Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

The moving van leaves as Olivia adds another discarded item to the curbside pile.

Scene 14 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 10 min into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 14

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.
Just before
Scene 11
Mason studies a dead bird in the backyard.
Scene 12
Over lunch, Olivia tells the children they will move to Houston so she can return to college and improve their lives.
Scene 13
Mason asks whether Olivia still loves his absent father and worries he will not find them after the move; she reassures him.
Scene 14
This scene

14EXT. HOUSE - DAY

The moving van drives off as mom puts another item in the pile of stuff to be left at the curb.