The visual of the opening scene
"ONCE UPON A TIME IN... NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE"
This SUBTITLE disappears, and is replaced by another one;
"1941 One year into the German occupation of France".
The farm consists of a house, small barn, and cows spread about. The owner of the property, a bull of a man FRENCH FARMER, brings a axe up and down on A tree stump blemishing his property. However simply by sight, you'd never know if he's been beating at this stump for the last year, or just started today.
JULIE One of his three pretty teenage daughters, is hanging up laundry on the clothes line. As she hangs up a white bed sheet, she hears a noise, moving the sheet aside she see's;
JULIE'S POV: A Nazi town car convertible, with two little Nazi flags attached to the hood, a NAZI SOLDIER behind the wheel, a NAZI OFFICER alone in the back seat, following TWO OTHER NAZI SOLDIERS on motorcycles, coming up over the hill on the country road leading to their farm.
JULIE 'Pappa' she yells.
The French Farmer sinks his axe in the stump, looks over his shoulder, and see's the Germans approaching. The FARMERS WIFE, CHARLOTTE comes to the doorway of their home, followed by her TWO OTHER TEENAGE DAUGHTERS, and see the Germans approaching. The Farmer yells to his family in FRENCH, SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH;
FARMER 'Go back inside and shut the door'.
FARMER (to Julie)
'Julie, get me some water from the pump to wash up with, then get inside with your mother.'
The young lady runs to the water pump by the house. She picks up a basin, and begins pumping, after a few pumps, water comes out splashing into the basin. The French Farmer sits down on the stump he was previously chopping away at, pulls a handkerchief from his pocket, wipes sweat from off his face, and waits for the Nazi convoy to arrive. After living for a year with the sword of Damocles suspended over his head, this may very well be the end. Julie finishes filling the water basin, and places it on the window sill.
JULIE 'Ready Pappa.'
FARMER 'Thank you darling, now go inside and take care of your mother. Don't run.'
Julie walks inside the farm house and closes the door behind her. As her father stands up from his stump, and moves over to the window sill with the water basin....The SOUND of the ENGINES of the two motorcycles and car get LOUDER. The Farmer SPLASHES water from the basin on his face and down his front. He takes a towel off a nail, and wipes the excess water from his face and chest, as he watches the two motorcycles, the one automobile, and the four representatives of the National Socialist Party come to a halt on his property. We don't move into them, but keep observing them from a distance, like the Farmer. The TWO NAZI MOTORCYCLIST are off their bikes, and standing at attention next to them. The NAZI DRIVER has walked around the automobile, and opened the door for his superior. The NAZI OFFICER says to The Driver in UNSUBTITLED GERMAN;
NAZI OFFICER 'This is the property of Perrier LaPadite?'
FARMER 'I am Perrier LaPadite'.
The S.S. Colonel crosses the distance between them with long strides, and says in French with a smile on his face;
NAZI OFFICER 'It is a pleasure to meet you Monsieur LaPadite, I am Colonel Hans Landa of the S.S.COLONEL.'
HANS LANDA offers the French Farmer PERRIER LAPADITE his hand. The Frenchman takes the German hand in his and shakes it.
PERRIER ' How may I help you?'
COL LANDA 'I was hoping you could invite me inside your home and we may have a discussion.'
INT - LAPADITE FARM HOUSE - DAY The door to the farm house swings open, and the Farmer gestures for the S.S. COL to enter. Removing his grey S.S. cap,inside the Frenchman's home. Col Landa is immediately greeted with the sight of the Farmers wife, and three pretty daughters standing together in the kitchen, smiling in his direction. The Farmer enters behind him, closing the door.etc.
The writer Quentin Tarantino uses a lot of Dialogue to drive the narrative and make his story more understandable to the audience.
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