"SOPRANO: (SINGS) # Conturbabimus" "# Illa... #" "CHOIR: # Da mi basia mille" "# Deinde centum" "# Dein mille altera" "# Dein secunda centum" "# Con... # SOPRANO: # Conturbabimus" "# Illa" "# Ne" "# Ne sciamus" "# Aut..." "# Aut" "# Ne quis malus" "# In..." "# Invidere possit" "# Cum tantum sciat" "# Esse" "# Basiorum" "# Esse" "# Basiorum. #" "(APPLAUSE)" "Thank you all so very much for coming this evening." "If any of you gorgeous people have any spare cash, we would love to share that with you." "As some of you may know, we have been invited to China to sing." "Uh, all expenses paid, except for air tickets." "So, uh, it would be very much appreciated if you could help us out." "Our mission is to bring peace and love and music to the world." "And, well, you can't expect us to do that staying at home, can you?" "(LAUGHS) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)" "Thank you all very much for coming." "Thank you." "(APPLAUSE)" "You have the most beautiful voice." "If there's anything I can do to help, please, call." "Our next artist is from Tibet." "They have finally released him from detention." "(APPLAUSE)" "Lucy's good." "She's over the top, but she's good." "She wants us to accept China." "And I'm sure she'll find the money." "But the Arts Council don't want to know about us." "They think we're too ethnic or...not ethnic enough." "Well, what about the gentleman who gave you his carte de visite?" "He was bewitched by you." "Oh..." "You should give him a call." ""Edward du Rochegude."" "Ah, well, it sounds pretty flashy...and ethnic." "Well, I could give him a call for you... (LAUGHS)" "..as your...your business partner..." "(TRAIN HORN BLARES OUTSIDE)" "..personal manager, lover and better half." "My sweet lover of the night." "(CHUCKLES)" "Better half you're not." "That's me." "Oh, really?" "Mm-hm." "You're our better half?" "No, no, no." "I'm my own better half." "That's not possible." "Yes, it is." "I think Lucy can do her own fundraising." "I mean, she's good at it." "He looked rich." "You ask him." "I'm not talking to him." "No, 'cause I didn't speak to him the other night." "You do it." "No, I'm not going to." "It's ringing, Anna." "Here." "You do it." "No..." "Please...it's ringing." "For fuck's sake!" "(PHONE RINGS)" "(GENTLE ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYS)" "(MUSIC DROWNS OUT DIALOGUE)" "DAVID:" "Where did you go?" "What did you do?" "ANNA:" "Oh...well, Lucy insisted we ring" " I mean, I ring" " Mr Edward." "You know, Edward du Rochegude." "And...is he interested?" "I-I just couldn't ask him, you know, just like that - not on my own." "He invited me to his house." "He's got this amazing mansion, with a live-in butler." "It's like a museum." "And, um, he asked if I'd pose for him." "Pose for him?" "Pose for what?" "Doing...doing what?" "Well, he wanted to do some figure studies." "Of you?" "Well, who do you think - the butler?" "And...?" "Well, in my capacity as the fundraiser," "I didn't really have an option." "And, anyway, he seemed harmless enough, and then..." "I got quite excited by the idea." "What - uh...naked?" "Mm." "Yeah." "Well, sort of." "He arranged me, you know, on a sofa..." "And then, um... ..well, he asked me to come back tomorrow for the prints." "Well, I think Lucy should do her own fundraising." "She would have freaked!" "And her husband would go nuts." "I mean, he's pretty straight... ..and jealous." "It's pathetic." "How did he con you into this?" "Well, he didn't." "He's just a charming old man, you know?" "He's interesting." "Trust me." "Charming and rich." "That always helps." "I still smoke like a chimney." "But it all depends on how you smoke." "Yeah, well, I can't...smoke." "I mean, I enjoy it every now and then." "Well, what you enjoy can't be that bad for you." "Well, I wish that were true." "Sit down." "Hmm?" "What's the matter?" "Don't forget your dance class." "Where's Desiree?" "Well, buggered if I know." "Oh..." "My wife and I go to dance classes instead of the gym." "Oh!" "Wow." "That must keep you fit." "10 years ago, my mother came here with Charles in tow." "Will you have dinner with Mother tonight?" "No, not tonight." "Oh, well..." "And then we realised that she didn't know who she was or where she was or who I was." "One day, we found her in a park, naked." "So, you keep her locked up now, do you?" "She has her own quarters, with a nurse." "What would you like - champagne, coffee, tea?" "I don't have much time." "Come on." "(CLOCK CHIMES)" "(CLOCK BELL TOLLS TWICE)" "I really like this one." "Have dinner with me one night." "I'd like that." "(RAILWAY CROSSING BELL DINGS)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "(TRAIN HORN BLARES)" "Hello." "(CHUCKLES)" "What do you think?" "I've never seen you so, um... ..naked." "(LAUGHS)" "(CHUCKLES)" "How old is he?" "I don't know." "You should meet him." "He's a very decent man." "He's frank and honest." "At least he gives that impression." "Well, most people do." "No, they don't." "(LAUGHS)" "I-I still don't know how you can take your clothes off for him." "You don't know him." "Well, I didn't take my clothes off for him." "I posed for him." "(PLAYS GENTLE ARPEGGIOS)" "Most men think exactly the same way you do." "You know that?" "He doesn't." "That's why." "You still haven't answered my question." "What question?" "Forget it." "She sings in a choir." "A beautiful voice." "Interesting woman." "So, it's not just the body you're after?" "Don't be like that." "Yesterday, you said you would concentrate more on your spiritual journey." "I don't have much option, do I?" "Yes, you do." "You know you do." "I wasn't touched enough when I was child." "Your mother spoiled you rotten." "And...when my father was around, she wasn't allowed to touch me." "At night, he'd make a little cross on my forehead." "Like this." "Like that." "Did I ever tell you?" "If I did something wrong... ..I'd miss out on my cross." "I'd go to bed without being blessed." "I'd cry myself to sleep." "Poor Pablo." "This isn't doing anything for me." "(LOUNGE MUSIC PLAYS ON TV) God, they're bad actors." "It doesn't require a lot of acting talent." "Yes, it does." "You've got to convince people that it's real." "I'm going to bed." "I'm gonna go finish my book." "You come to bed soon." "Did you call your mother?" "(GROANS) I'll call her tomorrow." "She said it was urgent." "It's always urgent." "(LOUNGE MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING ON TV)" "(CREAKING)" "(CHAIR CREAKS)" "(PANTING ON TV)" "How was the film?" "You were right." "It was boring." "I told you." "Aren't you hot?" "No, I'm cold." "Here, warm me up." "You're always warm." "Do you mind if I just finish my book?" "I've got three more pages." "Wake me if you need me." "Oh, you do mind." "(WEARILY) No, no." "It's fine." "Alright." "Goodnight." "After you finish your book, do you think we could make love?" "(SIGHS) Why don't you get some sleep?" "And what time is it?" "I don't know." "It's about 12:00." "Well, I don't..." "feel like it very much." "Do you mind if I just park myself between your legs?" "David, what's the matter with you?" "I'm just a bit horny, that's all." "Well, what am I supposed to do about it?" "Nothing." "Then just get some sleep." "Where are you going?" "I'm just gonna sit up for a while." "Well, you can slip it in if you like." "I'll just lie here." "But I told you, I don't really feel like it." "Why did you cut it?" "Don't you like it?" "Well, it's just..." "you've always had it long." "John?" "Come and say hello to Anna." "She's going on a holiday." "(LAUGHS) It's not really a holiday." "Ah." "How are you?" "I'm fine." "And how's David?" "Oh, he's fine." "You're, uh, going to China?" "Yeah." "Why China?" "Well, the choir's been invited." "Oh." "I have to work on my speech." "If anyone rings, please take a message." "What if it's important?" "I'll ring back." "Excuse me." "He's worried." "They're all worried, with the election coming up." "Oh, this government's a disgrace." "Oh, don't say that." "Well, it is." "You know it is." "Oh, you must tell David..." "I think I've sold one of his paintings." "Have you?" "To whom?" "Does that matter?" "Well, yes, it does." "You're so much like your father." "Why don't you play anymore?" "I was never any good." "Oh, you always say that." "But didn't he fall in love with you because you were his best...best student?" "(LAUGHS) You told me." "Did I?" "Yeah, you did." "God." "He was 50 when we married." "Italian." "I was 23." "My parents never forgave me." "But you loved him." "Yes, I did." "Very much." "He was special." "You came from a great love." "It was no accident." "One day, I hope you tell me everything." "Well, I have." "I have told you everything." "No, no, you haven't told me anything about...sex..." "Oh!" "..for instance, or God." "What do you want to know?" "Just everything." "I've had two lovers in my life." "I know that." "Wouldn't you like to have a secret, wild affair with a handsome Cabinet minister?" "Come and have a coffee." "They all do it." "Are you having an affair?" "Oh, good God, no." "No, I'm too prim and proper for that." "(LAUGHS)" "It's your fault." "Oh, you should thank me for that." "Ha!" "Dad wasn't too prim and proper, though, was he?" "He was a good man." "Did he have affairs?" "What is this" " Spanish Inquisition?" "Well, he did, didn't he?" "Do you want some milk?" "Why can't you tell me?" "After he died, I found some letters." "Love letters." "A pianist." "I knew her." "She used to visit." "If I'd have known when he was alive, I would have killed him." "(MAN CHUCKLES)" "I told a smart chicken farmer what I needed and he made them for me... ..out of wire - chicken wire." "(LAUGHS) Bloody brilliant." "That's the..." "Sorry." "When you look at the maquette, can you imagine what this is going to look like?" "Eh?" "Yes!" "Anyone can." "But the experts from the gallery can't, you see?" "Oh, no, they can't." "So, they want a test run." "Fucking ludicrous." "What is the 'Explanandum', Mr Ouspensky?" "Ah!" "Well, we do what has to be done, don't we?" "You see, these are the organic components." "And they're everywhere - inside the body, the ocean, the earth, the universe... ..my arse." "(CHUCKLES)" "You see, I made them this shape so they can travel." "(CLATTERING)" "They fly from the physical to the metaphysical." "Human consciousness is related to all organisms." "So, now, it becomes visible." "That's never been done." "Do you follow me?" "I..." "I-I can't see it yet." "Oh, God, that's because your own art is too abstract." "You're afraid of reality." "You're not fully aware of the organic possibilities." "EDWARD:" "Even my wife likes the photographs we took." "ANNA: (LAUGHS) My boyfriend wasn't too impressed." "He's probably jealous." "Well, wouldn't you be?" "Oh, certainly not." "I'd like us to have another session... ..with different equipment, more modern equipment." "I want to pay you." "Oh, no, I don't want to be paid." "But our choir, we're looking for support." "We want to go on tour." "And..." "Oh, of course." "I forgot." "Yeah." "Well, let me know what you need." "I'm sure I can help." "But I don't want this to be some sort of exchange, you know?" "You think you can buy any woman you want." "Most of them, yeah." "Not women like you, though." "I know that." "There's no challenge in buying someone." "I did that for years." "What - you've bought women?" "In a way, yes." "They came and went because I was young and rich." "There's no value in money without pleasure." "Now I always look for the stranger - a person who's surrounded by open spaces." "(CLOCK CHIMES) With those people, I feel at ease." "Do they have to be women?" "Usually they are." "And...and your wife?" "My wife and I are on a specific journey." "It's a journey through the flesh." "Through touch." "Mm-hm." "Through the spirit." "They want more blue." "The wife wants it." "What do you mean, "They want more blue"?" "Well, she doesn't like the yellow." "It doesn't fit." "I said I would talk to you." "Why is that?" "'Cause it's your painting." "And they're not gonna pay unless we change it." "We?" "Mm." "Mm." "Well, I'm not gonna change it." "David, it's just a colour." "Listen, you said you were glad to get rid of it." "That is not the point." "(PHONE PLAYS HANDEL'S 'WATER MUSIC')" "Hello?" "Yeah, look..." "Yeah, I know." "Uh, five minutes." "I'm in a meeting." "OK." "I haven't asked you for anything, have I, David, since you've moved in here?" "Nothing." "Ooh, you..." "What?" "(SIGHS)" "The deal was until your friends move out all their crap, we don't have to pay any rent." "The painting was part of the deal." "And this isn't crap." "They've gone." "I don't know where." "Overseas." "They still owe me a lot of money." "They've ruined your grand piano as well." "She is a very well respected artist." "Can you give me a lift to Homecare?" "I've got some jobs on today and my car is sick." "I thought you'd finished up with them." "No, I haven't because I need the money." "Anna's paid the bills for the last couple of weeks." "My stepfather already thinks I'm an idiot." "You ARE an idiot." "Fuck off." "Look...you wouldn't understand this... ..but I quite enjoy Homecare." "Old people crave contact." "You give them a hug and they love you for life." "ALL: (SING) # La... # Beautiful." "(ALL SING ASCENDING AND DESCENDING SCALE)" "Excellent." "Take a deep breath." "(ALL SING SCALE IN HIGHER REGISTER)" "Wonderful." "(ALL SING SCALE IN HIGHER REGISTER)" "Pass them back." "(ALL SING SCALE IN HIGHER REGISTER) Ooh!" "(GIRL SNEEZES) Bless you." "(ALL SING SCALE IN HIGHER REGISTER) Is that enough?" "(VACUUM CLEANER WHIRRS)" "(KNOCKS ON DOOR)" "You nearly ready, Mr Thompson?" "MAN:" "Yeah." "How is he?" "Hmm...same old, grumpy self." "He seems in good spirits." "Oh, well, he won't take his pills and last week, he had half a bottle of sherry." "He's a naughty boy." "Mm." "(WATER RUNS)" "Hang on to me." "You've had one fall too many." "Come on." "That's it." "I got ya." "Round you go." "That's it." "You right?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "Okey-dokey." "You getting any?" "I'm getting enough." "Enough?" "Enough?" "!" "There's not enough at your age." "How many women have you had?" "I don't know how many women I've had." "You don't know?" "Hang on." "There you go." "You should count 'em." "(LAUGHS) I've had hundreds." "Hundreds?" "Mm." "How many hundreds?" "Well, I don't know." "After 100, you stop counting." "You just get on with it." "(TANGO MUSIC PLAYS)" "(TANGO MUSIC CONTINUES)" "EDWARD:" "This is magic." "But it's too easy." "The magic is in the equipment." "People take thousands of photographs just to get one good picture - like codfish that lay a million eggs in order to hatch one." "Then they have so many options that they can't choose." "Beautiful." "Beautiful." "With beauty, you become more conscious of the spirit, and...it helps fight the dullness." "Dullness?" "Ordinary life is dull." "Believe me." "With art, you protect yourself from all that dullness." "But I can't concentrate like an artist." "I can't detach myself." "Well, not many artists can." "You dressed me to undress me?" "It gives me great pleasure." "The form underneath is exquisite." "DAVID:" "Mr Ouspensky?" "!" "(LIFT BEEPS)" "This is George." "He owns that new space I was telling you about." "I haven't got time." "Check C2 and C3 and give me a 3.8, will you?" "Whoa!" "What do you think?" "!" "I don't know yet." "It's not finished." "OUSPENSKY:" "Is this a C2?" "Are you sure?" "Ouspensky had an epiphany in a cave in Afghanistan, long before friendly fire bombed the shit out of the country." "When the cave was destroyed, he wanted to create a new..." "OUSPENSKY:" "Try the other one!" "..underground universe." "A link in our evolution was missing." "I don't get it." "Well, the cave was at least 100 million years old." "His point is that nowadays, even that is disposable." "I've become disposable too." "Katherine's having an affair." "How do you know?" "You don't know with women." "You suspect." "So, you suspect she's having an affair?" "Yeah." "What are you gonna do?" "I don't know." "We used to have terrific sex." "Now she's tired all the time." "That's your reason?" "Yeah." "Oh, fuck!" "It's wire." "Just chicken wire." "It's so light." "Well, of course it's light." "It's chicken wire!" "Is that the one I told you to?" "Yes." "I said C2." "Is that C2?" "Yes." "Who is she?" "Don't go there, George." "It's Ouspensky's new woman." "How old is he?" "Ask her." "Do you know how to work this thing?" "!" "I can't show these to David." "He'd just freak altogether." "Ah!" "Oh, wow!" "Oh..." "They're beautiful, Anna." "Edward is quite an artist." "Don't rub it in." "No, I'm serious." "They live in a different world to me." "How different?" "Well, they're not different, really - not...not when you accept them, when you really let go." "I thought I knew everything..." "well, enough." "I'm just...discovering things about myself." "Like what?" "Like..." "Edward says he's always spent his money and energies on women, love and the arts... ..rather than on making more money, you know?" "He says that sex and money make the world what it is." "But he thinks art and sex are a better bet." "(BELL RINGS)" "(SINGS) # Redire possunt" "# Nobis cum semel" "# Occidit brevis... #" "Your mother wants to get up." "She loves the music." "Hello." "What is it, Edward?" "Shh-shh-shh." "Who is it?" "Where is she, Edward?" "Where is she..." "Edward?" "Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh-shh-shh." "Oh..." "Oh..." "It's water." "Soft..." "Falling..." "Thank you." "(EERIE SOUNDSCAPE)" "OUSPENSKY:" "People are much more alike than you know." "But in this reality, there is enormous difference in our ways of perceiving." "Some idiots perceive through their mind, some through feeling, and some unfortunates through sensation." "MAN:" "Or sex." "Sex?" "God, you ARE an idiot." "Sex!" "Sex is a blind guide for blind people." "(MAN LAUGHS)" "This creation, my creation, must not be seen purely in relation to the exterior world." "Oh, no." "To the interior world." "Oh, God, you wouldn't understand." "Look, if you pay attention, a different way of perceiving might creep into your psyche because of what you see here." "What I am trying to explain to the world is that, in the depth and earth time, you are being offered, here - right here - a glimpse of eternity." "Can you catch that glimpse?" "Eh?" "(CHUCKLES)" "Away from the evils and loins that sprout from the hearts of men." "He's losing it." "They didn't take it." "What?" "This." "The gallery is actually four times the size of this space." "Can you imagine that?" "They couldn't see it." "They've offered to buy the maquette." "It's beautiful." "It makes me cry." "CHOIR: (SINGS) # Brevis lux" "# Nox est perpetua una dormienda" "# Da mi basia mille" "# Deinde centum" "# Dein mille altera" "# Dein secunda centum... #" "DAVID:" "Why don't you want to make love anymore?" "ANNA:" "Oh!" "Don't pressure me." "You don't want to touch me anymore." "That's not true!" "We don't have a relationship anymore!" "What - because there's no sex?" "Bingo!" "And you...think...you can't have a relationship without sex?" "Not without touching, no." "Well...you can get someone else to touch you, if that's what you want." "Why don't you go and pay for it?" "(TRAIN HORN BLARES)" "Yeah, that's a great idea." "OK." "Listen." "I've gotta go to rehearsals." "I can't do this." "What are you doing today?" "Well, I'm gonna shower, masturbate and check my emails." "Oh, why are you so unfair?" "!" "Oh, Jesus, Anna!" "Who's unfair?" "!" "How long is this going to take?" "Shh!" "I've never loved anybody the way I love you." "I want to be with you only." "You ARE with me." "Yeah." "And...and what?" "What?" "I need to be able to trust you." "Oh, since when don't you trust me?" "Well, I couldn't trust my husband!" "What the fuck has he got to do with this?" "!" "Nothing!" "I don't know!" "You just don't understand me!" "Do you?" "No!" "I don't need to understand me!" "You do!" "(LAUGHS)" "GEORGE:" "Well, the last week with Katherine was hell." "Right up until the end, she insisted she was not having an affair." "Was she?" "Yeah, of course she was." "I found them." "It got quite ugly in the end." "You can have those." "What are these?" "Oh, you just dissolve one in Anna's tea and send her to bed and... ..you can fuck her as much as you like and she won't wake up." "(SCOFFS)" "Yeah." "Um..." "Well, even if that wasn't against the Geneva Convention, she'd, uh...she'd find out." "No, no, she wouldn't." "I did it with Katherine a few times." "She complained about being a bit sore in the morning but... ..she didn't have a clue." "Nice!" "No, no, no, no." "It's great." "There's the object of your lust and desire...helpless." "You should be in jail!" "No." "I was in jail." "That's what got me out." "Hi." "She runs The Happy Hippo." "What's The Happy Hippo?" "Massage parlour." "Top class." "I go there once a week." "Full body slide." "Hey, you just lay there and enjoy yourself." "And afterwards, you..." "you sleep like a baby and you can get on without thinking about your dick all the time." "Ohhh!" "Nipples as hard as rocks." "MAN:" "It's quite normal." "We all sometimes freeze up - can't relate for a while." "The less you worry, the better it is." "You've taken the first positive step." "You've come here to talk about it." "That's a good move, don't you think?" "Well, of course it worries me that... ..that I can't relate physically anymore." "Do you know why?" "No, I don't." "Well, let's go back to the beginning." "You haven't felt like having sex for a while and your partner is putting too much pressure on you." "Is that correct?" "Have you met someone else?" "Well, I-I met an older man who..." "likes me." "Mm-hm." "And you like him?" "Yes, I do." "Does your partner know about this?" "Oh, yes, he does." "Do you sleep with this man?" "No!" "(LAUGHS) No!" "It's not about sex." "He just knows how to be with a woman." "He's mature." "How old is he?" "Oh, I don't know." "Much older than me." "And you feel closer to him than to your partner?" "No, no." "I don't." "Why do you think this older man has, um...?" "Well, I didn't say it was because of him." "I don't know." "I don't know." "But you still love your boyfriend?" "Yes." "Yes, I do." "You just don't want him to touch you." "I think we're going around in circles here." "Confucius said, "The circle is the pathway to the inner soul."" "You had a normal, healthy sexual relationship with your partner?" "Yes." "We always got on very well." "So, what do you think is the real problem?" "Well, I'm here to find out." "So, this shrink was a waste of time?" "And money." "Well..." "What did he say?" "Nothing." "They don't say much." "They listen..." "I think." "What sort of things did you tell him?" "Oh, I just told him everything." "He thinks I'm depressed." "(CHUCKLES) That I need medication." "God, this is very bitter." "Oh, it might need some honey." "Well, I just..." "I just want a normal cup of tea, darling." "Try some honey." "(SIGHS)" "I've, uh..." "I've never been to a psychiatrist." "Yeah." "Well, I did this for you, David." "It's the first time in years." "I know." "Mmm!" "Now, I'm just gonna clean up a little bit and turn off some lights." "It still doesn't taste like chamomile." "(TRAIN HORN BLARES)" "(WAVES CRASH)" "(SIGHS)" "I'm sorry." "What brings YOU home?" "DESIREE:" "He's too young." "Wants to fuck all the time." "It's tedious." "Well, if you're too attached to the flesh, you'll always suffer." "We confuse physical obsession with love." "I'm not talking about love." "But you're looking for it." "You're in love with love itself." "I love you more than you think." "What strangers we are." "Where did you find the dress?" "It's Japanese." "Pure silk." "Do you like it?" "Not much." "What's wrong?" "Everything seems meaningless." "I'm here." "(EDWARD GROANS)" "Oh!" "Ooh!" "(LAUGHS)" "Oh!" "Ooh!" "Oh, God..." "Roll over, sweetheart." "Sorry I'm late." "I got caught up." "Listen to this." ""Man has deviated from his original innocence." ""They weren't born wolves but they have become wolves."" "I mean, this is..." "I've been thinking, David, about us." "Yeah?" "And..." "I've just been so unfair to you." "Why is that?" "Well..." "You smell of something." "What is it?" "(CHUCKLES)" "I've, um..." "I've deviated from MY original innocence." "Oh, yeah?" "How did you do that?" "I went and had a massage." "A massage?" "!" "Yeah." "Well, that must have been nice for you." "It's not what you think." "Well, I really wasn't thinking..." "What would you say if I said I had a massage?" "It wasn't erotic or anything." "You have to pay extra for that." "Did you?" "No." "Yes." "What?" "What, mother?" "I have kept my word." "That is how it is." "That is how it is." "Yes, you've always kept your word." "I have seen the crosses all made of black wood." "Oh..." "Look at his face." "Oh..." "Poor broken heart." "My poor darling." "Poor broken... (SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)" "My darling man." "DESIREE:" "Edward's been very depressed lately." "When he closes up, I can't help him." "Would you take your shoes off?" "You're on the outside." "Maybe you can help." "He can still play with you." "Well, he doesn't play with me." "Yes, he does." "I know." "It's his way of showing affection." "He's such a spoilt child." "This is my day of worship." "(DESIREE CHANTS)" "Um..." "Stand here." "Feel the full power." "Just not terribly much of that oil 'cause I've only just washed my hair." "Just try to relax." "OK." "Ow!" "Now, I'm being extremely gentle." "No, you're pushing too hard." "I'm not pushing." "Yes, you are." "Do you want me to do this or not?" "Yes." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Then let me." "(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING) Just...one minute." "Hello?" "Someone called Desiree." "Oh." "Hello?" "Oh, yeah, hi." "No, that's alright." "Yeah, no, sure." "Oh!" "Well, I..." "I don't know if I'll be able to be of any help, but, sure." "No, that's fine." "Bye." "(HANGS UP AND SIGHS)" "Who's Desiree?" "Oh, she's just a friend." "(HUMS)" "There are no muscles there." "This is supposed to be an erotic massage." "Why did you lie to me about The Happy Hippo?" "You said you understood." "Did I?" "Right." "I think we should sleep in separate beds until we sort ourselves out." "Um, until you know what you want." "OK?" "We don't usually see couples separately." "How about a counsellor, a marriage counsellor you could see together?" "I don't know." "The more people get involved, the more complex it gets." "Well, it can be." "I'm sure there's nothing to worry about." "It's quite normal, and sometimes very constructive, in a relationship, not to have sex for a while." "Well...this has gone on for months." "If you don't have sex for that long, then you...you...you can't call it a relationship." "Not always true." "You want it to continue?" "Yes." "What do you suggest?" "Well, at the moment, you're depressed, and that doesn't help." "I'm not depressed." "Confucius said, "Knowing what one knows" ""and knowing what one does not know," ""that is knowledge."" "Hmm?" "Sometimes, it's...it's difficult to recognise, to know, the symptoms." "In fact, that's one of the most difficult aspects." "Hmm." "Confucius also said that "A bird can seek a tree..." ""..but a tree cannot seek a bird."" "Did he?" "(LAUGHS)" "(PLAYS HARPSICHORD)" "No, no, no!" "No!" "Stop!" "I think your entrance should be much bigger." "Go back." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(WOMAN CONTINUES PLAYING HARPSICHORD)" "This is Jacqueline and there's Ophelia." "ANNA:" "Mm-hm." "Well, she's very beautiful." "DESIREE:" "Eccentric." "Both Edward and I tried to unveil her, but she fled." "She's one of the untouchables." "Now I think, here...to introduce the human voice here, would be a stroke of genius." "You must help me convince her." "Me?" "Yes." "Oh..." "And how are you and your man?" "Uh...well, we're sleeping separately." "Why?" "He just wants sex all the time, you know?" "I'm like some object of lust." "(CHUCKLES)" "That's not so bad." "Lust and love are often very close." "I lust after you too, you know." "Do you know why?" "No." "Because in one afternoon, we... ..we felt an intimacy that was... ..quite special." "A woman's instinct... ..can tell when and if she can trust another woman." "Women never separate sex from feeling." "ANNA:" "I find that hard to believe." "Our whole bodies give when we make love." "My lawyer rang this morning." "Your sugar daddy sent us $25,000!" "You are my hero." "Well, David wouldn't think so." "He should be proud of you." "Well, he is." "But that's not the problem." "Well, what is the problem?" "I feel whore-ish." "Are you feeling guilty now?" "No, I'm not feeling guilty." "That's just it." "David doesn't understand at all." "It just hurts." "OUSPENSKY:" "He's a weasel and an idiot." "But this is a good space." "George has a heart somewhere." "Oh, yes, yes." "In his pants." "Uh, give him your light." "'The Maze' is up." "Mm." "Come and look." "(WHOOSHING)" "So, what happened to you?" "What?" "Oh, I had an accident, didn't I?" "I was, uh, putting up 'The Maze'." "Worked all night - on my own, of course." "WOMAN: (KNOCKS) He didn't want me here!" "Shush!" "Then got into my car and I drove straight into a wall." "That was it." "Police, ambulance, all that shit." "I tell you, I thought I was going to die." "You can turn your light off here." "Then, uh...then someone, a total stranger, held my face, touched my head, really cared for a change." "She saved my life." "DAVID:" "It's very soothing." "Where's it going?" "It's not going anywhere." "I did it years ago." "Nobody got it." "I hang it up every now and again, like washing, let it breathe." "This one you can touch." "(BELLS CHIME, WHOOSHING)" "(RUMBLING SOUNDSCAPE)" "(BELLS TOLL REPEATEDLY)" "(WHOOSHING)" "(GATE SQUEAKS) What's the matter with you?" "The old man was supposed to die first but, no, Mrs Thompson dies in her sleep." "He's devastated." "They're gonna put him in a home." "He'll be dead in a week." "Listen, you'll be dead in a week too if you go on like this." "I spoke to Anna." "She tells me that you've been offered a house in France." "Huh?" "A change is as good as a holiday." "I don't need charity, particularly from her sponsor." "Who's this sponsor?" "Does he know me?" "Yeah, no, no, no." "Magda, David." "David, Magda." "Hi." "Hello." "She's amazing." "She's into tantric sex." "Wild." "Only problem...she talks all the time." "I can't shut her up." ""Yak, yak, yak..."" "Yeah, well, maybe we should all shut up for a while." "If you don't want to accept, I'll go on my own." "What's the catch?" "There's no catch." "I spoke to Desiree and she thought it was a good idea." "Two weeks in France." "And who's paying for the tickets?" "Around the world instead of China return." "Look, if you don't want to go, that's fine." "I'll go anyway." "I'll take Lucy." "No." "No, I'm coming." "Anything to get out of this Luna Park." "DESIREE:" "I took Edward there after we got married." "It was a little bit too rural for him." "Warn Anna about the gardener." "You have been warned." "If you see a naked man in the morning, don't be alarmed - he's the gardener." "Naked?" "Yes, he's a naturalist." "A dedicated 'nudiste'." "He's also a musician." "I found him at the local nudist camp." "He charmed her with his lute." "He did." "He only wears clothes when he goes out or when he plays." "There's prehistoric caves here." "Huge underground cathedrals, temples." "Millions of years of dripping water." "Now, the only thing I need for you to do is to plant a little olive tree right there." "There will be a car for you at the airport." "It's all organised." "I've never travelled business class before." "Well, he wanted to put us in first." "I had to beg him not to." "Why?" "Well, I know where to draw the line." "Do you?" "Why - you would have accepted?" "Absolutely." "Well...maybe not." "Hmm!" "Thank you." "So, are you serious about this...not speaking thing?" "Yeah." "Let's live in silence for a while." "See how long we last." "ANNA:" "You've been very generous." "Everyone is thrilled." "EDWARD:" "You've been very generous too." "I'll miss you." "There's one thing that I'd like to do before you leave." "You promise not to be shocked?" "Why should I?" "You won't be." "I've seen your body." "Now I'd like to feel it with my eyes closed." "Just feel your skin, the softness of your flesh." "I can't believe that touching... ..touching with tenderness... ..can ever be wrong." "(KOOKABURRA LAUGHS)" "(ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYS)" "(BELL TOLLS)" "Bonjour." "Bonjour." "Bonjour." "One moment." "I speak a little English." "You are Anna, friend of Desiree." "Have a coffee." "Oh, uh, no, thank you." "I..." "No, have a coffee." "Please." "I have someone waiting." "OK." "She said that you have the key to 'La Marre'." "Yeah, of course." "Welcome." "Autumn is a good time to come, you know?" "Not too many people and..." "And I have a little time as well." "ANNA:" "It's very nice." "You English?" "No, but I was born in England." "I'm..." "I'm Yugoslavian." "And, uh, oh...this one..." "And, uh, now I am French." "Right." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yeah." "A long time ago." "Mm-hm." "Alright." "Well, um, au revoir." "Anything you want, you ask me." "Bernard." "Huh?" "Thank you." "(FOUNTAIN BUBBLES)" "(RAINMAKER RATTLES)" "(RAINMAKER WHOOSHES AND RATTLES)" "(GRAMOPHONE HANDLE CREAKS)" "(RECORD CRACKLES)" "(LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN'S 'ADAGIO' FROM 'PIANO CONCERTO NO.5' PLAYS)" "(BEETHOVEN'S 'ADAGIO' FROM 'PIANO CONCERTO NO.5' CONTINUES)" "(COW BELLS JANGLE)" "(DOG BARKS)" "(CHILDREN LAUGH OUTSIDE)" "(ROOSTER CROWS)" "(PLAYS SIMPLE PIANO PIECE)" "(BEETHOVEN'S 'ADAGIO' FROM 'PIANO CONCERTO NO.5' CONTINUES)" "(DAVID LIGHTS MATCH)" "(BELL TOLLS)" "Ah..." "(CHORAL SINGING)" "(HEAVY BREATHING)" "(BELL TOLLS)" "(BABY CRIES)" "(SHEEP BLEATS) (CHILDREN LAUGH)" "(COW BELLS JANGLE)" "(CHORAL SINGING CONTINUES)" "(ROOSTER CROWS)" "(ENGINE PUTTERS)" "ANNA:" "I need to talk to you." "DAVID:" "Don't spoil it." "It's important." "(BRUSH-CUTTER WHIRRS OUTSIDE) Why?" "(SNIFFS)" "(BRUSH-CUTTER GROWS LOUDER)" "You know, last night... ..was so wonderful." "It just felt like everything... ..everything was back to normal again, and I..." "You know how I told you about Edward's mother, and how she wouldn't let go of him?" "He got all sentimental... ..about the past, before we left." "You know, about his father's..." "his father's coldness and his mother's adoration and..." "And he started to cry." "I didn't know what to do." "And then he told me that he... ..he was impotent... ..and he had been for some time, and..." "..and then he kissed me." "And he kissed me everywhere." "And I've never been aroused like that." "And... ..and it was just too much." "And afterwards, I just felt... ..I felt liberated." "And I-I realised what..." "what we meant to each other, what...what you mean to me." "And...and I only want to be with you, David." "I..." "I only want you to touch...me." "(BRUSH-CUTTER BUZZES LOUDLY OUTSIDE)" "I didn't tell you before we left because I just..." "But I..." "I..." "I need to tell you now and I think it's important for us." "No, no..." "Hey..." "Hey..." "Um..." "Um..." "What are you..." "what are you...what...?" "Uh..." "What are you saying?" "It...it..." "For us?" "It's important...for us?" "You're saying...um... ..you're saying you're alright...now, are you?" "(BRUSH-CUTTER ROARS OUTSIDE) You're saying that WE are alright?" "Are you out of your mind?" "You don't understand..." "Understand what?" "It's not vastly different from your experience." "What...what experience?" "The one with the Chinese woman." "What?" "Except at least I had some relationship with him." "I mean, I knew him." "You didn't even know that woman." "No." "No, no." "That's the point." "That's the point!" "He goes down on you and you're comparing some Chinese whore to this impotent old fucker who you spent all your time with!" "(BELL TOLLS) So, you admit she's a whore?" "What?" "!" "No, she's not!" "She's not a whore!" "You just said she was." "Oh, you are...fucking amazing." "Look, don't you understand?" "It helped me." "It helped me to... ..to feel my body again." "You know, to... ..to feel myself again." "I didn't know what was going on inside me." "I had no idea." "I trusted him." "You trusted him?" "Because he couldn't fuck you." "I don't know." "And, uh... ..so, now, you know your body, do you?" "You know who you are?" "Yes." "How old are you?" "That has nothing to do with it." "Fuck this." "I am going to pack and then I'm going to leave." "Well, that's the easy way out, isn't it?" "(SLAMS DOOR) We came here to sort ourselves out!" "DAVID: (IN NEXT ROOM) I think we just did." "(LUTE PLAYS)" "(WATER RUNS)" "(CLOSES DOOR)" "I thought you loved me." "I did." "So, not anymore?" "Leave me alone." "I never wanted to hurt you like that, David." "(SCRAPING AND RUBBING)" "(DOG BARKS)" "(SHOP BELL RINGS)" "(SHOP BELL RINGS, DOOR CLOSES)" "Uh, yes, thank you." "Come and have coffee with me." "Coffee?" "No." "No, thank you." "I can't today." "You alright?" "Yes, thank you." "You don't..." "Can I do anything for you?" "No, no." "I'm fine, thank you." "You sure?" "(BERNARD SPEAKS FRENCH)" "Listen, come and have coffee with me." "I live just across the square." "No." "I told you." "I can't." "Not now." "Yeah." "I called yesterday." "Uh, you know the woman who lives, uh...juste devant?" "You met her?" "No." "Jeannine." "She says you were fighting." "I'm sorry you have problems." "I wait for you." "No." "Please, I just want to be alone right now." "Thank you." "You know I can help you?" "I don't really need your help." "I just want to be alone." "Please, understand." "No, I..." "I do understand you." "You know, Desiree and I, we...we were lovers." "Did she tell you?" "No." "We made, uh..." "we made love everywhere." "Mm. (CHUCKLES)" "I don't know why she married that old man." "I think that's her business, don't you?" "Listen I can show you around." "Huh?" "You just call me. (CLICKS TONGUE)" "(PEW BANGS ON FLOOR)" "Any time." "(PLAYS QUIET PIANO PIECE)" "Edward... ..my son..." "..my child..." "Come..." "Come... (WHEEZES)" "Oh..." "Oh..." "So, when do you want to leave?" "Tomorrow." "Where to?" "I don't know." "Can't we talk about it, David?" "That's what we're doing." "Where are you going?" "Out." "(SLAMS GATE)" "(DOG BARKS)" "(BELL TOLLS)" "BERNARD:" "Anna!" "Anna?" "I saw you just coming down the ro..." "Ooh!" "Tu pas contente." "You are not happy." "I'm just going for a walk." "It goes nowhere." "It's just a big road with trucks and..." "That's my house." "You want a drink?" "Thank you so much." "You want, uh, some water in that?" "Yes, thank you." "Soda?" "It doesn't matter." "(PHONE BEEPS)" "Nobody home?" "No." "Voila." "Oh!" "Open that for me." "Whoa!" "(BERNARD LAUGHS)" "That's my wife, my daughter." "She left me for another man." "Very beautiful, but we were always fighting." "Took my daughter with her." "Mais...je l'aime toujours." "I still love her." "And your daughter?" "Ah, she must be 18 now." "I don't know where she is." "Tell me..." "Why don't you trust me?" "Of course I trust you." "Why shouldn't I trust you?" "Well, have another drink." "No, no." "I really had better go now." "Where are you going?" "Why are people always fighting?" "Thank you." "You've been very kind." "I'll walk with you." "No." "It's close." "I insist." "(DOG BARKS)" "Thank you... ..very much." "Don't I get a kiss?" "Yeah." "Goodnight..." "Mmm!" "No..." "Don't... (SHOUTS) David!" "Aah..." "(PIANO MUSIC PLAYS) ANNA:" "David!" "(TURNS MUSIC VOLUME UP)" "(MUFFLED) Help me..." "David!" "(CRIES)" "Get off!" "(KNOCKS LOUDLY)" "(SHOUTS) David!" "David!" "(KNOCKS LOUDLY)" "(DOOR OPENS)" "We have to call the police." "You can't...you can't..." "you can't leave it like this." "No, David." "(SIGHS)" "(FOUNTAIN BUBBLES OUTSIDE)" "(GATE CREAKS)" "What's this?" "Someone brought gifts." "Who?" "Don't know - a friendly neighbour." "(BELL TOLLS)" "(PHONE RINGS)" "Edward wanted me to tell you that his mother died." "He's pretty down." "Pity you're not here." "You could cheer him up." "Yes, you." "How are you getting on?" "That's good." "Bernard?" "He's quite harmless... ..once he knows who you are." "Hello?" "Edward found some old photographs." "Yeah, he thought they'd vanished." "DAVID:" "So, Bernard is harmless?" "I have an absurd inclination to believe in the possibility of his innocence." "Yes, that is absurd." "Straight ahead." "One minute." "(DOOR OPENS)" "Bernard?" "Oui." "C'est moi." "You fuck...!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Aagh!" "Oh!" "(WATER DRIPS)" "WOMAN:" "You can see the natural entrance of the cave." "The mound you see here has been formed by a big collapse." "It's not the only collapse of this chamber." "The whole chamber is formed by big collapses." "This kind of stalagmite is called 'the pile of plates'." "For one plate you need thousands of drops, but when it stops raining for a certain period, one plate ends and a new plate will start with new rain." "It takes a very long time to form this kind of stalagmite - about one centimetre per 100 years." "And look at the roof." "This chamber is 35 metre high." "It's so high, it's difficult to imagine." "The Roman Empire came and went above our heads." "Napoleon's armies marched past, but all that is only recent history and part of human blindness, if I may put it that way." "You're seeing a phenomenon that, with our limited concept of time, cannot be understood - like looking at the universe." "You can see the cave even better now than before... (VOICE FADES)" "Right in front of us, you can see the splashing of the water on top... (WHOOSHING, WATER DRIPS)" "(WHOOSHING)" "(WATER SPLASHES)" "(WHOOSHING)" "(WATER SPLASHES)" "(CHOIR SINGS IN LATIN)" "(CHOIR CONTINUES SINGING IN LATIN)" "DAVID:" "There's an email for you." "Oh, no." "No emails after the caves." "It's from Lucy." "Want me to open it?" "No." "(COMPUTER BEEPS)" "Too late." ""Amigos, I'm sure you're having a splendid time." ""We're leaving in two weeks and we'll meet up with you as planned." ""Last night, I invited our sponsor, Edward," ""wife and butler," ""to our last concert." ""You couldn't think of a more bizarre trio." ""But they were sweet and dutifully impressed." "LUCY: "Afterwards, they invited me home." "I was a bit weary." ""I expected to be asked to take my clothes off or something." ""But it was all very formal and friendly."" "Who is she?" "My mother." "She's an angel, dear boy." "Did you ask her to pose for you?" "She wanted to." "I'd just been given my first camera." "My mother was years ahead of her time." "SOPRANO: (SINGS) # Conturbabimus" "# Illa... #" "CHOIR: # Vivamus mea Lesbia" "# Atque amemus" "# Rumoresque senum severiorum" "# Omnes unius aestimemus assis" "# Sol... #" "SOPRANO: # Soles occidere et redire possunt" "# No..." "# Nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux" "# Nox est perpetua una dormienda" "# Da mi basia mille" "# Deinde centum" "# Dein mille altera" "# Dein secunda centum" "# Con..." "# Conturbabimus" "# Illa" "# Ne..." "# Ne sciamus" "# Aut..." "# Aut" "# Ne quis malus" "# In..." "# Invidere possit" "# Cum tantum sciat" "# Esse" "# Basiorum" "# Esse" "# Basiorum. #"