The Libertine Page #2

MAURICE:

-I'm a victim of baseless accusation.

EDITH:

Promise me that you won't go in my

room.

Maurice squirms.

MAURICE:

Fine.

EDITH:

(re:
wall collage)

You wouldn't want to separate yourselffrom this monument of self worship.

MAURICE:

You mean my comic collage of slanderleveled against me?

EDITH:

And don't sit around bored all day.

Only boring people get bored by their

own company.

As Edith turns to leave, Maurice reaches under her arm andsteals her Visconti pen out of her purse.

Edith leaves.

Maurice takes the pen and shoves it down his pants. He rubs

the pen back and forth, then takes it out and sniffs it. He

drops the pen on the table with a satisfied grin.

Maurice walks over to the collage and stares at it.

His eyes wander to a PICTURE of him in a New York perp walk.

He has a slight paunch in the photo.

Maurice looks down and sucks in his gut. He holds it for a

second then exhales.

Maurice flops onto the couch and opens his LAPTOP. He tapsthe top of the laptop, too distracted to work. He closes

the laptop. He looks bored.

7.

He picks up the TELEVISION REMOTE and turns on the TELEVISION.

The TV turns onto some bland financial news. Maurice channel

browses until it lands on a news show where a female HOST,

45, is conducting an interview with JAQUELINE LUNEL-CASPI,

26, identified on screen as: "Daughter of MLC and EdithRivet."

JAQUELINE (V.O.)

He's a pig. My father is a pig.

The STUDIO AUDIENCE cheers.

HOST (V.O.)

So in the opinion of MLC's daughter,

MLC is guilty?

JAQUELINE (V.O.)

That's for the jury to decide. I

will say I don't let my friends nearthat snake.

Maurice picks up his PHONE and dials.

MAURICE:

(dialing)

Pig. Snake. Stop mixing metaphors.

(talking into phone)

Edith, thank you for not picking up.

I didn't want to talk to you either.

Jaqueline's at it again. Will youcall her?

Maurice hangs up the phone.

JAQUELINE (V.O.)

I think one of the great things aboutyour country, and why I am happy tobe studying here, is that you callyour leaders to task on their sexualmisconduct. You end their careers.

We need more of that in Europe.

HOST (V.O.)

Let's get back to your mother, apersonal hero and a feminist icon.

Why is she still with him? And will

this trial impact her upcomingpurchase of The Euro Post?

Maurice turns off the TV and sits for a moment. He walks

into the

8.

SECOND BEDROOM:

Which is much more modest than Edith's room. He opens the

top drawer of his DRESSER.

The drawer is filled with socks, rolled and color-coded from

light to dark. Maurice starts reorganizing them from dark

to light.

Maurice closes the drawer and opens the CLOSET.

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