A Fig Story (award-winning short film)

[00:00:26]It's delicious.

[00:00:29]>> Thank you.

[00:00:31]>> Oh, guys, thank you so much for coming.

[00:00:34]>> Thank you for coming.

[00:00:35]>> Is that it?

[00:00:41]Glad you enjoy.

[00:00:44]Please note.

[00:01:08]That was so nice.

[00:01:11]>> It really was.

[00:01:19]I've been thinking maybe I'll move to Sydney in a few years.

[00:01:26]>> What?

[00:01:27]>> One day I'll just slip into your practice room in your conservatire.

[00:01:32]Listen to you play your ballad in G minor again.

[00:01:34]>> Jesse, >> we just carry on where we left off. Or maybe you'll choose to move back. I'll wait for you. We agreed.

[00:01:44]No promises.

[00:01:52]>> So this is it.

[00:01:57]>> Would you still have waited to have talked to me that night if you'd somehow known about Australia?

[00:02:06]>> Yes.

[00:02:18]Adam, the key.

[00:02:25]>> I'm sorry.

[00:02:26]>> Okay, cut. Let's cut.

[00:02:34]Thank you, boy.

[00:02:35]>> That's a car. We've got >> Adam. Everything okay? That was going so well.

[00:02:44]>> Yeah.

[00:02:45]>> Yeah. You're sure?

[00:02:46]>> Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry, Lisa.

[00:02:49]>> No, no, you're fine. But are we good to go for that kiss on the next one?

[00:02:56]>> I'm sorry, guys. I I can't do the kiss.

[00:03:00]>> You can't do the kiss. I can't do the kiss. I thought I could, but I can't.

[00:03:11]>> It's all good.

[00:03:12]>> Can you give us five sn break or something? Keep taking a good idea.

[00:03:18]>> Sorry, Scarlet. Adam, can we talk?

[00:03:20]>> Thank you, everyone. Just going to break.

[00:03:22]>> Is there something here? Something between you and Scarlet?

[00:03:25]>> No, no, we're fine.

[00:03:27]>> Okay. So, why can't you kiss?

[00:03:32]Adam, you need to be open with me.

[00:03:36]>> Lisa, I'm I'm really sorry. I I just can't do it.

[00:03:42]>> Why not?

[00:03:45]>> This isn't me. It's not what I believe.

[00:03:48]>> What? What isn't?

[00:03:53]>> Being intimate with someone I'm not going to marry.

[00:03:58]And yet you sign up to be the lead in a romance.

[00:04:00]>> I know. I know. I'm I'm sorry.

[00:04:02]>> So this is a religious thing.

[00:04:05]>> Surely we can find a way.

[00:04:07]>> Why give your consent?

[00:04:09]Why go through with it?

[00:04:10]>> I really wanted to work with you and with >> Why wait till the last day of the show to tell me this?

[00:04:21]>> You were kissing in the hills.

[00:04:22]>> I know. I know. But back then, I don't think I felt the same >> about your faith >> and about Scar.

[00:04:30]>> You said this wasn't about her.

[00:04:34]>> Yeah. Yeah. No, it's not. Look, I thought that maybe I could put my career first.

[00:04:41]>> Yeah, you're doing that well. Really bloody well.

[00:04:43]>> I want to make this work. Lisa, >> do you?

[00:04:48]>> Well, then you'll kiss because you're an actor.

[00:05:16]Scarlet, I'm really sorry. This has nothing to do with you.

[00:05:20]>> Are you okay?

[00:05:23]Yeah, >> you can trust me.

[00:05:34]>> Should have never signed up to do this.

[00:05:36]>> What?

[00:05:38]>> I'm sorry.

[00:05:38]>> What's going on?

[00:05:43]>> I can't kiss you.

[00:05:47]>> I should have never kissed you.

[00:05:52]I'm so sorry.

[00:06:01]>> You know what? I don't care what his reason is. We drop him.

[00:06:05]>> What?

[00:06:06]>> We bring Arthur in.

[00:06:07]>> Oh, come on.

[00:06:08]>> I mean, he's up for it and he's a good [ __ ] actor.

[00:06:13]>> You're asking me to change my lead actor on the last day of the show? Well, if he can't perform in the most important scene of the whole bloody film, he's not a good actor, is he?

[00:06:28]>> Can that be why we don't kiss?

[00:06:33]>> Maybe they want to save it if they reunite in Sydney.

[00:06:35]>> Why would they do that?

[00:06:37]>> I don't know. Because kisses are are simple.

[00:06:42]You said it yourself.

[00:06:43]>> That's not what I meant. Okay, but it's an expectable ending, isn't it?

[00:06:49]>> I feel like we can do something more special here.

[00:06:56]>> Okay, go in and tell him you'll replace him with Arthur if he doesn't do the kiss.

[00:07:02]>> Yes, but we can't do that. Trevor, >> he doesn't know that. He'll believe it and he'll have no choice.

[00:07:16]Okay, fine. Do you have an alternative idea?

[00:07:26]>> He signed up to this, Lisa.

[00:07:52]Lisa, we need to >> I know.

[00:07:57]>> Okay, calm down, >> Lisa. You just go straight into one. I have an idea.

[00:08:07]>> Okay, quiet and still, guys. We're going for a take.

[00:08:11]>> Let's bring the extras in.

[00:08:13]>> Everyone, first position, >> right? And still maximum focus. Okay, here we go.

[00:08:20]>> This is your last chance. Don't let me down.

[00:08:26]>> Okay, we're going for it.

[00:08:29]>> Okay, roll.

[00:08:31]>> Solid speed. Camera speed. Mark it.

[00:08:37]>> There's no one. Camera set >> induction.

[00:08:46]Well, >> thank you so much guys for coming.

[00:08:49]>> Thank you for having us.

[00:08:51]A >> cake and fig something.

[00:08:53]>> His idea.

[00:08:54]>> Pleasure.

[00:08:55]>> Thank you.

[00:08:56]>> Thank you for coming.

[00:09:04]>> See you soon.

[00:09:07]Okay. Bye.

[00:09:23]That was so nice.

[00:09:27]It really was.

[00:09:38]I've been thinking >> maybe I'll move to Sydney in a few years.

[00:09:51]>> What?

[00:09:53]>> One day I'll just slip into your practice room in your conservator.

[00:10:02]listen to you play your ballad in G minor again.

[00:10:05]>> We just carry on where we left off.

[00:10:10]>> Or maybe you'll choose to move back.

[00:10:13]I'll wait for you.

[00:10:14]>> We agreed.

[00:10:17]>> I promises.

[00:10:27]So this is it.

[00:10:41]Have you noticed a face is kind of shaped like a tear drop?

[00:10:53]>> Yeah, I guess it is.

[00:10:59]Can we do a deal?

[00:11:03]If we ever feel alone or feel like crying, you have a fake.