An old woman goes to retrieve her politically dissenting son from prison, but not before praying . . . and waiting.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
5pp
Genre:
Drama, Family, Thriller
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
13+
Based On:
“Reaping” and “Number 3 on the Docket,” by Amy Lowell, from MEN, WOMEN, AND GHOSTS (1916); “A Servant to Servants,” by Robert Frost, from NORTH OF BOSTON (1914), and “Bond and Free,” also by Frost, from MOUNTAIN INTERVAL(1916).
Synopsis/Details
To the tune of an organ, an old woman prays and receives Holy Communion in a Catholic Church. Then she walks to the local prison, where her son, a political dissident, is being interrogated. The old woman waits on a bench outside the prison in the belief that she will soon be able to see her son. She listens to the birds, soaks up some sun, eats a bit of bread, and waits. But her son does not come—nor do any of those who are detaining him.

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Submitted: 2021-Mar-25
Last Updated: 2021-Mar-25
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The Writer: R. J. Cardullo

A former university film teacher, I turned to screenwriting several years ago. I have also written film criticism for many publications. A New Yorker by birth, I grew up in Miami and was educated at the University of Florida, Tulane, and Yale. My last U.S. address was in Milford, Connecticut; I am now an expatriate residing in Scandinavia. Many of my scripts (both long and short) are adaptations of lesser-known works by well-known authors. I am happy to re-write, collaborate, or write on demand. Thanks kindly for any attention you can give my work. Go to bio
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