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BRISEIS:
Why did you choose this life?
ACHILLES:
What life?
BRISEIS:
This... to be a great warrior.
ACHILLES:
I chose nothing. I was born and
this is what I am.
BRISEIS:
But you must enjoy it.
ACHILLES:
Does the scorpion feel joy when he
stings the beetle?
(beat)
anything at all.
BRISEIS:
But you're not a scorpion. You're
a man.
ACHILLES:
And you're a woman in love with a
god. Where was Apollo when those
men tried to scar you?
BRISEIS:
ACHILLES:
Yes.
(CONTINUED)
103.
110 CONTINUED:
(2) 110They watch each other, Achilles smiling, Briseis angry.
ACHILLES:
You've dedicated your life to the
gods, yes?
Briseis, glaring at him, doesn't answer.
ACHILLES:
Zeus, God of Thunder. Athena,
Goddess of Wisdom. You serve them?
BRISEIS:
Of course.
ACHILLES:
And Aries, God of War, who blankets
his bed with the skins of men he's
killed?
Briseis pauses, caught in the trap.
BRISEIS:
All the gods are to be feared and
respected.
For a long beat they are silent, staring at each other.
The air between them is charged with more than mere
contention.
BRISEIS:
What do you want here in Troy? You
didn't come for the Spartan queen.
ACHILLES:
I want what all men want. I just
want it more.
Achilles takes an apple and unsheathes a dagger. He
tosses the apple in his hand. On the third toss he whips
his knife-hand up and across and neatly catches four apple
quarters.
He offers a quarter to Briseis. Stunned, she slowly
shakes her head. Achilles shrugs and eats the sliced
apple.
(CONTINUED)
104.
110 CONTINUED:
(3) 110
ACHILLES:
I'll tell you a secret-- something
they didn't teach you in your
temple. The gods envy us. They
envy us because we're mortal,
because every moment might be our
last. Everything is more beautiful
for the doomed.
He stares at her with such intensity she must look away.
ACHILLES:
You will never be lovelier than you
are right now. And we will never
be here again.
Briseis is quiet for a moment. She rubs the ripe purple
grapes on the platter beside her.
BRISEIS:
I thought you were a dumb brute.
She looks into Achilles' eyes.
BRISEIS:
I could have forgiven a dumb brute.
It's quiet now. Only a few campfires burn under a full
moon.
112 INT. ACHILLES' TENT - LATER 112
Achilles lies on his back on a deer skin, sleeping.
Briseis kneels beside him. In the candlelight we see the
glint of a bronze blade. She holds the knife near his
throat.
Achilles open his eyes.
ACHILLES:
Go on.
Briseis holds the blade against his skin.
ACHILLES:
Nothing is easier.
BRISEIS:
Aren't you afraid?
(CONTINUED)
105.
112 CONTINUED:
112ACHILLES:
Every mortal dies. Today or fifty
years from now, what does it matter
in the face of eternity?
BRISEIS:
You'll kill more men if I don't
kill you.
ACHILLES:
Many of them.
For several seconds she holds the knife to his throat.
Finally she puts it down.
BRISEIS:
Achilles pulls her closer and they kiss.
He slowly slides the robe off her shoulders. Briseis -eyes
closed, lips parted -- trembles as Achilles unveils
her. For a moment she hesitates but soon hesitation
evaporates and she presses her body against his, kissing
his throat, his chest, his hands.
Their hunger for each other is stronger than gods and
nations.
Rosy-fingered dawn appears. The seagulls cry above the
waves.
114 INT. ACHILLES' TENT - MORNING 114
Achilles watches Briseis sleep. She looks very young and
fragile, her face bruised, her eyelids fluttering as she
dreams. Achilles watches her with great tenderness.
Eudorus opens the tent flap. Sunlight streams in.
Achilles puts a finger over his mouth. Eudorus sees
Briseis and nods. Achilles gently pulls the blanket over
her naked shoulders. He stands and exits.
115 EXT. ACHILLES' TENT - CONTINUOUS 115
Odysseus waits for Achilles outside the tent.
(CONTINUED)
106.
115 CONTINUED:
115ACHILLES:
(to Eudorus)
Have the men start loading the
ship. We're going home.
Eudorus, surprised, looks at Odysseus for a second before
bowing to his commander and walking away.
ODYSSEUS:
You found the girl?
ACHILLES:
I found her.
ODYSSEUS:
Is she hurt?
ACHILLES:
Not as badly as those who hurt her.
Achilles stares at the sea. Seagulls patrol the skies.
ACHILLES:
Do you miss your wife, Odysseus?
ODYSSEUS:
Always.
ACHILLES:
I've never missed anyone in my
life. I used to think it was a
weakness, needing someone else.
ODYSSEUS:
We all need someone else. Right
ACHILLES:
Greece got along fine before I was
born and Greece will be Greece long
after I'm dead.
ODYSSEUS:
I'm not talking about the land.
The valleys, the mountains -- they
don't care what we do. The men
need you. You should have seen the
slaughter yesterday.
ACHILLES:
I saw it. And I saw who led the
men to slaughter.
(CONTINUED)
107.
115 CONTINUED:
(2) 115ODYSSEUS:
Agamemnon... is a proud man. But
he knows when he's made a mistake.
ACHILLES:
The man sends you to make his
apologies? He doesn't understand
honor. What are you doing in
thrall to that pig of a king?
ODYSSEUS:
The world seems simple to you, my
friend. But when you're a king,
very few choices are simple.
Ithaca cannot afford an enemy like
Agamemnon.
ACHILLES:
Am I supposed to fear him?
ODYSSEUS:
You don't fear anyone, that's your
problem. Fear is useful.
(beat)
Stay, Achilles. You were born for
this war.
ACHILLES:
My life is war. Is that what you
think?
ODYSSEUS:
Am I wrong?
Achilles stares at the sea again.
ACHILLES:
A week ago you were right. But
things are less simple today.
ODYSSEUS:
Women have a way of complicating
things.
Achilles smiles. He turns to Odysseus and clasps his
hand.
ACHILLES:
Of all the kings of Greece, I
respect you most. But in this war
you're a servant. And I refuse to
be a servant any longer.
(CONTINUED)
108.
115 CONTINUED:
(3) 115ODYSSEUS:
Sometimes you need to serve in
order to lead. I hope you
understand that one day.
Odysseus walks away. Achilles watches him go and then
turns back toward his tent. He sees that Patroclus has
been standing by the tent throughout the previous
conversation.
PATROCLUS:
We're going home?
ACHILLES:
We leave at noon.
He tries to enter his tent but Patroclus grabs his arm and
blocks his path. Achilles stares at Patroclus' hand.
Patroclus releases him but doesn't move out of the way.
PATROCLUS:
If Poseidon curses us and our ship
goes down, what will I tell the
shades in Hades? That I died
running from this war, abandoning
our countrymen?
ACHILLES:
Our countrymen?
PATROCLUS:
Yes, our country! We're Greek,
cousin. I broke bread with these
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