God of Frogs

- Time is pregnant with possibility

and every moment has a mother.

Oh, my little sweetheart.

Ken,

and Juliet.

You are both sacred.

Drink.

And feel the power flow through you.

When we drink from this bowl, we free our minds.

We let what was meant to happen,

happen.

We are all truly free here.

We are one

with everything that surrounds us.

Yes, guru.

Yes, guru.

Go.

Dance.

Be with the night.

Be with our family.

I love you.

I love you too.

The woods are calling to me.

The woods are calling you?

Yeah.

Should I go?

You must,

go to the woods.

See what they have to show you.

Mommy, where are you going?

Not now, Eve.

Your mother's been called upon.

Hey,

why don't you go and find me the prettiest frog you can, Eve?

Catch him for me.

And if you do,

I'll make sure you get an extra helping at the next feast.

Okay? All right, go.

Mommy? You're home.

Will you play with me?

Not now, Eve. Mommy's tired.

Why don't you tell me about your day?

- Juliet took me in the river and tried to teach me how to fish.

I wasn't very good at it, but she says that's okay.

I got another frog for the guru.

He loves the ones I catch for him.

He says if I can find the best one, he'll give me extra desserts.

Oh, that's good sweetie.

Sorry.

Guru.

What happened last night?

- You were asked by the universe to enter the woods.

They chose you.

Do you not realise how beautiful this is?

What?

What does that even mean?

Guru, I need to know what happened.

Something is very wrong.

Ssh. They chose you.

The powers that be.

They chose you to lead our group into the light, to eternal life.

You are the mother of this family now.

I only watched you walk into the woods.

I did not see what was asked of you.

No, no, no, no, no.

You were there. I remember you being there.

Guru, please...

- I think you need to embrace this gift that you have been given.

Because this is only the beginning, sweet Lilith.

Mommy! Come back!

Okay, I'm good.

Please, please tell me what is happening.

I think I'm dying.

- I want you to meet me by the river later.

Everything will be explained to you then,

I promise.

Remember.

You

are the chosen one.

Okay.

I have to go with the guru now.

So you stay here and be a good girl, okay?

Here. Take this.

You keep that safe for me, okay?

Mommy loves you so much.

I love you.

No.

No.

You're so beautiful, Lilith.

It's okay, drink this.

- No! - It'll help with the pain.

It'll help take away your pain and help take away all of our pain.

You will birth the next generation.

You will be our divine mother.

Ah!

He's here, Lilith.

He's here.

It's time.

Guru, I can feel them.

Yes.

I can feel all of it.

I need you to push.

I need you to push.

I can feel him coming.

I can feel him, Guru!

Push, Lilith.

Push! The new world it starts with you.

You did it, Lilith.

You are the mother of all frogs.

Behold your child who will bring forth the next generation.

Have you seen Eve?

- Well, I'm sure she's here somewhere.

Last night I...

witnessed the birth of the next generation.

And with it our salvation.

We have given our lives to the creatures of the river.

And the river has finally given back.

So tonight...

We celebrate with this feast.

We eat and we drink and we celebrate.

For we are ushering in a new light.

Festum corporis, my sacred ones.

Festum corporis.

Let's begin.

Please.

I should go find Eve.

I'll come with you.

We got you, honey.

- Let's get you something to eat.

No! Mommy!

Please come back.

Please just come, please.

Nature or nurture?

An eternal question.

When a parent abandons a child,

nature steps in to fill the void.

And nature... It's a merciless teacher.

- And that's exactly what I'm trying to say,

is that, you know, you're not going to get a great film

without having a great cinematographer.

Which brings me back to my original point.

You know, I know that you just need the footage for your project,

but I really think we can make this like a

like a hearts of darkness type thing, yeah?

What are you talking about?

- It's like, oh, I got you, I got you.

It's like one woman, that's you, battling against nature,

driven to the edge of sanity.

Based on a true story.

Seriously?

- Come on, back me up here, guys. Let's go.

- We're supposed to be impartial observers of events.

Thank you, Travis.

- I know exactly, no one said we won't be impartial,

impatient observers of whatever.

It's just sometimes you can goose those events along a little.