Last Resort (2000)
Paddy Considine: Alfie
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Quotes
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[Tanya and Artyom have come to the arcade to get a phone card]
Tanya : Hello... uhh... they told me you sell phone card.
Alfie : You want a phone card?
Tanya : Yeah.
Alfie : [Shuffles and spreads them like a deck of playing cards] Pick a card. Pick a card, any card. That's a 10'er. Do you know how to use it? Want me to show you?
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : Scratch that number off, yeah?
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : Dial in that number there, yeah?
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : You wait for the beep. Beeeeep.
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : Yeah. Then you dial that number, there, yeah?
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : And you should be connected. You understand?
Tanya : No.
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[Alfie and Artyom are in the arcade]
Alfie : What are you tryin' to do to my machine? What ya doin'? Come, 'ere. You've broken it. Try it now... Where's your dad?
Artyom : My dad's dead.
Alfie : My dad's dead, as well.
Artyom : Yours is dead, too?
Alfie : How did he die?
Artyom : He's dead.
Alfie : Well, what's the crap with this Mark fellow?
Artyom : He's my mother's fiance.
Alfie : Do you like him?
Artyom : No. My mom come to England for him, and he doesn't come to airport.
Alfie : Does your mom love him?
Artyom : I think she loves men who make her cry.
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[Alfie, Tanya, and Artyom are at her flat in the afternoon. Alfie has brought them a television and some Indian fast food]
Alfie : Are you alright? Doin' alright? I brought you some company and some food. Are you hungry? Have you ever had a curry? Curry. Beautiful.
[To Artyom]
Alfie : Have you ever had a curry?
Artyom : Yeah.
Alfie : You little liar. Come here.
[To Tanya]
Alfie : That's chicken tikka masala. That's chicken in a light, spicy sauce. It's beautiful, man, I promise you.
[To Artyom]
Alfie : Come here. We'll sort it all out. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[To Tanya]
Alfie : Vindalu. Evil. It's a beast of a curry, yea, it's a real wicked bitch. Pila rice, sweet rice, yellow rice. Rice is rice, and forever more shall be so. Potatoes with cabbage. Bombay sag potatoes. Have you ever had 'em? Beautiful. I promise you. If you throw-up, it's all on my head. Nan bread to soak it up. Yeah, d'you fancy it?
Tanya : We have no spoons.
[Alfie draws spoons from his pockets, like a gun fighter quick-drawing two six-shooters]
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[Tanya, Artyom, and Alfie are on the couch in her flat in the evening, watching a nature show about dolphins on television]
Television narrator : Sonar may also be used for sexual stimulation. Here, one juvenile female buzzes another's genital area, perhaps to gain information about her sexual state and health.
Artyom : Mam, smotri chto oni delayut? (Mom, look, what are they doing?)
Television narrator : Copulation is performed belly to belly, with the male beneath the female. And, is brief...
Tanya : Poydem spat'. (Let's go to sleep.)
Artyom : Podozhdi. (Wait.)
Television narrator : Gentle touching of genital areas is also an important means...
Tanya : [To Alfie] It's a bedtime.
[To Artyom]
Tanya : Poydem. (Let's go.)
Artyom : Podozhdi, mam. (Wait, mom.)
Tanya : Vstavay, ya tebe govoryu! (Get up, I told you!)
Artyom : No, mama, podozhdi. (But, mom, wait.)
Tanya : Poydem. Ya s toboy ne budu... Seychas! (Let's go. I'm not putting up with this from you... Now!)
Alfie : Night, boy.
Artyom : No, mam... (But, mom... )
[Artyom leaves the room]
Tanya : [To Alfie] I'm going to sleep. Thank you for everything.
Alfie : It's alright, man.
Tanya : Ok.
[Tanya leaves the room]
Alfie : [To an empty and darkened room] I'll let myself out.
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[Tanya and Alfie are talking late at night in the empty bingo hall. Tanya has been drinking, and starts to cry]
Alfie : What's the matter. Ah, no, no. Hey, don't get upset.
Tanya : Sorry.
Alfie : No, it's alright, man, it's alright. Ok. Why are you so upset?
Tanya : Because I'm crazy.
Alfie : No, you're not crazy.
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : Why?
Tanya : Yes. I'm so stupid. I don't know... This city, it's like... it's like punishment for me, it's like punishment for some mistakes in my life. You know, yes, yes, really. I make so many mistakes.
Alfie : I've made mistakes. We're human beings. We all fuck up. We all make mistakes. It ain't just you. What are you doing that's so bad?
Tanya : Just... my main... I always... need... need to be in love. You know, I can't to... to live, without lo... love.
Alfie : There's nothing wrong with that.
Tanya : Yes.
Alfie : No, there is not.
Tanya : Yes. Because, two my... two my husbands, and two divorces. It's very bad for me, for my child. And, now, we're here, and I think maybe its... maybe it's my... main mistake.
