Title: RED HULK
Genre: DRAMA
Log line: How far will you go in order to belong?
Introduction to the main characters:
ΥORGOS: (Protagonist) 20 years old, well-built, reticent, insecure and apt to violence; a
respectful and well-known member (hooligan) of the Olympiacos football team’s fan club,
known by his peers as the RED HULK. He grew up in a small village and comes from a poor
family of farmers. He now lives in Athens, where he studies at a technical school but he has
to work as a laborer at a marble factory in order to earn his living. During the last few weeks
he has been hanging around some people who belong to a neo-nazi group.
CHRISTOS: (Antagonist) 35 years old, one of the heads of the Greek Neo Nazi party, is in
charge of recruiting new members from football fan clubs.
STATHIS: (Mentor) 45 years old, works with Yorgos at the marble factory, is married and has
a three year old daughter.
NIKOS: 25 years old, a member of the Olympiacos football team’s fan club, is best friends
with Yorgos.
MOTHER: 45 years old, Yorgos’ mother; lives at the village together with her husband and
younger son.
FATHER: 60 years old, Yorgos’ father; olive oil producer, lives at the village together with his
wife and younger son.
YIANNIS: 10 years old, Yorgos’ brother, lives with his parents at the village.
Synopsis (1000 characters)
Yorgos, a well-known hooligan of the Olympiacos football team’s fan club, known as the RED
HULK, is unwittingly involved in the murder of a Pakistani immigrant together with a gang of
neo-Nazis. Awash in guilt, afraid of the police, and desiring to leave the neo-Nazis, he first
turns to his best friend Nikos, also a member of the Olympiacos fan club, for sanctuary, then
resorts to his parents at the village, both in vain, as he feels that nobody understands his
situation. He returns to Athens, where he finds out that the murder has been covered up. He
then starts hanging out with his colleague, Stathis, hoping to lead a more normal life,
however, when Stathis complains about his behavior towards him, Yorgos, who cannot take
any criticism, shrugs him away. Feeling rejected by his peers, with the pressure from the neoNazis growing, Yorgos returns to the neo-Nazi gang, fully aware of what’s ahead.
Brief description of the script’s excerpt within the film’s story
A couple of days after his involvement in the murder of a Pakistani immigrant, awash in guilt
and afraid of getting caught by the police, Yorgos turns to his best friend Nikos at the
Olympiacos fans’ clubhouse. Nikos gets mad at him, reminds him that he had warned him
about the Neo Nazis, and tells him to stay away from him. On the same day, Yorgos reads in
the News that the body of the Pakistani victim is found by the police and gets scared.
Knowing that the neo-Nazis are connected with the police, something which may help cover
up the murder, Yorgos returns to them, thinking that they will protect him even without his
having to take part in the organized racist assaults. When he realizes that this is not the case
he decides to escape and leaves hastily to his family at the village.
This is the end of Act I, in which the first act turning point (Yorgos has to take part in the next
racist assault) leads to his decision (Yorgos leaves hastily to his family at the village) pushing
the story into the next act (Act II), into a new arena (family - village) and raising the central
question again1: ‘Will Yorgos manage to get away from the neo-Nazi group and get away with
the murder?’
1
According to Linda Seger, the first act turning point ‘turns the action in a new direction. It raises the central
question again and makes us wonder about the answer. It often requires a decision or commitment on the part
of the main character. It raises the stakes. It pushes the story into the next act. It takes the audience into a new
arena, where a character’s actions may be seen with a new focus’ (Seger 2013).
References:
L, Seger. (2013). Making a Good Script Great. Silman-James Press.
RED HULK
By
Asimina Proedrou
Excerpt (5 pages)
Translated in English
Original Language: Greek
Copyright 2013
Asimina Proedrou
71 Aristotelous str. GR 10434
ATHENS, GREECE
[email protected]
+30 6972 085 951
SCENE 16 / INT. MARBLE FATORY – CHANGING ROOM / DAY
Yorgos puts on his red footer and picks up his stuff.
Yorgos’ CELL PHONE rings.
Yorgos takes his cell phone out of his pocket, sees who is
calling and ignores the call.
SCENE 17 / EXT. DOWNTOWN ATHENS – STREET / DAY
Yorgos is wandering around downtown Athens, surrounded By
Pakaistani, Afghan, and Iraqi IMMIGRANTS.
SCENE 18 / INT. OLYMPIACOS FANS CLUBHOUSE / DAY
Yiorgos, enters the Olympiacos Clubhouse. There is a big red
flag of the Olympiacos team and a big TV screen on the wall.
About twenty OLYMPIACOS FANS, aged between 20 and 35 years old,
are sitting at the clubhouse tables speaking loud and laughing.
A group of five Olympiacos Fans who are sitting close to the
door get up and greet him in a friendly manner one by one.
NIKOS, 25 year old, wearing a football uniform and with a red
Mohawk, is sitting at a table at the end of the room making out
with a 16 year old GIRL.
Yiorgos approaches Nikos. He sits on a chair next to him.
YORGOS
What's up with you, Nick?
Nikos seems to be startled by George’s presence.
NIKOS
What's up with me? You're the
one who disappeared.
Yorgos is looking away, seemingly stressed, without saying a
word.
NIKOS
(whispering to the girl)
Come on, beat it.
The girl gets up and sits at a nearby table.
NIKOS
What's up, man? Why do you look
like a weeping fag?
Yorgos keeps looking away, without saying a word.
NIKOS
(whispering)
Did they get you in trouble?
Told you, asshole, didn't I?
Didn't I tell you not to mess
with the nationalist pricks?
Nikos gets up from his seat.
NIKOS
So, fuck off.
Yorgos grabs his sleeve aggressively.
YORGOS
What the fuck is your problem?
Nikos leans over towards his side.
NIKOS
You have a problem, not me!
You were a chief here and now you
let these assholes boss you around.
Yorgos gets angry but he clenches his jaw and avoids staring at
his eyes.
NIKOS
So, at the shakedown with
the Panathinaikos fans, what will you do?
Single out the Nazis so you won't beat them?
Yorgos looks at him angrily, trying to withhold himself.
NIKOS
Listen, mate. That's your business.
Leave me the hell out of it.
Yorgos gets up aggressively, ready to hit him.
All of the Olympiacos fans are looking at the two men.
Nikos approaches him threateningly.
NIKOS
Hey, man! Don't sweat it.
Whatever happened, your new mates
are gonna take care of it.
Yorgos grabs his bag and heads for the door.
A YOUNG MAN, who is standing near the door, tries to grab
Yorgos’ shoulder.
Yorgos angrily pulls the young man’s hand away from his
shoulder.
NIKOS
(loudly)
You'll make friends with the cops, too.
You'll become buddies.
Yorgos leaves the clubhouse and slams the door shut.
SCENE 19 / INT. YORGOS’ STUDIO APPARTMNENT / NIGHT
Yorgos punches the punching bag angrily.
SCENE 20 / INT. YORGOS’ STUDIO APPARTMNENT / DAY
Yorgos is sitting on his bed and is reading the news on his
laptop.
Yorgos’ CELL PHONE rings. He ignores it and keeps on reading
the news.
NEWSFLASH
Brutal murder of a Pakistani
immigrant in Nea Ionia...
Yorgos gets up and is moving around in despair.
Yorgos aggressively takes the butterfly knife from the dresser
and hides it under his mattress.
SCENE 21 / INT. OFFICES OF THE BLUE ARMY / NIGHT
Yorgos enters the Blue Army (the Neonazi fan club of the Greek
National Team) offices in a cowardly and restrained manner.
On the one wall is a Greek flag and pictures of the matches of
the Greek National team.
There are 20 BLUE ARMY MEMBERS between 20 and 40 years of age
in the room. They are all yelling and laughing.
Christos is sitting at a desk deep inside the room and is
speaking, very low and quietly, with the LEADER, 50 years old,
and the LIEUTENANT, 40 years old.
Yorgos sits on an empty chair away from them.
PETROS, 20 years old and THANASIS, 25 years old are chitchatting.
The Lieutenant turns towards Petros and Thanasis.
LIEUTENANT
(angrily)
Hey! Hey! Will you shut the
fuck up, so we can get a little
work done?
All of the Blue Army Members stop talking.
The Lieutenant and Christos see Yorgos and get up from their
seats.
Christos approaches him.
Yorgos gets up and stands up in a restrained manner.
Christos grabs him by the shoulder.
CHRISTOS
Giorgo? Where are you, mate?
Red Hulk! Power!
(to the Blue Army Members)
This one is always in for a good brawl.
He's ran many guys to the ground.
The TELEPHONE rings, Christos goes to answer it.
The lieutenant approaches Yorgos and looks him straight in the
eyes.
LIEUTENANT
Don't disappear, OK?
Yorgos looks away.
LIEUTENANT
(to the Blue Army Members)
Ready?
PETROS
Where are we off to?
LIEUTENANT
Liossion street, let's see if
Hassan cooks a good falafel tonight.
Thanasis and Petros laugh.
The Lieutenant goes back to the desk.
All of the Blue Army Members get up, making lots of noise. They
wear their jackets and grab their helmets.
Yorgos walks towards the door trying to be unnoticed.
Christos, who is speaking on the phone, notices him.
CHRISTOS
Giorgo? Where are you going, son?
Yorgos makes a gesture that suggests they will speak on the
telephone and leaves in a rush.
SCENE 22 / INT. OFFICES OF THE BLUE ARMY - STAIRS / NIGHT
Yorgos is going down the stairs in a rush.
MEMBERS OF THE BLUE ARMY
(off - singing)
Scopjan, Albanian
you’ll never become a Greek...
SCENE 23 / INT. YORGOS’ STUDIO APARTMENT / NIGHT
Yorgos is anxiously stuffing a suitcase with clothing.
SCENE 24 / EXT. BUS STATION / NIGHT
Yorgos is walking towards the bus station, carrying a suitcase.
SCENE 25 / INT. BUS / DAY
Yorgos is sitting on the bus by the window and has fallen
asleep.