American Beauty · written by Alan Ball · 1999

Angela needles Jane about her sex life as they drive through the rain.

Scene 117 of 163 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Angela
Jane

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Begins 1:17 into a 1:37 film

The story so farBefore scene 117

After becoming infatuated with his teenage daughter’s friend, a dissatisfied suburban father quits his job and pursues a more vivid life, unsettling his family and drawing him into the orbit of a troubled teenage neighbor.

Scenes 1–13
Lester is trapped in a suburban routine of corporate work and a marriage performed for appearances.
Scenes 14–31
Family estrangement and his attraction to Angela expose how urgently Lester wants to feel alive.
Scenes 32–75
Lester follows the desire into risky fantasy, exercise and open defiance of Carolyn.
Scenes 76–90
Lester quits and takes a fast-food job while Jane and Ricky begin connecting in parallel.
Scenes 91–102
Lester wins control of his daily life and openly rejects the family's old rules.
Just before
Scene 114
Buddy drives away while Carolyn's scream carries through the storm.
Scene 115
Lester admires his pumped arms, then discovers his marijuana is gone.
Scene 116
Ricky leaves dinner to return Jane's geometry book, making the Colonel uneasy.
Scene 117
This scene

117INT. ANGELA'S BMW - CONTINUOUS

Angela drives, squinting through the windshield as the wipers move back and forth.

ANGELA

So you and psycho boy are fucking

on like, a regular basis now,

right?

JANE

(irritable)

No.

ANGELA

Oh, come on. You can tell me. Does

he have a big dick?

JANE

Look, I'm not gonna talk about his

dick with you, okay? It's not like

that.

ANGELA

Not like what? Doesn't he have one?

(then)

Why don't you want to talk about

it? I mean, I tell you every single

detail about every guy that I fuck.

JANE

Yeah, and maybe you shouldn't, all

right? Maybe I don't really want to

hear all that.

ANGELA

Oh, so now that you have a

boyfriend, you're like, above it?

(rolls her eyes)

We gotta get you a real man.