The Sweet Hereafter Page #3
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- 1997
- 112 min
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MITCHELL stares at WENDELL'S haunted eyes, then looks back
at RISA. He immediately knows their story.
MITCHELL:
Yes. I'm a lawyer. I realize this
is an awful time, but it's important
that we talk.
CUT TO:
EXT. FAIRGROUND -- DAY
A group of men are setting up the ferris wheel for the
country fair. SAM and NICOLE walk into the shot, eating ice
cream cones. SAM waves at someone he recognizes in the
distance.
SAM:
Let's sit down.
NICOLE nods, her mind elsewhere.
CUT TO:
EXT. FAIRGROUND -- DAY
SAM and NICOLE are sitting at an outside table, finishing
their cones.
A school bus pulls up into the fairground. NICOLE watches
as young children spill out of the bus and gather outside.
NICOLE smiles at this scene. SAM notices, turns around to
see the children, then turns back to NICOLE.
SAM:
What's so funny?
NICOLE:
Just the way Dolores gets so excited
about bringing the kids to check out
the animals. It's like the biggest
thing in her life.
ANGLE ON:
DOLORES DRISCOLL, a warm and cheery woman in her forties,
leading the young children into the large exhibition barn on
the fair site.
DOLORES:
Alright, kids. I want you all to
listen to me. Rule number one No
fingers into the cages. I don't
care how cute some of these animals
may be, the fact is they don't like
being here, no matter how many
ribbons some of them have won...
CUT TO:
INT. BIDE-A-WILE MOTEL -- EVENING
MITCHELL STEPHENS is having a meeting with WENDELL and RISA
WALKER in their livingroom behind the reception area.
MITCHELL has a pad of paper and is taking notes.
WENDELL:
Kyle Lambston's a drunk. Nobody
likes him. He's a nasty piece of
work.
MITCHELL:
In what way?
WENDELL:
Been drinking since high school.
F***ed himself up. Used to be smart
enough.
MITCHELL:
Any criminal record?
WENDELL:
Probably half a dozen traffic
convictions. Drunk driving. Lost
his licence. That's why he don't
work no more.
WENDELL:
Can't get off that shitty dump they
live on. What little money comes in
goes to booze.
MITCHELL:
How does the family survive?
WENDELL:
Don't know. Food banks, welfare,
church charity. They scrape by.
MITCHELL looks at RISA, who has remained silent.
MITCHELL:
What about Doreen?
RISA:
She...she was a friend of mine.
MITCHELL:
When?
RISA:
At school. She fell for Kyle just
before we graduated. Got pregnant,
and...went to live in a trailer up
on a woodlot Kyle's dad used to own.
Kyle started spending more and more
time at the Spread Eagle...
MITCHELL:
That's the local bar?
RISA:
(nodding)
...coming home drunk and I guess
feeling trapped by his life and
blaming her for that...and...
RISA hesitates.
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