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Gabriel and Gabrielle are two strangers who meet by chance and quickly develop a deep connection. Gabriel, a tourist from London, stumbled upon Gabrielle’s tiny inn on the Coorong as he travels Australia searching to connect with the memory of his absent father. That evening, the young couple sleeps together on the beach. Here, Gabriel and Gabrielle try to navigate their new intimacy, trying to share their stories while being irrevocably burdened by their past.
Gabriel speaks with a British
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START: Gabriel: You smoke.
Gabrielle: No, not really. I just want to hold one. My mother used to smoke. I used to think she looked so sophisticated and after… Well, I just felt like looking sophisticated.
Gabriel: That was your first time, wasn’t it?
Gabrielle: Didn’t know if I was meant to tell you. Thought I’d just let you find out.
[... … …]
END: Gabrielle: We just f&*#@!. (Beat.) That’s all.
Gabriel: Right.
Gabrielle: Your father’s right about the Coorong… You can be standing on solid ground then without even noticing, it turns to water beneath you. And if you don’t move, you’ll drown.
A flash of light on the horizon. A rumble of thunder.
Gabriel: Here.
He gives her the piece of driftwood.
Keep this to remember your first time.
For full extended scene, please refer to the video link or script edition cited here: Bovell, Andrew, When the Rain Stops Falling, Nick Hern Books, 2009, pp. 56-61.
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