Icebox (2018) - full transcript

[indistinct murmuring]
- Shh.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

[tattoo machine buzzing]

- [sobbing] No!

- [yells in Spanish]
[crying and buzzing continue]

[boy yelps]

- [screams]

- [shrieking]

[screams echo and fade]

[children giggling,
indistinct chatter]



- [sighs]

- Shh!

[scattered applause]

[laughter]

[glass shatters,
children scream]

[alarm bell ringing]

[ringing and shouting continue]

[Oscar crying softly]

[stirring music]

♪ ♪

- [sniffles]

♪ ♪

- Mami, Mami.

- [smooches]



- [laughs]

- [growls playfully]

[both laughing]

[growling]

[all laughing]

[somber music]

- [crying]

♪ ♪

[door rattling and pounding]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[panicked whispering]

♪ ♪

[truck rattles]

[footsteps thud,
door clatters open]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

[clapping]

[hopeful music]

- Out of the way!

♪ ♪

- [panting]

[bike rattling]

Okay?

[lighter flicking]
Hey. Hey!

- Okay, okay.

- Okay.
- Hey!

[tense music]

Oscar!

Oscar?

♪ ♪

[bikes rattling]

Hey!

[water sloshes]

- [panting]

[electronic device
whirring distantly]

[electronic device whirring]

[whirring grows louder]

[tires squealing]

[engine roaring]

- Hey!

Hey, Will!

Cut him off!
Hey, cut him off!

Okay, okay.

Calmate. Calmate.

Will, get over here
and help me with this one.

Come on.

Ow!
God damn it!

Para!
Stop! Stop!

Down! Get down!
On your knees!

- I got him.
- Get down!

Down!
- I got him.

- [groaning]

- Get down!
Stop!

Stop it!

- [panting]

[vehicle rumbling]

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Any papers?
- No.

- So he bit Marquez, huh?

- [laughing] Yeah.
- [chuckles]

- Okay...

- Okay.

Okay, Oscar Fernández.
264-499-838.

Okay...

[dissonant ambient music]

♪ ♪

[clattering,
indistinct chatter]

- Hey, leave it alone, okay?
Calmate.

- No.

- Forget about it.
Calmate.

- Mas tarde.

[indistinct chatter]

- Manuel Fernández...
- Is not available.

At the tone,
please record your message.

[beep]

[line trilling]

[line clicks]

[crying]

[sniffles]

- [sighs]

[laughs]

[gasping and chatter]

- [smooches]

[chuckles]

- [shuddering]

[both laughing]

[locks clink, lights buzz]

- No.

- [sighs]

[indistinct whispering]

[laughter]

[soft music]

- Hey!
What the hell did I just say?

Line it up.

Andale.

- This is all
of the holding cells

that we currently
are filling,

and, uh, there's another set
on the other side.

We keep them separated
by age and by gender.

Everybody goes through
a screening process

to determine who
their consulate is.

As you can see, we're
overpopulated and understaffed,

but we're kind of used
to that at this point.

We do our best
to take care of everybody

in the same way.

- He had a phone call
yesterday.

Every new arrival is given
a phone call.

- Miss, I told you it's illegal

for you to approach
these kids for comment.

We need to move along.

- Okay.

Next, I'll show you
where they eat

and where the phone room is.

[camera shutter clicking]

[indistinct chatter]

- Manuel Fernández...
- Is not available.

[camera shutter clicking]

- Manuel Fernández...
- Is not--

[camera shutter clicking]

- That's enough.
- Sorry.

- That's it. That's it.
Everybody out. Let's go.

I need you gone.
Move it.

[dissonant ambient music]

♪ ♪

- [crying]

♪ ♪

- Hey.

- [sniffles]

- Mm.

[sniffles]

♪ ♪

Okay?

- Manuel Fernández...
- Is not available.

At the tone,
please record your message.

[line trilling]

- Perla speaking.

- Qué quieres?

- Oscar, estás ahí?

- [chuckles] Okay.

[gate slams]

[chuckles]

Andale. Chop-chop.

[unsettling music]

Hey--oh, no, hey.
You.

Hey, no!
No, no, no, no, no.

- Well...

Come on.

- Hey.

- Hey, hey.

- Hey, we're not done yet.
We're not done yet.

Come on.

- No big deal.

- Come on, come on.

I don't have time
for this shit.

- [grunts]

- Come on.
[all struggling]

Come here, you--
- [grunts]

[tense music]

- Come on.
It's not that big a deal.

- Hold--come on.

Take this thing off.

[boys gasp]
- Shit.

♪ ♪

- Back in your showers.
Shit.

- This is gonna be a problem.

[water running]

[indistinct whispering]

[blows landing]

- [groans loudly]

- Pendejo!

[gate clatters open]
- Hey, stop!

Come here!
Get over here!

- Come here!

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[woman humming]

♪ ♪

- [shuddering]

♪ ♪

[soft thud]

[boy crying quietly]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[alarms blaring]

- Which one of you
little bastards lit a fire?

- Who did this?
Who did it? Huh?

- In there?
He's in there?

- No muevan. No muevan.
- No se muevan.

- Get him! Get him!
Get him!

- Let's go.

- [sighs]

[gate slams shut]

- [sobbing softly]

- [grunting]

[silence]

[soft music]

- [breathes deeply]

[shudders]

[grunting]

- Hmm.

- Okay.

- [laughs]

- Okay.

[lights buzzing]

- Oscar Fernández.

Oscar Fernández?

[tense music]

- [whispering] Let's go.

[somber piano music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Huh?

- Wait, what is this?

- This is his notice
to appear in court,

and these--these are the forms
to apply for asylum.

- Okay...

- Oscar's belongings.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Gracias.

- How is he su--

[indistinct radio chatter]

- Okay.

- [exhales deeply]

- He is now in the custody of
Mr. Fernández and free to go.

- Oscar.

- No.

- Okay.

- [exhales]
- [stammers]

- [chuckles]

- Hey.
- Hey.

[both chuckle]

[Latin music playing on radio]

♪ ♪

[laughs] Whew.

[laughs]

[exhales]

♪ ♪

- [exhales]

- Hey.

- [grunts]

- [laughs]

[soft music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Oscar.

- Mm-hmm.

[chuckles]

Bueno.

Okay.

[door clicks open]

Hmm?

[sighs]

- Ah, aha.

Okay.

Mm. [clicks tongue]

- [sighs]

[inhales sharply]

[exhales, stammers]

[breathing heavily]

Fuck me.

[chuckles]

Hey.

[chuckles]

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

[exhales]

- We got one of the relatives
at the courthouse.

[indistinct radio chatter]
- When?

- This morning.
- Shit.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[officers speaking
indistinctly]

[somber music]

♪ ♪

[elevator dings]

[indistinct chatter]

- Your Honor,
on behalf of my client,

I'd just like to thank you
very much for your time today

and for seeing us
in a timely manner.

- Case number 264-499-826,
you are dismissed.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Gracias.

- File number 264-499-838.

Again, file number 264-499-838.
Oscar Fernández.

- Oscar Fernández, correct?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

Let's proceed.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

File number 264-499-838,

is it true that your name
is Oscar Fernández?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí, mi nombre
es Oscar Fernández.

- Yes, my name
is Oscar Fernández.

- [speaking Spanish]

- Just answer the questions
with yes or no, please.

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Do you understand?
[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [sighs] Sí.
- Yes.

- Are you prepared
and willing to proceed

with this hearing
without counsel?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- The court notes that
the respondent has chosen

to proceed, thereby waiving
their right to counsel.

Oscar Fernández,
you are now under oath.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

First, are there any documents
that you wish to present

to the court here
to support your case?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- Thank you.

Is there anything the
government wishes to enter?

- No, Your Honor.
[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Oscar, is it true that
you were born in Honduras

and that you are not a citizen
of the United States?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- Is it true that you
illegally entered

the United States
on May 10th of this year?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- You reported
that you had an uncle,

Manuel Fernández.

You are currently
in his custody.

Is that correct?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- Noted.
Let's proceed, Oscar.

Why did you choose to enter
the country illegally?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- Honduras is very dangerous.
- Why is it dangerous?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]
- Bad people.

- When you say "bad people,"

am I to infer criminal gangs?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

Can we make a note
that the defendant nods?

You have to answer
the questions yes or no.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.

- So your fear of these gangs
is the reason you think

you should be allowed
to stay in the United States.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- Did they ever threaten you?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- They put a gun to my head

and they told me

that I had to join the gang
or they would kill me.

- Noted.
And did you join the gang?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Sí.
- Yes.

- And did you subsequently
take part

in any criminal activity?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]
- They forced me.

- What type
of criminal activities

did you witness during your
time with the gang, Oscar?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]
- Several things.

- What things specifically?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]
- They would steal things.

- Did you see or participate
in any acts of violence?

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Please answer the question.
[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- I saw how they shot a boy.

- You witnessed
the gang murder a boy?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [speaking Spanish]

- They don't care.

- [speaking Spanish]

- They shot a boy
from my school.

They left him there
laying in the street.

- [speaking Spanish]

- His family couldn't even
take him that day.

- [speaking Spanish]

- They just left him there
in the street.

- And where were you
when they shot this boy?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

Oscar, did you participate
in any way

in the death of this boy?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Did they force you
to do something, Oscar?

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- [breathing shakily]

- I will ask you one more time
to answer the question.

- [repeats in Spanish]

- Answer the question!
[woman repeats in Spanish]

Put your earphones
back on immediately.

[woman repeats in Spanish]
- [panting]

- Put your headphones
back on now.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Oscar,
answer the question, please.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- Oscar?

Oscar, I understand why you're
afraid to go back to Honduras

and why you came here.

But tragically, gang violence
is very widespread

throughout your country.

- [repeats in Spanish]

- I cannot give you asylum
in the United States.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

- But since you're under
the supervision

of Manuel Fernández,

you will receive
notification by mail.

[woman repeats in Spanish]

[engine turns over]

- [grunts]

- Okay, okay.

[door opens, slams closed]

No, no, no, no.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Hey.

Fuck me.

- Fuck me.

- No, no.

[line trills]

[beep]

[both chuckle]

[line trilling]

- [chuckles]

[stirring music]

- Shh.

Ah.

[engine turns over]

♪ ♪

[children chattering
indistinctly]

♪ ♪

[woman humming]

♪ ♪