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01x06 - The Seventh Circle

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Stateless". Aired: 1 March 2020.*
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The series centres on four strangers in an immigration detention centre in the Australian desert: an airline hostess escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal.

01x06 - The Seventh Circle

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AMEER: It made sense -
steal from the man who stole from us.

If they find out,
they will never give you a visa.

We do the right thing
and soon we'll be gone from here.

I don't want to keep going!

Call the medic now! Calm down!
I trusted you!

Transfer
to Kildara Psychiatric Hospital.

I'll take care of it.
Had to find someone to blame.

CLARE: Do you know where I was
when my mother was dying?

We've all made sacrifices, Kowitz.

[SCREAMS] Mum! Mum!
CAM: Stop that now!

When I say, you stop!
Who are you?!

Get out!
Come for a drink?

[MOANS]

We have a witness
who saw you take money.

You told them!
Why would I do this?

Pedar!

You just caught yourself
a people smuggler, Kowitz.

[TRAIN RATTLES]

[TRAIN HORN BLOWS]
[WATER RUNS]

JANICE: Jesus!

[SIGHS] You nearly gave me a heart
attack. What are you doing here?

[PHONE BEEPS]

I needed somewhere to crash.
Why?

Oi! What's going on?

Hey, mate.

Uh, listen, hey,
can you swing past 36 Alma?

No, I'm ready. Ah, cheers. Thanks.

[SNIFFS]
Should I call Ange or what?

[SNIFFS]
You gonna answer me or...

Here.
Oh.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Good morning.

[SIGHS] Good morning.

[SIGHS]

Take the day off work.
[LAUGHS]

Have you ever done that?

Yes.

Trouble in paradise, mate?
[SNIGGERING]

TEDDY: [LAUGHS]
She's put him in the doghouse, eh?

Ange sick of you
coming home with a skinful?

[LAUGHS]
Yeah, something like that.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Here. Hair of the bloody mongrel.

Take it, brother.
Ta.

PAT: Eva.

[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY]

[HEARTBEAT THUDS]

You should be rehearsing.

♪ Let's take a boat to Bermuda... ♪

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

♪ Let's take a plane to St Paul

♪ Let's take a kayak
to Quincy or Nyack

♪ Let's get away from it all... ♪

So... so there were definitely
two male officers with her?

OK.

Thanks, Phil. [ENDS CALL]

Male-female-male.

And a male-female-male.

OK, so where are the women?

B.

Eva Hoffman.

"You can be anyone you want to be."

[PHONE CHIMES]

[PHONE BEEPS]

Hey.
Hey.

Should we...

..talk about it or...

Nah. Good.

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

OK, ladies.
MAN: Hey!

[WOLF-WHISTLING]

As you may have guessed,
I am now the acting GM

while the suits interview
for Brian's replacement.

Gosh. Thanks so much
for your support.

No, really.
I appreciate your faith in me.

Which brings me to who will be
replacing ME as coordinator.

After a lot of thought -
actually, none whatsoever,

'cause you're all
a pack of arseholes -

I will be promoting Sandford.

Oh, what the f*ck?

Just remember,
you're only acting, Sandford.

I want my job back when they
push my arse back down the ladder.

OK. Saddle up.

We've got
the Human Rights Commission coming

to dump on us tomorrow.

Sandford will take you through
the schedule.

I'm going upstairs
to where the real f*ck' coffee is.

MAN: No, no, take me with you.
Proud of you, son.

Yeah.
Drinks on you tonight.

SULLY: Better you than me, brother.

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

Happens every couple of months.
Suits come out for a look-see.

Do they interview us?
Nah.

We just stand around like suckholes.

Telling them how delicious the
food is, how much we love the UNCs.

What if we don't want to say that?

There's talk
they're gonna shut the joint down.

You want to keep your job, Shaz,
you gotta dance for Daddy.

Vitamin D time.
[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

PAT: Waiting
on the other side of the door

is the person
you were always meant to be.

SOFIE: We should be rehearsing.

Pat says that I have a real chance at
winning the Trophy of Transformation.

You remember the opening steps?

It's... [SNAPS FINGERS] ..one, two,

three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYS]
PAT: Keep the rhythm.

And five, six, seven, eight.

That's it. That's good.

Eva.

Listen to me, OK?

When your body is trapped,
your brain, it wants to escape.

But you open a door too wide,
you can't close it.

You got to hold on, up here.
You have to.

Hands off, Osama.

This lady, she needs help now. OK?

Back in your box.

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

[WIND GUSTS]

MAN: Eva Hoffman.

Wasn't your sister, Ms Werner.

It was a German backpacker
out here picking grapes

and overstayed her visa.

Uh, so, what happened to her?

Well, she was arrested
for attempting to steal a boat

and then she was detained
as a suspected unlawful non-citizen

under section 189
of the Migration Act.

So I need to see a photo of her.

When she was identified as a UNC,
the file was sent over to DIMMA.

Can you get a copy of it?

Listen, Ms Werner, I appreciate
how much hope a lead can give...

Well, I wouldn't know.

This is the only lead that I've had
in two months.

This girl is not your sister.

You don't know that.

Where did they take her?

I'm not at liberty to reveal...
Please. God, I need to know.

[SIGHS]

Barton Immigration
Detention Facility.

Until she could be identified
and deported.

What if... what if they
couldn't identify her?

Still be there.

So I'll get the boys to, uh,

give the front entrance
a bit of a makeover,

few new palm trees,
that kind of thing.

Is that really necessary?

Well, we always do it
when a committee comes through.

Katia reckoned first impressions
were important, so...

Right.

What... what actually happened
to Katia?

On the hush?

Ye... yes.

Well, she couldn't keep
a healthy distance from the UNCs.

Meaning?

She had a thing
with one of the Iranians.

Well, until he necked himself
in the loading dock.

Anything you don't want seen,
just put a piece of tape on it

and I'll get it locked down.

[ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT CHIMES]
[BEEPING]

[INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON LOUDSPEAKER]

[DOOR CLOSES]

MAN: Here's the Immigration lady!

Not today. Not today.

Oi, oi, oi, oi!
It's the Immigration lady, everyone!

Come!
Stand back, please. Come on.

Back it up.
Back it up.

If you've got a request,
you need to fill out a form.

HARRIET: Officer Sandford
is my right-hand man.

Any hint of disturbance
and he will shut it down.

Don't worry. We'll keep the b*stards
looking in the right direction.

Sandford.
Might want to put the swings up.

The commissioners will want to see
the kids playing.

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[SHOUTING]

Back it up. Back it up.

Don't worry. We'll move Mr Suitcase.

OK. So we'll take them through here
into the mess.

I'll organise the Afghans
to play some music,

we'll have tea and cake,

and we'll wheel the
best-behaved UNCs out for a chat.

[SHOUTS]
What are they doing back up there?

Want me to put some tape on them?

Back it up.

MAN: I'm going crazy!
MAN 2: Please, please!

I'm going crazy in here!

Mina?

Where's your father?

HARRIET: Uh, isolation.

He, um, attacked
one of his fellow UNCs.

Why?
I don't know. It's a tribal thing.

[SHOUTING IN BACKGROUND]

[AMEER SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
ON RECORDING]

You lied in your statement, Ameer.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

CLARE: You clearly know
Oshan Nissanka.

Why do you have this?

Our witness from
the Excelsior Hotel, Dinar Suwito,

filmed every meeting on his phone.

I recognise this man very well,
this one.

Ameer Ahmad.

He stay in my hotel.

He work for Oshan Nissanka's
immigration business.

Under section 233A
of the Migration Act,

you will be charged with
the offence of people smuggling...

Wa... wait.

No, no. I-I was just translating
for the Afghans.

That's still classified
as a criminal act,

contravening international law.

No. No. I... I was not working
for this man.

I-I'm not a people smuggler.

This man, Oshan, he tricked us,
stole all of our money.

I would never work for him.

If he took all your money, then how
did you get your family on a boat?

MOSI: 500, 600, 700, 800, 900.

There's more than enough here
to pay for your family's journey.

Take the extra.

Sew it into your clothes so you have
money when you arrive in Australia.

OK.
We must split up.

We can't be seen together.

Go! Go!

Ameer, you do not
have to answer that.

[SIGHS]

No.

I will tell you the truth.

I stole my money back
from this people smuggler.

His men tracked me to the beach...

..stopped me from leaving
with my family.

They beat me
and they left me for dead.

[WAVES CRASH]

But I survived.

And with the extra money,
I got my own boat to Australia.

FIONA:
Do you have any proof of this?

Someone who could
corroborate your story?

[DOOR OPENS]

You have the right to plead
not guilty to the charges, Ameer.

I AM not guilty.
I told them the truth.

Without someone to verify your
story, it will be hard to prove.

Given the evidence
the department have uncovered,

it will be a hard case to win.

What will happen if I lose?

Unfortunately, you will never be
granted a visa on character grounds,

so you would remain in detention
indefinitely.

After the trial is over, you could
return to Afghanistan voluntarily.

If you plead guilty,
this could happen sooner.

My daughter?
The same for her.

We can never go back to Afghanistan.

There's no future

for my daughter there.

[DOOR OPENS]

Mina.

Are you alright?

Mina, listen to me.

I thought he stopped us
from getting a visa, but I was wrong.

Yes.

I hope so.

Why, Mina-jan?

[DROPS SHARD] Ne. Ne.

[CHILD CHATTERS HAPPILY]

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.
I'll get you help.

WOMAN: Help! We need a doctor!
AMEER: Please!

MAN: She's bleeding!
Please!

We need the nurse here!
Please, please! I need the nurse.

I need the nurse.
Tango 3, nurse to Sierra.

Nurse!
Nurse! Please!

Please, hurry!
[BEEPING]

[DOOR UNLOCKS]
My daughter!

She... she needs help.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Alright. Well, she's coming with me.

No, she doesn't... doesn't just need
a bandage. She needs proper help!

You can wait here, mate.

And she'll be back in Sierra
tomorrow.

I'm her father! I need to
come with her! You can't take her!

I'm her father!
Please, you're not taking her!

Please!

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

You OK, brother?
[DOOR CLOSES]

I'm fine.

What happened last night?

Just disappeared.

You and Ange OK?

You want to, uh, clean
the rubbish up out of the walkways?

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

GENEVIEVE: What's the hold-up?

We need your people smuggler
all over the front pages

before the Commission of Indignation
get out there.

He says he didn't do it.

You believe him?

I don't know.
He says he stole his own money back.

His... his story will be
impossible to verify.

What this department needs right now
is a good-news story.

Even if it's unverified?
Doesn't matter.

It's still in the public interest.

Clare, I need you with me on this.

Whichever way you look at it,
the man is a criminal.

And this is exactly
why the department

has such thorough
screening processes.

OK.
[DOOR CLOSES]

Uh, sorry, I have to go. [ENDS CALL]

Mina?

Mina.

What's going on?
[CLOSES DOOR]

Nurse has put her
on Suicide and Self-Harm.

Oh, what? [SIGHS]

If he pleads not guilty
to the charges,

how long will the trial take?

Years, probably. Depends on how many
appeals the lawyers put us through.

Is there any way his daughter
can be released into the community

while that happens?

Sure.

If the department
wants to drop the charges

and grant them both
protection visas.

You OK?

[SIGHS]

I've got a 12-year-old girl
on suicide watch.

She's 12 years old.

Jesus.

There's not a f*cking thing I can do
to get her out of Barton.

I'm on the Human Rights Commission
tour tomorrow. Official journalist.

Maybe I...
You won't see her.

I've been trying to expose what
goes on in these places for years

and it's just getting worse.

You know, the more exposes you write,

the more the department
are just gonna lock it down.

The only way
to blow this whole thing open...

..is from the inside.

[UNLOCKS DOOR]

[FENCE RATTLES]

[PANTS]

Mosi!

I have nothing to say to you.

I'm so sorry, brother.
It was... it was a misunderstanding.

I gave you my word
and you doubted that.

I'm sorry.

If we fight each other,
we don't fight them.

I know how warlords work.

I-I need you to verify my story.

Only as an eyewitness.
I will not say you played any part.

You told them what happened?
I had to.

Dinar from the hotel accused me
of being a people smuggler.

I can't, Ameer. I stabbed a man!
Please, Mosi.

I have one chance...

..one, at a future, and this is it.

I'm sorry.

[PANTS]

[BIRDSONG]

AMEER: I want to tell you a story.

Before I came here,
when I was waiting to get a boat,

I met a young Afghan woman
with two little girls.

Her husband had died
on their journey.

This woman had no money,
no-one to look after her.

I found them a place to stay and
I got them onto a boat to Australia.

That boat was Lima Tujuh.

Ameer...

When I arrived in Australia,
I was told

that single men
had little hope of getting visas,

but if I had a family,
it would make all the difference,

so I pretended this woman, Najeeba,
and her girls were mine.

Mina is not my daughter.

Ameer, no.

There has to be a better way.

Your department
put me in this position,

so you tell me
if there is another way.

In my file, my name is Hussaini.

I made it up
to please the case officer.

You have nothing to link me to Mina.

My lawyer tells me an unaccompanied
young girl from Afghanistan

will receive a protection visa.

There is a family in Australia.

She has stayed with them already.

They will look after her.

Eva.

Uh...

..Eva... Eva Hoffman.

She was admitted March 17.

Uh, the department can't provide
any personal information.

Oh, Jesus!

Look, I just... I-I need to see
a photo of her. Not now, bub.

I'm sorry, but the privacy
of those under our care

is of utmost importance.

ELKA: Children, stop it.
Jesus Christ.

You can put in a written request
to DIMMA if you have her ID number.

Can you give me that?
Sorry.

Our privacy policy does not allow...

Well, how the... f*ck
am I supposed to find out

if my sister is in there?

You are aware we're talking about
a immigration detention centre

for unlawful non...

You know what?

How about I fax you
a photograph of my sister

and you check it
against the department's?

That's not done.

Yeah, but it's not against
your privacy policy, is it?

WOMAN: Where did you see this boat?

No, I don't think
you should be alarmed.

[DOOR CREAKS]

PAT: Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the GOPA Eisteddfod,

as we battle it out
for this year's...

Whoo!
..Trophy of Transformation!

Wakey-wakey.
[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

HARRIET: The committee want to see
isolation's 4-star bedrooms,

so you'll all be
out in the compound today.

Well...

It's OK. I've got a show to do.

A trophy to win.

HARRIET: OK, Shirley Temple.
Let's go!

[PLAYS LIVELY TUNE]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CALLS DANCE STEPS]

[LAUGHTER AND CHATTER]

Are we all having a good time?

Righto, mate.

Gotta get you out of sight.

Hey.

Need to go into your room.

OK? It's time. Joke's up.

I need you to go inside.
[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]

Righto. Up we get. Come on.

Here we go. Uh, hey.
Uh, you don't touch him.

Hey.
Don't touch him.

He's an old man, OK?
He leave when he get his visa.

Well, he needs to get inside now.
Alright?

No, no, no.
He's not going anywhere.

He's been here four years.
Hey! It's got nothing to do with you.

It's got nothing to do with you.
No, but it has to do with this...

I need him to get up and go inside.
No, he can't do that.

Boys, grab the chair and drag him in.
No!

Let go of the bag. Let go of the bag.
Get out of the way.

No, no, no! He's old man!
Take him inside.

[SHOUTING]
No, no, take him inside.

Let go of the f*cking bag! Alright?

[CHEERING]

You piss on us, we piss on you.

[SHOUTING]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

Arggh! [GROANS]

Yeah. Yeah, I know this spot well.

Yeah. You can hit me
as hard as you want.

No cameras.
What are you waiting for?!

Do it! Do it!

That's how it go here, yeah?

If you don't see it,
it never happened!

What do you... what do you do
when you go home?

Do you take a shower
before you play with your children?

Or you don't notice the smell anymore
of what you do?

You don't.

But one day...

..your wife and your child,
they will know.

They will smell it and they will know
what you really are.

[PANTS]

[DROPS BATON]

[SIGHS]

MAN: [ON RECORDING]
Thank you for calling

the Department
of Immigration Management

and Multicultural Affairs.

If you need an interpreter, press 1.

If you are calling to report
suspicious behaviour, press 2.

[SNIFFS]
If you are calling to...

Hello. Yes. Margot Werner, again.
I sent you a fax.

Can you call me back
as soon as possible?

I'm on my way to Barton
to find out for myself. [ENDS CALL]

[STARTS CAR]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

[SIGHS]

I've spoken to Youth Services.

They can organise Mina's return
to the foster family.

She will be issued
with a protection visa.

[SOBS]

Thank you.

[SOBS]

You told me to look after Sadi.

But I couldn't.

Every time I close my eyes...

..she's always...

..there, in my dreams.

[KISSES]

Inside here...

..we only see the past, Mina-jan.

When you are outside,
you will see the future,

and then your dreams will change.

I promise.

I have some good news.

You got your visa.

I must wait just a little bit longer.

Ne.

Listen to me, Mina-jan.

These people are saying
things about me that are not true.

I must stay and fight their lies,
but I will win.

And then I will come and find you.
Ne.

I'm your father, Mina-jan.
You must do as I say.

[SNIFFS]

[SOBS]

[BEEPING]

MARGOT: [ON RECORDING] Hello. Yes.

Margot Werner, again.
I sent you a fax.

Can you call me back
as soon as possible?

I'm on my way to Barton
to find out for myself.

MAN:
You saw someone with a suitcase?

And they wore headscarves?

[PHONE RINGS]

[FAX MACHINE BEEPS AND WHIRRS]

[FAX MACHINE BEEPS]

[PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]
[BEEP]

GENEVIEVE: Kowitz, I've sent you
an urgent fax from Records.

One of your UNCs could be
a bloody Australian citizen.

Call me back immediately. [HANGS UP]
[GASPS]

[KNOCK AT DOOR]
HARRIET: Are we ready?

Human Rights Commission
are gonna be here in 30.

Jesus!

[INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO]
f*ck!

[PHONE RINGS]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[LIVELY TUNE PLAYS]
[PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

Uh, yeah.

Boss wants to talk to you.

Kowitz.
CLARE: Speaking.

Find BT-345's file and please, God,
tell me that she is

an ill*gal German backpacker.

OK, I'll... I'll
have a look at the file now.

I don't need to tell you,
but if there is

an Australian citizen in Barton,
it'll bring a shitstorm

that will destroy this department
and everything that we...

I'll call you back.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[PHONE RINGS]

[PHONE BEEPS]

[PANTS]

[LAUGHTER]

[PHONE RINGS]

[SIGHS]

[PHONE BEEPS]

[SIGHS]

[PHONE RINGS]

CLARE: Is
the Human Rights Commission there?

Nope. No sign of them yet.

PROTESTERS: No fear!

I've got a story for you.

No hate! No fear!

Refugees are welcome here!
Yep?

No hate! No fear!
[HORN HONKS]

MAN: Close the camp!
Refugees are welcome here!

No hate! No fear!
Shame!

Refugees are welcome here!
No hate! No fear!

Refugees are welcome here!

As soon as I get her out of here,
the story's yours.

[SIGHS]

No hate! No fear!
Refugees are welcome here!

No hate! No fear!

Refugees are welcome here!

No hate! No fear!

Refugees are welcome here! No hate!

[LIVELY TUNE PLAYS]
PAT: Five, six, seven, eight!

Just let the dance dance you!

Should we do something?

I'm not going near her.

[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYS]

♪ All of Europe
is waiting to greet us

♪ Lots of good friends said to call

♪ Then after our roamin',
good old home-sweet-homin'

♪ Let's get away from

♪ It all! ♪

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

PAT: The winner of the Trophy
of Transformation is Eva Hoffman.

CLARE: Sofie?

Sofie.

Sofie Werner.

I need you to come with me.

We'll take you to your family.

No. This is my family here.

OK.

You can come with me.
No.

It is OK. You are getting out.
No more running now.

I... I don't want to.
I want to stay here with my family.

You get to go home now.
No, this is... this is where I belong.

I don't want to go anywhere.
It is OK. It's OK.

You are getting out.
HARRIET: Medics are here.

[DOOR UNLOCKS]

I haven't done anything.
I want to stay here.

I don't want to go anywhere.
CLARE: You'll need to sedate her.

It's OK, Sofie.
No, no.

I don't...
I don't want to go anywhere.

No, I... I don't want to go anywhere.

I d... I don't want to go anywhere!
I want to stay here.

I don't want to... please.
No, no, no, no!

No, no! No, no, I don't want...
I don't... I don't want...

I want to stay.

I want to stay.

[UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY]

MAN: [ON RADIO]
Ambulance is here. Over.

[SOFIE SIGHS]

CLARE: Get her into the ambulance.

[RECIPIENT'S PHONE RINGS]

[PHONE RINGS]
[BABY FUSSES]

[CLATTERING]

[PHONE RINGS]

Yep?
[CAM BREATHES SHAKILY]

[BABY FUSSES]

Ange?

Hey.

I'm so sorry.

Where are you?

Are you OK?
[SNIFFS]

No.

Please forgive me.

Please.

Cam.

[SNIFFS]

I love you.

Babe?

Babe?
[SOBS]

[SNIFFS]

[BABY BABBLES]

[SIREN HOWLS]

Forms need to be
submitted for approval

three days before any visit.

I don't have three days.
That's the rules.

OK, fine. You go get the forms. I'll
fill them out and I'll wait here.

You'll need the UNC's ID number.

[PHONE RINGS AND BEEPS]
Margot Werner.

This is Toby Abella from DIMMA.
Your sister's been located.

She's being admitted
to Kildara Hospital.

I'm on my way.

[SIREN HOWLS]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

JANICE: Free, free, free!
Free the refugees!

[HORN HONKS]
Free, free, free!

Free the refugees!
[HORN HONKS]

WOMAN: This is all about
human rights!

Free the refugees!

MAN: Do your job!
Free, free, free!

Free the refugees! Free, free, free!

MAN: Oi! Show the world
what's going on in there.

Free, free, free! Free the refugees!

Free, free, free!
Free the refugees!

Free, free, free! Free the refugees!

Free, free, free!
Free the refugees!

JANICE: Oi!
PROTESTERS: Free, free, free!

Free the refugees!

Hey!

Hey.

CLARE: The commissioners
are arriving now.

Sofie Werner has been removed.

She's out and on her way
to Kildara psych ward.

Thank God.

Good job.

Thanks.

No-one else
needs to know about this.

Talk up your people smuggler.

Make sure you put a good spin
on whatever they throw at you.

It's nothing I can't handle,
Genevieve.

[PROTESTERS CHANT IN DISTANCE]
[ENDS CALL]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Thank you so much
for coming all this way.

As you're about to witness,
Australia's detention system

both treats asylum seekers fairly
and protects our national security.

The department enforces
stringent assessment processes.

And whilst those processes
are being undertaken,

mandatory detention is necessary.

Before we go in,
I'm happy to answer any questions.

Yes?

Can you confirm
that an Australian citizen

has been illegally detained
in Barton?

WOMAN: What's he saying?

Sofie Werner
is an Australian flight attendant

who has been a missing person
for several months.

There's an Australian citizen
in there?

Sofie Werner, unfortunately,

was wrongfully identified
as an unlawful non-citizen.

WOMAN 2: She's still in there?

I can confirm
that she's been transferred

to Kildara Psychiatric Hospital

and she's receiving treatment.

WOMAN: This is ridiculous.
[PEOPLE CALL QUESTIONS]

WOMAN:
How long was she detained for?

WOMAN 2: Are there any other
Australians in there?

What other information do you have
about Sofie Werner?

Does your minister know about this?

Were the department
going to reveal this?

Take the dictionary, Mina-jan.

In it are all the words
you will ever need

to write to me
about your magnificent life.

You have everything ahead of you,
my beautiful girl.

You must embrace it all.

That is what you must promise me.

And I will promise you that
I will find you again, my Mina-jan.

[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

..Pedar-jan.

English, Mina-jan.

I will wait forever for you,
Pedar-jan.

[KISSES]

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

[SNIFFS]

HARRIET: We've gotta go.

[KISSES]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

Put him in Tango
with the single men.

[BEEPING]

[BEEPING]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]

[SOBS]
I am so sorry.

[HELICOPTER APPROACHES]

[VEHICLE APPROACHES]

[HANDBRAKE CLICKS]

Go on.

[CAR DOOR OPENS]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

Can we get a statement?

[REPORTERS CLAMOUR]
Ms Werner, Ms Werner!

Sofe.

[LAUGHS]

Sofie, it's Margot.

Sofie.

[SNIFFS]

Thank God you're home.

[SIGHS]

[CHATTER]

[BIRDSONG]

[BIRD SQUAWKS]