Ashes

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Is anybody there?

Hello?

Hey. What are you doing in here?

Sorry, I'm looking for someone.

Used to live here.

This is private property.

So, come on. Out you go.

You couldn't do me a favor,

could you?

Please,

I've been searching for months.

His name is Frank Barron.

It's important.

Let's have a look.

Watch yourself on that glass.

Oh, yeah.

Took him off to Fairview.

Had to call the police.

He put up a hell of a fight.

- Fairview? What's that?

- Hospital.

Pass it on the way into town.

What do you want with him?

He's my dad.

- Hello?

- Hi, it's me. Did I wake you?

- What time is it?

- I found him!

- Are you serious?

- Yeah.

- I'm going to see him tomorrow.

- Oh my God.

I know.

Soon everything's

going to be all right.

I'll be back soon.

All right, bye.

Frank?

You have arrived

at our destination.

You have arrived to...

Yeah, I'm here to see Dr. Burrows.

Fairview is a secure unit

for patients

with severe mental difficulties.

including Alzheimer's,

what we think your father has.

He was sectioned

under the Mental Health Act

Various acts of aggression

have been reported,

which is why he was brought to us

for assessment.

- How bad is he?

- He may remember you.

But his memory comes and goes;

I don't want to raise your hopes.

Most of the time

he's in his own world,

when you leas expect it,

he sparks back into life.

But the disease

makes him paranoid

and prone to hallucinations.

I understand how hard that can be.

"Frank Barron".

We've only ever know him

as Frank, of course.

He's not the first to arrive here

without I.D.

Somehow people

slip below the radar.

It's not uncommon, sadly.

I'm surprised

you managed to find us.

Yes, it wasn't easy.

I've looked for him for months.

We weren't close.

I knew he grew up around here...

What sort of person was he?

You're talking about him

like he's dead.

I'm sorry.

This must be very hard, but...

our Frank, the one

we've been looking after,

he's not the person you knew.

You must understand

that it's no Frank,

it's the disease.

It can be easier to think of him

as a different person.

A stranger even.

Maybe you should see for yourself.

Frank, for goodness sake.

I can't hear myself think!

That's better, isn't it?

Bit of light

makes all the difference.

I wish I was dead.

- What's that?

- I wish I was dead.

Come on, Frank.

You've got a special visitor.

Can you see who it is, Frank?

Your son has to come to visit you.

It's James.

- My Jamie.

- That's right. Yeah.

I'll leave you to yourselves.

I'm just outside if you need me.

Right. Thank you, thanks.

How you doing? You okay?

Everything all right?

- Where am I?

- Hospital.

- Accident?

- Not exactly.

- Where's my fags?

- Fags? I don't know.

Look, dad,

you might have a look at this?

- Can you remember anyone?

- Cathy.

- Cathy. That's right.

- My wife.

- Yea, you're right. Mum.

- Mummy. Your mummy.

Right. Well done.

You want your tape player?

Okay, I'll get you some music.

Here we go. I'll put it on.

It's all right, its off. It's off.

Hey! Stop!

Stop! Stop it!

Frank!

Frank!

Frank. Frank!

Frank, it's okay.

It's okay.

Jesus.

- I thought it went well.

- I'm so sorry.

It's the medication.

They've switched it

so many times,

I don't know who

the real Frank is.

Look, I tried my best.

What do you want me to do?

Bust him out?

I don't know what to say.

He's sick.

Yeah, really sick.

What I'm saying, it's like...

Alzheimer's or something.

- Morning.

- All right.

Sorry, they're not gonna let me

bring him back.

They just won't.

Don't be like that. I did.

Because I can't!

I'll see what I can do, all right?

Yeah, I will figure something.

We'll give you a cup of tea.

Don't be afraid.

I don't want tea!

I'm not a criminal!

I know. It's all right.

Let's go back inside.

He's been much better

since lunch.

Hello, darling. It's me, Susie.

- Yes?

- There's someone here to see you.

It's your son, Jamie.

Hi, Dad.

Now, are you going to say

sorry to James, Frank?

- You really hurt him.

- It's just a scratch.

All right, dad..

- All right.

- I could never hurt you, Jamie.

- This place isn't safe.

- Of course it is.

- They're killing me.

- Don't be a daft, dad.

Don't be daft.

Let go, Dad, come on.

Let go.

- They're killing me.

- It's all right..

- You want some tea?

- I'm no dumb.

No, no.

I'm no f***ing dumb.

- Let's get a cup of tea.

- I'm watching you.

All right.

- Time for his medication.

- Don't want them.

Frank, hold on one moment.

You okay?

Frank, wait, wait.

Just hold on a moment.

Make sure he takes them all.

- He's no good without them.

- All right.

Yeah, push it.

Go on. Here you go.

Come on.

That's all right. Come on.

There you go.

Come on, Frank, good man.

No, no! What are you doing?

You can't do that!

Not in the sink.

Not in the sink.

- Come on, dad.

- I'm not ill.

- They'll make you feel better.

- No.

All right, fine.

Fine.

I'll tell you what I got.

It's good.

Do you want some?

I'll tell you what:

I'll do you a deal.

You take one of these...

and you can wash it down

with some of that.

Open your mouth.

That's it!

That's it.

Yeah.

All right, Dad.

All right, that's enough.

That's enough.

Bosh. Down the hatch.

All right.

What's this mean?

Dad, can you remember?

- All coppers are bastards.

- All bastards, exactly.

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