Another Earth Page #2

Synopsis: SPOILER: Seventeen year-old Rhoda Williams receives an acceptance letter from MIT and she celebrates with her friends. On the same night, a planet similar and close to Earth is discovered and called Earth 2. Rhoda drives her car looking at Earth 2 and crashes with composer John Burroughs, killing his pregnant wife and his baby son. Rhoda goes to prison and four years later she is released and moves to her parents' house. She finds a job as high-school janitor, but tries to commit suicide. She survives, however, and submits an essay to a contest where the prize is a ticket to travel to Earth 2. Meanwhile the scientists discover that Earth 2 is a mirror of Earth and the synchronicity between the dwellers was interrupted when the planets were seen by each other. One day, Rhoda decides to visit John Burroughs, whose life was destroyed after the death of his family, to admit to him that she had killed his family. However she does not have the nerve to tell him the truth. So she lies and tel
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Mike Cahill
Production: Fox Searchlight
  7 wins & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2011
92 min
$957,752
Website
2,211 Views


Rhoda?

Hi. Alex.

I know who you are.

How are you?

How... How is everything?

It's great.

You celebrating?

Yeah. I just got into

business school.

Boston.

Hey, I couldn't get arugula,

but I found this spring mix.

That's good. Uh, this is Rhoda, an

old friend of mine from high school.

- Oh, hi.

- Hi.

- I'm Claire.

- Hi.

So, are you working?

West Haven High.

Yeah? What do you teach?

- I clean.

- What?

I clean the school.

Oh, that's cool. That's

probably very therapeutic.

All right. Well, it was

good to see you, Rhoda.

Yeah, it was nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

How do you know her?

High school.

Yeah?

- Mr. Burroughs?

- Mm-hmm.

I, uh...

- What?

- ...came to...

I came to tell you about...

What?

Tell you about a tri... a free trial

of our cleaning service.

What?

I'm from Maid In Haven.

We're a cleaning service.

- We're looking to expand our

territory and our... - No, thank you.

Wait.

Did you say

"trial cleaning"?

- Did you say "trial cleaning"?

- Yeah...

- God.

- Sorry, it's a t...

- Is it definitely free?

- Yeah.

Fine. Let's go.

Come on.

Come on.

You can start in here.

Did you say "Maid In Haven"?

- Yes.

- Like New Haven?

Yes.

You're pretty far from New Haven.

There's a lot

of competition in town,

so we're offering

the free trial as a...

Where are your supplies?

Uh, normally, the first time

is a consultation.

Okay.

Well, you're already here,

so why don't you just...

clean this for a start?

Okay? There's mops

and things in there.

Okay.

I'm gonna be in that room.

- Is everything okay?

- Yes.

Scientists have said there is

overwhelming evidence...

that the two Earths...

All right, that's enough.

It's time for you to go.

So... Wait.

Is that it for the free trial?

Yeah, it's a one-day trial.

Um, all right.

So I'll see you next week.

I'll let them know.

They might send someone else.

- Okay.

- Same time, same...

Yeah, this is a good time.

This is a good day too.

So, Jeff, I think we've got

a pretty important toast in order.

- What do you think, huh?

- Hey, hey, hey! Hold on, hold on!

I just got the cider.

Come on, guys,

it's not that big of a deal.

- Oh!

- It is a big deal.

You've shown perseverance

in the face of adversity.

You deserve to be saluted for that, Son.

Come on, Rho-tard.

Aren't you gonna ask what happened?

What happened?

- I got into UConn.

- And we are so proud of you!

Hear, hear!

Chin-chin!

Cheers.

Mr. Burroughs?

I came to tell you that I saw you

at the site of the accident.

And I'm sorry for what happened

to you and your family.

It was my fault.

Mr. Burroughs.

- Oh. Good.

- Mr. Burroughs.

- I...

- Come on in.

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Mike Cahill

Mike Cahill (born July 5, 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter. more…

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