The Missing Page #11

EMILY:

It’s lovely of you. Both of you. If

you don’t mind, I m going to the

bathroom quickly.

She moves the tray off. She’s doing such a good job at

feigning normality, neither Mark nor James notice anything

wrong. As Emily gets out of bed

MARK:

Be quick. We can’t promise not to

eat it all.

Emily smiles as she goes into the en-suite bathroom.

72 INT. MARK’S HOUSE. BATHROOM- DAY 5 (PRESENT DAY) 72

EMILY turns on the tap. Then sinks onto the toilet - and

finally allows herself to cry. The sheer normality of the

breakfast in bed, the new home... the pretence that she can

just move on. It’s all too much. The sobs keep coming and

coming until she’s curled up on the loo, foetal, crying her

heart out.

73 INT. OUT OF TOWN CHARITY SHOP - DAY 5 (PRESENT DAY) 73

CAPTION:
CHALONS DU BOIS

JULIEN is looking through a large log book. TONY beside him,

looking over his shoulder. An old woman, AUDREY, stands

behind a counter.

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JULIEN JULIEN:

(French)

Do you speak English?

Vous parlez anglais ?

AUDREY:

Bien sur. We are so close to

Brussels up here it is almost a

requirement.

(dry)

Though I draw the line at learning

Flemish.

Julien smiles and leafs through the book some more.

JULIEN:

Your records are very thorough,

Madame.

AUDREY:

I started this shop after I lost my

husband. For years, I would sift

through his things in the wardrobe

to get to mine. Trip over his shoes

on the bedroom floor, and never

dreamed of moving them. Until...

well... you cannot live that way

forever.

Tony is fidgety. Impatient.

TONY:

Is it in there?

Julien holds up a finger - patience.

AUDREY:

I began to sell his things. His

clothes, his weathered old pack of

cards... the cigars he collected

but never smoked... And it made me

happy to meet the people who bought

these things. Knowing some part of

Benoit would continue, that they

took some part of him away... Soon

I was selling other things people

no longer wanted, I rented this

shop...

She shrugs.

AUDREY (CONT’D)

But I never forgot. That knowledge,

that your life’s possessions can

have a life of their own, and one

beyond you... So I take people’s

names. And when someone makes a

purchase, I send a postcard. “

(MORE)

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AUDREY (CONT’D)

Your pink teddy bear has gone to a

little girl, so-and-so, for 5

Euros...”

She looks at Julien. Who has now moved on to the next log

book.

AUDREY (CONT’D)

You probably think me silly.

JULIEN:

I was a police officer for forty

years. I know better than to make

such judgements.

(beat)

Do you mind if I...?

Picking up the book he gestures at a table in the room with

more space to lay the books out - the counter’s not quite

big enough. She nods. He carries the books over. They’re out

of earshot. Julien shakes his head, amazed.

JULIEN (CONT’D)

Unbelievable. Names, addresses,

dates...

Julien keeps reading, tracking his finger down a page. And

then his finger stops about three quarters of the way down.

JULIEN (CONT’D)

La.

He prods a part of the page with his finger. Almost

violently. For the first time, we see a flicker of

excitement through Julien’s usually sedate exterior.

JULIEN (CONT’D)

L’.charpe jaune.

TONY:

That’s... that’s the scarf?

JULIEN:

(reading)

“A yellow scarf - initials O.N.H.”

And the address of the woman who

brought it in... four years ago.

Four years, it’s been here, while

we...

He shakes his head in amazement. The woman calls over to

them.

AUDREY:

Have I helped?

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JULIEN:

Yes. Thank you, you’ve been a great

help.

He and Tony look at one another, unable to believe their

luck. Tony looks at her sincerely

TONY:

Thank you.

73A INT/EXT. JULIEN’S CAR/SUBURBAN HOUSE - DAY 5 (PRESENT DAY)73A

JULIEN drives. TONY beside him. Neither man talk. There’s a

real sense of occasion, of excitement and anticipation, as

the car navigates the side-streets of Chalons Du Bois.

73B INT. TUBE - DAY 5(PRESENT DAY) 73B

EMILY is in a crowded train carriage, but she’s so lost in

thought she barely notices the people around her.

73C EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - DAY 5(PRESENT DAY) 73C

We’re low down, looking up at a modern semi-detached house,

and though the place couldn’t look more innocuous, the angle

gives it that slight air of menace. Wheels fill the frame as

Julien’s car rolls into view. The sound of a door slamming

as the men get out.

74 EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - DAY 5(PRESENT DAY) 74

JULIEN knocks at the door. TONY beside him, impatient. The

door opens and a middle-aged woman, VIVIENNE, answers.

VIVIENNE:

(French)

Yes?

JULIEN JULIEN:

(French)Mon nom est Julien Baptiste,

My name is Julien Baptiste, voici Tony Hughes. Je suis

this is Tony Hughes. I’m a policier . la retraite

retired detective following poursuivant une vieille

an old case. May we come in? enqu.te. Pouvons nous entrer

?

Vivienne steps aside and Julien and Tony enter.

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CAPTION:
EALING

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A small residential park, the kind where well-heeled locals

go to walk their dogs and tire their children out on the

climbing frames at one end. MALICK sits on a bench, looking

out of place in his suit amongst the dog-walkers and weary

parents with toddlers. A dog runs up and starts sniffing

Malick’s leg. He kicks it away.

Finally, EMILY enters the park and Malick stands.

MALICK:

Mrs Hughes. I’m very pleased you

finally consented to meet me...

EMILY:

I’m not here to give an interview.

MALICK:

Then why did you call?

EMILY:

Tony’s gone back.

MALICK:

(surprised)

To Chalons Du Bois?

EMILY:

He thinks he’s found something.

MALICK:

And you’re telling me this

because...

EMILY:

You’re a dog with a bone. And I

know you’re going to follow him out

there. And when you do... I want to

know what he’s found.

(correcting herself)

What he thinks he’s found.

Malick looks at her, impassive.

MALICK:

I’m not your errand boy, Mrs

Hughes. I have business with

Vincent Bourg...

EMILY:

If you don’t want to find out what

Tony’s doing there, don’t go.

A beat. Emily knows full well Malick will take the bait.

MALICK:

Why don’t you just ask him?

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EMILY:

I’m asking you.

A pause. Then

MALICK:

I’ll call when I know more.

He walks off briskly.

76 INT. SUBURBAN HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 5(PRESENT DAY) 76

VIVIENNE sits opposite JULIEN. TONY is standing, too fidgety

and wound up to relax. Vivienne is looking at the Facebook

photo of the Asian boy wearing the yellow scarf.

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