Life Of Pi Page #6

18 INT. PI'S HOME - CONTINUED 18

ADULT PI:

When the French handed Pondicherry

back to us in 1954, the town

decided that some sort of

commemoration was in order.

25 EXT. ZOO ENTRANCE, 1955 - DAY 25

The sign on the gate reads: "JARDIN BOTANIQUE DE

PONDICHERRY."

ADULT PI (V.O.)

My father, who was a clever

businessman, came up with one.

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ADULT PI (V.O.) (CONT'D)

He ran a hotel, and he got the idea

to open a zoo in the local

Botanical Gardens instead.

Father oversees a SIGN PAINTER as the painter who adds the

words 'AND ZOO' to the sign.

26 EXT. THE NURSERY - CONTINUOUS 26

WOMEN WORKERS plant and dig in the Botanical Gardens nursery.

As MOTHER (refined - 20's) passes by, she admonishes a worker

who pulls up a sapling with too much force.

ADULT PI (V.O.)

As it also happened, my mother was

a botanist in the Gardens. They

met, married, and a year later my

brother Ravi was born. I came two

years after that.

27 INT. PI'S HOME, OUTER ROOM, MONTREAL - DAY 27

WRITER:

It sounds magical, growing up in-

The Writer stops, realizing that Pi's eyes are closed in

prayer. The Writer watches in awkward silence, his head

halfbowed.

ADULT PI:

Amen. Let's eat.

WRITER:

I didn't know Hindus said 'amen.'

ADULT PI:

(As he serves food:)

Catholic Hindus do.

WRITER:

Catholic Hindus?

ADULT PI:

We get to feel guilty before

hundreds of gods instead of just

one.

WRITER:

But you're a Hindu first?

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PI:

None of us knows God until someone

introduces us. I was first

introduced to God as a Hindu. There

are 330 million gods in the Hindu

religion - how can I not come to

know a few of them?

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