Okja Page #3

We hear BUSTLING behind her - and see a VERY LARGE and VERY

STRANGE-LOOKING ANIMAL unsteadily tiptoeing down the hill. Itis a fully grown SUPER PIG -OKJA.

Okja clumsily makes her way down the hill, looking terrified.

She steps on a thorny chestnut bur and immediately freezes.

She looks back and forth between Mija and her foot with ablank expression. She looks silly - the hugely oversizedcreature with her foot daintily raised.

Mija immediately runs over and plucks the chestnut bur fromOkja's foot. Okja blows through her nostrils in relief, stillwearing the same blank expression. She is awesome in size,

but slow, and doesn't appear very intelligent.

EXT. PERSIMMON TREE, WOODS - DAY

From atop the hill, Mija looks down at a tree in the bottom.

It teems with ripe orange persimmons.

MIJA:

Go!

On Mija's command, Okja enters frame and runs downhilltowards the tree. But she trips over her feet and beginstumbling and tumbling until...

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...she hits the tree trunk. THUMP. The tree is nearly pulledout of the ground. Ripe persimmons fall everywhere.

Okja raises herself, unfazed by the impact. Mija scuttles

down and gathers the persimmons in her straw sack. She picksup the largest one and throws it to Okja, who snaps up herchin and catches it like a dog catching a tennis ball.

CLOSE ON Okja's silly, innocent face as she moves herhumongous jaws, savoring the juicy persimmon.

EXT. STREAM - DAY

Mija peers into the water. She looks up and waves at Okja(O.S.) - indicating a part of the stream where the water isdeepest.

Suddenly, Okja's colossal body fills the SCREEN as she fliesacross the air toward Mija. She splashes into the water,

sending a mini-tsunami in all directions.

Like when an obese person jumps into a small tub, copiousamounts of water and FISH flow over the banks. The fish flaparound frantically. Mija quickly picks out the larger ones,

puts them in the sack and throws the little ones back intothe stream. Quick and efficient. A familiar routine.

With her eyes and nostrils barely poking out of the water,

Okja takes a leisurely swim. Mija takes off her clothes andjumps in. They swim under the blissful autumn sunlight. Anidyllic moment. It feels like time has stopped.

Okja suddenly climbs onto a large rock. She shakes off thewater like a dog and tightens, arching her body. Her largeears point up in a peculiar fashion. Mija catches the'signal'.

MIJA:

No! Wait!

Okja glances at her and freezes. Mija quickly swims upstreamuntil - at a safe distance - she gives Okja the 'OK' signwith both hands. With that...

Okja's epic pooping begins.

It is similar to the pooping of hippopotamuses. Okja spinsher short tail like a helicopter as she projects fecal matterin all directions. A spectacular scene, with countless piecesof sh*t flying across a wide radius. The excrements fall inthe water and fish gather around the pieces to feed on them.

The 'circle of life' in full effect.

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Okja jumps back in the water and the fish gather around herbottom. They swim gracefully as a school, chasing afterwhatever is left behind by Okja.

EXT. NEAR THE STREAM - DAY

Okja is sprawled on a rock next to the stream, taking a nap.

Mija sleeps on Okja's belly, moving up and down every timeOkja takes a breath. Whenever Okja shifts, Mija adjusts,

somehow maintaining her position on the belly.

We notice a small BLACK BOX the size of a cell phone attachedto Okja's ear.

EXT. MIJA'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Mija's grandfather, HEE BONG (70), carries firewood, gettingready to make dinner. The sun is falling fast. Hee Bong lookstoward the mountains with concern.

HEE BONG:

(Shouting)

Mija! Where are you?

EXT. STREAM - CONTINUOUS

Hee Bong's voice echoes through the mountains. Inside Mija'sstraw sack, half-submerged in water, a fish peeks through thechestnuts and persimmons, still breathing.

Mija jolts awake. She looks around blankly before realizingshe slept too long. She shakes Okja awake. Okja spreads openher humongous jaws and yawns.

MIJA:

(to Okja)

We're late for dinner. We'll take

the short cut.

Okja responds with a distinctive SQUEAL.

EXT. TRAIL/CLIFF - DAY

The short-cut is narrow and borders a steep incline. Mija andOkja hurry down it. Mija notices that the rope around Okja'sneck is hanging limply off her. She turns to re-tie it,

suddenly SLIPS, and FALLS down the incline, the rope in herhand. She slides towards a SHEER DROP.

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She grabs a nearby scrub, which holds her for a moment, thenSNAPS in her hand. She continues sliding, the cliff edgeapproaching sharply...

Okja looks blankly down. Then she suddenly steps on her endof the rope. Mija's plummet abruptly STOPS. She danglesprecariously over the cliff -her life barely preserved bythe tip of Okja's foot.

Okja lowers her enormous snout toward the rope, trying topull Mija back up with her mouth. But her mouth and tongueare large and unwieldy. Okja struggles until - in a suddenmove - she twists her neck and successfully bites the rope.

But as she does, she loses balance and begins sliding downthe incline.

Still desperately holding onto the rope, Mija immediatelydrops several feet in the air. Then she suddenly STOPS.

She looks up and sees Okja peeking over her, having slid allthe way to the edge of the cliff. The rope is tightlystretched between them. Large drops of drool escape throughOkja's fiercely clenched teeth and fall onto Mija's body.

With an emphatic umph, Okja steps backwards, the rope in hermouth. She somehow manages a few strenuous steps. But then arock that had been anchoring her foot suddenly comes looseand she begins sliding again.

Mija SCREAMS as she goes into a free fall. Okja shrieks tooas she slides towards the SHEER DROP.

Suddenly, Okja spots a large tree stump below. With the ropeclenched in her mouth, she twists and steers her body towardsthe stump. Right before reaching the edge, she coils herselfand jumps over to the other side of the stump.

Okja FALLS OFF THE CLIFF. But the rope hung over the stumpforms a pulley mechanism. And so - as Okja dives headlongwith the rope in her mouth - Mija is pulled up by Okja'sweight.

As Okja falls and Mija rises, they lock eyes at the midpoint.

A fleeting moment of desperate, longing sadness.

When Mija reaches the tree stump, Okja unclenches her jawsand lets go of the rope - PLUMMETING towards the woods below.

MIJA:

(Screaming)

OKJA!

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Okja plummets further, until she's swallowed up in the greenleaves. Mija's heart breaks as she watches Okja fall aftersaving her life.

MIJA (CONT’D)

OKJA!

There is no answer from below.

EXT. FOREST BELOW THE CLIFF - DAY

The forest is densely packed with trees. Mija desperatelysearches for Okja, but she is nowhere to be found.

MIJA:

OKJA!

The echo dies out, and the forest is once again silent. Weonly hear the BUZZING of insects and the CHIRPING of birdsuntil...

...we hear a huge FART from somewhere in the woods. Mijaquickly turns toward the sound. She sees Okja through thetrees - casually chomping on grass, completely unaffected bythe fall. Mija runs over with a huge smile, happily swingingthe straw sack on her shoulder.

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