Short Short Screenplays
PIGEON (La Colombe) by Anthony Green Based on a True Story Setting: Winter—Early December—Small town of Reims in France—1941, Nazi regime has occupied France for nearly 18 months. FADE IN: EXT. SMALL TRAIN PLATFORM AT TICKET WINDOW—DAY. JOSEPH One to Milano please. JOSEPH WEISNER, 55 years old, stocky, grey-haired male takes his ticket from the small opening in the glass partition of the ticket office. The open-air station leaves the harsh winter breeze free to prey on the dozen passengers waiting for the next train. JOSEPH walks to the closest bench with his newspaper under his arm and suitcase in hand and sits. EXT. SOUTH END OF TRAIN PLATFORM. DAY Joseph sits patiently on the bench reading his newspaper. He then reaches into his pocket and pulls out a sandwich and tries to eat it while awkwardly holding the newspaper in front of him. A lone pigeon startles Joseph when it begins pecking at his shoe. Joseph breaks off a few crumbs and tosses them down for the pigeon. Joseph does this repeatedly until finally the pigeon seems to be content and walks away. Joseph returns to his newspaper. Pause. Joseph puts down the newspaper reacting to STRAY KID 1 and STRAY KID 2’s LAUGHING. STRAY KID 1 (O.S.) Now! Now! Now!
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