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| Character | Kym | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Crying, Depressed, Frustrated, Insecure, Speech, Apologetic, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2008 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | Kym tells her rehab group the story of how she accidentally killed her little brother when she was on drugs | |
| Details | 50 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Kym (Anne Hathaway) is a young woman who has been in and out of rehab for about ten years. When she goes back home for her sister Rachel's wedding, old family tensions come back to surface.
In this monologue we find out more about the reason there is so much tension in the family. Addressing her rehab group, Kym confesses how, when she was 16, accidentally killed her brother in a car accident when she was high on drugs...
In this monologue we find out more about the reason there is so much tension in the family. Addressing her rehab group, Kym confesses how, when she was 16, accidentally killed her brother in a car accident when she was high on drugs...
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| KYM: "Hi, I'm Kym. I'm an addict. I am nine months clean. (Pause) When I was 16 I was babysitting my little brother. And I was...I had taken all these Percocet and I was unbelievably high and I, ha...We'd driven over to the park on Lakeshore and he was on his red socks, just running around on these piles of leaves and ha...he would bury me, and I would bury him in the leaves. And he was pretending that he was a train. And so, he was charging through the leaves, making tracks. And I was the caboose and I was...so he kept saying: "Coal, caboose! Coal, caboose! And...we were... it was time to go and I was driving home...and...I lost control of the car and he..drove off the bridge and the car went into the lake...and I couldn't get him out of his car seat...and he drowned. And I struggle with God so much because I can't forgive myself...and I don't...I don't really want to right now. I can live with it but I can't really forgive myself. And sometimes I don't want to believe in a God that could forgive me. That I do. I want to be sober. I'm alive and I'm present and there's nothing controlling me. If I hurt someone I hurt someone. I can apologize and they can forgive me. Or not. But I can...change. And I just want to share that and say: "congratulations that God makes you look up. I'm so happy for you. But if he doesn't. Come here. That's all. Thank you." |
