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1. INT. SPECIAL EFFECTS - MACROPHOTOGRAPHY 1-1a Pictures of snowflakes, one after another, are photographed suspended in a bright blue space. Each snowflake is different. Each is beautiful, perfect - well, almost perfect, because when we look closer, each has a slight asymmetry, slight defect - a tiny melted corner, a twist, a spare side branch... TERESA (O.S.) (with a German accent) The growth of a snowflake begins with a minute dust particle on which water molecules start condensing... When the crystal is still small, faceting dominates the growth, and the crystal looks like a hexagonal prism... As the crystal grows larger, the corners of the prism stick out a bit further into the saturated air and thus grow faster. It causes the hexagon to sprout arms or 'branch'. The growth rates reflect the ever-changing conditions in the crystal's environment... And its final shape becomes the visual representation of its life story, or, if you want, its memory... |
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1-1b The next snowflake suddenly moves, as if lifted by a gentle breeze. |
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1-1c A fast zoom-out reveals an endless space filled with snowflakes carried by a gust of wind. Surrounded by other snowflakes, 'ours' is flying towards us, passed us, and falls on the city seen far down bellow... EXT. A TOWN IN QUEBEC (RIMOUSKI) STREET NEAR NICOLE'S HOUSE/ ROOF - DAY |
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1-1d ...descending on the approaching roofs... |
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1-1e ...until the snowflake rests inside a satellite dish. |
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2-1a The hands of GASTON turn the dish around, checking the reception on a small portable battery-run television plugged into the dish. |
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The television shows A NEWS ITEM BY RADIO-CANADA ABOUT THE DEATH OF A RUSSIAN COSMONAUT. The screen shows an interview with the COSMONAUT (IVAN) and his TWO COLLEAGUES in the Star City. The three cosmonauts are standing outside in front of a grey stature of Yuri Gagarin slightly powdered with snow. The interview is subtitled in French. IVAN (in Russian) ... and we promised to take this drawing with us, so that when we return, the little rabbit will tell the boy what he's seen from the space... and perhaps will give him some strength to endure the illness... The image from the Star City disappears. The news ANNOUNCER appears on the screen. ANNOUNCER This was an extract from the last pre-flight interview of the Russian cosmonaut Ivan Nekrassov, who died last night having suffered a heart attack during the landing... The reception is now clear. |
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2-1c GASTON, a big jolly middle-aged Native man in parka and snow-boots, satisfied, unplugs the television. |
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EXT. A TOWN IN QUEBEC (RIMOUSKI) STREET NEAR NICOLE'S HOUSE - DAY 3-1a A young woman in an unbuttoned European tweed coat - TERESA - is watching Gaston from the landing of an exterior staircase. Gaston's blue van, with a couple of ladders stored on top of the roof and a cheerful picture of people watching television painted all over it, is parked by the house. |
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3-1b Across the street a neighbour - a tall man dressed in a imitation- leather jacket (GILLES) - loads travel bags into an older 'Volvo'. His WIFE locks the front door. She notices a full black garbage bag sitting on the landing, covered with fresh snow. She picks it up and drags down. Gilles hurries up to help her. |
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3-1c WIFE You said you'd put it out last night! GILLES (wearily) I am sorry. The wife rejects his help and slams the bag on the side of the road in a rather pointed manner, just as THE GARBAGE COLLECTION TRUCK turns the corner at the end of the street and disappears. |
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3-1d WIFE Of course. Now it'll sit here till next week. GILLES For God sake, darling! I went to get the purse! I don't want to have to come back because... Another young woman (NICOLE) with a child (SAGA) appear at top of the street. Nicole pulls Saga along in a sledge, Saga holds grocery bags. |
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3-1e Nicole steps aside, gives Saga the cord and gently pushes the sledge down the hill. Saga laughs. Nicole runs alongside, trying to keep up with the speeding sledge. |
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3-1f The sledge with laughing Saga and Nicole whiz along the pavement, and Gilles has to step aside to let them pass between him and his wife. This passage stops the argument. Gilles angrily swings open the car door. Silently Gilles and his wife get in the car and drive away. |
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3-1g Nicole catches up with the sledge and slows it down by the steps of the house right where Teresa is standing. |
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4 EXT. A TOWN IN QUEBEC (RIMOUSKI) STREET NEAR NICOLE'S HOUSE/ ROOF - DAY 4-1 Gaston collects his instrument from the roof. A big chunk of snow on the roof, disturbed by Gaston's movements, slides along and unexpectedly falls down... |
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5. EXT. A TOWN IN QUEBEC (RIMOUSKI) STREET NEAR NICOLE'S HOUSE - DAY 5-1a ...on Teresa Teresa is covered with snow from head to toes. She shakes it off her face but the snow has got behind her collar, inside the shirt, inside her shoes... She laughs. |
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5-2 Saga bursts out laughing. |
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5-3a Gaston jumps down and Nicole dashes up the steps. GASTON I am so sorry. Gaston and Nicole start brushing the snow off Teresa. NICOLE You don't get a treatment like this in Germany, do you? |
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5-3b Saga is still laughing. |
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5-3b-c Teresa suddenly turns around, pretending she wants to catch the girl. Saga runs down the stairs and throws herself in a pile of snow. Teresa follows her, falling heavily in the pile of snow near-by. |
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5-4 Nicole and Gaston look at each other and shake their heads. |
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8 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, BATHROOM - DAY 8-1b Teresa holds her hands under the running hot water. NICOLE (O.S.) What should I bring you? TERESA (O.S.) Anything from the top of the bag. |
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8-1a Teresa's clothes, wet with melting snow, lie on the bathroom floor. |
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8-2a Shivering Teresa is wrapped in a towel. Nicole knocks and half-opens the door. She is holding purple sports slacks and a tee-shirt. NICOLE Will this do? TERESA No, I'm sorry, it's for my yoga. |
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8-2b Nicole reappears with a silver dress. NICOLE (doubtfully) What about this? Teresa looks at the dress with a moment of hesitation. |
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8-2c TERESA Sure, why not. It's my engagement dress. (casually) The groom was caught having an affair, but the dress is nice, isn't it?... |
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8-3 Nicole looks at her with concern. TERESA (O.S) (with a little laugh) How was it... (recites) ...A sturdy little donkey, all dressed in sombre grey, Once got it in his long-eared head that he would run away. |
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8-4a TERESA (CONT'D) ...So when a little open, he saw the barnyard door, He ran as if he never would go back there any more... (back in French) right? She takes the dress from Nicole. TERESA (CONT'D) I'll be a minute. |
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8-4b She closes the door. |
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9 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, CORRIDOR - DAY 9-1a Gaston, in his socks, is pulling cable into Teresa's room. Nicole is on the background unpacking groceries in the kitchen. TERESA (O.S.) Away that donkey galloped, and ran and ran and ran, And ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran and ran... |
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9-2b The bathroom door opens. |
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9-2c Teresa comes out changed in her engagement dress. NICOLE It's beautiful, Teresa! TERESA It was supposed to be beautiful. |
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9-2d Gaston turns around silently admiring the dress. Teresa is suddenly uneasy realising she is wearing woollen socks which look very out of place with the dress. NICOLE I have a sales party tonight. I want you to come along. It's a lot of fun, and I've got some canapés and beer. Gaston winks to Nicole. GASTON Can I come too? NICOLE (laughs) I am afraid it's for women only. |
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9-2e TERESA I have work to do for tomorrow, I'm not sure. NICOLE (O.S.) Oh we won't let you work anyway! |
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10 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - AFTERNOON 10-1 Teresa's room has one big window, a settee, a television, a desk and half-unpacked travel bags. There is also a small fridge in the corner. Gaston's toolbox is sitting on top of the fridge. Gaston connects the decoder and turns the television on. Teresa sits on her settee wrapped in the blanket, with books and notes in front of her, working while waiting for Gaston to finish. |
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10-2a Saga hangs on the threshold of the room, watching Gaston and Teresa. GASTON (O.S. talking to Saga as he tunes the television set) So the signal goes to space, then comes back, gets into the big dish I put on the roof, runs along the cable like a little mouse... Saga giggles. |
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10-2b Saga giggles. GASTON (CONT.) (CONT'D) ...and comes here on screen so we'll be able to see anything we want! SAGA Even things we have never seen before? GASTON Yes. SAGA Can I then see my dad then? GASTON Well... You might have to wait for a bit. I've been looking for my dad since I was your age, and have not seen him yet! |
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10-2c SAGA My dad is far away. He went to the Moon, you see. |
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10-3 GASTON You know what? My dad was a pilot and might have gone to the Moon, as well! It is hard to say if Gaston is humouring Saga or whether he is serious. |
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10-4a Saga's attention is distracted by a pile of Teresa's books on the desk. The top book (entitled Branching and Chance: a theory of snow crystals growth) has a picture of a beautiful snowflake on the cover. SAGA (to Teresa) Can I see it? Teresa nods. |
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10-5 Saga carefully picks up the book. She opens it, leafs through and puts down, disappointed - instead of beautiful pictures there are only a boring text and tables inside! She moves aside a couple of other books uncovering a transparent file serving as a bag for different size photographs. Saga glances at Teresa, who seems to be absorbed in her reading, and carefully shakes photos on the desk. |
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10-6 She picks up A PHOTO OF A GROUP OF YOUNG PIONEERS WITH LITTLE TERESA in the middle, looks at it and puts it aside. Next she picks up the top yellowish photograph picturing a very young couple - A SOLDER AND A WOMAN IN A PRETTY DRESS AND A HAT. |
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10-4b SAGA (CONT'D) She is pretty! Teresa takes her eyes off the book and glances at the picture. TERESA It's my grandparents. SAGA Did you grandpa go to war? TERESA He was sent to the war and died. SAGA Did your grandpa burn people in ovens? Teresa, startled, looks at Saga. TERESA No he did not. SAGA Was he burned in the oven then? |
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10-4c Teresa puts aside the book, gets off the settee and scouts near Saga. She gently takes the picture from Saga, brushes together other pictures and puts them in the file. Then she pulls out a pack of white-and-gold-and-pink wedding invitations. TERESA Look... Do you like it? Do you want to take one for your craft? |
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10-8 Saga takes one invitation out, admiring the card. She opens it and makes a face when she sees the writing in German. SAGA (O.S.) I really like the pink, it's pretty. What does it say? TERESA (O.S.) Nothing important. |
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10-4c SAGA I really like the pink, it's pretty. What does it say? TERESA Nothing important. Nicole, hearing the exchange through the half-open door, steps in. NICOLE (to Saga) Saga, you are being a nonsense, aren't you? Come over here, it's your bath time anyway. |
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11 EXT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, STREET - EVENING 11-1 The light outside has become blue, and many windows across the street are now illuminated, except for the windows of Gilles' house. Every window spots a working television screen with silently moving images inside the room. Gilles' car stops by his house. Gilles comes out, alone, locks the car. He checks the mailbox, glances at the garbage bag and slowly walks up the stairs. |
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13 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - EVENING 13-1 GASTON (O.S. moving the fridge) It's not good to have your fridge where you sleep, you know? TERESA Why? GASTON (O.S.) Harmful emissions!... Want me to move it to the kitchen? TERESA No, thank you, I need it here. I use it when I work. |
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13-2 Gaston opens the fridge door and for a moment contemplates the inside. |
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13-3 It's empty except for a small transparent cube on a lower shelf. |
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13-4a Gaston closes the door and hesitates for a moment, looking at Teresa. GASTON At St. Mary's church on Friday night, they give out food vouchers. Want me to pick up one for you? It's no bother... TERESA (O.S.) (puzzled) No, thank you. Have you finished? GASTON Almost. |
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13-5 Gaston flicks the knob passing ARAB NEWS CHANNEL... A CHINESE MUSIC CHANNEL... GERMAN SPORTS NEWS... RUSSIAN PUBLICITY... GASTON (O.S) Even the state television of Vladivostok... Do you speak Russian? TERESA (O.S.) It was compulsory when I was school, before the re-unification. GASTON (O.S.) Come closer, I'll show you how to tune it. |
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13-6 Teresa gets off the settee and approaches Gaston, stopping a good few feet away. He slowly turns the tuning knob, waiting for each image to fully appear before he moves to the next one. GASTON (CONT'D) Al Jazera news... FBI surveillance cameras... Ever tuned the radio? It's the same idea... Try it yourself. |
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13-7a Gaston steps aside, letting her to the controls. Teresa turns the knob, Gaston watching from behind her shoulder. GASTON (CONT'D) That's right... Slowly... British Parliament... nearest supermarket CCTV... another Arab channel... You need to do it very gently... |
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13-7b Teresa turns around abruptly. TERESA Could you please move a bit further back? GASTON (baffled) Is something wrong? |
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13-8a Teresa walks away from the television. GASTON Do I smell badly? I've had garlic rolls for lunch, that's true... Then what is it? I have respect for you and myself. |
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13-7c Teresa shakes her head. TERESA I'm sorry. I don't like dormitories, I can't share rooms in hotels. I detest camping. I hate public transport in rush hour. I feel claustrophobic when people come too close. I need to breathe, I need a distance, I need my own private space. |
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13-8b Gaston looks at Teresa with attention and stretches his arm towards her. GASTON Come on. Touch me. Hit me. Slap me... |
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13-8c TERESA Why? GASTON Physical contact it's a part of human nature... |
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13-8d GASTON ...We all need it. To hug. To be hugged. To hit. To shake hands... In Quebec we kiss when we see each other. TERESA (O.S.) In Germany we don't. GASTON I see. |
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13-9 TERESA How much do I need to pay? Gaston reaches to his pocket, takes out a crumbled 'work order', reads it through, writes something on it, sighs and puts it back in the pocket. GASTON Nothing. He exits the room. |
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13-10 Teresa follows him, perplexed. TERESA I was told it would cost forty dollars. Here it is. She hands out two banknotes. |
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12 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, CORRIDOR - EVENING 12-1 Gaston coils the spare cables and puts them by his boots on the corridor. VOICES OF NICOLE AND SAGA come from behind the bathroom door, where Saga is having her bath. SAGA (O.S.) What kind of dog was she? A Dalmatian? Did she go to the Moon? NICOLE (O.S.) No she did not... |
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12-2 TERESA Please, I don't understand. Could you please take the money and go. |
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14 EXT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, ENTRANCE - EVENING 14-1a Gaston slowly walks down the stairs, carrying his tools and holding the banknotes. He shakes his head, angrily muttering something to himself. |
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14-1b A group of THREE GIGGLING YOUNG WOMEN (MELISSA, NATASHA and SEBASTIAN) goes up the stairs towards him. Gaston stops on the landing letting them to squeeze by. MELISSA Is the party already over? GASTON No, no men allowed. MELISSA Oh I am against discrimination! I am Melissa, and these two are... Laughing, Melissa pushes the other two towards Gaston. A burst of giggles and screams follows. MELISSA (CONT'D) Sorry they are too shy... Gaston smiles, shakes his head. He gently moves around the girls and walks down the stairs. |
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15 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM 15-1a Teresa is working at the table, trying to ignore the VOICES of the women in the corridor. A burst of LAUGHTER is heard from the living room. |
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15-1b Teresa puts aside her notes, distracted. |
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15-2a Teresa's hands looking through things in her suitcase: she takes out a yoga mat... |
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15-2b ...and unrolls it to reveal a bottle of Rein's Riesling. |
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16 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, CORRIDOR - EVENING 16-1 There is a pile of coats and a pile of snowy boots by the door. The living room door is ajar. Teresa knocks. NICOLE (O.S.) (from behind the door) Come in! |
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17 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - EVENING 17-1a The living room lights are dimmed . A 'disco-ball' light is turning, throwing a moving multi-coloured pattern of 'snow' on the wall. There is a big painted sign 'Awareness is about focusing our attention in the present moment.' Natasha, Melissa and Sebastian are snacking on canapés. They look at Teresa with interest. NICOLE Please meet Teresa, my new lodger... Melissa, Natasha, Sebastian... |
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17-1b NICOLE (CONT.) Please have a quick bite, we are starting in a moment... |
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17-1c Teresa puts the bottle on the table with canapés. There are printed leaflets lying on the table near. |
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17-1d Teresa glances on them. The top says: 'The present moment is where life happens. Listen to your body. Awaken to your senses. Awaken to your life.' MELISSA (O.S.) Nicole told us you are from Germany... |
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17-1e MELISSA ...Do you like it here? It must be quite different, is it? Teresa nods. SEBASTSIAN I've never been to Europe. NATASHA My boyfriend and I went to Spain last spring. Really enjoyed it, but cost us a fortune! MELISSA My aunt's husband is from Poland, but he moved here thirty years ago. Teresa listens, polite. |
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17-2a Nicole turns the table around and wheels it into the middle of the room, under the dimmed light. NICOLE (making last adjustments to the display) Come closer, everyone...So, today we'll talk about how listening to our body offers us an opportunity to open to the present moment... |
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17-2b The table reveals a display of brightly coloured vibrators, beads and other sex toys. NICOLE (O.S. CONT'D) ...We will explore the collection of... |
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17-3a TERESA Excuse me. She quickly walks to the door. |
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17-3b NICOLE Teresa? Are you alright? TERESA I am not interested in this. I'm sorry if I've interrupted. NICOLE Wait... MELISSA Is it because of religion? My aunt's husband could never talk about sex... TERESA I simply have too much work to do. It was nice meeting you anyway. She exist the room and closes the door behind. |
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17-4c She exist the room and closes the door behind. |
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18 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, CORRIDOR - NIGHT 18-1a Teresa notices that Saga's door is ajar. |
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18-1b Saga is not asleep and is sitting silently in her bed, with a closed book on her knees. Teresa stops. TERESA You should be sleeping by now. |
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18-1c SAGA I don't feel sleepy. TERESA (O.S.) Do you want me to read to you? Saga shakes her head. She reaches and turns off the light. |
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19 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - NIGHT 19-1 Teresa's dress is thrown on the back of the chair. |
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19-2 Teresa, now changed in tee-shirt and slacks, is standing in a headstand, silently crying (with her tears running the opposite way). |
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19-3a A BURST OF LAUGHTER from the living room makes her... |
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19-3b ...almost fall down. |
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19-3c As she stamps on the floor... |
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19-4a ...the television screen lightens up and a crystal in the shape of a GIANT ASYMMETRICAL SNOWFLAKE appears on it. The crystal is slowly moving away from the camera. |
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19-4b It becomes clear that it's suspended in a transparent chamber held by a YOUNG MAN (IVAN) in a tee-shirt. Looking straight at Teresa, the man reaches with another hand and picks up earphones suspended in the air in front of the camera. IVAN (in Russian) You see there is a very interesting branching, completely unexpected, along axis Y... I'll leave it in the basic block, if you don't mind - it cheers me up. |
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19-5 Teresa moves closer to the television, intrigued by the crystal. She searches for a piece of scrap paper and starts sketching. |
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19-6 Teresa's gaze follows the crystal before returning to Ivan. IVAN (O.S.) Sensor DSD went off. I've clocked a pressure loss, not a huge one, about 1ml a day. Can't find where it's coming from, but will keep looking. After the communication I will go check on the gyrodynes. Well, that's it for today's program... Do we have any news? When will the guests be coming over? OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) They are getting ready, but the date has not been set yet. |
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20 INT. RUSSIAN SPACE STATION - DAY 20-1a In the middle of the sentence Ivan starts slowly floating upwards, till he makes a fin-like movement with his arms letting the cube with the crystal gracefully float in the air. Ivan floats back in the up-right position. IVAN Now, about repairs. I've sealed the leak in the TCS system, as we spoke yesterday. The temperature is getting back to normal, it's 28C in the base block. There are still problems with the atmospheric pressure... The container with the crystal floats away. |
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20-1b OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) They are getting ready, but the date has not been set yet. IVAN What about our American friends? Don't they want to drop in for a cup of tea?... I am starting to feel a bit lonely here, guys. Last night had a strange dream - as if someone is walking inside the station and knocks on the walls as a switchman on the train wheels: touk-touk, touk-touk... I tell him please knock a bit lighter or you'll make a hole, but he doesn't listen to me, and continues - touk-touk, touk-touk... OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) You know Egor Titov asked to say hello to you. |
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20-1c Ivan's expression changes, he smiles. IVAN Ah... How are they? OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) Lost to Real Madrid three-nil. IVAN Bastards!.. OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) He himself didn't play, he got a knee injury... IVAN He should take care of his knee pretty quickly then. Could you tell him, and Tikhonov too, if they lose one more game I'll never go to sauna with them again!... So I see now why I have such bizarre dreams! Everyone laughs. IVAN (CONT'D) End of communication session. Thank you, guys.... He takes off the earphones and winks to the camera as he turns and floats away. The image disappears. |
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23 (21) EXT. STREET NEAR NICOLE'S HOUSE - MORNING 23-1a Fresh snow has fallen on the stairs and the landing by Nicole's front door. Its surface is untouched except for traces of Nicole's and Saga's steps from the door down the stairs. CU A local newspaper in sealed in plastic is thrown on the landing. It sinks in the snow. CU A bunch of supermarket fliers follows the newspaper. |
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23-1b CU Someone's boots (GASTON'S) walk up the stairs, stop on the landing. A plastic bag with a rolled parka and a pair of winter boots is placed by the newspaper and the fliers. A note 'for Teresa' is put on top of the boots and parka. |
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24 EXT. DAYCARE PLAYGROUND - MORNING 24-1 SEVERAL SMALL CHILDREN are playing with the snow on a slide in a shape of a 'space rocket'. Nicole watches Saga joining the children. |
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24-2 Saga gets on the top of the slide, turns around and waves to Nicole. |
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24-3 Nicole waves back. |
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25 COMMERCIAL STREET - MORNING 25-1 Nicole walks back home along a small commercial street. She stops by a veggie shop with a street counter, picks up an orange, hesitating. |
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26 EXT. STREET NEAR NICOLE'S HOUSE - MORNING 26-1 A DELIVERY MAN, a young Sikh, is unloading boxes, putting them on the snow by the bottom of Nicole's stairs. Nicole hurries up towards him. |
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26-2a NICOLE Sorry I am a bit late. She counts the boxes. NICOLE (CONT'D) There should be ten... Would you be so kind to help to get them up? The delivery man gets out the last box and the order form. Nicole signs. DELIVERY MAN Cheers. |
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26-2b He gets in the van and starts the engine. Nicole shakes her head. |
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26-2c She picks up one of the boxes and the oranges and carries them up to the landing. |
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26-3 As the delivery van backs up and turns around, the very top box on the pile wobbles and falls on the ground spilling colourfully packed vibrators on the snow. |
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26-4 Nicole rushes down. |
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26-5a Across the street the neighbour, Gilles, unlocks his bike, an old black model with two wired square baskets at the rear. He sees the box fall down... |
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26-5b ...and crosses the street, wheeling his bike along. GILLES Would you like a hand? Nicole looks up at him. GILLES (CONT'D) I'm your neighbour, from number 389. NICOLE I know. |
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26-6a Gilles leaves the bike against the stairs and crouches down besides Nicole. He picks up one vibrator and inspects it with a bemused expression. GILLES Hm... That's a bit unexpected... He looks at Nicole. NICOLE I sell sex toys for women. |
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26-6b GILLES Oh... Only for women? What discrimination! Nicole checks him out. NICOLE Yes. It's the shop's philosophy. It's about a positive non-threatening space and well-being. GILLES Tell me how well-being can be thought of without men? |
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26-6c He picks up four boxes at once and runs with them up the stairs. |
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26-6d Nicole smiles and shakes her head. |
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26-7a Gilles runs back down. NICOLE (O.S.) What do you do? GILLES I'm a journalist... and I teach journalism at the university... |
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26-8=26-6e NICOLE Demonstration parties are on first Thursday of the month. Your wife is welcome if she'd like to come... I'll even give her a discount because of your kind help... |
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26-7b GILLES (seriously) She is away. Besides, I don't think she'd find it very... amusing. |
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26-8a They get the two last boxes up the steps in silence. |
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26-8b Nicole picks up the newspaper and the fliers from the landing. NICOLE Is there something of yours in here? GILLES I'm the head of the program, so at the moment I have no time for myself. |
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26-8c NICOLE Thanks. GILLES Not at all. My name is Gilles, by the way. He looks at her, thinking about something. GILLES Didn't I see you at the university? NICOLE I'm in my last year in sociology. Gilles jokingly shakes his head. GILLES What gross indecency! A student and a professor spend time over... He points to the boxes. |
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27 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - MORNING 27-1 The television screen is dark and covered with dust revealed by sunlight from the window. The drawing of a dendrite crystal from the previous night is lying on the table. Teresa's hand takes the drawing. |
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28 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, CORRIDOR - MORNING 28-1a Teresa picks up her tweed coat and leans down to zip up her high-heeled shoes. |
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28-1b The front door opens. Nicole secures it with a sleeper and drags in the first box. NICOLE You are leaving? It will be just a moment... TERESA Let me help you. |
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28-1c She starts decisively moving boxes inside the house, trying to ignore pictures on the packaging. TERESA (CONT'D) I'd put it all away somewhere before Saga comes back home. NICOLE I don't have sales parties too often, I mostly sell through Internet. TERESA It would have been nice to let me know that you run a sex shop before I rented the room. |
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28-1d Nicole stops and look at Teresa. NICOLE I didn't thing it was of any relevance. I am not sure you understand. I do workshops on sexual self-sufficiency... |
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28-2 TERESA I understand, Nicole, I have to go, I'm late for work. |
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28-3 Nicole hands her the plastic bag with a note 'for Teresa'. NICOLE I think someone dropped something for you. Puzzled, Teresa reaches inside and takes out a pair of bulky winter boots and a folded orange-and-blue parka. NICOLE (CONT'D) That's handy. Much better than what you have on. I think it's Gaston. TERESA I can't wear this. She puts it back in the bag. Nicole is amused. NICOLE OK I'll put it in my closet for now. |
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29 INT. RESEARCH CENTRE, LAB - DAY 29-1 The DRAWING OF THE SPACE SNOWFLAKE on Teresa's desk. |
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29-2a Teresa, dressed in a white lab gown, is setting up an experiment in a levitation chamber with an attached monitor by the side connected to the magnifying viewer. PROFESSOR HUGO, a middle-age man with an egg-shaped head and small glasses, switches on the second levitation chamber. Teresa adjusts the position of a minute particle of dust suspended in the air, checking it on the monitor screen. Once done, she turns on the temperature control. The image from a microscope viewfinder transferred onto computer screen shows a suspended dust particle. A gust of gas engulfs the particle. RON (O.S.) (continuing the story) ... Petrovchik, always dressed in the same brown suit, white shirt and a black tie... Now, the first night of the conference, we all go out for dinner - Petrovchik doesn't go... |
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29-2b The image from a microscope viewfinder transferred onto computer screen shows a suspended dust particle. A gust of gas engulfs the particle. RON (CONT'D) ...He sits in his room and nobody knows what he's doing there. Second night of the conference, we all go out for dinner to a very good Thai restaurant - Petrovchik sits in his room... |
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29-3a A sun-tanned PROFESSOR RON (rolled-up sleeves and black jeans) is sitting on top of the table in the middle of the lab, chewing a healthy-looking sandwich. Professor Ron's assistant JULIE, a plump young woman with short hair and ironical eyes, is typing something at her desk. Behind the kitchen door a half-seen post-graduate researcher GUILLAUME is struggling with a coffee machine. RON (CONT'D) ...Third night. A colleague from Ireland and I catch Petrovchik after the panel and force him to come with us. Petrovchik asks for a glass of water and eats the whole dish of free salted peanuts with it!... Are you listening, Teresa? |
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29-2c Distracted from the experiment, Teresa looks up from the chamber with growing discontent. TERESA Yes. |
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29-3b Julia heads to the kitchen. JULIA Guillaume, how's the coffee? GUILLAUME (O.S.) It's starting to work now... I think... RON (CONT.) ... So, at the final reception I asked him what he ate all these days... |
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29-3c RON (O.S.) ...'Soup', he said. He brought a box of tinned soup, heat it with a portable water heater and ate! TERESA (O.S.) He probably didn't have any money. RON (O.S.) He had per diems, like all of us, but he was saving it so that on the last day he could buy a HiFi to take back to his Bulgaria or Romania! I just could not believe this guy! |
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29-4 Teresa looks at him, clearly hurt. TERESA Have you ever been to any East-European countries? RON (O.S.) Oh I went to Moscow once. In 94. For a conference... |
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29-5a RON (CONT'D) ...It was great but I almost lost my liver!... Ron laughs. He's finished his sandwich and throws the wrapping in the bin. |
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29-5b RON No I have nothing against him, in fact the paper he delivered on branching instability was brilliant! We could not believe he achieved that on the old junk of equipment he used! |
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29-5c He notices Teresa's drawing of the snowflake and steps to her deck to see it better. Hugo's head appears above his levitation chamber. HUGO You know I've always felt sympathetic towards communist ideas... TERESA I don't think you realize... HUGO (gently interrupting) ... and scientists!... RON (studing the drawing) Especially the female scientists from Dresden! |
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29-5d Teresa shakes head and turns away. |
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29-5e Hugo appears from anither side of the chamber. HUGO (reconciliatory) We have all fallen in love with you, Teresa. JULIA (O.S.) I should not say it in front of Teresa, but I felt sorry to see your Wall go. Walls slow down the entropy... But may be I am just being Jewish... |
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29-6a GUILLAUME, a young man with long hair and round black glasses, appears with a tray with four coffee cups. He catches some cables on the floor and stumbles. The cups shake, spilling the coffee on the tray. |
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29-6b GUILLAUME I am sorry I'll make a fresh one! Hugo takes the tray from Guillaume. HUGO I can't wait another forty minutes! One more incident like that and you'll be relegated to applied biophysics... |
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29-7a Ron takes off the snowflake drawing and studies it. |
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29-7b He puts the drawing on the table. RON Extreme random fluctuations of temperature and ultra-violet radiation, I think. Am I right, Teresa?... He turns around to Guillaume. RON (CONT'D) Come closer, don't be shy, you are forgiven for the coffee you spilled so awfully... Guillaume delicately squeezes closer to the desk. |
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29-8a TERESA What about the asymmetrical branching? RON (O.S.) What's its substance? TERESA I don't know. It appeared to be solid and transparent. It's grown in a low gravity environment, possibly in a vacuum chamber with induced influences. |
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29-7c RON Curious. Where did you find it? TERESA I... I saw some footage from a Russian Space Station. Ron stamps his hand down. RON Here we are, the brainy Soviet spies again! Guillaume delicately coughs to intervene. GUILLAUME There are no manned Russian spacecrafts at the moment. An old station waiting to be de-orbited, that's all. JULIA It must have been an old experiment. RON Perhaps, a 'top Russian secret', eh? He walks away from the table passing by Teresa. RON No hope for us, unless doctor Teresa calls up her former friends in Moscow... HUGO (O.S.) (from the coffee machine) You can buy any old Russian secret now, you know? On the Internet... |
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29-7d JULIA (to Teresa) When did you see it? TERESA Oh, I don't know. Perhaps I had a dream. Ron gives her a friendly slap on the shoulder. RON Don't waste your time dreaming about Russian cosmonauts! Dream about good-looking Canadian professors instead! He looks around, winks to Julia and laughs. Julia looks disapprovingly and shakes her head. |
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29-7e Teresa doesn't answer. |
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29-7f She takes the sketch and withdraws to her equipment |
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29-8 JULIA By the way, Guillaume, who was that very serious first-year student with you in the cafeteria the other day? It was not Amelie, was it? And it was not Brigitte? And it was not even Marie-Claude? Guillaume blushes and pushes up his glasses. Ron and Hugo laugh O.S. |
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29-9 Teresa looks at her monitor in frustration. The crystal, forgotten halfway through in Teresa's experiment, has melted and falls down as a drop of water. The sign 'ERROR! IRREGULAR CONDITIONS!' is flashing on the computer screen. |
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30 EXT. RESEARCH CENTRE - DAY 30-1 Julia and Teresa exit the building. Julia is wearing a shapeless Canadian parka and snow-boots, contrasting with Teresa's elegant but inappropriate coat and high-heeled boots. JULIA I am going for lunch to Romeo's. Want to come? TERESA No thanks, I'm not hungry. JULIA I'll pay for you. Teresa shakes her head. TERESA I am not Petrovchick. I'll see you later in the lab. |
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31 EXT. STREET (NEAR SEA) - DAY 31-1 Teresa walks along the quay stretching along the frozen waters of Saint-Laurence river. She passes the war monument in a form of an anti-aircraft canon, and an outdoor skating rink, empty except for a SCHOOL-AGE BOY practising his ice-hockey skills. The air is filled with BIG FLUFFY SNOWFLAKES, which now have a TINT OF BLACK in them. Teresa stops and watches the snowflakes fall. |
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31-2 Teresa lets one of the snowflakes land on a flat piece of glass, then uses an eye-dropper to cover it with a drop of liquid. The liquid momentarily dries forming a shell around the flake. |
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31-3a A WOMAN WITH A CHILD walks by. The woman looks at Teresa with puzzlement. The child is intrigued. CHILD What is the lady doing? WOMAN It looks like she's catching snowflakes, dear. |
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31-3b CHILD Why? WOMAN May be she'll make some Christmas decorations with them... CHILD But hey are black, not white... |
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31-4 Teresa, serious, meets the child's eyes. She takes out a new glass plate. This time she uses a brush to pick up a snowflake from a tree branch and to put it on the glass. |
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32 INT. RESEARCH CENTRE, LAB - DAY 32-1a The lab looks empty except for Hugo who is eating something from a plastic box in front of the computer. He raises his head to greet Teresa who puts down her container with snowflake fossils and takes off the coat. HUGO You have a visitor. TERESA A visitor? Hugo points to the kitchen. |
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32-1b Teresa looks around the corner. To her surprise, she sees Gaston leaning over a disassembled coffee machine. HUGO (O.S.) I offered coffee but as you can guess it did not quite work, and Gaston kindly said he'd have a look... Gaston smiles to Teresa. TERESA Something happened? GASTON I was repairing the decoder at the department of economics and thought I'd stop by. Have you eaten? TERESA I've had my lunch break already. Actually you're not supposed to be here... Gaston nods and turns to the coffee machine. Teresa waits for him to say something, but he doesn't. |
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32-2 LATER. Hugo is holding a cup of fresh steaming coffee. |
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32-3 Similar cup is on Ron's desks. Ron is working on the computer. |
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32-4 Gaston, now dressed in the white gown, is sitting by the monitor. Julia is standing in front of him, engaged in conversation. On the background Guillaume, also with a cup of coffee, is adjusting the brightness of a monitor connected to Teresa's levitation chamber. JULIA Why did you leave the air force? GASTON I was posted to Yugoslavia, the bombing started and I felt that we were doing wrong. When I returned, I asked to be decommissioned. Julia shakes her head in amazement. JULIA Don't you think they were war criminals who needed a good... bomb or two?! |
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32-5 Teresa, trying not to breath, carefully turns the temperature control. There is a humming sound, and the chamber fills with semi-transparent suspension. |
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32-6 Gaston puts his finger to his lips and turns to the monitor. |
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32-7a On the monitor, a small crystal starts forming around the particle. Gaston watches with full attention. He moves his chair closer, inadvertently knocking the chamber with his elbow. |
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32-7b TERESA (O.S.) Careful, please! The image on the monitor shakes and disappears. Gaston turns around, looking lost and guilty. |
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32-8a Teresa turns off the switch, gets up from the chair in frustration... |
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32-8b ...and walks out of the room. JULIA (O.S.) Ai-iai-iai! RON She needs to learn to take it philosophically. |
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32-9a Gaston takes off his gown, folds it and puts on the edge of the table. |
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32-9b HUGO (to Gaston) Don't worry, old chap. And thank you for coffee anyway. |
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33 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, CORRIDOR - EVENING 33-1a Saga, with a pensive expression and fully dressed, is sitting in the middle of the corridor on a pile of boxes with Nicole's merchandise. The bathroom door and the door of Nicole's bedroom are open. Half-dressed Nicole runs past Teresa from the bathroom to the bedroom. |
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33-2a Teresa takes off her coat. TERESA (bemused) Good evening. |
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33-1b Nicole pops her head from the bedroom, at the same time changing into other trousers. NICOLE Today is a crafts fair at the university... Nicole disappears. SAGA (readily explaining) Mummy has a stand there, and we are late because I was a nuisance again. |
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33-2b Teresa shakes her head in disapproval. TERESA You don't need to take Saga, I'll stay with her. |
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33-1c Nicole appears in front of Teresa, dressed, touching her hair with a brush. NICOLE Thanks so much!... How do I look? |
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33-1d TERESA (O.S.) Normal. Nicole shakes her head. NICOLE I mean... Do you like what I wear? Come on, Teresa!... Do I look fine?... I mean, attractive? Or should I change into something else? |
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33-3 TERESA You are fine. I think you look beautiful... Why are you asking? |
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34 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - EVENING 34-1a Saga is sitting on Teresa's settee with a bunch of coloured pencils, paper, scissors, a glue-stick and a couple of Teresa's wedding invitations. She is drawing Teresa's portrait. Teresa is at the table, labelling her snowflake 'fossils'. The drawing with the space crystal is handing on the wall by the table. Saga finishes colouring Teresa's face. |
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34-1b She takes one of the invitations, gets off the settee and walks to the wall to see the drawing closer. Teresa turns around. TERESA Are you alright? Saga nods. |
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34-2 She studies the snowflake sketch and goes back to the settee. TERESA (CONT'D O.S.) (intrigued) What are you doing? |
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34-3a Teresa's sketch of the space crystal. Saga's hands drawing something similar, then cutting it out with the scissors. Teresa is sitting by Saga, watching. Saga takes the glue stick and glues the snowflake besides Teresa's face SAGA What are these pretty cards? Pointing to the invitation TERESA They are my wedding invitations. |
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34-3b SAGA Where's your husband? TERESA He ran away before the wedding. SAGA Like my dad? TERESA Probably. Ran very far away. SAGA How far is far away? TERESA I don't know. |
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34-4 SAGA (O.S.) Like my dad? TERESA Probably. Ran very far away. SAGA (O.S.) How far is far away? TERESA I don't know. |
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34-5 SAGA A hundred kilometres? Four hundred kilometres? A thousand kilometres? TERESA I think four hundred kilometres is far away enough. SAGA I will fall in love only with someone who can't run. Someone who is handicapped and doesn't have legs. When you love someone, your heart becomes very hot, and it can melt the ice. True? TERESA Perhaps. SAGA I want my mummy. TERESA She'll be home soon. |
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35 INT. UNIVERSITY, STUDENT UNION CLUB, CRAFTS FAIR - EVENING 35-1 A row of TABLES with improvised stalls: one sells BOOKS by 'Quebec Anarchist Publications'... next urges to sign a PETITION to save 'Maple Creek Nature Resort' in North Quebec... third has a display of NEW-AGE AMULETS, ORGANIC SHAMPOOS and TEE-SHIRTS with 'women self-empowering initiative' logo... A BIG SCREEN at the back of the hall shows enlarged images of the PEOPLE IN THE HALL, serving as a giant mirror. |
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35-2a Nicole's stand is set between a SECOND-HAND BOOK COUNTER and a 'SILVER THREAD' AFTER-50TH WEAVING SOCIETY. Her table presents a sample selection of brightly coloured sex toys, with a pile of catalogues on the edge of the table. The sign says: 'A 100 THINGS WE DON'T NEED A MAN FOR'. |
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35-2b Nicole looks around. |
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35-3a She notices him across the room speaking to other people. Their eyes met. Gilles smiles... |
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35-3b ... and makes his way through the crowd towards her. He is about to say something... |
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35-3c ...when a CAMERAMAN and A GIRL WITH A MICROPHONE appear in front of Nicole. |
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35-3d The girl sees Gilles and loses all her confidence. GILLES (encouraging) Don't be shy Brigitte. Remember the seminar. Think about the aim of the reportage. |
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35-4a The cameraman focuses on Nicole in front of the sign 'A 100 THINGS WE DON'T NEED A MAN FOR'. |
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35-4b Taken aback, Nicole smiles helplessly. GIRL WITH A MICROPHONE Your stall is one of the most fascinating at the fair. Could you tell us a little bit about your merchandise? NICOLE Well, it's aimed at women of all ages who want to liberate pleasure from the monopoly of love... and love from the monopoly of pleasure. That's all. A FEMALE STUDENT buys one of the boxes. Nicole gives her change and smiles. GIRL WITH A MICROPHONE Do you consider yourself a feminist? |
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35-4c NICOLE No. Times have changed, I wouldn't use these terms. I can say that I am in search of a more whole human being. The girl with a microphone gains her ground. GIRL WITH A MICROPHONE But don't you think it is only love, which renders us whole? |
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35-5a Gilles looks at Nicole. |
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35-4d Nicole avoids Gilles' eyes. NICOLE It's a complex question. I am not ready to answer it now. |
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35-5b GIRL WITH A MICHROPHONE We see that the male public is interested in your merchandise as well... The girl stretches her hand with a microphone to Gilles. GILLES Oh, no Brigitte. But if you insist, I'll confess that I weave as a hobby and I came to see this marvellous display by the 'Silver Thread'. The audience LAUGHS, WHISTLES and APPLAUDS. |
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35-6a The girl with a microphone and the cameraman move away, and the noise of the crowd recedes. Gilles and Nicole look at each other, smiling in silence. GILLES (CONT'D) (very quietly) If I buy everything which is on your display, can we escape? |
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35-6b NICOLE (in the same manner) What would you do with all this? GILLES (even quieter) I won't tell you. |
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35-7a The VENDOR, an older man with a beard and long silver hair, calls from the second hand book display. VENDOR Monsieur Lecointe? |
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35-7b Gilles turns to him. GILLES Oh hello Jacques. VENDOR I have a surprise for you. Let me see if I've got it here... He looks through the pile of books... |
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35-7c ...and triumphantly pulls out a thin battered paperback. GILLES Oh no Jacques! The vendor turns to Nicole. Nicole takes the book, looks with amazement. Gilles waves his arm and turns away in a half-exaggerated gesture of despair. |
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35-7d NICOLE Gilles Lecointe. Les Pierres Siliencieuses. A collection of poems. Published 1986. Wow! GILLES Give it to me Nicole. It's nothing. It's rubbish. NICOLE (ignoring him) How much is it? VENDOR Ten dollars. Only ten dollars. It's a rare edition, you see. GILLES Nicole you won't do it. NICOLE Of course I will. (to the vendor) Can we barter? |
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36 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - NIGHT 36-1 Teresa is at the desk, filling a piece of paper with formulas and graphs. The drawing of the dendrite crystal is pinned on the wall above her desk. VOICES OF GILLES AND NICOLE are heard from the outside, in the silence of the street. THE SOUND OF STEPS as Nicole runs up the stairs, then the KEY opening the front door. Teresa waits, listening. |
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36-2a Nicole gently TAPS on her door. TERESA Yes. Nicole enters. NICOLE I'm glad you are awake... How's Saga? TERESA Did you have good time? Nicole nods, clutching Gilles' book to her chest. NICOLE Very good time, wonderful time... Listen I want you to hear something... |
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36-2b She opens the book, quickly leafs. NICOLE (CONT'D) (reading from the book) Je pousse ma bicyclette sur le chemin des jours ordinaries... |
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36-2c NICOLE Qu'un ingénieur fourbe et fripon a trouvé d'invisible chutes Dix fois cent fois comme une caresse d'écume comme ta main Me frolent de leur vertige des reves aux visages gommés Je pousse ma bicyclette sur le chemin des jours ordinaries Sous cette splendeur que la vie abandonne pafois au ciel... |
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36-2d NICOLE It's beautiful, isn't it? TERESA I can't really appreciate poetry in a foreign language. Nicole laughs and hides her face behind the book. NICOLE You are silly, Teresa! It is beautiful. I need to tell you something... Am I disturbing you? TERESA Go on. |
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36-2e NICOLE It's my secret, but I need to tell someone, I can't be silent... I love that man... You know him... Well, I may as well say it straight out... the neighbour... TERESA You can't do that! NICOLE But what am I to do? (Clutches her head) At first I thought him strange... then I felt pity for him... then I've realized that I love him... love him with his voice, his words, his face, his laughter... TERESA Nicole, he's married. I'm not listening anymore. NICOLE Oh, Teresa. You are silly. I love him - so that's my fate. And he... It's all terrifying. Yes? She takes Teresa by the hand and draws her closer to herself. NICOLE (CONT'D) Oh, my darling Teresa... How are we going to live our lives, what will become of us? I've confessed it to you, now I'll hold my tongue... silence... silence... Nicole puts the hand to her mouth. |
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36-2d It snows outside. Teresa is sitting on the chair staring in distance. The house is silent. |
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37 EXT/INT. STREET/ NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - NIGHT 37-1a Behind Teresa one big snowflake sparkles in the street light. It dances on the backdrop reflection of the room and the dark television. The television screen illuminates. |
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37-2a INT. SPACE STATION - DAY Ivan shows the camera a short flexible silver hose. IVAN (in Russian) I've found a hose but don't know what it's for. There is a marking on it... letters TSP and a number 901 ... wait I'll show you closer... He leaves the frame and reappears closer in front of the camera, holding the hose towards it. OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) (in Russian) Vanya, Anatoly Konstantinovich's there. He'd like to speak to you. Ivan nods, puts the hose away, steps aside and reappears in his old place. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) (in Russian) How are you, Vanya? |
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37-2b IVAN Everything's fine, thank you. Lonely a bit, of course, so I hope the emergency crew won't be delayed much more... ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) You are doing a great job, Vanya, we much appreciate it. IVAN (smiles) I know. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) Now... We are all worrying about the situation with gyrodynes. IVAN I've tried everything I could think of, but so far I have not been able to get them going. We need a new computer here, I've already requested to include one with the cargo. So at the moment I have to keep correcting manually using altitude control thrusters. |
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37-2c ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) There is increased solar activity forecast starting next week. We are afraid you won't have enough fuel to keep correcting the position. IVAN Your suggestions? ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) Under these circumstances a decision has been made to proceed with an emergency re-entry of the station. The voice pauses. Ivan digests the news. IVAN (carefully choosing words) Anatoly Konstantinovich, I think that is a wrong decision. Don't worry, I'll hang on here. I'll use fuel in a careful manner, we'll do calculations with the ground. All life support systems function well, I've repaired the TSC. It's true the station needs a new computer, once it's here we'll be able to get gyrodynes working. The sooner you send the crew, the faster we'll have it up and running. The station has a substantial life time left, I can provide a written report on all systems. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) Listen, even if we had a Soyuz built already, we won't get a crew to you in time - you are already losing about a thousand meters a day, and no one could afford to have the station fall down as Salyut did. IVAN I see... So how are you planning to de-orbit it without a working computer? ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) We don't know yet. We wanted to have your input. |
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37-2d IVAN (after a pause) Once when I was six or seven I jumped from a tall slide on the playground, to see if I was brave enough. I broke my arm, but the kids started calling me 'Vanya-cosmonaut'. How much time do we have? OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) We think about ten days, but it might be less. The atmosphere is very uneven. IVAN For everything? OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) For everything. IVAN I see. Ivan touches a cable on the wall. The cable pops out from the holder, and a panel covering the insides of the wall slowly swings open. IVAN (CONT'D) I have something I need to attend to. He reaches to the panel. The image disappears. |
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38 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - NIGHT 38-1 Teresa turns the controls trying to find the image. Instead, the screen is filled with flickers and white stripes. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) Where is he, goddamn it... OPERATOR 2 (O.S.) Diamond, diamond, the ground is calling you... Diamond do you hear me... Diamond... ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) Don't you understand the situation! OPERATOR 2 (O.S.) Diamond, diamond... OPERATOR 1 (O.S.) Don't worry, Anatoly Konstantinovich, Vanya won't do anything silly. OPERATOR 2 (O.S.) Diamond, diamond... the ground is calling... Finally the white flickering on the screen disappears, and the station interior appears again. Teresa moves closer, her face illuminated by the blinking of the screen. |
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39 INT. NICOLE'S HOUSE, TERESA'S ROOM - NIGHT 39-1 INT. RUSSIAN SPACE STATION - DAY Ivan moves away from the camera, coming into focus. IVAN I am sorry I lost the connection for a moment... Anatoly Konstantinovich, I think the most reliable way would be to realign the station manually, and to use the thrusters of Soyuz to de-orbit it. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) (relieved) Vanya, you... IVAN (not listening to him) The most reliable way. Right? So that's the story, guys. Pity I parted so badly with Sveta, argued with her, an idiot. But nothing doing now... So what recommendation do you have? Will we load 'Raduga'? I can put data for experiments and books... at least the ones with Tziolkovsky's autographs. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) Vanya, we'll try to arrange to get you out with a shuttle... IVAN Wishful thinking, Anatoly Konstantinovich. It would cost a huge amount of money, and who would find it now, if for three months there has been no money to send an emergency crew to me! Don't worry so much, Anatoly Konstantinovich, I'll do what's needed. ANATOLY KONSTANTINOVICH (O.S.) We are not giving up just yet, Vanya. We'll fight for you. IVAN Of course, Anatoly Konstantinovich. Everything is fine. The only thing... I wish I could see your faces, guys... |
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39-2 Ivan moves closer to the camera. His face fills the screen, his eyes looking straight at Teresa. Teresa raises her hand and hesitantly touches the screen with Ivan's face. The image disappears. |