Text / (Romania) Christian
Monjumariam Burrux - Perrin
Pierre Kandel
Opening subtitles
1. White subtitles on black background scroll from left to Right fade, no background sound.
2. The text appears on the lower right of the black screen: "Romania, 1987...".
University Dormitory, Otilia and Gabita's Bedroom, Interior, Day
3. Flat-shoulder shot, close-up. The ticking of the alarm clock and the noise from the street could be heard in the room. In the back is part of the window, and it's snowing outside. There are several items on the table: a cigarette burning in the ashtray on the left, some paper, a few bottles of face cream, a photo on the inside of a fish tank, two fish in the tank, and a cup , a few plates and a lamp. A dry sheet draped over the radiator behind the desk. There was a row of jars on the window sill. A hand reached into the picture to pick up the cigarette and shook the ashes. Shifting to the right and pulling back, a young woman, Gabita (Laura Vassilio), sits on a bed at the table, brings her cigarette to her mouth and takes a puff. A box was opened and placed behind her. She looked nervously at her roommate, Otilia, who was off the picture on the right.
Otilia (off-screen, on the phone): Okay…thanks.
Gabita lowered her head and snuffed out her cigarette in the ashtray, then walked over to an electric stove that was crouched on the ground. Follow the camera movement. She flipped the contents of the pan, then she picked up a rag and put it on the table, picking up the things on the table. She put a stack of books on the bed and proceeded to clear the rest of the table.
Gabita: Can you help me? (She takes the lamp and other clutter.)
Otilia (Anamaria Malinka) gets up and shuffles to the right to help clear the table. Together, they put things on the window sill, on the bed, or on the bookshelf behind the bed. After the table was emptied, Otilia took the fish tank, Gabita wiped the table with a rag, and then Gabita pulled a piece of oil over and wiped it too.
Otilia (looking at the fishbowl): Was it like this when Marius gave it to you?
Gabita: I changed the fish.
Otilia (pointing to the photo posted in the fish tank): The photo is funny.
Gabita put the rag on the bed and folded the tarpaulin.
Gabita: Did you ask Daniela to feed the fish while we were out?
Otilia: I won't starve to death for two days. (Otilia puts down the fish tank. Gabita sees Otilia getting a nosebleed. Otilia goes into the bathroom on the right outside the picture with her hand on her nose. Pull back the camera and take the picture. You bring toothpaste outside the picture Did it?
Otilia turned on the faucet and started brushing her teeth. Gabita filled the tarpaulin and put it on the bed. She started to organize the things in the suitcase.
Gabita: Yes, I also took your hygiene Cotton. Can you buy more? (Otilia walks back to the stove) Do you still have soap?
Otilia: Look in the drawer.
Otilia picks up a small coffee pot from the stove and puts it in On the table. At this moment, Gabita is pulling open the drawer of a small cabinet on the left. She takes out a soap box from it and opens the box.
Gabita: No more. (She turns to Otilia, Otilia is picking up a cup from the window sill)
Otilia: I was going to...
Gabita (turns to bed): Buy Amo or Lux, never Palmolive, I Dandruff. (Gabita goes back to crouch on the stove. She turns to Otilia) Can you get my hair dryer back from Petronella?
Otilia takes the coffee pot The contents are poured into the cup. She takes a towel and wipes her hands. Then she turns around.
Otilia: I heard you're going camping! Do you have any money? (She picks up her purse and puts it in her pocket in)
Gabita: The purse is in the back pocket of my jeans.
She picks up a pair of jeans and searches the pocket.
Otilia: You put it in your purse!
She takes it out of the pocket money to come.
Gabita: Unlike you, you lose your wallet in your pocket! (Gabita pulls up her pant legs and smears the wax she just heated on them. Otilia walks towards the door, drawing from the right) Close the door... (door slams)
Corridor/bathroom and sink, int, Day
4. A close-up shot of a flat-shoulder lens followed by a group of shots. In the corridor of the university dormitory, Otilia walked forward with her back to the camera.
Otilia (to a woman at the end of the hallway) Is Petronella there?
Woman: She is taking a shower.
Otilia walked to an open door on the right, followed by a closed door on the left, which was the bathroom door. She opened the door and a girl was taking a shower inside.
Otilia: Is there hot water?
Girl (turns around): Yes.
Otilia (goes in and shouts): Petronella? (She looks for another bathroom)
Woman's voice (off right): Otilia?
Otilia: Yes! (She turns and walks in the direction of the voice) What's the matter?
The camera pans back and then to the right a washroom where many women are brushing their teeth or wiping their faces. At the left end of the frame, a woman in a school uniform is reflected in the mirror in front of her. She is applying makeup to her eyes.
Woman: The school superintendent is looking for you.
Otilia (right of foreground): What's the matter?
Woman: You didn't go on Thursday.
Otilia: I asked you to ask for leave for me!
Woman: I asked for leave, and she said that it has been fourteen days since your period! Next time you have to show a doctor's certificate.
Otilia: Okay, I'm going to open a certificate. (Otilia walks away and returns to Petronella. Three quarters facing the camera) Does she smoke?
Woman (Voice): Viken.
Otilia walked towards her dormitory. The flat-shoulder lens moves and follows. Otilia stood in front of a door on the left and knocked on the door with the coin purse in her hand.
MAN'S VOICE: The door is unlocked.
Otilia waited with her arms crossed. The door opens and Ahmed (Hazem Elayan), a young man with an oriental appearance, appears behind the door.
Otilia: Hello. Are you up yet?
Ahmed: I have an exam on Thursday. (Otilia stands by the door, picks up a cassette on a bookshelf outside the picture on the right by the door, and looks at the title) It's "Thorn Birds." Are you going to watch this movie?
Otilia: "East of Eden", this is yours too?
She put the tape back in its place. He nodded.
Ahmed: What about Gabita?
Otilia: She's shedding her legs. I want a pack of Assos and a pack of Kent. (She looks at a small bookshelf)
Ahmed: Kent, sorry, I don't have one.
Otilia: Too bad, where would it be? I need.
Ahmed (sorry): You can't find it. (He goes to the bookshelf and points to a box with the wad of paper in his hand) I have a Marlboro.
Otilia: No more. Give me Assos and Lux soap.
He put down the wad of paper to get the things she wanted.
Ahmed (suggesting something else): Mint Salon? (He gives her what she wants)
Otilia: No, thank you.
Ahmed: Wrigley's okay?
Otilia: No, give me a box of Tick Orange Mints.
He handed her something, Otilia gave him money, and he returned it.
Ahmed (smiles): The mints are given.
Otilia: Thank you.
She took the money, smiled hastily, and prepared to leave. Ahmed walked out the door.
Ahmed: Let's watch the movie tonight. (She turns to face him) And Ramona and Vergil.
Otilia: No...Thank you. (There are kittens meowing. Otilia turns around, Ahmed behind her returns to the room and closes the door. Otilia crouches down to the two kittens on her right and picks them up a) Oh! Kitty! (a girl goes out of the room and picks up the second kitten) They are so cute, are they yours?
Girl: I found them in the boiler room. (Two girls stroke the kitten. Otilia lifts her one up) Do you want one?
Otilia: I can't, Gabita is allergic. (Otilia returns the cat to her) What do they eat?
Girl: I ate cabbage yesterday.
Otilia: I'll go get you some milk powder.
Girl: Thank you.
Otilia turned and walked towards her dormitory, when a man appeared at the end of the corridor and stopped her.
Man: Hello, girls.
Otilia: What's the matter?
Man: Can you tell Gabita that her father called? (The girl goes back to the room) He said he would drive over, about 10 o'clock.
Otilia (turning to go): Okay, I'll tell her.
Man: Thank you. (Otilia from left foreground)
Gabita and Otilia's dormitory, interior, day
5. Opposite axis to shot 3. The middle shot is slightly lower, the room of the two girls, the door is in the background. Gabita is sitting on her bed on the right, applying nail polish to her feet. Otilia walked in and closed the door.
Otilia: Your father is calling, he wants to come. (she puts the mint on the bed)
Gabita: That's awful!
Otilia came over and put the rest of the purchases on a chair in front of Gabita.
Otilia: Did you tell your parents? (both girls look at each other)
Gabita: What to say to them?
Otilia: He arrives around 10 o'clock.
Otilia walked towards the bookshelf by the door in the background. Gabita stood up and took the tarpaulin and put it beside him.
Gabita: I don't know what to do with the exam on Monday. (She picks up the note on the desk)
Otilia: Don't worry if you take the test again next semester.
Otilia rummaged in the closet. Gabita looked up at her.
Gabita: Do I bring homework?
Otilia: No need.
Gabita: Is it really unnecessary?
Gabita put the notes on the bed. Otilia was still rummaging through the closet, while Gabita removed the cups and clutter from the table.
Otilia: Do you still have milk powder?
Gabita: Yes, in a jar of Nescafé.
Otilia found the milk powder, she went out and closed the door. Gabita put the oilcloth on the table.
Corridor, Interior, Day
6. Semi-panoramic shot. Otilia walked forward with her back to the camera. Flat shoulder fixed lens. Music came from another room in the distance.
ANOTHER Dormitory, INT, DAY
7. BUSTS. This is a room similar to Gabita and Otilia's dorm. Four young girls, Dora, Mihaela, Carmen, and Daniela, gathered around a table, including the owner of the two kittens just now. The first girl sits on the left researching a bottle of cream, another girl flips through other products, and another is making an offer.
Girl in a striped lapel sweatshirt: how much?
She wiggled her left hand as if to dry the nail polish on her hand.
Curly Girl: Eighty.
The door in the background opened, and Otilia walked in.
Otilia: Give you milk powder.
Girl in red (smell a bottle of deodorant): It smells so good!
She smelled the deodorant, and the other girls turned to watch Otilia come in and pick up a kitten. Girl in striped sweatshirt hands money to curly girl. The girl in red sprayed deodorant under her armpit and walked towards Otilia.
Otilia (asking the gender of the cat to the girl in red): Is it a little female cat?
The girl in red nodded. Otilia took the cat in her arms.
Girls in Striped Sweatshirts: How Much is Shunai?
She picks up a product and flips through the money in her wallet.
Curly Girl: Fifty.
Otilia: By the way, do you have Kent?
Curly Girl: No, just ask the Arabs.
Otilia went to the table and looked at the things...
Girl in striped sweatshirt: How much is this?
Curly Girl: Twenty-five.
Girl in Striped Sweatshirt: "Progestin"...Hungarian?
Girl on the left: German brand made in Hungary. (she's putting on makeup)
Otilia: You're so good at it!
Otilia glanced quickly at the girl on the left and opened a small mirror to take a look.
Girl on the left: My cousin uses this, I'm useless, I'm fat enough!
Curly Girl: Four boxes of ninety lei.
Girl in striped sweatshirt: My income can't afford it! ...
Otilia (puts down the mirror): You sell this?
Curly Girls: This one is a hot sell among couples!
Girl in striped sweatshirt: I'm going away for a while, I'm heating hot water, I'm going to dye my hair reddish brown.
The girl in the striped sweatshirt left the table and walked towards the door.
Girl in red: Not really!
Girl in a striped sweatshirt: Of course not! Just anti hair loss care.
Otilia: Could you ask Petronella to bring the hair dryer? (She turns to face the girl) Girl
in striped sweatshirt: I'll get it back. Petronella has exams. Good luck girls!
Girls: Thank you.
hallway, interior, day
8. Otilia's knee-high shot. She walked out of the room and closed the door, then walked towards her dormitory to the right of the foreground. She entered the room.
Otilia's Dormitory, INT,
DAY 9. A close-up shot of the back of Otilia as she opens her closet to find an item of clothing.
Gabita (outside left): What time are you going to meet Adi?
Otilia: 11 o'clock.
She found a green jumper and walked to the bed. The camera follows to the left.
Gabita is squatting on the ground in the left half of the picture, sorting out the boxes under the bed. Otilia on the right took off her T-shirt and put on a green jumper.
Gabita (standing up): I feel a little burnt. (She touches her lower collar with her hand)
Otilia: Take some aspirin.
Gabita: It's a toothache. I want some painkillers.
Otilia: See if there's any more in the travel medicine bag.
Gabita put the oilcloth on the table in the drawer. Otilia sat by the bed and continued to pack her luggage. She put the shoes in the box.
Gabita (seen empty in the travel medicine bag): There's nothing left. I'm going to the dentist.
Otilia: You gotta hold on till Friday!
Gabita: Can you do me a favor? ...
Otilia: Of course.
Gabita: Can you take care of the money? I can't even buy a ticket.
Otilia: Don't worry, leave it to me.
Otilia put on her boots. Gabita put down the medicine bag and went to look for money on the bookshelf. Otilia put on her watch.
Gabita: This is money, count.
Gabita approached Otilia who was still sorting out and handed her the money.
Otilia: Two thousand seven hundred, right?
Otilia took the money and put it in the back pocket.
Gabita: Yes. (Gabita folds a dress and Otilia takes out the money and puts it in her bag) My stomach is empty.
Otilia: Eat something.
Gabita: I can't eat it. (Gabita sits on the edge of the bed)
Otilia: Calm down, it will all be over soon. Don't frown, have fun!
Otilia touched Gabita's cheek and drew from the right. The door was closed, then opened again.
Gabita: Don't turn around and come back, it's not a good sign!
Otilia (outside right): I forgot my address! Don't be so superstitious, you're not a hillbilly!
Gabita: I want to bring my class notes with me.
Otilia: Then take it with you. (Sound of door closing)
University dormitory, interior/exterior, Sun
10. Medium shot. Otilia hurried down the stairs. She went to the exit. The camera pans to the right to follow the shot. She walked out of the dormitory building and walked forward quickly. The flat-shouldered camera followed, and Otilia turned her back to the camera. Outside, the snow had stopped, but there was snow on the ground. Otilia put on her coat. The camera stopped at the door of the dormitory area. Otilia hurried away with her back to the camera. In the foreground, a bus went from the left behind a few thin trees, and Otilia ran towards the bus.
BUS, INT, J.
11. Two-thirds bust. Otilia stood on the bus and looked out. Several other passengers were standing or sitting.
Ticket inspector: Ticket inspector. (Otilia looks behind her, and the two ticket inspectors begin to inspect the tickets) Please show the ticket.
The first ticket inspector came towards Otilia. A girl in front of Otilia walked towards the front of the bus, drawing from the right. The ticket inspector walked behind Otilia from the left to check another person's ticket. Otilia leaned over to a woman sitting by the window in the right half of the frame.
Otilia (carefully) Do you have any extra tickets?
Woman: No.
She turned to look out the window. Otilia looked around, and the ticket inspector approached. She moved forward slowly.
Ticket inspector (to a passenger behind Otilia): Ticket inspector. (Otilia walks towards a young couple by the window on the right in the foreground. A young woman is standing and a man is sitting in front of him. Otilia looks at him, and the man cautiously hands her a ticket. She Went to the ticket machine on the left in the foreground and quietly printed the ticket. The first ticket inspector walked behind her) to check the ticket.
Otilia turned and handed her the ticket. The ticket inspector looked at the ticket, then looked at Otilia with a gloomy face, and returned the ticket to her. Otilia faced the ticket inspector nonchalantly, and both ticket inspectors came to her side.
UNIVERSITY,
INT, DAY 12. Camera shot from a window, medium shot slightly down, Otilia is walking up a staircase in the university building. The flat-shoulder shot follows to the right. She quickly stepped into a dimly lit hallway and slowed down in front of a classroom where exams were being held. A student entered the classroom. She glanced at the paper taped to the windowpane and turned to face a wall with her back to the left. Girl quietly reviewing homework.
Otilia: Excuse me, is Adi back? (The young girl makes a vague gesture to her off-screen to the left, and Otilia faces the camera and walks away, the camera pulls back from the chest to a flat-shouldered shot, ingesting Otilia's scarf. She walks to On a stool on the left, Adi - Alexandru. Porto Qian - sits there reviewing his homework. One window behind him is another staircase) Are you cramming? (She comes to stand in front of him)
Addie: No, I'll just flip through these summaries.
Otilia: Has anyone passed?
Adi: They watched too late to get the point.
He put down the book and put his arms around Otilia's waist. They kissed each other, and Otilia stopped and sat down against him.
Otilia: Come on, your friends will see us.
The camera slowly approaches them, and the two hug each other. Three-quarter close-up.
Addie: So what happened?
Otilia: I don't like...
they separate. Otilia sat next to Adi on the stool, to the right of the painting.
Adi: Diana asked me if I could change the journey with us. She goes to Izvest, we go to Constantine.
Otilia: At the same time?
She lowered her head and took out a pack of cigarettes from her bag. She pulled out a cigarette and put the pack in her pocket.
Adi: No, she goes to Izvo from the 7th to the 14th, and we happen to go to Constinisti on the 22nd.
Otilia: My last exam was on the 6th. I have to go home for a week and then come back. It's a bit of a hassle.
Addie: Give me a sip.
She handed him the cigarette she just took out.
Otilia: Did you remember to bring money?
Adi: Take it, wait a minute.
He took out an envelope from his inner pocket.
Otilia: Why in an envelope?
Adi: This way it won't be mixed up with the money to buy flowers. (She opens the envelope and takes out the money) Three hundred, right?
She returned the empty envelope to him and put the money in her pocket.
Otilia: I'll give you the scholarship immediately... Are you hungry? Do you want me to bring you something?
Addie: Mom made me sandwiches.
Otilia: She made this for you in the morning?
Adi: No, it's to make her cake, and it stops after 8 o'clock! (Otilia glances at the hallway, then turns around) Can you do me a favor? Can you buy some flowers tonight? I'm going to be busy late.
Otilia: I don't think I...I can't go. (She seems reluctant to say this to him)
Addie: What?
Otilia: I can't go tonight.
Adi (starting a little excited): What, you're not coming to my mom's birthday party?
Otilia: Why are you so excited?
Addie: Why? She made you a cream-filled baked egg white and you're not coming?
Otilia was very uncomfortable, she looked around, then lowered her head.
Otilia: She made me a creme-filled baked meringue?
Addie: Yes. I told her you liked this.
Otilia: It's not that I don't want to go, it's that I can't.
Addie: You can't? What do you have to do? tell me.
Otilia was very embarrassed, she stood up from the stool and looked away, avoiding Adi's eyes.
Otilia: I'll tell you, but not now.
Adi: Can't you tell now?
Otilia (turns her head to look at him, as if displeased with him): You don't believe me, do you?
Adi: Of course I believe you, no doubt about that. Are we going to have our own secrets now?
They continued to argue, each taking one end of the bench and looking away. Otilia is very uneasy because Adi doesn't play fast because of his self-esteem.
Otilia: I have no secrets! I said to tell you later. no big deal.
Adi: If you don't think it's a big deal, then what should I do? If it were me, you would definitely feel very serious.
Otilia: I don't want to argue with you.
Adi: Who provoked it? You told me you couldn't come.
Otilia: Okay, here I come! I don't know if it will work or not, but I will find a way. (she finally compromises)
Adi (muttering): Now you've been kind to me! ...
Otilia: Okay...
woman (a woman emerges from a classroom on the right in the background, speaking to two people outside the picture in the hallway): Professor, please be quiet.
There was a brief silence between Adi and Otilia, and then Otilia changed the subject.
Otilia: What flowers should I buy?
Adi: All right.
Otilia: Don't do that! (She kicks him lightly with her foot) Carnations?
Adi: The best is the iris orchid. (He turns his head to look at her)
Otilia: Iris?
Adi: Yes, is there a problem?
Otilia: How many sticks do you want?
Adi: Forty-eight.
Otilia: Don't ask for an even number.
Adi: How much is appropriate?
Otilia: I don't know, forty-nine. (She shrugs) Don't ask for Cao Lan.
Adi: That's her favorite...forty-eight, otherwise she thinks I don't know her age.
Otilia: Do you think she can count?
Adi: You don't know her!
Otilia: That's forty-seven. I don't know, just do as you say. Not a formal dinner, right?
Otilia glanced at the corridor from time to time, as if on guard for someone.
Adi: Not officially, just some of my dad's friends. After a glass of champagne we went to my room.
Otilia: I do my best...
Adi: Do my best! ...please be there at five o'clock!
Otilia: I will go.
Addie: Don't be late!
Otilia: You make me nervous! I'm never late! (Otilia stands up, a little nervous. Camera follows) Unless I'm in a hurry, that's what everyone does. Otherwise you won't be late at all.
She bent down to pick up her bag, slung the strap around her neck and slung it over her shoulder, then put on a scarf. An invigilator came to the right behind her and spoke to Adi.
Invigilator: Adi, did you bring your student ID? (Adi nods) No entry is allowed without a student ID.
Otilia (to Adi): Okay, I'm leaving.
Addie: What time is it? (Otilia looks at her watch)
Otilia: Twenty minutes have passed. do you want a watch? (She takes the watch off her wrist and hands it to him)
Addie: No, you wear it. (she puts it on again)
Otilia: See you later. (She is about to leave and is brought back by Adila)
Addie: Won't you kiss me?
Otilia (teasing him): No, you're making me nervous. (Otilia is standing in front of him while Adi has been sitting on the bench. They kiss each other) Stop provoking me. (She strokes Adi's face, then leaves. (The camera follows)
Adi: Don't irritate me.
Otilia: Goodbye.
Adi: Goodbye. The
camera moves to the left, and Otilia opens the left one A door came to the mezzanine between the first and second floors and went downstairs. She turned back and knocked on the window pane behind Adi. Adi turned.
Otilia: Do you know where I can get Kent?
Adi: I can buy it.
Otilia: It's for Gabita.
Adi: Maybe the Uniria Hotel. (She doesn't understand) They have an underground black market.
She blew him a kiss with her hand gesture, Then he left, and Adi began to bury his head in reading again.
Hotel Uniria, Interior, Day
13. Half-length camera followed to the right of a hotel waiter with a plate in his hand, walking towards the guest sitting on the right of the painting, while at the same time Otilia walks towards the reception desk in the opposite direction. The camera turns to the left to follow. She comes to the reception desk and puts her ID card on the counter. A woman (Liliana Mocanu) sits in the frame Behind the front desk on the left. Three-quarter-length shot. Otilia
: Hello!
Receptionist: Hello ? ): Booked? When? Ortilia: Today. Tonight. Receptionist: No, when? Ortilia: Ah, last Tuesday. The receptionist checked the records. Ortilia looked around the hotel lobby. The receptionist shook his head. Receptionist: No record.
Otilia: A friend of mine ordered it on Tuesday, I'm sure.
Receptionist: Do you know who she was talking to?
Otilia: Don't know, but they took her name and address down.
The receptionist continued to check. She opened a record, but found no corresponding information.
Receptionist: What's your name?
Otilia: Dragutz.
The receptionist moved closer to see the list more clearly, and whispered a series of names, but there was never the one Otilia said.
Receptionist: I can't find any Draguts here at all. (To the hotel clerk coming from the left in the background) Wait a minute...please let Nerou come over. (to Otilia without looking at it) My colleague might recognize you.
Otilia: But, it wasn't the room I booked. My friend booked with a gentleman on the phone.
Receptionist: Is she calling?
Otilia: Yes.
Receptionist: Since I didn't come...
Otilia: I think she should have ordered by phone.
Receptionist: Anyone can call! Has the reservation been confirmed? yesterday?
Otilia: Confirmed? why?
Receptionist: Don't speak to me in that tone. Reservations must be confirmed 24 hours in advance.
Otilia: But no one told her.
Receptionist: That's weird. (The phone rings, she picks it up. Puts the receiver to her ear) Nellu... (says something else) No, I'm still not feeling well... (Mentioning about Otilia) Someone here told you yesterday Book a room.
Otilia: Not yesterday. It was a call on Tuesday.
Receptionist: Or Tuesday! (to Otilia) What name?
Otilia: Dragutz.
Receptionist: Dragutz. (shrugs) Yes, it's the name... ok, thanks. Did you call me when the pay was paid? OK. (She smiles, then coughs a few times. She coughs and hangs up. She gestures to Otilia, etc.) If she makes a reservation, there will be a record here.
Otilia: So what now? (Receptionist blows nose)
Receptionist: What "what to do"?
Two men came to the background and stood at one end of the counter.
Customer: Excuse me, is anyone in charge of the store?
Otilia and the receptionist turned to look at them.
Receptionist: I'll come.
The receptionist sniffed and stood up to receive the two men.
Otilia: We need this room. Could you make some arrangements...
The receptionist stopped to answer Otilia.
Receptionist: How to arrange, miss? A tour group came to Bucharest and the hotels were full. do you understand?
Otilia: No triple room?
Receptionist: Do you know Romanian? (raises his voice emotionally) Say no more!
The receptionist turned and walked away. Otilia took back the ID card she had just put in front of her, then walked towards the exit, and the camera was fine-tuned to the right. A man stands with his back against a pillar at the entrance to the hall. Otilia stopped beside him.
Otilia: Do you have Kent?
Man: A pack of eighty lei.
Otilia slipped him the money secretly. The man took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Otilia. She took the cigarette.
STREET,
EXTERIOR, DAY 14. Two-thirds medium shot, a lightly pedestrianized street with a sidewalk on the left. A dog runs around. Otilia appears in the background, hurried, the camera follows, then pans to the left as she walks into a new hotel and the door closes behind her.
Hotel Targu Mures, interior view, sun
15. The medium shot follows to the right, and Otilia walks to the front desk. The receptionist (Ceracella Josefiscu) answers the phone on the right side of the screen. Otilia put a pack of cigarettes and ID cards on the counter and cleared her throat to pay attention.
Receptionist (on the phone): There is a tour group coming tomorrow. Get ready. I have to hang up and call you later. Okay, bye! (The receptionist hangs up, completely ignoring Otilia's presence. It takes a long time before she looks up) What's the matter?
Otilia: Hello. Can you do me a favor, I need a room from tonight.
The receptionist looked up at her, looking surprised.
Receptionist: From tonight?
Otilia: Yes, please.
Receptionist (re-confirmation): We are all full.
Otilia: A three-person room is fine too...
Receptionist (looking up to a man in the left back shot): Please ask Marcu to come. (The receptionist lowers his head and continues to do his own thing) How many days?
Otilia: At least two days, maybe longer.
Receptionist: Not tonight. There's still one room...but it won't be available until tomorrow.
Otilia: I really need it tonight.
Receptionist: How many people?
Otilia: Two.
Receptionist (looking up at Otilia): There is a double bed.
Otilia: Yes.
A man (Marcu) comes quickly from the left, leaning on the counter talking to the receptionist.
Marcu: What's the matter?
Receptionist: Go to the bar and get two cups of coffee... (pointing to the left outside the picture) Bring it to the table for me.
Marcu: Necozzo or Nestle?
Receptionist: Just say it's what I want. Go, she knows.
The man left and the receptionist went about his business. Otilia looked around, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Otilia: Then can you help me?
Receptionist: I don't know. Not yet confirmed, but...
She raised her head and glanced at the wall clock outside the picture on the right.
Otilia: Please...
Receptionist: I told you, it's a double bed...
Otilia: No problem.
Receptionist: Where's your ID card? (She reaches out and picks up Otilia's passport on the counter and flips it) "Temporary stay"... (she looks at Otilia) Are you a college student?
Otilia: Yes.
Receptionist: You have a dormitory, why are you staying in a hotel?
Otilia: We have exams, and there are six people in a dormitory, so it's hard to concentrate on studying.
Receptionist: Two people?
Otilia: Yes.
Receptionist: There is also a quadruple room, but you have to live with other guests. (She glances at Otilia)
Otilia: No, that's fine.
Receptionist: It saves money that way.
Otilia: No, I want the previous one.
Receptionist: As you wish. (Reading her name on the document) Michaltescu.
Otilia: Michaltescu. There is a T.
Receptionist: You have to change your ID, if the police find you...
Otilia: Yeah, I forgot to take it out of my pocket when I was doing the laundry.
She forced a smile as she said that, but the receptionist didn't seem to have any sense of humor.
Receptionist: What about the other person?
Otilia: Dragutz. (The receptionist looks at her) That's her name!
Receptionist: Also a lady?
Otilia: Yes. The teachers at the school reacted the same way to you. Draguts Gabriela.
Marcu flashed from the depths of the screen, and there were footsteps. Otilia looked in his direction, then turned to the receptionist.
Receptionist: One hundred and eighty-six lei.
Otilia: How much?
Receptionist: One hundred and eighty-six.
Otilia: Excuse me, how much is a night?
Receptionist: Posted there: Double room, sixty-two lei.
With Otilia's ID card in her hand, she pointed to the house price table outside the painting.
Otilia: Can I pay for your first night first? (Otilia looks at her a little worriedly)
Receptionist (looks at Otilia emotionally): I've already changed your reservation for you. If you want it, if you don't want it...
Otilia: All right, all right...
Receptionist: The room must be vacated by 12 o'clock. If you leave, leave the key at the front desk.
Otilia: Okay... (she pushes the cigarette left on the counter to the receptionist) Thank you.
The receptionist draws from the right. Otilia turned and walked towards a phone hanging on the wall on the left in the background. She took off the microphone.
University dormitory foyer, interior, day
16. A phone on a table in the foreground is ringing loudly. A janitor emerges from the left in the background, takes a few steps, and picks up the phone.
Janitor: Building 14... (pause) Hello. (Pause) I don't know if she's there. (Pause) I'll go up and have a look. Are you in a hurry?
He put the handset on the table next to the phone and walked in the direction he came from.
Hotel Targu Mures, Interior, Day
17. Close-up of the right side of Otilia standing by the phone.
Otilia: Gabita, it's done, I got the room. But not in Uniria, it was Targu Mures. (Pause) She told me that there is no reservation record! (Pause) Listen, there's no other way, he'll understand. But the room here cost one hundred and eighty-six lei. It's a big bed, there is no other room. (Pause) Who kept you from booking? You are so annoying! (Pause) Listen, go to the girls and borrow another two hundred lei. (Pause) Find your own way, you're not a child anymore. (Pause) You can do it. (Pause) Shall I leave the keys at the front desk? (Pause) How can I recognize this guy? (Pause) What about him? Can he recognize me? (Pause) Gabita, are you crazy? You knew it was me, why did you tell him what you looked like? You are such a talent! Well, I'll figure out what to do...don't forget to bring your ID. (Pause) See you later, bye! (She hangs up.)
CROSSOVER, EXTERNAL,
DAY 18. Medium shot of an empty intersection. In the background, a taxi approaches from the street on the right and stops. Otilia got out of the car, crossed the street, looked around, then walked to the left, she passed a tanker truck, came to an ambulance station behind an iron fence, there were two parking lots in the background field and a modern building.
19. Opposite axis. Shot from the parking lot, medium shot. Otilia walked from the right to a man sitting in front of the ambulance station.
Otilia: Excuse me, is the 24th here?
man: what are you looking for?
Otilia: I have an appointment...and the address given to me is 24 Dechebar Street. (The man gets up and walks towards her. He takes his glasses from his pocket. Otilia hands him a note with the address on it. He looks at it) Did you see anyone waiting?
Man: No.
Otilia: Don't have a Mr. Beebe working here?
Man: Bibby what?
Otilia: All I know is "Mr. Beebe".
In the background, on the right, a small red car pulled up and parked on the street. Otilia glanced around to see if there was any man she was looking for.
Man: I don't know. Just ask the guy by the garage. I don't know Mr. Beebe... (Otilia turns away)
20. Half-length shot, Otilia leaving the post. Motion articulation shots. She looked at the road, then turned her back to the camera and walked towards a red car parked on the side of the road. Medium shot. She waited for a car to pass, then walked across the street. The windows of the red car rolled down. In the rear right, a small line of people lined up in front of a store.
Otilia: Excuse me, is that Mr. Beebe? (Otilia bends over to talk to him)
Mr. Beebe: Miss Gabe?
Otilia: Gabi can't come, she's not feeling well. I am Otilia.
Mr. Beebe: We agreed on the phone that she would come by herself.
Otilia: Because of this, I'm a little worried that we don't know each other. I asked the people at the ambulance station.
Mr. Beebe: Ask what?
Otilia: Ask them if they see anyone waiting. I'm five minutes late, and I'm afraid you'll be angry. Do I get in your car now?
Mr. Beebe: Where is she?
Otilia: She's waiting for us at the hotel.
Before he could say anything, Otilia went around to the other side of the car. Mr. Beebe was in the car helping her open the door. She got into the car and closed the door.
Mr. Beebe: Push harder, the door doesn't close properly.
She closed the door again. The car starts and draws from the left.
CAR, INT,
DAY 21. Frontal close-up of Otilia, who sits on the left of the painting and Mr. Beebe (Vlad Ivanov) on the right, both in the car. Mr. Beebe was driving.
Otilia: Do you work here?
Otilia turned to look at him. He continued driving, looking straight ahead, calm.
Mr. Beebe: Why are you asking this?
Otilia: I'll ask casually. (Otilia finds a pack of cigarettes in her bag. Mr. Beebe stops and turns to her) Can I smoke?
Mr. Beebe: About us, (he turns to look at Otilia. Otilia also turns to look at him. Mr. Beebe's tone is calm but firm) I have nothing to hide. (Otilia lowers her head again) I came in my car. You can write down the license plate number. Maybe it's too late, but I also have to tell you: (she looks up again) It's all based on mutual trust. I have to see the person before, that's called mutual trust.
Otilia didn't dare to face Bibby's eyes, she glanced at him a few times, then lowered her head.
Otilia: You can totally trust us. She is not feeling well and cannot come. We wanted Ramona to introduce us to you, but she's out. We can't get in touch with her.
Mr. Beebe: It doesn't matter, it's my principle. Anyway, it's late... Which hotel are you at?
Otilia: Targu Mures.
Mr. Beebe: When I was on the phone with Miss Gabe, I had only one request: a room in Uniria, or in Mordovia. In Uniria or in Mordovia...
Otilia: I know, but the rooms there are fully booked! I also struggled a lot in Targu Mures.
Mr. Beebe: Has your sister ever done this before?
Otilia: My sister? no.
Mr. Beebe: How old is she?
Otilia: 22 years old. 23 years old in March.
Mr. Beebe: She is very young.
Otilia: Yes.
Beebe: Do you live together?
Otilia: Yes.
Beebe: You're not local...
Otilia: No.
Beebe: Where are you from?
Otilia: Kemplonger.
Mr. Beebe: Kemplong? I have never been there.
Otilia: This is not a loss.
Mr. Beebe: Are you renting?
Otilia: No, dormitory.
Bibby: How's the dorm?
Otilia: Oh, as we imagined: noisy, unable to study at ease.
Mr. Beebe: What do you study?
Otilia: Comprehensive technology.
Mr. Beebe: At least you don't have to go to the countryside.
Otilia: That's right.
Mr. Beebe: I have something ahead of me.
He restarted the car. The two stopped talking or looking at each other in the moving car.
Suburban Street, Exterior, Day
22. Medium Shot. The camera follows to the left of a postman riding a bicycle in a clearing. Panoramic left, flat shoulder shot. Some young people are playing football. Mr. Beebe's car passed between them, came to a stop, and stopped in the foreground facing the camera on the left. In the background, a man is flapping a blanket hanging from a horizontal metal bar.
Mr. Beebe: Wait here. (He gets out of the car and leaves Otilia in the car. The camera pans to the car for a side shot above her chest. Mr. Beebe appears on the right side of the frame, towards a man sitting on a bench downstairs in the foreground The old woman goes, it's his mother. He stops in front of her and says a few words coldly. During this time, Otilia rolls down the window and listens to their conversation) What are you doing outside ? How many times have I told you? What are you doing out there?
Mr. Beebe's mother: Mrs. Yanku said the store had sugar.
Mr. Beebe: Sugar? for what?
Mr. Beebe's mother: Not for me, dear...
Mr. Beebe: I don't care about your candy! As long as you don't go out, I'm going to be driven crazy by you! This is the third time you've shut yourself out this month!
Mr. Beebe's mother: There's a draft, shut the door...
Mr. Beebe: Go to its door! (hands her a key) Take it! You're not going to lose this one, are you?
Mr. Beebe's mother: Don't worry, son, I won't lose it.
Mr. Beebe: Of course! Then why are you still on the street? Want to catch a cold?
Mr. Beebe's mother: Mrs. Yanku was in line at the store...
Mr. Beebe: Why didn't she let you stay at her house? Is she afraid that you will steal her things?
Mr. Beebe's mother: Of course not, poor woman, because...
Mr. Beebe: I'll tell Mrs. Jancourt! Now what are you waiting for? go back!
Mr. Beebe's mother: But she gave me a place...
Mr. Beebe: I don't want to hear it anymore! Go back now!
Mr. Beebe's mother: I'll be back.
Mr. Beebe: No, right now! I want to watch you go back!
He gestured for her to go back quickly. She stood up, took a few steps, then looked back at him.
Mr. Beebe's mother: Are you coming back for dinner?
Mr. Beebe: Go back and stop talking nonsense!
She turned back and walked home. Mr. Beebe turned back to his car.
Mr. Beebe's mother: Viorel... (he turns to his mother again) Someone is calling you.
Mr. Beebe: Someone called? (He takes a few steps toward his mother, still angry) How many times have I told you not to answer the phone when I'm not here?
Mr. Beebe walked over to his mother, and they both walked to the left. Suddenly, the football the young man was playing flew towards the car outside the picture, and Otilia was startled and turned her eyes back.
Hotel Targu Mures, Interior, Day
23. Half-length shot of the hotel receptionist. He had a cup of coffee in his hand and a small wad of banknotes. He comes out of his room and walks towards the reception desk in the foreground, the camera turns to the left. He hands the banknotes in his hand to the hotel receptionist (similar to the one seen earlier) to the left of the foreground. In the background, Otilia and Mr. Beebe cross the hall.
Male receptionist (right): Hello, which room are you going to?
Otilia (Otilia and Mr. Beebe stop and look at him): Room 206, booked.
Male receptionist: Didn't anyone tell you to leave the keys when you left?
Otilia: Someone is in the room.
Male receptionist (goes to the right back shot for confirmation): What is the room number?
Otilia (towards the counter and looks at Mr. Beebe): 206.
Male receptionist (returns with ID): Draguts Gabriela?
Otilia: She's in the room, and the second ID is mine.
He put the certificate on the table and drew again from the right.
Female receptionist (pictured left, counting the money): What about this gentleman?
Otilia: He's a visitor.
Female receptionist: There are guests to be notified in advance. Just come in like this!
Otilia: Isn't that only after 10 o'clock at night? Your colleague told me so.
Receptionist (sigh): You got it wrong. If anyone stays after 10pm, he pays extra for a bed and all guests are notified. (The phone rings, she picks up the receiver and speaks to Mr. Beebe) Your ID card...
Otilia (pointing to her own ID): Can I take it?
Otilia picked up the ID card placed on the table. Mr. Beebe came over, handed over his ID card, and glared at Otilia at the same time. The female receptionist brought the ID card.
Female receptionist: Pick it up when you come down.
Upstairs Lobby, Interior View, Day
24. Medium Shot, a guest is in the hotel corridor. Panorama moved to the left, followed him and diverted to the direction of the elevator on the left. Otilia and Mr. Beebe came over. Otilia motioned him to go to the room on the left. There is a circle of sofas in the middle hall, surrounding a coffee table.
Otilia: 206. (They walk towards a door. Otilia knocks on the door. Mr. Beebe, with his bag on his back, looks around and tries to open the door. No one answers) Gabita?
Gabita (voice-over): Is that you?
Otilia: It's me. I am with Mr. Beebe.
Gabita (V.O.): Wait... (door opens)
Room 206, Interior, Day
25. Close-up of the left side of the Tower of Gabit. She stepped back and let Mr. Beebe and Otilia in.
Gabita: Hello. (Introducing himself) Gabriela.
Mr. Beebe (outside left): Hello.
Gabita: Please come in. (She avoids, and Mr. Beebe walks in past the foreground. She follows a few steps, then turns suddenly to look at Otilia, who is closing the door. She whispers something. Otilia walks towards her. Two girls face to face) I forgot to bring the tarpaulin.
Otilia: Did you get the money?
Gabita: Where's the time? ! (Gabita walks towards Mr. Beebe. At this moment, Otilia takes off her scarf and bag, and takes off her coat. She hangs her clothes on the hanger. Gabita says off-screen) Do you want Nescafe coffee? ?
Mr. Beebe (V.O.): No, thank you.
Gabita (voice-over): Want a cake?
Mr. Beebe (V.O.): No.
Gabita (off-screen): Please feel free. (Otilia's dress falls on the floor. She picks it up and hangs it up again) Please take a seat.
26. Mid shot of Gabita, she is sitting on the bed on the right, Mr. Beebe is sitting on the chair opposite her on the left of the painting, Otilia crosses the frame to the other chair opposite Gabita, sits Down. Behind Otilia is a TV and a closed window.
Gabita: Nice to find you. We're also worried about...
Mr. Beebe (always calm during the conversation): Listen to me, we don't have a good head start, boy. (Otilia takes a cigarette case from her bag and puts it on the table beside her. Mr. Beebe asks Gabita, who looks restless, to focus on himself.) I told you two things on the phone : 1. Go to Hotel Uniria or Mordovar; 2. Come and see me in person. Do you think I'm talking casually?
Gabita: No, I understand, but... we can't get a room there.
Mr. Beebe: Your sister already told me so. (Otilia, uneasy, straightens up in her chair. Her bag is on her lap) If so, we'll wait. Now my ID card is withheld at the front desk... (Gabita looks at Otilia, embarrassed)
Gabita: I'm sorry.
Mr. Beebe: Your apologies are useless, my ID is still held at the front desk.
Gabita: I feel like I can't push back any further. I've been waiting a long time...
Mr. Beebe: How many months have you been?
Gabita: The third month.
Mr. Beebe: You said two months on the phone.
Gabita: Yes, when we were talking... it's been three months now.
Mr. Beebe: What blood type?
Gabita: Type O.
Mr. Beebe: No hypotension, right?
Gabita: I don't know... no.
Mr. Beebe: Any allergies?
Gabita: No, except for cat hair. That would give me spots on my neck.
Otilia (interrupting Gabita anxiously) Did you anesthetize her? I want to ask because I don't know how to do this. A friend of mine did... (she hesitated, then looked at Gabita) to abort the pregnancy and told me she was under general anesthesia.
Mr. Beebe: Have you ever had an abortion? (Otilia is speechless) Now let me explain. I don't do hysterectomy, understand? We didn't talk about it, it's unnecessary. If you agree, I'll put a probe in and cause a spontaneous miscarriage, understand? Of course, it will hurt and it will bleed. But you don't need anesthesia. It's not that painful yet. Again, there is no equipment here. Anesthesia is not available anywhere. Best of all, you can't move as long as the probe is out! It cannot be moved. I won't put it in again. Understand? (Gabita bows her head in fear) What are you hesitating about? You sounded firm on the phone.
Gabita: I'm firm, but... (her voice is weak)
Mr. Beebe: But what? ...Miss, this is not a game. We all risk going to jail. And I took a bigger risk. Let's not play around with this, okay? Once you start, stick to it until the end. If all goes well, as soon as the probe is inserted, you will bleed and the fetus will be expelled. After that, you have to be extra careful, you will need help. If you get this room dirty, we'll all be in trouble. You have to use tarpaulin.
Gabita: I left it in the dorm.
Mr. Beebe: You forgot it! ...then use a plastic bag, or something. Again, very important: don't let anyone in, not anyone! The door has to be locked all the time.
Otilia (interrupting): How long will this take? From putting the probe to... We only booked three days.
Mr. Beebe: It depends. Maybe two hours, maybe two or three days...depending on her physique.
Gabita: What if I want to go to the toilet?
Mr. Beebe: Your sister will help you. You can't move, not for any reason. If the probe falls out, things are screwed up! I won't do it again. That's why you need help. If you feel contractions and you're bleeding, it's fine. But you mustn't move until then... Also, watch out for infection! I sanitize when I put the probe, I have alcohol and some other stuff. But after that, there is still a risk of infection. You know that bleeding is easy to get infected. I leave you ampicillin just in case. Have you used it yourself?
Gabita: I have taken it.
Otilia: But it's dangerous...I mean, is it possible...she can't get it out?
Mr. Beebe: Anything can happen, but it's unavoidable. (He makes a helpless gesture)
Otilia: I'm sorry, but I think we should prepare for the worst. What should I do if something unfortunate happens and she faints or has a fever, or she loses a lot of blood? Do I call an ambulance? Or notify you?
Mr. Beebe: If you call an ambulance, we'll all be in jail with one foot. So can't do that. If you call, don't deny you're pregnant. They'll know right away. Just say...I don't know...something came out...no one will believe you, but they won't say anything. Of course it's better to avoid this...how is your period in general? much?
Gabita: Exactly...
Mr. Beebe: Lie down and I'll palpate you. (Mr. Beebe gets up, Gabita also rises, she goes to the head of the bed to the right outside the picture. Mr. Beebe takes off his coat and throws it on the chair) Pull the zipper down. (He makes a gesture to Gabita, then walks towards her. Otilia puts her bag on the table and stands.) You sit.
Otilia went back to the chair and sat and waited. On the right side is the bed and Gabita's feet.
27. Opposite axis. Half-length shot of Gabita, who is lying on the bed facing the camera on her right side, with Mr. Beebe sitting, leaning over her belly. She pulled the skirt down and pulled up the jumper, and Bibby tapped her belly.
Mr. Beebe: How many months have you had?
Gabita: Three months.
He stopped beating, put his hands on his knees, and looked at her seriously.
Mr. Beebe: Think about it. When was your last period?
Gabita: December. I should have my period on the 20th.
Mr. Beebe: But it didn't come.
He straightened up, then put his arms on his knees.
Gabita: Yes.
Mr. Beebe: Well, the last time is November.
Gabita: It seems so.
Mr. Beebe: Let's count: November, December, January, February, how many in total?
Gabita: But I didn't come until December.
Mr. Beebe: Are we counting from when you didn't have your period?
Gabita: Maybe a little over three months.
Mr. Beebe: There is no "maybe". You are over three months. I ask you to think carefully. How many months have you been? The three-month and four-month programs are different.
Gabita: I'm probably in my fourth month.
Mr. Beebe: Fourth month? Or the fifth month? Miss, you have to be careful.
Gabita: Five months, impossible. It's possible at four months...my periods are very irregular.
Mr. Beebe: You're tangled up with the month! Four months, five months... From the fourth month, it's a different story entirely. It's no longer a miscarriage, it's a murder. We're going to jail for five to six years! do you know? (She shakes her head) You don't care...
Gabita: My periods are irregular. Sometimes only once every two and a half months. So I didn't pay attention.
Mr. Beebe: Miss, I beg you! ...
Gabita: You don't believe me.
Mr. Beebe: I don't believe you. If your periods are so irregular, you should see a doctor! (He stands, flat-shouldered camera pan to the right. Otilia's knee above camera, she is still sitting in a chair. Mr. Beebe is standing with his back to the camera. He pushes away the cake plate on the table and takes it from under the table Take out the suitcase and put it on the table) You see, people are like that. They waited, waited, and came crying. Why should someone else be responsible for you? Am I the one who indulges? (He opens the suitcase, takes out a potion, picks up a cup on the table, and walks out of the drawing to the bathroom. Otilia puts the cake plate in her hand on the shelf to her right. She looks at the left side shot Gabita in the middle, then looks at Mr. Beebe's suitcase and looks away again. Mr. Beebe grabs his leather jacket and puts it on the suitcase, then sits on the chair on the left and says to Gabita) I don't know, miss. It's too dangerous. Do you think you can find someone to do this at four or five months?
Gabita (off-screen): Please...
Mr. Beebe: Please... You know everything in this world has a price.
Gabita (V.O.): We'll pay...
Mr. Beebe: Is it? how much money you have?
Otilia cleared her throat, put her arms on the table, and looked at Mr. Beebe. Mr. Beebe turned his eyes from Gabita to her.
Otilia: Let me explain to you... We had to book the room for three days or we wouldn't be able to book a day.
Mr. Beebe: So what happened?
Otilia: We had enough for three thousand lei. But after paying the rent, we now only have 2,850 lei left. May I?
Mr. Beebe (he looks at Gabita again) Miss, did I tell you the money? Did I tell you about money on the phone?
Before Gabita could answer, Otilia interrupted him again. Mr. Beebe turned to look at her again.
Otilia: That's right, you didn't say anything. So we asked Ramona. We consulted and knew that it would take up to three thousand.
Mr. Beebe: Ramona told you three thousand?
Otilia: She thinks it should be that number.
Mr. Beebe: Ramona should do it, since she knows the market so well. (He turns to Gabita again) What did we say on the phone, miss? I said I understand you and will help you. Yes or no? Did I mention money?
Gabita (voice-over): You said we understood each other.
Mr. Beebe: Exactly! (He explains to the two girls calmly, looking at this and that as he speaks) That's why I wanted to meet you in person, so that we could understand each other. I don't judge what you have done. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. I didn't ask your name, who your father is, it has nothing to do with me. I came in my own car and my ID was at the front desk. If the police came, they would arrest me first. I venture with my own freedom. I have a family and have children. I am good to you. I'm here to help you. You should be nice to me too. This is natural.
Otilia: Wait, I don't understand...
Mr. Beebe: I can wait. But what about you, I can't see it. Where do you not understand? I've made it very clear that I don't like repetition. What are you thinking? I risk ten years in prison for three thousand lei? do you think so? What do you take me for? a beggar? Did you see me begging? ...we are now...
28. Coaxial with lens 27.
Full body side shot of Gabita as she sits on the bed. She looks at Mr. Beebe off the picture to the right.
Mr. Beebe (V.O.): I'll go to the bathroom for you to consider. If you agree, you tell me who comes first. If I don't agree, I'll leave. It's you who need help, not me.
Outside the picture, the man stood up and walked into the bathroom, closing the door.
Gabita (leaning forward): I'm sorry. I don't believe this is true.
She raised her head and looked at Otilia on the right outside the picture.
Otilia (voice-over): Why do you say you're the second month?
Gabita (looking at Otilia): Ramona asked me to say this, so that he could accept it.
Otilia (voice-over): Because he took it on the phone? Why are you waiting so long?
Gabita (with tears in her eyes, very disturbed): Now, what to do? You have already paid the rent.
Otilia (voice-over): Room? ! You bastard, Gabita, you can be unbearable sometimes! I told you to be careful, but you always think you're right!
Gabita: What do I do now? You calm down. You are under no obligation. It's one thing to be here, that's another thing... (Looking to the bathroom. She stands up and walks towards Otilia, reaching out to her. Camera follows) Give me the money.
Otilia turned to take the bag. She opened the bag and handed it to Gabita. Gabita went back and sat on the bed. The camera still stays on Otilia's side. Back left, the bathroom door opens and Mr. Beebe comes out. He came over and sat down on the chair on the other side of the table again, facing Otilia. The camera pans slightly to the left.
Otilia: How much, four thousand, is that enough? (Mr. Beebe turns to look at Otilia) Five thousand? How many?
Mr. Beebe: Do you have that money? (Otilia lowers her head) So what are you talking about?
Otilia: We can borrow.
Mr. Beebe: Borrow? You have been complaining for the hotel room money, and now you are talking about this? How do you get money?
He looked at Gabita on the bed and at Otilia on the left.
Otilia: We'll borrow it.
Mr. Beebe (looking at her): Why?
Otilia (a bit cold): That's my business.
Mr. Beebe: Are you raising your voice?
Otilia: No, I'm explaining to you...
Mr. Beebe: How long will it take to raise the money?
Otilia (eyes down): Next Saturday at the latest.
Mr. Beebe: All the money next Saturday?
Otilia (turning to him): Yes.
Mr. Beebe: If you say so... (He curls his lips mockingly, pretending to be surprised. Otilia looks at Gabita, and so does Mr. Beebe. Pan to the left, Gabita sitting On the bed on the left, Mr. Beebe is facing her on the right) Call me when you have the money, and we'll make an appointment.
He reached for the coat that was lying behind him. Gabita stood up a little and motioned for him to wait.
Gabita: Wait, don't go. Please, can we do it today...the rent is all paid.
Mr. Beebe: What does "we" mean? did you do it?
Gabita (looking down, yielding): No, sorry. I meant to say "you".
Mr. Beebe: So, what do we do?
Gabita stood up, took a stack of bills from her skirt, and placed it on the table beside Mr. Beebe. She stood facing Mr. Beebe. The camera pans to the right.
Gabita: You take 2,800 lei first. We only have these today. We promise to pay another 2,000 by Tuesday. do you think it's okay? (Mr. Beebe bows his head as if thinking) Trust us...
Mr. Beebe (interrupting): How? Are we familiar? (He looks up at her) I don't know anything about you. (He points to the door) Tomorrow, you can disappear from the world! And I lost my money!
Gabita: We won't! Do you want my ID card?
Mr. Beebe: What am I going to do with it? Street search?
The camera pans to the right to shoot Otilia, with Gabita out of the picture.
Otilia: We go to school here, where can we go? (Mr. Beebe turns to look at her) I'll call home and have money on Monday...
Mr. Beebe: Are you kidding me? I'm not kidding you.
Otilia: I'm not kidding, it's just...
Mr. Beebe (interrupting): Just what? I don't want to repeat it, tell you.
Otilia (frightened, raises her volume): If we have the money, we'll give it to you! But we don't! I promise you Saturday...
Mr. Beebe (snarls at her and bangs his fist on the table): You stinky bitch! (He stands up excitedly, roaring, the camera zooms to a very close-up) Are you fooling me like a child? ! (Pushes into Mr. Beebe's face in front of the camera) I can do it without a hitch like you two, you know? The more cunning have to listen to me, but the two of you don't take me seriously? (He glances at Gabita, off the picture on the left) You think it's two wise men against a fool? go to hell.
He picked up his coat and suitcase on the table and walked towards the door. Follow the camera. Gabita rushed to stop him.
Gabita: Wait! Help me, please! (She stops him and is about to cry. She stands in the doorway with her back to the camera facing Mr. Beebe, and the camera follows with her shoulders flat) That's my problem. It has nothing to do with her. I beg you to help me... just do as you say.
Mr. Beebe: Do as I say?
Gabita (shaking forehead): Yes. Those who make mistakes are punished. I'm the one who does stupid things. She is innocent.
Mr. Beebe: This situation is not caused by me.
Gabita: I know. But she is not my sister. Sorry for lying to you. We are roommates living in a dorm.
Mr. Beebe looked back at Otilia, then back at Gabita.
Mr. Beebe: Did I ask you that, did I ask?
Gabita: I can do it. My friend has no obligation to me. I hope you...
Mr. Beebe: Don't wish me anything! I offer you the terms of my help. If you don't want to understand, then forget it. (Off-screen, Otilia responds to what Mr. Beebe said, but he doesn't understand. Gabita and Mr. Beebe turn to look at her) What did she say? I didn't hear it.
Gabita: She's menstruating.
Mr. Beebe turned to Gabita and gestured to go.
Mr. Beebe: That's a bargain!
Mr. Beebe went to the door. Follow the camera. Gabita came close behind, stopping him, leaning against the door to keep him from opening it.
Gabita: I beg you! Have mercy! (she tries to block the door)
Otilia (off screen): All right! Put the probe on her, then...
Mr. Beebe turned to Otilia, and he left the door and walked toward her from the foyer. Close-up of his profile.
Mr. Beebe: So what? Do you take me for a fool?
29. Medium shot, Otilia sits on the bed with her back to the camera and starts taking off her shoes. Mr. Beebe used to sit in the chair she had been sitting on. He threw his coat and suitcase on the chair he was sitting on before going over. He took off his shoes and socks. Outside the picture, Gabita suddenly gasped loudly. Mr. Beebe turned his head to look in the direction Gabita rushed out in the reverse shot.
Upstairs Lobby, Interior View, Day
30. Medium Shot. Gabita closed the door and walked quickly into the foreground. She was sitting on the arm of a sofa in the living room, her chest on the right side of the camera, and tears were streaming down her face. There was a sound of a door closing somewhere and she jumped up. She looked around and sat down slowly again. Footsteps came closer and closer in the corridor. Gabita turns to face the visitor (off-screen). She stood up again.
Gabita: Excuse me... do you have a cigarette? (She moves closer. The flat-shoulder camera follows to the left. A man is standing in front of the elevator with a cigarette in his mouth. He hands her a cigarette case, and a cigarette sticks out. She takes it and puts it to her mouth The man takes a lighter out of his pocket and lights it for her without a word) Thank you.
The flat-shoulder shot is quickly pushed forward and moved to the left. Gabita turned his back to him and went to his room. She stopped in front of the trash can and put the soot in it. The elevator stops outside the painting. She glanced at the man one last time and returned to the room.
BATHROOM, INTERIOR, DAY
31. Close-up. Gabita went into the bathroom and closed the door. She was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, smoking all the time. She turned on the faucet to let the water run. She waited. She closed her eyes, rested her arms on the sink, and buried her face in her hands.
32. Time omitted. A close-up view of the Gabita. The water in the sink is still running. She looked calmer than before, and her breathing was smoother.
33. Half body shot. At the left end of the frame, Gabita sits on the edge of the bathtub. The bathroom door suddenly opened. Otilia came in. She pulled up her green T-shirt, the rest of her body bare. She closed the door, walked into the bathroom, stepped over the bathtub, and drew from the
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