I Believe in Unicorns Page #2

Synopsis: Unicorns tells the story of an awkward teenage girl who escapes to a fantasy world when her first romantic relationship turns increasingly violent.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Leah Meyerhoff
Production: Gravitas Ventures
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
TV-14
Year:
2014
80 min
Website
2,631 Views


to the hunters,

who leap out of their

hiding places...

And capture the unicorn.

'Morning.

What did you dream about?

I don't dream.

What do you mean,

you don't dream?

I live my dreams.

Can we get out of here?

I just want to go,

just like you said.

Yeah.

Okay.

Let's do it.

[Engine starts]

[Upbeat music playing]

Whoo!

don't stop

go along with it

photos of you

are with me

and I like that

yeah, I long for it

you saw that

I've got too much to give

and I know

oh, I know

it's not gone though

so let's keep on talking

keep on talking

to each other...

[country music playing]

if you return to me

please bring back

my heart

'cause without your arms

to hold me...

stick 'em up!

Well, hello, stranger.

Well, hello there, little lady.

What you got in there?

On, nothing much,

nothing worth stealing anyway.

All right, well,

then I guess I'll just

have to steal your heart.

Oh! Oh, no.

You got me.

Oh. Oh, no.

Just kidding. I'm not dead.

You dirty dog.

[Country song continues]

Can I get a lottery ticket?

oh, it's hurting me

I will set you free now

if freedom's

what you need...

thanks.

[Humming]

Good girl

okay.

Which one do you want?

Here. Mm-hmm.

- What about here?

- Yeah.

So which way should we go?

Into the setting sun.

All right. West it is.

[Davina] When I was little,

whenever I would take a bath,

I would sink

underneath the water

and hold my breath,

pretending that the surface

was unbreakable.

And at the last possible moment,

when my lungs felt

like fireworks,

I would break

through the surface

and breathe.

[Sterling] Well, hello

there, little lady.

Hey.

Would you like one of them--

these here special treats?

Sure would.

Step up.

Another one.

One more.

Close your eyes.

Come on, just do it.

Fall backwards.

No way, no day.

Repeat after me:

Light as a feather,

stiff as a board.

Light as a feather,

stiff as a board.

Okay, now I want you

to tense up all your muscles.

That's right.

Light as a feather,

stiff as a board.

Light as a feather,

stiff as a board.

Light as a feather,

stiff as a board.

[Gasps]

Oh, I got you!

I got you!

Whoa.

I'm gonna get you!

I'm gonna get you.

- I am.

- No, you're not.

[Chattering]

Hey, cutie.

What are you doing?

[Laughing, chattering]

Wait up.

[Animal growling]

[Davina]

So my mom used to tell me

this story about the cicadas.

They live underground.

They live underground

for 17 years.

[Sterling] Wow, that's cool.

[Davina] That's older than me.

[Sterling]

That is older than you.

[Davina] And then one day

they burst out of the ground

and they flock to the trees

and they mate.

[Sterling] Nice.

[Davina] And then

they go back underground

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Leah Meyerhoff

Leah Meyerhoff is a Student Academy Award-nominated director, producer and screenwriter. She has received attention as the writer and director of the feature film I Believe in Unicorns starring Natalia Dyer and Peter Vack. Her films have screened in over 200 film festivals worldwide and won over a dozen international awards. more…

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