The Place Beyond the Pines

Luke, you're up next! Showtime!

Ladies and gentlemen,

feast your eyes on the two-ton

metal mesh of madness.

And here he is, folks.

The one, the only,

Handsome Luke and the Heartthrobs.

Watch as they defy gravity

and centrifugal force at 3Gs.

Watch, as they ride their motorcycles

upside down within inches of each other,

at speeds you can hardly comprehend.

Come on, everybody, give it up for.

Handsome Luke.

Here we go, folks.

Come on, give them a hand.

There they are. Come on, get 'em goin'.

They're working hard for you.

We know him as Handsome Luke.

There they go, warming 'em up.

Let's hear it. Come on, give them a hand. Handsome Luke!

Okay. I gotta go.

Hi-

Do you remember my name?

Romina. I like to call you R0.

What are you doing now? You got plans?

I gotta go home.

Want me to give you a ride?

Thanks.

You don't wanna talk or anything?

You know, I leave town tomorrow after we pack up.

I'm not gonna be around for another year.

Another year?

Yeah, you wanna get a beer or something?

I got someone, so no.

Just wanted to see you again.

Thanks.

Ladies and gentlemen,

introducing the one, the only,

Handsome Luke

and the Heartthrobs.

Hi

ls Romina here?

No. Hold on.

She's working.

Okay. Do you remember me?

Yes, I remember you.

Who's that guy?

He's yours.

You wanna hold him?

There you go.

His name's Jason.

Hey. There you go.

Thanks.

Good? Great.

Hey. What are you doing here?

Anything you wanna tell me?

Anything you think I might wanna know before I leave here

forever and I never come back?

Let's go outside. Come on.

You weren't gonna tell me?

It was just a fling, right?

That means you don't gotta tell me?

Justas, like, a common courtesy or...

There might even be a law, you know,

you gotta fucking tell somebody.

I haven't heard from you in over a year.

You just took off. Never called me.

I gotta leave in four hours. I don't know what to do.

You do whatever you need to do.

What are you gonna do?

I'm gonna do what I have to do.

I'm going to school.

I take care of Jason. I work here.

And I have a man.

So that's what I'm doing. That's my life.

You're busy.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm real busy.

Well...

I don't wanna keep you.

Okay-

All right.

LUKE'. When does this pay period end, Jack? On Friday?

Why?

Because I gotta get paid.

Just pay me for half the week, all right?

I don't give advances out.

I'm not asking for an advance, Jack.

I'm quitting.

You can't quit. I just did.

Hi Hi

Wow. You look like a princess.

What are you still doing here?

I stuck around.

This is really not a good time.

No? No.

I was just gonna take him to the park

or maybe see if I could just sit on the porch, just say hi to him.

We're on our way to church.

Going to church?

ROMINA Um...

This is Kofi.

We need to go. Yeah.

You should call. You can't just show up, you know?

You ready? Yeah.

Okay.

Hey. Hi.

You live here?

Yup. This is my house.

How long you in town?

I'm gonna stick around.

What are you looking at?

Really, you gonna do this shit today?

Do what?

Is it your will that Jason should be baptized

in the faith of the Church,

which we all have professed with you? Yes.

By God's gift, through water and the Holy Spirit,

we are reborn into everlasting life.

In His goodness, may He continue to pour out His blessings

upon these sons and daughters of His.

May He make them faithful members of His holy people.

Jason, I baptize you in the name of the Father,

and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

This child of yours has been enlightened by Christ.

He is to walk always as a child of the light.

God, the father of our Lord, Jesus Christ, has freed you from sin.

We now anoint you with the Chrism of Salvation

as Christ was anointed priest, prophet and king.

So may you always live as a member of His body,

sharing everlasting life. Amen.

In the name of this child and the spirit of our common friendship,

let us pray together in the words our Lord has given us.

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

The Almighty God, the Father, the Son

and the Holy Spirit bless you. Amen.

Now, as we receive our new member

into our parish, let us all welcome him with great joy.

Ride that thing really good! Really good!

You ride good, man.

Would you like a ride into town? Save you some gas, man.

Just passing through?

I'm just settling in.

Where you staying? Some fucking motel.

Yeah. They are no good around here.

Whole town's gone to shit, man.

$0 you got a job?

No.

You know your way around an engine?

Yeah.

'Cause I got a shop, repair shop, on Washout Road.

You should come check it out, man.

I could always use a good worker.

All right.

It ain't much.

It's what it is, you know, but it's mine.

No one can kick me out of it.

So, that's the workshop in there.

This is Tula.

I don't get a whole lot of work here, you know?

But if you want, you can look for other jobs or whatever, you know.

If it's not enough for you.

I do everything.

Everything there is to do to a car, I know how to do.

Anything you don't know, I can teach you, you know?

And I got a trailer down here. Stay there if you want.

Yeah, see? She's shy.

She can't see so good anymore.

Where is it? Where's the ball?

There's the trailer.

She get it? No, she ain't gonna get it, man.

You live out here all alone? Yeah, I live alone.

Sometimes people come stay for a while, you know.

That's it. It's not much, but, you know,

it's got whatever you need in there.

It must get lonely.

LUKE'. Look, Rob, I don't wanna be ungrateful.

I really appreciate what you're doing for me and shit,

but I gotta make more fucking money.

Hey, man, if I could pay you more, I would.