City of Ember (2008)
Mary Kay Place: Mrs. Murdo
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[after Granny passes away, Lina and Poppy have to move into Mrs. Murdo's place. Mrs. Murdo shows them a clean room with a single bed]
Mrs. Murdo : You and Poppy have to share, but I think the bed's big enough. Poppy, let's make some dinner and get your sister get settled.
[Lina, with a box of her belongings in her arms, stares unhappily at her new room]
Mrs. Murdo : [Cut to the dinner scene, when there are rumblings from below and bits of ceiling falling from above]
Mrs. Murdo : [Mrs. Murdo, oblivious to the destruction all around them, says to Lina:] Do you know your part?
Lina Mayfleet : Um, I, I think I remember it pretty well from last year.
Mrs. Murdo : [enraptured] Oh, the Great Day of Singing is *so* important! Ah, it lifts all of our hearts! How lucky we are.
[Mrs. Murdo is equally oblivious to the fact that Lina and Poppy are grieving for Granny]
Lina Mayfleet : I don't feel very lucky, lately.
[Mrs. Murdo lifts a finger grandly, as though to dispense great wisdom]
Mrs. Murdo : There's nothing to worry about.
Lina Mayfleet : The blackouts worry everybody.
Mrs. Murdo : Help is coming.
Lina Mayfleet : [frowns:] Help?
Mrs. Murdo : Mm-hm! Who built our City, dear?
Lina Mayfleet : The... Builders?
Mrs. Murdo : That's right. And the Builders will come again and show us the way.
[Even Poppy looks incredulous. Lina realizes she has been talking to a crazy person, so she only nods]