(ominous music)
(upbeat music)
The music's good,
let us all be cured
Reverse the big bang
somewhere someone sang
About a poor boy
in king's clothes
And we all sang along to
the words of the same song
You put on a good show, you
really put on a good show
We're all out looking for,
something, anything this time
All we see or seen is
we're two of the same kind
Sometimes, it feels like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Sometimes, it feels like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
You know the secret too,
we're all just passing through
If only you could see
yourself how everyone sees you
Sometimes, it feels like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Sometimes, it feels like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
(footsteps)
(wind chimes clinging)
(metal clangs)
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Come in.
- Wow, it's...
- It's John's aunt's
house, she's an artist.
- Huh?
- We sometimes come
here for holidays.
She liked the house to be used.
- Didn't realize John was rich.
I haven't seen you for so long.
I can't believe you're
getting married.
Mince pies?
- Yeah, I had a sudden
urge to buy them.
Should we have a drink?
- Sure.
Oh God, I just realized I was
supposed to bring the rose.
I kind of stopped drinking.
- I didn't know,
we don't have to...
- No, no, it's, it's fine.
It's, it's, it's a
special occasion.
(phone pings)
- [Jen] Scarlet, did
you get the rose?
(mellow music)
- "Once, if I remember
well, my life was a banquet
where all hearts opened,
all wines flowed."
This is beautiful, what is it?
- It's unfinished, thanks.
It's for John's show.
He's written me the
part of Arthur Rambo.
He's turning it into a play,
he's adapting, "A
Season In Hell."
- So you're playing a man?
- (chuckles) no, it is written
from a female perspective.
Of course, that
changes everything.
It's still early days,
but I'm excited about
playing something...
- l*sbian.
- No, strong.
- Sorry, I just, I just thought
that because it was a woman,
I just thought because
Rambo was g*y, right?
- Yeah, famously.
- To you.
- To us.
- Do you think it's strange,
a man writing from a
female perspective?
He must be very brave.
- [Jo] Why not write
about what you don't know?
- It does seem odd,
a man writing from a
female perspective.
I'm talking in
general, of course.
- Mm, you chose delicious one.
- Yeah, well, haven't
really had a drink since...
- [Jo] What?
- Nothing.
- Charlie?
- No.
I love how you still
finish my sentences.
Like you think you
know the answer
before you've
asked the question.
But I've always been discreet
about my relationships.
You know that.
(phone vibrates)
- John, hi.
Yeah, the journey was
fine, it was just long.
I miss you too, this house
isn't the same without you.
What are you doing now?
Really?
Don't watch it without
me, you promised.
Scar, you wanna go swimming?
- What, now?
- I'm coming down.
Sorry for before if I...
- Worry about it.
- It's just, you know,
I feel like we can
share things together.
- I, I didn't bring
my swimming costume.
- Well, apparently it's the
best therapy for your body,
swimming.
Come on, you won't regret it.
- You are mad, it's freezing.
(splash)
(mellow music)
- Hey, hey.
- Hi.
- I thought it was
gonna be so late.
- You still got 10 minutes.
- Did you love the routine?
(splash)
- You're right, it's,
it's such amazing.
- [Jo] Keep moving around.
(both chuckle)
- Oh my God, the countryside.
It feels more alive in a way,
sort of has its own clock.
The stars, they
feel more dangerous.
- Do you remember the first
time we went swimming together?
It was after the performance
at the children's hospital.
We must have been 16, 17.
- I've forgotten about that.
God, you've become more
melancholic than me these days.
I was different then.
- No, you are the same.
Afterwards, you ran
straight into the water.
I came after you.
The waves knocked us down
but you were determined.
It was, it's like you
were trying to run away.
Jo, I, I didn't mean
it in a bad way.
- You are right, it is cold,
I'm gonna have a hot bath.
Let's have dinner after.
There's no hot water.
I've tried to give her a
call, but she's not answering.
We're just gonna have to fill
up all the pans in the house
to have a bath.
This happened last time.
I feel like I'm getting old.
Like all my optimism is fading.
- That's impossible, you're 31.
You only say this when you're
in between productions.
- I just think it begins to
weigh you down after a while
because every show is exhausting
and you don't get any younger.
It's just harder to
keep your body perfect.
I guess I'll be in
some of John's shows.
- [Scar] I don't really
think about it anymore.
When you become a teacher, your
body becomes someone else's.
- I just feel like
I'm losing my youth.
- Is that why you're
getting married?
Ye old hag.
- Get in here, come
on, ye old haggis.
- Ye old hag.
- Ye old, ye old hag yourself.
- [Scar] Oh, oh.
- Your turn.
- sh*t.
- You go to the
same school, right?
- Yeah, but I'm, I'm
in the year below you.
- Yeah, I thought I
saw you around school.
We should practice sometime
together if you want.
- Sure.
- You put your name up
for that competition.
I, I see your name on there.
- Yeah, but I,
I don't think I'll actually
go through with it.
- You should,
you're really good.
Do you remember when Miss
Allegra used to hit us
on the back of the
knees with that stick?
- Yeah, and she always used
to call you a duck a*s,
a duck a*s for not sucking in.
- Well, you know I've
always been attracted
to breaking the rules.
God, I sound so pretentious.
- You are pretentious
these days.
Is Tritons company,
still based in Paris?
I keep seeing pictures
of you all over.
- Yeah, but John's in Edinburgh.
- So, will he move
to Paris then?
- I don't know.
When you get married,
people ask you all these
intense questions like,
where are you gonna live?
Are you gonna change your name?
Are you gonna have a baby?
Like, suddenly, you know,
you're gonna lose all
your independence.
- Well, I guess
they're just curious.
- Well, I'm just curious.
What do you do with those
children all day anyway?
- Well, some of them do it
because they actually
want to go into dance,
but most of them do it
because they just
want to take the piss.
Come on kids, let's do the gaga.
(both chuckle)
- [Jo] The gaga.
- The gaga.
(phone vibrates)
- [Lily] Hey guys, can't wait
to see everyone tomorrow.
But I, I did have a bit
of an emergency today.
I had to take my
poor dog to the vet.
Cancer, can you believe it?
Yeah, but, I'll be there.
- Do you wanna go to the beach?
I was thinking it could be
a good place to practice.
- Sure, when?
- Now, if you're not too busy.
- Now?
Okay.
My life's just a
blur thinking of you
All of the time,
just being with you
My head's in a whirl
- I thought you
didn't eat pasta.
- I know, but I found
the most amazing
Italian restaurant in Paris.
The owner, Raphael,
he, he's from Rome,
and he makes the most
amazing spaghetti Pomodoro.
It's off one of those
little side streets
on the way to Mamot.
I've taken John
there a few times.
Anyway, after rehearsals,
I kept going back there
and ordering a salad.
And Raphael said, "No, you're
too skinny, you're too skinny.
Eat the pasta, eat the pasta."
And one day he literally
sat down in front of me
and what else was I meant to do?
- So you became a pig.
Do you remember how we
used to go to that cafe
every Wednesday after rehearsal,
and you wouldn't eat a thing?
I felt like a pig then, eating
all the pizza and chips.
The dancing drained me, I
could never starve myself.
- I wasn't starving myself.
My life's just blur
- Oh, I don't eat pasta anymore.
Thinking of you
all of the time
- What did you mean
earlier when you said,
"I guess I'll just be
in one of John's plays."
It just sounds a
bit directionless.
You letting a man
dictate your life.
When did that happen?
When did you make that
decision in your head?
- I thought it was
strange earlier,
you, not having an opinion.
I seem to remember you
always having opinions.
- I just want you to be
happy, that's all I want.
But this man,
dictating your future,
writing from a female
perspective, feels wrong.
I guess I just don't understand.
You said it hesitantly like
your future was just a guess.
- I don't remember
how I said it.
- You have always known
what you wanted, Jo.
You gonna eat that?
- You not hungry?
- No, I ate before class.
- Go on have some,
it's really good.
- No.
(seagulls cawing)
(mellow music)
- Do you tend to get the bus
home a lot or do you cycle?
- You ask a lot of questions.
- Sorry, I didn't realize.
Do you prefer Jo or Josephine?
- Jo, do you prefer
Scar or Scarlet?
Well, I live this way.
- Okay, I'm this way.
- Well, I'll see you Wednesday?
- Yeah, see you then.
Oh, Okay, bye.
(sounds of nature)
I'm a dreamer, I dream a lot
I go upstairs and
I ease my cares
Yeah, a dreamer, I'm a
dreamer and I dream of you
Are you a dreamer
Do you dream a lot
Would you come upstairs
would you ease my cares
'Cause I'm a dreamer
I'm a dreamer and
I dream of you
I'm a dreamer
I'm a dreamer
- [Scar] I am sorry about
last night if I was...
- No, no, don't worry.
Luckily, the hot water
seems to be working today.
- I was just curious about John.
- He's wonderful, you're
gonna like him a lot.
- He's older, a
lot older than you.
You didn't tell me
that, it surprised me.
- Why?
- It just seems so-
- What?
- Far away from what I thought.
- John is one of these people
who doesn't have an
age When you meet him,
he reminds me of the
magic in the everyday.
You know I get down sometimes,
he brings me out of that.
- Do you ever worry that maybe
he's taking advantage of you?
It's just he's so
much older than you.
- [Jo] What does that
have to do with anything?
- I, I'm, I'm just Curious.
- John has been in an
industry filled with women
his whole life.
If anything, these women have
made him better, more human.
He's become more alive
in their shadows.
- So he's been with
a lot of women.
- No, no, that's, that's
not what I'm saying.
He's different, he didn't
become a director for his ego.
He's just happy
to be the dreamer
walking through these
ideas of beauty.
He sees women as the
most inspiring sex.
Yes, I know what
you're thinking.
We've always been the
most inspiring sex.
So why not celebrate
that always?
(phone vibrates)
I know it sounds romantic
when I say it like this.
We still have our moments,
I still get lonely.
- Sister Katherine says we
have to wait until marriage.
- Ella?
- I think it's a waste of time.
- Boys and girls have
been doing it forever,
what's the big deal?
- My mom met my
boyfriend last week.
She doesn't think anything
is happening though.
She's more concerned with
what does mom and dad do?
- I did it at a
festival this summer.
I don't plan on doing
it again anytime soon.
- Repenting your sins?
(girls chuckle)
You go now girls.
- Hello?
- [Jo] Kat, ooh, I'm
so happy you're here.
- What do you mean?
Of course, I'm here.
One, two, three, tada.
- Husband?
- Yes, there we go, thank you.
Well, you know that famous
feminist expression?
A woman needs a
wife, not a husband.
Well, I know John and he's
most definitely a wife.
- I like it.
- Really?
- [Jo] Jade.
- Hello.
- It's been so long, oh,
it's so good to see you.
- There you go, I've got
you some pretty flowers.
- Wow, look at that
bump, oh my God.
- I know, it's bloody gigantic.
Hi, I'm Jade.
- [Kat] Hi, pleasure.
- Hi.
- [Kat] Would you
like strawberry?
- Oh, I'd love a drink, drink.
Is that buck's fizz?
- Yeah, yep.
- [Jade] Croissant.
- Oh, croissy, oh, thank you.
Sorry, do you think you
can breathe any other way?
- [Kat] Oh, of course.
- Sorry.
How are you Scar,
it's been ages?
- Good, I'm still teaching.
- [Jade] I feel like I
haven't seen you since school.
- No, but it feels like
hardly any time has passed,
don't you think?
- God no, I feel like I'm
completely different person.
I'm so much nicer than
I was then, I was awful.
A complete c**t.
- I don't remember you
being awful, she was awful.
- I am due in a month,
can you leave it?
Apparently though, I'm gonna
go over 'cause it's my first.
So, a few more weeks.
- That's so surreal.
Do you remember when we
used to live together?
It was only six
weeks or something,
but it was the first time
either of us had left home.
It was just a disaster.
- It was, it was a disaster.
My favorite memory is
when we'd have to run down
to the corner shop
to get pound coins
before the electricity
would run out on the meter.
- Do you know, when I
graduated from university,
I went through a
series of flatmates,
mostly men. (chuckles)
And every morning I used
to play opera really loudly
for several hours
while I stretched.
And it freaked all of them
out, except for Leopold.
Yeah, he stayed and he was,
oh God, he was so beautiful.
- Well, it does seem
like a lifetime ago.
But for all the fun I had,
I wouldn't wanna go back.
- [Jo] No.
- [Kat] No.
Heaven is real,
don't you fall asleep
I just wanna feel
I just want to feel and fly
And not think anymore
of what's been before
I need to go, oh
Why won't you take me,
why won't you take me
I need to go, oh,
Why won't you take me,
why won't you take me
The future is bright
and it starts to sing
Don't you wanna sing
I just want you
I just want to feel and
fly and not think anymore
I need to go, oh
Why won't you take me,
why won't you take me
I need to go, oh
Why won't you take me,
why won't you take me
- I found these in a charity
shop, did you bring one?
- No, I thought it was a joke.
- Okay, well, in that
case you can wear this.
Come on.
- Really?
- Yeah, I'll, I'll
put mine on too.
Let me do yours.
Um, okay, it's just...
- [Scar] Thank you.
- Hang on.
- I feel odd.
(phone pings)
Jen and Lily are on their way.
- I've been thinking about
what you said before,
about John taking advantage.
Do you think I took
advantage of you?
I don't actually think
this is about John,
I think this is more
about you and I.
- Do you ever think about us?
How we would get
confused for sisters?
How we'd kiss on the street
and people would scream, "Abuse"
and you'd just pull
me closer to you
and push your tongue
further into my mouth,
and you'd make a point of it?
When we pretended to
leave the dance studio
but really we just hid
in the changing rooms
until the caretaker left.
We spent the night making
up our own choreography.
Do you remember?
- [Jo] How could I forget?
(mellow music)
We shared the same dream
up until that moment.
- [Scar] I spent weeks making
up that choreography for you.
I wanted it to seem spontaneous.
I wanted you to notice
something in me.
- [Jo] You said I
stole your ideas.
- Why did you believe
what the girls said?
- I don't know.
- You used it for your
audition to Triton, didn't you?
And it became part of
the company repertoire.
You know, I used it
for part of my audition
but I didn't get in.
It was funny, Tritons
assistant or whoever said,
"One of our own,
Josephine Johnson
choreographed that dance."
They asked me if I'd
seen you perform.
"It's not improvised,"
they said.
This section was supposed
to be improvised.
(dancers chatting indistinctly)
Here with you,
time after time
The color of love
cannot be the same
You always astound me
- [Lily] Thank you.
- I never thought of being
a bribe from another era.
- Yeah, well, I've been
reading a lot about Amberlyn.
Wasn't she ex*cuted
for being a witch?
- She was accused of adultery,
which is why she
was branded a witch.
People forget, she
birthed a queen.
- What would sister
Catherine say?
She practically started
the Church of England.
- Jesus, Lily, I'm
not Catholic anymore.
- As Josephine's baby sister,
I would like to
lead this ceremony.
Please come to this
circle with an open heart.
I have here a picture
of Joe as a little girl.
- [Kat] Oh, so sweet.
- Okay, we're each gonna
go around the table,
I mean the ceremonial fire,
and I want you to tear off
a piece of the picture.
And we're all gonna say loudly,
all of the things that
Jo will not be doing
now that she's getting married.
- I can think of plenty.
- I'll go first.
I will not let a man
dictate my destiny.
I will dictate my own destiny.
(friends cheer)
- Yes, missed, didn't
go into the fire.
It doesn't matter,
it doesn't matter.
- Okay, my turn.
I refuse to get pregnant
just because I'm married.
I will not give my
husband an heir.
(friends cheer)
- But she's pregnant.
- Oh, me, I will...
Can you, can you hold that?
- Yes.
- Thanks.
I will not feel guilty
about masturbation
or change my God damn name,
Johnson is a perfectly
fine surname, Jo, right?
Okay, here we go, you're next.
- Um, all I could think of
was, I will not become a bore.
(friends cheer)
- No, rubbish.
- Oh, I just find
these things so hard.
Just there's too much pressure.
- And that's why you
are married to God.
- [Kat] Jesus Christ.
- I promise I will not
forget this moment.
- Or my girlfriends.
(friends cheer)
- [Kat] Anything to add, Jo?
- I promise, no, no, I
solemnly swear on the fire
not to do any of those things.
- Okay ladies, you
know what to do.
Okay, this is it,
this is it, okay.
- Oh, reveal.
- [Jade] Oh, hang on a minute.
Sorry girls, I'm
a bit cumbersome.
- Oh, come on.
- [Friends] Three,
two, one, whoo.
- [Kat] Right, to the house.
- Yes.
- That's the serious
stuff done with, come on.
- Oh, let's get f*cked.
- Oh, I wish I could get f*cked.
(friends chuckle)
This must be hard for you.
I saw you two, you
were inseparable.
I know I was a d*ck, and I
guess I must have been jealous.
It was easier to be a b*tch.
I saw the way she looked at you.
- I, I thought no one knew.
- We all noticed.
(school girls
chatter indistinctly)
- Scar.
- [School Girl] How
do you know her?
- [School Girl] She's a d*ke.
- [School Girl] What a freak.
- Okay, you get one turn each.
- [Friends] Wow.
- It's so beautiful, oh,
I'll give you my shoes.
There we are, gorgeous.
- [Friend] What
is going on here?
- [Kat] I have found
you, your wife.
- Oh, she's...
- [Kat] She's gorgeous,
and I've named her Diana.
- Oh, Diana?
- [Kat] Yes, and we must,
we must curtsy, I think.
Oh, after three,
one, two, three.
You Highness.
- So I'd lost my job and I
was completely down and out.
So I was living at
home for two years
trying to save up
to buy my own Flat,
and I'd never tried those
dating apps, like ever.
- I believe in the old
school spontaneity of life.
- [Jo] But?
- But the one time, like the
only time, I met my husband.
- [Lily] No way.
- Yeah, and it turns out,
we went to the same
f*cking primary school.
We just didn't know each other
'cause he was two years above.
What a small world.
Oh, and we are the perfect match
according to like,
our star signs.
- Oh, I just used
the apps for sex.
Lily, you are such a prune.
- Don't you mean prude?
- [Jade] Oh, is that what it is?
- Mm, yeah.
Yeah, she's right.
- That does make
much more sense.
- [Jen] Prunes are nice though.
- Of course, they keep...
- I'm so sorry, were
gonna have to leave you
'cause it's freaking
cold outside
and I need to get back
to that house, okay?
- [Jo] Yes, yes.
- [Kat] Right.
- [Jo] Okay.
- Oh, I heard an owl.
- Oh, no, no, no, it was,
it was definitely a fox.
- A beautiful bat.
- [Jo] A bat?
- [Scar] Owl, foxes, and bats.
- [Kat] Oh my.
- [Friends] Owls, and
foxes, and bats, oh my.
Owls, and foxes,
and bats, oh my.
- I need a drink.
(friends chatter indistinctly)
- Oh, hello.
(friends chatter indistinctly)
The music's good,
let us all be cured
Reverse the big bang,
someone somewhere sang
About a poor boy
in kings clothes
And we all sang along to
the words of the same song
Put on a good show, we
really put on a good show
We're all out looking for
some thing anything this time
All we see was see or seeing
is we're two of the same kind
- [Jen] I know, I know,
it might be a bit much
having chicken at the hen party.
- [Jo] Oh, it is delicious.
- Cheers to Josephine and John.
May you have years, and
years, of very good orgasms.
(friends cheer)
- [Kat] Cheers.
- [Jen] Cheers.
- [Lily] What are you doing
on your wedding night?
- We haven't decided.
- Has he seen you naked yet?
- [Jade] Lily?
- [Jo] Yeah, obviously.
- Well, you know, back
in the 19th century
there was a man who had
never seen his wife naked
before their wedding night.
And he was so used
to the depiction
and idealization of women in art
that when he did eventually
see her unclothed,
it was the first time
seeing a real female form.
He was so repulsed by her body
that he jumped
out of the window.
- No way.
- It was Ruskin,
the man in question.
And he was a big
supporter of Turner.
And actually, I don't think
he did jump outta the window.
I think that's just
an urban legend.
- That's what I heard.
- But actually, you know,
the marriage was
eventually annulled,
apparently on the grounds
of her pubic hair.
It's true, honestly, ridiculous.
- Are you still teaching
at that school, Scar?
- Um, yes, well, I've moved
to a different school,
but yeah, I'm still teaching.
- What do you teach?
Is it art or?
- I, I do movement and
a bit of stretching.
- What is that, like Gym?
- [Jo] Lily, come on.
- Actually, movement
can be an integral part
of a child's development, so...
- [Scar] I, I teach teenagers.
- Oh.
- Do you know what?
I find women so much more
fascinating than the other Sex.
The way we think, the way we
move, just the way we are.
I mean, look at all
of us here right now.
Here we all are, from the womb,
to marriage, to, well, me.
(friends chuckle)
- Kat, how did you
know it was a girl?
- Oh, giving birth to a queen.
I mean, you pretty much
gave it away, didn't you?
- [Friends] Congratulations.
- Thank you.
But, I mean, why did
Amberlyn have to die?
Because she gave
birth to a girl,
because she couldn't
give a king an heir.
- It's so f*cked up.
- [Jade] Yeah.
- So f*cked up.
- Totally f*cked up.
- [Kat] There's so little
respect for women's bodies.
I mean, why can't we just
be accepted as, as us?
You know, as, as who we
all are, just like men are.
- Yeah well, men
don't give birth.
- Male Seahorses do.
- (gasps) Oh my God, I love
seahorses, they're my favorite.
- Childbirth, our
mothers did it before us.
Their mothers did
it before them.
And on, and on, and on it went
until the beginning of time.
- Something sacred about that.
- I will invite you
all to witness it
and you can decide on
whether it's sacred.
- God, no, but
thanks for the offer.
(friends chuckle)
- [Kat] No thank you.
(phone pings)
- sh*t, the stripper canceled.
- What stripper?
His name was like,
Reef or something.
I mean, I dunno if that
was like his real name
or if his stripper name.
- What was his excuse,
couldn't decide what to wear?
- No, he, he's from
Coventry, his car broke down.
- Oh, Coventry,
God that's so far.
Have you not got any
hunks in the local area?
Will I do some Googling?
- [Jen] Yes.
- No, please, please.
- Oh, thanks Jen, that
stripper idea was really sweet.
- I thought he kind of
looked like John, see?
(friends chuckle)
- Oh, I guess, I guess
there's teeth, yeah.
- Surprise, this is my room.
- Wow.
- You can leave
your bag over here.
Come.
- Oh. (chuckles)
(mellow music)
- Big sunshines, it's nice.
Oh, I know it's impossible.
I just love the idea
of you hiding in my bed
and then leaving in the morning.
I just like to think
in a parallel world
you'd be here right now.
- I'm really sorry about
how long is she gonna be?
'Cause I think I
really need to pee.
I think she's actually
coming, she's coming.
- You said that
five minutes ago.
Don't you think this is like
a bit weird, having cake?
I mean, it's not her birthday.
- I thought the same thing.
- Why should you only have
cake on your birthday?
- I'll go, I'll go, thanks.
- Make sure she doesn't
suspect anything.
- Okay, let's get down,
get down, yes, now.
- Lily, Lily get down.
- Oh, I'd better go,
I'll call you later.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- Cannot sit down in this dress.
Everyone's waiting for you.
It's dark in there, is Kat
leading a seance or something?
(Scar chuckles)
- Just come.
- Why are you
acting all strange?
- Just come inside.
- Now?
- Yeah.
- Now?
- Yeah.
- Now?
- Come on.
- Okay.
- Oh look, a squirrel.
(Jo chuckles)
- [Friends] Surprise.
- [Jen] Drinks.
- What's this?
- Oh, you're !sis, goddess
of motherhood and fertility.
- [Jade] Oh, that
seems intentional.
Can I have another piece?
- No, you can't,
there's only six pieces.
Now, listen up everyone.
There is another component
to this, well, two actually.
- Sounds like you are just
making this up as you go along.
- No, Jen, Kat is the
wisest woman I know.
- No, I don't want
to be the wisest
just 'cause I'm the eldest.
I mean, there's been
weeks of planning too.
- Okay, what are the
other two things?
- Well, when you find
out who your goddess is,
you have to tell us a story
related to your goddess
and how you embody them.
And then you take off
a piece of clothing.
(friends chuckle)
- Oh, that does not
count, that doesn't count.
- [Jo] No, that does not count.
- What's this?
Aha, Aphrodite, goddess
of love and beauty.
- [Jade] Of course.
- And with that, she
loosened from her breasts
the breastbone
piercing and alluring,
with every kind of
enchantment woven through it.
There is the heat of love,
the pulsing thrust of longing.
The lovers whisper
irresistible magic
to make the sanest man go mad.
Also known as Homer.
(friends cheer)
- Who doesn't know that?
- And I studied
classics at university,
where I was also voted
to have the best breasts.
And I was there when
Josephine met John.
- [Friends] Aw
- Kat, you are my
fairy god mother.
- [Kat] Aw, and...
- Here it comes.
(friends chuckle)
- Kat I, I forgot you only
wear antique bloomers.
- But hang on a minute,
you need to show us
your exquisite breasts.
- Please.
- No, I'm not.
- I wanna see.
- I've got to keep
some things holy.
Now, you go, Jen.
- Oh, okay, Persephone.
- [Kat] Persephone
- [Jen] Persephone
- Isn't that the...
- [Scar] Goddess
of the underworld?
- [Jen] Yeah.
- Oh great.
- [Kat] No, nom but she
only lives in, off season
in the underworld,
in the other season,
she's goddess of
vegetation and fruit.
- [Jade] Oh, lovely.
- [Kat] Yes, it's all
good, it's all good.
- So what am I supposed
to tell a story about?
When I was in hell?
- Jen, why are you
taking this so literally?
- Okay, okay, okay.
(clears throat)
So one night I was walking
home from a night shift
at the restaurant, and
it was really late.
So I was just waiting, and
waiting, and waiting for a bus,
but it wouldn't come.
So I got in this
taxi from the street.
I got in and I
told him my address
and he didn't say anything,
he just locked the doors.
And then after a
couple of minutes
I could tell that he
was going the wrong way.
So I tried to say something,
but he just wouldn't
respond to me.
So I tried to jump out
every traffic light,
but the doors were
just like locked.
- Why have you
never told me this?
- So we arrive at this
place, the car stops,
and he opens the
doors and I look up
and it's like this
old dock garage.
And then I see that there's
this other man standing there.
And I really, really, really,
really thought I was gonna die.
And then he is
walking towards me.
And then this man walked along
with a dog barking like crazy.
So I just jumped out and I
ran, and I didn't stop running.
Yeah, that, that was
hell, that was hell.
- [Kat] Holy f*ck,
oh my God, Jen.
- A similar thing
happened to me actually,
but just wasn't in a cab.
It was literally in broad
daylight at the gym.
- [Kat] Did you ever
go to the police?
- [Jen] No, yeah, I
think I was too in shock.
- [Jo] Well, on that note, I
think we should end the game.
- Sorry, I didn't, I
didn't mean to put a damper
on the whole
evening, I just, I...
- No, not at all, not at all.
- I just want to say thank you
all so much for being here.
Sorry, I dunno why
I'm saying this
like I'm never gonna
see you all again.
But seriously, this
all feels so special.
All the women I love
here in one room.
(friends chatter and cheer)
- Did that really happen to Jen?
- I don't know, sometimes
I just wish we were closer.
- You can tell that she
really cares about you.
- The moon, it feels
so big tonight.
I feel like a teenager again.
- And smoking, the old
you would be appalled.
- I know, but occasionally John
and I have one of
these in the evenings.
And what are those?
- Well, I'm not really
supposed to drink with them,
but the truth is,
nothing else really
seems to help but those.
- And do they make
you feel better?
- Well, they don't
do everything,
but they do pull
you out of a hole
just enough to not feel
afraid of everything anymore.
- I've missed you Scar.
Some people remind you of
yourself and you are that to me.
Being with you reminds
me of going back home.
Well, the idea of
going back home,
you know, I don't actually
like going back home.
- Me too.
(fast paced orchestral music)
- That was life changing.
- I knew you'd love it, I just
really wanted you to see it.
- It's like, it's
like everything I wish
I could say aloud,
but through dance.
- Do you think it's strange
that I like to hold your hand?
- Not really.
- Good, because
I really like it.
Do you?
- Maybe.
Can't wait for us
to leave this place.
- Well, come on, we
better go back to school.
- Jo, I thought that was you.
- Ella, hi.
- Are you coming to class?
Won't you destroy
me in good time
Would you like to be in love
Would you like to be in love
The world is full
of strange men
Let us cry and ignore them
Won't you come
a little closer
Won't you come
a little closer
La la la la
- We made it.
- I used to watch the sunrise
every morning with my mum.
- Has it been hard becoming
a woman without her?
I'm sure people ask
you that all the time.
- No, nobody ever asks.
It was so long ago, this year
I'll be a year older than her.
- [Scar] What do you
remember about her?
- [Jo] Her wardrobe,
her clothes, her voice,
her white face powder.
I think about how hard it
must have been to say goodbye.
To say goodbye to her
child for the last time.
I don't think I really knew
what was happening at the time.
So what's your surprise, Scar?
Shouldn't we involve
the other girls?
- No, it's personal, and anyway,
they won't be up for hours.
So, I have this
list of statements.
You are going to say the
first half of the sentence
and I'm gonna fill in the blank,
and then we switch and
then you do it about me.
- Oh, so it's like a game?
- Yeah.
- I thought you were gonna
give me a present or something.
- No, no, no, it's just...
Please, let's just practice
one more time, come on.
- It's dark.
- We've got to be perfect.
Think of our lives together.
Think of dancing every
day and being free.
Maybe one day they'll make a
film and put our dances in it.
Please?
- Maybe tomorrow.
- Okay, well, you can be the
boy and I'll be the girl then.
I'm always the boy.
- No, then we'll
switch, I promise.
I just can't wait to get as
far away from here as possible.
There's too many ghosts here.
Worst of all, I
got stuck with Jen.
- She's only five.
- Well, according to my
dad, she can do no wrong.
I'm like this other
reminder of some other life.
- Yeah, well, at
least you have a dad.
My mom lost all the effort to
do anything when my dad left.
She stopped socializing,
stopped dressing up,
stopped going anywhere.
Stopped having people
over for dinner.
- Is that why I've
never been over?
I think it's sad.
Women putting all their hopes
and dreams into one man.
I'm never gonna be like that.
- Me neither.
- God, this is suddenly
become so serious.
Should we play that game?
My name is...
- [Scar] Jo.
- My favorite color is...
- Blue.
- No, I know it used to be,
but now it's more tangerine,
like the color of the sunrise.
- Hmm, I thought it was blue.
- My name is Jo and my
favorite dessert is...
- Fruit nut bars.
- Your favorite chocolate bar
is that Cadbury's chocolate
dairy milk with the nuts,
- No.
- The chunky nuts
and the huge raisins.
- No
- Scar, this game feels, I mean,
we're not teenagers anymore.
- I know, but, but isn't that
the point of all of this?
To look back on a moment
before all this change?
Go on, please.
- Okay, your first kiss.
You haven't had a first kiss.
- How do you know?
- I know because we tell
each other everything.
Oh, I hate this game.
- Jo, Jo.
- What?
- Come back, come
back to the game.
- No, come on, just run
around with me for a minute.
Let the wind lift you up.
- You are ridiculous.
- Come on, no, no, no, no.
- All right, your first crush.
- I don't know.
- Yes you do.
- No I don't.
- Yes you do, it
was a film star.
- Is it girl or a boy?
I can't remember,
am I supposed to?
- The first time
you got your period?
- [Scar] White jeans,
you know the story.
- The first time
someone touched you.
I was 13, it was with
my neighbor's cousin.
I pretended to enjoy it,
it didn't feel like this.
Oh, we've played this
game before, haven't we?
I've written you something
in case I was too embarrassed
to say it out loud.
Read it when you get home.
- Well, I didn't
get you anything.
- No, you're not meant to.
I just felt compelled write
in case I couldn't
explain it in person.
- I wanna give you this.
- It just feels different.
It's no longer a game, is it?
Scar, Scar come, come, right.
Let me ask you one.
- Bye then.
- Bye, I'll miss you,
until I see you next?
- Until I see you next.
- My, my mom might be watching.
- I'd like to meet her sometime.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- My name is Scarlet and
my favorite person is...
You are meant to say me.
- Come on, let's go back.
- Yeah.
- Take your veil.
- [Jo] Thank you.
- Right, I'll be
your bridesmaid.
- You are.
- Go.
- To Scarlet, my
first and only love.
- [Lily] Hi.
- Hello, how'd you sleep?
- Yeah, this looks
amazing, very well.
I've been up for
quite a while though.
- Oh wow, oh my God,
I actually got up.
- Just about.
Morning.
(friends chatter indistinctly)
- Jade, good morning.
- Good morning.
- [Jo] I think about
you all the time.
When we hold hands,
when we kiss,
when we look at
the sea together.
I've never written a
letter like this before.
You've made me want to write.
I want to spend every
day like this together.
When I'm not with you, it hurts.
I know we both find it
hard to say our feelings.
- [Kat] Bloody Mary
coming through,
bloody Mary coming through.
(friends chatter indistinctly)
- I thought writing them down
would be a good place to start.
When I wake up in the morning,
you are the first
person I think about.
I check my phone, I've
never felt like this before.
This is my first letter to you.
(friends chatter indistinctly)
- I have so much I want to
say, but mostly I want to say,
my favorite person
is you, Scarlet.
Please promise never to leave
me, I would die if you did.
Please stay with me
forever like this.
I love you, Jo.
The music's good,
let us all be cured
Reverse the big bang
somewhere someone sang
About a poor boy
in kings clothes
And we all sang along to
the words of the same song
We put on a good show, we
really put on a good show
We're all out looking for
something anything this time
All we see or seen is
we're two of the same kind
Sometimes, it feels like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Sometimes, it feel like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
We know the secret too, we're
all just passing through
If only you could see
yourself how everyone sees you
Sometimes, it feel like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Sometimes, it feels like
everyone should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Maybe I should be dancing
Won't you destroy
me in good time
Would you like to be in love
Would you like to be in love
The world is full
of strange men
Let us cry and ignore them
Won't you come
a little closer
Won't you come
a little closer
La la la la
La la la la
Maybe this is where
we come to die
A simple quiet life
A simple low life
La la la la
La la la la
Let's give him
back his old life
Well he likes his old life
He likes his old life
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
(soothing orchestral music)
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