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"The Deceptive Heart" |
TEASER FADE IN. EXT. THE HACIENDA - DAY - ESTABLISHING the house in the morning sun. INT. LIBRARY - DAY - DON DIEGO
is at a sculptor's armature, working on a life-size wax head
DON ALEJANDRO Tell me how I look, Diego.DON DIEGO (putting down his tools)DON ALEJANDRO (nervously fiddling)DON DIEGO -- and ten minutes before that! You lookDON ALEJANDRO I changed my cravat. First impressions are everything.
DON DIEGO I still can't believe you'd consider marriage to a lady
DON ALEJANDRO Marriage is a definite prospect, yes. But the purpose of theINSERT - THE CAMEO in Don Alejandro's hands. A fiftyish, "handsome" lady.
DON ALEJANDRO (CONT) First our pens, then our hearts found each other. AS BEFORE
DON ALEJANDRO (CONT) I will never forget your dear mother. But I have missed the companionship
DON DIEGO (affectionately)
DON ALEJANDRO So. Romance is the sole province of the young! Felipe eaters, gesticulating wildly.
DON DIEGO Felipe has sighted the coach.
DON ALEJANDRO The coach! It's an hour early! Quick , how do I look?
DON DIEGO You will dazzle her, Father. EXT THE ROAD - LONG SHOT - THE COACH approaching, churning a plume of dust. EXT HACIENDA - DON DIEGO, DON ALEJANDRO & FELIPE
come through the garden gate as the coach arrives. The Driver INSERT - THE CAMEO BACK TO FRANCISCA smiling happily, but in no way the woman on the cameo!
DON ALEJANDRO looks up, hardly daring to believe.
DON ALEJANDRO Er. . .Seņora?
FRANCISCA I am Francisca. . .And you are Don Alejandro?
DON ALEJANDRO The same, Seņora de la Pena.
Francisca moves quickly to embrace Don Alejandro, whose shock turns DON DIEGO taking it all in, completely flummoxed. FADE OUT. END TEASER |
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