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7B EXT. FERRYPORT. CALAIS - DAY A-1 (2006) 7B

We see the cars roll out into the daylight.

7C EXT. AUTOROUTE - DAY A-1 (2006) 7C

A busy French autoroute. We pick out a blue family car with

a UK license plate.

8 INT. TONY’S CAR/AUTOROUTE - DAY A-1 (2006) 8

TONY is driving. He looks younger, clean shaven, and he’s

carrying slightly more weight. With him in the car is his

wife EMILY and their 5-year old son OLIVER in the back, who

is scribbling on some paper. On his lap is a cuddly fox toy.

TONY:

... it’s actually bigger than

England. A lot bigger. And they

have hundreds of different types of

cheese...

Pause.

TONY (CONT’D)

(to Emily)

He’s not listening is he?

Emily turns to Oliver and shakes her head.

EMILY:

What are you drawing love?

OLIVER:

It’s Daddy!

He holds up his picture - a stick man with huge ears. Tony

glances at it in the rearview mirror.

TONY:

Not again!

Oliver laughs, as does Emily.

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TONY (CONT’D)

Why do you always draw me with such

big ears? I don’t have big ears, do

I?

OLIVER:

It’s you. It’s Daddybigears!

TONY:

(to Emily)

Are my ears really that big?

EMILY:

(deadpan)

Huge.

A phone starts ringing. Tony glances at it. From his

expression, Emily can tell who it is.

EMILY (CONT’D)

Already?

TONY:

I’ll be quick.

He pulls over onto the hard shoulder and gets out of the

car. Emily sighs.

OLIVER:

Are we there?

EMILY:

Not quite sweetheart.

9 EXT. HARD SHOULDER - DAY A-1 (2006) 9

Glimpses of TONY through the passing cars as he paces up and

down on the hard shoulder. We can’t hear what he’s saying

through the noise of the traffic but he’s worked up and is

gesturing violently.

10 INT. TONY’S CAR/HARD SHOULDER - LATER A-1 (2006) 10

TONY gets back in the car. Emily looks at him, mock-annoyed.

TONY:

I know, I know.

Emily holds out her hand - Tony hands her the phone and

Emily switches it off.

EMILY:

No work this side of the Channel.

Deal?

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TONY:

Deal.

He turns the key in the car. The engine sputters and coughs.

He tries it again. The same noise. He sits back, resigned.

11 EXT. CHALONS DU BOIS BRIDGE- DAY A-1(2006) 11

A metal rattling noise as a truck tows their car over a

bridge. We see a sign on the side of the road - ‘Bienvenue a

Chalons Du Bois’.

12 EXT. GARAGE. CHALONS DU BOIS - DAY A-1 (2006) 12

TONY, EMILY and OLIVER stand outside a garage as their car

is towed inside. Tony flicks through a French dictionary.

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