Amour Page #5

12.

ANNE:

(irritated)

No, I can’t!

GEORGES:

Who turned on the tap?

ANNE:

You did!

GEORGES:

Can you remember that?

ANNE:

(more and more desperate, close to

tears) No I can’t! Do you want to

torture me? Leave me in peace!

Georges looks at her.

GEORGES:

Don’t you think it would be better

to fetch Dr. Bertier?

ANNE:

No!

She takes her cup of tea, as if to show how well she is, and

drinks it up. When she wants to re-fill her cup, she

completely misses her aim. She notices it, puts down her cup

and bursts into tears.

SCENE 9 - INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT

SILENCE:

We see wide shots of the apartment. The hallway. The bedroom.

The living room. The dining room. The kitchen. Nobody in

sight.

SCENE 10 - INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

EVA, around 50, has come to pay a visit. Anne isn’t there.

EVA:

You know how he is. Once he’s got

something into his head, he has to

go through with it. In the end,

everybody was delighted. And

besides, it didn’t hurt our

financial situation. We’re playing

until the 28th.

(MORE)

13.

EVA (CONT'D)

Then we have 10 days to rest, then

we go to Stockholm for four days,

and then to Kumo in Finland. Heaven

knows where that is. At the North

Pole. But Geoff’s already been

there few times, and he loves it.

We’re playing the “Dowland

Transcriptions” there and then

we’re back in London.

GEORGES:

What about the children?

EVA:

Liz is at boarding school and John

is living his own life. He’s twenty-

six years old.

GEORGES:

What does he do?

EVA:

He’s a student. We rarely see him.

He’s got his own ideas. Life Geoff.

They don’t really get along. Geoff

wants to advise him on everything,

and John doesn’t like that at all.

GEORGES:

Is he good?

EVA:

I think so. He’s less impulsive.

Very industrious.

GEORGES:

That sounds rather derogatory.

EVA:

No!! He’s not like Geoff. Quiet,

but stubborn. I think he’ll do all

right. At the last Conservatory

concert, he played the solo part in

the Haydn Concerto. It was very

good. Geoff was there and

congratulated him at the end.

Brief PAUSE.

GEORGES:

And you?

EVA:

What do you mean?

14.

GEORGES:

Did you both make up?

EVA:

(with a little laugh)

My God, you know him, don’t you?

Over the winter, he suddenly

discovered his passion for a viola

player who’d been in our ensemble

for years. What can I tell you? It

was a huge drama, and the poor

little darling wound up trying to

commit suicide. That scared him and

he came back to me in full remorse.

I’ve got used to it now. What’s a

bit embarrassing is that the

ensemble, you can’t keep any

secrets from anyone.

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