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Atonement
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(TYPEWRITER LOADING) |
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(TYPEWRITER CLACKING) |
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EngIand |
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(TYPEWRITER CLACKING) |
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(WOMEN TALKING) |
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-I finished my pIay. |
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Have you seen Mummy? |
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WeII, she'II be in the drawing room, I expect. |
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I hope you're not gonna be getting under |
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We got a dinner for 10 to prepare. |
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-HeIIo, paI, I hear you're putting on a pIay. |
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JungIe drums. |
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-WiII you come and see it? |
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Why don't you Iet me read it? |
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You used to make me those beautifuI |
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-I've kept them aII. |
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-Let's see. |
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Mummy, I need you! |
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Stupendous. It's stupendous, darIing. |
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Do you think so? |
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WeII, of course he wiII. |
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The Trials of Arabella, by Briony TaIIis. |
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-BRIONY: Cee. |
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What do you think it wouId feeI Iike |
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CECILIA: CooIer, I shouId hope. |
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-I'm worried about the pIay. |
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But we onIy have the afternoon to rehearse. |
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You have to be nice to them. |
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had run off with Mr What's-his-name |
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Perhaps I shouId have written Leon a story. |
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If you write a story, you onIy have to |
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the towers and the woods |
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In a pIay, it's... |
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It aII depends on other peopIe. |
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-Cee. |
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Why don't you taIk to Robbie any more? |
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I do. |
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(WHEELBARROW RATTLING) |
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-Do we have to do a pIay? |
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-It's to ceIebrate my brother Leon's visit. |
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-JACKSON: So do I. |
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-It's just showing off. |
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-And I'II teII the parents. |
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We're guests in this house. And what did |
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-WeII, Pierrot? |
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-Jackson? |
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AmenabIe, that's right. |
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Now, Briony, what's your pIay about? |
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WeII, it's about how |
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Iove is aII very weII, |
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-I suppose you're going to be ArabeIIa. |
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-In that case, do you mind if I pIay her? |
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Do say yes. It'd be the first decent thing |
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WeII, yes, aII right. |
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I suppose we shouId start by reading it. |
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If you're going to be ArabeIIa, then I'II be |
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Sorry. |
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I'm going to do the proIogue. |
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''ProIogue. |
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''This is the taIe of spontaneous ArabeIIa, |
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''who ran away with an extrinsic feIIow. |
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''It grieved her parents to see their firstborn |
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''evanesce from her home |
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(DOOR CREAKS) |
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Yes? |
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-Nothing. Just thought I'd watch. |
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You can see the pIay this evening. |
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-I'II have to work then. |
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JACKSON: Can we go for a swim now? |
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-No, I don't reaIIy think there's time! |
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I'm sure a haIf-hour break |
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PIERROT: CeciIia? CeciIia! |
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CeciIia! |
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(BEE BUZZING) |
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(BUZZING) |
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(GASPS) |
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(GASPS) |
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(PANTING) |
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CeciIia! CeciIia, CeciIia. |
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Yes, I don't see why not. |
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Can you do me |
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-CECILIA: BeautifuI day. |
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-Are you enjoying your book? |
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It gets better. |
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I prefer FieIding any day. |
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Much more passionate. |
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-Leon's coming down today, did you know? |
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He's bringing a friend with him. |
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-Are the fIowers for him? |
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Leon says he's very charming. |
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The OId Man teIephoned Iast night. |
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-I'm thinking about it, yes. |
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-How eIse do you become a doctor? |
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-couIdn't you? With your First? |
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I said I'd pay your father back. |
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That's not what I meant at aII. |
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-Let me heIp with that. |
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-Take the fIowers. Take the fIowers. |
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Oh, you idiot. |
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Do you reaIise that's probabIy |
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Not any more, it isn't. |
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CarefuI! |
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I'm... |
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(CAR HORN HONKING) |
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LEON: HeIIo, Robbie! |
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No need to encourage him. |
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Cee? |
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Mother? |
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-Where is everyone, Danny? |
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DANNY: Sir. |
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-WiII you have one? |
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-Whisky? |
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-Leon! |
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CECILIA: Oh, I've missed you. |
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-This is my sister, CeciIia. PauI MarshaII. |
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-Likewise. |
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In the bIue room. Mother's Iying down, |
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I'm not surprised, with this heat. |
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It's the big room next to the nursery. |
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Is the OId Man staying in town? |
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LEON: Looks Iike it. |
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(THUDDING) |
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PIERROT: So aren't we doing the pIay? |
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-JACKSON: Why not? |
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PIERROT: I don't Iike it here. |
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PAUL: There's aIways a probIem |
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The remarketing, the re-packaging, |
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Even the re-fIavouring in some cases, |
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I think our main chaIIenge is whether or not |
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The Army Amo. Do you see? Pass the Amo? |
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(PAUL CHUCKLES) |
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My source at the Ministry is very reIiabIe, |
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I used to cIean his shoes at Harrow, |
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of incIuding it |
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Which means that I'd have to open |
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More if they bring in conscription, |
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if Herr HitIer doesn't pipe down. |
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He's about as IikeIy to do that as buy shares |
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in Marks and Spencer's, |
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-This isn't very good. |
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rum and meIted dark chocoIate. |
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-LEON: Guess who we met on the way in? |
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-I toId him to join us tonight. |
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So, Robbie, the housekeeper's son, |
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gets a schoIarship to the IocaI grammar, |
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goes up at the same time as Cee, and |
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WouIdn't Iet him within a miIe |
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Anyone got a cigarette? |
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I don't know what the heII he's doing |
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As a matter of fact, he's pIanning on doing |
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LEON: And the OId Man said yes to that? |
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Look, I reaIIy think you shouId go down |
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Why? Has something happened |
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For God's sake. |
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-When can we go home? |
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We can't go home. It's a divorce. |
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-How dare you say that? |
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LOLA: You wiII never, ever use that word |
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-Now what are we going to do? |
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My name is PauI MarshaII. |
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-What are your names? |
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-Jackson. |
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JACKSON: Do you know our parents? |
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PAUL: WeII, I've read |
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-What exactIy have you read about them? |
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I'II thank you not to taIk about this |
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Your parents |
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that's quite cIear, and they Iove you |
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JoIIy nice sIacks. |
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We went to see a show |
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-What was the show? |
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Ah, yes. ''To be or not to be.'' |
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I Iike your shoes. |
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Duckers in the TurI. They make |
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Keep it forever. |
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PIERROT: I'm starving. When's dinner? |
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WeII, I might be abIe to heIp you there, |
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-You've got a chocoIate factory. |
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Then it wasn't a guess, was it? |
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There'II be one of these in every kit bag |
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Sugar casing, so it won't meIt. |
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JACKSON: Why shouId they get free sweets? |
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'Cause they'II be fighting for their country. |
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Our daddy says |
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Your daddy is wrong. |
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-CaIIing it the Army Amo. |
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Top marks. |
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It's boring how everything ends in ''o.'' |
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-And ''Oxo'' and ''BriIIo''. |
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Then I shaII just have to give it |
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PAUL: Bite it. |
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You have to bite it. |
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BRIONY.: The Princess was well aware |
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But that made it no easier to overcome |
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in her heart for Sir Romulus. |
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that the one with red hair |
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As his young ward dived again |
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in search of the enchanted chalice, |
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Sir Romulus rode with his two companions, |
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to an effulgent sea. |
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So heroic in manner, |
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(TYPEWRITER CLACKING) |
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no one could ever guess at the darkness |
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lurking in the black heart |
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He was the most dangerous man |
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''Dear CeciIia, I thought I shouId write |
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''and inconsiderate behaviour.'' |
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(OPERA PLAYING) |
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''Forgive me if I seem strange but I'm...'' |
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(CHUCKLING) |
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ROBBIE.: Dear Cecilia, you'd be forgiven |
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the way I acted this afternoon. |
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The truth is I feel rather lightheaded |
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and I don't think I can blame the heat. |
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''WiII you forgive me? |
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''Robbie.'' |
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Off out then? |
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ROBBIE: Yes, Leon's asked me |
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So that's why I've been poIishing |
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I'II think of you when I see my face |
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You're not a bit Iike your father. |
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That's because I'm aII yours. I'II be Iate. |
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Your shirts are hanging upstairs. |
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-Son. |
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Nothing. |
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Briony! Is that you? |
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Are you aII right? |
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Do you think you couId do me a favour? |
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CouId you run ahead |
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-FeeI a bit of a fooI handing it over myseIf. |
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Briony. |
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Briony! |
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(PANTING) |
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-I suppose he's what you might caII eIigibIe. |
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He certainIy seems to think |
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Which is odd, considering he has pubic hair |
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I shouId imagine he'd give you |
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-He's quite a good egg, actuaIIy. |
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-Leon! |
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I wrote you a pIay, Leon. |
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-The Trials Of Arabella. |
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-Doesn't have to be this evening. |
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CECILIA: Briony. |
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you're even better, |
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-Briony, did you read this Ietter? |
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-Briony! |
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I insist you try it. |
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Wasn't there an enveIope? |
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR) |
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Do you mind if I come in? |
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LOLA: I've had the most appaIIing evening. |
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The twins have been torturing me. Look. |
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How awfuI. |
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Chinese burns. |
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That's right. |
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They want to go home. |
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(LOLA SOBBING) |
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LoIa. |
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Can I teII you something? |
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Yes, pIease. |
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What's the worst word |
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(BELL RINGING) |
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-He's a sex maniac! |
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-What's CeciIia going to do? |
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-You ought to caII the poIice. |
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He said he thought about it aII day Iong. |
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AII you have to do is show them the Ietter. |
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-You won't teII anyone, wiII you, promise? |
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Good. If he found out, |
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You're right. |
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You better tidy your face. |
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Thanks, Briony. You're a reaI brick. |
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(MEN CHATTERING) |
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(BREATHING HEAVILY) |
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(PANTING) |
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BRIONY: CeciIia! |
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-It was a mistake. |
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My God, I'm so sorry. |
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Yes. |
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-It was never meant to be read. |
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(CLOCK CHIMING) |
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What was in the version |
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I don't know. It was more formaI. Less... |
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-AnatomicaI? |
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It's been there for weeks, |
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I've never done anything Iike that before. |
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And I was so angry with you, |
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I thought if you went away to medicaI |
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I don't know how I couId have been |
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So stupid. |
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You do know what I'm taIking about, |
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You knew before I did. |
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Why are you crying? |
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Don't you know? |
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Yes, I know exactIy. |
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(SIGHING) |
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(BOTH MOANING) |
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Robbie. |
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CeciIia. |
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I Iove you. |
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I Iove you. |
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(BOTH MOANING) |
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(DOOR OPENING) |
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Someone's come in. |
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CeciIia! |
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LEON: PeopIe were sitting out |
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It was aIways the view of my parents |
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In high summer, my sister and I |
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They thought the viIIagers wouId be |
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What do you say, Cee? Does the hot weather |
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-Good heavens, you're bIushing. |
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LoIa, wipe that Iipstick off. |
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What about you, Briony? |
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-I've done nothing wrong. |
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They didn't Iook very happy |
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-BRIONY: You know nothing about it. |
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-I've never known you to be so rude. |
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-Just Iook what they did to LoIa. |
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BRIONY: Jackson and Pierrot |
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I'm afraid she's quite right. |
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How I got my war wound. |
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The twins did that, LoIa? |
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PAUL: Yes, it aII turned |
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I'm afraid. StiII, no harm done, eh, LoIa? |
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EMILY: WouId you go and find these boys, |
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TeII them dinner's ready, |
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-Why do I have to go? |
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or you'II go straight to your room. |
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-BRIONY: It's a Ietter! |
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BRIONY: They've run away. |
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BRIONY: The twins. |
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''We are going to run away because LoIa |
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-''AIso, there wasn't a pIay.'' |
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We'II send out some search parties. |
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Cee, you come with me. |
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LEON: Pierrot! |
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CECILIA: Jackson! |
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PAUL: Boys! |
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Jackson! |
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LEON: Pierrot! |
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(RUSTLING) |
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(SCREAMING) |
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(GASPING) |
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(LOLA SOBBING) |
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LoIa? Are you aII right? |
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I'm sorry. I didn't... I'm sorry. |
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Who was it? |
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I saw him. |
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I saw him. |
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-It was him, wasn't it? |
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LoIa, who was it? |
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It was Robbie, wasn't it? Robbie? |
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-You saw him? |
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And you don't even know |
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I caught him attacking my sister |
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I don't know what he'd have done |
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-You actuaIIy saw him? |
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He pushed me to the ground. |
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-I couIdn't actuaIIy... I never actuaIIy... |
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my whoIe Iife, and I saw him. |
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Because I couIdn't say for sure. |
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WeII, I can. And I wiII. |
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LEON: CaII the poIice. |
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(LOLA SOBBING) |
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-It's aII right, dear. It's aII right now. |
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I haven't seen him. |
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I know who it was. |
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-You saw him, then? |
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-Just as you see me? |
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You know it was him? Or you saw him? |
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-Yes, I did, I saw him. |
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Yes. I saw him, I saw him with my own eyes. |
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EMILY: WeII done, darIing. |
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My brother and I found the two of them |
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POLICEMAN: You didn't see anyone eIse? |
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I wouIdn't necessariIy beIieve everything |
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When they went Iooking, |
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-I did, honest. |
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To teII him aII about it. |
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-I know I shouIdn't have opened it. |
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But at Ieast you've done the right thing now. |
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(SNORING) |
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(TAPPING PIANO KEY) |
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Sir, there is someone coming. |
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-Time you went to bed. |
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Now. |
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(DOOR OPENING) |
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EMILY: CeciIia! |
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You Iiars! You Iiars! Liars! Liars! |
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(GRACE WAILING) |
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(HARMONICA PLAYING) |
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Northern France |
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NETTLE: I says to him, I says, ''You can sit |
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''waiting to get your head bIown off, |
| 00:47:47 |
''I'm off out of it.'' |
| 00:47:48 |
(ROBBIE SHUSHING) |
| 00:47:49 |
(FLOOR CREAKING) |
| 00:47:57 |
MAN: Bonsoir monsieur. Bonsoir? |
| 00:48:01 |
(MAN 1 SPEAKING FRENCH) |
| 00:48:04 |
(ALL PANTING) |
| 00:48:07 |
(ROBBIE SPEAKING FRENCH) |
| 00:48:16 |
MACE: What's his game? |
| 00:48:17 |
-He says he's got something for us. |
| 00:48:19 |
(MEN SPEAKING FRENCH) |
| 00:48:21 |
Wait! We have food for you |
| 00:48:23 |
Bread, sugar |
| 00:48:24 |
And wine! |
| 00:48:31 |
(SIGHING) |
| 00:48:35 |
What are you doing here? |
| 00:48:38 |
(MEN SPEAKING FRENCH) |
| 00:48:43 |
When the retreat started, Panzers attacked, |
| 00:48:47 |
and I was separated from my unit |
| 00:48:49 |
So it's true, the EngIish are retreating |
| 00:48:54 |
We'II be gone at first Iight |
| 00:48:58 |
We fought aII those years, |
| 00:49:02 |
now the Germans are in France again |
| 00:49:07 |
We wiII come back |
| 00:49:11 |
we wiII throw them out |
| 00:49:14 |
I promise you |
| 00:49:18 |
Good Iuck |
| 00:49:25 |
NETTLE: Come on, then. |
| 00:49:26 |
How come a toff Iike you, taIks French |
| 00:49:30 |
Not eIigibIe for officers' training |
| 00:49:34 |
-You're puIIing my tit. |
| 00:49:38 |
They gave me a choice. |
| 00:49:43 |
And for the record, |
| 00:50:04 |
Six months earIier |
| 00:50:20 |
(PEOPLE CHATTERING) |
| 00:50:32 |
I'm sorry I'm Iate, I got Iost. |
| 00:50:33 |
-HeIIo. |
| 00:50:44 |
-ShouId we sit down? |
| 00:51:01 |
-I'm sorry, I can't remember, I... |
| 00:51:38 |
Where are you Iiving? |
| 00:51:41 |
Tiny fIat in BaIham. It's ghastIy. |
| 00:51:43 |
-The IandIady's rude and horribIy nosy. |
| 00:51:47 |
-Apart from the uniform, of course. |
| 00:51:49 |
-to the hospitaI in haIf an hour. |
| 00:52:12 |
-Sorry. |
| 00:52:18 |
Have you been in touch with your famiIy? |
| 00:52:20 |
No, I toId you I wouIdn't. |
| 00:52:24 |
Leon waited outside the hospitaI Iast week, |
| 00:52:26 |
Cee, you don't owe me anything. |
| 00:52:31 |
Robbie, didn't you read my Ietters? |
| 00:52:34 |
Had I been aIIowed to visit you, |
| 00:52:36 |
-I wouId have been there every day. |
| 00:52:38 |
If aII we have rests on a few moments |
| 00:52:42 |
in a Iibrary three and a haIf years ago, |
| 00:52:44 |
-I don't know if... |
| 00:52:51 |
Look at me. |
| 00:52:54 |
(WHISPERS) Come back. |
| 00:52:58 |
Come back to me. |
| 00:53:14 |
ROBBIE.: Dearest Cecilia. |
| 00:53:17 |
Dearest Cecilia. |
| 00:53:26 |
Cecilia. |
| 00:53:42 |
A friend of mine has a cottage by the coast. |
| 00:53:44 |
Said we can borrow it |
| 00:53:46 |
White cIapboard |
| 00:53:51 |
-I hope this bus never comes. |
| 00:53:57 |
Something to think of whiIe you're away. |
| 00:54:21 |
I Iove you. |
| 00:55:21 |
(SIGHS) |
| 00:55:45 |
(PLANES DRONING) |
| 00:55:49 |
Some poor sod's gonna catch a packet. |
| 00:55:59 |
CECILIA.: My darling. Briony found |
| 00:56:04 |
The first surprise was |
| 00:56:07 |
She's doing nurse's training |
| 00:56:11 |
I think she may be doing this |
| 00:56:14 |
She says she's beginning to get the full |
| 00:56:18 |
She wants to come and talk to me. |
| 00:56:22 |
I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. |
| 00:56:28 |
Come back to me. |
| 00:56:30 |
ROBBIE.: Come back. Come back to me. |
| 00:56:34 |
Come back. Come back to me. |
| 00:56:40 |
NETTLE: So where we going, guv? |
| 00:56:56 |
Fucking hate those boots! |
| 00:56:58 |
I hate them worse |
| 00:57:01 |
You'II have a job getting back to EngIand |
| 00:58:38 |
Come on, paI, |
| 00:58:40 |
-If I feII in, wouId you save me? |
| 00:58:48 |
(WATER SPLASHES) |
| 00:58:56 |
Briony! |
| 00:59:18 |
(GASPING) |
| 00:59:20 |
(LAUGHING) |
| 00:59:21 |
Thank you. |
| 00:59:30 |
Thank you! Thank you, thank you! |
| 00:59:31 |
ROBBIE: That's an incredibIy bIoody |
| 00:59:34 |
-BRIONY: I wanted you to save me. |
| 00:59:36 |
how easiIy you couId have drowned? |
| 00:59:38 |
-You saved me. |
| 00:59:40 |
You couId have kiIIed us both. |
| 00:59:46 |
I want to thank you for saving my Iife. |
| 00:59:49 |
I wiII be eternaIIy gratefuI to you. |
| 01:00:04 |
ROBBIE.: The story can resume. |
| 01:00:07 |
Our story can resume. I will simply resume. |
| 01:00:11 |
NETTLE: Jerry, come and have a go at us |
| 01:00:13 |
Or better stiII, TrafaIgar Square. |
| 01:00:18 |
You can't say, ''Pass the biscuit,'' or |
| 01:00:21 |
They just shrug. Because they hate us, too. |
| 01:00:25 |
We fight in France |
| 01:00:28 |
Make me Home Secretary, |
| 01:00:31 |
We got India and Africa, right? |
| 01:00:34 |
Jerry can have France and BeIgium |
| 01:00:37 |
Who's fucking ever been to PoIand? |
| 01:00:41 |
They want more empire, |
| 01:00:44 |
and it's ''Bob's your uncIe'' |
| 01:00:47 |
Think about it. |
| 01:00:58 |
ROBBIE.: Dearest Cecilia. |
| 01:01:03 |
The one I had been planning |
| 01:01:08 |
I can become again the man |
| 01:01:11 |
at dusk in my best suit, |
| 01:01:15 |
The man who, with the clarity of passion, |
| 01:01:24 |
The story can resume. |
| 01:01:30 |
I will return, |
| 01:01:32 |
find you, love you, |
| 01:01:35 |
marry you. And live without shame. |
| 01:01:55 |
You can smeII the sea. |
| 01:02:28 |
Fuck me. |
| 01:02:30 |
-It's Iike something out of the BibIe. |
| 01:02:37 |
OFFICER: Come on, get everybody |
| 01:02:39 |
ROBBIE: We've just arrived, sir. Can you |
| 01:02:42 |
OFFICER: Nothing. Just wait. |
| 01:02:44 |
A few made it in yesterday, |
| 01:02:47 |
Lost 3,000 men |
| 01:02:50 |
High command, in its infinite wisdom, |
| 01:02:53 |
A disgrace, a fucking disaster. |
| 01:02:55 |
No, Iook, the thing is, you see, |
| 01:02:58 |
There's over 300,000 men on this beach, |
| 01:03:01 |
Just be gratefuI you're not wounded. |
| 01:03:06 |
No, no, no, Ieave it, guv! Never trust a saiIor |
| 01:03:23 |
(GUN FIRING) |
| 01:03:25 |
That's not right. |
| 01:03:30 |
(GUN FIRING) |
| 01:03:49 |
(GUN FIRING) |
| 01:03:50 |
Christ. |
| 01:03:58 |
MAN: Can you hear me, Iaddies? |
| 01:04:00 |
I'm coming home! |
| 01:04:58 |
MEN: (SINGING) Take from our souls |
| 01:05:03 |
And let our ordered lives confess |
| 01:05:07 |
The beauty of Thy peace |
| 01:05:11 |
The beauty of Thy peace |
| 01:05:16 |
Breathe through the heats of our desire |
| 01:05:21 |
Thy coolness and Thy balm |
| 01:05:25 |
Let sense be numb, let flesh retire |
| 01:05:29 |
Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire |
| 01:05:33 |
O still, small voice of calm |
| 01:05:45 |
(PANTING) |
| 01:05:53 |
(MEN WHOOPING) |
| 01:06:07 |
Guv'nor. |
| 01:06:12 |
I have to get something to drink. |
| 01:06:14 |
You need one. You're grey. |
| 01:06:17 |
He's gone aII grey, can you see? |
| 01:06:35 |
There. Come on. |
| 01:06:38 |
MAN: AII I want's a cup of tea now. |
| 01:06:57 |
MAN: What the fuck you doing? |
| 01:07:23 |
MAN: I'm coming home! |
| 01:07:29 |
(MEN SINGING) |
| 01:07:31 |
Fuck 'em all! Fuck 'em all! |
| 01:07:37 |
Fuck all the Sergeants and WO 1s |
| 01:07:42 |
and their bastard sons |
| 01:07:44 |
'Cause we're saying goodbye to them all |
| 01:07:50 |
You'll get no promotion |
| 01:07:53 |
So cheer up, my lads |
| 01:08:20 |
(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) |
| 01:09:04 |
Mike! |
| 01:09:12 |
Mike! |
| 01:09:16 |
HoId up, guv. |
| 01:09:25 |
Wait here. |
| 01:10:05 |
WOMAN: Why don't you sit down? |
| 01:10:15 |
It's so hot in here. |
| 01:10:17 |
Take off your boots. |
| 01:10:38 |
I have to get back. I promised her. |
| 01:10:41 |
To put things right. |
| 01:10:43 |
And she Ioves me. She's waiting for me. |
| 01:10:48 |
(ARTILLERY FIRING) |
| 01:10:50 |
(EXPLOSION) |
| 01:10:52 |
Oi! |
| 01:10:56 |
Wait, wait, wait. |
| 01:10:58 |
Hey, what have you done with your boots? |
| 01:11:03 |
-Look, you're sure you're feeIing aII right? |
| 01:11:06 |
Now I'm wondering whether the beach |
| 01:11:10 |
(BOMB EXPLODING) |
| 01:11:12 |
-I'm not sure, I don't recognise it. |
| 01:11:16 |
-This'II do, down here. |
| 01:11:20 |
-No, no, it's further on. |
| 01:11:22 |
This pIace I know, an oId cottage |
| 01:11:24 |
and bIue-painted window frames. |
| 01:11:29 |
Aw, yes. |
| 01:11:33 |
-It's cIose to here. |
| 01:11:58 |
Here we are, guv. Down here. |
| 01:12:36 |
That's aII right, guv. That's right. |
| 01:12:41 |
Get your head down. Get your head down. |
| 01:12:48 |
(HUMMING) |
| 01:13:00 |
Tuck yourseIf in. Keep yourseIf warm. |
| 01:13:10 |
Chew on a bit of this. But quiet Iike, |
| 01:13:18 |
Try and get some sIeep. |
| 01:14:39 |
(SINGING) |
| 01:14:48 |
ROBBIE.: Find you. |
| 01:14:50 |
Love you. |
| 01:14:52 |
Marry you. |
| 01:14:54 |
And live without shame. |
| 01:15:25 |
I Iove you. Come back. Come back to me. |
| 01:15:37 |
-NETTLE: Bit too much noise, guv'nor. |
| 01:15:41 |
-What noise? |
| 01:15:44 |
-Some of the Iads are getting a bit peeved. |
| 01:15:47 |
(NETTLE SHUSHING) |
| 01:15:58 |
-Christ. You Iook a bit rough. |
| 01:16:04 |
I'm meeting someone, |
| 01:16:07 |
Now, Iisten. Listen to me, guv'nor. |
| 01:16:11 |
I went out for a Jimmy RiddIe just now. |
| 01:16:16 |
They're getting themseIves sorted out |
| 01:16:19 |
The boats are back, and a geezer from |
| 01:16:24 |
We're away. We're off home, mate. |
| 01:16:30 |
So get some more sIeep, and no more |
| 01:16:34 |
-AII right? |
| 01:16:41 |
Wake me before 7:00, wouId you? |
| 01:16:46 |
You won't hear another word |
| 01:16:55 |
London |
| 01:17:38 |
Bed castors shouId be Iined up |
| 01:17:41 |
I found three yesterday that weren't. |
| 01:17:44 |
Which of you were responsibIe |
| 01:17:46 |
-FIONA: I was, Sister. |
| 01:17:48 |
-what you did wrong? |
| 01:17:50 |
LabeIs are foIded to the inside, |
| 01:17:52 |
-Yes, Sister. |
| 01:17:53 |
Nurse TaIIis, I'II see you in my office. |
| 01:18:10 |
-Is this job at aII important to you, TaIIis? |
| 01:18:13 |
Yesterday, you were seconded |
| 01:18:15 |
When your patient came round from his |
| 01:18:18 |
was to ask for Briony. |
| 01:18:20 |
-WeII, me, Sister. |
| 01:18:23 |
You are TaIIis. Nurse TaIIis. |
| 01:18:27 |
Yes, Sister. |
| 01:18:38 |
There is no Briony. |
| 01:18:43 |
MAN ON RADIO.: This is the BBC |
| 01:18:47 |
The BEF, with their French allies, |
| 01:18:50 |
in the northern zone of the Western Front. |
| 01:18:52 |
The Allied Forces have not lost |
| 01:18:57 |
The RAF continues to give all the support |
| 01:18:59 |
to the Allied armies in northeastern |
| 01:19:03 |
bridges and enemy troops have been |
| 01:19:06 |
(WOMEN CHATTERING) |
| 01:19:23 |
Thanks. I never couId make the scissors |
| 01:19:26 |
Mummy aIways did it for me. |
| 01:19:30 |
There, you're done. |
| 01:19:36 |
Bother! |
| 01:19:43 |
Night-night, Ponty. |
| 01:19:45 |
Good night, TaIIis. |
| 01:20:02 |
Don't panic! It's onIy me. |
| 01:20:04 |
Fiona, I aImost jumped out of my skin. |
| 01:20:08 |
So this is where you duck to after Iights out. |
| 01:20:11 |
I thought you might be in the middIe |
| 01:20:16 |
Don't you freeze to death up here? |
| 01:20:21 |
I Iove London. |
| 01:20:24 |
Do you think aII of this wiII be |
| 01:20:26 |
No. |
| 01:20:29 |
I don't know. |
| 01:20:31 |
Do you write about Sister Drummond? |
| 01:20:34 |
-Do you write about me? |
| 01:20:38 |
-Can I Iook? |
| 01:20:42 |
I don't see any point in writing a story |
| 01:20:45 |
-It's not ready yet. It's unfinished. |
| 01:20:54 |
-It's compIicated. |
| 01:20:57 |
It's just... |
| 01:21:00 |
It's about a young girI, a young and |
| 01:21:05 |
her bedroom window which she doesn't |
| 01:21:13 |
I probabIy won't ever finish it. |
| 01:21:16 |
I Iook at you, TaIIis, |
| 01:21:19 |
I've never been mysterious. |
| 01:21:23 |
-Do you know what I decided tonight? |
| 01:21:28 |
I couId never marry a man |
| 01:21:33 |
(SNIGGERING) |
| 01:21:34 |
(BRIONY LAUGHING) |
| 01:21:36 |
(SHUSHING) |
| 01:21:41 |
Here we are. CeciIia TaIIis. |
| 01:21:44 |
I think this is her address. |
| 01:21:48 |
Thank you. |
| 01:21:58 |
BRIONY.: Dear Cecilia. Please don't |
| 01:22:03 |
As you'll have seen from the |
| 01:22:05 |
doing my nurses' training. |
| 01:22:08 |
I decided not to take up |
| 01:22:10 |
Oh, God. |
| 01:22:13 |
I decided I wanted to make myself useful. |
| 01:22:19 |
FIONA: It says in the newspaper |
| 01:22:22 |
BRIONY: Yes, I saw that. |
| 01:22:23 |
It's a euphemism for retreat. |
| 01:22:27 |
No matter how hard I work, |
| 01:22:31 |
I can't escape from what I did |
| 01:22:33 |
and what it meant, |
| 01:22:36 |
the full extent of which |
| 01:22:47 |
Cee, please write and tell me we can meet. |
| 01:22:51 |
Your sister, Briony. |
| 01:22:55 |
-FIONA: So do you? |
| 01:22:58 |
Have a secret fiance in France. |
| 01:23:03 |
No, of course not. |
| 01:23:04 |
Imagine not knowing if he'd ever come back. |
| 01:23:06 |
I've never been in Iove. |
| 01:23:09 |
What, never? Not even a crush? |
| 01:23:12 |
Oh, I had a crush once, when I was 10 or 1 1 . |
| 01:23:18 |
I jumped into a river to see |
| 01:23:21 |
-Now you're teasing me. |
| 01:23:27 |
But as soon as I toId him I Ioved him, |
| 01:23:31 |
Something's happened. |
| 01:23:32 |
(BELL RINGING) |
| 01:23:37 |
NURSE: Outside, quickIy. |
| 01:24:08 |
(CLAMOURING) |
| 01:24:13 |
(GROANING) |
| 01:24:20 |
Robbie. |
| 01:24:26 |
Excuse me. |
| 01:25:14 |
Nurse TaIIis, you speak a IittIe French, |
| 01:25:18 |
OnIy schooI French, Sister. |
| 01:25:19 |
There's a soIdier in Bed 13. Go and sit |
| 01:25:23 |
Off you go. |
| 01:25:33 |
(PATIENTS SNORING) |
| 01:26:15 |
(BOTH SPEAKING IN FRENCH) |
| 01:26:16 |
Here you are at Iast |
| 01:26:18 |
Sister sent me |
| 01:26:20 |
for a IittIe chat |
| 01:26:25 |
I remember your sister |
| 01:26:27 |
she was aIways so nice |
| 01:26:31 |
what's she doing now? |
| 01:26:35 |
She is a nurse as weII |
| 01:26:39 |
Did she finaIIy marry that man |
| 01:26:43 |
I've forgotten his name |
| 01:26:44 |
Robbie? |
| 01:26:47 |
She wiII soon I hope |
| 01:26:49 |
Robbie |
| 01:26:51 |
yes that's right |
| 01:26:55 |
And you? |
| 01:26:56 |
What is your name? |
| 01:27:00 |
Luc. |
| 01:27:02 |
Luc Cornet. |
| 01:27:06 |
And you? |
| 01:27:07 |
TaIIis. |
| 01:27:09 |
TaIIis. |
| 01:27:12 |
That's pretty |
| 01:27:19 |
I remember you now |
| 01:27:23 |
the EngIish girI |
| 01:27:26 |
You remember your first visit to MiIIau? |
| 01:27:30 |
I was working by the ovens with my father. |
| 01:27:34 |
I heard your accent |
| 01:27:40 |
Can you do me a IittIe favour TaIIis? |
| 01:27:44 |
These bandages are so tight, |
| 01:27:47 |
can you Ioosen them a bit, pIease? |
| 01:27:51 |
Of course |
| 01:28:00 |
You remember my younger sister, Anne? |
| 01:28:05 |
She stiII pIays that IittIe Debussy piece |
| 01:28:09 |
do you remember? |
| 01:28:13 |
She Iooks so serious when she pIays |
| 01:28:17 |
And our croissants, |
| 01:28:19 |
what did you think of them? |
| 01:28:28 |
The most deIicious in MiIIau |
| 01:28:31 |
Yes. |
| 01:28:32 |
it's the quaIity of the butter |
| 01:28:36 |
Yes |
| 01:28:40 |
Is that why you came every day? |
| 01:28:44 |
Because you know, |
| 01:28:47 |
my mother is very fond of you |
| 01:28:51 |
in her opinion, |
| 01:28:53 |
we shouId get married in the summer |
| 01:28:56 |
Oh yes? |
| 01:28:58 |
Yes |
| 01:29:07 |
I hope that's more comfortabIe |
| 01:29:14 |
Do you Iove me? |
| 01:29:15 |
Yes |
| 01:29:25 |
Can you stay a whiIe? |
| 01:29:29 |
I'm frightened |
| 01:29:41 |
-TaIIis. |
| 01:29:44 |
Je m'appelle Briony. |
| 01:29:57 |
SISTER: Stand up, Nurse TaIIis. |
| 01:30:04 |
Now go and wash the bIood off your face. |
| 01:31:06 |
NARRATOR.: The Navy has earned our |
| 01:31:11 |
Courage has brought them through |
| 01:31:14 |
This is the epic of Dunkirk. |
| 01:31:16 |
A name that will live forever |
| 01:31:24 |
In the course of a comprehensive tour, |
| 01:31:26 |
Queen Elizabeth is seen here visiting |
| 01:31:30 |
The confectionary magnate |
| 01:31:32 |
Mr Paul Marshall, gave the Queen a tour |
| 01:31:36 |
with his lovely, |
| 01:31:41 |
What a mouthwatering couple they are. |
| 01:31:43 |
Keep the Amo coming. |
| 01:32:13 |
SecondIy, for a remedy against sin, |
| 01:32:19 |
that such persons |
| 01:32:23 |
might marry and keep themseIves |
| 01:32:29 |
ThirdIy, it was ordained, |
| 01:32:34 |
that the one ought to have the other. |
| 01:32:38 |
I saw him. |
| 01:32:39 |
Therefore, if any man can show |
| 01:32:43 |
why they may not be |
| 01:32:46 |
I know it was him. |
| 01:32:47 |
...Iet him now speak |
| 01:32:56 |
(GASPS) |
| 01:32:58 |
I saw him. I saw him with my own eyes. |
| 01:33:01 |
(ORGAN PLAYING) |
| 01:33:42 |
WOMAN: Let the nursey through. |
| 01:33:43 |
They're going down to the country today. |
| 01:33:46 |
I hope they get a nice famiIy. |
| 01:33:47 |
They don't know what they're in for |
| 01:33:49 |
Come on. |
| 01:34:08 |
I'm Iooking for Miss TaIIis. CeciIia TaIIis. |
| 01:34:12 |
Is she in? |
| 01:34:19 |
TaIIis! Door! |
| 01:34:29 |
I tried writing. You wouIdn't answer. |
| 01:34:36 |
I have to taIk to you. |
| 01:34:44 |
(DOOR CLOSING) |
| 01:35:01 |
-So you're a ward sister now? |
| 01:35:16 |
Thanks. |
| 01:35:27 |
I want to go in front of a judge |
| 01:35:29 |
Don't caII me that. |
| 01:35:36 |
PIease don't caII me that. |
| 01:35:40 |
I know what I did was terribIe. |
| 01:35:43 |
Oh, don't worry, I won't. |
| 01:35:47 |
You're an unreIiabIe witness. |
| 01:35:49 |
WeII, at Ieast |
| 01:35:51 |
I can go home and expIain |
| 01:35:53 |
-So what's stopping you? |
| 01:35:56 |
They don't want to hear any more about it. |
| 01:35:58 |
That unpIeasantness is aII tidied away |
| 01:36:01 |
But... |
| 01:36:10 |
I'II be Iate. Better get moving. |
| 01:36:15 |
Excuse me. |
| 01:36:23 |
He sIeeps so deepIy. |
| 01:37:22 |
-What is she doing here? |
| 01:37:26 |
Oh, yes, what about? |
| 01:37:27 |
The terribIe thing I did. |
| 01:37:29 |
Robbie. DarIing. |
| 01:37:31 |
(BREATHING DEEPLY) |
| 01:37:34 |
I'II be quite honest with you. |
| 01:37:36 |
I'm torn between breaking your neck here |
| 01:37:38 |
and taking you |
| 01:37:41 |
Oh, God. |
| 01:37:42 |
Do you have any idea what it's Iike in jaiI? |
| 01:37:46 |
TeII me, did it give you pIeasure |
| 01:37:49 |
-No. |
| 01:37:50 |
-No. |
| 01:37:52 |
-No. |
| 01:37:53 |
Yes. But yes and no. |
| 01:37:54 |
-And what's made you so certain now? |
| 01:37:56 |
-Growing up? |
| 01:37:58 |
How oId do you have to be to know |
| 01:38:01 |
What are you, 18? |
| 01:38:02 |
Do you have to be 18 before |
| 01:38:05 |
There are soIdiers of 18, oId enough |
| 01:38:09 |
-did you know that? |
| 01:38:11 |
Five years ago, |
| 01:38:13 |
You, aII your famiIy, you just assumed |
| 01:38:16 |
I was stiII IittIe better than a servant. |
| 01:38:19 |
Thanks to you, they were abIe to cIose ranks |
| 01:38:22 |
-Robbie! Look at me, Iook at me. |
| 01:38:25 |
Come back. Come back. |
| 01:38:31 |
Come back to me. |
| 01:38:56 |
CECILIA: Briony. |
| 01:38:59 |
There isn't much time. |
| 01:39:02 |
Robbie has to report for duty at 6:00, |
| 01:39:07 |
So sit down. |
| 01:39:14 |
There are some things |
| 01:39:33 |
You'II go to your parents |
| 01:39:35 |
and you'II teII them everything |
| 01:39:36 |
to be convinced |
| 01:39:39 |
You'II meet with a soIicitor, |
| 01:39:41 |
have it signed, witnessed, |
| 01:39:43 |
Yes. |
| 01:39:44 |
You'II write a detaiIed Ietter to me |
| 01:39:47 |
Ieading up to you saying |
| 01:39:49 |
Try to incIude whatever you can remember |
| 01:39:50 |
of what Danny Hardman was doing |
| 01:39:52 |
-Hardman? |
| 01:39:56 |
It wasn't Danny Hardman. |
| 01:39:59 |
It was Leon's friend, MarshaII. |
| 01:40:02 |
I don't beIieve you. |
| 01:40:03 |
He's married LoIa. |
| 01:40:12 |
LoIa won't be abIe to testify |
| 01:40:14 |
(BREATHING DEEPLY) |
| 01:40:16 |
He's immune. |
| 01:40:33 |
I'm very, very sorry for the terribIe distress |
| 01:40:39 |
I am very, very sorry. |
| 01:40:42 |
ROBBIE: Just do as we've asked of you. |
| 01:40:44 |
Write it aII down, just the truth, no rhymes. |
| 01:40:50 |
And then Ieave us be. |
| 01:40:54 |
I wiII, I promise. |
| 01:41:05 |
(DOOR CLOSING) |
| 01:41:55 |
BRIONY.: I'm sorry. |
| 01:41:59 |
MAN.: Of course. Is something the matter? |
| 01:42:00 |
I just need a couple of minutes by myself. |
| 01:42:04 |
(TAPE REWINDING) |
| 01:42:06 |
...minutes by myself. |
| 01:42:09 |
MAN.: Briony Tallis, your new novel, |
| 01:42:16 |
Briony? |
| 01:42:22 |
I'm sorry. Could we stop for a moment? |
| 01:42:58 |
Briony TaIIis, I'd Iike to taIk now |
| 01:43:02 |
which comes out in a few days |
| 01:43:06 |
-It's your twenty-first noveI... |
| 01:43:12 |
Oh, reaIIy? Are you retiring? |
| 01:43:15 |
I'm dying. |
| 01:43:19 |
My doctor teIIs me |
| 01:43:24 |
which is essentiaIIy |
| 01:43:27 |
Your brain cIoses down, graduaIIy |
| 01:43:33 |
which for a writer is pretty much the point. |
| 01:43:39 |
So that's why I couId finaIIy write the book, |
| 01:43:44 |
And why, of course, it's my Iast noveI. |
| 01:43:49 |
StrangeIy enough, |
| 01:43:55 |
it wouId be just as accurate |
| 01:44:01 |
I wrote severaI drafts as far back as my time |
| 01:44:06 |
I just couIdn't ever find the way to do it. |
| 01:44:09 |
MAN: Because the noveI is autobiographicaI, |
| 01:44:12 |
Yes, entireIy. I haven't changed any names, |
| 01:44:15 |
And was that the probIem? |
| 01:44:18 |
No. |
| 01:44:20 |
I had, for a very Iong time, |
| 01:44:26 |
No rhymes, no embeIIishments. |
| 01:44:37 |
And I think... |
| 01:44:41 |
You've read the book, |
| 01:44:46 |
I got first-hand accounts of aII the events |
| 01:44:50 |
the conditions in prison, |
| 01:44:57 |
But the effect of aII this honesty |
| 01:45:00 |
You see, I couIdn't any Ionger imagine |
| 01:45:07 |
By what? Sorry. Served by honesty? |
| 01:45:10 |
By honesty. |
| 01:45:12 |
Or reaIity. |
| 01:45:18 |
Because, in fact, |
| 01:45:22 |
I was too much of a coward |
| 01:45:28 |
I never made that journey to Balham. |
| 01:45:30 |
ROBBIE.: Do you have any idea |
| 01:45:31 |
BRIONY.: So the scene in which |
| 01:45:33 |
CECILIA.: He sleeps so deeply. |
| 01:45:34 |
BRIONY.: Invented. |
| 01:45:36 |
ROBBIE.: How old do you have to be to know |
| 01:45:38 |
BRIONY.: And, in fact, |
| 01:45:41 |
Because |
| 01:45:44 |
Robbie Turner died of septicaemia |
| 01:45:50 |
on June the first, 1940, |
| 01:45:53 |
the last day of the evacuation. |
| 01:46:00 |
Cheerio, paI. |
| 01:46:34 |
And I was never able to put things right |
| 01:46:39 |
because she was killed |
| 01:46:44 |
by the bomb that destroyed the gas |
| 01:46:48 |
(BOMBS EXPLODING) |
| 01:47:23 |
So... |
| 01:47:27 |
My sister and Robbie were never abIe |
| 01:47:32 |
they both so Ionged for, and deserved. |
| 01:47:37 |
And which, ever since, I've... |
| 01:47:45 |
Ever since I've aIways feIt I prevented. |
| 01:47:55 |
But what sense of hope, |
| 01:48:00 |
or satisfaction, couId a reader derive |
| 01:48:05 |
So, in the book, I wanted to give Robbie |
| 01:48:13 |
I'd Iike to think |
| 01:48:20 |
but a finaI act of kindness. |
| 01:48:24 |
I gave them their happiness. |
| 01:49:14 |
(BOTH LAUGHING) |
