Donnie Darko (english version)

Wake up, Donnie...

Donnie Darko was asleep at the edge of a crescent-shaped cliff. With his bike collapsed next to him, he is shivering, curled up on the fetal position. He slowly opens his eyes and looks around, disoriented by the morning light. He then stand up, looking down into the expansive rock canyon. After a moment of hesitation, he took his bike and back up the hill.

***

The Darko family has convened for dinner eating silentlyfor several moments. 

"I'm voting for Dukakis." - Elisabeth said pausing dinner.

Her father looked at her for a moment putting pizza back to plate. 

"Perhaps when you have children of your own that need braces, and you can't afford them because half of your husband's paycheck goes to the federal government, you'll regret that decision." - he said.

"My husband's paycheck?" - Elisabeth chucked. - "I'm not gonna squeeze one out until I'm thirty."

Elisabeth's mother laughed, surprised by her words.

"Will you still be working at Yarn Barn? 'Cause that's a great placeto raise children." - Donnie hurried to make fun of his sister.

"That's really funny" - Elisabeth winked at him. 

"No, a year of partying is enough. She'll be going to Harvard this fall." - Rose said.

"I haven't been accepted yet, mother." 

"If you think Michael Dukakis will provide for this country prior to the point when you decide to squeezeone out, then I think you're misinformed."

"Yeah, I do."

"When can I squeeze one out?" - little Samantha asked obviously not getting what they were talking about. 

"Not until like... eighth grade." - Donnie again interrupted conversation.

"Excuse me?" - Rose turned to Donnie.

"Donnie? You're a dick." - Elisabeth said to him.

"Whoa, Elizabeth. A little hostile, there. Maybe you should be the one in therapy. Then mom and dad can pay someone two hundred dollars an hour to listen to all of your thoughts... so we won't have to."

"Maybe you'd like to tell mom and dad why you stopped taking your medication."
 

There was an awkward silence between all of them.

"You've stopped taking your medication?" - Rose was shocked. 

"You're such a fuck-ass." - Donnie said pointing finger at Elisabeth. 

"Did you just call me a fuck-ass?" - Elisabeth was laughing. 

"That's enough." - Rose tried to calm situation.

"You can suck a fuck." - Elisabeth continued arguing with Donnie. 

"Oh, please tell me, Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck?" - Donnie almost shouted.

 "We will not have this kind of language at the dinner table." - Rosie was disgusted. 

They are were silent for a moment except Elisabeth who was histericaly laughed. 

"What's a fuck-ass?" - Samantha asked clearly confused. 

Despite his brave efforts to hold back laughter, Eddie Darko let out a slight guffaw.  

***

Elizabeth talked on the phone, getting ready for her Saturday night. There was knock on doors and then Rose entered.

 "No. I took a year off to be with you... Of course I care. Don't get angry." - Elisabeth talked into phone. She then covered phone and looked at her mother. - "What?"

"How did you know -"

"I didn't realise it was such a big deal. " - Elisabeth cut her off. 

"It is a big deal." 

"I caught him flushing pills down the toilet. He knows you check the container."

Rose left Elisabeth's room and went straight to Donni's room. Donnie lyed on his bed, reading when Rose entered. She picked up some things of the floor.

"Get out of my room." - Donnie said to her. 

Rose bitterly turned to leave, but stopped at the door. 

"I wish I knew where you went at night. Did you toilet paper the Johnson's

house?"

"I stopped rolling houses in the sixth grade, Mom." - Donnie said still reading. - "Get out of my room."

"You know... it would be nice to lookat you some time... and see my son. I don't recognise this person today."

 "Then why don't you start taking the goddamn pills?" 

Donnie leaned over and turned off his lamp. Rose turned and left her son alone in the dark, closing the door behind her. 

"Bitch." - Donnie said after what he stayed silent for a moment waiting for some reply behind closed doors.

Rose stopped in her tracks, hearing this. She then continues walking and goes into her bedroom closing the door.  She comes to bed where Eddie was lying and reading some book. 

"Our son just called me a bitch."

"You're not a bitch." - Eddie assured her. 

Donnie removeed his pills from the medicine cabinet. He looked at the bottle for a moment, and then took three pills and swallowed them, staring at his reflection in themirror.  

Later that night when everyone was asleep Eddie sat up in bed, unable to sleep. He got up and went into living room, turning TV on. Clock was showing it was midnight.

***

Donnie was silently sleeping when in his room appeared some kind of noise. There was some creepy deep voice that whispered "Wake up, Donnie...". 

Donnie jumped upright in his bed, awakened from a bad dream. He looked over at his alarm clock that was showing 12:50 a.m. He was confused.  He got up and walked downstairs. He stared at Eddie, who was asleep. He exited the house and walked down the front walk to the street arriving next to the pin and stareing off into thedistance.

"Come closer... closer..."

After Donnie reached, there, in front of him, was standing six-foot-tallfigure dressed in a grotesque bunny suit.

"Tonight is very special, Donnie..." 

"What?" - Donnie was confused. 

"I've been watching you... Do you believe in God, Donnie?"

 Donnie didn't answer.  

"My name is Frank. I want you to follow me."

"Why?"

"I'm here to save you. The world is coming to an end, Donnie. 28 days... 6 hours... 42 minutes...12 seconds. That is when the worldwill end."

Donnie looked back at Frank.