Enduring Love Page #3

Synopsis: On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. Just as they secure the balloon, the wind rushes into the field, and at once the rescuers are airborne. Joe manages to drop to the ground, as do most of his companions, but one man is lifted skywards. As Joe, Claire and the other rescuers watch this strangely beautiful sight, they see the man fall to his death. Recalling the day's events at dinner with his friends Robin and Rachel, Joe reveals the impact the accident has had on his battered psyche. Ironically the balloon eventually lands safely,
Director(s): Roger Michell
Production: Paramount Classics
  4 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
2004
100 min
$300,204
Website
181 Views


And I um... I don't know where you live

and I don't know what you want really

and, quite frankly, I don't care.

So could you please just leave me alone?

God! You say that and

then you make that face.

- What face?

- What is it you really want me to do?

- Nothing.

- You're not even trying to be convincing.

- It's obvious.

- This is just...

OK, OK.

Um... if there's something I've done

that's upset you

or I've said something that's given you,

given you an idea,

I don't know what it is,

I don't know what it is,

but whatever it is, I'm sorry.

I'm really truly sorry.

Now, I just don't know what you're on about.

I don't know what this is about.

Joe... Joey.

Joey.

Joseph.

Sorry.

- Don't do this. Please don't f***ing...

- Don't let me down, Joe.

Don't let me down

like you let down the other bloke.

- What?

- Be brave.

What do you mean be brave?

What do you mean?

Brave.

You know what I'm saying.

I didn't let him down.

What are you saying?

It was all of us.

Well, wasn't it?

I see my work as part of a tradition

that goes back to the great sculptors

of the Renaissance.

I didn't say that.

It says here.

Not like that, anyway.

I can't see you.

- Sorry.

- Thank you.

I love your voice.

Oh.

I wish I could... sculpt your voice.

Oh, dear. Is there anything I can do?

Er... no, because the more you talk,

the more frustrated I get.

- I won't say another word.

- Thank you.

I think I'm done for today.

Anybody home?

- Hi.

- Hiya.

- Posing again?

- Yeah.

- He's a grandfather.

- Oh, f***.

Yeah, ridiculous but true.

- It's the other lot, you know. Mary.

- He's a gene machine.

- Bye-bye.

- Thank you.

- Don't know how you do it.

- Easy, I'll teach you.

- You're going to get a reputation.

- At my age, I deserve a reputation.

- Congratulations, that's good news.

- Thanks.

Now f*** off, you're way too happy.

- Send love to Rachel, yeah?

- Yeah.

Bye.

- Bye.

So what do you think?

It's good.

- What's wrong with it?

- No, it's good. Very good.

What?

We...

We did talk about this, you know?

What?

Well...

Why can't you do that for me?

I cast your hands.

You cast every f***er's hands.

I mean, any idiot can get his hands done.

Well, hands aren't so personal.

- What's wrong with the rest of me?

- I'm only interested in your hands.

- Thanks a lot.

- I like your hands.

Anyway, they're nice and bony.

If it's bony you want,

you should do my feet.

- My feet are really bony.

- I don't do feet.

Anyway, it's not the same.

Why can't you do my face, hey? Why?

- I don't know, I can't explain.

- Well, try.

Um...

I don't know. Its just...

It's hard to articulate.

I'm just too close to you, I suppose.

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Joe Penhall

Joe Penhall (born 1967) is an English playwright and screenwriter, best known for his award-winning stage play Blue/Orange, the award-winning West End musical Sunny Afternoon and creating the Netflix original series Mindhunter. more…

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