Dear All,
this message is only for the members of the Groups involved in Scenes #23, #37, #41 and #42.
Now that we have started analysing each Scene in detail, it seems clear that the long ending present in the book is too much for a movie. Waiting for Milagros to visit Florinda a last time before she leaves the Mission would slow down the narration considerably.
Thus, I propose you to delete Scene #42, leaving only the following dialogues, that can be moved at the end of Scene #37, when Florinda leaves the Shabono:
Milagros: "Although your body will loose our scent, a part of you will always hold something of our world. You will never be alone"
Florinda: "I didn't even thank your people. There's no way to say thank you in your language".
Milagros: "There is no goodbye either".
The only remaining part of Scene #42 is that of Father Coriolano who accompanies Florinda and helps her get on her airplane. In the following shot, you see the airplane flying over the amazon forest. Do not include any noise from the motor of the airplane. Insert instead the distant laughters of the Yanomami and the Narrator's voice that says:
"On the flight back home, the wind brought me the voices of the Yanomami. I heard Ritimi's laughter, saw the smiling faces of the children, and Iramamowe appeared, calling for the spirits who had managed to escape. Their voices brushed the ancient forest and faded, like the silvery shimmer of the stars".
In the last shot, the sunset gives way to the starry sky of the Milky Way, and the end credits begin scrolling.
Scene #41:
This scene should start with Angelica waking in the bed of the mission, with Father Coriolano at her side. All the scene is set inside that room. The dialogues between Florinda and Father Coriolano were expanded to include in the conversation also most of the comments of the Narrator's voice (it's a way to avoid to employ it too much in the movie). You can read them in column D of Scene #41.
Finally, Scene #23 was simplified a little bit. Instead of revealing a diamond, a pearl and an emerald stone from her bag, Florinda only show the diamond that Father Coriolano gave her, as the other two items where given to Florinda to characters that were not included in the movie. She will give the diamond to Iramamowe at the end of Scene #39, instead of the emerald stone that she gives him in the book.
We will discuss these Scenes also during next lesson.
Thank you, Nicola