Hotel Rwanda Page #17
LIEUTENANT:
I will remember that name. (turns to his
soldiers) Let's go.
The soldiers roar off down the driveway.
Zozo looks to Paul, a thank you Jesus look.
EXT. HOTEL ROOF. DAY
Paul emerges onto the roof, sees Tatiana, his children, and many of the
neighbors sitting huddled together. (They do not know the soldiers have
left.)
Tatiana is frozen to the spot.
PAUL:
They have gone.
Tatiana grabs him. Tears of joy. Paul's neighbors swarm him, touch him,
thank him like a messiah. This effects him. He seems genuinely moved as
he shakes hands and hugs them.
ZOZO:
Sir. The president of Sabena is on the
phone for you.
INT. HOTEL MANAGER'S OFFICE. DAY
Paul arrives behind the front desk.
Paul hits the button.
PAUL:
They are gone. Thank you, sir. What did
you do?
INT. SABENA PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. BRUSSELS. DAY
Gotfroid is at his desk.
SABENA PRESIDENT
I managed to get the President of France
on the phone.
PAUL (O.S.)
Thank you, sir, you saved our lives.
SABENA PRESIDENT
Paul, I pleaded with the president to go
in and get you all. He told me it will
not happen.
PAUL:
Why?
SABENA PRESIDENT
I can give you many political answers
Paul but the truth is that Africa is not
worth a single vote to all of them:
French, British, Americans.
Silence.
SABENA PRESIDENT (CONT'D)
You have to get out of there, Paul. I
will do whatever I can.
SMASH CUT TO:
INT. HOTEL MANAGER’S OFFICE. DAY
The elite of the Tutsi refugees, those with contacts or friends abroad,
are gathered in the office.
PAUL:
There will be no rescue, no intervention
force. We can only save ourselves. Call
any foreigner you know, tell them what
will happen to us. Say goodbye but when
you say goodbye, say it as though you're
reaching through and shaking their hand.
Let them know if they let go of that
hand, you will die. (silence) We must
shame them into sending help.
The others look stunned.
PAUL (CONT'D)
Get on the phones while we still can. At
least we can say they heard our cries.
Zozo come with me.
Paul leaves.
CUT TO:
INT. HOTEL LOBBY. DAY
Paul looks around the lobby. It resembles a refugee center more than a
five star hotel.
He turns to a computer, calls up the register, then hits DELETE and
erases the register.
He picks up the phone, calls.
PAUL:
Send two of the housekeeping carpenters
to the lobby.
Paul strides across the lobby, calls to Zozo.
PAUL (CONT'D)
Everyone gather together now. Zozo get
them all together.
They herd together quickly.
PAUL (CONT'D)
No one can remain in this lobby any
longer. I have rooms available. Who can
pay? The rental is six hundred francs per
day.
About fifty percent of the hands go up.
TUTSI WOMAN:
I cannot pay?
PAUL:
Go with Zozo to the ballroom. We will
find you bedding. This is a hotel. No one
will be allowed to stay in the lobby.
The carpenters arrive beside Paul.
PAUL (CONT'D)
Good. I want you to go around and take
all the numbers off the doors.
CARPENTER:
What shall we put in their place.
PAUL:
Nothing. I want no numbers on the doors.
INT. HOTEL CORRIDOR. DAY
Paul going door to door, knocking. The rooms are all packed with Tutsi
refugees. A door opens.
PAUL:
Good day. Here is your bill for the last
week. If you cannot pay, or think you
will not be able to pay, go to the
ballroom. Zozo will take care of you.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. HOTEL CORRIDOR. DAY.
Paul knocks on a door. The Tutsi politician Xavier opens the door, sees
that it is Paul.
XAVIER:
Come in Paul.
INT. HOTEL LUXURY SUITE. DAY
A beautiful two-bedroom suite. Xavier lives in comfort compared to the
other refugees.
PAUL:
I'm afraid you will have to move room.
XAVIER:
Move? Where to?
PAUL:
I'm going to put you on the third floor.
XAVIER:
The third floor are low class rooms.
PAUL:
Yes they are. However if the army return
they will expect important people such as
yourself to be in these grand rooms.
XAVIER:
(to his wife)
Pack the bags, we have to move.
PAUL:
Also, this is your bill for the last
week.
Paul leaves, Xavier looks shocked.
FADE TO:
MONTAGE:
Paul and influential refugees, Odette, Benedict (with a bandage over
his missing ear), Xavier and others call, plead, write and send faxes
all around the world. We see this NIGHT and DAY; DAY and NIGHT --
Then Odette on the phone.
ODETTE:
Yes, that's right. I helped set up the
treatment center in Nairobi. I'm in the
Mille Collines Hotel right now with my
husband, Peter, and my two boys. If you
do not help us we will be murdered.
Zozo arrives.
ZOZO:
Sir, General Bizimungu is here.
The pool patio is deserted except for General Bizimungu and three
soldiers who lounge at a table. Gregoire and his girlfriend sun on
reclining deck chairs like movie stars. Paul and a waiter with a tray
of drinks join the General.
GENERAL BIZIMUNGU
I am glad you are well.
Paul hands the scotch to Bizimungu.
PAUL:
I'm sorry it is not Glenmorangie.
GENERAL BIZIMUNGU
As long as it is scotch.
(drinks)
Your white friends have abandoned you,
Paul.
PAUL:
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