SGD 3 – FILM REVIEW“21 grams”(A. González Iñárritu, 2003)

SYNOPSIS

21 gram adalah film yang mengangkat cerita tentang nilai-nilai kehidupan dan kematian. Paul Rivers menderita penyakit jantung yang sudah parah dan memerlukan transplantasi jantung segera. Ia diperkirakan tidak dapat hidup lama. Ia dan istrinya mengunjungi klinik fertilitas (fertility center) dalam usahanya untuk mendapatkan keturunan meski dalam kondisi yang cukup sulit. Ia akhirnya memperoleh organ jantung dari seorang pria yang meninggal bersama kedua putrinya dalam sebuah kecelakaan mobil. Janda si donor yang terguncang oleh kecelakaan tersebut kemudian menerima kunjungan yang mengejutkan dari Paul, si penerima organ dari almarhum suaminya, sekaligus mengurai jaring-jaring yang kompleks antara kekecewaan, penderitaan, rasa bersalah, dan balas dendam. 

SCRIPT - Fragment 1

Mary & Paul Rivers have been married for a long time. They are trying to have a baby because Paul suffers from a heart condition and he doesn't have much time left. But Mary does not get pregnant and decides to visit a medical center specialized in reproduction and fertility. A doctor examines her and this scene takes place:  

Doctor - All right. You can get dressed now.Your Fallopian tubes are severely damaged. It, uh, looks like you had some kind of an infection... that, uh, wasn't taken care of properly. We can try surgery, but I have to tell you, I think, uh, the probabilities are pretty slim. Look. Excuse me for asking this, but it's important that you tell me the truth. Have you ever had an abortion?

Mary - Yes.

Doctor - Any reason?

Mary - I had already separated from my husband when I got pregnant, and I...

Doctor - No. I meant a medical reason.

Mary - My husband's dying.

Doctor - I'm sorry?

Mary - Paul, my husband, he's dying, and I want to have his baby.

Doctor - We can operate then and hope you get pregnant within three or four months. 

SCRIPT - Fragment 2 A few days later, the couple attends to the clinic in order to talk to the doctor and arrange the surgery that will allow Mary to become pregnant. At this moment, this scene takes place:      

Doctor - Okay, now, we can schedule the surgery. I could get you in as early as Monday. Yeah. 9:00 a.m.?

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Paul - What's the percentage chance that Mary will get pregnant?

Doctor - Well, I can't offer you a real number on that. Um, you know, there's the damage from the abortion that wasn't handled properly... the blockage...

Paul - What abortion? What abortion, Mary?

Mary - I can explain.

Paul - Explain what?

Mary - There is an explanation.

Paul - All that drama about artificial insemination… Kids names… You got pictures of our friends' babies all over the place. Why? So you can flush it down the fucking toilet?We've been a fraud for a long time, Mary.

Mary - Oh, yeah? Why didn't you tell me that when you were sick, huh? Or did you expect one of your girlfriends to come and take care of you?

Paul - You came back because you wanted to. Don't blame me for that.

Mary - I came back to take care of you because I love you.

Paul - Or because you were feeling lonely.I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I can't keep going like this. The insemination, the child…It's like we're trying to put a Band-Aid on something that's just been bled dry.It's finished.

Mary - But it... it isn't finished if we give it a chance and have this baby.

Paul - When we could have, you didn't want to.

Mary - We were separated, goddamn it! It's different now!

Paul - Yes, it's different.

Mary - We gonna go? You only know how to think about yourself.

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