Filmmaker (2025) Movie Script
(Film projector sound)
(Thunder, rain, wind)
The American army joins South Vietnam to
fight against the North and the Eastern Bloc.
(Male voice on radio) Only twenty
minutes of flight and we're home.
We're still in a war zone, so stay alert.
I hate flying by night,
can't see anything with this mist.
Follow the moon, Jackson.
Well... Heading for the moon!
Charlie, you alright?
Just staring at your watch?
(Wind whooshing)
The air above the Chinese Sea
howls with violent fury.
They're here!
Get ready!
How many are there?
Three fighters!
They are following us.
The base, now!
(Jet engine whooshing)
Two hunters after you Leader,
I've got them!
No!
Move out!
To the base, now!
That's an order!
(Guns firing)
Leader?
Do you copy?
Jackson, are you here?
Hunter behind you!
Moving on!
(Rattling, explosions, gunfire)
Leader, do you copy?
(Dramatic noises, bullets hitting
metal)
Leader?
Answer!
(Explosions)
What are you doing, Charlie?
We don't need anyone.
Behind you!
(bullets whizzing)
(Yelling)
Charlie, you're burning!
(Plane buzzing, malfunctioning
noises continue)
Eject, Charlie!
Eject!
Do you copy?
I repeat!
Eject!
Eject, Charlie!
Eject!
Do you copy?
I repeat!
Eject!
NOW!
(Cut to silence)
(Applause)
(Cheering)
(Whispering, in-audible, intended)
(Camera bleeping)
(Distant whispering)
(Distant clapping)
Thank you.
Good evening.
David Walter, director of "Creation".
(Applause)
Next year I'm going to
New York Film School.
I was lucky enough to be
selected for a Master's degree there
and I want to continue to get my Phd.
I want to be a film director.
(Applause)
Evening, my name is Sideny Cohen
and I directed "Homeless".
(Applause)
I am also doing a Master's degree
in a Film School in Los Angeles
for which I have just been
awarded a scholarship
and I also want to be a film director.
Thank you.
(Applause)
Evening.
My name is George Wyatt
and I am the director of
the short film "PILOT".
(Applause)
I won't be doing a Master's degree.
I'm happy to see that you
liked the short film
because I plan to write and
direct the next part as a feature film.
It will be my first feature.
I will write it
and I intend to have it produced.
I am George Wyatt.
And I'm going to be film director.
(Applause)
A table for ten, do we serve?
We do. Come on everybody, hurry up!
George! Move on, we need dishes!
(Soft music)
Are you coming tonight?
Not tonight, I have to work.
The end.
(Exhales in relief)
(Phone pings)
End.
This time it's the right one!
When do you send it?
Do it or die trying!
It's available! We can visit it Tuesday at 2pm.
Right by my work, but the deposit is 2500 euros...
Ten more... We're nearly there!
At 26 years old, young River Dallas
directed his first film "MADNESS".
If you have a dream, if you want to
achieve something, do it or die trying.
(Emotional music)
(Distant traffic noise)
- It's good, isn't it?
- It's not bad!
Small bun...
I'll take it...
Hello?
Yes...
It's me...
- Who is it?
- Hallen Films.
OK...
OK, yes.
When?
Tuesday 2pm.
It's OK, go! Go! Go!
Tuesday 2pm is good for me!
OK...
It's good for me.
Perfect.
Thank you so much.
Bye.
Hallen Films.
They read the screenplay
and want to meet me.
Really?
I am so happy!
(Car horns honking)
- You deserve it!
- Holy sh...
(Giggling)
What are you going to do about the visit?
Don't worry, I'll be going with my parents,
take some photos...
(Heavy exhaling)
Can you imagine?
- It has to work.
- It will work.
To celebrate!
Let's go!
A small bun!
So good!
I love that!
(Exciting piano music)
(City noises, whistling)
Well.
The short, have you submit it to
film festivals?
No...
It's a shame, we could have used it
to showcase the feature.
If you direct a film with us,
we will submit it to a lot of festivals.
Just...
Look...
It's the press kit of our last one.
There is a list of all festivals
we've submitted it to.
Keep it, it can be useful.
Thank you.
So... What are you doing for now?
I work in a restaurant...
Washing dishes...
To survive.
It's not easy at the beginning.
Listen, I liked your screenplay,
but it's highly ambitious for a first film.
- Where do you want to shoot?
- In Vietnam.
I've located an island in the south of the
country that matches perfectly with what I want.
OK... And I suppose that you thought of all
the difficulties involved for this
kind of shooting?
The heat...
Isolation...
Lack of comfort...
Wetness!
Yes but that's what I'm looking for!
Something which is immersive!
The problem with this kind of shooting
is that it turn down all possibility
of France territory grant.
Shooting in English can also
close some doors.
(Phone ringing in distance)
But it's possible?
We'll have to come up with some
solid arguments to convince investors.
It will take time...
You will have to keep writing.
But, yes...
It's possible.
And what can I do to convince them?
For now, I will make my associates
read your first draft.
If they're interested, we'll get you
into development.
Which means?
Which means no more dish washing.
We pay you
to write your screenplay.
Would that be great to you?
Sure!
Beware! I'm not promising anything!
Give me some time...
Keep writing
and wait for my phone call... Alright?
(Soft piano music)
"It's not the drinks on the house?
I know the boss very well, call him!"
Sir, I also know him you know...
Then, the guy comes back
and ask for an amaretto.
I bring it to him... He calls me back!
"Young man there is a problem,
it's too sweet."
Dude, it's almond liqueur,
of curse it's sweet you dumb!
"I'll tell you! I was at your competitor's
bar yesterday and it was not so sweet!"
So get back to it!
I don't give a shi...
Are you alright?
What's wrong?
No answer...
We are going to make your film, OK?
If I have to work here for ten
years to produce it, I will.
Well.
I'm off now...
It's good for you?
Try to not kill anyone.
See you tomorrow.
Good luck!
(Distant street noises)
(Water running, rattling)
(Shouting in distance)
(Mysterious music)
(Motivating music)
Hey! Where are you going?
I'm going home, I finished.
No. Clean the kitchen counter
then help the others.
What?
(Sigh)
That's how it works here, George.
We work as a team.
Are you kidding me?
They never help me.
I have stuff to do at home, I'm leaving.
No. You have stuff to do here
and it's more important.
It's over.
I'm done.
But, what will you doing?
I found producers.
I'm gonna make my film.
(Train rattling)
(Phone buzzing)
Dad calling.
(Mellow music)
(Phone bleeps)
Message from dad.
(Train hisses)
Happy birthday George.
Mom.
At 26 years old, young River Dallas
directed his first film "MADNESS".
If you have a dream, if you want to
achieve something, do it or die trying.
Hello.
Yes.
Hello...
It's George...
George Wyatt.
I had a meeting with Steve Hallen...
A month ago...
And...
He was supposed to give me some
news about the screenplay
but I never received a call.
OK...
No problem, I'm waiting.
Yes!
Hello??
Maybe
I could send a new version
of the screenplay
OK...
I understand...
No... Don't worry...
Thank you.
Thank you.
Bye.
(Distant chattering)
I called Hallen this morning
He said that the screenplay is rejected.
Never mind, there will be some others!
Listen...
I'm tired of waiting.
I've took a decision.
I will produce Mayday.
I just have to save a bit of money.
By producing you mean...
You will shoot it?
Yes!
- In Vietnam?
- Yes.
And then where do you show it?
Then I submit it to film
festivals and we'll see...
Everything can happen!
OK... But...
Why not to wait That was the first call
No, I don't need any authorization.
I don't need producers.
I can do it myself.
OK.
OK.
Have you talked about it with
Boon and Laurence?
Not yet, but... I am sure
they will follow me.
Boon, for sure
Laurence... Not so sure...
Laurence didn't have so
many opportunities...
And who is going to offer
her a role like this one?
Yes but she has an agent
so she needs to be paid.
I know! That's why I have to talk to her.
Yes, but it would be better to
check with her beforehand.
I took my decision anyway so If they
want to follow me it's now or never.
OK...
You seem confident.
So, go ahead!
It will be awesome.
I know it.
The more I think about It, the more
I'm sure it's the best way...
So, what about you?
What you want to tell?
It's about the apartment!
The one I visited is already rented
But I found another one and we
have to move in!
It is available just before I start my job
The rent is a little bit more expensive
that what we hoped but
Between the two of us It should be fine!
And we can visit it tomorrow!
Jade...
What?
I gonna need money to make the film
I know!
I get it...
(Bleep)
Hello George, it's me...
Just to tell you that I took my stuff
and I left the key in the mailbox...
And
That's it...
See you...
That's it.
(Distant chattering, street noise)
Laurence.
I received a call from Steve Hallen.
They agree.
They produce the film.
(Loud traffic noises, horns honking)
George.
Boon.
Laurence.
George...
Boon...
Laurence.
My name is Lao.
Do you speak English?
I had a job in Saigon
where I had to speak in English,
So...
I can read it,
write it...
And speak it!
OK, very good!
And... Are you
an Actor?
No...
Not really... But...
I love movies!
I've always watched a lot of movies!
And I'm looking for new experiences.
I saw that you were traveling to Con Dao.
Which I know very well.
I have a house on the island.
And I have to go.
OK, OK Lao, great.
But...
Have you ever played...
In... anything?
Short film... Maybe?
No... but I play guitar
and the ukulele!
And...
I can learn really quick!
And did you see on the casting
call that we are going to spend
three weeks on the island?
Oh yes! No problem!
I quit my job!
So...
I was spend time on Con Dao anyway.
George?
George, he's not an actor.
I know, but he knows the island
and we can teach him.
We start shooting in few days,
we'll never be ready...
If you want my opinion,
he just wants to travel for free.
Do we have any other choice?
You can call Steve Hallen and
ask him to find an actor for you.
OK, Lao!
Let's rehearse!
So!
You both want to take the machete.
But she jumps on it so you push her!
OK?
Don't think about the camera.
I will follow you.
We have to be quick So...
Please don't look at the camera!
- OK?
- OK!
And when do you stop the camera?
I think I'm gonna make it in
one long take.
You play until I say:
"Cut!"
Alright.
Please follow Boon,
we show you something.
Yeah!
Come with me.
You OK?
Yes!
All good!
OK.
This is going to be fun!
(Percussion music)
So, Lao...
We are shooting with 16mm film.
Do you know how it works?
I've shot with 8mm when I was
a child.
Perfect! It's similar!
We have a limited amount of those rolls.
So we have to be good OK?
Each reel can shoot up to 4 minutes.
When the roll is over
we have to change it.
When we change it,
George puts the used one in this bag
and take a new one in this bag.
George shoots the image with his camera...
I record the sound with my microphone.
We use...
The clapper board...
To synchronize
Sound and picture.
OK?
So we write the number
of the roll,
Scene and take
every time we start a take
we need to change this number OK?
But...
Don't worry about the number OK?
George will do it.
You just put this in front of the camera
and when he says "Clap"
Bam!
You clap the board.
Oops...
Here,
It's my old one, it's normal.
OK!
It's going to fine OK?
You all good?
Yes.
- OK
- Amazing let's go!
(Dramatic tribal style music)
Stand by to shoot! Get ready!
Laurence, ready?
Ready!
- Boon, ready?
- Ready!
Rolling?
Sound rolling.
(Flashing noises)
One on two, first!
And...
Action!
(Grunting)
(Coughing)
(Breathless)
(Emergency plane noises,
bleeping) Eject! Do you copy? Eject!
Eject!
NOW!
(Flashback noises)
(Waves crashing on beach)
(Blade whooshing, grunting)
(Struggle)
(Grunting, heavy breathing)
(Blade squishing into flesh)
(Thudding)
(Distant traffic, voices)
(Birds chirping)
(phone buzzing)
So.
We are here.
The beach you want is here, OK?
It's a long journey.
And I have never been there
by myself.
I can't tell you exactly, but...
I think we can go there in...
Six days!
More, if you want to shoot every day.
It's a very long trip, George.
Have you ever traveled in the jungle?
No.
But...
I want my film to be
as realistic as possible.
That's why I'm here...
That's why I cast you so...
Every detail counts.
We can't run out.
OK.
George.
George, can I talk to you?
Is it urgent?
Yes.
What's happening?
I had my agent on the phone
and she asked if you could
send her the contracts.
She need it because...
It's OK, give me her mail address.
OK...
Thanks...
That's not all...
I've just been offered an
important role in a TV show.
There is a huge cast.
I...
Auditioned before your call,
I was not their first choice...
But the problem is...
Their shooting starts in two weeks.
I just received a copy of the
screenplay by e-mail.
I... I don't get it...
Listen...
I think coming here for three weeks
was more than enough. You said it yourself.
If we are quick maybe we can
shoot everything... No?
No.
No... They predicted rain for
the next week...
It will delay us.
Not to mention that the
screenplay is not even finished.
What do you mean, not finished?
I don't like the ending. I'm rewriting it.
You rewrite.
Did the producers agree?
Don't worry about the producers.
I can't believe you accepted
a role while...
You committed yourself to me.
You say you want a role
in a feature film and
now you are leaving me for
a fucking TV show.
I haven't even accepted yet!
I said to my agent that
I was in shooting...
She said she wanted to talk to Steve Hallen
you just have to give my his
phone number and she will do the rest.
It's very important to me.
This role can change my whole career!
I'm ready to pay my flight
ticket if I have to...
We will find a solution.
Did she call Steve Hallen?
No.
No, I told her I would talk to you first.
But she can if we need it.
Tell her not to call.
We'll figure it out.
Are you sure?
We loose one week of shooting...
So we have to start tomorrow.
(Door closes)
(Night crickets singing)
(Flies buzzing)
(Crackling in distance)
(muttering)
Thank you.
My name,
Qwan.
Charlie.
Qwan...
Your plane...
You know?
Plane?
(Making crashing noises)
Ah! Bye bye.
Your plane.
(Muttering)
Five days!
(Speaks another language)
(Speaks another language)
(Muttering)
(Mellow music)
(Distant chattering)
(Forest birds singing)
(Forest birds continue to sing)
(Grunting)
You OK?
- Yes yes...
- George!
No, I'm OK!
I just need
We have to drink.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Are you writing a film?
No!
Yes.
But... It's just...
Notes...
For now.
So you want to be a filmmaker?
I'm trying to write...
But it's not
But,
you would like to?
Yes.
So?
What is the story you write?
It's not ready yet.
So I prefer...
Keep it to myself.
Oh OK.
(Rattling)
(Birds singing)
Charlie! (Yelling)
No! No! No!
Poison!
(Spits)
(Coughing)
Cut!
Boon, the boom!
What's wrong?
I don't know... Something with my ear...
Sorry.
It's OK...
We move on.
Sorry.
Sound rolling.
And...
Action!
(Yelling)
It moved!
It's moving!
No no!
- It moves!
- Stop!
I can feel it!
Flashlight!
No, no, no!
Help me!
Sit down!
Look!
Turn your head.
Turn your head!
(Struggling, yelling)
What is it?
- What is it?
- There is a black thing.
- I have tweezers!
- Me too.
No, no!
Don't leave me!
Get that thing out of there!
Calm down.
Don't worry.
(Yelling like a baby)
It's OK! (Yelling)
What did he say?
- Lao what did you say?
- Stop moving!
Gently or you will push it deeper!
Let me try!
It's impossible!
The thing must grip with its legs
With his claws!
George, let me try!
Light me up!
(Making comical noises)
Stop!
Move!
Stay like this!
Mummy...
Alcohol.
Welcome to the jungle!
Let's pack up.
It's too dark to continue.
(Night crickets sing)
I hope it didn't bite me.
Or laid eggs!
Think of the speech you are
gonna make at the premiere!
"So, Mister Boon, how was it
to shoot in the jungle?"
(Clears throat)
Listen, if we ignore the spiders
who lay eggs in your ear,
mosquito bites,
infections...
Traveller's diarrhea!
It's a very warm and cosy place to live.
Steve Hallen who worried
about about the heat...
"George, do we absolutely have to shoot on
this beach at the other side of the island?"
"Yes, for sure. We'll try to reach
this beach, or we will die trying."
"OK, George.
Your wish is my command"
I hope he doesn't regret letting me play
because he seemed to care about his headliner.
He made you a headliner because
you will impress them.
(Whispering, sniggering)
(Radio crackling)
Here is, Charlie Marshall.
Mayday... Mayday
here is Charlie Marshall.
I'm alive.
I repeat.
I'm alive.
Stop.
My turn.
We have to leave the jungle.
We have to reach the coastline.
Beach...
Oh yes.
Sky...
OK.
Qwan.
Let's go.
This way.
No, no!
This way.
Home.
This way.
This way,
your home.
This way,
my home.
This way,
one day walk!
Yes...
But...
- This-
- Shh!
(Speaking in foreign language)
(Helicopter getting closer
and flying buy)
Quick! Quick!
(Yelling, man talking in foreign)
OK...
Stop!
My turn!
My turn!
Mayday!
Mayday!
Here's Charlie Marshall.
Do you copy?
(Helicopter gets closer and passes by)
Mayday!
Here's Charlie Marshall...
It this is an SOS
I need help!
This is Starfight C1242
- Yes!
- I can hear you.
I am...
I am... Charlie Marshall
Starfight B.4.8.2.3.
This is an SOS!
I need help!
This is Donald Fox, I'm can hear you.
Where are you?
I don't know...
I crashed my plane 10 days go
over the Chinese Sea
close to your location.
There are a lot of islands here,
do you know which one?
I don't.
OK Charlie, I've transferred your SOS.
Stay alive.
Reach the coast.
Go to the West.
I repeat...
Go to the West...
(Losing signal)
We are saved.
We are saved!
West!
We have to head West!
Come on!
My home!
Qwan!
They're coming for us!
Do you understand?
They will save me and you!
Please.
Trust me.
This way.
Now!
Come on.
(Thunder clapping)
(Radio crackling)
(Distant chatting on radio)
(In-audible chattering on radio)
OK... Then?
For the next part you'll have
to wait tomorrow.
George, I need the ending to
understand the character.
I know...
I have some ideas for the ending...
I will...
You have to make a choice.
What I read here doesn't match what we shot
yesterday or what we're going to shoot tomorrow.
I know, but I changed my mind.
I'm sorry but I'm not following you...
There will be a lot of incoherences!
Erm... George?
I have...
I glanced at
your notebook...
What?
I mean...
I thought...
I could help you sort it out
Together we could do it faster...
I know what I'm doing, OK?
You asked me what we will shoot tomorrow.
Here it is.
(Loud night crickets sing)
Hello George, it's me...
Just to tell you that I took my stuff
and I left the key in the mailbox
And
That's it...
(Forest noises)
(Unzipping)
(Birds sing)
The shooting does not go as planned.
He passes his nights scribbling
in his notebook.
He's scared.
He hesitates a lot and...
He doesn't dare confide to his
friends and ends up isolating himself.
Everyone is starting to doubt his project.
(Buzzing and forest noises continue)
(Loud rattling)
(Blade swiping)
Here is Charlie Marshall...
Do you copy?
Well hello Charlie this is Jackson!
Can you hear me?
Yes!
Yes!
OK Charlie I'm on the base.
I can't believe you're alive!
Where are you?
On an island
Close to the attack location.
I flew with a parachute for a few minutes
Wind in front.
Copy that Charlie.
The problem is that there are
a lot of islands on this area.
And we don't know where you are.
Could you signal your position?
My plane crashed into the sea...
I only have the survival box with...
A signal mirror.
And how did you get the radio?
There is...
Another...
Castaway on the island.
Repeat?
There is another man.
A castaway.
We are using his radio.
What's his name?
Which squadron?
Jackson...
Please just listen...
This man
he saved my life OK?
Charlie... Who is he?
His name is...
Hung Van Qwan...
He is a Vietnamese fighter.
OK, Charlie
this is a very different situation now...
OK please.
Listen...
Contact the Colonel
and tell him I want special
protection for him.
OK?
His name is...
Hung Van Qwan...
Charlie, I can't!
This is war!
We don't save our enemies
and you know that.
If he boards the plane
he will be interrogated for information...
And made a prisoner.
You know that.
He'll be tortured.
So what?
You would just leave us here?
If we come on the Island,
if he resists,
if he tries to fight us,
he will die.
We are both dead if we stay here.
Jackson, please just listen.
I want special protection for him.
Please promise me!
I cannot promise that Charlie.
I can't leave this place without him.
Charlie, are you here?
I'm here.
I can't promise the protection...
Move to the west coast.
A plane will fly around the
zone tomorrow at 5pm.
Be on the coast and use the mirror.
OK?
Repeat.
Jackson, what about him?
5pm on the beach.
West...
The mirror.
Repeat.
5pm,
West,
The mirror.
I get it!
Jackson, I will not board on the
plane without him.
We don't leave anyone behind.
It's OK.
Don't worry.
We're back home.
Me...
Prisoner!
Prisoner!
Not home!
No! No!
No, no!
Listen!
Qwan...
Not prisoner!
You go home!
I promise!
Qwan!
Qwan!
You go home I promise.
Me... Prisoner!
No...
No a prisoner.
You go home.
I promise!
(Birds singing)
(Rattling)
So...
Is your screenplay going well?
Not really.
Not really.
When do we go back to the hotel?
We will arrive at the beach tomorrow.
Cool.
Finally!
I'm losing it!
I have to tell you something.
You have to promise me not to
say anything to the others.
Neither Lao,
Nor Laurence.
OK, what's happening?
OK I promise not to say anything
to Laurence and Lao
What's happening?
Do you remember that I've sent the
screenplay to a lot of production company?
Yes... I remember it.
They all answered "No".
Not all of them...
They all answered "No".
But...
Not all of them...
Hallen didn't say "No".
He did.
I called him on my birthday.
He told me the screenplay has
been rejected.
That's ridiculous.
So, who produces the film?
It's me.
It's my money that pays for all of this.
What?
Yes.
Hallen gave me a list of Film Festivals
where I could submit the film.
Can you imagine?
We land...
Two guys from nowhere...
With a film like this one!
The story we are going to tell!
Yes, but...
Why didn't you say anything?
Because no one would have followed me.
You know well that I would have
followed you whatever you decided.
Yes...
That's why I'm telling you now.
You know that...
You'll have to tell everything to Laurence.
No...
We are getting closer to the end.
Everybody is on the edge.
I'm afraid it will blow at any moment.
It will be the same for Laurence since
we will be in Festivals.
I promise to tell her the truth later...
We are close to the goal, Boon.
You have to trust me.
Come on.
We have to finish this film.
Here we go?
I'm coming.
OK, Laurence...
It's a very emotional sequence.
You write a goodbye letter to your husband.
To your son.
Is it before or after the call?
After.
After, but...
She doesn't know how it will
turn out on the plane.
So she remains prepared...
For any situation...
Ready?
We can try.
Action.
Come on.
I want emotion.
More emotion.
In the eyes.
Cut. I'm not in it.
Why?
Because we've been awake
for thirty minutes!
I can't be in it just like that.
- But you understand what she is feeling, no?
- Yes, but that's not so easy!
I can't cry on command...
It's your job, isn't it?
George, don't play this game.
If you had explained to me this scene
yesterday I could have work all evening.
Not at the breakfast with you
yelling at me.
I yell because we are not moving on!
We are not going to spend fifteen
years on a scene like this one!
George.
Let her two minutes...
One minute.
Into positions.
Action.
(Film rolling)
Come on, Laurence!
She's already a nervous wreck.
She only wants to go home.
She misses her family.
She's hungry.
She's thirsty.
She has the feeling it's never
going to end.
Fuck...
You really don't have a heart.
Enough.
Maybe we can shoot this scene tonight,
close to the beach.
No.
Tonight we'll have other things to shoot.
How do you know that?
You imagined this scene yesterday
You are not going to make us believe
that you know what we'll do tonight!
I would have had more time to write if
I hadn't wasted a week because of you.
I know, I proposed you to fix this,
You insisted on leaving anyway!
When we could have easily found a solution!
I found the solution!
I will find the ending.
But for now we have to move on!
So, now, let's shoot this fucking scene!
No.
I am the director!
You?
Your not a director.
Your just a kid, with a camera.
Well.
Are you OK?
Take your bag.
Do you have some water?
I'm sorry.
Don't worry, it happened to me
the other day too.
Go on.
I'll follow you.
Hang in there.
It's almost over.
(Insects hissing)
(Sighs)
(Water running in distance)
George!
Come!
We must film this!
Yes! Thank you Lao!
Do you have your costume?
Yes!
OK.
Let me take a shot of you.
What are you doing?
Walk on the path, Lao is over here.
Boon, did you have the film stock bag?
No.
What?
I have the sound gear.
Film stocks is your stuff.
So no one took this fucking bag?
George, it's your responsibility!
I'm going.
It's bad idea.
It's almost dark and there
is a risk of rain.
Maybe we can buy some new ones, no?
When?
We can't shoot at all for now.
Lao said that there is boat on the beach.
We just have to go back and forth.
No.
I don't have money to buy the film.
Go on the beach, I'll join you.
That's completely absurd,
call the production team,
they'll arrange a transfer for you.
It would be good for us to
sleep in a real bed.
We all need that.
There are no producers.
What?
I am the producer.
I'm the one producing the film.
What do you mean?
It's my money!
The film stock has been paid
with my money and I'm broke now!
I'm telling you, that way
you'll stop dreaming of
glamorous premieres!
There are no producers.
It's over..I quit.
George it's... It's ridiculous!
You can go.
I don't care.
I'm going home.
I'm going to the beach and
I'm taking the first boat!
Lao, come with me!
George.
You did well.
I have to get the film bag.
George!
No!
Night is coming
It's several hours walk away!
Find the others, I'll get the film.
Laurence!
I have to tell you something.
(Tense music)
(Thudding, grunting)
(Gasping)
(Tense music, insects singing)
(Gasping, grunting)
(Sinister music)
(Ghostly noises)
(Thudding)
(Helicopter getting close)
(Helicopter blades pass by loudly)
What are we doing?
Look!
It's OK?
It's OK!
You OK?
It's over!
Bring back some water!
Are you OK?
It's OK.
George, I'm sorry... I left the
bag in the jungle...
I shouldn't have
It's alright.
You were right.
Laurence...
I'm sorry.
What are we doing now?
We go back.
We take a shower.
And we eat!
It's over.
George!
It was my grandfather's one.
You can take it.
Thank you Lao.
Thank you for everything.
You are a free man now...
Not yet my friend.
So?
We shot two thirds of the film.
We have about forty minutes
of usable footage...
And... If you edit it...
You can make a short film?
Yes.
But there is no ending...
Here are your tickets.
We're leaving tomorrow night.
Are you sure?
Yes.
It's time to go home.
I found the ending.
I love it!
Me too!
We have to shoot this!
I left all the film stock in the jungle.
Lao can find some film?
We'll spend tomorrow on this island anyway.
All the money I had went into the tickets.
I've got nothing left.
And with my leg...
If Lao find some film
I'm ready to pay for it!
It's really kind...
But...
It's expensive.
Especially this one.
Especially here.
I do have a bit of money,
I can pay a part of it!
Together we can easily pay
for one film roll!
You're really kind but...
Listen! We have an entire
day to spend on the island!
We're not going to spend it
sunbathing on the beach!
We'll finish your film.
Lao!
Where can we find film like this?
There is nothing like this on the island.
OK and on the land?
On the and there is one
photo center.
If you give me the box
I can take it with me and ask them.
How long to go there
and come back?
If I take the first boat
tomorrow morning...
I can come back...
Before sunset, I think!
It's perfect!
George!
We can do it at the sunset!
Only one roll of four minutes.
While the sun goes down.
Only one try.
It's crazy.
George!
It doesn't seem so crazy to us anymore.
Let's do it!
We can do it!
How is your screenplay going?
Yes... It's OK...
I think I found my story
and my main character.
George.
Why...
Why did you lie about the producers?
I was ashamed.
And when...
When I said to Jade That I was going
to produce the film she said it was crazy.
It's going to be complicated tomorrow.
It's not getting better?
No, I can't walk without the cane.
(Sniggering)
(Mellow music)
(Mellow music continues)
(Music dramatizes)
(Slow mellow, emotional music)
Impressed by the film, a production company offered to
finance a feature-length adaptation of George's film,
provided that he replaces
Laurence with a better-known actress.
George refused.
(Bus engine humming)
I don't now but it's too early!
I can feel that it's to early!
Yes but yesterday you said that you
were going to tell him today!
Yes but...
It's not just about me!
I told you I want to tell him but...
I'm also scared to tell him but we
are not going to hide it forever
I didn't say forever, I mean...
Do we have secrets with each others?
How are you?
I'm good.
How did the return go?
Yes, nothing new.
So.
What is the secret?
The secret... No there is no secret...
We where just...
Writing a post card to Lao...
And you are just on time
because it's your turn.
So...
Dear Lao...
Boon... And Laurence
are hiding something from me
I don't know what it is...
But I will find out very soon.
See you soon.
George.
OK. You want to know the secret...
It's about Laurence.
She...
You landed a role in a film!
She landed a role in a film!
Congrats!
Yes, so...
Someone sent me a screenplay
and offered me the leading role!
OK...
If you...
If you have some time...
I would like you to read this.
(Soft piano music)
(Children playing in distance)
(Soft piano music continues)
(Thunder, rain, wind)
The American army joins South Vietnam to
fight against the North and the Eastern Bloc.
(Male voice on radio) Only twenty
minutes of flight and we're home.
We're still in a war zone, so stay alert.
I hate flying by night,
can't see anything with this mist.
Follow the moon, Jackson.
Well... Heading for the moon!
Charlie, you alright?
Just staring at your watch?
(Wind whooshing)
The air above the Chinese Sea
howls with violent fury.
They're here!
Get ready!
How many are there?
Three fighters!
They are following us.
The base, now!
(Jet engine whooshing)
Two hunters after you Leader,
I've got them!
No!
Move out!
To the base, now!
That's an order!
(Guns firing)
Leader?
Do you copy?
Jackson, are you here?
Hunter behind you!
Moving on!
(Rattling, explosions, gunfire)
Leader, do you copy?
(Dramatic noises, bullets hitting
metal)
Leader?
Answer!
(Explosions)
What are you doing, Charlie?
We don't need anyone.
Behind you!
(bullets whizzing)
(Yelling)
Charlie, you're burning!
(Plane buzzing, malfunctioning
noises continue)
Eject, Charlie!
Eject!
Do you copy?
I repeat!
Eject!
Eject, Charlie!
Eject!
Do you copy?
I repeat!
Eject!
NOW!
(Cut to silence)
(Applause)
(Cheering)
(Whispering, in-audible, intended)
(Camera bleeping)
(Distant whispering)
(Distant clapping)
Thank you.
Good evening.
David Walter, director of "Creation".
(Applause)
Next year I'm going to
New York Film School.
I was lucky enough to be
selected for a Master's degree there
and I want to continue to get my Phd.
I want to be a film director.
(Applause)
Evening, my name is Sideny Cohen
and I directed "Homeless".
(Applause)
I am also doing a Master's degree
in a Film School in Los Angeles
for which I have just been
awarded a scholarship
and I also want to be a film director.
Thank you.
(Applause)
Evening.
My name is George Wyatt
and I am the director of
the short film "PILOT".
(Applause)
I won't be doing a Master's degree.
I'm happy to see that you
liked the short film
because I plan to write and
direct the next part as a feature film.
It will be my first feature.
I will write it
and I intend to have it produced.
I am George Wyatt.
And I'm going to be film director.
(Applause)
A table for ten, do we serve?
We do. Come on everybody, hurry up!
George! Move on, we need dishes!
(Soft music)
Are you coming tonight?
Not tonight, I have to work.
The end.
(Exhales in relief)
(Phone pings)
End.
This time it's the right one!
When do you send it?
Do it or die trying!
It's available! We can visit it Tuesday at 2pm.
Right by my work, but the deposit is 2500 euros...
Ten more... We're nearly there!
At 26 years old, young River Dallas
directed his first film "MADNESS".
If you have a dream, if you want to
achieve something, do it or die trying.
(Emotional music)
(Distant traffic noise)
- It's good, isn't it?
- It's not bad!
Small bun...
I'll take it...
Hello?
Yes...
It's me...
- Who is it?
- Hallen Films.
OK...
OK, yes.
When?
Tuesday 2pm.
It's OK, go! Go! Go!
Tuesday 2pm is good for me!
OK...
It's good for me.
Perfect.
Thank you so much.
Bye.
Hallen Films.
They read the screenplay
and want to meet me.
Really?
I am so happy!
(Car horns honking)
- You deserve it!
- Holy sh...
(Giggling)
What are you going to do about the visit?
Don't worry, I'll be going with my parents,
take some photos...
(Heavy exhaling)
Can you imagine?
- It has to work.
- It will work.
To celebrate!
Let's go!
A small bun!
So good!
I love that!
(Exciting piano music)
(City noises, whistling)
Well.
The short, have you submit it to
film festivals?
No...
It's a shame, we could have used it
to showcase the feature.
If you direct a film with us,
we will submit it to a lot of festivals.
Just...
Look...
It's the press kit of our last one.
There is a list of all festivals
we've submitted it to.
Keep it, it can be useful.
Thank you.
So... What are you doing for now?
I work in a restaurant...
Washing dishes...
To survive.
It's not easy at the beginning.
Listen, I liked your screenplay,
but it's highly ambitious for a first film.
- Where do you want to shoot?
- In Vietnam.
I've located an island in the south of the
country that matches perfectly with what I want.
OK... And I suppose that you thought of all
the difficulties involved for this
kind of shooting?
The heat...
Isolation...
Lack of comfort...
Wetness!
Yes but that's what I'm looking for!
Something which is immersive!
The problem with this kind of shooting
is that it turn down all possibility
of France territory grant.
Shooting in English can also
close some doors.
(Phone ringing in distance)
But it's possible?
We'll have to come up with some
solid arguments to convince investors.
It will take time...
You will have to keep writing.
But, yes...
It's possible.
And what can I do to convince them?
For now, I will make my associates
read your first draft.
If they're interested, we'll get you
into development.
Which means?
Which means no more dish washing.
We pay you
to write your screenplay.
Would that be great to you?
Sure!
Beware! I'm not promising anything!
Give me some time...
Keep writing
and wait for my phone call... Alright?
(Soft piano music)
"It's not the drinks on the house?
I know the boss very well, call him!"
Sir, I also know him you know...
Then, the guy comes back
and ask for an amaretto.
I bring it to him... He calls me back!
"Young man there is a problem,
it's too sweet."
Dude, it's almond liqueur,
of curse it's sweet you dumb!
"I'll tell you! I was at your competitor's
bar yesterday and it was not so sweet!"
So get back to it!
I don't give a shi...
Are you alright?
What's wrong?
No answer...
We are going to make your film, OK?
If I have to work here for ten
years to produce it, I will.
Well.
I'm off now...
It's good for you?
Try to not kill anyone.
See you tomorrow.
Good luck!
(Distant street noises)
(Water running, rattling)
(Shouting in distance)
(Mysterious music)
(Motivating music)
Hey! Where are you going?
I'm going home, I finished.
No. Clean the kitchen counter
then help the others.
What?
(Sigh)
That's how it works here, George.
We work as a team.
Are you kidding me?
They never help me.
I have stuff to do at home, I'm leaving.
No. You have stuff to do here
and it's more important.
It's over.
I'm done.
But, what will you doing?
I found producers.
I'm gonna make my film.
(Train rattling)
(Phone buzzing)
Dad calling.
(Mellow music)
(Phone bleeps)
Message from dad.
(Train hisses)
Happy birthday George.
Mom.
At 26 years old, young River Dallas
directed his first film "MADNESS".
If you have a dream, if you want to
achieve something, do it or die trying.
Hello.
Yes.
Hello...
It's George...
George Wyatt.
I had a meeting with Steve Hallen...
A month ago...
And...
He was supposed to give me some
news about the screenplay
but I never received a call.
OK...
No problem, I'm waiting.
Yes!
Hello??
Maybe
I could send a new version
of the screenplay
OK...
I understand...
No... Don't worry...
Thank you.
Thank you.
Bye.
(Distant chattering)
I called Hallen this morning
He said that the screenplay is rejected.
Never mind, there will be some others!
Listen...
I'm tired of waiting.
I've took a decision.
I will produce Mayday.
I just have to save a bit of money.
By producing you mean...
You will shoot it?
Yes!
- In Vietnam?
- Yes.
And then where do you show it?
Then I submit it to film
festivals and we'll see...
Everything can happen!
OK... But...
Why not to wait That was the first call
No, I don't need any authorization.
I don't need producers.
I can do it myself.
OK.
OK.
Have you talked about it with
Boon and Laurence?
Not yet, but... I am sure
they will follow me.
Boon, for sure
Laurence... Not so sure...
Laurence didn't have so
many opportunities...
And who is going to offer
her a role like this one?
Yes but she has an agent
so she needs to be paid.
I know! That's why I have to talk to her.
Yes, but it would be better to
check with her beforehand.
I took my decision anyway so If they
want to follow me it's now or never.
OK...
You seem confident.
So, go ahead!
It will be awesome.
I know it.
The more I think about It, the more
I'm sure it's the best way...
So, what about you?
What you want to tell?
It's about the apartment!
The one I visited is already rented
But I found another one and we
have to move in!
It is available just before I start my job
The rent is a little bit more expensive
that what we hoped but
Between the two of us It should be fine!
And we can visit it tomorrow!
Jade...
What?
I gonna need money to make the film
I know!
I get it...
(Bleep)
Hello George, it's me...
Just to tell you that I took my stuff
and I left the key in the mailbox...
And
That's it...
See you...
That's it.
(Distant chattering, street noise)
Laurence.
I received a call from Steve Hallen.
They agree.
They produce the film.
(Loud traffic noises, horns honking)
George.
Boon.
Laurence.
George...
Boon...
Laurence.
My name is Lao.
Do you speak English?
I had a job in Saigon
where I had to speak in English,
So...
I can read it,
write it...
And speak it!
OK, very good!
And... Are you
an Actor?
No...
Not really... But...
I love movies!
I've always watched a lot of movies!
And I'm looking for new experiences.
I saw that you were traveling to Con Dao.
Which I know very well.
I have a house on the island.
And I have to go.
OK, OK Lao, great.
But...
Have you ever played...
In... anything?
Short film... Maybe?
No... but I play guitar
and the ukulele!
And...
I can learn really quick!
And did you see on the casting
call that we are going to spend
three weeks on the island?
Oh yes! No problem!
I quit my job!
So...
I was spend time on Con Dao anyway.
George?
George, he's not an actor.
I know, but he knows the island
and we can teach him.
We start shooting in few days,
we'll never be ready...
If you want my opinion,
he just wants to travel for free.
Do we have any other choice?
You can call Steve Hallen and
ask him to find an actor for you.
OK, Lao!
Let's rehearse!
So!
You both want to take the machete.
But she jumps on it so you push her!
OK?
Don't think about the camera.
I will follow you.
We have to be quick So...
Please don't look at the camera!
- OK?
- OK!
And when do you stop the camera?
I think I'm gonna make it in
one long take.
You play until I say:
"Cut!"
Alright.
Please follow Boon,
we show you something.
Yeah!
Come with me.
You OK?
Yes!
All good!
OK.
This is going to be fun!
(Percussion music)
So, Lao...
We are shooting with 16mm film.
Do you know how it works?
I've shot with 8mm when I was
a child.
Perfect! It's similar!
We have a limited amount of those rolls.
So we have to be good OK?
Each reel can shoot up to 4 minutes.
When the roll is over
we have to change it.
When we change it,
George puts the used one in this bag
and take a new one in this bag.
George shoots the image with his camera...
I record the sound with my microphone.
We use...
The clapper board...
To synchronize
Sound and picture.
OK?
So we write the number
of the roll,
Scene and take
every time we start a take
we need to change this number OK?
But...
Don't worry about the number OK?
George will do it.
You just put this in front of the camera
and when he says "Clap"
Bam!
You clap the board.
Oops...
Here,
It's my old one, it's normal.
OK!
It's going to fine OK?
You all good?
Yes.
- OK
- Amazing let's go!
(Dramatic tribal style music)
Stand by to shoot! Get ready!
Laurence, ready?
Ready!
- Boon, ready?
- Ready!
Rolling?
Sound rolling.
(Flashing noises)
One on two, first!
And...
Action!
(Grunting)
(Coughing)
(Breathless)
(Emergency plane noises,
bleeping) Eject! Do you copy? Eject!
Eject!
NOW!
(Flashback noises)
(Waves crashing on beach)
(Blade whooshing, grunting)
(Struggle)
(Grunting, heavy breathing)
(Blade squishing into flesh)
(Thudding)
(Distant traffic, voices)
(Birds chirping)
(phone buzzing)
So.
We are here.
The beach you want is here, OK?
It's a long journey.
And I have never been there
by myself.
I can't tell you exactly, but...
I think we can go there in...
Six days!
More, if you want to shoot every day.
It's a very long trip, George.
Have you ever traveled in the jungle?
No.
But...
I want my film to be
as realistic as possible.
That's why I'm here...
That's why I cast you so...
Every detail counts.
We can't run out.
OK.
George.
George, can I talk to you?
Is it urgent?
Yes.
What's happening?
I had my agent on the phone
and she asked if you could
send her the contracts.
She need it because...
It's OK, give me her mail address.
OK...
Thanks...
That's not all...
I've just been offered an
important role in a TV show.
There is a huge cast.
I...
Auditioned before your call,
I was not their first choice...
But the problem is...
Their shooting starts in two weeks.
I just received a copy of the
screenplay by e-mail.
I... I don't get it...
Listen...
I think coming here for three weeks
was more than enough. You said it yourself.
If we are quick maybe we can
shoot everything... No?
No.
No... They predicted rain for
the next week...
It will delay us.
Not to mention that the
screenplay is not even finished.
What do you mean, not finished?
I don't like the ending. I'm rewriting it.
You rewrite.
Did the producers agree?
Don't worry about the producers.
I can't believe you accepted
a role while...
You committed yourself to me.
You say you want a role
in a feature film and
now you are leaving me for
a fucking TV show.
I haven't even accepted yet!
I said to my agent that
I was in shooting...
She said she wanted to talk to Steve Hallen
you just have to give my his
phone number and she will do the rest.
It's very important to me.
This role can change my whole career!
I'm ready to pay my flight
ticket if I have to...
We will find a solution.
Did she call Steve Hallen?
No.
No, I told her I would talk to you first.
But she can if we need it.
Tell her not to call.
We'll figure it out.
Are you sure?
We loose one week of shooting...
So we have to start tomorrow.
(Door closes)
(Night crickets singing)
(Flies buzzing)
(Crackling in distance)
(muttering)
Thank you.
My name,
Qwan.
Charlie.
Qwan...
Your plane...
You know?
Plane?
(Making crashing noises)
Ah! Bye bye.
Your plane.
(Muttering)
Five days!
(Speaks another language)
(Speaks another language)
(Muttering)
(Mellow music)
(Distant chattering)
(Forest birds singing)
(Forest birds continue to sing)
(Grunting)
You OK?
- Yes yes...
- George!
No, I'm OK!
I just need
We have to drink.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Are you writing a film?
No!
Yes.
But... It's just...
Notes...
For now.
So you want to be a filmmaker?
I'm trying to write...
But it's not
But,
you would like to?
Yes.
So?
What is the story you write?
It's not ready yet.
So I prefer...
Keep it to myself.
Oh OK.
(Rattling)
(Birds singing)
Charlie! (Yelling)
No! No! No!
Poison!
(Spits)
(Coughing)
Cut!
Boon, the boom!
What's wrong?
I don't know... Something with my ear...
Sorry.
It's OK...
We move on.
Sorry.
Sound rolling.
And...
Action!
(Yelling)
It moved!
It's moving!
No no!
- It moves!
- Stop!
I can feel it!
Flashlight!
No, no, no!
Help me!
Sit down!
Look!
Turn your head.
Turn your head!
(Struggling, yelling)
What is it?
- What is it?
- There is a black thing.
- I have tweezers!
- Me too.
No, no!
Don't leave me!
Get that thing out of there!
Calm down.
Don't worry.
(Yelling like a baby)
It's OK! (Yelling)
What did he say?
- Lao what did you say?
- Stop moving!
Gently or you will push it deeper!
Let me try!
It's impossible!
The thing must grip with its legs
With his claws!
George, let me try!
Light me up!
(Making comical noises)
Stop!
Move!
Stay like this!
Mummy...
Alcohol.
Welcome to the jungle!
Let's pack up.
It's too dark to continue.
(Night crickets sing)
I hope it didn't bite me.
Or laid eggs!
Think of the speech you are
gonna make at the premiere!
"So, Mister Boon, how was it
to shoot in the jungle?"
(Clears throat)
Listen, if we ignore the spiders
who lay eggs in your ear,
mosquito bites,
infections...
Traveller's diarrhea!
It's a very warm and cosy place to live.
Steve Hallen who worried
about about the heat...
"George, do we absolutely have to shoot on
this beach at the other side of the island?"
"Yes, for sure. We'll try to reach
this beach, or we will die trying."
"OK, George.
Your wish is my command"
I hope he doesn't regret letting me play
because he seemed to care about his headliner.
He made you a headliner because
you will impress them.
(Whispering, sniggering)
(Radio crackling)
Here is, Charlie Marshall.
Mayday... Mayday
here is Charlie Marshall.
I'm alive.
I repeat.
I'm alive.
Stop.
My turn.
We have to leave the jungle.
We have to reach the coastline.
Beach...
Oh yes.
Sky...
OK.
Qwan.
Let's go.
This way.
No, no!
This way.
Home.
This way.
This way,
your home.
This way,
my home.
This way,
one day walk!
Yes...
But...
- This-
- Shh!
(Speaking in foreign language)
(Helicopter getting closer
and flying buy)
Quick! Quick!
(Yelling, man talking in foreign)
OK...
Stop!
My turn!
My turn!
Mayday!
Mayday!
Here's Charlie Marshall.
Do you copy?
(Helicopter gets closer and passes by)
Mayday!
Here's Charlie Marshall...
It this is an SOS
I need help!
This is Starfight C1242
- Yes!
- I can hear you.
I am...
I am... Charlie Marshall
Starfight B.4.8.2.3.
This is an SOS!
I need help!
This is Donald Fox, I'm can hear you.
Where are you?
I don't know...
I crashed my plane 10 days go
over the Chinese Sea
close to your location.
There are a lot of islands here,
do you know which one?
I don't.
OK Charlie, I've transferred your SOS.
Stay alive.
Reach the coast.
Go to the West.
I repeat...
Go to the West...
(Losing signal)
We are saved.
We are saved!
West!
We have to head West!
Come on!
My home!
Qwan!
They're coming for us!
Do you understand?
They will save me and you!
Please.
Trust me.
This way.
Now!
Come on.
(Thunder clapping)
(Radio crackling)
(Distant chatting on radio)
(In-audible chattering on radio)
OK... Then?
For the next part you'll have
to wait tomorrow.
George, I need the ending to
understand the character.
I know...
I have some ideas for the ending...
I will...
You have to make a choice.
What I read here doesn't match what we shot
yesterday or what we're going to shoot tomorrow.
I know, but I changed my mind.
I'm sorry but I'm not following you...
There will be a lot of incoherences!
Erm... George?
I have...
I glanced at
your notebook...
What?
I mean...
I thought...
I could help you sort it out
Together we could do it faster...
I know what I'm doing, OK?
You asked me what we will shoot tomorrow.
Here it is.
(Loud night crickets sing)
Hello George, it's me...
Just to tell you that I took my stuff
and I left the key in the mailbox
And
That's it...
(Forest noises)
(Unzipping)
(Birds sing)
The shooting does not go as planned.
He passes his nights scribbling
in his notebook.
He's scared.
He hesitates a lot and...
He doesn't dare confide to his
friends and ends up isolating himself.
Everyone is starting to doubt his project.
(Buzzing and forest noises continue)
(Loud rattling)
(Blade swiping)
Here is Charlie Marshall...
Do you copy?
Well hello Charlie this is Jackson!
Can you hear me?
Yes!
Yes!
OK Charlie I'm on the base.
I can't believe you're alive!
Where are you?
On an island
Close to the attack location.
I flew with a parachute for a few minutes
Wind in front.
Copy that Charlie.
The problem is that there are
a lot of islands on this area.
And we don't know where you are.
Could you signal your position?
My plane crashed into the sea...
I only have the survival box with...
A signal mirror.
And how did you get the radio?
There is...
Another...
Castaway on the island.
Repeat?
There is another man.
A castaway.
We are using his radio.
What's his name?
Which squadron?
Jackson...
Please just listen...
This man
he saved my life OK?
Charlie... Who is he?
His name is...
Hung Van Qwan...
He is a Vietnamese fighter.
OK, Charlie
this is a very different situation now...
OK please.
Listen...
Contact the Colonel
and tell him I want special
protection for him.
OK?
His name is...
Hung Van Qwan...
Charlie, I can't!
This is war!
We don't save our enemies
and you know that.
If he boards the plane
he will be interrogated for information...
And made a prisoner.
You know that.
He'll be tortured.
So what?
You would just leave us here?
If we come on the Island,
if he resists,
if he tries to fight us,
he will die.
We are both dead if we stay here.
Jackson, please just listen.
I want special protection for him.
Please promise me!
I cannot promise that Charlie.
I can't leave this place without him.
Charlie, are you here?
I'm here.
I can't promise the protection...
Move to the west coast.
A plane will fly around the
zone tomorrow at 5pm.
Be on the coast and use the mirror.
OK?
Repeat.
Jackson, what about him?
5pm on the beach.
West...
The mirror.
Repeat.
5pm,
West,
The mirror.
I get it!
Jackson, I will not board on the
plane without him.
We don't leave anyone behind.
It's OK.
Don't worry.
We're back home.
Me...
Prisoner!
Prisoner!
Not home!
No! No!
No, no!
Listen!
Qwan...
Not prisoner!
You go home!
I promise!
Qwan!
Qwan!
You go home I promise.
Me... Prisoner!
No...
No a prisoner.
You go home.
I promise!
(Birds singing)
(Rattling)
So...
Is your screenplay going well?
Not really.
Not really.
When do we go back to the hotel?
We will arrive at the beach tomorrow.
Cool.
Finally!
I'm losing it!
I have to tell you something.
You have to promise me not to
say anything to the others.
Neither Lao,
Nor Laurence.
OK, what's happening?
OK I promise not to say anything
to Laurence and Lao
What's happening?
Do you remember that I've sent the
screenplay to a lot of production company?
Yes... I remember it.
They all answered "No".
Not all of them...
They all answered "No".
But...
Not all of them...
Hallen didn't say "No".
He did.
I called him on my birthday.
He told me the screenplay has
been rejected.
That's ridiculous.
So, who produces the film?
It's me.
It's my money that pays for all of this.
What?
Yes.
Hallen gave me a list of Film Festivals
where I could submit the film.
Can you imagine?
We land...
Two guys from nowhere...
With a film like this one!
The story we are going to tell!
Yes, but...
Why didn't you say anything?
Because no one would have followed me.
You know well that I would have
followed you whatever you decided.
Yes...
That's why I'm telling you now.
You know that...
You'll have to tell everything to Laurence.
No...
We are getting closer to the end.
Everybody is on the edge.
I'm afraid it will blow at any moment.
It will be the same for Laurence since
we will be in Festivals.
I promise to tell her the truth later...
We are close to the goal, Boon.
You have to trust me.
Come on.
We have to finish this film.
Here we go?
I'm coming.
OK, Laurence...
It's a very emotional sequence.
You write a goodbye letter to your husband.
To your son.
Is it before or after the call?
After.
After, but...
She doesn't know how it will
turn out on the plane.
So she remains prepared...
For any situation...
Ready?
We can try.
Action.
Come on.
I want emotion.
More emotion.
In the eyes.
Cut. I'm not in it.
Why?
Because we've been awake
for thirty minutes!
I can't be in it just like that.
- But you understand what she is feeling, no?
- Yes, but that's not so easy!
I can't cry on command...
It's your job, isn't it?
George, don't play this game.
If you had explained to me this scene
yesterday I could have work all evening.
Not at the breakfast with you
yelling at me.
I yell because we are not moving on!
We are not going to spend fifteen
years on a scene like this one!
George.
Let her two minutes...
One minute.
Into positions.
Action.
(Film rolling)
Come on, Laurence!
She's already a nervous wreck.
She only wants to go home.
She misses her family.
She's hungry.
She's thirsty.
She has the feeling it's never
going to end.
Fuck...
You really don't have a heart.
Enough.
Maybe we can shoot this scene tonight,
close to the beach.
No.
Tonight we'll have other things to shoot.
How do you know that?
You imagined this scene yesterday
You are not going to make us believe
that you know what we'll do tonight!
I would have had more time to write if
I hadn't wasted a week because of you.
I know, I proposed you to fix this,
You insisted on leaving anyway!
When we could have easily found a solution!
I found the solution!
I will find the ending.
But for now we have to move on!
So, now, let's shoot this fucking scene!
No.
I am the director!
You?
Your not a director.
Your just a kid, with a camera.
Well.
Are you OK?
Take your bag.
Do you have some water?
I'm sorry.
Don't worry, it happened to me
the other day too.
Go on.
I'll follow you.
Hang in there.
It's almost over.
(Insects hissing)
(Sighs)
(Water running in distance)
George!
Come!
We must film this!
Yes! Thank you Lao!
Do you have your costume?
Yes!
OK.
Let me take a shot of you.
What are you doing?
Walk on the path, Lao is over here.
Boon, did you have the film stock bag?
No.
What?
I have the sound gear.
Film stocks is your stuff.
So no one took this fucking bag?
George, it's your responsibility!
I'm going.
It's bad idea.
It's almost dark and there
is a risk of rain.
Maybe we can buy some new ones, no?
When?
We can't shoot at all for now.
Lao said that there is boat on the beach.
We just have to go back and forth.
No.
I don't have money to buy the film.
Go on the beach, I'll join you.
That's completely absurd,
call the production team,
they'll arrange a transfer for you.
It would be good for us to
sleep in a real bed.
We all need that.
There are no producers.
What?
I am the producer.
I'm the one producing the film.
What do you mean?
It's my money!
The film stock has been paid
with my money and I'm broke now!
I'm telling you, that way
you'll stop dreaming of
glamorous premieres!
There are no producers.
It's over..I quit.
George it's... It's ridiculous!
You can go.
I don't care.
I'm going home.
I'm going to the beach and
I'm taking the first boat!
Lao, come with me!
George.
You did well.
I have to get the film bag.
George!
No!
Night is coming
It's several hours walk away!
Find the others, I'll get the film.
Laurence!
I have to tell you something.
(Tense music)
(Thudding, grunting)
(Gasping)
(Tense music, insects singing)
(Gasping, grunting)
(Sinister music)
(Ghostly noises)
(Thudding)
(Helicopter getting close)
(Helicopter blades pass by loudly)
What are we doing?
Look!
It's OK?
It's OK!
You OK?
It's over!
Bring back some water!
Are you OK?
It's OK.
George, I'm sorry... I left the
bag in the jungle...
I shouldn't have
It's alright.
You were right.
Laurence...
I'm sorry.
What are we doing now?
We go back.
We take a shower.
And we eat!
It's over.
George!
It was my grandfather's one.
You can take it.
Thank you Lao.
Thank you for everything.
You are a free man now...
Not yet my friend.
So?
We shot two thirds of the film.
We have about forty minutes
of usable footage...
And... If you edit it...
You can make a short film?
Yes.
But there is no ending...
Here are your tickets.
We're leaving tomorrow night.
Are you sure?
Yes.
It's time to go home.
I found the ending.
I love it!
Me too!
We have to shoot this!
I left all the film stock in the jungle.
Lao can find some film?
We'll spend tomorrow on this island anyway.
All the money I had went into the tickets.
I've got nothing left.
And with my leg...
If Lao find some film
I'm ready to pay for it!
It's really kind...
But...
It's expensive.
Especially this one.
Especially here.
I do have a bit of money,
I can pay a part of it!
Together we can easily pay
for one film roll!
You're really kind but...
Listen! We have an entire
day to spend on the island!
We're not going to spend it
sunbathing on the beach!
We'll finish your film.
Lao!
Where can we find film like this?
There is nothing like this on the island.
OK and on the land?
On the and there is one
photo center.
If you give me the box
I can take it with me and ask them.
How long to go there
and come back?
If I take the first boat
tomorrow morning...
I can come back...
Before sunset, I think!
It's perfect!
George!
We can do it at the sunset!
Only one roll of four minutes.
While the sun goes down.
Only one try.
It's crazy.
George!
It doesn't seem so crazy to us anymore.
Let's do it!
We can do it!
How is your screenplay going?
Yes... It's OK...
I think I found my story
and my main character.
George.
Why...
Why did you lie about the producers?
I was ashamed.
And when...
When I said to Jade That I was going
to produce the film she said it was crazy.
It's going to be complicated tomorrow.
It's not getting better?
No, I can't walk without the cane.
(Sniggering)
(Mellow music)
(Mellow music continues)
(Music dramatizes)
(Slow mellow, emotional music)
Impressed by the film, a production company offered to
finance a feature-length adaptation of George's film,
provided that he replaces
Laurence with a better-known actress.
George refused.
(Bus engine humming)
I don't now but it's too early!
I can feel that it's to early!
Yes but yesterday you said that you
were going to tell him today!
Yes but...
It's not just about me!
I told you I want to tell him but...
I'm also scared to tell him but we
are not going to hide it forever
I didn't say forever, I mean...
Do we have secrets with each others?
How are you?
I'm good.
How did the return go?
Yes, nothing new.
So.
What is the secret?
The secret... No there is no secret...
We where just...
Writing a post card to Lao...
And you are just on time
because it's your turn.
So...
Dear Lao...
Boon... And Laurence
are hiding something from me
I don't know what it is...
But I will find out very soon.
See you soon.
George.
OK. You want to know the secret...
It's about Laurence.
She...
You landed a role in a film!
She landed a role in a film!
Congrats!
Yes, so...
Someone sent me a screenplay
and offered me the leading role!
OK...
If you...
If you have some time...
I would like you to read this.
(Soft piano music)
(Children playing in distance)
(Soft piano music continues)