Nitram (2021)
Judy Davis: Mum
Quotes
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[Spoilers]
Nitram : Why didn't you cry?
Mum : What?
Nitram : When the police found him, you didn't cry. How come?
Mum : Just because I don't cry doesn't mean I'm not hurting.
Mum : What about you. Why didn't you cry?
Mum : Do you even miss him?
Nitram : No.
Mum : He really loved you.
Nitram : Not enough to stick around, though.
Mum : Yeah, he was so unwell.
Nitram : So?
Nitram : Everyone else feels shitty all the time, walks around feeling fucking sad. Why couldn't he?
Mum : I don't know
Nitram : If anyone should have walked into that dam, it was me. I'm the one no-one listens to. I'm the retard.
Mum : Oh, don't say that.
Nitram : You and dad would always argue about it, wouldn't you?
Mum : No, we didn't.
Nitram : Slow means the same thing, mum. You're not different than all them kids who call me Nitram at school.
Mum : Well... that's not true. I'm your mother.
Nitram : No.
Mum : Yes, I gave birth to you.
Nitram : Sometimes I watch myself. But I don't know who- who it is that I'm looking at. Like... I can't get to him. If I could- I could just change him so that he was like everyone else, but I don't know how. So instead, I'm- I'm here. Stuck here... like this. Eating this shit. Talking to you all because I'm not a coward like him.
Mum : I really- I don't- understand what you're... talking about.
Nitram : It doesn't matter, mum. Neither do I.