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The Senior
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The Travellers is a poignant, funny and heartwarming family story from acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Beresford.
Transcript
00:01Taxi, mate.
00:06Hello, Dad.
00:07My godfather.
00:09The place is a bit of a mess.
00:12Bit of a mess, what do you mean?
00:16How is she?
00:17It's hard to say.
00:18She sleeps most of the time.
00:20So how long can you stay for?
00:21Couple of weeks.
00:22I've got an opera to do in Germany.
00:24What opera?
00:25Does it matter?
00:26You've never heard of it.
00:27You don't know anything about opera.
00:28What is it?
00:29It's a Traviata.
00:31Never heard of it.
00:34Oh, nice.
00:35Dad.
00:36G'day.
00:37How'd you know I'd be here?
00:38You drove here.
00:39Why not?
00:40You're not supposed to be driving.
00:41I can drive.
00:42It's safe.
00:43You're a terrible driver, Dad.
00:48You're going to steal my car.
00:52I'm not looking forward to old age.
00:54I don't look forward.
00:56Where'd you get all that?
00:57Supermarket.
00:58True.
00:59Yeah.
01:00I would have done that.
01:01But you didn't.
01:02G'day.
01:03You're back early.
01:04Dad.
01:05Don't you think that's a bit strange?
01:06I'm washing my bloody clothes as well as me.
01:07What's wrong with that?
01:08Well, you better face up to it.
01:09Up to what?
01:10Dad.
01:11He won't be able to cope in that house.
01:12You know that.
01:13We used to come up here years ago, remember, Dad?
01:14Of course I remember.
01:15Why are we here now?
01:16We just need to talk.
01:17It's just you getting on, Dad.
01:18What are you suggesting?
01:19As a kid I always felt like a stranger.
01:20I always felt like one day my real parents would turn up and take me with them.
01:21It's just you getting on, Dad.
01:22What are you suggesting?
01:23As a kid I always felt like a stranger.
01:24I always felt like one day my real parents would turn up and take me with them.
01:25If they know how to do this, then I would have to do it.
01:26You know that?
01:27I would have to do it.
01:28I would have to do it.
01:29I would have to do it.
01:30I would have to do it.
01:31I would have to do it.
01:32I would have to do it.
01:33Up to what?
01:34Dad.
01:35He won't be able to cope in that house.
01:36You know that.
01:37We used to come up here years ago, remember, Dad?
01:38Of course I remember.
01:39Why are we here now?
01:40We just need to talk.
01:41It's just you getting on, Dad.
01:42What are you suggesting?
01:44As a kid I always felt like a stranger.
01:46I always felt like one day my real parents would turn up and take me with them.
01:50That's mum, that one.
01:55I know.
01:57I know.
02:10What's this?
02:12That's just some rough sketches for the sets.
02:14The heroine's love life goes all wrong.
02:16She dies of consumption at 23.
02:18Laugh, I'm in it.
02:20You know, even as a kid, you were always refined and sensitive.
02:24I was going to say, a bit of a pain in the arse.