Lost in Translation Page #8

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INT. CHARLOTTE'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

John sleeps soundly (turned away from her), Charlotte can't

sleep. She turns on the T.V. to a crazy local T.V. variety

show.

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INT BOB'S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

Bob can't sleep, he watches the same show on T,V.

He flips the channel- it's an old black & white Japanese

movie of a man committing Hari Kari.

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EXT. TOKYO - MORNING

Charlotte finds her way down a narrow street in an old section

of Tokyo.

She turns a corner and finds a square with what she was

looking for.

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EXT. TEMPLE - DAY

The sun shines over a beautiful old temple. Birds chirp,

Charlotte approaches and goes inside.

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INT. TEMPLE - DAY

Charlotte stands in the back and watches a ceremony.

A ROSHI speaks in Japanese, monks chant. It's all very

foreign. Charlotte tries to feel something.

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INT. CHARLOTTE'S HOTEL ROOM - AFTERNOON

Charlotte sits on the bed talking to John who's coming out

of the bathroom, getting ready to go to work. He checks

himself in the mirror, CHARLOTTE Am I shallow?

JOHN:

No, what are you talking about.

CHARLOTTE:

I went to a temple today and I didn't

feel anything.

JOHN:

That's ok.

He looks for his mobile phone.

CHARLOTTE:

I don't know what to do.

JOHN:

That's ok, you'll figure it out.

He comes close and kisses her.

CHARLOTTE:

You smell weird.

JOHN:

What?

She leans back to look at him.

CHARLOTTE:

Like popcorn?

JOHN:

I got some hair stuff.

She looks at him funny.

CHARLOTTE:

Hair stuff?

JOHN:

I gotta go to work.

He grabs her, kissing her good-bye, she wraps her him, when

his cell phone rings.

JOHN:

I'll be right down...I'm just

leaving...ok.

He kisses her, and leaves.

JOHN:

See you later.

CHARLOTTE:

Bye.

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She makes a call. We see her back and hair, as she looks out

the bright window.

CHARLOTTE:

Lauren?

LAUREN (O.S.)

Charlotte?! How's Tokyo?

CHARLOTTE:

It's cool... but,I don't know... I

went to a shrine today and all these

little monk's were chanting... and,

I didn't feel anything... I even

tried ikebana, ... and John's using

hair products... I don't know who

I—.

Lauren's Call-waiting beeps, cutting off her sentence.

LAUREN:

Oh, wait, can you hold on one sec?

CHARLOTTE:

Sure.

Charlotte waits.

LAUREN:

Sorry about that, what were you

saying?

In the background a baby starts crying.

CHARLOTTE:

Oh, it's nothing... I better go,

I'll talk to you later.

LAUREN:

Ok, have fun there, you're so lucky

you don't have any kids yet and you

can go off to Japan... call me when

you get back.

CHARLOTTE:

Ok, bye.

She hangs up. She sits there for a moment, starting to cry,

she wipes the tears, trying to make them go away.

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INT. SUBWAY - AFTERNOON

Tokyo goes by out the window. Charlotte looks at the PEOPLE

on the crowded train. A sweaty BUSINESSMAN blots his face

with a little handkerchief. Another older BUSINESSMAN reads

an erotic comic book.

INT. SUBWAY STATION - AFTERNOON

Charlotte looks up at the many signs, trying to figure out

which way to go, but they are all in Japanese characters.

Confused, she chooses the west exit.

EXT. STREET - AFTERNOON

Charlotte walks down a little street in a quiet neighborhood.

She stops at a window of a portrait studio and looks at all

of the wedding portraits. They are very formal and retouched,

Japanese brides and grooms dressed in a Western old-fashion

style.

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EXT. ARCADE - DAY

Charlotte looks through the window as a tan Japanese boy,

tries to win a stuffed animal for his girlfriend.

INT. ARCADE - AFTERNOON

In a crowded arcade, Charlotte watches some kids play Dance

Revolution, a video game where you dance along to cues on

the

light-up floor. One BUSINESSMAN in a suit is really good and

into it.

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