1 Buck

Synopsis: Shifting from one pocket to another, from one man's drama to another, a lowly dollar bill, 'one buck' takes us on an odyssey through the heart of a forgotten town in Louisiana.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Fabien Dufils
Production: Gravitas Ventures
  28 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
TV-MA
Year:
2017
90 min
Website
154 Views


1

(ominous music)

(frog croaking)

(wood creaking)

(dramatic music)

(water bubbling)

- Jesus.

- Yeah.

Swamp will eat a body up.

When we found her,

we advised dispatch

and we took a few

pictures before we left.

- Good.

I gotta get closer.

(metal clinking)

Oh, sh*t.

Get a dive team in here.

Get a list with all

females gone missing

since this sh*t started.

(somber music)

All right, I'm done.

- Detective.

Detective?

Detective, is there

any information

you could share with

us at this time?

- No.

All right, you

guys can go ahead.

- Detective, isn't this the

second body in the bayou

in the last two months?

Do you have any

leads at this time?

- Back off, please.

This is a crime scene.

- Headquarters, we're gonna need

a dive team at our location.

Copy that?

(police radio mumbling)

- Captain Lopez, is

there any information

that you could share with us?

- The body of woman

has been found

and removed from the water.

(muffled police radio message)

(sniffing)

- [Female Journalist] Should

our citizens be concerned

at this time?

Do we need a neighborhood

watch, a curfew,

or should the FBI be involved?

- We are doing our job.

- As you've just heard,

a female body has been

found in Black Bayou.

We will give you more

updates on this scene

as soon as it arrives.

I'm Kelly with Channel 6.

(sighing)

- [Woman's Voiceover]

I love you, Harry.

There's gonna be

three of us now.

(ominous music)

- [Radio Dispatch]

Headquarters to 207.

Be on route to River and Garden

in reference to a

possible homicide.

207, caller states that he's

out with an unresponsive

white female with an

apparent gunshot wound.

- [Woman's Voiceover] I've got

an important question for you.

- [Man's Voiceover]

Oh, I'm so happy.

- [Radio Dispatch] 207,

the female is going to be

in her mid-30's.

201, 203, 212 be

on route with 207.

(dramatic music)

- [Man's Voiceover] Oh my god.

- [Woman's Voiceover]

You're gonna be a daddy.

- [Man's Voiceover]

I'm gonna be a daddy.

- [Woman's Voiceover]

You're gonna be a great dad.

- [Man's Voiceover]

I'm gonna be...

(woman laughing)

I love you.

- [Radio Dispatch]

Harry, don't go over there.

You don't want to see this.

Harry!

Stop!

It's Allison.

(dramatic music)

Allison.

Allison.

(somber radio music)

- Thank you.

(bell ringing)

Hey.

- [Cashier] Hey, honey.

- How you doing, dad?

- [Dad] Good, what a surprise.

- I'm gonna get some stuff

in the back. I'll be back.

- Sure, help yourself.

And I hear your voice

Echoing through the night

You need any help?

- No, I'm good.

- I miss you.

I wanna see you more.

- Marry me.

Go ahead.

I'm not in a rush.

- How you doing, Christian?

- [Christian] Good,

Jake. How are you?

- Doing good, thanks.

- [Christian] That'll be $4.50.

So how's things at work?

- Thinks are good.

- [Christian]

How's my boy doing?

- He's doing good.

- [Christian] Is he?

Be careful.

You good?

- I'm good. Have a good evening.

- [Christian] All right.

- Thank you, ma'am.

- Hey, dad.

- I haven't seen you in awhile.

- Yeah, I just been, you know, going

from work to home. And, you know...

- Busy.

- Yeah.

- Met anybody?

- No.

Been downtown a lot.

- Lucian's okay?

- He's good.

He's really good.

(phone ringing)

- Answer your phone.

Answer your phone.

- All right, what'd

you do this time?

- Nothing.

- Hey!

Good to see you.

- Pop?

- What's up with you?

Haven't seen you for weeks

and you show up

looking like this?

- Thanks, Pop.

(somber radio music)

- All right, you GUYS-

That's enough of that.

Dad, I love you, okay?

- Love you too, sweetie.

- Bye.

Let's go.

- Why don't you

help him clean up?

- All right, Dad.

- Good to see you, Pop.

- Yeah, son, good

to see you too.

(foreboding music)

(muffled police radio)

- [Boy] Mom, I need five

dollars for tomorrow.

- Five dollars.

- Mom?

Did God invent money?

- [Mother] No, sweetie.

- So why does it say,

"In God we trust"

on the dollar bill?

- Sweetie, God has

nothing to do with money.

(somber music)

- Here.

Check it out.

- Cool.

- Keep it.

For a good luck charm.

- What do I need a

good luck charm for?

- To protect you.

- All right.

Gotta go.

Bad guys to catch, man.

See you around, man?

- Mhmm.

Bye.

. HEY-

Make sure you call

dad later, okay?

He needs to hear from you often.

I'll walk you out.

Stay put, Luce.

(somber music)

Hey, wait.

Are you okay?

- What?

- You don't look so good.

- Thanks.

I got stress at work.

I'm fine.

- Any news on the case?

I know it's hard.

I miss 'em too.

(dog barking)

- I gotta go to work, all right?

. Okay-

- Thanks for dinner.

- At least change your

clothes sometimes.

- I love you too, sis.

- [Radio Dispatch]

Headquarters to 601.

Headquarters to 601.

- This is 601. Go ahead.

- [Radio Dispatch] 601, be en

route to 1618 Market Street,

Coyote's Bar and Grill,

in reference to

an investigation.

(somber music)

Contact your callers,

a white female and a black

female in front of the bar.

Callers state that they are

going to have information

regarding the homicide

of Debbie Teague.

- You better be here

looking for Debbie.

- You don't look a kind of cop

to give us working

girls a hard time.

- Fair enough.

Let me make it up to you.

You girls work on

commission, right?

- That's right.

- I'll get us some

drinks, anything you want.

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