No path to follow - script
scene one: Int. Lola's house
News report about the Russia & Ukraine situation
pans out from the t.v.
News reporter
Yesterday Russian state media declared the region Donetsk as part of Novorossiya as they held another referendum that has been condemned by the international community. This news comes just after members of the previous Crimian parliament claimed they were forced to sign the first of Putin’s referendum’s in March. In retaliation to this, President Barack Obama gave a speech outside the White House stating that the US will continue to place further sanctions on prominent citizens of Russia who are linked with this gross breech of civil rights .
From left to right Lola walks past the camera with porridge but with no condiments on them. Lola sits down with porridge next to Larry who is sat at the table.
Mid shot
A few months into the future. We see a news report on the on-going conflict in Ukraine*
Cutting back, we see LARRY sat at a table, absentmindedly looking out the window. LOLA enters with two bowls of oatmeal. LOLA and LARRY talk in a comfortable fashion.
LARRY
About time
LOLA
(Quickly) Shut up
Lola turns the TV volume up slightly.
Larry looks into Lola’s bowl then at his.
LARRY
You forgot my honey (pause) Where is it?
LOLA
Buy your own, you have a job don’t you?
LARRY
Mmmn, you remember the guy I told you about?
LOLA continues to watch TV
LOLA
The guy, sure I remember
LARRY
They sacked him
LOLA
Why?
LARRY
I’m only shop floor, but one of the boys told me he’s a chronic masturbator; maybe they caught him on his break
LOLA
I always thought that’s how you’d get sacked
LARRY
Fuck you
The conversation pauses.
LARRY
(stares at Lola) *clears throat*
LOLA
If you want honey, just get it
LARRY
cant you to get it for me? (pause) I got more pencils
LARRY reaches into a pocket and brandishes a fistful of cheap pencils, the kind you find in Argos and IKEA
LARRY
(in a sing-song voice) The elusive Laz-man strikes again
LOLA
Chuck 'em in the draw, got anything else?
LARRY
well thats all I can offer until the (thinks for a moment) thirteenth
LOLA
An industrial stapler could get you a long way (pause)look in the cupboard to the left of the sink
LARRY
(Exasperated) Ridiculous
LOLA continues to watch TV. Larry gets up and walks past the T.V
scene two: Int. larry's work
Larry is called into his bosses office and his boos fires him. We don't hear what is said but see that Larry is shocked and upset. Mid- shot through the window.
BOSS
Not reached this quarters target. letting you go. etc.
scene three: int. lola's house
Larry comes back from work having been fired, upset. Lola gives him the last of her vodka and tries to comfort him. Larry was pacing infront of the T.V. (at the end of the scene to lighten the mood Lola relates back to jerk off Jim)
T.v
Russia has officially been removed from the international bodies of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. George Osborne has expressed fears over the £11.5 billion Russia is in dept to the UK but said the EU's sanctions were a neccesary measure . Geramnys finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble seconded Osborns opinion but expressed Germanys economy would take a considerable hit as many companies terminate their exportation contracts with Russia.
LOLA
Are you gunna tell me whats going on ?
Larry continues to pace. Lola is looking around him to see the T.V
LOLA
will you sit down?
Larry sits down and Lola pours him a drink, he picks it up.
LARRY
I just don't understand. What the fuck am I gunna do now? My roomate's gunna kill me.
LOLA
Well you should have put some money aside instead of buying random shit all the time.
Larry stands up again
LARRY
you can talk! you're so stingy you've got me nicking you pencils!
LOLA
what? -
Larry
I have no money, I had no warning, they didn't even have a reason to fire me! its all bulshit. They didn't even give me severance pay.
Larry sits down again.
(deflated)Its not fair, Luke's always nicking stuff and skiving and he hasn't been sacked!
LOLA
Shit happens man. What did you say when he fired you?
LARRY
(dismissive)
uh, it doesn't matter
LOLA
(Passionalty)
Well maybe kick up more of a fuss in future, it's not fair what they've done to you. You should try get that severance pay.
LARRY
Whatever... have you got any more booze?
LOLA
(sigh)
Lola picks up the bottle and sees its empty
LOLA
No. come on, we're going out.
Scene four: ext. park hill
Larry is stood outside an off-licence, Lola exits and they begin to walk.
LARRY
Costs a fortune in there
LOLA
Nowhere else open
LARRY
Not that it matters to you, they didn't have that vodka we like
LOLA
tight bastard, and i can't find it these days, just the English crap
Scene five: EXT.PARK HILL-NIGHT
LOLA
If things get tight and you need somewhere to crash, you can always squat
Lola gestures to a huge derelict flat block
LARRY
Oh cheers, might as well seeing as i've nowhere else to go
They pause to look at the block
LARRY
It'd be cool if we had loads of those, where you could live rent-free and that
LOLA
Well Fidel, if we lived in an ideal world, wait, no, in a fair world, then maybe we would. (glancing at phone)You know?
LARRY
Fidel?
LOLA
(looking at phone, slows and stops walking)
Fuck...stuffs getting mental elsewhere...
Lola and Larry walk away from the building
NEWS ANCHOR
(voice over fade in)
There has still been no sightings of Pavlo Petrenko, Ukraines Justice minister, for over three weeks now, he is missing presumed dead. His family haven’t been seen since the 5th of June and police are appealing to anyone with information to come forward.In other news, when David Cameron was questioned in Paliment earlier today whether the UK would support Kiev with troops after Oleksandr Turchynov's apeal for the international community for help he stated 'the US and UK will intervene with this attack on the freedom of Ukrainan Citizens and that G7 summit taking place in Spain tomorrow will discuss what further action to take to support Kiev.
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