Okja Page #4

MIJA (CONT'D)

Okja! Are you okay?

Mija checks everywhere on Okja's body for injuries. As shedoes, Okja slowly slinks to the ground and lies on her back.

She lets out a MOAN and pretends to be hurt while shecontinues to chew on the grass. She holds up her rear footand begs for attention, like a little child. Mija looks ather foot.

She sees a fresh scar near Okja's hip, blood oozing from it.

She picks out a ripe persimmon from her sack and peels it.

She takes the soft inner part and rubs it gently againstOkja's wound. The soft, moist sensation soothes Okja and sheslowly closes her eyes. Her chewing slows as well.

MIJA (CONT'D)

You like that?

Okja MOANS in pleasure.

MIJA (CONT'D)

You saved my life. Again.

Okja SQUEALS in response.

16.

It looks like they're really talking to each other. Mijaholds up Okja's large, floppy ear and whispers something. Wecan't hear what, but the soft whisper, combined with the lateafternoon sunlight, leaves us with an achingly beautifulfeeling. Okja nods as if responding to whatever Mija said.

EXT. MIJA'S HOUSE - EVENING

CLOSE ON a dinner table. Wild greens, potatoes, boiled eggs,

pan-seared fish in the middle. It's the fish Mija caught atthe stream earlier. Hee Bong and Mija sit in the living roomand chow on the dinner.

HEE BONG:

(out of the blue)

Uncle Mundo says he's coming by

tomorrow.

MIJA:

To collect the money? For Okja?

HEE BONG:

I already sent the money to the

company.

MIJA:

Right. So Okja is ours now.

Hee Bong nods. Mija smiles.

MIJA (CONT'D)

So why is Uncle Mundo coming?

Paperwork?

Without answering, Hee Bong turns away and switches on anancient tube television. A soccer game is on.

HEE BONG:

Damn. The first half is almost

over.

The screen blinks on and off with static. Hee Bong slaps theside of the set, making it normal again. With his eyes on thesoccer match, he picks up his spoon to eat when the screenblinks and dissolves into static again.

HEE BONG (CONT'D)

Son of a...

MIJA:

Great! Now we can buy a new TV!

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Hee Bong goes over to the TV. He raises his hand to strike itagain when... BUZZ. The screen returns. It's as if the TV isafraid of Hee Bong.

HEE BONG:

This one's perfectly fine.

MIJA:

(pouting)

Such a tightwad...

Behind Mija's disgruntled face, we see Okja poking her headout of the shed to drink water from the bucket. Hee Bongretrieves a half-drunk bottle of soju and opens it. He

carefully pours the soju into the cap, and with tremblinghands, lifts the tiny cap brimming with soju.

INT. MIJA'S ROOM - LATE NIGHT

It's silent except for the sound of insects.

We see the picture frames on the wall. A story spanning ten

years.

There's a Mirando Certificate with Hee Bong's picture printedon it. It reads in English: Congratulations farmer HEE BONG!

Raise your Super Pig with love and care! Love, Lucy Mirando.

There's 6-year-old Mija hugging her Super Piglet.

There's 12-year-old Mija tightly hugging the fully grownOkja.

Mija sleeps with a comic book open in front of her. A soundwakes her up. She looks toward a tiny window in the corner ofthe room. The window opens directly to the shed where Okja iskept.

We see Okja's massive butt through the window. She keepsshifting her tail, bothered by the itching in the woundedarea. The tail is too short and hardly reaches the wound.

Mija picks up a back scratcher from the floor. She attaches along bamboo stick to the end and sits in front of the tinywindow. She yawns as she pokes the stick through the windowand scratches the area around Okja's wound.

Mija begins to doze. She closes her eyes.

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EXT. STREAM, MOUNTAIN - DAY

MUNDO PARK (39) hikes up along the stream, covered in sweat.

Dressed in a suit and tie, he carries a bag that bears the'Mirando Korea' logo. He stops for breath, and looks down themountain behind him. He takes out his phone. The signal ispoor, and he holds up his phone at various angles beforefinally getting a bar and dialing.

WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)

Hello?

MUNDO:

(Into the phone)

Where are you? What's taking you solong?

WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)

(Out of breath)

We're all so out of shape. And Dr.

Johnny is being... somewhatdifficult.

MUNDO:

(Surprised)

Dr. Johnny? But he's so much fun onTV!

WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)

(Thinly)

Right. On TV. But not in the water.

MUNDO:

Water?

WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)

He dove into the water saying hecouldn't stand the heat. Now he

won't come out.

(quietly)

Aw, disgusting. I think he’s doinga secret piss.

EXT. FRONT YARD, MIJA'S HOUSE - DAY

Hee Bong stands at the faucet and pours water into a bucket.

He turns off the faucet almost as soon as he turns it on.

Still thinking he poured too much, he pours off a little intothe basin before handing the bucket to Mundo. Mundo gulpsdown the water, thoroughly covered in sweat.

Mija washes Okja in the front yard.

19.

HEE BONG:

(quietly)

I thought a bunch of you werecoming.

Mundo glances down the hill.

MUNDO:

They're coming.

MIJA:

(calling over)

It's nice to see you, Uncle Mundo.

Why are you here?

Mundo steals a glimpse at Mija.

MUNDO:

(silently mouthing)

You didn't tell her?

Hee Bong looks away without answering. Mundo looksfrustrated. He walks over to Okja. Mija claps and gives asign to Okja, who obediently sits on the ground. Mundoremoves the small black box on Okja's ear and unlocks thewaterproof casing. He opens it to reveal various computerchips and SD card slots.

He removes the SD cards and plugs them into his laptop.

Numbers and graphs showing data about Okja's health abound onthe screen: "Blood Pressure," "Temperature," "Heart Rate."

The clean, design-conscious interface of the "Mirando SuperPig Health/Growth Management" software.

Mija looks over Mundo's shoulder, lustily eyeing his brandnew Macbook when...

We suddenly hear someone SHOUT in English.

JOHNNY:

F*** me!

(panting)

All right. I'm here. I'm fuckinghere, goddamn it.

Hee Bong, Mija, and Mundo all turn their heads. A large manstruggles up the steep incline, bitching and moaning all theway. This is Dr. JOHNNY WISEMAN.

MIJA:

(eyes wide)

It's that guy! From TV!

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She runs excitedly to Hee Bong - leaving Okja at the back ofthe yard.

MIJA (CONT'D)

(to Hee Bong)

It's him, right? From MagicalAnimals!

JOHNNY:

You...

(panting)

You just had to...

(panting)

... drag me all the way up to this

f***ing mountain top.

MIJA:

(To Hee Bong)

He came to meet Okja even thoughshe isn't in the competition anymore! He must think Okja is thatspecial!

Mundo looks uneasy.

Johnny suddenly notices Mija. Then he is abruptly back to hispanting and bitching.

JOHNNY:

All the other Super Pigs were onflat land, accessible by car.

Japan's Super Pig was about a fiveminute drive from the airport. Inotice that you leave the fuckingmountain top Super Pig to the endbecause you knew the climb wouldrile me. Well, guess what? I'mriled.

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