YOU HAVE

Martin enters the kitchen and puts his arms around her.

martin

Who was that?

ellen

Someone from the village.

She turns around to face him.

ellen

Martin, there’s something I... uh... need to tell you about.

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27.       living room – int. / day

Martin is seated in the old armchair.  Ellen across from him.  He is grinning.

martin

Okay, now let me see if I’ve got this straight.  First you get warnings from a road sign and then from the weather forecast.  Which one of us two was the author again?

Ellen feels disappointed and misunderstood.

ellen

Martin, it’s not funny!

martin

You know, it’s not always easy for me, either.  But at least I try not to give in to each and every neurosis.

Now he’s got her angry.

ellen

Well, apparently it was a big mistake to try talking to you. Don’t you remember what we promised to each other?  Honesty – trust!

martin

Come on, this isn’t about honesty.  You just need a good night’s sleep.  The way you toss and turn all night, even I hardly get any sleep.

Ellen realizes there is no use in discussing this any further.

ellen

Well, excuse me for having bothered you with my problems.

She leaves the living room and walks out on Martin.

28.       hallway – int. / day

Ellen is using a spatula to scratch the old-fashioned, yellowed wallpaper off of the walls.  She is still upset, and really taking it out on the wallpaper.

Martin comes walking up the steps.  He is carrying a plate full of small, deformed cakes.

martin

For you.

He holds out the plate to her.  Ellen throws a skeptical look at the mishap pastry.  She won’t be bribed this easily.

ellen

Now, what did I do to deserve this?

martin

Come on, at least try one.  It took me two hours to make these.

Ellen goes back to scratching off the wallpaper.  Martin changes his tactic.

martin

What I really meant to say was: I’m sorry.  I’m a real bonehead sometimes.  But it’s just that I’m worried about you.  I’m afraid you might get carried away with something like that.

Ellen interrupts her work and takes one of the cakes.  She tastes it.

ellen

Tastes awful.

She grins.  Martin returns a smile.

martin

But baked with lots of love.

Martin helps himself to a small cake, too.  He bites off a piece, and makes a sour face.  Then, he takes Ellen’s piece out of her hand.

martin

I think I’d better get rid of this.  After all, I don’t want to kill you.

He turns to leave.

ellen

Martin...

Martin stops at the bottom of the staircase.

ellen

...Maybe you’re right and I just need to get some sleep.  Don’t worry.  I’ll get settled in sooner or later.

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29.       in front of the house – ext. / night

The farmhouse lies in the loneliness of a starless night. Silhouettes of gnarled trees reach for the sky like black claws.

30.       entrance area – int. / night

It’s dark.  An eerie silence fills the house.

Suddenly, there is a CHILD’S VOICE calling in the distance.

child’s voice

Mommy...

31.       bedroom – int. / night

Martin and Ellen are asleep in their bed.

child’s voice

Mommy!

Ellen wakes up out of her light slumber.  She opens her eyes and looks around, searching.

ellen

Tommi...?

The voice clearly echoes through the house.  (It sounds like Thomas’ call before the accident.)

child’s voice

Mommy...

Ellen silently sits up.  She is wide awake.  She tries to wake up Martin.

ellen

            (whispering)

Martin... did you hear that?

No chance – Martin only mumbles a few unintelligible words and continues to sleep.

Ellen gets out of bed.

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32.       entrance area – int. / night

Almost mechanically, the child’s calling repeats itself.

child’s voice

Mommy...

Ellen carefully heads down the stairs, toward the entrance door.  The voice seems to be coming from outside.

Ellen opens the door, frightened.

33.       in front of the house – ext. / night

The pale moonlight dips the landscape into a ghostly atmosphere.

Ellen’s eyes search through the darkness.

There!  There is something in the distance.  A child!  The child is standing in the tall grass, looking toward Ellen.

ellen

Tommi?

She cannot believe her eyes.

It really is her little Thomas!  He smiles.  There is something about the way he moves that makes it look as if he’s floating.

ellen

            (louder)

Tommi!

The little boy laughs.  He turns around and runs away in the grass; as if in play.

Ellen snaps out of her stiffness and chases after him.

The small figure slowly disappears in the increasingly tall grass.

34.       forest in the moors – ext. / night

Ellen is running farther and farther away from the house.  She stops.

ellen

Tommi, wait!

But the little boy keeps running further.

Ellen follows him, but her path grows increasingly toilsome.  Her feet sink deeper and deeper into the moor.

Now, the child is out of sight.

Ellen is devastated.  She trips and falls to the ground.  The swamp encloses her.  Ellen fights against the marsh that she is sinking into deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, the little boy steps back out of the darkness.  He stays a few feet away from Ellen.  He smiles as he watches Ellen sink into the deadly swamp.

With a sudden jerk, an unknown force pulls her down into the moor.  She is swallowed by the earth.

35.       bedroom – int. / day

Ellen abruptly wakes up from her NIGHTMARE!

She looks around herself.  She is in her comfortable bedroom flooded with the warm rays of the morning sun.  Martin’s side of the bed is already empty.

Then, she hesitates.  Something feels wrong.  Ellen throws back her sheets.  Horror – her bed is full of mud.

Ellen wants to scream.  She barely manages to suppress it.

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36.       study / hallway – int. / day

Martin is sitting at his computer, busily typing.  He seems to be making progress on his book.

In the background, Ellen hurries past the study.  She is carrying the dirty sheets under her arm.  Without looking up from the monitor, Martin calls through the open door:

martin

So, did you sleep good?

37.       kitchen – int. / day

ellen

            (calling to Martin)

Yeah... I have to go to town.

Ellen enters the kitchen.  She hastily stuffs the bed-sheets into the washing machine.

ellen

Is there anything you need?

She turns the washing machine on and heads for the door.

38.       entrance area – int. / day

Ellen is about to leave the house.  The door is already open.  In the entrance area, she finds the dog (that Lindner had previously discovered in their garden) sitting in front of the cellar door.

Ellen pets him in passing.

ellen

            (to the dog)

Hey, you’re still here.  I suppose you like it here with us.

martin (o.s.)

            (calling from the study)

No, thanks.  I have everything I need.  Drive safely, you hear?