The Missing Page #8

kleines bisschen leichter

machen?

And he clicks the camera. Turns to the passer by.

STONE (CONT’D)STONE (CONT’D)

(German; subtitled)(German; translated)

Until they’re developed and Bis sie entwickelt und dann

they all come back out of wieder unscharf werden, meine

focus, that is. ich.

The passer by laughs.

PASSER BY PASSER BY

(German; subtitled)(German; translated)

Just use a filter App on your Benutzen Sie einfach eine Appphone. That’s what I do. mit Filter auf Ihrem Handy.

Das mach ich.

STONE STONE:

(German; subtitled)(German; translated)

And where would be the fun in Und wo bleibt dabei der Spa.?

that?

And he smiles, the passer by goes on their way. He looks

back up the dam. About to snap another photo when his phone

goes.

STONE (CONT’D)

(English)

Hello?

(beat)

Yes, of course I remember Alice

Webster...

Cut to a WIDE as he listens to the news that Alice is

back...

EXT. EVE’S HOUSE - NIGHT 6 (2014) 47

Snow falls outside Eve’s.

INT. EVE’S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 6 (2014) 48

EVE, in comfortable clothes now, pours herself a glass of

wine and dials a number.

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49 INT. JULIEN’S COTTAGE. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 6 (2014) 49

JULIEN sits trying to read a book, a weighty Frenchhistorical tome about slavery. But he keeps gettingdistracted by the laughter coming from outside. From Saraand her boyfriend. The phone rings

JULIEN:

Alo?

Intercut between him and Eve.

EVE:

Is that Julien Baptiste?

JULIEN (V.O.)

Yes it is.

EVE:

My name’s Sergeant Eve Stone. I’mwith the Military Police. Stationedat the garrison in Eckhausen,

Germany.

JULIEN:

And what can I do for you, SergeantEve Stone?

EVE:

Do you know the name Alice Webster?

Julien thinks for a moment, and then, it comes to him.

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JULIEN:

The British girl. She was abductedin spring of 2003.

EVE:

That’s right. Yesterday, she cameback. She walked right into themiddle of the town square. She’snot well enough to be questioned,

but there’s a name she mentioned,

when the paramedics asked who theycould call. She said the name

Sophie Giroux.

Julien looks stunned at the name.

JULIEN:

Sophie Giroux?

EVE:

Yeah. I looked into her case. She

was taken the year before Alice.

You were the lead detective on her

abduction. I was hoping...

She sighs and rests one hand on her pregnancy bump, atotally unconscious gesture.

EVE (CONT’D)

We don’t know how long it’ll beuntil Alice will be in better shapeto talk. I thought in the meantime,

maybe you might look through youroriginal case files, see if therewas a link between the two girls.

JULIEN:

I remember the abduction of SophieGiroux. Very well. Do you believe

the same person who took her alsotook Alice?

EVE:

It’s the most likely theory.

JULIEN:

Which would mean there is a chance

we could find Sophie. I am retirednow but... Let me look at the

files. I will see what I can learn.

EVE:

Thanks for your time, MonsieurBaptiste.

She’s about to hang up when

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JULIEN:

How is she? The girl?

Eve hesitates. She says only

EVE:

Alive.

Julien nods and hangs up. Thoughtful.

50 OMITTED 50

51 INT. HANNOVER HOSPITAL. PRIVATE ROOM - NIGHT 6 (2014) 51

CU on ALICE. Her breathing is suddenly rapid as her eyes

flicker open. She takes a moment to remember where she is.

Looks around the room - and sees GEMMA, SAM and MATTHEW all

asleep on chairs. They must have come back into the roomafter she slept. Gemma’s hand is tucked into hers.

Alice looks at them - and smiles. And allows her eyes toclose again.

52 INT. EVE’S FLAT - NIGHT 6 (2014) 52

Back with EVE who looks at the wine - sighs - then drains itinto the sink, untouched. She grabs a depressing-lookingGerman microwave meal out the fridge and bungs it in toreheat. Then she pulls a photo out of her pocket.

It’s a foetal scan. Eve looks at it for a moment, and her

expression’s hard to read. It’s not the simple joyfulnessyou might expect. She pulls out some sellotape, and tapes

the picture to her fridge. Then picks up the phone again andmakes a call. She makes a clear determined effort to injectsome cheer into her voice.

EVE:

Hey, it’s me. Thought you’d like to

know how the scan went...

53 EXT. JULIEN’S COTTAGE - DAWN 7 (2014) 53

Dawn the next morning. JULIEN is loading a bag into his car.

CELIA emerges from the house in a dressing-gown, sleepy.

CELIA:

How long will you be gone?

JULIEN:

I cannot say.

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Celia doesn’t say anything. But Julien knows exactly whatshe’s thinking by the way she’s looking at him. By hersilence.

JULIEN (CONT’D)

You know what the Giroux case meant

to me...

CELIA:

They all meant a lot to you. Everysingle case you worked.

JULIEN:

Sophie’s father... what happened toher mother... that was my fault.

CELIA:

It’s not good for you. Carrying allthat guilt around.

JULIEN:

If you would rather I did not go -

say the word, my love.

CELIA CELIA:

You don’t mean that. And you (French translation)

know I’d never stand in the Je voudrais juste que tuway of a case. trouves le moyen d’.tre

(French; subtitled)heureux. Ici. Avec nous.

I just wish you’d find a wayto be happy. Here. With us.

Julien sighs as he gets into the car. He slams the door shutand we see Celia in the reflection of the window as Julien

starts the engine and looks up at her.

JULIEN JULIEN:

(French; subtitled)(French translation)

I will be home soon. Je serais bient.t . la maison

Off his expression

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56 INT. KIRKUK NATIONAL BANK - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 56

CAPTION:
Kirkuk, Iraq. Present Day.

The shaven-headed JULIEN of the present day stands oppositea TELLER who’s counting out US dollars. Julien is sweatingin the humid bank.

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TELLER:

Four thousand eight hundred, nine

hundred. Five thousand.

Julien nods and takes the money.

JULIEN:

Thank you.

57 EXT. KIRKUK STREET - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 57

JULIEN emerges from the bank, the sunlight pours into theframe and the bustling noise of the streets feels like asudden overload of the senses. He walks through the crowd.

After a moment, he becomes aware of something. A man withhis experience, he just knows. He glances behind him andglimpses a tall MAN with a thick beard, leaning against awall and eating. He looks to us utterly innocuous. Julien,

though, peels off and heads into a market.

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