Wadjda Page #4
WAJDA:
(to herself)
I’ll get one and show you.
As she smooths out her veil, now too dirty to put back on,
she doesn’t see Abdullah glancing back with a pained, sorry
look.
11 EXT. INSIDE THE FRONT GATE OF THE SCHOOL - DAY 11
Wajda tries to blend in with the other girls and sneak in.
MS. HUSSA, (35), the pretty but stoic principal, stands
inside the wall that protects the privacy of the school
entrance.
A loud LAUGH comes from the gate as Fatin and Fatima enter.
MS. HUSSA
All right girls, you are just
behind the gate, don't laugh so
loudly. Women's voices shouldn't
carry outside the door!
Fatin smiles and nudges Fatima. They giggle but act polite.
FATIMA:
Sorry, Ms. Hussa.
FATIN:
It won’t happen again.
Wajda seizes the opportunity to try to sneak past but-
9.
MS. HUSSA
Wajda!
Caught! Wajda stops, turns to face her.
MS. HUSSA (CONT’D)
(with malicious enjoyment)
Where is your head cover? Are you
coming to school unveiled?! And who
put those awful clips in your hair?
The girls all stop talking and giggle at her, except for
Fatin and Fatima who watch sympathetically.
Wajda looks down in frustration at her wet veil.
12 INT. SCHOOL INTERIOR COURTYARD - DAY 12
The midday sun burns directly above Wajda as she stands in
the corner of the schoolyard, punished.
13 EXT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS - DAY 13
Wajda's sneakers stand out from all the other girls in plain
black shoes, leaving school. Her eyes then catch colorful
majestic feet as a group of boys pedal by on their bicycles.
They kick up dust and laugh, gliding past. Wajda watches them
forlornly as they disappear around the corner.
Wajda continues walking, throwing the stone her Father gave
her at various targets. She misses a few times and then
finally hears a “Ping” as it hits its first mark: A SHINY
GREEN BICYCLE:
Somehow perched above the other side of a fence.
She stares at it, intrigued, for several seconds, as it seems
to float on the other side of the fence. She picks up her
black stone and entranced, her eyes follow this vision.
Suddenly it begins to move across the top of the fence, until
it comes to the end, where Wajda sees that it’s resting on
the top of a moving truck. Her heart locks on it and without
even thinking, she runs after the bicycle as it disappears
down the next block.
14 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF THE TOY SHOP - DAY 14
Wajda’s feet race, her eyes like steel and she finally
catches up to the truck now parked in front of a toy shop.
10.
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