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MATCH

PRIMO, Buenos Aires / FUNDACIÓN ARGENTINA DE TRANSPLANTE HEPÁTICO / 2022

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Write a short summary of what happens in the film.

It is a love story in modern times that seeks to make people aware of the importance of being an organ donor and of increasing the number of donors in Argentina.

Provide the full film script in English.

Monday 7am. Ana Montes (32), has a coffee in the kitchen of her apartment while she watches men on Tinder. She scrolls and scrolls, until she sees a young man who appears to be the same age as her, simple in appearance, has a short beard, handsome. Her profile photo is on a mountain, her name is Santiago (33). Anne thinks. She takes the things from her. Before leaving for work, she likes. She closes the door of her house and leaves.

START THE MUSIC: UP UP UP

Ana travels by subway. She arrives at the destination station. She walks up the stairs. When her cell phone recovers signal from her, she gets a message from Tinder, she has a Match. It's from Santiago.

Ana walks down the street, her gaze has now changed, an inevitable smile is drawn on her face while she reads a message from Santiago on her cell phone: [This match made my Monday not so Monday]

Ana begins to write her answer: [Did I start well then? hahaha]

The sun shines through a window. In a closed shot we see Santiago, lying on a bed, he does not have a beard, and his hair is shorter than in his profile photo. On her cell phone, we read Ana's response. Santiago smiles. Answer: [ We started well, of course we did]

Ana enters the building where she works. She greets a co-worker as she reads Santiago's response. She arrives at her desk on a high floor, she seems to be an architect or engineer, she settles down to start the day, but before, she can't contain herself and replies: [I hope we continue like this!! Love in this type of apps is not easy]

Santiago from her room answers: [Love is not easy anywhere. But how is it possible that two amazing people like us are not together?]

Ana at her desk smiles upon reading the answer, she replies: [You want to steal my heart by being so romantic. Well, I start to work, I'll write to you in a while. And if I don't finish too late, we can go for a drink...;)

Santiago smiles and replies: [Dale, I won't take more time, let's talk later, kisses]

Ana works on her computer.

Ana in a meeting room, a man speaks at the head, we don't see him, we only hear him. Ana can't concentrate, she takes her cell phone, looks at photos of Santiago, opens the chat to write to him, she regrets it.

Ana shows photos of Santiago to her partner María de Ella. Ana can be heard from afar: "It's good, isn't it?" Maria nods, they both laugh.

Already at dusk, inside a glazed office, Ana and María work and discuss ideas. Ana can't concentrate, the phone lights up on her; she has a message from Santiago: [How was your day?]

Ana leaves the office with her things, walks down a corridor and replies: [Santi! I'm finishing the day, how are you doing? Do you want to do something?]

Santiago also walks down the hall of a place that seems to be an office, or something like that. He replies: [I'd love to, but we'll have to wait]

While she gets on the elevator, Ana receives the message from Santiago. She reads it strangely.

Already in the street, the sun is disappearing between the buildings, Ana answers: [Wait? Why?]

Ana arrives at the subway station, it is closed. She asks for an Uber, while she waits for Santiago's answer that she does not arrive.

Santiago against the light against a window, writes and erases, writes and erases, doubts.

The Uber arrives, already at night, Ana goes up. The driver greets her by her name, between yawns, confirms her address, Ana nods. She settles into the backseat, she looks at the phone anxiously.

The Uber goes through the city, takes a wide street that goes under a highway or under the train tracks. Ana, with her eyes glued to the phone, waits for the answer that doesn't come.

In his room, lying on a bed, Santiago writes and erases: [Because I have to wait... That's what the doctors told me] she hesitates to send the message, finally she sends it. Out of focus, next to her bed, she can perceive an armchair with a lying body.

The Uber driver, clearly tired from the whole day's work, yawns as he asks Ana if the music bothers her (heaven sounds in a MINA stanza). Ana says no, that he can leave her. Santiago's answer finally arrives, Ana reads it strangely. She doesn't know what to answer. She looks out the window somewhat disappointed. In the rearview mirror, we see the driver's eyes slowly closing, the man falling asleep. Ana doesn't notice, she is about to respond to Santiago, the Uber loses control, slowly drifting towards a concrete column. The car violently hits the column, overturns, spins several times, drags with the roof against the asphalt for about 50 meters until it brakes. Be quiet. Ref:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5ak0upen4pe9a9y/AADqD0vW3Zs12V89qJ4qBMJZa?dl=0

In his room, Santiago waits for Ana's answer. He looks out the window, already at night. A light in the sky is perceived in the distance, it looks like a helicopter. Like an omen, Santiago watches him.

The Uber driver manages to get out of the car, desperate, he tries to get Ana out, who shows no signs of life, she has been trapped between the iron bars of the car. The driver pulls hard on Ana's arm without being able to move her; she finally gives up. Shocked, shaking and covered in blood, he takes his cell phone to call 911. MINA's song slowly fades into the sound of ambulances. CUT TO BLACK

ON BLACK: Ambulances, radio communications are heard. The sound of a helicopter.

The next morning, a team of three doctors walk into Santiago's room with a smile. To our surprise, Santiago was admitted to a hospital. The person on the couch was his mother. One of the doctors reviewing some sheets, says: ”It seems that the wait was worth it, Santi. After 3 months we found a compatible heart with yours”.

Tears fill her mother's eyes.

Santiago cries. His mother hugs him.

When he manages to get his breath back, Santiago tells the doctor: “Doctor, I know that the procedure prohibits it, but is there a way to find out who the donor was? The doctor, surprised by the question, looks at the doctors.

By cut, from outside the window, the camera zooms out. CUT TO BLACK

Santiago, again with a beard and slightly longer hair, walks under the highway, in the exact place where Ana's accident took place. It is dawn, the marks of the accident paint the asphalt black. Santiago kneels down and touches the ground. He takes his cell phone, and on the dating app, he writes the last message: [Thank you Anita. Now we are together.]

On the image of Santiago alone, under the highway.

He overprints:

Compatibility of people is not easy.

The one of organs, less.

Argentina needs more donors.

Find out at www.fath.org.ar

Cut to logo of the Liver Transplant Foundation.

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