The Script – Taia The Slave
We will be sharing in this post a little bit of the script for the first film in the series Crucified Four – Taia The Slave. The reason for this noble endeavor is kind of obvious, we want you to be interested in the stories. Maybe you will, maybe you wont.
In the first sequence of Taia The Slave, all the characters for all four movies will be introduced, establishing their roles, motivations and the consequences of their actions for all four stories.
Taia the slave, played by Ligia
Talissa the warrior, played by Dani
Ide the Egyptian priestess, played by Mila
Paulina, Saturnino’s wife, played by Geraldine
One person suggested Paulina too should end up on the cross, she should have her own film where she has a terrible end. Geraldine had a taste of what would be like when she was working with Jac on 69 Anneé Érotique. Although we don’t have a fifth movie for Crucified Four… you never know.
And later on in the sequence the missing protagonist is introduced.
Sabina, Hadrian’s wife, played by Simonne
Four of these beautiful ladies will find their way to a horrendous and torturous end on the cross.
The other principal characters that are introduced in the first sequence of the film are Decius, the Roman Centurion who will have a moment of lust with Paulina. Saturnino, Paulina’s husband and the right hand man of the Governor will also be introduced, as well as Hadrian, the Governor. Another important character, Plubius, the Optio, second in command of the legion will also appear in the first sequence. These characters haven’t been cast yet. There are potential candidates for these roles but Jac hasn’t decided yet.
Taia The Slave – The Script
The first three pages of the script, around three minutes of screen time, this complete scene will be recorded on the first day of production.
EXT Market. Day
An almost empty market, a few vendors, here and there, some buyers.
A young woman, TAIA, poorly dressed, her head and face covered by a dark cloth, walks cautiously. She stops in front of a stall where she looks at the baskets containing loafs of bread and cheese.
Taia looks nervously around her first, paying close attention at some of the people walking around. She notices another woman, TALISSA, completely covered by a dark cloak, only her shaded eyes are visible, her gaze fixed on four Roman soldiers walking nearby.
Talissa has her eyes on DECIUS, the Centurion, and PLUBIUS the Optio, who walk in front of the other two soldiers.
A noble woman, PAULINA, walks ahead of the soldiers.
An Egyptian woman, IDE, wearing the traditional garments of a Priestess, approaches the noble woman, they salute each other. Paulina gently grabs Ide’s arm.
Paulina: I will be in the temple before the sun comes down
Ide: I will wait for you with everything prepared.
Paulina: I am looking forward to such a solemn moment in front of Anubis. I will be begging for him to come down to me, to have me in his arms.
Paulina walks away, smiling at Ide with suggestive and complicit eyes. Ide smiles back.
DECIUS, the Roman Centurion breaks away from his soldiers and approaches Paulina. Talissa looks at him. Ide also turns to see the Centurion approaching Paulina.
Decius leans toward the noble Roman woman and speaks to her in soft tones.
DECIUS: Have you had the pleasure of receiving the gift born of the wishes that my heart carries inside?
PAULINA: That gift, like the many others, has suffered the same fate, at the feet of the pigs in the pantanal.
DECIUS: Let the pigs enjoy them then.
PAULINA: One more gift and my husband, the great Saturnino, to whom you owe the devotion reserved for the gods, will make of you a delicacy for his best pigs.
Paulina walks away from Decius and passes by Taia who glances quickly at her.
Taia turns to see the old man selling the bread who appears distracted by the passing of Paulina and the soldiers.
Making sure she is not seen, Taia reaches the basket with the bread and carefully takes a loaf to then quickly hide it under her cloak and walks away slowly.
Suddenly the seller sees that the loaf of bread is missing from his pile, he sees the young woman who quickens her step.
SELLER: Thief! She stole my bread!
Taia turns to see the screaming man as two soldiers turn around and block her path.
PUBLIUS: Stop!
SELLER: Stop that thief
TAIA: Have mercy, I’m hungry
PUBLIUS : You will pay for that bread with the hide of your back.
The soldiers remove the cloak that covers her and they see that she is wearing a metal neck brace with part of a chain.
Delcius approaches Taia, grabs her jaw, forcing her to look at him.
DELCIUS: You are a runaway slave. (to Publius) Take her to the camp, and hold her until you find her owners.
The soldiers throw away the cloak, rip part of Taia’s garment and tie her wrists behind her back. After tying her Plubius grabs, the end of the chain attached to the metal brace around her neck, and pulls the terrified woman away.
PUBLIUS: Come on bitch!
The prisoner passes near where Talissa stands looking at the soldiers. The women exchange glances. Then the prisoner passes by Ide, who looks at her with pity and anxiety, as if she knew her.
Taia looks at Ide, her expression changing from fear to anger.
Paulina watches Taia pass near her and smiles with a cold expression. Decius also passes, behind Taia and the soldiers, smiling at Paulina.
The soldiers move away toward their camp, pulling their prisoner along, who stumbles every now and then as she is led away.
End of Scene.
As project develops and the script goes to re writes, there’s the possibility of some additions to the scene, but the basic elements are there.
So, now that you know a bit more of what the film will be like, are you willing to contribute?
Here is Ligia telling the story of Taia.
To convince you to contribute to these great movies, we changed the perks for the campaign. This is what your contribution will get you:
- For a 25 USD contribution you’ll get ONE of the Crucified Four films when the films are released. The regular price will be 35 USD or more.
If you love on of the films you will probably want to buy the rest. We’re sure of it.
- For a 100 USD you will get ALL Crucified Four films plus ANY NEW movie that is released before The Crucified Four movies. The regular price for the five movies will be around 200 USD.
There are a good number of films coming out this year, you can choose any of those.
- For a 250 USD contribution you will get all the Crucified Four movies PLUS any Four New Movies of your choice. The regular price for the 8 movies will be around 400 USD
The first FIVE contributors for the 250 contribution will receive an additional film at no cost!
We will be bringing more bits of the script in the near future.
In addition, we’re having a 15% OFF April Sale for any and all of our films! This April Sale will go until the end of the month or until we release the next movie, Agent Honey Trap, whichever comes first.
