Page 93 - [2]Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald - the Original Screenplay

CREDENCE can neither move nor speak. NAGINI realizes this.

NAGINI
C’est votre fils, madame.

She takes CREDENCE’S hand and pulls him gently into the room. Mended and
freshly washed clothing hang from racks on the ceiling. They can see the shadow
of a woman. NAGINI’S senses are hyperalert. She can smell danger. The
shadow stands.

IRMA

Qui êtes-vous?
CREDENCE

(whispers, terrified)
Are you Irma? Are you . . . ? Are you Irma Dugard?

No response. They move through the hanging fabric toward her.

CREDENCE

I’m sorry. Your name is on my adoption paper. Does this make
sense? You gave me to Mrs. Barebone in New York.

A beat.

A tiny hand pushes the last piece of fabric aside. There stands IRMA: half-elf,
half-human. CREDENCE’S face reveals confusion, awful disappointment.

IRMA
(to CREDENCE)
I am not your mother. I was only a servant.

(smiling)
You were such a beautiful baby. And you are a beautiful man. I
have missed you.

ANGLE ON GRIMMSON, watching them from a doorway.
CREDENCE

Why didn’t they want me? But why is your name on my adoption
paper?
IRMA

I took you to Mrs. Barebone because she was supposed to look after
you.