A Dry White Season Page #2
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- Year:
- 1989
- 97 min
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SUZETTE his daughter, sophisticated --groomed. She
takes her baby from the black nanny waiting in the car,
carries the child to the group chatting with CHRIS, her
husband. She shows it off proudly. Ben is chatting,
concerned, to a WOMAN. She looks drawn and worried.
MRS. COETZEE (WOMAN)
He won't come to church. He lies
in bed all day, listening to his
headphones.
BEN:
I wondered why he wasn't at
school. Would it help if I came
to see him? He's always seemed a
good kid to me.
MRS. COETZEE
Oh, would you?
BEN:
Of course. I'll phone and we can
fix a time.
Mrs. Coetzee smiles her gratitude.
SUSAN:
Ben! Ben!
She's waving impatiently at him. He crosses back to her.
Suzette's BABY is HOWLING.
(CONTINUED)
5.
CONTINUED:
She rocks it back and forth, holding it at arm's length.
The BABY SCREAMS. The nanny comes forward --Suzette
hands it over.
SUSAN:
Mrs. Coetzee. She looked worried.
BEN:
She's having trouble with her boy.
He won't come to school.
SUSAN:
So you said you'd have a word with
him?
BEN:
Yes!
She smiles and walks him to the car affectionately.
EXT. BEN'S HOUSE -BARBECUE -DAY
The Du Toit family.
Susan is bringing out the salads. Chris, her son-in-law,
is at the barbecue, stinging his eyes. Ben is bouncing
his grandson, little Hennie, in a small, portable pool.
The black nanny sits in attendance in the shade, a towel
at the ready. The good life...
... Suddenly disturbed by... Gordon and Jonathan standing
uncertain at the far side of the garden; Gordon's hat
pressed flat against his chest, Jonathan defiant.
Susan looks up --as do each in turn --curious at the
intrusion... then the black nanny --and finally Ben.
After a moment, Ben walks up to Gordon.
BEN:
Gordon! What are you doing here?
INT. BEN'S KITCHEN -DAY
Six cuts, like six knife gashes, revealed on the bloodstained
buttocks of Gordon's son, who stands in painful,
truculent embarrassment.
Ben is shocked by the severity of the canning.
GORDON:
That's not why I'm complaining,
Mister Ben, sir. If he did wrong,
I'd beat him myself. But he
didn't.
(CONTINUED)
6.
CONTINUED:
GORDON:
He did nothing and they wouldn't
listen. They wouldn't believe
him.
BEN:
I'm sorry, Gordon. But there
must be a reason.
GORDON:
He says he wasn't doing anything
wrong, Mister Ben, sir. And I
believe him, I know my son! It's
an injustice!
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