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GLASS script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

A small-time thief is recruited by a charismatic criminal to join an international jewel heist. As she integrates into the crew, she discovers she’s pregnant and begins to question her life of crime. When the operation spirals into violence and betrayal, she faces imprisonment before her partner stages a daring jailbreak.

80 Save the Cat fit score 12% analysis confidence / 29 parsed scenes

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1

Opening Image

Scene 1 / Page 1 / 1% target

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Introduces Luka on the phone about a London job, setting the heist thriller tone.

2

Theme Stated

Scene 14 / Page 14 / 5% target

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Sofija and Luka discuss “slowing down,” directly questioning the cost of their criminal lifestyle.

You ever think about slowing down?
3

Set-Up

Scenes 2-5 / Pages 2-5 / 10% target

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We see Zora’s border woes and Sofija’s struggles with work, rent, and petty theft, establishing stakes and world.

4

Catalyst

Scene 6 / Page 6 / 12% target

15%

Luka formally recruits Sofija for a jewelry-store recon job, upending her life.

I need you to walk into a jewelry store. Tell me the layout.
5

Debate

Scene 7 / Page 7 / 20% target

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Sofija meets the crew and negotiates pay, hesitating over risks versus reward.

6

Break into Two

Scenes 8-9 / Pages 8-9 / 25% target

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The team executes the Graff store heist, marking their descent into Act Two action.

Down on the ground! Now!
7

B Story

Scenes 13-14 / Pages 13-14 / 30% target

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Sofija’s pregnancy reveal and conversations with Luka deepen their personal relationship subplot.

8

Fun and Games

Scenes 15-16 / Pages 15-16 / 40% target

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The crew plans and prepares high-stakes safe cracking at Zubkov’s penthouse, showcasing heist craft.

9

Midpoint

Scene 19 / Page 19 / 50% target

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Giordano watches Sofija’s evidence burn, raising the stakes and marking irreversible jeopardy.

Just give me a little more time.
10

Bad Guys Close In

Scenes 20-21 / Pages 20-21 / 65% target

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Police close in on the Bologna apartment while Daro cracks the safe, tightening pressure.

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All Is Lost

Scene 27 / Page 27 / 75% target

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The countryside hand-off explodes into a disastrous shootout and Luka is shot, the lowest point.

Luka? I think... I think I’m shot.
12

Dark Night of the Soul

Scene 28 / Page 28 / 80% target

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Imprisoned and pregnant, Sofija faces interrogation and despair in the Italian jail.

Which is why you have to take it.
13

Break into Three

Scene 29 / Page 29 / 85% target

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Luka breaks Sofija out of prison, providing the solution and momentum for the finale.

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Finale

Scene 29 / Page 29 / 95% target

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The jailbreak completes and they escape, resolving the central conflict through direct action.

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Final Image

Scene 29 / Page 29 / 99% target

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The final escape shot contrasts the opening, showing the couple united in freedom but changed.