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DON'T SAY FOREVER

"Victoria Falls Sequence"

Written by

Maha Golestaneh & Erwin Jeroen Lubbers

Maha Golestaneh329 Lakeside CourtSunrise, Florida 33326Skype: mahagolestanehE-mail: foreverscript@gmail.com Website: www.dontsayforever.com 

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EXT/INT. BORDER (KASANE)/ THE ELEPHANT TRUCK - NIGHT

A series of HONKS. Bumper to bumper traffic. A long queueof passenger vehicles. Alert patrol officers police the road.

RUBENHere we are, the Zimbabwean Border.Our fourth week tramping on Africa!

The Herd LAUGHS at Aimée as she loses the last round of thecard game shitface. Eva draws a turd on Aimée's forehead.Ruben beams at Aimée, glances at his watch then the officers.

RUBEN (CONT'D)Be careful, this is a sure setupfor a bribe.

CESARShit, these bored officers seedollar signs on our foreheads.

Ping-Ling licks her fingers. Struggles to wipe off the stainon Aimée's forehead with her wet fingers.

EAGLEListen to them. Wipe that turd off!

AIMÉEEveryone, shh. Give me a second!

A black female BORDER PATROL (32) in khaki suit flashes alight on Aimée as she wards off Ping-Ling's motherly touch.

Border Patrol leans on Aimée's window. Inspects her forehead.

AIMÉE (CONT'D)Doodie. Oops. Hi, sorry officer!

Border Patrol stares at a passport. Aimée bites her lips.

BORDER PATROLThe law states travelers must haveempty pages for entry and exit.

EAGLEAimée, you're stalling us again!

Ruben taps his watch and stares down Eagle.

RUBENLet me handle this one, Eagle.

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RUBEN (CONT'D)(to Border Patrol)

We would love to come over.

BORDER PATROL

I will cook you a meal. You willput on weight. Sibabonga, sir.

Upright over Aimée's window, Border Patrol stamps the lastempty page in her USA passport.

AIMÉEAnd that's how you conquer heartsand minds, Eagle.

TAYEDamn, you got black magic in youbro. Your folks are white, right?

Eagle makes a mew. Taye raises his eyebrow at Ruben.

RUBENI never knew my folks. I grew up anorphan in Amsterdam. Twenty yearsago, I fled the depressing andpacked city. Settled here instead.

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Ruben YAWNS. Eagle wags her finger at Aimée whose ear is

pressed on a mobile phone.AIMÉE

(to Eagle)Wait. I'm on a long-distance call!

(into phone)Kasey, I'm in a jam. I need a hugefavor. Please courier my Frenchpassport to the address...

EXT. WATERFALLS (VICTORIA FALLS) - DAY (MONTAGE)

- IN VICTORIA FALLS ROCK POOL: Aimée and Ruben pretzel theirbodies together in a rock pool and peer over the edge of thecascading Victoria Falls. The tenderness of the moment isunlike anything Aimée has ever experienced.

AIMÉE and RUBENHoly shit!

- ON VICTORIA FALLS BRIDGE: Attached to a bungee cord, Eaglejumps from the Victoria Falls bridge. She SQUEALS as herbody bounces, jiggling her flabby love-handles.

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EAGLEHoly shit!

- ON BATOKA GORGE: Suspended and upside down above theZambezi River, Lucy exposes her sports bra. Her shirt hangs

in front of her face, fingers touching Batoka Gorge's water.

LUCY(shouting)

Holy shit!

After a fainthearted leap, Ping-Ling glides on a zip linebetween the steep cliffs of the Gorge. Her HOLLER trails.

PING-LINGHoly Buddha!

INT. CLINIC (VICTORIA FALLS)/ DENTAL EXAM ROOM - DAY

Dante - decked in a face mask and elastic gloves - passesAimée in identical dress extra gauze in a dental exam room.

He lowers his mask below his mouth and chats up blackvoluptuous Loveness (45) who grabs a dental chair.

DANTE(to Loveness)

If only I could surround myself with lovely ladies like you in

Paris. I would take away your pain,care for you gently, adore you.

Aimée stuffs more gauze between Loveness's gums.

LOVENESSWill I look beautiful, doctors?

Aimée flicks a syringe.

DANTEBut of course, Loveness, even more marvelous. When I'm done, your

beauty will melt even more hearts.

Dante pets Loveness' shoulder as Loveness flinches.

AIMÉEThey idolize you. All women leavehere seduced. What is your secret?

(in French, Subtitled)Elles t'idolâtrent. Toutes lesfemmes repartent d'ici séduites.Quel est ton secret?

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Aimée injects the syringe in Loveness' gums.

DANTEI'm not the best lover. I havenothing that they cannot get

anywhere else.(in French, Subtitled)

Je ne suis pas le meilleur amant.Je n'ai rien qu'elles ne peuventavoir ailleurs.

Dante SIGHS.

DANTE (CONT'D)But there's an air of mysteryaround me. They don’t see me in myordinary boring life. Here I am the exotic Frenchman. Then I'm puff, gone. It drives them crazy.

Dante rubs Loveness’s cheek in a circular motion.

AIMÉEOh, I see. You tease them. But Idon't want to be that way with men.

Dante air kisses Loveness.

Loveness half-smile beams at him while her eye lids flutteras she floats out of consciousness.

DANTEAh, but men appreciate the chase.The sexual attraction is the tease.How about the spark between you andRuben?

Ruben peeps through the room’s door. Ease-drops on Aimée andDante's intimate tête-à-tête.

AIMÉEI think he's interested in me, butten weeks is lot of time to test a

 man's patience.

DANTEAimée... You don't know howbeautiful you are. You could keepa man's interest for ten years. Youjust don't know it, yet.

Dante gives Aimée a tight lip smile, hiding his bad teeth.

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AIMÉESo in the meantime, I need tolisten to him, understand him andrespect his independence.

DANTEThat’s right, that makes aroused men commit very deeply.

Dante lifts out a screw from a metal plate beside his dentalchair. Places the screw on his dental drill.

AIMÉESure, but I'm worried I'll screwthings up.

Dante lifts the drill toward Loveness’s mouth but retractshis aim momentarily.

DANTEYou must not give up on the mysteryof love. You just need to give him reasons to trust you, Aimée.

EXT/INT. LAKE (LAKE KARIBA)/ BOOZE CRUISE - NIGHT

Crocodiles and hippopotamus SIP coastal water on Lake Kariba.

Cesar frenetic finger plucks a guitar on an edge of a boat.

Eva claps her hands and taps her heels to his LATIN BEATS.Lucy and Eagle smack their sandals to the rhythm and clasponto their imported beer. Froth splashes onto the deck.

Ping-Ling paints a giraffe and antelope on Ruben’s cheeks while Ruben bumps his beer mug with Dante and grabs a glassof imported wine from Zimbabwean barman Peppy.

RUBENCha-Ching.

DANTE

That’s not half bad, Ping-Pong.

Eagle pulls close to Aimée who dances chaotically.

EAGLEHow’s the challenge coming along?

Rain DRIZZLES on top of the corrugated iron roof of the boat.

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TAYEHoliday romances are refreshinglike summer rain, huh?

Rain BUCKETS down as the boat passes a man-made reservoir.

EAGLEI know lots of dicks. In the end,they crush you. All you have arethe memories.

AIMÉEIf you want, I can help you findMr. Right on our next stop, Eagle.

Aimée turns her smile to Ruben who blinks in her direction while downing his shot and chasers imported beer at the bar.

Ping-Ling turns her sight away from Aimée to view fish eaglesand water birds patrol the shoreline. A rainbow appears.

EXT/INT. SPEAKEASY (VICTORIA FALLS)/ BAR - NIGHT

Colorful soccer practice match on a huge TV screen above aVictoria Falls Speakeasy bar where The Herd boozes it up,eyes the game and groves to ROCK MUSIC.

On a bar stool at the end, Aimée rests her head on Ruben'sshoulder whose in an orange Leeuwenhoose outfit.

RUBENShame for you Germany, your matchis over.

(in German, Subtitled)Schade Deutchland alles ist vorbei.

Ruben back kicks his stool as the Dutch and German SoccerTeams scrimmage for a ball. The referee calls an error.

RUBEN (CONT'D)(screaming)

You bloody moron!

Ruben throws his arms up in the air, dislodging Aimée’s head.

RUBEN (CONT'D)(to Cesar)

Did you see that.

Zulu men in jeans and cowhide loafers, TOTSI (29) and KEN(32), congregate around Ruben and Aimée.

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TOTSI(to Ruben)

Sir, who’s you favorite player?

RUBEN

Van Persie, indeed.

KEN(to Aimée)

Hello, white person.(in Zulu, Subtitled)

Sawubona, umphongo.

AIMÉE(to Ken)

Hi there, Zulu!(to Ruben)

What city is that player from?

RUBENShh. Later Aimée.

(to himself)Oh, I got to take a snakes hiss.

Ken sidles up to Aimée.

KENYou have boyfriend?

Ruben kicks a spittoon at his feet.

AIMÉEYebo, yes.

Aimée flashes a grin at Ken.

TOTSIHe give you many cows?

Totsi gawks at her hips. His eyebrow shoots up.

RUBENWow, what a game, Cesar!

AIMÉE(in broken English)

No, he doesn't need to give me cow.

Totsi and Ken disperse as Aimée turns to Ruben and flasheshim a celebratory smile. Ruben turns to gulp a final drop ofhis beer. Bleary-eyed, he stares inside his empty glass.

RUBENIn vino veritas.

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Ruben spins his stool toward Aimée. He SIGHS.

RUBEN (CONT'D)(in a low voice)

I love you.

A very long silence. Aimée beams at Ruben.

AIMÉEThank you, Ruben.

Cesar overhears Ruben and Aimée. Pats Ruben's shoulder.

CESARGood try. Maybe you'll get lucky on week ten.

RUBENI’m prepared to wait.

Aimée looks at Ruben with a thoughtful flicker of the eyes.

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