The Debt Page #4

Rachel is packing, folding clothes neatly, precisely,

silently - all the time a terrible tension in her

movements.

She tries to close a drawer but it sticks, She keeps

trying, then in a sudden rush of fury yanks the drawer free

and hurls it across the room.

She stands breathing hard.

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34 EXT. PATIO TERRACE/BEACH. HOTEL NEAR TEL AVIV - DAY 34

The next day. Tables under umbrellas are ranged along the

terrace.

Sarah and her husband are on the beach below, playing with

their son, laughing. As if feeling our gaze, she looks up

at us, shielding her eyes against the sun.

REVERSE:

Rachel sits at a table with Stephan, watching her daughter.

Stephan takes out an ENVELOPE and passes it to her.

She opens it and examines the contents - an AIR-PLANE

TICKET and TWO PASSPORTS.

Stephan takes out a small BLACK CASE and slides it across

the table towards her.

She turns to look at it with disgust, KNOWING WHAT IT IS.

Then she takes it and puts it in her handbag.

STEPHAN:

My car’s waiting outside. It can

take you to the airport.

Rachel turns back to stare at her daughter.

35 ON THE BEACH 35

Sarah, playing with her son, glances up once more at her

mother on the patio.

36 SARAH’S P.O.V 36

Rachel stands, an elegant woman at breakfast, her dark

glasses, her suit...She raises a hand and waves.

Puzzled, Sarah waves back, then watches as her mother

begins to walk away from her.

37 INT. LOBBY/STREET - DAY 37

PULLING RACHEL:

...as she walks from the bright light of the patio into the

relative darkness of the hotel lobby, suitcase in hand,

face set, steely.

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We TRACK with her as she emerges from the shadow of the

hotel back into the bright sunshine of the street and

starts to walk along the sidewalk.

After a moment a CAR purrs alongside. She ignores it for a

moment, keeps on walking, the car cruising beside her.

Finally, almost angrily, she stops and gets in. The YOUNG

AGENT sits in the back seat next to her. The car pulls

smoothly away.

38

EXT. TEL AVIV AIRPORT - DAY 38

Rachel climbs from the car and walks towards the building,

pulling her wheeled suitcase.

The young agent has climbed out and moves swiftly ahead of

her, waiting as she passes into the departure building.

39

INT. AIRPORT PASSPORT CONTROL - DAY 39

Rachel looks down at her passport. We see her PHOTOGRAPH

and name - RACHEL SINGER. She hardly reacts as the agent

ushers her to the front of the queue.

An Officer takes her passport, and as he checks it, we

see...

40

INT. CHECK-POINT CONTROL BOOTH. EAST BERLIN - DAY - THE 40

PAST:

...the passport again. We’re now looking at the black and

white image of YOUNG RACHEL. The name beneath it is ELSA

ROGET.

The passport is slid back across the counter and we find

ourselves in...

41

EXT. CHECK-POINT. EAST BERLIN - DAY 41

Rachel takes her passport back from the BORDER GUARD and

walks forward, past the barrier into EAST GERMANY.

RACHEL’S P.O.V

A CROWD of people are waiting beyond the check-point for

their loved ones. They’re all looking eagerly at us. Only

one YOUNG MAN has his back to us, turning away to light a

cigarette.

Then he turns - Young David - a fine, sensitive face,

darkly shadowed eyes. This is the SHOT we saw earlier. A

moment when we see how anxious he is to play his part

right. Then he smiles his beautiful smile...

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Supered TITLES read “East Berlin, 1965.”

Rachel walks up to him and after a fractional hesitation

they embrace.

DAVID:

(In German)

How was your trip?

RACHEL:

(German)

Fine. Everyone sends their love.

DAVID:

You’ve cut your hair.

HIGH ANGLE:

David takes her suitcase, and they begin to walk away, hand

in hand, along the BERLIN WALL.

Finally...

DAVID:

I’m David.

Rachel nods, embarrassed.

RACHEL:

Rachel.

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EXT. ANOTHER STREET - DAY 42

They have turned into another, quieter street.

David lets go of her hand, and they walk on.

43

EXT. COURTYARD/BALCONY. APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY 43

A figure leans over the railing on the crumbling balcony at

the top of the building, smoking a cigarette, watching.

This is YOUNG STEPHAN.

HIGH SHOT - POV

David and Rachel are coming through the iron gate into the

run-down looking courtyard.

A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN - the building’s only other occupant -

watches the couple as the pass, David murmuring a greeting.

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44 INT/EXT. STAIRWELL - DAY 44

A brief glimpse of the couple climbing the winding stairs -

a view we have seen before.

45 INT. EAST BERLIN - SAFE HOUSE. DAY 45

The place looks like a squat.

YOUNG Stephan sits playing idly at a battered old upright

piano, a cigarette in his mouth. He looks up as David and

Rachel walk in and stand framed in the doorway, looking

every inch the young married couple. Stephan looks at them

for a beat, then starts to play the first few bars of

Mendelssohn’s wedding march.

The other two blush furiously, not amused. Rachel takes her

case from David.

RACHEL:

Where do I sleep?

STEPHAN:

You’re in my room.

He waits just long enough to enjoy her reaction.

STEPHAN (CONT’D)

I’m moving in with him. (Beat)

You’re at the end there.

She nods and walks off.

46 INT. KITCHEN - LATER 46

Stephan is smoking. David sits at the table. He is using a

file to create a notch at the bottom of a thin strip of

sprung steel.

Both men can hear the BATH RUNNING in the bathroom, both

very aware of this new female presence in the house they’ve

been sharing together for the last month.

STEPHAN:

What do you think of your new

wife?

David frowns at the steel strip, seeming preoccupied.

DAVID:

Too young.

Stephan watches him, amused.

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STEPHAN:

Pretty.

David shrugs.

STEPHAN (CONT’D)

You didn’t notice.

He begins to sort his possessions out.

STEPHAN (CONT’D)

You know what I’ve noticed? You

don’t notice women. I’ve noticed

that. How long have I known you?

DAVID:

(examining the steel)

I don’t know.

STEPHAN:

Two years. All the places we’ve

been to. You don’t look at women.

Before I get into that bed, is

there anything you have to tell

me?

David sighs, blows on the steel strip and holds it up for

Stephan to examine.

We hear the bathroom door open and there is a quick glimpse

of Rachel wrapped in a towel as she slips past the door

heading for her room. The two men watch her pass. Stephan

turns and catches David’s expression.

STEPHAN:

Well, well...I think he just

noticed.

CUT TO:

47 INT. SAFE HOUSE - RACHEL’S ROOM - NIGHT 47

Rachel sits on her bed drying her hair. She stops,

listening to the indistinct murmur of the men’s voices from

the room next door. Rachel leans towards the wall, trying

to hear more but the voices fall silent.

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