The Piano Lesson Page #2
- PG
- Year:
- 1995
- 95 min
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SEAMEN:
It's a little rough out there.
Could be they can't get through
to you in this weather. Maybe
they'll come over land.
ADA nods.
SEAMEN:
Have you things for shelter?
ADA nods.
SEAMEN:
What things have you?
ADA signs to her daughter. The little girl speaks clearly and loudly
without emotion.
FLORA:
She says, "thank you".
Puzzled, the man walks off, then turns and comes back.
SEAMEN:
Does your mother prefer to come
on with us to Nelson?
ADA signs vigorously to FLORA.
FLORA:
She says, No. She says she'd
natives than get back in your
tub.
SEAMEN:
(stunned) You be damn fortuned
missy. Damn lucky.
SCENE 11 DELETED
ADA is sheltering behind the crated piano, anxiety etched on her face.
FLORA is asleep at her feet a half eaten biscuit in her hand ADA has
found a gap through the crate so that she might lift the lid and play
a few notes. The sweetness and comfort of the piano seem only to
exaggerate their isolation and hopelessness.
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Suddenly a rush of sea water shoots straight under the raised crate of
the piano wetting her shoes. ADA stands, pushing FLORA onto her feet.
She is aghast to see the tide has crept in completely unnoticed.
They watch three of their boxes float out to sea. One of the hens has
escaped the crate and is bobbing up and down in the waves.
SCENE 13 DELETED
There is just a pink streak left in the sky. ADA and FLORA shelter
inside their make-shift tent, a hooped petticoat secured at the edges
with stones. Inside the tent a candle lights up their conversation.
ADA is hand signaling a story to FLORA who lies back watching, nervous
and afraid. ADA's whole self is involved in the "telling", her face is
alight with expression, now tender, now sad, now humorous, now soft,
while her hands and fingers are deft and precise. From outside it is
an odd shadow play.
FLORA:
(hand signaling) Mother... I'm
thinking
ADA pauses.
(speaking) I'm not going to
call him Papa. I'm not going
to call HIM anything. I'm not
even going to look at HIM.
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