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Casino Royale 2006:

In one of the film’s many expertly executed action scenes Bond manages to dispatch with both men after a multi-story struggle. He conceals the bodies, cleans himself up and returns to the card game. At the next break – which, if consistent with the last, is four hours later – he returns to his suite. Upon opening the door he is immediately uneasy. He notices a broken wine glass on the table, and hears the shower running. He pushes open the bathroom door to reveal Vesper, fully clothed, sitting and shivering under the shower. Without saying a word he walks over and sits beside her, the water from the showerhead soaking through his tuxedo. Clinging to his arm, clearly in distress, Vesper evokes Lady Macbeth. “It’s like there is blood on my hands. It’s not coming off.” In a symbolic act of cleansing, of absolution, he takes her hand, places her fingers in his mouth and sucks them clean. Asking if she is cold, he reaches above his head to the tap and warms the water, a simple yet incredibly tender act. And then they sit together in silence. Backed by David Arnold’s beautiful Vesper theme, the majority of the scene is captured in one continuous shot, allowing the moment to sit and those emotions to hang in the air.
-Duncan McLean