What Happened to Monday Page #4

Synopsis: In a not so distant future, where overpopulation and famine have forced governments to undertake a drastic One-Child Policy, seven identical sisters (all of them portrayed by Noomi Rapace) live a hide-and-seek existence pursued by the Child Allocation Bureau. The Bureau, directed by the fierce Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close), enforces a strict family-planning agenda that the sisters outwit by taking turns assuming the identity of one person: Karen Settman. Taught by their grandfather (Willem Dafoe) who raised and named them - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - each can go outside once a week as their common identity, but are only free to be themselves in the prison of their own apartment. That is until, one day, Monday does not come home.
Director(s): Tommy Wirkola
Production: Netflix
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
47
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
TV-MA
Year:
2017
123 min
5,902 Views


I swear to God.

You need to... to get him

to take you to his place

and find out which one of us

he's been seeing.

- What?

- Yeah, find out what he knows.

Have you lost it completely?

You want me to go with him?

- Yeah.

- I think he wants to f*** me.

Well, no sh*t.

- Show me your bracelet.

- Why?

It's a coupling device

from the dead guy's bracelet.

All you need to do is get yours close to his.

Wait. What?

Just activate your bracelet

and connect it to that guy's,

and we get a gateway

into the Bureau's servers.

What if he catches me?

Well, I'm sure you know

a few tricks to distract him.

Well, I don't know any tricks.

What do you mean?

All your big talk...

You've never been with anyone?

I'll be right there!

Oh, God! Wednesday!

Oh, sh*t!

- We're back.

- About time.

There's, uh, roof access.

The last door, southwest corner.

Guys...

There is no way I can clear this.

There's only two ways out of this, Wednesday.

You make that jump or you catch a bullet.

At least, this way, you stand a chance.

You've been training for this

your whole life.

You can do it.

Move! Move!

You can make that jump.

Get her to the processing center.

They'll know what to do.

I'll call it in.

What do you want to drink?

- A shot of vodka.

- Oh.

The file from Wednesday.

It's a 407-C funds transfer,

just like Jerry said.

Why would Karen Settman

illegally transfer millions of euros

into Nicolette Cayman's campaign fund?

This contract was executed the same day

as we got our promotion.

A transfer that big...

Hm...

Karen Settman really needed that promotion.

That's weird.

There's no signature.

We're in.

- She did it.

- Yeah.

F*** me.

Wh-Where are the cells?

You know, where they keep people.

Oh, uh...

- The processing center.

- Can you get in there?

I think so. Hold on.

Stop.

- Is this feed real time?

- Yeah.

I-I think it's Monday.

Oh, sh*t.

I'm late.

Don't go.

I gotta go.

There's this big event at the Bureau tonight.

Cayman's starting her push for Parliament.

Why are you working for them?

The Bureau? Why not?

Well, couldn't you get another job?

Why would I want another job?

Don't you think it's wrong

to be rounding up siblings?

Have you ever set foot in the lower sectors?

I mean, most of these kids that we pick up,

they live in really shitty conditions.

Trust me, we're doing them a favor.

By sending them off to the cryobank?

Yeah. For now.

Until we see better days.

See you later?

I have some... work stuff to catch up on.

- Let's meet on our usual day.

- We talked about this, right?

I just wanna be with you every day.

Not just Monday.

See you, babe.

So, Monday's been seeing Adrian for months.

Miss Perfect likes to be choked during sex.

Can you believe it?

Cayman is holding her hostage.

What? Monday's alive?

Yeah.

Be careful, Saturday.

This Bureau agent could be playing us.

I... I don't know.

I don't think so. I'm scared, Thursday.

- What are we gonna do?

- We're gonna get through this.

Every day we set foot outside,

we beat the odds.

We're gonna get Monday out, and we're gonna

show the world who Cayman really is.

I love...

- We gotta go!

- No! It's everything.

- Our whole life is in here.

- There's no time.

This is the only proof we ever existed.

Come on. Forget it. We gotta go. Okay?

Okay.

Here, put it over your face.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on, Friday.

Friday, what are you doing?

Friday!

Friday, what the f***?

Friday, get down here now! Please!

Friday!

Friday, get down, please.

I synched everything to your bracelet.

What?

Go and get Monday.

Show Cayman who Karen Settman really is.

What are you talking about?

Please, there's still time!

It's okay. I'm not like the rest of you.

As crazy and dysfunctional as our family was,

I needed it to survive.

I couldn't make it out there.

Not without you guys.

Friday, get down here now! Please!

Friday!

It's time to unplug, big sis.

I love you.

Zulu Victor One to Bravo Delta.

Zulu Victor One to Bravo Delta.

Reports of an explosion.

25 Alexander Plaza. Multiple causalities.

I repeat, 25 Alexander Plaza.

Multiple casualties. Please respond.

Move! Move!

Another one coming your way.

- Authorization?

- Full clearance.

- You know the drill.

- Yes, sir.

Karen?

- Step back, please.

- Get him out of here.

Is it Karen? Let me see her.

Let me see her! Let me see her!

Let me see her! Karen!

Ka...

Don't move!

Don't move!

What the f***?

You sold us out.

You son of a b*tch!

Karen?

K-Karen?

Who are you? Who are you?

Stop your f***ing games! You know who I am.

Jesus Christ, you're a sibling.

Yeah.

One of seven.

Identical in every way.

Well...

not in every way.

Karen...

I saw her in a body bag.

- Not her.

- She was in my apartment last night.

- She was in my apartment. I saw her.

- Not her.

- She was in my apartment!

- It wasn't her! She's not dead.

She's alive.

I love...

I have nothing to do with it.

You have to trust me. I love Karen.

Cayman is holding her hostage.

If you love her...

if you really love her...

you gotta help me.

You have a plan?

I am the plan.

Yeah, they're expecting you downstairs.

I'll take it from here.

Will it hurt?

No.

I thought there was a fire.

F***.

No, no! No! No!

No! No, no! No!

Help me! Let me out!

Help me! Please let me out!

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

It was all a lie.

Cayman killed them all.

Every sibling.

Okay.

Hey.

Karen.

Tuesday.

- No, please! Please, no, please!

- It's me. It's me.

- Please, no, please!

- It's not her.

It's okay.

We're gonna get you out. Okay?

Where's Karen?

Is she still alive? Where's Karen?

What happened to Monday?

Ah...

Karen.

How are you enjoying your stay?

I trust we've made you comfortable.

More than comfortable.

We failed miserably

as a species on this planet.

Masterminding our own extinction.

But, through it all, through your donation

and my push for Parliament,

we might just still have another chance.

Take your wig off.

Take it off!

If you're beginning to have second thoughts,

you should know that I've kept

one of your siblings alive as collateral.

And, after all...

anyone who's willing to sacrifice

their own flesh and blood...

can never be fully trusted.

So...

how does it feel to be the one

and only Karen Settman?

When you get into the main server,

use the code Friday wrote.

Cayman's speech starts in 15 minutes.

- Let's go.

- Let's take this b*tch down.

F***.

Nobody moves!

Show me your hands!

Open the door!

- Open the f***ing now or I'll shoot him!

- Do it! Do it.

Monday.

I'm impressed.

You've never worn Karen Settman so well.

- You think you own her. You don't.

- I do her justice.

You only pretend.

Thank you for coming this evening.

I'm deeply honored and grateful.

I gotta get to Cayman.

Get her away from the servers.

You sold us out.

How could you?

I thought you, of all people,

would understand.

Understand? We were your family.

What do you know about family?

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Max Botkin

Max Botkin is an American screenwriter and producer. Botkin's original script for What Happened to Monday? was featured on the 2010 Blacklist for best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. more…

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