Journey to the End of the Night

Hey.

Get me out of here.

Baba?

Paul, are you alone?

Yeah, what's up, Dad?

Baba's dead.

What do you mean he's dead?

His old lady just called from the morgue.

Checked into a hotel room, cops found him naked.

Naked?

What?

There was a condom on his dick.

A... w... what happened?

Fucker's dead.

And we got to unload the shit in two hours.

OK, we just call the Africans.

And we tell them that we're going to reschedule.

The ship leaves Santos in the morning.

It's now or never.

Where the fuck do you think that we're going to find

a goddamn mule that speaks Yurumbi,

or whatever the fuck language it is, that won't rip us off.

Don't worry about that.

Just get your ass over here.

Fuck!

God dammit!

Who is it?

I need to talk to you right now.

Everything's fucked.

Baba's dead.

Paul, listen.

Did you hear me?

I said Baba's dead.

Who's Baba?

Who's Baba?

Take this.

Are you crazy?

What the fuck is going on with you?

Why are you... why are you acting so weird?

You don't remember?

He was going to broker a deal with the Africans.

And then he was going to steal the money.

Steal the money from who?

From my father.

You were going to steal his money?

I had it all worked out.

Then he was going to split it with us.

But he's your father.

How do you think we're going to get out of here, huh?

With our good looks?

Our fucking charm?

I'll figure something out. Just a...

Go back to your apartment and wait for my call.

Paul...

Paul, I need to talk to you.

Angie, don't worry, all right?

We're still leaving tomorrow.

Nothing's changed.

Hey, what's up, boss?

To your new house.

To your new life.

Wemba?

Wemba!

Mr. Rosso, sorry I didn't hear.

I didn't hear you, sorry.

Where are you from?

Nigeria.

You speak Yoruba?

Yes, yes, I do, actually, yes.

How did you wind up here?

In Brazil?

Sao Paulo.

To find work.

I mean, Nigeria is, um... to find work.

Everything is OK, yes?

How would you like to make some money?

Some money?

Yeah.

I don't know.

It depends how much money.

Enough that you'll never have to wash another dish

as long as you live.

Don't give up the suitcase till you see the cash, understand?

Understand, yes.

Call me right after everything goes down, OK?

Here's a card with my numbers.

Promise you'll call.

Yes, I should call.

OK.

Wemba, I hate to do this.

But I'm going to have to have some security.

Oh, security to...

Your passport.

My passport?

Maybe it is better for me to... to have then.

So I work for you for three, four years.

I don't... I don't take anything from you.

I don't... I don't do those sort of tings.

See you later on tonight.

What's the matter?

I just can't believe that we're going to trust...

We've got no fucking choice.

Drive the car.

Wemba's a good man.

I trust him.

How do you know you can trust him?

They'll only deal with another African who speaks Yoruba.

You speak Yoruba?

So stop complaining.

And who's to say he's not just going to run off with the cash?

Christ, here we go again, blah, blah, blah, god damn!

He's on his way.

There's no bringing him back.

He's going to deliver the cocaine.

He'll be back in a few hours.

We're going to be rich.

You're the one who's going to be rich.

I'll be lucky if I settle my debts and break even.

I never raised you to become a degenerate gambler.

No, you didn't.

You raised me to become a pimp.

Stop the car.

What?

Stop the car!

Pull over right now.

I gotta get home and finish packing.

You should be at the club now anyway.

Oh, I got plenty of time.

It's still early.

Paul, listen to me.

The club is yours now.

Sell it, leave the Brazil.

I'm the one who can't go back to the States.

Sell the motherfucker.

Go back to New York, start over.

All I'm telling you is this deal is your last chance.

Don't fucking blow it.

There's a cab.

You call me the moment you hear from him.

Right away, I'll call you.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, everything's lovely.

I am back in business with a dishwasher.

Come to think about it, Baba did me

a real solid by dropping dead.

What?

Well, you see, I had to split the take with him.

No such arrangement exists with the dishwasher.

You made an arrangement with the dishwasher?

Yeah, I arranged for us to get rid of him

when he returns with the cash.

Before he hands it over to your father?

Honey?

Hey, baby.

Hey.

I can see you finished packing.

Yeah.

The moving men took care of most of it.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just... I just have a little headache.

Can I get you an aspirin?

Oh no, I took some earlier.

I'll get the baby ready.

How did it go tonight?

Fine.

Well, there was a slight problem.

But it's all been taken care of.

Let's see.

Our man should be arriving there any minute.

You got the tickets?

Yeah, I got them.

Everything's in the envelope.

What's my new name?

Don't remember.

Don't remember, man.

Let's go, little man.

Where are we going?

You know perfectly well where we're going.

No, I don't.

Yes, you do.

Tell me.

We're moving away.

Right.

And where are we moving?

I forgot.

We are moving to a place where it's warm, sunny, fun.

Give your father a hug.

I love you more than anything in the world.

Daddy?

Mm-hm?

Can monkeys fly?

What?

Can monkeys fly.

Mommy said they can't.

Well, that's not exactly true.

But they don't have wings.

No, they don't have wings.

But your mommy isn't a world-renowned authority

on the primate species, like your daddy is.