False witness
Script
Scene 1
( In a classroom, students are coming in)
FRANK - It's very cold in this classroom.
VICKY- ( She is yawning)- I didn't
sleep last night. I want to sleep !
JACK -What did you do last night ?
VICKY - This is not your business.
JACK - I think you watched TV.
DAVID - Yeah, there was a good film on TV.
JACK - I saw it, too.
MELINDA - While you were watching TV, I
was studying for the maths test.
JOE - Oh, no! ( He takes his mats book
and the looks through the pages) I didn't study!!! I'm going to fail.
SALLY - Why do you worry so much ? You silly
boy. You are going to fail even if you study.
NELLY - How boring !! I don't want to do
the test !! ( John , the maths teacher, comes in. The students become
quiet and sit down.)
JOHN - Good morning. ( He looks round
and sees Joe with the book open.) Please Joe, close the book !!.(
To all) We are going to start the test. Take everything off your desks!!.
JOE - (He raise his hand)Can we do
the test tomorrow ? Please teacher ?
MELINDA - No way ! The test was today so
we are going to do it now.
FRANK -Can I wear my coat ? Tests make me
feel colder
JOHN - Be quiet. We are starting right now
.(He begins to give the test and the students begin write. After a while
somebody knoweks on the door and it opens. Emily, the head master, come
in with the new student, Mary).
EMILY - John please ! Can you come out ?
JOHN - Yes of course, Emily but just at
the door because my pupils are taking a test.
EMILY - All right ! Just a few words. (John
goes to the door an they talk. He turns round and looks at the pupils.)
JOHN - Listen to the headmaster, children
! She will tell you something.
EMILY - (Menacing voice) A new girl
is coming to your class. ( Vicky yawns .)(To Vicky) Yawning in the
class is not polite! You nasty girl ( To Mary )This is Mary. Mary,
this is your new class.
SALLY - (Loud) This is your new nightmear.
(Emily goes out. )
JOHN - Sit down and try to do the test.
MARY - I'll do what I can. (She sits
down.)
Scene 2
(Tom and Mark are waiting for Mary in the
street. Mary comes with her schoolbag)
MARK - Hello Mary ! How was school today
?
TOM - Tell us, what did do you ?
MARY - It was boring ! We took a test !
MARK - What are your classmates like ?
MARY - Look at them. Here they come !
(Frank passes by)
TOM - This guy looks like a clown.
MARY - He is always freezing.
(Jack and David pass by)
MARK - See how happy they are ! They make
me puke !
MARY - Shut up ! They are my classmates
and they know me !
(Joe, Melinda, Vicky and Nelly pass by)
TOM - Where are you going with so many girls
? Can I help you with them ?
MARK - How nice this girl ?
(Sally passes by)
TOM - This one looks like a witch !
MARY - Look out ! This one is dangerous
!
SALLY - Watch what you say ! This girl can
bite you !
MARK - She looks like a shark !
TOM - These people are boring me .Why don´t
we rob a supermarket ?
MARY - Sorry , guys ! But I won´t
be part of that !
MARK - That school is washing your brain
.
TOM - Let´s go without her ! Let her
rot !
(They go and she is left alone)
Scene 3
(A classroom John , the maths teacher is
collecting the money for a school trip . Somebody knocks on the door .
The door opens and Emily comes in )
EMILY - There is a phone call for you ,
John . Can you come out ?
JOHN - Of course , I am coming out right
now !
(He goes out and leaves the money on
the desk . The students beging to talk and make noise . They stand up and
start to walk around . We can see a hand stealing the money on the desk
. The teacher comes back and the students sit down and shut up)
JOHN - (He looks at the desk and doesn´t
see the money) Where is the money ? I left it on the desk ! Does somebody
know where the money is ?
( After some silence )
SALLY - These things didn´t happen
before !
FRANK - What do you mean , " these things
didn´t happen BEFORE " ?
MELINDA - I know what she means .
DAVID - Come on , say it !
VICKY - She means that there are new people.
JACK - Yeah ! We all know who took the money.
JOHN - You can´t accuse anybody without
good reasons. I will have to tell the headmaster .
Scene4
(in the headmaster´s office)
JOHN - Excuse me, Emily. Somebody stole
the money for the school tryp.
EMILY - I´m going to name an investigator
.(She takes a list and points at a name) It will be Michael , call
him ! Tell him to come !
JOHN - I´ll go and bring him .(He
goes out) (Emily stands up and walks from one side to the other side of
the room , nervously. Ten seconds later , John and Michael come in)
MICHAEL - What happened ? I was having breakfast
!
EMILY - I don´t care what you were
doing ! This is more important than your breakfast .
JOHN - Somebody stole the money for the
school trip and Emily named you investigator.
MICHAEL - All right , then I will question
all the pupils in your classroom.
Scene5
(A little room. Michael is sitting and somebody
knocks on the door . He is eating a sandwich)
MICHAEL - Come in.(He bites into his
sandwich while Jack comes in) Sit down , Jack , please ! Tell me what
happened in your clasroom .
JACK - We gave the money to the teacher
and then he went out . When he came back , the money wasn´t lying
on the desk .
MICHAEL - Try to remember their names .
JACK - Well ... let me think ... I saw Sally
, Vicky ... Mary , Frank and David .
MICHAEL - Who was near the desk?
JACK - I don`t know . Ask my other classmates.
MICHAEL - Ok your can go out now (he
looks at a list) Tell Sally to come in . (Jack goes out an Sally
comes in) Sit down Sally .(He bites into his sandwich) (Melting
with scene six )
Scene6
(The words "Two hours later" show in the
screen. Michael is tired. Mary is opposite him )
MICHAEL - Your classmates tell me that you
took the money on the desk. Say the truth!
MARY - I didn´t do anything! I didn´t
steal the money ! I swear
MICHAEL - They say that you have bad friends,
dangerous friends that rob supermarkets and mug people.
MARY - They aren't my friends now. They
were my fiends ! I don't go out with them anymore.
MICHAEL - But they saw you with them, so
I think that you are the thief. I will tell the headmaster.
(Michael stands up and Mary starts to
cry)
Scene 7
(At the headmaster's office. Michael and
Emily are talking)
EMILY - What do you know, Michael ? What
did you learn ? Di they tell you anything ?
MICHAEL - I think it was Mary.
EMILY - Then, we will send her home for
some days.
Scene 8
(Frank is sitting in his room and he is looking
at the money)
FRANK - What am I going to do with this
money ? (Pause) Why did I steal it ? If I buy something with this
money , people will know that I stole it. (pause) What will happen
to me ? Nobody will want to talk to me. I wont have any friends . ( He
starts to cry ) I wont sleep ! I must tell the truth ! (He stands up
and goes out of his room )
Scene 9
(In the classroom , the pupils are sitting
and they are quiet . Michael is standing opposite them)
JOHN - We think that we know who stole the
money . This pupil can't come to school in two weeks. Does somebody want
to say anything ? (Silence and the camera focuses on Frank .)
FRANK - ( Nervous and shy )I must
say something.
(Everybody turns round to look at him)
JOHN - Come on , speak out.
FRANK - Mary didn't do anything at all.
DAVID - How do you know ?
NELLY - Did you see anything ?
FRANK - I didn't see anything. I did something.
MELINDA - What did you do ?
JOE - Did you steal our money ?
FRANK - I don't know why I stole it. I am
sorry. I hope that you'll forgive me.
JOHN - Ask Mary if she forgives you.
FRANK - Do you forgive me , Mary ?
MARY - I don't forgive you and I don't forgive
anybody.
Scene 10
(At the end of a school hour , John is leaving
the classroom , after him the pupils come out . Mark and Tomare waiting
for Frank . Finally , he comes out .)
MARK - Look ! There he's coming.
TOM - We are going to teach a lesson !
(They go towards him and they make him
fall )
FRANK - What are you doing ? What did I
do ?
MARK - I'll remind you , you scum.
(Mark tries to hit him , but Mary comes
out and she stops him )
MARY - Stop hitting him ! This is between
him and me .
TOM - We just started ! Get away.
FRANK - Please Mary , help me ! Tell them
to stop , please !
MARK - What a pity ! I was having fun.
(They go)
(To Frank) I hope you learned the
lesson.
FRANK - Sure I did.
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