The Impossible

Maria Bennett:
[at the hospital] Lucas, look at this place. They're so busy in here. You get to go and do something. Go help people. You're good at it.

Lucas:
I'm always a brave kid, mom, but I'm scared.

Maria:
I'm scared too.

Maria:
[hearing a child cry out] Wait, did you hear that?

Lucas:
Mom, there's nothing we can do.

Maria:
Wait.

Lucas:
We are almost there but we have to get to safety.

Maria:
No, we have to help that boy.

Lucas:
If a wave catches us down here, we will die! We have to climb that tree right now.

Maria:
[Yells] Where are you?

Lucas:
Mom, look at you. We need help! We can't risk it mom. Come on.

Maria:
Listen, what if that boy was Simon or Thomas? What if they needed help? You'd want someone to help them, wouldn't you?

Lucas:
Simon and Thomas are dead!

Maria:
[pause] Even if it's the last thing we do...

Thomas:
I'm scared

Henry:
I know, I know. I'm scared too but do you know, the most scary bit for me?

Thomas:
When the water hit?

Henry:
No, after that, when I came up and I was all on my own. That was the scariest part. Then I saw the two of you, clinging to that tree, I didn't feel so scared anymore because I knew I wasn't on my own. What if Mommy and Lucas are on their own right now? Hmm? Imagine how scared they'll be.

Thomas:
We'll look for them together.

Henry:
No.

Thomas:
You can't...

Henry:
Thomas, no, you have to look after Simon and I'm gonna keep looking for them. Okay? Okay?

Henry:
[on a borrowed cell phone] Did you hear from anyone yet?

Family Member:
No, Henry, you're the first to call. Is everybody all right?

Henry:
Maria and Lucas are not here.

Family Member:
What do you, what do you mean they're not there?

Henry:
The water came and swept everyone away, and I found, I found Thomas and Simon... and I don't know what to do. I don't know where to look. [crying] Lots of people need to use the phone okay? I'll call you later.

Karl:
You can't leave it like that. Come on.

Henry:
[calling back] It's me again. Look, I promise you that I won't stop looking until I find them, okay? I don't know what I'm going to do cause it's nighttime now but I'll look in all the hospitals and I look in all the shelters. I will find them I promise you that. I'll call you when I do.

Henry:
[on the plane, flying to Thailand] Did you set the alarm before we left?

Maria:
Yeah, it was the last thing I did.

Henry:
No, I was the last one to leave. I was the last one to leave, and I'm sure I didn't set it.

Maria:
No darling, I was the last one out, and I did. I promise.

Henry:
You sure?

Maria:
Yup.

Henry:
K.

Henry:
[after a long pause] No, no, I was the last one, 'cause I went back in, and that means the alarm is not set, 'cause I didn't set it.

Maria:
[shrugs] Well, um, I guess that means we'll be coming home to a large bunch of hippies sleeping in our bed.

Henry:
[smiles] What, just like your old college days?

Bellhop:
And you, you don't work?

Maria Bennett:
I'm a doctor. I'm not practicing right now. Just taking care of the kids.

Bellhop:
I see, you got promoted.

Lucas:
[Trembling and distraught, after he and Maria have managed to take refuge on a tree in the rushing wave] I thought I was a brave kid, Mum...! I'm scared! [sobbing]

Maria:
[moves closer to embrace Lucas] Shhh! [whispers into his ear] I'm scared, too.

Lucas:
Is it over?

[Maria is looking around]

Lucas:
Is it over?

Maria:
I don't know! I don't know.

Maria:
[after Lucas makes her eat some fruit] You're so bossy.

Lucas:
I wonder who I take after.

Old Woman:
Some of those stars have been burnt out for a long, long time. They're dead, but once they were so bright that their light is still travelling through space. We can still see them.

Lucas:
How can you tell which one is dead and which one is not?

Old Woman:
No, you can't, it's impossible. It's a beautiful mystery, isn't it?

Maria:
[Watching in horror as the tsunami crashes into the resort] COVER THE BOYS!!!

Henry:
LUCAS!

Lucas:
DAD!!