No Night Is Too Long (2002 TV Movie)

Mikela Jay: Isabel Winwood

Quotes 

• Dr. Ivo Steadman : So, where is he?

  [Silence from Isabel, Ivo glances towards the kitchen] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Oh...

  [whispers] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Where is he?

  Kit Winwood : [Walking in from the kitchen]  Where's who?

  Isabel : [to Ivo]  I thought you might have known?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Well, if I knew I wouldn't be asking, would I?

  Kit Winwood : Who are we talking about here?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : We're talking about Tim Cornish, a friend of mine from England. Well, he was a... a lover.

  Kit Winwood : Ahh...

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : He'd come with me on one of my lecture cruises, and we stopped off at this island, and we ended up having a fight. And, uh... well, I fell against a rock, I was out cold and...

  [pause] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : He left me there. Dead, as far as he knows.

  Kit Winwood : Jesus! How long were you there?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Two or three days. One of my colleagues got suspicious. So, the next cruise stopped off and uh... here I am.

  Kit Winwood : Oh my God... this guy really wanted to kill you?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : He wanted me out of the way because he's got another lover.

  Kit Winwood : Is that who he's with now?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Looks at Isabel]  ... I don't know.

  Kit Winwood : [Getting suspicious]  What's going on here?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : But what I do know is that when he tried to kill me, he had every intention of resuming the affair.

  Kit Winwood : [Angry]  So who the hell is the affair with?

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Looking accusingly at Isabel]  ... My sister.

  [Isabel flees up the stairs, Ivo jumps off the couch and goes after her] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Isabel. ISABEL!

  [Slamming on her bedroom door] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Open this fucking door! How could you do this to me?

  Isabel : You shouldn't have asked me!

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : I thought I could trust you?

  Isabel : I didn't want anything to do with it! Asking me to spy on him while you were away, making sure that he didn't misbehave, it was... it was ridiculous!

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Near tears]  But you knew! You knew what I felt for him!

  [Slams on the door] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : You knew what I felt for him!

• Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Bursting into Isabel's room, knocking her to the floor]  Get up! When did you seduce him? Get up!

  Isabel : [Struggling to crawl away]  Of course I didn't-!

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : GET UP! Who made the first move? Was it him?

  [Pins Isabel against the wall] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Was it you? Love at first sight, Romeo and fucking Juliet?

  [Throws Isabel on the bed and pins her as she struggles] 

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : COME HERE! Did you read all the letters I wrote?

  Isabel : No!

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Maybe you read them yourself, did you-!

  Isabel : No, I wouldn't do s-!

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : Did you read my letters?

  Isabel : I wouldn't-!

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : [Grabs Isabel's face]  Did you read them?

  Isabel : I didn't! What sort of an explanation do you want? He may be a bit selfish and spoiled, but he's... he's also...

  Dr. Ivo Steadman : And what? What? What is he?

  Isabel : You know what I mean. I suppose like you, I fell a little in love with him.

  [a heartbroken Ivo lets her go, and she begins to cry] 

  Isabel : I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry!