You Were Never Really Here (2017) — Screenplay
A haunted veteran who rescues trafficked girls faces his own demons when a routine job unravels into a conspiracy that forces him to confront his violent past.
- Written by
- Lynne Ramsay, Jonathan Ames
- Genre
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Studio
- Amazon Studios
- Length
- 110 pages
Study this screenplay for its masterful control of tone—shifting between brutal action and haunting introspection. Ramsay and Ames craft a tight, propulsive narrative with sparse, potent dialogue and a deeply internal POV that keeps you inside Joe's fractured mind. A clinic in building suspense through omission and visual storytelling.
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