Wonderful World Page #3

Synopsis: Ben is a failed children's folk singer and less-than-extraordinary weekend dad. Deeply cynical, Ben's sole pleasure in life is derived from chess games with his Senegalese roommate Ibou. When Ibou is suddenly struck ill and an insensitive municipal employee exacerbates the emergency situation, Ben's pessimistic world view seems unequivocally confirmed. But when Ibou's sister Khadi takes his place in their apartment, what starts as an awkward living arrangement becomes something more, and Ben finds that cynicism may be all a matter of perspective.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Joshua Goldin
Production: Magnolia Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
48
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
R
Year:
2009
89 min
Website
102 Views


Not you, man.

He's like, "who, me?

What? What did I do?"

Not you, man. I'm talking

about Charlie Brown over here.

Yeah, you.

How you doin'?

- I'm good. - Your hemorrhoids

flaring up or something?

You need to watch the show

from the back of the room.

You can stand up back there.

You can watch the show from there.

Can we go on with the show?

Thank you very much.

- All in.

- You're bluffing.

- Call me.

- I'm in.

Flush.

Okay, fine.

You know, give Ben some chips.

Come on. Lucas? Thank you.

And then run--

Over there, yeah.

- Okay.

- And then you gotta get that one.

Good. Yes. Yes!

Good rally.

And it's back on the table--

Good.

Careful. Don't go in the street.

Ibu?

Where's the weed?

Ben.

Ibu!

- What's wrong? Hey.

- I'm okay.

- Hey, what happened?

- It's nothing.

- Nothing, I am fine.

- What? Did your sugar spike?

I inject already.

- You in-- inject?

- Yeah.

I have speaking engagement

at "good morning, America."

- Ibu, come on. Hospital.

- No.

- I speak on game theory.

- Okay.

- I have to go to "good morning, America."

- This way.

- We go now, yeah?

- Yeah, we go now.

- Okay, come on.

- Speak on game theory.

Wait a minute! Sir, I need that.

Wait, stay here. Stay here.

It's okay. Stay here.

Wait, sir.

I have a medical emergency.

Your vehicle is property

of the city, bro.

My friend is diabetic.

He needs to get to a doctor.

Sir? Sir, I think he's in shock!

You should have thought about

that before you parked, right?

Wait!

Wait!

Wait, Ibu.

Ibu, wait wait wait.

I have to--

Come over here.

Come over here and sit down

and wait here, okay?

I have to call.

Stay here, stay here.

Just stay, okay?

Don't move.

Sh*t.

9-1-1. What is your emergency?

Your friend's blood sugar

spiked precipitously,

probably while he slept.

He must've woken up and

injected himself with insulin.

Is he gonna be all right?

Mr. N'Diyae has gone

into a diabetic coma.

He could come out

of it tomorrow

Or it could be months,

even years.

Does Mr. N'Diyae have family?

Do the doctors think

he'll get better?

They don't know.

Can I see him?

You don't want

to watch the game?

He looks like he's dreaming.

Maybe he's dreaming

he's back in Senegal.

No, there's no R.E.M.

He's a meat puppet.

You took her to see

a coma patient?

Jesus Christ, Ben,

what were you thinking?

I wasn't thinking anything.

Well, I'm sorry.

I know that you two were close.

What do you tell her...

When she asks about things?

What things?

I don't know-- us,

our differences.

You mean like

"who left who and why?"

Well, I lie, Ben.

For God's sakes,

I lie.

Are you happy here

in this house with the gas light?

You know, sometimes I look

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