The Missing Page #9

58 EXT. MARKET - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 58

JULIEN makes his way through the bustling, labyrinthinemarket and stops at one of the stalls. A stall sellingornate lampshades. In the reflection of one of the glass

decorations of one of the lamp-shades he glimpses the tallman with the beard. Looking straight at Julien - though hecan’t tell that Julien can see him.

Julien smiles politely at the market stall owner and moveson, winding his way through the market. He takes a left,

where the bodies seem to be thinning out. The bearded man isbehind him, every step of the way. He takes a sharp left,

left again, trying to move fast, shake his pursuer...

59 EXT. SIDE ALLEY - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 59

JULIEN ducks into an alley beside the market. Breathinghard, he looks around for something to protect himself. Hesettles on a rusty half-length of pipe. He looks back outinto the market - he can’t find his pursuer anywhere.

Finally, he catches a brief glimpse of him, disappearing ina different direction. Julien sighs with relief.

60 OMITTED 60

61 EXT. CAR PARK - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 61

We’re in a car park for a supermarket. Looking at the golfGTI we saw earlier, with MATTHEW, ULF and AXEL sat inside.

Muffled rap from inside.

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62 INT. CAR - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 62

ULF and AXEL are rapping in German along to a track on theircar stereo - there’s something hypnotic, almost threateningabout the violence with which they do it. Finally, Axelmesses up one of the lines and Ulf smacks him round the headjokingly.

ULF:

(German; subtitled)

You always mess that up.

(to Matthew; English)

Are you going to share that?

ULF:

(German translation)

Jedes Mal versaust du das. *

Sorry...

MATTHEW:

Matthew hands the meth pipe to Ulf.

ULF:

Two years, we will be like Jay-Z,

you know? On a big stage, rappinglike beasts, with all the women we

can do sex with...

MATTHEW:

When’s he coming? He’s fifteenminutes late.

ULF:

Drug dealers do not keep to aschedule. Who knew?

He puts the rap track back on and he and Axel startpracticing again. Matthew sighs as the drugs hit him. Helooks around idly. Then he stops, he’s seen something -

Jesus.

MATTHEW:

POV we see a woman with a trolley, loading her shopping into

her boot. Around 50, elegant, but something stern andunforgiving about her. We’ll come to know her as NADIA.

Matthew gets out of the car 63

EXT. SUPERMARKET CAR PARK - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 63

MATTHEW starts towards NADIA, who’s a way off. The sound ofrap music still pulsing from the car behind him. He’swalking fast, determined - angry.

HEY!

MATTHEW:

Nadia looks up, and instantly her expression shifts. Arabbit in headlights. She abandons her trolley and headstowards the car door, climbing inside.

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MATTHEW (CONT’D)

Where are you going?

Nadia locks the door, scrabbling for the key, trying to turnthe engine - to start it up. Matthew’s gaining on her fast.

MATTHEW (CONT’D)

Come on! Huh!?

The car finally starts up and she pulls away. Matthew chasesafter it and kicks the back of it

MATTHEW (CONT’D)

Where the hell are you GOING?

Matthew kicks it again and it revs off, out of reach.

MATTHEW (CONT’D)

B*TCH!

He turns round, Ulf and Axel are looking back and laughing.

ULF ULF:

(German; subtitled)(German translation)

Finally growing some balls, Endlich Eier in der Hose,

Matty? Matti?

Matthew’s expression turns from one of an intense, focusedrage into a smile. Which, though forced, is still genuine,

because he’s managed to impress the twins.

Then his phone rings. He looks at the caller ID. It reads‘Mum’. He glances at his watch and sighs.

64 INT. EVE’S HOUSE. BEDROOM - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 64

The curtains are drawn - a thin beam of sunlight spills inthrough a crack in the fabric. We can see the back of a man -

tattooed and scarred with burn-marks. It’s SAM, and he’s

having sex with EVE - who is of course no longer pregnant.

It’s urgent. Almost animalistic.

CUT TO:

Later. They’re in bed. The atmosphere is strained, awkward.

SAM:

I can’t keep coming round.

EVE:

Then don’t.

He looks at her. It’s not like she’s trying to offend him.

It’s just the way she is now. Cold.

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SAM:

Maybe we should go to a hotel nexttime...

EVE:

Sure.

A silence passes between them.

SAM:

Just be simpler, that’s all.

Another silence. Until Eve pushes the perfunctoryconversation forward

EVE:

Are you in today, then?

SAM:

No. I’ve shuffled all the papers Ineed to this week.

(beat)

I’ll probably work on the car. Tryand get rid of the rust, you know?

I’m taking out panels, trying tofind ones to match, then weldingthem in... It’s like pulling teeth.

EVE:

So don’t do it. I don’t get thepoint of fixing up a lump of oldmetal.

SAM:

You know where you are with a car.

It either works or it doesn’t. It’s

a simple thing. If you put it alltogether and it doesn’t work, youdo it again...

(beat)

It’s just a simple thing.

It’s not a conflict of any sort. Just people exchanginginformation. Eve is barely listening, and it’s kind of arelief when Sam’s phone starts ringing.

EVE:

You should go.

Sam picks up his phone and looks at it. We see the caller ID

-GEMMA. With a photo of the two of them laughing.

SAM:

I’m going to take a shower.

And he goes to the bathroom. He puts the phone back on theside, as it continues to buzz. Eve gives the phone asideways glance, and then, annoyed by the sound, gets up.

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INT. EVE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 65

EVE - in her dressing gown - goes over to the fridge andopens it up to pull out some orange juice. As she closes thedoor, something flutters to the ground. She picks it up andwe see it’s the foetal scan picture. The same one we saw hertape up in 2014, and the tape is now yellow, dried up andold. She looks at it for a long time. Trying to decidewhether to replace the tape.

She crumples it up - then changes her mind. She goes backnext door

65A

INT. EVE’S HOUSE. BEDROOM - DAY 16 (PRESENT DAY) 65A

The sound of Sam showering in the en-suite. EVE opens one ofher drawers and takes out a folder hidden under some

clothes. We don’t see what’s inside as she puts the picturein. Then puts the folder back under the clothes. Herexpression giving nothing away.

66

INT. SAM AND GEMMA’S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM - DAY 16 66

(PRESENT DAY)

GEMMA sits in front of her laptop, looking at morerollercoaster pictures. Whatever she’s looking so hard for,

she’s not finding it. She’s engrossed in what she’s doing,

so engrossed she doesn’t notice MATTHEW in the doorway.

Looking pale and shifty. Irritable.

MATTHEW:

Are we going then?

Gemma looks up, surprised.

GEMMA:

Hey. You’re coming. Great. Yes,

yes, your Dad’s not back yet...

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