Take This Waltz Page #2

Synopsis: While on a plane ride back to Toronto from a writing assignment, Margot meets Daniel, a handsome stranger. An immediate attraction is formed and Margot is able to open up and discuss some of her fears and longings. A taxi ride back home causes Daniel and Margot to realize that they are neighbours and Margot admits she's married. The summer-time heat and her increasing fascination with the handsome artist who lives across the street starts getting to her, and Margot is no longer sure if she's happy in her marriage or if she'd be happier with her fantasies with Daniel.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Sarah Polley
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  3 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
68
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
2011
116 min
$1,100,000
Website
1,775 Views


You think?

Well. Nice to run into you ...

We should do this again some

time to get a coffee.

- Is it an invitation?

- Pardon?

Is that a "shouldvitiation" or an invitation?

Like, "I should ask him if he wants to

drink coffee sometime ...

But ... I have no intention of actually doing that. "

Significant difference from an invitation.

No, it is not a shouldvitation.

Okay, how about now, then?

Let the gaylord do this for me.

Shut up.

So what are you gonna do with me?

What do you mean?

You got me this time.

What are you gonna do?

I got you this time?

Yesterday you woke up early,

and watched me leave ...

... and did not get me.

And today, you got me.

Now, what are you gonna do with me?

Nothing.

Can't we just...

Talk to each other normally ...

just us, so ...

So that things aren't so, so...

- ... loaded?

- No, I did not say "loaded".

- Well.

- I never said "loaded".

Got you.

Can I show you something?

It is a bit of stalkerish and everything ..

But ... you're the one who woke up at 5.30;

to follow me, so ...

Oh. That's ...

That's pretty disturbing ... actually ...

Okay.

I guess my response is: "F*** you".

What?

One side is full of hope.

Yes, but the other side is a junkie,

about to throw herself from a bridge.

No, you become melodramatic.

One side just does not live up to

its full potential, maybe

One side of me, or one side of the picture?

So ...

... it was not a good idea, clearly.

You want something to drink,

or another coffee ...?

No, no, no.

- Water?

- No, I should go.

So why don't you?

So you're an artist.

Why don't you sit down?

No, I paint.

What does that mean?

It means that I paint for

myself, and I...

... I paint for my rent,

carrying the rickshaw ...

... Through the city streets,

like a modern day hobo.

Do you show your stuff anywhere?

No.

Why?

Because I'm a coward.

So that's that.

- No.

- No?

I'm not sitting down.

Okay.

So what do you do?

I want to write.

- So do you?

- Not now. Not yet.

Well I write, but not those

that I want to write.

But yes.

So why don't you just ...?

What's the hold-up?

What's the matter with you?

Generally?

You seem restless.

I mean, not just now ...

...in a kind of permanent way.

I remember when my niece,

Tony was a newborn ...

I'd baby sit her... ...

... And sometimes she'd cry

as babies do, and ...

And ... I'd do everything I could

to find the source of the problem.

Was she hungry, was she tired?

Did she have a rash?

I could figure it out but ...

Sometimes ... I do not know ...

Sometimes ...

I'm walking along the street, and ...

... A shed of sunlight falls in a certain way

accross the pavement ...

And ... I just want to cry ...

And ... a second later it's over.

And I decide, because I'm an adult.

Decide not to come to the momentary

melancholy...

... and I had that sometimes with Tony.

That she had a moment just like that.

One moment of not knowing how and why

and she just let herself go into it.

And there was nothing anyone could do.

To make it any better.

It was just her.

And the fact of being alive ...

Colliding...

Yes.

Or maybe you just did not figure out

what it was.

Yes.

I suppose that's possible.

The fact that I met you.

Seems inevitable.

I think I saw something in your eye.

No, I think I saw something in your eye.

Indeed I think

I saw something in your eye.

No, I saw something

in thine eye.

It's so weird, because ...

I was so sure that you had something!

I guess that I saw

something wrong in your eye.

Come on.

Okay.

Lou!

We got to get this looked at!

I'm getting spurts of cold water!

Lou?

Yeah?

- Are you busy?

- Yeah.

No.

I wanna kick the snot out of you until you're dead, and sell you for a glue..

I want to rape you

with a pair of scissors ...

Until you bleed to death.

Too far.

Too far? No, it was not too far.

I Will peal you with the potato pealer.

That's it ?

That is scary!

Not the potato pealer!

When did you start winning this game?

I do not know.

Perhaps it means that

I love you more now.

I love you.

Why

I love you the most.

I really love you.

Really love you.

I love you ...

This ... much.

I can not love you so much.

Take me away.

OK, OK. Be Careful. It's hot.

- Bad time?

- Bad time.

You gotta be so careful with chicken.

The groins are poisonous.

Full of bacteria, salmonella.

You're hot and sweaty.

I know, it's hot.

You need to cook it at such a high

temperature for germs.

I missed you.

Me too.

It's lonely up there.

Up there is lonely?

Should we get a dog?

A little dog.

Really?

I like dogs.

If you feel lonely, you

should have a dog.

A dog is like

a starter for a kid.

No! A dog's like a starter for a cow.

Or a bigger animal.

That's all.

Usually, when a couple gets a dog,

in two years they have a kid.

Perhaps if we get a very young dog,

we'll make a kid in 6 years, or something.

I don't think about it now, so...

You do not know how stupid I feel.

Come, my sweet,

not spoil me.

This is my joy.

All right ladies,

eyes on me, okay!

Are we ready to rock the pool?

My name is Terry, and I am happy to

see some new faces.

Hello, Irene, how is the surgery?

- Well!

- Good. Let's start our walking.

We're walking on spot.

And punch.

And punch.

Putting bad person.

And punch, punch.

I wanna see knees up.

I can see, because the

water is transparent.

It's the marionette,

hand toward the heel.

I am a marionette,

I am a marionette.

On the move by move.

And three more.

And two more.

And I lied to you.

And I lied to you again.

I'm a big liar.

No more.

Come close to the edge of the pool.

You know what is coming.

We're gonna work the legs.

Someone pushed you down on the

sidewalk, what are you gonna do?

Kick him in the face!

As loud as you can!

Kick him in the face!

Kick, kick!

Let me hear you say, "Yeah!"

Yeah!

Move away from the wall, into the center.

Come on.

Keep the legs high.

Arms in circles.

- Are we having fun?

- Yeah!

Hands in circles.

Shoulders. Clapping ...

Shoulders. Clapping.

- Everybody "yeah".

- Yeah!

- Can't hear you!

- Yeah!

Now for skiing.

Skiing! Jog ... and shoot.

Push, pull.

Push, pull ...

Into the prospector.

Gold! I found gold!

Gold!

Let's make jazz

movements as we march.

Here we go.

Yes!

Make my faces jazz.

Persons jazz.

And toggles.

That's right, ladies!

And alternate.

I think I'll pee myself.

No, no! Don't!

They put something in the water,

that makes it coloring.

Everybody out, please!

There's been a fouling of the pool.

I need everybody out.

It's very funny.

Yeah, it's very funny.

Peeing in the pool.

Not cool, guys.

Not cool.

Everybody out.

Here piss, Margo.

In the shower, like a lady.

It is extremely difficult for me,

to refrain from sending

nasty e-mails about this.

There was no need to come with me.

We did not finish the class.

At least I managed

to work out on my stomach.

Sometimes I wonder if there is any point

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Sarah Polley

Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress, writer, director and political activist. Polley first garnered attention for her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea. She has starred in many feature films, including Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere, Go, The Weight of Water, My Life Without Me, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Dawn of the Dead, Splice, and Mr. Nobody. more…

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