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WINNER, SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
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AND ITALIAN CRITICS' PRIZE
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AT THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
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DEDICATED TO B MOVIES
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MY LIFE TO LIVE
A FILM IN TWELVE TABLEAUX
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"Lend yourself to others,
but give yourself to yourself."
- Montaigne
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A CAFÉ - NANA WANTS TO GIVE UP -
PAUL - THE PINBALL MACHINE
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Do you really like the guy?
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I don't know.
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I wonder
what I was even thinking.
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Does he have more money
than me?
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What do you care?
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What do you care?
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Something bothering you?
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No, I just wanted to deliver
that line a specific way.
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I didn't know
the best way to say it.
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Or I did know,
but I don't anymore.
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Just when I should know, too.
Doesn't that ever happen to you?
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Don't you ever talk
about anything but yourself?
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You're horrible.
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I'm not horrible, Nana.
I'm sad.
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I'm not sad, Paul.
I'm horrible.
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Don't talk nonsense.
This isn't a stage.
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You never do as I ask, but you
always want me to do what you want.
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Anyway, I'm fed up.
I want to die.
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- Is that so?
- Yes, that's so.
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More nonsense.
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It's exhausting loving you.
I always have to beg.
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I exist too.
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You say I'm cruel,
but you're the cruel one.
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Why do you say that? It isn't true.
You mean Sunday evening?
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You know very well when.
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I begged you
to introduce me to that man.
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You did it on purpose.
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Yes, I did.
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You're pathetic.
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If we started over,
I'd just cheat on you again.
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Don't say that.
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Don't say that.
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It's true.
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I thought it was important
we should meet, but I don't anymore.
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We might have
got together again.
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But the more we talk,
the less the words mean.
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Anyway, if I make it on the stage,
it won't be thanks to you.
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Acting isn't everything.
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Not you too!
Why do you say that?
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If it's what I want,
why should you mind?
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I might be discovered
someday.
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Yes, you mustn't give up.
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I haven't given up music.
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Not like your English lessons.
You were never really interested.
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I'm not giving up.
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In fact, that guy's going
to take pictures of me.
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Maybe I'll get into the movies.
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That'll be the day.
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You're horrible, Paul.
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You're horrible, Paul.
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You really are.
It's always the same.
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You say you love me,
but you don't consider me special.
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I hardly love you anymore,
but I still consider you special.
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Why do you say things like that?
I think we're all the same.
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You don't approve of me
looking for work?
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It suits you even less
than all the rest.
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Anyway, you're leaving me
because I'm poor.
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When all's said and done, maybe.
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Have you got the pictures
you mentioned on the phone?
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I forgot them. They'll be ready
at the end of the week.
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Is he all right?
Is he eating well?
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He had an earache,
but the doctor said it was nothing.
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What's your job at Pathé-Marconi?
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I sell records.
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Can you lend me 2,000 francs?
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Out of the question.
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Your parents
must be glad I'm gone.
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No, they liked you.
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I'll bet.
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What's that look for?
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What's that look for?
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Nothing.
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Let's not start quarreling again.
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How about a game?
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Sure.
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Got a coin?
I only have one.
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Yes, I do.
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You go first.
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I'm suddenly thinking of those essays
my dad's students write.
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What about them?
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He read us some great ones
last night over dinner.
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They're just kids. They had
to describe their favorite animals.
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One little girl of eight
chose a bird.
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How did it go?
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"A bird is an animal
with an inside and an outside.
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Take away the outside
and the inside is left.
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Take away the inside
and you see its soul."
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THE RECORD SHOP - 2,000 FRANCS -
NANA LIVES HER LIFE
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No, we're out of that, sir.
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What about Judy Garland?
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We don't have her either.
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Do you have a guitar recording
by Roméo -
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What's his name?
Rafael Romero.
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I'll ask.
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Rafael Romero on guitar.
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In the bins in back.
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Is Rita still sick?
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Yes. I think she'll be back
Thursday.
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What a drag.
She owes me 2,000 francs.
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- Can you lend me 2,000?
- You crazy? I'm broke.
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Why? Anything wrong?
- No, nothing.
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Here it is.
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I'll take this too.
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This way, sir.
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That looks great.
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The story's stupid,
but it's very well written.
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"He gazed at the turquoise,
star-laden sky
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and then turned to me.
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'You live your life intensely,
so logically -'
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I interrupted him.
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'You attach
too much importance to logic.'
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For a few seconds I was filled
with a bitter sense of triumph.
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No more broken heart,
no more struggle to live again.
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No probing questions to face
while masking one's defeat.
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Yes, a truly elegant way
of breaking this deadlock."
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THE CONCIERGE - PAUL -
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THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC -
A JOURNALIST
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Please give me my key.
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All right, then.
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Arthur! Get her!
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Come on, give me the key.
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Here, honey.
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Hi.
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Where are you headed?
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Want to see the pictures?
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He doesn't look like me at all.
He looks more like you.
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Come have dinner?
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- Where are you going?
- Boulevard Saint-Michel.
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- Come have dinner.
- I'm not hungry.
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I want to see a movie.
Bye.
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JOAN OF ARC
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We have come
to prepare you for death!
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Now... already?
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How am I to die?
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At the stake!
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How can you still believe
you were sent by God?
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God knows our path, but we understand it
only at the end of the road!
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Yes, I am his child!
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And the great victory?
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It will be my martyrdom!
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And your deliverance?
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Death!
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Death.
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I said good-bye already.
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I paid for your movie ticket.
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Too bad.
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Evening. How are you?
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Evening. How are things?
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- Didn't we have a date tonight?
- Yes.
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I wondered if you were coming.
- Why? Am I late?
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Just a bit.
But that's not why I wondered.
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I'm usually very punctual.
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11:00 p.m. is very late.
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I thought you'd forgotten too.
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What will you have?
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- Any rolls left?
- Sorry, no.
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A coffee, then.
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Was that a friend outside?
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No, it was my brother.
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You have lots
of brothers and sisters?
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Five brothers and three sisters.
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Surprised? It's true.
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What's new since Wednesday?
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Nothing much.
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Is that red car outside yours?
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What is it? A Jaguar?
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00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:09,481
No, an Alfa Romeo.
Are you interested in cars?
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No, I don't know
a thing about them.
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When shall we take
those pictures?
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You tell me.
I already told you I'm ready.
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But I'm only free on Sundays.
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I'm off to London on Sunday.
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Well then, I don't know.
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How about now?
Are you tired?
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If I say no,
you won't think I'm awful?
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Not at all.
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Do you really think
I could get into films?
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I think so.
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Look, I brought you
a composite sheet.
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I'd like to do
something like that.
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What's this for?
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You send it out
to people in films,
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and a few days later
maybe they call you.
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I'm a bit shy
about undressing.
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Just a little.
What can it hurt?
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Could you lend me 2,000 francs?
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I would, but I haven't got it.
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I'm tired.
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What about my pictures?
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You'll come with me then?
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THE POLICE -
NANA IS QUESTIONED
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Nana Klein-what?
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K-L-E-I-N...
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F-R-A-N-K-E-N...
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H-E-I-M.
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Born April 15th, 1940,
at Flexburg, Moselle.
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No fixed address.
Is that right?
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Yes.
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All right. What happened?
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Well, I was walking
down the street,
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and I saw a woman
buying a magazine.
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Then... she took some money
out of her bag.
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She didn't notice
she'd dropped 1,000 francs.
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00:22:03,948 --> 00:22:09,661
So then... I pretended
to buy a magazine too,
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and I put my foot
on her 1,000 francs.
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She left and -
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And she realized it?
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She walked back toward me...
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and stared into my eyes
for a long time.
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So I gave her back her money.
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Then why did she bring charges?
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00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:05,675
I don't know.
I think it was very mean of her.
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Don't you have anyone
you can stay with in Paris?
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Friends, sometimes.
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Boys?
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Sometimes.
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Why not ask
for an advance at work?
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I already have, too many times.
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What are you going to do?
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I don't know.
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I...
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I... is someone else.
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THE BOULEVARDS -
THE FIRST MAN - THE ROOM
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How about it?
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Is this the place?
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You've been here before?
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Yes, it is.
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00:25:45,878 --> 00:25:47,587
Anyone there?
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00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:49,881
You want Room 27 or 28?
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Room 27.
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- Do you smoke?
- No, thanks.
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There's never an ashtray.
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Here's one.
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How much do you want?
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I don't know.
It's up to you.
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I don't know.
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Four thousand francs?
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You owe me 1,000.
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I have no change.
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Keep it.
It doesn't matter.
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It's true.
I'm not just trying to get more.
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00:28:17,363 --> 00:28:19,739
But you have
to take everything off.
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Why not on the mouth?
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MEETING YVETTE -
A CAFÉ IN THE SUBURBS -
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RAOUL -
GUNSHOTS IN THE STREET
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Yvette! How are you?
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Is that you? You cut your hair!
- A long time ago.
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- How are you?
- And you?
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00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:13,543
- Oh, I'm getting by.
- Me too.
257
00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:14,752
Good for you.
258
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,672
- Why?
- I thought that -
259
00:29:18,215 --> 00:29:21,175
What are you doing here?
260
00:29:21,343 --> 00:29:23,386
I'm thirsty.
Shall we get a drink?
261
00:29:23,554 --> 00:29:25,012
I'd love to.
262
00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,057
How's Raymond?
263
00:29:28,225 --> 00:29:30,768
Oh, I'll tell you all about it.
264
00:29:30,936 --> 00:29:33,229
What happened?
265
00:29:34,356 --> 00:29:36,190
Life is cruel.
266
00:29:36,316 --> 00:29:41,446
I'd like to get away,
escape to the tropics.
267
00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:44,282
- Escape is a pipe dream.
- Why?
268
00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:46,367
It just is.
269
00:29:48,579 --> 00:29:50,246
This is it.
270
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:58,087
Shall we sit over there?
271
00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:09,640
I'll be back in a minute.
272
00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:29,494
So tell me.
273
00:30:29,870 --> 00:30:32,205
One evening, Raymond...
274
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:38,336
came home
with train tickets to Brest.
275
00:30:38,504 --> 00:30:42,173
He said he had a job,
so we took the kids and moved
276
00:30:42,299 --> 00:30:46,093
and went to live
in a hotel by the harbor.
277
00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:50,723
He'd disappear
for the entire day.
278
00:30:51,308 --> 00:30:53,184
He was "working."
279
00:30:53,310 --> 00:30:57,188
I'd take the children out,
buy them ice cream.
280
00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:00,983
I was worried,
281
00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:04,695
because I couldn't figure out
how he earned his money.
282
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:09,283
One evening,
after three weeks of that,
283
00:31:10,244 --> 00:31:12,620
he just never came back.
284
00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:15,706
I had to manage on my own...
285
00:31:16,917 --> 00:31:19,919
with the children that
my mother-in-law wouldn't look after
286
00:31:20,087 --> 00:31:22,213
because she didn't like me.
287
00:31:22,548 --> 00:31:27,885
I gradually became a prostitute.
It was the easiest way.
288
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:36,102
Then, two years later,
I went to the movies one night...
289
00:31:37,229 --> 00:31:41,482
and saw him acting
in an American movie.
290
00:31:43,068 --> 00:31:44,652
And things are fine now?
291
00:31:44,820 --> 00:31:46,404
Everything's fine.
292
00:31:46,572 --> 00:31:48,239
What would you like?
293
00:31:48,407 --> 00:31:50,700
- White wine.
- Rosé.
294
00:31:53,412 --> 00:31:55,079
Still, it doesn't sound
like much fun.
295
00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:58,541
No, it's depressing,
but it's not my fault.
296
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:06,424
I think we're always responsible
for our actions. We're free.
297
00:32:07,217 --> 00:32:10,177
I raise my hand -
I'm responsible.
298
00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:14,974
I turn my head to the right -
I'm responsible.
299
00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:20,313
I'm unhappy -
I'm responsible.
300
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,942
I smoke a cigarette -
I'm responsible.
301
00:32:25,861 --> 00:32:30,031
I shut my eyes -
I'm responsible.
302
00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:35,244
I forget that I'm responsible,
but I am.
303
00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,915
I told you
escape is a pipe dream.
304
00:32:40,417 --> 00:32:43,127
After all,
everything is beautiful.
305
00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:47,089
You only have to take an interest
in things, see their beauty.
306
00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:51,677
It's true.
307
00:32:51,845 --> 00:32:54,972
After all,
things are just what they are.
308
00:32:55,474 --> 00:32:58,142
A face is a face.
309
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:00,978
Plates are plates.
310
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:03,147
Men are men.
311
00:33:03,607 --> 00:33:07,068
And life... is life.
312
00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:17,536
The guy I said hello to by the door
wants to meet you.
313
00:33:17,663 --> 00:33:18,913
Would you mind?
314
00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:20,581
Not at all.
315
00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:41,018
My girl's not the kind
to be seen
316
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:43,396
In a chic magazine
317
00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:45,439
That's plain to see
318
00:33:45,607 --> 00:33:48,234
No starlet's
sunglasses or gowns
319
00:33:48,402 --> 00:33:50,611
She works across town
320
00:33:50,779 --> 00:33:52,530
In a factory
321
00:33:52,698 --> 00:33:55,366
Some plain furnished rooms
are our home
322
00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:57,618
We live there alone
323
00:33:57,911 --> 00:33:59,745
She and I
324
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,581
A warehouse
and rooftops below
325
00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:05,292
From our little window
326
00:34:05,419 --> 00:34:07,336
Meet the eye
327
00:34:07,587 --> 00:34:09,964
Vacations we spend
close at hand
328
00:34:10,132 --> 00:34:12,425
The Riviera's too grand
329
00:34:12,592 --> 00:34:14,218
For our pay
330
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:17,054
Loved ones are distant and few
331
00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:19,640
I've a godmother who
332
00:34:19,808 --> 00:34:22,143
Lives far away
333
00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:24,562
But my girl, though just 25
334
00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,981
Is the sweetest that I've
335
00:34:27,149 --> 00:34:29,066
Ever seen
336
00:34:29,234 --> 00:34:31,819
No saint in any church
you could find
337
00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:34,280
Is as sweet or as kind
338
00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:36,198
At least to me
339
00:34:36,575 --> 00:34:39,285
When the town dozes off
in the blaze
340
00:34:39,578 --> 00:34:41,746
Of the sun's summer rays
341
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:43,706
Burning bright
342
00:34:43,874 --> 00:34:46,417
With my baby girl
wrapped in my arms
343
00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:49,003
I drink in her charms
344
00:34:49,129 --> 00:34:50,880
And hold her tight
345
00:34:51,047 --> 00:34:53,674
We whisper our thoughts, she and I
346
00:34:53,842 --> 00:34:56,343
As light fades from the sky
347
00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:58,262
Up above
348
00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:00,931
In the secrecy of our four walls
349
00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:03,476
As night slowly falls
350
00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,060
We make love
351
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,362
Is she a lady or a tramp?
352
00:35:17,908 --> 00:35:20,910
Insult her. If she's a tramp,
she'll get angry.
353
00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:23,120
If she smiles, she's a lady.
354
00:35:23,288 --> 00:35:24,789
Raoul.
355
00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:32,963
A hot toddy.
356
00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:38,844
We'll find out.
357
00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:49,480
You're a friend of Yvette's?
358
00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:51,482
That's right.
359
00:35:51,650 --> 00:35:54,652
I know you very well.
360
00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:57,530
- You're lying.
- I saw you three months ago.
361
00:35:57,697 --> 00:35:58,864
You're lying.
362
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:03,160
A guy was showing you pictures
on Boulevard Saint-Germain.
363
00:36:03,328 --> 00:36:04,829
That's true.
364
00:36:05,455 --> 00:36:09,333
Then why did you deny it?
You say any old nonsense.
365
00:36:10,377 --> 00:36:12,169
You're pathetic.
366
00:36:13,129 --> 00:36:15,548
Why do you look at me like that?
367
00:36:15,966 --> 00:36:19,510
You look stupid,
and your hair looks awful.
368
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,185
Wait here.
I need to talk to you.
369
00:37:10,228 --> 00:37:11,228
You okay?
370
00:37:11,396 --> 00:37:12,897
My eyes!
371
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:28,203
THE LETTER - RAOUL AGAIN -
THE CHAMPS-ELYSÉES
372
00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:13,916
Dear Madame, a friend who worked
for you gave me your address.
373
00:38:53,665 --> 00:39:00,504
I would like to come
and work for you.
374
00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:16,854
I am 22 years old.
375
00:39:31,745 --> 00:39:37,541
I think I am pretty.
376
00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:49,386
My height is...
377
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:14,369
5'6".
378
00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:30,969
I have short hair...
379
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:59,123
but it grows very quickly.
380
00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:20,477
Enclosed is a picture and...
381
00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:26,191
Oh, it's you.
382
00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:30,279
The classic letter.
383
00:41:32,657 --> 00:41:34,158
Yes, it's me.
384
00:41:36,536 --> 00:41:38,662
How did you know I was here?
385
00:41:38,788 --> 00:41:40,455
I followed you.
386
00:41:41,082 --> 00:41:44,960
I was in my car,
and I saw you come in here.
387
00:41:45,795 --> 00:41:48,338
You've got some nerve.
388
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,216
No, you're very beautiful.
389
00:42:00,476 --> 00:42:03,061
You really skipped out quickly
the other day.
390
00:42:03,229 --> 00:42:04,771
When?
391
00:42:04,898 --> 00:42:07,691
When that crook was shot
outside the café.
392
00:42:07,817 --> 00:42:10,152
You just vanished.
393
00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:16,783
I don't think they were crooks.
It was some political stuff.
394
00:42:17,994 --> 00:42:20,537
Really? I didn't know.
395
00:42:20,997 --> 00:42:24,833
In any case,
I didn't mean you aren't brave.
396
00:42:25,501 --> 00:42:28,045
I was just making conversation.
397
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,559
What do you think of me?
398
00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:44,228
Me?
399
00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:45,896
Yes, you.
400
00:42:47,899 --> 00:42:50,525
I think there's
a lot of goodness inside you.
401
00:42:50,693 --> 00:42:52,861
What? A lot of what?
402
00:42:53,029 --> 00:42:57,324
There's a lot of goodness
in your eyes.
403
00:42:58,326 --> 00:43:01,411
Really?
I didn't understand.
404
00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:04,039
Anyway,
that's an odd thing to say.
405
00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:05,749
Why?
406
00:43:13,383 --> 00:43:19,346
I wasn't expecting a Catholic response.
What I meant was:
407
00:43:19,514 --> 00:43:22,766
Do you place me
in a special category of women?
408
00:43:31,192 --> 00:43:33,277
You like being special?
409
00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:37,155
Why?
410
00:43:38,116 --> 00:43:39,825
No reason.
411
00:43:40,493 --> 00:43:43,453
For me, there are
three types of girls:
412
00:43:47,041 --> 00:43:51,044
those with one expression,
those with two, and those with three.
413
00:43:57,969 --> 00:44:00,554
Did Yvette give you this address?
414
00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:09,479
Are you really serious about it?
415
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:11,148
Why?
416
00:44:12,442 --> 00:44:14,985
I'd like to earn more money.
417
00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:18,822
I can help you earn
even more here in Paris.
418
00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:21,658
Really? Fine with me.
419
00:44:34,714 --> 00:44:38,175
Why not try to get into movies?
You're a pretty girl.
420
00:44:38,343 --> 00:44:40,427
I did try.
421
00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:43,764
Two years ago,
I wanted to make it on the stage.
422
00:44:44,432 --> 00:44:47,517
I was in Pacifico
at the Châtelet.
423
00:44:48,353 --> 00:44:51,563
And I was in a film once
with Eddie Constantine.
424
00:44:52,482 --> 00:44:56,026
I'm telling you my life story.
How awful.
425
00:44:58,488 --> 00:45:01,698
No, it's not. I'm a friend.
426
00:45:03,618 --> 00:45:05,202
Give me a smile.
427
00:45:05,328 --> 00:45:07,704
No, I don't feel like it.
428
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:48,912
Shall I come with you?
429
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:00,715
When do I start?
430
00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:06,138
"When the city lights go on, the
streetwalkers' desperate rounds begin."
431
00:46:13,062 --> 00:46:19,943
AFTERNOONS - MONEY - SINKS -
PLEASURE - HOTELS
432
00:46:22,113 --> 00:46:24,281
What exactly do I do?
433
00:46:24,407 --> 00:46:28,160
The prostitute earns all she can
by trading on her charms
434
00:46:28,327 --> 00:46:32,497
to build up a good clientele and
establish the best working conditions.
435
00:46:35,126 --> 00:46:37,377
Does she have
to be beautiful?
436
00:46:37,545 --> 00:46:42,424
No, although beauty is an important
factor in a prostitute's career.
437
00:46:42,592 --> 00:46:47,846
It establishes her place in the hierarchy
and attracts the attention of the pimp,
438
00:46:48,014 --> 00:46:52,309
since her physical allure can be
a source of great profit.
439
00:46:53,060 --> 00:46:55,520
Does she have
to register somewhere?
440
00:46:55,646 --> 00:46:58,899
Before the law
of April 13th, 1946,
441
00:46:59,025 --> 00:47:01,776
prostitutes were subject to medical
and police surveillance.
442
00:47:01,944 --> 00:47:04,905
Under the new law,
only medical surveillance
443
00:47:05,031 --> 00:47:06,823
is now required.
444
00:47:06,991 --> 00:47:12,245
The 1946 law and Decree 2253
of November 5th, 1947,
445
00:47:12,371 --> 00:47:17,167
established the National Sanitary
Register for all women
446
00:47:17,293 --> 00:47:20,295
shown by conclusive evidence
447
00:47:20,421 --> 00:47:23,798
to be engaged in prostitution.
448
00:47:24,509 --> 00:47:27,010
But what do I do?
449
00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:31,014
Regardless of the neighborhood,
the procedure is the same.
450
00:47:31,182 --> 00:47:34,100
By her dress,
attitude, and makeup,
451
00:47:34,227 --> 00:47:36,770
the prostitute indicates
her trade.
452
00:47:36,938 --> 00:47:38,939
Sometimes,
in defiance of the law,
453
00:47:39,106 --> 00:47:43,193
she gestures to the client
or propositions him outright.
454
00:47:44,237 --> 00:47:46,363
What do I charge?
455
00:47:46,531 --> 00:47:48,990
It can vary greatly,
456
00:47:49,116 --> 00:47:51,159
from 300 to 15,000 francs
457
00:47:51,327 --> 00:47:54,204
for an encounter lasting
from a few minutes to an hour
458
00:47:54,372 --> 00:47:56,081
called a "trick."
459
00:47:56,249 --> 00:48:00,210
An "overnight" ranges
from 5,000 to 50,000 francs.
460
00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:03,338
Can I go anywhere I like?
461
00:48:03,506 --> 00:48:07,217
Controls have been attempted.
In Paris, for instance
462
00:48:07,385 --> 00:48:10,178
a police regulation
of August 25th, 1958,
463
00:48:10,346 --> 00:48:15,267
forbids loitering
with intent to solicit
464
00:48:15,434 --> 00:48:19,187
during certain hours
in the Bois de Boulogne
465
00:48:19,313 --> 00:48:21,398
and around the Champs-Elysées.
466
00:48:21,566 --> 00:48:23,775
Do I keep a percentage?
467
00:48:23,985 --> 00:48:28,238
A daily "quota"
is agreed upon in advance.
468
00:48:28,406 --> 00:48:31,074
Around the Champs-Elysées
and the Madeleine,
469
00:48:31,242 --> 00:48:33,243
it's 20,000
to 30,000 francs a day,
470
00:48:33,411 --> 00:48:35,620
paid at the end of the week.
471
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,290
Do I have my own room?
472
00:48:38,499 --> 00:48:43,211
Usually only the towels are changed
between tricks, not the sheets.
473
00:48:43,337 --> 00:48:46,881
Some hotels provide no blankets,
only a bottom sheet.
474
00:48:48,009 --> 00:48:49,593
What about the police?
475
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,887
They conduct raids
and interrogations.
476
00:48:53,014 --> 00:48:56,182
Any woman in violation
of regulations
477
00:48:56,350 --> 00:48:59,853
can be detained in a clinic
as long as necessary
478
00:48:59,979 --> 00:49:01,896
for extensive testing.
479
00:49:03,608 --> 00:49:05,859
Can I have a drink
in a café?
480
00:49:06,027 --> 00:49:09,237
A prostitute who drinks heavily
earns very little.
481
00:49:09,405 --> 00:49:12,782
She's undesirable
because she creates a scene.
482
00:49:15,119 --> 00:49:17,120
What if I get pregnant?
483
00:49:17,246 --> 00:49:20,790
One might think a prostitute
would seek an abortion at any cost.
484
00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:22,751
That's not the case.
485
00:49:22,918 --> 00:49:29,924
They do try to avoid pregnancy,
by chemical means or any other.
486
00:49:30,051 --> 00:49:33,803
But once pregnancy is confirmed,
abortions are rare.
487
00:49:35,556 --> 00:49:37,307
Must I accept anyone?
488
00:49:37,475 --> 00:49:42,979
The prostitute must always be
at the client's disposal.
489
00:49:43,105 --> 00:49:45,649
She must accept anyone
who pays.
490
00:49:45,816 --> 00:49:47,442
That man...
491
00:49:48,027 --> 00:49:50,153
that man...
492
00:49:54,867 --> 00:49:56,993
Are there clients every day?
493
00:49:57,161 --> 00:49:59,954
Lower-grade prostitutes
494
00:50:00,081 --> 00:50:03,166
average
five to eight clients a day,
495
00:50:03,334 --> 00:50:06,044
earning 4,000 to 8,000 a day.
496
00:50:06,212 --> 00:50:09,506
However, some manage
exceptional turnover.
497
00:50:09,674 --> 00:50:14,177
Sixty clients is not unheard of
on Saturdays or holidays.
498
00:50:14,762 --> 00:50:21,685
A YOUNG MAN - LUIGI - NANA
WONDERS WHETHER SHE'S HAPPY
499
00:50:22,019 --> 00:50:23,770
Do I get days off?
500
00:50:23,896 --> 00:50:27,148
Usually after the medical check.
501
00:50:27,316 --> 00:50:31,236
Her man usually takes her out,
502
00:50:31,362 --> 00:50:34,447
often to see her child
in the country.
503
00:50:34,573 --> 00:50:37,534
Afterwards, they go out
to a restaurant or a movie.
504
00:50:41,706 --> 00:50:43,957
- Is Luigi here?
- Upstairs.
505
00:50:46,877 --> 00:50:48,378
I'll be five minutes.
506
00:50:48,546 --> 00:50:50,880
The movie already started anyway.
507
00:50:53,384 --> 00:50:55,009
A white wine.
508
00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:09,607
Got any Gauloises?
509
00:51:28,169 --> 00:51:30,920
- You have cigarettes?
- Yes. What kind?
510
00:51:31,088 --> 00:51:33,089
I was just wondering.
511
00:52:22,181 --> 00:52:25,391
- Got any cigarettes?
- They've got some downstairs.
512
00:52:33,901 --> 00:52:36,319
- How are you?
- So-so.
513
00:52:36,946 --> 00:52:38,488
What's wrong with her?
514
00:52:38,656 --> 00:52:40,824
We were supposed
to see a movie.
515
00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:42,826
I'll cheer you up.
516
00:52:52,461 --> 00:52:55,713
I'll do the kid
blowing up a balloon.
517
00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:08,518
He's got a balloon,
and he blows it up.
518
00:53:52,730 --> 00:53:55,315
You ought to be my man.
519
00:53:55,566 --> 00:53:57,942
Happy now?
Will you let us talk?
520
00:57:31,949 --> 00:57:36,953
THE STREETS - A GUY -
HAPPINESS IS NO FUN
521
00:57:36,954 --> 00:57:40,832
THE STREETS - A GUY -
HAPPINESS IS NO FUN
522
00:58:21,832 --> 00:58:25,084
Did you see Inspector Fleytoux?
He bought a BMW.
523
00:58:57,576 --> 00:58:59,785
They could have provided chairs.
524
00:58:59,953 --> 00:59:02,038
It's always like that.
525
00:59:09,421 --> 00:59:10,755
How much?
526
00:59:10,923 --> 00:59:13,674
3,000.
5,000 if I undress.
527
00:59:15,636 --> 00:59:19,513
Can't you give me one more?
- I have to keep some.
528
00:59:20,641 --> 00:59:22,558
- One of these, then?
- It's all I've got.
529
00:59:22,726 --> 00:59:25,645
A little one.
It would be so nice.
530
00:59:28,732 --> 00:59:30,524
You come here often?
531
00:59:32,903 --> 00:59:35,112
But I've seen you before,
haven't I?
532
00:59:35,322 --> 00:59:36,822
Maybe.
533
00:59:40,077 --> 00:59:42,036
What's your name?
534
00:59:42,204 --> 00:59:43,829
Dimitri.
535
00:59:45,082 --> 00:59:46,707
Nice name.
536
00:59:49,127 --> 00:59:51,462
Yes, I'm fond of it.
537
00:59:52,089 --> 00:59:54,090
What line of work are you in?
538
00:59:54,258 --> 00:59:57,093
I shoot pictures for ads.
539
00:59:57,261 --> 00:59:59,136
You mean like in the movies?
540
00:59:59,304 --> 01:00:01,264
No, still pictures.
541
01:00:02,099 --> 01:00:05,059
I was in a movie with
Eddie Constantine two months ago.
542
01:00:05,269 --> 01:00:08,145
No Pity.
Did you see it?
543
01:00:12,526 --> 01:00:16,445
You don't say much.
Are you the romantic type?
544
01:00:22,369 --> 01:00:25,288
If you give me more,
you can stay.
545
01:00:30,669 --> 01:00:32,878
That's what you want?
546
01:00:34,089 --> 01:00:35,715
I'll go see.
547
01:00:43,974 --> 01:00:45,599
Never mind.
548
01:00:54,609 --> 01:00:56,652
- Are you leaving?
- Yes.
549
01:00:58,613 --> 01:01:02,491
- Can you spare five minutes?
- Ask Monique. She's in 41.
550
01:01:15,047 --> 01:01:17,798
- What's up?
- Nothing.
551
01:01:20,802 --> 01:01:23,012
The elevators never work.
552
01:01:24,473 --> 01:01:27,016
See you Tuesday
at the Olympia.
553
01:01:42,032 --> 01:01:43,824
- What are you doing?
- Going downstairs.
554
01:01:43,992 --> 01:01:46,869
- Can you spare a moment?
- How much?
555
01:01:47,037 --> 01:01:49,663
I don't know.
We can discuss it.
556
01:01:49,873 --> 01:01:51,332
All right.
557
01:01:51,458 --> 01:01:53,501
Room 45.
558
01:02:14,898 --> 01:02:17,191
Work it out with her.
559
01:02:23,657 --> 01:02:26,158
- All right?
- Yes.
560
01:02:32,082 --> 01:02:35,668
- What's your name?
- Elizabeth. Like the Queen of England.
561
01:02:38,630 --> 01:02:40,881
Shall I strip too?
562
01:02:41,049 --> 01:02:42,800
Actually, don't bother.
563
01:02:42,968 --> 01:02:45,219
So you don't need me anymore?
564
01:02:45,679 --> 01:02:47,346
I don't know.
565
01:02:56,565 --> 01:02:58,274
Like that.
566
01:03:12,289 --> 01:03:19,295
PLACE DU CHÂTELET - A STRANGER -
NANA, THE UNWITTING PHILOSOPHER
567
01:04:30,951 --> 01:04:33,369
Do you mind me looking?
568
01:04:36,706 --> 01:04:38,541
You look bored.
569
01:04:38,708 --> 01:04:40,167
Not at all.
570
01:04:42,504 --> 01:04:45,172
- What are you doing?
- Reading.
571
01:04:54,849 --> 01:04:56,809
Will you buy me a drink?
572
01:04:57,561 --> 01:04:59,270
If you like.
573
01:05:06,111 --> 01:05:07,987
Do you come here often?
574
01:05:08,154 --> 01:05:11,156
Occasionally.
Today I just happened by.
575
01:05:12,993 --> 01:05:14,994
Why are you reading?
576
01:05:15,161 --> 01:05:16,829
It's my job.
577
01:05:22,961 --> 01:05:24,920
It's funny.
578
01:05:25,046 --> 01:05:27,089
Suddenly I don't know what to say.
579
01:05:27,966 --> 01:05:30,009
It happens to me a lot.
580
01:05:30,468 --> 01:05:32,511
I know what I want to say.
581
01:05:32,679 --> 01:05:36,890
I think first about whether
they're the right words.
582
01:05:37,350 --> 01:05:42,229
But when the moment comes
to speak, I can't say it.
583
01:05:42,397 --> 01:05:44,773
Yes, of course.
584
01:05:45,442 --> 01:05:47,776
Have you read
The Three Musketeers?
585
01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:51,196
No, but I saw the movie. Why?
586
01:05:53,074 --> 01:05:57,286
Because in it, Porthos -
587
01:05:58,288 --> 01:06:01,498
Actually, this is from
Twenty Years Later.
588
01:06:01,666 --> 01:06:05,586
Porthos is tall, strong,
and a little dense.
589
01:06:06,588 --> 01:06:09,590
He's never had a thought in his life.
590
01:06:10,508 --> 01:06:15,804
He has to place a bomb
in a cellar to blow it up.
591
01:06:15,972 --> 01:06:17,890
He does it.
592
01:06:18,058 --> 01:06:22,478
He places the bomb, lights the fuse,
and starts to run away.
593
01:06:23,188 --> 01:06:26,106
But just then he begins to think.
594
01:06:27,317 --> 01:06:29,234
About what?
595
01:06:29,402 --> 01:06:33,489
How it's possible to put
one foot in front of the other.
596
01:06:33,657 --> 01:06:36,325
I'm sure that's happened to you.
597
01:06:37,994 --> 01:06:42,414
So he stops running.
He can't move forward.
598
01:06:45,669 --> 01:06:49,171
The bomb explodes,
and the cellar caves in around him.
599
01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:52,508
He holds it up
with his strong shoulders.
600
01:06:52,676 --> 01:06:57,429
But after a day or two,
he's crushed to death.
601
01:06:58,014 --> 01:07:00,599
So the first time he thought,
it killed him.
602
01:07:00,725 --> 01:07:03,477
Why do you tell me
things like that?
603
01:07:04,312 --> 01:07:07,231
No reason. Just to talk.
604
01:07:07,399 --> 01:07:09,900
Why must one always talk?
605
01:07:10,568 --> 01:07:14,780
I think one should often
just keep quiet, live in silence.
606
01:07:16,074 --> 01:07:19,410
The more one talks,
the less the words mean.
607
01:07:19,577 --> 01:07:22,705
Perhaps,
but can one do that?
608
01:07:24,374 --> 01:07:25,374
I don't know.
609
01:07:25,542 --> 01:07:29,294
It's always struck me,
the fact we can't live without speaking.
610
01:07:34,050 --> 01:07:36,802
But it would be nice.
611
01:07:37,387 --> 01:07:40,723
Yes, it would be nice, wouldn't it?
612
01:07:41,725 --> 01:07:44,435
Sort of like we loved
one another more.
613
01:07:44,602 --> 01:07:47,730
But it's impossible.
No one's been able to.
614
01:07:47,856 --> 01:07:49,398
But why?
615
01:07:49,566 --> 01:07:52,735
Words should express
just what one wants to say.
616
01:07:53,403 --> 01:07:55,070
Do they betray us?
617
01:07:56,906 --> 01:07:59,074
Yes, but we betray them too.
618
01:07:59,242 --> 01:08:01,410
One should be able
to express oneself.
619
01:08:01,578 --> 01:08:03,954
We manage
to write things quite well.
620
01:08:04,122 --> 01:08:08,000
It's extraordinary
that someone like Plato
621
01:08:08,168 --> 01:08:12,087
can still be understood.
People really do understand him.
622
01:08:12,255 --> 01:08:16,133
Yet he wrote in Greek
2,500 years ago.
623
01:08:16,301 --> 01:08:21,472
No one really knows
the language, not exactly.
624
01:08:21,806 --> 01:08:26,185
Yet something gets through, so we
should be able to express ourselves.
625
01:08:27,729 --> 01:08:29,772
And we have to.
626
01:08:29,939 --> 01:08:33,942
Why do we have to?
To understand each other?
627
01:08:38,615 --> 01:08:40,616
We must think,
628
01:08:41,117 --> 01:08:43,744
and for thought we need words.
629
01:08:43,912 --> 01:08:46,121
There's no other way to think.
630
01:08:46,289 --> 01:08:49,750
To communicate, one must speak.
That's our life.
631
01:08:49,918 --> 01:08:52,503
Yes, but at the same time,
it's very hard.
632
01:08:56,382 --> 01:08:59,635
Whereas I think
life should be easy.
633
01:09:03,306 --> 01:09:07,810
Your tale about the Three Musketeers
may be a very nice story,
634
01:09:08,186 --> 01:09:09,853
but it's terrible.
635
01:09:10,021 --> 01:09:12,773
Yes, but it's a pointer.
636
01:09:14,067 --> 01:09:15,818
I believe
637
01:09:16,736 --> 01:09:22,324
one learns to speak well only when
one has renounced life for a while.
638
01:09:22,492 --> 01:09:25,494
That's the price.
- So to speak is fatal?
639
01:09:25,620 --> 01:09:29,998
Speaking is almost
a resurrection in relation to life.
640
01:09:30,166 --> 01:09:34,336
Speaking is a different life
from when one does not speak.
641
01:09:34,504 --> 01:09:37,798
So to live speaking,
642
01:09:38,341 --> 01:09:41,969
one must pass through
the death of life without speaking.
643
01:09:42,095 --> 01:09:44,972
I don't know if I'm being clear...
644
01:09:46,516 --> 01:09:51,186
but there's a kind of ascetic rule
that stops one from speaking well
645
01:09:51,813 --> 01:09:55,023
until one sees life with detachment.
646
01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:03,115
But one can't live everyday life
with... I don't know -
647
01:10:04,158 --> 01:10:05,909
Detachment?
648
01:10:06,077 --> 01:10:10,664
We go back and forth. That's why
we pass from silence to words.
649
01:10:11,249 --> 01:10:16,211
We swing between the two,
because it's the movement of life.
650
01:10:16,629 --> 01:10:20,716
From everyday life
one rises to a life -
651
01:10:20,884 --> 01:10:25,429
Let's call it superior - why not?
It's the thinking life.
652
01:10:25,597 --> 01:10:29,516
But the thinking life presupposes
that one has killed off
653
01:10:29,684 --> 01:10:32,811
a life that's too mundane,
too rudimentary.
654
01:10:34,647 --> 01:10:38,442
Then thinking and speaking
are the same thing?
655
01:10:38,735 --> 01:10:40,527
I believe so.
656
01:10:40,695 --> 01:10:44,281
It's in Plato, you know.
It's an old idea.
657
01:10:44,449 --> 01:10:48,243
I don't think
one can distinguish a thought
658
01:10:48,411 --> 01:10:50,871
from the words that express it.
659
01:10:50,997 --> 01:10:57,085
A moment of thought can only
be grasped through words.
660
01:10:57,253 --> 01:10:59,880
So to speak is to risk lying?
661
01:11:00,048 --> 01:11:02,966
Lies too are part of our quest.
662
01:11:03,134 --> 01:11:06,428
There's little difference
between an error and a lie.
663
01:11:06,596 --> 01:11:11,183
I don't mean ordinary lies,
like promising,
664
01:11:11,351 --> 01:11:15,771
"I'll be here tomorrow at 5:00,"
and then not showing up.
665
01:11:15,939 --> 01:11:17,981
Those are just ploys.
666
01:11:18,149 --> 01:11:24,488
But a subtle lie
often differs little from an error.
667
01:11:24,656 --> 01:11:28,617
One's searching for something
and can't find the right word.
668
01:11:28,785 --> 01:11:33,080
That's why you didn't know
what to say before.
669
01:11:33,247 --> 01:11:37,125
I think you were afraid
of not finding the right word.
670
01:11:39,879 --> 01:11:43,382
How can one be sure
of having found the right word?
671
01:11:45,843 --> 01:11:49,554
One must work at it.
It only comes with effort.
672
01:11:49,722 --> 01:11:54,267
To say what must be said
in the appropriate way,
673
01:11:54,394 --> 01:11:56,520
that is, that doesn't hurt,
674
01:11:56,646 --> 01:12:00,107
that says what must be said,
does what must be done,
675
01:12:00,233 --> 01:12:02,776
without hurting
or wounding anyone.
676
01:12:04,320 --> 01:12:07,614
One must try to act in good faith.
677
01:12:09,075 --> 01:12:10,993
Someone once told me,
678
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:14,997
"There's truth in everything,
even in error."
679
01:12:15,957 --> 01:12:17,249
It's true.
680
01:12:17,417 --> 01:12:21,336
That's what France didn't see
in the 17th century.
681
01:12:21,504 --> 01:12:26,133
They thought one could
avoid errors and lies,
682
01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:29,469
that one could live
directly in the truth.
683
01:12:29,637 --> 01:12:31,346
I don't think it's possible.
684
01:12:31,514 --> 01:12:34,641
Hence Kant, Hegel,
German philosophy:
685
01:12:34,809 --> 01:12:37,602
to bring us back to life
686
01:12:37,770 --> 01:12:42,983
and make us see that we must pass
through error to arrive at truth.
687
01:12:46,529 --> 01:12:48,864
What do you think about love?
688
01:12:51,576 --> 01:12:55,245
The body had to come into it,
689
01:12:55,413 --> 01:12:58,165
and indeed,
Leibniz introduced the contingent.
690
01:12:58,332 --> 01:13:02,711
Contingent truths
and necessary truths make up life.
691
01:13:02,879 --> 01:13:06,882
German philosophy
showed us that in life,
692
01:13:07,050 --> 01:13:11,094
one thinks with the constraints
and errors of life.
693
01:13:11,262 --> 01:13:14,556
One must manage with that.
It's true.
694
01:13:16,684 --> 01:13:20,312
Shouldn't love be the only truth?
695
01:13:22,231 --> 01:13:26,026
But for that,
love would always have to be true.
696
01:13:26,194 --> 01:13:30,238
Do you know anyone who knows
right off what he loves?
697
01:13:31,365 --> 01:13:34,326
No. When you're 20,
you don't know.
698
01:13:34,494 --> 01:13:38,580
All you know are bits and pieces.
You grasp at experience.
699
01:13:38,748 --> 01:13:42,334
At that age, "I love"
is a mixture of many things.
700
01:13:42,502 --> 01:13:48,548
To be completely at one
with what you love takes maturity.
701
01:13:48,716 --> 01:13:50,884
That means searching.
702
01:13:51,052 --> 01:13:53,136
That's the truth of life.
703
01:13:54,722 --> 01:13:57,265
That's why love is a solution,
704
01:13:57,433 --> 01:14:00,644
but on the condition that it be true.
705
01:14:02,480 --> 01:14:10,320
THE YOUNG MAN AGAIN - THE OVAL
PORTRAIT - RAOUL TRADES NANA
706
01:14:20,414 --> 01:14:22,290
What shall we do today?
707
01:14:23,084 --> 01:14:24,376
I don't know.
708
01:14:24,502 --> 01:14:26,795
Shall we go
to the Luxembourg Garden?
709
01:14:29,590 --> 01:14:32,467
I think it's going to rain.
710
01:14:34,512 --> 01:14:38,765
"I thus saw in vivid light
a picture all unnoticed before.
711
01:14:39,725 --> 01:14:43,937
It was the portrait of a young girl
just ripening into womanhood.
712
01:14:44,147 --> 01:14:48,608
I glanced at the painting hurriedly,
and then closed my eyes.
713
01:14:57,493 --> 01:15:01,371
It was an impulsive movement
to gain time for thought,
714
01:15:02,165 --> 01:15:05,208
to make sure that my vision
had not deceived me,
715
01:15:05,376 --> 01:15:10,338
to calm and subdue my fancy
for a more sober and more certain gaze.
716
01:15:11,007 --> 01:15:15,510
In a very few moments
I again looked fixedly at the painting.
717
01:15:21,726 --> 01:15:25,937
The portrait, I have already said,
was that of a young girl.
718
01:15:27,064 --> 01:15:29,941
It was a mere head and shoulders,
719
01:15:30,109 --> 01:15:34,237
done in what is technically
termed a vignette manner,
720
01:15:34,864 --> 01:15:38,700
much in the style
of the favorite heads of Sully.
721
01:15:38,993 --> 01:15:43,205
The arms, the bosom,
and even the ends of the radiant hair
722
01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:47,459
melted imperceptibly
into the vague yet deep shadow
723
01:15:47,627 --> 01:15:49,920
which formed
the background of the whole.
724
01:15:51,088 --> 01:15:54,174
As a thing of art,
nothing could be more admirable
725
01:15:54,342 --> 01:15:56,593
than the painting itself.
726
01:15:57,261 --> 01:16:00,639
But it could have been
neither the execution of the work,
727
01:16:00,806 --> 01:16:02,891
nor the immortal beauty
of the countenance,
728
01:16:03,059 --> 01:16:06,519
which had so suddenly
and so vehemently moved me.
729
01:16:06,687 --> 01:16:11,066
Least of all could it have been that
my fancy, shaken from its half slumber,
730
01:16:11,234 --> 01:16:14,361
had mistaken the head
for that of a living person.
731
01:16:18,241 --> 01:16:22,327
At length, satisfied
with the true secret of its effect,
732
01:16:22,495 --> 01:16:25,080
I fell back within the bed.
733
01:16:25,248 --> 01:16:28,083
I had found the spell of the picture
734
01:16:28,251 --> 01:16:33,421
in an absolute life-likeliness
of expression."
735
01:16:33,756 --> 01:16:35,465
Is that your book?
736
01:16:35,633 --> 01:16:37,634
No, I found it here.
737
01:16:43,808 --> 01:16:45,642
Can I have one?
738
01:16:54,777 --> 01:16:59,364
It's our story:
a painter portraying his love.
739
01:17:00,074 --> 01:17:01,741
Shall I go on?
740
01:17:04,787 --> 01:17:08,999
"And in sooth
some who beheld the portrait
741
01:17:09,125 --> 01:17:12,961
spoke of its resemblance
in low words as of a mighty marvel,
742
01:17:13,129 --> 01:17:16,298
and a proof not less
of the power of the painter
743
01:17:16,465 --> 01:17:20,969
than of his deep love for her
whom he depicted so surpassingly well.
744
01:17:21,220 --> 01:17:25,473
But at length, as the labor drew
nearer to its conclusion,
745
01:17:25,641 --> 01:17:28,143
there were admitted none
into the turret.
746
01:17:28,311 --> 01:17:31,396
For the painter had grown wild
with the ardor of his work,
747
01:17:31,564 --> 01:17:37,027
and turned his eyes from the canvas
rarely, even to regard his wife.
748
01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:41,114
And he would not see that the tints
which he spread upon the canvas
749
01:17:41,282 --> 01:17:45,368
were drawn from the cheeks of her
who sat beside him.
750
01:17:45,828 --> 01:17:50,915
And when many weeks had passed,
and but little remained to do,
751
01:17:51,167 --> 01:17:55,128
save one brush upon the mouth
and one tint upon the eye,
752
01:17:55,296 --> 01:17:59,549
the spirit of the lady again flickered up
as the flame within a lamp.
753
01:18:00,009 --> 01:18:04,387
And then the brush was given,
and then the tint was placed.
754
01:18:05,097 --> 01:18:08,099
And, for one moment,
the painter stood entranced
755
01:18:08,267 --> 01:18:10,769
before the work he had wrought.
756
01:18:10,936 --> 01:18:14,105
But in the next, while he yet gazed,
757
01:18:14,273 --> 01:18:16,983
he grew tremulous and aghast,
758
01:18:17,109 --> 01:18:21,363
and crying with a loud voice,
"This is indeed Life itself!"
759
01:18:21,530 --> 01:18:24,866
turned suddenly to regard his beloved:
760
01:18:25,409 --> 01:18:27,035
She was dead!"
761
01:18:36,170 --> 01:18:38,546
I'd like to go to the Louvre.
762
01:18:38,881 --> 01:18:41,800
No, I don't like looking at pictures.
763
01:18:45,096 --> 01:18:48,473
Why? Art and beauty are life!
764
01:18:52,228 --> 01:18:53,645
I adore you.
765
01:18:54,063 --> 01:18:55,438
And I love you.
766
01:19:03,697 --> 01:19:06,074
Why not come and live with me?
767
01:19:06,534 --> 01:19:08,910
Yes. I'll tell Raoul it's all over.
768
01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:20,213
Let me at least put my coat on
or I'll catch cold!
769
01:19:20,339 --> 01:19:22,298
Stop acting hysterical.
770
01:19:29,682 --> 01:19:31,057
No, Raoul, not now!
771
01:19:31,225 --> 01:19:33,184
Stop acting hysterical!
772
01:19:33,644 --> 01:19:35,562
You know each other?
773
01:19:51,954 --> 01:19:53,955
What did I do wrong?
774
01:19:55,082 --> 01:19:57,167
You must take anyone who pays.
775
01:19:57,334 --> 01:20:00,879
Not anyone.
Sometimes it's degrading.
776
01:20:01,672 --> 01:20:03,798
See? That's where you're wrong.
777
01:20:11,223 --> 01:20:15,477
The movies are a drag.
Weekdays we're too busy,
778
01:20:15,644 --> 01:20:18,146
and on Sundays
there's always a line.
779
01:20:21,233 --> 01:20:24,652
- Where are you going?
- Taking them back to their car.
780
01:20:24,820 --> 01:20:27,322
Why did you make me come?
781
01:20:27,865 --> 01:20:29,866
You're going with them.
782
01:20:31,327 --> 01:20:34,329
HADES AND SONS
783
01:21:37,518 --> 01:21:39,352
Well, are you going?
784
01:21:54,827 --> 01:21:56,578
First the girl.
785
01:22:06,255 --> 01:22:07,755
First the money.
786
01:22:12,386 --> 01:22:14,220
Get the money.
787
01:22:47,296 --> 01:22:49,339
There's 100,000 missing.
788
01:22:49,673 --> 01:22:51,257
Don't move.
789
01:22:51,425 --> 01:22:53,718
Don't think I won't shoot
just because of the girl.
790
01:22:53,886 --> 01:22:55,678
No, don't shoot me!
791
01:22:58,641 --> 01:23:01,434
You shoot.
I forgot to load.
57690
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