To the North (2022) Movie Script

Ivanov to Sirakov, Sirakov

searching for a free teammate.

Comes from the left,

crossing... To Stoichkov!

He takes the ball, passes...

And...

Goal!

What a goal, what a

match for Bulgaria!

Goal! Go home,

Bulgaria, go home!

Romania... shit!

Now watch.

Watch.

- Okay!

- Yes!

- Nice.

- It goes America.

One, two, three!

I get horse.

Georgi, cowboy.

With horse.

I go there

and find ranch.

Like Dallas, in TV.

I go New York.

Horse and stars...

no me.

I make money.

Georgi,

we wait.

They don't see us.

Then you go out first

and I come after you.

Me first.

We go.

We start.

The ship, it moves, feel?

We go.

America.

Two hours.

I come after you.

Hello.

Friend.

Hello.

Both of you, go to your cabins.

Here.

You are the captain?

Are you the captain?

Me, good man.

Work.

I go America.

I get horse.

Georgi, cowboy.

Give him some water

and something to chew.

Thank you.

It's good.

Thank you.

You, out.

Now!

Get up!

Stay calm.

Ok.

Move!

- Calm.

- This way.

Go!

Friend!

Help.

Please!

Go away.

Go!

Not... good... here.

Please.

Not here.

You hear?

Friend, me friend.

Friend, friend.

If Taiwanese will see you

they will kill you.

The Taiwanese will kill you.

Listen to me!

Listen to me.

Your friend...

dead.

I'm sorry.

Taiwanese are bad, very bad.

We good, Filipinos are good.

My friend is dead?

I'm sorry.

Not here!

Where is hiding?

Where?

Wait, please!

You wait here.

Understand?

We were wrong the first time.

Now it's different.

They will say we lied.

There is no evidence.

They will say we lied

and we lose our jobs.

Allan,

we were too weak.

Listen to them.

- They think they silenced us.

- Bosun, I was there.

Remember?

- I know what...

- They are mocking us.

What do they think?

That they own us.

And they do.

They don't own us.

He has the Bible on him.

I don't want to

know where he is.

In case somebody finds out, I

don't want to know where he is.

This way, I can't say

anything to anyone.

Then...

I will be the only one

who will go to him.

Who else knows?

Lou.

I will need food and water.

So, both of you,

if one of you wants to proceed

differently, you should tell me now.

Because I need to know.

You may go now.

Come!

Food and water.

Come!

Now!

Safe!

Canada.

America.

This ship,

Canada.

Canada, good.

Me, Romanian.

Romania.

Joel.

Dumitru.

Canada.

Four days.

More or less, four days.

Friend,

no out.

Understand, friend?

You stay here.

The Bible.

For good luck in America.

From man, I build his house.

In Spain.

You pray!

Yes.

I must go now.

Thank you, sir.

It's better without the light.

Light, no.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who

trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

In the name of the Father, and of the

Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

"Greetings in the

name of Jesus Christ."

"If the eyes and ears

are man's first advisers,

then we are in danger here."

"On the 12th of March..."

And family?

Family good.

Called them from

Spain, my wife good.

The small child

with problem, fever.

Small child?

- Two years.

- Two years?

Family important.

Very important.

Each day I wait to go home.

The captain, three

children, you know?

Yes...

Three children and

he 34 years old.

Brave.

Three children and him at sea.

All year.

Family most important.

We, here for them.

The world don't know.

Hard life for sailors.

We here, family there.

Must take care of family.

Look,

captain at sea,

not home with children and wife.

Him, here with us.

Do you speak wife about sea?

Here?

Yes.

We, here, what happen at sea.

Sometimes.

Me, never.

Never talk about sea.

Not wife, not friends.

Not children.

Home is home,

sea is here.

That way family happy.

Tell wife all well

with the small child.

Hello, friend.

I come back.

Thank you.

Water.

Easy, it's all yours.

Food.

Very

spicy.

You are brave.

God makes you brave.

Do you understand?

Yes,

brave.

Your Bible, where is it?

Can I?

Yes.

Your girlfriend?

My woman, yes.

This is our favourite passage,

the sailors.

But since you are here

with us

this becomes your

passage as well.

"I will say of the Lord,

"He is my refuge

and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust."

"You will not fear

the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that

stalks in the darkness,

nor the plague that destroys

at midday."

"Because he loves

me," says the Lord,

"I will rescue him."

"I will protect him,

for he acknowledges

my name."

"He will call on me,

and I will answer him."

"With him in trouble,

I will deliver him

and honour him."

"With long life I

will satisfy him

and show him

my salvation."

Dumitru,

God will show you the way out.

Yes.

How old are you?

Two four.

Young.

Yes.

I'm working for my family.

You are a good man, Dumitru.

Thank you.

It's not air here.

You must trust me.

You

with us.

Filipinos, good?

Filipinos, yes.

But

be quiet.

Silence.

If the others will find you,

they will kill you.

Then,

Filipinos in trouble

with the Taiwanese.

Just a few days, ok?

You

stay here.

Yes.

For praying to God.

The Bible.

Sir,

please,

the light.

No.

Very dangerous.

There are

moments

we find ourselves in darkness.

A darkness so black

that you are unable

to see anything,

even feel your own heart.

But then,

a bright light shines

through this darkness.

And you tell yourself:

"Give me back my darkness".

Tomorrow

I come back.

Remember that Filipino

priest from Algeciras?

Father Pedro?

"Dear Father Pedro.

Greetings in the

name of Jesus Christ.

If the eyes and ears

are man's first advisers,

then we are in danger here.

On March 12, our

superior officers

threw two clandestine

passengers into the ocean.

We believe that they are dead."

Then, two days ago,

another stowaway

disappeared from the ship.

We think he was

most likely killed.

There is another clandestine

passenger aboard, whom we've hidden,

in order to avoid

a similar tragedy.

We hereby ask for your help.

We are at a loss.

There is already too much

blood shed on this ship.

Bosun...

We need some kind of proof.

Nobody will believe us.

Proof?

Proof that things happened

on this ship and we saw them.

This story can end

two ways. First,

when we get close to the port,

we help him get off the ship

and nobody except us

knows anything about this.

Or...

they discover him,

and they'll know who helped him.

We can't win them.

They have the money.

Who at that port is going to listen to

what four Filipino sailors have to say?

But I trust Father Pedro.

And they will listen

to a man of God.

We will lose our jobs.

We will lose everything.

Allan,

I remember as a child,

I used to go to the

church with my mother

and there I would always hear:

"God is greater than all

the evil in the world".

I thought

that evil was this huge thing,

like a big fog coming upon us,

covering everything and

turning us away from God.

But I was wrong.

It's just like

a lot of little things that

connect with each other.

There is no huge evil,

but many small

things that make it.

Allan,

I want to know if I can

trust you on this one.

You can trust me.

I'll talk to the captain, tell

him you need to call home.

When we arrive in Canada,

you and Bernardo will take

the letter to be posted.

Joel?

Friend?

Joel?

Bosun! We have a problem.

You must come to

the engine room.

- How do you know he is not lying?

- We get along well.

- How long is this?

- The Taiwanese says one night.

They know about the man.

They just need time to find

him, before we get to Canada.

They're stalling.

Do you think so?

I don't know.

That's not the only problem.

The Chief Engineer

changed my night shift.

Tonight it's the

Taiwanese engineer.

He will see you if

you go with food.

They know.

It's one of us.

It's one of us that

spoke with the Taiwanese.

Bosun!

Come.

The Bosun!

- All good Bosun?

- Yes.

- Work over?

- Over.

And now coffee.

Coffee.

We coffee too, with Allan.

Me and two Filipinos.

Allan, great musician.

He sing at party

tomorrow, you know?

Yes.

Before you come Bosun,

I ask Allan to sing

to me. He don't want.

But I don't leave

if Allan don't sing.

You see Bosun?

I ask Allan to give me

tape of music from home.

Music from Manila.

I listen to Allan tape

and I find one song.

Beautiful song. Beautiful, no?

Very, very good song.

Want to hear the

beautiful song, Bosun?

Yes.

What a song! A little

like Beatles, no?

- Great! You are great musician, Allan!

- Chief?

- What, Bosun?

- Sorry to interrupt.

One question.

We stop tomorrow?

Yes, we stop

tomorrow in New York.

- At night for few hours.

- Why?

Captain know.

Money, owner, something.

But I was not informed.

Now you are informed.

But if we stop tomorrow

we delay the containers.

Captain know, owner know.

I will do something?

- When, at stop in New York?

- Yes.

No, no, no.

Tomorrow night

party. Allan, music!

We don't do nothing.

You come with him, he sing.

We have good time.

If we declare it in

Canada, it's useless.

They will say we're lying.

You must do it during

the New York stop.

That way, at least there is a proof

that we tried to do something.

Where is the letter now?

I'll give it to you.

What about Allan?

You're going alone.

Bernardo, good man?

Yes.

- Many children?

- Two.

And this problem now...

Smallest child.

Bernardo wants to call home.

Wife was at the doctor today.

My child sailor,

but not like me.

He is too soft.

Soft here.

Too soft.

But not alright to be

too soft as sailor.

Sometimes good,

sometimes not good.

Otherwise you lose control.

You lose control of ship,

you lose everything.

Done.

Understand, Bosun?

Yes.

Sometimes bad,

for everything on

the ship to be good.

The men must be well.

You, Bosun,

think I am good man?

- Like Bernardo?

- Yes, like Bernardo.

You lie.

You Filipinos, good people.

But you lie.

Captain always

know when crew lie.

Now, you lie.

Captain don't have to be good.

Captain must be fair.

Fair and good, not same.

What do you think?

I think if

man wants to do good,

he can do good and be fair.

Or,

be fair and still do

good to other man.

You Filipinos think

we Taiwanese are bad.

We rich, you poor.

We don't care. Right?

But we Taiwanese

are fair.

Not good,

fair.

We care about all crew.

Taiwanese and Filipino.

One example, ok?

Let's say this.

Say that we discover

stranger on board.

Captain, two choices.

One, do nothing.

Take stranger to port.

Two.

Not take stranger to port

and find different solution.

Not good solution.

Which is best solution?

One, right?

See?

Filipino say one.

Taiwanese say one.

We agree.

But one is not good solution.

Stranger can have gun.

We have only one gun here.

Captain gun.

Stranger can have knife.

Stranger can have bomb.

Stranger can kill everyone.

But maybe stranger a good man.

And then,

we take him to port, right?

We arrive at port

and what happen there?

Police take him.

We get fired for bad security.

We don't go to sea.

Never, maybe.

So captain do not risk crew

lives for one stranger life.

You see, Bosun?

Sometimes good

is not good for everybody.

But fair

is fair for all.

- Bosun!

- Chief.

Party is here.

Yes, five minutes, I go there.

Captain wants you at the party.

Come.

Welcome to my party!

Even captain here.

Today I'm so happy, thank you!

I am becoming father!

I have a baby boy!

A baby boy! I'm so happy!

Lets drink to become

the heroes of the town!

You?

No.

No?

- No.

- Who?

You here last night?

Me, last night?

No.

You not here last night?

You're going down.

You're free.

Free?

You're going down in New York.

New York? Not Canada?

New York.

"Big Apple".

America.

What the fuck are you saying?

My bag, my bag!

No use for it.

Jump!

Dumitru,

New York!

New York is there.

This is your last chance.

I jump, I die.

No chance.

Canada, remember Joel?

You don't understand.

Four days, remember?

I cannot help you now.

Our lives are in danger,

Filipinos lives are in danger.

- My life is in danger.

- And my life?

You swim!

You are a foolish man, Bosun.

Doing this to all of

us, for some stranger.

For someone who has never shared

a piece of bread with you.

He hit me in the head,

ran,

I lost him.

We lost him, Bosun.

You found him, you hid him, you

took food to him, but we lost him.

We split and search.

If we find him...

What do we do?

What do we do with him, Bosun?

What happened?

Bernardo!

You ok, bosun?

You know what happened here?

Bosun,

captain wants you.

Yes.

We have problem.

Somebody on ship.

A sailor see something today.

On deck.

New man.

Man disappeared.

Sailor don't know where.

Sailor came to officer

and report it.

We take care of this problem.

You, me

and your assistant,

the singer.

You take the containers.

Nobody comes out!

Bosun!

Rope!

Do something!

Fucking do something!

Down!

Put that down.

Put down.

The Taiwanese?

Taiwanese?

Filipino, no?

Filipino?

Your friend tried to kill me.

Your friend is not a good man.

This ship,

Canada, when?

Today.

We wait here.

Like friends, no?

Joel, Joel, Joel...

You don't know, Joel?

Friend is friend forever.

Never leave.

You always help.

You are not my friend.

But I am man, no?

A person.

Pray for friend.

Pray all the time,

you say that, no?

When I was friend with you.

So pray now.

Pray for Filipino amigo.

A hero has his purpose,

A devil has his purpose.

Between these

hangs my unpurpose.

So vast is my unpurpose!

So pure is its cause!

Between

me and my unpurpose,

Blooms

God decisive without laws.

You will die here too.

Me, no.

I will not die here.

Today I arrive.

I go down and get out of here.

First thing.

I eat something.

Meat, a hamburger, something.

I'll drink something.

Something strong, real strong,

whiskey or whatever they have there.

Then, I call back home.

I talk with everybody.

My woman,

mom,

dad.

I tell them that I'm alright.

That I made it.

And then what do I do?

I look for a place to live,

a job.

I make some money.

But I, for one,

will not die here.

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