Grasshoppers (2021) - full transcript

[sheep bleating]

[wind whistling]

[footsteps approaching]

[melancholic music plays]

[birds chirping]

♪

♪

[footsteps approaching]

-[remote control clicks]
-[blinds whirring]

I'm sorry.

[Irina]
What time is it?



[slurping]

Uh, time to go to work.

[sighs] But I don't wanna leave.

[Irina] You're like a stranger,
you know?

Always gone, always working.

You're never next to me
when I wake up anymore.

[Nijm sighs]

Do you need to go in today?

Yeah.

[Irina]
You know what I think?

I think...

you should call in sick today.

Mm-hmm.

And?



And take me out on a date.

Yeah. Spend money.

[both laugh]

[snorts] Yeah,
I'm so good at that.

Yeah, sure.

Remember that toast you gave me?

Which one?

[inhales] The first one.

"Should we ever...

find ourselves lost at sea...

may we never forget

when we decided to set sail
in the first place."

-[Irina] Mmm.
-[Nijm] Mmm.

May we never forget.

[Irina] Mmm.

I don't want to know
how many other people

you've used that toast on.

A lot of people, baby.

[both chuckle]

[sighs]

♪

-[Irina] Mmm.
-[Nijm chuckles]

[Nijm sniffs]

I feel so sick.

-Have some bacon.
-That was the idea.

Yeah.

-[Irina sighs]
-How about an Irish coffee?

Little liquor, little caffeine.
That should do the trick.

-[Irina] Mmm.
-[cork popping]

-[Nijm] Here you go.
-Thank you.

Can I show you something?

[Irina]
Mm-hmm. [slurping]

[Irina exhales]

I went out
for a walk this morning.

And I had this crazy idea.

You want to hear it?

Mm-hmm, I do.

It's been a while
since you had a crazy idea.

[Nijm] What if we toured
the whole neighborhood?

We'll stop in every house,
for a drink.

See who has the best house.

We end at the clubhouse
for a steak and champagne.

[Irina scoffs]
What if someone's home?

No one's home.

No one's ever home.

[yelling] Everybody's gone
for the winter!

Even the animals.

Nobody's watching.

[Irina giggling]

-[Irina sighs]
-[Nijm giggles]

Doesn't that sound like fun?

[both laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[Nijm]
Yeah, good morning.

[chuckles] Uh,
I want to make a reservation

for two people
for dinner tonight.

It's our honeymoon.

Yeah.

Can we have a nice big bottle
of champagne on the table?

[laughing]

[water running]

[exhales]

[sighs]

[slow piano melody playing]

[snow crunching]

[Nijm]
Thank you.

♪

Really?

Are you trying to get us caught?

Just something
to warm us up, baby.

[sighs]
What if they have cameras?

-Let's go.
-We have to drink something.

Where's the bar?

[footsteps approaching]

[bottles clinking]

Do you think they're happy?

-Them?
-[Irina] Mm-hmm.

I don't know.

Why do we take
photographs like this?

I mean, family photographs.

Posed...

under a tree.

To try to remember
the good times, maybe.

[knife slicing]

Do you see yourself as a father?

-[soda can hisses]
-[liquid pours]

Someday.

Someday, for sure.

But, not today.
Today, I'm with you.

For happy families.

[classical music playing]

[Nijm neighing and sighing]

Mmm, you're kissing me
in a stranger's home.

I'm afraid of what
we'll do in the next one.

-[Nijm howling]
-[Irina laughing]

[both laughing]

[Irina] Why don't
we move somewhere warm?

Like Arizona.

-Arizona?
-Yeah.

I'd rather go all the way.

All the way to where?

To the edge
of this fucking country.

California.

[scoffs] You're such a cliché.

Let me guess, LA, Hollywood.

Hollywood, baby.

Huh, and what do you
wanna do out there?

I could be an actor.

I've been working
on my monologue.

[Irina chuckles]

Oh, yeah, hotshot?
You'll be the next superstar?

I'm not the next anything.
I'll be the first!

Watch out, world!

I wanna star
in a Hollywood thriller.

But as the hero.

The one people root for.

The handsome leading man
who gets the girl in the end.

-Oh, yeah, baby?
-[Nijm chuckling]

I've been working
on my monologue for years.

[chuckles]
And what are you gonna say

when you have
everyone's attention?

When all the neighbors
are watching?

What are you going to tell them?

Something romantic.

With a tinge of sadness.

You and your shitty dreams.

That one is good.

[Irina] Okay.

[classical music
playing on speakers]

[ice cubes rattle]

[whispering] Chocolate?

-Hi, there.
-Hi.

[Jacob]
Do we have an appointment?

-Uh. [Nijm laughs]
-[Irina giggles]

[chuckles]

We were supposed to?

I thought it was an open house.

Uh, no. Just curious
how you found out about us.

-[Nijm] Uh.
-I'm Jacob.

I'm the realtor on the property.

You folks coming in
from the city?

No, we walked.

-We live here.
-[Jacob] Oh, my goodness.

Sorry, how long have you lived
in the neighborhood?

[Nijm]
For quite a while now.

We were out for a stroll,
and we-- we thought to step in.

Well, the truth is,
uh, my husband is super insecure

and, uh, he wants to know,
as he likes to put it,

if we still have the filet
of the neighborhood.

-Yeah.
-Sadly, this is the filet.

[chuckles] Sorry.

It's currently
on the market for 2.3.

Uh, feel free to take
a look around on your own.

Otherwise,
I'll be giving a guided tour.

And, let me know
if you have any questions.

Oh, and, um,
I would like to request

that you take your boots off.

Or you can wear
these little slippies.

-Enjoy the wine.
-[Nijm] I will.

[Nijm sighs]

[hushed conversation]

[Jacob]
Yeah, it's great.

I like this place.

It's a bit gaudy.

I'm just sharing
I like the house.

It's not a swipe
at your fragile ego.

Would you live
with me on a boat?

Every day is determined
by what we catch.

We catch, we eat.
We don't catch, we don't eat.

Travel. Meet people.
Beautiful, no?

I don't know. I like how we are.

And how are we gonna raise
a family in saltwater?

You can raise children anywhere,
as long as you give them love.

♪

Do you like the wine?

[gulps]
Cheap, like the carpet.

I like the carpet.

Are we really these people?

We are whoever we wanna be.

-Do you like this place?
-No, not really.

[sighing] Could you see yourself

coming here every fucking day?

It's a vacation home.

That's why
all the neighbors are gone.

We could be
like snowbirds, baby.

We can own this and...

live somewhere warm.

Yeah. Like a pawn
on a chess board.

[Nijm urinating]

Really? With the door open?

Shut that door, baby.

[door creaking]

[belt buckle clinking]

-[Nijm sighs]
-[water running]

Water works.

[Irina]
You're a dog, you know?

[growling and barking]

[Irina chuckles]
Are you too drunk yet?

-I never get drunk.
-[Irina] No.

[both moaning]

Uh, wait.

Who says you can take them off?

You take what I give you.

[both moaning]

Fuck, hey.

Okay.

[Irina moaning]
Kiss my neck.

I'm just...

[both moaning]

There. Okay.

[both moaning]

-[counter creaking]
-[Irina] Oh, fuck.

[muffled moaning]

[Irina]
Oh, fuck.

[Irina moans]

[Irina]
Oh, fuck. You better finish.

Come on.

[woman]
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

I didn't think
anyone was in here.

[Irina]
No. Not a problem.

We were just,
uh, admiring the tiles

on the bathroom floor.

-Oh.
-Yeah, and I like

the fancy fans on the ceiling.

[woman] Okay.

[soft joyous instrumental]

[both laughing]

[Nijm exclaims]

[Nijm]
I love you.

[Irina]
I wanna go crazy with you.

I'm gonna make you
dizzy with love.

[Irina laughing]

[Clark] Hey!

Hey, Clark.

What the hell
are you doing out here?

-It's freezing cold.
-[Irina scoffs]

-Fucking psychopaths.
-[Irina chuckles]

Uh, on your day off,

you're hanging around
the neighborhood?

Yeah, out for a stroll.

Can she use your, uh, restroom?

Yeah, I have several.
Take your pick.

-This way?
-Sure.

Oh, thanks so much, Clark.

[Clark]
Straight up or on the rocks?

[Nijm] Uh, on the rocks,
straight or whatever.

What is that? Gin?

[Clark]
Gin martini. You know--

[Irina] Hi.

Uh, sorry to interrupt.
Where's the bathroom?

[Clark's mother]
Oh, you can use mine, upstairs.

[Irina]
Oh, thank you.

[footsteps departing]

[eerie music]

[door creaks]

Rodents. You don't know
anything about rodents, do you?

Rodents?

Yeah, there's a problem
in this neighborhood

with these rodents
running around.

I think we got a family of them.

Possums.

Possums aren't rodents.
They are marsupials.

Huh?

Marsupials are different

from placental mammals
such as rodents.

A marsupial is born
incompletely developed,

and then is carried around
and suckled

in the mother's pouch,
like a possum.

Huh.

I do know the son of a bitch
is a possum.

How so?

'Cause I got a dead one
on the side of my house.

You wanna see?

[breathing heavily]

[urinating]

[sighing]

[whispering]
Oh, my God.

[Nijm]
How long has it been?

[Clark]
Shot it last week.

[Nijm]
And you left it here?

[Clark] Sort of forgot about it
afterwards, to be honest.

Just don't be in my backyard.
I'll get a bag.

[airplane whirring]

[flushing]

[Clark]
Yeah. That's how it's done.

Ugh.

Do you ever think
about switching companies?

Do you wanna work for me?

Yeah, keeping my ears open.

Come on, leave that.

Let's talk to Mom.
Let's have a drink.

[Clark] ...about ten years,
you must really miss it.

-[Nijm] Yeah.
-[Clark] Hmm.

Hey, there she is.

Yeah. Hey, baby.

I thought you may
have fallen in.

-[Irina] No, I'm alive.
-How about a martini?

[Irina]
No, thank you.

[Nijm] Oh, can you make her
a chocolate one?

-[Irina] No.
-Chocolate is her favorite.

I'll make you
a chocolate martini.

They're Mom's favorite.

I don't feel well.

There's nothing like
a little chocolate liquor

to ripen the fruit.

[sighs] I remember when
he used to hold me like that.

Uh, not Clark.
[chuckles] My husband.

Relish it. It goes by fast.

You know, we raised
four kids in this house.

And now here I am, with Clark.

-[Irina] Thank you.
-Drinking.

[Clark] Yes.

-[glasses clink]
-Cheers.

[Nijm] Cheers.

[Irina] Ugh.

Oh, looks like
we found someone's poison.

[mother laughs]

You tell her yet?

-Tell her?
-Tell me what?

I'm giving your husband a job.

Oh, yeah, he's having me
for this interview on Monday.

[Irina]
That's incredible.

Well, you know, we got a lot of

legal jump rope
we gotta go through still.

We gotta bring him in
for the interview.

We gotta do background check,
conflict of interest check,

phone his references...

You know, it takes some time,
but maybe by next month?

[Nijm]
Yeah. If I like to...

I need to see things,
and I need to check things.

[Irina] He's been waiting
so long for something new.

Yeah, I know. He told me.

And this guy...

has always impressed me.

I mean, always has.
From the first time I met him.

And we were outside
and I told him,

"What do you think about
property development?"

And he's like,
"Oh, let me tell you

a story about riding
on the Gaza Strip

with dudes with AK-47s."

[chuckles] Or being
with a drug cartel in Mexico.

I mean, this guy, all the while
he's telling me this story,

he's just bagging up
this fucking rodent.

-Marsupial.
-[Clark] Marsupial.

He even has time to correct me.

And so, I think to myself
right now,

and this is
the good idea I have,

is that this is the guy we need
in our team, this colorful guy.

'Cause the stories alone
would totally be worth it.

We'll start you
at 150,000 a year.

Full benes. Put you in
the corner office with the view.

We're gonna
take care of you two.

I've had better.

[Clark] Well, you know,
you'll have to go from there.

I'm gonna...

[scoffs]

He doesn't always
drink this early.

[sighs]
I think we're gonna go, baby.

You better follow up with me
if you're really interested

in that interview.

I will.

But it is cold out there.

So, why don't you take
a little bit more with you.

And then you can bring
the glass back another time.

-And you can have mine.
-Oh, thanks.

[Clark's mother]
I don't need it anymore.

-Call me tomorrow.
-[Nijm] Yeah.

[Nijm]
Hold it for me.

[Irina]
What are you doing, Nijm?

What are you doing?

Oh, fuck. Really?

[melancholic music]

[cars passing]

♪

[music fades]

[Irina] Are you worried
about the background check?

I'm not worried about anything.

[Irina] Okay.

He's not gonna
give me shit anyway.

That's how all these people are,
and you know that.

[Irina]
I don't know it, neither do you.

[Nijm]
I do know.

All of them are the same.
I've seen it a thousand times.

That's why I don't count on
anybody for anything.

I'd rather build my own
ship with scraps,

and lose wood,
and be my own captain,

than being a fucking deck boy,

fetching wine
on someone's shitty yacht.

[Irina] Who says you're gonna
be the wine bitch?

I just don't buy it.
He's full of shit.

I think he is full of shit.

Maybe I'm wrong.
It doesn't matter.

I've got my own thing coming.

You are so infuriating.

Really?

[chuckling] That guy back there,
he's going to take care of us?

I just don't need this shit.

It wasn't like that.
That's just how you heard it.

Come on, what's wrong with you?
He's giving you an opportunity.

He's drunk off his ass
on a Wednesday afternoon.

So are you.

Who cares? People do things.

Maybe he's just drunk enough
to give you a chance.

And you just have to
follow through.

[Nijm scoffs]

He likes you,
in case you didn't notice.

Yeah, he likes me
as a quota for his company.

Stop it.

You start thinking like that
and you'll never be happy.

-Never.
-I just know people like that.

I've been in those rooms.

But you've never been
in his room.

You know what?

His company would be
privileged to have you.

I know, baby, I know. I just...

I just-- People graduate
from very prestigious schools

to get an opportunity
like this one.

[Nijm laughing]

[grunts] What did I tell you
about the graduates?

Here I am drinking his martinis.

You're an idiot
if you don't call him.

[phone ringing]

That's probably him, calling me.

[ringing continues]

-Fuck!
-[Irina] What?

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm out here. Yeah, uh...

yeah, uh, I'm sorry, it's a li--

a little bit of
miscommunication.

Yeah, I'm out here
for a couple of hours now,

and yeah, I'll-- I'll--
I'll be there.

I'll be there.
Yeah, in one hour.

I'm just finishing
with this house.

Thank you. That will be fine.

Thank you.

-Shit.
-Wow, wow!

You never called off work, huh?

What do you want from me?

["Leavin' Song"
by Kelly Mcrae playing]

♪ Follow me some place ♪

♪ So safe and ♪

[footsteps approaching]

[indistinct lyrics]

So, we are not talking anymore?

Mm-hmm.

Will you...

send my beautiful wife here,
a glass of champagne?

We don't have
any champagne, bud.

How about a piña colada
or something?

Stop trying so hard.

Two double whiskeys
with a beer box.

$20.

[clicks tongue]

Don't come closer.

Leave me alone.

You're still talking to me.

[slurping]

[slurping loudly]

[Irina chuckles]

[slurping]

Card didn't go through.

-[Irina chuckles]
-[Nijm] Really? No way.

It works, man, try it again.

[Irina]
Here, I'll pay.

-How much is it?
-[bartender] 20.

20. There is 20.

Thank you.

[Irina laughing]

-Okay.
-[Nijm laughs]

[billiards clacking]

[Irina] So, you know,
I know this woman.

[Nijm] I don't know,
but continue, yeah.

-I know this woman.
-[Nijm] Yeah.

[Irina]
And she invited

all her three exes
to her wedding.

And right after
the ceremony she had...

[chuckles] She had sex
with all three of them

right there
in the back of the church.

[whistling]

[scoffs]

Is she a slut or something?

[Irina]
Why do you say that?

Why do you call her a slut?

[Nijm]
You just said.

She fucked three guys
on her wedding

in the back of the church.

So does that make her a slut?

Huh?

What you don't know is that
her husband knew about it

and he encouraged it.

They're [indistinct] lovers.
That's what they are.

-[Nijm laughs]
-[Irina] Get off the table.

-Get off the table.
-[Nijm] Yeah.

Continue the story,
I'm listening.

[Irina] Well,
that was something she needed.

And you know what?

They're happily married
and have a family

-with each other.
-[Nijm] Impressive.

He's probably...

raising someone else's child.

-Uh, why does that matter?
-It matters to me.

What do you want from me?

Would you-- If-- if another man
would get me pregnant,

would you--
would you walk out on me?

Wouldn't happen.

Well, if it did happen,
would you care for me?

I would-- I would go, yeah,
I would let go.

I won't stay with you.

Come on. I'm not that guy.

How fucking chauvinistic of you.

I'm not chauvinistic.
I'm a lion.

I don't wanna be with a woman
with other men's kids.

What's the problem?

Why do we talk about that?

You can't have a child either.

What did you say?

[Nijm] I said,
why do we talk about that?

You can't even
have a child anyway.

Fucking pig.

["You Never Came to Me
in a Dream" by Elk Hound]

♪ You never came
to me in a dream ♪

♪ You were there
and we could feel it ♪

[music stops]

♪ You had your arms
wrapped tightly around me ♪

[music stops]

[melancholic music playing]

♪

Here put those on.

[Nijm] Just a minute, baby.
[grunts]

I can't be working all day.

[Irina]
Come on, button it up

Be respectful.

[sighs] How am I supposed
to have respect for a guy

who can't wire his own house?

He's probably one
of those graduates

you always talk about.

[chuckles]

What are you doing?

[Nijm]
Kissing you.

Why?

Because I love you.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

You keep killing the love.

[Irina]
Hmm. Yeah.

Call me a killer, baby...

but I'm realistic.

Don't lie.

[car beeping]

[Irina]
Your tools.

[beeping stops]

-Hey, you found the place.
-[Nijm] Yeah.

[man]
Good. Electrician, right?

[Nijm]
Yeah, that's me.

[man] Come in. I got
the text from your company.

Said you'd be here.

But I'm watching
you go round and round

in circles on the GPS there.

What's that?

What? GPS? On your truck?

You were tracking me?

I mean, I wasn't getting
a kick out of it or anything.

I'm not sure I like that.

Well, I won't do it tomorrow,
I promise.

Better than
back in the day, right?

I could actually, you know,
know when you're gonna be here,

as opposed to sitting
here until sundown.

[keys rattling]

-[light clicks]
-[homeowner] Hey, we're here.

What's that smell?

That's the dead mice
in the wall, I think.

I caught a few, but, uh,
some might be in there,

I got a guy coming
to look at that, too.

So, the whole down darkness
we just walked through

and my office,
none of the light switches work,

none of the outlets work.

Uh, I looked online on, like,
the tutorials, you know,

and tried to do it that way,
but I couldn't--

I couldn't figure it out, so--

Everyone thinks
he's a specialist, nowadays.

Well, I guess I certainly did.

[Nijm] I'm just joking, man.
Can I look at the box?

I-- That's why you're here.

Yeah.

So, where is the office?

I didn't label those, so don't--
don't just go by those.

[Nijm]
So bad man,

nobody understands
this fucking language.

[chuckles]

[homeowner] If any
of the breakers were tripped,

I would know that.

I checked-- That's
the first thing I checked.

But they're all fine.

I plugged in
all different kinds of lamps,

uh, everything.

I mean, is in the walls?

Can you just
start tearing open the walls?

[Nijm sighs]

I don't see what
the breakers could do.

-[Nijm] Yeah.
-The mouse ate through a wire.

That would trip
the breaker, right?

[Nijm]
Uh, yeah, supposedly.

But all--
But the breakers are fine.

[Nijm]
Oh, breakers are fine.

[homeowner]
My homeowners' insurance...

[quiet serious music playing]

-[trunk pops open]
-[mother] Oh!

Evelyn, stop.

-Here.
-[Irina] Oh, there you go.

[mother] Just don't run
into the street, okay?

-[Irina] Hi, sweetheart.
-[mother] Thank you very much.

Hi.

-Hi.
-[mother] Do you live here?

-[Irina] I do.
-Where?

Well, we're new
to the neighborhood.

Oh, wait a minute,
are you the ones

that moved into
the house for sale

-down the street?
-[Irina] Yes.

Oh, my gosh. Do you have kids?

-Please say yes.
-Yes. I mean, no.

Uh, but,
we are thinking about it.

Oh, we so need someone
to play with, don't we?

We were wondering
when that house would sell.

It's been on the market
for years.

-When did you close?
-[Irina] Just a few days ago.

Yeah, I saw
the movers come yesterday,

but I didn't see you
or your husband, you said?

[Irina]
My husband. Yes.

[mother]
What do you do for work?

Here, I'm a hairstylist.

Hello. [chuckling]

If you're looking for somebody
to practice on,

you got a new neighbor.

I'm studying to be a masseuse.
We could trade crafts.

-Yeah. [chuckling]
-[woman chuckling]

Can I help you
with the groceries?

[mother]
I would love some help.

Okay.

[drill whirrs]

So, it is just on this side
of the room, right?

Yeah, that side,
the two on the wall,

it's the whole kit
and caboodle, man.

Okay, so,
here's what I'm thinking.

Um...

-it could be an overlapping--
-[cellphone rings]

You know what, man?
Just do your thing.

I-- I've got to take this, okay?

So, you-- you do your thing

and I'll be right back down,
okay?

-I'm sorry.
-[door clicks open]

[door slams shut]

[whispering]
"I'm sorry."

Prick.

"I'm sorry."

Fucking.

[clock chiming]

[Nijm] Zoom.

[muffled piano music playing
in the background]

Ah.

Good father.

Shit man.

Swimmer.

Good for you.

Ooh, graduate.

My wife would love you.

-Fucking asshole.
-[homeowner] Hey.

[Nijm] Hey. [laughing nervously]

I was just admiring
your accomplishments.

[homeowner] Yeah.

-A-- a-- are you drinking?
-[Nijm] No.

I don't know why I'm asking you.
I mean, I saw you drinking.

Yeah, I mean, I just--
just a sip, that's all.

Okay, uh, yeah.

So, can I ask you to leave?

What? But why?

Um, I got the kid upstairs,
and you're drinking on the job.

I-- I--

-I'm not drunk, man.
-Okay.

I mean, I didn't say you were.

You smell like you are,
but, hey, no judgment here,

I mean, we all got our issues.

-I just need--
-Oh-- oh.

-What issues, man?
-Okay.

I-- I-- I just took a sip.
That's all.

Not trying to offend you, okay?

Sip is a sip. I got it.

I just need you to go.

♪ Amazing Grace ♪

♪ How sweet the sound ♪

♪ That saved a wretch ♪

♪ Like me ♪

♪ I once was lost ♪

♪ But now I'm found ♪

♪ Was blind but now I see ♪

[wind howling]

[children laughing]

-[Irina] How old is she?
-[mother] Seven, next week.

Do you think
she looks more like you,

-or her father?
-[mother] Hm.

Depends. Every day is different.

Sometimes, she'll frown
or give me some attitude

and it's like
I'm staring in the mirror.

Swear to God.

Other times, I'll be watching
her sleep and...

she'll be in the exact position
my husband sleeps in.

[scoffs]
It's odd.

You and your husband
talk about having kids?

I was gonna say,
you got quite a house

for just the two of you.

Yeah.

You're already pregnant,
aren't you?

Um, no.

[sighs]
I mean...

I don't know, I-- I did a...

I did a, uh,
pregnancy test this morning

and it was positive,

but, um, I had...

a little bit of spotting
this afternoon.

Like, a little bit of blood

[mother]
Spotting? Was it a lot?

Because a little bit
of spotting is normal.

If it's a lot
that's another story.

Have you miscarried before?

Yeah.

I have.

With him.

[wind howling]

I'm sorry.
You don't even know me.

It's okay. Who am I gonna tell?

I just really wanna be a mother.

I want the responsibility
in my life.

I want the structure.

And I'm ready. I-- I know I am.
I'm ready for it.

-Do you know him?
-[van door clicks open]

-That-- that's my husband.
-[mother] Oh.

He's...

-an electrician.
-Oh.

That-- Pleasure meeting you.

[mother]
Pleasure meeting you, too.

How did it go?

[sighs]

I get so lost
in this fucking place.

Let just park in the club house.
It's dinner time anyway.

-[Nijm sniffles]
-Baby, what's the matter?

[Nijm]
Nothing. [sighs]

I have to tell you something.

[sighs]
I lost my job.

What?

[Nijm]
I lost my job.

I don't have a job anymore.
I got fired, or quit, whatever.

That guy back there
is a fucking asshole.

-It's okay, baby.
-[Nijm sighs]

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

[sniffles]
What's happening to us?

We used to have so much fun.

Huh?

-[lips smacking]
-[Nijm] Yeah.

We were always okay
because we had love.

[somber music playing]

-[Irina] Do you still love me?
-I love you.

-[Irina] Do you still love me?
-I love you.

[Irina laughing]

[Irina] Are you gonna
get me a house?

[Nijm]
I'm gonna build you a house.

[Irina]
Are you gonna give me children?

-Lots of children.
-I want six.

-I want six.
-We'll make seven.

-[Irina] Tell me you love me.
-I love you.

Tell me again.

You know, I've lived the life
a little bit upset

-since I found you.
-[Irina] Why?

Because you were somebody else's
before you were mine.

[Irina] I love you,
I love you, I love you,

I love you, I love you,

I love you, I love you.

-[Nijm] I love you.
-[both panting]

This is the reception.

This is where
I would hold you like this.

-[door shuts]
-[Irina laughing]

If we get married here?

When we get married here.

And your father
will be standing there

giving his speech.

[Irina]
My father doesn't give a fuck.

[Nijm laughing]

-And then, we dance.
-[Irina] Uh.

[Irina exhales] Fuck.

-Fuck.
-[Nijm humming]

[Nijm humming]

-Where's everyone?
-At the restaurant down there.

-Let's go and have a drink.
-[Irina] Okay.

Come on. Come on.

["Clair de Lune"
by Claude Debussy playing]

[Irina humming]

[Irina]
Uh, where is the tequila?

Where is the tequila? Oh, there.

-[Nijm humming]
-[Irina laughing]

There. [laughing]

[Nijm]
What about the lime?

Fuck the lime. I'm the lime.

-Gimme your hand baby.
-You're the lime.

[Irina laughs]

♪

[both laughing]

♪

[Irina laughing]

[Irina]
Come on, baby.

[moaning]

Come on.

No, no, no.

I don't wanna be taken
from behind, come on.

Look at me,
I want you to look at me.

Look at me baby, come on.

Come on.

[rustling]

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

[sighing]

[jazz music playing]

-Hi.
-[host] Hi.

Hi, oops.

Hi, um,

-we have a reservation.
-[host] Sure.

[Irina] It was for tonight,
and...

[host] T-- Tonight?

[Irina]
No, I'm sorry,

I don't know exactly
what time was...

[host] That's okay.
No, I-- I understand.

[Irina]
...but we have a reservation

-Of course.
-[Irina] So? [laughing]

-Yeah.
-Oh I-- I--

I don't know, um, but it--
it was for tonight, for dinner.

-[host] Are you su-- yeah?
-[Irina] Yeah.

[host] For-- okay--
is he-- is he okay?

[Irina]
Oh, yeah, he's totally fine.

He's so fine.

[host]
He seems, like, he's a little...

[Nijm]
Happy birthday, man.

Our reservation! [sighing]

-[Irina] We'll do dinner.
-[Nijm sniffles]

-[Irina giggles]
-[host laughs nervously]

Baby, what time
did you make the reservation?

I made the reservation
earlier in the morning.

Do you know
who you spoke to when you--

when you made your reservation?

-I don't remember.
-It's our anniversary, man.

Aw, that's beautiful,
congratulations.

Hey, thanks, Allison.
We have some napkins for you.

Listen, man,
do you have a table?

-Two of us.
-I'll tell you what.

I'm gonna put ya at the bar,
for right now,

and then as soon
as a table opens up,

we'll get you seated,
does that sound good?

-You don't have tables?
-[host] Well--

I see a lot of stables.

you know, it's-- it's--
it's not so much a table issue,

it's more of
a wait staff problem.

A bunch of people
called in sick today,

so, we're really in the weeds.

You know,
I used to be an alcoholic, too.

-I used to party a lot.
-[Irina] Mm-hmm.

That's why I became
a sommelier, huh?

[all laughing]

We should all hang out
at some point,

but for now, just--

Why don't you warm up
at the bar?

We've got a great
happy hour menu

going with some good starters,

I think
you're really going to like.

-Okay, man, thank you.
-[host] Hey, hey.

-Thank you.
-[host] Hey, just, you know.

-First round's on me.
-Thank you, man.

-[host] Yeah?
-That's nice, thank you

[host] Have a seat.

Allison, can you
take care of this for me?

-Yeah.
-Just put the napkins

on the chairs.

I don't want them
to mess up the furniture.

[Allison]
Okay. Hold on.

-[Nijm] Huh?
-[Allison] Here you go.

Oh, thank you. That's so nice.

-So, you can dry yourself off.
-[Nijm] Thank you.

-You're welcome.
-[Nijm] Oh, hey.

Any idea of how long
it may take for a table?

He cannot--

[Nijm] Huh?

He can't? He cannot what?

He can't guarantee anything.

Why don't you two have a drink?

What does she mean,
"He can't guarantee anything?"

It's probably because
we didn't have a reservation.

-Ah, yes, we had. I made one.
-[Irina] No, you didn't.

I made one this morning.

You don't do anything
you say you're gonna do.

I'm sick of having just enough.

Just enough,
I have always had just enough.

Just enough in the bank
to pay the rent,

just enough in the tank
to get to work,

just enough love for the night.

For once, I want that steak
on the table.

Can't get a steak
at the bar, though.

We'll get crab.

[Nijm]
You can't get crab either.

You can get steak medallions
or crab cake.

But you can't get crab.

Or a steak.

Not at the bar.

[Irina]
Maybe it's a good thing.

I don't think it's a good thing.

Good evening.

Can I get you two
something to drink?

Yeah, champagne.

[waiter] We only serve
champagne by the bottle.

-Is that all right?
-That's a good thing.

We only drink champagne
from the bottle.

[waiter]
Sounds like a good match.

-[Naijm] Ah, excuse me.
-[waiter] Yeah?

A couple of Seven and Sevens.

I'm sorry, sir, unfortunately,

I can only serve you
one drink at a time.

I can put the order in,
bring the Seven and Sevens out,

do the champagne

after you're done with that
first round. Does that work?

[Irina]
Can I have the champagne first?

-I've been waiting all day.
-[waiter] Champagne it is.

[waiter] Wonderful.

Half of my life is over,
and I'm still here at the bar.

Waiting. No reservation.

And I've called.

I've called so many times.

And still no table for me.

[Irina sighs]

[Nijm] I've put in the work
all my fucking life.

I just wanted
this fucking steak.

Your attitude sometimes...

I swear.

You think the world
owes you something?

[Nijm] Oh, the world
does owe me something

at this point in my life.

I deserve a piece of the pie,

I deserve a seat at the table.

[Irina] You know,
people work their whole life

to get something.

And it's not about the "thing,"

it's about the journey
and the experience.

[Nijm]
I put in the work.

[Irina] And you should
keep putting in the work.

It's about being a good person.

Oh, fuck you.

Go and be a good person.

See how far
it gets you in this world.

We're so different.

-We're so different.
-You fucking ideal prick.

[Irina]
What is wrong with you?

Why are you so rude? Huh?

What have you done today?
What have you done today?

How many beers do you think
you've drank today, huh?

An ocean.

I drank an ocean of beers,

and I'm still not drunk.

Do you know what you are?

[Nijm]
What does that make you?

[sighs]

♪

You'd make a horrible father.
Horrible father.

♪

I cannot believe
I thought of you in that sense.

You are incapable
of loving anybody.

Anybody but yourself.

To think that I was happy

at the thought
of carrying your child.

[waiter] Champagne.

[Irina]
Oh, fuck.

[sighs]

[sighs]

♪

[sobbing]

Thank God,
all I do is miscarry with you.

Thank God.

All I do is miscarry with you.

[sniffling]

Fucking--

[sniffling]

[crying]
Why did you do this?

Why did you do this?
Why did you do this to me?

Why did you do this?
Why did you do this to me?

Why did you do this to me?
Why did you do this to me?

Why did you do this to me?
Why did you do this to me?

[Irena crying] Why?

[host]
Guys, guys, guys, come on.

Come on. Stop, stop, stop, stop.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna
have to ask you to leave, okay?

I'm gonna have to ask you
to leave, please.

Please. Please leave.

[serene music playing]

-[door creaks open]
-[door creaks shut]

[Irina sobbing]

[Irina sniffling]

[thinking in foreign language]

[Irina sniffling]

[thinking in foreign language]

[Irina crying]

[glass shattering]

[speaking foreign language]

♪

[Irina sobbing]

♪

[car horn honking]

♪

-[Nijm huffs]
-[Irina panting]

[Nijm]
Look at us.

[Irina panting]

Look at us.

From the big ocean...

-to the pot.
-[Irina] Mm.

How do you feel out there?

[Irina]
Don't you need a lid?

No. They keep themselves down.

That's what crabs do.

[Irina]
Ah, come here.

[Irina giggles]

[indistinct].

[clattering]

Yeah, baby.

-[Nijm] You're mine.
-[Irina] Let go of me.

[Nijm]
You're mine.

[Irina] Let go of me.
I said let go of me.

[Nijm]
You're mine.

You're mine.

You're mine. I love you.

[Irina grunting]

-[Irina indistinct]
-[Irina laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[Nijm retching]

[retching continues]

[Nijm sighing]

[Nijm] Yeah.

[footsteps approaching]

[Nijm giggles]

[laughing]

[laughing]

[Irina grunts]

[Irina sighing]

[Irina] Baby!

Did you order a pizza?

They're-- they're here.

They're home.

[hurried footsteps approaching]

[Nijm] Shit!

[piano music playing]

[dogs barking in the distance]

[Irina panting]

♪

[Irina]
Okay. Wait, Nijm. Wait.

[Nijm]
No, no, no.

Come with me, yeah?

Come with me, come with me.

[Irina]
Okay. Wait, Nijm. Wait.

[Irina panting]

[piano music playing]

[Irina]
Ah, I'm sorry sweetie.

I don't know what happened
to my first one.

-[customer] No worries.
-[Irina] This one should work.

There you go.

-[hairdryer whirrs]
-Yay.

So, I am gonna dry the ends.

And then we gonna curl, right?

-[customer indistinct]
-Okay, awesome.

-You have a nice color.
-[customer] Thanks.

-[indistinct] this evening?
-[customer] Yes.

Looks great.

♪