A woman in Paris was on her way to
go shopping...
But she had forgotten her coat...
and went back to get it...And when she had gotten her coat the phone had rung...and so she had stopped to answer it...and talked for a couple of minutes...
And we see just that,..
And while the woman was on thephone; Daisy was rehearsing for that evening’s performance at the Paris Opera House...
And we See Daisy,in her late twenties now,at the peak of her abilities,rehearsing for that evening’s performance...
And while she was rehearsing...the woman,off the phone now...
had gone outside...to get a taxi...
The Woman standing in the street,hand raised,looking for a taxi.A Cab comes to a stop.she moves to get it...but somebody gets there first...the cab driving off...and as she waits for the next cab...
Now a taxi driver...had dropped off a fare earlier...and had stopped to get a cup of coffee...
A Taxi parked...Its Driver finishing a cup of coffee...
And all the while Daisy was rehearsing...
And we see just that...
And the cab driver who had dropped off the earlier fare,and had
stopped to get the cup of coffee...
had picked up the lady,who was going shopping...who had missed
getting the earlier cab...
We see the Woman riding in the taxi of the now familiar cab driver...the taxi,has to stop for a man running across the Street.
The taxi had to stop for a man crossing the street who had left for work five minutes later than he normally did...because he forgot to set his alarm...
We see the man sleeping...The silent alarm clock on the
bedstand...
...While the man,late for work,
was crossing the street...making
the cab wait...Daisy,finished
rehearsing,was taking a shower.
And we see...Daisy showering,..
...While Daisy was showering; the
taxi was waiting outside a
Boutique for the woman to pick up
a package...which hadn’t been
wrapped yet because the girl who
was supposed to wrap it...had
broken up with her boyfriend the
night before and forgot to...
The Girl standing outside the back of the Boutique,
crying,brokenhearted...
When the package was done being
wrapped...The woman,who was back
in the cab...the taxi was blocked
by a delivery truck...
We see the Taxi blocked by a delivery truck...the cab
driver honking...
All the while Daisy was getting
dressed...
Daisy getting dressed...
The Delivery truck pulled off and
the taxi was able to go...
The taxi,moving off...
While Daisy,the first to be
dressed,waited for one of her
friends who had broken a
shoelace...
We see her friend breaking her shoelace while tying it...
While the taxi was stopped,
waiting for a traffic light...
We see just that,the taxi stopped for a light.
Daisy and her friend came out of
the theater...
Daisy and her friend,carrying their dance bags,coming
down the steps out of the theater,coming along the
street to the corner...They start to cross the street...
Daisy,showing her friend a tight pirouette,when we see
the Taxi,rounding the corner...
And if only one thing had happened
differently...if only the
shoelace hadn’t broken...
And we see the shoelace not breaking...
...Or the delivery truck had moved
moments earlier...
The delivery truck leaving earlier...
...Or the package had been wrapped
and ready...because the girl
hadn’t broken up with her
boyfriend...
The girl and boy happily kissing...
...Or the man had set his alarm
and got up five minutes earlier.
The man’s alarm going off,waking him up...
...Or the taxi driver hadn’t
stopped for a cup of coffee...
The Driver passing by the cafe...
...Or the woman had remembered her
coat...
The woman remembering to take her coat...
BENJAMIN BUTTON’S (V.O.) (CONT’D)
...And had gotten into an earlier
cab...
The woman getting into the other cab...she beats
somebody for...
Daisy and her friend would have
crossed the street...
Daisy and her friend crossing the street...Daisy,
showing her friend her dance move,doing a pirouette...
...and the taxi would have driven
by them...