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Synopsis: Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love. But as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Production: Liongate Films
  Won 6 Oscars. Another 215 wins & 254 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
93
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
PG-13
Year:
2016
128 min
$151,058,124
Website
16,624 Views


MIA (CONT'D)

And I swear to God, she was wrecked. It

was pure lunacy. Oh God, I know...

Revision 4.

Her nerves are practically visible. As she talks, we PULL

BACK -- to see that she's auditioning for a CASTING DIRECTOR.

MIA (CONT'D)

No, no, Turner's fine. So you -- are you

waiting `til Denver to tell her...?

(as her smile contracts)

Oh. I see...

(silence; she clenches her jaw...)

No, you're right. I understand.

(...and a tear falls from her eye)

Ok... I just... Oh...

An ASSISTANT appears through the glass on the door behind

Mia, waving to the Casting Director: Yoohoo. Can I come in?

MIA (CONT'D)

(crying now)

No, I'm happy for you... I -- I just --

CASTING DIRECTOR

One second.

Mia stops. The Casting Director waves the Assistant in. The

Assistant scurries in, shows her boss a post-it. Mia stands

there, trying to hold onto the tears, hold onto the emotion, as

the Casting Director reads the post-it and thinks.

CASTING DIRECTOR (CONT'D)

...I'll call her back. Tell her I'm almost

done in here.

The Assistant nods. Walks out. Mia waits, trying to maintain...

CASTING DIRECTOR (CONT'D)

You know what? I think we're good. Thanks

for coming in.

Mia looks at her. A beat.

6 INT. LOBBY - DAY

Mia exits. Nerves still on edge. Passes one beautiful redhead

after the next -- all getting ready to cry.

Enters the elevator with two other WOMEN -- tall, statuesque.

Also redheads.

7 INT. MIA'S APARTMENT - EARLY EVENING

Mia enters. Exhausted. Heads to her ROOM.

Revision 5.

Old movie posters hang on the walls, including a big Ingrid

Bergman one over the bed. There's also a shelf filled with

acting books -- Uta Hagen, Stella Adler. Various other

trinkets:
an old globe, an old blue-and-red suitcase. Mia

takes off her shoe. A blister on her sole.

8 WE CUT TO:
Mia in the BATHROOM. Just showered, wrapped in a

towel. She hums to herself.

The mirror is fogged up. She turns off the vent. The mist on

the glass thickens. She dabs some of it away. Dims the

lights. Looks...

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Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle was born on January 19, 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Whiplash (2013), Whiplash (2014) and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). more…

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