Bosnia-Herzegovina, October 1993. Following an attack led by the Bosnian army, the HVO* ordered the Maturice Special Purposes Squad to regain control of Vareš and its environs, taking no prisoners. The Muslims won t leave! So we ll drive them out! And we ll kill anyone who refuses to get out! Halt! Please! in the name of your loved ones! Don t shoot! Get out of there! Hands on your head! *The Croatian Defence Council, the military wing of the croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, formed in 1991
I ll give you my earrings! I ll give you my jewelry! Just let my son and me go! please! I Keep your jewelry. Go into the forest and stay hidden. Hurry. Run! nice going, men All that work made me hungry! Did you have a good hunt, lieutenant? Hey, Goran, something for your wife. I did. I only let a few get away. Temperature s dropping tonight they ll freeze to death! I kept a trophy though. I kept the ears to hang them from the Jeep s antenna!
it s slippery From yesterday s storm Ontario, Canada, twenty years later. The doc told me not to come for once I should ve listened to hi-- Shit!
Vickers Fire Station, Thunder Bay. You re too careless, Frank. Free solo climbing is dangerous enough, but what s worse is that you do it alone When you end up in pieces at the foot of a cliff, there won t be anything I can do. if I don t do it, I d go nuts. I need it, doc. And your kid needs a father. Jesus, think of Ben, for once! How long has it been now since Samantha died? it s time to turn the page. You have your son, your coworkers, not to mention all those lives to save. Lieutenant Sokol is requested to report immediately to the commanding officer. I repeat Call for you, Sokol, from Croatia. Sounds serious.
Route 17, heading West. 10:00 p.m. A U kurac! G-Gina, it s me, Frank. I yes n-- listen! I ll be at your place in an hour. Wake up Ben and get him packed. My my mother just died. I m going to Croatia for the funeral and I m taking Ben. Goddamn, I almost hit it
What do you mean, Ben s not ready? Ben! Shhh! he s sleeping. We re very sorry about your mother, Frank. You re upset, and that s perfectly understandable, but we ve given it some thought and we don t think this trip is a good idea for Ben. it would be a too much for him just to go see family that he s never met, and who s never once showed any interest in him. Try to understand. We re glad you re going. it ll help you find yourself. But as his grandparents, we don t want Ben to go with you. Pardon my saying so, Frank, but you ve never really been much of a father to Ben. And even less so since samantha passed away We re the ones who take care of him now. This is where he goes to school, and the school year s about to start. Don t take him away now. it s not up to you to decide what s good for Ben! it s up to me. I m his father!
Frank I loved Samantha. it s been very hard. For us, too. She was our daughter, Frank. But that never stopped us from doing what was necessary for Ben. So, now, you ve got to understand Gina, you believe me, don t you? I m going to take care of my son, and I want him to come live with me. So I m taking him! I m sorry, Frank, but that won t be possible. I m going to change, Calder. I m going to turn my life around. And I want to have Ben back in it. Dad! I wanna go. I wanna come with you, Dad!