1976. Young Doctor. Garden in India.

1976. 

The setting is an Indian garden.  

Young Indian Doctor, Goes into his workers shed (He is looking for some general item, perhaps a water container)-

His worker is an Indian peasant farmer, who he has hired for general assistance while he studies his medical pursuits.  He stumbles upon (and as a Doctor's curiosity is inate) inspects a common Oriental smoking pipe. He breaks it apart and see's ancient hieroglyphic text on one of its parts.  He runs his finger over the message trying to translate the meaning of the inscription upon the inner bowl of the pipe.  He Scrapes some resin. Tastes it. We see his face and a far off look out the window of his hired hands domicile/shed. 

Next scene:

There is a Radio playing.

It's a boxing match being called. Young boy, holding the transistor. Its the Son of the worker, listening just outside their shed.

Young Dr temporary distracted from his work smiles pleasantly and watches boy listening to radio from his own window perch just across the Indian garden. 

Their is smoke coming from the window of the shed that houses the boy and his father. 

We see The Dr's face change, from pleasant,  to worry, then to a subtle darkness. 

The next moment the worker comes out and immiadtely looks over at Dr first.

He calls the boy in. 

All we hear is a muffled shriek   

All we see is the Dr shudder and drop the notes in his hand.

What We hear next is the boxing match on the hand held radio.

Camera pans in on it.

Its Laying cracked on the floor. 

We hear the announcer say "and it looks like the young gold medalist has broken his hand" this will surely cost him the gold". 

The Image changes suddenly from a close up of the radio, to a Camera angle over the young Doctor's back, as he goes across the way, towards the shed at a furious pace.

Kick to front door.

Beastly grunt.

Kick to bedroom door, equally brute. 

Workers shocked face. Kick to workers mid.

Dr hits him twice and drags him across the garden to his kitchen.

Worker is dazed. Doctor furiously ties his wrists w medical tape and slams them down into a Pail of rice.

Reaches into workers traditional Indian robe and finds the tool commonly used for harvesting. Its A smaller iron claw like structure.

He proceeds to violently smash the claw just inches from workers hands into the rice.

Worker is clutched w fear.

Doctor realizes he is half out of control and drops the claw and staggers away. 

Next scene. 

Young boxer. Back home. Apartment. Queens New York. Hand wrapped. Mother and father hugging him. Kissing him. Telling it will be ok. Suitcase in other hand. Goes to small bathroom. Looks into mirror. Camera pans in on his eyes and face.

Then The camera pans down to the broken hand wrapped in gauze. 

Next scene.

3 months later.

Same Indian garden. 

Worker leaves to work the fields in the early am.

Boy running ahead to join friends off to school. Garden empties. 

We see the same camera angle as before when the Doctor moved to the workers door. Only this time,  he is  walking. We hear breathing. Subtle singing of birds. Opens door. Finds smoking apparatus. Scrapes. Tastes. A softness gathers in his face-  

Next scene-

Worker forever loyal to him 

 We see this when Doctor dressed in his fine suit now, being picked up by official looking vehicle presumably leaving w his luggage. 

Reverse scene. Camera behind worker as he strides towards Doctor who is getting ready to get inside the  vehicle.

Moment of tension quickly replaced by meaningful look between the 2 men.

Worker extends his hand to shake. 

No words-

Camera closes in on hands embraced

End scene-.