Charade - Chapter 2
From Mezzawiki
Scene 1
- Pan across a ski field.
- Pull back revealing a beautiful woman, REGGIE, eating at a table, apparently alone.
- Pull back revealing exterior ski resort cafe.
- Pull back further, revealing a mysterious arm with a gun, pointed at REGGIE.
- Multiple intercuts between gun and REGGIE, oblivious.
- The gun fires... water!
- REGGIE is sprayed in the face with the water pistol.
- Reveal the gun is carried by JEAN-LOUIS, a young boy.
- Brief exchange of words between REGGIE and JEAN-LOUIS.
- SYLVIE appears from behind umbrella. She sits with REGGIE.
- Conversation with intercuts between REGGIE and SYLVIE.
- REGGIE gets up and leaves the table, taking a chicken leg with her.
Scene 2
- REGGIE walks past an indoor pool, eating the chicken leg, followed by SYLVIE.
- They stop to talk for a bit.
- They walk outside, still talking.
- They find a table outside the indoor pool and sit.
- REGGIE looks up and sees JEAN-LOUIS in the company of a man (PETER).
- SYLVIE puts her arm around JEAN-LOUIS while REGGIE and PETER exchange banter. REGGIE smiling.
- SYLVIE gets a hint and escorts JEAN-LOUIS away, leaving REGGIE and PETER alone.
- JEAN-LOUIS turns as he leaves and shoots PETER in the face with the water pistol.
- Long conversation between PETER and REGGIE, as he wipes his face dry. Many intercuts between the two (not shown in image).
Scene 3
- A taxi drives into an apartment parking area in Paris.
- The driver gets out to get REGGIE's bags, then REGGIE gets out.
- SYLVIE and JEAN-LOUIS remain in the taxi and exchange farewells with REGGIE. Several sentences exchanged with intercut shots.
- REGGIE walks into the building, followed by the taxi driver carrying her bags.
