The Florida Project Page #13

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around.

HALLEY:

Bobby fixed these?

She ignores her and continues to walk away.

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HALLEY (CONT’D)

What the f*** is wrong with her?

EXT. BIG FIELD - DAY

Moonee and Jancey play in a field behind Route 192. It begins

to rain. They sit under a tree and wait it out.

JANCEY:

Moonee, why did you take me on this

adventure?

MOONEE:

I didn’t know it was gonna rain all

over the place.

JANCEY:

Well I hope there’s another rainbow

after it stops so we can still

catch that leprechaun.

The rain stops. The girls walk out onto the field. No

rainbow.

Cattle and horses pass by.

MOONEE:

See? I took you on a safari.

They both share a laugh and a smile.

EXT. ROUTE 192 - DAY

Moonee and Jancey are walking back, still wet from the rain.

Jancey is no longer upset to be wet.

INT. JOHN’S CAR - ROUTE 192 - DAY (TRAVELLING)

While driving along Route 192, John spots Moonee and Jancey

walking on the side of the road.

He pulls over abruptly, startling his JOHN WIFE (39) in the

passenger seat and his two JOHN KIDS in the back seat.

He parks on the shoulder and jumps out of the car.

JOHN WIFE:

What’s going on?

JOHN:

Stay here.

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EXT. ROUTE 192 - DAY

The John catches up to Moonee and Jancey on the side of the

road.

JOHN:

Hey! You two! Hey, girls! Yeah.

Thought that was you.

The kids are frightened.

JOHN (CONT’D)

Don’t be scared. I’ve just got to

tell you something.

He rests his hand on her shoulder and calmly leans in and

speaks in her ear.

JOHN (CONT’D)

Guess what? You’re going to grow up

and be a prostitute just like

mother. You know what a prostitute

is? It’s a whore. And that’s what

you have to look forward to. That’s

all you have to look forward to.

The John returns to the car.

INT. JOHN’S CAR - ROUTE 192 - DAY (TRAVELLING)

John pulls the car away, his family bewildered.

JOHN WIFE:

What was that?

JOHN:

Oh, they gave me directions the

other day and I just wanted to

thank them.

JOHN WIFE:

Aww, that was sweet.

She looks at her husband with loving eyes.

INT. MAGIC CASTLE - ROOM 223 - DUSK

Halley reluctantly approaches Room 223. She knocks. Scooty

answers.

SCOOTY:

Mom, it’s Halley.

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Ashley approaches the door.

ASHLEY:

(motioning to walk away)

Scooty.

(to Halley)

What?

HALLEY:

Hey, look. I don’t know what Moonee

did. She probably did some sh*t and

I’m sorry about that. But I don’t

think that sh*t should, you know,

affect us, you know? They’re kids.

ASHLEY:

Is that it?

HALLEY:

Yeah, well, look. Can you help me

with rent this week? I’m ass out.

Ashley chuckles.

HALLEY (CONT’D)

What?

ASHLEY:

I think you got it covered.

HALLEY:

What are you talking about.

ASHLEY:

You don’t think everybody knows

what’s up Halley? Like everybody?

HALLEY:

‘The f*** are you talking about?

ASHLEY:

B*tch...

Ashley leans back and grabs the phone from her night stand.

She approaches the door as she pulls up a web page.

ASHLEY (CONT’D)

That’s you.

Ashley lifts the phone and shows an ad on Backpage.com. It’s

clearly a photo taken on the “swimsuit selfies” night. Bikiniclad

Halley shot from the neck down. A phone number is

printed across the image.

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HALLEY:

That’s not me.

Ashley laughs.

ASHLEY:

Are you f***ing kidding me?! Those

are your tats b*tch! And I swear to

God, if Scooty was ever in that

room when you were whoring out,

I’ll f***in’ kill you--

Halley attacks Ashley. The women topple over the bed and

Halley proceeds to beat Ashley hard. Three blows to the face.

Halley looks up and sees Scooty watching this, stunned and

frozen. She leaves.

INT. MAGIC CASTLE - ROOM 323 - NIGHT

Halley runs past Moonee who is sitting on the bed. She

projectile vomits in bathroom.

MOONEE:

Mom? You okay?

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - DAY

Moonee and Jancey wait out the rain.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - 2ND FLOOR BALCONY

Haley smoking in the rain.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - DAY

Moonee shows Jancey a rainbow.

EXT./INT. MAGIC CASTLE - LOBBY — DAY

From inside the lobby looking outside...

Moonee and Jancey are sitting in the same chair together.

Outside, a car drives by.

In the back office, the elevator monitor shows two

individuals at Room 323 (CASE WORKER, seen earlier and a DCF

INVESTIGATOR). This grabs Bobby’s attention. He leaves the

office and passes by Amber.

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BOBBY:

I think the city’s here.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - DAY

Jancey and Moonee come out, trailing after Bobby. They follow

him down the entire walkway. Bobby turns around and sees the

kids following him.

BOBBY:

Hey guys, go back to the lobby

okay?

MOONEE:

Wait, you want us IN the lobby now?

JANCEY:

This guy is coo-coo crazy.

The kids continue to follow him.

Bobby turns the corner, near the elevator and walks swiftly

up the stairs.

He walks onto the third floor walkway. Over his shoulder -- a

commotion at Room 323.

BOBBY:

Girls, stay here okay? I mean it.

The girls stop at the top of the stairwell. Bobby continues

to approach 323.

JANCEY:

(to Moonee)

They’re at your room.

The camera stays with the kids as the commotion continues

down the walkway. We hear shouting from the distance.

HALLEY:

(to Bobby as he

approaches)

...you call DCF on me,

motherf***er?

BOBBY:

I don’t know what you’re talking

about. What’s this all about?

The DCF Investigator and Case Worker try to explain as Halley

starts to flip out.

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HALLEY:

Ashley called DCF on me, didn’t

she?

DCF INVESTIGATOR

Ma’am, we received a call and it

doesn’t matter from who--

HALLEY:

You f***ing tell me who called you

and I’ll tell you why it happened.

If it was Ashley she’s hating

‘cause I beat her ass.

CASE WORKER:

You’re getting into fights?

Bobby notices Moonee and Jancey inching closer and goes back

to stop them.

BOBBY:

Girls, please, just wait right

here, okay, please?

MOONEE:

Why is my mom yelling?

BOBBY:

She’s just talking to these ladies.

Jancey, you should go home for now,

okay?

JANCEY:

Yes, Bobby. Bye, Moonee.

HALLEY:

You’re not coming into my place, I

didn’t do nothin’ wrong. You don’t

have no court order!

MOONEE:

But why is she so upset?

BOBBY:

I don’t know. They’re just talking.

Halley continues to yell and shout.

BOBBY (CONT’D)

It’ll be okay, just some sort of

confusion.

Halley notices Bobby talking to Moonee.

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HALLEY:

You’re doing this in front of my

f***in’ kid?

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - DAY

We follow Jancey as she walks home alone. She looks back over

her shoulder a couple of times from the end of the driveway.

INT. MAGIC CASTLE - LOBBY - DAY

The DCF Investigator is outside with Bobby and Moonee. We see

them through the glass doors. Amber sits in the background.

Halley is sitting on Moonee’s chair in the lobby. She is

calming down.

HALLEY:

I’ve been looking after her f***ing

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