The Resident

This film contains some strong language and some violent scenes.

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

It's about that time, man.

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

HEART BEATING RHYTHMICALLY

WOMAN: Here.

-MAN:

-Let's go. Bay one.

That's a pulse. INDISTINCT CHATTER

Code three.

It's an involuntary admission, OK?

-HE PANTS

-OK, we're going to intubate this guy.

And fix the hole in his heart.

MACHINE HISSING

-METALLIC SNAP

-Got it.

Looks tight. Pressure's holding.

OK, call CT Surgery, tell them they got a sick one coming up.

CAR HORN HONKS

MAN ON TV: Here you are, Natasha, right over my shoulder.

-I certainly am.

-Natasha, is you?

Boris, how could you mistake me for a possum?

I help it if you put on weight?

TV CONTINUES, INDISTINCT

Where's the bedroom?

This IS your bedroom. BED CLUNKS

And your kitchen, your dining room, your study.

It's real New York living.

And there's a bonus. The view is amazing. Go ahead.

DISTANT DRILLING

This is a great view?

Interested?

BED CLUNKS

TRAIN ROARS

BUZZING

ELEVATOR DINGS

WHIRRING

Hello?

WHIRRING GETS LOUDER

Excuse me?

WHIRRING STOPS

Hi.

Um, someone called about a rental here?

It's not ready yet.

Well, could I see it?

HE SIGHS

You're looking at it.

Oh.

-I can't afford this.

-It's 38.

What?

-The place, it's 38.

-Thousand?

3,800.

SHE EXHALES

Wait, what's the catch?

Are you putting a nightclub down on the first floor?

Well, utilities would be separate.

It takes a lot to heat a place like this.

-So, expect Con Ed to stick it to you in the wintertime.

-Right.

This would be the best view in the building.

-Are you the super?

-Owner, actually.

Oh. Right.

My family bought the building in the '40s.

And to answer your question no, there is no nightclub.

A lot of my tenants started to move out

and so I'm renovating the apartments.

Until then, it could get a bit noisy around here.

I don't I don't mind noise. I'm an ER doctor, so...

When we sleep, we really sleep.

Well, a couple things about the building,

it doesn't get the best cellphone reception.

OK, I can figure that out.

RUMBLING, RATTLING

And there's the F Line.

-Jesus.

-Yeah.

There's a maintenance track that runs directly under this building.

Usually at night.

I'm going to need your Social Security number and three references.

Oh, I can get you all of that, including records of my taxes

-for the last five years, if you'd like.

-I prefer no pets.

-Of course.

-All right.

The heaters bang loudly in the morning.

-You haven't checked my references.

-I will.

Take a look around. I'm going to get back to work.

I gotta be uptown in exactly 100 minutes

so, you got 60 to get the shit out of this rented truck

or I gotta charge you for another day.

Take a deep breath, I don't want you to strain yourself talking.

-Did you hire the only moving guy in New York who doesn't actually move furniture?

-Yeah, right?

Well, you travel pretty light.

Oh, I got rid of a lot.

I would have liked to have sawed the bed in half and burned it,

but I need a place to sleep at night.

SHE CHUCKLES

-Well...

-Not easy at forgiving.

Change is good.

Should we go get that mattress?

JULIET GASPS

-SHE CHUCKLES

-Hi.

This is my grandfather. August, Juliet. Juliet, August.

She's our new tenant.

Hi.

-Got any pets?

-No.

-Are you loud?

-No, not at all.

Sorry I scared you.

Nice to meet you.

FAINT GROAN

TRAIN RUMBLING

RATTLING

EERIE MUSIC

CREAKING

FOOTSTEPS

CREAKING

THUD

EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES

SHE PANTS

ELEVATOR DINGS

TV ON, INDISTINCT

Max?

KNOCKING

Max?

SHE SIGHS

Fuck you!

-It's crystal meth. Stop it!

-It's all right, it's all right.

-Don't do anything.

-It's going to be all right.

No! Don't touch me!

It's going to be fine.

SOBBING No.

-You're going to be all right.

-Oh, my God.

Hey.

-Hey.

-Heard you had a long one.

Mm. That was an insane day.

Rob and I are going out today, you want to come?

No, thanks. I think I'm just going to go home and get to bed early.

CELLPHONE RINGS

You have got to stop thinking about him.

The love of my life cheated on me. In my own bed.

Every time I look at myself all I see is someone who wasn't enough.

You were enough. You are enough.

More than enough. He's an asshole.

I gave up my dream to move to New York City to be his

and he just threw it all away.

SHE SCOFFS

It's an art opening. It's not going to kill you.

And you're going.

We can handle this, it's going to cost you a little extra

-cos of all the unused space.

-Grandfather doesn't want to change

the integrity of the structure.

OK. No problem. We'll take care of it.

All right, thank you. DOOR OPENS

-Hey.

-Hi.

-About to start making a lot of noise?

If I can get the city's approval.

There are a lot of "I"s to dot and "T"s to cross around here.

Yeah, I bet.

Oh! Thank you for the gift.

It was so kind and, and really thoughtful.

ELEVATOR DINGS

The gift that was outside my door yesterday?

Yeah, that, uh, that wasn't me.

August.

Oh, there you are.

Hi. I wanted to thank you for the incredibly thoughtful gift.

I'm just putting myself in your shoes.

I thought, "If I were a woman

"alone, in a new apartment

"surrounded by strangers

"what would I want?"

TV ON, INDISTINCT

I don't get much company.

Oh, I'm sorry. I should really go.

Thanks.

Great.

Oh, excuse me.

-Max?

-Hey.

Hey, I didn't recognise you outside of the building.

-Who's this?

-You, too.

-Oh, this is Max.

This is Sidney, we work together.

Very nice to meet you, Sidney.

Nice to meet you too, Max.

I haven't heard about you. Hm... Nice day, isn't it?

It is. You know, sometimes I feel like all I ever do is work.

And, I don't know, I just thought I'd stop and come out

-and feel Brooklyn, you know?

-Yeah.

Well, Max, would you like to have a drink with us?

No. No, thanks. I'm actually getting ready to leave.

It was very nice to meet you. Great to see you.

-You, too, Max.

-SHE GASPS

-Shh! He's my landlord.

-So?

-And I'm his tenant.

You mean like what if it sucks and you can't get away from each other?

-Yeah. It's not recommended.

-So, you thought about it?

-Shh!

-Hey, Max?

-Hey.

Um, do you, actually do you mind walking me home?

I'd love to.

-Great. OK. Bye.

-See ya.

WHISPERING: He's cute.

Thanks.

-Bye, you guys.

-Bye-bye.

August, uh, he worries about me, you know?

People from his generation were married with ten kids by the time they were my age.

Yeah, he is kind of a unique guy, isn't he?

That's one way to put it.

Unique. Uh, difficult.

Pain in the ass would be another way to characterize him.

-Is he OK?

-Well, up until a year ago

we were partners in the building. We did everything together.

Fixed everything together, made all the decisions together

and then he had a stroke.

Oh. What about your parents?

They, uh, they, they died when I was, when I was very young.

What about, uh, what about your family?

Um. Let's see, my parents, they're kind of, uh, after-the-fact hippies.

I guess that makes you the black sheep of the family, huh?

Definitely. Yeah.

For me, uh, rebellion was going through med school.

Free love sucked, as far as I could tell.

It led to a quick divorce on my parents' part

so I was every other weekend with my dad.

I never really knew where my home was

not until Jack and I moved in together.

-Jack?

-My ex.

Yeah.

So I thought all hippy kids had weird names.

HE LAUGHS Oh, you do, don't you?

What's your real name?

-Juliet. It's my real name.

-What's your middle name?

Want to sit here?

-Are you ignoring my question?

-No.

HE CHUCKLES

-No, I just thought we'd take in the view.

-Uh-huh. OK.

When I was little, I used to walk around the neighbourhood at night.

And look into windows

at families around televisions

brothers, sisters, parents, meeting, you know, talking.

And, you know, I knew I couldn't have that.

But, just watching them

it somehow made me feel like I was part of it.

Seeing all these families, it's sweet.

Yeah. Yeah.

Bliss.

-Bliss?

-Yep.

Oh, my Jesus.

"Dr Bliss." HE CHUCKLES

Doctor Bliss.

Yep.

Very nice.

LAUGHING

Thank you.

-Sorry.

-No, don't be sorry, Juliet.

God, I'm an idiot. Of course it's a bad idea.

That's not what I meant.

I'm just confused.

Reading the wrong signals.

EERIE MUSIC

SHE SIGHS

WATER RUNNING

FOOTSTEPS

CLANKING

WHIRRING

WATER RUNNING

EERIE MUSIC INTENSIFIES

TRAIN RUMBLING

SHE GASPS

CRASH

SHE SIGHS

FAINT CAR ALARM

EERIE MUSIC

SCREECHING AND THUD

SHE GASPS

-Jesus Christ, Juliet. Calm the fuck down.

-SHE SIGHS

I don't know what I was expecting.

You were expecting rebound sex, honey.

Hot. Landlord. Rebound. Sex.

-BOTH LAUGHING

-You're crazy.

-See you later.

-Bye, girl.

CELLPHONE RINGING

Jack.

You picked up.

What do you want?

I just called to say hi.

Well, hi.

Can I see you?

-Juliet.

-HE SIGHS

-I'm sorry.

-I gotta go.

SHE SIGHS

CELLPHONE RINGING

Look, I don't think it's a good idea for us to talk yet.

MAX: Juliet. It's Max.

-Max?

-Listen.

Um. I'm sorry about yesterday.

Well, I was wondering if

I could make it up to you with, with dinner tonight?

SOFT MUSIC

You like old things.

I suppose I do.

You know, I'm not really one of the text message, Twitter crowd.

Technology seems to be about telling everybody your deep, dark secrets.

And, I don't know, I guess I think secrets should be secrets.

What?

It's just...

It's starting to feel like home.

Safe.

Warm. Inviting.

You did that for me.

Good.

So what's your secret? Why aren't you married?

I guess I just never found anyone that...

Anyone that?

That got me, I guess. Or that I got.

And the truth is, um

I'm not very social.

You know, it's probably the way I grew up.

You know, I spent my whole life taking care of my family's building

and recently, my grandfather.

And because of that, I just

I never had a relationship that mattered.

You know, going to that, that art opening thing the other day

that was a big deal for me.

-I'm sorry about that day.

-No.

No, I was just surprised that,

that you...

That I what?

That you wanted to kiss me.

Why wouldn't I?

Landlord.

Tenant.

Messy.

UNINTELLIGIBLE WHISPERING

-That's a pulse!

-RAPID CHATTERING

EERIE MUSIC

He thought he was dying. It's another stroke, isn't it?

I called in a scrip for Klonopin. He should see a psychiatrist.

Are you OK?

Yeah. Yeah.

EERIE MUSIC

WOMAN ON PA, INDISTINCT

WHIRRING

Someone called about a rental here?

SUSPENSE MUSIC

HEARTBEAT

-Excuse me.

-Max?

-Hey.

-Hi.

Who's this?

Oh, this is Max. This is Sidney, we work together.

Sometimes I feel like all I do is work, and, um

I don't know, I decided to stop

and come out and feel Brooklyn, you know?

-Yeah.

-Hey, Max, do you actually do you mind walking me home?

SUSPENSE MUSIC

EERIE MUSIC

Sorry. I'm confused. Reading the wrong signals.

SHE LOCKS THE DOOR

REPEATED CLICKING AND DOOR LOCKING, ECHOING

CLICKING KEY CHAIN

Sorry. God, I'm an idiot.

Of course, it's a bad idea.

KEYS CLINKING

I'm confused. Reading the wrong signals.

DOOR CLUNKS, WHIRRING

DRIPPING

EERIE MUSIC

HEARTBEAT

TRAIN RUMBLING

CRASH

SHE SIGHS

SCREECHING AND THUD

Jesus Christ, Juliet. Calm the fuck down.

SHE SIGHS

Max?

What?

Max. I can't do this.

Max.

I can't do this. I can't get him out of my mind.

Jack.

I still only know his smell.

And the way he touches me, I...

I don't want it to be like this.

SHE EXHALES

I understand.

Yeah, yeah, you understand, right?

SUSPENSE MUSIC

-I'll call you later.

-OK.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

NAIL GUN FIRING

THUD

KNOCKING AND SOBBING

STIFLED SOBBING

I know everything that goes on in this building.

I know everything that goes on in your head.

You think I don't know how your brain works?

Just like your father.

Jealous and perverted.

That's enough.

Your mother.

She was beautiful.

She married a weak man.

Then she gave birth to another.

-Hey.

-Hey.

Um... I've been meaning to talk to you.

Yeah. Look, I'm sorry.

It suddenly felt weird, I...

It had nothing to do with you, I just...

-I need more time.

-That's OK.

You know, that, that tells me you take being with someone seriously.

And, you know, I like that.

Um, but, you know, I was thinking about it

and maybe we shouldn't have done that, you know?

-Meaning that we live in the same building, and all.

-Really?

No offense, I just... I just needed company, I guess.

I'm so glad you feel the same way.

I just...

It's meant a lot to me the last couple weeks.

Well, I... I should go, I...

Yeah. OK.

OK. I'll see you.

Have a nice day.

You too.

EERIE MUSIC

AUGUST: What's the matter with you?

Why didn't you stand up for yourself?

Just like your father.

Your mother, she was beautiful.

She married a weak man.

-Then she gave birth to another.

-WOMAN SCREAMS

GUNSHOT

HE GRUNTS

CRACKING

TRAIN RUMBLING

DOOR CLOSES

CREAKING

CREAKING

CREAKING

This place is driving me crazy.

HE PANTS

And I thought I knew everything about this building.

-I never realised your kitchen had an old wine closet.

-Hmm.

August's old place had...

had one of these, but this...

They must've covered this up years ago.

Well, I think it's really cool. Can I use it?

Yeah, absolutely. Erm...

Why don't I just fix it up for you and I'll get out of your hair.

-Well, I have work.

-That's-that's OK.

I can... I can do it while you're gone.

That's really sweet of you.

Thanks for being such a good friend.

BUZZING

PHONE BEEPS

HE PANTS

-Hi. Hi. No, let me help you with this.

-Oh, no. That's OK.

-No, no, no. I should help you.

-That... It's sweet.

Uh, it goes, it goes in the kitchen?

-Yeah.

-OK, good. Yeah.

Got a lot of stuff.

-HE GRUNTS

-You, uh, you cooking?

Yeah.

Maybe I'll, uh, I'll stay and help, yeah?

You-you... You don't have to do that.

Uh, I wanted to...

I wanted to try to speak to you about, about something.

Um, it's been a little confusing for me

because you, because you kissed me first.

-What?

-Yeah, you made the first move.

You kissed me first and, um,

and now you're acting like nothing happened.

SHE SCOFFS I'm sorry, I...

Um, we were just getting to know each other.

You know, seeing if things worked or-or didn't.

I mean, that's what, that's what people do.

I don't do that.

You shouldn't do that either.

DOOR CLOSES

PHONE RINGS

Hey.

Yeah. Ten minutes is perfect.

All right, I'll see you then.

Bye.

WATER RUNNING

DOORBELL BUZZES

-Hey.

-Oh!

Amelie, hi! I missed you so much.

DOG WHIMPERS

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Uh...

-What happened to her?

She's been picking a fight with a German shepherd at, um...

-Oh?

-Yeah. I didn't know what to bring to a dinner like this, but...

Thank you. They're beautiful.

WHINES SOFTLY

Let's sit here, in the living room.

Place is huge.

And cheap.

How much?

3,800.

Anything available for me?

I don't know if we're quite ready for that.

-HE CHUCKLES

-Right.

Thanks.

DOG WHINING

DOG BARKING

Tell me about the German Shepherd.

She's been having a hard time at doggy day care.

DOG BARKING

Why are you taking her to doggy day care?

Been travelling a lot the past few weeks.

-It was business.

-I wasn't thinking that.

-Look, I could tell you everything.

-I don't want to know.

You were never home. I literally never saw you.

Please don't tell me you slept with someone else

because I work too hard.

I was with someone else.

It was just a flirtation, but it felt amazing for a moment.

I want to be clear about something.

He was nice but he was never you.

It's the guy with the beard, right?

How do you know that?

I followed you one night. I was gonna ring your bell, but...

You followed me home?

I wasn't good anymore.

My life, without you...

I missed you.

I missed you too, Jack.

I'm sorry.

SHE INHALES DEEPLY

HE PANTS

WATER DRIPPING

I'm sorry dinner burned.

I'm not.

BOTH CHUCKLE

I want you to stay.

I can't. I've got a 7am.

I'm in no way prepared. I'm gonna be up all night.

You want to keep Amelie tonight?

No pets allowed.

Here, keep this.

I love you.

All right, come on.

(Bye.)

HE PANTS

PAGER BEEPS

SHE MOANS

PAGER STOPS

So what's going on? I heard you were late again.

Yeah, I slept through my alarm three times in two weeks...

and I never oversleep.

So, you been out late?

No, no. There's just...

There's something creepy about my apartment.

A guy gives you a gorgeous apartment, at an unbelievable price,

cooks for you and is an absolute gentleman and that's creepy?

No, no. There's just something about it.

I can't wake up in the morning and I don't know... It's... a feeling.

SHE SIGHS

If I were you I'd keep the apartment,

get a louder alarm.

So the record feature's triggered by movement,

so any activity in your apartment

will be recorded in up to ten-minute intervals.

It's a wireless system which can be accessed through your computer.

This position and the position in the living room

will cover as much of the apartment as possible,

but that still leaves the kitchen and the bathroom uncovered.

That's OK. As long as I have the front door and my bedroom.

Well, you got that.

These things have automatic night vision,

so you've no need to leave a light on.

These babies will catch anything that moves.

So, you gonna sublet?

-I'm sorry, what?

-Most people put these in if they're going to sublet

or have a party, or even for babysitters.

You know, so nobody steals anything.

I'm gonna sublet.

Here we go.

ELEVATOR DINGS

Well, that's it.

-So, um call if you have any questions.

-Thanks.

RHYTHMIC TAPPING

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

HE SNORES

Grandfather?

Max?

What're you doing?

HE CRIES OUT

It's my life now.

HE GROANS

HE GRUNTS

HE EXHALES

CHATTER

I'm sorry to rush.

OK.

HE GRUNTS

HE GROANS

DOOR CLOSES

FAINT ARGUING

HE BREATHES HEAVILY

INDISTINCT WHISPERING

SHE MOANS SOFTLY

HE SOBS

HE GASPS

SHE MOANS

SHE INHALES SHARPLY

SHE GROANS

HE SOBS

ALARM CLOCK BEEPING

ALARM STOPS

PHONE BEEPS

Hi. It's Devereau. I'm sorry, I somehow seriously overslept...

I'll be there in, uh, ten.

INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TANNOY

-Uh, I need a TR on these, ASAP please.

-OK, got it.

-Thanks.

DRILLING

PHONE BEEPS

-WOMAN ON TANNOY:

-Mr Franklin, please return to the emergency room.

DRILLING

DOOR SLAMS

THUD

Shit.

HE GRUNTS

PHONE RINGS

Thanks.

-This is Juliet.

-I faxed the toxicology report you ordered.

Great, thanks.

Jack, don't go to my apartment.

I don't know how the fuck it happened, but somehow... Shit.

SIREN BLARES

DOOR OPENS

Jack?

CREAKING

SHE GASPS

SHE GASPS

(No.)

KNOCK ON DOOR

Juliet.

Hi, there.

You just get home?

Yeah.

Look what I found.

This great old bottle of wine from August's wine closet.

I'll-I'll open it.

No, no need. I already cracked it.

-I wanted it to breathe a little bit. Do you mind?

-No, that's great.

You have a rough day, Juliet?

SHE SNIFFLES Yeah.

Well, here. Drink this. Maybe it will help.

Thanks.

Come sit down.

HE EXHALES

So...to...

To our friendship.

Cheers.

You're not going to try it?

SHE SIGHS

I'm not, um...

Juliet, are you OK?

Just, I'm exhausted. I'm not really sleeping well.

I like this wine a lot.

It's good.

I'll be right back.

SHE SIGHS

Juliet...

can you please put your phone down?

Just... SHE GASPS

Why are you calling him?

Where is he?

Why did you give him keys to my building?

You know where he is?

Why did you betray me, Juliet?

Sit down!

(I'm sorry.)

I'm sorry, Juliet

What did you do to him?

What did you do?

SHE GASPS

Hey.

Juliet...

you're so beautiful.

This time you get to be awake.

This time you get to remember.

SHE GASPS

HE GRUNTS

HE SCREAMS

SHE SCREAMS

SHE GRUNTS

HE SCREAMS

SHE PANTS

Damn!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Come on!

CLANKING

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

Hello?

PHONE CLICKING Hello? Hello?

SHE GASPS

SHE MOANS

HE GROANS

Oh!

BANGING

DOOR HANDLE RATTLING

SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

POUNDING

SHE GASPS

You bitch!

MAX SCREAMS

God!

Jesus Christ.

Juliet!

There's nowhere for you to go.

SCRAPING

METAL CLANGING

DOOR OPENS

CREAKING

DOOR CREAKS

HE GRUNTS

Juliet.

I thought... I thought you could pull me out of these walls.

I didn't want this.

I didn't want this at all.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

I was never gonna hurt you...

..but you fucking betrayed me!

HE GRUNTS

HE COUGHS

(No.)

You bitch!

HE GROANS

SHE GRUNTS

HE GROANS

(Jack?)

HE GRUNTS

SHE CHOKES

HE GROANS

HE EXHALES

HE SCREAMS

SIRENS BLARE