The Reader · written by David Hare · 2008

After Michael leaves, Hanna washes out the milk bottles, picks up her luggage, and leaves the empty apartment.

Scene 80 of 196 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Act oneAct two

Begins 31 min into a 1:21 film

The story so farBefore scene 80

As a law student, Michael sees Hanna, his former lover, on trial for war crimes and must face the secret that shaped their teenage relationship.

Scenes 1–6
In 1995, Michael prepares breakfast for Brigitte, then is alone in his apartment and looks out the window.
Scenes 7–24
The sick schoolboy Michael accepts Hanna’s help and returns to her.
Scenes 25–35
Michael enters an intimate relationship with Hanna, organized around his reading to her.
Just before
Scene 77
Hanna washes Michael in a lavender-scented bath.
Scene 78
Hanna and Michael make intense love; she grips his head, then releases him.
Scene 79
After sex, Hanna tells Michael he must return to his friends.
Scene 80
This scene

80INT. HANNA’S APARTMENT. DAY

MICHAEL has gone. HANNA washes out milk bottles and empties them into the sink. Then she picks up her luggage and leaves the empty apartment.