1.
INT. AERIAL VIEW OF KITCHEN. DAY.
OLD
LADY sits alone at kitchen table as she pours a cup of tea
(Clock ticks) CUT TO
2.
INT. MID SHOT OF KITCHEN TABLE
OLD
LADY drinking her tea, looking glum
ZOOMS
INTO
3.INT.
KITCHEN
OLD
LADY sighs and looks downtrodden
CUTS
TO
4.EXT.AERIAL
VIEW OF SMALL, RUN-DOWN HOUSE
OLD
LADY looks stands on front step of house, looks up to the sky and smiles at
sunshine (thunder rumbles, sky clouds over) she looks sad again
FADE
TO
5.EXT.
PARK
OLD
LADY sitting on park bench alone, trying to entice ducks with bread crumbs;
ducks waddle past her but one duck approaches and she looks hopeful; instead of
taking the breadcrumbs, he steals her sandwich out of her bag
MID
SHOT OF
6.
EXT. PARK
OLD
LADY sits alone and hungry (tummy rumbles)looking extremely forlorn
7.
EXT. PARK
OLD
LADY gets excited as she hears an ice-cream van. She takes out her purse, which
has a €1 coin in it
CUTS
TO
8.EXT.
PARK
OLD
LADY slowly walks up to the van (€1 for ice-cream sign on it)
Just
as she approaches the window a MAN enters from right, cuts in front of her,
knocking her €1 coin out of her hand CUTS TO CLOSE-UP OF
9.
EXT. PARK
Coin
falling down a drain
CUTS
TO
10.
EXT. PARK
OLD
LADY is annoyed as she looks at back of man as he buys an ice-cream, his wallet
is sticking out of his back pocket. MAN turns facing her as he slurps his
ice-cream and walks away
CUTS
TO CLOSE-UP
11.
EXT. PARK
OLD
LADY once again looks despondent
FADES
TO
12.
EXT. BUS STOP
Bus
zooms past from right to left in front of a bus stop. OLD LADY, SMALL GIRL
(holding teddy her bear's hand) and GIRL'S MOTHER (her face is not in shot) are
sitting at bus stop. SMALL GIRL stares at OLD LADY who looks back at SMALL GIRL
and smiles.
CUT
TO EXTREME CLOSE-UP
13.EXT.
BUS STOP
SMALL
GIRL starts poking OLD LADY in the cheek and sticks out her tongue at her as
OLD LADY looks sad and shocked
ZOOMS
OUT
14.
EXT.BUS STOP
SMALL
GIRL starts to cry as though she is scared of OLD LADY. GIRL'S MOTHER puts her
arm around her and pulls her close as she lets go of teddy's hand. Bus passes
from left to right in front on camera
15.EXT.
BUS STOP
SMALL
GIRL is still crying as OLD LADY sadly looks straight ahead. The teddy has
disappeared
FADES
TO
16.
INT. KITCHEN
OLD
LADY is sitting alone at kitchen table
ZOOMS
IN TO CLOSE-UP
17.
INT.KITCHEN
she
looks extremely sad and sighs deeply, then smiles and looks under the table.
She hauls up her bag onto the table, takes out the SMALL GIRL'S teddy bear from
it and smiles at the camera. Then she removes a wallet from her bag and opens
it
CUTS TO OLD
LASY'S P.O.V
18.
INT. KITCHEN
Close-up
of wallet reveals the MAN from the park's driver's license, cash and credit
cards. (OLD LADY laughs heartily)
CUTS TO CLOSE-UP
OF KITCHEN TABLE
19.
INT. KITCHEN
OLD
LADY pulls out a dead duck (the one that stole her sandwich) and licks her lips
FADES
TO
20.
INT. KITCHEN
OLD
LADY is still sitting at the table, teddy is propped up beside her, they each
have a plate in front of them (DING! sound) OLD LADY looks excited
CUTS TO
LONG SHOT OF KITCHEN
21.INT.
KITCHEN
OLD
LADY is behind the table with her back to camera as she reaches into the oven.
She turns to table placing a roast duck onto it
CUTS
TO CLOSE-UP
22.INT.KITCHEN
OLD
LADY carves duck and places meat on teddy's plate and on hers
FADES
TO
23.
INT. KITCHEN
OLD
LADY looks happy and full with an empty plate in front of her (ICE-CREAM VAN
sound can be heard). OLD LADY picks up MAN'S wallet, as she laughs and winks at
the camera