Match Point Page #7

- Good. I say the boat.

Do you know he's never been

to the Greek Islands.

- What?

- No.

- No, he's never been.

- You'll love it.

No. I have been to Athens,

but I hear the Islands are paradise.

Oh, that reminds me,

we have to go to Sardinia to

pop in on Brook and Dougie Winston.

- Oh, good.

- Oh, God.

- No, no, the house is beautiful.

- Brook's fine, Dougie's a nightmare.

Sounds so romantic, doesn't it?

Mikonos and Crete.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

I'm so anxious to see all the

beautiful old temples and theaters.

Oh, God.

Yeah. Oh, I'll do that with you.

Tom can stay...

You know, I bought Chris

an ancient Greek fertility charm.

- Do you remember?

- I'll never forget.

I sent off for that fertility thingy.

He had to put it under

his pillow for two months.

And absolutely nothing happened,

of course.

Poor thing.

- I'd just subjected him to the torture.

- They think he's firing blanks.

- Oh, shut up!

- Hello?

I miss you.

- Love me. Just love me.

- No, because it's not funny.

- It's not funny.

- I'm sorry.

Proof is in the pudding,

and there ain't been any pudding.

- I can't get away right now.

- Well, you have to.

When can you get here?

Tomorrow. No, Monday.

Look...

It's a three-day weekend.

Tuesday.

Chris, I need to see you.

I'll see what I can do.

I'll call you right back.

I would love to meet Barbra Streisand.

She's meant to be really lovely.

She's with that other American fella.

- Who was that?

- Oh, I'm such an idiot.

I forgot to sign some papers.

I may have to drive into town.

Jack Garner?

You can't go,

it's a bank holiday weekend.

The traffic'll be terrible.

- James Garner, that's it.

- I mean, we've all got plans.

I don't mean today.

They named their little dog

after Elaine Paige.

Well, surely it can wait

a couple of days.

- Why did they do that?

- 'Cause it howls all night long.

- Yes, I'm sure it can.

- Oh, that's mean.

I know. And it's

terribly small and furry.

That's mean.

I think tomorrow

we should go for a morning ride.

I've some lovely new horses.

Do you remember when

Chris came here first,

and he had some

serious qualms about riding?

- I spoke to Teddy.

- How is he?

Well, this morning he was talking

about buying a horse of his own.

- No.

- Yeah.

I don't know, it was all in good fun.

- Where from?

- Anyway...

- I think Nan's got a really nice mare.

...he's a wonderful new horse.

Telephone call, sir.

She said it was important.

Excuse me.

- Tomorrow morning?

- Do you wanna come?

That bloody phone

has not stopped ringing all weekend.

- I know.

- It's so irritating.

Hello?

I tried to call your mobile,

but it's off.

Are you mad calling me here?

When are you coming over?

I'm trying to make it for tomorrow.

I can't wait till tomorrow,

I'm going crazy.

- What the hell's the matter?

- I'm pregnant.

I'll talk to you tomorrow.

'Cause we've got to go

and try and look at this...

...horse for Chris.

- They got it in the navy?

Yeah, the... It was lack of enough

vegetables, or something.

I wonder if that's why they took

lemons and oranges...

Well, they only had biscuits.

Well, that's where

Rose's Lime Cordial originated...

- Who keeps calling?

- It was Samantha, my secretary.

I'm afraid I won't be able

to go riding tomorrow. I can't help it.

I thought Samantha said she was

going to her parents this weekend.

I know, it's all my fault. Poor girl.

It's no big deal.

I'll pop back into town.

The whole thing'll take a few hours,

and it'll be off my mind. I promise.

- That's a shame.

- It's really sad.

Well, it is a pity because I...

I think it's unfair

on Samantha too, frankly.

Yeah. Well, it's unfortunate,

but, you know,

Chris has a lot of responsibility.

Well, anyway,

let's not worry about it. Let's...

- Slave driver.

- Look, as long as we make lamb bone.

- Can you, can you?

- Well, I think so.

- How the hell did you get pregnant?

- I told you that weekend last month

- How the hell did you get pregnant?

- I told you that weekend last month

that we needed to be careful

and I didn't have protection,

but you couldn't wait.

What unbelievable bad luck.

Christ, I can't get my wife pregnant

no matter how hard I try,

and the minute you're unprotected

I knock you up.

It's 'cause you love me,

and you don't love her.

Is that your interpretation?

It's a child conceived

out of genuine passion,

not as part of some fertility project.

OK. Well I'll go with you,

and we'll get it sorted.

- I'm not doing that again.

- Again?

- What's that supposed to mean?

- It's the third time.

I did it once when I was younger,

and then I did it for Tom.

I didn't want to, but he insisted.

Nola, I really can't see any other way.

- Why can't I just have it?

- And what?

- And we'll raise it together.

- That's obviously not possible.

Why? You hate yourjob,

you hate your life.

I mean, it seems like a blessing.

It's a sign.

Look, Nola, I have to go.

I'm juggling six things

at the same time

just to make

this trip to the city look legit.

I'll talk to you on Tuesday.

Chris...

You must... I expect you

to do the right thing, OK?

I'm not walking away from this.

Is anything the matter?

You seemed very gloomy all weekend.

- I wanted to talk to you.

- What about?

Us.

Is something wrong?

Yeah. There is.

What?

If you're still taking a hammering

financially in the market,

you know it's not a problem.

I can't keep leaning

on your father, Chloe.

Papa gets more pleasure

out of helping his family,

than all the possessions he owns.

You know that.

What is it?

Is it something to do

with those phone calls you kept getting?

Because you acted

really strangely after each of them.

Are you having an affair?

Am I having an affair?

Yeah, that's what I asked.

- No.

- You are.

Of course I'm not. Don't be silly.

Do you not love me anymore?

Of course I love you.

Well, what's wrong?

I just feel like I'm letting you down.

You're not. How?

Is it because I'm not getting pregnant?

I just...

...feel so guilty.

So terribly guilty.

Listen, Chris.

We've both been to the doctor.

We're both perfectly healthy.

I can conceive and you're perfectly

capable of making a woman pregnant.

Is it me? Have I been horribly pushy

and obnoxious on the subject?

Look, I... I just want a baby.

I want to have our baby.

We haven't been lucky yet, that's all.

Oh, Chloe.

Let's get off the subject.

Having a child should be something

that makes us both happy and excited,

not a cause of all this

tension and anxiety and...

I had to talk to somebody.

I'm really suffering.

Whatever you tell me goes no further.

I'm contemplating leaving my wife

for another woman.

But when the time came to tell her...

...I couldn't do it.

Yeah, well, it's not the easiest

thing in the world to do, is it?

It's crazy.

I can see no real future

with this other woman.

And I have a very

comfortable life with my wife.

- Yeah, but if you don't love her...

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