Issuu

Parkie Gras Rowen Smith Reinhard Jansen van Rensburg Shuraig Meyer Thania van Deventer

Draft 1

1. INT. GIRL'S BEDROOM - MORNING We're inside SISSA's(20) bedroom. She's on the bed flat on her back, with her legs swinging beside it andin her hands is a physics book. BONNIE(O.S) Sissa, did you see what we have to study for tomorrow? Someone enters the flat and steps into frame. This is BONNIE(21) BONNIE Why aren't you studying? Still flat on her back. SISSA I hate physics. It's starting to like eat up my intestines. BONNIE It's not that hard if you just sit down and give it a shot. Sissa gets up. SISSA What do you think I've been doing all day. All weekend, all semester long. This shit is SO effing complicated and we have a test on Monday so I'm can't go to tiger this weekend. Bonnie sighs. BONNIE Do you wanna get high? SISSA and hows that gonna help me? AhrgI'm so annoyed. UCT Sucks. Sissa falls back taking the pillow and smothering her face with it. Bonnie walks in and sits on her bed. BONNIE Weed makes you relax and when your relaxed, you can chill the eff out and concentrate on the the task at hand.

CONTINUED: SISSA (pillow talk) No no no no no. You know I tweak out when I'm baked. Bonnie takes the pillow from her face. BONNIE Trust me, I know a guy and his shit is off the chain. I'm talking about proper indoor here. Kind of like Durban-Poison meets like a blueberry hash joint. Sissa looks unsure. BONNIE (cont'd) You think you know, but you don't know and when that shit hits you, you'll know. Bonnie gets up and walks away, Sissa gets back up sitting with the pillow on her lap. Bonnie turns around. BONNIE (cont'd) It's not even up for debate, coz I wanna get high and you never buy supplies. So you actually owe me. EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND - AFTERNOON

RASTA(30) is sitting on a vintage reading chair underneath a tree. A coffee table is in front of him with with a row of lollies and a pakkie nick-nax. A poster is stuck on it reading: STOKKIE LEKKER 50 Cents. Sissa is just around the corner, behind a wall, quite nervous. She peeps around it, checking him out, then she takes the money from her wallet and preps for the deal. SISSA (to herself) Yo dog, can I get Somma that Stokkie lekker's you got there. Yeah, really. Awe my brother. Awe. Hand'em over. and also Gimme a gram of that Blueberry Madness. She feels confident and approaches Rasta and as as she get's close enough for him to notice her, she withdraws, but it's too late. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: RASTA Hey poppie. Soek djy 'n lekker stokkie lekker? Thania turns around and faces him. SISSA (impulsive) Uhm needankie. It's awkward between them. RASTA Ek het baie flavor hier. Kom kyk poppie. She walks closer to have a look at his table. SISSA uhm. (beat) Kan ek asseblief 'n gram BBM kry? Rasta looks confused. SISSA (cont'd) BlueBerry Madness? Rasta gives a straight face. SISSA (cont'd) (rapidly) Bonnie het gese julle verkoop dit hier ek moet net vra vir BBM en dis my eerste keer maar as jy nie aan my wil verkoop nie verstaan ek heeltemal. RASTA Ek praat nie so mooi die taal. Sissa looks around to see if the coast is clear. SISSA (whispers) I want some weed.

And as she says that, we hear a manly off-screen voice. It's a POLICE OFFICER(Coloured Mid 20's) Middag dame.

POLICE OFFICER(O.S)

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Sissa jumps around in shock and we reveal the police officer in his white Bakkie, leaning out from the window. He climbs out and walks over the the stall. POLICE OFFICER Verkoop julle siggarete? ah-ah Askies?

RASTA POLICE OFFICER

RASTA Nee meneer ons verkoop nie daai nie. The policemen is quite cocky, walking about, stretching, acting all superior. He inspects the stall like a detective. POLICE OFFICER Nou maar goed, gee my drie pers stokkie lekkers en een pakkie nikax. Dis vir my laaities, hulle speel rugby daar by Hartevale. The police officer takes the lollies from the table. Sissa just stands there witnessing the event. The police officer takes out his wallet to pay, but finds no change. POLICE OFFICER (cont'd) (to Sissa) Dame, het jy nie dalk vir my 'n rand of twee nie, ek't net vaste note op my. SISSA uhm ek weet nie ek's nie een honderd persent....uhm. POLICE OFFICER Se net ja meneer. SISA Okay ja meneer. Sissa searches for some change in her back pockets and her rolled up money accidentally falls to the ground. POLICE OFFICER Kyk wat het ons hier? Sissa picks up her rolled up money. (CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: POLICE OFFICER (cont'd) Vir wat loop jy met so baie geld rond? SISSA Dis nie myne nie oom. POLICE OFFICER is dit gesteelde geld die? SISSA Ek belowe oom dis nie hoe dit lyk nie oom. Ek belowe. POLICE OFFICER Se net ja meneer. SISSA Okay ja meneer. Ek's jammer, Bonnie het my gedwing want sy wou hoog raak en ek sukkel met my huiswerk. POLICE OFFICER Gaan staan by daai wit kar met jou hanne in die lig en jou maag teen die bonnit. Ek praat nie met die voels nie dame. Kom lat jy gaan.

Sissa just stands there in shock. Rasta is super chilled on his seat, he opens a lollie and enjoys the scene. POLICE OFFICER (cont'd) Dis sal jou leer om ophou dik gerook te raak. En dis nie eers 'n vakansie dag of 'n langnaweek nie. Van waar is jy dame? SISSA Ek's van UCT oom. POLICE 'n Student nogals. jou mamma en pappa met hulle geld he?

OFFICER Lekker ne. Weet jy raak so gerook Waar werk jou pa?

SISSA Hulle is in bet-el en hulle sal moer kwaad wees vir my asseblief oom Askies?

POLICE OFFICER

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CONTINUED: SISSA Ag ek bedoel asseblief meneer. Asseblief meneer.

Sissa cries and cries as she leans on the bonnet of the car like a criminal. POLICE OFFICER Gaan huistoe. Kom loop. Julle wit kinders weet nie wat skit in die dorp nie. Sissa runs around the corner. POLICE OFFICER (cont'd) (to Rasta) Is sy weg? Both of them look at Sissa running off. The police officer reaches into his torso and takes out a large bag of weed. POLICE OFFICER (cont'd) (to Rasta) Ek dink dis tyd vir 'n bietjie Parkie Gras. Rasta knods his head, like a chilled rasta would. TITLE CARD: Parkie Gras. FADE TO BLACK