THREE LADIES

SYNOPSIS

"THREE LADIES"
The discovery of two friends of the "wisdom, beauty and strength" that we all have, "The Three Ladies" that will accompany them in their lives.

Eli is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her parents in a quiet place, which is what the whole family was looking for. They moved there for various reasons, one of them because of her daughter and because she was unhappy with her surroundings.Now she is learning to live with the pastand living a new future.

Where she lived before is a place with a wonderful beach and a lot of various countries, her friend Megan still lives there.

One day he receives a letter from her and tells her what is going very wrong because of the contempt and behavior of his colleagues and friends, towards her.

Megan tells her how she feels and how she is reflected in it, because she remembers when Eli began to live moments of anxiety and sadness for the people who were in her environment and who treated her with contempt and mistreatment.

Megan is a shy but very happy young woman, a friend of her friends and a very good student. She lives with her family in a nice place with a beach and a lot of atmosphere. She loves to go out of class and take a walk by the sea, where she can find herself in peace and think about beautiful things.


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Eli, is a young woman with a great character and very independent, she likes music and writing songs a lot, that helped her get ahead after her bad experience with other young people, now she finds that her friend is living the same as she is.
Megan, in her last letter, tells her that one day on the way to the gym where she does boxing, she met some high school classmates and they followed her until she entered. All the way they were saying horrible things, she came to the gym with tears in her eyes.

In her letter she writes:
Dear friend, I know that these moments are difficult, you will remember what I lived and I am very sorry, but now we know how to fight together.
I found the way to see that everyone has inside (Wisdom, Beauty and Strength) and if you do not realize what you have these characteristics, you will be fragile before others.
Composed a song, which when singing it helps me to continue.
Megan, I'm going to talk to my parents to go see you on the next vacation and until we see each other, I want you to remember my words and along with this letter I also send you my song, you will feel that we are together.
When Megan received Eli's letter, she was very excited and was already looking forward to seeing her friend and feeling sheltered by her.
What would your friend have in mind to help her? Eli, she's so strong and confident, Megan thought.






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CHARACTERS
ELI (15 years old)
Protagonist of this story, she is a happy young woman, a good friend and now sure of herself. It has not always been like this, she has had events with other young people that have made her not be happy. She lives with her family in a quiet place, she has changed her friends and has found in music one of her best companions.
MEGAN (15 years old)
Eli's friend, she is a shy young woman and a good student, she has few friends. Now she is living sad moments due to harassment of other young people and she remembers what her friend also lived. She is going to tell Eli and together they will solve Megan's situation.

LUIS Y MARCOS (15 years old)
Megan's classmates from high school, who treat her with contempt and insults.

ELISA, SOFIA AND MARTA (16 years old)
High school girls bullying Eli. These girls scorn Eli and insult her, where they see her.

ELI'S MOTHER (45 years old)
She is a young woman, she loves her daughter very much, but she has not known how to support and help her, in the situation she was in.




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SCRIPT

INT. APARTMENT / ROOM ELI / DAY

Eli is at home and when she reaches the room, she finds a letter on her desk.
We are at Eli's house, in her room, she has on her desk a letter from her friend Megan, with great enthusiasm she says to her mother:

ELI
(smiling)
Mom, I got another letter from Megan.
Open the letter with great emotion and start reading:
Hello Eli how are you? How about in your new city? I hope you are well and have good friends. Here the same people, I have no new friends and I miss you.
I wanted to tell you that I am living the same as you and I am having a very bad time.
Some people behave with contempt towards me and I don't know how to go on, I don't understand them.
I know you lived through this situation too and I would like you to tell me how you could cope with it, I saw you strong, but surely you were devastated inside.
I want to be able to go out calm and I'm scared. I have signed up to the gym for boxing classes, it feels very good, it makes me feel more secure, because I am afraid.




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A few days ago going to these classes, I met two boys from high school and they started insulting me, I started crying, that's how my day is.
I do not know how to handle the situation, I am very sad, I do not feel like eating or going out. Dear friend, I don't know what to do.
Megan

INT / APARTMENT / ROOM ELI / DAY
Eli, after reading his friend's letter, sits on the sofa and looks sad.

ELI
(remembers situations lived with his friend Megan)
(Flashback)

EXT / PARK / DAY
Eli and Megan stroll through the park, talking about high school.

ELI / MEGAN
They went out for a walk together and talked about class things, they also prepared their weekend, to go have a drink and they liked going to the movies together, they had the same tastes in movies to see. They also loved to sing.
EXT.PARK / DAY
ELI and Megan start singing.




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Song
You and I
When the sun rises and shines around us
We know that life is great! and enjoy it together more
We live sorrows and joys, we share
It's great to be your friend and feel loved
You and me, always, it's great! enjoy my friend

You and me, forever, laugh and cry together, it's great!
The world doesn't matter, if you and I have each other,
We know how to laugh and enjoy, without stopping
We know that life is great! and enjoy it more
You and me, always, it's great! enjoy my friend
You and me, forever, laugh and cry together, it's great!
Together to enjoy!

INT / CASA ELI / DAY
Eli, in her room.
ELI (remember lived harassment situations)
(Flashback)

EXT / PATIO.INST / DAY
Eli, in the patio, meets girls, who harass her.

GIRLS
Hey, what are you looking at, girl? Take off, let's go through here, you're bothering.


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ELI
I don't bother anyone here.
GIRLS (They give a push to Eli, and they run away)

EXT / PATIO / DAY
Megan arrives and sees her on the ground.

MEGAN
(Goes to Eli on the ground and goes to help her)
Eli, are you okay? Come with me, calm down.
ELI
I'm fine, Megan, they won't let me, why are they treating me like this?
MEGAN
I don't know Eli, but don't worry, I won't leave you alone.
(End Flashback)

EXT./ STREET / DAY

Megan is walking down the street on her way to the gym.
MEGAN
Megan is going to the gym, suddenly she meets some guys and they start to insult her.
BOYS
Walking towards Megan
Hey, where are you going with that body, silly! (Laughing)
They run towards her and push her away.


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MEGAN, on the floor, begins to scream.
MEGAN
Leave me alone! What have I done to you?

INT. / GYM / DAY
Megan, enters the gym crying.

MEGAN
She begins to hit the punching bag, with a lot of anger and a lost look.
Everyone looks at her, but she keeps hitting uncontrollably.

EXT./ STREET / DAY
MEGAN
She leaves the gym sad and begins to sing, sadly.
Megan, sing on the way home.

Song:
ALONE
I want to light my way and feel calm
I feel shadows that stalk and hurt me nonstop
The problems don't seem to end, why me?
Let me live in peace! I need friends here
Alone, I'm alone, I have to fight alone
I want to get out of this fear of living
Why can not I be happy?
I'll find the way out, fighting yes.
But my strength falters
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To continue like this, I want to be happy.
Alone, I'm alone, I have to fight alone
I want to get out of this fear of living
And see the end.

INT. APARTMENT / ROOM ELI / DAY
Eli is at home and begins to write a letter to Megan.

ELI
(With a sad gesture)
Write out loud
Dear friend, I know that these moments are difficult, you will remember what I lived and I am very sorry, but now we know how to fight together.
I found the way to see that everyone has inside (Wisdom, Beauty and Strength) and if you do not realize what you have these characteristics, you will be fragile before others.

About what I lived, the music also helped me a lot, I composed a song, which when singing it helps me to continue.
Megan, I'm going to talk to my parents to go see you on the next vacation and until we see each other, I want you to remember my words and along with this letter I also send you my song, you will feel that we are together.
See you soon Megan.

INT. APARTMENT / ROOM ELI / DAY
Eli, finish writing the letter.
(Flashback)

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ELI
(Thoughtful, remember what she lived through) Girls looking at her and making fun of her, those moments were hard and difficult to bear.
They insulted her wherever she went, they persecuted her through the institute to mess with her clothes or her hairstyle, they were girls she did not know, why did they treat her like this, when she got home? She couldn't stop crying. It felt very bad.
End flashback

INT.FLOOR / ROOM ELI / DAY
Eli gets up from his chair, closes the door to his room and goes to the closet, opens it and looks at the mirror inside.

ELI
Seeing her reflection, she knows she sees it, it is her and she has the reins of her life.
He begins to sing a song that she wrote when she was in the same situation as her friend, now.

Song:
MY REFLECTION
Here I am again, in front of you
To see what I am.
The road is difficult, but I'm going to make it
and not hide anything from me.

To know well where I am and where I am going.
My reflection is what I have, I keep dreaming ...
Believe in everything around me
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I like the way I am and I will be happy
Here looking at me, in front of you, I see reality
And I'm not going to back down.

My reflection is what I have, I keep dreaming ...
Believe in everything around me and
Find my truth, with wisdom, beauty and strength.
Who will always accompany me
For my happiness

SIX MONTHS BEFORE (Flashback)
EXT. PARK. /DAY
Eli and Megan are talking sitting in a park.

ELI
Megan, I have to tell you something, I'm not well in high school, you know how they treat me and I feel bad, my parents have tried to fix it, but everything remains the same.
They have decided to move us, for me and for my father's work.
I think leaving here I will feel better, leaving behind what hurts me.
But, I am sad because we are not going to see each other and I am going to miss you a lot.

MEGAN
Eli, I am very sorry for everything you've been through, I wish I could help you more, I have not been a good friend.
ELI
No Megan, you are not to blame for this situation, you are my friend and you are with me whenever you can, but for
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what other people do you are not responsible, they are bad people and we do not know how to deal with them.

EXT. PARK. /DAY
Megan listens to her friend sadly.

MEGAN
But Eli, you are my best friend and I will miss you so much, you will come to visit me, right?
ELI
Of course if Megan, here I also have the beach that I like and we will spend a few days in summer, we will also call each other and write to tell us everything we do, we will keep in touch, even if it is far, my friend.

MEGAN
Eli, tomorrow is your birthday, what do you want us to do? We can go to the cinema, to the beach or wherever you want to celebrate.
ELI
We can go have a drink and go to the beach, I feel like taking a bath, before I go, Megan, I'm leaving in a couple of days, I couldn't wait to tell you.
MEGAN
Well Eli, tomorrow get ready to celebrate your birthday, let's have a lot of fun. At 5pm, I’m at your house, ¿do you think?

Eli gives Megan a hug.
ELI
Great !, thanks, Megan.
Let's go, they are waiting for me at home to prepare my things.
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(End Flashback)

EXT.FLOOR / TERRACE CASA MEGAN / DAY
Megan is in her living room. She finds a letter from Eli at the table, goes out on the terrace and begins to read her friend's letter.

MEGAN
He finds a letter from Eli at the table and goes out onto the terrace of his house.
Megan begins to read her friend's letter.

INT.FLOOR / TERRACE CASA MEGAN / DAY
MEGAN
As she reads Eli's letter, she thinks about the moments she spent with her and when they laughed together.

INT. FLOOR / ROOM ELI
It is Eli's birthday and Megan goes to his house to celebrate with him.
(Flashback)
ELI
¡Hi Megan!
MEGAN
¡Hi Eli, congratulations! I have brought you a gift, I hope you like it.
Eli, open your gift, looking forward.

ELI
Thank you, what a surprise!

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ELI
How beautiful Megan, I like it! A pendant to share with you, thank you, friend.

INT. FLOOR / ROOM ELI
ELI
Megan, are we going to the beach yet?
MEGAN
Yes, ¡but ... wow! forgotten the swimsuit, Eli, ¿can I have one of yours?

Eli, take out several swimsuits for your friend to choose
Eli
Which do you like?
Megan, grab a blue swimsuit, that color is her favorite.
MEGAN
Blue, thanks.

EXT. BEACH / DAY
ELI AND MEGAN, they approach the beach bar to buy something to drink.
ELI
What do you want Megan ?, I'm going to have an ice cream.
MEGAN
Well, I fancy a hot dog, Eli.
Both of them go to their towels and sit down to enjoy a snack.



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EXT. BEACH / DAY
Eli and Megan run towards the shore.
MEGAN
How cold the water Eli!
ELI
Come on, cheer up, the last bath with me, ¡go!
MEGAN
Don't say that, we'll see you soon, tell me yes!

EXT. BEACH / DAY
They come out of the water and sit by the shore.

ELI
How good I am having my birthday, Megan! Thank you, for a moment I have forgotten the things that make me suffer.

MEGAN
I'm glad Eli, think that where you are going will be fine and you will forget everything that happened.

ELI
(With sadness on her face, she nods)
(End Flashback)
INT. MEGAN HOUSE / DAY
Megan takes a letter from the table.




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MEGAN
He is surprised to see that it is Eli's, he goes out onto the terrace and begins to read it.
Dear friend, I know that these moments are difficult, you will remember what I lived and I am very sorry, but now we know how to fight together.
I found the way to see that everyone has inside (Wisdom, Beauty and Strength) and if you do not realize what you have these characteristics, you will be fragile before others.
About what I lived, the music also helped me a lot, I composed a song, which when singing it helps me to continue.

Megan, I'm going to talk to my parents to go see you on the next vacation and until we see each other, I want you to remember my words and along with this letter I also send you my song, you will feel that we are together.
See you soon, Megan.

MEGAN
Card in hand, out loud.
Mom, I'm going out for a walk.

INT. HOUSE ELI / DAY
Eli, pick up the phone and dial Megan's number.
Looking concerned, she puts it down on the table, Megan doesn't answer.




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(Flashback)
As she enters, she begins to remember all the insults and harassment of her classmates, through the hallways of the institute, in the courtyard, at the end of class and waiting for the bus, she could not bear it any more.
INT. /INST./DAY
Boys wait at the exit door for Megan and put her foot in front of him, so that he falls to the ground.

Megan falls to the ground and screams, everyone looks at her, but no one helps her up off the ground.
Frightened, she picks up her backpack from the floor and goes to her class.

(End Flashback)
Leaving Megan High School, she meets the boys who harass her and follow her to the bus stop, there they begin to insult her.
(Flashback)
Scared, Megan covers her ears.
MEGAN
¡Yaaa, stop!
(End Flashback)

INT. HOUSE ELI / DAY
Eli, concerned that Megan is not picking up the phone, tells her mother.
Eli, approaches the living room to speak with her mother.



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ELI
Mom, I'm calling Megan and she doesn't answer, you can talk to her parents, I'm worried, she wasn't very well, in the last letter she sent me.
Eli's mother calls Megan's parents.
ELI
What did mom tell you? Where's Megan?
MOTHER
Daughter, they told me that she had gone to the beach for a walk and that she had left her cell phone at home.
ELI
Wow, you know Mom, she is very sad, the same thing is happening to me, some boys are harassing her in high school, she told me in the letter.
MOTHER
Daughter, I didn't know, sorry, you have to talk to your parents. How can we help you?

ELI
I came out of that, because we left there and little by little I found what came out of me, I called it:
Wisdom, beauty and strength, I have called it "The Three Ladies", we all have it mom and I have been learning to get it out of me.
Also my songs have helped me bring out my personality and face my fears.

INT. HOUSE ELI / DAY
Eli teaches her mother a song that she has composed for Megan.


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ELI
When we go this summer to see Megan, I'm going to surprise her with this song dedicated to her.
You will love it, we can sing it together, as we did before.

In my letter, I have told her that I am going to help her and will teach her the days we are together, about the "Three Ladies"

Eli's mother, surprised at what her daughter tells her, takes the song and reads it.

MOTHER
I didn't know you were so talented daughter, I know, you lock yourself in your room to listen to music and this is very good, Eli.
ELI
You really like it, thanks. I'll sing it to you soon with Megan. Now I'm going to call her again, in case she's back from the beach.

INT. ROOM / ELI
Eli goes to her room and picks up the phone to call Megan again.
Eli thoughtfully insists on the call.
ELI
But where's Megan?



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INT. ROOM / ELI
Eli, she is very restless, Megan does not like the sea very much, when she went with her, she bathed forcibly.
With a thoughtful and intriguing gesture.
ELI
What will she do alone there on the beach?

EXT./PLAYA/DÍA
Megan strolls along the shore, along with her friend's letter and stops looking at the sea, sits down, takes off her slippers, approaches the shore and walks away.











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