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Happy birthday!

Are you Eva Smallwood?

I'm afraid I am.

Thank you.

Hey, pretty lady, I got something to say.

Somebody said it was your birthday.

65, looking so fine. It's a wonderful day. It's a wonderful time. It's your

birthday. It's your birthday!

65 is sexy.

It's your love and kisses.

Love made from your friend.

Yeah, I thought so.

Goodbye.

Eva.

Evie.

Evie, you were so much fun.

Oh, May, now I'm old.

Not old.

Landlocked. No horizons.

Eva!

You finally decided to feed me.

Humidity is high.

My body aches.

Especially my fingers.

Quite chilly outside.

May sent this from Florida.

Quite amusing.

With a basket.

Still picking up underage beach boys?

It's a nice gesture.

Oh, by the way, that new coat you bought also counts as your Christmas present.

Wouldn't want you to freeze.

Oh, thank you.

I bought it on sale.

Still a fortune.

Oh, it's hard.

It's hard as rock.

No.

Forty years.

You still don't know hard from soft.

What a waste.

Yes, it is.

Damn waste.

may be close to selling its EVX unit. Optical network maker...

Bull

market or bear market?

When it comes to your investment portfolio, it's... More cocoa!

Hot this time!

To answer your investment questions, mark a call.

The next few years could be better.

People aren't going to use the driver's license.

If you put just a few items in a standardized cart, such as food

careful, my radio.

Where do

you want to go, madam?

Where do you want to go?

I don't know. Just go!

You don't know?

Just go.

Come on.

You don't even know where you're going.

I have to know for me, and I have to know for you.

That's why you people should pay more.

Straight.

No, right.

You're right.

Stop!

What is wrong with you?

You crazy woman.

Oh, my God!

You risk my life for a stupid cat? Get a blanket.

Get a blanket?

I'm a driver, not a doctor.

I don't know. Go 9 -1 -1, quick.

Want to recall the price, too? Don't you care?

You're going to see how much I care when you pay my fare.

$14, plus the tip.

The bag.

Oh, what?

Oh, get out of my way.

Shut up.

Yeah, yeah. Here, go to hell. Yeah, sister, thank you.

Son of a bitch.

Yep. You have a room for rent?

No.

This one's a... It's a flat in the basement.

You wouldn't like it here.

I might.

Can I see it?

Torture the germs.

Cipri, careful.

My son, David.

The

back

entrance. Oh, jam shut for years.

You'll have to use the front entrance.

What's your name, love?

Eva... Eva Smart, with two T's. Oh, extra

smart, eh?

That's it.

Quiet.

Like a morgue.

How much are you asking?

$3 .50, gas and light included, fully furnished.

Could I take it for a week? Oh, no, no, I rent by the month, love.

Okay.

Oh, I don't take checks, especially from the government.

$50 in cash, departed.

You're all set.

Well, I'll tell you one thing. That woman always had a wild streak to her,

Come on, now, please. Mom, who are we talking about here?

Well, she saved some of it for me.

I don't understand.

I mean, you two have always been so great together.

A model of stability.

Well, Neil, sometimes you have to look under the rug to find the dirt.

And what does that mean?

Your mother had an affair with the head of her faculty.

I don't believe you.

A married man.

Some 40 -odd years ago. She doesn't know I know.

Dad! What? That was before your time.

So what's the difference?

Never could tell what was going on in her mind.

Nobody just leaves like that. Not at her age.

Something must have happened.

Nothing in particular.

We should call the police.

No, let her go.

She just walked out of here without a word. No plan, nothing. How can you be

calm? She hasn't had to fend for herself since she quit teaching.

Don't worry, she'll be back.

Yeah, you're probably right.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

I'm having trouble with my card.

I need to withdraw some cash.

Mrs. Smallwood. Yes.

You probably don't remember me. I was in your 10th grade history class. The last

year of teaching.

Martin Elkins.

Martin.

I was always arguing with you about capitalism.

Now you're a bank teller. A manager.

Mrs. Smallwood, it seems your account was closed this morning.

That's not possible.

There was almost $10 ,000.

Is it a joint account?

Yes, but you need two signatures to close it.

Not if the other person is the principal account holder.

And an accountant.

I'm sorry?

I must have transferred the funds, having a senior moment, as my

would say.

Mrs. Smallwood, look.

If I can be of any help at all, you can just...

Oh,

excuse me.

Excuse me. We're closed.

Oh, please, I'll just be a minute.

Let her in. Let her in.

Thank you.

What can I do for you? I... I have a check.

I must cash.

Five percent.

It's a government check. ID?

Yes, of course.

You got anything else?

I am 65 years old. I grew up in the suburbs. I wouldn't know how to forge an

to save my life.

It'll do. It'll do.

I, um... I wonder, would it be possible for me to pick up my mail here?

This is a pawn shop.

I know. It would be my pension check. I'd always cash it with you.

I'll need my commission up front.

Done.

Please,

Brian, just tell me what is it I have done?

Oh, nothing.

Then why are you being so emotional?

It was just a silly game of chess.

You're telling me how I'm supposed to feel, the way to act. Love me for who I

am, and don't try to change me. Jesus.

I'm not trying to change you, Brian.

Isn't that what being in a relationship is all about?

Anyway, I've never seen anyone so careless with his queen.

You don't see it, do you? I mean, who throws his chessboard across the room?

Oh, I'm so out of here.

Shit, what a mess.

Hey! Cut it out in there!

She's a sweet lady. She has to manage this place by herself.

Dennis! Get them up!

The man thinks he's Tom Jones.

If only...

the phone you answer the phone my hands are dirty i'm in the balcony oh yeah

doing what

you

have reached the smallwood residence at the sound of the tone please leave your

message yeah joe i'm sorry but you're panicking

that's why you should only do things through me

I want you to know I'm all right. Not dead yet or anything.

I'll call you again on Friday.

So, what's going on?

Kevin!

Turn down the music and get down here!

Look, why didn't anyone answer the damn phone?

I was upstairs painting and my hands were full of... Painting, painting.

painting.

What about your schoolwork?

In a family crisis, stay near the damn phone.

Maybe I should get one glued to my head like you.

I was in the toilet, so... Jerking off.

Bitch. Asshole. I told you not to use that kind of language in this house.

Come on, Dad. Is that what's really important here?

What's important is that your grandmother is out there somewhere.

Confused, scared and alone.

What to

say?

Well, I've no urge to apologize to Neil or Bert.

I suppose I owe them some kind of an explanation.

I left.

Not because I was his slave.

Or the dullness of our life.

Not like you to leave without a note.

There's nothing more to say.

Ah. The silent treatment.

Guilty. Ah.

Guilty for not telling you, not believing you.

Why did we stay together all that time?

Was it habit?

God, it is. There is such a thing as a wife's duty.

And I think you're an ungrateful bitch.

Come pry your legs apart with a crowbar.

Probably wasn't the best way to try.

I would be grateful for

some advice on what to do with my freedom.

Now I've taken it.

I thought it was supposed to be quiet here. It's supposed to be quiet here.

Well, what would you do with him?

I say go home, castrate him, let the squirrels hide his mouth.

Many.

I mean, bird.

Bimbo boy.

You don't have to be so crude.

Evie, you are so wonderfully comfortable.

Well, you used to be the same one.

I was quite proper when I was teaching.

Then union work scared it out of me.

Just giving, giving, giving.

Well, marriage isn't so different.

That's why I only have affairs now.

I'm not looking for sex.

I know.

You're looking for you, fulfillment, happiness, all that shit.

She could find a job.

Evie, that is pathetic.

Get that son of a bitch to send you some money.

Breathe.

Relax.

Have fun.

Yes, you may.

Miss Jones' office, please.

It's this way.

We have scores of new graduates just aching for their first teaching job.

At half the salary.

And half my age.

Even if I had a PhD?

No difference.

Whatever became of the value of experience?

It comes with an expiration date.

But perhaps, if you wanted, you could do some work with some of our youngsters

in the Sun Youth Program.

I need to be paid.

Look, I'm not going to lie to you.

Yes, yes, I know.

Many thanks for your time.

What's wrong?

Yeah? What can I do for you?

I saw the sign in the window that... You're going to scare everyone away?

Sweetie, I'm looking for someone who blends in.

You know?

Yes, of course.

from saturday night

Is that blood?

Yes, madame, plant it is.

Oh. Mr. Brancusi. Oh!

Oh! Oh, my.

Dennis!

He was a good man, but I think he drank too much.

Mr.

Brancusi! He tried to kill himself.

No, no, I just think he's hurt.

I hate failures.

Dennis, come back with the ammonia.

Don't get up. You might have hurt your back.

I'm Mrs. Smart, your neighbor.

Oh, how do you do?

You're a very good woman.

Say yes.

You're crazy.

Oh, Johnny.

Come on, I'll help you up.

Come on, I'll get you your own apartment.

Your own apartment.

I'm having a very similar experience.

Yes.

Mom, listen to me, will you?

Look, I want you to know how much this is hurting Dad.

Yes, his pride.

Well, it's a worry for me, too, if that matters. And the kids are upset.

Especially Kim. Very upset.

Neil, is tomorrow all right?

Fine.

Say lunchtime. Well, you want me to pick you up? No, no, no. I'll meet you.

Yes. Yes, I know where it is.

Bye.

You look nice.

Thank you.

Sherbrooke Street.

And you've lost weight.

I walk every day.

For you. And your hair?

Rollers, I found.

It's amazing what people throw away.

Well, I just want you to know that I entirely understand

your choice.

Thank you for understanding.

In fact, Dad feels the same way. And he wants to give you half the house, half

his portfolio, half of everything.

Oh, I couldn't take that. I'm the one who left.

He really wants to.

And he forgives you.

And he hopes you'll forgive him.

Oh, I do.

Oh, I do forgive him.

Here's your extra butter.

Oh, I think we'll need some more bread.

Thank you.

Yeah, right.

Sorry,

couldn't wait.

I guess I didn't really have time for lunch.

Okay, Mom.

Let's get down to it.

Look.

Dad knows you've been a burden.

But honestly, I don't understand.

How could you do this to him?

Think of the anxiety. Now, I did get him to promise that nothing whatsoever will

be said when you come back.

Not a word.

You go on down to New York, see some theater and museums, or Florida.

Isn't your friend May there?

Have a little holiday. A couple of weeks, the ocean, the sun, and you won't

your son.

Dad said last night he'd pay the shot.

I'm not going to New York. I'm going to Florida.

Not going back to your father ever.

So if that's all you have to suggest, you might as well go back to your

How can you survive on a pathetic pension?

I suppose your father will probably do what's fair.

Fair?

You know the only way he'll give you alimonies is if you launch a lawsuit.

I'm not going to sue your father for anything.

He might get me my warm boots from the house in the meantime.

Well...

I've talked the thing over with Rosemary. She thinks you're having some

breakdown. Oh, please.

I don't give a damn what Rosemary thinks.

I'm sorry. I know you mean well.

Thank you.

All right.

I wish that all of your boots.

Very clever.

I'll call you. Mom, just tell me where you're staying. This isn't reasonable.

You're taxing at rent. Oh, thanks.

Thank you.

Mother, listen.

Take this. I don't want it. You have to take it. No.

Just get me my boots.

Keep it.

People always change their minds the next day.

How much?

It's not the Hope Diamond.

500.

Fine. What?

You're not going to bargain with me?

You seem a respectable, honest man.

Why should I waste your time when I know you're going to give me what it's

worth?

600.

Did someone teach you how to do that?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Oh, you have to break back and front.

Oh, dear.

Can I pour you a cup of tea?

Lucky that rain didn't turn into snow, eh? Thank you.

Thank you. Excuse me.

Tommy got nailed. I mean, look at him.

Oh.

Yeah.

It's kind of late.

Good evening, Madam Plenty.

Yes, pardon to disturb you.

Our new neighbor, she's still living downstairs.

I wouldn't know. I respect my tenant's privacy.

But of course you do, lovely lady.

She pays her rent on the dot. That's all I know. Yes, it's in the mail, Madame

Plantic. It's in the mail.

Better be in the mail.

You decided to come back?

I just came for the rest of my things.

Oh.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Who

is it?

Johnny. Johnny Brancouche. From upstairs.

I never see you out.

Poor lady, you don't look well.

I am very worried.

Thank you, I'm fine.

Perhaps I can help.

No, no thanks.

I brought you a gift to make up for the mess I made in your stairs.

I tried coming by earlier, but you're never there, or you never answer.

Please, take this.

I wish you well.

I decided I should make you dinner.

You must eat to get health.

I brought a special pan, promise.

Two eggs or three?

I don't know.

Three it is.

Oh, this is a good stove.

Upstairs I just have one hot plate and a midget fridge. I have to use the

windowsill.

I love to eat.

Here, good black olives. Try some.

Ah, you changed your hair.

It looks very good.

You like mushrooms?

Good. We must celebrate that you're not dead. Me neither, God bless.

Look, we already have wine.

No, that is a present for you.

It's a waste.

Not a waste. This is much better with omelette.

Don't be such a puritan.

I gather you're not a puritan.

Romania, from Bucharest.

I have a decent job in a factory.

We make school bags, suitcases, things like that.

My boss is a bastard, but he pays me enough to eat well, get drunk, and

entertain a nice lady from time to time.

Sounds like a good life.

I think I should start clearing up. No, no, you leave at rest.

Ah, Goethe.

Great Renaissance man.

Though I never agreed with him when he says the art best of all is to limit

yourself and be alone.

He may be right.

Very wrong.

Have lots of things and be close to someone. That is art, the art of life.

Though what he says about women, we have the same opinion.

You do?

Yes. He says woman is man's energizer, the source of all creative life.

Must be the Romanian translation.

Dearest May, this may come as a surprise. No, please don't read that.

private.

I was just teasing.

No, I know you were, but I... Thank you for the dinner.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you again.

Yes. It was a good evening.

Um... Good night.

Evening. Evening.

Kind of chilly.

You know, you can't will someone to come back.

I have no problem chasing the boy.

Yeah, that's easier to do.

woman head leads us on high.

As to eternal woman head, goodbye Neil, goodbye Bert.

Thanks for everything.

Go back in, you idiot. Not you.

Me.

Come on, sweetheart.

Oh, what a beautiful cat. Yes.

Do you know what an onomatopoeia is?

That's very good, but you've got to learn to do your business.

Did we do that to you? I'm going to make it all better.

Yes, I am.

Okay, if you want to go out, you want to go out.

Go on, then.

I thought your roommate might be hungry.

Smart, eh?

You? No.

Sneaky and presumptuous.

I would like to apologize for being so forward the other night.

I was just going out to get him some sardines.

What a coincidence.

It's much too late for pretty ladies to be out on the street alone.

Great.

I'm starving.

Liszt, the greatest composer that ever lived.

You think so?

Well, that heroic posturing.

Yes, heroic.

Grandeur. He's not afraid of grandeur. Only petty bourgeois people are afraid

grandeur. It embarrasses them. Why, you like Tom Jones.

Tom Jones is for the everyman.

A courageous miner who sung about man's passions.

What he sang about his hairy chest.

You joke.

But if I had a piano, I would show you the power of its compositions.

You play the piano?

When I had one.

And not half badly, if I do say so myself.

You laugh.

You amuse me.

Oh, you look like a different woman.

Pretty as a rose.

Johnny is a great chef, right? You are a chef d 'oeuvre, Johnny.

And you are like a bird, with your bright eyes filled with laughter.

Delicate like a bird, too.

You have lovely skin.

Fat woman skin.

A woman should always have four inches of good fat on her everywhere.

Poor feet.

Worn to the bone.

They're fine.

Just need new shoes.

The way to the soul is through the soul.

You must be good to your feet to be good to yourself.

I... I think we should call it a night.

You're not enjoying yourself.

I'm enjoying myself.

Honor me by letting me buy you new shoes tomorrow.

No, thank you.

That is a pretty good offer.

Perhaps you should ask your feet.

My feet say no.

N -O, no. You are a proud woman.

Too proud.

Good night, Johnny.

Good night.

Hello.

What on earth? What are you doing here? I decided to take the day off to drive

you around.

I don't need a driver. I get my exercise walking.

Man shoes,

no?

Practical. Very, uh, what's the word?

Good.

Okay.

So you got up on the wrong side of the couch this morning.

So, you want to be doctor of art history?

So long as I pass my entrance exam, and if my feet make it there.

You know, I spent five years at the University of Bucharest, and now I make

school bags for little kids.

Make it sound almost poetic.

Maybe for you.

It's okay. I'm going to clean your window.

Come on. It's okay.

Get away from there. Johnny. What's going on?

What are you doing?

Grandma?

Come on. Robbie, it's my grandmother.

What? Wait.

Friend. I can't believe it.

Sweetheart, get in the back.

Fuck off. Let's go.

You're speaking?

Yeah.

I share another space with four friends. It's an old store, actually.

Beer, lemonade, or mineral water?

Lemonade.

I come here to paint.

You know, meet friends.

It looks kind of funky.

Thank you.

Dad must be worried about you.

I wrote them a long letter explaining everything, but I mean, for Dad, besides

money and status, what's right?

Well... The sad thing is, you know, I think sometimes he actually stops and

wonders, could I be wrong?

Mom never thinks about that kind of stuff. I mean, she can handle divorce

legal separation, but not what you're feeling.

He's probably better at settling it against them. Not at home.

You just, I don't know, you just look so different, Gran.

Aren't you, like, sort of wondering who you are now?

First time I felt myself for quite a while.

You sound like my new age book.

Does it say that leaving home isn't the only answer?

No, they're more about getting in touch with your higher self, you know, that

kind of thing.

Kim, Kim, let's go.

I gotta go, okay? I gotta get back to work.

Hang on a minute, okay?

Okay.

You hear about Tracy?

Yeah, yeah.

I hope we'll run into each other again.

Oh, that's usually my corner.

You won't tell them where I am, will you, Gran?

No. Later.

Here.

It's for you.

Thank you.

Johnny!

Johnny, the pipes have burst and the plants don't answer.

They are going to the hospital.

Dennis didn't feel well. Don't worry, I will come.

Johnny, there's one. There's one down there. Where? I can't see it. Oh.

Do

you

know where Madame Plenty keeps them up?

Why did you do that? Why did you lock me in? I didn't do anything, Johnny.

Johnny!

What

could

take away the nightmare?

I'm sorry I lost my head.

My God, Johnny, what happened?

When I left Romania, I went to Turkey, boarded a cargo ship.

I hid in a container.

We were at sea for nine days.

After a while, the air ran out.

I started to suffocate.

I thought I was going to die.

Then I punched a hole with a steel rod.

I could breathe.

But it was very dark.

I thought I was going crazy.

How terrible.

Life was worse in Romania.

I fought Ceausescu. I fought Iescu.

They put me in prison with chains here, there.

Ever.

You like me, eh?

You like my body, too.

Eh, I know you do.

Well,

I have to say, he drinks too much.

And I'd join in.

Which is why I'm a bit afraid of letting this go further.

Not that it wasn't very enjoyable.

Johnny, stop it.

No, go on.

Torture me.

You don't own me.

The guile.

The impudence.

You actually led him.

I certainly did.

Then you have committed... Fornication?

Adultery.

Guilty. What now?

Does it occur to you your rightful place is back home?

No, frankly, it doesn't. It's sordid.

A woman of your age.

He said I'm beautiful for loving.

Was he sober?

No, of course not.

Well, then.

Oh, do shut up.

You've been gone a long time.

It's not about last night.

You don't regret?

No, I don't regret.

Oh, good, because it's no big thing.

Here, for your picking.

Oh, I can't. Please, take it. I made it myself.

Oh, sweet of you.

Perhaps you're hungry. Maybe I can cook for you.

No.

No, to tell you the truth, I think I should be studying.

Well, knock if you change your mind.

I will.

Good night.

Good night.

Johnny, I left something for you, too. It's outside your door.

I love it.

You don't even know what it is. It doesn't matter.

Grant, I don't give a shit about school, okay? I'm not going to get straight A's

and then...

Earn a degree from some Ivy League brain dump.

Heaven's gig.

It's just being on the street.

Things happen.

I can't believe you. Of all people coming down on me. I'm concerned.

Well, don't be.

Okay? I'll be an entrepreneur.

Start hundreds of squeegee corners. Take a commission. Go international.

You sound like your dad.

I'm just yanking your chain, Gran.

You know money has no meaning for me.

I was thinking of being a street artist.

You're 16.

We're all the same age inside, Gran.

Here. I found this.

I think you might like it.

You don't have to worry about me, Gran.

Okay?

Forgive me.

Ava, you have a sixth sense.

It's the first time in months I don't have a single strike on my hands.

All the teachers teach.

I was thinking I need to see your gorgeous face when you call.

Just wanted to touch your face.

How about a touch of genius?

May flying in to see you?

Yes, but I... No ifs or buts or ands. Pull out the sofa.

I sleep on the sofa.

No problem, sweetie.

Ginny. Yes?

Call Bruce later.

Weekend's off. I'm sick.

Okay. Ava, I'm running all the way.

She is your best friend and you don't even know what she likes to eat?

Spicy. She likes spicy.

Oh, good. I like spicy girls.

For her, I will cook my great Romanian noodle pork casserole.

You buy pork.

This.

Shoulder. Yes. Cheaper.

More taste.

I will buy the noodles. I know the best place.

We will need fennel seed, cumin, paprika.

And most important, peppercorn, green, from Madagascar. A regular won't do.

You assist a world -famous chef.

Who? Okay.

Bucharest famous.

My contribution.

No.

My boys.

They are big now.

I haven't seen them for seven years.

What a pity.

Is your wife?

Yes.

She has a better life now.

I'm sure May will be most appreciative.

She won't be able to resist my casserole.

Poor me.

Very interesting.

Nice, isn't it? It's a classic.

Especially since it's a fake.

What are you talking about?

I wouldn't do that to you.

My husband bought it in Paris as an anniversary present.

Well, he must have passed through Hong Kong.

It's impossible.

Well, take a look.

Looks real.

But it is still a fake.

So it's worth nothing.

Sentimental values.

The bracelet's good.

How much is that worth?

Fifty dollars?

I'll take it.

Get the money, Sam.

Thank you.

These were supposed to be pearls.

Anderson Street, downtown.

May.

My dear, dear friend.

You look like, you just look like I imagined you. Great.

Don't bullshit a bullshitter. And the Florida bleach suits you.

And you're looking fairly.

Not enough fine dining.

Au contraire.

I have a culinary secret for you.

This place implies midlife crisis.

20 years late?

In the best possible sense, 40. That's right, yes. Don't you dare.

Thank you.

Wow. It's eclectic.

Possibly.

All right, where is he?

Who?

Your culinary secret.

How do you know it's a man?

What else could possibly pull you out of that? Me.

I may need a drink before we go any further.

I'll join you.

Tequila.

Beauty free.

Good idea.

Have you had a fist of lemon?

Sure, I have everything.

Lemon. I have green peppercorns from Madagascar.

Well.

To us.

To us.

Well,

Johnny, thanks for your sweater.

Not much else.

Vomits on the floor. One minute.

Disappears the next.

Not a note.

Nothing. Not even a goodbye.

Fuck. Fuck.

Well, we're never going to find out about his famous noodle

casserole. What about his own purse on the noodle?

How is that?

Slavic.

Slavic. Is that good or bad?

Remember your mother telling us that a girl looked recognizably different the

morning after.

Bert wasn't such a bad lover. Well, not at first.

And then what did he do for you that you couldn't have taken care of yourself?

It's the new millennium, honey.

It's like piano.

Fingering. Practice.

Get them out of practice.

It's not you.

Don't you dare fall into that trap.

Oh, listen to you. Never without a man on your arm.

Tell me about it.

You know, since the split, I have never spent one Christmas or holiday

with a man.

They're always with their families.

I'd have been better off playing the field.

Being alone can be tough, too.

Alone is okay.

Lonely isn't.

One plus one sometimes equals

zero. No wonder you flunked at maths.

They're descendants of apes.

I'm really, really proud of you.

Would you like a coffee?

It's too late for coffee and I don't want to talk to you.

Five minutes.

I just need five minutes to tell you something important.

My God.

Were you hit by a bus?

Look, Eva, about the other night, I feel terrible.

Well, don't.

I had a great dinner without you.

I didn't want your friend to see me like this.

Drunk?

Not this time.

Would you try this?

Careful, my nose is broken.

Okay.

What happened?

I had a difference of opinion with my boss.

And he hit you?

My boss is a racist. A real tabernacle.

That's racist, Johnny.

He hires immigrants, treats them like slaves, and roosts in the sun all

Why did he fire you?

Because of you.

Me?

The night of the party.

He asked me to work overtime.

I told him I couldn't. I already have plans.

But he doesn't care.

He tells me not to come back.

I was so mad I drive like a fool, and bam, I smash my car into a pole. And my

face.

The car is getting fixed in the shop. It's not too bad.

But my face? The doctor says two weeks, maybe one.

I'm sorry.

Oh, it's not your fault.

I acted like a fool.

I think you can get another job.

Couldn't you do something different?

A white -collar job?

Yeah. They are like prisons.

Someone tells you what to believe, how long to cut your hair, how to act.

I know what you think.

48 years, two empty hands, just a bum.

I suppose you could apologize.

I'd rather die than apologize to that tabernacle bastard. Johnny, what do you

care?

I care.

I care about you.

No,

Johnny, what happened the other night can't happen again.

Oh, Eva, don't be so English.

I mean it in a good way, of course.

Hi. Excuse me.

Yeah. I saw how fast you wrote the exam.

You must have been really prepared.

I thought it was very difficult.

I'm sure you'll be all right.

My great aunt, she went back to school after she had six kids and got herself a

law degree.

Isn't that nice?

I'm sure a PhD is going to get you an important job.

I'm not expecting an important job. It's just unfinished business.

Bye. Bye.

We can.

You could not wait until the car is fixed. No.

This is my punishment.

You'd feel stronger with a good pork noodle casserole.

You are a cruel woman.

You know this is heavy.

Let me help. Come on. Let me help you. Oh, easy.

Oh, easy. Oh, be careful. Be careful. It's bad enough I have a bruised nose.

don't want to make things worse.

Of course not.

I can think of a more deserving recipient.

Can you?

A husband, perhaps.

I've been separated since last fall.

I knew there was someone.

Maybe he was unfaithful. Would have made it easier.

I can't remember if Mott was the tall one or Jeff. Mott is the small one. The

tall one is the stupid one. Then I've got to be Mott.

Stubborn thing.

Why don't you forget it? That door is almost a hundred years old. I will fix

to work if it takes me another hundred years.

Here, come hold this end.

Wait a minute.

I'm rubbing her belly.

How about if I rub your belly?

I'm working.

We make a good couple.

We are not living together.

I know, you want to be independent, be your own boss.

In fact, you are a very bossy woman.

Think so?

Thinking all the time is very bad for a woman.

Oh, I need something stronger.

Tequila?

Ah, bronze cleaner, what did I tell you?

Madame Plenty, she has everything.

I no longer wait for tomorrow, I wait for you.

I no longer wait for the end of the world, I wait for you.

Why you underlined it?

Because he's my favorite Quebec poet.

Now you have a nice private door. Johnny, I think it's a Ciparus.

It's what?

I think it's by a famous sculptor, Dimitri Ciparus.

Colombian? Oh, silly.

Romanian, like you, Dimitri.

Dimitri Ciparu.

Why didn't you say so?

Ciparu, he must be a friend of my cousin Constantine. Who?

Constantine Brancusi.

Brancusi. The Brancusi? Yes.

Though I never like his art very much, I never tell him this to his face.

Then he moved away to Paris, died, and left his fortune to a museum.

So you come from a family of artists.

Only that, cheap bastard.

Hey! I left the door open.

Don't worry.

He won't run away.

Oh, well. Good riddance to him.

I will paint the door a nice blue.

I think it would look better white.

Okay, boss.

I'm not sure Golda's going to like this. When she gets back, she'll rearrange

the whole thing.

As long as you keep the ballerina front and center, that's ideal. Don't forget

to mention the signature and the intricate bronze work.

You're a kind of know -it -all, aren't you?

You like?

This one. Okay.

Good job.

I love you, Beast.

Relax. Stress is bad for the heart.

And there you are.

Sister, it's good for you.

I'm dreadful.

I'm better than I was.

You forgot my onion.

Oh, yeah.

Here it is.

For you.

What am I supposed to do with that?

Throw it at your neighbor's house.

It's an old Persian remedy.

To cure a cold, you throw an onion at your neighbor's house. He will get the

cold.

Right.

Have you called your father? No.

Why, have you?

No. Your grandmother is very discreet.

She's not even telling you how she wrote a big university exam.

She's going for her Ph .D.

My doctor.

For real?

We'll see.

What do you mean? For sure.

I bet you have your grandma's brain.

I hope so.

It would be a shame to waste it. I'm not.

You haven't even finished high school.

Johnny. Is there some kind of set up? No, of course not.

Eva, don't pretend things are okay.

Let it be.

No.

You're scared she's wasting her life away, having sex with freaks. Maybe even

afraid she will end up like you. Don't talk to her like that. You spoiled brat.

Never been in a war, always had food on the table.

You should grow up and go home.

You don't have to sit here and listen to this. Maybe that's the problem. You

don't listen.

Are you just going to sit there and let your hairy Terminator talk to me like

this?

No, not completely.

I thought you were on my side.

Here.

Hope your trick works, fuckface.

Good day for washing it couldn't be better The

other way around

Does this get me off the hook?

No.

My God, you've got big feet.

And I put my big foot in my mouth. Forgive me.

Yeah.

Oh, poor thing.

Oh, hi.

I think... I think we had a little accident.

Your tiger doll is not even partly trained yet.

You useless!

Mm -hmm.

They're not completely dry, but at least they're clean.

I didn't have time to do the wash yesterday because I had to spend like

day waiting in line for that stupid government check.

You can't find a job.

No.

But I get by.

Okay, give them to me. I'll change them.

Sure.

I know I should have done it maybe last night, but the thing is that a girl's

got to have a little bit of fun, right?

Besides, how else am I going to meet a man?

I really wanted was a girl.

That's why I didn't do anything, you know what I mean? I could have sworn he

going to be a girl.

Look, I had bought everything.

That's cute.

I'm still crazy to get a girl.

Sons aren't so bad either.

Sons grow up to be like their fathers.

I, as a grandmother, make a suggestion.

Couldn't you take him to see a specialist?

I mean, maybe something can be done for his hearing.

A specialist?

On welfare?

Take him to a clinic or a child's hospital.

I used to know a good ear doctor. I wonder if he'd still find... Okay?

Hey.

I see that, um...

Johnny is taking a sick leave to help you around your house.

Yeah, he likes to do repairs for the plants while Denny isn't well.

Oh, yeah?

You mean he does it for you?

Must be quite a romance.

I'm past the time for romance.

Well, not Johnny.

He's quite a Romeo, you know.

He even tried to get funny with me once.

Plus, he must have heard about that awful fight that he got into because of

waitress.

Her boyfriend beat him up real bad.

Smashed his car with a baseball bat.

That'll slow him down for a while.

Hey, what's the matter?

I'm celebrating getting my old job back.

I listened to your advice and apologized to my boss.

Did you give this treatment to your waitress?

What waitress?

Johnny, the one whose boyfriend broke your nose.

more about the automobile crash.

So it's all true.

Don't get so sore.

I haven't seen her in two weeks.

So let's forget about it.

Simple as that.

You come down here all the time, every spare moment.

Talk about our living together in Eden and all the time you've been screwing

some waitress Get out of here and don't try coming back

I

Want you to understand something

She was just a young girl of 20

And what am I?

An old guy with a funny accent.

No money, no home.

But she thought I was handsome.

She has a good -looking boyfriend who works in a nightclub.

A doorman with big muscles.

But she wanted me.

I felt young again.

Flattered.

But then I met you.

and started feeling very lonely with her.

We had nothing to talk about, so I left her.

That's about the time her boyfriend found out about it and smashed my face

With you, my heart feels warm.

I don't mind growing old.

I want to live with you.

It's gorgeous.

It's liberating. Stop the fussing. Leave me alone.

Stop him.

Excuse me.

Excuse me. Do you recognize me?

Yeah, Kim's granny.

Yes, where is she?

I don't know. I haven't seen her for days.

Did she go off? Where?

No.

I couldn't tell you on the phone, but it's Kim. I saw her a few times. Mom,

okay.

She came home.

Oh, thank God. Well, she did have very bad bronchitis.

I wanted to tell you, but... I understand.

I mean, if Kim can't trust you, who's she going to talk to?

I guess you're right.

So she's okay?

She's doing much better.

Thank you for what you did.

I didn't do a thing. No, I mean it.

Without you, she wouldn't be back.

You do know she thinks the world of you.

Oh, but then there's Dad.

Nope, I have to tell you. He's finally getting along better.

Is he?

Are you all right?

No.

Yes, I mean, everything's fine, Neil, everything.

It's just that... I don't seem to be the kind of woman I admire.

What do you mean?

Just that.

You know, I can honestly say I've admired you more than ever since you've

on your own.

You know... You've made me feel different about a lot of

things.

It wasn't easy.

You thought of going back? No, I couldn't go back to your father.

That kind of virtue's quite beyond me.

I'd better go.

Can I give you a lift?

No. I'm fine on my own. Why do I even ask?

It's still nice that you do.

I will keep in touch.

Really, I will.

Neil.

Talk to me, Steve.

Talk to me, babe. Sir, we've got to go now.

He's been so depressing.

Oh, yes.

So this is all your stuff?

It's my new life. All the bits and pieces nobody else wants.

Well? Well?

Do you ever think about death, Gran?

Yeah, sometimes.

I think about it all the time.

I mean, not...

Not in a bad way.

I mean, it's like all this stuff. People throw it out, think they're gone, but

you're giving it a new life.

You've come a long way, but I still feel like I'm such a beginner.

I'm tired of being a beginner.

I'd be surprised how quickly life passes.

Morning. Good morning.

Good morning.

It's about time you showed up at your private post office.

Why? What is it?

Now she wants me to sort out her mail.

Tell her already.

We had an appraiser in.

Yes? It's a very special piece.

I told you.

It's worth quite a lot.

Really? The appraiser said, without the crack, it could have been one of the

best chaparras you'd ever seen.

I knew it was beautiful.

Makes you want to keep it. Shh, forget about it.

I'll get the champagne.

No, it's sparkling wine.

Sweet.

He's going to be all right.

Yeah, he just poisoned himself with some food.

He's so careless when I'm not around.

And where have you been tomming around, hmm?

Uh -uh. Shoe.

Not filming.

Working.

I've been working harder.

Maybe more polite to my boss.

I got a promotion.

Good.

Expecting someone?

No, it's for Brian.

Oh, yes, poor Brian.

I was thinking maybe, if you like, I could take you out tonight.

Sorry, but I'm busy.

What are you doing?

I have an appointment with a friend.

Do I know this person?

It's me.

Oh, good company.

I'm learning to be more mature.

I won't be jealous.

I'm not drinking either.

Not too much.

Good.

I told Madame Plenty I'm moving.

To give you your privacy, of course.

Not that I want to go.

Don't go then.

You want me to stay?

I guess so.

You are making me the happiest man in the world.

Good.

Eva, when you told me to leave, everything became dark, like in the

But then I thought how much I love my Eva.

It was like fresh air.

I started to breathe again.

I guess I can cancel that appointment with myself.

I hope it's a good restaurant.

How annoying for God, not to mention Adam, after all, if Eva just walked out

Eden without waiting to be evicted and left behind her pangs of guilt.

The real surprise wasn't really what I did, but how I felt afterwards.

Shocked, of course, but not guilty.

There was no quarrel with Bert, no crisis at all. I just walked out after

years.