Calvary Page #16

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LAVELLE:

No, I suppose-

BRENNAN:

Yeah?

LAVELLE:

I suppose I felt detached from it.

The way you are when you read any

thing in a newspaper or see it on

televis-

BRENNAN raises the gun and fires -

LAVELLE is hit in the lower left side and staggers back,

collapsing onto the sand.

BRENNAN:

Detach yourself from that.

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EXT. SAND DUNES - MORNING 109

MICHE.L sees BRENNAN fire the shot and LAVELLE go down. He

takes a step back, stunned.

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OMITTED 110

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EXT. BEACH - MORNING 111

LAVELLE touches his wound, his hand coming away bloody.

BRENNAN:

We were the lucky ones, though.

There are bodies buried back there.

Buried like dogs.

LAVELLE puts his hand over the wound once more, feeling

the blood pulsing out. He looks around -

LAVELLE’s POV -- the beach. The SURFERS. BRENNAN. The sky.

BRENNAN approaches LAVELLE and aims the gun at his head.

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EXT. SAND DUNES - MORNING 112

MICHE.L drops his brush and runs down through the dunes -

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EXT. BEACH - MORNING 113

LAVELLE looks up at BRENNAN.

BRENNAN:

Don’t look at me.

LAVELLE holds his gaze.

BRENNAN:

Don’t look at me. Turn your face to

the side.

LAVELLE holds his gaze.

BRENNAN hesitates. Hears a sound and turns -MICHE.L

appears, running and tumbling down from the dunes

and out onto the beach -BRENNAN

turns his aim on MICHE.L --

LAVELLE:

No!

MICHE.L pauses, looking from BRENNAN to LAVELLE --

LAVELLE:

Run, Miche.l!

MICHE.L

I’ll get Stanton, Father!

HELICOPTER SHOT -- MICHE.L retreats and runs towards the

town. BRENNAN turns back to LAVELLE.

BRENNAN:

He reminds me of me.

(CONTINUED)

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He starts to sob. He moves off towards the surf, trying to

regain his composure.

LAVELLE watches him, his face turning pale as the life

ebbs from him.

LAVELLE:

It’s not too late, Jack.

BRENNAN:

(still sobbing)

Yes it is. Yes it is.

He turns back, wiping his tears with his gun-hand. He

takes a deep breath, then aims the gun at LAVELLE again.

BRENNAN:

Say your prayers.

LAVELLE:

I’ve already said them.

BRENNAN fires, point-blank.

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EXT. EASKEY - MORNING 115

RYAN on a bench, eating an ice cream. *

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INT. ASAMOAH’S HOUSE (BEDROOM) - MORNING 116

VERONICA astride ASAMOAH. He rubs the bruise on her face

with his thumb.

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INT. MANSION - MORNING 117

FITZGERALD sitting at a large oak table, dishevelled. A

whiskey in front of him. He glances at his watch.

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INT. STANTON’S HOUSE - MORNING 118

STANTON looking through a magnifying glass, examining a

bank note taken from a stack in front of him. He grins.

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EXT. PRISON YARD - MORNING 119

FREDDIE JOYCE being stomped on, the legs of OTHER

PRISONERS kicking at him. He tries to protect himself, but

does not cry out.

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INT. BOOKSTORE - MORNING 120

LEARY in the “Philosophy & Religion” section, flicking *

through Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion.

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EXT. PHOENIX PARK - MORNING 121

FIONA walking with a HANDSOME MAN. Her hands in gloves.

Laughing at something he has said.

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INT. HOTEL ROOM - MORNING 122

LEO sitting naked at the edge of a bed. Thinking. A

crucifix on a chain around his neck. A MAN’s form glimpsed

under the bedclothes.

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INT. IRISH ARMY RECRUITMENT OFFICE - MORNING 123

MILO signing up. He passes the form back across to the

RECRUITMENT OFFICER.

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INT. HOSPITAL OPERATING THEATRE - MORNING 124

DOCTOR HARTE puffing on a cigarette, then putting it out

on a diseased heart in a steel dish, the butt sticking up.

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INT. LYNCH’S BAR - MORNING 125

LYNCH putting a glass to the optic of a lone intact

whiskey bottle. His face bruised, his lip split.

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INT. AIRPLANE - MORNING 126

TERESA ROBERT in business-class, looking out a window.

Vodka-and-tonic in front of her. She blesses herself.

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EXT. BEACH - MORNING 127

HELICOPTER SHOT -- BRENNAN walks away from the body of

LAVELLE.

FADE TO BLACK.

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INT. PRISON - DAY 128

FADE IN on a line of cubicles -

TRACK ALONG the VISITORS speaking with PRISONERS on

telephones, separated by glass -Coming

to rest on FIONA. She is obviously devastated, but

is sitting calmly, waiting.

On the other side of the glass, a door opens -JACK

BRENNAN appears with the GUARD seen earlier. He looks

devastated also. He sees FIONA.

FIONA looks blankly at him. Picks up her telephone.

BRENNAN stands for a moment longer. Then hesitantly

approaches the cubicle and sits down.

(CONTINUED)

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FIONA waits. Tears in her eyes.

BRENNAN looks at her. Looks at the telephone. Looks back

at her. CUT TO BLACK.

The CLOSING TITLES play. Then the image of LAVELLE at the

dog’s-hole appears, his back to us, his soutane fluttering

in the wind.

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