They Page #2

Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun 'They' and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty...
 
IMDB:
5.6
Year:
2017
80 min
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[J] Aunt Annie

was sleeping in it.

[calm instrumental music]

[J] Mom and Dad

were talking about this.

[Lauren] What?

[J] That you were

at this residency last month.

[Lauren] Oh, no. These are from that

Marfa residency I did last year.

What did Mom and Dad tell you?

[J] That you live in

random places and

travel a lot.

[Lauren] Well, that's

their definition of my work.

They think art's

frivolous and fun.

But I have to go to these

residencies for my projects,

and they just end up

being all over the place.

[J] But, I thought you worked

as an actor for the clinic.

[Lauren] Sort of.

That's my day job.

[Skype ring tone]

[Lauren] Oh. It's Mom.

She wants to talk to you.

[Mom] Hello?

Hey, J...

[J] I can't hear you.

[Lauren] Oh. Hi, Mom.

[Lauren] The picture's horrible.

Can you see me?

Can anyone see me?

[Lauren] Yeah, better now.

Can you hear me?

[Lauren] Yeah, a little better.

Sorry. I'm up here

in the attic,

and the reception's

really terrible.

[Lauren] Why are you up there?

Why don't you go downstairs?

No. Annie's sleeping.

She's sleeping up here.

And I came to check on her, and

everybody else is downstairs.

How are things? How are you?

[Lauren] We're fine.

We're making dinner now.

It's nice to be home.

Oh. I wanted to tell you that

I got a phone call

from Dr. Garofalo.

- [Lauren] Garofalo?

- The tests we have to go over...

[J] My doctor.

- Right away on Monday...

- [Lauren] I really can't hear.

Appointment. And so, we're gonna

have to... we changed our reservation.

[inaudible]

[Lauren] I can't

hear you. Monday?

Typical. Always changing plans.

[Araz] Uh, this is ready

when you are.

[Lauren] Let's eat.

I'll call her later.

[Araz] When did they arrive?

[Lauren] Couple hours ago.

- [Araz] Can I take this?

- [Lauren] Yeah.

Have you ever been there?

- [Lauren] Where?

- Poland?

[Lauren] Yeah.

We went to visit my uncle.

You liked it?

[Lauren] Yeah. It was beautiful.

[J] I think it was gloomy.

Ah, you went together.

[J] Not together. I went a couple

years ago. She wasn't with us.

The city's fun, but we

also didn't go out much.

We mostly stayed

at my uncle's house,

where all these guests

were arriving all the time.

The only fun part

was my cousin Jeff.

Have you seen him?

[Lauren] Yeah, but he was

just a baby when I was there.

[J] Oh! He's such

a cool kid, now.

He did this thing with all the guests.

He didn't let them make any small talk...

So he just made

everybody be quiet?

No, no. We were all

sitting around the table.

So, instead of

everyone chatting,

each person asks a question to

whoever was sitting next to them.

Like personal questions?

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