The Book of Eli (2010)

Mila Kunis: Solara

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• Solara : You know, you say you've been walking for thirty years, right?

  Eli : Right?

  Solara : Have you ever thought that maybe you were lost?

  Eli : Nope.

  Solara : Well, how do you know that you're walking in the right direction?

  Eli : I walk by faith, not by sight.

  Solara : [sighs]  What does that mean?

  Eli : It means that you know something even if you don't know something.

  Solara : That doesn't make any sense.

  Eli : It doesn't have to make sense. It's faith, it's faith. It's the flower of light in the field of darkness that's giving me the strength to carry on. You understand?

  Solara : Is that from your book?

  Eli : No, it's, uh, Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison.

• Solara : I didn't think you'd ever give up the book, I thought it was too important to you

  Eli : It was, I was carrying and reading it everyday, got so caught up in protecting it, I forgot to live by what I'd learnt from it

  Solara : And what's that?

  Eli : To do more for others than you do for yourself

• Eli : The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.He restores my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me

  Solara : That's beautiful, did you write that?

  Eli : Yes, I did.

  [chuckles] 

  Eli : No, no. No. No, that was around a long time before you and I got here, that's for sure.

• Eli : [whispering to Solara, after seeing the graves George and Martha made]  We gotta go now.

  Solara : They killed all these people.

  Eli : Not just killed them, they ate them.

  Solara : Her hands, her hands were shaking.

  Eli : Too much human meat. Let's go.

• Solara : I want to come with you.

  Eli : No, you don't.

  Solara : I hate it here.

  Eli : Then change it.

• Eli : They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.

  Solara : Yeah.

  Eli : The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since.

  Solara : And you did all this because a voice told you to?

  Eli : I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it

• Solara : Do you really read the same book everyday?

  Eli : Without fail.

• Solara : What was it like before?

  Eli : People had more than they needed, people didn't know what was precious and what wasn't, people threw away things they kill each other for now.

• Solara : [knocking on the door to Eli's room]  Can I come in?

  Eli : Give me a minute.

  [Eli covers his book with his blanket] 

  Eli : Someone already came with food and water. I got everything I need.

  Solara : [entering the room wearing a pink negligee]  Are you sure about that? It's really bright in here. I'm Solara.

  Eli : Right. You filled my canteen downstairs.

  Solara : Yeah. You're the walker, right?

  Eli : Right.

  [Solara puts her hand on Eli's waist and starts to come on to him, but he grabs her hand] 

  Solara : If - if you're worried about paying, it's on the house.

  Eli : Look. Paying for what?

  Solara : Why don't you take a seat?

  [Eli walks to the door and opens it, gesturing for Solara to leave] 

  Solara : No.

  [Solara walks to the door and closes it] 

  Solara : No, I can't go. I can't. If I do, he'll hurt my mom.

  Eli : Who?

  Solara : Carnegie.

  Eli : He's your father?

  Solara : No, no, but we belong to him just the same. Look, I'll sleep on the floor. Tomorrow you can tell him you had a good time. I promise you, I will be no trouble. Please.

• Carnegie : Is he staying?

  Solara : We didn't do much talking.

  Claudia : Solara honey, eat something.

  Solara : Mom, give me your hand. Close your eyes. Mom, trust me... Dear Lord.

  [Carnegie freezes where he is sitting, listening intently] 

  Solara : We thank you for our food. Thank you for my mother. Thank you for the roof over our heads and our new friends. And, uh... Well, I guess that's all for now.

  Carnegie : Amen. That's the word you're looking for, Amen. That's how you stop. You said you didn't talk much. But did he do any reading?... I asked you a question.

  Claudia : Bill, don't.

  Carnegie : You, shut your mouth.

  [Solara still says nothing. Carnegie grabs Claudia by her hair, pulling her head back until she screams in pain] 

  Carnegie : You're hurting your mother, Solara. He said he read every day. Did he?

  Solara : Stop it!

  Carnegie : [yanking Claudia off her chair and forcing her to her knees, still pulling her hair]  Your mother would like you to tell me.

  Solara : [getting very scared]  I don't know! I don't know... Yes, okay! Yes, yes, he was reading.

  Carnegie : What kind of book was he reading?

  Solara : I don't know. I don't know! An old leather one.

  Carnegie : And?

  Solara : I don't know, it had some kind of thing on the front of it.

  Carnegie : Show me.

  Solara : I need you to let her go.

  Carnegie : [shouting]  Show me!

  [Solara fearfully puts her fingers together into a cross] 

• Lombardi : You don't have to leave, you know. You're more than welcome to stay. You'll be perfectly safe here.

  Solara : Thank you. But this is something I have to do.

  Lombardi : Where will you go?

  Solara : [fingering Eli's machete]  Home.

• Solara : [in the middle of a gunfight with Carnegie's men]  You know that voice you heard, did it say anything about this?

  Eli : We'll get out. Both of us.

  George : What about us?

  Eli : Didn't say anything about you.

• Solara : [Carnegie's men are about to attack]  What do we do?

  Martha : [Cocks hammer on rifle]  I know what the fuck I'm doing!

• Solara : [after Solara takes Eli to where they get their water from, he locks her in]  You are such a liar!

  Eli : I'm not a liar.

  Solara : You said I could come with you if I took you to the water.

  Eli : I didn't say that, you said that, the road's no place for someone like you, trust me, you're safter there than you think.

  Solara : Hey.

  Eli : Yeah?

  Solara : Fuck you!