Overview
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- Male: 1
Context
[Trigger warning: this scene deals with the subjects of child pornography and pedophilia not evident in the cut presented here.]
Henry and Elizabeth Law have been married for many years. They are parents to an infant son, Gabriel. Yet Elizabeth has long been aware that they are growing apart. After a troubling visit from the police earlier in the day, asking questions about allegations of Henry touching a young boy inappropriately in the park, Elizabeth and Henry are forced to confront the
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START: Henry: Wine?... That’s not like you.
Elizabeth: I bought a bottle at the off-license. An Australian claret. It’s a little heavy.
Henry: Robust, I think they call it. Like the people. Apparently. (He moves to the window and looks down to the street below.) Have you heard? The Soviets have invaded Czechoslovakia.
Elizabeth: No. I missed that.
[... … …]
END: Elizabeth: I have feelings for you, Henry. That’s why I’m sending you away and not turning you over to the authorities. I love you. Strangely, as abhorrent as this is, that hasn’t changed. I imagine it will in time and whatever I feel for you will turn, but now… I still love you. But you’re a thief. Instead of a loaf of bread you have stolen the future. And I will remove every trace of you from Gabriel’s life. And every time the boy asks about you, about his father, and inevitably he will, I will remain silent. It will be as if you never existed.
Elizabeth walks slowly away and with each step she grows a little smaller until she is nothing at all.
For full extended scene, please refer to the script edition cited here: Bovell, Andrew, When the Rain Stops Falling, Nick Hern Books, 2009, pp. 77-81.
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