EXT. DESERT
An ovular medallion in the sand. It says, “& Then Untended As . . .”
EXT. DESERT
An ovular medallion in the sand. It says, “& Then Untended As . . .”
A hand picks it up and puts it in a BAG.
INT. STUDIO - FUNERAL HOME
A lipstick is pulled from the same bag in a funeral home and handed to someone.
The hand puts the lipstick on a corpse. We only see close up details. The ages hands of the elder, figures moving in front of the camera, out the window at the sky, etc.
INT. STUDIO - FUNERAL HOME
A lipstick is pulled from the same bag in a funeral home and handed to someone.
The hand puts the lipstick on a corpse. We only see close up details. The ages hands of the elder, figures moving in front of the camera, out the window at the sky, etc.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR (V.O.)
I love this color. What’s it called?
BEREAVED (V.O.)
Tender. It was her favourite.
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A picture of Rainbow, the white poodle in Arles.
SOPHIA (V.O.)
My friend’s dog.
Both screens: Ancient Egyptian art of Anubis
lord of the dead come into focus together.
DOC (V.O.)
And what about now?
SOPHIA (V.O.)
(whispered) I don’t know . . . some old god?
DOC (V.O.)
Try to remember. Who is she?
Sophia closes her eyes.
CUT TO BLACK.
The dog answers in a voice heavily focused
through the subwoofer
and gives hints to the riddle.
BITCH ANUBIS (V.O.)
Do not look away from my black body.
I am undead and as fertile as soil
in the Nile river valley.
