When I was a baby,
my mom told me the story about the evil ocean
and how it would eat me if I ever went near.
She always cried when it rained too hard
or when the hurricanes brought flooding.
She said water gave life but it also took it away.
She was strong as an oak and she still is.
I exist only because of her.
She doesn't have a lot of patience
and she yells sometimes but I know she loves me.
She left her country just so I could have a better life
and that's something.
So how's your day?
Good.
What did your teacher say about your behavior?
Are you behaving better?
Of course I am, why not?
I'm so proud of you.
So what do you wanna do now?
I don't know.
Let me think about it.
In Sunnyland, things are simple
and simple isn't always easy but I like it that way.
This is our world.
We can do whatever we want here.
Nobody feels a need to keep up appearances here.
Things tend to be as they seem.
If somebody likes you or doesn't, you'll know either way.
Three, two.
No peeking!
Six, seven, eight, nine, 10!
Ready or not, here I come!
Got you!
You'll never take me alive.
You're great.
Oh, you're a pro.
I don't wanna crash
It's okay, I'll help you with that.
You can do it.
Head for the water.
Wow, you're doing it, Ez.
You're doing it.
To the car.
Something's missing.
- Music! - Music!
Woo!
Look, there's traffic.
Some music.
If you can't find the trash,
put it in your hand until you find one.
If you can't just put it in your house.
If you're far, take your car and...
Go to the garbage can.
Pick up your trash and if you leave it there.
If your neighbor lets you borrow the car,
they can send you back dog.
If they...
I'm not gonna let go, you let go.
No.
Yes.
No..
Now, take me in wherever you want.
Mia, my friend, Georgia wants to Disneyland,
she doesn't like it.
It sucks, it rains a lot, it's too expensive.
It's super boring, you don't even wanna go there.
Have you?
I've never gone to Disney, you?
No, not really.
Just my friends told me about it.
I like it about it.
I mean, maybe you should go once.
Why?
Just know what it's like.
These are my favorite ones, the mystery.
Come on, what are you guys doing?
Relax, dude..
Yeah, we're trying...
We're looking what we want.
We just need some time.
Yummy, you like dark chocolate, right?
Uh-huh.
Wow, so cool.
Only? I don't wanna get those.
Why? Why?
Why am I in jail?
I'm trying to get out, help!
Oh, I can go through there.
Sunnyland is a very unique place.
It's also like a time machine
because kids can roam free here, like they did decades ago.
I don't know if that's true but I heard my mom say it.
Here.
♪ We're flying, I am flying ♪
♪ And never ♪
♪ La, la, la, la ♪
Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
26, 27...
What does that mean?
My mom said we need to learn to live without it,
water that is, because there's not a lot left anyway.
And one day it will run out.
She also said the thing about water is,
that it's way too powerful to control.
And that people are too arrogant to understand that.
She said fear and respect are not the same thing,
that maybe we should feel both.
Something of being more human that way.
I don't know where she learned all this,
maybe from abuelita.
Hey, life is beautiful.
Why are you trying to end it?
Dude, I was about to break my record, you ruined it.
Don't worry, you'll live.
That's what's most important right now.
Come on, you'll like what movie is playing.
Okay, let's go then.
Come.
Mia's like a giant stuck in a small body.
She's brave and confident.
Put on the sweater because it's gonna get chilly.
Okay, what about you?
It doesn't matter, you're most important.
Not you.
We disagree on a lot of things but she's a good human
and she's loyal.
Careful.
My mom says loyalty is hard to find.
Careful.
My neighbor is grumpy and doesn't let us watch this TV.
That's why we watch from the roof.
So he won't make us leave.
He has a big TV with image but no sounds
and a small TV with sound but no image.
Shit, this movie is so scary.
Don't pay attention to the sharks,
pay attention to the beautiful water.
So when are you gonna go?
We keep watching ocean movies.
You know I wanna go, dude.
That's obviously not the problem.
So let's go then.
I just can't do that to my mom.
Plus, how are we gonna even get there?
Who cares? We'll figure it out.
Dude, look at the size of my legs,
I can't walk that far.
There are no mountains in Miami
like the one my mom talks about from Cuba
or the ones from TV.
That's why I like being on the roof,
it makes me feel like I'm giant.
Can you get this stool so I can turn on the light please?
Yeah.
Are you ready?
Careful.
All right, ready?
Wow, careful.
Okay.
Let's play a game.
What would you do if you won the lottery?
Wait, I have a better game.
What would you do with a $1,000?
Dude, that's what I just said.
I don't know, I'd probably get a dog or a cat.
And what about you?
I would go to the beach, I'll see the ocean.
But you know going to the beach is for free, right?
Maybe you should just ask this for your birthday.
My birthday already passed.
My mom said no, she gets angry.
Can we just talk about something else?
Okay, what do you wanna do?
I spy with my little eye something pink.
The castle?
Yeah, pink with a water fountain.
All right, my turn.
I spy with my little eye something purple.
The unicorn on the shelf.
Yeah.
That's two or three honey, calm down.
So how do you talk?
Hey, people what's up?
Today, we're going to talk about...
No, release me, I wanna be the queen.
I'm sorry.
Abracadabra!
Isabella.
Isabella!
Ez!
Ez! Ez!
Shit, dude, we fell asleep.
What?
You're in so much trouble.
What do I do?
Maybe you can sneak into a window so your mom won't know.
Ez!
I don't see anybody, I think you can go.
My mom said that bringing me into this world
was her big adventure.
I think mine will be returning to the ocean.
It's funny, how we all come with our own little mission
but we can't get anything done
without help from other people.
It's like a big web of dreams and dream helpers.
No fucking option.
And I don't need this shit, so cut it out.
Sometimes if you move slowly, mothers can't see you.
You have to blend in and move like a cat
until they calm down.
She thinks I don't know but she has feelings.
If she's angry, it's because she can feel.
She's like the big pieces of ice in the North Pole.
We always see the top
but there's a lot more ice on the water.
This is my favorite treasure books.
It has all my favorite things.
There are things I like to repeat over and over
after every sleep.
Every day I wake up and test myself
to see if I've become more like a mermaid.
I also stretch.
I like looking at animals and most of them stretch
when they wake up.
No pressure.
Sometimes I like being on my own.
I'm not a big fan of silence but when there's less people,
I can use my imagination more.
"Hi! Hi!"
"Do you wanna fly with me?"
"Of course, sure."
"I think I can give you magic"
♪ Yay, we're flying ♪
♪ And we're flying ♪
♪ Oh, I need some grass ♪
"Me too, I need to."
Okay, now we all have our energy.
Now we can fly.
, I am a long neck
but do you wanna reach the sky?
Well, my neck is not this long,
it's more longer for sure.
Yay, the flip back,
that was fun.
There are limits to my imagination.
If I stay inside for too long,
I get anxious and then breathing is harder
so I have to go outside.
Outside, it feels like the air is lighter
and everything's prettier.
I'm always looking for places to do ocean practice.
If I pretend I'm a fish, I can hold my breath longer.
You have to believe in things before anything happens.
Where's the fucking money?
We need our rent paid.
Sometimes Mia's mom and dad say crazy mean things
and yell at each other.
This isn't the first time you've done this!
What the fuck?
I'm so sick and tired of this shit.
Fucking lazy!
Mia hates when that happens.
One time it went so bad, she's ran away.
I'm not gonna talk to you
when you get like this.
No! No!
What are you gonna do, hit me?
What kind of fucking man are you?
Fighting, huh?
Are you okay?
Let's get some food or something.
My mom never listens so I leave her notes sometimes.
I always think that if I write things down for her,
maybe she won't forget but she forgets anyway.
And the eyes of all future generations
are upon you and.
Mommy, have you seen my paper?
It was in your room the last time I saw it.
Grown ups are weird, they lie.
They pretend so much all the time.
It makes me sad.
They just can't say what they feel
but even bad things can be said in a nice way.
I'm really sad 'cause my mom threw my paper away
where I really wanted to go to the beach,
and she lied to me when she gave me my breakfast.
I don't know why.
So do you think I should go to the beach?
I dunno.
Ez, come with us.
Wait, hold up a minute.
Hurry up, we gotta get going.
You stay right here.
Don't touch anything.
She's coming.
Serious, serious, be serious.
You can feel like glass getting colder.
Maybe this is what people can feel
when they're in a submarine or scuba diving.
You gotta see this.
Someone left their dirty underwear days ago.
Ew! No!
Don't touch it.
Disgusting.
Ew, I didn't touch it.
No, don't touch it.
Come on, let me touch it.
It's a girl's ugly underwear
I touched it.
Disgusting.
Wash in the hangers.
I'm in.
Let's see here.
Oh, another one.
That's good, what else do we need?
- I see... - I got one.
Let me see how many cents is this.
We have 35, 36.
Oh, here too.
Found it? I got one.
Oh, there's one here.
Here.
I got one.
Time out?
I think.
Do you have 50 cents?
Yes, but are you sure about that?
I don't know.
Oh, look, this is perfect.
No, I can't.
Okay.
Yeah, I'm gonna wear so you don't have to wear it.
All right, grab it.
- Oh, there you go. - Open it.
Don't look at it, so I wear it.
Okay.
Is it hard to you?
Oh, yeah.
Do you want me to?
I wanna see.
Wait, do we...
It's like an emerald.
I think it's...
All right, wear it.
Look pretty on it.
Oh, my gosh.
Looks really pretty...
All right, let's go check on the laundry.
Ready or not, here I come.
Ez!
I found you.
Come on Ez, you can do it.
, you're the alligator down the floor.
Anybody want to try it?
It's fun.
And then you skip to the end.
The thing I like most about water
is that it calms me down.
Come on girl, hit me.
When I was little, sometimes I would get really crazy
and my mom would carry me to the shower
and turn the cold water on.
Everything went away as soon as the water touched my skin.
What are you doing there Tiger?
Nothing, I'm just a little sick.
So I will just ask you to leave.
What? What?
Come, come.
The tree fell out, yeah.
Let's fix it, here.
Man, what if we just go ourselves?
What do you mean?
To the beach, what if we go ourselves?
Just us.
I don't know, I don't wanna make my mom feel bad.
I tried everything and it never works.
Then why are you practicing still if you're not going?
It's not easy to abandon your dream, you know?
The beach is far away, thousands of steps
but I think I have a solution.
Ta-da!
Wow.
It's beautiful but not all water's the same.
Yeah, it looks like the river had stomach problems.
Why does the water look so brown?
I don't know.
Why is there a wall in the middle of the bridge?
Because rich people live on the other side.
All right, Ez, I'm hungry.
Hi, hey be careful.
I'm trying to.
It's body is mushy.
I know, it's good we found him.
What's should we name it?
Lizzy, if it's a boy, Leroy...
Well, I mean, Lizzy can be a boy too.
'Cause we're just naming it Lizzy because of lizard.
Yeah, I think I'm go be...
Do you wanna touch it?
Sure.
Be gentle with it.
Oh, I think I just touched his eye.
Gentle.
Cutie, oh my God.
Yeah, his belly is...
Let's set him free.
Bye Lizzy.
Go, have a free life.
Go, go.
See you, that's good.
Let's just put this right there.
Remember to pick it up later.
Yeah.
So good.
Do I have chocolate here?
Yes you do.
But who cares?
It's still yummy anyway.
I've been thinking hard the past couple of days
about the whole ocean thing more than usual,
and honestly I was about to let it go.
But then something happened.
I found something that looked a lot like my treasure boxes
but I'd never seen this one before.
I wonder if all adults have secrets.
It must be lonely to be the only grownup
who knows something.
It's against the rules to look at other private things.
But somehow it felt like it wasn't private,
it felt like it had something to do with me.
And I believed everything that my mom told me,
all lies I tell you.
The ocean is not dangerous at all.
How can it be?
Look how happy my mom looks in that picture.
♪ Seriously taking more mysteriously ♪
♪ Darling, darling, darling ♪
♪ I love you so much ♪
♪ I don't know where I'm going from here ♪
Sometimes when I don't feel well
and my heart beats too fast,
I close my eyes and I pretend the sound of the cars
is the sound of the ocean.
Ez, what's wrong?
I don't have anymore excuses.
♪ Take you here ♪
♪ indistinct ♪
Shit, Ez, is that your mom?
I knew something was fishy, dude.
People, they're always getting mad at things
they also do themselves.
♪ Indistinct ♪
All right then, let's not waste more time, let's go.
Are you sure?
The beach is a happy place, dude.
It's everything you've dreamed of.
How else will you know, if you don't go?
Okay, listen up.
The world out there, it can be harsh.
So we need to be ready for it.
What do we need?
Food for survival.
All right, I can handle that.
What else?
Navigation, dude.
We need a map and a compass that works.
And you naturally need to be ready for the water.
How long do we have?
Two more sleeps?
All right.
Also, it's better if we go on a weekday,
that way, there's less people at the beach
and grownups are just doing grown up stuff
and they won't pay attention
to some random kids walking around.
Mia's like my big sister.
She's not afraid of anything but she's also very sweet.
And she tells you what she thinks on her face.
She's like an egg,
hard on the outside but soft in the inside.
She always looks out for me.
First time we met,
some mean girls were running after me
and she hid me inside her house.
And that's how we became friends.
And she also needs a lot of attention
'cause of that soft side inside of her.
I wouldn't know what to do without her.
When I get very anxious,
she told me that everything always seems to work out.
Okay, we're in good shape.
We're missing something super important,
we need a compass that works.
I brought birthday money that I saved.
Sure, we'll buy one somewhere.
Maybe the hardware store has some.
Oh yeah, that's really a good idea.
Dude, I'm so ready.
All right, one last thing.
So we don't get lost, even with the compass.
So, we'll follow the dirt road
and then we'll see some trees
and we might get confused a little but we have to keep going
My mom can not know anything.
Let's sing.
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Happy and exited 'cause we're going to the beach ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
We're going to the beach?
Yes, we are.
Yeah, we are.
I never felt so free before.
It feels like we're birds and the wind tickles my skin.
Some people keep their closet a little messy
but they smile a lot and they're very friendly.
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
There's so much to see that sometimes,
I forget why we're out here in the first place.
And when I remember why we're on this adventure,
my heart feels like it's going to explode.
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
All right, we're going in.
Let's go.
Look here.
Thanks.
Can you see it?
No.
Anything?
No.
Mia, I don't see one.
Found it! I found it!
We got it.
♪ We're going to the beach ♪
The bike, somebody took the bike.
What the shit?
No, shit!
No, shit! Shit!
My mom is going to kill me.
No, no, the map is in there.
Who could've done this?
People just do.
How can a.
Everything's going to be okay Ez.
We just have to think for a minute, okay?
Dude, what are you talking about?
We're not even close to the beach.
Shit, man.
Thought it was me.
Yeah, they kicked me out.
Hey, where are the girls?
I'll call you back.
Where are the girls?
They're not here, they're supposed to be with you.
No, they're not with me.
I thought they were with you.
They're not here.
Why don't we use that flying bus?
She said hold on, so I'll hold on.
Wow, are you ready to go to the beach?
I'm top of the world.
We're on top of the world.
That flying bus took us to another planet.
Attention passengers.
Girls here have really tall shoes.
Their bodies look very stiff
and their faces don't look too happy.
Maybe everyone ate something sour, like grapefruit.
Things look shiny and clean and there's so much space.
You could probably grow a forest here.
Let's not waste anymore time.
I'm gonna leave these wings for...
It's funny how you can go from one street to another
and things can look so different.
Dude, I have to slow down.
My legs are way smaller than yours.
Okay come, I'll help you just for a little.
Okay.
Hope on.
Excuse me, we need a ride home to our mom.
Will this be enough?
Oh, I would kill for French fries.
Those are the roads.
I know, you feel like but we're almost there.
We're almost there, almost there.
We're here! We're here!
No, we're not.
Yeah, we are.
Where?
Almost there, we have to turn and then we're there.
It's such a beautiful place.
Check your compass.
Do you wanna see?
We're going the right direction?
I think we are.
Here, check this out.
Come, it's this way.
Okay.
Careful.
It's right here.
Wait, wait, wait.
Let me check.
Wait, let me check.
Come on, west.
Don't worry about it.
Let's stop here for a second.
Why are we stopping?
It's time for the blindfold.
What do you mean girl?
You're crazy.
Here, hold on to your goggles.
Trust me, I already gave some thought to this.
You can't have a flat buildup for surprise like this.
I want you to magically appear like it's a surprise,
and I want you to hear before you see it.
Perfect, all right, let's keep walking.
What is that?
Isabella!
What is that?
I don't know, maybe I should check.
Mia no!
I smell something salty in the air.
I think we're close.
Can I please take off this thing now?
Okay, but I still think we should check.
Are you sure that's a good idea?
I'll be right back.
Just keep following this path and make a left, okay?
Isabella!
Ez, run! Run!
Please let me go.
No! I'm not letting you ruin her dream.