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- 1. SCENE 1 INT. PRISON CELL - DAY WE START COMPLETELY BLACK AS THE TITLE FADES IN AND THEN FADE AWAY, WHILST THIS IS HAPPENING WE HEAR VARIOUS VOICES THROUGHOUT ESAU’S LIFE RANDOM VOICE 1 WELCOME TO UTOPIA SON AND NEVER FORGET HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO BE GRACED BY THE WILL OF OUR LORD. RANDOM VOICE 2 DON’T BE AFRAID OF YOUR FREE WILL FOR HE SEE’S INTO THE HEART OF ALL HIS ANGELS. RANDOM VOICE 1 HE IS ALL LOVING, ALL KNOWING AND ALL POWERFUL. ESAU I LOVE YOU DIANA. DIANA LUST IS A SIN. ESAU ACCORDING TO WHOM? THE BLACK THEN FADES OUT TO SHOW A WIDE SHOT OF ESAU ASLEEP ON THE PRISON FLOOR; ESAU IS SAT LIKE SOMEONE IN A COFFIN. THE PRISON IS RUN-DOWN WITH A LOT OF MESS ON THE FLOOR. THE PRISON IS DARK, BUT LIGHT IS COMING OUT OF THE OPEN WINDOWS. THERE IS NO DETERRENT TO STOP ESAU, YET HE IS STILL INCAPACITATED. AS THE CAMERA SLOWLY MOVES TOWARDS ESAU THE VOICES CONTINUE MORE FRANTICLY. ESAU DIANA WHATS WRONG? DIANA I BELONG TO JAIRUS SIR; IM AFRAID I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THE MUSIC BECOMES LOUDER AS THE PHRASE ‘ALL LOVING, ALL KNOWING, ALL POWERFUL’ GETS LOUDER EACH TIME IT IS SAID.
- 2. JAIRUS ESAU GET AWAY FROM ME. ESAU I LOVE HER; AND YOU STOLE HER. THE MUSIC AND THE PHRASE ‘ALL LOVING, ALL KNOWING, ALL POWERFUL’ CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY UNTIL THE SOUND OF DIANA AND JAIRUS SCREAMING OVERSHADOWS THE CHANTING UNTIL A NEW VOICE OVERSHADOWS ALL. NADAB YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS ESAU WAKES UP BUT IS STILL UNABLE TO MOVE, HE LOOKS AROUND MOVING ONLY HIS EYES. AS HE LOOKS DOWN, HIS IMAGINARY SHCAKLES ARE FREED AND HE CAN MOVE. HE STANDS UP SLOWLY AS IF IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE HE LAST STOOD. HE LOOKS ON THE FLOOR AND SMILES, THE SMILE IS ARROGANT BUT IS ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO HIDE THE DEEP PERSONAL PAIN HE IS FEELING. ESAU ALL KNOWING AND ALL POWERFUL ESAU BEGINS TO MOVE AROUND THE PRISON, THE MESS OF THE PLACE IS HORRIFYING TO ESAU. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS PLACE HAS MORE SENTIMENTAL VALUE TO ESAU THAN WE ARE AWARE OF. ESAU UNFORTUNATELY, YOU’RE STUCK WITH OMNIBENEVOLENCE TOO I HEAR. I’VE HEARD STORIES YOU KNOW? YOU FORGIVE ALL FOR WE ARE ALL YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. SO HOW MANY TIMES HAS THE GREAT NADAB FORGIVEN HIS ANGELS? ESAU LOOKS AT THE FLOOR AND SEES A BURNT PHOTOGRAPH HE LOOKS INTENTLY AT THE PHOTO AND ALMOST LOOKS LIKE HE IS GOING TO CRY. ESAU (QUIETELY) I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU. HE THEN COMPOSES AND TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND CONTUNES WALKING. ESAU COME ON THEN MY LORD, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME? EVEN IF YOU COULD PUNISH ME THERE IS NOTHING I HAVE LEFT TO LOSE. ESAU WALKS OUT OF THE PRISON APPREHENSIVELY.
- 3. SCENE 2 EXT. COUNTRYSIDE – DAY ESAU WALKS THROUNG THE COUNTRY, AS HE CONTINUES TO WALK HE LOOKS OVER AND SEES DIANA STANDING IN THE DISTANCE. ESAU (LOUDLY) DIANA. ESAU BEGINS TO RUN TOWARDS DIANA, AS HE GETS WITHIN REACH OF DIANA, DIANA DISSAPEARS AND NADAB APPEARS AND SNAPS HIS FINGER. THE SCENE TRANSITIONS BACK INTO THE PRISON. SECENE 3 INT. PRISON CELL – DAY ESAU FALLS OVER AND BEGINS TO CRY. ESAU OH NADAB, FORGIVE ME FOR I DO NOT BELONG IN YOUR UTOPIA. NADAB MY CHILD, YOU WILL REPENT FOR YOUR SINS. ESAU HEARS THIS AND GETS ON TO HIS KNEES. AS THIS HAPPENS, THE CAMERA PANS TOWARDS HIS HEAD. NADAB IS STANDING OVER ESAU AND LOOKS AT HIM WITH DISGUST. ESAU LOOKS MORTIFIED. ESAU I KNOW YOU WILL FORGIVE ME FOR MY HEINOUS CRIMES MY LORD, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF. NADAB ALL-LOVING, ALL-KNOWING AND ALL-POWERFUL, I WILL SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE TRYING TO REPENT FOR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT MAN. NADAB YOU WILL SUFFER FOR ETERNITY FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY SON AND WHAT YOU DID TO DIANA. ESAU LOOKS AT NADAB IN CONFUSION. NADAB FREE-WILL IS AN ILLUSION ESAU, I AM NADAB, I AM ALL-POWERFUL, AND I CAN MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING.
- 4. ESAU BUT YOU ARE ALL-LOVING, YOU WOULDN’T TREAT YOUR ANGELS LIKE THAT. NADAB LIFTS HIS HAND IN ANGER AND ESAU FLIES BACK TO THE FLOOR. NADAB (SHOUTS) YOU KILLED MY SON. ESAU MY LORD I AM A SODOMITE AND I AM A COWARD, BUT I NEVER KILLED YOUR SON. NADAB I AM A GOD ESAU, I SNAP MY FINGERS AND YOU ARE A DISGUSTING SODOMITE. I SNAP THEM AGAIN, AND YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU MURDERED MY SON. NADAB SNAPS HIS FINGERS AND ESAU SCREAMS OUT, HE GETS UP AND LOOKS MORTIFIED. ESAU (QUIETELY) DIANA. NADAB YOU REMEMBER THE TRUTH NOW DON’T YOU? ESAU THE GREAT NADAB USING CHEAP TRICKS TO MAKE ME SUFFER. NADAB BUT ITS NOT A CHEAP TRICK IS IT MY SON? YOU CAN STILL FEEL THAT MAN CAN’T YOU? ESAU IT ISN’T REAL. NADAB IT IS REAL THOUGH ESAU BECAUSE I MADE IT REAL, YOU WILL FEEL THAT MAN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. ESAU YOU’RE A MONSTER.
- 5. NADAB THIS IS YOUR LIFE NOW ESAU, I WILL SNAP MY FINGERS AND YOU WILL BE SOMEONE ELSE AND YOU WILL SUFFER AS THEY SUFFERED. ESAU (QUIETLEY) DIANA NADAB MOVES TOWARDS ESAU, LEANS DOWN AND TALK TO HIM. NADAB ONE DAY, YOU WILL REPENT FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY SON. NADAB MOVES AWAY FROM ESAU, AS HE DOES ESAU IS ABLE TO GET UP AGAIN. NADAB DON’T MOURN MY SON, WHEN I SNAP MY FINGERS YOU WILL BE A KING. BUT REMEMBER TO LOOK AFTER YOUR FAMILY, THE HEATHENS ARE COMING. NADAB SLOWLY BRINGS HIS FINGERS UP AND SNAPS THEM, WHEN HE DOES THIS ESAU COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND. ESAU DIANA. DIANA CAN BE SEEN IN FRONT OF HIM BUT SLOWLY FADES INTO NADAB AGAIN. ESAU NO AS ESAU SCREAMS ‘NO’ HE BEGINS TO RUN TOWARDS NADAB. AS HE RUNS TOWARDS HIM HE CHANGES INTO HENRY WHO IS ALSO SCREAMING NO. SCENE 5 EXT. DIFFERENT COUNTRYSIDE – DAY HENRY LOOKS FORWARD AND SEES HIS HOME BURNING DOWN. HENRY’S ADVISOR MY LORD, WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW? WE ARE SURROUNDED. THE LAST SHOT IS LOOKING AT HENRY DETERMINED TO BEAT THE HEATHENS.