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It’s not entirely convincing. A silence - during which Tony

puts the photograph on the table. The one with the young

Asian boy standing in the Grand Place.

JULIEN (CONT’D)

Who is he?

TONY:

I have no idea. Sylvie - the

manager at the Hotel Eden - we

stayed in touch. As much as being

friends with someone on Facebook is

staying in touch. A few weeks ago,

she posted this picture. A friend

of hers on Bastille Day in Chalons.

The moment I saw it...

Tony taps the photo.

TONY (CONT’D)

Look at what he’s wearing.

(CONTINUED)

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Julien looks closer at the yellow scarf the boy has around

his neck. Tony watches Julien very carefully. Waiting for a

reaction. But Julien’s face betrays nothing.

JULIEN:

A scarf.

TONY:

Oliver’s scarf.

JULIEN:

A coincidence, perhaps.

TONY:

You don’t understand - this isn’t

the kind of scarf Oliver was

wearing that night. It’s the exact

one. Emily had it made for him,

with his initials - look...

He points at the photograph. Julien looks closer, a

thoughtful expression on his face.

TONY (CONT’D)

O.N.H. You’re telling me a yellow

scarf shows up with my son’s

initials on, in the same town he

was taken from, and that’s a

coincidence?

Julien looks at him levelly, taking it all in.

TONY (CONT’D)

It’s his, Julien. That means it was

left somewhere. That means someone

found it, and somehow it ended up

with this boy. If we can trace it

back...

JULIEN:

‘We’ cannot do anything. I am

retired, you have no authority

here. If there is any news...

TONY:

... the police will pass it on.

Yeah, well, I told Laurence, she

couldn’t have been less interested.

Maybe Ziane would give a sh*t, if

he wasn’t rotting in jail.

JULIEN:

I came here as a courtesy, Tony. As

a friend. You need to stop this.

You need to go home. This...

(indicating the

photograph)

This is not good for you.

(CONTINUED)

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TONY:

You’re lucky. All those years as a

detective, and you’ve just switched

it off. Washed your hands of it.

Well good for you.

He stands.

TONY (CONT’D)

And don’t say you’re here as a

friend. We were never friends.

Tony goes. Julien watches him leave, a sad, resigned

expression on his face.

56 SCENE MOVED- (NOW SCENE 59B) 56

57 EXT. TONY AND EMILY’S HOUSE - DAY 4(PRESENT DAY) 57

A removals truck outside a suburban middle-class home.

REMOVAL MEN are carrying a mattress out of it. EMILY stands

watching them for a moment, looking far away, like she’s

thinking of something. She shakes her head, willing the

thoughts away, and turns and walks back into the house.

58 INT. TONY AND EMILY’S HOUSE. KITCHEN- DAY 4(PRESENT DAY) 58

Inside, the usual moving-day chaos of boxes stacked on top

of each other. EMILY enters to find a 13-year-old boy,

JAMES, carrying a box.

EMILY:

I shouldn’t have bothered with the

movers, James, you’ve been putting

them to shame all day. And I’ve

been thinking - since I’m paying

the removal men - it’s only fair I

pay you something as well.

JAMES:

Really? Brilliant!

MARK has entered from the next room carrying a cardboard box

of his own. Overhearing this

MARK:

(smiling)

Are you spoiling him again?

EMILY:

(sharply)

I don’t spoil him.

(CONTINUED)

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This hangs in the air as James goes. Though it’s all said

politely enough there’s enough edge here to suggest this is

a sore point for Emily and Mark. After a silence

MARK:

Sweetheart, you... you left this in

the attic.

A silence.

MARK (CONT’D)

I didn’t know if you’d forgotten

it, or...

Emily opens it and pulls out a children’s toy - instantly

realising the box is full of Oliver’s old stuff. She digs

through, pulling out fox toys etc.

MARK (CONT’D)

Shall I put it with the others?

She’s not listening to him. She’s in a world of her own. As

she looks through the box

EMILY:

They’re just... things. They’re not

him. Are they?

She looks at Mark. He doesn’t know what to say.

EMILY (CONT’D)

We should get the guys to drop it

off at the children’s ward at Queen

Charlotte’s.

Mark looks at her - wondering if she’s sure - but Emily has

already turned and walked off.

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58B INT. TONY AND EMILY’S HOUSE. BATHROOM - DAY 4(PRESENT DAY)58B

EMILY locks herself in the bathroom. Dials a number.

59 INT. MALICK’S HOUSE. OFFICE - DAY 4 (PRESENT DAY) 59

MALICK is sitting in his home office. His phone rings and he

picks up.

MALICK:

Mrs. Hughes?

(beat)

Emily?

We hear the line go dead.

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59A INT. TONY AND EMILY’S HOUSE. BATHROOM - DAY 4 (PRESENT DAY)

59A

EMILY lets out a deep breath, trying to keep it together.

59Aa EXT. JULIEN’S HOUSE - DAY 4 (PRESENT DAY) 59Aa

An establisher of Julien’s house.

59B INT. JULIEN’S COTTAGE. DINING ROOM- NIGHT 4(PRESENT DAY) 59B

JULIEN is at home on his computer. He’s on Facebook, on

Sylvie’s home page. He’s cycling through her photo gallery -

until he reaches the picture Tony showed him. He looks at it

thoughtfully, when he’s interrupted from his reverie by

CELIA (O.C.)

You’re up late.

Julien looks away from the picture over at CELIA in the

doorway. His desk faces the door so Celia can’t see what’s

on his screen. He gives her a reassuring smile.

JULIEN:

You should never have introduced me

to shopping online.

Celia just looks at him narrowly.

CELIA:

Tony really did find something.

Didn’t he?

JULIEN:

I’m so transparent?

CELIA:

To me? Always.

JULIEN:

He thinks he has. I didn’t promise

to help him. I told him to go home.

Try to forget Chalons Du Bois.

CELIA:

He won’t.

JULIEN:

No.

CELIA:

Any more than you.

Julien looks at her - thinks about denying it - but Celia

knows him better than anyone. He says nothing.

(CONTINUED)

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CELIA (CONT’D)CELIA (CONT’D)

(French)Ne reste pas debout trop

Don’t stay up too late. longtemps.

And she goes, leaving Julien to his work.

FADE TO BLACK:

FADE IN:

60 INT/EXT. TAXI/SWIMMING POOL - DAY A-2(2006) 60

A couple in their late sixties - ROBERT and PENNY - are in

the back of a French taxi. The DRIVER up front is playing a

French radio station very loud.

ROBERT:

Excuse me...

The driver doesn’t hear.

ROBERT (CONT’D)

Excusez-moi... The radio...?

The driver turns it down by a pathetic amount.

CAPTION:
CHALONS DU BOIS, 2006

The car slows behind a long line of traffic. After a moment,

it becomes clear why. The car is passing the swimming pool

where Oliver went missing, and there are police all around

the area, picking up evidence, stopping cars etc... He honks

his horn.

TAXI DRIVER:

B.tards...

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