A Quiet Place 寂静之地 Movie Script 2018

A HAND TOUCHES APRIL’S SHOULDER.

John is standing behind his daughter. April doesn’t look over. Doesn’t react.

If we hadn’t noticed before, we realize now that there is an enormous amount of tension between them.

April’s face starts to quiver. Tears filling her eyes. She pushes her father’s hand away and leaves.

John opens his mouth as if to say something, but of course... he can’t.

EXT. VALLEY - MORNING John has a LARGE DUFFLE slung around his shoulder. He leads Will down a steep trail into a lake valley.

As they walk, we may or may not notice how they always: 1) Avoid dry leaves and sticks 2) Walk heel to toe 3) Distribute their weight evenly 4) Keep their arms close to their sides 5) Breathe steadily 6) Match the cadence of each other’s gait EXT. LAKE - MORNING Will sits into a small ROW-BOAT with no paddles. He hides his trembling hands. Doesn’t want his father to know he’s scared.

John sits behind him and gazes at the placid water.

A layer of RED ALGAE covers the entire basin. It is thick and milky along the shore, where the SKELETONS of cows, horses, and fish waste away.

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There’s a long ROPE that extends from one side of the lake to the other. It’s been secured to a post on each end and pulled taught, hanging no more than a few inches above the surface.

The men begin pulling themselves along the rope, slowly at first; careful not to disrupt or splash the water in any way.

Their boat glides across the calm lake, gaining momentum, heading to a SMALL GROVE OF TREES on the other side.

EXT. WELL - MORNING Under the trees rests a WATER WELL made of laid stones.

John shines a MINI-FLASHLIGHT into the well. The beam fades into darkness, unable to reach the bottom.

John begins pulling a bungee cable that’s looped through a pulley system.

Sixty feet below, a LEATHER BUCKET envelopes a gallon of water, and as the bungee is pulled, the leathercinches itself closed, trapping any leaking water.

Will opens the duffle and removes four COLLAPSIBLE WATER CONTAINERS.

They begin the process of painstakingly filling each of the containers with water from the well.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY April is lying outside the farmhouse writing in her DIARY.

Her HEARING AID is removed.

She flips the page and stifles a scream. Inside is a DRAWING.

A DARK RED CREATURE SCRIBBLED IN CRAYON. ANIMAL, YET OTHERWORLDLY. BLOOD POOLED AROUND ITS LEGS.

Her brother smirks as he hauls two WATER CONTAINERS across the yard. April is not amused by Will’s prank. She plugs her HEARING AID back into her ear.

INT. FARMHOUSE, DEN - DAY Mia crosses off another day on her CALENDAR. We see that she’s still several weeks out from her DUE DATE.