LAST ACT LIES — the screenplay
The book by Melek Ozsoy, adapted for the screen · Feature film · 23 pages ≈ 23 min of screen time · 32 scenes · read free
A teenage girl's secret relationship with her stepbrother turns deadly when he threatens to expose her family's darkest secret—forcing her to kill him and frame an innocent classmate, only to watch the truth unravel and destroy everyone she tried to protect.
Featuring MORRISON, MAYA, LEO, SAMIRA, DOMINIC'S GRANDMOTHER, CHEN
The opening scene
INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - LOBBY - EVENING
The lobby hums with anticipation. Parents clutching phones, students texting, couples settling into the particular restlessness of school theater.
A program reads: "A FATAL PERFORMANCE - A Victorian Murder Mystery."
The lobby doors close. The lights dim.
Scenes
- INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - LOBBY - EVENING
- INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - BACKSTAGE - CONTINUOUS
- INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - NIGHT
- INT. BACKSTAGE - CONTINUOUS
- INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - NIGHT - FINAL ACT
- INT. BACKSTAGE - CONTINUOUS
- INT. SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - MAIN FLOOR - CONTINUOUS
- INT. POLICE STATION - INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
- INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY - DAY - NEXT DAY
- INT. POLICE STATION - BULLPEN - DAY
- INT. SCHOOL - DRAMA CLUB OFFICE - DAY
- INT. POLICE STATION - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
- INT. SCHOOL LIBRARY - DAY
- INT. POLICE STATION - BULLPEN - DAY
- INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY - DAY
- INT. COURTHOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY
- INT. COURTROOM - DAY
- INT. COURTROOM - DAY
- INT. COURTHOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY
- INT. MAYA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
- INT. LEO'S OFFICE - DAY
- EXT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY
- INT. MAYA'S HOUSE - LEO'S STUDY - NIGHT
- INT. POLICE STATION - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
- INT. SAMIRA'S CAR - PARKED - DAY
- INT. MAYA'S SCHOOL - HALLWAY - DAY
- INT. POLICE STATION - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
- INT. PRISON VISITATION ROOM - DAY
- INT. PRISON CELL - NIGHT
- INT. COURTROOM - DAY
- INT. PRISON VISITATION ROOM - DAY
- INT. PRISON CELL - NIGHT