The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life Page #3

Synopsis: A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Massimo Coglitore
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.6
Year:
2013
93 min
837 Views


I just want to know why you are doing this to me.

Why Im doing this to you?

Ah, well thats the next question Jack....

- welcome back to the elevator,

why am I doing this to you?

Is it A:
Justice

B:
Insanity

C:
Revenge

D:
love?

And we are playing for one of your eyes.

Do you want me to repeat the question?

Whatever answer I give you,

Then itll hurt me.

Youre going to use it as a pretence to torture me.

Youre a sadist.

What are all these questions?

Answer my questions and youll find out.

Justice would mean - someone has wronged you.

But I still dont know why I have to pay for it.

Is it about Anna?

Are you doing this.

Are you doing this for Anna?

Anna's your problem, not mine.

You call this justice, but its sheer evil.

And you're not insane,

and in no way is this about love.

Because love would never motivate this kind of torture.

Is that your answer?

So Im left with revenge.

Is that your answer?

What have I done to you?

God!

What are you blaming me for?

I am waiting for you to confirm your answer

Revenge.

My answer is revenge.

Is that your final answer?

Somebody is coming.

Well done Jack. Youve got guts.

Revenge?

Why revenge?

I still, I dont know what theyve done to you

What theyve done?

Yes, they, them, not me.

You're looking for some kind of justice

and youre seeking it for revenge

but there is a difference...

- between the two of them and you cant see it.

No. Actually there is no difference

Youve never read the Bible?

The "Lex Talionis"?

The law of like for like.

When a serious injury is committed,

You are to take a life for life,

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

So now you know, revenge has brought me here.

We get to the next question....

- which is - What have you done to deserve this?

A:
Lies

B:
Steal

C:
Corruption

D:
Murder?

I dont know what you're talking about.

I have never done any of those things!

Jack! Answer!

I cant!

Enough!

Stop!

I cant answer for something I've never done!

You owe me an answer!

I owe you nothing!

A:
Steal

B:
Lies

C:
Corruption

D:
Murder?

Ive never done any of those things.

Steal, lies, corruption or murder?

Answer, answer me!

Lies corruption or murder!

You know what you did!

You know what you did.

You killed my son.

You killed him.

You killed him.

Youre making a terrible mistake.

I didnt kill anyone. Never.

I dont even know your son.

How could I have killed him?

You gave away all my money, and you tortured me.

For nothing.

If I had done the things that you said,

I would have confessed!

Nobody can stand this!

Please, let me go.

You wont regret it.

For the rest of your life.

You dont know how it feels to have a child.

Its an indescribable feeling, Jack.

You feel needed,

and you realise....

what your role in life is

To hold him, to raise him, protect him.

And every step he takes, youre one step behind....

- always behind.

Hes always on your mind.

Then one day you realise something is not right ...

- and its him. Hes missing his father.

And he starts asking why Mommy isnt with Daddy anymore

And you tell him the truth, you tell him...

- that Mommy met Daddy in Brazil

and that you had a love affair, but it was not to be

But he was meant to be. Christopher.

He was meant to be.

But with his curiosity,

he needs to give his father a face.

So, you contact his father

and go to Brazil with him ...

- to meet him.

Its only a short trip you think

though you cant be sure

But you persuade yourself its for the best

And then you come home, but the requests keep coming

The trips, vacations,

and then he is 17 and can travel himself

But he never comes back.

You call his father, the police, the embassy.

But he simply disappears

And then in the middle of the night,

You get that call.

Hes been found.

In a ditch. Kidnapped.

Killed. With his kidneys torn out.

When these things happen to a mother,

All youre left with is pain...

- and tears and photographs

But a mother has a right to know

So I looked for the truth.

And I found it.

Human organ trafficking.

What are you talking about?

What have I got to do with it?

You know what it has to do with you.

You are making a mistake.

You are making a terrible mistake.

I have nothing to do with this.

You must believe me.

You are making a terrible mistake.

I've searched for you.

No.

For the past three years. This is not an error.

This is not a mistake.

What the f***...

George! George!

George! Wake up!

What the f*** are doin up there?

[Indistinct reply]

I came with your telephone,

I bring it back to you.

[indistinct]

George, come here!

[indistinct]

What took you so long?

Jesus Christ! Whats going on?

Theres a woman

Shes trying to kill me.

What you do to her?

I didnt do anything.

Listen, she is going to be back in a minute.

Okay, so we got to try and get the Hell out of here.

Okay?

You got to help me undo the belt

try and get my hands free, okay?

Okay.

Okay, come here. Come this way.

Yes. Okay. Yes.

You gotta find the belt?

Find it? You got the belt?

Hold still.

Yes, got it.

Good job George. Okay.

Shes coming back.

Jesus Christ.

You still have two minutes left.

Hold on George.

Im gonna go for help.

Dont forget me.

Lady, thats loaded.

You having fun up there Jack?

Come on down, Jack.

Jack!

If you dont come down,

I will be forced to kill him.

He doesnt look like he would be

too happy to die for you.

Jack, get the f*** down here.

Did you hear that?

Now I count.

One, two, three.

Say good-bye to your friend, Jack.

You wont kill him.

Excuse me?

Its me you want.

And if you want me

youre gonna have to come up here.

I'm not coming down.

I am not guilty.

If you want to kill me,

youre gonna have to come up here and get me!

I am innocent!

All I want is to give me a chance to prove it.

My son wasnt given a chance.

I had nothing to do with your sons death.

You know, it doesnt take this elevator very long

to get to the top.

Any idea whats at the end?

No. You dont think ahead do you Jack?

You dont worry about the consequences.

Well, you looking up?

See the clean shining thing,

Well, thats not a light...

- Its a bumper.

And the elevator only stops when

It hits that bumper

Otherwise known as The end of the road.

So, if that's your final answer...

stop!

Just a few seconds.

Stop, I'm coming down!

And the show will be over.

Jack?

You can come down now.

Itll take me a minute.

Take your time.

Down you come.

I am fed up with you f***ing with me!

Now we have two questions left.

Enough of this game.

The question for which we are getting your lying tongue. If...

Which of the following countries

is notorious for human organ trafficking?

Is it A:
Italy

B:
Brazil

C:
Canada

D:
Australia?

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Oh, come on Jack, this one should be easy.

Youve been there, right?

You do not want the truth. You want your truth

I cant give it to you.

Dont you get it?

Im giving you the chance to repent.

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