gone,

and Nan and Pop too.

I guess me and this place

are all that's left

of the Vilderman bloodline.

Son of a b*tch.

Special occasion.

No, please.

I don't want any of that.

[ Whiskey pouring ]

Luke: To the dark dudes

who did dark sh*t

so that we may

live in the light.

[ Glasses clink ]

Nassdja: God damn it.

sh*t is poison.

Luke: It's spicy --

-- and well-aged.

I didn't think Buddhists drank.

Well, a shrine. With the Buddha.

I don't know.

He brought a lot of weird

sh*t home with him.

Well, "sow evil, reap evil?"

Sounds pretty karmic to me.

I guess.

I'm sorry you went through that.

[ Music ]

Ow! Damn it!

Luke: The f*ck. You

know, I-I'm trying.

I'm just trying to have one

f*cking intimate moment.

Just f*cking one.

Can't you just not be a

f*cking c**t about that?

I told you I didn't mean

for that to f*cking happen.

[ Music ]

[ Bone crunching ]

[ Cricket clicking twice ]

Luke!

Nassdja: Luke!

Luke: What?

What the f*ck?

Luke: What the f*ck?

I f*cked up.

Nassdja: I f*cked up my ankle.

What?

Nassdja: I heard a f*cking snap.

Luke: Here, let me see.

Nassdja: Ow!

Luke: Just calm down.

I got to get the shoe off.

Ow.

Ow. Ow, ow, ow, ow,

ow, ow, ow, ow!

Jesus Christ, Nas.

How did you do this?

Nassdja: It wasn't me.

I saw someone on

the f*cking trail.

Some f*cking militia guy.

I did. He was dressed

in some military sh*t.

He came out of nowhere.

He scared the sh*t out of me.

Luke: OK.

Come on. Help me.

Ow.

Nassdja: Careful! f*ck.

Are you not listening to

what I'm saying to you?

Luke: Yes, I'm hearing what

you're saying to me, OK?

You saw something.

What do you want me

to say about it?

I don't know.

Something.

All right.

Well, you f*cked

up your ankle, OK?

Nassdja: Ow.

Ow.

All right.

Luke: Well, you can bend

it so it's not broken.

But it's not great.

Nassdja: f*ck.

f*ck. f*ck.

g*dd*mn it.

Here.

Sit up. Take these.

Nassdja: Which are these?

Luke: The ones you like.

Two?

Luke: Yes.

Trust me, all right?

This thing's already blowing up.

Nassdja: I'm telling you, I

saw someone on the trail.

I swear to God.

[ Music ]

What the hell is this?

What the f*ck?

I told you I was going

to take care of you.

[ Music ]

[ g*n clicks ]

[ g*n clicks ]

m*therf*cker.

[ Clicks ] God f*cking damn it.

You sure that thing even works?

[ Music ]

[ Phone buzzing, wood chopping ]

[ wood chopping ]

Mom: Nas?

Mom?

Mom: I called you 50

times. Are you OK?

Yeah.

I'm fine. What's going on?

How's Dad?

Mom: He's OK. But his cough is

really bad- think it's seriou-

Mom.

Mom: I've been trying to get

Dr. Reitz and his primary

from the hospital but it's

insane over there right now.

You didn't see it last --

I know I didn't see it, Mom.

Can you just put him

on the phone, please?

Mom: No- Not a good idea-

-is beyond capacity

and St. Johns-

Mom, are you there?

Mom: Can you hear me,

Nassdja? Call your dad.

Hello? [ Call drops ]

f*ck.

Luke: What's wrong?

f*cking cell service sucks.

Nassdja: g*dd*mn it.

Luke: OK.

OK. Just relax.

I'm not going to f*cking relax.

My dad might be going

back into the hospital.

I think he's getting bad again.

I don't know what the

f*ck is going on.

OK.

OK. Just breathe, all right?

There's nothing you can do.

This is bullshit.

Please. Please, can we just

go to a diner or something,

somewhere I can make

a f*cking phone call?

Nas, no.

The nearest place here

is maybe two-hour drive.

And I don't know if you

remember, but every Podunk town

that we passed on the

way up here was boarded

up like it's f*cking

Children of Men.

Nas, there's nothing you can do.

Even if you could teleport

to him right now,

it's out of your hands.

You just have to

have a little faith.

Luke: He's going

to be all right.

At least you got some rest.

Did you get it to work?

It's fine.

It's f*cking ancient, you know?

I'll figure it out.

What are you doing

out there anyway?

I got a surprise for you.

Nassdja: 'Cause that's

your strong suit lately?

Ta-da.

How about a little red?

With the pills?

Just a little.

Just a little.

Eh?

It's lovely.

So what's playing?

Well, I couldn't get

anything to stream

because the Wi-Fi's too shitty.

And I don't even have, like,

a cord for this projector.

So it's going to be a VHS.

Either Gung h*!, the weirdest

version of Jungle Book

that I've ever seen,

or Milo and Otis.

But I can't find the

tape for Milo and Otis.

[ Movie starts playing ]

Nassdja: This is a version

of The Jungle Book.

This movie is legit terrifying.

Yeah.

Sorry about that.

And you used to watch this?

Like, as a kid?

Yeah.

Luke: You know, it's really a miracle

that we even had a TV up here,

so I guess all the good

stuff made it back home

with Nanny and Pop.

Nassdja: I would k*ll

to be watching Milo

and Otis right now.

Never thought I'd say that.

Well, I bet you they

k*lled way less kittens

in the making of this one.

Nassdja: That's so f*cked up.

Luke: Seriously though,

it's like no wonder our

generation is super warped.

Look at all these movies

that we were raised on,

especially the animated ones,

like Secret of NIMH

and Watership Down.

Oh, and The Last Unicorn, just

straight-up nightmare fuel

for me.

Willow?

Those rat-wolf things?

I'm 100% psychically

scarred from that movie.

But Val Kilmer,

super-hot in that.

So it's a little

bit of a trade-off.

True.

True. Oh, oh, OK, OK.

Just a little.

Nassdja: Those pills

knocked me out.

I'm still feeling loopy.

Oh yeah?

How's the hoof?

It's not cold anymore.

I don't even want to look at it.

[ Jungle Book music ]

You know, it's

been almost a year

since the Brooklyn half.

What made you think of that?

I don't-I don't know.

It's just been almost

a year, right?

And that was your PR?

Yeah?

Yeah.

[ Jungle Book Music ]

I don't know.

Luke: I was just --

Movie: "You

must bear witness.

Movie: "I had to k*ll him."

Luke: It was just

an awesome day.

[ Jungle Book Music ]

Luke: Yeah. I'm sorry, I forgot

how weird this movie was.

Definitely going to have

nightmares tonight.

So, thank you for that.

Oh, come on.

Don't worry.

I'll protect you.

Nassdja: Not if you're

passed out on the floor.

Luke: Well, can I sleep

in bed with you tonight?

Movie: "Hold on!"

"Hold on! Hold on!"

[ Music ]

Luke: What the f*ck?!

Nassdja: Luke, what the

f*ck? Don't leave me!

Luke: YOU LISTEN HERE, m*therf*cker!

I'LL PUT HOLES IN YOU!

YOU PICKED THE WRONG f*cking

HOUSE! YOU f*cking HEAR ME!?

Nassdja.

I f*cking told you.

I told you.

What?

What? What did you even see?

Are you f*cking kidding me?

You saw that!

That was him from the trail!

We need to get the

f*ck out of here!

Stop speaking, OK?

Just stop.

I don't know what

you think you saw.

Are you kidding me?

Shut the f*ck up!

What are you going to

do with that anyway?

It doesn't even sh**t.

Oh, you see this blade?

I'll shove this blade through a

m*therf*cker's orbital socket.

Do you hear that?!

My father used to slash gooks

with this blade for fun!

Luke: I'll f*cking -- Agghhh!!

[ Music ]

Do you ever feel like

we ran from one version

of hell just to find a new one?

Luke: Here.

Look.

Nassdja: What?

What is this?

8:21, last night.

Luke: There. You see that?

You don't see sh*t,

because sh*t ain't there.

This sh*t is probably

60 years old.

It just f*cking snapped.

All right.

That's it.

The end.

You had cameras the whole time.

Luke: I told you I was

going to keep you safe.

The Wi-Fi's dead.

Is that really what

you're worried about?

Luke: You know, it doesn't

have to be like this.

[ Music ]

Can you fix it?

I'll look into it.

[ Music ]

Luke: Got to keep

the swelling down.

[ Music ]

Pretty f*cking Irish.

Well, top of the

f*cking morning to ya.

[ Mug shatters ]

[ Music]

[ Gung h*! plays ]

[ g*nsh*t ]

[ Music ]

The Figure: I'd call

this an ambush.

But I didn't know you

were coming either.

All the same, I'm glad you came.

That boy was right

about one thing.

I sure did take a lot of heads.

But you never think of

the debt until it's due.

That's why I gave myself

this little peach.

A little hole for

my soul to escape.

But it ain't never that easy.

That cancer didn't die with me.

The Figure: It metastasized.

But you already know that.

"Lam ac, gat ac".

[ Phone buzzing ]

[ Music ]

Mom?

[ Wailing ]

Nassdja, please.

Just -- just --

Luke: Nassdja, please.

Just slow down.

Please talk to me.

Where are they?

Luke: What?

f*ck you,

the keys!

[ Music ]

Luke: You should

really eat something.

Nassdja: I'm just glad

I didn't have to go

to my father's funeral

with a split lip.

[ Music ]

You know, my father k*lled

himself in this room.

Blew his brains out

all over the ceiling.

And I watched from inside

that f*cking closet.

I was drinking that.

[ Music, Nas sips drink ]

Nassdja: You know, it doesn't

have to be like this.

It wasn't your fault.

You weren't supposed

to see what you saw.

[ Music ]

You were a child.

I want a fire.

[ Music, Nas & Luke howling ]

[ Car doesn't start ]

Please!!

Luke: Good morning. Pop-Tart?

Here, let me get that for you.

I never told anybody

what I told you before,

the thing that

burned a hole inside

of me my entire life

and you betray me.

Luke: You said I was a child.

You were a child.

I opened up my

f*cking heart to you!

You cut the f*cking Wi-Fi!

I could have said

goodbye to my father.

I could have seen him one last

time but you stole that from me!

Luke: Does that really make

any difference anymore?

It's not like he's going

to come and save you now.

Luke: Neither is that

f*ck-buddy of yours.

Ethan? Whatever.

Luke: Your running friend.

So how long have you

been spying on me?

Long enough to know how many

times I let him inside me?

[ Music ]

How I let him f*ck me in your

car while you were passed

out drunk on the couch?

Lying, conniving c**t!

That's right.

I did lie.

I lied about what an repulsive

f*cking coward you are.

I never told them about

what a spineless,

pig-f*cking ab*ser you are!

[ Music ]

That's it... that turn you on?

Do it you f*cking coward.

Do it you gutless b*tch.

[ Screaming ]

f*ck you!!

[ Cricket clicks ]

NASSDJA!!

[ Music ]

Luke: Nassdja! It's going to get

real f*cking dark real quick!

[ Music ]

[ Muttering ] -m*therf*cker...

Luke:... f*cking get you...

-f*cking show you. I'll f*ck

show you, you f*ck b*tch!

I'll f*cking show you. I'll f*cking

show you, you f*cking b*tch!

[ Laughs ]

[ Screaming and growling ]

[ Cricket clicks ]

[ Music, Gung h*! plays ]

Luke: Like you never

f*cking existed.

There you are.

Nassdja!! [Howls] Come on out!

I just want to f*cking talk!

Nassdja?

[ Cricket clicks ]

[ Music ]

[ Luke Howls ]

[ Music ]

Luke: Nassdja!

[ Startled shout ]

[ Luke gasping,

gurgling, writhing ]

[ Music ]

He had enough wire to string

up this whole forest.

Nassdja: But one was enough.

Sow evil, reap evil.

m*therf*cker.

[ Music ]