Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Olivia consults workers about replacing a broken pipe and tries to follow their Spanish explanation.

Scene 107 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Mom
Worker

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Begins 1:45 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 107

As his mother’s homes and relationships change, Mason grows from a restless child into a young photographer learning to choose his own direction before leaving for college.

Scenes 1–11
Mason’s world is a child’s local orbit of school, siblings, play, and a family not yet displaced.
Scenes 12–23
The move exposes Mason’s wish to keep his friends and stay connected to his absent father while Olivia seeks a more secure life.
Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
Just before
Scene 104
Mason kisses a girl in the car, shares a joint, and climbs out the rear window before saying goodbye.
Scene 105
Mason returns just after midnight on his fifteenth birthday; Olivia notices he has been drinking and smoking and tells him they will talk in the morning.
Scene 106
Dad and Jim greet the children beside Dad's new minivan, where Samantha meets baby Cooper and welcomes her half-brother.
Scene 107
This scene

107EXT. JIM'S SIDE YARD - CONTINUOUS

Mom talks with two workers about an exposed pipe in the yard.

MOM

Can we just replace that part of the

pipe?

WORKER

No, no it's no good. Everything is

no good.

MOM

(attempting Spanish)

Todo... Total?

WORKER

Everything, yes... Mira.

He shows the broken pipe with his shovel. He asks the other worker to demonstrate the strength of the replacement pipe by standing on it.

WORKER (CONT'D)

See this one is...

MOM

Gusto... it's stronger?

WORKER

Yes. It's better. Yes, yes, yes.