Gaia (2021)

[bunniefuu]

[ominous, pulsing music]

[drone whirring]

[birds calling]

[Gabi] Imagine, there was a time when
the whole world looked like this.

[Winston scoffs] Imagine there
was another paddle...

And long after we're gone,
this thing will still be here.

It'd better be,
it cost enough. Hey...

Pass me a sandwich.

- What's on it?
- Roast beef...

- Monster.
- And mustard. f*cking Dijon, baby!

[scoffs] "Baby"?

Where did you get Dijon anyway?

Oh, I know a guy who might know a guy
who knows another guy who basically...

knows me.

- [ominous music]
- [trees creaking]

[bugs chirring]

- [crack]
- [electronic feedback]

- sh*t!
- What?

For f*ck's sakes, Gabi.
How far out?

About two k's,
but there was a guy.

- I'll go get it.
- No, we've still got four more cameras to check.

Just drop me. I'll meet you
in the next valley.

- People disappear in this forest.
- Come on, Winston.

They were crusty old hippies. They
probably just moved on to their next squat.

Sometimes you're just
like those whiteys.

"Danger!"
"Where? Oh, let me go see."

We can't just leave
our trash here.

[sighs]

One hour.

[sighs]

- [footstep]
- [soft growling]

[distant growl]

[wind blowing, trees creaking]

[soft, ominous music]

[water gurgling]

[trees creaking]

[soft, ethereal music]

[plastic rustling]

[rustling continues]

[sighs]

Winston, come in. Over.

[static on radio]

Winston, come in.

[radio beeps]

[guttural growling]

- [guttural squeal]
- [gasps]

[suspenseful music]

[guttural growls continue]

[high-pitched squealing]

- [squelch]
- [screams]

Oh f*ck!

[whimpers]

[groaning]

[soft squeal]

[crying softly]

Winston... I need help.

- [guttural squeal]
- [leaves rustling]

[labored breathing]

[grunting, screaming]

[distant screaming]

f*ck.

[fast-paced, suspenseful music]

sh*t!

Gabi, copy. Over.

f*ck.

[screaming]

[whimpering]

Gabi!

[shuddering breath]

[Winston] Gabi!

[trees creaking]

Gabi?

Gabs?

[trees creaking]

Gabs?

[soft, ominous music]

- [distant screech]
- Oh!

Come on!

[growling, snarling]

Gabs?

[frustrated grunt]

[trees creaking]

[frogs croaking, chirping]

Hello?

[strains]

[whimpers]

[whimpers]

[whimpers]

f*ck.

[panting]

[growling, snapping]

[growling continues]

[screeching, squealing]

[coughing]

[spits]

[soft squelching]

[distant screeching]

[Barend] Hurry.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
- Shh... Who sent you?

My name is Gabi Pekeur. Please...
Please, they're looking for me.

You broke our trap.

[softly] It's okay...

[wry chuckle]

[sighs]

[creature growling softly]

- [creature snarling]
- What the f*ck?

[soft, dramatic music]

Who are you?

Barend.

You from the city?

Forestry Station.

How many of you out there now?

Two.

[cutting]

[distant growling]

Elephant?

Just the one old cow.

What's your name?

[Barend] Stefan.

He doesn't speak much.

[fat sizzling]

Porcini...

Costs a fortune
in your fancy restaurants.

[creatures growling, snarling]

[snarling, shrieking]

[cloth ripping]

- [rasping squeal]
- [footsteps approaching]

[squealing]

[Gabi blows]

[sniffs]

[soft squelching]

[birds chirping]

[water splashing]

[footsteps receding]

[gentle, ominous music]

[whimpers]

[gasps]

- [Gabi] Winston, come in.
- [static on radio]

Winston, come in.

Where are you? Are you okay?

Over.

as*h*le.

[Winston on radio] Gabi...

Winston? Where are you?

I'm...

- Winston!
- What is this?

- [creatures squealing]
- [Winston screaming]

Winston, what?

[static]

[bushpig grunting]

[bushpig squealing]

[Barend strains]

[crying softly]

[Stefan sniffing]

[plank rattling]

[soft, ethereal music]

[Barend] Hey!

[scoffs]

[sighs]

Winston, are you there?

[static on radio]

Is anybody there?

[static on radio]

He's intelligent.

- He should be learning.
- He is learning.

Bone cancer. Thirteen years now.

Collateral damage.

And what did you use to do?

I was a scientist,
plant pathology.

But after Lily...

[soft, ominous music]

Something to remember us by.

[soft squelching]

[soft squelching]

- [door bangs shut]
- [gasps]

Shh...

[creatures growling outside]

[squealing outside]

[whimpering]

- [bang on door]
- [Gabi whimpers]

- [bang on door]
- [screeching call]

[banging on walls, roof]

[growling]

- [banging on door]
- [screeching, growling continues]

[banging on door]

[soft squelching]

[dramatic music]

[screams]

[creature shrieks, growls]

[growling]

[knife clatters on floor]

[soft growling]

[screeching]

[whimpers]

[growling]

- [Gabi strains]
- [creature shrieking]

[rattling growl]

[shrieking recedes]

What the f*ck?

[Gabi crying softly]

[retches]

It's a fungus.

Seems to prefer h*m* sapiens.

It feeds on the eyes,
the mouth, the lungs.

First it grows down, saves the muscles
for later, connects to the fungal network,

filling up with spores
until it's ready to...

repeat itself.

And so...

finally, the apes
return to the trees.

What in God's name
are you talking about?

The largest organism on the planet
lives right here, underneath us.

Older than human history,
it's been growing...

waiting, ripening.

And it's ready to spread.

[chirring, distant animal calls]

[soft, ominous music]

[soft squelching]

[gasps]

[birds chirping]

[camera shutter clicks]

[gentle music]

[Stefan chuckles softly]

[scared exhale]

[soft, ominous music]

[Barend] To see the future of
humanity, observe monkeys in captivity.

Aggressive hoarding
of limited resources,

asserting hierarchies
through sexual violence.

Every day, the human habitat
resembles more closely a cage.

- [tree creaking]
- [ominous music building]

[creaking continues]

[soft squelching]

[scoffs]

[disgusted sigh]

[door slams shut]

[items clattering]

[Gabi] Hey...

[scoffs]

[torch clicks on]

[suspenseful music]

[crying softly]

- [Winston gasps]
- [whimpers]

[strained breathing]

[low growl]

Gabi?

Please...

k*ll... me.

No. [sniffs]
I can get you to the hospital.

[straining]

[sobbing]

[creatures growling, squealing]

[growling continues]

[creatures squealing]

[Barend] Stefan!

[door shuts]

[shuddering breath]

[bugs chirring]

[whimpers]

[coughing, sniffing]

[footsteps receding]

[door opens, closes]

[soft, ominous music]

[tree creaking]

[creaking intensifies]

[soft, dramatic music]

[trees creaking]

[whimpering]

[straining]

[birds chirping]

[gentle creaking]

[eerie music]

[Gabi and Stefan chuckling]

[Barend writing]

[scoffs]

You don't believe me, but you
believe in a central nervous system

which promises you that it's
the only intelligence on Earth?

Three hundred years ago we
started the Industrial Revolution.

Nothing less than
a declaration of w*r.

And she's losing.

So you're saying
this is intentional?

[scoffs] That's the difference
between science and...

Madness?

Faith.

[soft chuckle]

[dramatic music building]

[chuckling]

[trees creaking]

[Barend blows]

[ethereal music]

[creaking]

[exhales]

[leaves rustling]

[water gurgling]

[breathing intensifies]

[soft squelching]

[squelching intensifies]

[gentle creaking]

[gills vibrating]

[dull thudding]

[rattling growl]

[gasps]

[tree creaking]

[gills vibrating]

[creaking intensifies]

[birds chirping]

[Gabi laughing]

[talking indistinctly]

[dramatic music]

[Barend gasps]

[door opens, closes]

[soft, suspenseful music]

- Long enough to taste joy.
- Mm... It's all about sex for your kind.

Vermin children surviving on
the scraps of a decaying world.

[ominous music]

[music intensifies]

[leaves rustling]

[creature growling, snapping]

[rasping screech]

[tense, ominous music]

[creature snarling]

[groans]

[soft squelching]

[creature squealing]

- [Gabi panting]
- [creature growling]

[creature shrieking]

[both straining]

[tree creaking]

- [Gabi straining]
- [tree roots creaking]

[Barend crying softly]

[straining]

[grunts]

- [bow clattering]
- [gasps, grunts]

[Gabi screams]

[Barend, Gabi grunting]

[screeching snarl]

[Stefan screaming]

- [straining]
- [knife slicing]

[creature snarling]

[squelch]

[labored breathing]

[axe drops]

[creature snarling]

[Barend whimpering]

[tree creaking]

[sobbing softly]

[soft squelching]

[gasps]

[birds chirping]

[Barend] The human race is standing
on the first of many tipping points...

- [whimpers]
- [sombre music]

...unwilling to change,
and ready to destroy itself.

[coughs]

All it needs is a nudge.

[straining]

[labored breathing]

We're about to witness the
greatest reckoning of all time.

[sobbing]

[birds chirping]

[shallow labored breathing]

[soft, dramatic music]

- [wind blowing]
- [leaves rustling]

[distant screeching]

[traffic bustling]

[sirens wailing]

[car honking]

[indistinct chatter]

[car honking]

[soft squelching]

[dramatic music]