Harry The Slap

Everyone has to be able to afford to be able to put them in good education.

Hey!

Animal! Touch my kid?!

-I'm not scared of him!

-You're a monster!

-Stop it!

-Hey!

Rosie's called the police, she says they're going to press charges.

No-one deserves to be hit, let alone a child.

Well, we all wanted to slap Hugo that day.

-Could you do me a favour and watch the kids for an hour? Please?

-I suppose...

I have to go to the police station, tell them what happened.

Contains very strong language.

Contains some scenes of a sexual nature.

'The cross around Harry's neck had belonged to his mother.

'The wedding band around his finger had been his father's.

'Harry knew they would have been proud of what their son had made for himself.

'Their heads would have been raised so high

'they would have been in the clouds.'

King of the world!

I'm starving.

Oh, that looks good.

I'm thirsty.

'Harry hated it when the world intruded on him.

'Let the towel heads and the Jews bomb each other,

'let America and China fight it out.

'Just don't involve him.'

Where's the Prince?

He's coming.

Rocco! Come down, now!

-I am, fuck!

-Hey!

Mate, aren't you hot?

-What's to eat?

-Steak.

Steak and chips?

No, steak and salad, you eat too many chips.

-You can never eat too many chips.

-Thank you, Your Majesty.

Why does she call you that? You're not a king.

Yes, I am a king. This is my kingdom. That's my queen.

And you, my young prince - one day all of this is going to be yours.

Oh.

BUZZER

Relax, I'll get it.

-Do you want a drink?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Mr Apostolou?

-Yeah, Harry Apostolou, what?

I'm just about to have lunch with my family.

My name's Constable Lyons, Constable Rucker.

Would do you mind if we had a word with you inside?

'Harry was not surprised that Rosie and Gary had called in the law.

'That was exactly the kind of people they were.

'They were the kind of scum who would always whinge, always cry victim.

'They did not know work. They did not know family.'

CONSTABLE RUCKER: And you were in attendance at your cousin's barbecue a fortnight ago?

-What I said.

-You were there?

-Uh-huh.

SANDI: My husband is a good character, OK?

-The only reason he hit that kid is because he was going to hurt...

-So he did hit the child?

Are you arresting me for being at a barbecue?

-CONSTABLE LYONS: Is Daddy nice to you, mate?

-Excuse me?

-Is Daddy a good guy?

Hey! You leave him out of this.

CONSTABLE RUCKER: ..It's resulted in the assault of a minor.

Is this familiar at all to you?

Well, there was this kid who was out of control

and he came at my son with a cricket bat, so I stopped it.

And how did you stop it, exactly?

I got between the other kid and my son.

I protected my son from potential injury.

LOUD MUSIC

-Are you serious?

-What, man?

You think I want your hairy arse crack as my shop front window?

-You checking out my arse now?

-What am I going to do, not look at it?

And it's hairier than last time.

So what? Who do I have to impress?

Come on, man, impress me, all right? Please.

Harry. What are you doing here so early on a Monday?

Nothing, man, just came to check out the books.

Yo, Boss.

Clock's dirty.

-Yeah, I'll clean it today.

-Good, do the whole office.

-How's Sandi? How's the kid?

-Yeah, good.

That's good.

PHONE BUZZES

Take the call.

BUZZING CONTINUES

BUZZING ENDS

What's, um...

-What's the problem, Boss?

-You're my problem.

-I'll clean the clock, I didn't know it was a big deal.

-Don't fucking dance with me, shitbag.

-Jesus, Harry.

-Sit down.

Now, there's no way that I'm going to figure out

exactly how much you ripped me off.

But let's just start with you giving me maybe some kind of figure.

Look, I did something stupid, I know that.

-I'll pay you back, man, every cent.

-Give me a figure.

-I don't...I don't know.

-Ballpark.

20 grand?

Double it.

Look, Haz, I don't have that, man.

Where is it?

Uh, expenses.

Expenses, huh?

You know what?

I'm going to take a third of your wages every week,

and I'm going to start calculating the interest on 40 grand.

Starting from today, you got that?

And, Con?

If I ever, ever catch you trying to pull this shit again

I will stick a fucking wrench up your arse so hard

that I'm going to be tuning up your tonsils.

You understand me?

Now take your scumbag arse out of here, now.

-Thanks, Harry.

-I will shake your hand when you're ready to be a man,

now get the fuck out of my office.

Sure, Boss.

Hey, hey. What are you up to?

Really, she's sick? That's no good.

Yeah, I'm going to come round.

All right.

SHE SPEAKS ARABIC

I told you, I'll bring them over.

OK.

What do you keep asking me for, Ma?

Hello.

Who's a little sick girl, eh?

-Did you get me a chocolate?

-Yeah.

But I can't give it to yet because look how sick you look.

What kind is it?

Yes!

-I'm going to put it in the fridge for you for later, OK?

-OK.

All right.

OK.

I understand, you want it on Sunday, you don't want it on Saturday.

Yeah.

Why, what did he say?

WHISPERS: Oi, what the fuck?

SHE MOUTHS

No way, Ma.

Well, tell him that's what you've done,

you've made the arrangements and that's what we're going with.

Yeah.

Huh?

All right, Ma.

All right, Ma.

You spoke to the doctor?

WHISPERS: Look at me.

Look at me.

Yeah, that's good.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Happy?

-You want coffee?

-Yeah, sure, why not?

Oh! God!

PHONE BUZZES

You should answer it, it's your wife.

HE SWITCHES THE PHONE OFF

You know, she went through my books last week,

found out one of my boys has been ripping me off for the past 18 months.

-What? No way.

-I know, believe that?

I confronted the little prick about it.

He admitted it.

Unbelievable, that chick, she doesn't miss a thing.

You're very lucky, Harry.

-Hey, cuz.

-Hey, what's going on?

I've been calling you, where have you been?

-I had to deal with Con.

-And?

-Yeah.

Well done, mate.

Hey, let's go outside, eh? Get some sun.

Aisha's upset with me? What for?

-Mate, all I did was get up and stop it.

-I know, I know.

What if somebody came at her kid with a wooden bat? Eh?

-At Melissa, you know, like this?

-I don't know, mate.

Well, why don't you put it in perspective?

Look, Aisha's pretty upset.

Hey, we're all upset, OK? Not just her.

You know what? Greece'll fix all that.

We'll sit down, the three of us...

HE SPEAKS GREEK

You're coming to Greece?

Yeah, we're all coming, your mum didn't tell you?

Mate, we're going to be there together. Hey, Rock?

European holidays, Rock buddy.

Aisha's coming, right?

Yes, mate. Yeah, she moved things round at the clinic so, yeah, she's in.

We'll have a holiday together, everything will be sweet again, trust me.

Yeah.

Yeah, look, Harry,

the cops said I'm their best witness.

Best witness? For what?

You know, in court.

No, no, no, we're not going to court, all right?

-They're just asking questions.

-If it goes to court,

-then I have to take the stand...

-If, if, if.

What are you going to say, if it does?

-I have to see what I saw.

-What did you see?

Hey, Rock. Get us some beers, will you?

Do you want to go for a swim...

Your uncle's thirsty, OK? Get us some beers, now.

-Can we just get a couple of things straight here?

-Can you not take this personal?

My own cousin is taking the side of some fucking skip degenerate

and I'm not supposed to take it personal?

Now, if we reversed the situation I would do whatever it took for you.

PHONE RINGING

Who's this?

-Hello?

-Sand?

It's Gary Bryant.

Oh, right.

-You there?

-Yeah, yeah, I'm here. Hi.

I'm just called up to say that A Current Affair are interested in this.

What?

I called the whole 9 Network.

They're going to do something up about it.

A television special exposing your husband

smashing my child in the head.

Special what?

-I don't - I don't know what you're saying.

-Who is it?

Who's this?

Gary Bryant. Just calling up about Channel 9.

-Mate, you realise what time it is.

-Yep.

You know what time A Current Affair is on?

Check your guides, cos you'll be on the fucking show.

Go fuck yourself, mate, OK?!

LAUGHING: Are you threatening me?

Don't call here again, you drunk piece of shit, OK?

I'm the fucking piece of shit?

I'm the fucking piece of shit?!

Yeah.

Mate, I'm not the one who bashes fucking children, all right?

Hey, you want to meet up somewhere? We'll sort this out man-to-man, huh?!

'Fucking meet somewhere and fucking do it man-to-man?'

'His eyes were his father's - his chin, his brow.

'Pano Apostolou was a genius with cars.

'Pano lifted the hood, and possibility shined up at him.

'It was only when working on a car

'that Harry ever saw his father at peace.'

-PHONE: Andrew Petrious's office, Sarah speaking.

-Yeah, hi, can I speak to Andrew, please?

-Mr Petrious is busy with a client.

-Oh, yeah?

Why don't you tell them it's Harry Apostolou calling?

-Then we'll see how busy he is.

-Is this about an appointment?

Andrew knows what it's about, OK, Sarah?

-Hey, how is it hangin', doggy dog?

-Out of your lips, bitch.

-What are you doing for lunch?

-When did you start hitting kids?

-Hey, I didn't. I don't.

Relax. OK. What happened?

OK, so we're at my cousin's barbecue, OK?

Nice day, everyone's getting along, beautiful.

This kid's running around like a maniac.

Breaking toys, terrorising the other kids - he's a nightmare, this guy.

Anyone there you know will publicly verify this behaviour?

Mate, everyone saw what was happening that day.

OK, good. Then what?

So we're having lunch, and the kids are playing a game of cricket.

This little shit comes at my boy with a cricket bat.

So you acted in defence of another?

Well, yeah, he was about to strike my child.

-Heat of the moment.

-Exactly.

Your Honour, my client is an exemplary father,

husband, successful businessman, bastion of the community

who on the occasion in question was simply trying to protect

that which he values most in the world - his family.

Blah, blah, blah, blah.

They're not going to hang a guy like you for belting some shithead kid.

Well, how will I know when the cops come press charges?

I'll find out, my girl'll find out.

So, what, it's actually real? This court case thing is real.

-I mean, what do I do?

-You don't do shit, Harry.

That's why your pocket bleeds - to see me shine.

You know it's my second conviction, right?

Shut the fuck up, Apostolou.

You got into a fight when you were 16, who the fuck didn't?

You know what the judge will have seen before you?

Two-year-olds with jaws shattered and skulls caved in

from some drug fucked 16-year-old bitch and a sick perverted pig

who fucked his five year-old daughter in the arse so much,

-the poor girl has a fucking colostomy bag...

-Whoa, whoa. Spare me please, I get it.

All right.

You know, what happens if they favour the kid?

If I do half my job, most you'll get is a good behaviour bond.

-What does that mean?

-Possible community service order.

You're sorting through rubbish at the Salvation Army 15 weekends in a row.

Fuck, you should see your face! Imagine that?

Harry fucking Apostolou scrubbing the toilet block on all fours.

You're the one who likes it on all fours.

Relax, it's not going to happen.

It's not going to happen. Stop moaning like some old bitch.

-Know what else happened?

-What?

-Cops came round that day.

-Yeah.

Yeah. Now the neighbours won't look at me

cos of one lousy cop car.

I'm sure that's what they expected the moment wogs moved in.

-Unbelievable.

-You want to be besties with your next door?

You shouldn't have bought a mother fucking block of land

-across the road from Brighton Beach.

-Fuck 'em.

Hey. I got it, keep your money.

-I'll call you.

-Malaka, I got it. Keep your money.

MUSIC BOX PLAYS

Whoa!

Do you want...

Do you want a massage?

Come on. Let's go upstairs. Let's go to the bedroom.

No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Did you talk to Andrew?

-Yeah, I spoke to him. It's all good.

-And what did he say?

He said it's all good, nothing to worry about.

I swear. He said it'll get thrown out of the court in one minute. Sweet.

What did he say about A Current Affair?

He said that Gary called up the network

and they laughed at him cos he was drunk.

Well, Andrew heard that? How?

He found out for me. He finds out anything this bloke, trust me.

Gary's just going to go somewhere else.

Yeah, well, he's going to get the same answer everywhere he goes, OK?

Cos the guy's a dead shit so...

Yeah, I know but someone will listen to him, someone will smell the story.

What story, babe? What fucking story?

Huh? So I slapped a kid. Big deal. No one's interested.

OK.

How's school?

Same.

-Yeah? What'd you get up to?

-Oh, we watched the video.

What kind?

Oh, it was on Eskimos but they were called this other thing.

Any good?

It was OK.

Girls liked it.

Looked really, really cold.

There was this family who had to live in an underground icehouse

for months and months, you know, ages.

And all they had to eat was seal blubber which is gross.

'Three bullets, that's all he needed. Bang.

'One for that Rosie bitch. Bang.

'Another for that loser husband.

'Bang.

'The final one to put that poor doomed kid out of his misery.'

MUSIC BOX PLAYS, SANDI GASPS

I love you.

It's beautiful, thank you.

You like my music box?

I do.

You like my music box?

No, no. Come here, come here.

Oh, let me, let me, let me.

Babe, I want to put it in your pussy.

Next time.

We need to be trying.

Yeah, I know but I want you to come in my mouth.

I want you to fuck my mouth.

-Hey, Rocco ready?

-No, he said he's not going to play soccer

unless you take him to McDonald's after.

-Huh?

-That's what he said.

Does he want to be fat like Hector's kid?

Hey, come on.

Give him a break. He's been a good boy through all of this.

Through all of what?

Through this.

It's affecting him. You know, he feels it all too.

Rocco's fine, OK? I know when he's not.

Pass me a knife, please.

Hey, I was thinking, I want to get the girls over on Saturday

just to go through some DVDs.

Do you reckon you can get Van to come?

Yeah? And I thought you should give Hector a call.

You know, we haven't seen Aish and the kids for ages.

-Yeah, sure. I'll call him.

-Good. I'll get him.

Hey, Rocco? Are you getting ready?

Oi! How the fuck are you?

Yeah, OK.

Listen, I'm having my Asian guy coming around on Saturday

with some DVDs. Cheap, all right. Should come around.

Yeah, bring Aish and the kids.

OK, after netball then.

All right, sure. Done.

Oh, hey? Yeah, can you text me Anouk's number?

Cos I want to be a fucking TV star. What's it to you.

Just text me her number, will you?

Thanks. And suck on my nuts.

OK, he's coming. I'm going to pilates.

What's wrong?

-Aish can't make it.

-Why?

She's working on Saturday and she can't get anyone to fill in.

Right. She works too hard that girl.

You know what? We'll see her in Greece anyway.

-Don't worry about it, everything's good.

-Mmm. All right, bye then.

MOBILE PHONE BEEPS

Thanks for meeting me.

Yes.

Why am I here, Harry?

Oh, you know...

You and I get along... at barbecues.

Mmmm?

So I figured why not a bit of one on one time, hey?

OK.

And why am I really here?

This slap at Hector's house.

Oh, yes.

Hugo came at my boy with a cricket bat.

I know.

You saw what he was like that day. The kid was a monster, right?

You think I did the right thing, right?

-Where is this leading, Harry?

-OK.

If it went to court...

-Oh, no.

-No, no, no, no, no. Hear me out, OK?

-If, right, and that's if, they called you up...

-No!

What do you need? New car?

I could look after you.

I don't need a new car.

-Well, you do now.

-No, Harry.

I'll have a beer with you.

I like you. I enjoy your company.

But...

I can't do that.

Not to Rosie or Aish.

But it's what you think.

Sorry, but no.

Oh. Guess I had you pictured wrong.

What?

I thought you were a woman of her own mind,

you know, somebody who spoke up.

And I thought you were a man who understood loyalty.

RAP MUSIC

Hi, mate.

Hey, what do you think of this chick?

Hey? You reckon she's sexy?

Black chicks are hoes, everyone knows that.

Don't talk about your Auntie Aisha like that.

OK? She's not a whore, mate.

Don't let her catch you saying that, you understand?

Yeah.

TURNS VOLUME UP

GARAGE BUZZER RINGS

-Hey.

-'Yo, open the garage.'

-Park on the street like everyone else.

-'Just open the garage

'you fucking wog dog.'

Watch your language, I've got fucking kids here.

Hey, you like Adam Sandler don't you, Rocco?

Yeah.

Yeah? Take these.

Malaka just escaped the halfway house or something?

There's single girls here, mate.

Huh? Why do you think I invited your dumb arse here?

-My waste disposal unit?

-Which one?

The blonde one's a kariola.

Mate, you won't even have to take her to the movies, nothing.

-Buy her a DVD?

-That's about right.

Hey, what's going on?

Nothing.

Listen, cuz, I was thinking about what you said the other day.

Me too. You know what? I said some pretty harsh things.

-No, it's all good.

-But I just want to know that you're on my side.

-Of course I am, you know that.

-OK, we're like brothers.

-I agree.

We've been through too much. We can't let this bullshit get in the way.

That's right, and that's why I want to propose something to you...

suggest something...

OK?

I think you should go and meet Rosie and Gary and have a talk.

-Fucking...

-No, no, hear me out, OK?

What you want me to go and get down on my knees in front of

that pisshead skip and his dirty wife? You're fucking dreaming.

Sandi and Aisha have spoken to them about it

and we all agree it's the best way to put this thing to rest.

Charges dropped, fly to Greece, happy days. Hey?

-Whose idea was this?

-No-one.

-Who came up with it?

-Everyone's worried, Harry.

Sandi have something to do with this?

-She and Aisha have spoken, yeah.

-Is that what you and her were talking about..?

She's worried you're not handling it.

I'm handling it, OK. I'm handling it just fine.

She's the one who's not handling it.

That was a fantastic day, wasn't it?

Why did you go and talk to Hector behind my back?

-Harry, I was going to tell you.

-How fuckin' dare you?!

How fuckin' dare you!

-Please don't.

-You don't talk to anyone about our business.

-OK.

-OK?

-OK, OK. Ahh!

-OK?

-Yep, OK. Sorry.

What happens if he tells that stuck up fucking black bitch our business?

She's going to run straight to that Rosie slut

-and tell her everything, isn't she?

-Yep.

-Yeah, that's fuckin' right.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry! Please stop.

Look at me, look at me.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry...

-I'm sorry.

-SHE SOBS

Ssh. Ssh.

Ssh. It's OK. It's OK.

It's OK.

You're beautiful, you know that?

Thank you, sorry.

Rocco.

Rocco?

Rocco?

Hello, Roccimo. How's the soccer going?

Hey, you not talking to Papa Manolis today?

What's the matter, Roc? Papa's talking to you.

If someone says "sorry", it should be dead to this family.

I'm just saying.

Roc.

You know what he used to say to me?

A good engine is like a good woman.

You got to love the sound of it even when it roars.

He taught you a lot, eh?

Ku Rocco.

I don't want to pressure him.

I'm angry, Theo,

I'm angry at these people and what they're trying to take away from me.

Pano, he went to his grave angry.

Hey, I'm going to go and see Rosie and Gary.

OK?

OK.

Hey, how much you pay for this piece of shit?

-Go easy.

-Transmission's fucked.

Six months time you're going to be up for two and a half grand. Really?

Listen, I've got a car for you at the Altona shop, all right?

'91 Merc. Goes nice.

Is it manual? Cos Aish doesn't drive manual.

Relax, mate, it's auto. OK?

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know, mate.

It's yours, don't even think about it.

OK.

Great.

Hey, Gary.

Come in, then.

Come on.

Hello. Thanks for seeing me.

I didn't want to see you.

-How are you, Hector?

-Me?

-Mm.

-All good.

-Hugo, do you remember this man?

-He's the bad man who hit me.

He's going to go to jail.

So why are you here?

I've come to apologise.

-Not fucking accepted.

-Rosie, just hear him out.

I have.

OK? I've come...

to apologise.

All right, I shouldn't have hit Hugo and...I'm sorry.

OK, but please understand that I was concerned for Rocco.

-Your son is twice his size.

-Harry's really sorry, Rosie...

This is none of your fucking business, Hector.

No, hang on, Harry's my cousin, you're my wife's best friend, I am involved here.

No you're not, Hector. It's between me, Rosie and Hugo.

You know what? Not even Hugo.

This is between me, Rosie and this fucking arsehole right here.

That's it, it's simple. It's between us.

Yeah, what about Sandi?

Yeah, Sandi of course.

Well, we don't blame Sandi.

It's not her fault she's married to an animal.

Hey, whatever you think of me, OK, that's besides the point.

All right, Sandi is shook up by all this.

Can we just put it to rest, please? I mean, it's a waste of money,

it's a waste of time. Hey? For her? What do you reckon?

-Do you hit Sandi?

-Rosie, this is not helpful?

-Shut the fuck up, Hector?

-Excuse me?

-Bet you hit her.

Do you hit your kid? How often do you hit your kid?

-Rosie, come on.

-Hope all this makes her leave you.

I hope she sees sense and gets out before you crush her completely,

you disgusting, sexist, fucking pig!

CHILD CRIES

Gary, call the police. Gary, call the cops!

-Why? He's just...

-He's threatening us!

Call the fucking cops or I fucking will!

You can wait for the coppers outside!

Harry.

Harry!

Harry! No, you can't smoke in the car, Aisha doesn't like it.

Fuckin' sorry(!)

Forget it. It was a stupid idea to talk to 'em anyway.

Hey, you want to come in?

Can I have one I? I don't give a fuck any more.

I just got off the phone to Rosie and she said you attacked her.

-Aish, that's not what...

-She said you broke a chair.

-No, Aish, I was there.

-I'm not talking to you. I'm talking to him.

-Excuse me?

Did you attack Rosie in any way?

I don't believe you.

Don't walk away from me.

Listen, I did nothing to those fuckin' animals.

OK? Next time you organise something like this,

you make sure people know about it!

Ssh! Angela's sleeping.

Baby?

-Baby, what's the score?

-Mum, who is it?

-Come on.

-Wait.

-Come inside now!

-Wait, wait.

Mum, who is it?

-Angela, honey.

-Can I have some water?

-You scared her, are you drunk?

-Sorry, no.

-Just come on.

-Mum!

-Just let me settle her. Wait.

-I'm thirsty!

-OK, hurry up

Give it here.

Baby, go easy. Harry... Fuck.

What the fuck?

-Argh!

-What? What?

Fuck.

-What? What's up?

-What's going on here?

Fuck it, I'm not into it.

-Here you go.

-I'm not a whore, Harry.

Here, take it.

Sorry, babe.

MOBILE PHONE BUZZES

MOBILE CONTINUES TO BUZZ

Mr Apostolou, please.

Sorry to interrupt but I do not know if you read this note in office?

No, what note?

Saying I would very much like to not work this Saturday night, please.

Are you scheduled to work?

-Yes, Mr Apostolou.

-Well, then you work.

You count yourself lucky that you even got a job. OK?

MOBILE BUZZES

-Yeah, babe?

-Harry, Rocco's gone missing.

-What?

-I've called you 600 times!

-The fuck? Where?

-Shall I call the police?

-Where'd he go?

-I don't know!

-Calm down, just calm down.

-Where'd he go?

-The door slammed and...

OK, I will find him. All right, I will find him.

Just stay calm and stay near the phone. I will call you back.

-I'll find him, babe, trust me, OK?

-OK, OK.

Shit.

Rocco.

What are you doing? Mate, you got your mum very, very worried.

I was going to the police station.

I was going to tell them it was all my fault.

Hey, hey, it's not your fault.

I got him out LBW, I bowled it.

No, no, no, no.

It's OK, it's not your fault.

OK?

Is Rocco asleep?

Yeah.

I'm sorry, baby.

I'm so lucky to have you.

DOOR BUZZES

-Who's that?

-I don't know.

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