Don't Move (2024)

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Beautiful day.

I heard it was an amazing view, but... wow.

Don't mind me.

Be on my way in a minute.

I saw the memorial back there.

- Is that...

- I'm not talking about it.

Okay.

I'm Richard.

And you?

Look, you're really making me nervous.

If you're not gonna step back, why

don't you at least tell me your name?

I know you want to be alone.

I wanted to be alone too.

Why do you think I'm out here

before the bears are even awake?

Look, I...

I don't need you

to tell me your life story.

I don't need you to hurt

any less than you already do.

I just want you to put a little space

between yourself and the...

You're not gonna stop me.

I used to be a car guy,

even when I couldn't afford it.

Back in grad school,

I had this beautiful little Integra

and, man, I babied that thing.

"Where's this headed?" she thinks.

It's headed straight into a brick wall.

Week before graduation,

totaled the Integra.

Worst part was Chloe and I

were arguing just before the crash.

I don't wanna tell you

what my last words to her were.

I'm sorry.

That's what everyone says.

They had me in traction.

Couldn't move for two months,

two weeks, and four days.

Trapped in a hospital bed

when all I wanted to do was

run as far away from myself

as I could get.

And all that time, anyone who came

to visit, all they could say to me was...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Like, don't you know any other words?

Ugh, I just don't bother saying anything.

Right. Just leave the casserole

and get the hell out of my house.

My husband was carving

our initials in the tree.

My son was looking for sticks

so he could roast marshmallows.

He said he could find all three in under

a minute, and I bet him he couldn't.

And I just went on gathering wildflowers.

We didn't even hear him when he...

The world takes what it wants.

I wish

it would've taken me instead.

Oh God.

The part I hate the most is that I...

I haven't been able to cry.

I want to, but I...

I'm broken.

Broken doesn't have to mean...

hopeless.

Well...

...it wasn't exactly a pleasure,

but it was nice to meet you.

Iris.

I'm not gonna try to change

what you do next, Iris.

But like I said...

...it really is a beautiful day.

I'm not such a car guy anymore.

Well, Richard, um...

I guess this is goodbye.

You're not gonna wait for me

to drive away so you can go back there?

Not today.

I'll take today.

Looks like I blocked you in.

Looks like.

Sorry.

Expecting rain?

You can never be too prepared, you know?

Uh, it's okay. I can, um, go around.

Of course.

- Richard.

- Why do you keep calling me that?

Please, go through the process.

Everybody does.

But there is no red dot.

And that means no cellular.

And that means no emergency SOS.

Too bad your phone isn't nearby.

If only there was

a trusted Wi-Fi connection.

My husband will be looking for me.

I'd certainly hope so.

Please don't do this.

"Please don't do this.

Don't hurt me. I have children."

What can I say, Iris?

Wrong place, right time.

Oh, that reminds me.

Brought you something.

Tell me about Chloe.

Tell me about your boy.

What was his name?

It's Mateo.

Why not Matthew?

Why not Charlie? It's a name.

Fair.

And Chloe, was she pretty?

Very.

You remind me of her.

How did you meet?

I know what you're doing.

Trying to soften me up.

You're not the first.

I just want us to be on the level. Okay?

Like you were on the level

with me earlier?

I may have deceived you,

but I speak my truth.

Okay, Richard.

Speak your truth.

I have a small place out in the woods.

What are you gonna do to me

when we get there?

I wanna braid your hair.

The f*ck you are.

Stop! Stop!

- Help!

- It couldn't have been more perfect.

The setting, the isolation, the timing.

Stay the f*ck away from me.

And I go and mess it up

by not checking your pockets.

I said stay away.

- Help!

- It must be something about you.

Then again,

there must be something about me.

Half an hour ago,

you were ready to end it all.

- Now look at you.

- f*ck you.

Have you started to feel it yet?

Feel what?

Might be hard to tell at this point

given what we've been through.

- What the f*ck are you talking about?

- System redundancy.

Like on an airplane, everything has

a backup, even the toilet flushers.

But when you're flying at 40,000 feet,

you can never be too prepared.

What is that?

We're flying at 40,000 feet, Iris.

What did you do to me?

Your body is going to shut down soon.

You poisoned me?

Not poisoned.

Just a special relaxant

to make things easier on both of us.

You're crazy.

I'd be crazy not to.

- Help!

- You keep saying that.

Once it kicks in,

you have about 20 minutes

before you're completely paralyzed.

At minute one,

your fine motor skills will start to go.

Dialing a phone,

holding a knife, that kind of thing.

At minute ten,

your legs will begin tingling.

That means

your gross motor skills are next.

Minute 15,

your legs will give out altogether.

Eighteen, your breathing

will become labored.

And just before everything

shuts down on you,

your voice.

Shall we?

Running is only gonna make it work faster.

sh*t.

Have your fingers started to go?

f*ck.

One, two, three, four.

One, two...

One, two...

...three, four.

Really good.

One...

Two.

Lasts about an hour.

Then we'll have

the whole weekend together.

One, two, three...

f*ck.

Okay, 20 minutes.

Okay.

Oh, no. Come on.

Come on.

Three minutes. Three minutes.

Hope you found a good hiding place!

You won't be able to swim.

You okay?

Miss.

Can you hear me?

How did you...?

How did you get all

the way out here? You...

You fall out of a kayak or something?

Can you talk?

Hell...

I'm gonna roll you over.

Okay?

Hang on.

Hm.

So, you can see me.

Wait, do that again.

So, you can hear me.

Okay.

Are... are you able to move at all?

No.

You can see. You can hear.

You can't move.

You can't talk. Am I right?

Are you hurt?

That's good.

I'm gonna take you inside, call 911, okay?

Sit tight.

My knees ain't what they used to be.

Didn't have this on today's bingo card,

that's for sure.

Oh, thank God. Thank God. I...

I was in a car accident.

I can't find my wife. I don't...

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there.

Take a breath.

It just happened so fast. She was

acting normal and then she just...

Have you seen her?

She's... She's... five-six. She's pretty.

Uh, I'm bleeding.

Sit tight.

I'll get you some help.

Hey.

I asked you to stay put.

I'm sorry. I don't feel well.

You mind?

I'm confused, okay? I...

I don't even remember how I got here.

Listen, man, I'll help you,

but I'm gonna help you on my terms,

and those terms are

we take this back outside.

Can I use your phone?

I lost mine in the accident.

Come on. I'll help you up.

I ju...

I just need to rest for one second.

I can call 911,

ask for help finding your wife.

Or I can call 911 and tell 'em

I have an intruder in my home.

Uh...

Oh, come on, man.

You don't need to do that.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm just so through with everything.

If you wanna call, just call them.

They'll take her away from me,

but there's nothing

I can do about that now, is there?

If you'd like to make a call,

please hang up and try...

What's your name?

Andrew.

Okay, Andrew.

- Talk.

- Oh, thank you.

She's always struggled

with her mental health, but it just...

it's gotten so much worse lately.

Just... accusing me of terrible things.

Untrue things.

We bring the cops in, there's no way

I'll be able to hide it from her family.

They'll have her committed again.

She's my wife, you know?

I... I can't lose her.

And here I've literally lost her.

What's her name?

Chloe.

I shouldn't have let her drive

in the first place,

but her independence

is so important to her.

We were arguing.

You know, the roads here are hard enough

to navigate when you're not distracted.

She hates when I yell, but...

she said she was leaving me,

and I just got so...

scared.

I did. I yelled at her,

and... and... she floored it, and... and...

That's the last thing I remember.

When I came to, she was just gone.

I don't know if she's disoriented

or about to have another episode.

See, when she's really bad,

she goes catatonic.

Catatonic?

She locks up.

Refuses to move, refuses to talk.

That sounds complicated.

Do you have someone in your life?

I don't talk about it.

Neither do I.

I think that's always been my problem.

She had a heart attack.

All those years,

she hounded me about what I ate,

how much I sat,

how I let my anger lead,

and I solved problems with my fists.

And all the while, she...

We were so focused on me,

we forgot to pay any attention to her.

The world takes what it wants.

Hm.

You love your wife?

More than you know.

Are you just gonna accept this?

You're just gonna

let them take her away from you?

- I don't think I am.

- Good.

I haven't been straight with you.

No?

In what way?

You were saying?

You said you lost your phone.

Did I?

In the wreck.

Uh.

I'm still a bit out of it.

Well...

Those woods are a big place.

Better get to looking.

No, no, no. What did you have to tell me?

Nothing.

Tell me something, William.

How do you know my name?

I read it on your mail.

Do you always do heavy gardening

in the kitchen?

Where is she?

Sorry, I...

would've told you sooner.

I just didn't know what the hell to do.

Where?

I would like the two of you

to leave now.

I'll forget any of this ever happened.

Tell me.

In the shed.

Out back.

Took a wheelbarrow out to make room.

Saw you walking up and...

just plumb

brought the damn thing in with me.

Bullshit.

It's the truth.

Well, we can find that out

pretty easily, can't we?

Take a look.

Give me the phone first.

Sure thing.

They'll never get here in time.

You think I'm afraid of you?

You are monopolizing

an already pretty busy f*cking day,

you know that?

Yeah. There's a man in my house,

and I'm pretty sure he means to hurt me.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

I'm gonna k*ll you.

Stay down.

Stay down!

I don't know what I'm gonna do.

What would she make of you, Bill?

Your wife.

After all that work she put in taming you,

teaching you

to control your anger.

It'd probably give her

another heart attack.

Shut your mouth!

Sir, if you can hear me,

we're sending someone now.

There's a couple of units on the way.

Please hang on.

Sir, if you're there, say something.

Sir, if you're there, say something.

You see what you made me do?

I've never k*lled a man before.

But there's a first time

for everything, right?

Hello?

Dad, I've been trying to call you

all morning.

Hey, sweetie. How are you?

Got my report card today.

Oh, yeah? How'd you do?

All A's and one B.

Wow. Wow. That is...

That is all amazings

and one berry.

Mom says we can celebrate

at breakfast tomorrow.

Oh, not tomorrow, honey. I'm, uh...

I don't get back till, uh, Sunday night.

That's okay.

Mom says we're coming up to the cabin.

Dad?

Well, that's wonderful news.

Uh, can you put your mom on the phone?

Okay. Bye!

Hey, sorry about Miss Chatterbox.

You're not coming up, are you?

I know these weekends

are very important to you, but...

No buts, Lizzie. You know if you want me

to be the best version of myself,

I need this time away.

Except these times away

keep happening more and more lately.

Look, Olivia needs a change of scenery,

and I need a co-parent,

so sorry if we have to cut into

your mountain bachelor weekend,

but we're coming up.

You're right.

I'm sorry. I'm being selfish.

Come up! Come up! Uh...

And hey, uh, yeah,

put the... put the camping gear in the car.

We'll... we'll make it a whole thing.

Okay? Gotta celebrate this report card.

Great! Should be there about 10:00.

- Love you.

- Love you too.

See you at 10:00.

What are you doing?

You don't wander off like that.

Do you hear me?

I just wanted to say hello.

Okay, well, just don't...

don't do it again. Okay?

Oh.

Good old Bill.

Oh!

Am I happy to see you!

Mornin'.

Got a call about this truck.

Someone in need of assistance.

Must be some kind of mistake.

Yeah, they did provide the plate number.

- You mind if I talk to your passenger?

- Uh...

Sir, I need to ensure she's responsive.

You and me both.

Oh, yeah? How's that?

My wife is drunk.

At this time of the morning?

These days,

it's around the clock.

You been drinking too?

I don't touch the stuff.

Makes you sloppy.

What's your name?

Andrew. But you can...

you can call me Andy.

Andrew. You have ID on you?

Yeah, of course.

Well, now this is a problem.

Sorry?

Your license is expired.

Oh yeah.

I've been meaning to get around to that.

And who does the truck belong to?

A buddy of mine, Bill.

You won't mind if I give Bill a call

after you and I are done talking?

Of course not.

So you mind telling me

exactly what happened here?

I hope you don't have somewhere to be.

I just started my shift.

You see, Officer, uh, my wife

peeled herself off the floor this morning,

took the car for a joyride,

and it seems she wrapped herself around

a fairly good-sized tree.

That's what I've been able

to piece together.

And she was alone?

As far as I know.

She called me, and I'm out here

just trying to clean up her mess.

See, the call we received said both you

and your wife were at the gas station.

Well, I thought it important to make sure

she didn't choke on her own vomit

before I fueled up.

Yeah,

no reason to get smart now.

I'm sorry.

It's been a pretty rough week

this morning.

Any reason you didn't call 911

or a tow truck?

To avoid conversations

like this.

You say you weren't in the car.

- No, sir.

- Then what happened to your face?

I, uh... I...

Can't answer the question?

Maybe she can

clear some of this up for us.

I wouldn't count on it.

Ma'am.

Miss.

How long has she been intoxicated?

Ten months.

Sir, I need you to explain

exactly what happened here.

- Sir.

- She left me.

Excuse me?

Things have been very bad.

Since we lost our little boy.

Our beautiful little Mateo.

He fell a long way and...

She wasn't watching him

when she should've been.

So instead of facing her guilt head on,

she... she... she crawled into a bottle.

And honestly, I don't know

if she'll ever come out of it.

So...

...you want to know why

I didn't call 911, Officer?

Because no one can save her.

Hel...

Ma'am?

Help...

me.

- Officer, she's...

- You mind stepping back for me, please?

I pulled over to help you.

And you took the car. You took the car.

You must have...

You must have... You must have...

- Things aren't...

- You must have k*lled the cop.

...going quite as you planned.

You shouldn't talk.

Tomorrow's a big day. Family time.

You're dehydrated.

Your body's doing a lot of work right now.

Have you ever tried it?

No.

Of course not.

Too chickenshit to make yourself helpless.

I've been there.

Yeah, 'cause when what's-her-face died?

Chloe.

You were stuck in bed for two months.

Is that when you lost your mind?

I didn't lose my mind.

I found my clarity.

All my life, I felt disconnected.

Until those moments after the crash.

I can still see the angle of her neck.

The way the light played off

the glass in her lap.

And when I saw

that she was breathing her last breath,

I finally felt connected.

I lived that moment again and again

lying in that bed trying to figure out

if I had felt God.

And eventually,

I realized I had.

And He was me.

What did you say to her?

You told me you said something to her.

I thought it was before the crash, but...

it was after.

While she was dying, wasn't it?

What did you say?

"Thank you."

All amazings and one berry.

What?

You must love your family very much.

Your wife.

- Your daughter.

- Don't talk about my daughter.

You know deep down

you can't keep doing this.

You'll get caught.

You'll... you'll never see her again.

Stop talking.

I know what it's like to lose a child.

You don't have to.

I don't know your name.

I don't know where you live.

I said stop.

You can just leave me

on the side of the road.

Bullshit.

It's not that easy.

It's that easy.

Broken doesn't have to mean hopeless.

Remember?

I'm not f*cking broken.

Change of plans, Iris.

Last stop.

It's a shame

we had to skip right to the end.

We could've had

such a nice weekend together.

At least you'll have

plenty of company down there.

As your muscles come back,

they'll be an uncoordinated mess.

You'll have small bursts

of energy like that,

but your body won't sustain them.

Why didn't you just let me do it?

Do what?

k*ll yourself?

If all of this was gonna end anyway,

why did you stop me?

I didn't stop you.

You did it yourself.

All of this would have been over.

All of it.

It was fate.

You were meant for me.

Bullshit.

There is no fate.

There is no God.

There's just us.

And that means there's just you.

A sad little man without a name.

You're angry.

- Of course I'm f*cking angry.

- And why is that?

Because I wanted to die.

I wanted to die.

"Wanted."

Look how far you've come.

Can you do one thing for me?

Can you get Mateo's boat?

It's in my pocket.

It's the other side.

I'm not sorry.

Thank you.

You don't own me

I'm not just one of your many toys

You don't own me

Don't say I can't go with other boys

And don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display 'cause

You don't own me

Don't try to change me in any way

You don't own me

Don't tie me down

'Cause I'd never stay

You don't own me

I'm not just one of your many toys

You don't own me

You don't own me

You don't own me

I don't tell you what to say

I don't tell you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live my life the way I want

To say and do whatever I please

And don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display

I don't tell you what to say

Don't tell you what to do

Just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you