- 12 years ago
22min | Short, Drama | 14 April 2004 (USA)
When Michelle, a successful businesswoman, gives a homeless man five dollars, she discovers he is Simon, the boyfriend who abandoned her nearly ten years before. Past and present collide over one night as the two are reacquainted.
Director: Ben Epstein
Writer: Ben Epstein
Stars: Tricia Paoluccio, P.J. Sosko, Michael J. Reilly
When Michelle, a successful businesswoman, gives a homeless man five dollars, she discovers he is Simon, the boyfriend who abandoned her nearly ten years before. Past and present collide over one night as the two are reacquainted.
Director: Ben Epstein
Writer: Ben Epstein
Stars: Tricia Paoluccio, P.J. Sosko, Michael J. Reilly
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02:53Look at you, lady in red.
02:56You know, we're on the campfires that VPs are going to give you promotion more if you pull this thing off
03:02I'm just saying.
03:23Michelle?
03:24Simon?
03:25Shelly?
03:26Shelly, oh my God, look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you!
03:50It's been what?
03:51Eight years?
03:52Eight years.
03:53Oh, what happened to your purple hair?
03:57God, Simon.
04:00Simon!
04:02What happened?
04:05I mean, how are you?
04:08Well, right now, it's crazy.
04:09I got a lot of projects that I'm working on.
04:11I got some group activity stuff, and I'm collaborating with these kids down in Astor
04:15Place on their zine.
04:16Very cool.
04:17All in all, can't complain.
04:20Wow.
04:21Are you hungry?
04:24I mean, I'm hungry.
04:28Do you want to go get something to eat?
04:31Dinner now, dinner now, dinner now, dinner now.
04:35Well, yeah, I got something going on later, but I think I can fit you in.
04:41Dinner with Shelly.
04:46Well, what about the beef casserole?
04:48That's real healthy.
04:49I don't eat meat.
04:50We got a bean stew?
04:51Yeah, well, that would give me gas.
04:52Okay, sugar.
04:53How about a veggie burger with cheddar cheese, toasted bun, extra lettuce, no tomato?
04:59Onion rings?
05:00Fries?
05:01Onion rings.
05:07So, Simon, I heard, well, obviously you didn't tell me, but I heard that you were working.
05:14I kind of stopped showing up to work, and they kind of stopped paying me, and I kind
05:17of didn't mind it.
05:19So you were fired?
05:20No, I didn't say that.
05:21I said I kind of stopped...
05:22Then what?
05:23Do you want a cigarette?
05:25No, I'm fine.
05:26I quit.
05:27Well, you seem really stressed out.
05:29You always do this.
05:30Do what?
05:31We're talking about you, and somehow you found a way to just turn it around and make
05:33it about me.
05:34Well, no, I'm just living over here, and I'm noticing that you still have a hang-up about...
05:37You just did it again.
05:38Did what?
05:39Simon, we're...
05:40Yes, I did it again.
05:41You hated when I interrupted you.
05:42Okay.
05:43I...
05:44No, you did.
05:45This is not about...
05:46Hey, let's cruise it.
05:47Simon...
05:48Stop it.
05:49Just...
05:55Gotcha.
05:58Simon, not in the hallway.
06:00Someone will hear you.
06:01No, no, no.
06:02Check it.
06:03I'm in really good shape.
06:04That's 523...
06:05Oh, stop.
06:06Wait.
06:071,234.
06:08Hey, Scott.
06:09Hi, Scott.
06:10Are you okay?
06:11I mean...
06:12You know what, Scott?
06:13Don't worry about it.
06:14What?
06:19All of them put it in the PowerPoint.
06:21Just the bathrooms down the hall.
06:23I'll just be a second.
06:27The numbers you read today, not yesterday.
06:29Today.
06:31Hey, baby.
06:48Is that you?
06:49I still have my keys, so I thought I'd come by...
06:53Who are you?
06:54Special delivery.
06:56Listen, I don't want any trouble.
06:58There are no drugs.
06:59No prescription pills.
07:00There's nothing here that you want.
07:03You got any toothpaste?
07:07Oh, my God.
07:09Brett, what are you doing here?
07:12You broke up a week and you're already bringing in guys who look homeless?
07:15No, no, no.
07:16I am homeless.
07:19There are reasons.
07:20No, what are they?
07:21I don't want to have this conversation with you right now.
07:22Yeah, well, I want to have this conversation.
07:24Hey, guys.
07:26Do you need some alone time?
07:29Oh, I know what this is.
07:31Okay, okay.
07:34Twenty bucks, is that going to be enough for you?
07:36Good.
07:37The charity case is over.
07:38Let's go.
07:39Brett, this is Simon.
07:48Simon?
07:50College Simon?
07:52First love Simon?
07:55Pedestal Simon?
07:57Pedestal Simon?
07:58Hey, don't you need to wash up?
08:00All right.
08:03Wait.
08:04You didn't say pedestal.
08:07I'm going to go now.
08:09Brett, you were supposed to call.
08:10I know.
08:11I'm sorry.
08:12I'm sorry.
08:13I wanted to surprise you.
08:21Brett, there is no way.
08:23You ended we.
08:25You messed it up before.
08:26It was a bad call on my part.
08:28Bonehead move.
08:31Work all!
08:44I think we make a pretty good team.
08:47Brett, I...
08:48I...
08:56Michelle, do you have another razor?
08:58This one's got leg hair on it.
09:02Oh, God.
09:06Maybe it wasn't leg hair.
09:19I bet she's having a cigarette right now.
09:22She quit.
09:28Hey, Brett.
09:30Does she still do the little thing with her leg
09:32where she pulls the...
09:36Oh, boy.
09:48What are you doing?
09:49Shut up, sweetheart.
09:50You should hear what he says about you.
09:52When did you start smoking?
09:53It's like frigging 93, dude.
09:55Now, get off.
09:56Okay, that's it.
09:58Get back.
09:59This is ridiculous.
10:00No.
10:01I'm getting out of here right now.
10:02I'm not going anywhere.
10:03Simon, get dressed.
10:04Yeah, get dressed.
10:05Get out of her room.
10:07No problem.
10:08Get dressed and leave.
10:11By the way, Michelle,
10:13you've been painting again.
10:16Digging it.
10:18Yeah.
10:29I'm going to come out of this place,
10:32this very safe place,
10:35ready to interact with the world.
10:41And...
10:43open your eyes.
10:46All right, everyone.
10:47Angie, you're first.
10:48How was your day today?
10:49I want some rat.
10:52Dinner break later.
10:54Teddy, how are you feeling today?
10:55Well, like I said, I got a rash.
10:57Yes, you do.
10:58And how is that making you feel?
11:00Not itchy.
11:03Oh, no, no, Teddy.
11:05No, no, no.
11:06Hey, so when did you realize
11:08this guy was a deadbeat and take off?
11:11Um, well, actually, he left me.
11:14Oh!
11:16Simon!
11:17Oh, Simon!
11:18She can't hang.
11:20That's why you left her.
11:21She can't hang.
11:22Hey, you want to hang?
11:23Hey, girl, you want to hang with a real man?
11:25Hey, girl, if you want to hang with a real man,
11:27let's eat some of this rat.
11:28Girl, I'll show you the world.
11:29I'll have you floating across the ground.
11:31Like, like, like pearls in the wind.
11:33If you go black, you can't go back.
11:35Just take the rat, girl.
11:36Let's eat some of this rat.
11:37Let's eat the rat, girl.
11:38Let's eat this rat.
11:39Let's eat this rat.
11:40I'll show you what a man looks like.
11:45Hey, you never should have let that one go.
11:55Mm-mm-mm.
11:57Gotta love that McDonald's McRat, huh?
12:01That wasn't rat?
12:02Well, you'd have to ask Ronald, but...
12:04Ow!
12:05No.
12:06Ah!
12:07Come on, I had to see if you still had it in you.
12:09Oh.
12:11Hey, Scott.
12:13Hey, Scott.
12:14Mom.
12:15Uh, what, is everything okay?
12:18Um, I can't really talk right now.
12:20Um...
12:21Grace!
12:22I'm with Simon.
12:24Yes, Simon from college, Simon.
12:26Simon from college!
12:32Hi, Grace.
12:34How you doing?
12:36Oh, fine.
12:37Busy.
12:38Lots going on.
12:40My folks.
12:41Uh...
12:42No, I haven't seen them in a while.
12:46Oh, that's so sweet of you to say, Grace.
12:49Well, you have a good night, too.
12:56All right, so...
12:57I understand the whole...
12:59badass businesswoman, corporate machine,
13:01laid-in-red thing you got going on?
13:03No, this isn't really me.
13:04It's not?
13:05No, I'm actually an international spy.
13:07Right.
13:08Right.
13:09But what I don't get is...
13:11what's up with the whole Brett thing?
13:14Well, he had a briefcase.
13:17Okay.
13:19Well, that's it for me.
13:20No briefcase.
13:21Might as well end it all right here.
13:23Yep, that's it.
13:24Stop it! Stop, stop, stop, stop!
13:25The world is over.
13:26Where's the...
13:27Simon.
13:28Come on.
13:29Okay, okay.
13:34My turn.
13:35No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
13:37No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
13:40One minute.
14:08One minute.
14:09One minute.
14:36Don't you feel liberated?
14:40Hey, no!
14:41No!
14:42No!
14:43Wait!
14:48I needed that.
14:50I needed my phone.
14:53Getting in the way of our reconnection.
14:56Reconnection.
14:59What is that, some kind of buzzword?
15:02Let's reconnect to Columbia graduation eight years ago.
15:06My whole family was there.
15:08We were supposed to tell my parents we were moving in together.
15:11But you didn't show up to the ceremony.
15:14Or family dinner.
15:17And then I realized you weren't going to show up to anything else ever again.
15:21Because school was out, and I was going to dye my hair back to its natural color
15:25and get a job that didn't require body piercing.
15:27And it was just easier for you to cut me off.
15:31Because you're afraid to move forward.
15:34You're afraid to grow up.
15:36Now here you are, eight years later, and you've rationalized your life
15:39into some kind of noble sociological experiment.
15:43You had a Columbia psychology degree.
15:46And you're just a bum.
15:52You're a bum.
15:58Thanks for the honesty, Michelle.
16:02It always made me want to see you.
16:05It always made me want to stick around.
16:12I have to go home.
16:16No, Michelle, I didn't get a chance to tell you.
16:18See, I'm working on a travel guide for the streets.
16:22Because there's so much stuff that only I know.
16:25From around the city, places to squat.
16:27There's this deli on 76th Street where they always leave the most amazing strawberries.
16:31I even know where you can get money.
16:33Well, not everybody gives money, but it happens.
16:35And I saw you give money out last month.
16:40You've been following me?
16:43It's just full of surprises, isn't it?
16:46There's so much to do, but sometimes it's hard to stay focused.
16:49Because you'll have a bad day, and then another.
16:53And those fears set in.
16:56Regrets.
16:57Those days, they just seem to stretch out.
17:01But you're still you.
17:04After all that.
17:06Deep inside.
17:09You're still Shelly.
17:14Look.
17:16Underneath that dock, they keep boats under there.
17:19We could take a boat ride.
17:21Oh, we should do that.
17:22That would be great.
17:23Promise me.
17:24That would be great.
17:25Promise me.
17:27We'll do that.
17:31I promise, Simon.
17:34Okay.
17:46I think we should give Scott a call.
17:49Maybe tomorrow could be our day off.
17:52And then we could take a boat ride.
17:55The city looks beautiful from the boats.
18:52Where the hell is she?
18:53I call... I did call her.
18:55Should I call her again?
18:56Hey, hey, hey.
18:57What the hell happened to you?
18:58I slept on the street.
18:59PowerPoint ready to go?
19:00They have been waiting for 19 minutes.
19:02I kept trying your cell phone.
19:03Yeah, I lost it.
19:04Here.
19:05Take this and hide it, would you?
19:09Hello.
19:10I'm Michelle.
19:11Sorry to look like Frankenstein's bride, but I was mugged on the way to work.
19:15Are you all right?
19:16I'm fine.
19:17Let's start the meeting.
19:19Are you all right?
19:20I'm fine.
19:21Let's start the meeting.
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