Excerpt From 20 Minutes for Michelle (short film)

“…MICHELLE (V.O)

16th of February and I'm taking it kind of slow. 

Last night I had a dream, it was you and I, we were under this tree in the middle of a field. It had died long ago, but here it was still standing. Gone but still there. It's brittle branches outstretched, calling out to the sky. And then. Then we were at the movies. That cinema you used to work at. I know you hated it, but in the dream it was funny.

You remember that claw machine in the foyer? Such a scam. But not in the dream. You actually won! This cheap little toy. And Ryan you should've seen how you smiled when you held that toy. Like a kid you were. And it made me think. Do you want to go to the movies? We should do it. Some time. We should go to the movies and see if they still have those toys like they used to. See if the sprite still tastes like it used to. Fuck what I wouldn't give for the sprite to still taste like it used to.

I don’t really know what that dream was about. 

But today I woke up

And today,

I just feel so alive today..”

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