분야
hwp by
Luc Besson
Bob Garland
Marylin Golden
"God is at the bottom of the sea and
I dive to find him."
Enzo Maiorca
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FADE IN:
EXT. GREEK ISLAND - SUNSET
CREDIT SEQUENCE:
The image is in black and white.
The sun disappears behind arid cliffs which cast giant
shadows on the sea.
A little boy around 8 years old -- tanned from head to toe
-- sprints along the cliffs, scrambles from one rock to
another with amazing agility.
In one hand, he carries a transparent plastic bag. In the
other, a net bag containing flippers, mask, pants and
sweater.
The only thing that slows him down is his bathing suit --
obvious hand-me-downs -- way too big. He tugs on them as
he goes, holding them up... Until they slide again... as
he leaps again... and pulls them up...
The little boy is JACQUES MAYOL.
End credits.
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EXT. GREEK ISLAND - SUNSET
JACQUES reaches a ledge jutting out over a deserted cove.
He spits in his mask... expertly spreads the spit with a
finger... locks his feet into the flippers... and dives.
He surfaces a long way out... adjusts his mask... and
swims away from shore.
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IN OPEN SEA
The boy stops swimming -- starts to gulp air -- sucks it
in -- oxygenating his blood in a series of deep rapid
breaths -- almost hyperventilating, almost alarming if
weve never seen this before.
His gaze is glued to the ocean floor. Clear clear water.
40 feet deep. And intensely blue.
Suddenly, he catches his breath and dives -- into the
blue.
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UNDERWATER
JACQUES touches bottom. Clamps his legs around a rock to
hold himself down. Unhurried, thoroughly at home, 40 feet
under... he opens the plastic bag. A huge speckled moray
eel appears in a hole in the rock, slithers toward him.
The carnivores jaws are bigger than the boys head.
The boy smiles at him. Pulls a piece of raw meat out of
his bag and holds it out. The eel takes the morsel
delicately -- and slithers back into his hole.
Gravely, JACQUES takes another morsel out of the bag.
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EXT. VILLAGE - DUSK
JACQUES walks up a steep road bordering the port, almost
dry now.
Two boys about his age run up the streets; call out, catch
up with him and gesture toward the port.
THE BOYS
Jacques! Come quick!
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EXT. PIER - DUSK
The little boys tug JACQUES to the end of the pier and
point to something in the water.
BOYS
Look! Right there! Its shining!
JACQUES walks over, and sure enough sees something shining
a few feet down in the water.
JACQUES
(squinting)
A coin.
FIRST BOY
I found it.
SECOND BOY
Liar!
Camera pans and we see a middle-aged PRIEST loading
supplies into a small boat. He stops to watch the
childrens negotiations. Little JACQUES is putting his
flippers on.
JACQUES
Ok. Ill get it, but no fighting,
all right?
The two boys nod as they point to the coin.
JACQUES
Well split it.
FIRST BOY
You cant split a coin. Thats
stupid.
SECOND BOY
Hes right. Youre stupid.
The pope smiles.
JACQUES
Then well buy something and split
that.
SECOND BOY
A helicopter...
JACQUES
Its a small coin.
FIRST BOY
A Ferrari.
SECOND BOY
I dont want a Ferrari... What is
it?
JACQUES
(interrupting them)
Maybe a little radio.
The two boys look at each other.
JACQUES
Well. Well decide later. The light
is going.
SECOND BOY
I get the radio from after school,
until midnight.
FIRST BOY
Since when do you stay up until
midnight?
JACQUES
All right, all right... Can I
concentrate? And you can stop
pointing. Ive seen it.
VOICE (O.S.)
Ive seen it too.
The voice is ENZOS. Another young boy wearing little
round glasses.
FIRST BOY
(annoyed)
Shit, its the Italian!
He is slightly older than JACQUES but he is taller. ENZO
is with ROBERTO, his younger brother, the only one allowed
to carry his flippers. Five kids are behind him.
ENZO
Well, if it isnt the little
Frenchman! How is the little
Frenchman?
JACQUES
(cool)
Fine!
ENZO pats JACQUES on the shoulder and leaves his hand
there -- a lightly intimidating gesture.
ENZO
You dont mind if I go instead, do
you?
JACQUES
(intimidated, and
pretending not to
be)
No...
ENZO
If you did mind, youd tell me,
wouldnt you?
ENZO pats his shoulder reassuringly.
ENZO
(to his brother)
Roberto, mio palmo!
ROBERTO who has already started to moisten his big
brothers gear in the water, holds a pair of dripping
flippers and a glistening mask. The pope watches the
scene with obvious pleasure.
ENZO
(to his brother on
the edge of the
pier)
Count!
Sure of himself, ENZO takes a deep breath and dives in the
water. ROBERTO counts out loud.
ROBERTO
1... 2... 3...
The kids all walk over to the edge of the pier. A few
feet away, JACQUES takes off his flippers.
ROBERTO
4... 5... 6...
ENZO bursts out of the water, the coin in his hand. The
children cheer and clap. ROBERTO rushes to catch the
equipment that comes flying at him, piece by piece.
ENZO walks over to JACQUES.
ENZO
(showing him the
coin)
Whos is it now? You saw it but I
dove for it!
JACQUES doesnt answer.
ENZO smiles and slowly puts the coin in his pocket. He
pulls it out again and waves it under JACQUES nose.
ENZO
(without turning
around)
Roberto? Ho
