"____________ ." "NVEE ____________" "(WATER FLOWING GENTLY)" "(SLOSHING GENTLY)" "(TYPING)" "(FLOWING WATER FADES)" "(TYPING STOPS)" "(PILLS RATTLE)" "(PLACES CAP ON PILL BOTTLE)" "(SIGHS)" "(SIGHS)" "BOY: (WHISPERS) Watch me." "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "(SOFT GASP)" "Fuck!" "(SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE)" "(EXHALES)" "(INTERCOM BUZZES)" "(SIREN CONTINUES WAILING IN DISTANCE)" "(INTERCOM BUZZES TWICE)" "What?" "MAN: (ON INTERCOM) We're here to look at a sofa." "You're an hour late." "That's really good advice, Mom." "LWlhavethelocks changed right away." "Any more marital advice?" "(QUIETLY) Fuck!" "I don't feel too good about this." "Janice, just tell him I got the package." "And he didn't understand?" "That little man has the brain of a squid." "Tell him the thing that he wants, I got." "See if he can decode that." "Hmm?" "Yes, the designs, Janice." "Yes, I have the fucking designs." "Why don't we just skywrite this conversation, huh?" "Yeah, and get me a flight out of here as soon as possible." "Why the hell would I want to stay?" "Have you been to Italy?" "Baron Hotel, please." "Hotel Barone?" "Hotel Barone." "Stunning how you translated that." "(TIRES SQUEAL)" "(TIRES SCREECH)" "(TALKING FRENCH) (HORN HONKING)" "DRIVER:" "Sorry, miss." "Parisian drivers." "The worst." "WOMAN:" "She's here." "Do you want me to reschedule?" "I am so sorry I'm late." "The one day they cancel the express train." "I have to be in court, Julia." "I thought we talked about this." "No, I know, I know, I know, but this really wasn't my fault." "I spoke to the judge, he agreed to a second psychiatric assessment." "That shrink hated me before I even walked in." "Well, let's make a better impression this time, because his statement was really damaging." "But did anyone even look at the report?" "(SIGHS)" "Come on, it was an accident." "How many kids have died because of dry-cleaning bags?" "I saved his life." "Julia, you failed the lie detector test." "I'm the one that insisted on doing it!" "And I told you it was a bad idea." "Come on, you have to understand..." "No,no,no, it doesn't matter." "It doesn't matter." "Right now, we just need to convince the judge that you're stable enough to get visitation again." "Really?" "What's the hurry?" "It's only been 12 months." "You haven't really been helping yourself." "Did you get a job?" "I've had half a dozen jobs." "One that you keep for more than a week." "We need a positive report." "Gina will give you the address." "4:00 tomorrow." "You know, that's great." "Let me..." "Let me ask to leave early the first week of a brand-new job." "Just use that pretty smile of yours." "It's gonna be okay." "Okay." "(JULIA SIGHS)" "I'm leaving." "Relax." "(DEEP SIGH)" "(SIGHS)" "Okay?" "(EXHALES)" "Come here." "Give me your hand." "Yeah?" "Yuck!" "(CHUCKLING) What?" "Don't say that." "This is Daddy's work." "(LAUGHS) Yuck!" "This is how we do it." "Daddy paints with his hands." "I don't like it." "Just give it a try." "I want it off!" "You'll take it off on the canvas, okay?" "Don't want to." "Just try." "Wipe it off!" "Here, just wipe it on the canvas, and then it'll be a painting." "Okay?" "Now, go ahead." "Jesse!" "(SIGHS)" "Here, wipe it off." "Give me your hand." "Give me your hand." "Oh!" "Yuck." "Hmm?" "(LAUGHS)" "(ELECTRONIC DINGING) AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Bar Americana-." "(N EWSWOMAN SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "How you doing?" "You speak English?" "No English, no." "(CHUCKLES) No English." "Bar Americano, you don't speak English?" "Uh..." "So, you got a hamburger?" "No hamburger, no." "No hamburger." "You understand the term "irony"?" "Mmm?" "Nothing." "Uh..." "Is it too much to expect a Budweiser?" """ "Beers'?" "Birra." "Bingo." "Birra." "Birra." "Birra." "Thank you." "Beero." "Yeah." "And make it warm." "Thank you." "(ELECTRONIC DINGING) AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Bar Americana-." "(SOFT AMPLIFIED EXHALE)" "(FOOTSTEPS ECHOING SOFTLY)" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(ELECTRONIC DINGING) AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Bar Americana-." "(MEN SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Ready, miss?" "Bonjour, mademoiselle." "Bonjour." "Anna Barr." "(TYPING)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yeah?" "WOMAN:" "Miss Barr is here." "Does she appear to be armed?" "I don't understand, sir." "Humor, which apparently doesn't travel more than one floor." "Send her up, please." "Thank you." "(EXHALES)" "(EXHALES SOFTLY)" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "You really had to fly me here on points?" "Do you want to read it?" "Do I want to read your short story?" "Submissions are due Friday." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "You're not gonna offer me a glass?" "And watch it turn to vinegar?" "I don't think so." "Drop it anywhere." "I'll get back to you." "You want me to leave after I just flew all the way here?" "On points." "If I cared, I would have paid cash." "You don't even want to have sex?" "No." "But I appreciate the offer." "You know that just made me wet." "(WHISPERS) Sadly, yes." "Okay" "Quite the suite." "Isn't it?" "Have you had many women here?" "The requisite amount." "A writer needs his muses." "He can never get enough of them." "Mmm, that I know." "When can I expect those notes?" "Um, I'll get back to you." "Great." "Nice seeing you, too." "Come here." "(ANNA GASPS)" "(SQUEALS)" "(GRUNTS) (ANNA GASPS)" "This isn't really mentorly behavior!" "(AN NA LAUGHS)" "(PANTING)" "(GASPS LOUDLY)" "(MOANS)" "(GASPING)" "Ow!" "(GRUNTS)" "(MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON TV)" "(TRAFFIC RUMBLING BY)" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(SIGHS)" "(UNZIPS BAG)" "(CABINET OPENS) (OBJECTS CLATTER)" "(CABINET SLAMS SHUT)" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Excuse me?" "You want something?" "Yeah, I do, actually." "One of those." "(CLEARS THROAT)" "You mind telling me what that is?" "This?" "Yeah." "If it's cold." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(CABINET OPENS)" "(CABINET SLAMS SHUT)" "Oh, that's good." "I'm sorry for staring." "Staring." "Looking at you." "With my eyes." "You think I'm too stupid to speak English?" "(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)" "Just apologizing for looking." "It's okay." "You're just looking at my limoncello." "It's very hard not to." "(CHAIR LEGS SCRAPING FLOOR)" "(COINS CLATTER)" "(ELECTRONIC DINGING) AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Bar Americana-." "JULIA:" "I can't keep talking." "I'm almost out of minutes." "Oh, yeah, laugh." "It's hysterical." "I'm in a basement." "Excuse me." "A basement!" "You..." "Can't what?" "(WHISPERS) Hi." "(QUIETLY) Hi." "Are you seriously canceling on me again?" "Hi, honey." "You can't be on the phone at work." "I know." "Just..." "Just one minute." "What about Sunday?" "You know what?" "Just forget about it." "I got to go." "(BEEPS)" "I'm really sorry." "I have no friends left." "They either think I'm a Child killer or are sick of hearing me talk about it." "You sure you want to do this?" "Are you kidding me?" "I can't even pay my bills." "He makes me quit my job, and now that nobody will hire me, he fully cuts off my support." "I know lots of people in retail." "Any of them would give you a job." "Let me put you at the front desk." "No, no." "You're very sweet." "I just want to be invisible." "And nobody looks at maids." "I know I never did." "Okay." "Thank you." "Get changed." "I'll have someone show you the ropes." "Gerry, you are a lifesaver, seriously." "Least I could do." "Uh, uniform." "Okay." "(QUIETLY) Thank you." "Okay." "Oh, excuse me." "(WOMAN LAUGHS)" "Sousa me." "Another." "Spasibo." "(SLAMS CABINET SHUT)" "And one for the lady." "Si, grazie." "(SETS GLASS DOWN)" "Ah." "Finally found something I like about this country." "(CHUCKLES)" "(SIGHS)" "You going on vacation?" "Taking a train?" "You know, that's alcohol." "I'm starting to become aware of that." "(CHUCKLES)" "(KEYPAD BEEPS)" "GIRL ON RECORDING:" "Hi, Daddy." "It's me, Megan." "Mommy said we could turn the heater on for the pool, but I had to ask you." "Can we?" "Please?" "Please?" "I miss you." "And I'm sorry I didn't feed Choo-Choo, Dad." "I love you." "My daughter." "And that's it." "Bye." "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Recorded one..." "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "How old?" "Seven." "You have kids?" "Hmm." "A boy." "Girl?" "Girl." "Eight." "Megan." "Beautiful." "Mmm." "She's cute, right?" "(LAUGHS SOFTLY)" "Thank you." "Nina." "I don't see her two years." "I'm sorry." "That sucks." "Tomorrow I see her." "Oh, great." "(LAUGHS)" "Yes." "That's great." "Well... cheers." "To your daughter." "To your." "And to yours." "(CHUCKLES)" "(PHONE RINGING)" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Hello?" "(TURNS TV VOLUME UP) (SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "No." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Hello?" "Hello?" "(MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)" "Everything all right?" "Miss?" "Ma'am?" "Thank you." "(BARTENDER SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(ELECTRONIC DINGING) AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Bar Americana-." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Hey" "Another-o." "(SHOWER RUNNING) (SIREN BLARING IN DISTANCE)" "(CELL PHONE CHIMES)" "(WATER TURNS OFF)" "(SHOWER DOOR SLIDES OPEN)" "I'm not the one with the Pulitzer Prize, but I thought one kept a journal in order to understand oneself." "Why?" "You thinking of keeping one?" "No." "I just don't understand why you call yourself "He."" ""He" thought this." ""She" said that." "Hey." "You shouldn't be reading that." "You don't want me to know how much you missed me?" "(KEYPAD BEEPING)" "How's the book coming along?" "Not a subject for conversation." "You want to read mine?" "Not just at this moment." "It's short, all you have to do is say it's brilliant." "Already erased your texts from other women?" "Takes up most of my day." "So, what do you want to talk about?" "Your inability to see the obvious." "Your assistant has good taste." "(CHUCKLES) I fired her months ago." "She suggested blue, she had to go." "It's nice." "I can exchange it." "No, I'll find someone to give it to." "(SIGHS)" "She may have something for him, too." "She's just waiting to see if he deserves it." "(WHISPERS) Oh, he doesn't." "He might." "(MEN TALKING ITALIAN)" "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me, excuse me, scusa me, scusi." "Hey, she left this." "Che?" "She left this." "The woman, she left her bag." "The woman." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "A what?" "(CONTINUES SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "It's not a... bomba." "(DIALING) It's not a bomba, it's a... (BARTENDER SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Will you tell him..." "Tell him that it's not a bomb." "It's not a bomb." "No,no,no." "(ELECTRONIC DINGING)" "Whoa." "Hey." "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Bar Americana." "Jesus Christ." "(SIGHS)" "(BARTENDER SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Hey, mister!" "Mister, you must leave it." "You must leave it." "It's a bomb." "It's not a bomb." "You listen." "Listen to me, listen to me." "It's a bomba." "It's not a bomba." "It's not a bomba." "It's a bag with a monkey." "Who puts a monkey on a bomb?" "No, no, no, it's a bomb, it's a bomb, it's a bomb." "It's not a bomb." "It's not a bomb." "It's children's clothing." "Children's clothing, see?" "See for yourself." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "What'd he say?" "He say it could be a shoe bomb." "A shoe bomb?" "It's not a shoe bomb." "Does this look like a shoe bomb?" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Why do you guys always make it a soap opera?" "Look." "Take this, okay?" "If she comes back, you give her the bag, okay?" "It's not a bomba." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "So, when do you think you'll read it?" "(LAUGHS) Oh, God!" "You are relentless." "I know it's good." "I just need to know if older readers will understand it." "Why don't you want to tell me about yours?" "Because I think it might stink." "God, you like to suffer." "Jake's reading the first few chapters, so I guess he'll tell me soon enough." "You have a Pulitzer, it doesn't stink." "You haven't read it." "Do you want me to?" "No way." "Then shut up." "You're brilliant." "It's the only reason I'm with you." "Oh!" "So, you are with me?" "You don't even want to tell me what it's about?" "(SIGHS) It's..." "It's supposed to be about a man who can only feel through the characters he creates." "You should be able to write the hell out of that." "But it keeps trying to be something else." "What?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "Hence the problem." "You should be writing about me." "Are you?" "I write about what I know." "And you know me." "And I fictionalize what I can't comprehend." "That's a lot of fiction." "So, it's not about me?" "You know, if I don't find a use for you soon," "I'm gonna have to get rid of you." "You've been saying that for the last two years." "Isn't gonna happen." "Really?" "Watch me." "Stop." "What?" "You're smiling again." "I wouldn't do that." "Someone might see." "Hey!" "Come on." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(ENGINE REVVING)" "Fold, lift and tuck, okay?" "Got it." "Just do the list." "Soap, shampoo, notepaper." "All on the list." "So, you're an actress?" "You study for movie?" "Actress?" "No." "Well, I used to be." "Um..." "I was in a soap opera." "Oh, no shit." "Yeah, yeah." "I got the job 'cause I could cry on cue." "(CHUCKLES) on." "So, you are movie star." "No." "Yeah." "Why you stop?" "Uh, to have a baby." "Oh, a man got you pregnant." "Yeah." "They always do." "Yeah." "Housekeeping." "(LOCK BEEPS)" "(BOTH SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Whoa, whoa, what's going on?" "What's going on?" "I had 5,000 euros in this bag." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "I tell you, it was in here!" "(CONTINUES SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "What did you say?" "What did he say?" "What?" "You had my bag?" "Oh, for two seconds." "I found it, I was looking for you." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "Out." "And you, too, out!" "Oh, now you speak English." "Don't make me call police, okay?" "Give me my money, I go, no problem." "Fucking zingara." "You call me thief in my restaurant?" "No, you call this restaurant?" "Cockroaches refuse to eat here!" "Everybody calm down." "Give me my money!" "Take it easy." "(SPEAKING ITALIAN) Don't you touch me!" "Don't touch me, stronzo!" "(CONTINUES SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(GRUNTS)" "SCOTT:" "You know the meaning of the word "asshole"?" "(DOOR SLAMS) Asshole!" "Are you all right?" "The guy's a jerk." "(GRUNTING)" "Miss, miss, the train station's the other way." "You need money for a ticket?" "You want to help, go get my money, huh?" "Look, I'm sorry." "I shouldn't have left the bag." "Or steal my money!" "Lady, if I stole your money, why would I come back?" "You know, it's my daughter's money." "Ask her to forgive you, not me!" "All right, let's go back right now and call the police, okay?" "Call the police and they're going to believe me?" "Leave me alone!" "Miss." "Miss." "(SIGHS)" "Are you trying to kill me off?" "I'm gonna take a nap." "I'll see you later." "Wrong floor." "Anna." "You took your own room?" "(SIGHS) Now you're gonna start on that." "Is nothing good enough for you?" "I thought you came here to spend the week with me." "Did I say in the same room?" "Enough people are talking about us already." "If you don't want to be seen with me, why did we just go to the best restaurant in town?" "Oh, please, that is not the best restaurant." "God!" "Listen, I have a reputation." "I know you don't care about that, but it means something to me." "Anna." "I'm sorry." "(GROANS) You say that word so often it has no meaning." "(DOOR OPENS)" "Fuck." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(SIGHS)" "Sure you don't want one?" "Hmm?" "It's really very good." "Hmm?" "The money was for your daughter?" "What did she need it for?" "Somebody put her on the boat." "It was 5,000 euros." "To get her off the boat is 5,000 more." "Why a boat?" "I'm not..." "I mean, can't you just drive from Romania?" "Romania?" "You see, you know everything." "Well, what happens now?" "Where's her father?" "You know, you are not an easy woman to get to know." "No,you"." "You are my new best friend." "What if I can get you the money?" "I'm not worth 5,000 euros." "Did I say I wanted to fuck you?" "You have nice suit for priest." "And you don't look like a whore to me." "(TYPING)" "I'm sorry, signore." "We have no more rooms." "Very busy." "Hey, hey, hey, hey" "They have rooms, but not for me, okay?" "It's okay." "You know, you can have my bed." "(STAMMERING) I'll sleep in a chair." "For how long?" "What do you mean?" "All night." "No, I go sleep in station." "What..." "(PHONE RINGING)" "(SNIFFS)" "(LINE RINGING)" "(RINGING STOPS)" "(SIGHS)" "(BEEPS)" "(PHONE CLICKS)" "(SIGHS)" "You must need sex very badly." "JESSE: (WHISPERS) Watch me." "Watch you what, buddy?" "(KNOCKING)" "Hi." "Hey." "I'm afraid I took your robe earlier." "You did." "I'm afraid." "So, you've come to return it?" "Well, yeah." "I felt bad." "I mean, I thought you might need it in the morning." "Well, there's two." "There are?" "Oh, yeah." "Oh." "(SIGHS) Now I feel foolish." "But it might be damp." "I showered earlier." "So, you do need this one?" "Couldn't hurt." "Pick it up." "Hand it to me." "(WHISPERING) Wow." "Thank you." "Wait..." "Open the door!" "Sorry." "Tired." "Comes with age." "You... (SIGHS)" "(SIGHS)" "You have my key." "Key?" "Oh." "(LAUGHING) It's in the pocket." "You are such an asshole." "(CHUCKLES)" "(SQUEALING)" "(LAUGHING)" "(SIGHS)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "(LAUGHING)" "(SIGHS)" "(LAUGHING)" "(SNORING)" "(BEEPING)" "(RINGING)" "(BEEPS)" "SCOTT'." "It's me." "You're probably asleep." "I'll try the..." "(BEEPS)" "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Message deleted." "(SIGHS)" "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "Hello?" "Gina's apartment flooded, and I have to be at a deposition in 20 minutes." "So, what's wrong?" "Other than that?" "Dr. Gertner had to change the meeting to her office." "I'm gonna text you the address." "No,no,no,no, I'm almost out of minutes." "I don't know what that means." "It means I'm on a prepaid phone and I'm almost out of minutes." "Besides, I'm not even supposed to be on it." "Seriously?" "(SCOFFS)" "Okay, write this down." "Wait." "Uh, okay." "Okay- 221 East 70th Street." "Got it?" "(DOOR OPENS)" "Oh, I got to go." "(GASPS) Oh, shit!" "I'm so sorry." "(DOOR OPENS) Oh, God!" "(WHIRRING)" "You know what, I'll just..." "I'll come back when you're done." "I'm so sorry." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "Want some?" "That bad, was it?" "You really want to hear what I have to say?" "Mmm-hmm." "Okay." "It's well-crafted." "Your structure's clever." "Ooh, clever." "You don't want to hear this?" "No, I..." "Please." "I guess I wish you'd written about something more personal." "I mean, this is beautiful." "It is, but cold." "Surprisingly what you always say about me." "I knew this was a mistake." "No, I can take criticism." "I hear it from my editor every day." "You're a party reporter, for Christ's sake." "I comment on society." "Well, then I am wrong, because this is absolutely up to the literary standards of Women's Wear Daily." "(CELL PHONE BUZZING)" "It's Elaine, I have to take it." "Hi." "I lost my phone." "That's a drag." "Yeah, it's the worst thing that's happened all month." "I had all of Robbie's pictures on it." "And I know you told me to put them on my computer, but I just didn't do it." "I'm sorry." "I went to the store." "They gave me a new number." "You could have kept your old number." "Do you want the number?" "Yeah, give me a sec." "I'll put it in my phone." "Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait." "Got it." "I miss you, Michael." "(SIGHS)" "(WHISPERS) I'm sorry." "It's not your fault." "You're a romantic." "You love love." "It's people you don't have time for." "Listen..." "So, how's the writing?" "So good you wouldn't believe." "Sorry." "Is she there?" "No." "Would you tell me if she were?" "She's not." "Okay." "I'll talk to you later." "Okay" "(CELL PHONE CLICKS)" "She having one of those days?" "Don't talk about what you don't understand." "Oh, I'm sorry." "I'm being insensitive." "I'm the one who just took a call from my spouse while I was with my lover." "That was stupid, I'm sorry." "That's the most overused word in your vocabulary." "Anna, I really need you to stop attacking me." "If you needed that, you wouldn't be with me." "I left her." "Two weeks ago." "What did you tell her?" "That I had fallen in love with someone else." "(SCOFFS) What, me?" "You love me?" "I thought you loved her." "That's what you've always said." "I do." "So, this is the way you treat someone youlove?" "You don't even know what the word means." "Anna." "Don't touch me." "Do you think I care?" "Do you think I could ever love someone as deceitful as you?" "No, fuck you." "This was not the deal." "Now you're gonna go and find someone and fuck around on me." "Stop this." "Did you tell her who I was?" "Did you?" "No!" "I'm going to my room." "Thanks for the notes." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(DOOR SLAMS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(SNIFFLES)" "(KNUCKLES POPPING)" "(DOORS CREAKING)" "(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "Ah, 303 just called for housekeeping." "They had a "Do not disturb" on." "Welcome to show business." "(BRAKES SCREECHING)" "Where'd you get a car?" "They just counted it." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "You're not giving it to me?" "I'm giving it to you, but I have to go with you." "That wasn't the deal." "There was no deal." "There was no deal, I'm giving you my money." "No, you want it back." "No, I want to make sure that you get there with it." "And you're going to protect me?" "Like you did in bar?" "These are danger people." "So, you shouldn't be going alone." "(MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)" "(TIRES SQUEALING)" "Hey, you can't drive through here." "(HORN HONKS)" "Watch me." "Get out of the way!" "Jesus H. Christ!" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(SCREAMING)" "Watch out." "Move, move, move." "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(WHOOSHES)" "(CELL PHONE CHIMES)" "(SIGHS)" "(GROANS)" "(PHONE RINGING)" "WOMAN ON RECORDING:" "You have reached the law offices..." "Excuse me." "(CELL PHONE CHIMING)" "(KNOCKS) Housekeeping!" "Hello?" "Oh." "$10 phone card." "No $10, $20." "Excuse me." "WOMAN ON RECORDING:" "Please leave a message." "(HORN HONKING)" "(PHONE BEEPS)" "Hey, look, I lost the address." "70th and what?" "Just call me back." "I'm on my way." "(HORNS BLARING)" "Thank you for your time." "You're very welcome." "(CELL PHONE CHIMES)" "She's late." "Unbelievable." "(SIGHS)" "Well, should we go?" "No." "Let's wait." "(BUSY SIGNAL)" "(CELL PHONE CLICKS)" "(CROWD CHATTERING)" "(BELL DINGS)" "Jake, I'm so sorry, man." "I don't know where my head was." "JAKE:" "No, you know what, I'm sorry." "I have this thing in 20 minutes." "Fucking book fairs." "lend up eating six times a day." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "So, how's Elaine?" "Uh..." "She's good, good." "Good." "Amazing woman." "How she's coping, I'll never know." "And Anna?" "She would die that you're asking." "Uh, she thinks nobody knows about us." "Women have the incredible gift of being able to deny any reality." "(CHUCKLES)" "Listen, I was going to call you anyway and tell you not to read those pages." "You know what, I finished them on the plane." "I couldn't put them down." "We're not gonna pubhshit" "I'm, uh, reworking it." "I shouldn't have sent it to you." "You know what, the writing's great." "I love the characters." "That's not it." "The business has changed so much, Michael." "I wouldn't know how to market it." "I don't even recognize our own house anymore." "I'm selling self-help cookbooks by reality stars." "Somebody else will print it." "It'll make a fortune." "We'll be jealous as hell." "I really am sorry, Michael." "I do have this thing." "Call me when you're back." "Don't lie to me, you son of a bitch!" "I'm a son of a bitch?" "I've known you how long?" "How long, Jake?" "Don't you dare lie to me." "Okay" "Your first book, stunning." "It was cruel and raw." "No pity, no shame." "God, I used to proofread your galleys sweating, it was so fucking brave." "Second book less so." "Third, fourth..." "Now you have random characters making various excuses for your life." "Michael, I was frankly embarrassed to read it." "And I couldn't tell you that." "Wow." "(SIGHS) That's, uh..." "Give my love to Elaine." "(DOOR OPENS) (BELL DINGS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(CHUCKLES)" "(LINE RINGING)" "(CELL PHONE BEEPS)" "Hello?" "You're a half hour late." "I know." "I'm almost there." "Where are you?" "I told you, 70th and Lex." "Shit." "Where are you?" "The West Side!" "Get in a cab." "(STAMMERING) I don't have any money." "What?" "I spent it on my phone card." "Listen to me." "Get in a cab now." "Okay?" "I'll meet you downstairs." "On, God!" "Okay." "(CELL PHONE CLICKS)" "(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "JULIA:" "Across town, 70th and Lex." "(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)" "So, where is this place we're going?" "You like that music?" "Yeah." "Why?" "So, this is a friend's car?" "You don't have friends?" "So, the name of the place?" "Or is it just called "Danger People"?" "Here!" "Keep the change." "JULIA:" "I'm so, so sorry." "I'm going to the bathroom, and then I'm going to leave." "Hey." "Hey." "I'm sorry, okay?" "Look, it's just, you know, you try and tell people about someone, and they don't believe you." "This is her." "She doesn't give a shit about anyone." "All right, we'll go." "I'll pull the car up." "(DOOR CLOSES) (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "Wait here." "(BUTTON CLICKS)" "Forty-five minutes is not late, it's a no-show." "But she had an emergency." "She's here now." "And I have an appointment." "And I did do my homework, Miss Lowry." "I didn't need to see your client to know that she fits the profile of someone who'd commit this kind of act." "I can't believe this." "You arrogant bitch, you judge her before even seeing her!" "That was her choice." "Good day." "Will she see me?" "No." "No, she won't." "And if I weren't working for you," "I wouldn't be here, either." "How could you be so fucking irresponsible?" "I came as soon as I could." "This is not my..." "I know it's not your fault." "I don't know what really happened with yourson,JuHaH." "What?" "...but this should have been the most important thing in your life, and you weren't here." "And after a second negative report, youilbeluckyifyou ever see this kid again." "Maybe he deserves better." "Bye,JuHa." "(SOBS)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(DOOR CREAKS QUIETLY)" "(JULIA SOBBING)" "(SNIFFLES)" "Are you okay?" "I'm sorry, what?" "(SNIFFLES)" "ls there anything I can do?" "(EXHALES)" "(PAPER RUSTLING)" "(WHISPERS) Here." "Thank you." "(SNIFFLES)" "Do you work here?" "No." "Do you think it's okay if I sit here for a while?" "Sure." "Do you have any kids?" "No." "Are you married?" "(SNIFFLES)" "No." "(SNIFFLES)" "I have to go." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Someone is waiting." "You're very kind." "(CRYING) I wish you were my friend." "(EXHALES)♪ ♪" "(SOBBING)" "(ENGINE REVS)" "(BRAKES SCREECH)" "Where are you going?" "With you." "Stu pido." "(VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "(HORN BEEPING)" "(MAN SHOUTING IN ITALIAN)" "I want to dance." "Yes, miss." "Any idea of where I might do that?" "Excuse me." "Hello." "Give him the money." "Please." "What do we have?" "Enghsh?" "American." "Monika, you have an American boyfriend." "Congratulations." "I tell you not to come." "American, you have a sister?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "I'll be sure to bring her next time." "There you go." "Boyfriend doesn't like me." "He's not my boyfriend." "Hmm, not your boyfriend, but he brings me 10,000 euros." "Ten?" "No, no, you said five." "(CHUCKLES) Five?" "This is Monika." "She tries to pay half price for her own daughter." "Look, I don't know what's going on here, but I agreed to five, all right?" "I'm not paying 10." "No, you are not." "Ten was the price for her." "You are not her." "For you, it's 25." "What?" "You gotta be kidding." "Where is she?" "You want to fuck with me some more?" "See what happens?" "You could not wait in car." "Mmm?" "I am happy I'm not you." "Listen, I'm just trying to help, okay?" "That's 5,000 euros." "That's how much I have." "Why don't you take it and get this girl out of your hair?" "That's how much you have?" "Even I have more than that." "(CHUCKLES)" "You two must think I'm an idiot." "(LAUGHING)" "See?" "You see what you did?" "Whoa." "What I did?" "You don't think I know when I'm being conned?" "Fuck you!" "Fuck you, American!" "Give me my money." "Your money?" "Give it to me!" "This is his phone number." "Did you write that?" "Do you know his number?" "No." "You stole my money." "Souvenir of Rome." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(ENGINE REVVING)" "(TIRES SQUEAL)" "Oh, fuck." "My bags." "Oh, shit." "Hey!" "My bags!" "You have bags?" "No bags." "Hi." "Did, uh, Miss Barr..." "Yes, sir." "She asked you to give me this?" "If you asked." "If Iasked?" "Yes, sir." "(CHUCKLES)" "And, uh, where is this place?" "Want to dance?" "Dance?" "He has moves." "Move, singular." "He has move." "Nice dress, baby." "Oh." "I have great taste." "Good evening." "Very good." "(WHISPERS) Terrible." "Terrible." "Very good." "(LAUGHS)" "MEGAN:" "I love you." "And that's it." "Bye." "(PHONE BEEPS)" "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Recorded 119 days ago." "To save, press one." "(BEEPS)" "(CELL PHONE CHIMES)" "(LINE RINGING)" "MAN:" "Pronto." "I can get you the money." "Mmm." "Signore?" "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yes?" "Breakfast in bed?" "I can't." "Sorry." "I have to run." "Where?" "I'm meeting a friend." "So, we'll have lunch, then?" "I'm not sure when I'll be back." "Then I'll make reservations for dinner." "I just said I don't know when I'll be back." "How long are you gone for?" "I don't know." "I'll text you." "Where the hell are you going, the Arctic?" "I can't talk to you when you're like this." "(DIAL TONE)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "You want to tell me what this is about?" "Don't be pathetic." "Who are you meeting?" "A friend." "What, a male friend?" "I have a life, my own life." "Anna, everything was great." "Well, then there isn't a problem." "It's only three floors." "Use the stairs, you lazy bastard." "(SCOFFS)" "Look, don't do this to yourself." "Oh, how sweet." "He's trying to save her from herself." "I'm not your fucking child." "Then don't act like one." "Oh." "That's good." "When something cuts too deep, he reaches for a comforting cliche." "Anna." "Please." "Begging?" "(BELL DINGS)" "(ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN)" "Do you know why she chooses married men, Michael?" "'Cause she doesn't have to care." "They can't hurt her." "And she can leave whenever she wants." "(CLICKS TONGUE) Oh..." "Look at that face." "He needs love so badly until he has it." "Find someone who doesn't know you." "Ciao." "Hey, I'm here." "Want to come down and we get something to eat?" "I'm really hungry, though." "Okay." "Yeah." "Just for a minute." "Okay" "Oh, Richie Rich." "Good to see you." "I love that comic book." "And there is my beautiful Monika." "Are you two fighting?" "Oh." "Come, kiss." "Kiss." "Monika's a very good kisser, huh?" "Come on, Richie." "Look, feel this." "Richie, come here, feel this." "You have to feel." "You have to feel." "Enough." "Hey." "Come on." "I'm serious." "Want to count it?" "You don't know what you're missing." "Where's the girl?" "The girl." "That's the question." "You meet a woman in a bar." "She takes you to a man who demands money." "You give it." "Why?" "You don't know the woman, you don't know the man." "She could be lying." "Maybe they both are." "This girl you're paying for may not even exist." "You have to be thinking, "ls there really a girl?"" "So..." "Why, Richie Rich, why give me the money?" "Where's the girl?" "You want me to answer your question, but you won't answer mine." "Okay" "If you can get 25 you can get 50." "No, no, that's it." "No, no, there's not gonna be a penny more." "We'll see." "I can wait." "Where is she?" "With my friend, and he's enjoying her company." "(SHOUTING IN ITALIAN) Hey... hey..." "MONIKAI Oh!" "(GRUNTS)" "(GASPS)" "SCOTT:" "Whoa." "Put the gun down." "Put it down." "(CHUCKLES)" "You hit me, Richie Rich." "Huh?" "All right." "You make me look bad in front of this woman." "Fine." "Fine." "Now it's 100." "100, or she's working the street tomorrow." "(WHISPERS) She has lips like her mother." "Carlo, it's me." "Please." "She's eight years old." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "What, another friend?" "(TIRES SQUEAL)" "There's my girl." "(EXHALES)" "(SIGHS DEEPLY)" "(SIGHS)" "Bonjour, monsieur." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "For my wife." "What are you looking for?" "No,no,no." "Hey,no,no,no." "Give me the gun." "No." "You want him to kill me?" "What, so the plan's to shoot him?" "Hey." "Why you take my money?" "Why?" "I don't know, I don't know." "Ah!" "I don't know!" "I don't know!" "It was stupid." "It was stupid." "Maybe I wanted to see you again, or save the day or something." "I don't know." "It was stupid." "Do we always know why we do things?" "Or you just wanted my money!" "(GRUNTS) Stop it!" "You tell me why you left it there, huh?" "You tell me." "'Cause nobody forgets something that important." "(SCOFFS)" "Come on, you tell me, huh?" "You wanted me to take it, didn't you?" "Hmm?" "Where were you, across the street?" "Watching?" "You wanted me to feel guilty, is that it?" "So you could use me?" "Because that's what you do, you use men." "Don't you?" "Don't you?" "I knew 5,000 wasn't enough, okay?" "That I would go to bring her, he would want more." "Five was all I could save." "Carlo hates me." "Maybe he has reasons." "But he was the only one who could bring her to me." "I thought he'd ask 10." "Then you saw the suit." "(CHUCKLES)" "Richie Rich." "I don't know what that means." "It means you thought I had money." "Oh, and you don't?" "No, I don't." "Not like that." "Look at the label." "It's a fake." "I rip off Italian designs, and I sell them to sweatshops." "Picked the wrong guy." "No." "I didn't." "I just didn't think Carlo would be so greedy." "And I didn't think you'd hit him." "(CHUCKLES)" "Neither did I." "That was very stupid." "I've done stupider things." "Fuck you." "That's my daughter." "She's alone and scared." "What would you do?" "Give me." "Give me the gun." "Point this at him, he will kill you." "MAN:" "Declined." "Try again." "(BEEPING)" "(BEEPS)" "Declined." "Try again." "It's not going to work." "Hey, you can't walk out with that." "Watch me." "MAN:" "Hey!" "(SPEAKING ITALIAN)" "(LOUD BUMP) (GROANS)" "Signore." "Uh, Signore." "Signore has a single room." "Yeah, we're together." "Ah, can I ask how long you will be?" "How long?" "We're going to be leaving tomorrow morning." "Together." "And if you have even the slightest objection," "I'll show you exactly how an American man reacts when you're disrespectful to his wife." "(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "Honey, please." "Have a good night." "Spasibo." "(SIGHS)" "(SNIFFLES)" "You can sleep on bed." "(SIGHS)" "No, I'm good here." "(EXHALES)" "I won't attack you." "How can I be so sure?" "(SIGHS)" "(SNIFFS)" "Okay" "So, you're a thief?" "I'm a businessman." "But you steal clothes." "Designs." "And I don't steal, I pay people who have advance knowledge." "Oh, so you're a spy." "Yeah." "A clothing SPY" "Yeah." "That's too sad." "I prefer to think of you as thiefs." "No one ever called me that before." "A "thiefs"?" "A Wife." "So, you were gonna punch him, too?" "Go to sleep." "Okay" "(WHISPERS) Larry, Larry..." "Larry, Larry, Larry, stop." "Just tell me how much I have." "It's not your money, Larry." "How much?" "That's it?" "(SIGHS)" "Okay" "Sendit" "Larry, thank you for caring." "Sendit" "Okay" "(CELL PHONE BEEPING)" "(GASPING)" "Do you have a bag?" "(BANGING ON DOOR)" "How can you be so weak?" "How?" "How can you love me?" "How?" "Please, baby, baby..." "How?" "Baby..." "No, no." "Anna, Anna." "Baby." "(SHUSHING)" "(CRYING)" "(WHISPERING) Okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "(SHUSHING) (CRYING)" "(MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)" "(ENGINE REVS)" "MICHAEL:" "Why does it feel damp?" "I can take it back." "No, no, no, no." "I love it." "I can't believe you got me all those flowers." "Got them on points." "A lot of points." "Why do you love me?" "I'm so awful to you." "It's your smile." "I know what that smile costs." "I don't know what that means." "You know who I was with, don't you?" "It doesn't matter to me." "But you know." "I don't care. (SIGHS)" "I'm gonna ruin it." "I always do, every time you're good to me." "(CAR APPROACHING)" "(CAR DOOR SHUTS)" "AN NA:" "AW!" "Black, no sugar." "Thank you." "(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)" "Oh, I have to take this." "No problem." "Sorry." "Hi." "DANIEL:" "Where did you go?" "I'm sorry." "I had to get back to my friend." "Come back." "(SIGHS)" "I'm with someone." "He's really good to me." "He's gonna hurt you." "No, you don't know him." "I don't have to." "Come back to me." "Can you do something for me?" "Anything." "It's really important." "Anything-." "Will you forgive me?" "Oh, baby, none of this is your fault." "Yes, it is." "You didn't do anything wrong." "You know what I did." "It's just love." "Come back." "I'm trying to protect you." "You know that, right?" "You've been hurt so much." "I can't stand to see you hurt." "I know. (SNIFFLES)" "Good-bye, Daddy." "(VIBRATING)" "(CELL PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING)" "Let's go." "You seem to have an unending supply of friends." "They're waiting." "Let's go." "They can wait." "Sit." "That's his bike." "Your pal, Carlo." "So?" "He was in Rome." "When?" "At the bar." "And outside my hotel." "On that bike." "You weren't watching your money." "He was." "You are making no sense." "Let's go." "Really?" "What is he, your husband?" "Mmm?" "The boyfriend?" "Your pimp?" "What is he?" "That's why they're here?" "To arrest me?" "Policeman, this man needs you to arrest me." "Do they look like they understand English?" "Play your own games." "Miss." "Miss." "You left your bag." "You don't want it?" "I'm giving it to you." "You think I'm stupid person?" "Huh?" "I take this bag, they put me in jail." "No." "It's yours." "Take it and go." "Or you can take it and come with me." "With you?" "Yes." "Where?" "Anywhere." "You take me?" "Knowing what you think you know?" "You have a bag of money." "I'd be a fool not to." "What about my daughter?" "Should just leave her?" "You think it's all game, bullshit." "You don't think she exist." "I'm gonna believe she does." "Take it." "(KEYPAD CLICKING)" "Am I Jenna?" "(SIGHS)" "Am v?" "He's saying she was the love of his life." "No,no,no,no,no." "Let me read it." "But when it's done,okay?" "When it's done." "But you wrote "the" love." "Yeah." "Of his life." "His entire life." "I'm gonna erase it." "No, no, I'll leave you alone." "I'll leave you alone." "Now, please?" "Yeah." "Qwl Gk ' ay' okay' "m going." "Oh." "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry." "(GIGGLING)" "Shh." "(SIGHS)" "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "You have no saved messages." "Hello." "Um, if anyone calls, I'm moving up to suite 415." "Leary." "Yeah, and I'm gonna need some flowers brought up." "Thank you." "ANNA:" "Bonjour." "Housekeeping." "(LOCK BEEPS)" "OPERATOR: (ON PHONE) I'm sorry, sir." "Messages are automatically erased after 120 days." "Yeah, yeah, but you have to have it somewhere, right?" "I mean, it's not just gone, right?" "(VACUUM STOPS)" "No, you have it somewhere." "It's saved somewhere." "I'm sorry..." "No, you have backups." "I'm sorry, is there anything else..." "No!" "You..." "No!" "No, you're not fucking sorry!" "(GLASS SHATTERING)" "No!" "(GRUNTING)" "(INTERCOM RINGING)" "Hello?" "Can I come up, please?" "Jesse's not here." "Please." "(BEEPS)" "You can leave it here." "I'll tell him you brought it." "You know that I would never hurt him." "Right?" "It's just us here." "Come on, you know." "What do you want, Julia?" "Just tell me that you know." "You hate me, I cheated on you, but..." "I don't care!" "Yes, you do." "And it's okay." "But I just need to be able to see him sometimes." "You see him." "On Skype." "I need to be able to touch him." "He is my son." "I can't, okay?" "I can't." "Not alone." "JuHa,youtﬂed to hurt him." "No, I didn't." "Yes, you did." "You can't admit it, but you did." "What makes you so smart?" "Huh?" "You weren't even there." "The police said that I didn't do it." "No." "They said they didn't have enough proof to prosecute." "It's not the same thing." "Child Services would not have taken Jesse away if they didn't think that you did it." "Really?" "Mmm-hmm." "Really?" "You don't think it's because you're rich and famous and can afford fancy lawyers and I'm nothing?" "No." "No, that couldn't be it." "No, it could." "Except that I know you." "Come on, I would never hurt Jesse." "Not when you're yourself." "Look, I just need to be able to see him." "Please." "(CRYING) Please." "Okay." "Then tell me." "Tell me that you did it." "Why do you get to play God?" "I gave you everything." "I gave up everything to have him." "Just tell me, and you can see him." "Not alone, but you can visit." "Just tell me." "Okay." "I did it." "No." "You're just saying that because you want to see him." "I need you to look at what you did." "I need you to face what you can't face, and I need you to tell me the truth." "I didn't." "Julia, if you don't face it, you can't change." "And I'll never be able to trust you." "You need to tell me." "Just tell me." "Say it." "He was in the closet, playing with dry-cleaning bags." "He was pretending to be a ghost, and I kept telling him not to, but he didn't listen." "He never listens." "You know that." "But you weren't there." "You were never there, even when we were together." "It was always just me and him, and me and him, and I had to show him what could happen." "I had to protect him." "I'm so sorry." "(CRYING)" "I'm so sorry." "Okay" "Thank you." "It'll be okay, please." "Yeah, it'll be okay." "Okay." "I'm never gonna let you see him again." "What?" "Get out." "No." "Get the fuck out!" "No, you said that if I said that I did it..." "Get out!" "No, I lied!" "Get out!" "I just said it because..." "Get the fuck out of here!" "No!" "No!" "Get out!" "No, I lied!" "Get out!" "I lied!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "(INAUDIBLE)" "Oh, my God." "Jesse." "Jesse,baby!" "I told you she did it!" "Jesse, baby, come on!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "I told you she..." "Jesse!" "Jesse!" "Jesse!" "God damn it!" "(GRUNTS)" "Hey" "You Okay?" "You all right?" "(BREATHING HEAVILY)" "Never do that to me again, okay?" "Please?" "(PHONE RINGING)" "Theresa Lowry." "SCOTT'." "Hi." "Thanks for picking up." "I didn't know it was you." "I just wanted to see how you were doing." "I'm fine, Scott." "How are you?" "(SIGHS)" "I don't know what to do, Terry." "I don't know how to forgive myself." "Do you know how long she talked about showing you how she could swim whenever you got back from wherever you were?" "Please don't." "She was always trying to get your attention." "All you had to do was watch her, and you couldn't even do that." "You walked away to take a phone call." "It was 30 seconds." "She wasn't in the pool." "I was gone for 30 seconds." "You know, I never asked you, but did you make that deal?" "Did you get that contract, Scott?" "You keep trying to forgive yourself." "I never will." "Okay" "(SNIFFLES)" "(DIAL TONE)" "(CRYING)" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "JAKE:" "Jesus." "It's a lot of work." "I can have it finished in three months." "Does she know you're doing this?" "People are gonna know it's Anna." "Six months from now, she'll be the punch line at every cocktail party in New York." "You can do that to her?" "It's the weakest story." "It's the strongest choice." "(SIGHS)" "Well?" "Okay" "Hi." "He didn't want this?" "No, it's for you." "He asked me to pour it." "He did?" "Why?" "She asked him to take care of you." "Who did?" "In the elevator." "She asked him to take care of you." "How do you know?" "He told me when he asked for the milk." "Did he say anything else?" "Did she say anything else to him?" "No." "She didn't say that she was sorry?" "No." "What are you doing?" "Eating the whole pancake?" "Yeah?" "I'm gonna need another night." "Yes, sir." "Thank you." "You know where I can buy a shirt?" "(SIGHS)" "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "You have new shirt." "(LAUGHS)" "Yes." "It's nice." "Thank you." "You waited for me." "Yes." "I give him the money." "Will you still take me?" "I don't have anything left." "Will you take me, no questions?" "Just take me." "Yes." "Okay" "Your daughter?" "Can I meet her?" "You are fool to have believed me." "(LINE RINGING)" "(SIGHS)" "(PHONE RINGING)" "AUTOMATED VOICE:" "Please leave a message after the tone." "(BEEPS)" "RICK:" "Hey." "I'm sorry." "You can have him tonight if you like." "Okay" "(INAUDIBLE)" "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "Hi." "How's Rome?" "You know, warm." "I love that tiny apartment on the piazza." "So, did you, um, finish reading it?" "Last night." "It's good." "You're not just saying that?" "No." "It's good." "Thanks." "Must have been hard for you to read it." "How you live for her smile?" "How she's the love of your life?" "Why would that bother me?" "If I could've trusted anyone else to read it..." "Stop trying to get sympathy, Michael." "I'm sure I'll be reading this conversation in the next draft." "You really don't feel a thing, do you?" "Is she there?" "No. (SIGHS)" "You're lying again." "She left me." "Couple of months ago." "You told her that you were writing about her and her father?" "No." "She read my journal." "Oh, God, Michael." "I'm cold." "I just came in from a swim." "I'm glad you're using the pool again." "You used his name." "Robbie." "Yeah, I'm gonna change it." "Don't." "It happened in a moment." "It wasn't your fault." "He just so wanted to make you proud." "It wasn't a business call, Elaine." "I lied." "It wasn't business." "Who was it?" "God, Michael." "Does she know it was her on the phone?" "(CRYING)" "Come home." "Come home, Michael." "(SIGHS)" "H ow?" "AN NA:" "Watch me." "I have to go." "Michael." "(WATER SLOSHING GENTLY)" "BOY: (WHISPERING) Watch me." "(MUSIC FADES)"