Girlfriend's Day Page #2

Synopsis: In a city where greeting card writers are celebrated like movie stars, Romance writer Ray used to be the king. In trying to recapture the feelings that once made him the greatest, he gets entangled in a web of murder and deceit as writers vie to create the perfect card for a new holiday: Girlfriend's Day.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Production: Netflix
 
IMDB:
5.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
TV-MA
Year:
2017
65 min
151 Views


They don't heal so fast.

I can't ply my trade.

And you can't write

with the other fingers?

You're gonna have to figure out

a way to pay me.

So?

You want me to blow you?

Hey, watch what you're saying.

There's children present.

I have to watch him for my damn sister

while she goes to school

to learn how to clean teeth,

and it's against the law

for me to take him to the track.

And I can't push him off the roof.

You're in a real pickle.

- Well, how about that.

- What?

I thought he'd be afraid of you.

Come here, 'Jito.

I want you to meet Uncle Ray.

[distant motorbike revs]

[child laughs]

[woman sobs]

Why is that woman crying?

Who can say?

Probably a love thing.

Do you love anybody?

Maybe.

You?

I love trucks.

Consider yourself lucky.

Trucks never leave you.

But they break down all the time.

That's what my uncle says.

Except he says they break down

all the damn time.

I suppose so.

[song playing on jukebox]

Hello, Nellies.

What's the scoop?

Nothin'.

[Warez]

Styvesan's looking for you.

[Cathy]

Told him you'd be here tonight.

How'd you know?

'Cause you're an alcoholic.

Okay.

Hey, Styvesan, how's tricks?

The same. Look, I got a business

proposition for you.

- You been writing?

- Yeah.

What have you been working on?

Notes mostly, you know.

Uh...

some thank-yous, "I'm sorries."

I'm... I'm branching out.

That's great. Listen, I got

a little side project going.

Off the books. Romance-oriented.

Interested?

Maybe.

Yeah.

Yeah, sure. Please.

I need you to write a card.

A romance card, a great one.

Like the ones you used to write.

And instead of using words

like "my love" or "my wife,"

I need you to use the word...

"girlfriend."

Listen, I... I can't promise

anything, you know.

There's good money here for you.

[sighs]

Here's an advance.

I'll pay you triple freelance rate.

Listen, I...

I know I said a lot of

nasty things about you.

I just want you to know

I was just being

really, really honest and...

Yeah.

Thanks.

Hey, I might need to get

into the office,

get some of my

old notes and such, okay?

Sure. After hours.

Make sure you use the back door,

the one with the broken lock.

- Ray.

- Yeah.

- This is hush-hush.

- Yeah.

So put the f***in' money away.

[soft chuckle]

[distant helicopter flies near]

[police siren wails]

[distant woman argues]

[car horns and alarms blaring]

[dogs barking]

You know, if you had it,

then you can get it back.

And I believe that.

Do you remember the first card

you ever wrote?

Eight years old.

It had macaroni on it.

Glued on the front.

Was it for your mom, or...?

Mother's Day.

Did it at school.

It had a heart on it, and, uh...

crayon color.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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