"Practice Zero" movie script

"Practice Zero" movie script

Screenwriter / [France] Jean Viggo

Director/Jean Viggo

Translated by Shi Quan

The opening credits appeared on the screen, accompanied by the chorus of the primary school students, followed by the sound of the galloping train. Before the first frame of the film appears, insert the following subtitles:

The holidays are over and the new semester begins.

3rd class carriage, interior scene, night

A close-up view of the doors of a third-class car without a corridor. night. A leaking oil lamp glows dimly. The white smoke exhaled by the train was mixed into the night fog, and there were flashes of light from time to time in the smoke.

A twelve-year-old, dressed in a school coat and hat, sat neatly on a bench, lost in thought. He seemed a little uneasy, even a little worried. His name was George Corsa, a misfit boy. (The Mercedes-Benz train makes a monotonous sound) Xhosa lowered his head slightly, looked to the right (momentary shot of the door), and then looked to the left...

A gentleman crammed into a corner of another bench has fallen asleep. His hat was pressed over his eyes to block the light.

Panorama of the carriage: silhouettes of two people. In the background, white smoke passes by outside the car.

Xhosa, which until now had seemed quiet, suddenly became a little restless as the train approached a city (or a possible stop). (The whistle starts suddenly and is thrown into the distance. The whistle indicates that the train has just passed an intersection.)

Xhosa stood up and pressed his face to the glass (a momentary shot of the view outside the window, shot slightly upwards).

The train pulled into the station and stopped. (The camera returns to the car) Excited and excited, Xhosa opens the door and shouts. The locomotive let out a burst of steam, like a heavy sigh. The sound almost drowned out Xhosa's cry.

Corsa: Bruel!

Bruel: Xhosa!

Another boy in the same costume as Xhosa is taken into the carriage by Xhosa (slightly overhead). He carried a traditional-style sailor bag and a traditional-style food box. His name is Mir Bruel.

The kids didn't close the doors (momentary footage outside the car), both because of the urgency of time and out of mischief, the train started. A station worker on the platform ran quickly to close the door.

The camera turns to the inside of the car. The two children were busy as they packed their bags and greeted each other. In the middle shot, the gentleman is still asleep in the corner of the bench opposite. Looking down, the two children are now sitting side by side.

The two children didn't say a word other than a happy greeting to each other. Without a word, they swiftly pulled out of their pockets the childish and most bizarre things, as if they were fighting to surprise the other.

Bruel was the first to act: he put his hands together and fiddled with the knuckles of his thumbs, as if the first section of the thumb was separated from the rest. He did this back and forth a few times (instant close-up).

Then Bruel took a bell from one of his pockets, made the ball in the bell jump, and caught it several times in a row. Corsa patted him on the shoulder admiringly, stopped him, and took out an "unusual" thing from his pocket - a small trumpet, and immediately put the horn to his mouth. Bruel watched happily. But Xhosa also wanted to make things better. He unplugs the horn, stuffs it into his nostrils and tries to blow the horn with his nose (momentary close-up).

Immediately afterwards, Bruel took out a few balloons from his pocket. He blew one, and another. Xhosa stroked the balloon like a woman's breast, and they let go of the inflated balloon and let it float up to the top of the carriage. At this time, Xhosa took out from his pocket a small ball made of thorny grass, with several bird feathers stuck on it, leaned against the seat, blocked himself a little, stuck a feather in his hat, and put a coat on it. One more in the top, finally another in the butt, and then turned away.

During this time (fixed shot), whenever a new gadget appeared, the two children were both complacent at their own fresh ideas and amazed at each other's ingenuity and ingenuity, starting from the psychology of wanting to overwhelm each other Also a little sad. Xhosa's feathers brought the race to an end.

Has their imagination dried up? Are they out of stock? Indeed, none of them expected this spectacular battle. But no, both of them are fighting hard, and they have to come up with one more thing. This thing, at their age, considering the wealth they could have as a child, was absolutely impossible for an opponent to think of. They looked at each other and seemed to be thinking, "Okay! This time, you're sure to lose!" They both took out a huge cigar from their pockets at the same time, the two cigars were exactly the same. They laughed. This is their first cigar! (they playfully imitate grown-ups)

Momentary shot of the car door: The white smoke from the locomotive floats past the door, and the camera turns to the two children (always a slight downward shot). They smoke cigars and take their first puffs of cigarettes (momentary footage of white smoke from doors and motorcycles).

Upside down, the two children hurriedly smoked cigars contentedly, as if they were breastfeeding.

The gentleman was still asleep in the corner. The car was filled with smoke, and it took on a dreamlike color. A balloon drifts in the smoke...

Finally, the two children felt a little uncomfortable and looked around.

The camera turns again to the smoke-covered car door, followed by a close-up of Mr. sleeping leaning on the bench (the back of the two children are on the left side of the frame, looking at him).

Xhosa: ...he's dead! ...

Bruel looked nervously at the door, just as the train was entering the station.

Bruel: ... run! ...

The train stopped abruptly, and the gentleman fell on the seat and then fell to the ground. (The whistle of the train, the various sounds in the small station)

platform night

Upside down, Xhosa and Bruel got out of the car with their luggage. This is a small station in the province, and the lights on the platform are dim.

Few passengers (panoramic view of the exit). Some students in uniform, with schoolbags on their shoulders and carrying food boxes have gathered towards the exit. Among them stood a stern, loathsome-looking man (close-up upside-down of his face): this was a professional school superintendent. He once became a clerk by chance (Note 1), but at the same time because his apprentice had a false reputation, he had no choice but to become a school supervisor in the future. Even this position was acquired after a long time due to his seniority. His name was Bahan, nicknamed "The Stupid Guy".

Brüel: (Voiceover) Look, "hard guy", there won't be a happy day again this year...

Xhosa: Ah, yes?

Close-up of Xhosa, who winked. Close-up of Bruel, who also winked at Xhosa. At this time another child of the same type as them stood in front of them, and he did the same, winking. His name was Jean Gorain and he was nicknamed "The Son of the Kidney Bean". Xhosa and Brueil pounced on him.

Xhosa: Son of beans! "... Son of Beans! We traveled with the dead! …

Gao Lan: Dead?

Xhosa: Dead man... is a dead man! ...

Shoot these people down.

Superintendent: Hello, Xhosa, the holidays are over!

Just as the children were all gathered around the three friends, wanting to hear the origin of the matter, another child came, with a more refined appearance than the others. The expression is gentle, the demeanor is a little too delicate, showing obvious shyness and anxiety, which can arouse the goodwill of others. His name is Rene Tabal. The uniform he wore was very similar to that of the other children, but one could immediately tell that his clothes fit much better than theirs. He wore a coat, no coat, and white gloves, and he had neither a schoolbag nor a food box in his hand, but a handsome little suitcase. He hesitantly walks to the superintendent (shoots the child overhead, with the superintendent's back in the foreground). Panorama: A beautiful and elegant lady approaches the superintendent and puts her arms around the child's shoulders.

Madam: I'm sorry, sir, but Rene Tabar won't be back at school until tomorrow morning.

Take a bird's-eye view of these three people (the wife occupies a larger position on the screen, and the superintendent keeps his back to the audience).

Madam: He's not feeling well tonight.

The superintendent had just taken off his bowler hat, and the lady had gone with her son. panoramic.

Gao Lan: A dead man, really... dead man, evidence?

Xhosa: Evidence? ……Where! ...

Indeed, the gentleman appeared at the door, with an air of just waking up, holding his luggage in a very grotesque manner. He looked both happy and a little nervous. He smiles and seems to be looking for someone (he walks from right to left). Suddenly, he walked uneasily towards the superintendent. (The front and back shots of the two during the conversation)

Sir: I'm the new Superintendent (he takes off his hat)... Superintendent Huguet.

Superintendent Bahan also took off his hat and hurriedly returned the salute very coldly.

Baham: Ah! (Pauses for a moment, then turns to face Xuezhi) Be quiet! Line up in pairs...go!

The boarding school students silently disappeared into the night, followed by Mr. Bahan and Superintendent Yu Gai, who was embarrassed by his luggage.

fade out.

school dormitory

Bedroom panorama.

Superintendent Bahan stood stiffly in the center of the dormitory.

The night watchman stands under the lights in an upright posture, waiting for the signal to turn off the lights (panorama, slightly overhead).

All the children lay down. In the four corners of the room were the beds of Corsa, Bruel, and Goran, and an empty bed. No one moved, no sound. Without anyone noticing at all, a tall and thin person, dressed in a black dress, top hat, and crepe rubber-soled shoes, walked in. This was the director. He walked silently across the room, as if seeing nothing, but everything was in his eyes.

He walked to the empty bed and stopped suddenly, motionless. Superintendent Bahan said to him.

BAHAN: (Voiceover) René Tabal is absent, staying at the hotel with his parents tonight and going back to school with the day students tomorrow morning.

The director walks away without a sound (the flute blows a ditty).

Just as Mr. Superintendent closed the door, Superintendent Bahan said.

Bahan: Good night, Mr. Director.

In the film, the superintendent is always the superintendent. Teachers, servants, etc. suddenly appeared silently when they least expected to see him.

It's a silent character. He never punished his subordinates himself, but in an expectant manner forced others to carry out the punishments on his behalf. He came and went without making a sound. (Every time he leaves, there are several bars of the flute playing in a somewhat provocative tone.)

Superintendent Bahan gestured to the Night's Watch, who dimmed the lights and walked out of the room. The bedroom is half-light and half-dark. Superintendent Bahan glanced around the beds of the students, who seemed to be asleep.

Superintendent Bahan returned to his small "room" as he rubbed his hands together. His bed was placed on a small table in the middle of the bedroom, against the wall. The small platform is surrounded by a white curtain that becomes transparent when candles are lit in the small "room". (The figure of Mr. Bahan who starts to undress appears)

As soon as Superintendent Bahan entered his room, there were whispers and suppressed laughter from the bedroom, but people couldn't see what was going on. (fake bark, slap, louder laughter)

Baham: (Voiceover) Dupont, come to my bed!

Xhosa, Brueil, Goran stand up (always using overhead shots). Each of them went their own way, thinking the superintendent was calling him. It was true that they didn't hear who was calling, but their consciousness was never quiet for a moment, and besides, they were used to the call.

The superintendent is wearing a shirt. There was a child standing in front of the bed on each of the three sides of the curtain. They were wearing loafers, and no one knew there were other people standing there. Xhosa coughed.

Bruel coughs.

Gao Lan is also coughing.

They found that there were other people standing there, and they all coughed again.

Bruel stretched his arms, trying to grab his companion standing on the other side of the curtain. Xhosa bit his finger, and Bruel cried out in pain.

Superintendent Bahan sat up in horror. (Overhead shot, you can see his figure through the curtain)

Bahan: Who is it? Who is there?

Xhosa: Xhosa, sir.

Bruel: Bruel, sir.

Gao Lan: Gao Lan, sir.

Close-up, two children standing outside the curtain of the superintendent's "cage".

Baham: What about DuPont? ...I didn't call any of the three of you. Since you are here, stand here until eleven o'clock.

Just then, the bell rang, nine o'clock. A panoramic view of the bedroom from a large angle. The night watchman came in, and there was a strong light in front of him. He walked over, not paying attention to the three standing children. One of them, Bruel (close-up), bends suddenly, puts his hands on his stomach, and twists and turns in his pajamas.

Bruel: Sir, (a moment of silence) Sir, my stomach hurts... Sir...

Xhosa: (Voiceover) Sir, can he go?

Bruel: Sir... I have a stomachache.

Xhosa: (Voiceover) Sir, can he go?

Gao Lan: (Voiceover) Sir, his stomach hurts.

Xhosa: He can go... just can! ...his stomach hurts.

Xhosa and Goran, who were disturbed by their companions, pushed Bruel.

Xhosa: Go, . . . leave the rascal.

Bruel left immediately, slamming the bedroom door. It was probably the sound of the door closing that awakened Superintendent Bahan.

Bahan: (drowsily, voiceover) Xhosa, Brueil, Goran, are you still there?

Xhosa and Goran: (answering in unison) Yes, sir.

Bahan: Go to bed! ...

The two children went to bed, when Bruel also returned. The camera pans to the bed where the children sleep. Close-up, a child sits on a bed with his head almost thrown back. (He is brightly lit.) He stands up and walks in the dormitory, he is sleepwalking. (overhead panorama)

A child: Go back to sleep! ...

Another kid: Don't talk! You will kill him, stop talking! ...

The sleepwalking child went back to his bed and lay down.

out, in. Same bedroom, dawn (panorama).

The Night's Watch crossed the room, putting out the lights with a nonchalant expression. There was a sound of drums from the yard. Superintendent Bahan, who was fully dressed, immediately walked out of his birdcage-like single room, clapped his hands, and walked to the small beds.

Superintendent Bahan: Get up! Get up... get up! Come on, get up!

Bahan lifted a child's quilt, and the child immediately put the quilt back on. Bahan pushed this one, and tossed the quilt over that one...but all the children lay still on the bed.

Bahan: What, you are all deaf?

A kid: (Voiceover) Hey, you're so annoying, you! ... tell me to be quiet for a while.

The director suddenly appeared. As usual, he walked forward without saying a word. Whenever he passed by a bed, the child sleeping on the bed hurriedly got up and stood at attention. The Director crossed the dormitory and walked out through another door. All the children stood up.

As soon as the director closed the door, Bruel, Gorain, and Xhosa lay down again (close-up of each of them).

A younger child rushes to the space between the two beds, kneeling in front of the potty (camera towards his back).

Momentary shot: The door quietly opened, and the director appeared at the door again... He was watching carefully.

Baham: (Voiceover) Bruel, Xhosa, and Golan have zero points and are not allowed to go out on Sundays.

Sneak shot: Xhosa stood up angrily.

Xhosa: Oh! ... still this set!

Superintendent Baham: (Voiceover) Hello, Brueil, are you late again? ...

The director left and closed the door.

The children got dressed and stood in front of their beds. Bahan clapped his hands... The children were still drowsy, and they lined up obediently and set off.

Bahan: (Voiceover) Hurry up, over there...what, do you want to get zero points for your conduct?

Fade out, insert subtitles:

Children's conspiracy.

campus

Overhead close-up shot of three squatting children (in black smocks). They were serious, as if they were plotting something.

Xhosa: Friends, this is the picture, the action is ready. We were left at school every Sunday...should run away.

Bruel: Are you going from the top floor?

Gao Lan: What about the ammunition?

Bruel: Xhosa found the storage room.

The camera pans across the campus (high-angle overhead shot), and then a close-up of Tabar. He was leaning against a tree, standing slightly away from everyone.

Xhosa: Why is Tabal looking there?

Gao Lan: (Voiceover) This is a whistleblower and should be beaten.

The new superintendent, Yugai, wore a top hat and strode around the yard with a cane. He was visibly bored and seemed to be participating in the children's games. He walked towards the three children who were plotting, without paying attention to them. Close-up: Mr. Huguet's legs very close to the three children.

Xhosa: ... Be careful, Superintendent!

Galan: Oh! ... Yugai is a man of integrity...

The three children stood up and filed toward a house together. They always had a mysterious look on their faces, and before opening the classroom door, they glanced suspiciously left and right.

The camera is on Superintendent Yu Gai, and then pans with him. He walked backwards in the yard as a pastime until he hit the toilet wall. The two children were sitting in two small rooms adjacent to the toilet, secretly passing a cigarette and taking turns taking a puff. Yu Gai didn't pay attention to them, squatted on the ground, meditated, and looked confused. Then a ball suddenly fell from the sky and hit him. He immediately grabbed the ball and ran away, with a dozen or so children in hot pursuit. The chase was interrupted by the presence of the Director. Yugai tossed the ball away, and the children chased after it. Yu Gai took off his hat slightly to salute the director, and walked away along the other side of the yard. The camera follows Superintendent Yu Gai forward. As he strode across the yard, his demeanor and walk became more and more similar to Charlot. The children watched him, trailed behind him, and hid when he turned around. Gradually, Huguet's imitation of Charlot's actions complemented the children's hide-and-seek game, and they cooperated very well, reproducing the famous classic episode from the movie "Charlotte as a Policeman" throughout the yard." Good Children Street" scene. This mimetic reproduction is very close to the original. (It's like quoting a famous author in a literary work, trying to quote it in cinema.) The character of the new superintendent, Yu Gai, appears throughout the film as a man who is so addicted to fantasy . Yet he is impartial, and he is closer to Xhosa, Brueil, and Gorain than the school staff in which he is a part (he always helps them quietly).

A close-up of the director's side. The camera pans down to his feet. The superintendent walked towards the classroom like a dance.

study room

A close-up shot of a moment in class: Xhosa is painting a dead skeleton on a dark canvas. The piece of cloth, which served as a flag, was quickly hidden.

Xhosa: So, we'll put the flag up in broad daylight...

Bruel: (Voiceover) What about the ammunition?

Gao Lan: (Voiceover) Gaslights!

Recess yard

The superintendent was about to enter the classroom when the three children jumped out of the window and ran towards their classmates.

study room

The director, still like dancing, closed the door on tiptoe and surveyed the room. He first searches a few bookshelves (panorama, the camera pans with him), then finds a small package on a desk, grabs it in his hand, and eats it as soon as he sees it is chocolate. He then picked up an item or two from another shelf, walked to the middle of the classroom, searched a bag, took out a letter, and hurriedly put it into his pocket.

campus

Many children gathered next to the toilet, knocking on the only whole door. The new superintendent came out and danced to the middle of the yard, the children following him.

Momentary shot: A child unexpectedly opens a door in the toilet, thinking that he can catch a classmate who is secretly smoking a cigarette on the spot.

The children were very happy when they saw this scene, and quickly ran to the study room after him.

The recess is over. The children had just run to the door of the study room when the drums rang.

study room

Superintendent Yu Gai sat on the podium, looking tired like every time he was asked to supervise. The children entered the study room disappointed. Superintendent Zigai shrugged.

Yu Gai: Go back to your seats, hurry up, hello! ... back to the seat... how did you do it?

Panoramic view of the study room. Common furnishings: teachers' podiums, desks, bookshelves around the classroom—these bookshelves have been searched by the superintendent, and there is a window that looks out into the study room.

Xhosa picked up a balloon from the ground, clipped it with his small back, and prepared to throw it at a classmate.

The director appears in the window.

Xhosa blows at the balloon, which disappears.

The director leaves the window.

Xhosa imitated the falconer and made the balloons appear at his fingertips again, which made the students very happy. He was about to put the balloon on the bookshelf when suddenly he shouted again.

Xhosa: Goran, my chocolates have been stolen!

The director appeared at the window, and Gao Lan gestured towards the window with his head.

Gao Lan: He searched.

Xhosa: Oh! Did he take it? Wait a minute, give me your paste bottle.

The Director walked away from the window.

Xhosa walks around the classroom, asking everyone for bottles of paste (the camera rolls toward the cloth rack, then pans).

Xhosa: Your paste...your paste bottle...

Everyone handed over their bottles of paste, and Xhosa earnestly poured all the paste out of the bottles behind the books on the shelf.

Superintendent Yu Gai suddenly showed great interest and walked off the podium. (Close-up: Xhosa is dumping slurred hands) A child walks upside down with his hands on the ground. Yu Gai looked at him, supported his feet, and asked him to straighten his waist. Finally, Mr. Yu Gai demonstrated in person. He took off his coat, stood on his hands, climbed to the podium, climbed the chair, climbed the desk, to the great admiration of the children.

Yugai: Pass me the paper in the drawer...and the ink...put the pen in my hand...there!

In this acrobatic gesture he drew a sketch of the ironic Mr. Director.

Yugai: Well, look...

Mr. Director appeared at the door. (Before this, there was a momentary shot of the exterior where Mr. Superintendent came in from the yard)

For Mr. Superintendent, the scene in the study room was really shocking: some students smoked, some were openly reading newspapers, some students were playing pinball, playing cards, and some were fighting. In the middle of the classroom, stands a pyramid of the human body. A child was sound asleep. Xhosa, Goran, and Bruel are working on their graphs. In an instant, Yu Gai returned to his original state and stood in front of the podium. The superintendent and Superintendent Yugai watched the scene together. The director seemed to be saying, "Yeah, I saw it all; of course, I'll talk about it later." (his momentary shot, then a panorama) He walked up to the podium and looked (overhead) at the paintings on Yu Ge's lecture table, of his own comics. At this time, the person on the painting moves, puts on makeup, and no longer looks like the director, first like a lady, and then like Napoleon I (the animation ends).

The superintendent looked towards the door, and Superintendent Bahan, who came to replace Yu Gai, appeared at the door.

Yugai: Go back to your seat.

Mr. Hughes didn't seem to pay attention to everything that happened in the self-study class, but he took everything in his eyes. Before leaving, he walked straight to the desk surrounded by Xhosa, Bruel, and Goran. The three children tried desperately to hide the picture.

Yugai: Give this to me.

He grabbed the picture, tore it in half, put it in his pocket, and walked out of the class. (Audiences will soon learn that Mr. Huguet did this to save Brueil, Corsa, and Goran, since the director was already planning to confiscate the image.)

The director walked out of the study room.

Baham stepped onto the podium, and all the children quickly returned to their seats. (Overhead shot of Mr. Bahan sitting on the podium)

Bahan: Xhosa, Goran, give me your arithmetic book and forget it. Zero points for conduct, no going out on Sundays.

Bahan took a pen from his pocket and wrote down the punishment he had just given in a notebook.

campus

The children are going out for a walk and are standing in the yard ready to be examined. In the background stands Superintendent Yu Gai. The director walked up to them. Yu Gai saluted him, and the director returned the salute.

Then the director looked at the children... He didn't want to see Tabal and Bruel standing side by side, so he hurried to separate them, and he pulled the hat up for one of the children, Finished his inspection. Suddenly, he twisted his body excitedly.

Bahan: Mr. Principal is here.

The superintendent immediately saluted courteously and humbly (his glasses fell to the ground, and he picked them up quickly). Then, like Bahan, Yugai, and the children, he took off his hat.

A dwarf in a dress and a top hat enters the frame from the left. He has a long brown beard. He greeted those present.

Bahan: Mr. Principal...

The headmaster approached the children (he was shorter than them) and seemed satisfied. He gestured to Bahan.

Bahan: (to Yugai and the boys) Gentlemen, let's go.

The children who were going for a walk set off under the leadership of Yu Gai. At this time, the principal said while walking towards the school building.

Principal: Mr. Director, please come to my office.

The director, who was always very attentive, followed Shorty and followed suit.

city ​​street

The students lined up in pairs in order of height and short, singing as they walked on the sidewalk. They are always in uniform.

Superintendent Yu Gai was not far from them, walking on the road. He seemed to be fantasizing again. (Pull the camera, the team is coming towards the camera. Then the camera will be pushed, the team will turn away from the camera.) During the camera roll, the audience can see Tabal coming out of the team and running to Bruel.

fade out.

Principal's office

The principal walks into the office with his back to the camera, towards the fireplace. The Director followed him, pausing in the middle of the house.

Close-up, the headmaster stands by the fireplace. He took off his hat and wanted to put it on the little deck of the fireplace. But it was quite difficult for him. He stood on tiptoe, lifted a large glass bell, and put his hat under it. Satisfied with his success, the principal went to his desk. Momentary shot: The principal turns back to face the large mirror hanging above the fireplace. The director's whole body can be seen in the mirror. The Headmaster put his hand in his hair, and the Director, who he saw in the mirror, did the same.

Principal: Please take a seat, Mr. Superintendent.

(The camera is close to the ground, as if seen from the headmaster's height) Legs of the superintendent, who is about to sit across from the headmaster's desk.

The headmaster stood in front of the office. He stroked his beard and climbed into the armchair. He was sitting in a chair with his feet out of reach of the ground. Because he was afraid of Ling, he put his foot in a large leather tube. (The overhead shot of the two of them, the principal occupies more of the picture)

Principal: Our festival is approaching... Mr. Sang, are you happy about it? But be very careful, don't have unpleasant things happen, don't make trouble!

city ​​street

Momentary shot: The children are walking. Yu Guy becomes more and more distracted (pushing the camera, with his back to the audience). As the children turned to the left (they were familiar with the road), Mr. Huguet was distracted by a piece of paper in his pocket. He threw the paper away, and walked forward proudly, whistling the tune of the child's song hoarsely. He walks alone across a square, and the camera follows him for a while. Before this scene begins, a voiceover can be heard in which the principal continues to talk with the superintendent.

Headmaster: Oh, Bruel, Xhosa, Goran, isn't it? As for Superintendent Yu Gai, I thought he was very competent...

Principal's office

It's still an overhead shot, but the director occupies more place in the picture than the principal.

Principal:...what you have said about him disturbs me...anyway, Mr. San...from what you have said, Mr. Superintendent...Tabal and Bruel's actions are nothing but children, naughty The behavior... nothing remarkable, nothing remarkable at all...

city ​​street

Quick shot (overhead): The kids are so happy to find out that no one is with them, they run around the city. Mr. Yu Gai came out of a smoking hotel, and Superintendent Bahan looked at him in astonishment. Yu Gai greeted him nonchalantly, and then walked away. Momentary shot: Yu Gai is thinking about something. Close-up (pulling the camera): Yugai looked up at the sky, took off his hat, and saluted his imaginary goddess.

Overhead shot from a high angle: After running around the city for a while, the children start looking for Mr. Yu Gai, which seems to be both for his sake and for themselves.

The children finally found Mr. Dingay in a street and followed him again. Hughes didn't seem to notice their return.

Suddenly, a young and beautiful lady walked out of a gate. She surpassed the students and passed in front of Superintendent Yu Gai. Yu Gai immediately quickened his pace and followed behind her. The students also moved their feet and followed closely. The pretty woman felt a little uncomfortable and stepped faster. The pace of Yu Gai and the children also accelerated. The young lady seemed attracted by their actions, and turned to face Mr. Guy. He was overjoyed and took off his hat and bowed deeply. The pretty woman went on her way, and Monsieur Huguet and the children who took off their hats with him chased after him again.

A new chase for the young lady begins on the city streets. The chase was unrestrained, and some children fell to the ground as they ran.

The young lady disappeared around the corner of the street. Mr. Yu Gai was at a loss for a while, and then continued to chase.

Close-up: A black dress flutters across the street. Mr. Yu Gai found this "skirt" and hurried forward.

A misunderstanding: Huguet is chasing after a priest. The latter turned around angrily, looked at Mr. Yu Gai, and took out his daily scriptures. It's almost like a slippery cover. The priest walked away in small steps.

fade out.

Principal's office

The principal and the superintendent continue to talk, the scene remains unchanged (the principal occupies more positions).

Principal: ... Also, have you considered our ethical responsibilities?

fade out.

Campus · Night

Next to the school gate, the principal held an umbrella high, and stood under the umbrella with the superintendent waiting for the students to return. (A low-angle upside-down shot of the two of them)

Momentary shot: Superintendent Yu Gai rushed in at full speed and passed in front of these two people. Taking off his hat, he continued to run forward.

Principal: Mr. Yu Gai came back alone? ...what a walk! ...this is intolerable! ...

A shot of the school gate. The children ran through the gate and ran past one by one. Moments later, the two children walked into the school together, the older one shielding the other from the rain with his coat. A close-up shot of the principal and the superintendent.

Principal: Exactly! still together. This friendship is too much. (Pause) Mr. Director, you have a point, they should be watched closely.

The principal and the superintendent looked at each other. It could not be more obvious to them that Bruel and Tabal were different.

Principal's office

Overhead shot: The principal sits at his desk. Tabar stood timidly opposite him, listening with horror to the headmaster's vague and increasingly inexplicable words, which he could not understand at all.

Principal: My kid...I'm about the same size as your father...At your age, something happens, doesn't it? These things... Anyway, Bruel is older than you... (Tabbar close-up momentarily. Voiceover, the headmaster continues) Your nature, your compassion, his... eh?

Tabal stood bewildered. At the school, he and Bruel were under special surveillance in secret, after which the headmaster made such puzzling remarks. This led him to speculate about something shameful, although he didn't know exactly what it was. He no longer dared to be treated as an innocent child. All physical contact became unbearable to him, and every word of others seemed to him to have an overtone. Tabal's nerves are getting more and more nervous, which is bound to bring him to the point of provoking trouble. Viewers will soon see this.

Principal: Is it...is it...some neurotic...psychopath...what do I know? ...

The principal stood up as he spoke the last words. He raised his arms upwards, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets, like a devil running out of a box (overhead shot).

fade out.

study room

Tabal entered the study room, and Mr. Bahan was in charge of the lesson. Tabal went to a table far away from Brueil and sat down. Bruel, puzzled, called to him softly.

Bruel: Come, come beside me... Come on!

The classroom door suddenly opened. Someone is alkaline.

VOICE: Goran, Xhosa, go to the parlour.

On Sundays, a day when it was clearly stipulated that he could go out, Bruel stayed at the school, Xhosa went to his guardian's house, and Gao Lan stayed in the school kitchen with his mother, "Mama Bean".

Both children stood up when their names were called. Tall Xhosa in holiday clothes. He walked through the classroom, Gao Lan followed him, walked to the podium of Superintendent Bahan, the two stopped and gave him a deep salute like a curtsy.

Bahan: What! You want me to ban you from going out again?

campus

Xhosa and Goran walked along a wooden fence that surrounded the yard. They walked sternly facing the audience, then stopped facing each other (close-up, medium) and curtseyed to each other. Corsa laughed.

Gao Lan: Have you ever seen such a lame curtsy? ...I'll stay here with my mother...in the kitchen...go and see your sweetheart. (He laughs louder than Xhosa)

Fade out, subtitles appear:

On Sunday, Xhosa was at his guardian's home.

The dining room in the guardian's home

This is an old-fashioned dining room with a Henry II-era table next to a piano. The guardian (who was never seen by the audience) was reading the newspaper. In the background, Xhosa sits properly, blindfolded by cloth. A charming little girl squatted on the piano, ready to surprise Xhosa. She hoisted a glass bottle by string so that it hung just in front of Khosa's blindfolded eyes. When everything was ready, she sat down beside Xhosa and very gently removed the cloth from his eyes. Xhosa made a sincere look of surprise.

Fade out, subtitles appear:

Gao Lan with his mother, "Mama Kidney Bean".

school kitchen

Goran sat on a bench in the kitchen. The camera is pulled back to reveal the panorama of the kitchen. There is a stove in the foreground on the right side of the picture, with several frying pans and iron pots on the fire. "Mother Bean" appears in the picture, she walks to the stove and pulls off a pot lid.

In the background, Gao Lan looks out through the skylight.

Kitchen · Exterior

Bruel squatted on campus near the kitchen skylight. He made several gestures to Gao Lan in the kitchen.

The camera pans to Tabal, who is walking this way.

Bruel: Tabal, come, come...

As he spoke, he pointed to the skylight at Tabar. Tabal leaned down and looked at Gao Ran.

kitchen

the same prospect. The mother was busy in front of the stove, and the son sat on the bench and played ball. The mother glanced warily at her son, and when she took her eyes off him, Gao Lan deliberately threw the ball out of the window and ran quickly outside to pick it up.

campus

Gao Lan ran to the companion who was still at the window.

Brüel: (Voiceover) Goland, Goland, give the chocolate to Tabal.

Goran ran to Tabal, who stood up from the window, and looked at him in disbelief. The camera of the three children is slightly down. Close-up, Gao Lan hesitated.

Bruel: (Voiceover) No, he's not a traitor, he's his own. Xhosa shouldn't let him take part in our action. (Close-up of Brueil) Listen to us, that's right... (Close-up: Tabal smiling) First of all, he has a place to hide, you'll see, he'll help us. (Close-up, Gao Lan is persuaded, he also laughs) He doesn't like the superintendent, I assure you he hates the superintendent.

Close-up: Gao Lan's hand pulls a bar of chocolate from her pocket. He handed Tabal the chocolate.

fade out.

kitchen

Panoramic view of the kitchen (same as the previous ones). "Mama Bean" is constantly busy. In the background the Director walks down the stairs to the stove.

"Mama Bean": Oh, Mr. Director!

The director lifted a pot lid and smelled.

"Mama Beans": Yes, Beans, all Beans. (Director shrugs) I can't just feed these kids beans.

"Mama Kidney Bean" raised her arms angrily, but the director walked away indifferently.

Seconds later: "Mama Bean" has been busy cooking. Gao Lan walked into the kitchen and came to the stove. He looked into the pot as his mother opened the lid of one.

Gao Lan: Oh, mom, it's kidney beans again!

Mom slapped him, and he responded by throwing the ball hard on the ground and running out. The ball bounced off the ground and fell into the pot. "Mama Kidney Bean" was so annoyed that she fished out the ball and threw it in the direction her son ran away. Gao Lan, who was running to the door, grabbed the ball.

canteen

An overhead shot of the rows of tables in the cafeteria. The children lined up to walk in and sat down one after another, and there was a commotion in the cafeteria.

I brought a few plates of kidney beans (in different scenes, most of them are from overhead).

There was a lot of noise, and Gao Lan protested with everyone, because he hadn't forgotten that slap! The noise was deafening, shouting, and the sound of being beaten on tableware.

Children's shouts: Shh, "Mama Bean"! Shhh, "Mama Bean"! (repeated multiple times)

Gao Lan suddenly wanted to cry. He thought, "Mother Laidou! After all, my mother made these dishes." (Close-up: Gao Lan lowered her head)

Xhosa and Bruel immediately understood Golan's pain and stopped the children's clamor.

Xhosa: Enough! Quiet!

Chemistry class classroom

Slightly overhead shot: The classroom is empty, only Xhosa and Gao Lan are standing by the fire and discussing something, with their action map in front of them (overhead shot).

Goran: Tabal has a place to hide things.

Xhosa: Who? ...Tabar? ……Where?

Gao Lan: I don't know.

Xhosa: Well, since you don't know, don't talk to me about Tabal.

Gao Lan: Did you put him in action?

Xhosa: Well, Tabal, I'm telling you, he's just a girl... I don't know what happened to him since the headmaster looked for him. Listen to me, this is a little girl. What will he do? What will he say?

There was a sound of drums in the yard. Xhosa and Gao Lan quickly folded the action map in front of them, and sat down in this amphitheatre with the first children who entered the classroom. (The camera is placed in the last row of the lecture hall, and the camera is overhead, facing the door of the classroom and a skeleton beside the door)

The teacher followed his classmates into the classroom; the skeletal specimens moved with him in step. He turned around, put on his pince-nez so he could see who was following him, and spoke to the student.

Teacher: This is wonderful! ...but I don't like this set...not at all! ...

The teacher took off his glasses and walked to the hanger to change his clothes. As he walked, he stroked Tabal's long hair, who was sitting in the first row. Close-up: He takes off his coat (he feels the sweat in his armpits), puts on a more dirty overalls, then walks back to the podium, sits down, puts on his glasses, and looks at the class. at a glance. Finally, he began a very peculiar grooming and cleaning: first, he took a medicine tube, squeezed some ointment into both nostrils, then ripped off his well-fastened tie, took out his handkerchief, and put the The thick phlegm that grunted in his throat spit into it. The camera pans and stops at Tabar. In the voiceover came the spitting sound of the chemistry teacher. It dissolves in and out very quickly. The teacher starts teaching. He approached Tabar sweetly and stroked his hair.

Teacher: What, my child, you don't take notes today?

Tabar irritably took out his notebook and began to write. The teacher takes the opportunity to press his fat, wet, shiny hand on Tabar's left hand (momentary close-up).

Teacher: Great!

Furious, Tabar yanked his hand out.

Tabal: Let go of me!

The teacher refused to give up, and he approached Tabar's face, half conciliatory, half threatening.

Teacher: Ah, my child, I don't have to say anything else to you!

Tabal stood up abruptly with great exaggeration and fixed his eyes on the chemistry teacher.

Tabal: Okay, but I'm going to tell you... FUCK!

fade out.

study room

Although Mr. Yu Gai was supervising the students, the study room was silent, filled with a solemn and tense atmosphere. The door opened suddenly.

The principal, the superintendent, the chemistry teacher, and the superintendent of Bahan stood upright, and with a gesture from the principal, the students took their seats.

The students looked at them hostilely.

Xhosa and Goran looked down on Tabal, and they whispered quietly, "A girl!..." Bruel felt very uncomfortable. Mr. Hughes looked very nervous.

The headmaster put his hat on Superintendent Yu Gai's lecture table. Mr. Yu Gai did not sit down. The headmaster approached Tabar (panning camera). The chemistry teacher, the superintendent, and the superintendent of Bahan stood behind the principal, trying to be serious and solemn.

Headmaster: Tabal!

Tabal stood up.

Principal: Tabal, my child, the Disciplinary Committee, eh... Disciplinary Committee, at the insistence of your merciful teachers...

The principal turned his head in the direction of the chemistry teacher, who made a gesture of humility.

Principal: ...you are so generous, Mr. Vio...out of respect for your family and love for you...

At this point, the camera pans across the classroom from left to right until the end of the classroom. It then shakes back in the opposite direction, accompanied by a voiceover of the principal speaking.

Principal: (Voiceover) ... and tomorrow is the school celebration, I agree to forgive you. Besides, you voluntarily defend, if I take the risk, come to ask for my forgiveness...

The camera pans to Superintendent Gai. He picked up his hat irritably and stood a little further behind the chemistry teacher, the superintendent, and Bahan. A shot of the headmaster and Tabal facing each other.

Principal: ...but you have to apologize publicly in front of all your classmates...we wait for you to do so...(silence)

Superintendent Yu Gai, who was deeply disgusted by this, put on his hat and walked away in order not to take part in the act that brought Tabar to shame.

Principal: (impatiently) Well, tell me what you think... (silence) Say what you want to say... Say it!

Tabal: (close-up) Mr. Principal, I'm going to tell you what the fuck!

Tabal sat down suddenly.

fade out.

bedroom

Overhead shot: The bedroom is full of people, and there is a frenzied scene. The children in their pajamas were all excited and excited. Tabar held a flag painted with a skull and read a manifesto. The loud shouting, Tabar's excited tone, made it difficult for people to hear him.

Tabar: War broke out. Defeat the superintendent! Abolish punishment! Long live the rebellion! ...freedom or death...plant our flag on the roof of the school. tomorrow. All will stand with us. We vowed to bomb the old guys who came to the school with the ammo, old books, waste cans, and broken shoes hidden on the top floor. go ahead! go ahead!

Tabar waved the flag and walked through the bedroom. The children followed suit, making all the beds a mess. Superintendent Bahan was wearing pajamas, standing upright on a bed, and wanted to calm them down. A series of shots of the children in the midst of the riots:

MOMENTARY CLOSE, EXTERIOR: Tabal in his pajamas crawls on the roof, pinning his flag to a thick chimney.

The camera turns back to the bedroom: the children are fighting more and more violently, they even grab the pillow. The pillow was torn apart in an instant, and white feathers flew like flakes of snow, filling the entire bedroom. The beds were in disarray, and the potty was knocked over. The exhausted Superintendent Bahan found a chair and tried to sit down through a thick cloud of feathers, but the chair was pulled away, and Mr. Bahan fell to the ground.

Momentary shot: The bedroom door opens, and the director appears at the door. Facing the feathers as dense as white clouds, he immediately closed the door again.

Panorama: Feathers flying from quilts and pillows drift farther and farther in the bedroom.

When a child turned over two hollow tendons in a row and fell on the chair that Bahan wanted to sit on, the film was shot in slow motion to enhance the dreamy, fairyland-like colors. The sound of the music became very peculiar, as if it was pronounced with hiss.

Behind the acrobatic kid slumped in the chair, there is a parade of torches (extinguished)...all the time in slow motion. Surrounded by softly fluttering feathers, the children seemed to be in a state of ecstasy. (Each child marching in the queue is holding a small paper lantern or a small flag. Tabal is holding a T-shaped cross.) (Note 3) At the end of the line is a thin figure , he was trapped on his feet by the curtains hanging outside the single room of the Bakhan schoolmaster, and he was in a state of embarrassment.

Fade out, and the following subtitles appear on top of a black background:

The next morning, fatigue became the helper of the four children...

Sunlight illuminates the messy bedroom. The camera pans to the beds: the children are sleeping soundly with clenched fists. The camera pans to a close-up view of Superintendent Bahan, and stops, he is also comfortably asleep on the bed. His bed was unobstructed as the drape that separated him from the students had been torn.

Xhosa, Tabal, Bruel, and Goran were dressed. They approached, carefully tying Superintendent Bahan to the bed with a scarf so as not to wake him up, then erected the bed, and hung two paper lanterns in front of Bahan, who was still asleep, in the shape of a scale: perhaps , this is the balance of the goddess of justice? ! (Note 4)

At this moment, the Night's Watch passed indifferently in front of the children, as if paying no attention to them.

The children were immediately ready to slip into their "territory". For days, they had stockpiled some "ammunition" there. They now wrap some of the ammunition they've just found in blankets and go full. The camera turns back to Superintendent Bahan. He was still bound to the bed and asleep, his posture balanced, a few feathers still floating in the air, and Bahan seemed to be smiling.

campus

Bunting flags on campus. On a raised deck, a kitchen clerk lays out cups. The headmaster paced restlessly beside him. The director came over.

Director: Mr. Principal, the children have locked themselves in the top floor.

Principal: (raises arms up) It's amazing...I've never seen anything like this before! ...

Momentary footage moving with the priest. The priest ran to the guests (among them the prefect) who had come to the platform set up for them.

Father: Mr. Governor! What a grand show! ……what! Sir, what a delight! ...

The priest runs towards the headmaster, and the camera follows him.

Priest: (to the principal) Mr. Governor has just sat down... Mr. Governor has sat down...

He walked away. The principal also walked towards the guest table. The camera pans across the campus with colorful flags: in the foreground, a firefighter stands at attention (back view), and later, another firefighter straddles the saddle. Looking between them, you can see the officials sitting in the VIP seats in the background. The second row "sits" some hideous puppets for playing puppet games. Their manners are solemn and full of air. Finally, the camera pans to the students sitting as if watching the performance. Beside them, Mr. Yu Gai raised his head and looked towards the roof, and probably saw a flag with a skeleton painted on it. An aerial panorama of the campus, followed by an aerial panorama of the four children on the roof (Xhosa, Goran, Bruel, Tabal) standing next to the flag.

Momentary shot: The superintendent sitting next to the principal in the first row stands up and walks towards the toilet at his characteristic pace.

The camera reverts to the four children on the roof. Suddenly, they started bombing the venue. The children were bombing, and their classmates in the yard cheered them on, as did Superintendent Yugai. Footage of officers dodging around. With Yu Gai's encouragement, all the children took part in playing puppets. At this point, officials and firefighters rushed towards the school building, trying to occupy the top floor. The Director followed behind them, and he turned his head for a second, giving a grotesque, almost contented smile.

A momentary bird's-eye view of the campus from the rooftop. The kids on the roof have stopped bombing. Yu Gai stood among the students, raising his hands upward, as if to celebrate the victory of the rebels.

Momentary shot: Four children wave the flag, tossing it at their classmates.

top floor

Two firefighters rushed through the door. The governor and the principal followed them into the top floor. Superintendent Bahan and the superintendent followed them.

Momentary shot: Four rebels (backs) singing and climbing high on the roof.

The headmaster rushed to the skylight, and so did the governor. They looked out.

Slow shot: The kids climb high on the roof, climb, climb... The words "END OF PLAY" appear on the screen.

(End)

Notes:

Note 1: Those who have passed the French Baccalaureate are called professionals. ——Translator

Note 2: Vallo is a famous character in Chaplin's films, he has a unique pace and a funny demeanor. ——Translator

Note 3: The words in brackets are from the original text. ——Translator

Note 4: In some European and American courts of the same family, there is often a statue of a judicial girl. She is blindfolded and holds her hands up like scales, symbolizing justice and selflessness. ——Translator

According to the translation of the 21st issue of the French "Film Front Desk" in 1962