IN LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH - Part Two — The Woman - Script Treatment
IN LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH Script Treatment Part Two — The Woman Genre: Drama / Romance / Bereavement Tone: Intimate, reflective, emotional Setting: Contemporary Britain Principal Characters: Louise Smithers — a former teacher in her fifties. Warm, capable and independent, but carrying the grief of losing her husband and, later, her only son. Beatrice — Louise’s longtime friend and former teaching colleague. Benjamin Smithers — Louise’s son, on the brink of adulthood. Frederick Smithers — Louise’s late husband, considerably older than her, a successful businessman and property owner. Benji — the family’s black-and-white collie, jokingly named after Benjamin. Simon Atkinson — a solicitor and widower whose weekly cemetery visits have unknowingly intersected with Louise’s own. PC Jones — the senior police officer who brings Louise devastating news. PC Evans — his younger colleague. FADE IN: EXT. LOUISE'S GARDEN — SUMMER EVENING A warm summer evening. The last sunlight stretches across...