Dreams I Never Had | English Full Movie | Drama

presiding sit down ah uh Mr Mrs Saul I understand you are waving your right to a jury is that correct yes sir honor and uh you understand the charges against you Mrs S yes you are charged with conspiracy holding a person in involuntary service how do you plead not guilty your honor right let us proceed you'll stay in here until I return return no no no [Music] no no College will take you with a see in calculus or you want to end up in a community college H okay I have four AP classes I'm working my ass off what more do you want from me do not use that language with your father look I want a son that I can be proud of why do you think came to America huh so you can have a good education and a good good life well I actually got all a on my last report card [Music] [Music] [Applause] where's z z always late Z [Applause] gracias hey a keep the why are you doing this Leila can do it because I like to do it a certain way so show her how you like it done I spend all day showing her how to do things you spend all day showing her how to do things huh sweetie I think you are a little hard on the girl what do you mean she's here to help us she's your niece you brought her to this country because your sister wanted a better life for her this is a much better life than anything she could have had back home and it's just building her character still she is too young to be working this hard oh my God I worked twice as hard when I was wasn't her age you know where you were when you were her age accident [Music] no what are you doing I'm going to the market don't answer the phone and don't open the door [Music] [Music] [Music] Lea why are you not [Music] up you're not dying this is your period that started here you see this put this in your underwear change it every time you go to the bathroom do not flush it down the toilet now get up and go wash your clothes and your sheets come on [Music] hola do you speak [Music] English hey how come you don't go to school like your brothers and sisters your honor I'd like to call Suzanne sahal to the stand miss sahal you understand that you're under oath yes can you please describe how you treated the defendant we we treated her like one of our own children and do your own children do chores some such us they had to do their schoolwork schoolwork is not a chore for some it is and what about the victim what kind of chores did she have well Leila cleaned our house and she prepared our meals this is nothing more than American housekeepers would do American housekeepers don't work 18 hours a day 7 days a week and they're not 13-year-old children Miss sahal objection the number of hours per week has not been substantiated okay fine for now we will say x hours per week but I think it's been well substantiated that this happened over an 18-month period when the victim was between 12 and 14 years old in my country it is customary to employ children her age to help the domestic heal I was just following the customs of my homeland not withstanding ending us child labor laws American housekeepers get to leave their jobs at the end of the day and well they can resign if they feel so inclined Lea could have left anytime she wanted oh really and done what hopped on a plane and go back to her family objection we are addressing the nature of the alleged victim's relationship to the AAL it's not some hypothetical hardship should she have separated from their employee sustained whether the relationship can be described as employe is yet to be determined oh miss sahal I do have one last question did you or any member of your family ever strike the girl jaction questions must pertain to the defendant only did you ever strike the alleged victim never no further questions your honor hola how are you m my name is Emilio Emilio Emilio yes what's your name Leila Leila Leila holaa learner means hello hey alador come on St higho [Music] you don't feel well just a little headache come on turn I'll give you a good massage you know you work so hard and that employer they don't appreciate anything that you do how long have you worked there maybe uh 5 and 1/2 years there you go I think it's time for a promotion we talked about this before I I think I have to wait for the right time to talk to Mr ibraim maybe uh after the next account you know sometimes you take so long that I think you miss the opportunity maybe you just need to be more aggressive with Mr ibim I am aggressive enough I'm just looking out for you I'm looking out for the whole family I am looking out for the whole family [Music] what [Music] means hello yeah yeah today we're going to learn some new words seat I got you a surprise a book it's an English book I'll teach you so uh we can start with the letter A that's the first letter okay okay so look uh uh a is ah ah ah again [Music] [Music] fa presents for a family look what Santa Claus brought she exclaimed who is Santa Claus you don't know who Santa Clauses okay he's uh make belief like an elf or a dragon and he brings presents on Christmas to all the good children in the world and he's jolly and he says oh oh oh he is the the fat man in the red suit suit yes but he is not real I know that he is in cartoons do not look at her with those evil eyes she's your cousin my cousin huh don't you think his strange she doesn't look like any of us what do you mean have you ever asked mother which of her sisters is Lea's mother enough I do not like your in situations about your mother the only thing that concerns me is the impure thoughts in your heart go the girl needs a new clothes I'll see if maram has any old clothes I'm very [Music] tired when I was your age I went days without food AA no bed stepped on the floor a what's the matter is it your back again see see doing this a long time Meo makes me an old man at 40 je but you still got it E Yeah well maybe soon no you have to be careful no puppy let me do it no just sit what what who are you where are your parents my parents are in a country very far away my family is very very poor we were hungry all the time at least here I'm not hungry but do you ever miss them I have brothers and sisters and they live in Mexico I miss them all the time but me and my puppy send their money I barely remember my [Music] family look this is going to be beauti like you for [Music] [Music] they shout and they shout every night someone is always shouting about something Miriam your clothes are like a [ __ ] Adam you cannot date an American girl every night what are you doing what that [Music] are you trying to shake something out of your hair no I saw the American woman do it on TV with her new hair you don't have to do that your hair is [Music] already so um how come you can read and do math but you don't go to school when I was in Mexico I went through school do you want to go back to Mexico no never [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] you're still getting bad grz and calos look Papa what's the big deal with Kel I'm getting a and everything else mathematics is the foundation of all technology and Sciences math is the key to every success well why don't you ask him about the numbers on his hand it's nothing what is it just a reminder homework problems homework yes written on your hand by a beautiful American girl I mean that looks like a phone number to me an American girl we live in America what's the big deal if I wanted an American girl he can date no he cannot date neither you do Suzanne this is your son you raised him this way okay and now you put all the fault in this life on me you wanted to raise them the way you want you forget where we come from I want some rice okay be nice to the girl the girl I know I don't want him to date an American Girl either either take away his car no no not that girl talking about Lea what about her which sister is her mother what look at me when you went back home and you brought a girl that I was not expecting and you told me she was your niece so which niece is she my sister Sarah that's not what the document is document I found the contract between you and Lea's parents and there is no Sarah's name on it and since when do sisters have to write a contract huh tell me okay Sarah adopted her she she beg me to bring her here just for a better life after all I did for you you do this to me huh I didn't do anything wrong there's nothing wrong with it you lied to me this is what's wrong everything that I did was motivated by the desire to perform a charitable act for an improv family in my country don't do you think that I could have hired a Mexican housekeeper in this country much easier really for $30 a month what how much did she say really for $30 a month my God it's not very much is it sorry you proceed we paid Lea's family more than $30 a month she's lying if she says otherwise $30 is ridiculous excuse me your honor I'd like to show you Exhibit C this is a contract between Miss sahal and Leela's parents for $30 a month for the term of 10 years well $30 for a poor family like that is equivalent to $300 American doll then why didn't you just send them the money why work the child to the Bone objection to the bone is figurative language as it's non-quantifiable okay fine then let's try this did the child come here willingly yes she came very willingly Americans they throw everything out everything everything is garbage to them can you fix it or what if I can't fix it no one can poppy can I ask you something see can I go to school my back Miho if our employers see me struggle they will find someone younger and stronger [Music] BR come on screw them back [Music] in might be in see [Music] H got all the school you need right here you want math get a la P I show you math what else you want me to fix kesa [Music] [Music] if you tell anyone about this I'll let the police know that you're here and they'll come and put you in jail do you know what they do to little girls like you in jail what's up what's up let's do this let's go let's look there are words that help us explain it we can read and figure it out mhm it doesn't matter don't you want to uh find out how Sherlock Holmes solves the mystery no no math is the key to every success where's your algebra book Miriam it was here I don't I don't know I I I guess I don't have it that's 10 participation points off hey Lea hi we are going out Adam and Mariam are coming with us Zach will be home though okay be careful okay take [Applause] care Z Zach what's wrong you want to come with your brother I can't I have to wait for the family you have phone number for them I don't know it come on we got to go okay tell them we're taking them to script's Memorial okay I'm coming [Music] [Music] Lea they said he's going to be okay you shouldn't be here everyone else can see you who do you think you are H suzan calm down she did the right thing the doctor said he could have died and his appendix would have burst he'll be home tomorrow and what about the big vomit mess she left on the carpet who's going to clean it huh why don't you try to be a human being for once your honor the defense would like to call Sam sahal to the stand Mr sahal could you please tell us what life would be like for Ila in her Village had you not hired her objection your honor he did not hire her your honor when child actors receive wages in the US they don't get paid directly it goes to their parents this is a very comparable situation where in which B's wages were paid directly to her parents objection overruled again Mr sahal can you tell us what life would be like in laya's Village a girl like Lila would live with her parents and 10 other siblings in a two-bedroom house made of crumbling Concrete in a slum the parents are most likely unemployed they wouldn't know where their next meal is coming from the children would live in a li infected mattress thrown on the floor Lea as the oldest child was their only source of income so if Lea were still living in this Village would she have any hope for education for a career Laya would have been forced to marry at age 16 or younger she would never get a chance to go to school or get education object ction your honor speculation sustained all right Mr shahal What would life be like for a Girl Like Le if she remained there would she have any hope for a education or for a job only 15% of women in laya's Village are literate many families or parents prefer that their kids work in carpet factories or the fields the percentage of female circumcision is as high as 90% of villages and small towns thank you so what is life like now for Lea in the United States we live in a five bedroom $1 million home in Chino Hills she had three balanced meals she had her own room bed and dresser so from what I can see you took Lea from a two room hob in an impoverished country and brought her to a California Mansion I mean I I I don't live as well as she does I it sounds like the sahal here are on trial for providing this young girl with the American dream objection your honor Leila was held in a rat infested garage we do not have rats she had no air conditioning no heating she was held in domestic slavery she got no education she got no medical care federal prisoners live better than she lived and now you're going to stand there and call this the American dream objection sustained Council refrain from using figurative phrases like the American dream where do you think you are going I told you you can't go outside I'm going to give them their lunch I can't take your lunch oh wait um I accidentally forgot something can you give me a minute what did you forget I will I give the boy a whole sandwich instead of half let me take the half out and I'll eat it the rest for lunch fine go change it [Applause] me more another Papa what do you want I need to use the restroom you can't use a restroom I need to C out okay fine it's back there hey take off your shoes gra where do you want me to put the shrubs I cannot I already explain this to you I cannot stay away from you there is no other way if she catches me outside this house again she'll take me to jail that is a lie she won't take you to jail who else will do the work so what are you going to do visit me in the locked garage are you Superman next Wednesday before she leaves unlock the bathroom window and what you will crawl in she will figure out out she'd like Sherlock Holmes please please just do [Applause] it you see this this is for dinner three more people it's a very special occasion Mr Sal has invited his boss okay go go get it done what are you doing it was stuffy in here what stuff come on down stuff get in there now no sound family [Laughter] I really enjoyed that oh yeah definitely was funny well Adam has 4.20 on his GPA now he's now taking three AP classes is that true mhm what colleges have you applied to oh we're waiting to hear from Harvard M MIT U bu and Stanford Maya is also in the top 10 of her school graduating seniors and she re received an early acceptance to rat cliff and PR although we're waiting to hear back from Colombia wow wow Adam and Maya have a lot in common where the rest please um mayam can take you it's right down the hall I'm sure she can find it on her own hello please please I had to go to the [Music] bathroom who are you cigar mini one thank you so ibraim do you have anyone advising you about uh your daughter advising me about my daughter I need an advice about my daughter there are women that arrange these things arrange what things Sam you know when you have a daughter and I have a son they help us get together you're not asking me what I think you are Sam are you talking about an arranged marriage so this is what the dinner was about a matchmaking exercise no no of course not you are I left my country 20 years ago I left it behind do you understand I raised my daughter to be an intelligent independent young woman she makes her own choices if she never gets married that's okay but we do not have to to leave all the old ways behind us some of it still makes sense like parents knowing what's good for their children I mean is there anything wrong with you wanting a good son-in-law for your daughter somebody she can share Heritage and tradition with and then they pass it to their children you know shared values well this one value we do not [Music] share come on I'm getting you out of here [Music] here put the bag like this stand [Music] up you see beautiful now come on get on are you crazy I can't go anywhere with you oh yes you can I broke into your house and now I'm kidnapping you [Music] we're almost [Music] there we are in school but we can't go to school yes we have to go to work yeah just today wait what is that there now you are just like an American student only you are the most beautiful come on come on Leila come on SO natural selection is the ability to adapt to an environment in order to survive in other terms the strongest live the weakest die the strongest eat the weakest now can you think of any example of natural selection yes we are new students oh welcome to biology class and Mr Norman do you have your class schedules are you eell English language Learners no we we speak English all right just print your names on these cards go get a biology textbook from that shelf there and you can sit in those two empty seats over there so like I said the strongest lives the weakest dies the strongest eats the weakest the strongest live the weakest die the strongest eat the weakest now can you think of any example of natural selection and she was like we're tight right so I'm all whatever you know I'm like chill out and she's all in my face like WTF word up hey you guys looking sick today I got to be on my geometry test oh snaps so I'm like hey get over it that's just how I roll what language are they speaking that is English that's English I saw that me either never seen that before it was crazy it was really crazy did you see the little piggy yeah I saw it was the green something in there I mean I cannot believe this oh and you brought the gardener with you to mow the lawn how nice um we're visiting school for the day I finished all my housework does my mother know that you're out of the house no and you're not going to tell her oh really well see I would call her right now and tell her but I want to be home to see what she does to you if you tell your mother about this I will tell her about all the times you have snuck up at their house with your American [Music] boyfriend it's not so good to day there this is where I live but I don't see any houses in there because we don't live in the house me and my puy live in the Sha that is hidden you're American aren't you who are you hiding from no we are illegal too we are hiding from Lam Migra if they find us they will send us back to meico if you got sent back to Mexico I would be lost don't worry I'm not going [Music] anywhere that does not happen don't [Music] worry you my fck you you're pretty good we it back [Music] [Music] luckily that was the best day of my life I me you thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] I know what you've been doing you've been meeting that Mexican boy in secret [Music] please please no no no no no pleas no no don't [Music] H yes I would like to call my family please come here closer what happened to you I fell down the stairs it was dark your family have no phone Lea tomorrow I'll call somebody from the village then let your mother or father know to call me collect okay it's too late now go sleep [Music] [Music] [Music] Lea this this is for [Music] you hello Papa no papa please no papa please please [Music] so you're telling me you know of a girl who was brought into this country illegally for domestic servitude by whom officer Sanderson I I have a question first what will happen to this person the one who brought her into this country human trafficking is a felony with severe penalties if convicted we're talking about fines and imprisonment is the penalty for transporting the girl more harsh than employing her providing that the employment is not forced yes the trafficking is far more serious what will happen if they bring her back to her family and and her country uh there is no crime then right I would advise them to let the government handle it and to hire a good attorney [Music] [Music] [Music] Milo go away my God what happened to you what happened to you it's nothing are you okay I fell down the stairs who did this to you nobody did it to myself maybe I should ask around then eh was it the father or the Brother who should I start with no don't say a word to anyone they will only deny it and then you'll lose your job I don't care care it will be worth it don't amilio they know you're legal they'll turn you into the what are they called raiga I can't let them do this to you you can stay with me and my puy you don't have to come back here in what ailio a canyon at least here I have a a roof over my head just go away don't want to see you anymore was the father wasn't it was the father us no start with [Music] him it was the brother stop [Music] DET tector again I'll kill you Mr sahal who transported Lila to the United States with a forge passport it wasn't forged it was my daughter mariam's passport let me rephrase that who transported Lea to the United States with a fraudulent passport I know this is difficult for you Mr sahal yes it is it was my wife Suzanne who brought this girl to this country and she was transported to the United States for the purpose of domestic labor in your home yes and she was at times held locked against her will yes I'm sorry Mr sahal you're going to have to speak a little more loudly yes thank you Mr S no further question Jor Adam what happened to your lip it was an accident why didn't you tell us anything about this did you report it to school he does not need to report everything to the school he's not a baby you look like a hideous monster hey hey don't take this out on your sister you're a man now you can figure what to do every everyone knows where the Mexican Camp is it's where you go to smoke pot and when he's gone I will do whatever I want with [Music] her where you go what are you doing huh getting out of here you can't go anywhere Sam Sam help [Music] me happened get R out what are you doing down get down get down everyone downlo [Music] let's go sa we have to try take us to the Middle East I got no come on BL shirt one with green shirt coming your way looks about 56 57 they're coming they're coming go go wow he's coming aen Hardy right here right here okay you citizens no have any sort of ID green card Visa what about you miss no I have nothing I'm with him okay call the task force you got it you're taking her okay come on bud what no Amo we're taking him to the Border what we have some people that need to speak to night that hoping if I was me for you give or take one or two May three days and I'll admit I was waiting for you for [Music] Year Mr and Mrs ibraim thank you so much for seeing me I want to ask you to reconsider your position that you had earlier although we can prosecute to sah house without your testimony it will be very difficult to convict them with all due respect to your parents Leila you're 18 now therefore it is your call to make All Rise court is now back in session so uh do you have any other Witnesses at this time um uh yes your honor I'd like to call Suzanne sahal to the stand missal you understand that you're slender oath yes I have one final question looking back do you have any feelings of remorse for the unconscionable acts that you committed against a defenseless child being orphaned at the age of eight in a slum is unconscionable begging and stealing to feed yourself and your younger sister and watching her die from malnourishment that's unconscionable then to consider yourself as one of the lucky ones if you're taken in by a wealthy family that is unconscionable when the family makes you to sleep in a stall with with animals beats you for any smallest infractions then forces you to winess someone else's infant child when you're just a kid yourself if you can even imagine to be raped by different Brothers of this family every night you always want to slash your rest but you fear offending God and the only thing the only one who saves you from this hell on Earth is the youngest son of this Rich family who sees pass through dirt and misery who sees you who offers you kindness and even [Music] love you persecute me you even dare persecute the man who sacrificed everything [Music] his family his Birthright his country all to give me a new life you judge me but judging him that's uncontable no further question TR [Music] compelling even if only half of it is true your honor I'd like to call Lila Abraham to the stand please [Music] please state your name Lea growing up I was able to go my Village I experienced the pain of poty the pain hopelessness but never the ultimate aim of betraying there were [Applause] times when I wanted to close my eyes and forget about everything but there were also times that I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs just so someone can he me and give me a sign of compassion and love back in 20 minutes All Rise cour is now in session Mr or Mrs Sal you know I I found it difficult uh to express my total disgust I feel for the inhumanity that you committed upon this young innocent child by enslaving her within the walls of your home you robbed her of a precious Irreplaceable childhood you you denied her an education Medical Care and one thing which I really appall you have really stopped her in her tracks from having having a family and their love we all need a family's love she somehow I'll never know how but she has flourished she become a very vibrant and intelligent young woman and believe it you can take it from me she will be a great asset to our society and as for you you claim to know the pain of inhumanity but I'm sorry I have no sympathy for you at all so this is Suzanne Sal I hear I sentence you to 5 years imprisonment to be interned at the central California women's facility and at this time I hand you over to the Department of Corrections Bale now Mr sty as you obviously have no connection at all with bringing this fine young lady over to this country and you have cooperated with the authorities I am going to adhere to the agreement that you had with the prosecutor's office in a side letter so I am sentencing you to 6 month pration 100 hours of community service and a fine of $110,000 thank you oh and in anticipation of any civil action I have also written a a brief recommending that the victim be paid for her servitude in your house um I say maybe just uh minimum wage with a crude interest and in my calculation that comes out to $152,000 court is ajour we're very happy to have this Victory today I'm sure Ila will answer some questions congratulations Miss ibraim thank you can you tell us about your hopes for your future um I would like to to medical school that is if I'm [Music] [Music] accepted good afternoon what can I get you today can I get two falafal something to drink uh just a rose iced tea with two straws please anything else yes I'd like to know if you'd be my date for the [Applause] prom milia what are you doing here where where do you go one question at a time I should have never taught you English I'm here on a student visa I go to the university but the what what's the second drink for for the girl who t me more than I can learn to just to trim a [Applause] tree hear the words