Barbara | movie | 2022 | Official Clip
A lone, crisis-hotline operator receives a distressing call during her graveyard shift. | dG1fcV9FNmFqZVFtaVk
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00:00 (phone ringing)
00:02 - Greenwood County Helpline, Barbara speaking.
00:11 Hello?
00:16 Can I have your name?
00:19 - Is that your real name, Barbara?
00:27 Barbara?
00:27 - Yes?
00:30 - Can you track my number?
00:37 - Um, no, we don't track the numbers,
00:39 so callers feel safe and comfortable when they call in.
00:43 Can you tell me your name?
00:50 - I'm tired.
00:55 (Barbara laughs)
00:57 - Why are you so tired?
00:59 Can you tell me your name?
01:09 - I'm just alone.
01:12 - Well, I'm happy you called in, 'cause that's why I'm here.
01:16 Can you give me your name?
01:18 - Hmm.
01:21 Michael.
01:24 - Nice to meet you, Michael.
01:26 What's on your mind tonight?
01:28 Michael?
01:41 - I just...
01:48 didn't want to be alone.
01:53 - Well, who do you usually reach out to?
01:55 Family, friends?
01:58 - Yeah, they don't care about me.
02:01 - Well, I care about you, Michael.
02:03 That's why I'm here.
02:04 Has something happened?
02:06 - Oh, nothing exactly.
02:11 - When's the last time you reached out to someone?
02:15 - I can't.
02:19 - What?
02:23 - Not now.
02:25 - Why? Do you need help, Michael?
02:28 Has something happened?
02:30 Michael, is someone with you?
02:39 - Oh.
02:42 Just the TV.
02:45 - So, you're at home.
02:51 What are you watching?
02:53 Michael?
03:01 - You can't track this number, right?
03:05 - No, no, we can't track you.
03:08 You'd have to let me... tell me where you are.
03:11 We have to get permission.
03:13 Do you need some help, Michael?
03:20 - I swallowed some pills.
03:22 - What kind of pills?
03:26 - Sleeping pills.
03:29 - And how many did you swallow?
03:32 - Hm.
03:34 Enough.
03:37 - Michael, do you think maybe after you took the pills,
03:41 you realized it was not a good idea
03:43 and you called so we can get you some help?
03:47 - No.
03:49 No, I just...
03:53 I didn't want to be alone when I died.
04:00 - That's a very sad thing to hear, Michael.
04:07 Um, and you don't need to be alone.
04:11 If you tell me where you are,
04:13 if you give me your address, we can get you some help.
04:16 If you give me your address, we can send some help for you, Michael.
04:19 - I thought you said you couldn't track this number.
04:25 - I can't track it. You need to tell us where you are.
04:28 Michael, can you please tell me where you are?
04:31 No matter what's happened,
04:33 you know, what you think you did
04:35 or what somebody else think you did,
04:37 you need to have a little trust.
04:39 If you could trust me and tell me where you are,
04:42 then we can get some help to you, Michael.
04:46 Can you give me your address, Michael?
04:49 - I'm scared.
04:53 - Michael, tell me where you are.
04:57 [phone ringing]
05:00 [phone ringing]
05:24 [phone ringing]
05:27 - Greenwood County Helpline, Barbara speaking.
05:37 [phone ringing]
05:40 [phone ringing]
05:43 [phone ringing]
05:46 [phone ringing]
05:49 [phone ringing]
05:52 [phone ringing]
05:55 [BLANK_AUDIO]