The Delinquents (1989)

1. - Telegram.

2. Hey, don't stop.

3. - Do as you're told!

4. - I ain't taking orders from you.

5. - Well, If you were my son—

6. - I ain't.

7. He started it!

8. - And I'll finish it too!

9. - The neighbours!

10. - Oh, bugger the neighbours!

11. Any more lip outta you, sonny Jim, and I'll—

12. - Leave him alone, Bert!

13. You'll ruin your eyes with all that reading.

14. He only wants a bit of respect.

15. - He orders me around like he owns the place.

16. - He pays rent.

17. - So do I.

18. - Well, he pays more.

19. - He gets more.

20. - What did you say?

21. Where are you going?

22. - Movies.

23. - Come, gentle night.

24. Come, loving, black-brow'd night.

25. Give me my Romeo and when he shall die,

26. take him and cut him out in little stars.

27. And he will make the face of heaven so fine,

28. that all the world will love night

29. and pay no worship to the garish sun.

30. Isn't that beautiful, Mum?

31. - It's a lovely story, a touch sad.

32. - You've read it?

33. - No, heard it on the radio once.

34. Oh, that will have to do, or I'll be late.

35. - Enjoy yourself.

36. - Ha, enjoy myself, playing the piano for a bunch of drunks?

37. - Will you be late?

38. - Who knows?

39. I am doing this all for you.

40. - Can I go to the pictures?

41. - All right, dear.

42. - I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen,

43. but the house is full.

44. - Come on, mate. - What?

45. - Is there, uh, is there any standing room?

46. - No standing room, try again tomorrow.

47. - Oh, come on, I've been standing here for an hour.

48. - Come back again tomorrow, kid.

49. - Wait a minute, I was in front of them.

50. - Tell it to them.

51. - Oh, come on, I've been standing here—

52. This lonely character

53. is Olympic champion Bush, 300 yards ahead

54. of his nearest

55. in the Australian championship

56. Get away to a good start.

57. The Tasmanian crew rode a surprisingly good race.

58. - 'Scuse me.

59. Will you be getting Rock Around the Clock

60. back again anytime?

61. - Doubt it, didn't like it.

62. - It was really popular.

63. - Not with normal people.

64. - Gradually, the King's Cup developed

65. into a two crew race with New South Wales

66. and Victoria fighting it out.

67. The South Australian crews tending the field

68. inside the final 1/2 wire.

69. Victoria has the race in their view,

70. only 150 yards to go in a three mile race,

71. and New South Wales chosen as our—

72. - Thanks.

73. - Are falling behind.

74. The Victorians running firmly and right down on the rails,

75. rating 34—

76. - I've seen it three times, anyway.

77. - Me too.

78. - I'm Brownie.

79. And you're Lola?

80. - I'm only delivering telegrams until I can get a job on a ship.

81. My grandfather was a sailor, he's Norwegian.

82. My father is too, but he's an American.

83. - I thought that he was, you know.

84. - No, God no, that's not my father, that's Bert.

85. My father's away.

86. - Hmm, so is mine.

87. - I was born here, but after the war my father

88. took us back to the States, Seattle.

89. He was at sea most of the time,

90. and this one day he didn't come back.

91. And my mom gets homesick for this place.

92. - My mother teaches piano and plays in pubs.

93. We move around a lot.

94. I read a lot of books.

95. - So do I, I love books.

96. Call of the Wild, all the Jack London books.

97. - I just read Anne of Green Gables.

98. - Zane Grey and The Cruel Sea.

99. - Wuthering Heights is my favourite.

100. - And well, now I'm reading Horatio Hornblower.

101. - Have you read Romeo and Juliet?

102. - Who's that by?

103. - William Shakespeare.

104. - No.

105. - Oh, rock and roll.

106. - Yeah, Little Richie.

107. - Ah, what about Bill Haley?

108. - Gene Vincent.

109. - The Platters.

110. - Fats Domino.

111. - Wait, Jerry Lee Lewis.

112. - Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire.

113. - I hate Bundaberg.

114. Those kids are called bodgies and widgies.

115. There's tonnes of them in Brisbane.

116. There's none in this burg.

117. - We could be the first.

118. - Yeah.

119. - We'd have to be able to dance like that though.

120. - In the hotel lounge, I have to live here.

121. What's his father do?

122. - He doesn't have a father.

123. - Well, you know what he wants.

124. Remember now girl, it's a mortal sin.

125. - We only kissed.

126. - That's where it starts.

127. Oh my love, it's hard enough as it is.

128. - I am loved, I am loved.

129. - Are you listening?

130. - I am loved, I am loved.

131. - What?

132. I can't hear what you're saying.

133. - I am loved.

134. - Oh, oh, Lola.

135. - Apologise, apologise to your mother!

136. - Hey, that'll do, mate.

137. - Bert, he's had enough.

138. - Oh.

139. - Brownie Hansen.

140. - What are you doing here?

141. - You stood me up.

142. - I didn't want you to see me like this.

143. - Everyone in town knows you had a fight.

144. They reckon you gave him some back too.

145. - He's a bastard!

146. My mom just stood there and watched.

147. After a while it didn't even hurt anymore.

148. All I kept thinking is how I wanted somebody there

149. to hold me in their arms.

150. - Your hair's still beautiful.

151. - Ow!

152. - Sorry.

153. - They just don't understand, do they?

154. - What?

155. - About love.

156. - Yeah, just like Romeo and Juliet.

157. But bigger and more exciting because it's us.

158. Oh, it's all because of you, thank you!

159. - Ow, ow, ow.

160. - I'm sorry, but I can't help it,

161. I'm in love with Brownie Hansen.

162. - Hold a second, yeah, yeah.

163. - Ow!

164. - Help!

165. - Ooh, sorry, sorry.

166. Ow!

167. - I'm, I'm sorry.

168. - My arm.

169. - My hips.

170. - Ah!

171. Ah!

172. Well?

173. - I waited six weeks just to make sure.

174. - What do you want to do?

175. You wanna try to get rid of it?

176. - No, we can't do that.

177. It's a terrible mortal sin.

178. - I know that.

179. - It's not that we're not old enough,

180. Romeo and Juliet were teenagers.

181. Helen of Troy was only 12 when she ran away with Paris.

182. - 12?

183. - Yeah, well, they started a lot younger back then.

184. Dear Mother, I'm going to have a baby.

185. I'm going anywhere where I will not be a humiliation to you.

186. I'm well looked after by someone who loves me

187. and wants to look after me.

188. Your loving daughter, Lola.

189. What have you got?

190. - Dear Mum, I've gone away.

191. Don't call the police. I am all right, Brownie.

192. - Well, at least she won't have

193. any trouble understanding it.

194. - This was my grandmother's, my dad's mom.

195. I've inherited it anyway, so.

196. - Oh, Brownie, we can do anything we want,

197. go everywhere in the whole world.

198. - We could go to Norway.

199. - London and Paris.

200. - Seattle, no?

201. All the places I read in books.

202. I just wanna see everything and meet everyone.

203. And I wanna be with you, whatever we do.

204. - We'll carry everything we own in a bag, be fast and free.

205. - But we'll have a baby.

206. - He can come too, it'll be just the three of us.

207. - Fast and free.

208. - Fast, fast.

209. - Fast.

210. - Fast, fast, be very fast.

211. Fast.

212. - Two minutes, train's departing in two minutes.

213. - And can you get some chocolates and some chips.

214. - Is that good for the baby?

215. - Baby likes what I like, hey.

216. - Oh.

217. - Here she is.

218. Come on, Lola, we're going home.

219. - Brownie!

220. - Lola!

221. Get your hands off!

222. - Brownie, help me!

223. No, no, Brownie.

224. Brownie, you gotta help me!

225. Brownie, no!

226. - Come over here, kid, can't talk to you down there.

227. Got a name?

228. - Jim Smith.

229. - So you're Jim Smith?

230. - Mmm.

231. - Can you swim?

232. - Oh, God.

233. Actually, my name is Brownie Hansen.

234. I'm from Bundaberg,

235. and I'm going to Brisbane to see my girlfriend Lola.

236. - I know a lot of Lola's son, but none in Brisbane.

237. - Well, they told me that she might be there.

238. My dad was a sailor.

239. - Well.

240. - His dad was a sailor.

241. Oh, yeah.

242. Is that right, you wanna be one too, is that it?

243. Get your bag.

244. From now on, you're down below.

245. Name's Bosun.

246. Come on move your ass, you'll freeze up here.

247. - How much?

248. Yes, all right, all right.

249. Well, as soon as possible.

250. Eight weeks.

251. 15?

252. The day after tomorrow.

253. - I want to have it.

254. - Oh, yes, that's the easy part.

255. And who supports it, who feeds it?

256. - Well, I'll get a job.

257. - You're too young, you're still a baby yourself.

258. - It's not really your decision, Mother.

259. - Oh, it's my decision

260. because you don't know any better, Lola.

261. I won't let you ruin your life,

262. I know how it's done, believe me.

263. - You're not living my life.

264. It is my decision, lady,

265. you're still a minor till you're 16,

266. don't want to hear anymore about it, Lola.

267. - It's just as a illegal here as it is in Bundaberg.

268. - Yes, but nobody knows us here.

269. - Brownie, hang on a minute.

270. Just wait for that copper.

271. Okay, off you go, good luck, son.

272. - Why don't you go to the police?

273. - Yeah, thanks anyhow.

274. I don't even know if she's still here.

275. - Well, it's a big city, kid

276. - She's pregnant.

277. - Well, you ought to be with her.

278. - I know that.

279. I got no job, I got no money.

280. - I was coming to that.

281. Dick Boyd signed off this morning.

282. Job's yours if you want it.

283. - Really?

284. Oh, that'd be great, but I don't know.

285. - Well, it's over to you, son.

286. If you still want to be a sailor, we ship out Friday.

287. - Friday.

288. - I'm just popping downstairs

289. for a little while, dear, won't be long.

290. - I won't do it, I'm gonna keep it.

291. Oh, Brownie, where are you?

292. - Hey, hey cab, hey, stop!

293. The docks, please.

294. - You got the money, cash?

295. - Yes.

296. All over now, darling.

297. - No luck, eh?

298. There's only one woman you can rely on, it's the sea.

299. She'll always be there.

300. Come on, sit yourself down.

301. What kind of music do you like, Brownie?

302. There's stuff here from all over the world.

303. Damascus, San Francisco, London.

304. - I've never seen this.

305. - Here, you might go for this one.

306. All right?

307. Here, get this in you.

308. Don't worry son, you'll acquire a taste for it.

309. - Where do you think you're going?

310. I know what you're going through, darling.

311. Look, we'll start again, you know,

312. we'll put it all behind us.

313. He's forgotten you, love.

314. You're not the first one to go through this, you know.

315. I know it's hard.

316. - How do you know?

317. - Oh, I just know.

318. When I was your age, I made some mistakes, but life goes on.

319. - Am I one of your mistakes, am I?

320. - No, you're my daughter and I love you.

321. - He's trying to find me, I know he is.

322. You never even gave him a chance.

323. - Don't make a mess of your life, Lola, forget him.

324. Men are all the same.

325. - You're the one to give advice about men.

326. Goodbye, Mum.

327. I'll write so that you'll know I'm all right.

328. - Lola.

329. - I'm from Bundaberg, I'm looking for work.

330. - Why did you decide to come to Melbourne?

331. - My mum's in Brisbane.

332. - Rents 30 a week, two weeks in advance,

333. extra for gas and electricity.

334. What you do is your own business,

335. but if you break the law, I'll call the cops first time.

336. - Apple pie, turkey minced steak, mixed grill, no onions.

337. Missy, more bowls, cups, and saucers.

338. - Come on, get the tables,

339. I've gotta get home tonight.

340. - Can I have that candle?

341. - What's that you're doing?

342. - Making a wish, today's my birthday.

343. Yeah?

344. - Monday, rent's due.

345. - I'll pay on Friday.

346. - Sorry, you know the rules, rent's due on Monday.

347. - Look, I've been sick, I haven't bee able to work.

348. - Sorry, you're out.

349. I've got somebody waiting to pay double for this room.

350. - You can't just kick me out into the street,

351. I've got nowhere else to go!

352. - Go back to Bundaberg then.

353. - Hello, feel like a drink?

354. Big dance on tonight.

355. - Been dancing all day, love.

356. - How about later on?

357. - Oh, leave 'em.

358. - Where are we going?

359. - Sorry kid, promised to look up an old lady friend tonight.

360. - Well, what'll I do?

361. - If you're 82 and a direct descendant of Queen Victoria,

362. Melbourne's your town, otherwise,

363. head straight for the pubs, see ya.

364. - What'll it be mate?

365. - Beer, thanks.

366. - Go and set the last four tables.

367. - Lola?

368. - Oh, Brownie!

369. - You're so thin.

370. - You're so strong.

371. I only started here a while ago.

372. I've had the flu.

373. I've still got the flu.

374. Got kicked out by my landlady.

375. She's a right old bitch.

376. They're letting me sleep in the storeroom out the back.

377. - You've changed.

378. - Hiya, Lol.

379. - Maxine, this is Brownie.

380. - The Brownie?

381. Well, I'm pleased to meet ya.

382. Now she might stop yapping about ya.

383. - You wanna eat with us?

384. - No, I'm not hungry.

385. If I can't get a few beers

386. out of that bunch I'll join a nunnery, see ya.

387. Hi, guys.

388. - Hey. - Hey, babe.

389. - I had an abortion.

390. Mum dragged me off to Brisbane.

391. - I tried to find you.

392. I looked everywhere.

393. - It was so hard, Brownie.

394. - You've got a fever.

395. So, she's a friend of yours?

396. - Yeah, she helped me get this job.

397. - Before that, what did you do to eat?

398. - We'd try and talk some of them into buying dinner for us.

399. Well, you do what you can, don't you?

400. Look, I drink them under the table,

401. that what you want to know? - No, what I wanna know is why—

402. - I know what you wanna know,

403. you've got no business asking if you're not here.

404. - I'm sorry.

405. - Sailors are much worse than soldiers, anyway.

406. - Let's get out of here.

407. - Brownie, make love to me.

408. - Here, put that on your head.

409. - Why is it so dark?

410. - One of the generator's down.

411. - This is your room?

412. - Cabin.

413. - This is like a dream, it's so romantic.

414. Where is everyone?

415. - They're on leave, they'll be back tomorrow.

416. - Oh, Brownie.

417. - Oh, God.

418. - I know I look terrible, I've been so sick.

419. And maybe I haven't always done the right thing,

420. but I loved you all the time.

421. - Me too, I'm so sorry.

422. - Say you still want me.

423. - Oh God, I want you more than I ever wanted you.

424. - I hope no union rep finds you on board.

425. They got strict rules.

426. You got a name?

427. - Lola.

428. - Lola, well, I'm glad you two

429. finally caught up with each other,

430. but the union boys won't be.

431. You'll have to go.

432. - Oh, come on, Bosun, she's sick.

433. She just got kicked out of her room.

434. - You're the Bosun,

435. got records from all around the world?

436. You looked after Brownie for me.

437. - She'll just try and hitchhike her way back to Brisbane.

438. - Not my problem.

439. - Well, I'm not sailing without her.

440. - Hey, is that some kind a threat?

441. I am not impressed.

442. - Look, it's just that once we get to Brisbane,

443. we'll be all right, I could be there to look after her.

444. - Oh yeah, and what about when you wanna go back to sea?

445. God, you got a lot to learn, kid, especially about women.

446. - Please, Bosun, I love her.

447. - Just keep her out of sight.

448. But let's see you on deck occasionally.

449. - We'll take these.

450. - Stella's ruined your status, huh?

451. - Not.

452. - Hang time 30, mate.

453. - Hi.

454. - Hi.

455. - Care to dance?

456. - Oh, can't, sorry, I've got the baby.

457. - Oh.

458. - I'll take the baby.

459. - Oh, would you, oh, super.

460. - This is my husband.

461. - Hi, I'm Brownie Hansen.

462. This is my girl, Lola Lovell.

463. - Lyle and Mavis Blackmore,

464. pleased to have you at our place.

465. - Thanks.

466. - Even though it's not really ours. - Hmm?

467. - Oh, we're squatters.

468. - Are you?

469. - Well, we found it empty and moved in.

470. - Wish we could do that.

471. - Well, why don't you just take one of these rooms,

472. there's loads of space.

473. - Come on.

474. - Oh, I don't know.

475. All right.

476. Thanks.

477. - Oh, super.

478. They're not supposed to be sitting up till they start getting teeth, are they?

479. - About 10 months.

480. - How do you know all this stuff?

481. - Oh, I read some books on babies, once.

482. Now, try this.

483. - I don't think she'll like vegetables yet.

484. - Made our nation great.

485. Here we go, you wanna try some?

486. Mmm.

487. - Oh.

488. Do you wanna have kids?

489. - I nearly had one, I had an abortion.

490. - Your mother?

491. - Yeah, I should've fought harder.

492. - Oh, I dunno, took me five days to have Sharon Faylene

493. and then they had to cut her out.

494. - Why?

495. - Don't know something wrong with me plumbing.

496. I asked the doctor what I should do,

497. and he said, "Make your husband sleep on the roof."

498. - Oh, wait a minute.

499. - What happened?

500. - So we won't have kids.

501. - What the hell is this?

502. Ah, very interesting. - Brownie!

503. Give it to me.

504. Obviously, I'm the responsible one.

505. - Well, obviously.

506. - Brownie!

507. - Bosun said it's a three-month cruise.

508. I can make some good money.

509. We need money, we're broke.

510. - Three months?

511. - It's not so long.

512. - What about us?

513. Isn't this what we always dreamed of?

514. - Yeah, but...

515. - Yeah, but now you're bored and restless.

516. You wanna get away.

517. - Not from you.

518. Lola, I love you as much as I've ever loved you,

519. but we need money, otherwise,

520. we're fair game for the cops and anyone else,

521. and I don't want that.

522. I just wanna be able to provide for us,

523. that's important to me.

524. - When?

525. - It sails in a week.

526. - So make love to me.

527. - Fact is, sailor's not meant for the domestic life,

528. too hard on the women.

529. Believe me, I tried, had me the perfect woman in Singapore,

530. rich, beautiful, great cook,

531. and she could sing like an angel.

532. - Need some money?

533. Four beers and two shandies.

534. - She meant a lot to you?

535. - Yes.

536. - Why didn't you stay with her, then?

537. - Too comfortable, not the kind of life I was cut out for.

538. You understand?

539. - Yeah, I think I do.

540. - Last drinks, we're closing up!

541. - Cops, cops!

542. - God, what's the matter with you, pal?

543. Make them see.

544. - Hey, why don't we go for a walk together,

545. just the two of us.

546. - Whatever you want, love.

547. Uh-oh, come on, cops.

548. - Hey, hey, hey you!

549. - Come on, run!

550. - Brownie!

551. - Something to be afraid of, have we?

552. Under-age drinking, perhaps?

553. - We were just on our way home. - You don't have to choke me.

554. - Have you got any money?

555. - You're in breach of the law if you haven't, kids your age.

556. Let's see that bank book.

557. - Look, I realise we're empty right now,

558. but I'm signed up to ship out in a week

559. with a pay that's guaranteed.

560. Now, I can get you all the paper—

561. - That won't be necessary, come on.

562. - I know how to walk, you bastard!

563. - Prove it!

564. - Hey, I saw that, cop!

565. - Maybe you did!

566. - Brownie! - Shut up.

567. - Well, who's gonna believe you?

568. Hush up, boy.

569. - What you do at sea is your own business,

570. and that of your employer.

571. But on land you will abide by our laws,

572. one of which requires that you show

573. that you have some visible means of supporting yourself.

574. Breaking this law, I fine you 10 pounds.

575. Furthermore, I order you not to attempt

576. to see Lola Lovell for the next 12 months.

577. Dismissed.

578. - Brownie!

579. - Hold it, girlie!

580. Come on.

581. - Okay.

582. - Come on, let me see her. - They just want to say goodbye!

583. - Let me see you.

584. - Settle down.

585. - No, get off me!

586. - Let me go!

587. - Brownie, back off, will you?

588. Come on, I'll look after him, okay?

589. - Normally, for a first offence,

590. I can say I'd give you a fine.

591. However, your mother claims that you are uncontrollable.

592. I therefore order you to be sent

593. to a state-approved house of care

594. for a period of not less than 12 months detention.

595. And you are ordered not to contact

596. or see Brownie Olaf Hansen within that time.

597. Dismissed.

598. - When my own baby died,

599. and I couldn't have any more myself.

600. I decided to devote my life to unwanted girls.

601. I've been auntie to two generations of poor unfortunates.

602. And I tell them how much happier

603. one can be in one's own home,

604. instead of chasing cheap thrills.

605. Eat up, dear, we've got to fatten you up.

606. Oh!

607. - Can't it be a bit tighter?

608. - No, dear, that's cheap, full is much smarter.

609. - It oughta be okay if I was pregnant.

610. - Oh my, that's the road to ruin.

611. I think we'll give you a home perm.

612. It'll make you feel like a new person.

613. - I don't wanna feel like a new person, Auntie.

614. - Most girls do it to feel that they belong to someone,

615. that's why you keep putting in that cheap bleach, isn't it?

616. - What did you say?

617. - Girls live for men, for sex, it's their downfall.

618. - I'll try and remember that.

619. - You can't tell me you actually enjoy it.

620. - Actually, I enjoy sex a lot.

621. Love it with Brownie.

622. - Stop talking like that.

623. - Love it when he pulls of his shirt.

624. And then he pulls off mine,

625. and I feel the muscles around his chest and his arms.

626. Then he kisses me.

627. My whole body feels it.

628. - It's quite enough, Lola.

629. - You know what I love the most?

630. I love the way he looks when he's just about to—

631. - Get to your room.

632. - Humph.

633. - Hi. - Looks who's here.

634. - Oh, you're beautiful.

635. - Oh gee, I wonder where she gets her looks from.

636. We got a card from Brownie,

637. he's on the boat with Bosun in San Francisco.

638. - In San Francisco.

639. - Can I help you?

640. - Oh, these are friends of mine. This is Mavis, and Lyle, and this Sharon.

641. Well, come in, have a cup of tea.

642. - I'm sorry, all visitors have to be approved

643. by the court in writing.

644. - Oh, but these are friends of mine.

645. - Well, while you are here, Lola,

646. I choose your friends.

647. Now give the baby back to its mother.

648. - Come on, darling.

649. Say goodbye to Auntie Lola.

650. - How dare you?

651. They're my friends.

652. - It's for your own good.

653. Otherwise, you'll go to an institution,

654. and your sentence will start again.

655. Lola, where are you?

656. - Can't I even shit in peace?

657. - Lola!

658. - Dear Brownie,

659. I love you wherever you are.

660. Please come and rescue me, I'm living at the above address.

661. They've thrown me into the hands of the most terrible woman,

662. she's a doer of good deeds.

663. Please excuse pencil and incoherence,

664. I'm writing in the dunny in great haste,

665. it's the only place I can be sure she's not watching me.

666. I had so much to say, now all I can think of

667. is that I love you and I'm frightened.

668. First time in my life I've been really truly frightened.

669. Please come back, my love,

670. all I'll think of till then is you, Lola.

671. - There we go, Mrs Westbury.

672. - Thanks, postie.

673. That's quite enough, Lola.

674. If you would care to learn proper music,

675. I'd be happy to arrange it.

676. But there's someone I want you to meet.

677. Lola, this is Isobel, one of my successes.

678. - Pleased to meet you, Lola.

679. - I'm not sure yet.

680. - She couldn't keep out of trouble in the city,

681. so I sent her to work in the country.

682. Now she's married with a healthy, beautiful little girl.

683. - Sounds perfect.

684. - You'd love Isobel's home, Lola,

685. wall-to-wall carpet, Mixmaster, electric stove, Hoover,

686. Westinghouse, and it's all a credit to how far she's come.

687. - You deserve all the credit, Auntie.

688. Do you know all she had

689. when she left here were a couple

690. of little frocks I'd made her.

691. - Oh, you know, Auntie, I saw this marvellous dress in town.

692. I was tempted but I said to myself, no, Isobel,

693. put the money into some linoleum for the kitchen.

694. - I'll get the mail.

695. - I think you and Lola could become fine friends.

696. - Sorry, love, nothing from him today.

697. - Who're you talking about? - The travelling feller,

698. Spain, Singapore, San Francisco.

699. Hope you're collecting the stamps.

700. - Where are my letters from Brownie?

701. - Excuse me, what are you talking about?

702. - You've been stealing my mail, now where are the letters?

703. - I really don't know what you're talking about.

704. - Will you cut the bull, Auntie,

705. the postman's been delivering mail addressed to me,

706. and you've been keeping it.

707. Now where are the letters.

708. - To tell you the truth dear,

709. I don't know exactly where they are,

710. only that they've been disposed of for your own good.

711. - Disposed of, you've been throwing them away?

712. You tell me,

713. tell me or I'll smash every dish in this prison!

714. Sit down or I'll spill something on your head.

715. So what's it going to be, Auntie?

716. - Brownie Hansen was instructed to avoid contact with you.

717. My definition of that includes written contact.

718. I was simply carrying out the court's wishes.

719. Now please, put down that cup.

720. - Your definition?

721. It's lucky the world isn't made according

722. to your definitions, because it'd be an ugly one.

723. With your cakes, and frocks, and linoleum, and no love.

724. Because love's the thing you fear most, isn't it, love?

725. You're afraid of it, you try and kill it in other people,

726. But you can't stop people from loving each other!

727. You can throw away all of Brownie's letters

728. but you can't keep him from me, 'cause he's in me!

729. Oh, you wouldn't understand, there is no love in you!

730. - You're angry now, Lola, but in time you'll understand.

731. - I'm not doing anymore time, I'm leaving!

732. - The court won't allow that.

733. - Get out of my way.

734. - I did it for your own good, Lola.

735. - And here, had such fun running this up

736. on your nice little electric machine

737. that goes frontwards and backwards, and sideways, and all around the town,

738. and buttonholes, and God knows what other shit!

739. Well, you can stick your stupid little frock—

740. - You're going back on the streets again, aren't you?

741. - Anywhere's better than here!

742. - Yes?

743. Hello?

744. - Mom, mom, it's Lola here.

745. - Lola, where, where is she?

746. - No, mom, I'm here.

747. I need some help.

748. - Oh, Lola, Lola, isn't here.

749. - Dammit, mom, this is Lola.

750. Will you sober up for Christ's sake?

751. I just hope he got my letters.

752. - Oh, he'll understand.

753. - How does it feel?

754. - Bit better, thanks.

755. - And don't worry about Brownie,

756. sailors always come back to their true loves.

757. - Oh, Lyle, sometimes you're that stupid,

758. it amazes me.

759. - Time us two went to bed.

760. We're going to see about a job tomorrow.

761. Night. - Night.

762. - Wave goodnight to Auntie Lola.

763. - She can say mama and daddy now, can't you piggy?

764. - I'll be happy when she can say daddy-o.

765. See you in the morning.

766. - You've got a good man there.

767. - Well, you know the poor sod's hopelessly in love with me.

768. What will you do now?

769. - I don't know, go to Sidney, I guess.

770. I've gotta try and find Brownie.

771. You wanna know something funny?

772. - What?

773. - Today's my birthday.

774. - Did you make a wish?

775. - Yep.

776. - Cheers.

777. - We have courses in dressmaking,

778. nursing, weaving, hairdressing.

779. We also have commercial courses.

780. - I'd really like to learn the guitar.

781. - Typing is more useful

782. - Might come in useful when I write my book.

783. It's about cops and social workers.

784. It's called Bastards I Have Known.

785. - Listen girly, I've seen them smarter and tougher than you,

786. and none of them ever got the better of me.

787. You'll be spending the next 12 months here.

788. It's up to you.

789. - I saw you do it.

790. - It was already like that when I here.

791. - Stop lying, lying

792. Oh, look what I found here.

793. You know you're not supposed to have, and that is it.

794. - You see, I might not be back for months.

795. Listen, I've gotta see her, do understand me?

796. - Look mate, I don't make the rules.

797. You visit on Sundays.

798. - Oh, just this once, please.

799. - No.

800. - What the hell do you want from us, huh?

801. - Bitch!

802. - Well, Lola, how are you feeling today?

803. Do we know where we are?

804. - Yes, matron.

805. - Do we know what special day this is?

806. - It's my 18th birthday.

807. - That's right, Lola, it's your 18th birthday.

808. What would you like to do to celebrate?

809. - I'd like to live to see 19.

810. - Ah, that's very clever, Lola.

811. I hope for your sake, it comes true.

812. You've only two more weeks left on your sentence here.

813. I trust they'll go quietly.

814. Happy birthday, Lola.

815. - Lyle, Mavis, look what I brought home!

816. - Well, look at this, who's this?

817. - Lola!

818. - Oh, Mavis, you're pregnant again!

819. - Oh, just my luck to marry a bleedin' rabbit.

820. - It was a horrible place.

821. - Shh, we're together now.

822. - Brownie, I never want us to be apart again, ever.

823. Promise me we'll always stay together.

824. - Of course.

825. - I don't think you understand what being together means.

826. - Lola, wherever I am, I still love you.

827. - That's not enough anymore.

828. The only way we'll survive is if we stay together.

829. I'm not cut out for the life of a sailor's girl.

830. I don't have the dream you do.

831. - I thought that was our dream.

832. We were gonna see the world together.

833. You remember fast and free?

834. - I've changed, I'm sick of the world

835. kicking me in the face.

836. Brownie, we've always done what you wanted,

837. and now I have to do what's best for me.

838. - She's wants me to give up the sea and stay with her.

839. I love her so much,

840. I miss her when I'm away from her, but.

841. - Well, I've been where you're standing now.

842. I chose the sea and I don't regret it one little bit.

843. Something to remember, Brownie,

844. if you ever feel any resentment towards Lola

845. for making you a land lover,

846. you're gonna end up hating each other's guts.

847. Same goes for the sea, of course.

848. You're a born sailor, kid.

849. - She started labour.

850. - What's happening?

851. - There's complications, they have to operate.

852. - Mavis.

853. - Lyle isn't a very strong man.

854. If anything happens to me—

855. - Mavis, don't be silly.

856. We just stick together.

857. - You better go.

858. - Say bye-bye.

859. - Stay with me darling.

860. - I'm right here, love.

861. - I'm okay with you.

862. - I got your note.

863. How is she?

864. - They had to operate.

865. - The baby died.

866. She wants to see you.

867. Oh, mate.

868. Are you gonna be staying in Brisbane for a while?

869. - I don't know.

870. I don't know what our next step is.

871. How's it going?

872. - Okay.

873. I might be going back to Bundaberg, though.

874. - Well, Mr. Blackmore, the child looks very nice,

875. and clean, and healthy.

876. Your wife obviously took good care of her.

877. The state will ensure that she'll be well looked after.

878. And you'll be able to visit her regularly.

879. Our visiting privileges are very generous.

880. - But I love her, and I intend to care for her.

881. - But you don't have a job, Mr. Blackmore,

882. and your employment history is very patchy.

883. - We'll take care of her.

884. - Are you working now, Miss?

885. - I provide for her.

886. - But your not married, I think.

887. - Well, I don't think that's any of your business.

888. - We place the child's welfare above all else,

889. that includes moral welfare.

890. Unfortunately, the poor, little thing

891. has no suitable relatives.

892. - If we were married?

893. - The department would take a different view, of course.

894. Well, I think that's everything.

895. You can bring Sharon Faylene

896. to my office tomorrow afternoon.

897. Or if you prefer, one of our officers will call.

898. - I'll fetch her to you.

899. - I love you, Brownie,

900. as much as ever.

901. - I love you too.

902. - Coming aboard?

903. - He'll be back.

904. He's a sailor, is Brownie.

905. - He wasn't a sailor when we fell in love.

906. Are you off too?

907. - I've got to leave.

908. Everything reminds me of Mavis.

909. - Where will you go?

910. - Mount Isa first, there's jobs there.

911. When I've made some cash, I'll move on.

912. I'll see the world if I do nothing else.

913. I'll never marry again.

914. - No, I don't think you will.

915. - Lola, will you take her to the welfare place?

916. I don't think I can do it.

917. I'll write.

918. - Good luck

919. - And you too.

920. - Well, you're not going in for neglect,

921. that's for sure.

922. They look after you in those places.

923. You'll have a good time, won't you?

924. - Hey, taxi, taxi!

925. Taxi!

926. Lola?

927. - Whatcha you doing?

928. - Lola, Lola!

929. Oh God.