The Big Blue Page #23

He grabs hold of the tape and lets it roll to the ground.

ENZO:

You see this is your record, three

feet more than mine! Looking at

it from here, it doesn't look like

much, does it?

JACQUES looks at him without saying a word.

ENZO hands him the measuring tape.

ENZO:

Keep your little measuring tape,

my friend, it will be a nice

souvenir when I beat you next.

ENZO taps his shoulder and smiles.

INT. ELEVATOR ASCENDING - JACQUES - JOHANA

They're locked in a long kiss. He untucks the bottom of

her shirt and slides his hands under it.

INT. HOTEL ROOM - JACQUES - JOHANA - TWILIGHT

They're in bed, making love in their fashion. Moonlight

shines in the silver sea. In the background are the lights

of the bay of TAORMINA.

LATER:

JACQUES is in bed with JOHANA.

They are both asleep.

Suddenly, he sits up, as he always does after his recurrent

dream.

He's wide awake, looks over at her sleeping. She sleeps

peacefully like a baby. Quietly, gently, he eases out of

bed and walks to the open window.

He stands on the balcony, staring at the sea. Then in the

distance in the moonlight, a dolphin leaps out of the water,

once, twice, a third time.

JACQUES laughs and goes back to the bed where he sits down

next to JOHANA. She is still sound asleep.

EXT. HOTEL - PIER - NIGHT

JACQUES quickly gets into one of his diving suits. He

puts on his flippers. The dolphin is still jumping in and

out of the water. JACQUES jumps off the pier and swims

over to her.

INT. JACQUES' HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

JOHANA rolls over and feels the bed in her sleep.

JACQUES' absence wakes her.

JOHANA:

Jacques?

She gets up and walks over to the balcony. She doesn't

see anything.

EXT. PIER - NIGHT

JOHANA walks down the pier and notices the little pile of

clothes JACQUES has left behind. She looks around but

still can't see anything. She decides to sit next to the

pile of clothes, and waits, her eyes riveted to the sea.

EXT. PIER - DAWN

The sky has just begun to light up again. JOHANA is still

sitting next to the pile of clothes.

She is wearing JACQUES' sweater. She looks sad, yet serene.

The look of a woman who has been thinking over the situation

and who has made up her mind.

Tired, JACQUES swims back to the pier. It looks as if he

has come out of nowhere.

He is exhausted. He takes off his flippers and gets up

onto the pier in front of JOHANA. He looks at her, a little

surprised to find her there.

JACQUES:

(warm)

What are you doing here?

She answers in a far away voice, with the same serene

sadness.

JOHANA:

I'm going to leave, Jacques.

Dripping with water, he sits down next to her. His face

is drawn from fatigue. She continues.

JOHANA:

I'm going back home.

JACQUES:

Why?

JOHANA:

Because one shouldn't fall in love

with creatures from the sea.

JACQUES:

I'm not from the sea... I don't

understand what you're talking

about.

JOHANA:

Yes you do. You know exactly what

I'm talking about. You're afraid

I want to hold onto you, and I do,

but you're not ready... at least

not for me.

JACQUES:

But it's not true, I feel good

with you... It feels right...

She looks at him for a moment, then takes his face in her

hands and rests it on her bosom, as if a small child.

JOHANA:

I've got to get back to the hotel...

and get my suitcase packed.

INT. TRAIN STATION - JACQUES - JOHANA - DAY

The train station faces the sea. JACQUES and JOHANA are

standing on the platform, amid others. In the distance we

hear the rumble and whistle of a train.

JOHANA gets on the train. The station master blows his

whistle.

JACQUES:

Will... will we see each other

again?

JOHANA'S eyes are filled with tears.

JOHANA:

Take good care of yourself, Jacques.

The train starts pulling out of the station.

JACQUES:

Where can I call you? Johana,

tell me where can I call you?

JOHANA doesn't answer. JACQUES stands helplessly in the

station, his eyes filled with tears.

INT. ENZO'S ROOM - DAY

ENZO opens the door of his suite. His hair is messed up,

he's got "sheet prints" on his face and is wearing the top

of a diving suit.

JACQUES:

Can I come in?

ENZO:

No problem, I enjoy talking in my

sleep.

ENZO walks back into the apartment and crashes on the bed.

He's lying on his stomach. JACQUES walks in and lets

himself drop in a chair.

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