
Furlough
- R
- Year:
- 2018
- 83 min
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[film reels ticking]
[alarm buzzing]
[door clanking]
[indistinct chatter]
Come on, step up.
Ladies,
right up to the door.
Let's see those
pretty mugs.
[instrumental music]
Nineteen hundred
and sixty-three
They came inside
for armed robbery
Now one night late
I made my break
One.
I say it's
too late to quit
I can't stand oh no
In the old barn
Let me tell you
what I want now
I want love
and affection
Not the house
of correction
I want love
Two.
Not the house
Of correction
I can't stand oh no
In the old barn
I gotta say it
one more time
I want love
and affection
Three.
House of correction
I want love
and affection
Not the house
of correction
I can't stand oh no
in the old barn
Four.
I want to go home
[music continues]
[alarm buzzing]
Let me say
what I want
I want love
and affection
Not the house
of correction
I want love
and affection..
Five.
I can't stand oh no
In the old barn
I want to go home
I want to go home..
[alarm buzzing]
[indistinct chatter on TV]
- Nicole.
- What?
How long are you gonna
frost that thing for?
I just want to make sure
that the icing is perfect
so the canvas
on which to paint...
It's a sheet cake.
Sheet cakes
are not supposed to..
Have you been
to a church bake off?
Listen, at least you can
eat this cake, okay?
I like the cake I made.
- You are a diabetic.
- And?
And it was full of sugar.
You remember
to take your pills?
- I don't think I did.
- I don't think you did either.
- No.
- Go on.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello.
Oh, no. Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Alright, thank you.
What's the matter?
That's work.
I gotta go in
early today.
- Today?
- Yeah.
But it's my birthday.
[indistinct chatter]
Alrighty.
Come on. Fork it over.
Come on.
Anderson!
You going
to your meeting?
- Oh, yeah. On my way.
- Alright. Okay.
[Carmen laughing]
- One step at a time.
- Have a good night!
[instrumental music]
[laughing]
There's two cakes
back there.
Excelente.
And you like the food?
Yeah. This is good, mom.
Well, there you go.
There you go.
- Hey, y'all.
- Hey!
I have to go.
I don't know
how you do it.
Being a part
of the brutal mass
incarceration system.
Imagine how much more
brutal it would be
if I wasn't working in it?
I know I couldn't do it.
Don't eat off his plate.
Momma,
I don't have a plate.
I'll make you a plate,
do you want a plate?
Ma, she's getting ready
to go.
Love you, sis.
Love you too.
- Love you, Junior. Bye.
- Bye.
We'll save you some cake.
Okay.
Save me a piece of both.
You gonna win
that karaoke contest.
Aahh hoo-ah hoo-aah!
Hoo-ha oh!
Bh-bube bh-bube
bh-bube-e
[knock on door]
[humming]
Do re mi fa
so la ti do
Do re mi fa so la ti..
Stevens!
Oh, uh, you wanted
to see me, warden?
Come here, sit down.
Stevens, how would you
like the opportunity
to prove yourself?
Sir?
Listen, Stevens,
first thing tomorrow
I need you to escort
visit downstate.
I appreciate it, sir,
but I don't think
that I can get away
on such short notice
I'm sorry.
I recall you saying
you were trying to get
a full time position here.
Yeah, I did.
Well, let's use this as an
opportunity to prove it.
Uh, yeah. Okay.
Yes! Excellent!
Stevens, I knew
you'd come through for me.
First thing tomorrow.
Get out of here.
See you tomorrow.
[instrumental music]
Come here
and lie beside me.
[music continues]
[door buzzing]
Anderson,
warden wants to see you.
Why? What's going on?
How the heck do I know?
You can ask him yourself.
Get up.
Uh, Anderson, there's no,
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