Original subtitles

What are you doing?

You don't live here.

You can't just walk in whenever you want.

I had to get my wet weather gear.

I missed you.

Me too.

Jess's mom, Heaven,and I sort of hit it off.

You got her pregnant, and you left her.

No.

It wasn't like that.

I didn't find out she waspregnant until much later.

And she made it very clearit wasn't my responsibility.

I'm your dad, Jess.

No, you're not.

You abandoned me.

You abandoned her.

I don't want you to come near me and I--

I don't want to see you, and I don't

want to talk to you ever again.

And if you try, I will call thepolice, and I'll get an AVO.

Do you understand?

Yeah.

You'd think it would be an easy thing to say.

Jess, I'm your father.

I say that sounds like bloody Darth Vader.

[music playing]

Hey, Jess.

Stop following me or I will call the police.

Add stalker to that list.

[theme music]

THEME SONG: Take me to that open silent space

where the air breathes your name.

Lead me underneath the starlight sky

while that troubles fade away.

Hold me now as the goldensunlight rise across your face.

[wordless singing]

AIRLINE ANNOUNCER [OVER INTERCOM]:

Flight 647 from Perth has just arrived.

Passengers will bedisembarking in a few moments

from gate number 4.

[bell ringing]

[music playing]

Ah, Jess, hey.

You're picking someone up?

Funny that.

I was going to ask you the same question.

How's Deon?

Darren.

Darren, right, sorry.

Yeah, he's good.

Good.

Hey, mom.

Hi, these are for you.

Hi, Heaven.

Jess Daily?

Yeah.

Hey, thanks for bringing her here.

An absolute pleasure.

Nice meeting you, Heaven.

Yes, of course.

Oh, your. mother's got a great singing voice.

Thanks.

Come on, mom.

Let's go and get your bags.

Nice meeting you.

All right.

JESS DAILY: See you guys.

MICHAEL ANDERSON: Bloody no shows.

What do you want to do now?

Spend the deposit on beer.

Sit up in the backyard.

Tune into the cricket.

The final's at Bangalore.

Make a day of it.

Sounds like a plan.

[music playing]

Excuse me, are you waiting for a bus?

Whatever gave you that idea?

[laughs]

I'm Toby. This is Michael.

We could give you a liftinto town if you want one.

I'm Simone.

Yeah, OK. That will be good.

Thank you.

I'll take your bag.

Thank you.

TOBY DELANEY: There's SoulTrain, which pumps on Saturdays

and Thursdays, or there'skaraoke at the Bull bar, which

is probably worth avoiding.

Unless you like pit fighting with sweaty

50-year-olds with beer bellies.

Oh, how could I resist?

Oh, look, we're not working today.

So if you want to hang, wecould give you the tour.

Mate, the cricket.

You like cricket?

Just marginally more than pit fighting.

We better get going.

Nice to meet you, Simone.

Are you Arrente, Michael?

Yeah, on my dad's side.

East or west?

Central.

Do you know anybody who'd buy that stuff?

Well.

My parents were anthropologists.

They've spent a bit of time out here.

This was taken somewhere near Lajamanu.

Does that look familiar?

MICHAEL ANDERSON: Those are the petroglyphs

from the eastern side.

SIMONE: Oh, my parents cameout here a few years ago.

They said it was worth seeing.

Oh, well.

I'm not doing anything forthe next couple of days.

I'll be more than happy to take you out there.

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

That's a long way, and if you got into trouble.

No, no, no, don't worry.

I'll do it. You stay at home.

Watch your cricket.

We'll drop you off on the way.

I don't want to spoil any plans you--

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

I insist.

Actually, I think I will come along.

India is going to take anotherthrashing anyway, so I insist.

Oh, terrific.

We'll have a great time.

We sure will.

[music playing]

PRESENTER [ON TV]: I guess, everybody

remembers a lot of their fabulous hit music

from the 70s, the 80s?

Great songs.

Well, now, some--

Hi.

How are you?

Hi, Heaven.

Your room is ready now.

Yes.

Now, come.

Come with us.

PRESENTER [ON TV]: --showwe'll be talking about this.

We'll look at some of the winners and losers

from last night.

Mrs. Delaney, you're trying to seduce me?

Hello.

Hey.

Yeah.

So you want to see seductive?

Yeah.

Brace yourself.

Bad, huh?

I would go on safari with you.

And then after work, we could play

Tarzan's jungle adventures.

Bags being Tarzan.

Oh, it's just ridiculous.

Well, only because we're in the outback.

Yeah!

[phone ringing]

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Just let it ring through.

Are you screening your calls?

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: Oh, hi, Ellie.

It's me again. - Hey, again.

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: I'm at the supermarket.

I'm just wondering what's the difference

between powdered andliquid washing detergents,

other than the broth, of course.

Call me on my mobile.

Thanks.

He doesn't stop calling.

What is the difference?

Call your mom and ask her.

When she tells you, you can tell me.

Uhm, help me get this [inaudible] will you?

It's going on sale at the Bar bar.

I'll buy it.

It's the best thing you've done.

No, it's strictly for public consumption.

Let's just hope they don't choke on it.

Bend your knees! - Yep, they're bent.

They're bent.

Uhm, I met my dad, Jack.

Not, not baby Jack Jaffers?

Yes.

You remember?

I mean, he is definitely your type of guy.

Here we go again.

What?

These people.

If they start chanting, I'llhave to get a gun license.

Oh, I've got to get back to work.

But I'm-- I'll come back later, and we can go

for a walk in the garden, OK?

I love you.

[music playing]

[MUSIC - THE PIGRAM BROTHERS, ''DRY RIVER BED'']

THE PIGRAM BROTHERS: [SINGING]When your drifting on the ocean

and the sea is a perfect blue.

But those storm--

So, Simone, what do you do?

I'm a uni student, sociology.

I'm doing my Ph.D.

You lied to me.

You said she was an underwear model.

Uhm, I didn't.

Don't be bashful.

He said he saw you in a catalog.

SIMONE: Really?

Uhm, I didn't!

Ever been to Japan?

No.

I modeled there for a year.

I thought maybe that was where you saw me.

No.

Look, my friend's being an idiot.

[laughter]

So all this time you've beenpicturing me in my underwear?

No.

Not at all.

But you are now though, right?

[thump]

[screeching]

That's weird.

We couldn't have been going more than 50.

It shouldn't have blown out like that.

It's a new tire, too!

New tires go flat half of the time, don't they?

Not like that.It looks like a bomb hit it.

Yeah.

Look, we'll get it fixed in no time.

Uhm, I'm just going togo to the bathroom, guys.

OK.

Don't go too far.

[music playing]

[slap]

I like your form.

Toby reckons you're an underwear model?

I understand yourmotivation for burning me.

She's the big three.

Sexy, smart, drop-dead spunk.

A sense of humor isthe other one, you idiot!

I was just helping her out.

Just being a nice guy.

Hey!

It's unprofessional to crack on the punters.

Well, since no money hasactually changed hands,

that rule doesn't count.

[music playing]

You tell me you wouldn't have a go at it

if you thought you had half a chance.

Maybe I will.

Yeah?

Maybe I will too.

50 Bucks says the girls get the girls.

[laughter]

That's in very poor taste,but I'll take your money.

To the victor go the spoils.

[music playing]

Oh, ha, ha.

Champagne for all.

Oh!

Yeah, baby, bring back.

On the chest.

And Delaney comes throughwith a massive drop punt!

And it's high after the big six.

Good on you!

Sorry, mate!

That's not cricket.

If he was a little bittaller he would've made that.

Keep going, mate!

It's just a little bit more to the left!

I like your sunnies.

Really?

Yeah.

They're me?

Well, I've got a Lisa ho skirt and a pair

of mules in my backpack.

That will really complete the outfit.

Phew.

Sexy.

How long have you two been friends?

Since he gave me that.

We would've been about eight, I reckon.

It was just this dumb pieceof junk we were fighting over.

I used to collect scrap metal for pocket money.

It's mine!

That's very enterprising.

Did you find the footy, Michs?

Just give me enough time tomake an ass out of yourself.

Well, check out the fro!

[laughter]

Now you remember that fight we had?

I was going to use it for my billy cart.

Anyway, it's about to get nasty.

Tobes can feel himself losing his grip,

so he punches me in the face.

[laughter]

Michael's answer is to knock me over the head

with a bloody recorder.

But his head's made out of concrete,

and it snapped in half.

So what does Michael do?

He stabbed me in the arm with it.

It was a poke.

Mate, that's attempted murder.

Anyway, Tobe sees his own blood

and starts crying like a baby.

It wasn't me that was crying, it was him.

My dad's going to put you in jail for that.

This is so embarrassing.

My dad is a policeman.

He pleads with me, don'ttell him, don't tell him.

I didn't either.

I said I fell over.

But I had to let you have the bit of junk.

I got $1 for it out of the junkyard.

And we've been best mates ever since.

[laughter]

Address the tap.

Addressing the tap.

Now, holding the glassat about a 40-degree angle,

making sure the pump nozzleis well inside the glass.

Remembering, of course, that to fill

the beer full before striking the glass,

the more foam is created.

Got it.

We open the tap with a nice breezy motion.

Nice and breezy.

As the beer begins to fill the glass

we glance about the room indifferently

like this the easiest thing in the world.

And we straighten to the vertical.

Nice and breezy.

So easy.

And flipping the leverback up as the glass fills.

Slipping it back.

Flipping.

Congratulations.

It's a boy.

Bummer.

I don't think he gets it.

But not me, really.

It reminds me a little ofjiu committees man and woman,

without being derivative.

Of course.

Good boy.

He's been doing his homework.

What's the-- what's the price on it?

Uhm, it's very expensive.

Not for sale to estrangedout of favor loved ones.

It's a lot of money.

$600, I believe.

Ooh! $600?

$600.

It's a bargain at twice the price.

Sold to the handsome man in the khaki uniform.

18.

Shit.

Hit me.

Ooh, 20.

I will see, thank you.

Hit me.

All right.

I won!

Well, come on boys.

Off with this, off with it.

Damn.

You're a shark.

Yeah, well, I did warnyou before we started you're

not going to see me naked.

Where did you learn how to play cards like this.

Oh, my dad liked the game.

Where is he now?

We need some tips.

[laughter]

He's dead.

He died in a car accident.

My mom was killed too

I'm sorry.

That's why I'm making this trip.

Sort of to their memory, you know?

[music playing]

.

[knocking]

Jess, hi.

Come on in. I'll make you a coffee.

No, thanks.

I don't want you coming around to my place.

Yeah.

I'm sorry about that.

I just wanted to talk to you.

But if you want me to keep away, I--

I will.

Yeah, that will suit you, wouldn't it?

No, it wouldn't actually.

There is something you can do.

[birds chirping]

Ah, should we come back?

No.

Mom.

Oh, gosh.

Hey, Heaven.

Jack.

Ooh.

Great to see you.

Yeah.

Oh, I'm so hungover.

Please tell me I didn't do anything

stupid before I passed out.

Don't tell me, I don't want to know.

You are very bad, Jack Jaffers.

Don't I know your mother?

[clanking]

Move, you bloody thing.

[clanking]

Hi, mate!

[clanking]

Give us a hand here, will you?

What are you doing?

It's one of Ellie's.

What do you reckon?

Did you buy it?

Yeah.

I remember when she used to take Toby out

on the car on weekends, scavenging for a bit

of scrap metal and junk.

Toby used to sell it for pocket money.

Funny how life works, hey?

Sure is.

Give us a hand.

I'll push from the inside, youguide it through the door, OK?

You got a bit--

keep just sliding across.

It'll come out. - Oh, hang on, hang on.

It's catching.

No, just push it, push it.

Hugh, it's catching.

Out the back, that's it.

It'll slide out easy peasy.

Now, back.

It's pushing--

Now keep pushing it.

- It's wedged. - Just--

- It's wedged. - No.

Just push it. - No, it's not going--

[rattling]

It's stuck!

[rattling]

Oh, stop, stop!

You all right?

[music playing]

It'll come in.

I've calmed down.

Calm down.

MICHAEL ANDERSON: Just over those hills

is where we're going?

I can't see the road.

That's because there isn't one.

It's a three-hour hike in.

I might do it alone if that's OK with you?

I'll camp there the night and come back

the first thing in the morning.

Do you want to camp there by yourself?

Doesn't that spook you out?

I want the full experience.

Well, you'll probably get it, but I don't

think it'll be a happy one.

There's lots of spiritual sort of--

Do you believe in all that?

This has been a sacredsite for over 30,000 years.

As far as holy places go, this is the equivalent

of st. Peter's Basilica.

You don't camp there,you don't touch anything.

And you don't take anything with you.

Well, bad stuff happens.

That's about it.

It must be a trip losing both your parents.

I think it's nice you're doing this for them.

[music playing]

Bloddy hell, a Snake!

[screeching]

[music playing]

Did it bite you?

No.

Must have got in [inaudible].

I think it's dead.

It is dead, that's weird.

What?

It just crawled in and died, did it?

It must have.

And what did it die off, mate?

Congestive heart failure or a stroke?

Do an autopsy, I don't know.

You're playing silly buggers, mate.

You found a dead snake at camp, and you thought

you'd have a bit of a laugh.

Did you?

Do I look like I'm laughing?

You saw it, it was alive.

The thing is, Jack.

This is the thing.

There's going to be a solareclipse, and it's the--

Agh.

It's, OK.

It's, OK.

The thing is, I want to see it with you.

We saw one together once, remember?

We did?

Yeah.

We drove down the rock.

It was a long time ago.

Oh, Helen.

This is Heaven.

Helen is a-- - Colleague?

Oh, come off it.

Well, friends only.

That's more like it.

OK.

Nice to meet you.

Heaven and Helen.

There's a chapter for your memoirs.

In his dreams.

He embarrasses very easily.

Helen works for me.

OK.

It's great to meet you, Helen.

You have amazing eyes, you know that?

Thank you.

[music playing]

What's happened to me?

What's happening?

It's, OK.

It's all right, Heaven.

It's all right, it's, OK.

No, what's happened?

It's all right. It's, OK.

Heaven, Heaven, Heaven.

Let's go outside and lookat the sunset, all right?

Let's go and-- it's, OK.

Come on, let's go.

It's all right.

Everything's all right.

Come on.

But I won't have a baby now.

It's all right.

[music playing]

Mom, are you all right?

Aah, I love that.

You gave that to me on my 18th birthday.

Oh.

[music playing]

I always wondered if there was somebody

on the other side of the universe

just looking back at us.

Like right now?

And, yeah.

And they're asking the exactsame questions that we ask.

Yeah.

Everyone does that.

OK, Mr. Different.

Well, they do.

You know why?

No one wants to be alone.

Everyone wants someone tokeep them warm at night.

Well, if you're feeling chilly in that tent.

Nice try.

You'd love that, wouldn't you?

[laughter]

[music playing]

Well, I think I might call it a night.

Would you mind checking my tentfor me, making sure there's

no snakes and creepy crawlies?

No worries.

[music playing]

Thank you.

[music playing]

Keep us pegs?

Can't you reach them yourself?

Thanks.

That was a nice move on Simone last night.

She made the move, mate.

Not me.

You did a bit to soften her up.

Being nice to her, maybe that's the secret.

Look, mate, if you want to take

advantage of a chick that'sjust lost both parents,

that's fine with me.

You two friends again?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Good.

I'll wait in the car.

Ooh, what a nice surprise.

How long have we got?

About eight minutes.

[inaudible]

[giggling]

[beep]

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: Hi, Ellie.

It's Hugh.

Oh god.

Focus, focus.

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: Give me a call.

[beeping]

HELEN GREGORY [ON PHONE]:Ellie, it's Helen.

Good news.

I sold your sculpture.

Call me at the bar. - Oh, that's fantastic!

Yeah.

Congratulations.

Oh, I wonder who bought it.

HUGH DELANEY [ON PHONE]: Me again, El.

Ah, ah, I'll call back.

Hugh bought it.

What?

He's been driving aroundwith it in the front seat

of his police car.

Apparently, it's stuck there.

I'm going to kill him.

Maybe it's his way ofstaying connected to you.

Don't defend him.

I'm not defending him.

No, I'm going to kill.

No, no, no.

[drum roll]

[music playing]

[SINGING] Well, I never took the [inaudible],,

but I soon learned how to row.

It's left no room for knocking.

I'm about to [inaudible].

[inaudible] on the wheel.

Keep the middle of the road.

Well, I [inaudible].

Hey, stop.

Stop, Ellie.

Stop!

Get out of my way, Hugh!

Stop, Ellie!

What do you think you're doing?

We are separated.

Do you understand that?

You call me 10 times a day.

Oh, Ellie, I can't find my tennis socks.

Oh, Ellie, I can't stop thinking about you.

Oh, Ellie, I'm sorry, is that you?

I must have dialed the wrongnumber, how are you anyway?

God, Hugh.

Ellie, Ellie, Ellie.

I can't breathe.

And now I can't even exhibit mywork because you go and buy it!

I want it back.

Well, I did--

I didn't mean to intrude.

I was-- I was moved by it, I guess.

Huh, it's got to stop, Hugh.

I'm really sorry.

[engine roaring]

[screeching]

[thump]

It'll take a bit of explaining,but I'll think it's something.

[music playing]

Simone.

[screaming]

Bloody hell, are you OK?

What is it?

Oh, it's nothing to worry--

OK, it's all right.

Don't worry about it.

Just leave it.

I'll--

What is it?

It's a--

I don't even want to say its name.

Where did you pick this up?

I didn't.

I'm bringing it back.

What?

My parents were on a field trip out here

and they souvenired it.

This is sacred.

You can't take it as a souvenir.

I know, I know.

And they should have known better!

After that, all this bad stuff started happening.

Mom lost her job.

And dad lost his.

Our house kept getting burgled into.

You know, we moved three times.

It didn't make any difference,we kept getting burgled.

And then there was the car accident.

Look, would one of you two mind telling

me what's going on here?

This is what's been screwing us around.

The snake, the car.

That's probably why we've been fighting?

Huh, well, because of that.

The car that killed my parentscrashed through their bedroom

wall while they're asleep.

I thought if I brought itback, things would change.

You should have said something.

I know, I'm sorry.

Anyway, it's not about putting it back.

If you want to set things right, we

have to do it the proper way.

We've got to get it back to the right people.

Where are they?

Back in Alice.

[music playing]

I don't want to forget you.

You are my baby.

Yeah.

Yeah, I am.

So he found you.

It's amazing.

I never told him, you know?

Why?

Too young.

He was too young.

It would have been unfair.

Anyway, I wanted you all to myself.

A thousand Jacks could you love you like I do.

[music playing]

Not quite what you had in mind, hey?

Not really.

Do you want us to come in with you?

You've done more than enough.

Thank you, for everything.

I hope your luck changes.

Yeah, yours too.

Thank you.

So, what do you want to do now?

I might hang around here for a bit.

Cool.

[music playing]

I had a good talk to mom.

Great.

Yeah, we talked about you.

She wanted me all to herself.

You were no mistake, were you?

No!

Good.

So I might have been a bit hard.

You know, what I said to you before.

I do want to help, Jess.

Well, maybe we can have a family day sometime.

Count me in.

[phone ringing]

Hello, Jess Daily speaking.

She's got her bracelet on?

No, it's, OK.

I'll-- I'll go out and get her, yeah.

Thanks.

Mom's gone walkabout again.

I've got to go in.

I'll come with you.

Heaven!

Heaven!

Mom!

Heaven!

JESS DAILY: Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Jess!

MAN [ON RADIO]: Rice to search team one.

Bureau overnight forecast is below zero.

Search team one to base.

That's not good news.

The missing person iswearing only like clothing.

Nothing to report here, we'removing to the next location.

Crappy instant coffee witha little something extra.

Thanks.

You've been putting your mom first

for a long time, haven't you?

Actually, she's very lucky to have that.

She gave me a really bad haircut once.

She was good at that.

Yeah, with those big Singer scissors.

Shears shape with them.

Tell me something else.

What do you want to know?

Anything.

Oh, I don't know.

There's a photo of me when I'm about seven,

and I'm holding my hand, I'm crying.

It's like the ugliest photo you've ever seen.

I jammed my finger in the back door and mom

took a photo of that becauseshe thought, how beautiful.

Her first thought wasn'tI've got to help my daughter.

It was-- catch that moment because it

might never come back.

Some people call that child abuse.

But to me, it was someone wholoved everything about me.

Good, bad, nothing left out.

I'm lucky for that.

[music playing]

Heaven!

Heaven!

Right, [inaudible] something.

This way, guys!

Heaven, can you hear me?

Heaven!

Search team one to searchbase, we have a code 506.

We found her.

[music playing]

It's, OK.

[music playing]

Maybe from Perth, we can get together?

That wouldn't be a very good idea.

We had fun.

AIRLINE ANNOUNCER [OVER INTERCOM]:

Flight 534 to Perth is now boarding.

Could all passengers-- - Got to run.

AIRLINE ANNOUNCER [OVER INTERCOM]:

please make their way to gatehouse number--

Thank you.

I won't forget you.

[music playing]

I'm not going to kiss and tell.

Fair enough.

I suppose a hug's out of the question?

[laughter]

[theme music]