Screenplay

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“Marya Morevna – beautiful queen from Russian fairy tales. According to some interpretation, Morevna - from the word "mor" – which means “death”, on the other, the image of "strong women, living in steppe" or "queen-girl" refers to the matriarchal nomadic Sarmatians.”

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Intro

EXT. IVAN'S HOUSE – DAY - ESABLISHING

Ivan's house is a small wooden building. Smoke coming out from the pipe on the roof.

INT. IVAN'S ROOM – DAY

IVAN, 18, sitting in front of the computer.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
Once upon a time there was a Tsarevich, named Ivan, who had three sisters. One sister was mechanic, other one - a doctor and the third was a priestess.

Behind Ivan appears a SISTER-MECHANIC, 19. With a wrench in a hand she crosses the room and goes out. Then SISTER-DOCTOR, 21, running through the room with the first aid kit. Finally, SISTER-PRIESTES, 23, slowly passes through, reading some magical book.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
At one sunny beautiful day a terrible clap of thunder happen and the wall split in two and a car crushed into their house.

Clouds appearing over the sun behind the window. It is thundering, sound of a crush. The ground is shaking, pieces of plaster falling from the ceiling. Ivan turns his head towards the noise source. Sister-Mechanic and Sister-Priestess are runs past into the same direction.

INT. SISTER-DOCTOR'S ROOM – DAY

One of the room's walls is broken by the car, which is crashed into it. There is some person laying on the floor – BUSINESSMAN - who seems to be flied out of the car as result of collision. Sister-Doctor inclined over the Businessman.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
A handsome young man come out from the car. He took one sister as a wife and gone to where he come from.

Sister-Doctor making Businessman injection. Businessman springs to feet and with a gesture invites Sister-Doctor to sit into a car. Sister-Doctor settles into a car and they both leaving.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
Ivan stayed with the two sisters.

Ivan and two sisters rebuilding the broken wall.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
Time passed by. Then the wall split in two again and another car crashed into their house.

Into the opposite wall in the same room crashes another car. From the car, breaking the windscreen, flies out RAPPER. Ivan and Sister-Mechanic recoiled, but Sister-Priestess stays in place.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
A handsome rapper–young-man come out from the car. He took the younger sister, they wed, and leaved to where he come from.

Rapper, springs from floor into feet in a break-dance style. Then he runs to Ivan, shaking his hand, telling him something and pointing to the Sister-Priestess. She blushes. Rapper and Sister-Priestess, hand in hand, going into a car and leaving.

INT. SISTER-MECHANIC'S ROOM – MORNING

Sun rises up behind the window. Sister-Mechanic sleeping in her bed.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
A month passed by and then a Raven – handsome young man - crashed into their house on his car. Hi was dressed in a leather like a rocker.

Car crashes from outside into a wall and breaking it through. But no one flies out. Sister-Mechanic wakes up and shrieking, trying to cover herself with a bedsheet. ROCKER unleashing the seatbelt, turning off the car audio and comes out from a car. He stands right in front of he Sister-Mechanic and smiles.

A door is burst opening and Ivan appears on the doorstep. In a moment Sister-Mechanic turns to him then becomes angry. She kicking the Rocker with wrench raised from beneath the pillow. Rocker is out like a light. Then she flings her jacket right over nightgown, dragging his unconscious body into a car and takes off.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
He took the last sister.

Ivan stands looking at the wall with a photo of his sisters weddings. Then he makes a sigh, turns around and went, scratching his head.

NARRATOR (V.O.)
So Ivan left alone. Soon he began to pain over, but couldn't do anything with it.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Ivan is sitting in front of his computer and chats. There is a glass full of some liquid on the table near him.

EXT. ROAD TO IVAN'S HOME – DAY

Semi-truck with trailer appears on the road. Truck is heading right to the Ivan's house. There is a label on the trailer: “M2 Motors”.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Vibration running through liquid in a glass. Ivan suddenly stops typing. Turns around and look behind. His eyes narrowed like in suspicion.

EXT. ROAD TO IVAN'S HOME – DAY

Truck coming closer to the house. His speed is not decreasing.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDEERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Ivan jumping out of his place and running upstairs to the outside.

EXT. IVAN'S HOUSE YARD - DAY

Ivan standing right in front of the house. He is turned towards the coming trailer and it seems, what he trying to cover home with his body.

IVAN
(desperately waving hands)
No-o-o-o! No-o-o-o!!!

Rasp of the breaks. Truck is stopping right in front of Ivan pinning him to the house's wall. Ivan is heavily breaths, his face covered with sweat. From a cabin of a truck on the ground NAZAR THE BRAVE, 26 jumps off. He does some steps forward, giving evaluative look to the surroundings.

IVAN
(frightendly)
Um... There is no one else left here!
NAZAR THE BRAVE
No panic. You are the one who I'm looking for.

Ivan in panic.

NAZAR THE BRAVE (CONT'D)
I was sent by my sister – the beautiful queen Marya Morevna. She want to meet you, Ivan Tsarevich. Take off immediately.
IVAN
(still shocked)
But how?

Nazar the Brave opening the door of the railer. There is a cool shiny sport car inside. Ivan stays charmed by the view. Then Nazar takes this attention by rising his hand with a keyring and making a small shake. Ivan looking at the keys.

INT. IVAN'S HOUSE UNDEERGROUND FLOOR – DAY

Computer is still turned on. There is a text “Fedora Home” on the desktop. A “New message” icon flashes in the tray. There are a few windows opened. One of them is a chat window containing the text:

(11:12:32) TSAREVICH: moreover, this modification in suspension bracket will decrease whole system stability.
(11:13:00) М^2: Hey, you definitely should work on us! We need professionals like you.
(11:13:12) * Personal vCard received from M^2*
(11:13:18) TSAREVICH: Sounds interesting, but looks too far for me...
(11:14:40) М^2: Там мой брат случайно не подъехал? ;)

A text appearing on the screen: “File with new location received”. Then screen goes black and then progress bar appears with the text: “Loading...”

Titles

EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY

Ivan is riding on his new car. Car audio is turned into full power. Sun goes down and raising up a few times.

Meeting Marya Morevna

EXT. ABANDONED TOWN – DAY

Дорога проходит через холмы, по окраине какого-то города. Вдоль дороги идет забор, разрисованный граффити. За забором на высоком каркасе укреплён какой-то рекламный щит.

Road is covered with a bodies of people dressed into the military uniform. There are a lots of broken guns scattered around. They all screwed by unknown force, some of them slashed into parts. One tommy-gun smashed by someone's foot like if it was made from a foil. And also a street-fighting weapon – debris, clubs, metal pipes, chains and hammers.

Ivan's car approaches. He cant drive any further because then he will go over the bodies if he will do. Ivan comes out from a car and looks around with a daze. Then he closes car door. Sound indicates what car alarm system turns on. Ivan carefully starts to go forward. His foot accidentally touches a bat on the ground, bat rolls aside and stop near laying soldier. Ivan goes through the smoking remains and bodies.

Hand of a soldier near the bat beginning to move.

There is a small rise at the road nearby. Gorgeous bike is at the top. Ivan starts to claiming up and see, what a bodies of a soldiers forms a circle around a body of a girl sloped to the bike – MARYA MOREVNA, 21. She had violet hairs, wears a long black coat. A strange amulet tied on a cord around her neck.

Ivan jumps to her, shakes her shoulders.

IVAN
Hey! Wake up! Are you alive?

Ivan turns around looking for help.

IVAN
Anyo-o-one! If there is any man left alive here?!