Moonstruck Page #10

LORETTA:

I would like to speak to him.

EXT. CAMMARERI'S PASTRY SHOP - DAY

Chrissy comes out and Loretta follows. They walk around to

an outdoor staircase that descends into the sidewalk. Chrissy

shouts down.

CHRISSY:

Hey, RONNY.

EXT. AN OLD DOOR AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRCASE - DAY

The door slides open, revealing ROCCO, a baker missing a few

teeth. He is surrounded by bread.

ROCCO:

What!

CHRISSY'S VOICE

Somebody to see Ronny.

Rocco slides back the door all the way. Chrissy and Loretta

make their way past him. He slides the door three quarters

shut behind them.

INT. THE BASEMENT OVEN ROOM - DAY

There are two coal-fired ovens, one at either end of the

room. There is a large wooden table roughly center. And

various pieces of baking equipment, dough-mixers, etc.,

scattered willy-nilly. And everywhere there is bread.

PIETRO, a baker, is working at one of the ovens with a long

wooden spatula. RONNY is working at the other oven.

Actually, he is just staring in the open door at the baking

bread and burning coals. He's dressed in black jeans streaked

with flour, a white restaurant shirt, white cotton gloves,

and around his neck, a red handkerchief. He is black-haired,

handsome and intense.

ROCCO:

Ronny!

RONNY:

What!

ROCCO:

Somebody here to see you.

Ronny turns and takes in Loretta.

RONNY:

Have you come from my brother?

LORETTA:

Yes.

RONNY:

Why?

LORETTA:

I'm going to marry him.

RONNY:

You are going to marry my brother?

LORETTA:

Yes. Do you want...

RONNY:

I have no life.

LORETTA:

Excuse me.

RONNY:

I have no life. My brother Johnny

took my life from me.

LORETTA:

I don't understand.

Everything in the oven room has stopped and everyone is

watching.

RONNY:

And now he's getting married. He has

his, he's getting his. And he wants

me to come? What is life?

He picks up the wooden spatula and slides it into the oven.

LORETTA:

I didn't come here to upset you.

Ronny slides a bunch of loaves out of the oven on the spatula,

turns them around, and slides them back in.

RONNY:

They say bread is life. So I bake

bread, bread, bread.

(He's picking up loaves

of bread from one of

the boxes on the

floor, and casually

tossing them across

the room.)

And the years go by! By! By! And I

sweat and shovel this stinking dough

in and outta this hot hole in the

wall and I should be so happy, huh,

sweetheart? You want me to come to

the wedding of my brother Johnny?!!

Where is my wedding? Chrissy! Over

by the wall! Gimme the big knife!

CHRISSY:

No, Ronny!

Barbara appears in the doorway and comes down the stairs

into the room.

RONNY:

Gimme the big knife! I'm gonna cut

my throat!

LORETTA:

Maybe I should come back another

time.

RONNY:

No, I want you to see this! I want

you to watch me kill myself so you

can tell my brother on his wedding

day! Chrissy, gimme the big knife!

CHRISSY:

I tell you I won't do it!

RONNY:

(to Loretta)

Do you know about me?

BARBARA:

Oh, Mr. Cammareri!

RONNY:

Nothing is anybody's fault, but things

happen.

(holds up his left

hand to Loretta)

Look.

He pulls off the glove. The hand is made of wood.

RONNY:

It's wood. It's fake. Five years ago

I was engaged to be married. Johnny

came in here, he ordered bread from

me. I put it in the slicer and I

talked with him and my hand got caught

cause I wasn't paying attention. The

slicer chewed off my hand. It's funny

'cause - when my fiancé saw that I

was maimed, she left me for another

man.

LORETTA:

That's the bad blood between you and

Johnny?

RONNY:

That's it.

LORETTA:

But that wasn't Johnny's fault.

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