Black Swan Page #16

Blood begins flowing more rapidly.

She drops the mirror.

STAGE MANAGER (V.O.)

(On the PA)

White Swan in 5.

In a daze, she sits down at the vanity, and finishes applying

the rest of the White Swan’s makeup.

101.

116A

INT. STAGE - LATER 116A

Nina dances the final Pas de Deux as the White Swan. Losing

blood by the second, everything is woozy and blurry.

She can’t do all the steps, but her performance is pained,

making it poignant.

A spot of red begins to soak through at the center of her

costume.

The music turns ominous, and VON ROTHBART, the evil sorcerer,

comes onto stage.

Nina dances away from him, back upstage, towards the cliff.

It’s time for her final leap.

Her energy fading, she teeters up the stairs of the set. One

step at a time...

She gets to the top, takes one last look around, at all the

eyes watching her.

She notices a familiar face in the audience: HER MOTHER. She

watches with a profound sadness, tears streaking her cheeks.

In the front of Nina’s costume, a dark circle has started to

form. Her blood fully seeping through.

And Nina leaps...

116B

INTO BLACKNESS 116B

She falls through an endless void, her eyes closed.

She slowly twists around in the air, so that she’s falling

backwards.

She hears something. Soft and muffled.

The faint sound of applause.

116C

She lands slowly and comfortably on PADDING. 116C

The sound of applause is now loud, uproarious.

A group of BALLERINAS surround the mattress, clapping for

her, each one dressed as a WHITE SWAN.

Leroy pushes through the group to get to her.

LEROY:

Listen to them! They love you! Get

up, get up!

(MORE)

102.

LEROY (CONT'D)

I always knew you had it in you,

little princess. Go take your bow!

Nina is too weak to move.

Lily pushes her way into the group and GASPS, pointing at

Nina’s abdomen.

Leroy follows her gaze and discovers the spot of blood, which

has grown in size.

LEROY (CONT’D)

What did you do?

NINA:

I felt it.

LEROY:

Oh my god.

NINA:

...perfect.

LEROY:

Someone, get help.

NINA:

Shhh...

Leroy looks back at her. She smiles.

NINA (CONT’D)

It was perfect.

He understands.

The APPLAUSE grows more and more faint. Her eyes glaze over

and everything goes completely SILENT.

Nina lies there motionless, a smile frozen on her face.

CUT TO BLACK.

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