Alternative endings- JUICE

ALTERNATIVE ENDINGS

 1 . As the man’s demands escalate, the woman finally reaches her limit. She strides into the room where the men are socialising, pulling a chair into the middle of the space with a sense of resolve. She pours a glass of juice and sets it down in front of the man who has been barking orders.

Without saying a word, she sits down in the chair herself, looking directly at him with a calm but assertive gaze. The room goes quiet, and all eyes are on her.

The man, taken aback, finally pauses and looks at the glass, then at her. She takes a deep breath and says, "I’ve been working hard to keep things running smoothly, but this ends now. If you can’t see the value in what’s being done, perhaps you need to take a moment to reflect. I’m sitting here, making it clear that I won’t be sidelined or disrespected."

She remains seated for a few moments, then stands up and leaves the room. The men are left to consider her words and the shift in power dynamics, realising that their behaviour needs to change if they want to maintain a harmonious environment.

2. In a different dark ending, the women get angrier as they cook nothing. Frustration builds within them as they cook and see no food in the house. A woman looks at the fruit juice and then pours it into an empty chair, betraying any anger she feels. She is then seen making her way towards where men are, who are busy celebrating without even noticing her. Before they can realize what has happened, she throws a knife at them dramatically which is the climax of this episode. After that, comes darkness, suggesting that something tragic has happened or will happen next. Finally, we can see these women sitting silently in their now empty kitchen with serious faces on reflecting the aftermath of their actions.

3. The room is a hive of activity. The wives, weary and flustered, are cooking like mad. The air is filled with the scent of a grand feast. At the same time, muffled sounds of laughter and music come from the next door.

INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT. The husbands are in party mood as they drink in a rowdy manner. They intermittently call their wives to interrupting the festive disorder.

HUSBAND 1

(booming voice) Where’s my drink? And tell her to hurry up!

HUSBAND 2

(laughing) We need more snacks over here!

INT. KITCHEN – NIGHT. The wives exchange looks full of fatigue. One of them, who is most harassed, can take no more. Her face tightens angrily. She snatches a chair and pulls it along the floor down the corridor with an ear-piercing screech.

INT. HALLWAY – NIGHT. She violently throws herself onto the seat with determination in her eyes. She grabs a glass from the counter and fills it with juice; her moves are quick and purposeful.

INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT. To his mind there is no hint of possible danger from any quarter at all times during all this revelry.. Their was sailings continue uncharged.. All at once there comes from there a loud noise: something crashes heavily to the ground; there is juice everywhere upon that floor; she has thrown that chair into this living room. The room falls silent. The husbands stare at their women who stand on kitchen threshold facing them with cold implacable wrath.

WIFE (coldly): You want more? You will get only this much …..

4.  The wives, exhausted from cooking, continue to work as the sound of  partying enters through the walls. In the living room, the husbands demand more attention, their voices growing increasingly annoying and irritable. Frustration increases , one wife drags a chair into the hallway, fills a glass with juice, and sits down, she is  clearly fed up. As the party grows louder and louder, the tension reaches a breaking point of . Suddenly, a loud scream pierced the  night. The scene shifts to the husbands, now in a state of panic, are found lying lifeless on the floor, dead in shock the result of a violent abuse of murder . The kitchen is smeared with blood, and the celebratory atmosphere is now a crime scene. The sirens wail in the distance as the police arrive, their flashing lights reflecting off the bloodied kitchen tiles. The remaining wives, they are silent and distant, and they led away in handcuffs, their faces betraying a mix of guilt and satisfaction as the officers begin their investigation into the night's horrifying turn of events.

The link to the short film - 

https://youtu.be/R-Sk7fQGIjE?si=i8cFSMe3MFlvsp8l