Stillwater (2021)

Abigail Breslin: Allison

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• [last lines] 

  Allison : [back home, sitting on the porch]  Everything looks the same here. Nothings' changed. Don't you think?

  Bill : No, Ally, I don't. It all looks different to me. I don't hardly recognize it any more.

• Allison : You miss them?

  Bill : I do.

  Allison : Can you go back...

  Bill : No, I can't. But it was good. That doesn't change.

  Allison : I'm sorry.

  Bill : Life is brutal.

• Allison : I learned something new actually. It's helped me a lot. It's something called the "Maktub." A nurse told me about it. It's about acceptance.

  Bill : Acceptance of what?

  Allison : Your fate. It's helping me to stop struggling so much. Stop questioning everything. You just embrace your fate and learn to live in peace with it. It's a Muslim idea. It's about - letting go of all of that - shame - and guilt that pushes you down - and keeps you down - and makes you feel so powerless. And that's how I felt for a really long time. Powerless and forgotten. And - that makes living really hard. You know what I mean?

  Bill : But you're innocent. So we got to keep fighting.

  Allison : It doesn't matter that I'm innocent, Dad. It's not about justice, Dad. It's about finding peace.

• Allison : Life is brutal.

  [Bill listens silently] 

  Allison : Can I drive?

• Allison : She just don't do TV acting or anything. She does - the-a-ter.

  Allison : Theater.

  [chuckles] 

  Allison : Have you seen her act?

  Bill : What am I gonna do in a fuckin' the-a-ter?

  Allison : [laughs]  Yeah

• Allison : [in French]  Don't get your hopes too high with my dad.

  [in English] 

  Allison : He's a fuck-up. Always has been.

  [in French] 

  Allison : It's just in him. I know because... I've got it in me too.

• Bill : Are you sure we can park here?

  Allison : What are they gonna do? Arrest me?

• Allison : Does this kid have a father?

  Bill : He's not around. Lives on a beach or some shit.

  Allison : Groovy.

• Bill : Let's pray. Thank you, Lord, for this and many other blessings. Thank you for this special day with Ally. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Maya?

  Maya : Dig in.

  Virginie : [serving Allison]  There you go.

  Allison : Merci.

  Bill : Thank you.

  Allison : So you two really aren't having sex?

  Bill : Allison Baker.

  Allison : What? What? You're so French now, I-I thought it was okay to talk about sex at the dinner table. Sorry.

• Allison : You think I'm a monster?

  Bill : You're my daughter. I - I could never think that.

• Bill : I got you, uh, a Cowboys sweatshirt at the airport. They're gonna be good this year. They got this big ol' tight end out of Guthrie. Takes about three guys to bring him down. He's gonna go pro for sure.

  Allison : Cool.

• Allison : So is this woman your girlfriend?

  Bill : It's not like that. I just live with them. Like roommates.

  Allison : What does she do?

  Bill : She's sort of an actress.

  Allison : Sort of an actress? She a stripper?