The Sweet Hereafter

INT. SUMMER COTTAGE -- DAY

A young family together in bed. It is a bright summer
morning. Father, mother, and a three year old girl are
still asleep. They are naked. A light breeze drifts into
the room. The scene is serene and softly suspended.

Head credits appear over this idyllic image. The little
girl turns in her sleep. A dog barks outside.

CUT TO

INT./EXT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

From the peaceful tableau of the sleeping family, the scene
shifts to a vehicle entering a car wash. The image is shot
through the windshield, from the driver's point of view.

The car enters the lathered world of spinning felt wheels
and gushing water.

CUT TO

INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

Inside the car MITCHELL STEPHENS, a man in his mid-fifties,
listens to a stirring piece of music. The sound of the car
wash is filtered out by the strains of music.

CUT TO

EXT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT

The phone booth is located in a rundown area of a large
city. A young woman, ZOE, enters the booth and lifts the
receiver.

CUT TO

INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

MITCHELL STEPHENS is going through the wash. The automatic
mops and buffers embrace his car with water and suds. The
cellular phone in the car rings. MITCHELL picks it up.

MITCHELL
Yes? Yes, I'll accept the charges.

CUT TO

INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT



ZOE is on the phone. There's a figure outside the booth
waiting for her.

ZOE
Daddy, it's me...How are you doing?
That's great...Where are you?
What's that sound?

CUT TO

INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

MITCHELL in his car, playing with the volume on his radio.

MITCHELL
I'm in a car wash.

CUT TO

INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT

ZOE
A car wash! Wow, I've never talked
to you when you've been in a car
wash. Make sure you've got the
windows closed.

CUT TO

INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

ZOE
(over the phone)
Remember that time we were having
the car washed and I started playing
with the automatic window? How old
was I, Daddy? Five or six? I got
absolutely soaked, remember?

MITCHELL
Why are you calling me, Zoe?

CUT TO

INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT

ZOE
Why am I calling you? You're my
father. I'm not supposed to call
you? What's the matter with wanting
to talk to you, Daddy?

CUT TO






INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

MITCHELL
Nothing's wrong with trying to talk
to me, Zoe.

ZOE
(over the phone)
So what's the problem?

MITCHELL
The problem is I have no idea who
I'm talking to right now.

ZOE
(over the phone)
'Cause you think I'm stoned, Daddy?
'Cause you think I've got a needle
stuck in my arm? Is that what
you're thinking, Daddy?

Pause. MITCHELL doesn't respond.

CUT TO

INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT

ZOE
Are you wondering if I scored,
Daddy, and I'm calling you for
money? That I'm begging? God, I
don't fucking believe it!

CUT TO

INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT

MITCHELL is emotionally stunned by ZOE'S voice. She is
heard over the phone.

ZOE
(over the phone)
Daddy! Are you listening to me,
Daddy?!

The music that MITCHELL has been listening to becomes louder
as he stares at the spinning felt wheels of the car wash.

ZOE
DADDY!!!

MITCHELL
Yes.


ZOE
Why can't you talk to me?

MITCHELL
I...I just need to know what state
you're in so I know...how to talk to
you...how to act...

MITCHELL is in pain. He closes his eyes.

CUT TO

INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT

The phone booth is deserted. ZOE is nowhere to be seen.

Over this image, the sounds of a band playing a blues
number.


VOCABULARY
breeze- bryza, wietrzyk
buffer - zderzak, bufor
deserted- opuszczony, opustoszały
drift - unosić się, dryfować
felt - filc
gush- tryskać, wytryskiwać
needle- igła
respond- odpowiadać
rundown- w złym stanie, zniszczony
serene- łagodny, spokojny
soaked- przemoczony
spin- kręcić się, obracać
stir- pobudzać, poruszać
stoned- pod wpływem narkotyków, naćpany
suds- mydliny
suspend- zawieszać, wstrzymywać
tableau- żywy obraz, znieruchomienie
volume- głośność, poziom głośności
windshield- przednia szyba samochodu


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