The Debt Page #7

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STEPHAN:

(Flirting)

Nice.

Rachel ignores this, begins to pin the cuff of one of the

sleeves.

STEPHAN (CONT’D)

Here you are, Mossad agent, all

those years of training, the

highest levels of marksmanship

and krav magah, first big

mission...sewing.

Rachel resists a smile, brandishes the pin.

RACHEL:

Black belt in dressmaking.

He holds up his hands in surrender.

STEPHAN:

I never argue with an armed

woman.

74 INT. KITCHEN. SAFEHOUSE - LATER 74

Rachel and Stephan sit as David serves the dinner. Rachel

examines her dish.

RACHEL:

(Politely)

What is it?

DAVID:

(Beat)

It doesn’t have a name.

Stephan tastes his.

STEPHAN:

(Grimacing)

Sh*t.

David lifts his spoon, blows on it.

DAVID:

(Solemn)

Now it does.

They laugh a little, settle into eating.

David stares at his bowl, deciding whether or not to say

something. Finally...

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DAVID (CONT’D)

It’s my birthday.

They look up at him in surprise.

75 INT. BAR - LATER 75

Tinny music plays.

The place is almost empty. In the back of the bar the three

sit in a corner drinking beer - just young people,

laughing, a little drunk. They could be students.

Rachel is reciting something from memory.

RACHEL:

Uh, at ten - study the Mishnah,

at fifteen - study the Talmud. By

eighteen - stand under the

wedding canopy...

STEPHAN:

We’re too late for all of those.

They laugh.

RACHEL:

Uh...twenty. In your twenties you

are to “pursue your life’s

goals.”

STEPHAN:

(Flirtatious)

What are you pursuing Rachel?

Rachel thinks about it, shrugs.

RACHEL:

I don’t know. I’m waiting to find

out.

STEPHAN:

(smiles to himself)

Youth...

RACHEL:

What about you, grandfather? Have

you got a goal?

STEPHAN:

(Smiling)

Oh yes. We believe in goals in my

family. We’re very driven men.

My father was Director of

Collections by the time he was

fifty.

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RACHEL:

So what’s your goal?

STEPHAN:

Director of Collections by forty.

They laugh.

RACHEL:

(To David)

What about you David. What “life

goal” are you pursuing?

David smiles, stares at his drink.

DAVID:

This is it.

Rachel laughs, looks around at their less than glamorous

surroundings.

RACHEL:

This is it? This is all you want?

David laughs. He would obviously rather change the subject

but Rachel is a little drunk, a little curious.

RACHEL:

Seriously, what do you want out

of life?

DAVID:

(Beat, shrugs)

I want this. I want to get Vogel.

I want him to be put on trial and

I want the world to watch so

everyone knows what he did. I

want them all to know the truth.

He looks up at their faces, embarrassed at having darkened

the atmosphere.

DAVID:

And...I want another drink.

He gets up and walks off to the bar. Rachel stares after

him. Stephan watches her.

STEPHAN:

Forget about it.

RACHEL:

Forget about what?

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STEPHAN:

I’ve spent two years with him,

and I don’t know him. Nobody

knows him. He’s alone.

Rachel thinks this over.

RACHEL:

What about family?

Stephan stares at her. She realises what this means.

RACHEL (CONT’D)

All of them?

STEPHAN (O.S.)

All of them.

He looks over at David standing at the bar.

STEPHAN (CONT’D)

Maybe it’s not always a blessing

to survive.

76 EXT. STREET/PARK - DAY 76

A tram passes, revealing Stephan walking across the

scrubby, desolate park, jingling car keys in his hand.

Suddenly he drops them. He’s about to pick them up when a

man dips down and hands them back to him.

We recognize the moment.

STEPHAN:

Vielen dank!

SMARTLY DRESSED MAN

Bitte sehr.

Stephan walks on. In his hand he is now holding a small

METAL TUBE.

76A INT. EXAMINATION ROOM. CLINIC - DAY. 76A

From Rachel’s POV we are watching Vogel as he prepares his

instruments.

She has come for her second examination.

VOGEL:

This is my hand. This is the

speculum.

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Rachel flinches as she feels the speculum.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

How did you find me?

RACHEL:

(beat)

What?

VOGEL:

Who told you about me?

RACHEL:

Who... told us?

VOGEL:

Were you referred by a doctor,

or...?

RACHEL:

(trying to conceal her

relief)

Oh, Doctor Eisenberg.

VOGEL:

Ah-ha. How is the old Jew?

RACHEL:

Very good.

Vogel busies himself for a moment.

VOGEL:

Any history of infertility in

your family Frau Roget?

RACHEL:

No.

VOGEL:

Are your periods irregular?

Rachel stares up at the light.

RACHEL:

Yes.

VOGEL:

Yes. I think we’ve found the

problem.

Rachel stares at him - she didn’t know there was a problem.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

It’s very common. Your ovarian

follicles...well, inside you’re

still immature.

(MORE)

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VOGEL (CONT’D)

We need to help you with this.

There’s something we can use, a

little injection. Do you want to

proceed?

Rachel nods, dumbly. Vogel nods, turns back to his tray of

instruments, begins preparing an injection.

Vogel turns back to her with the HYPODERMIC NEEDLE.

Instinctively Rachel stiffens. He injects her.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

(As he works)

How many brothers and sisters do

you have?

RACHEL:

(Stiff)

None.

VOGEL:

An only child?

Rachel nods. Vogel smiles, not unkindly.

VOGEL (CONT’D)

And yet you say there’s no family

history of fertility problems?

RACHEL:

(Beat)

I lost my mother in the war.

Vogel stares at her. Then, to her dismay, he TAKES HER

HAND, and pats it with such a sad, sympathetic look, that

she feels her eyes prick with tears. Then he lets go and

turns back to the examination.

76B EXT. CLINIC - DAY 76B

Rachel comes out to find David waiting for her again. Once

more he takes her hand and they walk off.

76C EXT. QUIET STREET - DAY 76C

As they turn into the quiet street, David lets go of her

hand. Rachel stops. She looks shaken. David watches her.

DAVID:

Are you alright?

She nods.

Suddenly Rachel takes his hand again. David stares straight

ahead but he DOESN’T PULL FREE and they walk on like that.

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77 OMITTED 77

78 INT. SAFE HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - EVENING 78

Rachel and David walk into the room and find Stephan

waiting for them.

STEPHAN:

Identity is confirmed. We have a

green light.

Rachel and David stare at him.

78A EXT. ANOTHER STREET - DAY 78A

We are looking at a yellow DEUTSCHE POST van.

Stephan and David are walking towards it.

Stephan stops by the van, shielding David as he drops the

length of thin steel we saw him working on earlier, from

his sleeve - an improvised SLIM JIM. With professional ease

he slips the Jim between the window and the weather shield.

In seconds he has the door open and the two climb in...

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