Dry Rain

Synopsis: Dry rain, or "Virga" is a weather related phenomenon that occurs when precipitation evaporates before it hits the ground. It is often visually striking and looks like a torn drape hanging from a cloud giving the appearance that it is raining somewhere in the distance. Adapted from Pete Form's Award winning collection "Dry Rain Stories", Dry Rain takes place over the course of an afternoon in a non-descript lifeless time warp characteristic of America's Heart-land. Stil, a broken man in his early forties, is in a drought. His family, his financial means, and his power to do anything about either, have evaporated and he crosses the line as he desperately, aimlessly, and unrealistically grasps for hope in his past. Stil has stolen away his nine year-old son, Joey, from his ex-wife, Tracy. The question is whether he has taken him on a "vacation", as Stil calls it, across the border into Canada, or has abducted him with the intent to receive a ransom for his return. They've stopped at a pho
 
IMDB:
8.1
Year:
2008
23 min
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[Dad:
]

What?

[Joey:
]

Just let me talk to her!

[Dad:
]

Hold on!

Would you hold on

one second!

[Joey:
]

Then tell her it's okay!

I'm okay Mom!

[Dad:
]

I can't hear you, Tracy.

Just say what you said again,

repeat that.

Well.

Well you do owe me.

Well I had a life with you,

you owe me for that.

[BANG]

[Joey:
]

What?

What?

[Dad:
SIGHS]

[Joey:
]

What?

You're saying what?

[Dad:
] Joey, come on,

get out of the road.

[Joey:
]

Virga.

[Dad:
]

What?

[Joey:
] Virga,

that's what it's called.

When the rain

doesn't reach the ground.

[Dad:
] Aww

that's just dry rain.

It's depressing as hell.

[Joey:
] So,

what did Mom say?

[Dad:
]

Well how would I know.

Couldn't hear a thing

with all your hollering.

Might have been a wrong number

for all I could tell.

[Joey:
] So,

what did she say?

[Dad:
] There something

you didn't tell me,

something wrong

with your ears?

You can't hear so good

because your brain got so big?

[Joey:
]

I hear everything.

[Dad:
] Oh yeah?

[Joey:
] Yeah.

[Dad:
] What do you say,

let's get something to eat.

What do you think

they eat around here?

[Joey:
]

Grass?

[Dad:
]

Grass!

People eat grass?

[Joey:
]

If theyre hungry enough.

[Dad:
]

We're rich.

[Joey:
]

What?

[Dad:
] Hey,

put that away.

Emm... do you take

American money here?

[Waitress:
]

This is America too.

[Dad:
]

U.S.?

[Waitress:
] Sure.

Straight across.

[Dad:
] But...

but the exchange of...

[BANG]

[Joey:
]

What?

[Dad:
] He's... emm...

he's had a big day.

We'll take a burger.

[Waitress:
]

And the boy?

[Dad:
] Emm...

we'll split it.

Take it easy.

Mom might have

misunderstood all this.

[Joey:
] Mom might have

warrants out for us.

[Dad:
] Well that's why

we gotta play it cool.

And you gotta stop acting

like such a nut case.

[Joey:
] Now,

you were saying what?

[Dad:
]

Parrot.

F***ing Mynah bird.

Sorry.

I'm going to make

a call after lunch.

[Dad:
SIGHS]

Try to find a

phone booth that wasn't

personally installed

by Thomas Edison.

[Joey:
] Alexander Graham Bell.

[Dad:
] Huh?

[Joey:
]

Alexander Graham Bell.

He invented the telephone.

[Dad:
]

Whoever.

[Waitress:
]

Anything else?

[Waitress:
]

Water is free.

[Dad:
]

Thanks.

[Joey:
] How much are you

trying to get for me?

[Dad:
] I told you,

it's not like that, Joey.

[Joey:
] Dad,

you come to Montana,

wait for me

outside school,

we cross into Canada,

you call Mom

three times,

you never call Mom.

[Dad:
]

Eat your burger.

[Joey:
]

I like cheese.

[Dad:
]

Fabulous.

Waitress?

Ma'am?

He'd like cheese on his.

[Waitress:
]

On just the half...

[Dad:
]

He's on vacation.

[Waitress:
]

Anything else?

[Dad:
SIGHS]

[Joey:
]

Melted!

This is like gangsters,

Mom would kill me for this.

[Dad:
]

Just take it easy

before the Mounties

surround us.

What?

Could happen.

[Dad:
SIGHS]

I'm gonna make a call.

[Joey:
]

About the money?

We should rob a bank.

[Dad:
] You like

living in that house,

up there

in the big sky?

The place is so big,

you'd think

you need a map

to find the front door.

[Joey:
]

You cased the house?

[Dad:
] I didn't case it,

I just...

I watched you.

Saw you go to school.

[Joey:
]

You tailed me?

[Dad:
] So you like

living in that mansion?

Like it up there?

Tracy is a...

emm...

you know,

your new err...

lawyer.

He treat you all right?

[Joey:
]

He's okay.

Not as bad as you think.

[Dad:
] What makes

you think I think it's bad?

[Joey:
]

You hate lawyers.

[Joey:
SIGHS]

We're in Canada Dad

and making ransom calls.

[Dad:
] Now God damn it,

there, Joey.

I told you

I didn't kidnap you.

That's not how it is.

I mean, you're my kid!

We're supposed to do

stuff like this, it's good for you.

[Joey:
] You didn't

even get visitation Dad.

[Dad:
] Only lawyers

worry about that crap.

[Joey:
]

Lawyers and cops.

[Dad:
]

Same difference.

[Dad:
SIGHS]

Do you ever

play with tar

when the sun

bubbles it up.

[Joey:
]

What kind of bubbles?

[Dad:
]

Tar, you know!

You push on it

until an air bubble

gets trapped

underneath it and then

blows up

like a miniature volcano.

Maybe not.

Let's keep moving.

[Joey:
] You suppose

Mounties really

wear those

goofy red uniforms?

[Dad:
]

I got no idea.

[Joey:
]

A hundred thousand at least.

Well I'm worth it,

right?

[Dad:
] You're not kidnapped.

Jesus!

[Joey:
]

Then take me home.

[Dad:
] We're on vacation,

all right?

[Mom:
]

Vacation my ass!

You wanna know what

the FBI thinks of that story?

[Dad:
]

Hey, Trace.

[Mom:
] You're talking

to them right now!

Every call

is being recorded.

What in the world

are you doing in Canada?

[Dad:
] I just want

what's coming to me Tracy.

[Mom:
] Coming to you,

for what? Child support?

[Dad:
] Well,

vacations aren't cheap.

[Mom:
] Oh, you're broke,

aren't you?

[Dad:
]

Look, Tracy!

We ain't got enough

money to get home.

You didn't call cops,

did you? I mean...

FBI.

[Mom:
] Just bring him back.

Think of him, would you?

[Joey:
] We're having fun Mom,

I am!

[Dad:
]

He's enjoying himself.

[Mom:
] For God's sake,

Stil!

[Dad:
] I mean he is, he really is!

You should see him!

[Mom:
]

That's all I want!

[Dad:
]

Me too.

[Mom:
] Bring him back

and this is over, Stil.

Just another one

of your great ideas.

But I swear to God, if you ever

pull a stunt like this...

[Dad:
] All right now,

hold on there, Trace!

I had a life.

This is

eye for an eye time.

[Mom:
]

What?

[Dad:
] Come on kid!

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Pete Fromm

Pete Fromm (born September 29, 1958) is an American novelist, short story writer, and memoir writer. more…

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