Elizabeth Script
ENGLAND 1554
HENRY VIII IS DEAD
THE COUNTRY IS DIVIDED
CATHOLIC AGAINST PROTESTANT
HENRYS ELDEST DAUGHTER MARY
A FERVENT CATHOLIC IS QUEEN
SHE IS CHILDLESS
THE CATHOLICS GREATEST FEAR
IS THE SUCCESSION OF
MARYS PROTESTANT HALFSISTER
E L I Z A B E T H
and so shall be saved
from mine enemies!
The waves of death
have closed about me!
The cords of hell
have encompassed me about
and t
against,
dont you?
- What am I up against, Father?
- Evil.
Mental illness.
Thats what were up against here.
or the casualties of
a diseased society. Evil is not...
Evil is a spiritual being,
alive and living.
Perverted and perverting, weaving
its way into the very fabric of life.
- Sorry to disturb you.
- What is it?
Ive changed my mind. Id like
to try that machine after all.
- Fine.
- Could we t
against the express wish
of Your Christian Majesties...
ISABEL lowers her eyes.
SANCHEZ
Since provocation and injustice
never ceases, many of the Indians
have fled to the forests, or have
begun to slay the Christians.
ISABEL looks over at BROTHER BUYL.
ISABEL
Could it be so?
BROTHER BUYL
Yes, Your Majesty.
SANCHEZ
But there is worse. From the
beginning, he forced the nobles to
undergo physical la
against some reeds with a
wooden stick under a full noonday sun. Not far away, a
group of kids are in the shadow of a huge tree, playing.
One of them watches Jeanne in the distance.
KID #1
Whats she doing?
KID #2
Playing.
Resume on the Priest.
PRIEST
So... everything sounds...
wonderful?
JEANNE
Yes, it is.
PRIEST
Then... why are you here so often?
JEANNE
I feel safe here. And its where I
can talk
against a rock at the
foot of the tower...
under a window which was...
How should I say this?
- which was...
- which was found closed.
- Somebody told you?
- Had it been found open...
you would not have spoken of spiritual unease,
you would have concluded that hed fallen.
Brother William...
the window cannot be opened...
nor was the glass shattered.
Nor is there any access
to the roof above.
I se