SCENE 22: ONE DAY MORE!
INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
[stares out a window of his room. A suitcase in hand]
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
One day more!
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EXT: garden-dusk
MARIUS
[climbs over Cosette’s garden’s gate]
I did not live until today.
How can I live when we are parted?
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INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
One day more.
[Cosette runs out into the garden to meet marius. They grab each other’s hands]
EXT: garden-dusk
MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you, my world has started!
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EXT: street
EPONINE
[walking down a street]
One more day all on my own.
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EXT: garden
MARIUS & COSETTE
[still in the garden]
Will we ever meet again?
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EXT: street
EPONINE
[turns a corner]
One more day with him not caring.
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EXT: garden
MARIUS & COSETTE
[sit on the bench]
I was born to be with you.
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EXT: street
EPONINE
[sits on a bench on the side of a street]
What a life I might have known.
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EXT: garden
MARIUS & COSETTE
[sighs]
And I swear I will be true!
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EXT: street
EPONINE
[stands up]
But he never saw me there!
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EXT: street
ENJOLRAS
[walks to the where the barricade would be built]
One more day before the storm!
MARIUS
[had left cosette and was a few steps behind Enjolras]
Do I follow where she goes?
ENJOLRAS
[continues to walk]
At the barricades of freedom.
MARIUS
[thinking out loud]
Shall I join my brothers there?
ENJOLRAS
[turns around to face Marius]
When our ranks begin to form
MARIUS
Do I stay; and do I dare?
ENJOLRAS
[speaks to Marius]
Will you take your place with me?
PEOPLE OF PARIS:
[about the streets, looking out windows, etc]
The time is now, the day is here
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INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
[out on the balcony of his house]
One day more!
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EXT: street
JAVERT
[leading a group off Nation Guardsmen to their headquarters]
One more day to revolution,
We will nip it in the bud!
I will join these little schoolboys,
They will wet themselves with blood!
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INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
[out on the balcony of his house]
One day more!
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INT: sewers
M. & MME. THENARDIER
[In the sewers]
Watch 'em run amuck,
Catch 'em as they fall,
Never know your luck
When there's a free for all,
Here a little `dip'
There a little `touch'
Most of them are goners
So they won't miss much!
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EXT: street-dusk
STUDENTS
[walking down a street]
One day to a new beginning
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EXT: street
PEOPLE OF PARIS:
[walking down another street]
Raise the flag of freedom high!
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EXT: street
STUDENTS
[continue down the street]
Every man will be a king
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EXT: street
PEOPLE OF PARIS
[continue down the street]
Every man will be a king
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STUDENTS
[arrive where the barricade will be]
There's a new world for the winning
PEOPLE OF PARIS
[arrive at the same time]
There's a new world to be won
ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
MARIUS
[stands beside Enjolras]
My place is here, I fight with you!
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INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
[overlooks the city street of Paris from his balcony]
One day more!
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EXT: street/garden
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MARIUS & COSETTE
[sing to each other, even though they are not in the same place]
I did not live until today.
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EXT: street
EPONINE
[walking down a street]
One more day all on my own!
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EXT: street/garden
BLENDED SPLITSCREEN
MARIUS & COSETTE
How can I live when we are parted?
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INT: police headquarters
JAVERT
[overlapping]
[dressing as a student to infiltrate their barricade]
I will join these people's heros
I will follow where they go
I will learn their little Secrets,
I will know the things they know.
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INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
One day more!
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EXT: street/garden
BLENDED SPLITSCREEN
MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
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EXT: street
EPONINE
What a life I might have known!
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EXT: street/garden
BLENDED SPLITSCREEN
MARIUS & COSETTE
And yet with you my world has started
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INT: police headquarters
JAVERT
[overlapping]
One more day to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We'll be ready for these
Schoolboys
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INT: sewers
THENARDIERS
[overlapping]
Watch 'em run amok
Catch 'em as they fall
Never know your luck
When there's a free-for-all!
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INT: House on Rue Plumet
VALJEAN
Tomorrow we'll be far away,
Tomorrow is the judgment day
ALL
Tomorrow we'll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!