[whimsical music] [projector whirring]
[birds chirping]
[cars revving]
[car door opens] [alarm beeps]
[paper rustling]
[car door shuts]
The hospital called in all the scripts,
but they wouldn’t give me the Klonopin.
You need to go in.
The pharmacist is waiting for you.
[birds chirping]
Do you want to go inside and get it?
Let’s just go to mama’s.
[bird chirps]
[Lara exhales] [dog barks]
[car starts]
[suspenseful music]
[key clicks]
[buckle clicks/clangs]
[jacket/bag rustling]
Are you ready to go inside?
[birds chirping]
Do I have a choice?
We wanted to make sure you were home
in time for Teta’s party.
It wasn’t easy to get you out.
[birds chirping]
Mira, I know it’s been a rough year,
but maybe we can try
and have a nice day for Teta’s sake.
[buckle clicks]
[door opens]
[bicycle clacking]
[birds chirping]
[door slams]
[birds chirping]
[Lara] Mira!
[birds chirping]
[door opens]
[birds chirping]
[vehicle whooshing]
[door opens and shuts]
[people talking in distance]
[dog barks]
Hi baby! Hi.
Oh, did you miss me?
[dog panting]
Yes. Hi. Hi. [dog slobbering]
[Mira exhales]
[steps clatter]
[upbeat music] [people laughing and talking]
[Mira] Hey. [sniffles]
I’m Okay.
Mama, she’s fine.
[Mira] Hi! Hi.
[lips kissing cheeks]
Hi Teta.
[lips kiss cheek]
Don’t they have sun in Florida? [laughs]
Florida?
[Dana] Mira!
It’s been so long.
Hi.
They were saying you might not make it today.
[lips kissing cheeks]
How was your trip?
It was good.
[Dana] How long were you there for?
10, 12 days.
Habibi, I know, I promise I’ll take you.
I love your hair. You cut it?
Yeah.
Rakkan, have you to say hi to Altamira.
I don’t know you. [Dana laughs]
[Dana] Well, the last time we visited you were a baby,
just like Susu here.
[Susu laughing]
I need glue.
What did I just say? After the party, I promise.
He’s working on a little project.
Aren’t you, Rakkan?
What is all of this?
[Dana] He’s building a dream catcher.
A dream factory.
Oh, sorry. [whispering] A dream factory.
It’s for school. His teacher asked them to invent something.
It’s all he talks about. [laughs]
Excuse me. I’m just going to need a minute.
[Susu chirping]
[door shuts]
[solemn music]
[drawer rolling/rattling]
[lips smack]
[bottle cap twisting]
[bottle clanks]
[medical bracelet rustling]
[Mira exhales]
[guest shouts]
[Mira exhales]
[door slams]
[party guests chatter in background]
Florida?
[plates clanking]
Mama didn’t know what to tell everyone.
She didn’t want them to worry.
So you told them Florida? I’ve never even been there.
Mama panicked, okay?
It’s winter. I thought someplace warm.
You thought…
Lara, where in Florida, in case one of them asks?
Tallahassee.
So I took a trip to inland Florida
in the middle of winter?
[plates clank]
[Rakkan scratching]
[women laughing]
[women laughing]
[women awing/laughing]
You still are Teta.
[women awing]
[women awing]
[rings clinking]
[dogs barking]
[party guests talking in background]
[dogs barking]
[curtain rustles]
[door opens]
[door creaking]
[door shuts]
Wanna get some glue?
Did you really have to bring that?
Yes.
We’re going to be gone for like 5 minutes.
You know that, right? Yes.
What’d you do in Florida?
I went swimming.
Well, I had to drive to find a beach apparently.
That’s all?
And I ate lobsters and walked along the water,
and it was beautiful.
Oh, and I collected 1,000 seashells.
Nuh-uh. Uh-huh.
I met a mermaid. She taught me how to ride whales.
Mermaids are biologically impossible.
Who told you that?
Everybody knows that.
Well, I met one.
She was the prettiest mermaid in all of Tallahassee.
[both laugh]
Are you sick?
Let’s go.
[eerie music]
[piano lounge music]
Have you tried oysters?
[Rakkan] Aren’t they like snails?
[Mira] They’re delicious. Mermaids love them.
Come on.
[Rakkan slurps]
That’s pretty gross.
[Rakkan slurps] Ew. Why?
[Rakkan] What’s her name?
Who? The mermaid.
[people taking in background]
Henrietta.
[Server] Oysters for two. Thank you.
They look like rocks. [Mira laughs]
There, like this. [slurps]
[Rakkan slurps]
What do you think?
Takes like spit. [Mira laughs]
It kinda does.
[phone tune ringing] Oh shit!
Don’t say that.
He’s with me.
He’s with me. He’s with me. I forgot to tell her.
I know, Lara, I’m sorry.
I… We just went to get some glue.
And pipe cleaners. And pipe cleaners.
Oh, okay.
Okay, Lara. Okay. Bye. Bye.
Are you in trouble?
No.
Maybe.
Can you walk any faster?
My balloon!
[Mira sighs]
[car revving]
I’ll get your balloon.
[Rakkan grunts]
[branch thwacks]
[branch snaps]
[steps clonking]
[Rakkan shouts]
I was worried about you. Let’s get you inside.
[steps clonking] Come on.
I know. I forgot to tell you.
You can’t just go off like that.
We were supposed to be gone for just a couple of minutes.
He’d never tried oysters. His balloon got caught in a tree.
You left without telling his mother!
I can be alone with a child, Lara.
I am so sick of cleaning up your messes!
Do you have any idea what it’s been like
these last two weeks?
Calling mama every day, answering a million questions.
Yes, Mama, they’re feeding her.
Yes, Mama, she’s looking better.
Yes, Mama, Mira’s just a little sad.
Please, Lara. You love being in control.
You’ve always loved being in control.
And I didn’t ask you to lie to her.
I didn’t ask you to lie to everyone in there.
What were we supposed to tell the family? Hmm?
You know how they are, Oh, she overdosed?
I have to lie to everyone too now. Do you understand?
You were already doing that.
You’ve always had things from us.
I’m your sister.
I want to know what’s going on. I can help.
[steps clonking]
[door opens]
It’s time to cut the cake!
What’s wrong?
[Lara] Nothing. Nothing.
[steps clonking]
Yeah, Mira. Yeah, Mama.
Mama, nobody cares how I look.
Mama and I care. I care [speaks Arabic]
Mira,
please.
[dogs barking in distance]
[party guests talking in background]
[dogs barking in background]
[Mira sighs]
[party guests talking in background]
[dogs barking in background]
[Mira sighs]
[dogs barking in background]
[party guests shouting in background]
[Guests] ♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪
♪ Happy birthday dear Teta. ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you. ♪
[Guests sing Happy Birthday song in Arabic]
[Teta and Rakkan blowing]
[guests applaud]
[guests laugh]
[rhythmic Arabic music] [women clap and cheer]
[women singing in Arabic]
[door opens/squeaks]
I wanna come too.
[whispers] Where? With you.
No. You have to go back to bed.
I can’t. It’s too squeaky.
I’m just going for a walk.
I’ll go for a walk to clear my head.
Okay. Go get your shoes.
You can’t bring that stupid balloon though.
[insects chirping] [bright upbeat music]
[cars whooshing in background]
[Rakkan] Is it tomorrow, yet?
Almost.
[Rakkan] I love that song.
Yeah, me too.
You should dance. No.
Oh, come on.
No?
I think you wanna dance. Come on.
I think you do.
[upbeat soulful music]
[footsteps clonking] [bright upbeat music]
[insects chirping]
[paper rustling]
[glue squirting]
[Mira] What are all these colors for?
[Rakkan] They’re for dreams.
[Mira] Like different kinds of dreams?
Yes.
What about the green one?
[Mira] Fly power. Hmm.
And the red?
We are just going to throw it away.
Why?
Because
it’s
bad dreams.
You throw away your bad dreams?
Yes.
[glue skirts]
[Mira] What about the pipe cleaners?
I wish for strawberry ice cream.
[Mira] And now what happens?
Your dream comes true.
You dream of strawberry ice cream?
Wow. It’s quite a factory you built.
[Rakkan] Here. What’s this for?
[Rakkan] Cut your bracelet.
[Rakkan’s footsteps thumping]
[scissors clanging]
[scissors cut]
[bracelet rustles]
[Mira exhales]
[lively music]
