Mother! Page #3

Mother stutters, but covers.

MOTHER:

Yes, of course.

10.

MAN:

Are you sure?

HIM:

Positive.

MAN:

Well then, I’ll just grab the restof my stuff. That’s incrediblykind and generous. I just left it-

Man starts to cough as he heads out the door.

HIM:

You all right?

MAN:

I’m fine, just went down the wrong

tube...

They follow him into the

FOYER:

As he exits. Once they’re alone, she turns to HIM.

MOTHER:

We don’t know him.

HIM:

He’s a doctor.

MOTHER:

He’s a stranger. We’re just goingto let him sleep in our house?

HIM:

You want me to ask him to leave?

He looks at Mother. She subtly shrugs.

But then, Man returns with a TOTE BAG.

HIM:

Is that all?

MAN:

That’s everything.

HIM helps the man and takes the bag.

Man pops a cigarette in his mouth and lights it with a METALLIGHTER.

11.

MOTHER:

Um, we don’t smoke.

MAN:

That’s smart...

MOTHER:

In the house, I mean.

MAN:

Sorry.

Man flicks the cigarette out the door.

MOTHER:

I’ll go get you some linens.

HIM:

I’ll show you to your room.

As HIM leads Man to the guest bedroom, Mother heads down intothe

BASEMENT:

Next to the boiler are stacks of moving boxes. She starts to

rifle through them to find some sheets and towels.

Then, she hears a RUMBLE from the wall behind the boiler. A

strange noise.

She nears the back WALL behind the boiler. She hears the

RUMBLE again. She turns on a light and inches closer to the

wall.

Then something BANGS against the wall. Mortar dust in the

air. She YELPS and stumbles back.

The nearby boiler turns on. This calms her. Must be

connected.

Upstairs, she enters the

GUEST BEDROOM:

The man’s bag is there, but they are not. She starts to make

the bed when she hears them down the hall.

She follows the voices to the stairwell just beneath the

12.

STUDY:

And stops to listen.

MAN (O.S.)

Oh and this, I love this. How come

you have so many copies?

A brief pause.

HIM:

Well I wrote it.

MAN:

Oh my. That’s you? I’m a huge

fan.

HIM:

You’ve read it?

She smiles to herself glowing in HIM’s success. She moves

INSIDE:

HIM and Man stand before the book case. They notice her.

MAN:

I’ve read it many, many times.

Your words changed my life.

HIM smiles with false modesty.

MAN:

I’m sorry, you must hear that allthe time.

HIM:

Not really, no.

Man spies something else on the shelf.

MAN:

(notices something)

And that?

He points at the beautiful CRYSTAL FORMATION resting on astand. The same from the opening of the film. It’s framed

boldly in the center of the bookshelf.

MAN:

What is it?

13.

He reaches for it. But HIM reaches quickly to stop him.

Then, he carefully takes it down from the shelf himself.

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