Goodbye My Love (script)

I wrote this a while back. It is an experiment at showing narrative on screen and an attempt at foreshadowing, despite it's short nature.

Enjoy,

- Reece

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        FADE IN:

EXT. HILL - DAY

MARIA looked out across the valley, standing on the rocky edge.

Her hair billows in the wind.

   MARIA
 Josephine, my love, I hope you can hear this
 wherever you may be. I fell in love again
 today. She's not as beautiful as you were...
  (smiling)
 Although she does have your eyes. I told her
 about you and how we would go to the beach
 together...

EXT. BEACH - DAY

MARIA and JOSEPHINE are walking down the sand dunes together, carrying
beach towels and other beach equipment. They are laughing.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 And lie on the sand for hours and hours.

They come to a fairly secluded area of the beach and spread the
blanket out.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 She said she would have liked to have met you.

Josephine takes out some Strawberries and proceeds to feed them to
Maria.

   JOSEPHINE
 So, what are they like?

   MARIA
 Delicious.

   JOSEPHINE
  (smiling)
 Good.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 I think she would have liked you.

   JOSEPHINE
 I'm going to lie here for a while. I don't
 have the energy for swimming at the moment.

Maria leans over Josephine's stretched out body and kisses her.

   MARIA
 Okay honey, I'll try not to take too long.

   JOSEPHINE
 You don't have to hurry on my part.

   MARIA
 Are you sure? You don't mind?

   JOSEPHINE
 Of course I don't.
  (smiling)
 Besides, it'll give me a chance to get some
 sleep. I've been so tired lately.

Maria brushes Josephine's cheek. She gets up.

   MARIA
 Okay, sleepy head. I'll try not to wake you.

Josephine closes her eyes.

   JOSEPHINE
 Have fun, my darling Maria.

   MARIA
 Will do.

And with that, Maria runs off into the sea.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 Neither of us noticed it then, but your body
 was pulling all of its resources into staying
 alive.

INT. MARIA AND JOSEPHINE'S BEDROOM - MORNING

MARIA is lying next to JOSEPHINE, the dawn sun shining through the
window.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 Finally, it lost it's battle and you just let go.

Maria rolls over next to Josephine, cupping her hand on her cheek.

Maria gently kisses Josephine on the forehead... then the lips.

   MARIA
 Wake up, sleepy head.

Josephine does not stir.

   MARIA
 Joe?... Joe?...

Maria runs her fingers through Josephine's hair, a tear running down
her cheek.

   MARIA
 Wake up, my sweet Josephine.

        DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. CEMETARY - DAY

MARIA is kneeling next to a tombstone that reads:

 IN LOVING MEMORY
 JOSEPHINE KATERINA ADAMS
 1988 - 2010

Maria is holding a single red rose.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 Eventually, everything dies. From the Earth we
 came and to the Earth we return.

Maria kisses the rose and places it over Josephine's grave.

   MARIA (V.O.)
 I just wish...

        DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. HILL - DAY

MARIA is standing on the hill.

   MARIA
  (breaking down)
 I just wish I had known you for longer.

In her hand is a single red rose.

   MARIA
 Goodbye my love.

And with that, she throws the rose over the rocky overhang to the
valley bellow.

Collapsing to the floor, she breaks down in tears.

        FADE OUT.