Scritp part I
LETTERS FOR BRIAN
By
Toni Resende
Copyright - 1996 By Ricardo Soathman
LETTERS FOR BRIAN
FADE IN
INSIDE - HOSPITAL – OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT’S CORRIDOR – IN THE MORNING
CLARA (V. O.) – INTERCUT
Brian always said that life is a big show, so what is death? It’s this big show’s lights fading, or maybe the beginning of a new cycle, where what was possible to learn until its arrival is useless, truly obsolete.
I don’t know...
I have to believe in the existence of a new cycle, an easier life, without uncertainties and obligations, with more spontaneity and joy, but up to this moment, I’m unable to do it.
Where Brian could caught sight of a show, I caught sight of the ignorance of a routine and silly life, of unscrupulous moments that alternated themselves with the most pure stupidity, and where he could see the greatness, though I was trying hard to have this sight too, I only could see the mediocrity and the meanness of a sick world. More... in many times of my life, I tried to see the world through Brian’s eyes, maybe in attempt to become my existence more bearable, transforming it in something worthy of believing.
Through the years, I learned that you have to be disposed to give more than you receive, from the world and the people, and in this reciprocal relationship, between giving and receiving, the only one that could balance the scales was him....
It was not that he used to give more than he received, but he never offered me less than I gave him, and this.... for a long time, became very important to me....
He became important to me.
HOSPITAL CORRIDOR
General take of an outpatient department corridor, nurses passing by camera, doctors talking, camera finds a nurse that carries an instrument to measure blood pressure, thermometer and serum bags (all in a metal tray) and the camera follows her through the corridor; she meets other nurses and they joke to each other, and then she walks through a long corridor and in its end she enters in a room.
BEDROOM
She enters, opens the bedroom’s windows, allowing the morning sunshine to come in, lighting up all the room; she goes to the patient and affectionately removes the hair that was in the lad’s face, so she executes the blood pressure measure procedures, temperature, exchanges the serum bag, singing a song; when she finishes the procedures she looks to the nightstand and finds the patient’s correspondence, she handles the letters, and finds one that attracts her attention, and then she jokes to the patient.
NURSE
Look what I have here, Brian, it’s another letter for you, from that friend of yours, what is really her name?
She waits for a reaction of the lad, but he stands still.
NURSE
Do you want me to read it for you?
PAUSE.
Ah, I think you... really want it... right, darling?
So the nurse pulls a chair, puts it beside Brian’s bed, however, there’s a lot of shadow, and so she turns the chair (changes its position) and then she starts to read the letter.
NURSE
Hi, little strawberry, are you better? I hope so... Today, I don’t know why, I remembered the way you got this nickname. Do you remember? Oh, what nonsense, of course you don’t! You were pretty red, when I saw you the first time, and there was your mother coming with you on her lap, full of proud...
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE - CLARA’S HOUSE – SIDEWALK – IN THE PAST
Woman (Clara’s mother – Helen) is sat on the steps at the entrance of her house, drinking and observing the approaching of another woman (Brian’s mother – Rose) with a child on her lap; Rose approaches and sits beside Helen, gives her a smile and together they observe a little girl (Clara as a child) playing on a swing, improvised with a tire.
ROSE
Hi Helen, are you alone? Is he at home?
HELEN
No, he already left...
ROSE
And is this the reason for your sadness?
HELEN
No... Of course not, I think it must be because I know he will come back... (KIDDING)
POV HELEN
INSERT – On the back yard Clara plays with a wire, that she found when she was sat on a sand pile.
THE SCENE COMES BACK
HELEN
I think that....Clara, be careful with this wire, girl, it may hurt you!
ROSE
And you still joke with this situation...
HELEN
What situation, Rose?
Rose becomes reserved.
ROSE
Nothing, my angel...
HELEN
Come here Clara...come to see Aunt Rose’s baby, look how pretty he is...
INSERT – Clara playing on the sand pile and the women in the background, and she hurts her hand with the wire.
POV HELEN
Clara runs towards her mother.
THE SCENE COMES BACK
HELEN
Didn’t I tell you?
Helen holds the girl, that sketches a crying face, but suddenly, she stares at the baby in Rose’s arms, and gives a grin.
CLARA
What’s his name?
ROSE
Brian, his name’s Brian, just like his grandfather...
Clara makes caress on his head, on his eyes with her fingers, and then on his mouth, and then she notices that his skin is sun burnt, by the afternoon rays.
CLARA
He is so ruddy, aunt... I think I’ll call him strawberry... my little strawberry.
Clara runs to her house, and Helen stands up holding the bottle.
HELEN
I got to come in, I’ll treat Clara’s injury... You look better!
ROSE
Yeah... The more difficult has passed, now it is just to remove the stitches...Listen, angel, if you need Paul, he’s at home, in case of he become violent again...
HELEN
He’s a good man, Rose, he’s only having problems, we all have problems...(FOR A MOMENT SEEMINGLY SHE’LL OPEN HER HEART). Don’t worry, we will overcome it.
ROSE
Helen, sometimes I don’t know if what you feel about him is really love, or just the fear of leave him and face life, or who knows?...Maybe the fear of his reaction...fear of his intent to kill you if you say you’re leaving.
Helen looks down and starts a silent, sorrowful and ashamed weep.
POV CLARA
INSERT – From inside the house Clara hears the two-women talk.
CLARA ( V. O.) - IN THE PRESENT
On that evening, I understood how unhappy my mother was. Of course I couldn’t understand the size of the feeling, but through the time, I was being able to understand how she felt, the emptiness that she felt; it was there, little strawberry, on that moment, that I began to grow up...
THE SCENE COMES BACK
ROSE
Okay, darling...when you become ready.
Helen kisses the child on her friend’s lap, smiles and dries the tears, says goodbye to her friend comes in and closes the door.
CUT FOR
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – SNACK BAR – EARLY MORNING
In an empty snack bar, on early morning, a lady sat at a table drinks coffee made in a coffee machine, the snack bar’s door opens and a lad comes in and walks towards the lady, pulls a chair and sits beside the lady.
CLARA ( V. O. )
I always respected your mother...In spite of all, she always was strong...for a time I thought I could be like her... what nonsense, nobody can be like your mother...
LAD
How’s our Brian today?
The lady stares the lad with a visible and incalculable pain, drinks a gulp of coffee, as if she could find some console with this act.
ROSE
He’s in the same situation, my darling, my hope is fading away, just as my strengths...
The lad puts one hand on the lady’s shoulder, and holds her hand, trying to make her recover her confidence.
PAUSE
LAD
You can’t give up, he’ll recuperate, you’ll see...
ROSE
I hope God to be hearing you...
So the lad takes a deep breath, and his features change, and Rose notices that he got something to tell her...
ROSE
Your heart is so tight, son, I can feel it... You can tell me what you wanna tell, don’t suffer anymore and please, don’t put my sensibility in doubt...
LAD
It may not be the right moment, but I need to tell you: the institution can’t maintain Brian anymore here in the hospital, we’re without money, passing through serious financial difficulties and the costs of the hospital are very high, maybe we won’t have the money to pay either this month...I think you had better consider other options...
The lady hugs the lad, as if she’s forgiving him because he’s the news’ bearer.
ROSE
You’ve done much for us, I can only be grateful for the things you’ve done for Brian and for me, up to now.
The lady stands up and goes out from the snack bar, the lad stays alone, and, revolted, he stands up and throws the coffee away in the garbage.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – IN THE MORNING
Clara arrives home from shopping, with bags, and goes to the kitchen, takes her shoes off and lets it in the corridor, puts the pack on the balcony and takes out the cat’s food from the pack; opens the can and spills its contents in a bowl; she walks to the window and puts the bowl on the fire escape; she goes to the bedroom and takes her clothes off, putting a dressing gown; she comes back to the kitchen and takes out of the pack a smaller pack, unwraps it and puts a croissant apart of the rest of the bread; she sits down on a chair, with one of her feet on the chair and the other on the ground, she looks through the window and then looks away to an edgeways table, where there’s a picture of her mother; she looks down, looks through the window again and decides to bite the croissant, but, before, someone knocks at the door and, frustrated by have to postpone the bite, she stands up and opens the door, and she sees a man (her friend LUCK), who gaves her a smile.
LUCK
Hi, princess, did I arrive early?
CLARA
A little... I was in the middle of my breakfast...
LUCK
Today I’ll pay my rental, and talking about this, do you have my money?
CLARA
Of course... you know how much I need you. Do you want to share a croissant?
LUCK
Not today, I’m late, I’m going to my other job...
CLARA
Do you still go there!?
LUCK
What can I do? I need the money...
CLARA
There are things I can’t do for any money in the world, big guy.
LUCK
Caze’s mother is clean.
CLARA
I know you have stomach for it. Sit down, I’ll bring your money.
So Clara leaves Luck in the kitchen and she goes to the bedroom.
CLARA (V.O.) – INTERCUT
On my business line everybody is my friend, but the precaution is very important, you know how it is...the world teaches you to trust nobody...only to trust in yourself.
BEDROOM
In the bedroom she locks the door, opens the window, goes out, and passing through the fire escape, goes to the bathroom passing by Luck’s back without he catch sight of her, and she sees him meddling with her food pack; she comes in through the bathroom’s window, opens the flushing box and removes a parcel, with a plastic wrapper, and unrolling the parcel she withdraws US$200.00, puts the money in her bra, carefully she folds up the money left out, redoes the parcel and puts it into the flushing box again; she goes back carefully to not be seen by Luck, comes back to her bedroom, opens the door and goes out.
CLARA
Here is your bulky payment, “two-hundred box”, as all weeks. Open your eyes and don’t spend it all in only one place...
LUCK
Very funny... you’re going to travel this week, to see the fag.
CLARA (V. O) – INTERCUT
This fag would be you!
CLARA
If you were not so big, I would show you the fag... Don’t talk this way, he’s my friend.
LUCK
And what am I? Your bodyguard...
CLARA
You are my guardian angel...
Clara approaches to Luck and hardly, because of Luck’s height, gives him a kiss on his face.
LUCK
I’m going...see you at night... take some rest...
CLARA
I’ll try...I’ll be there by 9:00, ok?
Luck goes out, and she closes the door, she stays at the door looking through the peep-hole as Luck is going down and so she walks towards the table where she intends to eat her croissant, but before, she passes by the little table where her mother’s picture is, so she brings it near and passes her fingers on the photography; she picks it up and walks to the table, sits on the chair with a foot on it, and the other foot on the ground.
CLARA (V.O)
Today, if she were alive, she would be 68, all birthdays this memory comes back; he always had this ability, of shouldering others’ lives, my stepfather, do you remember him, little strawberry, the devil?....
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – SIDEWALK – PAST – IN THE EVENING
Two men (Paul, Rose’s husband and Robert, Clara’s stepfather) are talking, sat on the stairs, in front of the house.
ROBERT
As I told you before Paul, the black people have to go to other schools; it’s not because that little blackness thinks she can do anything that we’ll have to accept this...
PAUL
I agree with you. Their culture, their values are all different of ours...
ROBERT
And if Clara meets a creole man, what do I do? She’s already in time to have dates...
PAUL
Today is Helen’s birthday. Did you buy her something special?
ROBERT
No, my attendance is enough; later I give her a special treatment, you know what I’m talking about...
Clara arrives from school by car with some friends, and she passes between the two men that are talking, and Robert and Paul keep staring at Clara’s movements, they stare her breasts and legs; she innocently smiles to both men and she comes into her house.
PAUL
If you don’t take offense at it, I can lend you some money and so you can buy a gift; some shops in the centre must still be open.
ROBERT
It would be a great goodwilling of yours, Paul, very great!
PAUL
Forget it, neighbour, when you see you’re able to do it, you pay it back!
Paul withdraws some money from the pocket and gives it to Robert, hugs him and leaves. Robert walks into his house.
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM / KITCHEN / BEDROOM – PAST
Robert enters in the living room, searchs for Helen and Clara at the kitchen, but there’s no one there. He goes up the staircase, and continues the search; walking towards his bedroom he observes that the door of Clara’s bedroom is half-open, he approaches and silent, observes Clara undressing.
POV ROBERT
Clara is dancing, she takes her blouse off, and she is wearing bra, she takes her skirt off, wearing only panties, then she takes her shoes off...
THE SCENE COMES BACK
HELEN (V.O)
Robert, were you calling me?
Robert quickly goes to his bedroom, and meets Helen in the middle of the way, she tries to embrace him but he gets away from her, looking for his hat, and he takes the newspaper, in the page in which are the horses bets.
HELEN
Are you going out, Robert? Where are you going?
ROBERT
I’m going in town, I have some things to do there...
HELEN
What things?
ROBERT
It isn’t your business, woman... I’ll be back at night.
POV CLARA
Clara sees Robert going out, he stands in front of her, gives her a blink and a smile, going down the staircase.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – PAST – AT NIGHT
CLARA (V.O)
He said he was coming back, and he really came back.
Discussion between Robert and Helen: Robert, drunk, tries to seize Helen, that gets away from him.
ROBERT
Come here, I wanna give your gift...
HELEN
You’re drunk..leave me alone... your repugnant!
ROBERT
I’m not repugnant, sweetheart... come on, come on...
Helen keeps on getting away from his hands, and Robert becomes revolted and starts to break all things around him, so he pursuits her along the house when he finally gets her, beats her, and Helen, in attempt to escape, stumbles in a wood bench and falls down the stairs, rolling the steps, and she has the neck broken, and dies at that same time. Paul and Rose come in and see Helen’s body on the ground, and Robert, scared, coming down the staircase.
ROBERT
You saw what happened, I didn’t do anything...she fell.
PAUL
What a hell you did, man?
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – PAST – LATER
Rose embraces Clara, who’s crying; Robert talks to policemen, with Paul; Robert says goodbye to the cops and Paul leads they to another place, Robert rests on a wall and observes Clara (embraced by Rose) with desire, and smiles, then he goes towards her.
ROBERT
Let’s go home Clara, tomorrow I’ll come back to take care of your mother’s funeral. Now, my angel, it’s only you and me.
Rose observes Robert embracing Clara and leading her through the corridor.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – PRESENT
Clara is sat on the chair; she holds her mother’s portrait against the chest and looks through the window, seeing a rainy morning coming, letting evident an obvious and deep sadness.
CLARA (V.O) – INTERCUT
That’s it, little strawberry. Sat on that hospital bench, I couldn’t know what kind of life I would have, but I felt...from that moment on my life was changed, for ever...
MATCH CUT
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Rose is sat on a chair near Brian’s bed, and she observes the same rainy morning that Clara observed on the previous scene; she suddenly stands up and by stealth goes to the head-stand, opening the drawer, and she puts Brian’s shirts in order, and meddling with things she finds the letters from Clara; she gets upset, goes out from the bedroom and meets the nurses.
ROSE
Hey, you (POINTING TO THE NURSE) what is this? I already told you I didn’t want my son receiving these letters; who is the responsible for this?(YELLING)
The doctor responsible for Brian arrives round her back, without her taking notice of it.
DOCTOR
I ... am the responsible about this matter, (CATCHING THE LETTERS FROM HER HAND) and you should keep your temper.
ROSE
Who gave you this consent, or you doctor don’t have need of it? Are you omnipotent?
DOCTOR
Please understand... I don’t have to explain nothing to you, mainly in which refers to behaviour, but I got Josh’s authorization, and it’s enough for me; in my point of view it’s good to your son to know that he is important to people, it doesn’t matter to whom he is important, his contact with the world is essential; as bigger the number of stimulus to which he is exposed, bigger are the chances to Brian wake up...even if, physically talking, it can be unlikely; so, can you understand it now? Or will you keep your intolerance, that is simply groundless?
For a moment Rose tries to find an argument that could helps her on showing signs of her feelings to the doctor, but she gives up; it’s very complicated to explain.
DOCTOR
Please excuse me, but I’m in the middle of a visit...
The doctor enters in an elevator leaving Rose in the corridor, and discreetly, the nurses laughs at her; annoiying and ashamed, she comes back to Brian’s bedroom.
BEDROOM
Annoying, she sits beside her son , holding his hand, and rests it on her lap, stares at him, as if she is trying to explain why she doesn’t want him to know about Clara.
ROSE
It’s not that I don’t respect you, your manners, or the life you chose... my son. But she always harmed you...and you never were able to understand it, you both will never be in a same plan, in a same level, in any context.
A lad comes in through the door, walks to Rose and puts his hands on her shoulders, and his head on hers, and she hugs him.
ROSE
I’ve just had a discussion out there, about you...
JOSH
Yes, I know...
ROSE
Do you understand what I think and feel about this girl, don’t you?
JOSH
I think I don’t, but, does it really matter?
ROSE
She always has been harmful to my son...She always hurt him, directly or indirectly...
JOSH
You must give me a good explanation about it, if you want to convince me...
ROSE
When her mother died, she began to attend my house more regularly, nearly as she was living there; my husband didn’t mind with it, he was accostumed with her presence in our house, much more because of Brian than because of her need of it...
JOSH
I know this...but, how could she hurt Brian, what was this negative influence that she exerts to him... that you say it’s so harmful?...I don’t like the way this talk is leading us, Rose. Uncompromise is synonym of stupidity...
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – ON THE STREET – PAST
ROSE (V.O)
I’d rather he had never met her, perhaps it wouldn’t happen; perhaps he wouldn’t be the way he is, his fascination about her would never have existed...
Brian is coming back from school and he hears the DISCUSSION, coming from Clara’s house, he leaves his books on the stairs and enters into her house.
POV BRIAN
He looks for Clara and Robert, that are discussing very loudly, he goes up the staircase and hears part of the discussion.
CLARA (V.O)
I told you this is over, Bob, take away your hands of me...
ROBERT (V.O)
You are mine, like your mother was...
CLARA (V.O)
If you give one more step, I kill you...
ROBERT ( V.O)
But I have money, look here...
Brian arrives at the bedroom’s door and sees when Robert is ill-treating Clara, and he (Robert) takes the knife from Clara and starts to spank her, he pulls her clothes up, and drags her to his bedroom, Brian tries to reach him but, unsuccessful, he runs to Robert’s bedroom, where he started to rape Clara, Brian comes to the bedroom and tries to take off Robert from over Clara, and Robert pushes Brian, that falls on the ground...
BRIAN
Your son of a gun...
BACK TO SCENE
Clara observes Robert and Brian fighting, and the camera goes closing towards Clara’s frightened face and with the fight’s noise on back.
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE / BRIAN’S HOUSE – DOOR STEPS – PAST
Thrashed and very hurt, Brian goes out with Clara on his arms; bleeding a lot, he places her on the steps of his house and he faints; frightened, she runs towards Brian’s house and she comes in, where she meets Paul, that goes to the door and sees Brian fallen on the ground; Rose sees her son fallen on the ground and she becomes desperate, staring at Clara.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – ROBERT’S BEDROOM – PAST
Robert, very hurt, looks for his gun, and furious, he destroys everything in the house, and he finally finds the gun and he searchs for Clara, unsuccessfully, and panic-stricken, he shouts calling her name, and suddenly, tired, he sits on the stairs that leads to the second floor and stares at the gun, and all of a sudden he looks at Helen’s portrait, that is on the table, as if he’s begging pardon for all he did, he shuts his teeth and points the gun to his neck.
CUT FOR
INSIDE BRIAN’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM – PAST
Brian, lying down on the sofa is attended by the family’s doctor, who asks for an ambulance; Paul gives Clara a dressing gown when a shot is heard, and Clara runs towards the window.
CLARA
Robert...
Rose approaches to the girl and without people listen it, she says :
ROSE
You’re like your mother...
Paul calls his wife to stay near their son and the ambulance arrives; Paul hugs the girl, being observed by Rose.
BRIAN
Mom, my books...
CUT FOR
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Josh and Rose are sat and talking.
JOSH
I can run the risk of be wrong, but Rose, your son made the right choice, he couldn’t be guilty for it...
ROSE
Everyday I wonder whether he didn’t had fight for her, would my son stay here....in the way he is?
JOSH
And if the tumour had been diagnosed on time, if I were Christian, would your son be in this place!?, oh please, stop torturing yourself, stop searching for culprits, Rose; I know it’s not easy, sometimes I look at his work and I feel the sadness coming, the void is almost unbearable, and then I come here and I pretend he’s sleeping... and I liked to see him sleeping; woman, you’re strong, I know you are.
ROSE
Well, you’re already here, I don’t have need to stay here anymore...
JOSH
I’m thinking that isn’t only Brian that cannot be alone...
Rose hugs Josh and leaves the bedroom, walks through the corridor and looks at the nurses, that disguise and get out of her way.
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL – PARKING LOT – PRESENT - IN THE EVENING
Rose walks in the parking lot looking for her car, and failing to hide the emotions that comes round her, a painful feeling of deep rage; pure and simple, she finds her car, comes in and sits to the steering wheel, nods and starts a painful weep.
CUT FOR
INSIDE BRIAN’S HOUSE – CLARA’S BEDROOM – PAST
Rose goes up the stairs and observes the door of Clara’s bedroom half-open. She passes by the door without making noise and listens to the talk.
CLARA (V.O)
Do you want me?
PAUL (V.O)
I want; I want you so much...
CLARA (V.O)
Do you have money?
PAUL (V.O)
Yes...
CLARA (V.O)
So you can stay...
PAUL (V.O)
Thank you...
POV CLARA
Clara sees Rose through the door’s gap.
THE SCENE COMES BACK
Rose stands there, still, for a few minutes, as if she is trying to understand what’s really happening, and she hides herself while her husband closes the bedroom’s door; and ashamed, she goes down the stairs and enters in the car.
MATCH CUT
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL – PARKING LOT – INSIDE THE CAR – PRESENT
Rose raises her head, dries her tears and starts the car and the camera opens to film the car leaving.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Josh writes a letter trying to copy Brian’s handwriting, unsuccessfully, he smiles, and suddenly he stops to write and looks at Brian, for a while he thinks he saw Brian’s hand moving; scared, he stands up and holds Brian’s hand, but he sees it was an illusion, so he takes Brian’s hand to his face and closes his eyes.
MATCH CUT
INSIDE BRIAN’S AND JOSH’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – PAST
The bedroom is dimly ligthed, Brian and Josh are almost nude, Brian makes a caress on Josh’s chest, he softly passes his hand on his chest; Josh makes caress on Brian touching his lips with the fingers, he bends his head over and kisses Josh; they hug each other and the camera opens; Josh makes a caress on Brian’s back and they both bend over the bed and they have sex...
JOSH (V.O) – INTERCUT
I miss your touch so much...your hands upon me, searching my body, as if they were searching for an anchor, in a world of ecstasy, that was ours in that moment. You were my only reason to live, the best of all was your smile on the next morning, when you woke up...
CUT FOR
INSIDE BRIAN’S AND JOSH’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – PAST
The same bedroom of the previous scene, now lighted by the sun rays of a fine morning; Brian comes into the bedroom with a breakfast tray and puts it down on bed, he tries to wake Josh, that is hidden beneath the pillow and so he removes Josh’s pillow and kisses him.
BRIAN
Wake up, my sweet sleeper, now it’s time to give me a grin because today is a fine day and because I made coffee for you.
Josh gets up very lazy and picks up the coffe cup.
JOSH
Good heavens!...today you were capricious with this coffee, ahn; hey, look at the clock, did you already take your medicine?
Brian smiles.
JOSH
Of course not; you not even had it in mind, have you?
BRIAN
Don’t bore me...
Josh opens the drawer of the nightstand and withdraws the medicines and gives it to Brian, that takes it with annoyance; they sit down and take their breakfast together; Brian puts the correspondence on the tray and Josh starts to read it.
JOSH
Oh, my God, look at this: it’s the invitation to Beth’s wedding!
BRIAN
I’m not going to that bore’s wedding... she’s a nuisance...
JOSH
What a pity... she likes a lot of your work...
BRIAN
Jay Leno likes it a lot too and it’s not because of it that I like him or I’m going to his show...
JOSH
My God, it’s so american to speak ill of Jay... but I like his head of hair...
BRIAN
What a bad taste... in that case I prefer Homer...
JOSH
What an exaggeration! Oh, speaking of bores, letter from Clara...
Brian smiles, as if he were a child, pulls out the letter from Josh’s hands and runs out towards the living room.
LIVING ROOM
Brian jumps over the sofa and falls sat, rips the envelope and starts to read the letter, Josh arrives at the living room with the cup of coffee and gives it to Brian, that takes the cup and gives Josh a smile.
BRIAN
Please don’t become jealous of her, but I really care about that girl...
JOSH
I would become jealous...if she were a guy...
BRIAN
Things change, your foolish...
JOSH
Okay...
Josh kisses Brian’s head, and leaves the living room, going to the bedroom.
BEDROOM
Josh lies down on bed upon Brian’s pillow, closing his eyes; the camera closes on his face and gets dark slowly.
MATCH CUT
INSIDE BRIAN’S HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Dark screen brights up slowly, close-up on Josh’s face with his eyes shut, remembering of the facts experienced in the previous scene; suddenly he opens his eyes, goes to the window, walks along the room; moved, he approaches to Brian and smells his hair, passes his hand on Brian’s lips, and lies down beside him, embracing him strongly, as if he’s trying to hold him on, not allowing him to leave, and he falls asleep; camera gets dark slowly.
PAUSE – the story pauses about two hours.
Brian’s doctor comes into the room, sees Josh lying down beside Brian and, a little shy, he smiles and wakes Josh up.
DOCTOR
I’ll pretend I didn’t see it...
JOSH
Doctor, it’s because I miss him so much!...
DOCTOR
I know, and that’s why I won’t tell you how much this is against the rules of the hospital, without mentioning I was born in the South...
Josh recovers himself and gets up.
JOSH
For the love of God...
DOCTOR
Forget it! Now that you awoke, and I have nothing more to do, I’ll pay you a terrible coffee made in a coffee-machine, what do you think?
JOSH
Aren’t you frightened? Yeah, because people will see us drinking coffee together...
DOCTOR
I’m not in Dakota...and besides, it’s early morning and the snack bar is empty.
Josh covers Brian and they both go out from the bedroom, walk along the empty corridor, and they arrive at the snack bar.
SNACK BAR
The doctor buys two cups of coffee and they sit down at a table.
DOCTOR
Josh, we got a problem, the institution that helps you with Brian didn’t pay the expenses of this month.
JOSH
I and Rose already know about it...
DOCTOR
That’s it, the whole thing is becoming difficult because we are being auditted, what complicates the whole situation...
JOSH
And how exactly ‘the situation becomes complicated’?
DOCTOR
I’m under pressure; they want me to sign his transfer to a public hospital because his health insurance expired.
JOSH
How can you be under pressure, if we have been paying the expenses all this time?
DOCTOR
I know, and the direction of the hospital knows it too, but the court blocks any action against the rules; my hands are tied, the only thing I can do is to postpone it, give you a couple of weeks...
JOSH
I’ll try to cover this costs, I only ask you to forget about Rose, she’s already suffering a lot...
DOCTOR
I wanted to do more for you, although you always have the possibility of taking Brian home...
JOSH
What do you mean? He will recover himself here...at least, here he has a chance.
DOCTOR
Josh, don’t think that I don’t understand your pain and Rose’s as his mother, but his clinical situation is complex; he’s in a coma for almost twelve months, I want the situation to be reversible, but considering I’m his doctor more than I’m his friend...you should better inquire about other options.
JOSH
Don’t make me face the fact that I’ll loose him, doctor; take him home is the same of sign his death...
DOCTOR
I have a different point of view about it; it’s possible that at home he could be more stimulated... and stimulus is indispensable.
JOSH
Please don’t make the best decision in your point of view to fit in your conscience.
PAUSE
DOCTOR
There’s nothing more I can tell you, I wanted to be more helpful...and please believe: in any moment I’m trying to find an excuse to send you away...things are not like this... I’ll give you more two weeks, okay?
JOSH
You can tell that “distinguished men”... they will receive their money...I swear.
The doctor stands up and lightly beats his hand on Josh’s back, and the doctor goes out from the snack bar; Josh leans on the table and rest his head on his hand, drinks a gulp of coffee and leaves the remainder on the table, stands up and leaves the snack bar.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM
Clara compulsively eats with a popcorn bowl in her hands, and watching the TV, picks up the remote control and, instantaneously changes the channels, searching for something interesting, so she becomes boring, turns off the TV and releases the remote control, she sighs because the popcorn is over; she gets up and goes to and fro in the living room, resolves to turn on the radio and searches for a song on the dial, but unsuccessfully, she lies down on the ground, and she plays with her belly; suddenly, the phone RINGS, she gets up fastly and answers the phone call.
CLARA
Hello...
MAN (V.O)
Hi, this is me...
CLARA
I thought you won’t would call me anymore...
MAN (V.O)
I’m very busy today...but I wanna see at night...
CLARA
I’m never busy for you, don’t you already know this?
MAN (V.O)
What else can I expect from you?...my girl!?
CLARA
I like to see you, to be with you...
MAN (V.O)
I really wanted to believe that...
CLARA
You choose, your belief comes from your feeling, there’s nothing I can do...as regards to it.
MAN (V.O)
Okay, at Snoppy, at 9:00, okay?
CLARA
I’ll be there as always...
Clara hangs up the phone and smiling, hugs a female cat that was on her feet; she starts to dance in the living room with the cat on her lap, and singing, very happy; and so she goes running to the bedroom...
BEDROOM
She puts the cat on the bed and she leaps to the other side where’s the wardrobe, she opens it and starts to try on some dresses and show they to the cat, happy; all of a sudden, she sits down on the bed, and, with a sad glance, she takes a writing paper and she leans back on the head of the bed and begins to write a letter for Brian.
MATCH CUT
CLARA (V.O)
Hi, little strawberry, this is me again; he called me today, that guy about whom you was always saying: “this guy likes you”; that’s it, I’ll see him tonight, isn’t it great? Did I already tell you about when we met? Probably I did, but I’ll tell you again, because you can’t do nothing beyond hear it again, so...okay, I know it’s boring, but I need to listen to this history now and again, so I’ll be able to believe this...
INSIDE SNOPPY NIGHTCLUB – BALCONY – PAST
Clara and other women are sat at the bar’s balcony, talking to the barman, and all they are joking to each other (ON THE BACKGROUND) when a man comes in (THAT MAN THAT WAS TALKING TO CLARA AT PHONE IN THE PREVIOUS SCENE). He’s well-dressed, with two men keeping his company, he walks along the nightclub passing by the women’s back, and by Clara’s back too, but he turns and stops behind Clara, asks permission to another woman, sits down beside Clara and gives her a grin, a deep and sincere grin.
MAN
You have beautiful eyes.
CLARA
Thank you, but you’re not the first to say this...and besides, this is a very worn talk, not much original...
MAN
This is really a worn talk ...I must admit.
CLARA
Don’t be modest, I’m sure you can make it better...
MAN
I didn’t had the pretention to be modest, but I’m always concerned about never being ...pretentious, that’s the reason for the excuse, it has nothing to do with me.
CLARA
What has nothing to do with you, my eyes? (LAUGHTERS)
MAN
Your eyes, I have no doubts, I’m sure they have all to do with me, since the first moment I saw them, so, it could only be the excuses.
CLARA
May I ask you something?
The man asks for a drink.
MAN
Of course. What do you want to know?
CLARA
What does it all have to do with win somebody over, the only thing you have to do is pay...
The man drinks a gulp of the drink, looks at Clara and answers her:
MAN
And where’s the charm of the first contact? After all, I ask you to share a bed with me, to give me your body, to be with me...a stranger; if there’s no understanding, from what feeling comes the pleasure... your pleasure?
Clara looks at the man, as if she isn’t believing in what she’s hearing; for a moment there’s hesitation, but then she recovers herself.
CLARA
From your pocket...
PAUSE
You should have pleasure, since you’re paying for it...and looking at you I’m sure you can pay for it...come with me...
MAN
Won’t you say what’s your price?
CLARA
Don’t worry, you can pay it...
Clara stands up hand in hand with the man, they take for a walk in the nightclub and go to a reserved room, she, smiling, invites the man to come in, at the room 23.
CUT FOR
INSIDE SNOOPY NIGHTCLUB – RESERVED ROOM 23 – PAST
Clara begins to undress, doing the same movements, but the man interrupts her, he places her standing on bed, stands away for a moment and takes his coat off, turns out the bedroom’s lights, opens the curtains letting the nightlight fill up the bedroom with an alluring light reflecting on Clara’s body; so the man approaches to Clara and passes his hands upon Clara’s shadow reflected on the wall, he turns and looks at Clara, and he kneels on bed and embraces Clara’s abdomen, and she takes his tie off and opens his shirt; he smiles and carries her , he brings her hair to his nose to smell its scent, then he places her lying on the bed and he takes her hand, kisses and licks it, he goes down kissing her arms and Clara gives up to delight and she undresses the man; the moments are alternated between the man’s gentleness and Clara’s sexual appetite; so the man takes the control, kisses her neck and goes kissing down until her navel, he takes her panties off; the camera opens to an aerial sight ; the man penetrates her, the camera takes Clara’s face in close-up, feeling an intense pleasure, searching for the man’s lips, and she kisses him making him reach a spontaneous orgasm; the camera opens to the aerial sight and disconnected moments of sex are showed up.
MATCH CUT
The man is putting his clothes on, sat on bed, and Clara is looking at him, smiling, truthfully happy; the man looks at her and gives her the money.
CLARA
When I thought I already had felt everything, and I couldn’t be surprised and more excited, you appear. I really liked of being with you...
MAN
This is the maximum I can take from you, right?...The maximum your heart can accept...
CLARA
It’s because to joke with someone’s feelings in my business is very painful... and a risk.
MAN
I know...someday I’ll be back, and then you tell me...now I got to go.
CLARA
Did you like me?
MAN
In which is possible to my liking, you’ve done more than you can imagine, but I have some rules...
CLARA
Thank you for explain, or at least, to try to...
MAN
We’ll meet again...
He finishes to dress himself and goes out of the room, and Clara checks out the money he left and she’s surprised by the amount, a thousand dollars, so she takes the money, divides the amount and hides a part of it; suddenly she stops doing it and through the window she can see the man entering into a Lexus.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – PRESENT
Clara is sat on the bed with the writing paper in her hand; she continues to write the letter, with the cat on her lap, and the dresses are scattered on the bed.
CLARA (V.O)
And there, dear, on that moment I saw how alone I am in this world, except for you, of course. The funny is that after all these years, you’ve never asked me why I’m like this; if you want to know about it someday, I can tell you, you’re worthy of it; but maybe you just respect me, or maybe you respect the fact that I never asked you why you’re the way you are; it’s because this is not important to me, I think it could be important to common people, do you know that people that are majority in society? But I don’t want you to think it’s incapacity or weakness, okay?...This would hurt me...but I think you understand me...
Suddenly she stops to write and looks at the cat on her lap, she leaves the writing paper and she lies down upon the dresses.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – CLARA’S BEDROOM – PAST
Robert observes Clara undressing through the door’s grap, she sees him and gaves him a smile, he understands it as a suggestive gesture and he invades the bedroom, she becomes scared, however, he hugs her and kisses her, she tries to get away, but he holds her, closes the bedroom’s door, he takes the clothes off and asks her to kiss him, and she refuses to , then he picks up his wallet, withdraws the money and gives her, she refuses it, he rapes her; after the “sex” , he leaves the money on the bed; she hardly can get up (of the bed) and she goes to the bathroom.
BATHROOM
She washes herself, sits on the toilet, sees all the blood on her clothing; she takes the clothes off and turns on the shower, she forgets the soap and she hardly goes back to the bedroom to take one; looking through the window she sees Robert and Paul talking outside the house; suddenly Robert gives her a smile, she looks at the bed and sees the money, she walks to the bed, takes the money in her hands, wrapps the money up in the soap plastic pack, opens the flushing box and hides the money in, she goes under the shower and starts to cry.
CLARA
This is the last time I cry for you, your bastard...and because of any other man...
CLARA (V.O)
What a lie... I cried so many times after this...
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM
Clara lied on the bed embracing her cat.
FADE OUT
By
Toni Resende
Copyright - 1996 By Ricardo Soathman
LETTERS FOR BRIAN
FADE IN
INSIDE - HOSPITAL – OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT’S CORRIDOR – IN THE MORNING
CLARA (V. O.) – INTERCUT
Brian always said that life is a big show, so what is death? It’s this big show’s lights fading, or maybe the beginning of a new cycle, where what was possible to learn until its arrival is useless, truly obsolete.
I don’t know...
I have to believe in the existence of a new cycle, an easier life, without uncertainties and obligations, with more spontaneity and joy, but up to this moment, I’m unable to do it.
Where Brian could caught sight of a show, I caught sight of the ignorance of a routine and silly life, of unscrupulous moments that alternated themselves with the most pure stupidity, and where he could see the greatness, though I was trying hard to have this sight too, I only could see the mediocrity and the meanness of a sick world. More... in many times of my life, I tried to see the world through Brian’s eyes, maybe in attempt to become my existence more bearable, transforming it in something worthy of believing.
Through the years, I learned that you have to be disposed to give more than you receive, from the world and the people, and in this reciprocal relationship, between giving and receiving, the only one that could balance the scales was him....
It was not that he used to give more than he received, but he never offered me less than I gave him, and this.... for a long time, became very important to me....
He became important to me.
HOSPITAL CORRIDOR
General take of an outpatient department corridor, nurses passing by camera, doctors talking, camera finds a nurse that carries an instrument to measure blood pressure, thermometer and serum bags (all in a metal tray) and the camera follows her through the corridor; she meets other nurses and they joke to each other, and then she walks through a long corridor and in its end she enters in a room.
BEDROOM
She enters, opens the bedroom’s windows, allowing the morning sunshine to come in, lighting up all the room; she goes to the patient and affectionately removes the hair that was in the lad’s face, so she executes the blood pressure measure procedures, temperature, exchanges the serum bag, singing a song; when she finishes the procedures she looks to the nightstand and finds the patient’s correspondence, she handles the letters, and finds one that attracts her attention, and then she jokes to the patient.
NURSE
Look what I have here, Brian, it’s another letter for you, from that friend of yours, what is really her name?
She waits for a reaction of the lad, but he stands still.
NURSE
Do you want me to read it for you?
PAUSE.
Ah, I think you... really want it... right, darling?
So the nurse pulls a chair, puts it beside Brian’s bed, however, there’s a lot of shadow, and so she turns the chair (changes its position) and then she starts to read the letter.
NURSE
Hi, little strawberry, are you better? I hope so... Today, I don’t know why, I remembered the way you got this nickname. Do you remember? Oh, what nonsense, of course you don’t! You were pretty red, when I saw you the first time, and there was your mother coming with you on her lap, full of proud...
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE - CLARA’S HOUSE – SIDEWALK – IN THE PAST
Woman (Clara’s mother – Helen) is sat on the steps at the entrance of her house, drinking and observing the approaching of another woman (Brian’s mother – Rose) with a child on her lap; Rose approaches and sits beside Helen, gives her a smile and together they observe a little girl (Clara as a child) playing on a swing, improvised with a tire.
ROSE
Hi Helen, are you alone? Is he at home?
HELEN
No, he already left...
ROSE
And is this the reason for your sadness?
HELEN
No... Of course not, I think it must be because I know he will come back... (KIDDING)
POV HELEN
INSERT – On the back yard Clara plays with a wire, that she found when she was sat on a sand pile.
THE SCENE COMES BACK
HELEN
I think that....Clara, be careful with this wire, girl, it may hurt you!
ROSE
And you still joke with this situation...
HELEN
What situation, Rose?
Rose becomes reserved.
ROSE
Nothing, my angel...
HELEN
Come here Clara...come to see Aunt Rose’s baby, look how pretty he is...
INSERT – Clara playing on the sand pile and the women in the background, and she hurts her hand with the wire.
POV HELEN
Clara runs towards her mother.
THE SCENE COMES BACK
HELEN
Didn’t I tell you?
Helen holds the girl, that sketches a crying face, but suddenly, she stares at the baby in Rose’s arms, and gives a grin.
CLARA
What’s his name?
ROSE
Brian, his name’s Brian, just like his grandfather...
Clara makes caress on his head, on his eyes with her fingers, and then on his mouth, and then she notices that his skin is sun burnt, by the afternoon rays.
CLARA
He is so ruddy, aunt... I think I’ll call him strawberry... my little strawberry.
Clara runs to her house, and Helen stands up holding the bottle.
HELEN
I got to come in, I’ll treat Clara’s injury... You look better!
ROSE
Yeah... The more difficult has passed, now it is just to remove the stitches...Listen, angel, if you need Paul, he’s at home, in case of he become violent again...
HELEN
He’s a good man, Rose, he’s only having problems, we all have problems...(FOR A MOMENT SEEMINGLY SHE’LL OPEN HER HEART). Don’t worry, we will overcome it.
ROSE
Helen, sometimes I don’t know if what you feel about him is really love, or just the fear of leave him and face life, or who knows?...Maybe the fear of his reaction...fear of his intent to kill you if you say you’re leaving.
Helen looks down and starts a silent, sorrowful and ashamed weep.
POV CLARA
INSERT – From inside the house Clara hears the two-women talk.
CLARA ( V. O.) - IN THE PRESENT
On that evening, I understood how unhappy my mother was. Of course I couldn’t understand the size of the feeling, but through the time, I was being able to understand how she felt, the emptiness that she felt; it was there, little strawberry, on that moment, that I began to grow up...
THE SCENE COMES BACK
ROSE
Okay, darling...when you become ready.
Helen kisses the child on her friend’s lap, smiles and dries the tears, says goodbye to her friend comes in and closes the door.
CUT FOR
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – SNACK BAR – EARLY MORNING
In an empty snack bar, on early morning, a lady sat at a table drinks coffee made in a coffee machine, the snack bar’s door opens and a lad comes in and walks towards the lady, pulls a chair and sits beside the lady.
CLARA ( V. O. )
I always respected your mother...In spite of all, she always was strong...for a time I thought I could be like her... what nonsense, nobody can be like your mother...
LAD
How’s our Brian today?
The lady stares the lad with a visible and incalculable pain, drinks a gulp of coffee, as if she could find some console with this act.
ROSE
He’s in the same situation, my darling, my hope is fading away, just as my strengths...
The lad puts one hand on the lady’s shoulder, and holds her hand, trying to make her recover her confidence.
PAUSE
LAD
You can’t give up, he’ll recuperate, you’ll see...
ROSE
I hope God to be hearing you...
So the lad takes a deep breath, and his features change, and Rose notices that he got something to tell her...
ROSE
Your heart is so tight, son, I can feel it... You can tell me what you wanna tell, don’t suffer anymore and please, don’t put my sensibility in doubt...
LAD
It may not be the right moment, but I need to tell you: the institution can’t maintain Brian anymore here in the hospital, we’re without money, passing through serious financial difficulties and the costs of the hospital are very high, maybe we won’t have the money to pay either this month...I think you had better consider other options...
The lady hugs the lad, as if she’s forgiving him because he’s the news’ bearer.
ROSE
You’ve done much for us, I can only be grateful for the things you’ve done for Brian and for me, up to now.
The lady stands up and goes out from the snack bar, the lad stays alone, and, revolted, he stands up and throws the coffee away in the garbage.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – IN THE MORNING
Clara arrives home from shopping, with bags, and goes to the kitchen, takes her shoes off and lets it in the corridor, puts the pack on the balcony and takes out the cat’s food from the pack; opens the can and spills its contents in a bowl; she walks to the window and puts the bowl on the fire escape; she goes to the bedroom and takes her clothes off, putting a dressing gown; she comes back to the kitchen and takes out of the pack a smaller pack, unwraps it and puts a croissant apart of the rest of the bread; she sits down on a chair, with one of her feet on the chair and the other on the ground, she looks through the window and then looks away to an edgeways table, where there’s a picture of her mother; she looks down, looks through the window again and decides to bite the croissant, but, before, someone knocks at the door and, frustrated by have to postpone the bite, she stands up and opens the door, and she sees a man (her friend LUCK), who gaves her a smile.
LUCK
Hi, princess, did I arrive early?
CLARA
A little... I was in the middle of my breakfast...
LUCK
Today I’ll pay my rental, and talking about this, do you have my money?
CLARA
Of course... you know how much I need you. Do you want to share a croissant?
LUCK
Not today, I’m late, I’m going to my other job...
CLARA
Do you still go there!?
LUCK
What can I do? I need the money...
CLARA
There are things I can’t do for any money in the world, big guy.
LUCK
Caze’s mother is clean.
CLARA
I know you have stomach for it. Sit down, I’ll bring your money.
So Clara leaves Luck in the kitchen and she goes to the bedroom.
CLARA (V.O.) – INTERCUT
On my business line everybody is my friend, but the precaution is very important, you know how it is...the world teaches you to trust nobody...only to trust in yourself.
BEDROOM
In the bedroom she locks the door, opens the window, goes out, and passing through the fire escape, goes to the bathroom passing by Luck’s back without he catch sight of her, and she sees him meddling with her food pack; she comes in through the bathroom’s window, opens the flushing box and removes a parcel, with a plastic wrapper, and unrolling the parcel she withdraws US$200.00, puts the money in her bra, carefully she folds up the money left out, redoes the parcel and puts it into the flushing box again; she goes back carefully to not be seen by Luck, comes back to her bedroom, opens the door and goes out.
CLARA
Here is your bulky payment, “two-hundred box”, as all weeks. Open your eyes and don’t spend it all in only one place...
LUCK
Very funny... you’re going to travel this week, to see the fag.
CLARA (V. O) – INTERCUT
This fag would be you!
CLARA
If you were not so big, I would show you the fag... Don’t talk this way, he’s my friend.
LUCK
And what am I? Your bodyguard...
CLARA
You are my guardian angel...
Clara approaches to Luck and hardly, because of Luck’s height, gives him a kiss on his face.
LUCK
I’m going...see you at night... take some rest...
CLARA
I’ll try...I’ll be there by 9:00, ok?
Luck goes out, and she closes the door, she stays at the door looking through the peep-hole as Luck is going down and so she walks towards the table where she intends to eat her croissant, but before, she passes by the little table where her mother’s picture is, so she brings it near and passes her fingers on the photography; she picks it up and walks to the table, sits on the chair with a foot on it, and the other foot on the ground.
CLARA (V.O)
Today, if she were alive, she would be 68, all birthdays this memory comes back; he always had this ability, of shouldering others’ lives, my stepfather, do you remember him, little strawberry, the devil?....
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – SIDEWALK – PAST – IN THE EVENING
Two men (Paul, Rose’s husband and Robert, Clara’s stepfather) are talking, sat on the stairs, in front of the house.
ROBERT
As I told you before Paul, the black people have to go to other schools; it’s not because that little blackness thinks she can do anything that we’ll have to accept this...
PAUL
I agree with you. Their culture, their values are all different of ours...
ROBERT
And if Clara meets a creole man, what do I do? She’s already in time to have dates...
PAUL
Today is Helen’s birthday. Did you buy her something special?
ROBERT
No, my attendance is enough; later I give her a special treatment, you know what I’m talking about...
Clara arrives from school by car with some friends, and she passes between the two men that are talking, and Robert and Paul keep staring at Clara’s movements, they stare her breasts and legs; she innocently smiles to both men and she comes into her house.
PAUL
If you don’t take offense at it, I can lend you some money and so you can buy a gift; some shops in the centre must still be open.
ROBERT
It would be a great goodwilling of yours, Paul, very great!
PAUL
Forget it, neighbour, when you see you’re able to do it, you pay it back!
Paul withdraws some money from the pocket and gives it to Robert, hugs him and leaves. Robert walks into his house.
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – LIVING ROOM / KITCHEN / BEDROOM – PAST
Robert enters in the living room, searchs for Helen and Clara at the kitchen, but there’s no one there. He goes up the staircase, and continues the search; walking towards his bedroom he observes that the door of Clara’s bedroom is half-open, he approaches and silent, observes Clara undressing.
POV ROBERT
Clara is dancing, she takes her blouse off, and she is wearing bra, she takes her skirt off, wearing only panties, then she takes her shoes off...
THE SCENE COMES BACK
HELEN (V.O)
Robert, were you calling me?
Robert quickly goes to his bedroom, and meets Helen in the middle of the way, she tries to embrace him but he gets away from her, looking for his hat, and he takes the newspaper, in the page in which are the horses bets.
HELEN
Are you going out, Robert? Where are you going?
ROBERT
I’m going in town, I have some things to do there...
HELEN
What things?
ROBERT
It isn’t your business, woman... I’ll be back at night.
POV CLARA
Clara sees Robert going out, he stands in front of her, gives her a blink and a smile, going down the staircase.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – PAST – AT NIGHT
CLARA (V.O)
He said he was coming back, and he really came back.
Discussion between Robert and Helen: Robert, drunk, tries to seize Helen, that gets away from him.
ROBERT
Come here, I wanna give your gift...
HELEN
You’re drunk..leave me alone... your repugnant!
ROBERT
I’m not repugnant, sweetheart... come on, come on...
Helen keeps on getting away from his hands, and Robert becomes revolted and starts to break all things around him, so he pursuits her along the house when he finally gets her, beats her, and Helen, in attempt to escape, stumbles in a wood bench and falls down the stairs, rolling the steps, and she has the neck broken, and dies at that same time. Paul and Rose come in and see Helen’s body on the ground, and Robert, scared, coming down the staircase.
ROBERT
You saw what happened, I didn’t do anything...she fell.
PAUL
What a hell you did, man?
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – PAST – LATER
Rose embraces Clara, who’s crying; Robert talks to policemen, with Paul; Robert says goodbye to the cops and Paul leads they to another place, Robert rests on a wall and observes Clara (embraced by Rose) with desire, and smiles, then he goes towards her.
ROBERT
Let’s go home Clara, tomorrow I’ll come back to take care of your mother’s funeral. Now, my angel, it’s only you and me.
Rose observes Robert embracing Clara and leading her through the corridor.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – KITCHEN – PRESENT
Clara is sat on the chair; she holds her mother’s portrait against the chest and looks through the window, seeing a rainy morning coming, letting evident an obvious and deep sadness.
CLARA (V.O) – INTERCUT
That’s it, little strawberry. Sat on that hospital bench, I couldn’t know what kind of life I would have, but I felt...from that moment on my life was changed, for ever...
MATCH CUT
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Rose is sat on a chair near Brian’s bed, and she observes the same rainy morning that Clara observed on the previous scene; she suddenly stands up and by stealth goes to the head-stand, opening the drawer, and she puts Brian’s shirts in order, and meddling with things she finds the letters from Clara; she gets upset, goes out from the bedroom and meets the nurses.
ROSE
Hey, you (POINTING TO THE NURSE) what is this? I already told you I didn’t want my son receiving these letters; who is the responsible for this?(YELLING)
The doctor responsible for Brian arrives round her back, without her taking notice of it.
DOCTOR
I ... am the responsible about this matter, (CATCHING THE LETTERS FROM HER HAND) and you should keep your temper.
ROSE
Who gave you this consent, or you doctor don’t have need of it? Are you omnipotent?
DOCTOR
Please understand... I don’t have to explain nothing to you, mainly in which refers to behaviour, but I got Josh’s authorization, and it’s enough for me; in my point of view it’s good to your son to know that he is important to people, it doesn’t matter to whom he is important, his contact with the world is essential; as bigger the number of stimulus to which he is exposed, bigger are the chances to Brian wake up...even if, physically talking, it can be unlikely; so, can you understand it now? Or will you keep your intolerance, that is simply groundless?
For a moment Rose tries to find an argument that could helps her on showing signs of her feelings to the doctor, but she gives up; it’s very complicated to explain.
DOCTOR
Please excuse me, but I’m in the middle of a visit...
The doctor enters in an elevator leaving Rose in the corridor, and discreetly, the nurses laughs at her; annoiying and ashamed, she comes back to Brian’s bedroom.
BEDROOM
Annoying, she sits beside her son , holding his hand, and rests it on her lap, stares at him, as if she is trying to explain why she doesn’t want him to know about Clara.
ROSE
It’s not that I don’t respect you, your manners, or the life you chose... my son. But she always harmed you...and you never were able to understand it, you both will never be in a same plan, in a same level, in any context.
A lad comes in through the door, walks to Rose and puts his hands on her shoulders, and his head on hers, and she hugs him.
ROSE
I’ve just had a discussion out there, about you...
JOSH
Yes, I know...
ROSE
Do you understand what I think and feel about this girl, don’t you?
JOSH
I think I don’t, but, does it really matter?
ROSE
She always has been harmful to my son...She always hurt him, directly or indirectly...
JOSH
You must give me a good explanation about it, if you want to convince me...
ROSE
When her mother died, she began to attend my house more regularly, nearly as she was living there; my husband didn’t mind with it, he was accostumed with her presence in our house, much more because of Brian than because of her need of it...
JOSH
I know this...but, how could she hurt Brian, what was this negative influence that she exerts to him... that you say it’s so harmful?...I don’t like the way this talk is leading us, Rose. Uncompromise is synonym of stupidity...
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – ON THE STREET – PAST
ROSE (V.O)
I’d rather he had never met her, perhaps it wouldn’t happen; perhaps he wouldn’t be the way he is, his fascination about her would never have existed...
Brian is coming back from school and he hears the DISCUSSION, coming from Clara’s house, he leaves his books on the stairs and enters into her house.
POV BRIAN
He looks for Clara and Robert, that are discussing very loudly, he goes up the staircase and hears part of the discussion.
CLARA (V.O)
I told you this is over, Bob, take away your hands of me...
ROBERT (V.O)
You are mine, like your mother was...
CLARA (V.O)
If you give one more step, I kill you...
ROBERT ( V.O)
But I have money, look here...
Brian arrives at the bedroom’s door and sees when Robert is ill-treating Clara, and he (Robert) takes the knife from Clara and starts to spank her, he pulls her clothes up, and drags her to his bedroom, Brian tries to reach him but, unsuccessful, he runs to Robert’s bedroom, where he started to rape Clara, Brian comes to the bedroom and tries to take off Robert from over Clara, and Robert pushes Brian, that falls on the ground...
BRIAN
Your son of a gun...
BACK TO SCENE
Clara observes Robert and Brian fighting, and the camera goes closing towards Clara’s frightened face and with the fight’s noise on back.
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE / BRIAN’S HOUSE – DOOR STEPS – PAST
Thrashed and very hurt, Brian goes out with Clara on his arms; bleeding a lot, he places her on the steps of his house and he faints; frightened, she runs towards Brian’s house and she comes in, where she meets Paul, that goes to the door and sees Brian fallen on the ground; Rose sees her son fallen on the ground and she becomes desperate, staring at Clara.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – ROBERT’S BEDROOM – PAST
Robert, very hurt, looks for his gun, and furious, he destroys everything in the house, and he finally finds the gun and he searchs for Clara, unsuccessfully, and panic-stricken, he shouts calling her name, and suddenly, tired, he sits on the stairs that leads to the second floor and stares at the gun, and all of a sudden he looks at Helen’s portrait, that is on the table, as if he’s begging pardon for all he did, he shuts his teeth and points the gun to his neck.
CUT FOR
INSIDE BRIAN’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM – PAST
Brian, lying down on the sofa is attended by the family’s doctor, who asks for an ambulance; Paul gives Clara a dressing gown when a shot is heard, and Clara runs towards the window.
CLARA
Robert...
Rose approaches to the girl and without people listen it, she says :
ROSE
You’re like your mother...
Paul calls his wife to stay near their son and the ambulance arrives; Paul hugs the girl, being observed by Rose.
BRIAN
Mom, my books...
CUT FOR
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Josh and Rose are sat and talking.
JOSH
I can run the risk of be wrong, but Rose, your son made the right choice, he couldn’t be guilty for it...
ROSE
Everyday I wonder whether he didn’t had fight for her, would my son stay here....in the way he is?
JOSH
And if the tumour had been diagnosed on time, if I were Christian, would your son be in this place!?, oh please, stop torturing yourself, stop searching for culprits, Rose; I know it’s not easy, sometimes I look at his work and I feel the sadness coming, the void is almost unbearable, and then I come here and I pretend he’s sleeping... and I liked to see him sleeping; woman, you’re strong, I know you are.
ROSE
Well, you’re already here, I don’t have need to stay here anymore...
JOSH
I’m thinking that isn’t only Brian that cannot be alone...
Rose hugs Josh and leaves the bedroom, walks through the corridor and looks at the nurses, that disguise and get out of her way.
CUT FOR
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL – PARKING LOT – PRESENT - IN THE EVENING
Rose walks in the parking lot looking for her car, and failing to hide the emotions that comes round her, a painful feeling of deep rage; pure and simple, she finds her car, comes in and sits to the steering wheel, nods and starts a painful weep.
CUT FOR
INSIDE BRIAN’S HOUSE – CLARA’S BEDROOM – PAST
Rose goes up the stairs and observes the door of Clara’s bedroom half-open. She passes by the door without making noise and listens to the talk.
CLARA (V.O)
Do you want me?
PAUL (V.O)
I want; I want you so much...
CLARA (V.O)
Do you have money?
PAUL (V.O)
Yes...
CLARA (V.O)
So you can stay...
PAUL (V.O)
Thank you...
POV CLARA
Clara sees Rose through the door’s gap.
THE SCENE COMES BACK
Rose stands there, still, for a few minutes, as if she is trying to understand what’s really happening, and she hides herself while her husband closes the bedroom’s door; and ashamed, she goes down the stairs and enters in the car.
MATCH CUT
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL – PARKING LOT – INSIDE THE CAR – PRESENT
Rose raises her head, dries her tears and starts the car and the camera opens to film the car leaving.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INSIDE THE HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Josh writes a letter trying to copy Brian’s handwriting, unsuccessfully, he smiles, and suddenly he stops to write and looks at Brian, for a while he thinks he saw Brian’s hand moving; scared, he stands up and holds Brian’s hand, but he sees it was an illusion, so he takes Brian’s hand to his face and closes his eyes.
MATCH CUT
INSIDE BRIAN’S AND JOSH’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – PAST
The bedroom is dimly ligthed, Brian and Josh are almost nude, Brian makes a caress on Josh’s chest, he softly passes his hand on his chest; Josh makes caress on Brian touching his lips with the fingers, he bends his head over and kisses Josh; they hug each other and the camera opens; Josh makes a caress on Brian’s back and they both bend over the bed and they have sex...
JOSH (V.O) – INTERCUT
I miss your touch so much...your hands upon me, searching my body, as if they were searching for an anchor, in a world of ecstasy, that was ours in that moment. You were my only reason to live, the best of all was your smile on the next morning, when you woke up...
CUT FOR
INSIDE BRIAN’S AND JOSH’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – PAST
The same bedroom of the previous scene, now lighted by the sun rays of a fine morning; Brian comes into the bedroom with a breakfast tray and puts it down on bed, he tries to wake Josh, that is hidden beneath the pillow and so he removes Josh’s pillow and kisses him.
BRIAN
Wake up, my sweet sleeper, now it’s time to give me a grin because today is a fine day and because I made coffee for you.
Josh gets up very lazy and picks up the coffe cup.
JOSH
Good heavens!...today you were capricious with this coffee, ahn; hey, look at the clock, did you already take your medicine?
Brian smiles.
JOSH
Of course not; you not even had it in mind, have you?
BRIAN
Don’t bore me...
Josh opens the drawer of the nightstand and withdraws the medicines and gives it to Brian, that takes it with annoyance; they sit down and take their breakfast together; Brian puts the correspondence on the tray and Josh starts to read it.
JOSH
Oh, my God, look at this: it’s the invitation to Beth’s wedding!
BRIAN
I’m not going to that bore’s wedding... she’s a nuisance...
JOSH
What a pity... she likes a lot of your work...
BRIAN
Jay Leno likes it a lot too and it’s not because of it that I like him or I’m going to his show...
JOSH
My God, it’s so american to speak ill of Jay... but I like his head of hair...
BRIAN
What a bad taste... in that case I prefer Homer...
JOSH
What an exaggeration! Oh, speaking of bores, letter from Clara...
Brian smiles, as if he were a child, pulls out the letter from Josh’s hands and runs out towards the living room.
LIVING ROOM
Brian jumps over the sofa and falls sat, rips the envelope and starts to read the letter, Josh arrives at the living room with the cup of coffee and gives it to Brian, that takes the cup and gives Josh a smile.
BRIAN
Please don’t become jealous of her, but I really care about that girl...
JOSH
I would become jealous...if she were a guy...
BRIAN
Things change, your foolish...
JOSH
Okay...
Josh kisses Brian’s head, and leaves the living room, going to the bedroom.
BEDROOM
Josh lies down on bed upon Brian’s pillow, closing his eyes; the camera closes on his face and gets dark slowly.
MATCH CUT
INSIDE BRIAN’S HOSPITAL – BRIAN’S BEDROOM – PRESENT
Dark screen brights up slowly, close-up on Josh’s face with his eyes shut, remembering of the facts experienced in the previous scene; suddenly he opens his eyes, goes to the window, walks along the room; moved, he approaches to Brian and smells his hair, passes his hand on Brian’s lips, and lies down beside him, embracing him strongly, as if he’s trying to hold him on, not allowing him to leave, and he falls asleep; camera gets dark slowly.
PAUSE – the story pauses about two hours.
Brian’s doctor comes into the room, sees Josh lying down beside Brian and, a little shy, he smiles and wakes Josh up.
DOCTOR
I’ll pretend I didn’t see it...
JOSH
Doctor, it’s because I miss him so much!...
DOCTOR
I know, and that’s why I won’t tell you how much this is against the rules of the hospital, without mentioning I was born in the South...
Josh recovers himself and gets up.
JOSH
For the love of God...
DOCTOR
Forget it! Now that you awoke, and I have nothing more to do, I’ll pay you a terrible coffee made in a coffee-machine, what do you think?
JOSH
Aren’t you frightened? Yeah, because people will see us drinking coffee together...
DOCTOR
I’m not in Dakota...and besides, it’s early morning and the snack bar is empty.
Josh covers Brian and they both go out from the bedroom, walk along the empty corridor, and they arrive at the snack bar.
SNACK BAR
The doctor buys two cups of coffee and they sit down at a table.
DOCTOR
Josh, we got a problem, the institution that helps you with Brian didn’t pay the expenses of this month.
JOSH
I and Rose already know about it...
DOCTOR
That’s it, the whole thing is becoming difficult because we are being auditted, what complicates the whole situation...
JOSH
And how exactly ‘the situation becomes complicated’?
DOCTOR
I’m under pressure; they want me to sign his transfer to a public hospital because his health insurance expired.
JOSH
How can you be under pressure, if we have been paying the expenses all this time?
DOCTOR
I know, and the direction of the hospital knows it too, but the court blocks any action against the rules; my hands are tied, the only thing I can do is to postpone it, give you a couple of weeks...
JOSH
I’ll try to cover this costs, I only ask you to forget about Rose, she’s already suffering a lot...
DOCTOR
I wanted to do more for you, although you always have the possibility of taking Brian home...
JOSH
What do you mean? He will recover himself here...at least, here he has a chance.
DOCTOR
Josh, don’t think that I don’t understand your pain and Rose’s as his mother, but his clinical situation is complex; he’s in a coma for almost twelve months, I want the situation to be reversible, but considering I’m his doctor more than I’m his friend...you should better inquire about other options.
JOSH
Don’t make me face the fact that I’ll loose him, doctor; take him home is the same of sign his death...
DOCTOR
I have a different point of view about it; it’s possible that at home he could be more stimulated... and stimulus is indispensable.
JOSH
Please don’t make the best decision in your point of view to fit in your conscience.
PAUSE
DOCTOR
There’s nothing more I can tell you, I wanted to be more helpful...and please believe: in any moment I’m trying to find an excuse to send you away...things are not like this... I’ll give you more two weeks, okay?
JOSH
You can tell that “distinguished men”... they will receive their money...I swear.
The doctor stands up and lightly beats his hand on Josh’s back, and the doctor goes out from the snack bar; Josh leans on the table and rest his head on his hand, drinks a gulp of coffee and leaves the remainder on the table, stands up and leaves the snack bar.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – LIVING ROOM
Clara compulsively eats with a popcorn bowl in her hands, and watching the TV, picks up the remote control and, instantaneously changes the channels, searching for something interesting, so she becomes boring, turns off the TV and releases the remote control, she sighs because the popcorn is over; she gets up and goes to and fro in the living room, resolves to turn on the radio and searches for a song on the dial, but unsuccessfully, she lies down on the ground, and she plays with her belly; suddenly, the phone RINGS, she gets up fastly and answers the phone call.
CLARA
Hello...
MAN (V.O)
Hi, this is me...
CLARA
I thought you won’t would call me anymore...
MAN (V.O)
I’m very busy today...but I wanna see at night...
CLARA
I’m never busy for you, don’t you already know this?
MAN (V.O)
What else can I expect from you?...my girl!?
CLARA
I like to see you, to be with you...
MAN (V.O)
I really wanted to believe that...
CLARA
You choose, your belief comes from your feeling, there’s nothing I can do...as regards to it.
MAN (V.O)
Okay, at Snoppy, at 9:00, okay?
CLARA
I’ll be there as always...
Clara hangs up the phone and smiling, hugs a female cat that was on her feet; she starts to dance in the living room with the cat on her lap, and singing, very happy; and so she goes running to the bedroom...
BEDROOM
She puts the cat on the bed and she leaps to the other side where’s the wardrobe, she opens it and starts to try on some dresses and show they to the cat, happy; all of a sudden, she sits down on the bed, and, with a sad glance, she takes a writing paper and she leans back on the head of the bed and begins to write a letter for Brian.
MATCH CUT
CLARA (V.O)
Hi, little strawberry, this is me again; he called me today, that guy about whom you was always saying: “this guy likes you”; that’s it, I’ll see him tonight, isn’t it great? Did I already tell you about when we met? Probably I did, but I’ll tell you again, because you can’t do nothing beyond hear it again, so...okay, I know it’s boring, but I need to listen to this history now and again, so I’ll be able to believe this...
INSIDE SNOPPY NIGHTCLUB – BALCONY – PAST
Clara and other women are sat at the bar’s balcony, talking to the barman, and all they are joking to each other (ON THE BACKGROUND) when a man comes in (THAT MAN THAT WAS TALKING TO CLARA AT PHONE IN THE PREVIOUS SCENE). He’s well-dressed, with two men keeping his company, he walks along the nightclub passing by the women’s back, and by Clara’s back too, but he turns and stops behind Clara, asks permission to another woman, sits down beside Clara and gives her a grin, a deep and sincere grin.
MAN
You have beautiful eyes.
CLARA
Thank you, but you’re not the first to say this...and besides, this is a very worn talk, not much original...
MAN
This is really a worn talk ...I must admit.
CLARA
Don’t be modest, I’m sure you can make it better...
MAN
I didn’t had the pretention to be modest, but I’m always concerned about never being ...pretentious, that’s the reason for the excuse, it has nothing to do with me.
CLARA
What has nothing to do with you, my eyes? (LAUGHTERS)
MAN
Your eyes, I have no doubts, I’m sure they have all to do with me, since the first moment I saw them, so, it could only be the excuses.
CLARA
May I ask you something?
The man asks for a drink.
MAN
Of course. What do you want to know?
CLARA
What does it all have to do with win somebody over, the only thing you have to do is pay...
The man drinks a gulp of the drink, looks at Clara and answers her:
MAN
And where’s the charm of the first contact? After all, I ask you to share a bed with me, to give me your body, to be with me...a stranger; if there’s no understanding, from what feeling comes the pleasure... your pleasure?
Clara looks at the man, as if she isn’t believing in what she’s hearing; for a moment there’s hesitation, but then she recovers herself.
CLARA
From your pocket...
PAUSE
You should have pleasure, since you’re paying for it...and looking at you I’m sure you can pay for it...come with me...
MAN
Won’t you say what’s your price?
CLARA
Don’t worry, you can pay it...
Clara stands up hand in hand with the man, they take for a walk in the nightclub and go to a reserved room, she, smiling, invites the man to come in, at the room 23.
CUT FOR
INSIDE SNOOPY NIGHTCLUB – RESERVED ROOM 23 – PAST
Clara begins to undress, doing the same movements, but the man interrupts her, he places her standing on bed, stands away for a moment and takes his coat off, turns out the bedroom’s lights, opens the curtains letting the nightlight fill up the bedroom with an alluring light reflecting on Clara’s body; so the man approaches to Clara and passes his hands upon Clara’s shadow reflected on the wall, he turns and looks at Clara, and he kneels on bed and embraces Clara’s abdomen, and she takes his tie off and opens his shirt; he smiles and carries her , he brings her hair to his nose to smell its scent, then he places her lying on the bed and he takes her hand, kisses and licks it, he goes down kissing her arms and Clara gives up to delight and she undresses the man; the moments are alternated between the man’s gentleness and Clara’s sexual appetite; so the man takes the control, kisses her neck and goes kissing down until her navel, he takes her panties off; the camera opens to an aerial sight ; the man penetrates her, the camera takes Clara’s face in close-up, feeling an intense pleasure, searching for the man’s lips, and she kisses him making him reach a spontaneous orgasm; the camera opens to the aerial sight and disconnected moments of sex are showed up.
MATCH CUT
The man is putting his clothes on, sat on bed, and Clara is looking at him, smiling, truthfully happy; the man looks at her and gives her the money.
CLARA
When I thought I already had felt everything, and I couldn’t be surprised and more excited, you appear. I really liked of being with you...
MAN
This is the maximum I can take from you, right?...The maximum your heart can accept...
CLARA
It’s because to joke with someone’s feelings in my business is very painful... and a risk.
MAN
I know...someday I’ll be back, and then you tell me...now I got to go.
CLARA
Did you like me?
MAN
In which is possible to my liking, you’ve done more than you can imagine, but I have some rules...
CLARA
Thank you for explain, or at least, to try to...
MAN
We’ll meet again...
He finishes to dress himself and goes out of the room, and Clara checks out the money he left and she’s surprised by the amount, a thousand dollars, so she takes the money, divides the amount and hides a part of it; suddenly she stops doing it and through the window she can see the man entering into a Lexus.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM – PRESENT
Clara is sat on the bed with the writing paper in her hand; she continues to write the letter, with the cat on her lap, and the dresses are scattered on the bed.
CLARA (V.O)
And there, dear, on that moment I saw how alone I am in this world, except for you, of course. The funny is that after all these years, you’ve never asked me why I’m like this; if you want to know about it someday, I can tell you, you’re worthy of it; but maybe you just respect me, or maybe you respect the fact that I never asked you why you’re the way you are; it’s because this is not important to me, I think it could be important to common people, do you know that people that are majority in society? But I don’t want you to think it’s incapacity or weakness, okay?...This would hurt me...but I think you understand me...
Suddenly she stops to write and looks at the cat on her lap, she leaves the writing paper and she lies down upon the dresses.
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S HOUSE – CLARA’S BEDROOM – PAST
Robert observes Clara undressing through the door’s grap, she sees him and gaves him a smile, he understands it as a suggestive gesture and he invades the bedroom, she becomes scared, however, he hugs her and kisses her, she tries to get away, but he holds her, closes the bedroom’s door, he takes the clothes off and asks her to kiss him, and she refuses to , then he picks up his wallet, withdraws the money and gives her, she refuses it, he rapes her; after the “sex” , he leaves the money on the bed; she hardly can get up (of the bed) and she goes to the bathroom.
BATHROOM
She washes herself, sits on the toilet, sees all the blood on her clothing; she takes the clothes off and turns on the shower, she forgets the soap and she hardly goes back to the bedroom to take one; looking through the window she sees Robert and Paul talking outside the house; suddenly Robert gives her a smile, she looks at the bed and sees the money, she walks to the bed, takes the money in her hands, wrapps the money up in the soap plastic pack, opens the flushing box and hides the money in, she goes under the shower and starts to cry.
CLARA
This is the last time I cry for you, your bastard...and because of any other man...
CLARA (V.O)
What a lie... I cried so many times after this...
CUT FOR
INSIDE CLARA’S APARTMENT – BEDROOM
Clara lied on the bed embracing her cat.
FADE OUT
posted by Toni Resende at 4:04 AM
0 comments
