Julieta Page #9

He walks quietly over to the armchair so as not to wake

her. He takes her in his arms and carries her to the

bed. Juliet opens her eyes.

XOAN:

(Murmuring) Don’t wake up…

Julieta is in a rush to explain.

JULIETA:

I got your letter and I came.

XOAN:

Shhh.

Xoan suggests sweetly that she shouldn’t speak. He lays

her on the bed. The two start to undress quickly, as if

they only had a few minutes. Julieta does everything

lying on the bed. She unbuttons her blouse. Xoan helps

her to pull it over her head. He devours her mouth.

JULIETA:

I never thought that your wife…

Xoan doesn’t let her finish, he devours her mouth and

her words.

XOAN:

Don’t think about that now.

Xoan, sitting on the edge of the bed, continues to

undress. Julieta, her torso naked, embraces him from

behind. She runs her mouth across his back, from

shoulder to shoulder, interrupting the kisses to bite

him and smell him. She looks for the scent of another

woman, the scent of the unknown Ava. But she doesn’t

find it. Xoan only smells of the sea.

Cut.

54. REDES. XOAN’S HOUSE. THE NEXT MORNING. KITCHEN. INT.

DAY:

1985. SPRING.

Xoan comes out of the bedroom, half asleep. He finds

Julieta busy in the kitchen, he pauses to enjoy looking

at her. Her hair is tied up and her legs are bare. She

is only wearing a shirt of Xoan’s that is too big for

her. She is chewing greedily on a local cake while she

fixes breakfast. (The same cakes Marian offered her

when she arrived and which she refused)

Julieta smiles at him as if she’s been caught red-

handed. But she can hardly speak, her mouth is full.

JULIETA:

These cakes are delicious!

XOAN:

They’re typical of here.

JULIETA:

I’m making breakfast, I was

hungry.

XOAN:

Me too. Is there anything for me?

He embraces her from behind. They play at kissing and

eating cakes at the same time. Everything shows that

the previous night was a memorable night for both of

them.

Cut.

55. REDES. XOAN’S HOUSE. KITCHEN. INT. DAY. CONT.

1985. SPRING.

They are having breakfast in the kitchen. Facing each

other across the kitchen table. They are both half-

dressed. Julieta, relaxed, is continuing with the

apologies that she couldn’t finish the night before.

JULIETA:

When I got your letter I took it

as an invitation to visit you.

XOAN:

(Smiling) That was my intention.

JULIETA:

I never imagined that your wife

had died. I’m sorry.

XOAN:

(Serious) It was for the best.

That wasn’t living.

Julieta nods, but Xoan wants to change the subject.

XOAN:

Marian rang to tell me she’d left

you here, waiting for the bus, but

she wasn’t sure you’d leave.

JULIETA:

She told me you were with a woman.

Xoan nods.

JULIETA:

Ava, I think.

Xoan smiles.

XOAN:

Ava is an old friend. You’ll meet

her. She’s an artist, like you.

JULIETA:

(Serious) I’m not an artist. I

teach classical literature. And

now, not even that.

XOAN:

Well, I’m sure you’ll like her.

You’ll meet her.

Julieta looks at him as if she has just made a

decision. She stands up and leaves some plates on the

worktop.

JULIETA:

I think I’ll leave today. I don’t

really know what I’m doing here.

XOAN:

Fishing. It’s a lovely day. We

should go fishing!

Julieta smiles and thinks, standing by the worktop,

uncertain about what she’ll do next. Xoan seems to be

amused by her doubts. He remains sitting at the table.

We hear the dog barking at the door as it greets

Marian.

56. REDES. XOAN’S HOUSE. INT. DAY

1985. SPRING.

Marian comes into the house. She’s laden with shopping.

She arrives in the kitchen and gives Julieta a

disapproving look. The worst has happened. Not only did

Julieta stay in the house but she slept with Xoan. The

fisherman, relaxed and happy, introduces them.

XOAN:

Marian, Julieta, I think you’ve

met already.

The two women nod.

MARIAN:

Leave that, I’ll wash them.

Marian is about to say “I see you missed the bus”, but

she restrains herself. She leaves the bags on the

worktop. She speaks, but keeps her back turned on the

other two.

MARIAN:

Is she staying today?

Julieta looks at Xoan and decides at that moment. She

no longer has any doubts.

JULIETA:

Yes.

XOAN:

(To Marian) We’re going fishing…

57. MUXIA LIGHTHOUSE. EXT. DAY.

1985. SPRING.

A long shot of the lighthouse and the rocks which

surround it and fill the beach. In the distance, the

Vil.n lighthouse.

The waves break against the rocks which are sculpted by

the wind and sea. Terracotta-colored granite rocks

that, over the centuries, have acquired strange shapes,

pointed or flat as stone flying saucers. Some rocks

have incisions on their surface, fractures, but the

pieces still cling together. Rocks with gashes and

scars.

It’s a telluric, original landscape, tense, disturbing,

very expressive.

In the distance, we see one of Xoan’s gamelas on the

sea.

58. THE SEA. DAY.

A CLOSE-UP OF THE GAMELA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA.

1985. SPRING.

Xoan and Julieta are entangled in some love play, with

the sea as the only witness.

To the rhythmic sound of the waves slapping against the

wood of the boat, we hear Julieta’s voice. The

voiceover continues to be heard over the next sequence.

JULIETA (OFF)

I didn’t have a job, I wasn’t in a

hurry. I thought I’d stay for just

a few days. I had to tell Xoan

something but I kept putting it

off. It was a new life, strange

for a woman who had come from the

sun, but welcoming. I spent the

nights flying in Xoan’s arms. I

felt trapped, and free at the same

time.

59. REDES. XOAN’S HOUSE. XOAN’S ROOM. NIGHT.

1985. SPRING.

Julieta is lying naked on the bed. Xoan, also naked, is

sitting in the armchair where he found her. He never

tires of looking at her. The image of Xoan looks very

like Ava’s sculptures, the series of “seated men”.

60. REDES. AVA’S STUDIO. INT. DAY.

1985. SPRING.

The studio’s interior is very distinctive.

Ava is a very attractive, interesting woman. Work

clothes, untidiness, suit her. Independent, sensual and

free, at first sight Ava gives off all those qualities.

An organized disorder reigns in the studio. An

assortment of materials, photos that she uses as

sketches, male nudes, pots of different kinds… pieces

half made or done in clay before the mold is emptied.

Lots of drawings. A few finished pieces. The oven.

Julieta is immediately interested in Ava’s sculptural

work. Pots and male figures. She goes over to the table

where the finished sculptures are. There is a series of

seated naked men. They remind us of Xoan’s posture in

the previous sequence. Julieta falls in love with one

of the sculptures.

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