Carla's Song Page #4

Synopsis: 1987, love in time of war. A bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened to them and to help her face her past. Once home, Carla's nightmarish memories take over, and Carla and George are thrown into the thick of the US war against the Sandinistas. A mystery develops over where Carla's boyfriend is, and the key to his whereabouts may be Carla's friend Bradley, a bitter American aid worker. She finds her family, the Contras attack, and she and the Scot face their choices.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Ken Loach
Production: Shadow Distribution
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
Year:
1996
127 min
179 Views


Open this door!

Where are you going?

- Let's just go for a wee run.

- Open this door!

Get this door open! My money's in

that taxi! Open this door up!

- We'll try and find him for you.

- Are you off your head?

My money's in that f***in' taxi!

Calm down.

Calm down.

Sh*t.

My money's in that taxi!

- Right, stop this bus right now!

- I'm taking you on a wee tour.

Open this door!

I want off this bus right now.

- A magical mystery tour.

- Open this f***ing door!

Look, I'll tell everybody it's my fault.

Just pull the f***in' bus in, will you?

- Want off?

- Aye, I want off.

- Sure you want off?

- Aye, I want off. Now, open the doors!

You want to see a doctor.

You're off your f***in' head.

Aye, so people tell me.

What are you waiting for now?

You need to all get off the bus.

It's out of service.

I'm not joking.

You need to get off.

- The guy's a pot head.

- We could have all been killed.

Ho.

- Ho! Off the bus.

- What's the bus doing here?

Just f*** off.

OK, OK.

- Where are we going?

- Please don't ask me questions.

- Why?

- No questions.

"Better by bus. "

There we are.

- Eh?

- Beautiful.

Yeah.

This mountain over here

is called Ben Lomond.

And this is Loch Lomond.

It goes on for miles and miles.

- It's really beautiful.

- Yeah.

I've been here hundreds of times.

First I came here with my grandfather,

my grandpa.

I was just a wee, wee boy.

He loved it here.

The thing I like about it is it's always

changing all the time, you know?

The sky, the water, the ferns.

I don't know. When I'm pissed off,

it makes me peaceful.

And then when I'm happy...

it makes me more happy.

I don't know. I can't explain it.

Anyway, let's have a seat.

There we go.

I've got a wee surprise.

You like surprises?

- Yes.

- Good.

A special treat.

Da-da.

- You like this?

- Yes.

I love this.

Get it off.

Yes!

Here.

OK, toast.

Make a toast and you're

bound to get good luck.

To all my family,

to all my friends,

to all the world,

to the band I play with,

to the music, to the drinks.

That's lovely.

And... to Antonio.

Wherever he is.

Your... boyfriend?

He was.

And to Nicaragua libre.

Free Nicaragua.

Nicaragua libre.

In a oner.

In a oner.

Oh, f***.

Ya... f***in' bastard.

Go on, you bastard!

F*** it.

F*** it, it's no' working.

It's freezing. Come up the back.

It's warmer up here.

Oh, that's better.

Oh!

Oh.

Oh, your hands are cold.

Cold.

Yeah.

OK?

It only happened a couple of times,

sweethart.

And have you slept with her?

No.

Did you want to?

For f***'s sake, Maureen.

You've never ever

lied to me before.

Probably. I don't know.

I hardly know her.

What am I gonna do?

Look, Maureen,

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Paul Laverty

Paul Laverty (born 1957) is a Scottish lawyer and scriptwriter. more…

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