The truth about emile dumont

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1 INT. LUCIEN VOGEL´S OFFICE. MORNING
ROSE HELLMAN (23) is sitting in a table, located in a tiny
office. The table is full of watercolours and Rose is drawing
a dress she has in front. In the paper we can read Gazette du
Bon Ton. Rosa stands up and delivers the drawing to his boss,
LUCIEN VOGEL (57).
ROSE HELLMAN:
This is the drawing you asked for Mr.
Vogel.
LUCIEN VOGEL:
(Looking at his papers) Thank you,
Rose, here is the money. I will tell
you when I need your services again.
Now you can leave.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Goodbye.
Rose leaves the office.
2 EXT. OUTSIDE THE OFFICE. MORNING
Rose picks up her things and goes out of the building. There
is a car waiting for her, Rose doesn´t like that, and we can
see how her expression changes while she arrives to the car.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Talking to the driver) Thank you for
coming for me, but I will go walking
home.
CAR DRIVER:
Miss Hellman, you have to come with
me, is not nice to see a woman walking
alone on the streets of Paris.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t care. I´ve spent the whole day
at the office drawing, I would like to
take some fresh air.
CAR DRIVER:
This are your fathers orders, you have
to come with me. It was one of the
conditions he established if you
wanted to work. You must come and
leave with me.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
I remember the rules perfectly, but
can´t you leave it for once?
CAR DRIVER:
I´m afraid I can´t. Now, please, get
into the car, I don´t want to keep
arguing.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok.
Rose finally gets into the car.
3 INT. AMERICAN EMBASSY. MORNING
Rose arrives to the embassy. The servants take of her coat
and take her things to her room. Rose goes to the living room
where her parents are waiting her for lunch.
Rose enters and sits next to her mother ELIZABETH HELLMAN
(50) and in front of her father, the ambassador, WILLIAM
HELLMAN (53)
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Good afternoon, Rose. We were waiting
for you.
Elizabeth gets up from the sofa and sits down at the table.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good afternoon mother. (Sits down at
the table)
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
How was work?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good, as usual, nothing new to tell.
Take a dress and draw it, the same
that I´ve been doing for the past few
months.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Well that´s nice, you can take your
mind off for a few hours a day.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And you, dad? Is there anything new to
tell?

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WILLIAM HELLMAN:
(Without looking at Rose) No, nothing
new.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Really? I don´t believe that, with
everything that is going on with the
Austro-Hungarian empire, you must know
something.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
No Rose, I don´t. (Now he looks at
Rose) And if I knew anything, why
would I have to tell you about it?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Well I don´t know, because I´m
interested on it.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Come on, not this discussion again.
Women think that taking care of
politics is as easy as taking care of
the kitchen.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, as if that was the only thing we
are worth for. Taking care of the
house.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Certainly you are not worth it for
politics, you are lucky that I let you
work.
ROSE HELLMAN:
So thoughtful of you, father, thank
you.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Please, can we, for once, just have
lunch calmly.
Rose and William stop arguing and all of them start eating.
4 EXT. EMBASSY´S GARDEN. MORNING.
At the end of lunch the three of them are at the garden.
Suddenly one of the servants (65) approaches Rose.

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SERVANT:
Miss Hellman, Lucien Vogel is calling
you.
Rose stands up, walks into the house, and she takes the phone
that is close to the garden´s door.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Mister Vogel?
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Hi Rose. I´ve got a new assignment for
you and I need you once again.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok.
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Perfect. Come in a few days to the
office. Thank you and good afternoon.
(He hangs up the phone).
Rose goes back to the garden, and she sits next to her
parents.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Who was that?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Mr. Vogel, he asked me to do another
assignment.
Elizabeth smiles forcibly.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
I don´t understand why do you love to
work that much. You have all you need.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You know I prefer to be an independent
person, and not be always protected by
you guys. I know is hard to understand
for you.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Well, your future husband is not going
to be this tolerant. You will have to
work to make him happy.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Maybe I don´t want to get married,

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have you thought that a woman can be
happy without having a man by her
side?
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Every woman says that, but at the end
all of you want to get married.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t think that father, but how can
a person as archaic as you understand
this?
William tries to say something, but Rose stands up before he
can start talking. She goes by her father´s side and looks
him in the eyes.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Now, if you can excuse me, I´m going
to my room to prepare my next
assignment.
Rose leaves the living room and William contains himself not
to shout at his daughter.
5 INT. EMBASSY´S LIVING ROOM. NIGHT.
Rose is at the embassy´s living room reading the politics
section of different newspapers. Someone approaches her, is
her old friend GUS DEWAR (26).
GUS DEWAR:
(Touching her shoulder) Hello.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Hi Gus!
She stands up and hugs him. They both stand.
ROSE HELLMAN:
What are you doing here? I thought you
were in Washington.
GUS DEWAR:
The meetings with the president are
finished now, so I´ve got a few days
off.
ROSE HELLMAN:
So are you staying in Paris for a
while?

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GUS DEWAR:
Yes, but why don´t we go out to
dinner? To catch up.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes! I would love that, let´s go then.
They are leaving the living room and William enters. He seems
happy to see Gus, but not so happy to see her daughter.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Good night Gus.
GUS DEWAR:
Hello Mr. Hellman. How are you?
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Good, very good. How is the president?
GUS DEWAR:
Good, but he hasn´t stopped for the
past few months, with meetings here,
meetings there...
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Tell me about it, I haven´t stopped
for the past few months either. Why
don´t you come to have lunch some day?
So we can talk about all of this.
William looks at Rose defiantly. Rose looks back at him, but
she doesn´t make a gesture.
GUS DEWAR:
It would be a pleasure Mr. Hellman.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
I would like that, and where are you
going?
GUS DEWAR:
I´m taking your daughter to dinner.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You are taking me? I know how to walk,
Gus.
GUS DEWAR:
Sorry.

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WILLIAM HELLMAN:
She likes to fight against men, don´t
take it seriously. She likes to
question her role has a woman, is one
of those women. Now you can go.
Rose prefers not to reply to her father. She and Gus leave
the house.
6 EXT. CAFE PROCOPE. NIGHT.
Gus and Rose sit on the terrace of the Cafe Procope.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Well, how are the things in Europe?
GUS DEWAR:
There is a certain fear all over the
continent. The countries are getting
ready for a war. The call it the armed
peace.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´ve hear of that. All of them sign
peace agreements, but at the same time
they are getting ready for a war.
GUS DEWAR:
That´s it, and being a conflict of
European states, all we can do as
Americans is watch.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Obviously. The United States have the
tendency to get their noses where they
don´t have to. You must leave these
countries to handle their problems
alone.
GUS DEWAR:
Maybe you are right.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Of course I´m, think about it. If
United States takes part, in case of
war, it might become a global scale
problem. That would be a huge risk to
the whole world.
GUS DEWAR:
I didn´t thought of it like that, it

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makes sense.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That should be avoided at all costs.
It would damage a lot the world´s
economy.
GUS DEWAR:
No doubt, I see you have clear ideas
about this topic.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You know is something I´m interested
in, and I like to talk about it.
(Drinks)
GUS DEWAR:
Being in the embassy since you were
little must have taught you a lot.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Make no mistake, being in the embassy
has let me see a lot, but teach, no. I
learnt everything by myself.
Gus and Rose stay in the terrace talking for a while.
7 EXT. A STREET NEARBY SEINE RIVER. NIGHT.
A waiter approaches Gus and Rose´s table.
WAITER:
We are about to close. You must leave.
GUS DEWAR:
Ok. (Stands up) Do you want to go
walking to the embassy?
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Stands up) Yes, is a nice idea.
They walk nearby the Seine´s edge.
GUS DEWAR:
And, what about you Rose?
ROSE HELLMAN:
There´s not much to talk about.
GUS DEWAR:
How are things at home?

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ROSE HELLMAN:
Like always, my dad doesn´t approve my
work life, or my life at all, so we
argue a lot.
GUS DEWAR:
But you are still working, right?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, of course, and I expect to do it
for a long time. But I don´t know if I
see drawing dresses as a long time
work.
GUS DEWAR:
And what do you really want to do?
ROSE HELLMAN:
You know how interested I´m in
politics, and I´ve always loved
writing, so mixing the two of them
would be a dream job.
GUS DEWAR:
So, what do you want to do?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know exactly, but I would love
to write in a newspaper about
politics.
GUS DEWAR:
A friend of mine told me that in Le
Figaro are looking for someone to
write in the politics and economy
section, why don´t you try it?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know, I could try it. But even
though I know a lot about politics I
don´t know if enough to write about
it.
GUS DEWAR:
You know more than enough to write
about it, besides, you have
interesting opinions that are needed
for the section. And when it comes to
your way of writing don´t worry about
it, I´m sure that you will learn
there.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok then, I will write them a letter
asking them for the job.
Gus and Rose continue walking on the edge of the Seine.
8 EXT. OUTSIDE THE EMBASSY. NIGHT.
Gus and Rose arrive to the embassy.
GUS DEWAR:
I hope that your application for the
job goes well.
Rose climbs a step.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you. I hope to see you soon.
GUS DEWAR:
With my job you never know, but don´t
worry, I will come to visit you
whenever I can.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Nice, (hugs him) take care Gus.
GUS DEWAR:
You too.
While Rose climbs the steps, Gus stares at her.
9 INT. WILLIAM HELLMAN´S OFFICE. NIGHT.
That same night Rose enters her father's office on the sly.
She sits at his table and begins to write the letter
requesting an interview with the editor of Le Figaro. When
she finishes, she signs as Rose Hellman. Rosa knows she won't
be able to send a letter without her parents wanting to know
who is for, so she puts them in the pile of letters that her
father has to send.
10 INT. EMBASSY´S LIVING ROOM. NIGHT.
When she leaves the office she checks out that nobody is
watching, her father doesn´t like when someone enters his
office, and specially if is a woman. When Rose starts
climbing up the stairs, her mother shows up.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Rose, where have you been? Is late.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
Sorry mother, I´ve been with Gus at
the Procope. I´m going to sleep now.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
No need to rush, let´s go to the
living room.
Elizabeth and Rose go to the living room.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
What is going on with you and Gus?
ROSE HELLMAN:
(She seems nervous) What do you mean?
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
I don´t know, you go to the Procope,
alone, and you come home at this
hour...
ROSE HELLMAN:
Oh! (she is relaxed now) Nothing like
that mom. Gus and I are just friends,
good ones and since we don´t she each
other that much, we like to catch up
when we can.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Is so sad that you guys are not more
than friends.
ROSE HELLMAN:
What do you mean?
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
You are 23 years old Rose, and you´ve
never had a boyfriend. Most girls at
your age are married, and some of them
have children.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And some work, and some fight for
women´s rights. I prefer that life and
being independent, you know that,
we´ve talk about this. I don´t know
why we keep arguing about this.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
I don´t want you to end up alone.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
And what is the problem with that?
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Nothing, I just want you to have
someone who loves you, and takes care
of you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I can take care of myself, I´m a grown
woman, and there´s people who love me.
Don´t worry about it mother.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
I´m sorry, but my duty as a mom is to
worry about you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
When it comes to men, you don´t need
to worry. (Stands up) I don´t need a
man to be happy.
Rose kisses her mother and leaves.
11 INT. EMBASSY´S RECEPTION. MORNING.
MOUNTING SECUENCE.
Rose spends weeks looking at the mailbox, waiting the answer
from Le Figaro. Every morning she picks up the mail, she goes
before her father, in case a letter is named to Rose her dad
will want to read it first.
12 INT. ROSE´S ROOM. MORNING.
A week after sending the letter to Le Figaro Rose gets a
letter from the newspaper, she picks the letter, hides it
into her dress so her parents won´t see her. She climbs up
the stair and gets into her room. She opens the letter.
Rose seems upset about the answer, they have rejected her. In
the letter they say that she is not what they are looking for
and that makes Rose suspicious. Rose needs to know what is
happening, so she decides to go to Le Figaro´s office.
Rose goes down the stairs, takes her coat and when she is
about to leave the driver stops her.

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DRIVER:
Where are you going Ms. Hellman?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I must go (she´s thinking) to the
Figaro´s office, the new assignment to
La Gazzete du Bon Ton is there.
DRIVER:
You know the rules, you can´t go
anywhere... (he is interrupted)
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Interrupting the driver)...alone. I
know, but come on I´m in a hurry.
The driver opens the car door and Rose´s enters.
14 INT. LE FIGARO´S OFFICE. MORNING.
Rose leaves the car and goes into the office. All the people
there are men, the come and go running, without looking
anywhere. All Rosa hears is the sound of the keys, and people
talking. Rose stays, for a while, just staring.
When she recovers she approaches a woman´s table.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m sorry, I´m looking for Gaston
Calmette´s office.
SECRETARY:
Is at the end of the hall (she points
at the direction)
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you.
Rose goes to the end of the hall and knocks on the door.
15 INT. GASTON CALMETTE´S OFFICE. MORNING.
Rose knocks on GASTON CALMETTE´S (55) door.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Come on in.
Rose opens the door and goes in.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Please, sit down.

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Rose moves forward and sits in the chair in front of Gaston.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Good, the first thing you need to know
about the secretary´s job that you
asked for, is to know everything I
need, and when I need it... (gets
interrupted)
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Interrupting Gaston) I´m sorry Mr
Calmette, but I´m not here for the
secretary job.
GASTON CALMETTE:
(Seems surprised) Then what are you
here for?
Rose takes out the letter and puts it on the table. Gaston
takes the letter, reads it and then he starts laughing.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t get what makes you laugh that
much.
GASTON CALMETTE:
What I don´t get is what part of a
rejection letter you don´t understand.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I would like to know what is the
reason why you rejected me.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Look, to start somewhere, you don´t
have any experience and I don´t think
you know a lot of the section you sign
up for, I mean politics is not
fashion.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I can understand why would you say
that I don´t have any experience, but
I learn fast. But I don´t get why you
would assume that I don´t know
anything about politics.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Look, don´t take this the wrong way
Ms...

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ROSE HELLMAN:
Hellman.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Ms. Hellman. But women don´t know
about politics, they don´t understand
it. I mean, if you had presented for
the women´s section I would have said
yes, but politics... Is too
complicated for a woman.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You can´t assume what a person knows
or doesn´t by their gender, it´s
called discrimination, did you know
that? I want you to make a test, to
see if I know enough.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I´m sorry Ms. Hellman, but I don´t do
tests. Here you know or you don´t
know, just like that.
ROSE HELLMAN:
But you can´t know how much... (gets
interrupted)
GASTON CALMETTE:
(Interrupting Rose) I told you, I
don´t do tests, now, please, get out
of my office I have work to do. Thank
you and goodbye.
Rose stands up and leaves.
Rose leaves the office so angry, but suddenly she decides
that she is not going to leave until Gaston makes her the
test. So, she goes up again and waits.
17 INT. LE FIGARO´S OFFICE. AFTERNOON.
At the end of the day Gaston goes out of the office, and he
sees that Rose is waiting for him.
GASTON CALMETTE:
You are a persistent woman, miss
Hellman.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
I am, specially when they don´t give a
logic reason to give up. Would you do
me the test?
GASTON CALMETTE:
No, I told you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok, see you tomorrow then.
Rose begins to walk.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Wait, what do you mean by see you
tomorrow?
ROSE HELLMAN:
(She tunrs around and stops walking)
Did you give a logic reason to leave?
GASTON CALMETTE:
Yes, you can´t write for the politics
section being a woman.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I said logical, Mr. Calmette, that´s
not logic.
Gaston wants to tell something to Rose, but she starts
talking.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Since you don´t give me a good reason
and you don´t want to do me the test,
I will be back tomorrow. Good bye.
Rose leaves, Gaston doesn´t move.
Rose goes to the Le Figaro´s office the next day. She jumps
into the car and goes back to the office. Rose sits outside
Gaston´s office and waits.
After a couple of hours Gaston goes out of his office to have
lunch, and he sees Rose waiting while she reads the
newspaper.

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GASTON CALMETTE:
You again, you are woman of word.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That´s right.
GASTON CALMETTE:
You won´t leave until I do you the
test, won´t you?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I see that you understand me now.
GASTON CALMETTE:
(Panting) Ok, when I come back after
lunch we will do the test.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´ll be here.
Gaston leaves.
20 INT. GASTON´S OFFICE. MORNING.
Gaston goes back to his office hoping that Rose won´t be
there, but she didn´t move. Gaston reaches Rose.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Please, come in Miss Hellman.
Gaston goes in and leaves the door open, Rose goes after him.
Rose enters and sits in front of Gaston.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Good, let´s see how much you know
about politics. I´m sure you´ve heard
about the visit that King George v is
going to make to Berlin.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, I´ve heard something.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I want you to write about that, the
importance of the visit, knowing the
situation in Europe right now.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok, how much time do I have?

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GASTON CALMETTE:
You have an hour from now on.
Rose begins to write, and Gaston´s watches while she writes,
walking around the office. When the hour is about to end
Gaston can´t stop looking at the clock.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Time is over.
Rose stops writing, takes the paper from the writing machine
and gives it to Gaston.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Please leave the office, I will tell
you when I´m done reading.
Rose leaves and closes the door.
21 INT. GASTON CALMETTE´S OFFICE. MORNING.
Gaston calls Rose into his office.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Please come in.
Rose enters and she sits in the same chair.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I must say I didn´t expect to see
this, I´m quite surprised.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you, I guess.
GASTON CALMETTE:
But this is not the perfect article,
you need to clean your writing style.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Of course, I´ve never write before Mr
Calmette, I´m not a journalist, I´ve
never been. But please if you hire me,
I will be a full time journalist, and
with hard work and learning I will
improve my style.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Yes, but I don´t have time to teach
you Ms Hellman.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
I know, but I learn fast. Besides,
I´ve been outside your office for two
days and I haven´t seen anyone asking
for this job, which means that you
don´t have any candidates. It seems
that you will have to hire me.
Gaston seems hurt by that, he knows that Rose is right. He is
quite for a few seconds.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Ok miss Hellman, you are hired.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you very much, I promise I will
do the best I can.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I hope so, but I must warn you, the
society won´t see nicely that a woman
works, and specially if she does the
work of a man.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I know, but I want to change their
minds, and prove them they are wrong
and that women can do the work like
they do.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Yes, yes that is really nice. But you
have to understand that the image of
Le Figaro will be harmed by that. So I
will make you and offer.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m listening.
GASTON CALMETTE:
If you work here, you will have to
work under a man´s name.
ROSE HELLMAN:
But no one will know who is writing
those articles.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I´m aware of that, but this will be my
only offer.

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ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know if I´m convinced by this.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I must insist, this will be the only
way for you to work here.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Dubious) Ok, I accept.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Perfect, welcome to Le Figaro Ms.
Hellman.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you.
Gaston stands up and Rose does the same. They stretch hands
and Rose prepares to leave.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Miss Hellman...
Rose turns around to look at him.
GASTON CALMETTE:
From now on you will be known as Emile
Dumont. Remember that.
Rose agrees and leaves the office somewhat sad.
22 INT. EMBASSY´S LIVING ROOM. MORNING.
The next morning Rose goes down to have breakfast. She sits
and his dad leaves the room without talking to Rose. When she
is having breakfast one of the servants gives her a little
paper.
SERVANT:
Miss Hellman, this telegram is for
you, it came in this morning.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you.
Rose catches the paper and begins to read it. Lucien is
asking her to go to the office of Gazette du Bon Ton to do a
drawing. Rose leaves and gets into the car.

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23 EXT. GAZETTE DU BON TON. MORNING.
Rose goes out of the car, and she stops before going up the
stairs. She looks at the door knowing that, that will be her
last assignment, she takes a deep breath and goes in.
24 INT. GAZETTE DU BON TON OFFICE. MORNING.
Rose is seated drawing a dress. After a while she stands up
and goes to Lucien´s office.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Knocking the door)
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Come in.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Opens the door) Good morning Mr
Vogel.
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Hi Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
This is what you asked for.
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Oh, ok, thank you.
Lucien stands up and takes an envelope. He gives it to Rose
and he sits again.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Mr. Vogel, may I speak to you?
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Of course, please sit down (he points
at the chair that is in front of him)
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Sits down) I have found a good job as
a journalis at Le Figaro and I need to
give the hundred percent, I´m afraid I
will have to leave the Gazette.
LUCIEN VOGEL:
Oh, I´m surprised. Aren´t you happy
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ROSE HELLMAN:
No, not at all. But I need to do this
job is what I really like.
LUCIEN VOGEL:
I get it, then all I can do is wish
you good luck.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you so much Mr. Vogel.
Rose stands up and Lucien Vogel does the same. They stretch
hands and she leaves the office.
25 INT. ROSE´S ROOM IN THE EMBASSY. NIGHT.
Rose is her embassy´s room when someone knocks on the door.
Rose stands up to open the door and leaves the book she was
reading. Is a servant that brings her a new telegram.
SERVANT:
(Knocking at the door) Miss Hellman?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, (Standing up from the chair),
come in.
SERVANT:
A new telegram for you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you very much.
The servant leaves. Rose stays up reading the telegram she
just received, is from Gaston telling her the schedule and
that the next day she begins her work at Le Figaro. Suddenly
Elizabeth knocks on the door.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
(Knocking at the door) We are going to
have dinner, come down.
Elizabeth enters.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Hiding the telegram in the book) I´m
coming.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Rose, stop reading, didn´t you heard
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ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, let´s go.
Rose leaves the room and her mum leaves after her. Elizabeth
stares at the book that her daughter has left in the table.
The next morning Rose leaves her room on the sly. The embassy
is quiet, the only noise is coming from the kitchen, they are
preparing the breakfast. Rose knows that if the driver sees
her he is going to tell his father, and he will be
suspicious. So she leaves from the service door as fast as
she can.
27 EXT. STREETS OF PARIS. MORNING.
After leaving the embassy Rose walks down the streets of
Paris. Rose is not used to walk alone in Paris, which makes
her look everywhere. Paris has just woke up, is a cold
morning but everything is quiet.
Rose approaches Palais Garnier, she turns left on the
Boulevard, and she gets into Le Figaro´s office, she enters
excited.
Rose climbs up the stairs of the office. Gaston sees her.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Good morning Miss Hellman.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good morning.
GASTON CALMETTE:
You are early. (He lets Rose go first)
ROSE HELLMAN:
(She thanks Gaston with a look) Yes, I
wanted to check in early, since is my
first day.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Very clever.
Both arrive to the office. Now Gaston goes first.
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Rose follows him to the table and sits down in the chair. The
table has three pencils, a pile of paper and a writing
machine, like the other tables at the office.
GASTON CALMETTE:
This will be your place from now on.
The first article: The situation of
the Balkans, what is happening, the
importance...
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok.
GASTON CALMETTE:
If you need to look for some type of
information, to understand the reasons
of the conflict, there´s a
documentation room over there.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Nice.
GASTON CALMETTE:
You can begin now.
Gaston leaves. He watches Rose from a distance while she
begins to write.
Rose arrives home after lunchtime, she enters through the
principal door, knowing that everyone will she her. Elizabeth
is waiting for her.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
May I know where have you been?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Hello to you too mom (Rose gives her
coat to the servants) Thank you (to
the servants)
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
You haven´t reply yet.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I went to Le Figaro´s office. Mister
Vogel asked me to do a drawing there.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
It was too soon and I decided not to
bother you.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
Ok, but please, next time tell us. Is
not nice seeing a woman walk alone the
streets of Paris.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It was too soon mom, I´m not going to
wake up anyone just because you don´t
want me to be alone in the street.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
You know my opinion about that, every
time you want to go alone you have to
take the driver with you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It would be better for everyone if you
let me go alone.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
You are the daughter of the ambassador
of the United States, you can be in
danger, and I´m getting tired of this
situation.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, me too. I´m in my room if you
need me.
Rose goes to her room.
MOUNTING SECUENCE.
The months come and go and Rose is the office writing
articles.
A morning in august Rose is sitting writing when Gaston
approaches her.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Here, Miss Hellman this is for you
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ROSE HELLMAN:
(Stops writing and takes the envelope)
What is this?
GASTON CALMETTE:
This envelope has a ticket to go in
the Orient Express to Bucharest.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Excited) You are sending me to cover
the peace agreement? The one that will
end the Balkans war?
GASTON CALMETTE:
That´s right. (Hands her another
envelope). This is a bit of Romanian
money, so you can pay things there.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Another thing. I need you to inform me
as soon as possible, about everything
you see and listen. Once the agreement
is signed you have to send me the
information, so we can publish it the
next day. So either call or send a
telegram, understood?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes sir.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Nice, the train leaves in three days
from the East station. That´s all,
continue Miss Hellman.
Rose stares at the envelope. She seems worried.
32 INT. EMBASSY´S LIVING ROOM. AFTERNOON.
Rose arrives home, her parents are reading.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good afternoon.
Rose sits next to her mother.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
Good, is taking me longer than
expected, but I don´t mind.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
(Staring at the book) Nice, that is
nice.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I like working in Le Figaro´s office.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
(Looking at her daughter) You do? Why
is that?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I know the news before anyone else
does. I like that, even if I´m not a
journalist, I really enjoy that place.
For example, did you know there is a
reunion of designers in Bucharest?
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
No, I didn´t know that.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Well, at the office they need someone
to cover that and a draftswoman
obviously. And since they don´t have
many draftswomen I said I would go.
William stops reading and closes the book hard.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
There´s no way you are going to
Bucharest.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It won´t happen anything. I´m not
going there alone. Besides is part of
the assignment.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
I said no Rose.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
I agree with your dad.
ROSE HELLMAN:
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WILLIAM HELLMAN:
I don´t mind, I´m tired of you
working. You are the ambassador´s
daughter, you shouldn´t be working.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Of course not, I should be worried
about parties and men, and the fact
that I´m a single woman, right?
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
Yes, for example.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Well I don´t like those parties and
neither I´m worried about my love
life. I rather work, so I´m going to
Bucharest.
Rose stands up.
WILLIAM HELLMAN:
If you go to Bucharest you won´t set
foot in this house ever again.
Rose stops at the door.
ELIZABETH HELLMAN:
William...
William tells Elizabeth to shut up with his hand.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Turns around to look into his
father´s eyes) Good, then I´m going to
Bucharest.
Rose leaves.
33 INT. GUS´S FLAT. NIGHT.
Rose is knocking on a door.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Knocking at a door)
Gus opens, he seems surprised.
GUS DEWAR:
(Opens the door) Rose! What are you
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ROSE HELLMAN:
I got into a fight with my parents,
and they kicked me out. Do you mind if
a stay here for a few days? Until I
find something myself.
GUS DEWAR:
Please, it would be a pleasure having
you here. (He takes the suitcase) Come
in.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you, Gus.
Rose enters and Gus closes the door.
34 EXT. EAST STATION. DAY.
Rose arrives to the East station with Gus. Gus gives Rose an
envelope.
GUS DEWAR:
Take this (handing her the envelope)
Is the contact and address of a friend
in Bucharest. If anything happens just
go there.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you Gus.
GUS DEWAR:
You are welcome.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And thank you for taking me at your
house, I will be looking for something
when I come back.
GUS DEWAR:
Don´t worry about that. Now enjoy the
trip and learn a lot.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I will do that, trust me.
GUS DEWAR:
Get in the train, I don´t want you to
lose it.
Rose and Gus hug each other, and she goes into the train. Gus
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35 INT. ORIENT EXPRESS. MORNING.
MOUNTAGE SECUENCE.
It takes four days to get to Bucharest. Rose walks around the
train, reads, eats and sleeps.
36 INT. BUCHAREST HOTEL. DAY.
Rose arrives to a tiny hotel which is nothing like the
embassy. The hotel may fall into pieces at any moment,
something that Rose doesn´t like at first. At the end there
is a counter a well-dressed man is there.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good morning. I would like to ask for
a room.
RECEPTIONIST:
(Speaking Romanian)
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m sorry, I don´t understand.
RECEPTIONIST:
(Keeps talking in Romanian)
RACHEL COOK (27) sees what is happening to Rose and
approaches her.
RACHEL COOK:
Hi, may I help you?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I need a room for a few days, I come
to sign the peace agreement.
RACHEL COOK:
(Talks in Romanian with the
receptionist)
The receptionist gives Rachel a key and she gives it to Rose.
RACHEL COOK:
He told me that your room is in the
first floor and is the number seven.
That you should be careful because
there is a broken stair. Here (gives
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ROSE HELLMAN:
(Takes the keys) Wow, thank you so
much. I´m Rose, Rose Hellman.
RACHEL COOK:
Nice to meet you Rose. You said that
you were here to see the sign of peace
agreement. I´m here for that too.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You are a journalist?
RACHEL COOK:
Yes, is your first time covering the
news outside of your country for what
I saw, right?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Is that obvious?
RACHEL COOK:
(She laughs) A little, yes. But don´t
worry you will end up having practice,
so take it easy. You must be tired,
and you will want to install, so if
you need anything, tell me. My room is
the number 22, in the second floor.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you.
Rachel smiles at Rose and leaves, Rose goes up the stairs.
37 EXT. STREETS OF BUCHAREST. MORNING.
Rose leaves the hotel and meets Rachel at the door.
RACHEL COOK:
Hi Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Hi, I thought you were on your way.
RACHEL COOK:
No need to rush, they are just going
to sign a piece of paper, that no one
is going to be satisfied with.
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RACHEL COOK:
I am, are you coming?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Of course.
They start walking around Bucharest.
ROSE HELLMAN:
How is that you know how to walk
around the city this fast?
RACHEL COOK:
Practice, you will learn that when you
start covering news around the world.
They arrive to a palace.
RACHEL COOK:
We are here, ready?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes.
Both enter the palace.
38 INT. A PALACE LIVING ROOM. MORNING.
They enter a luxury living room, full of men, some
journalists and some soldiers. All of them turn around when
they see two women enter, which is something unusual. Rose
seems scared.
RACHEL COOK:
Look, there are a couple of seats
there, let´s go.
Rachel takes Rose´s hand and takes her to the seats.
RACHEL COOK:
(Going into their seats) When you
enter a place so full of men they look
at you because they want something
from you. But in this case, they look
at you because they are surprised to
see you here, because this work is
traditionally for them. What you have
to do is ignore them and continue with
your work, you have the same right as
them to be here. Don´t ever forget
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Rachel and Rose sit. Two military men enter and sign the
peace agreement. Rose and Rachel take notes. The military men
leave the room and everyone starts to do the same.
RACHEL COOK:
Let´s go back to the hotel.
Rachel and Rose go out.
39 INT. BUCHAREST HOTEL. DAY.
Rose calls on the phone to Le Figaro.
SECRETARY:
Le Figaro´s office, tell me.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good afternoon, I´m Rose Hellman, may
I speak to Gaston Calmette? I have an
information to give him.
SECRETARY:
Wait, I have to inform him.
Rose waits for Gaston to answer.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Miss Hellman, I hope you have enough
information.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That´s right.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Nice, shoot.
ROSE HELLMAN:
The sign of the peace agreement, that
will finish the known as The Second
Balkans war, took place in Bucharest
this morning. The kingdom of Bulgaria
lost all the territories that he
achieved back in 1912, these ones now
belong to the Ottoman empire. Serbia,
has earned a part of the north of
Macedonia. Montenegro, has received
the city of Novi Pazar, Greece the
south of Macedonia and Salonica.
Finally, Romania has got the region of
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safe to say that the conflict is far
from ending. The politicians have to
work their way to change this, so it
doesn´t become something bigger, all
countries must know how to live with
each other. Our politicians have to
work to make this happen.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Very good, Ms Hellman, and thank you
for your work.
Gaston hangs up the phone and Rose does the same.
40 EXT. COFFEE PLACE IN BUCHAREST. NIGHT.
Rose and Rachel are seated in a terrace in a tiny coffee
place in Bucharest. The city is not as crowded as Paris, but,
Rose seems to be enjoying it.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Rachel I´ve seen that you have a lot
of practice, I don´t know what would
have I done if it wasn´t for you. Have
you been doing this for long?
RACHEL COOK:
A while now, I work for a magazine
London. I usually cover news around
Europe, no one wants to travel that
much, and lately with all that is
going on no one dares to leave England
to come to the continent.
ROSE HELLMAN:
So, you travel a lot to the continent?
RACHEL COOK:
Yes, this is my third time, but most
of the news I cover are back in
England. I like to travel, that is one
of the reasons why I like this job,
because it allowes me to do so.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I wish I can do the same.
RACHEL COOK:
You will, I´ve seen you today, you
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journalists don´t dare to go. And you
will get a name in that area.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You didn´t have any trouble?
RACHEL COOK:
I´m not going to deny that a lot of
people at the magazine wants me out.
Being a woman in this profession is
not easy. But you have to continue and
ignore those comments, to show them
what you are really worth of. You have
to show them that women are capable of
doing anything, even if they think we
can´t.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Rachel do you sign with your own name?
RACHEL COOK:
Of course, with what name will I
signing?
ROSE HELLMAN:
They make me sign with a different
from mine.
RACHEL COOK:
Really?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Really, Emile Dumont, it was the only
condition my boss put me to hire me.
It was a take it or leave it.
RACHEL COOK:
Wow, that is unbelievable. You can´t
tolerate a situation like this.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I wanted the job, no matter what.
RACHEL COOK:
Yes, you must have been, because
accepting that condition... But you
can´t be like that for much longer,
sooner or later you will have to ask
for what is yours or in the future you
might be in trouble to show your
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first place is because they saw
potential in you, which means they
need you, so don´t let them steal your
identity.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You are right, I must fight for what
is mine.
RACHEL COOK:
You must, yes.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And I will. Thank you for everything
Rachel, I learnt a lot from you.
RACHEL COOK:
No need to thank anything. Is better
if we go back, we both have to leave
early tomorrow.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes.
Rose and Rachel leave the terrace and go to the hotel.
41 EXT. BUCHAREST TRAIN STATION. DAY
Rose arrives to the train station of Bucarest. Before getting
in the train, she looks around, smiles and gets into the
train.
42 INT. GUS´S APARTMENT. DAY.
Gus and Rose arrive to Gus´s flat. Is a little flat, but is
enough for two people.
GUS DEWAR:
I prepared a lunch for your arrival.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Oh, thank you, Gus. So nice of you.
GUS DEWAR:
Come on, let´s eat.
Rose and Gus sit in front of each other.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
So different from Paris, but I liked
it.
GUS DEWAR:
And how was the report?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I think it went well, it wasn´t that
big of an article, I dictated to
Gaston on the phone.
GUS DEWAR:
He will tell you what he thinks soon
enough, once you got into work. Is the
first article, is not going to be
great, but you will improve.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, that is right.
GUS DEWAR:
Not that I want to bother you, but
have you talked to your parents?
ROSE HELLMAN:
No, and I don´t intend to. I´m going
to learn to life alone, and once I
have enough money I will take a place
for me.
Rose seems thoughtful.
GUS DEWAR:
Well Rose, you can stay here for as
long as you want, I don´t mind it, in
fact... (he gets interrupted)
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Interrupting Gus) The money.
GUS DEWAR:
What about it?
ROSE HELLMAN:
My dad, he is still the owner of my
bank account, since I´m not married he
is the one that controls it.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
That he can make whatever he likes
with my money, maybe he has taken
everything and I lost all of my money.
I need to go to the bank to check if
it is still there and if so to control
it myself.
GUS DEWAR:
You know they won´t give you anything
unless you have your father´s
permission or your husband´s and since
you are not married. Unless...
ROSE HELLMAN:
Unless what?
GUS DEWAR:
I can pretend I´m your husband.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You think it will work?
GUS DEWAR:
Sure, look in what I work, I´m a
diplomatic. I will show them any piece
of paper, even if it´s false. If it
doesn´t work I will use my influences.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It isn´t any risk for you?
GUS DEWAR:
Not at all. I´m willing to do it. You
need your money and I want to get it
for you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok, if you are so sure, let´s do it.
GUS DEWAR:
Ok, let´s finish lunch and go.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I rather go now, I won´t be able to
eat anything until I make sure that I
have my money.
GUS DEWAR:
What about lunch? It took me the whole
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ROSE HELLMAN:
We will eat it when we come back,
please Gus I need my money.
GUS DEWAR:
It won´t happen anything for a few
more minutes.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It seems that you don´t want me to
have the money. What is the problem?
Please.
Rose and Gus stand up.
GUS DEWAR:
Ok, let´s go.
Rose and Gus leave home.
43 INT. BANK. DAY.
Rose and Gus get into the bank holding hands. They both are
wearing rings, Gus seems to be enjoying it a lot. They both
wait patiently sitting in chairs. After waiting for a while
it comes their turn.
BANKER:
Next.
GUS DEWAR:
Is our turn.
Gus and Rose stand up and walk into the counter.
BANKER:
What do you want?
Gus wants to be the leading one, but Rose, steps up.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I want to take all my money, I want to
change it to another bank.
BANKER:
And why the change?
ROSE HELLMAN:
My husband has all of his money in
another bank and I want to have mine
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both accounts.
BANKER:
Ok, what is your name?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Rose Hellman, well is Rose Dewar now,
we just got married (she shows the
ring) I´m not used to this.
BANKER:
But, the account, which name should I
look for?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Rose Hellman.
BANKER:
Good, may I see the union paper?
GUS DEWAR:
(Takes out the paper) There you go.
BANKER:
Ok, (he disappears)
Rose and Gus wait patiently till the banker comes back.
BANKER:
This is your money Miss Dewar. (He
gives Rose a bag)
ROSE HELLMAN:
Very good, thank you and good
afternoon.
Rose and Gus leave the bank.
Rose is sitting in Gaston´s office while he reads the article
that Rose dictated him on the phone. When he is reading it,
he seems to be upset which worries Rose.
After a while Gaston sits in front of Rose.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
What do you mean?
GASTON CALMETTE:
You´ve give it a very pacifist
standpoint, you are writing an article
about politics, you shouldn´t be
giving your opinion.
ROSE HELLMAN:
All politics journalists give their
opinion Mr. Calmette.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Maybe, but they don´t tell politics
what to do.
ROSE HELLMAN:
We must inform the citizens about what
is going on, that is what I did when I
gave my opinion.
GASTON CALMETTE:
No, that´s not what you did. What you
did is take a stance, therefore people
is going to take a stance.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And? Isn´t that what newspapers want?
For people to choose sides.
GASTON CALMETTE:
No, not at all and this is not the
case miss Hellman. What we are talking
about here is that you must follow my
orders, and do as I told you to. You
can´t disobey me.
ROSE HELLMAN:
But if you didn´t like it from the
beginning you could have change it, I
dictated on... (gets interrupted)
GASTON CALMETTE:
(Interrupts Rose) This discussion is
over, next time you must do as I told
you to and that´s it. Now get out of
my office.
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GASTON CALMETTE:
Miss Hellman.
Rose turns around.
GASTON CALMETTE:
You must remember the chance I gave
you. If you don´t follow my orders, I
can get rid of you before you noticed.
Just a reminder, now get out of here.
Rose leaves sadly Gaston´s office.
Rose is in Gus´s flat reading a book, when she listens the
keys through the door. The door opens and Gus appears.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Leaves the book she is reading) Hi
Gus.
GUS DEWAR:
Hi Rose, I´m happy to see you at home.
A bit early, isn´t it?
Gus sits next to Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, I got out of work earlier. How
was work?
GUS DEWAR:
Good, but the tensions all over Europe
are becoming stronger, therefore I
have a lot of work right now.
ROSE HELLMAN:
What do you mean?
GUS DEWAR:
Everyone talks about peace, and how
much they don´t want to go to war, but
at the same time...
ROSE HELLMAN:
All of them are preparing to go to
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ROSE HELLMAN:
And what part do you play in all of
this?
GUS DEWAR:
I´m trying to talk with different
diplomatics, from different countries.
ROSE HELLMAN:
But that might end up with USA
entering the possible war.
GUS DEWAR:
No, I don´t think so, if we play our
cards well. It´s been such a long day,
do you mind if we go out to have
dinner?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Nice, I need to clear my head a bit.
Both stand up and leave.
46 INT. CAFE PROCOPE. NIGHT.
Gus and Rose are inside the Cafe Procope.
GUS DEWAR:
How was your work day?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I got into a huge fight with Gaston.
GUS DEWAR:
What happended?
ROSE HELLMAN:
He didn´t like the perspective I gave
the article about the peace agreement.
He says that is too pacifist and that
I took advantage of my position to
tell politicians how to their work.
Oh, and that I gave my opinion and by
that I made people took a stance.
GUS DEWAR:
But you write in the politics section.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That is what I told him, but he
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GUS DEWAR:
He seems like a stubborn man.
ROSE HELLMAN:
He certainly is. I just hope he gives
me more freedom once I begin writing
more articles.
GUS DEWAR:
Freedom? On what terms?
ROSE HELLMAN:
That he won´t be looking after
everything I write, I hope he will
trust my ideas and give me chance to
give my opinion, even if is not like
his.
GUS DEWAR:
People like that don´t change.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You are probably right, but I´m not
going to stop trying to prove him he
is wrong.
GUS DEWAR:
Rose, if he is trying to kick you out
since the beginning he will be doing
this until he finally gets rid of you.
Leave it, you will find something
better with time.
ROSE HELLMAN:
What do you mean?
GUS DEWAR:
Leave it, rest for a while. You will
come back later, you have money and a
place in my flat to live, you
shouldn´t be worrying about work.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Gus, these arguments are the ones I´m
used to have with my father, not with
you. Besides, I´m just getting
started, I´m not going to leave it
just because thing are difficult.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
(Angry) What is it that you don´t get?
GUS DEWAR:
Why do you enjoy working, women don´t
need to do it, you should take
advantage of that.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I can´t believe this. What is really
happening here is that you are like
the rest of men, too afraid to let
women work, because someday we are
going to take your place. Get over it
Gus, sooner or later is going to
happen and you can´t stop it. We are
not born to serve you.
GUS DEWAR:
Of course not, but why does a woman in
your position need to work. Is just
that I don´t understand the passion
you have for work.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You know how much I sacrified to get
where I am now, I´m not going to leave
it, not now, or never.
GUS DEWAR:
You are so difficult to talk to.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t like to keep arguing with you,
I´m out.
Rose stands up and leaves. Gus stays seated drinking a beer.
47 INT. GUS´S FLAT. DAY.
Rose is at Gus´s house reading a book, Gaston gave her the
day free. Rose seems disturbed, she looks everywhere, she
can´t stay still, she moves and changes positions. The
discussion with Gus comes through her mind every time, so she
decides to go out for a walk.
When she is about to go out Gus appears.
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GUS DEWAR:
(Entering home) Hi Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Hi.
GUS DEWAR:
Where are you going?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m going for a walk.
GUS DEWAR:
I´ll go with you.
Rose doesn´t seem happy about the idea, but she wants to be
on good terms with her friend, so she doesn´t say anything.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Let´s go then.
Rose and Gus leave home.
48 EXT. A STREET NEARBY SEINE RIVER. DAY.
Rose and Gus walk along the Seine, both are quiet and they
don´t look at each other.
GUS DEWAR:
I´m so sorry about what I said
yesterday. I don´t know what came into
me, I was stressed from work and you
were the first person I saw, so I paid
it with you. I´m really sorry.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It´s ok, but please, don´t you ever
dare to tell me anything about my work
ever again. You can´t tell me what I
can and can´t do, that is up to me.
Got it?
GUS DEWAR:
Cristal clear.
Gus smiles at Rose and she smiles him back. She seems
uncomfortable.
49 EXT. A STREET IN PARIS. DAY.
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meters away from him, waiting for her friend, but he doesn´t
move. Rose goes back until she reaches Gus.
GUS DEWAR:
(He gets in one knee) Marry me Rose.
Rose doesn´t move. She is surprised, and she doesn´t know
what to say. Gus sees that, he stands up and takes Rose´s
hand.
GUS DEWAR:
Rose, I´ve been in love with you for a
long time now. And you coming to live
with me, has made me fall in love with
you even more. Leave your work, come
back to the States with me, we will
see the world thanks to my job.
Rose takes her hand away from Gus´s hand.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Gus, we had this conversation
yesterday and not an hour ago you told
me you wouldn´t talk about my work
ever again. I´m not going to leave my
work and I´m not going to marry you
either.
GUS DEWAR:
For God´s shake Rose, you don´t do
anything important.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Gus, my place is in Paris, at Le
Figaro, doing the work I´ve always
wanted to do, and even if it´s not
under the conditions I dreamt of, no
one is going to take me out from
there.
GUS DEWAR:
Is so unfair that you are doing this
to me.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Unfair? No Gus, this is not unfair.
You though I would leave everything
for you and I would never do that, not
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GUS DEWAR:
How dare you treating me like that?
ROSE HELLMAN:
No Gus, how dare you? It took me too
long to see what you really wanted,
that insistence for me to stay at your
flat, insisting me to leave the job.
When you saw that I was able to do
things by myself you got scared,
scared that I wouldn´t be needing you
any more and you couldn´t handle it.
The only reason why you would meet up
with me is because you wanted me to
marry you and become another wife.
Isn´t it?
Gus stays quiet and he doesn´t look at Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Your silence is the answer I need it.
I´m sorry if I ever cost you anything.
By Gus.
Rose leaves.
Rose is at Gus´s house, picking up her things as fast as she
can, she doesn´t want to be in that house any longer.
Suddenly a letter comes under the door, Rose goes there and
sees that the letter belongs to her. She opens the door to
see if the person that left it is still there, but the
corridor is empty.
Rose takes a knife and opens the letter, is signed by Gaston,
he asks her to show up the next morning at the Le Figaro´s
office. Rose keeps the letter on the pocket of her jacket,
she takes the bag with the money and hides it between her
clothes.
Rose takes the suitcase and leaves the key to Gus´s flat.
Rose leaves without looking back.
51 EXT. MONTMARTRE NEIGHBORHOOD. NIGHT.
Rose arrives to Montmartre. She stares at the streets, full
of people, painters, singers, artists... She fells home.
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MAN:
Are you lost miss?
ROSE HELLMAN:
A little actually, I´m looking for a
place to spend the night.
MAN:
(He points at the directions) At the
end of this street there´s a little
guesthouse, cheap, they can take you
there.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Smiling) Thank you very much.
Rose follows the directions given by the man.
52 INT. GUESTHOUSE´S RECEPTION. NIGHT.
Rose arrives to the guesthouse. The reception is so little
and has a window at the end. Rose approaches the window and
she touches the doorbell. A woman approaches.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good night.
RECEPTIONIST:
Good night.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Do you have any room left?
RECEPTIONIST:
Let me check (she takes out a book)
I´m sorry but we don´t have any free
space.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Nothing? Not even for tonight?
RECEPTIONIST:
No, I´m sorry.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok, thank you anyway.
Rose takes the suitcase and prepares to leave.
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Rose leaves the suitcase and turns around to look at the
woman.
RECEPTIONIST:
There a free bed in a shared room,
where two girls live. Are you
interested?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes.
RECEPTIONIST:
Ok, you have to pay me in advanced.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok (leaves the money on the table)
The receptionist takes it and leaves it in a box.
RECEPTIONIST:
What´s your name?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Rose Hellman.
The receptionist writes it down.
RECEPTIONIST:
Your room is number 15. Is in the
first floor, turn right while climbing
up the stairs.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok, thank you very much.
RECEPTIONIST:
Have a nice night.
Rose takes her suitcase and goes up the stairs.
53 INT. ROSE´S ROOM IN THE GUESTHOUSE. NIGHT.
Rose has a key, but she knocks on the door, just in case
someone is there. A girl of her age opens the door.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Knocking on the door) Hi.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
They told me that I have a bed in this
room.
CELINE:
Sure, come on in.
CELINE (22) welcomes her to come in and shows Rose which one
is her bed. Rose approaches the bed and leaves the suitcase
in it. At that moment another girl IVETTE (25) enters the
room.
CELINE:
Now that we are all here, my name is
Celine and this is Ivette.
IVETTE:
Hi, nice to meet you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Nice to meet you too, I´m Rose.
CELINE:
And what brings you here?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I got into a huge fight with a friend
and I didn´t had anywhere to go. But
I´m happy to be here.
IVETTE:
Is a fun neighborhood, I´m not going
to deny that, nothing luxurious, but
fun.
CELINE:
And what do you do for a living.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m a journalist, or at least I tried
to be. I´m just begining.
IVETTE:
Then you are a journalist. We are
going out, do you want to come with
us?
ROSE HELLMAN:
No, thank you I have a meeting to go
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CELINE:
Are you sure?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, thank you anyway.
IVETTE:
Ok, sleep well then.
Ivette and Celine leave the room. Rose puts the suitcase down
and she lays down in the bed.
The next morning, Rose, climbs up the stairs running, she is
nervous. She leaves her thing at her table and walks all the
way to Gaston´s office.
Gaston is seated in his desk.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Good morning Miss Hellman, please sit
down.
Rose enters the office and she sits.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I wanted to talk to you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Go on.
GASTON CALMETTE:
I´m not happy with the work you have
been doing recently.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know where that comes from,
you only warned me once, and since
then I´ve done a nice work.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Yes, but the article was so important
for the newspaper and you made a
terrible mistake.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I told you on the phone, you could
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GASTON CALMETTE:
My job is not to correct everything my
workers send me.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I know but...
GASTON CALMETTE:
(Interrupts Rose) Miss Hellman you are
fired.
Rose doesn´t know how to answer. She takes a few seconds to
process the information. Until she does it.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You can´t do that Mister Calmette.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Of course I can, that is what I´m
doing.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That is not fair. You should have told
me the mistakes I was making, so I
could change them.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Whatever, you are not a journalist and
you don´t have the experience. You
will never be important in this world.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You knew from the begining that I
wasn´t a journalist and you hired me
anyway.
GASTON CALMETTE:
Which was a mistake.
Rose stays still, and she takes away Gaston´s opportunity to
say anything else.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Thank you for the chance, bye Mister
Calmette.
Rose stands up, streches Gaston´s hand and leaves.
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in front of her. She goes directly to Gaston´s office, Rose
stares at her but doesn´t worry about her. Suddenly a strong
noise is heard in Gaston´s office, and the woman that passed
in front of Rose´s desk leaves the office running. One of
Rose´s colleagues, that has just arrived, goes to Gaston´s
office.
JOURNALIST:
Someone call and ambulance.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I will.
Rose takes the phone.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Hi, we need and ambulance in Le
Figaro´s offices, hurry please.
Rose hangs up and goes to Gaston´s office to see what
happens. Rose sees Gaston´s body laying on the floor with
several shoots in his chest. Her colleague is trying to keep
him alive. Rose doesn´t move.
After taking Gaston out the office is quiet. No one know what
to say.
EDITOR:
Please go back to work.
Rose doesn´t know what to do, she doesn´t know if anyone else
knows what happended between her and Gaston. The editor
approaches her.
EDITOR:
Please continue with your work Miss
Hellman.
Rose does what he told her to.
Rose arrives to the guesthouse. Celine and Ivette are ready
to go out.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, of course.
The three girls leave the room.
59 EXT. MONTMARTRE NEIGHBORHOOD. NIGHT.
Ivette, Celine and Rose walk down the street until they reach
the draftsman´s square. Rose supposes that they are going to
be there, but Ivette and Celine keep walking, and they call
Rose, so she would follow them. Rose follows them, not
knowing exactly where they are going.
After a while and after walking down at least three streets,
they stop in front of a very strange door. Rose looks up and
the facade is peculiar as well. The door is a monster with
the mouth open, the facade is surrounded by demons that move,
Rose reads the sign that is on top of the door, it says:
Cabaret L´Enfer.
Ivette and Celine enter, Rose follows them.
60 INT. CABARET L´ENFER. NIGHT.
Once they are inside Rose sees that the waiters are dressed
as demons and talk with diabolic words. Ivette, Celine and
Rose sit in a red table, the walls are surrounded by devil
statues as well.
IVETTE:
(Talking to the waiter) Waiter,
please, three coffees with cognac.
WAITER:
(Shouting) Three glasses of burning
sins.
After a while they give them the coffees.
WAITER:
There you go.
The girls drink from the cup, Ivette and Celine don´t blink
but Rose make a gesture that make Ivette and Celine laugh.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Why do you drink this?
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this drink. Today, technically is not
your first night, but is the first one
that you are out. So you had to try
it.
Rose laughs and the three of them spend the time talking.
61 EXT. MONTMARTRE´S DRAFTSMAN SQUARE. NIGHT.
The three of them have left the cabaret and have seated in
the square. Just enjoying the night in Montmartre.
CELINE:
How went the day?
ROSE HELLMAN:
It´s been a strange day.
IVETTE:
Strange?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, let me explain. A few months ago
I made a mistake when I was writing an
article, well it wasn´t a mistake, it
was a different view from what my boss
wanted. Yesterday I got a letter
telling me to be at the office today
as soon as possible. My boss was
waiting to fire me, taking advantage
of the mistake I told you about.
CELINE:
You got fired? I´m so sorry Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes I got fired, but wait. When I left
my boss´s office a woman walked in,
and while I was cleaning up my place
I´ve heard a few shoots and the woman
has left the office in a hurry. So the
shoots have been directed to my boss,
they took him to the hospital, I
didn´t know what to do, until the
editor has reached me and told me to
continue with my work, so that´s what
I did.
IVETTE:
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ROSE HELLMAN:
That´s right, and he died on his way
to the hospital.
CELINE:
Did you plan the murder?
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Laughs) No I didn´t, but it was
perfect timing, even if that might
sound insensitive. It seems that
Minister Caillaux wife´s did it. My
boss had some letters they send each
other before they were married, and
while they were both married to other
people. Gaston had the intention to
release them so the Minister´s
reputation would be damaged, her wife
went to ask him not to do so, he
refused to she shot him.
IVETTE:
That is one hell of a political
conspiracy.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Looks like it. But I think is more of
an infidelity situation. Let´s stop
talking about me, what about you
girls? What do you do?
IVETTE:
I´m a painter, but don´t you think is
an easy job. I never got the chance to
go to art school, I learnt by myself,
but I don´t sell that many paintings,
so I work at the guesthouse, so I can
earn a bit of money and buy the
materials I need to paint.
CELINE:
I´m a singer in a Cabaret, the Moulin
Rouge. Is not what I thought it would
be, but I can make a living for a
while with that. I´m still waiting for
the day I can become an international
singer and travel the world.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Those lifes are worth living, now I
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CELINE:
After what happended to you today, is
not simple at all.
They laugh.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I need to go to sleep, so I can work
tomorrow.
IVETTE:
Ok, we are going to stay a while, good
night Rose.
Rose goes back to the guesthouse. Ivette and Celine stay
seated at the square.
62 INT. MONTMARTRE´S GUESTHOUSE. DAY.
The next morning, Rose goes down to have breakfast and sits
with Celine at the table, while Ivette serves the breakfast.
CELINE:
What are your plans for today?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know, first work and then I
guess I will come here directly.
CELINE:
(Gives her a paper) Today I play a
paper in the Moulin Rouge, I would
love if you come, Ivette is coming
too.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Smiles) I´ll be there, thank you for
the invitation (takes the paper).
(Looks at the clock) Wow, I have to
leave, I see you tonight.
Rose stands up and leaves the guesthouse.
Rose arrives to the office and sits on her desk, when ALFRED
CAPUS (56) approaches.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m Rose Hellman sir.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Nice to meet you, I´m Alfred Capus the
new editor. Would you mind coming with
me to my office?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Not at all.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Alright, let´s go.
Rose stands up and follows him.
64 INT. ALFRED CAPUS OFFICE. MORNING.
Alfred enters and Rose follows him.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Please, sit down miss Hellman.
Rose sits, Alfred is serving water.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Do you want something to drink?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I wouldn´t mind a glass of water.
Alfred gives Rose the glass and sits in front of him.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Mister Capus, what am I doing here?
ALFRED CAPUS:
You should know better.
Rose doesn´t say a word.
ALFRED CAPUS:
I know about the deal you had with
Gaston. I intend to keep it, if you
want to?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes.
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section is still yours and Emile´s (he
laughs)
ROSE HELLMAN:
If you don´t have any more questions,
I would like to continue with my work.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Of course, you can leave now.
Rose stands up and leaves.
65 EXT. OUTSIDE THE MOULIN ROUGE. NIGHT.
Ivette and Rose are waiting outside the Moulin Rouge.
ROSE HELLMAN:
The new editor doesn´t know anything
about the dismissal. I keep the deal I
had with Gaston.
IVETTE:
Thank God, I thought you would have to
leave the job.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes I thought that too, what did you
guys do?
IVETTE:
I helped Celine prepared for the play
today and I started a new painting, it
was a nice day.
Rose smiles and Celine walks out of a door.
CELINE:
Ivette, Rose. Come here.
Ivette and Rose see her and enter after her.
66 EXT. MONTMARTE. NIGHT.
MOUNTING SECUENCE.
Ivette, Celine and Rose are seated in the draftsmen square.
They wait to enter to Cabaret de L´Enfer. Celine sneaks them
into the Moulin Rouge, they see how Ivette draws paintings in
the Sacre Coeur. Rose comes and goes to the office. As months
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Rose is seated on her desk writing an article when Alfred
approaches her and gives her an envelope.
ALFRED CAPUS:
(Giving her the envelope) This is for
you.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Surprised) What is this?
ALFRED CAPUS:
Four train tickets, go and back.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And they will take me to...?
ALFRED CAPUS:
Sarajevo. You must cover the military
manoeuvres that are going to take
place in the city. The Archduke,
Fernando of Austria is going there in
representation of the Austro-hungarian
empire.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Is a bit strange to cover a new like
that...(she thinks for a minute). You
want to see how the Bosnian citizens
react to the visit. Isn´t it?
ALFRED CAPUS:
You got it, you know how strong is
becoming the idea of independence in a
lot of Balkanic countries, I want to
see how they receive him.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok.
ALFRED CAPUS:
You will go to Bucharest in the Orient
Express and then you will take a train
that will take you to Sarajevo. I want
the article publish the next day, so
either you wrote me a telegram or you
call me. Got it?
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ALFRED CAPUS:
Ok, you leave tomorrow, good luck
Rose.
Alfred leaves and Rose goes back to the guesthouse.
Rose is preparing the suitcase when Celine and Ivette enter.
IVETTE:
(Entering the room) And where are you
going?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I have to go to Sarajevo to cover an
event. I leave tomorrow.
IVETTE:
And when do you come back?
ROSE HELLMAN:
In two weeks.
CELINE:
Then this is your last night here for
the next two weeks, maybe we should go
out.
The look at each other.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Maybe we should.
69 EXT. SARAJEVO´S CITY HALL. DAY.
Rose is waiting outside the city hall of Sarajevo, there are
a lot of journalists and photographers, waiting for the
archduke and his wife to come.
One of the journalists goes running to the stairs.
JOURNALIST:
They are going to be a bit late. They
tried to kill the archdukes when they
were on their way here.
Everyone looks at the journalist and start asking.
PHOTOGRAPHER:
Where did it happended?

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JOURNALIST 2:
Who did it?
JOURNALIST 3:
How did they do it?
JOURNALIST:
I don´t know what happended, just that
they are going to be late.
Everyone goes back to their places.
70 EXT. SARAJEVO´S CITY HALL. DAY.
An hour later a car arrives, the Archdukes are in it. The
photographers and journalists jump on them. The Archduke and
his wife get out of the car and put themselves behind the
mayor.
SARAJEVO´S MAYOR:
We are so sorry to be this late. I
would like to welcome to our beautiful
city, the Archduke Fernando of Austria
and her wife Sofia.
ARCHDUKE FERNANDO:
I´m sorry to interrupt you mayor, but
I would like to report that my wife
and I have suffered an attack couple
of times during the day, that is what
you should be telling on your
newspapers.
The mayor doesn´t speak, finally he approaches the table.
SARAJEVO´S MAYOR:
The Archduke has come to check the
manoeuvre that the army is making in
our city. I will let him speak.
ARCHDUKE FERNANDO:
Thank you mayor. I would like to say
that our army is strong and ready to
handle any critical situation. That
being said all the acts for today are
suspended.
The journalists star shouting.
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to end our lives have been some
injured people and we want to go to
visit them in the hospital.
The journalists shout even more. The Archduke and his wife
step down the stairs of the city hall, get into the car and
go back to where they come from.
71 EXT. SARAJEVO'S STREET. DAY.
All the journalists begin to leave the city hall when the
archdukes leave. When everything is cleared up, a shoot is
heard, everyone quiets, after that a scream is heard,
followed by two more gunshots.
The journalists run in the direction of the gunshots, they
see the car in the middle of the street, and the police is
arresting a man. There's a lot of blood, Rose looks up and
sees the duchess bleeding from the stomach, unconscious. The
archduke is bleeding from his neck, trying to reach his wife.
The policeman that travelled with the archdukes moves their
bodies to another car and leave the place immediatly. The
journalists are quiet, they don´t move, don´t write, they are
just looking at the street.
While all the journalists hold still, Rose leaves the place
running.
72 INT. SARAJEVO´S HOTEL RECEPTION. DAY.
Rose enters running into the hotel.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Heavily breathing) Do you have a
phone?
RECEPCIONIST:
Yes, over there (points in the
direction) Where do you want to call?
ROSE HELLMAN:
A conference with Paris.
The receptionist marks the number and gives Rose the phone.
Alfred´s secretary picks up the phone.
SECRETARY:
Le Figaro´s office. How may I help
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ROSE HELLMAN:
Hi I´m Rose Hellman. I need to speak
with Alfred Capus immediatly.
SECRETARY:
Right away.
She waits for a few seconds.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Alfred Capus. Who am I speaking to?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Mister Capus, I´m Rose. Listen I just
got back to the hotel from the
reception, I don´t have anything
written yet, but something really
important happended.
ALFRED CAPUS:
What is it?
ROSE HELLMAN:
During the whole morning have been
some attempts to kill the archdukes,
but they didn´t make it. Until they
reached the city hall, at the end of
the reception they both have been
shoot in an alley next to the hall.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Oh my god, are they alive?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know. But listen, they say,
that the man that shoot them is from
Bosnia. It may suppose a huge change
to the Austro-Hungarian empire.
ALFRED CAPUS:
I know, I know. Ok, let´s do this,
send me the information you have in a
telegram, as redacted as possible.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok.
ALFRED CAPUS:
If something happens send another
telegram updating the information. As
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ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok (hangs up the phone)
Rose approaches the telegraph. Takes out the book and writes
the information Alfred askes her for. She finish it and sends
it, the heading says: "The Austrian Archdukes suffered an
attack in Sarajevo".
73 INT. SARAJEVO´S HOTEL RECEPTION. NIGHT.
A man enters the reception running.
MAN:
The archdukes are dead. The duchess
died on her way to the hospital, and
the duke died ten minutes after.
Rose was seated, she stands up and goes to the telegraph. Now
the headline is changed: "The Austrian Archdukes murdered in
an attack in the city of Sarajevo".
74 INT. ALFRED CAPUS OFFICE. MORNING.
Rose arrives with her suitcase to Le Figaro´s office. She
leaves her staff in her place and walks to Alfred´s office.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Knocking at the door). Mister Capus,
I´m Rose.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Go ahead.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Opens the door and enters) Good
morning.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Good morning Rose, please sit down.
Rose sits in front of Alfred Capus.
ALFRED CAPUS:
I must congratulate you for the
article, you have done a really nice
job.
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ALFRED CAPUS:
But I must say, you failed at one
thing. This will not end up in a war
on a big scale.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You don´t believe that.
ALFRED CAPUS:
No. The attack has opened some wound
that were closed, that can´t be
denied. But a war? Is to much.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Don´t be so sure, the smallest event
might change things in a different
direction. I think you will have to
apologize to me in a few weeks. Sadly
I´ll be right.
ALFRED CAPUS:
(Laughs) I don´t think that will ever
happend, you are too dramatic.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Will see.
A few weeks later Rose is writing the article that Alfred
told she would never write. The war has come.
Rose is seated in her bed. She wears trousers, and has long
hair. She surrounded by papers she is trying to organize.
Ivette and Celine the room.
IVETTE:
Hi Rose.
Rose is so focused on the papers that she didn´t noticed her
friends.
CELINE:
(Sitting next to Rose) Hi Rose.
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IVETTE:
We´ve noticed.
ROSE HELLMAN:
You are home early (looking at the
clock), really early, I thought you
will be at the cabaret.
CELINE:
They are all closed by now.
ROSE HELLMAN:
This early, but it´s only nine
o´clock.
IVETTE:
Yes, but you know they have to turn
all the lights off before it gets
dark, so the city can´t be seen. Now
everything is closed, at least they
said that this would only take a few
months, it´s been two years.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Oh, and it´s going to get longer.
CELINE:
I miss everything we did before the
war started... When the Moulin Rouge
burnt down I thought it would be easy
to find a new place to sing, turns out
I was wrong. The war has takes away
all the fun. Now I work in a hospital,
me! In a hospital!
IVETTE:
There´s a thing I never thought I will
see. I can´t even paint, there are no
material left, and no one has the
money to buy paintings. You are so
lucky to get to do the work you love
during this time.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I know, there´s even more work now.
But the good times will be back,
everything good always comes back.
IVETTE:
I hope so, or else I´m going to end up
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Celine and Rose laugh, the three girls spend the night
remembering old times, and talking.
Rose sees Alfred´s office door opened, she knocks, just in
case. Alfred is talking on the phone, but she tells Rose to
enter with his hands.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Knocking on the door) Alfred.
ALFRED CAPUS:
(Tells her to come in moving his
hand). (On the phone) But you can´t
ask me that sir...
Rose sits down while Alfred continues talking on the phone.
He moves his hands and arms really fast, he seems angry.
Alfred hangs up the phone and sits on his chair.
ROSE HELLMAN:
This is the new article that you asked
for.
Alfred throws the article to the rubbish.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Angry) Hey! I spent three days
writing that!
ALFRED CAPUS:
I´m sorry Rose. That was a call from
the government, we can´t publish that
article.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Why not?
ALFRED CAPUS:
Because all the articles we write from
now on must be to cheer up the country
of France. They think that the
information given on the newspapers
might be used by the enemies to know
which is the strategy that the
government is following.
ROSE HELLMAN:
They are forbiding us to write about
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ALFRED CAPUS:
That´s right.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Censorship.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Call it what you like. But from now on
you will write the articles that are
directed to the country. Not politics,
just cheering them up.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Is so unfair.
ALFRED CAPUS:
Is war time, Rose. It was more than
obvious that this was going to happend
at some point.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I know, but censoring everything we
write...
ALFRED CAPUS:
I know, Rose. But I have to obey the
government and you have to obey me
therefore, there´s nothing we can do.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Come on, Alfred, there must be
something we can do. A way of telling
what is happening without letting the
enemy know the government strategy.
ALFRED CAPUS:
I´m sure there is, but I´m not going
to risk my position, and neither
should you. As a part of this
newspaper I forbid you to write
anything for any other paper, legal or
illegal and you know what I mean by
that. Is that ok?
ROSE HELLMAN:
In this paper I´m Emile Dumont, not
Rose Hellman, and sure you can´t
forbid her anything. No one can relate
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ALFRED CAPUS:
Rose I forbid you to do anything not
related to this newspaper. Is that
clear?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, clear. But I repeat, here I write
as Emile, not Rose. I can use my real
name, it seems that I´m not going to
use it here.
Rose stands up and leaves closing the door strongly. He stays
quiet looking at the door.
78 EXT. MONTMARTRE´S BAR. NIGHT.
Rose, Celine and Ivette are seated in a terrace, is soon so
the bars are still opened.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It upsets me so much that the
government won´t let the newspapers to
tell the truth.
CELINE:
They want to hide everything. You
should see the hospital, everyday more
and more men enter with wounds we
can´t cure or without a leg, or an
arm. And what is worse a lot of them
have lost their minds, they can´t
process all the things they saw during
the war.
IVETTE:
Things are getting worse, and the ones
that have the power to change the
situation, don´t want to change it.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Exactly, they don´t want people to
know what is happening. So people
won´t think that this war is none
sense.
IVETTE:
There´s nothing you can do to change
this situation?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I wish, but they won´t let me write
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there are some illegal newspapers but
I don´t know how to get to them. And
collecting truthful information is so
hard these days.
IVETTE:
This is so upsetting, oh and Celine?
CELINE:
What about me?
IVETTE:
You work at the hospital, the
information you have is the truth. You
can let Rose interview you and tell
what is really happening at the front.
CELINE:
I would love to do that.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Is a great idea, really, but they will
never let me publish anything like
that at Le Figaro, and as I told you
before I don´t know who runs the
illegal newspapers. Besides, Celine,
if they know it was you the one that
gave me the information, they could
arrest you, judge you for treason and
that may put your life at risk. A lot
of people are dying because of this
stupid war, I don´t want you to be one
of them.
A group of men enter running into the bar, screaming, people
start to look at them.
WAITER:
Please, stop screaming.
MAN 1:
Sorry, something has happended.
WAITER:
This better be important.
MAN 2:
The British army and French army have
started an attack against the german
army in the Somme. The say that this
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Everyone start screaming.
WAITER:
Free round for everyone.
Ivette and Celine join the celebration. Rose holds still on
the chair, she stands up and leaves the bar running.
Rose writes a letter as soon as she arrives to her room. She
takes an envelope, is directed to Alfred Capus.
80 INT. MONTMARTRE´S GUESTHOUSE. NIGHT.
Rose leaves the letter in the reception and goes back to her
room.
Ivette enters the room. Celine stands up from her bed.
IVETTE:
Rose, this letter was at the
reception, is for you. (Hands her the
letter)
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Takes the letter) Thank you.
Rose opens the letter excited, so excited that Ivette and
Celine look at her. Rose finish reading the letter and looks
outside through the window. Ivette reaches her.
IVETTE:
(Reachin her) Is everything ok?
Rose turns around and looks at her friends.
CELINE:
For god's shake, Rose, what is
happening?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Do you remember the other day when
those guys run into the bar? Telling
about the attack.
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ROSE HELLMAN:
I asked Alfred to send me to the
front, to cover the attack from there
and have the exclusive.
CELINE:
Rose! Are you mad? Is so dangerous,
didn´t you heard me when I told you
about the things we see at the
hospital?
IVETTE:
I agree with Celine, you didn´t think
that you might die?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Well, how are you going to react when
I told you that I´m actually going to
the front.
Celine and Ivette don´t say a word. They are worried and Rose
notices that, so she approaches them.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Hey, nothing bad is going to happend.
CELINE:
Rose, you are going to the war, a lot
of things can happen. I see that at
the hospital, everyday.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I won´t be in the first line. I will
be so careful. The battle will be
short and I will be in Paris before
you know it.
IVETTE:
Is unpredictable what might happend in
the front, Rose. You are in danger
even when you are not close to the
battle.
CELINE:
We can´t convince you not to go, can´t
we?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m afraid you can´t. My work here is
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happening. Besides, I won´t be alone,
a photographer is coming with me.
IVETTE:
When are you leaving?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Tomorrow.
CELINE:
We don´t have time to say goodbye
(tears are running through her eyes)
IVETTE:
Promise you won´t do anything stupid.
You won´t play the hero by trying to
save someone. Stay away from the
shoots, the bombs and please if you
have to run, run as fast as you can.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I promise.
The three of them hug. Celine steps down and dries her tears.
She walks down the room and gives Rose a bag.
CELINE:
You didn´t spect to go to the front
with this rich suitcase.
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Laughing) No.
IVETTE:
We will help you out with the things.
Rose starts to pack up her things.
82 EXT. EAST STATION. MORNING.
Rose arrives to the train station when her train arrives.
Soldiers come out from the back of the train, some of them in
stretcher, some holding their parters because they can´t
walk, other carry dead bodies. Rose is surprised with
everything she is seeing, just like everyone else. Rose hopes
into the train.
83 INT. TRAIN CARRIAGE. MORNING.
Rose finds her place and leaves the bag under her seat. After
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ADRIEN FONTAINE:
(Sitting). Sorry, are you Rose
Hellman?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, do I know you?
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
I´m Adrien Fontaine, the photographer.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Oh, nice to meet you Mister Fontaine.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
(Stretching Rose´s hand) Nice to meet
you too, and please call me Adrien.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok, in that case you can call me Rose.
Adrien looks out the window the arrival of the soldiers.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
I don´t know what to expect, after
everything that we are seeing here.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Nothing good. One of my friends works
at the hospital and she says that
everyone that enters is seriously
wounded.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
So happy, that this was supposed to
take only a few months.
The train leaves the station.
ROSE HELLMAN:
These things never take just a few
months. If they had done things right
at the time we wouldn´t be in this
situation.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
No doubt. And how do you end up here
Rose?
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ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Same, I was too tired of waiting for
an assignment.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I was like that too. With the
censorship imposed by the government I
could´t really write about what I
wanted, so I came to look for the
news.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
I think we both made the right
decision.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Yes, but I´m a little scared now.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Now is so scary.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That´s good it means that none of us
is going to do anything stupid.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
I didn´t see it that way.
The trip continues and Rose and Adrien continue talking.
84 EXT. TOWN OF AMIENS. NIGHT.
Rose and Adrien arrive to Amiens. The town is empty, no one
is on the streets. The lights of the houses are turned off,
and everything is so quiet. Adrien and Rose look for a place
to stay. Is hard to walk down the streets, everything is
fulled of rubble.
Suddenly in the quiet night a strong noise is heard, followed
by a ray of light.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That must come from the front, we
can´t be far.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
I think we are 10 kilometres away, so
let´s be awared, just in case. There´s
a place to stay, let´s go.
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85 INT. GUESTHOUSE IN AMIENS. NIGHT.
Rose and Adrien arrive to a little guesthouse, fulled of
soldiers and officers. All of them stare at Rose, she is the
only woman there. Adrien and Rose approach the counter.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Good night we are looking for a room.
RECEPTIONIST:
We don´t have anything.
The receptionist leaves. Rose and Adrien look at each other
not knowing what to do, a woman approaches them.
WOMAN:
I´ve heard that you are looking for a
room.
ROSE HELLMAN:
That´s right.
WOMAN:
I´ve got a few free beds in my house,
nothing big, but you can stay if you
want to.
Rose and Adrien look at each other, Adrien agrees.
ROSE HELLMAN:
We will be more than happy to stay.
Thank you.
WOMAN:
Follow me.
Rose and Adrien leave the guesthouse and follow the woman.
86 EXT. A SQUARE IN AMIENS. MORNING.
Rose and Adrien are in the town´s square, waiting for the
officers that are going to take them to the front. Rose only
has a notebook and a pencil while Adrien carries his camera.
An officer appears.
OFFICER:
Are you Adrien Fontaine and Rose
Hellman?
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OFFICER:
Come with me.
They follow him into an alley and they hope into a lorry.
They are on their way to the front.
87 EXT. FIELD. MORNING.
When they reach a field, the lorry stops.
OFFICER:
Come down.
Adrien and Rose come down from the lorry.
OFFICER:
I´m going to explain how all of this
works. There are two types of
trenches, all of them are connected.
The trench´s that connect them are
called zigzag trenches, those are
safer. The parallels are the ones
where the battles take place. Please,
be extremely careful on those.
Understood?
Rose and Adrien agree.
OFFICER:
Ok, the entrance is over there (points
at it). Walk for a bit and a soldier
will be waiting for you. Good luck.
Rose and Adrien enter the trench.
88 EXT. TRENCH. MORNING.
After a few meters, like the officer said, a soldier is
waiting for them.
SOLDIER:
You are here, come on there´s no time
to waste.
They walk trough the trench.
ROSE HELLMAN:
When did the attack begin?
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don´t know, we don´t have free time.
Rose writes everything down. Adrien goes after her.
ROSE HELLMAN:
What do you mean when you say that you
don´t have free time?
SOLDIER:
We don´t sleep and there´s a lot of
work to do.
Suddenly a pile of soil jumps. The three of them bend.
SOLDIER:
Get used to that, it will be much more
usual once we get closer to the first
line.
They arrive to a hidden place into the soil, there a table
and a few maps.
SOLDIER:
Wait here.
The soldier leaves, Adrien and Rose wait. While they are
there a few stretchers with men bleeding pass right next to
Rose and Adrien. They look at each other but don´t say a
word. The soldier comes back.
SOLDIER:
You must wear these helmets from now
on. I know you come here to do your
work, but please don´t distract the
soldiers. From now on you will be
alone, good luck.
The soldier gives them the helmets and leaves. Rose and
Adrien put the helmets on and go ahead.
Rose and Adrien walk down the zigzag trenches, when they
reach a parallel they see a soldier shooting.
ROSE HELLMAN:
There are quite a lot of soldiers
shooting, we must be close to the
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ADRIEN FONTAINE:
What do you propose?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I will stay here, I can do my work
better here, can you take pictures
here?
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Yes, no problem, let´s stay here.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Let´s work then.
Adrien moves how he can all over the trench to take pictures
while Rose does the same so she can interview a few soldiers.
Moving through the trench is complicated, there are a lot of
obstacles.
While Rose is interviewing a soldier, the trench they are in
suddenly covers of dirt. A trench has exploded. Rose follows
the soldiers she was interviewing.
ROSE HELLMAN:
What is happening?
SOLDIER 2:
The trench that was ahead of us has
just exploded, which means this is now
the first line. We have to organize to
defend this one and change the
strategy in the others.
The soldier leaves. Rose search for Adrien, who is taking
pictures. She approaches him.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Adrien, the trench has exploded, we
are now in the first line. We should
go back.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Sure let´s go.
Adrien and Rose leave the trench they were in.
90 EXT. HIDDEN PLACE IN THE TRENCH. MORNING.
Rose and Adrien get to the place where they started their
day, there are two officers inside. Rose enters, something
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ROSE HELLMAN:
(Entering) Good afternoon, may I ask
some questions?
Rose sits without waiting for an answer.
OFFICER 1:
Go ahead, but please don´t make this
too long, we are in a hurry.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It will be quick, would you say that
you advance many kilometres a day?
OFFICER 1:
Enough to hold the enemies back.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I see. Then would you say that the
battle is being a success?
OFFICER 2:
I wouldn´t call it success, but we are
winning.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Winning, then can you explain how just
today, we had to go back more than
three trenches?
OFFICER 1:
That happens, good and bad days.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I guess this is what you call a bad
day.
OFFICER 1:
No, we had to go back yes, but we
didn´t lose many people.
ROSE HELLMAN:
No you didn´t lose many people, but we
saw like 20 dead people.
OFFICER 2:
Not many.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Not many, I see, how many of them have
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OFFICER 1:
That information is confidential.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Let´s get into another question then.
Why are you arresting the men that
refuse to fight in the war?
The officers seem uncomfortable, Adrien is surprised with the
question.
OFFICER 2:
How dare you, those men are traitors!
ROSE HELLMAN:
Traitors or no, you didn´t answer the
question.
The officers leave and Rose goes back with Adrien.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
How do you know about the arrests?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I got my sources.
Adrien smiles and both of them go back to the town.
91 EXT. TRUCK. NIGHT.
Rose and Adrien are coming back from the trenches. It´s been
two months since the battle started.
ROSE HELLMAN:
It´s a good thing that the battle was
going to be quick, it´s been two
months and nothing has changed.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Yes. We are lucky.
ROSE HELLMAN:
This battle will be remembered. I´m
sure.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
If you are sure, is going to happend
probably. Have you got the anything
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ROSE HELLMAN:
Nothing, I send Alfred everything I
can, but according to what he says on
his letters is not really useful,
there´s still censorship. He uses the
information when is positive, if it´s
not he just leaves it.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
There must be happening something
similar with my photos. I tired of
working for nothing.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Me too, but we knew this might
happended. But is still believe that
the world should know what is really
happening.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
I like your idea, and I was hoping you
would say something like this.
Rose seems surprised.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m not following you, Adrien.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Well, a few years ago I lived in
London and my friends there are part
of the pacifist movement of England.
They refused to take part in the war.
ROSE HELLMAN:
And what can they do?
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
The ones that haven´t been arrested,
mostly women, are running an illegal
newspaper and they prepare octavillas
asking to free their friends and
showing the real face of the war.
ROSE HELLMAN:
We can write something and send it to
them, so they can publish it.
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can send them the information.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Ok. I will start writing.
Rose begins to write and after a while she stops.
ROSE HELLMAN:
How do you pretend to send the
information to the family?
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
There´s a soldier from the British
army who sends the letters, he doesn´t
ask questions, you pay him and he does
the work.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I see.
Rose continues writing.
92 EXT. SQUARE IN AMIENS. NIGHT.
Adrien is in the square in Amiens, seated, waiting the
soldier to come. Rose appears and sits next to him.
ROSE HELLMAN:
Good night.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Hi Rose.
ROSE HELLMAN:
This is the article.
Rose gives him the envelope.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Can I read it?
ROSE HELLMAN:
Sure.
Adrien opens the envelope and reads the article. After a
while he speaks.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
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ROSE HELLMAN:
I´m glad.
Adrien stares at the article for a few seconds, and he keeps
his eyes in one part.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Rose, who is Emile Dumont? And why did
he signed your article?
ROSE HELLMAN:
(Rose laughs) Is how I usually sign my
articles.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Why? Do you don´t want to recognized?
ROSE HELLMAN:
No, I wish it was that. When I started
working at Le Figaro, my boss, told me
that if I wanted to work there I had
to use a pseudonym and it had to be a
man´s name.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
He didn´t like everyone to know that
he hired a woman for the politics
section, am I right?
ROSE HELLMAN:
You are.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Is so unfair, what is their problem
with women working?
ROSE HELLMAN:
I don´t know, but this has to end, I
don´t want to be like that always. I
want my job to be recognized, but my
work, the work of Rose Hellman. I´m
tired of Emile. Once we get home I´m
going to get everything in order.
Adrien sees that Rose has the pencil behind her ear, he
catches it. Adrien erases Emile Dumont´s name.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Write your name, please.
Rose smiles and writes her name. Adrien puts inside the

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photos inside the envelope with Rose´s article. He closes the
envelope and at that moment the soldier arrives. Rose and
Adrien approach him.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
(To the soldier) You have to get this
to the address on the back of the
envelope. Make sure it gets there.
The soldier agrees, Adrien gives the money to the soldier.
The soldier takes the money and leaves without saying a word.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Let´s stay out for a while, there´s no
sound coming from the front. Is nice.
ROSE HELLMAN:
I didn´t remember what was like to
have a quiet night.
They sit in a bench, Adrien sees a bottle of rum closed on
the floor, he grabs and opens it.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Let´s make a toast. To changing the
world.
ROSE HELLMAN:
For changing the world and for the end
of this damm war.
Adrien drinks and then gives it to Rose. They stay in the
square.
The next Rose and Adrien continue doing the work they have
been doing for the past few months, Adrien takes pictures and
Rose interviews soldiers and officers. It seems like another
morning at the front.
Suddenly a bomb explodes in the trench Adrien and Rose were
in. Everything is dark and quiet. Adrien stands up hardly, he
tries to find a place to hold on to, to find a way out of
there before everything gets worse. He sees a few bags closed
to the walls of the trench. He holds on to that. He is now
completely stand up.
He looks around trying to look for Rose.

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ADRIEN FONTAINE:
(Shouting) Rose! Rose! Rose!
Adrien walks slowly to find Rose. He sees her notebook and a
few meters away Rose is laying down on the floor. She has
bags on her legs that don´t let her move. Adrien moves the
bags.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
Come on, I will help you to stand, we
have to leave. Are you ok?
Rose doesn´t say a thing. Then Adrien looks around he sees
that there´s a lot of blood, Rose has is jumper full of
blood. She is bleeding from her abdomen.
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
It´s ok, I will help you.
Rose agrees, she is scared. Adrien takes of is jumper and
cover the wound. Then he grabs Rose around his back, he runs
until the next trench.
In the next trench the nurses are helping with the wounded.
They approach Rose and Adrien when they see them.
NURSE 1:
(Approaching Adrien) What happened?
ADRIEN FONTAINE:
A bomb has exploded in the trench we
were in. She is bleeding from her
abdomen, it doesn´t stop.
NURSE 1:
Ok, put her here. (He points at a
stretcher)
Adrien lays Rose down. He stays next to the stretcher. The
nurses take of Adrien jumper from Rose´s abdomen.
NURSE 2:
It, doesn´t look good, we can´t take
her out of the trench, she will die.
We have to cure her here.
NURSE 1:
Ok, give something to clean the wound,
fast.

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