B/G: faint noise of a movie
HANNAH: (V.O.) Dear D, when will I learn? If you play with fire you gonna get burnt. I nearly forgot – men are animals. They can’t help getting aroused and feeling attracted to me. Therefore, I should give them as little reason for it as possible. In that light, I can’t possibly forgive myself for my choice of a movie. It was one of my favourites: a German film about a couple who separately meet the same man and both the husband and the wife fall in love with him. It was an unusual topic that I had become fascinated with. My favourite line from the film is: ‘Du musst dich verabschieden … von deinem deterministischen Biologieverständnis’ (You have to say goodbye to your deterministic understanding of biology). As controversial as the movie was, it was primarily a love story and a pretty visual one at that. It was not something you show to your platonic male friends.
SFX: sound of movie in b/g get a bit louder
AIDAN: You like this thing.
HANNAH: A lot.
AIDAN: You're a sick woman, you know. (MOVES SUDDENLY AND KISSES HANNAH)
MAKING OUT AND BREATHING HEAVILY.
B/G: romantic, victory music as part of the movie
SFX: suddenly music and making out stops.
AIDAN: I'm sorry but we can't.
HANNAH: Yes.You are right.
AIDAN STANDS UP PRECIPITOUSLY
AIDAN: Good night.
HANNAH: (FORCED CHEERFULNESS) Night!
AIDAN LEAVING AND CLOSING THE DOOR
HANNAH: (TO HERSELF) Things are getting seriously out of hand even by my standards.
FADE
SCENE 29: EXT. LATE AFTERNOON.
SFX: Heavy rain; pat of feet on wet concrete. Car door opening. People getting in.
AIDAN: Hi, girls! Hey, Hannah! So, how was the movie?
ALICE: They killed the zebra.
MARIE: No, Alice, he sacrificed himself to save all the others. But, technically, they still killed him.
AIDAN: (TO HANNAH) No happy ending, then?
HANNAH: Not as such, no. But still, I think it was a beautiful film.
MARIE: Me too.
AIDAN: Now, girls, I’ll take you home and I need you to go to bed quickly, because it’s already late. Hannah, I can drive you home afterwards, if you want.
HANNAH: Considering the lovely weather today…
SFX: thunder striking somewhere near
HANNAH: Thank you.
FADE
SCENE 30: EXT. INSIDE AIDAN’S CAR.
SFX: car on the road. breaks. car stopping.
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Fidelity
ChickLitHannah is a young woman who has just finished her undergraduate education and wants to take a year off before her Master’s degree. She is offered a position as a nanny in the family of her first cousin – a man she has secretly had a crush on all her...
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