The Big Blue Page #16

JACQUES:

(thinking)

Well... about everything.

ENZO grins at JACQUES and starts playing again.

TIME DISSOLVE TO LATER:

JACQUES AND ENZO

There are now several empty

champagne bottles around.

They are both quite drunk. ENZO is philosophizing.

JOHANA is looking for them.

ENZO:

... So, between Mamma, Roberto and

the sisters, we yell and scream

all day long. Except with Angelica.

She just cries. And then finally,

we all end up kissing. Can you

explain that to me?

JACQUES can't answer.

ENZO:

Because that's what love is all

about. It's a pain in the ass but

keeps us together.

(then, in a half

dreaming, half

desperate tone)

A large and beautiful family!

JOHANA walks over to them.

JACQUES:

(suddenly)

Enzo... We must quit the

competition.

ENZO hits a wrong note on the piano.

ENZO:

(worried)

Why?

JACQUES:

If we don't... I'm going to beat

you.

JOHANA stands next to JACQUES.

ENZO:

(with a nervous

laugh)

Huh? Well listen to him!

(to Johana)

Do you hear that?

JOHANA:

No.

ENZO:

He looks me in the eye like some

f***in' gold fish, and says: "I'm

going to beat you".

JOHANA:

(with a smile)

... That's what he's here for,

isn't he?

ENZO:

Listen to her! "That's what he's

here for"! He's here to loose,

that's what he's here for. First

of all, I'm unbeatable. Second,

how old are you?

JACQUES:

Two years younger than you.

ENZO:

As I said, second of all you're

too skinny. You've got tiny lungs.

I still don't understand how you

can dive without getting sick.

JACQUES:

The size of the lungs has nothing

to do with it!

ENZO:

Look at me. These aren't lungs.

These are... Tanks. How long can

you hold your breath?

ENZO is getting really angry. The drinks have a lot to do

with it.

JACQUES:

(impatiently)

I don't know. Longer than you.

ENZO pulls open his collar and rises.

ENZO:

We'll see.

EXT. HOTEL - SWIMMING POOL - UNDERWATER - NIGHT

JACQUES and ENZO dive into the pool in their Tuxedos.

Each one carries a beach umbrella in a concrete base to

help them stay at the bottom.

ENZO takes two goblets out of his pocket, hands them to

JACQUES. Takes a bottle of Champagne out of the other

pocket and opens it. The cork floats out of the bottle.

Above on the surface of the pool there's a splash. JOHANA

finds a mask on the side of the pool and watches them.

Her dress is soaked by now.

ENZO pours champagne. Courteous and grave, they clink

glasses and begin to drink. They have already been

underwater longer than a minute. They can't really drink

out of the glasses and ENZO offers JACQUES the bottle.

JACQUES studies the label like a connoisseur. He drinks,

passes the bottle back to ENZO.

INT. HOTEL CORRIDOR - NIGHT

Paramedics roll two stretchers toward the elevators at

full speed. ENZO on one, JACQUES on the other. Both men

keep throwing up water.

INT. JACQUES'S ROOM - NIGHT

The paramedics roll the stretcher toward the bed.

JOHANA very worried, follows them.

JOHANA:

Take it easy...

PARAMEDIC:

Don't worry, he's empty now. He

needs sleep, that's all.

The two men leave the room.

JOHANA walks over to the chair and rearranges JACQUES'

shirt and jacket which the paramedic had thrown down.

JACQUES looks like he's just had a very rough night. He

sits up and grabs the sides of the bed, as if he were on a

moving boat.

JACQUES:

Who won?

JOHANA turns around, furious.

JOHANA:

Won what? The Ass Hole Award?

Well, let me tell you, it's a tie!

She walks over to the bed.

JOHANA:

Acting like a pair of two year

olds!

You could have died in that damn pool!

JACQUES:

Please move slowly, you're rocking

the boat.

JOHANA:

(smiling)

Lucky I was there to save you.

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