JOSEPH:
Her fingers slip
JOSEPH & HIPOLITO:
The bottle drops
JOSEPH & HIPOLITO:
And falling in slow-motion
SUZANNE:
The bottle hits
SUZANNE & GEORGETTE:
The stopper rolls
SUZANNE, GEORGETTE, AMANDINE, GINA:
Across the bedroom floor
ENSEMBLE:
And hits a wall
And with a click
It's like a tiny trap-door opens
AMÉLIE:
A tiny hole
A metal box
A rusty hinge
A broken lock
ALL:
Slowly crack the treasure open
AMÉLIE:
(Looks into the box)
Cat's Eye marble
Die-cast car
A pocket knife
A chocolate bar
A watch that's waiting to be wound
A treasure waiting to be found
I am Howard Carter stepping into Tutankhamun's Timb
NARRATOR (GEORGETTE):
A treasure chest... that a small boy had hidden 40 years ago
NARRATOR (GINA):
On August 31st, at 4 am in the morning Amélie has a dazzling idea
AMÉLIE:
Give back the box
NARRATOR (GEORGETTE):
Wherever the owner was, she would find him and return his childhood
AMÉLIE:
I have to try
NARRATOR (HIPOLITO):
Should he be moved by this, she will start
Interfering in other people’s lives
AMÉLIE:
If I did
I could be like Lady Di
NARRATOR (JOSEPH):
If not...
AMÉLIE:
Tough luck