SYNOPSIS:

The other side of the immigration/refugee picture, told through the eyes and memories of the bullied, tormented, highly educated, and accident-prone son that was only 4 when he was introduced to the last state in Australia to abolish The White Paper Policy.The parents' love-story with the Historical backdrop from Perón to the Military Dictatorship that lasted to 1983 and forced the arm of a patriotic Argentine (Peronista) to flee his home in 1977, with one hand in front, and the other behind, as he used to say. The Political lies and manipulations behind the immigration debate, from both sides of the fence. A fresh, new approach to understanding "foreigners" of a different kind.

'IM A GRINT

SELECTED ELEMENTS OF SCRIPT TO SHOWCASE {NOT WHOLE SCRIPT!!!!}...CONTINUEDCUT TO same boy in school uniform sitting in principal's office. OFFSCREEN female, 40's, voice intones: DARRA PRINCIPAL: He's going to need a speech therapist to learn English sounds. PAN 180° INT. DARRA HOUSE- KITCHEN- EARLY EVENING Small area filled by an enormous 70's fridge, metal-legged table that sits four, rusty stove-top and vinyl colourful flooring. Mr & Mrs Lucas in the middle of loud argument in Argentine Spanish (SUB=Subtitles). TITLE: 1978 Mr. Lucas (Néstor): No me vengas con ¡MIERDA! ¡Sabés muy bién porqué venímos! SUB- Don't give me SHIT! You know very well why we came!Mrs. Lucas (Haydee): Pero... (sobs quietly) ...no sabíamos que iva a hacer ¡así! SUB- But...we didn't know it'd be like this! NESTOR grabs a plate and throws it in frustration against an OFFSCREEN wall (sound of smashing). {First of growing musical theme repeated at certain times of film: Menacing Music Theme (MMT)} Camera pans and zooms to broken plate pieces beside a dividing wall. Carpet on the unilluminated room, same vinyl from kitchen on the other. Boy is crouched behind wall, in darkness, and scuttles off as camera catches him. Fear seen on face before rushing into darkness.FADE TO BLACK...CONTINUEDEXT. DIRT STREET OVERSEEING SMALL PARK AT THREE-WAY INTERSECTION- DAY A group of children are playing football up and down the narrow street. Aged between 2 and 14, the yelling and laughing of the children enhance their playful exuberance. Some adults sit beneath trees lining the adjacent footpaths, some mothers pushing prams up the street, only one car (undetermined 70's ute) parked further down the background. Younger boy is smiling and kicking the home-made soccer ball as Haydee comes running into shot from behind him. She snatches ANDRES up and yells at all others: {MMT} HAYDEE: ¡VIENEN!¡Allí vienen! (screaming, upset) SUB: They're COMING! Here they come! HAYDEE rushes to a white-wash wall, no front yard, metal front door, and takes child inside.Seconds later, as the street is deserted, a green Ford Falcon '77 drives slowly past. Windows are glared by sun making occupants non-visible. CUT....CONTINUEDEXT. BBQ AREA/YARD ARGENTINA 1976- MIDDAY Open fire grill, makeshift table and chairs beside a tree providing shade. Five children between the ages of 2 and 12 are running around the yard. HAYDEE & NESTOR are hosting an asado for their neighbours and good friends: CARLOS PARENTE,wife and daughter, and PETISO, his wife ROSA, son WALTER and daughter CLAUDIA. They are drinking appetisers (chinzano, fernet, and red wine) while talking about the situation unfolding across the Argentine Republic whilst Militants are running a Martial Law program where dissenters are “disappeared”. Petiso: Pero, si no nos dejan trabajar, ¿qué vamos a hacer? SUB: But if they don't let us work, what can we do? Néstor: ¡Trabajar podemos, pero no nos pagan un peso! SUB: We can work, but we won't get paid! Carlos: Y si hablas mal, ¡te desaparecen! SUB: And if you speak ill of them, they 'disappear' you! Néstor: ¡Los radicales desaparecen...y los hippies! SUB: The radicals disappear...and the hippies! Carlos: No, Néstor, no te equivoques, son Peronistas los que hacen desaparecer los militares; ¡estos vendidos! SUB: No, Néstor, don't be mistaken, they're Peronistas that these sold out militants make 'disappear'! With these last words the ladies in the group give each other a fearful look. MONTAGE- FOOTAGE FROM HISTORICAL VIDEOS ABOUT ARGENTINE DICTATORSHIP SPLICED WITH MOVIE – LA NOCHE DE LOS LAPICES {https://youtu.be/flZ6SIUyjbQ}.