Hereditary - Annie Snaps

ANNIE (CONT'D)
Oh sweetie - you don’t have to. You get the point across.

PETER (suddenly defiant)
Okay. So say what you wanna say, then.

STEVE
Peter--

ANNIE (getting angry)
I don’t want to say anything. I’ve tried saying things.

PETER
So try again. Release yourself.

ANNIE
Release you, you mean!

PETER
So fine, so release me! What do you wanna say? Fuckin’ say it!

Annie explodes out of her seat.

ANNIE
Don't you swear at me - you little shit! You don’t EVER raise your voice at me! I'm your mother, you understand? I've given everything to you! All I ever DO is worry and slave and defend you, and all I get back is that fucking face on your face! So full of disdain and resentment and always so annoyed. Well, now your sister’s dead! And I know you miss her and I know it was an “accident” and I know you're in pain - and I wish I could take it all away! I wish I could shield you from the knowledge that you did what you did - but your sister is dead. She's gone forever. And what a waste. If it could’ve maybe brought us together - something! - if you could have just said “I’m sorry” or faced up to what happened: maybe then we could do something with this! But you can’t take responsibility for anything, so now I can’t accept. And I can’t forgive. Because nobody admits what they’ve done!

She sits down. A heavy silence.

Peter is looking away, fighting tears. But then, after a long
silence...

PETER
And what about you, mom?
(long pause, then)
I didn’t want to take her...and she didn’t want to go... So why was she there?

Annie looks at him. Incredulous. She is boiling with rage,
but...this has also hit her somewhere deep. She’s desperately
avoided facing this question since the accident.