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Synopsis: An adventure of the soul. JOSEPH is a young, painfully shy writer in the waterlands of South Carolina. After robbing a rural juke joint with two lower-class buddies and joy-riding up the coast to Myrtle Beach, his journey becomes a quest for strength and courage.
Year:
2016
91 min
27 Views


A GODDAMN JOB.

YOU STARTIN' TO AMOUN TO JACK SH*T, YOU KNOW THAT?

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU ALWAYS

GIVE ME SUCH A HARD TIME.

YOU DON'T KNOW

WHAT A HARD TIME IS.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

HOW IS YOUR MOM DOING?

- SHE'S OKAY.

- GOOD.

DO YOU WANT SOME OF THIS?

YEAH, SURE.

SO, ARE YOU STILL

THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL?

WHO SAID I WAS:

THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL?

CHARLIE.

YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW?

YOU'D DO WELL.

TOOK MY DADDY:

FOR GRANTED:

YOU KNOW I PLAYED HIM

FOR A FOOL:

FOUND OUT LATER:

THAT I LOVE HIM SO

AFTER BREAKING LOVE'S

GOLDEN RULE:

I MAY BE WRONG,

BUT WE CAN GET ALONG

AND I'M GOING BACK

WHERE I BELONG:

YOU KNOW I'M GOING BACK

WHERE I BELONG:

I SAID I'M GOING BACK

MMM, I'M GOING BACK

WHERE I BELONG:

I WAS ALONE,

BUT I WOULD ON OCCASION

TAKE COMPANY IN OTHER FOLKS.

NOT THROUGH EASY CONVERSATION

OR EYE CONTACT.

INSTEAD, I'D MAKE UP

STORIES ABOUT THEM,

WHERE THEY CAME FROM,

BASED ON A SIDEWAYS GLANCE...

OR THAT NIGHT,

A LITTLE MORE.

HOW'S IT GOING?

ALL RIGHT.

YOU FROM AROUND HERE?

YEAH.

YOU?

NOT FAR.

YOUR DADDY A PREACHER?

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU GOT THE HEAD

OF A PREACHER.

THEY WAY IT CURVES WIDE.

HMM.

THE HOLY SPIRIT...

IT LEFT ITS MARK ON YOU.

THE EYE OF GOD...

THERE.

YOU USE THAT SIGHT,

YOU'LL FIND YOUR WAY.

BEST GET TO IT.

I SAW SOMETHING THERE...

A LIGHT.

AN IDEA THAT WOULD LATER

LIVE AND BREATHE...

FORMING LIKE THE CRES OF A BREAKING WAVE.

A REFLECTION:

OF WHAT FLOATS INSIDE.

- FINALLY.

- HMM.

[CHUCKLING]

[COUGHING]

- EASY THERE, TIGER.

- MMM-MMM.

WE GOTTA GET READY SOON.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

PAY ATTENTION...

AND WE'LL GET PAID.

IT'S SUMMERTIME

[HOWARD] YOU KNOW MY

COUSIN DOWN IN OCRACOKE.

YEAH, HE'S LOUSY

WHEN IT COMES TO DRINKING,

BUT HE SNIFFS OU THE HOT SPOTS.

I'M THE KIND

THAT MOVES ON:

YOUR DADDY'S RICH

[HOWARD] TOLD ME ABOU A LITTLE JUKE JOIN AROUND THE ISLAND

HE'D BEEN FREQUENTING,

AND WHAT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT WHEN

THEY WAS ALL DRUNK AS HELL.

AND SOME SERIOUS SMOOTHNESS

SHOWED UP WITH A PLAN.

THEN YOU'LL

SPREAD YOUR WINGS

AND YOU'LL TAKE

TO THE SKY:

BUT TILL THAT MORNING

THERE AIN'T NOTHIN'

GONNA HARM YOU:

YOU GOT YOUR DADDY

AND MOMMY STANDIN' BY

TAX TIME, BABY!

LET'S GO!

[HOWARD] THESE THREE DUDES

COME IN WITH SHOTGUNS

HOLDING THE PLACE UP.

ONE TOOK ON A CASH BOX,

GETTIN' IT ALL EMPTIED OUT.

THE OTHER TWO WATCHED

THE CROWD MAKING SURE

SOME HILLBILLY:

DON'T PLAY VIGILANTE.

ANYTHING COME UP,

THEY ALL GET THE HELL OUT.

AND BY THE TIME ANYONE

WAS SOBER ENOUGH

TO REALIZE WHAT THE HELL

WAS HAPPENING,

THEY WAS LONG GONE.

TURNS OUT THEY'VE BEEN HITTING

JOINTS ALL OVER THE COAST,

STEALING DRUNK FOLKS' MONEY

WHILE THEY WAS TOO DRUNK

TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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