ANGEL BORN INTO HELL

A FILM TREATMENT FOR A 5 MINUTE SHORT

A GAMBLE PRODUCTIONS MOVIES

BY JESS BOAGEY LEWIS EVANS DEAN TURNER

Blood drips into a sink, drop by drop, leaving red specks dotted about the basin. Still the blood drips, as a teenage girl, PENNY, continues to wash it from her hands, she looks up from the basin and stares at herself in the mirror in shame and guilt. A tall cast-iron gate stands strong like a coat of arms protecting a neglected, unkempt, fading church that is fixed in a small, quiet, isolated village. Although the churchs appearance isnt appealing from the outside, the interior is enchanting, a palace fit for a king, a God. A single candle is burning and flickers in the shadow of the altar. A gold and beige cloth dresses a poor wooden table beneath, with a gold banister ascending toward the sacred bench that withholds the Bible. PENNY, aged 17 wearing a dark hooded jumper and jeans is knelt before a decorated chancel table grasping a crumpled photograph, and a crucifix in her right hand and holding a small bunch of yellow flowers in the left. She stands, bows her head and backs away from the altar reluctantly. She wonders over to the stand where the single candle is set, she takes a candle from the box and places it below the already burning candle and lights hers from this. The glows from the candles reveal a heartbroken, despondent face, whilst tears begin to bleed from her tired, bloodshot eyes. *FLASHBACK* There is still a wild party atmosphere, music playing, people dancing and laughing as PENNY decides to leave. PENNY begins to meander the paths of a quiet rural landscape in the early morning moonlight. She turns to go up a stony path where the trees block out the light from the moon. An older MAN, who she previously passed standing outside a shop, follows her up the path and starts to call her Hey you! Hey wait up Ill walk with you. She turns around to see who is calling her and doesnt recognise the middle aged MAN wearing a worn leather jacket. He is carrying a bottle of vodka and in a drunken state. He staggers towards her, falling from one side of the path to the other still shouting after her. She does not wait for him and continues on her journey home. She hears the bottle smash behind her and looks to see if he has fallen. Instead she sees him advancing on her with a stern angry look upon his face and blood running from his cut hand. She starts to hasten her pace to escape him. He reaches out his hand and grasps her arm tightly. He turns towards another path dragging her along

with him. *PRESENT DAY* Penny advances up the aisle, slowly and cautiously. She turns to a small ceramic font attached to the wall and blesses the flowers with the holy water and closes her eyes when doing so. *FLASHBACK* He throws her to the floor and her head lands on a sharp rock, sending her in and out of consciousness as he begins to assault her. I told you to wait for me, its rude to ignore someone. Youve made me mad, really mad She screams for help but no one hears her cries. He holds his hand over her mouth to keep her from shouting anymore. She lies there on the brisk floor, closing her eyes trying to remove herself from the situation. *PRESENT DAY* She leaves the church in trance heading for the churchyard. *FLASHBACK* She wakes up and her vision is blurred. She lies there for a few moments trying to remember what happened, then it all comes flooding back to her. She stumbles to her feet and starts to run home. As she approaches the front door she frantically pushes down the handle and the door swings open. She runs in pushing the door behind her, but not closing it properly behind her. She runs into the lounge and lies in the fetal position on the sofa, shaking with fear. The fear in her face is obvious and every car that goes past makes her flinch. She decides to pick up one of the candle sticks on the fire place to protect herself with and sits on the stair well, waiting with a panicked, crazed look upon her face. She hears a car pull up outside. The door opens fully and she runs from the lounge and slams the candlestick down on the dark figure. It isnt until she looks at the lifeless body on the floor she realises it is her FATHER. She breaks down into tears, thinking only what she has just done to her best friend and most importantly her FATHER. He lies unconscious on the floor as she rings for an ambulance. PENNY traces her hands over where she has just hit her FATHER and gets his blood all over her hands.

PENNY glances at the clock, 1.30am. PENNYS father is lying lifeless in a hospital bed, with machines surrounding him, keeping his heart beating for just that little bit longer. The only sound that fills the room is the clock, tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock. PENNY sits obediently at the side of her FATHERS bed, gently holding his hand in hers. He is sleeping, slipping further and further away, edging closer to a foreign land he would soon be drawn into, but not of his own accord. Her father is turning into a lifeless body and there is nothing she can do about it but wait. PENNY sits attentively at her FATHERS bedside counting on him waking up. Whats all the tears for? croaks the familiar voice of her FATHER. He gently moves his arms and welcomes her into them. They sit there for a few short moments, her eyes streaming. Her FATHER slowly brings his index finger up to her eye and wipes away a single bead of water rolling down her check, and holds it until it dissolves into his hand. She looks up from the blood stained parquet floor and gazes into his eyes. She had never seen this look in them before. A sense of pain and sadness looms over what was happiness, pride and glory. His eyes were now dull and lifeless. I love you her FATHER whispers as his hand traces the outline of her lips. His hand falls on a crucifix round his neck, he tugs on the chain and it breaks, he hands it to PENNY and she clasps her hand around it. Have this on you all the time and I will always be with you. His eyes close and his embrace around PENNY loosens and a continual high pitched sound echoes around the room as his soul passes through to a foreign land. *PRESENT DAY* PENNY walks up to a headstone and lays the fresh flowers down on the damp grass. She falls to her knees and starts to weep.