Las reglas de la vida

John Irving 1999

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124315/

Un joven abandona al doctor que lo crió como a su propio hijo, para saber qué hay más allá de los confines del orfanato.

FADE IN. BEGIN TITLE SEQUENCE.

EXT. ST CLOUD'S - TRAIN STATION - DAWN

An establishing shot of the rundown train station on an 
overcast morning. There's snow on the station platform. A 
train arrives and departs.

			LARCH (V.O.)
	In other parts of the world, young 
	men of promise leave home to make 
	their fortunes, battle evil, or solve 
	the problems of the world.

Behind the station, at the top of the hill, lies the St. 
Cloud's orphanage.

			LARCH (V.O.)
	I was myself such a young man, when 
	I came to save the orphanage in St. 
	Cloud's... many years ago.

EXT. ST. CLOUD'S - ORPHANAGE - EARLY MORNING

A man and woman (COUPLE #1) make their way toward the main 
entrance of the large brick building.

			LARCH (V.O.)
	Here in St. Cloud's, I have come to 
	understand that promises are rarely 
	kept, that the battle isn't so much 
	against evil as ignorance, and that 
	being successful can't hold a candle 
	to being of *use*.

The couple enters the orphanage, where we hear the sound of 
babies.

			LARCH (V.O.)
	Nor have I solved the problem I came 
	here to solve.

INT. ORPHANAGE - MORNING

Two nurses, EDNA and ANGELA, chase CHILDREN--a morning 
routine.

			LARCH (V.O.)
	Even in the most enlightened times, 
	unwanted babies will manage to be 
	born. That there will always be 
	orphans is simple not a problem to 
	be solved. Here is St. Cloud's, we 
	don't regard the sordid facts of 
	life as problems.

The camera