penetrates into the room.
Caleb watches.
Nathan’s attack on the bag seems strange. More extreme than the hard workout we saw the first time he was using the bag.
This seems brutal. Almost frenzied.
For a few moments, the attack on the bag is observed in silence, from inside the main room.
We can only hear the sound of Caleb’s breathing.
CUT TO
EXT. GARDEN ⁄ GYM AREA – NIGHT
The punchbag, and a sudden explosion of noise. Of impacts and exertions.
Blood smearing the leather where it has soaked through the knuckle wraps.
Then –
– BANG.
A particularly hard right hook connects, and splits the bag.
CUT TO
INT. HOUSE ⁄ DINING AREA – NIGHT
Caleb. Watching.
Sand and coloured strips of ribbon evacuate from the split bag, down to the patio floor.
Nathan stands, catching his breath.
Then he reaches out a hand.
Kyoko hands him the towel.
Nathan wipes his face.
Then reaches out again, this time catching Kyoko’s arm.
He pulls her towards him, and starts to kiss her.
Reaching under her skirt.
Pulling her skirt up over her thighs.
INT. HOUSE ⁄ CALEB’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Caleb re-enters his room. And closes the door.
EXT. MOUNTAINS – NIGHT
The moon hangs in the sky.
INT. HOUSE ⁄ OBSERVATION ROOM – BLACK AND WHITE
Everything in the frame is black and white.
Close-up on Ava’s meticulous abstract pictures, scattered on a table.
Caleb is looking at them.
REVEAL
– he is in the observation room.
But he is on Ava’s side of the glass.
And Ava is on his side.
She’s moving.
CALEB
I can’t hear you.
Ava gestures at something behind him.
He turns, and sees the door.
The only exit on this side of the observation room.
Caleb walks to the door.
Tries it.
And it opens.
EXT. GARDEN – BLACK AND WHITE
The door leads Caleb straight out into the gardens.
In black and white, the backdrop of mountains and clouds looks like an Ansel Adams.
A short distance ahead of him, standing on the grass, he sees Ava.
She locks eyes with him.
Smiles.
He starts to walk towards her.
And as he does so –
– the water sprinkler system abruptly comes to life.
Ava is immediately surrounded in a mist of droplets.
She laughs as the water cascades around her.
Within in this, we suddenly see colour.
A rainbow formation, refracted through the water vapour. From this lyrical image –
CUT TO
INT. HOUSE ⁄ CALEB’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Caleb waking, in his dark bedroom.
Lit by light from his TV.
Where Ava lies on her bed, seeming to be asleep.
Caleb sits up.
Thinking. Perhaps replaying his dream. Gazing at Ava’s resting form.
Then reaches for the remote control on the bedside table, and switches the TV off.
CUT TO
EXT. GARDEN – MORNING
The house and gardens.
A couple of beats pass.
Then, from a hidden system, water sprinklers start firing.
EXT. GARDEN ⁄ GYM AREA – MORNING
A brand new punchbag hangs in the patio. Swinging slightly in the breeze.
INT. HOUSE ⁄ OBSERVATION ROOM – DAY
Caleb and Ava face each other.
Ava is holding up a piece of paper to the glass.
AVA
I drew the picture of something specific, as you asked.
The drawing is constructed with the same tiny black ink marks as before. But now they have ordered into a coherent black and white image.
It depicts Ava’s view through the glass divider into the observation room. Caleb is not in the image. On the far side of the room, a door can be seen.
It’s the door that connects the observation room to the glass corridor. And it’s open. And through the doorway, a small section of the glass corridor is framed. With the view of the mountains beyond it.
AVA
Sometimes, when the door opens, I see a glimpse of the world outside. Just in that small gap.
Beat.
You said it would be interesting to see what I would draw. Is it interesting?
CALEB
Yes. It is.
She takes the drawing down.
Have you never been outside this building?
AVA
No.
CALEB
You’ve never walked outside.
AVA
I’ve never been outside the
Caleb watches.
Nathan’s attack on the bag seems strange. More extreme than the hard workout we saw the first time he was using the bag.
This seems brutal. Almost frenzied.
For a few moments, the attack on the bag is observed in silence, from inside the main room.
We can only hear the sound of Caleb’s breathing.
CUT TO
EXT. GARDEN ⁄ GYM AREA – NIGHT
The punchbag, and a sudden explosion of noise. Of impacts and exertions.
Blood smearing the leather where it has soaked through the knuckle wraps.
Then –
– BANG.
A particularly hard right hook connects, and splits the bag.
CUT TO
INT. HOUSE ⁄ DINING AREA – NIGHT
Caleb. Watching.
Sand and coloured strips of ribbon evacuate from the split bag, down to the patio floor.
Nathan stands, catching his breath.
Then he reaches out a hand.
Kyoko hands him the towel.
Nathan wipes his face.
Then reaches out again, this time catching Kyoko’s arm.
He pulls her towards him, and starts to kiss her.
Reaching under her skirt.
Pulling her skirt up over her thighs.
INT. HOUSE ⁄ CALEB’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Caleb re-enters his room. And closes the door.
EXT. MOUNTAINS – NIGHT
The moon hangs in the sky.
INT. HOUSE ⁄ OBSERVATION ROOM – BLACK AND WHITE
Everything in the frame is black and white.
Close-up on Ava’s meticulous abstract pictures, scattered on a table.
Caleb is looking at them.
REVEAL
– he is in the observation room.
But he is on Ava’s side of the glass.
And Ava is on his side.
She’s moving.
CALEB
I can’t hear you.
Ava gestures at something behind him.
He turns, and sees the door.
The only exit on this side of the observation room.
Caleb walks to the door.
Tries it.
And it opens.
EXT. GARDEN – BLACK AND WHITE
The door leads Caleb straight out into the gardens.
In black and white, the backdrop of mountains and clouds looks like an Ansel Adams.
A short distance ahead of him, standing on the grass, he sees Ava.
She locks eyes with him.
Smiles.
He starts to walk towards her.
And as he does so –
– the water sprinkler system abruptly comes to life.
Ava is immediately surrounded in a mist of droplets.
She laughs as the water cascades around her.
Within in this, we suddenly see colour.
A rainbow formation, refracted through the water vapour. From this lyrical image –
CUT TO
INT. HOUSE ⁄ CALEB’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
Caleb waking, in his dark bedroom.
Lit by light from his TV.
Where Ava lies on her bed, seeming to be asleep.
Caleb sits up.
Thinking. Perhaps replaying his dream. Gazing at Ava’s resting form.
Then reaches for the remote control on the bedside table, and switches the TV off.
CUT TO
EXT. GARDEN – MORNING
The house and gardens.
A couple of beats pass.
Then, from a hidden system, water sprinklers start firing.
EXT. GARDEN ⁄ GYM AREA – MORNING
A brand new punchbag hangs in the patio. Swinging slightly in the breeze.
INT. HOUSE ⁄ OBSERVATION ROOM – DAY
Caleb and Ava face each other.
Ava is holding up a piece of paper to the glass.
AVA
I drew the picture of something specific, as you asked.
The drawing is constructed with the same tiny black ink marks as before. But now they have ordered into a coherent black and white image.
It depicts Ava’s view through the glass divider into the observation room. Caleb is not in the image. On the far side of the room, a door can be seen.
It’s the door that connects the observation room to the glass corridor. And it’s open. And through the doorway, a small section of the glass corridor is framed. With the view of the mountains beyond it.
AVA
Sometimes, when the door opens, I see a glimpse of the world outside. Just in that small gap.
Beat.
You said it would be interesting to see what I would draw. Is it interesting?
CALEB
Yes. It is.
She takes the drawing down.
Have you never been outside this building?
AVA
No.
CALEB
You’ve never walked outside.
AVA
I’ve never been outside the
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