SOLARIS Page #11

RHEYA:

What am I? Why can't I die?

She turns away.

RHEYA:

I'm not Rheya. You're always known

that.

KELVIN:

Rheya --

RHEYA:

Don't call me that.

He turns her over.

KELVIN:

Listen:
I don't care about anything

but the fact that you are here.

You are her, you are Rheya.

RHEYA:

I'm disgusting.

KELVIN:

No.

RHEYA:

You're lying. I'm not human.

KELVIN:

Rheya, I am not going back. I'm

staying here with you.

RHEYA:

Then you'll die.

KELVIN:

I want every second I can get with

you.

A beat.

RHEYA:

What will I do, if you die?

He doesn't know.

CUT TO:

EXT. SOLARIS

Turning slowly.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin and Rheya, in bed.

RHEYA:

Do you think I can get pregnant

here?

A long beat.

KELVIN:

We'll know soon enough.

INSERT:

The first time Kelvin and Rheya spoke, at the party ten years

ago. Again we see her whisper in Kelvin's ear, but this time

we hear what she is saying:

RHEYA:

I can't be a mother.

She pulls back.

KELVIN:

That's good to know.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Kelvin, as he packs to leave Rheya.

RHEYA:

Don't do this. I am literally

begging you not to do this. Chris.

KELVIN:

You should have told me.

RHEYA:

It wouldn't have made any

difference.

KELVIN:

Thank you.

RHEYA:

Chris, I had to. I had to. I

didn't think you'd react like this.

KELVIN:

Neither did I.

RHEYA:

You never said you wanted one.

KELVIN:

I never said I didn't.

RHEYA:

Chris --

KELVIN:

I can't stay here.

RHEYA:

Chris, please. Chris, I'm serious.

I won't make it.

KELVIN:

Then you won't make it.

He leaves, brushing past her.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Rheya, unconscious, on the kitchen floor.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

A long, held shot of Rheya, crying. She is curled up,

retreating into herself. Kelvin is trying to console her.

KELVIN:

I came back. You have to know

that. I came back that night.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Rheya on the kitchen floor, the note in her hand.

Kelvin is kneeling over her.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin and Rheya. She is sobbing, but somewhat calmer.

KELVIN:

I couldn't make it, either.

(beat)

I'm so sorry.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Kelvin, asleep.

CUT TO:

GIBARIAN:

As we saw him before, sitting in the chair. But we didn't

hear him say this before:

GIBARIAN:

If they succeed, you'll never see

her again.

CUT TO:

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

In the immediate aftermath of her suicide attempt with the

liquid oxygen:

RHEYA:

You're afraid of me. I can't do

this anymore. I still don't

understand. It's not possible.

He tries to console her, but she recoils.

RHEYA:

Don't --

INT. APARTMENT - DAY

Rheya, as Kelvin brushes past her on his way out. She looks

desperate.

INT. KELVIN'S ROOM

Rheya and Kelvin.

RHEYA:

What do I have to do to stop it?

KELVIN:

I want you here.

RHEYA:

You're lying.

KELVIN:

You exist here. I keep telling

you.

RHEYA:

That's impossible. I'm not Rheya.

KELVIN:

Who are you, then?

RHEYA:

I... I am Rheya. But I am not the

woman you loved ten years ago.

KELVIN:

Yes, you are --

RHEYA:

Did you hear what Gibarian said?

I'm not a human being. I'm an

instrument. I came from your

memory and your imagination and I

will torture you no matter what.

Even if I remain passive. That's

when I drank the...

(beat)

I was going mad. It felt like

there was no body underneath my

skin. There was something else.

An illusion. But I could feel my

heart beating, and I remembered you

tested my blood. Is it like yours?

KELVIN:

Yes. I told you. It was exactly

like mine.

RHEYA:

But then I would be dead now.

A beat.

KELVIN:

Is that really what you want?

RHEYA:

I want to stop taking those pills.

KELVIN:

I wish you wouldn't.

RHEYA:

They do something to me. It's hard

to think straight.

KELVIN:

I think they help.

RHEYA:

I have consciousness, but I am not

mortal. Don't you see why I'm

going crazy?

KELVIN:

You have to remember that I love

you, that's all that matters --

RHEYA:

I can't --

KELVIN:

It put you here. I'll admit it, it

acted like a God and put you here,

put you into my consciousness.

I was asleep, and it put you into

my dream. I saw your mouth. And

there you were.

(beat)

Whether you've been sent here to

make me happy or punish me, it

doesn't matter. The decision we

make now is all that matters. Stay

with me.

RHEYA:

Am I really her?

KELVIN:

I don't know anymore. All I see is

you.

They kiss.

KELVIN:

Stay with me.

(beat)

Stay with me.

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