A Quiet Place 寂静之地 Movie Script 2018

She hits the switch again. Nothing.

April flips the generator over and pulls out the BATTERIES.

They are CORRODED. John can’t believe it. It’s all over.

MIA (V.O.) What are you thinking about?

JOHN (V.O.) Nothing.

The alien hears April’s breathing change. Her hands start to tremble.

MIA (V.O.) Why won’t you talk to us anymore?

JOHN (V.O.) I don’t know.

April goes white. She stares helplessly at her father.

MIA (V.O.) You just disappear sometimes... (beat) Into a quiet place.

PUSH IN ON JOHN’S FACE, AS WE REALIZE,THE FLASHBACKS ARE HIS MEMORIES. THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO AN OVERLAPPING CACOPHONY OF VOICES AND IMAGES. BARELY COHERENT. AGGRESSIVELY SENTIMENTAL. FOCUSING ON THE THINGS WE STRUGGLE WITH ON THE INSIDE. ALL THE THINGS THAT GO LEFT UNSAID. A MONTAGE OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS. THE UNSPOKEN. THE QUIET PLACE OF OUR MINDS: APRIL (V.O.) How come you and Daddy don’t talk?

IRIS (V.O.) I think I like it better when you don’t say anything to me.

MIA (V.O.) You act like she doesn’t exist.

APRIL (V.O.) I hate you.

JOHN (V.O.) She knows I love her.

MIA (V.O.) She needs to hear you say it.

65.

JOHN (V.O.) I need to tell you something.

IRIS (V.O.) What is it?

Tears form in the corners of John’s eyes. He knows what he has to do. John silently backs away. Opens his mouth. And says with everything in his lungs:

JOHN:

I love you.

And with that, the alien turns its focus from the kids to John. This is John’s final sacrifice for his family.

April and Will look up through tears. They see the alien rip across the tract toward their father.

Just before the alien LUNGES, Will turns the volume all the way down on April’s hearing aid, drowning out John’s CRIES as OUR WORLD GOES SILENT.

EXT. CORN FIELD, CLEARING - DAY