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1 EXT. CITY - NIGHT 1

1) The scene opens with buildings in the city. ADONIS stands
in front of them, the flashing lights of cameras the only
illumination of his face.
ADONIS (V.O.)
What was her name? What was her
name?
REPORTER (O.S.)
Adonis, how do you feel about the
recent threat to your life?
Adonis' eyes snap upward to look directly into the camera.
2) Adonis walks through the city, stepping on a puddle. He
crosses an abandoned street, then stands in front of a
building with only his back visible.
JIM (V.O.)
You need him, Adonis. People will
kill for your position.
ADONIS
Do you have any idea who I am? I am
inviolable.
3) Three shots of the city are played and slowly turn black
and white. The credits 'From the Director of La Femme Fatale'
plays over them in a film-noir font.

2 INT. OFFICE - DAY 2

1) Adonis walks through an office. His COLLEAGUE waves at him
as they both pass the hall. The colleague glares at Adonis'
back after they have passed.

Adonis enters his office room and sees his manager, JIM, and
his competitor, BAZIN, seated around a table.
ADONIS
What a surprise. Lovely as always to
see you, Jim. Carl, is it?
BAZIN
It's Bazin.
ADONIS
Right.
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BAZIN
Congratulations on the promotion.

ADONIS
The next person that says
'congratulations' to me, I'll kill
them.
Adonis smiles, but Bazin appears wildly confused, glancing at
Jim for clarification.
BAZIN
I beg your pardon.
Adonis' smile fades instantly.
ADONIS
What? Don't you get the reference?
Adonis glances at Jim before looking back at Bazin.
ADONIS
Seriously?
Bazin relaxes in his chair.
BAZIN
They're promoting anyone these days.
Even ones still stuck in the 1900s.
(laughs)
Adonis smiles politely and looks over to Jim, who returns a
fake smile.

2) Adonis has set up a DRAWSTRING on his office wall. After

some time, he is on the phone with Jim.
JIM (V.O)
I think you've lost it.
ADONIS
Why is everyone so calm? It's Bazin!
This all started because of him.
JIM (V.O.)
(sighs)
It's not Bazin.
ADONIS
How the hell are you so sure?

JIM (V.O)
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'Cause he's dead.

Adonis stops pacing.

ADONIS
This changes everything.

3 INT. BAR - NIGHT 3

Adonis is at the bar, accompanied by MAGDALENA. Her GLASS is

full. His is empty.
ADONIS
Do you have any idea who I am?

She is about to speak before he stops her, raising a hand and

reaching into his pocket for his RINGING PHONE.

ADONIS
Hold that thought.
Adonis walks away from her before he answers the phone.

ADONIS
Do you know what time it is right
now?

Adonis slurs his words and checks the time on his wrist, only
to be met with no watch.

ADONIS
Why are you calling?
JIM (O.S.)
Sober up, lover boy. You ever check
the news anymore? Seems someone's
just threatened your life. I advise
you meet me at the office.

Adonis looks confused, but he walks back to Magdalena,

placing a blank BUSINESS CARD on the table for her. Magdalena
picks it up and places a kiss on it, her red lips staining
the card.

MAGDALENA
I'll remember your face.

ADONIS
I'll try to forget yours.
Her red lips pull into a smirk before her full face is shown.

ADONIS
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Nice gloves.

Magdalena drums her gloved fingers on the table. Her hand

holds the business card between her fingers, stained with her
lipstick. She taps the card up and down and the scene changes
to her doing the same movement with a KNIFE.

2) BAZIN
It's normal to make enemies in this
line of business, Adonis. I'm not
one of them. If I wanted you dead, I
would have already killed you.
ADONIS
What did you say?
Adonis is confused, drink in hand, and disheveled. His HAT is
on the counter. Bazin looks equally as confused, sitting
beside him.

BAZIN
I said if I knew who it was, I would
have already told you.

BAZIN
Rest well, Adonis. It's all
paranoia.

ADONIS
Maybe I should get a gun.

BAZIN
(laughs) Maybe you should.

4 INT. ADONIS’ ROOM - NIGHT 4

An OLD-FASHIONED RADIO is perched on a table, and a RADIO
BROADCASTER's voice is heard.

RADIO BROADCASTER (V.O)

The following statement was sent
anonymously to a local precinct
earlier this week. The content is
not suitable for all ages.
Adonis. I will not grant you a
breath of rest, a moment's peace of
mind. You are a man of wisdom, you
know there is no such hell. There is
only me. You were not wise enough to
fear me as I should. Now I trail the
very shadow of your steps, Adonis. I
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will carve you open and expose your

conceited soul. Every man for
themselves. Good luck.

Adonis' shoes are shown first. He smoothes out his slacks, a

MAGNIFYING GLASS protruding from his pocket, before adjusting
his RED TIE. He puts on his black coat before wearing his
hat.

ADONIS
I am in my own proper atmosphere.

5 INT. OFFICE - NIGHT 5

1) Adonis hunched over his worktable, palms his eyes

aggressively before running a hand through his hair. His
COMPUTER illuminates his face, and PAPERS are scattered
throughout his desk.

2) Adonis is hunched over a desk on his COMPUTER, hastily

typing away. Only his back can be seen as his screen
illuminates the scene. An extreme close-up shows his eyes
roving hastily around his screen.

After some time, Adonis stands near a window, his back to

Jim. The drawstring board is empty.

JIM
You know, there are a lot of people
who don't like you, Adonis. The
killer could be anyone.

ADONIS
She won't be that hard to find.

Jim is silent for a few seconds before he reacts.

JIM
She?

The scene returns to Adonis' determined face.

6 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT 6

Adonis is in an interrogation room, accompanied by JUKE, a

detective.

ADONIS
Do you think this is all some
coincidence? Two murders, detective!
It's not some coincidence they were
all partners of Bazin. Why didn't
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you ever do autopsies? They were

both assigned to you!

JUKE
You think you can do my job better
than me? This isn't some shit out of
your movies, okay, things can be
coincidental. Everything from your
pretentious assumptions to the way
you're dressed is ridiculous.

Adonis scoffs before he looks at her hands, cocking his head

to the side.

ADONIS
Nice gloves.

7 INT. OFFICE - NIGHT 7

1) AMIEN, the first victim, sits in the center of an office

room, holding a DRINK in his hand. The scene cuts to the same
hand, motionless and dangling with its contents spilling out.

2) ANITY, the second victim, sits in the center of an office

room with a CIGAR in his hand. The scene cuts to his
motionless body in his chair.

3) Bazin walks into a room with a gun and aims it at the

camera.
4) Bazin is tied to an office chair. The table is loitered
with PILLS. He struggled with the binds of the ROPE.
BAZIN
No, we have a deal! We had a deal!

5) Adonis is strapped to a chair, blood runs down the side of

his face but he smiles widely.

ADONIS

I knew it.

8 EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT 8

1) Juke leans against the wall, fiddling with the business

card with gloved hands.

JUKE
The problem with putting two and two
together is that sometimes you get
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four, and sometimes you get twenty-

two.

2) Adonis is running and then he stops, gasping for air. He

checks behind him before slowly making his way out of the
dark alley. He takes out his phone to call his manager.

ADONIS
I know who it is! Call me back as
soon as you get this!

Before walking to the street he looks left and right. Adonis

looks to his left and is met with the hard force of a GUN to
his face.

9 INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 9

YOUNG ADONIS sits in front of a TELEVISION. The Thin Man

plays and the woman's voice is heard.

ACTRESS
The next person that says Merry
Christmas to me, I'll kill them.

10 INT. OFFICE - NIGHT 10

Adonis is in his office, his head in his hands, and Juke

sitting opposite the table, looking exasperated.
ADONIS
I don't understand why you can't
just arrest him.
JUKE
He hasn't done anything. I can't go
around arresting everyone you
believe is a suspect in your little
murder theory. Hell, I'm a minute
away from being a suspect.
ADONIS
It is unnerving how someone in your
position is so calm about a threat
that was made to my life!
Juke stands up.

JUKE
Do not yell at me.
ADONIS
Get out of my office.
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Juke leaves the office and closes the door. As she walks
away, an object breaking behind the door is heard.

11 INT. MAGDALENA’S ROOM - NIGHT 11

Magdalena's heels tap on the floor. She stands in front of a
mirror and adorns her hands with GLOVES before applying
LIPSTICK. She smoothes her dress once before the camera pans
upwards to show her gazing at her reflection.

MAGDALENA
Adonis, Adonis.
She brings her hands up to mimic a gun.

MAGDALENA
Bang!