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respect we have for your parents.

Everybody in town wants you put

away.

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Louise opens the door to find Louie being held by the scruff

of his neck, by a fed up Officer Collier. Pete, stands next

to her. He knows what the picture means, having seen it

before.

OFFICE COLLIER:

Sorry Louise. He was fighting

again.

Pete translates into Italian for his mother. Officer Collier

waits, then continues:

OFFICER COLLIER:

And we found this. He...painted the

bottle. It’s liquor. God only knows

where he got it. He won’t say.

Pete translates again. Louise looks from him to Louie. She

smells the bottle. The next exchange in Italian:

LOUISE:

Liquor! Toots? What did you do? Why

would you do this?

LOUIE:

I don’t know.

18 INT. LIVING ROOM - ZAMPERINI HOME - NIGHT 18

Louie, as his father spanks him hard with a belt strap.

Again, Louie’s expression is stoic, taking his punishment.

ANTHONY:

(In Italian)

How could you do this?! What are

you doing to this family?

What do I work for? To pay for

food, for a house! How could you do

this? (beat) They don’t want us

here anyway! And now you do this!?

You’ll kill your mother with worry.

You’ll kill her. (beat) You want

to go to jail? Do you?

Anthony stops. As an Italian father, he’s angry one second,

then he feels badly about the spanking. He loves his son but

doesn’t know how to handle him. Louie looks at him defiantly.

Louise stands in the doorway, concerned and heartbroken.

19 OMITTED 19

16 INT. ZAMPERINI HOME - DUSK 16

Close on eggs breaking. Flour sifted. Milk poured.

Louie watches from the top of the stairs as his mother makes

gnocchi in the kitchen.

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They are poor and the tins are almost empty but she scrapes

the very last of every ingredient into the bowl and makes

magic.

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INT. LOUIE’S BEDROOM - NIGHT 20

With the lights out, Louie sits on his bed near the open

window.

Across the hall, with the doors just open enough, he can see

that his mother is saying her prayers before bed.

We hear Mrs. Zamperini's voice, somewhat muffled. The

Italian we hear is subtitled:

LOUISE:

Mother Mary please watch over my

family. And watch over Louie.

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It is hard to read Louie's expression. But he is listening,

jaw set.

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23 EXT. BLEACHERS, TORRANCE HIGH SCHOOL - DAY 23

In the shadows, under the bleachers - Louie, has a hideout

here. He looks out through the planks at the track.

The school track team is out training, watched by a small

gaggle of girl fans. Pete is one of the runners.

TORRANCE GIRLS:

Go, Pete! Yay, Pete! Come on!

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