Carol Page #3

Synopsis: Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) spots the beautiful, elegant Carol (Cate Blanchett) perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: The Weinstein Company
  Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 75 wins & 238 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
95
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
2015
118 min
$8,518,148
Website
15,441 Views


It’s too depressing to take in. THERESE slips the handbookback into her purse and removes a copy of Joyce’s “Portrait

of the Artist as a Young Man.” But just as she settles inROBERTA WALLS, an officious supervisor in bright redharlequin glasses, swoops by THERESE planting a Santa capfirmly onto her head.

ROBERTA WALLS:

You’re needed upstairs, Miss

Belivet. Make it snappy.

INT. FRANKENBERG’S. DOLL STOCK ROOM. MORNING.

THERESE, surrounded by rows of identical Christmas dolls,

counts stock. THERESE watches a very middle-aged, wheezingemployee, RUBY ROBICHEK, struggle with carrying seven oreight large boxes across the stock room floor. RUBY can’t seein front of her, and as she attempts to peer around the edgeof the boxes, most of the boxes tumble out of RUBY’S arms andonto the floor.

THERESE quickly determines she’s the only help on the floor,

and goes to assist RUBY, who has great difficulty in kneelingto pick up the boxes.

THERESE:

(kneels to help RUBY)

Please- let me help.

RUBY is grateful to avoid kneeling, and places each box

THERESE hands to her on the display counter.

RUBY ROBICHEK:

Thanks an awful lot, honey. I keeptelling them upstairs we need morestock boys come the holidays, butthey haven’t listened in 18 years.

THERESE:

You’ve been here 18 years?

RUBY ROBICHEK:

Oh, sure. And when you’re here longenough, you’ll get inventive withjuggling boxes, like me.

THERESE:

I’m just a temporary. For the

holiday.

RUBY ROBICHEK:

(shrugs)

I said that once.

INT. FRANKENBERG'S. TOY DEPARTMENT. MORNING.

Just before opening: a surreal calm and silence. THERESE, inSanta cap, and makeshift bandage, stands beside an elaboratemodel train set. She flips a switch and the train set comesto life - the tiny lights, the tinny whir of the engine asthe train chugs its way along the track. A LOUD BUZZERsounds. Behind THERESE, we can see the analogue liftindicator start to move: 5th floor, 4th floor, 3rd floor...

as the lift descends to accept its first load of dailycustomers and a voice bellows from the intercom:

STORE ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

Good morning, Happy Holidays andwelcome, shoppers, toFrankenberg’s. Be sure to takeadvantage of our CongratulationsIke and Mamie Inaugural Early Birdspecial in our Beds and BeddingDepartment on the second floor.

(MORE)

STORE ANNOUNCER (V.O.) (CONT'D)

And on your way there, you won’twant to miss our brand new General

Electric television and

stereophonic display on the firstfloor, just past the haberdashery.

Behind THERESE, the lift doors open and all at once THERESEis swallowed up by the rush of MANAGERS, STAFF and CUSTOMERS.

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Phyllis Nagy

Phyllis Nagy is an American theatre and film director, screenwriter and playwright. In 2006, Nagy was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for writing and directing Mrs. Harris, her screen debut. more…

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