Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Olivia drops Samantha at a new school; Samantha protests the upheaval, and Olivia tells her why she fled Bill.

Scene 77 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Samantha
Mom

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Begins 1:08 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 77

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 74
Olivia returns with Carol and announces she is leaving Bill; he tries to block the children, then lets them go.
Scene 75
In Carol's van, Samantha asks where they are going, and Olivia tells the children not to look back.
Scene 76
At Carol's home, Samantha asks what will happen to Randy and Mindy; Olivia admits she does not know and breaks down.
Scene 77
This scene

77EXT. SCHOOL - DAY

Mom pulls up to drop Samantha off at the front doors of her new Junior High School.

SAMANTHA

Mom, this is awful. You're dumping

me in some parking lot of this school

where I don't even know anyone! I'm

leaving all my friends and I didn't

even get to say goodbye! I don't

know where to go!

MOM

Okay, Samantha. You go right through

that door. The office is right there.

They're expecting you, they're gonna

give you your schedule. Here's your

lunch money. I will pick you up

right here at 3:30.

SAMANTHA

I'm wearing dirty clothes! Because

you wouldn't even let us get our

stuff! We don't even have a place

to live! This sucks!

Samantha gets out of the car, slamming the door behind her. Mom screams out of the window as she walks away.

MOM

Samantha... I'm doing the best I

can! And you're right, it sucks!

But it doesn't suck half as much as

having a drunk fool slam your head

against a wall! So cut your horseshit

attitude.

Mom turns to Mason in the back as he climbs toward the front seat.

MOM (CONT'D)

Put your seat belt on!