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Tenet · written by Christopher Nolan · 2020
Scene 29 of 275 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one
An unnamed intelligence operative, recruited into a shadow war fought through time-inverted weapons and objects, teams with an enigmatic ally to stop a dying Russian oligarch from using technology gifted by a dying future to erase the present.
The Protagonist in his zone of comfort — a skilled, anonymous field operative, competent and confident inside the Kiev operation.
Broken by torture and 'killed,' he needs a new purpose; Fay offers one that transcends the nation-state loyalties that just got his team killed.
He disembarks at a European port and takes a waiting getaway car with a preset destination.
Posing as maintenance staff, he enters an anonymous office park.
He locates the 'Windfarm Transitions' tenant listing in the lobby.
This scene
The Protagonist walks up to B-2.
FEMALE VOICE (O.S.)
With a hi-viz vest and a clipboard,
you can get almost anywhere.
Almost.
The Protagonist turns to find a brusque young woman. This is BARBARA. He joins his hands, interlacing the fingers...
PROTAGONIST
A pretty obscure tenet.
Using a key card, she ushers him through a door into –