Away from Her Page #3
Fiona arranges wild flowers while Grant makes drinks. Warm
spring light pours through the house.
GRANT:
I’ve never seen those white ones
before.
FIONA:
The earth must really suit them
there.
Grant goes to the kitchen and notices something as he goes to
get a spoon to stir the drinks. On each of the kitchen
drawers there are post it notes saying,”cutlery, dishtowels,
knives.” He looks at them, debating whether or not to say
something. He laughs.
Fiona is busily arranging the flowers.
GRANT:
You could always just open the
drawers. Remind yourself.
6A.
FIONA:
What?
He comes into the livingroom and stands in the doorway to the
kitchen.
GRANT:
Maybe all the labels... All the
lists are defeating the purpose.
(MORE)
7.
GRANT (cont'd)
If you stop thinking about things
the moment you write them down,
maybe that’s the end of your need
to recall.
Fiona seems unperturbed by this question. Doesn’t turn
around.
FIONA:
If only we recalled just what we
needed.
She lets this hang in the air a moment. Then continues
lightly.
FIONA:
There was a story I heard at a
dinner party, about the German
Czechoslovakia during the war.
Remember that Czech student you
had? Veronica? We spoke once at a
dinner party.
Grant is absolutely still. She tosses this casually.
CUT TO:
12A INT 1970’S DINNER PARTY 12A
Veronica, a gorgeous young girl looks at us across the table.
CUT BACK TO:
12B INT ANDERSSON’S LIVINGROOM - JUNE 2003- AFTERNOON 12B
Fiona glances at Grant. He is stock still.
FIONA:
Don’t get nervous. It’s a good
story.
And now she looks at him with a smile.
FIONA:
She told me that each of the German
patrol dogs wore a sign that said
Hund. Why? said the Czechs, and the
Germans said, Because that is a
Hund.
8.
She gives him an amicable smile. Not threatening in any way.
He watches her, his breath is caught in his throat. She
leaves the room and he lets his breath out. Stares at the
post it notes.We flash quickly in and out of:
13 INT DINNER PARTY - 1970’S -NIGHT 13
GRANT’S MEMORY: Veronica, a beautiful creature with dark hair
and shiny eyes, talks to someone animatedly at a dinner
party, stealing furtive glances at us. We see her foot crawl
up a pant leg under the table.
14 INT ANDERSSON’S LIVINGROOM - JUNE 2003-EARLY EVENING 14
The doorbell rings. Fiona answers the door. Phoebe and
William Hart, a couple in their 60’s stand at the door. Fiona
throws her arms around Phoebe.
PHOEBE:
Where the hell have you two been?
WILLIAM:
Phoebe’s a nightmare to live with
when she hasn’t played bridge in a
while. Call more often will you?
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