Synopsis of the screenplay "The Witch Queen of the East of the Sun" by Elisabetta Errani Emaldi
Synopsis of the script
The Witch Queen of the Sun East
L'Odyssey of a cruise ship and its crew as the "Queen of the East Witch of the Sun" 's premonitions. In touch with the world mysterious East, between Singapore and Jakarta, threatened by racism, riots, hurricanes, fires and toxic smoke, which does not allow the candle.
In March 1991 I has two dreams in my father (died in 1989) tells me that I will have a remarkable odyssey in the East, aboard the ship.
In one of the two dreams, I see blood dripping from the mouth, on the other my father tells me to heal with the help of an Indian doctor. Nearly two days after these dreams, I join the ship called the "Orient Sun ", moored at a pier in Piraeus, Greece, waiting to leave for the East. During the trip, I am a supervisor and I have to teach how to use equipment and Lilian be a store manager. Lilian together with Alfio (his mistress).
When I meet with Lilian on the plane, I recognize in her hair and eyes, the same ones I already saw in my dream. A few days later we left the dock, navigate to Singapore. On June 15, at night, the air conditioning stopped working and I get up immediately, washed in sweat and the memory of a dream that people take over the eastern half of the shop on board and sale of Chinese products. Meanwhile, I disembark and see Lilian and Alfio in a car horse-drawn out, and left me. At sea, at night, usually meet with the CEO, the accountant and the officers of the chamber machines on the sun deck, drink beer and talk a lot. During one of these evenings, I find that the CEO is a racist: he hates the Filipino crew. One morning, a few days before arriving in Singapore, the ship met a storm lasting three days.
The hurricane has been so strong that it completely destroyed the villages of the nearby islands, and we see floating debris in the water. We arrived in Singapore a day late. The general manager is very angry and accused the Filipino crew being good for nothing, as far as he is concerned, as would kill Hitler killed Jews. I stare at him, disappointed, and think of all those nights spent useless try to make you reflect on their terrible ideas. The first cruise is delayed, in order to complete some work on the boat.
During this maiden voyage, there will be VIP only. and Travel Agents on board, which is why everything must be perfect to have a good advertising and filling the passenger ship rich. As in my dream, two days later, the charterer breaks the contract with the company I work for, the crew must land. Lilian tells me he will not remain on board without Alfio, I agree with it, but please to wait until you find a new assistant.
The charterer of Indonesia is half of the store with the intention of selling Chinese products. The landing of one charter which is not good for your purpose. Alfio leaves, leaving Lilian mourn. When the trip starts and the ship is full of passengers, many of the problems navigation start: the food is disgusting, the air conditioning does not always work, and travel agents protest threatening bad publicity. Many passengers prefer to sleep at outdoors on the deck, instead of suffering the heat at night.
In Singapore, all the newspapers write about the ordeal experienced by the agencies travel in the "Orient Sun". However, the charterer does not lose the heart and through a large advertising (grand prize at the casino, strippers, prostitutes, luxury and "special" massage) succeeds in taking passengers aboard. In the following days because of a broken pipe (assumed), drinking water The mixture of sea water in the water pipes of the vessel, crew and I are forced to drink the mixture because the charterer does not sell water in bars, only allows delivery to the passenger cabins.
From that moment, I notice the blood dripping from my mouth. Finally, the purser wife hire me Frank Lilian and lands. Captain Michael also is racist: do not trust the crew and irritated with exercise repeated every four days.
In July 27, in the port of Jakarta, the fire drill the umpteenth time. I feel sick and when the exercise ends I do not have food and prefer to go to sleep. During my dream dream a handsome Indian prince with a turban color marvelous start to massage the gum, I feel a kind of energy into my mouth, while a strange warmth envelops my body, and suddenly I see a lot of particles running inside my mouth and become part of my teeth. The days following the blood stops dripping from my mouth. Unfortunately, the whole team starts to have dysentery and triumph, the doctor decides to vaccinate everyone against cholera and other diseases, to avoid quarantine.
After a couple of months, we found that all pipes are fine, no broken pipe, but the mixture was due to the lack of an official. Captain Michael tries to win me, but I do not like him and he is married! That is not according to my principles.
The charterer lands including CEO, which is replaced by Hong, a Chinese handsome. With his savoir faire Desery conquest, one of my friends, a flight attendant. She will tell me all about his relationship with Chinese. Because of the heat, almost 45 ° C, there are fires on the islands of Indonesia, which is dangerous for our sail because we smoke and avoids the risk of collision with other ships (overnight is impossible to sleep because of the siren). Even inside the ship we realize small clouds of smoke, floating in the air. They are gray and toxic. I begin to feel sick again. One night, I'm half asleep and transparency the image of my father trying to cure with acupuncture. I feel a strange energy that leaves my plexus (this power will last a few days).
On August 24, the ship berths in Singapore, immediately run to the MT. Elizabeth Hospital, where I have a blood test. On the 28th, when I go to withdraw the result of the blood test, doc. Charles Lim TC tells me: "You are as strong as a horse, you know? You have hepatitis A, but now his body has developed antibodies and are no longer infectious. "In the weeks following sleep with the ship, she quit browsing, in the future, but do not know why. In one of those dreams, I realize that our captain will be affected in a psychological form of a very sad event. One night during a birthday party for one of the crew, the captain and a Filipino have a fight and the captain was hit, the entire Filipino crew helps man and that is a sort of mutiny. Henry (head of cabin) wants to help the captain but he is wounded in the head and the day after I had to go to hospital. The same day, the entire Filipino crew captain accused of being a racist and threatens to leave the ship. The ship's captain left to the captain's staff, but four days later when the boat comes back to Singapore, fifty crew Filipino people are replaced with Burma and the captain keeps the command of the ship. But, as in my dream, he stops smiling and her hair turns gray in a short time. Meanwhile, we discover that Henry received a bribe of tip of their managers, so the company dismissed him.
In September 199l have a dream too short for one of my friends Edward Gibbs, who is nervous running up and down the ship, worried about a spot of black liquid in a room full of electrical wires.
In October, I dream I am in Italy, at the funeral of my uncle. Impressed, once in Singapore, I immediately called home to get their news, my mother tries to hide the truth, but in the end I said to my uncle has cancer and is in hospital now. At last comes the wet monsoon, and the rains to extinguish the fires on the islands of Indonesia. Towards the end of October, Edward ran to see me, he is excited and tells me that one of my dreams come true: his assistant, he was awakened at six in the morning due to a room full of electric cables has been flooded with black liquid. In early November, I have another short dream where I see our ship left a port, gray smoke coming from one side. One night, I tell my dream of Shirley Kok, assistant accountant and surprisingly had the same dream. And even Mr.Tones, the counter of the charterer, who has listened for us, says he has had the same dream and their dream, the ship moved on wheels and not recoverable. Shirley and I say that the dream to the officers, explaining a common dream can come true indeed. Same month, another dream: Mr. Edward Gibbs, suffering in his bed, his feet on a pillow.
Twenty days later have problems with your ankles and the doctor's orders that the ship did not move for two weeks. In late dream of two mobsters (who seem charterer and Mr. Willer Wuner) and tell me they have the power to stay on board for long time. I get out immediately: I now understand that my stay on board in jail that "" will last many months.
The orders of the company to find someone interested in buying goods and leader in the store, so that I keep on dreaming future events and guests. But when I meet a potential Chinese buyer, the upside all the charterer. Meanwhile, many passengers prefer other ships and intensifies the financial problems of our shippers. After much negotiation, the charterer wife tells me she's very interested in buying, but her husband is still doubtful. I try to communicate with him, but when I reach him by phone to postpone the January 1992 agreement.
For that reason, you must delete the flight I booked for the December 20. I decide to take what's happening philosophically on board the crew loves me after everything I say, "Mommy, we love you "and I respond," Hello! Children of the Sun from the East, I love you too much. "Capt. Michael lands because of turnover and substitutes by Captain Philip English, who, not being a racist, is loved by the crew. I also dream that I will return to Italy the aircraft company to lose my luggage. In January, the 2nd, my father and my ex-boss Mr. Valdettaro (died from cancer in 1990), appearing in a dream, I say the ship will stop.
At breakfast I tell the dream to the officers and the captain as well, but the answer will be my dream come true: the Charterer has signed a contract for 18 months, we have gone 8 and break that would mean paying a penalty clause. January, 5 in the morning, half asleep, I find myself in front of the White House in U.S. surrounded by some people dressed in black, who encourage in, but I refuse, amazed, saying, "Do I have to go to the White House? Well, what should I tell people who live there? "While two presences I feel beside me, with my mind's eye I see a beautiful gold cross and a book with a gold cover full of diamonds. They are brilliant. Shocked I say, "Oh my God! The Cross means that my sacrifice to write that book!" When I hear a voice saying: "You will tell their story and conquer all! "The sound of that voice is so convincing that moves me. I wake up and realize that the White House for the American people, and with the story of my adventure in the Middle Dom I will conquer their attention. On the sacrifice of writing the book, at that time I did not know he would have had a bad I wanted have become almost blind (when I started writing, I was only one tenth of the eye).
On January 7, 1992, the charterer collects his things and runs like a thief. If the owner does find another charterer, the ship remains in port and the team will be without work. The captain and officers, remembering my dream premonitory, nicknamed me "The Witch Queen of El Sol de Oriente". During this stay, my boss advised me to sell the goods to a businessman in Singapore but unfortunately there are laws that avoid the requirement to land
free goods in Singapore. In the end, I have to send the goods to all of Venice, facing a lot of problems that delayed my departure again. In January, 13 1992, the fire alarm wakes all the crew. Smoke caused by the fire dies down one side of the nave, near the bottom of the booths.
The captain's orders to get to number three boats, waiting for the landing, but the fire is extinguished in an hour and told to return to our cabins. Finally I find a good freight forwarder to send the entire load to Italy! The crew and officers carried me the boat and say goodbye to me with love. On 31 January 1992, leave the "Orient Sun" and fly to Europe.
Once at the Bologna airport, I go to the baggage claim, my luggage was lost, fortunately, a few days later, the company offers at home. While my mother and I are going to the hospital to see my uncle, she tells me that my father appeared in his dream and told him that after the death of my uncle, two relatives die. Even my cousin Giorgio and Virgule die. My father, in life he became very angry with my mother and me when we talk about premonitory dreams, he did not believe it and considered us nuts. I think his appearance in our dreams was to apologize for his behavior, shows us that we were right.
Three months later, receiving the Mail Edward (still have): He writes the ship Orient Sun is no more. A Finnish company has bought and renamed the Wasa Queen. Concerned, he writes, must stop work for a month because it needs new feet, ankles and continue to suffer, you may have to switch to stainless steel. The officers and crew to send regards, landed with him the day after. Finally I wonder how the Queen Witch of The Sun of the East? Have you started writing your book?
About the Author
Elisabetta Errani Emaldi, was born in Alfonsine (RA) Italy, studied in Paris and in London, worked for many years on board cruise ships with the qualification of assistant cruise director, shop manager, interpreter, tourist’s guide and inspectricee. She travelled all around the world and learnt four languages. On 1992 the national press wrote about her book “ The Common Artisans of Love,“ which was written in collaboration with Ivana Tarroni. On 1998 she has illustrated Pietro Seddio's books: “Mafia and Politics on the Operas of Leonardo Sciascia “ and “The beauty of death on the theatre of F.Garcia Lorca. ” On July 1998, with the groups of artists "Art Space" of Alfonsine, has painted her first “Murales” at Nagykata in Hungary. On September 1998, with the same group of artists has completed her second ”Murales” in her city, in Alfonsine. Elisabetta’s drawings and posies were published on the magazine: ” L’Eredità Dantesca.” Others poetries were read from Patrizia Rossetti to Radio Italy Italian music.
Elisabetta write novels, screenplays, poetries and paint. On May the 6th 2009, in Paris the jury of the “THE ENCHANTING VERSES INTERNATIONAL poetry journal” has given to Elisabetta the second international prize “Editor's Choice -II certification” Literature for peace.
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