Timeless XI. Xenia Ibragimova

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      Xenia Ibragimova

      © Xenia Ibragimova, 2021

      ISBN 978-5-0053-3353-7

      Created with Ridero smart publishing system

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      Ext. London – night

      We watch the night sky with stars. Camera is falling from the sky.

      Narrator:

      We are not creating the future, the future is creating us, a lot of people think that we are moving from the past to the future, but in fact we are moving in two directions, from the past to the future and from the future to the past. and the present is created by that person who knows the past and the future.

      It’s all about time…

      We watch London at night from above.

      Ext. Balcony – night

      There is a party in the house. We watch a handsome man, who is looking at the fireworks from the balcony.

      This is Phoenix.

      A young woman came up to him.

      Eliza:

      Phoenix, somebody is feeling really bad in the hall, it seems like a heart attack, your help is needed!

      Phoenix and Eliza run upstairs.

      Int. Room – night

      Phoenix:

      So, who is feeling bad?

      Eliza (moaning):

      I feel bad, so bad!

      Eliza is kissing Phoenix.

      Suddenly Phoenix’s wife is entering the room.

      Carolina:

      Why did you call me? Whaaat?

      Carolina’s running away.

      Phoenix is pushing Eliza away and hitting her face.

      Int. Pub – night

      Phoenix is drinking a lot of alcohol.

      Int. House – morning

      Phoenix is entering his house.

      He is really drunk.

      Fade in

      Int. House – afternoon

      Phoenix is waking up with a terrible headache, he see the note on the table.

      Point of view

      Close on

      The note:

      Bury me in the ocean, I will become a dozen of whales and a hundred dolphins… I will be in every drop, I will be in everything. Everyone will thirst for me as everyone thirsts for water. Everyone will love me as everyone loves the sea. I will be a mermaid…

      Fade in

      Int. House – night

      The song by John Lennon "…forgive me, my little flower princess…»

      Phoenix is lying on the floor, he hugs a photo of his dead wife and cries out loud.

      Int. House – night

      Phoenix is on the couch with glass of wine and watching film «La dolce vita» by Federico Fellini.

      Screen:

      Marcello Rubini says the phrase: «You are the first woman on the first day of creation. You are mother, sister, lover, friend, angel, devil, earth, home.»

      Phoenix is watching the film «The Matrix’ and after the phrase «Free your mind’ was heard he stopped the film.

      Fade in

      Int. Church – morning

      Hurts’ song «Redemption» is played.

      Phoenix enters the Catholic Church, he sees many candles, lamps, bright light passes through the stained glass windows, everything is flooded with radiance and glow.

      Phoenix started talking to the priest, but we do not hear about anything, we only hear the song.

      The music becomes quieter and we can hear them.

      Father:

      Modern theology has become more lenient towards suicide. She was in a state of passion… so God will forgive her and perhaps she’ll go to heaven.

      Phoenex:

      And what about me? What should I do?

      Father:

      You should pray and ask God for forgiveness.

      Phoenix:

      But it seems to me that this ain’t enough! I want to change the situation, I didn’t want!

      Father:

      Perhaps you want to go back in time?

      If it were possible, I wouldn’t speak

      to you now.

      Suddenly, the whole room was lit up with an even brighter light, so bright that Phoenix could not resist and closed his eyes.

      Ext. Street – afternoon

      Phoenix walks down the street and sees the name of the esoteric store «Know Your Future’.

      Phoenix walks inside.

      Iny. Store – afternoon

      There’s a girl in the store, a foreigner, dressed in ethnic attire.

      Phoenix:

      Hey, I just saw the name of the store and…

      Rosa:

      Hi, I am Rosa, chshshsh… don’t tell nothing, cards will talk…

      Rosa takes a deck of cards and starts doing a card reading.

      Rosa:

      My cards say that you made a mistake, oh… someone died,

      you are in despair, you wanna change…

      Phoenix:

      You’re right, it’s true! My wife…

      Rosa:

      But I see that great success awaits you! You’ll reach your goal! Probably her death was not in vain!

      Phoenix:

      Wow! Is it possible to bring the past back with tarot cards?

      Rosa:

      I can see the past and I cannot change it, but I can see the future and therefore I can change

      it.

      Phoenix:

      What about special rituals to go back in time?

      Rosa:

      There are some rituals, but they are really dangerous.

      Fade in

      Ext. Street – evening

      Phoenix continues his walk around the city, he sees the poster of the lecture «Through Time’ by Dr. Michael.

      Int. Hall – evening

      Lecture:

      Michael:

      If you remember your past, why don’t you remember your future? Life is a cycle, life is an infinite circle, the planet is round and nature is cyclical. Life is a constant repetition of some situations with different shades.