The Piano Lesson Page #3
- PG
- Year:
- 1995
- 95 min
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Sc 15 EXT BUSH ON WAY TO BEACH DAY Sc 15
Through a dense bush walk a party of fourteen MAORI people and two
EUROPEAN MEN. The wetness, closeness and darkness of the bush is such
that the air seems green, like at the bottom of a deep sea. Two of the
MAORIS share one pair of shoes and all of them are clothed in a
mixture of native and European costume. Of the Europeans one is small
and has a shy manner. He has a half completed Maori tattoo across his
cheeks. The other is a similar age about 45 and wears a suit, muddy
and out of place here in the bush. He staggers, spurts forward then
slows to a stop. His hair and face are wet and his skin reflects the
green foliage. BAINES the younger man turns and slows.
BAINES:
Are we stopping?... Do you want
to stop?
The MAORI voices and laughter are becoming fainter. BAINES watches
torn between his concern for STEWART and the split in their party.
3-See Notes
BAINES:
Shall we stop?
Unable to get an answer BAINES runs after the MAORIS.
BAINES:
Tai hoa! Me tatari tatou .., me
tutatou I konei.
(Wait! We are stopping.. we're
stopping.)
SUBTITLED:
STEWART takes out a comb and drags it dazed and zombie like through
his wet hair. Inside the darkness of his pocket, he turns over and
over a small, worn edged photograph, a smudge of green light allows us
to see ADA's tumbling face. Taking it in the heel of his hand he
secretly looks at it. Just as the party return and settle he stares on
ahead possessed and determined.
STEWART:
We must get on.
The MAORIS look at BAINES bewildered.
TAME:
Aue tepatupsiarehe!
(The fairy people, what can you
expect?)
SUBTITLED:
It is early morning. The sea is calmer and the tide is again low. The
party or two EUROPEANS and fourteen MAORI MEN and WOMEN come out on to
the beach. About half the MAORI party head straight for the shoreline
where an older woman loudly organises a pipi collection. All sorts of
containers are used from flax baskets to shirts with knots in their
arms. The rest follow STEWART and BAINES over to the boxes. STEWART
automatically re-combs his hair, patting it against his forehead,
where it sticks in a raked pattern. On his head he carefully places a
formal top hat, oddly dean compared to his mud splattered suit. The
party stops short of the petticoats where a tell-tale foot reveals its
occupants.
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