Away from Her Page #5

11.

FIONA (V.O.)

Half the time I wander around

looking for something which I know

is very pertinent. But then, I

can’t remember what I’m looking

for...once the idea is lost,

everything is lost and I have to

wander around trying to figure out

what it was that was so important

earlier.

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19 INT ANDERSSON’S LIVINGROOM -JUNE 2003- NIGHT 19

Phoebe and Grant stare, speechless.

FIONA:

I think I may be beginning to

disappear.

PHOEBE:

Oh Fiona. You’ve always been a

funny sort of person though haven’t

you? I mean, remember - you’ll

remember this Grant - Remember when

you two went to Florida that year?

And Fiona left her fur coat in

storage, and then just forgot about

it? Remember that?

GRANT:

Oh that was unintentionally on

purpose. Like it was a sin you were

leaving behind.

Fiona sits back down at the table, joining into the process

of brushing the awkwardness aside.

FIONA:

Well. The way some people made me

feel about fur coats.

They laugh. Go back to more playful banter. We move to look

out the window and move towards the snowy fields.

GRANT (V.O.)

Uh... How is your husband doing?

12.

MARIAN (V.O.)

He’s okay.

20 EXT MARIAN’S HOUSE - FEBRUARY 2005 - MORNING 20

Marian still stands in the door. ( We will keep returning to

this scene throughout the film, picking up right where we

left off.)

GRANT:

My wife and he struck up quite a

close friendship.

MARIAN:

I heard about that.

GRANT:

So. I wanted to talk to you about

something if you had a minute.

21 EXT WOODS - APRIL 2003-LATE AFTERNOON 21

Grant and Fiona walk together through the woods. They reach a

little hollow, skunk lilies everywhere. They are the size of

platters and spring up like flames. It’s surreal, and

beautiful beyond belief. Fiona and Grant look at each other,

amazed. Fiona bends down and touches one.

Fiona looks at the flower. Then away from it. Then back at it

again. Closes her eyes. Opens them. Grant watches her

quizzically.

FIONA:

When I look away, I forget what

yellow means. But I can look again.

She pauses. Thinks.

FIONA:

Sometimes there’s something

delicious in oblivion.

Grant is moved.

FIONA:

They generate a heat of their own.

Grant bends down to feel one.

13.

FIONA:

They generate a heat of their own.

She stops a minute. Thinks. She may have already said this.

Looks at Grant hoping he didn’t catch it. He smiles.

GRANT:

I don’t feel it.

FIONA:

I think...I think...you’re supposed

to be able to put your hand inside

the curled petal and feel the heat.

She tries it. He watches her. She looks up at him and smiles.

This is a gorgeous place, and they are both a bit

overwhelmed.

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